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Archive for November, 2006
Job Hunting
Nov 30th
kev says (12:50 PM):
this job hunting
kev says (12:50 PM):
it’s like the sims all over again
kev says (12:50 PM):
though in real life
All so true though finding jobs in Sims is so much easier than looking for jobs in real life. I’ve applied for around a dozen jobs and only got two replies from any of them. Despite the fact that the second reply came AFTER I’ve already got a job does not mean finding a GOOD job is easy. Anyway, no Henry I’m not asleep 
I went off to play a bit of FF7 and decided to finish this blog. Hehe. Hope you had fun at DoTA. It’s funny how we’re able to relate our lives to video games, its no longer sad that we relate games to real life, it’s now pretty sad that we relate our lives to games. Gaming has become this complicated layer part of our social fabric enriching our lives with a sense of belonging, livelihood and something else which I can’t think up.
I went off to play a bit of FF7 and decided to finish this blog. Hehe. Hope you had fun at DoTA. It’s funny how we’re able to relate our lives to video games, its no longer sad that we relate games to real life, it’s now pretty sad that we relate our lives to games. Gaming has become this complicated layer part of our social fabric enriching our lives with a sense of belonging, livelihood and something else which I can’t think up.
- HIGH 06 – John says (8:05 PM):
i guess it’s just another way to escape the strict political correctness of reality
-=Sally=- ==>tcoXPbg｡｡｡..”Bubbles”– Schweppes Argum on a hot day . Schweppes + vodka??? says (8:05 PM):
hmmm
- HIGH 06 – John says (8:05 PM):
and that’s the most complicated sentence i’ve stringed together since the hsc
-=Sally=- ==>tcoXPbg｡｡｡..”Bubbles”– Schweppes Argum on a hot day . Schweppes + vodka??? says (8:05 PM):
hahahha thats wat i was thinking!!!!!
We were “discussing” “crude jokes”. Yes my English has been deteriorating. I think everybody’s has. Possibly due to gaming, I’m not sure but it is deteriorating. I recall when we were studying in the room closest to the Library and I referred a past HSC paper as a “fucking shitfuck”. Yes, it might have been the atmosphere or the mood, but I was like “Where’s the fucking shitfuck?!” My dad wants me to get a telemarketing job, I would want and prefer a technical support position. My theory is that I would rather HELP people rather than ANNOY people. Different people are suited to different jobs, those who are annoying prefer the telemarketing position because they get a kick out of annoying/selling stuff to people, whilst others get a kick out of helping people though on the other hand can get frustrated by those annoying people angry at their own incompetance.
Most computer problems are caused by the user’s own ignorance. Whenever somebody gets a virus the first thing they do is blame somebody else or the computer. The theory is “the computer should be designed NOT to be infected by any viruses”. Solution: Get a fucking Mac otherwise stop complaining. It’s the user’s ignorance that creates the problems.
What frustrates me more is when a user with a PIRATED copy of Windows complain about security issues, viruses and browser hijacks. Stop complaining! You just stole a 400 dollar operating system, go figure out how to keep it safe! It’s really not that hard, check for updates once a week (it should be automatic for those who are lazy and cbb), get yourself a firewall if you’re NOT behind a router, get an antivirus program and get yourself an adware program. Not that hard! There are plenty of freeware alternatives out there so it’s pretty simple to find one.
If you have all of the above and still experiencing problems then get help. Some people’s computer are so messed up it’s not even worth the effort to fix it. Just backup all the files and format. A quick format and install should take 30 minutes, a standard setup however would take about 1.5 hours.
I dunno why I’m complaining nobody recently has done anything unremarkably stupid. But don’t worry, feel free to ask me any tech related problems 
You have my number. *wink*
Last 3 days.
Nov 27th
Got a phone call on Thursday, asking me to work on Friday. I accepeted thinking it would be a nice job with decent pay.
