life is busy

i have been pretty caught up with life lately. sorry for the lack of updates. i feel bad about that. However, i am not going to blog about any particular thing today. just some update on my current life here in sydney.

As you all know, i am working now, 6 hours a day, 7 days a week, that's really alot!!! i have requested to work less, but won't be bothered until the boss has hired the ideal person. Working everyday is not only tiring, but also boring. i am so fed up with the same routine now. Taking order, dealing with some bitchy people, serve the meal and clean the table. everyday is the same, the only thing that would cheer me up is when there are some compliment or warming smile from the customers.

i particularly like an old woman who is in her sixties, she will drop by the cafe once a week. Usually she is with her grandchildren, but lately in this two weeks, she has been coming alone with her smile, a really really warm and cheering smile. i really like her, she always makes me think that life is so wonderful, and happiness is everywhere around us. she has an insatiable appetite for food, after a serving of steak, she will order dessert or anything else. the saying " optimist or people who are always in their happy mode can eat more and definitely look younger than pessimist" is so true that i always hold on to it.

there is this japanese customer which always come to the cafe which we call him "the sleeping god". he is great, no matter how busy or how noisy the cafe is, he can always fall asleep after a cup of cappucino, and surprisingly, for an hour or two. he doesn't really care how people around are looking at him, how ugly his sleeping pose is or how bad he will be criticized. Sometimes i really think that we are not living for ourselves, but for the people around us. they will decide what kind of person we HAVE TO BE, but not what we are. isn't it true? you will change yourself when you get some negative comment from the others, you will live as what people want you to be. i always think that i don't really care what people are thinking about me, but actually i have been so wrong. i am scared, i am surrendered to the actual world, i can't really do whatever i want, and most importantly, i can't be the hundred percent real me. there is always one or two percent of you that you are not willing to acknowledge or be acknowledged of.

i was trying to snap a pic of the sleeping god from far. he is the guy in pink shirt who was dozing off on the table. a big salute!!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Another significant incident i have to tell is the meeting up with kenny (klcc) last week when he popped into the city with Tom. We have both been in Sydney for 5 months, but we have never met up, seemed like we are so so far away from each other. oh gosh, it's only 45 mins in a bus but it has taken us both a whole 5 months to actually meet up. ahahaha. so we went for shopping, plainly for Tom's-looking-for-hoodies purpose. but it was nice going to bondi and then a quick beer in the city before dinner.
so, guess what he had all the beer there drunk. hehe. ok, according to him, that's the first time he had been in a bar in Sydney or in his lifetime? sorry i kinda forgot.
me and Tom with his new baby cap from quicksilver. life is so relaxing when you can have a quick beer and chatter up with your mates for the whole evening.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

francois has moved out the room due to some reason that i am not going to talk about here. as a result, Jason is moving in to fill up the vacant bed. Jason, a friend i have known since secondary school to college but we had never talked to each other. We first talked when we found each other in the same uni. so now we are roommate. It got me think that the world is really small, and there is always a surprise. Will update some picture soon, will be kinda busy with the settle down thingy.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i was walking with sherene on the street after dinner where we popped into a shop with a great deal of sales. she was trying to look for some necklace or whatever accessories. so we saw some earring for guys. and Sherene asked me to give it a try. so yeah, i bought it and put it on~~

it's not that obvious as my hair is quite longish now. well, i don't always put it on, just occasionally~i am still not used to wearing an earrring.


A late update of Sherene's birthday. happy birthday Sherene. The cheesecake was so nice!! no kidding!!! promised to buy Kai a piece of it when she gets here~~