ho hum

My days have been kinda weird lately. I find that every single day (since last week anyway), I've had something really bad happen... and then something really good happen. So for each day in the past week I've seemed really moody because I get really angry, or upset, or frustrated... and then I am happy again. I won't go into details, firstly because it's quite boring and secondly because it's also personal, but it's just weird. Today has started off no different.. it began as a normal day.. got to work, had a couple of meetings... and then there is it - a phone call to stress the *%&^ out of me! So now I'll sit and wait for the good thing to happen. If it doesn't, I'll just sulk for the rest of today.

Leon sent me an interesting link this morning which tells you your equivalent earning power around Australia and overseas : check it out. I was surprised to see that Melbourne isn't anywhere near as costly as Sydney because well, I always thought it was! I also realised how puny Sydney was compared to other countries around the world. Maybe I should make some big bucks in Japan for a while.. or maybe Switzerland... hmmm! But anyway, who would have thought that if you moved from Perth to Melbourne, you would only expect a 5% increase? What the hell? But if you moved from Perth to Sydney, you'd get 35%? Considering living costs in Melbourne aren't that cheap (trams!)... I don't know why the rates are so low. Interesting... so now I know I'll never move to Melbourne.

Anyway, raindrops keep falling on my head... really. The weather's been gloomy the last few days but it hasn't been raining raining so I haven't used an umbrella. But then you walk under a friggin' tree and you get poured on. What's up with that?! Specially bad when one fat drop falls on your freshly mascara'd eye and you know... not a good look.

Work has been really busy as well.. I've been working at home and onsite most nights this week.. it's occurred to me that 90% of the projects I'm managing require upgrade or updates of configs that need to be done with outages at night. Fun Fun Fun!! I don't mind if I can do it at home though... pity I don't get paid overtime.

Hmm I'm sounding a bit grumpy today... still waiting for the good thing to happen.. probably gonna be at 11.59pm tonight.

Mr & Mrs Smith

Last night we went to the first of Didata's movie nights for this year (a little slow off the mark) at Fox Studios. Upon arrival we had some yummy finger foods including Vietnamese spring rolls, quiches, sushi and vegetarian & macadamia rolls (sounds weird but tastes good!). There was also a bar with beers, wines, breezers & other goodies... quite impressed by Didata's effort seeing as all we usually get is popcorn and softdrinks!

At 7pm we had a private showing of Mr & Mrs Smith - admittedly I didn't know what to expect as people who had seen it before had told me it was an action movie, some people said no, it's a comedy... and many people said it was akin to True Lies. Well, I liked True Lies so I went along to have a look-see. Anyway, wow, I was impressed! Really good, clever, fun movie! I mean, if you're after a thought provoking, realistic drama, then perhaps you should stay away. If you want entertainment, great action, some laughs, and a good perv - this movie is for you!

For the first time, I truly enjoyed Brad Pitt's performance in a movie. I've never really been a Brad fan - him taking his kit off in Thelma and Louise grossed me out more than anything else and I never thought he was all that gorgeous. But I think he's aging very nicely and I appreciate his "acting" a lot more these days. His ability for comedy and action sequences in one is quite impressive and he still manages to pull at your heart strings. And he looks so cool in a 3 piece suit, with a couple of guns, blasting the baddies. What more could you want?

Angelina Jolie - she doesn't need words. So HOT.

And they do make a very good couple.

Anyway for those who haven't seen this movie I recommend it - great for light, happy entertainment. Other movies on my "to watch" list includes War of the Worlds (although I want to hear some reviews first - this movie could potentially be over hyped) and Fantastic Four (more brainless fun!). Let me know if any of you watch War of the Worlds ok!

Gizmo..

I had a dream about my baby Gizmo last night and I woke up missing him so much! Remember Gizmo???? Specifically for Loreen, remember Gizmo "playing" with Leroy???? For those who don't know, Gizmo is a dog I owned (with Jade) while I was living in Perth. He is half Pekingnese half Bishon Frise and Oh-SO-cute! Gizmo and I were the best of friends and probably unknowingly, he got me through a lot of rough patches. Being in uni back then, I spent a lot of time at home and we were inseparable. When I went back to Brissie on holidays for 3 months Giz would scratch at my room door until someone opened the door to show him I wasn't in there. Thinking I was out, he'd then sit at the front gate and wait for hours until he forgot what he was waiting for and decided then I must be in my room.. and waits there again! Eventually when I got home, he was so excited he wet himself... on me. Hmmmm... charming.

Anyway Gizmo is such a cutie, I would love to own another cute fuzzy thing but nothing will ever replace him!!

hel-lo blogspot!

I finally got off my ass and created a blogspot blog!! and it is so much better than xanga isn't it? one thing that postponed my conversion was that I didn't want to lose my old stuff, so after much deliberation (and mucking around til the wee hours) I managed to bring all my old stuff over to blogspot. I am the queen of cutting and pasting.

Anyway, not too much to update at this point in time. 1.5 weeks into my new job and it isn't as scary as it was last week. uber busy, but that's what I would expect. I'm starting to really enjoy it now that I'm not breaking into a panic sweat every 2 seconds! Project Coordination & Management seems to be my forte as I do quite like bossing people around.... hehe...

Meeting Tien for dinner tonight - for those of you who know or knew her, she's over here on holidays for a couple of weeks. Tien is one of those single girls who makes you think "why the hell is she single?" She's beautiful dammit! Anyway, Tien used to live in Sydney and we'd dinner every week or two.. I miss that, so I'm excited about seeing her tonight.

Alrighty - one day I'll figure out how to post pics on blogspot. In the mean time, a whole lot of text will have to suffice!