Love of a Fallen Angel

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

First of all: thanks for that wonderful trip, Hannah! We've created more memories and we have bonded even stronger over the past few days. :)
I didn't know I would fall in love with the sleepy little city called Christchurch but fall in love, I did. It is the most breathtaking place I've been to, it looks like something that stepped out from a fairy tale, as if a silvertongue read it out (movie reference - Inkheart). The first thing Hannah and I both noticed was the houses, they were similar to those in Australia but also different somehow. They are not very old as NZ's history doesn't go back very far. The oldest buildings would be around 160 years old but they were all built with a certain majesty and grace that defies time and age. We familiarized ourselves with the streets in the city the first day and had steamboat for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. How funny that we should decide to have Chinese food on our first day in New Zealand! LOL
The next day, we went punting on the Avon River, it was such a calming experience. The punter told us a little about the history of the city, fed us information about the river itself and the notable buildings close to it. One of these buildings he mentioned was the Curator's House. It used to be the house of a gardener but in the 1990s, they made it into a restaurant and named it the Curator's House in reference to its old purpose. They kept the herb garden by the side of the building and there is a scarecrow in the middle of the herb garden, though how it is meant to keep the birds away I'll never know, since it's not even remotely scary at all! :) We had lunch there (smoked salmon and asparagus for me and lamb parcels for Hannah, which sounds to me like lamb family jewels) at an outdoor table. The resident cat kept coming back to our table, which I suspect was because of my salmon! Haha! A tiny little ladybug landed on my top during lunch too. Are ladybugs carnivorous? Hmm...
We took a bus to somehwere close to Lyttelton Harbour where we went on a gondola trip. I don't know why they call it a gondola since it's really a cable car. We saw sheep on the mountain side (I feel like I am honour-bound to mention this fact because the sheep were so close to us and for the first time we were actually higher up than they were, other times we saw any sheep, we would be on the road and they on the mountains). It was so windy up at the viewing point and I felt like I would be blown away if I wasn't careful but the climb was so worth it too because the view was great (another movie reference - Hannah Montana). We went through a time portal and was taught a bit of Christchurch history. Throughout the whole experience, I was trying to analyse the accent of the little girl in the video. By the end of it, I decided that other than the most commonly known "i"s to "u"s pronunciation, the Kiwis also downplay their "a"s to almost "e"s.
Saturday, the 20th, we went to Akoroa with a tour group of two others. I thought I heard them say they were from Italy but according to Hannah, they were from Switzerland so the question of their nationality remains unanswered. ;) Hannah and I went into all the stores in Akaroa, the art galleries, the souvenir stores and the cafes. There was a particular store that sold carved wood products and my fave was a carved clock. It was carved and shaped along the sides and the bottom edge but the top was left in its original state - very uncommon. I loved it. Roses are very popular in Christchurch, apparently, almost every garden has them! One B&B looked like it came straight from a fairytale, it was so surreal. Hannah and I were going crazy camwhoring in front of that B&B and some foreigners walked past and grinned at us. They probably thought we were typical Asian tourists who take a million photos everywhere they go. LOL We then went jet boating with the Italian/Swiss couple and five others. It was so exhilarating when we went fast and I kept wanting to whoop with ecstacy but had to reign in my enthusiasm so as not to alarm the rest of the passengers (half of which were quite elderly, I should add). :D The best part was when we were heading back to shore and the driver spun us around and around. We kept sliding from side to side and hit the people sitting next to us! Haha...
We went to Hanmer Springs on Sunday, which was perfect timing as it was cold that day and we got to soak in hot springs. It was my first time wearing my new white bikini in public and I was a bit uncomfortable in the beginning but after seeing so many shapes and sizes in bikinis everywhere, I didn't feel quite so awkward. Hannah was in the same one she wore last summer so it felt the same for her. We both hadn't been in swimwear since last summer when she came to visit me in Adelaide, I wonder if that says something about us but I shan't delve too deeply for fear of digging up skeletons. :) After the soak, we went around the shops, nothing special to talk about there. BUT then we rented a sort-of tandem bike that was side-to-side tandem instead of front-back tandem. It had a roof above it and reminded me of a rickshaw. We rode it around the town, opting mostly for level or downhill roads because the first time we tried to go upslope, we huffed and puffed and used up all our strength but still nearly went backwards! You should have seen us then, you would have laughed your pants off! I certainly was. The harder it was to move, the funnier I found our plight. That would have been at least 50 sit=ups there. Luckily we only rented the bike for half an hour, by the end of it, my thighs felt pretty stiff. I went straight to an outdoor archery range to test my never-before-tested archery skills. And.... I sucked at it. Half an hour into it, I only managed to get 6 arrows into my target paper and none of them were close to the bullseye. Haha... my finger pads were hurting by then so I left. We headed back to the city with the rest of our tour group, which by the way, consisted of a Taiwanese woman (the only real adult in the tour), a Thai teenage girl and four Jap girls. The Thai girl was educated in Canada and every sentence of hers consisted of at least two "like"s. Example: "Do you know that movie, War of the Worlds? Her acting was, like, so good and she was, like, less than ten years old when she was in it." Bloody hell, it was like we were sitting in a Californian bar. We had our last dinner in Christchurch at a restaurant called Vic and Whale. I noticed some American decorative items hanging on the walls while we waited for dinner to arrive, which was quite a while, but to be fair, the dinner was pretty tasty and it was quite a busy night. Hannah had lamb again and I had their pasta of the day because they were out of Paella. (sigh) I really wanted to try a proper Paella before trying my hand at it. Never mind, maybe I can make a better one. :) That night, I dreamt of Edward Cullen. Okay, it wasn't Edward I dreamt of but someone far worse. I couldn't imagine a more frightening nightmare. But thankfully, Kent's phone call woke me up right before it got really scary. I was really groggy and Kent told me that he had received a strange phone call from an unknown person who wouldn't tell Kent who he was, he just kept saying that Kent knew him. Worried that I had been kidnapped by the Maori people (LOL), Kent called me immediately, only to find that I was sound asleep in bed.
The next day was our last day in NZ and we spent it as all girls would - shopping. Haha.... We found our way to a mall just five minutes out of the city and whittled the time away browsing in shops and having tea.
And then it was time to leave.
I was talking to a guy at the customs while we waiting in line to have our luggages examined for banned products. He said he drove the train that ferried people from terminal to terminal and that was how I could get to the domestic terminal. He also told me that he had not seen his parents or siblings for years (15 years for the father, 8 years for the mother until last Christmas, 15 years for the stepsister I think, and 10 for the deceased brother before he acquired the pre-fix). I thought it was very sad that he was so out of touch with his own immediate family but didn't want to pry so I didn't ask the reason for their estrangement. Later while waiting for the train, I spoke to an Asian couple who turned out to be Malaysian. Well, they were born Malaysian then left for the UK when they were around my age, they said. They were really nice and said to look them up if I ever went to London.
Finally, after a tiring two-hour flight from Brisbane, I was back in Adelaide but my phone wouldn't let me make calls! I had to text Kent to let him know I was back. He came and picked me up from the airport at 10.30pm, which I thought was really sweet since it was quite late and he had to work the next day. And now, it is nice to be back at home and to learn that I haven't missed my friend's 21st after all! It's this Friday, I just got the dates wrong, that's all. :)
P/S I was going to upload photos on to my blog but I realised I have more than 200 photos and the ones that I want to upload exceed 50... So... maybe if you would all go to my FB instead?? Thanks. :D

I love you;

Thursday, October 29, 2009

This post is two months overdue... Sorry!
But as you can clearly see, he's very cute! Muahahaha! :)

He used to climb up my sock drawer (the thing on the right) and sit across the coats and jackets.

Sleepy kitty... is shy?!

I love you;

Sunday, October 25, 2009

I've always believed that you make your own fate, that if you have a dream, you should pursuit it. But how far can you go before you start trying to satisfy your most unrealistic desires? What if you had a dream that stemmed from a part of you that never grows up, that yearns for one part-mythical, part-crazy life? To have thought about how I could realise this dream, to have had a general idea of uprooting myself to a whole New World (always a dream of mine, so this seems very desirable) and perhaps changing my whole course in life by becoming one of the thousands of actresses in the hope that one day, our paths will cross and bada bam bada boom! But assuming that the migration goes smoothly, I can't guarantee that I'll make it as an actress. What if I end up working as a waitress in the Cheesecake Factory for the rest of my life (LOL I wonder if anyone else will get this)? I should know better than to even entertain the idea chasing yet another impossible dream. The last time I tried to play with fire, I got burned and it hurt. This time I'm going to be toying with explosives... I wonder if it will hurt.

I love you;

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Yay! We're getting a new kitten soon! So excited~ She's a 10 week old ginger kitten with round blue eyes and she's ultra fluffy. WIll post a picture of her soon. :D

I love you;

Friday, August 7, 2009

The day you realise your Australian boyfriend doesn't know the name of a native Australian tree (and you do) is the day you realise that: one, shame on him for not knowing; two, you are possibly becoming a bigger geek that you ever thought you would be (I like to think of it as my priorities are changing); three, you are actually learning something in uni.
That said, I just want to lament the sad state that a lot of people are in now, they have lost their identity, they have forgotten their origins. We were all originally cave dwellers or tree climbers and before we became civilised, nature was not something you had to step out into or drive tens of kilometres to get to; nature used to be an intrinsic part of us all. We were one with it. And now? Now, most people can't even spend a few days in the wild without feeling "out of touch" with the world because they don't have cellphone coverage or they "absolutely have to check their emails". It's not the world we are out of touch with, it's ourselves! Animals can sense perhaps vibrations in the ground or changes in the scent of the air around them and they can anticipate natural disasters. And yet we, who praise our advanced technology, pat ourselves on the back for having invented this or that and pride ourselves on being the most intelligent species on the planet, can't. In truth, we have not advanced at all! We rely on electronics to do what we should have been able to do with just our sense of smell or touch because we have slid down the evolutionary scale. Our senses are not as keen as they were anymore. Unless we do something to change the way we think, the way we live, something drastic will come along and force this change on us. So, open your eyes, I say, and get in touch with your inner selves, don't wait for aliens with shiny spheres and miniscule substance-devouring insects who think we are a threat to the planet to pay us a visit before you change your ways.

I love you;

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Haha! I made a french dish on Monday, it's called Ratatouille (like the movie, so I'm sure you should know what I'm talking about). :D
There's eggplant, red capsicum, green capsicum, onion, zuchini and tomato paste in it. It was my first time cooking it so the eggplant was still quite raw. But it was still interesting to prepare. Muahaha!

I love you;

Friday, April 10, 2009

I just came back from Robe, hurrah! The camp was heaps more fun than I thought it would be! Five days of waking up at 5.30am and sleeping at 10pm, bird watching, millipede study, setting up transects and sample plots, bonding with the Little Dippers. It was an amazing experience, I loved (nearly) every moment of it. We had the loveliest lecturer with us - Joan Gibbs - who taught and helped us so much. The younger crowd in the group, Hong, Frenchy (Grant), Dave, Dyllie (Dylan), Perri and I, were laughing so much during the camp. We made so many jokes and awesome quotes. For example, "Why is it wet?" "Because he was playing with it." & "Can I see it?" "...Maybe." & "Is your wrist hurting?" & "He was still asleep when I left." & "But there was no penetration involved". A lot of them were sex and poo jokes.

the marquee that we rest in

hot cross bun. Tea time.

Little Dip group (from left to right: Dave, Dylan, Grant, Perri, Hong, me, Carrie. Bottom row: Jodie)

at Little Dip Conservation Park

all the millipedes we collected over 3 and half days

Euphorbia, a type of exotic weed. This is at one of the millipede study sites

photo of a flower that I took near the camp ground

where we took the group photo

at Beacon Hill Reserve Lookout

The boys doing one of their many stupid things. They held one one of the range pole to the ground and the other end to their privates and walked. The basic idea is if someone hits a rock or root in the ground, it will joust their privates. I think one of them did hit a rock actually, lol!!!

They are so cuddly all the time, it's ridiculous

Dylan pretending to sleep on Grant's shoulder.

The boys definitely provided some levity throughout the whole camp. Without them, the girls would have been too serious all the time. They called each other "darling" and sometimes when we were having serious conversations, they would say something unintentionally that sounded so incriminating. For instance, on the last morning, Grant hadn't showed up at the dining room yet. One of the girls asked Dylan if Grant was still sleeping. He replied, "He was still asleep when I left him." It cracked everyone up! :D

The first camp I've ever been to has left such a lasting and favourable impression in my mind. I was actually a slight bit reluctant to leave.

I love you;

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Kent and I went to the Monarto Zoo yesterday. It's the biggest open range zoo in the world (1000 hectares!!) and is half an hour's drive from where we live. The Adelaide Zoo, as I later learned in one of the tours, is the smallest zoo in the country. -_-'' We have both the smallest zoo and the biggest zoo in one city...

parallel parking zebras. lol

two male rhinos fighting

After the fight, one walked away, the other resumed his grass-eating nonchalantly

bison (not sure if they are north american or not)

Mongolian wild horses (aka Przewalski's Horses). Nearly went extinct a few years ago but fortunately, were saved in conservation programs

Melman.

All the giraffes started running for some unknown reason

rhino peeing

napping lions

Zzzzzz.... Zzzzzz....

African spotted dog. We saw a pack of fifteen or so and I thought that was a lot but the tour guide told us that years and years ago, packs of a hundred could be found in the wild, now you would be lucky to find packs of twenty :(

sleepy looking cheetah. :)

white rhino

adorable little meerkat

abandoned farmhouse

On the Africa tour bus

I love you;

28th of February 2009 was a ground-breaking day. Why? It marked the sixth month of my relationship with a man I met on the Internet, a man who gifts people with the brilliance of his wit and the infectiousness of his laughter, a man who loves with a burning passion - Kent Jarrett. I always dreamt of meeting someone like him, but never thought I would. Now that I have, I can skip the mushy bits.

Kent booked us in for a night at the Hyatt hotel. When we got there, after he helped me figure out how to access different channels on the TV, he barricaded himself in the bathroom and wouldn't let me see what he was doing in there.

Finally, he walked out after half an hour of me sitting on the bed and channel surfing. He led me to the bathroom and I saw the most touching scene ever! There were lit scented candles everywhere, on the bathtub, on the sink and on the floor tiles!

BEFORE shot of the bathroom:

AFTER shots of the bathroom:

(candles on the sink)

(around the bath and the floor)

(dual reflection of the heart)

There was a card and a poem he had written in the center of the heart. He then read me the poem as I sat, sipping a glass of wine. Wasn't it an incredibly romantic gesture, you guys? :)

(vase on the desk - pretty huh?)

We went out for lunch and met a friend of mine from China at the shop she was working at. Her name, ironically, is Amy. Then we went back to the hotel and snoozed for a bit (well, I did. Kent watched TV) before going out for dinner and going to the Fringe.

Wonderful, wonderful night. :D

I love you;

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

This is the 2nd week of the semester. I've been so emotionally wrung out over the past week. For the first time in a long while, I started freaking out and stressing out over uni and the four assignments that have to be done by the end of this month. How the f*** am I supposed to get them all done? I don't want to come off as feeling sorry for myself but I really feel like a lot of pressure has been placed on me this year. It's probably just me though. Being homesick at the same time doesn't help. My mom told me a few times during her sickness that there were times when she still needed her own parents to be there for her. I now completely understand that. Ever felt like you just wanted to be a kid again and that you could just run into your parents' arms and they would hug you and kiss your forehead and make everything right again? This is the ONE TIME I've ever felt this way since my mom passed away.

I'm so wracked with guilt for not being more attentive to her needs when she was around. I wish I had done more for her when I could and now that I could use any motherly love, she's not here for me, just like I wasn't there for her enough when she needed me. I miss her so much...

The one blessing in my life right now who's close enough to make a difference is Kent. He is my rock; He keeps me anchored when my first instinct is to run as far as I can from my adult responsibilities; He shows me that life doesn't have to be so stressful and that even though last minute work may not be the best quality work but at least I have something to hand in to the lecturers (lol); He makes me breakfast in bed (why are my cheeks wet at this point?) and holds me close when my fears threaten to overwhelm me.

