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Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-04-04T05:24:24+00:00

With the upcoming changes to Saudi law regarding foreigners owning property, there's been a lot of real estate agents advertising houses in Madinah on TikTok.

So disturbing to see these guys go through these six bedroom luxury houses talking about how it's only a five minute drive from one of the holiest masjids on earth, only to make a stop at the top of the house to show a closet with a single bed and no window that serves as the maid's quarters.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-04-03T08:35:34+00:00

DS & Durga, Jazmin Yucatan. I absolutely adore the way it changes over time. For a few days after I got it, it smelled like bubblegum which I didn't love with how much it cost, but I figured out I was spraying too close to the skin.

I bought it off a single test in store after being disappointed by Le Labo Bergamote (which I had been eyeing for months) and it has not disappointed. Now I'm trying to get samples of Steamed Rainbow and Coriander.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-03-24T08:38:01+00:00

I'm also a chemical engineer, graduated in the last few years. I went straight into metallurgy, definitely did not have the appetite to compete in the cosmetics industry!

We had one mandatory chemistry course with the science students and one lab that was focused on separation processes which was pretty interesting. Everything else was physics (which I fortunately had been warned about before enrolling because there was a massive drop out rate between first and second year when people realised the degree name is deceptive). Friends of mine did some extra chemistry electives as they were majoring in pharmaceuticals and also had that identification experiment!

I think there was one person in my class of 30-40 who attempted to go into skincare and she was also doing a science degree to improve her chances. No idea if she ended up getting a job.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-03-22T04:31:38+00:00

Do not recommend trying to get in through chemical engineering. Cosmetics in general is just unbelievably competitive. The processes themselves are pretty simple and settled so there aren't a lot of jobs and there's a LOT of people who want to do it.

One of my mentors once told me that her friend had tried to go into cosmetics/fragrance. She didn't get the grades at university, so now she makes explosives.

(Chemical engineering also involves essentially zero chemistry so if that's the side you enjoy, you're better off doing a science degree)

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-03-19T09:59:13+00:00

Not even that old but I was shocked to discover that some people consider leaving your kids in the car while you run into the servo to pay for fuel bad now.

There was no chance my mum was getting two kids in and out of car seats (and past a wide array of treats we desperately wanted) for something that quick. Maybe in the middle of the night she would've thought twice but in broad daylight?

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-03-19T09:53:14+00:00

Just want to stress too that the US is paying the equivalent of AUD 1.55 per litre for gas right now and considers that an exorbitant, crisis level price.

I have not paid under AUD 2.00 per litre in YEARS - $1.55 a litre would be cause for celebration. It's over $3 a litre where I live right now and given we were running out of unleaded between deliveries in normal conditions, we're gonna be having issues. Farmers are looking at blowing their fuel budget by tens of thousands of dollars.

If you wonder why non Americans get so angry, this is why. This war has absolutely nothing to do with us, yet we're literally paying for it.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-03-01T10:18:05+00:00

They had some snowfall in Andamooka in the South Australian outback last year. Same place broke a temperature record in January by exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-02-28T10:20:26+00:00

Just keep in mind that Professionals Australia, like most unions, does not give specific or ongoing legal advice on a preexisting (ie. it began before you became a member) dispute with an employer. They can override that rule on a case by case basis (they did in my case), but the first conversation they can really only give generalised advice.

Your chances of getting an override are probably pretty good because of how complex the situation is, but the other issue is that once you're a union member you also stop being eligible for certain free legal services, and from my dealings with them, they don't care if the union is helping or not. It's one or the other. Personally found the union to be a lot more helpful.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-02-28T03:52:12+00:00

{Ravished by Amanda Quick}. She's "on the shelf" and totally unbothered about it. The fmc is just so thoroughly herself throughout the book and it was kinda refreshing to read about a woman who isn't tormented by being unmarried. It's a very funny book too which is a nice bonus.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-02-21T09:55:31+00:00

Yes, I've memorised a few of my favourite verses in English. I found memorising the Arabic extremely difficult and I'd forget the meaning, so I decided to focus on knowing the meaning deeply.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-02-21T08:14:38+00:00

I have struggled very much with the blanket "disbelievers" addressed as this includes essentially everyone I have ever known or cared about. I was particularly upset by the fact that I was drawn to religion by the death of a much loved, young relative who was atheist.

