Well, where shall i start? i think i shall start with my interesting adventure...
Woke up at 5am to pick up mum at the airport. Her flight arriving at 6.50. We arrive at airport at 6.30, my dad and i proceed to wait for her to exit the gates until 8.15. At this time my dad as to exit the scene as he must go to work. So there i am at the airport with only $20 in my pocket. I decide to have breakfast for $5 and proceed to wait around til 10. By this time i gather that my mum probably was not on that plane that arrived at 6.50 so i make my way to the train. Much to my HORROR it cost me $11.60 to get to central. It now HITS ME LIKE A BRICK that i will be unable to make my way home with the meagre change i had left in my pocket. With no money, no card, no phone i imagined myself living on the streets of sydney, all because that stupid train fair was $11.30.( it's only 3 stations away for goodness sake!) And then *bing!* a voice speaks to me in my head, "Ness is working in the city, she will be your salvation!" But due to my distress i could not remember her number so i called her house and was able to get her number from the ever helpful Boy(second time!) Thankfully, her moblie is on and to cut a long story short, after walking a giant circle to nowhere i eventually find my way to her building. The end of the story? THANKYOU TO NESS, MY HERO!
Btw, my mother has not been abducted by aliens as i was starting to think, she read her itinerary wrong and thought she was leaving on the tuesday instead of the Sunday already gone. i called her tuesday night and she had just woken up (tuesday morning in Buffalo) to pack.
CONGRATULATIONS ARVIN! good luck in finding a job, mylinda told me it was good to have a degree, they consider you for the job even if your degree does not really go with the job.
B i can come on Sunday (not sure bout x-men, im seeing it friday night. depends if its good enough to see twice.) Dont forget to sms carol, but i think she might be working.
yepee! i just graduated today! "bachelor of computer science". i am so happy! i have a degree! i'll tell you more later... here is a pic! (only took 8 digitally since i used a normal film for the rest) i'll try and scan some more but for now its just these. enjoy!
Sunday 4th of May Place to meet - Blacktown Station Time to meet - 12 noon.
Just a friends get together to catch up and just be. And if we haven't already by then, to celebrate A's graduation and maybe catch a movie! X Men will be out if we want to see that - no pressure.
I will sms people more during the week to try and set something up during the week and if not, then hopefully this coming Sunday will go ahead. Please RSVP here or e-mail me or sms or call. Any is cool. Let's get together guys!
Hey guys!! I am so sorry I didn't organise today properly. I got so sick over the week and it just went all to hell. Sorry about that guys! I was thinking maybe we can get together in the week or next Sunday and have all the details set here so we are all in the know and I don't leave people out in the 'what is going on?' category. I haven't even been online in a few days and wow, all these posts to read!
V, that is huge and wonderful news. You could be owning your own place by the end of this year! Wow! I feel so left behind because JC and I are still renting. We like it yeah but there are times we would like our own place. But stuff didn't go our way in the beginning so we couldn't save. It is great that you guys are setting a plan like you are and saving like mad now. It's really smart.
Hey A, as V said, the internet is a great place to look for work. We can go hunting together if you want! I reckon you'll find one before me cause you have the degree to go back on. I feel so un-viable when I see all this experience I need for the jobs I go for. But try the websites such as seek.com.au or mycareer.com.au because they are the big ones. Whenw e meet up one time, I'll give you a list. You'll be fine and remember that we are here for you!
Yes, T! That is a mad idea!! Let's all get together to celebrate A's graduation! I was thinking we could get together this week if we are feeling ok and are free and then can meet up with V after work as I remember her once saying she would be free at 6. I'm feeling better now but man oh man did I feel like crap the past few days. JC and I got it from the Show cause it rained on and off and the wind was everywhere and it was just bloody cold. What made it worse was that I had all this great Easter choc around me and I didn't want to eat any of it.
Holy crap T! 50 credit load!! That is bloody amazing! Good luck with that girl and I know you will do well. I am so sorry again about the Sunday mishap. I will post right after this with details about next Sunday and we can definitely all meet then. Hopefully we can all meet during the week also! Congrats again on graduating A!! That is just fantastic! You gotta give us the rundown of how it went and photos, the whole bit!
Fridays Fives....
1. What would you like people to say about you when you are gone? She was a really cool chick.
2. What did you enjoy last week? Last week? The Easter Show and the Seinfeld marathon.
3. What did you do to make someone smile last week? Did a bit of budgeting so JC could have an Easter spending spree. It had been a while since his last.
4. What do you do to while away the hours and does it achieve anything? Lots of meditating through listening to music. I feel revived and more confident.
5. The week isn't over yet. Go out into the world and give your life and maybe someone else's a little more meaning.... Was this a question? Well week is over so I will have to carry over that 'to do' to this week.
Wow more job hunting for you V? You really are a force right now eh? It's liek with jean who wants to get a part time job even though she has a full time one now. It's amazing the energy you people have. I am at stage one right now hehe...still job hunting. I feel so left behind as I haven't been searching these past few days. Better get back on the wagon.....hope you feel better soon T!! Hope you don't need to take a medicine called Duro-Tuss, apricot flavour. It is seriously gross stuff.
i dont know if anyone else got sms from B so i appologise if this is a late shout out. the movie is off coz she and jus are sickly and it looks like i am too so i probably wont be able to come to your ceramony A. hope you have a celebration or something so we can all get together...
