It's that time of the year

Ho ho ho... wow it's been 2.xx months since I've blogged. That says quite a bit... Work is the same, I can not describe the sameness because there's no difference of the day to day activities.

Here's a rundown of stuff that I did...

Bought a Wii. Base system = $399, Wii Remote + Nunchuck = $109, Call of Duty 3 = $90.
Nearly 600 bucks. It's fun and interesting... Will try to play it more, but seems to be more chance to be during the weekend... since work takes up a lot.

Now, Xmas party.

Yesterday. we had our company's xmas party.

4pm, at the company's reception/entrance area.

I thought it was gonna be crap, and for the first 1-2 hours it was.

It was raining, and windy. All the people who didn't wear enough was cold, so cold that they went back inside and got their labcoats. So half of the crowd was in white, which was quite funny... :P The event started with a couple of speeches, by the bosses, and the managers (production, and sales). Then there was the ceremonies of people who worked there since the 'beginning'. I think they got a bonus of like $50 each. Then there was the ceremony of people who 'contributed' to the company. That was dodgy as well... and I guess they got $50 as well.

Then we had food. That was nice, semi-buffet style. They had a pig. On the spit, so it was nice and crispy. Salads, hams, and fruit salad. Even had mochi. Not a bad meal for sure.

I had 3 plates worth, even though I had a big lunch before... >:D

Then came the fun and games.

The fun - They hired a belly dancer. Not sure of her nationality, they said she was a Lebanese, but she seemed aussie to me. She did 3 dances, trying to drag the crowd to dance, and there was a period during the second dance where she had about 5-7 guys dancing around her, but when she tried to drag the girls to dance, not many wanted to... only about 2-3 dared to dance. The third dance was even funnier, they pushed a guy and tried to take his shirt off, and then a guy jumped in and they took his shirt off... then the song ended, but yeah, it was fun alright... :D

Games, they had 5 games, which everybody can play for free, and get prizes.
1) Coin toss on a glass table. Sounds easy, but it's not. I just got too much arm muscles... :P
2) Toss a dart into numbers. 2 big prizes of 2.1 speakers. Some minor prizes, but everybody gets a prize of spray. Useless, but fun.
3) Toss 3 novelty sized tennisballs into the basket. Again, my aim was off, even though I had no beer. Just not my day for sports.
4) Guess the number of jellybeans in a canister. Obviously it's not my forte, by I had a hint from the guy who counted the beans, he couldn't play. I was about 20 out. The winner was 5 out. The prize was a 5.1 system.
5) The grand raffle draw.

5-6 minor prizes of bottles of wine. Obviously from $15 to $50... 3rd prize was a DVD player. I think it would be easier to walk into a shop and buy one for $50. 2nd Prize was a Digital camera, which I won. AHAHAHA! In your face suckers! nahh... It's a nice simple digicam, an Olympus FE-150. Simple point and click 5 megapixel camera. 2.5" screen. What else... It's probably around $300 new. But its probably not new. 1st prize, a DVD+ home theatre set. Probably $500 new. The funny thing was that the girl who hands out the prizes was holding the big carton of the dvd home theatre box. It was as big as she was, and then her name was drawn out of the carton, and people were going 'Vivian! where's Vivian?' and she's there holding the box... everybody claps because it was so coincidental... >:D So, by the time the whole event finished, it was around 8pm. 4 hours of half boredom, and fun.

It took us about half an hour to clean up the mess, and still a lot of drinks (beer, wine etc) left. Bosses took the wine home, but there's plenty of beer left.

I got home about 9, which was fast.

Then I slept at my normal time, because I had booked a service for the car at 7:30am.

I got up at 6 feeling crap, even though I didn't drink.

Went to the service centre, and only waited about 2 hours, got home about 10am. I was tired so I went to nap and got up at 2pm... :P None of my downloads finished, so I went and played a bit of Wii Play. It's quite hard I guess for me because I'm not good at holding still... But with training I'll get better, I'm sure :P

I'm back, baby...

Um... so what have I been up to these past 2 months... first of all I would have to say that nothing has really happened, apart from the usual... Work has finally gone around to past 3 months, and I'm supposed to be off probation and be permenant, but only next week will I be signing the contract... fingers crossed they don't screw me over, cos if they do, I'll be outta there and bumming till I find another job...

So what has been happening... there was a company bbq for Labour day (sydney) but I didn't go because I didn't want to, I woke up about 11am and thought... they would be there for 2 hours just chatting, because they started at 9am... and I would've gotten up at 7am to get there at 9am... not worth it.

Spending my days like this, day in day out, knowing what I have to do, and what to achieve, but with no purpose and sense of accomplishment, it really kinda drags the day out. I can be busting my ass lifting boxes, or entering data into the system, and it's all the same. No result really, since it balances out. I'm just there to fill a position, to punch the card clock in, and to punch the card clock out. A machine.

Granted, I do try to vary the job a bit now and then, but then there's not much variety to be had. If I had further juristication, I could do another job to fill in the day so it won't seem as long, but then I'm not getting paid enough as it is, and if I were to do the other job, then they'll come to see me as somebody who they can depend on to do that other job, and it'll probably fall under my job description, and well we don't want that to happen now, do we...

So it leaves me no other option really. I can start looking for another job, and then apply for jobs, and go to interview at best. True, I want to get into a field which I have no experience in, but with the experience I have, I can't move anywhere, except to a Manager's position, and it's not very fulfilling. So what to do...

Anyways, enough rubbish of the work and all that, what's for entertainment nowdays... I saw the web advertisement for a movie called Crank, and boy am I waiting to see that one. It's gonna be a hit I think... but with a name like that, some people might not like it. Who cares!

My net's been a bit stuffed lately... sometimes slow, sometimes fast, and sometimes disconnects by itself. Apparently a big ISP, Veridas collapsed, leaving many customers stranded with no service, and the ISP I'm with, they want to get new customers left in the lurch, so they are forced to make changes to stay afloat. Needless to say, we'll be careful in what we download now, since we got a limit... 100gb / month, which is probably the max we've ever hit (99 gb), so it's around 3gb a day... but the problem with that is, my connections are fast now... *sigh* I think I'll easily pass 3gb a day, so have to limit the downloads... that means only anime I watch, I get... and xxxHOLic is pretty good... I watched the movie, it's a bit out there, but not too bad. School Rumble Semester 2 is finished, and 3 is coming. And while the Office (NBC) isn't anime, it's one I get because they are on season 3, and well it gets funnier and funnier... so much so I just love the antics Jim pulls it's not funny. I wonder if the calculator he put in jello would work after he takes it out...

Back to work issues... I get to be a driver for 4 people because of my position as a supervisor. How lovely. Waste my fuel, and get up early to get to the station. What a bloody company this is, they can't be bothered hiring a driver for the bus? damn I really should be getting a new job and not complaining about this job. Oh well.

