amyamy's swimming essentials

when i do my swimming routine, i will not swim without the following:

• speedo sonar goggles
  
• aqualine hand paddles
  
• aqua line training fins
  

the speedo goggles that i use is by far one of the best goggles i've came across. it's soft silicone mould that goes around your eyes don't leave marks after using them for a while, and they give very good vision when you're in water. it's absolutely comfortable, so if you're looking for a good pair of swim goggles, i'd highly recommend you get this model. i got it from Rebel Sports for about $45, but i'm pretty sure the price has been reduced since.

i've only started using the hand paddles after seeing the pro-swimmers use them. it improves your freestyle strokes (and others as well), and makes you work harder. basically, if you're doing the wrong stroke, you end up using more strength as it causes resistance. once you get the hang of using these hand paddles, swimming freestyle without them are a breeze :) my hand paddles are from aqua line (http://aqualine-swim-products.co.nz/) and they cost about $12.

training fins are for lazy bums like me. i'm a slow swimmer and i dont like using all my energy kicking and end up becoming tired quickly. i used to use the full length flippers, but i got too dependent on them after a while, so i decided to cut down on the length, and i ended up with training flippers. these make you go faster, and improves your kicking techniques. even though it makes you go faster, i think the amount of energy you put in to kick (with flippers) is about the same as kicking without flippers as flippers are quite heavy ;) that's only my opinion, and remember, i'm a lazy person! my training fins are from aqua line as well, and they cost about $19. Rebel Sports are selling a different brand for about $35-$40, depending on size.

other things that you might want to add are kick boards or flutter boards. i usually use them to warm up or warm down as well as using them in between my swim routines to catch up with my breath. it improves your stamina as well, as you're basically moving only by kicking. i do about 10-20 laps with kick boards, depending on how long i spend on swimming.

if you're thinking of taking up swimming, i'd recommend you to get a good full body swim togs as they are more comfortable than wearing a bikini. if you're a guy, PLEASE dont wear speedos? LOL! invest in those knee length tight shorts (think, tri-athletes!). they look much better than speedos! when you have proper togs, you wouldn't have to worry about exposing something ;)

other than that, if you love your hair more than i do, then use a swimming cap la. i love my hair, but i hate using swimming caps because it feels like my face skin is being stretched or pulled back, and i just hate hate hate it. but my hair is still fine, despite swimming 3 times a week. just condition it everyday or everytime after swimming!

and that ends my swimming essentials talk.

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chehwah! talk like pro only! HAHAHAHAH~ i just felt like blogging, and didnt know what to write, so i started writing about that :)

swimming rocks!

i think...

no matter how girly or lady-like i try to act or dress up, i still look "sporty". not sporty as in, athletic kind of sporty, but casual kind of sporty. geddit?

scroll down and look at my ball pictures. i'm in a dress, i've got make up on and etc etc, yet i still look tomboy-ish. i dunno. is it just me? coz i know that i feel most comfortable in baggy jeans and baggy t-shirt and sneakers! i like to feel free, ie: stick my legs up as high as i want to and not worry about flashing my panties or something. that's why, i feel VERY comfortable in my work uniform. why? the top is a huge t-shirt, despite being an XS and the shorts are sports shorts! and i wear sneakers or sandals! WHAT MORE CAN I ASK FOR????

but let's not get too far from my main point of blogging. i was meant to put up some photos i stole from christine's blog, so here they are:

i didnt steal this from christine's blog :p
that was my hair-do for the ball

hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil
LOL

i dont even remember when this pic was taken!!
:D
look at my round face! LOL

christine and myself.
i think i have a similar pic

to be honest, i am no fan of Avril Lavigne but since i heard "when you're gone", i think it's such an awesome song.

the video is really nice as well, but i'm not sure if the one i've just watched is a different version. it's got bits and pieces of Smallville in it, and i just love it! (i'm a huge fan of smallville!!)



after watching this video, i just feel like having a big cry. one of those cries where you sob so hard you end up gasping for breath in the end and your eyes stay swollen for days on end...

