travel insurance
GOOD NEWS ONE AND ALL. GATHER ROUND...I HAVE BOUGHT THE TICKET, i repeat, I HAVE BOUGHT THE TICKET. :)
next question...travel insurance? hmmm...it is a precaution, and yes it'll help tremendously when or if i lose my belongings the flight gets cancelled, there is political uprising and there is a strike, or just a general strike, I DIE, i get hurt...et cetera et cetera. oh well. at least the flight is settled.
MORE NEWS ON THE ACCOMMODATION FRONT. apparently this place will be closed next year due to renovation works. so like it or not, planned or not, we all have to move out...i want my ywca :( i was kinda counting on being more on my own, if ya know what i mean, winky-wink. oh well, we'll have to see how that one goes.
now that the flight is settled, i have exactly $52.37 in my account. YES that is very little, YES i cant wait to move out and YES i cant wait to save money. oh well, i'll be ok. just have to wait for this week's salary to come in next week.
BAD NEWS ANYONE? the kiwi dollar is dropping. so i may not have as much money as i thought i might have when i go back...hmmm. i remember one time they were buying malaysian ringgit at 3.01 here, and now it's gone down to 2.6..come on kiwi dollar. come on.
here's a shoutout to rachel hoping her visa comes through. ALL THE BEST RACHEL, FINGERS CROSSED!!! HUGS :)
weekend's here, and this week has just flown by. routine really does kick in after a while. i was really looking forward to the weekend actually. might wanna look at that aotea square market tomorrow and see if they still sell that yummy bread there.
classes start again next week. oh no, i havent read Gulliver's travels OR anything for the test. oh well.
i asked a shop here about how much prescription lenses would cost me...and they start at $160 a pair for astigmatism. someone told me this thing would go down as i get older, but i dont see anything yet. HOW MUCH OLDER DO I HAVE TO BE? my wisdom tooth is growing out. but the shop lady was real nice and she said "yeah, just pop in for an eye exam and we'll see. that'd usually cost about $250". why dont i just pay my rent and be happy :P
i'm going to miss being able to decide so many things on my own when i go back and have to live with my parents. have to tell them where i'm going...(typical answer is "OUT...?") with whom ("people") doing ("stuff")...oh god. and then there's church to go to too. and people in church who just wanna drag me along to whatever meeting i dont feel like going to. thats the thing about church people. if you go once, just for courtesy (since they practically bug you about it) and hope that it'll be enough to keep them quiet, you are so wrong. they "encourage" you to go along for more meetings (read: HARASS, and btw those activities eat into time i could spend doing more fun things with my bf or friends..so :P) and SPAM you (YES THEY SPAMMED ME) with meeting updates and what not..i just emailed them all back and said "its very nice and all to hear from you back home, but could you take me off the mailing list?" yes, yes..my fault for giving my email add out, should've given them my uni email which i never check but really should. it might have been a tad mean and a bit startling to them, but i was just so sick of getting emails about "meeting this friday"...and so on. i'm not there to begin with, and filling up my inbox with stuff like that is NOT going to get me to go to your meetings when i am. there. and NO, it is not as fun as you think sitting around talking about what i think the bible said because there are some questions you cannot answer and when that happens, CRY HERESY!! light your torches and bring out the pitchforks because its DEMON HUNTING TIME!! honestly, (and i know i sound so jaded and atheistic here) dont you people get tired of that? folk devils and moral panics, people. its folk devils and moral panics.
if religion works for you, then whoopdeedoo. praise God or the many gods. all's good for you. but just because it works for you doesnt mean you have to impose it on other people (even if your religion says so. if you have a brain, use it to reason out some social skills..mmkay?) in any manner.