The Nintendo Wii (pronounced We) is coming out in Dec! I know I'll be getting it, not on the first day I guess, but maybe after the prices drop for the first time. You know, that's the first console we'd ever have in this family? Not counting the Sony PSP my bro got, and my Nintendo DS, because they aren't really consoles, more handhelds, like my PDA I don't use nowdays, and a camera I don't really use, and a mobile fone which is dying (Plus the company I used to work for managed to lose 6 billion dollars (or something like that) to plug a failing mobile company in 9 months... how's that for impressive...) so I'm looking for a new mobile fone, not that I call anybody, but it's for people to call me, like somebody who called tonight and asked me to join them tomorrow to a meeting to see if I wanted to make extra money on the side selling stuff. Yes, I will go join them to see what it's about, because frankly I am always suspicious, but I trust the bloke who called me, maybe he's been brainwashed, I have to find out :P

Anyways, probably another couple of weeks before I blog again since nothing really happens, and I mean really happens. It's always the little details that I record, and well, now it's the big picture...

Nice day out

Yesterday I went out, today I went out. It was a nice day, in the end I even got a "Brazillian" goodbye, a hug from a guy, and a handshake.

After getting home, I got a call from a guy I haven't met in as many years as I have met yuppy. This time, he's in syd for a holiday, same as yuppy, 2 days, same amount of 'free' time as yuppy, used to hail from brissie, same as yuppy, QUT friend, same as yuppy, but he's been spending around 3 years in Brazil, San Paulo to be exact - different to yuppy. So I asked where to meet and stuff, and he said Opera Bar. It was already around 7:30pm that time, I don't usually go out at night just to go to bars... so I said sorry, can't do it... lucky, ends up he went to another bar in Mosman anyways.

So this morning he calls up at about 10am, I was awake since 9:20, since I did set the alarm on, but was just lying in bed... enjoying the luxury... and I sounded I was still asleep, as you do on a lazy sunday. But he was gonna be going to Manly, and I don't remember when I was in Manly last, probably 2000 when I was doing work experience or something. So I said yep, what time, and he said 12:30. Well, I got there at 12:30, then he got "delayed" till 1:30, then 2pm. I was already hungry at 12:30, so when I found out 2pm, I went and grabbed a Chicko roll. It's fried and nice, but not filling.

While waiting, there was a busker at Circular Quay, juggling swords and fire sticks on top of a pole, which is strapped with a bike. Lets just say that buskers like that can earn a bit if everybody gave $5. Probably earns $1000 a day if he's good. He did many sessions, when I was waiting (1 hour), and we spent about 4 hours out at Manly, and by the time we came back he was still doing the shows... so yeah... it's a showmanship kinda job :P

Manly is nice, and lots of people there. We had a lunch of fish and chips on the beach, and then Royal Coppenhagen ice cream afterwards. Nice.

By the time we got back to Circular Quay it was close to 6pm. And getting dark. Since they are the tourists, they went to Bondi beach. I said my byes to them there, since I already been to Bondi before (with people... not by myself). The girl gave me a Brazillian bye, which was a *muah* kinda kiss on the cheek... I was a little surprised, but to them it's normal... then my friend gave me a hug... then his cousin, the tour guide shook hands with me. All very normal and weird at the same time. But then, I probably wouldn't see them again for a few years... so it's alright :P

By the time I got home it was 7:30, and dinner was almost finished. I actually saw my bro's car on the road just before he turned into our street, he just beat me home by a minute. So it was a nice Sunday night dinner.

I'm tired, but happy. All good for a new week. Bring it on! :P

Not so same day

I went to see a movie today, everybody said that Pirates 2 was good, but they didn't say how long it was. about 2.5 hours, to be exact. Now that's 2 long movies I've watched on the big screen. Superman Returns was long, a little unexpected, but Pirates was great. Good plot development, good CGI, sometimes it felt a little drawn out, but the pace was fast and planned. However the cliffhanger wasn't a point that I liked, for a movie of 2.5 hours, I expect closure. Not unlike "Back to the Future I" where they hadn't really planned it from the beginning to be a trilogy, since it's now a franchise of Pirates... but it's good.

After that I had a personal pizza combo. Nice.

Coming home, there were strangers at our place. They were hooking up the security system we wanted, because somebody's getting paranoid. So it's a bit more secure. More hassle than what it's worth, but still, it's all good.

My friend from bris, who I haven't seen or talked to for a long time (4 years) called up. I forgot that he was in syd for a day or two, but since he called up late, I couldn't just head to the city for drinks. But if he calls up early tomorrow morning, I can head to the city early. I guess I'll go sleep early.

I am finally on Insane mode on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. It's just a little more intense, but not Insane. The icons become smaller, and you can't really point anywhere wrong, since a little mistake will mean you don't finish that section... So it's either perfection or try again... which is fine when I got time to kill :D But when I come home from work, I'm tired, so it's really hard :P

Peace out.

Losing It...

I think my bro has lost it in the last week...

Dinner time, he came home from uni, and we were eating... he suddenly looks at me and goes "hey, when did you get your new glasses?". I just gave him a look of "wtf" and he just went... "oh yeah, you got them ages ago, when you wanted a new look". That was back in December... half a year ago.

I've recently been addicted to "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!" for the Nintendo DS. Don't ask me why, but the rythmic gameplay and trying to finish the final level for "Hard" is addictive. I managed to cruise through "Hard" after having a hard time with "Normal". I didn't even play the "Easy" mode. It gets easier because the beats match the song more, but still, theres a final mode called "Insane". So that's something to try to achieve first... No doubt many people out there have finished Insane. They are truly masters of the tapping genre. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just YouTube search for "ouendan" and check out Insane levels from people playing it. Then you'll know what I'm on about.

Work is... work, as usual. I wouldn't say I hate it, but I definately ain't loving it. One of my 'subordinates', a stubborn guy, was trying to finish off stocktake late on Monday night. He managed to get himself locked in, and tripped off the alarm. Needless to say, the boss ain't happy and it comes back down to me because I am his 'supervisor'. I ain't really his boss, since he doesn't care. So, this all boils down to my direct supervisor, and since they are looking into it, I can only report on what I think he's done. And they don't trust him or the other one, but we still need workers, even though they might be a bit on the shifty side.

Now, I actually look forward to the weekends where I can sleep in. Previously I didn't have to look forward to the weekends because I wasn't so tired after work, but now I am.

Big Brother 06 is finishing in a week's time. I guess David should win, but Camilla and Jamie could win easily. Max, I think he'll be out, unless he's got a lot of powerful and rich friends.

Ok, back to Ouendan, I've gotta scratch that itch...

Life, as I know it...

