He is a great man.
A wise man.
A reasonable man.

With a weird personality.

When he’s mad at close members of the family, he’s the type to forgive if you’re sweet enough towards him and absolutely hate it when you ignore him even when he’s in the wrong.

And he never admits he’s wrong. Even when it’s obvious he is. He’s good; he’ll turn the situation around and blame YOU, and you can NEVER win against him, no matter what you say.

If you’re not a close family member and you do something that is fairly unreasonable, he won’t forgive you or speak to you, like a broken relation. And it HAS happened before. Twice. But he is, however, in the right.

He thinks earning 60k a year is nothing, and we should never aim only that high – high expectations much!

He loves it when you talk about cooking, better yet if you WANT to learn cooking off him, but absolutely won’t teach in detail to people other than my brother and I, not even my mum. Me, I avoid cooking at all costs. I like to talk to him about it though, and when he’s slightly ticked off, mention cooking and he’ll forget. Sort of.

He is the only one in the world (I’m convinced) who doesn’t use microwave and bans our household from using one. He even gave it away when we got it as a housewarming present a couple years more than a decade ago.

So anyway. He really hates it when we skip meals, especially breakfast, and because of that, he likes us to wake up early to eat his early (no later than 9am) prepared meals, usually rice or sandwiches. And everyone I know get wide-eyes when they hear we have such elaborate meals in the morning.

He hates it when my brother and I sit in front of the computer all day, typing away, lost in cyberland because it’s unhealthy for us. He likes it when we go for walks in the park, especially automatically seeing that my brother and I are lazy piece of shits. And as a habit, we usually do after a meal.

Oh and dinner, we always always eat together at the table, unlike many families I’ve seen. Which I really love!

As you are reading this, you’re probably wondering why I am saying all this.

So why?

Because my dad is angry at us. The both of us.

My brother and I both woke up late today (10:30am) and dad has been ignoring the both of us since we came downstairs for breakfast!

We came down with our cheeky bubbly selves to be greeted by a “hn”. Damn, sweetness didn’t work on him this time. He must be really ticked off.

“Don’t worry, he’ll get over it.” I tell my brother enthusiastically despite dad’s response, or lack thereof.

So after I washed up the dishes, my brother and I automatically got out to the park and walked for about 20 minutes before heading home.

At lunch, we went downstairs to find food. He usually he prepares food for us, but today, zilch. Ok, no problem, we’ll have leftovers from last night.

And again, we scurried to our feet and went walking in the park. Came home and back on the computer.

Okay… not a word still. Surely he’d get over it by dinnertime?

So dinnertime came, and there wasn’t a dinner call for us. Mum told us about it. When we got downstairs, he was already halfway through his dinner. Walked, got home.

Again, not a word. O_o

He didn’t even hop on my brother’s computer to play Chinese chess tonight (they’re usually fighting hovering over the computer)!

Suddenly, I wasn’t so enthusiastic anymore.

In fact, something tells me it’s not good. Not good at all.

Since I promised to blog, I’m just chilling out to Something for Kate (my favourite band) as writing this post…

I’ve been listing on eBay again. I’ve sold a few now (not many, only a few) since this tragic little experience… (the first part of the experience anyway). Out of the 11 items, 2 didn’t sell, which is alright. But now that I’ve worked out how to sell properly, the main concern is the amount it is going for. I mean sure, before all this, I was worried about whether or not I’d LOSE money AND the item from going on eBay, but now I know how it works, I’m wondering HOW to make the most out of my item.

Why do similar items get more than others?

The exact same item I listed received half as much as the other item listed, and my item was listed as “MINT” (because it was seriously mint!) whereas the other was “GOOD CONDITION”. AND my postage fee cost $2 less than the other one!!! What?!

Sigh. Sometimes I just don’t get it. Just unlucky I guess. Nonetheless, that item sold.

So anyway, today I had 2 listings end at almost the same time. A CD with one bid for 99c and a DVD with no bids at $5. Maybe I expected a little too much for it?

Anyhow. I was to meet Andrew today but when he arrived, the auction ended for the CD, still on 99c. The buyer was prompt and paid via paypal (and it did ask if I wanted to accept payment or not… charging 50c for it) so I got the buyer’s details and sent it off.

Came back with not much hope for the DVD… another one gone to the “Unsold” pile definitely… right?

Opened eBay (for the 100000th time today): Sold to the lovely gentleman living in Melbourne!

So relieved and happy as I was going to relist it for a lower price. Plus the relisting fees and final fees and so on. I’m just waiting for payment now, checking eBay/paypal for another 100000 times.

With this, I wonder, am I overdoing it?

I never really liked the summer that much.

Sure, I love hanging out at beaches (though I often get BBQed, even worse for Andrew because he’s a porcelain), wearing mini skirts (and get cat-calls from random passing cars), get to spend Christmas and new years free from worry, and watching the cricket (as I did today) with a fan in the lounge (no air conditioning at home) and sweating it out on a lazy summer’s day. But I never really liked it that much.

In fact, I started to feel the hot summery weather take its toll on me again. All that sweating, dehydration (not very good for people with low blood pressure), and for me, the bloating feeling that leads to a lack of appetite. And it doesn’t feel pretty.

Had breakfast at about 9am, skipped lunch because I felt sick through and through and lazed around watching the cricket as Brad Hogg and Roy rocked out on our grounds (great partnership, by the way!). I was starving by dinner and ate a very little amount of food to keep my dad happy (he doesn’t like it when I don’t eat properly) because I was in no mood to eat.

On top of that, I felt really sick (hard to breathe) after dinner and laid on the cold tiles in my parent’s room (my room is really hot in summer and cold in winter… sucks~) while I chilled out a bit. Felt better after a while, especially approaching evening when it cooled down.

Yep. Definitely the hot weather’s doing.

Also, at night, I never sleep well because, well, my room is so heated and it’s really uncomfortable… And before I know it, I have to wake up again…

Sigh.

Another reason I don’t particularly like summer.

I can hear fireworks crackling~
How exciting!!
The new year begins!!

I wish you all the best this year~
With lots of love, money, a good health, a happy life~
Happy new year everyone!