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The most significant event in my life recently has not been the loss of my job. Two days ago I was informed by my doctor that I have diabetes. Thankfully it is not bad enough to have to inject myself with insulin and check my blood sugar levels often. Treatment will be based on diet change (reduction in carbohydrate intact, especially sugar), ( Read more... )

Monday night my flatmate told me he is almost certainly going to be moving out of town for a better job in about a month. This leaves me in the predicament of being unable to afford to live in my current flat and the uncertainty about finding a replacement flatmate. So basically, I need to find a new place to leave ( Read more... )

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Just got back from the reception part of the wedding of a friend of mine. Some of you would have met him in real life: Peter Lee. He married a nice woman by the name of Carol Zhang ( Read more... )

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Mr. Bennet

You scored 66 Idealism, 45 Nonconformity, 58 Nerdiness

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I work at a weird place. Management had promised eight of us two weeks of night shift work (with a fairly nice shift allowance). Half way through the second night we were informed that they were stopping the night shift and putting everyone on it on the day shift. We did get nine hours break between shifts, but the whole thing is just a little daft

Called WINZ yesterday to try and arrange for an emergency benefit so I can pay my bills this week. I was already going through the process of applying for the regular unemployment benefit, so tried to get a message through to the person I was dealing with for that to see if he can help me get it. Had to go through their call centre as the paperwork ( Read more... )

Showed up at my old workplace to return stuff issued to me and to clear out my locker. Decided I would go into the factory area and say goodbye to some people. Having worked there for 16 months, I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to some people ( Read more... )