A Getaway

We’re supposed to have jap chae for lunch today. Well, that’s the agreement we made last Friday. So I had been craving for it for days. I was even so excited last night, thinking that I was gonna have jap chae today. But, damn…Grandma Kimchi was closed when we got there. And Carnegie is too far… Besides, I wasn’t sure whether it’s open for lunch or not. So we ended up having Malaysian dishes, which was…oookayyy…

Then we stayed there for a while, talking about this and that…which was basically about what we’re gonna do after "this life"…I mean after we’re back in Indo, when the "long holiday" is over. For me, it will be at the end of December. And I guess people don’t hire staffs at the end of the year. They must be on leave or at least in the holiday mode.

Then we went shopping…me and Dilys… There were only two of us left at the end. I’m so happy to find the new (well, it’s new to me…you know me well enough to realize that I’m not a big fan of books) Mitch Albom’s book…and it was on sale ($10 off) at Borders!! Then we went here and there…looking at clothes…beautiful girly summer clothes…but they’re bloody expensive!!! All are over AUD 130 and they are "Made in China"!!! And you’ll never know whether they’re still gonna be there when the sale time is coming.

Then I went to the 6pm service afterwards. I was so glad to see that it’s not dark yet out there when the service finished. It was 8pm already…and it felt like 5pm or something… That’s the nice thing about summer.

Then I went home…and I called my mom. I’m so excited about my mom and my sis coming here next December. It must be fun that we have a chance to go travelling together again. It’s been for some time that  we’re never be at the same place on the same time. So it’s been ages that we don’t go out together like we used to. I was thinking to go back studying (exam preparation time!!!) after talking with my mom. But then, I felt like calling k. So I did. And he was at home. I actually didn’t expect he’d be there. But he was and he’s available too, surprisingly… And there we were…talking silly again… We’re actually talking about more serious stuffs this time, about me looking for a job. He said that he’s getting sick and tired listening to me complaining about how worried I am about the whole job hunting thing. But how can’t I be worried? It’s not as easy as he thinks it would be for me. And he mentioned about one job that’s just been taken by a guy from FinCon. That’s my dream job…where you’ll get a chance for a one-or-two-month attachment in Singapore, learning about all, ALL, of the Bank’s products…not only the Treasury’s products… and you’ll be the person to understand everything about those products, how it works, what the risks are, how it’s gonna have an impact on P&L, etc. etc….So it’s a mixture between Treasury and FinCon. They call it "Management Support" which is essentially the same as the "Product Control" thing that I’ve always wanted. But it’s already been taken!! It’s so unfair… It’s impossible for me to get that job since I’m still here…but I’m only gonna be here for less than 2 months. Hiks…can’t they wait for 2 months? I don’t mind starting to work as soon as I’m back in Indo if those are things I’m gonna do. Anyway… just hope they’ll need another person for that function. In summary… I enjoyed the talk. I know I don’t feel the same way as I used to, and I know things must have been different if I weren’t here at the moment, but I still had a great time talking to him. Silly boy… Yea, and I’m proud of him that he got 88 for the test. He said he didn’t do well at the test that he didn’t wanna talk about it. I really can’t imagine him studying after work for 5 days… only to sit the exam. Well done!

And I haven’t touched my lecture notes since this morning. Aiyaaa… It’s late already.

Today was my last class this semester, this year. And it would also be my last class ever!! Well, I’m not planning to pursue any other degree for the moment, guys…enough… What a relief, isn’t it?!?! That was what I had thought before. But it happened to be…not so right. I dunno why I felt like missing something. And to be honest, I was a bit sad after the class this afternoon though I was trying not to think about it. I dunno what to feel but I know things are gonna be different.

Yea…that would be the end of my two years studying here. Well…I still got two exams to go…and it’s not that I really enjoyed studying and the assignments that much. But still, I’m gonna miss things. There’ll be no more class, no more running late for morning class =), no more tutorials, and I may not meet some of my classmates anymore.

Hmmm…that’s life… And I’m still doing my last assignment, btw. Yea, rite, I’m gonna miss this too!! Hhhhh…wish this could be more enjoyable.

It’s not supposed to be a surprise for me. Cannot legally be. But it did give me a heart-stopping moment, in a bad way, I mean.

Was sitting with a skinny capp at Myer this morning. Was quite early for meeting my friend. So I took a chance to be in the middle of those lazy Sundays’ late breakkie, which is one I always wanna do. Was lovely. Until I sent an sms and unexpectedly got a quick reply with an unexpectedly, unusualy long message. Morocco? Where on earth is it?! Somewhere around Europe?!?! But it doesn’t really sound like one. I even had a hard time trying to figure out how to spell the word correctly, is it with a double  "r" or "c" or both? And who’s he referring to when he says "my boss"? And why he kept trying to say something nice?

Anyway…I had fun with all the 11 gals today. Having yumcha (thank you, Syl…) and watching "The Departed". And at the end of the show, we didn’t really get the whole story of it. Too many F*** words and gunshots!! But Leonardo di Caprio was really cool!!! =)

I’ve been reading my old diary -the one I wrote when I was working in Jakarta- in the last few days. It’s quite amusing since I’ve forgotten some of the details, good and bad, I had at that time. I also laughed at myself when I realized how I’d tried to write something in English. Well, I must do the same thing some time in the future when I read what I’ve written here.

But I cannot believe that I was rambling on about the same thing through each and every page. Most of the time!! And I got 3 thin books!! Even the words I used in various occasions are similar, if not exactly the same. How boring!! I didn’t realize it when I was there, how silly (or "gullible", borrowing someone’s term) I had been… how annoying I may have been…etc. etc. Yet I guess it’s good that I read all those stuffs before I go back for good. That way I know the differences, the changes in me and the changes I should go for.

Btw, when it comes to something bad…and you know that it’s likely to happen someday anyway… do you think it’s better to get it earlier? So that it protects you from building up a false hope? Which one is more discouraging, to know it NOW, or later… after you’ve given a chance to do this and that? I guess there will never be a good time for a bad news.