Let’s begin with my bag… that storage device that I cant seem to get away from. I am a creature of habit and can’t be bothered moving all my stuff from bag to bag so I pretty much use the same bag for the working work and it’s an enormous pain in the ass to move stuff to my smaller bags on the weekends. Such trials, I tell you…
Anyway, the bag itself was one of the items one of my aunts bought me in May when I was in the US (as an aside, its great meeting up with aunts/grandparents who try to make up for years of no birthday and Christmas presents in two weeks). I really like the bag and the design reminds me of decorative icing on a cake.
In my bag, I carry (sounds like one of those memory games)…
A cell phone carry case that my Mom brought me from India. I keep my cell phone in it while its in the bag so it doesn’t get scratched. I don’t care that much about my cell phone, but have to use the cell phone carry case no?
My camera in its carry case. Damn, why does everything have a freaking case? I bought a really cool 7.2 mega pixel Sony Cybershot in May and I carry it with me everyday for no real reason. Digital cameras are not that bad, I guess. I stuck on to my 10 year old film camera for so long because nothing beats holding photos in your hand. So now I’ll just spend shitloads of money on printing my digital ones.
One Nine West wallet
The book I am currently reading because otherwise I would go mad with boredom on my 10 minutes to and from work on the tram. Its Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Its really quite funny and magical and I am enjoying it immensely – not as dark and intense as his other ones.
One pack of Wrigley’s Wild Berry Extra drops. Did you know that after eating, the pH level in your mouth drops considerably and allows cavity causing bacteria to attack? Wrigley’s Extra drops helps to restore the pH balance in your mouth so you can have strong teeth and healthy gums (fyi – straight from the pack). They are really yum and I am quite addicted!
My way cool CK sunnies (and their case;)) which S bought me last December. Before that I had a pair of Ray Bans for about 3 years and they were horribly disfigured towards the end.
Free sample of some vague perfume that I keep for fun
Lipstick and eye pencil for touch ups that I never touch up
Parker pen
One work security pass
One apartment building security pass (what a secure nation I live in)
House keys (2 nos., I told you they were dead serious about this security stuff) and a spare work key if the security pass doesn’t work for whatever absurd reason
Pack of tissues and some vague medicine
Some earrings that I’ve forgotten to take out of the bag at some point
A picture of Jesus Christ with a prayer on the back. I have one of these in every single bag I own because they’re always distributing them in front of Church or the railway station and I feel very bad to throw them away.
One electronic key that has my gym program on it, but more on new gym and peripherals later.
One compact little umbrella (in matching case) that came with the bag and for that I am very grateful because my other umbrella is this big-ass-cover-5-people kind of BMW Williams umbrella that S bought me at Formula 1 time last year when I loooved BMW Williams for Montoya and Ralf. This year I am not supporting any team, its been more of an anti-Ferrari thing and its working also. But more on Formula 1 at the end of the season.
And that concludes the tour of my beautiful earth-toned cavernous bag. Moving on to my wallet…
I have a grand total of $37 and 70 cents. Normally I only have 70 cents but for some reason I’m carrying quite a bit of liquid cash this week. Did you know that Australian notes are plastic and can’t really be torn unless you are fully determined to tear them? And yes, that is England’s Queen Elizabeth on the $5 note… Australia might as well still be a colony of England… we have a public holiday for Her Highness’s birthday and all (not that I’m complaining).
3 ANZ ATM cards… I’m only meant to have 2 and another is in the mail… the bank has been totally screwing with my life for the past month or so.
Artfully covering the ATM cards is my Sub Club Appreciation card. Two more stickers and I get a FREE 12 inch sub from Subway – the Fresh Food People. How fucking cool am I?
My National Bank credit card (which I never use) and my Virgin credit card (which I use too much).
Artfully covering the credit cards is my bloody expensive monthly Metcard.
