I thought I could sleep in till really really late. Like, at least the middle of the afternoon. But alas, people called.
Somehow the lawn seems neater than the last time I cut it. Perhaps it is because I cut it when it wasn't as long. However, there seemed to be a lot more grass than last time. This may also be because I emptied the grass catching thingy more often. So many differences, so many possibilities. Ho hum. At least its cut.
Went to see a movie, The Incredibles, with some people. I thought it was really quite good. Being incredible is teh bomb! I rekon the baby's super abilities are the funniest. So cute as well! With a name like Jack Jack, I'm not sure how he'd fit into the whole superhero thing though.
We also ate some Nando's and played a bit of pool too. Still pretty crap at pool, but can take the 'extra hot' Nandos food. Good news bad news kind of thing.
Anyway, came back to.... PP. Played cards again. I may have made myself (actually my parents) a business oppurtunity. A friend of a friend wants to have a 21st at the restraurant. So we discussed a bit of that... Other than that, the usual.
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
I've missed like... 3 days
I'll get right to it.
Christmas was actually kind of good. Working wasn't too bad, it didn't seem as busy as the last few years. There was a whole heap left over. Not enough of the stuff I really liked though. I kind of like the high class foods. Lobster salad, salmon cuts, virginian ham, tender turkey, etc. Damn asians almost all the lobster salad. As if you go to a buffet just to eat lobster. Get a life! We did the usual family get together and sat around doing nothing the rest of the time. I came home and played games. hehe. I managed to finish Rome again. I am now playing as Germania on the 'hard' difficulty level. Its actually quite challenging.
Boxing day... hmmm... Can't actually remember much of boxing day. Nothing interesting must have happened. Chances are I played more Rome.
Yesterday... hmmm. All I remember of last night is a lot of losing in poker. Stayed up till like.. 4:30. Pretty bad since I had to get up before the afternoon today. Went out to deliver some bao with mum and Fi, and also to go have yum cha in glenny. Ate too much western yum cha, not enough asian stuff, and it was very oily. Combined with the overdose of sugar I had last night, I think I've probably put on a whole pound. I should do a shit soon.
Another interesting thing today. Got pulled over by a booze bus. They saw my rego sticker was out of date. So I was told to pull even further off the road. Haha. Luckily it checked out fine. Mum had paid the rego, and I'd just forgotten to put the sticker on the car. *phew* They could have searched the trunk for bodies and everything! Lucky I wasn't smuggling 'cha siu bao' that day.
Ah I'm so not funny.
Christmas was actually kind of good. Working wasn't too bad, it didn't seem as busy as the last few years. There was a whole heap left over. Not enough of the stuff I really liked though. I kind of like the high class foods. Lobster salad, salmon cuts, virginian ham, tender turkey, etc. Damn asians almost all the lobster salad. As if you go to a buffet just to eat lobster. Get a life! We did the usual family get together and sat around doing nothing the rest of the time. I came home and played games. hehe. I managed to finish Rome again. I am now playing as Germania on the 'hard' difficulty level. Its actually quite challenging.
Boxing day... hmmm... Can't actually remember much of boxing day. Nothing interesting must have happened. Chances are I played more Rome.
Yesterday... hmmm. All I remember of last night is a lot of losing in poker. Stayed up till like.. 4:30. Pretty bad since I had to get up before the afternoon today. Went out to deliver some bao with mum and Fi, and also to go have yum cha in glenny. Ate too much western yum cha, not enough asian stuff, and it was very oily. Combined with the overdose of sugar I had last night, I think I've probably put on a whole pound. I should do a shit soon.
Another interesting thing today. Got pulled over by a booze bus. They saw my rego sticker was out of date. So I was told to pull even further off the road. Haha. Luckily it checked out fine. Mum had paid the rego, and I'd just forgotten to put the sticker on the car. *phew* They could have searched the trunk for bodies and everything! Lucky I wasn't smuggling 'cha siu bao' that day.
Ah I'm so not funny.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Friday, December 24, 2004
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Thursday, December 23, 2004
$30 tip yesterday for lunch. Apparently Paul Keating's cousin's mother-in-law was in attendence. She didn't give any of the $30 though. Cheapass.
Didn't do much the rest of the day though. Slept really early.
Today we went beaching, down to Frankston. Got bitten by a crab, caught a ray. Quite eventful. Thats all I've got to say about it though, other than that there were more than the usual number of emergency vechicles around today.
Didn't do much the rest of the day though. Slept really early.
Today we went beaching, down to Frankston. Got bitten by a crab, caught a ray. Quite eventful. Thats all I've got to say about it though, other than that there were more than the usual number of emergency vechicles around today.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Work, again
Yesterday I worked, today I worked. Am I working too much?
