11:15:00 PM
Do you know just how hard it is to find a job today? o_O The Orange County Register dated today reported, "The nation's unemployment rate surged to 4.9 percent in August, the highest level in four years, while companies trimmed 113,000 workers from their payrolls." And I once heard that the unemployment rate in Irvine (or Orange County, I don't remember which) was zero percent. Shall I still keep my hopes up? -_-

I've been spending hours and hours in front of the internet, browsing over countless websites to search for a perfect job. Yet I didn't find any, not even next-to-perfect. Maybe I'm too picky. Maybe I strive too much on excellence. But above all, I don't want to send my resume to just any available jobs out there without the job description and requirement perfectly fitting my background skills and interest. That's just a waste of time and energy. I want to concentrate on finding the most valuable job for myself, although it takes longer. That's fine. Because in the end, I know I'll gain the most from my hard efforts: I'll love the job & will be satisfied with it. No need to put another time & energy constraints into searching for a better one. Or so I'd like to believe. But still..... I believe =)

By the way. I just took some webcam shots: one, two, three, four, five. It wasn't until I took these shots that I realized how much I changed within the past month. Funny how your soul reflects deeply on your body (face, in this case). When you're sad inside, your face looks gloomy. When you're happy inside, your face looks bright. My cousin Margareta commented on how glowing my face is now and asked whether it's because of a new boyfriend. Laurent is one of the many reasons, yes, but other than that, I've been in a happy phase a lot lately. Extremely happy due to many happenings in my life. Perhaps that's why ^^v