ChAnGE of sEASon...

the townhouse in castle hill did not go through in the end, becos the agent was playing games so atm, we have been advised by the broker to work on obtaining a bank pre-approval first, so that's where we are at atm... got the good news that our budget for property prices can be a little higher than we first thought becos of my low salary, which means we have more options now...

nothing really much happening at work, Laura's surprise baby shower happening on Thurs, hopefully things turn out well, and everything goes smoothly, and people have a good time... 2 more weeks before I go on hols'... counting down... work has been really quiet in aged care for the past 2 weeks, which is good in a general health perspective, as that means lesser older people are falling sick, but that also means there is nothing really alot to do at work... and now that Deanna has joined our team, it's even more quiet... anyway, I am not really complaining though...

it was my long weekend finally after 6 weeks, really have gotten spoiled by this ADO business... cannot go for longer than 4 weeks before feeling like I need a break... went to watch the hunger games on Friday, yet to read the book and only hearing the brief plot of the story from prisy... the movie was surprisingly quite good except the camera becomes really shaky at times... and the theatre was pretty much packed, people were sitting from the 3rd row from the screen and gold class was sold out for all sessions that evening... met up with anna, yochi and jo on sat for lunch, at artarmon... the food was ok, not that great, and went to visit anna's house after, her son Joe is really cute and chubby, which is weird cos no one is anything close to fat at all in her family... went out for dinner with Amelia, Karen and Tina separately on Monday for Korean at Lidcombe, the price was reasonable but the food ok, not that great... good news is that I recently received confirmation that my application for registration has been approved, and no need to retake the IELTS, just waiting for the criminal history screen now... so one thing less to stress about...

went to Katoomba again over the weekend, was really looking forward to our accomodation, but it turned out to be shitty, even worse than the Carrington... the first thing I saw when we stepped in was this dirty soiled towel hanging behind the door, and it's got bloodstains on it, I was really grossed out... no view, and feels more like a motel than a hotel really... and the breakfast was crap as well... so disappointing... went back to Leura again, mainly to get the French Vanilla cake and to visit the French soap shop, went to visit Wentworth Falls, but that was about it really, spent the rest of the time in the room, reading, guess what... yup the Hunger games trilogy... cos I keep hearing how good it is, from prisy, yochi and so finally decided to read the books... so started reading the books, and of course, finished reading all of them and sleeping at 4am on sunday morning... did not think the books were as good as what everyone says, definitely recommend someone to read but it's not something I would be reading more than once... and the storyline becomes darker towards the end, and you feel really bad for both the main characters who went through so much and you have to keep reminding yourself that they are only teenagers... and there are predictions saying the hunger games are going to be bigger than twilight which I definitely have to agree, and may even be comparable to harry potter, which I doubt though...

yay, april is almost here, which means easter, which means chocolates, which means changing colours of the maple leaves, which means cooler weather... nice... and this year, april means I am finally going to Korea, hopefully everything goes well and we will all have fun and cross my fingers and toes, get to see Running man filming or some celebrities...

烦死...

let's see. what's new... papa's confirmed coming to visit in Aug-Sept for 2 weeks, not likely going to new zealand now though...

my ticket to ride boardgame finally arrived, super excited... we played a few rounds over the weekend, but the thing I came to realise was that with this particular game, you actually need more players, so it becomes more challenging and it makes you strategise... it would be even better if I could get the asian version as well...

still house hunting, saw a townhouse over the weekend which I quite liked, the agent agreed to the offer price, personally don't like the agent and it is feeling like he is wanting to sell this property quick... I knew that buying a property is not easy and that there are many things to think about, but the more I speak to uncle, the more I realise that I still have alot to learn and find out... could not sleep last night because of this... at this stage, I guess I will just see this as a learning process and if it's meant to be, it's meant to be...

work wise, aged care continues to be short of staff, and we have been told that this is likely to be for the long term... cos Deanna will only be the senior for 6 weeks, and nothing's been done to recruit for Laura's position yet, so potentially when Julia rotates, ummm... it would pretty much just be me on the 2 wards... anyway, work's been alright at this stage, it's busy but not crazy busy which is really good seeing as how we are short of staff...

the other stuff going on are health issues, BP and my unusual period... alamak, feels like I have got so many things going on atm...

I hope the house issue comes through, cos even though it's not ideal, it's one which I am leaning towards amongst all the others I have seen so far...

GRay & glOOmY...

march already... wish it was April instead so I can go on my Korea hols... work is still the same, busy as always, nothing exciting to report... still trying to organise Laura's surprise baby shower, although people are not responding despite me saying that it has to be organised prior to her coming back to work... so, I am just going to go with the flow... my april ADO got rejected cos we are short of staff then, so I decided to have it in Aug, and hopefully I will have enough leave to go New Zealand with papa then...

no new shows at the moment, still waiting for the moon and sun and salaryman shows to finish, watching running man and amazing race, no new shows, and not in the mood to watch the HK shows...

currently still trying to look for houses and looking into trading in my car... I really don't like going on house inspections, especially when it is raining, was exhausted when I came home today... and property is so expensive, we still cannot afford most of them anyway...

that's probably it for the updates, it's been raining every day, clothes are not drying, and there's flooding here, planning for another roadtrip when I have my ADO at the end of this month... wanted to go new zealand during my last week of hols in april, but nobody wanted to go with me, so at this stage, it's looking like I will be staying put during that week...