After taking an entire lesson or so learning to pronounce his name, and another day or so learning how to spell it correctly- and an AGE learning to write it in cursive without adding an extra "y" or "z" or "i", I can finally stop caring about his name. Whoever the hell thought of putting six consonants together should really learn to spell/read. By proper English err pronunciation, this work cannot be annunciated properly.
Anywho. My dad has been worried about me for the past week. He thought it was strange I was so relaxed. Honestly, after writing over 10 different AoS essays, I was pretty sure I had most of the points in my mind today. I've been a cool as a cucumber :) alot of people have! Not memorising an essay paid off. I've never been good at memorising- I don't recommend it either, and today, not memorising an essay but writing off the top of my head paid off.
The fact that we had to write about ONE related texts did put me off a bit (I'm sure it put everyone off), because I felt like I could have outshined the rest of the state - I had prepared well for this new AoS, and I guess I'm just disappointed all that effort wasn't required. This is why I really hate english sometimes. It's like biology. You learn an entire section in the greatest detail hoping to nail it in the exam- and it doesn't appear in the paper.
But yeah, disappointment aside- just be glad they didn't ask for three (I KNOW- 100% unlikely), but I prepared one just incase? I was also super glad that the Section I was NOTHING like the Knox (?) paper. The one with the bald man... Haaa. Yeah.
I wish I had a better night of sleep though. I went to bed at around 12- was hoping to go to bed earlier, but I just wanted to read over everything twice before bed. Couldn't sleep. It wasn't nerves- it was just.. eugh hard to fall asleep in this weather. Too hot to be in the blankets and too cool to go without. I didn't dare open my eyes to look at the time at all- so I'm pretty sure I'm exaggerating when I say I couldn't sleep for hours. But I did in the end- and at 4.54am I was suddenly WIDE AWAKE. Why?! Normally I'd be in deep sleep at this hour. WHY?! Bathroom? No. Thirsty? No. Too warm? Nope. It had cooled down alot.
Then I heard it.
My dad left his bedroom door open, and I could hear his snoring. My door was shut and it was LOUD AS. So I creeped out into the hallway and closed his door- and went back to sleep. Slept like a baby until 6.45am when I am awoken by a text message.
I get out of bed and read it.
Don't know whether to scream or laugh.
Sorry Cabbage- I really, really, REALLY love my sleep in the morning and sometimes I'm unsure as to whether I'd choose my morning sleep over friends. :D Thanks for the gluck text.
Luckily enough- I was sleepy enough to fall right back into my slumber and slept until 7.30am.
WHT-
Got to school- waved. Half ambushed James (Z) - we were both unaware- I think we scared each other. lol. He was just lurking in the bushes and I happened to be walking past to greet the ex-birthday girl Lis. Handed her the equivalent to a box of roses, 3 easter bunnies, some Pepero, and some Lindt chocolate PLUS a hungry hungry hippo called Alice- exchanged hugs, complained about waking up, and boasted about being calm, etc you get my drift. Pre-exam hyping up time.
Skip Exam. Some BORING things happened- supervisors are kinda weird. I wish the school were more organised and would dish out a bit more money for extra supervisors...
After the exam, there was a complication in our column and sim and I were one of the last few people to leave the hall. It was already something like 11.47ish. Atrocious. We sat there for AGES waiting for the supervisor and she just NEVUR came- except .. before we left of course.
Exam buddies (Sim, Rex and Xining.. ooh Cat I guess) who are basically people who sit around me during the exams and while we're waiting for the supervisor to come, we sort of have some silent discussion about the exam question. Hot topic- one related text, etc. And the essay question- which made me think a lot more than usual. It wasn't as straightforward as I'd hoped, but at least it was just one related text? I sound like a hypocrite, but I mean that in two different ways- but now I'm just confusing myself....
