gi go gi go unda unda and everything else

The victim

2008-05-01T00:20:00.000-07:00

I see one of 3 possibilities for you:

You call it quits and leave him like you have said so many times before. This is the best outcome of you and her and you know it. She deserves much better than what she has now. However I doubt this will happen because you have continued like this for so long you cannot dig yourself out of the mess you have created for yourself and for her.
You go back to him and bide your time until she is ready to come back and you both leave him behind. In the meanwhile you just save that little nest egg for yourself and for her because you cannot come back with nothing. You would be foolish to return with nothing.
You go back to him and you kick up and stink and fight like its the end for you both. Then when you both calm down things will slowly get back to normal while you pretend there is no problem. Until it comes back again. This is the most likely thing that will happen because its happened so many times before I have lost count. It is how you are, how it always has been and is all you know to do. Always a victim and never taking control of your own life. What a joke.

I feel sorry she is caught in this situation but I don't feel sorry for you. You need to grow up, take responsibility for your actions, stop running away from your problems and deal with it. It's gone on so long you must be tired of it by now.

Friends

2007-09-30T16:20:00.001-07:00

Friendship is when you’re on holidays overseas and you get those pearl earrings for her thinking she’ll like them only to find out later that whilst she was in Hong Kong recently she had bought you some MAC goodies thinking you’d make use of them. Freaky is when you meet up for dinner you are both wearing almost identical outfit of black pants, white striped work shirt under a black wool vest.

Observation

2007-08-19T19:26:00.000-07:00

I didn't know taking a trip overseas was this hard. For some reason I think it's just cause we are going to see the out-laws. Nothing is ever easy when it comes to the other half's parents.

Never mind, after 25 tins of Corned beef and more chocolates and lollies than I have ever bought in my lifetime everyone should be happy.

So what?

2007-07-17T22:21:00.000-07:00

So you think you deserve another chance? You won't be getting any from me. You just need to get a new attitude before I will even bother with you. Just because you promised him something doesn't mean that you are redeemed in my eyes. Your promises tend to mean nothing anyway and you just end up hurting those who love you, especially him. He wishes he could have a normal relationship with you, he tries very hard, you just brush his gestures off like it means nothing to you. I feel like smacking you over the head everytime he is let down by you. You just don't know what you are missing out on. You need to learn yourself some respect.

You only come sniffing around when you need something, never hear a peep from you when things are going fine at your end. Your intentions are so obvious to me. Its a harder lesson for your family to realise this about you. I feel sorry for you that you are ashamed of your own family just because they cannot get along with those around you. You just need to grow up and be the bigger man.

One day you will come to him with nothing, no more family, no more fake friends, and you will ask for his help. You will only do this when you have been stripped totally, burned all your bridges, lost all your integrity. You know he will always welcome you, no matter how much you disrespect him. You just don't know how lucky you are. You are a fool.

In the meanwhile, continue as you normally do. Toss your scraps when you are feeling generous. Appear and disappear as you like. Just don't expect me to be nice to you. You have a long way to go before I can even think about respecting you.

Where did it go?

2007-07-12T18:32:00.001-07:00

Time has just disappeared. Before I can say "Oh-shat-I-have-a-holiday-to-save-for" it might be too late now. Busy at work. Busy at home. No time to do things on weekends. The dress I started making back in Feb is still unfinished. It might just remain so. All the junk that I was planning too clear out is still gathering dust in the cupboards. No time to even dream at night I am so exhausted when I fall in to bed.

12 July 2004.
Its been 3 years. I know you were playing tricks on me last night by tipping the fork off the plate...twice. The other half was puzzled but I knew. Hope you are doing alright. This year your youngest has gone home to be close to you. I still remember and I won't forget.

The circus is coming to town

2007-05-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

So we are going to visit the inlaws overseas. I was happy with it before. I had visions of a nice relaxing break, discovering the other half's home country. Our iterinery was to spend a couple of days in the capital MLA , before flying out to see the in-laws who live in ZBNG. But now....... Not only is the MIL constantly on our case to extend our trip there, (we are only there for a total of 2 weeks which is more than enough for me) but she has also generously decided to FLY TO MLA TO GREET US, SPEND HER TIME WITH US IN MLA and then escort us back to ZBNG. (I think she just wants to make sure we don't sneak off to the pretty island with beautiful beaches without her). I am sucking bitter lemons about it. Why couldn't she just be patient and wait for us to get to ZBNG??? WHY WHY WHY? Now I have to spend my WHOLE HOLIDAY with her. I want to cry.

The other half's birthday falls around the time we are in ZBNG. The MIL's informed us to "leave it to me" to organise a party for the birthday boy. I have heard that they want to fly out some relatives from MLA to ZBNG so they can attend the party. I have visions of arriving in ZBNG and exiting the arrivals lounge to find the whole village has turned up holding up cards, with our names on it. No wait, the place might be so small that there is no need to locate the foreigners. I think we might be the only foreigners getting off the flight. I will make sure I have my camera handy to record the birds eye view on being pounced on at the airport. I must practise my deer in headlights look NOW. Twisted.

