Wednesday was the first day of the second third of my trip, and you know what? It actually felt qualitatively different. It kind of hit me that I'm at the point where I get to decide what kind of experience I want- I'm not just trying to keep afloat anymore. Comfort is very dangerous, especially when the basic concept you're going with is "do something really uncomfortable so you can learn and grow." That said, I'm not really going to change the way I've been doing things, since I'm pretty happy with it. :)
This afternoon Simon and I went to Linklaters, and international law firm, to meet with them about sponsoring a day of the camps. I kind of fell in love with their office. It's in Pudong, has a really pretty lobby, and huge windows everywhere. Even the elevator call buttons were way cooler than normal. Maybe I shouldn't plan on working in NGOs forever. :p
The firm is half-Chinese, half-foreign (as per the requirements for international companies here) and we had a lovely meeting with Christine, who's French, and Ice, who's Chinese. I definitely had more of an idea of what was going on than Simon did, and kind of had to remind myself not to take over the meeting completely. And as frustrating as that can be, it felt really good to have a handle on things and make things happen.
Came home, ate some cold noodles, and watch far too much Grey's. I can't believe I'm addicted to that show. I'm not even pre-med!
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Grey's addictions come in all shapes and forms. Just because mine is founded in being pre-med...hahaha.
I love big windows and foreign elevators. You probably didn't take pictures of the buttons though, which makes me sad.
I'm glad that you were ready to jump in during the meeting! I seem to remember you being particularly quiet during other, ahem, meetings, and that never really suited you, in my opinion! You always know what's going on and are on top of your stuff.
2/3 left! Not my favorite fraction, but still pretty unbelievable!
If you liked that law firm, maybe you should be watching Boston Legal instead (then again, maybe not). Do you have commercials on your DVDs, or are they pretty much just like the official ones?
It's great that you are pleased with your experience so far. And way to go at the meeting.
I have spent the entire day pondering what could be so cool about elevator buttons. More description, please.
As for speaking up at the meeting, please remember that you were raised to be a pushy broad and go with it--at least at times when you know what's going on. :-)
you are allowed to be comfortable while in an uncomfortable situation.
please don't make me the only non-greys person at pi-fri. please don't be that cruel.
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