I Am Chilling!! ...... With A Conscience

Shannon and Morgz...

I have been chilling even though i've been so busy... Actually i've been chilling while i've been busy. So don't worry, it's not like i'm majorly stressed. Just busy and MINORLY stressed. Life's good.

All assignments were handed in on time... Phew! Those were 2 busy weeks... Now it's just a matter of taking it easy, but not toooooo easy til the point that i slack off. I have my Film History end of sem exam on June the 12th... I'm nervous and excited about that... It's my only exam out of all 4 units i'm taking... The pressure is on... I'll be shooting our mockumentary this coming weekend with my group members. That should be an experience. Have a few more assignments coming up... i think everything left is worth 50%... Yikes... More pressure... But will do my best to manage.

So far things with work have been a bit... unpredictable.


I had work Monday (labor day) morning at 7am. And because i couldn't sleep at all the night before, i was tired, but had to go to work anyway... When i got there (10 mins late), my boss was the only one there... And in my mind i was thinking, 'oh shit... i'm late... and he's here'. But he was so happy to see me, cos my other two co-workers for the morning called in sick last minute... Steve apparently vomitted the day before when he was working and got sent home. Claire was down with a fever or something, so i was the only one who came... He frantically called people up to see if they could come in last minute.... at 7 in the morning!!! Gosh... And that day, instead of working 8 hours (my original shift duration), i ended up working an extra hour cos it was so busy and Navroz asked if i could stay... so i did... I worked with no break that day... from 7-4pm, business was so good that i just didn't have time to... plus i had close to no sleep the night before... So that day was super exhausting for me... i slept at 11pm... which is quite early.

Another unpredictable work thing...
Friday morning Navroz leaves a voicemail on my phone at around 7.10am... I set my alarm to 7.30 that morning so i could hand in my assignments early before class at 9am. So i wake up around 7.40am. Then called the voicemail line and listened to his panicked voice message which said "Jamie, it's Navroz, could you please ring me as soon as possible, urgent." ARGH!! I hate it when people don't tell you WHY they're calling in voicemails... But i knew it meant that i could possibly be working that day... So i called him back... He told me there was an order for 300 kids packs that day and they'd be really busy and asked if i could go to help. I told him i had class from 9am-12pm. So he asked if i could go in the afternoon... i told him i had a meeting at 3.30pm (with Mike, we're submitting Departure into Aussie film fests asap). So he asked if i could COME IN NOW.... "NOW??!!" i said... "I have to hand in my assignments!!" I was trying my best to get out of working that day... Cos i was hoping to finally relax for a night after 2 hectic weeks... But nope... he asked if i could go in that night... to southbank from after my meeting til close... I reluctantly said OK... SHIT! Another tiring day. I went in at 5pm, finished at 11.30pm, got home at 12.15am, took a shower... slept at around 3am after watching one of the DVDs i bought. HAHA... tired as i was... i just felt like watching a movie... so don't judge me :) It was a reward to myself... Speaking of rewards, i've been 'rewarding' myself a lot lately... with DVDs and food :P Am currently limiting myself... or at least trying to... especially with the food part.

Oh, the night i was working close, Annie Lee from high school actually went to Southbank with Hudson and Yen Peng (all of them classmates from Tshung Tsin) to see if they could BUMP into me... Just so happened i WAS there. So during my 10 minute break i actually had company! Caught up with them, hadn't seen them in awhile. That was cool. By the end of our little gathering we arranged to have dimsum the coming Sunday (Mother's day, Amy's b'day and Shannon's b'day). In the end it got cancelled cos Yen Peng wasn't going to make it, which was a good thing, cos i was at a club Saturday night for Amy's b'day.

Our entry and drinks were paid for... But i paid for 1 of my drinks at one point when Amy's bar tab was finished... then she put on a second tab... SOOO generous of her... Clubbing wasn't as bad as i thought actually. It was a pretty decent looking place... really it just looked like any restaurant, just with more space (dance floors), more tables (long ones, round ones), more seats (both indoor and outdoor), and more bars (3 to be exact). Most of the night we just sat around tables talking and consuming alcohol, some smoked (we sat outside, we had a beautiful view of Story Bridge and the river). Then later on we danced to trance, house, techno and R & B music. Hmm... depends on what your definition of dance is. Haha... After a few drinks, you're pretty loose.... mentally... so you can bring yourself to dance. I wouldn't say i LOVED the experience... but it was fun... I wouldn't say i'd do it every week or thrice a week like some people do... but once in a LONG while would be ok... like say, 3 years. Haha... It's not that i had a bad time, it's just talking, drinking and dancing, you could really do it ANYWHERE... haha... and i'm not much of a dancer... although i do like talking and drinking. So... i'd go as little as possible. But i definitely see why some people absolutely LURVE it. haha... i just don't, not my thing. But at least i was pleasantly surprised... Not much second hand smoke or sleazy guys, which is always good... I guess it's who you go with. We were a big group, so i was fine. It's all about the company... Sitting outside last time was just not cool. At least these people are as much your friends as you expect them to be... Nad, Daniel, David, Vinnie, Amy, Vanessa, Lalat, Eric, Kim and loads of other people were there. Later at 12am, we cut Amy's cake and officially wished her and sang happy birthday. Then danced the night away... til it was 3 plus and Daniel wanted to go home cos he was tired, and i didn't mind leaving, Nad had already left earlier (wasn't feeling well, sorta mixed drinks too much), a few others went to Family (another club that exclusively plays house music), the rest stayed at Fridays... So all in all a pretty good night that had me 'let loose' and 'chill' (as Shan and Morgz would say).

Working tomorrow and i really haven't gotten much done this weekend. Haha... Worked Friday night (that sudden call in), slept late, so i slept in that morning, then Saturday afternoon Kannan and i caught up (we haven't seen each other for 2 weeks), he's like a big brother and someone to talk to... so that was great... then at 8pm Daniel calls me when i was already on my way home saying "come back and get ready... i hope you didn't forget... we have to be there by 9.30pm the latest", so then i went home, got ready, went to the club, got back at around 3.30am, took another shower (cos Lalat sorta sweats when she dances and kept bumping into me, plus sitting outside with friends that smoke gets smoke on your clothes, hair... everywhere), watched new and recent episodes of One Tree Hill, Heroes, Ugly Betty til 6am online, then went to bed, slept in YET AGAIN, woke up at 1pm, called my mom to wish her Happy Mother's Day, talked for 3 hours with her, then with Stef, and now i'm blogging.... Sunday afternoon... with nothing done... I feel sooooooooooooo UNPRODUCTIVE today... and sooooooooo guilty... haha... I'm gonna waste the rest of my Sunday on cooking with Nad and Daniel, Nad feels like cooking a nice big meal tonight, they've gone to IGA (the supermarket nearby) to get stuff and'll be back soon. So it's most likely i'll be helping them out and eating and talking the rest of the night. Yum.... FOOD.... Haha... I'll try to read up on film history... but I feel even more guilty anyway cos i haven't done anything since Friday... hence the 'with a conscience' line in the title... so that's my life for now...

Thanks for reading and thanks for caring!