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MEOW
Moi.
Basics.
Name: Andrea J
D.O.B: 04.02.91
Age: 22 years old
Nationality: Australian
Heritage: Chilean
A Life Worth Living.
Musac.
Monday, June 28, 2010
6:35 PM
I hate it when people call FAT women curvy. I don't think it has always happened...i think it's more of a byproduct of this whole political correctness and people not wanting to be mean.
THIS is curvy:
and sexy ^.^
This is just fat:
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BUT occasionally, you get curvy fat people XD
Anywho people r people, shouldn't judge, blahblahBLAH. I'm fat and have a big ass ^.^
anywho. I haven't been blogging much lately, like I said b4 I've been wrapped up in reading, loud tribe, dancing or being with friends, so I haven't had a whole lot of down time. I'd much rather read when I'm at home (as long as I have a good book, and thanks to Dianne I do XD....5 to be exact)
SO I finally uploaded the pics onto my comp from the last couple of weeks but I'm capped till Thursday so I won't be able to share them until then =[ SHAME
errrr things I've done lately: Kiama Winter Magic Festival (joelia + Kurt) LOUD! Radio LOUD! Tribe office work + hosting meetings Napping at tims place a lot :S
Today: Tim's grans surprise 70th. WOW that was a big shazu. massive even. SO many people and SO much food. It was crazy. Tim's mum is AMAZING for organising all that and still being nice and friendly to EVERYONE. My mum can barely handle one person coming over. I helped XD....a little, although all the women in the family kind of looked at me with dissapoitnment in their eyes due to my lack of culinary skills and the ability to do things quickly...oh and probably not being able to hold the baby without making it cry *sigh*. It's kool that his family is so fucking huge. We never have family gatherings...actually we've had 3 this year and that's 3 more than every other year and even then it usually amounts to me, mum, gran, aunty and my two younger cousins. Positives: -Tim's dad actually acknowledged my existence without someone forcing him to say hello XD -Tim's grandad is wicked kool -SO much food, good food too and not even just azn, they has pasta and bruschette and yer =] -Red envelope...i still feel guilty, and I thought they were only for chinese new year :S -Saw Tim manage a group of about 20 kids aged around 7, got them to shut up, pay attention to him and do what he said. Negatives: -There were none XD For the first time I didn't have "EVERYONE HERE IS ASIAN BUT YOU" screaming in my head, I felt accepted and acknowledged by everyone ^.^ -err not really a negative but i felt kinda bad that we left without saying goodbye and before cake (the international sign that you may now leave without feeling bad).
Then we skipped out and went to Warren's 20th =] Saddly we could not stay very long BUT we made it which is what counts. Loverly evening. Also real food XD I've eaten so much today..lol ^.^
I had a really good day =]
And once again, the urge to throw a party is stirring in my brain. GAH i wish I had moneyyy so I could buy food and drink for everyone coz right now i don't even care how shit the garage is. That's how much I wanna do this lol
I don't actually remember this song from anything...BUT it came up in my search and I like brendon urie. he's cute, he can sing, he can whistle, he can play guitar and he's just so....animated and friendly XD
MORE OF HIM:
with the rest of the band...although this reminds me more of one of their songs from their 2nd album
OKAY if there is just one you watch from this whole list. MAKE IT THIS ONE
\m/
♥
there are a few other versions but that is my fav...there are also a bunch of orchestras..but they're kinda lame. and i can't find the hardstyles remix that I like..i found a few but they're shitty =[
I'm still in fantasyland mode. I just finished the 4th book in a series and I still feel that daze...when you're really involved in what your reading and it feels weird coming back down to reality.
I only have one more book to read =[ But i sorta don't wanna start it yet, I have too much to do and I feel like time is running out b4 i go to uni..and things are looking a little hectic with all the dance performances coming up and loud every week is a tiny bit stressful.
I ♥ reading...I've missed it..
ugh I don't want to come down =.=
Well since every spare moment I'm at home and not doing loud tribe stuff I've been reading, I haven't had time to blog...I suppose a few things have happened. But i don't want to burst the bubble I'm in so I'll leave it for another day.
I'm going to do a sort of photo journal since last September...all the pics were taken on my phone and are on my private blog...it's not even close to accurate as being the highlights of the months, I blog onto my phone about 4 or 5 times a day, it's usually just a pic with a quick caption if I have time.
