I was 15. Working for the first time at a kids play centre/cafe. I wasn't that great at making coffee or tea.
Someone ordered a black tea. I told her sorry, we don't have any black tea. I looked up on the shelf...there was earl grey tea, green tea, english breakfast tea...but no black tea.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Yelling at a lizard
I was 6. I loved catching lizards. There was this extra big one under the deck that was just sitting there. I needed a plan....
So I crept to one side of the deck, looked under and thought if I start yelling at this lizard, it will go all the way to the other side of the deck, and then I could run around and catch it.
"RARGHH!!" I yelled at it, "I'm gonna GET you and I'm gonna EAT you!!!!" The lizard quickly scampered to the other side of the deck. Perfect. Run! So I ran but then when I got to the other side of the deck the lizard ran back to the original side. Stupid lizard.
Oh well, i'll try again. So I yelled even louder, "RAAAARGHHH!!!! I'm gonna GET you and I'm gonna EAT you, lizard!!!" I yelled for quite a while and finally got the lizard to go round to the other side of the deck. I ran around the other side and the lizard ran back again. ARGH.
So for the next 15 minutes I was running around the deck yelling at a lizard at the top of my voice trying to catch it. Until I looked up and saw my whole family standing at the glass door laughing at me.
So I crept to one side of the deck, looked under and thought if I start yelling at this lizard, it will go all the way to the other side of the deck, and then I could run around and catch it.
"RARGHH!!" I yelled at it, "I'm gonna GET you and I'm gonna EAT you!!!!" The lizard quickly scampered to the other side of the deck. Perfect. Run! So I ran but then when I got to the other side of the deck the lizard ran back to the original side. Stupid lizard.
Oh well, i'll try again. So I yelled even louder, "RAAAARGHHH!!!! I'm gonna GET you and I'm gonna EAT you, lizard!!!" I yelled for quite a while and finally got the lizard to go round to the other side of the deck. I ran around the other side and the lizard ran back again. ARGH.
So for the next 15 minutes I was running around the deck yelling at a lizard at the top of my voice trying to catch it. Until I looked up and saw my whole family standing at the glass door laughing at me.
Knock 'em down
I was a slight dork of a six year old and started tobogganed down the wrong side of a snowy slope. Actually more like sideways. I was going so fast I could't stop myself so I just let the wind take me where it wanted.
It took me to a line of men standing straight and tall all in a row facing an instructor. I tobogganed right through the middle of the line and knocked one over. Pretty cool story for a 6 year old.
It took me to a line of men standing straight and tall all in a row facing an instructor. I tobogganed right through the middle of the line and knocked one over. Pretty cool story for a 6 year old.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Our car door fell off
19/10/04
The sliding door of our van fell off just then! (later we had to tie a rope a few times around the whole car to keep it on while driving. Sightly dangerous....?
The sliding door of our van fell off just then! (later we had to tie a rope a few times around the whole car to keep it on while driving. Sightly dangerous....?
Nanna thought my friend was me
24/10/04
Last night nanna and Paree came for my birthday. When they first came down the path, stace was standing there. “Oh, hello Annika!” Nanna said in her nanna-voice and hugged her, “Happy birthday dear!”
Dad goes “Uh, you’ve got the wrong person there.”
Last night nanna and Paree came for my birthday. When they first came down the path, stace was standing there. “Oh, hello Annika!” Nanna said in her nanna-voice and hugged her, “Happy birthday dear!”
Dad goes “Uh, you’ve got the wrong person there.”
My best christmas present ever
25/12/04
Christmas today! Last night we had presents. Theresa gave me a present which was a balloon. I pulled it out. Dad goes, “Wow! Did you get anything else?”
I looked inside the wrapping paper, “Oh, and a cockroach.” It was alive!
Christmas today! Last night we had presents. Theresa gave me a present which was a balloon. I pulled it out. Dad goes, “Wow! Did you get anything else?”
I looked inside the wrapping paper, “Oh, and a cockroach.” It was alive!
The ball that wouldn't come down
We went back down to the beach. Dad hit the tennis ball up in the air so we could do catches. But you couldn’t see the ball very well (because it was dark) so it turned out to be a bit of a flop. One time he hit it up really high. I cupped my hands, ready to catch it, but it wouldn’t come down. For ages.
And then I realized I was staring at a bright star.
And then I realized I was staring at a bright star.
Hi
24/5/05
Well here I am back again. It’s been 5 months since I wrote last. But that’s because I wrote in another more attractive journal with palm trees on it.
Well here I am back again. It’s been 5 months since I wrote last. But that’s because I wrote in another more attractive journal with palm trees on it.
Banging into signs
28/5/05
Today after church we walked to Westfield and saw Beth in Gloria Jeans. So me and Jess decided to get something to eat and drink. Then we sat down at the table and chairs. After a while we got up to leave. I was walking one way but my head was turned the other way to signal to Beth that we were going. Then suddenly I banged into a sign! HAHA!
Today after church we walked to Westfield and saw Beth in Gloria Jeans. So me and Jess decided to get something to eat and drink. Then we sat down at the table and chairs. After a while we got up to leave. I was walking one way but my head was turned the other way to signal to Beth that we were going. Then suddenly I banged into a sign! HAHA!
Eat my scrapbooking
2/7/05
Last night I kept getting my words mixed up. I meant to say to Stace, “Do you want to see my scrapbooking?” But I said, “Do you want to eat my scrapbooking?”
