Today my parents and I went to St Albans to give the real estate agents a visit after they ignored my numerous emails and phonecalls >.>
First we went to the real estate agent which was further away and asked for the key so we can inspect one of the units. I wanted to take pictures so I can upload them here and show everyone but my battery was low…oh well…it was better that I didn’t anyway….
That unit was one of the paces I was interested in… since the outside looked nice but when I went inside, it was….a bit shabby……kitchen was tiny…..can’t open the window in the bathroom and the robe was too small…it can barely fit half my clothes in…and there was no backyard…so my lil pet can’t keep me company. And the neighbour was a bit too curious with what we were doing….the unit was empty cos the ppl just moved out. Well that unit is off my list…
Next we drove to another unit, which I was also interested in and it was a tad cheaper than the other unit. We rang the real estate agents this morning but I guess they were closed… one of the tenants of the unit was outside and my dad asked him if we could take a look inside (-.-“” we were too early….) of course we didn’t look cos it was busy in that house and all… the only question I wanted to know and asked was if there is a backyard. The guy said that the yard is small and not that big and also said that I can take a look cos it was just over the fence. So I did take a peak and that yard was big enough for my small pet. I’m satisfied… but I guess we had to keep our options open…I’ll inspect that house next year…
My mum wanted to look at the real estate agents nearby but most of them aren’t open. Only one was open but the agent said that they sold out all their rentals but he kindly gave us an address to a ‘house’ which sells at $650 per MONTH (162.5 per week) and it was just down the road. That property has one bedroom, one bathroom etc etc. Told us the door was open so we don’t need a key to get in…. o.0 we just had to go around the back…
So then we went again….even tho we were a tad hungry… and my dad and I walked around the back of this fancy looking house and we saw an open door….but it was a toilet -.- I tried to get in the living room but the door is locked. But we looked through the window and we saw enough…we could see the tiny bathroom and the kitchen was no where to be found…and that was when I realised and told dad, “if I have to go to the toilet, I have to go outside…..” it was a bungalow after all.
We went to the malls nearby and wrote down a few real estates numbers until we had a phonecall from the first real estate asking for the key that we’re hogging…
So that was pretty much it… now I only got one unit I’m interested in. hope that doesn’t go away…
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Someday soon
I really like this song by Natalie Bassingthwaighte especially the chorus:
“Someday soon
You're gonna catch that dream you've been chasing
Someday soon
They're gonna write your name in the sky
All you need is just to believe it
You know you're my hero
You're gonna be a star tonight”
It’s quite inspirational that I wish to share it with everyone.
Why follow your dream when you can chase it?
We all have our dreams and aspirations, and when we have our dreams to chase, it lifts our spirits up.
My dream is far away from home. And my homesickness is starting to sink in. I think at the start, it will feel like 3 long years, but after settling, time will fly.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Updated: "A friend in need is a friend indeed”
It seems like the ‘hot’ topic of the….week (?) is friends.
Soo…. I got an hour and a half to make my say… (and I suck at this…. no…really)
NO I will not talk about my past friendships. Ok…maybe I will mention a few but seriously… I had friends as soon as I was born.
NO I will not talk about how depressed I am that I still haven’t succeeded in finding this ‘true’ friend. Cos I’m not depressed or emo at all. I’m totally happy with my friends.
YES I do understand others opinion cos I have been there. I have been used lots of times. I have been backstabbed, I have been peer pressured to conform to their level of thinking.
(man I can’t concentrate with all that loud noise in the background… guess this won’t get done til tomoro)
Now I believe that my role here in this world is to be a friend. I’ll be there for my friends if they need me, lend my shoulder to cry on, try and steer them in the right direction when they turn suicidal, celebrate when they’re happy. These characteristics may seem like a “true” friend. But I think the word “true” is just making life too sophisticated.
I guess a long time ago I used to search for this “true” friend. But every time I looked for one, all those efforts go to waste. And all those times with this ‘so-called- “true” friend’ go to waste.
Life is short… not to be wasted…
That was when I realised that my friends are all “true”. We’re all connected in some way in this friendship circle.
I found this quote so I can support my point of view. Only the second sentence is relevant but.. I’ll chuck the whole thing there anyway.
