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I think I've eaten more chocolate today than I have in the last year.
I thought it kind of funny that after mass, in which the Homily was about focusing on the true meaning of Easter, they were handing out Easter eggs to the congregation.
It's all about politics
The State's new opposition leader who came to power after this week's political coup, came to Westfield Miranda today to mingle with local politicians and 'little people'.
Unfortunately for us he decided to stop the media circus infront of work, consequently making us even more busier than we already were. It was worse than the rushes we got at Christmas time, at least we didn't have any annoying-ass customers. It did have it's advantages though, after watching the news tonight on all the major networks you saw our store in the background. Woo, go GJ's Miranda. You'd have to be blind to not see the green and burgundy 'Gloria Jeans Coffee' signs. And Angela strategically placed the Mocha Caramel Latte display sign right in the view of the camera, product placement and free air time- you've gotta love it.
Progress baby!
Actually little progress in my proposal has happened since I last blogged. 128 words to be exact. The lure of watching the Oscars was just too much.
I can feel myself coming down with tonsilitis or the flu, my glands are all swollen up and my throat feels all scratchy. Gah. This always happens when I have uni stuff due. At least I don't break out in hives unlike some of my friends do.
I don't want to go to work tomorrow morning if I'm feeling like crap, but I need the money since all the 21st parties I've been too have depleted my savings by a considerable amount. And forget about me going to uni in the afternoon for brand management. Hmm, at least I can cough all over annoying customers drinks tomorrow and possibly give them whatever I've got. Heh.
Oi, motivation come baccccck.
Pretty please? I’ll make it worth your while.
I’m still trying to finish off my draft research proposal and it’s taking me forever. It is causing me more stress than I can cope with at the moment. Damn it. This is only the freaking draft that is worth 10%, what state of mind will I be in when our final paper is due and worth 50% of our final grade? Bleh.
The fact that the Oscars is being telecasted tonight doesn’t help either. My fingers are itching to turn on my television. I want to sit gawk at all the swanky dresses and perv on the guys in tuxes. Even though I watched the news and already know who won all the awards, it’s not the same as watching the (delayed) telecast.
Another thing that is exacerbating my stress at the moment is everyone freaking out over getting jobs for next year. My uni friends are whoring themselves all over the graduate positions being offered for next year by companies such as Price Waterhouse Coopers, North East Quadrant, Macquarie Bank, Ernst and Young and other corporate giants. I don’t know if I want to apply for those positions because I don’t think I have the slightest chance of getting one. And I’m not just saying that either, these companies consider candidates from all over Australia and New Zealand, and the possibility of me being one of the chosen few is slim to none. I think I have a better chance of meeting the Queen than getting a graduate position.
And quite frankly those companies don’t really deal with products or services I’m interested in, how could I go through an interview attempting to seem eager to work for a company that in my opinion is just boring? Also I don’t think I can be bothered to fill out those hell long application forms, time is not something I have much of these days.
On a positive note, we got a high distinction for our marketing services and distribution presentation we did last week. Yay. I think the reason why we managed to go so well was our creativity- we decided to present it like an episode of ‘Survivor’. We had the theme music and the bullshit intro about how the university was sacred ground. We divided the class up into tribes with coloured headbands, and we even had proper immunity and reward challenges down on the Quad lawn relating to the issues related to our topic area- outsourcing. If only all our assignments could be that fun.
Tahnee’s birthday party was great, I am lusting after her house. I’ve forgotten just how gorgeous it was. Larry Emdur from the Price is Right was there, he is Mark’s (Tahnee’s older brother) best friend. And the voice he used on the show is actually how he really talks. Very cool indeed, I was waiting for him to say ‘come down’ but it didn’t happen.
Kathryn and I got Tahnee a fighting fish in a funky vase. She’s the girl who has everything, so we figured a fish would be a cute present. In year 10 we were struggling to find something to give Tahnee and things haven’t changed- they’ve only gotten harder. But we didn’t go to the party with Rocky, the fish, in his new home. We had to go into the bathroom to fill up the vase and set it up. We were struggling to figure out the easiest way to get Rocky into the vase, and so we were pretty loud. Comments like ‘It won’t go in’, ‘I’m stuck’, ‘Ah yes, that’s it’ and the like were coming out of our mouths, and walking out of the bathroom to see the rather interested faces and raised eyebrows of the guys waiting to use it was priceless.
Tahnee’s present from her parents was so beautiful, I’ve never seen so many diamonds on a piece of metal before. My eyes were hurting from the sparkles. They got her a devine white gold bracelet with diamonds scattered on it. Pretty. Pretty. Pretty *drools*
I had a brief visit from motivation today. Pity it couldn’t stay long enough for me to get the draft of my research proposal done. Tourism and economic development in least developed countries is really not attention keeping stuff. Gah.
