Random Update #7: DONE !!!!!!!!!!!

well almost... its like 95% completed, it just needs a quick edit and a look through... i'm frankly over this assignment, the more i try and understand it, the more confused i get. Spoke to my friend last night and he told me that the lecturer said that we didn't need to use the case study for the first 2 questions... but yet there was direct mention in the actual question to the case ?!?!?! wtf ?!?!?! okays anyways i'm done... i've tried to do it in a manner that a postgraduate student would do... all analytical and shit... haha... i'm over this assignment, if i get a pass, i'd be stoked.

anyways, the assignment is essentially about:
(i) nature of consideration
(ii) estoppel and unconscionable conduct
(iii) equitable impact on the principals of contract

for all you lawyers who think is easy, remember that i've none done law before... and he has essentially given us whole cases to read, some of the language written in the late 1800s or by old people who were prolly born around that time... its just been confusing the hell outta me because these cases refuse to come out and say what they actually mean.. they beat around the bush (like the lecturer) and that drives me INSANE !!!!!!!! i'm not trained to do this shit, he never thought us how to read cases... i'm sure lawyers even when they're starting out, get broken into this shit, not just told to sink or swim

anyways... i'm gonna have a quick break and then time to study Finance

*sob sob*

Random Update #6: Nearly done...

Okay, my damn assignment is almost done, just need to write up a few hundred more words for one question and do a little bit of a re-write for another (i totally missed the plot for that question... but i'm at that point where i really don't care)... achieved quite a bit this past few days, feel really proud of myself... haha... nothing like good 'ol last minute desperate adrenaline to help me finish an assignment

All i gotta do now is start worrying about my finance exam... DAMN!!!!

Snuck out to have a pretty late dinner with Tian. Went down to that famous greek souvlaki place to have some kebabs, which was pretty decent, helped me relax a little bit and not feel too stressed out. Just got home now and i've decided that i'll go to bed and finish the rest of the assingment tomorrow... woohoo.. then i can kill myself with learning Finance

Also i might have pissed my manager off at GP's today, trying to get out of a few shifts, i feel really really bad. She's an awesome girl, who took me on when no one else wanted me... and i really hate to disappoint her but i think i'm gonna be struggling with school this week and i need a little time off... i really hope she understands..... arrrghhh

anyways... off to bed
nite...

Random Update #5: still doing the assignment

okay... its about 1am and i have about 1,500 words and 1 and 2/3 questions to go... but most of it is bullshit... i hate this subject, i wish the lecturer had given us more straight forward question... i mean come on, this is the first time we're doing a law subject, couldn't you break us in a little bit slower ?!?!?!?!?!?!

*sigh*
grrrrrrrrrrr

i'm still sad =(

Random Update #4: screwed screwed SCREWED !!!!

okay i now have 375 words out of 3000 words for my legal assignment... i skipped work and this is pretty much all i achieved =(. But i fully plan to have 1000 more by the end of tonight (3am) that is the plan. I have a 6-pack of V (australian equivilant of redbull... tastes better imo) and that shld help me keep the energy going... might even decide to go run later at the gym if i get desperate... haha...

sent my car in for repair yesterday... the total bill came up to 700 bucks, but a lot of work has been done on it and my 'princesses' is going much smoother now... i think she is ready to go on a road trip somewhere, now i must find some friends who wanna go on a roadtrip with me... heh. The guy fixed the engine, tuned it up, changed the filters, brand new leads, new water pump, gaskets/timing belts all replaced, essentially a LOT of work... took him 5 hrs, if it was me... it'd prolly take me 50hrs... i used to be a crappy mechanic back in the army... will post a picture of my baby soon... its kinda long overdued

also sorta had a manic depression attack last night... first time that i've ever went through something like that, it was not pleasant... too much crap swirling around in my brain... need to chuck some stuff out

