Money Pocket

I had a dream that I was the mother of dragons. In one of my hand I had pokey and in the other the black dragon from G.O.T. I could only carry one of them at a time because pokey I needed two hands and because she was bigger, she would scratch the black dragon. I chose to carry the dragon first but when I arrived at the destination I had pokey in my arms. I was so worried because I didnt know where my valuable black dragon was, did someone take it from me? Damn warlocks and their powers of illusion. when I found it in a plastic bag it was sweaty, bleeding and dying. i breast fed it back to full strength. it made a miraculous recovery. it was stronger in my presence.

It was relive Taiwan night. We met at China Red at 8pm which by then i was tipsy. We had dumplings, noodles and chinese veggies. We went to Little Red Pocket where I'd find Bard, Hwi and Kwang for Kwang's birthday. The music they played reminded me of high school. So good. I liked the place, nice venue and location and the crowd was spot on. people my age in suits, classy, trendy and no try hard.. no drunkards either. Vuongie wants to pick up. I think a girls' presence makes the other girls feel comfortable when a dude is tryna pick em up. Thats what ray ray told me. Thats how she gets Ty girls. Vuongie picks a girl and me and helen try to get it for him. The girl he chooses is some bad ass blonde asian with lower back tattoos. Helen says shes outta vuongies lead so we tell vuongie she's taken.

Vuongie: What? How? Did you ask her??


Being Vuongie's wing women is a lot harder in Australia than it is over seas. Joe was teaching Vuongie how to pick up and I was following. Joe goes up to a bunch of girls and introduces himself, expecting Vuongie to learn via example.


Me: What are you doing vuongie?? Go and talk to that girl
Vuongie: What do I say??
Me: Just tell her your name. Ask for her name.
*Vuongie goes but comes back shortly. Girls still standing there*
Me: What are you doing?? Go back and maintain conversation!
*Vuongie goes back but as he does, the girls walk away*


haha! Vuongie changes the girl he wants to another. And then to another and then to another. Joe told vuongie he cant be picky.


Vuongie: THERE SHE IS!

in ear shot of the girl, she turns to face him and vuongie is pointing at her. She looks him up and down like an african american girl with attitude. Joe and I run away. hahah Joe tells vuongie not to say those things out loud. Joe told Vuongie 'The number one rule is to NEVER buy a girl a drink'. Vuongie said he understood. he was doing pretty well holding down a conversation with a girl until he disappeared to the bar. Oh no! was he buying her a drink?? Its too late!! He buys her one and she runs away. hahah

One of the girls vuongie wanted was dirty dancing with a dude. When helen asked him if he was her bf  he replied they were cousins. I spoke to him and ask him. I spoke to him in tagalog first but he didnt understand. I knew he was filo but he said he didnt understand tagalog. I poked him in the chest and told him he was at a loss. I asked him why he was dirty dancing with her if they are cousins, thats incest. He said she was actually he's ex.

Me: You went out with your cousin??
Guy: Well shes not my real cousin. I call her that because we're close family friends. We're still friends now. the guy she's dancing with right now is her boyfriend.

I dont know if he was telling the truth. I accidentally said something in tagalog again and he reminded me that he didnt understand. I poked him pretty hard with my nail and told him he was at a loss for the second time.

Guy: You just poked with your nail
Me: Did that hurt?
Guy: No

I scratched him a little bit harder. He smiled. He asked me for my number. I said no. He said, honestly, you dont want to give me your number? Honestly I didnt, I just wanted to know whats up with him and that girl. He asked me again and why i didnt wanna continue this conversation? I remembered back to korea, I said you appreciate things more when they are left unfinished. I told him I had to leave with my friend over there and I left him at the bar. I dont remember his name. Or even what he looked like.

I was mixing like crazy last night. Cider, white wine, tequila shot, vodka, scotch and coke. I didnt vomit or feel drunk. I was def tipsy and it felt good. I think I have a good tolerance to alcohol. Job well done liver.


