A quiet christmas
On Wednesday my bail app fell through. I didn't end up having to go to the SC in the morning, and in late morning Libby called me to say my matter had been mentioned, and sounded a bit panicky as she asked me to go there.
So I grabbed my file together in haste and headed over to court. Libby was on the phone when I got there, I waved to the interpreter Courtney and noticed a blonde girl sitting next to Libby. At first I thought she was a cop, but later saw she was holding a file. When Libby went to the bathroom, I introduced myself to her. Apparently she's from Libby's floor, seemed like a newbie, and was a bit flushed by the pace of the list.
She was quite talkative, in a uninhibited way, like we had been friends before. Libby came back and then CJ arrived on the scene. We made some small talk about me changing sides and GS. I admired CJ as I hadn't seen him in a long time, and waited for him to go just so I could tell Libby and that blonde girl that he was like one of the best lawyers ever.
I later went to talk to the interpreter until court opened. I waited for some other matters to finish, watching one of Imad's matters, before mentioning my one. The mag said he didn't have time to deal with it today and asked me to advise the other side. I was a bit shocked, for him to just dismiss it like that, cause it'd mean that the guy would have to spend christmas and new year's in jail - not that he had much of a chance anyway.
I went back to the office, a little relieved that it wouldn't be going ahead, but also a little fearful that the other side may take issue with it. I tried calling them but their phone was off. I decided to go to lunch, and went to Woolies to get something cheap.
At Woolies, the other side called me and I told them what had happened. He seemed pretty ok with it, so that made me relax a bit.
I grabbed some chicken chippies and headed back to the office. I bumped into Trent at the lifts and offered him one. He declined at first but then took one. In hindsight, at the lunch with the cops, I think he offered to buy me a beer (twice) as a way to make up for whatever had happened before, and me declining may have made him think I didn't want to make up. But what I didn't tell him was that I didn't drink.
On Thursday I noticed that Sarah had taken the second half of the day off. After work I went for a walk and bumped into her near the bottom of our building. I tried to make a quick joke like "you're going to work now?" I noticed she was with a guy, and she introduced him as her brother. Paranoia me tells me she did that rather quickly just so I wouldn't assume he was her boyfriend. But that's paranoia me.
Oh, at lunch also, I ran to the gym to do my knee exercises as I hadn't gone to the gym in the morning. Bought some sushi for lunch after.
I finished my reps minute on Friday. I had completed it by about noon, then changed and went to the gym to do my knee exercises. I had gone to the gym in the morning, and I wanted to do it again at lunch so I wouldn't have to go after work.
I ran to the gym again, and again had sushi. When I returned, I found that most people had left for the day. Apparently on the last day of work, it's only a half day. Sarah had sent me a worked related email, and I was surprised there was no "merry christmas" or "happy new year" attached to it. Maybe that's why Heath calls her the Ice Maiden?
I ate my lunch and then finalised my minute. I went to level 10 to put it in Wendy F's in tray. I saw Dugon and said hi, and also saw Wendy A. We had a brief chat and she said it had been nice working with me, and I said the same. I really didn't find all that bad talk about her to be fruitful. She seems like a nice enough boss.
I went back to level 11, packing up ready to go. But I wanted to eat my orange, so quickly savaged it in the kitchen before anyone could see me, but Michael walked past and said I was still here. I also went to use the internet to check the tv guide, and Jim also came past and talked to Michael. He joked I was ok to look after things on level 11.
I left after that, feeling free to do whatever I wanted for the next week or so. I went home, got changed and then headed back out to the city for a haircut. This time I chose the place that I saw last time which was cheaper.
I was serviced by a guy who I found some strange admiration for. He seemed distracted by other things, but I found him to do a pretty good job. He could've just given me a once over shave which I expected, but he went around a few times to make sure it was all even, and even showed me the mirror so I could see the back of my head. And it only cost me $10.
I then went to the northern part of the city to have a look around before going home.
Christmas Day
On Saturday morning I went to the courts for a shoot around and a bit of jump rope. My shot was on! I just had that 'feel' where before I had even shot I knew the ball was going in. It was a good feeling. I also did some large number eights and, maybe it was just my imagination, but it showed me how vulnerable my knee still was to running at angles. I did not feel totally safe doing that.
After that I basically just went home, had a nap and spent the rest of the day bumming around on the net researching companies for investment purposes.
Today
Waking up at 6am, I got ready and went to pick up Malay and Thai at 6:30am. I was a bit disappointed that it started to rain, but figured we'd see how bad it was once we got there.
After picking them up, we went to pick up Scope and Brain. We had to wait a while for Brain, which annoyed me a bit.
