It definitely has been a while since I’ve last written and it feels like ages! This is officially my first post in 2010 and its probably long overdue. I’ve been busy playing driver to my parents who were here on a visit and now my brother is living here with me.
I guess you could say that I have many posts to write. Work Christmas party, December holidays (Malaysia & Perth) and my NY Resolutions.
I’m not a believer in making New Year’s Resolutions but I guess in keeping in line with peer pressure, I shall have some resolutions but I refuse to call it NY Resolutions. 2009 was a year filled with all sorts of up and downs, lessons learned and things accomplished. I figured going and reflecting on the previous year would make a good platform to set some goals to achieve for the year 2010.
If you know me n real life, you know that I live by my diary and am ruled by my BlackBerry in terms of my scheduling. I have appointments written up in advance, I plan and make endless lists. I guess the lesson I learnt from 2009 is to let loose a bit more and not live in such a structured routine but to let my hair down and party a little. This month I turn 24, which is pretty much the last year I can say that I’m in my early 20s. Next year I’ll be in my mid 20s. Now that is just a sad, sad thing to say. But like the saying goes, time and tide waits for no man and I ain’t a man anyway. So I’m resolving to live life to the fullest and go out more this year. People to see, things to do.
Going on that note, I will be blogging more now. And with pictures in each post. I’ve let my blog go for a while and it feels strange not penning down my thoughts. I will be changing my layout to a sleeker design that I have yet to decide yet. One thing at a time. Next post will be the work Christmas party. However the photos might seem, there is a story behind it. I’ll leave that till the next post. But yes, I was seriously hammered, but I maintain that I didn’t pole dance. I merely posed with the pole an Jay happened to be there with the camera waiting to catch the action. Fine, here is the incriminating photo but you’ll just have to wait for the other photos 
Yes, it was a bottle of Pure Blonde
Enough of that, moving right along. For now, the only other thing that I resolve to do is celebrate my birthday at the end of the month. If you have any ideas of what to do, please suggest something. Sorta tossing between going to the pub (not driving there) or having a picnic/sunset beach get together thing. Pick something to do. I guess most people are invited so if you know me and you’re in Perth, either call/e-mail/SMS/Twitter/MSN/FB me to get your invite
That’s all for now. Till next time!
As strange as that may sound, its true. Sometimes I wish I were a guys so I wouldn’t have so many ‘woman’ issues in that sense but then I realised that being a guys comes with its own set of ‘woman’ issues. Then again, I reckon a guy wouldn’t spend as much time worrying about what to wear for work each day and especially what to wear for a work function that requires dress up.
We had the 50’s Tombola Night at work on Thursday. Being the 50’s theme, we all had to come dressed up as some sort of 50’s character. I googled stuff and I had a picture of big skirts with white socks and black shoes. Think Grease the Movie and you get the idea.
So, dress up we did. I tell you, I think I’ve perfected my winged eyeliner although mind you it smudged through the night so not much success there. I put on make up that morning but had to touch it up towards the event but had the basics on. Forgot to take pictures of that, so forget that. I did however get some pictures of the outfits there were and the event itself.
Pictures below the cut
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I bet that caught your attention quick didn’t it? Everybody loves free stuff, what more turning free money into more free money.
The good folks at Nuffnang in conjunction with Coles Group & Myer have decided to reward Nuffnangers with free money. Yes you heard it. Free money. A $10 gift voucher to be exact.
And the are giving its members a chance to turn the $10 gift voucher into $100. I bet you are wondering how do you get to participate in this generous contest. Simple.
Nuffnang relaunched its Australian site lately and can be accessed here. They are trying to expand its members and if you sign up now, you get a welcome pack filled with goodies like this. Easy huh? Bet you didn’t anticipate getting free stuff for joining and by putting ads on your blog, you even get paid. What is there to lose?
Anyway, back to the free money bit. So Nuffnang has issued the 2 challenges.
Challenge 1:
Be the Nuffie that spends $10 in the most creative, interesting or fun way. It is totally up to you what you choose to do with it, you just have to impress the Nuffnang team here with your shopping skills.
