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The planets bend between us

The shells crack under our shoes
Like punctuation points
The planets bend between us
A hundred million suns and stars

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It’s amazing. How I used to cannot tahan the taste of Brand’s Chicken essence and mum will have to campur it with the daily cuppa Milo and I’ll squeeze my nose gulping the combination down in 3 seconds.

How I spontaneously bought a six pack (of chicken essence not beer) last semester, and how I can drink it neat and actually not minding it.

Unbelievable. Probably my taste buds grew up. Probably I grew older up. Probably it’s just mum power. yeah I’d go with the latter.

24 hours later I’ll be walking to the nicest building in Melbourne. and I’ll camp there for approximately 8 hours. And then…. *to be continued*

ha.

(remember how we always say you wait lah! you think you so smart lah! just waait! back in taylors? I have nothing to relate to or comment about it actually it was just suddenly remembered.)

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Crack the Shutters

Crack the shutters open wide,
I want to bathe you in the light of day

It’s always the meaningful forwards keeping me looking forward to clicking on the gmail button every single morning.

看父母就是看自己的未來
如果你在一個平凡的家庭長大
如果你的父母還健在
不管你有沒有和他們同住
如果有一天,你發現媽媽的廚房不再像以前那麼乾淨
如果有一天,你發現家中的碗筷好像沒洗乾淨
如果有一天,你發現母親的鍋子不再雪亮
如果有一天,你發現父親的花草樹木已漸荒廢
如果有一天,你發現家中的地板衣櫃經常沾滿灰塵
如果有一天,你發現 母親煮的菜太鹹太難吃
如果有一天,你發現父母經常忘記關瓦斯
如果有一天,你發現老父老母的一些習慣不再是習慣時,就像他們不再想要天天洗澡時
如果有一天,你發現父母不再愛吃青脆的蔬果
如果有一天,你發現父母愛吃煮得爛爛的菜
如果有一天,你發現父母喜歡吃稀飯
如果有一天,你發現他們過馬路行動反應都慢了
如果有一天,你發現在吃飯時間他們老是咳個不停
千萬別誤以為他們感冒或著涼,( 那是吞嚥神經老化的現象)

如果有一天,你發覺他們不再愛出門
如果有這麼一天

我要告訴你,你要警覺父母真的已經老了
器官已經退化到需要別人照料了
如果你不能照料,請你替他們找人照料
並請你請你千萬千萬要常常探望
不要讓他們覺得被遺棄了

每個人都會老

父母比我們先老
我們要用角色互換的心情去照料他
才會有耐心、才不會有怨言
當父母不能料理自己的時候,為人子女要警覺,
他們可能會大小便失禁、可能會很多事都做不好,

如果房間有異味,可能他們自己也聞不到,
請不要嫌他髒或嫌他臭,為人子女的只能幫他清理,
並請維持他們的『自尊心』。

當他們不再愛洗澡時,

請抽空定期幫他們洗身體,
因為縱使他們自己洗也可能洗不乾淨。

當我們在享受食物的時候,
請替他們準備一份大小適當、容易咀嚼的一小碗,
因為他們不愛吃可能是牙齒咬不動了。

從我們出生開始,
餵奶換尿布、生病的不眠不休照料、
教我們生活基本能力、供給讀書、吃喝玩樂和補習,
關心和行動永遠都不停歇。

如果有一天,

他們真的動不了了,
角色互換不也是應該的嗎?

為人子女者要切記,
看父母就是看自己的未來,
孝順要及時。

如果有一天,

你像他們一樣老時,你希望怎麼過?
現在的你,
是在當單身寄生蟲、還是已婚雙料或多料寄生蟲?
你留意過自己的父母嗎?
樹欲靜而風不止、子欲養而親不在

您的父母還有多少時間等您
?

