A new adventure

TUESDAY

I spent finishing off my Marketing Assignment - I got to the point where I couldnt care any less on his it was right or wrong I just wanted the Evil thing out of my life! So long as I get over 50% on it I will be fine, as I already have enough marks to pass the whole paper.

I printed it of - a total of 20 pages! Drove into Uni and handed it in...sign sealed delivered...THANK GOD!! All that is left to do are my three exams which are NEXT WEEK!! Which I didnt realise was that soon! Im going to have to do some major study on Friday and in between my shifts at work...with the fact we are still short staffed at work and have a few more members leaving :o( I wonder what shifts I will have next week...if I will have any at all given what happened at work on Tuesday night.

I dont have an issue with travelling across the city to get to work - infact the more you do it, it doesnt seem that far away in the end...I end up rolling my eyes and giving a look when people ask where I live when Im at work - and having them go OMG THATS SO FAR AWAY!!! Its not!! I mean when I applied they asked if it was a problem I said not at all.

I was stuck in traffic Tuesday night - and so I was 20 mins late to work, which I will probably make up for tomorrow by being half an hour early probably...sometimes my boss doesnt believe me when i tell him I may be late for work - because i end up being there half an hour to an hour early for my shift...When I got into work I didnt have my manager tell me anything, she didnt tell me what was happening on my section which I am also told when I sign in by my boss or who ever is manager...I also check the dockets in the kitchen and the computer to see what is up on my tables...and do a scope of my section....my manager also didnt tell that the big boss was in - I didnt see him anywhere at all - he was sitting my section how I could miss him I have no idea....but from there it went down hill - to the point that he came up to me while i was putting orders through a table giving me a verbal warning right in front of everyone in the restaurant - all because I had told a customer I would be with them shortly....(which in my "training" session with him the other week he said is what we were to if we were occupied with something else, so long as we acknowledge the customer....and let them know someone would be with them shortly...) - hyporcritcal twat!! Then 10 mins later he pulls me into the kitchen door way and rips into me...planting me with my final warning saying he was sick of my attitude and stuff (funny how just a couple of weeks ago he was raving to me about how wonderful I was and smart and had this carisma he was mesmerised by and beautiful smile and yadda yadda yadda).

All my manger could say to me was find something to do - when everything I went to go do I had another staff member take over and not tell me she had done - she was interferring in on my bloody section and I HATE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT!!! Coz its me who gets the shyt for when things go wrong on my section even if i havent done anything on it...

I said to the chefs in the kitchen that this is the last straw at work - and I am over the shyt going on there now - I over having completely inexpereinced staff members who dont know anything - Ok yes I know we all have to start somewhere, but seriously people start out smaller and then go larger instead of diving in the deep in first into a busy upbeat fast paced place - Im so greatful i didnt listen to my lecturers at Tech when they told me to go work for a Hotel when I graduated, instead I started out small in a cafe and worked my way up...and that for me was the best thing I did with my career...I know you have to start from the bottom up - Kitchenhand to be a Chef (check done that) - Glasswasher (so they claim) to be a Bar Manager - Food Runner to be a Sernior Food and Beverage Attendant (yep done that too - pretty much any job in a restaurant I have been in have had me as that so I am aware of the meals and what they look like and stuff) - we have a few people in on Visas whos english isnt very good and my Big Boss is being very racists and discriminating now saying we need more of them working there and so well they are bringing in all of their friends who havent long been here and are looking for work.... and to add to that we have alot of newbies in who are either still in high school or have just resently dropped out with no qualifications, have no experience and are beerly legal to consume and buy alcohol!

I had one of the chefs tell me - but you just told Big Boss that you wanted to be here (yes this is true but had I said no, or anything at all he would have kicked me out and fired me on the spot there and then - I would like to see him try - I will take him for it...) - the rest of the chefs - particularlly the head chef told me I should go into a hotel - I said that is what I want and where I had been originally and really miss it...and i have so many people telling me this to go back to being in a hotel....that they will look after you much better (tis true they do...) he said he was going to talk to a head chef at a hotel down in Whangamata....my eyes glazed over at the talk of getting out of the city...

