Karma will get us all one day!

Work was quite uneventful for most of the day. We had the customers who were nice, customers who were demanding and of course the kids who dont know how to exercise any self control and mess all the sunglasses up. Sigh...But you get used to all this, its a part of the job. What you cannot get used to are those customers who think that they have a right to be aggressive and intimidate us. Today we experienced that. This lady [well not really a lady but more of a child] came to the stalls as we were closing and told me how her glasses had broken in one day. As proof she brought another pair of sunnies that she supposedly bought at the same time...apparently she got so angry at the broken pair she tossed it out. Hmmm, yeah right. So we tell her that we cannot offer her any exhange or refund without a receipt or at least for her to bring the sunglasses to us to have a look. So she goes back to her husbands ute [we'l take her word for that] and comes back with a pair of sunnies that not only have the lenses falling apart on the side but also the frame falling apart. So we look at it and then Jill says to the lady...well ive been working here for three weeks and ive never seen that pair of sunnies before. I was thinking more along the lines of wrecklessness with the sunnies...it was quite damaged. So we stand there thinking what we could possibly do in this situation. Then the lady asks us what we normally would do...i say we normally require a receipt but before she gives us the opportunity to figure something out she says outright..."fine if you wont do anything, il take these" Jill trys to tell her its stealing but she hurriedly walks away with a pair of new sunnies off the table. I WAS SO ANNOYED. But as Jill reminded me, she may enjoy those sunnies for a while but then Karma will get to her.

okay thats pretty much my rant about work. I shall post some other time when i have other interesting anecdotes to share.

It maybe hot...but not that hot.

The other day i was waiting at the bus stop. This old lady [i dont know how this might be relevant but she was over 60 years] sitting next to me says: "It would be much cooler if we were to walk around with no clothes on".

Firstly, NO!
Secondly, That's quite disturbing.
Thirdly, if it were that hot, go inside where its airconditioned.

Sarorth, signing off and avoiding old people for a while

Let this post remain untitled...

Today i am suffering from major sleep deprivation. We got invited to a pool party to celebrate the arrival of Part, a friend of ours from darwin and lets just say it was an interesting experience.

I shall summarise seeing as i am 1) too lazy and 2)too tired to give a stuff.

1. went to cassie's house straight after work - did not get time to change
2. walked over to paulie's house where quite a few people were already there
3. paul and josh [brothers] verbally attack each other, many profanities were exchanged at really loud volumes. eventually resolved when their dad steps in.
4. Paul's dad gets drunk and starts dancing and swearing as well [it was quite funny to watch actually]
5. Crap music...Rodney Rude is not funny, nor would i consider him entertainment!
6. Voluntarily jump into the pool to avoid being thrown in. Still wearing the same work clothes. Have major bruises on my arm from them lifting us up and tossing us into the pool. Seemed fun at the time.
7. Walked into a hole in their uncompleted pool decking, major brusing on the inside of my upper thigh. It didnt hurt at the time but now it kinda does.
8. Met most of parts family, found out that Ves does programming designs and his sister was actually pretty nice, Sovan was sleasy so i avoided him.
9. Everyone started to leave but we decided to stay for a little while more
10. Played bullrush in the pool and marco polo - which was really fun. Cass was absolutely crap at marco polo. we had a little fun teasing her! haha
11. eventually went to cass's house to find a tent and ended up pitching it in the backyard of part's house. Slept there, or tried to except i had to sleep next to the snorers and teeth grinders. I then decided to sit up at 4 and try to block out the snoring. didnt work. So i tried to meditate, kinda worked. Then went to bed again and it was fine because suddenly the snoring was at a tolerable volume!
12. went home and then had to go to work...fun! Almost fell asleep at 11AM at work while polishing sunglasses but shoved heaps of red licorice into me. somehow i managed to not pass out/fall asleep which is the important thing.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

Hope everyone has had a great day...I wish we had snow or even if it weren't so hot today though. But i guess the point of christmas is to enjoy your company and celebrate life so rain, snow or hail, christmas is a great holiday!

1 day til chrissy!

I'm am unbelievably tired today...I am so glad that christmas is in two [no its in one] days. Firstly, because i dont work and secondly, because i get to open presents. yahya. I hope everyone has finished christmas shopping cuz I HAVE

I do however have to work boxing day which is not too bad cuz i get double pay for it. I'm saving up for a digital camera and holiday to LA next july which im so excited about. So i really do need to fit as much hours as i can seeing as this gig is a short one.

