sister told me that one of her friend's mum passed away recently...and it's quite shocking really. i remember bumping into her at sylvia park during one of our shopping trips and she looked fine then! she died of cancer...and that's really sad, but to make up for it, she's in a better place now, and she was saved :)

her family are not people who are well-off. i think they have to work pretty hard just to make ends meet, and their youngest child, which is my sis' friend, is only 13 or 14 this year. her mum had always been really embarrassed of their short-comings, to the point where she refused to tell my mum where exactly her house is when my mum gave her a ride home. she told my mum to stop blocks away from her home and decided to walk. but all in all, mum said she's a very nice lady.

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that aside, i've had quite a nice 2.5 days of rest. 2.5 because on sunday, while i was having yumchar with family (minus mum), i got a txt from Ginga asking me if i fancied working 4 hours that day, with time and a half pay. i was planning to go shopping, but since i didn't have any urgency to go shopping, i decided to work. another reason i went to work was because i knew no one else would do it, and Ginga usually comes to me as a last resort, coz he knows that i'll do it. the other reason was because of the time and a half pay, which i thought would be good to make up for my sicky on friday (to which i found out i got paid anyway when my pay came through yesterday).

work was alright and Superman didn't bully me, coz Ginga told me he'll sort Superman out beforehand. Ginga left shortly after i arrived and went to the gym. he wore a t-shirt that said "being ginger is not a crime...." on the front, and on the back, it said "...it's a f*cking punishment" which made Superman and i cracked up so badly that the parents who were there to attend a birthday party gave us a very funny look.

when a ginger wears that sort of t-shirt, it's just an absolute crack up. LOL!

close to closing time, there were only 3 of us left: midget (myself), scarneck and superman left. i found a helium-filled balloon tied to the rails and did the action of sucking air out of the balloon to superman, which quickly said "LEMME DO IT!" so we untied the balloon, and superman managed to poke a little hole on the balloon without popping it, and started sucking the helium out of the balloon. then he started talking, and we all know what helium gas do to people, no?

see, i was standing on a raised divider with railings. the divider is at most 1 foot with a divider in between it, meaning i'm left with 0.5foot to stand on. i was laughing really badly because superman was squeaking and at the same time, he was telling some kids off with his squeaky voice, and i almost fell into the pool for laughing so hard. thank goodness the railings were there so i managed to hold onto the rails before i fell. now, that'll teach me a lesson to NOT laugh so hard when i'm standing on those dividers next time.

so, that was basically the highlight of the day. after that, i just cleaned up after the pool where the party was held, did a little more mini jobs because scarface is too dumb to do anything, and then helped superman with a little more cleaning and left.

and that was my sunday gone :p

monday, i went shopping and scored 3 tops for a really good price. got my li'l sis a tamagotchi v4 and bought a couple of random stuff, came home and i baked cinnamon rolls while making sushi. dont ask me how i multi-tasked, but i had 2 little handy helpers ;)

and that was my monday gone :p

then tuesday came, i mucked around the whole day, sorted trademe packages and then did some listings and here i am now.

..........sore back. gonna sleep soon. g'nite :)