After about 20 tries at reverse parallel I finally got it right. And not just once... twice! haha. I think my dad is a better instructor than my RACV one. My instructor is quite hopeless when it comes to teaching me strategies. He basically just leaves me on my own to figure out. Sure, I need to learn things on my own and that he can't teach me every little detail, but hey, he could at least give me some pointers.

For example, I was doing a reverse parallel the other day with my instructor and it was my very first time ever! So obviously I had no idea how to do one properly. So during my lesson, he suddenly told me to pull over and stop beside this car. So I did. And he said to me, 'Okay, let's try a reverse parallel park.' Ok, so I started reversing back (only knowing this from watching other people) and was waiting for him to tell me to do something and all he said was 'Ok, turn'. So I did. I was reversing and saw that the car was getting too much on an angle but he didn't say anything. Obviously I didn't want to hit the car so I started turning the other way. 'No! Why are you turning? It's too early. You're too far out!' What the...??? Calm down buddy, not like you were helping or anything. Geez. He's like, 'I didn't tell you to turn the other way!' Yeah, but it looked like I was going to bang the car and I got scared. It is my very first time I've done this. He could have been a bit nicer about it.

So anyways, since then, I've wanted to learn reverse parallel with dad before I go on another lesson with him. And thankfully I got to learn tonight with dad coz I have a lesson tomorrow. But my dad was so nice about it. When you need help with something, my dad is always willing to help. And yes, I was a little scared that we would get into a big argument because he would stress over me hitting something or wateva, but it turned out better than I expected. I actually learnt some pointers on how to do a reverse parallel park. I love it when I actually learn something and know how to do it on my own. Especially with driving. It gives me a real confidence boost. And tonight, I am definitely quite proud of myself, thanks to dad of course. No thanks to my instructor. Geez, what do I pay him for?!




my thoughts @ 10:13 PM

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Well, I haven't been dancing since the production ended and I have missed it terribly. That is up until yesterday. I finally got to dance again! hehe. Last night I went into the city to collect my assignments (that were suppose to be collected sometime last year) and then headed off to Am's place for dance practice. We will be performing during O-week to promote Flare to the new Uni students. Though, come to think of it, I don't remember seeing Flare when I was starting Uni. Oh wait, maybe I did, but I didn't get to see them perform. Anyways, that was three years ago. Now, three years later, I'm helping to promote Flare by performing. So any of you who know Melbourne Uni students who are just waiting for someone to help them find their hidden dance talents, send them to www.flaredance.com and also watch us perform during O-week on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th Feb to get a taste of what Flare is all about! More details on the website soon.

So anyways, practiced for about 2 hours going over the old routines. Learnt a few new moves which was quite fun. It was good to hang out with the Flare people again. They're always so much fun to be around. But watch out, when they don't have food in their stomachs, crazy things start to happen! lolz. I got to Am's place at 5ish. By the time we actually stopped dancing it was 10ish. Time flew so fast! I wasn't even that hungry I was having so much fun! haha We ordered pizza in the end. Dancing for so many hours, we couldn't dance no more. So we decided to play Taboo instead. haha. Omg, its a scary game when you play it with the Flare people who get so into it! haha. There's shouting, screaming, laughing, hitting, swearing, name-calling and big cups of water... haha... but its all good fun. We would play one round in two teams and whoever lost that round, all the team members would have to drink a big glass of water. And you weren't allowed to go to the toilet until you had won twice in a row. Its ok when you drink one or two glasses, but having danced beforehand and drinking lots of water already, I hadn't gone to the toilet yet. And when you laugh so hard with a full bladder of water... well its not too comfortable, I can assure you. Luckily we didn't play for too long coz I had to get home. It was midnight by the time we finished.

my thoughts @ 1:02 PM

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my thoughts @ 10:14 AM

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Having to go through my list for my 21st, it made me think a lot about how friendships fall under a lot of different categories.

