caffeine high

Today was a good day. Wait! Let me change that! Great day! I spent 3 hours in the morning packing coffee and nearly four hours in the afternoon reading in the library. Braced a brewing storm in the evening and got home around 7pm to warm hugs. Hehe....great huh! Oh yeah packing coffee. I lovvved it! It’s an invigorating change from the mundane and robotic routine I had going a couple of month ago. My friend introduced me to the idea of going to do some volunteer work and it involves coffee. Hmmm..how idea eh? I agreed and had fun packing coffee at Atomic Coffee for the Oxfam biggest coffee break in support of fairtrade products in particular the coffee beans. Atomic coffee serves great coffee by the way. I had my brunch there and coupled with a good chat, it was memorable(http://www.atomiccoffee.co.nz/).

I lauded the conscientious effort of Oxfam for these annual coffee breaks. Check out the website ((http://www.oxfam.org.nz/index.asp?s1=what%20we%20do&s2=issues%20we%20work%20on&s3=fair%20trade&s4=coffee%20break ).

It felt good doing my bit for the world and the hours spent there will be etched in my mind for a long time to come. I smelled really good. The coffee smell....i love it! I can’t wait for my next community stint. Chao! Have great weekend everyone.

lowest low

Today i had my lowest low. Yep..you guessed it another appointment with my supervisor. I guess when you have spent many many days reading and comprehending all the data to formulate a framework that you are sure won’t disappoint but it did. At that moment I was this close to just walk away and go home but I sat. I sat there not moving but humiliated myself in front him. Somehow GOD is great. Things picked up after that. We discussed some more and my future in the formulating the proposal looks a little more promising. It was as if, all hell broke loose when a tornado hit a town and just when you think all hope was lost, lights sneak out through the clearing dark clouds and faith is restored. I know it’s a bit dramatic eh. But it was for me. You are talking about my future here. The future of my family. My family. That means so much more now. I went home broken and they were there to help glue all the pieces together. H prepared me a nice comforting dinner and Hannah made me laugh for dessert. They are always there with me through thick and thin. They love me when I look like the cookie monster in the morning or when I’m all made up to go out. They love me even when I get grouchy or when I want to be alone. I am counting my blessing for them. I am whole again but the cracks are there, still very fresh to me but I am not giving up. I will never give up. These cracks will make me stronger mentally. I pray to God for strength and faith. I have faith in HIM but I need to have faith in myself to be able to complete this with flying colours and on time. Gosh! This is harder than I thought. Anyway, I am going to write and continue writing. Starting now! Chao!

Which One

Date: Sometime in early February

Venue: Skycity Cinema

That was the question that I had to answer as to which movie that I wanted to see. Someone suggested Slumdog Millionaire(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/ )(I know... almost ancient eh) and Revolutionary Road (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959337/ ) . I wanted to but at the last minute I decided to watch He’s not that into you(http://www.hesjustnotthatintoyoumovie.com/ ) and Marley and me(http://marleyandmemovie.com/ ). I think I made the right choice. I really enjoyed myself watching He’s not that into you. I love the chemistry between Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. Not the fiery chemistry but of comfortableness and the fit factor. They fit together so well. I wasn’t into Ben Affleck before but i love seeing her with Aniston. Ben’s character reminds me of H a bit. I was missing him. I was at the cinema alone but most comfortable. There was another girl who came in alone and the rest were with their partners. I have no qualms about that because all i wanted to do was be entertained. I got what I wanted. The movie had an all star casts and i even liked the weird looking but beautiful actress- Jennifer Connelly. There were some icky Woody Allen moments but that was over shadowed by the rest of movie. I had a blast with that movie and even shed some tears at the end. I laughed and cried...so all was good.

