Consumer Rights= New Iphone!

Dear Mum,


Today I had a Genius Bar appointment at Highpoint to replace my iPad mini. Obviously I had to pay a fee since it was a cosmetic damage (the screen was smashed!) and it isn't covered under warranty. That I know.

But then I asked them to look at my phone as well. It's been a month or so that my switch button on top does not work. It's like it's jammed so you can't put it on sleep mode nor can you turn it on or off. So I've been using the AssistiveTouch and it's slightly annoying.

My warranty ended 10 months ago and I'm on a 24 month contract with Optus and I remember reading somewhere that you can get a replacement even though it's no longer within the 1 year warranty if you get it from a retailer on a contract. I have two months of the contract left so I thought to myself- what the heck I'll just give it a shot and see if I can get a new one.

And here the "Genius" brought up the information of my phone on his iPad- telling me he can't do anything because it is no longer on warranty. So I bought out the big guns and told him about my consumer rights, and how the phone is on a contract, so it should be working well within a "reasonable" period, and if it has defects it should be repaired or replaced.

And since I brought up the consumer rights he told me I had to go through the retailer- Optus. Why should I do that when I know if I go through Optus they will have to make me go to Apple? So I went back and forth arguing that it should be the manufacturer that should fix this problem not Optus. He said if I brought up the consumer rights with Optus they'll definitely do something about it. Dude they'll just make me go through Apple and since I'm already here wouldn't it be easier to do it now?!

The statutory rights of the warranty is an addition to the consumer rights. YEH.

He said he needed to talk to someone and see if they can do anything. 5 mins later he came back and told me he could replace it for me while Apple covers the cost- but it's the correct thing to go through the retailer first. In my mind= pshh I WIN!

And that's how I got my scratched and dented phone replaced with a BRAND NEW ONE! I feel like I accomplished something for sure!

It's good to know your rights.

Love you always,


Your daughter Anna ♥

Minesweeper

Dear Mum,


I'm sorry I haven't been blogging recently. I'll make up for it, I promise :)

I just finished organising all my tax stuff (receipts and things) and made a pretty sweet spreadsheet and you know what, I think I might just do my business tax return myself. Though I would like someone more pro to do it for me and show me then in the future I won't have to worry about paying X amount of money to the tax agents.

I've been busy working and worrying and stressing about nothing and everything- which makes no sense because my head is in a mess. Nooo.. it's not enough to run a business but everyone trying to get me to go out more and find a social life (i.e. just get married) is beyond me. I just want to get away nowwwwwww!

I haven't even managed to post upany nail tutorials! It's partly because I had acrylics on, and it's ugly when it grows out. I took it off yesterday but then I had to sacrifice my nails again so the person I was interviewing could demonstrate for me her skills. But this time it's short so it's not too bad.

Today I had the day off and went to have brunch with a friend of mine. We went to Corinthians and omg, their latte was to die for! And it's only 5 mins away from home yay!

It was next door to the Italian restaurant I worked at ages ago, and on the other side was where my friend use to work at. Such a coincidence lol. We talked about rings, and proposals, and life stuff- and I blurted out that I'd love to have a family, and have grandchildren. After that, I'd die a happy granny. But then he put me back into reality when he said I needed a guy first. Sigh, way to burst my bubble.

August starts tomorrow. It'll be an interesting month as I have many things on. But the most important thing of all is your 1 year death anniversary. Wow. Has it been 1 year already? Time has flown. People say you will heal with time. I guess 1 year is not enough. 

I tried on this ring using the Tiffany & Co app. I quite like this design. No I'm not hinting to anyone or anything from this matter. There was a dark time within this year that I vowed to myself that I will not get married. I had a dnm to my aunt about it and she full on made a fit and told me that I HAVE to get married no matter what. With a family I will be more happier, the children can look after me when I get older and I'll have grandchildren that I can spoil. It does sound good putting it that way. But who's gonna look after my dad, and my brothers? Will I have time for that? All 3 of them are disabled in their own unique way. My head's in a mess. Then I remembered the time I was talking to Chi Bich Hong my cousin while waiting outside ICU where you were fighting for life. The thing she said to me was: "Do you have a boyfriend? If you do, go inside and do your vows infront of your mum right now. The one thing she wanted most from you is to get married, be loved and live an easy life." And mum did tell me that at one stage. I feel like I'm standing on a fork road here. I'm just gonna relax and go with what life throws at me.

