This afternoon a manager whom I’m currently working with asked if I wanted to become permanent staff. Of course there is not guarantee on anything, but he said he would talk to my boss about it. Actually I’m quite sure that they will renew my contract but nonetheless, it feels nice to know that someone appreciate my work

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Finally we took IELTS test last weekend. I’m crossing my fingers that we can hit the minimum score required by Australian immigration since it costs us a bomb to take this test and I really don’t want to have to retake it. Not to mention the low morale it’ll give us that after 7 years of living here, our English is still not up to their standard *blah*

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I am so broke this month

In all these years I’m working, I’ve met people from many countries who speak with various accents. With some people, I need more concentration and effort to understand what they are saying but in general I didn’t think I have problems understanding people. Until today. I called this guy from my office today and despite him speaking English, I didn’t understand a single word he said. Here’s how the conversation (if you can call it conversation) went:

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Me: Hi X, I sent you email this morning asking you to do something. Did you receive that?

Him: Yes, kajhfe wf awieh sffawei jksfaehqfoe fjalf e kjelwewj

Me: (Huh?) So you received it? Did you manage to do it?

Him: Ks elwerewif jakjrwirwke fjfls something safjws skfeuq khsfuh

Me: Umm … sorry, you have to speak louder because I couldn’t hear you
(I knew volume was not an issue here, I just wanted him to repeat that in the hope I could understand what he was saying)

Him: (grumpily) Ks elwerewif jakjrwirwke fjfls something safjws skfeuq khsfuh!!!

Me: Okay, so you did receive the email?

Him: Yes

Me: And you managed to do it?

Him: qkwj snqwia fisaiql snqeirn euorj weirfnl

Me: (Banged my head on the floor while crying under the table)
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At that point I gave up and just hang up. The thing is, I still need to find out if he managed to do the thing I told him in the email. Wish me luck :(