Insomnia bit me in the ass

Now I can't sleep. Might as well blog a few things rather than waste my time staring off at a space.

No letting go

What are the odds?

I just received an email from our Industry Liaison Officer at uni.

She was inviting me for a meeting with the Training Co-ordinator of one of the hotels in Australia because apparently, I am in the running for a cadetship for 2007.

That's two years away, I said to myself.

So I looked at my Tourism and Hotel Management website and I realised that they look at your transcript and if your records are alright, they make you an offer to be in the running for the cadetship - to keep you motivated for the rest of your university life.

So they had a look at my transcript and liked what they saw, I realised.

So I'm emailing my Officer to organise a meeting with the Co-ordinator.

Do you know what this means?

If I keep my marks up for the rest of my degree and I have an amazing references and enough hospitality industry experience, I might be able to get the cadetship by the time I finish my degree in 2007.

This means that I will be transferred to Sydney or Melbourne where I will be working for them for 12-18 months depending on my progress.

As soon as I successfully finish my 18 month-cadetship, I will be promoted to a supervisory position in my field of expertise [major] with a really good salary package.

I'm really stoked. Everything is going really well for me career-wise.

I don't have to do anything, just go to the meeting and be my charming self.

But you also know what this means.

If I get this cadetship in a couple of years and did in fact, get transferred in Sydney, I will be working in the same office as Mark.

Because that is how he got his job in Sydney - corporate traineeship. In the same hotel that is offering me the meeting right now.

That's how he got transferred too. He got his cadetship and is now on his second month.

Thank God his major was Events Management and I'm doing Marketing.

I know that I might not get it, but it freaks me out that I might get it.

The world really is small.

Let's just hope not small enough for me to bump into him in the corporate world.


I love Charlie

And the whole chocolate factory.

I watched it with Jono and J - again.

We've been chilling for a couple of days because mid-semester exams are happening and we do need to unwind.

Getting drunk is not an option because we do have to go back to studying after unwinding so we did the next best thing.

Watch a movie - again.

J and I did a bit of shopping while Jono tried his best to be interested in what we were looking at.

I hate going shopping with Linney, he complained.

It's bad enough that I have to put up with my girlfriend's shopping bullshit, I now have to put up with you two too, he added.

Apparently, all guys hate shopping. Because everytime J and I would go inside a shop, he sighs and rolls his eyes.

Guys are hopeless to go shopping with.

We bought earrings.

A bracelet.

And CDs.

It took us two hours to buy just those three things.

Jono bought a shirt, a pair of pants, a hairgel and a cap and it took him twenty minutes for his purchases.

It's just one of those things I guess.

Men really are from Mars.

But I can speak Martian.

So I get along with most men. Especially someone as predictable as Jono.

Are we going to watch the movie or not? Otherwise, I'm going back to uni, he said.

So we went and watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I love Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. He really is a gorgeous man.

No amount of ugly hair, ugly teeth, ugly skin and ugly hat can hide his good looks.

It reminds me of Sleepy Hollow. He wasn't hot there too but he was to me.

I can't wait for the sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Anyway, Jono rolled his eyes at me when he saw me crying.

It's a children's movie, nikki. Why cry for? he asked.

It was the way Tim Burton portrayed Charlie's lifestlye that made me cry. It was really sad. Also the fact that real people actually live like that.


Sushi Binge

After the movie, we decided to go for sushi. Since we only go to one sushi place - we took a drive from Pacific Fair to Chevron Island for Ace Wasabi sushi place.

We ate too fast giving us tummy aches. All of us were hungry so as soon as the train passed us, we grabbed plates and plates of sushi.

For once, our conversation didn't revolve around Mark. It revolved around Jono and his girlfriend. He insists that he's not falling for her but J and I know better.

You're falling for her, aren't you, I sang out.

Fuck nah, I'm just doing my load, he replied.

No, man. You're falling for her, J chimed in.

It's fun pulling his chain. He insists that he is a player and that he won't fall for anyone but he is - fast and hard.

How can you exlain the constant SMS messages? The constant phone calls.

And no, not from her. From him.

It looks like Jono is growing up, I teased him.

He turned beet red.

Ok, we're not going to force you to admit it, we know it anyway, J smiled devilishly.

We stopped teasing him for fear of him leaving us stranded in Chevron. We ate quietly til I noticed a really hot guy wearing a red top. I nudged J.

J, that guy across you is really hot, I said.

She looked over. Nodded her head and buried her face on the sushi she was attacking. She didn't care if the guy was hot or not. She's still doing the long-distance thing with the guy she met in Miami.

I looked up from my sushi and saw that the guy was with a girlfriend. Damn it, I thought. But then he looked over and gave me a smile.

I smiled back and I heard J dropped her chopsticks.

I can't believe you, the guy is with his girlfriend, she said.

So? It was just a smile, I replied.

Well, because of that now he's looking over here, she countered.

I looked up and sure enough, I saw him looking again. I smiled and looked at J willing her to say something so I can laugh.

Nikki, stop it, J hissed. I threw my head back and laughed.

Jono looked at me as if I was crazy. He followed my gaze and put his arm around me and gave me a big kiss on the cheek.

Babe, do you want anything to drink, he asked rather loudly while standing up heading towards the water station.

I made a face at him but chose to follow J - to leave the guy alone. I didn't feel like getting stabbed especially by a jealous girlfriend so I stirred clear.

We talked about our mid-semester exams and how we are doing at uni. J is struggling with accounting so she was bitching about that.

Jono is struggling with everything so he pretty much bitched about that.

I didn't bitch about anything because I am on track at uni and at work.

Fuck you, Nikki, Jono said. You are a dork and a half.

I won't argue with that.

At least I'm getting a shot at getting the cadetship for being a dork and a half.

I was bored

And it's 4:15 in the morning.

So I could only do one thing.

There's so many things you can do with a camera. You can do a disheveled look.

Act totally immature.

A puppy dog look.

And a stolen shot look.

Am a loser. Good night.