I'm deaf after going to my brother's performance last night. Proud of him, but deaf. I can't hear in my right ear... Working alone in games today, a Saturday of all days. I hope I don't lose it.

Ok. Haven't blogged for 4 days. I had to get some stuff out of the way.

Firstly, Saturday evening I ended up goin down to the Foundry again with my workmates. It was a lot more chillax than last week... However, it had quite a few awkward silences.. lol. I'd attribute it to the fact that we were all just knackered, but eh.

Did absolutely nothing on Sunday but rest, as my days off usually go :P

Monday was great. The 2nd-in-charge at JB Carousel approached me. At first I thought I was in trouble, then he says "HI FIVE ALEX!". So, I hi-fived him, despite being really confused. Then he told me why he was so happy. Not only did JB Carousel Games' Section become the #1 in WA, it was ranked in the top 10 of all of the Australian stores, after just one week! Taking into account that Perth's population is half of where the other, bigger, east-side JB Hi-Fi stores are located, and the fact that we only really have 2.5 people in that section... 1.5 of which have very little experience. I mean, I had one week's experience at JB Cannington. And that was after being thrown in the deep end! zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Hockay. So. A week ago I bought myself a keyboard piano. I didn't want to mention it here for specific reasons until today, but here it is x]. I have no experience whatsoever. Zero. Nada. Zilch. Nothing. I've tried teaching myself how to play. I gotta admit, I'm not terrible. I'm trying to play some songs by ear. I can only do them one key at a time so far... Attempting to press multiple keys for a better sound. I'll have to see how I go :P. Maybe I'll get a proper teacher for it. I'm really keen on learning >< So far.. All I can play that's worth listening to is "To Zanarkand - Nobuo Uematsu". Annnnnnnnd it's a terribad newbie version of it. It sounds alright though, so I'll just keep on going until I can become better :D

Also, Happy Birthday Hannah x]

So today, after work, I had the bright idea of going to HJs where Jane worked to piss her off... and grab some dinner. Poor Jane. The face she had when she saw Quan and I walk in was priceless hahaha. So Quan and I sat and chatted for a while... We saw this old woman talking in a cranky voice to some of the employers. Quan and I both concluded that she was the bitchy manager. I wanted to back hand her, just because she looked and acted like a bitch. Maybe if she smiled more, she wouldn't have so many wrinkles on her face XD.

Work is getting good. The store actually looks like a store now. So much so, that we're getting frequent customers waltzing in through our doors (despite a big "KEEP OUT!" sign!) and then getting kicked out by our managers. Also saw an old high school friend.. And also an ex-gelare co-worker who now works at Dome in Carousel XD (Iris, for those curious).

Hey everyone! Long time no post :) Things have been very up and down for me lately, but it's generally alright. I celebrated my 19th birthday today! I thoroughly enjoyed it :D

Started off with Roid being a smartass and calling me at 8am and saying "Happy Birthday! Your birthday present is this wakeup call"..

Or does it start off with me staying up until 3am for no particular reason? Either way, a big thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday =)

Awards... If you can call them that :P

Hannah was the first one to wish me a happy birthday.
Quan was first to mispell it.
Caren sent the first SMS greeting.
Erin sent the most meaningful greeting.
Tina sent the most abusive greeting (and I luv her for it hahaha).
Roid sent the most annoying greeting (THANKS FOR WAKING ME UP! >_<, but it was funny).

Day started off getting ready to go out mainly.. Went to Han's Cafe with Esther, Rhys, Caren, Jou, Jacqueline, Quan and my brother and his friend, Siobhan. Was some decent food :) Hannah and Jane were missed though :(

After that we headed to Northbridge to go karaoke. Quan and I got there a bit early so we played one game of pool, which I won because he hit the white ball in with only the black left :P GG!

Karaoke was great fun, had all the guys singing at the top of our lungs on some songs XD. Probably the funniest part of that was when "Because I Got High" by Afroman came on, and I started substituting everywhere it said "I, me or my" with "Caren or she". Eg.. She was gonna go to class, but Caren got high.. She coulda cheated, and she coulda passed, but she got high...

It was pretty funny then, but it we particularly cracked up when it got to the verse that goes:

NOTE: PROFANITY, EXPLICIT CONTENT ETC.



I was gonna make love to you, but then I got high
I was gonna eat yo pussy too, but then I got high
Now I'm jackin' off, and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high...