Challenge 2:
Most frugal Nuffie award. How far can you stretch $10 and what can you make it do?
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Previously I tested some products in relation to my allergies. I guess to understand the full extent of my allergies, I’d have to start right from the beginning.
See, I discovered in 2004 that I was allergic to rockmelon. I’d break out in hives by eating it. Then I realised I’d break out in hives by just touching the juice. So therefore I stayed away from rockmelon ever since. It’s not the most common allergy, but I guess you can be allergic to fruit.
So then sometime this year I found our that I was allergic to both red and white wine. I’m not bummed about the red, but I sure am bummed about being allergic to white wine. I do love my sweet whites.
I found this out when I drank white wine one night and went off to shower and started breaking out in rashes. I thought it was cause it was hot (this was in summer this year) and I was just sweaty. So I had wine again another night and again I showered and was itchy. Only then did my aunty put 2 and 2 together, that I might have an allergy to white wine. So we experimented again. I drank white wine and lo and behold I broke out in rashes.
Fine. I tried red wine and same result. Thing is, I’ve drank before and haven’t broken out in hives yet.
So one day we were at dinner at a Chinese restaurant and they typically serve fruit at the end of the meal. And the fruit would usually be rockmelon amongst other things. Thankfully since rockmelon was out of season, they swerved honey dew. So I, being confident, claimed that I’m not allergic to honey dew as I’ve eaten it before.
I came home and voila! I broke out in itches. I don’t know how or why either.
Fine, so another day I came home and had to go to cell group one night and I figured I’d shower first cause I won’t have time to shower after I come back. So off I went to shower and then I came out and happened to wear a low back shirt and I found that I had broken out in hives for no apparent reason. I have no idea why and I showed my aunty. I didn’t not have wine, rockmelon or honey dew any time recently. That was when we kinda figured it might be the shower gel I was using.
Lo and behold, I think it is. Up to this day I’m breaking out in rashes each time I shower. I’ve tried many products, Neutrogena, QV, Sorbelene, Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson’s to no avail. Sorbelene was the only one with any hope but it feels strange to be showering with body lotion.
This was when we figured it might be my shampoo &/or conditioner.
This is what I look like typically almost every night after a shower:
Forgive the Power Puff Girls shirt. I was in PJs
Quite frankly, I’ve given up trying to find products that work. Like my dad says, “Just eat (or in this case) use it till you’re desensitised”. I wonder how long that will take.
The desensitisation of wine is going to be a costly process 
I just got an e-mail from Nuffnang that I’ve got free tickets to watch a movie. Woohoo!! More about it when I get home tonight. I’m on a first aid course atm so another 3 hours till I have Internet again Well I hope the Internet resets itself today.
EDIT: I just checked my e-mail again and realised it is a pre-release movie double pass for the movie My Year Without Sex.
Click HERE to watch the trailer of the movie. I must say, this is the first thing I’ve won from Nuffnang and I’m way excited! I almost never win anything and I’ve got double passes to watch the movie before its released to the public.
Looks like my next weekend is booked in to watch the movie now
Well, today is the day I will remember that I sold Blue Lightning. I can only hope it went to a good home.
I shall miss you Blue Lightning.
I’ll miss the times you provided me wheels to places.
I’ll miss the times you brought all of us down to the South West and brought us up safely again.
I’ll miss the twists and turns we went through in the forest on the way to Albany.
I’ll miss the times I had to wash and polish you till you shined in the sun.
I’ll miss the times where you played me music at full blast while I was getting to prac.
I’ll miss the times you provided me a way to get to and from church and cell groups.
Goodbye!
I have a question for you.
Why would anyone put raisins in a packet of muruku?
For those who don’t know, muruku is savoury snack, with things like dried peas, bits of biscuit like things, and nuts. Its a bit hard to explain but try googling it.
I won a Christmas hamper with the Christmas raffle and in it was a packet of muruku. Well, it isn’t called muruku but its called a savoury snack nibbbles by a brand called Majans and the product is actually called Bhuja Original Mix.
I supposed one could ask a few question of this dubious snack. What is a Bhuja Original Mix? In caps as well. Was there a variation from Bhuja? And what is a Bhuja anyway? So many questions, so few answers.