I’d Rather Be With You

Need to be bold

Need to jump in the cold water

Need to grow old with a girl like you

One fine day in the future, when I have my own quadraphonic surrounded sound-house I call home, with quality like no other furniture showroom, with quantity like no other bank safes, with quadruplications worth of corr’s all the love in the world,with quashed worries and fears, I will look back to this period post, with this quaint little expression.

One fine day.

The moment when we´re meeting Will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen So I`ll be holdin’ my breath Right up to the end Until that moment when I find the one that I’ll spend forever with.

Walk The Line

Just Say You’ll Stay Forever Mine.. even if I’m not forever yours.

Stress pimples… baggy eyes… trash cans full of red-bulls (nodoz if you hate its taste or the troublesome-ness in drinking the whole thing)… and most recently, swollen salivary glands??

hah. We do this 2 times in a year babes.

(Isn’t it time to get used to it already..??.. Not.)

Last semester, exactly 2 weeks before heading home now, I have to admit that I was so much more excited about getting on the plane. I guess it is true when they say the first period somewhere else marks the worst transition period, sooo hopefully it’ll be all uphill from now. So far so good mates. =)
Not that I’m not elated that I’ll be home with driving and foooood and family (gosh I really do miss the sundays I used to take for granted) included in the equation, (and this time it has some attachment/internships, treadmills and wake up early everyday to go to the market with mom plans) let’s not jinx it yet shall we. We all know it’s 40% confirmed not going to turn out that way, but I have all the right to hope on the other 60% right?? :P OKAYY WOKAY 30-70. Stop pushing it.

As for the other side of the world, this time it certainly has more for me to leave behind.. and few more to leave sort of forever for a long long long time. Really do want to sort everything out before heading back, which would be the best case scenario, but the best case for the state of the mind may not be the best case for the state of the bank statement… how nowwww brown cowwww. =(
(and even 3 is bullying me I didn’t get to change my rate plans for the upcoming summer month wtf!)

I am I am trying my best, to achieve some sort of equilibrium. Some sort of compromise. Give and take, just like location and price.. quality and distance.. Penang times and melbourne’s accommodation..
and YES i am hopeless, I am unable to let go. (just like how i keep 200gb of movies and serieses i’ve finished watching and never bring myself to have the heart to delete them.)

Watched Walk the Line again not long ago, but this time it’s coupled with the soundtrack download (surprise surprise), I have to say, one movie like that is enough for one to want to watch everything else Reese Witherspoon acts in. The songs, which were supposed to copy Johnny Cash and June Carter, were awesome, some awesome-r than the original (sorry John I know I have weird taste :P)

I must sort things out. I have less than 24 hours for physics I must study for. I must make all these worth it. I must stop with all these hidden meanings making sense to myself only.

Wo Bu Zhi Dao laaaaa!

p.s. If I still spontaneously look at ‘you’ every so often without really planning on to… is that an ‘into you’?

By the way, why doesn’t the wordpress add audio function actually lets us ADD AUDIO files??

You’ve Got Growing Up To Do

Yea they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it’s better than drinking alone..

Today, my rationality triumphs again. It always does.

Today, I watched one episode of Grey’s and managed to stop myself from progressing to the next one. Productive, not though.

Today, I found the geography game on facebook very addicitve, and full of information which could come in handy in case you want to compete who has the most general country knowledge with some smart alec :P (tho repetitive sometimes).

Today, I stumbled upon Joshua Radin’s new 08 album, Simple Times.

Today, I stopped thinking of what could have been.

Hint peeks of couldhavebeens:

Today, I finally live for today.

No more lingering on exchange, no more lingering on the prospects of double rents, no more wasting additional money.

I’ve got some growing up to do.

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Time of the Year.

Happy Birthday

Quote: “Well for what it’s worth the opportunity cost of being on the top of my being studious game was well, worth every bit.”