So, my last post was about me starting the new job, and 2 weeks into it, I'm beginning to grasp the idea of what I'm supposed to do. Basically, I'm the warehouse supervisor, or coordinator, or just the warehouse guy who's accountable for everything that's good and bad in the warehouse. I have 5 people under me, I don't really consider that I'm the boss, because I tend to let them do what they need, and help out. I used to do that back at the old job, with 2 people that I 'look' after. But I was still an assistant. Now I am getting paid for the same with more responsibility. Such is life. I drive 64 kms a day, which takes about 2 hours. Traffic can be good and bad, and I dunno if the car has a problem or not, because the oil light came on for a second then disappeared.. So... I might have to get it checked out... What else... actually went to watch Superman Returns at the cinemas... costs quite a bit, $15 for the movie, then I paid a bit more... and yeah, it was an alright day I guess... but I probably won't go out for a while. :P

Getting used to it

So now I wake up early, work hard, and go home "early". There's got to be more to this job, but right now, it's a very very boring and bland job. Needless to say, everything is slow in the start, and if I want to see results, it'll be ages before it happens. Oh, I sleep earlier too. Ain't that sad... :P

oops

I was supposed to go get the car transferred into my name, but I woke up and drove there and managed to find a park after an hour. By which time it was already closed. So, till next week. However, I did get an insurance thingy set up, so I should be able to pay that off within the week. Ahhh... need to buy other stuff, but there's always more important things at hand. And it's cold in the morning, need to get that checked out as well. To many things to think off at once, but I'll get there eventually :P

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

It's a favourite of mine recently. I think I like the melody more than the words, but the words are still good. The MTV of it is like ink spot tests. Not bad. Anyways, it's my second day of work, and two things happened before work started. 1, I had ice on the front and rear windshields. Water diluted it, but it wasn't before work that it had defrosted. 2, some bird decided to relive itself on my car. GRRRR! So the first thing I did after coming home was to wash the big brown stains off my car. And thus it looks presentable again. I also bought comprehensive car insurance. That's just a little over $1000. But I don't plan to get into any accidents if I can help it. Then I will go get the rego transferred, and that'll probably cost $400. Then other bills here and there, and I got to pay everything. But the front up cost of this car was the good part. I think I'll get some mp3 reader/FM transmitter fitted to the car and then I can play mp3s... something to keep me awake every morning at 7am.

Work is work, it's not good, it's not bad, I can find many things to complain, but then I'm sure that there's people worse off with casual arrangements and all. But still, taking an hour to get to work and from work is kinda boring.

Tired. Will go sleep around 10:30, 11 at the latest. Why? Because I stand up at work almost 95% of the time. The 5% of the time is when I can rest on some pallet, because I've got sore legs and feet. It's a harder warehouse than my old one, that's for sure. So I stand probably 6.5 hours a day. That's quite a feat. :P

Am I impulsive or crazy?

Why, do you ask? Well, I am going to start my new job next wednesday, and well, I need to have a good car. And well... I looked on the 4 major car websites. www.drive.com.au www.carsguide.com.au www.carpoint.com.au and www.carsales.com.au and found a Toyota Camry 2001, under 100,000kms, and it was below $10000. I saw others , and put them down on my list, but when I went to the first place, I had a test drive, and I decided to buy it. Well, I went with my dad, and he tried to bargain it down to $9000, but no dice... but it was a still good bargain. So we bought it, and well, I have to pay it all on tueday. So I can drive the 'new' car on wednesday. And I'm excited and scared at the same time. It's totally different way of driving... And I didn't even go to the other car yards and check out the other cars on the list because they are more expensive, and to cut it down to the price I got this one, it'll be hard. Also it was quite funny because the dealer deals with 4WD. So to sell this particular model, they must be quite desperate... But, I still need to maintain it, thats for sure.

A close call

This is probably the first time in a long time that I didn't go to work. Except that it wasn't my idea. Basically, at 8:25am today, we had a couple of high school kids ring our doorbell. Wondering what did they want, since a lot of high school kids go by our place from the train station to the high school, they said that my mum was sitting on the footpath and bleeding. I just went "wtf" and then ran down the road, and my dad thanked the guys and came after me. The rain was stopped for a while, but the ground was a bit wet. She was looking for a pair of gloves in her handbag, but tripped over the uneven road, fell and scraped her knees (bleeding) and also managed to hit her head on the concrete. So, she was dazed, and was in shock. I tried to help her up but I was more shocked about her being shocked. She couldn't stand, so my dad held her up, and I ran back and drove the car. We then decided to go to the GP (general practitioner, the local doc). They weren't open till 9am, and well, the doc didn't come in till 9:30. Gave her a quick going over, and well, told her to go get an x-ray. So we went to Bankstown hospital's emergency department. It basically took around 3 hours to get a checkup and x-ray, and she's discharged. So yeah... got home after 1pm, and I had lunch, but was too stressed and so I called in work and said I can't go in. That was my day really. I took a 2 hour nap afterwards and woke up around 5. It's good that my mum is ok now, but the leg is still sore.

So, I met the friend from NZ on sunday. We had lunch at the fishmarkets, and then basically wandered around the city, and I got lost because... I don't walk around certain parts of the city... but she kinda got us back on George st and then I knew which way we were going. We then had coffee, then I walked her back to the place where she was staying with... no dinner. So it was a meeting, not a date. We didn't even take a pic together... that's kinda strange... and I don't know when she'll be back, because she doesn't know herself.

I went for an interview yesterday. It was at another Twese company, and took me 1 hour to get there. In heavy traffic, in pouring rain. The interview took about 1.5 hours, and well, I can give it a go if they decide to hire me. Permenant full time. Maybe advancement after a few years. I went back to work after going home in about 40 mins, and having lunch at home. But I am definately looking at cars because this car cannot handle longer than 1 hour's journey without overheating. So yeah... things need to be done, and done soon.

Change?

Last week was pretty hectic. There was Thursday, where we shipped out 2 containers worth of goods, on two different trucks. Then Friday, my supervisor had to attend a funeral, so he left at lunch. Then calls up about 2:30 and says that we have to ship out this order, which was left from the end of may because they couldn't go. Well... that order turned out to add an extra 8 pallets. I can say that I slept soundly that night. It was probably the coldest day also, since the start of winter. :P Strong wind and rain didn't help... was pretty much frozen. But wrapping the pallets did warm me up. My colleague, he was very skinny and didn't fare as well, he was more frozen because he didn't do much, apart from at his desk. So walking around and doing a bit of manual labour helps in this situation.

I have a friend coming from overseas for a quick holiday, but apart from a few SMS, there wasn't any organisation. Tomorrow will be the last day that we can meet up, but I haven't got any messages. Oh well, I guess she isn't that excited to meet me, so that's probably why. She complained about the weather as well, because she arrived on thurs night and had the bad weather on Friday.

This coming Monday, I'm going to a job interview. Now, I didn't ask for this interview, the last 2 interviews I didn't really ask for, but I went because I wanted to see what they were like. And this one is a bit far from home, so if I was offered a permenant position and have the right pay, I will go... this will mean 2 things. 1, giving my supervisor notice, even though I'm casual and I don't have to give notice. 2, preparation for the new job. The preparation is also two-fold, 1, I need to have a 'new' car, something which can handle the long distance without dying, as is the case with my current car, and 2, well, if I do have to live so far away, find a closer place to live. It's definately cheaper to pay the fuel than to live by myself, plus I am helping paying off the mortgage for my parents, so the car is definately the priority... I'm looking at Toyotas because they are cheaper to run/maintain, and it's gotta be newer than the year 2000, and less than 100,000 kms, but below $15,000. My budget is around $10,000, but I'm willing to go higher, but there's not many cars that fit the description. Most milage around that era (2000) is averaging 150,000 kms, because they drive like 30-40k kms a year... when the average should only be around 100,000 kms. So it's hard to find one... need to search very hard.