i just felt like crying coz, well, i think i've been through so so so much over the year, and i know i've said this a million times, but i'm just so glad to be where i am now. i know i'm not in a perfect position, but you know, i'd rather be where i am now than to be where i was a year ago.

i remember a year ago, i was absolutely shattered. i was a person that i didn't quite know. i remember talking to my colleague yesterday. he's a youth pastor so i was sharing a little about my life with him yesterday and he said that it's good that i am where i stand now...but there are a certain things which i have to improve..

like, just because one person tore me apart so much, it doesnt mean that everyone will do the same to me. but truth be told, i am ever so scared to open up again. i dunno, i just seem...dis-interested in a relationship now. i just dont see the point of having one now, when i have like SO many plans once i finish uni.

but then again, i guess there will come a point in my life where i'll have to settle down..i dont actually plan on being a spinster :p

anyway, enough of being emo. i just bought some dressed online, so to you dress freaks, i'll tell you how they look when they arrive ok!! they come in different sizes :D

oh my YES YES YES!!!!!!

i lost 2 kgs.

hehe sorry, got you all excited didn't i? but i'm excited!

NO MORE WATER RETENTION!!

i've stopped taking THE pill for my pimples (actually because i was too lazy to go get a prescription, and i think my skin's not TOO bad now) and when i weighed myself when i woke up this morning, i was 2 kgs lighter :D

i was up late last night, plotting how to fit in my 3 days swimming routine for this week coz i usually go on monday, tues/wed and thurs. i didnt go last night coz mommy was grumpy, saying that there'll be heaps of clothes and they wont dry (what kind of lame excuse is that. the clothes dryer is there for a reason what! why stop us from exercising!!!), and i'm working tonight, so it means i cant go either.

that leaves me tomorrow and thursday night. and maybe friday or one of the weekends but i dont think i can make it on the weekends. that means i'll be swimming 3 days in a row....dont think it'll be productive since i wont be getting much rest in between! ughhh >"<

dont like dont like!

i'm really liking my swimming routine :) i got training flippers (shorter flippers) so that means i need to input more energy and i also have hand paddles which is for water resistance training. they're awesome. when i use those 2 things for a swim, i always end up aching the following day. loving the pain!! (no pain no gain what!!) must tone up must tone up!

i better go before i start to sound like a crazy woman.

ps: maybe my weight loss was contributed to me eating cereals in the morning too, instead of eating junk food. i bought lactose free milk and it's quite yummy. hehehe, and no runny-poo after that! hahaha. thank you to whoever that invented the lactose free milk :D

umsa ball '07

hello!

umsa's ball, themed endless journey was held yesterday at the spencer on byron in takapuna. i think (this is my personal and honest opinion), that last year's ball was better - the whole preparation and atmosphere, including activities were much better last year and they were less draggy.

BUT, i think the food this year's pretty good, albeit the limited selection, which i didnt mind too much :) the ball room could do with a bit more decoration, but given that the ceiling was pretty low, i guess it would've been a crazy idea to decorate the ceilings. people'll probably walk into the decorations! LOL

anyway, here are some photos. i'm not gonna do a big rara-photoblog on it, but here:

check out my black eye :D hahaha but i was quite happy with my make up :p
(this is after i took all the pins out of my hair)

at home, after the ball at 1am -.-"
cant believe my make up didn't smudge!!
this picture scream BROAD SHOULDERS!!!!

trying to act all lady-like, but i totally fail laaa....

us 3 crazy girls camwhoring in the washroom
(psssstt...aren't cameras forbidden in toilets??)

melissa and me :)
her hair was sooo nice!!

mel, me and christine
(my face so round, like a soccer ball!! LOL)

OH MY THANK YOU!!

17084	PHIL	101	TBA	TBA
18024	BIOSCI	352	26 Oct 2007	9:15:00AM-11:30:00AM	CITY	Closed Book	No calculators permitted
17992	BIOSCI	203	2 Nov 2007	2:15:00PM- 4:30:00PM	CITY	Closed Book	Restricted calculators
18062	CHEM	230	9 Nov 2007	9:15:00AM-12:30:00PM	CITY	Closed Book	Restricted calculators

this is what i call BLISS after having the worst exam timetable ever last semester!

woohoo!