“Be courteous to all, But intimate with few,
And let those few be well before you
give them your confidence. True friendship
is a plant of slow growth, and must
undergo and withstand the shocks of
adversity before it is entitled to the
appellation”
-George Washington
(yes I’m currently surrounded by books with quotations)
I try my best to be the best friend I can be. I tend to immediately give people my trust. (stupid no?) but like that quote said, friendship bonds slowly grow. And when they grow, they will become stronger. And there has to be a balance of the good and bad times. I’ll laugh with them, I’ll mourn with them, I’ll make sure I am at their side. I want to be their friend until the very end.
So instead of me looking for one, I try to be a friend. I’d like to cherish my friends that I got now. And make some more. Those that backstab/use me without realising, I learned to ‘forgive and forget’. If I come across a situation where they say that they don’t want me anymore, I’ll say ‘that’s fine’ and move on. I will not forget them completely.
Even though my high school friends went apart to study towards their career, we are still friends, even if we haven’t talked to each other for over a year. We always remember each other and treasure the times spent together at the benches by the trees, in the classrooms, in the corridor and in the formal and graduation. We won’t forget each other and we look forward to seeing each other again in the future.
My childhood friends. One I haven’t seen in….14-15 years now. We haven’t contacted each other or anything. But I’m sure she will remember the moments running around like mad and playing with Barbie dolls. And her birthday party. The other one…we finally saw each other face to face when she recognised me on Orientation day at Monash. In a way, she is a bit like a rival cos she’s so smart and pretty and all but I’m glad that she was there at my sisters funeral and it was really good to talk to her again. I don’t see her as a rival anymore. I went back to seeing her as a good friend that I look up to (I still see her as super smart and all :P)
And omg my other group of high school friends! (I’m a floater so I tend to float around between groups) I thought our bonds aren’t that strong and who turned up to my sisters funeral??? I didn’t even told them at all but they managed to find out (through facebook/sms/msn/myspace). I was quite touched cos I didn’t expect that my friends would be there for me that I burst into tears.
(damn…gotta go…I’ll update this later)
[just got back from work]
……
……
Dammit I drifted off halfway through last night…. *edits*
Now…if I gather all my friends…all of their characteristics combined will be this “true” friend. I think it’s quite rare to have a friend like that
“If you have one true friend you have more than you share”
-Thomas Fuller (1608-1681)
Henry David Thoreau once said, “The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend”
Hence, as a summary of all that random crap I added last night, all I can simply do is to be a friend.
I wish people luck and success that they will find a “true” friend. No…really…
Soo…. I got an hour and a half to make my say… (and I suck at this…. no…really)
NO I will not talk about my past friendships. Ok…maybe I will mention a few but seriously… I had friends as soon as I was born.
NO I will not talk about how depressed I am that I still haven’t succeeded in finding this ‘true’ friend. Cos I’m not depressed or emo at all. I’m totally happy with my friends.
YES I do understand others opinion cos I have been there. I have been used lots of times. I have been backstabbed, I have been peer pressured to conform to their level of thinking.
(man I can’t concentrate with all that loud noise in the background… guess this won’t get done til tomoro)
Now I believe that my role here in this world is to be a friend. I’ll be there for my friends if they need me, lend my shoulder to cry on, try and steer them in the right direction when they turn suicidal, celebrate when they’re happy. These characteristics may seem like a “true” friend. But I think the word “true” is just making life too sophisticated.
I guess a long time ago I used to search for this “true” friend. But every time I looked for one, all those efforts go to waste. And all those times with this ‘so-called- “true” friend’ go to waste.
Life is short… not to be wasted…
That was when I realised that my friends are all “true”. We’re all connected in some way in this friendship circle.
I found this quote so I can support my point of view. Only the second sentence is relevant but.. I’ll chuck the whole thing there anyway.
“Be courteous to all, But intimate with few,
And let those few be well before you
give them your confidence. True friendship
is a plant of slow growth, and must
undergo and withstand the shocks of
adversity before it is entitled to the
appellation”
-George Washington
(yes I’m currently surrounded by books with quotations)
I try my best to be the best friend I can be. I tend to immediately give people my trust. (stupid no?) but like that quote said, friendship bonds slowly grow. And when they grow, they will become stronger. And there has to be a balance of the good and bad times. I’ll laugh with them, I’ll mourn with them, I’ll make sure I am at their side. I want to be their friend until the very end.
So instead of me looking for one, I try to be a friend. I’d like to cherish my friends that I got now. And make some more. Those that backstab/use me without realising, I learned to ‘forgive and forget’. If I come across a situation where they say that they don’t want me anymore, I’ll say ‘that’s fine’ and move on. I will not forget them completely.