I've got a headache, and I might go sleep early tonight.

Da di da...

Wow... it's been more than a month since I last posted... that's to show that not much has happened. Just the last weekend has been a bit 'busier'. On tuesday the TV died. The other LCD tv is fine, just the 'old' CRT tv, which we had for about 6 years, decided to die. So, we weren't basked in the glow of the TV for dinner for 4 days, then Saturday, yesterday, me and mum went to try and get a TV we saw in the ads. 51cm, 20", for $199 at K-Mart. We went to 3 different places to start with, one was closed, then we went to Bing Lee, then Retravision, then finally K-Mart, for Teac's 51cm model, discounted. It's flat screen too. It looks smaller than the other 51cm tv, because of the black bezel, but it's nice and sharp... Anyways, I installed the TV, and then spent some time to muck around, before I left for a friend's birthday party. He turned 30, and I didn't know him that well, but it was his younger sis who set up the party. I did a count at one point, there was around 60 people at the party, and I probably only knew about 10. And it went from 7pm till 12 or something, but I left around 11:30 because most (80%) were already gone by then. Met up with the other camp people (birthday boy was from camp as well) and had a good chat for a while. Then I called up (organised before) my bro, and then he picked me up and we went over to their place. Their parents are overseas, and bro-in-law had 2 friends over and they were playing Fifa 2006 on the Xbox 360. I was too tired to play, so I watched them till they stopped about 3am, and then went to sleep. Woke up about noon today, and bummed around their house, played a couple games of pool, some xbox, and tried to watch TW satellite, but something was wrong with their satellite box, it freezes... should get it fixed. Back to work tomorrow. Another day another dollar.

It's another season

Of Big Brother, that is. I still would watch re-runs of the simpsons though... on my newly purchased 32" LCD TV. It's got a little bit of scratch on it, plus a red pixel, but no drama, it's still very nice to watch, obviously. The 21" CRT TV goes into the kitchen, and the other 21" gets thrown into the rubbish of time. So far I've watched about 5 hours worth of TV on that, and my mum even more so. I've also bought a SDTV set top box, and it should arrive this or next week, and well, I can't wait. Also on other news, it's like 3 weeks I've lost 3 days of pay... *sigh*. But I will make up for 1.5 or even 2 days on Saturday, cos it's end of month... yay :P Too many holidays means I get bored... but I do some papercraft and it's time consuming.

Both my brothers have left Sydney. For this week at least. The one which got married went to the US for a week, for a conference, leaving his wife behind. The other one's gone down to Melbourne to shoot arrows at targets all week, taking his gf along with him, because she also can shoot arrows into targets. Meanwhile I'm busting my ass shifting and moving and wrapping and driving forklift and whatnots, while my supervisor and other colleage takes a holiay, then tomorrow is Anzac day, then we'll all be back on Wed for a big rush towards EOM. Fun fun fun fun fun. :P

So thats how it is...

Well, after Easter Friday, people tend to go shopping. I went to shop for a pair of shoes, because my current pair has seen better days. So I asked if any other family member wanted to come along, and my dad said sure, why not. My mum didn't wanna go, but asked my dad to buy a list of stuff, and well, my bro had his gf over so he doesn't wanna budge. So, I drove to Bankstown, and then spent a good 30 mins circling the carparks trying to find a spot... eventually finding one. We went to "Payless Shoes", and found that it was pretty expensive, around $50 a pair. Then we went to a "Sportsco" and found out the shoes were around $30 a pair, for the cheapest. So lastly we went to check K-Mart, there wasn't much variety, but for $19, it was cheap. Also having a 15% storewide sale helped, which means it was $17. Yay :P Then we got out of there, there was a lot of people shopping today, we parked in a 1 hour zone, so we left 30 mins later. We then drove across to the other area, and bought some incense, meat, tofu, fruit and rice vermicilli. Then headed home. Pretty uneventful, I will have to add more petrol, but with the price being jacked up to $1.30/L, it's not easy to say "let me add some petrol". I watched a movie called "Hoodwinked", a computer animated story about Little Red Riding Hood. Funny and silly at the same time, it provided a time wasting opportunity for an hour and several minutes. Dinner was the rice vermicilli, and my bro baked a cake. Carrot cake. Anyways, I think there's something wrong with the person I've been chatting for a while... They normally talk to me as a normal person, but today... very rude and then finally told me to piss off... So that's probably it then... I don't think I will talk with them unless I have to, because well, I don't think I've done anything wrong and I certainly don't deserve that kind of rudeness.

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so... I was talking about applying for a job that's similiar to mine, and well, I got called in for an interview. Wednesday, and in the morning. I figure it's better to be in the morning since people are still working, and I rather that than to subject my colleagues to stay behind and load up the trucks, like what I do. We did 34 pallets of tvs, 400 tvs... took a big truck (and a trailer, called a "B-Double") to load it up, and well, we did, and we had to scan them all as well. It's always an effort, but it's required. Hopefully I don't need to do that in my new job, but it might be necessary. On other news, the person who crashed their car getting out of the carpark, they have to carpool with somebody else, till they get another car to drive. They are rich, so they should be able to afford it. Me, I have my heap of junk which might actually die without crashing, I feel that it's starting to lose a cylinder... loss of power and all that... rather shite car!! If I do get the new job, then I will definately consider getting another car. Definately.

Weekend

So... it's the weekend again. Nothing much to report, except that work's the same, and somebody crashed their car going out of work's carpark. They were in the wrong too. Easter show's started, and well, getting into work takes a while because of people trying to get to the show, at the same time. So I was late on Friday... also somebody saw a job online, and then asked why I wouldn't go for it. I checked it out, and well, it looks just like my ex-job. Or current job, if my colleague was away. Its also with another tech company, also in Homebush. So yeah... I might apply for it and see if I can get it. If not, then it's back to the daily grind... :P

Update

With time back on my side, it's time for an update.

Daylight savings ended. Now we've "gained" one hour of sleep. Clock has been wound back one hour.

Weather has suddenly gone cold. It happened on Saturday early morning, brrrr. Friday was really warm and all. But now, it feels like autumn. So now I think I'll be wearing long pants now.

Bro got married a week ago. He's a married man now. Don't think that really bothers me though, I'm still single and nothing's changing. Haven't really gotten pics of it either, because they are on the other bro's computer, and in RAW format. about 3 gigs worth. I don't have that space free on my two drives. Considering getting a 300 g drive very soon.

