Lydia Rees

  "TAKE IT AROUND THE BACK!"  ____________________________________ 23th November 2017 __________________________________________________ Talofa my lovelies and welcome to another blog ___________________________________________________________________________________  Today was my day off from my “office” job & so I decided to spend the day with my mum who is a courier driver. For confidentiality purposes I will refrain from mentioning which company she works for and which stores we delivered to. In less than a day, I went from being a respected front office staff member, to a dirty, grubby Islander delivering packages; at least that’s what I was made to feel like. I never knew that delivering a different type of service also meant receiving a different type of “respect”. Today is the first time I have ever worn anything high visi for more than an hour & massive respect to those that do this type of job day after day. Originally, the plan was for me to

HEADS OR TAILS UCE? Written and Publish by : Lydia Rees Talofa and welcome to another rant aka ugly excuse of a blog. More often than not, when you flip a coin, you have very very very high chances of it landing on HEADS or TAILS, true? For a moment, lets ignore the fact that there is a very slight possibility that it would land on its side *rolls eyes*. The other day when I was enjoying a fresh chicken Caesar wrap at McDonald's, I overheard a conversation between two Polynesian BOYS behind me that had me ready to throw hands. ÿeah so there's this girl that I'm following on instagram and she is f***** sexy man" "did you hit her up uce" ÿeah I sent her a dm and asked her if she wanted to kick it" ähhaha mah uce" "bro every time we plan to meet up or something, she always has a family event or church aye" "but that's the thing with girls of our kind aye, Samoan girls are cool until they decide to put everything else b

To my Polynesian Sisters ( and brothers), More often than not, I see a lot of eye rolling when people hear about where I am employed and where I have previously been employed. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lydia, 19, currently residing in Sydney Australia and I am employed in Serviced Apartments , apart of an organisation recognised internationally. My previous employment was in the Employment Services industry, behind a desk working a 9am - 5pm. Not once as a teenager did I know that I would excel in ""office jobs", but it was something that just happened over time. Just like everyone else, I had and still have my fair share of early morning wake ups, long ass train rides, arriving home at ridiculous hours and yes, a fair share of assholes in the workplace. But for some reason, the fact that I did not wear a high visi vest or pick and pack boxes, automatically allowed those who did, to look down on me. I wore ballet flats and heels instead of safety boots a

 FLYING SOLO As the new year welcomes us, I am more than happy to say that this year I have my mind set on what I had always planned on doing ... & that is simply, work hard & play harder! When your circumstances force you out of relationships / friendships there's nothing more to do than to focus on yourself & your priorities ; for me , Church (read my other blog for more on me & church  http://lydiarees11.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/transitions.html?m=1 ), my family, my career & last but definitely never the least ME! I am not going to lie when I say its going to be scary , but I know it will all be worth it. I took myself on some adventures and stepped far outside of my comfort zone and my oh my, am I happy that I did. The more you stray from what we consider as "comfortable", the more we allow ourselves to understand the things going on around us. SAMOA - where the mosquitos bite, and the sun bites harder  I really did mean it