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Have a Good Cry

“Mum, may I cry or should I be brave?” This is a question posed by a little girl moments before being taken a surgery for a leg amputation. We share conflicting feelings about crying. On the one hand, shedding tears could show deep concern. On the other hand, may not tears convey a lack of courage?

Today I went to Sydney Royal Easter Show at Olympic Park by myself. Actually I made a plan last night to visit Blue Mountains today, but I checked the weather report this morning and found that it was raining in Katoomba. Thus, I went back sleep for one more hour and changed my plan to go to Easter show instead. This was my second time to visit Olympic Park actually, but last time I just came here to have a look with my friends quickly.

Since I didn’t purchase the ticket online beforehand, I had to wait in queue in order to buy the ticket at the gate. After I got the ticket, I just found that the ticket is called “showlink”, which means that you can use the ticket to take buses, trains and ferries unlimited in one day. I already bought return ticket when I caught train to come here. It’s a waste of money. I always do this kind of stupid things.

Few days ago I just found that I was ripped off by a car rental company in Melbourne. Its name is Europcar. I rented a car from a franchise of this company at St. Kilda in Melbourne around one and half months ago. I left my debt card number to the company at that time in order to rent a car and buy insurance. I already made all the payment after the rental. But, few days ago when I checked my netbank account, I found that there were some discrepancies in it. Around 50 box in my balance was gone. I had no idea about it. Then I went to bank to seek for help with this problem. The bank staff told me that Europcar took my money away. But the company is at Tullamarine in Melbourne. What a fucking die! I am in Sydney now. How could I rent a car there? In order to contact this fucking company, I even bought a phone card in order to make interstate phone calls. Shit! A waste of my money. What the worst was that the company staff told me that their manager was off-duty on weekends. I have to contact them again on weekdays. Shit! I have been very busy recently and I have to finish several assignments and project reports in the next two weeks. I also have a mid-term exam before the upcoming break. Basically, I don’t have any spared time to handle this fucking trouble. Even though it was just 50 box, no one could guarantee you that this bloody company will not rip you off again next time. If it does the same thing every one month, it will be a lump sum of money eventually. Maybe I have to think positively because I could gain some experience through this trouble. But, it’s quite difficult for me now to argue with English native speakers honestly. Shit! I tried to ask the staff to speak a bit slowly since I am not an English native speaker, but she just slowed down her vocal speed for less than one minute. Could I sue her for discrimination? Shit! Quite troublesome. Actually I have to concentrate on my uni work very much for the following two weeks, but it seems that I have set aside some time to get rid of this trouble. I think I’ll renew my debt card or even transfer my money to another bank. I feel very insecure about this card now. Someone could even charge me and take my money away without my permission from my bank account. It’s ridiculous and unreasonable. Fuck!