5 posts tagged “fortune telling”

Everything is Changing

Sep 15, 2009
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Today I had my interview for my internship. It was quite stressful since I didn't know what was going on for half the time. Basically we're going to see how I go with the language skills I have now, but if they're not good enough I'll do some more intensive language classes in the mornings and work in the afternoons.

I sometimes wonder if I was insane to choose to do this. However stressful any internship would have been, this is only about 500 times worse - I hate not being able to communicate., to have people talk about me when I'm sitting right there and be unable to explain what I'm thinking or feeling. I want so much to be able to talk! and of course to be able to listen as well. For someone as talkative as me it is one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had.

Okay! now the good news. On Sunday night we went out for dinner in trastevere. I love the area, it's so pretty down by the Tiber, but it's got to be one of the most frustrating places to get home from. Every time we try to do it something goes wrong. This time we got the metro, but we accidentally missed our stop and had to walk about 5 kms in the dark before we could get the night bus home.

It was a lovely restaurant though, with beautiful fairy lights strung up outside, and the most delicious tiramisu. It was called Trattoria Da Lucia.

Luce

Before dinner, we saw an older woman offering fortunes in one of the squares and so I got one! Basically she had two budgies - Antonio and Roberto. You held one and talked to it, and then it hopped onto a little perch and picked out a slip of paper with your fortune on it. Mine said:

You're a highly respected lady by those who surround you. You hold a secret that only you know. you're very honest, and you like to live your life to the fullest. You'll receive a large sum of money from a distant relative. you'll live 97 years.

Roberto and Antonio!

Bring on the distant relative I say!!

Rome, Hooooold On! I'm coming!

Jun 28, 2009
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You know when you go out on friday night, which makes the whole weekend seem like a billion times longer?

well Jasmine had her farewell on friday, I met her after work for drinks at the hotel where she works. Then we met the girls at Crystal Bar, Martin place, and had pizza, cheese and a really nice L'Abruzzo red. Afterward we went to Martin Place bar for more cocktails and dancing to Mickey J. I can't believe the king of pop is really gone. If anyone ever asks me what I was doing the nightMichael Jackson died, I can tell them I was dancing to 'Blame it on the Boogie' in a bar in Martin Place. We got home around midnight, and then...

Saturday

Anna and I did a massive clean of the house - vaccuum, mopping, laundry, everything - so that my parents will come home to a really nice tidy house on wednesday. We went out for coffee at Centennial Park cafe, which has such a nice view, it's really been designed to make the best of the landscape.

Sunday
Anna and I had breakfast at Spicer Street Cafe in Woollahra, which was quite nice, I preferred her egg and bacon roll with cheddar and mayonaise to my organic porridge with strawberries, brown sugar and rhubarb, since mine was a bit too cold.
Afterward, I read the paper and had a nap, and then I met Celia for dinner.

We had thai, and OMG they have fortune cookies now! mine said:

a thrilling time is in your immediate future

woohoo! I hope they mean good thrilling, not bad thrilling!

Luck of the Ladybird

Mar 25, 2009
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This morning I was sitting on my laptop and a lady beetle landed on my hand and clambered all over me. Then, this evening, just a minute ago, the same thing happened, except that the patterns were different, so clearly it was not the same beetle.

I just wiki'ed folk law surrounding ladybugs, and here is what it said:

"In parts of Northern Europe, tradition says that one's wish granted if a ladybird lands on oneself (this tradition lives on in North America, where children capture a ladybird, make a wish, and then "blow it away" back home to make the wish come true). In Italy, it is said by some that if a ladybird flies into one's bedroom, it is considered good luck. In central Europe, a ladybird crawling across a girl's hand is thought to mean she will get married within the year."

So hopefully, TWO lady bugs will bring me luck, and/or at least a stable relationship, if not a more lasting commitment, lol!

What else? I paid for my insurance this afternoon - so I am officially almost $900 poorer than I was this morning.

Oh yeah. Weird moment this morning - I had the radio on, and Kings of Leon were playing, so I changed the station. I'm really hating KOL at the moment since they remind me of W. But the station I changed over to was playing Sarah McLaughlin, which reminds me of my OTHER ex from the same suburb (#3). And I couldn't help but feel like everything was conspiring to remind me of that area, and those people.

I think that's it from me for now! I have more trashy romance dvds to watch! (Tonight's selection? The importance of being Ernest with Colin Firth and Rupert Everett!)

ciao voxies!

The Thing with Voxing...

Jul 15, 2008
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is that either my life is really boring and I don't want to record it. Or something great happens and I don't want to do it an injustice by writing about it by posting in a hurry. But at the same time it's like, but I don't want to forget that memory!

So here I am. Recording the good bits :) (not that there have been any really bad bits lately, but just kind of boring.)

So Melbourne - was awesome. Yay for shopping, roast chestnut vendors on street corners and giant purse statues. My purchases:

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Witchery shoes half price, batwing sleeve latte coloured top $15, and green ipod shuffle for jogging with.

