ahh i'm all flattered now :)

a customer called up to enquire about something, and this was what happened:

cust: blablabla what time will they arrive?
amy: blabla around 1930 but give it about an hour before you pick them up
cust: oh ok. WOW where are you from?
amy: auckland
cust: WHERE?!
amy: auckland, in new zealand
cust: oh...you have a very beautiful accent! i love it! you should keep it!
amy: aww thank you! i will!

i really feel like recording myself when i speak now :P

on the menu tonight..

is coney dogs A&W style!

how many of you remember this? gosh i LOVE their coney dogs, onion rings and root beer float!

i've been craving for very good hotdogs (since I had the oh-soooo-good hotdog at de fontein's), so i though why not make coney dogs for dinner tonight! i havent had a coney dog in like....YEARSSSSS!

can wait to start cooking it! i hope it'll turn out well :)

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just dyed my hair a dark shade of red. hopefully my blonde highlights wont show up after dyeing! cant wait till i see the results in 30 minutes time!!

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went back home home yesterday, and my dad loved my cooking :D i made baked salmon and honey and soy beef stirfry with boiled veges.

when mum got home, i asked her how many cups of rice she usually cooks, and she said 3. i made 4, and all of us wiped the rice pot clean! when my mum saw how big the salmon was, she said "aiya why so big! cannot finish la!" haha boy was she wrong! everyone was looking for more salmon long after it was gone!

and the stir fry beef..my poor daddy thought it was all gone when he came back for seconds. but there was still half in the frying pan and when i told him that, he quickly ran back to the kitchen to get more!

lol :)

it makes me happy when my food is appreciated like that! and before i left, my dad said to me "compliments to the chef! very nice food! can you come back and cook again tomorrow please?"

LOL

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ok i'm typing all these random stuff. i'm gonna go now, ta!!

harro people!

some idiot said i'm lazy :P wonder who that idiot is..because a little birdie told me he weights TWICE as much as me! :P jokes la!

well, i've started working over in the city, and it's awesome! it's like starting my job all over again to a fresh start, and everything's been amazing since i started yesterday. the place is really flash, and you get very nice people there! my new team leader's awesome as well..she doesn't give the standard "let's check that with the ops supervisors" which my previous team leader used to do.

anyway, my darling's been nice enough to wake up before 6am everyday to drop me off at work to make sure i get there on time, safe and sound. then he will drive my car back, and park it round the back where i've hired a parking lot. then when i'm done with work, i'll either walk home or catch the bus home, depending on whether i feel like being healthy or not, and also on the weather.

i walked home yesterday, and it took about 35 minutes which is pretty reasonable. today, i caught the bus home, and it took almost the same amount of time as walking because we were waiting for another driver to take over the shift for a good 10 minutes i think? so i've decided, i'll try to walk as much as possible when the weather's fine and i'll bring my running shoes to work so i can walk home in comfort :)

and i'm thinking of joining tepid baths again so i go for a swim on my way home - something that i havent done in a loonnggg time and i really feel like swimming again just to be fit and healthy! but i'll consider that again, coz it's not very cheap to join a membership there. i have to really commit myself to doing it, otherwise i might as well go as a casual customer.

i'm still on the search to get a puppy, so if you know anyone who has a chihuahua that they want to sell/ give away, please let me know ok? it doesnt need to be a puppy!!

scrap tha puppy thought. the owners of the puppy have came back to me and said they cant hold it even if i paid upfront...

and i'm emo-ing super hard out on a friday night

:(

yesterday evening, the boy and i went to have a look at a puppy out in papatoetoe. we were waiting in the lounge and then the owner of the pups brought 2 puppies out and they were the cutest thing ever!

she passed the one that i've been eyeing to stefan and he carried it for a while to see if his allergies would be triggered, and me being the mischievious one, i started doing fanning motion with my hands to 'fan' the pup's fur to his face, and yet, still no reaction. this was when i rejoiced silently in my heart (trying not to be too excited la)!!

and when stefan passed it on to me, he said "i think it peepeed" and i passed the puppy back to him immediately. i was wearing my bubble jacket la, and i dont want it to pee on my jacket coz i have no intention of washing it anytime soon, until the weather gets better ok!