That was it. I’ve been wanting to put them all down in words, just to ‘commemorate’ everything, and now that my biological alarm clock is finally turned straight (sleeping at 12am and waking up by 9am everyday, aren’t you proud!), I’m blogging during daylight. :)

Hi Shamini, Hi Sanjay, I know you’ve found me :P

20th of October 2008 came and went.. hah. NOT! not just like that at least. I had a Blast, this big Blast that would stay for quite some time, to get me through these ‘hard times’ buried under books at the very least. :P Don’t know about all of you, but for me, it was the Bomb. I think most of you would have been tired of me saying thank you and all, but still, merci^10000!

When I was thinking about some retail therapy on a bright extremely Hot Saturday, I ended up being dolled from head to toe, credits? Karishma Sharma and Shamini Indrasanan, personal shoppers, ask me for their business cards. I hope you guys are more than satisfied with the results!

When I was thinking of getting some free drinks with a Coffee card, I made this complete fool of myself, not only in front of the bartenders but also Jency and Dharshanth (i think), must have been the joke of the night.

When I was thinking a free drink from the bar was kinda cool, I had the ‘better’ drink compared to the one Dharshanth had.. and ended up going around telling everyone. ( I guess I can also be shameless and proud when I am high, go figure ha ha =) )

When I thought it was quite enough and it was time for a rest, I had two Green presents placed in front of me, which I thought was tequila and started pouring salt all over.. hi Sharma and Sethi, I will remember you. :P

When I wanted to say thanks in form ahem.. shots.. I got a birthday song and a toast, over 11 whites over blacks and reds.

When I thought a gay guy asking me to hit the dance floor was funny, we see them asking Viral!

When I saw 12 Jagerbombs and tipped them over, it was very the freaking coolio, and apparently there was no video, then came the 2nd round! You Jagerbombers.. =P

When it was really enough with 101 shots, someone had to come out with a literally flaming bright idea ( and I remember running all around to tell everyone especially Shendu that really IS the Last no matter Who still wants to buy me Any ), i still do wonder who…and now that I’ve watched the video, I really can be crazy. like Siao crazy.

When I thought I was literally going to be dead after all that jazz, two pairs of hands pulled me into the toilet, and the rest is confidential. :P  <3

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When I was supposed to dance it off for 1/2 an hour with chinese power (high 5 Charleen), we ended up camwhoring and stuff around a near empty small little club.. which ended up to be quite cool, like an extended Jency’s or Dharshanth’s apartment only with an added DJ.

When I thought it would be quite torturous for some of you to walk back to Milano with heels, somehow it became literally running back like laughing idiots, cuz someone had both keys to both apartments and said we’ll get to not buzz any of them up..

When I still hadn’t taken a nap and the afterparty still had leftover wine and extra guests (hi kris), there were small literally meaningless talks like which lorong minden and malayalam (see Johnny i remember! :P ) and the monkey climbing chairs and stoopid arm wrestlings where I helped Sham or Kari triumph someone (I can’t remember who) once.

When I was hungry indomee magically appeared in front of me! Sedap sial. (so much better than the soggy one I made for myself later.)

When I saw the break of dawn and myself finally home and determined not to make the same mistake of sleeping too soon, I had Grey’s Anatomy <3 (crediting Viral) and then I started texting everyone :)

So that was when I was thrown a party where I can literally remember everything the morning after and after, where there was no passing out in the picture (which I was actually kinda afraid of). Talk about awesome-o.

One would have thought that was all.

So when I woke up apparently there was this fantastic dinner in Red Emperor with kari and dad, and Uncle Ashok, you’re too cool. :P with all the stalling and stroll along crown.

So when we got back one would expect an empty apartment, but it was full of people and deco ribbons and ballooons and cake and 19 candless I had to go round and round to blow everyone out and I hope me surprised was priceless enough and worth all the effort =) (and sally it’s okay cuz u had the around the bay in a day thing i know!) (and and Thank you Kanishta if you ever see this, the card and the sweets! muah muah! =) )

So then I had phone calls and texts, one with Click Five’s Happy birthday as background music some more. Haha you’ll always be the first Bk. Too bad it couldn’t be a conference with one very high Waxy though.

And and So I had like really literally 100 facebook wishes! I hope I replied all of them.

