Sorry, part 2 of the trip is not ready yet – am very very busy!
But check this website out!
Type out a sentence in English and watch it translate to Japanese, back to English and back to Japanese and back to English until it reaches an equilibrum!
My sentence:
there is a spider on the wall eating a fly
*Knock*
*Frantic barking*
IT’S HERE!!!!!!!!!
Something I’ve been wanting to get for years and years!
Thanks to my most generous husband who bought it for me. 
We can now enjoy every single episode of FRIENDS when the kids aren’t screaming.
Oh by the way, I’ve joined Twitter. You can stalk follow me (I don’t know how, but somehow you can follow me!) here, I think.
I’m very new and very clueless at it so please play nice! 
And uh.. let me know if you want me to follow you. Leave a message!
Owning an online wool store (www.yarnandkisses.com) and having to deal with posting out parcels every week, I often wonder to myself what goes on in the letters/parcels sorting process.
The geek in me…… okay, who am I kidding.. THE Geek, ME, loves to watch or read about large scale productions or processing and I’ve often fantasied about taking a tour around the postal facilities.
That’s right. Should I change my mind about being a doctor (trying my darnest best now to get into MBBS in 2 years time), I would want to be a postal worker. (Not a worker gone postal… although that’s another story altogether)…
I did a search on Google and found this link with a video that shows how USPS works. However, the video didn’t satisfy my curiosity as it didn’t have much details. I need details! Tell me how the whole system works!
So I found this link. (As you can see, I SEEM to have loads of time to search for stuff that ‘normal’ people don’t give a 2nd thought about.. hehehe).
Ohh I had trouble keeping my heart from skipping beats. Such detailed explanation! (Somewhere, someone reading this is going to say, “Shut up, you dork!” but I don’t care. 
)
Machines that can READ HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES AND POST CODES! Can you IMAGINE THAT?!?! Woohoo! This must be the greatest invention ever!!! (Who cares about inventions like lightbulbs and toilet bowls when you CAN HAVE A MACHINE TO READ HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES?!?!?)
This is why everyone of you should write PROPERLY and LEGIBLY so that these awesome machines can read your handwriting and send the letter to the correct address. Okay?
And oh… it doesn’t stop there!
Check this out!
Because these items (packages) vary so greatly in size it is difficult to design a machine which would accommodate all of them. Instead, packets are sorted manually. Sometimes they are placed on a conveyor and sorted by operators along the track.
One may wonder where can one apply for the position of ‘sorting operator for packages along the conveyor’?
I’m pretty sure I’m not just speaking for myself. I’m sure you’d want to be a Sorting Operator For Packages Along The Conveyor too! Who wouldn’t like such a brilliant job?
It’s a pity that stamps are canceled (or ‘chopped’) by machines nowadays (did you also know that they have machines that can detect the ‘right side’ of the envelopes by searching for the presence of stamps? They can even FLIP THE ENVELOPES to search for the stamps!!!!!!) err.. where was I?
Oh.. it’s a pity that stamps are canceled (or chopped’) by machines nowadays because a Manual Stamp Chopping Operator job comes pretty close to the Sorting Operator For Packages Along The Conveyor job for me! I wouldn’t be able to choose between these two if I had to. Maybe I can go on rotation?
I’m pretty sure I will be dreaming of touring postal facilities tonight.
Oh come on……! I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks about these things often from time to time!
Off to write a cover letter: RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF MAIL SORTING OPERATOR ALONG THE CONVEYOR
Well, we came back about 4 days ago but are still feeling tired. We need a holiday from our holiday!!!!!!
The truth is, no holiday is really a holiday when you have kids in tow. WHAT were we thinking?? 2 kids under 2?!?!? On holidays?!?!?
3 years (I think) ago, I went to Melbourne to visit Nad who was then my boyfriend. I didn’t like Melbourne.
3 years (or so) later, I STILL HATE MELBOURNE.
The traffic, the crowds, the ARGHHHH!
We didn’t take pictures in Melbourne. I don’t want to talk about it. Except that I got to meet Debra and Alison and Tara and many other people who came up to me to say hi (I’m easily identifiable because I’m asian and have 2 kids in tow… ). I would have enjoyed Bendi better without the kids. Had to stop to change diapers and feed and etc etc etc. Sunshine was VERY tired and cranky as we didn’t have a stroller so she couldn’t sleep while I shopped. 
Thank God for Debra… well, her hotel room….. Sunshine and Chubbs got to rest up there and Nad slept in the car for awhile (because our chatting kept him up). We had dinner and then we drove back down to Melbourne.