A thought occurs to me - am I mourning something or someone? Is that why i've been so easily upset recently?

I love you;

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I love you;

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I guess when two people have shared so much together, it's hard to find forgiveness when one of them betrays the other. Which is why many relationships end in bitterness and hatred. But there is a saying, "There is only a fine line between hatred and love". How many have mistaken love for hatred in the history of mankind? I find myself reminded of a tale of a young woman who wrongly believed that the man she loved had killed her father and ran away out of sheer cowardice. She thought she hated him until they met again several years later. When the truth was revealed and she had to face her own heart, she knew that, deep down, she had never truly believed he had killed her father, and that she loved him.

How easy or how hard is it to really and truly trust someone? You may think you trust a person until the ultimate betrayal and you realise you are not that surprised at all; Or, perhaps, you may have doubts in your mind and niggling suspicions in your heart but you are shocked by the smallest betrayal. A relationship requires the basic building blocks of love, trust and loyalty. It is all good and well for one to "demand" the trust of his or her partner but how trustworthy IS that person really? Does he or she really have the right to demand such a thing? I hold that if a person has done something wrong in the past before, he might do it again. If there's a first time, there will be a second time. So, how much can you trust a person? It all depends on how much you're willing to sacrifice. Don't get me wrong, to all intents and purposes, I AM a romantic but I also grew up watching my mother doubt my father's loyalty towards her, despite my father's pristinely clean slate. Am I so wrong to hold back some of my trust? Am I?

I love you;

The disadvantage of knowing too much or too little is that it destroys whatever confidence you have in a person. If you know too much - well, knowing all the gory details isn't going to help you clear your mind of the unwelcome knowledge, is it? Knowing too little can be detrimental as well, especially if you're a person of great imagination. You start imagining things, imagining what might have happened but in reality, could have never happened at all.

One thing is for sure - I completely despise the act of visiting prostitutes or whores or hookers or scarlet women. Call them whatever you want, it doesn't change their profession and it doesn't change anything. Granted, there's always a tale of a sad person who has to overcome "loneliness" by forking out gold to these women, but I think it's safe to assume that a good proportion of those who go to hookers for carnal pleasure are bored with their own spouses and want something new (though how these women can be called "new" is totally beyond me). I not only despise the behaviour of this species, but also the species itself. And then there are those who are single but are quite able to find women of their own. WHY these men would go to prostitutes, I have to admit, is even MORE incomprehensible! They are perfectly capable of finding, let's just say, cleaner, mates so why don't they? Why risk sexual diseases? Is it worth the humliation of having to go to the clinic and get their penises scrubbed clean by a nurse who undoubtedly would judge them for their actions? Pure idiocy, I say. I would be baffled and angered and disappointed and DISGUSTED if the person I love ever did such a thing and thought to conceal it from me.

Life is never simple.

My head hurts.

I love you;

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Lion dance of the first day of CNY

Kent & James's photoshoot for their parents' Xmas pressie

Ernie, the miniature Dachshund who was named after a Sesame St character

Donny, the kitten who burnt one eyebrow off from the candle we lit for ambience one night (he somehow managed to make the other eyebrow disappear as well recently)

New Year's Eve at the casino

Heart-shaped pond

At the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens

Kent, Clay (a small time actor on an Australian TV series), Damo

I love you;

Sorry for being MIA for such a long time. I've had great fun being back in Malaysia, even though I missed my sugarbunch all the time and spent nearly A$900 (!!) on my phone bill for that month. I enjoyed myself when I returned to Australia. Horse riding, Christmas lunch with Kent's family, a five-course dinner on New Year's Eve at the casino, watching the fireworks as the clock struck twelve that night, kayaking, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes there's too much happening that you are at a loss as to where to begin, you know? All that we do, it's all about creating memories, isn't it? I mean, we may not think of it as creating memories whilst we are out there doing the things we love or experiencing new things or just having fun with buddies, but if you think about it, it boils down to that. We're doing all these things so that one day in the future, we will be able to look back on the 'glory days' and smile and say, "Oh yeah, those were the days."

There are some things I never realized, till I met you

How the wind feels on my cheeks, when I'm barking at the moon

Oh sorry, where was I? I lost track. I'm so in love with the movie Bolt right now that the song "Barking at the Moon" keeps playing itself over and over again in my head. I swear it's like it has got the loop setting on.

Anyway, the whole reason for this post is a movie called "27 Dresses" and Yvon's blog post about men who don't keep their promises and a story about a poor girl who was strangled by her boyfriend a few days ago. Men, women, relationships, love, promises, dreams, second chances, taking risks, weddings. I love the movie (no surprises there) because it's about all the things I listed in the previous sentence. Woman who loves weddings has had a crush on her boss for ever, doesn't dare to let him know. Her sister who's never in the country comes back suddenly and starts a whirlwind romance with the boss. She is crushed (no pun intended). Meanwhile a cynical "writer" who doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit" keeps inserting himself into her life and pestering her. He finds out that she has been helped 27 of her friends organise their weddings and she's kept every single bridesmaid dress. She learns that there is no chemistry between she and her boss but finds that the cynical "writer" has much in common with herself. Long story short, they fell in love and got married. Ok, so maybe that's all a tad too predictable. So the hell what? I love it and nothing can change that. On to the girl who was strangled by her boyfriend... The good news is that she still breathes, not sure how much bodily damage he did her but the emotional scarring he gave her will take some time to heal. This story made me reflect on my own past and current experiences. I realised that I've been very lucky, even though I was dumped 33.33% of the time. None of my exes have ever laid a hand on me (though I have to admit, those past relationships happened in high school and the first one didn't last long enough for ANYTHING to take place at all). My boyfriend, who is the love of my life, is the most understanding and forgiving person I know. He's also the sweetest thing who ambushes me by trailing kisses up my arm, who sprinkles water on me to cool me down when the weather gets intolerably warm, who gives me the best hugs I've ever had. I am so glad that he isn't like that guy who spies on his girlfriend's sister while she's changing and takes photos of the 裙底风光 of young girls in school uniforms (I know - how shocking). Hearing about that was like a jolt to my senses. It makes me look at my sweet, sweet man in such a different light. He who asks for extra seasoning in his chips, loves animals, prefers chicken to any other type of meat and gets heat rashes (a thing of which I've never heard previously until this week). I guess I got it all out of my system and this is all I need to say for now. That felt really good! :D

I love you;

Monday, December 22, 2008

Ahh... this is the life... Eating corn chips dipped in salsa while blogging about the past few weeks... Now let's see, what's happened? I went back to JB for 19 days. Did so much that it's mostly a blur in my mind now. The bane of old age. *sigh* Most of my time was spent on Christmas shopping and catching up with old friends.

On the first day (night, actually) back, I called Kent with my mobile while I was on my way back to my dad's flat in Singapore. I talked to him for a bit and then said, "Hey, my dad's sitting next to me. Do you want to talk to him?" And with my usual tact and thoughtfulness, I just passed the phone to my dad and let the two men converse awkwardly.

Day 2: Went for a morning walk around Teban Gardens neighbourhood and had a sneak preview at dad's future apartment. Well, the land that it's going to be built on, anyway.

<---my dad

Then I met up with my oldest best friend, Lee Peng, whom I've known since the age of 11. Nine years of friendship. That, frankly, is the longest friendship in my life! Couldn't bear my floppy fringe anymore so I went to get a haircut at Thomas & Guys.

<--- (in Thomas & Guys) me clutching Kent's T-shirt and missing him

<--- (also in Thomas & Guys) Lee Peng and I

<--- I wonder what the hairdressers thought of us -_-

First shopping spree that day.

Day 3: Felt the full blown effects of jet lag that it wasn't funny. I slept for hours till noon, woke up for a couple of hours and fell back into my comatose state. Called off my date with Yvon in the evening.

Day 4: Was abducted by aliens, I'm pretty sure, coz I don't remember where that day went!

Day 5: Caught up with Fen Wei, my cute, thoughtful, funny girlfriend from the college of the way of the sun (a.k.a. Sunway College). Second shopping spree, can't remember exactly what was bought on which day so I shall not attempt to list any of the items purchased, except for the uniquely-flavoured choccies, which were definitely bought on Day 5 coz Fen Wei and I tasted each flavour and decided that we both loved the mango-flavoured ones (or was it the durian-flavoured ones?). Oh yeah, ran into my ex, Gee Yi (a.k.a. the other Virgo) , who was with his girlfriend and seemed really awkward and embarrassed to have ran into me.

Day 6: Caught up with Yvon, my second oldest friend, after her half day of work. Went to Leisure Mall optimistically to look for hammocks. Turned out Shiva gave us wrong info and no hammocks were actually sold in Leisure Mall. Bugger. Headed to Jusco Tebrau City afterwards and finally bought some threads from Wh. I remember lusting after that store when I was in college. Now I lust no more! Muahaha! Selected a bottle of aftershave lotion for Kent. Loved the scent! :D

<---(for the benefit of those who don't know) the biggest bookstore in JB

<--- Christmas tree in front of Harris bookstore (bloody hell, been in Australia for too long, keep thinking of Harris Scarfe)

<--- a ridiculous sign in the women's toilet, made ridiculous by the announcement that their toilet is clean

Day 7: No recollection of any activities, therefore must have either been comatose again or went out with Yvon again. Most probably the former.

Day 8: Hari Raya Haji or something. Yvon had the day off, so we went to Holiday Plaza and Sutera Mall. Had dinner in Sutera Mall at a Mexican restaurant called Amigos.

<---decor in the Amigos

Day 9: Dad had the day off so I stayed home and chilled and learnt some of his recipes.

Day 10: What DID I do???! Why can't I remember???!

Day 11: Met up with Jayne and she told me about her boyfriend, Daniel, and the countless sweet gestures he made. I'm really glad she found a good guy this time. We went to Everalp and I tried on 5 cheongsams and ended up buying the two in the pics below.

Day 12: Had a facial and pedicure before meeting up with Yvon for dinner and an hour at the C.C. (cyber cafe - Malaysian for internet cafe). Had nasi lemak or something similar for dinner. Yummy! :D

After dinner, we walked over to the C.C.. A tiny kitten's mews stopped me in my footsteps and I sought its form amongst the shadowy bushes. It looked so pitiful that I wanted to take it home with me... :(

<--- it was about as big as my friend's shoe

Day 13: Went to Danga City Mall, yet another one of the newly sprouted malls, like mushrooms after a heavy rainfall.

Day 14: Dad's off day so I stayed home with him again

Day 15: Met up with the Sunway gang, Agnes, Vivian, Pei Shi, Li Yi, JY, Lek Hooi and Guan Yeu. Caught a movie with them, the Day the Earth Stood Still. JY said the movie was boring but Agnes and I both loved it! Oh yeah, Agnes looked so different! She looked fabulous! :D Vivian really liked Agnes's bag, which was bought in Korea, and insisted on taking a picture with the bag lol. We had dinner in Johor Jaya and I had the most amazing prawn noodles!!

Day 16: Went to Singapore with Agnes (dear) to trade in our old jeans for new Levi's for 50 bucks less. Can't get a better deal than that. I forgot to ask why they wanted our old jeans though. It was the first day that the new customs was open and it chaos reigned. Took us an hour to get through. @.@ On the bus into Singapore, Agnes and I laughed as we watched some Japanese TV shows on her Ipod. A Jap boy band had to go into a haunted hospital as a test of their bravery. They were split up into 2 groups and the 1st group squealed like girls every time they encountered one of the "ghosts". It was highly entertaining watching grown men jump and scream at every tiny provocation. Thanks to Agnes, our journey had not even one boring moment. Thanks, dear! :)

We had ice cream cake at a place called Marvellous Cream in Singapore. Agnes had Tiramisu and I chose Mont Blanc. Cute looking shop, cute looking cakes.

Day 17: Met up with Bao Ling in the morning. We had a bit of lunch together and I could hear Auld Lang Syne braodcasted through the mall. When she had to leave, I was suddenly overcome by emotions and sobbed into her arms. Had some dessert with Yvon while we waited for Darlene (Li Ting) in the late arvo.

Day 18: Stayed home and slept through the day.

Day 19: Left JB at noon and travelled to KL via express bus. We went on the North-South Highway of course. I was reminded of the times I used to shout "Nan Bei Da Dao wan sui!" ("Long live North-South Highway!") during the night when we travelled to Taiping to visit my uncle and his family...

Terrible traffic congestion in KL but managed to reach KLIA four hours before boarding time anyway -_- A feat only achievable by my dad lol.

20th Dec: Reached Adelaide at 7.15am. Going though the customs took up about half an hour.

(To be continued...)

I love you;

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Land Use Planning - what crap. But never mind, it will be over in 12 hours and I'll be free from its evil clutches! Muahahaha....

There is a post-Soil Science BBQ party and a post-Soil Science lunch. I don't know which one to go to. I kind of want to go to the barbie but it's at Alicia's house in Craigmore, can it be any further away, pray tell??? Lunch will be with Alison and Tim and whoever decides to show up, that might turn into a mature-aged student celebratory lunch. So conflicted, baby. But I've got time to weigh all the odds and time enough to choose. I will go to the barbie if Hong's going. Perhaps. I'll see.

I can't wait to go back to Msia! All the friends I haven't seen for months or years! Gotta try to unearth Wen Kang, that elusive, kind of bizarre and misunderstood kat whom I've known for 4 years. Frickin' hell, has it been 4 and 1/2 years already?! Wow... And to think I haven't seen him since 2006! What kind of a friend do I call myself, honestly?? He's a chef now, that dude, gotta get him to teach me some good dishes so I can cook them for Sheriff G. Hehehe...

Had dinner with Kent's whole immediate family last night after the exam. It was surely a new experience for moi coz I've never had any siblings to share dinner with (none that I want to, that is). Deanna, Geordie, Jamie, Sam, James, Maxine (I dunno if that's the way you spell her name), Nan (whose mother is she, exactly? I think it's D, Sam, and James's?), David, Kathryn and of course, Kent and I. It was a lovely affair, the whole thing. Jamie was ultra hyper, kept going upstairs to peep and wave at everyone through the banister like the Queen of England (said Kent). He (Jamie, not Kent. Although Kent does have them too.) has the moistest lips I've ever seen! He's so adorable! *googly eyes* Speaking of which, Jamie had the widest, bigger blue eyes I've ever seen! :) During dessert, Jamie kept walking around the place with one of the dinner chairs supporting him, Kent and James had to offer some assistance so that the chair legs wouldn't get stuck on the floor tiles lol

Like Kent said, it was quite amazing to see his dad sitting down to dinner with his ex-wife on his right and his current wife one seat away from him. Frankly, I couldn't see that happening with my mom and my dad's ex-wife (whose name I've forgotten), even when my mom was alive. Come to think of it, I've never seen pictures of my dad's ex-wife before... I think? I dunno. Can't recall. Who's Auntie Betty? Oh yeah, my dad's mom's best friend who married an Englishman and moved to Scotland with him. Anyway, I digress - back to the story, yeah? E- I know my two half-sisters' names start with the letter "E" but what are their names exactly? It's been too long, it really has been. My dad's mom! She either had the coolest name ever or the lamest, and since it's disrespectful to say that your granny has a lame name (hey, that rhymes!), I shall go with cool. Her name - are you ready? - was Chang2 E2. Yep. As in the goddess who flew to the moon and is the legend behind the Mid-Autumn Festival! Kewl~

I love you;

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Went to watch the Christmas Pageant today with Kent. It was quite cold and we kept ourselves warm by walking along the streets till the pageant started. While we were walking down King William Street, I saw this really familiar-looking guy walk past me. He was staring at me and I was staring at him even as we walked past each other. I turned to look at him after he had passed and found he was still staring at me too. I stopped Kent and went to talk to this guy. I found out that he was actually from Foon Yew!! Like, wow! How's that for randomness? I can't believe I bumped into Chen Hao (aka Ryan) in Adelaide after I've left high school for over a year! So weird... But it was a pleasant surprise for me, I mean, how many times have I had the chance to say, "Oh, I bumped into a high school friend today"? Uh, only once this entire year! Oh right, this reminds me - another high school friend of mine, Yu Hang is coming to Oz next year. He's going to be studying in Brisbane, at Uni of Queensland.