One would have thought 1 cake was enough.

Then came Shuang and BengLynn’s supposed-to-be-a-cake but turned-out-to-be-a-cookie dark chocolate thingy.. I have to admit, it tastes nicer than I expected ha ha but better luck next time kiddies! :P

Then came Shuang and Rongsheng’s dinner plans and another cake, this time French gourmet eh?? Just had to take side by side photos of that and yours la shuang. hehehe.

Then came my cake breakfasts. Until today. Still not finished. Ha.

Here I go all over again

Turn a spark to a flame,
Make a wish, close your eyes, won’t you start, all over again.

It’s less than one calendar month away and I still can’t get myself to switch the laptop and run away to hide the modem somewhere I will not be able to reach then. Go figure!

Kinda bailed on Gossip Girl, I think it’ll suit as a holiday marathon much better, not That desperate for it. Same goes for Addison. Heroes and Prison Break provide real good procrastination entertainment and and Yes I am still Greys-deprived!! What to do. :( No one who can download watches it! You people so uncool lah! Oh well, makes you wonder what i Actually spend my time doing eh?

I secretly enjoyed the Taiwanese drama (A LOT) I forgot if I mentioned in earlier posts I’ve been “behind the scenes-ing” it, if you really think I can embarass myself even more I’ll tell you the name and the story and the whole freaking everything associated to it. My ability to detach is too amusing. *shakes head vigorously!*

I’ve been spamming facebook support and I haven’t gotten ONE SINGLE REPLY for my unable to log in problem.

I’ve been browsing online property sites just to drown myself in current available rental units, I have already told myself a hundred thousand times I’m not supposed to do it until November. Told you this is amusing.
(p.s. saw photos of sien/bri/ging’s place and secretly cannot wait to get own place NOT student accom to give a dash of this here and a flair of that there! so this is all your faults too! fuiyo how la. *goes on and daydream about more colourful storage organizers*.)

I’ve been trying to sort out my ‘Going on Exchange’ plans, it’s so near yet so far. and difficult with the exchange essays resumes and shit :(

I’ve been asking for Microeconomics assignment answers roughly about 8 hours before due time. You should know what I mean and how hopeless that is. Some of you at least. :P

I think the speakers has also turned into part of the ultimate distraction. All the ability of effectively multitasking with my favourite grooves and studying has gone down the drainnnn like the incy wincy spider in the rainnn. The music triumphs the brain!

probably already "cannot live without"-s.

What I Come Home to? :P

And speaking about speakers, I’m intensely bitter when it comes to gadgets now. The Casio and the Nokia died on me! Okay they probably didn’t want to, the sand from Great ocean road probably killed the lens, the phone Has been showing some unhealthy symptoms for a while now, but it doesn’t mean it’s allowed to just Not turn on one fine morning! These just mean more unforeseen trips down to the city for warranty repairs and MORE DISTRACTIONS! ggrrr.

Not forgetting of course the nonsense I tell myself almost everyday now, alright kiddies I’m gonna start serious next week. and why next week? because this weekend is ‘apparently’ a reason to party! It’s ze weekend just before birthday. But honestly frankly honestly I don’t think I’m so much of a oh it’s my birthday! person/girl, being the centre of attention (“oh but you are going to be for the night!” -quote sham) is just too much to handle! and with the others ‘planning’ and shit I Am already fidgetting when asked what would I prefer doing. The little kiddy’s just turning 19 people. Save all the love for 21 haha! Was thinking it’d be a ‘fair enough’ idea to pull a few more people like shamini and sanjay into the spotlight, farewell kinda thing, which leads to some more :(

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probably, What I go out to? :D

Guess I Should probably be smart like eveline, make this a Bye-forthetimebeing post, but you and I know that’s not gonna happen right, when desperation for procrastination comes calling, which people like us get it every so often, even blogging sounds like heaven. like now. 3.25am. *tsk.

