on the way home from a day in the city
Another day another meal. I took my mother and family out for lunch today and boy was that a big mistake. Besides the usual complaints about the quality of the food, we ended up ranting about the disgusting and irrating behaviour that is unique to asians, in particular, FOB asians, or as I prefer, FOW - Fresh on Welfare. It amazes me how people can prioritize different aspects in their life. For example, (we had lunch at cabra), I saw the most fobbiest man in the day - he was wearing microfibre pants, coupled with brown vinyl sandals and blotchy white sport socks, a shirt sleezed black shirt with a short sleezed white collared shirt over the top, cockaroach hair and the biggest gold bracelet I had ever seen. Obviously 9 carat gold...but the point is, if someone can invest so much in jewellery, one can expect a little more attention in their attire. But the trump card is happened when as he was walking past, he proceeded to draw up all his strength and managed to expel the a whallop of phemge the size of tassie - I almost threw up, and I expect no one would even notice.
After that sorid lunch, we went to the city and was confronted by a huge procession of drunken old men walking very slowly and loud drunken military men walking very fastly. I guess this is the anzac spirit - getting pissed, because everyone was and I was because I had to overtake people on the footpath and others where overtaking me. And another thing that annoyed was how there were no asians in the crowd - we were the only enthics in the whole city! Among the groups of whities, we were the only yellow skinned in the crowd. But that wasn't the point, the weird thing was how people looked at us as if we didn't belong there on
their occasion. Everyone was giving us dirty side glances which we could see through our gucci sunglasses. It was quite uncomfortable and one old lady even had the nerve to say "Stupid asians" as we were walking past. Most of the time, this wouldn't bother me because it is true, but on this occasion, I turned around and saw her with her walking stick, I said, albeit not very loudly, "I hope you get hit by a bus."
It annoys me because most people forget that most asian immigrants are victims of war and that I'm also a product of a war. If people only knew the horrendous difficulties that we had to overcome they would see that a war is not just about the people who died fighting, but its also about the people who survived the fighting and the people who fought to survive.
So seeing as how people were proudly wearing their badges and marching around the place, I wiped out my badge, pinned it on and marched down george street towards the rocks enjoying the freedoms that we have been given; deciding between which two louis vuitton hand bags is a more suitable present for my mother.
And by the way, the badge I was wearing, the D stands for dior.
on the way to work from lunch
I had my first business lunch on friday - it was at lavender blue at McMahon's (?) Point near Milson's Point and it was
expensive, probably the most expensive lunch I've ever had that did not involve seafood. I had the steak which was of good quality, but was not anything special or unique and for the price, I had expected a whole lot more. Which was good because the company paid for lunch. But it was the occasion that really got me thinking - someone was leaving the company after nine years where she only managed to climb up the corporate to the unenviable position of supervisor, my supervisor. Where will I be after nine years? Well, I definitely hope I will be rich... On another note, I got seated at the end of the table where all managers ended up; is this a sign of things to come?
On another front, I've decided what I'm going to spend my fourth paycheque on and its in LV. I think I'm getting a new bag for work and study as I've just enrolled in the Securities Insititute course and need something to look good when I go to the lectures in the evening. So from now on, my name is going to have:
Tyarrhea
Hilton B.Com (UNSW) SIA (Aff)
But do achieve that, I need to marry a Hilton. Another goal I need to add to my list.
on the way home from work
Well, it has been another unexciting and uneventful week, so less so that I don't even remember much of the week. When I look back, it all seems a haze. Work has been okay, but is getting quite busy with everyone delegating
their work to me to the point where I'm juggling four tasks with simultaneously answering all my emails. But besides work, all I do is...not much. All I do is just sit at home and watch tv and I think that this cruisy life is having an effect on me; I'm starting to miss the hectic and pressured nature of juggling university with part-time work. But I think that the real effect on me is that I'm missing the daily routine of meeting up with friends. Its so lonely where I am! Oh how I wish someone would just surprise by rocking up to level 6 with a big paper bag plastered with a big yellow M filled with artery-clogging goodies. But I suppose the good thing is that I'm saving money by spending my 10minute lunch in the office eating last nights left overs and at least I have friday to look forward to where I can meet up with a friend even though friday happens to be my busiest day.
And saving all that money is a good thing - because I'm toying with the idea of hitting europe sometime early next time. Even though it will be winter, I think it will be amazing and I can see myself wasting valuable company time surfing the internet looking for places to go, places to see, places to shop and above all, people to laugh at. So there is something to look forward to and I hope it comes.
However, upon coming home today, I receive a nice surprise in the mail. After months of waiting for confirmation from my initial email, I finally plucked up the courage and made a telephone call on Tuesday and today, it finally arrived - my brand new spanking LV catalogue. I think I'll give this one to my mother.
I've also noticed that I haven't made much effort on the complaining and ranting front. My excuse - most things are going well, which I think is a good sign, but one thing is really annoying me, the performance of public transport. Not only are the trains running on an imaginary timetable, but my local bus service axed half of the services since last year (I've only just noticed). I understand the axing if the route is not viable, but when its the most popular route in the area and the axed services is in the peak hours, I can't see any valid reason for forcing me to wait 30 minutes for a bus. Its so incredibly frustrating and the only benefit, squeezing yet more people onto a cramped bus. As I write this, I'm also drafting a letter of complaint. Finally, I'm going to do something constructive. Next time I'm on the bus, I'm going to tear that piece of paper up in tiny little pieces and let it drop one by one behind me. Lets see how the bus driver likes to drive a dirty bus.
on the way home from a family dinner
I hope everyone has enjoyed their easter break - I did. Spending most of my days doing nothing, reading the paper and just sitting around and missing the days of being unemployed and on welfare and indulging on easter eggs which miraciously were on sale the day after easter friday. And being the tight arse I am, I naturally stocked up and put them into deep freeze, ready for the spirt of easter in 2005.
