The last post for 2011

And BAM! It’s the end of 2011 already!! As usual, time past really fast doesn’t it? Some may think that they are getting old but I prefer to think that I’m still really young. Cause next year is just 2012 when I would probably live till 2071.. WOW~~ 2.0.7.1!! I wonder how the Earth would be then..

Anyway, instead of looking forward for a New Year, it’s also really important for us to reflect on this year, smile back on those funny memories and learn from the mistakes we had done. On a larger scale, this year is definitely a year to remember in the World’s history. There were numerous good news such as: the demise of Osama bin Ladin, Muammar Gaddafi and the recent Kim Jong-il, the US Army finally leaving Afghanistan after an exaggerated decade of war, the royal marriage of Prince William and Katherine and so on. But let’s not forget also the bad news that had happened this year: the unfortunate earthquake/tsunami in Japan that shook the entire globe, a string of disastrous earthquakes in Christchurch, the crippling economies of some European countries and many more.

For me personally, it definitely had been a great year albeit I had made tonnes of mistakes. What’s pivotal is I am contented with my performance in 2011. Yes, I still have a couple of 2011 Resolution that has yet to be crossed off the list such as a tattoo (yes, a tattoo.. but the prospect of getting it is getting slimmer by the minute), attending a concert, going to Gold Coast and dye my hair (they are still virgins!). I do plan to bring forward these resolutions though. 2011 has definitely taught me a lot in ways of life, how some things are just merely uncontrollable and how we should sometimes just let it be. Most importantly, as always, it taught me to look at things positively, no matter how bad the scenario is.

For 2012 I’m hoping to secure a job as an auditor in a mid-tier accounting firm (I know what you would be thinking, but I still love the auditing job!), excel in my job, buy a car by the end of the year, start paying off my parents for the piling debts I owed, go home to visit family and friends more often, be a supportive girlfriend, stay positive + healthy and finally, keep in touch with my mates! To the world, I wish 2012 would be an economic-disaster-free year, less wars and less racism issues.. I wished what Mr.Huntingdale said bout the wars caused by racism will finally cease. I mean, people really do not understand the power of posting something in the world wide web (Facebook especially). Respect others y’all!! No one is bloody perfect including yourself. So stop judging! *getting too heated up now*

In a nutshell, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Taking a leap to 2012~

In memory of my necklace and some awesome news

I lost my necklace..  two weeks ago. It’s not just ANY necklace, it’s THE necklace that my beloved parents gave me on my 21^st Birthday! It’s a symbol of their love to me. An asset. My protection against evil stuff. And most importantly, its bloody hell expensive!!! I know it is really bad to start blogging with a bad news and I don’t wanna spoil people’s mood and all… even so, I had to grieve for it! So bear with me… I lost it when I went for the medical check-up the other day and carelessly stuff it in my jean’s pocket. FRONT left pocket! I was utterly confident that it will not slip out.. OBVIOUSLY, I was wrong. Sigh…. So, if anyone of you might somehow stumble on a silver chain with a key pendant in the middle of Swanston St., please call me ASAP.  

On a lighter note, I do have a HUGE news to break. I got my Permanent Residency in Australia!!! Hehehehe! Wooohhooo! I still can’t believe it could be this soon, not that I’m complaining. It’s just another heavy issue taken off from my shoulder. Mind you, its Residency and not Citizenship. I’m still very much a proud Malaysian and my passport is still dark red colour. Anyhow, having this extra visa in my passport would open more doors for me and hopefully, *fingers and toes crossed* I would get an amazing job in my preferred field soon. Like.. real soon! Coz if truth be told, patience is not one of my many virtues.

