Another day of survival

So another day I have survived!

And it haven't been any day either, me, joining Medibank Private on my visitors insurance (almost practicaly and stuff makes me an Australian), my (technically Mikes, but he's not here atm) car got a new CV Shaft and Boots (not sure what a car need boots for, but they mechanics now best) it also got some oil, some workshop supplies and some care! Oh, and I got two CD's, thank you Aaaalissssoooon! For your edification I'll tell you later (further down in this post) what CD's I bought, hm, I may even put a picture or two in! Then you'll already know what CD's I bought when you read this but I won't know that you know yet, as I haven't put them in yet, and I can still choose not to put them in and then you'd be all confused!

Appart from that, well, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! ok, it was the B division and the b final (fifth place) but we still won it and got medals! And me getting football medals don't happen very often (planning to get another on this year, just so you know, watch out Beenleigh!)

And, apparently, there are another team that call themselves "The Champions" (or something) that can't really do that anymore now can they? You need to reach a final to win something, right? I guess Mel played awesom as always though, so no blame on her (ps. this has nothing do do with me having a be nice to Mel week)

So, deciding that I should put the images of my newly acquired CD's at random places in this post, you will, off course, already know that as you have seen them, but they are not there now, kinda weird actually. I mean, I'm doing this post and I don't know that the images are there, yet, but you, who reads this post and have nothing to do with it, you know they are there and you sort of see them before I do, hmm, strange world we live in!


Упование вы будете иметь большой день!

PS: There are two new links you could check out.. pretty good ones, just have to remember what the second link is supposed to be so I can put it up there, so, if there are two new links, I did remember it, if there is only one new, I didn't

PS2: Want to draw your attention to the newly reopened mpcsocial.blogspot.com that is one of my lame tries to get people to try a new way of organise things..

PS3: Oh, and check out the new SECTION (located where the old "interesting fact" section was)

mio ventisettesimo compleanno!

So, another year in my life.. Has it been good? Well, for the most part it actually has, nothing really bad has happened (always good) lots of good things has happened. I have had many many issues with many different things as always. I have finished another Master degree (hopefully my last!).. I have been in the sun, I have played Football, I have spent time with friends, I have made new friends, I have been in "love", I have stuffed up, I have done things I had never done before, I have been angry, I have been sad, I have spent my forth consecutive birthday in Australia (which, is somewhat weird as I have only been here for 31 months and 12 days [give or take a day], and last I checked that would be about 2.6 years), I have lost a loved one, I have missed a few weddings, I have made a fool of myself, I have been impressive, I have been mean, I have been nice, I have sinned, I have been forgiven, I have prayed, I have argued, I have listened, I have talked, I have written a blog, I have been responsible, I have ben irresponsible, I have been working, I have been looking for work, I have done what I should, I have not done what I should, I have written a really really long paragraph with lots and lots of commas that nobody will read as it is way to long! I have ended this very long paragraph.

Yesterday Steve organised a birthday gathering for me, that noboday said they could come to as they all had other things to do.. So, me going there thinking it would be a crowd of about 5 of us.. But it turned out Steve had told everyone to say they couldnt come, even if they could.. So.. when I got there there where, like a crowd of people there! Made me feel very special indeed!

So, All I want to say isto all of you for showing up, and a special thanks to Steve for organising it!

To wrap this little post up... here's a "Trivia for the Toilet" just for you:

In Somalia, Africa, it's been declared illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose

Hope your having a sorprendente day and all that all of you will battersi per una causa legittima!

Fear

So, PR application have been lodged (or is it has been lodged?), anyways, lodged it is.. And $2k stolen from my account (which now gives me a total fortune of $180.. mr wealth, that's me!) and no promises at all given, except that I need to send in a lot of papers, which I think I should send in when they contact me.. but it's all confusing. Don't like this applying for VISA things, it only makes you feel like some kind of criminal and makes you nervous (and poor) for a while.. Would be so much better if you just had to go and talk to someone for a little bit and they'll say "I like you mate, welcome to Australia!", or "Sorry, chap, we don't want your kind here, p**s of to where you belong". Quick and painless, but no, insted you have to send in a billion papers and answer questions stating that your not a criminal and that you should answer everything truthfully, or else!, but at the same time you should make some judgement and stuff.. BAH! I say, Bah again! Inefficient!

