Merry X'mas!

Merry Christmas from snowy Manchester!

SNOW

It's snow in Manchester.

Something to Complain

I can easily find something to complain in UK. The other day, I bought a package of crumpet. It should be packed 12 pieces in one package however look at the following photo and if you would count it, there were only 11!

Do you think I’m angry? I don’t know why but I rather think “why didn’t I check this before buying?” than claiming to somebody.

Christmas Holiday

Finally I finished my work due on Wednesday and I’m in Christmas holiday! To tell you the truth, I was struggling to cope with my work. I’ve been working as a marketing researcher since August. As a good point, I can work at home and use my extra time efficiently. On the other hand it’s very difficult to fix my working schedule by myself because I should let me work during my free time. The fee is paid depends on my reports so it doesn’t matter how many hours I took for it. If I can work efficiently I would make certain amount of money however I’m not used to this kind of work so I need more time than my boss estimated. I need to make time for it and even though I can work on my own schedule, I’m expected to reply email immediately if my boss has any question about my data. Sometimes I need to work till late at night for meeting up the due date. Even I work hard and catching up the due date, I should keep working otherwise I’ll be behind the schedule quite soon. My working style is always “working very hard”, “taking a break”, “working very hard again...” I should think about self discipline. Well I’ll think about it after Christmas holiday.

X factor

Every year I watch only the final of the X factor, TV program. It's a kind of singing competition for 10weeks. Every week the least favorite competitor leaves the show. They measure their popularity by votes with telephone call. I haven't been interested in voting for reality show however I just vote for Joe tonight. His voice is amazing and I really want him to be a winner!

Annual Concert

Last Saturday and Sunday were concerts of my chorus. This is the second year for me and I thought about last year one. At that time I didn't have any friend in the chorus members although everybody was kind in general. In audience, I saw no familiar face there, however this year, I saw my friend's face on Saturday and another friend found me on stage by chance on Sunday.
After the concert my friend from chorus gave me a pretty present. I was impressed by her kindness and this wrapping. She is a piano teacher and this present remind me of her very much.