success is scary, failure is familiar...
April 22, 2009
Have I written how much I love my BlackBerry??? I've had it for about six weeks now and it's awesome. Now I can check my spam wherever I am!!!
Some cheeky bugger got into the administration page for this website last week! They didn't do anything (that I can tell!). So if you were the one who go in can you please let me know how you did it? I'm actually very curious!!!
I've been a grumpy bastard these past few months: I've taken great pleasure in giving constructive feedback to companies whether via letter
or email. Optus have been shitting me to tears with their usage meter problems and their failure to follow through with any promises has resulted in two letters. One letter detailing the problem, the other is for the lack of response to the first letter, no promised call backs and failure to generally fix the problem. Their own website says they'll address issues within fourteen days...so when I didn't hear from them after fifteen days they copped the second letter!!! I've also sent feedback to Hungry Jacks in regards to a disgustingly unclean store, to KFC for a chicken nugget sized fillet in their HotBox and to Officeworks for failing to live up to their price matching guarantee. Relax, all my feedback is pleasant and friendly (except to Optus), after years of customer service I know those who blow their stack and complain achieve nothing. I really must commend all companies apart from Optus for the way my feedback (in Optus' case my complaint) has been handled. KFC and Hungry Jacks called me to discuss the issue, both very apologetic and offered a free meal (I declined because I'm not after freebies). Officeworks head office and the store manager in question have both contacted me via email and apologised saying they'll be looking at training practices. I've been pleasantly surprised at how seriously feedback is taken. I thought all feedback would be read then trashed but no, it's actually followed up and taken very seriously (apart from Optus because they seriously SUCK) and in all cases appreciative of the feedback.
Went to see Dave Hughes last night...first time I've attended a comedy show. It was so much fun and being in a theatre with one thousand other laughing individuals only adds to the atmosphere! As fun as it was I don't think it represents value for money: tickets were $40 and Dave was on stage for an hour. Still, it was a great night out, something different and walked away thanking god we arrived on time and didn't get tickets in the front row!!!
Uni has been going super, received some results from a test and an assignment...both distinctions which is very unlike me! I prefer to work off the theory that "Ps get degrees" so it would appear that I worked and studied harder than I needed to! I will remember this for my next assignment!!! Another group assignment is due next month...I hate working in groups. Again I'm stuck with two others who can't speak a word of english. However I saw their test results and they both got 100% so maybe it's not too bad after all! Poor guys are probably cursing they got lugged with a caucasian who only scored 80%!
Went to see my GP Friday for a flu shot - I've still got the bruise to prove it! Not that I need it because I never get sick! As documented on many occasions I go there expecting a real bollocking about my weight because I've put back on 90% what I lost. When I mentioned the stresses at my old job and the reasons for my resignation I think Doc knew why I'd returned to comfort eating. Also been suffering with panic attacks over the past few months...even this was attributed to work. As of Monday this week I'm back on the diet...Sunday was a splurge day getting to enjoy all those nibblies hidden away. My bottles of Coke Zero have been replaced with bottles of water and there's not a lolly to be seen anywhere...okay, maybe one chocolate but it was a pressie (too meaningful to eat anyway!). To make myself more accountable this week sometime I'm going to make a weight counter thinggy to put on this site somewhere. Every week I'll post my weight! Pretty pointless but maybe motivational. If I put on weight I can always remove the counter or fudge some numbers!
Ever since my doctors appointment I've been thinking about life (as one does!) and it was such a coincidence that what I was thinking was discussed with a friend after seeing Dave. Have been thinking that the reason why I suck at pretty much everything is because I'm scared of success. Yep, scared of success not failure. Failure means sticking to things I know, failure means comfort zone. Lets just apply this train of thought to Uni: if I fail subjects then next semester I'll repeat those subjects...nothing changes, I know what I'll be doing, I know what to prepare for. However if I pass subjects it means I move onto something new. If I ultimately pass all my subjects I graduate...which is something REALLY new!!! It's probably why I don't set goals - I don't want to achieve them. If I actually achieve my goals then what???
It's 2am, going to bed now. My goal is to sleep but chances are I'll fail at that too!!!
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