Monday, August 29, 2005

work is just tooo easy.

i'm starting to get bored of it already. doing nothing all day but pushing papers. nothing new to do yet. the only thing i've got to look forward to is implement the e-purchasing thing. I think it is supposed to happen this week. Waiting for Malaysia to send us the software package. Its built in-house la, by the IT department (only 2 ppl o_O) I'm not expecting much out of it, but at least its a change from the way things are done in Australia. Hopefully, a good one.

Thos and Ken ugut me to belanja dinner cuz of my raise. aihs. money in, money out o_O I suppose its a must anyway (then again, Thos didn't shout dinner when he got the Suncorp job :p)

I'm still not feeling that well, so I'm gonna sleep early tonight. I think this is gonna be routine for a while la. Wake up 6am, get ready for work, travel 2 hours to work, be bored at work, travel 2 hours to come home (after having dinner in city), play 2 hours of WoW and then sleep.

hmmm.... how exciting :p

Friday, August 26, 2005

I'm back to work at Favco liao. And its not for a few weeks like I mentioned earlier. I'm gonna be there till the end of the year, probably. Or at least a couple of months la. The GM called me in on Wednesday, and told me to make an offer. Cool huh? I've never gotten to do that before. So now I'm getting $45k p.a. and the company picks up my transport expenses. I'm gonna be provided with a car too, once I get my license. Oh! I sort of get super as well, but I get paid that instead, cuz I'm gonna be on a casual basis. So I'm getting roughly a $50k+ package. Not bad ^_^ Especially considering I used to be paid $32k :p

When I was calculating how much I could possibly get from a full time bar job, its actually comparable. If you include tips and stuff, a bartender at a decent bar would be getting $45k+ too. If you do a 40 hour week inclusive of weekends la. Quite a lot huh? Australia has got to be the best place for doing nonsense jobs.

I'm not feeling well today, so I didn't go to work. I haven't been getting enough sleep for the past 2 weeks. Woke up with a fever, sore throat and a blocked nose. Ughh... not a nice feeling. I slept abit more, so I don't feel feverish anymore, but I've got a bit of a headache. But thats not gonna stop me from playing WoW ^_^

Sunday, August 21, 2005

i'm actually playing WoW right now. Waiting in WoW to be more exact. I want to finish up some quests before I go to sleep. I'm actually a little lazy to talk about work tonight. I worked at Star Bar instead of Shark. Fucking hell busy. Don't like working there... its gets kinda filthy after a while. Shark and Space is actually pretty clean in comparison o_O

Thos ko'ed early tonight as well. First weekend that he didn't play WoW until 4-5 in the morning. But thats only cuz he was sick. Aihs... stupid boy. Couldn't bum a lift off him, had to take a cab back from work. I could actually work till closing, which would be around 5 something, but felt really lazy tonight. And its a HUGGEEEE mess to clean up. Its stupid la. Kinda short staffed, but the management too cheapo to hire more ppl. Sheesh.

Friday, August 19, 2005

fool. i've been thinking that its a Saturday today. Sheesh. Working on a Thursday night threw my time off. I only realised after i called Thos to go out for lunch, and found out he was at work o_O No wonder he only played WoW until about 1 something. Hehe.

i've been working a lot this week. I was called back to Favco to help out with rebuilding some computers. That was Wednesday and Thursday. I worked at night as well. So its almost a 18 hour workday, if you include the travel time :p And starting next week, I'll be working back at Favco too. Its gonna be a casual/part time thing. They don't have enough staff and the work is falling behind, so the managers asked me if I wanted to work there for a couple of weeks. Its gonna be up to 4 weeks la. They are interviewing someone for the position at the moment. But its gonna be a couple of weeks b4 they can start, so I'm filling in for the meantime. I don't really like it though. Have to travel 2 hours just to get to work. Ughh... they'r gonna pick up my transport expenses though. Offered me the company car as well, but then I don't have a local driving license, so can't drive. Bah. Anyway, I'll see how it goes la. I'm still gonna keep my cafe and bar job. So i'm technically working 3 jobs now. Woot!

As for HP, I emailed the guy in charge. He mailed back yesterday. Apparently I haven't been cut off yet. I passed the assessment center, but just not good enough to be among the first few to be interviewed. So it just depends whether the other ppl accept the job offer or not. Dammit. I need an assasin. Kill off the competition...

What else is new? Can't really think of anything else. oh! I met up with Fongie on Tuesday night though. She came down from Canberra for an industry night, but she had to go back to Thailand almost immediately. Her grandma passed away, so shes going back for the funeral. Aihs.

Monday, August 15, 2005

fwah. haven't made a post for a week. well, almost la. I feel like I should get an palm pc or something, so that I can blog on the go. Was thinking about it today, but kinda pointless. Its not like blogging is my life. During the day, I'll think of something that I want to write about. But when I get to blogging, its either outdated or I've forgotten about it.

