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Day: 185(Friday, 21st June 2002)
Status: End Week # 3
Days without PS2: 4 day(s)
Days without Cube: 12 day(s)
Listening to: Madison Avenue - Everything You Need
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It's been a few days since the last update. Honestly, I haven't had the time for updates the past few days. I guess I owe a few day's worth of updates.

I remember arriving at work yesterday about 15 minutes before my shift was due to begin. Justine asked me if I wanted a toasted sandwich. I told her I already had lunch since it was about 2.45 pm at that time. She said ok and I went off to get changed. Later on, she offered me soup. Hrm. Again I declined politely and she made herself a cup of soup.

Speaking of soup, I bought a few boxes the other day. These are the soup-in-a-cup thinggies. Only 98 cents for a pack of 2. I got 2 boxes of Potato and Chives with Bacon Croutons and a box of Cream of Chicken. I've already finished a box of Potato soup. And I'd recommend it as a quick drink. Just pour the contents in a mug, add hot water and stir. Nothing easier than that. It's surprisingly tasty as well. The one I tried was anyway. Haven't tried the Cream of Chicken yet, which has noodles in it. I'd recommend it, look out for the "Continental" brand.

Back to yesterday. As far as I remember, nothing really interesting happened yesterday. Just a normal day at work. Oh, I did see Georgia with a stalk of flower. Can't remember what sort of flower it was and besides, I'm not a florist. I can tell certain flowers apart from the others but I would say it would be 10 species or less. And only by their common names and not the scientific names. She was talking about changing her shift with Tony. Or something. After that, she came over to my register and ordered a cheeseburger. She was still in uniform and I asked her if she was working and she said no. Did I mention she looked like Natalie Portman, only with blonde hair? Hrmm...doesn't matter.

I only worked 3 hours yesterday evening but I don't know why I felt tired. Quite unusual. I seem to be fine on other days. EVen today.

Today, worked longer hours but I don't feel as tired. Weird, can't explain it. Had to start at 11 am. Sadly, no offers for food from Justine today. Oh well, guess I can't complain. After I got changed, I met Tony who was attaching the tubes for the soft drink.( In case you want to know, the drinks are in huge packs which is connected to a valve inlet and run along a hose through a hole in the floor to the dispenser machine that you see at the counter. The things you learn eh? ). He told me about him speaking to the Kew people about transferring me over there for a full-time post. He didn't promise me anything and actually, don't really feel like going. But if its for a full time job, I guess money IS money. He told me next week's roster isn't good (and I've seen it). He also mentioned that the school holidays are coming and it won't be as busy. He mentioned that their earning are actually $ 10,000 less a week during the holidays. Wow. Just imagine how much money they make in a week.

I actually think most of the people here at Hawthorn are really, really nice. Except for Will of course. Speaking of him, I think he's actually lost money to another colleague because I think he bet that England would have won today's match against Brazil. In case you didn't know, Brazil won 2 - 1.

It seems that Justine doesn't seem to like Will (attitude problem-guy who shall be now known as Dick-Head, as referred to by Lisa). He wanted to grab something which was Justine's. He did shout out if it belonged to anyone, Justine replied, I caught a glance of her rolling her eyes. Hmmm...I've only been here 3 weeks and I don't like him already. I wonder what the rest had to put up with. Then sometime after that, Dick-Head was trying to explain something to me, then Justine came rushing over, asking what the problem was. Either my expression worried her, or she was being over-protective :þ I also noticed that she kept praising me. She had to take my drawer of cash to calculate the earnings, and she returned it later saying it was "PERFECT" and "good".
Wow...

Much much later, guess who comes up to my register again? YUP, GEORGIA. I was supposed to give her 20% discount since she wasn't working today, but I accidentally gave her 50% by accident. She noticed it and she was coaching me on what I was supposed to do, but she said, "Don't worry about it, it's ok". So I charged her 50% less. She was with a friend, ordered a whole lot of stuff and her friend's McChicken wasn't ready, so they had to wait. Too bad it was the after school rush. Too many damn kids, couldn't really talk to her. Only managed to find out she's working next week. I checked the roster after work and she happens to be working when I'm not. *SIGHS*.

Now, here's something for you to think about. It's something that I might have mentioned before as well. Of all the 3 or 4 counters opened to customers, why did Georgia keep coming back to mine? Someone said and some might think that I was flirting with her. Now answer me this, is she doing the same thing to me? Interesting, I'll see what happens next.

KA is going back to M'sia tomorrow. Then after a week, she's going off to Beijing as a representative for Uncle K's company. I actually have no idea what she's going to be there for. We had a mini farewell dinner with her earlier on. Went to a place called Boba Bubble Tea in Lygon Street. It's operated by a Singaporean family, specialising in Bubble Teas but the serve meals as well. I had a Ice Chocolate Latte with Pork Chop in mushroom and onion sauce with fried rice. If there was supposed to be any coffee in that Latte, I didn't taste it but it was good enough for me to order a 2nd cup. I wanted that as take-away but I couldn't wait and finished it there.

Next, we went to Melbourne Showground. Why? The other day while getting my socks, I stopped at Maccas for lunch and was browsing through the papers. There was a Levi's Sale there and when I got home, I told them all about it and they wanted to go have a look. So we did go there and guess what? Everyone ended up buying something. Yes, I told you. I have a hard time resisting.
I ended up buying 2 pairs of Levi's 515's (Super Loose) for $ 55 each. For $ 110, I think its a fantastic deal. Why? Because the same pair was selling for $ 102.95 at "Oarsome Jeans" the other day! One week's salary gone in 30 minutes. I actually went around the place for sometime ( it was in a warehouse ), didn't find anything suitable until the very last few minutes before closing time at 9pm.

The other thing I noticed when I got back home is that the current pair I have is the exact same one (with some frays at the heel and a little faded after the normal wear and tear). Now I have 3 pairs of the same jeans. I bought this pair from "Oarsome Jeans" last year, managed to get some discount. But now, 2 for 1! I'm happy that I didn't buy it the other day, but a little sad that I spent a week's pay in less than an hour. I guess if it's a bargain, it was worth it. Besides, these should last me a long time and, I can always work to get back the money?

"Resistance Is Futile" - The Borg from Star Trek

Guess this is all for now. It's 10.30 pm and I don't seem to have net-access. Typing this out in Notepad at the moment. A week's already gone by. Time flies. This is it for tonight. Happy Weekend.