fuchsia fragments

i dont know wat motivated me to say yes i'll stay back and work menswear/shoes. surely not for the money?? but it wasn't so bad. i ended up doing a bit of manchester/homewares - their phone calls anyway cause there was one person for all of hardgoods.

oh and there was this teen. at first, we thought he was like pretty smart cause he came in topless and we thought he was gonna nick a shirt and try to walk out. so we already had people and security watching him. turns out he was absolutely bumfuck dumb. instead of going for the shirt - he went for a pair of shoes - whilst still topless. so i called steve. and he's at the door watching the kid. steve smiles innocently at the kid. and the kid does literally a 180, turns around, goes back to shoes were steph and i were waiting for him and goes rather rudely

"i left my shoes here. where are they?"

HAHAHAHAHAHA. yeah that's right. you take ur shoes with you.

anyway, so we had the godbrother and other similar guests over for a dinner. it was sort of like a farewell/early-christmas/see-you-next-year sort of dinner. where it was mainly boys no older than 12 (4 of them) and adults...

the godbrother was in a tantrummy and then all happy happy joy joy mood. his brother is a pain in the backside. literally and metaphorically. the brat kept punching and slapping me. and im like stop, its inappropriate and rude and he thinks its some bigass joke. i swear i wanted to kick his ass - kid or no kid.

even ari was sticking up for me

"no gorgor. don't hurt jehjeh. thats not nice"
*shakes his lil finger around*

i was like...awwww ur cute.

then i tied his silk scarf around his neck and he pretended to be superman. hahahah that was so funny. and we had to keep picking him up and carrying him across the room so he could "fly". =D

an interesting japanese restaurant experience. traditional in that you take your shoes off and we sit on cushions. the tables are built into the ground. but the atmosphere and the food makes it rather western.

food was so-so. not as good as wagaya and the place we went to for hector's 21st. and price was average. i think half our tab went to drinks anyway. LOL.

we were just drinking japanese vodka mixes and sake. =D and the sake came in a minature version of the water bottles. and we were egging janice on to have a second shot of "sake" (which was really water) and she was like.

'no no no i dont want any more ethanol'

and after the takes the shot

'that tasted like water.'

*5 minutes later*

'OMG. YOU GAVE ME A SHOT OF WATER? ARGH HOW COULD YOU??'

*everyone ROFLs*

and there was karaoke at the front... hhahahaha. and no, i did not go up and embarass myself. but someppl did. =D

who knew two days at home could be so boring.
i think i'd rather be working.
=X

lol.

we made it to the offsite. it was pretty much a gigantic warehouse we shared with bondi, broadway and rockdale.

and we smashed the stock. so much so that we didn't have any cages left to fill with.

and it just so happens that joe and marwah wanted to visit us. chu text me and gave us the heads up. hahaha too bad we were on lunch when they got there. but apparently they were really pleased with our work . =D

it was pretty fun with no one breathing down your back. =)

and and and

we bumped into paul! he was so surprised to see us. hahaha.. he's all high and mighty at broadway now. lols.

oh oh.. and omfg. its a joke now. but it wasn't yesterday. one of the truck drivers drove us back to the rockdale store so that muriell could pick us up. he was a crazy driver - no joke - 120 in a 70 zone, does not use the breaks, almost ran someone over and tailgated like there was no tomorrow.

so we sort of told muriell who told joe who was probably in shock.

and she was like

'well, i know you guys split over 12 pallets. but thats not worth risking your lives for.'

rock up to work.
im not going to the offsite again.
HAHAHAHAHA

YAY.
feels uber special to not have to work in uniform.
=D =D

markdowns in ladieswear.
not fun but hey. beats offsite anyday.

plus lunch has been very entertaining these past two days.

HAHAHAHA.

yinyin || writing so i'm in my own world says:
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yinyin || writing so i'm in my own world says:
i have the self control of a 20 year old girl

8:30 start. 9 hours work.
was supposed to go to the offsite.

get to work.
my managers back. and she wanted me to stay.
so i got to work in civilian clothing.