I've got a photo I would like to boast about. And it is this:

I finally won a gameeeeee!! I was watching kdrama Viet dubbed and got a little bored from just watching so I started playing minesweeper while listening on. The reason why it took so long (5770 Seconds) is because I stopped halfway and went back to it the next day. Soooo happy :D Havent managed to win another one yet, but I'll keep you posted if I do~

Love you always,

Your daughter Anna ♥

First Tattoo

Dear Mum,

 

LAN. This tattoo will always remind me of you. Your signature was very simple, yet so powerful as it can be seen as "love". Therefore it is the perfect piece that can be engraved into my skin and last forever. And may I add that this will be my first and last ever tattoo. The pain.. ohhhhh the pain I endured... (dad turned a blind eye PHEW)


I'm having and enjoying a long weekend finally! I never had a weekend in the first place, I always worked on Saturdays but this week I took it off to go to my aunt Co Van's wedding. The wedding ceremony was at a really pretty church in Middles Park (near Albert Park MSAC) but it was freezingggg.

Later we went to St Kilda Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron for the evening celebration. I went there early to set up and organise the flowers and candles but before I did that I took a few snapshots of the beach too. Because the sunset was so pretty just walked around and took some random happy snaps #foreveralone.

Quoc danced like crazy! He loved it when the band plays. The woman that sang in the band was really good!

I was a really good girl this time. I didn't drink much because I was the designated driver lol. Only a cocktail and a few sips of white wine :D

Though I drank heaps more when I went to the Good Food and Wine Show today! But I'll get back to that in a sec.

This morning I woke up to Quoc rummaging through my stuff in my room. He took out a pair of heels from its box from which I was suppose to wear yesterday but I didn't so he thought he could stretch it out for me by putting it on and walking around the house in it. He's a natural! 

As I said earlier I went to the Food and Wine show today. And boy was I happy that I went. There was sooo much to see and sooo much to taste it was incredible. My most memorable moment there is probably trying warm Sake (had two shots cos it was that good) and the Cheese Aisle. The cheese aisle was truly hectic, there were people everywhere and it was soo hard to move around, that's why it was so memorable. But the cheese was so good. Tried a really cool strawberry vodka and lychee white wine (starting to sound rather alcoholic) but food wise, so many dips, bread, yogurt, soups, olives, salami... just completely endless! The Nespresso coffee tasted strong but I like it that way. The hot chocolate I got from another place tasted like plain milk ergh. Overall I had a good time with Jen- perfect person to go with when it comes to food! Also saw three ladies that were masterchef contenders in the previous seasons :)

After that I went to visit my uni friend Sam in the hospital. Gosh I believe some medical drugs should be banned from the ridiculous side effects I swear. It was rather entertaining seeing Sam talk so much haha. After I left the hospital somewhat two hours later I saw a hand sanitizer hanging near the elevator so like a normal person, I pumped some on my hand and rubbed it in. Oh did I regret it straight away. The smell of it reminded me of what happened last August. It was the same hand sanitizer that they have at the ICU at St Vincents Hospital, which you had your last breath. It brought up all my emotions and I really couldn't control myself. Next time I'm bringing my own sanitiser to the hospital. Each time I went to see you in the ICU I always had to sanitise my hands, therefore that smell is imprinted into my brain. And when I smelt it, it's like my brain triggered and all my emotions poured out like no tomorrow. Never again.

Hrmmm now random talk. Henry's MV came out recently. I like the song a lot even though I don't understand it. It has a nice Henry kind of touch. I'm up to date with Mandate of Heaven and Itazura-na Kiss- Tokyo in Love. What else to watch I have no idea. I'm also watching Nailshop Paris. It's so interesting because it's about nails- but its nail technicians who solve ppls problems when they get their nails done. Sorry future clients, I'm not therapist! But I can definitely pamper you and have you leave with very beautiful nails!

I have been delighted to be placed in the same environment today in which I have experienced three timees already this year (sarcastic about the delighted part). In those situations I don't ever know how to deal with it, especially when I don't want to disappoint or make fun of myself or anyone. I just can't deal with it anymore and now I think I have a phobia. I really have no idea... I don't. And now I'm talking blubberish because it's something I don't want to say but I want to say, don't want to talk about but I do, but definitely don't want to reveal. I'm stressed. For the reasons I shouldn't be stressing about. Sigh. Why me. (Weirdly enough I just went to watch a bit of the drama Nailshop Paris ep7 and... they kinda played out the scene quite well... not the same but that's the gist of it. Just wanna run.)

