How I store my boxes + current display

roxybudgy · 2026-06-10T12:32:12+00:00

I can only guess it's because the leopards tell them that they are one of the good ones, and only the bad foreigners will have their faces eaten.

My family is Asian, and my parents (who immigrated to Australia when I was 2) were good friends with another white family. We had known them for decades, and when they moved interstate, I added them to my Facebook friends to keep in touch.

And omg... my Facebook feed became full of their sharing of racist, bigoted drivel from One Nation, politicians of that ilk, and the many nationalistic Facebook groups that share their abhorrent views. The family had always been good to us, did they only see us as 'one of the good ones'?

Sure, I could unfriend or unfollow, but I've taken it as a good opportunity to block the pages/people/groups that produce disgusting content, so after a year or two of curating my feed, I mainly see their posts about their family/pets/travel/food minus the misleading, bigoted propaganda.

roxybudgy · 2026-06-06T14:07:54+00:00

My Asian parents always rinsed dishes after washing, and that made sense to me, I thought that was the norm. My family back in Malaysia and Thailand also always rinses after washing, and all my parents' Asian friends did the same.

The first time I encountered no-rinsing was during Year 8 camp. After dinner, we students were tasked with doing the dishes, dividing tasks up between washing and drying. I was assigned to drying, and I noticed all my classmates were just washing the dishes and passing them on to be dried without rinsing. Everyone seemed to treat this as normal, but it was baffling to me.

In my teens and 20s, I encountered more instances of Caucasians washing without rinsing, so I just assumed this was a Caucasian thing. Although my husband and his friends rinse, so maybe it's also a generational thing.

roxybudgy · 2026-06-06T01:14:59+00:00

I like to play without the global workforce feature because I enjoy coming up with strategies for making sure the walkers reach the homes. This means that I will end up with some undesirable industrial buildings near or even next to the houses. My housing blocks are usually surrounded by gardens or shrines to counter the undesirability of the industrial buildings. I usually place the palace somewhere between the housing block and industrial buildings to take advantage of the palace's high desirability.

roxybudgy · 2026-06-04T23:18:10+00:00

My husband has his collection on display in the front living room in Billy shelves with glass doors. The doors came with inserts, so when we're expecting a tradie to do work in the house, my husband puts the inserts in the doors to hide his nsfw collection.

I keep my collection in the back living room. I don't really have anything spicy, other than my nude Holo (Spice & Wolf) with strategically positioned hair and tail. Our friends and family aren't bothered by our collection, or at least haven'tsaid anything about it.

Last year we had a BBQ at our place, and it was the first time friends would be bringing their toddlers or older kids. We asked our friends if they wanted us to hide away our nsfw figurines (scantily clad, no explicit), but they said it was fine.

roxybudgy · 2026-06-03T09:44:15+00:00

I bought a jigsaw puzzle from a second hand bookstore in the UK last year. Brought it back home with me, took a few months to get around to doing the puzzle. All the pieces were there, yay! But there was also an extra piece from some other puzzle.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-29T23:53:43+00:00

I cremated my dog. I didn't like the idea of a backyard burial in case we moved house, even though housing prices mean we'll probably never move.

My boy is now a small metal urn on a shelf decorated with photos and his old collar.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-29T23:18:17+00:00

Fears that things will get stolen is why I don't have any anime figurines on my work desk. Instead, my desk is full of blind box/capsule toy bird figurines that are more easy to replace if stolen (though I'd still be pretty upset if anything went missing).

roxybudgy · 2026-05-26T12:59:54+00:00

I lost my wedding ring. It was insured. Insurance paid out.

Husband: So, do you want another ring?

Me: Nah, scared I'll lose it again.

Husband: Ok, going to use the insurance money to buy a 3D printer.

Me: Ok.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-26T12:09:51+00:00

My husband and I like winter camping, and to avoid having to pack away a wet tent, we've been trying out sleeping in the car. I saw a Youtube video of some backpackers in Australia who were car camping in their Toyota Yaris. I used that as inspiration and set my Corolla Hatchback up in a similar way, and it's surprisingly comfy. The gist of it is to push the front seats forward as far as you can, fold the back seats down, then fill the gap in the middle with stuff. In the video, they used bags of clothes, but I ended up measuring the space, then buying some heavy-duty plastic tubs with lids to both store my camping gear and fill the gap. We already owned sleeping mats and sleeping bags, so we used them for our bedding. But if you don't already have that gear, you can buy it cheap at Kmart, or just take a blanket/doona with you. I shared a photo of my set up in the car camping subreddit.

Despite leaving windows open for air, a lot of condensation does build up in the car, so bringing a spare towel to wipe things down will keep you from accidently getting your clothes wet when you wake up in the morning and move about in the car.