Good luck in job searching V and A. ive decided not to do any work outside of Uni, im thinking of doing a full 50credit load next sem.
Progress report for my site Version2.0 ive got some basic stuff layed out. im working on some images now but i wont be able to put it up till my cousin gets back from washington coz she literally did all of Version1.0 so must have some discussions with her. :: posted by us friends 2:47 PM [+]
Saturday, April 26, 2003
i aplogise for the squares in my blogs. i like to type in Word and then copy & paste into blogger coz its easier, i find. unfortuantely i forget that some stuff ends up as squares.
It’s been a while. How’s everyone’s lives going? I know that this is a question that I don’t like – a version of it anyway – but I honestly do wanna know how your lives are. It is not just a polite thing to say here.
The latest in Ness land is that I am very busy with work. I am also looking for more. I want temp jobs that last a couple of hours. They pay a lot and don’t require much work. Like that Baileys promotion thing I did last year. That was meant to be 3hrs’ work and it lasted only 45minutes, paying $56! I have discovered money and want more of it!!!!!!!!! So, why am I so money-hungry, I hear you asking…. Here is my answer…. In the next 19 months I will be spending A LOT of money! Michael and I are in the process of finding out about home loans at the moment. We wanted to buy mid-year, but we won’t have enough money for a deposit. So we will need to wait. We need to save as much as we can. I looked online in the past few days at homeloan sites. I found a few things and spoke to a guy from Aussie (the only way I remembered the company was from that guy saying “At Aussie we’ll save you”. Good advertising!) this morning and he gave me some information. The second big money-spender is the wedding.
What else? Umm…. Nothing….. ummm…..
Oh goody - Friday Fives
1.What would you like people to say about you when you are gone? What was her original hair colour? Lol
2.What did you enjoy this week? Looking at my bank slip and seeing a number higher than $400 on it. And, three day working week!
3.What did you do to make someone smile this week? I bought Michael a teddy bear. I wanted to get him a bunny coz he’s my hunny bunny, but couldn’t find any good ones.
4. What do you do to while away the hours, and does it achieve anything? Work. Money.
5. The week isn't over yet. Go out into the world and give your life and maybe someone elses' a little more meaning. Too wet outside and I don’t wanna put shoes on…..
A, congrats on graduating!!!!! Tell me all about the ceremony.
A, register with as many agencies as you can to find a job. And, know what you want to do when you talk to the agency people. I also suggest thinking of your weaknesses and strengths. I think that the net is a good place to look for jobs. The thing with most of the advertised jobs, wherever they are, require experience. That annoyed me so very much! Good luck!
Oh, the Show…. We went last Saturday. It rained on and off. I did not much like that, but it didn’t ruin the day. We had fun looking at all the stuff. I am used to staying there until the end, to watch the show in the main arena. We couldn’t, though, coz we had to go to the double-header at the football that night. We got to Telstra Stadium (not far, but with heavy bags and being tired, the walk to the back of the stadium was far too me!) at 5:30pm and watched the two games. I did not much care for it coz I was exhausted and cold. I was SO glad to get into bed that night!
hey guys! can u please sms me about what time and where to meet tomorrow for the movie (any movie is okay for me). if it still gonna happen coz i got mixed messages, so please txt me tonight or early tomorrow. cya! arvin :: posted by us friends 2:27 PM [+]
Daredevil (which i think was what we were going to watch) is no longer showing in btown, parra or mt druit so wot would u guys like to watch? or do u just wanna meet at the cinema and see whats on? :: posted by us friends 2:40 AM [+]
Friday, April 25, 2003
yes sunday movie still set. Carol is working but finishes at 2pm. i vote we watch at Parra so she can come after work? havent heard from ness yet, will sms her...
Friday Fives
1.What would you like people to say about you when you are gone? >>> I knew her
2.What did you enjoy this week? >>> finally learning html - again
3.What did you do to make someone smile this week? >>> I smiled at the lady who swerved me lunch and was rewarded with a smile back
4. What do you do to while away the hours, and does it achieve anything? >>> I spend a LOT of time in the library. sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. this week it did?html
5. The week isn't over yet. Go out into the world and give your life and maybe someone elses' a little more meaning. >>> alright, I will.
hey all! i just want to know if the sunday movie still set. plus a little update from me. i am about to look for a job not this monday coz that will me my graduation (yey for me) but next monday so wish me luck! im kinda scarred but i have no choice. question: which are good places to find jobs? newspapers? net? agencyies? suggenstions please! i heard that T is kinda feeling bad. but i hope she is fine and enjoy ur upcoming uni break! and i hope that toilet get fixed B! that is such a bother having to dot that thing you do. V, how is ur new job? made new friends yet? ok now me... i dont have any real update other than i just came home from watching my bro and sis in a dance comp and they we're amazing but they didint win. i had a great time though, i needed to go out since ive been stuck home lately. anyway, have a great anzac day long weekend and dont eat to much easter egg coz that can ruin diets and teeth! i heard the best way to eat them was all at the same time! lol... but what the hey. its once a year so eat away! ok c u all soon! xox arvin :: posted by us friends 2:02 AM [+]
Saturday, April 19, 2003
i am really pissed right now. i just cant get to the old account. it pisses me off coz i found that i dont think the stuff we wrote most of last year....march->nov is gone. as in gone no more. arghhhhhhh and stupid angelfire doesnt have a way for me to appeal. i'll check again after i write this. i found this when i was backing up all the webpages as in this one, my other friends one and my one and i am so pissed right now. i am so sorry........ i cant believe this.... ok. im gonna go try and see if i can fox this. i doubt it .... this is so horible coz i dont wanna lose all that. maybe its meant to be......noooo.... im so sorry again.... ~arvin
im back..... sorry... i think thats it, i dont know any other way and i have looked around.....i am tired ...i am just gonna drop this ... sorry.