Random survey from Mika to help get me even less interested in my research proposal.
1. WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND YOUR LJ USERNAME? The LJ user name I have is just what I get called sometimes. I don’t use my LJ much, but it’s there for when I feel the need to write more private entries since not everyone knows the address and I can use the ‘friends’ option to let the select few view it.
2. NAME FIVE [5] OF YOUR FAVORITE PIG-OUT FOOD. Five? Pfft, I can list off way more than that cause I get the biggest cravings sometimes. Anyway ice cream, Snickers bars (my record is 5 in one sitting, yes we’re talking full size here none of this bite-size crap), cheesecake, pizza and noodles- I could live on noodles.
3. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A MAKEOVER? I used to have long hair that went three-quarters of the way down my back, then one day I got sick of it and got it all cut off to just below my ears. I don’t know if that would be classified as a makeover but it’s the biggest appearance change I’ve done.
4. NAME ALL MEMBERS OF THE BEATLES. John, Paul, George and Ringo.
5. WHAT'S THE LONGEST TIME YOU'VE STAYED OUT OF THE COUNTRY/WHERE? Two months, the time was split between Hong Kong and the Philippines.
6. ONE THING YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR, TODAY. Sam making me lunch, and the fact that it was actually edible.
7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY? Oh dear, I have tons of these, I guess because I went to two different schools. At OLMC: Sitting next to Tahnee when she fooled the substitute teacher into believing her walkman was a hearing aid, having to do ‘circuits’ around the school with the ‘Yeti Repeller’ (I had to run around with a huge root that looked like a penis once, so not funny) and watching Pride and Prejudice in year 10 English with all of us swooning over Mr. Darcy. At Caringbah High: Skipping class and then going to the local pool and swimming in our school uniforms because we didn’t have anything else (then going back to school and sitting in math in saturated uniforms, Catherine has a photographic evidence of this little adventure), study periods which were used for playing cards and handball instead of actually doing any work, and Year 11 Biology camp- where all of our class got caught by the teachers with drinking alcohol and some smoking pot will forever remain the highlight of my school career.
8. WHAT IS THE MOST INSANE THING YOU'VE DONE FOR/TO YOUR CRUSH THAT HE/SHE MIGHT NOT/MIGHT KNOW ABOUT? Hmm, I can’t recall anything too drastic. Either I haven’t done anything of the sort or I’ve just blocked it out from my memory, hee.
9. DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING. A sunset beach wedding, writing our own vows and a string quartet. That would be the ultimate.
10. WOULD YOU EVER JOIN TEMPTATION ISLAND? Hell no.
11. NAME THREE [3] TEACHERS YOU LIKED IN HIGH SCHOOL/ELEMENTARY. Mr. Turbet, my Year 11 & 12 math teacher; Mrs. Taggart, my Year 11 & 12 Modern History teacher and Mrs. Soares, my year 9 & 10 Commerce teacher. They rocked because classes were never dull with them and they actually made me interested in the subjects. They also had mannerisms that made them so endearing- Mr. Turbet and his fascination with chalk, Mrs. Taggart and her forgetfulness and Mrs. Soares with her endless stories about her son.
12. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE QUOTE? WHAT IS IT? I have a whole notebook of quotes I adore, it’ll be too hard to just pick one.
13. MY FIRST HEARTBREAK HAPPENED WHEN I WAS... [CARE TO SHARE THE STORY?] In year 4, oh the heartache of elementary school romance. Funny now but devastating back then.
14. THE SCHOOL PICTURE YOU BURIED IN YOUR BOTTOM DRAWER? Year 9, it’s a horrid photo, my hair was doing crazy things.
15. DO YOU HAVE ANY WEIRD PREFERENCES? WHAT ARE THEY? [may include preferences such as candy coloured transparent diskettes over plain ones, etc.] None that I can name at the moment.
16. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? Their fascination with seeing two girls kiss.
17. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? [care to share why?] I have a couple, and for different reasons.
18. NAME ONE TV CHARACTER YOU'D MOST WANT TO BE. Lorelai Gilmore or CJ Cregg- they rock.
19. IF YOU WERE FAMOUS, AND WERE TO BE A GUEST ON A TALK SHOW, WHOSE SHOW WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY? Oprah, just to follow the trend.
20. GIVE YOURSELF A PORN STAR NAME. Err, I can’t think of one.
21. DO YOU HAVE ANY WEIRD SLEEPING HABITS? I need at least three pillows, five ifs the perfect number
22. WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO THIS SUMMER? Even though summer for us is in December, I definitely want to travel.