When I was finally free, I think I had a stupid grin plastered on my face which somehow gave my dad (and probably Richard's M) the impression I super aced the exam. Super aced is not exactly it- but I was happy I was no longer stuck in that miserable JC Hoskin Auditorium. Exams in the hall suck. Richard's nose blowing echoes. Thank goodness we didn't have people eating M&Ms (lol Janet! Our convo this morning!).
Wow, I'm feeling quite verbose today. When I saw my friends, I just couldn't shut up today. Really. I had this urge to butt into people's conversation (stopped myself-luckily. lol) and to just jabber on about something unrelated.
AFTERWARDS, M, D and I went to Ewood for yumcha. Samantha.... you should have joined your mum, because she & some other R09 mothers ended up sitting on the table next to us... I stretched out my ear and heard some juicy gossip- not. I wish I could stretch my ears. Gad. I watched fantastic 4 recently- and its hilarious. My cousin thinks I have really bad taste in movies. He's probably right. eehh.
Then I see Michelle (L) while we're grocery shopping and she tells me GAZILLIONS (3 other people) of R09 folk went to Cafe de Macau to have lunch. :( At that point I was screaming "I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT" in my mind. Earlier that day, my dad and I were talking about where we were going to have lunch- and I was thinking of suggesting Cafe de Macau- but I didn't and let my M choose. Even boring places seem extremely enjoyable with friends. ♥ you guys. Not seeing you lot 5 days a week makes me an utterly stupid talker/babbler when I do see you. D:
Go home- have a serious talk with my parents about booking my freaking airplane tickets because they're being sold like hot potatoes and all the GOOD FLIGHTS WILL BE GONE. Called up a couple of places ( I thought I was fluent in cantonese- but freaking asian travel agents use freaking hard words I've never heard of before ) and found out ALL THE GOOD FLIGHTS ARE GONE. My dad is also very against M and I leaving on 21st Nov stopping at TP.
I'm annoyed. I don't see what's so bad about Taipei seeing as I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. Forgive me for sounding retarded, but for once I want to experience something bad MYSELF. (and he sucks. when we were in tokyo, he said 100 yen shops were a waste of time, so we didn't even get to enter ONE STORE)
He doesn't trust asian airlines (except cathay & singapore) either, so he cancelled M's temporary booking- and booked for an expensive ticket that will take us to HK -> Shanghai. I'm annoyed. I didn't even want to go to SH. Going overseas with D is usually all about visiting relatives. We spent 3 weeks in SH once, and freaking hell- had dinner at home like 6 out of 7 days. MAJORLY PISSED OFF. There are plenty of good eats in China- WHY, OH WHY DO WE HAVE TO HOT POT EVERY NIGHT. I don't even speak minimal SH. Infact, I only know Xwords. lol. How do you do, thanks, telephone, toilet, SH, the address for our flat in SH, don't drink alcohol and don't smoke. THAT'S IT.
It is also cold, smelly and people on the roads drive like they are in some kind of super speedy race (don't keep up with racing. V8? ISNT THAT A JUICE- forgive my ignorance).. When the taxi drivers are turning a corner, they swerve. When they are changing lanes, they swerve. When they are driving in a straight line they freaking swerve. My life is always under constant threat in Shang-hai. I am afraid of crossing the road (heck, I'm paranoid in safe SYDNEY).
Gosh. Not only are the taxi's scary. Fights on buses... Swerving minibuses *cry*, cyclists who endanger the lives of motorists and pedestrians... The list is endless.
In China, I can't even buy a freaking tram ticket without being looked at funny. In HK I can haggle and pretend to be a local. (not really- haha apparently I dress really differently. weird trendy people in Asia)
But going back to what I was talking about before (lol... derailed...), I'm spending 2 wks in HK, 1 wk in SH (thank god) and maybe a week in Beijing. WOO my first time. However I'm leaving Syd 5/12/09 which means I'll miss the first proper item on the itinerary. boo. Coming back 10 Jan 10 I think. Just in time to suffer in the heat and kill my sun-deprived skin. (the sun does not shine in China... You can see it, but you can NEVER feel it- and it looks orange.. instead of like.. like. like looking into a lightbulb. Thanks ozone. Thanks.