Last night I kept getting my words mixed up. I meant to say to Stace, “Do you want to see my scrapbooking?” But I said, “Do you want to eat my scrapbooking?”
Wrong side of the counter
9/7/05
Jess and mum went shopping yesterday. Jess said that when they had chosen their clothes they walked to the counter. But they didn’t realize they had walked to the wrong side of the counter where the shopkeeper usually stands! So they stood there a while and put their clothes on the counter. Finally the shopkeeper walked over and he was like “Oh…hello.”
Mum and Jess were like “Oh! Oh!” and ran to the other side of the counter.
Jess and mum went shopping yesterday. Jess said that when they had chosen their clothes they walked to the counter. But they didn’t realize they had walked to the wrong side of the counter where the shopkeeper usually stands! So they stood there a while and put their clothes on the counter. Finally the shopkeeper walked over and he was like “Oh…hello.”
Mum and Jess were like “Oh! Oh!” and ran to the other side of the counter.
My crazy modern history teacher
19/8/05
My HSC modern history teacher said that she bought two cats; one for her grandma and one for her. She brought the cat over to her grandmas. That night her grandma rang and said, “Can you take the cat? It’s scaring me!”
Tara goes, “No, keep it for a week and then let me know.”
A few days later Tara’s mum rang and said, “Tara, you better take the cat back! Grandma’s having a nervous breakdown!”
So Tara rang her grandma to tell her she was coming to get the cat.
The grandma answered the phone, “Hello?”
“Hi grandma, it’s me.”
Silence. “Who?”
“Um me, Tara.”
“Tara? That name sounds familiar…”
Tara was thinking gosh she’s gone crazy! She said, “I’m coming to get the cat.”
When she got there she found the cat had pooed all over the white floor and white couch. Her grandma goes, “I thought it would keep things clean because it’s a white cat.”
Tara giggled, “Not everything that comes out of it is white!”
Tara has a boyfriend called Lafe. But for some reason her grandma kept calling him “Rafe.”
When Tara finally said, “Uh…it’s Lafe,” the grandma goes, “Oh I’m so sorry!”
“That’s fine,” Lafe said, “Rafe is the Chinese version of my name.”
The grandma tilted her head, “Oh really? How fascinating! How did I get that then?”
My HSC modern history teacher said that she bought two cats; one for her grandma and one for her. She brought the cat over to her grandmas. That night her grandma rang and said, “Can you take the cat? It’s scaring me!”
Tara goes, “No, keep it for a week and then let me know.”
A few days later Tara’s mum rang and said, “Tara, you better take the cat back! Grandma’s having a nervous breakdown!”
So Tara rang her grandma to tell her she was coming to get the cat.
The grandma answered the phone, “Hello?”
“Hi grandma, it’s me.”
Silence. “Who?”
“Um me, Tara.”
“Tara? That name sounds familiar…”
Tara was thinking gosh she’s gone crazy! She said, “I’m coming to get the cat.”
When she got there she found the cat had pooed all over the white floor and white couch. Her grandma goes, “I thought it would keep things clean because it’s a white cat.”
Tara giggled, “Not everything that comes out of it is white!”
Tara has a boyfriend called Lafe. But for some reason her grandma kept calling him “Rafe.”
When Tara finally said, “Uh…it’s Lafe,” the grandma goes, “Oh I’m so sorry!”
“That’s fine,” Lafe said, “Rafe is the Chinese version of my name.”
The grandma tilted her head, “Oh really? How fascinating! How did I get that then?”
I beg your pini
28/8/05
Beth told us that she was at her grandma’s posh place the other day. They were having dinner. Her grandma asked, “Do you want some zukinni?”
Beth didn’t exactly know what to say because she didn’t like zukinni.
So, meaning to say “I beg your pardon?” she goes, “I beg your pini?”
Beth told us that she was at her grandma’s posh place the other day. They were having dinner. Her grandma asked, “Do you want some zukinni?”
Beth didn’t exactly know what to say because she didn’t like zukinni.
So, meaning to say “I beg your pardon?” she goes, “I beg your pini?”
Tourist attacks
13/9/05
We were driving home from a choir concert and I asked dad why you weren’t allowed to video in the Opera House.
He didn’t know.
Then Jess goes, “I thought it was because of tourists.”
We were like, “Tourists? What?”
“You know – tourist attacks.”
We laughed, “You mean terrorist attacks!”
We were driving home from a choir concert and I asked dad why you weren’t allowed to video in the Opera House.
He didn’t know.
Then Jess goes, “I thought it was because of tourists.”
We were like, “Tourists? What?”
“You know – tourist attacks.”
We laughed, “You mean terrorist attacks!”
3/10.05
My friend slept over on Saturday night and we were at the dinner table with dad. Dad left. My friend let out a huge burp and laughed, “Sorry! I just didn’t want to let it out when your dad was here.” But just as she said that she turned and saw mum sitting on the couch. The shocked look on my friend's face was hilarious!
My friend slept over on Saturday night and we were at the dinner table with dad. Dad left. My friend let out a huge burp and laughed, “Sorry! I just didn’t want to let it out when your dad was here.” But just as she said that she turned and saw mum sitting on the couch. The shocked look on my friend's face was hilarious!
Ash's great words
16/10/05
It was hilarious in church today, we were singing “Tell the world” which goes, “Tell the world that Jesus lives, tell the world that, tell the world that. Tell the world that he died for them; tell the world that he lives again.” After they finished Ash accidentally goes, “Yeah; it’s great that we can go and tell the world that Jesus died again.”