112 Feat. Lil Zane - Anywhere
 

Tuesday Is The New Thursday

I had an average of 4.5hours sleep every work night since I arrived two weeks ago. I am surprisingly energetic when I wake up and manage to pull through the day sometimes without nana naps. If it was up to me, I could sleep for 9 hours but it seems my body is comfortable with 5 hours of sleep. I may have established a sleeping habit of 5 hours. RAPT! I have always admired Tita Grace's 5 hours of sleep energetic ways. Today i worked from 8-1pm. I spent 15 minutes of my shift choosing new shoes to buy and wear. Alexa Black Goat size 6. Yeeheee new SHOES! its been AGES but this time I feel guilty for buying. I'm not gonna get a lot of money in the next month and I've just spent half of what I would earn next week. Anyways, my shoes looked good and complimented my outfit. Every single one of the girls commented positively on how I looked. Aw thanks! ;)

I'm in the city a lot. Well aware of the fact that the Sydenham train departs from Melbourne Central, I like to walk to Flinders Street station. I'm exposed to the public a lot, taking public transport, walking around the city, going shopping.. I'm rarely at home. The number of conversations between randoms on the street is rising.

Tuesday as I was waiting for a friend at Fed Square, I was playing with some birds. They made me laugh and I looked up to see if anyone saw what the birds were doing. An asian guy came up to me for a chit chat. Turns out he arrived in Melbourne just a couple hours earlier, checked into a hotel and came straight out. It was his first time in Melbourne, he plans to stay for 12 days. He came alone. He's name was Roy and Roy was Korean. He's english was very good and he was a genuinely friendly guy. He studies dentistry in Korea, a course that goes for 8 years! But at the moment, he is travelling the world alone. ALONE! I admire that. My friend finally came and we were all talking. Roy eventually left probably feeling awkward at third wheeling. I was a little disappointed to see him go, I should have offered to show him around melb.

Interaction with nature

Today as I was walking through Australia on Collins I noticed a man walking the same pace as me. If I slowed he slowed, if i quickened to overtake, he continued beside me. He started a conversation with me saying that I looked familiar and did I work at the NAB? He asked for my background. I told him.

I saw you from back there, you have an interesting face.

Yes, I noticed that your walking pace slowed.

Yes, I wanted to talk to you.

Oh so I didn't look familiar??

No, no.. still familiar.

The man parted ways when I needed to take the escalator down. He said good bye and take care. I told him 'see ya later'. The outcome: not so creepy. When a random wants to talk to me,

I shut em down with body language. If they succeed with a conversation, often its a friendly and comfortable one. I feel like a total cocky bitch. Sometimes people just wanna say hi.

What I did after work:

Post office to send some filippino gifts to Nga

Myer to hand in availabilities

Visit Stu at Sure Store

Stand underneath the Flinders Street Station new cooling system which I think is clever

2:17pm train because the 2:01 never came

Drive home from station

Eat left overs

Go to Savers

Lazy Moes, Chicken Risotto for dinner, I never finish my food

Home

Visual merchandised my jewellery on my new table

Sorting out my shit

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Tuesday is absent for the next three weeks.

My shoe size is mens size 5

Why are you telling me your shoe size?

Women's clothing size 8

I wont be buying you clothes

Preferred colour is black

I'll buy you chocolate

Prefer lollies over chocolate

Chocolates for you!

Preferred natural and handmade objects

Yeh I'm not getting that. I want to breeze through customs

Ube pulbaron

Not allowed

Smuggle it in like cocaine

Hell no

Mens shoe size 5...

Today I went savers and impusively bought a coffee table. WOOOO! I love FURNITURE! its hand made buy someone like my dad. If you flip it over you can see the carpenter pencil markings and the varnish very roughly painted on. Its completely made of wood, heavy wood. Even heavy for vman to carry. I like. The table top is slices of tree trunk, showing lines indicating how old the tree is. It's so very beautiful. I had to have it for my future house. it cost me $40 and vman was there I had to get it today! Its currently in my room holding my all my jewellery :)

My new heavy weight wooden table

cant wait for saturday when I get a total hair restyle. I dont know how I'm gonna feel about loosing most of my hair. I'm kinda nervous but excited at the same time. If it was short, it will just have to remain boofy and spikey. Yes to healthy hair that doesnt break when i wash it with conditioner!

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

Goodnight Friends and Wankers. That Was My Friday.

13 hour epic shift at jwow last night. 9 hours sleep but the body feels tired and muscles ache. Especially my back, chest and calves. Jwow is my weekly cardio exercise. Pumpin. Vman drove me home after i finished at 4 in the morning. I was talking the whole way, I had so many stories to tell. Many angry moments and also funny moments. the good balanced the bad, so I don't know if i had a good day or not.

