Teacup.

URGH! I’m so frustrated. Why can’t my dad just grow some balls and for once make up his mind instead of always replying “up to you” for everything that requires his decision. Where would you like to eat? “Up to you”. When do you want to leave? “Up to you”. Would you like me to come with you? “Up to you.” Fuck. For once in your freaking life, the least you could do is make me feel just a little freaking tiny bit wanted and say “Yes, I’d like for you to come with me”.

Was that so hard?! NO, IT ISN’T.

It’s ALWAYS “up to you”.

I asked him if he would like me to accompany him to fetch my mother from the train station. “Up to you”. I asked him more than three fucking times, and he either says back to me, “up to you” or “would you like to go?” HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT to just say a simple fucking ‘yes’ or ‘no’. I don’t know about him but IT’S PRETTY FUCKING EASY.

On a lighter note, my friend is trying to get me an interview at her office for an administration position. I’m trying to keep calm and cool about it. I may or may not get it so I’m not counting my chickens before they hatch. Nonetheless, I’ve got to keep up with my typing and brush up on my non-existent interview skills. Since I know I’ll probably trip, fall and blunder my way through the interview, it’s not a question of how good or bad I did. It’s how bad is it. What’s the damage?

I just can’t get enough of the internet right now. But then, who can? So I scored myself an interview this Saturday for a part-time retail position. This is the first face-to-face interview I have done in four years. I wanted to brush up my skills slightly and googled a few questions and appropriate responses.

I just don’t know how to describe them. I think it’s best if you check it out yourself.

The Ten Worst Job Interview Questions Ever

I can say that I have been faced with questions 10, 7 and 2. And I suggest reading the comments. Some of them are so classic. ROTFLMAO! The best one for me is definitely the Wolverine claws. If you are impatient, Ctrl + F it.

I remember being asked, “Did you set and achieve any goals in your whole work experience?” Keep in mind that I was 17 at the time, applying for a call-centre job and my whole work experience consisted of working in a bakery for two years. What sort of goals do you think I had?

If any of these questions come up in this Saturday’s interview, I cannot guarantee I can keep a straight face. Then again, if they ask stupid questions, they should expect stupid answers…right?

This series of articles published on The New York Times online is something that I think everyone should read. This is one of the reasons why I know that I made the right choice when I quit my commerce degree and started this biomedical degree.

Mother of Nepal Vanquish a Killer of Children (Measles)
Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio
Dose of Tenacity Wears Down a Horrific Disease (Guinea Worm)
Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World (Blinding Trachoma)
Beyond Swollen Limbs, a Disease’s Hidden Agony (Lymphatic Filariasis/Elephantiasis)

Just a side note, it is thought that the origins of this medical sign is based on the Guinea Worm. The Guinea Worm persists back from when Egyptians were building pyramids up until the current times. The Guinea Worm can be “helped” by curling the worm around a twig as it slowly comes out. This is something like what the medical sign looks like.

Going totally off-topic, if you’re a budding waiter/waitress, you might want to check out 100 things restaurant staffers should never do. Part 1, part 2. Of course, the writer can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk? In my opinion, I don’t think so.

This weekend was spectacularly productive in terms of university work. I completed three essays within a day. On top of that, I sent in a job application today. I’m pretty nervous about that one. I have applied for that same job before but got turned down in the second stage.

I’m in such a pensive mood right now. Then again, listening to Brian Adams – Everything I Do, at midnight, by yourself, on mild volume, does bring on this sort of feeling. My favorite part of this song is second part starting at approximately 4:03. It’s just so…awesome. And the words to the song is indescribable.

When you find me there you’ll search no more

Take me as I am – take my life
I would give it all – I would sacrifice

You can’t tell me it’s not worth trying for
I can’t help it – there’s nothing I want more

And you know it’s true.