lets just make new posts. and i'll make sure i save it every month or something. later! :: posted by us friends 12:16 AM [+]
Friday, April 18, 2003
Hey all! wow! im glad you saw the funny side of the rain B. i would have either mega stressed out about it or given up keeping dry altogether and being annoyed the rest of the day.
Didnt end up going anywhere with V. decided to sleep in and have fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
About that creep, im seriously spending too much time thinking up of ways to curse it with boils. Last night i dreamt i was making some spell under a full moon which would cause all sorts of things to grow on his ass.
I took scissors to my hair again tooday, i cant tell if its even but it'll do. then i gave my doggies a haircut and cleaned up the budgie poop. I think vicious green is stressed out, her feathers are falling off or pretty blue has been quarelling with her.
Was playing hearts on yahoo games last night and there was this girl who was uber rude! outright calling people an idiot because they didnt play at her standard! what a moron, if she was such an expert she shouldnt have been playing in the beginners section!
Next Sunday will be great for me coz my holidays start then (1 week later than all other unis).
Hey guys! Hey T, you are actually right and wrong hehe. I went to the Show on Thursday (yesterday) and I am planning to go again but by myself on the Saturday. It was an interesting experience and the best thing about the whole thing was the people. It kept raining and then stopping and then raining and stopping so you would see streams of people suddenly on the footpaths and walkways and then the rain woudlc ome and everyone would disappear into a pavilion. And this cycle continued all day. It was hilarious. And half the people had some cheapo poncho on that you could buy from the entrance. I came across some mega cool people like this lady who was booing the Nzlander team at woodchopping because one of the guys was rude to her before. She really caused a huge fuss and it was the funniest thing. I was having another one of those days where these complete yet wonderfully cool strangers just start talking to me as if we are old friends and they turn out to be such cool people - insane but cool people. I can never find these people when I go looking for them outside my own circle but they do exist!
Overall, the Show was really great. I just wanted to live there until the thing ended. The oddest showbags sold out like Mickey Mouse and Wizz Fizz? Wow, that shocked me. What I hate as I do every year is walking around the game area. As friends know and they agree, going into shops is torture when you are forced to engage into a meaningless conversation with the shop assistant who either wants to chat or is being extra helpful and forcing you to buy something. It is ten times worse at the Show at the games section. People are yelling at you and approaching you and calling you out like 'hey girl with the cowboy hat' or just a plain 'Hey! Don't be lame! Come over here!' - it is so uncomfortable.....the fireworks seemed to go extra long. Some stuff got cancelled due to the rain. Our whole section were sitting down at the main arena and I'm talking 1000 people and it started to rain and it was like a mass exodus. So funny.
Oh my god...what an asshole!! It is so awful when tjere are people like that in the world who are just so bloody awful and arrogant and superior. And I can't stand it when they turn someting back onto you no matter how clearly out of fault you are.
Hey guys, A seems free next Sunday so are all systems go for next Sunday with everyone else? It would be great to see you all again! And hey, I am watching the Seinfeld marathon at home right now and it just makes me think why we don't just call each other up and just go like that at the drop of a hat like they say? I mean we seem to do that with one-on-one but how about all - haha and I say this right after my thing about planning heaps ahead - but sometimes the cold call and drop of a hat plan can work. Maybe we need the right mix.
I am camped at home watching 1 through to 180 of Seinfeld on this marathon over the weekend on cable. It is amazing. I am in friggin' heaven. I didn't realise how much I love this show till I realised I first watched it when I was only 9 years old when it debuted in 1989. And I love most things associated with my childhood....anyways....later guys !
What I am loving right now - Easter Show is on - Seinfeld marathon is on - Cool and off-the-wall interesting strangers just talking to me like they know me
What I am hating right now - Staff that work the games area at the Easter Show - the fact that all it takes for gossip mags to think you're pregnant is a little bump. I have had a little bump i.e a piece of fat that is a bitch to burn off, for ten years - Ebayers who just won't pay.
Happy Easter guys ! - sorry if your easter cards are late. I didn't know what to do for the front and left it too late. Love ---------- B :: posted by us friends 5:26 PM [+]
Good midnight all. Looks like its just gonna be me and V tomorrow. dont really feel like a movie, just wanna have some fish n chips, might end up having fishn chips at the local. I keep forgeting you're going to The Show on Saturday and not thursday bec, so excuse the mistake in my LJ. And Arvin, i have a hunch the place you are going to pray at is 'the grotto' (thats what my family call it) in Berima.