YAY! no one knew i worked there... well, mostly.

but anal. anal.
freaking made me relay practically the whole department.
had to strip a module for christmas.
poof. there goes more space.
what shits me is that she only tells me wat to do but she never actually does anything.

shit ass tired.
we'll try for the offsite tomorrow.

so we didn't end up in young because of the weird weather. it was like sunny and then hailing and then raining and then freezing. etc etc.

got another new phone because the first one was an epic fail. so they replaced the whole thing. the lady at three didnt even bother to like check it. but then it actually stuffed up in store so she was like yep okay. fill in some paperwork and i'll get u a new model and battery. and woot. fine by me. and also posted off my old phone. which i sold.

and in this short amount of time that we were in the centre.. like about 40 minutes, we bumped into my aunty and these family frends. so it was obligatory to say hi. the centre was really really busy today and i am so so so so SO glad that i was not working. 10 am and the place was buzzing. i dont even want to think about what im gonna face tomorrow morning.

we went to the fish market restaurant for yum cha. that was an epic fail as well. we literally had 6 dishes and didn't even want to eat anymore. my sister and i were like.. let's just go downstairs for some fish and chips. but we didn't end up getting any cause the yum cha food was stuck. lols. disappointing i suppose.

our new gps is so much fun. such a handy lil navman. smart little cookie. we went to birkenhead after lunch. but that was another fail. the place was renovating so basically all the good shops had closed down. and there were building structures everywhere. and it just wasn't a good shopping experience. didn't buy anything here either. i guess me and outlets no longer mix. *sigh*

the drive back across anzac brdige, there was this massive billboard of the twilight movie!!! =D =D got dropped off a couple of blocks from kinokuniya. arrived just in time to see val walk across the borders floor and just ahead of dumb and dumber who were (as per usual) calling out stuff like 'who's that hot/ugly girl in the blue jeans in front?'.. and had the girl who was right in front of them turn around or something. LOL.

donna got her twilight movie doobie. and there's an unauthorized companion of twilight. hahahhaa.

we slowly walked to pancakes on the rocks @ darling harbour detouring via qvb's country road where val got her bag. the food at pancakes wasn't that good. the rocks is better. then we sort of headed home cause valerie's a good girl and had to see her grandmama.

two customers had a fight in nursery over a really cheap discontinued stroller. like.. wtf? so i steered clear of the area for a bit. LOL.

helens birthday. and shes all sad (haha jokingly) that she's a whooping over-the-hill 39. hahahahaha but she still acts like a teenager. especially when she checks out boys. =D

after sitting at home all day. and deciding that the pain actually got worse. i got my butt off the seat and went to the doctor. who said that i probably stretched some muscles, ligaments, something. gave me a whole heap of advil and suggested i do some ultrasound thing.

so now i have to go back for at least another two sessions so they can put gel on my back and magically make it better? im not sure how it works.

apart from that, evidently, i was stuck at home.

this is what happens when you jinx urself and say that u dont need to go to the doctor.

i said to mum last night how i had such a good immune system and what not (half jokingly) that i hadnt been to the doctors in yrs apart from vaccinations. anyway, last night, my right shoulder blade was really hurting. like.. it hurt to breathe. but mum was like.. u probably just pulled a muscle.

this morning. i woke up and almost fainted. like literally, the 10 odd steps to the bathroom was like a marathon and then some.

i think it was a combination of it being cold, my back and massive migraine. so i had to call in sick. and i spent most of the day dozing in and out of sleep. i was so incoherent.. like dizzy and then nauseous and then sweating and the exhausted...

im feeling slightly better now. thank goodness its a short term thing.

worked. had lunch with the family - extended family. namely, justin and grandma. we went to the shanghai place on forest road. it was very oily. food was so-so. and since justin was shouting, the price was way too low =P

then we dropped grandma back home. and at the same time, visited lil brian li - the newest member of the family - im an aunt?

he's adorably small. and he likes me =D at least he didnt cry when i picked him up. and he pooped while i was there (why do all babies/toddlers poop when i'm around? either that or they vomit on me... -_-")

this morning.. worked. joe gave me this whole list of things to do. and i was like... well fk that. jk. i actually listened and did everything. it was mostly fixing up nursery. and since it was either that or kidwear. well, nursery. because some lazy ppl (i.e. sat arvo girls) don't bother to clean nursery eventhough its a part of the department. and secondly, i don't like having trolleys of returns because theyre too lazy to hang the clothes that fall on the ground and just dump it in the fitting rooms. its unfair for people in the morning who have to clean up after them. =(

this arvo. went to officeworks. and bought a new toy. yepp - we got a lil navman. he's looking good so far. but he's a sucker for major roads.. trying to teach him how to avoid them. hahaha. fun fun. oh yeah and we bought a folding table as well. yay?

oh yeah and those new baking trays i bought. theyre too big for my oven. LOL. so i had to refund them. and now i need to look for more appropriately sized ones. i always knew my oven was small but not that small. *sigh*

the storm was pretty big.

and so the power surged.
and my computer went buzz, flash, off.
and then it wouldnt turn back on.
something about electromagnetis, (???) - i never did take senior science LOLs

so i went to dad.
and hes like
ur so dumb

so i feel dumb.

