I had a discussion with dorky last night about communication. Not so much communicating with friends and with each other, but rather with strangers to complain, assist and inform. Sigh...to be honest, I truly hate calling up people to enquire about something...I find it terribly nerve wracking, am I being silly? I don't know, maybe it has something to do with my childhood...my parents were never really great at speaking English, so they would ask me or my brother to call up banks, insurance companies etc..and help them to solve their problems for them. I dreaded these moments because I had no idea what to ask and fumbled over my words and also used words that I had no understanding of, which got me, my parents and the person on the other line very frustrated. So after 'helping' my parents for all those years...I am scarred! Nowadays when I am required to call up people on the phone, I tend to hesitate before calling, but I make myself do it...there's nothing to be afraid of, it's just asking for help =) Wooooooosah...after saying all that, I managed to call up the Department of Education and Training and found out why I haven't gotten the rest of my pay, but should be receiving it in the near future. So the moral of this little story is...JUST DO IT!
Anyhoo...last Friday I got my final CC vaccine. Bala wasn't in so I got this lady doctor, who made me feel uncomfortable as she acted so professional and all...weird. The shot itself wasn't too bad, I didn't even get a chance to psyche myself up for it because the nurse jabbed me without warning. So glad the needles are over though...I got congratulated for getting them all done haha....maybe a lot of girls forget to come back? That night, dorky and me went to the city for a bit of a walkabouts...mainly to check out the new EnEx (is that what it's called?) mall. It was quite nice inside...didn't seem like we were in Perth at all, although the things sold were a bit pricey...sigh, one day I shall afford them! After checking that out, which took no time at all, we started to get a wee bit bored, because there wasn't anything we really needed to buy, so we decided to catch the movie UP! It was such a sweet movie, I loved it...it was a simple movie, which really made me think about, life! For some reason I really connected with the old man in the story. Like the man, I also find that I attach myself to things and find it hard to let go and just move on...but I guess life really is full of wonders and adventure...only if you seek them. So in conclusion, UP, for me was insightful...loved it even more because it was in 3D!
On Saturday morning, unexpectedly I took a train into the city and met up with Jas outside Croissant Express! She picked me up and took us both to Ikea to surprise ama and her family. Hehehe! It was mega busy that day, but luckily we got parking almost straightaway...so yay! We also found ama quite fast due to Chicken's logical thinking and spent quite a while with them looking through furniture. After a while we got really hungry and ordered some wonderful Ikea food. I actually got to taste the salmon this time...hooray! But, ama's aunty ended up paying for us all to Jas and my dismay...they're so tricky! But thankyou so very much for treating us aunty!! And yes...I'm thanking her now because we forgot to tell her in person..oops!!! After that adventure, we went back to ama's place and sat in the car and chatted mostly about 21st birthday plans...exciting =D That night....I really can't remember what I did...so bad =(
Sunday...I got a 9am phonecall for relief teaching at Winthrop Kindy so hooray! Then around midday, dorky and me rushed into the city to buy a couple of essentials that I needed and then from there it was off to the Elephant and Wheelbarrow for lunch with Calvin. We ordered our food and waited a really really long time for it to come out....we were not happy because we had a Glory match to go to! Anyway we ate our meals fast...we have never seen Calvin eat so fast before...quite amazing really. We took a long while to walk to the stadium...my feet hurt! The first 15 minutes of the game was excellent...Glory scored 2 goals just like that but after that it all went downhill. We watched a disappointing game..it was a draw, which wouldn't have been too bad except the other team scored an unfair goal...so no one was happy about that...especially dorky! Grumpybum! Went home and prepared for the next day!
Monday...had relief teaching! All went well, I think. The EA was super helpful and we got through the day safe and sound. Their kindy finished at 2:35pm, which was odd...but good I guess...I got to go home half an hour early. But because we finished early, I also experienced the full craziness of parents picking up their kids...it was so busy!! That night, dorky and me went out for a coffee at Dome and relaxed a little =)
Tuesday was my day off...whoopee! Didn't do very much I guess excpet sleep in and researched some things online. The twins also embarked on their Europe trip today...such lucky ducks. The Europe trip was a 21st birthday gift from the twin's dad...sigh I wish I was in Paris right now!But oh well! Anyway, at night, dorky and me ate vietnamese food..yomyom! We weren't entirely full from dinner so we went to gelares and had a waffle too! It was strangely quiet for a Tuesday night, but for once we enjoyed being the only Asians there sitting on the comfy couch...a great night out eating! Hehe!
Wednesday, I had work without my boss around. I talked to my boss's mum about my relief teaching clashing with the cafe work dilemma. I was so surprised at how understanding she was...she said teaching was my future and if I got called for relief then I shouldn't have to hesitate to accept it..the cafe was just a temporary job. Unlike my boss, she came up with a solution for me...all I had to do was to call her up and she would replace me for that day...she's so nice and cooperative! Thank you Doreen!! Hehe! Only bad thing that happened at work was a glass shattering in front of my face. I went to put a glass cup on a shelf but accidently knocked it on something, causing it to shatter into hundreds of pieces. The glass flew everywhere, in my hair, on my clothes, in my hands and even some on my face. I was in such a shock! The glass seemed to bounce off of me and luckily I didn't get any cuts, except for a tiny one on my wrist...omgosh I felt like I escaped something really bad! So thank God for that! After that ordeal...I had a nice relaxing night at home =)
Thursday was work again...Kylie seemed like she was in a phase the whole time and stayed well away from making coffees. I had heard that last week was a disaster because they were so short of staff that Kylie had to make the coffees, which she can't handle alone. Apparently costumers were complaining that they hadn't received any coffees and demanded their money back. Karla had to also start writing up credit notes for them, she said it was the worst experience she had ever been in. I felt so bad after hearing all that, I just wonder why Kylie didn't ask more people to work that day? I did let her know in advance...but anyway...everything went really smoothly at work this time. At night, dorky and me did a spot of night shopping, but bought nothing! We also saw the smallest and cutest little puppy! Omgosh...it was as small as coco when we got her...so so so tiny! Dorky kept shaking his head and muttering, "it's so small...smaller than my foot...could crush it" hahaha! I wanted to take it home and poke it =( Maybe I'll swap it for coco hehehe!! Anyway after window shopping, we went to Makan2...Jas didn't end up going, but we went anyway...just siddenly had a craving for teh terik! We ordered 2 cold ones and also a sardine prata, which I must say was very yum! Had a great night...even though that dorky was grumpy and sickish...get well soon xx
Friday again...it's already past 1pm and I was going to start making some more resources..gosh...blogging actually takes up a lot of time! I enjoy it though...activating the brain is a good thing hehe! I can't wait for the school holidays to begin..I can sleep in again without feeling guilty for 2 weeks! Being on call for teaching jobs is scary...there's always that feeling you might get a phonecall at any second of the day...argh...I hope I get used to it...I want more phonecalls and hopefully I won't miss any this time!
Yeaps and that's all folks!