Camp America applications are finally open :D

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

oops. i should be asleep an hour ago to make up for my lack of sleep. heee, got too excited with the whole thing!!

t00dles!

car-pooling

it's kinda inconvenient to carpool in a way. when she wakes up late, then i'll be late, or miss class in total. i mean, i cant blame her coz i am relying on her in a way to get to uni in the morning since i dont have my car..but you know, it's difficult.

i've been driving dad's honda odyssey around, and it's kinda cool, except for the fact that it's so blardey huge. but other than that, it's a pretty cool car :) and it's better to drive a huge-as car than not to have a car. at least now i can resume my swimming and get my fitness back instead of sitting at home like a fat tub of lard :D

wow, ball's in less than a week. i've got a dress, might look for another pair of heels, need some make up stuff, and need a hairdresser to do my hair. and i need to know how to get there. anyone wanna come with me in my big ass car? LOL

anyway, i'm hungry. off to get some mocha and chicken wrap! bye!

and a FREAK accident it was..

today while at work, i was doing my usual stuff, walking along poolside and watching my pool. but later in the afternoon, it got a bit busier and we had to close one of the pools due to pool fouling, so everyone moved over to the lap pool. we had to remove one lane rope to accommodate all the kids playing in that pool.

i was watching the deep end of the pool coz all the kids were jumping/ bombing/ trying to dive/ diving and i didnt want any spinal injuries to happen so i kept reminding the kids not to do this and that.

while busy talking to the kids beside the pool, this kid was running along and knocked into me. i was squatting at the side of the pool, so i lost my balance and fell straight in to the pool. and everyone started laughing at me -.-" i had to come out all soaking and dripping wet from head to toe, walk out to the reception area to look for dry uniform, all along bumping into colleagues asking me what happened and who have i rescued.

*sigh* the humiliation...

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ok that's not the actual story. the first and second paragraphs from above are true, but i was actually talking to another colleague of mine when i saw this elderly lady hanging onto the lane rope. we dont like it when people hang onto the lane ropes as it lengthen the lane ropes and they might snap as well, or sometimes end up cutting other swimmers, so i walked over to her. on my way there, i saw that she was starting to struggle a little, as both her legs were already coming up and she was holding on real tightly on the lane ropes. i asked her if she was ok, and she made some hand motions that i didnt quite understand (non-english speaker..oh great...). so i went around the pool, and told her to try to put her legs down and then move along the lane rope to the wall so i can pull her up. she shook her head and did the same hand motion again.

my colleague was standing beside me at that time, so i told her i'll jump in to get her since she refused to move, and our pole ain't long enough to reach her. i took off my shoes (yes yes i had time to save my shoes first :D ) and i dived in (but i think i did a small belly flop). anyway, i did a cross chest tow on her, and she fucking started struggling. and she's bigger and fatter than me -.-"

so i used both hands on her to stop her from struggling so much, and did my stupid side-stroke to the wall and got my colleague to help pull her up. while my colleague was trying to pull her up, she was still holding onto me (her arm was entwined on my shoulder!!!), so my poor colleague was basically pulling both of us out, so obviously she failed. i then told my colleague to let her go, and i took her hand off while trying to keep both of us afloat with her struggling hard out.

i managed to get rid her for a second, then another colleague came along, so they both pulled her from the side of the pool while i supported her weight while water treading. and then my colleagues checked if she's ok and everything, and i had kids coming up to me saying "oh here's your sock. i found it at the bottom of the pool" and "your keys. they came out when you jumped in.." and "*giggles* here's your lip balm!"

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so off i was, looking for dry uniform, and the only one available was Deidre's spare, so i took it, then went to the laundry room (which is also the lost property) and stripped myself and chucked all my stuff into the dryer, and stood there naked but wrapped with a towel, and all the time worrying that someone might come knocking or my colleague will unlock the door with their keys.

didnt wait for long before i put my undies and bra back on, and they were still wet. felt gross. but i left my uniform and socks in to dry for longer, and went back to get them later on.

and that's my first proper rescue since i started working. i'm glad i didnt get my shoes wet :D

maybe....my streak of bad luck doesn't just end at the 3rd mishap. hmmmm..........

people say bad things happen in 3 right? well, i think i've fulfilled all 3.