Fuck Off Moments

1. Stuck Up Bitches She said she'd come back when I had finished making her cocktail. But she didn't so I ended up bringing it over. When I did, no eye contact, acknowledgement or thank you. Okay. Her older friend yells out 'EXCUSE ME!' and beckons me with her scrawny finger. I roll my eyes, how rule of this 50 year old. I know you're 50. Or at least you look it. Scrawny fingers: "Does this cracker smell funny?" Me: "I'm not sure. I'll check it against the rest of the packet" Cocktail bitch: "Oh, and can you check the used by date?" The rest of the stuck up bitches crack up in laughter. I roll my eyes, ignored her and walked away. I check the used by date. shit. I was in deep shit. I was acting like a sikunt to these people and I was in the wrong???! Ugh, Jwow why must you embarrass me when I back you up?!? Let down. My pride. I think of how to talk my way out of this. Marc was doing his sweet talk thing. thank god for marc. Marc i love you. Scrawny fingers: "Look at us. We're happy, see??? Ha haa. Ha aaaaa" She had a fake smile on and bobbed her head side to side. They were happy.
2. Picky Ey So we're running out of wine glasses. Everyone wants to drink wine. This lady buys a bottle. I give her small wine glasses. Asian lady: Can I have wine glasses? Me: Here Asian lady: I'm not drinking out of these. Me: Why don't you shove em up your loose asshole then. I wish.
3. The Indian guy Aaron warned me about him. The puny Indian young guy, drunk and thinking he was 'all that' with the ladies. I walk past them and into the storage room. He and his friends were howling like wolves and wolf whistling. I turn around, they look to the ceiling to avoid eye contact. But that Indian guy keeps looking to see if I'm still looking. Yes, wanker, I am. I give him the finger. The memorable finger gesture I was speaking about in my previous post. There was so much anger in that finger I swear I was gonna snap off my other fingers holding my middle one up. My face was burning. Teeth clenching. I was completely sober. I wanted to fight. Disrespectful wankers. How dare they. He sees. And the group of guys hush hush and whisper quietly. I come out of the storage room. White guy: Sorry about my friend. Don't pay any attention to him Me: I won't
4. The White Guy (another white guy) I thought he was cool. He was my friend for the night. Except this time he was staring at me dead straight in the eye. It made me feel uncomfortable. Me: What are you staring at? White guy: (in a drunken trance) Me: Didn't your mum ever tell you its rude to stare? White: (trance) Me: What?? White guy: (reaches over to fondle my cheek) Me: Don't touch me! (angry) White guy: Why are you being mean to me? Me: Coz you're staring at me! White: Don't let my girlfriend hear you speak like that Me: Stop looking at me White: What's wrong with that? Me: I don't want that kinda attention. Look over there (points) White: What? Me: Look over there!! and we're cool! (angry) White: (looks away for .5 seconds) Me: Okay good. We're cool. Break the wrist and walk away. Break the wrist and walk away. He comes up to me after. Apologises. I see sincerity in his eyes. I made me understand that he made me feel awkward and I wasn't gonna feel awkward while i was at work. Okay. We're cool. I was outside with Aaron. White guy comes bolting out, followed by one of his friends and then a very angry and screaming joey. Omg. Apparently white guy threw a glass at the wall and ran off. Apparently he was aiming at a girl. Fucking wanker all along.
5. The Asian Guy Oh didnt he think he was so hot. We needed to hit a budget today so I put up with this guy longer than I should've. I just wanted to make money out of him. Me: What do you want? Asian: What do you want? Me: I'm not allowed to drink. I'm a bartender. Asian: Bullshit. You're drunk already. Look! You're red! Me: I am not. I haven't drunk all day Asian: What? So you didnt drink water?? Me: You asked if i was drunk. I said I havent dranken all day. We're obviously talking about alcohol. Asian: Nah so you didn't drink water all day! Me: Okay. What do you want? (a.k.a. just gimme your money) Asian: What do you want? Me: Okay I'm gonna walk over there and when I come back you're gonna tell me what you want Asian: Okay go walk and come back Me: Nah seriously, what do you want? Asian: Nah go walk and come back Me: okay ill walk but I won't come back I walk. And so do they. I hear the guys laughing their doofy laughs, saying "Nahh man, you gotta wait til she comes back to you!" Fucking gooses. Ugh. They bought 20 drinks. We took $160 out of their pockets and absolutely smashed out budget. Now drink ur drinks and fuck off.
6. And there was that other incident. x2 I was in a bad mood already.

