A day in the life of Hera, the Queen of the Gods!

Ok, so I hae no idea is anyone still checks this.

2009-11-26T00:31:00.002+13:00

I can't believe that I've so lazy that I forgot to blog for an entire year. It probably doesn't help that my hard drive died earlier this year.
I've actually completed a one year contract in Korea, been home to NZ on a holiday and recently returned to do another contract. Scary, huh?
I have just this week started a job at a new academy, where I have the cushy hours of 3pm till 9pm. The old job was evil, 9.30am till 6.30pm with 10 classes a day, now I should have only 3 or 4, not sure yet coz I don't actually get any classes of my own until next week.
To tell the truth I actually have absolutely no idea what to write about, a lot has happened in the last year, my nephew is almost 2 and I am going to be getting a niece in January. My dad had a gastric bypass and lost 56kgs.
The All Whites got into the soccer world cup for the first time since 1982 and the second time ever. The Aussies lost to Scotland, which I personally found hilarious, laughed for quite some time over that one.
I am going to attempt to continue to blog on a regular basis. Right now I'm going to try and remember the names of my friends blogs, really should keep this stuff written down somewhere.
laters.

So, what drama has happened this week, you might ask..

2008-10-30T16:43:00.002+13:00

Well there have been many dramas in the week thus far, the first being that I found out on Tuesday that needed to go to the Korean Embassy to get my work visa, problem with that is that I live in Dunedin and the Embassy is in Wellington. Ended up calling in sick to work on Tuesday, coz I had to call the Embassy to find out how long a visa would take, which was 2-3 working days, then I had to courrier my passport and the visa application to Wellington, the problem with that was that it would not get back to Dunedin in time before I was supposed to leave for Korea.
This means that I am now currently in Wellington and staying with Sarah, waiting for my visa to be ready tomorrow. So, I had to change the domestic flights that I had already made (which is not a cheap thing to do) so that I could stop in Wellington on the way to Auckland, this meant leaving more than 36 hours earlier than I had originally planned. The last 2 days have just flown by, on Tuesday, I go all my flights sorted and my visa application as well as MYOB for my Dad, as they sold me a blank CD instead of one with the programme on it.
Then yesterday, I had my final briefing with my supervising lecturer at College and got all my assignments back, and I bet you can't guess what my lowest mark was.....
it was an A.
Then I went to visit my nephew for a few hours, which was way fun, he is such an awesome kid, though I now have teeth marks on my glasses frame because I wasn't fast enough in getting them back from him. It was a lot of fun being able to play with him that length of time, he knows who I am now, it's really going to suck when I come home for a visit because he won't know me any more.
Anyway, I'll keep you updated on any other mishaps I have, I still have two more flights and I havent actually picked up my visa yet. Let's pray to the gods that everything runs reasonably smoothly from here on out, and that I don't leave my book on the plane like I did this morning!

Hello Again

2008-10-22T21:49:00.002+13:00

So, I a, changing timezones again soon, next week in fact. Going back to South Korea, it will be nice to have money again, I can't say that I particularly enjoy being broke all the time.
Not a great deal has happened over the last few weeks though, I finished my final assignment on Monday and handed it in on Tuesday, such excitement, no more assignments or essays or anything evil like that.
Have been playing with Jack quite a bit, he's so cute. He's crawling around all over the place and sitting up on his own now, even feeds himself. He'll be 8 months old tomorrow, I'll miss him so much when I go, but they have promised to send many pictures and I intend to come home for Christmas next year, if it is possible. My cousin had her second kid yesterday, a boy called Noah, he was about 7 pounds and born at like 3am.
Have been eating all my favourite foods, I doubt that I will miss most of it, I didn't last time I was away. I can't wait to be able to have chum chi kimbap for lunch every day and galbi and mondo and don cas, mmmmmm yum and I can have them next week, yey!

Back Again

2008-10-06T23:00:00.003+13:00

So not much has happened since the last time. There are no less than 4 weeks till I go back to South Korea and i have fallen back into old habits and can't be bothered doing assignments again, so am handing some of them in late. Though i doubt i'm the only one who can't be bothered writing a 4000 word essay on the issues surrounding ICT use in New Zealand schools.
Will have to do it tomorrow coz i've still got 4 more assignments to get done by the end of next week, what fun! Though in less than 4 weeks assignments will be a thing of the past, not the present or the future.
Oh, and i found some really cute photos of my nephew, thought you might want to see one.
This is Jack, isn't he just the cutest.
Anyway, i suppose i should get to work on some of those assigments, talk to you again soon.

Wow, it has been a while

2008-09-22T16:31:00.002+12:00

This is only going to be a very short summary of the last 6 months.
1. Nephew is now 6 months old and so very cute
2. Am so tired it's not funny, currently on the last week of a 7 week teaching practicum in Invercargill.
3. Haven't had a holiday since easter, I really need the holiday that starts on Saturday.
4. Moved back into my parents house to save money.
5. Am moving back to Korea to teach English again, leave on October 31.
6. Really can't wait.
7. Am so sick of being sick or sore, I really wish the doctors would decide what is wrong with me.
8. Getting a camera shoved down your throat to look into you stomach isn't fun - especially when they tell you you have ulcers, but can't figure out why.
9. Is only 7 weeks left till I finish my teaching degree.
10. I am leaving in less than 6 weeks.

Okay, thats enough, will try to write more often from now on.

ok, ok, so i've been a bit lazy...

2008-03-18T23:51:00.003+13:00

and i noticed that Kat has managed to do 2 posts in the last couple of weeks. To tell the truth I gave up checking coz no one was blogging.
I have been pretty busy since the last post though, firstly I went and wrecked my knee again, giving me about a month off work and 2 weeks on crutches; then I went and got tonsillitis for the very first time in my life, this really sucked as the day after i found out why I was in so much pain, I started a 3 week teaching prac.
This prac was actually at my old high school, which turned out to be way fun and interesting, learned so much and have since decided that I wish to teach at a co-ed school, so I have requested one for my next prac which is in August. So, I started studying again on the 25th of february, some classes are good others are pointless, but that is to be expected. I have a major timetable clash (which I am still trying to work out and this is now week 4 of the semester) between history and classics which are only my two most important classes. I did find out this morning though that I passed my teaching prac with a satisfactory, which is way better than an unsatisfactory - not bad considering I lost my voice twice and had to take 2 sick days.
There was a major event that occurred between the end of my prac and the starting of classes, yes, on Saturday the 23rd of February, my nephew Jack Thomas was born, took him bloody long enough to get here too, he ended up being 10 days overdue, and was born by c-section as all attempts to induce failed, talk about driving up nuts already. What's even better is he's still driving my brother nuts, as he likes to be awake at night time, this makes me very happy as brother torture is a wonderful thing.

This is Baby Jack, when he is most peaceful and when I like him the most sleeping, though he did majorly let one rip and made a very not nice nappy for his daddy to change not long after this photo was taken, I thought it was pretty funny, and Stephen thought that I would gladly change the nappy for him, my brother's not very smart sometimes.

Pretty much nothing interesting has happened since then, just study, sleep, class and work really, coz you really don't want me to get into my opinion of my work place at the present point in time, but suffice to say that I have really not been impressed with the organisation of the institution. Anyways, it's after midnight and I should sleep, as I should probably attend class tomorrow, I have actually been pretty good about going so far, I wonder how long that will last?

Well, later all, be good and don't do anything that I wouldn't do (and yes, I do know that won't restrict you much)!

So, I figure it's about time I updated again...

2008-01-06T22:07:00.000+13:00

So what has happened over the last month. Well, Sera and Mark finally got married, the wedding was a great night, caught up with some old friends from school and met some new people, got horrendously drunk, a good time was had by all.
Then got my first migraine in over 2 years, had to take a couple of days off work and my manager made me get out of bed on a Saturday morning and go to the urgent doctor, which is rather expensive, and get a medical certificate. It was a lovely bright and sunny day too, and just before Christmas, so rather noisy, just what a girl with a migraine wants to experience. So, I went and got 2 medical certificate, one that said I was only able to work up to 20 hours a week and made them take some shifts away from me. It is not a good idea to piss me off.
So, there has been less work since that time, and Christmas was good, nice and quiet at home, got some new clothes and am rather happy about that. New Years was basically the same, except without the presents, my aunt was visiting on her way home to Invercargill, so we spent quite a bit of time playing cards and we also did a bit of drinking.
Since then not a lot has happened, as I am broke, coz have been getting paid early due to all the public holidays, and getting paid early means spending all my money sooner, so I have to wait until Wednesday before I will have any money again and I'm sure that won't last long.
It's now less than 4 weeks until I start back at uni again and I can't wait coz I'm totally bored out of my brain, though I did get something to help reduce the boredom yesterday, and that is a new Mac laptop, which I'm going to pay off over the next couple of years, also got Office for Mac, which will get rid of any software issues I may have between computers and such, so I have 3 computers at the moment and I might want to do something soon about reducing that number.
So, I'm gonna go back to my boredom now, only 25 more days of it to go, lucky me!

I know it's been a while...

2007-12-04T22:58:00.000+13:00

Things have been rather hectic over the last month and are only just beginning to settle down for me now. I finished uni for this year a week and a half ago, good news being that I passed everything, I got a B+ average for the year actually and I'm quite impressed by that. My prac ended really well, which I am pleased about, it went so much better than the last one and I miss being there already, sometimes kids drive me nuts but when I look back, I had a really good time and I still want to be a teacher, so it can't have been all that bad.
I got an email from my associate teacher from while I was in Lawrence today, and he said that the work I did with the year 9 and 10 class before they went on camp really helped while they were there, it's good to hear that your work and you appreciated, especially if you have been feeling a bit down.
Which I must say I have been a bit of late, it's not really stuff about myself that has been bothering me but there have been some health issues in my family that I have been quite distressed about, I think things are beginning to look about now though, problems are being solved or at least becoming smaller and there is some good news. I'm really excited to be able to go back to my old high school and teach there for my first prac at the beginning of next year, a lot of my old teachers are still there, even though it's been 8 years since I left, it will be good to see them again and I can't wait to learn from the teachers that got me so interested in the subject I, myself will one day teach.
Things are getting better at work too, I've been offered an opportunity to work separately from everyone else when the renovations are completed, one of my managers spoke to me this morning to see if I would be interested, which I suppose I am, though I hope they plan to pay me some more money if they intend for me to think for myself. I don't mind being paid peanuts for work that doesn't require brain-power but if I have to start thinking for myself then I'm gonna need more of an incentive. The incentive for me getting up and starting work this morning was free breakfast and since I really, really like the breakfast suace on the bagels, it was hard to resist. Yes, I know I'm bad, normal people sleep at that time of the day, but what can I say, I'm far from normal!
So, what interesting things are going to happen for me in the near future, well, two of my best friends are getting married (to each other) this weekend, so on Saturday I have to attend a wedding and I have to wear a dress, if you're really lucky I might post a picture, but don't hold your breath. Then the weekend after that there be family coming to visit, like 4 of them I believe, which is a little scary, but unavoidable since we're not heading south for Christmas this year. There was no way I was going after the disaster of last year, hell no, I can live without a repeat of that, but Christmas is now only 3 weeks away, so I do have presents to look forward to and I really like presents.
Well, that's it for me, I can't think of anything else to write about, but I hope you're all jealous about my 2 month holiday, I'm so gonna enjoy it, the beach beckons. Oh, and Mornay, I'll call you on Christmas Day, so we can catch up!

Damn, I'm tired!

2007-11-10T13:42:00.000+13:00

Other than being extremely tired prac is going really well. I helped with Junior Athletics on Thursday which was quite fun and I've been teaching the year 7/8 class about the Manapouri power station, also quite fun. So far, everything has been reall interesting, am rather disappointed that I miss out on school camp though, coz I have to be back at uni in the middle of the week they go, suck!
I've only been back in Dunedin about an hour, so checked my email (and I now have been receiving a great deal of spam, especially of the penis enlargement variety, I don't know how I managed to escape receiving it for so long but I am now getting about 10 of them a day. The distressing thing about this is that I don't even have a penis) and Norron, which I must say has become rather boring, I think I'll stop playing after this Age. I also threw some sheep at my friends on facebook, I'm a kiwi right? So it makes sense for me to throw sheep, rather than just poke people.
I have work tonight, hope its better than last week, last week I didn't get home till after 2.30am coz some asshole spent most of the night pissing around, was so not happy and really incredibly tired and grumpy, it did not make for a friendly, happy Kaz.
Anyway, can't be bothered writing anything else right now, but you should be impressed that I bothered to do this much. Have fun everyone and wish me luck for my final 2 weeks of uni for this year. Laters!

Figured it was about time ...

2007-10-22T22:40:00.000+13:00

that I actually bothered to update, I've been thinking about it for a gew weeks but I've also been rather lazy, well, and busy too. I have an exam on Thursday so am doing a lot of study, plus I start my teaching prac on Monday, so I've been getting ready for that too. I should actually make a list of all the things that I need to get done before I go, coz for some reason I just keep forgetting to get them done, so tomorrow I shall be making a list.
Being away on prac also means that I won't be around for like a month, so Kat, seeing as you are not around yet again, I can't talk to you. And Sarah has a point when she says you should reply to your messages coz you haven't replied to any of mine for the past couple of weeks. I also bet that you haven't remembered to send my birthday present either, you know, if I were you I'd reply pretty soon or I may feel the urge to call you at some ungodly hour of the morning and wake you up, just so that I can make sure that you are still alive.
So, anyway, you might ask what I have been up to lately, well other than study and work I have read quite a few new books, the new Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Angela Knight and a few others, which probably have not helped my study. The strange thing is that one of the books I ordered had the first 28 pages missing, so I had to go to the trouble of getting it replaced.
I also got new glasses and contact lenses, which was rather expensive but also kind of nice, especially seeing as I am able to see properly again, it has been rather novel. And, now I can't even remember half the things that I was going to mention when I wrote this damn thing, which goes to show that I shouldn't have been so lazy and I should have written this sooner and more often.
Well, I'm losing my flatmates in 2 weeks and am gaining some new ones, a guy came over today and he seemed ok, not sure if I want to live with him though and Mark said that I have the power of veto when it comes to choosing new flatmates, I'm not sure I want to live here alone with a guy I don't know and he was reluctant to talk about himself which didn't make things any easier, I'll have to think about it, it's not like I have to make the decision right now. But anyway, I gotta get going as I have quite a bit more study I need to be getting done, even though I only need 10% to pass my exam, but hey, I'd like to get a good mark for a change.
Oh, and I don't remember if I informed anyone or not, but I'm getting a nephew at the beginning of February so I am rather excited about that, yey!
Um, I guess that's it for this blog, though I'm sure I'll think of something else as soon as I'm done here as I usually do. So, catch you later all!

Earthquake! Earthquake!

2007-09-30T23:01:00.000+13:00

In case you haven't already guessed there has been an earthquake today. Well, 2 actually, one just after 6pm and another about 5 minutes ago. So, for once it has been a rather interesting day, a whole lot of shaking going on really. The weird thing is that you pretty much never feel earthquakes in this part of the country, and two in one day is highly unusual.
Yesterday was actually pretty interesting too, it was Dad's 50th birthday, so there was a lot of drinking going on. We had a BBQ at Mum and Dad's place, my grandmother and aunt came up from Invers and quite a few other friends came over too. It was a nice night, not too cold for a change (yey! the weather is finally getting better.), we ate lots of food, drank lots of alcohol and watched a bit of rugby (which we of course won by like 80 points). The only scary thing was a drunk guy who kept bugging me to do dishes, when there weren't any dishes to do and told me that I need to know about all about gold being found in Gabriel's Gully, since I am going to be teaching in Lawrence at the end of next month. He just wouldn't give up, so I turned into my usual pain in the ass self and frustrated the hell out of him, he did give up and leave me alone eventually. (And I helped to build part of a shed too, aren't I a good girl! - don't laugh!)
And the Chocolate cake that I made for dessert ended up being really really good, I wonder if there is any left. Knowing my luck, probably not.
Anyways, I think that covers all the interesting things that have happened over the last few days.