• my stolen ipod
• my car crash
• my broken USB drive which contains all my essay stuff (no, i dont have other copies available elsewhere)

so, i'm hoping to see a brighter tomorrow from now onwards

...and i hope i wont have some sort of freak accident happening at work later.

*sigh*

ps: Danny's taking a look at my USB drive now so maybe he'll be able to fix it :) thanks Danny!

Christine needs HELP!

Dear Friends,

Seeing as you are all generous and very very kind people, you will surely notleave a friend out in the cold would you??

Anyway, the reason for my email today is to cordially invite(and shamelessly begreally) you to be part of my sensory panel to evaluate my bread with 'addedbenefits'.

As part of my honours project, i have been incorporating omega-3 oils into whitebread formulation in order to investigate the stability of these oils in bread.Also, I have increased the enrichment levels in the bread and I have to makesure that in doing this, the bread is still acceptable in the eyes ofconsumers(i.e. YOU!!!)

I will be holding sensory evaluation session/s after the mid-semester break. Iwas thinking of doing it either on the first/second week back from the break.

SO, if any of you are keen, could you please e-mail me back AS SOON AS POSSIBLEand let me know if you:

1) can make it either the first OR second week after the mid-sem break . That isthe week beginning sept 10th OR week beginning Sept. 17th.

2) Would you be available on a Wednesday

3) Whether you are free in the morning, afternoon or evening.

The sensory session should not take more than half an hour of your time and I ammore than happy to give you more information if you need them.

PLEASE, ask your friends if they'd like to help as well. I need at LEAST 30people for my data to be statistically valid.. Ah.. the joys of research.

Thank you everyone!!!

Sincerely,

Christine Ho

ps: if you do attend, you get to eat FREE bread with added goodness baked by the hottest babe in auckland uni :) so hurry up and sign up now (leave a message on my tagboard and i'll let Christine kno!)

car crash update

finally got an answer from the insurance company. those bloody people didn't even bother ringing us up! my dad had to ring them up and then only they told us that they'll pay us $3500 and i am not liable for the 2nd impact. yay!

buy $3500 ain't that much coz we've just changed out cambelt and whatnots. and i just filled up my gas tank on the day of the crash. *sigh* but as long as i'm not liable, then it's good i guess. well, i shouldn't be liable anyway, coz the 2nd impact wouldn't had happen if Aunty had stopped at the roundabout.

anyway, i'll shut up now. i've repeated many many times to my colleagues of what happened at work today. everyone i bump into, they'll ask in a very sympathetic way - "hey....how are you?" and i'll reply "still surviving, am i not? but i'm fine *giggles*" and then they'll cheer up a little and ask "how's your car?" to which i'll say "it's gonneeeeee...they gave me $3500 to cover for it. (and then i'll have to tell the whole story of what happened)"

but they're just concerned about me :) i love my colleagues :D

and and and, daddydaddle is not leaving!! hehe he applied for another job, and was gonna go for it if he didn't get a pay rise, but i guess my manager sorted things out with him so he's staying for now! love you long time daddydaddle!! hehehehe.

he asked if i could stay an extra 30mins today after work so he can go get some food and i agreed. and then he said "i should get you some cake to fatten you up!" and i said "no thanks. i'm fat enough..." so he went away, and came back with a ginger bread man for me, and said "i dont know what else to get you! so i got you a ginger bread man so you'll remember me!" hahahaha

ginger bread man coz he's got ginger hair!! ROFL

so cute! i'm gonna make a pic of it :D

encountering mr WEIRDO and mr DODGY

is it just my luck to always bump into weird or dodgy men?

i was waiting for the free bus yesterday from downtown, and this young-ish white guy came really really close to me and started starring at me. so i looked away not wanting to make eye-contact. he then walks away (half limping), leaned on a pole, and continued looking at me. obviously, i pretended that i did not see him looking at me. then the free bus came along, and he got on the bus as well (pushed his way through the crowd to get on first!) and sat in front of me, but on the other side.

