Had a surprise visit from Andrew last night :) He thinks it's preferable to talking on the phone at 2am when he's drifting off to sleep and I still have 14,000 words to speak. It's a quota thing. You know, how girls have to speak 28,000 words a day and guys speak 14,000? I feel a bit guilty now. I think I talk too much. Our late-night conversations (which are extremely few and far-between) usually have this portion:

Me: Eh, you want to sleep already right?
Him: (bravely) No, still can.
Me: You sure?
Him: Yah...

~10 minutes later~

Me: You sleepy?
Him: (still bravely) Not yet.
Me: Sure?
Him: Yah...

Okay, he deserves the Longsuffering Award :)

Thanks everyone for asking about the interview. It went really well. It's for the position of Front Office Assistant at Hotel Intercontinental. Basically, if I get it, I'll be the smiley face behind the counter who checks you in and out of the hotel. And if you're really important, I'll escort you to your room :) All with a smile, of course :) :)

I've always wanted to work in a hotel. In recent months, though, I've had my reservations (no pun intended). There will be really weird hours - you work when people sleep, you work when people go shopping on public holidays, you work when people wake up... but I like to see a hotel as a nice home that I own. So I'd invite people in, make sure they're comfy and leave feeling better than when they arrived. I think I'd enjoy doing that. But I'd also hate to think I went all the way (and it's really a long distance) to uni just to graduate and be a receptionist (let's not kid ourselves. A front office assistant is essentially a receptionist). But I think a hotel receptionist does so much more, gets to meet people from all over the world (something I really miss from uni days) and talk to them about what's going on in the rest of the world. What an opportunity :)

Be content in the little things. And if I can be trusted to do a little job well, I can be trusted to do bigger things. I think it's all in the attitude. I'm trying to make 2003 a better year, remember? :)

Be nice, y'all.