So, what has been happening you might ask?

2007-09-24T19:56:00.000+12:00

Well, not a great deal actually. Have basically been studying, working and sleeping. Need quite a bit more of that last thing too. The good news is that I finished my last assignment at about 2am this morning, the bad news is that I had to get up early so it was handed in by 10am.
So, now there are only 3 weeks left of class, 4.5 weeks until my exam and 5 weeks until I start prac, what fun! Now I just have a bunch of study to get done, wonder how much I can cram into my brain about classroom management and discipline, guess we'll find out soon.
Um, in other related news, it's Dad's 50th birthday this weekend, so there will be some family coming to visit and I now know whether I am getting a niece or a nephew, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to tell anyone, so if you want to know you'll have to call me and ask, and I might tell you.
I think that pretty much covers all the interesting things that have happened recently. Though I will say, Happy Birthday for tomorrow Mark. And, man, is my life boring as hell at the moment, maybe I need to adopt some pet Hamsters like Kat did, just so that I have something to write about in here.

What's going on?

2007-09-07T23:24:00.001+12:00

No one is updating, no one is on MSN and no one has called their friends like they are supposed to!
Some suggested advice, Kat stop playing bloody WOW and pay attention to the fact that I have been trying to talk to you for more than a week! And Sarah, just because it's cold in the study, it doesn't mean you shouldn't update. Also have you finished all my books yet coz I want them back soon please, as I've had a request for one of them.
Ok, I'm done telling everyone off now, well for a while anyway, that may however change.
And Mornay, you can stop laughing now.

Damn this computer is so slow

2007-09-06T13:38:00.000+12:00

Am using one of the uni computers and the network is just so god damn slow it's not funny. It took 5 minutes just to log on to this damn thing.
So, what's new you might ask. Well, not a whole damn lot actually, I'm still sick, this damn cold still won't go away. I'm still trying to sort out all that crap with those government departments and I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on, am totally confused and no one else in those departments seem to know either. Word of advice, don't ever try to get any useful information from the government, it's a pointless exercise!
The weather went back to being freezing again for a couple of days, -1 last night, so not fun. I did, however, pass 2 assignments, even got an A on one. Um, it seems my little niece or nephew, we should find out which this month, will be due sooner than we expected, so probably late January ot early February. Mum found some cool baby stuff, that should drive my brother insane, so all good there.
Work is ok, better than the evil Pak'n'Slave anyway. Plus I got rostered on for 2 closes this week and the second one is tonight so I have a 4 day weekend as I'm not working all weekend and I have no classes on Friday or Monday, the better news is that it will be the same next week.
Oh, and Kat, this is the last hint I'm giving you. It's your turn to call and I strongly advise that you do so, like last Monday.

Holidays at last

2007-08-28T11:11:00.000+12:00

I finally have a week off from everything, and I don't even have to go to work until Friday which is great, time to do whatever I want to do, like sleep in, read and do cross-stitch, it's just unfortunate that I also have quite a bit of study to get done.
I'm in the middle of dispute with a government department or two at the moment as well because it seems I was given some incorrect information from one of the said departments and now I have to give them a shitload of information that I would willingly have given them a long time ago but was actually brushed off when I asked about what I had to do. So, what I think is their fault is apparently mine. Very not happy about this, definitely going to complain, a lot!
Not a lot has been happening lately, except for me getting sick at the end of last week, and walking around like a zombie for the last few days, man head colds suck, runny noses, sore throats and feeling incredibly dizzy all the time. Why does this only ever happen to me when I have holidays? It's not like I want to spend the whole time recovering, there is a chance that I may actually want to do some other interesting things as well, not a great chance, but a chance all the same.
So, today I am haveing lunch with my cousin, she's up from Invers to go to the hospital yet again, so that should be entertaining to say the least, well, if I don't kill her that is. Hope everyone is well and enjoying themselves, the weather here had been lulling us into a false sense of warmth again coz it's about it turn to shit very soon, but at least spring is just around the corner and the theoretically summer, but summers here are never what they should be.
Oh well, later all. Catch you soon. And Kat, it's definitely your turn to call.

In addition...

2007-08-19T20:50:00.000+12:00

There is something to add to the me locking Sarah in the car episode. This morning when I took the car back to my Dad, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the lock on the passenger door. So, I have come to the conclusion that the problem was not with the car, but with Sarah, and I imagine that she will not be particularly impressed when she reads this, so it's a good thing she left for Ashburton this afternoon. Though, she had better not take her vengeance on the books she borrowed from me, the latest LKH, the latest Steph and all my Kresley Cole's, or she will most definitely die. I'm also sure I would have some help in this as I know that there are others who believe that damaging books is sacrilege, so Sarah be warned there are consequences.

Guess what I did...

2007-08-19T00:29:00.000+12:00

I managed to lock Sarah in Dad's truck and she couldn't get out. Hehehe, she had to climb over the driver's seat to get out. Not entirely sure how this happened, just know that it did and that the passenger door wouldn't unlock at all. Rather funny I thought.
She forgot that I got my hair cut too, so she almost didn't recognise me, good thing i had my glasses on and not my contacts or she may have had a real problem. Then, she said, "When did you get your nose pierced?" I'm pretty sure that this was mentioned on more than one occasion over the last 9 months, but I could be wrong of course (but we know I'm not).
So, what have I been doing this last week. Well, as you all should know Monday was my birthday. So I went shopping, handed in two essays, watched a house fire, saw some snow, went to a tupperware party and stayed at Sera and Mark's coz thats where the tupperware party was and it's on the other side of the city from where I live. Other than that the week has been pretty boring. Wrote an entire essay in less than 2 hours on Thursday and handed it in so I don't have to go to uni on Monday to hand it in. Um, have worked the last couple of days, yesterday I convinced WINZ to pay for the root canal I had done in April, so yey, I don't have to pay for it myself.
So, yeah, Sarah is here with me now, she's sleeping over here tonight and right now is looking at my cross-stitch stuff.
I think this is all I have to say and if I do think of anything else to write I'll probably forget to put it in here anyway. So, Kat, Mornay, I'll probably talk to you soon since Kat says she should be visiting Taipei sometime in the next couple of weeks, talk to you then, in the case of everyone else, Saionara dudes.

Finally read Harry Potter

2007-08-09T12:07:00.000+12:00

So yeah, I finally got a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and read the whole thing on Sunday night/Monday morning. Finished at 5am on Monday morning and it was a damned good thing that I didn't have any classes on Monday coz I didn't wake up until 1.30 in the afternoon.
I actually rather enjoyed it, it ended everything really well, may have been a bit of a challenging read for some younger readers, but I like the way things turned, this coming from someone who was absolutely determined to hate Harry Potter from the time the books got famous and had no intention of ever reading the books or seeing the movies. I guess I must have changed my mind sometime over the last 7 years or so.
I worked my first close at Maccas last night, I thought I would finish work as midnight, turns out thats not how it actually works and I didn't finish till 12.30, but that was ok my manager gave me a ride home coz its apparently not safe to walk the streets here at night alone, what I would give to feel as safe as i did when I was living in Korea, a place where they don't close parks at night and a lone woman feels safe walking around at night.
Well, I suppose I should get back to work now, 2 assignments due on Monday, and what a wonderful birthday present that is. Plus, I should probably make my bed since I just took all the sheets off and threw them in the washing machine, as it is a lovely day today, actually warm enough for me to wear a skirt, which I am actually doing, so be careful not to have a heart attack at those words. Anyway, time to stop procrastinating, catch you all later.

So, its been a while

2007-08-03T11:12:00.000+12:00

Well, I have been busy, but I have also been lazy. I did start to write a blog like 4 days ago but I couldn't be bothered completing it.
So, you may ask what has been happening lately. Well, I finished that evil evil job at Pak 'n' Slave last Saturday, and no I didn't abuse those two evil evil people I happened to work with, though Craig begged me to punch the most evil one in the face I managed to resist the temptation. Hell, I even managed to get my uniform dried and returned on Sunday so that they would have to pay me all my holidays and everything this week, yey! And Yey! it was too, I had enough money to pay the phone bill, the power bill, get my hair cut and buy the new Laurell K Hamilton book, The Harlequin.
So, the other days of this last week, well, on Monday it pissed down and I thought it was necessary to go to the supermarket, but the time I got home and was totally and utterly drenched it didn't seem as necessary as it had been before I went. Si I huddled in front of the fire to get all nice and warm. I think my flatmates were about ready to kiss me when they got home and found the lounge nice and warm too, as they got almost as wet as I did, but they have a car and I don't.
Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty boring, but I started my new job at Macca's on Tuesday night, it was interesting to say the least, but Wednesday night went a lot better, and now I only have to work from 11am-8pm tomorrow, which will probably come close to killing me, but hey why not. I just have to go stay at Mum and Dad's after work so that I can feed the bloody dog, he's almost 14, so why the hell hasn't he learned to feed himself yet?
Yesterday was the day that I paid all the bills and got my hair cut, though this time it is shorter than ever before, I'm not sure if I like it or not yet, and it looks so strange because all the colour has been cut out of it, so its now all natural and rather dark as it turns out. After that I went and bought the new LKH book, and I read the whole thing last night, finished it at 2.30 this morning. So now I know exactly what happened, unlike some people I know who don't have copies yet (I know exactly who is waking Marmee Noir and why it's happening, do you?)
And now we have reached today, I have class in an hour and half, it will be the last time I have class on a Friday, so as of next week, I shall only have classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, how great is that? And because I am only working nights now (I have 2 late shifts next week, till midnight on Wednesday and till 1am on Friday) I don't have to get up really early in the morning any more!
Tomorrow, I have work and then I have to go to the parents place, since everyone is away this weekend. Mum is helping the pain in the butt brother move house and Dad is away to Auckland for some yachting meeting, I wonder what trouble I can get into all by myself.
I suppose I should go and eat something now and the washing machine sounds like it's almost done. But, before I go I should remind everyone that it is now only 10 days until my all important 26th birthday, so now you have no excuse for forgetting, okay?

Figured it was time for another update.

2007-07-19T10:36:00.000+12:00

Yeah, I know I've been lazy but I have been sick, a wonderful head cold that left me very dizzy and way out of it for a few days, my head is finally clear today though, I just wish I could stop sneezing all of the time.
So, what has happened to me recently? Well, I finally found a new job, so have handed in my notice at Pak'n'Slave and I finish there at the end of next week. The week after I start a glorious job at Macca's, well, it may not be glorious but it can't be worse than where I work now. Plus, I like getting free hot chocolate all the time, its good hot chocolate!
In other news, I passed my prac from last month, I got my file back yesterday and it turns out that I don't have to re-do anything this time around like I did last time so that's really exciting, and a load of weight off my shoulders, I didn't realise how worried I was about it. And tomorrow I get my final Social Studies Assessment back and hopefully I did well enough in that to pass the course as well.
I got the marks back for my presentation yesterday too, turns out we passed but not by much. I'm not very happy about the way it was assessed either, I might have to go and talk to my lecturer about it, as I don't think it was very fair and it was very different from the way another lecturer had assessed it previously. Anyway, I passed, so I guess thats all that really matters.
I don't think I really have any other important/significant or well any news to tell, it's been a pretty boring week actually since I have felt like shit I've spent quite a bit of time in bed getting better. Which is usually a lot of fun, but not when you're sick.

Thought it was time to update

2007-07-09T21:44:00.000+12:00

not that i have a great deal to say. Today is the first day of the second semester, but since i have not had any classes, i didn't have to go anywhere. I did, however, have a job interview. So, I shall find out soon whether or not I have a new job. And I can leave the evil place where I currently work.
I also have a new second cousin, born just over a week ago, her name is Reilly Paige. Mum is going to see her on Thursday.
I'm trying to decide if I want to pick up another paper this semester or not, there is one history paper that would fit quite well with my schedule, but the question is can i be bothered. If its anything like the classics paper i did first semester, I'll do the bare minimum and attend class if I can be bothered.
Oh yeah, I have flatmates now, and they seem pretty nice. It turns out I went to school with Sam's older sisters, though I don't really remember any of them. Also another of his sister's is married to a teacher from high school too. Living in this city is beginning to get really scary, hell, I even ran into some old family friends from Bluff last week. I swear I can't go anywhere in this country without running into people I know.
So anyway, classes start again for me tomorrow, will actually have to get out of bed. Though I will have to get up eventually to finish off my prac file coz i still haven't typed it up.
And how could I forget to mentioned how bloody cold it is, because it has been fucking freezing, -8 yesterday, so not fun. The pipes froze where I was staying for the weekend and there was no water, so very not fun!
Anyway, I can't think of anything else to say, except Mornay if you don't get home from work soon so I can call you guys, I'm never gonna call again!

It's stopped bloody snowing, thankfully

2007-06-27T17:29:00.000+12:00

but I am now sick, there is this wonderful vomiting bug doing the rounds at the moment and I have been lucky enough to catch it. I felt so terrible this morning that I actually called in sick to school, which is bad of me, but I don't think the kids or the teachers would have wanted me there in my present state. I have to go tomorrow no matter what since Friday is going to be such a hectic day and I probably won't even get to see my AT at all.
Other than that prac has been going ok, i haven't killed anyone yet and that's always a good start, but there have been a number of interesting incidents that have occurred. How does one deal with students who seem to enjoy drawing penis' in the condensation on the window? Or students who think its funny to talk about masturbation in front of their female teachers? I just ignored most of it and that seemed to do the trick, or I just walked away.
I was good and applied for 2 job online today, as I really can't stand my current job any more, but i can't quit till i find a new job. So hopefully, I'll get something else soon, even if it is at McDonalds or Woolworths. I applied at Whitcoulls as well, which would be my optimum position, as there are books, books and more books. And, well, we all know how I feel about books.
Next week, I'll be on holiday, so I shall be able sleep, oh how I have missed sleeping. Since I've been getting up at the same time in the morning 6 days a week, I've been waking up at that same time on the 7th day as well, which is so no fun, when you don't want to be awake at all.
Ok, I can't be bothered writing any more so I'm going back to bed for a while and hopefully I'll be able to eat some solid food in a couple of hours. Well, thats my plan anyway. Later all.

Ok, so I'm finally back online

2007-06-22T16:11:00.000+12:00

Ever so much has happened since my last blog. So, I told you all about my new flat right? What happened was that the day after I wrote the last blog everyone decided that they were moving out and they wanted to dissolve the lease, so I therefore have since moved into yet another new flat! No, I'm not kidding, I moved on Saturday, after only 8 days in the other flat. Though I must say this place is way better, it has a coal burner with a wetback that heats the hot water, so that equals way smaller power bills and what a wonderful thing they are. My room is even bigger, and it isn't damp, another good point, the shower is nice and big, not small and cramped. The only downside is that the bathroom isn't finished but I can live with that. Oh, and there is also this fan system that draws the heat out of the lounge and into the bedrooms at night to help keep them warm too.
In an amazing coincidence my landlord's partner, whom he recently moved in with is actually an old friend of mine, we lived on the same street and went to high school and intermediate together, being home is getting way scary, almost everyone knows someone that I know, even when I meet totally new people.
So, I started my first prac on Monday, and have had an extremely busy week, at school all day and then planning and writing at night. I can tell you that teaching a bunch of 15 year old boys last period on a Friday is not a lot of fun. I attempted to do this this afternoon and I can tell you that we only got about a third of the work we were supposed to do done today! I have discovered that working after spending all day at school teaching is no fun at all, I was totally dead by 8 last night. It didn't help that annoying little person crashed his car, so therefore didn't come to work, so I had to do not only my work but his as well and I had to close all by myself.
As for finding a new job, I went to a number of places last week and have yet to be successful. It turns out that this is not the best time of year to be looking for work. I might have to give in and go for another supermarket job, but at Woolies this time, since its only a 5 minute walk from here.
Today is bloody freezing, we've had snow down to sea level so far and I should know considering I had to walk home in it. I am, however, very glad that we did not get the -8 degree frost that we were supposed to get yesterday as that would have been absolutely no fun at all.
Ok, and my last piece of news, and probably my most exciting and joyous piece yet is that I am going to be an aunt! Yes, that is correct, my brother and his partner are going to have a baby and I am going to be Auntie Kaz (something that Kat took great joy in laughing about)! Well, I'm excited, they're excited and Mum and Dad are happy that they are actually going to get to be grandparents (I think they were getting a little worried that it would never happen for a while). My aunt apparently rolled around on the floor laughing, but she can't really scite as she is due to become a grandmother any day now.
I think I've said enough for the moment and I feel the need to go and eat something really unhealthy, so I'm going to head off and do that right now, talk to you all soon.