Hmm...Marley and Me had me with mixed emotions. I enjoyed it but i like the first movie better. One thing good that came out of it was that I am beginning to like Owen Wilson. Seriously! Crooked nose was not my thing. But now i am beginning to see its appeal. Marley the puppy is so adorable but Marley the dog is not. It was touching at the end and that was it. Owen and Jennifer lack chemistry. The fascinating one, i had a guy sitting next to me in the movie and he was alone too. It was refreshing to see a guy getting in touch with his softer side. I also saw a gay couple. Sorry for stereo typing but I think they were. Ok...you be the judge. The first sign was that they were on the softer side of the alpha male persona. The second sign, they couldn’t decide where to sit. They changed sits three times! Lastly, i think one of them cried at the end. So i rest my case. But they were better than mafia guys. Surprisingly they weren’t any mafia gang or mob members’ lookalike this time around. Maybe they are not into dogsJ. My solo movie viewing is cut to a halt (but not over i think. The advantage of having to study at a city campus. Whenever you feel a need to watch a movie, you just walk to QUeen Street) as H and Hannah are here so back to Disney movies or PG13 ones. Next on our list is 17 again (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974661/ ) with Zac Efron and Matthew Perry. Hoo!Hoo! Thank god not another High school musical. I’ve had enough of that. I’ll watch anything with Matthew Perry in it...except Numb (http://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/Matthew-Perry-Is-Numb-On-May-13th-10196.html) . I had the displeasure of watching that movie and it left me numbed. Surprisingly H bought it for me. I guess he thought it was another romantic comedy or something. It was horrible and i was gritting my teeth and waiting for it to end and hoping that something good will appear and it didn’t. It was a little bit better than Borat and I hate BORAT!

Anyway, 17 Again should be good and we’ll get more Chandler Bing i think. Somehow i see a bit of H in the adorable and hilarious Mr Bing. I know...i know enough! Chao!

making friends

I know I haven’t written in awhile. I have been so caught up in the proposal race. Hehe..no more rat race but this is worse. I don’t know if there is anything worse than a rat. Hm…slime race? I have been busy with my proposal writing and presenting that I have forgotten about everything else. My skin has grown tremendously thicker since the first presentation. I am learning and getting the hang of this. This is harder than I thought it will be. It was ‘ hair-pulling dread-lock’ difficult at first but now it gets a little bit easier….about one percent! But I am determined and I will work hard for this. Don’t really care if I humiliate myself during the process…all the dumb occasions …not a glorious time for me but they are part of MY learning process. That’s my mantra now-it’s part of my learning process and of course my all time favorite-ooooooozzaaaaaaaa! But today has been great so far! I was in the bus this morning, talking silently to God about how nice it would be if I could have a friend like Alex or Katherine here. I can’t ask for Lisa or Irene because that will be too much and selfish but just a mate that I can chat and LOL with once a week. That will be super!
On the way to my school, I decided to stop at the café on the ground floor at the Quad. I went in there and I saw that they have some yummy soups and I decided to get some for lunch. Then I turned to my left of the counter and saw some treats and they look tempting. As I was deciding on what to buy, there was a lady next to me and I urged her to cut the line and move in front of me because I can’t decide which yummy treats that I want to get yet. She did and said “you’re still selecting?” I nodded. She then suggested some of the things she has had that were yummy to her. I nodded. After deciding with my yummy treats, I ordered and paid. While waiting for my soup, I saw that lady again and she was having a banana. She was also waiting for her coffee. I asked” is that all you’re having for a breakfast? A banana?” and I smiled. She answered and we started chatting. Before we knew it, half an hour has passed and she finished her coffee. We exchanged numbers and promised that we’ll get together after Easter. She said she’ll introduce me to some of her friends. She’s Maori and a really nice lady. In that half hour, I found out that she’s separated and had just lost her dad. She’s studying psychology and she finds this whole studying thing daunting too.It was really nice talking to her and I laughed out loud a lot with her. I thanked God for listening. I can’t remember the last time I had a good LOL with a friend. Well, at least now I have. I hope that this will be a start of a beautiful friendship.
Enjoy the rest of the day everyone. Mine has been great so far and I’m enjoying what’s left of it. Ta!