Yeahzoomzoomzoom.
This week has been nothing but ZOOMZOOMZOOM for me. M + D+ K + I have been rushing around Sydney trying to get everything ready before we leave - eg cancelling our paper delivery for 1.5 months, buying quality uggs for various members of the extremely large family overseas, lanolin stuff (ew ew ew), finding a place to take a good family photo and developing many copies =.=.
UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY D DECIDED WE WERE TOO BUSY TO DRIVE UP TO FORRESTER'S BEACH. So we just hung around in the backyard sweating our asses off drilling wood into whatever out side gate is made of. D's paranoid that during our trip, it's going to collapse and give robbers a good entry, but I beg to differ. Firstly, when I climbed over that gate a while ago, I found it damn hard. I pushed and shoved, heaved and sighed, but the gate didn't budge. In the end I had to stand ontop of the bins and leap over the gate. Dootdidoot.
It was so hot. SO SO HOT. Then afterwards M said "LETS BASK IN SOME AIRCONDITIONING". Instead of pressing a button and turning on the aircon, she dragged me into the car and drove to C court. There I did lots of vegetable/fruit shopping and ate a $5 feed at Maccas. Damn these shopping trips. All I seem to eat nowadays is $5 feeds! WHAT CRAZY ISTHIS?!
But apart from that, I'm cooking a lot more. Which is terrible, really. It's not the weather to be cooking in, unless I'm in a really whacked up kitchen with air conditioning. The only moment of joy I experience is when I'm opening the fridge to get stuff out or put bottles/jars back in. OH the domestic life.
Phone is still dead. R.I.T.P Rest in Temporary Peace, for I am now departing the house to get it FIXED. >:(
Hope you all have a lovely day/week. take caree
Monday, November 30, 2009
Zoomzoomzoom
Saturday, November 28, 2009
TEETH-erific Plans
Dental appointment tomorrow. I hate dentists. They really love to poke around my sensitive teeth and make me scream inside really, really loudly.
What's worse is that I think it's either at 8 or 9 in the morning. Ridiculous hour. We're stuck with these stupid times because we didn't book early enough as everyone's rushing around trying to get their eyes/teeth fixed before they leave the country for holidays.
WHT
Woke up at 8, got on my day clothes (hair + face + teeth) in less than 5 minutes. I had a big day today... washing dishes. *gag* However, I'm just glad I didn't get stuck with sweep/vacuum/steam chores today. To successfully clean a house to my expectations (I don't normally clean, I like living in my pig stye- but when I do, I like it to be extremely clean), I take hours.
Soaked everything in uber hot water, then hand wash with detergent, then pop into the dishwasher = voila clean dishes/bowls/cups/etc. Then comes the ritual of cleaning the sink, cooktop and cupboards, because- well, maybe it's just our place, but when the place is sticky or sweet, a mass of ants will invade the kitchen and that is super bad news to everyone.
Just when I was washing our sponges, I heard some rapping on the door. I answer, its Sam. A minute later, we (Sam, Cat, I) are heading towards E.station. Bought our tickets from a really nice (what are they called.. ticket master? lol) guy sitting at the booth selling train tickets (==; wow, feel so braindead after watching so much tv) and got to H.station in NO TIME. Then we switched trains, got to W.station. HOLY CRAP. SUCH A GOOD LOOKING PLATFORM. Have you ever seen trees sticking out of the ground where waiting benches are meant to be?
Driven to bleb's place and commenced out One Tree Hill Season 2 marathon where we watched Nathan and Haley battle out their relationship + lotsa nasty comments coming from me. :)
It's not fun watching teen dramas by yourself. Especially ones that go for 7 seasons. I shall go on to mention some of the highlights of season two. Some of you *cough bleb* may not agree with what I think [about Felix] but too bad :)
HIGHLIGHT #1. Seeing 2 players soften up and get together
HIGHLIGHT #2. Seeing Felix. Yes. Felix.
HIGHLIGHT #3. Dan getting a heart attack.
HIGHLIGHT #4. Mimicking Whitey/CMM's gayish accent. OH and the way Peyton says awkward "akwaRRRd"
HIGHLIGHT #5. Bitching about Haley because she infuriates me so much.
