  hello all. it's been several days since the last post. been busy trying to deal and rest from what i was dealing with. one thing is for sure though...the christmas rush can be definitely felt. you know christmas is near when everywhere you go, christmas trees are being sold...christmas carols are played...and corny christmas movies are shown on TV.
today was a decent day. what kept it from being a bad one was the opportunity i had to go see my paternal grandmother. (something i like to do...see the urlLink About Me page). i had lunch with her and spent time with her...something i haven't done in a month or so. after that, i've come home and just relaxed from a full week of work. i watched random things on TV, and surfed the net, especially by looking at already interesting and potentially interesting blogs. the other evening, i discovered a very entertaining blog. it's called urlLink Korea Life Blog . it had just been updated, so there was a link to it, on urlLink Blogger . anyhoo, the guy who's been updating the blog is a very humorous and entertaining writer.
he's definitely one to read and keep up with. there should be a side link to his site...i totally recommend it to any of you out there who are curious to know what korea is like... as for work... the manager and the head secretary have had trouble hiring a new assistant secretary. the two girls that have come in, have NOT come back. obviously, that makes it clear that neither of them are going to be hired.
as for me, i've been trying hard not to go nuts. i know it's most likely because they're having difficulty finding a new secretary, but the head secretary seems more stressed out, and she seems to like to go into a nearby room and shut the door... i need to keep on telling myself not to take things personal...and that if my input/output really did suck...that, i'd have already been let go like the other new employee had been a couple of weeks ago.
sigh. i've been able to chat like i mentioned before with the younger lawyer, who's reassured me about the intimidating manager and about my status. now, i've also been able to chat with the other female secretary, who's a first year law student at Southwestern. (definitely a place i have interest in).... so...i asked her if i could talk to her about law school admissions...and, she told me i could call her later on in the evening. i called her at about 8:30 - 9 pm on Friday night. at first, i really did ask her about admissions and Southwestern.
then, because i asked her about how she was doing...and since the subject came up...we started talking about work. to make things simple and short... she also was able to reassure me about the manager, my status, and about the other female non-friendly employee (UCLA attendee). basically, she's been told by the head secretary that i've been doing a good job...which is so typically korean of the head sec NOT to tell me directly...not that i'm angry, but it would be nice to know how she felt about my performance... and that the law student also is treated similarly by the other girl (UCLA), who is not mean...but just very quiet and keeps to herself.
sigh.
and, she's been friendly and feels more comfortable with me (the law student, that is), because she's insisted that we chat and hang out more now. (smile) other that that...i've been resting from all my mental stress...and slowly started to enjoy the start of the christmas spirit. hope y'all have a great week! 