Time waits for no one. And during that time, things change. People change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. You say in highschool, or even primary school, "We'll be friends forever". But what is forever? Forever until you go to highschool and find new friends? Friends that you are more compatible with? Friends that you have more in common with? Friends that go to the same club as you? Friends that you call nearly everyday?

I used to be one of those naive children, saying I would stay 'friends forever' with everyone. But in reality, forever is just a word. It doesn't mean anything unless you put meaning into it. I admit, I haven't been the friend I thought I would be to some people. How many of you can say that you have kept your friends that you made in primary school? Many people can. Others can't. But it is so bad if you don't keep in touch with every single person you befriend? You meet a lot of people in your life and you try to keep a friendship with all of them. But there are different levels of friendship that you discover along your journey.

You have friends who you see walking down the street and you stop to have a mini catch up session. But you continue on your way knowing that you'll only ever see them again if you bump into them. They'll never call you or you'll never call them to arrange something more. But its ok, its mutual.

You have friends who you see once or twice a year but only talk about the significant things that have happened in your life. Again, you will meet these people at birthdays or special occasions but once it is over, you both go about your ways and never see each other again until the next gathering.

You have those friends who you see once a year but you feel so comfotable with them that you can still talk about anything and everything that has happened. And just maybe, these friends will call you up, or you will get their email address, email them or chat to them via internet every now and then.

You have friends who you don't call up so often but are still really good friends. You don't mix with them often because your busy schedules don't allow you to see each other as much as you would like but that doesn't stop you from calling them up every now and then and seeing how their life is going. They are seperate from your usual social group and therefore usually arrange formal catch up sessions with them at other times.

You have friends who you constantly hang out with just because they are part of your social group. You don't really know much about them, but you do know them on a general level. You muck around with them and have lots of fun but if you had a problem or an issue to discuss, they wouldn't be the first on your list. These people are just good to have fun with.

You have friends who border between those you have fun with and those you can have D&M's with. You feel comfortable having lots of fun with them and talking to them about personal issues but you don't share everything with them. They are people who in some areas are really good to talk to but not in others.

You have friends who you don't tell your deepest secrets to but know that they'll always be there for you no matter what. You could be feeling really down one day and be in a bad mood but you know that these people will understand and give you your space or time. They know when to stop joking around and be serious. They know things about you because you hang around them so much, not because you talk to them a lot.

You have friends that are one sided, in which they confide in you but you don't feel comfortable confiding in them. Or vice-versa. its not that they don't care about your life, its more that you don't want to share it with them. But that's ok, because that's the type of friendship you have with them and understand that this works well. You have other people who you would rather share your issues with. But you are glad that they can confide in you.

You have friends who you can call up once a week and are your 'bestest' friends. You talk about anything and everything. You conversations can last up to hours because you get along so well and love each others company. You go out on outings together doing whatever you both love to do whether it'd be clubbing, drinking, having coffee, hanging out at a friends place, playing sport etc. And you know that these people are your closest friends. People you make the effort to keep in touch with. These people are good to talk because they give great advice about any problem you may have. They know you inside out. They know your weaknesses and they know your strengths. They know your likes and your dislikes. They know you for you. You don't have many of these friends, but in this case, less is more.

Then you start to have friends who are slightly more than friends. But I shall leave that discussion for another day.

I'm sure there are more categories that you could put friends into, but these are the main ones that I thought were worth mentioning. As a child, a friend is a friend. They are all your 'bestest' friends. You are either someone's best friend or not. Children's view are so simple and very black and white. It is either one thing or the other. There is no in between. Sometimes I wish I could think like a child again.

my thoughts @ 3:30 PM

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Well, last night was the night where I learnt how to play mahjong! woohoo! Finally! :D

I have been meaning to learn for ages now. Ever since I watched that movie about a mahjong tournament (can't remember what its called, if anyone knows, lemme know coz I want to watch it again), I've always wanted to learn how to play. And I have finally learnt the basics. Just gotta keep playing with people and learn strategies. So if anyone wants to play mahjong, lemme know! hehe.

