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Weekly review: Weeks ending August 8 and 15, 2009

Posted on August 15th, 2009 by Sacha Chua

From the previous week’s plans:

• Find ways to recognize the contributions people had made to the idea lab
• Learn enough about Lotus Notes programming to create that sign-up button with referral tracking
• Take the medical exam for my permanent residency application
• Take another improv class (whee!)
  
• Prepare another week’s meals
• Chat with someone who’s interested in Gen Y and careers
• Think about what I’d like to do for my 26th birthday =D
  

For the week ending on August 8, I also:

• Made apricot syrup
• Chatted with a mentor about influence
• Got ready for a staycation

For the week ending August 15, I:

• Reviewed my past year of blog posts
• Reflected on relationships
• Had a Skype party with my friends
• Made jalapeno jelly and blueberry jam
• Sent a care package home
• Finished a new dress
• Ordered some books
• Wrote a Ruby program to extract my blog tags
• Attended an improv class
• Blogged a number of reflections
• Facilitated a session on generational challenges
• Had a facial. Still breaking out, though.
• Organized my drawers neatly. Yay!

Next week, I plan to:

• attend a class on presentations
• make a Slideshare presentation on networking for introverts
• write some more
• bike every day
• host a tea party
• plant snow peas

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