She goes left and you stay right

In light of recent events, i've been smiling a heck of alot more in the past 24hours than in the last two weeks. I guess I have a clear understanding, a sense of clarity about recent events. In preparation for the halloween party Saturday night i tossed and turned over ideas, figuring out how to exactly dress up my already 'bare essentials' of a costume to make it look stunning, confident and strong. The queen of hearts is bold, daring and crude and I couldn't wait to start and finish my costume. Two nights ago I spent the evening preparing the bodice. Pleased with my efforts i finished the bottom half last night, took some photos and sent them to a few friends for suggestions.  It will be a great night and i've been looking forward to it since the invite... Last year, i was too sick to attend so this year? Let loose and have some fun. Rum and cowboy shots anyone?

My 'old' yet 'new' but 'great' friend has left on the journey of a lifetime embarking on an overseas voyage of sorts by himself around Europe. I'll definitely miss him while he is away and look forward to hearing about all the amazing adventures he will have gotten up to. When in Europe there is so much room for activities. I'm following his travellers blog: A journal of everything he is experiencing and doing. It's a great idea to document your travels as you experience them, then you don't miss the small idiosyncrasies of the journey that made the adventure so great. Apparently there are so many Malaysian people in Malaysia?! Work will definitely be interesting, already its had its fair share of ups, downs but (fingers crossed) it will run smoothly. Knowing my friend has travelled on his own, i couldn't help but wonder what i would be like in that situation. You know...I think it takes courage to leave yourself vulnerable and open to a new place and culture. Whether your visiting or settling in for a year, it's a culture shock. In terms of Europe, we may look the same but each country holds it's own values. They have a belief system that was set up and has been in place long before our time. There's also a stigma attached to every country about what the people will be like, no matter which way you look at it. One day i hope to be as courageous and have the freedom, and guts to travel on my own.

I've applied for a food and beverage position at the casino over Christmas. The usual applied, gold coasters needing extra money, then there were the working visa students and those travel hopping- seeing the world and hearing everyones stories whilst they work. They get to experience life in a different country from their own point of view and take home a different view of that society. When working at a casino staff aren't allowed to gamble. So after the info session about the Job, two of us went straight to the pokies! We lost, go figure, but it was fun getting to know each other. Yesterday the ATM machine ate my card cos apparently I didn't take it quick enough. So frustrating!! I guess I should ring the bank about it but not having a card I'll spend less money. I am saving for a house... Anyway, so really I didn't lose anything on the machines but made a new friend.

Iim in a good place at the moment and each day i'm growing more an more not only as an individual person but in the workplace in general. It's interesting to note the drama thats attached to work. When your work life becomes your social life, somethings gone wrong. Perhaps people get a kick out of the drama they create and spin off. What do i need to do? Stop listening, don't let it affect me and simply shrug it off. Will they be at my wedding? No, so why should i bother caring about what they say. It's worse than high school. You know those silly little rumours that used to escalate in high school, well imagine that times ten! It's a whirlwind how much things are taken out of context. When i started at my current workplace i was astounded as to what people actually said about other staff members. There were a myriad of different situations, circumstances, stories and the such that were taken out of proportion about ex amount of people; stories gradually developed between different people into something like 'then he was eaten by a dragon.' The truth? Why do we feel the need to get caught up in all the messiness of our work life? Works work so lets leave it at that.

Uni done. Catching up with old friends, the best! Now? Enroll in my subjects for uni but most importantly enjoy the halloween party tomorrow night!!