tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66117918774667035702024-03-14T01:30:56.205+11:00Diary of Purple Ladywill contain my complaints and praises about anything! And a bit of show off too.. =PPurple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-36733162591654296372022-12-31T22:30:00.000+11:002022-12-31T22:30:00.363+11:00Bye 2022, You sucked. Hope 2023 will be Better.<p> Hey,</p><p> I didn't write anything this year, but I still want to keep a record of what I remember happened this year.</p><p> 2022 sucked. Really. It was damn boring and lonely and depressing for me for the first 9 months. NOTHING interesting or happy happened to me. Well.. at least from what I can remember.</p><p> Well yeah, my cousin gave birth to a cute baby girl and that was exciting. I was happy for them. However, it's not really my happy moment right? I was soooooooooooo lonely and sluggish and depressed. I was bored, but didn't wanna move a finger. I forced myself to get out of bed and go to gym just because if I didn't, I'd just lay there in bed all day. I prefer weekdays to weekends and actually feel happy on Sunday night because I get to go to work the next day.</p><p>Work wise, it was a good year. I was awarded Best Employee of the Quarter twice this year. And I didn't even think that I'd get it. The other department's new employees were suck, and I unintentionally made 1 of them cry. And when she resigned, she said that 1 of the reasons is coz she still gotten over the issue with me @@</p><p>What else hmm... in Oct, my dad suddenly found out he had medical issue. We were supposed to fly home at the end of the month, but the medical issue was only confirmed until a week before departure date. So yeah.. lots of uncertainties, phone calls, changing reservations, doctor appointments and project deadlines. It was damn... tired...</p><p>Then, I flew home and it started the whole socialising that I practically didn't have for the whole 10 months. Felt like 10 months worth of socialising was dumped into Nov and Dec. I also flew to Malaysia to meet my game friends of 3 years. That was great. If I didn't go, I'd have what ifs. But now that I have gone, I still have another what if lol. Sometimes.. I think God can be real cruel... I feel like he hasn't listened to my prayers for years. But then.. when he finally answered, it was done... cruelly... I'm still hurt till now... I sometimes think maybe I should poof. But then, I think again... do I want to throw all those away? But I also think, how long can I stand it? Can I... last?<br /></p><p>I also think that God is a procrastinator. All my social life and problems, and natural disasters were all dumped into the last 2 months of this year.</p><p>My dad had his surgery early December. Then it started a week long of tiredness. Hospital visits to keep him company in between of work and social life. Plus, we had to go to hospital in the middle of the night and stayed there. Which means, loss of sleep. My friend also visited from Canberra during that period, so I couldn't sleep in. Plus, office Christmas party within same period.</p><p>However, because of this, I realised how good my bosses are. I took planned and unplanned leaves because of my dad's surgery and they never complained. And the 2nd award I got? Turned out that it was for Q3, but I went on holiday after that quarter, and when I'm back, I kept taking leaves coz of my dad and they couldn't present it to me LOLLL My GM said "It's your fault that it's late". Turned out that it was literally my fault xD I don't have much things I'm grateful for this year (I probably should have more, but the first 9 months were so miserable), but my work is the number 1 thing I am grateful for this year. When that newbie cried, everyone took my side. Nobody blamed me or told me off. They all agreed that I didn't mean bad. It's just me being me. Impatient and blunt, straight to the point. I really didn't know if I should be happy or sad when they said, "It's just her being her. She's like that to me! She's like that to everyone!" LOL<br /></p><p>My BFF flew here with her husband for Registry of Marriage. So finally we can hang out for a month here. That was really fun and I also enjoy hanging out with her husband. She flew back today, I'll be lonely... Because she was here, I also hung out a lot with friends we didn't get to meet often. It was so much fun. I think I really can be myself when I'm with them. I can laugh freely, I can act clingy, needy, fierce and shameless when I'm with them. I can't be like that with anybody else...<br /></p><p>I dropped a long time friend this year. Such a shame. She's found new group of friends and doesn't have time/doesn't put effort into maintaining our friendships. I also have stopped putting effort in maintaining relationships with few friends I used to put effort into. I realised that it was always me reaching out to them. My cousin once said to me, she's also the type that doesn't do the reaching out. But, for me... I think I'm tired already. Why is it always me? If it's always only me, wouldn't that mean I don't worth that much to them? So, what's the point?</p><p>On the other hand, there's this game friend who really appreciates our friendships. He said to me today, "Thank you for keeping me company and cheering me up this year. If not because of you, there might not be me today. And I won't get this far". On the other hand, the other friends made me feel underappreciated, or like I was nothing lol You really don't get the things you want in life, but you get other things. Would be good if we can get both though, lol.<br /></p><p>Anyway... I hope next year will be better. I'll try to keep myself busy, so I don't have time to overthink or feel lonely. I'll drink more water and try to prioritise myself more. Hopefully that way, I'll be happier.<br /></p><p> </p><p>Purple Lady.</p><p>31 Dec 2022 22:29<br /></p>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-54747208865384493362021-12-31T22:30:00.001+11:002021-12-31T22:30:50.003+11:002021 Went Just Like That, Hope 2022 is More MemorableHello,<div><br></div><div>I'm sleepy already now, so maybe I won't write much. </div><div><br></div><div>2021 went away just like that. I hardly remember what happened this year =/</div><div> </div><div>It feels like I didn't achieve anything this year. Half of the year was spent at home, working from home since Jun 26 until first week of December. I started going out in November, but that was only once or twice. I was lucky to have been able to celebrate my birthday freely, like Covid was gone already. Then I came back to work on the 2nd week of December but then off for 5 days break. Today, NSW had 21,000 new covid cases...lol we are way faster to reach 25k target in Feb lol. We might even reach it tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>My game friend asked me today, how long have I been back to the office? 2 weeks? I said, more, but upon checking my calendar, I realised it was only for 11 working days lol he's.. right again.</div><div><br></div><div>This year made me an even more hermit. Socialising with people sounds like hard work and effort to me now. And now I don't feel like going bushwalking anymore. And some of my closest friends, well just say I don't feel that comfortable around them anymore. What a shame. Maybe I'm breaking down.</div><div><br></div><div>I still play that mobile game, and with the same friends. Back in July, the guild leader poofed just like that. So another guildie assumed the leader position and i still acted as the deputy...but with more work. Finally on Xmas eve we relinquished our positions and moved to another guild, to enjoy our retirement. I was tired already, and my game husband was annoyed already by the guildies too, so he pushed the move, which was good. If it's up to me, I might just be a frog that's being boiled to death and it will be too late to jump out of the pot. But in terms of the friends I've been playing with, it's been fun. Of course sometimes I can feel underappreciated or lonely, but in general it's been fun. I got close to another one too, whom I really enjoy chatting with. </div><div><br></div><div>Last week, we started looking after my sister's work mate's Guinea pig, he's called sugar. Surprisingly we are not that bad in taking care of him (I think). Eventhough today I cut his toenail too deep and it bled UwU sorry Sugar....</div><div><br></div><div>My birthday this year was pretty good. Some close friends sent me gifts and they made me feel special. Some pranked me, but well... If I wasnt in their mind, they wouldn't bother to, right? And the people dear to me remembered and wished me happy birthday. So, for them, I'm grateful =) </div><div><br></div><div>I hope next year I won't be like sloth like this year. Would be nice to be out again and moving more and be happier. It just feels like a very lethargic year for me this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Is this just another wishful thinking? As I sometimes say, God probably has forgotten about me. It's been years since he listened to my prayers. </div><div><br></div><div>But well... I'm still living hao hao de ma? So, for that, I'm still grateful.</div><div><br></div><div>Good bye 2021. Please tell 2022 to be wayyyyy more cooler than you.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year 2022 everybody! </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>Purple Lady. </div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-14251867709026981212021-09-02T11:45:00.006+10:002021-09-02T11:45:57.534+10:00Like a Drama<p>Hey there,</p><p>I think I jinxed it lol</p><p>2 weeks after that previous post, Sydney went into lockdown hahahaha... And coincidentally, it started heading towards it after I called in sick for work. Last year's lockdown was also like that lol<br /></p><p>So here I am, on my 10th week working from home. Maybe I'm mouldy already lol</p><p>Yesterday I was chatting with a game friend about Mystic Pop Up Bar. I recommended it to her, and she tried watching it, liked it and finished it quickly. She said she likes that kind of stories, slice of life and warms the heart. And she likes that it has a good ending. </p><p> It is my kind of story too. It shows that there are other sides to stories, that maybe everyone isn't as bad as we thought they are. However, too bad it's only a story. A lot of people in that story received help from the main lead, be it to avenge, to get back what they supposed to get, to find things they lost, or anything really... But in real life, we don't have anyone to help us do all those... all you have, is yourself... Everyone else can only pity you, support you or just looking for gossips without doing anything for you... and there's no guarantee of a happy end...</p><p>Sometimes I wished life was like in dramas.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-90519381181241407562021-06-13T17:45:00.001+10:002021-06-13T17:45:46.569+10:00LuckyHello<div><br></div><div>I'm on the train back to Sydney after spending the day in Kiama today. It was such a good day. The sky is blue, the weather was nice, a bit too warm for me actually, since I was wearing extra warm heatech and had coat on hahaha...</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, I just read an article about a letter a pilot left at the tray table at his last flight before covid as a time capsule. That day he flew the plane to desert to park it for 14 days. Who knew it was gonna be 459 days before the letter was found.</div><div><br></div><div>It got me thinking, and my friends and I actually talked about this today as we were having fish and chips on the grass under the tree. We have been very lucky to be living in Australia. My friend said that when her game buddies from overseas talk about how it is in their countries, only then she realised that we are still in pandemic. We are very lucky that sometimes I feel guilty for it. When we have spikes of cases of 10 a day, some areas were locked down for a week. I wanted to share it to my friends who were living in Asia, but when I started typing, they said their numbers are up again, thousands a day. I started hitting backspace. Malaysia took 7.5k new cases a day before they had another lock down, while Melbourne only needed 10+ </div><div><br></div><div>We only had 3 months of full lock down. After that, though restricted, we still could enjoy the outdoors, went for bushwalk, did coastal walk, mushroom foraging, shopping, movies, and so on. We can still enjoy all those. And when we get symptoms of cold, we can go straight to get covid tested without thinking about the costs. We are indeed, lucky.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-68164316069119798972021-01-20T08:44:00.001+11:002021-01-20T08:44:46.554+11:00When Your Colleague's Wife Unknowingly Knows YouSeems like my colleague's wife knows me well even without us actually knowing each other... <div><br></div><div>Yesterday, a colleague of mine said to me, "Ah, you missed it last night!". I was like, what?? What did i miss?</div><div><br></div><div>Apparently, his wife said something while she was about to go out, he didn't quite catch what she was saying, he only caught a name. And since she was taking their youngest, he thought oh, you're going to get ice cream.