AAAHHH teen dramas. I cannot wait until the adult seasons. Will be watching Flash Forward soon. WOOHOO.
OKAY. So today I realised how much I like to munch on stuff while I'm watching tv. At home I'm used to munching on nuts + fruit + junk, but lately we've been lacking in the latter, so I've been munching alot on cereal. However, today we munched on cucumber and carrot sticks. Oh and a couple of bags of asian chips. Which are fantasmo. Hostess' parents prepared an uber aesthetically appealing meal for us (presentation! trays n all!!) but I was being stupid and obsessed with helicopter tv shows so I forgot to pack my camera. 8)
MANY THANKS TO BLEB :D:D Sam and Cat for another really fun tv day. :)
Moving along, today I'd also like to talk about LOVE for materialism. Since I was very, very young, Material Girl has been one of my feel good songs ;D (At first it was just catchy- but now.. it's still quite catchy :) I find that I'm a highly materialistic person- I love my technology (even though it does hate me sometimes), I love my toys, my stationery, and well, of course my favourite actors. Without it, I feel bored and empty I guess. My phone has been dead for the past couple of days and I guess I'm devastated because I use my phone alot more than I should. I rely on my phone to check most of my emails- the occassional twitter, the rare blog post, the latenight facebook, and of course my love to communicate via text and calls to friends. Without it I feel REALLY bored and out of touch.
Haha. And now my parents have virtually taken over my laptop (link to tv to watch) and going on the net from the PC is slow and such a bother- I feel like it's harder to keep doing what I normally do on a school day. What triggered me to really think about it today, was when I found my Samsung Z400 (mobile) in my drawer. Earlier this year it was damaged and we figured it was cheaper to just go on a plan and ditch my original phone. This is going to sound really weird- but I regret not fixing my old phone because I really love it. The entire design of the phone is just so ME and the monkey dangling off it doesn't suit any other phone- perfect size, weight, the buttons are really nice to press, and the camera is of surprisingly good quality.
Shan't talk anymore. Miss you guys :) but at the moment, I'm missing my book more. Almost finished The White Tiger. Finally. :)
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Something to read
Someone's been telling me no one's blogging nowadays. I was under the impression no one was reading anymore- so I have been enveloping myself in my TVB dramas (the helicopter one with Ekin Cheng!).
Hope all you schoolies people have lots of fun (tell winnie to wear socks at the beach so her feet can stop getting darker!) On the weekend I might drive up and spend a day with you Forrester's people- if my dad can be bothered to supervise me. I haven't driven in AGES. :D I want to drive to Melbourne too ! But I doubt I'll have time to before we jet off.
Only a couple of days left. Well. more than that :) But it feels so, so, SO close.
I've been reading The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga- and apart from being a tad confusing and disturbing at times- it's quite an enjoyable read. Still haven't finished yet. Which is surprising- I usually finish books in a day or two. Need to purchase another book for my plane rideee- any good recommendations? I'm actually not to big on action-ish books now. Turning into an old lady- not appreciating Matthew Reilly as much as I used to ... bahaha.
I may have mentioned this yesterday- but I have a new friend living in my room :D:D:D HIS NAME IS ED WESTWICK and I say hi to him everyday. Toobad he can't talk.
UH oh. I just got a conflicting IP address message. Does that mean someone's stealing my net ?! O_O;
Shall investigate later.
HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE!
ANOTHER ONETREEHILLMARATHON TOMORROWWWW
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
flyyy
Everyone's flying off for the holidays or going on schoolies. It's still a good two weeks before I depart- and I just can't wait.
Just posted here to announce I am totally prepared to blog when I'm o/s. Started a LiveJournal (another blog ==;) and will be posting there when I'm in Shanghai because apparently blogger/wordpress don't work there :(
I'll also add it to my blogring list on that side ->
And some other people who are o/s already have their livejournals up and ready for reading.
Hating Optometry
Sup dudes + dudettes.
I am hating optometry. Because it is so darn complicated. Since Monday last week- I've had 5 optom appointments.
