Well, summer is quickly coming to a close and how do I know this besides the gradual shift in the weather - because my jobseeker diary is due on the 5/3/04, which I read as 5/2/04 and being the goody-2-shoes I am, I walked into Centrelink only to walk out 5 minutes later red faced with embarrassment. Subconscious, I think that my mind thinks that summer is over because there have been so many things I've yet to do. For example, summer is usually the time for wild bushfires, lazing at the beach, huge beebeeques and gorging on topical fruits, all of which have yet and I doubt, will eventuate.
On the job hunting front, I seems that I am underqualified for about 80% of the jobs advertised and overqualified for 19%, leaving 1% of jobs to apply for with a rejection rate of 97.435%. I hate this numbers game! However, being unemployed has given me a huge amount of time to spend doing nothing, and by nothing, I mean shopping, and by shopping, I mean window shopping with a lot of time spent with one of my oldest friends now living in east Sydney, VHH. View our escapades here. So far, its been fun and I look forward to achieving my goals on my wishlist before. BTW, I went to Cartier on Monday and found the price of the ring, its $1,500 for the thick band and $880 for the thin band, both of which are white gold.
While browsing the internet the other day, I came across a SMH article, Hang the Expense, where upon I discovered the name for all this insatiable shopping and attachment to frivolous expenditure: Affluenza. I really do enjoy a good pun! Its an interesting article, I think everyone should read it because it highlights a new phenomena in today's materialistic society and contains a valuable lesson, "If you really want to feel superior, inconspicuous consumption is the go." Here here!
I've noticed that there's been a change in the theme of my blogs - I seem to complain, whinge and rant a bit less now a days - testament to my growing maturity? I shudder to think so. I think I'm complaining less because the world is now so screwed up, well, Australia and Sydney in particular. Firstly, we have the option of two idiots as prime minister, so its going to be a case of who's going to do the better worse job at it. Sydney's public transport is in a mess, both trains and buses, and I use to hold Sydney buses in high regard. The university systems seems to be collapsing under the sheer collective weight of Asian students (I flicked through the acceptance pages) not because there're fat, but because there's so many of them. And the world *read: the US* is questioning society's moral values because Janet Jackson accidently flashed a breast to million of viewers! To quote on lady on the news "I was watching it with my four children and I didn't appreciate them being exposed to such crass!" Lady, trust me, your children are involved in much more immoral and gratuitous acts and viewing one breast doesn't even come close. Its probably me, but I've noticed that kids now a days are becoming more sluttier? First, there was the baby boomers, then Gen X, now Gen Y, which will give way to Gen LTH - the generation of little try hards!
tyarrhea feeling more light hearted knowing that there are bigger screw balls out there
posted by tykang @ 2/05/2004 11:16:00 AM
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