You know, every since I've had a job, I've been wondering, what does it mean to 'go to work'. To some people, its just go to some other place and just kind of piss fart around till you're supposed to leave. For others, its to go to the first level of hell, and get paid for people to watch you dance around. A not so good analogy would be to work as a gladiator in ancient Roman times.
Yet, we will all have to do it some day. It becomes a way of life. For the record, I don't really want to be working full time. It just sounds too hardcore. Wake up, work, go home, eat, sleep. It becomes monotonous, downright boring, and leaves you almost no room for a life.
Maybe I'm just annoyed I couldn't make it to Em's birthday. If you read this Em, HAPPY BIRTHDAY for the other day. I only know cos she reminded me which day it was. Normally I'd forget, like Terence's. I don't keep a list of people and their birthdays, too much hassle. I really can't be stuffed. If that says bad things about me, then oh well. I don't expect to be seen as an angel or a really loving caring friend. Couldn't really care when your birthday is, really. It only means that I gotta buy a present and stand around trying to think of things to say, not to mention write on your card as well. I'm really a bastard, on many levels.
[------o---]
You know, every since I've had a job, I've been wondering, what does it mean to 'go to work'. To some people, its just go to some other place and just kind of piss fart around till you're supposed to leave. For others, its to go to the first level of hell, and get paid for people to watch you dance around. A not so good analogy would be to work as a gladiator in ancient Roman times.
Yet, we will all have to do it some day. It becomes a way of life. For the record, I don't really want to be working full time. It just sounds too hardcore. Wake up, work, go home, eat, sleep. It becomes monotonous, downright boring, and leaves you almost no room for a life.
Maybe I'm just annoyed I couldn't make it to Em's birthday. If you read this Em, HAPPY BIRTHDAY for the other day. I only know cos she reminded me which day it was. Normally I'd forget, like Terence's. I don't keep a list of people and their birthdays, too much hassle. I really can't be stuffed. If that says bad things about me, then oh well. I don't expect to be seen as an angel or a really loving caring friend. Couldn't really care when your birthday is, really. It only means that I gotta buy a present and stand around trying to think of things to say, not to mention write on your card as well. I'm really a bastard, on many levels.
[------o---]
Sunday, December 19, 2004
CDs, PS2, and work, again.
I think the title pretty much sums up my day. Woke up to check out the 'Hoe swap meet with Sam. All I needed were some cds, so we got them, some cd markers, and just had a little bit of a look around.
Turns out both of us hadn't eaten yet, so we decided to grab some brunch. Originally, we had thought of going to Taco Bill. Sam lives around the area, and he never knew that it existed until just the other day, which just goes to show how much Sam knows about his area :). But when we got there, it was closed. Apparently its only open for dinner, which is pretty crap if you ask me. So, since Nandos was next door, we popped in for lunch.
After that, we went over to Sam's to play a bit of PS2, cos I was bored, and had nothing to do at home. Needless to say, I got my arse kicked in just about everything. Oh well.
Bummed around at home till work, went to work. Busy today. I also saw June's parents, which is kinda funny. Didn't get much time to say anything since it was kind of flat out most of the time. Anywho, dad got me to drink something so that I wouldn't go out later tonight. Funny guy my dad is.
Oh and by the way, my cut seems to be getting worse, for those of you who care.
Turns out both of us hadn't eaten yet, so we decided to grab some brunch. Originally, we had thought of going to Taco Bill. Sam lives around the area, and he never knew that it existed until just the other day, which just goes to show how much Sam knows about his area :). But when we got there, it was closed. Apparently its only open for dinner, which is pretty crap if you ask me. So, since Nandos was next door, we popped in for lunch.
After that, we went over to Sam's to play a bit of PS2, cos I was bored, and had nothing to do at home. Needless to say, I got my arse kicked in just about everything. Oh well.
Bummed around at home till work, went to work. Busy today. I also saw June's parents, which is kinda funny. Didn't get much time to say anything since it was kind of flat out most of the time. Anywho, dad got me to drink something so that I wouldn't go out later tonight. Funny guy my dad is.
Oh and by the way, my cut seems to be getting worse, for those of you who care.
The Mill Park Library
On the way to Jane's, we saw a sign for the Mill Park Library. I laughed, thinking, "Wow, its that far out that the library is like some sort of national treasure." There was another sign:
Library Sign Post
We passed it, dismissed it, thinking it was something else. Then on the way back, we actually saw it in its entrirety.
Mill Park Library (sorry its a fuzzy pic, Grace should take some photography classes)
It was only then that I understood why it was so good! Yeah thats it.
Library Sign Post
We passed it, dismissed it, thinking it was something else. Then on the way back, we actually saw it in its entrirety.
Mill Park Library (sorry its a fuzzy pic, Grace should take some photography classes)
It was only then that I understood why it was so good! Yeah thats it.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Rudolph and Jazz.