Even though my high school friends went apart to study towards their career, we are still friends, even if we haven’t talked to each other for over a year. We always remember each other and treasure the times spent together at the benches by the trees, in the classrooms, in the corridor and in the formal and graduation. We won’t forget each other and we look forward to seeing each other again in the future.
My childhood friends. One I haven’t seen in….14-15 years now. We haven’t contacted each other or anything. But I’m sure she will remember the moments running around like mad and playing with Barbie dolls. And her birthday party. The other one…we finally saw each other face to face when she recognised me on Orientation day at Monash. In a way, she is a bit like a rival cos she’s so smart and pretty and all but I’m glad that she was there at my sisters funeral and it was really good to talk to her again. I don’t see her as a rival anymore. I went back to seeing her as a good friend that I look up to (I still see her as super smart and all :P)
And omg my other group of high school friends! (I’m a floater so I tend to float around between groups) I thought our bonds aren’t that strong and who turned up to my sisters funeral??? I didn’t even told them at all but they managed to find out (through facebook/sms/msn/myspace). I was quite touched cos I didn’t expect that my friends would be there for me that I burst into tears.
(damn…gotta go…I’ll update this later)
[just got back from work]
……
……
Dammit I drifted off halfway through last night…. *edits*
Now…if I gather all my friends…all of their characteristics combined will be this “true” friend. I think it’s quite rare to have a friend like that
“If you have one true friend you have more than you share”
-Thomas Fuller (1608-1681)
Henry David Thoreau once said, “The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend”
Hence, as a summary of all that random crap I added last night, all I can simply do is to be a friend.
I wish people luck and success that they will find a “true” friend. No…really…
Monday, December 22, 2008
House Hunting...
Sucks.... >.>
They really REALLY ...... (suck)
Hopefully this is the first AND last... *cough*
I just found out that the apartment that I wanted to inspect is taken -.- after ONE day of advertising
*sigh* oh well... hopefully a better one pops up soon. I need to start taking two trains again so I can inspect them.
Now I think my mum has her own intentions to help me move.... she said that I will take my bed and the table and my...computer....and if that comes with me....that means i'll need the printer and.... internet access............. (...)
hmm...I'll keep this short and sweet. I got one hour of free time left til I got work tonight at 11pm.... Another overnight shift. Been working so much that I don't have time to prepare.
They really REALLY ...... (suck)
Hopefully this is the first AND last... *cough*
I just found out that the apartment that I wanted to inspect is taken -.- after ONE day of advertising
*sigh* oh well... hopefully a better one pops up soon. I need to start taking two trains again so I can inspect them.
Now I think my mum has her own intentions to help me move.... she said that I will take my bed and the table and my...computer....and if that comes with me....that means i'll need the printer and.... internet access............. (...)
hmm...I'll keep this short and sweet. I got one hour of free time left til I got work tonight at 11pm.... Another overnight shift. Been working so much that I don't have time to prepare.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Two Months
Now that my career has been decided, I realise that I have two months left til I start my first year (for the second time) in uni.
Renting a house is too early... constantly stalking the real estate website isn't.
Yesterday I realised that everyday, I'm starting to prepare for my move to St Albans. And it's too early >.<
Yesterday I bought a new clock and other things I would need...today I'm s-l-o-w-l-y packing and cleaning my rooms o.o
Thank God that my manager rang me and asked me to work today (and the day after and so on). Otherwise I would've prepared for my move by the end of the year/new year.
Right now I should be busy... I should be asleep by now cos I'll be working throughout the night til the sun rises.
Hmm... I was almost tempted to buy a milkshake maker yesterday since the appliances are on sale... but seeing that I could only make chocolate or strawberry and not blue haven made me turn away from it.
I can't believe that I'm preparing so so soon.
Renting a house is too early... constantly stalking the real estate website isn't.
Yesterday I realised that everyday, I'm starting to prepare for my move to St Albans. And it's too early >.<
Yesterday I bought a new clock and other things I would need...today I'm s-l-o-w-l-y packing and cleaning my rooms o.o
Thank God that my manager rang me and asked me to work today (and the day after and so on). Otherwise I would've prepared for my move by the end of the year/new year.
Right now I should be busy... I should be asleep by now cos I'll be working throughout the night til the sun rises.
Hmm... I was almost tempted to buy a milkshake maker yesterday since the appliances are on sale... but seeing that I could only make chocolate or strawberry and not blue haven made me turn away from it.
I can't believe that I'm preparing so so soon.
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