with jane was great :) spent about three hours of endless high-school gossip and talks of other more random things in this lovely cafe we found tucked away from the busier part of the city since the day was too pretty to be stuck at home. i'd spent most of my morning/ afternoon doing work anyway so i needed a break! i don't think i've ever managed to appreciate melbourne this much because i haven't been doing much walking and exploring by myself, let alone with the boys; with them it's always very objective trips to the city. have lunch at xxx, drop by xxx to buy stuff, then back to study/ do assignments/ dota (pfft) but i think the idea of mindlessly walking around the city just to find a good place to sit down and have a drink and talk doesn't appeal to them. any thoughts on this? i know not all boys (or men, whatever) want to spend their days indoors in front of the computer, oh george please tell me i'm right about this. maybe that's what girlfriends are for! i swear i'm going to keep up with the coffee days while i'm here, i don't get as much freedom in malaysia since i'm too scared to drive alone and they don't have nice little cafes like this anyway.
i have this sudden liking for aviator shades. i know these are the kind of sunglasses my grandfather used to wear but they increase your cool factor by +347192 points (not that i care anyway, but they make me feel like a rockstar, hah) and surprisingly i dont look too shabby in them! shuling and i were having fun trying on all sorts of shades at sportsgirl yesterday and the ozzy osbourne one must have been the funniest ... now that i think about it they look like john lennon's as well but in context it being ozzy's is more amusing, you feel like going on a swearing frenzy once you put it on.
things here are so much cheaper than malaysia, dollar for dollar. i've been trying to find a job since august to pay for my weekly expenses/ afford more random things but to no avail :( i've never received a single response from anyone i've sent my resume to. not my luck this year maybe :'( sorry motherrrr!
tomorrow i'll be bringing jane to the many cafes around melbourne university during my afternoon break. more coffee! :) maybe as an architect i should specialise in designing cafes haha! it's an idea :P
i just killed this fly (with all the rage and hate i have for flies that i could muster) in my room with a rolled up stack of lecture notes. the end result was a very badly squashed fly on the window, plus pink blood. eeeek.
i broke my nailclipper while trying to cut my big toenails :( crazy bitches were too tough for the poor thing. i bought a new one (much bigger) yesterday for 2 dollars, i hope that lasts.
a few weeks ago there was a possum in my room in the middle of the night. i left my window open to the maximum because it was quite hot that night, and i didn't notice the pipes to the right of the window outside. i mean, you wouldn't think much of it even if you did notice them (at least i didn't). so i woke up to the sounds of my many mugs (one for soups, one for cereal, one for water ...haha) clinking and needless to say i was scared out of my wits being the coward i am, i opened my eyes and saw this big thing with a long big tail on my desk running back out the window and i gasped out loud. common sense would tell you to quickly close the window but noooo i proceeded to hide under my sheets. anyway the next morning i found lots of little paw prints all over the desk and my food shelf in a mess. it didn't take anything though o.o
we had a girls' day out on sunday because it was such beauuuutiful weather and we didn't want to be stuck indoors when you finally get a bright, sunny day after a whole week of depressingly cold and wet weather. there was a bit of rain before we actually hit the beach so we took refuge in mcdonalds, but at about 4 the sky cleared and the weather was lovelyyyy :) then followed the 300 or so photos, and some attempts at getting a tan (not me of course, my skin just gets burnt). we didn't stay for the sunset because that would be at 8 :S
met up with (ai) jane yesterday evening! she goes by 'jane' now ;) we had heavenly pastries at the french bakery she works at (which she managed to get for free :P) and did heaps of talking and catching up, walked around the city for a bit and then to the boardgame-cafe on lygon st she used to work at. we also got to play the games for free (hehehe) and dinner was on the house! when you come to melbourne jane is the person to look for, seriously :P
had this group presentation on monday, and i think i'm slowly getting over my fear of public speaking! still nervous as hell of course, but they subside when i'm actually talking. i have another individual one next friday, hope it gets better :)
loving the leather jacket!
rainy days ahead. sigh such is spring :(
i will end this post with a picture of myself looking distraught over the condition of my frizzy, uncombed hair since i got it permed O:
so far are great. sleep is good, social life is good, poker luck is good as well. assignments have been put on hold despite the pre-holiday determination to finish them asap: such is the typical procrastination, habits don't seem to change even in university. the weather is unpredictable like kanye west at awards shows, i have a list of things to buy but i'm too afraid to step out in case the day rains on me right after i leave my doorstep like it always does. doesn't help that my tram ticket has expired. and period cramps are a nuisance.
it's already started raining. oh well.