Anyway, we watched the pageant from one of the streets and met Deanna (Kent's eldest sister who's around 7 months pregnant), Geordie (her fiancé) and cute little two-year-old Jamie (who has the most amazing blue eyes)! I thought I might bump into Ali, Aaron and the kids too but that didn't happen. She didn't even reply my text when I asked where she was at. Oh well *shrug*

After the pageant was over, we walked back to where we had parked the car but wasn't sure exactly where we had parked it. Kent said to turn left but I was certain that we should turn right instead. We turned left first and walked quite a distance and still couldn't see the car so we turned around and walked in the direction I believed the car was in. Turns out if we had just walked 5 metres more in the first direction, we would have seen the car and didn't have to walk along the same stretch of road three times! lol So anyway, got the car, got INTO the car and then drove off and one of pageant floats was being driven right beside us so we took a couple of photos of this huge papier-mâché snail! You can only see its tail from the picture I took :(

I loved the whole Christmas pageant and I'm so glad I got to experience it for the first time in my life! I feel like I'm making up for my lost childhood. :)

I love you;

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Reading my dad's letter aloud to Kent this morning made me really sad. I couldn't understand why my dad is just so different from any other person I've ever met! He's a great man, he loves me and takes care of me and makes sure that I don't have to worry about my living expenses; He's strong, silent, hardworking, frugal. But his letter struck me as being uncommonly cold and practical and robotic. Humans are ruled by emotions and that's okay, I can handle that, but what he said hurt me a little... As if having only one reason made spending some money to return to JB to see him not worthwhile. Really, how many reasons do you need? I don't get him, I really don't get him. Kent, after listening to what my dad had written, hugged me and told me that even if my dad didn't want me to go home during December, I could be there with him and he would look after me and I didn't have to worry so much. It made me happy, touched and sad at the same time because at that very moment, it seemed that Kent cared about me more than the man who fathered me did.

I love you;

Since Tan Yi Jayne has requested that I post more photos on my blog, and I'm in the process of procrastination (lol if Cat would graduate from Procrastination Degree taking first place, I would be right there in the second place), I shall post some interesting pics on! :)

These are some pics I took while seeing the Aldgate house for the first time with Sam and Kent:

Kent looking, for all he's worth, like a ghost in the kitchen =P

Sam standing in the backyard

Pic of the backyard from the outside of Boozie's (James's) bedroom

Beautiful garden, is it not?

Took that when we were about to leave and Sam was exploring the huge shed (that greenish building behind Kent)

On the way home after seeing the house, Kent was doing "The Guppy" - El Guppio

A pic I took at Giles Conservation Park, while I was doing my fauna observation:

Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it's Sun Wu Kong! ( -_- '' .....)

A pic I took while visiting the museum with Matt:

Smiley face~

Friday arvo out with Ali:

Waiting for Ali to arrive, found Kent too irresistible, just HAD to take a pic of him

He obviously had the same idea lol

Just dawdling around while she was on the phone to Aaron

Me playing around on photofunia.com:

Hah, I would do the exact same thing too if I saw a poster like that! :p

Oh, the Mona Lisa has never looked better! ROFL

That looks heaps cool, no?

I love you;

Monday, November 3, 2008

So much has been going on that I simply couldn't find the time to update my blog! Well, that and the fact that I wasn't in the mood to do so anyway. You know how you sometimes run out of enthusiasm for writing for a bit? Yeah, that's what happened to me. I will get into the mood again soon, I suppose. :D

30th October: 2 month anniversary. Kent made me an e-card, it was sooooo sweet! (Thanks, guppy! Muaks muaks! Two months, two months! I love you, Kent! <3)>

31st October: Halloween! Not that it felt much like Halloween anyway, we were mostly occupied with packing.

1st Nov: Kent, Sam and Jimmy's move to Aldgate!!! We started the day really early. Drove to Salisbury, where Jimmy lived, at 8am, I helped moved Kent's stuff, mostly, and with some lighter furniture and Jimmy's gym gear. Muscles felt a bit sore the next day but it was fun! I really enjoyed it loads. Sam and James and Kent asked me several times during the day if I was still enjoying the move and my answers started from "Yeah, it's awesome!" and gradually turned into "Yeah, it's alright..." lol I went to bed at 9pm, all energy spent. I tried my best to do as much as I could and not stop moving because I felt that I was an "expandable resource", so to speak, and wanted to be as useful as possible. I reckon I got a great workout that day! Muahaha! Oh yeah, and David was right - there are countless millipedes in and outside of the house! I'm so thankful that I'm not afraid of millipedes...

2nd Nov: Someone started a chainsaw at 10am and kept on for an hour or so. Tell me, who does that on a Sunday morning? Couldn't have chose a better time for it, could they? Can you detect sarcasm? Kent set off the alarm in the walk-in-robe unknowingly and it went on for half an hour, probably annoying all the neighbours in the process lol. I ask you, who puts a detector in a walk-in-robe eh? Of all the more appropriate places to have one, it had to be placed in a room within a room. Whoever thought of putting it there showed real brains, that one. After picking up some stuff from the "beach house", we went over to David's and Kathryn's for a bit. Had lunch, met the 2-year-old golden retriever (Enya) that David was taking care of for a week. Enya is such an amazingly beautiful dog who has such a sweet nature! Pity she can't get along with the cat that David has been taking care of. That cat is a real beauty too, but kind of temperamental, according to Kent. Had a really peculiar tasting slice of chocolate cheesecake for dessert after dinner. It tasted more like a berry-flavoured cheesecake than a chocolate-flavoured one.

I love you;

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I was so naughty today! I skipped a lecture and a tutorial in the morning and only turned up for Soil Science at noon! LOL Did a bit of assignment and then spent most of the morning fantasizing about Pooh Bear (not Winnie the Pooh, but my own Pooh Bear). Hehehe... It's definitely a very enjoyable way to pass the time though not especially productive. After all, how can you be productive when your mind is completely distracted by far more tantalizing images? It's practically impossible! :P Of course, since I've completed about half of it (or more), I don't think I have much to worry about! Wahaha....

Went to the lecture and was very nearly late coz I missed my usual bus. Bumped into Alice at the bus stop, she told me that she and F have been together for over a week now (5th Oct was when they made it official). She's happy so that's good, I suppose. :) Lunched with Ali, as usual on AJ Day (Ali & Janet Day), then went to the Central Market to do some grocery shopping. I bought some cheese (smoked, of course). I love that stuff!

Soon after I reached home and went online, I found a really worrying email in my inbox that was from Kent, I read the attached poem and then let out a sigh. I'm not sure if it was a sigh of relief or a sigh of heaviness, or perhaps it was a mixture of both. The poem was really touching and was about how my friends disapproved of him but he wouldn't let that get in his way. I realised just then how much I love him. It's not the kind of infatuation I had with any of my past crushes; This is much more mature, a deeper sort of love based on the meeting of minds as well as souls. There is no one else on earth I would rather have. Kent is definitely the One for me. :D

I love you;

Monday, October 13, 2008

I'm sitting in front of a computer in uni, thinking of what to write yet my mind is moving at a snail's speed or possibly even slower than that! I had a great weekend, as usual. Stayed home on Friday night and watched an old movie, Team America, with Kent. Fell asleep after 30 minutes or less lol (this is getting to be an awful habit).

Next morning, we drove up to Giles Conservation Park so I could do my Sustainable Ecosystem assignment. It was truly breathtaking up in the hills! So tranquil and peaceful, it was as if we had shaken off the grime and dust of the city and reembraced nature... I tried to take pictures of the woodland beasties we encountered but a lot of them refused to be photographed (Grrrr!). It was too lovely up there and I was distracted by the scenery and Kent's form a few times *smirk* I don't think he realised that I had taken some pictures of him while he was looking for some wildlife for me. Hehehe... I couldn't help it, he looked so cute with that wooden staff! He really did resemble Sun Wu Kong, the Monkey God! I told him that but he has no idea who Sun Wu Kong is anyway... There are many things to teach him. :)

Monkey God with his staff :)

Then we had a picnic at a spot where we could look out into the valley. Ohhhhh, a more delectable feast has never been consumed!! LOL We had cheese (smoked applewood) and crackers, chocolate flavoured Hello Pandas, gummy bears, curry puffs and coconut tarts. Or maybe it was the fresh air or the exercise that whetted our appetites and made everything so tasty. I loved looking outwards and seeing all those magnificent trees and the breathtakingly blue sky... I loved it all. <3

We met up with James to help him with his so-called "fashion crisis". Under the encouragement of my amazing boyfriend who, I'm proud to say, has a great fashion sense, James bought a pair of wicked looking shoes. =P A little later in the afternoon, we went and got a present for Kent's neighbour, Ray, who was having his 50th that night. There were all these attractive, tanned people walking on the streets, clad in beachwear or summer gear. I was kind of distracted by people of the wrong sex, I kept looking at the girls instead of the guys lol. I suppose that should be a relief to Kent (or not??) Haha, I swear I am NOT bi, alright?! Kent ran into one of his workmates, an attractive-looking girl whose name I've forgotten cleanly. That girl was out with a friend, an even more attractive girl named Donna. I thought she looked good with her tan but Kent pointed out to me that it was fake afterwards. -.-

It was time for us to go to Nick's farewell then. I changed into a white dress and Sam complimented me several times, saying that I looked really pretty in it. :D During the farewell, I finally got to meet the famous John and Briony! I have to admit, the first time I heard their names mentioned, I thought "John and Briony" sounded like the name of some TV show! lol Briony is lovely, we chatted quite a bit during the night. And while we were chatting, I accidentally spilled half a glass of beer on Kent's clothes! Oh, how foolish was I! I was trying to indicate to Briony the shape of parachute pants and didn't notice that the glass was really close to my hand and then - oopsies! The worst part wasn't that the beer smelled sour (even thought it did), it was that it created a godawful stain on his jeans, right on his crotch area! LMAO Oh dear, oh dear... I really was sorry but it was kind of funny, in a way... I reckon half the people there were smoking and the smell they created was vile! I said that to Kent and he thought I said HE smelled vile. I would never say anything like that of him! :( In the meantime, James had gotten really drunk and I heard Kent say that the bouncer had tried to throw him out a few times and would have succeeded if not for Kent's intervention. We went home in a cab and James was so inebriated that he had to be literally dragged out of the taxi!! lol I must say, I've never seen anything like it in my life but I think I'm going to see a lot more of that in the future... :) Once we got back, I was feeling a bit tired and didn't really want to join Ray's birthday party but did so anyway. One thing I really couldn't bring myself to do was to dance. I did a little bit of cheerleading in high school, a couple of hip hop dances for our school's fund-raising scheme, and that was it. I pretty much did all of those to help the school or my class, but I'm not very good at dancing and I know it, which is why I wouldn't - couldn't - join everyone on the dance floor. Not to mention that I feel stupid dancing. I really think I have two left feet and I'm not at all elegant... So I beg you - please stop trying to get me to dance!! We heard that John had turned up at the party drunk, threw a chair back and basically annoyed a whole table of people and got thrown out. Some of his friends tried looking for him but to no avail. And what of James? Kent went into Superman mode and "rescued" him from his next door neighbour's house. James was said to have been found in one of the women's bedrooms, putting his shirt on... (OMG!!) Briony, Justin, Damon and Nick came over from the farewell and joined us. We chilled in the house for some time (try a few hours). The guys did some speed and I couldn't bring myself to watch when it was Kent's turn. I wanted to cover my ears or start humming but thought it would have either come off as being weird or impolite. That prolonged sniffing was one of the most awful sounds I've ever heard... Am I just overreacting again? Most of my friends would say I'm not but some people who would say the opposite. I know that compromise is a very important thing but I don't know if I am allowing too much. I don't want to be restricting but at the same time, I don't think that all these "extras" are really needed to help you feel better or more clear-headed or whatever. You want to feel clear-headed? How about a cup of coffee or lukewarm water? It's healthier by a long shot. Or hey, how about a knock in the head? That works too. I'm not being judgemental and I think, if you consider that I've never been exposed to drugs before in my life except what I read about in books - and what our teachers constantly drum into us - I think it's fair to say my reaction has been pretty mild. Oh, and guess what? Amphetamine causes erectile dysfunction. I would have thought that alone would have put all men off of drugs *smirk* Had a discussion with Justin about Confucianism. Remember how we used to wonder how the heck Kong Zi had gotten his English name? I think we came to the conclusion that the Westerners were trying to pronounce his name and got "confused", called him "Confucius" and - well, you get the rest. Then I chatted with Nick about his work and his time with the Aboriginals up in Darwin. I found Justin and Nick to be really nice guys. Update on James: He was still drunk coz he had had a few more beers after that. I went to bed really "early" and was dead to the world till noon the next day.

I love you;

Monday, October 6, 2008

OMG I'm really not looking forward to going back to uni tomorrow! I had so much fun during the weekend, spent time with Kent and his bro, James and his friends (whoever happened to turn up). The fact that his place is bigger than my room in the hostel helps too *smirk* And he has a big screen TV as well... One of his old friends, Cat, came visiting from Melbourne and we had a night in on Friday. It wasn't a quiet night in exactly... lol James and Cat went over to Cam's and got some Ecstasy pills. It didn't seem to do much for them, except they were more energetic, that's all. :D I didn't know Kent had taken half a pill until James was wondering aloud where the other half pill was and Kent said something that made me understand that he had taken it. I just turned around and looked at him without saying a word. He could tell I wasn't happy about it and he acknowledged that he should have let me know even though he was perfectly entitled to do whatever he liked. I really don't mind when friends or people I'm around take drugs - I mean, heck, it's their business whatever they choose to do, right? If they want to do drugs, it has nothing to do with me but when it's my own boyfriend... when James and Cat started talking about getting pills and asked Kent if he wanted one too, I was silently hoping he would say no. He did say no but when James came back from Cam's, he had 6 pills with him, instead of just the 2 that he planned on getting. He said Cam told him to hold on to the other 4 (Curse you, Cam!! Did you have to be that "generous"?!).

On Sunday, Cat came over to say goodbye and she had her ten-month-old pup, Boadie (or Boatie) with her. He's such an amazingly friendly pup, licking everyone even though he didn't know who we were! LOL Kent was so enthusiastic with Boadie, talking to him, teasing him, playing with him. Watching him, I realised just how much he wanted a dog... We were all sitting in the sun and sad to say, I got browner after just a few minutes... -.- I'm happy with my original colour as it is, don't think I need to tan any further, to be honest. Although Kent and James were rather envious of my ability to tan... Haha...

The weekend was really fun and I was really reluctant to leave Kent's but now that I'm back in my own place, I find that I really like having my own place to myself. Hewie also told me that when she and he bf, Chad, lived together, they fought heaps and it was better to live apart... I find myself agreeing with what she said...

