Damn my back is sore.

*cough*Hmm... I suspect I won't be working on the weekends next year if I do full time honours. I spoke to dad just then and he suggests full time coz he knows I'll have a breakdown (or more I suggested I'll have a breakdown next year). Hehe.

Should go write my speech now, but the internet's still really slow, not that I don't have the info on my comp already. *sigh*

No, I've never heard of AFES, I suspect that's because I go to a different uni from you guys. And I haven't been going to the Studentlife, coz times either clash or I'm not actually at uni for 1/3 of the semester.

Damn, my back's still really sore... I don't have any nurofen at home, darnit. *sigh* guess I'd have to sleep with my legs on a coupla pillows tonight. And I'm really bloated, maybe I should drink some Metamucil *looks at Leach* ;P You never know, I may be preggers (ha!).

Actually one of my friends at uni, ok colleagues that I get along well with, is 7 months preggers and I didn't even notice til last week. And that was only when another friend asked how long to go. Well she is Muslim and I don't usually look at people's (who are shorter than me) torso and legs. I didn't even know she was married. Hmm... ok not THAT greater friend, I really should pay attention bit more. Or you know, sit next to her and make more than banal chatter.

Mum and Dad's 30th wedding anniversary is next March. And they don't know what to do for it. I keep suggesting to take it in January when my mum gets 2 weeks off, but nowhere seems to be that appealing to the BOTH of them. So for a weeklong second honeymoon, they DON'T wanna go to the Pacific, too far from HK (understandable), NO Muslim countries (including Indo, Malaysia, Brunei), dad wants to go to Beijing (mum doesn't), mum wants to go to England and France next month, for 5 days only!! (Are you kidding??! 5 days isn't even enough for London!).

So any suggestions? Last suggestion is spending the whole 2 weeks in Sydney. I'm suggesting Hunter Valley wine tasting, or Adelaide, or Melbourne. But considering they're Honkie, they'll find what I find interesting, quite boring. And dad insists on taking my bro and I to the Hunter Valley as well if they go. I insist on NO WAY IN BLIMEY HELL! I don't wanna be there ruining my parents' second honeymoon. And that means I'd have to share a room with my bro, and it's not fun when the farting is confined to one room, I mean in a house at least there's more room to waft... ;P ;P

Also I'd rather either
a) Go with a bf for a weekend
b) Go with a buncha gal friends and have a very much 100% sober *cough* weekend

So, how's uni going for you guys? I will stop ranting for awhile.

Waiting, waiting, waiting

I'm typing this while I wait for the posting page to load. Anyhoo.

Kat's 21st photos are up in My photobucket. I wanna see other ones as well!!

Angi, would you please tell me asap if you have all the mp3s? I need to delete them off my C drive.

Anybody wanna go to the Powerhouse Museum this Friday? For the Bernaki museum exhbit. Finishes on Saturday. Open 1000-1700. $6 with concession card.
How bout 1300, meet at the seats next to the Maccas, across from Cold Rock Ice Creamery. Then walk to the Powerhouse, see the exhibit, go to Y2K for afternoon tea? Or somewhere else for a light dinner?

Got another assessment due on Thursday, 20% but it's a group project which means using my laptop and and oi vey, dragging this piece of crap to and from uni. A plus would be dinner at Habib's on Thursday. Yum! I've been craving chicken and garlic sauce for the past 2 weeks.
30 minute presentation(including question time) which means knocking it down to 25 minutes, 6 minutes each (4 people).

DILEMMA:
Ok, I'm gonna do Honours, now it's parttime or fulltime. HELP!

PARTTIME
- c - working parttime new grad program concurrently
- p - don't have to completely focus on research
- p - will get parent's financial support
- c - I really do need to work
- c - another 2 years at uni

FULLTIME
- c - working on weekends, and as an RN, will be abused by casual pool system
- p - get it over and done with
- p - only have to pay for a year's worth of student fees
- c - another year at uni

Thank you guys for opinions, or lackof

Cat's coming first, can you see that juicy toffee apple?? Yes people should be ashamed of themselves, not recognising Secret Smile *shakes head*

I think I'll do the Honours, my parents are giving me support. I'll have to do the New Grad Program parttime, which means Liverpool Hospital, and Hons parttime as well. Well that means I wouldn't be out out of uni 'til 2008. Eeep.

I will always have my doubts, should I think about it a bit longer?