Should stop now. I've written enough for 2 essays (wild guess). Today was fun, minus suffering the PMS rage of a certain female in the house. It was terrible. During dinner I was burned with a particular someone's eye-zap. ZZZ. Damn you MENSTRUAL CYCLE (I hope some of you shuddered reading that. I chortled imagining the shuddering. *creepy smile*)
ZZZ HAVE FUN WITH MOD A B AND C. ♥ mod C. :) LOVE IT
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Goodbye Skrzynecki
Friday, September 25, 2009
Standard Drinks - 1.1 approx
EDIT: I FOUND SOMETHING HILARIOUS
/ end edit
Yesterday’s post was well received and I was interested in what everyone had to say. It kind of reminded me of a particular bivouac where some current year 12s and I had this HUGE “what if” game. I decided to initiate the discussion because we were all really bored of walking on the path that seemed to never end.
The questions were like, “If you were a rape victim, and found out you were preggers, what would you do? Abort? Or keep it? (and hate it for the rest of your life”, stuff like that. I found the discussion super intense, and enjoyed having an “intellectual” conversation with good friends.
But I digress. Now is the time to be emotional and reflect on what has been happening during the past few days. We officially have 3 days of school left. On Monday, we will have our final assembly in periods 4&5 I think. On Tuesday, we’ll have our luncheon, and on Wednesday- the long awaited grade visit to Balmoral.
DSLR people such as Jero, Ben, Bosco and James will probably feel a tad unwilling to bring their lovely cameras to the beach- So I WILL DEFINITELY BRING MY CAMERA ON WEDNESDAY- I will charge my batts the night before, bring my SD card on the day, and I’ll purchase some spare AA batts from a convenience store the day before just incase to be fully prepared. I will be the unofficial year 12 camera woman.
Unless I’m the first to dive in and the last to come out, of course.
Forgive me if I sound like a gaylord in this post- I blame this strange behaviour on the side effects of writing in too many people’s “memoir” book. Having to write stuff like “lets try hard to keep in touch” and “I’ll really miss you” and “the past few years has been super duper fun with you around” really does trigger some sort of emotional chain reaction. First I feel aware that I really might not stay in touch with a good friend- not being able to be there to talk things out, make fun and bitch. Then sad, because I then realise how much I’ll be missing out, and a bit remorseful because I should have gotten to know them earlier.
There are many of you I wish I started talking to earlier. I would have had much more fun- I could have so much more fun in the earlier years of high school- but I missed out. I think everyone’s just trying to make up for lost time right now. We’re very LOUD now X) and every now and then you see cameras flash everywhere- people signing books, embracing each other, huddling in groups and posing. D: Seeing all this makes it feel VERY real- and I can’t believe we’ll stop being year 12s on Wednesday.
OHMAGAD!
Ahahaha. So it all begins now. No more school. After the HSC, people will be starting university, working their way towards their career. Today I got a letter from the firm- it was like a wake up call. I start work on February 8th. It doesn’t seem that far away anymore. I don’t know what I’m going to DO in my position. I won’t have a timetable. I won’t be going to class. I’ll be making my own decisions and making decisions on behalf of clients and gad- it’s starting to sound so daunting right now. Suddenly, I feel like someone’s been pressing the ffwd button on the remote but it’s too late now. Time waits for no man.
Moving on, today was a great day. Let’s see..
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?!
Morning: Learnt single ladies dance. I think we’ve pretty much finished. I have no idea what we are going to wear though. D: Skin tight clothes like leggings make me feel arrrgh. The thought of seeing Phat in a leotard is also quite arrrgh. lol
Eco: Productive-ish. We’re always going through past papers, so I feel more confident answering questions in papers. It’s great.