Even though my night started out crud with my big bos - I stayed till closing, shared a brownie with my manager even though she can be two faced at times...(wont be suprised if she puts in a complaint *rolls eyes* meh)

I am writing up my resignation letter - and its just a process of pushing me one step too far now to have it handed over and moving on to somewhere where I will be used for what I have to give and stuff - Im over....I hate having to do this when we are so short staffed, and after Ive told my boss what seems to be on a weekly and sometimes daily basis that I will be there to pull him through Xmas and New Years before I leave...and I know my boss appreciates what I do, he told me that the other night, that he is greatful for the hard work I am putting in, covering everyones shifts when they dont turn up or decided like last min to change shifts and that he can call me and I will come in...

ARRRGGGGHHHH - Its really doing my head in big time - I mean come on we have a boy behind bar who has dropped out of high school last month or so he cant remember he told our big boss - he has no expereince at all in the industry let alone any in bar - ok I dont have a huge amount but come on at least I have Host Responsiblity and have actaully got a qualification that has that in it!




WEDNESDAY

I spent the day talking with Jade and planning my holiday in Kapiti Coast - sooo excited hahaha - i cant wait! ONE MONTH till I go down..Im looking forward to my road trip and getting out of the city - I havent forgiven my big boss for taking over the roster last month when i had requested time off for a holiday to get out of the city and making me work...and he wonders why I havent been doing well at work - because I havent had my annaul breaks away that ive had going for a few years now that I started up back with Rob. BUT anyway, so I was talking with Jade abou what we are going to do and Ive been looking at my handy dandy website that I swear is a good send to me with my studies at Tech and Uni it should be too probably I dont know but Ive also used it for my holidays away especially Blenheim - yes Rob that is how I found the Cherrylea Motel and all the other things down there hehehe - http://www.tourism.net.nz/ One thing I also look at when I go away is Horse Trekking - how ever in this occasion that probably wont be happening...all good though...

We are looking at museums and zoos - because I have an addiction to them and thats what me and Rob do when we go away and stuff...but Im also looking at some fun cool things for Rhiley to do....I can not wait to see him again I havent seen him since he was 6 weeks old or so...he puts a smile on my face, Jade sent me a video of him dancing and I watch it when Im down because it makes me laugh and smile at how clever and smart he is for his age...

We discussed about when I was coming down with the possiblity of me changing dates to come down earlier - meaning working the lunch shift and then heading down after work and arriving there at about 9pm or 10pm at night...(since its about a 6 hour or so drive) - which she said is alright then we can spend friday doing local things saturday doing things in Wellington and Sunday and Monday doing something else. I have been told to bring the scrapbook page i made of Rhiley a few months ago down - which I will be, and I said I will bring all my scrapbooking stuff so we can work on things... :p With me leaving early Tuesday morning to go to my evening shift at work...

I made tags today for on my packs of lollies im giving out for halloween this year - I spent $30 on halloween decorations!! hahahahaha

I also saw Transit Van on my way out today that was from Rob's work... :p Yes it was it had your work name on it!!

Im not sure if we are going trick or treating this year or not as my nephew goes in Friday morning to have gromets put in, and Meg has been invited to a part down her streets but she doesnt want to leave aunty on their day - i mean this is our day together its like a mini celebration before her bday the next day....Thursday my niece is going to a funeral for a friend of hers...

This weekend her reading buddy passed away to cancer at the age of 12 - it broke my heart being woken up and being told my niece went to school telling her parents and teachers she was never reading again...it was tough day for her as they had reading with their reading buddies but Meggan's wasnt there....I didnt know what to do for this and texted a co worker whom I know has a 7 yr old niece...and I aksed what do you do!?? This girl is my life and she is so smart and bright has been since the day she was born...he told me to tell her she had to keep reading to remember the fun times they had reading...when Meg came home today - well to my house after school and before going to Pippins she came in and gave me a big hug and that lasted for about 5 mins...I said to her that her reading buddy isnt gone - that she is still here she just cant see her - that she is with Gummi Bear and is free from pain and not sick anymore - and to keep reading, that she is up there proud of her and can hear her reading...i also said that when she gets older and better at reading she will be able to read a big book and just fad away into the life that is in that book - like I do....nothing like reading a book and not putting it down at all....and to getting out of bed :p

Speaking of Books - Rob I recommend Kathy Rieches....GO!! Read her books...so much better than Patricia Cornwell that say in her reviews (Im reading one of Patricia's books a the mo - if only i could stay away reading it)




Ok well Ive been completely distracted from this blog entry by a mate who is grilling me and having a big heated debated discussion about why I am not with the love of my life....im banging my head against my laptop at everyone who keeps asking me that....

