The results are in!

From amihotornot.com:
Me - 7.4 from 51 votes
Bob - 8.1 from 55 votes

From Beautiful People:
Me - somewhere between the red cross and the orange cross (with a pic rating of 5.07)
Bob - at the red cross (with a pic rating of 4.99)

So because I'm biased in favour of myself, I'm obviously going to argue that BP is a classier and more elegant site, whereas amihotornot.com seems much trashier, but I suppose we're pretty even. Or maybe people just judge all Asians the same.

Eh.

Anyway, this morning I decided to take another look at the photos of CLE. What I noticed this time was that she had an engagement ring on.

Uh-huh...

I checked the pic of the tall guy she was standing with and noticed he wasn't wearing a ring, so it couldn't be him.

Oh well, I guess we all move on. Except me.

I finished that document to help Ben today, then we had a morning tea which according to Pete was to thank me for culling. I found it a bit awkward for a while with no one to talk to, but I was pretty pre-occupied with thinking how I could get a second lemon tart slice without anyone noticing, lol.

Ben the other day said his wife Vic noticed I was pretty observant. I guess that's what quiet people do, but I am not analysing or judgmental as some may perceive...I really have nothing going on in my head when I am quiet within a group.

Alison later started talking to me, just making chit chat about my new job, and then I started talking to Col. He's a really cool old man, I think I'm going to miss him. When he first joined the morning tea he asked "so have you told everyone yet?" and I said "about what?" and he said "about changing your mind and staying", and Teesh said "are you staying?" and Col laughed and said he just liked to embarass people, lol.

But yeah, we had a bit of a chat and seemed to like the same things, but later on he seemed to really have an agenda against the judge. I thought that was a pretty good time to exit.

I spent the majority of the day trying to summarise that case for Karen, but kept getting distracted by either Shuing's emails or people talking about my office.

In the afternoon, Pete saw me tying my shoelace at my desk and made a comment, so I walked over to him thinking I'd just have a short chat, but he ended up blabbering on for a while. I've found that, despite his somewhat confrontational persona, he is just a bit lonely sometimes and wants an ear for his experience and past stories.

Brendan gave me an interesting file for research, and I was thankful because I was pretty bored. When I read the file, I saw an email from Brendan to the cop giving him the advice that there was no point in proceeding, but that he has asked "one of our bright young lawyers [insert name here]" to have a look at it.

Fucking hell, talk about pressure!

Why does he think I'm smart? Why do people think I'm smart? Why was I offered that permanent position after only a few months? I don't think I'm smart. I don't think I'm worthy of a permanent role. Is it because I look smart? You put glasses on any Asian and they'll look like a nerd, but damn, if only they knew.

I spent the rest of the afternoon researching, then Cox came over and had a chat, and it got pretty funny when Ben joined in and we were talking about profanities. Sometimes when Cox is talking to me, I think that in another life, where she isn't engaged, we might actually make a good couple.

I left work at about 5:15pm, went home, then went to get a couple of mangoes and KFC, because yesterday Pete and Col were talking about KFC and it made me crave for it, lol.

I'm really liking living by myself. I've realised that I'm starting to plan a lot better. I've even calculated how much I'm allowed to spend per day. I'm making my own lunches for work, and I'm doing shopping for the week in advance.

So this is growing up.