On top of that, Terence and I miraculously found $90 cash under our table the other night! It was funny cause we were looking forward to check out this rooftop bar and decide to do so last Sunday.  And when we saw the cash, we merely left it under the table for five minutes and pretended we didn’t saw them. It was the most awkward five minutes between us as we kept quiet the entire time while looking around suspiciously. Personally, I thought we were in a reality show where the camera crew will jump out from the nearest bush as soon as we pick up the cash. Fortunately, there were none of those. We did picked the cash up eventually and left it untouched on our table. Then we made a pledge to wait for a good one hour for the owner to return. As much as we would like to be a good Samaritan, that didn’t happen. So we ended up with extra $90 in our purse. Hehehehe! Lucky eh?  What did we do with the money? Well, we donate it of course. To the Red Cross International Fund. For those who refuse to believe me, you may pop me an email and I’ll forward the receipt to you. Hmph! But yeah, although some would call us fool but considering the money doesn’t belong to us in the first place, it is only right to donate to those who need them even if it might not meant much. Correct? =) 

November parties~

Life’s good. No. It’s great albeit I’m without a permanent job. But hey, at least I’ve got enough points to apply for my PR over here and am still employed by Deakin as a casual staff. On top of that, have family that still cares for me, a handful amount of friends that loves and support me and most importantly, an understanding Honey (who keeps up with my whining, tantrums  and sudden chicken wing biting). Yeap, as mentioned, I AM still with Deakin – taking up the role in video production. In fact, I’ve directed and produced at least 9 videos now. I am seriously considering if I should upload it all on youtube/vimeo to use as my portfolio. Never know if some headhunters would find the secret talent in me. HOHOHO!!!!

I also had a housewarming party-slash-Tika’s Bday-slash-Billy’s Bday-slash-Mark’s Bday-slash-Avnit’s farewell party last weekend. It was AWESOME! Or at least, that’s what all the guest told me in the video while being in a tipsy mood. Billy who is famous for his mouth watering pumpkin soup had graciously volunteered himself to be our cook and we had a 5 star, 3 course dinner that night. Entrée is a cauliflower and carrot soup with a superb balance of flavour. Main is a slowly roasted roast lamb with steamed beans and grilled pumpkin, potatoes and carrots. He even catered for vegetarian by serving stuffed mushrooms. And finally, dessert is poached pear with berries and vanilla ice cream at the side. I am telling you, he is definitely missing his calling to be a chef. After dinner, we had a tiny slice of birthday cake and some fruits that Louise patiently cut and dressed for us. Bless that girl! Considering that each of them brought a bottle of wine for us (our bar is now doubled!), we had to serve them back. Let’s just say, at the end of the night, a fair amount of my guests are not walking straight anymore. Muahahhaha!!

Am so glad to have them around. =)

G.R.A.D~

Wooooohoooo! I’m done! Finish. GRADUATED!!

And may I just add that it is simply unforgettable. Dad, mom and Jie came over to Melbourne to support me. Alas, my house is a little too tiny to accommodate all of us but Tika was so considerate to excuse herself for a whole of two weeks! So we get to go CUCKOO!! And weather was very very co-operative too, which added to our cuckoo-ness.

Before my big day, we were actually travelling every single day. Let me just list out the itinerary: Phillip Island, Yarra Valley, Dandenong Ranges, Great Ocean Road, Geelong and most importantly, shopping. So many things to do, so little time! We had such a great time exploring and doing crazy poses albeit a little tiring.

Graduation was good too. We rented a small house at Geelong and it turned out to be the best decision ever! On graduation, we were all dressed up smartly. Mom and Jie imported a whole lot of dresses for my graduation so my garments department was no way short of choices. Not to forget my lovely Terence too. He had been such an amazing host to my family and was indeed very patient. Really supportive! Best BF ever! Hehhe. Anyway, although the amount of time I actually got on stage is approximately 5 precious mins but it’s worth it!

Now that my dearest family has gone home to Malaysia, life resumes to its usual self. Filming, editing and job searching. Sigh… so quiet… But honestly, I think my family had brought along a lot of luck to me. So hopefully, a job offer is not too far away! =)

Life is as sweet as Macarons! =)

Creativity vs accounting

“Have been doing”…”Have done”..  Yeap. I had been studying IELTS voraciously, something I’ve never thought I would need to do. I don’t know if I would even get Band 8 for all components but there’s no point ponder on things that had not happened eh?

