Bowling was a Blast - even though i sucked!

Saturday was such a fun day. As always, I was the first to arrive. But that didnt matter because i had to post mail and haven't been to the city in ages so kinda walked around, oh and also got J's bracelet that i got her engraved with the words 'happy 21st'. Yes, i'm highly creative, haha.

As always though i get bored quite quickly with the city - thank goodness for L who is also an earlybird. So i met with her in Hungry Jacks and we wrote J's Card. We are the worst at writing cards!. Anyways...eventually H and C arrived and then we went and cut the cake and sang happy birthday [in front of all those gazing eyes - either we weren't great singers or we were fantastic - i would have to say that the latter is true]. The cake was sooo nice - again, C's good doing. And we also gave her our presents, i think she liked what i bought her...It wasn't great, but i got her this journal and a pen [a Parker pen - as L kept saying] - she's gonna write about her trip in it and also that bracelet that i got engraved. L chipped in with that present so i should give her some credit.

Moving on - we went to the Strike bowling place and played one game [$12 if anyone is interested...$5 if you want another game]. L2, J and H were in one team and C, L and me were in the other. We played with bumpers of course but still managed to lose against them. haha. It was so funny though - everytime we hit a pin, C, L and myself would give eachother five and would miss many times. Then we'd give eachother double high fives and look like we were drunk and just miss many times again! We laughed a fair bit about that. We got distracted easily, while the other girls were kicking our butts we were just laughing. At one stage the three of us decided to bowl with our sunnies on so then we would look blind instead of just being really crappy at bowling...it didnt work, we still sucked! hahaha...but it was funny to watch. We had a blast. L kept taking photos of everyone when they least expected it - I have posted some below for your pleasure.

The day didn't end there...After bowling we did a little bit of shopping [minus L2] and then C and H had to catch the bus. Sooo L and myself decided to go on a bit of ride on the city cat and enjoy the scenery - I think i have tan line in the shape of my sunnies from sitting on the deck and have become noticeably more tan [who knew that was possible?! haha] We wanted to go to UQ and have pizza but didnt have enough time so we just rode the city cat to southbank and sat at southbank eating our bread. Yes, i had to mention the eating of bread. It was good...we just talked about our holidays. I felt a bit tired though by the end of the day thanks to Kacie passing on her flu. I managed to catch the 4:45 train but i'm not to sure about L though cause she was going the other way.

As for the rest of the week - i am going to go camping tomorrow for two nights with cas. We are going to tamborine again and it should be really relaxing and heaps of fun.



This is what happens when you ask a stranger to take the photo. And yes, the Candles are not lit or standing properly. Doesn't matter cause that cake was really nice!

Happy Beginnings - That was until we realised how bad we are at bowling...

'Geez, for a smiley face ball - you just won't agree with me will you?!' Haha - thats what i would be saying if i were actually talking to it [i'm not talking to it!]

I wasnt meant to be in this photo as you can tell - i finished bowling and L was taking a photo of J and H when i somehow wandered right into it. I think i only hit 3pins and was just laughing at how crap i did compared to the other girls.

C and myself looking at our score, yes, we are looking at in in awe - and J celebrating her victory. 110 - and she says she hasn't played in ages...i dont believe that. haha

Australia Day has come and gone

Yesterday was Australia Day -

At first nothing much happened, we had a family trip to the shops and then pretty much did our own thing. Well as usual i spent the better half of the day on the computer on msn. Which i know is pathetic, but oh well. As it turns out one of Cas's old friend called her up while we were chatting and invited us to go out to celebrate Australia Day. Of course we said yes. So Cassie's mum drives us to Fitzys [yes, we dared ventured in that place again despite the bad experience, and yes, we are losers because we had to get her mum to take us there]. Anyways it was such an interesting night. We ran into so many people from highschool - people we havent seen in 3 years. So many people have begun to settle down, some are engaged, some have kids and some are wanting even more kids. Anyways, all in all it was a fun night if you minus the sleasyness and moments of uncomfortableness at having to hang with people you dont really know. Below are just some photos that we took on my phone...

Foreign films and foreign food - love em both!

Yesterday was a really hot day. Thought id get the weather talk out the way. Anyways, Cassie and myself decided to go to UQ and go see a foreign film and have their really, really good pizza. For a change, we planned the day - the ability to plan is not really a part of our 'thing'. Last time we tried to 'plan' something, we ended up not buying enough food to last our one night camping trip. Oh well, we didn't die - and the sloppy hash browns tasted a whole lot better than it looked. We hope to do a lot better this time round when we go camping on the 3rd at Straddy.

Anyways getting to yesterday, we had our pizza - never disappoints. Then we saw Machuca - this cuban film. We chose it because Cas thought it would be uplifting. It ended up being very political and so [not] 'uplifting'. There were some funny bits that only cas and me laughed [pretty loud] at. But all in all - very political and i would have to say historically accurate. If you are into the cuban political scene then you should find this film interesting. Apparently it won quite a few awards. I loved it despite being such a serious film.