CR Sale

2007-03-21T21:55:00.000-07:00

I went nuts and now I feel as poor as a church mouse. Not only was I waiting outside the doors of CR on Collins Street at 7.55am yesterday, I managed to cover 4 CR stores in ONE DAY!! CR on Collins Street first thing in the morning, CR Melb Central AND Myer at lunch time, and finally CR in GW at the end of the day. And on the day I actaully have something to look forward to coming home to, ie. mad dash to CR GW,...my train breaks down and we are left sitting on the tracks for about 15 minutes with no air con on a relatively stuffy and hot day. It's like I was possessed to BUY BUY BUY!

Got a doona cover, 4 pillow cases, 2 casual tops, 1 silk top, 1 (according to the other half a "fashion victim") coat, and 1 pinstriped 'what-to-wear-when-feeling-fat" top. Oh, and a hoodie for the other half. (Boring)

Of course, having the extra VIP 20% off sale prices helped too. Now I am broke.
:(

On another note

2007-03-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

Don't know what's been up with me lately! Have been having these urges to BUY BUY BUY. I see SALE! signs in shops and I am hypnotized in to walking in and convincing myself to spend like I can afford it. I think my brief holiday back in February has unleashed the shopaholic me which I've been keeping under lock and key for the past 2 years. The logical side of me says that I have been wearing the same clothes for the past two years that so its about time for a cull of the wardrobe, hence the need to buy. Or this could just my pathetic way of justifying such impulsive behaviour. I mean, I've even convinced the other half to come in early tomorrow morning so that we can be at the 8am opening of the CR sale! I can barely get out of bed to get to work on time and I'm thinking I can be in early to shop before I go to work! Good luck to me.

Funny Observation

2007-03-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

A friend, let’s call her Young Mom (YM) contradicted herself the other day while we were discussing the dynamics of a certain couple we know.

YM: So are you going to A & W’s engagement party? I think A’s weird. After that thing she said about YM (Young Dad) and me….
Me: What did she say?
YM: When she found out I was pregnant, she said to me “Maybe I should get pregnant like you so that W will have to marry me. I got really annoyed when she said that so I said to her that my pregnancy was planned, not an accident!

Back when she found out she had a bun in the oven she told me she burst in to tears upon leaving the clinic as she didn’t know what to do as she wasn’t expecting to fall pregnant. Funny how time can cloud someone’s memories. A bit of self-denial thrown in does not hurt either.

Regardless, I agree with YM - A is very anal and she could turn out to be a real Bridezilla!

Stuff

2007-03-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

There is nothing like spending time in confined spaces to get to really know what someone is like. You might find that someone who projects that they are a nice, caring person really isn't very pleasant at all.

And there is nothing worse than seeing someone through new eyes, especially when you used to be really close to that someone and seeing how much they have changed. But I suppose you cannot control time and circumstance so I need to stop being bitter about it. I am also twisted because I just can't stand watching this person become so weak. When did it become acceptable to laugh at others when you are in the same boat yourself? I just wish this person would stop letting his balls get squeezed and become more of his own self. And I wish I could tell him what I really think about his other half but I know this will not happen.

Famous

2007-02-01T19:38:00.000-08:00

Look who's going to be on supermarket shelves across the country...

I am very excited.

It just keeps on getting better

2007-01-04T20:43:00.000-08:00

I am off on a day trip to Canberra next week to fix up my passport. Too hard to explain but have been running around like a headless chicken since I found out there was a problem just before Christmas. If shit happens, it happens to me. Thank God for well placed contacts in places who can DO IT NOW. I am sure if I left it to the bureaucracy I won't be on that plane flying of this country on the 16th. Hopefully disaster has been averted.

Miss Saigon

2006-12-04T22:04:00.000-08:00

Dad: Don’t forget we have booked tickets for you guys to see Miss Saigon on blah blah blah…

Me: OK

Later on the way home.....

The other half: Why are we going to see Miss Saigon for? What’s so good about it?

Me: (lost for words) Err…its supposed to be good, like Phantom of the Opera & Cats??

The other half: Ohhhhh…its a musical!..I thought it was a beauty pagent!

Me: ………..(looking at him and thinking to myself He’s actually serious…)

Shopping

2006-11-22T16:07:00.000-08:00

I bought this as a gift for a friend’s housewarming party this coming weekend. I hope she likes it – I figure that because she likes her wine, this will be something different to whip out and use at parties.

I bought this Ana G one for myself a while back and love it. It actually works really well and pulls the cork out in one piece. I bought it initially because I thought it was cute but it has turned out to be a gem. No more fishing broken pieces of cork out of the bottle.

I also bought 2 of these containers while shopping for the housewarming present…I couldn’t resist.

And while I’m at it I also might as well confess that a while back I bought this juicer as a wedding gift for friends.

It sat in my room for days and I would pull it out of its box and look at it. In the end I decided to keep it for myself and got the couple a different gift instead.

And speaking of gifts, I received this platter a few years back from a friend. Actually, this is what started off my love of the stuff.