So much to say ...

2007-06-10T12:18:00.000+12:00

Ok, so I am now all moved to my new flat, I have a really big room and all my stuff actually fits in it. My flatmates seem pretty cool, so that is good. I am currently stealing my parents dial-up connection so that i can still check my emails and stuff coz my ever so wonderful boradband company fucked up and didn't put through my request for the transfer of my broadband to the new flat, therefore, I have to wait like a week till I will be connected again. Very not impressed by this and I told them just how not impressed I was.
So, exams are done, well, exam is done. Was relatively easy, I wrote enough to get a pass and then I left coz I just couldn't be bothered doing any more.
In other interesting news, I went to the Macardo (no idea if that is spelled correctly) last night with Mark, he got freebie tickets and Sera couldn't make due to the fact she went to a cocktail party, so I was the lucky one who got to attend and get dressed up. It was a damned good night too, we saw Claire (someone we went to high school with) play a grumpy, old, jilted lover, and she did it so well, it was damned funny. I guess it helped that we drank a bottle of Soju before we left, plus we had got dinner from Hell, and it was yummy.
Sarah, I got the last of your present today, so I suggest you get your butt down here sometime soon to collect it and visit me!
Anyway, I think thats enough for the moment coz i really don't want to imagine how long its going to take to publish this as it is.

To finish this mornings blog

2007-06-01T21:51:00.000+12:00

Well, have found out that I am going to be posted at Kings High School for the last 2 weeks of this month, so I get to torture a bunch of little boys, including Blair, this pain in the arse that I work with, awesome, I bet he's going to be really excited about that. The downside is that I'll be the only student teacher there, we've all been posted at different schools.At least I'm not Steve, who has to drive out to Mosgiel everyday to teach at Taieri. So, I found this out this morning.
Ther was another downside to the first day of the month today, it pissed down all day, really sucked, but at least it wasn't cold.
This weekend is Queens Birthday weekend here, so Monday is a public holiday, though I would like to point out that the Queen's actual birthday is on April 26th, which would be a much better day fr a public holiday as the 25th is Anzac Day and already a ublic holiday. I would much rather have 2 days off in a row.
So have been packing today since the big mve is next week, can't do anymore right now though as I have run out of boxes, will have to approcreate some more from work tomorrow. And as for tomorrow, Mum and I are heading for Invers to visit the rellies. I get to see my cousins new baby (the one named after our dog!) and visit the grandmothers.
I think that pretty much covers everything, but I'd like to say Happy Birthday to Sarah whose birthday is tomorrow and to Mornay, whose birthday I believe occurred very recently. Oh, and 0f course I should remind Sarah that she needs to come visit me and if she is here on the 15th and 16th of June the Library is having its yearly book sale!

Another month over

2007-06-01T06:18:00.000+12:00

And I can't say that the new month has started off particularly well. Tried to get to sleep ealy last night, yeah right, like that ever actually works, finally got to sleep and then some evil bastard let off fireworks at around 2am, so I had to start the whole process again. I think I maybe got a couple of hours sleep in the end. So this is definitely not the start I intended for the new month, though if things were perfect I wouldn't even be out of bed at this time of the morning like ever.
Have been lucky, no asthma attacks for the last couple of days, did however end up back at the doctor on Sunday night, which not a great way to end a weekend.
Um, well today is the last day of classes for the semester, so now I only have exams, and this time next wekk I shall be living somewhere different, I may however be out of action when it comes to being online coz Telecom will probably take forever to transfer my internet over to the new place, I ring up about it today, so hopefully it won't be too bad.
Ok, I gotta go, as I'd kinda like to be on time for work this morning for a change.

What a week!

2007-05-25T22:19:00.000+12:00

So, yeah, it has definitely been interesting. On Monday I signed the lease on my new flat, so i have somewhere to live and am moving the week after next. It's fortunate that I got there first otherwise it may not have been me that had somewhere to live, as there was also another room available in that flat, though i was informed that someone was found to fill it today coz there was a slight problem with the person who had originally wanted the room.
So, that problem was solved, unfortunately it wasn't the only problem. For the first time in years (as in more than a decade) I had a really bad asthma attack, I couldn't breathe, ended up getting really dizzy and lightheaded coz i wasn't getting enough oxygen, was so not good. Hence, I am not allowed to work this week, which actually quite nice, but not a good thing coz i don't qualify for sick pay or another month or so, though i don't really intend to still be working there a month from now.
I think that covers most of what has happened this week, or as much as I'm going to publicise anyway. I was informed that I had to say that Mum is actually quite useful to have around, so she should be happy now that she has had a mention.
Laters!

I have to move

2007-05-18T06:20:00.000+12:00

My landlord is evil! He's trying to incrase my rent, which for another 2 months is illegal
, he's been trying to get me out of here with only 5 weeks notice when he legally has to give 3 months. I've decided to give him what he want, but not in a very nice way, as in I think I'm about to become the biggest pain in the arse in the world at the moment. I have however found somewhere to move to and am doing so in 3 weeks time, which is a sooner than he had intended, so he gets less rent. The only real downside to the place is that it is way closer to Mum and Dads. I shall however be flatting with someon I know from high school, so that shall be good.
In other news, it is friggin freezing and I have to go and walk to work, so I'll write a better update later.

Finally, some time to sleep

2007-05-12T16:53:00.000+12:00

I finished the big evil assignment at 4pm on Thursday afternoon, good thing too seeing as I started work at 5 and I didn't fancy staying up half the night to get it done. Did have to go to Mum and Dad's to print everything, but it was the putting everything together so that it was in some kind of logical order that finished at 4.
Also, as it is now Saturday, I have finished all my work for the week and I don't have to return there for another 120 hours (5 days). Tomorrow I shall be sleeping, so wake me up and you shall die, I'm so not kidding about this either. Last night was absolutely wonderful too, I went to bed and read, the went to sleep, it was great, I didn't have to study or anything.
I wish I could say the same for this afternoon, but I unfortunately had to meet with Kathy and Steve so that we could get some more of our presentation done, it's almost finished, thankfully, and then we only have to present it on Wednesday and almost all of my assignments for this semester are done, isn't that incredibly exciting?
Um, I can't even think of anything to complain about today, the weather is good, so I'm not particularly cold, but now that the sun is going down I'm sure i won't stay very warm for very long.
Anyway, I'm going to go and read some more and tomorrow I think I'll have a Pride and Prejudice marathon (BBC version, of course). Doesn't that sound like a fun way to spend a Sunday? Later everyone.

Still in study mode

2007-05-10T09:50:00.000+12:00

Yup, that's correct, am still studying like crazy. Wrote an essay in like 2 hours yesterday morning, well after spending most of Tuesday reading through sources and making notes, but still 1500 words in 2 hours is pretty good, well technically it was only 1493 words, but I figure that was close enough.
Unfortunately, I haven't really had a lot of time to do much else lately, as in I go to class, come home and then study, or I get up, study, go to class and then come home and study some more. Today is an exception coz I don't have class but I do have to go to work tonight. I'm hoping that I can get this Resource Folder done by about 3pm, coz then I can go over to Mum and Dad's and print it out this afternoon, instead of having to do it tomorrow when I'll have even less time.
So I guess I need to get my A into G and working. I hope that some of you are at least having some fun. And it will be interesting to see whether or not Kat gets some flatmates, 4 I think she said, that will definitely be interesting coz she has been living alone almost as long as I have, and now I have to get a flatmate too, bugger!
Ok, going to study now, coz if I don't I'll have to call in sick at work in the morning and that would not be a good thing, believe me.

Wonderful weather

2007-05-07T13:01:00.000+12:00

By some miracle we have had great weather for the past 4 days, it's almost unbelievable. Other than that, I woke up with a headache this morning, so I went back to sleep, the last thing I need is a migraine, so class just wasn't as important today as feeling good is.
Spent yesterday, which was Sunday, in the library again, well a couple of hours anyway. Then spent some time with my aunt and cousin coz they came up from down south for the night. Got to have a roast last night, that was way good too.
The weekend was real busy, seemed like I didn't stop the whole time, it was like the rest of the week really, not a lot of fun, but I did get a lot done.
Pete came over today, he's renting out the other room, so, if any of you know anyone in Dunedin, NZ looking for a place to live, let me know, coz I have one available here. He's moving in with his girlfriend permanently so, he wants someone in here to get more rent and pay the share of the bills that he's been paying. Plus, I won't have to be alone all the time anymore, which will be great for me, and probably won't be cooking for one anymore either, that will make a nice change.
Anyway, time for me to get back to the grindstone, lots of work to get done, 2 assignments due this week, what fun!

I have a new residence

2007-05-03T22:22:00.000+12:00

I've moved into the library, though which one I'm not sure as I've spent most of my time in 4 different libraries this week, doing research or my resource folder for Social Studies and my essay for classics. Today has been my first library free day, and I spent all my time typing up the stuff that I have researched thus far, well until I went to work any way.
Was up till 2am this morning studying, and then some evil person (I promise I won't mention who, Mother!) called and woke me up at 7.40am, as you can imagine I was not impressed.
Have been in trouble for not having enough time to spend with other people this week too, it's not my fault that I have 4 assignments due this month and 3 of them are critical to me getting my degree in teaching, as in if I don't pass them, the chances of me passing the course at the end of the year aren't nearly as good as if I get good marks in them now. Hence the reason for all the study, so if you don't like it, well, tough, coz I ain't gonna stop doing it. There is good news for some, I'm having dinner with Sera and Mark tomorrow night, so someone other than a librarian or a lecturer does get to see me this week. People at work don't count coz I was in a daze the whole time I was there tonight, I think I was mostly asleep.
It has gotten damn cold, though I should have a heat pump here next week, so then I can be warm again, and I can warm for a lot less money than when I use the heater, so yey! Something else to yey about is the fact the the toilet has finally been fixed, only took like 2 months for that to happen too.
My weekend is going to be extremely boring, as after work on Saturday it will be back to the library, this time the Public Library to evaluate resources there, since I should be able to take out both the Education Libray and the Uni Library after I finish work and class tomorrow. Yes, I have a wonderful day planned tomorrow, work from 7-12 in the morning; class from 1-2.30 in the afternoon; then libraries until I have to meet up with Sera and Mark for dinner at 5, what fun!
Kat, I think my life has just become more boring than yours for a while. But if you are bored you can write my classics essay, which is on funeral pottery from Late Geometric Greece, it's due on Wednesday, don't you think that sounds like a real fun idea?
Ok, I think I'm done with this rant, as I can't think of anything else that I can be bothered complaining about, doesn't it suck when you are too tired to even complain about things? I mean, that is usually a totaling inalienable concept when it comes to me, but not today, as i can no longer be bothered. Later all!

Another early morning

2007-04-27T06:24:00.000+12:00

I really wish I didn't have to get up so early, coz going to sleep early is almost impossible, believe me I tried, I think I ended up getting maybe 3 hours sleep, and I tossed and turned for about the same amount of time, just trying to get to sleep. I have come to the conclusion that I don't fucntion well, on so little sleep. I want to go back to bed!
Nothing particularly interesting has happened since I last updated, Wednesday was Anzac Day, so I got to stay in bed a bit longer than usual, wish it had been to get some sleep, but no, sleep apparently isn't allowed!
Ok, so this is a rant about not getting enough sleep, which I now have to end as I have to be getting to work, which also sux, but never mind that or I'll be late.

Good News!

2007-04-24T09:58:00.000+12:00

Went to the doctor this morning to get the results of my MRI and it says that I don't need surgery, my cartilage isn't all torn like we thought, there is just a bit of ligament damage, so all I need is some physio to strengthen it up, and NO SURGERY! Yey, Yey, Yey!
The only downer was that I had to get out of bed really early coz my appointment was at 9am this morning. But that's okay coz I'm going to go back to sleep for a while now to make up for getting up so early this morning. Oh yeah, and it's raining, I got rather wet too since I forgot to take my umbrella.
Other than this not much has been happening, family came up to visit at the weekend, so spent some time at Mum and Dad's, um, I have a bunch of assignments due in the next month so have been studying a lot and shall continue to do so until they are all done. Found when my exam is, it's at a good time, i'll actually have a chance to get some rest after it and before I start my first practicum, which will be great, instead of being rushed off my feet and ending up incredibly tired like last time, yey. And there also won't be a rushed trip to Taipei straight afterwards so I can get some rest then too.
Things are beginning to look up, well, until next year when I will have so much work to do it's not funny, but lets not think about that right now. I'm going back to sleep, catch you all later.

One definitely doesn't want to be the Queen of the Gods today

2007-04-19T14:06:00.000+12:00

I have recently been told that my blog is rather entertaining and the getting hit by a car is in fact funny, well not the actually getting hit bit, but the way I write about it. In fact, someone told me it was part of their morning routine to check my blog, I guess that's a hint telling me that I need to update more often.
So, I guess I should tell you all why you don't want to be the Queen of the Gods today. Well, basically I feel like I've just finished a week long drinking binge, but have not had one single drink. No idea why I feel this way, I don't think I'm sick, coz other than my head I feel pretty good. It's not a migraine because I am in no way stressed out at the moment, hell, I haven't even really been caring what has been going on around me. Not worried that I only got a B in a classics test, coz it's not like I studied for it anyway. I hate not know exactly why i feel like shit, and just that I do, it's really annoying.
I don't believe I have any other particularly interesting news to report, though I hate to say that I downsized my book collection today so that i could fit the new books on my shelves, but not to worry I didn't get rid of anything particularly interesting, just the stuff i didn't really like or am not going to bother reading ever again.
Oh, and I finally got an appointment to get the result of last week's MRI, apparently they had been trying to call all week, which is weird coz I've been here most of the week and no one has called, there must be something wrong with the phone, will have to check on that.
Had a power cut on Tuesday, but it wasn't at night so it wasn't any fun, there was no need to light any candles or find a torch, I was sorely disappointed.
I also lost the back off my cell phone, I now just have to hope and pray that the battery doesn't fall out for some stupid and unknown reason, though why the back fell off I have absolutely no idea, stupid thing.
Okay, that seems like enough crap for one day, I'm going to read and pretend that I don't start work in 2 hours and 42 minutes.

well, the rain has stopped for a while

2007-04-14T07:34:00.000+12:00

though i don't know how long it will last. The temperature has plunged, to fucking freezing, even the heater didn't make the bathroom warm this morning, and i'm told my room was frigid last night as well. So Pete, need heatpump now, want to be warm again.
Well, today is my last day of work for the week, then no work for like 5 days, yey! I quite like the fact that I work all 3 of my shifts within 48 hours and then have the rest of the week off. Not looking forward to going back to uni on Monday though, need more holiday time, but I guess I need to start doing some study this afternoon, and what a bugger that it.
Well, I had better not be late, wonder what dramas are in store at work today, wonder if it will be even more interesting that yesterday. I am so staying of this argument. Laters!!!!!!

rain rain and more bloody rain

2007-04-13T06:22:00.000+12:00

has been pissing down all night, and i'm about to jeave to walk to work, this is going to be so much fun!
The rest of the week has been pretty good, am on holiday from uni so I have basically done nothing, there has been some sleeping, well, when people don't call me at ridiculously early times in the morning and wake me up, which has happened 3 days this week. Went to the movies on Wednesday, saw 300, it was pretty good, they actually got it right and the effects were really well done. That must be the first time that I've actually said something good about a movie based on actual events.
I had my MRI on Wednesday afternoon, so I get the results for that next week sometime, so I will finally know exactly what is wrong with my knee. Well, I have to be going now, have to get wet and much colder than I am right now, might need to put on jeans over my work pants so that I kind of stay dry, what fun!