So there you go. That is the question of the day: Who would put raisins in a packet of Bhuja Orginal Mix?
I’ll leave it to you to answer that.
Yes, I am BACK from my hiatus!! Yes, I’m back at my place now. It feels good to be back, though I’m going to miss the 10 minute drive to work. Now I’ve got to get up earlier and get to work on time. I’ve got a 6.30am start next week, which means I’m going to have to leave home at about 6.10am latest. Which means a 5.30am wake up for me. I’m going to be so exhausted from that.
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Only 2 more sleeps till the family arrive. Thus, what the title says, I am doing. Packing to go sleepover at Aunty Siew Lian’s place and half packing to go down south. Then again, there is always Thursday night to pack to go down south since I’ll be back here for a while. So much things to do, so little time!
Random pictures of the day:
Stuff for sleepover tomorrow night just so I don’t have to drive all the way down tomorrow night and I’ll have some quiet time to myself.
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Yes, my car has done 20 200km. Though I probably have only done 5000km on it since I really started to drive.
If you can guess what this thing is, I applaud you. Answer will be out in the next post
Well, it had been 7 weeks since I started at prac. We had afternoon tea for a farewell for Lauren and I, well mainly Lauren cause I’ll be coming back They even bought us a box of flowers each! I was beyond surprised, it was such a lovely surprise and I was so overjoyed and grateful to get a box of flowers! I took many, many pictures of them (hey, its the 1st box I’ve gotten!) but I won’t overload you guys with flower pictures. The rest are on my Facebook album *click*.
It feels so surreal. I had my final evaluation today, and its the last one that I’ll ever be filling out as a student. I guess its a bit hard to describe my feelings now. I’ve only got to work a few hours tomorrow and then go to uni on Monday, hand in the portfolio stuff and get my results ammended and I’m done. I’m going to collect my letter of completion on Wednesday and I’ll be registering as an OT by then. It feels so great finishing uni, finally 5 years of work is comin to an end. 5 years of slogging through it, 5 years of prayers and support from my family and friends. I wouldn’t be here without any of you. I guess this is also a thank you to whoever has supported me along the way. Thanks to all my previous supervisors for teaching so much about OT and grooming me to be one.
I remember my first day on my first prac. Boy, was I scared shitless. For one, it was July and I hadn’t had a prac before. Guess that came as a shock to them and I think that was my biggest learning curve right there. I had to put 3 years of knowledge into practice and I had no clue what to do. Little to say, I think I came out from my shell. Secondly, it was a hospital prac, which is generally more demanding in time, workload and expectations. Consistently throughout all my 3 placements, there is one comment from my supervisors that are almost identical word for word: Kristine is communicates in a gentle and quiet manner. Though my 2nd and 3rd supervisors’ comments was that I was communicating more assertively and being more bubbly. Being here in this current placement was really great, cause I had a better mix of male:female ratio and a whole heap of different people to work with.
I couldn’t ask for a better first full time job. The people are so helpful and friendly, the workplace really supportive and I get to work with wide range of clients. The best part is, I already know how to do part of the job, I just need top-up training and induction and I’m good to go. More time for me to focus on the clients, which is the main thing. I officially start on the 5th of January but I go back next week as a casual. It seems like I can’t get enough of this place 
But in all honesty, I think I fit in here better than I do in the hospital. They’re nice people and all but a bit cliquey and feels quite strange working there.
I’m going to tie up loose ends tomorrow and then have an early day and get home to get ready for the Christmas party! I seriously cannot wait for the whole thing! I’m stoked, though I’ve got another party on Saturday and I’ve got sundowner drinks as well on Monday night. Sounds a bit like a bulk booze binge. But I don’t drink much so no worry there And just for everyone’s peace of mind, no I’m not driving. I’m getting picked up and getting a cab home after everything. I’m responsible enough to do that
Well, enough ranting for the moment. I’m going to get resting since I’ve had a long day and read my Breaking Dawn and have a sleep in, cause I don’t have to go to work till about 11 plus AM. Haha…..Suckers!