I ordered and got an Ipaq H5550 for $200. No Cradle. So I got a cradle for it. It works, and I've been playing with it for a while. To some, it's a tool, but for me, who doesn't have a handheld, it's a games machine. I could buy a Nintendo DS which has a touch screen, but the games would cost a bit. Also I was "offered" a PSP for the princely sum of $350. It includes some videos and a 1 gb memorystick. Tempting, but I don't think I will get one yet. I had an invite for an XBOX360 Guiness World Record thingy, but I didn't wanna go to that either, it costs $20. But apparently u get $150 worth of gear when you do go (after paying, of course). Still... I'm not a Microsoft fanboy. Maybe when Sony or Nintendo does a launch I might consider...

Today was a weird day. 3 people messaged me on MSN. AT THE SAME TIME, asking different things. I haven't talked to them for a while, and well, one was to say hi, and told me she spoke with a friend she didn't talk to for 4 years. They had an argument 4 years ago and suddenly they are gonna make up... Good for them. The other guy, he was asking me about what LCD screen I got, I had an 19" ever since I upgraded my comp and well, he was asking about refresh rates and stuff. Weird. The third one asked me about a girl that we used to chat to on irc's surburb. The fact I know this was that I used to live a few streets away from her (almost a km away though...) and thats why he asked me, because he knew we were in the same surburb. I actually also used to live a few streets away from her too, on the opposite side (think of a straight line) but that was because we moved from a small house to a big house, in the same surburb. The small house was probably 500 meters away from her, while the big house was a km away. But I never met her, and I don't think I will. All three who msned me are brisbanites. First one was there, but lived in melb a few years, then moved back. Second one, he lived there till a few years ago and then went off to shanghai. Third is still there. Stuck there till he decides to leave the place. Which is probably never.

The friend I chat to who isn't in Australia, she's off to TW for 3 weeks. Hope she has fun there, she probably will, but sometimes when I chat with her, she doesn't sound happy at all... thinks too much. She probably wouldn't know what's going on till her sis gets married, then something something. Because I wouldn't know what would happen, but it's still fun to chat with her.

I got a haircut today, I asked my mum to cut it short, and she thinks that 10cm is short... Next time I wouldn't save the money, I'll go to a barbers and then they can decide on a style. I think I have the same hairstyle for the past 20 years, that's for sure. (Except the years I lived by "myself" (with cousin's family) and in college. I got my uncle to cut my hair then...)

Work... same as usual. One ex-colleague, he worked with us for about a week in the warehouse, asked me on MSN if I was interested in doing call centre work at his company. Now, I could've gone into our callcentre, except I don't want to, because I don't like to hear people complain all the time. So why would I leave this job for that job, where I don't know anybody else there, and have to listen to people complain? I think if I'm ready for a change, I will go, but not yet... by the end of this year probably. I do need a holiday of sorts...

So, it's been another while since I updated...

I was offered a job by a guy who got retrenched. Well not from him, but somebody he met while out and about. I went and checked out the job, it was a very repetitive job, even more so than mine. And it was dealing with $$, which I didn't like to deal with already. So I had to politely decline the offer. I will have to call up the guy who got retrenched to thank him for that opportunity though.

Also another guy got sacked because of the person who backstabs everyone. She came in later than everyone, and guess what, she got promoted in less than 3 months. That's because she backstabbed the guy who got retrenched, and well, the guy who got fired was just next in her sights. She even warned my colleague in the warehouse because he sent something wrong once. Now then, if the company goes down, we know who was the cause of it. Stupid backstabbing biatch.

I did go and have a look at car auctions with our opposite door neighbour, however after that time I didn't go since (the saturday just gone) because I was too tired. But it's pretty cool just to check out cars for fun :P But what happened yesterday was pretty good... he came over and offered us his lounge suite, because he bought a new one, and couldn't afford to see the set go to waste. It's a leather set, so it's pure black, which my parents don't really like, but apart from that, it has no problems. Just a few years old, but still in good condition. They got a new set with recliners for $600, so thats why they had to let this one go. So now we got a leather lounge in our place. Comfy too :P So that means I had to relocate some of the speakers and such, because they were bigger. In fact, the long piece was too big to go through the door (our old one could, just barely) so we took the screen door off the window and it went through that instead. I got the speakers and so now I got a 4.1 solution. It's really a 2.1 + 2.0, but the subwoofer is for the front one. I have tried it on some AC3 movie, it does work with the surround option, but my motherboard actually supports 7.1 sound... so if I got a 5.1 sound set, I only need to use one set of speakers.

Work is a bit weird, sometimes we'll be busy, other times we'll be even busier. Sometimes we'll have nothing to do for a few hours. That sux. So then our supervisor is going under the knife, should be recovering by now, but he won't be in this week. And also, I won't be in this friday, or Saturday if we need to do OT. Which we wouldn't. So I lose 1 day's pay... but hey, it's my bro's wedding, if I don't go, I don't think he would come to mine? haha nah I just want to take a day off just to feel what it's like... NOT.

Daylight savings still is on. Then next week it'll be back to normal. That'll screw other people over for sure :D

not normal..

As from yesterday's post, my car is dying. Today, this is what happened...

7am: woke up. did the usual wake up routine, and then had breakfast. wrote an email to my supervisor saying I'll be late.
8am: "drove" the car to the mechanics. This means pushing the gas pedal and not going faster than 10km/h... Lucky it wasn't too busy on the roads just yet. Nobody there. asked the servo attendant. Usually opens at 8. wait in car.
8:15am: Mechanic Apprentice rocks up in his yellow combi. Asks me whats the problem, I tell him, he diagnoses it's a gone cylinder. However, tells me to wait till boss arrives.
8:45am: boss arrives, I tell him the same, he tells me the same, I'm running on 3 cylinders. I leave the keys and I go catch the train.
8:59am: I get a quote on the ticket by pressing the station and pressing 'day return'. $6. that's pretty expensive!
9:01am: I redid the procedure. $3.60. much better. I buy a ticket.
9:20am: train arrives, travelling
9:45am: train arrives to the station where I gotta change trains.
9:46am: I leave the train, go down the concourse, find the timetable, it says the connecting train leaves in 1 minute on platform 6, I run up platform 6, and the train has just gone.
9:50am: sat down and baked in the sun for about 16 minutes.
10:10am: the connecting train arrives. yay.
10:15am: arrives at the station close to work. I walk 15 mins through the park.
10:30am: arrive at work, meet everybody, and they all asked how my car was since I emailed. worked hard for 1.5 hours wrapping up pallets.
12:00: had lunch for an hour.
1:00pm: return to my normal duties.
4:30pm: all the couriers decide to rock up. So I put 12 pallets on B, 8 on C, and I don't know how many for TNT, but they actually remembered to pick up the trailer before 5pm!
5:15pm: finished with all the couriers for the day, and colleague bought a TV, so loaded him up as well. Also asked him if he can give me a ride home since we're on the same street (possibly not now since he's married... maybe he's moved).
5:30pm: finished off what I can, and then went with colleague home.
5:45pm: driving through the surburbs, we were suddenly surprised by smoke on the road. I thought it was a car at first, but when we looked, a house was on fire. There was thick billowing smoke coming out. We decided to drive onto the footpath, and asked if anything was helpable. Like if anybody needs help or something. some woman screams that her baby was in there or something, but it turned out to be a dog or cat. and then 5 mins later the fire brigade rocks up. We decided to leave then since it's not good being onlookers.
6:00pm: got home. Then walked to the mechanics, the car wasn't ready yet, he's done a service on it. I think it'll be expensive... >:( I'm really starting to focus on what I'm looking for in a car, when we do fix it or something.