Man i am so lost in time...i keep thinking its a Friday. It is so wierd...i tell myself its a saturday but at the same time il tell myself its Friday!

NOTE: the words in brackets are my version of editing because clearly i cant really think straight and i think it might illustrate to the rest of the world how tired i must be.

Can you believe its taken me over half an hr to type this much...well thats the truth.

Sarorth goes to Loco town

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I really needed to get that out. Despite the having a job [and maintaining that job for more than 5days] and having no essays/exams- my mind is an absolute mess...well not really but its going way too fast for my own liking. Yes you, MIND...the voice in my head, slow down while the rest of me catches up! I find myself analysing myself talking to myself in my head...HUH?! Confusing? Yes, Crazy?

Maybe its the air conditioning or maybe the after effect of looking at all those sunglasses or maybe its the holiday spirit.

Sarorth Signing off and reminding you that talking to yourself [so long as its not aloud] is a NORMAL thing [yes, and i maintain that! pssst].

I changed the template...what do you think?

5 days til christmas...woot woot

My four days working for Bright Eyes has proved many things to me, who would have thought i would actually LEARN something of use?!

First the most important lesson that i have learnt...there are many strange people in this world! To illustrate, the other day i saw an old lady ride around in a low push bike in the shopping centre...wierd? I think so. Also there was this lady who was telling us about how her husband divorced her and telling us her whole life story. Yes it was a wierd minute or so. Worst type of people...rude, grumpy people. Today i was working with Jill. This old lady bought a pair of sunglasses and requested a receipt [we normally dont issue receipts because we have to write it manually(old school)]. So Jill goes and writes her a receipt...but then when she goes and gives it to the lady, the lady totally disses Jill and pushes her trolley really quickly and walks away. Man i totally do not want to be that bitter when i get old.

Oh i was totally going to write something else i learnt but to be honest i think ive lost my chain of thought. haha, nothing new about that. And anyways i should probably save some of my working experiences for another day...they do get kinda boring to read about all at once.

Adios...Sarorth off to get some shut eye [or listen to my ipod til the crack o'dawn]

It's strange how the world works...

It's christmas in 7 days, yay!

I have no particular purpose to this post. But who says you need an excuse/purpose to do something anyways?...

The job i have at the Bright eyes is going smoothly, I met Kylie [co-worker] today...its really casual working with her. She just stands there...makes me feel so much better about my lack of experience. I think i've mastered the whole Standing there with a blank look on my face. haha.

I will work everyday from today onwards...except christmas and new years day. That means many things (1) $$$$ (2) I'm going to be exhausted (3) It will be difficult finding time to do 'stuff' (4) I can't be the lazy slob that i have enjoyed being since uni ended...ahhhh yes, i loved that time.

OH, something totally off track, i got my guitar - over two friggin weeks later. And its crapola, so not what i imagined...i definitely could not imagine someone paying the supposed RRP of $499. BUT it works so i guess it'l do fine seeing as i dont know what i'm doing anyways.

BTW: this is Ani Difranco, she's a musician if you didnt already get it from the picture.

I gots me a job...wippee, i'm an adult now!

hey hey my fellow people...

I got a call today from Jill telling me some really good news...she got me a job. The great thing is, i didn't need to give in a resume or have an interview so i totally avoided the processes that i was dreading [for those who don't know, this will be my first job. Hence, my resume is pretty much fluff - me trying to say in many words that i dont have experience but to hire me anyways --yeah hasnt been working for me]. Anyways it sounds like a really good gig - i can dress casually, and its a clearance table so i wont have to deal with complicated registers [yay!]. BUT in saying that, i do however, have to wear a BUMBAG...yes so cool, so cool. If i haven't already cemented my place as a loser, this should do it. hahaha. yes laugh, i'm laughing too. Oh probably should mention where i will be working - Its the Bright Eyes table at the Beenleigh Market Place Shopping Centre, so come and visit me - why not buy a pair of sunnies or two. It's a short term thing - to cater for the pre-christmas rush but i guess three weeks work will look good on the resume...not to mention the bank account :-)

So off i go with my new found adultness...

