Believe it or not, I am the librarian of the day at the elementary school that I sometimes work at. Contrary to the common misconception, being a librarian might just be one of the most pleasant jobs in a school, in my opinion. It is pleasant, because you get to READ to kids. The effects stories have on kids, no matter the age, is magical to discover. Even the most defiant student can be grabbed and kept on the carpet for a straight 15 minutes, maybe more, depending on age, if the story is good and being told in an animated way. Kids being intrigued by knowledge and learning is probably one of the most beautiful things. Their little faces looking up at the pages, anticipating for the turn of page, their little crisscross-apple-sauced legs, oh… so adorable and pleasant. It all creates a very warm and fuzzing feeling inside the heart of this librarian.
Books, words, pictures, and story-telling… The magical power of a librarian!
Librarian of the Day February 25, 2008
Welcome home, my 1st shipment February 16, 2008
At last, my very 1st shipment of Ren Duvet has arrived home. It’s been over 3 months since I watched them getting made and checked their quality in China. It is only today that I finally got to pick them up at the warehouse in San Leandro. A long journey these 40 duvets have traveled. Now I’ve gotten them home, it’s officially taken up my entire spare bedroom. I have even more motivation to sell them now given the fact I already miss the space I had just cleaned out 2 days ago. Besides, Alex’ parents are suppose to come visit next weekend and stay with us.
The 40 duvets came in 8 big boxes. Each was much heavier than I imagined. I don’t think I can even pick one of these boxes up even if I wanted to. Thank goodness to the helpful boys at the warehouse and my Alex, I only had to drag them from our building entrance to the elevator, and then to our apartment. 2 .5 hours and two dirty hands later, I found myself with the real hard work. It took me over an hour and a half to just disassemble 2 of the 8 boxes and carefully fold 10 duvets into their individual packaging. I do this to, one, cross check my shipment, two, prepare each duvet ready for sales. Despite the very sore back I have now, its all very exciting. I have to say, however, I have a renewed respect for physical labor workers.
Anyhow, now that my 1st shipment has finally arrived, I have even more to do. But for now, I must go watch another chapter of the amazing Planet Earth on bluray.