</div><div><br></div><div>When she came back, she said, "I didnt stop by Abla's. The baby was sleeping, I didn't wanna wake her up". Then, my colleague just got it. His wife told him before she left, that she was gonna stop by Abla's to buy me baklava!</div><div><br></div><div>His wife and I are not friends lol we even only met once and it was just really brief. But I've heard a lot of stories about her from my colleague, and I guess he must have mentioned me quite often for her to remember me.</div><div><br></div><div>This wasn't the first time it happened. Last time, when Woolworths had Ooshies promotion, she also went and asked the staff if they still had stocks of the case. She said to her husband, "I'm going to ask the front desk if they still have the case. Your colleague hasn't got one right?".</div><div><br></div><div>Even my colleague was really surprised to hear she wanted to get me baklava 2 days ago lol </div><div><br></div><div>But... I was happy :) To know that there's someone out there, not my friend, not exactly knowing me, but still could think of me.</div><div><br></div><div>:) </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-84076542268901527432020-12-31T23:12:00.004+11:002020-12-31T23:12:45.478+11:00Bye 2020, Not Going to Miss You<p> So I didn't write anything for the whole 2020 eh :/ </p><p>2020 sucked, it was such a tiring, frustrating and depressing year for me. I blame it to Covid19. Of course, I'm still grateful that I still have my job, didn't get a paycut, even though my payrise was conveniently cancelled *rolling eyes*, talk about bad timing. I guess this year had a lot of bad timing for me *sigh....</p><p>I've always considered myself a more stay at home person. Going out tires me out. So, I was happy at the beginning of quarantine and wfh. I could stay up late to play games, and still had enough sleep and woke up in time for work a.k.a. open my eyes, walk 1.5m to my laptop and start working LOLLL But I wasn't happy when wfh those 3.5 months. The internet speed frustrated me (thanks to you damn Optus), 1 monitor wasn't enough, and I had a very bad back/neck/shoulder pain. The good thing that came out of wfh was that I lost a lot of weight and have now achieved my ideal weight. Strange, I know, people said to me that they all gained weight, but I on the other hand, lost quite a few kilos without even trying. The secret, you ask? SMALL DESK SPACE CANNOT ACCOMODATE SNACKS!!!! And I used to eat out a lot, but couped up at home, I couldn't eat out and my portion grew smaller.</p><p>Speaking about couped up at home, thanks to Covid, I realised that sunlight does make me happy. When I feel gloomy at home, I go out for a walk and I feel better with the warmth of the sun on my face. So yes people, sunlight DOES CHEER YOU UP! I never considered myself an outdoorsy person, but I still remember the first time I went out for bushwalking after so many months staying home, I was SO happy. Maybe it was the feeling of prisoners after they are released from jail. I felt so happy, so free, so relieved, like I could breathe again. So weird...</p><p>Compared to all years that have passed, I think I got to know myself more this year. And honestly, I do not like it hahaha... I've been very sensitive and moody this year. And guess what, I was so damn happy when I went back to the office to work. We started going back to the office way earlier than other people, and I would have thought that I'd be cursing my bosses for being so conservative and not let us wfh longer, but you know what? I was relieved. My first day back? I was cheerful and happy. I never realised that I enjoy those banters I have with my colleagues, the arguments I have with my colleagues, and them teasing me for any faults that happen eventhough they are not mine. I actually enjoy those social interactions! I said I got to know myself way better right? I did MBTI test and I was identified as ISFJ, which they say the most extroverted introvert, and the type that craves attention from their loved ones (not in an attention
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support and conversation sort of way). I guess I enjoy social interactions but only with people I'm comfortable with?</p><p>This year was full of Covid related things. I lost 2 granduncles, 1 from Covid, 1 from other disease. There was also a distant relative that passed away due to Covid. My cousin and 1 of my close friends got married on the same day in Oct. Thank God, 1 got married on Zoom only, so I didn't have to choose which one to attend.</p><p>I cut my hair short. I haven't cut my hair short since I was in 2nd grade LOL I got tired of washing and hair drying my hair, and since I didn't have to meet people, I asked my sister to cut it short, and I actually love it hahahaha... I've been having it short most of 2020. This is 1 of the good things Covid gave me.</p><p>It's really hard to think what I did this year.... I played games most of the time, watched Netflix, anime, sleep, lazying and procrastinating. I really haven't done much this year...</p><p>In terms of friendships, I got closer to my gaming friends. They made me laugh a lot, though they also are the reason why I didn't get enough sleep, pissed or sulking till next day, however... it's been fun, real fun. And I'm scared of when this all ends. I also got closer to my uni friends here. I was surprised to know that apparently they don't have a lot of real life friends too... I've always thought I'm the one with least friends.</p><p>I haven't been a good person this year. I also realised that being a good person doesn't give you great return most of the time. You'll be used by other people. Of course I've known that, but I thought I'd be able to pick up the signs and stop it before it happened. Turned out that I was wrong. Who knows if karma actually exists.</p><p>What else did I do... I got addicted to reddit for a while, obsessed with MBTI for a while, and went on a phase of buying gifts for people, sent 1 to Spore, 2 to Indo, and 1 in Oz I think. I also treated my colleagues. Something I don't really do often.</p><p>I have been unlucky this year. I only won 1 competition for movie premiere, The Croods 2. But guess what, the premier happened on the same day of company Xmas party and I couldn't go. Asked my sis to go instead, and she fell ill on that day. I couldn't even get the goodie bag -.- And my drops in game? very scarce. A lot of annoying events...</p><p>So yeah, here's me wishing for a better year ahead. A luckier year, a happier, kinder year, a more exciting year, a more loving year, and people to be more understanding, value, spoil and appreciate me. Is that too much to ask?<br /></p><p>And hope I'll be better in 2021, either for the sake of me, or for other people.</p><p><3 <br /></p><p><br /></p>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-59275550901753922372019-12-31T22:08:00.000+11:002019-12-31T22:08:01.145+11:00Happy New Year 2020!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">I'm in the Philippines now!!! To be exact, I'm in Palawan right now. We're currently on the road from El Nido to Puerto Princessa. This is our 11th day in the Philippines. And, tell you what, it's been better than what I expected (maybe coz ppl have been telling me bad stuffs only b4 I came hahaha).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">This year has been...weird..and fast. It's full of ups and down, I had fun and wonderful moments, but also got in troubles sometimes. It's a pretty interesting year really, I don't think I regretted it. I wasted a lot of time yes, but I also gained a lot of friends! Like this ph trip, I'm with 2 new online friends! I never imagined to visit Philippines, even more with online friends!! I did chat less with my usual friends and relatives, but I got to know new people in depth too! So I guess it's not too bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">Actually yeah it wasn't bad at all! I've never imagined to swim with the fish and see corals, but I did yesterday! And the day b4! I was really really surprised when I looked at the bottom of the ocean and saw corals! I never thought I could see great barrier reef and then there I was, swimming in the middle of El Nido sea, surrounded by the tall majestic rocks, with magnificent corals and fish underneath my feet! I am thoroughly grateful. It's worth all my troubles! The only thing I regretted was that I couldn't take photos of the underwater view, but I saw it! And I'll engrave it in my memory hopefully forever =) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">Remember the Chinese fortune prediction my bffs and I usually read? I read it recently to check if my year was correctly predicted, and I came across this line:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">Work is the one I had troubles with lol. I had my demotivated moments. Colleagues I was close with were mostly gone. Somehow I wonder if I'm surviving, or am I actually a frog that is being boiled to death...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.00em;">Hope next year will be even more fun and exciting, and not stressing me out! XD</span></div>
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Purple Lady in Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Philippines.Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-48402126114144465332019-05-29T08:07:00.001+10:002019-05-29T08:07:10.039+10:00Lost in Translations<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The other day, my cousin told me about the mistake she made when she started learning spanish. And i thought, this is going to be in my blog xD<br/>
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So she sent this text to her, basically saying nice talking to you. But i feel embarrassed when talking to you (since she's still learning). You know how some Spanish words are similar to English, just with Spanish touch to it? So she said embarasada. Embarrassed, embarasada right? <br/>
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She sent it, and later on told her boyfriend about the call and showed him the text. He LAUGHEDDDDDDDD xD coz what she typed actually meant "I feel pregnant when talking to you" LOLLLLLLLLLLL xD<br/>
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The mum in law on the other side was also laughing. But she knew what she meant, coz apparently her daughter in Brazil also made the same mistake when started speaking Portuguese lol <br/>
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Her husband then told us his story too. He said when he first came to Australia, he went to a doctor for an appointment. But instead of saying "I have an appointment with the doctor", he said to the receptionist, "I have a date with the doctor" HUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA xD<br/>
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The receptionist burst out laughing lol and his uncle who came with him also laughed xD<br/>
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I can't remember if I made a fatal mistake like that when I started speaking English. But i remember one time, my flatmate was overseas, and she left fruit that started to go bad. So I texted her boyfriend, asking what should I do with them. The boyfriend replied, "Chuck it". My best friend and I looked at that text and discussed for like 10 min what does chuck mean lol i think i even checked my dictionary xD mind you it was during the time when google was not at your fingertips!<br/>
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Another funny one is my auntie. During her early years in Oz, she got invited to dinner. The host told her, please bring a plate. She literally brought 3 plates!!! xD 1 for her, 1 for her husband and 1 for her son xD while what it actually meant was for her to bring a dish lollll</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-20684940375957288922019-05-09T08:16:00.001+10:002019-05-09T08:16:10.017+10:00Random Blabbering - Work and Laplace M<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Guess what?! 1 quit again yesterday la..la.. Not really a biggie for me since she's only been here for a week and half, but still.. Again??? That makes it 9 ppl who quit this year a.k.a in 4 months, or if we count last 12 months.. 11 people. Oh well... Drama is good as long as it doesnt relate to me.<br/>
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I'm losing sleep again lately. I was chatting to my game friend last night. I said, when it wasn't daylight saving yet, I wanted it to come so badly so I could sleep longer. Then daylight saving came. But then we changed game to Laplace M T_<i>T their guild wars are also at 11 Sydney time T</i>_T<br/>
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But so far it's been fun though! The game is cute and it's pretty fun growing my character's strength. The only annoying bit is, most of the time you need to team up with other people. And since I'm still a weakling, it is pretty hard to find a team to take you in sometimes. Lucky i've got friends from previous game who can help me when they're free. If not, eventhough I'm actually in the number 3 guild of the server, it'd still be hard. Plus, I have a weakling friend too, so we help each other :)<br/>
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Ok thennn off to work!</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-5651236434429963712019-05-08T08:18:00.001+10:002019-05-08T08:18:59.080+10:00Half of The Company is Gone!!!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Now is still the first week of May, but can you guess how many people have resigned from our company this year?<br/>