Also...(yes this is going on and on).. this reminds me that I bought this for my sister a few years back:

So….I now realize just how many Alessi items I have. I was browsing through the website and the more I look at their stuff the more things I realise I want want want want.
I would love to get this:

So, I think I better stop this post now otherwise I self destruct.

On a totally seperate note, I am getting excited about my short trip in January 07. I FINALLY decided to bite the bullet and take a holiday. You know what that means..spend spend spend!!!!

Deserves an award

2006-11-15T15:29:00.000-08:00

This is just too classic not to mention and will go in to my hall of fame. I emailed the whole commentary to an innocent bystander friend and she knocked herself out laughing at this lunatic.
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FIRST EMAIL

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 9:17 AM
To: Everyone
Subject: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IF WE GET ANY VOLUNTEERS TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR … AS USUAL TO BE HELD ON BOXING DAY
Mrs Preggers AND I ORGANISED THE FIRST ONE, Miss Trippy AND Miss Nice ORGANISED IT LAST YEAR….
WOULD LOVE SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER INSTEAD OF ME MAIKING SOMEONE DO IT….. GREAT IF WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF GUYS TO ORGANISE IT THIS YEAR SO THEY CAN ADD A DIFFERENT SPIN ON IT ALL AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT ANY BETTER THAN THE GIRLS……. THAT’S A DARE….HEHEHHE….
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ALSO LET Mr and Mrs Dealer KNOW…..
REASON WHY I AM SENDING THIS OUT NOW IS SO THAT KK’S CAN BE ORGANISED DURING MELBOURNE CUP CELEBRATIONS….. THIS YEAR I WAS THINKING THAT WE SHOULD MIX THE KK’S AND HAVE ADULTS AND KIDS MIXED TOGETHER……
I AM EXPECTING A RESPONSE…..
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2ND EMAIL - D'OH

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 11:09 AM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Okay all………. I didn’t get a response so this year the two people who will have the privilege of organising this years Christmas party will be picked out of a hat………
Since the last two years were organised by the ladies…….. this year the two luck people will be picked from the boys……… this will be organised during Melbourne cup celebrations……..
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MALE/FEMALE...WHO CARES

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 12:39 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Okay peeps…….. after concerns from Miss Trippy that if one our boys (Mr Artist, Mr Nice, Mr Volcano) was picked it will result in the girls doing it all again and also…. Even though us girls did most of the organising the boys did do their fair share in preparing food and also Mr Volcano doing the bbq during our party…….. that said…….. names that will go into the hat will be both guys and gals who have not yet organised a party…. Since so far partners have helped this will also be the case for future xmas’………. For those who don’t have a partner……. They can choose another single to help them (ie Miss Photographer, Miss Ditzy, etc…)
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4TH EMAIL

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 3:09 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: RE: WHO IS GOING TO ORGANISE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR???

Hi all…………… I have just put every ones name on a piece of paper to determine who will be organising this years Christmas party .. I have put everyone in groups of 2 .. they are
Mr and Mrs We-live-faraway
Mr & Mrs Dealer
Mr and Mrs Cute couple
Mr and Mr Gay
Mr and Mrs Special Cookies
Miss Photographer/Miss Ditzy
Mr Sweet/Miss Dumb Blonde
Mr and Mrs Shit Stirrer
…. I am just about to draw two couples out….. stay tuned …………
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AND THE RESULTS!!!!!!!!!

From: Miss ControlFreak
Sent: 3:15 PM
To: Everyone
Subject: and the winner is.....................

AND IN DRAWN ORDER……………..
This years christmas party is : Mr & Mrs Cute Couple/Miss Photgrapher & Miss Ditzy
2007 chrismas party – Mr & Mrs Shit Stirrer/Mr Sweet &Miss Dumb Blonde
2008 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Gay/ Mr & Mrs We-live-faraway
2009 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Special Cookies/Mr & Mrs Dealer
Now it is up to you all if you want to stay in that order…. You can talk to other groups and see if they want to swap …….
But for now it Mr & Mrs Cute Couple/Miss Photgrapher & Miss Ditzy …..can you please organise the KK’s to be drawn during Melbourne cup celebrations
FYI
2004 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Preggers/Miss ControlFreak &Mr Volcano
2005 christmas party – Mr & Mrs Trippy/Mr & Mrs Nice
Regards,
Miss ControlFreak
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I realise she is taking the initiative and its very nice of her to volunteer to organise this the first time round. But obviously no one else can be bothered and we are all too selfish to volunteer to organise this year's xmas party. What gives her the right to force people to do it? If no one volunteers = no xmas party = everyone is just as responsibly for there being no xmas party. If you want to have one you organise it....

To break, or not to break?

2006-11-05T16:58:00.000-08:00

I met my friend C for a meal last week. C and I used to be very close, I have known her since high school. For whatever reasons we now only see each other occasionally, maybe once every 3 months? But we still carry on like we used to and update each other and gossip like crazy whenever we see each other.