I'll leave the substitution for you :P Much love to Caren for being a good sport about it XD After that, we decided to go out for a quick dinner, and Quan suggested his old workplace, a Chinese restaurant in South Perth. Food was pretty good! I must say, they have the !!!!!!!BEST!!!!!!! fried ice cream I've ever had. SO good!

Following that was a speedy and bumpy ride in Quan's car... NOT a good mix after you just ate! He dropped me off at Carousel because he had to go babysit his nephew for a while. I ended up popping into Gelare for a minute to see who was working... I actually laughed a little inside when I saw Rachma, Lia and what looked like their other sister all working XD

Chris ended up picking me up from Carousel. Got home, mum was making a quiche and some mini shepherd's pie thingies. Once she was done with them, I took them to Andrew's house with me for a little gathering with the boys. Andrew and Vince were enjoying their shots, while Roid decided to stick to his beer / TEDs. Somehow ended up boxing each other. Vince was asking to be hit........ Literally. Funny stuff :p Sadly, I had to leave early because I was (and still am) feeling really sick for some reason. Well, until next time! :)

Peace.

A bit late on the posting, but oh well. I went to a hip hop dance competition on Friday night. Simply said, it was awesome! And it helped having the people I knew in the same crew... AND they were the best crew. There is no bias in that sentence whatsoever... Okay, maybe a little bit, but they really were the best. When it came to the last two, they had the runner's-up from last year, and the winner from last year (the winner being XCITE, my friends' crew). The runner's-up were Filipinos, and I gotta admit, I thought they were amazing when I first saw them. I really wondered if XCITE could top their performance. What followed just made my jaw drop. XCITE were 2 to 3 times better than ANY other group there. After their performance was over, it was the first time in my life I'd ever felt compelled to give a standing ovation.

Work today sucked... Public holidays + gelare = bad mix. It was refreshing to see Esther come in today though. Haven't worked with her in yonks. Also saw something pretty funny today... An asian guy walked in, with his asian girlfriend. He looked like he was an exchange student or something... Then he had a call before I got to serving him and.. WOW. He had THE most Aussie accent I've heard in a long time. It was more Aussie than most Aussies I know! Think... Ahn Do, but even more Aussie than that.

Anyway, Andy Lau movie starting in 10mins. Let's hope this one doesn't suck like the last one I watched! Movie Title: Fulltime Killer.

It was Andrew's birthday on Thursday and a couple of us hung out together at Andrew's house. Last night, we had a party for his birthday, seeing as it would've been easier getting people to come on a weekend. I'll be perfectly honest with you. I don't really remember a lot of things that night. I drunk like a madman, but it was great fun :D I remember calling Caren and talking a lot of random crap... A lot of it in Japanese.

I managed to get down a few Jagerbombs which really made my night. Damn I love those!

Let's see.. I've been watching a lot of Great Teacher Onizuka lately. I love it!!! It's hilarious... It's quite easily rising to be one of my favourite anime of all time :p I've almost got 100% completion on Mario Kart Wii... Only one more cup to get at least a 1 star rating for... 150cc Flower Cup.. Damn I hate shy guy beach :(

I went out on Friday night to the Library nightclub and the Deen with Caren and Esther, then later joined by Jou and Jacqueline. I gotta admit... For its really high standards, the Library isn't all it's cracked up to be. However, for a jazz club, it's pretty good....... But for your general "I wanna go out and PARTAY" clubbing experience, you're much better off going to Zone 2 at the Deen or Metros City.

Hm.. My arm is still pretty screwed up, although I can drive now. I'll bet anything that even if I ask for some time off this week, Rachma will make me work... Sigh. Let's hope that the new peeps at Gelare don't have to go through what we went through last week =.=

I haven't posted in a few days... simply because my net got shaped (from getting Death Note / downloading stuff from Wii Shop Online / playing Mario Kart Wii online) and my net couldn't even handle loading my blog... lolz. Anyways, let's see...

I got home on Friday night and felt absoutely rooted... Had a shower then crashed.I woke up on Saturday afternoon at 2.40pm, missing my basketball game, which went terribly... However, I ended up going out later that night to go to Pot Black then Han's Cafe for dinner, then to Icey Ice again... I must say, Icey Ice really does give you a good sugar high! The sugar highs you get from that are cheaper than getting drunk, and more fun... and tasty XD What's weird is that the next morning I had the worst headache... But I've never had a hangover before? Icey-ice-over IMO...

