Saturday Night

Took us 1 hour to get into the city since the Sydenham line is experiencing track works. Most of the journey was spent standing in a stuffy ass bus packed full of party goers and the indian guy who didnt mind if the bottom of his hand touched the top of my hand on the railing.

Match Bar
It's very sadly, their last night in operation. The guys were understaffed and demanded me to work. Except I had high heels on and  I rocked up with one friend. They were sweaty, drunk, aggressive, throwing glasses, drinking customers' mispoured drinks and really not giving a fuck anymore. So unprofessional for Match but I loved it! Kris gave me a bottle of Moet when I asked for a cider. Every single drink we had a match was free. We should have have gotten some things since and claimed them as ours.

Strike Bar
Again free Agua shots

Jwow Bar
Did something called a German shot. We were given imported powder popping candy to keep in our mouths while we downed a shot of vodka. It was a new and pleasant experience! We also had the Benny shot. Funny that out of these three places, Jwow, my work place was the only place I had to pay for our drinks. Fucking bullshit.

Ondergrounds
There was a line outside. What is this?? Ondergrounds is usually dead. We were waiting in line for about 10minutes when we saw Alvin, our school mate in the smoking area. He got his bouncer friends to let us skip the line and we were in! I love hook ups. I pushed to the front of the bar, which was fucking packed. We had a wet pussy shot and left. I wasnt feeling this place.

7/11 Swanston and Little Collins Street
Jen: hey ace, want a paddle pop just to be random?
Ace: okay *reaches for an icey pole*
Jen: no that's not a paddle pop!
Ace: oh *reaches for a paddle...*
Jen: no go back to the icey pole, its cheaper haha

Randy Dragon
I saw a few high school friends and they surprisingly remembered me. By this time I didnt remember how much I had drank but i'm almost always a controlled and composed drunkard. I was dancing wtih Rebecca. Then Marc, Dave and Ace.

Match Bar
We found a secret way into Match and entered the bar via the kitchen. By that time match was fucking trashed and no one was behind the bar. I didnt see anyone familiar. People had BYO alcohol and there were 6 packs of beer everywhere.

Home time.

Catching a cab home was a fucking bitch. Ace and I walked from La Trobe/Swanston to Spring Bourke which took us about one hour. By this time the blisters on the back of my feet have popped and the shoes where rubbing against my bloody opened wounds with every step I took. I hate to admit it, but I took my shoes off and it hurt my pride. I was whinning to Ace when we passed a street busker and his guitar. He strummed a note and sang 'She's a bare footed womannn'. haha cried out in pain to Ace..'ACEEEE ;( :( :('

Creep

If he knew the things I did, he could not handle it

And I choose to keep him protected

It's been 21 hours since i was home last. I locked myself out of my house and my sister wasnt home. I had to wait for at least 1pm the next day to get in. This gave me no option but to party all night. And I was true to my word.

Jwow one vodka

The Loop double shot vodka

Jwow 2x double shot vodka

Footscray house party 3 strong bows

From 4am I was vomiting vile. I hadnt felt that shit in MONTHS. Last time was when I drank a bottle of sloe gin with Amin at Jwow on shift. That was fucked up. I hate it when I have no control over my body and I feel like shit. I hate it beacuse I dont know what I can do to make myself better. Plus I knew Id have a hang over tmrw. It was about 5am when I was cut and pasting people on Whatsapp 'Drunk as fuck' and accidentally sent it to vman who knew I was drinking, but would worry about me. I dont want him to worry about me. Crap.

The night started off at Jwow as usual. Peche, the rat, was meant to meet me at jwow and we'd head down to the loop together but when I called him he was already there! That rat. Luckily Rodney and friends where at jwow so I left with them. The loop was going off. Nice tight little venue with an older white crowd. Amin Payne's DJing went off as usual. Unfortunately he was only on for 1hour and they had plans to head down to Laundry. I gave Amin a packet of dried mangos from Philippines and left.

I had the option of heading to an apartment with Hwi and Bard but figured all they were gonna do is do drugs and complain about hunger but dont do anything about it. I went to jwow where Efren met me up. We drank and stayed til Helen finished up. She drove us to Efren's house in Footscray. It was a mini house party where tunes were played and house mates danced in the lounge room. It was all a blur. I cant get over the guy who wore mutlicoloured/patterned harem pants.. he eventually put on old school PINK rebooks which completely blew my tripping mind. I want those pants. Just to look at though, I'm not cool enough to pull that off. (Note to self: work on cool factor).

I dont remember the part where I fell asleep. But I do remember waking up in the middle of the night vomiting and trying to keep it on the low down so Ef wouldn't wake up. He did though and threw me some tissues.

Thanks mate.

Passing out in a footscray house with randoms and waking up hung over. It was good in the morning because the house was in 5minute walking distance from the main part of Footscray, although located off the main road for some privacy and slightly hidden from the druggies and thieves. I had some morning after pho and lemonade with crushed ice that always makes me feel better but also makes my body tingle because of the sudden intake of sugar, salt, liquids and everything else I deprive it of when I binge drink.

Oh god, Morning After Pho

We walked to savers where I scored some sweet black high waisted stretch pants and a fake gucci bag that looked expensive. I wasnt in the mood to op shop especially that I hadnt gone home since friday night, and i was hung over. The op shop made me feel even more dirty and i was dizzy from taking too many sudden turns.

Waiting at the bus stop

My new pants

I took public transport home and arrived at 5pm. Vman called. We were going back into the city for some Korean BBQ. Love that shit, too bad its a rip off. Dave and Helen were going drinking and clubbing. They were giving me shit because I wanted to stay home and nurse my tired body. For some time, I received abusive text/whatsapp msgs saying things like 'cousinship terminated' and 'we have unadopted you'. When that stopped, I dealt with an influx of drunken calls from Dave about how much he loved me, drunken fb chats from helen about her starting a bouncer and high whatsapp messages from Peche about the new memory foam pillows he purchased.