IM OVER IT ALL!!! STOP HASSLING ME ABOUT MY LIFE!! I will do as I damn well like, I will eat what i like, I will drive what ever I like, I will drink what i like, I will kiss and hug and hang out with who ever I like, I will talk to who ever I like, I will work where ever I like, Study what ever I like an where ever I like ,I will live where ever I like, I will go and do as I please as I like........ BUT THERE IS NO WAY IN GOD DAMN FUCKING HELL I AM GETTING RID OF MY BESTEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!

I dont give a damn what anyone thinks.....My life I do what I want....and if anyone wants to be in my life they will accept that - and will accept that My Bestest Friend in the whole wide world, is a package deal with me!!!! I dont care if you are a boy or girl - that is how it is....You buy one you get one free, two for the price of one - needs ROBERT AND BRONWYN batteries to operate pull the tab to activate batteries...



I am going to bed - and tomorrow I will have a special blog written just to a special person...






RIP Britany.....your free of the pain now - watch over my Meggie Boo for me...


RIP Regan McDonell - One year - building sand castle in the sky for your girls Paris and Bex







Congrats Karee and Robert Boswell - 4 yrs of Marriage....

Monday 27th October

Hello and welcome to Labour Day in NZ - one of the best days to work!! I begged well not so much begged but asked my boss last week if I was working Labour Day and he said he hadnt got that far with doing rosters and i said brilliant Im working Monday!! He said fine...and for those who take holidays when its public holidays when your work is still open you fools!!! Not only do you get stuck in traffic of everyone trying to get out you miss out on TIME AND A HALF PAY!! I had one of the newbies (who lives just down the road from my bestest friend Roberto's parents house and has a friend who lives next door to them) ask me when I was on next yesturday to which I said tomorrow she goes that sucks its a public holiday I said oh no my dear! Its time and half pay!!! She was like what do you mean and I said public holidays you get time and half pay when you work... to which she said awww man stink..I said haha enjoy your time in KeriKeri then...

I welcome my shift tonight at work with my time and half pay - though I am curious how the surcharge is applied to bills today - must ask my manager or boss how that happens as I havent processed any bills on public holidays before.

It seems right when I thought I had some time to do some other things that I havent had time for that it all gets fulled up again!

Classes have finished for Uni for me now - and Im a bit sad that I dont get to go to IT anymore I was having so much fun playing around in Fidelio! And I will miss my lecturers for Academics and Marketing - however I will NOT miss my Accommodations lecturer or that class - she totally has put me off that section of Hospitality completely - though I do miss the hotel environment alot....however Im not sure how I will go about getting a job there....its something I will think about later....not right now. I would hate to do the whole Im leaving!! stink at work, especially when I have told my boss I will pull him through Christmas and New Years.

I have booked in my holiday for next month!! Yayness!! I can not wait for my Road Trip down south to see my best friend and my gorgous nephew who puts a smile on my face!! I havent seen him since June last year, I was meant to see him this year, but flights were delayed and parking was clocking up big time at the airport waiting and no fucker would tell me where the flights were or anything.....soooo November is a busy month - I have three exams, I have my former supervisor from my old job's birthday party boat cruise, I have a couple of crop nights and I then go away on the 28th of November down to Kapiti Coast...

I still remember the first time we met me and my best friend Jade - both Rob and her husband Connor werent impressed with our meeting each other - two complete strangers and in the hours leading up to meeting and arriving at the church where we were meeting, they were both talking us out of it in some way and debating it - to all of which we replied oh but we have seen each other on webcam!!


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Monday Night - the aftermath - well I walked into work regretting begging to work it as it turnt to custard the moment I walked in the door. I am sick of people asking me what is going on on tables when I havent even been to them, or when they have just sit down, and people like to ask it right when Im going to put orders through and so I forget what I am doing, especially if i havent written it down, I dont write down all of my orders....the big ones I do...but not simple ones....

