happy birthday ms gilainne sytingco!

sorry i'm on my family computer so i dont have any photos of you....so i stole this from your friendster:



anyway, happy happy birthday! sorry i cant celebrate it with you today....exams.....but will make it up once exams are over!

gilainne,
thank you for being such a wonderful friend.
thank you for listening when i needed someone to.
thank you for the advise that you've provided me over the years.
thank you for the good times spent with each other.
thank you for simply being my friend :)
it's been a wonderful journey knowing you
and i wish i could freeze time so the day you leave will never come!
but that would make a very selfish me...
thank you gilainne for being one who always brightens up my day with your silly antics!
happy birthday darling!
i heart u!

parachute, anyone?

i have this song stuck in my head. we sang it at church on sunday and it's been sitting in my head since then. the song is called "thine is the kingdom" or "our father's prayer". i found one sung by the parachute band on youtube:



it's quite catchy. i've been singing it the whole morning!

speaking of parachute band, anyone interested to come for the parachute music festival in january next year? details are as follow:
location: mystery creek, hamilton
when: 25-28 january 08 (you dont have to go for all 4 days if you dont want to)
who'll be there: i heard switchfoot'll be there, but do checkout this out for more information

i'm thinking of asking my whole fambam to go this year for some, ahem, exposure. my sis, kimbo's pretty eager on going but not too sure about my fatty sis. LOL. i'll talk to my parents tonight and see if they're keen. it's really fun :)

check out my parachute '07 experience here:
http://amychee.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-uneventful-day.html#links
http://amychee.blogspot.com/2007/01/in-back-from-parachute-07-it-was.html#links

i'm pretty sure there are more, but i really haven't got the time to look for them now. but one thing for sure, my tan marks are still there (yes, almost one year later!!) and everytime i look at it, i get reminded of the good times at parachute 07. good times, great fun :P

so come along if you're interested. i think some of my colleagues are interested too, so maybe we can round up a few cars to go together. big roudy crowd = fun!

leave me a msg if you're interested! for more info, check this out:
http://websites.parachutemusic.com/festival/2008/

yay! we're getting a guinea pig! but because we're going away to gold coast sometime in mid december till christmas, any volunteers to look after the guinea pig then??

pleasseeeeeee........?

grandmother i am

i've been suffering from really bad back pain the last few days. it's horrible! it makes me feel like a grandmother who cannot stand for long and needs very comfy chairs to sit on.

my senior at work sent me home earlier on saturday coz the pain was unbearable from standing too much at work. he also told me to do some stretches to reduce my back pain and it helped. so nice of him to let me go home early!

my daddy also gave me his massager so i can massage when it starts to hurt. i try to take a break from studying every hour or so, rather than sitting for 5 hours straight without standing up or stretching. i think that's the initial cause of my back pain

-_-

the pain got worse at work coz i had to pull up this very heavy thing. some silly kid left their goggles in the pool gutter and it got sucked in to where the water flows to another pool. so i had to open up this thing and pull up this metal bucket which is filled with water (not to mention pressure!) and after doing that, i could hardly stand straight.

it's slightly better now, but i feel the pain if i squat or sit in a weird position for too long.

*sigh* signs that i really AM aging!

take a break..destress! read this :)

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap. Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables? A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products. Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up! Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio? A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc. Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program? A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good! Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! .... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you? Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle? A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach. Q: Is chocolate bad for me? A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around! Q: Is swimming good for your figure? A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And remember: 'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a Ride!' AND...... For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies. 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

another one bites the dust :(

got another rejection call today :( i sent in my CV to aquanauts yesterday and the person in charge said that she'll be in tough soon. true to her word, she rang up this morning (while i was having a nap coz i woke up at 4am!!) and asked a few questions like, what will i be doing once uni starts again and when she found out i finish after summer school, the "unfortunately" word came out. "unfortunately, we're looking for someone who'd come in on a more permanent basis and we'll be closed from december till around feb so it's not really going to be nice to hire you for a month.."

but she was really nice about it, unlike the lady from yesterday.