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Yeppp a lot huh? You can say that the other department is pretty much restructured now :l I really feel sorry to the most senior girl there now, she's only got less than 1 year experience, but they will demand A LOT from her in the future just because she's the longest there now.<br/>
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3 of them are from our IT department. I think i've written about Creamer right? He's still in our company actually, but only as a contractor. The other 2 were actually Barbie's bf replacement. 1 wasn't great and due to personal reason he left. Honestly, Little Missy and me were a bit relieved when he left. It was so hard to teach him as he kept forgetting things. His replacement was great, but he was smart and escaped as soon as he could LOL<br/>
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Anyway, what I wanna tell you is, Birdie was 1 of those who quit. She's dedicated, deligent and smart. But sometimes working with her becomes SO complicated and stressful! She wants everything perfect! (Even when it's not really worth it). Can't really blame her, afterall she was taught by Prick and works with him all this time. εΊθ―₯ηγ<br/>
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She's been saying she wants to quit since a million years ago. Seriously. Even when I mentioned "Birdie says she's quitting this week", my sister replied, "Again? Will she really quit??". At least I never said when I will quit :P the reasons behind her quitting are quite a few, from the low pay, long working hours, too far from home, overexcited-overtalkative-overmicromanaging boss, Prick, and so on. But when she quit, the bosses (overexcited) believed (and still believe) that Prick WAS the main reason of her quitting.<br/>
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Combined with the complaint that Crown Prince made on behalf of all the other employees against Prick, the bosses called Prick into a meeting and basically told him that everyone hates him and please stop being a prick. That is okay, he was really a prick. I fought with him so many times, ignores him so many times and provoked him so many times. I did have plans brewing in my mind on how to get back at him (which I never carried, unfortunately). He is a bossy, lazy, anxious manager who likes to take his time working on 1 thing, and then dump the other work to his minions. Then, when the due date passed, he chases the minion and gets angry if the work is not done. Even though.. sometimes he doesnt even tell the minions when the due dates are *rolling eyes*. He did that to me too. So when that happens, what I said was always, "Well I did that 2 weeks ago and you didnt give any feedback. Why did you only come today when the due date was yesterday? I didn't even know the due date was yesterday!". I did complain about him during my reviews too, but nothing happened.<br/>
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He's the reason Birdie becomes very on edge, detailed, stressed and always tries to pick the smallest mistakes on our project. I tell you what, a couple of times I come over to Water Tap's desk and notice a little too much or too little spacing, and tell him to fix it. He refuses and days, "Noooo I put it there, just so Birdie, Prick or superexcited can pick up a mistake! So they are happy to pick up something and not come up with something more difficult to change!". Do you get what I mean now? Apples don't fall far from the tree.<br/>
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But really, Prick WASN'T the only reason. But since superexcited thinks he is THE reason, superexcited becomes very rude and sensitive towards ANYTHING Prick says. I was in a meeting with those 2, and I could see, on every suggestions that Prick made, overexcited either brushed him off, told him off, and just being rude. Even when all Prick just wanted to do was to explain what a paragraph meant! After the meeting, I told him that I understood what he wanted to say. He was right. Superexcited was wrong.<br/>
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Then, there was another issue between him and the bosses, before the bosses made a role specifically for him. That role will enable him to work with minimal interaction with the colleagues. Not long after, Prick handed in his resignation. <br/>
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I have a feeling... Superexcited might not be too unhappy about it... Prick and him are actually quite similar, so they usually argue their point a lot. That's why their programs are usually very complicated. Because they stand their ground and force us to do what they want! So maybe with Prick gone, superexcited can have all he wants now.</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-67415934805728449272018-12-31T17:40:00.000+11:002018-12-31T17:40:10.531+11:00Goodbye 2018, Helloooooo 2019!Hi guys!<br />
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Just as I usually do on 31st Dec every year, I'm writing a reflection on what 2018 has been. I know I didn't write much this year, and it's to do with all the web novels I read when commuting XD but I still wanna write this one for a quick 2018 summary :)<br />
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2018 was full of TV series and web novels lol In total, I've finished 10 TV series this year. I think my mandarin should have improved a bit from watching all those :P I also attempted to sub last 15 min of Yanxi Palace on Youtube as I couldn't wait for someone else to sub it. After doing it, I now have respect to all those freee subbers out there. Even if English and Mandarin are their main languages, the translating, editing and timing takes A LOT OF TIME. So guys, please don't be a jerk and get mad when the subbers miss the schedule time. They have real life to do and it's good enough that they spare a lot of portion of their life to let you enjoy those dramas.<br />
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I think the drama that I liked this year was The Eternal Love. It's light and funny and made me feel happy and forget all my worries. It was low budget, but the crew did their best and it was very enjoyable. Another one would be Ode to Joy 2. I think it was comparable to the 1st season. It was realistic and kinda opened the can of worms of things that people kind know not to do, but still do anyway. Hopefully that show can touch the hearts of some of the people and make the world a little bit kinder place to live in. When a Snail Falls in Love was good too, I liked it better than Love Me If You Dare. It's good to see Wang Zi Wen play a role that's total opposite of Qu Xiao Xiao (eventhough I really wish I could be more like Qu Xiao Xiao). She's really an underrated actress. The King's Woman was so so, but Zhang Bin Bin was refreshing to my eyes lol Not that handsome, but still eye candy lol<br />
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None of the web novels I read was finished this year. I'm currently reading The Concubine's Daughter is Poisonous, Princess Medical Doctor and Rebirth of the Malicious Empress from Military Lineage. The Concubine's Daughter and Malicious Empress are GREAT! I really enjoy them. Malicious Empress is nearing the end, and I'd be sad when it ends :( The Concubine's Daughter translation is of very high quality. Again, respect to all those translators and editors :) Thank you.<br />
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We finally had our second trip to Japan this year :) We visited Tokyo, Nikko, Yokohama, Takayama, Shirakawago and Gokayama, Kanazawa, Tsumago and Magome, Kyoto and Osaka. I tried the Onsen too!!! And surprisingly I enjoyed it so much! If I go to Japan again, I'd like to go onsen again hehehehe... I also went all out in Disneyland and USJ. I didn't get on outdoor roller coasters, but I did ALL of their indoor dark roller coasters!!! I'm very proud of this hahahaha... And we got on almost all rides we wanted in Disneyland on a 50k visitors day (the red indicator day)!!! VERY, VERY proud of this achievement too hahaha... and we tried the night bus from Tokyo to Kanazawa. It was very comfortable :) This time in Japan, we splurged more. Afterall, we're all still single and we usually are thrifty anyway. So I let myself buy more cute stuffs, Conan stuffs, Sailormoon stuffs and tried more expensive snack food lol XD No regrets!<br />
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My cousin got married this year, and I got to help her set up the wedding hall. That's an achievement you know! From blank canvas, we transformed the hall into what my cousin had in mind. The end result was an on time really gorgeous wedding :)<br />
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Honestly I felt I was really lazy this year. We had a cold winter. Even it started getting really cold in Autumn. So I pretty much hibernated from Apr - beginnging of Nov :/ and that's how I managed to watch all those dramas XD Hope I won't hibernate that long in 2019!<br />
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Work.... a lot of drama in terms of the work itself, and in relationship department. It ended up in eruption just 2 weeks ago. I'm still a bit down if I remember it. Hopefully there's a way out for me next year. Someone please save me... I'm too scared to leave eventhough I know I should leave. So please save meeeeeeeee<br />
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I did help someone for a weekend for his website. So I kinda had a feel of freelancing. Man it was hardwork. I don't think I wanna go down that path. I like my weekend reserved for refreshing!!! A local bus driver mentioned that he wanted to have a website and may ask my help for it one day. Oh man, I was SO SCARED of bumping into him! I even went as far as to go earlier to gym, and walked home to avoid his bus! Unfortunately, all those exercises didn't do much help to my figure >>>>___<<<< My weight stays the sameeeeeee TT_______TT<br />
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This year I'm more lenient towards myself in terms of money and things I want to do. Some people I know, either personally or through someone else, were affected with cancer this year. They were all young, probably only few years older than me. It kinda shocked me that it can happen to anyone anytime. Therefore, don't always think about the future, of course future needs to be prepared, but don't always think about the future and not enjoying your present. We all hope there's a future for us, but at least if there isn't, you won't regret it at the end of your life...<br />
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Not much craft, not much language learning. As I said, the cold winter made me snuggle in bed for months, so forget about getting my fingers to do craft :P I did start listening to Audio books for language learning, and they actually work. It gets your brain to actively work even when you're walking on the street. I'll continue doing it.<br />
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I had the opportunity to experience the power of teenagers in social media. My 13 years old cousin, actually managed to make me one of the winners of photo competition by getting her friends to vote for me!!!! It's pretty astonishing how easy it it to get her friends to vote for me, someone who they don't know, for a photo that's just okay, to end up being in top 3! I'm still dumbfounded until now. But thanks my dearest cousin *muachhhh*<br />
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I met my cousin and his wife who I haven't seen since 10 years ago in Melbourne. It was not planned. We just happened to be in Melbourne at the same time and I checked in on Facebook. He saw it and arranged to meet up. We ended up meeting for breakfast and dinner and now talk to each other sometimes on whatsapp. What a great coincidence :) For that, I truly grateful...<br />
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And last memorable thing this year was the game I am recently hooked on, Royal Chaos. What started from just curiosity, ended up giving me headache and joy and refreshment when I need some distraction from real life. I've got into a great community that's fun and supportive. Most of them are youngsters though, that sometimes make me feel old. But they are all very nice people and we can just talk about random stuffs or bitch about our common enemy XD I remember there's this list about what people should do to enjoy their life, it's to spend time with the elderly and kids. But I think spending time with people a generation younger than you is great too. It makes you see life in lighter way and not to take things seriously ALL the time. But man, I also didn't think that game can have so much dramas and politics too!!!! Sometimes I'm wide awake at 1 in the morning because of the drama or fights we have with the other party -_- But I won't wish to not get involved in this game in the first place.<br />
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So that's it for 2018 reflection. I need to prep the dish for tonight's dinner!!!<br />
