Yo I'm walking back from the bus. Had tafe this morning so I thought I would check out the corner shops that finally look open, first time I go when it's open since I moved here.
It's really well equipped XD Btw I hate Jelly but im gona try the black head remover thing one last time. See if it works with this brand.
Ello!! I just pulled off one handed makeup on the train XD lol I'm proud of myself. Speaking of "I'm", when do u use I'm and Im. Is Im just wrong or does it have a different use =S
So I'm on my way to my 3 hour bio exam. I was really jsudbdizheudkd about it last night. I was going to study after I got home from tafe all day and then watch the new ep of glee lol I was excited for the rocky horror glee show ep. Except it wasn't that great other than like two of the songs. I've never really liked it that much, but I've gotten this far and I like some if the covers they do. Anyway, I finished watching and i get a msg from Stef saying she wanted to cone over to pick something up and that she could help me study. I don't really study well with others unless I'm using it to revise and I'm teaching the group but I can't do that unless i already know everything BUT I think it had been more than a Month since I had seen her and it's getting harder and harder now with tafe and work. So I told her to come and she stayed for awhile... until mum skitzed it at her ={ so she had to go. Then mum threatened to pull me out of uni =S
So it went downhill from there, I couldn't focus and was freaking out. At least I know for sure I want to finish, mostly because I don't want to have wasted this whole time AND it leaves me as an AIN for the next couple of years which i sooooo don't wanna do for more than a year. Finishing this course Is my gateway into other courses.
At the moment I don't know exactly what I want to do, but Im leaning towards not wanting to be a nurse forever. If I stay in this field, I'd like to become a tertiary education teacher, I'm not really aiming for professor or anything, tutorial teacher will do me fine. Although there's all that assignment marking and dealing with idiots who just don't get it.
I was playing with the idea of eventually becoming a nurse practitioner and going to work out rural for awhile...or a few months a year. A nurse practitioner is the highest level of nurses, it's like a step down from a doctor, you can prescribe medication and diagnose people. It's a relatively new development in nursing. The gov is pushing it a lot because they don't have enough doctors to go out rural so they're trying to train up nurses who are already rural. It's a lot of work though, and a ton of responsibility. There are very few nurse practitioners, it's a lot of work and if you're capable of running a clinic on your own and being that awesome you may as well study medicine straight out instead. I guess that would only be if I want to go rural, there's not a massive need for suburban nurse practitioners, we have real doctors out here lol
That would be years away though, first I need to choose what area I want to specialize. At the moment I'm thinking of going into ICU, it's meant to be the Most challenging form of nursing because you need to constantly be updating your skills and have a lot more weight on your shoulders. From there, I want to become a CNS =clinical nurse specialist. Don't know in what, but it can't hurt. Then become a nurse educator which is really easy, both mum and my aunty have that qualification. It's a short tafe course, it lead my aunty into teaching at uni but Mum only uses it to run inservices at work.
Either way I need to work at least 8 years as a standard RN= registered nurse. That's so I can become a senior nurse and I have more experience behind me and people trust and pay you more. So assuming I finish at the end of next year, I'll be about 28 by the time I can go for specialist or practitioner.
So sleepy. The train is packed. I almost missed it too, so lucky.
Meow, really need to figure out where we're going away with tim and his friends. We couldn't get the place we wanted because of our age =.=
How creepy is that lol it's the model they have here at tafe. I'm early... Ick they're all talking about shopping and brand name crap SHUT UP
Thank god for mp3 players.
So tired. I have no idea what Im dressing up as for Halloween... at this point I'm kind if not bothered going to anything on sat. I feel very drained and I still have an exAm on wed I need to study for. There is also a higher chance of me going well in that bio exam as opposed to the written one tomorrow. Plus I'll have tafe, work and the exam next week.
I can't wait till next week is over. It means no uni/exams to worry about for another two weeks plus I probably won't have any shifts. Bah I need to stop thinking about all this, it's making me more boring than usual.
On another note...err? Yesterday we played a few "ice breakers". Would you rather and a few random question answering.