So on Friday, I got a haircut, bought a corsage, took a shower and headed off to work. The woman failed to tell me that I was to arrive at 10am to sign the contract so I was a bit pissed when I had to hurry my ass to the AMEX building. I thought it was just a two day job but realised I was getting signed up for 3 months. Ah well, ends at February can’t complain much.
Basically all day we just unplugged computers. That’s all we did. For 3 hours we did jack shit since people were still working on their terminals. I was the youngest person there and yeah felt quiet out of place.
For those intested I’m getting paid 22/hour which is pretty decent in my opinion.
So on Saturday, I went to Pyrmont to replug the computers, test to see if everything was working and then I left.
That’s pretty much what went on Friday and Saturday. I can’t be fucked elaborating.
Anyway, yesterday, I went out in the morning…watched Prestige…again. It’s nice to be able to make all these links to Fallen.
Got back home, slept for a bit, showered, got dressed and went out to pick up Diana.
Came back we took some photos, played a card game before my bro started showing her random photos.
Then the others arrived which involved Nick, Fred and his date, and Richard Li.
We sat around for like 2 minutes before realising that the limo had arrived. So we took some photos infront of the limo and then went inside before heading off.
I’ve never seen Diana so quiet in my life before
Anyway, the formal was awesome. A lot better than Year 10 and I still haven’t got my fucking money for the semi-formal. There goes 50 bucks. The food was nice, nice environment and yeah…
We ate, we danced, we talked…and yeah before you knew it, it was all over.
Everybody left for some place or rather so we decided to just go home. Hehe, got off at Kogarah and called a Taxi. Tis all good.
So I’ll just thank Henry and Francis for the night. Very well done. I can’t be screwed posting on the forum so I’ll just say it here since both of you probably will be reading this at one point in your life.
God, right now I feel a bit sad that everything is all over. I can’t be screwed doing anything so I’m just sitting here typing out this blog whilst listening to Jay Chou. Jesus.
Lookie what we have here
Nov 22nd
08:30 – Send Bro to School
09:00 – Grab a cup of coffee
09:05 – Play FF7
10:00 – Wash cup and brush teeth
11:00 – Go on usual websites and look for work
11:30 – Feel disgruntled and have lunch
12:00 – Read book
13:00 – Hop back onto computer to see if there’s anything interesting
13:10 – Read book
14:00 – Play FF7/read book
14:45 – Pick up bro
15:15 – Play FF7/watch tv show if available/visit websites
17:30 – Have dinner
18:00 – Take shower
18:15 – Read book/watch tv
21:30 – Get back onto computer
11:30<–>01:00 – Go to bed
That’s how it’s been like for the past week or so. Looking for jobs is pretty hard especially when I’m being so picky. Currently I’m just looking at helpdesk/support jobs and I can’t meet any of the standards.
It’s usually "requires 3 year experience" or "3rd year uni student in computer science etc" or "knowledge of Windows 2000" or "general knowledge of a random program I’ve never heard of in my life".
And the problem is they’re all in North Sydney!!! I applied for another job today, it’s also in North Sydney I meet most of the requirements but not all. I think I should design a cover letter.
But yeah I don’t like waiting. Especially for stuff like jobs, and it sorta aggravates me when people post that they got a job interview in their nickname. God, I can so imagine somewhere down the line when you see people’s nickname with "I impregnated my girlfriend!" or "I bought a house!" or "I’m a millionaire!" okay good for you. Jebus.
The thing with I.T. is that the supply is there though there’s not much demand and those who demand it don’t have that much skills. I dunno I can manage to help most people with pretty much anything though I’m not sure what it’s like in the real world. Yes the REAL WORLD, where people don’t understand basic things like a control panel.
I’ve also sorta stopped learning C++, I got past control structures and just stopped. Hehe, most of you probably have no clue.
Anyway, I’m too picky with jobs, maybe it’s cause of a crap first job otherwise I wouldn’t be so picky and apply for jobs at accouting firms. God, I should have taken a course in I.T. back in like year 6 when my dad first suggested it. I was like "Um…don’t you think I’m a bit young?" I was mainly embarrassed but now that I look back at it I should have jumped at the opportunity. Damn me and my ignorance.