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Bring on 2019 and please be kind but exciting and memorable and HAPPY!!!!!<br />
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Happy New Year 2019 guys!!!!!!! *hug hug kiss kiss*<br />
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<br />Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-26186386151195706762018-12-23T10:48:00.001+11:002018-12-23T10:48:24.819+11:00Pre-Christmas Drama<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>So, Christmas is in 2 days time. But this year's Christmas is filled with drama in the week leading to it. Let me tell you what happened this week.<br/>
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Last Monday, Strawberry Cheesecake resigned. We, the girls, were so worried for her. As my readers would have known, my boss who shall not be named, has never ever ever ever ever handled resignation well. But surprisingly, he actually handled her resignation so well and even very supportive! The girls who saw her entering his office was confused as 1. the meeting didn't take long. And 2, where's the yelling??? <br/>
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Even Strawberry Cheesecake herself was confused. She said she couldn't remember much of the meeting as she was thinking "why he's not angry? Why he's taking it so well???" during the talk. <br/>
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So it was good for her, and we're so happy for her. <br/>
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Mon arvo, Prick came and talked to Creamer and Lao-er. Straight after, he dashed out angrily and went home. Creamer then asked me about the status of a task, to which I replied, I was working on it. He then said "It's due today". As typical of prick, always comes the minute it's due and angry coz its not done. Anyway we tried to do it, but it was too complex to finish in 1 hour so we left it. <br/>
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Tue morning, just when we finished the stage 1 of yesterday's task, Taizi Fei came and told us that a bunch of emails to the new audience were sent out that morning. Shit. Creamer and I looked at each other and wondered how it could have happened. We went live with something yesterday yes, but we've gone Live 2 weeks ago with the same thing and all was fine.<br/>
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The problem was, the client specifically requested NOT to send those emails to this new audience. We can't send ANY emails to them as we haven't officially launched it to them. <br/>
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I straight away checked the code that sent out those emails, and I found that the code was correct. However, the placement of those codes was WRONG! Those emails should not be sent at that point in time!! I showed it to my Creamer, his face turned grave and said "This is bad, Purple Lady..." I said, "I know, but at least we now know how it happened". What I didn't know was, that it was going to be THIS bad. <br/>
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You know who was extremely upset when he heard it. He was blaming everyone on how could the wrong code could go into the Live site. The person who coded it was Barbie's boyfriend. Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but he quitted some time ago. I can't believe how lucky he is. <br/>
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However, the people who could have gone live with it were me, Water Tap and Creamer. But honestly, and this was confirmed by the 2 of them too, no matter whoever goes live with it, he/she won't notice this issue. As we only code review the changes, not the original code. <br/>
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Creamer had to run around explaining to the one who shall not be named, and Lao-er. And who knows if superexcited actually got what the problem was. After all he's not an IT guy. Just an old man who thinks he's very knowledgeable. *sigh... <br/>
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Anyway you know who was very angry. And he wanted to have a meeting with the whole IT department re this issue. The meeting didn't happen on Wed, not Thu either. Honestly, me and Little Missy were feeling safe when it didn't happen on Thu. But who knows Fri just b4 lunch, we were all called for a meeting *sigh <br/>
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It turned out better than I thought. Superexcited seemed to listen to our issues and suggestions. Yes he still ranted about the incident. But it was way better than me and Little Missy expected. So we thought all is fine. <br/>
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However that night, Creamer said to me, "I know you like to talk to everyone. And I know you can't keep a secret(WTH????). But you have to keep this one. You cant tell anyone" I said, "O.. Kay..? ". He then said, "I've just resigned". First thing I said was, "No... "<br/>
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He then said that he's been thinking about it for a while. And he's been trying to talk to Lao-er for a month, but Lao-er was so busy and couldn't talk with him. He said this week's issue wasn't the only reason, but it was the deciding factor. He said he's doing 5 ppl's work and felt not appreciated. Everytime someone's PC breaks, he's called. When someone only has 1 monitor, he's to blamed. When Crown Prince's personal laptop breaks, 5 times, who did they call? Him! He's a manager, but doing web developing and IT support as well. <br/>
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He said he's so fed up with everything. He said, during today's meeting, this was what annoyed him the most. <br/>
Super excited: "New guy, do you know why we're here? Do you know the problem? "<br/>
New guy: *turned to Creamer*<br/>
Superexcited: "don't look at Creamer. He doesn't know the answer. Look at Water Tap, he might know the answer. Look at Little Missy, he might know the answer".<br/>
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He's had enough. He doesn't think superexcited understands what the issue was. How it could happen to anyone who went live with it. How there is no bug free software. He just doesn't understand. <br/>
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He said sorry to me, for leaving me behind with the websites that are still not 100% done. And he's sorry for all the time he dumped stuffs to me without properly explaining. He said he wanted to explain, but he didn't have the time. And he knew I would figure it out in the end. He also regretted, not supporting Water Tap's idea that much before. <br/>
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If it wasn't because of the one who shall not be named, he'd have stayed on. <br/>
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I don't know how many times I've heard that now. So many good employees have said that when they left. The best people we've ever had. <br/>
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I think about things a lot. I was down a whole day yesterday thinking about this. There's nothing I can do, but I just can't help thinking. <br/>
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I hope I can still have peace this Christmas.</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-14050919517307102242018-11-26T18:15:00.001+11:002018-11-26T18:15:59.596+11:00Random Blabbering of the Day<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Nowadays people are so into their mobile phones and don't care about other people and courtesy anymore. I think I liked it better when apple was only a fruit.<br/>
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I got off a bus just then. I got off from the front of the bus, and tried to walk to the station. Because it was at the front, there were people queueing to get on the bus. However, they were standing next to the side divider of the bus stop, so there's really only enough space for 1 person to walk.<br/>
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Then, right at the side of that divider, there was this one guy standing not really in line with the other people. So he was taking half of the space of us who got off the bus. He was (of course) looking at his mobile phone with no care in the world that he was taking the space for the people getting off. Us, me included, had our bags bumped to him as we walked past him. He, didn't budge at all. I actually bumped my bag to him purposely. Hopefully I hit him. <br/>
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This morning we had a high school student doing 1 week work experience in our office. He's probably in year 10, very young. Poker Face took the boy to our IT area and introduced me and Creamer to him. <br/>
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Little Missy and Drug were away sick this morming, and Water Tap working hours is later than us. Poker Face said, "Where are the others? They are all having a sleep in today I guess".<br/>
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He said it lightly, making it like a joke. Then Creamer said, "Drug is sick today. Little Missy is having his surgery right now. And Water Tap comes in at 10 as usual. "<br/>
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Seriously, what was he trying to say??? Both of them were legitimately having medical reason. And Little Missy was having surgery! SO inappropriate!!<br/>
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Dunno if he saw it, but my look and Creamer's look clearly showed that we weren't happy about it. <br/>
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Then later on, Poker Face was trying to make a joke with the boy. I guess maybe because the boy was looking awkward. Well what can you expect? He's young and in unfamiliar place. Anyway, this was what happened. <br/>
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Poker Face: I heard from your dad that you're some kind of computer whiz. He said you might be able to help in the IT dept. So what languages are you familiar with?<br/>
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The boy: English. <br/>
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Poker Face: ...<br/>
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Me: *trying to hold my giggles π</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-77152238802594558672018-11-07T07:27:00.001+11:002018-11-07T07:27:07.503+11:00Melbourne Cup 2018<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Nah, I didn't win anything :( but it was still a nice celebration. The bosses arrange for fruit and cheese platter for us and the cheese was so good! The blue cheese was strong too xD<br/>
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Just want to record these funny conversations I had yesterday :)<br/>
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*just before I left from work<br/>
Me: Creamer, are you going training? <br/>
Creamer: no, why? <br/>
Me: Should I go to gym or not? <br/>
Water Tap: You had cheese today. <br/>
Me: -___-<br/>
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*on the way home to station with the girls<br/>
Me: ugh we didn't win anything<br/>
Colleague 1: My horse was the last!! <br/>
Me: My horse DIED!!! <br/>
Colleague 2: *couldn't stop laughing*</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-15405017831090693692018-10-02T08:07:00.001+10:002018-10-02T08:07:26.516+10:00What an Unlucky Day<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Let me tell you how unlucky I was last Saturday π<br/>
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It started in the morning when we were at the airport, sending my parents off. We had Subway foe breakfast. The girl who served me heard my order incorrectly. I ordered ham, egg and cheese sub, but when she was about to put my sub into the toaster, I noticed that she didn't put egg on it. So I asked, "And the egg?". She then asked, "so you want to add an egg?". I said yes and she put it in the toaster and the rest went fine. <br/>
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However, when paying, the total came up to $9.95. I was confused, coz I thought my sub cost $5.50ish. I did order a cookie, but it should come up to $7-8. I still paid. <br/>
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But the more I thought about it, I felt even more off. So I came back and looked at the menu. The price was $5.85! The annoying bit was, the menu was on TV screen that kept rotating, so I had to wait for a while for it to change and couldn't point it to the girl before. Same thing when I went back to the girl and asked, we had to wait for a while for it to come up. <br/>
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Then the girl said, it's because I ordered Ham and cheese sub with extra egg. I was like huh? @_@ ham and cheese with extra egg, is different to ham, cheese and egg sub? She called another girl out and she said it's because I didn't say "breakfast". WTF, I ordered an 8:30 in the morning. Your brain should have clicked by itself.<br/>
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The other girl then asked, what exactly that I said. I said, "ham, egg and cheese". The original girl then said, "Oh sorry. I thought it was ham and cheese".<br/>
