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 ...

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 mea...