i've thus decided that i will stick to doing trademe, instead of juggling with 2 part time jobs on top of having to do trademe. i earn more that way anyway and get to do it on my own free time. so if i feel like partying one night, then i can forsake trademe. as for my swim teaching job, i guess i can improve my skills once i finish with my exams coz a few schools have booked themselves in to come for some swimming lessons. i'll just have to bug my beloved darryl to lemme to lessons, which i'm sure he doesnt mind :)

that's about it. i need to go toilet! LOL

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my manager is SO cute! LOL he does this cute little wave thing to me. like he wiggles just his fingers, but it's different to how people usually do it? and he has this silly looking grin on his face. lol. he came up to me this morning to ask how are exams preparations going, and i said stressful. then he said "well, just so you know, if things don't go as planned, i'll always have a permanent job for you here! *laughs* i hope that doesnt make you study harder!"

LOL what a crack up!

i think i'm finally warming up to him. i used to be really scared of him..like, whenever he's around, i'll go all quiet coz i'm worried that i might leave him a bad impression or sth. furthermore, he's the manager you know!
but the last few times when he's around, he'll always come around and talk to me and just make silly jokes. LOL, so i guess i'm quite used to him being around now :D
he's really cool! i wish i could list all the things he's done for me, but i cannot due to some reasons :p

daddle's a wee bit cuckoo!

my team leader just rang me cell phone from his home to talk crap with me

-_-

the only part that wasn't too much full of crap was this:

daddle: you know you're on with me at 5am tmr?
me: yesss....
daddle: good girl.
me: mm-hmmm...
daddle: bring your swipe card!
me: but i always dooo....!
daddle: good girl.
me: where's your swipe card??
daddle: i left it at work!
me: oh hohohoh! i'll be late for work tmr.
daddle: as always!
me: extremely late tmrw!
daddle: OH WHATS NEW!

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he must be too rich to spend money calling mobiles to talk rubbish.
and he likes calling me good girl
-.-"
everything also "good girl"
geez.

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ok you can tell i'm bored right....such a lame post also want to type up..haih..

mama bought me something i've been looking for since i step foot on NZ soil over 5 years ago! she got me.......YEO'S CURRY CHICKEN WITH POTATOES!!! neh, the canned curry chicken. you dunno? nvm :p

but it was sooooo good. i took a sniff of it when i opened it and boy, it brought me back to the sweet nights, hot times in malaysia :p ahh, i love it! i have 2 more cans sitting in the pantry. 1 for me, the other for my sis.

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i rang up the swimming sch today. i thought it was rather weird that they didn't contact me after shadowing with their instructors over 2 weeks ago.

me: hi! i'm amy and i shadowed with your instructors about 2 weeks ago. just wondering what's gonna happen from now?
her: oh hi amy! how're you?
me: i'm good. thanks!
her: ok. what position are you looking for?
*thinks to self....haven't she asked me this already when we spoke on the phone last time??*
me: well, i'll be free once i finish exams, so i'm basically free from mid november, right up to feb. not too sure what's going to happen after feb.
her: ok..we're actually looking for people who would stay long term and work at least once a week, like every saturday. seeing that you can only work until end of feb, the position is not quite right for you...

and then she started talking about all the other stuff like if i want to train with them i can, she'll keep my name on the file and etc...

you know what pissed me off? when i went to shadow, the head instructor told me that they'll take me in as long as i like working with them. no one mentioned anything about staying for long term and etc. and you know what pissed me off even more? the lady said "i dont have your contact number - you didnt give it to me!"

omg! i SO remember telling you my contact number when i first contacted you! how dare you blame me. geez. it's not that hard to tell someone that you do not have the position anymore!

just really pissed that they didnt bother to email me (they have my email add coz that's how i contacted them initially) and she obviously lost my phone number. and also how they said that they were gonna take me in as long as i like it, but now they're coming back to say that they want someone who'll stay long term.

hmmm....

*breathes in and out*

oh well. i'll look for other jobs....or maybe go hardout to sell stuff on trademe.