Some other miscellaneous cards are my Indian driver’s licence which is actually my only form of ID since I don’t carry my passport around the place. I really need to get an Australian one.
We also have my 2003 student card which I am unable to let go of, my government sponsored Medicare health insurance card, a Rent Card if I wanted to pay my rent at the post office, a brand spanking new Port Phillip library card (what was I thinking spending hundreds of dollars on books every couple of months), and an Essential Beauty Club card which makes me an exclusive member of the place I get my eyebrows done at and quite frankly I had forgotten I even had such a card till I looked at it yesterday.
A Bar Secrets card of a bar called Cherry. Bar Secrets is those pack of card type things with a different bar on each card and the bloody things cannot be used as playing cards which I find slightly ridiculous. Anyway, this was in my wallet for a long time because one drunken night I think we meant to go here but eventually didn’t.
Some miscellaneous business cards and notes on my bank a/c details, tax file no., etc.
One bill (I don’t keep receipts unless there is a chance I might need to return something) and one company Cab charge. Again I had forgotten I had this cab charge, so one company sponsored ride home coming up.
One American dollar bill which I keep for sentimental reasons. I only started using this wallet a few months ago and before that I was using a wallet sent by my grandmother a few years ago and she sent the $1 bill in it and I’m still holding on to it.
And finally, a couple of photographs… my family portrait taken six years ago… this is the first thing I see when I open it and if I change wallets, my new one will also need a space for me to keep this photo. Behind the family one, I have two passport photos of S and one of Rat (yes, she’s the red one). When I left India, I asked people to give me their passport pix so I could keep in my wallet and I think she was the only one who had one.
So that’s that. Now a quick view of what I see as soon as I open my eyes every morning…
My bookcase is a total mess and slightly overflowing and I’ve resorted to piling them up beside my bed. I really need a new one.
My slightly large perfume collection – I was obsessed with perfume some years ago and collected them like mad.
My beautiful ancient TV that keeps me entertained when I’m too lazy to sit outside. Please do not miss the measures we’ve resorted to with the equally ancient and broken antenna. Neighbours is currently playing on TV if anyone cares.
My trusty heater that is never far from my side and my trusty alarm clock that never gives me (or anyone else who lives with me) a moment of peace in the mornings.
The Ferrari flag hanging on the wall is NOT mine. I don’t know why I tolerate it.
I like to surround myself with photographs of the people (and dogs) I love and there are quite a few more in other parts of the room/house.
And finally, my space at work… the place I spend most of my waking hours at… hours that would be infinitely more pleasurable spent sleeping, reading or smoking up…
My LCD monitor with my beloved dogs as the wallpaper. Well, dear Holly is no more of course but dear Chocolate is still alive and kicking. I have a post-it note with my name stuck to my monitor because my dear friend M gets kicks out of writing our names beautifully on post-it notes.
Precariously sitting on the top of my monitor is a family of Russian dolls. These are those cool dolls that fit inside the other – so you open the father and pop the mother in and you should’ve already popped all the kids inside the mother. I get immense amounts of amusement from these Russian dolls that I stole from my friend Sh who sits across from me. Also sitting there is a taxi. Everyone in the company got a different type of Matchbox car at some ‘Where are we going as a company’ type meeting. I can’t really remember what the car signified so you can tell I am a highly inspired employee.
You can also see my (well ok, the company’s) IBM T-41 laptop in its my docking station and my (these are really mine) TDK headphones that I listen to my beloved iTunes with, and my (the company’s again) cool Cisco Voice over IP phone.
My cell phone (Nokia 6610i) sits on an ugly dolphin cell phone stand that my friend Sh stole from some Christmas hamper and gave to me.
Many folders and papers and files to make it seem I work very hard and various mugs and stationery items and tissue paper.
