Just when I thought I beat them.....

I've been told that where I am working now has heaps of firewalls and I won't be able to access jackall. No irc, icq, msn for a few months. Luckily, I realised that MSN and ICQ both work on my computer. Little did I know that I don't get all my messages. People claimed that they have messaged me but I never received it and vice versa. Took me a while to figure out that the stupid firewall blocks some of the messages! So if anyone has msged me on MSN while i'm at work and I didn't respond, chances are I never got the message!! DAMNIT!

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After watching LOTR for 9 1/2hrs......I have Aragorn drilled into my head...

Please..not now....

hmmm...I had a family dinner last night with my parents and cousin as well as my sister-in-laws parents and her brother's girlfriend's parents. Yes it sounds weird..but they were thinking if they are going to get married, then they will be in-laws which means my parents will also be "in-laws" of some sort. Anyway, after dinner as we were saying our goodbyes, i saw my mum and the future "in-laws" huddled in a corner discussing something. Then i realised that they were talking about her son and how he was my age and all whilst giving me funny looks. Then i saw this really scary look in my mums eyes....something i've never seen in her before...she was planning on setting me up ~>_<~ All of my life my mum has never tried to set me up before. Mainly cos she knows that I will get the shits and will refuse to meet the guy anyway because i'm too independent for her to try and dictate a husband for me. But since its Chinese New Years, she probably felt that another year has passed and its time for her to find me a husband.....Anyway, I grabbed my jacket and bolted out of the restaurant while mumbling something along the lines of "I'll get the car". Lets hope thats the last I hear of that....

I'm getting that feeling again.......

I met up with one of my friends after work yesterday. This guy has spent the past 2 years travelling around the world, and on Thursday he's going to do it all over again. The past few years have been "routine" for him. He would work any job he can find in Australia to earn as much money as he can. He would then fly over to America and work in a sports camp for kids for 5 months where he gets paid for his work. The only thing is he doesnt have anywhere to spend the money at camp. So he is able to save all the money he earns in the 5 months, and along with the money he has earnt in Australia, he would travel around. He has been to places I havent even heard of. He spends his time meeting new people, travelling to new places and experiencing things that most people wouldn't have a chance to experience in a lifetime. This time is no different. After having travelled around most of South America, he's going to do a quick run through of his favourite places and meet up with some of the good friends he's made in his travels and then he is going to Europe. After his sports camp, he will probably travel around Europe for a few months, including going to Turkey (One place I really want to go! Mainly to stock up on Belly Dancing gear though). Maybe, if he still has time and money left, he will travel south east asia.

After saying my farewells and going home, I started to feel all depressed. What have I been doing for the past 2 years whilst my friend has been travelling around the world and soaking up life's experiences? What am I going to be doing for the next year whilst my friend goes and sees more of the world? One word. Work. I'm happy with my job. I've been lucky to find work in IT quite soon after I graduated and I enjoy my work. My pay isnt bad and its relatively stress free (Depending on my project i guess......). But what have i REALLY done? I want to buy property, but I can't afford it. I don't understand how my saving will even put a dent in the mortgage. I want to travel and see the world. But to do that I will need to take time off work. Something I don't really have. Besides, that would mean I am taking money out from my "deposit" for a property (as small as it is). So once again, I am back to square one. Not enough money to get a house, enough money to travel but no time and i will set my plans back a few more years.

Maybe my way to solve this is to move overseas. I have been looking into moving to Singapore. I know some of you have all heard me talk about moving interstate rar rar before, but moving to Singapore is something that is easily doable. My sister and her family is all over there. I could go there for a few months for a holiday/job hunting etc. But that will mean dragging myself out of the little rut which I am hiding in. Should I take what experience I have now and go overseas for a gamble? Or should I stay a few more years before I go and try my luck for something better? Probably something I have to think about over the next few months. Maybe by then my quarter life crisis will be over and I will be content with my 9-5 job with the frequent friday drinks and crazy antics. Maybe I won't. I might have to read over this entry in a few months time. Meanwhile, back to my work.....

The Year of the Monkey

Tis the year of the Monkey. That means one thing. That I will be turning 24 this year ~>_<~ One more year and I'll be a quarter of a century old.....now that is depressing...

We have quite a few monkeys in the house. Both my mum and dad are monkeys, I am a monkey and so is my oldest nephew. Of course there are all of my friends who are born in the same year as me. This year is our year. We shall rule!! I have also been told by my parents that for this years Chinese New Year (22nd January), to make sure you have good luck for the rest of the year, wear a pair of red undies. Probably explains why the paul frank red undies have sold out around asia along with anything red/pink and particularly if it has a monkey on it. Looks like i'm gonna be going shopping the next few days during lunch to prepare for CNY. 3 more days til my annual pay day :D

My first day at work.....

Well that what it felt like. Walking into a strange office and not knowing anyone in there. It was like my first day at work over a year and a half ago. Not knowing who is who and where anything is. Worst of all, not knowing what the hell I am hired to do. I guess its only for 3 months and then I can go back to the head office. The only good thing is that the new office is only 2 minutes walk from the train station and only a stones throw away from heaps of shops!! WOOHOO!!! LUNCH TIME SHOPPING!! Lets see how long it takes me before I put mirc on the new comp at work! MAUahaUAH

On another note, i had the weirdest dream last nite. I dreamt that I had another belly dancing performance. Only i had forgotten all my moves. Infact, i even forgot what music i chose to dance to! After freaking myself out for awhile, i realised i didnt even choreograph a dance. So i wasnt going to perform and started calling all my friends and family to tell them not to come to the show cos it was going to cost them $30 and I didnt want to waste their money. The only problem was everyone I had invited already showed up and was waiting for my performance. My teacher decided to get me to perform my veil dance again, with a twist. I had to teach a guy to swirrrrrrrrl the veil around with me within 15mins but i had left my costume at home! So instead of teaching the guy how to dance and perform with me, i had to run home to get my costume only to be attacked by an army of spiders! Then i woke up.....