the garbage maker and his excellency - 70%

to let out my impulsive shopaholic self not get my pockets in trouble, I purchased two things that made me tremendously happy and not big on the budget...

a book to complete my collection and a CD to bind all my fave selection

... and to indulge more to what my tastebud wanted, I had a scoop of Lindt's 70% excellence at its finest! a way to say winter's finally over 'cos ice cream just took over.

canberra sightings and my crowned sanctuary

CANBERRA SIGHTINGS

the memorial ball, a park which is just a walking distance

from the hotel and also close to the closed shops

(imagine! they close at 4pm during weekdays)

Canberra Centre - as mentioned from above

this is closed most of the time :)

CROWNE PLAZA

may hallway and am watching Australian idol!

my bed.. still untouched! like a virgin!

twin bed. whats the purpose? pm - i sleep on the right
side and at the strike of ami move to the other side of
the bed.. so that no one gets lonely!

question - why is my laptop on top of the iron board?
answer - power surge happened when i plugged it on
the table. reception told me to plug it near the TV outlet.
that's the best solution! :)

wow dessert! 4 bowls of vanilla ice cream
and a nice coconut / chocolate / strawberry whatever
given for free... actually it came from a friend (who is working
for crowne) of a friend (my street mate long long time ago)..
in short, pinuslit niya for us... iba ang pinoy! hehe :)

Though I have but few pictures to share

Each one has its priceless moments i bear

This three days are short and hectic

But all I can say my friends made it terrific

prison break!

Just had a prison break! Well I am all done with my work here in Canberra and decided I can just go back to Sydney an hour early. My alibi for the great escape is that I am going to have a meeting. Not that it is totally untrue but it will actually eventuate (found this word in some work papers and I am now using it!). I am still considering if I will indeed attend and it all depends on how well the flight will be.

Just this morning I woke up quite differently because I dreamt about losing all my teeth! Whew... I know about the urban legend that it should be first narrated to a tree rather than a person. Because if you tell someone that person will die because of the negative vibes. Though its highly preposterous I still followed it just to be sure. We might not fully know what evils and jinxes we have in this world.

Good thing I brought a John Grisham book here in Canberra. I am currently reading King of Torts and the plot just started to thicken.. Anyway, I guess I am boarding in 5 minutes. Just felt a bit frustrated that there's no souvenir shops around. I was hoping to buy even just some keychains for my friends. I will just give them the joy that I didn't have during my stay in Canberra.

pleasurable dinner as a prisoner of azzkaban!

if you're looking at your watch consistently time seems to fly forever! the moment i started working on this client i long for it to finish. maybe i feel like im in azzkaban (with the crappy QA work we're doing). maybe because the protocol makes us prisoners by secluding us in an area were we should have an escort whenever we need to go to another place (i.e., bathroom, kitchen, buy lunch, etc). also getting sick of revising QA papers were doing which seems to be hard but in reality is just summarising the audit performed. how hard can that be? endless comments and review points have been given. demanding managers who wanted to squeeze the crappy files we've got. arrgggh!

just when 5.15pm arrived i was anxious of getting my parole but wait... i have to wait for my manager who seemed to went away at 4.30pm. then, i decided to get outta prison and just have my pleasurable meal with my friends from my neighbourhood in pleasure street. in the middle of our dinner, she suddenly rang me and asked questions in which she could have asked before. or probably letting me know that she expects me to work extended period. i didn't even receive a fucking notice of overtime. how should i know that everything should have been done if she never sets out her expectations.

anyway, i went to my friends house after dinner. their place is really really amazing! it was so quiet in the neighbourhood and it is near the lake as well. houses have been placed neatly without any fence that makes it a very homey feeling of a friendly pleasantville society. i hurried going back to the hotel just to check the email that my manager sent me and frustratingly knowing that she sent a forwarded email without any attachments but a picture of the zip file. what the hell? i called her, left her a voicemail and even emailed her. So demanding that she wanted everything be done outright. She didn't even made sure she sent the file. And to top it all, she ruined my evening! Far out!

the moon seems to cooperate with my mood since there was a blood-coloured moon due to the lunar eclipse. never seen the beautiful sky just now. canberra is such a nice place without much pollution that covers the sky. stars are scattered althroughout plus the moon was such a magnificent view tonight.

Banana Leaf Dinner

Im already here at canberra. A bit too stressed awhile ago. This is how we work with the government. Every move is monitored. Going to the toilet... Going to the kitchen to get water. Cant even have my yb. Add to the misery is my pranses superior. So fucking demanding.

Anyway was able to breathe after 6pm. Good thing about having an interstate client besides being booked in a great hotel is the $55-dinner individual allowance. Was a bit exhausted looking for the nicest place to dine. Am actually looking for the most expensive resto. But I ended up having dinner at Banana Leaf. Sri lankan cuisine. Ordered: Entree - Chicken crepe; Main - Barramundi something; Dessert - Mango Melba. Food's satisfying but not that so amusing. I plan to research for my tomorrow's dinner. Too bad my pranses superior will be here to put more pressure.

I enjoyed wondering through the streets of Canberra. Its not as cold as I expected. Last week's temperature is as low as 1 degrees. Now its only 7 degrees, which is tolerable. The city is really quiet but still fantastic. Especially the surrounding artistic monuments and different artifacts. Too bad its too weird to get pictures at night alone. I just wish I have someone from Sydney to help me out and to accompany me.

The team is made of almost dozen people from Melbourne and I'm the only one from Sydney office. That's why I ended up alone staying in Crowne Plaza Hotel. But what the heck. I'll enjoy this night!

physical memory arse dump!

arggh.. its bad enough that I have to work on Sunday but what's more annoying is my laptop wont cooperate! blue screen. beginning physical memory dump! whoa! what's gonna happen?

everything is on my laptop and I haven't had any backups at all. even my contact in Canberra is there. good thing is that the helpdesk is 24/7. but hasn't returned my call yet. im really furious about what's gonna happen.

anyway, had an enormous time chatting with my friends last night. talk about techy stuff! we talked using webcam. it was fun since all of them has webcam on their computers. i've seen dyosa ng indonesia. she looks really good. i've seen karla as well with her ma-alindog look.

great news! just received a call from helpdesk and they've fixed the problem! i can now start working, isn't that a treat? :p

thredbo ski adventure!

lets just say that it takes awhile to get the pictures developed like the old-fashioned film... anyway, better late than never posting it. please find below some snowy wacky pictures!!!

Below are pictures of a well-made snow man and my tiny-cute-snow boy.

playing with snow...



and we depart...