I hate to say it...

2007-04-04T08:53:00.000+12:00

but Kat is right, the actual process itself isn't that painful, more like annoying, having to keep your mouth open for so long, really makes the jaw ache. The most annoying bit was the xrays, that damn cardboard is so uncomfortable. I was really surprised at how little pain I felt after the local wore off last night, though eating is a little challenging, but ibuprofen helps with that pain.
I think my physio hurt me more yesterday than the dentist did, damn was I sore last night after her torture, but I don't have to go back until after I get my MRI results, so that will be like 3 weeks away, yey, 3 weeks without torture, aren't I a lucky girl!
Todays torture, however, is to write 5 weeks worth of reflective journal entries in 4 hours, fun huh! So I had better move my ass, or I won't get it done. Later all.

The day of doom.....

2007-04-03T09:21:00.000+12:00

has finally arrived, yup, today is root canal day, what a bugger, I don't want to go, but then again I don't want to be in pain for a really long time either. What does a girl do?
Well, for starters one leaves right now, so she doesn't miss the bus and be late for her physio appointment. I just thought that everyone would want to share in my day of misery, or laugh at me at least!
Ok, gotta go now. Wish me luck! (Either good or bad, it doesn't really matter, coz there is no way that today is going to be a good day!)

Another quick one

2007-03-31T07:27:00.000+12:00

not a lot more to say today, except that it is almost impossible to stay awake after having only 4 hours sleep when one is sick. Hell I couldn't even stay awake for 12 hours yesterday, when I got home from Uni I fell asleep again and slept for 4 hours, sometime in the middle of that Mum called and asked if I wanted to go over there for dinner, but when I heard the phone ring, for some reason I thought it was working calling me and asking why I hadn't shown up for work this morning. I thought that I had slept for something like 15 hours, I have no idea why, my brain is doing strange things to me again.
Well, gotta get going to work now, but at least after today I don't have to work again until Thursday and I have next Friday off, yey!

Really don't have time for this

2007-03-30T06:29:00.000+12:00

but thought I should update anyway. I have to get going to work, start in half an hour at 7am, yes, I am up at this ungodly hour. I though that I should say that I finally received my present from Sarah too, I just have one question though, why did I not get a sword too? I like swords.
Amazon has managed to lose one of my packages, well actually it's more like the post people, but they are sending me another so all good, though if they both end up turning up then someone will get a nice borthday present.
Anyway, I gotta go, as I'm still stuck walking, no riding for me, evil physio. Oh, and the tape that is used to strap my knee has given me a huge rash, so I can't use it any more. Plus, I'm having a root canal on Tuesday and my MRI is scheduled for the 11th. What fun huh!
Thank goodness, next Friday is Good Friday and I don't have to get up at this ungodly hour again to go to work, I get to sleep, yey!

Sorry

2007-03-18T09:46:00.000+12:00

I realise that it has been a while, and the only excuse I have is that I keep forgetting to blog, though there has been rather a lot happening. Other than getting hit by the car, there is the aftermath of that, with numerous doctor and physio visits, and will soon be having an MRI, so that we can decide what needs to happen next, whether it be surgery or some other treatment.
Uni, is going well. I have 2 assignments due in the next week, which I shall begin working on today after I have finished writing this. I have met a number of new people, even went to a couple of parties last weekend, yes, me, at parties with people a great deal younger than I am, was a little weird, but I survived. Was supposed to go to another party last night, but i was a lot out of it, i drank a whole bottle of wine in about an hour, then when the person came to pick me up and it wasn't the person it was expecting to see, i ended up spending some time arguing with him, then refused to leave, people really shouldn't try to reason with me when i am drunk!
It has just started raining really heavily here, as in one minute there was no rain and the next it was pissing down, what fun, I guess that is incentive for me to stay inside and get some study done today.
Well, I guess it's back to the grindstone for me, everyone have fun and Kat, I'll see you online sometime tomorrow I guess.

well...

2007-03-04T19:44:00.000+13:00

the good news is that i'm moving about a lot better, thank the gods for that too, though i can't say they were a lot of help in preventing the accident or dealing with the bastard that caused, i'm beginning to believe that my brother/husband had something to do with it.
not much else except that i passed both of my exams, I got an A in Maori and a B+ in Human Development, so that is a really good thing. also the weather has been great, i'm beginning to wonder what is going on, it is highly unusual to have this much good weather in Dunedin. Um, only 2 weeks until Mum and Dad move, managed to get out of helping since i'll be at work, aren't i lucky!
Uni is going well, thus far, get to spend lots of time in the museum this semester, so i'm happy about that, nothing out of the ordinary has been happening, which means my life is back to being boring as again, have had a great day doing practically nothing!

Still alive

2007-02-28T10:08:00.000+13:00

still in pain, still grumpy. That pretty much covers it all I believe. I'm going to physio today so that should hopefully help. Also have to spend all afternoon in class, what fun! Spoke to the cops on Monday morning, nothing that can be done since I didn't get the plate. Um, had an 8am class yesterday morning, it was supposed to tbe 2 hours long, ended up being 20 mintues, man was i pissed that I got out of bed for a lousy 20 minutes of class, especially as it was all i had all day.
Not a lot else happening, have to go now, bus to catch, can't be late for class and physio now can I. Later, just thought you would all want to know that I am still alive and complaining.

stupid fucking people in cars

2007-02-25T19:42:00.000+13:00

this is my new opinion of drivers, as today one of them hit me and knocked me off my bike, thus i am not currently able to walk, and my injured knee is now a LOT WORSE. So sympathy presents are very welcome! can't be bothered writing any more, i'm in too much pain. going to find things to laugh at now.

Good news ...

2007-02-21T16:23:00.000+13:00

Summer school is finally over, just finished my last exam, only nee 11.5% to pass, so should have done okay even though I stuffed up one of the essays, I knew the definition of an idea wasn't quite right but could I for the life of me remember the exact definition, no of course not! Well, now I have no more exams until June and then I only have one, thank heavens for that. Went into my Maori exam yesterday having already passed, having done all the internation assessment I was already sitting on 54.6%, if I'm lucky I should get an A+, depends on how well I did in the exam though. I have spent the last 4 days studying my ass off, so I had better pass everything.
In other good news, we finally got carpet on Saturday, so what decided to happen, well, the weather got great and the house has been so damned hot it's not funny, sleeping has not been easy.
I must also say that I am in a much better modd this week, which is strange considering the exams and all. I am already sick of students, I know I am one again and all, but I'm sick of them all the same, they are absolutely bloody everywhere, driving me mad, uni is so congested, Summer school was great, only 2,000 students, now there are just over 20,000 students, not fun at all.
Oh, yes and I must mention that the way the NZ cricket team kicked the Aussie butts in the last 3 games has also been magnificent, yesterday's game was just awesome!
So, what's next for me you might ask? Well, I have a meeting tomorrow about my teaching course, I will be spending Friday in a school, on Saturday I'm going to the rugby, then on Monday the first semester starts, but I only have class 2 days a week, thank the gods and I should be able to get some rest. Oh, plus I have to work on both Saturday and Sunday, since I have Friday off to be in a school, ever so annoying that is.
Oh, and it is only 23 days until Mum and Dad move closer to me, did I mention that they sold their house last Thursday and bought one 5 minutes from where I am currently living, well they did. I thought they should move to Mosgeil but they vetoed that idea, it's too far away from the sea. They won't be able to see the sea from their new place, but they will definitely be able to hear it, as it is closer to the beach than my place is.
Anyway, I'm meeting Sera and Mark for dinner shortly, so I'll talk to you all again soon. Have fun!

ok, so what's been happening?

2007-02-12T17:25:00.000+13:00

Well, I've been sick, finally beginning to get better though, only a slight headache today, wouldn't have been so bad had I not written an essay with it, but hey these things just have to be done!
Did course approval for the year today, took 5 minutes, was great. Just had a meeting with Ross, sorted out what papers I have already done and what I need to take, which was a grang total of 3 papers. Then went and handed in my form.
Got sick of my mp3 player being broken last week so I bought an i-pod, a 2GB nano, so yey, I have music with me at all times again.
Had a peaceful weekend, Pete is in Auckland playing cricket, he's not back until tomorrow night. Mark and Sera came over for dinner on Saturday night, I made some very yummy cannoli, was yummy too. Mum and Dad made an offer on a house that is far too close to where I live now, I suggested that they move to Mosgiel, they unfortunately vetoed that idea coz it's too far away from the sea. I can only say that I tried.
Um, I think that's about it, though this is the last week of summer school classes and I have exams next week, lots of fun, then straight into the teaching stuff, I think the only fun thing this semester will be the paper I'm taking on the Age of Heroes: Myceaens, Trojans and Greeks. (Kat, aren't you just really jealous now? I'll be kind and email the notes to you if you send me my Christmas present, same goes for Sarah, especially since Mum and Dad may be moving soon!)
Yeah, okay, thats all I have to say coz you don't want to know my current opinion of work and the people I work with, I'm telling you it's not very complimentary! Later.

Anyone want a headache?

2007-02-07T11:20:00.000+13:00

I'm giving it away, believe me, have had it since last Wednesday night. It's really beginning to piss me off too, though it was an excellent excuse for an extention on my essay. Went to the doctor, he gave me pills and a medical certificate. Other than being sick not too much has happened, well actually, Pete got a chucking bug, kindly gave it me too. Mum and Dad have pretty much sold their house and are looking at places which are about 5 minutes away from me, aren't I lucky. Um, sat a test this morning that I didn't even study for, I think I did pretty well considering, except I can't tell time in Maori, so there is a couple of marks lost. Um, went to the movies yesterday, saw Blood Diamond, we pretty good, if a bit too long, then went to the beach as it was a great day.
Am trying to think 0f other things but they aren't coming to me, oh, might be going to Wellington at Easter, so that could be fun too. Just to get awa from here for a few days, thought about going to Queenstown but it's just too expensive.
Pete is away for 4 days this weekend on a cricket trip to Auckland, so I have the flat to myself, 4 wonderful days of sleeping and peace, I wonder if I can ignore the fact that I have to study since my summer school exams are in like 2 weeks.
Anyway, got to go and finish an assignment and had it in, shouldn't take too long, I did half of it in 5 minutes before my test this morning.
Ok, catch you all soon!

Hiya all

2007-01-30T14:07:00.000+13:00

Not really a lot to say, am over half way through summer school now and am not as yet failing anything, which is a good sign right? Doing pretty well actually.
Decided I was bored yesterday so I called Kat, sh'e going to China for a week next month, luck person that she is (and no that is not was I was originally going to write). Whereas I get to sit 2 exams while she is there, isn't that really fair.
Anyway, should have broadband up and running at home today, another very good thing, just have to figure out how to get the modem to work with the router, I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually, after I bug Mark a bit for some assistance.
Was supposed to go sailing with Dad again at the weekend, but yet again we did not go, stood in the wind for a couple of hours though, before it was decided that we weren't going. Ended up going to the movies to see Happy Feet with Mark and Sera instead, wasn't too bad of a movie, but I must say that Pixar does animation a lot better.
Work is going okay, nothing really interesting happening there, except for the fact that we should have new uniforms in a few weeks, no more putrid green, I'll get to be all black instead, a much better colour, if I do say so myself.
Um, what else, knee is much better, and the weather too for that matter, it was supposed to rain for the last 2 days, but hasn't so I must say that I'm quite pleased about that. I guess that's all for today, talk to you soon.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

2007-01-25T14:06:00.000+13:00

I got an A+ in my first Maori assignment, yey! Got it back in my test t0day, so I guess I find out next week what I got in my test, I only had to repeat 3 of the 10 place names so hopefully I did okay. Also get my essay back for education today, would have got it yesterday if I hadn't been sick, did you know that throwing up is not a lot of fun! So, I may as well head over to the education department and see how bad my essay really was, I just hope I did well enough to pass, coz I think it was a terrible piece of work, one of my worst ever. I get that feeling that the fact that I didn't care how bad it was at the end had something to do with it. Well, I intend to do better next time, which means I'll start the research for it on Monday instead of the day before it is due, yeah I know, I'm lazy.
And aren't I lucky, now I have to work for the next 3 days, though it is good getting the working bit over and done with in 3 days, meaning I have 4 days off before I have to work again. Ok, going to find out how terrible my essay was now, catch you all later.

It was just a suggestion.

2007-01-24T11:30:00.000+13:00

And I made a very valid point when I said that things are bad indeed when my life is more interesting than anyone elses! Because (a) I'm stuck back in Dunedin again, (b) the weather has been pretty crappy, and (c) I have tended to be the most screwed up one out of the lot of us. So, therefore when my life is working out well, something must be wrong with the universe.
Hell, Sera and Mark were so happy about it the other day that I was actually a little scared.
So, anyway, had plenty of study to do, handed in my first essay in like a year and a half on Monday, I thought it was terrible, but I guess that I'll find out today, well if I go to class, I'm not feeling to good this morning, as in I spent about an hour chucking, not sure why that is, just that it is, must have eaten something bad yesterday.
As for the interesting stuff that has been happening here, I'm not telling, hahahahahaha!

What's going on?

2007-01-18T10:25:00.000+13:00

Why am I the only one updating? I mean other people must have something interesting going on in their lives. Hell, I'm back in boring old Dunedin and I'm still finding things to write about, or should I say complain about, it's been one of those weeks. Almost everything is sorted on that front, it's not StudyLink holding things up now it's the university, will hopefully have some money tomorrow. The tooth problem however is not going to be going away quite so easily, it's either going to have to have a root filling (really really expensive) or get pulled and replaced with an implant (less expensive, but still too expensive). Am I going to be so broke for a really long time, and I've just found out about half a dozen new books being released over the next few months, it's so not fair! So, at this point donations would be very welcome!
So, anyway, should really be getting back to work, have lots of study to do before class, and I start my new job tonight, so that should be really interesting, especially consdering how much my shoulders are hurting right now, oh joy!

What a wonderful start to the week!

2007-01-15T14:12:00.000+13:00

Yup, sarcasm at it's best, but I'm sure you all caught that. So what has happened do you ask, well, where do I begin?
First, I was sitting eating my lunch, studying and minding my own business and one of my teeth cracks, but can I go to my dentist, no, he's still on bloody holiday isn't he. So, I either have to wait a week or find someone else, I have a feeling I'll be calling other people in the morning trying to get an appointment.
Second, I have a message on PIMS saying that I need to check in with StudyLink about my student loan approval, as there may be a problem. Well, guess what? I have not one problem but two. StudyLink is having computer issues, but they don't know what is causing those issues, they hope to have it fixed within 24 hours (yeah right!); and the University has stuffed up too, something to do with Summer School fees payments, not sure when they will have it sorted. I am supposed to be paid my Student Allowance on Wednesday, wonder if I will have any money this week at all. I'm not liking my chances much right now.
Don't you just love Monday's, I really should have stayed in bed this morning, I mean I could have lived without all this shit quite happily, being oblivious is really nice sometimes. I even could have lived without the 7 pages of notes that I had to write in my Maori lecture this morning.
I think I might have to buy something incredibly unhealthy on the the way home this afternoon, oh wait, anything with sugar in it will only make my tooth hurt more, oh crap, whatever am I going to do now .................................................