23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW? [we're talking about right this moment] At the moment it’s Gorecki, by Lamb. I didn’t like it at first, but now I adore it.
24. WRITE A LINE FROM ANY SONG. “I walk in the air between the rain, through myself and back again.”
25. DO YOU KNOW AT LEAST ONE DISNEY SONG BY HEART? WHICH ONE? A know a couple, ‘A Whole New World’ from Aladdin is one of them.
26. DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM HOUSE. Eh, I don’t really have anything specific in mind.
27. YOUR TYPICAL SLEEPWEAR: Singlet top and whatever pj bottoms I grab from my drawer.
28. WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? [most of the time. for females, this may also pertain to your purse/handbag, whatever] My wallet, mobile phone, lip balm, tissues, a small notebook, a pen, hair clips and keys.
29. WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? Money, uni ID card, drivers license, bank card, a travel 10 for the bus, copy cards for uni, Kinko’s, and the state library, loyalty cards for different food places where you get them punched or stamped every time you go, a couple of pictures and some old receipts
30. HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLET RIGHT NOW? $50 for the week (I’m trying to budget), $15 that is in my ‘emergency cash’ section.
31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES? My strappy, black going out ones with the little diamantes on them.
32. IF YOU COULD'VE GONE TO YOUR SENIOR PROM IN A DIFFERENT OUTFIT, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I would have worn something red.
33. HOW WAS YOUR SENIOR PROM? It was fantastic, we had it at Taronga Zoo convention centre and it had the most amazing view- Sydney Harbour, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge. And then you had the bats flying over head and the sunset was beautiful. The food was a little dodgy, but everything else was awesome.
34. TELL US ABOUT ANY OF YOUR BIRTHDAYS. They’ve all be fun, my 18th and 21st birthday’s have been a highlight though.
35. WOULD YOU RATHER BE A HOBBIT, AN ELF OR A DWARF? An elf.
36. WHAT ARE THE FIRST FIVE THINGS YOU WOULD SPLURGE ON IF YOU WERE A BILLIONAIRE? An amazing house, a yacht, a nice car (nothing too fancy), I’d go on a shopping spree and I’d buy anything my mum or dad wants.
37. WHAT IS YOUR DAILY BEFORE-GOING-TO-BED RITUAL? Prepare the stuff I’ll be taking to uni the next day, brush my teeth, slap on some moisturiser and then arrange my pillows in the way I like them.
38. WHAT IS THE WEIRDEST/FUNNIEST NICKNAME ANYONE HAS EVER CALLED YOU? Uh, I’d rather not share that.
39. NAME THREE [3] OF YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTERS. Astroboy, Brainy Smurf and the dude from ‘The Cities of Gold’
40. WHAT ARE THE MAGAZINES YOU READ ON A REGULAR BASIS? InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Cleo and Time (I actually subscribe to Time, need a high-brow magazine in there)
Lucky bastard
I wish I had connections like the dude at AICN, he was lucky enough to see a rough cut of Star Wars Episode Two: Attack of the Clones (!!!). Bastard. I guess I shall have to live vicariously through his fantabulous review until the movie is released.
"...So did George Lucas drop the ball? Did he rape our childhood? Has he turned into nothing more than flannel wearing toy salesman without a soul or an eye for storytelling anymore? Was I disappointed to such a state that I wanted to yell and scream and break my original 12 inch Boba Fett and defecate upon it in a ritualistic purging of all that was once sacred to my childhood?..."
This guy rocks, his review is one of the funniest things I read in a long time. Hee.
Happy Birthday to meeee....
I was going to write a detailed entry about my 21st, but I can't put into words how much fun it was.
Basically it involved a lot of wine consumption (on an empty stomach), drunken work friends (one of whom decided to tip a whole bottle of Bacardi Breezer down my top), broken drinking glasses, uni friends checking out my school friends, issues with helium ballons, chocolate mudcake, shooters, and a lovely (and....colourful) encounter with the toilet and my up-chuck reflexes.
Waking up on Saturday morning, still feeling the buzz of the drinks from the night before, and then falling out of my bed into one huge lump on the floor, where I decided to sleep for another couple of hours, was not one of my finest moments either. It didn't help that I had to put myself together for Catherine's pool party that afternoon and then make myself look reasonably spruced up to go to Kat's 21st that night in the city.
It was an eventful weekend.