Good Times

1. Hungry Jacks. I love you and hate you. I wolfed down the best and freshest whopper burger that I have ever had from the Melbourne Central Hungry Jacks. I also had large chips. I wolfed it down so fast I felt so sick. But went to get Noodle Kingdom dumplings for the mains :)
2. Looking on with glitter in my eyes. There was a new group at jwow last night. A subtley cool group. You know how I love my subtley cool people. Quality plain or quiet patterned button up shirts. Trademark khaki Dickies work pants. Infa red air max 90's. Textured old man hats, not to the back or side, but to the front. Only a small group of people knew they were Kangol. It didn't even have to boast with loud colours or oversized logo. I knew. I quietly acknowledged their style. the only thing that was loud about their style was the New York Yankee vintage baseball jackets they were wearing. Did they see my Timberlands? They were talking about me. They drank Southern comfort, bourbon, scotch and Johnny Walker Black on two cubes of ice. They tipped more than the usual customers. Rich and gangsta? Ulimate hip hop heads. Four dollllars, four dollaaars!! They were outside on Little Lonsdale street. The side walk was packed to the rafters with these subtley cool people. Apparently they were a group of poppers. They were breakdancing in the middle of the road. But not like show off/sikunt gangsters coz they respected the passing traffic. The bootilicious African lady clung on to the Dickies wearing African guy leaning on the back of a car. Passers buy and Strike/Match Bar security were watching on. Admiration? Curiosity? I was watching a film clip. I was feeling this positive and natural vibe. This is Jwow.
3. Customer Interaction: Luke He taught me how to make a Gin Martini. Ice in cocktail shaker Olive 1.5 Shots of Larios Gin A very tiny sliver of lemon Shake Noilly Prat Sweet vermouth swished around the insides of the martini glass and *Luke's special and quiet forceful SHAKE of the martini glass* Strain gin into martini glass I shook his hand and give him a discount.
4. Customer Interaction: Tam I was trying to sell him shots of Aha Tora Tequila. I let him try the Anjeo and the Resporado but he didnt like it. He was a solid Patron enthusiast. Me: What's wrong with Aha Toro? It sits next to the Patron on the top shelf. Do you know Mailek? Tam: Yeh I know Mailek Me: Mailek loves Aha Toro. He always drinks it. Tam: I don't trust Mailek.. HAHA! He taught me and Cheese the importance of good tequila. He believed tequila should not be served with salt or lemon. It should be drunken straight and it should feel good doing it. He rather pay double the price for top shelf tequila because so matter how much you drink, you will apparently never wake up with a hang over. Tam spoke about having a relationship with alcohol and Patron in particular. Tam: Drinking Patron is like having the best sex in your life. When I see her in the street, I just want it right now, all night. Me: So when I'm trying to sell you Aha Toro... Tam: It's okay, it's nice... I might try it once but never again... When I see that Patron, I just want it. HAHA! I'll always remember him with his story. Tam: I shouldn't have told you!! >.<
5. $12 in Tips
6. Made our budget = money bags

Thoughts on Train Journey No.7638201837478491

Just woke up in the morning gotta thank god says ice cube.

It's funny how music has an influence on ur thoughts. Just one lyric, no matter how relevant at the time, can trigger a chain of deep and meaningful thoughts. I remember the days wyen music was my life. Piano and guitar where the instruments I played. I almost always preferred classical music over POP. Classical music is forever, POP is a trend. Why would I want to learn something that won't be relevant in 20 years time?

It's so cold. I'm at Keilor plains station waiting for my train into the city for the 8473820380193th time in my 21 years of life. I love it. Public transport, weirdos drunkards and all. Being brought up in the western suburbs has exposed me to dangers of the real world. I learn to talk my way out of the attention of weirdo without sparking aggression from them. an angry face walking down the streets it Footscray is absolutely necessary. crossing the road without suspicion to avoid weirdos is absolutely necessary. I wear a ring on my right middle finger Incase I need to punch someone. or to make a rude finger gesture memorable. these boots are made for stomping. I write this I see a junkie couple breaking the law. teach + the ways of the west. I can take it.

take me away, its a beautiful day.