Stupid eyesight. If only it was a recessive gene- and I was a homozygous gened baby. Oh woe is me and my 2.5mm thick (super thinned already) lenses and my super soft jelly-like silicon contact lenses.
Digressing, today, I resumed my role as domestic goddess within our household. Before the greatest bff came over to watch hilarious (omg, MEI LURY CHU FORNG) HK tv cooking shows, I immersed myself in one of the greatest of all time cleaning sprees of my life living in this house. No one is a frantic cleaner in our household except my dad- the clean freak (except on my desk- he litters it with paid billing invoices, etc. Such a pain in the neck). The last time I majorly cleaned up (ie sweep + dusting + vacuum + steam + wipe, etc) was when I had a smallish "house warming" party- where a bunch of us just played mah jong which sucks btw. So boring. D: So loud.
My room is so beautifully empty. All my stuff is shoved in my wardrobe or the hole in the wall which has no shelves.. or nicely tucked under a sheet on the upper bunk. 8)
Hmm. I have the Disney costume party on this Thursday- and I'm still wondering who I should go as, and whether I should go altogether. I glanced at the emailing list- and from the looks of it- no one I know is going, and I'm going to feel like an oddity, wishing I was holed up at home watching more MEI LURY CHU FORNG (lit trans : beautiful women kitchen= hilarious tv cooking show in HK).
What Happened Today (wow, haven't done this in ages)
8am- awoke to K+D+J walking out the door to go to school/work. went back to bed
9am- my alarm woke, dragged myself off the couch (yes, I've been sleeping in the living room!! watching tv until I fall asleep- ahh that's the life)
9.05am- a bowl of cheerios later, I'm bent over the toilet scrubbing and changing the little cake of duck fragrant stuff. I got a good whiff and almost choked to death.
12.30- felt sticky and disgusting but my guest was ALREADY HERE. Cheryl walked all the way from her place :O what a great work out. Luckily today we didn't get utterly horrid weather. I can't believe she walked though (next time just call and we'll come drivinggg)
Then we just sat on the couch and stared at the moving box for a couple of hours. Intro-ed her to VAMPIRE DIARIES (ian somerhalder!) and we watched a bit of HIMYM- Barnman and Robin. And that was about it.
When she left, I hung around with K and J while they were doing HW and played a game called Distraction. It was very fun- but finished about 30 mins later cos D came home and found us almost destroying every single fragile object in her room with our squishy scoobydoo ball + wizard footy. Got busted for running wild with 2 year 9s, so just sulked around until dinnertime.
Man. Dinnertime was interesting. For the first time in a long time, M made soup- non herbal/non awful tasting soup. And for the first time ever, she used pumpkin in it. Also- she boiled some eggs today (have not seen that at home since I dropped my phone on my head a couple of years back and had a green lump on my forehead). D's watching his health and isn't eating foods which are high in sugar and cholesterol, and shoved three egg yolks in my soup. why the heck would someone put stuff in your soup! It's bad enough when they put soggy stuff on your rice (daaamn chinese customs) and taint the wonderfully pure white grains in your bowl!! BUT SOUP!? So I dissolved the yolks into the soup and drank... till I could drink no more. Holy crap- it made me feel so sick. NEVER- NEVER- NEVER EVER EVER dissolve 3 cooked egg yolks in soup and drink it in one go.
This post will end now- or I will go into details and you will all feel a purging sensation.
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Almost starting to miss school D: WHERE ARE YOU ALLLLLL
Saturday, November 21, 2009
So True
Yesterday on the train to Central, I was all by myself, reading The White Tiger. A couple got on at Eastwood and sat behind me. For the entire trip, they did NOT shut up. Even though they were sitting behind me, I could picture very well what was going on because of all the rustling sounds, cooing and disgusting baby/couple talk. CANOODLE SOMEWHERE ELSE. Friggin hell.