but the puppy..omg it's so cute and gorgeous! it's got the whole puppy eye thing going, and it's so tiny it could just sit comfortably on one of stefan's arm! and it wasn't yappy or anything like that :P it just sat there silently, letting me pet and scratch him! grrr i kept saying too stefan i wanna bring it home RIGHT THEN! lol

anyway, the pup costs nzd350 (the chinese in me managed to haggle the price to a bit lower) and i'm thinking of getting it. the reason i didnt get it right then and there is because, we're not allowed any pets at our current place, and one of our flatties HATES dogs. we spoke to the owners of the pups about holding it for us till november, and we'll pay for the puppy up front, and pay for its food and etc, and they've agreed to do it.

so i think that's what i'll do, and bring the puppy over like once a week to stay a night or something so at least i still get to spend some time with that little bundle of joy after paying for it :P

what do you guys think?

should i pay for it first and bring it home in november when we get our own place

OR

leave it for now and look for another pup in november?

I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!!!!

ps: at work now, so cant access trademe to get the pic, but i will post it up later.

mmm cupcake goodness ^.^

my latest cupcake creation.

gotta love the combination of colours in the main swirl :)

le sigh..

guess i cant have a dog afterall..

extremely out of mood and i dunno what to do..

:(

the last few days, we've been playing nintendogs on his DS and we have a miniature schnauzer named...poobum! lol, yes i know, what a name, but that aside, it's made me realise how much i actually want a dog!

so after a few discussions (more like pleas from my side), we're considering to have a dog at our new place when we move out. i've decided that i want a chihuahua coz they are so small and are low maintenance. i've been reading up all morning about chihuahuas and apparently they will get enough exercise roaming around a small apartment! amazing eh?

plus, because a chihuahua is so tiny, i can bring it out with me easily when i go shopping or whenever i'm out. and the most important thing is, since my boy is allergic to animal fur, we can get the short haired breed :)

i'm so excited! i saw some ads just a moment ago and i fell in love with one of the chihuahuas!

(pic courtesy of www.adoos.co.nz)

ahh love at first sight. lol..but anyway, i'm gonna try my luck to see if i can get one sooner :P i'm sooooooooooooooo excited! and even better news, they only cost about nzd10 a week to look after, and vet expenses every now and then, which works out to be nzd150-nzd200 a year!

i can afford that!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! I WANT A CHIHUAHA NOWWWW!!

it's almost noon and i'm still at home, even though it's a working day. yes, i start my late shifts from today :(

i have decided to go buy some books at fox outlet on my way to work later, so i will have something to keep me occupied during the quiet times...

i really hate the late shifts, now that i've moved out of home. i never really did mind doing the late shifts when i was working as a lifeguard. i guess it's because work was really close to home, plus is was always fun working late coz you get to lounge around after 7pm. but with my current job, it's different. work is about 15 minutes drive away, and when i get home, it's quite late and i dont get to spend much time with the bf, coz he'll be in bed an hour or so after i get home :(

but such is life, innit? you take it as it comes...

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was feeling a it sick yesterday. took some dimetapp before going to bed, and it kept me sleeping the whole night. i woke up at 0545, feeling as if i've had 12 hours of sleep! and this morning, i feel much better and very much revived from the good night's sleep!

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went to see the doc regarding my itchy spots and my ibs. the itchy spots..apparently it's some sort of bug that clings to your clothes/ laundry when you dry them and bite you when you put the clothes on. i dont really see the logic to this, coz i only get the itchy spots in winter? i can only think of it as eczema, but whatever, she gave me some cream to soothe the itch anyway.

now, for my ibs, i need to do a poop test. gah i was thinking what would be the best way to go around collecting my poo. lol. i've decided to do it next week when i have my days off again. it's such a pain when i need to send it to the lab and etc when i have to go to work. plus, the lab closest to me would be the one on symonds st, which means no parking...so i'll do it next week, drive to the lab in east care, and then go visit my family.

and she also gave me some medication to help with my tummy cramps. she said it may be drowsy, so i dont know if i should take it now...seeing that i have work in the next 2 hours or so! later i cannot drive how? maybe i'll take it when i'm at work, and if i feel drowsy, i'll ask to go home early, and get the bf to catch a bus to come to my workplace and then he can drive me home. lololol. early planning. no la, see how first later..if i get bad cramps then i'll take it. if not...i'll take it at night before sleeping!

anyway, better go get ready for work. tata!

i went to visit my little niece today, and boy is she growing fast1 she's over 5 months now :)

and here's a pic of her:

little katie busy sucking on her fingers..

