Little Cozy Corner

If two SS ago I was ecstatic, this week…I’m way over the moon!!! I think my birds love me - as long as I got food in my hands.

See, my Ted’s birds love me!!! :dancing:

And they obviously love Ted too coz he’s got food in his hands too!!! :tongue:

This is one of my favourite shots - it’s a ‘Hey ,watcha looking at?’ pix. :LOL: So cute lar!

We had a quiet weekend this time around. We had actually plan to take a trip into the city and check out that craz-cheap DVD/CD sale down at Darling Harbour on Sunday but I decided to exercise some major restraint and decided not to go all together coz I know that if I did, a pack of wilderbeast couldn’t keep me in line!! I’d definitely go bonkers so instead we stayed home and sorted out millions of pictures which needed to go into their albums.

On Saturday night, we attended our first Christmas party at church. It was an international Christmas party where everyone was asked to bring a dish that was served during Christmas back in our home country. Normally, Mummy would cook mutton curry coz it’s such a killer with the family but since I couldn’t find any mutton, I made do with beef instead. If it was up to me, I would think that I sucked at my very first attempt of cooking up a curry coz it looked nothing like the one back home. To me, it looked so dull and lifeless, that’s why I dumped in a load of yellow and red capsicum just to give it some color. But Ted thinks otherwise. Although it was spicy, he said that it was good and I’m happy as long as my husband’s happy. And I guess it must have been good to a certain extend because I didn’t have a chance to taste it at the party at all!! It was wiped out clean….:cool: *Masuk bakul, angkat sendiri!*

So, whaddaya think?

This is just a random shot of the pipe organ in church. As much as I love having it during mass, sometimes I feel like I’m on the set of Adam’s Family or The Munsters. *sigh*

Just a quick update on the outcome of my interview. 

Thanks for all the confidence and support. I needed it but sadly, the HR people didn’t think I suited the position. *sigh* Turns out that although I was intelligent enough to hold the position, someone else was more experience than me. :confused_2: She did however take the time to call me down and informed me face to face of the rejection. At least I got to have that short conversation with her. Another friend of mine just got a sentence or 2 in the email stating that her application was rejected. Poor girl!

Hayley [the HR officer] did however inform me that although there was nothing suitable for me in my current office, she hinted that I should keep my eyes and ears peeled as they had just obtained another office and will require people soon. The best thing is this newly acquired office is in Parramatta!! :dancing: So for that, I should be thankful. Am certainly looking forward to the advertisement for this office. Once again, thank you. :hug: 

I had my second interview yesterday. *God bless Leea!* And for the first time, I didn’t feel all that nervous and I didn’t even have sweaty hands!! And that itself is a miracle. Although my hands were almost frozen cold from nervousness. I did fumble with my words a bit here and there but overall, I personally felt that I ’sold’ myself quite well. I guess I’ll have to thank Leea for making me feel confortable and at ease. Now, all I have to do is wait, pray, hope and keep my fingers cross that I get good news by the end of today.

Keep your fingers cross for me, people!! :hug: :praying:

I think I haven’t written an update post in awhile. Used to do it everytime something big came along but then, I guess the desire to do so just wore off. But the recent happenings are pretty huge changes to me, personally.

First things first, I am certainly thankful that my temporary tenure at my workplace is not yet up. My last day was suppose to be on 24/11/2006 but somehow, they kept me until today. But they have moved me to a different department. I’m now in the Call Centre - a job that I never once ever had the desire to try out at all, let alone apply for. I personally don’t feel confortable listening to people winge and whine and expect me to clear their problems with a snap of my fingers but that it exactly what these customers are doing to me. Think what? I’m David Blaine incarnate??? But in anycase, I’m indirectly happy that I still have a job to hang on to even though I don’t really like it. While this crap is happening to me, I’ve been called for an interview in the same company but for a permanent position however, they wanted to interview me today which didn’t quite do it for me since I had other plans today. I pretty much wasn’t in the office at all because I had some issues to deal with urgently. I hope my boss got my little email of apology and has reconsidered to reschedule my interview. Pretty please! :praying:

With regards to the issues I mentioned…..praise God for making it all happen for us. At least up till this stage, it all looks good. We spent practically the whole day today applying for various forms for me i.e my permanent spouse visa which set us back quite a bit financially, applied for my Medicare card which will help in the medical bills in the future and most of all, I finally submitted an application to get my tax file number [TFN].

