The weather in LA was fine~ except for the last week we were there was raining non-stop and the weather was sunny again on the day we left!! Now in New York it is freezing!!! My toes are gone!!
Spending Christmas day at Toronto, Canada and planning to spend New Years at Times Square back at New York~!!
Oh, Oh, Jay or Viv can you please do me a favour and call my parents and tell them I said Merry Christmas and Happy New Years for me? There aren't any phones here that I can use to call back home.. Tell them if I can't find a phone by then I'll call them when I get back to Sydney~
Love You's All~!!!
<3 Be.
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas everyone!! =) And Jackie where ever you are right now, NY or Canada, hope you're spending it happily and with awesome people. =)
Very jealous that you get to have a white christmas but stay warm and healthy! Miss you loads.
Love, Jay
Very jealous that you get to have a white christmas but stay warm and healthy! Miss you loads.
Love, Jay
Crappy weather in America!
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Hey guys!
I was watching the news this morning and they were saying how America is going through some really tough times now. The weather is going crazy! Flash floods, storms, heavy winds...
I'm really worried about you Jackie! Hope that the area you're at isn't as affected! Please stay safe ok?
Love, Jay
I was watching the news this morning and they were saying how America is going through some really tough times now. The weather is going crazy! Flash floods, storms, heavy winds...
I'm really worried about you Jackie! Hope that the area you're at isn't as affected! Please stay safe ok?
Love, Jay
Be strong!
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Hey guys,
It's been a while since I posted anything here...or on blogger at all. I remember a time when it was just me who was blogging to keep the blog alive, now it's Jackie and Jay.
After reading you guys' posts, I feel a great urge to hug you guys (although it's pretty easy for me to do that to Jay). I know that right now is probably going to be a tough time for you guys. But have faith! I'm sure you guys will be able to make it through. ATAR is not everything, knowing the both of you very well, I KNOW that you guys will be able to get very far in life and do commemorable things that will make all of us proud, but more importantly, yourselves proud. It's going to be hard and there will be many challenges to come, but as long as you stay strong and never give up, you'll make it through. And hey, we're all in this together and I'm sure that if there is anything that any one of us can do for whoever is in need that we don't hesitate to help out. So don't worry and be happy my loves :)
Anyways, I can't wait for our Port Stephens adventure! While nothing has been officially planned yet, it still feels surreal and at times I am doubtful about whether it'll still be on but i really really really hope that it is. I mean c'mon, soon I'll be buried under thousands and thousands of homework, sheets of paper, assignments and exams, I HAVE to go out and have some fun before I can fully commit myself to such a horrible situation and what better way to do that than to spend it together with my lovely sister and cousins somewhere where we are not constantly nagged at by parents, where we can relax, have fun, smile and laugh together. Ahh...just thinking about it is making me all excited!!
Okay, now, I suppose I should give you guys a little update about myself while I am at it. Well, I just started working today at Aunty Meiyee's father-in-law's bakery as extra help since her father-in-law and mother-in-law are going to go overseas for a while and thus Aunty Meiyee will be left to take care of the shop, which would be hard on her. So basically I decided to go help out to lessen the load which she has to bear. And man, what a load of work she has to do. She has to wake up at 3am to go with Uncle Peter, her husband, to make bread, then afterwards she comes home to take her children to the child care centre before going back home to sleep and then waking up at around 1 to get ready to go back to the shop at around 3 till 6 or 7 when she has to close the shop and pick up her children from the child care centre and the whole process starts again. That's a very busy day don't you think? To top it off, she hasn't been able to sleep well, which is really bad. Plus she is kind of sick. Hopefully she'll be able to get better soon and sleep well. And I hope that I will be able to help lessen the load for her.
Anyways, my first day...well, I have been there to work for a bit once with Jay, Jackie and Queenie. But that was much easier since we were working together so there wasn't as much pressure. The first thing I learnt was that 'first impressions are very important' as quoted by Aunty Meiyee. Thus, turning up to work with my hair down was a no no. I had to borrow a clip from Aunty to clip up my hair, which is quite foreign to me since I usually just tie my hair up, so that was quite an..interesting experience. Plus, I had to put another clip to clip up my fringe. So I must have looked quite interesting..not that I looked to see what I looked like. Haha...thankfully I didn't scare any customers away.