It was hilarious in church today, we were singing “Tell the world” which goes, “Tell the world that Jesus lives, tell the world that, tell the world that. Tell the world that he died for them; tell the world that he lives again.” After they finished Ash accidentally goes, “Yeah; it’s great that we can go and tell the world that Jesus died again.”
The most shocked lady I have ever seen
10/11/05
One lady came to work and when Megumi charged her, she stood there absolutely stunned. Her eyes tripled their size and the dark make-up around her eyes added to her shocked-look effect. Megu almost burst out laughing but she managed to hold it in. I turned and saw her; the image is still in my mind, she looked HILARIOUS!
“That’s….EXPENSIVE!” She managed to say. She stood there for a while and her daughter (who was a mum) stood at the gate and sighed, “Well, are you going to pay or not?”
The woman gave a little roll of the eyes and scrunched up her nose and gave the money over, still looking like she had been bitten by a snake or something. Megu gave her the change and that woman counted it very carefully before cautiously entering the gate. Then when she was inside, she leant over the gate to look at the price, her eyes still triple their normal size. She did that for a while just to make sure me and Megu both knew that this was expensive. She made such an effort to do that!
After that we could not stop laughing! Even now I’m laughing. It was so funny. Then after that we started laughing at every little thing. I felt so stupid because I’d be sweeping the floor and then I’d randomly give a snort or a giggle.
One lady came to work and when Megumi charged her, she stood there absolutely stunned. Her eyes tripled their size and the dark make-up around her eyes added to her shocked-look effect. Megu almost burst out laughing but she managed to hold it in. I turned and saw her; the image is still in my mind, she looked HILARIOUS!
“That’s….EXPENSIVE!” She managed to say. She stood there for a while and her daughter (who was a mum) stood at the gate and sighed, “Well, are you going to pay or not?”
The woman gave a little roll of the eyes and scrunched up her nose and gave the money over, still looking like she had been bitten by a snake or something. Megu gave her the change and that woman counted it very carefully before cautiously entering the gate. Then when she was inside, she leant over the gate to look at the price, her eyes still triple their normal size. She did that for a while just to make sure me and Megu both knew that this was expensive. She made such an effort to do that!
After that we could not stop laughing! Even now I’m laughing. It was so funny. Then after that we started laughing at every little thing. I felt so stupid because I’d be sweeping the floor and then I’d randomly give a snort or a giggle.
Nothing but a tiny slug
28/11/05
This morning Theresa asked me “Is Israel in South-West Asia?”
Last night Kate goes to me and Jess, “Let’s play a game; come over here.” The game was (you sit down): You have to slap your legs twice then clap your hands twice and keep on doing that to the beat while saying a phrase. Each of us was called a something duck. Kate was a “tiny duck”. Jess was a “star duck”. I was called a “fat duck” (we named ourselves). So if it was my turn, I would have to say my name then someone else’s name. So if I wanted to say Kate’s name, the phrase would be “Fat duck, fat duck, nothing but a tiny duck.” Then Kate would say her phrase.
So it came to my turn and I said quite confidently with my words accidently jumbled, “Fat duck, fat duck, nothing but a tiny slug.”
Jess and Kate burst out laughing.
This morning Theresa asked me “Is Israel in South-West Asia?”
Last night Kate goes to me and Jess, “Let’s play a game; come over here.” The game was (you sit down): You have to slap your legs twice then clap your hands twice and keep on doing that to the beat while saying a phrase. Each of us was called a something duck. Kate was a “tiny duck”. Jess was a “star duck”. I was called a “fat duck” (we named ourselves). So if it was my turn, I would have to say my name then someone else’s name. So if I wanted to say Kate’s name, the phrase would be “Fat duck, fat duck, nothing but a tiny duck.” Then Kate would say her phrase.
So it came to my turn and I said quite confidently with my words accidently jumbled, “Fat duck, fat duck, nothing but a tiny slug.”
Jess and Kate burst out laughing.
Europe adventures
22/3/06
I’m in Europe! We were catching the train to Elhoffen (where my Oma lives in Germany). We went through the mountains. They were soo pretty! Me and Jess were going a bit silly and laughing and saying silly comments. I think we’d been sitting down for too long.
We had to wait an hour and a half at one station so we walked around that town. It was where the winter Olympics were a while ago. Me and Jess needed to go to the toilet. We found a Mcdonalds and went. Mum had been talking about how she once got locked in a public toilet so when I went I thought I’d just leave it unlocked and make sure no one came in (it was only us in there anyway). But while I was getting off, Jess flung open the door and said “ah HA” (she thought no one was in there). “OH! Oh oh!” She slammed the door shut and we BURST out laughing. Then when I came out I went to what I thought was the door back out. And I held it open. But it was actually a toilet door and Jess was standing inside saying, “Um…I need to go.”
“Ohhh!”
We caught the train again. Then after a few hours we got off and caught another one. Then we got off at Munich and caught another one (can you imagine how tired we are hauling our luggage around?!). The train at Munich was so packed we couldn’t sit down. Then after a while people got off and we went to sit in a six-seater room next to an old lady and man. The lady was VERY expressive and over-dramatic. Everything mum said was met with a gasp and an excited, “Ach!” she leant forward using lots of hand and facial expressions and she was very loud. Me and Jess found it hard to keep our laughter in.
But there was this absolute crack up moment when the porter came in. He was short and had rosy cheeks, a high voice that sometimes squeaked and he looked and sounded HILARIOUS. He started talking and smiling while the over-dramatic lady was also talking loudly while mum and papa were asking questions. It sounded so funny.