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talking about trademe, is anyone interested in joining me to sell stuff on trademe and through other means? i'm thinking of making up a catalogue of products and emailing them to my customers (i have all their emails) once a week or so.

obviously, by doing this, i have to source for more items and sourcing takes a long time. would be nice if we could do a joint-venture or something, and share the profits :)

but it's a thought. if you're interested, then just drop me a line and we can talk about it and see what happens from there. i'm only thinking of doing it over summer so yeah...

i'm gonna go take a rest. feeling kinda tired from all the reading..

i have some time to blog :D

stealing some time away from my books and notes to blog while i have lunch and have a cup of juice while printing out all my newer notes

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talk about multi tasking!

oh btw, if you like butter shortbread cookies, you've gotta go to foodtown or kmart or wherever (i dunno?) to buy walker's mini shortbread. it's the yummiest and scrummiest butter shortbread i've ever had! last 4 pieces..i should go hide them somewhere....

...mm my stomach's a good place to hide stuff! rofl rofl!

anyway, nothing much to blog abt la. when do i have interesting stuff to blog abt anyway?

umm...went for dad's biday dinner at gengy's manukau yesterday. saw my partner from lifeguard training there! soo happy :) and she remembers me! gosh how i miss all the good times for training :(

food there was ok - but it's not worth it if you cant eat much. it's mainly eating meat. you pick all the meat and some vege you want and add whatever sauces you want and maybe some herbs, then take it to the hot plate and someone'll cook it for you. i liked it since the first time i went there with my work mates, but my parents didnt fancy it too much. *ppffft!

apart from that, nothing much laaa...i'm gonna hurry and finish up my notes-printing task.

tata!

quickies!

- i have a test this evening. 50% worth, but i cant even be bothered. dont ask why i'm blogging instead of studying...
- i got another part time job yesterday. someone wants me to tutor their son. $17 an hour. not bad aye? (jobs just keep coming and coming at me! happy!!)
- i've been shopping a lot on trademe. someone pls block my bank account now! my watchlist is LONGER than your legs!
- i need to remember to send my application in again for an overseas job (teach english in taiwan!) coz they didn't receive my first application -.-" must be a sign they're not interested in me :(
- and that's it. coffee break is over...so i really should go back to my room which feels like an igloo (and i dunno why...) and start studying!

ps: i got a mic/ speaker thing for talking online so ppl in malaysia, if you miss me a lot (HEHEH!) and want to hear my voice, then msn me ok!

pps: i'm just looking for excuses to stay online longer -.-"

ppps: fine. i'll go now :(

rude encounter

me: hello
girl: hi mei! can i ask you something?
me: hang on, who's this?
girl: it's me, you IDIOT!
me: what? hang on. i think you got the wrong person...
*passes phone to 2nd sis*
sis: hello
girl: who're you?
sis: kimberley
girl: can i speak to meiyen?
*passes phone to 3rd sis*

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HOW DARE SHE RINGS UP MY HOUSE AND ASSUMES I'M MY SISTER AND THEN PROCEEDS TO CALL ME AN IDIOT?!

i went back to my sis and told her to tell her friend off for being so rude. i told her to say that when she wants to ring people's house, have some manners and dont use rude words!

woahh never have i came across a child who's SO rude. apparently she goes around saying the F-word in school, and she's merely 11.

if she was right in front of me, i would've slapped her from right to left and left to right and right to left again until she dare not say any swear words again.

gosh have some courtesy to adults, can?!

if you want to see photos...

..then click here.

photos from my bro's wedding. i'm way too lazy to upload it here and there. i've done it one too many times!

i'm feeling a tad better today - thanks everyone :)

went to the gym for a short burst or cardio/ circuit workout and ended up huffing and puffing like a big fat pig trying to run up hill :p

went back down to the pools and jumped in the pool for a few relaxing laps and then did aqua jogging. wow, aqua jogging without the flotation aid really works out your limbs!

after aqua jogging, some kids from CAG (corporate academy group) who gives free lifeguard training came and were gonna start training. my colleague, teina was gonna train them but since he's not in the pool, i told him i'll help him out since i was already in my togs.

so the kids came in the pool (pretty cool kids) and we started doing the usual stuff. i taught them a few tricks for their lifeguard award test (yay for me!) and they found it useful :D spent about an hour training them and left them to practise with teina and i went home.

i'm still feeling really exhausted now -.-"

and the moody-ness is slowly sinking in. god what's wrong with me?!

is it that time of the year already?

i've been feeling quite depressed lately. no, i'm not suffering from depression but i feel like nothing i do is making me happy.