I have a job

2007-01-12T10:20:00.000+13:00

It's not the best job in the world, it's in the produce department at Pak n Slave, sorry Save. It required very little effort on my part, as in I walked in handed over me CV, they called me the next day and had me go in for an interview, there was really very little interviewing. So, I shall now be working on Thursday nights, Friday mornings and Saturday mornings, the exact number of hours I can work without affecting my student allowance, so that's good. Would rather not be working Fridays or Saturdays, but it's a job and unless I can be bothered finding something better I'm stuck with it.
Other than that, everything is good. Study is going well, it's not too difficult even if there is a lot of it to do. It's only the weather that has been really disappointing, coz it definitely doesn't feel like summer at the moment.

Summer School, Day 3

2007-01-10T12:27:00.000+13:00

I have thus far established that I have 10 assessments to do in the next 5 weeks, the good news is that there is only one day where I have 2 things due on the same day, yey! And only 2 weeks where I have 3 things due each week, aren't I just too lucky.
And did you know that there is a Maori Alphabet song, I found out today that there is, coz I had to sing the damned thing over and over again. Those of you who know me, will know exactly how much I enjoy such things, as I would never in all the world use sarcasm to mask just how much I dislike something, now would I?
Other than the singing, things aren't going too badly, am a little confused about some of the preparation I had/have to do for my Human Development tutorial this afternoon, but they can't complain, at least I tried! I'll figure it all out eventually, well I hope I will, otherwise I may have a problem or 3 mightent I.
The weather was really good for a couple of days, so you all know what that means right? Yes, you are correct, it's raining today.
But, I must say I really like my new flat, and Peter is a really nice guy, we seem to be getting along well thus far, so all's good at home. Got an email from Mum today telling me not to go shopping until I had talked to her as she has bought me some more food, yey, food is good.
Um, can't think of much else right now, other than that I was good and applied for a job yesterday, will hopefully hear back soon, otherwise I'll have to around other places, which I hate.
Ok, am going to do some illegal photocopying, since I don't want to pay for a text book that I'm only going to use for 6 weeks and then probably never look at again, this would be my way of saving money, I think it's a great idea, and it's not like I'm going to be selling the stuff I copy now is it, I mean who the hell else wants to know about Human Development in Aotearoa, which is the Maori name for NZ for those of you who don't already know, which I guess would be most of you.
TTFN

Morning Everyone!

2007-01-08T11:49:00.000+13:00

Not good morning though, I thought I had a class at 10am this morning, but it turns out the classes for that course aren't starting until Wednesday, so I got up a 7am for nothing. I have completed all my enrolement details and have a new id card, and another 3 hours before my first class, yey for me! Was good and went to student job search today, but they didn't have anything going that would be appropriate for me, so I'm going to go to Pak 'n' Slave after class today and meet the personnel manager and get me an application form. I'm probably far to over qualified for them to hire me anyways!
So, I moved into my new flat yesterday, and what fun that was. I got up at 6.30am on a Sunday morning, so not a fun thing to do. We had to go out to Mahinerangi to get my stuff, which is an hour and a half drive into the middle of nowhere, which is where my brother lives, good thing too, as it wouldn't do for him to live too close. Though that is probably going to be changing soon too, BUGGER!
Um, don't have internet at the moment, have to wait till I can afford to pay the transfer fee to my new place, so I'm stuck at uni using the computers there at the moment, which isn't too bad seeing as I'm going to be spending a lot of time here anyway, and at least it's warm.
Ok, I think I've been staring at this screen for far too long, will catch you all later.

Moving

2007-01-06T21:53:00.000+13:00

So, I finally found a flat to move into, this morning actually, and I'm moving in tomorrow. How's that for fast work?
It's near the beach and the salt water pool, which is what I wanted. It's also pretty close to 3 high schools, and if I'm lucky I'll end up being posted at 1 of them, during my placements for teaching this year, and if all works out, I might be there next year too.
The owner and my flatmate seems like a really nice guy. He's 30, and is going to be a cop, should be enough to keep my brother away don't you think?
So, now all I have to do is find a job nearby which shouldn't be too difficult, as there are lots of places near there, I just have to get off my butt and do something about getting work, plus there is always student job search, will sign up there on Monday. Hopefully I can get work in the next week, so I won't be too broke this coming month.
Anyway, that does be all the news I have to report, as there has not been much nappening here, though I am glad to say that there has been some sun here, took bloody long enough to get here though!

Happy New Year Everyone

2007-01-03T16:05:00.000+13:00

ok, so I know it's a little late, but I have been busy, working sleep eating, looking for somewhere to live (which I hope I have found today, will find out tonight). So today is Mum's birthday, isn't she lucky that I even remembered.
Went shopping today as well as yesterday, aren't I a bad girl.
I had a pretty boring New Year, just spent it with family. Had a good weekend last weekend though, went out on Friday night and watched movies with a friend. Was supposed to see Bevan, Kris and Baby Jessica on Saturday, but they left and didn't call me, they better call me on the way back through or little Jess might just become and orphan.
The weather has finally improved, today has been a great day, though I am holding no hopes whatsoever of the weather being good tomorrow.
Um, spoke to Kat the other day, and all is well in Taiwan
, well except for the cold. Wouldn't know how Sarah is, she never emails anyone.
Oh well, I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and I wish you all luck in 2007!

I know ....

2006-12-27T21:51:00.000+13:00

I've been a little lazy lately and haven't updated in a while. Well, I've been busy too, working and then there was Christmas, and I did send most of you aChristmas email.
There really hasn't been a lot of interesting stuff happening, other than the car breaking down on the was home on Christmas day and a two and a half hour trip turned in to a 7 hour trip.
Plus, I think I've found a place to move into, which will be really good, living at home with parents isn't always easy, but then again moving into a flat with 3 guys probably won't be much of a picnic either.
Am working at the moment, just helping out at my old job for a couple of weeks, so people can have holidays, only working in the mornings 3 days a week, it's a bugger having to get up, but I'm managing. I suppose it would better if I slept at night instead of chatting online, then I wouldn't need a nap in the afternoon after work, but it's not like I have anything better to do.
Yeah, I think that's about all, since I know you don't want to hear me complaining about the bad Christmas I had, I hope all of your was better than mine. Catch you all later.

p.s. Sarah, you still haven't sent me your address, and if you don't you won't have a Chrastmas present coz I won't be able to send it!

So, Home Again!

2006-12-17T18:31:00.000+13:00

Just got back from Invercargill, and man do funerals suck, though it was good to see the rest of my family even though I'll be seeing them all on Xmas Day anyway!
I have found out that I now have 2 pregnant cousins, what an intelligent family I have! But otherwise I think everyone is reasonably well, which I good. Met some family I had never met before at the funeral, so that was good, always nice to know where you can find relations so that you can scam a free place to sleep when you're passing through, so now I know someone in Wellington.
I don't think I really have anything else to report, as no one like to hear about funerals, and I know I don't like to go to them. Anyway, catch you all later.

Home again!

2006-12-14T14:38:00.000+13:00

So, am home for good now, well, a couple of years at least. AS you probably read I've had a pretty good time in Oz. Well, after the day at Seaworld we went to Draculas, an awesome theatre restaurant, the show was so so funny, it was a great night, they have excellent cocktails too, even if they are a bit expensive. Then we went to Brisbane, for 3 days, did a sightseeing tour and a river cruise and the spent our last day with old family friends from Bluff, it was definitely a blast from the past.
Got home and the pilot had told us it was 25 degrees C, guess what, it so wasn't. Apparently as soon as we got back the weather turned to shit! Aren't I just so lucky. Anyway, I had a really great time and that's all that matters. Except for when Dad called at 6.30am on Monday morning to say that his uncle had died and that we have a funeral to go to on Saturday. So, I shall be away visiting all my rellies this weekend.
Oh, and Kat, I finally remembered to call your aunt yesterday, so I'm dropping off that painting for your parents tomorrow on my way to Invercargill. And Sarah, if you want you Xmas present you will have to tell me what your address is so that I can post it, but I'm not sending it until after you have posted mine!
Ok, I can't be bothered writing any more, so I'll talk to you all later.

I want a ...

2006-12-06T17:47:00.000+13:00

POLAR BEAR. Yes, a live one, have just come back from Seaworld, where I tried to take one home but they wouldn't let me. Had to settle for a stuffed one instead, they are no fun. I'm sure I would have easily been able to smuggle one through customs.
Oh, and good news, my eye is much better. I went to the doctor yesterday ($60) and her prescribed me some drops ($27), so it was a rather expensive trip to the doc.
Anyway, I have to go, so the screen is flashing and saying I only have a minute left.
Later everyone!

Surfers

2006-12-05T15:58:00.000+13:00

So, Oz is all nice and warm, am having heaps of fun. Went to Movie World yesterday, went on all the rides. did the Wild West Adventure twice, was heaps of fun. I am going to apologise now for any spelling mistakes as I only have one eye that works at the moment, I think I might have scratched the eyeball somehow, am going to the doctor in a moment.
So anyway, went to Movie World, it was heaps of fun. Had dinner at Sizzler with Lynette on Sunday night, was good to see her again. We're going to Seaworld tomorrow and then Dracula's (a theatre restaurant) tomorrow night, that will be a long day. I have to go to Pacific Fair again today coz I need something to read, only bought 2 books with and have already finished both and the book store at Broadbeach Mall sux.
Going to Brisbane on Friday, so that should be fun too. Catch you all later, I'm going to find out about being able to see again, yey!

What I want to know is ...

2006-11-30T17:38:00.000+13:00

where the hell is summer? I mean It's winter in Korea and the temperatures here the last few days are the same as the ones I left there. I just want to be warm. Thank the gods I'm going to Oz on Saturday or I don't know what I would do, as all my warm clothes are at my brothers place, which is more than an hour from here, and there is no bus and my drivers license has expired so I'm not supposed to drive.
Anyway, there isn't a lot happening, other than rain and wind. Before I can get my wireless set up properly I have to get a phone jack in my room, but that won't be happening till I get back from OZ, got someone coming to give me a quote tomorrow afternoon though. So, finger crossed that I'll have decent internet in a couple of weeks.
Um, had Mark and Sera over for dinner last night, that was pretty good. I made lasange, it was really good too, but that may be because I haven't eaten it for a year and a half. Was pretty lazy today, didn't want to get out of bed since it was so cold. Have a lot of other things to do tomorrow, just stuff that needs sorted out, like a new drivers license. Have found out that the only way my knee is going to get better is to have surgery, and it could be up to 6 months before I even get an appointment with a specialist, though one of my best friends is a nurse in the orthapedics ward at the hospital, so that might help, but with the state of the health care system here at the moment, I won't hold my breath, knowing my luck even if I did manage to get on a waiting list Pete Hodgeson, would decide to cut me off it again.
Anyway, that's enough of my complaining, I'm going to sit by the nice warm fire, before I have to cook dinner. Later.

Dunedin

2006-11-29T09:59:00.000+13:00

so I'm finally back in Dunedin, it's great to be back, a little on the cool side though. I love this city, it's so beautiful, will take a pic of the view from my parents place for everyone to see why I missed it so much. Have spent rather a lot of money shopping in the last couple of days, but I was good and paid off a bit of my loan yesterday too. I spent Monday with Kris and baby Jessica, she is so cute, and they'll be in Dunners at the end of next month which will cool, so I'll get to see them then, yay!
Other than that, there isn't a lot happening over the next few days, Mark and Sera are coming over tonight to help set up my wireless, as the router set up disc is only for Windows 2000 and XP, and I have a mac, isn't that helpful. So, I'm making lasange, yey, haven't had it since I left.
Then on Friday I have quite a few things to get done in town, like getting a new drivers licence, returning the wireless keyboard that was supposed to be compatible with my mac but isn't, nice things like that. Am going to drink soju with Mark on Friday night.
Then on Saturday afternoon I get to go to Australia, yey, I really can't wait for that, it's going to be so much fun, and it will not only be warm, it will be hot, not cold weather, isn't it a wonderful thought!
Ok, that's enough for now, I have to go and do the washing, man house work sux, but since I'm not paying board at the moment, I guess I'll have to deal with it. Later all.

Home at Last!

2006-11-25T14:33:00.000+13:00

So, this will basically be the same as the email some of you got. Am finally in Christchurch, got in at 9am this morning, was a really long flight too. Watched Pirates 2, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and and another comedy I really wanted to see, but right now can't remember the name of. Also saw the first 2 episodes of Prison Break, seems pretty good. May actually watch some TV now that I'm home after all. So, I am here waiting for Nick to get home from work, he told me he should be finished by 12pm, it's now 2.30pm, and I am sufficiently bored. I believe I'm also beginning to wilt, no sleep for 2 days can do that to a person. Can't sleep though as I have to go and buy a phone and we're going to see carols in the park tonight.
Ok, so he's finally here, I'm gonna go now, later!

Osaka

2006-11-24T18:49:00.000+13:00

I have made it as far as Osaka, so far. Got little sleep again last night too, guess it must have been nerves, but was up at 5am this morning to catch the bus at 6am, made pretty good time. Why is it that whenever I take a bus to the International Airport in Korea that there is a huge car accident on the freeway? I must say I am really glad that I wasn`t in one of the cars as it was a total wreck,
Also, it turns out that sleeping on the bus is a really bad idea, man was my neck sore for a while after I got off the bus.
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Ｉ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ａｌｓｏ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｏ　ａｐｏｌｏｇｉｓｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｗｈａｔｅｖｅｒ　ｈａｓ　ｇｏｎｅ
ｗｒｏｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ　ａｎｄ　Ｉ　ａｍ　ｇｏｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｇｉｖｅ　ｕｐ　ｎｏｗ，　but　Ｉ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｂｅ　ｈｏｍｅ　ｓｏｏｎ．

The last day

2006-11-23T17:04:00.000+13:00

This is my last post from Korea, am going home in 17 hours.
So I now never ever have to teach Kevin again, it's a little sad now that I think about it. I know that I complain about him often, but he is kind of cute in his own way. No more kindergarten now, and only 4 classes later on today, what am I going to do now? So I am a little sad today, instead of excited as I have been the last couple of weeks.
Last night, there was a party for Nige and I at Billboard, didn't get home until 2am this morning. It was really good to see everyone before I left, and I didn't cry much. I didn't drink too much either, but am still tired today, as we had my work leaving soju session on Tuesday night too, went to Fish and Grill, they have this new Mountain Strawberry soju cocktail, it was so good, and then we went to a Noraeban again. Even though I can't sing at all, I must admit that those places are a lot of fun. Would have been more fun had I not been forced to drink some beer that ended up giving me a terrible stomach ache and resulted in little sleep.
Tonight will be another night of little sleep as I am getting up before 5am to catch my bus to the International Airport at 6am. I fly to Osaka at 12.30pm, the leave there for Christchurch at 5.30pm, arriving there at 9am on Saturday morning.
There are many things that I have enjoyed about being in Korea, I love most of the food, not so much the spicy stuff, but everything else, especially kimbap and galbi. I have met so many wonderful people and will be sad not to see some of them again. I shall miss almost all of the students that I have taught here, especially my kindy students, they have been saying "I love you, Karyn Teacher" over and over today, I think even Kevin has realised that something is going on as he has been even more attached to me than usual. One of the greatest things about Korea is how safe a place it is to live, parks aren't closed at night. I can be out walking in the dark alone and not feel that I have to be looking over my shoulder all the time, it's a great feeling that I will really miss when I get home, as all I seem to read about in the news is the increases in crime and violence at home.
There are also things that I have not enjoyed about being here, there is pollution here, a lot less than other places, but it is still here. There are no rubbish bins/trash cans, which are everywhere at home. I definitely won't miss the way the school is run or my bosses and their lack of work and effort.
But I must say that overall, my time in Korea has been a very good experience, and I am much better off for it, so I would like to say good bye to everyone I have met here and wish you all the best, even though I have not had the chance to say it to everyone in person.
GOOD BYE KOREA!
SO LEAVING IN 17 HOURS, HOME IN 40 HOURS! AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK! YEY!

