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i'm unemployed and homeless now...

and i have about $100 to get me through until i find a job

i'm a sad sad person...

:(

sigh. life ain't easy...

words words words

i'm in kim's room now... trying to study for bba but doing everything but that.

once in awhile its nice to reflect on your life.

if i've achieved much, struggled much, dealt with much, then i'm happy that i came through that and i know that i'm stronger for all that.

if i've had a lot of fun, made stronger friendships, and had a good time, then i reflect fondly on the precious memories.

i believe that there's some sort of compensation for everything

don't you?

i found a poem today:

In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn't respond,
I know she's used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.

-the quiet world, Jeffrey McDaniel

and it got me thinking,

hypothetical question for today:

if you had exactly 167 words to say before you died,
what would it be?

hmmm.

1. i'm thinking of starting up a site where all rice cooker recipies can be posted

simple ones.

for the students that have never cooked in their life and suddenly have to make do with just a rice cooker to cook.

whaddya think?

2. today at work was UBER busy. there was a full house (6 tables) and customers just kept coming and coming. i was just so not prepared for that. luckily i did ok, $15 in tips :D. today was my payday too, so i'll treat myself to a better than usual meal this weekend.

spam mail

its interesting to go through my junk mailbox sometimes:

i get "male enhancement pills", "bring back the time when girls were yours", and all sorts of ridiculous junk emails.

i received this one today:

Dear Sir/Madam
My name is (staff Sgt.) David Bruce i am an American soldier, serving in the Military with the army's 3rd infantry division.
i have a very desperate need for Assistance and have summed up courage to contact you.
I found your contact through internet serching and I am seeking your kind Assistance to move the sum of Five million United States dollars (us$5,000,000) to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care Until i complete my service here.

Source of money: some money in US currencies were discovered in barrels at a Farmhouse near one of saddam’s old palaces in tikrit-iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and i that some part of this money be shared Between both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but i tell you what! no compensation can make up For the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole, of which my brother in-law Was killed by a road side bomb last time.

The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money become a Problem for me but with the help of a British contact working here and with his office Enjoying some immunity, i was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely Out of trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the package, and he believes that it belongs to a British American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, And before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in country.

I have now found a very secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to you at home For you to pick up, and i will discuss this with you when i am sure that you are willing To assist me and that my money will be well secured in your hand. I want you to tell me How much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give to me.

One Passionate appeal i will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody,if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too bad for the u.s. soldier's here in Iraq. I do Not know how long we will remain here; month of May was the deadliest month for us to be out Here. Totally, we lost 127 men and i have been shot,wounded and survived two suicide Bomb attacks by the special grace of god. This and other reasons i will mention later Has prompted me to reach out for help.

I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact meas soon as Possible with my private e-mail address which is my only way of communication (e-mail: sgtdavidbruce1@yahoo.co.jp)
May god bless you and your family
From David Bruce.

sigh... scammers...

term 2

term 2 is coming to a close and exams are all that's left to finish the term off.

this term went so fast.
i think i've learnt something from this term. i hope.

my accounting lecturer/tutor's parting words:

And as future business leaders you have responsibilities to those who depend on you:
Protect the weak,
Don’t hurt anybody,
Earn the respect of your friends, employers, employees, suppliers, customers and owners by your behaviour,
Don’t become known as a liar.
Don’t become known as a cheat or a thief
Get a reputation as someone who is loyal, honest and trustworthy i.e. someone who others want to be like.
So I say to you, my Friends,
Never lose hope,
Be strong, resilient, persistent & focused, the Gods will take you to where you need to be.