Kelvin, Cam, Sara, Allan, Jeremy and Mikey joined me in the fun. It took a while to warm up because out of everyone there, people were quite rusty and weren't too sure on how to play it properly. But eventually, we all got the hang of it - well the basics anyways - and it was good. I had fun. I won once! lolz yay! hehe Cam couldn't count that night, he couldn't read the chinese characters on the tiles and kept asking Sara. Was so cute.


After a few games, Sara had to go (midnight curfew, hehe). The rest of us discussed my 21st. I have too many people on my list so the guys helped me cut it down... well tried to anyways. haha. But I feel really bad if I don't invite people. I know you can't invite everyone you know... but I'm scared that if they find out I didn't invite them that they'll get offended. And I don't want to be in their bad books because of that. The guys were saying that even if you did invite people I haven't seen for quite a while, they might not even come. So it's like an invite wasted. True, but what if they CAN make it and I don't invite them?! Then what am I gonna do?! Argh! So stressful!!!

Anyways, here are some photos from last night (I used my brother's big camera because I didn't have to lag it around seeing it was at my place! :P)






my thoughts @ 12:57 PM

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Man, I'm so sore from tennis. lolz. My whole body aches. And surprisingly my bum is sore too! lolz I didn't know you use your butt muscles when you play tennis?! haha. But, I can't wait to play again. hehe. It was so much fun. I won't get to play for a while coz my tennis buddies are going overseas :( Everyone's leaving me.

There are so many people who are busy, overseas or are going to be away. Mel, Anna and Steph are overseas; Sara, Cam and Jing are going overseas, Bud and Rani are working everyday, Mikey is working at the tennis, Jess and Ling are back home, Tina and Darren are working... soon there'll be no one left but poor lil me. :( So sad... and I'm so bored. I thought I would be working a lot these holidays but I'm not. We don't get very busy during end of Jan and early Feb. We may pick up nearer to Valentines Day.

Oooo, speaking of Valentine's Day... who's got something special planned?! hehe. Maybe this year my knight in shining armour will come and rescue me from this single life. haha. One can only wish... hehe. Though come to think of it, it has been sad to witness so many break ups in the last 3 months. So many of my friends have broken up with their partners... 5 in the last 3 months. That's heaps! And it hasn't just been short term relationships for like one or two months, they have been 2, 3, 4 and even close to 5 year relationships! Its crazy! There must be something in the water... >.< How hard must it be to break off a long term relationship like that. When and how do you realise that this person you have spent so many magical moments with is not the person you're meant to be with? How do you know? 2 years is a long time, let alone 5! How can you just suddenly realise that you no longer want to be with them?

For me, I've never been the one to break up with anyone which is why I ponder on those questions. I mean sure, they can also be logical reasons as to why you have to break up with them eg. they cheat on you, but if nothing so extreme happens, what reason is there that you break up with them? You've been going out with them for more than 2 years, surely you would have learnt how to deal with their annoying habits or flaws or at least come to some sort of compromisation with them. Nobody's perfect and everyone makes mistakes. There is no use trying to change a person because you find things that you don't agree with. If you don't like something then try to change the way you think about it. I mean you wouldn't have gone out with them in the first place if you only concentrated on their flaws. You learn from each other in a relationship. You learn that there are more ways than one to everything. You just have to listen and learn. But these are just ramblings I have in my mind, a mind that has not yet experienced such relationship issues and therefore will not completely understand them until I do. You can never really say "I know how you feel..." when you have never experienced it for yourself.

Hrmm.. not sure where these thought are coming from. I guess it's sad to hear about my friends breaking up. You think you know a person, but I don't think you ever will until its too late. You think that they would never do such things but they do. You always hear on the news about how husbands or wives are killing each other or even worse, their kids. How are you suppose to know that you've married a pyscho?! That's just it. You don't. The world just isn't safe anymore. Not even in your own home. Not even within your own family. But life goes on. And you do have families who you can trust with your life. Those families who share everything and anything and know that'll you'll be safe around them. We need more of those people in the world. The world would be a better place if we did.

my thoughts @ 11:13 AM

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I recently got 'Coach Carter' returned to me and it was sitting on my desk. So i decided to watch it again. Everytime I watch it, I cry. And at the exact same part too! lolz. The part where the boy recites this:

What is your deepest fear?