Murder, murder, bloody murder

Don't worry I haven't murdered anyone. I thought I'd exaggerate things a bit for the sake of it. We did however kill a cane toad. It was absolutely gross...My mum was yelling at us not to [Buddhist believe in reincarnation, therefore cane toad = person]. We did so anyways, we didn't want Thunder[our dog] to eat it and die. And according to the same beliefs, he is also a person (well we'l say that to ourselves seeing as we practically talk to him like a person).

In more happy news, I am liking the holidays. Despite the sometimes searing heat i have been able to do many things. For one, I visited Laura, who lives i think in the best place - right near the beach. I felt a bit uncomfortable at first visiting her family because its quite small, just herself, her mother and sister. Her mother was really nice, i loved her Italian accent...she seemed to be one of those really loving mothers. Laura and I spent most of the day walking along the beaches in Scarborough and redcliff. It was a really long walk in the really hot sun. But it was good. Although knowing how two law students can [really] be...we were bound to do something that was stupid. Haha, that we did. On our way back to her house I see a chilli tree, so she picks two. Laura, never having seen how chillies grow tries to smell to see if it really was a chilli. But as chillies go, you cant smell it without cutting it first. I tell her to rip the stalk off. It worked, she was able to smell it. So she gives it to me and then it just splurted out some of its juice on my hands. I tell her that the seeds are what make it hot. She almost goes to taste it but then i said not to [great advice]. I give it back to her and then she starts rubbing it in her hands. Me, having chillies fairly regularly tells her not to touch her face or eyes. So we both dont touch our hands. But then we see a tap and wash our hands. Thinking that the juice was all gone, we rub our face. Bad, bad idea!!! Wherever we touched started to burn. To make matters worst, it was a long walk home and the heat was an absolute killer, not to mention that it was the birdseye chilli - The Hottest type. Laura got it much worst than me though because im used to chillies. Her upper lip was all red and looked irritated. WE all laughed about it though, including her mum and sister. But i guess the lesson is: SOMETIMES SARORTH DOES KNOW BEST...Haha.

Oh and i also went bowling the other night with Cassie, Lorne (cass's brother) and his friend Gian. It was a pretty good night out despite us being much older than them [a whole 6 years]. We intended to do something during the weekends but we have this reoccuring problem of not having anyone else to do something with. Haha, we are losers [yes we all are - including YOU]!!!

That's all i have to say for today...ciao

I have a headache...

The internet just disconnected just as i was going to post a comment...Arrrgh!!!

So i'm going to sum up my long day in a few lines. Here are the things i have done today/happened to me today:

1. went to Jason's performance. It was great
2. Went to the hyperdome, bought soryi's present and also Jason another fish
3. Got the ukulele and guitar...still waiting on the other one.
4. Have a major headache
5. No signs of the headache going away any time soon as Jason continues strumming on the uke

I am a busy girl

It's really summer...:). Ah yes, you can smell the stench of BO in the air...not particularly pleasing may i add. I'm not looking forward to the 40 degree heat and high humidity. It would be great if i lived near the beach, i would spend every moment of summer there just lazing about.

Anyways getting to what i have actually done. Today, despite the searing heat...we were able to buy a christmas tree and decorate it all in one day. We didnt get to buy Jason another fish though, we thought it may be a bit cruel holding a fish in the heat while we waited for our bus. But that shall be done in due time. We spent the rest of the day on the couch sipping on cold drinks with ice cubes out of tea cups, ah summer...its great i tells ya.

It was quite an accomplishment putting up the tree i must say. It's the first time that we have officially celebrated christmas...the presents are already starting to pile up too, well maybe for Jason. Although there is still plenty of time to get around to buying the rest i suppose.

Okay that's all i have to say...i shall go and sip on cold drinks out of tea cups.

It's a sad, sad day...

Today Toby, my little brother's fish died. We've had him for just over two days. The sad thing is that now, Junctis, his good mate is now in the fish tank all alone. I feel for him, he seems a bit confused. It's besides the point that we will probably replace Toby, he was a good little fish. We buried him in the backyard and carved his name on the tree that he was buried beneath. Only Jason, myself and my other brother attended [sob, sob]. We put him in the ground and then placed a hibiscus on his little grave. I think Jason [my little brother] was a bit sad.