Ah well, I’m sure a nice job will soon arrive in front of me. Till then I’ll just follow my rather unhealthy routine.
“Thanks…”
Nov 20th
The cucumber goes to the tomato "I want to make a beanstalk". The tomato replies "the idea of making yet another beanstalk seems to be slightly…redundant."
So the cucumber went to his other friends lettuce, carrot and cabbage who all gave a similar reply undermining the creation of yet another beanstalk.
The cucumber was disappointed. All the motivation was gone so he decided to try nevertheless.
He asked the tomato for help (unknown of the future regret he’ll have) who obliged despite still believing it will not work.
See it was tricky, the aim was to climb the beanstalk and the only way for it to grow is if more vegetables climed it. Funny huh?
Well so then the beanstalk began growing little by little until an unfortunate incident in the garden which ironically generated an exponential growth in the beanstalk. Many thought that the beanstalk would just stop growing but it kept on growing! Day by day it grew by 100cm.
The cucumber was happy. It had proved everybody wrong. Though there were no "thank yous" or pats on the backs, not even a nod. Everybody took the beanstalk for granted believing that it was self perpetuating. It wasn’t. It need grooming and though there were few complaints nobody was bothered by any of the grooming.
Though what later became frustrating was the fact that everybody believed that the tomato raised the beanstalk. It was always "Can the tomato or whoever runs the beanstalk do blah or blah". This frustrated cucumber especially on the hyprocritical nature of tomato.
So one day the beanstalk finally reached it’s peak and was slowly coming to a stop. Cucumber was walking along past some random vegetables when one of the vegetables said "Hey cucumber, thanks for your work on the beanstalk". Cucumber thanked the random vegetable though was rather surprised that this random vegetable had a sense of appreciation.
The beanstalk will remain standing for as long as it can, though never again will it grow as it did once before.
Goodbye soul…
Nov 18th
I give up. Can’t take it any more.
Pathetic as it is true yet also very entertaining and fun, I’ve resulted in meeting the current status quo of installing games and playing them in order to fulfil the social status imposed on most post-HSC graduates.
I’m currently downloading Wa3 RoC/TFT and AOE2+EXP. Ironically, I’ve actually given away these games to people thinking that I’ll never play them again. How wrong I was. Now I’m download these games and hoping for them to be up and operational by tomorrow.
Now we all have to pull some strings and make some sacrifices. I’ll have to give up a part of the minimal "social life" I have to spend more time on the internet battling away in creating this so called online persona amongst groups of geeks from around the world. Though I’ll probably be playing with friends more often then I will with random people I guess it won’t be too bad.
Talking on MSN is a thing of the past. I find it some what depressing that for some gaming is the only way in order to maintain contact with friends. Nobody really wants to be left out, initiating convos only to be replied back 1-1.5 hours later with the message "Sorry was gaming".
So yes, I have given up. Though I’ve not completely sold my soul. To do so would involve playing a game more commonly known as WoW.
What I find EXTREMELY ironic is how "pro-gamers" (whoever they may be) criticising Sims claiming it’s for people with no life trying to simulate a "better" life, whilst they fail to realise that WoW is no less different to Sims. It’s basically an online character that you build upon feeling that much greater that you’re character has +10 spirit wearing a particular piece of armor/ring/necklace or whatever shit it is. Everything in moderation is fine but when you findyourself playing more than 5 hours a day in any game you know somethings wrong with you.
It cannot be helped I guess.
I’ll be waiting…If you come here…You will find me…I promise.
Nov 16th
Well I’ve already finished FF8 and now going through FF7 which I have to say is a better game than FF8. FF8 gives you many options to play around but too many options and in the end you realise that you only have to do the same thing for each character so ultimately nothing too big happens. They also tried to incorporate too much relationships in the game which is good when you figure it out but you realise you have to do all these sidequests to pick up a rather little piece of information. I finished it using a walkthrough and it is the first game I played with a walkthrough. I’m not playing FF7 using a walkthrough but checking every now and then to see if I’ve missed anything important. I’ve already missed one materia and a character but that’s not too bad I guess.