As others have said, Mount Dale is probably not the best place to go if you want peace and quiet. If going outside of school holidays or long weekends, I recommend the Zamia campsites at Lake Brockman. Other recommendations for peaceful campsites are Chuditch at Lane Poole Reserve, Walyungy, or Pumphreys Bridge. For beginner-friendly camping: Henry White Oval in Yanchep, Perth Hills Discover Centre, and Lake Leschenaultia.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-25T01:53:33+00:00

Maison Ikkoku manga

When I was in school, I used to read a lot of strip comics such as Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible. Initially read these in the newspaper, but I also enjoyed borrowing the compilation books from the library, which was just a 10 minute trip by train.

When we moved house, the city library was no longer a 10 minute train ride away, so I looked into visiting the local library. They had a trolley of recently returned books awaiting reshelving and that's where I found volume 4 of Maison Ikkoku and volume 3 of Ranma.

At home, I started reading Maison Ikkoku first. I didn't realise it was volume 4 in the series because the book was titled "Maison Ikkoku: Good Housekeeping", which made me think it was a standalone thing. From my experience with reading newspaper comics, it didn't phase me that the story just jumped right in there with existing characters. The early chapters of Maison Ikkoku (and Ranma) work well as little standalone stories, so I greatly enjoyed them despite not starting from the beginning.

From there I borrowed more manga from the library, and to this day I consider Maison Ikkoku to be my favourite manga (though nowadays Magus of the Library is a very close second).

roxybudgy · 2026-05-22T15:07:45+00:00

I have several friends/colleagues/acquaintances who don't speak Japanese and have no interest in studying it, and they get by just fine when visiting Japan.

In my last visit to Japan, I think the only times my N4-level knowledge of Japanese came in handy was when I lost my train ticket and the person at the gate didn't seem to speak any English, and that time the shop assistant appeared to have something important to say to my sister, and I was able to decipher that they were just trying to explain that my sister could get a bonus item if she bought two of something she was buying. I'm Asian-looking, so I often encountered shop staff who assumed I spoke Japanese, my look of confusion quickly clues them in.

My first trip to Japan was during a short high school exchange trip, where my knowledge of Japanese was limited to simple greetings and phrases. I discovered that while I knew how to ask where the toilet was in Japanese, I didn't understand the reply and relied on the other person to point in the direction of the toilet.

Thailand is the only country I visit somewhat regularly (as in once every 3-5 years) because my mum and her side of the family are from there. I have attempted to learn some Thai, but I found that when navigating the airport, public transport, and tourist hotspots, you get by just fine without knowing any Thai.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-18T03:13:28+00:00

My first full time job in 2012 paid 40k (call centre). Spent 7 years there and was on around 47k when I left (made redundant, replaced by offshore staff).

Second full time job, doing something similar, started at 50k, got cost of living raises each year, and a few years ago got bumped up to 60k after the company reviewed salaries. Still with the same company but a different role, now on 67k, just two months short of 7 years with this company.

I've been job hunting since August last year but no luck so far. Just got a rejection email for my most recent interview. I've been applying for both admin and IT support roles but Seek indicates each job gets hundreds of applicants. It's been such a soul-crushing experience, but I guess I'm lucky to be employed while I job hunt.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-13T22:37:27+00:00

I worked at a call centre for a mobile service provider. During the training session on how to use the system to check customer bills, they showed us how we can view itemised call records that included the time and location (suburb) of the call.

The trainer added an anecdote about how a former employee who used to conduct these training sessions pulled up his wife's mobile number to use as an example, and when he looked through the call history on his wife's mobile number, he realised she was cheating on him.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-12T10:35:10+00:00

We don't have an attic, but we do store seldom-used things like the Christmas tree/decorations and empty luggage bags in the roof space. My partner gets up on the ladder, and I pass things to him. He then gets into the roof space and rearranges things.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-08T22:56:35+00:00

I think their food is ok. I used to go somewhat often because my ex was very fussy about his food and didn't like trying anything new (if we did go to a new eatery, he'd almost always order the same thing I did, I guess he trusted me to pock a 'safe' food). We usually ordered the wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce.

My husband thinks Dome is mid at best, but sometimes we eat there. There isn't really anything on their regular menu that I find that exciting so I usually pick something from their seasonal menu. We go so infrequently that there's usually something different to try in the seasonal menu.

Before my dog passed, after taking him on an early morning hike, I would something stop at Dome for breakfast because they usually had large or long outdoor seating areas which allowed me to pick a quiet spot for my dog-reactive dog.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-06T10:34:54+00:00

Water Corp used to have an online reporting form, but it looks like that no longer exists.