i sat her on the couch while i was playing with her, and she kept falling forward or to the side when i'm not holding her. right after this pic was taken, she leaned forward and almost flopped her head on her little feet. hahaha~

anything that she gets hold of, she'll put it in her mouth. if she has an item in each hand, she'll try hard to stuff both toys into her mouth. greedy baby! and when there's nothing in her hand, she'll stuff her whole fist into her mouth, or sometimes her teenie-weenie fingers will do the trick.

when she has slobber all over the hands, she'll rub it all over me -.-" but i dont mind that, coz for the past 2 months or so, everytime she sees me, she'll cry. but today...ah today.....she played with me for a whole hour without crying! she kept smiling and laughing with me if anything!!!


anyway, time to go pick the boy up from work and go get dinner.

toodles!

update update:

i actually bought more than what i mentioned at the bottom. i bought 2 tops from cotton on for nzd5 each, and also 2 opaque tights for nzd10, which was a cheap buy coz elsewhere is selling it for over nzd15!

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update:

i spent a whooping nzd200+ today, getting a parking spot for myself close by, and also on my shopping spree!

<3

got a parking spot coz i was sick of moving my car from one spot to the other in the early hours of the morning when i'm on my days off and when i start later...

and for my shopping spree, i got a nice Abercrombie & Fitch jacket which was nzd80! i thought it was a bargain since it got slashed by half and it's gorgeous! and i go 4 sets of undies from my fave lingerie store (nzd3 each!) and some contact lens solution. mmm...i iz happy!

and the bf has agreed to take me to blush to get my dose of pearl milk tea! w00t!

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omg the bf is taking me shopping tmr. VOLUNTARILY. omg omg omg omg!!!

lol. he was the one who suggested we go shopping tomorrow, as long as i buy him sushi! haha~ done deal hun!

on happier news, pay day tonight, which includes all the unpaid days of sick leaves they owe me, plus my incentive. w000000000000t!

something interesting just happened. as i was walking to the toilet, i bumped into a couple of my team mates and one of them came up to me and asked if i really was tranferring to the city.

i told them my reasons for wanting to transfer, and they totally agreed with what i had to say. i told them i didnt feel like i was growing in the team and that we aren't being developed to be where we want to be. i remember when we first started working here, we were told that we can tell our team leaders what our goals are, and i have done that with my team leader, yet she has done nothing.

most of my team members seem to agree as to where our team leader stands. we all know that she is a very nice lady, but she is too busy doing her own things, and not paying too much attention to us. we are meant to have regular coaching sessions to help manage our work stress, yet, i've only received 3 coaching sessions since i started, 2 of which were asked for.

i personally feel like if i stay put in this team, i will be in the exact same position as i am, say in the next 10 years :P and that, my dears, is why i requested to be transferred to another team, in the city..

but i am just glad that i am not the only one feeling that way, now that i know a couple of other people that i have spoken to feels the exact same way too.

before i say anything else, i need to say this:

everything's sorted now. sorry i got some of you worried!! but it's all gooood now :)

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i have self-diagnosed myself with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). my stomach's been rumbling like mad, even after a meal, and when it rumbles, it feels like i'm letting off a huge fart, but i really am not! it's been pretty bad in the last few weeks, but the last few days got me really concerned with my health!

so i hopped onto trusty google yesterday while at work, and looked up my symptoms. turned out that it was IBS, as what was diagnosed to me a while ago by my doctor, but the symptoms are completely different now. i can pretty much tick off all the symptoms on the list, except for constipation. that, is one thing i do not suffer from! phew!

from what i've read, peppermint tea helps to soothe the stomach. so after work, i dashed to foodtown to get a packet of peppermint tea, and had it before and after my dinner. if anything, it made my stomach feel worse, but i dont think it worked coz my stomach's been bad since earlier in the day anyway. i brought along a small packet of peppermint tea with me today, hopefully it'll work its charm. i mean, it's not the best tasting tea ever. it tastes like toothpaste stirred into your earl gray tea. but if it'll work, then i wouldnt mind!

another way to help reduce the problems of IBS is to eat smaller portions of meals. now, that i am very keen to try, because it's also healthy! so today, i packed my brekkie to have at work - soy milk with oats, and sugar. it was meant to be brown sugar, but i couldnt find any, so yeah..

hopefully all will be good today and the stupid rumblings will stop. rumblings and other stuff that i wont even go into, because it's gross!

i need to go toilet now. :x