And remember…..“Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you will land among the stars”

PS Something for your journey:

Your Life’s Account
Your Happiness is your Profit
Your Sorrows are your Loss
Your Soul is your goodwill
Your Duties are your Outstanding Expenses
Your Friendship is your Hidden Adjustment
Your Character is your Capital
Your Knowledge is your Investment
Your Patience is your Interest
Your Mind is your Bank Balance
Your Bad Thinking is your Depreciation
Your Behaviour is your Journal Entry
Your Life Partner is your Partner
Your Child is your Long Term Goal
Your Death is your Closing Stock

job interview

please please please
please please please
please please please
please please please
please please please
please please please
please please please
puh-lease...
please please please
please please please
please please please
please please please
dear God: please.
please with-whipped-cream-and-a-cherry-on-top

surviving

it really really hurts.

thoughtsthoughtsthoughts

so many things on my mind right now:

celebrity chef

i volunteered for this fuction where this famous chef is going to come to cook! its quite cool and i thought i would want to help out cause you get your picture taken with the chef!! anyway... its tonight and i'm quite excited... :) need to iron yet another shirt. i have this huge pile of washed unironed shirts and everytime i need a new shirt, people can see me sprinting to the ironing boards in a tshirt and fbts with a shirt in hand....

césar ritz

an exchange program for one term in switzerland. i so want to escape manly so i'm quite set on doing that... BUT the same term in icms is the coolest term ever. you get to organise your own event. HOW COOL IS THAT?! sigh... have to choose... the celebrity chef above is an example of the student's event.

what to do with birthday money

me mum decided to give me money this year for my birthday. i have no idea what to do with it cause:
dress: i'll wear it a few times only
skinny jeans: must be perfect fit and i'm too lazy to hunt
shoes: i'm moving around quite abit so... not good to pack.
books: ditto

sofitel interview

sofitel in melbourne's supposed to give me a call for an interview cause icms sent my resume to them last wednesday... SIGHSIGHSIGH. i'm getting worried cause they haven't called me. and i've checked my voicemail like 183649 times.

my ever so messy room

the cluttering of my room reflects the state of my mind in turmoil.
...
nah, i'm just too lazy to clear it.

:D

18 & 1

for i am 18 and we are 1

melbourne ♥
:) went to melbourne for the weekend to celebrate my 18th properly and i'm so glad i did.

thank you albert house peeps for being there...
i celebrated my 17th with you guys and my 18th and i really really hope i will get to celebrate many many more birthdays with you :)

went to accelerated maths 2 lecture with ruann, linyeh, ryan, bill, junkit. the lecurer was damn funny.

*ringtone loudly blares in the middle of lecture*

guy with loud phone: sorry
lecturer *smiling*: its ok. i'm not angry or upset. but if it happens again,
i might have to kill you


friday was bill's suprise for me. he kind of forced me into a wearing a dress and refused to tell me where we were going. and we were walking to brunetti's(the one not along lygon st.) to scout for chen's cake. and we saw this ginormous crowd near regent theatre where wicked was showing. then i remembered that there was the wicked lucky draw so we went to see if the lucky draw was still on cause you get front row seats if you win it. turned out we didn't need it cause bill's suprise for me was:

wicked tickets! fourth row :)

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

it was really really really good. hahaha. they had really cool neon martini glasses that lighted up. i wanted one but bill used the excuse of 'no money' since the seats weren't too cheap...

saturday night was steamboat/me&chen's birthday celebration

i, being the best youngest sister chen could possibly ever have, lovingly made a vegemite(chen's fav. food) cake for him. with whipped cream, crumpets and chocolate: [it was disgusting]

chen's cake and my cake [his real cake came out later]

anyway, we ate a lot of food and watched public enemies

IT WAS BAD.[public enemies. not the food. melissa is never wrong with the food]

but overall i was a happy person

also went on a tour of carlton breweries and tasted beer.

list of melbourne food i ate

pei tan chok [century egg congee] supper inn-open till 2.30 am
salmon onigiri- union house melbourne uni
beef and mushroom rice noodles- saigon noodle melb uni
spring rolls+chargrilled chicken with broken rice- mekong ♥
baked eggs with bacon and mushroom- animal orchestra
steamboat buffet+birthday brunetti's blackforest cake- 老干妈
seafood buffet- margo's, crown
variety of stuff- noturno's
chicken rice- coconut house
peach sago- dessert house[they ran out of mango sago]
french toast- made by me!

sigh. disorganised post but here's a last photo:

:D