Would you rather be the smartest person you know and have no friends OR be popular. I was the only person who crossed the room and choose popularity lol. What would you choose? I thought it was a stupid question, I'm already not the smarter person I know and Im doing okay. Why would I want to be totally friendless? Life would be pointless without meaningful relationships.
Would you rather win the nobel peace prize for solving world hunger or create world peace. Again I was the only one on the other side of the room lol. World peace doesn't work, it would destabilize the economy around the world and that would obviously create more problems. Now if i solved the problem of hunger it also means I've solved a shut load of health complications and increased life expectancy. Although this again has it's own set of problems but at least I get an award XD
The question I got was "what moment would you relive again?" I still haven't fully decided but I didn't want to make the class wait so I said one of the weekends I spent with Kurt just hanging out at my old place =}
I think a lot if my best memories and the most fun I've ever had have involved Kurt ♥ so there are quite a few times to choose from, it's all a blur really. So I don't know...hmm
Class should be starting soon. I hate this format, it's like a return to primary school, not content wise but just the way it's structured. One long blob of class with no real end or start point from one topic to the next. That's why I liked high school. My classes only lasted 55 min and then we walked to another classroom altogether and started fresh. Moving around really cleared my head and woke me up for the next class.
I had my first day of tafe, or well it's a tafe accredited course being done at a college. It was exactly what I expected so no surprises there.
I'm kinda stressed out a bit at the moment, I've got my bio exam Thur morning and I really can't afford to fail but I really don't feel confident ={ ugh hopefully I've got enough to pass. My other subjects are fine and tafe is super easy, it's like a massively dumbed down and condensed version of what I've learnt at uni. Beh I've got tafe again tomorrow so I'm going to bed but I can't help but worry.
I had my first exam on Monday and i was uncharacteristicly nervous, shaking and tense stomach =S It was weird, I never care ={ i think I went okay, it was easier than I thought it would be.
Bios freaking me out, the exam is 40% and the prac next wed is 20%
So maybe im getting a little too obsessed with blogging into this blog lol
In waiting for mum to come get me, I just finished work =} I seriously like this job, it's so much fun and no event is ever the same, always work with new people and there's a mix of things to do =}
Today was the first event I got to stay through and help out during the actual performance. So yesterday was setting up the lighting rig mostly and today was prerecording the lighting scenes, taping down leads, setting up the acromat seating, two dress rehearsals and the performance.
During the performance my job was being in-charge of Isadora, it's a program that had all the scenes and subtitles that were being projected behind the actors. So I just had to make sure the right things came on.
Today's performance was a Vietnamese theater production about the man on the moon and Vietnamese migration to Australia.
Huh I'm kinda annoyed, I blogged 2day b4 work about the nicest religious pamphleteer I've ever come across but the post apparently didn't send ={
I was waiting for the train at cabra and this chubby old lady sat down and politely asked me if i wanted one of her flyers and she asked so nicely that I agreed despite knowing it was just a Jesus pamphlet.
I read it because: 1. She asked me if I wanted it 2. I didn't want to waste the paper by not even fulfilling its intended purpose 3. I've always wondered what those pamphlets say and if they're at all persuasive or if there's a hidden agenda 4. I need to read pamphlets I'm given, no matter what it is or who gave it to me ( as long as I haven't already read it)
I was a little disappointed. The pamphlet just outlined who Jesus was and his "miracles" ... Nothing persuasive about joining a church or how to save your soul....it really just was spreading the word. Apart from that they weren't very eloquent or interesting.
Just to clarify, yes I an an atheist but I went through 13 years of catholic education so I'm pretty well versed in Christianity, it's roots and it's spin offs plus the gospels =.=
Anyway work was pretty fun. I really like it, there's not many staff members which is awesome and the job is pretty easy apart from being a tad laborious at times which is good for me. I also like it because it's making me a tad more handy and useful in physical things. Most people by now have noticed I'm not the most practical person around and I'm pretty clutsy when it comes to lifting/shifting heavy things. So this job is improving my skills =}
Tim picked me up from work ♥ so we wanted to eat and decided on smitty and we were gona call Peter since he's right there but he had just parked with Michelle so it was perfect timing =}
Wasn't bad but I payed a bit more for my meals. Tim's cheapo steak was apparently really bad. Then we went back to tims and hung out for a bit.