Anyway, a few quick updates la. I haven't been playing WoW a lot the past week. Maybe only an hour or 2 each day. I did start a new character though. Thos did as well. Cuz Azrin n Fatts gonna start WoW real soon (did I mention that already?) Fatty is joining in as well. And I got Andy to create a new character too. Hehhe. We've got a full party consisting of me=druid, fatty=warlock, nins=rogue, fatts=mage, andy=priest and thos=paladin. Sweet!! Now if only Thos will get a new computer, then we can all play together (provided I get my own account la :p)

Workwise... no updates at all. I should be hearing back from HP this week. I'm gonna email the guy later to follow up la. Pray hard for me! I really want this job!!! (sorta :p) I've been working the whole weekend, including a double shift at Sidewalk today. It wasn't super busy at the bar this weekend, so could take it easy. I don't remember anything in particular on Friday night, but Sat was more interesting. Firstly, the sink in the disabled toilet got totalled. Apparently there was a couple trying to have sex in the toilet. The girl sat on the sink, and it fell off. They got thrown out after that.

Another incident happened outside the premises later that night. Some guy got pissed drunk and fell down some stairs (or something like that). Cracked his head open and was bleeding all over o_O Security called an ambo for them (bleeding guy + frens), but they didn't want to wait for it. They tried getting a cab, but no cabbie wanted to take them. There was a big hoo-hah because the guy's friends were literally chasing the cabs down the street or something. I don't know the whole story la, just bits and pieces of what the manager told me.

Not much else... the beginning of the night was fun la. There was a damn hot asian chick wearing one of those V-shaped top/dress/undearwear. Nosebleed sexy! And she was playing pool too. I think the eyes of all the guys around her tend to wander to a certain spot when she bends over *fapfapfapfap* There was also a girl that flirted with me la ^_^ Thats a first. Pity she wasn't that hot asian chick, but its nice to know that there are still some girls that are interested in me :p

p.s Oooo, I also picked up $20 off the floor that night ^_^ I love drunk ppl.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

I should be sleeping instead of writing a blog. Woke up earlier than I wanted to today, some stupid car alarm went off and wouldn't stop. At first I thought it was coming from my computer. Bloody freaked me out. The car alarm sounded like my com when it overheats.

Anyway, Thos's dad is in Sydney for a couple of days. He arrived this morn, so just spent part of the day tagging along for the food ^_^ We went yumcha in Hurstville in the arvo and then just had dinner at Kingsford with Jeremy's aunt, her husband/bf (i.e also Jeremy's boss), Ken and Betty.

Didn't do much else today. I've finally started doing some serious work on my website. Just working on getting the layout in CSS right (it can be a fucking bitch...), and cleaning up the design along the way. I've decided to code and design at the same time. Thats not the correct way to do it laa...but at this point, I think its the best way to keep me interested long enough to complete it. I do have a general idea of how I want the site to look already, so its not all that ad-hoc.

Ah crap, my hands are starting to itch again. Damn allergies. And I don't even know what it is reacting to. The only thing I've noticed is that it happens at night and if I used the computer for long periods during the day. Hmmm... can that trigger an allergic reaction? Speaking of allergies, Thos might have developed an reaction to prawns. Muahahahah!!! His lips swelled and got itchy after he ate some prawn roll thingo today. Divine punishment for all the times he kena'ed me because I can't eat prawns ^_^

Saturday, August 06, 2005

Thos hijacked my computer for Lumpy day, so I'm stuck using his crummy computer :p Lumpy is what Tho's guildmates call him (Tho's warrior is Lumparthorr). So Lumpy day is when they all get together and hit a dungeon, cuz he doesn't get to instance with them during the week.

I'm working tonight again, so I have roughly 6 hours to kill. Maybe I'll rent another DVD later. I seem to be doing that a lot, cuz I'm trying to WoW less. Its getting expensive. Aihs... WoW really is a cheap source of entertainment.

Hmmmmm.... I guess I'll blog about my work at Sharkies. I think I've been there for almost 3 months? I'm still a glassie though. Sheesh. But I'll be starting at the bar soon la. Its either next week or the week after. I've already waited so long...another 2 weeks won't kill me. I just think I should do something about my job at the cafe though. It feels like I get paid squat and theres nothing worthwhile to learn anymore. The only good thing is that I know the ppl there, and the work is pretty easy la. I work for an average of 5-6 hours and its only busy for about an hour. So the rest of the time is just spent talking crap and making hot chocolate for myself. Theres always stuff to do, like cleaning up, stocking up etc, but its pretty much stuff you can take your own time to do.