Jap: 2nd period was kind of boring. Wait- no it wasn’t. IT WAS HIGHLY ENTERTAINING thanks to Alanine Nogo who visited our class during his free. I took a video of his slap game with Chris Au and well- it was highly entertaining. One day when I have more internet, I will post it onto youtube. At the moment, I feel like I should be more conservative with my internet usage because it’s ages until we get speedy internet.
English: By 3rd period it felt like lunch or recess already. I don’t know why, but English felt like it dragged on for eons.
Recess: I have no idea what happened during recess. Completely forgot.
Double free: Kicked a ball around with some fellow free-ers and also posed lots for flashing cameras belonging to Bosco and Jero. I’m sure a lot of gaytarded photos were taken of me today. This used to bother me a lot- but now I think I enjoy it. It takes a lot less effort to look strange (or “attractive”) than to smile. Plus they look funny and make people laugh- so it’s all good. [John also likes to look strange… *hi5*]. THEN THE BBQ HAPPENED. YAY. We all just treated it as a huge luvo/photo taking session, and yes. It was great. Ms Jenns made a heart warming mini speech which made me cling onto the person next to me more tightly (WHO WAS IT? Lulu or Sam..) and made me feel the urge to take more photos. haha.
Lunch: The legendary 11 vs 12 soccer game. Which I mostly missed D: I KNOW! Apparently it was really good- but I was too busy chatting to my loveliest mentorees and taking photos with them. Grats to year 12, and to all my year 11 readers (c. yip j.chen) suck on that :) Better luck next year!
Maths: A fun no-work-done/Party lesson where Mr Woo just played guitar with Topher while Yoon sang. Borbor/Thomas/Quentin were playing with Mayer’s Document image thingy (er modern projector. what the hell is it called? I can’t catch up with technology anymore), and there should be pictures of us on the internal memory. lol.
Then for the last free, most of us just crashed the 3u math corridor party. I kidnapped Bosco’s camera for a short while and took happy snaps- The Viet crew, individual faces, Ameya’s face, other faces… you get the idea.
Jazzog (Jazz09) had it’s final rehearsal today. We probably spent more time taking photos then actually singing. I’ve enjoyed spending time with Jazz09- got to know people I wouldn’t have talked to much in school. I don’t think we’re exactly an utterly tight knit group- but I sorta hope we don’t disband- but stay together and sing every now and then. All those auditioning for school spec- best of luck. I won’t be able to make it (and sort of sick of performing- I’m not really an ideal performer).
Currently typing this up on word- my net is gay and isn’t functioning properly the way it should. Hmm. My face is slightly red and I think I look scary. In future I will not purchase alcopops because they are simply not worth it. This lemon flavoured one I have just consumed tasted and looked like solo. If my face hadn’t turned a shade of light pink- well, I would assume that someone tried to rip me off. But I feel ripped off anyway. From now on I’ll purchase solo.
OHMYGAD what a long post. More than 2 pages on word now D:
PHOTO CREDITS- some to Drew. He was fiddling with my camera when I dumped it for Bosco's sleek dslr. :)
Hope I do something interesting this weekend. Went out to Cabra last weekend for Pho and looking at dresses (I've never winced so much in one day)- NEED TO EXERCISE. Lol. Have a good weekend all!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
Finger still hurts- but that won’t stop me from typing. Didn’t end up getting x-ray because dad booked for the weekend (I thought he said “tomorrow” yesterday- but I heard wrong apparently). Damn.
Today, being the genius I am, I forgot to slip my SD card into my camera…again. YEAH- Humdiho. Oh well. Lots of photos were taken today on other cameras because it was MUFTI and prefect luncheon for outgoing prefects. Ladilaah.
Who’s up for a mini-discussion?
5-10 years down the road- you’ve been going out with your significant other half for a few years, don’t feel like getting married, but perhaps moving in together feels appropriate? Would you move in together before you get married? or after?
Back when I was a kid, I’d immediately think “AFTER MARRIAGE OF COURSE!” because that’s what my parents have always said. However, I know a lot of other people who would reject that because it was highly “impractical”. Their argument was that the longer you live with someone, the more you know about them (i.e. annoying habits, conflicting perspectives, moral values, etc) and from that you can decide whether you want to spend the rest of your life with them.