When I got home I found this:
The screen protectors I ordered last week XD installation was frustrating and stressful and I fucked mine up ={ BUT fuck it, I payed $15 for it im keeping it even if there's dust trapped under it. I got the crystal clear. It was really hard to apply but that was partly because the company didn't package Mine correctly =.= it really is crystal clear though, I can't see or feel it at all when I use the screen. Problems: incredibly susceptible to really bad smudges from fingertips or anything that it touches (more so than the plain screen without protector). Mum got the anti-fingerprint protector. It's frosted and was easy to install but it's noticeable. It really does what it promises though, no marks at all =}
Worth it? Prolly not.
Oh and today was wear purple day as solidarity for anti homophobia and bullying (as a response to the recent gay teen suicides). I had nothing appropriate for work in purple so I got a necklace off my Teddy bear:
I brought along a spare top though, a purple one for after I finished work =}
WARNING: this is just me figuring out my schedule, boring
I woke up about 30 min ago, I'm still in bed but now I'm feeling super buzzy and can't get to sleep ={ I guess it's because I'm a bit worried about posting out my assignment b4 I go to work. I finished it last night, pretty early too (ODD).
Ohh that feels better I'm listening to " no day but today" from the rent soundtrack ♥ Rent is such a fantastic movie. WATCH IT
So i got called in to do a shift at 1:30pm today so I said yes =} I wAs going to spend the arvo with tim after I handed in the assignment...except the thinking behind that was that I assumed i would pull an all nighter and would be dead so I could just laze around with him because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus enough to study. Now I'm awake and probably will be Even more awake after my shift, I sorta feel guilty going out with him lol.
So my plan for the rest of the week: Thur/Fri: intensive revision for the perspectives on aging exam Sat/sun: working Mon: persp on aging exam at Rozelle Tue: start tafe course in casula Wed: tafe Thur: take day off from tafe to do bio exam at Rozelle Fri: tafe Sat: newtown for under the blue moon, nats party, jamies party, sookies party, sleepover at Kurt's?? Sun: cram 4 the second bio exam Mon: day off from tafe to go work Tue: tafe Wed: day off Tafe to go to bio exam, rush to work Thur: work Fri: tafe
Cram in between, be grateful that dancing is on a break till November, and hope to god that the tafe work load isn't too much.
Oh crap im meant to reenroll at uni
I'm kinda REALLY bummed that im missing out on sheryls gig this Friday ={ I really love her band. I also have to miss sarahs 21st this sat ={ and doros 20th next sat oh and harbs stand up ={
If I had to choose any of those to go to I would totally go to Sheryls coz it doesn't clash with anything. I just need to order the tickets online hmmm I'll see how much study I get done tomorrow.
I still need to drop off that folder at loud tribe hmm And see Stef at some point *sigh* busy busy
I wonder when my third semester starts... My guess is December hmm
So we started planning a trip with tim and Jamie & co to go away in the 2nd week of feb =} I want this planned properly, it makes me anxious.
Hmm I wonder if I'm still going awAy with Kurt =S I need to ask him dates because I don't finish my Tafe course till the 23rd of dec or something.
Got to contact the girls about going away next year. I'll wait till I know more about my prac in dec ... I "hope" I get a job out of it ...
Hmm to eAt Alone in Cabra or alone in Fairfield. I think I feel less weird in Fairfield lol
Beh my mum won't stop talkingggg ugh. I'm in the car on the way to uni. I asked mum to take me at 9:30 to save me the trip there and back because at that time the traffic dies down. Of course she took forever and now were stuck in traffic =.=
Oh well chance to blog, I've been meaning to for awhile but haven't had the time. And now I don't have all the pictures I wanted to include ={
BUT I do have these XD
Ehehehehe XD They make me happy. I got them at aldi last week. Along with some Halloween cookie cutters. No I'm not having a party lol but they're so cute and Halloween decorations and props are so much fun XD I've alwAys wanted to carve a pumpkin, it looks hard though.