Our deepest fear is not that we are unadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

I love this quote. It holds such truth and meaning.

my thoughts @ 10:30 PM

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I've got tennis fever. hehe. Went to play tennis today with Sara, Cam, Dave, Ruoran and Robby. It was so much fun! hehe. Sara said she couldn't play... but she was sooo good at it! And so was Cam. Cheh, they're both natural tennis players! So everyone BUT me could play. Even Ruoran was really good at it! lolz. Not to say that I didn't think he was! haha. I could hit the ball but I just couldn't hit the ball straight. It kept going up instead. Dave and Robby were teaching me how to hit the ball. They're quite good teachers. hehe. So thanks guys. Will have to keep practising! ;D

We played from 5:30ish till 8pm. lolz. Longest I've ever played! And now my arms, especially my right arm and shoulder, are really sore! My legs are quite sore too... too much running around. We had so many games... well if you can really call it games. haha. It was more us just hitting the ball and seeing if we could return it. haah. Doesn't matter if it went outside the lines of the court, like many of them did. It was all for fun. And we certainly had fun. Started off with Ruoran and I hitting against Dave, then Sara and I hitting to each other, Robby and Dave went off to play a pro game (hehe), then Robby and Sara against me and Dave, then Sara and me against Cam, then Cam and Sara against me, then Cam and I against Robby and Sara. haha. Yeah, so we rotated quite a bit. hehe. It was fun! :D

My brother took the digital camera overseas... so I don't have a camera to use :( Unless I take his really big one, which i don't really wanna lag around. So no photos for a while, unless I get someone else to take them for me! :D

my thoughts @ 9:36 PM

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Took my brother to the airport on Thursday night. Then took my mum to the airport on Saturday afternoon. I've been to the airport so many times in the last 4 years that I've lost count! lolz Don't think i could count them on two hands anyways! hehe. There have been so many people going overseas lately... it's kind of sad that I'm still stuck here in Melbourne. I wanna go overseas! lolz. Well hopefully I'll be able to go overseas at the end of this year. If I can save enough money by then! :p

When I took my brother to the airport there were these Vietnamese people, about 12 of them and i don't think they knew how to speak English properly. They were all somehow related and they foolishly thought that if they all went to one counter, it would be a lot faster than each of them going individually to multiple counters. But no, they were so impatient and couldn't wait so all 12 of them went to ONE counter. OMG, they caused so much trouble for everyone else. It just so happened that they had to go to the counter right in front of where the front of the line was. So you could imagine, 12 people, going to one counter and blocking the way with all their trolleys and luggage making it so hard for everyone else to get pass. It was so inconsiderate. You should have seen the looks of the ground staff... haha... they were so annoyed. And I don't blame them! Some people just don't think. I mean, really, its not like they were late or anything. They would still have to wait for each other.

So anyways, it was a scorching 40 degrees today! hot hot hot! It has been sooo hot the past few days. Probably a little to hot for my liking. Can't believe the tennis players have to play in this heat. I'd die... or maybe faint in the first 10mins. lolz.

I've been doing a lot of organising for a few things lately. Feel like a business women, organising all these events and projects lolz. Biggest thing is my 21st. Now I know its still 2 months away, but still, I wanna get things organised so then I don't have to stress out later when things go wrong. I found a really nice place and thought it was perfect for what I wanted. It's called Red Orange Bistro & Bar. Jjudging by the emails the manager had sent me and the website, I was so set on hiring this place. OMG! Man, can photos be deceiving. I went to visit the place yesterday and it was kinda a disappointment. The place was so much smaller than I expected. And the manager said they usually fit 90 people in there?! No way man! It's like the size of my living room, where the tv is. Its so small! Ok, yeah, maybe we could fit 90 people in there but it would be like sardines! All squashed together! lolz. Not how I really want to spend the night. I mean, hey, we all need our personal space right?!

