Shopping is seriously overrated
I don't understand why everyone alive must flock to the malls on Sundays. Why Sundays of all days?? Shouldn't people be relaxing @ home, bushwalking, going to church, rewarding their pets, reading or even studying?? What kind of hobby is shopping?? arrgghhh.. I guess I just had a sore day.. I woke up and had a sushi roll for brekkie and that was it til 4 pm -after i finished work. I hate the feeling of energy been drained away. And this is where I must admit my admiration of those who can toil and toil and toil without a sigh of complaint. And the good thing about blogging is that it puts things in perspective, coz now thru simply writing it out and forcing myself to assess it, i feel so much better. If only i had a pad of paper and a pen every time i felt not-so-sunny, i doubt I'll ever feel the blues.
I hope that with uni coming up plus work, my mental side won't suffer:) I have so many plans that keep spilling in from all directions and none of them would operate effectively without the dough which is why I'm saving like mad. But i can't say I'm working like mad -coz i'm not. And this is where I feel almost guilty for any tiredness or grump my body holds. There are great people at work who do 8 hour days 5 or more days a week yet continue to radiate this positive energy about them. And in retail, as hard as it is to make any real friends, there are 2-3 @ work that I just simply adore. They're so pure and fresh and have seemingly limitless energy, yet they're so feminine @ the same time:) true to themselves i say.
There are many things to look forward to. And it doesn't occur to me that what i'm doing isn't too common for an upcoming uni student until people sorta go 'whoah' when i tell em', but I've sort of skimmed ahead 4 years to my grad. I've made a yearly budget and figured out roughly how much I'd have saved by grad time. Of course things will change but being proactive helps and I trust myself to remain open. Once I've graduated I can go any one of the 3 paths I've chosen at the moment. And me adopting a kitten will only follow one of them. To be able to map out my future with God and well, myself is an awesome experience because the plan will keep changing as i change, and with the people I meet :) Nobody is giving me any rules or expectations, which I'm not unuse to but having the means to carry out plans certainly changes everything. Well I pray that I'll always retain a kid-at-heart attitude. This world is in
despo need of cheering up.. Can't even think of a good comedy to check out @ the movies right now >:O
Kitties
I really want a cat - well a kitten to be precise. What flamed this was through breezing our local paper and finding that there are lots up for adoption at the cat protection society in Newtown. But weighing up their costs, the commitment of looking after them and not being around that often as a student has really stunted my proposal to rush out and bag a few kitties to play with. I know they aren't toys, but ohhh *groans* I would just love to know that i can take care of another living being for a very long time.. as I am planning to adopt kiddies one day too. So I guess in a way having a pet would be a good starting ground.
Not that I've never had pets.. and I can take care of myself very well.. which is a must in order to care for something else. I think I'll wait for another 2 yrs to build up my finances and get use to my timetable before i rush into this. And I DO have a bamboo to maintain.. I like hardy things. That's why I want a kitty, coz they smart, clean themselves, they never change their personality and are meticulous in their toilet training - well @ least those were the facts given. And the Egyptians once feared them -not that this has ANYTHING to do with my decision making but it adds to their overall mystique. They have a strong sense of personality too, so i guess taking care of them is like taking care of another human which is stimulating.
Right now, I probably sound like I'm being extremely unequivocal regarding pet choice. let me reason:) As much as i love doggies, they would be much harder for me as a student to maintain, knowing how much they need daily TLC, not to mention baths, expenses and other tidbits.. I have taken care of a rabbit before which ran away within a week so don't think we're that compatible [even tho I'm born in the yr of the rabbit :D].. May already has 3 turtles which is to me the best type of pet for reasons too long to detail here and, well, yeah.. guineas and mice are smelly and not big enough to cuddle.. chicks and duckies are cute but that's it -they poo everywhere, their life spans do not warrant a close enough relationship to form and i don't like the idea of seeing them as walking meals-in-waiting [not that I'd see them as that but the majority do eat them to the point where I can't ignore that aspect.]
This is just covering the most common pets -!! oh i forgot fishies!!! :O how could i?? my last pet was a fish.. well, they're absolutely awesome and water creatures are the best, but their environment isn't particularly compatible with the large number of electrical items in my room.. oh and birds!! arrgh!! mm.. no. Caging a creature whose very movements represent freedom is cruelty personified and we get inquisitive lorikeets stopping over for breakfast at least once a week so I'm happy with the status quo:) Right, it feels good to write. Prepares me for uni anyhow:) Oh and I must record today's great day out with Mandoots :D I love the pressies she bought from overseas.. and the shopping today was right on! definitely a day well spent with one of my closest buds. No matter how much uni will become a second home over the nxt 4 yrs with new faces and places in the heart to be filled, old friends can never be replaced and nothing could feel better, i'd imagine, then 10 yrs down the track and the 2 of you discussing your wedding or something of great importance e.g :
them: I think I'll name my kid .. Jo
you: Why Jo?
them: i dunno
you: sooo.. anything else?
them: [10 min of deep thinking later] nup.
you: right... well I'm thinking of naming mine Robyn
them: ooh that's nice, I think I'll name mine Robyn instead..
you: -_-"
:D
a Fluffy state
I LOVE this weather! Stormy, wailing with wind -well it will-; the sum of nature's potential wrapped up in fluffy giant cottonballs :D Today was a crackup.. I don't feel like icing it up tho, coz i find that anything funny, is usually so once and only for that person , due to context, perceptions etc etc. So I'll just journal it in for memory's sake.