September:
lol...the 12th..We went ice skating with a few people...this was directly after tim crashed into ryan...I felt so bad..it was so funny..lol BUT they both deserved it for playing around on the ice =P
Random quote: wee hours of Sunday morn 20th "i feel like a sultry queen in this 80s corporate bedroom"...lol at kurt's place.
October:
18th: Getting there. Tim's non-party with the dares ^.^
20th: leaving bio early..lol "this is bullshit"
22nd: filming the abortion scene for a haunted house..yer doesn't sound so good aye
28: first time I saw the outside of the new place...eep
November:
28:Same Sex Marriage rally at town hall
December:
13: "big purple penis with anal beads XD "...im not entirely sure what was happening that day...lol ..the caption for the pic b4 that said "fucked crab" =S
15th: coming back from Bikram yoga ..totally 4got about this till now..fuck. I have never sweat so much in my life.
18: we watched avatar that day...just a pic from my usual b4-sleep post.
26: they were yummy. Kurt then decided rice with mustard AND icemagic would be delicious..=S
January:
17: kurt's sister's shoe..lol *drool* also the first day we took Bobby to sleep at the new house
18: First time I went to prac in concord from the new place. It may also have been the first night I slept there...it was a great start, really sunny, great weather..put me in the right mood and gave me hope that everything really would turn out fine.
23: I was bored, home alone, this is what generally happens. That's the necklace tim got me from Salamander Bay
30: 1.30am the best cheesecake I had all year. with kurt n mum at mounties lol
February:
18: sushi then ice skating
23: he got his wisdom teeth removed..lol
27: Mardi gras..we were at the persons house somewhere in the city
28: a sign in cabra that reminded me of russel peters...all b4 i found out about Alex =[
March:
I thought it was hilarious at the time..
21: first dance performance..lol
April:
17th: I hate grocerry shopping =.=
28th: at the studio recording
May:
9: I stole his beanie
June:
13: Alcoholic Jenga at Lillies...so very unexpected. Got quite sloshed...once I left lol
and that brings us to an end to the slideshow you didn't want to see XD I could keep going =p
I can't stop listening to queen ♥ I feel good, I've been reading a lot the last couple of days and now I'm listening to music =]
I don't listen to much music these days for the music itself...it's really sad =[ If I ever have something playing it's usually something mind numbing that I just listen to and don't think about. BAD.
I'm feeling in the mood for an overhaul of a few things...but I need to think that through a little more.
I feel bad for not blogging lately, I've kept myself busy. Not entirely sure with what. LOUD! Tribe has held me a lot. Since I'm the new convener I'm in charge of a whole lot now and I don't want to disappoint and I sorta feel good being able to spit out small tasks on time. It's different to uni..where I actually need to process info.
Speaking of uni. It's scaring the crap out of me...I don't want to think about it much but I got an email with some of my timetable for next semester. I start back on July 12 =[ I really have enjoyed this break, I feel like a lot has happened and changed...some good and some bad but what can you do. Mostly I'm really grateful that I don't feel that I wasted this time...most people would think I have, since I didn't study for bio or get a job...which should have been my two main priorities...but I haven't touched on that at all.
I feel like I haven't been in uni since like the first week of October..which is sort of true, but I also did 2 months of practical 5 days a week which I kinda enjoyed despite it feeling like a major sacrifice for not learning anything in the way of clinical skills. I also had two subjects with weekly assessments and handed in some things too...so TECHNICALLY I didn't finish till about my bday in February.
So 4 months without having to do anything uni related. Technically that's only one month more than all u loverly uni people since u all got 3 months off over summer =.= When I only got like a week over xmas and new years...lol
SO the reasons I'm scared of uni: - It feels like such a hassle...traveling 3 hours there and back, alone...and feeling like my tutes are the biggest waste of time EVER. My aunty's tutes are so much better, I actually learnt way more things at my aunties tutes in UWS than I did over an entire semester. But to be honest going to a few first year classes at UWS I did realise I have learnt a lot more than I realised.
- Showing up for lectures is painful. I go, I promise I will stay...I leave within 10 minutes.
- Over an entire year, I didn't make one friend. It's really disheartening, it's not a huge deal, I don't blame myself or have any of the usual feelings of self pity I used to have in primary school when I felt I couldn't make friends. It was that I didn't WANT to be friends with a single person there. I had my little social circle, a group of us who always sat around each other, but I really couldn't care less. I preferred being in my own company. I didn't try all that hard but...you know, there were a few occasions we went and ate together, watched a movie once, went for drinks after an exam, "studied" together. The experiences just reinforced I didn't care for them all that much. I would love to make friends at uni, I see so many of my friends and they've found pretty awesome people. I just don't like anyone I meet *sigh* and I think it has something to do with the type of people who choose nursing LOL...I dislike all the nursing students at UWS too (that I've met so far).