It was quite hard communicating though because everyone that worked there knew Vietnamese except for me. So while they happily conversed in Vietnamese, I just stood around awkwardly. But they were nice nonetheless. For the first hour or so, I just stood around trying to remember the prices of the various items in the store and let me tell you, that is quite an overwhelming thing to do. It was a little better than the last time I came, as there were more price tags on the various items, but there were still some which did not have any prices and which caused me to be quite embarrassed when I had to keep asking the customer to wait while I asked the other lady working what the price of the item was. It was even more embarrassing when the customer knew the price and I didn't. I also felt bad for the other lady because there were many many orders for pork rolls or chicken rolls which I had not learnt how to do yet, so I had to keep calling her to do them, especially when she went to eat her lunch. I felt so bad when I had to stop her from eating to go and make some kind of a roll. I could only laugh it off awkwardly. Another embarrassing which happened was with the microwave. I could put stuff in and turn on the timer to cook it for a certain time period but for quite a while I could not figure out why the food was not getting hot. Finally, I summoned up the courage to ask the other lady and it was only then that I learnt I had to turn on the timer AND press 'cook' for it to actually heat up. Silly silly me. At this point, let me give a shout of to the poor man who waited awkwardly for his cheese and bacon roll to be heated up. I'm so sorry but the wait was for nothing as the roll was not hot after the long awkward wait.
Oh and let me just say, I am NEVER EVER wearing flats to work again. My feet were killing me by the end of the day and I had the strong urge to just walk around bare footed, it probably would've been more comfortable. Man, my feet were all red by the end of the day and they still hurt right now. My legs are tired too. Standing around for 5 hours sure does wonders to legs don't they? I take my hat off to all those people who work for such long periods of time.
All in all, today was a great experience for me all day, although tiring, it was an exhilarating day. I am absolutely beat even after having a nap straight after coming home. I really need to somehow gain more energy.
Okay. Enough from me. I blabbered on for quite a bit. Just wanna say, I miss you heaps Jackie love! And I can't wait for you to come back so we can have a fun outing together again. But make sure you have lots and lots of fun in America. Don't worry too much and just enjoy yourself. Smile heaps, laugh until it hurts and be safe!
Signing out,
~Viv
It's been a while since I posted anything here...or on blogger at all. I remember a time when it was just me who was blogging to keep the blog alive, now it's Jackie and Jay.
After reading you guys' posts, I feel a great urge to hug you guys (although it's pretty easy for me to do that to Jay). I know that right now is probably going to be a tough time for you guys. But have faith! I'm sure you guys will be able to make it through. ATAR is not everything, knowing the both of you very well, I KNOW that you guys will be able to get very far in life and do commemorable things that will make all of us proud, but more importantly, yourselves proud. It's going to be hard and there will be many challenges to come, but as long as you stay strong and never give up, you'll make it through. And hey, we're all in this together and I'm sure that if there is anything that any one of us can do for whoever is in need that we don't hesitate to help out. So don't worry and be happy my loves :)
Anyways, I can't wait for our Port Stephens adventure! While nothing has been officially planned yet, it still feels surreal and at times I am doubtful about whether it'll still be on but i really really really hope that it is. I mean c'mon, soon I'll be buried under thousands and thousands of homework, sheets of paper, assignments and exams, I HAVE to go out and have some fun before I can fully commit myself to such a horrible situation and what better way to do that than to spend it together with my lovely sister and cousins somewhere where we are not constantly nagged at by parents, where we can relax, have fun, smile and laugh together. Ahh...just thinking about it is making me all excited!!
Okay, now, I suppose I should give you guys a little update about myself while I am at it. Well, I just started working today at Aunty Meiyee's father-in-law's bakery as extra help since her father-in-law and mother-in-law are going to go overseas for a while and thus Aunty Meiyee will be left to take care of the shop, which would be hard on her. So basically I decided to go help out to lessen the load which she has to bear. And man, what a load of work she has to do. She has to wake up at 3am to go with Uncle Peter, her husband, to make bread, then afterwards she comes home to take her children to the child care centre before going back home to sleep and then waking up at around 1 to get ready to go back to the shop at around 3 till 6 or 7 when she has to close the shop and pick up her children from the child care centre and the whole process starts again. That's a very busy day don't you think? To top it off, she hasn't been able to sleep well, which is really bad. Plus she is kind of sick. Hopefully she'll be able to get better soon and sleep well. And I hope that I will be able to help lessen the load for her.