I love you;

Sunday, September 28, 2008

By the way, M says Kent looks really young in the picture I put as my display pic on msn and that he's really handsome. And he said, "I hope I can be handsome like him one day hahahhaha" which really made me laugh out loud because M is 26 years old already! Oh yeah, I should explain... M's name obviously isn't "M"; you see, he's Thai, so he has a really long name and that's why they all have nicknames that friends use when talking to them. I told him, "You still have four years to achieve that then." And he didn't get it so I had to explain it to him. LOL

I love you;

Went to bed well past midnight after celebrating Nicol's birthday with her. When I woke up, it was 11am! Bloody hell! I was supposed to go visit Ali! I leaped out of bed and showered and got ready in less than half an hour - a record for me since I came to Oz. I didn't know it was going to be hot outside so I put on a long-sleeved top and jeans and went out. THEN I regretted it. It was 30 degrees out there and I felt like I was melting.... I think quite a few people stared at me like I was a psycho for dressing like that in such weather ROFL. When I got off at the right bus stop, Ali was there to meet me. We walked back to her place, met her cat Kipper the first thing! He's a huge 4-year-old tom cat, with the sweetest, cutest face! And he's got the most adorable paws ever! :) I like him so much! Kippeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr~ LOL
I got the grand tour of Ali's house, which is very her. The retro look was there, and her Beatles collection and the color orange was dominant in the house. :D We had some meringue, with cream and strawberry and mango (YUMMY!), then headed out for a proper lunch. Before we went out for lunch, Ali gave my fringe a trim! And then I decided to scare Kent, I told him I chopped all my hair off and was now sporting a bob. He got a bit concerned, which was so funny, but he said, "I'll still marry you." and that was just cute (AWWWW....). We had sushi for lunch (no surprise there, Ali and I seem to always have sushi) and then some gelati because it was so frickin' hot (pardon my French). We shared a small tub of gelati, the flavours we sampled were sorbet lemon, rockmelon and watermelon. Mmmm.... My fave had to be rockmelon! The other two were a lil' bit too sour for my liking. Finally the day cooled down a tad when evening came. I headed home and then went to sleep at 8pm coz I was still really exhausted. Woke up at 12.30am and after a few minutes, Kent msged me. He told me he had a headache so he went to bed early, and he just woke up at half past midnight too! I went over to his place, tried to help with the headache but he said that once I walked in, the headache just went away. ^.^ His friend... (um, whatshisname... oh yeah! Damon!) ... Damon was there, not that I've met him before, but yeah, anyway, met him. Chatted with the two men for some time. When Damon was using the bathroom, Kent asked me what the matter was, and why I was being so adversarial. I said I wasn't, oh, maybe I was a bit, but it wasn't in a bad way, was it? He answered that no, it wasn't in a bad way so I said, good. Then in came Fletcher, the guy who was dressed up as Conan the Barbarian at Kent's party. He and Damon both crashed in Kent's living room for the night. We were going to watch a movie on Kent's laptop in his room, so we wouldn't disturb the 2 sleeping beauties (LMAO) but Kent fell asleep after five minutes!! -.- Way to go, grandpa... I watched Meet the Robinsons for half an hour then gave up and went to sleep too because it was hurting my neck to watch the movie at such an awkward angle. That was probably, what, 4am already? Ah, bloody hell... The next thing I knew it was 9.30am and I was still exhausted. I slept for a bit more and finally got up at 1pm. Luke and his girlfriend - oh shoot, I forgot her name! She's Canadian, anyway - came over and drove Kent over to his parents' to get his car back. The day before, they borrowed his car and took it out for a drive and hit another car and they had to report the accident within 24 hours. So yes, a lot of drama in his life, that's for sure. And for some reason, his parents are mad at Kent's elder sister, Sam?!
Then Kent and I had a little impromptu picnic in the park near Elm Tree Lodge. After 10 minutes or so, it started raining?!? Darn it, shitty timing! But then we sat under a tree and continued the picnic because the rain stopped afterwards. :D
I had an awesome weekend! And next week is going to be just as wonderful! :D Meeting up with Matt to go to the museum, catching up with Ali, going out with Alice, and then weekend at Kangaroo Island! My assignments are definitely not going to get done, are they? Oh dear... LOL
Oh yeah, I was talking to Shane, my friend in Canberra, on the phone (he called me actually) and we talked about some stuff. He was telling me about his two friends who went to visit him from Sydney, and how he got them little gifts. One of the girls, Ivy, got a stuffed bear and the other, Tina, got a stuffed dog. When he told me that Tina got a puppy, I was so stunned that I asked him, "You got her a puppy? A real live puppy?!" How stupid of me.... Oh dear... LOL

I love you;

So my friend Nicol, whom I met at uni, had her 19th birthday dinner on Friday, the 26th. Her birthday is actually on the 27th but she wanted to spend that day with her boyfriend Scott, so she moved the celebration ahead. I was so tired that day, not sure why. Went to catch Wall.E the day before, so it could be because of that. I slept the whole day then woke up in the evening and rushed out to Cafe Amore, where we were all going to have dinner together. That's the same place I had my birthday dinner too! ;) I was the first to get there and ended up waiting for the rest of the people for half an hour because they all couldn't find the location! -.- Then finally I heard someone call my name from across the street, looked over - it was Nicol! She introduced me to her cousin and three of her friends after her boyfriend left. She said he had had a bad day at work, had a fight with his boss and afterwards, argued with his twin brother, so he wasn't feeling very cheerful and wanted to just stay at home with a bottle or two and mope by himself. I think some people thought he was a bit of a killjoy but oh well. That seems to be the way he is. *shrug* Then another 2 persons arrived. And finally her brother, Devon, came in too. We had a pretty nice dinner together. One of the girls dropped her phone in water or something and the phone was wet and stopped working, I suggested that they put it under a hand dryer in the toiler but they said maybe it would be better to just let it dry by itself. I talked to Devon a bit more than the rest of the people there because he was sitting next to me. He was really nice and friendly! Oh yeah, Kent was invited to the dinner too but he couldn't come because his mom's birthday was on the same night. Hell of a timing, wasn't it? Everything always happens on the same day... So then, after the dinner, two of the girls left. The rest of us (there were 7 of us left) headed to HQ, a nightclub in the city. We didn't stay for long, just watched some models walked out and danced for a bit, and then we left. I think it was the finals in that contest or something. The girls, of course, were smokin'! LMAO I'm not supposed to say that, am I? Being a girl myself? Oh what the heck... But it's true that competitions like that just make the normal girls feel insecure about themselves. While we were walking back to the Cafe (the guys' cars were parked there), Nicol's heels were hurting her a lot! They were new shoes and hadn't been worn in before. Bloody hell, she must have been going through a lot of pain but she marched ahead gamely (good on you, Nicol, hun!). But halfway, she had to stop because she had this nasty blister on her foot, and the band aid she put on kept rubbing off. I tried to get her to put on my boots (which were a size 7 even though my feet are 5 and 1/2) but they just didn't fit her. We came very close to getting the boots on her feet but they just wouldn't go on! Luckily, one of the girls, Jeda (sounds like Jedi, right? lol), let Nicol wear her ballet flats while she herself went barefooted! Way to go, Jeda! :D We got back into the city (finally) and Nicol called up Scott to come pick her up. He ended up giving all of us a ride back to the cafe. There were 5 of us by that time, another two had left on their own when we came out of HQ. So the tallest guy sat in front, beside Scott, and the rest of us (Nicol, Jeda, Devon and I) squeezed in the back. FYI, Scott's car is a 2-door, which meant not much leg room for either of us. Jeda even had to sit on our laps and bend her head down and basically pretend that she wasn't a person because we're not allowed to have 4 people in the backseat. Before we got back to the cafe, we spotted a police car! We all told Jeda to snuggle down lower so that the police wouldn't see her. That was just hilarious, I could barely breathe for being squeezed from the sides by the Forbes siblings (Nicol and Devon) and then Jeda was pressing down on all three of us too. Poor thing, her face was squashed against the back of the driver's seat the whole time! :( Oh, oh! What happened next was that someone (probably the cousin in the front seat) commented that he saw a couple on the streets. I'm not sure what he said they were doing but the way he said it, like "Those guy are blah blah blah.." and I said, trying to be funny, "So that couple back there were 2 guys?" And then Devon said, "One of them was bent over and the other was working away hard..." I then said, "I wanna watch!" and EVERYONE just cracked up! Hahaha... Finally we got back to the cafe, four of us went to Devon's car and he drove us all back. He had this tiny, fast, racey car which was ALSO a 2-door. Jeda and I sat in the back and I couldn't help asking, "How do tall people fit in this car?" And Devon replied, "They don't! That's why I can drive it..." LOL All in all, not too bad a night, I would say. I had more fun in the end, but then again, I always do. :)

I love you;

Friday, September 26, 2008

I'm having my mid-term break right now. So far, what I've done during this break is worry about my dad because I hadn't heard from him for nearly a month (still haven't heard from him but Ting Ting managed to get in contact with him, he said he's alright just been really busy), went for a complimentary photo session with Ali, caught Wall.E at the cinema. The photo session was so much fun! We got our hair and make up done by a professional (I had curls!! :D) and then had our photos taken both separately and together. Ali looked stunning in all her photos! She has this classically beautiful face that I never really noticed until that afternoon at the studio... I'm hoping to get some of her pictures from her when she receives the CD she ordered from them. In addition to the CD, she also ordered a portrait of herself in a burnished orange floor-length dress and four 8 by 10 photos. It came to a total of over a grand. Yes, that's over AUD$1000 (!!!) ... Scary huh? That's why she's thinking of going into modelling, to earn the money that she spent on her photos back. A few years back, she very nearly did become a model but people didn't take her seriously enough because of her character and personality as it was, so she chose not to. I just realised, I've got such amazingly attractive best friends in Adelaide! Hahaha... First Alice, and then Ali, and their names are so similar too; both are tall, sexy-looking and have such great personalities. :) Wall.E is such a cute movie! OMG! I thought it was so touching that all Wall.E wanted was to find a friend. ON earth, all he had for a friend was a cockroach who sat on his "shoulder" as he went about his chores. When he met Eve, he wanted to hold her hand because of a tape of a love song he saw; he kept trying to take her hand but Eve wouldn't let him. (Awww... poor Wall.E!) And then when Wall.E showed her the plant he found recently, she put the plant into her storage cavity and her systems shut down or something, he took care of her, put her under the sun to get sunshine, sheltered her from the rain, held umbrellas over her head, etc. (So sweet of him...) One of the really cool things was the concept of the future humans living on a starship, and having undergone a reduction in bone growth but an increase in body mass. The pool with holograms of palm trees was a really smart idea too. I liked how Wall.E set off a chain of reaction the very moment he boarded the starship, first he aggravated a cleaning robot called Mo because he kept leaving a trail of "foreign contaminants" on the ground everywhere he went, then due to his influence, two human beings made bodily contact for the first time in a few hundred years. The humans were all really fat and sat in armchairs which moved them around, they never got up from their seats and never even talked face-to-face with anyone. In one instance, two men moving around the ship in their armchairs were talking on screen with each other while their chairs were moving side by side. How stupid was that?! They could have just turned around in the seats to face each other! And then, of course, the classic hero-saves-heroine scene. Except it was the other way round - Eve was trying to save Wall.E! Luckily Wall.E found a fire extinguisher and used it like a propelling device. When he tried to move towards Eve in space, he overshot too much because you cant brake in space. And then he tried to change direction and overshot again! lol. In the end, they went back to the spaceship, saved the plant and the ship returned to earth after 700 hundred years... And they all lived happily ever after. The cockroach too. :D SUCH a cute movie!! <3
Nicol's having her birthday dinner tonight. She's turning 19 and I'm finally going to meet her boyfriend, Scott! I've heard so much about him but haven't met him yet... Speaking of which, I met Ali's boyfriend, Aaron, last week, only she doesn't refer to him as her boyfriend so I normally refer to him as her man lol. Aaron is part Malaysian, part Chinese, part Dutch, part Egyptian, and I don't know what else. A proverbial "rojak", if there ever was one! Muahaha... I didn't form a very satisfactory first impression of him but the second time I met him (during the photo session), he made more of an effort and I was, frankly, quite surprised! He seems nice enough.
I'm going to meet Ali's pet kitty, Kipper this weekend! :D I'm really curious about this cat of hers, who needs to go on a diet! Hahaha... I hope he's cute! Can't wait to meet Kipper! Lalala~
And next Tuesday, I'm going out with Alice! We're not going to decide on a particular destination until that day. Ooh, it's going to be so much fun! Haven't been out with Alice in months, I think!
Overall, everything is good in life...

I love you;

Monday, September 15, 2008

Is it wrong to hate her? I try and try but when I see pictures of them together, I just can't suppress that feeling of jealousy and hatred and insecurity that wells up and bubbles over the edge... Perhaps I need to learn that moderation is the key.

I love you;

Sunday, September 14, 2008

First there was disappointment, then there was hurt and betrayal. Things did not turn out the way he wanted but my gut instinct told me that something bad would happen, didn't it? And it was right. My gut was right. It started out as a great evening, Ali and I met up in the city and then came back to my place. We had our dinner and then celebrated with a bit of sparkling red. We put on our outfits and makeup then walked out to the bus stop. One girl we didn't even know hollered from her car that Ali was a slut, just because of her clothing! That shows how typical people are, judging by appearances alone, without even giving others the chance to prove their character. And maybe I've been giving too many chances. Maybe this should be the last time I do that. We got there just fine, first person I saw was... ok, I'm not quite sure who it was but my point is I spotted Amy and she looked gorgeous! She was dressed as cleopatra, which admittedly has nothing to do with the theme at all, which I repeat, is horror, monsters and superheroes. Maybe I'm just fixating on her because I'm biased but hey, can you blame me for it? It's perfectly excusable. And then I finally saw Kent, he was a ghostbuster. Just hilarious... Weird how so many people were already there before half past eight. Maybe it's just me being suspicious and paranoid but he told us to come at half past, saying that the decorations needed to be put up first. What if that wasn't it? What if he wanted to keep me out of the way, till all introductions were already made so he could avoid all awkwardness? What if for the first time, my paranoia isn't just paranoia and I'm actually right this time? Ali and I gamely hung out at the scene for an hour and a half, talking to a few people, Cassie, Jimmy, Sam, Fletcher (his name reminds me of a character from a book I once read), and a few other people. We left at 10pm and went to the "Cranchor" (aka the Crown and Anchor). It was a totally different scene there. There were so many different types of people there. Naturally, Ali turned heads in her outrageous outfit, she attracted a lot of male attention of course. Of course I noticed how the men's gazes tended to pass over me and linger on Ali. I was alright with that, not having attention from those kind of men was hardly a tragedy at all. A couple of guys came to talk to us. One of them was a big bear of a man with kind eyes, named Ben; the other? No idea who he was. Then this guy named Scott came panting when he saw Ali. If there ever was a bigger piece of shit, I don't think I've ever met it... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Yes, so Scott came to "talk". After hanging around for some time, he said to Ali that I didn't like him. "Well, obviously. A sleazeball like you? I don't expect many people like you." I didn't say it out loud but I sure thought it. He started pawing at Ali, First he did this totally crazy thing, Ali was wearing safety pins in her ears, and he said he wanted to pierce his ears too. So he borrowed the safety pins from Ali and one of his friends pierced his ears just like that, right there amidst the crowd! Unbelievable eh?! Afterwards he said to Ali, "A kiss?" Ali turned to kiss him on the cheek but he turned his face around and caught her lips with his. I think that was when I started disliking him. When Ali didn't protest his kissing her, he started sniffing her neck, holding her waist and even, most outrageously, groped her arse. Maybe I was just too overprotective but I couldn't help myself, Ali is my best friend and I can't handle seeing her treated like a piece of meat. When Ali went to the toilet, Scott said to me, "What does it feel like to have your friend always being the centre of attention?" I suppose in some deep recess inside me, that hurt a bit. But mostly I didn't care for that kind of "attention" as he called it. If I had to choose between being eyeballed like a juicy piece of meat and remaining bless-fully in the background, what would I choose? No prizes guessing which. Of course the appropriate response would have been a cold smile but I don't think he would have caught my meaning. He said something else too, something that could have been said innocently or maybe it was aimed to hurt my self-confidence and to shake me. Either way it didn't really work. Then out of the blue, some guy I don't even know who had railroad tracks all over his face, touched my waist. He looked at my reaction, which was a cold stare, I was trying to convey the intention that I would chop his hand off if he did that again but maybe I'm not good at looks. I wanted to say that if he did that again, he could say goodbye to his hand and I think at that crazy moment, I would really have cut his hand off too. The night was taking a toll on me quite a bit. But I kept my cool, I told Ali I was going back to Kent's party. She looked at me and said if we were going to split up tonight, we had to make sure at the end of the night, we were both alright. I wasn't expecting her to say that, and what with everything else that's been happening, I'm ashamed to say I burst into tears. The nice man I mentioned before, named Ben, was kind of startled too. Ali pulled me into an embrace. She walked me over to the Electric Light Hotel as we talked. First thing I saw when I got back there was Kent talking to a few friends, and Amy was by his side, like the dutiful girlfriend. How sweet. How f**king sweet. Except I was the girlfriend now, not her, and there she was acting like they were still a couple. Was it her little illusion or was I the one who was finally beginning to see things for what they were? I think I really had had enough just then. Ali pulled him aside, told him to look after me because she was going to the Cranchor. According to Ali, his response was, "You're her friend, that's why you're here." And she said, "Well, now I'm going to the Crown and Anchor where I feel I'm wanted. She wants to be here because she feels she's wanted here. You're her boyfriend. Who else should be looking after her?" And they started arguing. I tried to break them up but I didn't quite make it happen. We took the "talk" outside. I was crying, of course. He was upset, said that was exactly the kind of thing he didn't want happening on his 30th. And I said, "No one else saw it, what're you so worried about?" And he stared at me like I didn't get it. And maybe I didn't. Was it wrong for me to expect him to at least just have me join his and his friends' conversation? That was all I wanted to do. And when I started to tell him that I got groped, he seemed like he was concerned at first but when I said it happened at the Cranchor, he told me, "This is South Australia, that's how it is." Convenient that he forgot what he said before about him being upset if I got drunk and kissed some other man or went home with another man. I couldn't help wondering: is it because it happened at the Cranchor, that's why he felt he couldn't do a thing about it? Because it wasn't at his party, so he didn't have to be too unduly concerned? Then Amy called him on the mobile. We've been out for ten minutes tops and she's calling him on the phone already? Yes I know it's his party and he should be there entertaining his guests but seeing him run to the beck and call of Amy totally broke me. I nearly said the words just then, I nearly told him, "I guess I'll see you around." He went back to his guests without a second glance. How did things that started so right take such a bad turn? I hate his impossible logic that makes him sound like he's the good guy and what happened or what he chose to do was him trying to "do the right thing". Weirdly, I'm not saying (the way I normally do), at the first sight of trouble, that I'm tired of all this crap. In a way, I find it all quite interesting. A part of me says that's life, you gotta experience a bit of pain to grow up. And hey, maybe I am growing up. Maybe I'll come out of this battered and bruised but still surviving. After all, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right? There is this small detached part of me that might have been converted by Jiv into a cold, calculating bastard (or bitch, in this case) and that part of me is watching all this drama with slight amusement and making notes and studying... And the worst thing is, I keep seeing Ben's kind eyes looking at me as Ali and I went back to the Cranchor again. He was a kind man...