Then the usual of bumming around in front of the computer for the rest of the evening after dinner and all that. So it was quite a bit of excitement really. I gotta go work at 7am though... so need to sleep. And then get a ride with my colleague till the car's fixed or something.

Ah I can't wait to get a "better" car.

Oh.

I had a bbq today, it was at 2pm. Needless to say, it happened at 3pm, because everybody was fasionably late. Lots of meat... not enough veges. Lots of bread too... The birthday boy got a little pressie from the couple that formed from camp. None of us really gave him a present, just our presence. He was playing handball with his brother, who's about 12 years younger. It's just really weird. Apparently he doesn't spend too much time with him, so he's doing that, on his birthday. What a great bro he is. Anyways, we bbq and managed to overcook... so that went into the bin. WHAT A WASTE!!! We had 'linner' for 3 hours, and then went for an hour's walk around the national park. Then the security guard kicked us out. There was a weir (google it if you don't know what it is) and basically these leb kids were using a row boat from the bottom and trying to move it to the top. We watched them, the main kid was rowing backwards, with the sharp end in front of him (and the flat end behind him). That's the way to give yourself more work than necessary, since it's creating the most drag. So it was pretty entertaining for a few good minutes. If they had fallen over, it would've been better, but unfortunately it didn't happen.

Now... I normally don't complain a lot about the car... wait, I do!. The car's dying. I had a horrible time trying to get home today. It was shuddering all the time, from 0-60km/h. Because the transmission is dying around 0-2000rpms. The gears aren't meshing... And the car's only got a secondhand engine, plus done 163,xxx kms. So I was in a real state of panic, I drove all the way to eastwood without realising that I had missed the turnoff. So I was driving around, hoping not to stall or anything, because if I did, it would've been bad. Thats why I am looking at cars in really desperate conditions now. Cos if I don't... I'm screwed. No car... means no job. Well, I could use public transport, but that means I'm screwed either way. *sigh*.

Mardi Gras (http://www.mardigras.org.au) is on tonight. I'm lucky I head away from the city after the bbq. It's always jammed packed. Thats how they like it.

ARGH what a shitty week

Work was work. and then it went to pieces. Literally. I didn't realise that the dumb f**ks from the courier company doesn't know how to handle our transport needs. AND I HAD TO CALL THEM UP... TWICE THIS WEEK. Thursday, I left around 6:45. Today, I left around 6:30. Lucky I kinda guessed that they'll screw us over, and they did. So I called up around 5... and both the couriers had somehow 'lost' our despatch details. So I kept on chasing it and chasing it, and finally at 5:30 they said that they'll send somebody over in half an hour. That was one courier. The other one came about 5 mins after the 'first' courier, and picked up the trailer and left. All together that took about 10 mins. Plus my locking up since I'm pretty much the only one left. So you can imagine that I'm pretty buggered. The two hours of OT doesn't really do it justice... -_-;

My bro is getting married on the 24th. That's a Friday. And I got asked if I want to go and witness the signing and blah blah. I said sure, since I'm a casual, I can just not work for a day. And then my mum was talking to my bro, and goes "oh you can go to work, no need to see the wedding". THEN WHY THE F**K DID YOU ASK ME? IF YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO GO, DON'T NEED TO TELL ME! Far out, I'm severely pissed off today. Nothing's gone right... first Dick Smith, then my colleague thinking that he's helping me but actually doing something which he shouldn't... then the couriers, and now this. The only thing I can look forward to is probably tomorrow, a bbq for a friend's birthday. Needless to say... nothing's exciting in my life, I can tell you that. I am in serious consideration in finding a new job. I'm fed up with the entire situation. I got some $$ in the bank, maybe I can go travel, but I like being comfortable, so that would mean that travelling is probably got to be a tour or something. And that would be expensive...

Anyways, I'll just have to take it easy... or else I'll grow really old really fast.

Lucky... or not so Lucky

It's been a while since I blogged... not that I have much to update. Work is hectic as usual, but that hasn't prevented me leaving at 5pm for the last 3 days, due to my supervisor telling me to go if there's nothing (plus I only have 1/2 hour lunch...). Also I did get some OT in, which is ok. Nothing too flash. Anyways... I had an accident with a skid that nearly took the tip of my finger off. Basically, the guy said that the skid wasn't too heavy, and then when I put my finger under to pick it up, he moved it (because it was at an angle, and he didn't warn me he was moving it) and it trapped my 4th finger on my left hand. Very lucky that it was trapped for about 1/2 of a second or less cos it basically nearly crushed my finger and probably would've chopped it off if it shifted in the wrong direction. So I got a nice bloody finger for a while. It basically feels tender just behind the fingernail. The skin's split about 1 cm, and if I don't bandage it, it bleeds. It doesn't hurt now, even if I squeeze it. I guess it just got tenderised. But yeah, it was pretty scary when the skid shifted when I was trying to pick it up.

Anyways, about the word "bloody". It seems to be the Australian Tourist's new promotion, to ask tourists from other countries "Where the bloody hell are you?" and get them to come here.

Something tragic happened this morning. I wasn't caught up in it, but it was actually very close to where I work. I drive through Lidcombe to work everyday. There's an overpass, which is the M4 motorway. Apparently a woman got EJECTED out of her vehicle because of a crash, and well... she flew across the median strip and got hit by an oncoming truck. Died at the scene, and basically held up the M4 motorway for kilometers. I got to work pretty much at 8:45. Other people, stragglers, came in after 9... and most came in around 10-10:30 because they chose to go the M4. Of course, they don't lose any pay, but I think it's sad. They should lose pay because well, they aren't working. But that's just sad anyways.

There's a girl who I have no interst in at work, she sometimes just comes to annoy me because I process the orders. Anyways, somehow she was asking my colleague how was his holiday to HK, and he said it was ok, and I jokingly said that he was gonna get married soon, and she believed it for a second... then my supervisor said that I got a 'little woman' in queensland because I went up there for a HS reunion (all guys). Then, for some reason, the girl asks me this question. "Do you like guys or girls?". I was like WHAT THE F**K!!?! Naturally I don't like her, and never will. I wouldn't ever tell her who I liked. But I did tell my colleague who I liked. The thing is... I don't think she really has a liking for me, cos we're still treating each other like friends. But she showed me her webcam on MSN, and well, she's actually not bad at all. Though she does look a little fierce when she's concentrating, or has no 'expression'. She's got a diary on yahoo, and well, she says she likes these two guys (even got their names...) so... I'll just see if she's really interested in those guys, and if she is, I'll go find some other girl to lavish my attention upon. :P

Ahhhh Friday is coming up... I definately need the rest.