- The idea of more work placements scares me. The stress and anxiety that builds b4 going and even while I'm there is IMMENSE. It fucks with my head way more than it should =[ I was lucky with my last two pracs that they were THE biggest bludges ever. No one was really sick or needed me...all the nurses did was paperwork or hang out with their patients. EASY. I know it won't be like that any more =[ Which is a tiny bit exciting that I finally get to learn how to do the things you would expect from a nurse (meds, injections, wound dressings, cannula insertions practical stuff). The thing is that learning it on the job is the most stressful thing I have ever endured. The people teaching you don't want you around and think you are a waste of time and are slowing them down, the patients freak out because they KNOW u don't know what ur doing and don't want you touching them and no one has time to show you how to do it properly or calmly. Senior nurses spouting off terms you've never heard and then sending you off to fetch something that you either don't know where the hell it is or what it looks like. or both =[
ugh
- I really don't know if I even want to do nursing any more...when I think about this all it seems so stressful...ugh but I have to remind myself that once I get the hang of things (usually the very last day) I actually enjoy it and feel good that I can help someone *sigh*
- I feel like there is no support in class...but that is a shit excuse..if I bothered to do things on time and prepared ahead of time like we all should I would know what to ask and would then get help.
BEH...but you know, I have no other option. As long as I pass everything I'm set to finish at the end of next year. Then I have to try and apply for the new grad program which everyone seems to love telling me that NO one gets in any more =[
DEPRESSING.
Well...looking over what's happened since I last went to class, these are the changes, good and bad:
-My gran moved out, and mum and me moved to cabra -I got closer to Tim and hit the one year mark, even met his extended family =] -Went on my first real road trip/getaway with friends..ON my bday: jervis bay and got to go with Tim too ♥ -I finally found something I can get really excited about: DANCING and joined Asi Es Colombia with michelle =] -Performed 4 times this year so far: 3 times with the group and hands down the best performance was dancing IN the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ♥ -Reconnected with Michelle which has been awesome -Got a radio show and became the producer -Became the convener of LOUD! Tribe -Helped out at the Bring It On! Festival -Helped create two zines so far -Went to several awesome parties -Had a fantastic xmas season with kurt -Had an unforgettable new years both fun and depressing rolled into one. -Lost Alex R.I.P -Started drifting apart from kurt =[ -Finally took driving lessons (13/120 hours done...lol) - Went to UWS for a few classes - Realised I had learnt more than I thought and that I wan't to explore the possibility of tertiary teaching more than I did before. -Got a ps3 =] - Tried ZUMBA for the first time and fell in love -FINALLY finished Starts With A Spin -I read my first comic book series: Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
There are a few other things in there but that's the main few things, I'm happy with all that, so that's my last 6 months or so =]
Sorry it's so longggg and about me so much lol, generally this kind of post would go in my private blog so as not to bore you to death but meh.
=]
just spent ages looking fru my private blog lol..looking back on everything.
TIME FOR A PHOTO JOURNAL of some pics that no one ever really saw...nothing special
I have so many vids to post ♥ but i wont coz I started reading Vampire Academy because Tim's sister told me to and gave them all to me =]
Over the last two days Ive seen so many vids that have been so inspiring..the whole teary, so happy, WOW kinda dance vids and singing acts I love it. Fills my heart with joy and I felt I needed to share this one, despite it not being the one that has caught my attention the most:
I LOVE AFRICAN DANCING and south african music, my aunty has a few concerts I always listen to when Im at her place
I just realised I've been balancing a basket on my head for the last hour :S
odd...
any way, today has been fairly productive XD ...wait :S what have I done :S
hmm...
maybe it wasn't productive at least I realised I sent out the wrong script..geh Spent a large chunk of today listening to Shapeshifter, and looking up interviews and all things related. We're intervieweing them tomorrow on the radio...I had never heard of them until now. Apparently they're famous :S
They've been number one in NZ for awhile now..a few platinum albums :S toured europe and aus and NZ b4...
Apparently they're style is Drums and Bass...at first I didn't like it but I don't mind Tokyo which you can hear on their website. The website its self is worth checking out, it's got some pretty wicked designs.
It's all kinda making me nervous..not because their famous but because we really need to make the show better and I'm sorta stuck *sigh* No one agrees with each other on what needs to be done and to be honest, I don't think any one even cares that much.