I love you;

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Wow! Today is a really good day! First Ali and I went to the museum together where we enjoyed looking at the egyptian exhibit for around an hour. Then I met Matt on the bus on my way home. Matt is someone I've been chatting with on msn for half a year but still haven't met in person. Recently, we've been talking about meeting up and even set a date, which was to be next Monday. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Matt board the bus! I recognised him immediately so I watched as he searched for a seat at the front of the bus, then he moved to the back (which was where I was). I waited till he was really close then I called his name. He turned around, saw me and I think it took some time for him to register who I was. Haha...
He sat down behind me (the seat beside me was occupied) and we started chatting. He told me he was building a lizard tank, and the wood alone cost 300 bucks and the glass was 150 per piece! So expensive! But it was still cheaper than buying a ready-made one, which would be something like A FEW GRAND! Phew! I didn't know a lizard tank was so pricey... We are definitely going to meet up on Monday but we are just not sure where to go and what to do yet.
Then I got home and saw that my new Jonas Brothers album had arrived! Yay! I was wondering if it was coming at all, since the album was released on 15th August. Finally it reached me on 9th September. I looked at the package and saw it was sent on the 30th of August, which happens to be the day KJ and I got together. :) Life can be full of unexpected yet pleasant surprises...
And KJ should be meeting me this Friday, the day before his party, which is awesome. I haven't seen him since two Sundays ago... Wonder how Amy is, actually. Can't help being biased but still, hope she's coping alright.

I love you;

Monday, September 8, 2008

Went to the Royal Adelaide Show with Ali (short for Alison), a friend from uni, on Saturday. It was so much fun! We went on a few rides, played a few games, had lots to eat (ok, actually that was me lol), took pictures together, had our faces printed on the Ikea 2009 catalogue... Can't believe we spent ten and half hours there! :)
There were farm animals on show, pigs, cows, sheep, horses, goats, ducks, geese, and domestic animals like cats, dogs, rabbits and animals that don't qualify as either farm or domestic animals (wombats, fan-tailed pigeons). The piglets were sooooo cute! This guy was showing us a tiny squealing piglet that was only 2 days old (everyone go "AWWWWWWWWW"). I was expecting that the pigs were going to stink but the sheep were actually much smellier. Why? Got no clue whatsoever. :p
Erm, what else? Oh yeah, I tried a type of food called "Dagwood Dog", which is like a crabstick or some other kind of sausage covered in dough and then deep fried.
We went on a roller coaster that went upside down for a short loop. When we came down, Ali cried! She really doesn't like rides that go upside down, poor thing... :( At first, she didn't want to go on the roller coaster but after some thinking and nerve gathering, she said she would go on the ride with me. After she calmed down, she said no day was ever complete without tears from her so our day at the show was considered complete now lol. Another ride that we went on was the Haunted Hotel. Obviously, you can tell by the name that it was a scary ride. I kept my eyes closed nearly during the whole ride. HAHAHA. Ali said it was a waste to go on the ride and keep my eyes closed but I couldn't help it, I was really scared... :( Is it my fault that supernatural stuff frighten me?
We sampled some wine and bought a bottle of sparkling red wine each.
That night after I got home, I opened the wine and had some while I chatted with Jiv. Then he said something to upset me so he spent the next few hours talking to me and playing songs to cheer me up again. I must say, I was rather touched that he did that. I was a bit sad that night because it was the one week anniversary of KJ and I and I really wanted to watched the fireworks with him but couldn't. Jiv and I ended up talking the whole night, till 8.30am on Sunday! :D Then I went to bed at 9am, woke up at 5.30pm, replied some messages, pottered around a bit and went back to sleep at 8pm. LOL Like pig...

I love you;

Saturday, August 16, 2008

KJ was so fun to hang out with! He's just like how I thought he would be. I was standing at out meeting place, looking around at the passers-by and suddenly I see this really familiar-looking person walking towards me with a smile on his face. We hugged hello and right away we started chatting away like we'd already known each other for ages. We headed to the Crown and Anchor to sit and we chatted for over an hour till we joined his friends at the Electric Light Hotel (the place where his 30th is going to be held). They were all pretty nice, save for one kinda weird guy... who held my hand waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long after we shook hands. Haha... Ok la, don't want to say much more. Will be more updates soon.

I love you;

Friday, August 15, 2008

Wooohhoooo! Can't believe that I've already been in Oz for exactly half a year now! Time really does fly when you are busy, busy, busy! :)
Okay, let me see, what was special about yesterday?? Oh, not much, just that it was my mom's birthday, I'd left Msia for 6 months already, and two guys wrote me poems. lol One of them was just a person on myspace who was from London and the other is (of course) my bro KJ.
First poem: (by the guy from London)
summers stays blue but the winter fades it away
the dark clouds above, pour rain on a once shining day
with the smile so sweet as yours
my nite becomes lighter through the bright sounds of your voice
speaking to me about the climate change in the weather
explaining why the winter is getting colder
and how the summer stays for longer
but it all doesnt matter
because your display pic charms my ladder
so feed these words in your mouth
and digest just them, metabolising every syllable of my sound
these words wont turn to poo
they will provide you
with energy to last you til the new moon
so sleep tight when you do
dont fall asleep during those lectures you have to attend soon
and with this i will leave
youll remember me, when i distract you during tomorrows boring daily routines
have a goodnite, and so sweet with pleasent dreams!!!!

Second poem: (by KJ)
Malaysia has stubbornly tried
to keep a bright, beautifiul gem inside
its restless and foaming land

Too late it knew
alas nothing could turn you
nor rip the courage gripped in your hand

A tragedy you carry
and desperately you parry
the blade of grief in your soul

You struggle and strive
to flourish and thrive
until you are once again blessfully whole

My brave little sister
whenever your strength blisters
beneath the raving and searing sun

Forever take heart
alone, but never apart
your brother will always come

In spirt and mind
lost in the winds of time
i can be your anchor, armour and sword

I offer my boulder
in the shape of my shoulder
i will forver be true to my word

Your mother looks over
your innocent shoulder
smiling always at your side

I offer my shield
till doubtful demons yield
together we will push back the tide.

Now, you guys be the judge. Who's the better writer? The London guy or KJ? Can you believe that the London guy kept saying that his poem was better? I didn't know how to break it to him that he wasn't the better writer at all...

Today:
6 months in Oz
6 months of knowing Alice
Joe Jonas's birthday
Meeting up with my bro KJ in less than 11 hours (but who's counting? lol)

OMG I'm hyper!! One thing I won't need today is a cup of coffee... :D

I love you;

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

After having a good long talk with both KJ and Ali (separately, of course), I realised that so many people just judge others without even really thinking about it. It's bad enough when they assume things but it's a serious matter when they accuse someone of being a paedophile without proof. So maybe they may act a little odd (or even freaky) but does that prove that they are paedophiles? No, it doesn't! It's just wrong.
Went around town with Ali again today. We visited the Jam Factory which, in contrary to its name, does not actually manufacture jam. It's an art gallery with really fascinating exhibits! We saw gorgeous glass pieces and even got to see how a bowl was made from scratch. The area where glass vases and bowls were made was really hot but it was cool to be able to see the whole process of glass making. It was fantastic to watch a bowl slowly taking shape over a quarter of an hour. :)
We also went to a couple of op shops. Ali bought these really eye-wateringly bright orange socks, two Audrey Hepburn films, a purse and a tartan cap. It cost her less than 20 bucks! Isn't that unbelievable?? I got a really cute tartan skirt for 5 bucks. :) We walked into a sex shop together as well. It was a first time for both of us. I thought she might have been in one before but turns out I was wrong... Hehe... The whole place was overwhelming! It was chock-full of porn films and sex toys (both normal and really weird ones). The two things I remember are a carrot and a ear of corn. You know what that's used for; I don't have to be more specific, do I? LOL
Lucky Ali scored a free cup of coffee too! We went to the Bean Bar coz she wanted coffee and while she was talking to the barista there, she let slip that she was working at the other branch and the guy said she could have the coffee FOC! How cool was that?! So, all in all, it was a great day, we had great experiences and saw really cool things together! :D

I love you;

Monday, August 4, 2008

1) First lecture today was Scientific Analysis and Communication. The course coordinator, Topa, gave a lecture about English grammar. She taught us about infinitives, preterits (simple past tenses), past participles and split infinitives. She said, "People took up guns and randomly shot other people. No one knew why they did that. It was because of split infinitives." We were like, what?
2) When I told Hong, Ebonee and Catherine about my bro, they said he was a pedophile. -.- Denni heard us talking about him and she laughed so hard...
3) During Sustainble Ecosystems, Megan's crush, "Fuzzy", talked to Hong and I. Pity Megan dropped out of uni already... Haiz...
4) On the Gawler Train back to the city, I spotted a rainbow in the sky! Oh, how beautiful it was! :)
5) I bought a CD of scottish music from Borders! :D In fact, I'm listening to it right now.
6) At the supermarket, a young guy who was stacking up goods in one of the aisles backed away to let me pass by... and he stumbled into a trolley. LOL A bit embarrassing for him....

I love you;

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Oh shit. Life has just taken a turn for the complicated... My bro just told me that... Well, never mind what he told me but things are definitely not going to be the same again after this... :( *sigh* I wished he hadn't said that to me so soon... Damn...

I love you;

All of a sudden, I'm really looking forward to September! There is my bro's birthday, then the welcomed mid-term break and... I'm going horse-riding!!! :D The horse-riding actually come first, I think, but it really depends on my bro. He says he's going in a month's time so I think it will be before his birthday. Then the mid-term break... when Hannah called me this morning, she said she might come to Adelaide to visit me. I really hope she'll do that! I want to see her so badly! And during the same phone call, she also suggested that I visit her in Melbourne at the end of the year, during our year end vacation. She said I could stay and work with her. That would be fantastic!
But OMG, horse-riding... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to it! Which reminds me - there was a really cute miniature pony at Rundle Mall last Friday. I think it was brought there for some charity function or something. It was so tame and quiet and it just let everyone touch it. I petted it too coz it was so cute, I couldn't resist! <3
I made a new friend on Thursday, a girl from uni named Ali (short for Alison). She's gorgeous, she has the most amazing eyes I've ever seen! Ali is really really bubbly and a bit hyper as well. That day after talking to her on the train back to the city, we went shopping together. Okay, we didn't buy anything at all but we had a good look in the really cool shops, like Market Bazaar (sells antiques, records, old books and other assorted stuff) and some other shops whose names I didn't notice. We then had desert at Cocolat, which makes the best chocolate desserts! I ran into Desmond there and Ainsley was working there that afternoon. We sat there for an hour or so, enjoying our lamington and chatting. It felt really good to do that with a friend since I haven;t actually sat down for cake with a friend in SEGA ("ages" spelt backwards)! :D

I love you;

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Yay! I finally bought a TV for my room! Now I can watch TV whenever I want to! :D It's kind of like a flat screen TV but I'm not sure whether it fully qualifies as one coz it's not completely flat?? LOL It's 15 and half inches wide, which is pretty good, just the right size for my room...
Oh yeah, by the way, my big bro KJ invited me to his 30th birthday party, which will be held on the 13th of September (his birthday is actually on the 11th of September!). It's a fancy dress party and the theme is horror, monsters and superheroes. Anyone have any idea what I should go as? We don't have too many costume shops in Adelaide so I guess I better visit those shops and have a look, hey? And what should I get him for his birthday? I was thinking, since he likes tea so much (he's practically addicted to it), then maybe I should get him different types of tea. Or maybe some really cool and out-of-print antique books? Or something to do with horses? But what can I get him if it has to be something related to horses? I need ideas, people! Pretty please?
I went out with Alice today to meet one of her friends, Beck, whose birthday is coming up soon too. Her party is going to be on the 9th of August. Also a fancy dress party but the theme for this one is medieval. Luckily, Beck said she'll find stuff for Alice and I to wear on that day... Haha....

I love you;

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Guess I broke my promise, didn't I? I didn't change my blogskin or do something to those pictures so they fit... :( Shoot... But forget it, it's not like it's life-threatening, is it?? Heh heh...
Anyway... Been chatting with a new friend on msn. We really hit it off and now he says I'm his soul sister, which is like a god sister. He's a really funny guy, he talks like Jiv, writes like Seng Chee (I doubt anyone but I remembers who that is) and likes cute emotions like Kelvin (oh, bless Kelvin... I haven't spoken to him in ages). He goes by the name KJ and has a Korean girlfriend (who might become my soul sister-in-law??). Can't believe he's nearly 11 years older than me! LOL He's turning 30 in a few months and he absolutely DETESTS it when I make any mention of his age.... MWAHAHAHA We cheek each other a lot, like, I call him grandpa and he threatens to spank me. He's very cool; I wish I knew more people like that! :D

I love you;

Friday, July 25, 2008

I went on a Barossa Valley winery tour with May on Wednesday and it was so cool!! :D The weather was amazing too! It had been raining or cloudy for the past few days but fortunately, it was sunny and warm that Wednesday. We visited 4 wineries and tasted some of their wines. Before we went to any of the wineries, we stopped at a toy factory first. This toy factory is famous for building the world's largest rocking horse (placed on the front lawn). Note the two people in the lower left-hand corner of the background for scale.

The first winery we went to was also the biggest one, called Wolf Blass. We tasted a Merlot, a Cabernet, a tawny Port, a Muscat and a few others whose names I can't remember. After that bit of wine-tasting, I really shook my head in disgust for my capacity to hold liquor. I had only a few sips from each type of wine and was already feeling delightfully light-headed! Pathetic or what?!

(photo of the Wolf Blass symbol. Quite a majestic creature, is it not?)
We then had a 3-course lunch with the tour. I had Grilled Barramundi for the main course and a berry cheesecake for dessert (yummy!) :) We then went on to three other smaller wineries that were family-ran and more of a boutique style. Dunno what that means but I don't think it matters LOL I don't think I even paid attention to what the other wineries were called coz I was so stuffed after lunch that I didn't really care. Embarrassing...
I'm pretty sure we stopped at the Barossa Sculpture Park after visiting the second winery but don't take my word for it, I'm not 100% certain. Hahaha... The view was magnificent from there! Too bad my measly camera phone doesn't take good enough photos to properly convey its magnificence...

