besides cures for cancer penicillen, etc...
if you didn't discover that or 3m, facebook, or the ipod... and you're female, you probably wish you came up with shoes of prey (link to smh article). funny I'm sure a lady at work showed me this after I whinged about trying to find shoes that fit, were made. Now if only they could make the matching handbags to go with the shoes, actually a clutch would be better potentially.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
21 days to make a habit
Hayley from my bible study - tells me it takes 21 days for something to be come a habit.
Here are some habits I'd like to develop -
1. bible reading
2. waking up on time
3. exercising
4. erm...
So I'm going to start with
no.1 & 2 for the next 20 days ( since I achieved both today and let you know how I go)
Interestingly enough 2. may be interesting since I go on holidays on the 26th of october.
Here are some habits I'd like to develop -
1. bible reading
2. waking up on time
3. exercising
4. erm...
So I'm going to start with
no.1 & 2 for the next 20 days ( since I achieved both today and let you know how I go)
Interestingly enough 2. may be interesting since I go on holidays on the 26th of october.
the top five i'm alive 10.10.2011
I like whinging. alot. so I'm going to start doing top 5's I'm alive and thankful posts! :)
1. Book of Titus – been learning from it at church – been a good reminder that the grace of God allows me to turn away from what I have been, and to be living a new life in Christ. Also being reminded of the way I ought to act as a slave!
2. My new work start time – 10am :)
3. Work has been pretty loving and kind to me lately I think (or patient is the word)
4. We didn’t end up too lost on our bush walk on the weekend
5. My boss helping me when he had to go to a meeting he sat down in the last meeting to help me understand how to process the journal.
1. Book of Titus – been learning from it at church – been a good reminder that the grace of God allows me to turn away from what I have been, and to be living a new life in Christ. Also being reminded of the way I ought to act as a slave!
2. My new work start time – 10am :)
3. Work has been pretty loving and kind to me lately I think (or patient is the word)
4. We didn’t end up too lost on our bush walk on the weekend
5. My boss helping me when he had to go to a meeting he sat down in the last meeting to help me understand how to process the journal.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
My opportunity to cause a stink!
I am very excited to be invited to a 21st. I remember they used to be a drag after a while when I was a poor university student and all my saturdays were filled with speeches, what to wear, and presents.
Now it's refreshing!
My favourite costume I have worn has been
- twinkle ( from twinkle twinkle little star)
Anyhow I have a 21st coming up -
I've decided I'm going to be one of the lost boys from Peter Pan and I'm going to go as a skunk. With a nice podgy belly :)
Don't tell anyone of course :)
Now it's refreshing!
My favourite costume I have worn has been
- twinkle ( from twinkle twinkle little star)
Anyhow I have a 21st coming up -
I've decided I'm going to be one of the lost boys from Peter Pan and I'm going to go as a skunk. With a nice podgy belly :)
Don't tell anyone of course :)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
dum dee dum
so... mum told me to get a pink slip on friday, for my green slip due today.
So yesterday, in the pelting rain, I went to get my car checked.
this was on a day where I had had 2 hours sleep
4 hours of work training
a client audit to finish
quarterly BAS statements to finish
no emails were coming through our server at work
trip plans to finalise.
Anyhow so it turned out that I also needed 4 new tires, and a light globe.
So yesterday, out of a 7.5 hr stressful working day, I think I got 2 hrs of work in there. maybe.
Today I rang my mother - apologising for not contacting her sooner.
mum: "So I didn't bother ringing you, but I realised you didn't need to do the pink slip."
me: "oh"
mum: "oh well, least you got some new tires for your car"
On the bright side - I saw a very very cute newborn baby last night called "Thomas Charles Farrar" and the Thornleigh McDonalds store that apparently is where all the new Mcdonalds stuff is tested on - and I also ate the new $3.95 snack pack.
tomorrow.. it is hump day.
So yesterday, in the pelting rain, I went to get my car checked.
this was on a day where I had had 2 hours sleep
4 hours of work training
a client audit to finish
quarterly BAS statements to finish
no emails were coming through our server at work
trip plans to finalise.
Anyhow so it turned out that I also needed 4 new tires, and a light globe.
So yesterday, out of a 7.5 hr stressful working day, I think I got 2 hrs of work in there. maybe.