The other thing is that the shifts are pretty nice too. I just work on Mon, Wed and Sun nights. Occasionally an extra shift if someone can't come. I'd like to get another bar job, but I doubt I can get shifts like that. Being able to work on Fri and Saturday is pretty much a requirement for bars, unless of boobs. Speaking of which, there was this girl yesterday that was wearing a low cut top. Its a normal top laa.. not slutty looking or anything, but it would be pretty revealing if the girl is sitting down. Nice birds eye view :) I wanted to ask for her number, but no chance. She was pretty much surrounded by guys. They'r all kinda daggy looking and I doubt shes attached to any of them. If she is... then life really does suck balls. Oh yeah... her looks were good too, so I'm not judging by breasts alone :p

Thursday, August 04, 2005

i just realised that my new blog template was my old one. Doh! It feels a lot messier now, but I'm kinda lazy to make modifications to the formatting. I'll probably change it another day. I originally wanted to put in a picture of my character from WoW, but don't know how to make it look nice on the blog.

No shifts today, so I just spent the whole morning (and most of the afternoon) watching anime. Just completed Saber Marionette J. So touching :p I think I feel more emo watching anime than real life flicks. On another note, its nice to just potato out on my bed. I felt a little guilty after spending a couple of hours like that cuz it feels like I'm not making use of my free time properly. Then again, isn't leisure time for doing what I like...and I like watching anime and playing games.

Every now and then, I think to myself if it is ok for me to continue leading my life like this. Just continue working at the cafe and bar, and then just watch anime or play WoW the rest of the time. I'm doing what I like, but somehow it feels wrong. Should I work harder at trying to get a white collar job? A white collar job isn't all that great (at least not for the average plebeian) I was talking to the guy who came to fix my carpet yesterday, and he told me some guys in the field can make up to 200K plus a year. Woot! The majority of white collars will never see that kind of money. The carpet guy makes about 2k+ week, but he only works around 3-4 hours a day and I think thats just Mondays to Friday. Its a damn good deal. What the hell did I go uni for?

Hmmm... I lost track of what I wanted to post. I really should get my thoughts organised when blogging. I usually think of stuff that I want to comment about in my blog, but it comes to typing it out, I forget and just end up writing about my daily ins and outs. Makes me feel like my blog is lacking substance :p Not that it really matters la, but still.

Oh yeah, I discovered a food that I want to try! Philly cheesesteak!! It sounds damn awesome huh? I did some googling on it and got kinda disappointed cuz it wasn't what I was expected. I was hoping for slab of prime beef, slathered with philly cheese. I've never thought of that b4, and it sounds damn power! However, it turns out that a philly cheesesteak is just some sort of sub with meat and cheese. Looks like an open faced kebab from the pictures I saw. Sighh....

p.s I'm still gonna make Thos bring me to eat some though ^_^ Apparently theres a place in Rockdale that does it. I don't pass up on meat and cheese :p

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

yay! my carpet got fixed this morning. i finally get to live in my room again, after approx 1 1/2 months :p I'm still out $400 though...aihs. Summore plan to go skiing. I'm so broke. And I need to fly to Perth for my godmum's bday in Sept, thats also another $400. Super broke...

It was kinda interesting watching the guy put the carpet in. I suppose its sorta worth the money you pay him. He definitely does more work than a locksmith. And charge roughly the same amount (I think...) But anyway, the carpet isn't a perfect match. I'd go a bit anal about it if it was my own home, but I'm renting so it doesn't matter.


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Doesn't look too bad?



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Reminds me of layered cake


And something random

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The talismans I got from my mom

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

its been a while since I wanted to start up my own PC sales business. dunno if I've mentioned this on my blog, but yeah. That idea popped in my head during my uni days but I just kept putting off doing anything substantial for it. Andy was pretty hyped about a similar idea after reading one of the Rich Dad Poor Dad books and we threw ideas around for a bit la. Never did anything after he got started on Warcraft (am I to blame? Nahh... I'll just point at Thos ^_^)

But anway, I intend it to be a primarily online thing, so I've sort of been working on a website for it. Just trying to come out with a decent layout, and how I'll go about coding it. I've sort of settled for a hybrid between Accenture's website and another layout that was outlined in a CSS book that I bought. The only problem now is doing the graphics for it. I kinda suck at that... a lot. I have this idea in my head of how I want it to look, but I can't just transfer that to the computer screen. Doesn't help that I don't really know how to use graphic manipulation programs.

I'm gonna try to slow down playing my warcraft so that I can work on this a bit more. WoW has become a bad addiction. I've played it for a total of 22+ days, that is... more than 528 hours and counting. Thats already more than a years worth of uni classes :p (2 yrs if u'r a commerce student :p) The good thing is..that I'm starting to be bored with what I can do with my character. The bad thing is.. Azrin and Fatts is gonna start playing too, so I've more reasons to start a new character o_O Oh nooees!