Randominity

I have no "topic of the day", just a whole lot of random thoughts and things to blog about...

 

1. We moved house last week Friday. The move went well. It's a beautiful place, lovely views, beautiful gardens, lovely area - I'm really happy there.  

 

It feels nice to own a chunk of land as opposed to owning a piece of apartment block. lol (Having said that, it's the bank who really owns it, and it's freaking annoying how expensive real estate in Sydney is, especially in this part of Sydney, and how much of our incomes it swallows up and I'm shitty about rising interest rates and I'm more shitty that such small rises have such a huge impact because housing is so ridiculously expensive. I love you Sydney, but you're a freaking high-maintainence, expensive bitch sometimes.)

 

2. We still have problems with sorting out money as part of our refinance/new loan thing. I wont go into details, I'll just say that it's so incredibly stressful to have things not sorted financially. Speshly when dealing with huge amounts of money. It's an awful type of stress and I've never experienced financial stress before and I really don't want to do so again. It's a shit feeling.

 

3. I have all three PhD examiners now. My thesis has been sent off overseas and, hopefully, three people are reading it and are going to like it and not give me a hard time!

 

4. I love my husband. Well, that's not new, but he just continues to be such a perfect husband everyday and he did almost all the packing and unpacking with the move because he knew I was feeling stressed. Everything is unpacked and the place looks great and he's so hardworking and dependable and so nice to cuddle. Lovely boy.

 

5. I've been made permanent staff at work (I was previously on a contract). It's nice to have a little more stability in life.

 

6. Sorry to not reply to each and every comment I get here. I blog from email and I wont visit my blog from work so I can't reply to them (I have no Internet access from home at the moment) but I think that some of the most interesting things written on JezzyLife are in the comments section. I really enjoy reading what you have to say. Thanks. Oh, and if you've upgraded to the Beta version of Blogger, I can't comment on your blog. I also can't access Typepad blogs - but I'll try to do so when I get a chance from home. (I hate how workplaces block sites - why? It's not porno, ffs!) I read all your blogs everyday, even if I can't always comment. Anyway, my point is, I love you guys. Come on, group hug. {{{{{{{HUGSIES}}}}}}

 

7.  I'm still doing Bollywood dance classes and I'm not very good at it! Oh, but it's fun and I need to work out all my stress (and all the chocolate I eat.)

 

8. I've been noting the call for immigrants to promise to subscribe to "Australian values". Hmmmm - there are so many things wrong with that, where do I begin? Firstly, by "immigrants" they obviously are targeting people from certain countries other than from our two main sources of immigration - England and New Zealand - so it's full of shit to start with. Secondly, what the fuck are Australian values anyway?! *We* have values!? lol

 

Reminds me of the crap I get told by old relatives of my mother's in Malaysia. Apparantly I'm "westernised" and have no "Asian values" because I was born and raised in Western countries. WTF are Asian values?!!

 

I'm not silly, I know what they all mean. The people making calls for such Australian value policies are really saying "if you come to this country, learn to speak English, don't form exclusive cultural enclaves, and don't partake in anti-social behaviour such as blowing people up. Not cool."

Okay, fair enough.

But making people sign some form wont change anything. It's just obviously targetting certain groups and that's not cool either. Besides, there's something not particularly defined about it and does anyone really believe it's going to solve any problems? Because the real problems are deeper than that.

 

As for the "Asian values", all that means is "Show a little respect, particularly for your elders. Don't act like a know-it-all spoilt brat and don't dress like a slut and sleep with every person who walks past. Especially if you're 13. It's just embarrassing."

 

In other words, all these value statements - western, eastern, whatever - just mean "have respect for yourselves and for others".

 

I just hate the Us vs Them mentality of it all. It's not about that. It just makes things worse and makes the divide even bigger than it already it. And it makes things harder for those of us who have to straddle both sides.

 

9. I'm still feeling stressed out about our current financial situation. Streessssssss!!!!!! Nup, can't get over it. Awful feeling. My parents are overseas and I don't know why, but I still have the mentality that when they get home on Thursday, they'll sort it all out. Which is silly really.

 

Jezzy, you are a grown-up. Mummy and Daddy can't make this one better.