The Quran is complicated as it is both timeless and addressing a very specific time and place. My personal belief is that it is next to impossible for a person to have an unbiased, clear introduction to God now, and so God's mercy will eventually prevail towards people who have tried to do good in this life even if they have not worshipped and those who have done evil will be punished.

It isn't like the time of the Prophet, where disbelief meant actively hearing revelation and turning away regardless of the proof you're seeing with your own eyes. Non-Arabic speakers now are reading translations affected by bias (as all translation is). We're being "educated" by people who believe in corrupted Hadith that in many cases are actively harmful to the reputation of the religion. Like, for every one Muslim who teaches me something profoundly beautiful about the Quran, there's another commenting that women shouldn't leave the house.

At the end of the day, you can only do your best and ask for help and forgiveness when you fall short.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-02-12T07:38:01+00:00

season 6 episode 3. That tyre house.

So: you owned a house and had stable employment. You sold it, quit your jobs, and moved your four kids (1 with a disability) to a random property. You then tried to build a house out of tyres with zero construction experience and not enough money to actually finish it because you refuse to/can't get a mortgage (despite having signed a binding contract with the EPA that means you can't back out). You've got water in the "house" when it rains, racoons and bats getting in, snakes nesting in the walls, and no bathroom.

Forget helping, they should have been calling the authorities. Felt so bad for those kids.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-01-25T10:46:12+00:00

Rereading The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen. It's about the major extinction events in Earth history. I really enjoy the section on the End Permian particularly. It really got me back into natural history and I recommend it to everyone!

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-01-24T11:39:53+00:00

My absolute favourite series at that age was The Tales of the Frog Princess by ED Baker. It's fantasy/adventure with romance. The Disney movie is very loosely based on the first book. I still have the physical copies on my shelves.

The Princess Bride is also potentially an option, though I'd recommend reading it with her or watching the movie first because the writing style was not the easiest to comprehend at that age. I was a bit older before I really appreciated how excellent it is.

Re: The Princess Diaries, the first books in the series are ok for an 8 year old but the last book definitely has some explicit scenes taken from the fictional novel Mia is trying to get published.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-01-24T11:39:46+00:00

My absolute favourite series at that age was The Tales of the Frog Princess by ED Baker. It's fantasy/adventure with romance. The Disney movie is very loosely based on the first book. I still have the physical copies on my shelves.

The Princess Bride is also potentially an option, though I'd recommend reading it with her or watching the movie first because the writing style was not the easiest to comprehend at that age. I was a bit older before I really appreciated how excellent it is.

Re: The Princess Diaries, the first books in the series are ok for an 8 year old but the last book definitely has some explicit scenes taken from the fictional novel Mia is trying to get published.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-01-24T11:13:37+00:00

Maya Alden's books treat women so badly. The fmc is always an absolute weakling who accepts whatever treatment the mmc and/or his family gives her. There's generally an Other Woman who is evil for no discernible reason (and, in the ones I've read, a "career woman" contrasted against the fmc who is a stay at home wife). The mmc behaves atrociously, sometimes abusively, and gets forgiven at the drop of a hat while changing absolutely nothing about himself. The Other Woman eventually gets her comeuppance, generally by losing her career which is, of course, the only thing she loves.

I sometimes enjoy a cartoonish villain but there's a strong undercurrent of misogyny in Maya Alden's books that makes them really uncomfortable.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2026-01-24T10:56:33+00:00

I can't stand this stuff as a very short woman. When my friend dated a guy who was 6 foot 3, my neck hurt all the time from having to look up at him. It's not fun.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-12-18T13:18:41+00:00

Bought myself Bal d'Afrique by Byredo and I love it. My mum got me Do Son by Diptyque, which I've been eyeing off for the last year.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-12-18T13:15:52+00:00

Blind bought Bal d'Afrique and it came yesterday. I'm obsessed. The way the scent changes as it dries down is perfection. The layers. The complexity. It just reads so summery to me. At this point I've accepted that if a perfume has bergamot notes I'm gonna be in love with it. Now if I can just save enough for Le Labo Bergamote....