I’m in Europe! We were catching the train to Elhoffen (where my Oma lives in Germany). We went through the mountains. They were soo pretty! Me and Jess were going a bit silly and laughing and saying silly comments. I think we’d been sitting down for too long.
We had to wait an hour and a half at one station so we walked around that town. It was where the winter Olympics were a while ago. Me and Jess needed to go to the toilet. We found a Mcdonalds and went. Mum had been talking about how she once got locked in a public toilet so when I went I thought I’d just leave it unlocked and make sure no one came in (it was only us in there anyway). But while I was getting off, Jess flung open the door and said “ah HA” (she thought no one was in there). “OH! Oh oh!” She slammed the door shut and we BURST out laughing. Then when I came out I went to what I thought was the door back out. And I held it open. But it was actually a toilet door and Jess was standing inside saying, “Um…I need to go.”
“Ohhh!”
We caught the train again. Then after a few hours we got off and caught another one. Then we got off at Munich and caught another one (can you imagine how tired we are hauling our luggage around?!). The train at Munich was so packed we couldn’t sit down. Then after a while people got off and we went to sit in a six-seater room next to an old lady and man. The lady was VERY expressive and over-dramatic. Everything mum said was met with a gasp and an excited, “Ach!” she leant forward using lots of hand and facial expressions and she was very loud. Me and Jess found it hard to keep our laughter in.
But there was this absolute crack up moment when the porter came in. He was short and had rosy cheeks, a high voice that sometimes squeaked and he looked and sounded HILARIOUS. He started talking and smiling while the over-dramatic lady was also talking loudly while mum and papa were asking questions. It sounded so funny.
Oma's questionable apple cake
26/3/06
Oma baked a cake yesterday. We could smell it when it was baking and it smelt delicious. When it was finally ready I was thinking I can’t wait to taste this. But tasting it was a different story! It didn’t really taste nice. I ate the first piece then stopped.
Oma told me in German to get some more. “Oh nein,” I said, “Ich bin sat” (I am full).
Jess half-smiled and mouthed, “Are you really?”
“Sort of,” I whispered and giggled, “Not really.”
Jess found it hard to eat her next piece of cake because she was trying to stop laughing. She was giggling so much and finally she ran out of the door and burst out laughing. I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I burst out laughing too. I was holding my sides and laughing so hard I literally felt like I was crying.
Man by the time I was finished laughing, I looked like I’d been bawling my eyes out! No one got to hear why; we didn’t want to say in front of Oma and her questionable apple cake. Really, I don’t know why we found it so funny.
Oma baked a cake yesterday. We could smell it when it was baking and it smelt delicious. When it was finally ready I was thinking I can’t wait to taste this. But tasting it was a different story! It didn’t really taste nice. I ate the first piece then stopped.
Oma told me in German to get some more. “Oh nein,” I said, “Ich bin sat” (I am full).
Jess half-smiled and mouthed, “Are you really?”
“Sort of,” I whispered and giggled, “Not really.”
Jess found it hard to eat her next piece of cake because she was trying to stop laughing. She was giggling so much and finally she ran out of the door and burst out laughing. I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I burst out laughing too. I was holding my sides and laughing so hard I literally felt like I was crying.
Man by the time I was finished laughing, I looked like I’d been bawling my eyes out! No one got to hear why; we didn’t want to say in front of Oma and her questionable apple cake. Really, I don’t know why we found it so funny.
Travelling in Germany
Today we went for a drive out west. Actually out east. I don’t know, somewhere.
Uno in Germany
We played uno with Tilman and Felix (cousins). After a while I was getting really tired because it was late. A few times it came to my turn and I just stared at the pile because I didn’t realize. It happened 3 times in a row. Then one time Jess dealt us out twenty cards each. Instead of picking up my twenty-card pile, I accidently picked up the uno pile which had 60 cards in it. “WoW!” I said, “How many did you deal out?!” I looked at the other piles, “Hang on, did we all get the same amount of cards?” Jess looked at me and burst out laughing, “Anni you picked up the uno pile!”
The disappearing milkshake
9/4/06
2 nights ago I woke up and Jess was talking in her sleep. She goes “Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! What?!! Hey hey!” Then she sat up and said, “That was so weird, an!”
“What?” I asked.
“Well I was holding my milkshake in my hand and it just suddenly disappeared!”
“Oh,” I giggled.
“Yeah,” she said, “And that happened with my other craft thing too.”
“Oh, what kind of milkshake was it?”
“Uh 12.”
` “You had 12 milkshakes??”
“No,” Jess sighed, “Don’t worry.” Then she went back to sleep.
2 nights ago I woke up and Jess was talking in her sleep. She goes “Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! What?!! Hey hey!” Then she sat up and said, “That was so weird, an!”
“What?” I asked.
“Well I was holding my milkshake in my hand and it just suddenly disappeared!”
“Oh,” I giggled.
“Yeah,” she said, “And that happened with my other craft thing too.”
“Oh, what kind of milkshake was it?”
“Uh 12.”
` “You had 12 milkshakes??”
“No,” Jess sighed, “Don’t worry.” Then she went back to sleep.
Ouch
dunno/4/06
Today me and Jess were both sitting on an armchair watching a video. U was sitting with my feet tucked behind the arm of the chair but squashed on one side. Randomly Jess stands up and says, "I need to go somewhere" and starts walking out of the room. But she didn't realize the arm-chair was starting to tip to one side because she'd taken her weight off the other side. "Jess, Jess!" I said, but there was nothing I could do because my feet were behind the arm of the chair. So I fell with the chair sideways and banged my head on the heater!