Apart from that, my career is also taking some joyrides down the path of video development. Also something that I NEVER thought to do.. In fact, it is something which I am totally unfamiliar with. It started with Tika showing me some of her videos, a year ago, which I find really exciting. So, as the team leader at that time, I requested a video to be made of my team. I was turned down by the mere fact that it is too costly and time consuming. They told me it would take months!! Determined to have a video before I leave the team, I made one myself. Just for fun. I was so wrong… What I thought to be for my own personal eyes soon became the official promotional video for my team. Funnily, people seem to be interested in the video I made. Perhaps I’m their cheap and faster way to get a video done. I was then asked to do another video for the undergraduates which turned out alright… I think. And now?? I’ve three projects at hand and been pouring in hours to ensure they are as nice as they can be. Also, I’m crash and self- learning on video equipment and editing softwares. Honestly, I’m not really a creative person myself. So I had to spend some hours here and there doing research on how things should be done... Oh blimey! 

Change?

I watched Bridesmaids the other day. Not sure what the reviews said but honestly, I hated the main actress! (forgot her name cause I dislike her so much)… she’s this self-pity lad that is pretty much pathetic if you ask me. The whole world does not evolve around her and yet she seems to expect people to just focus on her sad little life. The movie, as a whole, is not bad though.

I believe that your life is in your own hand, after you minus out the religion’s influence of course. 

And if you choose to pity yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?

It’s a principle I hold close to my heart. As a matter of fact, I do have a couple of friends who has exactly those traits. “Oh, my life’s so bad.. and yours really good”, “I am really in a bad luck for these few years.. rather die than be alive”.. HELLO!!! Wake up, damn it. If you think you’re in bad luck or unhappy, then just bloody change! Like the lad in the movie, she’s so bitter. Its like she’s blaming everyone for her lack of boyfriend or career when she, herself, had caused all that. Change is inevitable and embracing it is probably the easiest way out. In any case you do not have to be afraid of change or even avoid it. That would be the worse thing you can do to yourself. If you have no partners or friends, perhaps you should start reflecting on your attitude and change! Its never too late and I hate those bullshits. Or if you have no job, then start working to improve your cv. Go take up a class or a part time job or something. Or the worst I’ve heard, I can’t pass the subject. Then perhaps you’re not doing good enough! Or perhaps you’re doing the wrong thing.. but in any case, nothing is impossible if you make an effort to it. Comprendo? Good!

Our new home..

So here’s the post which everyone is waiting for. You know, the one in regards to my house..  Not really? Sigh… Anyway, I will be making this more of a pictorial post since a ‘picture says a thousand words’ and perhaps more efficiently than I do.

Let’s start at the time when I found this unit in the real estate website. It wasn’t exactly one that we were looking forward to. What’s more, the price is $345 per week as compared to the market’s $380 per week. Over here, the price of the property pretty much determines what you would be getting. And its not like the pictures are good anyway.

Surprisingly, it turned up way better than what we expected! There were lots of sunshine coming into the house and its much warmer that way. Also means, that our electricity bill will hopefully reduce since we won’t be needing to turn on the lights during the day. In general, the whole block of apartment looks like this from the outside. There is a tree right in the middle of the block and I suspect that it would start bloom come spring. Surrounding it are bushes of what I called ‘Winter Roses’ because they only bloom during the winter.

Below are pictures of how it looked like when we stuffed all our belongings in the house rather than packing them. There were lots to clean up for this unit. We re-painted the cupboards, fix the knobs, lubricate the windows, clean the cupboards and even bleach the carpets. In fact, considering that we had been cleaning our previous apartment, it was our fourth day of hard labour.

 

The entrance to my unit is as below. On the left, is my bedroom and on the right is the Tika’s bedroom, toilet and bathroom. Straight in front is our living room. The good thing about this apartment is; there’s a separate door between the living room and our bedrooms. In essence, we can keep the living room warm and the cooking smell wouldn’t invade our rooms. The bathroom is a little bigger than my previous one AND their light is heated!! That means no more shivers when I come out from the bath cubicle. =)

 

   And here would be my bedroom.  Yeap, its bigger than my previous bedroom. And yes, I have a bedframe now. And those polaroids in black & white are my pride and joy, together with the cards I received from home and a special photo frame. If you squeeze your eyes really well, you’ll see whose faces are there. Hehehe.