What im HATEing right now:
- that dickhead which passes as a human being in my accounting class who manages to demean me every week by refering to me as 'that girl', 'the girl behind us' and 'whats her name'. Then after that he makes a big show of explaining that he hasnt forgotten my name and that going on about it is not rude. He's just a fucking blind moron since it's very clear that everyone including the tutor knows he is being rude because they all go quiet (like they themselves are embarrassed) everytime he does it. Okay, i dont know the names of all the people in my class but hey you should be able to or try to learn the names of the people whom you are presenting an assignment with! id say something to him but he's unfortuneately one of those people who can bullshit themselves out of anything and he'd probably turn it around on me.
What im loving right now: - midnight snack of soy milk and cookies. - going to sleep everynight with two Mr BLOOMs watching over me - my warm black jacket to fight off this chill
goodnight, sweet dreams, sleeptight, and may that dickhead wake up with a boil on his arse. T
Hey there again guys! I was thinking, are you guys all free next Sunday? It seems half the problem is leaving stuff to the last minute so we're all like 'yikes! What is going on?' so I am just trying to get ahead here. :) Weekends seems to be our best bet what with V working and T having uni during the week. A can't come this Sunday because his parents have their anniversary - hence my idea to plan ahead so we know people's schedules and so we can see each other all again! It ahs felt like ages even though it was only a little over a week sicne we were all together. Funny that?! It's like at the beginning we would see each other sporadically as a group but now we are really gaining speed.
Hey A, about the appropriate thing. When I was saying about people coming by and saying 'hey there is always a silver lining', these were people who were not close to me. It was people like say JC's family or his friends trying to tell me 'your mother would have wanted it that way' or 'everything happens for a reason' - it is never comforting when it comes from the mouths of people who think they have a clue and yet are clueless. If it is a friend, they usually don't spout philosophical crap but are more likely to say what you said about 'are you ok?' and 'it will get better' or 'it's gonna be alright'. When the situation comes up, friends just know what to do even when that thing is to do nothing and just listen. So don't worry, I bet you'd be fine in that situation!
Not really much else to say right now except about the 'let's plan ahead' thing. We'll get it right guys and will see everyone in no time!
yes V we had a super great time at your engagement! and i recently received your thank you letter which is so nice and sweet.
i would like to congratulate you V with your new job! awesomeness! now its me and B's turn to get one... is T getting one too? anyway, jobs no matter how good it is.... if the people are mean and scarry its a no for me. i would love to have nice and interesting people just like B said when she hated to deal with those people that are too square when she got the interview at that company. so its great that the people there are ur new place of work are nice! thats a big plus + !!!!!
i totally agree with V when she commented in B's thought that she seems to talk about her a lot ie bring the conversation back to her. its so true what V said about th linking thing and how we connect and relate coz what else do we know most about other than our own thoughts and experiences and its call sharing you veiws. this is our life and to each one of us everything revolves around us but just remember that we are not alone coz when you realize that its just me me me thats conceited and selfishness. but you B is not self-centered at all! yeah i have a backlash from the crap people said to me b4 and i still think that sometimes.
ohhh... thats a really bad day T. those days are what i hate at uni. its like everything is due in one day or that week and you basically become a robot and just find a way to survive that day and make sure you get enough breather to get everything done. i know all about it and its so damn hard but u'll get there.....(see B there goes me relaitng and linking back sharing my stuff- hope i dont sound like im so good/preacher/condescending....its just an example) and plus we like to hear from you!
on the same subject. i have a question about what is appropriate... just like B and T said about you having a bad day and some one says something like "chill" or "hang in there".... "you can do it".... can throw a person to the edge. coz i am never good at it....just like situations where someone gives you a bad news or are talking about a really bad situation... what can i say? "is there anything i can do"....... "you'll be fine" .. "if you need anything dont hesitate to ask".. "its gonna be alright' ... "it'll work out for the best" what to say???? or just dont say anything?? *silence then hug* ...no idea??? we just have to judge the situation and the person. plus its different where its coming from .....a friend... family....stranger... that will matter a lot... and if that person has credibility... and even on how they say it.......any questions... but for me.... its better if someone... a friend/family that will reassure me that it'll be ok and stuff like that coz my mind is confused and im thinking irrational... and they are outside and maybe can see the situation better.... someone that can make me fell at easy.... that for some people they might get a different reaction when that is said...."what would you know" ...... "u have no idea how im feeling" yeah but for me i like someone to tell me it'll be ok and they are there for me and i start to think about it's gonna be fine and its gonna work out. damn where is the etiuete book???? wait... each person is different.... hmmmm.... what to do.....
another bad news.. i dont think i can come...*translation* ...if i can i'll you but its a no right now. its good friday and my parents are kinda traditional and so we usually stay at home and dont make a lot of noise and stay kinda solemn so going out is out of the question but i dont know... maybe they change their mind... coz just like x-mas ..... new years is also staying in the house all together and opening doors, lights and windows plus grapes and coins and loud music...traditions...... but they are liking the idea of going to the new years eve fireworks in the city.... but they dont like public transport.... anyway...lets see...but dot count on it... i feel bad... sounding hopeful yet not....lol
im glad you all like the new picture up-top coz i aint gonna change it until i have new pictures of us. or if you guys want, ur so welcome to change it. although, i really like this look and bec got what i was meaning to show, that we are all together yet we are still individuals plus how the one is far and its arty and vague yet the contrast of up close and personal. yeha thats all. but yeah i like it too.