i try to do things that'll lift the stress away from me, like going shopping, or go for a work out, or just chill at home and have fun with friends/ colleagues....but nothing worked.

i went out for a BBQ dinner at my colleague's house yesterday. even though i was laughing, i know that something is missing, but i dont know what it is. and i wasn't happy. i felt like i lack a lot of things in life, but there's just too many to try to fix them...i dont know where to start!

i was at work today. i had to jump in to rescue a little girl. instead of walking towards her because i could reach, i started swimming instead. speed isn't my forte in anything, and it felt like forever before i got to her, even though she was only about 12 metres away from where i was before i jumped in. and when i got out and was getting dry in the laundry room, i started bashing myself up for not being one with speed.

*sigh*

and dont even get me started on academics. i'm just the stupidest and possibly the laziest person alive.

now please excuse me while i go stuff myself silly with some junk food and go tire and get myself wasted at the gym and pool tmr.

:(

whoopwhoop!

so my car's finally here.

i have to say, i was less than impressed when i first looked into it - it looks pretty good outside, but peeking in, it looks quite old and grubby. i was so disappointed after seeing all the marks in the cabin.

the previous owner of the car didnt look after it. i doubt they even cleaned it since owning the car and i doubt they cared about it at all. the poor car was covered in grub, dust, dust bunnies and lots of marks here and there. not only that, there was rubbish here and there which i found rather annoying.

the car arrived with a flat battery so the guy at the compliance place jump started it for my dad and the petrol meter was sitting at 0. we had no choice but to drive it straight home as we couldnt fill up at the gas station without risking the car to die on us half way home.

once it was home, i started cleaning it. the first task was to remove all the writing on the glass panel and windows which was a 100% hardwork. next was to clean all the glass panels and windows as it was covered with all the muck from the writing. then it was washing the body itself, scrubbing and scraping all the grime off which was 101% hardwork. then it was getting rid of all the dirt stuck in the glass panel, which for some reason, no matter how many times and how hard i wash it, it's still black - so i've decided to leave it for now, and send it for a wash at the gas station when the car's dirty again.

while washing, it started raining. but because i was quite wet already, i decided to keep washing so i started cleaning all the other parts like wheels, rims, and wipers and finally went inside. i took a short break while waiting for the rain to ease and was out again after the last drop of rain fell.

i had to wipe everything down and try to get rid of all the marks inside the car which is impossible - they must've been there forever. i'm gonna go purchase a carpet cleaner to try to remove all those marks. then it was the vacuuming. gosh that must've been the hardest part. all the yucky stuff were under the mats and i spent ages vacuuming them. then i had to vacuum the mats as well which wasn't too bad i guess. then i started wiping again, thinking "gosh how can ANYONE have such a filthy car?!"

and finally i fixed up the number plates and did some more wiping down here and there. voila! the car looks acceptable now :)

dad said "oh the car looks so much better now that it's all clean!" *smug grin*

anyway, the car itself is pretty good. it picks up speed quite fast, unlike my old mazda, but one thing that's a -ve is the steering. i dont think it's a power steering, but i might be wrong. it just seems heavier than the other cars. other than that, i'm pretty happy with its performance :)

will post photos up when i have some. nite!

happYness!

- my car is ready for pick-up so we're going once daddy's ready :D
- our guitar's all tuned coz our tuner arrived today. yippee!
- our bundle of joy is arriving in march...come back in march and us me what the bundle of joy is :p
- my papaw ointment is working its magic - joanne, just wait ya! i think i'll ask my bro to bring it back for you!!
- i lost 1-2kgs, but i think i lost muskles, hence the flabbiness. I NEED TO START WORKING OUT AGAIN!!

now, the greatest joy of all - i'm going to collect my car NOW. BYEE!

swim teacher!

my shadowing went quite well yesterday. i was super nervous before that as i had to drive there myself (in my daddy's big car!) and the traffic was quite heavy, and i wasn't too sure if i was on the right track. besides, i was running a little late.....

but once i jumped into the pool, i settled down and the person i was shadowing with was really cool. i think she's south african, judging from her accent, and she's been teaching for over 20 years now. she's really cool with kids and have patience that i have never seen before - it reaches the sky and beyond :p

then i went with another instructur called winner. pretty cool name aye! she basically explained to me a few things about working there and some tips and tricks to teach kids, which was pretty awesome!