Finally, just behind the Cisco phone, you can see a cheery Christmas stuffed dog that Sh gave me as a Christmas present last year. On that same day, we had our department Christmas party and went on this boat cruise and had the traditional Kris Kringle exchange and my Kris Kringle also gave me an identical cheery Christmas stuffed dog and so this second dog got a bit high on the boat cruise and accompanied us to a pub after the cruise and was pictured taking sips of people’s beer. So basically we decided they were twins and while Sober works hard all day in the office, Shitfaced leads a party life in my house (they were named after a set of shot glasses I have… the four stages of drinking… Sober, Drunk, Pissed and Shitfaced)!
With those pearls of wisdom I will leave you. This was really fun by the way and I’m sorry it was so long… there’s just so much to tell!
12 comments:
Yaay! Thank you Penny Lane, I knew you'd do it quickly!! :) I KNOW that aussie money can't be torn, it's soo cool... my friend n I tried for hours to tear it one day.. very exciting it was! Nice Ferrari flag (!!)... boo McLaren although it's really boo Ferrari thesedays! Sigh! What a cool computer you have at work.. and your office looks most chic. What else, ooh you must show us all the perfumes you have... looks like that could be a post by itself.
Oh my god!!! I can't believe you had the patience to write all that. But hey I shouldn't be one to talk with my extra long e-mails (which i'm very surprised you didn't receive, and I'm assuming you didn't recieve my previous one (maybe a month back) too coz you didn't reply to that which is very unlike you). And by the way I have the exact similar pair of earrings and i have your passport size photo in my wallet too. But nice post. Gives us a more upclose look.....
Totally rocks that you have that Ferrari flag up there ! In my room, I have one that covers an entire wall ! I was using it as a curtain for a while... the whole room would be bathed in red !! :)
Im so happy to see a picture of your desk where you mail from everyday. I always have mental pictures of ppl in their homes and offices and Now I can have a real one. Quite a detailed post Penny :)
Did you know that people who have made the Aussie money are now being asked to make the Indian money? Now THAT will be cool!
PS: I have the same sitting stool (Ikea one) in my house!!!
JEEEzuz! That's a helluva lot of stuff!
I remember Oz money - so clean and perfect, not like the grubby notes you get everywhere else.
Still, I kinda prefer paper money.
Shitfaced.. lol..!!
I love the Wacom!
So your a design dude. So cool.
Btw, crappy job with the masking in image 1. I am dying to know, what was it that your trying to cover?
ikea bed is it? and ikea bookshelf? am a sucker for all things "ikea"!
i like the messiness of too many books in the house... there is always something warm and nice and comforting about that.
oh and i like the earrings!
now we know what your bedroom looks like - sort of :)
Just how much do you stuff into your bag lady? And what gym programme? You have an electronic key (what is that)! Your gym sure sounds hip;)
WOW! That was great. I also have a Nine West wallet although I don't have half as many interesting things in my bag.
Lavi: The advantages of working in an IT department... we get all the cool stuff first! Good idea on the perfumes post ;)
JR: I received it and will reply soon... been a bit busy!
Vignesh: Oh my god... (on the flag covering the entire wall thing)... How sad for you that Ferarri is SO crap this year...
Rat: I've shown you pictures of my workpkace before you silly Rat... remember the "real" photos... when I was in India last year
Cowlick: So we will have Indian money that doesn't tear? That will be cool...
Jay: I know... I have way too much stuff... must throw things away!
Ketchi: And each one has the characteristics of each drunken state... I will do a shot glasses post soon... I have about 30 I think!
Dr. Pissed: Masking? Cover? What? And I'm not really a design dude... What is Wacom??
Naaz: I have reached the part where they're trying to save the Sea... its so funny, man!
Beatrix Kiddo: Actually, I think it might be... it is from India and I remember it started as Spasmo...
D: Actually not an Ikea bed, but Ikea bookshelf indeed. My boyfriend calls them windchime earrings :p
Ab: I swear it all fits in my bag :) More on the gymming real soon...
Mint Chutney: I just noticed yesterday that the cards portion is tearing into the money part :(
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