Today me and Jess were both sitting on an armchair watching a video. U was sitting with my feet tucked behind the arm of the chair but squashed on one side. Randomly Jess stands up and says, "I need to go somewhere" and starts walking out of the room. But she didn't realize the arm-chair was starting to tip to one side because she'd taken her weight off the other side. "Jess, Jess!" I said, but there was nothing I could do because my feet were behind the arm of the chair. So I fell with the chair sideways and banged my head on the heater!
Dog on train
Stray, eager dog takes his place in the queue to board the train. happily walks up and down the carriage wacking people with his friendly tail. comes up to woman reading book and licks her; sending her into shock mode.
Holding up crowds
Anni holds up crowds at every shop check-out and train station counter as she digs in her bag to find her wallet and digs into her wallet to get the appropriate amount of money while her bag hangs off her shoulders and she dumps her books onto Krystal and asks Krystal to do the zip up on her bag and takes half an hour to put money back in wallet and get organised to make her next move.
Crack ups
Anni and Krystal crack each other up all the time and when in class they can't stop giggling at the complete wrong moments, while the others look at us strangely. One time they were meant to present their answers in front of the class, but couldn't talk properly because they were laughing so much. Everyone else was silent and waiting. The tutor was saying "Come on, hurry up girls."
Cool dude trips
Cool dude in black pants, black leather jacket and black top hat walks up the path to uni. Tries to cooly step onto road but accidently steps on edge of curb: arms go flailing and legs bend wonkily while anni and krystal try desperately to hold laughter in. Cool dude keeps walking normally as if nothing happened.
Confused grandma
One time me and Krystal went to the toilets. A man was standing outside the girls toilets. He said to us "Could you go in and check on my mum? Shes been in there a while and she's pretty deaf."
"Sure." We walk in. There's only two toilets and one of them is engaged.
"What do we do?" Krystal looked at me and then softly knocked on the door, "Are you okay in there?"
"Oh, yes..I'm just trying to figure out how to unlock the door," a grandma's voice came sailing out.
"Oh," we tried to explain how to do it and finally after a while she got it and walked out saying "Thank you very much; thank you". By that time Krystal had gone to the other toilet. The grandma was still looking at me saying thank you as she went straight for the other toilet door, thinking it was the way out.
"Oh this is the way out," I opened the exit door which then leads to another door.
"Oh, thank you thank you," the grandma walked out and then started feeling around the brick walls for the other door. I directed her sideways, "It's here."
She turned around to thank me profusely once again and said, "How could I be so silly?" just as she started walking back into the bathroom because she was so confused with directions!
"Sure." We walk in. There's only two toilets and one of them is engaged.
"What do we do?" Krystal looked at me and then softly knocked on the door, "Are you okay in there?"
"Oh, yes..I'm just trying to figure out how to unlock the door," a grandma's voice came sailing out.
"Oh," we tried to explain how to do it and finally after a while she got it and walked out saying "Thank you very much; thank you". By that time Krystal had gone to the other toilet. The grandma was still looking at me saying thank you as she went straight for the other toilet door, thinking it was the way out.
"Oh this is the way out," I opened the exit door which then leads to another door.
"Oh, thank you thank you," the grandma walked out and then started feeling around the brick walls for the other door. I directed her sideways, "It's here."
She turned around to thank me profusely once again and said, "How could I be so silly?" just as she started walking back into the bathroom because she was so confused with directions!
Injured hair
"Alysse, what happened to your hand?"
Alysse thought I was talking about her hair. "Oh...nothing, I just haven't brushed it this morning?"
Confused silence as anni wonders why she had to brush a scar. Alysse wonders why anni asked such a question about her hair.
"Oh, it just looks injured," anni said.
Another confused silence.
"What did you say?"
"It looks like you've injured it."
Confused silence as Alysse wonders why she has injured hair, and anni wonders whether that was the wrong question to ask about her hand.
"OH, you mean my HAND!" suddenly it clicks and the car becomes a scream of laughter.
Alysse thought I was talking about her hair. "Oh...nothing, I just haven't brushed it this morning?"
Confused silence as anni wonders why she had to brush a scar. Alysse wonders why anni asked such a question about her hair.
"Oh, it just looks injured," anni said.
Another confused silence.
"What did you say?"
"It looks like you've injured it."
Confused silence as Alysse wonders why she has injured hair, and anni wonders whether that was the wrong question to ask about her hand.
"OH, you mean my HAND!" suddenly it clicks and the car becomes a scream of laughter.
Opera singing at the train station
Anni Krystal and jason are the only ones at the station. Anni and krystal decide to sing "Only hope" at the top of their luuungs. Krystal does dramatic moves toward Jason while she sings "So I lay my head back down and i lift my hands and praaay, to be only yours i praay, to be only yours i know now you're my oonly hope'.
Anni stops singing as she sees man walking towards them, but doesn't think to tell krystal to stop. So krystal keeps singing all over jason until man walks right past. She quickly stops, says "oh" and starts giggling.
Anni stops singing as she sees man walking towards them, but doesn't think to tell krystal to stop. So krystal keeps singing all over jason until man walks right past. She quickly stops, says "oh" and starts giggling.
