watermelon.

that is all.

summer, come already

i wish exams will be done with already
i'm so excited for the summer
mission & NTE will be awesome :)
plus roadtrip with meine lieblings
and then ASIA!
the only thing that would make it even more fantastically exciting
would be if i'm going to a summer music festival
which i'm not
because lineups are ok, but nothing i'm really excited about
plus i was mostly hedging my bets on laneway fest
i really do like the antlers and all
and some of the others
but not enough
plus noone wanted to come with me anyway.
i think i'd go if ladyhawke would be playing melb laneway
but apparently she's only playing NZ laneway.
sigh.
BUT aside from that i'm hoping the bands do side shows
so i can go to them instead.
can't wait :)

asian family gathering awkwardness take 2

yes sorry.

i figure i'm just going to restart doing the everyday posts once i completely finish exams

which is on the 5th

and i'll aim to reach 300 posts in the year instead

though the thing is i do have quite a few blogs posts that have been started

but i never bothered to finished them

so i'll finish those and post those up too

but anyway so today i had to attend another family gathering

though this time it was awkward because i didn't know who the people were

that just visited from hong kong

apparently the guy and his wife is meant to be my cousin

but he's like 16 years older than me.

so yes.

its also awkward because asian adults make a fuss about everything

and i had to sit next to my mum.

i had my own dish but the rest of them shared

by rest of them, i mean adults

(my 8 y.o. and 10 y.o. cousins didn't share either)

and my mum kept offering some of my food for them (as in the visitors from hk) to try

because they don't really eat vietnamese food

not that i minded

but its just weird that she was offering my food for them to try

plus it was pork chop and i didn't have a knife

so it would have meant me trying to try and cut pieces of meat using a spoon.

another thing i HATE about having asian parents

having to say hi to people

not that i'm a snob or anything

but like my mum expects me to say

"hi aunty" or "hi uncle" to like everyone

or today "hi cousin"

and when i don't

(and i usually don't) she usually says i have no manners

and i witnessed the same thing today with my kid cousins

my aunty was like to them "did you say hi to your second aunty?"

its quite annoying

its not like i HAVE to say something verbally to acknowledge them

i usually smile at them anyway.

but no,

my mother is quite insistent.

sigh.

yes, i'm not quite sure why my mum made me go today

i didnt exactly talk much

plus i was being antisocial

and was doing the sudoku in the mx.

haha

♥

lightning

it was weird weather today

even though i was indoors the whole day

and it didn't really affect me anyway

(side note: i really like when it rains and i'm indoors and i can hear the rain falling outside, its a very comforting sound)

but there was thunder and lightning

and even though my blinds are closed

i could see the lightning seeping in through them

whenever it struck.

also, slightly off topic

why is it that when you get struck by lightning once, you are more likely to get struck again?

compared to someone who has never been struck

i find it really odd.

anyone else find the 'places' app on facebook, and any other app like it, super stalkerish?

(yeah yeah, i'm massively behind. hopefully if i'm not struggling with time, i'll update. sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrry.)

sorry for the lack of posts

its been quite stressful and busy weeks

and probably will be for the next month.

i'll hopefully be back on track by next week,

but yes. sorry.

assignments & more assignments #265

why do i always leave assignments to the day or the day before its due?

when i've technically had nearly a month holiday.

sigh.

i have an assignment due at 5pm tmr

and the stupid thing is that its supposed to be monash's holiday week this week

and lecturers want us to go into uni and hand in the assignment in hardcopy

why?

it would be soooo much more convenient for the approx 200 students to submit it online

but no

the lecturer have to favour themselves and force everyone to come in.

i also have an assignment due friday at 5pm,

but at least thats online.

sigh.

sigh.

sigh.

#260

far out
i think i'm sick again.
i woke up with a sore throat and congested
and i just feel so tired and run down today
dammit.

in other news, i did my bible study

finalllllly.

the turn out was small

so i had to give the answers more often then i'd like

but overall, it was ok.

i really like the way it was written

which was mainly written by heather

i just put it on paper.

yes.

