I have been doing a fair bit of shopping at this site, most of my t-shirts are from threadless so I thought I might give it a shot in submitting my own design. Please click on the link and vote. Your comments and votes are much appreciated. We shall see how this turns out....
30.4.10
Please VOTE!!
Threadless - a website where designers can submit their design and if the design is picked for printing, the designer will get some money and of course recognition in the threadless community.
I have been doing a fair bit of shopping at this site, most of my t-shirts are from threadless so I thought I might give it a shot in submitting my own design. Please click on the link and vote. Your comments and votes are much appreciated. We shall see how this turns out....
I have been doing a fair bit of shopping at this site, most of my t-shirts are from threadless so I thought I might give it a shot in submitting my own design. Please click on the link and vote. Your comments and votes are much appreciated. We shall see how this turns out....
20.4.10
If it's meant to be...
Ok. I think it is time for me to say something about the relationship that turn sour between me and a friend who moved in with me when I was in Sydney. Hopefully, this will put a stop to everything and we can all move on.
It has always been my principal to look after a friend, be there and support. The way I look at it, i did everything possible, to help a friend stand on his feet. I opened up my house (even though there's not much to it, it's still my pride and joy) and let him in. Yes, we do split everything 50 - 50 (rent, bills etc) but there are more to just bills (at least to me, it's more than that). I hate to be petty but to live, you need more than a roof over your head and food in your stomach. You would need a bed to sleep on, a couch to sit on. A TV perhaps? Not only all these are shared, it also include my clothes. I have no problem with all these but when everything I did was not appreciated, it became a problem.
When everything went downhill, I recalled us having a huge discussion about it on the phone and thought we have came to a conclusion, we apologised to each other and sorted everything out. Maybe I was wrong because the week after, I saw smart arse comments about me on Facebook and on his other profile. I always like to give people reasonable doubts so I ignored it. But when I sms'ed and was snubbed over and over again, I just gave up.
The funny thing is, it has been more than a year it happened and I realised he is still dwelling on it. It is always everyone else's fault. Not his. By having a go at me on his profile is childish and when you have a go at someone, you don't have a go at their race/colour. It's just shallow. In my world, we confront the problem face to face. Not throwing little bitchy comments like a school girl.
It has been too many times this happened and I chose not to react or retaliate. Be a better man and just ignore it I told myself. I just couldn't be bothered with the tit-for-tat game.
Many a times I wonder if there is any chance of reconciliation? I believed there is but the idea of that was pushed away a little further every time he pulls his school girl stunt.
I must admit, I have had numerous discussion about this issue with one of my friend and this is what he said,
"I think he made a statement posting this message, kinda like fuck off. On the same time he is still upset about it. It bothers him that you are gone out of his life. I also think this is his childish way of saying he misses having a good friend! But he doesn’t know how to say it. That’s the best he can do. You know what, you would gain massive respect (well, in my world) if you would ring him and say Hello. But if you call him, he will think he is right and you call him out of guilt and he has the upper hand. He wouldn’t get it. . When in fact, its opposite, overcoming your own pride is one of the most adult things, no matter who is right or wrong..."
Maybe he is right. I still can't manage to overcome my pride. I think this is the furthest I would go - I will forget everything if I get a phone call for reconciliation. This would be the last time I'm ever gonna talk about this. I think I have done my part. Honestly, I have put all these behind me. I'm not making my life miserable by hating and dwelling on the past. It's stupid.
It has always been my principal to look after a friend, be there and support. The way I look at it, i did everything possible, to help a friend stand on his feet. I opened up my house (even though there's not much to it, it's still my pride and joy) and let him in. Yes, we do split everything 50 - 50 (rent, bills etc) but there are more to just bills (at least to me, it's more than that). I hate to be petty but to live, you need more than a roof over your head and food in your stomach. You would need a bed to sleep on, a couch to sit on. A TV perhaps? Not only all these are shared, it also include my clothes. I have no problem with all these but when everything I did was not appreciated, it became a problem.