Rotton apple
Anni and Krystal at station. Anni puts her backpack on her legs as she sits. Feels something wet, takes away her backpack and sees two big wet patches. what on earth? uh oh, she reaches inside her bag and suddenly feels something wet and squishy...uhh, 'krystal do you have a tissue?'
'no. but i have a plastic bag'
Anni takes the plastic bag, reaches inside her bag and takes out the most ROTTON apple she has ever seen...so rotten that it could be squished to nothing, and so wet that the whole bottom of her bag is wet. Krystal almost throws up. Train comes in and anni realizes there are no bins to throw the apple in!! Quick, run to the guards department! theres NO way this is going on the train! anni and krystal RUN, and then pop their heads in the door 'excuse me is there a bin here?!?!"
"yep right over there"
anni runs in, throws rotton apple in the bin, runs back out and JUST makes the train in time.
'no. but i have a plastic bag'
Anni takes the plastic bag, reaches inside her bag and takes out the most ROTTON apple she has ever seen...so rotten that it could be squished to nothing, and so wet that the whole bottom of her bag is wet. Krystal almost throws up. Train comes in and anni realizes there are no bins to throw the apple in!! Quick, run to the guards department! theres NO way this is going on the train! anni and krystal RUN, and then pop their heads in the door 'excuse me is there a bin here?!?!"
"yep right over there"
anni runs in, throws rotton apple in the bin, runs back out and JUST makes the train in time.
The wonderful dip
23/3/09
Afterwards I came up to a table where two girls El and Bri (who are pretty new to church) were sitting with some others eating chips and some huge dip and vegetable looking thing which the girls had made but I didn't realize that. I said "Oh what's that?" and had a closer look. It was in a big bowl and had dip, bits of carrot and other vegetables mixed altogether.
"Do you want to try some?" El asked.
"Oh no thanks," I said.
"You're not hungry?"
"Oh I'm really hungry actually, I just don't like the looks of that."
Awkward silence.
"Wait...who made it?"
"We did."
"OH, oh..." I burst out laughing, "Oh it looks amazing guys, I was talking about the chips. I don't like the looks of the chips." The rest of the night I kept apologising profusely and telling them how amazing it looked. Luckily they took it light-heartedly too but they weren't convinced by my sudden burst of praise for their wonderful dip.
Afterwards I came up to a table where two girls El and Bri (who are pretty new to church) were sitting with some others eating chips and some huge dip and vegetable looking thing which the girls had made but I didn't realize that. I said "Oh what's that?" and had a closer look. It was in a big bowl and had dip, bits of carrot and other vegetables mixed altogether.
"Do you want to try some?" El asked.
"Oh no thanks," I said.
"You're not hungry?"
"Oh I'm really hungry actually, I just don't like the looks of that."
Awkward silence.
"Wait...who made it?"
"We did."
"OH, oh..." I burst out laughing, "Oh it looks amazing guys, I was talking about the chips. I don't like the looks of the chips." The rest of the night I kept apologising profusely and telling them how amazing it looked. Luckily they took it light-heartedly too but they weren't convinced by my sudden burst of praise for their wonderful dip.
The dramatic hiccough
3/6/09
Today I was having coffee with Sarah uncle. In the middle of her talking, I did this sudden unexpected dramatic hiccough. And that was it. Just one. It echoed around the whole shop. We laughed so hard we cried.
Today I was having coffee with Sarah uncle. In the middle of her talking, I did this sudden unexpected dramatic hiccough. And that was it. Just one. It echoed around the whole shop. We laughed so hard we cried.
The feel of dog poo
10/11/03
Maryanne’s party was so fun. We went swimming. It was so annoying because there was a fly buzzing around my legs the WHOLE TIME. Finally I bent down and slapped my foot, “I got him!” But some of my fingers went on the ground. And out of the whole backyard, where could I have chosen to put my fingers? In dog poo, of course.
Maryanne’s party was so fun. We went swimming. It was so annoying because there was a fly buzzing around my legs the WHOLE TIME. Finally I bent down and slapped my foot, “I got him!” But some of my fingers went on the ground. And out of the whole backyard, where could I have chosen to put my fingers? In dog poo, of course.
Throwing Bani's bag of clothes in the rubbish
29/3/04
Today at work Jane asked me to take down the rubbish. The bags were in the store room so I took them. There was another white bag so I picked it up, thinking it was rubbish too.
I came down to the rubbish area. That man was there. He pointed for me to put my rubbish in his trolley. So I did.
Then I walked back to the lifts just as Bani raced out, “You have my bag of clothes!”
I gasped and raced back to the rubbish area. I was running a little faster than her and I accidentally stepped into a wet patch, slipping and sliding and skidding. The bag was inches away from being fed into the muncher....but we rescued it just in time!
Today at work Jane asked me to take down the rubbish. The bags were in the store room so I took them. There was another white bag so I picked it up, thinking it was rubbish too.
I came down to the rubbish area. That man was there. He pointed for me to put my rubbish in his trolley. So I did.
Then I walked back to the lifts just as Bani raced out, “You have my bag of clothes!”
I gasped and raced back to the rubbish area. I was running a little faster than her and I accidentally stepped into a wet patch, slipping and sliding and skidding. The bag was inches away from being fed into the muncher....but we rescued it just in time!
Unstable hand on the salad bowl
28/11/04
Today at lunch we had our main meal. There was a bowl of salad on the table. I reached over to grab it with one hand and somehow managed to accidentally tip it upside down on top of Jess’s dinner!”
A chorus of “Oh, Anni!” went around the table.
