i lost my job!!!

oh man i lost my tutoring job!!!
well on monday Pete (Ron's dad: Ron is the kid i was tutoring) called me saying they got his Aunt (a former teacher) to teach him for free... so i was like *doh*
and on that note the week started.
well on that day i also helped out at the Environmental Defense Org at the City with ST and WK. well not knowing what to expect it was interesting i thought. definitely a positive experience. well hahaha... ok so i went there later than expected... i think we got there at 10 instead of 9... but anyways we get there and meet Leigh Simpkins who it appears runs the place... then she gives us a confidentiality form... we sign it (i dint even read it... what a crappy lawyer i'll be hahaha) well then she asks us "how much legal experience have u guys had?"
so well as ST and WK have just did final exams, and well, im 1st year... so i'm like: "errr nothin really, unless u count the 5 mins i spent in the Law Library at the start of the year"
well anyways Rick (the other lawyer there) sent me and WK to the Supreme Court Law Library to do some stuff... he gives me 5 cases to photocopy, and here's the embarassing thing: it took me 5 mins to find the first case... and it was in one of the most commonly used case journal thingies (WASC i think for those in the know) well this is a legacy of not ever reading a single case in the whole year, except for Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball i think :-P
so yes it was embarassing... well at the end of the day i got pretty good at photocopying and looking for cases... while ST was stuck summarising a "fun" 40 page case... dont know what WK was doing all day... but he gave me lots of help ehh *thanx man, U prevented me from looking like a complete fool* :-)
so yeah then Leigh sent us to Freo to deliver a letter, and even gave us her car to do it (that's trust, but then again, it was insured). so anyway me and ST get into the car and well it had no power steering so ST started to freak me out as she went down the 4 storey carpark... like yeahh it was eating into the other lane, which isnt a good sign in a half-pint-sized Matiz...so we get to the exit, and we cannot find the ticket... we find: a messy half-torn road map, some papers, random receipts and a weird piece of plastic... so ST goes up to get WK to drive... turns out the ticket is the plastic thingy, so we get out... and then i give WK wrong directions, we end up at Albany Hwy... which isnt good... to say the least... anyways we get there hahaha ... overall it took us 2 hours to get to Freo and back... but in my defense, the car was extremely slow... thank God it wasnt auto... so anyways, working at the EDO was pretty interesting, but well it felt like i did virtually nothing ehh, so unproductive hahaha...
but i'm going back on monday for more cos well it is a good experience...
what else did i do?
had a driving lesson on Thursday with JW's former instructor. well she's GOOD thats all i'll say... i actually got better hahaha ... was funny when she made me turn up Pat's place... and i was like: "better not crash into anything" hahaha... but now i can reverse parallel to a certain degree... :-)
well what else?
went crabbing on Friday with some J-lifers... was fun, tho we only caught 3 small crabs ehh... there were some hilarious moments man...
like when me and James were like stalking one crab that was obviously too small, but it's fun to catch them anyways... so to increase the level of difficulty, i decide to attack it from the front (crabs run sideways u see :-P) so anyways James tells me to swing harder, so i make like a massive swing at it, we see something fly out of the water above our heads... so i like wait for the crab to land, and all we see are 2 front claws like land in the water!!! no crab... man i maimed that poor thing... :-P... oh also, it was a beautiful day, the water was warm (for, i just found this out, a very biological reason... must throw out those shoes i wore that day *spews* well i will never go swimming with James, Dennis, Denny and Jason for a while).... also, me and James saw a dolphin that came within 10 metres of us!!! seriously, i think we could have caught it hahaha ("typical Asians") it was beautiful *ahh gorgeous*. i mean well its amazing what God created ehh... and to be able to see something as graceful as a dolphin, it just cheers you up and gives perspective to life... like it is to be cherished, not endured... as a friend taught me: "cherish every happy moment" and its true as these memories are what stay with you, and keep you steady when times are bad
today we went to carols by the beach at HIllaries... well i enjoyed it... Christmas is near!!! i must confess that it's allure to me lessens each year... it just seems more ceremonial, more routine every year... but then one has to focus on the true meaning of it, which is something so mindblowingly amazing :-)
was reading Philippians last night, and what really struck me was Paul's cheerfulness in a prison cell. i mean, here he was, not knowing whether he would live or die, and yet he finds the time to write this :
2:17- "but even if i am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, i am glad and rejoice with all of you"
i mean, how cool is that? and sometimes we get depressed for well small things in comparison (though everyone sees different things differently)... but one thing i admire about a mate is that well, even if he has a trashy day where everything goes wrong, he makes a conscious effort to be positive which is very cool. i mean, in 2:5- "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus"... THAT is so true man... for "he humbled himself/ and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!" (2:8)
so yeah... that was a really cool revelation last night
i mean, its all about seeing the good amidst the bad, the rose amidst the thorns, the rainbow amidst the rain and so on... because well life can get bad, but well it's how we deal with it that matters... and besides, we have SOMEONE by our side who will always be there for us
well didnt suspect this blog would end up as a bible study hahaha ....
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:-) have a good week everyone!!!