I was really really feeling a sheesha bong because I was on the verge of passing out, I just needed something to push me in the right direction. But I couldnt be fucked driving out. I stayed in my bed for the rest of the night til Ate came home at 2:30am with a cold Maccas cheeseburger. That was the highlight of my night :)

Look who's back in town

Impulsively bought vman these

Plans for next week:

Monday - Work. Should receive Asos order today

Tuesday - Valentines Day, pfft. Work

Wednesday to Thursday - Work. Hopefully do sheesha during the week

Thursday - J. Dilla Night

Friday - Find something to do. Should receive nose piercing jewellery int he mail. WOO

Saturday - Jwow work then another Footscray Party wooooo hang over and busting moves time.

Sunday - GNFU Experimental meeting with phuong.

Cant fucking wait!!!

Feeling So Alive

FREEDAY

Friday i had work at jwow at 9pm. Dave comes in shortly with four pieces of Gami Korean fried chicken as I requested. He asked me if I wanted to go to Alumbra, entry fee, drinks and sheesha paid for. Okay. I feel bad asking Yao if i can finish early especially that there were a few people around still. I really needed the money but truth is, I just wanted to go clubbing. I'm still in holiday mode and when that happens, I overdress. We caught a cab to alumbra and I had my first grape/mint sheesha in over a month and I was overdosing on that shit. Sheesha mixed with alcohol makes you feel even more drunk. I met a lot of Dave's friends and bumped into a few familiar faces, including the ones i had served at jwow just under an hour ago.

The entrance fee and music at Alumbra is shit as. It's not my type of crowd but they did look very beautiful. The girls certainly dress to impress and it's difficult to tell which ones aren't a one night stand. I've heard from a friend that 'Alumbra girls are all sluts' which I think he means they are all very playful. And playful is where it ends. I can see where he is coming from. The girls go dressed up and all out, make up - hair - heels and move in packs. Cheerleader effect. A guy feels intimidated going up to them and if he does, he might get shut down because he's not good enough or maybe used for his money. Anyway. Thats just me being judgemental. Dave wanted to dance but I was hating the house music, I'd rather inhale second hand cigarette smoke on the deck and cough out blood for the next week. When I dance to house, i start off doing stupid little dance moves to loosen my body but after a while, I know i cant continue like this..

I get a msg from Dave telling me to meet him in the VIP room. The only reason why I got in before is because I was friendly with the bouncer and established a trust relationship with him.

Hey, my friend Albert is DJing. Can I go in and say hi?

Do you have a VIP wrist band?

No but I only wanna say hi. Promise. Give me 1 minute

One minute??

No, give me 30 seconds. Okay? Start counting ... now!

When I asked him how long I was in for he said 17 seconds. I said 'SEE??' So when I came back for another try my face was already familiar.

Hi can I say hi to my friend the DJ again?

I thought you already said hi

But I wanna say hi again, please?

Okay I'll give you 30 seconds

Can you times that by 10??? Okay thaaaaaankks! :D

Hehehehe I grab my friend and we're in. I liked the song choices in the VIP room. When a good song comes on I think 'I'm going to remember this song so I can listen to it when I get home' but i never do, its shit. I wish there is some way to bring up the songs I like (that I'm not aware of until they are played) from the past.

After Alumbra we were salivating for some Fun City Tasty Toasted Lamb Kebabs with lemon juice, garlic sauce and (paul's suggestion) cheese. We caught a cab to fun city kebabs before heading home, the cabby had a kebab too. hehe. I slept at 5am with a tummy full of kebabs.

SATURDAY

Wee hooo no hang over and its time to pick up my car from Keilor Plains station. I'm developing a bad habit of leaving my car at the train station over night because I cant drive after I drink, but I dont wanna take the bus to the station incase I dont end up drinking and need the car to go back home. I wish people weren't so fucking stupid to be stealing other people's property. I should be able to leave my car, locked and no have to worry about it not being there the next morning.

Saturday morning, my car is there. Relief! What is mine is still mine! I shower. Today is the day of my epic hair cut. Hair is very precious to a girl, especially if your someone like me who has grown their hair for SIX YEARS. I love hair, I'm very experimental with it and in the process has had to cop all the bleach, hair dyes and razor blades. My hair was accidentally longer on the right side because the fucking unqualified home hair dressers in Footnam left the bleach in for too long that my hair burnt and needed to be cut off. My hair, once so thick and healthy is becoming thinner because it just snaps off in the shower when I comb it. It was time for a hair cut.

The night before I was debating in my mind as to whether or not i would be happy with the outcome. I wanted something much shorter, up to my jaw line but still with the asymmetrical tail on the right side, just for comfort. If they fuck up my long hair I would be sure to cry. I felt like calling up and cancelling the appointment because I was nervous.

The next day I woke up really excited for this hair cut. YEHHH CUT IT OFFFFF! I went to Rising Angel on Sydney Road, Brunswick for the first time. I chose this place over Tony& Guy because the pictures on the website where pretty punky. Shaven, bright coloured hair, spikey.. really avant garde stuff. Plus they were also a pericing place. Kudo cool points. It was gonna cost me about $125. You know you're going to an expensive salon when they offer you coffee, tea or BEER!

Danny, the middle aged English born and rised, tattooed, pierced, skinny jean and tshirt wearing, unruly hair punk rocker/skater boy cut my hair. I briefly explained to him what I wanted in the nervous English I was using and showed him me pictures which he didnt take too long to look at. He was all over the situation and understood what I wanted because he didnt ask many questions. I told him what I would like and he would say what would or wouldnt look good. He's been a hair dresser for 10 years, trained with Tony&Guy and worked with Synergy, top fashion hairdressers. He's travelled around the world and even worked as a hair dresser in the resort at Uluru. He said, most of his friends growing up where in punk bands and they all cut each others hair - he was just better at it and decided to take up hair dressing. He's house mate used work at Rising Angel as a colour technician but not anymore. The house mate used to teach colour theory at Tony&Guy.