Irk of the day:
You know you're having a conversation with friends, but just with a tad louder voice, or more passion and oomph in putting across your point. Then people accuse you of inciting an argument and put words into your mouth. Annoying, tisn't it? I mean, I may raise my voice a little, but no one outside my family has EVER heard me raise my angry-angry-really-peeved voice. If I am peeved with friends, it's just the motherlike tone usually, I think. And then I get accused of arguing. But I'm not. It's just my normal conversational voice, but I guess some people don't know me as well as I thought.

Eep, I've been offered to do Honours next year

Eeep eeep eeep. But I hate research, I mean I do well in it, but I can't stand it. Opinions please!

Back to uni now

*yawns* Damn, haven't done any homework yet. Bugger, *sigh* need to do research on the autocratic leadership in nursing. *sigh* boring. And a 60% interview paper due the Monday after Kat's. Eep. So not a happy chappy.

Anyways, I steamed a treacle pudding this arvo, testing out the taste before I make another one for tomorrow night. Gonna have the butterscotch sauce with it as well. And maybe some cream. Mmm...

Need to buy some vegies and fruit on Tuesday, after uni. Let's see:
- green beans
- eggplant maybe
- green leafy thingies
- mandarins
- strawberries

Saturday's 21st party was good, got to see people I haven't seen in ages! Birthday girl was lovely, had tears welling up during speeches and seriously threatening to pour out. I'm so glad we're (school people) still in contact even if it is virtually. I've missed out on hearing what's been happening in Ann's life and considering we were very close, it's a huge shame to not know what's going on and be there for her. Must call, chat and meet up.

You know, something that just bugs me, slightly, but still bugs me. How there are jokes about you, that everyone knows, but the joke is 6 years old, but someone, someone still brings it up. But it's just not funny anymore, or it just wasn't funny in the first place but they keep bringing it up. I think I just ramble-typed there and people have no idea what I'm saying *sigh*. Just bugs me. But you can't be rude enough to say "Shut up, you don't know the whole story, there's more to it than that." *sigh*

So, in discussion with numerous other people. I'm going elegant to Kat's this week. Not going cocktail, formal or anywhere close to red carpet. What are others wearing? Also I am Not going to wear a feather boa because it's not a hen's party, and if I ever do wear a feather boa, I insist on a flapper theme.

Will probably post later this week, head (eyes on computer too long) starting to hurt and the new Canterbury Tales are on ABC in 12minutes, gives me plenty of time to heat up butterscotch sauce, make a cuppa tea and cut a slice of treacle pudding. Anybody want some?

One more week of clinical for this block! Yays!

New song up and Karen's 21st up in my photobucket.

*sigh* Gotta take a shower after I post this up, and finish watching Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (I love that movie! Cheesy and very 80s/early 90s). Then gotta do some reading up and research for palliative care and my NC subjects. Oi vey.

I got to sleep round 0400 this morning. Yikes, and woke up round 1300. Suprisingly, those 2 glasses of champers and 1 and a half of the red didn't really do much to me. Normally 2 glasses of white would knock me out easy, but then again, restaurant glasses are smaller than normal wine glasses. Champers wasn't too bad at all, although I really wanna try Veuve Clicquot. :D

I really feel like making a pudding or a dessert of some kind, I love Rick Stein recipes. Hmm... bread and butter pudding... hmm... no white bread... white wine syllabub... hmm... no white wine... English trifle... hmm... hmm... hmm... will probably lead to a CVA, better not. I think I'll make one after this week's clinical. Then I can drown myself in custard and double cream. Oh yea... I've still got strawberries and double cream, although I wanna try to make butterbeer ;) I read the recipe off mugglenet and will probably make some homemade butterscotch sauce later this arvo.

Another 21st this Saturday, freezing cold down in Woollongong. Yea, how in the world did Wong walk around in those heels and dress? Crazy insane woman! And then Kat's 21st the week after, then Angi's 20th after that. Dude, when am I gonna do my assessments?? I can't fail this year.

Poor Leach bubs, hope you feel better you poor nutter. Unable to hold food down, I've never even connected that with you. Drink some chicken soup, fill up with water, for nightcaps, a cuppa black tea with dark rum or hot buttered rum's not bad either. And don't freeze woman! Going skiing... don't make yourself any worse!

Time for another post eh?

Firstly, greetings and salutations to people whom I haven't met yet, non-virtually :) Hi Sarah! Hi Jenfafa! And how are you guys?

Secondly, greetings and salutations to people whom I've known for waaay too long! :P

Thirdly, I'll be on clinical for the next 2 weeks so I'll be posting very irregularly if anything.