Two things to say. Rudoulph and this guy at work (they're different people/reindeers). Both negative things to say. Hold on, my sister just came in saying that everyone thinks I'm down. I said its because I keep writing negative things in my blog. So I've come up with one positive thing: Diana Krall.
Diana is actually a jazz singer. I found out about her while shopping, at Myer no less. It was actually the other day, just before tennis, and I went into myer to look for tennis balls. I think I mentioned that they revamped their whole sport section, and now theres nothing except sporting apparel. Not a single piece of sporting equipment in sight, at least not in the basement. So I kept walking, looking for the stuff, and I ended up in the new Virgin mega store. Diana has like, three albums in the Jazz top 10. I figured, yeah, she must be good, so I typed her name into my phone and bought some t-shirts. Totally unrelated I know, but I had to use my $25 voucher before christmas, and as if I'd pay for music.
So when I came home. Hang on, wait, it was only just today, I just looked her up and downloaded a couple of her albums. Not bad at all. I'm not really much of an expert on jazz, but its just soothing, in its use of offbeat sounds. I thoroughly recommend that everyone whos anyone gets some of her music. Just do a bit of googling (or alternatively, just ask).
Okay, onto Rudolph. I'm directly referring to the Christmas carol, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Rudolph was an outcast, like the fat kid in school. Then he gets picked out by the popular celebrity (Santa), and he suddenly becomes the most popular kid in school. I just want to know what this says about our societies. Nothing other than his association with Santa makes Rudolph popular. How extremely superficial. Its the same as if some kid from school got on as an extra in say.... Troy. He'd be the most popular kid in school. Maybe I'm just envious.
The guy at work... his name is Joe. He's some hongky guy whos apparently some sort of doctor. But he's the kind of Doctor like.. Doctor Nick. Except instead of saying 'Hello everybody!', he'd say, 'Harlo everybody!' when commencing an operation. He can't be a doctor in Australia because he doesn't have Australian certification. I never knew you had to be qualified in Australia to practice. Maybe they just don't trust doctors with degrees from Asian countries. I know I wouldn't. You could pay people to give you certification. But surely there would be some sort of exam he could take to be registered or certified. Anyway, onto what I was going to say.
Basically, he's a lazy, selfish, poo. Sometimes, I wonder how people with his morals make their way in the world. They don't seem to feel any remorse, or regard for their fellow man. However, when I think about it, it makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint. The ones who look after themselves aren't held back by the others. It doesn't necesarily make them stronger, but they get support without giving any back. It wouldn't work if everyone was like that, but the fact that the majority of people aren't makes them thrive. *sigh*
[---o------]
Diana is actually a jazz singer. I found out about her while shopping, at Myer no less. It was actually the other day, just before tennis, and I went into myer to look for tennis balls. I think I mentioned that they revamped their whole sport section, and now theres nothing except sporting apparel. Not a single piece of sporting equipment in sight, at least not in the basement. So I kept walking, looking for the stuff, and I ended up in the new Virgin mega store. Diana has like, three albums in the Jazz top 10. I figured, yeah, she must be good, so I typed her name into my phone and bought some t-shirts. Totally unrelated I know, but I had to use my $25 voucher before christmas, and as if I'd pay for music.
So when I came home. Hang on, wait, it was only just today, I just looked her up and downloaded a couple of her albums. Not bad at all. I'm not really much of an expert on jazz, but its just soothing, in its use of offbeat sounds. I thoroughly recommend that everyone whos anyone gets some of her music. Just do a bit of googling (or alternatively, just ask).
Okay, onto Rudolph. I'm directly referring to the Christmas carol, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Rudolph was an outcast, like the fat kid in school. Then he gets picked out by the popular celebrity (Santa), and he suddenly becomes the most popular kid in school. I just want to know what this says about our societies. Nothing other than his association with Santa makes Rudolph popular. How extremely superficial. Its the same as if some kid from school got on as an extra in say.... Troy. He'd be the most popular kid in school. Maybe I'm just envious.
The guy at work... his name is Joe. He's some hongky guy whos apparently some sort of doctor. But he's the kind of Doctor like.. Doctor Nick. Except instead of saying 'Hello everybody!', he'd say, 'Harlo everybody!' when commencing an operation. He can't be a doctor in Australia because he doesn't have Australian certification. I never knew you had to be qualified in Australia to practice. Maybe they just don't trust doctors with degrees from Asian countries. I know I wouldn't. You could pay people to give you certification. But surely there would be some sort of exam he could take to be registered or certified. Anyway, onto what I was going to say.
Basically, he's a lazy, selfish, poo. Sometimes, I wonder how people with his morals make their way in the world. They don't seem to feel any remorse, or regard for their fellow man. However, when I think about it, it makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint. The ones who look after themselves aren't held back by the others. It doesn't necesarily make them stronger, but they get support without giving any back. It wouldn't work if everyone was like that, but the fact that the majority of people aren't makes them thrive. *sigh*
[---o------]
Thursday night was work, then out to PP for some quality time with Terence and the gang for his birthday. Ended up playing cards, again! Figured I'm actually missing out on something for new years, again.