It felt good having my hair chopped off. I didnt see how much was on the floor bcoz the other girl swept it away. He told me to close my eyes for the entire time he was cutting my fringe until I hear him turn on a razor.. 'Dont be scared of the razor', Danny says. I have complete faith in him. the other hairdresser really liked my cut, saying she envied Danny for being the one to cut it. Hehe.

The cut ended up costing $100 which I was completely happy to pay for. I had a good hairdressing experience and felt so comfortable. I'm so happy I went there and cut my hair the way I did. Definitely go back and recommend to anyone who wants something crazy.

Check it out.

After 7 years of hair growing now this!

Inspiration

After the hair cut I had to pick up sheila from the train station. She was sleeping over because tonight we were gonna go out WOOOOHOOO. We drive to Victoria Street were we have Korean BBQ at Hallah with phuong and kathy. It was meant to be a triple date but I brought sheila because I'm incest. I shared two bottles of soju before we left to visit the good people at Jwow. I drink more alcohol here before we catch a cab to the Galley room where Amin was Djing and Rasheeda was celebrating her bday. It was good to see the Jwow crew, I missed them. The power tripping security guard was pissed me off but couldnt say shit to me when I had a VIP band on my arm. We danced a little, drank more until Dave unexpectedly came to take us to Loft.

I wasnt really down for Loft, been there done that and CB with entry fee ARGH. But I thought it would be good to take sheila to as many places as possible. Plus, if we went with Dave, we wouldnt have to cab it home. ka CHING.

Loft was no longer Loft. It was Club Yo-Yo, the new Se7en night club and it was OFF THE HEEZY. I wasn't aware that they had renovated the interior, black walls with white paint to highligh architrave's, high back single gold pimp chairs with the back facing towards the public.. the crowd was mixed, not fobby asians, no sleezes or try hard TB's.. there were Kanye quotes printed on large posters on the wall, and everyone was dancing. DJ Sef is my new and favourite club DJ because he had me and Sheila dancing for about.. 45 minutes? Maybe more?? We were high on nothing but water and sweating threw our clothes. I had so much fun and sure got the most outa my $20 entry fee, especially with all that iced water we drank. The only reason why we left is because the DJ sneakily changed the RNB to house. Ssshhhhiiiittt...

Stevie Wonderful

It's almost 1am on a Thursday morning and I am drawing caricatures like im on something crazy. Where has this sudden burst of urgency and creativity come from?!? I'm so much more motivated and productive at night despite needing to wake up in 6 hours. I'm ready to drive to mums house where in my old room is my creative studio complete with art supplies, tools, sewing kits, fabrics and natural light.

Go! Go! Go!

I need to work tomorrow doing some boring transfers and all I wanna do after work is go straight to jwow to decorate the place. Personalise that blank piece of canvas. It's so BORING. I went to the Salvo's in Burnside at 5:25pm today not knowing until I got there that they would close in 5 minutes. Speed shopping. I love it. It gives me such an adrenaline rush. Quick! Grab everything! The goal was to buy cheap but expensive looking things to decorate jwow. Since Jwow doesnt have hooks in the walls just yet I grabbed things to place on the tables. Alcoholic vintage glassware and this wooden giraffe figure. Within minutes I decided that the theme of Jwow will be (wooden) animal statues to tie in with the random white cow/bull with The Beatles painted on it hanging out front. Shudder. Add candles to alcoholic glassware to tie it in with the bar.

I went to Big W and bought these blank paper dolls which I have been drawing on for the past 3 hours. Weee weeeee. The Jwow Hall of Fame has been born. What an honour to be featured on this wall and have your portrait drawn by me! I'm so good.

Toothpick

Shopping at a discount warehouse on Swanston

Guy: Excuse me, hi five for being beautiful? *smiling, hand already in the air*

Me: *laugh* Hi 5 *friend wants to hi 5 as well*

Guy: Where are you from?

Me: Here. I was born here.

Guy: I thought you had an accent

Me: I'm Australian just like you

Guy: I'm not Australian.

Me: Dont you have an Australian passport?

Guy: No. I'm Chilean, I was brought up in Rio de Janeiro

Me: Oh really?? Okay, nice

*awkward pause when neither the other person knows what to do*

Me: Okay have a nice day!

Guy looking at drinks menu at the bar

Me: Hi!

Guy: .. hi *continues to look at menu*

Me: Hi!

Guy: Hi!

Me: HI!

Guy: HI! Your bubbly. I feel *uses hand gestures*.. I feel.. bubbly now. do u want a cigarette?

Me: no it gives you cancer and harms ur unborn child, don't u care? I'm just trying to protect the innocent. Guy: I don't think I need to worry about that.*walks away without paying* Me: Omg, u just embarrassed urself in front of ur friends. How are you going to live this down? Guy: that's the least of my problems Me: bcoz harming ur unborn child with cigarettes is? Guy: I've had several... Me: what, babies? *looks up and down* Guy: no I mean.. Me: babies all around the world? Are u setting up franchises? Guy: I mean cigarettes. If I'm holding you up, just go... Me: *looks down at awkward handful of dirty glasses and bottles* I guess I can hold these for a bit longer Guy: I'm the guy people ask for for a cigarette. They see me coming and they come to me. I mean, you don't walk down the street and ask for a bite of someone's sandwich. It's annoying. Me: is it because ur wearing ur 'Free Cigarettes' t-shirt? Guy: no, my tshirt say 'No Free Cigarettes, Fuck Off' Me: well you gonna have to get seven of those tshirts printed up so you can wear it everyday of the week. The next time I see you you better be wearing the tshirts Guy: will that next time be here? Me: yep. This is my home, I own this place. Guy: yeah right..what nationality are you? Me: Australian. What are you? Guy: Scottish Me: don't you have an Australian passport? Guy: no.. Me: Aren't you an Australian citizen? Guy: uhhh.. *his group of friends walk by giggling* Me: you're friends are leaving Guy: Yeh I know *stretches mouth in awkwardness* Me: okay bye! Take care of your baby!

