jap chae

We're supposed to have jap chae for lunch today. Well, that's the agreement we made last Friday. So I had been craving for it for days. I was even so excited last night, thinking that I was gonna have jap chae today. But, damn...Grandma Kimchi was closed when we got there. And Carnegie is too far... Besides, I wasn't sure whether it's open for lunch or not. So we ended up having Malaysian dishes, which was...oookayyy...

Then we stayed there for a while, talking about this and that...which was basically about what we're gonna do after "this life"...I mean after we're back in Indo, when the "long holiday" is over. For me, it will be at the end of December. And I guess people don't hire staffs at the end of the year. They must be on leave or at least in the holiday mode.

Then we went shopping...me and Dilys... There were only two of us left at the end. I'm so happy to find the new (well, it's new to me...you know me well enough to realize that I'm not a big fan of books) Mitch Albom's book...and it was on sale ($10 off) at Borders!! Then we went here and there...looking at clothes...beautiful girly summer clothes...but they're bloody expensive!!! All are over AUD 130 and they are "Made in China"!!! And you'll never know whether they're still gonna be there when the sale time is coming.

Then I went to the 6pm service afterwards. I was so glad to see that it's not dark yet out there when the service finished. It was 8pm already...and it felt like 5pm or something... That's the nice thing about summer.

Then I went home...and I called my mom. I'm so excited about my mom and my sis coming here next December. It must be fun that we have a chance to go travelling together again. It's been for some time that  we're never be at the same place on the same time. So it's been ages that we don't go out together like we used to. I was thinking to go back studying (exam preparation time!!!) after talking with my mom. But then, I felt like calling k. So I did. And he was at home. I actually didn't expect he'd be there. But he was and he's available too, surprisingly... And there we were...talking silly again... We're actually talking about more serious stuffs this time, about me looking for a job. He said that he's getting sick and tired listening to me complaining about how worried I am about the whole job hunting thing. But how can't I be worried? It's not as easy as he thinks it would be for me. And he mentioned about one job that's just been taken by a guy from FinCon. That's my dream job...where you'll get a chance for a one-or-two-month attachment in Singapore, learning about all, ALL, of the Bank's products...not only the Treasury's products... and you'll be the person to understand everything about those products, how it works, what the risks are, how it's gonna have an impact on P&L, etc. etc....So it's a mixture between Treasury and FinCon. They call it "Management Support" which is essentially the same as the "Product Control" thing that I've always wanted. But it's already been taken!! It's so unfair... It's impossible for me to get that job since I'm still here...but I'm only gonna be here for less than 2 months. Hiks...can't they wait for 2 months? I don't mind starting to work as soon as I'm back in Indo if those are things I'm gonna do. Anyway... just hope they'll need another person for that function. In summary... I enjoyed the talk. I know I don't feel the same way as I used to, and I know things must have been different if I weren't here at the moment, but I still had a great time talking to him. Silly boy... Yea, and I'm proud of him that he got 88 for the test. He said he didn't do well at the test that he didn't wanna talk about it. I really can't imagine him studying after work for 5 days... only to sit the exam. Well done!

And I haven't touched my lecture notes since this morning. Aiyaaa... It's late already.