Opening my presents was a bonus. Everything I got I would have bought myself if I had the money, I was surprised that people know me so well. I got given a car (thank you mummy and daddy), a stereo (gotta love my dancing friends), a Guess watch (courtesy of Sam), some cool Calvin Klein bras and undies (a little too lacy, but comfy nonetheless), a gorgeous crystal vase, lots of beautiful jewellery, a jewllery box, perfume, candles, a voucher to get a facial and massage, Britney Spears DVD's (hee!), a cocktail 'bible', cocktail glasses, heaps of bottles of alcohol (I could open my own bar...mmmmm), a couple of funky bags, a wallet, money, gift vouchers, winter pj's, vouchers to do dance classes at SDC and some other cool little trinkets.
I love my family and friends :)
The seventh circle of hell
So. Much. Uni. Work. Due.
*dies*
It's only the third week into the semester and I can feel anxiety and stress starting to build up. This is not a good sign.
I'm trying to keep on top of all the work I have due but there's just too much of it. I can't complain too much since my timetable this semester is pretty cruisey- Monday 11am-3pm, Tuesday 4pm-7pm and Wednesday 9am-4pm, but the work load is insane. When I'm not in class I'll probably be living in the library doing research for all the damn assignments and presentations. Every lecturer has decided to double the usual amount of required research for our assignments this year, and the word limits seemed to have accumulated another zero at the end of it. Even though we have Friday's off it's be delegated our meeting day for group assignments. There goes my four day weekend.
Waaah. I want to be in first year again.
I'm starting to feel very old now, especially at uni when I see all the first years walking around and talking about their uni experiences. However, I can only laugh at the first year Commerce students who are doing Accounting 1A and have the very stressful practice set to do. Have fun kiddies, you have more fun to look forward to next semester when you tackle QMB. Bwah.
Were we all that annoyingly enthusiastic when we started tertiary education?
Smile
After much harassment on ICQ by a couple of people who shall remain nameless *cough*MarkJevaAli*cough*, I scanned a couple of pictures from my party.
01: My dad and I at home
02: Group picture
03: Some of the uni gang
04: Sophie and I
05: Group picture
Feeling loved
I had the best birthday EVER.
I'm so glad I had the opportunity to celebrate my 21st birthday with my family and friends. My party on Friday night was awesome, I had the most amazing night. *sighs*
There are some other people I wish who could have made it, but since most of them live overseas it would have been slightly out of the way, heh.
It was nice to feel that special for one night...Getting up (or at least attempting to get out of bed) the next morning however was not that amazing ;)
Birthday pictures and stories to come in the next couple of days, right now all I want to do it sleep.
Yay
Happy Birthday to me.
I'm insane...
...or else I wouldn't be going to the uni gym tomorrow morning at 7:15am to do a body combat class. I have no idea exactly what people do in a body combat class, but lately since I've been waking up at 5am in the morning unable to get back to sleep, I figured might as well put those early hours to good use.
I can sense some public humiliation awaiting for me in the morning. God help me.
And so it begins
The new university year officially starts tomorrow. After three and a half months of doing absolutely nothing, I’m all psyched for the new semester. Bring it on!
Every year, even throughout high school, I’ve tried to stop being Queen of Procrastination. And every year I’ve failed miserably. Maybe this time round it’ll be a success.
I’m going to be the conscientious student I’ve always wanted to be.
I’m going to start my assignments early and not leave them to the night before.
I’m going to study and prepare for my exams weeks in advance, AND I’m going to do all the required readings.
Maybe I’ll actually get around to buying all my textbooks this semester too.
Ha. What’s the bet that two weeks into the semester I will be stressed out and lagging behind.
My subjects this semester are probably the most interesting I’ve done over the years- Marketing Distribution and Services Management, Brand Management, T&H Facilities and our thesis paper for T&H.
For Facilities we have to do a major project where we develop our own tourism or hospitality business. We have to do everything as if we actually going to get the business off the ground. From approaching our local councils, acquiring the proper legal documents, developing floor plans and organising décor to long term business plans, marketing strategies and advertising.
It’s called a YOT- Your Own Thing, and then at the end of the year we have our annual Summit, where we invite key members of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry to see our stuff. Most assignments end up being like 40,000 words! I’m serious, I nearly died when I saw all the previous years assignments. They were like bricks. I’m scared shitless about this. I don’t even know what business I want to do- all I know is that I want it to be more fun and exciting than just your run of the mill beachside café or restaurant.
On top of our YOT we have a SHIP (get it? Yacht, Ship. Haha, funny…Not ), which is our thesis paper and also we have our major assignments for Distribution and Services, as well as our major project for Brand Management. I’m having a breakdown just thinking about all the work.
Thinking about all work I have to look forward *snerk* to do has suddenly depreciated my level of enthusiasm a great deal. Damn.
However all is not lost, Buffy returns to our screens tomorrow night. Yay.
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