So that was pretty much what i did yesterday - it was a nice change from the usual boredom of staying home.

Hahaha...This must be some kind of joke

So i'm bored, what's new about that?! Anyways i was ebaying [even though im broke and have officially received a no-payers strike [hey, it was my first day, you cant blame me - i didnt know what i was doing]. Anyways i came across this really funny/stupid item that was being sold. See the picture below...Can you believe that this person thinks they can get $1000, yes no mistake there. Haha...this person is an entrepreneur i tells ya. Don't you love the title? It's a seller i say. hahahahahaha...oh this was a waste of thought time - what have i resorted to?!


" breast shell rare shell found on australian beach"


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My ipod died and came back to life [phew]

Since i got my ipod last year ive had many a troubles with it. Most i've been able to fix [thanks to some advice]. Yesterday my ipod went on the fritz again after downloading an update, wasn't too happy. What is the point of having updates when it doesnt work? Anyways, so i spent half of yesterday trying to reset the ipod but it still didnt work. I reinstalled the program from the CD that came with the ipod and tried everything i could. Hours later the ipod decides to suddenly work...so frustrating. I thought, finally - i get my release back. So i listened to the ipod last night...and what do you know, it decides to reset itself and completely wiped out all my music. I was not happy at all. At this very moment i am updating my ipod and putting the songs back on - i think ive lost quite a few though. Last time this happened i would guess that i lost about 100-150 songs, including all my Muse songs.

Happy, happy, joy, joy

Its been a while since i've posted something uplifiting. But i'm seriously feeling good - i guess the movie night really worked. BIG NEWS [well for me anyways]: Cas is back from Darwin, yay...although will be off again to Straddy. (sigh). Oh well, the catchup chat was great, she told me all about her travels and it was good to hear that she had heaps of fun. IT has seriously been a while since we have had such a long chat...or even written the long winded emails that we so frequently write during uni semester [i guess that is in part to our perfection of the art of procrastination]. That chat was a great change from the whole MSN internet chatting thing - laughing just doesnt have the same ring when put in words.

I am also glad to have received the photos from Clare, they turned out so well...i didnt realise that Jackie took so many photos. That was a great night, had so much fun.

So there you go, this post took a lot longer than it looks.

Movie night with the uni girls [also celebrating T's birthday]

Patience [From the 'Grates'] and Ben singing a duet...

I love this photo...he has his hand on his heart

Ben looking larger than life.

The signature Ben shot and his Gibson [what a pretty guitar].

Price: AUD 1773.00 per adult plus AUD 378.69 tax??!!...Nooo, thats like my life savings + extra

I've been really struggling with the whole staying at home thing, i don't understand how people can become slobs - its no fun. Anyways seeing as we now have the internet i have been able to look up airfares for our trip to LA later this year. It's so EXPENSIVE but totally will be worth it. I will milk the experience for all its worth. What is bothering me though about the trip is not knowing who is actually going to be coming with me. I know my younger sister is coming but the jury is out on whether my older sister is coming. She always has these excuses - which i dont buy [yes if youre reading it, i dont buy them]. I [along with many others] can't understand why she would prioritise going to New Zealand over other things. Sure it's got picturesque landscapes but you can surely put that on hold for some other time.

Anyways thats all i have to say...hey i just realised i havent eaten anything, wait...i had a banana - which i guess is not much at all.

Not much to report...

I've come to realise that i need something to keep me occupied. It's only been a week since my job finished. I've applied to do some volunteering work but i really hate the process of having to call up and have an interview. I've always dreaded that. But i guess thats all part of growing up, which i must say is happening really quickly. I cannot believe that I am turning 20 this year! I remember when i was five or six and i used to daydream about what things would be like when i was 20, would i be all grown up and proper?...I can tell you that neither of those things have happened, which i'm glad about because once you 'grow up' there aint no looking back.

When will i ever have friends again?...haha i'm such a loser!

So it has felt like ages since Cas has gone. I really do miss doing nothing with her. Everyone seems so busy at the moment. I haven't heard from any of the uni girls for a while - even though we were supposed to go bowling at some stage in the holidays. Alls i know is that Jill is working, Clare is working, Lara is working, Tamie is working...all except Hanh, Laura and myself. Although thats not to say that they are bored out of their brain as i am at the moment. Hanh's got Earl to keep her company and well Laura is on a road trip with one of her friends from Melbourne. People - i seriously need to do something before i go crazy. Oh and this heat - its a killer. I just had a shower and i'm still boiling in my skin. Arrrrgghh. Anywho, i think i shall leave this pointless post now and do something a rather.