Today at lunch we had our main meal. There was a bowl of salad on the table. I reached over to grab it with one hand and somehow managed to accidentally tip it upside down on top of Jess’s dinner!”
A chorus of “Oh, Anni!” went around the table.
Fairy cd_hook
4/2/05
Tonight all the leaders got together. When we came we “signed in”. We wrote out name, phone no., email address etc. on Ash’s laptop. Mary’s email address is “fairy-chook,” but she accidently wrote “Fairy-cdhook”.
Tonight all the leaders got together. When we came we “signed in”. We wrote out name, phone no., email address etc. on Ash’s laptop. Mary’s email address is “fairy-chook,” but she accidently wrote “Fairy-cdhook”.
Outburst on the bus
31/1/05
I caught the bus. Everything was silent for a while, and then I saw what I thought was mum’s car driving in the opposite direction. Completely forgetting there were other people on the bus, I suddenly said in a loud voice, “Ha! There’s mum! Oh…maybe not…” I got a few odd stares.
I caught the bus. Everything was silent for a while, and then I saw what I thought was mum’s car driving in the opposite direction. Completely forgetting there were other people on the bus, I suddenly said in a loud voice, “Ha! There’s mum! Oh…maybe not…” I got a few odd stares.
Oh Bollox
Tonight Amy and me were drying dishes in the kitchen at church. She tried to close a draw and then looked under and said “Oh there’s something stuck behind it,” she tried to reach out (it was a saucepan lid) and said “Oh Bollox!”
I was a bit confused and said, “Oh…is that lid called a bollox?”
It was because before they were talking about this pudding ring thing being called a “Rummakin,” that’s what its proper name was. So for some reason I thought the proper name for this saucepan lid was called a “bollox.” But actually it was just a phrase like “Oh bother.”
I was a bit confused and said, “Oh…is that lid called a bollox?”
It was because before they were talking about this pudding ring thing being called a “Rummakin,” that’s what its proper name was. So for some reason I thought the proper name for this saucepan lid was called a “bollox.” But actually it was just a phrase like “Oh bother.”
Flesh eating possums
21/4/09
At camp we were all sitting around the bonfire in the dark. Nick goes, “I heard there were flesh eating possums around here (as a joke). Everyone laughed but I sat up straight and said “WHAT?!”
At camp we were all sitting around the bonfire in the dark. Nick goes, “I heard there were flesh eating possums around here (as a joke). Everyone laughed but I sat up straight and said “WHAT?!”
Frightening a stranger by getting into her car
21/4/09
I was so out of it today that I walked towards a car in Westfield that I so thought was mum’s. I opened the door and was about to get in when I found myself looking at a rather frightened stranger who said, “HEY?!”
I said “Oh my gosh I am SO sorry I thought this was my car!” I quickly shut the door and burst out laughing.
I was so out of it today that I walked towards a car in Westfield that I so thought was mum’s. I opened the door and was about to get in when I found myself looking at a rather frightened stranger who said, “HEY?!”
I said “Oh my gosh I am SO sorry I thought this was my car!” I quickly shut the door and burst out laughing.
I caught a terminating train
23/2/07
I should've known something was going to happen with the trains on my first day of uni! Well, it was my orientation day. This is probably the second time I caught a train by myself and never up north. I raced down to platform 4 thinking I was late. A train was standing there. On the electric sign it said "Terminates" but I had no idea what that meant, so I walked right on the train (not realizing that a few moments earlier the guard had cleared everyone out).
No one was on the train of course and I wondered why. But then I thought "Well probably no one's going up to ourimbah this early in the morning" (not thinking that actually this train is almost all stops to newcastle as well...but that's off the point).
The doors closed and the train slowly moved out of the station. "I hope I'm on the right train. God please let this be the right train!"
Well the train stopped just outside the station. I was like oh no. Finally I got up and saw a man walking down the tracks. When he saw me he motioned for me to come out.
"ahh you snuk on did ya? The guard missed you?"
slightly confused...
"This train terminates here."
"Ohhh..."
So it turned out I had to sit there 20 minutes before it made its way back to Hornsby station. Then the guard said, "follow me." So I did, and embarrassment out of embarrassments, he started taking me on a tour of hornsby station telling me which platforms were which; which trains go which way. And there were people everywhere!
I should've known something was going to happen with the trains on my first day of uni! Well, it was my orientation day. This is probably the second time I caught a train by myself and never up north. I raced down to platform 4 thinking I was late. A train was standing there. On the electric sign it said "Terminates" but I had no idea what that meant, so I walked right on the train (not realizing that a few moments earlier the guard had cleared everyone out).
No one was on the train of course and I wondered why. But then I thought "Well probably no one's going up to ourimbah this early in the morning" (not thinking that actually this train is almost all stops to newcastle as well...but that's off the point).
The doors closed and the train slowly moved out of the station. "I hope I'm on the right train. God please let this be the right train!"
Well the train stopped just outside the station. I was like oh no. Finally I got up and saw a man walking down the tracks. When he saw me he motioned for me to come out.
"ahh you snuk on did ya? The guard missed you?"
slightly confused...
"This train terminates here."
"Ohhh..."
So it turned out I had to sit there 20 minutes before it made its way back to Hornsby station. Then the guard said, "follow me." So I did, and embarrassment out of embarrassments, he started taking me on a tour of hornsby station telling me which platforms were which; which trains go which way. And there were people everywhere!