Went to unsw to wrap up enrolment stuff; then went with the fam to a farm in Campsie[well suppose to], only to find ourselves on the m5 highway to Canberra [um, hello??] due to slight error in map judgement :O
Our petrol which started off @ 50 something litres clocked down to 2L by the time we stopped @ a fuel restock place . We then settled our nerves and uncricked our butts by goin to Maccas.. When we finally got to the farm, we left almost immediately by reason of wanting to avoid the wrath of Kelvin, who would've beaten us up for leaving him at school- as the last kindie ..before we did that tho, we stocked the boot with 4 bags of chicken dung that wasted no time in filling the car with its
distinct smell *sigh*
We also managed to get 3 turtles which we keep naming diff things. Kelvin wanted to name them Bruce, Alphabet and Johnson -as if!! I wanted to name em' Oscar, Alpha and Omega. But we finally stuck with turtle 1, 2 and 3. Nice huh. Aiii. I am supremely satisfied.. i love water animals and i hold turtles in high regard. anyway.. i still have a tonne to say. What's wrong with me> must be the before-the-uni blues.. so many things to do.. >.< i wanna go on a bushwalk dang it!
Box full of surprises
Today was choc-a-bloc full of surprises that left me reeling - and will for some time. Events of particular significance in order of occurence today:
1) Received a
final round offer from usyd [discovered this around 9 am].
2) Received a pair of gorgeous earrings from Sonal, that she got on her tour around Europe.
3) Discovered I didn't qualify for a travel concession card.
4) Jan offered to be
chauffeur extraordinaire, and drive me to uni whenever suits :P
5) Got my Student ID card :D yep, I'm an official unsw undergrad ppl !!
6) Got a printer from mum :O [which also scans, copies and faxes - dunno how the last part works as yet]
7) Discovered 3 of the box contents missing inc. ink cartridges. Phoned up the store, made to wait, now I just have to go tomoro and pick up the parts. My world has just expanded.. :D
Phew! I'm feeling mixed up to say the least. I have until Tue to think about the offer, the day I must choose whether to enrol or not o.O This really, totally caught me off guard. Now I have to think: Usyd or Unsw? : there are a lot of factors, pros and cons now clumping themselves around both unis & chosen courses `` my brain feels funny.
CNY
The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year!! Helloooo Red Pocket money. I've already received my first packet ..in chinese notes, lol. The great thing about this tradition is that you're not likely to receive money in coins. So it's great living in Oz where the lowest denomination is 5 bux. Usually a $20 note is seen peaking out the pack tho. But in China, where there are $1 notes [from last memory], well .. you get the idea:D But it appears that $5 is the unspoken minimally accepted amount whilst $1000 or however much can fit into the packet is the highest.. It's not hard to see why those famous red packets - is pretty much a present in its own right.
*Sigh* The hols have been terrible in boosting my intellectual squagmire. I really miss school. Especially after seeing Kelvin emerge from his kindie class at the end of the day in his adorable little uniform and hat and bag and flat out expression. He keeps telling us that he has one friend, but he's finally making another one, so that's a load off my mind :D
Another thing is weighing upon it tho. Have to find another tutorial after a friday one was scrapped, and untangle my unbudgeable timetable clash *grr* Enrolling online is fast becoming a process of wrath :D But knowing that Jan is gonna go thru it shortly makes me feel heaps better -ok, that came out wrong. What i meant was, how good it feels to have one of my closest buddies form the mini squadron of ppl going to the same uni, as oppposed to wishing her a migraine through enrolling. It just wouldn't be the same without her there complaining about
most things :P
Also I MUSTgo for my Ls. Embarrassing ain't it. I need one to get a new passport so bad. I'm itching to go back to China after 7 years - it's been too TOO long o_O July break it is!!... .. the night is so pretty atm. Goodbye to my last night as an official child. Or is that for under 16s? .. I just asked Tage to wish me a happy b'day. How ridiculous! Until i found out his bday was on Wednesday :O - we're a day apart! both rabbits heehee.. So we struck a deal to wish each other happy bdays and well.. we have. LoL *sings*=::=life is sweet=::=
