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I meant to write this down on my blog a couple of weeks ago but it keep slipping off my mind. What kind of coffee drinker are you? I found this piece of article on the Western Australia and it looks darn pretty right about me.

According to the paper:

If you are a Latte Drinker:
You are more likely to: ~ Flicks gossip or entertainment section of the newspaper
~ Spends Saturday night in pubs, bars and clubs
~ Listen to dance music
~ Takes public transport
~ Lives in a shared house with friends or with mum and dad




If you are a Cappuccino Lover:
You are more likely to ~ Flicks to sports section of the newspaper
~ Spends Saturday night at home eating
takeaway and watching TV or movies
~ Listens to pop music
~ Drives a sedan
~ Lives by the beach or water








For a Flat White Lover:
You are ~ Flicks to travel section of the newspaper
~ Spends Saturday night out on a date
~ Listens to rock music
~ Gets around in a taxi
~ Lives in an apartment in the CBD





A Long Black Drinker:
You are likely ~ Gets their news online
~ Spends Saturday night at the cinema or theatre
~ Listens to classical or acoustic music
~ Drives a 4WD or sports car
~ Lives in a detached house

While surfing around the internet for game faq, I came across this five letter words: Spore. Oh my goodness, I cannot believe it after one year of waiting it's finally here. Here is a simple review: From the creator of Sims, comes the new game SPORE. Here in the game, we get to create from a single cell organism and evolve slowly to a species and then we built a civilization and then we get to choose to conquer the galaxy or become a peaceful nation and co-exist with the world. Think of the unlimited ways to create and ways to play the game. Incredible and it is out this September 7th.

For more detail to this cute game, check out this website and it has a video where you can watch: http://www.ea.com.sg/spore/

It is a freezing winter this season in Perth. The weather was like 6 degree in the morning and 17 in the morning. Not to forget to mention about the rainy days throughout the winter. It was until last week, Perth started to have a whole week of sunny weather. I sort of guess spring was here but I wasn't too sure about it until I take a walk in the garden and saw these.



Flowers are blooming and Herbs such as spring onions and Italian parsley are all growing. I hardly could believe my eyes after seeing all these in the garden behind me. It just feel so good and spring is indeed here in Perth.

Karma, just what is karma? According to Wikipedia, karma is the results of all deeds actively from the past, present, and future experiences, or 'fruits' of actions which made one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to him/her and others. A more easy way of interpreting that explanation would be do good and good will come to you. Do bad and bad will strike you.

I wasn't always the type that believe in karma but recently after watching this show:



I begin to believe in karma and so I started practicing it. I made it a point that I should do good while working at my part-time job at Caltex. How? Well, I sort of let customers go when they are short of a few cents and always try to the elderly when I can. However, the real big challenge came a few weeks ago when a colleague of mine can't work. He was apparently sick and fainted at work the previous night. So his brother called in for him and informed my manager, Duncan that he can't work that very night. So at about 7.30pm, I recalled receiving a phone call from an unknown number(one of the issue with Iphone and they seriously should solve this problem). I picked up and there was Duncan asking me if I could just fill in for that colleague of mine as he was at his end and couldn't find anyone to work that very night. Well out of good will, I agreed to that request even though I was pretty exhausted from my morning shift that very day.

So, there I was back at work that very night and shocking everyone there because I was working double shift. I was kind of pretty down but still I do what I have to do. Just as I was putting chocolates up the shelf, something caught my eyes. Naturally, I bend down and take a closer look. Guess what !! OMG !! It was a fifty dollar note. I can't believe my own eyes. I mean what on earth is a fifty dollar note doing on the floor !? The first explanation that ran through my mind was could I have drop this fifty dollar note from my cashier? Anyway, I kept that note in my cashier and waited until the next morning to do a end shift declaration. Hey, my system did not indicated that I was shorted of fifty dollar note. Wow and that was the very incident that inspired me to continue to do good and be responsible for my own action. I mean look at me, I help out a colleague and do my required job scope, I found cash waiting there for me. Incredible.

To further enhance my point on karma, here is incident number 2:

There was this guy over at my work place that seems to have issue working. Either he would be late for work or he just don't show up. So out of concern, I asked the manger in training, Lorrisa, whether do she need help that morning since I saw the duty roster shows that only that guy would be working that morning. I guess delighted by my "concern", she asked if I could come in early to help her out. Well, since karma pointed to me that I should help people, I agreed. So I went to work that very day and true indeed, that guy was late for work for two hours. Lorrisa was grateful that I came early to help her out if not she wouldn't be able to handle the whole shop alone. But the whole story didn't just end there. By the time, it was about noon. A though just pop into my mind. I was thinking would karma reward me today for helping out? If karma would help me, I would be glad if I could have a $30 dollar optus recharge for my phone. Just before I sign off from my cashier, I realised there was a recharge value paper on the machine. Out of curiosity, I take a look and it was a $30 dollar optus recharge !!! I asked that guy did he do a sale on recharge and forgot to give it to the customer? He told me he did sell one recharge but it was a fifty dollar value and he has cancel the $30 dollar value. He has no idea why did the machine still print out the recharge value and told me to take it. There KARMA strikes again !! I can't believe it myself. I mean there I was wishing for something and that something really came. Karma really works in a way where we never know and expected.