I think I'm addicted to them. The flesh has got a chewy-crunchy feel to it. Just like a pear. (Not the yellow ones but the green ones XD). Just the type of fruit that I like to eat. (I love to munch) I finished 7 within 3 days. 0.O I know, it's a little over moderation. I can't help it. I simply LOVE them.

Australian nectarines are simply awesome.

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That's was just a rant.


I just found out that, to work here in Australia, you'd need a license for just about everything.

Waitressing, coffee-making, hairdressing, etc...

Why must things be SOO difficult here?

Asians are not very welcome here. The local students completely ignore us.

Most employers have too many resumes to filter through. So, first they separate them into '"Asians" and "Locals". Then, ignore the "Asians" pile. A friend's tutor told my friend that he just got really fed up with the level of written and spoken English that Asians have. That's why he won't hire them. Where's the justice here??? Not all of us are completely handicapped when it comes to English. True, we can't speak in your accent, or use your slang, nor write literature but heck, I can speak better than most Chinese students (from East Asia) here. (I've studied Australian high-school literature before and I'm a band 5 (NSW HSC) damn it!). I'm starting to get terribly irritated with these Chinese students from China. Apparently, former Chinese students who worked part-time here before were not civic-conscienced, had minimal moral values and bad English. These so-called QUALIFIED GRADUATES caused a lot of trouble for their employers. This gave a VERY bad impression of Asians to the locals. Which is why I HATE those CHINESE IDIOTS that induced this prejudice among potential local employers. They made my life DIFFICULT. I can't get a job without a significant length of work experience or a license. T.T

I currently have agreed with an Italian salon-owner to do a little of cleaning work at his salon on Fridays and Saturdays (13 hours) for free in return for his mentoring (he's not charging for his mentoring either) for a month. Basically, I only watch and learn on Fridays. If I can improve up to his standards within that time limit, I'm hired. If not, I'll get the boot. But, as long as I do haircuts, I'll get paid. I hope I get the job. I really do. I'm scared. The hairstyles here are different from what I'm used to. To make matters worse, his salon specializes in men's haircuts. O__O It's my weakness. How am I supposed to improve in 52 hours? My hostelmates are telling me that I'm being taken advantage of, cheated, the whole nine yards. Am I?

I hope I'm not. Please, not let it be the case. The salon-owner looks like a really nice guy. He was kind enough to let me watch him cut. Although, I couldn't really follow his moves because his hand movements were really fast. So, I subtituted those moves that I couldn't catch with some of my own. I guess doing that didn't really gave a good impression of myself on him. I did the best improvisation on the spot that I could! *sob*

My interview was to try cutting his son's hair. (his son is 10-years-oldwho loves parrots). I did the slope with the shears a bit too high cuz I was using his method. The outline wasn't as clean and straight as he liked it but he said it was passable. That's how I am under training now (well, sort of).

I feel like buying a new pair of new scissors to cut hair. T.T They don't sell it to public, only hairdressers....or anything hairstyling tools for that matter. This sucks.

GAWD, the East Asian students's English is quite catastrophic. I can't understand ANYTHING they say AT ALL. When they speak, every syllable is recited forcedfully as a word with missing "r", "s" and "t" sounds. So-I-can-not-pos-si-bi-ly-com-pre-hend-what-they-are-say-ing-at-tu-to-ri-als. To make it worse, they jerk off after every syllable, so it's an overbearing pain to try to process their speech. ESPECIALLY in law tutes. It's already a pain trying to decipher the message she's trying to get across the discussion table,I really don't need an extra pain trying to process her speech as well.