Floraish

..but first, a rant.

So the last few experiences I have had with fast food ‘restaurants’ have been shit. Actually, unbelievably shit. I mean, sure you go in with low expectations to begin with because let’s face it, multinational billion dollar companies choose to hire 15 year old bums with absolute zero understanding of customer service; but even after all this, I’m still getting terrible service and food quality. I mean, maybe because I worked at fast food and prided myself on doing a good job and back then, work ethic and morale wasn’t at an all time low, sure you get a few bad apples, but the whole fucking store including the manager? Come on!

Case in point: At a well known fast food chain which I won’t care to mention (but starts with Mc and ends in Donalds), I waited in their drive thru queue for over 15 minutes. For two shakes. TWO MEASLY FUCKING MILKSHAKES. Why didn’t I get out of my car and go into the restaurant? Because they have some shitty rule in place that they only have skeleton staff during graveyard and everybody goes through the drive thru. Even people walking, yes, those wankers. In fact, they were the ones holding up the line. Stoners probably feeling the munchies and ordering 15 burgers each. Fuckers. By the time I finally get my shake, they’re not even the right flavour and they were served to me with a grunt. Sigh. Other tidbits, which I can’t be bothered raging about, but this has caused me to reconsider my already limited visits there to be non existent.

ANYWAYS

Christmas is over! So are Boxing Day sales. Bring on NYE!

This year Erin, Steve, Deegan and I are going to the Regatta for their NYE Moulin Rouge party.

Should be a good night. Original plans WERE to go to Rydges and rock their rooftop party, it’s on level 12 and would’ve had eye level fireworks. Sigh. Oh well. Still get to go out and dress up

Side note: Can’t stop listening to Empire of the Sun. God damn catchiness!

Christmas has crept up on us again this year! It’s crazy!

I hope everybody has a great day with their family and significant others.

At work at the moment. Having a bitch about NYE. Had all these great plans, now they’re gone.

I don’t wanna do anything now.

On a somewhat positive note, for $8 I scored: 300gm serve of pasta, 2 nectarines, 1 banana, 1L of full cream milk and 700gm loaf of bread. No idea why everybody is complaining about the cost of living. The pasta is my lunch. Fruit my afternoon tea, and the milk and bread will be enough for the boss and I’s breakfast over the next 2 days.

It’s almost the end of the year. Here are some things I have done since last posting:

• Organised an OCAU BBQ

Well so I did! It was a hot day, but it was awesome. So very awesome! Jo came, my brother came, and Steve came too! I think all up, about 25 people showed up, with a few pikers here and there. It was the best. I didn’t cook either, but I did do lots of other running around and stressful shit, I felt that I didn’t need to.

• Toned and slimmed

Well gym is going great. Except now since it’s a small gym, they’ve closed for the Christmas period beginning yesterday!!! WHAT?! Where will I burn my calories now?! Actually, doing yard work and stuff is pretty crazy, more below.

• Become somewhat of a horticulturalist

Only somewhat. I bought a whole bunch of the prettiest flowers the other week from Bunnings and it took me about 2 days to prep the soil before I planted them. It’s NOT as easy as it looks. I have a couple of strawberry plants, a capsicum plant, some roses and a few other cool things (which the name escapes me) to look after. Hopefully pics to come, but since my dad broke my camera when he went to Mackay a few months back, don’t hold your breath.

Also we bought a new lawnmower which has height adjustment, which I swear to god is the best thing since sliced bread, so I’ve been doing weekly lawn maintenance. I fully think the old people across the street are jelly as.

• Started Summer Semester

And I hate it. I really do. If not for the fact that it was shaving a whole semester off my life next year, then I wouldn’t bother. Finding it hard to be motivated now when all my uni friends have graduated and I haven’t. Actually, it’s about time Greg graduated (4 years) but Megan and Aaron are in my cohort, and left without me

• Kicked arse at my job

Well yes, I have. I’m good. I know it. You know it. My boss knows it.

• Joined a Lion Dance team

Only as a support member, well, more like unofficial secretary of the club. Which is cool. I like it. I did a whole mailing campaign the other week for promotion, and it caught a few bites, which is cool.

• Signed up for an Annual Pass @ Wet’n'wild

Lex has one too. It’s gonna be AWESOME! We already went on Friday which is cool, they have a new ride there called the Kamikaze, which is not as frightening as it sounds, but mega fucking cool!!