After greeting me her face became very serious and she said “Can I ask you a question and I want your honest opinion”. I’m thinking oh no, she is going to ask me what I really think about her current bf, S (that’s another story). Instead she throws me a “So, how do you feel about your other half going out to strip clubs with the boys for a bucks night?”. I’m thinking, is that all??? I say sure its fine by me and I have no problems with him doing that. Of course if I do decide to do the same (ie. Visit strip clubs catered for females) I expect no objections from my other half either. She gets this funny look on her face and says “Really?...well, S went the other day to a strip joint and I got really annoyed at him because he is so easily influenced by his friends and they all decided to go and he tagged along. I don’t mind him going out with his friends BUT...”

I’m thinking to myself????!!!!!!!!!!!!......So what’s the problem? strip joint? going out with his mates? easily influenced? all of the above???

So she launches in to a tirade about:

1. S is so easily influenced by his friends that when they go out whether it be to clubs/strip joints etc. they do the drinking and smoking thing and he joins right in. The dumbass apparently has some heart condition and has been explicitly told by his GP that under no circumstances should he be smoking and drinking. And she is CERTAIN that he drinks and smokes when he is out with the boys, so she’s on his case each time she sees him light a cigarette. (So I’m still trying to work out, is the problem the strip clubs, or the smoking, drinking and carrying on, the (dumb) i-don’t-care-if-I’m-killing-myself attitude??)

2. The guys that he hangs around with are all morons and they are crude, sexist, a bad influence on him and just full of shit. (Well, he’s your bf and if you ask me the type of company you keep reflects on the type of person you are)

She then goes on to tell me an incident where some of the guys started laying it in to fat chicks. S happens to have a sister that is struggling with her weight but he’s carrying on, joining right in. Of course C was not impressed and blasted them and then proudly showed me an SMS that she received from one of the guys apologizing for offending her. Then she says that she constantly has to put up with bad behavior from his friends. Their gf’s all seem to sit there in silence and tolerate the crude remarks whereas she’s the only girl who seems to speak up and in her own words “look like such a ballbreaker, and I hope his friends don’t start saying negative things about me”. And she actually looked guilty when she was telling me this. Well, I suppose she is coming off sounding like a nagger.

BUT

I felt like smacking her in her head. First of all, if you find something rude and offensive why should you be putting up with that sort of behavior (which she’s not). So she shouldn’t really be apologizing for “being a ballbreaker”. Secondly, who cares what his friends think and why are you so concerned if they are bad mouthing you or not, when you think that they are all morons anyway. So what do their opinions mean to you? I know its always great to get along with your partner's friends but does that mean lowering your standards to accomodate them?

You are with him not them, and you are the one that has to wake up next to him the next morning. You don’t want to find that he’s had a heart attack in the middle of the night because of his excessive drinking and smoking. How dumb is S???? Plus, you need to ask yourself what kind of person is so easily influenced by his friends that he 1. feels pressured to light up or consume alcohol in a social setting when he has been told it will affect his health, 2. will drop you like a hot potato just because his friends don’t like you???

As you can tell, I don’t really think much of S. And how’s this for tunnel vision. She bumped in to an old friend A, at a wedding. In his drunken stupor A told C that she could do so much better than S. I was sipping my drink and almost choked when she said that, because I feel exactly the same way!! Of course I didn’t tell her that. So now in her books A is a ‘bad bad person, no, don’t like him anymore and I don’t want anything to do with him’……

I have dropped hints in the past about what I think of S. But she chooses not to listen. Each to their own. Whatever makes her happy I guess… But sometimes I just feel like pulling her down from whatever planet she is on, and pulling off that stupid wool that’s clouding her vision. I suspect she is desperate to hang on to S because she has indicated in the past that she is ready to settle down and have babies and can feel that clock ticking away. But that is the wrong reason to stay with S, especially when S is still not over that “I’m young and I’m single and I will do whatever I feel like” stage.

I can’t wait until our next meeting. I wonder what other wonderful things S would have gotten up to.

Membership to the Institute of Klutzville

2006-10-22T19:35:00.000-07:00

On the weekend I cracked a mood and decided that I wanted a nice sparkling, gleaming shower. Lately it has become a bit scummy as I haven’t been cleaning as often as I’d like. So there I was on hands and knees happily squirting Shower Power (good stuff!) all over the place and using an old toothbrush to scrub the corners of the grime, partially getting high from all the fumes. In my enthusiasm I forgot that I was directly under the soap holder. The stainless steel soap holder that has been permanently fixed to the wall of the shower, the soap holder where I reach out for my soap everyday, and most importantly has always been there – never been moved. So I went to stand up and “WHACK!” the back of my head connected with the steel – I think I almost saw stars I hit myself on the head THAT hard. Actually, when I think about it, as my head connected with the holder it was probably more of a “DOOONG” sound…..if you can imagine an empty coconut with no juices hitting the holder thingy, making a hollow sound, yeah that’s my brain…empty most of the time.