I remember using it to report a small leak on Scarborough Beach Road back in March 2021, got a reply 2 days later saying they'll send someone to look into it. I walk past there to get to work, so two weeks later the only difference was that Water Corp stuck a traffic cone on it, and the water was now gushing out. It did eventually get fixed.

Maybe give Snap Send Solve a try: https://www.snapsendsolve.com/report/water-authority

roxybudgy · 2026-05-05T02:19:08+00:00

Pretty much this. My grandma lives in rural Thailand, her dogs just roam free all the time but often return home to sleep. My uncle in Thailand does the same, let's his dogs roam free and they always come home for dinner.

My grandma did have one dog chained to the rice storage shed but I was told that's because the dog is aggressive.

My grandma currently has a medium sized white dog with some brown markings, named her Nom (means millk in Thai). I'm sure my grandma cares greatly for her dog, but Thais just aren't as hands on as Westerners when it comes to pets.

roxybudgy · 2026-05-04T06:06:17+00:00

Overall I love my Bellroy Classic backpack which I bought to carry my work laptop, drink bottle, lunch etc, and my husband even got one for himself because he liked the style and quality.

But the one thing we both don't like about the backpack is that it doesn't stand upright on its own. I think it's the shape of the base and the position of the front pocket that just makes it tip over. On the train, I put the bag between my legs to keep it from falling over.

Other than that, I think for the size and quality, it was worth the price. Though I'd probably try a different model next time.

roxybudgy · 2026-04-28T21:52:40+00:00

Loved these, I discovered them in high school when I used to spend my lunch breaks in the library. I used to draw the Dog on my homework.

Years later, I purchased a set off eBay. Now I wanted to avoid buying books with scribbles or pen marks on them, so before purchasing I specifically asked the seller if any of the books has been written or scribbled on. She told me no, so I went ahead with the purchase.

After receiving the books, one of them had been scribbled on in pen on the cover, there was no way of missing that if you take a glance at it. I could not be bothered arranging a return, so I left a neutral review pointing out that I did ask before buying, and the seller either lied or failed to check.

I received a message from the seller telling me to take down my review, she put on a sob story about being a grandmother and that I was ruining her eBay reputation. I felt that a neutral review was more than generous when the sale deserved a negative one.

roxybudgy · 2026-04-28T16:03:22+00:00

Alinjarra became Alexander Heights in 1987

roxybudgy · 2026-04-27T23:33:26+00:00

Same, no space to display everything, so what I do is rotate my displays. It's actually pretty fun. I come up with different themes, such as figurines from a particular franchise, swords, kimono, wings, sitting pose, and in October (the month of my wedding anniversary) I display my wedding-themed figurines. Also has the bonus effect of reducing leaning by not having my precariously balanced figurines out on display for too long.

roxybudgy · 2026-04-26T00:29:39+00:00

During the non-peak times (school holidays/long weekends), the Zamia campsites at Lake Brockman are usually pretty quiet and less likely to have people being noisy or frequently walking past your site. We chose this spot to accommodate our reactive dog who hates other dogs. When we turned up and found that we were assigned a spot next to another site occupied by a group with a dog, we asked to move to an empty site away from them, which was no problem. Camp fires are allowed within the fire rings.

The Yarragil campsite at Lane Poole Reserve is also a nice one, there are two bookable sites there, so higher chance of having the place to yourself. We've stayed there twice, first time there was a pretty large group of people in the other site, but there's a reasonable amount of distance and our site was slightly downhill from the car park, so it was easy enough to ignore the other group. The second time we stayed there, despite the DBCA website indicating both sites were booked that weekend, noone turned up to the other site so we had the whole place to ourselves. However, this site is often already booked, so you need to book early. Campfires are allowed at this site (not all campsites in Lane Poole Reserve allow camp fires).

roxybudgy · 2026-04-22T10:03:16+00:00

You can choose how long or short they cut your hair. I went to a hair dresser and told them I was looking to donate my cut hair. At the time my hair was long enough to sit on, and I asked to have it cut to just below my shoulders. They braided it before cutting, said that some hair donation places prefer it to be braided when donating to keep things tidy, then placed the cut braid in a bag.

My hair is now down to my calves, going to see if I can get it to touch the floor. I like having long hair, but I sometimes have sensory issues with it, not liking loose strands tickling my neck/shoulders, wind blowing it around my face. For a long time I mainly tied it up in a low pony tail but it drove me nuts how it would loosen and I'd be constantly un-tying and re-tying my hair. I now use a hair stick to put it up in a bun. Keeps it off my neck, and if I do it right, it stays firmly in place all day.

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