Well I'm off to bed. Today has been a long day and I would love to re-energize with a really good night sleep.


Love you always,


Your daughter Anna ♥

My very first nail art tutorial on YOUTUBE

Dear Mum,

This is my very first nail art tutorial that I posted on Youtube! I've been meaning to do this for a while but I've been too busy (I know, excuses) but today I made time to do it and I feel really happy :)

I had an extremely productive day today. I didn't sleep much last night- ended up sleeping at 3am because of the amount of coffee I consumed and was wide awake at 9am. On my day off! So I went and washed and vacuumed my car, changed my bed sheets, did the laundry, did some skincare/mini facial, worked on my tax assessments, filmed my tutorial and managed to squeeze in some shopping as well (in half an hour I did more damage than I did this whole month!).

So in between my busy day, Gia was really helpful. He had a day off due to parent teacher interviews, so he stayed at home in his Pjs being a lazy bum. Until I saw this:

My lunch, he made it and before I could eat it he already gave me the bill >< But he was sweet ♥♥ He needs to work on his handwriting though. It's atrocious!

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I found these awesome cabbage flowers when I went shopping:

I was so tempted to buy it but I already have enough flowers at home at the moment ><


We all miss you mum. Gia started crying not too long ago because he wants a hug from you :( Miss you like crazy!u


Love you always,


Your daughter Anna ♥

Youth group kiddos

Dear Mum,

Don't you find them just adorable?! This term it's all about songs so I taught them this nifty one which they can easily remember in a heartbeat!

They are just too cute arent they. I just got some videos of Quoc singing. My favourite one is him singing "We are Australian". He sings and does the sign language for it too. So adorable!

Love you always,


Your daughter Anna ♥

Talking about..

Dear Mum,

On Thursday I saw someone wearing a balaclava looking inside a jewelry store- Prouds. I looked around and thought to myself, why isn't anyone finding this man suspicious at all?! Then I walked closer and realized that he wasn't wearing a balaclava after all. He was just extremely dark skinned.

I guess I need new glasses.

Talking about glasses I can't find my pair anywhere. I've misplaced it somewhere and it's so inconvenient, especially driving in the dark.

Talking about driving in the dark I drove to and from rosebud-ish today. I got home at around 1am after taking home the sick wifey, poor thing. I concentrate better at night when it's raining because I'm more careful than ever.

Talking about being careful I've destroyed two of my nice pants with nail polish :( it never usually happens to me but I'm getting butter fingers these few weeks. I think I need a holiday.

Talking about going on a holiday Curtis and Darryn are going on a long trip in a few days. I'm jealous but I'm happy that they're traveling and is able to tick something off their bucket list of things to do. Well I think so. They will be missed.

And finally talking about being missed, I really miss you mum. Sometimes I don't understand why you're just not here anymore.


Love you always,


Your daughter Anna ❤

Happy Mother's Day

Dear Mum,

Boy to the florist: "Are you busier on Valentine's Day or Mother's Day?
Florist: "Definitely Mother's day. Everyone has a mother but not a lover."

Not everyone has a mother.

Mothers who have passed away. Mothers who have divorced their own children. Mothers who had no choice but to give away their children since birth. The children not knowing who their mother is.

I'm just glad I have known who my mother was, who loved me unconditionally and gave me all the love and care she could give. Mum, I thank you so much.

Thank you for:

• being there for me when I needed you the most
• cooking me my favourite meals
• buying me little things that make me happy
• bringing me up in the right path
• taking care of stupid things I have done
• laying out a pathway to give me a better future
• nurturing me to become a better person
• teaching me how to cook and clean
• lecturing me about typical males
• having dnms and gossip sesh in the car to n from work
• taking me to and from school and the station
• giving me driving lessons even though you thought you were gonna have a heart attack
• being overprotective (to an extent)
• buying me a bike for my birthday when I was 7 even though we lived in a flat
• taking me to piano lessons though I didn't like it

Thank you for being you, a mother, a friend, someone who I could lean on.

I wish I could see you face again, see you smile, hear you laugh, feel your presence, give you a hug, a kiss, hop in the car and go to work together, bring happiness to people around us.

I wish I could do a simple thing, like go shopping to buy you a present for Mother's day. 

Love you always,

Your daughter Anna ♥