Raaghe is smashed.

Me: You cant go! We're not best friends yet!

Bob: We are best friends

Me: No! We need something to represent the bond

Bob: *picks up straw and ties it around my finger, I return the favour*

Me: Why do I get a short straw?

Bob: Because you're short. I get a long straw because Im long. I'm toothpick, you can use me any day.

Me: What are you gonna do with your last days in Melbourne?

Bob: Find a girl to have sex with. I mean, I have a few booty calls but I'm looking for some fresh fruit. I dont want the refrigerated fruit. You know what I mean?

Me: Fresh is healthier

Bob: Exactly.

Great minds think a like.

You know when a noisy room suddenly becomes quiet and you hear someone's totally out of context conversation? Well, Bob said:

That guy needs a penis up his ass

HAHA! Apparently he was talking about Dr. Dre?

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Don't do it if you don't mean it, bitch. I can spot a fake smile when I see one. Jealous because I'm smarter, younger, funnier, better looking and because I was there first. People may mistake ME for the jealous one but I'm not at all. I know that I can get whatever you got whenever I want.

My bed

Marc Turns 19

It was Marc's birthday yesterday. I bought him SHOOOESS. That was the day I bought my shoes. I was thinking to buy him matching Air Max's but maybe Air Max's aren't his thang.

Embassy, Docklands

Shitty little bar in prestigious Docklands with $10+ drinks with HomeBrand mixers. Vman spent $240 on alcohol that night, I gave him $100. Damnit. That's what I dont miss about drinking alcohol, paying for it! Thank god it wasnt CD DJ tonight, the music I think was good. Marc was a bit off his face and his breath smelt like alcohol. It hit 12am and we wished him happy birthday. Poor thing was sad that not many people came but happy that we were there.

I'm sad because it's my birthday and you guys are the only ones here.

What are you talking about? They're all coming soon.

No, but they arent here now.

He was teary. I know exactly what that feels like. Sometimes you gotta just cop it on the chin and say 'fuck my so called friends'.

My unintentional two weeks of sobriety ended tonight. It felt good. I forgot what you tasted like.

Marc's Surprise Birthday, Jwow, Melbourne

It was disappointing at the number of people who didnt show up for a good guy like Marc. I was annoyed at the people who didnt show although it was a surprise so Marc didnt know exactly who to expect. I got as many Jwow candles I could, only 14 I wanted 24! and placed them on the bar. I got paper from the receipt roll and got everyone there to write a birthday message. I took advantage of the natural curve in the paper and placed it against the circular candle glasses. It stuck perfectly. I told Andrew I was so smart. He said I was innovative. We placed our presents and Yao's famous Durken (a chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey wrapped in bacon strips with Jack Daniels sauce) on the counter. I called it my Marc Shrine.

He loves em!

Marc Shrine and Turducken

I Love Alcohol

Saucy

30ml Rum

15ml Cherry Brandy

15ml Cranberry

15ml Pineapple

Splash of Lime

Generous splash of Agave Syrup

Shaken, not stirred.

Serve over ice.

Garnish with Cherry and Orange

Coffee Milkshake

30ml Vanilla vodka

15ml Frangelico

15ml Kahlua

30ml Thickened cream

Shaken, not stirred.

Serve over ice.

My Version of a Hurricane

30ml Light Rum

30ml Dark rum

30ml Pineapple

30ml Orange

15ml Passionfruit

15ml Sugar syrup

Shaken, not stirred.

Serve over ice.

Grenadine

Why I Had A Good Day

• Found an outfit relatively quickly.
• Found a car park at the train station. Trusted my instincts which told me to take the one i saw instead of pushing my luck finding a closer one. Instincts were right again.
• Forgot my Myki card in the pocket of my other jacket. Coincidently had the right amount of coin to purchase a metcard.
• Made my train and it was on time. I was early for work. The arrival of the Queen did not interrupt my transit.
• I was stationed upstairs where I was getting the stock. I got to wear my sneakers to work :) Drank slurpees at work. Get high on the second hand weed smoke that blew in from the vents. Work went by so quick, didnt look at the time all day and was busy all day. I started at 1pm and the next thing I know its 5:30pm.. one more hour to go.
• Go to jwow to see friends and get a free dinner feed :)
• Helen tells me she misses me in a photograph, where she wrote my name big in the sand. She tried to play hard to get and tell me she did it for others but we both knew the truth.
• Take train home and happily read my book all the way home, but didnt miss my stop. This book is so fucking good although Anthony Kiedis is a bit of a cockhead.
• No one followed me to my car or raped me today. Go to see phuong. Cheer up phuong.
• Drank peppermint tea x2
• Working at Myer tmrw, I need a change.
• Made plans for the long weekend, quietly delighted I'm not working or taking my sister to the airport on Tuesday (offered to pay for cab fare bcoz I felt bad on bailing out) which means FUCKING PARTY ON THE MONDAY. House party at Dave the Magicians house in Hiedleberg... Ive never slept at a magicians house before.

Flashing Lights

Having a conversation with a customer at Jwow, I tell him I work 7 days and one night a week.

Ricky: What are you saving for?

Me: An Audi

Ricky: Which one?

Me: An Audi

I dont believe in shooting stars

But I believe in shoes and cars.

You use your King Gee's for working

I use my Timbs for stomping on people

Kangol for the old man in brown

Weekends Start on Thursdays

Thursday

Wake up at Helens house.

Work 11-4pm

Sometimes when I can be fucked walking, I go to jwow for my breaks. Sometimes I come back to work under the influence... of non-alcohol mixed drinks.