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By this point, the other girl was already looking annoyed. She then said, "Breakfast only allows 4 salad. You had full salad." I was so angry. How would I know?? And I had 5 salad! So I said to her, "I had only 5 salad, so $2 for 1 extra salad?? ". Seriously I can buy a bag of spinach or a kilo of onions with $2!<br/>
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She then said, "It should be veggie delete with extra ham and cheese". I said, "Ok". Then she asked, "Did you pay with card?". I said yes. She looked even more pissed. <br/>
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Then, guess what she did? She slapped $2.85 on top of my receipt on the counter, turned around and went inside without saying a word. The original girl went along with her. Without a word. Not a single sorry for the inconvenience. How rude. <br/>
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I froze there for a moment due to the shock of that treatment. I've never had anything that rude in Australia ever. Even when customer service in Australia is just so so. Then I took my stuffs and started to leave. But I was still so annoyed, so I turned around still in anger, looking to that direction. <br/>
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There was another male staff serving a customer. Not sure if he saw the whole drama, but he noticed I was looking angry. So he asked if there was anything wrong. I asked if he was the manager. He said, no.. Not really. So I said, don't worry then if you're not the manager. He asked, "Are you sure?". I said, "Yeah, don't worry".<br/>
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The other girl was coming out from the back and I so didn't want to see her face again, so I left. <br/>
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Really, I was SO angry to the point I had the urge to throw my sub at them! <br/>
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Arggghhhhhhh π€π€π€π€<br/>
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OK, moving on. <br/>
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After my parents got in, we went to the toilet and I banged my hand on the toilet paper dispenser, hurting my finger a bit.<br/>
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After that, we went to take a bus. We already saw that bus stopping in front of us on the way to the bus stop. But it wasn't the designated bus stop, so we continued to the bus stop. Then we saw people running to that bus. Turned out that it WAS the bus!! Dammmmnnn, we then ran back to catch it. So apparently the driver hadn't driven this route for a while, and last time he did, the bus stop was there. He didn't know it had been moved across π©<br/>
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OK, so we made it to the bus. I took a seat and OMG... The guy sitting behind me stank!!! π΅π΅ can this day go any worse π<br/>
Luckily our stop wasn't far. We survived by using hand cream. <br/>
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When I was getting off the bus, guess what? I was stuck between the glass and a guy with a huge backpack!!! The guy was standing in the middle of the door, I was behind him, and there was another passenger getting off in front of him. So, he stepped back to let that passenger off not knowing that his backpack was squeezing me behind him!! <br/>
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My god.. At this point, I knew it was my unlucky day. <br/>
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Then we went to the mall to shop before movies. I checked out some leggings in Big W, tried them on and when paying, I just realised that the price was $30, not $12 π I went back and check, and turned out that the price was right. It was just because I started browsing at $12 rack and made my way from there, I just assumed that I was still at the same rack. I was already at the register man... <br/>
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We then went to cotton on. I saw some sunglasses with a sign on top saying 5 for $10. So I thought hmm that's good. So I picked 2, and got some bath bombs too. They were all in the same rack. Got to the register, and the girl said, only the bath bombs are 5 for $10. I said "oh? I thought the sign was for everything on that rack". She said, "The sign says Fizzies 5 for $10". Damn. <br/>
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Twice in a day. Hm. <br/>
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Lunch wasn't nice too. <br/>
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Then we went to buy our movie tickets. The lady serving was an older woman, so she was a bit flustered. She asked which movie and for what session. We said Small Foot, 4:15. She pressed some buttons and asked what time again. We wanted to use 2 prepaid vouchers and 1 ticket using my points. But she said we didn't have enough points. Strange, because when we bought our first movie tickets, the girl said I had 1 free movie to redeem. We weren't fussed at we could the points next time, so we paid. Oh, she asked what time again. <br/>
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Got our ticket and we left. I checked them and the freaking tickets were for 2PM!!!!! π long story short, we told the lady, but she was in the middle of serving coffee for a customer so we had to wait for a while. She knew she stuffed up and wasn't angry or anything. Just even more flustered. Then finally she exchanged our tickets, but still asking "What time?". My sister was already sick of saying 4:15 so many times. In my life, I've never said 4:15 so many times within 15 minutes. <br/>
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We still had time before the movie. So I looked for a news agency to buy a lottery ticket. Hopefully after so much bad luck, my luck has finally turned.</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-42078792659383892452018-09-20T08:13:00.001+10:002018-09-20T08:13:12.073+10:00First Random Post in Ages<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi all!! <br/>
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I haven't written for such a long time!! It's just I kinda lost the urge to write and I just started getting into this whole Chinese web novel hehehe... Therefore my writing time a.k.a travelling time is spent reading those novels hohoho XD<br/>
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I think lately, girls are hooked up on web novels. Even though it's annoying as chapters get released only once every few days, or even once a fortnight! But we can read it anytime! Including during our toilet break hahahaha xD the one I'm currently reading is The Concubine's Daughter is Poisonous (which had been made into Princess Wei Yang drama series in 2016. I finished the series when I was sick at home for few days), Princess Medical Doctor (this is not that great, but still entertaining), and Rebirth of Malicious Empress from Military Lineage. I read Genius Doctor: Black Bellied Princess or something, but dropped it in the end. Out of those, Concubine's Daughter and Malicious Empress are my favourite. Storyline, probably Malicious Empress is more entertaining, and more cruel, but in terms of translation and writing style, Concubine's daughter if way more elegant. <br/>
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Plus, I have more data allowance now, so I can listen to some language learning podcasts too :D and watch YouTube sometimes. See? I'm busy!<br/>
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I read an article headline the other day about why parents should let their kids be bored sometimes. Then I realised, when was the last time I was bored for 5 minutes? Usually if I'm bored, within 2 seconds I'd be browsing through my mobile to find something to do. Even when I'm walking down the street, I'm restless too! The reason I started listening to podcasts was because I felt I was wasting time to walk 20 minutes without doing anything else! Is everyone the same as me?<br/>
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They say, ideas come when you are bored, when you let your mind wonders. It could be the reason why I haven't been writing for ages, coz I never just sit or walk without doing anything else? <br/>
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Sometimes I missed the time when everything was not on your finger tips. When we had to put a little bit of effort to do something. Now I'm so used to getting everything fast, so if my page doesn't load within 3 seconds, I close my browser and take my Kindle out! It's selfish, but I wished it's happening to everyone too. <br/>
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Ah, sometimes I think superexcited might regret asking me rhetorical question π
one morning I was having tea in the kitchen when superexcited came in. He saw the dishwasher sponge laying in the sink and the dish washing liquid has spilled out (the sponge is the one with a handle that you can put washing liquid in). This has happened million times and I mean it literally. Everytime it happens, superexcited, Lao-er, and Pharaoh would go berserk. I have no idea why they go crazy over spilled washing liquid. It's not that it's spilling out on the floor?! It's only IN THE SINK *banging my head on the sink*<br/>
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Anyway that morning was the same. Superexcited saw it and started yapping, "These people here are stupid! I've told them multiple times to put the sponge standing up! Fucking stupid! And I wasn't the first one to step into the kitchen this morning!!" In my mind, "Obviously. I was sitting here when you came in. What are you trying to say??" *eyes roll* "These people are retards! Tell me Purple Lady, what should I do?? Should I just throw this thing away???" <br/>
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Guess what I said π "Yeah, just throw it away. It's not good anyway. The normal sponge is better." *silence* After few seconds of silence, he continued complaining while cleaning it up π<br/>
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Let me tell you a secret. I, moi, yours truly, actually saw that leaking sponge when I filled in the kettle. I saw it and started to put it straight up, thinking he would go crazy. But then I saw the pool of dish washing liquid and thought, if I put the sponge up, it'll be obvious someone put it up and didn't clean it. The sin would be even heavier in you-know-who's eyes. So I put the sponge back down to where it was before π I wasn't the one who use it, I wasn't bothered with the leak, so why should I clean it? And my prediction was 100% right π</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-12286169122983790852018-05-22T08:27:00.001+10:002018-05-22T08:27:42.957+10:00Random blabbering <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>2 things came in my thought this morning:<br/>
1. Our life is full of great books, comics, movies and series. I want to live for a long long time to enjoy them all!!<br/>
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2. I read a comic where the side character is really poor so that his bro who's still in year 3 is the only one who doesn't have a game in class. His older brother's friend recalled a memory of the same thing happening to the older bro when they were in primary school. But when he wanted to lend his game to him, he said, "I have no interest at the moment. If I want to play a game in the future, I will make it myself". Reading that, I feel proud of myself. I can't make a game, but I can buy games with my own hard earned money yayyy!!! XD</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-2249112389170584392018-05-16T08:26:00.001+10:002018-05-16T08:26:13.433+10:00Ode To Joy - CDrama<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I have been watching this modern contemporary Chinese drama, Ode to Joy. I don't know what contemporary means, but that's how all the news describes this drama category. <br/>
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It's a story about 5 young women who live in Ode to Joy apartment building level 22. Andy is a successful CFO, graduated from USA, beautiful, rich, capable, but antisocial. She's an orphan and spent some of her childhood in an orphanage before being adopted and taken to USA. Her mind is too simple, and growing up in USA doesn't prepare her on how Chinese society works. If a stranger says to her that he's lost his wallet and can't go home, she'd hand out money without thinking. It never came across her mind that he could be a Scammer. She doesn't understand why people do this kind of thing. When she was slandered on the internet, she didn't have a slight care. She didn't think that gossips can bring people down. For her, gossips are just gossips. Her family has a history of mental disease, that's why she planned to live alone forever. She even went as far as preparing her will, earning as much money as possible, and entrusted all of her assets to her best friend, so he can arrange for her treatment if one day she goes crazy. <br/>