When we got there, it was still drizzling but there was no talk of turning back, so we set up near the centre of the beach and stood around for a while before finally deciding to jog off. Thai and I jogged to one end before stopping. Malay had stopped before us and was now walking toward us. Brain and Scope had stopped way earlier than that. As much as I like Scope now that we both share similarities in investing, I found it odd that he decided to show up to the beach in cargo pants with shoes and socks.
Thai, Malay and I started jogging to the other end. Malay went a fair distance before he eventually stopped. Thai and I reached the other end. I find that jogging on the sand near the water is A LOT easier than the dryer sand, because your feet sink in that sand and it takes a lot more energy to lift them up and out.
Again, we waited for Malay, and then for Brain and Scope to catch up. Scope walked off back to base, while the rest of us stood around waiting for Brain to recover even though he had just walked the entire length of the beach. We kept trying to motivate and push him, but he wouldn't budge. He even spewed/spat a few times. It was pretty disgusting.
I reckon it was a mistake bringing Scope along. He didn't seem like he wanted to do it, and more importantly, he was someone Brain could bludge with. It doesn't take much for Brain to give in to giving up, all it takes is a buddy who also wants to not try.
I swear we spent so long standing around, we watched as people did laps and laps while we just stood there. Finally we got fed up and just ran off. Thai, Malay and I started running pretty fast at first, and then I realised it was pretty fucking tiring because of how my legs kept sinking into the sand, so I slowed down. They eventually stopped and I kept jogging back slowly back to Scope.
Thai arrived, and collapsed onto the sand, then Malay arrived. Brain, I was told, had ran a bit, and then decided to walk the rest of the way back. Some of the life guards came over to make sure Thai was alright, thinking he had fainted or something, lol.
We rested a bit before moving a bit closer to the water to do push ups and sit ups. Scope did a few push ups, but refused to do any sit ups. I gave up on him and just made sure Brain complied.
We did three sets before Thai went for a jump into the water. Although skinny, he is actually pretty ripped, sporting a six pack, which surprised all of us.
It had started raining a bit harder now as we walked back to my car. But then we found Scope had fallen back. Turns out he was looking for his ring which he dropped, so we walked back in the rain looking for the ring. I was getting a bit annoyed. I tried to empathise with losing something, but we didn't work out as much as I had wanted, so I was pretty pissed off with Brain about always wanting something so bad yet when it came to walk the walk he never delivered. Now we were standing around in the bloody rain looking for the damn ring.
We didn't find it, and walked back to my car in the rain. We drove to the shopping centre in Bondy for breakfast, where Scope, Brain and I had Subway and Malay and Thai had KFC.
We went to check out JB for a bit, because Malay was looking for a blu ray movie to try out on a new PS3 his sister had bought him for christmas. That probably stung me a bit more than I would like to admit - it made me realise how bad my relationship with my sister was, and why I didn't like talking about it with others. Would she ever buy me a PS3? No.
We hung around long enough for Thai to get annoyed (and you know that when he gets annoyed, it's a fair call), so Malay just chose Inception.
Brain wanted to get a pair of jeans so he went to YD. Scope and I stood outside waiting, Malay went to the bathroom, and Thai was accompanying Brain, but had come out with us after a while. I swear, Brain took soooooo long. My legs were tired. The workout on the beach didn't make my legs tired, but standing around for so long made them tired.
We then went to Myer cause I wanted to check out business shirts, and I ended up getting a white Van Heusen shirt which was 50% off. While I was in the line, I noticed a fat, bald white guy with a slim, younger Asian girl. I don't know, maybe he had a good sense of humour, but I tended to think she was there for other reasons.
We went to Border where we checked out some books, and then went upstairs to check out some movie times because G wanted to meet up later for a movie, but Malay wanted some rest before going to work, which pretty much made the rest of us disband, and I drove everyone home.
Scope had lent me his book on investing in gold and silver, and I had forgotten to lend him my Conspiracy of the Rich book (which I finished a few days ago and came to the conclusion that it was almost akin to trash), so I took a shower and then dropped the book off to him at Thai's place.
I then went to the city to get some petrol. I swear the thought of going to the casino crossed my mind, but luckily I was in my bball shorts. I then went to the Wick intending to buy a half chicken for lunch. Most shops were closed, but I checked out a video store before buying the chicken.
I went home to eat it while watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother before watching the Orlando vs Boston game. I fell asleep in the fourth quarter, thinking Boston had control and would win, but turns out they lost and broke their 14 game winning streak. I found that I really liked watching Boston's style of basketball.
