Keystroke Journal

After a week from our cruise, we only had the time today to have all our 200+ photos taken in Florida and Bahamas printed out. While waiting for the photos at Costco, my friend and I separated our ways. I went to the Ladies’ apparel section while she did her grocery time. With two Bermuda shorts in time for summer laid on my arms, I suddenly noticed the books section nearby. I browsed along the best-selling novels on sale. As expected, they’re all mostly about romance and crime. However, I found two books which caught my attention: Amy Tan’s memoir and a novel on music and war. I think both are interesting to read and maybe I can write my book reviews later on. Torn between having two new pairs of shorts and the two new books, I chose the paperbound ones. I’m saving them for my next airports' waiting time this coming May and June as I travel to the West Coast. As for the shorts, I can still find better ones. Speaking of papers, I’m doomed to finish three more projects … I alm...

I tried to organize my things today only to find out what I value most in the past year. My stuff comprised of papers … papers … and more papers … arrgh! I opened a drawer - paper. I opened a box – paper. I opened a bag – paper. Everywhere there’s paper in varied forms. Magazines, flight bookings, tour guides, museum info, concert tickets, lessons, quizzes, bills, letters, notes, cards, envelopes, photos and books. All paper products. You name it I have it except for paper roses. I can’t believe I’ve accumulated a lot of them in such a short time! Err, okay months and months and months. Now is the time to get rid of them. Well, some. There are some papers I still want to keep for future reference while some are for review in the next few days. Others are for recycling. The rest are now in the trash. I’ve already used two overflowing regular-sized trash bins. I wonder if I do the same thing with my email accounts and My Documents in the computers – for both desktop and laptop. I am sure...