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The roof of the mall. Crazy Melbournean architecture!

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You heard me, worthless male! Laydeez only! Haha, this sign was on the step between the pavement and a little seating area in a park. I'm guessing it dates from the 1900s-20s (back when women got their own benches! - but not the vote. Hmm.)

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THE GIANT PURSE! Yes, it was cold.

BUT WAIT!! There's more! I saw a psychic last weekend (as in, the one just been. Can't believe melbourneo was already 2 weeks ago!) So, here are the details!! (I got a tape, but this woman has a really strong french accent and it's not a very clear tape so if I type it up it will be easier to follow.

This is the same woman I saw for my birthday about 4 years ago. Last time she said a lot of things that were so far distant that they haven't come true in the four years since I saw her! This time, she repeated some of those things, and also added to them. She does tarot, palm reading, numerology and astrology as well as psychic stuff, so it was a really interesting range of skills in the one meeting.

First - numerology based on my name, chinese and regular astrology: My number is 8, my chinese sign is the ox and my regular sign is cancer.

8 is the infinity number. It's always been my favourite number and she thought that was a coincidence! it's a very lucky number to be associated with - whatever happens, love, money, career problems - they will all work out - if you turn an 8 upside down, it's still an 8! so she told me to just be patient and things will be resolved in time.

She said this year and next are excellent years for me - it is the first time the chinese and western astrology have lined up with each other, and only happens every 12 or so years. It means that I will be entering a new cycle next year, and the things I am doing now and through that year will be the foundations for the building of the rest of my life.

For the tarot she uses several different decks to speculate on different areas of life. She said I would graduate with no problems. She asked if I was concerned about money or trying to save for something. I said yes (internship next year) she said that I would definitely get the money I needed. She didn't know where from, but it would work out and not to worry, the money would turn up. (I've been thinking I might apply for a travel grant if I am given the option, which would at least cover airfares if I do my internship internationally.)

She asked about the boy I've been seeing and said he is very unhappy in what he is doing now, but that he's not doing anything about it (sounds about right!) She said that he loves me very much and has seriously considered being with me forever. I explained that we'd recently split up, and she said there was something blocking him from being with me - perhaps in part, that he has a bit of a complex about where I am with uni. She suggested that he knows he will still be studying after I've left and he's not happy - he's not patient about doing it. (Which sounds perfectly true to me). Also, that he wouldn't work in his area of study, but he needs to complete the degree to open the doors to his future job.

Last time I spoke to her she said that she saw me only getting married once, to my soulmate, and we would have two children. She said that Aaron is not my soulmate, but my opposite - her use of the word 'soulmate' seemed to be a person with whom all your astrological planets align, meaning that the relationship just 'flows' easily. That doesn't mean that my relationship with ex # 5 wouldn't have worked because he's my opposite (she's married to hers), instead it means merely that we would both have to work harder to understand and listen to each other (ha! for both of us on that one!)

SO. I took it to mean that ex # 5 was the lovely boy that she mentioned last time I saw her, but there was another out there for me who is my 'soulmate'. She looked at her dates and calculated I would be married by 2012, and was surprised, since there was so much love in my relationship with #5 she would have thought it'd be earlier. She extended the reading (and this part was really funny - the cards had old fashioned people on them) and saw a female on one card, (me) between two cards with males on them. She suggested that I would meet someone through my university, and that I would have to pick between him and the ex. She showed me how they each held a bunch of flowers (no, really! the guys in the pictures had bunches of flowers! it was sooo weird!) and one bunch was much bigger than the other. She said that I should choose the one that gave me the most (I took that to mean, spiritually, rather than materially!)

I've said to mum and others that I think if I was to meet someone, it would be while I was overseas on my internship. I said this before the reading, and I still think it's true.

This is getting unbelievably long so I'll sum up in a list and add the rest of the stuff she said (I put the things she'd said last time in a different colour!):

I'll graduate and get a job from whatever area I'm studying quite quickly after graduation
I will have to make a choice between two men - one is intellectual, on the same wavelength as me, the other loves me a lot but needs more understanding from both parties for the relationship to work
I will get the money I'm concerned about and it will be used for something useful, not frivolous or silly.
I should and will go overseas - if ex # 5 really loves me he will understand and try again when I return
I'll be married by 2012, pregnant by 2013 (last time she said not much before 2014)
I should keep a purple stone in my room or on my person for luck
8 is my lucky number, there won't be problems in my life I can't solve if I'm patient
In my future career, she saw me holding conferences and travelling a lot for work (but this could be teaching children, tour guiding, any number of things).
I will have two children, one of which will definitely be a boy
I will only get married once

then I asked about my sister:

she will go on a trip fairly soon, and when she comes back...
she'll meet a slightly older man who has a powerful/responsible job
she'll be married by 2010
she should wear gold things as they bring her luck

So there you are!

THEN!!

