Did you know that apparently you can revive a goldfish even when it looks dead?
Yeah, you can can change it water and hold its gills open in an effort to help them breathe.

Sadly, I only found this out once one of our pond koi turned upside down and never went right side up again.
It's really quite upsetting to hold a dead fish in your hands.

RIP nameless fishy.



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so unless you've been living under a rock, and thus, not privy to my continuous complaining about my proposal
you know i've been busy with my proposal (lol)
now that that's finally submitted (and hopefully accepted), i've got a little breathing space before the next deadline
had so much trouble going home today, realising i could actually have the weekend off!
my brain couldn't compute it, at all.
guess that's a pretty good indication i've finally stepped into my phD shoes, right?

anyway, changed the look of the blog the tiniest little bit, for no reason at all...
i just felt like it, i guess.

my relationship with albus has pretty much been put on the backburner for a while
so i'm hoping to take him out for a run tomorrow and get re-acquainted
haven't really taken any photos that i've been happy with for a little too long (sadface)
same with moc-dog, poor thing hasn't been washed since the ice age
i'm going to try my hardest to balance work/life during this time and hopefully, set myself up for when life gets hectic again.

starting now...sleeping early!

wish my luck :)

 

donna.

wow i just spent...alot of hours renovating this space.
going to blog quickly so i can sleep :P (lazy pig)
so this week was the first week of my parent's being gone and it's pretty alright so far
not big dramas
having a meal plan definitely heaps.
hopefully when isaac goes back to school next week, things will keep being awesome.

work has been fun. so weird to have a little cousin working with me.
we've been busy little bees.
bob's taken to pranking me because i'm leaving.
everytime he brings it up, i want to cry. stupid bob.
we went out to chatswood for pepper lunch on friday and spent some quality asian time.

then when we returned to lane cove, bob was awesome and landed in between the two chaplin drives JUST as everyone from cochlear was swapping shifts. good going bob!
he ended up driving into the lane, with the cars going in another direction, so he could u-turn but he was too slow and the cars started driving towards him so he parked on the opposite side of the road.
lol. ~shakes head.
ahhh, the things i'll miss.

isaac went out to dinner friday night so i made myself wraps while i skyped with mum and mum's family.
i watched them hotpot and play mahjong and grandma kept telling me to find a boyfriend.
apparently, she would rather i not study cos boys don't like smart girls.
nice~

also talked with twin and cherry.
was so retarded skyping with cherry when she had no mic.
-.-
miss those two quite a bit :(

 

original plan for today was to do all my chores and they go down to the mall to get a haircut

i couldn't be stuffed

so i ended up cutting my own hair in the bathroom

(by cut, i mean trim)

it was fun

i think i'm going to need to invest in an even pro-er pair of scissors though

 

before hair cut

 

after

and i just dyed my hair red.
so sick of orange.
bleh.

donna.

had work on tuesday
bad idea to spend the day moving about 50 8kg boxes
got home and was in ultimate forearm pain

thankfully, after sleep it was alright

today, i had my first real interview experience at macquarie uni
so nerve-wracking, but thankfully, had lovely huiyih accompany me
as far as interviews go, i guess it was relatively fun
lol

got email from UOW for clinical
emailed them to say i couldn't make it :P
let's see if they give me a phone interview
also got email from supervisor
and now i have to wait for his call -.- NOT COOL.

unsw org psyc interview tomorrow
yay for 3 hour interviews

donna.

reverting back to my old way of writing because apparently it reads easier.
:D (gives self an excuse)

since janice has basically broadcasted to the world already
here's the conversation i had with my littlebro when i got home from work today

donna: hey isaac

littlebro: *listens to his headphones* wazzup?

donna: i got first class honours :D

isaac: :D what does that mean?

donna: it means i'm really smart

isaac: :D:D:D congrats *hugs around waist*

and just like when i got my fulls, my little heart burst into small bubbles of happiness because my littlebro is still cute <3

now, to get nervous about interviews... -.-

the sunset today <3

donna.

it's my fourth day returning to full time work hours and it appears that they are taking their toll already. i'm tired. but i sleep early. and because i sleep early, i'm on a different schedule to everyone else. so then it's like i've died again. kind of enjoying the solitude, but at the same time, it feels like i'm drifting aimlessly in a big, big ocean. it's a nice, relaxing feeling until you realise it's a big, big ocean and you're all alone in it. hopefully, once my body syncs back to working mode, i'll be able to live a little bit outside of work. tonight i ate dinner in my kitchen, even though i was eating by myself, because i needed time away from my computer. i kind of feel like driving far far away and sitting on a deserted beach, just watching the sunset. it makes me wonder how far i can go before i run out of petrol...