About two things that worries me (at lest two thing I can see that worries me);

1. The English test I did on Saturday.. should be ok, only need 6/9 on all 4 sections, but you never know... Thinking that unless you have some idea of what your doing you'll always thing you did OK.
2. Two years study requirement... Got told to (byt dimia) to ask QUT if I met the requirements, they didn't have a clue (QUT that is), but as far as they were concerned I had been a full time student for all bar one semester (the last one, and out of 5) so.. Me thinks that is two years.. But will the person that handles my application think that or is there something I have missed??

Hm, maybe should add a third one.. Job.. Nah, I'll be positive.. Job won't be a problem, who wouldn't like to hire someone as amazing as I am?

Last day of my 26th year today.. Your still invited to my little birthday celebration (read previous entry for details). Although I know most of you who read this wont come as you have more important things to do *cry like a little 3 year old who got a blue bike instead of a green*

Anyways, how you'll have a day flabbergasting day (although it would be more flabbergastingly if you came to my birthday thingy)

Si la tengo, no te la doy,

y si no la tengo te la doy.

That was a spanish riddle just for you!

When the Rhinocerote caprioles

So, tomorrow is a biggish day for me... (bigish, may be the correct spelling, but looks better with two g's) .. it's of to the Sunny Coast Uni to write/listen/speak/read an english test!

Kinda important this test, as I need to get 6/9 in all of the 4 different sections (well, if I get 7,8 or 9 that is ok as well, but not below 6 in any of them), and all this just so I can get "competent" english.. which gives me 20p for my little PR application (as opposed to 15 as I have now). And, offcourse, I do sadly lack those 5 extra points and, hence, my going up early as in the morning..

Now getting up early in the morning isn't all that bad if you can go to bed early... Guess I still technically can go to bed early.. just pretty hard falling a sleep when there are lots of people having a party at my, not so amazingly sound proof, house (sound proof house... hm, wouldnt have helped much if the outher walls were soundproof as the people are mainly indoors.. but anyways!)...

Hm, there was something I intended to say.. hm, can't remember it.. So, instead, I'll tell you all that your invited to come to the Kookaburra Cafe, 280 Given Tce on Monday night at 7pm to celebrate (or mourn) my coming of the ridiculously old age of 27... If your coming you need to RSVP to Steve(eyboy) before Monday, I think, as he needs to know how many are coming.

If you cannot come.. well your very welcome to suprise me on Tuesday, nothing that stops you! Not hinting or anything, neither am I commenting on a previous posts comment made by someone.. no no, not I, why would I do such a thing?

Oh, another thing Gilligan, eh, Jill, wanted me to write about the best thing that has ever happened to me.. Been given that one a little (sorry Gill, eh Jill) and can't really figure out what "The best" thing that ever happened to me is, maybe getting born? If that is such a great thing.. maybe getting my first bike? Think you appreciated things more when you were young.. as opposed to todays kids.. they just want and want (spoken from my capaciously, prodigiously, whoppingly, vast experience on the subject)

Anyways, time for me to do something, like talking to some of the people that are here, brush my teeth, finding my earplugs I bought at the pharmacy next to Mel's, and somehow manage to fall a sleep... (not at the same time, obviously)

Have a stupendiously peachy day!

Memories and Friends

I'm getting old, or atlest my memory is getting old.. Went to watch Over the Hedge the other week.. (kinda liked it too) Had to go back there the next day and ask "have you seen a grey old Nokia mobile phone, it have an ugly (not that I think that) image of a "sheep" as screen saver", which they did (ok, theh phone was on silent so the sheep wasn't there... So I had to say the first number in the phone book (being Aaron, but didn't know that, should have figured), couldn't do that but it was ok to say any number.. managed to do that..