When everything went downhill, I recalled us having a huge discussion about it on the phone and thought we have came to a conclusion, we apologised to each other and sorted everything out. Maybe I was wrong because the week after, I saw smart arse comments about me on Facebook and on his other profile. I always like to give people reasonable doubts so I ignored it. But when I sms'ed and was snubbed over and over again, I just gave up.
The funny thing is, it has been more than a year it happened and I realised he is still dwelling on it. It is always everyone else's fault. Not his. By having a go at me on his profile is childish and when you have a go at someone, you don't have a go at their race/colour. It's just shallow. In my world, we confront the problem face to face. Not throwing little bitchy comments like a school girl.
It has been too many times this happened and I chose not to react or retaliate. Be a better man and just ignore it I told myself. I just couldn't be bothered with the tit-for-tat game.
Many a times I wonder if there is any chance of reconciliation? I believed there is but the idea of that was pushed away a little further every time he pulls his school girl stunt.
I must admit, I have had numerous discussion about this issue with one of my friend and this is what he said,
"I think he made a statement posting this message, kinda like fuck off. On the same time he is still upset about it. It bothers him that you are gone out of his life. I also think this is his childish way of saying he misses having a good friend! But he doesn’t know how to say it. That’s the best he can do. You know what, you would gain massive respect (well, in my world) if you would ring him and say Hello. But if you call him, he will think he is right and you call him out of guilt and he has the upper hand. He wouldn’t get it. . When in fact, its opposite, overcoming your own pride is one of the most adult things, no matter who is right or wrong..."
Maybe he is right. I still can't manage to overcome my pride. I think this is the furthest I would go - I will forget everything if I get a phone call for reconciliation. This would be the last time I'm ever gonna talk about this. I think I have done my part. Honestly, I have put all these behind me. I'm not making my life miserable by hating and dwelling on the past. It's stupid.
19.4.10
Huge month...
It has been a hectic month, first of, I moved to Footscray with Peter, my house mate. The reason for the move was because the landlord's daughter wants to move in, so we as tenants, have to move out.
I'm like everyone else, hates moving. However, the move was pretty smooth. We spent a night packing everything in 1 room in boxes and by the end of the week, it's all done. I'm lucky to have a friend who drives a ute (utility) and managed to borrow the ute from his for a day so we can move the boxes to the new house. Rob, another friend of mine offered to help. We managed to move all the boxes to the new house within a day and the following day, the removalist came for the furniture. So everything was pretty much done in less than a week. Pretty tiring and stressful though. I think I'm gonna get someone to do everything next time I move. Can't be arsed.
2weeks after the incident. It's healing nicely.
The week after we spent most evening arranging furniture and unpacking and while doing that, I cut a big chunk out of my finger. Blood everywhere. Thought it would be alright if I wrap the finger tightly with bandage but nope. It was still bleeding the following day when I tried to change the dressing. We were supposed to be cleaning the old house before returning the keys, so with my finger in that condition, I get to stay home and the other 2 housemates went back and do the cleaning. Took almost 2 weeks for my finger to be fully function-able. At least I don't have to do the dishes at home. *wink*
After the move and moving the furniture to the right place, we did some major shopping. We shared almost everything we bought, had an agreement as to who gets what if either of us decide to go our separate ways. We bought a leather couch from Ikea (I know, not the best leather couch in the world but it was discounted from $1799 to $999 and the ottoman was from $499 to $259). So cost wise, it was a good bargain. To finish the shopping list were some dining chairs, chaise and ottoman, designed by Charles & Ray Eames in 1956. I can only afford the replicas of course because the original ones are ridiculously expensive. Dining chair costs about $600 each and the chaise and ottoman cost $6,800. I have always been a fan of their work and I have longed for the chaise and ottoman for years. Can't wait till it's delivered tomorrow!!
• Solid maple timber base • Black powder coated stainless steel cross beams • Black High Gloss finish • Heavy duty ABS molded shell • Plastic glides for floor protection
Black Italian top grain leather • Wood Grain Ply
(P/S : Check this space next week to find out more about the car...)
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