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Flying solo...in formation 2007-08-27 08:22:00 It's a confusing title, but it sort of describes the situation i am in now. Currently, i am riding life a solo rider, but i am not alone. I have people around me who cares a lot, just like wild geese who migrate in packs. They fly in groups, yet each one is very much flying alone in the air. Each one has their own part to play, their own lives to mind.Today i was bombarded by many events. I think i have reached the end of my tether. Today, i put my foot down, and resolved to put an end to this shit.With Aiken, i very firmly informed him today that i am not obliged to host an inspection whenever he finds a potential tenant. Telling me 2 hours beforehand is just not going to cut it. I also reminded him that both The Miss and i are still legally the tenants of this Townhouse, so if he was going to make a decision, he had better inform both of us. And if he wants to play any more tricks, i am not going to entertain him anymore. My research is taking off, and every single insignificant per ...

A tad wiser i hope 2007-08-25 10:09:00 This morning i provoked The Miss. Because i have been fuming mad over her behaviour since the day before. And this sort of anger i had that turned me cold, i really have to retaliate, if not, honestly, i don't really know what will happen. Maybe the events are unrelated, maybe they are, but when i came back from an 8 hour shift at Starbucks just now, the house was empty, and a letter was left on the dining table. The Miss has upped and left tonight, 2 nights earlier than planned.I am not stranded or panicky. Contrary, i am quite enjoying the peace and the solitude, and that the whole house is mine at the moment. But it wasn't quite the ending i was expecting. Also, i wasn't particularly surprised at this sudden turn of events, because i know what she is capable of. She wants and likes to have the upper hand.Anyhow, since the dogs have been left out the whole day, they are not going to be too happy if i came home, chucked my bag, and took off for dinner with Diva and Ambivalence. So ...

Opening a can of worms 2007-08-24 11:24:00 I swear i am not in the right state of mind.2am in the morning, and i went to activate my Facebook account.Feeling bored, i half-heartedly search for her, whom i lost contact in a long time.Erm, and i found her. And it has to be her, because her photo is on her account. And i actually invited her as a friend.How many years has it been?? Can i even count the years that have passed with my fingers?Maxs, Maxs, Maxs.Oh Maxs, Why are you doing this to yourself? Why? Why are you digging up your history? You are going to get destroyed, and who do you have to blame but yourself.You already have one troublemaker at home. Do you really want to contact the person that caused you so much grief that many years ago? Yes, she apologized, but so did the troublemaker currently in your house. Did the apologies work? NO.Maxs, Maxs, Maxs. Your behaviour is so unpredictable, your are baffling even yourself. Why can't you look into the future and have faith in the future, instead of reflecting back into th ...

The Artful Dodger 2007-08-23 22:01:00 True colours.Heart turns cold at performance.Superficiality.The End.Run. ...

One wrong move 2007-08-23 19:44:00 OH MY GOD.I think i just made one wrong move.Yesterday's tenancy inspection did not go well. 2 parties came in to have a look - one was not interested, the other was mildly interested but was not under pressure to find a suitable property. Both did not bode well with me.I hounded Aiken and asked him about the advertisements he placed, since he advertised for a higher rent than we are paying. He said that it was negotiable, so it was nothing to worry about. Of course it was nothing to worry about, because dude, i am the one paying for the rent whilst you are taking your own sweet time to find a tenant who can afford AUD$450/week for a property. Aiken is obviously taking this at his own pace because when i asked him when we should return the property keys, he replied that we will still be paying rent so we could keep the keys. ??!At least, some of my efforts are bearing fruit. Rain's friends came to look at the house last night. Tomorrow morning, a young professional who saw my adverti ...

Fast and the Furious 2007-08-23 08:56:00 Lachrymose events - For the better or the worse.Monday's beckoning.Deadline with a turning point.Make it work, it's your last chance.Please.Don't keep making mistakes in your life.Aren't you tired of them already?I am.Treat people with kindness.How?Monday's the deadline.I move on if you still refuse to make the first move...and apologize.I'm sorry.Sometimes, kindness has to start with oneself. ...

Solarium shock 2007-08-22 21:47:00 I was on the train yesterday on the way to tutor Shane, my Grade 4 student, when i saw the front page of the newspapers. There was a picture of an Asian girl on the front page, with the huge words, "I'M DYING."Intrigued, i skillfully peeked and side-glanced at any unfortunate commuter who happened to be near me, and who was engrossed in the paper themselves.I gleaned that the girl was dying of skin cancer, after using a solarium. I know of solariums, you pop into them, and you get a nice tan. I know what is skin cancer, i mean duh, i am a medical student. I know UV light causes cancer. But get this, i never knew that solariums can cause skin cancer, because i never knew that solariums irradiate people with UV light.Well, then how did you think these people get a tan?! you may ask.I am not too sure myself, maybe some other artificial light that a genius came up with? But certainly not UV light, because it is universally known that UV light causes cancer! Who the hell would think up of ...

What?! 2007-08-22 19:34:00 I have been hassling Aiken (the estate agent for my current Townhouse) about finding potential tenants soon, like REAL SOON, because we will have to pay another whole month's rent if no one is found to take over by 2nd September. Since i have already advertised on all the student databases that i have access to, i was looking into advertising on the public domains, such as RealEstate and Domain. However, i found that they were restricted to real estate companies and private advertisers have to fork out a lump sum of money, which i obviously do not have. So i started asking Aiken whether he had placed an ad. I knew he has not done so, because i was scrutinizing the websites for my address. Aiken finally confidently said that i would find someone by the end of this month and should not over-worry about it. Just now i had a browse through the websites. True to Aiken's words, he had placed the ads on the websites. I was feeling a bit more optimistic when i happened to glance at t ...