I decided that having only 4 hours of sleep justified my rude-ish actions later. I got off the seat, went across the aisle and moved to another free seat, sat down and glared at them for a good 3 seconds before continuing to read. Haa. I was on that same page for so damn long because I couldn't concentrate with them behind me. Thank goodness it is only the minority who are like that. But yes. I just found this vid extremely timely and hilarious. (btw. what's with the latest Penguin Craze)
And note- all this hate that's oozing out of me is directed at those who do really gross things when there are LOTS of people around them (ie on a train which is packed. gross)
Hot day today. Will move laptop to living room to watch DIE again on the big tv, and turn on air con. Mmm. Sounds like a great day. And yaaaay, I have more events on my agenda for next week- hurrah.
Enjoy the weekend guys :)
Ps. Who is the GAYTARD WHO KEEPS PRANKING MY HOME PHONE AND CUTTING OFF MY NET- If I ever find you, I will claw your eyes out and push stones HAAAAAARD into your socket. Damn you.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Crispy
Hey guys and dolls, hope you're all fine and dandy after today's extreme weather consisting of high temperatures and thunder/lightning. Currently sitting at the bus stop at e station waiting for my stupid bus. My legs are burning and turning the most brilliant red. Going to in home, eat and sleep and wait for tomorrow to come. Today, long day, was the most relaxing, and funny one i've had in ages. BUT SUNBURN. NOT COOL BUDDY. should invest in a better sunscreen. :( any good recs? Waiting for the bus is such a tough ordeal now. A new asian convenience store openned right outside, and i'm still contemplating whether I should go in a second time to get another sofa hichew. They cost 88c. what the hell? what at awkward number. but it's nice XD tomorrow's also going to be a scorcher. Gonna hideout in a shopping centre or some place with strong aircon. Stay hydrated!
That time of year again
Almost half past three in the morning. I am still up reading blogs written by women who share stories about kids.
Hilarious. Kids are naive and smart and talk back alot. Instant entertainment.
ANYWAY. I just wanted to say- I LOVE CHRISTMAS. Even though I've never had a real christmas present. The last time there was something under the tree was when I was in kindergarten. There was ONE flat box sitting under the plastic branches. I was so excited I opened it (carefully ofc not tearing the wrapping)- and even more excited to find out it was a game. Connect 4. HAHA. I think we still have that game in one of those huge moving boxes- even after living in this place for 2 years (omg already?!), we still haven't managed to unpack.
Last year, I spent Boxing Day with my cousins Joan, Gina and Jessie, their husbands and their 6 (combined) kids Jacinta, Joshua, Vincent, Monique, Laura and Ryan. I've shared this story before- but I feel the need to share it again. :D Christmas is awesome for kids nowadays.
Back when I was younger, K and I were lucky to have a tree up in the living room. M would put it up to make us happy- D never cared. Somehow, the concept of an old man bringing presents was never intorduced to me properly. I knew he was fake from the start. I've sort of been quite practical from the start. Santa was a myth. I don't think my parents knew about Santa until I was halfway through primary school- chatty phase- where I told my mum everything there was to talk about in the universe. But yeah. We never got Christmas presents- but I was fascinated and I LOVED this game even though now, when I think back, it was a totally stupid game- that wasn't even REAL- 'twas from the local dollar shop.
Last year when I walked into my cousin's house, the kids screamed and swarmed around our kneecaps, seeing what presents we had brought for them. Haha. Spoilt little bubs. I turned towards the living room and whispered "holy crap" when I saw presents OVERFLOWING from under the tree. Unbe-freaking-lievable. It was like Santa's workshop- Finished Goods Room/Ready for delivery. OMG immediately felt a pang of jealousy, but was interrupted by Vincent who struck me on the shoulder with another Star Wars toy. Parents should not show Star Wars to kids under 6 years of age. xD He just kept hitting people with that stupid glowing/noise making stick. I wanted to stick it up him- but I'm a nice "yeeyee" or "jiejie"(whatever they feel like calling me).
Present opening time came along and it was such an enjoyable occassion. The kids weren't used to being photographed- and those holidays, I think I documented my life with that camera. They were jittery from the excitement of present receiving and opening time, and also that I was taking funny pictures of them and showing them the funny expressions they had on their face.
