keep your mind wide open

“keep an open mind,” said my dad last year, “and look for opportunities to learn and do new things…”

and so I just remembered, and I will listen. work is getting very, very dry. but I guess if I volunteer for as many new/different things as possible, it will keep things fresh and challenging. that way, I think it’ll be easier to stick around longer :)

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we have real heroes working at the fukushima plant. real heroes. because even I am cowardly for being afraid of going there to help cus of the radiation risks. it is because of their sacrificial efforts that the rest of us are spared from nuclear catastrophe. thank you, so much. and may God protect you.

next chapter

this week’s the last week in our soho office at the central. moving to martin road by the end of the week. so heres the end to yet another “chapter” of my life. might even be goodbye to blackliner soon. I’ve started rolling out the job applications. first one done yesterday. hope I get some calls soon :/ but the prospect of going for an interview is quite scary, especially for the one that I really want. I’d have to prepare for it in many ways.

ANYWAY. on to other things. MY HAMMY (LOLLY) GAVE BIRTH ON TUESDAY. my holy heavens. got home on sunday, noticed on monday that lolly was kinda fat and heavy, thinking she could be pregnant I planned to google hamster pregnancy cycles the next morning. next morning, the babies were there. anyway, it’s down to 2 babies… LOLLY/MANGO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE YOU CANNIBALS. anyway the 2 are growing pretty fine… tiny hairs starting to grow hehe. their names shall be

1) paddle

2) push

cus the family’s last name is POP . HAHA. mango and lolly pop. so the pop family welcomes paddle pop and push pop. how cute :)

AND. today is palm sunday! THE END OF LENT. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUBBLE TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had my first cup already. hee hee

in the office now, packing up.

work, study, and fat

juz got home from work at the cricket ground! I am so sick of chips and fish and meat pie even though I don’t even eat meat pie. brought home a ton of loot though, for my housemates. too bad sad case cj friend left already or u can join in the free meat pie feast. my wrist is very sore from scooping chips all night long, and my stomach is even more sore from nibbling on them all night long.

work was pretty fun anyway. really appreciate this job that sends me everywhere, I always get to meet new pple, see new places. the in-charge today was this young girl named deborah who’s 19 and studying at UTS and she talks alot. it makes working fun. and the cook guy actuallly works at matsuya!! ha ha! we almost went there last nite for dinner. so cool. if I had a choice, I’d choose to be a kitchen hand next time. I had a whale of a time making the food. and I will have a whale of a time making food forever and ever… I wanna work in a sushi restaurant or something. say, I should fulfill my dad’s dream for me to become a fugu chef. ha ha.

anyway, I am now $550 poorer. I sent wiggles to the workshop this morning to get his alternator fixed. well I’m just glad he’s alright now.. phew. but pumping money into the little thing I’m about to sell didn’t make me feel exactly elated. at least I can drive to church tomorrow with a peace of mind that wiggles isn’t going to die on the road.

this weeks gonna be a dreader. I know it’s gonna whizz by, and yet, it’s gonna be my longest week here by far. research project I haven’t started on, psych exam I haven’t studied for, Jap exam I wanna score HD for. I don’t know if I can handle it, or if I’ll even survive..

okay I’m gonna shower now and get the smell of chips and meat pie off me… then I’ll settle down, practise some Jap by writing in my JAP BLOG(!!) then take some notes for my research proj then study for psych.