Anyway, only 7 things left on my todo list. The video which I was planning on making isn’t going too well since I need firewire to transfer the video from miniDV onto PC. I also want to get a webhost but my the looks of things right now it won’t be that good of an investment. Plus I’ll need to learn PHP and since I’ve servered my comp I can always do stuff on my comp
I’ve still yet to drive and need to get my Ps. But that’s not too big of a concern for me. The other thing is gym…I haven’t exercised at all and need to get fit. I say this EVERY holidays yet never get up to fulfilling it.
Also need a job. I sent my resume to EB, Bing Lee and this North Sydney Firm. In terms of pay the NS firm will probably offer more but requires more out of you and yeah. If I get desperate I might ask Sanity or EzyDVD at hurstville. I figure I might as well work at some place where I actually know the stuff.
The last two are rather trivial but are at the top of my list though I can’t be bothered doing it.
I’ve made $83 through selling my books. Still waiting for my debit card and my medicare card.
I’m off. Only writing this lame piece of crap cause my blogs apparently have been "unintelligeble".
Day 6
Nov 14th
I got my tie today. One more thing crossed off my list.
Only 8 things left…except…half of them are long term and the other half I can’t be bothered doing.
I’ve been using my days productively. I’ve even taken up reading again. I read a book yesterday "Hell Island" and I’ve also started playing Final Fantasy VII. Yes I’m catching up on my childhood gaming life.
Was also my bro’s birthday today. I got him a soccer ball, my soccer ball is in the possession of some girl whose name I’ve failed to recall. If my parent’s ever ask about the old ball I’ll just reply with "It broke".
Here’s a fucking analogy for you because I’m too chicken to directly spell it out to you.
There’s a river and basically all the water flow together, they go in the same direction, they end up in the same location and then they finally disperse into the ocean.
Now in the river there are two types of water (don’t go all chemistry on me) and for ease we’ll just call it A and B.
It’s quiet simple, A believes that they belong in the river and are constantly wondering why the fuck B is in the river with them. A likes to tamper into B’s businesses and often like to take B members into A. I guess it’s just the characteristics of A. They don’t think they’re better, they KNOW they’re better and I beg to differ.
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You know it’s cool. I can’t believe that after so many years you chose to fucking throw it all away. You know it’s cool. It’s no loss to either you or me. You walk your path and I’ll walk mine. If ours ever cross I’ll simply say hello and continue on walking and hope that you regret ever looking down on me.
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You know, I hope I never meet you or anybody like you ever again. Don’t think I know anybody more stereotypical, shallow, hypocritical, control-freak, loud, materialistic, tryhardish person in my life.
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Hi there! I don’t talk to you and you don’t talk to me. You pretend to be cool but deep inside you have a problem with me. Fuck you.
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You annoy me. Get the hell out.
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It’s funny how easy it’s to tell your mood. Honestly, is it really that hard to say SORRY? You probably don’t think you need to or there is no reason to or you don’t even know why you should. God, hate it how people take things for granted and ignore the fact that it was me who did it all, me who put in the effort, me who get it going, me who got IGNORED, my aim was achieved yet you get the most recognition. I guess I can’t blame you as it wasn’t really your fault but please just relax, it’s mine not yours. There’s no such thing as public opinion, only published opinion, just because I didn’t say it first didn’t mean I didn’t think of it first.
Please don’t be phony. I can detect phonyness in real life, over the phone, online, even fucking Braille. (Contrary to sarcasm…my one weakness)
Sorta sucks how for some people it’s not all over yet. Only tonight did I realise what a pain it’ll be waiting. Hopefully UNI will make things a lot faster.
Please don’t treat me like an idiot. Please give me the recognition I deserve. Please don’t act like I’m not there.