Into the last few days

2006-11-21T04:17:00.000+13:00

Had a really great weekend. On Saturday, Cari and I went and got manicures and I got a pedicure too, was so much fun. Then got my hair cut, will post a pic of my new look after everyone at home has seen it, would like for it to be a surprise, along with one or two other things.
Then we did soem shopping I got new boots to bring home, nice warm ones for winter, even though it is supposed to be summer at home, though apparently it's rather cold. I figure it can't be colder than here, but then again there are a couple of icebergs floating 100kms off the coast.
So, after that we met up with Nige, Van, Nicole, Zou Zou and Scott for dinner at TGI, where I indulged in a couple of cocktails, and they forgot to order my dinner, so there I was sitting there starving while everyone else was eating - we wrangled a free dessert out of them. After that, went ot a soju bar, am so going to miss those pitchers of soju cocktails. Then, everyone but Scott, Cari and I went home, we went downtown, had to say bye to some of the other people I've met, plan to keep in touch with most of them, especially Liz, who is from Christchurch.
Turns out I'm rather intelligent after, to prevent a hangover I drank a bottle of water and took 2 tylenol before going to bed, so I woke up hangover free, can't say the same for Cari and Scott though.
Sunday, was a pretty good day too, went down to Kuhmo World and bought digital cameras for my little bro and some friends as gifts, went to E-Mart and bought some more make-up after being told I didn't have nearly enough by Cari. Then went to the bus terminal to pick up my bus ticket for Friday morning so that I don't have worry about the bus being sold out, now all I have to do is not oversleep - doubt I'll sleep much anyway though as I will be so excited to be finally getting out of here! Was bad, and went to the book store there, bought a new book to read, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Is really good, am now trying to convince myself that I don't need to go back and buy the other 3 books in the series.
Today, was a pretty good day, aside from everyone coming up to me to look at my new haircut. Eventually, I suggested that maybe we should just put a sign up outside saying "Karyn Teacher has had her haircut", but it seemed like a lot of work. Found out that the kids in one of my least favourite classes actually like me a lot when I thought they hated me. Some of the boys wrote me goodbye cards, they asked me for my phone number, I gave it to them figuring thay wouldn't actually call, I was wrong, one of them did. She told me I wasn't allowed to leave, I told her I had to. So, that was an interesting surprise. Called Kat and Mornay in Taipei, talked to them for an hour, Mornay was complaining about how lucky I am to be going home, and how he really wants to go to NZ, I told to get of his lazy arse and come visit me then.

SO MY BUS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LEAVES IN 79 AND A HALF HOURS, MY FLIGHT TO JAPAN LEAVES IN 86 HOURS, MY FLIGHT FROM OSAKA TO CHRISTCHURCH LEAVES IN 91 HOURS AND I LAND IN CHRISTCHURCH IN 102 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES! YEY, I'M GOING HOME!

Dude ....

2006-11-16T01:14:00.002+13:00

I mean I sometimes over spend, but I ways manage to make to the next payday, hell I still had more than $10 in my wallet when I got paid today. You should do what I do and only allow for a certain amount of spending every week, at the beginning I every month I do a major stock up and pay all my bills, then allow myself like $100 to spend a week, though that will be changeing soon as I will be going back to being broke again next year, but at least I know that I will survive and not have to rely on anyone else to bail me, plus it helps that I don't hate all the people around me, and that if I ever did have any problems I have enough friends around me willing to help me out!
It helps to be nice sometimes too, I know that coming from me that may sound, well totally unlike me most of the thime, but it's true the more people you amke endebted to you the easier it is to guilt trip them when you need help, think about it!
So anyway, I'm down to eight days and hours till I leave this city and eight days and fifteen hours till I leave the county, yey for me right. Only have to teach Kevin 6 more times, no more touching, as he has a tendency to do even when one yells at him in Korean, yes he has gotten so annoying that I have learned how to tell him off in his own language, or at least a language that he understands. Think I may have to make some notes on Kevin for Rach, or she's gonna go mad in like a week.
I must that I'm feeling much better today, and Scott and I are about to head off to Billboard, for my second last Wednesday night. Will go and visit Nicole too and see how she's doing as she was in hospital last week.
So, I should probably be going as Scott will be knocking on my door any minute, catch you all later.

An average week

2006-11-14T17:14:00.000+13:00

On Friday we had a kindergarten field trip, we went to the Transportation Broadcasting Centre in Chumdan, I'm sure you can imagine how terribly interesting that was, and to the park, which was much more fun, they even had a merry-go-round, which turned out to be rather dangerous as everyone wanted to push and ended up falling in a great heap, so had to implicate some rules, only teacher was allowed to push it, so teacher ended up incredibly exhausted.
Saturday, did not a lot until Cari called and asked if I wanted to go to a movie, this turned out to be rather a challenge. Got to CGV and found that the only movie we wanted to see, The Prestige, had started 20 minutes earlier at 8.30 and the next showing wasn't until midnight, well we weren't going to wait around that long. so we went and go some food and then went to Columbus and they were only showing one English Movie, which wasn't on till 11.40. Then we got the bright idea to call Scott and find out where a DVD ban was, so we went there and spent half an hour choosing a movie, in the end chose Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash movie, it was really good. We're going there again this Friday, it's rather annoying that I never before bothered to get off my lazy arse and go, coz they are great! Nice comfy couches to lie on, much better than the movies and pretty cheap too.
On Sunday, I went with Scott, Cari and Sen to get their laptops, though I ditched them when I found Nige and Van at Kuhmo World, as by that stage I was rather bored and didn't really want to look at more things that I wasn't able to buy for myself. So we went and looked at other stuff, picked out the cameras that I'm going to buy for my brother and Mark and Sera, so can go back and buy them next week. Then went to E-Mart and Popeyes for a burger. Caught up with Cari and Sen again, Cari ended up coming abck to my place for dinner and a movie since her laptop wasn't going to be ready until 8pm, as they were installing an English version of windows XP and a couple of other things on it. That about covers Sunday.
Yesterday (Monday) I worked out how much money my director will have to pay me on my last day next week, it is a substantial sum, yey! And then I talked to Kat last night when I got home from work for an hour or so. It was not the mammouth conversation that we had last week, guess we ran out of things to talk about, but she's going to Taipei next weekend, so I'll call her there and talk to Mornay too next Monday. Also received the parcel she finally remembered to send yesterday too.
Today, am feeling like crap, I really want to go back home to bed, but unfortunately that isn't possible, what a bugger huh!

SO ONLY 10 DAYS UNTIL I LEAVE THIS PLACE (9 TILL I FINISH WORK) AND 11 TILL I ARRIVE IN NEW ZEALAND. THEN THERE IS ONLY ANOTHER WEEK, UNTIL I GO TO AUSTRALIA (18 DAYS IN TOTAL). YEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEY, CAN'T WAIT!

Hello

2006-11-07T17:15:00.000+13:00

I thought it was about time that I got everything updated again. I think I need to start from last Wednesday, so ...

Wednesday
Ended up working an extra 2 hours on Wednesday after work, so didn't finish till 10pm, yes that does mean I was at work for more than 12 hours (and yes I was not happy about it - a) because I missed out on going to Billboard, and b) coz all my supervisor did was supervise, she have very little help at all). Oh yeah, the reason we worked late was to set up the Haunted House for Friday's Halloween Party, Scott and I did the whole theatre ourselves without any help or direction, as in it would have been done a lot faster had she actually give us some idea of what she wanted.

Thursday
Don't really remember anything interesting that happened, nope still drawing a blank, guess it was just an average day.

Friday
The day of the Halloween Party, got to go around jumping out of dark corners and making kids scream, was actually rather fun. Got my revenge on them for all their bad behaviour. I rather enjoyed hearing them scream and run away. I managed to scare Jimmy so much he didn't even make it into the Haunted House, was rather happy about it too. Felt a little bad about making some of the little kids cry, thought it was funny when the older kids cried though, who knew a 13 year old would cry like a baby when they were scared. Was a fun but incredibly exhausting day, it was a huge challenge staying awake until 11pm.

Saturday
Well, I may havge overslept and accidentally missed Rupina's wedding, like I said I was really exhausted on Friday. Yeah, I was supposed to catch the bus to Mokpo at 10.30, but didn't wake up till 11.45, no way to get there in time, so I went back to sleep. Then Chelsy called me an hour later to ask where I was, had to say I overslept, oops! Other than this I didn't get a lot done on Saturday, went for a bike ride, did some cross-stitch and watched a couple of movies, also chatted online for a while.

Sunday
Did a lot of nothing on Sunday, just watched movies, listened to music, read a book, did some cross-stitch and chatted online for a bit. Was a wonderfully boring and relaxing day. Oh, and Mum called because she was looking for something she couldn't find. I pointed out that there wasn't much point in asking me where it was as I hadn't been there for almost 15 months, so how would I know. I thought that this was a really good point to make.

Monday
Um, back to work, I really don't like Monday's much, I think it has something to do with getting out of bed before 10am and knowing that the kids are going to have a lot more energy on this one day of the week than they seem to have on all the other days. But lately I have been reminding myself just how few days I have left and it doesn't seem to bother me as much. So basically yesterday was a typical Monday, except for the fact that Rupina is away on her honeymoon and I have to mix some of my classes together, that's good though coz it means we get to play games instead of study and everyone likes that. Only really annoying thing about yesterday was the fact that it pissed down and I had to take a taxi to and from work. Oh yeah, and I ended up using my entire break to book Rachel's tickets from Auckland to Incheon, as my boss got in a real tizz coz everything was apparently booked coz she forgot to book them sooner. Guess what, I went online and had a ticket that was better than anything that they could find, as it means Rach gets here sooner, within half an hour. Was really glad to go home last night, as you can imagine, so then Kat called and we had a record breaking phone conversation, actually lasted more than 2 hours without either of us getting bored, a total miracle, but will probably be rather expensive for her since she was the one who did the calling.

Today - Tuesday
Again, not a lot has happened so far. Karen asked me why I wasn't sick of eating chum chi kim bap yet, seeing as I eat it for lunch every single day. I said, it tastes great, it's healthy and I'm going home in 17 days and after that I won't be able to have it anymore, so I'm going to continue to eat it for lunch everyday. I'm so going to miss Korean food, which reminds me, will have to get others over here in a few weeks and go out for some galbi, really going to miss that too. Oh, and in good news, was told today that I shall be paid my bonus, my last 6 days pay and my apartment deposit back in cash on my final day, I had better calculate it all, just to be sure the director doesn't make a mistake and short change me, as it has been known to happen in the past.
I guess that is all for today, and probably the rest of the week, though I might get off my lazy butt and update again at the weekend. I must say, however, that it is getting damned cold here, only 8 degrees C today, not nice at all.

ONLY 17 DAYS UNTIL I GO HOME, 12 AND A HALF MORE TEACHING DAYS AND 25 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO AUSTRALIA. YEY YEY YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been informed ....

2006-11-01T01:59:00.000+13:00

that is has been a while since I last updated. So what has happened since last Wednesday ...
Thursday
don't recall, can't have been anything important. Oh, now I remember, was sick so took the day off work, spent it sleeping and lazing about, was great!
Friday
well, was a rather long day at work, then met Sen at my place before getting together with Cari, Adam, Carly and Scott to buy Halloween costumes, me got a devil one. Then we went to Wa Bar for a drink before Sen, Cari and I caught a late movie, the Devil Wears Prada (was pretty good, rather enjoyed it myself), then walked home. I was the only person walking through the park at 2am too (something I would never do at home, but here I've never felt scared at all at night, that's going to change when I go home too - only 24 days now).

Saturday
got woken up early by an annoying person calling me and complaining that I wasn't online. So seeing as I was awake, I logged on. Then Nige called me an hour later thinking he could be the one to wake me up, but huh, he was beaten to it, so there. So, met Nige downtown, took him to Blue travel so he could book his flights home (which I am told were finalised today). We had some lunched, walked around for a bit, before catching the subway back to Sangmu (where I live) and took a look at the Science Festival at 5.18 Memorial Park. Then Nige went home and so did I, really needed a nap after all that, so took one. Got woken up by the phone again at 6 (am beginning to reconsider the need for the landline). Anyway, got dressed up for the Halloween party, caught the subway back downtown (was even stared at way more than usual - will remember to add the photo - Me and Sen). Party was fun there were some interesting games, including one called "pass the cock" - I'll let you imagine what that could possibly be. Went home pretty early though, still not feeling too great.
Sunday
Finally gave in and went grocery shopping, was hungry and had nothing to eat. Other than that didn't do much, except spill wine on my keyboard and have to go out and buy a new one coz half the keys stopped working. Other than this, just did cross-stitch and watched movies, my usual boring Sunday (which will be my whole weekend next weekend coz I spent too much money again!)
Monday
I really don't like Monday's, it's so hard to get out of bed. Was reasonably uneventful until my last class, who are seriously going to regret their antics tomorrow, it will be my pay back. Called Kat when I got home from work, she was strangely not online, this was how I found out that it had been a while since I last updated.
Today - Tuesday
Well, today was average, it was let's see how many of us can sit on top of Karyn Teacher today in Kindergarten, I believe I am now slightly bruised. Was a pretty good day, all my classes went rather smoothly, except for my usual desire to kill Jaxon. Went to the movies again after work, saw D.O.A. (Dead or Alive), was ok, reasonably entertaining, like watching Tekken. And have just done a restore on my computer coz stuff was doing some wierd things and now it is working A-OK. Yey, ok have had enough of this now, me is off.

ONLY 24 DAYS TILL I GO HOME, 18 TEACHING DAYS (18 DAYS OF KEVIN, 7 OF JAXON) AND THERE ARE ONLY 32 DAYS UNTIL I GET TO RELAX IN OZ - DOUBLE YEY!

Another pretty boring week

2006-10-26T00:44:00.000+13:00

Not a lot happening, apart from the fact that I'm getting a cold and that I've had headaches for the past 4 days, fun huh?
The headaches are strange, maybe I'm getting anxious about going home, I haven't had a headache that wasn't induced by alcohol in over a year, I think I need to relax some, will take it pretty easy this weekend I think, going to the movies, the Devil wears Prada is finally being released here tomorrow and there is a Halloween Party, that I'll probably go to, but that's about it.
I only have 21 more teaching days, and 30 days in total, well 29 days and a few hours. There are only 5 more Wednesday nights at Billboard, not many at all. I'm going to miss everyone, well maybe not everyone, so much.
Ok, that's enough wallowing, everything is going to be great, I have everything planned for the next 2 years and it's going to be perfect, perfect I tell you.
I am apparently now the proud owner of the entire Harry Potter series, or so I'm told, Kat bought them for me for Xmas, so she's sending them back to NZ for me, though who knows when, coz as yet I am waiting for her to post a package to me that she said she was going to post like a month ago, not that I'm hinting at anything Kat, really!
Oh yeah, and Sarah, if you are still alive, could you update your blog, all you really need to say is "I'm still here", ok, it's not that hard really. I would hate to waste any of my time worrying about you, I'm very selfish that way :)
Ok, later all.

Good News

2006-10-21T02:38:00.000+13:00

My boss finally backed down and gave me what I wanted, after yesterday telling me it wasn't at all possible. I don't think I'll ever understand they way their minds work sometimes.
So, I'll be arriving in New Zealand, Christchruch to be exact, at 9am on Saturday November 25th. Which is exactly 5 weeka (35 days), 7 hours and 24 minutes from now, yey! (New Zealand time, since it's 4 hour later there than it is here)
I think that was the best thing about the day, well, other than the fact it's Friday and I have 2 days off now. My apartment is looking pretty empty, since I've sent most of my stuff home, my suitcase should end up being pretty light though, got another box today, isn't quite full yet though, should be by Monday though, which is Labour Day at home, and I miss it, suck!
Though, I now only have 24 more teaching days left - 24 more days of Kevin, 14 more classes where Tim calls me crazy and I threaten to kill him, 22 more speaking tests to give. I'm really going to miss some of these kids, especially my kindergarten classes - Penny, Carol, Vicky, Dennis, Andy, Mandy, Lily and Peter (he's my favourtie). Will not miss Lora and Ester torturing Kevin, they shut his fingers in the door the other day. Will also not miss the constant fighting between Sean, Matt and Jack in Back Pack 2 though, talking about driving a teacher crazy. Will definitely miss my Back pack 3 class, even Jimmy, who can be really annoying. New Parade 3 will also be missed (though I had David crying for 20 minutes today, coz he wasn't prepared for all of his speaking test and refused to do the part he didn't know, so I gave him zero), they are the most fun of all my classes. Will be glad not to have to teach Jaxon any more, him and his "Why?", got to be the most annoying thing in the world.

