Thursday, January 20, 2011
♥ back at home
i'm back! yes i arrived back in perth this morning, after 12 days in cambodia and another 10 in KL...
i would blog in more detail, but i'm feeling rather lazy and i haven't got my pictures to add to my posts because i left my SD card in Huy's laptop =(
but in good news, i've come back and still have a job! in fact i'm working like 4 days a week for the next few weeks.. but my employment / store-transfer thing still hasn't been confirmed so nothings too definate yet
and in not so good news, i didn't get an offer for first rounds but i surprisingly took the lack of an offer quite well and it didn't bother me too much. i think the boyfriend was more dissappointed than i was haha. i am trying to rest, and it is easier when you know that despite whatever happens, God has a plan for meeee.
second rounds come out early feb, will keep you posted :)
11:33 AM
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
♥ michael clarke
it isn't everyday you meet someone famous
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| michael clarke @ vf murray st |
*sighs* forgot to ask for an autograph.
oh and i think half our staff only knew it was michael clark because his face is plastered all over our walls as the new vodafone ambassador
quite funny that no one knew his name xD (except me, of course)
p.s. sorry for lack of posts, i've been sick! very sick.
p.s. sorry for lack of posts, i've been sick! very sick.
Labels: famous people, media, vodafone, work
8:34 PM
Monday, November 29, 2010
♥ workkkkkkkkkkk
Well, I've been out of work for a bit lately due to issues with my manager at vodafone.
I've managed to get shifts from other stores though and even some babysitting, which has been really cool.
On Sunday I worked at the Muarry St multibrand store (WOOO for double pay) and learnt a bit about the 3 side of things!
Next week i'm covering a few shifts at VF Murray St, and today when I took grandma shopping I walked into Red Dot and my manager offered me a job on the spot - I didn't even ask! Haha. She was like "Can you come back?!"
So that's pretty cool. Since the store will be doing late night trading hours too. And I told her I was going away after Christmas but she didn't care, she was just happy to have me back to help out for Chrissy.
So I'm still going to cover shifts for other VHA stores. And when I'm not rostered I'll work at Red Dot...
When I get back from holiday, I'll hopefully do a proper store transfer for VHA...
And then WAH-LAH. It all works out :) hopefully, yay.
Labels: babysitting, reddot, vodafone, work
8:38 PM
Thursday, June 24, 2010
♥ VHA Mid Year Party
VHA Mid Year party was last night!
Definately felt better than the last party and this could be due to several reasons
#1. Having worked at Vodafone for longer (the first party I went to, I had only worked for like a month)
#2. Knowing more people (from other stores and functions etc) and hence being able to talk to more people
#3. Feeling more comfortable introducing yourself to new people
#4. RINA CAME (she got the job at the one in the city!!)
#5. Music was good, free flowing alcohol was also good
Got some awesome pictures that night!!! I had my blue contacts on (not the aussie flag ones haha)!
Totally felt the consequences this morning of not drinking any water last night =/... woke up at like 6am dehydrated and had trouble falling back asleep only to wake up again to get to work at 8:45am.. lovely......
It was my first time at the Luxe bar, and it's actually pretty nice there, cept the drums were really loud (it was quite odd they played music through speakers but had one guy playing drums to the beat of the music loL!), and the place was quite small but then again I didn't realize there was a downstairs. nice but small i reckonnnn
6:57 PM
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
♥ iphone 4 hype
it's been announced..
now only to wait for it to be released in australia.
i find myself getting quite excited. even more so now that i work at phone store...
can't wait to get back to work and start PLAYING with one!!!!!!!
i like the design of this one better than the older version.. the stainless steel band is cool i rekon.
oh dear, what is this, i've joined the iphone craze!!! but but but... i hate apple..........
2:50 PM
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
♥ Lydia's List
during my time at the social justice workshops that church held, i decided to partner with TEAR as a financial supporter for the Lydia's List project
I've always usually been one who donates my time / effort but lately I've found myself bogged down with uni, work, umat, life in general that I haven't really picked up that many commitments as I use to.