But damn. Each present was huge- the size of a full sized guitar- like stuff you see on television! They were really nicely wrapped with ribbons and labels with the child's name. Ricky dressed up as santa (beer gut- grosssss) in a stupid felt costume :D and the kids pretended it was Santa. They plonked on his knee and said "Thank you Santa" before dragging away their beloved gift.
So yeah. These kids- 6 kids, had 2 aunts and uncles each. You'd think there would be a maximum of 36 presents under the tree. If you did, then you thought wrong. There was more. THESE KIDS ARE SPOILT ROTTEN. TO THE CORE! But they're polite and a whole bag of fun. Jacinta and Monique asked me to join them in fingerpainting flowerpots and colouring in their Disney Princess colour books with their 124 pieces art set- while Vincent and Ryan kept poking me in the back with light sabres (DAMN THOSE THINGS) and Ben10 figurines. (Since we got Go!, I've been watching Ben10 almost daily. I think I know how to stop those kids from bothering me now. :D If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. WOOHOO BEN10 FANCLUB)
Joshua and Laura were still babies and cried alot- I don't like babies. They're ugly and either really love you or really hate you. You can't manipulate them like you can manipulate kids. When you pretend you know about Ben10, the boys will love you and give you a figurine to play with. And with girls, just give alot of compliments- they'll worship you. Oh- they also happen to adore older girls who take an interest in what they do.
J: Beeelllleee
B: Yes?
J: What colour dyu think Cindy's dress should be (Cinderella)?
B: What about green with orange carrots?
J: Green?
B: Orange carrots?
J: I like carrots/
B: Really? I don't. What else do you like? Pink?
J: Yes, I love pink.
B: I know you're wearing a lovely pink dress today. And I just LOVE your room ^^ so pink (gag), and gosh- you painted your nails too (DOUBLE GAG) in pink lacquer.
J: You noticed?
Kids love it when people pay attention to them.
I think I've perfected my Christmas/Boxing day babysitting skills- however I won't be in Aus during Xmas and I'll miss another party with the extended family.
Digressing slightly, Christmas decorations are an important part of this festive season. Some people say its capitalism and it's just a scam to suck money out of people- but it really does bring in the festive mood. My neighbours has started putting up Xmas decorations- and it's quite interesting to see what additional features they add to their front yard every year. Santa on the roof, lights in the trees, roof and windows, Santa popping out of an inflatable fabric box, Santa climbing up the side of the house, little reindeer on the front lawn, etc. Bliss. I love it. I love Christmas. I love how people get so into it. I love CANDY canes, decorating trees, wrapping presents and curling ribbon. However, I don't like eggnog, fruitcake or mince pies.
Ahh seeing sparkly cellophane ornaments dangling off the walls at shopping centres and decorated window displays and signs saying "CHRISTMAS CLEAR OUT" or "END OF YEAR SALE" really cheer me up too.
In China, they aren't too big on Xmas, but the decorations are still there. Present giving is a definite (wth my cousin, Jack in SH is a spoilt as brat who got his first MP3 player when he was 6. WHAT THE HECK), giant displays of trees, or a fat santa, a sleigh full of presents exist in the shopping centres, but outside that- nothing. No home displays of lights, moving santas and reindeer. No carols or Chrismas food. But I love it all the same.
I loveLOVElove Christmas- I know it's still November, but I'm so full of holiday cheer I can't help but talk about Christmas (which was probably triggered by the lack of any good Christmases when I was a child- nof to M & D lol. they sucked at holidays).
HURRY UP CHRISTMAS. COME NOW! lalalalalaaaaaa
Babbled for far too long today. 4am. yikes!
laters alligators
PS. WINTER CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR- Booyah
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Extreme lethargy
Hey folks,
I was typing up a formal post, but I saved that as a draft. Don't feel like thinking/remembering much. I've been so brain dead today.
Finished watching the 20 hour tvb series in less than 2 days. Stayed up until 4, and woke early to finish it. Tomorrow I have plans to stay cool in the freaking 41 degree heat.