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Xiao Mei is beautiful, poor, loves expensive stuffs, but when someone gives her expensive stuffs, she sniffs it, enjoys the smell and brings it to a pawn shop to exchange for money. She then goes to a counterfeit store, buy the same one and send most of the rest of the money to her selfish useless good for nothing family. Her focus is to marry a rich husband. She cares about her flatmates and acts like a big sister to them. <br/>
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Qu Xiaoxiao, is someone you either love or hate. She is a hooligan. Well, not exactly, she's a 2nd generation rich girl. She graduated from unknown university in USA where she really didn't study anything and just partied and shopped and being rich. She came back to Shanghai to prevent her half brother getting all inheritance. So she worked hard on her own company to prove to her dad that she's better than her brother. She's a nice girl, loyal and VERY brave to voice out her opinion without any care of what other ppl may think about her. However, she doesn't hesitate to employ dirty tricks sometimes. She's a good person, but in my favourite phrase, very human, as she has many faults and can be angry, explosive and selfish sometimes. But she sets her own limit of good and bad. Even though she thinks Xiao Mei is a gold digger, she still helps her out and stands up for her when she has problems. She also willingly admits her respects of Xiao Mei's good attributes. I love her and out of the 5 women, she is who I want to be. <br/>
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Qiu Yingying, is the one I want to slap SO.MANY.TIMES when watching this drama. She's a cute girl, don't get me wrong, but man she's so damn stupid and even more stupid when she falls in love. What makes up for it is how good her heart is, she cares for everyone and no matter she agrees or not, she supports her friends wholeheartedly. Yeah, that's the right word to describe her. She does her work wholeheartedly and always goes the extra mile in her job. She goes out to find new clients on her days out, when she was hospitalized she still managed her work online shop (she works for someone), that online shop was actually her idea. When she started working for that cafe, she had 0 idea about coffee. She spent nights trying every single coffee variants to the point of couldn't sleep coz she'd drunk too much. I think you get the idea. That's also her style when she falls in love, to the point of stupidity.<br/>
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Guan Guan is a typical ordinary girl that people do not notice. Just like me ._. In her own words, she's the girl who guys never take notice of, and the one guys consider to marry only because she has good education, good family background and good wife and mother material. They don't consider her for her. She's hardworking and listens to her parents very much. Can't be helped though, her mum nags so much! She moved to Shanghai because she felt she won't grow up if she stays home. Even after she moved, her mum calls her often and tells her to go home when she's out at night, complains when she doesn't pick up her phone, you know, mum stuffs. Her mum sets her up for blind dates without asking, and just drags her up to the restaurants to meet the guy. <br/>
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So all of these girls live on the same floor. Xiaoqu and Andy live alone, while Xiaomei, Guanguan and Yingying share an apartment together. They visit each other often, either when they're happy or when they have problems. Each has problems of their own. Since they all have different background, they are very relateable. You might argue they are too different and it's impossible for this situation to happen in life, but hey 1 it's a drama. How many dramas you've seen that are so realistic? There would be something not realistic, if not then it would be too boring and people won't watch. After all we watch dramas to escape from our boring life. 2. I actually can see it happening in real life. Each of them though can seek each other, but in their hearts there are some stuffs they don't like about each other. But since they are friends so they can overlook it when required. Isn't that what we experienced day to day too? <br/>
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The other day I watched Guanguan talking to Xiaomei. She said, before she found this boyfriend, she was prepared to live single for the rest of her life. She said she has good income, enough to support herself and she can take care of her problems herself, so she can face the world herself, she doesn't really need a man. Xiaomei was surprised listening to her. She's never thought this way. She was always trying hard to find a rich guy to marry. Later on that night, she thought about it, and realised that she is actually capable to live alone too. She has better income than Guanguan and more than capable to handle her own affairs. She even takes care of these girls' issues! She doesn't need a man?! <br/>
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The difference between the 2 is, Guanguan never attracts guys. While Xiaomei is like a flower who has butterflies keep coming and coming without her even making a move. I guess it's like a habit. She's used to always having guys chasing her, so she can't imagine life without a guy. No, it's more like she's never thought of possibility that she could live without it. <br/>
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See? Very realistic right?? :D</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-72833603288672150792018-05-15T08:30:00.001+10:002018-05-15T08:30:50.726+10:00First Random Blabbering of 2018<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Yelloooww my beloved readersss!! How are you?? Hope you're all fine and missing my rambling xD<br/>
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I haven't been writing for a long time, have I? Well, work has been hmm how should I say, either normal, or too depressing to write. As I said long long time ago, I wanna keep my happy and interesting memories, instead of the sad/depressing ones. <br/>
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So, let's start with the happy one! My sisters and I went on holiday to Japan last month!! Gosh! It feels like a lifetime ago! Work has been busy since I arrived till last week, thanks to my manager who's learnt how to lie instead of estimating how hard a project is -_-<br/>
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Anyway, Japan was AWESOME!!!! I want to go again!!! XD this time we went to Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko, Kanazawa, Shirakawago, Gokayama, Takayama, Aware Onsen, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Magome, Tsumago and Osaka. We also went to our first Disneyland ever and Universal Studio Japan ^^ We tried onsen too hehehehe... How awkward, but OK if you don't go with people you know :P I don't know how to describe it, it was JUST AWESOME!! XD everyone should go to Japan, but don't overcrowd it ok? I don't like crowds :p<br/>
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Yesterday and the day before, Surabaya was hit by a couple of bombs and up to last night, 4 people died. Not gonna say much about it, as good people have the same opinion as me, and bad people will never accept my opinion. So, why bother? But I just want to say that I'm glad that at times like this, I realised that there are still good people in this world who are brave enough to go against the bad guys and protect other people. A guy died trying to prevent the suicide bombers to enter the church. As the results, the bomb exploded outside the church and not as many people were injured. Even though I don't know if he ever thought about bomb, and if he'd still do it if he knew it was bomb. But still, he knew those guys were bad guys and still went in front of them. Hope he rests in peace. <br/>
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In the other explosion, a guy ran straight to pick up a confused little girl after the explosion, and carry her to safe place. He didn't know the girl, but he still ran to her without thinking. Turned out she was a daughter of the suicide bombers. Only 8 years old! I also don't know though, if he'd do it again if he knew this fact. But I guess that shows that maybe humans in general are good. <br/>
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Whoops, time for work!</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-75252954064291608962017-12-31T15:45:00.001+11:002017-12-31T15:45:39.337+11:00Bye Bye 2017, Hello 2018<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Don't know why, I always have a fight with my youngest sister on the last day of the year. I should have typed this post this morning when my mood was all good and calm. Anywayyyy<br/>
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2017 hasn't been too bad actually, I think. Apart from arguing with parents and a colleague of mine being a stubborn smart-ass, everything else is pretty good. <br/>
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I went on 2 overseas holiday (1 was short though as it was for my friend's wedding), 2 weekend trips, saw a lot of movies, and ate a lot of good food! As a result, I'm on a diet π<br/>
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I guess what I did the most this year was watching drama and learning languages. I did have 2 weeks mandarin practice in Taiwan! And I realised that I am actually better than I thought xD that's another realisation I had this year besides finding out that my drawing is not bad at all XD<br/>
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I finished around 6 TV series and some of them were LONG! Thanks for being sick so I had to stay home for a few days. Nothing else I could do apart from watching them to sleep. Actually, I just finished season 3 of The 100 last night! Yayyy! π<br/>
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News wise, this year was filled with North Korea sending trial missiles, Ahok was put in jail, gabener and wagabener saying silly stuffs everyday to the point of me getting bored of it, a lot of crazy people crashing trucks to innocent pedestrians, bombs, and of course the gay marriage voting that made me cringe and ran away every time the topic is brought up in lunch room. <br/>
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Sydney's winter was so cold and summer has so many near or 40 degrees days. This year Sydney's weather is so extreme, I can not choose what to wear without checking the weather forecast first. <br/>
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Work has been busy but manageable. I did new projects, thanks to tap water. And I did get some help with 1 of my biggest maintenance work, even though it wasn't as much help as I would have. Let's just say that the amount of emotion and argument I've had might have been equal or more than the help I've got on that project. If I wrote every story of it on this blog, you would have been waiting for new story every day. Then, a female version of dudul showed up. Patience... Patience... <br/>
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Friendship, we get closer and closer with 2 girlfriends from souvenir store. However, we got further and further away with the male friend from the store too. He's currently having anxiety disorder or something, and no matter how much effort we put in to get him to join us for walks, weekend away, movie, etc, he just wouldn't join and just brushed us out. I did have a lot of clashes with him this year. Because, not only he brushed us out when we're arranging get together, even when I just messaged him on whatsapp, this is what I get:<br/>
Me: "Hi, how are you? Long time no chat!"<br/>
35k: "I'm good, thank you for asking. Have a nice day!"<br/>
Me: ...π<br/>
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Another one, I was on holiday and just suddenly wanted to chat with him. <br/>
Me: "Heyyy how's it going?? "<br/>
35k: "I'm good, thanks. Have a great holiday! ".<br/>
Me: ...... *patience..... Patience.... <br/>
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The only time we could get him to show up was just Christmas. Well, I guess better than nothing π<br/>
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I did spend a lot of time this year with my cousin in Indo as I stayed at her place in Apr and then she came to Oz for a month. I also met my besties quite a lot, 2 occasions this year: Apr and Sep, that's not bad at all! Even Orihime can only meet her boyfriend once a year π. Then, I became a bridesmaid for the first time this year yayyy!! It was fun spending 2 days with my besties, after uni, we couldn't spend time together for long. So it was a great chance to reminisce our friendship. Plus, I caught the bouquet too hohoho π though a week before the wedding I fell and hurt my knee<br/>
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So... Yeah, I think 2017 has been pretty good. I just hope 2018 could have more of the good stuffs I had this year, and less of the bad stuff I had this year. <br/>
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Hope I win the jackpot next year!! <br/>
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And I hope the world could be slightly a better place next year.<br/>
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Bye Bye 2017!!! Thank you for everything π<br/>
