Last day at work

Was my last day at work yesterday. It was sad to go! Surely death must be like leaving a good job, I found the experience of saying good bye to my work mates a bit sad. I found that even realising I was doing things for the last time sad in itself!

anyway farewell to Harris Street and Ultimo, walks to Chinatown during lunch and computer shopping at MSY.

Whats next? Things can only get better with God by my side =)

"Bak Chang"

*You tie them up after you wrap them onto a metal pole ready for boiling in a big pot.
*You gotta give the bamboo leaves a wipe before you use them to wrap the rice.

Goa teh ai eh si "Bak Chang" (My favourite is "Bak Chang")

Last Friday my aunt came over and taught us how to make this delicacy. Yum yum, can't get enough of "bak chang". It was really fun to make them too even though I was so 'unco' at it

Dark chocolate, grapes and green tea

Dark chocolate, grapes and green tea all contain "polyphenols" which help you lose fat, according to a new study.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead man's chest has to be the movie of the year ;) Wanna see it again ;)

Madagascar 2

Here's my eagerly waiting for the sequel to Dreamwork's animated feature "Madagascar". The sequel is coming out in 2008, another 2 years to go. Next year Spiderman 3 and judging from the trailer I saw on 'youtube', it should be as good as its hyped up to be!

Can't wait to see "Superman returns", "Pirates 3" and "Click" in the next few days.

Tour de France food

I'm hungry again after watching SBS, who would have thought! So weird, the Tour de France show on SBS highlights the specialty cuisine of the different parts of France. Just watched this guy with a funny French policeman hat bake a nice fat lamb steak with fried crispy potato "julienne". so hungry!

Snow patrol songs

Wow this is a first, the fastest consecutive blog ever! I had to turn off Itunes just then, was listening to too many indie songs, too distracting, I'm starting to like "snow patrol" though.

I just wanted to correct myself after my last post just in case people get the wrong idea. I'm not resentful and jealous because I don't have the great career and job I expected. I felt that way at the end of last year, not having a clear idea of what was ahead of me.

Saturday 1st July 1am, I'm alive and I'm grateful. I'm working a casual legal administrative job which I like and I'm blessed to have, but my contract will expire and I don't intend to hang on to this job because its not going to benefit me in the long term. I have to make a decision whether to stay or go and take an opportunity, I'm praying and seeking advice on this issue.

I'm looking at jobs online everyday to see whether anything is out there. Today I was talking to someone younger than me who seemed really savvy about the whole careers thing, it made me wonder and secretly wish that I was as clever as her when I was in fourth year doing summer clerkship applications. It also motivated me to get out there and start being proactive, make calls to H.R departments and see what they are looking for, and learn how to write application letters etc.

lol, this is a bit of a boring post. Anyway going to watch Germany vs Argentina.

Friday night

I'm blogging for the sake of blogging again. I just like to see the number of posts increase one by one. Yes I'm a sad case lol.

It was good to see some old uni friends again today. Its been at least a year since I've seen them, all of them are doing well, progressing with their professional careers. Meeting and eating dinner again tonight reminded me of uni times and also how we all became friends in the first place. I was reminded of the blessings and bountiful provisions in my life =)

I was also reminded of my present dilemma. I don't see myself as a corporate lawyer, I don't want to make myself squeeze through a "round hole". I hate doing applications for jobs that I know I don't suit. I disdain the feeling of inadequacy I feel when I'm around people whose lives are seemingly perfect with their high paying graduate jobs, beautiful partners anda great future ahead of them. This is what I feel, I'm not necessarily jealous and neither am I resentful, I'm merely articulating a feeling I felt last year when I found myself without a graduate job unlike so many of my peers. Many people around me didn't find jobs immediately either, I'm not the only one.

lol anyway before I delve further into a series of depressing angsty "stream of consciousness" sentences I'll take a step back and say that God is good, because this much I believe is true :)