another poo day.
had to wake up at six to get picked up by colleague at six thirty, because she had to drop her sister at chatswood chase.
while i'm grateful for the ride and for the opportunity to have a great breakfast, i think sleep is more important.
oh~ sleep.



got to work.
jumpstarted my car and it ran so silver lining!



finished up stocktake.
it was so dusty it brought out my hayfever.
was tearing and nose was running for i don't even know how long
at around 3pm i gave up and had to take out my contacts
charity, the genius she is, cut up a cup and put some solution in it while i rested my eyes
was blind for approximately one whole hour 
bob, the evil bum that he is, completely took advantage and chucked stuff at my face
gonna miss both of them so much
especially because sometimes evil bob is so nice and buys me a ton of cheap stuff off ebay
lol.

left work half hour early because my eyeball hurt and i felt like scooping it out
shall sleep early today
like...at nine.



donna.
what a shitty day.

i went to sleep early last night so i would be awake for work
got woken up in the middle of the night
got scarred.
didn't go back to sleep until forever.
went to work.
got told we had to do stocktake for AU and NZ because the numbers were all over the place.
left work.
realised i'd left the lights on my car and the battery was dead.
ended up leaving my car at work.
will fix tomorrow.
got offered a ride by the ever lovely charity to stratty.
trained it to parra.
meebo-ed cherry and val about my misfortunes.
missed my bus while buying food.
got on bus.
got off bus.
realised the stops had changed and the last stop was 15 minutes downhill from my house, inside of 2 minutes uphill (and hence a walk downhill)
realised i left my umbrella on the bus.
pretty umbrella was $25.
then got home to setup my own scanner.
found out that HP no longer updates their drivers for scanning, despite the fact it's a relatively new multifunctional device.



will be awesome tomorrow.



donna.
i keep thinking that if i keep pushing my life back until my parents come home
how am i going to handle living independently?
but then i realised i'm not just taking care of myself, so i feel less incompetent.
i wonder how much of a hermit i would be if i were to live with myself...
(approximately 7, perhaps?)

spent the past two days compiling my usa photobook
was aiming at 160 pages but right now it's 200. need to cut. cut. cut. 
hopefully i'll be able to finish it by tomorrow or tuesday night
i'm thinking that i'm going to try out blurb's standard landscape book this time...

what other interesting things have happened?
oh, i had my first meeting with the workcover group on friday
richard's totally BFFs with michelle and it's really cute
they were pretty helpful and enthusiastic and it gave me hope that these four years might be bearable.

lastly, and weirdly enough, i find daniel radcliffe oddly attractive in these photos
tis a strange feeling. 

 






donna.
hehehe. 
using my newly acquired knowledge about excel subtotals to break down my expenses.
(flights/bus expenditure not included in the calculations)

1. expenses by destination 
Total
Days
Average
Boston Total
$353.30
3
$117.77
Las Vegas Total
$896.30
4
$224.08
Los Angeles Total
$200.98
3
$66.99
New Orleans Total
$589.24
4
$147.31
New York Total
$2,574.82
11
$234.07
Orlando Total
$940.32
5
$188.06
San Antonio Total
$326.87
4
$81.72
San Francisco Total
$458.07
3
$152.69

note: total expenses including all shopping

+++

2. basic expenses by destination
Total
Days
Average
Boston Total
$218.84
3
$72.95
Las Vegas Total
$273.72
4
$68.43
Los Angeles Total
$164.68
3
$54.89
New Orleans Total
$268.80
4
$67.20
New York Total
$716.32
11
$65.12
Orlando Total
$267.06
5
$53.41
San Antonio Total
$293.59
4
$73.40
San Francisco Total
$224.65
3
$74.88

note: basic expenses include: accommodation, transport costs and food



donna.
Finally finished entering all my expenses. 


Flight/bus Total
$2,210.94
Accommodation Total $1,303.96
Airport Transport Total $161.71
Activity Total
$868.81
Food Total
$867.11
Public Transport Total $163.70
Clothes, Shoes and Accessories Total                  $1,435.53
Beauty Total
$418.13
Souvenirs and gifts total $900.48
Misc Total
$289.29


Grand Total
$8,619.66



...yeah. wow.


notes:
1. airport transport: transport to and from airport only. includes shuttle and taxi. 
2. activity total: all activties, e.g. ballet, theme parks, swamp tours, etc.
3. public transport: includes all costs to get from one destination to another, includes: bus, subway, taxi, cable car, etc. 
4. beauty: mostly cosmetics. yeah. wow.
5. souvenirs & gifts: includes all souvenirs and all things bought for other people. mostly family. 
6. misc: includes things that don't fit anywhere else. e.g. communications costs, luggage fees, books, etc. 



donna.
Miscellanous update
week...three (?) without the parents and feeling a lot of love from relatives and family friends
also, for some reason, everyone thinks i can't cook...like at all.
i guess that's better than if they think i can cook and then i face ugly myself. 
basically just been working at work and procrastinating my phD

had CNY celebrations at work and got red pockets from elayne and charity
whoot whoot
 

went over to Big Uncle's place again last night for dinner, this time to grab some red pockets
got a lot more than last year, which isn't saying much considering how we got...none

 
my little great niece is the cutest thing ever. and so so smart. 
she caught onto hotel dash super super quick.

 
oh how childhood has changed. all the kids were playing with iPhones xD

sydney weather has been completely psycho lately. got woken up at dawn the other day because it was so hot. so obviously, took a photo. saturday was 40s and today is like...20s. super wth! 

 
dawn

been attempting to make my own ice coffee (left), but caved last week and bought one of george's. 
SO. GOOD.

 

took out mr. peter ho's (i.e. cherry's dads) inheritance the other weekend and fell in love with the wide manual prime lens. really need to take it for a run. but need time.
(third photo taken with the 24mm)
hmm...hmm...hmm... 


 
 

finally, we arrive at today.
got 2 out of 4 tamora pierce books that i ordered from the book depository.
felt like revisiting some classic YA books with a fierce heroine.


also took a lot of pictures of myself while i was cooking lamb cutlets and japanese curry because i really liked what i was wearing today. i don't know why. lol.


 
 
yeah. don't know what i'm trying to do in that last photo. 



donna.
HORHROHRO FAMILY <3
yesterday, went to burwood with jess and anita
ate japanese food and watched black swan 
(screamed so many times xDDDD)
ordered salmon don...and didn't get what i thought i would xDDDD
the korean side dishes were ultimate awesome though!
ice coffee was bleh-ish~



today went to uni for meeting with jo and richard
drove and parked at uni and it was so hot -.-
not doing that again for awhile...seeing as i realise now that i can't drive and sleep at the same time :P
then i went to coogee beach on my own because i couldn't be bothered to wait two hours for jesslau




then met up with jesslau at uni and drove to bondi junction
had maxbrenner and caught up with stuff
good times~
thanks for shouting, jess!


then got home at around 5:30pm
bummed for half an hour and then drove to seven hills for new years eve dinner
my favourite little niece :P
had first taste of soup in a while - was awesome!
family is just...awesome






now skyping with parents



donna.