The world of the lovely young EM PEM!!

this is my Chilli

she is on my bed with my stuffed rabbit, they look so cute together.

posted by Em @ 12:01 AM 3 comments

kitty

For awhile now i've liked cats and really got it to cats and how cute they are and how they arent like dogs. so being prepared since before my birthday last year, i have wanted to get a kitten. so for the last two weeks i have been going to the RSPCA to have a look at kittens and their prices. so last thursday i went to the RSPCA and bought a ginger kitten 8 weeks old. on the friday after i went to the vet and picked her up after she had a night of surgery which took away her mother hood. wahh! so now she plays around in my bedroom and her new home.
One story to be told is about her name. when i was a kid in melbounre we picked up stray kittens (only two), the first one was a tortoise shell kitten and when we brought it home we had to think of a name so we named it KITKAT (after the chocolate bar)but it ran away. so after a period of time we found another kitten and took it home, after many debates we named it RUFFLES (after the potatoe chip brand), but we gave it to a cat shelter. so after the names dim sim, V8, milly, garfield, puss in boots; i decided to keep to tradition and call it after a food. but a ginger or orange food because of her colour. so asking a friend at work he suggested CHILLI and i thought that was cool and i also thought of saffron. but after talking it over with the twins they thought CHILLI siuted her the best.
so i now have an 9 week old ginger kitten called CHILLI. she is so cute.

posted by Em @ 3:58 PM 2 comments

Christmas...the definition is...

wow christmas time. for the first time at christmas time i have noticed so many things that have changed my views of christmas. for instance, the mad rush of people in stores and on the streets. since late november the traffic has been extra busy and shopping seems to take forever. so from this i have chosen not to buy presents for alot of my friends as usual i would. (however i have sent cards out). also the meaning of christmas, of having family get together, opening presents and eating lots. these ideas have changed for me too. for starters, being with family i'm not that interested in being with alot of people for christmas but this year my family have changed so much and we are all moving in different directions and i just cant remember the last time my family has been together. next is opening presents, well i got alot for my birthday this year and for christmas i feel i dont need much. and eating lots hmm... i'll probably end up doing that but i have gotten over eating lately maybe to loose weight but i dont do much during the day therefore i dont need to eat much. but then realising the TRUE meaning of christmas! and it brings me back to the days young, and when i was little we had dolls dressed in robes and baby Jesus in a basket, and when we gave KK presents to each family member we said a little prayer and waited in turns to give our present. what happens when the world takes out the true meaning for the times that been recognised? this is Christ's birthday and we give presents to everyone else and receive ourselves. so who are we really praising? at work i gave cards to some of the friends i have made over the last couple of months, and one of the guys was very thankful and said that he will have to give me a card in return. i didnt want him to feel pressured, but said he didnt have to. but as i thought to myself, it was something i wanted to give to everyone as my appriciation and didnt want anything in return. it is something i take joy in is giving little things to people to make them smile and know that i enjoy their company. and this brings me back to the point of thinking about Christ and knowing God gave us something to make us smile and to be able to live with Him and be loved forever. and i think we have to be reminded of this at a time where everyone thinks of themself or that silly guy with a white beard in a red suit.

posted by Em @ 9:53 PM 1 comments

i have finished placement... and TAFE!

well i must say it has been a interesting 2 weeks for me. i didnt realise what placement was going to be like, but it was awesome. the first week i was with 'outreach' and home based program apart of 'Centacare'. i met arrange of people with mental health issues such as Schizophrenia, bi-polar and depression. its too hard to explain but i am mainly interested in Schizophrenia. i just watch and understand the people and they are very much normal people and can function well, they just have people talking more often then we do. i really enjoyed drivning around meeting people taking them shopping and talking to them.
then the second week i went to a program called 'masc' apart of centacare as well. they have a residential rehab place with 5 units where mental health clients with drug or alochol issues come and stay to improve their substance issue and sort out their mental issue. when i started here for the week there was only 2 clients and by wednesday there was no clients. so it had been pretty boring for me to do anything, like obsevre clients. so i mainly dinished off assignments and used the computer.
however, this experience has been very hopefull and overwhelming at the same time. i have had many mixed feelings and really want to pursue my knowlegde in this field. Tafe has given me a broad overlook of the welfare industry and its where i feel ive been lead. lets just pray i get into Psych at Uni now!

posted by Em @ 5:53 PM 4 comments

I'm being ATTACKED!!

so where do i start... about 3 weeks i got a cold which turned into the flu, (well at least i think so). which i thought i was getting tonsilitus, which it wasnt coz my throat stoped hurting. but then last weekend on the saturday i got bitten by something with fangs. i was driving and i felt a sharp stab in the back and it gave me a red circle on my back. i then (shh dont tell anyone) had 2 tequila shots saturday night, so by sunday i felt pretty weird and tired. on sunday night i had to work by an hour before work i felt really (in a matter of words) drunk and sick in the stomach. i assumed it was the alcohol but sure enough it wasnt. on monday i checked my back and the red circle had turned into a dark redish/purple circle. i kinda got a bit scared and went to the hospital to get it checked out. even though it was a sharp stab, i knew it wasnt a mossie, but most likely a spider. im not sure i didnt see it. the doc didnt say much just that it wasnt infected but let it take its course of healing... or killing me. and then last night at work i was sitting down eating tea and i felt my knees get itchy. i checked them after 10 mins and sure enough 2 bites on both knees and one up my leg. they are all now really itchy! rrrrr! so now hopefully i will only heal then get any worst, lets pray!!

posted by Em @ 5:55 PM 3 comments

Placement for TAFE

As you all know i've been doing a TAFE course at SMB. its Community Services Work and for the last two of the course which will commence on the 28th of November, i will be on placement YAH. i'm going to Psych and disabilty centre located on McArthur st. (it is more psych patients.) i will be following someone around, watching what they do in their job. i think it involves moving people to homes and driving them around, before they drive me around. hehe. i think i will enjoy it, it will be a learning curve very much the same. i cant wait though, finally get this course finished YIPYEE!

posted by Em @ 11:47 AM 2 comments

Avoca races

Last Saturday i went to Avoca with some of my work mates, Belinda, Jess and Tess and also Al and Ness. we went to see some horses run on fields, nah not really. it was all fun and games though. we took along some nibblies and drinks and had a ball. met heaps of people and saw old friends of friends. and i did bet on a horse, it was called 'Lets get pickled'. i bet $2 both ways and it came 4th so i won nothing. on the way home we stopped by the Avoca pub where most of the people from the races went. after that pub we moved onto the Maryborough pub where we met some people from Melbourne who were on a footy trip. they were pretty cool and funny, just dancing and talkin. finally getting back to Ballarat Belinda and i went to the George and partied there for a while. so over all i had a good saturday and sunday morning.

posted by Em @ 8:09 PM 1 comments