#258

so, my hair is dying

i've had a couple of failed attempts

and probably dyed it too my in that past few days.

in my frustration.

sigh.

i dislike having thick black hair

the colour doesn't change unless you have strong dye or bleach.

MATRIX (ish) #257

me & jacky went to ACMI at fed square today
this is one of the things we did
hahaha
its like a ninja/kung fu kick
but matrix style
it's funny cos you can sort of see jacky in the doorway
it looks like i'm trying to kick him
:)



jacky was being a party pooper and didn't want to do one.

i think i might go and dye my hair now
because i feel like it
and also i think my fringe looks too dark and heavy being black
hopefully, it will turn out ok
:)

summer plansss #256

been listening to hot chip one life stand the whole day

love the album :)

i'm so glad i bought it last week

my favs are 'i feel better', 'thieves in the night' and 'one life stand'

also, i applied for a debit card finallyyyy

so i don't have to hassle my mum every time i want to buy concert tickets.

its more or less in anticipation for the summer and the summer music festivals

which i intend to go to :)

i'm so excited for the holidays.

also, i haven't really mentioned it here yet

but i finish my exams super early

on the 5th of nov

which is why i can sort of be excited already for the holidays

:)

i can't wait.

also, i've resolved that i probably can't be bothered/won't look for another job for the summer

(unless they'll hire me with my low availability)

and sell all my clothes online instead

because i have A LOT of stuff to get rid of.

i also need to sell my mum's fish tank with a stand and canopy

because all the fish keep dying

and she can't be bothered to buy new fish and feed them every day anymore

yes.

damnit, summer come already.

♥

help! i'm alive #255

"i tremble

they're gonna eat me alive.

if i stumble,

they're gonna eat me alive.

can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?

beating like a hammer?

help! i'm alive.

my heart keeps beating like a hammer."

i've been listening to this song on repeat

metric - help, i'm alive

i finally bought the album today

at highpoint

whilst i was there with emma

who was looking for a job.

though she seemed to be hardly looking since she only dropped two resumes

but anyway.

need to studyyyyyyyy

#254

so, i think this is a sign i'm getting old.

i carry a small pillow with me every saturday

so that i can have a more comfortable sleep on the bus

and especially when its like 8am in the morning

i don't care who sees me.

and i've been doing this for 4 weeks now.

haha.

maybe i am getting old.

#253

so today i was meant to be in the city by 1.30

because i was meant to lead a bible study

so i just missed my 12.48 train by about 30 seconds

and so i was forced to take the 1.08 train

which was delayed

because apparently there was some guy walking the tracks

and there was police there

so my train was delayed about 10 minutes

which result me getting to the bible study at 1.40

and super flustered and out of breath.

so, no i didn't end up leading the bible study

i have to do it next week.

sigh.

#252

so i was watching this last night

not such a great idea since i was about to go to sleep

its a video from blackboxtv

a youtube channel with videos which explore darker themes than usual videos

i loved this video its really good

like super freaky at first but i really liked it.

also, i'll talk about it more

after you watch the video.

but watch it.

the whole thing.

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i really liked the concept that the mum was the zombie trying to stop him from getting to the exit

which was actually death.

so it was actually his mum stopping him from dying.

but the zombies freaked me out though

especially watching it the first time when i didn't know what was going on.

in other news

hung out with emma for most of the day

twas fun.

♥

tv update #251

so i aim to watch new shows and plus my other shows are coming back

so top of my list is modern family

then maybe mad men, i shall give it another go. i saw the first ep of the first season, it was ok but wasn't something i wanted to continue to watch.

i need to catch up on big bang theory, and then watch new eps coming soon.

how i met your mother should be out next tuesday. yes!

also my trashy reality tv is also back.

that is, survivor and america's next top model.

also, i want to watch this season's amazing race because kevjumba and his dad is in it, and they're so funny.

i saw the first ep of season 15 of america;s next top model the other day

it was ok.

though it was stupid, they kept talking about how different everything is now.

it isn't really.

they just changed the prizes from the cover of Seventeen magazine to now the cover of Italian Vogue.

and they also changed the modelling agency (but it seems like they have been changing the agency a lot lately anyway).

but its not that different.

actually, its pretty the same.

though, this season i like all the quirky/weird girls.

the other chicks kind of bore me.

i like ann, though i swear i have seen her some place else before

because she seems so familiar.

or just that she reminds me of a lot of people.

i also like rhianna.

and esther.

but i was like 'my goodness'

when i found other that esther had like a size 30G bra cup size.

but she's so skinny.

and they're not fake.