ANYWAY Im excited for True Blood XD it starts soon: 13 JUNE which is this SUNDAY which means I should be able to watch it by Monday arvo HAZZA
anyway...back to sorta scripting the interview which Im not even doing..i think :S
FAR OUT Taking a quick breather from practicing Mapale. It's the new dance we're learning for the Colombian party and Darling Harour...ahh crap :S
Fuck it's so fast...and fun...but ARGH I've been looking at youtube vids to find the song and I think I found the right one. There are so many amazing ones there...even this one I'm putting up here is far beyond what we can do (or me at least)
SHAKE THOSE HIPS
I'm so sweaty. We haven't figured out the routine yet, we're just learning the basic movements for it, so I've been copying this dance and some of the steps we learnt in class.
ooft.
recap:
Saturday: Clinton's welcome back to sydney dinner at hogsbreath with the girls + Tim, then Tilbrooks 21st
Sunday: Dancing, Tim and Clinton too HEHE then went back to tims with clinton, watched dr who, met up with marissa sabrina and peter to eat pho in cabra then parted ways
Monday: grocerry shopping, walking around with a basket on my head and practising the dance I CAN DO IT XD and now mapale. After I dance a bit more I ll wash my hair, I need to write the script and then hopefully read the rest of Interview with a vampire.
SO I recently got back from Jamie and Adam's gig at the Mars Hill Hotel *claps*
Hmm the boys took pics of their crotches while I wasn't looking, time to figure out who is who!!
Tim
Adam?
Jamie?
AM I RIGHT??
Then when I got home I ended up on Rania's youtube for the first time and then 9Lives (parkour guys) youtube and it all made me really happy and..sorta..proud? in a weird way. Tim has some kool friends, I love creative people and I thought I would share two of the vids.
First: Rania's uni project which was a short film interviewing a local artist, Matt Huynh. He makes some really interesting points about what it is to be Australian and the role mass media plays in our lives.
This totally made me wanna read his comics. I dunno why I find it so exciting that it's all set in Cabra, it's so relate-able you know ^.^ I really liked this short film and it makes me happier to know that someone local made it, someone I know. Makes it more real.
Then there is the 9Lives channel, they have heaps of stuff and they have tonnes of views. They were on Australias Got Talent this year ^.^ A couple of months back I used to go watch them train (is that the right spelling?) coz Tim was there..and...I don't know lol but yer. I tuned in every week of the auditions for the show coz I was hoping to see them....haha I guess it's silly, it's just exciting when people u know are going to be on tv.
So this is a video they entered into a Coca Cola comp and placed in the top 3 from across Australia. It makes me even more proud just knowing it was filmed in Fairfield ♥ I know where every one of those places in the video is =] I grew up there...lol it's a little nostalgic for me haha
Asphalt Assassins:
hehe creative.
I wanna upload a vid I got tonight of the girl who performed just b4 jamie and adam..i can't remember her name, angie? She has a really nice voice but my fav song she played was called Fairytales and it reminded me of Sitting, Waiting, Wishing by Jack Johnson. Very nice.
But..I can't be bothered, it's not a very good recording and I sorta feel creepy for uploading it. Jamie filmed it too so maybe he will ^.^
Other talented people:
Julia makes amazing drawings and sells guitars with her art on them ♥
hehe this was the first image I ever saw that he made..like 5 years ago :S
It's called Angel
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I have an animation he made from when he was in hospital but I feel weird uploading it =[ It's kinda funny XD He did all the voices. Maybe one day..it's a swf file..does youtube take those?
Joel plays guitar awesomely XD and teaches piano to little kiddies
Mica does some very nice work with photoshop ^.^ lol I've always loved her blog banners...hmm I remember a predominately blue layout at some point long ago but I forget what it was for.
I'm bored and so sleepy. But I don't want to sleep yet :S I havn't slept much over the last day. Was helping my aunty all morning. Then Loud Tribe. Zehn a quick stop over at Mr Tilbrook's place and now...just avoiding sleep.
Hmm I think as soon as I have a few clinical years under my belt I'm moving into teaching...but that might change once I start working I guess. Tertiary teaching that is, teaching future nurses. They're both sorta difficult in that they would both be so draining.
Nursing: I know more about this because apart from studying it, my mum and aunty are nurses. I've grown up hearing about the dramas and the nursing specific terminology was already partially embedded in my head which made uni/pracs a little easier to adjust to compared to people who had never been in a clinical setting.
