TANKS UNIVERSE

I am now unofficially employed!! I am just a police check and an ABN away from becoming a pet carer! I honestly couldn't ask for a better job. No stress of recalling vet knowledge while still being able to cuddle as many animals as I want. Perfect.

The pay isn't fantastic but if I'm good at it i'll end up with more dogs to walk/visit which means more money then more animals and more money it's just brilliant, really.

I'm not sure how much good it'll do my resume upon graduation but I'm sure something animal related has to be a plus.

Yay! Cairns (hopefully) here I come!

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My little Roti, I had you for over 3 years and i'm glad for most of it you were a little nutcase. I hope you are happier without your tilty head and blindness up there in ferret heaven.

It was hard with you when I first got you. You hated everyone and everything and we didn't get along. I'm sorry I didn't make it any easier for you. I didn't know how to deal with an upset ferret and had to keep putting you in the bathroom every time you scratched the carpet. You had a funny smell and pooped wherever you felt like it. And slowly I grew to love your stupid habits. Lots of bites and scruffs later coupled with raisins and chicken fat, your cute sleeping noises won me over.

You always kept me company while I watched the stars from the balcony, even during the coldest days I don't know why you'd come out to the balcony but you did. You had this cute little stretch against walls, you'd stretch out your paws then slide off to the side. You had mood swings, and loved to nip my feet sneakily and run away so i'd chase after you. We'd play tug of war sometimes.  You had this annoying habit of getting into the garbage bin though i'm pretty damn sure you knew it was wrong. 

People stepped on you sometimes but somehow you always recovered immediately and did your backwards dance. ANGRY ROTI RAR! You always looked so comical.

Little one, I wish I could've done more for you, but I hope you are in a better place now. I will always remember you, the one I could always count on. RIP Roti 2004 - 2012.

Well she's walking through the clouds 

With a circus mind that's running round 

dear universe,

I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job.
I would really like a job so I can scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef at the end of the year. And also so I can afford miscellaneous other things like online shopping and red hair dye. And beer.

Thanks,
Aruna

break break break down

A few entries ago, I mentioned that I had come across men who blatantly stare at my chest despite my somewhat inconspicuous dressing.

What was I on? I was totally kidding myself saying that. Hah.

Exhibit A. And this isn't even that bad. I've asked people to take pictures off Facebook just because there was just... too much going on. So anyway I'll stop kidding myself because I really hate wearing anything with sleeves.

So that is David and I in Bugis eating some tangyuan. To be honest that day it was rather mediocre and we just barely were able to snag the last couple of balls (1 peanut and 2 sesame) and let David try most of them. Also no almond/peanut pastes left! So we had some gingko nut base instead which wasn't too bad.

David left for Melbourne today. A good 12 days we've spent just being with each other, complaining about the heat, fatigue and lack of time amongst exploring places together, discovering new things about each other and simply spending some really good quality time together.

The breakdown of where he went (from what I can sort of remember);
22nd June (Friday): Landed at night, beers with the boys, took David for a drive to Changi Village to see Old Changi Hospital and bapuks

23rd : Packed lunch for Ashwin and drove down to see him, David got him some Top Gear magazines which was really sweet of him :D Checked out Lorong Buangkok (Singapore's last kampung) with Ash, then sent him back. Chinatown afterwards, walked around for almost 3 hours before paying for his trip to Pulau Dayang with me then driving back to Tampines to pick up cousins and visit my grandma (Nani) for dinner, followed by a mini chill session at East Coast with my cousins. Man what a day that was!

24th : Diving lesson in the pool, David stayed at home to catch up on rest. Dad came to pick me up and left 2 hours early to take David on a massive tour of Singapore haha! They even ended up watching some Kuda Kepang which David took surprisingly well despite the nature of it. Got home after 8 hours of breathing underwater, changed and met the boys at Kairen's then went on to 283 for a big few hours of drinking.

25th : Marina Bay Sands Skypark, walked to Marina Square, then through Citylink, then train-ed down to Orchard Rd, then basically walked the entire stretch occasionally stopping to see stores. Finished finally at 313 Somerset, had dinner with Yigang, then had tangyuan at Bugis before FINALLY calling it a day (phew).

26th : Woke up relatively early to catch a ride with my dad down to Singapore Poly so we could borrow the car for the day. Drove up to the zoo, spent a good few hours there. Drove to Kranji memorial which I think was very significant for David considering the vast number of Australian soldiers that died on Singapore soil in WW2. Explored a bit of Lim Chu Kang, the abandoned HDB estate, some Chinese cemeteries before driving back to pick up dad after work.

27th : Checked out all 3 malls at Tampines, David pretty much cleaned out their supply of shorts. He bought a million pairs. Cotton On, Uniqlo mainly. That night since we had no plans, I took him to some of my favourite hangout spots so he could take some night shots of the city - at Marina Barrage, the Esplanade, Mt Faber and the Henderson Waves bridge, followed by waffle fries and iced milo at ECP

28th : Took a bus to Little India where I did my eyebrows, he tried some masala tea and masala thosai, and we checked out Mustafa centre where he bought $50 worth of tea for his family. Took the bus home only to drive out again to Arab St to meet the boys at Nabin's.

29th - 1st July : Pulau Dayang Trip! Probably needs an entry on its own. But long story short I am now a PADI-certified Open Water Diver! I can dive with a buddy down to 18m! Again, thank you Bidina for the amazing experience and not forgetting the awesome people at Gill Divers and some of the funniest people i've met were in my dive group. One of them has my pack of cards haha.

2nd July : Botanical gardens. Kinda boring and was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Had a very nice Chinese vegetarian steamboat buffet at Quality Hotel in Balestier with my parents. Mmmmm.
(EDIT: I just remembered we drove to Clarke Quay for a walk around. I expected it to be rather dead on a Monday night but how wrong I was. Pretty much every bar/club was pumpin' and the music was jumpin'. People everywhere. The bigger clubs like Zirca and Rebel were closed. We decided against diving headfirst into the noisy madness and instead bought ourselves some beers from 7-11 and sat by the river across from the madness and watched it from afar while we talked about stupid things. Afterwards we went to Geylang on the way back so I could show him the red light district. David was rather amused and I regret not buying any durians for him to try.)

3rd July : Bugis Junction and Bras Basah to check out the cool music stores. David bought a fair amount of gear for his guitars and a kick-ass melodica. Was tired as hell but threw a huge BBQ for everyone who loves booze. Stayed up till 7am.


Haha we had a good time with the melodica that night.

Died today. (But met Rafidah for dinner afterwards) 

I dreamt I finally went to California and it was full of amusement parks and little shops selling quirky things.

And it felt amazing.