Anyways, my first day...well, I have been there to work for a bit once with Jay, Jackie and Queenie. But that was much easier since we were working together so there wasn't as much pressure. The first thing I learnt was that 'first impressions are very important' as quoted by Aunty Meiyee. Thus, turning up to work with my hair down was a no no. I had to borrow a clip from Aunty to clip up my hair, which is quite foreign to me since I usually just tie my hair up, so that was quite an..interesting experience. Plus, I had to put another clip to clip up my fringe. So I must have looked quite interesting..not that I looked to see what I looked like. Haha...thankfully I didn't scare any customers away.
It was quite hard communicating though because everyone that worked there knew Vietnamese except for me. So while they happily conversed in Vietnamese, I just stood around awkwardly. But they were nice nonetheless. For the first hour or so, I just stood around trying to remember the prices of the various items in the store and let me tell you, that is quite an overwhelming thing to do. It was a little better than the last time I came, as there were more price tags on the various items, but there were still some which did not have any prices and which caused me to be quite embarrassed when I had to keep asking the customer to wait while I asked the other lady working what the price of the item was. It was even more embarrassing when the customer knew the price and I didn't. I also felt bad for the other lady because there were many many orders for pork rolls or chicken rolls which I had not learnt how to do yet, so I had to keep calling her to do them, especially when she went to eat her lunch. I felt so bad when I had to stop her from eating to go and make some kind of a roll. I could only laugh it off awkwardly. Another embarrassing which happened was with the microwave. I could put stuff in and turn on the timer to cook it for a certain time period but for quite a while I could not figure out why the food was not getting hot. Finally, I summoned up the courage to ask the other lady and it was only then that I learnt I had to turn on the timer AND press 'cook' for it to actually heat up. Silly silly me. At this point, let me give a shout of to the poor man who waited awkwardly for his cheese and bacon roll to be heated up. I'm so sorry but the wait was for nothing as the roll was not hot after the long awkward wait.
Oh and let me just say, I am NEVER EVER wearing flats to work again. My feet were killing me by the end of the day and I had the strong urge to just walk around bare footed, it probably would've been more comfortable. Man, my feet were all red by the end of the day and they still hurt right now. My legs are tired too. Standing around for 5 hours sure does wonders to legs don't they? I take my hat off to all those people who work for such long periods of time.
All in all, today was a great experience for me all day, although tiring, it was an exhilarating day. I am absolutely beat even after having a nap straight after coming home. I really need to somehow gain more energy.
Okay. Enough from me. I blabbered on for quite a bit. Just wanna say, I miss you heaps Jackie love! And I can't wait for you to come back so we can have a fun outing together again. But make sure you have lots and lots of fun in America. Don't worry too much and just enjoy yourself. Smile heaps, laugh until it hurts and be safe!
Signing out,
~Viv
It's ok baby
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I dunno Jackie, your mum called me up on the day of the ATAR release to ask me how she could check it and when she finally got in, she wasn't actually angry. She sounded really sad... I mean, she was saying how she just wanted you to be able to do a little better so that you'd have more options, but she didn't sound angry. I felt really sorry for her... but I dunno, I don't know her as well as you do, so I can't judge.
Anyway ATAR was shit no matter how you look at it.. I didn't get high enough to do the course I wanted and parents have been giving me shit as well. It was really really disappointing, I mean I didn't expect much, but when the results came out I thought there was a glitch in the system... and I checked and checked again but the results were the same. Well, guess there's nothing I can do about it now.
I'm pretty sure my parents will let us go Port Stephens, it's not that far and it's not like we're going forever! We'd better be allowed!!! I'm already really really excited for it! I want to get out of Sydney!!
Love, Jay
Anyway ATAR was shit no matter how you look at it.. I didn't get high enough to do the course I wanted and parents have been giving me shit as well. It was really really disappointing, I mean I didn't expect much, but when the results came out I thought there was a glitch in the system... and I checked and checked again but the results were the same. Well, guess there's nothing I can do about it now.
I'm pretty sure my parents will let us go Port Stephens, it's not that far and it's not like we're going forever! We'd better be allowed!!! I'm already really really excited for it! I want to get out of Sydney!!
Love, Jay
Homesick.
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Omg yes Jay!! I'm definitely looking forward to Port Stephens~ I asked my mum for permission already and she was cool with it but she asked me if you guys have gotten your permissions, I mean you parents are pretty strict about going out just in Syd, now we're going out of it and also staying over a few nights!! But seriously, I can't wait for our girl nights out~ Gonna be hell fun!!