• Enjoyed Sunnybank Sunday traditions

Well every Sunday, at some point of the day, I have been to Sunnybank for food. Steve and I started it in a bid for him to try new things. It was awesome and we soon discovered we really liked a couple of places in particular; Hot & Sour (aka Shanghai Restaurant) and Coffee Square (which isn’t a coffee shop as it’s name would suggest). Anyways, we always alternate between those two, but I think tonight we will be going to Coffee Square as we went to Hot & Sour the last 3 times in a row. Oh and we always get the same things too :blush:

Well that’s about it for now, I’m off for a swim

Love.

Love.

Love.

Nudie.

New season. New blog theme. It needs a bit of tweaking here and there, but I’ll figure it out.

Wow, another semester over, and another round of results posted! For the record, I did extremely well this semester with a GPA of 6.00 (for those of you who have no idea, that’s a Distinction)! And to top it all off, I got a 7 (High Distinction) for my CRIM3070 Research Proposal [Investigating Police Discretion: Does officer gender impact the policing of domestic violence?]! Man, I am on cloud nine right now. I’m really happy with myself because uni is a complete breeze. Sure I’ve freaked out here and there, but I haven’t had a real episode for a few years now - must come with the experience. So CRIM3070 was one of my final compulsory courses for my Undergrad. I’m currently doing Summer Semester and filling in a couple of electives here and there. Next semester will be another walk in the park, I’ve enrolled in three (count ‘em, one, two, three) Chinese courses. Sure you might think that’s cheating, but it’s not. I put the hard yards in! Then I have a CRIM3039 course to complete which I somehow missed last year, probably when I spent a ton a time doing random things like Political Science and Cultural Studies.

So uni is all good, so is gym. I’m finishing up my sixth week and have noticed some very positive changes to my physical being and overall wellness. Since it’s so late now, will write more later.

Another random title, inspired by the clutter on my desk. It’s creative, no?

This week is mega lazy. I’ve finished uni for the moment (in between semesters actually), and the Boss is overseas, so I don’t have to grind it out on the Gateway for an hour or so. In fact, I’ve just been chilling out at home so far. Routine seems to have gone out the window, life is so different when you’re not bound to the clock. I spent the entire day just about, watching The Shield. Best show ever. I picked up s1-4 for $15 each. What’s not to like, dirty cops going undercover as dirty cops, foul language, realism, gangs, even my dad loves this show. He spent all day watching s1 and I spent all day upstairs with s2. LOL. Funny shit.

Gym is awesome, I’m in my fourth week at the moment, and it’s only getting better. I haven’t been this morning yet, as I figured there was no rush since I’m free all day and stuff. Yesterday I didn’t show up to the gym until 11, but the good thing was that I was able to slog it out for 90 minutes without going ‘Ah shit, I have to go to work now’. So I’m pretty sore. I’m ripping a movie onto my iPod so I can just watch that while cross training; you know, working out the ol’ gluteus maximus, and just get really absorbed. I set up my health fund to pay towards my gym, which is only two months worth of membership, but hey, better than nothing.

On the weekend I also saw a couple of movies; Death Race and Sex drive. Death Race was terrible, absolutely terrible. Okay, well it had its moments, but Statham is getting really overrated. Enough said about that trash. Sex drive was the typical high school-let’s-get-laid-road-trip-movie, kinda in the same vein as Superbad, but not as cringeworthy. It was good, really good. A whole bunch of unknowns in the lead with James Marsden being super cute (and aggressive). Argh, I wanna see it again!

The only reason I’m even bothering to blog is because I’m watching for Handbrake to finish my stupid rip :@

Well, lots of things are new.

I joined a gym. Yay! This is my second week, and so far it’s been going pretty well! Didn’t go this morning, as I woke up feeling less than average, and I had a bad sleep, but I’ll probably head on in later in the day. Yesterday I did some laps in the pool. Swimming is HARDCORE!!! I spent about 45 mins in the pool, but only did 20 mins of actual swimming as I had to rest between laps. Actually, I did 2 laps on then rest. Rinse repeat.