well back to my damn assignment... =(

i feel depressed *sob*

Random Update #3: Another Bad Day

I've just realised how screwed I am... I've got an assignment due on monday and i've only just started. I told myself I wouldn't slack off here in Melb... but guess what; I'm still slacking off... i'm done with studying... I hate it and I'm so over it. Anyways, I admit its my fault for starting late but I do take some issues with the lecturer. My legal lecturer here is one of the worst I have ever had. The sad fact is that he is not a "real" lawyer, just a consultant... so obviously there is something wrong right there; if he was good-looking, I would reckon he'd slept his way to the job(which i assume of all people who have jobs they don't deserve) but he is old and baldy so thats my theory out of the window. He has absolutely no structure to the lecture, his notes; the assignment... everything is all over the place, he goes on all these weird tangents which confuse the hell outta me (dunt think i'm the only one). I also "like" the fact that he doesnt take any stands... he never gives a straight answer, just vague responses and asks us the extract the answer from that... which blows... Okay, i've read the case study for the assignment 46 pages of lawyerese (he fucking assumes that we've been studying law for the past 4 yrs.... wtf?!?!?). He just yanked it wholesale from the Internet!!!! no write-up to help us understand it better, no emphasis on the important bits.... talk about being lazy... I'm a student, I have a life... therefore i can be expected to be lazy... he is bald and ugly, what is his excuse??? And this is the best part... during lectures... he reads from the notes!!!! like my primary school teacher used to do... i mean come on, this is a postgraduate level, show some professionalism... would he like it if i just copied stuff wholesale from the textbook????
Fuck Him...



Also got a mid-session exam the next day =( but i think i should be fine... i've been going for those classes

I've finally left the house: Indie Nite @ Laundry

Okay... yesterday( monday) was an extremely long day for me, started out by arriving at 8.30 for work and cleaning the store... i dont even clean my house as throughly as the effort i put into cleanning the store in the mornings. Anyways, met a lovely Singaporean gal and her bf... sold them a pair of tsubi jeans... glad that i'm helping to influence more Singaporeans to buy those jeans. Its all part of tsubi's masterplan to takeover the universe. Apart from that, an uneventful day at work; although there was drama in the morning when i locked myself out of my room, had the effing security guard tell me that it was too bad... didnt want to tell her that her choice of career was poor and that was too bad for her.

After work at 6, i actually went to my legal lecture after a 6 week absence, only to realise that the lecturer is still a boring old man and you effectively learn nothing in class. But i had a pretty damn good dinner with my lecture-mate afterwards, so that made the effort okay

Ended up at Brunswick at midnight to the club called for their Indie night. Honestly, never really been for something like that, usually go to clubs that spin retro; house; r&b so it was a pretty good change... I honestly dont think Singapore has a place like that. Drank like a fish as usual... which was good, my liver has been complacent and needed a good workout. I've been a bit of a homebody (hence the title) this past few weeks, cancelling out on so many people when i should be out there partying HARD.... isnt that why i moved to melb. The crowd was majorly EMO and the DJ spun tunes from Artic Monkeys/Kaiser Chiefs/Strokes/Postal Service. Wasnt the best set in the world but energy levels were high so that made it aight. Most amusing part of the night was when this guy was doing a chick in the bathroom and there was a line. When the bouncer kicked the door in and both of them came out, he had to do the walk of shame pass all us queuing quys cause that chick was prolly drugged out and really really fugly. But all in all, a good night. Thanks to Clara and her crew for asking me along =)

No photos though as i walked there and had to pass a pretty dodgy area, didnt wanna get mugged. I can deal with the mugging, just not losing the camera which my dad got for me and made my sis jealous, hence the attachment to it

Ummmm more Nike Shoes

Was walking by Melbourne Central yesterday and saw that the General Pants over there had the new Nike Air MAx 90 in a bone/teal colour; obviously i wanted it so i bought it... knoced 60bucks off thanks to my good 'ol staff discount... makes working retail bearable. I know I have a problem but honestly, i fully intend to wear these shoes and not deadstock them... i've already worn them to work today =)

Random Update #2

Okay this is the second time this week that someone has told me my store's hiring policy was racist, and pretty much that they didnt hire Asians... which is pretty untrue... because i'm working there. Anyways, she said she applied but she got rejected, so henceforth they have a racist hiring policy ?!?! What do i say to a customer when they sorta question how i managed to get my job? I just say i got lucky... what else can i say? Oh well...

daryl

Random Update

I have $0.77 or 77 cents in my bank account... i havent got paid and i need money/charity/sponsorship.... i'm broke broke broke
and my car needs repairs, the fanbelt is in a dodgy state and my engine is leaking oil =(

donations please....