-Emotionally draining seeing people suffer both mentally and physically and there is only so much you can do (more so for me because I cry at the drop of a hat)=[ It's depressing thinking about it. - Then there are the physical risks, most nurses I know who have been working for decades have bad backs, carpal tunnel, neck and shoulder issues and eventually problems with circulation in their legs + varicose veins. It's shit =[ But once you start working, touching someones life, i think it would be difficult to move away. It's so easy to get wrapped up in your patients problems. - Also I'm scared of becoming old and jaded like a lot of nurses I've met...now I don't know if that's coz they were shit to start off with (because oddly enough, a lot of nursing students, too me, don't seem like very caring people; For the most part they're aggressive know it alls or are just in it because they have run out of options and really don't give a damn about people). - Then there is shift work which are both positive and negative aspects, positive because you get paid more and can work better if your not a morning person. BUT then you also have to consider that in most hospitals you don't get to choose what shifts you want which would make raising a family really hard. - Bitchyness...at every prac, every nurse always moans and complains that nursing is a really bitchy profession. It's true. It sucks. Although, I think there would be an element of this everywhere. The bitchyness stems from people being lazy and unethical usually which I'm sure you find everywhere.
In the end though, I think it's something that I could get really passionate about once I actually start working and still be really rewarding.
Teaching: I don't know much about this one yet...my grandma was a primary and secondary school teacher and my aunty teaches at UWS and my mum is a Nurse Educator at work (she runs the monthly lectures/seminars)
- Teaching the same topic over and over again...is a breeze. - I like teaching people things, I like doing it well, if I don't know everything I can find on a subject I generally don't wanna talk about it because I hate missing what could be vital pieces of info. I feel good researching and being able to share that with people...I think it's why I don't hate doing the radio script. - Marking assignments is kinda fun...annoying and frustrating when people are RETARDED...but I think getting angry is a good sign, it means I care. - Teaching people who don't want to learn is incredibly frustrating...I can see myself snapping a lot or just refusing to teach them any more. - I would prefer tertiary education because I can't stand young people. - Cocky/rude students would piss me off - It's a fuck load of work answering all the students emails and taking their calls...I would totally get a separate number just for them to call me on. My auntys an idiot in that sense, they call and msg at like 2 in the morning....It's actually kinda wierd too see how many students do that, I've never called or emailed or asked a teacher for any help outside of the classroom ever :S - There is so much work to take home that your not getting paid for - Get to wear corporate outfits XD ...lol..but that's kinda a hassel..i prefer uniforms
No where nearly as rewarding as nursing...hmm I've noticed teachers loose their voice a lot.
INTERESTING. We'll see.
Another thing that was on my mind because of what I talked to my aunty about was raising a family, and how stressful and difficult and how much work that is when you have a full time job. It scared the crap out of me... but less on that...since I'm not starting a family any time soon.
HAPPY....oh shit, it's not my anniversary with Tim anymore... anyway
HAPPY BELATED ANNIVERSARY
kurt's tring to taunt me with cheesecake =[
anywho
TODAIII I woke up late =[ and didn't meet tim like I was supposed to..lol SO I went to the radio station, we did the show, people were a lot more responsive on facebook XD hehe...I guess bribing them with their names on air actually worked XD
OH and yer Tim played Feeling Good by Muse. Muse is special for us for a few reasons and so is this song. It's AMAZING by Nina Simmon, and we both realised Muse covered it while we were on the train yesterday...that was fun ^.^
Here's the Nina Simmon version, I love her voice, it's so sultry:
And I brought the Beatles and played 8 days a week ♥
ZEHN Tim and I had dinner at Hogsbreath, twas my first time eating there ^.^ the chips were lovely
back to timsss then my placeee and NOW im here
So the other day I was reading that LAST FALL they changed the ...geh I don't even know the right name for it. When you come into the country everyone gets a declaration form to sign and you tick if u have fruits and nuts and things made of wood ect WELL now they added Pornography to the checklist. HOW IS IT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST I HEAR OF THIS.
This is ridiculous, what an invasion of privacy! They have the right to check fru ur hard-drive to see if you have any porn. Even pics of your loved one neekid counts as porn...=.= THIS IS STOOPID. The whole point is to catch kiddy porn...but it's not like your going to tick yes if you do have kiddie porn and it's such a waste of time if they decide to randomly check ur hard-drive.
It's not like I store/buy porn anyway but I still think it's wrong to check..plus the term is so ambiguous and what if you've gone to like...Amsterdam and bought all this porn and then you have to declare it and it's all illegal, not because it has kiddie stuf in it, but because Australia has some crazyyyy laws in regards to what flys when it comes to porn.
