Back to normal...almost

Wow, the last fortnight has been full on, it feels like I have just worked non-stop for the past 2 weeks and I just haven't had time for anything, like cleaning, etc and my flat was driving me crazy. I worked all day Friday from 8 in the morning to 11 in the evening, stopping to eat.

The wänanga went OK this weekend, although I was a total klutz, I burned my finger taking muffins out of the oven, I broke 2 glasses and don't ask about the macaroni cheese (hangi styles, same flavour, less effort - Oops!).

We finished up at 6pm on Saturday night. I came home tired and grumpy. I was in bed by 9. What a nana!

I played bass at church on Sunday morning which was a lot of fun. I went back to work for an hour then home. We had Connect at church on Sunday night (big worship service), I was supposed to be in choir but I decided that I really needed some down time/sleep time and it really wasn't in my best interests to go.

I finally got my room tidied, made the bed, did my washing, made my life normal again and got to bed early. I feel so much better for it.

We put all the balloons from Lizzie's birthday/Kat's welcome home in my room when I wake up in the morning I am in a good mood because my room is bright, colourful, happy and fun.

Music: Richard Ashcroft - Why Not Nothing (Live Acoustic, Paradiso, Amsterdam - 7 March 2006)

Oh the insanity!

My life is crazy busy at the moment. Work, work, work! I was sick the other week so I have a few hours to make up, I worked in the kitchen last weekend, I am working in the kitchen again this weekend. Last night I worked out that when I hand in my timesheets on Tuesday I will have worked approximately 114 hours, that is a lot of hours, that is like if I worked about 8 and a quarter hours every day of the pay fortnight including Saturdays and Sundays. Hopefully after Tuesday, my hours can go back to normal. At the moment it kinda feels like I get up, go to work, come home to eat dinner then go to bed. Tomorrow I will pretty much work from the moment I get up till the moment I go to bed. *sigh*!

On a less whiney note: Kat got back on Tuesday. Yay! I really missed her. I am very excited about Malaysia's version of Twinkies (Twiggies) and cheap knock off DVDs.

Music: The Eels - Grace Kelly Blues (Black Session, Radio France, 23 March 2000)

I can't think of a title for this one

Well, I had work from Friday evening till Saturday, in the kitchen for the PACI wananga. It was very busy and I only got about 4 hours sleep on Friday night (we had to be up at 5:30 on Saturday morning, a truely horrible time of the morning) but actually it wasn't too bad. It's a lot better with smaller numbers in the kitchen.

It was Jo's birthday yesterday. I had organised a not-so-surprise lunch (So, I was tired and it was very last minute and I just didn't have the time to invite people secretly, it was just easier to ask Jo for her cell phone and to ask who were good friends who lived in Dunedin) at Tokyo Gardens for Jo and invited some of her friends along.

After that we went to see 2 Film Festival movies.


We went to see 'The White Masai'. It is the true story of this Swiss woman, who while on holiday in Kenya, mets a Masai warrior and falls in love with him (love at first sight). She decides to stay in Africa, where she marries her warrior and lives in a mud hut. It was very good. The clash of two cultures is interesting, like the difference between her culture and his culture, where do you find a compromise where one isn't completely trampling on the others culture?


The second movie was 'The Road To Guantanamo'. This was also a true story of 4 friends who journey to Pakistan in 2001 for a wedding and while there decide to travel to Afghanistan where they are captured by the Teleban and imprisoned. Then they are captured by the Americans who assume that they are members of the Teleban and supporters of Osama Bin Laden, they are imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 2 and a half years.

It was a good day.

Music: Tim Buckley - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain (Album: Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello)

Looong day!

Don't you hate those days when you just can't be bothered? Today is like that, I've been here for 3 hours and I'm bored out of my mind. I do 8 hours here then I'm working in the kitchen this evening and all day tomorrow. So bored!

Tomorrow evening should be more interesting. I having dinner with a friend and going to the Student.Soul musical. It is Jo's birthday on Sunday, then Kat gets back. Yay!

Music: Jeff Buckley - Opened Once (Instrumental) (Album: Jeff Buckley - Rarities from NYC)

No time to die

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while I have been home in bed, dying. I still feel like crap but what can you do? I have no time to die this week, I have a wänanga this weekend (Friday evening to Saturday afternoon) and who gets sick during a film festival? Honestly! So many movies I wanted to see.

I don't really have any news, being sick did give me time to finish the 1st and 2nd seasons of ER, I've had the discs for a year and a half.

Oh! And I got new glasses:



Music: Pearl Jam - Parachutes (Live from Boston, 25 May 2006 - the first live performance of this song, if you're interested)

I am Switzerland. I am so independent.

Yesterday was Swiss independence day, shame on you those of you who forgot.

Of course we celebrated (Lizzie has Swiss citizenship) - balloons in Swiss colours:

A cake shaped like Swiss cheese:

And this is me in my specially made Swiss t-shirt:


Sorry, I had rotated the photos, I don't know what their problem is!

Music: Pete Yorn - Alive (Live at Bart's Records, Boulder, Colorado - 25 May 2006)

The ugly...

Now, that is a good looking bruise. The top photo is day 2, the second is day 6. I did the groceries last week. I had to carry them home from Countdown by myself, the damn shopping bags kept smacking me in the back of the leg. You can't deny it's impressive.

Music: Pete Yorn - For Nancy (Cos It Already Is) (Live - Fox Theatre, Boulder, Colorado - 25 May 2006)

The bad...

So, i finally went to the optometrist last week since the blurry vision is driving me nuts.

Now, I have never been a huge fan of these medical kinda things (optometrists, doctors, dentists, etc. - sorry if you happen to be one of those, it's nothing personal). It definitely wasn't the most pleasant experience.

I'd been there less than five minutes, still had my glasses on, the optometrist barely looked at my eyes and asked if I had ever considered surgery. I have never seriously considered surgery, I've always had glasses, it doesn't really bother me and I can't really afford surgery anyway. Not true apparently with a referal to the hosptial, because in her words, "you have a lazy eye and while most people might not notice, I notice and it's important for a young lady to look good" (?!?) Yes, I have a lazy eye, it is one of the reasons I wear glasses to correct that, it is noticeable without my glasses but seriously (more ?!?) way to make me feel really confident in myself! So I have been referred to the hospital for eye surgery (did I mention ?!?) that I don't actually need but because I am a cross-eyed wierdo. I don't want surgery, all I wanted was new glasses!

And what is with eye tests, they always make me feel stupid and they never tell you whether you've read the chart right or not.

The result - one referal for surgery (seriously ?!?), a new prescription (my bad eye is about the same, my good eye is worse - I guess at least they're getting close to each other), and a bill for over $500 (I liked this optometrist thing a lot more when my parents footed the bill, darn adult independence thing!) and have I considered contacts. (?!?)

Music: Mazzy Star - Hair and Skin (b-side) (Album: Mazzy Star - The Other Side: B-Sides, Live Cuts & Rarities)