 

Next is the living room. We tried to keep the layout similar to our previous one so that we’ll know where things are. The only difference is the bar right next to the entrance. WE HAVE A BAR!! Our crown jewels have their rightful place now. Where they actually belong! =) The weird thing is the fact that I've placed so many cat figures around the house. Cats are not the species that I particularly fond of AND Tika hates cats. Weird... but they ARE cute though.

 

  The kitchen, at the moment, is still in good condition. Lots of sun coming into it but the ventilation fan is a total wreck. We are hoping to get the landlord to fix them up rather than ourselves.

 

And here’s the view from the balcony. Its great, compared to staring at the road but the downside is, we’ll have to look at our neighbours who is unfortunately located right opposite us. Its not even a good sight to start with.

So here it is, the floor plan of our apartment. Cheers!! =)

List of bad news in July 2011

As promised, I'll list down all the bad news I had in this past weeks. Honest to god, these few weeks has been the most farcical and turbulent weeks I had in years! 


It started on the day when I got my final MBA results.. It ain't pleasant. I do not care what others say but I do set a high standard for myself. To get two Credits is just plain disappointment. It brought my WAM all the way down to another grade! That's how devastating it is. Then my dearest homie's result came out similar to mine too and SHE got disappointed as well. Blah!! To make matters worse, on that bloody same day, we found out that we are required to vacate our lovely homey apartment, the one we are thankful for each single day, within two months time coz the landlord decides to sell his house. Otherwise, we'll get served. Geez... This is my third house already and it obviously does not contribute to my homesickness at all if I keep hopping from one to another like a bunny! 


Then I received a letter from Auz Fed Police that states that my application for a police check is unsuccessful coz I paid the wrong amount! Silly me... Idiot really. That's $34 vanishing into thin air (or at least I thought so at the time) and another two weeks of waiting time. 


As we begin to search for a new apartment, we realises that the market rent had increased! From $350 per week to $380! And you even get a smaller unit... That's a whole lot of difference dude! Its $1,560 extra a year! For an unemployed graduate like myself, its like holding hell in a hand-basket.


On top of that, I've been hit with the reality that my Uni's completion letter & transcript would take at least a month to be finalised. Now.. the problem is, I can't even begin to apply for a residency without those documents. Plus, I can't apply for jobs without proof that I'm applying for residency. Its a causal effect, yes.


Other negative news were like.. my cousin have bad news that she yet to share with me, my previous office is in a hiccup and I've to attend an IELTS course to improve my writing (more expenses!!). Yeap. It's been a roller coaster ride. I suppose I'll just keep hogging my blog to improve myself and hopefully reflect those little advancements in the next IELTS test.


Oh, but it wasn't ALL bad news. This week we had a bucket of sunshine thrown to us. And I'll simply need to address that in the next post to create more suspense. Hehhe!! Ciaoz~

Final trimester holiday!

So my mom went back a couple of weeks ago. I admit, I did had teary eyes.. after four weeks with her that turned out to be miraculously amazing, I was reluctant to let her go. My dad would obviously think otherwise. I did write her this sweet letter on the day she left and hope it would be able to convey what I felt inside. I love my mom. Having her here made this place bearable and made me believe that everything will be fine. Don’t wanna be melodramatic and all but yes, I do have occasional home sickness.

Anyway, soon after Mom left for home, my dearest cousin Su Wei came to visit. Although I did not have a good quiet time with her to pour our heart to each other but overall, it is rather pleasant. We had lots to eat and I even brought her shopping, an act I rarely practice myself. I always wished she would stay in Melbourne. How nice would that be! We can have weekend dinner together and I can only imagine all those fun we could have! Sigh.. In fact, I had a confession to make… I actually discreetly wished she would not do well in her exams only so that she would stay longer in Auz. I know… shame on me. I am being such a selfish biatch.