After Easter; First day of holidays; feeling sick and yucky

Pretty much this has been a pretty sucky way to start off my spring break. The weather is crap, not nice and balmy like it would have been if i were back in Sydney (pretty much just been missing sydney heaps ever since my holiday). I've just spent the time that i've been back from Sydney working heaps. Feeling suprisingly drained, i reckoned its not the work that gets to me but rather the time it takes for me to actually drive to work and back; its not a long drive, its just that i keep getting stuck in traffic =(. Anyways been pretty crappy company lately, not really been headed out and partying like i told myself i would when i decided to move to melbourne. just wanna hibernate at home really, but i reckon i'll snap back soon... i'm like a rubber band. But despite all that, still found time to meet up with some new friends for coffee and meals.

An interesting thing happened at work the other day, this Singaporean lady that visited the store told me that my company had a pretty racist hiring policy and that they didnt really hire any Asians. I don't really believed that for one second, but it did make me feel pretty much like an outsider. I mean there are Asians who work at GP's but they're all born here in Australia, its pretty much only me, the one and only Singaporean working there. I kinda felt pretty singled out after that, made me realise that no matter how hard i tried, i'd never fit in. Although everyone in the store is making me feel very welcomed, there is still a part of me that knows that i'll never fully be able to integrate with all of them. At the end of the day, i have only 4yrs in Australia whilst most of them have spent their whole life in Oz. But at least i'm trying right... I don't believe that I'm just filling their EEO requirements (Equal Employment Opportunity) but rather they're a merit-based organisation. I think she might have been a little bit sore because her son had previously applied for a job there but didnt get it... but well thats just my opinion
At the end of the day, its all about the money and i gotta keep reminding myself of that.

I think i'm going through winter depression... heh

Last Day in Sydney Again

Well i've been back in Sydney for nearly a week now and today will be my last day here and i've gotta be headed back to Melbourne, the place in which i call home now. Part of me is kinda looking forward to going back there, to my comfy one-bed room apartment and my sorta king-sized bed; my job at General Pants where my pay is now $19 an hour (a slight increase of $1.20); and my new friends over there. However, most of me still wants to stay here and kinda ditch the whole Melbourne experience... nothing really beats what you've known for 4 years now, sydney just feels so damn right. Went back into my old store and was greeted with hugs and love... can't believe i was with that crew for over a year and now i'm starting with a whole new bunch. My new colleagues are awesome though and they've got the best stories to tell, hopefully we'll bond as well as i've bonded with this group here in Sydney

Been doing absolutely nought this whole week and i like it. Took a week off from school, kinda being a little bit slack but oh well easter break is coming up and i fully intend to make up for my "slackness" over the holidays. Just been watching countless movies like V for Vendetta on Sat which is pretty decent in my book... i've seen worse and this one does have a good message behind it, loads of parallels between the nazis, the jewish holocaust, US imperialism, Abu Grabhi (i think that its spelt this way?) prision; all mixed in with a little vaudevillian theatrics and the occasionally violence (albeit not so mindless), blood and gore.

Played monopoly last night... i won, giving full credit to my degree in commerce, hopefully its a sign of good things to come, an indication of my business savyness and negotiation skills... haha. Drank a little over the past few nights, all in all, a pretty fufilling trip. I'm already planning my next one at the back of my mind =)

cheers

PvD@ The Metro

The set was pretty good, started too late in my opinion but that maniac started off the night at Canberra spinning before headed down here to Melbourne. Wonder what he was on... definately needed to be on speed to be able to spin for like 7hrs in a night. Unfortunately for me, had to work the next day and couldn't afford to drive down semi-drunk or attempt to sell stuff under the influence. So I had to leave early; feel pretty cheated too because he came out much later thanks to daylight savings time, thought it would work in my favour but nooooooo.... it just gave him that extra hour of rest. All in all a good night, brought back memories of seeing him back in Spore when i was younger at the powerhouse and somewhere else which i can't remember... i think it was the Pavillion or something. Anyways... the venue was kick-ass... never seen any place in Sydney that could really compare, it was like an old converted theatre so it had a little bit of that artistic vibe going; not like that manufactured wannabe vibe that zouk in Singapore gives out. There was a massive dancefloor with 2 extra levels of sorta walkways on both sides where people were chilling and dancing. AWESOME