How I Survived Friday the 13th

Ah another Friday the 13th has passed us by. And despite much paranoia about going up the Sky Tower (what about the storm? what about that car parked near the entrance? what about the lift?rotating restaurant? whaddaya mean rotating????) nothing bad happened. To me anyway.

So in order to avoid bad luck yesterday, these are some of the things that I did.

No.1 Start my day right
How you start off your day is mighty important. I didn't wanna sleep in till 4 like I've been doing for the last couple of days (I woke up hating the world), so before I went to bed the nite before, I drew the curtains apart. The idea is that when my alarm goes off at 12pm, the sunlight would...force me to climb out of bed and get me hyped up about LIFE.

No.2 Choose reliable food courts
To avoid spending hard earned money on crappy food, choose a place where you know; good food will be served. When Syaf suggested lunch (good thing I woke up early else I wouldn't realise I had received the sms), I immediately thought of Food Alley. Better to stay safe than sorry, it was Friday the 13th after all, and I didn't wanna have to finish off some icky noodles and whatnots in an unknown restaurant.

Food Alley. Best Food Court in Auckland.

No.3 Avoid work
On my way to see BlackBook, I stoppped by DD to get me some munchkins, and boy am I glad I wasn't working! Apparently, yesterday was one of those days where customers are extra whiny. And also one of those days where everybody feels like they wanna have a donut. But they feel guilty about having one because weighing scales haven't been too kind to them. I don't know why there's this need to justify buying a donut to us, after all, it's not like we CARE.

"Oh I really shouldn't have one..(pats tummy), hahah, but I just feel a lil bit naughty, and I haven't had donuts here before...now let's see...what shall I have...."

They will then proceed to spend about 5 minutes deciding on what kind of donuts they would like.

"Heheh. I really don't know what I want..."

Yesterday was one of those days where you smile politely through gritted teeth, get their donuts, charge them, and as soon as they're out of sight start crying out "Dear god, what have I done to deserve this?". That or you bitch about them to anyone who's willing to listen just so you don't turn stark raving mad.

Of course, these kinda days happen occasionally, but on Friday the 13th? It just feels extra...emotionally challenging.

So while my colleagues were 'serving' customers yesterday, I watched a fairly good movie at the Civic. How nice.

No.4 Stay away from clumsy waiters
As we were shown to our seats at the Orbit (restaurant up Sky Tower), I decided to stay away from where the waiters would be walking back and forth with a tray full of drinks and dirty plates. Excellent decision I must say, as 20 minutes in, a waiter spilled all but 2 drinks off his tray (I suspect the waiter had gotten a little pening, since the restaurant rotates...In fact I'm getting a lil' fening myself right now...)

Someone at our table got the sleeves of his jacket wet. And so someone's gonna smell like an alcoholic for a few days.

Still, Friday the 13th managed to sprinkle some bad luck on us. Our table wasn't ready when we arrived, so we had to go down to the Observatory Deck (which means going up and down the damn lift way more than I intended). We then had to wait for almost an hour for the food to arrive. No fear though, as Anne had brought along each of us a party pack! So while we waited for our food to arrive, we nibbled on some lollies and chocs she had no doubt painstakingly pepared for us. Thanks Anne!

And to birthday girl Shireen, Happy Belated Birthday! Your present coming soon, me think...

Pretty much this week has been my only holiday, from uni AND from work. I took 5 days off because I'd volunteered for the international students orientation, which was fun. Those 2 days helping out the new students really made me feel connected to AUT. Guess I'll be volunteering again...





Pity I didn't take any other shots, I'd brought my camera along, but somehow I forgot it was in my bag...

Wednesday night we had dinner with Kate as she was leaving NZ. I can't say I like the Ramen at Mentatz, somehow not as good as its hyped up to be...Bit salty..Then we head over to Brooklyn, and it was odd that they serve their mochacinnos in a clear glass instead of the normal cup. But hey, coffee's still coffee right?



Thursday, I decided to head over to Newmarket for a lil' retail therapy...Oooo feeling good babeh....Managed to get my dose of Bling earrings (Bling over at Vulcan Lane has been closed down. The world is hell bent in driving me insane).

On the way back from Newmarket, I encountered something I haven't seen in a very long time.

Traffic jam.

The trip from Newmarket to Wellesley Street took almost an hour. My butt was aching. And yeah watching the new Simpsons Movie trailer first time round on the bus' TV was funny, but over and over again? Without sound? I don't think so.

Then I watched Harry Potter in IMAX with Shireen and co.OOOOOOO I heart 3D glasses!!!!





Heh, you could hardly see my nose. Or face. As I was so jakun...taking pix with my cam, I didn't notice that my popcorn had spilled all over the floor. That's like 3/4 of my popcorn. Gone. Just like that. Caramel popcorn some more. Thank god movie was 'entertaining'. I'm beginning to think Sirius has been having some dark thoughts about Harry. Some very dark thoughts....

Oh well, uni here I come!!!