I'm actually missing home alot right now, oh would I like to say I miss my family a lot too, but ever since ur hsc results came out and the massive rage I received from my mum over the phone where she could somehow tear my head off literally over the line!! I've been scared to call her since, wtf?! Is probably what you're thinking but seriously, shes been angry at me many times but once like it is absolutely puts rage on a whole new level!! I can already imagine her throwing me the shovel when im back to dig my own grave first b4 she gets down to business into giving me a slow and painful death then just drop me into my already dug out hole because she would not even bother to give me a funeral!! I might consider myself luck if she shoves a stick onto the dirt after just to mark my spot in the ground..
Yea.. that freaky guys.. I've never been this scared to call her before!! But I miss them oh soo much T^T. Why don't I just try calling her? Well, Listen. Wait. Read. I did, seriously I asked her if she was angry or lets say disappointed, Hell yea she was!!
Quote: "Are you ashamed of yourself? Oh, you're probably enjoying yourself too much in America, I knew I shouldn't of let you go!!"
My mum almost sounded mocking.. and that she has never done before, I mean I confess, I confess myself guilty for getting such low marks, but hey I'm already in such depression, can't you show just a little bit of support perhaps a little bit of love?
I'm in such dilemma right now...
Regardless of all this~!! About your souvenirs!! Since I'm running low on cash, your gifts wouldn't be WOAH~ BIG!! But do you guys like Hershey chocolates? Personally I love them and I decided why not share something I love?
I'll post more up later, and I can't wait to see you guys soon!!!
<3 Be.
I'm actually missing home alot right now, oh would I like to say I miss my family a lot too, but ever since ur hsc results came out and the massive rage I received from my mum over the phone where she could somehow tear my head off literally over the line!! I've been scared to call her since, wtf?! Is probably what you're thinking but seriously, shes been angry at me many times but once like it is absolutely puts rage on a whole new level!! I can already imagine her throwing me the shovel when im back to dig my own grave first b4 she gets down to business into giving me a slow and painful death then just drop me into my already dug out hole because she would not even bother to give me a funeral!! I might consider myself luck if she shoves a stick onto the dirt after just to mark my spot in the ground..
Yea.. that freaky guys.. I've never been this scared to call her before!! But I miss them oh soo much T^T. Why don't I just try calling her? Well, Listen. Wait. Read. I did, seriously I asked her if she was angry or lets say disappointed, Hell yea she was!!
Quote: "Are you ashamed of yourself? Oh, you're probably enjoying yourself too much in America, I knew I shouldn't of let you go!!"
My mum almost sounded mocking.. and that she has never done before, I mean I confess, I confess myself guilty for getting such low marks, but hey I'm already in such depression, can't you show just a little bit of support perhaps a little bit of love?
I'm in such dilemma right now...
Regardless of all this~!! About your souvenirs!! Since I'm running low on cash, your gifts wouldn't be WOAH~ BIG!! But do you guys like Hershey chocolates? Personally I love them and I decided why not share something I love?
I'll post more up later, and I can't wait to see you guys soon!!!
<3 Be.
Summer...I mean winter break
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Haha, it has been a while hasn't it? Well Jackie, I dunno what you're talking about because it's hella cold here too. The weather these past weeks have been so insane?? Why does Australia have such unstable weather? Right now the wind is so strong and it's so cold! Even though the sun is shining brightly, the wind is making everything cold and I have a feeling the rest of this week isn't going to be so great either!
The thing about having such a long break is that even though it's long and technically we should have heaps of things to do, it's so boring. Unless you head for somewhere out of Sydney, you're going to be bored out of your brains!! That's why we have to organise that trip to Port Stephens and SOON!!! I'm going crazy here!
There's basically no one to go out with and there's no job to keep me occupied...which reminds me that I have to find a job now which sucks. ><"
I have no idea what to do or what to apply for and I seriously don't want to be rejected! But anyway, we need to hurry up and have a cousin outing and eat good food because I'm seriously going to go insane.
Glad to hear that you're having fun Jackie!! You'd better bring back lots of stuff for us otherwise.... XD
Love, Jay
The thing about having such a long break is that even though it's long and technically we should have heaps of things to do, it's so boring. Unless you head for somewhere out of Sydney, you're going to be bored out of your brains!! That's why we have to organise that trip to Port Stephens and SOON!!! I'm going crazy here!
There's basically no one to go out with and there's no job to keep me occupied...which reminds me that I have to find a job now which sucks. ><"
I have no idea what to do or what to apply for and I seriously don't want to be rejected! But anyway, we need to hurry up and have a cousin outing and eat good food because I'm seriously going to go insane.
Glad to hear that you're having fun Jackie!! You'd better bring back lots of stuff for us otherwise.... XD
Love, Jay
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