Good night sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite! :D

來去摘櫻桃

*edit: if it wasn’t worth reading and you trying I wouldn’t have posted it right right right!! (/e5 you xj :P)

「文章轉錄」來去摘櫻桃 張國立 《時報週刊》總編輯

我總是喜歡用一種方式來計算生命,並為自己的吃喝玩樂尋找藉口:
你在二十歲以前的人生是有記憶的嗎?

有,你記得你老爸揍你,因為你在做功課時偷偷看漫畫。有,你記得老媽在你沒考上大學時,擠著明明是苦笑的微笑說,明年再來嘛。 有,你去喝了兩杯啤酒,被警察逮進派出所,你老爸老媽慌張的趕來為你求情。

對,我的意思是,二十歲以前你幾乎是在不知不覺,或為了老爸老媽而活的。當然,也許你是天才,從三歲時就為自己做好人生規畫,天才不在我的敘述範圍之列。

那麼六十歲以後呢?你有了積蓄、有了子女、也開始逐漸有了時間,但你卻沒有太多的體力和理想,因為理想的基礎是夢想,你已經沒有做夢的力氣呀。

好,你的人生扣除二十歲之前和六十歲之後,你還有四十年,這是黃金歲月,可是,老天,你在黃金磚塊裡做了些什麼?你很忙,沒空研究這種數學問題,我的數學很爛,但還是好心的幫你算算:

你睡覺睡掉了三分之一,折合成明確的數字是十三點三三三年。根據統計,平均每個台灣人每天花在電視或電腦網路(無關工作)是三小時,等於每天的八分之一,也就是五年。

上班則以每周五天每天八小時(真有人只工作八小時嗎),這又去掉了十年。換句話說,扣除例行的活動,你的黃金四十年已經不知不覺被幹掉了二十八點三三三年。我還沒算你罵兒子、叫老婆、洗屁股、和鄰居為了停車位吵架的時間。

老兄,我講的是良心話,你的一生真正落到你手裡的,大約不到五年,而你休假的時候居然還跑去租DVD,躲在家裡的沙發上過日子,喂,這真是當初你想要的人生?

好吧,再用另一種方式來計算人生。早上起床後,無論擠公車、坐捷運、開汽車,你的路線是不是都一樣?下班時只不過重覆一番罷了,至於中午休息,你是不是都吃便當,或者公司附近的幾家餐廳,你會花個半小時去找一家聽說很好卻相當遠的小飯館嗎?

我們都是螞蟻,每天在同樣的幾條線上行動、和同樣的幾張面孔聊天、為同樣的問題爭吵。

對,我也完全同意人生便是在平凡裡尋找樂趣,問題是,你有樂趣嗎?

你又要罵我好高鶩遠,不這樣又要怎樣?二十五歲起有汽車貸款,三十歲有房屋貸款,三十五歲起煩惱子女未來的教育經費,四十歲擔心老爸老媽退休後的生活,四十五歲則恍然發現要每年去做健康檢查。能夠在六十歲前還清房屋貸款、把兒女送進大學、除了身高外其他的數字,像是血壓、膽固醇,都慢慢的升高,然後你坐在電視機前看同樣的廣告,忽然發現你好像該做些什麼不一樣的事,卻又嘆口氣,這些事該在四十歲時候做的啊。

這樣你全明白了吧,業績是老闆的、存款是兒女的、身體是醫生的、夢想是日記上的,剩下來的雖然不多,那才是你自己的,所以做人得快樂。

我最喜歡的一個故事是日本禪宗的「老虎」,也許你聽過,也許沒,反正你已經習慣看同樣的廣告,不如將就的再聽一遍這個故事吧:

有個人走在山裡,突然樹林中衝出來一頭老虎,看起來它很飢餓,對你直追,你拚命的跑,跑到一處懸崖,你想,完啦,後有老虎,前有斷崖,唯一能活的方法就是往下跳,說不定還能撿回命。當你正要往下跳,卻看到崖下也有一頭餓虎,正抬起頭朝你狂吼。