(i think, because she doesn't seem like the type to have fake boobs. and she covers them completely most of the time)

also, i watched the season finale of true blood.

yes, i watched it, hong.

it was good for a while, but i don't think i'll end up watching next season.

i feel like now, they're stuck in a weird loop

the problems just keep piling up and nothing gets properly resolved.

it's actually getting quite annoying and predictable now.

especially with bill and sookie

its like they're mad in love, then bill does something kind of shifty, then sookie wants nothing to do with him, then they get back together and the cycle begins again.

also random comment.

though, it was probably not a wise thing to do, when bill accidentally drained too much of sookie's blood, sookie put it down as a trust issue. as in after, she was like i can't trust you anymore.

but its stupid, because it wasn't a trust issue. it was a survival issue, he was dying before she fed him, so i thought that didn't correlate properly.

also, sookie screams way too much.

and she screams so loud.

also, tara's mum creeps me out everytime i see her.

she always looks like she's possessed. or something.

last thing on true blood, though everything else is getting pretty annoying.

i really like jessica and hoyt. she's so pretty, and they make a cute couple.

mediocre bad guys #250

"home is wherever we are if there's love here too."

listening to jack johnson

i love it how listening to him can make me instantly smile.

i was a bit sad though

because i can't go see him

at the end of the year because its on the last day of nte

but oh well.

i have heard him sound check before

i didn't see him

but i was at the botanical gardens once

and he was sound checking at sidney myer music bowl

awesome background music.

this also made me lol

how they made the new nano and shuffle
from here

#249

i did quite a few things today

1. went to j&j's bible study. (j&j=jacky and john's) haha.

2. after that, i finally decided i probably should go to the doctor. i think because i'm pretty certain i need antibiotics, i finally went. also, i don't know if it was intentional, because if it was that's so dodgy. the pharmacy i went to didn't give me my repeats. i don't know if that was accidental, because if it wasn't that means i have to go back to that particular pharmacy to get my repeat if i need it. that's so dodgy.

3. ice cream. so whilst me and jacky were wandering the city, we decided we wanted icecream. & jacky had these vouchers for this new place on bourke st, passionflower. and so we were being naughty and decided to use the 2 for 1 voucher instead of the 50% off voucher. and got like a plate of strawberry chocolate pancakes and one of waffles with chocolate icecream. and the servings were HUGE. i felt like a pig. haha.

4. cd sale. so borders i think were trying to clear all their cds for some reason. it was all cds for $10 or 4 for $30. i was a bit annoyed i didn't have more money, because it meant i had to carefully select 4 only, because i could pretty much only use $30. sigh. i so could have spent more than that if i had more money. i bought mostly cds that i should already have and are completely my collection.

i bought:

-bat for lashes - fur & gold

-ladyhawke - ladyhawke

- jack johnson - brushfire fairy tales

- jack johnson - sleep through static

5. after that. at night i had leaders meeting for church and we spent quite a long time to figure out new names for the new service/group. ideas?

♥

#248

i had cheese fondue again for the second time in three days

the first time was on friday for girls night

there was also chocolate fondue and apricot as well

today was for girls book club at tash's place

it was just cheese fondue

but we had cheesecake for dessert.

yum.

and for the record.

yes, i'm getting fat.

#247 spufulupugus.

i love nicepeter.
he's awesome.
i like him more than mystery guitar man
simply because i appreciate his musicality more than MGMs editing

(though it is good, but it gets kind of old)

but yes, this is one of my fav songs of his.

its soo cute :)

enjoy.