Last night was work, and after that, there was a movie night at Eric's. We watched "House of sand and fog". Depressing, but very very good. Definately earns my respect for both the acting and writing.
I'm sleeping a lot now. Almost slept half the day last night and the night before. Thats definately a good thing. Anyway, time to get ready for another night of work. Hopefully this night won't be as busy busy busy as the last two.
Last night was work, and after that, there was a movie night at Eric's. We watched "House of sand and fog". Depressing, but very very good. Definately earns my respect for both the acting and writing.
I'm sleeping a lot now. Almost slept half the day last night and the night before. Thats definately a good thing. Anyway, time to get ready for another night of work. Hopefully this night won't be as busy busy busy as the last two.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Ah, back to it
Yesterday, I didn't really do much. There was a little bit of errand running, being social, and catching up with past nannies.
I woke up early because I was meant to take Fi to work. Got that down pat, and bought some Telfast for mum. The fact that it was the wrong kind of Telfast never crossed my mind. I thought it was only for hayfever, and that one tablet would cure all the symptoms.
So anyway, came back to the restaurant, said hello and stuff to Erma, who looked after me from the age of about 6 months until I was about 2. She still seems lovely for a German lady. Seems to have no place on her body without operation scars, which is kind of scary.
Time for some more errands.
Filled up the air in the van's tyres, carried the roast pork buns downstairs, took packaged roast pork buns to the grocery in Doncaster, deposited some cheques, changed some cash into coins, changed the packet of Telfast, bought some milk, picked up Fi. It probably wasn't all in that order, and some items kind of overlapped or were done simutaneously, but it sounds like a lot now that I think about it.
I felt really sleepy by about 8, so I took a nap. Ended up waking up to a phone call at around 10. Since it was Terence's birthday, we bummed at his house. Sure, not the best way to spend your birthday, but its his fault for not organising anything. He did, in actual fact, organise something, but he's neither shouting nor formally inviting people to it. Its actually tonight, and I can't make it since I'm working, but oh well. I really couldn't be bothered going all the way to Crown anyway.
After getting back from Terences at about 1. I couldn't sleep no more. So I went with dad to the market without any sleep, and helped him do the stuff that he does. Then I dropped by Auntie and Uncle's place to grab some free breakfast/lunch. Big breakfast asian style. Not bad at all.
Did you know that Myer doesn't actually stock any sporting equipment anymore? I went down there to buy some tennis balls. Guess what? Nothing. All they have is sporting apparel. What a waste of my time. I just bought a couple of t-shirts.
Ended up getting tennis balls at rebel sport. I'm not sure if they jibbed me or not, but oh well. Went up to uni to play some tennis with Chi, Eric, Nancy and Sam. FUN. Haven't played in a while, yet I can still sometimes hit the ball. Not a bad effort.
After that, Eric and I went to check out Chi's new crib. Not bad at all. Had the idea to get parking permits from him since its so close to uni. I wonder how many he can get :) Anyway, back home now, getting ready for work.
I woke up early because I was meant to take Fi to work. Got that down pat, and bought some Telfast for mum. The fact that it was the wrong kind of Telfast never crossed my mind. I thought it was only for hayfever, and that one tablet would cure all the symptoms.
So anyway, came back to the restaurant, said hello and stuff to Erma, who looked after me from the age of about 6 months until I was about 2. She still seems lovely for a German lady. Seems to have no place on her body without operation scars, which is kind of scary.
Time for some more errands.
Filled up the air in the van's tyres, carried the roast pork buns downstairs, took packaged roast pork buns to the grocery in Doncaster, deposited some cheques, changed some cash into coins, changed the packet of Telfast, bought some milk, picked up Fi. It probably wasn't all in that order, and some items kind of overlapped or were done simutaneously, but it sounds like a lot now that I think about it.
I felt really sleepy by about 8, so I took a nap. Ended up waking up to a phone call at around 10. Since it was Terence's birthday, we bummed at his house. Sure, not the best way to spend your birthday, but its his fault for not organising anything. He did, in actual fact, organise something, but he's neither shouting nor formally inviting people to it. Its actually tonight, and I can't make it since I'm working, but oh well. I really couldn't be bothered going all the way to Crown anyway.
After getting back from Terences at about 1. I couldn't sleep no more. So I went with dad to the market without any sleep, and helped him do the stuff that he does. Then I dropped by Auntie and Uncle's place to grab some free breakfast/lunch. Big breakfast asian style. Not bad at all.