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And I will see you tomorrow, 2018!!</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-7360329691950689262017-12-19T07:55:00.001+11:002017-12-19T07:55:19.776+11:00The Weirdest Compliments I Had<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Just happened last Friday after I got changed into a dress for our office Xmas party.<br/>
A male colleague: <br/>
"You're thinner this year! You wouldn't have fit into that dress last year, would you? "<br/>
Me: *Jaw dropped to the ground, speechless* "Err.. I don't know... I think I'm the same, or even heavier this year... "<br/>
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When I was in Junior High School:<br/>
School Girlfriends: "Woahhh, from your back you look like a beautiful girl!!"<br/>
Me: "Err.. -_-"<br/>
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A male friend during Junior High School, <br/>
"You know, except that you're smart, there's nothing good about you"<br/>
Me: π<br/>
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Tapwater: "A girl can only be either smart or pretty".<br/>
Tapwater: "You're smart".<br/>
Me: *speechless* "I don't know if I should be happy or not."<br/>
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Really, what's inside my head at those moments was, "Maksud loe???? "</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-39840888389549520932017-09-20T08:44:00.001+10:002017-09-20T08:44:35.905+10:00My Best Friend's Wedding<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Last Friday one of my best friends got married!!! The first of Charlie's Angels to get married lol π It was a wonderful day and I'm still reminiscing about it until now. I have never actually understood when people say they are very happy and honoured to be there on someone's wedding day, especially the bridesmaids, considering there are an awful lot of work to do, but now I actually understand. <br/>
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It was a lot of work to do, I had to prepare the booklets, place cards, pack whatever the bride might need on the day, make sure I will be healthy and can walk on her wedding day (believe me, there was a lot of incidents leading to her wedding day which involved my legs and feet, I had to actually stop going out during lunch to avoid anymore injuries), make sure the bride remembers her vow, learning the steps to walk down the aisle, outsourcing my bridesmaid's duty *cough cough*, etc. <br/>
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And on the day too! I had to wake up at 6 to have make up and hair done. When my make up done, and make up artist was doing Eva's - with messy hair rollers on my head - I had to do errands and helped the photographer setting up her wedding dress for photos, making tea or getting drink for everyone who needed it, find the stuffs someone needs, clear up the place and pack-up, putting on her veil, and so on. 6 AM to 1 PM literally went in a blink of an eye. <br/>
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But I was happy to be there. I'm glad I was there and saw the day unfolded. I didn't even mind at all when she was stressing out and started to get cranky. I was genuinely happy to help and be there for her.<br/>
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Everything went smoothly. We were a bit late for church (though no fault of the bridal party. Her brother went to get take away in Kingsford!!! -_-). But other than that, we were pretty on time and no drama happened on the day. She looked happy, pretty and radiant. Her friends and colleagues put in effort to come to the mass, so it was like a mini reunion. She looked very very happy. Her husband too. <br/>
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Wedding photos were a bit short, but she's still got over 1000 photos of the day, and they are all lovely photos. The bridesmaids were pretty too *cough cough* π<br/>
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After photoshoots, we went back to hotel for her make up touch up and tea ceremony. The bridesmaids and bridesmaids little helpers π set up the place cards and bonbonieres, and finally could sit for a bit. Then, tea ceremony. I completely forgot about that, and that bride and groom would need people to help with pouring tea etc. This time, I was ready with tissues!! And yep, she needed it big time this time. FYI, I was ready with tissue even at the church, but I wasn't sure if I was allowed to step back to my seat and get it π next time I become a bridesmaid, I would know π.<br/>
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Then, welcoming the guests and dinner time!! You know what? When we were preparing the flowers, cakes, place cards, etc, we didn't really plan on a color scheme or design matching. But in that reception hall, everything worked! The colour was all in sync and even the place cards design and pattern matched the room! It's amazing sometimes how things somehow works perfectly well at the end. <br/>
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I was seated at the table right in front of the bridal table with our uni friends. It was like reunion and we all had fun joking around. It's always sad remembering how time goes on and life gets in the way and we can't be just like we all were in uni, seeing each other every single day till we were bored. However, things like this brings us back together and reminds me of the good old times, and just how lucky we are to meet each others and be part of one of our happiest time. <br/>
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I did not give a speech. The bride and groom didn't ask me or Eva to give a speech *phewwwwww... Thank God for that XD the best man and the groom did though. The bride looked teary when she heard her husband's speech. It was moving. Eva and me were teary as well. The best man speech was funny to begin with, but then quite moving at the end too. Our friends at our table kept jokingly asking me to make a speech -_-<br/>
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After that was cutting the wedding cake. The cake was good BTW and smelled SO GOOD! When we opened the box, a delicious aroma straight away comes out. And when they were put up on the stand, we could smell the nice aroma even from 3 meters away! Our gang then made some noises with our forks and wine glasses asking for a kiss π and as I have guessed, those new husband and wife didn't know that those glass noises meant something! π the MC had to explain to them what it meant π then they kissed π (I was worried the bride would scold us for that, but luckily no haha).<br/>
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Bouquet throwing was next. All the single ladies were asked to come up to catch the bouquet. I have always thought that it's for single guys and girls. In Indonesia, usually guys come up too and gahar-ly catch the bouquet. I've seen bouquets broke into pieces and they had to see who got the biggest piece of the bouquet to declare the winner π<br/>
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There were only about 7 single ladies in total. FYI, the bride had told me and Eva multiple times, that any one of us MUST catch the bouquet. It is a MUST. She didn't care how, but one of us must catch it (the bouquet was a fake, so she was worried other girl would catch it and be like, Huh? Fake?). So, I straight away went to the center, right behind her. She looked back a couple of times trying to measure, and then she threw. Usually I never put any effort catching it, but this time I went forward, and reach out to catch it. I got it!!! Hip hip hoorayyyyyy ππ ππ ππ when the bride turned around and saw me with the bouquet, she broke into a big smile and straight away came over to hug me πππ <br/>
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Then the bride and groom had their first dance together. It actually looked alright, considering they can't dance. And for the fact that the bride couldn't move much in her big dress. They only moved left and right together, but they looked lovely. Eva told me to look at the bride's father, he was smiling a little gentle smile, I can't describe it, calm, peaceful, content, glad, serene, kinda smile? Maybe this is the type of smile, the fathers of the bride have when their daughters get married. We hoped it was captured in a photo. <br/>
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Then you know what? After that, the MC announced, "Would the groomsmen and bridesmaids join the bride and groom on the dance floor please?". "WHAT??? I wasn't told of this??!! Damnnnnnn". Then the best man came up to me and asked me to dance, for the bride and groom he said. I didn't have a choice, did I? <br/>
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But turned out it wasn't thaaaaaaat bad. Of course we didn't dance, it was just moving left, right, backwards, and forward. But I was surprised on how easy it was. I always wonder, how do you know you're both going left, or right, or forward, or backward? But I just knew, I just followed his lead. And about following his lead too, I watched a lot of dancing competition show on TV, and I didn't get when they said "follow his lead", how would you feel that? I guess you just feel it. <br/>
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After that it was just photo and selfie sessions and chatting etc. It was a fun wedding. I guess on Oz weddings, you get to spend more time with the newly weds compared to Indonesian weddings. I hardly speak to the couple on that night usually. <br/>
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The party was over around 11. We packed up our stuff, took them to their hotel room, get changed, helped Helen loosen her dress and said good byes. <br/>
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The whole wedding preparations up to the wedding day was full of surprises, bad luck and also good luck. The bride was made redundant a month before the wedding, she had to cancel and rebook hair dresser so many times, her make up artist had some attitudes, our make up artist went back to Indo so delaying my trial, I fell in the middle of the street while jaywalking and injured my knee, plus rolling on that ankle few days after, and finally her make up artist got stranded in Melbourne due to strong wind in Sydney the day before her wedding and her assistant had to do her morning make up instead. <br/>
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The good luck was quite interesting too. When I was trying to hire a room to do bridesmaids make up, I was given a cheaper quote for the room! So, Helen rebooked the apartment and cancelled the old one. And when I checked in, the guy said, "Your booking is 3 bedrooms apartment for 1 night". I thought I heard it wrong, and just whatever. Plus when I signed the paper, the price was right and it was written "1 bedroom". But when we got to the room, it was a 3 bedrooms apartment!!!! Me and Eva were thrilled and straight away called Helen and her hubby asking if this is what she booked? Turned out it wasn't, she only booked 1 bedroom, but she asked for higher level, so it seems that we were upgraded ππππ<br/>
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The luck seemed to run even until midnight of her wedding day. After saying good byes, we went downstairs and wanted to call uber. But we just realised, since it was Friday night, there would be a 1.4x surcharge. The estimate price to go home was $78-112, then it would be like $150?????!!!!! <br/>
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We were still thinking of what to do, when an old guy next to us asked where we were going. It turned out that he was an uber driver who accidentally just uninstalled his uber app! So he was there for half hour trying to download the app using the hotel Wi-Fi, but still not successful! Long story short, he asked me how much was the estimate, and I said $70 plus surcharge. Then he told us to wait till he's downloaded the app and he would take us home, he'll scrap the surcharge. At the end, he still couldn't download it, and just said, "Let's go, you can pay me with cash or credit card. It's fine. "<br/>
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So that's how we got a cheap ride even cheaper than uber on a Friday night π Life is funny sometimes, don't you think? Well, his gps set wrong starting point, so we went over the harbour bridge just to get back to our starting point again, but we got home on an Uber black. And we heard Gary's stories about how he used to own a business but then crashed during GFC. How his ex-driver persuaded him to drive after he's lost everything and ended up loving it and still doing it until now. Life is indeed funny. Now he earns as much as before, driving. <br/>
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We got home around 1, get changed and everything. We were suddenly starving, so snacked a bit, had tea and chatted before going to bed. <br/>