I was also battling with my nerve problem which decided to go down into my legs again....and I had a few arguements with the chefs...nothing new there lol....I couldnt be anymore greatful when my boss told me to clock off for the day...We were pretty dead and had to many staff on...

Its hard work when your the only girl on with a whole pile of boys sometimes....it can be either a good day with laughs and stuff or a testonerone war feild with arguments left right and centre - as we had on Monday Night...(even though I wasnt the only girl on, though I dont know why that co worker came in for when he name was removed off the roster for monday...)

Updated finally - I did some crafting!! ZOMG!!

OMG!!! Lol

Ive actually done something crafty!!! For the first time in how long now?? hahaha - with just one assignment left to finish or well start...(its just a process of copying and pasting from the first two parts and tweaking a few things) and 3 exams I am almost finished with Uni for the year...or semester which ever you want to call it...then I can finally catch up on all my long awaited scrapbooking!! WOOT!!

Eh with good time and hard work it all pays off and you get to have fun at the end....

I welcoming November the 7th when it is allllll over - and then I can go to my crop nights that i have booked into at Scrapping Downunder (after missing how many lol that I had booked and forgot about but said to give my seat to someone to keep warm and tell em all I missed them...)

I made some tags to go with my RAKs which are in the mail now.....I had fun and cames trying to pack them - I had the lady at the post office trying to put them in the bag and Im like NO NO NO BECAREFUL!! Thats expensive scrapbook paper!! Why cant you people design packaging of this size!!??? If you so much as bend that paper I wont be happy!! I had to take the package apart and put it all in separetly....ANYWAY i have it all sent off now in transit...Soooo keep an Eye on your Mailboxes Karen and Meliss in the next week. i was muffled as to why they put the international ecomony sticker on the bags when Ive always put the Par Avoin (cant spell) stickers on them... :S who knows lol.

I also played around with the Fiskars Template I was sent from Tarama in a RAK the other week - and sent my creations down to Kerri....to be kind..lol....they arent that great but I was only playing around...

I have plans to make xmas cards and xmas crackers - I need to find a template for xmas crackers...hmmmm

I also want to make mini tag things for halloween to put on my candy packs im giving out...but meh soooo little time to find what I want in!! Im not interested in waiting for an auction on Trade Me to end...let along playing and expensive amount on something...

Update #2 - Anita's farewell and Lunch with the kids

Last friday was the last day of the school holidays and as promised to my niece I said I would take her out for lunch at Latin Larder - how ever she wasnt prepared for having her brother with her - as I had booked out both fridays of the school holidays for Aunty time with her - I decided to take them both out for a drive and lunch...I dont do that often and the last time I took my neice out with me alone was last year when I went to the zoo on a random trip with my ex best friend Viv and her son Anthony - to find Yaz and Eddie who were at the Zoo lol...that was a funny day i still need to scrap those pics!

I woke up early in the morning the kids were making alot of noise - I got into some old clothes and ran a warm bath and dragged the dog inside who knew just what was happening and threw a major tantrum when I tried to get her in the bath - it wasnt easy with kids in the way who wouldnt move...but I got Abby into the bath and washed and just after putting shampoo on her coat she lepped out of the bath at the sound of the kids making barking noises and stuff! I had to pick the dog up and put her in the bath with much fight that took abnd got her all washed off and dried and even managed to give her a blow dry lol....that is one puppy who doesnt like baths - now please Rob - tell me was Betsy that bad?? I know Rolly is and Shar Peis just dont like water at all....but surely Hunterways are different...lol I mean come on they are farm dogs...

I got the kids dressed in clean dry clothes and myself also, then piled them all into the car the dog included (hence the bath plus she hasnt had one in MONTHS and was stinky and dirty its so nice seeing white fur come out from under the cream fur lol) and it was off the North Shore - Mikey feel asleep on our way over but woke up when I tried taking him out of the car....

It wasnt as easy as I thought it would be having two kids and a dog out for lunch - Im telling a child to sit and stay on the seat and to make sure the dog didnt go anywhere (who was tied up to the seat this child was on) - Justin and Ellie had a great laugh at Meg with the dog and a big awwww moment over my puppy to which I found her in Meg's lap at the table...