he did some really weird things - firstly, he was whistling real loudly, then when the bus stopped due to heavy traffic, he started muttering under his breath and kept throwing his hands up, and pointing to his watch. and when the bus moved again, he'll be a little more calm, and he'll start whistling again. when he was done whistling, he'll shut both his ears with his fingers and start looking around anxiously. he's just weird...all this happened during my short ride up to uni -.-"

then today, i went to atrium to alter my dress and get a haircut. after that, i went to grab some food, and while walking out, it was quite chilly so i stopped by the bench to put my jumper on. as i was about to put my bag and folder on the bench, this middle-aged asian guy suddenly went "MEOWWW!" really loud, making me jump like 1m away from him. LOL. he's so dodgy! like, why would you so MEOWW at someone for no reason? i mean, why would you even go MEOWW at someone in the first place! sheesh!! then as i walked away, he was looking at me, and i was expecting another MEOWW from him, but he just looked and muttered something under his breath.

so, is is just me attracting these weirdos or these people just pick on any random person? maybe they think i'm their friend -.-"

some happyfying photos i stole from Eli's bebo page :D

dont we all look HAPPEEEE? i love this pic :D it shows how happy i was during the trip!

on the skyline with DaddyDarryl, Eli(with cap), PeterPan and KevinBigHead (thanks for blocking me!)

one big happy family :D
L-R: Shanae, me, Kevin, Daddy (!!), Sade, Eli, Deidre and Peter (crouching)

ps: i call Daddle Daddy coz he played my Daddy during the whole trip, looking after small me! LOL. and he's still my Daddy at work. HEE!

ps: i believe what goes around comes around (in another word, Karma) because someone covered the cost for my new ipod to replace the one that got stolen. ain't he nice? hehe

hello peeps. haven't had the chance to update the previous post..Aunty apologized for trying to put the blame on me when i was in uni. she rang up and told my parents that she's sorry for doing that.

guess she didn't look properly when she went back to the scene to check it. but you know, it's always good to be really sure of something, before trying to push the blame on someone else, when it is clearly your fault. right? i mean, a mere mistake of not looking properly at a roundabout could've taken 3 lives..

anyway, i'm ok, so if you're still worried about me, then dont worry. think the shock has totally worn off now, but i still shudder when i replay the accident in my head :( i was looking through the photos of my car and i actually shuddered.

my workmates have all been really supportive - they know how inconvenient it is for me to get about without a car (especially when i usually go swimming 3 times a week, and i wasn't there at all the whole of this week), so they offered to give me a life or a ride if i need to go anywhere. daddle said he can pick me up to go to work, while trent said he can send me and my sisters for swimming when we wanna go.

the darlings that they are! that's why i love my job so much :D

but all is good for now coz my dad can send us if needed :)

time to get some food. starving!

car crash

last night, i was involved in a car crash which was quite bad. but we're all really lucky and blessed that NONE of us were injured, other than minor cuts and bruises. my sisters and i were on our way to the swimming pool.

i reversed my car out of my driveway, but the street was quite busy so i didn't bother to cut across to lanes. so i reversed out onto the street, and made a turn through Eastern Beach Rd coz it's easier to get onto the other side of the road through there.

along Eastern Beach Rd, there's a really small roundabout and it's usually pretty quiet there. i slowed down as i was approaching the give way sign, and went onto the roundabout because the streets were clear. all of a sudden, as i was turning, i saw a flash of light from the passenger side window so i took a quick look on the left. before i could even see where the source of light is coming from, a car was in front of me all of a sudden and i could see damages done to it.

my wee sister on the back was whimpering slightly, and before i could do or say anything, my car moved forward again and i hit the back of the other car. i was so shaky when it finally registered in my mind that we're all in a car crash. i checked if my sisters were alright, took a deep breath and walked out of the car. i saw the damages done to the front of my car. the whole bonnet and bumper were folded in, and the bumper was on the verge of falling off.

the engine was making some strange noise, as if some air was leaking out. we drove our car forward so we wont block the other people going past that street. after that, a passer-by stopped to check that we're all alright, and when we confirmed we're ok, she left.