Today I rang my mother - apologising for not contacting her sooner.
mum: "So I didn't bother ringing you, but I realised you didn't need to do the pink slip."
me: "oh"
mum: "oh well, least you got some new tires for your car"
On the bright side - I saw a very very cute newborn baby last night called "Thomas Charles Farrar" and the Thornleigh McDonalds store that apparently is where all the new Mcdonalds stuff is tested on - and I also ate the new $3.95 snack pack.
tomorrow.. it is hump day.
doh
So.. over the weekend..
I spent about I dunno.. let's see 18 hours planning a trip with 4 friends.
Person A
- can take two weeks leave
- can only take one week in october
- wants to take 10 day tour plus go to sapa
- is happy to go to the add on mekong delta
Person B
- can take two weeks leave
- wants to take 10 day tour plus go to mekong delta
- is happy to do the add on of sapa
Person C
- can take less than two weeks annual leave, more like a 10 day trip
- can't take any leave from the second week of november
- wants to take the 10 day tour only
Person D
- doesn't know when she can take leave
- might be needed for a conference on the 3rd of november
- is happy to take 10 day tour if she's available
With our extremely complicated schedules in mind,
we found a special to Vietnam that ended on the 30th
arranged with the travel agent the possible permutation of tours
she needed to figure out if we could make it to ghet markets for sapa and if that ended the correct date that persons A & B could get a flight out
travel agent tells us to book the flights with her cos it won't cost us extra and she can hold the tickets and we don't have to pay immediately as we were working the final part of the dates and trips on sunday
Monday - travel agent books our flights, and gives us the possible itineraries, so we can pay the next day. we are happy with arrangement.
Tuesday sms - the flights have gone up to $1,200 and the cheapest flight she can find us is $1000. She failed to realise because the special ended on the 30th, that despite holding the tickets the prices doesn't hold. Our tickets were $620. We could have paid them.
I would like to say she's stupid, or an idiot. But the reality is that its a possible mistake. Except pretty bad when that is your job. To arrange tours and flights.
Words really don't express our frustration and anger. Also the added cost as the only flight she could get us cost an extra day of annual leave.
Anyhow this leaves us therefore to evaluate if we want to pay extra flights, and the added cost of an extra days' annual leave. Assuming people's day at work earns them about $250 a day, then really her monumental screw-up is costing us the cost of the same flight.
She's offering us free insurance of about $100, which is basically no cost to her firm really because unless something happens on the trip and we need to claim, the outlay is nothing.
I spent about I dunno.. let's see 18 hours planning a trip with 4 friends.
Person A
- can take two weeks leave
- can only take one week in october
- wants to take 10 day tour plus go to sapa
- is happy to go to the add on mekong delta
Person B
- can take two weeks leave
- wants to take 10 day tour plus go to mekong delta
- is happy to do the add on of sapa
Person C
- can take less than two weeks annual leave, more like a 10 day trip
- can't take any leave from the second week of november
- wants to take the 10 day tour only
Person D
- doesn't know when she can take leave
- might be needed for a conference on the 3rd of november
- is happy to take 10 day tour if she's available
With our extremely complicated schedules in mind,
we found a special to Vietnam that ended on the 30th
arranged with the travel agent the possible permutation of tours
she needed to figure out if we could make it to ghet markets for sapa and if that ended the correct date that persons A & B could get a flight out
travel agent tells us to book the flights with her cos it won't cost us extra and she can hold the tickets and we don't have to pay immediately as we were working the final part of the dates and trips on sunday
Monday - travel agent books our flights, and gives us the possible itineraries, so we can pay the next day. we are happy with arrangement.
Tuesday sms - the flights have gone up to $1,200 and the cheapest flight she can find us is $1000. She failed to realise because the special ended on the 30th, that despite holding the tickets the prices doesn't hold. Our tickets were $620. We could have paid them.
I would like to say she's stupid, or an idiot. But the reality is that its a possible mistake. Except pretty bad when that is your job. To arrange tours and flights.
Words really don't express our frustration and anger. Also the added cost as the only flight she could get us cost an extra day of annual leave.
Anyhow this leaves us therefore to evaluate if we want to pay extra flights, and the added cost of an extra days' annual leave. Assuming people's day at work earns them about $250 a day, then really her monumental screw-up is costing us the cost of the same flight.
She's offering us free insurance of about $100, which is basically no cost to her firm really because unless something happens on the trip and we need to claim, the outlay is nothing.
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