We got ourself a chocolate brownie (sorry no pics of it...) and upon educating the children to not give the dog any as it will kill her (chocolate and nuts not good for dogs s- says me who feed a whole choclate santa to a shar pei so she wouldnt try and attack the painter lol) - lucky I have munchies on hand for the puppy..I went back in and got the kids a toasted sammie - the whole you must share with your brother speech went in one ear and out the other, Mike was in tears when the dog eat his sammie it was gone in a second flat, if you blinked you would have missed it...poor bubba lol..after calming him down we said goodbye to Justin and headed back to the car....stopped by the kitchen window of work and said hello to the chefs - Philipe said THATS A DOG!! (In his French accent) I said "tis my puppy!!" and to which i got oh its your daughter - noooo its my niece!! And and I have my nephew here too - to which I got a you lie that is your daughter she looks just like you...*rolls eyes* and he says is that your mum and my niece didnt answer just cuddled into me..lol

As we walked further up the road Pam came running after us and said hello - Mikey went all shy and wouldnt give her a high five though Meg did...and the dog would have had she not been interested in trying to jump on Pam..lol...Pam could tell what kind of dog she was lol...

I took some awesome photos of my dog chillaxing in the front seat of the car - which I am going to enter into a compitition runned by my vets.....

On my way home I had a big convo with Rob *waves* which carried on into the night...*huggles*

I then tied myself up from the mess I was in in my bed - and had a big WHERE ARE MY SHOES!!! moment and ended up settling down for my boots that I never wear and jumped into the car and headed back to the shore to go to work for one of my manager's farewell drinks thingy - I had no money and wasnt planning on drinking or spending any....only to spend the night drinking good old water - however my coworkers and regular customers had different plans - Anita brought me my first drink for the night - my good old organic juice that i have all the time when we get staffies - and after that my drink seemed to always be topped up by either Steve or Terry - THANKS SO MUCH!!! I realllllly appreciate that though you didnt have to - but it goes to show how much of a lasting impression you leave on your regular customers who have been pretty much living there for many years and from the convo we had it sounded like they have worked there before....

Our convos during the night were interesting, there was one about vomit which was grosse as the image of a plate full of puke came to mind that we had to clean up the other month - this whole grosse convo came about because of what had happened a couple of hours before hand where everyone said I was lucky I wasnt working (and boy was I lucky i wasnt working!! My stomach would have been with that that had been left everywhere in the bathroom - honestly people control your binge drinking and drug intake!) - as we all slowly finished out shifts for the nights some of us stayed behind others went home...

It was a fun night, and I took some shoking photos of my co workers a bit drunk lol - thank god I was sober! We were having a guess who the band was for a song that was playing - Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles....I won...and to make sure I was right I went running to the computer to check out Itunes that it was right....

I ended up covering Aaron's shift the next day - which was cool - I havent done a double for ages.....and I should have gone in first thing the next morning since he hadnt turnt up i ended up telling my boss that I would cut uni for the week to cover his shifts if he didnt turn up...but I didnt have to in the end...

We are sooooo short staffed now at work with everyone leaving, and the new people we do have in are slow, half dont understand or speak english fully....let alone are capable of carrying THREE plates and once - a must have skill I believe everyone should have in the hospitality industry...once it is learnt you never forget it...meals become back looged when your only taking out two plates at once especially when you have large tables coming up with orders.

Anyway....enough of work...Ive got ALOT of pics that I need to put into scrapbook pages once uni is out next month...!! Yay not long to go now...

Part 1 of updates - BBQ at Pams

Pam finally got around to putting up the photos from the BBQ she had at her place the other week with some of us from work....

It was a big thing justa few of us getting together for a few drinks and a feed - I didnt have anything to eat or drink - except for the bottle of fizzy drink Pam asked me to bring.....I didnt stay long as I had to get going to work...(which is only a few mins up the road from Pam's house)

I dont spend much time with my co workers outside of work - some of them have the attitude that we arent there to make friends we are there to work - Ok so yes that is somewhat true, but I like to believe that having that little connection makes it easier to work and get things done....nothing worse than having team members who dont get on well with you making the job more harder and time consuming.