   

This is what my breaks look like,

Mocktails and Cupcakes.

Jwow drinking with Helen, Dave and Simon 4-6pm

Nyala African Restaurant with Rasheeda, Dave, Ty, Mebz and Helen

Kiss FM Radio Station at the Glasshouse with MJ and Helen walking on the corrugated rooftop in the night, its raining, we're tipsy. 2 minutes before we go on air.

I wanna give a shout out to Asian Dave and my Blasian sister Rasheeda at Nyala Restaurant, my real sister Janette and our favourite cousin Dave I hope you're listening.

MJ says I'm a natural. Helen and I were mostly giggling and looking at each other with faces about to burst with bigger giggles. Helen cheekily got in a plug for Jwow.

Kiss Fm @ The Glasshouse

Back to Nyala where Dave and Rasheeda were waiting for us to find out THEY WERENT EVEN LISTENING. shout outs for nothing! We were joined later with Simon, the Mormon.

"What's in your bag? Bibles????"

Memories of Antoine Dobson where rekindled. We drank til we got kicked out at 12am. I lost track of time at 8pm. What happened within 4 hours? I drank quite a bit and it felt good. Cab back to mine.

___________________

Friday

Work 4-930pm

Jwow Work 930-330am

Wake up in my own bed. Thank god I start work at 4pm and didnt wake with a hang over, unlike helen who woke up in the middle of the night just to throw up but still had the energy to whatsapp me about it. I take the bus, which is always fucking late when I take it to st. Albans, then a train into the city. I listen to a guy chroming behind me on the train. Crazy person. Anti social behaviour is difficult to control. What gives people the incentive to do the right thing? I have horrible visions of him chopping off my beautiful long hair with a pair of scissors. Reposition pony tail to my front.

Jwow is getting busier and busier every friday. It's good. Finally. Slow is boring. Cheese was entertaining some sleazy old vietnamese men. They disgust me.

Man: I'm going to go home and make love to my girlfriend

WHY would you tell us that?? Sickunt. You're not gonna get a positive reaction out of me.

Cheese: I'd love to go to Vietnam!

Man: Gimme you're number, I'll take you there.

Oh take me now. Joey was grossing me out too, the first time when I was one of his victims. He told me vince was very lucky, among other gross things for an old man to say to a young woman.. especially the old man I considered as a father figure. Vince wasn't very happy.

We got a total of $150 in tips which we divided between 3 of us workers plus one more share for the 2 ethiopian kids Jwow sponsors via World Vison. Not many customers know we do that.

The whole day I had only eaten one sandwich. Marc made me a quesadilla. It was all I ate. I am so unhealthy. I was so out of it at Jwow even towards the end of my shift at Tony. I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. and never wake up, especially that I knew I had work the next day. And this weather is so shit. The night went on forever, and Marc, Cheese and I were grunting in pain and torture.

I got HJ chips before heading to James. Pass out on James' couch in a sleeping bag.

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Saturday

Wake up at James'. He cooks me breakfast. Marc washes my dishes. I feel like I had two wives.

Work 1-630pm

I was almost late for work because it took me 15 minutes to walk from James house to Melbourne Central S/C in 10cm flatform shoes in shit rainy weather. The walk shouldve only taken 5 minutes but I was choosing my steps carefully. Old ladies overtook me.

Work... My body is so tired.

Dinner at Dumplings Plus with James where I dare him to tell the waitress how cute she is. He does. Haha! I felt so awkward, she did too. I love awkward situations.

Petrol is cheap today. 137cents per litre. I dont like it when my petrol tank is just over half full. I want it to be always full. I want it the indicator to touch the 'F' where possible. I need vman to come with me to the petrol station because I panic when the petrol pumps dont work on me. He also needs to accompany me to the petrol station because I get hassled by sickunts from Taylors Lakes.

I go to Phuongs house to 'experience' her exhibition that she is trialling in her living room. Theme: Ambiguity. Inspiration: Cloud formations and the different interpretations that vary between individuals. Vman learnt what the word ambiguity means.

"Ambiguous means clouds."

Roast chicken in a frame

Cordial in minature bottles

Eating dirt from a pot

Phuong's Trial Exhibition

I came home to find my rabbit missing from my cage. If she had jumped from the table and onto the garage floor, she couldve eaten the rat poison pellets we have dotted around and died. I freaked out, out loud

"Where the fuck have you gone????"

My rabbit is growing bigger and smarter and more cheekier too! I didnt close the top of the cage properly, thinking there is no way she could escape from the top of the cage. But thats exactly how she escaped. The cage shut and there was zero chance of her getting back in., unless she had fingers to lift up the cage. She was kicking back outside the cage, on the table. I hope she found the rabbit feed but she wouldnt have access to water. I hadnt seen my rabbit in 36hours! When I put her back in the cage she went straight for an apple slice, and drank a shit load of water. Aw. My stupid rabbit.

I train my rabbit to come to me. I think she likes being trained because she has nothing else exciting to do in her life. I call her name and wave the piece of fruit in my hands, she gallops towards me and nibbles. I pat her and tell her what a good wabbit she is.

Ka cute na cute ang rabbit ko!

I get up and move to a further distance where she would follow me. Although she doesnt come to me because I call her, she comes to me because she knows I have food in my hands. And when shes full she doesnt wanna play anymore! }=[

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Sunday

Work 12-6

No Time These Days

I'm starting to feel the effects of working this full on. I'm getting sick.

Jen Sato doesn't get sick.

Vman is away for the weekend. Off to the playground called Sydney with his playmates. Meanwhile, we're throwing a house party at Helen's on the Saturday night which will continue to Sunday arvo for a BBQ and beers, with a nice little nap in between. See her brothers out of town too. I'm crossing my fingers that I can get Sunday off. I need a day off!!

It's like you don't even have a boyfriend

Seeing helen is back from jwow I can continue my lifestyle of boosing and cockblocking. It's good to have you back. Fridays can be one better now.