yesterday afternoon we were all like little children at the fair. riding down slides, shooting stars, throwing balls, eagerly trying to win that toy. there were bart and homers, mario and luigis, mushrooms, ducks pandas dragons bears i can't remember them all. and there were the hundreds of different showbags with collector's merchandise or pointless plastic toys or girly magazines or lollies or even batman suits that sadly did not come in our size. wigs and masks, light sabers (which we bought) and lots of other frivolous things you have to spend your money on to make the trip worth it. as much as you want to spend your money wisely like the mature nineteen year old young adult you claim to be there's always the temptation to indulge in the unnecessary because the only time you get to really, really tap into the five-year-old inside you is at the funfair, right? or so i think. but i love my red light saber.
it's still gloomy outside. i don't like :( isn't spring supposed to be all about the sun? the weather forecast says it's still going to be shit weather until monday. i'm still waiting for the beach trip! i'm usually very unenthusiastic about beaches but i just. want. more. sun. given, i have the inability to get a tan, but that is not the point. matahari di mana lu :(
that i’ve already
been through 8 weeks of university since coming back to Melbourne – despite all
the workload i’m STILL in the holiday mood ...which is apparent in the time i
wake up, and the time i actually start walking to class eg. class starts at 9 –
set the alarm to 8, snooze for another 10 minutes ...and another 10. class starts
at 9, leave room at 8.58 (i live across the road from uni! ah what a luxury). BUT
I GET TO CLASS ON TIME MUMMY, AT MOST 5 MINUTES LATE! yes, the family reads
this blog too :O point is, university has become such a mundane routine that i’ve
lost all the excitement i had in the (first half of the) first semester. and i’m
not the only one who feels this way! my friends also feel like second semester
is slack-off semester. BUT EVEN WITH THE SLACKING OFF I FINISH MY WORK ON TIME
MUMMY!
today is my last day of uni
before the mid-semester holiday, and i celebrated this wonderful occasion by
sleeping half the day off after coming back from my only morning class. 5 hours
to be exact. now i’m having indomee, at 5.30, for lunch. i don’t know about
dinner. alex is away at someone’s party, sean is with another bunch of friends,
wing is having pilot-party time, and i’m here in jarrel’s place staring at the
screen. and jarrel is still sleeping because he hasn’t slept for two days ...i
doubt if he’s going to wake up today. hmm maybe i’ll give some uni friends a
ring so that i can detach myself from this anti-social piece of technology. but
facebook is an exception.
winter officially ended about two
weeks ago and it’s now spring! the first week of spring was terrible though, it
was raining every day and it was like the wind was throwing crazy fits as well
= bad combination. it’s clearing up though, and getting warmer so the shorts
have finally found their way out of the cupboard ;) hopefully the weather stays
this way during the holidays since we have some plans already for the next two
weeks – the royal melbourne show, mount dandenong,
the beach, luna park, and a typical aussie barbeque; sausages and lots of beer!
not that i’m a fan of beer but it sounds fun. oh and not forgetting the fact
that i can sleep in 0u0
it’s 6.20 now and it’s still
bright outside. I LOVE MUCH. it gets dark at around 6.45 but it’s definitely not
as depressing as winter when it gets dark at 5. i don’t know what i’m going to
do after this post. calculus assignment? or maybe the guitar hmm. i’ve come to
a point in my life where the laptop is boring, at least for now. too much time
with the boys equals more time on the computer playing games, that’s me included.
that said, the latest prince of persia is heaps of fun but the graphics make my
laptop laggg! urgh
i can’t wait to fly back to malaysia
: ( as much as i adore melbourne nothing beats home. and roti canai. i had a 2
dollar roti prata the other day at this malaysian place and seriously, that’s
as cheap as it gets, but it was really good! ohhh how i miss devi’s corner.
nothing more than a cup of kellogg's crunchy nut with clusters for breakfast. and suddenly i feel like celebrating the best foods of melbourne as nominated and awarded by me just because i like putting off my homework, singing to jason mraz and eating cereal! yayzorly D:
as previously mentioned, i am in love with this cereal. when you spoon it into your mouth it's like a burst of crunchy sweetness soaked in sweet cold milk, and once you've finished all the cereal the milk is even sweeter from the cereal and it's so good i just poured another serving of cereal into my milk (no kidding) because you can't get enough of this shiz yo.
okay i bet most of you saw this coming so here it is! iced coffee from brunetti, 5.50 dollars worth of orgasmic caffeine and gelati all in one cup. worth every dollar and it's reasonably priced! don't get me wrong i have been trying coffee from other places too but this is still my favourite!