At the third winery, the owners had an old dog that walked kind of strange. The tour guide, Hannah, thought it might have arthritis but the owner said it didn't have arthritis so I don't really know what's wrong with it. I think it had stiff joints or something. The canine was really gentle and friendly, it walked up to me and sniffed my boots and let me pet it too. :) I took some pictures of it.

(That's a pic I took of May when she wasn't paying attention, hehe...)
At the fourth and last winery, I took just one photo of a model wood cabin outside the cellar window.

I had nothing to do on the mini van so I started taking pictures of the scenery as we were driven past it. Here are some of the nicer ones... You'll see my reflection in the photos, some are pretty obvious but some aren't but I hopw you guys will like the pics! :D

(Look at that, how can you not fall in love with a view like that?)

(Another one of the numerous wineries up in Barossa Valley)

(Those trees look like they're being blown sideways by the wind, don't they? But that's how they grew, I swear)
Darn, looks like the picture sizes are too big to fit into my tiny blog frame. Either I'll have to upload the pics again or I'll change my blog skin. Will do it tonight, I promise!

I love you;

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Whoo! Just came back from the pub with some new friends introduced to me by May. Today I went to Nicol's house and I met her two scottish terriers - Wilson and Walter. Get this: Wilson is actually Walter's dad! They are REALLY cute! They kept brushing their beards on the carpet and Nicol said they were just showing off (but showing off what?). We watched some movies together, Never Been Kissed and She's The Man. Loved them both! Fantastic chick flicks, they are! :)
Then it was getting late. May called to ask where I was coz we agreed to meet up for dinner that evening. I told her and she said she happened to be in the same area with her friends too. We met up at Tea Tree Plaza and we zoomed away at supersonic speed, or so it seemed. Her friend Lucas drives like a ... a ... Formula One driver. By the time we reached Adelaide, my knees were weak and I felt a bit nauseous. It was a quick ride though. :D I had dinner with May and 5 other new friends. Then we headed to the Austral for some drinks. The first round, May and I didn't get anything to drink but during the second round, I had a bottle of Smirnoff Double Black which is kind of a fave among girls who prefer sweeter drinks. I think we stayed in the Austral for 4 hours or maybe more! The guys drank a lot. Really a lot. Another girl called Shereen (last year's IS lecturer's name! No wonder I found it familiar!) didn't touch a drop. Good for her, actually! And then I think it was Tallisin (pronounced as "telly-surn" without the "r") who suddenly had the mood for dancing. So we headed to back where the DJ was doing his stuff and some of them danced around a bit. I don't know how we managed to spend four hours in that place but it was achieved. LOL
Throughout those 4 hours, most of the guys kept going out for smokes. The first cigarette Lucas smoked in the car was like living hell but I got used to it after that. And when we finally stepped out of the Austral, the guys got some yiros to appease their rumbling bellies. Then Lucas sent May and I back to the lodge.
Well, it was fun. I mean, it is fun to do this once in a while but - every week? My liver would either shrivel up or go on strike for better work conditions! Anyway, met new people, had a decent night out, been up for... let's see, 29 hours straight and now I'm not even tired. I must have gone beyond tired! LOL

I love you;

Friday, July 11, 2008

I made a new friend, May, from the lodge. She's a girl slightly older than me, from KL. We went to Westfield Marion, one of the "normal" looking shopping malls in Adelaide (by "normal" I mean it's actually in a multiple-storeyed building, not like Rundle Mall which is like putting together several long rows of shops and calling that a shopping mall). I guess it's quite big, by Adelaidean standards. We watched a movie ("Meet Dave") together. The main character (an alien from outer space, played by Eddie Murphy) told a kid that his name was "Dave Ming Chang". Can you imagine? A black guy with a name like Dave Ming Chang?! LOL Apparently, Ming Chang is the most common name on Earth.... *smirk* Basically the whole movie was light and funny and entertaining, pretty cute actually! After we came out from the cinema, we went down on the escalator. Three Aussie kids were standing in front of us. In the middle of the way down, they suddenly sat down on the moving stairs of the escalator and didn't get up in time when we all approached the floor. Damn kids, we nearly tripped over them. My foot was THIS close to stepping on one of the girls' heads already! *roll eyes* KIDS.

I love you;

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

By the way, I received my dad's letter yesterday! He says I can go to the US!!! Yay~~!!!!!!! Ahhhhhh!! I'm going to have a white christmas, I'm going to have a white christmas~~ LOL So excited!!! :D
I will be able to see the Jonas Brothers, the Click Five, Jesse McCartney and whoever else I want to!! YES!! <3 Joe Jonas, here I come~wahaha~
Oh my god, oh my god, ohmygodohmygodohmygod!! Sooo hyped!! Dad, you're the most awesome, coolest dad I know! =) Lurve you so much~ Haha~

I love you;

Alice is going back to Thailand for the holidays so we had dinner as a restaurant called Pagoda before she left. I tried Irish coffee there but I didn't really like it. The alcohol scent was so overpowering! I can't imagine why people like drinking alcohol... And there is actually a perfume called Whiskey which is supposed to smell like whiskey. Why would anyone want to smell like whiskey?? @.@
Yesterday I sat for the Earth Systems paper. I reached the exam hall entrance at the same time as luncheonmeat but I pretended that I didn't see him, to give him a chance to not have to say anything to me. But he said good luck to me so I turned around and feinted surprise and said good luck to him too. He said he would need it.

I love you;

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Today I sat for my first paper, Environment: A Human Perspective. Total time spent on revision: 2 hours. It wasn't my fault that I spent so little revising! Well, ok, it was my fault... but the lecturer misguided me! He said that we could bring notes in so I spent days squeezing everything I could onto 2 sheets of A4 paper. Luckily my friend called me in the morning so I asked her just to make sure. When I realised that we couldn't bring notes in, I was frantic and started cramming stuff from the A4 paper into my memory! I didn't do too bad either~ :D Haha, but no second time...
I went to Borders to try to use my $100 book voucher that I got from participating in the sleep research study. So many books to buy and so little money... LOL I bought an album "Divas", which is pretty cool. I'm listening to it now... Bliss... ;)

I love you;

Friday, June 27, 2008

1. Do you like chinese food?
Of course, how can I not like it? I grew up eating it!

2. How big is your bed?
My size

3. Is your room clean?
Haven't vacuumed it in weeks but it's still clean. That's the good thing about Australia muahaha

4. Laptop or Desktop computer?
Laptop

5. Favorite comedian?
Um, does Ellen Degeneres still count as one?

6. Do you smoke?
No, I don't experiment with any substance that is addictive

7. Does anyone like you?
Depends in what way you mean, probably yes

8. Whats the sexiest thing about Condoleeza Rice?
I haven't the foggiest idea who that is. Sounds like a slimming product to me! (After googling..) Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me! Whoever started this survey is definitely a guy! I don't really find anything sexy about her, if you really must know.

10. Sleep with or without clothes on?
with, of course

11. Who sleeps with you every night?
My fantasy lover, a strapping man with rippling muscles LOL

12. Do long distance relationships work?
Some do, I guess.

13. How many times have you been pulled over by the police?
Zero.

14. Pancakes or French Toast?
Pancakes or French toast what? What's the question?

15. Do you like coffee?
Not really, I drink it only when I need a caffeine boost.

16. How do you like your eggs?
Sunny side up, edges all burnt and crispy. Yummy~

17. Do you believe in astrology?
Weeeellll.... I read it, but I don't really think I hold much faith in it

18. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Erm... Oh, yeah, Alice.

19. Last person on your missed call list?
Nicole

20. What was the last text message you received?
Nicole's text asking if I could cancel the singing lesson for that day.

21. McDonalds or Burger King?
McD, I guess. Come to think of it, do they have Burger King here?? Hmm...

22. Number of pillows?
One. I have only one head, you see.

23. Last thing you ate?
Cheese sandwich

24. Last thing you bought?
Food.

25. What are you hearing right now?
Ah, a song called "Next Time You Fall In Love" by Starlight Express. It's an old song, granted, but it's retro and it's cool.

26. Pick a lyric?
Pick a lyric to what? To sing or what? I pick "Scotch 'n' Soda" to sing and "How Do You Sleep" by Jesse McCartney if it's what my heart really wants to say.

27. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Ugh, I never eat PB & J sandwiches. I just don't like that combo.

28. Can you play pool?
No but I wouldn't mind learning from someone who's good at it.

29. Do you know how to swim?
Argh... no, I don't, how humiliating..

30. Favorite ice cream?
Rum and raisins flavour

31. Do you like maps?
Do you like rocks? Not particularly? Then that's my answer to your question.

32. Tell me a random fact:
I suspect I suffer from OCD but I can't be sure, not without a medical examination. Part of me hopes I have it. Random enough? Weird enough?

33. Ever had a hard on at work?
Excuse me? How's a girl supposed to get a "hard on"??

34. Ever attend a theme party?
Hmm, no. Maybe I'll hold my own.

35. Ever do a keg stand?
Erm no. I don't generally drink beer and I don't generally drink beer in weird positions.

36. Craziest place you've slept after a night of drinking?
I don't drink.

37. What is your favorite season?
In Australia, it has to be the period of transit from summer into fall.

38. What is the first music video you ever saw?
Erm... can't remember. Some dance music thing, probably "SOS" by Dr. Bombay or something by Britney Spears

39. Pick few movie quotes:
"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid." - Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean.
"The kingdom of FAR FAR Away, Donkey? That's where we're going! FAR! FAR!... away." - Shrek in Shrek 2
"I do believe in fairies! I do, I do!" - Wendy, Peter Pan and the Lost Boys in Peter Pan

40. Favorite quote:
"Everyone is a star and deserves a chance to shine." - Marilyn Monroe

41. What is your favorite hangout?
Nowadays... Rundle Mall? My room? The net?

42. Best friend's name?
All my best friends are equal in rank.

43. How long have you known him?
Most of them are "her"s, only a couple or more are "him"s. The oldest one and I go way back ... since Primary school

44. Last time you laughed at something stupid?
Five minutes ago

45. What time did you wake up this morning?
7am

46. Wake up next to anyone?
Yes, my fantasy lover that I mentioned before. :P

47. Best thing about winter?
I don't know, skiing, sticking my tongue out and tasting the first snowflake, making snowmen, making snow angels, skating on a frozen lake?

48. Name a couple of favorite colors:
Cheerful colors, sad colors, calming colors, explosive colors, I like 'em all. I'm a very contradictory person, don't you know?

49. How old are you?
19.

50. What month is your birthday in?
June

51. Do you think pirates are cool or overrated?
The real ones or the ones in movies? I think real pirates are nothing to admire, they are nothing more than highway robbers who work on the sea, that's all.

52. Favorite Dave Matthews Band song.
I don't know, I've never listened to any of their songs before. I might do so when I have the time

53. What are you doing this weekend?
Are you kidding me?! Exam on Saturday, sweetheart!!

54. Who will take this survey?
Probably no one else.

I love you;

Monday, June 23, 2008

I bought a packet of fried shallot from Foodland the other day and guess what? On the back of the packaging, it says "Product of Malaysia" and the packing company is in Mount Austin!! OMG Haha! =D Okay, you may think, "so what? So it's a product of Malaysia. Big deal!" but it is, it is a big deal. I haven't seen enough stuff made in Malaysia here. Everything is made in China, so predictable. So it's like finding a stray dog on the streets - extremely rare! LOL

I love you;

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

What do you do with a card that has fallen off your wall three times, despite the pains you've taken to ensure it stays UP?? The first and second time it fell off, I told myself, ok, maybe I haven't stuck it on as tightly as I thought. Then it happens again. Either it really doesn't want to be on my wall or it just wants to keep reminding me of the person who gave it to me.
Traitor mind that I have, is in cahoots with the card, stirring up rebellious thoughts, unwelcome emotions. The revision class I went to today didn't help either. They weren't there but for some reason, Gill's presence made me remember the very things I wanted to forget.
After the revision class, Gill came over to say hi and for some reason, gave me a hug. That was a sweet gesture though.
I've been accepted to participate in a fatigue study. Cool! :D
Also, the resume I posted online at career.com.au actually got me a job offer! Unbelievable! And it seems like a pretty attractive post too, Customer Service manager. Can you believe it? I stated that I don't have any work experience and yet they want me for this post?? Haha... Not that I'm complaining. My life can only get better from here, no? If I get the job and my dad agrees to let me go to USA, then my life will be perfect! :)
I shall put the card back on my wall. I refuse to give up.

I love you;

Sunday, June 15, 2008

I'm thinking of participating in a summer camp during the next holiday. It involves working in USA for a few months! Although I think after paying for the visa and flight to and fro, I won't have earned much money but it's the experience that matters right? OMG, I'm so excited! I have to write and ask my dad for permission though. Nearly forgot about that, haha! :) You can even choose which part of the US you want to work in! Hopefully my dad will allow me to go! lalala~
If I get to go to the US, I'll get to have a white christmas after all!! That would be so awesome~ =D

I love you;

Saturday, June 14, 2008

I was listening to Jesse's new song, Not Your Enemy, when my friend Alice came over to my room. She said she liked the song but she still didn't like Jesse McCartney. Without me asking why, she continued by saying that was because I kept talking about him. Before that, she thought he was okay but now she hates him. To make things very, very, VERY clear: I haven't talked about Jesse McCartney in front of her for three months except to mention ONCE in passing that his album was coming out soon. I thought it was unfair the way she put it. If she doesn't like him, just say she doesn't like him. Why does she have to keep saying that she used to like him but after I started talking about him all the time, she stopped liking him? And she said that too when I told her his album was going to be released.

I love you;

Sunday, June 8, 2008

I didn't know guys worried about their weight too before today. No. Wait. I take that back. I didn't know guys who didn't need to watch their weight, worried about gaining weight! LOL Times change, I guess...
On about another topic: Wow!! I think Dylan is doing a double degree!! I think he's the only person I know in UniSA who's doing a double degree. Jivesh says he's dedicated and knows how to manage his time well. I say he's amazing. LOL It will take 5 years to complete, like, OMG!