Did you know that Myer doesn't actually stock any sporting equipment anymore? I went down there to buy some tennis balls. Guess what? Nothing. All they have is sporting apparel. What a waste of my time. I just bought a couple of t-shirts.
Ended up getting tennis balls at rebel sport. I'm not sure if they jibbed me or not, but oh well. Went up to uni to play some tennis with Chi, Eric, Nancy and Sam. FUN. Haven't played in a while, yet I can still sometimes hit the ball. Not a bad effort.
After that, Eric and I went to check out Chi's new crib. Not bad at all. Had the idea to get parking permits from him since its so close to uni. I wonder how many he can get :) Anyway, back home now, getting ready for work.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
I'm not depressed actually
Don't worry, really, I'm not.
It feels more like a physical thing than anything. I just don't feel I'm able to 'experience' as much emotionally, like I look at things with more detachment than I used to. This is not to say its an especially bad thing, I looked at everything with detachment. Theres definately a bare minimum of emotion involved.
It feels more like a physical thing than anything. I just don't feel I'm able to 'experience' as much emotionally, like I look at things with more detachment than I used to. This is not to say its an especially bad thing, I looked at everything with detachment. Theres definately a bare minimum of emotion involved.
sorry...
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Been tired, busy, or otherwise engaged.
I haven't written anything about whats actually happened for those who are actually interested in what happens in my life.
Friday:
Friday night was Jane's birthday. It was pretty good. I drove Grace, and we got lost a couple of times on the way. Lucky she had a recent version of the melways too. Mine didn't actually have the place on the map because its a new housing development. Its kind of like Caroline Springs, except theres no golf course. The fact that its in woop woop is the same, but in a different direction.
I saw those people that I didn't know, those I didn't know, but suprisingly, not too many people I knew but didn't want to talk to, which is definately a good thing. There was this funny thing on the way back. Actually, on the way to and on the way back. Once I manage to get pictures of it, I'll post them up.
Saturday:
I can't really remember what I did on Saturday except work.
Actually now I do.
There was Emily's BBQ for her going away/birthday. I knew about... 3 people there. Was okay. Free food, free drink. Can't complain. As usual, held in the Ruffey park. There was a game that kind of died. There was a lot of talking, some smoking (not that I took any part in that, I'm asthmatic) and umm.... some pictures. Had to leave because I had to go to work.
I couldn't sleep.
Sunday:
Day of the cruise.
We were a little late because Eric finished church at about 12:30. So by the time our team got together, it was about quarter past 1. We ended up getting to our first checkpoint in second placing. Thats if you take the time we took to get from the start to the checkpoint into consideration.
The second checkpoint was a little harder. We actually passed it. Hehe. So we had to get back to it. But we managed to get 1st place for the last checkpoint, because one of us got lost, the other one stopped in the wrong place, and we just kept going. But we lost in the end :( Didn't get enough bonus points from letter boxes or creek signs to make any difference. Oh well. Maybe next time.
Monday:
I had the BEST sleep for about 2 weeks between sunday and monday. I went to bed like 9:30 on sunday night because I was just so tired after having 3 hours sleep the night before. So after that, I thought I'd be back to normal. I went to get a haircut in the morning and also took my grandma to see the doctor. We stopped by a restaurant to have some yum cha on the way. Nothing is wrong with my grandma, the CT scan says so. So we just came back home to sit around.
We ended up going out to pancake palour. There were 7 of us, celebrating Soh's miraculous results. He passed everything! We stayed till about 5am, playing 'bluff'. It was just one game that went on for AAAAAGGGGGEESS... Finally, Sharon won, I came second, and Sam gave up after he called a bluff that wasn't actually a bluff, from Soh who told him not to. Silly kid that guy :)
Tuesday:
So after getting back at 5am, I slept till about 3pm.
Got up, sat around, went to work, and just got back around now.
I'm feeling more confident about work. I don't get sweaty as easily (because I'm not so nervous) and stuff like that. I finally do a lot more than just sit in the bar pouring drinks and washing glasses. I actually enjoy most of it now.
Anyway, bw time... laterz
I haven't written anything about whats actually happened for those who are actually interested in what happens in my life.
Friday:
Friday night was Jane's birthday. It was pretty good. I drove Grace, and we got lost a couple of times on the way. Lucky she had a recent version of the melways too. Mine didn't actually have the place on the map because its a new housing development. Its kind of like Caroline Springs, except theres no golf course. The fact that its in woop woop is the same, but in a different direction.
I saw those people that I didn't know, those I didn't know, but suprisingly, not too many people I knew but didn't want to talk to, which is definately a good thing. There was this funny thing on the way back. Actually, on the way to and on the way back. Once I manage to get pictures of it, I'll post them up.
Saturday:
I can't really remember what I did on Saturday except work.
Actually now I do.