But you know, now that i've been working at Vodafone, I've been earning a pretty decent income. Much of this has gone into savings for a new car... another portion to my expenses (which has also increased as my income increase)
So with the realization of the amount of money I waste on food at broadway or on pointless presents for my boyfriend or on online shopping...
how can i not spare at least some of what i earn for someone who needs it so much more?
I really like the lydia's list because it's focus in on women and i think that it's so true how by helping women you help their family too. "Women in developing countries invest up to 90 percent of their income in their families."
So today in the mail I recieved a Welcome to Lydia's List" letter and a cute little bag tag. It reminded me of fair trade products and how I use to walk all the way to the Oxfam shop to look around. Might need to make that trip again, sometime after exams.
I love it! It's so cool I rekon. Made from rice paper bags!
And you know, it's the little things that we can do that can make such a difference to someone else...
So to finish this blog entry, I'll leave you with a story of how TEAR Australia is supporting women in India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Sajeda Begum wanted her three daughters to receive an education, but she and her husband had barely enough money for their daily needs, let alone school expenses. When Sajeda joined a women's self-help group established by Symbiosis Bangladesh she told the other women her dream. They encouraged her to make it a reality. So after careful planning, Sajeda took a loan of 2, 200 taka ($35) from the group's savings pool and opened a small nursery. Now her loan is paid off, her business is triving - and her daughters are all at school!
11:58 AM
Friday, February 19, 2010
♥ vodafone prezzies
nawws, working at vodafone has it's advantages!
today (well, now that its past midnight, it would be yesterday) a customer bought me flowers!
quite cute huh? same orchids that josh bought me for 1yr
he was a funny customer. he came in the day before because he had pressed the wrong pin into his phone, so it had locked itself. but we couldn't give him the puk code because he wasn't the account holder of the mob number (and he didn't know the pin). and like his mate was waiting at the airport for him, and he kept going on about how its the worst thing to do, ditch ur mate etc etc.. he was realllyyy full on, it was a bit scary haha. but somehow i was still able to get into his contact list, then i just let him use our work phone to call his friend. and yeah, comes back the next day and i was dealing wiht a customer. so he dissappears and comes back again with flowers.
and then the day before a customer gave me like a $15 tip???? which is really odd. because uhh, it's vodafone. it's not normal to tip o__O.. and i told him not to worry about it, but he was really persistant about it. but anyways. it was funny because he only bought 2 x $29 headsets? he was pretty nice though, had lots of questions. he probably should have invested that $15 into getting a new phone (seriously, his phone was like older than my mums haha)
and the other week a lady named mary bought me chocolates, because i helped her buy a phone for her husband. she's a funny one. she came back so many times. first time to recharge her phone. second time to buy her husbands phone. third time to ask me where to stick the charger. fourth time to figure out how to use the camera and send a txt msg for her. and like fifth time to say the phone had fallen out of her husbands pocket in some random field up north. haha. she's so cute though.
haha. vodafone has its benefits i guess. i didn't realize how generous people were. we've had customer buy us donuts and go to the effort of writing nice emails to our manager... it's pretty cool. to get acknowledged for good customer service ;)
man, u never get this stuff working for reddot
12:50 AM
Friday, February 12, 2010
♥ sleepless
it's now 6:15am... and i've been awake since 4:30am.
i'm usually a decent sleeper. at least i like to think so. not as good as josh though, he pretty much konks out (even when on the phone with me!)
i blame this time partly to the fact that i slept in til like noon yesterday... but josh seems to think i have sleeping issues and wants me to see a doctor..... zzzzzzzz this is what happens when you date a budding doctor, they make a big deal out of not so big things... haha
but anyways, i know i am stressed. when i told vodafone my 'availability' i was not expecting them to roster me EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE DAY. so now i get no rest. not happy jan.
i'm hoping that my hours will ease up once we get a new assistant store manager. esp because my manager at reddot is going away for a month and need me to cover here and there.. i can see all my study time being chomped on at the moment.... zzzzz
i think i shall socially exclude myself for the next few days, to get some rest. and try to get my hours cut at vf. hopefully they dont even need me, but just stuck me there to give me more hours (but really, i don't want more hours zzz)
anyways. adding to the collection, in time for vallies day... haven't done so for a while!
her name is Adidas Kundo I, size 3 US.
cute huh?
yes, it was time for another girl shoe, the ratio between boy : girl was quite uneven. it was also time for a size other than a 2 US (which seems to also have an uneven ratio to all the other sizes put together)
anyways. now it's 7am. work in 1hr 45min. oh the joys of life.
