Bring on the weekend

FOUR DAY WEEKEND! + midsem break!!!!

Driving up to coffs tomorrow 8) hope it's nice and sunny up there!!

Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody

I watched the perks of being a wallflower tonight and I really liked it. I found the movie kinda slow- but I like slow teen movies.

In particular, I really, really, REALLY liked Ezra Miller and the character he played. So funny. But appaz in real life, he's a bit of a snobby douche.

Perfect movie for a chill evening :)

Picket lines

Uni today was not too bad. Thanks to the NTEU strike, my 9am lecture was cancelled.

The protestors were really loud though. Banging on their buckets, yelling as a chorus, waving their banners around, trying to block students from making their way around campus. Unlike last time, I wasn't in the main part of uni today so I spent most of my time in business/eng and the only time I crossed paths with them was when I was crossing the city rd bridge.

I understand their reason for striking. But I don't approve of the way it was done. It's not very effective and it's just a hindrance to students who do have class. Quote "your picket line is blocking me from my HD".

The only good thing coming out of it are the tweets!

Only 2 more full days until the long weekend!! COUNTING DOWN :)

Daniel

I'm pretty sure the youtube box isn't gonna fit properly here. But screw it. Just listen.

This song's left me chanting "daniel" all day. Ahaha, but I really, really love this song.

HBD L

A day early, but I couldn't resist posting this pic. HAHA

That moment of regret...

... when you eat 4 servings of pancakes- forgetting that you have try and squeeze into a dress later that day.

:'D but damn, it satisfied my sweet tooth!

Work in progress

Learning to make Asian dinners from M. Just so my friends and I don't starve to death in Europe. Ingredients are cheap as chips and the food is tasty as.

Finalising our draft itinerary - I'll be gone for more than 2 months!!

It's a small, small world.

Today I was once again reminded of how small the world actually is.

Story one:

On my way into the CBD from uni, I was sitting infront of two gossipy girls who did not pause to take a breath during the whole 20 minute bus ride. I started eavesdropping on them after I heard one start talking in Cantonese.  Everyone knows that when the language used suddenly changes, it's an indication that what's to be said next, is not meant to be heard by others. And because of this, I had to know. 

Enter bitchmode. 

Small world it is, they were talking about my friend E!  It wasn't really trivial stuff as well - had a lot of private stuff to do with relationships, opinions and just a lot of judgement. I thought it was a bit risky to be bitching in cantonese on the bus. I mean, come on, every second person boarding the bus is Asian, and I'm pretty sure my existence was not felt by them until we got off the bus.  E was waiting for them at the bus stop but she waved at me like a madwoman when she saw me.

DUN DUN DUNNN. E then proceeded to introduce them to me and they were looking all sus. 

MORAL: Don't bitch in a public place.

Story two:

I met up with a few colleagues afterwards. Usually we sit and chat about people who've quit recently, or people who got married/broke up/are having babies, but this time, when I got there, they were like all hush hush and secretive. Turns out one of the guys (kinda douchey) was telling the whole world that he got with a girl in tax. Not just that, but he went into details. 

I jokingly said "You know I'm pretty homie with the tax peeps, give us a name so I know you're legit".

AND HE DID. 

AND I KNEW HER. 

This is one of those situations, where it's fine to know all the details if you don't know who it is, and the person you're talking about is just labelled as "some girl in tax", but feels COMPLETELY wrong when you can match the stories to a face. COMPLETELY WRONG. I was wrong to ask, but G was even more wrong to divulge. 

MORAL: Don't sleep with people from work. 

REAL MORAL: Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to. 

Gossip-wise, today was really intense. I'd rather listen to people talk about how much they chundered over the weekend than all of the above. 

D: It's only Monday and I think I'm sick of people already.

Ehehe

Dogs sleep in the funniest positions.

Thoughts on a chillax-as-hell Friday

Hi friends,

My breakfast was delish this morning. Even though my French toast is a bit too brown, I can see a lot of improvement in my culinary skills. Tres happy- I love breakfast.

Anyway, time to jot down a few thoughts.

Yesterday I took the bus home with K after uni. Along the way, it picked up a friend, but I was too busy surfing IG to notice. K recognised him and told me after we got home, and I'm kinda bothered by the fact that X didn't say hi or anything even though he was sitting adjacent to me. I know I do that sometimes, usually in the morning when I know I can't hold a good conversation. Sigh. A hypocrite I am. I don't know why it's bothering me so much though. AM I NOT APPROACHABLE?!

Do you guys ever get suspicious when you get a text from a friend you haven't talked to in a while? I got one yday and I was like.. Erm must approach with caution, what does this person want now? AND OF COURSE I was right, it was one of those "could you help me out with..." texts. I have no problem with helping you out. I have a problem with people pretending to be chummy/making small talk before asking. I know you want something from me, you know I know, yet you still beat around the bush.

Maybe it's "polite". But my conversational texts are always ignored/half assedly replied to by this person. It's irritating as.

Last pet peeve for this post: please don't call me when you are gaming. Or text. I was supposed to Skype J last night but it turned into one of those "uh huh... Yeah.. Mm" conversations.

B: anyway, today the most ridiculous thing happened ... <long story>
J: oh man, that sucks...
B: been up to much lately?
J: naw not really..
B: planning any holidays after you exchange?
J: yeah..

ZOMG PLEASE ELABORATE.

Turns out J was gaming. I was fuming. Thanks for initiating a chat you had no interest in. Fuarr.

If I had a brother, I might be a bit more understanding. But D has a zero tolerance on games at home, so I guess that's rubbed off on me in a way. >:( sorry boys, I can't help but think it's annoying.

it always happens when you're not expecting it

Currently feeling kinda frazzled at uni.

