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r.i.p -- steve irwin |
 Photo taken from FOXNews
No more Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin was killed on Monday when he was pierced through the heart by a stingray off the Great Barrier Reef while he was shooting his underwater documentary. I guess I do not have a chance to go to the Australia Zoo in Queensland to watch his crocodile show. It is a waste that he has passed away at such an early age -- 44 years old, leaving behind his wife, one daughter and one son.
His friend said that it's a tragedy that Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray as this is a very rare case. Usually stingrays are not harmful and dangerous to people while the human is filming the stingrays. But when frightened or stepped on, the vicious looking spines up to 10 inches long with breadknife-like serrations will become their defence tools. I have watched one of the documentary on stingrays and I think that they look cute and yummy! Muahaha... Especially in Malaysia we get to eat stingrays which I love it so much. But in that documentary, I saw the stingrays' tails which is very long and scary... It is very brave for those people who go underwater to film their documentary as they will never know what will happen to them.
R.I.P Steve Irwin
I have just finished my 4 hours shift this morning and my foot is hurting!! I don't mind if I don't get to sit down for four hours. But my injured foot hasn't recover fully and it gets really painful if I don't rest. I guess I have to endure a bit. Martin, my manager said that he will give me two shift next week since I am used to the work at the cafe. Hmm.. I thought each student only gets like 2 to 5 hours shift in a week?? Then Jin told me that actually each student will have to work 20 hours in a week, not more than 5 hours in a day. Since I am a new member there, the manager doesn't want to scared me off by giving so many hours for me in a week.
He said in the future I will have to work 20 hours in a week which will really scared me off! hahaha... I am sure I can handle it, unless I have exams or assignments due, then I will be sad for not having enough time to study. Came to think about it, if i get to work 20 hours in a week and I am getting $17.30 for an hour. By the end of the month, I will have AUD1384 inside my bank account. How good is that? Hahahah... I have a lot of friends who are working at the chinese restaurant where they only get $8 to $10 for an hour. That's why they always said that working with ang moh is the best coz they will not take you for granted.
Everyone has been asking me why do I want to work suddenly... Oh well... That's because:
- I have too much time at home. I always sleep late and wake up late at home, every time when I wake up, I spend most of my time online doing useless stuff. I don't even study, I don't even do anything at home. I feel like I am wasting lots of time doing things online and watching t.v the whole day. Now I have got this job, I have to sleep early and wake up early to go for work. The rest of the time that I have on that day, I will use that extra time to prepare my homework for the next day's tutorial classes. So, I'd rather have a more discipline life (which can earn money too!!) than have a slacking life like last time.
- I need money! Hahaha... Although my father gave me quite a lot of money in a month to spend. But for those of you who know me well, I am sure you know how I spend my money. Every time when I go shopping, I can spend more than $200 in just one outings!! How scary is that?? Moreover, I am doing my second degree now and I think that it's about time for me to contribute a bit. My father has supported my five years of university education in Australia and I do not want to put on anymore burden on him. I have counted for my father, this five years of my university studies... School fees = AUD 65,000 (RM182,000) and 5 years of living expenses = AUD 108,000 (RM302,000). Overall I have spent AUD 173,000 (RM 484,400) of my father's hard earned money to study. I left one more year to go which I didn't tell my parents simply because I want to pay this last year of education myself.
I have realized that my father is getting so much older each year when I go back to Malaysia. It hurts whenever I think of how useless I am. Imagine all my friends have started to work now, but I am still spending my father's money to study at this age!! I am so useless! Moreover, my father has just finished supporting my brother's education in U.K. Then now he is still supporting my sister's education in San Francisco, my youngest sister's college fees (in the future she will be coming to Australia to further her studies) and my youngest brother's private secondary school fees.
You guys can imagine how heavy my father's burden is... As the eldest daughter in the family, I guess I have the responsibility to share the burden with my father. That's why I am working part-time now so that I can support my own studies for next year. Eh, you guys better don't tell my parents that I have one more year loh. =) Muaks muaks!! My advise is... Don't have too many children!! They are scary and a lot of money need to be spent on them! I know that I won't be as successful as my father in the future, that's why I am not planning to have too many children. Two or maybe three are enough to make my life miserable!! I hate kids anyway...
sOphia.G
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 
4:25:00 PM 
