Back To School

This morning Dorothy called and asked David to take me to shop for school supplies and a lunch box, because my school (job) starts tomorrow. I didn’t really need anything, but no one could ever say no to Dorothy’s good intention and fun spirits… My only request was that the stuff had to be cute. I already had plenty of serious office supplies, and I certainly didn’t need more boring looking things in life.

For the incredibly cute stuff, one has to go to a Far East Asian office supply stores. That was why we went to the Pacific East Mall, to immerse ourselves with all the cute things and indulge myself with all the happy stuff. I picked up a green cat pencil box (with a blue fish on its tail!), 1 piggy ruler, and 3 small piggy notebooks. (Tons of cute piggy stuff in stores to celebrate this Pig year.) Not knowing my future daily routine or my future cube size, we couldn’t get a Hello Kitty lunch box or a Totoro pencil holder. I was a little bummed about it. But David assured me that we’ll come back for more school supplies as we know more about the school and how the school runs.

Weird, I thought I didn’t need anything!

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今早石頭媽媽打電話來, 叫他帶我去買明天要上課 (她意指上班啦! ) 的文具用品及午餐袋. 我東西是都不缺, 可是母命不能違 (她媽媽人很好, 像個活菩薩). 美國的東西是很耐用, 可是都醜醜的, 所以我們去Pacific East 百貨公司的Hello Kitty 店及金石堂文具店買可愛的文具. 我選了一個貓咪鉛筆盒, 一枝小豬尺, 還有三本小豬筆記本. 因為不知道會不會帶便當, 也不知道辦公桌大小, 所以沒買Hello Kitty 午餐袋和Totoro 筆筒. 石頭說沒關係, 知道學校情況後, 他再帶我來買. 奇怪啊, 本來以為沒缺東西的…