I woke up to watch the Lakers vs Heat game. It was a good game, and watching Kobe motivated me to work out in this coming break.
So I grabbed my file together in haste and headed over to court. Libby was on the phone when I got there, I waved to the interpreter Courtney and noticed a blonde girl sitting next to Libby. At first I thought she was a cop, but later saw she was holding a file. When Libby went to the bathroom, I introduced myself to her. Apparently she's from Libby's floor, seemed like a newbie, and was a bit flushed by the pace of the list.
She was quite talkative, in a uninhibited way, like we had been friends before. Libby came back and then CJ arrived on the scene. We made some small talk about me changing sides and GS. I admired CJ as I hadn't seen him in a long time, and waited for him to go just so I could tell Libby and that blonde girl that he was like one of the best lawyers ever.
I later went to talk to the interpreter until court opened. I waited for some other matters to finish, watching one of Imad's matters, before mentioning my one. The mag said he didn't have time to deal with it today and asked me to advise the other side. I was a bit shocked, for him to just dismiss it like that, cause it'd mean that the guy would have to spend christmas and new year's in jail - not that he had much of a chance anyway.
I went back to the office, a little relieved that it wouldn't be going ahead, but also a little fearful that the other side may take issue with it. I tried calling them but their phone was off. I decided to go to lunch, and went to Woolies to get something cheap.
At Woolies, the other side called me and I told them what had happened. He seemed pretty ok with it, so that made me relax a bit.
I grabbed some chicken chippies and headed back to the office. I bumped into Trent at the lifts and offered him one. He declined at first but then took one. In hindsight, at the lunch with the cops, I think he offered to buy me a beer (twice) as a way to make up for whatever had happened before, and me declining may have made him think I didn't want to make up. But what I didn't tell him was that I didn't drink.
On Thursday I noticed that Sarah had taken the second half of the day off. After work I went for a walk and bumped into her near the bottom of our building. I tried to make a quick joke like "you're going to work now?" I noticed she was with a guy, and she introduced him as her brother. Paranoia me tells me she did that rather quickly just so I wouldn't assume he was her boyfriend. But that's paranoia me.
Oh, at lunch also, I ran to the gym to do my knee exercises as I hadn't gone to the gym in the morning. Bought some sushi for lunch after.
I finished my reps minute on Friday. I had completed it by about noon, then changed and went to the gym to do my knee exercises. I had gone to the gym in the morning, and I wanted to do it again at lunch so I wouldn't have to go after work.
I ran to the gym again, and again had sushi. When I returned, I found that most people had left for the day. Apparently on the last day of work, it's only a half day. Sarah had sent me a worked related email, and I was surprised there was no "merry christmas" or "happy new year" attached to it. Maybe that's why Heath calls her the Ice Maiden?
I ate my lunch and then finalised my minute. I went to level 10 to put it in Wendy F's in tray. I saw Dugon and said hi, and also saw Wendy A. We had a brief chat and she said it had been nice working with me, and I said the same. I really didn't find all that bad talk about her to be fruitful. She seems like a nice enough boss.
I went back to level 11, packing up ready to go. But I wanted to eat my orange, so quickly savaged it in the kitchen before anyone could see me, but Michael walked past and said I was still here. I also went to use the internet to check the tv guide, and Jim also came past and talked to Michael. He joked I was ok to look after things on level 11.
I left after that, feeling free to do whatever I wanted for the next week or so. I went home, got changed and then headed back out to the city for a haircut. This time I chose the place that I saw last time which was cheaper.
I was serviced by a guy who I found some strange admiration for. He seemed distracted by other things, but I found him to do a pretty good job. He could've just given me a once over shave which I expected, but he went around a few times to make sure it was all even, and even showed me the mirror so I could see the back of my head. And it only cost me $10.
I then went to the northern part of the city to have a look around before going home.
Christmas Day
On Saturday morning I went to the courts for a shoot around and a bit of jump rope. My shot was on! I just had that 'feel' where before I had even shot I knew the ball was going in. It was a good feeling. I also did some large number eights and, maybe it was just my imagination, but it showed me how vulnerable my knee still was to running at angles. I did not feel totally safe doing that.
After that I basically just went home, had a nap and spent the rest of the day bumming around on the net researching companies for investment purposes.
Today
Waking up at 6am, I got ready and went to pick up Malay and Thai at 6:30am. I was a bit disappointed that it started to rain, but figured we'd see how bad it was once we got there.
After picking them up, we went to pick up Scope and Brain. We had to wait a while for Brain, which annoyed me a bit.