U know shes still blabbing on =.=
Hmm so my weeks a tiny bit blurry I can't remember if xfactor and work was this week or last =S I know thursday I was on the hunt for shaggy in newtown. Grrr if it wasn't for mum who NEEDED to buy a stupid piercing I would have gotten to him in time and gotten invites to his birthday =.= I'm not a huge fan but I like his radio hits ^.^ andddd most importantly it was sponsored by 42 below (the vodka company) which I'm fairly sure meant that there was free vodka =.=
We went and had portugese food instead. Wow that was disappointing ={ too many people built it up and it was lame. Waiter wAs a dickhead too
Friday I tried out the food at canley vale diggers with tin michelle and peter and that was pretty bad too ={
Sunday I had a dance performance in ingleburn =} I'm getting really used to being at these events where I have nothing to do with anything but I feel more confident than i used to with not fitting in. I like performing. This was Tims last one, I'm glad we got to do this together ^.^ now he understands what I'm talking about and how it feels. THANKYOU tim for putting up with it <3
I just woke up because I was choking on how dry my mouth was. Bah my dark circles are only going to get worse ={
So I was thinking about a talk I had with Joel & Kurt sitting outside my old house. We were reminiscing (wow do I hate it when people do that constantly when u don't care AND repeat themselves) about all the good times we had in that old house. It really just reminded me that my fondest, most fun memories I've got were created with Joel and Kurt. They were with me, in what so far, was the most important phase of my life, without them my teenage years would have been boring. I've seen all of us change and grow in different ways and that means a lot to me because it's something I'll never forget.
I never had a proper grieving period for leaving that house, there was too many things going on at the time. The main thing that kept me at ease was knowing that even though I lost the ability to always be a short walk away from the people who have helped me experience the best parts of life, at least I was going to be closer to my boyfriend. I hate this stupid suburb, I've been here about 9 months and mentally I feel like i have nothing to show for it. Nothing fun has happened here, I can't walk the streets and have a purpose like I did in Fairfield. I suppose that's my fault, I need to create moments.
Yesterday was fun =} I was in Fairfield all day. I had my first day at my new job and we went through the orientation to the place and they taught us how to do things. The staff there are so great, there's only 3 people who work there which I really like, it adds a more homey feel to the place. So after the orientation we started our training. It was fun and kind of confronting. Feeling like I had to prove that I could do this, to myself and them, I was really nervous about not being good enough, being under-qualified and just generally being clutsy. I've never been that great at practical things which worried me but I did okay. So I learnt how to retract the seating stands in the theatre which was easy. I Learnt how the lighting worked and got to make a special effects lighting sequence which was fun XD I also got taught how to use the massive ladder to work on the light rigs and the main scary task I was already worried about was working at height but I did that a few times so with a bit more practice I should get faster.
Getting on that ladder was kind of scary but I wanted to prove that I was fine with it so I volunteered to go up first and pretended to be confident and got straight into it. It worked!! Im not good with measurements but I'm going to say that at the very least it was 6 meters which isn't that much when u consider most rock climbing places are at least 10 meters. I think the harder part is coming down the ladder. I'd start to shake a lot but would try to hide it, I would suddenly become red and start sweating no matter how many times I did it. Setting up the lights while on the ladder was fine and at least I know for sure I'm not afraid of heights. Coming down the ladder while carrying the theatre lights was even scarier but I did that a few times so I'll be fine soon enough.
I'm looking forward to working there again, they're being really supportive. They're all really funny and it's easy to feel comfortable around them. Plus I like that now I have an excuse to keep going back to Fairfield. This way I can also head over to Kurt's after my shifts and hang out ♥
So of course I went to Kurt's XD We went for a walk and I hate that I didn't spend more time back there in the walking track when I lived here so parts are really beautiful.
