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4th place...just an Aussie battler

Tuesday, 8. July 2008, 14:58:35

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Today, I was eager to find out who had won Opera's Tell a Friend competition. I made an entry and my 'target market' was the off-the-track youth of today who use MySpace. These poor kids need to use something friendly like Opera :smile: Intersheep endorsed the project.

Well, I came 4th. There are 3 prizes. Yeah. I guess I'm just an Aussie battler. I got 135 friends...3rd place got 150...5th place got 37...

Additional prizes will be awarded for unique and mentionable entries.



I'm hoping that I'll at least get a pen for my efforts. And a blue pen too... Or some cool Norwegian food because I've never tasted Norwegian food before. I've had such a hard life: only the top 15% at uni, not the top 5% ....I use a backpack with the logo of a broke company on it...the zip is broken...I can't get a replacement...I work in a bar and customers spit in my eye :irked: ...the coolest/nicest friend I have lives >15,000km away awww ...I drink hot water to save teabags...the kettle is broken...I have a brick for a mobile phone...It's second hand...I used to have a stalker on the bus :insane: ...I have porridge with water to save milk...PJs are too big for me...I cry at the dentist...an 8 yr old girl made me cry by making me pat her pet chicken (I'm scared of chickens...oh and most dogs too)...I have Raynaud's disease which affects my quality of life :worried: ... *sigh*


Anyway....today I had lunch with my sister at the markets. We ate eggplant and mushroom hot pot which is really fattening but REALLY tasty :up: We didn't go to the usual place, The ChinaTown Cafe, but 'Kens something Chinese something restaurant'...or something...

We shared the meal, so $4.50 each...then we had green tea which blew costs out to a whopping $5.50 each! Hard life...so expensive...

After that we went to Just Jeans (a shop for jeans!) to buy JEANS! Well, I tried some on but they didn't fit and I nearly cried :cry: Hard life... Then we went to Target and tried on the most horrible clothes we could find. It wasn't difficult to find ugly clothes!

My sister and I....me with a muffin top

Me in the ugliest green dress ever (yes, I wore 2 pairs of socks today)...and me in the ugliest green dress ever AND the ugliest pink jacket ever. It looked like it was made from linoleum.

I always wanted to be a pirate: puffy shirt with elastic, no zip, very high waisted grandma pants :yuck:

How could anyone NOT want to give this girl a prize?


Have you ever had an Aussie burger? They MUST contain beetroot. That white shirt you spilt beetroot juice on...It's no longer Chinese...it's Aussie! Yes, it seems that whenever you add beetroot to something it becomes 'Aussie'. If you have a burger with lamb and beetroot=super Aussie burger. Aussie waffles...???

For tea my dad had Aussie waffles: Waffles with beetroot (and tuna, mushrooms and parsley...)


The red cross sent me a 'thankyou' thing today. I didn't even collect any money for them! Infact I threw their marketing material into the bin as soon as I got it.

You're welcome :D You're easy to please, hey?

In summary:
Do nothing= get thankyou letter from Red Cross

Make 135 friends on Myspace, promote Opera, make a huge poster about a lost pig promoting Opera and stick it to a bus stop (it got STOLEN too!! The thief thought it was the best poster EVER!! :wink: ), spend lots of time making all these friends, use up some of the 12 GB internet allowance, strain my eyes on computer, feel effects of Raynaud's Disease in my cold room= ????



*cry* Hard life...I made my phots BIGGER and they still go pixely eventhough they look FINE in PaintShop Pro :ko:

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Some simple rules

Sunday, 6. July 2008, 13:53:43

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It's around 7 months since I started working in the bar. Not many people stay in the job for this long so that's an achievement for me. Also, I have some money YAY! You know, I haven't spent any of it yet which is also an achievement :up:


After 7 months, I've got some simple rules for people to follow.... (though I'm sure most of my readers are great customers when they go out :wink: )...there are probably some that I have forgotten too.

  • 1. Know what you want to order BEFORE you go to the bar
  • 2. State your order in a loud, clear voice
  • 3. Don't do the 'Ugh I've been waiting sooo long' 'Hurry up and serve me!' thing
  • 4. If you do (3), make sure you know what you want to order!
  • 5. If you appear drunk, the bartender is not going to serve you OK?!
  • 6. Sometimes, the bartender may get the order wrong. If you ordered a WHITE wine, but she pours a RED wine, tell her before she has poured you a whole glass of RED wine
  • 7. If you know the bartender's name, don't keep calling out 'Kim! Kim!' 'Kimmmmyyyyyy!'
  • 8. The bartender will be super nice if you give her tips :D
  • 9. Give the bartender tips because she needs money so she can go overseas
  • 10. Do not ask the bartender when she finishes work and suggest that you catch up for a drink. There is no way in the world that the bartender would hang out with you (even if you gave her a tip!)
  • 11. Don't ask the bartender 'Do you think my friend is attractive?'. If your friend is the ugliest person she has ever seen in her life, she can't say that or she'd get fired. If she replies with "He's not 'conventionally ugly'", don't ask what 'conventionally' means*.
  • 12. If you spill your drink it's your fault. You will not get a free one
  • 13. If you are in the bartender's class, tell her because then she'll be nice to you :smile:
  • 14. If you are German, you can say your order in German, for this bartender has and likes to take orders in German
  • 15. Don't ask for an order consisting of 15 different drinks and expect the bartender to remember all of them
  • 16. If you do (15), don't give the bartender the 'Ugh you're so hopeless' look because she'd like to see how you go behind the bar
  • 17. If you're a girl: You do not look conventionally attractive or even unconventionally attractive when you're drunk and squealing to your friends about nothing
  • 18. Please do not spill your drinks so that they spill onto the bartender
  • 19. Save paper and precious ink by not giving your number to the bartender because it will be put into the bin outside McDonalds
  • 20. If you store your coat/jacket behind the bar, make sure it's not a black one. They're really hard to find because EVERYONE has a black one!
  • 21. Don't ask the bartender for scissors, sticky tape or mobile phone chargers.
  • 22. If you ask for no ice in your drink, drink a bit, then ask for some ice, the bartender will put that on her blog
  • 23. When 'last drinks' is called, it means LAST DRINKS. Once the bar has stopped serving, it means that they have started counting the money and you CANNOT buy another drink.
  • 24. 'Home time'= HOME TIME! GO HOME! Some people would like to sleep
  • 25. Can you NOT put bubble/chewing gum on the tables?
  • 26. If you want some money, look at the floor near the bar. There is a lot of change down there
  • 27. Taking your drink into the toilets (where people VOMIT!) is a potential Occupational Health and Safety Issue.
  • 28. Learn to count your money and don't get the bartender to count all your coins for you
  • 29. Try not to spit in the bartender's eye. Why? Because it makes her sick and then she makes her friends sick and they get annoyed with her
  • 30. When ordering, try not to breathe into the bartender's face. If you look closely enough, the bartender is actually holding her breath so she doesn't have to smell yours