I stood there, half dazed and then felt my head start throbbing. That wasn’t all. I had gotten up so that I could turn around and clean the other corner. So I think I must have still been dazed because as I turned round to squat at the other corner of the shower “POKE! OUCH WHAT THE F##(*&%#(!”. I had squatted down right on to my opened bottle of Shower Power. If I had moved a bit more to the left it would have gone right up my bum!!. I am a heifer because the plastic tip of the bottle had scrapped away some skin. It started stinging after a while and when I had finished cleaning I had to stick a band aid over the scrape. I was bleeding. The worst part was having to bend over, look over my shoulder at the mirror to try to stick the band aid on. If there was a hidden camera in my bathroom whoever is spying on me would be pissing themselves, on the floor even, at the sight of me trying to put this damn band aid on my bum.

Then in the car for the rest of the weekend, I’d forget that I have this lump at the back of my head, lean back on to the headrest and remind myself “OUCH DAMMIT F*((#%(#!” That lump is still there.

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This is how dysfunctional I can be. The other half ‘surprised’ me with a 5 yr anniversary gift. Of course I hadn’t prepared in advance and hadn’t gotten anything for him. I am very slack when it comes to anniversaries, birthdays etc. So when he presented me with that baby blue box and white ribbon I knew straightaway what I could get him. Of course the gift was beautiful as it always is from this place of the baby blue boxes and white ribbons. More please. He he he. Next day, I did my shopping for his gift and when he picked me up, I TAH DAH! ‘SURPRISED’ him with his own baby blue box and white ribbon. But wait, there’s more. Not only did I get him a gift, but I also bought something else for myself! I just couldn’t resist. That is why I am dysfunctional. I wonder, did I go in to buy something for him, or was I going in for myself. So this weekend I am all baby blue boxed out. I managed to score for myself a new necklace (from him) and a new ring (from me to…me). He has his goodies too. I will be crying in anticipation of my cc bill this month.

The one about my inner psycho

2006-10-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

I organized a dinner on Friday night with some friends. The restaurant that we all agreed on has decent, reasonable priced dishes which explains its popularity. Earlier on during the week I called up and made the booking, reserving a table at 7.30pm. We all turned up at 7.30pm only to be told by the waiter ‘we thought you were coming at 6.30pm – your booking was at 6.30pm’. I am certain that I did not make the booking for 6.30pm as I was coming from work and no way was I, or anyone else able to make it to the restaurant by 6.30pm from our respective offices. As expected on a Friday night the place was packed and the manager told us that we would have to wait for a table and he threw in a ‘Next time please call us if you are going to be late’ with a condescending smile. I could feel steam coming out of my ears. Not only had they stuffed up our booking but this guy had the nerve to assume that it was our fault. Did it ever occur to you that your staff may have made the mistake? Before my head exploded I replied firmly and politely with ‘Excuse me but I don’t think it’s a matter of us being late – there must have been a miscommunication and you have booked our table for 6.30pm instead of 7.30pm’. The manager's smile became a bit frozen after that because I don’t think he expected us, or rather me, to stand up for our selves. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the mouth of a dinner companion drop open. Said dinner companion is the meek, non confrontational type. He is also very cantonese and I could see the thoughts flashing through his mind "Tiu did she just tell the manager off?!! Double tiu they are going to spit in our food and they are going to make us wait even longer. I'm so hungry already what does this silly girl think she is doing."

I suppose with a restaurant that popular the staff couldn’t care less about filling tables as there are always customers with empty stomachs lining outside your door. So its no biggie to this guy if we wait or not. As with a lot of Cantonese/Chinese restaurants, a listing of reservations for the night is made on a separate piece of paper to the diary and I suspect this is where the mistake has been made. Whoever made the list incorrectly booked us for 6.30pm as I distinctly remember the person whom I made the booking with confirm it was for 7.30pm.

So…rather than giving these people our $$ we left and ate somewhere else because the place was packed and it could be another 30mins before we got a table. And also because I don’t take kindly to being told that it was our mistake when I am positive it is not. Plus plus plus, I know what goes on in restaurants being an ex-waitress and who knows whether our crab noodles with ginger and shallots might be tinged with extra ‘salt’. Yum. I might be crazy but I am not dumb. Although, some might argue that I am as who knows whether they have pinned up my photo in the kitchen with instructions to put 'extra special ingredients' when I next dine there.

We still got to eat our crab noodles with ginger and shallots at another place down the road so all in all, a good night. Don’t think I will be going back to evil restaurant. Too busy that they can’t even get my booking right, and staff have just become too arrogant. Serves that guy right for trying to tell me off. Don’t think you can tell me I’m wrong and get away with it. I have an inner psycho that doesn't come out as often as it used to. But when it appears, I am sure my second head looks damn ugly and you might up having nightmares after a confrontation with me. But please don't think I am real tough or a meanie. After all, someone who posts photos of cute dogs can't be all that bad..right?

What have I achieved so far?