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It was a very good day indeed. Happy Wedding Helen and Hubby!! π I wish you both a lifelong of great marriage together. I know happily ever after doesn't exist, but as long as you're there for each other, to annoy and please each other, I think that's happiness. Please be patient to my BFF, I know she can be stubborn sometimes π I've seen it during our uni days π</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-6569732624558333202017-09-01T07:57:00.001+10:002017-09-01T07:57:29.538+10:00My First Thoughts on Barefoot Investor<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I'm reading Barefoot Investor now. Its actually againsts my personal rule of not reading personal help books in an attempt to not brainwash myself. Those books sound really scary you know, seems like they can turn you into something completely different. I blame The Secrets to be exact. <br/>
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But anyway, my colleague Barbie mentioned it to me. Barbie thought I was the one who recommended it last time, but no, it was my first time hearing it. I said to Barbie, I don't read those kind of books. Which Barbie replied, "That's a pity". This is 1 of the reason why I don't like Barbie. The i-know-everything-and-participate-in-anything act. Why should you pity me? I don't read those doesn't mean I don't do things they tell you to do in those books? I just read the early chapters, and you know what? I've done the first steps years ago. I can skip the first Barefoot Date yayy<br/>
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I didn't plan to read this book really. But after going into library a couple of times last month and seeing the book for the 2nd time in Fast Loan section, I thought, alright, I will read it. The cheapskate/tightarse/thrifty/wanna-be-rich-and-retire-early part of me is a bit intrigued and want to know if there is something I can take out of it. Even if it makes me richer just by $50, it's still free money right? And it's actually written by an Australian, so it is relevant to me. And it's not thick, I should be able to finish it in a week. And, the way it's written is just like the way I write huahhahaha... Can get something unrelated tangled up to make a point lol XD<br/>
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The first step is to make zero fee savings account and separate accounts for emergency and daily. Checked. Did that years ago and got all those free money for opening up accounts. Emergency... I do have an account, but it's really empty and I don't usually need it as I'm not the type who splurges or accidentally spends all my money in my daily account. <br/>
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Second step, setting up high interests accounts. Did that years ago and now with a mortgage, my mortgage interests are higher than the highest savings account interests. So nope, not relevant anymore. <br/>
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Third, superannuation. He's saying to ditch Self managed funds. But I haven't read all the chapters. We'll see.. I know I have investments going on there which is not bad at all, but I did think to change it to be more risky one. I will keep on reading.</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-43585129216469235102017-08-17T08:43:00.001+10:002017-08-17T08:43:07.755+10:00A Condemning Society <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The other day I saw a comic made by sporean comic writer that tells a story about a youngster who scolds an elderly in a food court. A passerby records a video of it and uploads it onto social media. As a result, a lot of people see and share it and people starts to condemn and verbally abuse her on social media. Not only that, people also gives her death stare and purposely bumped her on the street. Because of it, she's now terrified to go out. <br/>
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This morning, I saw another comic made by Indonesian comic writer. The story was about a guy riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. A police stops her and wants to issue a fine. The biker slaps the police on the head and says, "You dare? I'm in the army! You can't fine me!". A passerby records it and upload it to social media. The head of the army then catches the guy and hands him over to the police.<br/>
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When I saw the first comic, I felt sorry for the girl. She's still wrong, but she didn't deserve to be treated like that. Not only online, she was abused in real life by people she didn't know too. And she isn't even a murderer. <br/>
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The second one though, I think was used appropriately. In Indonesian society, some people still believe they are above the law and can just walk their way out of problem either just saying they have certain position, or by bribing. <br/>
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Both were punished in the end, however, I believe the biker wouldn't have been abused in real life. I think people treated her that way because she was easier to bully. The biker could easily reports anyone bullying him on the street for going against an officer while she can't? <br/>
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Another thing is, the biker was handed over to police, that will shut people up. But then again, he was breaking the law in the first place. In the girl's case, it was about manners. She didn't break any law. She can't be handed over to police. The most she can do is apologise, and based on the comments on the comic, she already did. But that's not enough and people still abuse her. <br/>
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In today's society, or maybe I should say even before, people constantly judge other people. Nowadays is more obvious though. Through social media, people are turning into keyboard warriors and condemn others every single second. I might be considered one of them too, I guess, since I'm talking about them now. <br/>
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The other day there was a post on facebook about a mum who ear pierced her baby daughter. A lot of women strongly condemned her for doing so by saying she has no right to her body, it's cruelty against children, she's hurting the baby just for fashion, and so on. It was bad. Of course, there were other women who came to her defence and said it's better to be done when she's little so her mum could take care of it, they were earpierced when they were babies too and they are OK with it, it doesn't hurt that much, she won't remember it, and so on. <br/>
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Some even said they were grateful to have theirs done when they were babies. They saw how their friends had ears pierced during teenagers and saw what they had to go through with the infection etc. I'm also one of those babies, my mum pierced my ears when I was 1 or 2 months old. Even then, she regretted it. Saying she had to care for me myself. Next time she gave birth, she asked the hospital to pierce their ears on Day 2.<br/>
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But yeah, the opposition group is pretty strong. It was like they were condemning a thief. <br/>
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Society is really weird nowadays... Few weeks ago, a guy was shot by police for holding a florist hostage with scissors and broken bottle for who knows why. I think he had mental issues. Then, people started critiquing the police for shooting him dead. Even though he already hurt the florist' neck! <br/>
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I thought people would have learned from Lindt Cafe incident 2 years ago. Back then, the police didn't want to have casualties and didn't barge in until they heard shots, as the result 2 people died. Back then, the police were blamed for holding back. And now they didn't hold back, but are still blamed. <br/>
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It's a weird world we live in π</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611791877466703570.post-35594743876468412017-08-10T08:27:00.001+10:002017-08-10T08:28:00.033+10:00Similar Different Fate - Part 2<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>One day 3 of us were shopping at Broadway, then Eva went to buy something at Go-Lo. When she returned, she told me and the other bestie the Go-Lo was looking for people for stock take. My response was, "What's stock take?". Neither of them knew what stock take meant either. But even so, I went and put down my details. Eva didn't, because she was going on holiday soon, but the other one did. <br/>
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Few days after, I received a phone call telling me I got the job. The other friend didn't get it. It was funny, considering she put down her name right after mine, either I was the last person required, or they thought her one was a prank as we put same birthday. That time, I still didn't know what stock take was π<br/>
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So I went, and turned out it was just a one day job to count the stocks in hand. No interview what so ever as it was just that. I was a bit disappointed, but at least I earned money right? It was a long job, I finished at 10. The manager told us, if we didnt mind, he'd pass our details to the other stores just incase they need people. Other store did call me, and I even managed to get the other friend to come work too. <br/>
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Probably a week after, I received a call from that manager, saying he couldn't find my forms, did I fill them out? I said yes. He said he'd keep searching and would call me if he couldn't find them. Few days after, his phone call woke me up. Sleepily I picked up, and he asked me if I was looking for a job? I said yes, I was. Then he said he needed some casuals and would I be interested? Oh hell I was! He asked me to come in to chat, and I was officially hired π<br/>
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OK, from then on, I became busy. I didn't work over my 20 hours limit, but enough to get me busy. In addition, I got another 1 morning a week handing free paper job. I followed rules closely to the t and made sure I didn't work more than 20 hours. Therefore, a lot of times I had to drop my shifts. Same with exam period, I'd be asking for a week off to study (though the most I got was few days off π After few days off, my manager would call up saying the other girl was sick, could you please come? So I couldn't say no and went to work).<br/>
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This other bestie however, would be the one asking for more shifts and didn't ask for days off to study. She'd burn the midnight oil to study rather than taking days off work. There was once she had to fake a sickie on an exam day because she didn't finish her study. <br/>
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Do you see the pattern between me and her now? <br/>
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Even after uni, she went straight into job hunting while I was scared as hell and didn't apply for anything until 6 months after graduation. Even that, was forced. <br/>
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She found a full time job pretty soon after graduation. But she still kept her Coles as second job for weekends and sometimes night shifts. <br/>
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I continued with Go-Lo and 2 mornings handing free papers, then I got a part-time programming job (3 days a week). I kept that up until I changed job 1.5 years after. This time, it's a full time job. However, I still kept my Go-Lo job (around this time, the missing money incident occurred) for a few months for the weekend, and then moved to a souvenir store. <br/>
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I honestly only planned to stay for a couple of months in that souvenir store. I joined, just because I was invited by the last manager of Go-Lo and curiosity. However, not long after that, my sisters graduated and couldn't find a job. It was GFC again. I had to keep 2 jobs to cover all of our expenses. My parents could support us, of course. But my dad was having depression, asking for money would just add up to his depression. If he's depressed and asked me all those questions, it would stress me out, so it was easier to just earn as much money as I could. <br/>
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So yeah, if I think about it, me and my friend have pretty similar journey of life. However, in my case, it was not my choice. I don't know if it was luck, coincidence, or just fate. In her case, she chose to do so. It's in her nature to strive and earn money. Back then in uni, if she didn't get shifts for a week, she'd freak out and chasing her manager. For me, I'd just calculate to see if I can survive from last week's pay and I'd be content. I was sure too that someone would call in sick and I'd be called to work. If not, then I could relax. Mind you, her parents could support her too. <br/>
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I was born at night, which makes me a night rat. They said night rats fate is tiring. It's the time when they need to go out and find food while everyone else is asleep. It's true in my case. I believe my friend was born during day time, and according to the horoscope, she should be the happy rat, sleeping in after eating all the food she's found.</div>Purple Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05051879908286530618noreply@blogger.com0