Communicating with the air
5/2/07
I visited Megumi at Softplay. We talked a while and then I waited just outside softplay to meet Jade for lunch. Megumi pointed at me, "Haha you have no friends!"
So I turned around and pretended to talk to my imaginary 'friend' who was 'just around the corner'. But just around the corner was the rest of the bridge with couches on with people sitting on them. And being me I didn't notice that until I'd made a fool of myself comically acting out a pretend conversation with the air. I hope I didn't wierd the people on the couch too much...
I visited Megumi at Softplay. We talked a while and then I waited just outside softplay to meet Jade for lunch. Megumi pointed at me, "Haha you have no friends!"
So I turned around and pretended to talk to my imaginary 'friend' who was 'just around the corner'. But just around the corner was the rest of the bridge with couches on with people sitting on them. And being me I didn't notice that until I'd made a fool of myself comically acting out a pretend conversation with the air. I hope I didn't wierd the people on the couch too much...
Wrong change rooms, anni
6/1/07
We were shopping in Birkenhead Point. We went into this one shop and I walked around, found some clothes and went to the change rooms to try them on. I was in there for a while and then I peeped out the curtains to grab Jess's attention (she was in the shop). I couldn't seem to, so I tried another top on and peeped out again. She ran over to me, "An! You're in the guys changerooms!" ahhh i quickly grabbed all my clothes just as a man walked past, and RAN to the safety of the girls change rooms!
Why do those kind of things always happen to me?
We were shopping in Birkenhead Point. We went into this one shop and I walked around, found some clothes and went to the change rooms to try them on. I was in there for a while and then I peeped out the curtains to grab Jess's attention (she was in the shop). I couldn't seem to, so I tried another top on and peeped out again. She ran over to me, "An! You're in the guys changerooms!" ahhh i quickly grabbed all my clothes just as a man walked past, and RAN to the safety of the girls change rooms!
Why do those kind of things always happen to me?
My lizard adventures
I was a psycho kid. I loved catching lizards and putting 20 of them in a small bucket and shaking the bucket as hard as I could while yelling "earthquake!!"
One time when I was 6 I tried to teach this lizard how to eat grass. I sat the lizard in the bucket and then said to it, "Okay, this is how you eat grass". I stuck the piece of grass in my mouth and chewed on it very slowly and deliberately so that the lizard would learn a thorough lesson about grass chewing.
"Now eat!" I stuck the grass in the bucket with the lizard. The lizard refused to eat my grass. I was offended. "Stupid lizard; eat the grass!" But it still refused.
The worst thing was that when I got angry at lizards I would fling them onto the pavement and kill them with a broom! That's horrible. Poor lizards :(
One time when I was 6 I tried to teach this lizard how to eat grass. I sat the lizard in the bucket and then said to it, "Okay, this is how you eat grass". I stuck the piece of grass in my mouth and chewed on it very slowly and deliberately so that the lizard would learn a thorough lesson about grass chewing.
"Now eat!" I stuck the grass in the bucket with the lizard. The lizard refused to eat my grass. I was offended. "Stupid lizard; eat the grass!" But it still refused.
The worst thing was that when I got angry at lizards I would fling them onto the pavement and kill them with a broom! That's horrible. Poor lizards :(
I ate a rubber
26/12/06
Beth gave me a little Christmas present. It was a journal, a pen and a rubber. The only slight problem was that the rubber was wrapped in what looked like a life saver wrapper, so I thought it was a lollie.
I opened it to see this long, white tube and thought, "Hmm...interesting lollie." Then I licked the top of it a few times. Pretty tasteless. So I tried to bite the top bit to chew it. WOW it was tough! Pretty strange lolly...So I tried to bite further down and managed to tear it in half with my teeth and put the top half in my mouth and then I chewed and chewed on what seemed like a very tough, tasteless, strange lolly. After a wile I was like "Who invented a lolly like this?" and then spat it out in the bin. It was only later that I realized it was a rubber. Later I even realized it said "eraser" in big letters across it. So I told beth I'm sorry but I accidentally ate her rubber.
Beth gave me a little Christmas present. It was a journal, a pen and a rubber. The only slight problem was that the rubber was wrapped in what looked like a life saver wrapper, so I thought it was a lollie.
I opened it to see this long, white tube and thought, "Hmm...interesting lollie." Then I licked the top of it a few times. Pretty tasteless. So I tried to bite the top bit to chew it. WOW it was tough! Pretty strange lolly...So I tried to bite further down and managed to tear it in half with my teeth and put the top half in my mouth and then I chewed and chewed on what seemed like a very tough, tasteless, strange lolly. After a wile I was like "Who invented a lolly like this?" and then spat it out in the bin. It was only later that I realized it was a rubber. Later I even realized it said "eraser" in big letters across it. So I told beth I'm sorry but I accidentally ate her rubber.
Welcome to me
So I decided to start a blog with all my stories because they crack me up and even if I'm the only one that gets a laugh out of this, that's okay because I'm the one that was in all these stories.
Life can be HILARIOUS. And sometimes we don't laugh enough; or take notice enough of the funny things that happen all the time. I learnt this lesson when I was a lot younger, that even when life sucks there's still something to laugh about.
So here I go; these stories are straight from my journal entries since I was like 14. Now I'm 21. Woo!
Life can be HILARIOUS. And sometimes we don't laugh enough; or take notice enough of the funny things that happen all the time. I learnt this lesson when I was a lot younger, that even when life sucks there's still something to laugh about.
So here I go; these stories are straight from my journal entries since I was like 14. Now I'm 21. Woo!
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