There was Emily's BBQ for her going away/birthday. I knew about... 3 people there. Was okay. Free food, free drink. Can't complain. As usual, held in the Ruffey park. There was a game that kind of died. There was a lot of talking, some smoking (not that I took any part in that, I'm asthmatic) and umm.... some pictures. Had to leave because I had to go to work.
I couldn't sleep.
Sunday:
Day of the cruise.
We were a little late because Eric finished church at about 12:30. So by the time our team got together, it was about quarter past 1. We ended up getting to our first checkpoint in second placing. Thats if you take the time we took to get from the start to the checkpoint into consideration.
The second checkpoint was a little harder. We actually passed it. Hehe. So we had to get back to it. But we managed to get 1st place for the last checkpoint, because one of us got lost, the other one stopped in the wrong place, and we just kept going. But we lost in the end :( Didn't get enough bonus points from letter boxes or creek signs to make any difference. Oh well. Maybe next time.
Monday:
I had the BEST sleep for about 2 weeks between sunday and monday. I went to bed like 9:30 on sunday night because I was just so tired after having 3 hours sleep the night before. So after that, I thought I'd be back to normal. I went to get a haircut in the morning and also took my grandma to see the doctor. We stopped by a restaurant to have some yum cha on the way. Nothing is wrong with my grandma, the CT scan says so. So we just came back home to sit around.
We ended up going out to pancake palour. There were 7 of us, celebrating Soh's miraculous results. He passed everything! We stayed till about 5am, playing 'bluff'. It was just one game that went on for AAAAAGGGGGEESS... Finally, Sharon won, I came second, and Sam gave up after he called a bluff that wasn't actually a bluff, from Soh who told him not to. Silly kid that guy :)
Tuesday:
So after getting back at 5am, I slept till about 3pm.
Got up, sat around, went to work, and just got back around now.
I'm feeling more confident about work. I don't get sweaty as easily (because I'm not so nervous) and stuff like that. I finally do a lot more than just sit in the bar pouring drinks and washing glasses. I actually enjoy most of it now.
Anyway, bw time... laterz
Sunday, December 12, 2004
I'm starting to lose feeling...
My senses seem to be deteriorating. Perhaps from the lack of stimulation, maybe from old age. Either way, the world seems a much duller place.
The nasal cavity is never been one of the best places for smells to hang out. But for me, nothing seems to be registering. Perhaps all those nose pickings are starting to pull those hairs out which have something to do with smell. Everything smells the same, all the time. I can't even smell food, which makes it,... well... I don't have anything to contrast it against now.
My hearing is getting worse apparently. I need to ask people to repeat what they've said over and over again until I finally understand. Then when I do understand, I take a while to respond to it. Its like I've got delayed reaction. No nothing else is on my mind, and no, there haven't been any drugs involved (including alchohol, I haven't drunk anything for at least a month).
Without my glasses, vision is also getting increasingly clouded. I've got an explanation for this one. My sleeping pattern is all whacked out, so when I should be really awake, I have blurry eyes from just getting up, and then when it doens't matter, I'm sitting in front of the computer anyway, so it doesn't matter. My glasses are also getting quite scratched. I dropped them the other day, they came apart, in the grass, so it made it kind of bad. Still looks fine generally, but the minute differences I can't really tell. Never been much of a perfectionist. Another possibility is that years sitting in front of a computer is starting to make me blind. Quite possible in fact.
Touch still seems to be fine. I can feel things quite well. Pain however, seems to be handled really easily. I got burnt at work tonight. Its been happening for quite a while. I just shook it off tonight. Normally I at least curse and something. You could argue that I've just gotten used to it, or that the boiling hot water just killed off my pain receptor cells, and you'd probably be right. But without something in the touch sensory domain, it leaves me with less to go on for a more dramatic 'losing feeling' story.
Emotionally I'm lacking any feeling too. I don't feel especially happy, I don't feel especially sad, and theres no 'potential' to drum up any feelings. I'm not even ecstatic or excited when I get paid. There was $250 sitting on my desk just before, from doing whatever it was that I was doing, and I don't feel happy. Its like... 'ok, I think i'll go get some petrol'. I don't even feel emotionally drained, so its not like it could have 'leaked out' as such.
Its like I'm missing something now, something I had maybe a year ago. But not much has changed since then, so I don't know.
The nasal cavity is never been one of the best places for smells to hang out. But for me, nothing seems to be registering. Perhaps all those nose pickings are starting to pull those hairs out which have something to do with smell. Everything smells the same, all the time. I can't even smell food, which makes it,... well... I don't have anything to contrast it against now.
My hearing is getting worse apparently. I need to ask people to repeat what they've said over and over again until I finally understand. Then when I do understand, I take a while to respond to it. Its like I've got delayed reaction. No nothing else is on my mind, and no, there haven't been any drugs involved (including alchohol, I haven't drunk anything for at least a month).