We found mulberries XD
Hehe then we hung out with Joel and drove around. Had so much fun at Brenan park laughing our heads off in the middle of the field with the flood lights assaulting us. ♥
They're so much fun =}
So on Monday I went to xfactor with Tim and his friend Paul and his gf Diana. Xfactor was probably the worst part of the night lol but it was nice =} I got a peach schnapps from the Bavarian beer cafe, it was REALLY good. If I had more money I would totally go back and have more. They also had the only beer I've not hated.
It was kinda kool coz the other day me an tim hung out with uly and it felt really natural and Paul was really easy to talk to as well. Like I could be myself =} That doesn't normally happen with Tim's friends. It was nice.
Anyway I'm going to get out of bed and figure out today.
Her new video talks about body image issues for men. It's good to hear her cover the mens side of things, women tend to get the limelight when it comes to eating disorders and information about how 'the media' impacts of their psyche. Again, nothing really ground breaking but it's just nice to hear that men get some attention as well. Our society is still really archaic when it comes to gender stereotyping and although women seem to have moved forward in some areas men are still portrayed and thought of as having to fit a very specific ideal of what a MAN is.
Lately, working with the kids and just around the youth centre I've noticed a lot of instances when someone (both males and females) has said "be a man!" and it has made me feel really uncomfortable and paranoid about the message those kids are internalising. Especially when it's with someone very young. The one moment that sticks out the most was when a kid was complaining that he fell over. His mum stopped him mid sentence and said "shut and be a man!" and walked away. How harsh is that!!
I have friends who really believe this whole macho man thing too and even in myself there still is this imaginary line where certain social constructions stick. It's hard to break down barriers like that. I see these MANLYMAN ideals in EVERY guy I meet in one way or another. Whether it is coming from needing to earn more money than their female partner, needing to always be the protector or guardian, not crying, wanting to be massively ripped or just exhibiting general "gentleman" attributes. Sometimes it seems like it's a very conflicting mind game for them too, or it gives me the impression that it is this very heavy weight to carry. A lot of the time it comes in the form of expressing themselves when their down, they can't always open up because they feel they NEED to be strong and not show weakness. It's a real shame and a source for a lot of issues later on in life. It sucks too because I've met girls who refuse to accept that their MAN could break down in front of them, that it's awkward and unacceptable and really means their not a man at all. It was hard listening to her talk and think this way because I know if ANYONE was hurting I would want to help. We reached an impasse when it came to men crying. She just could not accept this but I think it's soooo important to be supportive of people, especially if they're crying, wether it be a man or a woman. It's such an intimate and personal thing and how could you be so cold as to shun someone in their time of need. I have no problem with men crying when something is wrong, it actually makes me feel good because it shows me that they are comfortable enough with me to share this moment with them.
If you've known me for long enough you might now be thinking I'm a hypocrite because I had an x who would cry all the time and I would complain about it. THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. He was using his stupid crocodile tears to manipulate me into doing what he wanted, they weren't an expression of his pain and sorrow but merely a tool to get his way. UNKOOL!
On a totally unrelated topic: Today is Filo Fiesta apparently, I only found out like an hour ago...i realllllly want to go, I haven't had filo food in forever! and it's at the fairfield showground. Justice crew will be there XD The lineup is actually pretty good. It closes at 10pm tonight...so errr if you want to take me ♥ don't hesitate to call haha
Also, yesterday was community cares day. It went really well, it was the first time I took a more active role in coordinating all of what LOUD! had to do at an event and it ran very smoothly so I'm glad about that. I also had to perform =.= lol embaressingggg, we fucked up pretty hard, it's sooo hard to dance on concrete. I also should have practiced during the week lol.
Not that he will ever read this but a big thank you to Paul who took time out of his day to come help us run the sound equipment even though he didn't know anyone there other than Tim and had no clue what he was getting himself into. THANK YOU!