hope that your dad is ok T and that no thing wrong with the results!
geez thats way bad B1 thats horribble.... hope that it get fixed soon!
sorry cant go to movie marathon coz we are leaving early on monday morning to this prayer thing in the mountains somewhere... not sure the name of the place but its a long drive, but u guys have heaps of fun! on friday morning, sunday night, thursday and friday and everyday...!!!!!
so whats up with arvin? + finish babysitting charlene this week! i am gonna miss that baby girl + waiting for my graduation, its too soon. not ready to look for a job + watching tv! and listening to music, trying to read and just basically chilling, nothnig new
what i really like right now! + all the new show are back and no more lonely nights for me..lol... too many to name + i can sleep in coz im not baby sitting anymore + thr holidays are coming! more free time
what annoys me right me! + that i have to look for a job and family and friends have suggested so many things that i should do... its freaks me out + weather... warm during the day and cold at night... its makes me feel sick faster... make up ur mind weather + me being to so lazy to keep in touch with friends and so many thnigs stopping me.... well not really if i really wanted to.. not that i dont want to...lol.. yeah see what i mean...
hopefully we'll see each other soon! take care and happy long weekend/holidays!
have an eggcellent day!!!!!
much love! arvin :: posted by us friends 9:13 PM [+]
Hey guys! Firstly, I have to say a huge congratulations to V for her recent employment. You're on your way girl! Secondly, as V is going to the Easter Show on Saturday (hey I might see you there! I plan to go then on my own and scope things out) maybe we can all hook up on the Sunday? There is also a movie marathon happening on this Sunday because of the long weekend so maybe we could go to that? I am not sure as A couldn't come last time because it was too late in the night and the ideal is to have us all together and able to come. I can't come this Friday which is a bugger cause I'd love to take adv of this public holiday thing. But it's Tuesday now so to give everyone enough notice, maybe we should try and work things out now if we can all get together and do something. :)) ! Please blog your availbilities!
Hey T, good luck with your dad's ECG test. I realy really hope it is not heart attacks. When the tingling is in the left arm, that is the arm that gets the attention because of the heart but if it is the right arm, it is less worrying. But through it all, remember that we are all here for you mate. And V had the similar thing with her dad having a heart attack that time ago so you're not alone on two levels there.
Your engagement party was a blast V. I was thinking I would have no conversation with Cathy or Nicole who I knew prior, that they were coming but it worked out mega cool. I didn't actually talk to Nicole but it was really cool with Cathy. The plan is for all of us to go horse riding with her in May - something I am mega excited about because I never have. My mum was always like 'you could fall off, the horse could kick you in the head and I would lose my only child' - she could be very melodramatic like that. I just realised I am using the word mega a lot. Blame the Show Guide. They have all these Mega Showbags so it has inched its way into my vocab. Man I can't wait! I am going on the Thursday with JC and then on Saturday with myself - hopefully. It is costly so it's a hope.
B updates - varied. JC got a new pet - a baby rat and it is reall freaky-cool looking with a brown head a white body. Our kitchen light is stuffed and then our toilet got stuffed. We can't flush it so I can no longer pee in the comfort of my own home and man, I didn't realise how much I really appreciate and enjoy that until now. WE called the real estate but they have their hands full with one of the other apartments in our bock. On the weekend, some guy broke into the garage and was drunk and lit the whole place on fire. All eight garages in that block went up in smoke and the pipes burst and it almost got the apartments right above it which are really black now. So us with our crappy light and non-flushing toilet are at the bottom of the 'to-do' list. I am planning to go buy a toilet seat cover pack and just go out and pee. I feel mega silly for doing it but them's the breaks.
Thanks for the reassurance V. I would think I was self-centred from time to time because I have had people say it to me in the past, people who aren't even in my life now and it kind of stuck so it comes out from the back of my mind sometimes and infects.
Happy Easter guys!! -------Love B :: posted by us friends 12:23 PM [+]
okay, ness is free on friday since its public holiday. i probably free only in morning since my dad is home we will have to have dinner together. i will txt ness that i am free and if anyone else is able to come FRIDAY MORNING then pls blog it by thursday midnight.
oh and if people are wondering why ive been paying more attention to what dad says recently it's because his mortality has finally hit me. well actually it hit me 7years ago when he had the stroke but that was different, i had somewhat of a breakdown back then, a kind of 'i cant cope' thing. Now it is affecting me differently, im realising that he might actually die, before im ready. but then again when are we ever ready for loved ones to die? Anyway, he's been having these tingly sensations in his arm and ive been telling him it could be heart attacks. Last weekend he finally went to the hospital for an ECG. on saturday we will get the results and find out whats going on. :: posted by us friends 12:05 AM [+]
Monday, April 14, 2003
ok, for the following thing im going to type please DO NOT COMMENT ON IT OR JUDGE IT (favourable or non favourable). ive come to a decision and i know that there is a great amount of loss involved but when comparing with its benefits ive decided to make the decision to do it. why would i put it here if i didnt want people's opinion on it? well basically i just wanted to get it out, purge it out of my system. so here is my decision: im going to drop statistics. :: posted by us friends 11:54 PM [+]
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Hello all,
As promised, I am writing today.