Yesterday I bought a new pair of shoes. On wednesday my order comes in and I will purchase another pair. I cant keep track of my shoes. I am secretly proud. Actually, I'm publicly boastful. I make it seem like I dont want to buy the shoes, oh no, 8+ pairs in 9 days, but I love them all.

I bought 3 items of professional wear at Myer today. Weee more clothes to wear. I need to stop spending and start investing if I wanna be a millionare. Why must I splash out on dead end items. I may as well gamble as there is a chance of winning.

Hurricane Stone Chicago Size 6

Cue Dress for Kathy's birthday and a

Black blazer for me

The state of purgatory is torture. I dont like in betweeners or being in between. It's either black or white, yes or no, now or never. Black. Yes. Now. If you can't decide, flip a coin. Let the outcome be. At the moment I am light hearted. I can easily swing either way. Although one way is the better option in terms of the long run. The other option is a now, indulgent moment, thing. My conscious is non-existent and usually has no say on matters of the sort. However, my near future planning instincts are making me aware of the benefits of the previous option. It tells me to 'save myself. Keep your worth'. And you know what, thats a fucking good reason too. No more degrading myself by throwing my body against concrete walls.

My sleeping pattern is officially that of a 'normal' person's. Fall sleepy at 12am wake up nice and early at 8am. Tick Tick Tick. It's kinda good to see the sunshine.

Tired But Want Salami

I need to get my fucking shit together. Aaron says 'its not what you do, but how you do it'. He also said 'its not what you know but who you know'. Gangsta quotes. I can't take him seriously. He's all shits and giggles. He taught me what a 'choo choo train' is. Chickennnnnn!!! I was worried because it hit 6 o'clock and he wasn't at jwow. did he have to stay back at work late? Was there an emergency?? I called him like a concerned mother and asked him what time he was coming in, and why he wasn't here yet. He said he was having drinks at Three Degrees. That slut. 'It's funny, you're usually confident but there are times when you act all shy' Jwow 3-1:30am. I had Noodle Kingdom for dinner and it made me feel sick. We vowed never to go there again. Working at jwow isn't as fun as it used to be. Maybe coz Helen hasn't been working, or Fridays aren't as busy as they used to be. Working at jwow isn't the same. The only thing that doesn't change is that everything changes. It's a new month, need to do something different, a new experiment, a new flavour of the month. I was drinking today. La Republica is my new favourite cocktail. Banana liquer, pisco, lemon, and garnished with chocolate gratings. Two thanks. I did shots of grey goose and midori splices. I'm ready to conk out now. Disappear into my dream world where reality won't bother me for the next 7hours until my alarm will rudely tell me to get the Fuck up because I have a 6hr shift at Myer. I didn't have good sleep last night. Theres no place like my own fucking bed.

Selling Our Souls at Jwow

James mention he sold his soul last night when he allowed Jwow to turn into an asian clubbing scene. It was a 20 year old viet girl x2 birthday party so we expected them to do copious amounts of ABC's, wet pussys, jaggabombs and talk like sickunts. I expected vomit and falling over everywhere. Perhaps a punch on. Except it was a different story, these 20 year olds were well behaved, dressed respectfully, spoke and ordered respectfully, and they obviously had money to blow with the amount they tipped. 20 year olds tipping??? c'mon.

James and I decided this group of 20 year old asians were from the east side, because they dont come like this in the west. James said they didnt even smoke. I spoke to one girl, who confirmed that most of them were from the eastern suburbs and most of them were nerds.

The crowd was good. The music was bad. The DJ played anything from slow rnb (Neyo), to the Ying Yang Twins, to 90's pop like Christina Agulira and Backstreet Boys, to 90's rock like what-his-face, then there was a little bit of house/trance.. Songs where repeated up to 4 times and played no longer than 1 minute. I tried to get the name of a song using an app on my phone but he didnt play the song long enough for my phone to recognise it.

My ears, my ears. My standards. Joel whispered in my ear, 'The DJ is crazy'. I said the DJ had a short attention span. And this is how James sold his soul at Jwow.

Selling your soul at Jwow. We've all done that before. My time came when I accepted money from a guy on the floor (and by floor I mean not behind the bar) who wanted me to serve him because he wasnt getting service. Another time, when I accepted money from a guy who asked me to take a photo with him.

Me: This isn't free you know. You have to pay. $5 in the tip jar.

Guy: Can I get change for this $20 note?

I was just joking. But I took his money anyway. Helen insisted that the guy get a few shots to get his money's worth. After I told Helen I sold my soul. But she said I did it for the team.

Make It Work

It's been 4 weeks since I've been behind a real bar. I was so happy to be working at Jwow again. After doing shitty jobs and being unhappy, i realise how important a job like jwow is to me. Working at jwow doesnt feel like work at all, I work with my bestest friends, I get to wear what ever I want including sneakers, I get to work with alcohol and meet some crazy people.

I'm also allowed to drink. hehe

$13 worth of tips each because we use change plates :) New guy at work today, his name is Alex.

The New Bar

Taking a break

Memorable Moments of 17.09.11

Vman's on his way to pick me up after work.

Yao: My boyfriend's picking me up. He's just behind that truck there. How are you getting home huh?? HUH??

Me: The TRUCK!

Marc creeps up behind me and james and hugs us both

Me: Oh, I was 'what the fuck' because I didn't know who you were

Marc: Its okay, its not like im some.. some kind of 'Ubing Monster'

Hero guy takes the broom off one of us and violently sweeps the floor. I get annoyed and snatch it from him.

Hero: You've probably seen me around Jwow a few times

Me: Never seen you before in my life, mate.

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FRiday was the opening night of Jwow. I didnt work because I ws still recovering from my 3 day fever syndrome. When I walked in, this familiar feeling of being home in the city came to me. I was so happy and excited to be here. I was smiling, to no one in particular. Weee weee. Every second person I said hi to and I did an excited hug saying "I'm so happy we're opened! I'm so happy to see everyone here!". People who I dont normally hug where a bit 'wth' about it.