Life after Su Wei left me for Adelaide was quite volatile actually.. everything seems to tumble down in New York minutes although there were glimpses of light somewhere in the middle. Zooming past those negative stuff (I promise to spill the nitty gritty once I get it all sorted) I’ll share my good, positive news. First of all, we got an all free tour to Yarra Valley from dear Billy. Hehee.. It was amazing. I personally bought a bottle of Moscato and Cabernet. I honestly wish to keep the Moscato till Mom’s visit in October. She loves that dessert wine as I do. Then, I manage to pass all my papers.. PASS.. not excel. And lastly, I got news that one of my paper will be publish!! Oh yeah!!! Really unexpected and I have all my assignment members to thank for. Though my lecturer might argues that we still need a lot of improvements but nevertheless, we got publish!! Muahahhaha! A good ending to this blog post. =)

Salute!

Today was a beautiful day; with the sun up high on full blast, clear blue sky and the reduced level of turbine power. So I decided to grab my notes and Mom out for a nice walk at the park and naively thought of doing some readings. Even had Mom brought her story book along. The plan was to visit the Shrine of Remembrance and followed by a tour of the Royal Melbourne Botanical Garden. The Garden part did not work out in the end, and so was my reading. Anyhow there was a ceremony at the Shrine today and while we were sniffing around, we heard some gun shots. Here’s the funny part:

(After three gun shots.. BANG, BANG, BANG)

Mom: Hmm.. there must be sending someone off today. Three gun salute.

Ean: Yeah? Wow.. We are attending some soldier’s funeral! Cool! (thinking mom should know all these military stuff since Dad was in the Air Force last time)

(another gun shot)

Ean: eh.. Four? I thought you said three? Auz must be doing it different.

(still followed by subsequent gun shots.. By the time it reaches the seventh/eighth ones..)

Mom: Wah!! This fella must be some ‘big potato’ ya! So many gun shots for him. Usually Three only!

Ean: Wah!! So happy that we can attend big shot’s funeral.. =) May he rest in peace.

Later that evening, as we were skyping with Dad, we told him of the privilege of attending a ‘big shot’ funeral that had Twelve gun shots. He must be pretty high ranking since he has four times the usual Salute! Then dad said this:

Dad: Funeral usually only got 12 or 24 Salute la…. Don’t have three one.

………….. The end ……………

 

( If you squeeze your eye really small, you should be able to see Mom and I. )

Visitor from home.

Did I mention that my mom’s here for the month in conjunction to my exams which start in 4 days times? No? Well, now I have.

My dearest mommy had been here for 2 weeks now and she had done a fabulous job in fattening me up. After all, that IS her primary objective. Secondary objective, improve her beloved daughter’s health. In which, she is going on a highway speed with that. Mind you, Auz highway not Msian highway. Msian highway allows you to go as fast as 200 km/h without getting caught, Auz highway; the minute you exceeded 112 km/h you will get a bill in your post box the next week. But I do see signs of me getting healthier or rather so fat that my dark circles are covered by my cheek fats!! LOL! Mom’s tertiary objective is probably losing some weight herself. She had been walking a LOT and refuse to take the trams giving excuses that (i) the weather make it nice to walk even though its raining and would probably hail, (ii) its not worth to pay the $3 and (iii) I need to exercise! (yeap, she drag me along for afternoon walks).

But having her make this place felt so much more like home. Every time I come home from work/uni, I can smell that dinner is ready (complete with home cooked soup!). If I’m cold, I can always snuggle over. When I’ve headache or rather fake headaches, I can bermanja-manja and she would massage my head. I’m so blessed. =)

My Bday celebration!!