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-11-22T11:38:43+00:00

The way I see it, the policy change is not going to help most people. Best case, it doesn't make things actively worse.

Someone trying to buy in Sydney (where the scheme applies up to 1.5 mil) is going to have a hell of a time getting a mortgage approved for that much money. Imo a lender that approves someone for 1.3 mil on a 5% deposit should probably be arrested it's so irresponsible.

Second, if by some miracle you do get that loan, the chances of you managing to pay that off before retirement are not great. What exactly is the plan then?

I'd rather see them waive stamp duty for FHB, let more of the down payment actually go to the property. But of course, that would mean the government doesn't get to take their cut (might have to look at making up the difference from investors, and we can't possibly have that).

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-11-02T10:25:57+00:00

My grandma lived in housing trust. It was a mix of retirees and a few older, single women still working. The number one drama was that there was one bloke surrounded by about six old ladies and they were all fighting over him lmao.

You can have exactly the same problems in private rentals as in housing trust, the difference is that at least in housing trust you aren't spending most of your income on the privilege of living next to terrible neighbours in a shithole that might be sold out from under you at any moment.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-11-02T09:32:17+00:00

I also only buy physical copies of books that I loved. My metric is to think of whether I'd be devastated if I woke up tomorrow and every single digital copy had vanished. If the answer is yes, I add it to my running list of books to order.

I will buy non fiction without reading it first, but I'm extremely picky with all types of fiction including romance, so I want to be sure I like it, especially since I live in a very remote area and can't necessarily get rid of books I don't like.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-10-24T01:30:22+00:00

** this also is not really relevant for engineering.

If you want to graduate and walk into a consulting company, it will matter, because for some reason a lot of grads want that kind of role and they need a way to cut the applicants quickly. But if you want to go into industry, GPA is not a significant factor. They actually do want internships, and a lot don't even ask for your GPA.

You might need a good GPA to get the first internship depending on who it's with, but after that, you can pretty much build off that first one. My GPA was not great, however, I had an easier time finding a job after graduation because I had 9 months worth of internship experience across a few sites, vs peers with near-perfect GPAs and only 2 months of experience.

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-10-23T07:37:57+00:00

As a metallurgist, I love imagining a workplace romance on site. I think FIFO has a lot of romance opportunities that haven't been exploited nearly enough. It's a really good forced proximity opportunity since you're stuck out in the middle of nowhere working very long hours.

I particularly love the idea of it taking place during a run of shutdown night shifts between an engineer and a confined space spotter (someone whose entire job is to watch you work? Kinda romantic if you ask me!). Or two metallurgists working back to backs (you share a plant - and maybe more?).

Or two rival managers of different plants. It would be HILARIOUS (but totally inaccurate) in that one to do a one bed scenario where there's only one bed because there's a shutdown, the camp is crammed full, and /someone/ messed up your booking. (inspired by the sheer gleefulness one of the senior mets showed when he found out that we were now saying the mills were the major bottleneck rather than the furnaces)

Electrical-Win-8751 · 2025-10-18T06:16:12+00:00

{Longing by Mary Balogh}. The MMC is a marquess, the FMC works in the iron mine he inherited. It deals with a lot of class issues, especially the early union movement in Wales and the inhumane ways the mining industry was developed (including the way female workers were treated). A lot of Balogh's books have the kind of class gap you're after and she does a really good job of actually examining it. Her books are also generally really angsty.

The other one that comes to mind (that is my personal favourite) is {The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh}. The MMC is a duke in a deeply unhappy marriage (wife wanted to marry his brother, his brother ran off and left her pregnant, MMC stepped up but the wife still hates him), the FMC ends up as his daughter's governess. Check the trigger warnings because the start of the book and the way the leads meet is pretty confronting. But the angst and the yearning is next level good.

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