#244 sleepy head

"there's a drumming noise inside my head

it starts when you're around.

i swear that you should hear it,

it makes such an almighty sound."

i love this pic of florence
i love the red hair contrasting with the blue cape/dress
she's mega awesome.

didn't really do much today
i woke up feeling quite sick
with the worst sore throat.
and feeling really run down
so i went back to bed,
ended up waking up at 2pm.
haha, whoops.
then i was studying a bit til 6
and i ended up napping again til 7.
double whoops.

so i have pretty much slept for the whole day.

also, managed to finish a full length draft of my report yesterday night

its not very good

but much better than the first draft

and i still have a month to improve it

yes, its totally a big weight lifted off my shoulders

:)

p.s. finally updated my songs, pic & quote.

#243 bluetooth

a funny incident happened involving me, daniela, leila, our mobiles & bluetooth

so leila was trying to send something to daniela via bluetooth

and for some reason it was working

(we figured later that it was the daniela's phone)

so they needed a middle man

so then we tried to send it from leila to me to daniela

which took a while but i managed to connect to leila

and it connected, very well.

my phone for some reason could find the list of every single file on her phone

which is pretty funny

and extremely stalker-ish.

we didn't manage to get the file to daniela in the end

because her bluetooth didn't work probably.

also, we found the picture left pretty funny.

dark fruit = leila

it's like the iphone was saying 'meh, its just leila. let's forget her.'

:)

#242 clothesssssssss

narcissistic much?
so some guy i sort of know invited me to become a fan of their own fan page on facebook.
um, no.


but anyway,
today there was 50% off clothing at savers
so me and my mum got there at like 8am to go shop
it was really weird because i never ever get up that early except to go to work
but a funny thing happened
when my mum woke me up
i woke up so confused, because i forgot why i was waking it up so early
i was thinking 'what? i don't have work today. its not saturday is it?'
it took me about 30 seconds to remember
'oooohhh.'
but yes, bought lots of stuff.
mainly dresses and tops.
and cardigans and blazers.
didn't get any jeans or pants or anything because i couldn't be bothered waiting for the change room
the line was way too long.
(i was trying on the rest of the stuff in front of mirror)
also, a kind of strange thing
i bought a lot of pink.
i don't usually buy pink, but i may have bit of a change of heart.
it was two salmon pink dresses
(i quite like salmon pink these days).
another soft pink dress
and a white/baby pink striped top.
amongst other clothes.

i have way too many clothes now though,
i don't even hang all my clothes on the rack in fear that the thing would snap
its already quite bent now.
sigh.
but i just love shopping too much :)

#241 shady ladies

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

so today in the morning church service the sunday school kids sang for father's day

they were cute

except the older boys were a bit annoyed we made them wear streamers on their wrists

haha.

also, grace managed to make a clubbing/r&b song reference while we were practising

was pretty funny because no one else understood it

though we were in a fit of laughter.

afterwards, there was food

because its father's day.

its always the best food because all the adults bring a dish.

love it ♥

after that still, bri decided he wanted to go to essendon dfo

so me, emma & grace came along for the ride

haha, no.

we came along to shop.

so, i bought two pairs of boots

(which my mum will be funding for because she really wants me

to throw out my old ones)

as well as trying on many different sunnies/glasses with emma.

lol at the one with me in the red sunnies and theres the guy in the back :)

also the last one, i think i look like nelly yuki from gossip girl

what do you think?

#240

had work in the morning

same old.

though my boss was kind of fearing that we'd get flooded again

because there was heavy rain and flooding forecast for the weekend

but it was all good in the end.

also, went to jimmy's 21st

twas quite fun

i loved sonja, jean & karthika's speech/singing :)

it was soo cute.

also, the cupcakes were awesome.

(though it was technically a muffin with cheese icing.

i had a blueberry one,

it was very blueberrylicious.

#239

sorry i have been out of action this week.

been stressed out as usual

this stupid research subject has been completely draining me

because when i do assignments or reports

i usually spend whole days on it

and because this is such a continual thing

sort of

it has been taking up most of my energy

this semester

even though 90% of the time spent for it

i'm not actually doing anything

i'm more or less stressing about what a hard task this is going to be

sigh.

i'll be back on schedule (haha) next week.

#238 double rainbow

in light of the bed intruder post

i'm loving this as well

i love the chorus for this song :)

this is the original

and then, windows live got him to do an ad.

#237

today i:

- was stressed about my report

- saw jacky

- did my report

- met up with emma

- stressed about my report

- went to bible study

- damn report

#236 bed intruder

love it ♥

#235 emmys

i quite liked the emmy's
i thought this glee opening was pretty funny :)

betty white is freaking hilarious.

& i'm loving tina fey in it.

and Nina Dobrev is so freaking skinny.
also Don Draper (Jon Hamm) was in it :)
(yes, i was prcrastinating and decided to watch the whole emmy's.)

side note: how different does he look not as don draper?

weird huh?

