Snippets of the Past

So when I'm a little bored or something sparks my interest I tend to go back into old conversations and letters to see what life was like before. Its also to find out fragment of missing memory that I could have sworn never happened. But either way ... I always learn something out of my quest sessions .. and most of the time it makes me smile and acknowledge how far I have come.. how far we have come. Tonite, it was Lisa. I went to check the MSN chat logs to figure out if she said something to me last night or I had just dreamt it. Turns out it was an SMS ... but it got me looking through our chat history. (I shouldn't even be telling u guys that I keep these - since they are so private). Anyways, through these chat logs there were so many memories. Lisa is one of my oldest friends... and definitely one who has seen me through so many of my dramas. So looking thru all the conversations and all that had happened in my life then really made me reflect. There were definitely a lot of laughs in those logs. So thanks Lisa, I know I rarely get the chance to say it to you, but I'm glad you have been a part of my life and making it all the more enjoyable hehe. I really do appreciate your support through the good times and bad. Reading the logs made me feel selfish but taught me to be grateful for all I have. An I am grateful for ur unfaltering faith in me to be nothing more and nothing less than me.

Yippie!

I got into the second stage for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ^^ That is two out of lol six stages? Second stage is cognitive testing again... so I am worried. Rushing to do practise tests before I attempt the real thing. I know chances I get through are impossibly low but ima give it my best! I happy that I at least got t stage 2 *hi-five*

Burger Wars

Hi people ^^ How have u been? Me? Still facing the sound of unemployment. I attended graduation for the second time last night. Why would I go through that awful process again? Well parentals asked me to do it ... something about the proud factor. Fair enough after all they have put up with me in my honours year. So that means as of last night I really am unemployed. I have been making progress though. Since all the graduate program applications are open now and a lot of them closing soon, I've made it my goal to get through as many applicable to me as possible. Slowly but sure. A few rejections have come through from applications I had completed a month ago. Its funny because looking back, I can understand why. The difference between the applications written now and the ones written a month ago are huge! Other than that I haven't really heard back from many. I did get to stage two of the NAB application tho ^^ it was for online assessment of written, numerical and logical reasoning. I learnt that I have none. haha we shall just have to see...

Anyways since coming home I have caught up with a few friends and the trend seems to be for burgers. I guess Perth is really trying out this gourmet burger thing. Anyway over the past month I've been to Burger Bristo, Grill'd and Jus Burgers and surprisingly they are quite different.

-Grill'd-

This was my first dose of Perth's Gourmet Burgers. Although I had heard about places including Alfred's Kitchen and Jus Burgers, Grilled was my first taste of hearty burgers that weren't mass produced by a group of teenagers. I took my sister here for her birthday last year just before flying off on my holidays and it left me craving. For the month and a half away from Perth I couldn't believe I was craving something at home! The texture of the bun which was soft and yet had substance was what I found most pleasing with this burger. I think of them all this was my favourite. After coming home from holidays I caught up with Anthony to check out his new camera and introduce him to Grill'd. I can safely say we have another addict. Service was great too and the atmosphere of Beaufort Street is always busy... I give it a 9/10!

Craving... *drools*

- Burger Bristo -

Apparently a new burger joint had opened up in Leedy while I was gone. Alii-Lii asked me to come down and try the place as well as have a little catch-up session during his lunch break. I must say after the taste of Grill'd my expectations were set pretty high but at the same time I was really looking forward to Burger Bristo. Being late that day I was thankful for the fast service as Ali was rushing to get back to work. The burgers were tasty.. definitely.. and at the same time I didn't feel as if I damaged any health routine by eating it.. but something was missing. It was the bun. It was a little harder and flakier than I would have expected. It was a little more difficult to eat. Still thoroughly enjoyable but unfortunately not as good as Grill'd... I give it a 6/10.

Can you see all the brie!!

- Jus Burgers -
Planning a catch up session with Tammy, Ruth and Alan is always a bit of a challenge as we all work on very different schedules but I'm always so grateful when we get the chance to meet up over coffee, lunch or dinner. Unfortunately, for our recent session we were without Alan. But we decided on Jus Burgers for dinner. I think Jus burgers were the first gourmet burgers that I had know about.. but just never gotten round to trying until a week ago. We tried the newly opened branch on Williams Street. I loved the atmosphere of the place and the girls would agree that it is a cute little place for good food and good company. Trying not to be influenced by all the laughter of the night and solely judging on the burger is a little difficult. But in my honest opinion, I think Jus Burgers meet my standards. The only disappointment I had was with the pineapple in the burger I had chosen. By the time I made it half way through the burger.. the pineapple had made the bun all soggy :( but I am deciding to put this down as a choice since I decided to have the burger with pineapple. All in all I was pleased with what I got. Shout out to the friendly staff too ^^ I give Jus Burgers 8/10

With a pomegranate shake on the side

Sorry for the long rant and poorly written food review... I decided I'm better at eating than I am at reviewing lol I guess I should stick to eating ^^

== Unemployment

Sitting in Ms.Cooper's class trying to understand the concepts of Economics and listening to her explain the Australian definition of the Unemployment Rate.

"The unemployment rate is the proportion of individuals willing and able to work, but cannot find a job. "

Little did I know that I would be part of that percentage today. *sad face* It has been just over a month since I came back from my holidays... and whilst I admit I didn't start the job hunt immediately... I'm starting to feel the desperation. I don't like the idea of being part of that statistic I learnt so much about in my studies. I guess no one really does. But who would have thought that I would be here. I guess it never really occurred to me that I would be unemployed straight after graduation. That I wouldn't be one of the lucky ones that go from one life stage (University) straight to the next (Working). Naive. That's what it is. I am naive.

I know there are others just as bad.. or have been looking for longer.. giving me little reasons to complain. But I just wanted to say... if you didn't know it already... UNEMPLOYMENT SUCKS!

Story of a girl

Let me tell u a little story... but be warned this story has no end just yet. Are you still prepared to listen?

There once was a girl who was good at a lot of things but great at nothing. Growing up she was a good girl. She was good to her parent. Good to her siblings. Good to her friends. If there was one word that she could use to describe herself it would have to be paitent. haha U thought I was going to say good didn't you! Anyways, she believed that good things came to good people and that all she had to do was wait for her opportunity to shine.


Waiting for the right opportunity wasn't easy, but she tried very hard to focus. She believed she had good morals and ethics... As a student she didn't even consider the thought of cheating. She wanted to work hard for what she got so that she knew that she deserved all she was given. But as time went on she started to forget why she was being so good. She started to forget why she wanted to work so hard. She slowly forgot where she wanted to go.

Seeing other get to place that she wanted without putting in the same effort made her feel uneasy about the way she was doing things. Was it jealousy? Or was her patience starting to wear thin? She started questioning whether she was right to even be so good anymore...

She is lost.

- To be continued -