Anyway, I started this post because I had an epiphany. In HK, my family (+ cousins) went biking in Shatin. Ohmygosh it was so much fun. CAN WE DO THAT IN SYDNEY SOME TIME?! Seriously, work out + fun = win win. Plus we all probably have our own bikes so ... no need to hire!
I guess the only problem is transport to the biking location.
If anyone wants any full sized photos seen on my fb, just ask and I'll send :) i know some people didn't have cameras that day.
So yes.
D: So hot tomorrow :(
Lotsa fluids and shade- take care!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
我的野蛮奶奶
Omg I love this tvb series. HAHA SO funny. :)
232 photos later...
I have the worst dizzy spell- totally wishing I was allowed on sleepovers/afters/pre's. lol
I think everyone had a good time. FOOD WAS BAD. Sorry to those who thought the creme brule was nice- IT WASN'T. IT WAS JUST A PLAIN OLD EGG/CUSTARD TART! D: Mine didn't even have a scorch mark on it.
ANYWAY- I can't help but think that tonight may have been one of the last time I'll ever see some people D: slightly devastating. :( At least everyone looked nice. If I died on the way home- I would have died in a nice dress. Bahaha.
Speaking of nice dresses-- :O I SAW SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES TODAY; elaborating/photos will come another day. I am way too tired/balls of my feet/some muscle in my calves hurt like crazy. 9cm heels- HURRAH GOODBYE UNTIL 2010. Dear BLEB: hehe 11cm!
Shout out to Marcus & Mr Wong who are both lurkers here (feel free to gimme a shout 8). Both said "I bet you're going to put this [photo] on your blog tonight".
Lalala. Digressing slightly, whenever I'm around Janet/Jero/sim, I get this really, uber, superduper, homey feeling- like in primary school! IT'S SO MAD! :D I love it. Currently I have done ZERO work towards organising a reunion (I really suck at this stuff- every hols I want to, but I don't end up following through)- and everyone's flying off at different times so that sucks.
Bashed into Tim Ho (WOAH BLAST FROM THE PAST)'s mum today at the optom- awkward. Family friends like to converse with me in their home tongue- I find it incredibly hard to maintain a fluent/accurate accent now. When I talk- I feel that sometimes I pronounce specific words, I sound western. D: So, to combat this annoying problem, I will cancel all my plans tomorrow (... cleaning my room) to watch a couple of tvb drama's I've missed out on due to HSC and all that jazz.
Cannot wait.
Till then, I hope you afterparty folk don't party too hard/gettoodrunk/ wake up next to someone you don't want to wake up next to... cos they're smelly or something (mr stinky wasnt stinky- surprising- but I found the "who's your daddy"/sugardaddy attire slightly disturbing. ;D) Right yeah, totally went off topic.
IOW- Miss you all, freaking beautiful people. :D:D
TAKE CAREEE
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Karaoke, Kasumi, Bosco's, Bondi- by night and day
HELLO WONDERFUL PEOPLE
I have been so busy/pooped I haven't really had time to blog. The past few days have been quite fun, and I can't believe the end of the HSC feels so far away already. Hope you're all doing well/ everything is running smoothly. I feel like I've left everything to the last minute- NO NEW CAMERA- but it's okay. I'm considering purchasing a DSLR in HK at Fortress in HK where its cheaper :D. Mum wants a DSLR too because her photography interest is growing at an extremely rapid rate.
So .. yes. This will be interesting.
I realise this post is long overdue-
WEDNESDAY:
Bosco was wonderful and has already posted about this :) READ HERE
My story- Trained from Epping - Central. There was a massive delay because there was some guy who didn't want to get off the train- but was "forcibly removed" afterwards. Took them ages. How long does it take for a bunch of guys to get one guy off the train. T_T; Was supposed to meet the others at Syd K- and I was going to get off at Town Hall- except this train didn't get there; it terminated at Central. So I got off and got on a city circle train. Big mistake. Stopped at Museum, St James, C. Quay and Wynyard before getting to Town Hall. Next time I'm just walking from Central.
Met the others and karaoked.
On the train home- we were uber loud- and borbitch was talking about oral sex and chimpanzees; i looked around, and everyone was giving us disapproving stares. ==;