Then last Friday I went to watch Superman Returns (kinda not liked that one.. unless the idea with it was to make me sleepy and want to leave), and had to walk back there after two days and ask "Eh, I think I left my wallet here on Friday...", "How does it look like?", "It's black...... and it should have a drivers license in it..". Sure, they did have it there and she looked at the drivers license (probably the photo) and said "Yepp, looks like you"...

So, last two times I'v been to the movies I have forgotten something.. getting bad.. Planned to whinge about me getting old and my memory deserting me, but rememberd that I have always had a tendency to forget things everywhere.. So instead all I can say is:

I LOVE LOST AND FOUND SECTIONS!!!

But not as much as I love friends though. They are good to have (not that I tell them that very often, I'm mainly being mean and saying bad things to them), for instance, on Saturday (when my wallet was hiding in the L&F section at Southbank Ciniplex) we went Bowling (oh, I worked on Saturday morning, after sleeping 5h because I watched Superman... well spent time that, I then played football [no s-word here] against the top team of our div. Drew 1-1, but we were way good me think. Then got home, played some UFO: Aftermath [very fun game me thinks] intending to stay at home being lazy all night [That didn't happen {as usual..}]) . Anyways, Bowling.. (had dinner at Matt's place first to! [one or two o's in that?]) we happily drove away to play bowling, and offcourse I had no money, so what did my nice and loveable friends do? They made a little Matt fund, and sponsored my Bowling! (I then managed to win a beer as well [type bear first.. would have been cool, but then maybe not, beers are pretty cool.. guess bears are pretty warm? And they'r supposed to have a very bad breath])

Bowling was fun, although I lost to both Ali and Mel... But that was ok, I mean, what don't you do for your friends? Eh...

Anyways, after we had been bowling (being the last ones there [disco bowling it was as well!], for a long time) we got hungry.. So off to HJ's we went (still me being money less) and another Matt fund (Me almost teary eyed [on the inside {deep deep on the inside}] at this point)!

While eating, I get two phone calls at the same time (around 11:50pm) one from Steve, wondering where we were and if we had fun, one from Pete, sitting in his car outside his house with his keys down in NSW... So, time to go home and dust of the Air mattress and spend a couple of hours talking about lifes deep mysteries (maybe not so deep, but who knows?) with Pete (and another 5 hour sleep).

That's how weekends should be, busy busy, and spending them with your friends!

So, a big thank's to you all for making my life much more interesting than it would be if I had no friends and had to spend all my time sitting and writing on my blog without anyone ever bothering to read it because I hah no friends that knew it existed and hence went there to read something and write some comments and Trav if you happen to read this and havent run out of breath because there are no commas I know there are no commas or stops in this sentence

Oh, almost forgot, Smiley, what do you like my usage of (), [], {}, almost in your league?

A charm of goldfinches!

So, I'm not a criminal either (at least they don't think so, they couldn't positivelly identify me as they didn't have any fingerprints) which is always good me thinks. Only thing to worry about now before I can apply for my Permanent Residency is the English test I have to do next Saturday... Have therefore stolen two books from the back of my car (Mike's car, and those books should have been given away to charity ages ago, if you happen to read this Mike, they will be, very very soon, hopefully today), they are called "English Power Book 3" and "Year 7 Spelling Activities".. Did you know you can say "a gaggle of cheese"? I didn't, so I'm learning heaps of stuff by reading these books made for 12 year olds...

Anyways, I'm also done with uni! Got my results today (not brilliant there wherent, but I can live with them), now all I have to do is getting QUT to say I'm done with my degree and I'm done with uni, forever and ever and ever, Ahem.