you must be thinking, seriously, brunetti - AGAIN? yes, again! (and also because i don't have pictures of other places, but that's not the point ;) besides the coffee they have 1923449320 million pastries and cakes (of which i've only tried ...3?) and sandwiches (filone salmon FTW) and everything lah. it also helps that it's right behind where i stay! hee.
just because i syok sendiri. but for the record it DID taste good :P popo's recipe, good healthy green stuff that i actually LIKE!
honey + soy sauce + chicken wings = CULINARY ORGASMIC EXPLOSION. pardon my language, it's probably a recipe grandmas all over the world would laugh at but if you're trying to make a simple dinner THIS IS IT!
so anyway, i think this might be a sign i'm putting on weight but my skinny jeans fit FINE but maybe they've just stretched ....i hope not. CIAOS MY LOVELIES!
right. so this will be the first and only post while i'm back here in malaysia, because yet again i am plagued by boredom at this hour. i have scoured the contents of facebook a thousand times over to such an extent that i seriously cannot find anything there to entertain me anymore. but i am glad we finally got wwtts back on a roll! and after the glue. silent night(s?) still stumps me a little, why are the characters in devon street? haha. i love these roleplays. i actually thought i'd have a million things to bring back to melbourne but so far it's milo, uhu glue, a couple of sketch pads and some extra (summer, lol) clothes. a lot less than what i'd expected. well actually i have no idea what i expected in the first place anyway.
i've probably od-ed on roti canai and milo ais in the past three weeks. finally managed to satisfy my craving for pj state wantan mee, oh what heaven. that reminds me! i haven't had my ipoh hor fun yet :( also i've been given the honour of choosing what i want to for dinner every night, thanks to my superwoman popo :) i make malaysia sound like it's all about food. but really it is.
the one thing that's been bothering me since i got back is my sinus problem :( i never had this back in melbourne i guess because the air there is clean and dry as hell. tissue paper ftw. i wake up every morning and my family thinks i have a cold or something. speaking of which, malaysians are totally paranoid over H1N1. okay i know it's a good thing we want to prevent the spread of the virus but it's like the scare is elevated to another level here. i mean, melbourne is apparently the world's swine flu capital with more than a thousand cases, but the people there aren't making this huge fuss over it. you don't see any aussies wearing masks except the occasional paranoid asian tourist. most patients recover without any medicine. anyway point is i just think malaysia's overreacting. we should instead put more focus on the ridiculous decision to make the switch back to bm for math and science subjects, with politicians assuring us that the standard of english proficiency will improve despite the switch just because there will be longer hours for english classes and more emphasis on english literature, and because they will be recruiting this mega-awesome batch of teachers proficient in the language to teach our poor students whose grades in the mentioned subjects have been deteriorating because it is taught in english, so it's now being switched back to bm with hopes of improving english at the same time. like, WTF? fuggin contradictory if you ask me, and stupid anyway. hey mister, why not leave it as it is in english and then work on improving english as a subject at the same time? OH, i guess not.
...........anyway. i'm glad i learned those subs in english. and i am now married to nicole.
I AM BORED. and i thank my unbelievable ability to take three-and-a-half-hour-long evening naps effortlessly even when i've had almost twelve hours of sleep the night before. so now i'm just ...wide awake. really. AND THERE'S NOTHING TO WATCH ON TV. damn astro. i've also exhausted my supply of downloaded movies so ...oh wait maybe i haven't! mmh too lazy to check <-- my usual lazy attitude, and it doesn't even involve any PHYSICAL MOVEMENT. kasuhdcsdjacosdids i'm listening to franz ferdinand now. daaark of the matineeethe daaaark of the matineee. my mum says i need to be more productive. like, cook. or drive. i still can't get over my fear of driving alone, i keep thinking i'm gonna knock another car off the road or something. too much burnout i think :S
you've just turned 19 and to think that i've known you for what, 12 years? haha now that's something i can brag about. you're in new zealand, i'm here in melbourne but we can still talk about onions and butt lotion ...but of course we do have our occasional intellectual conversations. i have so many memories with you that we can constantly reminisce and laugh about over and over again it never gets old. like the akazukin cha cha club, the sonic mania days, the bird exterminators, the bird exterminators' SONG (we must have been really bored), and who can forget our biggest accomplishment, seravi's generation - three buku latihan stapled together and wrapped in white paper. a novel written by two 10 year olds (or was it 9?) and hey, it was pretty good! well except for the page where 'everyone in japan attended the funeral', but come on we were just kids who knew nuts about geography. and then we REALLY went to japan in 2006! to cut the story short i just wanna wish you happy birthday, and i hope we can be friends and grow old and saggy together and talk about our whole life all over again just because. here's to you nicole, cheers to our friendship :)