Labels: baby shoes, boyfriend, busy, reddot, sleep, stress, vodafone, work
6:59 AM
Monday, February 1, 2010
♥ chocolates
1:13 PM
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
♥ busyBUSYbusy
i haven't been blogging much lately.. but really. not much has happened.
work. work.. and uhh... work.
my 'date' with josh yesterday consisted of....
a movie (the invention of lying) which we saw his lil cousin with his friends sitting at the back (slightly awkwardddddd, it looked like we were there on purpose to keep a eye on them ahaha),
lunch at betty's cafe (goooood burger hey!) with a rock paper scissors to eat the last wedge (not because we wanted it, but because we were too full to eat it - josh lost, of course, with his paper and me and my scissors),
a stop by innaloo shops which resulted in a fight about clothing sizes (sounds stupid i know but ended up being a very silent drive back to his place, and it all just sorta exploded in his driveway with lots of tears...)
anyways, after we sorted that out, we played monopoly with matt.. and zmgshhhhh talk about the longest game EVERRRR. i was really winning early on too =( i had like half the properties. then traded and got like three or four monopolies? including mayfair and park lane or something??? yes as you can tell, i rarely play monopoly ahaha, and i'm not too good at it either. in fact the only times i've ever played a proper game of it was twice, both at josh's house.
we stopped by the beach for like half an hour before i had to rush to the train station to get to work on time! and that was my day in a bombshell.
on other news. went to the dentist today. had to get a filling. and gotta go back again for another... T__T far out. it was the first time i went to this dentist though, i usually go to the school one. but i'm too old now =(
well i'm working for the rest of the week. morning and night for both thurs and fri. next week i've got tuesday off, but i've got to somehow meet up with joshyen who's back from syd for a wk + eunike who's back from indo + adrian AND drop by chris' bday at kings park AND head to reddot at 5:30pm for work.
so anyways. as you can guess, i've been over doing it, once again. i am alive. i am fine. but i am tired.
work at reddot last night, weeknight trading - man it is QUIET, we closed early. but still stayed back to clean. but yeah... i dont think anyone knows we're open! which is good, for me at least. However as it rapidly approaches Christmas that might change. I can't believe we're open EVERY weeknight for the rest of the month (excl pub hols). So it's been VF or RD... every day or night.. and so it will continue to be, at the look of things.
the vf people from induction were trying to find a night we could all catch up.. and i'm practically not free all the way til new years.
but yes. this is my life at the moment. i apoligise for neglecting you all =(
Josh & I @ Abortech Christmas Party
Labels: boyfriend, busy, christmas trading, dentist, overload, reddot, vodafone, work
11:17 AM
Monday, December 7, 2009
♥ somanythingssolittletime
well! lots has happened these past few days.. here they are in dot points because i've gotta go to bed (work tomorrow!)
- FREE - friday night!
- dress buying attempt failed - missing belt!!!!!! and they wouldn't even discount it -.-"
- 5th december 2oo9 - i got baptised! yay!
- vha summer party, was pretty good, nice to catch up with the induction guys again
- last beach mission meeting - preparation is under way!
- abortech christmas party - i've been going since i was born! my dad's workplace party *heart*
- justin's 18th - such good chickenn wingssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!
- family dinner for bro's 26th
ANYWAYS. i am SO in like with this new website i found called photofunia.
Labels: 18ths, baptism, boyfriend, church, family, friends, photo, vodafone
11:50 PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
♥ work and play
after work, our store staff went for dinner together...
they're a funny bunch, . there were lots of laughs. i didn't really have stories like they did to share though. but it was pretty fun.
summer party sat. should be good.