Also to Kurt for putting up with my crazy zombieness while I was trying not to stress over what was happening with the event while we got ready for the performances. Thank you for coming ♥
k well...i have to make food and do some online assessment things b4 tomorrow
bah I just did this wolf quiz. Which member of the pack would I be
this is what I got: Omega Wolf
You're the lowest ranking wolf in the pack, and naturally submissive and timid. You have a hard time voicing yourself, and are usually worried about the opinion of others. The pack uses as a stress-releif, and you are often teased and bullied. However unimportant you may feel, the pack needs you to vent anger and keep potential hurt feeling and injuries from occuring. You're a natural suck-up because you want others to like you, and need to break out of your shell. Although the teasing is rough and rigorous, no permanent damage remains. You eat last at meals, and are left with scraps. Although this is your current staus, the omega wolf has been known to rise up through the hierarchy and claim even alpha! Never give up hope!
D=
offended much BAH
today was kind of an emotional day. loud tribe stuf
Hey all I decided that my "love" section was annoying me and it's GONE!...soon. My cbox (hehe) is getting spammed with wierd links, it's usually nice spam "i love you're blog" but it's all fake and dodgy SOOOO instead I'm going to start putting up all the wierd spanish sayings I can find/get off my mum.
Last year I started msging kurt every time I hear a new one coz their usually really wierd and slightly funny.
SOOO...I might do that later today if I have time.
SO Darling harour fiesta. It's funny watching white people who can't dance try to salsa =P
The performance was a bitttt of a huge mess. Me and Tim got to the city around 11 and hung out all morning, got thai food and then went for drinks to "calm his nerves" and headed back at 2:30pm to start getting changed so we could perform at 3:15pm. One of our performers (sebastian) pulled out on Friday because he had to go overseas for a family emergency so on Sunday we had to rearrange our chories and get someone new to learn his routine..IN ONE DAY. He did extremelly well at remembering ^.^
So we sorted that out..but then on the day Michelle had trouble getting to the city, her ride cancelled last minute and she had to train it. She was extremelly late and Marissa had to fill in for her which meant Marissa was dead because she was meant to get a break. Then in the 2nd dance we just performed with a gap which confused the fuck out of me because michelle was my parter and I messed up big time *sigh*
The next performance went well and last we had the Garabato! aka: The death dance that tim was in. I wish we had gotten pictures! We were all so rushed back stage and running around half naked trying to find our costumes and get dressed in less than 30seconds between dances ugh.
Tim did REALLY well, that dance got the most cheering and applause ...except we also kinda fucked that up..lol Tim had to kill me and Marissa at the same time right b4 his final machete/scythe battle with Peter. So he killed us and we walk backwards and join the rest of the dead dancers. Once I got there I realised marissa iwasn't next to me and i look down and she's on the floor. eep :S She was fine but in the process she half broke the scythe and then during the final battle peter broke it with his machete LOL...so now we need a new one for our performance this Saturday in Fairfield.
erm the only pic I have is of my costume for the Jota:
So then me and tim went and got more drinks XD
beh, I'm supposed to be minding kids at the movies right now but I couldn't make it so I'm going to the 2nd one at 2pm. Circus skills workshop! hehe...should be interesting, plus I need to finish bumping out for Fusion last friday.
Any way, I'm going to get breakfast and clean up xx
So i cut my hair... I got a lot off =[ I needed to, too many split ends...it'll grow back *sigh* It's looking a lot like Rachelle's cut (from Friends) at the moment.
B4 length <3
short =.=
I don't mind I guess but I haven't washed it since I cut it...so it might actually go shorter coz they blow-dried it and it tends to go a bit flat/longer even if they try to make it wavy and "full of body" =.=
*cough*
Anyway, last night I went to a gala night with tim. It was a fundraiser for something Vietnam/children related. It was run by the VSA, ?vietnam student association? We're both not part of it but his cousin is and she asked us to come. Twas interesting. It was a little bit like going to the formal except less stressful, I could legally drink, no dancing and there were better looking people to look at =P
ASIANS and EURASIANS EVERYWHEREEEE teheee
=]
PLUS I fulfilled my mission of touching the fluffy tail of a lion dancer XD
I wore heels and everything lol
New topic: Mind games & stupid childish games
I have never understood why people play that STUPID game where they won't give you something and you have to try and grab it off them. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. I know soooo many people who still do this. It pisses me off, even when it happens to other people. Like the other day we were giving away lollies to the kids in the school holiday program and one of the workers decided it would be funny to keep snatching the lollies away from the kids a second b4 they could reach for it. IT's SO ANNOYING and such a fucking waste of time. I don't understand the appeal you retarded power hungry FUCK.