ROFL.

young is a minimum 4 hour drive.
and mums all
oiavjacfadsnvadofvnotijh
its too far
lets go somewhere else
shes so f-ing full of shit that it shits me.
i took a day off for this
and now its all like
i dont wanna go.
i hate her fucking indecisiveness.
full of shit.
fully lead u on.
and then its like.
no. i never said anything like that.
fascist.
*feels like screaming*

dumb and dumber came into target today to take a photo of me working. and laura came to say that she wanted to come back and work.

HAHAHAHA.

things were hectic today. its like walking into a storm or something. everything was just buzzing...

managed to kill 4 hours relatively quickly.

so wasn't in the mood to work. =(

i bought zilch. eventhough i'd made up my mind to spend BIG. at least it keeps my bank acct fat but i really needed new shoes. =(

so i went to westfield after. and as expected, that was disappointing too.

hahaha.

so i looked up gps' online.

navman
tomtom
mio
garmin
...
navman i think.

we'll see.

work tomorrow. how fast two days off goes by. *sigh*

(Il Divo - Amazing Grace)
if funny that on my day off, without an alarm clock, i woke up earlier than with an alarm clock. and actually got up rather than stay in bed.

so anyways.. getting back into tune with my gym ritual. those new machines are a b-i-a-t-c-h. i feel like i work so much harder to burn the same amount of calories. =( =( =(

then i went to roselands. for absolutely no particular reason. spent 10 bucks on random shit. and had to go back to roselands in the arvo because things never work out my way.

then i came home and thought i'd spend some quality time in the kitchen. so i made black sesame rolls... that took a total of like.. one hour.

so then i decided to set up the christmas tree. and mum comes home and goes.. wtf.. its a bit early isnt it? and im like.. have u seen the shops? everything is out and up already. besides, this yr, i set it up downstairs. it looks good.

internet was not cooperating today. luckily, i spent most of my day out.

we had (almost) free reign. haha not really... just got to talk a lot. without getting in trouble. HAHAHA

plus didnt do much work.. and my mt was helping me clean. so nice of her. poor girl had to rush from work to her bf's place to get ready for her would-be yr 12 formal. those were the days.

looking for a gps at the moment. need one within next two weeks.

and i went to the gym. it was once a place where i could have time to myself. it isnt any longer. evelyn.. who lives like a couple of streets away from me joined. and i was like awo;djvs;dfv;itsbkdfjbn -_______________________________-

"Hi! what are you doing here? etc etc"

you get the gist. oh and i thought it was so cool/funny that this girl.. probably in her twenties.. def older than me was - no joke - reading Twilight at the gym. i saw the cover.. the apple and arms. its not easily missable...

looking forward to my day off.
looking forward to my day off.
looking forward to my day off.
!!!

(Beyonce - Disappear)
so i remember random things. it was hectors 21st dinner. and the jap place was actually the same jap place that i went to in year 8 for japanese. and although i did not recognise the name of the place. i remembered the location and the basement. the place has really poshed up since.

good was nice. company okay. decided not to join some of the for karaoke cause i was tired and had a headache. although i do feel bad cause that meant donna didnt go either...

we got hector the kama sutra. LOL. it was really funny. then we went to woolies to buy bags of starburst as fillers. who knew gift bags were so expensive. =X

i love sending and receiving parcels. which is what im doing at the moment. the joys of making money online. =D much needed money.

this fat girl kept throwing shit on the floor cause she was too lazy and fat to pick it up and put it back in the arm. i wanted to punch her face...

apart from that today went slow.

and sm gave me the shits.

arghhhh. wasnt my day. isnt my day.

crashing -

(Carter Burwell - Twilight OST - Bella's Lullaby)
im gonna have a very fat paycheck next week. i worked all day today and will be working all day tomorrow. and my feet are dead tired... although must say, weekdays are significantly easier than weekends.

However, when there's not much to do, the time tends to drag.

*sigh*

lunchroom conversation was very very very amusing. funny. couldnt stop laughing. gossips so much... fun?

luke came into buy some new release game. and i was in nursery.. behind so he didnt see me. and he calls to chu:

"i wasn't here. you didnt see me"

and i was like

"nice try luke!"

and he was like

"oh damn it! HAHAHA."

so he said hi and had a bit of a chat. he was supposed to be studying for his exams. LOL.

