The Unbalanced Libra..

K and I stayed at home the WHOLE day today.. We were so determined to go jogging today if it doesn't rain, and look for jobs if it does rain.

Eventually, the rain did stop for a while, then rain again, so we kinda ended up hooked on the laptop and newspapers looking for jobs. For breakfast, i made ham and lettuce sandwiches. K cooked instant noodles with vegetables for lunch. And the whole time we were preparing and eating our food, the dog kept following and stared at us, as if asking us to feed her. Somehow, after my one week stay here, i am beginning to appreciate cats more than dogs, cause cats just leave you alone. But the dogs keep following you around, sniffing you and keep wanting to lick you! Then again, i woke up this morning and found a big hole in the plastic bag that had our loaf of bread in it. And one big bite on 3 pieces of bread. I found out from Martha later that it was her cat who did it. Bummer!!

K made a few calls this morning from the job notices in the newspapers but no luck. After lunch, K went to bed. He woke up much earlier than me today, so he went to catch up on sleep. With the stupid cold weather, we didn't feel like doing anything at all, except to crawl under the warm blankets in bed!

So when K went to bed, i continued my job search. I made a few calls, sent out nearly 20 job applications for customer service, receptionist, baristas, survey administrators, paper runners and even data entry / work from home jobs. The one i most wanted was actually working for Subway.. haha.. maybe can eat for free..and healthy food too!

Martha came home from work around 330pm. She had bought some frames to frame some really gorgeous shots of wildlife animals. It was DIY so i helped her with the framing and taping of the frames. K woke up around that time, and got down to helping her with the frames too.

Then around 6pm, K and I headed out to buy pizza for dinner. We had planned to rent a dvd too, but the dvd shop that Martha was a member of was too far. So in the end, we went to buy the pizza only. Before that, we went to Pak N Save supermarket, bought toilet roll, a bottle of Coke, some ham slices for breakfast tomorrow, and apples and kiwis for fibre. We also took job application forms from the counter. Will drop them off tomorrow after filling them up. Pizza was from a Pizza Hut branch close by. Their delivery was done by car, so i thought that was a pretty easy job. But K didn't want to ask if they were hiring, for some reason.

We waited 30 minutes for our stupid Jumbo Meat Lovers which cost us $12. But i guessed it was worth it cause it was delicious and HOT!! = )

So the 3 of us had pizza with Coke while watching "New Zealand's Next Top Model." Then after that K and I watched "Mean Girls" all the way until 1030pm (Martha went to sleep halfway). Tonight is another rainy night. In fact, it's one of the worst ones i've seen for the past week. I just had my hot bath , so really shiok now..

Yesterday, K and I went to pick up our second car from the Taiwanese couple. Again, they were super nice to us. We had hot tea, prawn crackers, and fresh Kiwi apples again. And they cooked lunch for us. It was instant noodles, but delicious cause they put a lot of ingredients: Eggs, Vegetables, Prawns and crab meat! They also gave us lots of namecards to find jobs and good food at cheap prices. And when the lady knew i had nose problems, she gave me a whole toilet roll to put in the car! To top it off, they lent us their steering wheel lock for the car, offered to lend us wool blankets and clothing if we need some, and gave K a packet of Taiwanese brand cigarettes when they found out he smoke. The cigarettes were really cute. When you look into the stick from the end that you put into your mouth, you can see this little red heart shape. So cute right! = )

I really love this Taiwanese couple. At first, we thought they were nice because they want us to buy the car from them. But even after we had paid them, they still gave us things and still so hospitable!! Maybe this is our good karma since we hosted a Taiwanese girl in Singapore before and were really nice to her.. haha.. hopefully we will meet more people like them!!

After we picked up our car, we went to visit Goong and Pui. We had some difficulty finding her house, cause all the unit numbers were so similar. 2/390 and 2/390B were 2 different houses. So got a bit confused there. We chatted for about an hour or so over hot tea. I went to see Goong's new born, so cute!! And very very tiny.. Pui said Gary will be coming over in the week of 22nd May, so we're looking forward to meeting up with the two of them again!

Tomorrow we will be moving to our next host family. For this one, we will have our own bedroom with attached bathroom. Plus, this family only has one dog. Hopefully, it's a small one.. Crossing my fingers!! = P