Thank you to all those people that came to our engagement party. We hope that you had fun. Thank you, also, for the presents. It will come in useful when we have our own place. Speaking of which, we were gonna look at houses yesterday but then ran out of time. The point is that we were gonna look for a place for ourselves…. I had some more stuff written here, but it was too personal. Sorry boys and girls….
I just wanted to change the height of my chair, but don’t know how it works. I instantly put my hand to the side to use the little handle that adjusts the height, but it’s not there. It’s funny how you get used to something and then it just becomes second nature. What I am talking about is the chairs at work have the lever. I am used to the lever so when it’s not there, I realise how used I am to it. Anyways….
For all those who do not know, I now work at GIO in the city. I started a week ago and enjoy it. It is not mind work. I process workers compensation forms all day. It does get boring, but the people make it better. They joke around and talk and have the radio on. I will be able to have some more variety in my day soon. I just need to do this processing for a while. That way I learn a lot from the conversation around me, and the forms. Like, not every form has the information I need on it, so I get help with how to find out the info I need. Stuff like that.
I am really enjoying the fact that I am working. I’d prefer to work out west somewhere, mainly coz of the early mornings. And I get home and don’t wanna do anything. That will change once I am used to the working thing. I love the fact that I can go past a shoe shop, see a pair of shoes that I like, and be able to buy them. I was never able to do that. Even when I was working at Acuiti. It was more money than I was used to, but it was only 3 weeks. This job will last 5.5 months. After that I hope to get a permanent position within GIO.
B, about you believing you are self-centred, that is not correct. We all do that. We all read or hear something and see something about it as being about ourselves. If we didn’t we wouldn’t continue conversations. That is where the linking thing comes from. It’s like we could be talking about the french food at a restaurant and that makes you remember a story about the cute green frog you saw on the weekend.
My availability: I am not available on weekdays (except public holidays) until 6pm. As for this weekend, I am going to the Easter Show and a double-header of football on the Saturday. It’s my father’s birthday on the Monday, but we won’t do anything.
Umm…. Must do something else now. First need tea to wake up a little.
Miss you all, even hough it’s only been a week. I think it’s coz I have not been able to blog.
Hey guys! Love the new pic A! It is so - wow! I love the lines between the four of us cause it is like it is focusing on us individually as well as a group. ABTV does sound like a show about a group of friends...ABTV friends - I like it. I would watch that! Hehe cool idea for the future. Arvin writes his medieval soap opera, we all star in it and V, our resident film maker films it. I don't know if ABTV friends would be a fitting title for the soapie but this whole thought just kinda bounced off that.
Woah T. That sounds like a really rough week. Karma rules say that you must get a really good week next week! And good on you for ignoring the people who told you to chill out. Like they have any business in dictating how you should be reacting to your week. It is so easy to say 'chill' than to be the one who actually has to do it. It's like those people who think they are so wise and clever when they say 'everything happens for a reason' right at the moment it should not be said like someone close just dying or your whole world just going down the crapper. Why do some people pick the worst times to churn out those philosophical lines? When you're having a bad day, you don't want someone coming up and saying 'it could be worse' because that does not work. We are focused on the 'it could be better' angle......ok gone off on a tangent here. But yeah T, I really hope your next week is the polar opposite.
Sorry to hear about the pizza party being cancelled V. I wasn't able to come but it sounded like heaps of fun! I am really liking how we are all making these plans for get togethers and we have all these ideas. I remember when we used to have all these ideas and then it would just be left at that. I remember joking with Cathy one time because we had all these huge talks about stuff we would all do in the school holidays and then they came and we didn't end up seeing each other for the whole time let alone do anything but now we are all action people! It's really great! And May people! Get your 30 bucks together cause we are going horseriding! Yee ha!
Not a lot happening in B world. More thoughts and lots of momemts of self-obsession. Me thinks I go on too much about myself. I think I am a bit self-centred too where I have this thing where I can turn any subject back onto me. Not that it relates to me but I can turn the topic to become something that relates to me. Somehow I don't think that's a good thing....
A was saying that he may not be able to come this weekend to see DareDevil because it is the Easter weekend and I can't go on the wednesday and thursday he is free this week - bugger! I am determined to get us all synchronised so none of us miss out. He said maybe he can come so it is a bit up in the air as well as with others as I don't know when everyone is free on the weekend. I think T and V are good for it but not sure about Carol.
Bec updates. Things I am loving this week - Home Brand 2 minute noodles, Easter Show is here, Seinfeld marathon is almost here, Supre has more material on their latest line of clothing. Things I am not so loving this week - finding out a Nokia charger fits any phone when I was under the impression each series of Nokia had their own phone, new lady who works at Red Lea who snatches the money right out of your hand and leaves tiny scratches from her fingernails, the Saturday timeslot of Smallville - I am so out of whack with it that I forgot it was on and I missed five minutes of it, my limp hair.