What am I going to do without my kids?

fucking evil bitch

2006-10-19T23:14:00.000+13:00

sorry mother, but i don't give a shit about my language!
yeah, so the flights I organised to go home aren't acceptable, even though they are the cheapest. apparently "head office" won't accept submissions for flights home and bonuses until within a month of departure, though why this info could not have been passed along the million other times asked about my flights home I have no idea. At this point in time I'm guessing that she is trying to find a way to keep me here until Rach arrives, well all I have to say is fuck her, I'm not doing it, even if I have to stay a day longer, I'm not working, she can go jump of a fucking bridge - man it feels good to swear, I really wanted to swear at her too, and I can do it Korean if I want to, too.
there shall no longer be any extra help from me, of any sort, no extra classes taught or anything, no coming in early, no staying late, and definitely no helping in any way with Halloween preparations. they are getting nothing from me, I've had enough of their shit, no longer doing anything that is not outlined as my job description in my contract!
She tried to tell me my contract didn't expire until the 25th today, and i corrected her, believe me, guess it was unfortunate that Chelsy bore the brunt of my anger, would have said it all to the director if she understood.

So, other than this, we went the the Biennale today, not that we saw much of it, skipped about 3/4 of it, was really draining though. Bought a really cool toy for myself though. Jess and Kelsey went home yesterday, Scott and I went over to their place on Tuesday night to say good bye. We skipped BB last night too, as were really tired.
Had a pretty cool weekend, was Carly's birthday, got a little drunk on soju and went dancing, they had a live band at SpeakEasy and they were pretty good, then did nothing on Sunday, was really enjoyable.
I'm going to eat my kimbap now, drink some wine and find a way to get rid of some of this anger.

ONLY 25 MORE TEACHIGN DAYS, 35 MORE DAYS BEFORE I FINISH WORK, THEORETICALLY LEAVE IN 36 DAYS AND ARRIVE HOME IN 37 DAYS. GOING TO AUSTRALIA IN 44 DAYS!

oh yeah

2006-10-15T06:32:00.001+13:00

SO IT IS ONLY 40 DAYS UNTIL I GO HOME AND 48 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO AUSTRALIA, SO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, TO EVERYONE WHO IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS I AM OVER THE NEXT 2 MONTHS!

hey

2006-10-15T06:21:00.000+13:00

Kaz would like to point out that she has been rather busy lately and had more important things on her mind than updating, coz at this time in 6 weeks she will home in NZ, and this time in 7 weeks she will be in Oz. Not a lot else happening here anyway. got my bike fixed today and reserved seats on a flight home on the 24th of next month (now I just have to get the money out of y boss to pay for them, but theoretically I shall be arriving in NZ at 9am on Saturday November 25th, yey!
So, have just been to Carly's birthday party, so may possibly be a little tipsy right now, so Kat I apologise if there are any spelling or grammatical errors in this blog, I can't be bothered checking or fixing them at this point in time, anyways, I'm up to 111 posts now, would be many more had I not acciddentally deleted my entire blog in january.
this week we have had a leaving party for Kelsey and Jess, as they are leaving on Wednesday to go home to Canada, and Carl took off, just decided that he had had enough and left this place, I'm sure I can handle another 6 weeks, as long as the North Koreans are kind enough not to drop any bombs down here just yet, I did write an email to President Kim asking him to wait, but I never got a reply.
I guess that pretty much covers the highlights of this past week, though next week we are going to the Beinnale (an art exhibition) for a kindergarten field trip, so that should be interesting. But I believe that is all that has been happening in my ever so boring life lately. There will be another boring update at a later time. So, there Sarah, there is no way that I am lazier than you, it just an entirely impossible concept!

Not a lot happening

2006-10-03T14:47:00.000+13:00

had a pretty boring weekend doing a lot of nothing. Work yesterday was ok, I made some of my student hate me even more when I made them play twister, well, they're not my students they're Scott and the don't like me coz they got in trouble for continuously disturbing one of my classes, I felt revenge was necessary and boy was it fun!

Going to see some National Park with Nige, Van and Nicole today, on the first of my 6 days off, which should be enjoyable I hope, so I have to go get some Kimbap now to eat for lunch later. So I guess I will keep you posted, on my ever so boring life at the moment.

My worst fucking day so far

2006-09-27T23:48:00.000+12:00

I actually had to remove myself from the room so that I wouldn't hit a kid, I was so angry. Which would be why I am sitting here right now with a glass of wine, I have a feeling that the rest of the bottle will be disappearing pretty quickly as well.
So, landline in my apartment finally got installed today, didn't even miss any classes, which sux.
So all the bad things that happened after this:

1. Was told that I won't be having my breaks on Friday or Monday, so will be teaching right through from 10.10 until 8.05 - am
really pissed off about this.

2. I'm probably not going to be getting my overtime pay on Friday like they said I would, so am doing nothing and going
no where at Chew Sock.

3. Went to my fourth class, I got absolutely nothing at all done. I am supposed to teach 3-4 pages a class, didn't even get
through one (and this would be the class I was a actually prepared to carry out any and all threats).

4. While I was teaching said class, kids from the next class kept banging on the door and running away. I told them if they did it
again I would give them lines (and I don't even teach them). Ended up telling their KT about it and they all had to apologise to me.

5. One of my favourite students has decided to ignore absolutely everything i say, so ended up sending her out of the class
and giving her lines to write.

6. Mum and Dad, if you don't want me to call so late, turn on the damned answering machine and I won't.

Bored, bored, bored ................

2006-09-27T16:36:00.000+12:00

Am sitting at home on my break waiting for the telephone installation man to show up, and it looks like he won't be here for like another hour, so I thought I would update. Not that I have a lot to say. Though, there is a bonus to this dude being so late, it looks like I'll be missing my first hogwand class at the very least this afternoon, though, Chelsy went and made up for that today already by telling me that I won't be getting my usual breaks on Friday and Monday, Friday because of birthday party and Monday because we're making rice cake for chew sock - suck, suck, suck!
But at least I only have to work one day next week. Unlike people who don't live in Korea! Though seeing as they still haven't paid me my overtime, I will probably be stuck in Gwangju with nothing to do, coz I won't be able to afford to go anywhere! Aren't I just full of complaints today!
Um, had a really boring weekend, did a lot of nothing, it was great! Work has been the same as usual, though I haven't made anyone cry yet this week, that's a bonus, but there are still 2 days to go!
Well, I'm going to get back to my chum chi kim bap now, yum!

ONLY 57 DAYS TILL I GO HOME (ONLY 37 TEACHING DAYS). AND ONLY 65 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO AUSTRALIA - YEY YEY YEY!

So, the rest of the week!

2006-09-23T13:57:00.000+12:00

Went back to work on Tuesday, and have been sick since then. Went to Billboard on Wwednesday night, hung out with Nige and Van and the others for a couple of hours, ate some Tang Soo Yook, came home. Had a kindergarten field trip on Thursday, we went to the traffic park, so that the kids could learn about traffic safety, wasn't too bad all things considered, plus they got to play on a playground for an hour or so, the went on a little train (like Grandad's when I was little) and rode some bikes. One of the cops had a really nice ass, other than that nothing much.

Lost my voice yesterday, it's coming back slowly, so don't bother trying to call, I can't talk to you, oh, and to top it all off I think I have an ear ache, but at least I finally got some sleep last night, and no annoying mothers called me at 6.16am and then again at 7.17am, the first call could have been avoided by the checking of emails, the second I could of lived with, had I not already had the first.

So, I'm planning a pretty boring weekend, where I go get my bike fixed and buy some stuff from the mart tomorrow for lunches next week. I think I'll go back to sleep now. Later

There is now exactly 2 months until my contract ends, so 61 DAYS TILL I FINISH WORK, 62 DAYS TILL I LEAVE KOREA AND 70 DAYS UNTIL I GO ON VACATION TO AUSTRALIA. YEY YEY YEY YEY YEY!

So the weekend in Seoul .......

2006-09-18T13:59:00.000+12:00

(ok, so I started writing this blog days a go, but was so tired that I couldn't be bothered finishing it, plus I have been sick all week - actually lost my voice yesterday, yeah, enjoy it while you can! so now I will finish it)
was a weekend of very little sleep and a lot of drinking and all round good times. Left Gwangju on Friday night, got to Seoul at 12.30am, got motel rooms and dumped our stuff in our rooms, got changed and headed out for something to drink. First bar we went to was a gay bar, did not make Scott happy at all, was way expensive too. Didn't stay there long, went to another bar that had no door charge and much cheaper drinks, thank the gods, meet a sleezy guy who looked like Alec Baldwin and kept running his hand up and down my leg, couldn't be bothered causing a scene, but Carrie successfully removed him. Later on he was throw stuff like butter knives and glasses all over the bar. So, went to bad at something like 5am.

Got up again at 9.30 (not nearly enough time to sleep at all. We all got subway for breakfast (Me, NIge, Sen, Scott , and Carrie), then Nige and Carrie went off to do their own thing and Scott, Sen and I went on the City Bus Tour, went to Seoul Tower, but been there and done that before (found that the battery in my camera hadn't been charged like I thought it have, arrrrrggggghhhh! And that the bathrooms in Seoul Tower are the coolest bathrooms I've ever seen.) Jumped back on the bus and went to Insa-dong, were going to go to the King's palace, but you could only go in on a tour and the next English tour wasn't for ages and it was really long, so we decided not too, after we bought the tickets of course! So Insa-dong is a shopping district in Seoul, lots of souvenier stores, I bought a really cool new necklace and we went in to this like toy museum I guess, they had a huge collection of everything, including a life sized Darth Mal, it was pretty cool. Had some Indian for lunch, was incredibly spicy but I ate it anyway. I was feeling pretty wrecked by then and my knee was rather sore, so I went back to the motel in Itaewon to rest and Sen and Scott continuted on the bus tour.

Anyway, feel asleep until Nige called me, and said he was knocking on the door to my room, turns out he was knocking on the door to Sen's room not mine, I had a different room, coz I ended up having to share with Sen on the first night coz there weren't enough rooms. So, Nige and I went clothes shopping, yes, a guy wanted to go clothes shopping, we both got new jeans and I got 2 new tops as well, for a grand total of 57,000 won, great huh! Then we went out to dinner, had galbi, Korean BBQ, my absolute favourite food here, and drank a lot of beer, was pretty wasted by the time we left at 10. Then we headed back to Itaewon, coz Nige had dragged us half way across the city just for a cheap meal. So then we went to a couple of bars, the second one had a 5000 won door charge but after that Ladies got to drink for free, so I ended up rather drunk, and spent most of the night dancing with some guy from South Africa. Went to bad about 6am.

Got up at 9am, with the absolute worst hangover, we had subway for breakfast again, then Scott, Sen and I headed for Lotte World, a rather large theme park in Seoul, we went on some rollercoasters (not good for people with hangovers), a gyro swing (which I like more than the rollercoaster, the free fall, a bungy ride, a wave ride, this Giant Loop (that has left me with sore shoulders and a sore stomach, as you literally fell out of your seat when you went upside-down and were held place by a bar at your stomach and a harness over your shoulders), then went in the spinning baskets, which turned out to be the worst thing of all, and lastly we went on a ride called the Pharoh's Fury, which is obviously set in ancient Egypt. All this took a little over 4 hours. At 4pm, we hopped on the subway and headed for the train station and our train back to Gwangju, which was a 5.25. Got back to my apartment at about 9, Scott knocked on the door 20 minutes later, can I get my spare key from you, he lost his keys in Seoul!

Then I slept for like 14 hours, thank the gods I decided to take Monday off work!

2006-09-12T22:47:00.000+12:00

one other thing

ONLY 73 DAYS TO GO - and i will hopefully have my tickets booked by the end of next week, so fingers crossed on that one!

The Weekend

2006-09-12T22:14:00.000+12:00

So, ended up getting nice and drunk on Friday night, Nige's fault, he called after I had already skipped dinner and drank half a bottle of wine, so by the time I got home at around 5am I was pretty out of as Mark found out coz he was online too. So, didn't surface till around 2 on Saturday, got the tires on my bike pumped up, so now I can ride it again, then didn't really do a lot after that, just chatted online.
Sunday, I went shopping and then met Lynn, one of my KT's, and went to the movies, saw United 93, it's ok but not really my kind of movie, I did however find out that the Devil Wears Prada is being released here next month, so I will definitely be going to see that.
So, another rather boring weekend for me. Next weekend however will be much more fun, we're going to Seoul - on Saturday we're doing a river cruise, the city bus tour and going clubbing. On Sunday we're going to Lotte World, and huge indoor amusement park and the going shopping before coming home. I also have Monday off work, took a vacation day, so I believe I shall be spending some time recovering, I think I'll be needing it.
oh, and have found out that I won't be able to go to jeju at tu soc coz everything is booked out, well all transportation to the island anyway, might go for a weekend after I get paid next month who knows.
Anyway, that is all I currently have to report coz you probably don't really want to know about yesterdays with my evil director of foreign teachers, but I won, so yey!

Half way through the week

2006-09-06T23:55:00.000+12:00

well, so we are half way through the week already, had a pretty quiet, well boring weekend really. Didn't do a whole lot. I finally got around to replacing the contact lens I lost, only to find when I went to put them in on Tuesday morning that I hadn't really lost it at all, it was hding in the case where I keep my lenses.
Monday, was a total disaster, pure hell really, the kids spent the whole day doing the exact opposite of what I asked them to do or not to do, was really prepared to kill some of them. The last 2 days have been better, thank the gods for that too. Only had 1 really annoying class today, I have 15 students who barely speak any English and they drive me mad, I can't get the to be quiet and listen for even 10s seconds. Today most of them got to write I can be quiet 50 times, coz I couldn't be bothered yelling at them any more, they are evil. I think they do it just to get at me, they really need to remember to be quiet and listen or they get no games, and unfortunately bribing them candy doesn't work on this class (a real bugger).
So, going to Billboard tonight, missed last week, and it looks like Brian will be leaving us soon coz his boss screwed him over and he doesn't have a visa, so it should be interesting.
Oh well, Scott will be here in a mo, so will catch you later.

another thing ...

2006-09-01T23:41:00.000+12:00

One good thing about yesterday was that I didn't have to go on the field trip with the kindergarten classes.

AND IT IS ONLY 84 DAYS TILL I GET TO GO HOME AND 93 DAYS UNTIL I GOT TO AUSTRALIA!