So it wasn't meant to be... the flirting was just flirting, it won't get anywhere. She just treats me as a friend, nothing more. Oh well time to find the next girl... :P

On other news, Christians are rather evil and manipulative... especially one of the girls from camp, who I've been chatting with recently. I have no interest in her, she has no interest in me (ain't that the sad truth) yet she wants me to go out with her. Well I told her that why do I want to go out with her, and her friends, in a more than friends manner, and then I realised that she wants to convert me to Christianity... I realise this only because I've been in the same situation before, in uni... when a group of friends told me to come to a "party" and then I went and it was a church session inside an auditorium... and they tried to convert me but I am a firm believer of Buddhism... so it was a no go zone for them next time around. Needless to say I'm weary of whatever they tried to invite me to. So I am weary of what this girl from camp invites me to.

My parents can be pretty evil (in a good way). They went on a tour around Sydney to see the temples. Left in the morning, and I was supposed to receieve a call from them and go pick them up at a train station. 5pm came and went, I was sitting there in the lounge waiting... waiting... watching tv... and more waiting... all the way to 5:30... then I said stuff it, went to my room and surfed because I didn't want to chat to people and suddenly leave. Then my parents came back around 6:15... -_- They didn't call, they were actually dropped off about 1km away from home and they walked... 30 mins or so. I was worried at that time, I had locked up the house and it was stuffy... and they were a little apologetic but still it was ok, since they were safe.

Crazy, I tell ya.

Feeling emotional... or something like that...

I feel like I'm beginning to deeply like somebody... previously I haven't really spoken to this person, but recently I've been chatting to this person at least once a day. Sometimes even at work, when I don't have any work. I don't know for sure if I really DO like this person, but there's the joking, and light flirting. Needless to say, if I ever meet them I will be able to make a better judgement. Hell, I don't even know if she really likes me or not, but if she flirts with me, it's probably a good thing? I'll probably see how far it goes... if nothing happens, then that was just fun... if something does happen, then its good... The only problem is that there's a 2 hour time difference... Ahh...

Work's been really dead. Today there wasn't anything really, it was all yesterday's orders. There was a mad rush to push them through, because it was EOM, but the first day back and it's DEAD. So we're gonna have a stocktake soon. That'll be easy, since we don't have that much stock. :P I'll be able to do most of it by myself because of the fact that my supervisor has kidney stones or gall stones or some stones, and need to get a scan. The other guys will be doing it in teams, and if we really don't have much to go out, it'll be smooth sailing. All the new stuff will be coming in next week. Yay. Everybody that comes into the warehouse goes 'where's the stock?!?' because it's EMPTY. Well, you guys did a great job of clearing out the stock, we're just waiting for new stuff to come in :P Then it's the cycle of clearing the stock. And that's the way it goes.

The weather's giving me the shits lately. Like cool and cloudy one day, and blistering hot the next. And it looks like it'll be blistering hot tomorrow. Damn... sweating like a pig, when we're not doing anything. What happens if we started working hard? Sweating like a... river... :P Lucky it seems to be dead in the orders, but... the warehouse gets hot no matter the situation :P

It's not really something special, but this year it was a different Australia day. I actually went out and had yumcha with friends! ...from the camp. Three friends, Thomas, Mark, and Cathy. Thomas bought a friend, Bensin (that's how he spells it). Mark bought two friends, Tommy and Sullivan (maybe from Monsters Inc?). Cate, James, Susan and Arthur didn't turn up. I did try to invite Mary, but she never got my message. MSN acts up, again. Anyways, all in all, the total amount for each person was $23, which is pretty average I guess. It is an expensive meal, and I wasn't really full, but yeah... I don't do it terribly often. After that, we checked out Market City's upstairs... wasn't much, except that there's alot of people. Mark also had some friends in the city, namely Chris, Forrest (Gump, Forrest Gump), and Elsa. They seem a nice bunch, Tommy is a doctor and will be going to Japan, and then Chris seems well knowledged in Japan, so they started chatting quite a bit. Meanwhile we're just sitting there sipping tea. Kinda weird situation. Then they headed out to Starbucks, and we spent around 10 mins there seeing if there's something that the collective group wanted to do (9 people), and the latter 3 wanted to go south 45mins drive away to a national park, the rest just wanted to go home...

Spent the rest of the day doing jack because I was so tired. I walked about 1-2km home because I realised I got off at the wrong stop, the train doesn't get to my station via the Lidcombe line, so instead of getting on a train to Birrong and then go to my station, I decided to leg it. Took about 15 mins of solid walking, and it was quite quiet along the street. Not too bad, but the flies really annoyed me.

Back to work, then the weekend. Maybe will go out again for the weekend, who knows...

Sporadic New Post!

Well... nothing much to report, except that I'm running on low gear. The weather is perfect for sleeping in, except I don't have the luxury. Maybe 5 mins. Unlike one of the casuals, he said something which I find perfectly reflects the idea... He woke up 7am... thought he could have 5 more mins... closed his eyes, next thing he knew, it was 8:40. Hm... if I did the same thing, I would've slept till 9:40, and didn't get to work till 10, at the earliest.

Never Assume...
I drive a bomb. It's a 1989 Mitsubishi Magna... So naturally, people think that they have the upper hand, and try to overtake me. *BZZZT* Wrong. This f**kwit decides to chase me about 1km away from work. Like going 80km/h down a 60km/h zone. So I increased my speed, and then had a race. For some reason, he decided it was his right to try and overtake me, at this speed. And then the lights were red, so he slowed down, I went across, he followed me a bit late, but still had the f**king nerve to come back and yell at me through the window. Well, he's a idiot for driving that fast, and trying to think that he can overtake me. Alot of times this has happened... I don't know why, but this car can definately accelerate if it has to. Sydney drivers are crazy, I am almost there.

Media, media, all over...
For the past 3 days we've been filling orders for Media. It's one of them "monthly" things, where they push out all the media they can. CDR, DVDR, and the like. (Lucky no Blueray or HD-DVD media yet). I guess me and my colleagues are sick of media, but its a job. Tomorrow, supposedly, there's more media coming in from overseas. Joy. I've been doing the pallet jobs myself while the other 2 blokes were doing media. Sure beats boredom.