I didn’t have any trouble with any of these applications except that I was so pissed with the fact that I have had very highest taxation on my weekly salary because I decided to go by the rules and provide the information and documents needed in the application form. When Ted and I turned up today at the Tax Office, this woman simply told me to apply online and I did it in less than 5 minutes!!! :grrr: I waited SO long to get the documents that I thought they would need in order to file or process or whatever it is they need to do, but nope. All I had to do was get online and apply. :doh: I was speechless. I was numb. I was just plain shocked. And because this little ‘mishap’, I’ve been getting taxed way passed my neck!! It’s a killer, I tells ya!! Just imagine having 46% taxed out of your salary….sakit lor! To think that I will have to wait another 3 weeks before I get some sort of reply from them. Aiyo…!

But……the good news is, I get my money back next year when I fill up my tax return forms. I hope to get a big fat cheque in the mail somewhere in July but for now, I must suffer. :worried

I had one of the best weekends out ever since arriving here in Sydney. It was simple and most well spent! Although I went to work around midday on Saturday, Ted fetched me at about 3.45pm and we were off!

We parked nearby St. Patrick’s Church and then took a slow walk down to Circular Quay. I must say that this outing was a surprise so I didn’t bring my camera and Ted forgot to bring it for me. I was thankful that my camera could take snapshots of this and that BUT today when I tried to upload the pix, stupid card thingy didn’t work!! :grrr: There goes all those shot I took of Sydney Opera House and what nots. *sigh*

Anyway, after that nice evening walk, we attended mass at 6pm and after our spiritual appetite was filled and satisfied, it was time to feed the physical appetite! :tongue: We couldn’t decide on what to have so we just walked about a bit and bumped into this really nice and cosy little Italian place called Caminetto in The Rocks. It was about 7.30pm and the crowd was slowly pouring in. By the time we got a seat, the line behind us began to snake. After about 15 minutes or so, Ted’s pizza and my penne with boscaiola sauce arrived. Looked delicious and my tastebuds are still tingling from just thinking of that plate of heavenly, creamy and cheesy boscaiola sauce. :drool: It was SO damn good that I’m so going back there again!

And that was the end of our Saturday night out. Sunday was really fun too!! We had planned to go to the beach and seeing that Saturday was suppose to be cloudy, which it wasn’t, we decided that we would go on Sunday - which we did. I prepared a little something small for lunch - Mum’s famous fried pasta and some fruits for us to dig in at the beach. And at about 10.30am, we pushed off. We arrived at Newport Beach at about 11.30am or so [only because we had to stop off at a pal's place to collect some documents]. The weather was great! We sunscreened ourselves up and just sat down by the beach. I didn’t really feel like going in coz it was SO windy that day. So windy that it blew my cap off and it smacked someone in the face!! Damn paisey…..:doh: But overall, it was nice and after our little lunch, we took a walk along the beach with the waves of chilly seawater breaking at our feet. The water was damn cold wei!! I wouldn’t want to be jumping in that water at all…..*shiver shiver* Managed to take a couple of pix. Hope you like it!

How was your weekend and how did you spend it?

My favourite pix of the lot!

I swear these seagulls must have gotten a whiff or 2 of their fellow brethren off us! I managed to get a pretty close shot.

Between the bottom and top pix, I prefer the colors in the top one. What do you think?

The day wouldn’t have been completed without this sighting!

Why do I think that there are people out there who really, honesty think like this at all? :rolleyes: Women always get the short end of the stick eh? :nottalking:

1. The family picture is on HIS desk.
Ah, a solid, responsible family man.

The family picture is on HER desk.
Umm, her family will come before her career.

2. HIS desk is cluttered.
He’s obviously a hard worker and a busy man.

HER desk is cluttered.
She’s obviously a disorganised scatterbrain

3. HE is talking with his co-workers.
He must be discussing the latest deal

SHE is talking with her co-workers.
She must be gossiping.

4. HE’s not at his desk.
He must be at a meeting.

SHE’s not at her desk.
She must be in the ladies’ room.

5. HE’s not in the office.
He’s meeting with customers.

SHE’s not in the office.
She must be out shopping.

6. HE’s having lunch with the boss.
He’s on his way up.

SHE’s having lunch with the boss.
They must be having an affair.

7. The boss criticised HIM.
He’ll improve his performance.

The boss criticized HER.
She’ll be very upset.

8. HE got an unfair deal.
Did he get angry?

SHE got an unfair deal.
Did she cry?

9. HE’s getting married.
He’ll get more settled.

SHE’s getting married.
She’ll get pregnant and leave.

10. HE’s having a baby.
He’ll need a raise.

SHE’s having a baby.
She’ll cost the company money in maternity benefits.

11. HE’s going on a business trip.
It’s good for his career.

SHE’s going on a business trip.
What does her husband say?

12. HE’s leaving for a better job.
He knows how to recognise a good opportunity.

SHE’s leaving for a better job.
Women are not dependable.

 Thanks Renetha!