I hung out with Drunk James, Lonely Andrew and then later Mexican Aaron. Every time Andrew or I ordered a drink, we did a shot. Vman was worried about me because I was drinking too much too soon with this fever of mine. I told him I was better now.

The next morning I woke up with either a hang over or more of the fever. I called in sick at Myer. I think I went overboard with the shots.

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Friday is also the day when I bought a rabbit. A white fluffy, red eyed, female lop earred 5 weeks old baby wabbit. It's timid and scared. I scoop it up in one hand and hold it to my chest. I talk to it like I was talking to a human baby. I tell it I would take good care of it. Ate was annoyed because I hadn't asked her if I could bring one home. She asked why didnt I tell her?? She wasn't impressed when I replied 'Surprise!!'

The rabbit's name is Pokeball. She was one out of 3 rabbits and I chose her because when the keeper held her on her back she looked so cute. Just like a Pokeball.

She's a snowball of angel fluff with ears sticking out.

I let her run around my room and hope she doesnt piss or shit everywhere, or anywhere.

Breakfast at Mum's house

Mum's detective notes about me

3 Weeks Sober

Since jwow has been closed for 3weeks now, and many more weeks to come, I have been sober. I'm dying for a drink up and a good night out.

Cool song but it didnt tie in with my previous post. Had to make a new post.

Method Man, Redman, Cypress Hill - Cisco Kid

A Day With My Sister

Pick up ate from sunshine as she dropped her car off to be serviced

Masters, Ballarat Road, Braybrook The 'new' Bunnings and man you are 10 times better. There customer service workers to help you, not hide from you. Matthew, the knowledgable but young sales assistant who specialised in paint thoroughly helped us buy materials for our recently renovated bathroom. From primer, top coat to accessories such as rollers, and stirrers. He gave us tips. He even carried our shopping and offered to wheel around my trolley. Nice young man.

The 'new' Bunnings, Masters, even has a maccas inside the store. AND a sausage sizzle which is pretty much what Bunnings is known for. Channel 7 news was there, and many mature couples dressed up in suits and high heels. We arrived at 830am and by the time we left at 9am the car parking was full. Today was only the 2nd day they had opened.

Channel 7

Bunnin... ah, I mean, Masters

No. 1 on the Boomerang

Salvos, Ballarat Road, Braybrook

$2.50 Stussy black denim skirt

Hung Vuong, Footnam/Shank Town

Parking in footscray is crazy. Lucky ate was driving a little car. Otherwise the entry into Footscray station car parking wouldve been death. As i have learnt very early on, there are no rules in footscray, this includes road and parking rules.

Footscray Parking. Make your own rules

I got a, what the vietnamese waitress called 'sly beef wee rye noodol' and ate got the 'sly beef an beef bowl wee rye noodol'. I got a small and she a medium. I used up all the basil and bean sprouts. It didnt phase me that these were probably washed and reused. I was brought up with a St. Albans immune system. Come at me!

Savers, Shank Town

I go crazy.

• $25 Dark purple Dr. Martins, yellow stitching. A perfect fit!
• $17 Vintage Adidas Original parachute zip up jacket for resale
• $10 Nikey shoes for resale
• $7 Green silk sleeveless top
• $6 White button up sleeveless top
• $6 Square canvas white/red/green/blue/yellow minimalistic painting

Dangerfield, Melbourne Central

I want this ring!!! But I am seriously scrapping the bottom of the barrel for any lost silver coins. It's $14. Silver. Two finger ring. Its VAMPIRE FANGS. I love chunky ass morbid jewellery. Chains, hand cuffs, scissors, blood, FANGS.. gimme. Currently transferring money out of my savings into my spending account so I can buy this tmrw.

Tony Bianco, Melbourne Central

Second round interview. I met the manager of the Melbourne Central store, Vanessa. They want me to come for ANOTHER trial. Far out. Tmrw at 12pm. Will I know then if I have the job??

International Skin & Beauty, Laverton

Back massage.

Face cleanser.

Deep heat mask.

Oxygen therapy.

My cheeks feel puffier?

Amateur manicure and pedicure.

I warned the lady I was very ticklish. She would try not to tickle me. She didn't. It was actually pretty gentle. Maybe I couldve taken the normal pressure? The massage probably went on for 25 minutes. I could hear her wrist clicking in my ear when she twisted it a certain way. Ugh. I don't find massages relaxing. It's nice, but not as nice as I think most people think they are. My mind races as I lie there with my head in the cushion.

This feels like a porno scene. Guy massages naked girl. Girl moans. Guy asks girl if she would like a breast massage. Girl says yes. Girl moans. I contemplate the grey area where massages become more than an innocent act. I feel massages arent innocent at all. And i feel weird trying to make believe it is. I feel quite awkward.

I think about how ate's going in the next room. I think about how this is such value for money and how much of a nice person ate is. I wonder from which part of the world this lady is from. I think about last night and how i felt about it. I woke up with a bruise on my chin probably because my face was in the pillows all night. That's different. I think about going to centrelink tmrw and my tony bianco trial.. oh i must remember to contact sean about Illustrator tutorials and Kathy about my tony bianco trial. So this is what will happen in my core biopsy... Will I be scared when it happens? Today I am feeling pleasure but later it will be pain. I can hack it. Right? Hrm. When does this massage end?

I came to a conclusion, the reason why im not enjoying this as much because I know this is free.

Footscray Station, Shank Town

Ate's faithful Toyota Yaris a waits our arrival at the near empty dodgy carparking. Ate tells me she's a passionate supporter of Kiss FM Radio Station. She pays $55 to become a Kiss FM member which helps them stay live on air. She says 'If I didnt have Kiss, I'd die'. Okay lady. I tell her I know someone who DJ's on Kiss FM. His name is MJ a.k.a Michael Jordan who also DJs at strike and organises Uptown Groove at the Order of Melbourne on Friday nights. The DJ on Kiss mentions 'MJ'.