好了,你跳下去不死也會變成老虎的生魚片。這時你看到有根樹藤從你腳邊往下垂。好,你可以攀著藤掛在半空中,這樣下面的老虎和上面的老虎都咬不到你。你興奮地攀著樹藤下去,當你正慶幸可以垂掛在兩隻老虎中間時,老天,你看到兩隻螞蟻在咬樹藤,而且顯然很快樹藤就要被咬斷了。

一切的努力都白費,你萬念俱灰時,忽然看見山壁上有顆櫻桃,紅紅亮亮的,你不禁伸手去摘下那顆櫻桃放進嘴裡。嗯,好甜的櫻桃呀。故事便結束在好甜的櫻桃。

究竟這個故事有什麼含意呢?禪宗的東西都有很多含意,每個人有不同的解讀方式。

我的解讀很簡單,要保握住現在,就像那顆櫻桃;你不可能在樹藤上晃來晃去地晃到六十歲才去摘,你得馬上就摘了送進嘴裡。

同樣的,別老安慰自己說,現在拚命努力,等到退休時就可以享受。相信我,任何享受都應該隨時進行,千萬別等到退休,那時你可能早忘了怎麼享受了。

工作時要給自己找樂趣,工作之後更要找樂趣,這樣你才可以無時無刻不在享受你的人生。當然,你會罵我只會說不會做。在此我先接受你送來的三字經,真的,我也是在四十歲的時候才體會出這個道理,而且即使到現在仍只能努力去做若干的實踐罷了,不過至少我已經開始在做,你呢?

別老是抱怨個沒完,再怎麼抱怨也無濟於事,找找看你的釣竿、你的護照、你當學生時的吉他,然後,我們一起去吃櫻桃。

Tears for Fears

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

Facebook support sucks. big time. I’ve been facebookless for 5 days now and counting. Not that I’m complaining a lot, it would just help if they’d be efficient enough to look at my 98716298736 emails to log in and password support.

Anyways,

Below is a provisional list of universities that may meet requirements for study in Semester 2 2009:

McGill University – Canada
University of Hong Kong – China
National University of Singapore – Singapore
University of Bristol –
United Kingdom
University of Nottingham –
United Kingdom

Universities that do not meet our requirements (this is mainly because they lack anatomy/physiology/pharmacology – Integrated Human Structure and Function):

University of Capetown – Africa
University of British Columbia – Canada
Fudan University – China
University of Copenhagen – Denmark
University of Helsinki – Finland
Jean Moulin University – Lyon III – France
University of Bielefeld – Germany
University of Munster – Germany
Technical University of Munich – Germany
Technical University of Berlin – Germany

Trinity College of Dublin – Ireland
University of Jerusalem – Israel
University of Trento – Italy
University Ca’ Foscari – Italy
University Granada – Spain
University of Salamanca – Spain
Lund University – Sweden
Oslo University – Sweden
Malmo University – Sweden
Uppsala University – Sweden
Imperial College London –
United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh – United Kingdom
University of Virginia – United States
Cornell University – United States

Universities that may meet our requirements – courses not taught in English:

Technologico de Monterrey – Mexico
University of Bologna – Italy


Universities currently being reviewed:

Queens University – Canada
University of Auckland – New Zealand
Nangyang Polytechnic – Singapore
King’s College London – United Kingdom (no subject descriptors on web, awaiting information)
University of Glasgow – United Kingdom
University of Birmingham – United Kingdom
University of California (San Diego) – United States

Gravity like a lunar landing

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

Week 9!

What does week 9 mean? It means I’m gonna get screwed because week 10, 11 and 12 is very very nearby. more like the looming threat you have always seen coming is finally a few inches away from your nose.. … …….. …. ….. SMACK.          ouch.

Week 9 also means two weeks before this was Holidayyyy! not so much like a mid sem (but they still like to call it), should have been some sort of a “study leave”, I’m going to skip the part where i promised i’d get some work done and deep down i also knew it was a fat chance as fat as, i don’t know, the fatty i’m growing into?