2006-10-11T23:30:00.000-07:00

It has recently hit me that we are now in the dying moments of 2006. What have I done with my life this year of the Dog? Apart from making our BIGGEST EVER FINANCIAL COMMITMENT ie. buying a house, everything else seems to be falling in to place. There has also been a lot of growing up by the other half. Life has become one big cycle. Wake up, work, eat, sleep, potter round the house, see weekends flash by and come Monday think where did the weekend go???!! Have parents and friends constantly asking so when are you guys planning on having a baby? (answer: I don’t know). What happened to those years when I could go out as late as I want and still wake up and function normally the next day? Hang out with the friends whenever we had a free moment – now the majority have settled all over the world. Eat anything what I want and still fit comfortably in to those jeans. And most importantly when the boobs were still nice and perky. Nowadays it feels like the knees are chanting please come down and play with us.
This year has been particularly difficult for me compared to recent years. Whether you believe is or not, in the Chinese horoscope, the dog is the least compatible with my animal sign. Hence this year of the dog proved to be quite frustrating at times. This could be why it felt like this year was one filled with roadblocks, huge bumps and some major obstacles. As much as I want to keep on pushing ahead, nothing has been going my way so I end up getting very frustrated and myself and the situation. However I still remind myself that there are others in far worst situations than me. I was once told by a face reader that whilst I will experience some fairly big shit in my lifetime, fate has determined that I will always fall on my feet, and things will not always be as bad as it could be. Others won’t be as fortunate.

Finally I realize that my relationship with my sister has improved significantly this year. Perhaps it me changing and mellowing, maybe she’s changing. But things are much better now than they ever were.

Funny dad

2006-09-28T17:38:00.000-07:00

I was thinking of my dad and a conversation we had last night. Most of the time he has a very dry sense of humour and unfortunately his children sometimes find him a source of amusement. Unfortunate because we really shouldnt be laughing at him. But its hard not to sometimes. My brother and I have been the biggest culprits since we were little. We would look at each other over the dinner table and try not to laugh when he makes some obscure but funny comment. Lately, as my parents edge closer to qualifying for a pensioner card, this twosome of my brother and I has extended to include my mom, who will also catch our eye behind my dad’s back and make funny faces at us. I think she is also loosening up a little in her old age. Some funny moments of my dad over the past years that stand out in my mind..

There was a time when both my dad and myself worked in the city so I would catch a lift with him to the train station. My dad gets very anxious when he is driving to meet a deadline, so catching the train was no exception. We were running late so had to park the car and rush to catch the train. I made my way past the ticket machines when I heard a loud “HAIIIIYAH!”. It was my dad, all flustered from rushing, looking for his train ticket amongst his pockets. I wanted to laugh because Haiyah is so chinaman. Anyway, he found his ticket and we caught our train. The looks on people’s faces when he screamed out “Haiyah” at the barriers. Priceless.

Dad to KFC Chick: Can I get some tissues please?
KFC Chick: Some serviettes?
Dad to KFC Chick: No, Tissues

McD’s Chick: Is that to dine in?
Dad: No, eat here.

Dad driving while mom plays the nagivator.
Mom: Turn left, then left again, then first right.
Dad: OK, so do I turn right here?
Mom: No! Turn left first before you turn right.
Dad: Right here?
Mom: NO! Left here, look we just missed it, now you might have to turn back.
Dad: Haiyah
Mom: Don’t haiyah me!

I never knew my dad could be such a clown. In saying that, he is someone that I give my full respect to. When I was younger we used to have a rocky relationship, I think mainly because we are both very much alike. We are both stubborn and hate to admit that we are wrong. Now that I am older and hopefully a little more wiser, we get along quite well.

Breathe

2006-09-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Reminder to oneself.
You are not going nuts. You are right eventhough you have not asserted yourself as much this time round. Silent and deadly. You are not about to blow your top. Through life you must know that God will sometimes put obstacles and retarded people in your way to test your patience and teach you tolerance. Do not react unneccesarily, you are just going to add new wrinkles to your face and deepen existing lines. Then you might as well not buy those great skin care products and instead spend your hard earned dosh on bling bling instead. Just imagine how much bling bling you would have by now. Just let it go.

Excited

2006-09-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

I’m excited
Today I received this email from the people that run the obedience training that my little doggie attends:

"DOGGIE BRAND has asked me to provide some dogs as head-shots for their new product range. Photos were taken a few weeks back & I forwarded these to DOGGIE BRAND which has short-listed the dogs below. If you are interested please reply to this e-mail with a contact phone number.

S- Australian Shepherd
R- Sheltie
B- (not sure of name) White & Tan Pomeranian
L- Brown Spoodle
S - Black & Tan Retriever
S - Westie <========THAT'S US!!
G - Bearded Collie
O - Cream Cocker Spaniel"

I have seen this DOGGIE BRAND on shelves at the supermarkets, at Safeway and at Coles, although I must confess that I buy another brand of dog food.