Without my glasses, vision is also getting increasingly clouded. I've got an explanation for this one. My sleeping pattern is all whacked out, so when I should be really awake, I have blurry eyes from just getting up, and then when it doens't matter, I'm sitting in front of the computer anyway, so it doesn't matter. My glasses are also getting quite scratched. I dropped them the other day, they came apart, in the grass, so it made it kind of bad. Still looks fine generally, but the minute differences I can't really tell. Never been much of a perfectionist. Another possibility is that years sitting in front of a computer is starting to make me blind. Quite possible in fact.
Touch still seems to be fine. I can feel things quite well. Pain however, seems to be handled really easily. I got burnt at work tonight. Its been happening for quite a while. I just shook it off tonight. Normally I at least curse and something. You could argue that I've just gotten used to it, or that the boiling hot water just killed off my pain receptor cells, and you'd probably be right. But without something in the touch sensory domain, it leaves me with less to go on for a more dramatic 'losing feeling' story.
Emotionally I'm lacking any feeling too. I don't feel especially happy, I don't feel especially sad, and theres no 'potential' to drum up any feelings. I'm not even ecstatic or excited when I get paid. There was $250 sitting on my desk just before, from doing whatever it was that I was doing, and I don't feel happy. Its like... 'ok, I think i'll go get some petrol'. I don't even feel emotionally drained, so its not like it could have 'leaked out' as such.
Its like I'm missing something now, something I had maybe a year ago. But not much has changed since then, so I don't know.
Friday, December 10, 2004
sssssslleeep
I haven't slept since yesterday afternoon. I really shouldn't be too sleepy, but I feel a bit. Even if I go to sleep now, I'll just have to get up in like 4 hours, so I figured theres not really much point.
Yesterday, there was nothing actually planned. I downloaded Sid Meiers 'Pirates!' and played that for a while. Sam called to see if I wanted to go mini golfing at 10pm. I said ok because I had nothing else to do except go driving with Fi. Not that I really like going driving with her, mm... just kinda boring. We were only going to deliver bao anyway.
It only occured to me that going mini golfing at 10pm was a little weird. I enquired while on the way with Sam. He didn't know where we were going anyway, I was giving him directions. Oh well...
Turns out theres a new place in knox city which has glow in the dark mini golf. Not really much of a mini golf course. There was only one hole with tunnel things. I figured I can't putt.
I saw Em there as well. Its funny how I seem to run into her all the time, and she always notices me and says hi before I've even seen her. Sorry. For those of you who think I may be snobbing you off, chances are, I'm not. I probably just didn't even see you with my eyesight getting worse. Even if I am trying to snob you off, if you say hi, I'll be polite and say hi back.
We ended up going to some asian place to eat. I don't get it. WHats with people and trying to eat from their own ethnic cuisine? Don't you get enough at home? Sure, Shine bar and lounge isn't that flash (sorry south easties), but it might be nice to try something new.
Got home, played Pirates and read until around now. Assembled some chairs mum brought home, and yeah... ate some dried fish buns.
Jane's b'day tonight. Should be fun. People I vaguely know, people I never talked to (but kind of knew), people I don't know, and people I do know. Meh. Wonder if I should take my swimmers just in case like it suggests.
Yesterday, there was nothing actually planned. I downloaded Sid Meiers 'Pirates!' and played that for a while. Sam called to see if I wanted to go mini golfing at 10pm. I said ok because I had nothing else to do except go driving with Fi. Not that I really like going driving with her, mm... just kinda boring. We were only going to deliver bao anyway.
It only occured to me that going mini golfing at 10pm was a little weird. I enquired while on the way with Sam. He didn't know where we were going anyway, I was giving him directions. Oh well...
Turns out theres a new place in knox city which has glow in the dark mini golf. Not really much of a mini golf course. There was only one hole with tunnel things. I figured I can't putt.
I saw Em there as well. Its funny how I seem to run into her all the time, and she always notices me and says hi before I've even seen her. Sorry. For those of you who think I may be snobbing you off, chances are, I'm not. I probably just didn't even see you with my eyesight getting worse. Even if I am trying to snob you off, if you say hi, I'll be polite and say hi back.
We ended up going to some asian place to eat. I don't get it. WHats with people and trying to eat from their own ethnic cuisine? Don't you get enough at home? Sure, Shine bar and lounge isn't that flash (sorry south easties), but it might be nice to try something new.
Got home, played Pirates and read until around now. Assembled some chairs mum brought home, and yeah... ate some dried fish buns.
Jane's b'day tonight. Should be fun. People I vaguely know, people I never talked to (but kind of knew), people I don't know, and people I do know. Meh. Wonder if I should take my swimmers just in case like it suggests.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
I tried updating before, blogger seemed to be down. Oh well.