But I feel really bad if I don't take the place because the manager was super super nice! Like I mean, genuinely nice! He catered for ALL my needs. Everything little or big problem I had, whether it'd be with the costs, decorations, equipment for speeches etc. he made sure that it all accomodate my needs. He was so helpful. From the minute I met him, he was so friendly and So, I've decided that if I don't have it there, I will probably celebrate my actual birthday there with a few closer friends. I don't want him to think that I have something against the place or something! And the waiters there were also so nice. Like when we sat down to discuss the details, they asked if we wanted a drink FOR FREE!!! haha. But it was too hot for anything else but ice cold water. hehe. But they were super nice about it. They were like 'But its on the house, you can have ANYTHING you like!" haha. So so nice. I recommend it if you want to eat somewhere where the service is awesome and the atmosphere is magical. I mean, hey, I wouldn't say its ideal for big parties... but to go out for a quiet dinner with friends, that's the place to go.

So, now I'm trying to find another place. I found a few, just waiting for them to get back to me.

my thoughts @ 9:20 PM

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I miss those who are overaseas at the moment... especially JoJo, Jess, Ling, Mel... I miss their company... I miss their smiles... I miss their laughter... I miss their hugs... I miss just talking to them... I miss them so much!



my thoughts @ 6:24 PM

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my thoughts @ 12:31 AM

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If you have taken notice of my wishlist for the past few weeks, it did have the item of 'flat black shoes' on there. But look! It's not there anymore! haha. Why? Because I have finally found some that I am going to get today! woohoo! Finally! So thanks to everyone who has been helping me out with trying to find my black shoes. Especially Allan, who walked around with me for 9 hours, and Sara, who msged me JUST to tell me about some shoes she had seen in a catologue. She's such a sweety! hehe. So the hunt is finally over, I will hopefully have brand new flat black shoes by the end of today. *cross fingers* Will take a picture of them when I get them! :D

my thoughts @ 1:30 PM

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Went to the Australian Open yesterday for the very first time. It was an interesting experience. I went with Mel, Sara and Anna. We also met up with Lingdi, Ruoran, Siyan, Kelv and Yao but we didn't stick together.

So the day started with the four gurls catching the train down to Richmond Station and then from there walking to the entrance to buy tickets. We stood in line for about 20mins before getting a family ticket. Yes, a family ticket, I didn't know that us four were related?! lolz A family ticket is usually for 2 adults (people over 18) and 2 children. So we couldn't all go up and buy tickets otherwise they would have suspected something. So, Sara and I went up to buy the family ticket and we had to lie *innocent look* about having our brother and sister with us. haha. But they don't check for ID or anything which is bad for them, good for us! hehe. So instead of paying $27, we only paid 18.75 each! :D Score! hehe. anyways, we got our tickets and off we went.


Our first stop was the Vodafone arena. We queued for what seemed like AGES! It was only about 30mins though or less. But I never knew you actually had to line up to see matches. lolz. One of the security guards came out and told us that the arena was really packed and that it would be a 1-2hr wait before we would get in. PPfftt, what a liar! lolz. It didn't scare us off coz we had the pros with us - Mel and Anna - and they knew it wouldn't take that long. So we stayed. Though others couldn't be bothered and they left, which made the line shorter for us! hehe YAY!

So, we eventually got into the arena to watch... erm... I'm not quite sure who we watched. All I know was that their first names were Richard and Tommy. Only because there were people yelling out their names throughout the match. lolz. Oh wait, I remember, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Haas. Tommy Haas, from Germany, was the favourite and he won. It was a good match though. Some very nice shots. We couldn't get seats down the front at first so we had to sit way up the top. Anna and Mel wanted better seats so after about 10mins they went looking for other seats closer to the court. And they found some which was good.




