substance abuse

some people may or may not know, but i have a little substance abuse problem.

my little substance problem is a little different from the ben cousins story, but it does induce mind altering side effects, lethargy, paranoia, increase of appetite, the killing of brain cells and its highly addictive.

my substance abuse is : really bad super trashee jerry springer scraping bottom of the bin reality TV. imported directly from the good ol' U.S of A.

some prime examples of super trashee tv:
1. flavor of love from VH1 - this show takes the cake, oh my lord its so bad, you can literally feel yourself getting stupider by the trashy minute. but ... oh my god... watching a bunch of fruit loops and nut bags running around trying to win flavor flavs love is badly addictive.
to watch a sample of this click here:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/flavor_of_love/series.jhtml

2. my super sweet sixteen from MTV- watching extremely SPOILT rich bitches get a 16th birthday party of their dreams is extremely disturbing, but also addictive. its like bridezilla for a younger generation of women, who have WAAAAAY too much money & ZEROOOO class. i like to watch to see what they get up to, and take a peak at how the top 5% of super spoilt americans live. i have a really bad voyeur problem here.

3. girls of the playboy mansion from ??? - i guess im just like hugh hefner, i have a soft spot for blonde, super busty chicks???? or maybe its the non-intelligent mumblings that comes out of their mouths that really cracks me up, what ever it is ... its pure gold and exactly what i need when im winding down in front of the tv with a beer in hand. classic

cheers
clio

victims of corporate re-shuffling.....

i have always worked in small offices, small companies ...... basically small WA based companies. this is the first time i have worked in an office thats part of a MUCH bigger picture, australia wide and world wide....

so yesterday there was a lil drama in the office, the national manager had flown over to wa (from sydney) to announce something rather urgent and important which could not be done by tele-conference. which meant by those under him that heads were going to roll...

well it wasnt that dramatic, but one of the most loved sales rep in our office was made redundant. which was really sad, coz we have had some super laughs with him around. this is a real shock to me, coz i have never witnessed a corporate re-shuffling before... ever.. and its so sad to see real good people being let go...

So good luck Mr R Blereau, i wish u all the best for the future and success in anything that you do.

miss clio.

ps: while richard was contemplating his career choices post sales rep - a beauty therapist crossed his mind - specialising in brazilians ... hahah lol..... and as one topic leads to another .. we started image googling "genital warts". oooo thats a nasty one.... be warned .. do that in the comfort of your own home, dont do it in the office. u have been warned.

pps: and yes im sick an very twisted sometimes.

i got the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................

*happy lil hip hop dance*..........*happy lil hip hop dance*.......

:o)

clio

first teacher job interview

i had my first teacher job interview today and geee-zus it was scary!!! i had a panel of 4 people interviewing ME (3 principals!! and 1 yr 6 teacher)!!! luckily i did all my research, i did the best i could do... and there is nothing more i could have done. im not overly confident if i will get the job or not- but meh.....it was my first interview and i can use the experience and learn from it. funny tho... i ask a fellow teacher su- lyn about some interview tips - she said it should be a breeze, there is nothing they can ask you that will be really hard... hahaha ...lol yeh right... ill find out tomorrow if i get the job or not... or the latest .. by the end of the week.

i dont mind getting into teaching again...what im afraid of the most is doing real work... i havent done REAL work in a LOOOOOONNG time....you know where my opinion actualy counts and i am ACCOUNTABLE for everything i do....OMG its scarey....and taking work home.... and doing work on the weekend... and losing any sign of a normal life...oh well...u got to grow up one day huh?

clio

ps: i am now taking 2 hip hop classes per week!! mondays and wednesdays....shake that boootieee...shake that booottiieeee........... :o)

margaret river gourmet goodies....

just some of the yummy stuff we picked up along the way.....how can you resist?!!!

busselton jetty

margaret river chocolate factory

for our 2nd yr anniversary/valentines day celebrations, me and mr s decided to make a little trip down south. since mr s has never been anywhere outside of Perth (besides kalgoorlie for a weekend work stint) - we thought it would be nice to do a weekend getaway....when you go down south, you have to go to margaret river chocolate factory....yum......... we had the hot chocolate which was very indulgent but VERY GOOD.....you can see the chocolate bits at the bottom of the glass...

this is the choclate and hot milk all mixed up....yum....."DROOLSSS"....ooo and the chocolate at the bottom? thats a macadamia cluster......DOUBLE YUM.......hrmm... i got chocolate cravings now

recent aquisitions

i got this little button from the rubi house, it was so cute i could not resist.

my old ballet flats are about to die and so i got "replacement" ballet flats, bargain at $10 from harbour town (I LOVE BARGAINS!!)

mac 'n' cheese

i had cravings for macaroni and cheese ...and i didnt want to buy any of that "kraft" pre packaged crap..so i decided to make my own from scratch. cant be too hard right??? ...no... it wasnt too hard actually, just google the recipe and bobs your uncle. so i got this semi authentic recipe (southern comfort foods) ...which sounded dead easy and pretty yummy. unfortunately my mac 'n' cheese looks much better then it tastes. coz from memory or imagination, i always thought mac n cheese to be really cheesy and yummy and creamy, well it was cheesy and creamy, but it lacked something, i dunno, maybe it was salt? anyways im not going to make this one again for a very very long time....only coz mr s wont eat much of it (neither did i!!) and the only people who enjoyed it was the dogs...lucky lil buggers...

we got a plant for xmas, and lo and behold... its nearly dead 4-5 weeks later. i dont know wot i did wrong, i watered the stupid thing, and gave it sunshine etc etc, stupid thing just DIED!!! please dont give me plants, coz i will just kill it. hehe take a look at my garden its nearly dead - and thats a whole backyard full! if u do want to give me plants - pls give me edible herbs that way i will prolly eat it b4 it has a chance to die.