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Friday, 14 October 2011

  • Apology McValue meal

    I was running late for time today, so for lunch I decided to just drive through and grab some McDonalds. I went to one which I was unfamiliar with. It was joined with a petrol station and had lines and arrows marked all over the place. I drove to what I thought was the line, and ordered. I looked behind me to realise I had some how managed to cut in line. I felt so horrible, I hate line cutters. It was a while before I got to the window to pick up my food, so I decided to see if I could pay for the lady's meal. Before I could say anything, the staff told me that the lady mentioned that I had cut in line. She wasn't annoyed, but just wanted to make sure I knew for next time. I felt so so guilty. I asked if I could pay for her meal, and the staff answered in a confused tone "...if you want to?". So I did end up paying for her food. I still felt guilty for inadvertently cutting in, but I hope I made that lady's day a little brighter. Or at least gave her a story to tell her friends. I'd be happy with free food, and I'm sure I'd tell people what had happened if it happened to me. 

Monday, 12 September 2011

  • Age is nothing but a number

    I went back and read entries from when I first signed up to Xanga. It was a very interesting trip, reminding me about things I had not thought about for a long time. Reminding me about things I had forgotten. To think that 6 years have past since I was sitting at home typing away. I used to think I suffered from teen angst and without looking back on those posts assumed that I must have been so emo on here. I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that I was not. I was pretty upbeat for someone who was somewhat depressed. Makes me think that perhaps I wasn't as depressed as I remember.

    I came across an entry lamenting my old age. Sitting here as a 26 year old, I laugh at my 20 year old self. It feels so long ago that all those things happened, yet 6 years looks so little when I write it down. I'm always shocked when I consider how much my life has changed since 2005. I feel like I've stopped paying attention to my age at 21. I guess that sort of reset at 25, so in my head, I'm 25, when in actual fact I am turning 27 soon. 

    I'm sure I've wondered this before, but I wonder what my 20 year old self would think of the present me. Would she be okay with the achievements I've made? Impressed? Depressed? I like to think that I'd be pretty happy with where I am. Sure there are little things I wish I would have done different, but in the grand scheme of things, I think I'd be fairly content with what I've achieved. 

    This is the first time I've actually said this since I've gone on leave... but I sort of miss work.

     

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Saturday, 31 July 2010

  • The lack of updates..

    I have no motivation for updates currently, so I figured I'd just supply a short list of things on my mind:

    * Work has been good. I've learned new things, met new people, made new connections, and sorted a transport issue out that had been bothering me for months.
    * I am engaged, and my fiance makes me so happy. He has carried me through situations in my life which I know there is no way I could have stumbled through alone. He's not perfect, but we are perfect for each other :)
    * I love some of my work mates. She keeps me sane - with out her, there's an 87% chance I would have gone postal by now. He always manages to make me smile, even when I feel so stressed that I am on the verge of tears. He makes me want to come into the office even when I am meant to work from home. He is such a patient wealth of knowledge, always willing to help out when I hit a wall. Although she is loopy about half the time, she is a good person, and she cares for my future. My team make me enjoy work, as corny as it sounds, and I'm so lucky that I actually manage to get along so well with people I work with.
    * I miss Linda. Her birthday is around the corner, and I miss her so dearly.
    * I haven't been driving lately. I sort of miss it, but at the same time I don't.
    * I'm going Japan in a couple of months time! Pretty excited :) Will be staying at a fancy Onsen and then wandering around Tokyo for the rest of it.

    Well, I suppose I'll leave it there. Just taking some things off my mind :)

Saturday, 15 May 2010

  • The not so attractive attractive guy

    There's this guy I know. When he works, you can almost see the cogs in his head ticking away. He's the type of person who you go to for answers, if you have an issue, he can and will fix it - usually by the time you go back to your desk to grab a pen. He's really good at what he does and I consider him to be an attractive guy.

    That is until I stop and think about it. He's not attractive. He's awkward, he's odd, he's nerdy, he's weird; but for some reason, I think he's awesome.

    Okay so probably I'm weird, but maybe not. The more I think about it, the more I believe that I've just confused talent for attractiveness; and this isn't the first (or last) time I've done it.

    I started listening to Ben Folds' music a while ago, and I fell in love with his witty lyrics, violent piano playing, and the pure passion projected through his songs (LoL pure piano playing passion project). Then I saw his picture...



    I know, right! Yet when I saw him playing at the Opera House, I couldn't stop myself swooning, and I wasn't the only one. He did this competition with college students, and I reckon he would have gotten some interesting propositions...

    When I was at Uni, I studied things like Virology and Infectious Diseases. Along comes this man, with his rugged good looks, piercing blue eyes.



    Let's face it, he's a grumpy old man with a cane. It's just that he is extremely talented and excellent at what he does. He would be the worst person to know in real life, and yet somehow he has legions of fans.

    Speaking of bad to know in real life....



    Dr Sheldon Cooper... He's a socially inept geek, who seems unaware that there are people on Earth other than himself. And yet, he's awesome. I know this because his 52,000 twitter followers tell me so!

    So are there any people who you find attractive who aren't actually? Who do you see through talent goggles??


    Had to add this in so it didn't seem like I only found weirdos attractive >_<