My weekend horroscope said that this week just gone would be somewhat of a hectic, stress-filled week and boy was it spot on! Had to go to uni for a team meeting on monday for our accounting assignment. it was all a waste of time as we ended up making plans for our INDIVIDUAL reports instead of the GROUP report. On tuesday i was so darned sleepy from studying monday night that i fell asleep with my eyes open - seriously, in both the tutorial and the lecture. Wednesday morning was supposed to be finalising draft of group economic assignment instead decided to do extra exam study from when i woke up till bed time. Tuesday, got to class late and i believe i FLUNKED MAJORLY for the Statistics exam (seriously considering dropping the subject, i mean i really studied for it and i seriouly believe i only got 3 answers right). Then three hour break before having another exam at 4pm, accounting exam was fairly simple i hope to get 80%. (up side of the week!). Thursday night, drank a lot and i mean a LOT of coffee to finalise economics draft. I got to a point where i was so saturated with caffiene that i couldnt sit still. Finnished the draft, but couldnt sleep due to increased heart rate caused by caffeine. Finally got to bed around 3.30am. Woke up late, walked in the hot sun and was stinky and smelly by the time i got to uni. Went to the lecture, gave draft to my economics group. Then after the tute i was so thankful that the week was over i was ready to run home. Then i reached this intersection where the little red man just would not turn green, the people across the street (parallel) to me already had the green man thrice! anyways, at this point i had a rare public explosion, attacked the walking button thingy, swore loudly, was told to chill out by fellow walkers whom i rather rudely ignored and i scowled at the red man til he turned green. I was so furious i made it home in record time of 45mins (usually 60mins). Ah, walking really is a stress buster.
My cousin graduated today, she's 30,she started uni when she was 19! Makes me feel a whole lot better about being 'mature aged' student. Blah, i dont mind though - people at uni dont realise how old i am, they think im 18 or 19. Anyway she got her doctorate, she is now Dr. cousin. Unfortunately she didnt get to wear those funny painter's hats the doctorate people are supposed to wear - only the professors ended up wearing them.
The updated design of the updated abtv is so fantastic by the way. It's telling me " i am the opening credits of a fun tv show about the life of four friends". Anyone else getting that?
Teri
ps. thanx for posting in the comments people, ive been neglecting it so much i quite forgot it existed. thankyou for reminding me! :: posted by us friends 12:06 AM [+]
Thursday, April 10, 2003
party at michael's on the 18th of April. from 6:30pm. ill write later. bedtime now! :: posted by us friends 10:10 PM [+]
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
wow! like the new look! its cool what you've done with the photo arv. ABTV, again i have to say it sounds good.
mummy left early this morning :( but she'll be back at the end of the month. i think dad misses her already, he was in the kitchen cleaning for hours tongiht even mopped the floor!
I am writing cause I didn't want to hog the shout box. I already put too many messages already there. How did you get that photo A? I was just thinking about it as I was looking at it. When we were out that day, it was just the four of us so how did you get a photo like that from that angle of all four of us? You are a master man! Please share! -------- B :: posted by us friends 10:28 PM [+]
a strange thought crossed my mind as i was waking up this morning; was anyone else reminded of 'the breakfast club' when ness had that chocolate in her cleavage last night?
anyway, must finnish downloading some notes so i can continue studying T :: posted by us friends 1:18 PM [+]
Hey guys! Hehe ABTV - that does look cool when written down. I was so tired last night I just ended up watching Smallville and then going to bed. It was such a mad and full night! I like A's synopsis of the night so I won't repeat myself-or actually him-here. So full. I remember being so hungry at the start and snacking on cheese and that on my empty stomach gave me a few pains. I think I am a bit adverse to pastry also. I think I have to try all these foods to find out what the heck I can actually eat without discomfort.
Hehe yeah! Us on horses! That would make a mad photo. Gotta do that guys! May people! Ooh and before I forget, and I meant to say this last night....but the Easter Show website is up and running and is completely updated so whatever showbags you want me to get, start making your lists now! - unless, of course, I can convince you guys to all come with me! Yee ha! Ok had to ask! There is going to be pig diving and pig racing this year! That sounds so weird and therefore cool to me! Go pig go! But the website is - I think you can click on the link from here and go straight there. Anyways, yes a great night and fantastic conversation all round! And the fact that her parents actually talked to me and were cool with me really helped get rid of a lot of my nerves for that evening. Yee ha!
