Early Christmas Gift from Santa

Life lately has been no more than catching up with friends (before they go back for summer holiday, a.k.a 3months), trying different foods, buying summer prep clothes, skin care and stuff.. oh and also, i've been searching around for info about my phd, and anything related with that..

Hopefully i will hear some words from my boss anytime this week. Im hoping to start to work next Monday, which is less likely if he has not call me this week. Im not worried about my police check but I feel silly realising that in 4years life in Melbourne, i have move from one place to another for 6times.. geez.. only God knows how i managed the whole moving process..

Speaking of moving, am so excited, one of my friend from Sydney will move to Melbourne starting from today yay! At least when all of my friends are away, i got her.. Another exciting news is, it seems that everyone got a job already lately.. how wonderful is that?
Early christmas present, hey Santa? =)

PS. Im going to buy a christmas tree in BigW very soon, hopefully..
Hope it will lighten up the house a bit later on..

Most Romantic + High Tech and Well Prepared Marriage Proposal

This is awesome and I'll just quote right away from the article..

It took three years, thousands of dollars and a custom-built iPhone app, but Sahba Idelkhani finally got to propose the way he wanted to.

When Mr Idelkhani, a 26-year-old computer security engineer, wanted to ask for the hand of his girlfriend Melody, he knew the moment had to be special.

It turned out to be that, and quite a bit more.

In what looks to be the country's most hi-tech marriage proposal, Mr Idelkhani led his lover on a 200km scavenger hunt controlled by a custom-made iPhone app.

It ended with a catered dinner in a hotel penthouse and a surprise three years in the making.

But let's go back to the start.

"I wanted to do something a little bit different that hadn't been done before," Mr Idelkhani told news.com.au.

"I've heard of proposals with people utilising different things like aeroplanes and so forth, but I wanted to incorporate a little bit of technology.

"We're relatively young, we do have a fair bit of technology around us in our lives. She's got an iPhone, I've got an iPhone."

With that in mind, the Sydney resident set about designing an iPhone game that would lead his girlfriend on a nostalgic journey across the city visiting places special to their relationship.

Once he'd come up with the design for the game, Mr Idelkhani posted the job of building it on outsourcing site Freelancer.com.au.

The first quote came back at $750, but Mr Idelkhani decided to pay twice that to ensure the job was done on time. After finding a game developer in Texas, an early version of the app came back in five days.

Then, after he'd plugged in the right GPS locations, it was time to start.

"She was given the iPhone app on the day. I went to her and said: 'You've got an app, just follow the instructions'," he said.

The app pointed Melody in the direction of special locations on a map. When she got within 25m of the location, a message appeared.

"Once she was happy with the actual message, she had to take a photo as evidence (she was there)," Mr Idelkhani said.

While Melody was tracking down the locations, the app was also posting her progress to Facebook.

"Throughout the day when she was walking around and going to all these different locations it would constantly poll back to Facebook and share the images and the title of the level she was on," Mr Idelkhani said.

"So people were constantly being fed information about where she was."

The app led the couple on a journey across Sydney to favourite cafes, parks and train stations.

"I tried to optimise it so we didn't have to keep going back and forth, but considering we went to like, I think it was 12 different places, there was still a bit of travel," Mr Idelkhani said.

"We pretty much travelled, I'd say, over 200km in the car."

At the end of the hunt was a catered dinner in the penthouse of the Meriton serviced apartments in the CBD.

But that wasn't the end.

At the start of the day, Melody had been asked to bring along a few items, and she was given several others during the hunt.

"The final level (of the game) prompted her to go into the master bedroom, saying there was something in there for her," Mr Idelkhani said.

Just like in a video game, the app told her to use the items she had at hand to find her reward.

"She emptied things out and found that there was a little tool to open stitches," Mr Idelkhani said.

"She realised she had two teddy bears, so she opened one.

"Inside it was a note that I put in there three years ago, which was a message saying: 'Will you marry me?'"

Hang on. Three years ago? Yep.

"I gave it to her within the first six months of when we started formally dating. We'd been friends for about five years before that," Mr Idelkhani said.

"I was confident that she was the one so I planted that in there just in case. I was pretty confident it would happen, but if it didn't it would be hidden in there forever anyway.

"I doubt she would have found it."

But everything did go to plan, and now the couple are planning their wedding.

And what's on the agenda for that event? After the thrill of the proposal, it will be back to basics, Mr Idelkhani said.

"Nothing as intricate this time. We're having an outdoor wedding on a private property."

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BIG News

I got the JOB..
from both of them...
Thanks God...!

but ofcourse, am taking the one I've been looking forward to..
Toll Global Forwarding..
and Im going to work as a Junior Business Analyst,
working in a team of 4,
and I cant wait to start working early next month..

im so happy about it,
and i cant thank enough those who've been pushing and supporting me to go for this job..
some friends are not so supportive, but i just know i can do it..
so, thanks again for my lovely supportive friends and also families..

Life Update

Life lately?
Busy hanging around with friends.. sounds like too many fun, less work, but i figure summer is coming.. meaning many of my friends will be away going back to Indo for holiday or even forgood, while the others busy planning a trip to Sydney GoldCoast or Tazzie.. i kind of feel sad that people change, moved on, and say good bye.. but i guess the same goes to me.. so just seat tight in the roller coaster of the lifeshow and see where lifes bring me to..

Couple of updates:
Erick's bday was on last Friday, and he got hell a lot of good things going on in his life lately.. His boss has kind of give him a promotion so that now he got a more steady income and definitely a lot higher.. He got his bday surprise with friends and he got me who love him much.. =)

I've got the job that I went for interview in Boxhill, and am gratefull for it, but Im still waiting for the decision from the other company in MoonePonds.. I really want to be an analyst.. (*See how i put this update on the second one? Because I am still not sure about where life will bring me in terms of my career)

I bought another two pairs of jeans in Betina Liano sale last Sunday with my housmate and my luvly sister.. PS. I love how me and my sis can share our wardrobes.. Means more shopping less expenses.. haha..

Summer is coming soon, I can feel the heat, I can feel the sun..
Lets not get too excited? Lets get over excited, baby..

pic from here

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all,
But you never give
Should of known you was trouble from the first kiss, Had your eyes wide open -
Why were they open?
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked, Cause what you don't understand is
I’d catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same

No, no, no, no
Black, black, black and blue beat me till I'm numb Tell the devil I said “hey” when you get back to where you're from
Mad woman, bad woman,
That's just what you are, yeah,
You’ll smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car
Gave you all I had
Bruno Mars Grenade lyrics found on

And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, yes you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked Cause what you don't understand is
I’d catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same

If my body was on fire, ooh You’ d watch me burn down in flames You said you loved me you're a liar Cause you never, ever, ever did baby...
But darling I’ll still catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’d jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah , yeah)
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh
I would go through all this pain, Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes, I would die for ya baby ; But you won't do the same.
No, you won’t do the same,
You wouldn’t do the same,
Ooh, you’ll never do the same,
No, no, no, no