About 20 minutes ago, I was crossing the road with 2 textbooks in my bag, a lecture pad & tax legislation and phone in one hand, a coffee and a muffin in the other. I crossed the road when it was not my turn to cross (oops), and I dropped my phone.

I always drop my phone. Every single time I do, I experience this quick moment of panic and the only thought in my head is "HOLYSHIT, IS MY PHONE STILL WORKING?" after a moment of fumbling around, my finger hits the homekey, and I'm super relieved to see my wallpaper flash on.

However today, when I bent over to pick up my phone, I didn't even think about checking my phone to see it was still working. I think I was just assuming that it would be fine on the count that it had always survived a small drop.

BUT NO.

NOT TODAY.

Today, my phone decided that it was the final straw, and it couldn't take my abuse anymore.

I'm relieved though. My plan had finished a month ago, and I've been sitting on the fence about getting a new phone/plan.  The past few weeks have been torturous for me - should I get the iPhone 5, Nexus or Samsung? Should I switch to Telstra, Virgin or Optus? And because of my indecision, I've been stuck on Voda for longer than I should have been.

So Vodafone, fuck you. You phantom data charges (over $250) while I was out of the country was seriously the last straw.

Eye heart eggs

My fork and knife are the wrong way around I know.

1. Breakfast is delicious- making this took me less than 10 minutes. I wish I could wake up 10 minutes earlier everyday to eat like this. But mornings just don't work like that. 20 mins feels like 5 minutes when you're trying to do 10 billion other things at once.

2. I kept flicking back to this photo during the day and it made me smile every single time. It set me up in a great mood for the day :D Instagram loved it too.

Jan packed arvo evening today including uni, eating out, going to the gym, oztag and making dinner, but super satisfying and now I'm about half a minute away from sweet slumber.

Have a lovely week people!

Deaf as a mofo today

I feel like there's cotton plugged in my ears. Last night the music blared on for so long and it was so loud. My ears. My poor ears.

In other news, today will be the second time I've driven with someone else apart from my parents in the passenger seat. Kinda nervous. But yes, one step closer to getting my P's, buying a car and getting away from here.

Kidding.

But really.

We are just different, okay?

K is one of my work friends and she's ALWAYS in a relationship. Over the few years that I've known her, I think I've seen about 4 of her boyfriends. 

How do people do that?

How can you escape a "serious" relationship and get into another one 2 weeks on?

I wish I could just dismiss my attachment with someone as easily as her. 

I remember on Valentines Day this year, in between arguing with Americans and making our reporting deadline, I was making frequent trips to the bathroom to see if she was ok. She was crying because she couldn't believe she was alone on Valentines Day. 

At one point, I just held up my hand to stop her blubbering because I needed to think. 

"GURL, I got 99 problems, but this... THIS AIN'T ONE, BIATCH. Don't waste my time, I have Americans to argue with", I said... in my head. 

Instead, I gave her my "we don't need no man" motivational speech (I'm really good at delivering this speech fml) but I don't think I embedded it in her brain deep enough because I bumped into her and her new bf yesterday at Haigh's (which is AWESOME btw). 

Maybe deep down inside ...

But if the Sultan of Brunei or Prince Harry are single .... (call me).

aaaaaaaaaaand we're back.

First day of uni today.

I got there early to hit up Coop for my tax leg before my lecture. Made my way through the line, got to the counter just to realise, DUN DUN DUNNNN, I had left my wallet at home.

Luckily K was just leaving the house as I called and I caught up with her at uni to pick up my wallet. Thank god.

Anywho, my tax lecturer looks like a bikie wearing a suit (with a bow tie and red pocket square!).  I respect that he has industry knowledge (nothing bugs me more than know-it-all academics, offence intended), but I find him seriously intimidating because the words "fucking" and "bullshit" fly out of his mouth (draped in bits of spit) in the middle of every sentence. Swearing won't make me like you more.

Stop trying to make tax law cool, because it ain't.

Like CTFD dude, it's just tax. Stop yelling at no one in particular, it's too alarming for a 9am class.

I have him again tomorrow morning. *hangs head*.

I'm either gonna sit up the back or wear a poncho to avoid getting rained on by his spit.

He's back!

Hey peeps. Guess who's back!!!

Today we had Ethiopian (harhar I had about half a dozen people make inappropriate jokes at work when I told them my Friday night plans) at crows nest and it was pretty damn neat.

I've never tried African cuisine before so this was a really interesting experience.

We ordered a range of chicken, beef, lamb and vego dishes and they were served with sorghum/teff pancakes that were rolled up like carpets hahaha. I'm gonna put some pics up on fb in the next few days, so those who are fortunate enough to be my fb friend, you'll see :):)

In other news, I went to work today for a meeting and saw all the peeps I wanted to see (or who's left standing anyway). At the meeting, the ice breaker we had to do was to talk about the highlights/facts of our busy season (a clear example of how original our ideas are). There were so many people saying stuff like "oh I never had to work a minute past 5.45". My bottom jaw hit the floor. Even during non-peak season I rarely finish before 6. Some people are so lucky.



Digressing, I'm still in my TED phase, but I can't watch talks that are not about the human condition. It's so interesting how people have spent so many years researching stuff that we take for granted. And pretty much in the space of 20 minutes they offload the basic gist of their research to millions of people all over the world. Tres cool, tres cool. It's one of the few apps on my phone that make me become smarter haha.

This is probably the randomest collection of thoughts, but whatevs bruh, it's Friday I can do whatevuh I want. :)

Hope y'all have a lovely weekend. It's gonna rain for sure, so, I'm guessing homework weekend?