After that match finished, Anna wanted to get Freebies from the Garnier tent. The line was soooo long! So long that we couldn't be bothered lining up. Instead we were waiting near the courts of where the players practice. Oh, oh, I found a relaly cute player, Thomas Johansson! hehe... he's sucha cutie! I didn't get a photo of him though. Will have to get it off Anna. He looks so young but Mel said he's about 28 or something and married :( lolz




We watched another match. Paradorn Srichaphan vs Nicolas Kiefer. I was going for Paradorn but he lost :( OMG! Sitting in the sun was crazy! The sun was so hot! I could feel my skin burning! I applied so much sunscreen on yesterday that I now have rashes because I'm allergic to it! Great! To get burnt or get rashes... not very appealing choices.



We left about halfway during their match to go back to the vodafone arena and watch a women's match between Yoon Jeong Cho and Kim Clijsters. There seemed to be a big difference in the way men and women play. The women seemed... somewhat slower. lolz. And the games were so much shorter. We sat there for about 30 - 40mins and it was over. Clijsters had won. There were these stoopid guys who sat behind us who were so annoying! They were such attention seekers. They kept yelling out all these stupid things trying to get attention. And then when the crowd would clap, they would try to clap as loud as they could. grrr... poor sara and i were going deaf!

Well, after that short match was over, we decided to give the Garnier tent another go. And this time we actually stayed to line up! We lined up for 2.5 hours!!! It was crazy! But I guess it was worth it. We got either a free massage, free facial or free hairdo. I got a hairdo. So did Sara. Mel and Anna got a massage. While we were waiting for turn in the 2.5hour wait, a crowd was gathered near the big screen tv to see the Lleyton Hewitt match against Robin Vik. Of course Hewitt won! :D



It was 8:30ish... nearly 9 and we were all so tired. Our feet were killing us so we headed home. It was definitely a good day out with the gurls. I enjoyed it... more than I thought I would. I must admit, it took a while to get into the whole tennis thing, but yeah, I did have fun.




my thoughts @ 8:58 AM

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I really don't like driving. No matter how much I drive, I'm never going to like it. Which is probably gonna be a big problem for me seeing as I don't think I could survive without driving.

I don't like the way I feel pressured by other drivers.
I don't like the way I can't judge how much to turn when backing out of the driveway.
I don't like the way I stress out when I have to judge whether to go through the amber light or stop
I don't like the way I can't keep the speedometer at a steady speed
I don't like the way I can't park properly
I don't like the way I get stressed so easily
I don't like the way my legs feel like jelly everytime I finish driving
I don't like the way I get so nervous that I freak out about everything
I don't like the way I'm not confident

I don't like driving!

And to make things worse, I got bitten at mel's place tonight by mosquitoes... 6 times! And they weren't just small bites... they were big! Big and itchy! :(

my thoughts @ 12:12 AM

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Celebrated the farwell of Peach County last night. Peach County is where Matt and Ralph live. They have now moved into another apartment in Box Hill, which I can't wait to go and visit. They have a plasma tv! hehe... movie nights at their place!

I wasn't planning to stay long at the party but in the end Tina and I stayed till 1am. We had more fun than we expected I guess. We got there around 8pm and there weren't many people there yet. But as the night went on, more people came and the party got started. Everyone seemed to be congregated into small groups. There were people playing poker, girls chatting in the lounge, people sitting in cars, people playing uno in the bedroom and then there was Tina and I chatting to Matt and Kon on the bed. We stayed in the bedroom for the whole night, mainly because we didn't really know many people there. But we had fun just sitting in the bedroom talking, hehe. Looked at lots of photos from past 21st and different events. Some were quite funny, others were just... well... weird. lolz.

I'm glad Tina finally got to meet people that I usually talk about from that group. I think it is much easier talking about people who she's seen or knows.