Sarorth :-8

The most awesomest t-shirt design

My sister got back from Sydney today...she got me two t-shirts [i had to pay for it]. I really love the designs on the tees...[anyone who knows me, knows that the only thing i EVER wear are t-shirts and jeans/shorts/skirts(occassionally). Also something totally off track: an old friend from high school [pin] just messaged me on msn and here is the funniest/stupid conversation i've had so far...

pin: oi
me: hey pin, long time no see
pin: yeah
me: so what have you been up to
pin: hey do fish have sex?
me: hahahaha, of course they do
pin: lol
me: thats so funny
pin: haha yeah
me: so why did you need to know?
pin: having an argument with my friend...

That was a short and WIERD conversation...oh pin, she can be such a airhead sometimes. Can you believe that she was a major NERD and BOOKWORM? haha, its hard to tell.

My job was shortlived...

I knew this day was coming...to be honest i was looking forward to closing up shop because i could revert back to my lazy self BUT at the same time i was dreading it because i loved selling sunnies and enjoyed the working atmosphere. ALSO i wasnt able to get the money shot of me wearing the bum bag or better yet the double bum bag. It was quite exhausting today, for all - including the new security guard. We spent most of the day packing all the sunglasses back into the boxes. Took us quite a while athough i think we had it kinda easy when i realised that the security guard [who is as tall as me - maybe a wee bit taller] had to move all the furniture across from one side of the shopping centre to the other. Poor fellar, seemed a bit annoyed/

In other news, cas is back from Japan. She's here only for tomorrow and then she hops on a plane to Darwin. We will be using tomorrow wisely [in other words, i will be going over to her house and sit down watching re-runs of shows or sitting on our arses].

so i guess thats all for today...surprisingly missing the complaining which is a good surprise.

Yadeyadeyadeda!

Okay, s0 its official, sunday is our last day. I'm sad that it'l be over, i was really catching on to everything. Although i am also quite happy because i may get my sanity back.

Today was pretty much like yesterday...ive come to really regret my decision of recommending ves [it was mainly out of trying to help her out with her financial woes]. I really would have preferred to be working with cas, she would be such a better worker and conversationalist - but the timing was just not right i guess...she's still in japan by the way. She comes back tomorrow, i may not even get to see her for another week or so because she leaves for Darwin to spend time with part and ann. I had to bail out because of my strict parents. oh well everything happens for a reason, i dont feel comfortable going there anyways.

I was going to write something else...yes thats right. I was going to go on a rant about the things about her that annoy me, because i dont have cas to talk to and it'l hurt her feelings if i told her - shes still depressed a bit i think. [I have a story about why SMSs are bad...if you want to read it, its at the bottom of this post]

Here is my rant:

1. she's a lazy worker, i have to put in so much more effort than her. She sits on the floor for about 2/3 of the time while i stand for most of the day. 2. she has no idea what this job entails, under her watch [i was out to lunch] one of the watches were stolen, not the crappy ones either. And its not because they were sly about it, its because she stands there with her back turned to the watches and stares into space. She's so lucky they didnt take more because the opportunity was there 3. I cant deal with her complaining about how broke she is [trust me, she is! over $3,000 on her credit card] and then having to hear how shes spent all this money on lip gloss...yadeda. Arrrgggh. 4. She never listens to me...or anyone else for that matter. Every time we close up the store we get escorted by the security guard, we normally talk a fair bit to them. But today, she just would not shut up. The guard tried to talk but she just kept talking over us. I felt embarrassed for her.

...she brings out the worst in me. Strange thing is that i expected her to be better because of the medication she's been taking but i guess talking about herself is a part of her nature. I miss Jill, we had great conversations. I'm looking forward to sunday when i will be working with Eva, I find her conversations to be so much more stimulating.

WHY SMSs are BAD!

Was invited to ves's bf birthday party. didnt want to go but felt sorry for her so i went. It was an absolute shocker of a "party". A sleasy filipino guy [the guy who's house this was at] kept hitting on me, and ves being drunk and all found it humourous. It was not funny and to be honest, highly uncomfortable. But i dealt with it for her. She got way drunk - her bf was angry because she talks alot when she's drunk and is rude to everyone...which she managed to achieve. So fast forward...i went home and was not happy about what happened...so like what we always do, i wrote a text message to cas to tell her about how terrible it was. BUT, instead of sending it to cas, i sent it to Ves! The text was pretty bad, i remember writing about how she was being embarrassing and rude. BUT i did write that i'd be the first person to defend her. So yeah pretty bad situation because she called me right away. I was so shocked that it would happen, something youd see in a movie.

Is it me?

Work today was okay...i guess. Ves is not the most exciting person to work with, conversations are...well theyre not really conversations. She also complains A WHOLE LOT about our work...like i mentioned earlier, she just stands there blankly, even if there are customers ready to pay. Sigh...maybe i've become a work nazi.

