Thursday, December 28, 2006

opulence...

I got myself something fairly luxurious today

woot!

it comes with 2 cloth bags... ermmm... one for each side?


of course, I'd only buy something like this if its on sale. Still cost me $365 though. There was another pair that I wanted too, but both the city stores didn't have it in my size. That one was cheaper as well, only $275.

I wouldn't mind working/owning a luxury goods store. You don't get the mad shopper dash during sales period. Even if there is a horde of people eager to break down your doors to pick up luxury items at bargain prices, you can just lock them out. People in the store can still shop at a leisurely pace, and the sales staff aren't running ragged. So easy...

Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!

You can leave it up to me to get sick on a holiday weekend. Ugh. Indulging in too much pizza and mango splice ice cream. Ended up with a sore throat since yesterday. Its not terribly terrible, but just making me feel out of whack. Especially since I still wake up with my body aching all over. I really should start eating proper (i.e. healthy) food. Oh wells... new years resolution perhaps.

I need to go down city to get some food today. Nothing left to eat at home. I've pillaged some of Tho's frozen crap, so I need to replace that as well. Hope Coles is open today... but I think maybe they close for Christmas. See how it goes.

Sunday, December 24, 2006

season's greetings

Merry christmas and a have a happy new 2007 to all.

2007...the year has really sped by this time. especially since I spent half of it technically unemployed. 2006 can be split into 3 parts for me. In the first portion, I was still working at the crane company. That was actually pretty good. I had a car, and was paid pretty well. I was also involved in implementing an accounting system for them. So career-wise, it was actually a decent time.

Then I finished up the work as well as the contract, so its been a jobless black hole after that. I really don't remember much about my job hunt period, except that it was pretty annoying. Only good part is that I got a lot of reading done, mostly in investment material. Oh, I'm also happy to say that I reached my investment targets for the year. Exceeded them rather, but its been boom times for the market, so its nothing to shout about.

After 6 months of job-hunting, I finally scored a consultancy role. Must say thats the highlight of the year. I'm not being paid a whole lot now, but I'm definitely learning a lot of new stuff. The project at my current client is being handed over to me now, so its sink or swim. The company seems to be doing fairly well too, taking in moer graduates and training them up. Theres even plans to expand overseas, which I would definitely take a shot at. So all in all, I'm ending the year in a good note career-wise.

getting hungry now...to be continued

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

only tuesday

its only a tuesday today, but it kinda felt like end of the week. feel like just slacking off at work... but i've got hell to do now. the project at the client i'm currently with is being handed over to me. its suppose to be early january, but then my boss just went off for holidays already... so its technically handed over to me already anyway. Oh well, at least I can't say my job isn't challenging anymore.

incidently...all the company directors are off on holiday as well. I think most of the consultants are away during this period as well. Unfortunately...banks still operate over the x'mas/ny period, so I still have to go to work. No difference anyway, since if I'm not working, I'll be at the office studying. I can actually have the whole office to myself too, since no1 will be in, and I've got the keys. Hmmm... maybe should go in to watch some movies with the projector :) Need a laptop for that though...

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Cheap eats

Very orange...

gotta love it when you can get good food at better prices. Andy introduced this little japanese joint. Its not Tengoku fantastic, but bloody good for the prices. The above bento for just $9.80! If you can't make it out, its salmon, smoked salmon (I think...) and flying fish roe on a bed of rice. Almost exactly like sushi, but without the extra labour in packing it. The bento is equivalent to at least 10 pieces of sushi! 12 pieces, if you compare with Sushi Train crap...

Might go back later this week to try their katsu curry. Feel like having that now...

Monday, December 11, 2006

a fast december

shite... december seems to be passing by real quick. I've schedule my next exam for my Business Objects certification on the 3rd on Jan. Less than 3 weeks to study. Don't know if I can make it in time...especially since I didn't do anything last week. Should be able to get some stuff done over the Xmas/NY period though.

I've already been working at the client side for the past few weeks, if I haven't mentioned it already. No more sitting in the office studying and msn-ing. Ahh... it was so nice being slack. Things are still interesting now. Lots of stuff to learn and do. Most challenging part is documenting the damn project... aihs. My boss is one of those old school developers who doesn't like documentation... soooo difficult to document the project in the middle of it. Doubt I'll be able to finish the documentation before I'm left stranded at the client. I'll be left by myself next month I think. My boss will be moving on to another client and probably train up another graduate if we take in more juniors next year.

This past weekend was quite eventful in a way. My company x'mas party was on Friday... and that was good. Heard a lot of interesting stories about the company and the directors. The previous X'mas party was at the Versace Hotel up at the Gold Coast! How sweet was that! And they had a ski trip last year too. I'll definitely go next year...and hopefully come back unscathed for once.

Saturday was dinner at this Thai place called Pron Promph? Pron Prom? something like that... Pretty good food. I think its comparable with Doy Tao, with cheaper prices too. Its been a while since I ate at Doy Tao, so can't quite remember. Watched Casino Royale after that. Its pretty good.

As for Sunday...I just went down to the city and did some shopping. I bought 2 new shirts and a tie! Shirts nothing much to shout about... quite difficult to find a size 40 shirt. There was 3 different shirts that I wanted... but didn't have my size. Ugh... I think I'll go somewhere else to shop on boxing day. Maybe I can pick up another suit..and a couple more ties.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Bond... James Bond

I saw James Bond today! Not the movie... but whathisname, the aussie Bond.

whatsisname?

not that I'm a fan. Just took a couple of pictures when I passed by. The premiere of Casino Royale was just next to where I'm working at the moment. I finished work, came out of the building and there was a hugeass crowd waiting already. It seems like they were running late. I asked the guard when all the bigshots were arriving, and he said sometime between 6-6.30. The main star arrived at around 7 something. Good thing I didn't bother waiting around. I went to the gym, and he arrived just as I was walking back to the bus. Lucky!

He looks kinda old..