I love you;

Friday, June 6, 2008

My birthday was perfect! :) Haven't had so much fun in ages!
I slept really really early on June 4th (at 3pm in fact) coz I was tired and upset about the birthday card matter. I woke up at 00.10am on June 5th! So I didn't miss much of my birthday LOL. I didn't do it on purpose but I just happened to wake up at that time. I went online and Jivesh wished me happy birthday. He even cut a cake and showed me on the webcam. He managed to cut his finger with his sword (eeks!). He said the blue icing on the cake tasted like soap even though I think it's supposed to be blueberry. Haha! Then he ate the cake and said it was delicious. I asked if it tasted like blood. -_- Given his bloodthirsty tendencies, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the actual reason! XD Anyway Jiv thought he had a chinese paper to sit for later that day so he asked me to wake him. It took 4 calls to wake him, if I remember correctly. Afterwards he went to uni and hunted for the teacher for ages! He finally found out that the exam was the next day... @.@
I went to uni for the 8am earth systems lecture. On the way there, I kept telling myself that I would be happy that day and it worked like a charm! I was all smiles, if I keep it up, pretty soon I''ll be called Miley too! LOL Received quite a few birthday greetings and hugs from my friends! First hug was from Cameron, which made me realise how tall the guys really are! I always thought he was medium height but when he gave me a hug, my face was squished in the middle of his chest! My head didn't even reach the top of his shoulders! -_- Then Craig gave me a hug, which was even worse coz Craig is a HUGE guy! Then I think the next one was... erm, I can't remember already... Dylan then came out from the lecture hall. I didn't see him come in that morning but apparently he did. He smiled with me and asked if it was actually my birthday that day. I said it was so he said happy birthday to me. I think he's nice. :D Desmond thought his name was Matt but that was another person I guess. I found out Dylan's name in our last EAHP tutorial while he and luncheonmeat and another guy called Clint did their presentation. Even Dylan wished me a happy birthday that day, but luncheonmeat? He didn't even come for the lecture. Prescott was really nice, he said he really wished he could have come but since he's already got a family thing planned earlier, there was no way to cancel it. He then gave me a hug and Gill did too (I think).
I went home and tried to call my dad but he wasn't answering the phone. I went out at noon for my makeup appointment. It was at Chanel which was awesome! I bought their hydrating mask. Then Alice came and met up with me. We went looking at perfumes. We tried so many scents that we kind of got confused about which one was which. I accompanied her as she had lunch at a Thai restaurant. I bought Chopard Happy (a perfume) from the Regent Arcade.
Afterwards we went back to the lodge and I started preparing myself. Put on the white dress that made me look like a bride (or Cinderella, as I like to think). Tried to fluff my hair up a bit and then touched up the makeup. Alice and I were actually late coz she went back to change into another pair of tights coz it was so cold. She was wearing three layers of clothing while I was wearing my dress which was strapless and my black leather jacket over it and heels only!! And she dared to complain it was cold?! So we missed the bus and had to wait for the next one. We got to Cafffe Amore. Cameron, Matt, Ben, Larysa, Michael and Catherine were already there. They all said my dress was really pretty. :D I already realised that the most of the people I invited were from Mawson Lakes (well, of course, seeing as I don't really know anyone else) and I think Alice seemed really conscious about it too. The only 2 persons who weren't studying at Mawson Lakes were Alice and Alyssa. Kinda matches too, huh? Haha... Alice goes to Magill and Alyssa goes to Adelaide Uni. The rest of the people, two were from other courses and the rest were Sustainable Environments! Desmond is Civil Engineering, of course, Beth is the exchange student from NYC. Cameron said it was like an LBST party. LOL We ordered food which took like 45 minutes to come! Everyone was starving by the time the food came. I had moved to one end of the table by that time and was talking to Nicol, Larysa, Desmond and Ben. I ordered a pan fried omelette which was quite good and had tomatoes and mushrooms in it. Ben had chicken and he gave me two pieces despite my protests that I was stuffed. He said, "Come on, you know you want it." Ahaha, I love chicken, seriously! And that chicken was so delicious!! :D After I finished eating I moved again, this time to between Hong and Matt. The cakes came out and there were fizzles on them. They sang happy birthday to me and I asked me to blow the fizzles out. That was impossible to do since fizzles are NOT candles. I tried twice anyway but laughed too hard and couldn't do it. Both times, I blew for one second and burst out laughing. The whole cake was a tropical fruit cake while the half cake was white chocolate mud. Most people wanted the white choc one and the poor tropical one was only half eaten. Afterwards, we asked for the cake to be put back in the cake boxes so we could bring it away. Desmond helped me to hold it for a while but then he had to go home early coz he's got class the next day. So he handed the cake box to Cameron who really didn't want to hold it. He was kind of ungentlemanly about it actually... The rest of us went on to the pub. We had to show ID at the door and I didn't have the right type so I couldn't get in and everyone came out again. We tried the place at the Casino but again, it didn't work. When we went to the Casino, they told me to take my jacket off coz I looked older that way. Nicol held my jacket for me. Then we thought of the uni bar at Adelaide Uni. Four of us walked over there, while the other four had to get their cars. Well, actually two girls had to get their cars and two others went with them. Nicol forgot to return my jacket to me so I walked all the way to Adelaide uni in my dress and heels, feeling like my carriage had turned back into a pumpkin. LOL I wish I knew what the temperature was though... We got into the uni bar without any hassle (since it was the uni bar, no one was checking for ID). The guys had some drinks but we girls didn't. Nicol did ask me if I wanted to try vodka but I wasn't quite ready for alcohol, to be honest. I want to adopt the Australian culture but not THAT much. One girl whom I didn't know came up to me and said she loved my dress! <3
We sat there for a while, then we girls left at around 5 minutes to 10pm. Larysa took a taxi home while Catherine drove me and Nicol. Nicol said to drop her off at the bus stop but we waited with her coz it was already so late and so cold. We waited more than half hour for the bus. Three of us just huddled together on the bench. Several times, a group of guys (some were drunk, some weren't but it was still kinda scary) would walk past. Finally J1G came and Nicol got on the bus. Catherine then drove me home. I reached home at 10.50pm.
The whole day was amazing, really. It was so much fun! Thanks to everyone who made my 19th so memorable! XOXOXO

I love you;

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The thing I've been expecting happened. I am sad about it but since part of me already anticipated such an ending, I feel a calm acceptance as well. Moving on! :D

I love you;

Monday, June 2, 2008

OMG I can't wait for Thursday! I've bought the perfect dress to go to my dinner in and I've made the reservations and all the invites have been sent (including lucheonmeat's)! All that's left is to WAIT. I now am worrying about whether he'll come or not... I wish I had asked him but I chickened out at the last minute again. ><

I love you;

Sunday, June 1, 2008

I went to Hahndorf (finally) on Friday with Nicol. The bus trip made us both a bit queasy but it didn't matter coz we were catching up. Nicol told me about her brother Devon's 21st birthday and how he got to ride in a Ferrari. The Ferrari belonged to a man who owned TWO Ferraris man!! Damn loaded guy! Haha... The journey up the hills took about 40 minutes and when we stepped off the bus - we got that sense of tranquility and peace just from standing there! The first shop we saw and walked into was a chocolate shop called "Chocolate". How obvious is that? LOL I absolutely adored all the chocolates they got there! Fantastic and yummy looking! There was even a product called "Naughty and Nice", which were two pens filled with chocolate and strawberry cream that you could use to draw on your partner's body. Heh heh.. that's why it's called "Naughty and Nice"! :P
We had lunch at a German restaurant which was really bustling and the waitresses were struggling to serve everyone as quickly as they could. We waited for our hot apple strudel for 15 minutes but that was alright coz we were quite full from the squid schnitzel so it gave us time to digest the food first. :)
Afterwards, we went on looking in the shops. We came across this shop selling Scottish coat of arms and mugs and emblems and generally Scottish stuff. Nicol bought a keychain for the Forbes family for her dad coz he is really proud of being Scottish! I saw luncheonmeat's family name too.
We had to leave quite early (at 3.30pm) coz Nicol was going out to dinner with Scott's (her bf) family at 5.30pm. We sat on the wooden bench and waited for the bus to come. When it did, it just went past us without stopping! We looked at each other and then at the bus again. Oh, the bus had stopped about a few feet ahead. THAT was the bus stop! The sign was completely blocked by a tree and we didn't see it at all! We both felt so silly and started laughing as we walked towards the bus. Luckily the driver didn't say anything... :)
We had a great time together and plan on going back there soon!

I love you;

Friday, May 30, 2008

Iced coffee. I could learn to love the stuff. I really could. Maybe... perhaps... someday I'll find the perfect iced coffee and the perfect person to share it with. :D

I love you;

Had a weird dream last night. Dreamt that I was married to this guy. Yeah, MARRIED! Can you imagine?! Yea, and anyway, we must have been on honeymoon or something coz I remember a photographer taking our pictures. We were standing outside a barn and it was a really hot day. After standing there for quite some time, I was sick of it so I turned to him and burrowed my face in his chest (he's got a really good chest, by the way, nice, firm and muscled. He's got a 6 pack too, can you believe it?! Haha.). He was worried that he smelled bad coz he was sweating from the heat but he actually smelled really really good! :D I told him so. Ok, there's more but I'm just gonna skip it coz the point about this whole dream is that the guy in my dream is luncheonmeat. I haven't had dreams about him for ages, I can't understand why I'm starting again. Hopefully this will be one exception and I won't have any more dreams like that in the future.

I love you;

I've invited a lot of people to the birthday dinner, even those who I don't really know. I mean, those from Sustainable Environments that I've spoken to are alright, at least I know them but I've also invited Desmond (a guy from Sabah that I just got to know yesterday), Prescott (or Nick, depends on what I want to call him), Eric, and.. ah shoot, I forgot this guy's name already. Anyway, these four guys are from Civil Engineering. I got to know the last three guys thanks to Gill and guess what? They're Luncheonmeat's friends! *smirk* I asked them to let him know about the dinner so he could rearrange his plans for next week. There's nothing like planning ahead for the future. HAHAHA. I really hope he will be able to make it. I've got great hopes for that day. After all, I'm the birthday girl, right? How can anyone refuse any reasonable request of mine?? Heh heh heh... :D
I've also invited Dani, Catherine, Matt, Cameron, Louise. I can't believe I didn't manage to give Abdul the invitation! Oh well, I'll give it to him next week. I'm wondering, should I invite Mark too? He's quite nice really but I've already invited too many guys... Arrgghhh, what to do?? The thing is that, I'm writing invitations to the friends I'm inviting and when those who aren't invited see it, they ask questions so I've to invite them too. I need to get more girls though. I think I'll ask Larysa and Hannah. Actually it isn't really my fault that there will be more guys than girls, after all, Mawson Lakes campus has more guy students than girls. Right, I nearly forgot Beth, the girl from NYC. Got to ask her. Erm... what if on Monday, I find that the guys with luncheonmeat are a different group? Do I have to invite them too? Oh well, just ask them all. My friend even suggested that I stand up during lecture and announce that everyone is invited! *faint* She told me that during GIS lecture so I turned around and look at the people there - I didn't even know half of them! @.@ I replied, "I don't think so, I don't even know half of this lot!" And we need two cakes if everyone I've invited show up! This is going to be the best birthday ever!! :D The most confusing one, more like, I still can't remember what that guy's name is! And his name was the one I thought was easiest to remember...

I love you;

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Luncheon meat. Hahaha... That would be a nice nickname. LOL Jiv, you really made me laugh so hard when you pronounced his name like that! That was gold, seriously. =D
I managed to mess up Operation Damage Control (as usual). When will I ever start acting natural around him? When I'm six feet under?? No thanks. *sigh*
Anyways, stop thinking about how pathetic I am when I talk to him, stop thinking about how nervous I am that I can even forget how to flirt when I talk to him. I'm having my birthday dinner next week! I can't believe I'm turning 19 soon!! God, I'm getting old... -_- If only my dear dear Agnes, Hannah, Caryl, Kelvin, Jivesh, Nicholas, Fen Wei, Shi Yin, Yvon, Li Ping, Bao Ling could come... Haiz... You guys... I miss your cute faces heaps! =( For now, I think I'm inviting like 11 or 12 persons, most are people that I know from uni, a few are from the hostel. So far, I've asked Ebonee, Ben, Megan, Name (she's Thai), Alice, Gill (yes, Gill, I did it on an impulse while I was waiting for "luncheon meat" to come out of the lecture theatre, haha), Dani. The ones I haven't asked are... Hong, Nicol, Louise, Michael, Shane, M, Thaki (nickname KFC), "luncheon meat". Wow, I think I added a few more persons unconsciously. That makes 15 if they all can come! I'll ask Hong and Louise and Shane and Michael on Thursday. And I'll call M and Thaki up any evening. I'll invite Nicol when we meet up at Hahndorf on Friday and I shall ask "luncheon meat" on Monday. Should I just invite his friends too? Like,I'll ask him whether he'd like to come and then say to his friends, "Hey, you guys want to come too? The more the merrier, right?" Or not? I don't know... Hmm, who else have I missed out? I feel like I've missed someone out but I can't be sure... Should I invite Vicky? I don't think she can come but still... See, that's the way I ramble on when I talk to "luncheon meat", I'm like a machine gun. And he always takes so long to respond and I feel like I need to fill up the gaps. I think Name, Alice, Shane and "luncheon meat" won't be able to come. ESPECIALLY "luncheon meat"! Urgh... Well, I have to ask anyway. Who knows? He just might turn up. =D

I love you;

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Has anyone ever met temptation? Let me tell you: temptation wears the colour blue and has hitherto unsuspected muscles. Damn hot!! =D =D
Urgh... I'm so hungry right now but uni cafe has closed and I don't have enough coins to buy stuff from the vending machine. GOD... I'm hungry and I can't stop thinking about "temptation". Dammit. Why have I never seen his muscles before?? So friggin' hot looking. 0.o

I love you;

Monday, May 26, 2008

Today after Human Perspective lecture, I went to the library to do a bit of work and then went online at the comp room before I went home. When I was at the train station waiting for the train, I met Ben and the Egyptian guy. Ben introduced me as "Mary Jane" then he said it was just a nickname and my real name was actually Janet. The Egyptian guy didn't get it, for some reason. He asked me twice if my name was really Mary Jane. Ben and I had to explain TWICE to him that it wasn't my real name. LOL Egyptian guy's name is Abdul, btw. We chatted quite a lot on the train coz he was heading into the city, like me. I was telling him that I never went to Fleur's Biodiversity lecture at 4.30pm coz it was so late and by the time the lecture is over, it's dark already and besides, I can just get the notes off the course homepage. He asked, "So you don't have to attend the lectures to be qualified to sit for the exam?" except he didn't make the question quite as clear and I had to ask him to rephrase it. There was an older guy sitting opposite me who was next to Abdul (coz Abdul was opposite me as well) who laughed at our convo about not going for lectures. We said quite a few funny things actually! Haha... Then he joined in our convo we started talking about seeing penguins in the zoo. He told us that we could see them at Kangaroo Island. I said I went there in the summer but didn't see one single penguin at all. And then we discussed the transexuals in Malaysia. We talked about lots of stuff actually, even cocaine and the term "戴绿帽'' and bumiputera rights. I know, really deep stuff huh? It's amazing how intellectually stimulating that was. And I'm not being sarcastic. Afterwards we walked into the city together, still discussing whether you should or should not do a course you're interested in. It was quite a debate, I can tell ya! As we reached Rundle Mall, I remembered Nicholas's suggestion. So I told Abdul I was going to Starbucks and we parted ways. I tried the green tea latte coz Nicholas told me it was quite good. It was alright actually. Tastes like green tea with hot milk. I scalded my tongue and now it's tender and I have to eat really carefully or else I might burn it again. Haha..

I love you;

OMG Thank god for the king of damage control!! If this works out (as in my reputation can be salvaged), I will always be indebted to you, Jivesh!! You are a genius, I swear. Thanks thanks thanks! =D
Shall keep you posted. Keep your fingers crossed for me, everyone, and hope for the best!

I love you;

Sunday, May 25, 2008

I was reading a friend's blog post and it was about how he would spend the last hour of his life. It made me think about how I would spend the last hour of my life. Definitely the first 35 minutes will be spent with my family (my dad and my uncle's family). 15 minutes to thank and show appreciation to my friends. I'll spend the last 10 minutes with the person I love. But then I started thinking: what if I can't find him? It will be chaos during those last few minutes, everyone will be looking for somebody, what if I can't find him? Will I die searching for him yet never finding him? Will I die alone? Will my spirit never be put to rest?
The thing about the "deadly myths of love" is that I never assume that the three rules hold and never have felt that way. Every time I look for love, I look for a person who has all the good qualities I'm searching for in a life partner, not some perfect guy that cannot possibly exist except in romance novels. But sometimes, love just sucks. You think you've found an amazing person who is smart, good-looking, nice enough and has a great attitude about life, you think that nothing could possible go wrong this time THEN you're proven wrong. What can go wrong WILL go wrong, as if just to spite you. He turns out to be an asshole, a loser. And that's when you go, "Dammit! How could I have been so wrong?" but in a deep dark corner of your heart, you still aren't completely convinced of his asshole-ness and part of you still wants him to be The One. But of course, most of the time, he never turns out to be The One and he suddenly starts dating some girl who isn't even that great. By this time, either you're thinking, "He could do SOOO much better! He could have me! Is he blind or what?" or "Meh. I knew he was a loser." or your friend might find out about him dating someone else and say something like, "Why? Is he completely mad?". I don't know, maybe he really is totally bonkers! Meanwhile you find out that this guy you've known for for ages has always held a torch for you but you just don't feel the same way about him no matter how you try. Therefore I go back to my conclusion: love sucks. My advice? Stick to one night stands, things stay simpler that way and your heart will be safe. Oh, come on... I don't really mean that! I'm a staunch believer of "true love" no matter what. Either he'll see the light eventually or you'll find someone else just as good as he is (never hold the belief that you'll find someone better than him). Don't ever settle for second best because you'll come to regret your decision one day.