time just went ticktockticktock and before i knew it, it was 5.45pm already, which means i've been teaching for over 2 hours without realising! see, when you enjoy doing something, time just flies by without you realizing!

anyway, they told me yesterday that the shadowing was to make sure i'll enjoy teaching and working with the people there. i think they're all very very cool and nice people - didn't see anyone i didnt like or seem bitchy or bossy. the pool is awesome as it's bromine and chlorine free, so i didnt smell like a walking bottle of chlorine after soaking in there for over 2 hours. somehow, the water had a soft and smooth feel - when i was in the water and when i rub my skin, it feels really nice and soft and smooth! i wonder why?

they use some ozone process thingy to keep the water clean which is pretty impressive coz the water looks much cleaner than the swimming school at LEP. i'll be more than happy to accept the job once they offer me UNLESS the pay is lower than what i'm getting :p

back to microbiology. t00dles!

ps: i will post the wedding pics up soon!

the wedding came and ended, my relatives have also came and gone (actually they're still at the airport, or maybe boarding the plane now), and all the stress for the wedding came and went too!

it felt kinda surreal that day. i was sitting in church, thinking "wow, this is it" when i saw my bro all dressed up, and reality smacked me in the face when i saw my sister in law walking down the aisle with her dad. i am officially a sister in law now :D

not like it made any difference, coz i've always thought of her as my sister in law anyway.

the ceremony was beautiful, though i thought it was a tad rushed. it didnt even last an hour, and i am kinda bummed that i didnt get any nice pics of her walking down the aisle - she walked a bit too fast! and when i have some nice pictures, some idiot professional photographer has to be in the way! he better show us some nice photos! grrr..

and the reception itself was ok - i didnt really like the staff at the restaurant, including the boss, coz they weren't very helpful. they agreed that they'll be the one filling up the drinks, instead of living bottles on the tables for guests to do it themselves. we came home with SO many half or 1/3 full bottles, just because of them being lazy.

another thing was, the boss had this really angry look on his face for half the night, which really annoyed me. we're there to celebrate a happy cause, and to look at your dumb angry face! some of the staff had the same look too, but you know what? you're catering for almost 100 people, so it's expected that you would have heaps of stuff to do...dont have to show your grumpy face ok!

besides, we gave you guys the cake at the end of the night to say thank you, and i think my bro gave them a red packet each to thank them as well. i just think it's really rude to be a waitress and show your grumpy face when people are there to have a good time...

but all in all, we thought it went well, except for a few hiccups here and there :)

one thing for sure though, i am never going back to my usual hairdresser - he totally screwed up our timing due to lack of professionalism, and not knowing what their customers want. furthermore, everytime i throw in a suggestion, he'll just brush me off and start saying something else. HELLO IT'S MY HAIR OK and i'm PAYING you to do it!

we got there 2 hours before the time i wanted to be home to do my make up and stuff. his wife sat us down and stood beside her husband and just did nothing. then 20 minutes later, she came back and told my sister to sit down at the other chair. she then started doing this and that to my sister's hair WITHOUT even asking what sort of style we want or what we have in mind. she just started...and then 10 minutes into it, she started saying that my sister's hair is too fine and it's very hard to style. 20 minutes into it, she was saying her hair wouldn't stay after being styled. so i suggested that she used a curling thong to curl her hair and then style it up from there. she nodded, but continued to do what she was doing. where's the curling thong? i bet you they dont even have one!

almost an hour into it, she wasn't even done done half of my sister's hair. i was thinking an hour each would be more than enough, but i assumed wrong. after about 15 more minutes, she finally finished with my sister's hair. at this time, my sister looked as if she was about to start crying. they then started on mine, and again, they didnt ask what i i had in mind. noo...they just kept brushing and brushing and brushing.

i was really disappointed with the way they've done our hair. after the wedding, i came home to remove all the hair pins, only to discover i have a slight bump at the top of my head where they kept pushing the hair pins in very rough. it was SO painful!! i've never come across any hair dressers who just push the pins in without asking if it hurts or anything. and i certainly haven't come across any hairdresser who is SO rough!

arrghh!

just talking about it makes me so damn angry! i'm going to have my shower now coz i need to be a swim teacher shadow at 3.30pm today. bye!

tomorrow's the big day!