Honestly though, those two weeks really felt like a holiday I’ve never had in a loooong time. Probably because it was actually Treated as one. All play and no work. nada. It felt pretty damn good.

The people in the picture? Kari, Reza, Mots; Nitin; Sanjay, Shamini; Dharshanth, Jency; Viral, Vidhya, Kri(s)-tin, occasionally Dhee; Senduran and Charleen, that should sum up the latest faces. If I were to say these people make my semester 2 a ball, it could probably be an understatement. Occasionally there’ll come sad thoughts because sanjay and shamini are leaving ‘for good’ after december, nitin will start working, viral might go back to Kenya, I’m still looking on going for exchange next year, so the future is a bit the bleak don’t you think? haha. But as cliche as it sounds, the present is what we have!

Soooo, semester 2 is passing like the speed of sound again, one more month and there goes my first year, i’ll be back home in less than two, 27th November to be exact, and yes I’ll be missing the 23rd November wedding, the grief i’ll live with for the rest of my life. :( Oooohhhh wellllll.

Now let’s get on to happier, paradisiacal euphoric radiant jubilant felicitous blissful carefree (ok enough)  accounts, holiday highlights! I really do wonder when the next time I’d get to put everything down in the middle of everything would be. Hmmm. Stupid. Probably December lah. Haha. No wait, there might be attachments and stuff. January perhaps? ooooo *CNY*. Hehehehe.

Getting on with it, since we are all such spur-of-a-moment people, Sydney on Monday started with planning on Sunday night. But daddy mummy specifically specified no Car trips for me, therefore instead of leaving 2am in the Lancer, I get to leave 2pm on the Jetstar JQ3. Sydney was awesome-o, with the weather and opera house and all, the time span was probably a bit too short and with awkward ends which could save us a night’s accomodation or give us an extra day etc, I’m not gonna explain anyway haha, all in all the only could-have was probably could stay longer, but there’s one little girl who wouldn’t want to betray her parents’ money to change / rebook the return flight ticket, what to do??
(edit: Met the sydney gang xiangjie honggee etc and apparently eve was in town! would have met val if i stayed till thurs, so now you get a bit of what i meant where i had no idea why the spontaneous in me booked a return flight on wed itself.. photos are on facebook and since i’m facebook impaired (don’t ask me why) now I can’t upload them here. whee. )

Slacked that thursday and friday away, mostly with the people and half of the taiwanese drama series I still cannot stop lingering on, what could be better than being snuggled up in the comforter with the laptop and awesome speakers right in front of you and 24 episodes of oh so drama? Oh yea, kleenex within reach! :P

Planning for saturday’s Great Ocean Trip came friday night, go figure, left at 10am. Initial idea was not to go too far so as to not betray the trust of no long road trips by car, so Torquay was the planned destination. Found this holiday cottage thing, easy to the eyes and more importantly the wallet. All in all the trip was amusing; with the setbacks and last minute stuff (we will never learn i swear!); and of course, fun. ‘It’s the people that counts la right.’ Beach lovely, the drive delightful, road trip the next morning to Lorne exquisite, idea to go all the way on to the apostles irresistible. :) Stunning views, like duh, it IS the great ocean road we’re talking about!

The mornington idea went down the drain, with budget and accomodation and people unsettled, next year perhaps? second week of holiday, Mon to Thurs was so slacked I couldn’t ask for more, vege-Trained from Thurs, so much easier with all the others (actually probably only Nitin’s doing) cooking for their Navrathri, which ended friday with the Dandiya festival in Oakleigh.

So yep, that’s the long overdue post, to avoid a bitter ending, here’s to the high note, Let’s Go Study!!! (yea right). eh seriously la. haha.

Love!

p.s. You should know how lazy I am, I uploaded the whole gallery of photos in one click and with deliberate lame captions, you should also know where is the start of what. :D cheers mate!

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