the driver of the other car is a friend's mum. her car is dented and scratched where my car had hit her, but her damages are really nothing compared to my car. i was on the verge of crying seeing my car in that state, and i started worrying about all the inconveniences. but the stronger part of me told me that i shouldn't cry, because it's not going to solve anything, and the main thing is that no one was injured or hurt.

my sis rang my parents, and they came to where we were. the accident happened pretty close to our house so they came really quickly. i left my parents to talk to Aunty to sort things out, and i just stood aside to stop being so shaky. after a while, i joined them and we just talked things out.

we left my car by the street, and went home to ring up the insurance company. Aunty admitted that the first impact was caused by her, because she didn't stop at the roundabout to give way to me. in fact, she said that she didn't even see my car coming that's why she went onto the roundabout without stopping. however, her insurance company is putting the liability on me for the 2nd impact, which i think is rather unfair because the 2nd impact wouldn't have happened without the 1st impact happening.

no doubt, i was the one who knocked the back of her car, but i was in such a state of shock, i wasn't thinking straight. the first impact was really strong, that my whole body got thrown forward and my head almost hit the steering wheel, while my sister's glasses flew away from her face. i dont know how fast Aunty was going, but i know i wasn't going fast seeing how narrow the roundabout is, and also i already slowed down before going onto the roundabout. Aunty was going straight at the roundabout, so i'm not sure if she slowed down.

this morning, i received a call from Aunty and she said that i should be the one giving way to her. in nz, the give way rules is that give way to the right, which basically means that give way to cars which will cross your path. which also means that i had the right of way on the roundabout. BESIDES, i was on the roundabout already before she even got to the give way sign. i was rather angry at her statement, for pushing the blame onto me, so i told Aunty to speak to my dad instead.

my dad said the same thing which came to my mind - i was on the roundabout already, so Aunty should wait for me to go around the roundabout before driving onto the roundabout herself. AND, because it's a roundabout, i have the right of way. Aunty also said that there is a double WHITE line on the street i was coming from, and a single white line on the street she was coming from. apparently, according to her, there was no give way sign on her street, so she had the right of way since she is going straight.

i was rather doubtful about that so mum and i took a drive down to the roundabout to observe. no doubt that i had a double WHITE line, and her street had a single WHITE line, BUT both streets had a give way sign written on the road, and a GIVE WAY sign on the side of the street. i'm not too sure if a double white line and a single white line makes any difference, but in my opinion, they're all give way signs so i should still have my right of way.

i haven't heard anything since then. i'm still waiting to hear from the insurance company whose fault it is for the 2nd impact. and i'm waiting to hear from the workshop that my car got towed to, to see if they have a courtesy car that i can use. dad said that my car will most likely be written off due to all the damages done. the whole bumper and bonnet was folded in (imagine squashing a tin can with a big hammer) so they probably cant do much to fix the car.

i'm still pretty upset about the whole accident, but my mum keeps reminding me that we're all safe and that's the most important thing. i guess it's true, coz she had all 3 daughters in the car, and it was a huge chance that one of us would be dead, or lying in the hospital or something bad. Aunty had a Honda Odyssey which is much bigger compared to me little Mazda Familia.

hopefully everything will be sorted soon so i wont feel crippled without a car.

ps: thanks to everyone who txt to ask if i was ok, and thanks for listening to me blabber.

pss: everyone at work who knew about the accident sent me really nice txts and kept asking if i was ok. trent even said he was gonna come visit me to bring me something to cheer me up. LOL, he's such a sweety :D

psss: thank you stefan for wanting to come visit me too!

super duper annoyed >:(

another 5 hours of break today, but fortunately ive only got an hour and a half left to waste.

i've read 5 journals for my essay so far, and all 5 of them are putting me to sleep. so, in order to not resort to coffee, i have decided to stop reading 'em bed time journals and go online instead :D good idea eh?

so far, since my first hour of break, i've read through a few pages of a biochem textbook to understand more about protein structures, found some really useful online resources for protein structures, read up about some stuff not related to uni, and did a few other random stuff. i've also been down to queen st to get something, and i've had lunch.

i made good use of my time, didn't i?

