Cousin's 21st

My cousin had her 21st birthday party/family/friends gathering last
night. There was lots of good food. i met a few familiar faces,
everybody was busy talking. My cousin seemed happy so that was good.
i would of thought she would be very stressed trying to keep, friends,
family, uni friends occupied. But she seemed happy and that was the
important thing. This morning my very good swedish friend texted and
called me. i was happy that we talked about stuff. My little brother
had his birthday today. i'm thinking about giving him my old phone.
He wanted a USB flash drive, so i'll definetly get him that. i
watched Eagles beat Demons in football today. They almost lost but
luckily they managed to get their skill back and win. i have to
organise to fix the ford laser tomorrow. Bummer, might be a busy day.
This weekend seemed shorter than usual.

My new phone!

i finally got my new Nokia 5140i phone on Monday. Didn't have much time to play with it coz i had work right after i picked it up. i messed around with it all day yesterday though. Customising menus and shortcuts and stuffs. It's got a really cool function that lets me type in notes. It'll be handy if i have to remember something coz i always forget about stuff. It's also got a thermometer, compass, camera, radio and flash light. It's much better than my old Sony Ericsson z200. Now i need to borrow an infrared thingymabob to add in wallpapers and ringtones to personlise it more.

Waiting for phone

The weekend seemed to have dragged on for a long time for me. i
suppose it's because i am anxious to get my new phone. Too bad that
the postal guys don't work on weekends. Hopefully i can pick it up
tomorrow, or at the very latest, on Wednesday. Grrr. i suppose it's
a good thing. Because of my anxiety, my weekend seemed to have been
longer than usual so i get more relaxation time. i watched Eagles beat
Essendon today. Essendon plays so dirty, but at least Eagles showed
that they were on a different class. i was right not to hope too much
about the Woolworths job because i didn't get it. i applied to a
Dampier job, and if i get that one, then i would be over the moon,
otherwise i won't care much coz i won't be thinking too much about it.

New phone!

i always knew i needed, or rather wanted a new phone. i really wanted
a shock proof, durable phone coz i have a bad habit of dropping my
current phone constantly. But i also wanted a camera one. When i
heard from Jamie about his Nokia 5140i, i knew that i needed it. My
current phone is slowly dying. The battery is very weak, and some
buttons and lights don't work anymore. It's over 2 years old so i
thought i needed a new one anyway. So two nights ago, i bought the
5140i online from www.nextmobile.com.au using the cash on delivery
method of paying. That way i don't have to give out my bank details
and can pick it up from the post office. i hope its really that
simple. Final cost of the phone was 256 bucks including tax and
delivery from the eastern states. That was pretty good to me
considering that the optus shop was trying to sell me the 5140 without
the "i" for 300 bucks. i just have to wait for a few more days until
i get to pick up the phone. Also in about an hour, i'm going to the
massive woolworths warehouse near the airport to apply for a job. It
pays well, but i'm not going to hope too much about getting it. i try
not to believe or rely on hope too much. For my own good.

New Hotmail look

It seems like Hotmail has a new look. And also a new name. Windows Live Mail. i was surprised because a lot of the new stuff seemed similar to the features in Gmail. i'm not gonna say who copied who coz i don't know the answer to that. Both emails are in Beta which shows users that they are still developing so there may still be bugs but still allows users to use their service without too much hassle. The Live Mail seems better than the previous Hotmail, probably due to simplicity. Email messages can be 'previewed' instantly without having to return to the inbox. This is particularly helpful if you can tell what you want to read straight from the subject line. Gmail also previews the email but only places a little snippet in the subject line. Live Mail also allows search just like Gmail and also allows easy finds on contacts straight from the To: toolbar. i liked Gmail's searching for contacts better though, because it worked much much faster than Live Mail's. Its interesting to see that both Gmail and Live Mail have calendar links. Live Mail's calendar can be opened through the same window where as Gmail's calendar opens up a new window. Both calendars can be shared by and with other people. Live Mail offers a little bit of personalisation by allowing users to change the colors on its layout in a minor way. Gmail also has a bit of personalisation by offering users to choose xml or rss webclips to be shown at the top of its inbox. Hmm. i grew up with Hotmail, then hated it then converted to Gmail. Is Hotmail's evolution enough to bring me back? i don't think so. i like Gmail better because its faster than Live Mail and also i'm able to read through email quickly and also compose and send mail quickly without having to use the mouse. At this time in my life, that is what i am doing. Sending out emails for job stuffs, sending quick emails, i would prefer to do that quickly. Live Mail still has 2 big picture ads (one on the top and on the right) which i really don't like compared to Gmail's personalised text ads. i would like to use Live Mail to browse through the seek job subscriptions because i get a lot of email sent from them and it would be easier to browse quickly through it all. The only big drawback is that it only works for Internet Explorer 6.0 which stopped working properly on my home computer. It works if i disabled my firewall, but i don't think that is wise. Live Mail doesn't work well with Firefox at all. The preview functions don't work at all in Firefox, so that pretty much kills Live Mail for me. It's a pity they can't (or will not) make it compatible. Gmail converted me from Hotmail because of its simple design. Live Mail does looks better that Hotmail because of its clean look and simplicity. Some of the best things are always the simple things. Gmail is still better =)

Work work work

i've signed some sort of a contract that kinda forces me to do work or
apply to any work that i'm given. i don't mind at the moment because
i need the extra money to fix the car. i tried to get a police
clearance today, but the system was down. i had an interview for a
warehouse job which requires me to do practically full on hours from
7:30am till 3:30pm. i would also be doing my nightfill job from 5pm
till 10pm on top of this. The pay is about the same but at least i
will get the money. i like the money. Maybe after this i would do
another warehouse job that pays even more and requires less hours.
Thats a goal i'm aiming for within the next few weeks. i'm still
looking for an it job. i know that i stuffed up the iinet interview.
Oh well, my mind is set on money at the moment so i'll do anything to
get quick money. Except becoming a gigolo or eating poo or anything
illegal. Gonna buy some steel cap boots tomorrow. Or is it today?
Its past 12 am so its the next day already....blah i need sleep. A
true story this night, my supervisor today told me to take the
Christmas tree prop (part of the Narnia advertising) to the back of
the warehouse store. i was to pull a palette that it was standing on.
Well, the tree didn't make it in one piece past the swinging rubber
doors. It just fell and the swinging doors sort of cut it in the
middle. i pulled the base of the tree and looked at a stump and
realised that the top half of the tree was still on the floor. Later
when i asked the supervisor if she still needed the tree, she told me
"Yes, its very important. Its the Kmart wishing tree where presents
are placed under it and then they are given to improvished children
during christmas." i know it sounds bad, but i thought the situation
was very funny. Luckily the tree was fixed together again. Plastic
products are usually always more durable than the real thing.

Interview at iinet

i had the interview at iinet today. i checked out the place while
driving in the car, missed the turn and was on a freeway south. i then
went into the next on ramp and pulled off the fastest u turn while the
light was still green. i was pretty stressed that i might be late but
i wasn't. i was surprised and happy to see Brice there for the
interview as well. Haven't seen him in ages. The interview was ok, but
the programming was harder that i expected. i had a complete memory
blank on how perl worked. After the interview was done i chilled out
with Brice at the city. He had a thing for japanese food. It was a
good catch up. Nothing seems to have changed that much, except i
don't see my friends as often as i like. Just came home from work at
Kmart and had shower and dinner. Gonna sleep soon. Centrelink
appointment tomorrow morning at 9.