John
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I deleted this blog for the following reasons:
- it’s emo
- it’s angry
- I thought Henry got the analogy which is a total wtf
I actually promised that I wouldn’t delete it but it was one of those blogs where you write because you’re in the mood and the next day you realised you’re being a shitcunt. Though I’m not sorry for writing it.
Day 2
Nov 9th
Second day of "freedom".
Here are the things that I’ve accomplished today.
- Got my medicare card – Well techincally I haven’t GOT it but it’ll be sent to me via mail. It’ll only have my name on it so it’s all good.
- Closed my St. George account
- Opened up a Qantas Credit Union account
- Finished FF8 – Defeated Omega Weapon!!! First go as well
So pretty happy with myself. I’ll try and get my passport done tomorrow, and finish my resume, it’s a bit over two pages.
I’ll look for some jobs over the weekend. Probably hand in my resume at Bing Lee and then look for some jobs on the net.
Oh yeah…I’ve also got my second Matrix Boxset!!! It’s sooooo cool. I haven’t opened it yet. Still in "mint" condition. Although the top of the box is scratched by a boxcutter and the seal is like broken. But you can’t really blame it since it’s 7 years old.
I would take a picture except I can’t be bothered right now so I’m going to just show you a pic.
Here’s a new reality TV show for you "It’s me or the Matrix Boxset". Ahahahahahahha.
I’ve also created a memory box. I’ve placed everything that’s worth something of sentimental value in it. Even the box itself has sentimental value!
Things to do tomorrow:
- Get clearance form
- Get the clearance form signed
- Get my $11 refund for the senior study back
- Pick up muckup photo (hopefully) – I ringed the studio and they said that my muckup will be sent and I can pick it up on Friday.
- Try and sell some notes
I know there’s this whole "massive notes selling" thing going on and if you somehow think that it’s "unethical" or "immoral" for me to do so, you can cram it up your ass. In my opinion if I were to sell some stuff tomorrow I’ll be trying to sell it by the prices that were set on the forum. I don’t see it as a loss to myself or others if I sell a bit early. Also if I do manage to sell below the price that was set then only I’ll be losing money not anybody else.
I think I just have this thing for getting rid of stuff. I tend to clean my comp of any useless files and I guess I do it in real life. Hopefully I can make around 100 bucks and then save it for use in two weeks time. *wink*
No…not a brothel you idiots.
I’m outie.
You will always be missed
Nov 8th
Well it’s all over for me. 6 years of High School and it’s now all over.
Somebody asked me how many people that I’ll keep I’ll keep in touch with. Realistically probably around 3-5. Everybody will be going their seperate ways, some may end up across the other side of Australia trying desperately to do medicine whilst others may head overseas to start something else.
Is High School really the best times of your life? Some may say so but I beg to differ. I mean most people who say that probably have a shitty post-High School life, though I guess those who disagree probably had a shitty High School life. I guess it’s all relative.
There will always be people you will never forget and there’ll always be people you’d want to forget. Hell there’s like two dozen or so people in the grade who I have never talked to!
It’s sorta funny when people talk about MSN. Some people can’t stay away from it, staying online for the entire day whilst others have it but barely go on. Then there’s the third group of people. The type that says "I only talk to people to get help from homework." Well High School’s over so I guess I won’t be expecting a chat with those people online any time soon.
You know what…I really can’t be screwed writing this any more. So I’m just gonna post up some pictures.
Before and after pics of my room.
This is a pic of all my notes. The first column is my notes from Year 8-11. I threw away my notes in Year 7. The middle column is the paperwork I’ve done in year 12. It excludes all the redundant notes I had with Eco. It also excludes all the past papers I’ve done over the year. The third column is the books I’ve used from Year8-11. It excludes the books I’ve used this year which are either in the trash or given away. I’ve placed a ruler so you guys have something to compare to.
And here’s our muckup photo. I’ve resized it since the original file was HUGE.
Well this it for me
Laters.