So, short post today, gotto go away and do some grocery shopping with Steve.. You need to eat I have figured, you also need to sleep.. Sleep.. brings me into why I haven't slept much tonight, watching the $@%@#$%$ Italians win against the Frenchies in the World Cup final.. Wonder what Matzeratti (or howerever he spells his name) told Zidane to make Zidane headbutt him in the chest... Some controversy it was in the decision to send of Zidane as well.. the 4th official watched a tv monitor and told the ref, not supposed to do that apparently.. but maybe they should start to do more of that? What do you think?

And for you not-so-interested-in-the-beautiful-game here's a question for you:
What would happen if we took the letter P and replaced it with ^.^?

Have a nice and happy day with some sunshine and lots of charming goldfinches!

I am an Engineer!

"I am pleased to advide that the competencies you have demonstrated taken in conjunction with your qualifications from Blekinge Institute of technology, Sweden awarded in October 2002 have been assessed as meeting the current academic requirement for standing as a Professional Engineer in Australia"

That, my friends, is a very good thing. Offcourse I was fairly confident that I was and Engineer before I got told this, but that Engineers Australia thinks the same is a very nice thing indeed. Now, all I have to do is to somehow get my police records (that I seem to have stuffed up somewhere) and do well on the english test on July 22... And I can atleast apply for Permanent Residency (and have a chance of success). Oh, almost forgot, have to get QUT to give me my results and say my degree is finished. I only need results from one unit (would be good to get from both) and I already know what I got in that unit.. but it is, by some reason, not official yet...

Anyways this is a very good thing! Me, the Professional Electronics Engineer, has spoken.

As to my dentis thing, went there this morning, with a bit of fear and trepiditation (and trembeling), got there and he looked at my mouth for a while and said something about the bone where they should put the screws in were deep enough, but it didn't look that brilliant, as it was to narrow.. So to make it look good I should do a nother bone graft. And as I look so good generally I thought my mouth deserved the same... So now I'm off to see some other dentist to talk about doing a bone graft.. More waiting! But.. this time they will put me to sleep when the do the grafting (the did this the last time they grafted as well, but not generally at the dentist), but they will also put the screws in while I sleep!!!

Gill (with a J, so not actualy Gill, but Jill, but doesn't make as much sense saying "with a J" if I spell it right, as you can see for yourself it is a J and you may get confused..) said I should talk about something positive, something that made me happy.. Kinda did with this first bit, but my next post will talk about my most favourite moment of all time! ......

God Bless and grant you some of his 5 different loves!

Post Worldcup (almost)

Hm, haven't written a new post for ages, but nobody gives me any topics! So what do I have to write about? That last week I played goalkeeper for our church's football (soccer) team and let in 6 goals in one half? Man I rocked! I was diving everywhere (witout getting to the ball), running around in the pentalty box (not where the ball was), distributing goal kicks (to where my team mates werent). In short I rock!

Appart from that, well, Worldcup is kinda over (if you don't know what Worldcup I'm talking about your not worthy of knowing!), Sweden went out, Australia went out, England went out, Spain went out, Holland went out... Basically all the team's I support a little (by different reasons) are out. Ok, there are only 4 teams left and they are all Europeean teams (Europe rock!) so I guess I could support one of them.. maybe France or Germany then.. This is all non interesting stuff though, what team I would support of the last 4 in the Football World Cup (giva away!) so I'll stop writing about it!

What else? Hm, I have about 26 days to apply for permanent residency before my visa runs out.. And ofcourse I do not have all the papers I need.... Well, 26 days is a long long time.. I mean, I'll be 27 by then... and that is pretty old so I hope that is far far away in time, I can't be that old, I mean, I just go born and stuff, can't be that long ago, surely?

Other not so interesting stuff happening in my life is that I have to go to the dentist to be drilled in (in the bone.. not in a tooth... no such wuzziness...) and then they will put two screws in there, oh, forgot they'll cut a bit in me first... this is all supposed to happen tomorrow (should have happened last wednesday but then my dentist was sick) and can't say I look forward to it at all.

Anyways, that is that, another pointless blog, this time without any pictures, proudly brought to you by mattiac.blogspot.com!