The most important rule:
  • 31.
Do not underestimate the bartender. She has above average intelligence** and is most likely smarter than you.


*con·ven·tion·al
adj.
1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.

** Thank you to my dad who helped me become smart :smile: If he didn't, there is a chance that I could be like some of the people behind the bar AHHHH! :insane:

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1/2 way!

Wednesday, 2. July 2008, 02:45:55

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At 11.10am yesterday, I was exactly 1/2 way through my degree :hat: :wizard: Intersheep and I celebrated today :wink:




Intersheep decided that biscuits are not a healthy choice. So we ate a mandarin as well :smile:


After the exam, the plan was to have lunch. I however was not hungry and Miss V didn't have any money for lunch but, the guys were hungry. We walked over to the pub but we never actually went IN the pub.


We went to the playground instead.

Mr E had to do another exam, so we left him there and went to Ray's Outdoors, an outdoor shop. I never knew sleeping bags were so expensive. I didn't even know which sleeping bag to buy so I didn't buy one. Outdoor shops are always fun :D

One two roomed tent had a fan in it! I thought that was pretty cool...

Then I left my friends to do some stuff at uni and to buy some stuff in the mall. Then I went to see my grandma in the hospital. I feel so sorry for her there. The ward is soooo horrible looking, like something out of a horror movie. There must be criminals in there too because there are security guards sitting outside the wards. One woman in the ward keeps trying to escape so the nurses had to tie her to the bed!

It was tea time in the hospital when I visited. My grandma made me eat 80% of her meal...

When I got home my sister was cooking pancakes. That's why there was a smoke-like-cloud in the lounge room.

Pancakes with plum jam, cherries and banana :up:

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What happened to the agreement?

Thursday, 26. June 2008, 10:57:45

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I thought there was an agreement between my mum and me: Don't buy me clothes because when you do, they're ugly and/or always 1000000 sizes to big for me.

I don't know what happened to that agreement because today she bought me some stuff :right:
  • Summer T-shirt: Umm isn't it Winter? Aren't I always saying how COLD it is?
  • Slippers: Too small and they look as bad as a Nissan Micra (That's why their share price went down!)
  • Tracky dacks for PJs: Too long. They're high waisted too :yuck:, so if I wear them low they're even longer...


I'll finally get some exercise tomorrow when I walk to the shops to take all of it back :D

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My new shepard is a bit weird

Thursday, 12. June 2008, 23:54:02

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Good (Insert your choice of: Morning/afternoon/night/day/evening)! :smile:

Kimbers is busy with her revision. Her exams start next Saturday so I'll be writing today :smile:

This family is SOOOOO weird! Kimbers and her dad were both at home on Tuesday. A fly sat on her dad's laptop and they had competition: 'Who can take the best picture of a fly?' :left: They didn't let me enter the competition :frown:


Kimbers didn't win because her photos were all blurry.


The work Kimbers is doing is sooo boring. I have been reading this book which is much more interesting :cool:


I'm going to eat some flowers now :wink: Bye!

Intersheep!

PS: Grant, one day I will tell you about my history: where I am from, my favourite foods, my favourite music...but I'm really hungry at the moment :wink:

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Storage Problems?

Thursday, 22. May 2008, 12:52:23

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Forget Ikea! My family can help! :wink:

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'We hope to see you soon'

Saturday, 17. May 2008, 05:03:37

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Last Sunday I was unlucky enough to visit a Coronary Care ward at a hospital (I wasn't there because I needed treatment) Hospitals are one of my least favourite places.


This sigh makes me think about blocked arteries, pus, hearts, blood, veins, cholesterol, fatty foods, tubes....all that good stuff :yuck:

To keep your heart healthy, you should eat healthy, fresh foods like bananas and grapes and generally things that monkeys would eat. When is the last time you heard of a monkey in need of coronary artery bypass surgery?

So, the hospital should encourage healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle. However, they DON'T! :eyes:


On the desk in the ward, you will find this box of junk. You can purchase this rubbish and the money goes to charity (hopefully NOT the Heart Foundation!). You can also find a vending machine filled with potentially life threatening snacks. My dad took this photo because the nurse was scary...

I don't understand! The people are In this ward because they've eaten too much artery clogging foods and there are charities trying to raise money by selling them more rubbish!

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