Song contest: newbies, use of search engines are prohibited in the song contest (coz that's cheating), title and artist unless stated otherwise, first posted, 10 stars deal. And if hypersensitive to fruit such as apples, please inform me and I will retrieve another. Or I'll bake some brownies.

Yikes, 1 Cor 11 is just as irksome as 1 Tim 2. But I'm gonna start in 1 Tim 2 and work my way through for the next few weeks. Remember, your opinion and feedback is greatly appreciated :)

"9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. "

Firstly, these are 'instructions on worship' for Christian women, but considering the times, men do it too, but since mainly women read this, I'm gonna aim it for women.
So we all know that we think about what we're going to wear and why we wear it (This is such a taboo topic in Christian circles). So admittedly I do think about what I wear before I go out. To uni? To church? To hang out with friends? I used to, and still do to a level, not care about what I wear out, as in modesty, depending on the temperature, UV rays, humidity. I run around in singlet tops, sarongs, bathrobes. But since growing up a little, my perspective and hopefully actions have changed on this topic.
So why do we think about what we wear? Why do we dress the way we do? For climate? For comfort? For the opposite sex? For boyfriends? For attractiveness? I know I try to dress for comfort and climate mainly. But for attractiveness... you guys will have to tell me because you are Christian women and have a duty to berate me if need be.
So, my thought processes in dressing, mind you they work much quicker than typing it down:
1. Ok, what's clean... ... ...?
2. Climate: cold? Hot? Snowing?
3. Bottoms: Have I epilated? Hmm 'pparently not...
4. Tops: does it coordinate with bottoms?
5. Shoes (I love my shoes!): tis it cold? Tis there precipitation? Tis it comfortable? Does it match?
6. Hair: meh, usually an unruly mess anyway.
So, in the end I'm wearing jeans, black jumper and a thinner top underneath (I'm like an onion, I have layerrrrrs), brown Colorados, and hair barely brushed.

But do I dress for comfort? For attractiveness? Or for fashion? As a Christian woman, should I be dressing how I am? Is it modest? Is it decent? Is it appropriate? And when should I wear my "gold and pearls"? I don't know.

Are you brave enough to read and comply to this passage Christian sisters out there? Are you ready to ask questions about how you dress and can you face the answers?

1 Timothy 2

Anyone read it? Possibly every female I know has read this and has gotten slightly irked. Well please do remember to read it in context. So what do people think about it? Especially v15. This used to, and still does confuse the daylights outta me. If you don't have a study bible, I'd suggest getting one before responding.

We were talking about modesty and basically v9 at yabs Monday night. So, I confess, what I wear is definitely not up to standards, even if it has somewhat improved over the past few years, and is unintentional.

Anyways, I feel like discussing this. So. Replies if possible please. :D

Dammit I wanna see Pavarotti!

Oh my goodness, can you believe, actually yea it's believable, $535 for a platinum ticket! $125 for the cheapest one! I may as well see Swan Lake by the Russian Ballet. *sigh*

Anyways, song listing, Cat is out in front on 40 stars! Yays for sugar covered healthy fruit! Which of course just neutralises (if not backfires) on the nutritional content. Well can't really say much for myself, I've been eating pecan brownies, chips and coconut flavoured peanuts for the past 2 weeks. Also, I have to say, strawberries with castor sugar mixed double cream is 2nd only to strawberry fondue at Max Brenner's. Oooh you have to trust me on this. Mmm... must go buy strawberries... and double cream...

Grocery list:
- Cheesymite scrolls (mmm... sooo good)
- milk
- mandarins
- strawberries
- double cream
- bread with preservatives coz my bro doesn't eat fresh Italian bread (nutter!)
- something for afternoon tea and dinner for the next 2 weeks (afternoon shift clinical)
*biccies, Tim Tams (currently cheap at Woolies)
*probably stir through pasta, risoni salad?

Oh yes, and my bro and I bought Luciano Pavarotti - The Best and OST Beauty and the Beast. And Meaning of Life and Hook.

Great news for me, we've been given an extension of 2 weeks for one of the big assessments, yay! That means I don't have to go into uni during clinical, and that I may get a 6 hour sleep every night. 50% assessment's are very annoying.

Pest control's coming tomorrow morning, oh no, I wonder if it's the Irish guy who says I look like I'd be a mother *glares*. Meh, at least I'll be outta the house, hmm... I better stock up on Panadol then, I usually get awful headaches after they spray the house.

Current music: Luciano Pavarotti - The Best - Nessun dorma! from Turandot
Concurrent online activity: Lily/James fanfic
Current craving: a good cuppa Earl Grey tea, will go and make myself one now