I love Pam - though at first I didnt get on well with her lol I thought she was a bitch and she had put in a few complaints about me - how ever as time has gone by we have become close and are friends. We both share the same views where we can not tolerate people who slack off and are only there to socialize and not do any work - we hate staff memebers who swap and changed shifts to there liking with out getting approval from our boss. I love having out little talks at work about the bad things and what has happened - not so much sharing gossip but making sure each other is up on what is happening and stuff.....

I work very well with pam now and I have learnt things from her, the only thing i hate is when she comments about me hair!! haha...

The two Nicks - Nick in the bar has gone now and thank god for that!1 He was very slack and always going off at me for not being fast - this is when we are like dead and have no one in or when its just me on the floor and we have alot of tables in and he is alone in the bar and spends the tme just texting and talking on his phone or eating...

Nick (Oscar) I love and will leave my job most likely when he ends up leaving (which who knows could be any time soon as we are all slowly leaving lol) - I have learnt alot food wise from Nick, and he is one of the Chefs who keeps me going and with my assignments is always checking up on how well I am doing, especially the ones where I have used the Spencer on Byron in my case studies. As we have mutal contacts there...I will miss him dearly when he does leave...

Though I was anti social at this BBQ - it did remind me of how I must get a new BBQ and have a BBQ - I told my mum today that Xmas is to be at our house this year (I would love a new BBQ to have and have a BBQ for Xmas Lunch/Dinner) - Xmas family Lunch/Dinner will have to be on Xmas day this year as I will be working all through Xmas and New Years...which is fab; I love working Xmas and New Years I get Time and Half Pay....Im probably one of only a few who is open to working any public holiday...

I would love to have a little party or drinks what ever with my co workers at mine - but I am the one who lives further south to the rest lol...I doubt any of them would be game enough to travel the distance I travel each day to go to work...!

(there are two people in these photos that arent co workers but Pam's partner and their flatemate....)

Bloggy Update

*has sneezing fit*

I will update my blog at the end of the week - busy with uni and work.....Im shattered right now after my shift at work - 110heads and the bar was like crammed pack you couldnt move through there or hear anything.....!! Why oh why people have to crowd around the front door I have no idea - thank good we had the bifold doors open on my section. Felt a sense of pride and responsibility tonight manning front desk as well as my section.... :P


*waves to Berto* I love you Hunnie!!! Hope your holding up alright...hope your boss hasnt gone gray from your bill on your work phone talking with me :P Tis was for a good cause!!



*has another sneezing fit as she drags herself to bed with her dying cellphones....*

To Roberto..

I love you alot my bestest friend - and Im here for you and thinking of you....

Dont you forget that!



~*BFF*~









PS. I checked Chad, Bonita and Gummi into the Fidelio Hotel last week at Uni lol...I loves IT in Hospitality....hehehe

Craig Armstrong <3

Im totally loving the scores written by this guy....they are out of this world and just amazing!!

If youve had the pleasure to watch Baz Lerrman's Romeo and Juliet you will already have expereinced what he can do with music from the soundtrack for this movie - which is one of my faves and I have watched a 100 or so times - partly due to the fact my 5th Form English Paper and Exam was based upon it...but yea... I also have both volumes to the soundtrack...

HOWEVER - We have been playing this one song at work and Ive been feeling like this whole Romeo and Juliet feel at work when I hear it....so I finally got around to jumping on the comp at work that we have our Itunes on to see what it was called - and it is Weather Storm by Craig Armstrong...

There are no lyrics or singing in alot of his tracks which is pretty cool as it just sets all the mood with out that!!

I just had to tell everyone and recommend you check him out!

Feeding the Poor (not really lol)

Half way through the week already....and the weather hasnt been very nice if I say so myself.

It took me TWO HOURS to get to work last night as traffic was just crawlling it was mental. People were just pushing in not indicating, the odd one cutting over the grass verges and stuff to get to the off ramps they had gone past just to get off the motorway to get further ahead on the main roads....it was stupid...i get into work to have my boss smirking and shaking his head at me to which I laughed and said TWO HOURS!!! I signed on and just got into work....it was good. We finished early though - closed up two hours before we normally would it was that quiet...