On another front, Friday marked the day I entered the realm of trendy restaurants and celebrity chefs having dined at the superb Billy Kwong's on Crown. The experience was simply amazing, devouring modern asian cuisine on little coffee tables straddling little 3 legged stools cramed back to back in a darkly lit room frangranted with tiger lillies and bowls of cinnamon sticks and waiting in line for the only toilet in the complex. I loved it. The food was simply sensational and was well worth the cost, which is quite reasonable for the level of service and quality, quite a change from the dodgy places I've been too recently. And the evening was made even more special because I receive an unexpected graduation present from VHH and again, thanks for the surprise.
Now that I've experienced fashionable restaurants - there will be a long list to get through: Longrain, MG, Imperial, Salt, Rockpool, Iceberg, Maccas on George, Est, Tetsuya's and many more. A list I will add to my goals and pass off as another sympton of affluenza.
But I did manage to catch up with some old uni friends at a 21st in woop woop land, which was supposedly a rich area (I couldn't tell in the middle of the night) and we had a great time, reminiscing about the old days of sitting in the back of the lecture room, listening to the boring muses of actuaries and paying more attention to totally unrelated events. Which looking back, probably explained my poor grades; but it was good to catch up with old friends and this is an activity I hope to do more of.
So marks another uneventful easter break and with another day before a week in the office then another long weekend, I'll will starve myself so I can enjoy eating at trendy restuarants, and hopefully, however minutely, imagine that I owned a trendy and acclaimed restaurant.
Tyarrhea now watching this kooky australian movie and hope everyone is well
on the way to buy something - anything
Well it's been another week and another pay packet - actually my first pay packet! Its not much, but for some reason, I feel cheap and dirty. I don't know why. When I ripped that little piece of envelope open and saw that figure, I felt like I was just another high class well dress gigolo - prostituting my youth and time for something I absolutely hate - paying taxes! Yes, I paid tax and quite a big proportion of my income was tax as well.
Oh well, I guess we all eventually get screwed by the government. But on another similar note, I actually got a pay rise from centrelink!!! My newstart allowance has increased by $9 per fortnight! Thats almost enough to pay for 2 pizzas. But, what really surprised me is that I got a bonus from Centrelink. I don't know why, but judging by the letter, its either a bonus for finding gainful employment or a bonus for completing by job seeker diary - nevertheless, its still a bonus and I will put it away and save for something BIG!
On the topic of spending money - my sister got me a Burberry tie and it looks so hot! Will post a picture next time I'm wearing it. So thats another goal down.
But the real news this week is that my company will pay for my postgraduate education - iff I pass the course and if I leave within 12 months of finishing the course, I'm going to have to repay them back - so I guess i'm stuck in my job for at least 2 years! But do you know what this means, all of a sudden, I'm $7000 richer because that would of been the cost of the Graduate Diploma I was going to do. So I guess I'm going to achieve plenty more goals very soon!
Now onto a more serious note - I'm starting to feel, whats that word.....happy? I think thats what you call it. I don't know why, but I feel content knowing things are going well, but has with all plans, somethings going to happen and when it does, I'll let you know. Maybe I'll meet someone special ....... someone who is asset rich and luxury deprived. In essence, the reverse of me.
Just so everyone knows, this year is Louis Vuitton's 150 birthday - the company that is.
Have a good easter and drive safely, because I have nothing to wear to a funeral
tyarrhea going to do some e-commerce
on the way to buy some sunday lunch
Well, what an amazing week! I managed to take 2 half days off work without denting my coveted annual leave and sick leave - quite a feat if you ask me. And its not like I took those half days off and did something superficial - like having an extended lunch on the parks, going to DFS and LV and just strolling around the city *actually, I did do those things - opps* but, they were taken for a special and quite expensive event - my graudation, which was quite a solemn event. I guess the uni places a lot of emphasis on the ceremony, so much so that I am starting to believe that this single event is the reason UNSW has not sunk into the red and did not raise fees by the full 25%. Anyway, the graduation was fun, short and quite depressing, because the whole event brought back memories of being crammed into too small lecture halls, talking with the people around you and laughing at those whose posture and stride ensured they trip and fell on their way to receiving the testamur. How I miss uni.
You can view some photos here at
Yahoo Photos.
On another note, my chinese school classes finished for the semester and I'm quite proud of myself because upon entering a chinese restaurant the other night, I could read some of the menu items. Anyway, not much else say about this point.
And speaking of spending money *i know I haven't said anything yet, but i'm thinking about it*, i found some really nice shoes. The leather was soft and supple and they were extremely comfortable. But I can't afford $700 prada shoes on welfare, they just don't pay enough. Yeah, I've got affluenza again - I can't seem to shake it off. This time, I think its gettng worse because at this precise moment, I'm thinking of what colour virgin credit card to get FYI i'm leaning towards the red one!
anyway, enjoy the photos and leave comments so i know people read this
take care and enjoy life because it won't last, just like my welfare payments which will stop in 2 weeks *sniff sniff*