So yesterday my mood was all over the place. started out boring. I was frustrated because I couldn't make plans. Then I got happy because I won a consolation prize lol and then it got EVEN BETTER coz joel stopped by ♥ It was totally out of the blue and I really miss him, moving and relationships have meant we don't hang out or talk as much =[ IT WAS GREAT. He looked all spiffy in his suit ^.^
Crappy webcam photo time:
Then I had dinner which, for once, tasted pretty awesome and then mum offered to drop me off at Tim's place so by now I was riding high ... but she took it away!!! She took forever getting ready n by the time she left she was being annoying..and I gave up and stayed home. So my day got a whole lot shitter again.
Anywho...I started watching Modern Family despite not liking the pilot when I saw it a few weeks ago. It's not too bad I suppose, I really like how accurate the Colombian lady's role is. They've got the whole Colombian attitude/culture down pat ^.^ plus she's mega hot...too bad she sounds scary...why is that. Latino accents on women sound freekin scary as, very manly.
I went to the city today with Tim b4 he started class...walked around aimlessly. Blisters. Feet were burning. Went home.
MEOW.
Also, hopefully this is my last speel inspired by The Middle: I realllllly really hope that one day if I ever have a family and I'm married, my family doesn't treat me like a maid. Watching The Middle was really depressing in that aspect, the mum did SO much (or not enough) for her family and NO one appreciated her or helped out. Then on mothers day she has the shittest day because the kids and dad were left to organise it. Small things bugged me, like how the kids/teens would ask for snacks...AND GET THEM. My mum hasn't made me a snack everrrrr. I think she's offered me a coffee once or twice while I'm pulling an all nighter and that was accepted with much gratitude. My grandma was always the one who cooked at home, but even she never did the whole snack thing. My lunch stopped getting packed for me when I was in yr 3 I think. Due to my lazyness...i never had lunch or recess at school again LOL
Or like, when the kids friends would come over her son would ask for her to make them snacks..WTF...Actually, there was one time when I was at a friend's place not that long ago and his mum made us sandwiches...it was so nice of her, but it felt weird..lol If my friends ever eat anything it's because I've made it or my family offers it. I've never asked my family to do something for me. That's just rude. I mean, it's okay for mum and gran to ask me to do stuf, coz im lazy..and I should do things....and it does bug me when they ask me to make them food or hand them something (that's in the same room theyre in =.=) but it's not like I can complain. lol...the fact they raised me and pay for my shit means I am forever in their debt and should do what they ask of me.
I'm sure if I ever asked mum for a snack I would be told off "make it yourself!"....you know, despite the fact that I would do it for mum. It might not seem like it, coz most of my friends know that when they come over both my mum and gran like to offer food and tea and stuff, but that's reserved for guests. LOL....It's a cultural thing i think, I sorta missed that lesson. They have it embedded in them that they need to offer people everything in the house ten billion times and it's shameful to not have enough variety to offer. Like if you have someone over for tea, there should be multiple types of hams and cheeses and bread and jams. Like whenever we go shopping, mum will sometimes buy foods that are just for guests, like...we can eat them, but we don't really like that food but know that someone who visits does, then we get it. Both mum and gran think I'm a terrible host for not being annoying like them.
lol it's odd, because at the same time. I was taught it's incredibly rude to eat too much or ask for food when ur a visitor in someones home...lol I've sorta lost this a bit, with my close friends at least. If I'm hungry I will probably let you know if Im close to you...but if it's a family friend, or at someones house that Ive never been to b4 then I wont tell them I want food..lol I remember getting told off SO bad when I was a kid for saying I was hungry at a family friends house once. Looking back on that, I guess that is pretty rude..lol Oh oh, the other one is that you should always try to eat everything on your plate, ESPECIALLY when ur someones guest. That stuck.
Any who, my point is that I hope whoever I end up living with shares the load of housework and doesn't expect me to make them food all the time. It seems like a hideous situation to live in otherwise, feeling like your home is your second job. ugh...
any who. I've got to go read some papers on End Stage Renal Failure.
So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language.
Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so.
Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]
Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease
Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'
Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.
Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.
Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.
Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.
*To be continued
To Do.
Here's a list of some of the things I would like to do or accomplish or places I want to visit in my lifetime =]
* I have already been there, done that or started to read that but would like to do it again or complete the task
-- The task is completed and I don't feel the need to do a repeat