I hear a familiar voice on the radio. This familiar voice is introducing 'Smoke Weed Everyday'. Hrm. The familiar voice says '100% Phat'. MJ likes his hip hop music. I msg MJ via mobile phone.

Me: '100% Phat! Smoke weed everyday. Gimme a shout out Jenny and Janette in the next 5 mins :)'

The DJ on Kiss stops the song after its done. I turn up the radio

DJ: 'I've got all these shout outs to do tonight! I wanna say a big hello to Jen Sato. I can't wait to touch your cute little nose!! And a shout out to Janette'

I smile and clap my hands like an trained seal I'm that excited! I got us a mention on the radio! hehe I'm so happy. It was MJ on the radio and he said hi to meee :)

MJ: Did you hear? Me: Haha! Yesssssss! Thank you! We were clapping in the car, so excited! Facebook status that shit :D

MJ: You're famous now!

Me: Hehe Rank you pimp daddy! MJ: No problem nose cutie!

I turn to ate like a sikunt:

'Yeh... you meet some pretty interesting people at jwow'

Day 4 & 5: A New Age

Witchery, Crown Casino

Job interview went well. She bought me a coffee. She asked me 3 pages of questions. It was very informal. We often digressed to such topics as horoscopes and typical features of virgo's. She said virgos are very good at paying attention to detail. I told her I'm a leo and I pay attention to detail because I'm a designer. I expressed my belief that personality isn't determine by the day the person is born. We spoke about Frankie magazine, the articles in the lastest issue, why we liked Frankie over Yen magazine and her dislikes to the now matte pages as opposed to the glossy pages. I told her about my 31 Days of Difference Challenge and invited her to the free wine tasting at Jwow. I also told her it was my birthday :)

I felt like a rich bitch walking around the CBD and Crown in what I was wearing. People were looking and smiling at me. I felt I could walkin into a high class shop and straight out ask for a job. I had a slightly awkward conversation with a stranger on the tram:

Guy: Hi

Me: Hi

Guy: .... How are you? Me: I'm good

Guy: Are you going out tonight? Me: Umm no, I've actually got a job interview

Guy: You look very nice by the way Me: Oh thanks! *laughs*

....

Guy: Can I ask you something?

Me: Yes?

Guy: *mumbles*

Me: Sorry?

x3

Me: I'm sorry, I can't hear you

Guy: Do you have a boyfriend?

Me: Ohhhh.. haha yes I do. Sorry...

Witchery'ed out

Jwow Wine Bar, Melbourne

This wine tasting was my breakfast. 6pm. I'm tipsy.

Four cupcakes too pretty to eat from James & Cathy

Don Woori, Melbourne

Vman picks me up to go Korean BBQ. There is a massive bouquet of flowers on the passenger seat of the car. Aww!! Cute. We sat next to Reg and Claudia... akwarrrrrddd... I tried a new drink today too. Mango flavoured sake! Such cute cups too...

Mango Sake

Jwow Wine Bar, Melbourne

Return to my loving jwow family, helen, mel, yao, joel, cheese, ray ray, mebz and ty. We're off to Golden Monkeyy!!!!

Match Bar, Melbourne

Helen convinced me to go. I told her I was scared of going to Match because if they found out it was my bday they will spike my drink (with a disgusting spirit STRAIGHT). Helen made sure it was a nice sweet shot, she even taste tested it for me to make sure. Thanks kiddo.

Golden Monkey, Melbourne

The walk from Jwow to Golden Monkey was a shakey one. Lt Lonsdale is notoriously rocky, not good for a girl in heels with weak legs and a tipsy head! I didnt fall. In fact I didn't fall for the entire night! Although I wouldn't have mind some battle scars on my knees to show people the next day. There was a live jazz band at Golden Monkey. Helen was on the verge of passing out but insisted on drinking a Sezerac. Bad idea. Apparently I almost started the bartender because I thought he ripped me off $30. But because I was tipsy and confused I wasn't sure if I gave him $50 or $20??? There was an old man trying to take control of the situation...

Old man: What's wrong? Me: Are you the owner here?? Old man: No Me: Then why are you acting like you're in control?? Old man: (laughs) I am the owner..

Wtf, stop tripping me out. He insisted that I took a bday shot with him. I told him

'I'm on the verge of throwing up in your lovely venue. You'll have to clean it. You don't want that. I might even throw up on you're nice suit there'

He was shocked at first. then probably realised I was just fucking around. He told me I would have to prove it to him. He gave me a shot. It looked straight. It looked like tequila.

Me: 'Remember what I told you!'

Old man: okay okay, can we get Jen another shot??

Helen: JUST DO IT JEN!!!

Ugh. I did it. Fuck tequila.

Next

Cut on my leg

Swayne, Tullamarine

Maccas, Gladstone Park

James', Melbourne

James gets a call 8:30am.

'James, are you awake? Can I please crash at your house?

I've got work in a few hours and I havent gone home or slept yet.'

3 hours sleep

Jwow, Melbourne

Work from 3pm

House of Harlow Rings from Kathy and Ate.

Too gangsta.

Oriental Spoon, Melbourne

FINALLY!! THE TIME HAS COME. Aaron took me out to dinner. So nice of him. Really good service at Oriental Spoon, the waitress was so cute. Aaron tipped $10. A new drink: CORN TEA!

Corn tea

Korean fried chicken (better than KFC) and chilled buck wheat noodles

Strange.

Home, Kealba

Total time away from home: 36 hours

It was impossible to pin point where and when the day ended and the next began. It was just a 36 hour party. I loved it. Crazy. And at least I don't look like death.

Party at Helen's house on the 13th. Family party on the 20th. Birthday celebrations will last for one month bitches.