All About Me
Sep. 18th, 2014 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfinblaze- This is guaranteed to make you smile. Trust me.
- My mother used to help us with our pronunciation (when I and my sibling were little) by getting us to say, "Ouagadougou Djibouti Bujumbura." They're three cities in Burkina Faso, the Republic of Djibouti, and Burundi, in Africa. To this day, I'm reminded of the three names combined whenever I come across any one of those place names. One for all...
- Trying for this one job has been so stressful my period is 4 days late this month. That hasn't happened to me since exam time back at university. STRESSSSS!!!
- When I was 13 and I first tried out for my future high school, I did the entrance exam into both years 7 and 8, because I was old/young enough for both. When I visited the school the first time, I sat in the courtyard for lunch, looked up at the architecture, and fell in love with the building. That day I was surrounded by nothing but friendly students, and by the end of the day I wanted so badly to get into that school, based on both the building and the wonderful atmosphere I experienced there. I was completely determined to get into that school.
Six years later I visited various universities, trying to decide on which one to attend. The one I ended up deciding on was the one where I felt the most welcome, surrounded by the friendliest people. Again, the atmosphere sealed the deal for me.
When I went for my job interview last week I felt that again: that feeling of friendly people making me want to join them. It hasn't led me wrong yet, that feeling, and now I just want to work for that company.
- My mother used to help us with our pronunciation (when I and my sibling were little) by getting us to say, "Ouagadougou Djibouti Bujumbura." They're three cities in Burkina Faso, the Republic of Djibouti, and Burundi, in Africa. To this day, I'm reminded of the three names combined whenever I come across any one of those place names. One for all...
- Trying for this one job has been so stressful my period is 4 days late this month. That hasn't happened to me since exam time back at university. STRESSSSS!!!
- When I was 13 and I first tried out for my future high school, I did the entrance exam into both years 7 and 8, because I was old/young enough for both. When I visited the school the first time, I sat in the courtyard for lunch, looked up at the architecture, and fell in love with the building. That day I was surrounded by nothing but friendly students, and by the end of the day I wanted so badly to get into that school, based on both the building and the wonderful atmosphere I experienced there. I was completely determined to get into that school.
Six years later I visited various universities, trying to decide on which one to attend. The one I ended up deciding on was the one where I felt the most welcome, surrounded by the friendliest people. Again, the atmosphere sealed the deal for me.
When I went for my job interview last week I felt that again: that feeling of friendly people making me want to join them. It hasn't led me wrong yet, that feeling, and now I just want to work for that company.