(Beyonce - If i were a boy)
yesterday: night
my godbrother got angry at the adults. and he was screaming the house down. and crying. (i was upstairs studying). and he comes upstairs by himself... opens my door with tears in his eyes and goes "jeh jeh *sobs*" and im like.. AWWWWWWWWWWWW he came to me!!! im so special!! XD hes so adorable.

yesterday: approx 4:20 pm
someone jumps off one of the westfield buildings. committed suicide. someone who saw where the body landed went into shock that stopped his (her maybe) heart. =X =X =X

today: qantas drive
huge huge car accident. thank everything - the stars - that it was the opposite direction i was travelling. or i wouldve been screwed for my exam this morning.

today: target
these two people tried to buy all this shit with fake credit cards.

today: shopping with mum.
first thursday night off. bought lotsa things. had vietnamese for dinner. YUMMY. not good for the diet though. will cut back tomorrow. my 'three-coloured ice' was unsweetened. like..... wtf? and my sister's was uber-sweet.

need to make a massive list of what i need to buy for upcoming christmas baking. yay~

long story short. there was 2 bitches of a customer. one was against my MT. and we (MT, manager and me) were all in nursery. just so happens that my MT was the one who served the customer. she was a feral bitch. she asked a q (obviously not happy with the product because toys r us was cheaper or someshit but she still ended up buying it ), and then went to our SM to complain. bitch bitch bitch.

and he called my manager and MT and was like

wtf did u guys say to her?
she complaining about ur customer service and how u were rude, etc.

and my managers like

dude, we were all there. she was feral. and i think from what you're saying, shes just making a big issue out of nothing.

yep definietely. so that interrupted our stroller session. which leads me to talk about this second headache of a customer. apparently, he's been in our store a couple of times. in nursery. wanted to buy a stroller and carseat. and no one was there to "assist" him. so he rang up the store. spoke to my manager for 40 minutes. had a good complain. wasn't happy. so he spoke to the store manager. and SM told my manager that we had to be prepared for this customer who was gonna come in on the weekend. he was doing to buy the package: stroller, carseat and bassinet. with the discount EVENTHOUGH the sale would have finished by saturday. and we were to know how to show the guy how to set up all the parts.

so we spent literally over an hour standing in nursery trying to put it altogether. felt like amateurs but now we can be full pros and be like yeah. this is solid. easy shit.

anyhow, he better be grateful. because we're getting his items transferred from a different store. he's essentially getting a raincheck with this whole he gets it after the sale for the sale price stuff. plus we're gonna be showing him how it works cause for whatever reason, he can't read the manual by himself. fun.

got taxed by tax. but then so did everyone else.....

business tax is hard to study for. i have too many books and case notes and lecture handouts that i dunno how i can incorporate all into one. actually - i dont think i will. im just reading over everything and writing all over my handouts at the moment... hopefully it'll all come together soon.

*sigh*

its raining.. AGAIN. its supposed to be summer soon. like hello mr-rainman. i'm talking sun - hot - light breezes - singlet tops - shorts - dresses - skirts. NOT jeans and long sleeved tops and jackets.

please?

who am i kidding... robsten maybe. ROFL.

day 1 of my extreme less than 1000 calories a day diet. WHOPPPEEEEE. 2 eggs, half an orange, a stack on greens, 3 cups of tea, 2 litres and water and counting, slice of ham, small handful of nuts. strategy: drink so much that i feel bloated by default.

and mum has to go shopping in bankstown and westfield and buy all this tempting food. no matter. it doesnt affect me.

my morning was spent on the registers pretty much. three massive code 1s. anyway. LOL. THE RECEIPT PRINTER WASNT WORKING WHEN I GOT THERE ANYWAY. but steve didnt realise till i was using it. and he's like (jokingly):

"what did u do to it???"

and im like

"HAHAHAHA nothing!!"

this was like in front of customers. and he had to change the whole unit. and we're just like trading jibes at each other. at least the customer thought it was funny. i dont think the people waiting behind her did though. HAHAHA XD

and then later on, i was on a different register, and it wouldnt take the store coupon. and steves just shaking his head in that patronising way.

LOL.
LOL.

obviously today was NOT my day with the registers.

i feel so sleepy at the moment. sleeplessness is definitely not cool. it makes me not work. i have not done any study for tax. and spent a whole hour in the lunchroom with a RAT watching some manual handling dvd for training. how boring.