Ive gotten my results back for my Oral Presentation on Luxury Hotels at 81.5% and my Marketing Plan (Part B) at 84% with a comment from my lecturer saying it was done very well...(once i managed to read his writing) - to add to my 72.5% for Part A and 74% for my Research, Marketing and Career Advancment Hotel Study, and 95% I think it was for my IT Portfolio...

Its funny how my PL though I wouldnt do well and wanted me to drop out at the start of of the semester - I wonder if I should go see her and ask her "So do you think I should still drop out??" - these marks are the total mark they are weighting marks....I wont find out my total mark for each paper till Ive done my exams next month..Only one more month left of Uni!! yipeee!!

It was a big laugh today at Uni...in Marketing my lecturer asked us why Woman were the best sellers I said "Cause we have bOObs!!" He goes yes...BUT!!! - Zane forgot his jumper in class when we left to go to our next class and Im yelling across the building to him and got as far as the elevators and manage to told him...he was like ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH....HOLD THE LIFT!! Haha...everyone left in the lift but i stayed behind he comes back and says where is everyone I said gone I stayed for you...he goes ohhh how nice of you...the whole way to the building across the road he was telling me how hungry he was while yelling across the road to the rest of our class YOU WITH THE HAT ON!! yea YOU!! WHATS YOUR NUMBER!! I ended up giving him my Brunch Bar...haha..we were just fooling around while we waited for our lecturer to come as we were at class early...

Our whole class was pulled up for Plagerism and it was stupid we had to go through the reports from it and explian everything - alot of people were almost 50% plagerised on their Reports for Luxury Hotels mine was only 28% - i annouced to my lecturer that she technically shouldnt have allowed up to use the hotels we did as the hotels most of use were using for starters were all the same (except me I went different for that fact I didnt want to be done for plagerism) - but it was stupid as alot of the thing sthat were picked up were hotel names and things like "the" "and" "hotel" and "http:// www" and "co.nz" and some of the ones in mine were picked up from Univeristies and Intitutes I havent heard of and stuff...! Some of the papers were from way back when I was in high school! We all had to write down next to each thing that was picked up what were doing and if it was our own work or not...*rolls eyes* - Me and Zane were sitting there doing this whole I got plagerised for my name...OMG there is someone with the same name as me!...Now our lecturer has to go to the heads and fight for us...

Well yea....thats my week so far...

Looking forward to Friday and taking the kids out for lunch...Im a bit sad I cant take them trick or treating this year as my nephew has to have sugery for gromets...My sister is telling me its in the morning and he will be all grumpy that night im debating that he will be fine in the pram...

I had a little talk with him today about him being a big boy who is almost three years ago and how bottles are for babies and he was a big boy he said NO! I said your not a baby are you he told me no..I said who is the baby?? Charlie...I said yes Charlie is the baby and Charlie will have bottles...No...I said why not?? What will Charlie have he snuggles into my chest... and said I broke mummy's! I said haha Charlie with have that and Bottle so daddy can feed Charlie and so Michael can too and Meggie and Nanny and Aunty...you have your big boy bottle I brought you at home...but it was a cute convo...

Kinda reminds of last night when my boss and me were having a convo about a girl who had a Dummy/Binkie/Pacifier what ever you call it in her mouth and was about 9 yrs old..not cute...lol we had a gorgous girl in one day who had two in her mouth...she was so interested in what we were doing watching our every move around the place...

I best get dinner sorted...

Lunch, Movies and other things..

My week is coming to an end....and it hasnt been to bad I must say. Uni is getting close to ending for the semester just 6 weeks left to go...! Im really looking forward to next semester doing Kitchen Operations and Food and Beverage Service...I need to start saving my money for my Uniforms....Ive lost my price list of how much chef uniforms are at Uni....I need to ask work where they get theirs from and compare the prices...if theirs is cheaper then I will go through there and just get my jacket from Uni - Im not going for the option of paying a bond for a Jacket to return after a semster sod that as I dont get all my money back I would rather have my own jacket that i can keep and use for if i do decide to go back into Chefing...