Best Birthday EVER! Started off on 30^th March, 11 pm when my homies and I were supposedly have a couple of shots to celebrate the coming of my 23^rd Birthday. Then suddenly the door bell buzzes… BUZZZ!! Terence went to have a look and told us that it was our irritating neighbours again. But then he walked over to the door and in comes two familiar faces; Tash and David! Yeap, I shrieked. How sweet of them to come over (with six of bottles of beer). No wonder Tika was busy cleaning the house in the evening. She’s just too adorable. *ku chi ku chi*

Near to 12 am, I decided to prepare a shot of tequila for everyone. But Terence kicked me out and asked me to stay in the living room instead. Innocently, I thought it was because of my birthday and he didn’t want me to do things myself. So I was chatting with David in the living room (should have notice that Tika and Tash was missing) when suddenly the birthday song started playing in Tika’s lappy. Then out of nowhere, my friends from DIS popped up from the front door singing the Birthday song for me!! There was a cake even! Owwwhhh~~~ Yeap, I shrieked again. It was so touching that I nearly cried. There were Shelley, Molly, Louise, Avnit, Siddharth, Rock and Jeremy. Love u guys!!

My Birth-Day was amazing as well. Met Jill Jill for lunch at this fancy pastry café nearby Mont Albert, accompanied by her mom and brother. It has been ages since I’ve catch up with her so meeting during this auspicious day was just perfect. Thanks for the treat! After lunch, went over to the Drop In Station for another surprise. I got a $100 MAC (the cosmetic) voucher from the team!! Muahahhahaha!!!!  How I love my colleague. Muackz! Oh yeah, Tika gave me pressie as well. A yacht trip for two down at Mornington Peninsular to see dolphins!!!!! Hohohohoohoho!!

Dinner was planned by Terence. Went to a Chinese restaurant on Smith St and I’m telling you, they serve the best Peking Duck in Victoria! The skin was crispy and tasteful. The meat was stir fry to perfection with the bean curds. YUMMY! After dinner, we head to Crown for a session in the arcade. Hehe. I’m still a kid.. but we also stopped by at the casino for 1 round of Roulette in which we lost $6 and got a $1 chip for a souvenir or rather a Birthday gift? Hehhehe.

 

I’ve no idea why Terence is not in this picture

Last trimester!

Work had been exhausting. I know I should not complain considering the hefty wages that they are generously paying me but seriously.. Auditing was tiring but this is a whole different thing. When I was in Audit, I was just a small potato. Its not like I am a big potato now, but just that I had to make more decisions and most of this decisions has ripple effects! But in any case I still like the job, especially when I get to make a video out of it in the coming week. Muahahhaa!!

Studies were even worse!! Bloody effing 13 assessments in a trimester. With online test, financial reports and an aim to publish my group’s journal! I’m speechless. I am so scared and fearful of my studies that I am starting to study in Week 2. Not to mention starting my assignment as well. I go to uni every single day at 8 am and comes back around 6 pm.. On Tuesday, I come home at 9 pm. What is happening to my honey-moon-and-totally-easy-student-life? Sigh... Oh oh!! Its not entirely bad news though. For my last trimester, I got a HD in my HRM!! I know for some folks out there it is an easy thing but trust me when I say that this HD was hard earned and entirely relied on my good karmas. Thank you Buddha!

The house is also an issue. Had been packed! Let’s leave it at that. =)

AND THEN.. there is this job application thing. I had been applying to Graduate Programs around the Big 4 for a week now. Aiming for Audit again.. I know a lot of my friends would say that I am crazy (including my sceptical boyfriend) but I cannot help it. Audit is my passion! At least for this few years. Do not ask why I love Audit coz I am not sure myself. I just felt happy auditing firms. Crazy eh? Anyway, this ‘filling up application thing’ and almost ‘begging to be hired’ is so stressful. Of course, the awareness that I am after all a foreigner here is not making it any easier. Sometimes it made me wonder that wouldn’t it be so much more easier if I just go straight back to Malaysia? But... one can’t give up without trying right?

And finally!! One of my favourite Darlings (you know who you are) is getting married! Yeap!! She’s finally tying the knots!!! I’m so absolutely happy for her. Although I did dropped a tear (or ten..) when I heard the news, I am really happy for her. HONEST!! Her fiancée is undoubtedly a loving one and he treasures her to bits. So I wish them the best of married life and may the fiancée allows me see my Darling when I am back in Malaysia.

See ya next time!!