Anyways, currently working on my final assessment piece of CRIM3070. It’s a mega long research proposal, which I should’ve finished ages ago, but I decided to take a break between my Monto assignment for SOCY3049 and my presentation. Good call Flora, now you’re pushed for time! Well, not really, this isn’t due until Monday afternoon, but I did take the day off from work on Friday just in case. Oh and Erin finally got a weekend off from work, so we’re gonna do something (like get really nasty drunk on daiquiris and champers). So yes, assignment must be finished before then, hopefully by Friday so I can spend the weekend recovering and spend Monday double checking before submission.

Work at the office has been great. I’m working hard to make myself indispensable. Everything is going really smoothly, and I’ve got loads more responsibilities now. Not to mention a cool as office, on the weekend I got given a significant amount of petty cash which I could use at Officeworks. Bought these cutest document trays that were chocolate lined with sateen. My office’s scheme is pine and chocolate, so it all works out. The drive isn’t tooooooo bad I guess. The Gateway is so hit and miss sometimes. I guess it depends if a truck rolled over or not.

Summer semester is starting soon, never done it before, so we shall see. Actually pretty cut since I could’ve gotten a proper summer job, but no, Flora has to go to uni. Oh well, just means I finish a semester early. Suck it bitches. Okay that was rude, but higher education means a lot to me and I still haven’t fully decided what to commit to next year. I know I want to do a Masters but, right after my undergrad? Hmm.. Or maybe I was thinking full time work and part time uni? Working out great for some people. Yes, I might just do that.

First off, I have to say; welcome to the new layout. I like it.

Secondly, I love my job.

Yes, yes I do. I had my third day today in the office and it’s pretty cool. C and I are getting along well, and he is teaching me many things (about finance and trying to get me in on ‘the Secret’)! The current project I’m working on at the moment is fairly boring, but important in establishing the client base for the company. It’s a challenge, but a relaxing one, sort of like a crossword puzzle if you will.

I’ve kinda added a few bits and pieces in the office, I took along my iPod stereo (a good one, mind you, not a cheap <$50 one) and left it there along with some snacks and things. It’s pretty cool. The dress so far has been relaxed casual, but I’ve made an effort to look presentable even if I don’t have to meet any clients for now. I actually went out shopping the week before and bought plenty of casual button up blouses which I could wear both to the office and around town, so it’s cool.

After this project is done (I’m about half way), I’ll get to focus more on the admin and personal assistant side of things, which I’ve come to learn is a very broad job description. Just today I was googling for various wine plans for C to join so he could gift them. I’ll even get to go out and meet clients with C! Top stuff, will have to dress up and look extra pretty too. Actually, today aside from my usual data entry, I was also on the phone to the tech because our software package was creating a headache for C and I (though, mostly for C). I’ve been on the phone a few times to him, and our problem doesn’t seem to be one which can be solved permanently unless C spends $xxxx to get some server or something installed, I really don’t know. I’m just the PA. I get coffee, files and sometimes laundry.

I’m really having a blast working there. I think C is looking for a protege or something, because he let me do some calculations this afternoon also, which I believe I failed miserably in, but I gave it a go anyways. Finance is something I doubt I could ever really get into, but we’ll never know. C is trying to talk me out of the Police, but I told him I’m way too righteous and ethical to live in the world of grey that is finance brokering lol. Should be getting paid tomorrow, which means money on Monday! Yay! Just in time for the holidays*!

*By holidays I mean ‘Catch-up-on-uni-stuff Week!’. I am so over uni right now. Today marks the end of Week 10. I have just three weeks to complete three pieces of assessment. That’s one a week, but they’re all due in Week 12. Sigh. Lucky I only have the one exam (on Chinese culture lol). This semester has been far too long. I really can’t wait for the Summer and Summer semester! C says I can probably work more (lol, there I go, talking about work again).

I finished writing my Sociology paper on ‘The Exodus of The Queensland Police Service: Increasing job satisfaction and decreasing police turnover’, and even handed it in a whole day before it was due. I was so chuffed!

So WP word count tells me I’m nearing 600 words. I really should blog more often!

Ahhh, well hello there.

So it turns out I have a job, I start Friday! So I’m a Personal Assistant at a Finance company, which is cool, so much to learn, which is even better. I’m very much excited to be taking on this role because it’s just a simple company and from what I can see, there will be little politics. Also the office environment commands relaxed attire so I can buy all the pretty blouses I like, and not have to buy a suit etc (even though I have one already). Anyways, so I checked out my little office today and though it’s sparsely furnished, but it’s all mine and I can deck it out however I please

I’m very much excited!!!!!