A few weeks ago I took the bear to his obedience class and a lady asked if she could take a photo of him. I didn’t think anything of it at the time but it must have been for this. As this is totally unexpected I am quite excited about it. Now I think I know how moms feel when entering their babies in competitions. I am not going to expect much from this as there is another label (My dog) that uses a west highland terrier in all their marketing and advertising material. So we will just turn up and get a free hamper for bear. BTW if they do end up slapping your dog on the label you get some more freebies. Just like most people out there, I love freebies!! So I will be looking forward to this. Am just deluded by the idea that my little bear could be the next Imelda (from my dog). My mom always tell me I have an active imagination. Fingers crossed! We are aiming for more freebies than not.

Double Dumb

2006-09-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

So, I was up at Ballarat for the weekend at a friend’s farm. The other half likes to speed, a very bad and careless habit, and has racked up a number of speeding fines on his license. It normally takes about 1 and a half hours to drive up to Ballarat from Melbourne, and I think we did this journey in 1 hour. No matter how many times I tell him to slow down, he still puts that foot down. I am beginning to sound like a broken record. There is a stretch of road which everyone seems to like speeding on, so we were barreling down this hilly and bumpy road at 160kms. Afterward he turns to me and says, hey I think the car just bottomed out, I had the pedal all the way to the floor and it just didn’t move anymore. Well, yeah if you hit a cow crossing the road I don’t think YOU’D be moving anymore either!!! And besides what do you expect from a car that’s 14 years young with its life lowered out of it so that every bump on the road feels like a jab up your bum.
Apart from that it was relaxing, nothing much to do except laze around, walk to the dam, catch yabbies, sidestepping goat shit on the ground, gossip with the chicks, eat eat and more eat. The guys built a campfire at night and we had toasted marshmellows. It was only after we left the farm and I was checking out the photos from my camera that I realized how dumb I was. Took photos of a friend’s dog, dog and more dog. There was none of the actual farm itself. D’oh.

Please stop stalking me.

I need to stop being fixated on just one thing. The dog was just too cute. Was trying to take some panoramic shots of the city skyline while driving over the Westgate bridge on the way home but that didnt work either. Double d’oh.

The I-love-myself

2006-09-07T21:16:00.000-07:00

Today I had lunch with a colleague. While we were happily chatting away a male "I-love-myself" sat on the table next to us.

Observations on this particular specimen of "I-love'myself":

- Tell the whole word loudly that you are gunning for a job that pays "two and a half k more than what i'm currently on"

- Loudly answer to a question about how you met your new gf "Well, you'd be surprised but we actually met through our personal trainer". D'oh. You mean you actually stopped checking yourself out in the mirror while working out at the gym to say hello to someone other than yourself?

- Making a scene when your gf arrives by greeting her, making it a point to introduce "Susie" to everyone on your table AND THEN, telling Susie, look you go sit over next to James at the end of the table because there's a spare seat there. And the seat wasn't even next to the I-Lurrrveee-Myself!!! Hello, I thought she was your gf.

- Constantly looking towards our table BEFORE your chick arrives hoping that we are able to hear what you are saying and hoping to catch our eye. What a loser.

- Bitchily telling someone who is trying to sit at your table because every other table at the joint is occupied that "sorry we've reserved this table, and yes! all the chairs are taken". What with the attitude?

Finally, dead giveaway of an I-Love-Myself = wearing a polo top with the collar turned up under your designer denim jacket.

Usually I dont care either way if you wish to turn the collar up on your polo top, hey whatever you are comfy with, and I do like a well cut denim jacket. But this guy...sure sign of a I-Love-myself. For some reason, this person really irritated me today. I was just trying to enjoy a nice quiet lunch.

First ebay experience

2006-09-06T19:34:00.000-07:00

When I first discovered ebay it took me sometime to get my head around their bidding system. My brother is an ebay fanatic and would tell me and the other half about the wonderful things he found on ebay at cheap prices. I can be a bit of a tight ass so this idea of getting a bargain sounded good. So the other half set up an ebay account and would hog the computer each time, hence I never got an opportunity to use it myself. Of course now we both are prone to the occasional purchase from ebay..within reason of course.

The first time I received an opportunity to log on by myself I thought well, I’ll just look around. Within minutes of surfing ebay BAM! I found IT. I didn’t need IT, wasn’t really looking for IT, but I WANTED IT. IT was also going for much cheaper than I would have paid retail. Plus, bidding was finishing in about 45 mins. So after coming up with my strategy for bidding, ie. stop when it gets to $XX amount, I put my bid in. CRAP! I had been outbidded straightaway. Never mind, still got a while to go. So put in another bid. DOUBLE CRAP! Still outbidded. Another 3 bids later I was starting to get annoyed. Who would want IT so much that they’d put in a higher bid than me? And how much did they bid for IT anyway? Not only was I annoyed that my bids were not being accepted I was fustrated because this was my virgin ebay bid and I HAD TO WIN. So, 7 bids later I found myself as the HIGHEST BIDDER. Yippee! So now I knew - $XX was the other bidder’s maximum bid. Well, hopefully someone else will now put in a bid and I will be on my way. 10 minutes to bidding end I was still the HIGHEST BIDDER. That’s ok, there’s still 10 minutes left, surely someone else will bid for this item. 5 minutes to go and I AM STILL THE HIGHEST BIDDER. By this stage I was starting to get worried. So I called the brother.