I love you;

Can anyone sprain their butt? Apparently they can! Well, I seemed to have done so anyway. It happened this morning, when I stood up from my chair, it hurt and afterwards whenever I walk, it hurts. Alas, my butt has betrayed me... How sad. LOL
On another topic... I'm thinking whether to continue in the EPM (Environmental Protection and Management) stream. Or should I switch to BPM (Biodiversity and Park Management)? There are two advantages in not switching: one, no hassle for me, I don't have to talk to the head of NBE (Natural and Built Environments) and two, there are some courses (AKA subjects) that I have a slight chance of attending with FYL... On the other hand, BPM seems more interesting so I really don't know what to do... Arggghhhh.......... EPM? BPM? One different letter in the short form only yet so different. Divine guidance needed.

I love you;

Saturday, May 24, 2008

I went out today to get Louise's birthday present as I was going to attend her birthday dinner afterwards. I ended up doing a lot of shopping too! Bought a cream coloured cable knit vest, a brown lacy dress, a knitted scarf. Haha! =D
And afterwards took the bus to Tea Tree Plaza and waited for Ebonee to pick me up. Then we went over to the Mint Cafe Bar to meet Louise and the rest of her friends. Louise was dressed really pretty, she was wearing a yellow strapless dress and lots of silvery jewelry. She looked just like a princess! =) The dinner was supposed to start at 7pm but we had to wait for some of the people to turn up and by the time all of us placed our orders (You have to go the counter and order yourself. So weird.), it was already 8.05pm. I heard that the cafe closes at 9pm so we joked that we would have to eat really really fast. When my food came (chicken supreme), I was so hungry. The last time I had eaten was at 10am so you can imagine... Oh yeah, when the chicken came, there was a drumstick bone on it. (Every chicken supreme was like that) I poked the bone a couple of times cautiously, earning some laughter from the people who saw me do it. And when I was eating the chicken, I cut it in too big pieces and I couldn't stuff it in my mouth (I've got a small mouth) and I had to drop it back onto my plate and cut it again. LOL
The dinner was pretty good and I enjoyed myself. =D

I love you;

Friday, May 23, 2008

My future husband: Joe Jonas. He's the one in the middle. Isn't he cute? Cute and talented, the kind of guy I like. *smirk* He's the same age as I, his birthday is August 15. I'm in love again! LOL
Hah! And guess what I found out? Joe doesn't like coffee, just like me! ^^

I love you;

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

You won't believe what I saw yesterday! I was walking to the bus stop on Currie Street to catch the bus home (after uni). I was walking past this other bus stop and heard (before I saw) an Australian woman hollering at an Asian high school kid. She was screaming, "SAY SORRY!" He said sorry once and was going to walk off with his friends but the woman still wasn't satisfied, she continued to scream, " SAY SORRY! YOU BANGED YOUR BAG INTO A FOUR-YEAR-OLD'S HEAD (her kid) AND YOU'RE GOING TO JUST WALK AWAY?! SAY SORRY!!Her husband was angry too but he wasn't as worked up as she was. Her face was red all over and quite a few blood vessels were standing out. I was stunned into silence and looked towards the teenage boy, who looked like he was secretly quaking in his boots. Poor boy, I would be too if I were him. Having someone scream at you at the top of their lungs in the middle of the streets where everyone else was staring at the commotion is definitely NOT a very calming experience. He'll be scarred for life (hahaha...)! I noticed that people from across the street were watching this episode too. I'm just glad I wasn't that high school kid or the child of those parents. Can you imagine being brought up by people like that? If that's what she's like over incidents like that, I think I would be mortified every single day when she has these outbursts. JESUS.
My hands are trembling a bit from describing what happened.

I love you;

Monday, May 19, 2008

Ok, I've got good news and ... not bad news exactly. So I did my presentation today right? I was SUPER ULTRA HYPER nervous the whole morning. Even when the other three groups were presenting (we were the last group), my legs were trembling like crazy! And to make things worse, "he" was there and I was absolutely, 300% sure that he was really, truly avoiding me (or pretending not to know me). The presentation went well actually. My friend said I did a good job and she didn't know what I was so nervous about. The tutor said she thought the poem was a nice touch. "He" disagreed with my viewpoint that kangaroos should not be culled. "He" reckons they are overpopulated. Uncool dude. Who cares what he thinks. =P
Gill, thanks for telling me that. You're right. :)

I love you;

Sunday, May 18, 2008

You know what? I SWEAR the weather is playing tricks on me! I mean, I hardly ever have so little work to do and was planning on going to Hahndorf (the small German village which isn't very far from where I live) for a visit but then it HAS to rain on me. All weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is not fair. Blast you, weather!! *shaking a fist at the sky* Anyway, I've been staying home the entire weekend, reading (not studying, just so we are clear on this). Then today when I thought I might do a bit of work, I flipped through my stuff then I realised I have an exercise paper due on Tuesday. Argghhh, damn, if only I had remembered earlier, then I wouldn't have to do it now. =( Actually it doesn't really matter la, since I'm staying home anyway. Hehe... :)
Tomorrow... I shan't think about Judgement Day. This I promised myself already. I shall perform extremely well in my presentation. I shall make it so moving and touching that even the stone-hearted guys in the tutorial won't be able to help shedding tears. My topic being "Kangaroos and koalas... To cull or not to cull?" Darn, why am I beginning to feel nervous? No, DON'T. I know this is insensible (is there even such a word?? let's just go for "not sensible") but I can't help the butterflies in my tummy! I wish I could chase them out so they can at least beautify this earth but they are the ones who chose to stay in my tummy, I didn't force them, hey? (There I go again, the Australian influence.) And I'm babbling on about what? Ok, back to the presentation. I'm going to share with them a poem about kangaroos and I'm going to read it out during the presentation. I don't know if I will read it good enough or not. Need help with it, honestly but who can I turn to? I need someone who can listen to me recite the poem and then give me pointers but let's face it, Andrew (my team member) is not quite the person I would turn to for this kind of assistance. Ugh... I think our presentation will turn out to look like two separate presentations due to the simple fact that he researched on koalas and me, kangaroos and we did our slides separately and I put them together. Oh hell, we are DOOMED!
The butterflies have gone into hibernation for the moment. I shall get my paper done and then go through the presentation once more.

I love you;

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

I love you;

Ok, I'm either really REALLY slow or really REALLY ignorant! I just realised that World Environment Day (WED) falls on my birthday every year! It was actually established in 1972, way before I was born. The WED 2000 was held in Adelaide and the one this year is going to be hosted by New Zealand. That is so cool. I wish I had known about this earlier. =D

I love you;

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Oh yeah, by the way... I'm in love with an Aries man. Enjoy the new song I put on my blog. It's called "La Vie en Rose" and it was used in the movie I introduced a few weeks ago, Love Me If You Dare. Hope everyone likes it coz I do (very much)! It makes the pain my chest ease slightly and makes the hurt more bearable. And that's me being a drama queen again. I'm not actually hurting. -_-

I love you;

Yo, yo yo... Wassup people? I just came back from ma first vocal lesson and it was great! No, I didn't learn to rap on my first class, if you lot are wondering. I just am feeling in the mood for a bit of three-finger saluting right now LOL. The teacher is a really nice woman (actually, more like girl la, she seems quite young) and she smiles a lot, just like me! She's really really petite, even smaller than me and really cute! =D
For the first lesson, we did some warming up, she taught me how to breath so that the air goes deeper. We learned Amazing Grace, well, half of it actually. My teacher's name is Nicole, if you want to know. She says I have the "potential"! =D

I love you;

Judgement Day came and passed. I can't go on finding excuses for myself (and him) anymore. He's not interested and there's nothing I can do about it. I have to try not to sink beneath my anguishes but battle on bravely. Very Dumbledore, yes I know, but can't a girl who's just 失恋 be a bit screwy? Cut me some slack, people!
I don't know what else to say now. Just feel like mourning for this could-be fairy tale which had such potential. But there is nothing for me to bury or cremate except the juice bottle and being an environmentally conscious person, I know that's going to pollute the environment so I'm not going to do that. Can I release black balloons into the sky? I want to do that quite badly...
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne ?
For auld lang syne, my dear,for auld lang syne,we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,for auld lang syne.
The lyrics are inappropriate, true, but the melody suits and that's all matters right now.
ARRRRGGGGHHHH Why can't I find the right words to describe my emotions??? Is it because I've already spent all my emotions last week? I don't know. I think I'm still trying to find this last excuse to delay myself from mourning. I keep thinking that next Monday is the real Judgement Day, so to speak... *sigh* I'm hopeless, aren't I? Oh well, I'll just keep dwelling on in this miserable existence till... an hour later. Why? Coz I've got my first ever vocal lessons coming up! LOL Can't be a sour puss when I go singing.
Okay, change of topic. I received my stuff from Agnes today!!! So excited coz I already forgot what I ordered from Taiwan. Haha... The rose hydrating essence smells SOOOOOO good! =D So does the lavender eye cream. Thanks dear dear~ XOXOXO

I love you;

牡羊星座的男人

田希仁

如果你愛上了一個牡羊座的他，那麼，在你還沒有確定他已經愛上你之前，請不要太過主動對他表示好感。因為對這火星之子來說，世上最有趣的事莫過於「挑戰和征服」。要是由你來採取主動攻勢，那豈不是太無趣了嗎？牡羊座的男人不是很難了解的，只要你稍微冷靜一點，留心的觀察，你不難發現他喜歡女孩什麼樣打扮，什麼樣的感覺。你不妨投其所好，讓他把眼光不由自主的停留在你身上。讓他覺得你對他有些好感，但不要讓他太自信的以為你的一切穿著打扮全是為了他，你應該有一點點傲氣。

當然，我也不是要你冷若冰霜（直率的牡羊不會喜歡太假仙的女生），你該盡量發揮你的優點。

很多牡羊座男人，都像個喜歡炫耀自己玩具的小男生，希望他身邊的女人，美麗、溫柔、聰明、可愛、大方，集所有優點於一身。就好像要比賽誰的機器人功能比較多一樣。你不必擔心自己太能幹會把他們嚇跑，多數牡羊座的男人會以自己的女朋友，或是老婆的成就為傲。他很可能會當著大家的面誇獎你，把你優異的成就告示眾人。不要覺得不好意思，你應該覺得高興才對，這表示他真的重視你，而且開始把你當作自己的人了。在別人面前你可以盡量做一個獨立、能幹的女強人，在他面前才顯露出傳統的小女人本色。如果你能在所有人的面前都是「第一名」，只有在他前退居第二的話，那你就是他心目中的完美女性了。

牡羊座心中理想的愛情是有著濃厚童話色彩的，他喜歡感覺自已像個白馬王子一樣（雖然他或許不怎麼樣帥）。所以，拜託你也得有個公主的樣子（當然你也不見得非要很美）。當你跟他在一起的時侯，請不要嘮嘮叨叨，不要邋邋遢遢、不要哭哭啼啼、不要潑婦罵街，這些醜態會破壞他童話愛情的美感，難保他不會棄你而去，尋找另一個白雪公主囉！

很多牡羊座的男人會給人一種花心的感覺。他始終在尋找夢中的白雪公主，可是天真的他往往衝動的闖入情網之後，又覺得滿心的失望，而每一次愛情的破滅都會造成他很大的傷痛。至於他失戀的原因，一來可能是這個女孩的個性和他距離太遠；二來是因為他自己的個性太自我中心，讓女人覺得受不了。

你可能常常會覺得他好自私，一點都不為你著想。其實，他並不是不為你想，而是他根本沒有想到，他天生就不是那種心思細密的人。

他的反擊力很強，當你們吵架的時侯，他可能會說一些很讓你傷心的話，相信我，他真的不是故意的，那是牡羊座的直覺反應，吵架就是要吵贏嘛！他很可能一說出口就後悔了，可是經常很難拉下臉來，衷心的道歉。不要跟他生氣，放他一馬我保證他心裡會很感激，對你加倍的好。

其實真的要離開一個牡羊座的男人也不容易，他總是會在你氣得半死，決心要離開他的時侯，做一些很天真、很可愛的事，讓你覺得於心不忍。不要跟他冷戰，這種招式不是把一個牡羊座的男人逼瘋，就是把他給逼跑，問題既不能解決，對你也沒有什麼好處，對不對。

想要真正得到一個牡羊座的男人，在開始的時侯的確要付出許多，除了要具備足以吸引他的優點之外，你還要無怨無尤的接受他的缺點，原諒他的錯誤。直接又衝動的牡羊座，往往會在外面遇到一些挫折，這時侯，你要讓他知道你是永遠支持他的，永遠是跟他一國的，那就很有機會白頭偕老了。

當你真正成為他的妻子，你會相信你所付出的一切是有代價的。牡羊座的男人很有責任感，一旦他娶了你，他會把照顧你當作是他終生的職責，他會寵你，他會覺得你過得好他才有面子。他雖不會很細心的體會你的情緒，但是他也不會在家事或金錢上，對你有什麼限制和要求。而且除非你執意要離開他，否則牡羊座的男人很少會離棄他的妻子。他的個性的確很自私，不過如果他把你包含在他自私範圍之內的時侯，那你就真的有褔了。

我有一位好朋友嫁了一個牡羊座的男人，他們剛開始交往的時侯，所有的朋友都反對，因為那個男人實在太花了，女朋友一個接一個的換個不停；就連他們交往的時侯，仍然不斷的傳出他和別的女生拍拖的消息。

可是我的朋友卻不為所動，她從來不跟他吵鬧，也不調查他的行蹤。甚至有一次我們在路上碰到他牽著一個女生的手，她還是跟他笑一笑點個頭，又跟我們繼續逛街了。不過，從這一次之後，我們再也沒有聽說那個男生的誹聞，沒過多久，他們結婚了。他每天按時上下班，努力的工作，他的事業發展的很快，偶爾出去應酬也是很早就回家了，賺的錢多數都交給了老婆。上回遇到那位朋友的時侯，他滿臉洋溢著幸褔的光采，我們很好奇，不知道他是用什麼方法馴服那隻花心的牡羊。她說那次在路上遇到他之後，她寫了一封信給他，把他的風流韻事一一列出來，表示所有的事情她都心知肚明。然後她告訴他，她認為自己的容忍已經到了極限，如果再有類似的事情發生，她將永遠的離開他。這一招才真的獵到了牡羊座男子的心。

所以囉！不要害怕你會把你的牡羊男子寵壞了，你對他的愛愈多，包容愈多，他就愈離不開你。偶爾發個小脾氣，撒撒嬌是可以的，真的跟他生氣可就划不來了。牡羊座的男人很少是成熟世故的，他的童心一世不改。

對了，牡羊座的他花錢是很大方的，對你當然也是有求必應，你可得替他守著一點。他跟朋友在一起的時侯總是有搶著付帳的毛病，那是他天生喜歡做老大的習慣，恐怕一輩子都很難改。如果能力負擔得起，你就由得他去吧！不要在朋友面前讓他下不了台哦！記著：永遠讓他覺得他你最愛的王子，那麼就算你已兩髮斑白，你仍是他之目中的寶貝公主。

牡羊座的男人與「性」

牡羊座的男人通常在「性」方面，仍保持了他的自我本位和孩子氣，他的性慾通常很強，當他有所要求，而你卻拒絕時，他會覺得非常掃興，甚至於生氣。他不會很喜歡調情，希望立刻進入戰場。牡羊座的男人多半在這一方面很有自信，他始終在等待你的讚美。他的性愛方式是激烈的，或許你會覺得他不夠有情調，因為女性總是喜歡事前的調情和事後的枕邊細語。為了你們的性生活愉快，建議你不妨讓他負責主戲，而前後段調情由你主導。

你應該試著學習他，去享受「性」，而不只是配合而已。對於牡羊座的男人來說，「性」是有趣的，如果你讓他覺得索然無味，他很可能在外面尋求滿足。不過，這不表示他變心了，他通常不會把「愛情」和「性」混為一談。

牡羊座的爸爸

當你的牡羊座男人做了爸爸之後，你會發現他根本就跟孩子一樣叫你「媽咪！」。他的孩子氣表露無遺。

牡羊座的男人通常寵孩子的情況比教育孩子多。他可能會對孩子過度保護，你得注意不要讓他影響了小孩的獨立性。他會比較像孩子的「老大」而像「爸爸」。千萬不要因為孩子而忽略他，不管在任何情況下，他都希望他是你心裡的「最愛」。

I love you;