All in all, was a fun night... had a great laugh. Went into Gelare that night to see who was working, and what do you know. SOMEONE has a huge hickey on their neck. It looked painful XD

Sunday I didn't really do much... My brother's friends came over and we all played Mario Kart. Great fun :p Then yesterday I just worked... There were 3 people on from 4-6, with a hardly any customers... Even one person could handle the traffic! Had a good chat with Jane though so it's all good. Got home and decided to play some Zelda: Twilight Princess :P (In case you haven't caught on yet, I play games a lot to pass the time.....) It's a nice improvement over previous games, with a lot of added stuff! It's not a big improvement over Ocarina of Time though... But then again, it's hard to improve on a near-perfect game.

I was starting to get a little annoyed at the difficulty of Mario Kart Wii on 150cc mode / unlocking expert time trial ghosts... So I decided to try using the Gamecube controller on a whim. All I can say is WOW. I went from a D-grade, Silver-trophy win on Special Cup 150cc to a 1 star rating, gold trophy win in the same cup/class. Then I did the Lightning Cup for the first time and got a double-star rating on my first try! The improvement was huge! Wii Wheel is fun and all... but it just doesn't cut it sometimes :(

Today I'm doing my first ever Tuesday shift since I started work at Gelare... First ever day I'm going to sell half priced waffles XD Should be interesting, despite being during the 'quiet time.' Anyways, I must be off... Gotta do some shopping and grab some lunch before my shift starts. Adios!

Okay, so I went to play basketball today and started off pretty crappy... Missing shots from under the ring is inexcusable.. But once I got my groove I was boxing out and defending pretty damn good. Towards the end, when we were playing with 4 Eclipse (name of the basketball team I'm a part of) players against 4 other regulars at the Canning College courts and we came out on top. I think I managed to score 3 of the 9 points required to win, so I was feeling pretty happy about that.

After that we headed to Makan Cafe in Vic Park. Had some decent Mee Goreng there, and 2 glasses of Teh Tarik... Damn it's good! If you're ever in the area, go to Makan Cafe and get yourself some Teh Tarik... I prefer the cold version :P (It's near Icey Ice, across the street)

Speaking of Icey Ice, I finally went there for the first time today. It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gooddddddd!! I tried Oreo, Strawberry and Mango flavours and I have to say that the Mango one was the best. The Strawberry and Mango one came as the "Twin Towers" thing.. Roid made the smart joke of holding a spoon and saying "Here comes the aeroplane!" while zooming it around... I found it hilarious. Maybe I'm an asshole for that, but oh well. If you don't get it, it's probably better that way :P After that whole episode I was on a high, most likely sugar induced, but it was fun all the same. Probably one of the better food-outings I've been to in a while, in relation to food enjoyment <-> cost.

Ooh, and I finally got my Wii online this evening, and ended up versing Quanny in a few races :D I think the record was 2 - 2 as far as GP(Grand Prix) wins goes with just the two of us competing... He got so lucky with those red shells! Hax imo... In one instance, I had a fake item square guarding my back, and the red shell went right through it! And then there's Rainbow Road....................... I hate that stage. If you want to beat me in a stage on Mario Kart, that's the one. I hate it with a passion. I hope it dies in a fire. A very hot, scalding fire that's hot enough to sear it to a charcoal black but not hot enough to incinerate it within an instant. >_> Hate. I also ended up doing a few games online, one GP against Aussies only, where I averaged about 3rd place in most races. Another GP I did against the rest of the world... Something like 2 people from Japan, 2 people from Holland/The Netherlands, 6 people from America, 1 guy from Sweden and myself. I averaged second in most races.. The guy who averaged first in the races was from Japan. They had a female Mii.. So they might have been female. Whoever they were, they were nuts! Something like 8000 points to their name as opposed to everyone else's 5000-7000.

Anyway... Does anyone have Death Note? I can't find the series anywhere!!! I got to episode 13 or something then no more :( Also looking for any good comedies... Or any other anime with the amount of amazing twists and turns Death Note takes :P Speaking of anime, in the video store I went to today with Roid so he could drop off some vids... They called the anime section "MANGA TO RENT". OH EM GEE. I wanted to shoot whoever put that there. Let it be known now.

Manga =
Japanese Comics, or comics in general

Anime =
The animated form of these comics. May or may not be inspired by a Manga, but generally refers to animations from Japan, made in a Japanese/Anime style

Thank you for your time. Still looking for more people to add to my blogroll :) If you're interested just give us a buzz!