One more thing... I got my results today! w00tbean!! I passed all my subjects! which means (if I calcuated right) THAT I CAN GRADUATE!!! and now I have to go and harass the uni to make sure I've been put down as graduating in september this year (typical!). But we're going out to dinner tonight so hopefully some photos for you in the next few days. I'm going now, since I only have the next four years to enjoy my freedom! (sorry future hubby - I love ya!)

Random Sunday

May 25, 2008
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Today was pretty oddball all round.

For a start, I had to go to another work training day (paid). We're in the process of earning Certificate IV in frontline management, and this was our second training day (the last one was the day before ex #5 and I broke up you will recall! two weeks already!) So I got up early to go to work and I was playing with Willum. He was preening my clothes like he does, but he didn't realise that he was getting closer and closer to my skin, so I'm leaning over him on my hands and knees and kissing his back while he's preening the edge of my singlet top, and he accidentally caught my skin! I know he didn't mean to, but it's just so funny - I have what looks like a love bite on one of my boobs now from where he nipped me! (except that there is a cut from his sharp little fangs, haha!)

Then, I went into work, and embarrased myself on the bus when my earphones came out of my phone mp3 player right in the middle of an Abba song. Like way to get caught listening to shameful music!

The training was pretty ok, we talked about team development and individual development. It kind of annoys me that for this session we had to do two 1 page reports, and for next session (one month from now) we have ANOTHER 3 reports. They're to demonstrate that we understand the content of the units, but why not just get us to complete them in class? no one would know anyway.. my boss said we can do them at work though, and I think I'll do mine this week since in a month from now I won't remember everything we were speaking about.

Anyway! LUNCH! (paid for by work, which is really nice!) and I have a cappuccino. Then I remembered that my boss does coffee cup readings so she did a reading of mine. She picked up on some really interesting things so i can't wait to see what pans out! here is what she said so I have a reference for later:

I should check the tires on my car - especially air pressure. Not likely to have an accident but could be inconvenienced by being stuck somewhere with crap tyres
she saw a heart in the cup, but also a shield which represents protecting yourself or not being 100% open as you've been hurt (which is obviously completely natural in my case)
she saw me going out with friends and having a good time, not being a hermit, or going crazy and over the top
she saw the rabbit and laughed about him, she said he can tell that my energy has changed recently so if he's been acting really well lately it's because he knows I'm not myself and he wants to spoil me. The way she described it was that he has felt very loved by us so now he wants to show us that he will love me back.
She saw me getting a lot of enjoyment and pleasure out of listening to music perhaps a guitar or a flute, something like that
also that I should do things by myself if no one is available to them with me, to prove to myself that I can have fun doing things alone, but also because it's important for my spiritual growth (for want of a better phrase)
she asked if I was considering moving out and said she saw some kind of distance from the home - maybe travel
that I was weighing up a decision and comparing possible outcomes
that I have been or will be soon looking at a necklace or something for around the neck, maybe a scarf, that costs a lot that I will go back and look at again and again (I couldn't think of anything that I've been eyeing off!)
she saw me going somewhere hot
basically, she could see in the cup that I am very focussed on my study and very stressed but that it's crucial that when I can I do things for myself and my own wellbeing. That travel/alone time or whatever is vital for me to move on in my life (I took it as changing my possible life direction?)

THEN she read the saucer which was really interesting!

she saw the letter C which stands for commitment. She said she could see I wasn't afraid of commitment or of love (the letter L was also present) and then she explained that previously, the commitment and love were together, that the cup and saucer fitted (referring to the breakup) and that when I have had that alone time, when I've spent some time just doing things for ME, then the love and commitment that I'm looking for will all fall into place.

I love that kind of thing. Even if it isn't true in the sense that it's semi psychic or what have you, it's still good advice in my opinion and pretty much what I was planning on doing. I want to book a weekend away for just myself after semester is over, and I want to maybe go to the snow or somewhere, I'll be pampered, do nothing.. spend a lot of money. That was the basic plan. I'm happy being single, I'm not seeking out a relationship right now, although if one came along I wouldn't turn it down - I'm open to it, but I really do want to spend some time re evaluating who I am as a person now that I'm not 'Aaron's Girlfriend' which I guess sounds foolish but there you are.

Dinner with just Celia tonight as Janna is on her way to VIENNA (Lucky woman!) and Jasmine wasn't feeling well. Time to go to sleep now since my week is HEKTIK BRO!

quick run down even though this is the longest post ever:

monday-tuesday: assigment due on wednesday, days off work since I'm doing 2.5 full days this week instead of 5 half days.

wednesday: full day of work 8:30-5:30, hand the assignment in

thursday: half day, meeting Alerson for coffee in the morning (will bitch about men, eurovision etc!)

friday: full day

Weekend: start take home exam for HIST109 I imagine! arg!

And that is it from me. Much love, I am going to bed before I fall asleep right here. Have a good week yourselves!