Smallville Synopsis Show starts with a wind-up of last year's cliffhanger. Thenw e cut to Clark trying to save Lana. You see him as they are in the middle of the tornado climbing into the truck. He holds onto her as the truck completely shreds away in the wind. Also in this scene, we see Clark's spaceship being carried away into the tornado as well! Then it cuts to Mr Kent fighting Nixon, the reporter guy and the wind pushes them both into this crypt like place under the ground where the only way out then gets covered with a mobile home. Lex is still deciding to save his father or not. He finally decides to but his father then falls unconscious. It cuts to the tornado being over and Clark is trying to wake Lana as she lies on the ground. He picks her up and takes her to the hospital. Lex also takes his father to the hospital and it is here his father tells him that he saw how Lex was thinking about actually not saving him. Lana wakes up and is ok but is very skeptical as to why she is ok because she just came out of a tornado and only with a bump on the head. Clark goes to his mother who tells him that his father is missing and that he went after Nixon. He then comments on where the spaceship is as it is no longer in the barn. He goes away looking for his father. Lex meets up with him to tell him about his own dad and then helps him search but when Clark tells him that Mr Kent was last seen with Nixon, Lex goes away to try and call Nixon on his mobile. Clark overhears and they have a confrontation and Clark doesn't believe Lex anymore because Lex said at the start he never knew Nixon. Clark tells Lex that maybe his father was right about him. Lex then confesses (well not really) and says that Nixon was trying to sell him information on Clark. Chloe also joins in the search for Clark's father and she talks with Clark about the dance and she kinda tests him by saying 'maybe we should just be friends' hoping of course that he will go 'no!' but Clark being stupid friggin' Clark goes "I think you're right. We should just be friends' and she turns away heartbroken. Meanwhile, Mr Kent and Nixon are talking about Clark's abilities and Nixon is saying all the plans he has for him and to use him to make him rich. Lana and Clark also have a talk where she is actually wigging a bit on the fact that Clark is not like other guys because she is sure that he saved her because she has this image in her mind of him climbing into the truck while they were in the tornado and saying that everything will be all right. Of course this happened but Clark tells her it didn't but she is not convinced and wants to know how that is possible. Then through some searching of city maps they discover the old crypt where they believe Mr Kent would be so Clark goes over and rips the mobile home from the entrance and goes into the crypt. But there is green kryptonite everywhere so he collapses next to his father. Mr Kent tells Nixon because he is too wounded and weak, to get the kryptonite away from him but Nixon seeing Clark so weak yanks Clark and pulls him out of the crypt telling Mr Kent that he is going to make a fortune out of his son. Mr Kent uses all his strength to lunge at him and they start to struggle as Clark collapses again on the ground. Then Mr Kent is on the ground and Nixon takes a huge metal rod and tells him that though he may have a problem killing him. NIxon has no problem killing Mr Kent and he begin to throw down the metal rod when you suddenly hear a single gunshot and Nixon looking stunned and then falling to the ground. He is dead and behind him you see Lex with the gun still aimed. It's a woah moment man! Mr Kent runs to Clark to see if he is alright. I think it cuts here to Chloe deleting all her pictures she got made of her and Clark from the dance and she is crying as she is doing it. It goes back to Clark and his parents and Mr Kent tells Clark that Nixon told him that Lex paid him to get information on Clark. Clark tells his dad that Lex said the opposite and that Nixon tried to sell him information. Clark then says 'who are you willing to believe? The guy who tried to kill you or the guy or saved you?' Lex then comes over and asks for a new beginning and offers his hand. Mr Kent looks at him and actually extends his hand and shakes on it. It then cuts to Clark and Lana later at his home I think and she is saying that Clark should feel that he can tell her anything, anything at all and she looks at him because she wants to know how. Clark tells her she didn't die in the tornado beacuse it perhaps just wasn't her time. She is not convinced - she is wigging on him! then it cuts to Lex in the hospital with his father. Lex decided on emergency surgery to try and save his father and this is post-operation now. Lex's father is talking to him and then he says that if it were him in the same position, he would have opted for the surgery as well but then he says 'but Lex, we would both be wrong' and Lex looks at him like what?? and it is then that Lex's father tells him "I am blind Lex. I can't see a thing. The surgery failed". He then tells him that Lex should have left him to die in that place. Lex moves away from his father probably from shock. The last scene of the show is the spaceship itself and it is lying somewhere in some field in the middle of friggin' nowhere - the end! ------ sorry for the long synopsis but then you know I can't be short in anything I say or write.
Ooh and A! I will be sending you that book you left in my bag, on Monday ok? I opened up my bag when I got home and I was like 'argh!! I forgot!' but I will send it to you and you should get it really soon so you can read it to Charlene. :)) !
Later guys! ----------Love B :: posted by us friends 7:51 AM [+]
yes yes great night! ABTV, i like the sound of that.
hey! just a quick note. well tonight was very memoriable!!!! ness and michael's engagement party was just terrific! and the speech he made was so sweet ...awwww..... first bec, teri and me meet at mt druitt shopping centre. we then got to the hall (and home thanks to teri and her parents) and waited for everyone to arrive. carol, wayne, bec, teri, cathy and me spend most of the night together talking and stuffing our face with a lot of appetizers... then finally the main and dessert! i was soo full! the guests were nice and the music jukebox was excellent and the company was superb! dont forget the piniata.... i had such a great time! great PARTY!!! right now i am about to sleep and just saw tlc's damaged video again....i love it and so obsessed! my brother isnt home yet from work ie help friends catering business. parents are asleep. sister just watched a filo movie and headed to sleep. i was planning to sleep too but i wanted to see the video again and write this! other things.....i saw "my big fat greek wedding" and it was very much typical family... coz we were like..."yeah we do that too". but i missed smallville but bec is gonna write a synopsis for us and i left a book i bought for charlene in her bag... and yes the baby cant read yet but i was hoping to show her the pretty colours/pics and the duck that quacks...so cute! plus we are going horseback riding with cathy hopefully may so watch out for that! i havent been on a horse so i cant wait! should be an experience, a good one! great party NESS and MICHAEL!!!!! congrats!!!!!!!! xoxoxo arvin ps. new layout for this page soon! more concentrated with the bloggers >> ABTV! if other friends wanna join (email me so i can give u the password) they can and will be added but so far its just us 4 that has shown interest....so im changing it. ok?! later. :: posted by us friends 1:50 AM [+]
Friday, April 04, 2003
goodevening all.
i think all the blogs are pretty reciprocal so i wont answer.
just have a few thoughts though...
- i wonder what we did wrong? - i wonder who reported us? - i wonder why i wonder? its over, we have a new page now full stop.
chatterbox!