I don't know about you but when someone does that to me all I feel is an initial pang of frustration, then I look at them like their an idiot (because you are if you're doing this), try once more to get it and then I fuck off and ignore the person.
Fucking idiot
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hehe, michelle came to get me for dancing so I saved the draft. It's now 6:21pm I'm SO tired, had our last dance rehearsal b4 our performance tomorrow =]
So back to what I was saying. Other stupid games that I will never understand are taking someones things and hidding it and then watching them freak out. Why the fuck would you want to make someone feel like that, it's so mean and a pathetic way to feel superior to others. It was a common occurrence in school, people would always take someones pencil case and hide it or their books, sometimes even bags or phones. It can get pretty cruel as well, I remember my friends doing it to a girl in our group who ended up in tears because she thought she had lost her phone. Whenever I see this happen I usually ruin the persons game and tell them their belonging are being hidden or if I know where it is I just hand it to them.
Another is lying/gullible games. It really isn't funny at all when you convince someone of something, especially if it's not something crazy like the moon really is made of cheese...that would be sorta funny.
The main one I remember that I thought was completely moronic was when I was on my placement and I needed to get to the other side of the ward and the janitor (who I didn't even know) told me I couldn't go past her...and I was like oh...=S uhm okay, and then she said she was kidding so I awkwardly laughed and then she stopped me again and said "no really, you can't pass" so now I was just confused and thinking she was a bitch and an idiot. Eventually she let me pass but what a fucking dickwad, I was at work and she was like 50 years old too. What if it was something important that I needed to get to urgently...idiot, you don't do that in a hospital.
RETARDED. I didn't do it when I was little and I most certainly won't be doing it now that I'm supposed to be an adult.
So quick recap: Friday= I enrolled into a tafe course that lasts for 9 weeks to get my Cert III in Aged Care. I don't need this, I've already got qualifications higher than this by being in my "3rd year" at uni but I really need to get a job and there are more in aged care for AIN's than in hospitals and at the end of the course they organise a clinical placement for you and usually from that the place you work at hires you. It's good because it will cover all the BASIC nursing care which I haven't done in over a year and in uni it was very briefly spoken about. Uni may give u better qualifications but in practical terms they're not as hands on as they should be. Then I went to go set up for Fusion under18's, it was good, Phill taught me a lot of things while we were setting up that hopefully will help me with my new job with PYT.
Saturday: I got my hair cut and then in the arvo I went with Tim to that gala fundraiser =]
MEOW
Fiesta Darling Harbour performance tomorrow at 3pm
I just finished watching glee and I must have been feeling all sensitive or something coz listening to Rachel sing "you are the only exception" (which I only realised yesterday was by Paramore. I sorta don't like them, Hayley Williams' voice pisses me off but in this song she's not all raspy so it sounds okay) made me cry =[
She struggled through the episode letting him go back on the football team because she was scared that he would get popular again and wouldn't want to be with a loser like her anymore. By the end of the episode she eventually lets go and accepts that he needs to do what makes him happy even if it scares the crap out of her (I think he cheated on her once already??)
BAH! I'm not allowed to embed it =.=
Wait, found another:
I had never listened to the lyrics b4, it's nice. I usually only ever registered "you are the only exception"
I like this better than the original =]
On another note, I realllllllly want to go see Polar Knights at the Vanguard. Sheryls in the band ♥ she's so awesome. I listened to some of their music and they're really really good. I love their style. I'm proud to say I know her haha
Except I still need to buy tickets :S grrrr Maybe I can get someone else to buy them for me and I can pay them back?
Here is their myspace with a fantastic song loaded.
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