Managed to piggyback off a friend on Tuesday and get in to the exclusive Costco. It was kind of just to see what it was like. I remembered that I had actually been to one before in the States years ago but never really paid attention to it. I just knew it was big and like a warehouse with lots of items that you normally wouldn't find in a warehouse.
Anyway, this time I definitely kept my eyes peeled, and to understand the concept of a membership wholesaler. I walked in and the first items were televisions. I was impressed since they had all the latest brand name TVs, not random no-name ones that look cheaply built. To my surprise, just behind the TV section was the small jewellery section. And this was probably the shock of the night - plenty of diamond, but one ring in particular costing $159,999.99. What the...? There was another next to it for $69,999.99 too. No extra security on the display cabinet, and no staff within sight, apart from the scrawny TV sales guy. I decided that because of the size of Costco, it'd take at least a minute to run to the exit, and then a further 10mins to your car because it's in the-middle-of-nowhere-Docklands.
I didn't really know the prices of a lot of things in the outside world, so I didn't end up buying much apart from food (muesli, salmon). Although I made mental notes of some of the items and came home to research them. Well, next time I get the chance to go, I will surely get some Colgate toothpaste which was $16.98 for a pack of four 160g tubes (or $4.25/tube) where Coles and Woolies are selling it for about $6/tube. Cheaper toothpaste - how cool am I?? Haha
Also played some tennis last night for a good 2.5 hours till 11pm. That's kinda tired me out today, but it was really good to get a strong hit out. I realised recently that I was playing terrible, and even a 1-hour hit wasn't enough to start getting my groove back, but after last night, I think I made a bit of progress. Hopefully if I play about once a week over the next month for over one hour each time I'll begin to hit the ball okay again. I'm kind of excited thinking about playing some really good tennis again, like back in my pre-Uni glory days. But to get to that level and maintain it I think I'd have to start up competition and training again. Not sure if, at this stage of my life, I can spend that much time doing that.
I also noticed that next month, this blog will have been running for 5 years. Wow. That kinda freaks me out. I don't
dare to read my posts older than say, this year. It makes me cringe at how much of a n00b I was. Not that I'm not a n00b now because I bet in a few months time when I read this years' posts, I'll cringe too, but that I'm slowly but surely becoming less of a n00b. I guess that's a good thing though, because at least I'm heading in the right direction, and if I laughed at my stupid 20 year-old humour it'd be a worry.
Although, my blog is definitely not indicative of the extent of how much I've changed over the last 5 years. I think a lot of it has been internal and more obvious to those who currently know me really well. I still shake my head in amazement at what I used to believe, say and do compared to now. It just doesn't seem possible that I was the same person then as I am now! Sure, there are similarities, but on the whole, if I met my old self now I would really struggle to relate. I guess some might call it maturing and growing up, but I know it's more than that. I'm more me now than I ever was before.