Phuong brought it to my attention that I have a strong urge to escape. perhaps. perhaps. today I look like Laura croft. Ahh ginifer station. year 8-10 memories and beyond. u remind me of a certain someone. how young and stupid I was. and I still have not learn from my mistakes. I wonder if your still that underweight junkie I knew u would be.

I guess u like being broke, living cheque to cheque.

the fatkids mixtape in ky ear spits out memorable lyrics. I write them as I notice them. now its that jays thinking song. what a name dropper. do u think that's cool? Americans - exaggerate. over the top. dramatic. label orientated materialistic. consuming. wasting. proud. loud. Australians -content. relaxed. casual. questioning authority. I remember when I was selling American express credit cards: Me: American express? Old man: nothing to do with America thanks. I see. train now approaching tottenham station. we are racing the cars on my right and were beating them all. suckers. childish? Child's imagination.

this is how we chill from ninety three til.

I should sit on the first carriage more often. no one jumps on and sits around me. radius of one seat empty . thank you.

Rockin' Dem J's

sup Hey Jen, Im alex, one of Naizi's friends. Just wanted to say your jordan v's are absolutely sick. Its good to see a chick rockin J's in stead of boring flats for a change. Especially since the ones you've got are extremely rare in your size too. The bugs bunny Jordan 8's are pretty sweet too. Hope you keep rockin them How lovely :)

Jeremy & I on our way to Ondergrounds,

Russell Street, Melbourne

Kinda Sweet

yesterday i had some randoms speak to me on the train. drunkos as usual. get on at sunshine get off at footscray, hope they dont choose the sits next to me out of all the other seats on the train. but no. however, this random meeting was pleasant. the guy was sudanese and he had with him a male aussie. they were drinking jim beam out of a bottle and kindly offered me some. ah. no thanks *smile* if ive ever learnt something about speaking to random drunks and junkies is that to never be aggressive, unless of course they are aggressive to you. the friendly approach but not the 'please talk to me because i need friends' approach is well suited in most occasions. the sudanese guy asked me where i was going, he was surprised when i said i worked at a bar because he thought i was underaged.

how old are you, if you don't mind me asking?

21 kind sir. he asked me to read something on the MX. it said 'whoop ass' which i read and they both laughed and i did too. i felt stupid reading that and it was funny. he asked me what 'whoop' meant and i said i didnt know. he said:

i think it means (insert word in sudanese). do u know (insert the same word in sudanese)?

no haha i did not! i dont speak that language. they got off a footnam after wishing that i had a good night. and to stay out of trouble. thank you kind sir. today was a fucking mammoth shift. and by mammoth i mean 10.5hrs after doing a 11.5hrs shift last night. two record breaking busy days in a row and the threat of being understaffed yet again. i shotgun glasses so i wudnt have to deal with people's shit. so not in the mode and i was having fun shutting down people. maybe i even picked the fights. i hate it when REGULARS side order when its absolutely chockas, they think they can get special treatment. i hate it when REGULARS stand near or behind the bar to seem like sikunts 'oh i know the bartenders and i've worked here as an emergency cleaning glasses and i didnt really do a super job at it either'. i had a small argument with a lady who had a booking. i placed her in a location she didnt want to be placed and explained why. there was another booking for the wine library so i could not give the room to her. she said she didnt like the way the furniture was arranged, that it was shocking, and she couldnt have a proper conversation with her friends. she said the space wasnt big enough and she booked for 40 people. it was her 30th today and she wanted it to be special. she hoped i could accommodate her needs. i told i was simply following the instructions in the diary and i would do the best i could to accomodate her needs. i wish i told her to FUCK OFF. She had a sook to james, and james called me to fix some shit up for her, and james called her back, and james called me back. it was a ping pong game against 3 people. james eventually told me to give her room. she came up to me and told me she was taking over and if it was alright. i said: Just do it and get off my back. i took my first break at 1am and put my feet up on the cardboard boxes at jwow. to take out my frustration i made holes into the cardboard with a power drill. i took an hour break and was pleased to find jwow near empty =] must be the shit music. i realised i desparetly needed another job. fast. quick. needed to start climbing this ladder before i get stuck in this comfortable hiddy hole.