It takes two...
to tease. I mean my colleague(s). If they don't respond back, like they are busy or something, then I can't tease them, because it's no fun. The colleague who sits behind me, he's always either busy, or surfing the net. Some colleagues I get to tease maybe once a week. Depends on how much they come down to the warehouse. So... , I get bored enough that I surf around looking at mobile fones and seeing which one is the best "bang" for my buck. I'm considering switching to a plan, because I am almost running out of credits. Now, that means 1) I get a new fone which might be better than the crap I got now... (even though it's a 3G fone that you can't get in Australia legally (i.e no legal support)) 2) I can call whoever I want, whenever I want. However, I don't have anybody to call and nobody calls me. So I will just make this last $x last on my prepaid. I've had this number for a long time, I guess I wanna change it for a better one.
the number ends on "44" and it's not a good number in chinese. :P http://www.stop.com.au is the site I am looking at, it has the Nokia 6111 (slider fone). Looks interesting... Otherwise I would get the Nokia 6101... http://www.stop.com.au/ms2/phonefinder/PhoneCompare.aspx?ID1=414&ID2=444

Crapertainment... or lack thereof...
Now, Simpsons is my staple diet. For some reason Bleach 64 and 65 isn't done by Lunar yet. Futurama has been expanded to 3 days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. And Supernatural has taken off, or so Channel Ten would let you to believe. I spent an hour oogling at nearly naked chicks last nite, the "Victoria's Secret 10th year Fashion show". There were some good outfits there. But I don't even have a gf to buy some for... so it's all moot, really.
I got some episodes of Pimp My Ride... now, I wouldn't get a free pimping for the current car, because simply, it's not worth it. I rather get an engine which is less than 5 years old... then pimp the outside. Yeah. I have to say that the US version totally rolls over the UK version. The UK are conservative. Their 'pimping' wouldn't be on any of the same level as the US guys. Well that's my assement from watching some of the shows.

And there you have it boys and girls... another boring and pointless update to my life. Yay. :P

I'll **** them.

So, it's the start of a new week, and what does my colleague and ex-supervisor do? They take a sickie. So, there's absolutely nobody in the service section, so I was forced to go and be the service guy for the day. Pretty much the entire day I had people asking me to do this and do that... and I'm flat out trying to receive in RMA, and then picking and packing, and then shipping out spare parts and RMAs... it was all hectic. I even had to pick a part for somebody upstairs because their laptop's power supply died... sucked in... :P But she wasn't nice to me at all, kept on hitting me... -_-. Till I got her part. Next time I wouldn't even pick a part for her, she can go hit somebody else. But alls well because I took 1/2 hour lunch instead of a full hour, so I left at 5pm. Except that I didn't really leave at 5pm, but I can say that I did get home at 5:30. Which is a record... since I left around 5:15. There was something going on at homebush bay, some sports I guess but I didn't know what, all the parking areas are full of cars lining up to get in... Hopefully nothing will happen to the company (people usually park in our parking spaces in times of sporting events held at the stadium).

I Totally didn't do anything on the weekend. Absolutely nothing. I did change the rego sticker, because it was due in a couple of days. Same day as my friend's birthday, they had a "party" on the weekend... but I know she'll be having a nice day on her birthday :D. Yeah, apart from that, cleared a few things off my HDDs... now got a nice little space... around 30gb free. This was from having 4gb free across 370gbs. Still... HDDs are getting a little cheaper... and it's nice to keep stuff on the HDD for quick access... but I'm always getting stuff (anime) that it just chews through my HDD. I do still have 6 more SATA ports... having bought a top-notch mobo with 8 SATAs... Might start using them eventually... But I felt very very lazy.

Got some chinese horoscopes about 2006. Seems like I'll still be getting "tao hua" till June. After June, it'll be hard to get a girl. So.... what's the chance of me getting a girl before June? Hopefully good. :P

You know what's worse about my job... even if I'm sick, my colleague and ex-supervisor wouldn't lend a hand, they're f**king pricks when it comes to that. I can be expected to help them when one of them is away, but noooooooo, when one of us (on the new goods) is away, they don't give a flying f***. That's the sort of attitude that won't see them last long, if some people had their way :P

HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL!

And it's the start of a brand new spankin' year. Seriously, I have great expectations for this year. NOT. Right now the weather is probably around 35 degrees. 2 hours ago, it was probably around 39 degrees. 5 hours ago, it was 42. You can get the idea. The max today was 43 in sydney, don't really wanna know where, but we sure felt it, when we 'woke' up this morning.

Judy, our host, hasn't slept well because she's been out for 3 days and had around 8 hours sleep for the 3 days. This morning, she didn't sleep at all. She managed to catch about 3 hours shut-eye this morning, but still... That's not really fair for her because I was chatting with her till 5am, and then another friend kept on going till around 8am... by then we only had 8 people left. 2 people locked themselves in Judy's bedroom. So she couldn't really sleep either. But yeah, the heatwave made us all stay in her apartment for a long time. We originally had a bbq to attend, but since it was 42 degrees, we decided to aim for somewhere better. Airconditioned comfort. So we brainstormed where to go. Airport, Hospital, somebody's place with aircon, Cinema, and finally Karaoke. So we went karaoke, but I didn't sing. I never sing when I'm at karaoke... just don't feel like singing... I didn't sing at camp either, thats why they didn't like me... but yeah... I don't know why I get dragged to karaoke. It's not my type of activity.

So, the day before. Saturday 31st, there was a plan to go to Judy's and celebrate NYE there. Other people said they would either go, or go watch the fireworks. I couldn't be stuffed going to the city and mingling with the massive throng of crowds there. But obviously some people did. And I'm not happy about that, because they did say they were gonna go to Judys. But anyways, nobody really started drinking because they were running out of alcohol. So they did the next best (or worse?) thing. They started mixing.

Mixing? Is that bad you say? I should think so, even they were disgusted with some of the concoctions they mixed. The ingredients were....

Beer.
Pepsi.
Coke.
Lemonade.

Not bad enough yet?

Soymilk.
Vinegar.
Chili Oil.
Soy Sauce.
and Coffee. Instant grind.

Beer is the main part, then they got crazy with the ingredients.

The game was the same as the xmas party. You either do the dare, or you drink. They tried to make the dare as 'dangerous' as the drink. French kissing, etc etc. Which made me very bad because I managed to drink the mixed evilness 5 times. I drank them for some girls because they wouldn't touch the drink. I even had one go out of my nose because I was laughing. After washing my face, I could still smell soy sauce in my nose... now that's gross.

But I believe that fate is very strong that nite. Or at least Yuen Fen. Basically one of the gals like a guy, and has told the girls so, and they told him, but he's been keeping it as an option. However, both the guy and girl got the cards, and the dare was to French kiss for 1 minute. Now, both they didn't wanna do it, but you can tell they wanted to, but not with 10 people watching. So they drank the wine. Except that both doesn't have a good alcohol rating. So half a glass of wine, and they were pretty much gone for a good 2-3 hours. They officially became a couple in the group's eyes. Sleeping next to each other, holding hands. Cute :) When they were still out, we were waiting for Midnight. Except that Judy's clock is fast, and then we managed to miss the countdown. So we toasted the New Year, and yeah, nobody really wanted to play after. Some people went out to get more wine, but they didn't come back till 2am. They basically left before 11 and went to watch the fireworks and came back because they decided they wanted to. At least they came, unlike some people.

I have an iron stomach. I'll live. But if there's another heatwave, I rather stay home and not go out with a bunch of crazy people. I need to hang out with a different group.

Anyways, Cheers to 2006, and hopefully everybody will have fun and a good year. I will try my best to make 2006 a year to remember, since 2005 was pretty good since camp.