...and i have super smexy manly voice.

me: harro! what do you want me to do with the music?
bro: *silence* ... *silence* why your voice like that one! tomorrow can meh??
me: er...*giggles like a man* can la can la

it's not that bad la! i can still talk :p

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i've been reading a lot about Lucas' Papaw Ointment - initially it was for me to treat eczema or to stop the itch, but as i was google-ing it, a lot of people mentioned they used it as a lip balm.

i've purchased a small tube online today (as it wasn't available in pharmacies - they only have those in the humungous jars!) so i'll tell you all about the fuss after trying it. but the best thing is, someone said their baby's eczema went away completely after using it for several days.

joanne, if it really works, i'll buy some and send it back to you so your sis can use it ok!!

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just got a txt from my colleague saying that it's been nice working with all of us. it was his last day today, and a couple of them went out for steamboat in newmarket, and then everyone else joined them for bowling at panmure. kinda gutted that i couldnt join them, but oh well..

feel kinda sad that he's leaving coz i have this thing for us "trio" who did the seasonal training together. peter, brendan and me. peter's the one leaving to join the police force, so it's just me and brendan left...

hmm...wonder how long more i wanna stay there...

dont know how many of you noticed this in the past, but i have heaps of scars on my arms and legs right? righttttt?

some of them were from insect/ mozzy bites, some of them were from me being careless and scraping myself here and there and dont bother about it (coz i think putting a band aid over a cut or scrape is for pansies :p ) and it'll eventually scare coz i have very sensitive and bad skin.

the more recent scars however, are from this skin condition called.....eczema, aka atopic dermatitis. how the heck did i end up getting that? well, i have no idea. must be some weird concoction available in NZ air that's causing it? but really, i have no clue.

my skin starts itching real badly when i am cold or hot (usually cold) and when i'm stressed out. it usually starts around my ankles, and then everywhere else starts itching. the thing with this itch is, if you dont scratch it, it drives you crazy. if you scratch it, it drives you crazy too! so what am i to do?

i dont know.

i have a hydrocortisone cream which helps relief the itch, but it's not fixing eczema. i dont know if there's a cure to it, coz it's usually in little kids and it goes away when they turn 5, usually. but i'm 22. so will it go away or what?!

funny thing is, my dad's the only other person in my family who has it. it's not contagious btw, so please don't run away when you see me! when my dad went to see the doc, they had no idea what it was. they thought it was an allergy reaction to something, but his only appears on his back and body. so my mum changed the soap, and it didnt get better. back to the doctor he went, and they still dont know what it is!

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i only realized it was eczema when i was reading karen cheng's blog coz her son has eczema and she mentioned some of the symptoms and then a lightbulb flashed at the top of my head. and that was when i realised my dad and i have eczema too. i did more readings on eczema and realised the only thing i can do to help with the condition is to keep moisturizing and to keep my finger nails short (which i dont!). another way is to put band aids over the itchy spots so i dont scratch them and end up scarring them.

*sigh* guess i'll be walking around with heaps of band aids for a while :p time to go stock up on 'em band aids! and yes, i'm a pansy for using band aids! LOL~

aiya...

so hard la, when i have to rely on someone to carpool! i know i know, i've rant-ed about this before..but omg, today is extreme! i woke up at 6.15, thinking that we'd be leaving at 7am as usual. i waited and waited, and not long after, the sun was high and bright in the sky. it was 7.15am already. we never leave that late, so i txt-ed her. no reply. 5 minutes later, i sent another txt, and got a reply. she just woke up.

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and she said she'll leave at around 9, for our labs at 10. hm....

so now, i have over an hour to wait.

i really cant wait to get my car. it arrives tmr, and it'll be sent for compliance check. bro said i should get it on tuesday or wed of next week. cant wait cant wait!

ps: i do appreciate that she's giving me rides to and fro uni you know! in fact, since she refuses to gimme a price to pay her, i'm gonna work it out and just give her a lump sum. i feel bad!