Drama drama 2007-08-21 19:09:00 I rang up the free service provider that connects my utilities for the new house this morning. I wanted to make sure that the utilities would be connected by Thursday 30th August, because i have hired a professional cleaning service to clean the vacant property before i move in. Boy am i glad that my paranoia kicked in. I discovered that when i stated i want the electricity, gas and water connected on Thursday, it could be anywhere between 8am - 6pm on that day. The cleaning service is due to come in at 10am in the morning. So there came a flurry of phonecalls as i contacted Darrell (the agent) to ask whether he could make the arrangements to keep the switches off in the house (so the utilities guys can come down and do their job) on Wednesday instead of Thursday. He would not be at the property but he could get the owner of the house to flip the switches off the night before on a Tuesday night. From experience, i know that such an arrangement which involves a long chain of middle me ...

Photos of my current Townhouse 2007-08-21 10:04:00 Just in case i forget to post these photos up (and i know i owe you guys for a long time!), and just in case i post them up after moving, i am putting the photos of the current residence i am in, up now. I will be in this Townhouse till Friday 30th August before i officially move out. The order is from the bottom level of the house to the top level.A peek at my neighbours. That is the door to my double garage on the left.Outside the Townhouse's entrance.The entrance into the Townhouse.An angle of the view of our double garage, showcasing our proud bikes on the way.The double garage, now filled with The Miss's packed and partially packed stuff.The first flight of stairs leading from the entrance to the second level of the house. Kelly is simply staring at my eccentric behaviour.The second level with The Miss's potted plant whom i have affectionately dubbed 'George'.The second flight of stairs in the Townhouse, leading from the second to the third level. Daxter is peering at the top ...

Big picture jigsaw 2007-08-21 09:41:00 Have been busy but just to let you guys know that things are so far, falling nicely into place.The 3 biggest worries i have are being eased slowly at the moment.One, the furniture padding that i thought i would never find? I found them, bought them and am going to ask the removalists to help fix them onto my furniture before placing my furniture in place in the new house. In the process of finding the DIY store that sells these padding, i found an alcove of huge companies selling various wares such as furniture, electronics and stationery. Definitely a good place to look into if you want to furnish your home.Two, i found a service that could trim my dogs' nails at affordable prices. There is a mobile service that is located near my new house that will come to my doorstep to trim my dogs' nails for AUD$15 per dog. Alternatively, i could take my dogs to the local public animal hospital near the Townhouse, and get their nails trim for AUD$12 a dog. Or, i could go to the private vet near ...

Malay and Bahasa Indonesia as a third language 2007-08-20 19:37:00 Because i have revived my NewsGator RSS subscription, i have started to read the news, after a one year hiatus. Yes, and that includes Singapore's news as well. I cannot believe that they are introducing Malay and Bahasa Indonesia as a third language for students now, and it gives the students added bonus points to enter a junior college too. Why didn't they do that during my time?? I would have enrolled in it promptly. Also i have never heard of the Special Malay Programme or the Special Chinese Programme, and they were in place since 1986?? Are these programmes restricted to the top schools only? Because certainly, i have never heard a whisper of these top-secret programmes when i was in TKGS, and TKGS was certainly in the top 10 rankings during my time. Now it has sadly deteriorated to a state that can only induce sighs from old-school girls. The new Regional Studies Programmes are going to be introduced as usual in the perceived better schools - the ridiculously perceived hous ...

I hope this is the start to a proper rhythm 2007-08-20 00:03:00 I have been busy, and i reckon that's a good thing. I was supposed to have aggression training with regards to mental health patients today, but the coordinator did not get back to us (my supervisor and i). Hence we missed the training, which was held earlier and at another location. My supervisor was rather upset, because that would delay my data collection. I wasn't, well simply because i have a lot of things going on at the moment, and this workshop will take the whole day. That would screw up my plans because i am going to meet Diva and Ambivalence later to head down to the DIY store to seek out furniture padding. I have resumed my literature review so that's a good start. The crux of the day must be the advertisement i submitted on the University's housing website to find potential tenants to take over my lease, as well as employing the help of old social networks - of the Catholic students society, of which i am a sleeping member, and the Christian student network through ...

Tremors and shakes 2007-08-19 20:46:00 I was feeling jittery yesterday, and probably on the verge of a panic attack, but the worst has passed. I was really anxious yesterday; rationalizing my unfounded fears did not help, and i guess there wasn't anything much i could do but sit the damn thing out as well as to find things to distract myself. I understood where all these needless worries were coming from. Firstly, i honestly have enough of moving, though it seems no one, especially my mother, refuses to believe me. I have moved house every single year i am in Aussie, from living with a stranger in an apartment, to living in a room in College, to flatting with a seemingly good friend in a Townhouse, only to have every single accommodation not working out very well. I could safely say however that College was great because of the people i met and the soccer team i played with (we won the Collegial League remember?!), and that housing with The Miss was good because i had Kelly and Daxter around me. Anyway, i have been p ...

Cuts 2007-08-18 22:01:00 I honestly think i can starve in my own house.Tiara, who hence forth shall be known as The Miss, is packing and it is making me stress. I am starting to fret on how much packing i have to do, seeing that she has packed most of her stuff and it is only that much. Which means, the remaining stuff is my responsibility.I know i am stress because i am the kind that needs to solve the problem immediately, and currently the packing is worrying me. But i can't pack now, because i haven't gotten the boxes and there is still a lot of stuff that i need to use...actually, come to think of it, that's not true. It is all in my head.Aquanza just gave me confirmation that i do not need to defrost the fridge before i transfer it (she double-checked with her mum). So i was right, just clean the fridge out, switch it off, and turn it back on in the new house. The Miss was telling me i have to defrost it first, and my blood pressure shot sky high because from what friends have been telling me, defrosti ...