It makes sense when you think about it like that.
From my parents point of view- this is something you should find out/know without having to live with them for a certain amount of time. A girl/woman should be er “untainted” before marriage, and I guess a couple moving in together does suggest err- you know what I mean. I bring this up because recently, I think one of my cousins wanted to go on an overseas trip with her bf but my aunt said “NO DEFINITELY NOT” and gave the above reason.
Dootdidoot.
I’m not saying that moving in together definitely means night time activities will occur (like the movies teach us- they can happen anywhere, anytime) but I guess it seems that way from a third person’s perspective. “You shouldn’t care about what other people think.” Regardless of however many times people say this to me, it will rarely happen. How people perceive you affects how they treat you.
Tell me what you think. I understand the arguments on both sides- valuing different things. My parents view sounds a bit.. materialistic? But it’s something I think I’ll value, while the other view sounds very practical and.. er open I guess.
Speaking of changing attitudes, here’s something funny I noticed on the way to school a couple of days ago. Some junior girls with miniscule skirts walked past the crossing and my dad made a disapproving tsk sound while shaking his head muttering something like “kids these days” under his breath. Hahaha. I think I’m a younger version of my dad. I walk past shops like supre and see some tiny strips of fabric sold as “skirts” and I can’t help but think “you might as well go without”. Ahh conservative for the win. Showing too much skin is not necessary – but I’m finding it becoming accepted by society more nowadays.
Time to compare? I was watching a HK documentary about prostitution and I noticed the clothes that prostitutes wear can easily be found in an Australian girl’s wardrobe. When I was watching, I had NO idea the girls were prostitutes. I thought they were normal girls and I was waiting for the part where some guy injects them with heroin and turns them into completely hopeless beings and witnessing their change from normal -> hooker. But they were already in hooker mode/clothing which was quite an eye opener.
In other words, I could rock up to a restaurant in HK in my singlet top and denim skirt + flip flops, and declare I was a hooker without anyone doubting me.
Dootdidoot. Okay I have nothing else to say. The fact that I almost said I dress like an Asian hooker kind of left me speechless.
OHMYGAWD SO LITTLE DAYS AT RUSE LEFT
Ooh Some photos from our Cadet dinner :)
We went on Monday night (21st September) to a place called Steamboat in Epping. It's in the genesis building. Meal? Basically an all-you-can-eat-hotpot. SUITED ME PERFECTLY. I could ate lots.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
A.A.- Appealing Aroma
Hi everyone!
I brought half of the cake I baked yesterday to school today and shared it with some special people :) Seems like I have not lost my touch- this encouraged me to bake again. :D And atm, I have 12 cupcakes sitting on the kitchen table, waiting to be iced. Mmm. Yesternight, I had a bit of leftover ganache, and I spent the rest of the night eating that stuff. Lol. I need to exercise. SKIPPING! Yus. So I opted for butter icing instead of ganache on these cupcake babies. Hopefully they'll be just as good.
Photos later.
Not much to blog about today, except :O --> Baker's Delight? INDEEDY xD Delightful.
Humdiho.
Today when I was fblog (hehe food blog) surfing, I found Betty's Bites which was EXTREMELY interesting to me; esp her latest post about high tea at the Swissotel. Those of you who have been following for a while will know I've wanted to go to a dessert buffet/high tea restaurant or any kind of dessert restaurant for a very long time, and I've considered the Swissotel and many others before.
During the next few years I'll be spending my weekends doing fun fun things like eating my way around Sydney. Since I probably won't make many friends while attending university during the evening ==; I'll probably have no one to eat with, so those who are interested, volunteer! TELL ME YOU WANT TO EAT WITH ME! And I'll try to organise something throughout the year.