Firstly, Karaoke rocked. It was heeeeeeeaps of fun... How often do you get to see two guys singing Barbie Girl in the girliest possible voices (or maybe just screechingly high pitched) they have :P I also debuted my Chinese singing... It was fun, but I'm not sure if my pronunciation was right... Esther said it was, but knowing her... Caren has a nice singing voice too.

I only ended up drinking one 700ml container of bubble tea, but it was still good. Lychee flavour with double lychee jelly <3 We went to Hog's Breath for dinner before. I was expecting an expensive meal. I expected correctly. However, the meal was pretty damn good.. If I wasn't so picky about rare steaks, I'd say they were cooked great... but next time I'm getting well done, for sure...

At around midnight I get a call from Andrew asking me to go to his house, so I leave Caren with her friends to go clubbing to go there. First thing he says to me when I get there: "Hey man, Roid and Vince are over there. Vince puked in the taxi and cost us $85 and our ride to Northbridge". After that ensued a rather hilarious discussion, from the wasted one of course. He started talking about people and their basketball skills, then with Andrew's (drunk) intervention, makes Vince say stuff. Eg...

Vince: Andrew is a good 3 point shooter!
Andrew: and what else?
Vince: and... and... 3 point shooter!
Andrew: and licking p***y right?
Vince: and licking.. what?? yeah.. licking p***y.. and d**k.

Or something along those lines... Silly drunk people. Roid's got a recording on his phone, so will be funny to see those again sometime soon :P

As for Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it was hilarious, but, as a male, it was rather unsettling to see a guy's d**k on screen... Three times. Then again, it did really add to the humor of it all. While watching I noticed Caren didn't get half the jokes... Which ended up in me explaining them after the movie XD LOL @ Pearl Necklace joke :D

Well, today I had a morning shift at work which ended up becoming a whole-day shift. It was pretty fun and I'm kinda glad I took the longer shift. Hannah and Jane are awesome to work with... They're almost always laughing, which is great :D Too bad Hannah gets easily scared by me :P (who can blame her?). It's a lot of fun working with Caren and Esther... Nothing can top Esther's stupidity and self-set ups for jokes. Muwahaha. Caren just makes her act stupider for whatever reason that is, let alone setting herself up for jokes. Wahahaha..

Esther's Antics #1:
Esther is holding a waffle, walks up to Caren and says: "Donkey. . . . Hee haw!"
For no reason at all. Caren loses it.

Esther's Antics #2:
Esther: "I've got a fucking presentation tomorrow!!!"
Me: "I didn't know they did that kind of thing in Uni..."

It took a while to click, but once Caren got it she lost it, yet again.

More happened, but it's time for me to sleep... Morning shift at work tomorrow :[ (yes my MORNING shift starts at 10am, so what? :P)

Going to karaoke tonight, and I'm really looking forward to it! I was a little worried yesterday because I couldn't contact Utopia to make a booking, but luckily there was a free room when I finally got through. I'm eager to see a certain two people do a duet for a song... If that will happen haha. I think I'll go for another 1.4L of bubble tea tonight :D

I'm finally going to go see Forgetting Sarah Marshal today, after about a week of trying to get someone to watch it with me >_< After watching Meet The Spartans alone, I think it's safe to say that watching movies alone is depressingly lame. It was a funny movie, but c'mon... Half the fun of a comedy is re-enacting the funniest parts with your friends right after. I watched Semi-Pro with Roid and thought it wasn't that great, but making fun of the movie the next day on our basketball game was hilarious. Maybe that's just something Roid does though XD

So, my brother is a great guy, but there are times when he can get on my nerves. Maybe not directly, but he keeps on pissing my dad off all the time, so he goes around swearing and whatever all the time. Not cool. Well, in a way it's good because by doing nothing wrong around the house and just helping around with cleaning and cooking, he's giving me pocket money (which I really don't need lol). At least it's less money I'm spending on socialising so more money I can save up for my trip to Japan at the end of next year (hopefully ><) :D

As for the Wii I got the other day, my mum is addicted! I'll admit, she beat me in Bowling on the Wii Sports game... It was 153 to 189. Shame! So when she went to work I practiced hardcore and now average a 220 game hahaha. I was rather impressed though... How many mums do you see nowadays owning you in a video game? :P