I did my oral presentation for my Luxury Accommodation in Auckland...it was fun, though Im not fully happy with it I was totally unprepared for it, and the second hotel I had picked I had little to no info on and ringing them proved pointless as the staff didnt know anything...hence why I love the other place I used...which I am using as my model for the duration of my Diploma...with the goal of working there eventually! However even though I felt like my presentation was crud, my lecturer said I did well with the only down full being to much info in my slides...I still felt my projection of my voice and all was poor - alot of my class mates were giggling and stuff which became a downfall and put off - there for making my confidence go down....and the questions they asked werent the greatest....they ask the same things for everyone...! Im proud of getting my report finished the day before it was due - given i only had a weekend to get my oral prepared in and my report a week in...with my group falling apart for the whole assignment...hopefully i get a good mark - I have been getting good marks on most of my assignments..

I spent Friday on the Shore with my niece - we went into Uni and handed in my assignment, then headed over to my work for Lunch....first we popped into Latin Larder to see Justin...only he was out the back somewhere...so I said I would be back in an hour to get take away hot chocolates....then we went into work and did the whole dinning expereince...ahaha - ive discovered that I dont do well going out to restaurants and stuff...especially ones that are my work places or former work places...I spent the whole time going Ok i know what i want I want to put my order through and make everything myself and stuff...it was fustrating for me and waiting...OMG the waiting for someone to come clear my table and stuff - the whole time I thought my poor customers this must be what they feel like when I have been caught up with other things and forgotten them!! Its changed me in how I deal with my customers...I tried to keep my bill low knowing how much things costs at my work and how easy it is getting it really high from a couple of items....! But with major pushing from my co workers...I had more stuff on my table that i couldnt finish...and had to have boxed up to take away...however taking advantage of my new discount at work - woot woot for the extra 20% discount on top of what I use to get...so I basically paid for my own wages really!

After lunch we went back and saw Justin and had a talk about work and other stuff....it was off to the movies to go see Wall-E. This movie is so awesome - its a love story between and old Robot left on earth to clean it up of the rubbish humans have left....the humans have moved into space in this gaint spaceship....and they send a robot to earth in search of new life so they can return to earth...its really neat! The human have become accustome to robots doing everything for them and turn into this giant ballooned people due to sitting down all day and night being transported by robotic chairs and stuff...and as a result their bones have parted out and stuff....you have to see the movie to understand it all...the lady on the radio before said it was a tear jerker though I dont believe that - yes there is a sad part but it changes to a happy part with in a matter of seconds...

Spent two hours getting home due to a truck and tractor takin out the over bridge - but I did get some pics of Meggie - which when I am done with exams at uni next month i will get back into my scrapbooking...

Saturday was pretty good too - I woke up just after 7am or so and headed off to work for my opening shift...which was fun...i havent done an opening shift at work...I was there before my manager was! We werent overly busy it was good I looked after pretty much the whole restaurant and even did most of my drink orders I put through the bar....and made coffees...I havent a clue how our machine works but I managed to get some made...lol...goes to show that having gone how long with out making any that its not a skill you lose - like carrying three plates at once! I finished work at about 6pm or so....Im proud of my 8 hours shift...better than my adverage shift of 4 hours...woot woot...

And here we are Sunday....and Ive showered and gotten ready for work and am off to one of my co workers where a bunch of us are meeting up to have a BBQ and then Im off to work for the night....

Next week on Friday me and my niece are off to the Shore again for lunch and we are going to Abby with us too...and while Im over there I will find the post office to send my RAKs off now that i have got everything for in them...

I got some happy mail again this week - My fiskars texture plate that I won on Fiskateers arrived...yay!! Im trying to hunt through my emails for the Fiskateer who had that RAK so i can thank them and let them know it has arrived... :D Love getting mail....Im waiting on my ABC GIngerbread Cookie Cutters to arrive in the mail and my Embroided White Corset too...yay!!

Must get going now....

** Get Well Soon Laurie "Boo-Boo"...I miss you at work - your always the one to crack the funny jokes and riddles that leave me stumped!! I didnt know you were sick!! I have been away from work for a week and no one tells me these things!! I just over hear....lol Love Your PorkChops....xoxo

RAK Update

The the lovely Ladies; Melissa and Karen whom won my Time after time RAK

I havent forgotten and haveyour goodies all ready - just have to package them up and ship them out - Ive just have a bit of a issuse with my car being in the panel beaters...and a whole pile of assignments for Uni....

But they are ready and waiting screaming out to you!!