 

donna.

lies.
more like, "let's proportionately increase the amount of food you consume as the days between thesis deadline and the present increase"

anyway, just as a quick recap:
friday began with a visit to the dentist and a large dent in my bank account.
apparently, i still have a baby tooth that hasn't come out yet
joy, when it falls out and no tooth is there to replace it
it certainly helps that it's in such a prominent position as well -.-
then it was off to towers for isaac's checkup and grocery shopping before returning home to bake
jesslau, jenny and HY arrived at castle hill around dinnertime
so after quickly showing off my splattered room, we ate tacos
messiest funnest food.
then it was asian karaoke time and jenny couldn't get over the karaoke machine. (hilarity!)

 

 

jess bought a whole storeful of cakes and jenny got my delices from lindt because she loves me very much <3

before we knew it, janice and anita had arrived
then it was karaoke until like...1am (mum joined us for awhile and it was LOOOOOOOOOL)
then it was UOW application time before pictionary
so many classic moments: jess's prawn cracker, left hand drawn hockey stick, jenny and HY's attempt at drawing "ugly", me and jess drawing different items, and many more
we slept around 3am -.-

the next day was 201 yum cha reunion at zilver

left for city around 11am and arrived at yum cha basically on time
anoushka, tab and janice went to zumbo's and brought back A LOT of macarons
i think we must have spent like...2-3 hours and $240 yumcha-ing
was pretty intense but great time chatting to the crew

then it was off to ~dessert at herbal jelly place
we got takeout since most of the people were full
we walked over in the rain and it was really cute watching everyone share umbrellas :P
then we invaded sussex centre's food court and all sat down and chatted about really random stuff
janice got a stupid idea to get people to sit down with people they didn't usually sit down with a chat
it didn't really take
except me and janice and jenny did pretty well, i think? hahahhaha

after we said our goodbyes, me and janice met up with vicki and jesslee at sushi tei for dinner
i ordered an unrolled sushi for dinner and it was so-so
not really enough sauce and the slices of sushi weren't really that good relatively to the normal cubed sashimi in sashimi don but still okay

then i don't know what was wrong with me that day but then we went to max brenner to chat
and i ordered a dark chocolate with crunchy waffle balls
and event after that i still finished the drink and could sitll eat -.-
sigh. diet time.
it was great catching up with jess and vicki (kind of spontaneously) and we talked about all random stuff like the us, and high school and it was lol-sy

dropped janice off home, and when i got home i found two dogs talking to mocha
when they saw me they super dodgedly tried to walk off while giving me death glares -.-
but later on, after i put food out for moc-dog, moc-dog full ignored me, i.e. literally "dogged" me
so i'm guessing the two dogs came back to discuss something important
i'm thinking politics or global warming but who knows?

today i ate like....the equilvalent of 4 macarons
and i had epic mpain on the way home from yumcha with mum and dad
they bicker so much but it's so cute fdakfj;sa
but anyway, epic mpain was so epic i basically died and puked again
sigh, let's hope the plane ride back from the US isn't that bad -.-

donna.

what did i do yesterday?
oh yeah!
i dated myself: went and watched the social network
and it was good.
right now, i feel like it's already gotten to the stage of being overhyped
but i have a feeling it's one of those films that you gain more from on a second viewing
so let's not write it off yet (research time!)
was very pleasantly surprised by the witty dialogue and the humour, very well written and framed
and whoever scored it, thumbs up dude! especially, the opening scene mixed in with the sidewalk violinist
so awesome~
cinematography-wise, i think i set my expectations a bit high, aside from the rowing race with the tilt-shift and close ups, nothing really stood out for me
and oh~ andrew garfield, i'm going to crush on you alongside rob
which is totally ok since you guys are friends and unlike rob, you can actually consistently act :P
he's officially made me want to see never let me go. good job andrew!
i felt the most sympathetic towards his character, to the point i was almost in tears T.T
also, the main cast are quite cute in real life, and that of course helps the crush along :x

today was melbourne cup!
had dress up competition at work, that manager won with his waistcoat and tophat hahahaha
also, meant that we basically spent half the work day eating sushi and playing poker
times like these that make me love my company and loathe it for making me fat
happy and resolved sigh
i didn't win. or get last. so i couldn't even get my bet back :P
but we had heaps of fun. <3
makes me never want to leave~

also, isaac cooked us dinner <3 (kind of)

donna.