SPEAKING OF ORGANISED EVENTS~ Blackmore's Sydney Running Festival is going on this SUNDAY, 20th September. I got a call from a lady asking if I had any queries, and I said "YES I DO" and asked her about public transport.
Apparently, the light rail is supposed to operate during special occasions such as these, but I am waiting for her to call back confirming that. It has been about 2 hours since she called, so now I am a bit ermy about the "facts" she gave me. Will check up later- if I remember. Someone double check. I'm really bad at reading/comprehending things (as reflected in my Advanced English Paper One exam XD)
LETS GO EATING AFTERWARDS IN OUR FUNKY VOLUNTEER TSHIRTS AND CAPS!
The question is.. where? And what type?
During the past years of my life, my family and I have always gone to eat Japanese and Chinese, Vietnamese- Asian cuisine. We never go to fancy Western restaurants where they serve plates with gazillions of spoons and forks on the side. Infact, the time Shaun took us to Catalonia was the first time I had ever walked into some kind of Western alfresco dining.
Pause. My sister finished yesterday's cake. LOL! In less than 10 minutes, she finished about 1/3 of the cake which was leftover from this morning. Holy crap. HAHA She's worse than me. :( The future looks grim. It's bad enough that we like the same types of food- but now I have to compete with a super fast eater? NO WAY! Unpause.
My dad's actually quite an anti-western cuisine person. He doesn't even like japanese all that much. "Chinese is the best" is something he says alot- but I have to disagree. Although the portions may be generous and the flavours strong, IT'S JUST SO DIFFERENT from Western stuff I don't think it should be compared! This is why I'm quite eager to eat at restaurants which serve fusion foods (lol sounds funky). Like Tetsuya's.
Hm. I don't know what to say now. Once I click "Publish Post" I know I'll have a whole crapload of stuff to say. ==; I'm just so distracted by the smell of cupcakes and thinking about The Tea Room :D:D:D
Oh yes- for all those who are like me and own NO make up (leading up to formal) I'd like to present to you a really horrible fact. I asked my cousin when I was on the phone with her earlier, about how much in total her set of face painting gear costs and she said some number with three digits.
HOLY GUACAMOLE.
If I rock up looking plain and normal you'll know why ;)
ZZZ. Single ladies ;) I am dancing.. again- even though I said I'd never do that again. Ohmygosh It looks so hard. :(
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Mundane
Straight after school today, I went to Carlo Court to buy some ingredients to make cake. It cost alot more than I expected but oh well.
BOUGHT: Cake ingredients and OMG LAWSON'S BREAD. Teehee.
Right. Pictures of the cake and bread another day. I haven't done anything fancy with it (bread), but I can say the flavour + texture of the bread sure is different. About the cake... it's sitting in the fridge, cos I don't want the ganache to melt off and form a puddle at the base.
SOME IMPORTANT STUFF: The Blackmore Folk. How the hell are we going to get there? Milo said something about getting off the train at central and walking to Rozelle (what the heeeck). I'm worried about transport. =_=;
Have done NO homework today. Brain dead during today because of the long long assembly in the morning. The assembly was strangely boring however sitting next to Marcus and infront of Bryan/Victor/Phat made it quite amusing.
(Hi Marcus!) (Hi Yvonne!)
Gosh. I don't remember anything from today except Shiva falling asleep in the common room sucking on his thumb and his twitching leg. Bahaha. Everyone in the room was alerted to this spectacle when Thashan asked us "Is Shiva sucking his thumb?" Everyone turned around, and suddenly many cameras were whipped out of pockets/bags and people were snapping photos of him in his slumber. Quite hilarious.
Someone remind me to post it up tomorrow. My camera's in the kitchen and I cbb grabbing it.
TIME TO WASH UP.
:) BYEBYEE
Monday, September 14, 2009
Anticlimax
After that, we walked into the senior common room and saw Sharon EVERYWHERE!
PPS: BUDDHA PEARS Dunkerly was talking about them today in class. I'm proud to say I was the only one who knew what he was talking about
PPPS: Michael's post about the burger shop
