What a weekend…. totally different to how i expected it…

It started on friday. It was going to be a special day because the ladies from NSW Holidays in Sydney were coming up for the weekend. Not only were they coming up to meet everyone they were going to work with us and finally become a part of the group and meet everyone. It was good to finally meet the ladies that i’ve spoken with so much and worked with for a while now (well 3 months). It was good to finally put faces to names and voices. Finally getting to meet Megan was good because in my opinion we clicked pretty well considering never known each other but to have someone your familiar with to be emailing or talking to before you meet everyone else helps to break the tension a bit. But sadly Friday i had to work lates so while they were partying at Tin Billys (the pub near work) i was processing faxes and sitting on the consumer line.

Saturday I picked Janice up nice and early and took her down the coast to Movieworld and a weekend away of some freebies! So we enjoyed some free Movieworld entry, checked into our hotel and had a relaxing afternoon. However last night was a great night. I was lucky enough to recieve tickets to the Australian Outback Spectacular’s opening night. It was a fantastic night, i’ve never really been into Country music but last night was good. Lee Kernaghan was there for the after party along with heaps of other celebrities. It was definately a good experience. Free or not i would of enjoyed it regardless.

Today after coming back from the coast I went to a work BBQ in the city at Captain Burke Park. Most people only came with their families. I went to spend some time with the sydney ladies out of work and get to know them. I have to admit they seem like lovely ladies. All very friendly and great to talk to. It was a great chance to see them out of work and get to talk to them about reality not about work. It was funny watching them realise the discounts they can get up in Cairns. I was telling them about discounts in Cairns and how Hot Air Ballooning cost like $25 for the insurance, and i said to Megan “I told you about that one” and she said “I thought you were lying.” Seeing them realise how good it was to have the whole merger for everyone was great.

I no longer feel like there is an us and them between myself and the guys in Sydney and i hope they feel the same. I finished the weekend off by dropping Angie, Megan and her boyfriend off at the Airport. Not a bad weekend i guess. Now for hopefully a good week ahead….

Hrm im a bit hungry… maybe i’ll have some popcorn… better go look in the car for that then…

So last night was the Avis Launch Party. For my first one i was very very impressed. The night was fantastic. Plenty of food, drinks and all the good looking women a man could need.

But seriously the theme was Heros and Superheros. I stupidly thought people would go more as real heros, i was wrong. I decided to go as General Patton. A total of 1.. thats right 1 person worked out who I was. I had most of the night people looking at me and laughing. I felt more like a zero than a hero.

The night did have its upsides though. I got to relax and enjoy myself, drool over all the good looking new girls…… i mean meet some of all the new people at work. As always i was there, camera in hand. All of the photos are up at the following link. A good night was had by all im pretty sure.

This morning though….. thats another story.

My god it feels like i haven’t rested in weeks. The weekend was rough. Trains were not running properly so work became a nightmare with late staff, pissed off customers and me having to start work an hour and a half early. So saturday i worked 430pm till 11pm. Woke up an hour late on Sunday so that stopped me from watching Battlestar before i went to work. Again the trains were screwing up so i drove to work, parked in the city and walked up to Work. This time working 1130-430pm. Same deal, late staff, pissed off customers.

Why can the QR staff get away with it. They have been fucking Brisbane over for 5 days now, running trains when they want to, doing things when they feel like it, and no one does anything!!! I’m so frustrated and with a week of earlies this week i have to drive in to make sure that i do make it in time to work and that costs me a fortune in parking.

But at least on friday i get a chance to take a rest with Krity’s wedding this weekend i can’t wait to relax. Also next week is the Avis Launch party. This is going to be a fantastic night. I missed last year’s party so im really gonna enjoy it this time. The theme this year is Heros and Superheros so i’m going as Patton. Thats right General George S Patton, Hero of WW2 the man who opened Europe for the Allies. I was trying to work out how i can do this in the cheapest fashion. Turns out Patton was known for never being afraid to hide who he was, so he always had 3 silver stars on the front of his helmet. This lead me on a hunt. A hunt for a helmet!! Would it be hard to find, would it look good…… could I pull it off………….. you will have to wait and find out…

I’ve been waiting months for my christmas present from my dear free Dee from WA. I finally recieved it last week and immediately took it to get framed. It was fantastic!! I am now the proud owner of a Dee original entitled “Big Daddy.” It is a fantastic rendition of a pimp. It all stems back a few years when a couple of friends were gonna buy me this pimp hat It looked pretty sweet but it never eventuated. Back then everyone was calling me Big Daddy and it was kind of a running joke.

So low and behild when i open up the package there is a beautiful picture of a purple dressed pimp wearing that hat with the words “Big Daddy” written on it. If only i had gotten that hat so long ago! Now i just have to find a spot to put the framed picture up somewhere. When i do ill take a pic and put it up.

In other news… still havent started upstairs in specialist yet.. rumour says next week but i highly doubt that somehow!!

Anyway i have to go! gotta get to work!

Mal

Heh the weather at the moment is pretty miserable. It’s always either raining or cloudy with constant changes. Walk out the door its dry, get on the train and it rains. Rain is good dont get me wrong but serious this is annoying!!!

Even worse today i felt like my body was on autopilot and my brain is still snuggled up in bed. Traitorous brain!!! I wish it would hurry up and get to work lost the rest of my body. Last night at training was pretty rough. 14 games in 90 mins and i was stuffed!!! The 5 minute games of Zone 3 are a killer. You work 3 times as hard trying to get as many points as possible. I did get a 1st place once but rest was my qutie average scores in the middle. It is going to suck when i have to start this new position with work as i wont get a lot of chances to play Zone anymore which means i’ll need to find a new way to exercise i guess.

hrm its raining again outside work (im on lunch) guess i should go back to work and something….. NOT!

Welcome to the new look Bigmal.net

its been a while since its been working but i promise this time i will keep it updated as much as possible!!!

Life has been up and down for quite some time now with work and trying to manage friends and a social life around it. Ive gone back to believing in a lot of the things i used to. I’m not afriad to show who i really am to people. I know now that i am now and forever will be a gamer and internet addict. I have also gone back to not hiding my passion for planes and have gotten a lot more into spotting. Photography has grown more and more a passion and of course i will update with heaps of photos as i take them.

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