Labels: vodafone
11:50 PM
Thursday, November 26, 2009
♥ the blunt truth hurts
from a matchin set, my new phone hanging thingy, ironically given by my bf's student (who flirts with him xD)
i haven't been blogging as much as i usually do, and for that i apoligise.
i've been super busy, working most days, out most nights, and catching up on sleep whenever i can.
and as christmas approaches things are just going to get busier, with some backtoback double shifts at vodafone (8:45am - 9:15pm), but its actually not too bad now =) i'm getting use to it i guess. there's still lots to learn, but at least i can help customers with some things without needing to always ask for help.
last night i was filled with anger at a certain someone. someone who used others. someone who was irresponsible. someone whose actions made me tsktsk. and it really got to me. i kept thinking how can people be like that! so inconsiderate. so immature. so selfish! it just fustrated me SO much. that i just laid in my bed for a while fumed with anger.
yes anger. and it did frustrate me even more when my boyfriend sticks up for that person telling me how it's not my place to judge etc etc. and it sucks even more because i know he's right haha. sighh
sigh, i wish i was stronger. but sometimes i feel like i'm the one that always has to change. i'm the one thats always wrong. and i'm the one that just isn't good enough.
but it's okay. i'm not perfect.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (New Living Translation)
9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
Labels: anger, bible, boyfriend, christmas, christmas trading, vodafone
11:09 PM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
♥ induction @ VF
i think i am slightly overloading myself...
i was meant to finish work at 4 on tuesday, but totally forgot... O__O it was like 5:15pm and kirk was like "weren't you meant to go home at 4?" and i was like =| !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but linda (manager) changed the roster for me, so they're still going to pay me til close xD. how silly of me.
so today we began induction course at murray st. it was pretty cruisey. i have a feeling this week has just been information overload (with more to come) but we learnt about networks and the towers and stuff today.
made some pretty cool friends. i realize i can come across as a bit overpowering sometimes, unintentionally of course =/. must tone it down, esp since i already got the job, and don't even need to 'prove' myself or anything!
anyways so induction is wed thurs fri. thurs (2moro) i got work at reddot afterwards. fri i got FREE afterwards. sat will prob drop by karrinyup to get skirt altered. and find some black work pants... sunday is church and beach mission meeting. and the next week i'm working 5 days. kimchee night on the tues. SU induction course on the wed, uncle francis' 50th on the fri, and amazing race on the sat, church & eriks bday & church together on the sunday.
I AM TIRED.
9:14 PM
Sunday, November 15, 2009
♥ the hunt for a black collared shirt
so on saturday vodafone messaged me (yes TEXT MESSAGED ME - i thought it was quite unprofessional, but josh seems to think otherwise) and asked me to start monday!
i asked her what i should wear and she replied saying black collared shirt, black skirt/pants, black shoes etc. and she specifically said NO STRIPES.
*chokes and dies*
a majority of my 'businessy' gear is striped, because i love pinstripe! but i did find a plain black skirt i bought quite a while ago... but all my collared shirts are white... so yes so made the decision to go shopping today (sunday) to hunt for a black shirt at harbor town!
dragged my boyfriend along. well not really dragged. but he came =) and was grumpy at first abt parking but cheered up after a while.
really weird, my body was still aching from a 1/2 hr walk i went on, on sat... T__T which is quite sad, and reflects how unfit i am!
anyways found one in the end, and might i add, how DIFFICULT it is to find a PLAIN black collared shirt.. i even dropped by the city and still went for a look around and didn't see anything. they were all white or white with stripes or black with stripes... but no plain black =[
while dropping by myer i also picked up a shoulder bag. not like a school bag, more of a casual sorta sling thing. which is good because handbags are starting to get to me a little.
oh and mum gave me some stuff she bought in melb. it's quite funny how she went all the way to melb, but she bought me stuff from tempt. ahaha. oh wells. it's not like she ever walked into there while here in perth.
anyways thats it for now. my body aches.
P.S. my sister bought that emotional intelligence book they were talking about in psychology!!! i will have to read it after she does =D i heard its a really good book. and she said that her lecturer mentioned it too.