RING RING
Brother: Hello?
Me: Errr…You know this ebay thing, well I was just trying it out to see how it worked and I saw IT and thought I’d bid for IT and now I am the highest bidder with 2 mins to go. Do you think someone else will put in another bid and beat me so I don’t have to buy IT? *Thinks of excuse* I was only bidding to see how much this other person’s limit was.
Brother: Okkkaaayyyyy....How many other bidders were there?
Me: Well, someone else put in a bid 2 days ago but now its just me and the other person that I outbidded.
Brother: And how much time left?
Me: About 1 min now.
Brother: And how much is your highest bid?
Me: ……….$XX
Brother: $XX!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA….$XX for IT!!! You are going to be the new owner of IT…hahahaha
Me: Hangup the phone.

30 secs..20 secs…refresh page, refresh page, come on! Someone else bid for this thing dammit…refresh page 10 secs.. refresh page…CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE WINNING BID.
Me: Oh shit!

RING RING
Me: Hello?
Brother: HAhahaha…did you win it?
Me: YES!....its not funny. What am I going to tell the other half?
Brother: I dunno…that’s your problem, you can tell him you were trying to figure out how ebay works.
Me: !!!!!

So…lessons learnt = Ebay can be addictive which is a BAD BAD thing. It promotes consumerism and encourages you to waste your hard earned $$. However once you have your competitive nature under control and realise its NOT ALL ABOUT WINNING, it’s a great place to find good bargains.

Now I m happy to say I am a regular ebay and have my competitive nature under control...most times anyway.

My teddy bear

2006-09-06T16:57:00.000-07:00

Was steaming yesterday ready to write an entry but decided to hold off until today. And feel much better for it. Sometimes its best to just let things cool down for a bit before reacting. Fortunately this post will be a happy one, not a sour one that it was going to be.

Went over to the sister’s house last night – the teddy bear is being housed there while our back fence is getting fixed. I wish they would hurry up and fix the fence so that we can have him back. Miss him a lot. As usual he does his little jump jump cheer hip hip hooray when he sees me. Kinda like raise your hands up in the air, yeah yeah. Guess he loves me as much as I love him. Put him on his cushion so that we could play with him. Have tried to set the boundaries so that his cushion is what he stays on when he is in the house. But being the little child that he is, he tried to sneak off when our backs are turned. And tries to RUN away. I say TRY because my sister’s floor is tiled, so he ends up slipping all over the place while trying to get some traction. If you can imagine a doggy version of the running man, well that’s what he does. Yes, my dog is in to 80’s dance moves.

Another funny thing he does is when he confuses pissing and shitting. Being the dog that he is, he likes to sniff around and when he smells something he likes, he pisses on it. Sometimes whatever he smells makes him so high that he has to piss and do a shit at the same time. So I crack up because he is trying to lift one leg to hang a piss, but then also moving to the squat position to do a shit. Usually he doesn’t get there in time, and still has one leg up when his poop starts dropping. Maybe I should call him Mr. Peepoo given his talent of doing 2 things at once.

There are many other cute and funny things he does but I should stop otherwise this will turn in to a looong post.

Ready...set...GO!

Moving on

2006-09-03T18:30:00.000-07:00

Met with with a friend who has decided to pack up and move to the UK with her other half. It was good to spend a good few hours catching up on what she hopes to achieve and what she thinks is in store for her. Exciting times ahead. Although we dont see each other every other weekend, whenever we do, its like we continue from where we left off and there is always lots of talk about. She has put ideas in my head to go visit her once she is settled down. BUT there is the wedding in January 07 in M'sia. The planned trip in April 07 to the Philippines. PLUS the significant other's plans to travel to Hawaii and USA. Too many things to do and too little thing to do them. Will have figure out another strategy on how to win tattslotto...

Other things that made the weekend enjoyable:
1. Seeing the significant other's technique of trying to bowl while intoxicated, or for that matter, seeing 8 other males try to bowl while all are under the influence. Lots of gutter balls, unda unda and ova ova. Very funny.
2. Not being recognised at the bar this weekend for being the person who drunk too much and fainted in front of the bar last weekend. This means that I can continue to frequent this watering hole.
3. Realising that my brother bears striking similiarities to my dad, he is not going to like this.
4. Waking up at 9am after a big night out to get some vietnamese spring rolls and scoffing 2 rolls while waiting for the significant other to regain consciousness.
5. Realising that although the sister can get on my nerves at times, she has good intentions and I should just let it go.
6. Obedience class for the little teddy bear actually does work when you practise it every day.

Hmm...

2006-08-31T22:08:00.000-07:00

Didnt like that previous font.
Oh well, its Friday afternoon and I have decided to make the rest of this afternoon go faster. Will need all the sleep I can get tonight so that I can last the weekend without falling over. Not enough sleep and food PLUS too much alcohol will bring me down...my bones are getting too old for all night partying. Home time please come round NOW!!

Do we have touchdown?

2006-08-31T21:50:00.000-07:00

Test. What will this look like?