Busy Weekend

Buggered as.

Friday - Combined 21st of a couple of guys from high school at UTS rowing club. The night was bloody humid. Very uncomfortable. The breeze didn't come arrive till around midnight.

Saturday - Got up early to take the Toyota 'bomb' for its annual servicing. Then went to the doctor (3rd time this week along with a blood test and a bone scan) to see the result of the bone scan. Turns out I've got tendonitis in the area just below the left heel. So that explains why I have been hobbling around for the past week and a half. Taking medicine at the moment but it's still uncomfortable walking around. Another unwanted foot-related illness added to the list. Afternoon and night was spent at Mitch's place for his 21st. The man has his own set of swords now Kill Bill style.

Sunday - Woke up for church but half dozed off during the sermon >.< Had a meeting after lunch for the upcoming evangelistic night and then did Investigating Christianity bible study with Tin-Lok and Eddy.

Uni starts tomorrow but for me it's back to the office for another week of 8-6 desk job. Also need to get some stuff for another 21st this Saturday. The theme is retro. What should I go as?

Who is Marie?

It's Friday evening, the end of a long working week. You are waiting at the bus stop for a bus that is already late. You are tired and can't wait to get home for dinner. The phone rings.

"Hello?"
"Hi, may I speak to Marie please?"
"Sorry, you got the wrong number."
"You sure? Isn't this 04XX XXX XXX?"
"Yes, but I've had this number for the past 5 years."
"Oh. Sorry. Bye."

Who is this Marie person? I've been getting the occasional call from people looking for her since August last year. IT IS SO ANNONYING. Arrrgghghhhh.....

Anyway, my first full week at work has been interesting:

-I still don't have a desk to work at but the new project engineer who started yesterday has one. What gives? I'm still sharing a computer and desk with a graduate enginner and she gets SOOOO stressed from about 3pm onwards.
-My computer only arrived on Thursday but is still sitting inside the box (see above).
-Paper abuse is rife. Whatever happened to the term "paperless office"? paper, paper and more paper!!
-Acronyms. FC,DC,MS,SWP,EME,RFQ,AAPCS,VF,PE,PM...very confusing.
-The stationary are kept in a cabinet next to the coke machine. It is about the size of a coke machine. Speaking of the coke machine, I find myself buying a can of coke everyday for a dose of afternoon caffeine 'hit'.
-Word templates are the bomb!!
-I really suck using Excel.
-Haven't experienced Mondayitis yet but Friday is definitely the best. It's dress casual day and 3 cartons of alcohol are placed in the kitchen at 4:30pm.

Met up with Albert for lunch today at Mandarin Centre. It was good to see him again after his 3 month mission trip to SE Asia. From our conversations, God really used him to reach out to those who have never heard of Christ before. How awesome is that?

Crocked Mick out of opener

From today's Sun-Herald:

Roosters utility forward Michael Crocker will miss the start of the season after damaging his knee.

Roosters chief executive Brian Canavan said Crocker was hurt early last week and had undergone an arthroscopy to fix the damage.

"Mick split the cartilage in his knee," Canavan said. "He won't be able to run at all for a few weeks and we expect him to miss the first round and probably the second, as well."

Crocker was hurt playing for a team in an Oztag competition, an extra risk that NRL clubs would normally frown upon only a month out from the start of the competition.

But Canavan said Crocker's injury was probably a blessing in disguise...Blah Blah Blah....

WOOHOO, our team is famous :D

Happy (Chinese) New Year

What a whirlwind of a day. Interview at 9, started working by 9:30. I have Industrial Training!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!! My table and computer won't arrive till next week so at the moment I am just 'moonlighting'. Anyway, my first day consisted of sitting next to this graduate project engineer doing tenders. Boring but stressful. By mid-afternoon, the engineer was on her way to chucking a computer rage. Other things I observed:

1. Everyone carries a mini notepad. Fair enough. They gave me one to start things off.
2. 2 people use swiss balls as chairs.
3. The dude sitting opposite me plays Stick Cricket.
4. That same dude was chewing gum the whole day. His jaw never stopped moving.
5. POST-IT notes are absolutely essential. Now I just need to find the stationary room.
6. One guy listens to his iPod while he is working.

So how am I gonna survive 5 days of working from 8-6 for the next 6 months or so? As the graduate engineer said: "You'll need sleep". Now that's a challenge - Going to bed early.

I played park footy against NRL stars!

And I thought it was going to be another mundane Tuesday. Yes, CCNA was boring as usual and we continued our season-long losing streak in Oztag but I scored a try against a team that contained 1 current and former NRL player:




Yes, we were up against Michael Crocker, current Sydney Roosters, Queensland and Australia rep player and Ian Rubin, who played for the Roosters, Rabbitohs and Russia. Crocker was subbing in for a mate while Rubin plays Oztag now that he has retired from the NRL. We were pretty competitive in the first half, keeping up with the other team. Crocker limped off before halftime so that was a bit of a bum. To be honest, he didn't do much while he was on the field anyway :P Ask the others who were there! I also copped a hit by Rubin. That guy is an absolute Russian tank! Imagine we were playing contact! You wouldn't want to be smashed by him! The score was pretty even at half time but we faded away in the second when we had no stamina left. I got my first try of the season in an overlap so was pretty happy about that.


Got an interview with Vodafone tomorrow at 9am. Fingers crossed. Better get some early shut eye...

Put some socks on!

I was at Eastwood Bing Lee checking out TVs (yes, we ARE getting a new TV. It's been a long time between drinks.) when this caught my eye:

According to the Apple Store, you "slide your iPod into the sock to keep it safe and warm. Slide it out to dock or change playlists". Wow, for a cool $48, the folks from Apple sure know how to keep iPodians trendy...

It seems I'm going to be at uni this session after all. My latest attempt at getting work experience fell through yesterday when I got an email saying that after reassessing the company's workload, they no longer require someone. Truth or lie? I guess I was too hopeful and that nothing is certain until you sign a piece of paper called a contract. Oh well, guess I'm just gonna have to keep searching...

Off to Eastwood now (again) with my family and relatives for one of those pre-Chinese New Year dinner.

Snail mail Email

I just got an email in my inbox dated back 21/12/2004. That's 43 days late.