Angela's in PDX

4-6-17 Hello! Last weekend, my family came to visit me in Portland. First of all, Portland's a beautiful city. It's small, but there's plenty of things to do. We went to the waterfront to see the cherry blossoms. 💐 Then we went to the Saturday Market. I was feeling adventurous and wanted to try African food. Hmmm.... Hmmm... I got a plate full of seasoned chicken, chili beans, yellowish vegetables and mysterious dressing on a flat bread that tasted like a thick crepe. I liked everything except the flat bread but it's worth the try! 😉 * * * Portland's well-known for its food trucks. (This is purely my opinion that has no scientific evidence. I think food trucks are amazing.) There's food trucks all over the city. This place we ended up going to had food trucks surrounding a whole block. I'd love to try all of them. I tried The Frying Scotsman because it had a good review on Yelp. And, Yelppers were right. Their fish cods were delicious! Afte...

3-11-2017 It's been awhile since I wrote my last blog. 😟 I've been good at uploading at least one per week until busy season started.  What's busy season like for an associate?  (This is 100% from my experience with the place that I'm working at. Other firms/offices can be very different.) 1. Work 65 to 80 hours per week.  This is 12 to 16 hours per day during the weekdays and I work on weekends.  😪😫 2. Do what seniors and managers tell me to do.  🤖 3. Become best friend with a computer and Excel.  💻💻⌨🖱 4. Gain at least 10 pounds.  The firm's been providing us dinner and a cube filled with snacks. It's good that they are feeding us, but I don't have time to workout so there's no way I can stay fit. 🍕🍔🌯🍩🍫 What I like most about this job?  (Trying to add some positive notes. 😅) 1. Working as a team. 2. People.  From coworkers to partners, they are supportive and encouraging. * * * So, I've been working on federal and state tax retu...

1-10-17 ~ 1-18-17 Portland was covered in snow for a week! When the weather forecast warned us about the snow storm... here at Portland... I thought they were over-exaggerating. On Tuesday evening, I left work without thinking. I woke up in the middle of the night. By the time I looked out the window, there was approximately 5 inches of snow! 🙊🙊🙊 And it sure didn't look like it was going to stop. In the morning, we had about a foot of snow! I got up all excited to go out. Haha.  Yes, I'm still young and loving snow ☃. * * * I was surprised to see that the buses and the Max were running. Abandoned bicycle.  Yeah..probably not a good idea to bike... I made it to the office! Our office rarely closes, but we did close on Wednesday. It didn't matter to me because I still came in. I thought I'd be the only one, but another associate came. She and I enjoyed working in the empty office. We worked a little, talked for a half an hour, and looked out the windo...

☆ HAPPY NEW YEAR~ ☆ 12-30-16 ~ 1-9-2017 It snowed in Portland on Saturday and Sunday. The roads and sidewalks were icy. Most people stay home during the snow days but I like to be out and be adventurous. ⛄❄☃❄⛄❄ This is when it started snowing on Saturday.   Then... this is what it looked like on Sunday. I almost fell walking on the icy sidewalk.  So I walked in the middle of the road where it was slushy (less slippery). My church service got cancelled so I decided to walk to a church nearby. I was surprised to see that a church was open. I guess it makes sense because it was a [very] traditional church. Still glad there was a service to attend. Could probably ice skate here. * * * Since it's a new year, I made a list of prayer requests. Surprisingly (and thankfully), God answers my prayers I write down each year. 🙏 2017 Prayer Requests 1. Pass all my CPA exams by October 2017 시험 패스하기 2. Meet people who can inspire me  나에게 좋은 영향을 주는 사람들 만나기 3. Make new friends 좋은 친구들 사귀기 ...

12-19-16 ~12-24-16 After coming back from Chicago, I took a week off of work. Our managers encouraged us to take PTO before the busy season.  I went home for the week. I'm glad I live close to home so I can visit whenever. My mom prepared delicious home-cooked meals for me. This is LOVE 💕. Spicy stir-fried squid Korean fried chicken We painted our nails in front of the fireplace and watched Zootopia. My puppy, Chico 🐶 Detoxing All I wanted for Christmas was to spend time with my family. I am grateful to have a place where I can call a home and a family who's supportive and caring.  For the past several years, I learned the importance of family. We went through so much suffering that we can't even explain. We grieved, cried, consoled, and prayed together. I had to make myself emotionally numb. This was the only way to get through each day.  It affected my relationship with others as well. I had to lie many times. Because I distrusted everyone, I could...