Mothers...some are great, others are not so [note: a little bit of reflection involved-don't read if you don't want to know].

I've decided to create another post because i dont think that i will be posting anything until mid next week when i may actually have done something. I have been in a really happy place recently :-), I was thinking [really thinking hard] about how things that have happened in my life and how things have turned out for not only myself but my family. I turn 20 in May next year [27th of May if anyone wants to know ;)]. I was thinking about when i was five, which is about how far my memory extends. I vaguely remember what life used to be like. It was great being at that age and learning exciting things such as numbers and colours. But then going home was always a blur...the family pictures tell a different story, we seemed happy, i smiled a lot. But i think i knew deep down things weren't as seemed. My mother had this addiction to the tangible, she was responsible for us growing up so quickly. She's still the same, except now she feels like she wants to be a part of our lives, but we're grown up now - its been 15years. My dad's always been too passive to say anything. I think that's where i inherited my genes. Last year i would have been too embarrassed to tell anyone this but i've grown up now. We all remember the time when she didnt pick us up from school [we were all still in primary school so i think my sister was 11, i was 9, my brother was 7. We may have been younger or a little bit older ]. We waited outside for her for hours, she never came. When she did come, we had already broken into the house...I don't think she ever felt guilty because she would always tell us not to tell dad.

That's the sad, sad life of sarorth. The truth is always hard to hear but it has to be told. Okay i'm going down to the shops now...It's a new stage of this journey we call life and my one leaves at 3:03 in the form of the 550 bus :)

They're really coming!!!!

Got an email today from Audioline, they've found the money that i deposited in their account. This means that i will be getting that guitar and ukelele next week. Yay for me...well it's for cass so yay for her.

Oh i did some cleaning out of stuff and i found one of those Merlin the Wizard print outs [the ones that tell you your personal chart]. I couldnt even remember getting it, but it says it was prepared on the 28th February 2005. Its interesting because it was only for a little fun and ive just read the stuff again and it says that for this year in 2005 [it is]: The happiest most creative most social year yet. Enjoy it. Don't waste time by worrying about useless things you can't change. Don't scatter yourself. Self expression through art. Travel and have fun. Exciting things can happen for you and the people you like to make happy. So getting to my point...Despite the fact that we know these things say pretty vague things and im guessing the same things to many people, i must agree. This has been the happiest, most creative social year
yet :-).

It also told me to plan to do important things from March 21 to April 19 and October 21 to November 27. Clearly i dint listen because I cant remember what i did on those days but i can tell that on the 27th November i was at the Ben Lee concert...so i guess you gotta give that piece of paper a little credit...

ökay that's my morning post...i have to do the washing from last night [that i so happily avoided] and laundry now [all by myself :-( ]

take care

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS CRUEL AND UNORTHODOX...

I was thinking about this post all morning. I was considering whether I should express my views on this subject or keep it to myself. I decided to share it with the rest of the world...I guess if i kept it to myself what would be the use of starting this blog [although to be honest i did not have any idea what the purpose of this blog was to be when i started it]. It is a bit of a full fledged rant...

I guess most people in Australia would have some guess as to why this subject is suddenly on my mind...Van Nugyen, a convicted drug trafficker was hanged today. That's not the disappointing thing, the most disappointing thing is that people in Australia believe that there is justification for taking away the life of a person. I have been following some of the surveys conducted both online and locally and i feel somewhat sad that people would feel it to be okay to take away a persons life simply because it is the law of another country. Clearly there is a reason why it is abolished in so many countries. I guess everyone has their own opinion but at some stage you have to question the need for such harsh punishment.

Retribution and the whole idea of 'an eye for an eye' should be reconsidered, we are all people...i think its about time that we had a reconsideration of what the real cost of 'capital punishment' is.

Okay that's all i needed to say. Sorry its a bit of a philosophical, but i guess at some stage in my life i need to be a little bit serious...capital punishment is something i Vehemently oppose.

I'm going to have pizza now...[i think i need it after all this yakkin ive been doing]

Hanh's belated birthday celebration...it was a really great cake!

And here's another...aren't we a happy bunch

Don't i look like a pro?...hmmm maybe not

The spare that didnt fit...plus three confused looking girls

Kicking the Hub Cap back on...and hour and a half later

Golfing, Confusion and Fun