I also visited Alison in her home up in the hills. Scary drive! I don’t think I’m suited for living in the hills. Alison taught me how to Navajo ply (spinning). Will have to try it soon otherwise she would nag at me! LOL.
As for Tassy.. we loved the place. Scenery was pleasing to the eye. Was a little chilly though. Strong winds at night, howling and Nad couldn’t sleep for the fear of our little cabin being blown away and we’d find ourselves blown to Kansas.
We stayed in a self-contained cabin/ container in a caravan park. It was the most we could afford.
It had a rustic look to it… most pictures taken in the cabin had a sepia tone, especially when the light streamed through the window.
I achieved this soft look not because of my excellent photography skills (although I DO have excellent photography skills, *ahem*) but because I left the camera in the glove compartment in the car overnight and the lens fogged up!!!!!!!! It took so long to defog. That’s how cold it was.
Isn’t she sweet?
Saying her grace.
Nad tried to tempt Chubbs with some bread. -___-”
This is Chubbs with Sunshine’s favouritest toy. She calls him ‘Mossy’ (because he looks like a mosquito) but I want to find out what his real name is. Typing ‘muppet with blue long nose that looks like a mosquito’ in Google might not yield any results. Can someone let me know who this character is from The Muppets? Please?
By the way, our little boy is now 7kg. He’s 3.5months and is already 7kg. Sunshine is almost 2 years old and only weighs about 11kg. Sigh. He’s gonna grow bigger and bigger and he would soon be bigger than her!
They look alike, don’t they?
Random scenery for you.
This is the bridge in the town we stayed in (Richmond). It was built in the 1800s…. I think. And has a few potholes so every time we drove on it we had to be very very careful.
Rumours were that Richmond is haunted (so says the reception lady at the caravan park)…. But we weren’t afraid at all. Richmond is a very nice, old town.
One day we drove around Richmond and Nad parked the car on the grass on a slope. WE GOT STUCK!!!!!!!!!
It had rained the whole night before and beneath the grass was MUD!!!!!!!!
We were hopelessly stuck and wished that we had rented a 4WD instead. -___-
Nad borrowed the Yellow Pages from a resident nearby and called the tow truck.
Err.. we had $100 less to spend on our trip.
It was funny though, thinking back. I thanked my lucky stars that I brought my knitting along. I sat in the car to knit while waiting to be towed out. Lol.
We also went to church while we were there and made fast friends with a family. They invited us to their home and we got to meet their VERY VERY VERY cute cow, Jenny.
She came RUNNING towards us like a puppy when they called her name!!!! SO CUTE!!!!!!!! Sorry about the picture.. it was sundown by the time we reached their house.
They also had chooks and 2 goats. One of the goats, Bubbles, was pregnant with at least 2 kids! How exciting!
We were really blessed to have met and gained the friendship of this family as they have been checking on us everyday we were there, making sure we were safe and well. Thank God for placing these friends in our lives.
That’s all I have to say. I have a long list of THINGS TO DO in front of me and I’d better do it fast while the kids are asleep.
I’ve also started night classes in preparation to gaining entry into Uni so I am without the kids Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Last night was Maths class and I think I can ace this class easily. I’ve done these in Secondary school and just need to refresh my memory. Tonight and tomorrow night would be Chemistry and Physics and I think I might have problems with these. I was only good in Maths (and Geography) when I was in school.
I missed little Chubbs very very badly when I was in class. 3.5 hrs without him! (And then I came home and decided that it was great without him for awhile. LOL!)
Okay, my house is in a mess and I’m just rattling on to myself and no one is reading this anymore. Catch ya later!
My friend wants to move
To a different state
She is having a dilemma
Kinda like a debate
‘bout where she should go
And what town would be nice
To raise her 2 kids
And what is a good price
She will take her pets
And her Hubby too
All of her belongings
To start out anew
That is rather daunting
To move interstate
All of the decisions
One has to make
Im sure she’ll do fine
And find a new town
One that is homely
to lay her roots down
Her Hubs will find work
And she will make a new life
But all she wants to do
Is knit and be a good wife
She has looked at 14
Possible towns
She should write a list
And break it down
Visit the towns,
one by one
Take in the sights
And have some fun
I am glad it is her
As I hate to move
I don’t envy her at all
As it ain’t my groove…
Lovely poem isn’t it? Deb’s such a talented woman.
Anyway I won’t be able to blog much for at least 3 weeks. I have house guests (8 adults, 4 kids) all squeezed into our TINY house (don’t ask) for a week and then we’ll be flying over East for a holiday after that for 2 weeks.
I’ve got much to say though. Will try to update this week as much as I can!
