OMG, I was on train this morning and a little tubby man sat near me (on opposite side of carriage) and he was disgustingly chowing on a hot dog....YUK! Then he opened a can of Coke, and ate an Apricot Bar. I thought that was plenty, but then he scoffed down a mars bar making all these chewing and slobbering sounds.
Sooooo grosse!
This morning I went to work as usual on the train. When the train arrived at one of the stops the driver announced that the train was delayed because of an "incident" at the station, and would be going shortly. Well, shortly can mean anything from a minute to an hour! So many passengers got off the train and boarded the one on the platform opposite which was also going into the city. Of course as soon as everyone made the train swap, the first train moved on, while our new train stayed still. Great! Now we are in a train behind the first one......but wait.....
....then I realised that this new train was going to go express part of the way, so would overtake the first train, which it did. Then it didn't go through the city loop like normal, it went straight to Flinders Street which worked out better for me anyway. I was having breakfast with a friend, AY, which was only a couple of blocks from there.
Then on the way home on the train I had an annoying young bloke singing out loud (well to himself, but loud enough for me to hear even though I had my headphones on!) next to me. Then he decided to lean against the seat I was in (he was standing) and basically also leaning on me!! Why me!!??!! I had to ask myself. He didn't seem to care even though I looked at him a couple of times to hint he should move a bit away. Didn't work, but I made it home.
Tonight we went out for dinner at Limor's Restaurant for my Kai Ma's birthday (Kai Ma means Godmother in Malaysian) - she's 50!! Happy birthday Kai Ma!! It was a big meal with great friends, and my parents were there too. It was a great night with plenty of food and laughs.
Two weeks ago I began a new job as an Analyst with the Department of Treasury and Finance in Melbourne. It's basically doing similar work to what I did about two years ago when I last worked there. Mostly it's policy/report/document writing work (a little bit of project management skills being used) but I should be doing some financial analysis work soon too. I'm glad I was able to get the work because it means earning twice as much as I was in the previous job.
Before this new job I was working at a milk factory. The best things there were that it was very close to home, I had no stress at all, and there was free milk everyday! Woohoo! On the downside the money wasn't that great, the work was monotonous, and the coolroom was soooo cold....brrrr. They were nice people there tho, especially on nightshift.
With my new job I now have a routine where I cook meals every week and freeze portions - so that makes lunches easy to take to work. On the train ride I spend the morning trip doing written exercises in German and then in the evening listen to german radio podcasts. It actually makes the train trips quite interesting because I'm learning something new everyday.
Sometimes I will probably even post a blog or two in German, for those friends who can read German :-) It'll be good practice for me too.
Well, till the next update keep smiling! :-D
