Back onto the right path.

I'm going to give up on girls for a while, I think. Unless a special one can convince me otherwise, I'm going to try to concentrate more on my career. I think I'm just not ready yet, and the fact is, I'm still not over somoene special. So maybe this is a good chance to get my act together?

So I've been thinking about my career, again, and my original plan to teach in the Fall still stands. I'm still working on my TEFL, though I haven't made much progress recently because I've been so upset.

But, I've got a major decision coming up, and coming up soon. I have to decide whether to make a serious change. And it looks like I'm going to do it.

At the end of this month, I'm going to concentrate on part-time teaching and private students. And it looks like it's going to work, to a level that working 20 hours a week I'll make more than what I earn right now, with my full-and part-time jobs combined.

And that'll give me a chance to spend more time at the pool and the beach this summer. :D

I've already got an offer for a small job ($2000/mo), and have also been referred to a nine-hour per week @ $270 per hour job that will pay all my bills, if I get it, and I'm pretty confident.

So this is my summer plan. Then in the fall I should have secured a full time teaching post.

Wish me luck.

How do you say sorry to a lost friend?

Angel, I'm sorry. The prospect of losing such a dear friend, not just a lover, made me even more insane than I already am. I hope you can forgive me and we can laugh together again some time. Benben

"Idol Worship - The Conclusion"

Well, I didn't have the chance to ask for her phone number, poor me...

I also managed to screw up one of the most important friendships of my life. I hope she can forgive me.

Anyway, the show was awesome. Ended up sitting in a fantastic place, thanks to my initiative. We were about to be seated in the main gallery in front of the stage, about six rows back, when I asked the staff assigning seats, "What about those seats over there? Can we sit there?", pointing at three short rows to the left of the stage, in front of the sound boards. He said no, but then changed his mind. We ended up in the third row over there, with some other devoted Mavis fans (Mavis Fan fans?). But our seats were even better, being tight next to a column, so that we could stand up practically the whole concert. Great place to take photos (I'll upload one soon).

Anyway, for me, there were so many high points. The unrehearsed acapella rendition of "我要我們在一起" ("I Want Us to be Together"), the song that made me a fan, was fun, as Mavis really has the charisma to pull something off like that. Her surprise cover of Lisa Loeb's "Stay" was my ex-girlfriend's dream come true! And the Mother's Day duet with her mother was sugar sweet. I made a fool of myself by shouting a few times in Cantonese, but that was fun too. And I was delighted when she played the only song of hers that I can sing along to, "Why Do You Have to Be So Bad?"

But, alas, I didn't have the chance to speak with her (sigh). Next time, lah! And she'll remember me. I'm sure of it. LOL

Idol worship, part II

Today's Monday, which means tomorrow's Tuesday. Then comes Wednesday. Which is the day before I plan to do something very, very interesting indeed.

You see, I am lucky enough to be in the possession of a ticket to the Mavis Fan Live concert at Hard Rock Cafe.

And I'm also lucky enough to have dinner reservations, which means my friends and I get priority seating.

In such a situation, I think it's highly possible, as one of the few Gweilos in the audience, that I may have the chance to speak to my favorite Chinese singer of all time. And the one I consider to be the hottest.

So what will I do when I get an audience with my dream girl?

I'm going to ask her for her phone number.

I'll tell you how it goes. :-)