So ive come to question whether it is a result of work, ves or MYSELF...i hope its not just me. Has the working life changed me? I hope not, but i guess thats always a possibility.

Thats the end of my short and sorta sombre post. Sarorth

Let me be

I had another somewhat crappy day today. Went to work...Yeah, yeah, what's new about that...Didn't sell many sunnies, getting annoyed at how Ves just stands there while I am cleaning, had my personal space invaded [i'l explain later].

I FEEL LIKE I MAY IMPLODE ANY TIME

Well maybe thats a bit melodramatic but i do feel like small things are starting to bother me more and more. Anyways as i promised, i was going to tell you about how my space was invaded. Whether you wanted to hear it or not, i dont care. So there! Getting to the story...Finished work at 4 today, had to wait at Beenleigh Station. All was well and good until this guy comes and asks for a lighter. Ves tells him we dont smoke, so he comes sits next to me and asks why. And i say, "cuz it kills you". So he says well its the same as getting killed in a car. So i reply in my sarcastic, not really interested in this conversation/pissed off voice: "well it is different, with a car its not your fault, whereas with smoking you're killing yourself painfully, day by day." You'd think that was the end of it...but not for this jerk. So he thinks oh, why not stay and ask how old we are, where we live, whether we have a boyfriend, whether we were lesbians. MY BLOOD WAS BOILING AT THIS POINT. Then he starts to freakin [il refrain from swearing] poke me in the arm...way too far mate. I tell him really firmly: Can you stop touching me. So he does it more. NO, NO, NO! I was so close to telling him to F-off [ves was no help, she thought it was funny that he was asking all these questions and talked back-but she wasnt sitting next to him and smelled his alcohol drenched breath] but then i realised that's not a smart thing to do...eventually he got the drift and walked off.

I'm not normally a snob, I just think that if you are going to talk to some complete stranger, make sure that they actually want to engage in the so called 'conversation'. And there is such a thing as going to far and invading someones personal space.

Eeeeehhhh, thats all. Sarorth feeling tired and repulsed by some.

All work and no play

Just got a call from veasna, my co-worker as of last week. She can't work this wednesday because she has an appointment. Seeing as there are only 3 people working at Bright Eyes, i cant really say no to filling in for her. Wednesday would have been my only break this week...i will now work a seven day week which totally goes against my ideals on work and industrial relations. Sigh...

I love my job and each day i learn something about people and life that i would not otherwise learn but it is exhausting and lacks stimulation.

To compensate for this i have altered a picture of myself...i experimented with colour and originally thought of this idea yesterday when i was feeling a bit tired. The concept is relates to life and wanting to escape from reality for a while...being able to just cut yourself off, just as you would with a picture in a magazine or book. It also reminds me of this thing i read in a book i bought today...from the words of Vincent van Gogh:

"...Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment
without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed
before the wind and has only known relative prosperity".November 1878.

You guys should read about him, he has so much more to him than his art. Although emotionally fragile, he was kind, had a sharp mind and had an interesting perspective on life. One word, Genius.

SIDE NOTE: now that i have read over what he has written, it doesn't relate much to the picture. But then again my mind is complex and maybe i lost what it was that i was thinking.

So hope all is well with you all and maybe i will see you around. maybe...

Year in Review

Today is the first day of 2006. Geesh its come and gone quite quickly. Last night was a night of great clarity...cas is at Japan and thus left me to spend new years with Ann, part, part's sisters and some other people. We spent half the night trying to find Sophia's boyfried. When we did, he was an arsehole and preferred to spend new years with his friends instead of her. It was quite sad seeing her upset even though i dont really know her...i'm glad that her older sister was their though to comfort her. I also felt sorry for ann maree because it was also her birthday today and she was all dressed up but we didnt end up going anywhere special [well depending on who you are, southbank is not so special]. It was only part and myself who ended up being there when the clock struck 12. Felt kinda wierd being the third wheel and all but i was glad to be there to celebrate with them.

Amongst all that commotion and happenings, it was interesting. I have this whole new found view about people in my life and those who were not previously in my life but have indirectly become so. I had a lot of time to think deeply about this year, about people, about life in general.

I'm glad that i found these things out but at the same time loved being naiive.


MY new years resolution is a simple one:

TO ASK QUESTIONS WHEN I NEED ANSWERS, AND TO BE HONEST WHEN I AM QUESTIONED.

Its nothing major but i think it might help me to be more open person and to enjoy more of what the world has to offer. I hoped this post hasnt been to melancholic or lacking the normal happiness i world normally exude [you betcha...i'm normally a happy person].

Seeing as i love photos so much, here is a photo. Although not related to this post whatsoever it is a good illustration of my internal happiness.



Sarorth, skidattling out of here