#234

twas quite funny today

none of the violinists played their violin today

the position was occupied by michelle instead

whilst i was singing

steph on cello

& emma on the drums.

:)

i really need to get back to playing my guitar though

and its funny

because emma's dad has been asking whether i've been doing my guitar homework

and my homework being

to, well, practise.

so, no i haven't really been doing my homework.

oops.

haha.

#233 perks of the job

i love free stuff

:)

so today i got my free stuff from natio

because i did their online training

and i got quite a lot of stuff

i got a full size 'intensive moisturising day cream'

full size 'skin brightening face balm'

full size 'gentle face scrub'

sample size 'daily protection moisturiser'

an eye shadow sparkle dust' palette

a 'maximum curl waterproof mascara'

an 'ultra shiny fruit gloss' in passionfruit

and of course, a certificate.

amongst other things

this is one of may favourite things about this job

free stuff!

:)

also, went to jono's 21st tonight at theapartment

it was ok, i enjoyed it

though most of my friends left pretty early

and i'm not a fan of making friends with people who already have groups

at least i enjoy my own company though.

but vick was totally chatted up by some guy on the d floor

which i thought was pretty funny.

i also really liked the cupcakes (left)

they looked good being lit up like that

:)

though i think i was holding everyone up trying to take multiple photos of it.

haha.

♥

#232 dearest mother;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

i baked my mum a cake.

it's a strawberry baked cheesecake, but the base is actually sponge.

but since its under a layer of cheese, the sponge is a little condensed.

it doesn't look that good in the photo.

but i definitely tastes better than it looks.

we ate it just before and she loved it.

she said if i don't take any of it to work tmr

by the time i get home it would be all gone.

:)

i also took her out to dinner in footscray

my mum wanted to go to lentil as anything

but jacky was calling me cheap

because technically you don't have to pay anything there

but it wasn't my fault, she said she wanted to go

though, i ended up taking her out for chinese

roast duck rice and crispy fried noodle

yum!

also, a funny thing that we always do

cos we're an asian family

and we always eat at that same place

we always never finish it and end up doggy bagging

and it'd be dinner for the next day.

always.

but we've been going to that same restaurant for YEARS.

i would say over a course of 10 years

when it was in a different location.

though i know that say sonja's restaurant would hate doggy bagging

but since its a restaurant in footscray

(food is cheap, and the people who eat their are mostly cheap)

you kind of have to offer that service because heaps of asians go there

and if you don't, they go elsewhere.

anyhow, i also gave my mum a present

its a bath robe, but its really soft

and for some reason it took us ages to find one.

side note: why does myer not have soft bath robes? they were quite rough. not a single one. and david jones wasn't much better either. and they are the expensive stores. i ended up getting it from cotton on & it was super soft :)

i rate myself highly as a daughter.

i baked a cake, took her out to dinner and bought a present.

& i think that if i were a boy, i'd make a really good boyfriend.

haha.

♥

#231

today, we went out for clara's birthday

we ate at this indian place in docklands

it was pretty good.

but the serving sizes for the mains were really small.

& a lot of the time i didn't know what i was eating.

though i must admit, its quite fun trying new things.

also, funny story.

so we were checking if any of the stuff had peanuts

since rowie is allergic

but none of them did

though they had nuts

but the boss was pretty anxious about it

because they had an incident with allergies recently.

and was telling her not to eat some of the dishes.

he also made the kitchen make a special chicken dish for her

even though she's only allergic to peanuts

& she was already eating everything else.

and plus its just a mild allergy.

also, we had cake :)

(i baked it)

didn't really take a picture of it

(so i cropped one)

but me, sonja and susan decorated the top with mini m&ms

we wrote

'we ♥ u'

if you can sort of see it.

twas quite fun.

i love catching up :)

& i ♥ these girls to bits.

#230 i am not.

so yesterday

i was in the bathroom at melbourne central station

and this vietnamese lady asked me if i was vietnamese

i said 'no.'

then she said, 'do you know what time centre closes today?'

i said 'probably 6.'

then after a short while she goes, 'where are you from?'

'i'm australian.'

'no, where are you from?'

'i'm chinese.... from china.'

'are you vietnamese? you look vietnamese.'

'no. i'm chinese.'

'are you sure?'

'i'm not vietnamese.'

'sure?'

'yes.'

i got pretty annoyed that she was so insistent

to the point that i felt really offended.

and for the record, no i'm not vietnamese.

my mum was orn in vietnam, but she's chinese.

and my dad's born in china and he's chinese also.