When we got there, it was still drizzling but there was no talk of turning back, so we set up near the centre of the beach and stood around for a while before finally deciding to jog off. Thai and I jogged to one end before stopping. Malay had stopped before us and was now walking toward us. Brain and Scope had stopped way earlier than that. As much as I like Scope now that we both share similarities in investing, I found it odd that he decided to show up to the beach in cargo pants with shoes and socks.
Thai, Malay and I started jogging to the other end. Malay went a fair distance before he eventually stopped. Thai and I reached the other end. I find that jogging on the sand near the water is A LOT easier than the dryer sand, because your feet sink in that sand and it takes a lot more energy to lift them up and out.
Again, we waited for Malay, and then for Brain and Scope to catch up. Scope walked off back to base, while the rest of us stood around waiting for Brain to recover even though he had just walked the entire length of the beach. We kept trying to motivate and push him, but he wouldn't budge. He even spewed/spat a few times. It was pretty disgusting.
I reckon it was a mistake bringing Scope along. He didn't seem like he wanted to do it, and more importantly, he was someone Brain could bludge with. It doesn't take much for Brain to give in to giving up, all it takes is a buddy who also wants to not try.
I swear we spent so long standing around, we watched as people did laps and laps while we just stood there. Finally we got fed up and just ran off. Thai, Malay and I started running pretty fast at first, and then I realised it was pretty fucking tiring because of how my legs kept sinking into the sand, so I slowed down. They eventually stopped and I kept jogging back slowly back to Scope.
Thai arrived, and collapsed onto the sand, then Malay arrived. Brain, I was told, had ran a bit, and then decided to walk the rest of the way back. Some of the life guards came over to make sure Thai was alright, thinking he had fainted or something, lol.
We rested a bit before moving a bit closer to the water to do push ups and sit ups. Scope did a few push ups, but refused to do any sit ups. I gave up on him and just made sure Brain complied.
We did three sets before Thai went for a jump into the water. Although skinny, he is actually pretty ripped, sporting a six pack, which surprised all of us.
It had started raining a bit harder now as we walked back to my car. But then we found Scope had fallen back. Turns out he was looking for his ring which he dropped, so we walked back in the rain looking for the ring. I was getting a bit annoyed. I tried to empathise with losing something, but we didn't work out as much as I had wanted, so I was pretty pissed off with Brain about always wanting something so bad yet when it came to walk the walk he never delivered. Now we were standing around in the bloody rain looking for the damn ring.
We didn't find it, and walked back to my car in the rain. We drove to the shopping centre in Bondy for breakfast, where Scope, Brain and I had Subway and Malay and Thai had KFC.
We went to check out JB for a bit, because Malay was looking for a blu ray movie to try out on a new PS3 his sister had bought him for christmas. That probably stung me a bit more than I would like to admit - it made me realise how bad my relationship with my sister was, and why I didn't like talking about it with others. Would she ever buy me a PS3? No.
We hung around long enough for Thai to get annoyed (and you know that when he gets annoyed, it's a fair call), so Malay just chose Inception.
Brain wanted to get a pair of jeans so he went to YD. Scope and I stood outside waiting, Malay went to the bathroom, and Thai was accompanying Brain, but had come out with us after a while. I swear, Brain took soooooo long. My legs were tired. The workout on the beach didn't make my legs tired, but standing around for so long made them tired.
We then went to Myer cause I wanted to check out business shirts, and I ended up getting a white Van Heusen shirt which was 50% off. While I was in the line, I noticed a fat, bald white guy with a slim, younger Asian girl. I don't know, maybe he had a good sense of humour, but I tended to think she was there for other reasons.
We went to Border where we checked out some books, and then went upstairs to check out some movie times because G wanted to meet up later for a movie, but Malay wanted some rest before going to work, which pretty much made the rest of us disband, and I drove everyone home.
Scope had lent me his book on investing in gold and silver, and I had forgotten to lend him my Conspiracy of the Rich book (which I finished a few days ago and came to the conclusion that it was almost akin to trash), so I took a shower and then dropped the book off to him at Thai's place.
I then went to the city to get some petrol. I swear the thought of going to the casino crossed my mind, but luckily I was in my bball shorts. I then went to the Wick intending to buy a half chicken for lunch. Most shops were closed, but I checked out a video store before buying the chicken.
I went home to eat it while watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother before watching the Orlando vs Boston game. I fell asleep in the fourth quarter, thinking Boston had control and would win, but turns out they lost and broke their 14 game winning streak. I found that I really liked watching Boston's style of basketball.
I woke up to watch the Lakers vs Heat game. It was a good game, and watching Kobe motivated me to work out in this coming break.
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