Ok, so I've been getting lazy

2006-09-01T23:32:00.000+12:00

because I haven't been checking other peoples blogs I've been forgetting to write my own, plus it's been a bugger of a week.
But the intensive course has finally finished, thank the gods for that too, was ready to kill yesterday, and today wasn't much better. Yesterday was a wonderful day really, I taught 1 class from 10-11, had a 4 hour break, taught another class from 3.10-3.55, had another break, this time for and hour and a half, then I taught my last class from 5.40-6.25, a really boring and completely pointless day. I suppose I should have done my report cards, but i couldn't be bothered, I did my shopping, which turned out to be a really bad idea, as I walked to do it, so by the end of the day my knee was aching incredibly badly. Had to go back to work last night anyway, as was Rachel's leaving and Scott's birthday celebrations, but came home before 10, coz my knee hurt so much that I felt sick, fun huh!
My highlight for today was that I finally got around to getting my hair cut, so there are no more split ends and it's a couple of inches shorter.
Well, that pretty much covers my hellish week, as for the weekend, I probably won't be doing a lot, will go downtown tomorrow and get another calling card, and also some new contacts, since I lost one of my other ones, so if anyone is online, I probably will be there too.
Oh, and it looks like Rachel (the Rachel from uni) will be taking my job when I leave, so people at work love me at the moment to!
I believe that is all, if you're lucky I may even remember to update in a couple of days once I've had a lot of sleep :)

A pretty lazy weekend

2006-08-27T22:23:00.000+12:00

haven't done much this weekend, was going downtown to sign up for saturday korean lessons, only to find that they won't be doing only saturday classes this round, I'd have to go on tuesdays too, and that's impossible. bugger really, I wanted to learn too.
went swimming first thing yesterday morning too, man it felt great, water all around me. Can't wait to get back so I can see the ocean every day. only like 90 odd days to go, less than 3 months now.
was stormy again today, so I went for a walk in the rain, was fun, I like rain, then just read watched movies and did cross-stitch, like I said a pretty lazy and boring weekend.
But at least the intensive classes finish on Thursday, that's something to look forward to. Unfortunately I won't be going to the doc as often either, as they won't let me continue using Chelsy's medical insurance, so the price pretty much triples, fun huh!
I think that's all I have to report, not much else happening here, catch you later!

Thought I should update before people start accusing me of being like Sarah

2006-08-22T22:34:00.000+12:00

Like Kat, I don't really have a lot to say, not much happening. Just going to the doc for physio everyday, not getting anough sleep (not sure why that is), is still hot and the kids are still annoying (I would swear their parents fed them sugar for breakfast yesterday morning!).
Didn't do much at the weekend, overslept and didn't make it downtown in time to sign up for Korean classes, so will do it this Saturday as I believe the next round starts the first weekend of September. Bought the Scream Trilogy and watched it for a laugh. Yup, that about covers it, Oh, and tomorrow is Lindsay's last day here, she's going back to Canada early on thursday. I think that about covers it.
ONLY 94 DAYS TILL MY CONTRACT FINISHES, SO ABOUT 95 OR 96 DAYS TILL I SET FOOT ON NZ SOIL, AND ONLY 102 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO OZ, YEY

2006-08-17T22:37:00.000+12:00

Went to the doctor today, and as it turns out there is now a tear in mmy mescus (thingy in my knee). To be fixed, will most likely need to have it operated on, though in the mean time, it just means that I shall be going to the hospital everyday for treatment, fun huh! Oh yeah, and I'm not allowed to walk, run or bike, so will have to take taxis too and from work! So Mum you will definitely have to send me some of my money back.
Lost and found one of my contact lenses today too, I thought I put it in the this morning, but on the way to work I realised there was something wrong, turns out I hadn't put it in after all, was lying on my floor when I got home from work. Good huh, only took 2 days!
Went to Billboard last night, spent the night talking to Vanessa, and being grumpy with Niggy Wiggy, seeing as he piked on my birthday, I'll be nice to him again next week. Which happens to be Lindsay's last night, it seems that all I ever do is say goodbye to people.
Was the director birthday at work today, as we found out when everyone started singing happy birthday to her in Korean, it would be nice if people actually told us about these things before they actually happen. As I also found out that one of my classes has been cancelled, a good thing, but no one told me until after it started, very helpful, but I now only teach 4 classes on Thursdays, or will when the Intensive summer school class finishes. yey!, gonna be a bugger going rushing to the hospital on my break everyday to have treatment though.
Okay, am really lazy and can't be bothered thinking of anything else to say or even thinking up a title today, going to sleep now!

So, am now lacking the ability to walk

2006-08-16T23:40:00.000+12:00

well, not completely lacking, but causes enough pain that, I wish I could find the stupid ass cow that hit me in the knee with the door, and cause her some pain too, so it looks like I may have to head back to the docotr, will talk to Chelsy tomorrow. Might get my hair cut too.
well, aircon reeks havoc on ones eyes if you're wearing contacts, went and got some eye drops that re-wet the contacts so that me eyes don't dry out, very good stuff. Bought some sunglasses too, not the ones I really wanted though, they cost abbout 400,000 won, a little too expensive I think.
Fortunately, I don't think there was any permanent damage caused to my brain from the most disgusting sight that I was unlucky enough to endure yesterday. I was a little worried for a while.
Not much else happening, I only made one child cry today. She should have been paying attention to what I was saying instead of doing her hair in class. She refursed to talk for the whole rest of the class. But, I also don't really care. I mean Shane didn't cry when I gave him 500 lines to write, saying "I can be quiet". Originally it was less, but he insisted upon continuing to talk. Not my fault he didn't listen. It turns out lines are a wonderful thing, so is candy. My Hell class has become one of my best classes, they see candy and they shut up, it's great, they're being so good. Making my job so much easier.
Well, I guess that's all, am going to Billboard soon, can eat some Tang Soo Yook, yey!

Public Holiday's, gotta love them

2006-08-15T19:27:00.000+12:00

So, went and got myself some contact lenses today, and they were so cheap, probably less and a third of what i would have to pay ing NZ. So now I just need to lose about 50ks and I will be really happy, not much chance of that with my genetics though. I'm so happy that I can finally buy and wear sunglasses, which I will probably do tomorrow.
Saw a very disgusting sight today down town, you probably don't want the details, but it involved a dude in a car, doing something in a place where people could see him. Was way gross.
Actually, am kind of surprised that I managed to get out of bed this morning, didn't home until 3.30am. We did my birthday thing at work last night, went to Fish 'n' Grill, where I drank 1 and 1/2 pitchers of peach soju all by myself, spent an hour at a noraeban (Karoke room), went to another soju bar, dran3/4 of a pitcher of lemon soju by myself. Then, Scott, Lynn, Karen and I went the biggest night club in Gwangju, got a little annoyed at how long we had to wait, but otherwise, it was really cool, the lights were amazing and the music was pretty good too, great for dancing, which I was actually drunk enough to do. Well, until some evil cow slammed my bad knee in a door and I couldn't walk anymore,, had I been able to stand at the time I would have flattened her. So, here I am, back with a knee that doesn't work again, but I don't have to wear my glasses anymore either.

Happy Birthday to me

2006-08-13T13:59:00.000+12:00

so, I am at last a quarter of a century old, scary isn't it. Well, at least now I can apply for an allowance when I go back to uni next year and actually get it. I registered for uni next year yesterday, all things considered it's going to be a pretty light year, since I haven't been able to find anythign interesting to fill in the gaps with, summer school will be pretty intense though since I'm going to take to papers, I have a 3 hour break between classes, so that will be my study time. But in the first semester, am only taking 4 papers, 2 full year and 2 half year and my timetable seems pretty good, plus no classes on Fridays, even better. Picking Latin back up again though, thought it would be useful to have something else under my belt, another option for what I am able to teach.
Am going to have a pretty lazy day today, it's too hot to do anything much outside, may go for a walk later, and I'm meeting up with friends to go out for dinner around 6, so I guess I have something to look forward to.

THERE ARE NOW ONLY 103 DAYS UNTIL MY CONTRACT FINISHES (SO 104 DAYS TILL I LEAVE THIS PLACE) AND 111 DAYS UNTIL I GO TO AUSTRALIA ON VACATION, YEY!

Home at last

2006-08-12T03:31:00.000+12:00

or back in Korea, well Gwangju, Korea, in my apartment. Got up at 7:05am (not a good time of the day). If you have read Kat's blog you will know, that she mistakenly gave me to wrong amount of money for my flight, and when she realised this she called my taxi driver and we had to go back and get more. Then my flight to Taipei from Kinmen was delayed for half an hour, but we made good time anyway. So, got my bags pretty quick, like only 10 minutes after getting off the plane, possibly less, then basically walked out of the airport and onto a bus to CKS, which departed immediately (one of the 2 lucky things that occurred for me today). The second lucky thing was arriving at CKS and not having to wait to check my luggage, plus my 2 bags weighed exactly 20kg ( a total miracle).
Then, I called Kat to tell her that I had made it okay and say goodbye. Spent the last of my money at BK (breakfast/lunch at 11am) and on souveniers for myself, and phone charms to take home as gifts.
Caught my flight, no problems there, landed slightly early, made the mistake of choosing the slowest line possible at the immigration check point, and finding out that I no longer needed to fill in arrival or departure cards for Korea since I am a resident ( a very recent law change that will never again affect me). Grabbed my bags, made it through declarations without any problems. Headed to buy a bus ticket, only to find the next bus completely sold out and had to wait and hour and three quarters for the next one. So, found a comfortable seat to sit and read for that time. A Jehovah's Witness attempted to bug me, but I just ignored her, so eventually she went away.
Got on the bus at 5.50, fell asleep almost immediately, then Mum called, talked to her for a bit, discussing my aunts insanity for taking her son with her while visiting my mother, oh, and the bus almost crashed, fun day huh! But wait there's more, huge traffic jam going past Seoul took more than an hour to just get past Seoul, bloody people leaving the city for the weeked, note to self, don't take buses near Seoul after 6pm on Fridays.
Got to the bus terminal in Gwangju at around 10.20, got myself at taxi, unfortunately I also got myself a taxi driver who didn't understand my Korean, happens from time to time, I told him I wanted to go to OH IL PAL (5 1 8), like 5 times, eventually I wrote it down, and he was like "oh, OH IL PAL", which is what I thought I had said. So, we got me home with me saying left hand and right hand in Korean when I wanted him to turn, and he actually knew left and right as well, a nice change.
So, here I am, home after a very eventful trip I must say, so now I have the weekend to recover before I ahve to go back to work on Monday. Washing is done and I'm mostly unpacked. I am so going to sleep now!

I have flights

2006-08-10T22:39:00.000+12:00

So, Taipei-Seoul flight has been rescheduled for 12-15pm tomorrow and Kinmen-Taipei flight is at 8-15am tomorrow morning, everything has reopened and I shall be returning to Korea a day late, but just in time for the weekend. Isn't it really sad that I had to miss an extra day of work, sometimes typhoons are good things, who knew! Well, Kat actually, as she usually gets a day off work when a typhoon hits.
In other good news, I finally finished the Angel of Dreams, seeing as the thread I needed arrived here on Monday (plus kat wants the pattern to do herself, so I guess it saves me posting it to her since I've finished it here), I really like the speed that it managed to get here I just wish Kreinick delivered to South Korea.
Man, its rather difficult typing in the dark, I could turn on the light but I am rather lazy, plus I'm done now anyway.

Taiwan, Day Six

2006-08-10T15:12:00.000+12:00

I am still here, and will be for at least another day. Am currently stuck on Kinmen, not that it really matters, as my international flight was cancelled anyway. It seems the typhoon is right in the middle of the flight path for all flights leaving Chang Kai Shek, very helpful. Called work, they weren't impressed but there wasn't much they could do to change things. So I have a whole week off work, instead of 4 days, yey!
Will hopefully be able to get a flight to Taipei tonight, or first thing tomorrow morning, if not, I'll have to try and change my flight again, fun huh! May actually get to go to the beach after all.

Taiwan, Day Five - so far ...

2006-08-09T18:08:00.000+12:00

Well, I have good news and bad news, the good news being that I may not have to go to work on Friday, and the bad news being that it will be because I am stuck in Taiwan as there are 2 typhoons that are supposed to hit in the next 24 hours. One in the south, where I am now, on Kinmen, and one in the north, where the international airport is. So, there is a chance of flights being delayed or cancelled. Kat is trying to get me on flight to Taipei tonight instead of tomorrow morning as by then it may be too late to leave Kinmen. So, Mornay you probably will get to see me again after all.
Wow, that was lucky, I just remembered that I had put water on to boil, so that I can have pasta for lunch, I don't think Kat would appreciate me burning down her apartment.
Aren't I just too damned lucky!

Taiwan, Day 4

2006-08-09T01:01:00.000+12:00

So, by some miracle I actually got some sleep last night, it wasn't quite as hot and I had a headache so I passed out pretty quickly. Kat wasn't quite so lucky. Last night we went to Mythinos, a Greek Restraunt in Taipei, was damned good too, but rather expensive, Mornay paid, was my birthday present. He was also nearly killed when he tried to sing me Happy Birthday.
Got up around 9 this morning, went to welcome to stock up on a couple of things that I haven't been able to buy in Korea. Then, Kat and I caught a taxi to Songshan, the domestic airport in Taipei, got the 11.15am plane to Kinmen, weather was great and I was actually able to see things out of the window this time, everything looks so cool form the air. I was even able to identify what the different ships in the shipping channels were carrying, is it strange that I am able to do that? Kar says definitely. So, anyway the view was great.
Got to Kinmen, got a call from Morany, 3 typhoons are headed this way. So, if I'm really lucky I won't be able to make it back to Korea on Thursday and will end up aving Friday off work too. Unfortunately, I know that I'm just not that lucky. Anyway, Kat dropped me at her apartment and then went to work, so I have spent the afternoon reading, sleeping, eating and listening to music. And when Kat came home from work, she bought pizza, yummy yummy pizza, did you know that Hawiian pizza with shrimp is actually really good and I always thought that seafood shouldn't go on pizza, go figure.
Another suprising thing, I ordered some stuff online on Thursday and put down Kat's address seeing as the company doesn't deliver to South Korea, and it is here already, was shipped on Friday and arrived at Kat's work yesterday, I really like this, why can't other places ship things so cheaply and easily!
Anyway, I'm off to read now, should manage to update again tomorrow evening.

Taiwan, Day Three

2006-08-07T23:35:00.000+12:00

Well, after a night of extreme heat and little sleep, due to the fact that this room has no aircon, a a very loud fan. Kat and I went shopping. First we went to Watsons, a pharmacy, spent a great deal of money on such things as razor blades and allergy pills and vitamins, as they are cheap here and not cheap in Korea or NZ for that matter. Also bought a suitcase too, very cheap, a good size to use as a carry on bag.
Went to the Hess Bookstore, so my kids will be happy that I now have a great number of stickers, new and different ones. Came back to Mornay's to meet him for lunch, not that we ate anything. Then Kat and I headed for Ximen (where it totally pelted down, and we got wet even though we were carrying unbrellas) and more shopping, we both got new shoes, and some cool hair pins. Had pasta lunch, very yummy. After that we caught the MRT and went to Taipei Main and Nova (lots of electronics, like Kuhmo World in Korea), Kat bought a new cell phone and I got 1GB memory card for my camera and a 1GB memory stick for my computer (yey, finally got a new one, after my old one was inadvertantly washed with sand and ocean, when I was over here on vacation last July! - a total accident really, did you know that sand and salt water aren't good for electrical appliances!).
So, next went to Taipei 101 and Page One (again). Kat bought a large number of books, I bought 1. So we decided to go up the worlds fastest elevator in the worlds tallest building. Took 37 seconds to go from the 5th floor to the 89th floor. Was a damned good view from the top too, will post pictures when I get back to Korea, you could see all of Taipei, was really awesome and such a good day for it too. I reccommmend that if you ever come to Taipei you should go there.
So, by this time it's like 5.30 and we have to get back to Nova to pick up Kat's cell phone, and by this stage we are completely sick of walking and public transport so we take taxi's. Finally got back to Mornay's around 6.30.
So, now we are getting ready to go out for dinner to some Greek restraunt, so very yummy that will be also, and Kat got me a birthday cake earlier with a 2 and 5 for candles, I promise that it will say 25 and not 52, well that's what I am hoping for, I'd rather be a quarter of a century old than half a century.
I guess that pretty much covers today, am going to Kinmen tomorrow morning with Kat, so there will be pizza on the beach again, although this time, I will make sure that my memory stick isn't in my pocket. Wish some good luck for actually getting some sleep tonight, but considering how hot it still is, I don't think that's going to happen. What a bugger!