:)

anyway, as my title said it all, there's this really annoying girl in my biosci352 class. most of you who did food science or did a few stage 1 science courses will probably know her.

lucy, do you remember that asian girl who's really fair, and is always wearing 3-4 inches high heels to labs and stuff? she's usually wearing some outrageous outfit which are not usual uni attire, but clothings fit for clubbing? remember her?

well, she was sitting beside me in 352 this morning, and i've never known her to be so annoying. first of all, she has super duper bad breath. she usually sits beside rachel coz they're friends and i can smell her bad breath from the other side of rachel -.-" i feel sorry for rachel. that is quite bad - she really should go to the dentist to sort something out, or at least chew gum to keep it at bay.

as if her bad breath wasn't enough, she had to keep asking me questions about 352 lab. were you not listening in lab, missy? were you too busy walking around in your 4 inches heels or too busy thinking about what to wear to uni the following day? or were you too occupied with putting on 10 layers of foundation while the lab demonstators were blah-ing away?

and the part that annoyed me MOST was, she keeps sighing. fine, i know it's tiring to be at an 8am class, but it's not helping other people when you keep sighing LOUDLY. and when she sighs, she exhales from her mouth (like everyone would), except that she has a really bad breath. she'll probably sigh like, once every 5 minutes, and each time she does that, i'll turn my back to her and sit at an awkard position just to avoid her stinky breath >"<

SO annoying - and i was trying so hard to concentrate to take notes, but she kept distracting me. i am gonna move next time she comes sit beside me

>:( not happy!

gonna read up on more protein stuff now. bye~

my dad had a go at me yesterday for having a sweet wrapper on the floor in my bedroom

-.-"

the truth is, it wasn't a sweet wrapper. it was a sweet, still in its wrapper - i know where the rubbish bin is, so if i have a rubbish, i'll throw it in there. i dont litter!

and when i said it's a sweet, he said "IT'S A SWEET WRAPPER OK! I SAW WITH MY
OWN EYES!"

when he says that, what else can i say? ask him to show me? well the sweet's still sitting there, and i dont see any wrappers around! if i tell him that, he'll probably just say "i picked it up and threw it away"

whatever....

then while i was having dinner, he tried to have yet another go at me. this time about my messy room and about me not helping out around the house. what's new?

*sigh*

i just cleaned and tidied my room yesterday afternoon, and i cleaned out all 3 bathrooms and toilets on monday. i really dont know what he's talking about. and i vacuumed and cleaned all bathrooms and toilets the weekend before i left for Rotorua.

anyone care to tell me what my dad's going on and on about?

and apparently, there were some bits and pieces of paper in my car. i went to look at them, they're not even my stuff! it's my sisters' stuff!! and when i told him that, he said "it's your car, your responsibility. people leave their things in there, you take them out!"

i didnt even know those paper were there coz it was in the back seat.

it's so hard to be me *sigh*
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anyway, i got my +ve and -ve feedback sheet today. we had a session in Rotorua during our trip, and we wrote down everyone's +ve and -ve in the workplace.

so here are my -ve:

• not fulltime (by my manager)
• dont speak mandarin (?!)
• not mean/ tough girl
• talking - standing in pairs, only sometimes
• needs to be more aggressive!!
• not a full time worker (by my team leader)
• talking on poolside

and my +ve:

• friendly
• good job done
• very friendly
• love yah amyamy
• assertive and use initiative
• very friendly
• approachable/ friendly
• always easy to talk to
• your just cute and cuddly

O.o i dont know how being cute and cuddly is a +ve, but it made me laugh to myself while reading it. hehe think i really need to stop standing with my colleagues and talk to them while working..but you know, it gets so quiet and boring at times i just need to talk to stay awake!

and i dont know why it's a -ve that i'm not a full time worker! LOL. aggressive...umm, i dont know why i need to be?

and not speaking mandarin? LOL i just use it to my advantage. but i pretend i only speak english most of the time so people wont come bugging me asking me this and that and i cant explain to them in mandarin :p

i'm off to get my ipod. couldnt get it yesterday coz they didnt have it in stock :(