Under the stars

As we reach the roof top, there are already rows of beach seats nicely arranged facing the stage while the sounds of waves crushing the beach and the heated game of volleyball is still audible. As the ‘egg yolk’ slowly sinks into the horizon, the band starts to play some of their signature songs. Eventually, the sounds from the beach fade away and replaced by the intriguing beats that moves our body.

Right in front of us is this huge white screen that shaped like a TV and far back is a stall selling nothing but the usual alcoholic drinks.

By 9 pm onwards, the seats are all filled up and the host went on stage to brief us on emergency exits, toilets and switching off the cellphone. As soon as that is over, the movie finally started. With the tiny stars shining above and sea gulls flying around causing a ‘shooting star’ effect, it was indeed a nice romantic evening to spent with my Honey. Though the temperature was a ridiculous 10C for summer and the seats are so far apart that snuggling was impossible, it was still absolutely sweet.

And yeap, I’m talking about the Open Air Cinema in St.Kilda. Definitely one of the attractions to try when you are in Melbourne.

Acquaintances

Sometimes you meet a person for a couple of hours and had absolutely great conversation. Both of you share many ideas in common and you had the best time ever. Yet, after the conversation finishes you never kept in touch. There was just no need.

While other times, you meet people that you don’t expect to be good friends. You hated them in the first instance and the conversation feels draggy and boring. But yet a couple of months or years later when you guys bump into each other again, it felt like you had been friends for ever and miraculously you felt this strong and old connection. As if you had been close for long.

Life is just so interesting isn’t it? Cherish every moment of it and try not to complain. You never know what will happen next. =)

Quotes:

~Love is weird. There’s actually a weird pleasure in loving someone who doesn’t love you back~

~A lesson I learned from toothache, even the sweetest thing on earth can hurt!~

~When the past calls, let it go to the voicemail. It has nothing new to say!~

Last week of 2010 (^^)

Before this beautiful 2011 goes any further, I just wanna wrap up bout the last week of 2010.

IT WAS AWESOOME !!!

omg... feel so American-o bimbo now.

But anyhow, it is good. The Christmas eve party at Tingting’s place had been accommodative. There were many more people than I expected and gosh... the presents.. are simply to fall for. I’ve never received sooo many presents before!! I just declared 2010 Xmas as the best I ever went through. I know I’m pretty much acting like a kid now.. yet since I’ve been deprived of Xmas celebration for 20 years of my life, acting like a kid is totally cool. And what is better than spending Christmas with company of close friends?

Christmas day was nothing less. Went out with Tika’s colleague for a family-work luncheon. Felt so homey being with them. Almost felt like I belong there although ironically I only got acquainted with them on that day itself. LOL! There were unlimited supply of food and lunch eventually dragged on to supper at midnight. Lots of cheery conversation and nothing emotional. I just love their style!! We were also crazy enough to join the last minute planned trip to Marysfield which had been the cherry on the icing. The sunset view had been absolutely heavenly. In fact, there was a point where I thought the heaven door did open for us! Halleluya~~

Few days before New Years were spent in Phillip Island with Tash, Samora, Lachy, David & Tash’s family. Lots of sun, tanning, freezing sea water and of course, drinks. It is the beach after all. Though there were some issues on those boys, I can’t say the same with the house. It is such a great place to have a group of crazy friends over to crash it. But the cleaning up next day would be a pain. Hehehe. But yeah, spent enough time with those fellas to ensure they wouldn’t complain again if I ever stood them up on the weekly drinks. =)

New Year Eve... Tika, Linda & I went down to Docklands Pier to enjoy the marvellous fireworks. I had to admit.. it is the best show so far! We were neither too near nor too close so we don’t have to tilt over head till it hurts. It was the right place to be for that 10 minutes show. (and its free too.. hohoho!)

New Year is not so good though. Just realised a cruel fact and beat myself up for being such a desperado bitch. I didn’t realise it had been so long and am making a fool of myself. But ain’t gonnna elaborate and ruin my whole year. We need to start a year with positive vibe to make sure it last the entire year!! Its like starting a day with a good breakfast and a hearty laugh. Yeap. That breakfast & laugh thing is what I will do for the rest of the 363 days.

Cheers!!

♥