Haven't done much. I've read a lot of this book called Caesear. Its about the title. I'm up to the part where he fights the united Gauls for the first time. Good for him.
Actually I had work tonight, and I made lots of martinis and margeritas. They seemed to like it so much they ordered several more. I must be a genius :) Remember, stirred, not shaken.
Haven't done much. I've read a lot of this book called Caesear. Its about the title. I'm up to the part where he fights the united Gauls for the first time. Good for him.
Actually I had work tonight, and I made lots of martinis and margeritas. They seemed to like it so much they ordered several more. I must be a genius :) Remember, stirred, not shaken.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Quite a productive day
Read part of a book, played some badminton and bball (i'm really really unfit). fixed some lamp outside, sewed a ripped vest up, worked, fixed someone's computer...
All that in one day!
woah.
All that in one day!
woah.
Friday, December 03, 2004
Yesterday was Thursday, I'm pretty sure I did something. Oh right... Dave's going away party. It was fun! Scrubs, food, and drink. What more could you want? There was probably a lot more Scrubs than food and drink, but its all good. I didn't relaly stay that long.
Yeah.. I'm so screwed. Woke up at 3:30 again today from reading till about 5 last night.
Didn't do much today either... sat around... yeah..s eriously thats about it.
Yeah.. I'm so screwed. Woke up at 3:30 again today from reading till about 5 last night.
Didn't do much today either... sat around... yeah..s eriously thats about it.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
I was feeling really tired at around 12:30 last night, so I thought I'd call it an early night. But when I got into bed, I couldn't sleep. In the end, I read the rest of the Da Vinci code until about 4 in the morning. Its actually quite good. I couldn't stop reading the last 10 or so chapters. It really keeps you wanting more. That Dan Brown guy is a genius.
Got up at 3:30 today. I got woken up by my phone alarm. Lucky I set it, it was supposed to be set just in case I forgot to go to basketball. I was supposed to be at 4.
I'm not really confident with basketball. I haven't played for ages... like.. not properly. I'm always the one at the back, making the occasional steal. Can't dribble, can't fake. I can shoot, barely. Nevertheless, I had fun. It makes me think of primary school, where I was pretty much the crappest in our little group of friends. I could only do bucket shots, those ones where u get both ur hands below your legs and launch the ball into the air with all your strength. Ah... and the times where I'm the last one to get selected into sports teams, and then when I get made captain because the teacher feels sorry for me, people sigh and moan when I pick them first. I can still remember their voices... Little kids can be so mean.
Must be where my lack of 'will to win' comes from. Since I was so shit at sport as a little kid (and still am), I kind of gave up. When I play, I seriously just play for fun. Mmm.. just a thought: I think also my will to actually do something with my life also comes from there. If I don't have a will to win, I don't need to be the best at anything, so I don't think I have to achieve something with my life. I just take it as I go.
Came back to find that I didn't really have any dinner to eat. So I made myself some instant noodles, chucked some tuna in, and voila! Too bad it tasted like crap :(
I'm really struggling to find things to do on the computer now. I end up visiting the same sites over and over again, not finding much new. I've even run out of stuff to download. So instead, I watched 'House of Flying Daggers' which I managed to leech off Eric the other day. It was pretty good. Lots of cool martial arts fighting, funky knife throwing, and other related things. I thoroughly recommend it.
Got up at 3:30 today. I got woken up by my phone alarm. Lucky I set it, it was supposed to be set just in case I forgot to go to basketball. I was supposed to be at 4.
I'm not really confident with basketball. I haven't played for ages... like.. not properly. I'm always the one at the back, making the occasional steal. Can't dribble, can't fake. I can shoot, barely. Nevertheless, I had fun. It makes me think of primary school, where I was pretty much the crappest in our little group of friends. I could only do bucket shots, those ones where u get both ur hands below your legs and launch the ball into the air with all your strength. Ah... and the times where I'm the last one to get selected into sports teams, and then when I get made captain because the teacher feels sorry for me, people sigh and moan when I pick them first. I can still remember their voices... Little kids can be so mean.
Must be where my lack of 'will to win' comes from. Since I was so shit at sport as a little kid (and still am), I kind of gave up. When I play, I seriously just play for fun. Mmm.. just a thought: I think also my will to actually do something with my life also comes from there. If I don't have a will to win, I don't need to be the best at anything, so I don't think I have to achieve something with my life. I just take it as I go.
Came back to find that I didn't really have any dinner to eat. So I made myself some instant noodles, chucked some tuna in, and voila! Too bad it tasted like crap :(
I'm really struggling to find things to do on the computer now. I end up visiting the same sites over and over again, not finding much new. I've even run out of stuff to download. So instead, I watched 'House of Flying Daggers' which I managed to leech off Eric the other day. It was pretty good. Lots of cool martial arts fighting, funky knife throwing, and other related things. I thoroughly recommend it.
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