#229 scott pilgrim

i watched scott pilgrim vs. the world today

it was pretty funny

but really random.

one of the funniest and randomest bits was the vegan guy bit.

haha.

i like the comic book style of the movie

though it made it feel extra random.

and i thought the ending was a bit strange.

i also realised the movie star ex guy (ex #2) was the human torch in fantastic four
and the vegan ex guy (ex #3) was brandon routh from superman returns.

though it didn't really look like him.

in other news,

i went to the don carson talk today.

it was pretty good, i like his accent.

(he's canadian)

though i felt like he didn't completely flesh out what it meant to be born again via water and spirit. but i liked it regardless.

lol, i also realised my day was quite, erm, canadian.

becaue scott pilgrim is set in canada as well.

:D

#228

i got my hair cut today

it looks the same but slightly shorter

but now my hair is healthier at least

because i had an insane amount of split ends before the cut.

i also didn't end up going to don carson today.

was a bit tired.

#227 detangle my tangles!

on friday, i did end up buying the freelance whales album

photo of them above

(i quite like the photo, its cute.)

i was pretty excited when i saw it on the shelf

i may have possibly have gone 'yesssssss!' aloud

when i was behind someone

the guy moved slightly.

he probably thought i was weird

or something.

:)

also, because my hair gets really knotty

really often

i also had to buy a johnsons kids strawberry sensation no more tangles spray

funny how there aren't any detangling sprays for adults.

but oh well,

i like smelling like strawberries.

♥

this whole week Don Carson will be speaking at Storey Hall (the green RMIT building, across from melbourne central)

so if you ever had ANY questions at all about christianity

please come :)

i'll be going all the nights

except thursday.

http://www.rmit.cu.org.au/2010/08/04/why-believe/

i'll just copy what it says on the CU website

Many people have questions about Christianity, life and faith and how it all fits together.

NOW…..during RMIT week 6…. there is a great opportunity to spend a night or 2….or 5, thinking through these issues.
Don Carson, an internationally renowned speaker, and author on all things Christian, is flying into Melbourne and is booked at RMIT’s very own Storey Hall for 5 nights of epic talks, slick music and decent dramatic performances.

Each night is different so come to one…..or come to all…AND bring your friends.

• Monday 23 August ~ How can we see God?
• Tuesday 24 August ~ How can we start over again?
• Wednesday25 August ~ How can God Have a Son?
• Thursday 26 August ~ How to get the best Bread in the World.
• Friday 27 August ~ How can I believe Jesus rose from the dead!

Whether you are just curious, or seriously sceptical, then this event is for you….AND ITS FREE!

23 – 27 August
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00 each night
Location: Storey Hall, 342 Swanston St, Melbourne

give me a buzz if any of you want to go ♥

#226 election.

well pretty much everyone i'm talking to is split about the election

i would pefer it if julia gillard were prime minister

simply because i quite dislike tony abbott

and would absolutely hate it if he were prime minister.

it would be to me like george w. bush,

i feel like he'll probably lead this country backwards.

not that i like the redhead either.

but between the two options, i go for the red one.

(haha, red. as in ranga AND labor)

so apparently now, we are heading towards a hung vote.

the state of victoria, also looks pretty funny

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election

because in the sea of labour and liberal seats

(& some national seats)

we have a green one

right in the middle.

HAHA.

go us!

p.s. updated my music, quote & photo of the week.

quote of the week:

"But God demonstrates his own for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

top 5 songs of the week:

similar to last weeks list, but plus some not-so-recent favourite songs as well.

1. freelance whales - generator ^ first floor
2. we are scientists - rules don't stop (acoustic)
3. jonathan boulet - community service announcement
4. grizzly bear- about face
5. the xx - teardrops

photo of the week:

i love the light and the backdrop of this photo.
i also really like her dress :)

#225 hi!

(i look really asian in this photo. i think the guitar in the back saves me just that little though :) p.s. i'm holding my fringe down, if you're wondering)

actually, i've had a pretty shittay week

with the stupid assignment and all

and i stayed at home all week

except on wednesday

but even on wednesday i went home early for dinner

and i don't know

i think i've been in a very depressive mood this week

especially after that first draft for my research report

it was complete shit what i wrote, i tell you

i was in tears last night.

seriously.

it was that shit.

i'm just hoping they'll at least pass me, so that i can pass this hurdle

i'm pretty sure they will, because then like there's no point it me doing the final report if i won't pass because of this stupid draft.

but at least now i can fix the super massive holes and pretty much anything that didn't make sense in it. which is most of it.

though i should work on it, so i can show something more decent to my supervisor next week.

but i think it would be easier now

because the problem with me is that starting of reports and writing

i alsway know what to start.

becasue now i have 1000 words to work with

or at least 500 words that could be useful, and it probably wouldn't be so hard.

hopefully.

i was pretty depressed this morning as well,

(or should i say midday/afternoon)

because i was alone most of the time.

though today i got much better at FAT (friday afternoon training)

and going to CU and to prayer night

i feel much better now.

on another note, i voted already today.

because i have work tmr.