Labels: boyfriend, clothes, parents, shopping, sister, vodafone, walks
10:06 PM
Monday, November 9, 2009
♥ the joy! <3
FINISHED EXAMS!!!!
WOOOOT!
stats was so so... =/... it was like 30% theory which is my epic downfall. so not very happy about that. not sure if i can scrape a hd for it, but i hope so >.<
soon i will be compiling a list of things i plan to accomplish over the next three months...
but in the meantime it's time to RELAX.
and fill out my vodafone contract (must stop spelling it as vodaphone) which i received in the mail today =D... (just in time too, i was going to call them tomorrow because i hadn't heard from them!)
DRIVING TEST tomorrow... EEEEKKKK!
P.S. Went to Retro Bettys in leedy today for dinner with my sister in 'celebration' of end of exams (for me... she still has one to go. actually she only has one exam altogether!) Her treat! =D
and yes :) not bad at all! i quite liked it. i got a bistro burger with egg :) we also had wedges and salad for sides.
Holidays, here i come :)!
8:23 PM
Monday, November 2, 2009
♥ tim tam white
i've got a throbbing headache. was bad today. took a 3/4hr nap. when i should have been studying. told myself i'd stay up to study.. but i am like zZz........ and this headache isn't helping.
been eating these too.
it's a tad weird i think. i much prefer mint slices. must get some for this exam period mmm.
i wish i took the time to learn all the reactions in chemistry. rather than "cramming". haha. i am like the complete opposite to josh. who's advice is to not cram........ dude :) i've been cramming since forever. and even though i tell myself that next time i won't..... it just happens... o_O must work on that.
wonder if vodaphone will call me tomorrow :)
prayed for his exam today :) i'm starting to see such a refreshed guy. reminds me of the reasons i fell in love with him.
Labels: boyfriend, exams, food, health, sleep, study, vodafone
12:19 AM
Friday, October 30, 2009
♥ vodafone interview
12:30pm ~ walk into the science library 2nd floor toilets to put on foundation, mascara and eyeliner
1:10pm ~ catch the bus from uni into the city
1:36pm ~ reached mum's office. went on a hunt for the first aid box. in major need of bandaids for the horrific blisters i got from my shoes *shakes fist* i don't remember them ever being THIS bad.
1:50pm ~ take the bus from mum's office back to the city. then walk to interview place.
2:06pm ~ arrive at interview place... 24 minutes early. soo.. ate my lunch - a sandwich.
2:13pm ~ enter interview room, register, recieve I♥VF bag and 3 pen... xD also engage in a good conversation with the other lady in the room who was applying for the job, her name was melissa, and she had a canadian accent!
I thought the interview structure was pretty good. I'm not a fan of "group" interviews you see, so I was really glad when they took people out for "one-on-one" talks. It really gave me the opportunity to tell her about my past work experience and how i would be good for the job xD.
It started off with introductions. introducing the person next to you after getting to know them... Then this activity in groups of 4 where you had to arrange cards, that had customer service statements on it, in priority. The next task was like a role play between 2 people. one was the sales associate, the other was a customer. then you switched. it was very casual. Then was filling out feedback forms and the one-on-one interviews.
3:37pm ~ finished filling out feedback forms and group interview is concluded. talked to melissa on the way out and found out she was actually a vodaphone manager in Qld! But she was going for a position at SOR. phew!
4:00pm ~ reached mum's office and started going through some psyc stuff. had a debate with jordan about the scaling/difficultly of discrete maths.
4:49pm ~ recieve a call from the lady at vodaphone :) and she offered me the job. saying she has to still contact my references on monday and will call me again to confirm everything next week.
5:48pm ~ dropped by kmart on the way home because mum wanted to check something out. at this point my feet were absolutely KILLING.
anyways. in the car ride home i was thinking about how much God takes care of me... like when the lady from angus and robinson didn't call back i was a bit =[ abt it. but now looK! so much of a better job - location wise, long term prospects, $$$$$$ wise and it's actually something i know about and like!
I think as humans we will never know the endless possibilities for our future... but i know i trust in a God who's always looking out for me... and sometimes life doesn't go my way. but there's always a plan. God's plan :)
6:48 PM