haha... Matty was so sweet and got me a 2006 calender. My msn name was 'I need a 2006 calender' for a few weeks and apparently it was annoying Matty. So he took it into his own hands and actually got me a calender. hehe. What a sweety. Thanks Matty! :D

my thoughts @ 11:32 AM

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Had our gurl's night out last night. Finally happened with all of us there for once. Mel, Sara, Chi, Steph, Anna, Jing and myself. Was an interesting night. Went to the new restaurant next to GJ in Glenny. Called 'King Pot'. The food wasn't too bad. But I wasn't too impressed with the service. Maybe because they're new and are still getting used to the way things run, but still. While we were sorting out money to pay, we had one person left to still pay. But before we knew it, one of the waiters came to try and take the money plate away but Anna slammed her hand down on it and told him that we hadn't finished yet. haha. It was so funny the way she did it. But it was so rude of him to just assume we had finished. And he goes "oh, we need this table urgently so could you do it faster". What the...?? So, who cares if you have other customers. They can wait. We are paying customers who have the right to take our time. We should have just let him take the money and run. haha. It would have been his fault if there wasn't enough money.

After dinner we went to Chi's place. Bummed around for a while until the other girls had to go clubbing. The rest of us met up with Sharon, Al, Dave and Mikey at Al's place. Bummed there for a while longer but left at midnight. I was so tired and had a headache. I slept till 11am today! lolz. My sleeping patterns are so stuffed up. lolz I'm gonna have trouble when uni starts again.

Speaking of uni, I can't believe its my last year (touch wood). I'll actually be teaching next year. That is definitely a scary thought.

my thoughts @ 2:16 PM

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Had a driving lesson yesterday. I don't think I'm gonna pass my test. :( I keep doing small things that my driving instructor says could make me fail. Great. Just the confidence boost I need. lolz. But I guess we have to make mistakes to learn from them. I think I have to practice more on my own.

Anyways, it was a quiet day yesterday. I have been out quite a lot this week so I thought I should stay home and do some housework. Cleaned up my room, and all of downstairs. It was a good thing to because I went out again at night. haha. I didn't know I was going to though. hehe. Went out with Rani, Mel and Mikey at Coco Lounge. Bud didn't wanna come because he's too pov. haha. But we didn't want him to miss out on the fun so we crashed his place after. haha. Lucky no one else was home because we turned up unannounced. lolz. :D

my thoughts @ 9:57 AM

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I finally met up with Kelvin today. haha. After like how many months?! hehe. Anyways, met up with him in the city for lunch. Went to a Vietnamese place on Swanston. Was quite nice actually. Might go there more often durin uni. Anyways, we had a big catch up on everything. Was good. Its a pity we both live so far away from each other and plus we have to usually meet up in the city which is also so far away.

After lunch we went to exchange Kelv's shorts that he bought but were too small for him. Because he didn't have a receipt, he could get his money back so he had to exchange it for something. The sales were still on so all the prices were discounted already PLUS you could take another 25% off. haha. So for the price of one pair of shorts, he manage to buy 3 tops. haha. We took quite a while to find the three tops though. There wasn't much of a variety, probably coz the sales had been on since Christmas. But we eventually managed to find some.

Went to Ness' place to meet up with her and Bud. Bud was in the city for a meeting and he stopped by to see Ness. But it was soon after we arrived that he left for another meeting while Ness, Kelv and I went to Derrick's place. We played tekken 5! haha.. it was soooo much fun! Now I know why guys can sit and play that game for like the whole day. I think it was more fun for us gurls because we were just button bashing and had no idea what we were doing. So everytime we pulled out a cool move, it was quite exciting. Though we never knew how to do it again. haha. We played team matches. It was gurls against the guys. haha. We won 1 game against the guys but that was also thanks to Henry, Derrick's housemate. hehe.

The guys got cocky and decided to play 3 players against 8 of ours. And here I was thinking, 3 against 8? How could we lose?! lolz. Well, we did. haha. Derrick used this sumo guy who never gave our poor characters a chance to fight back! He KO-ed 5 of our players with his sumo! :( haha Was so funny coz Ness and I were kicking and screaming everytime he beat us. lolz. But it was lotsa fun. Can't wait to play again. hehe.

I wasn't planning to stay for dinner but in the end I did, only coz we were having too much fun playing Tekken 5. lolz. We went to Ying Thai on Lygon. Bud also joined us after his meeting. Its funny how all these really popular asian places are so small but yet they're always so busy. So we had to wait a little while before we got seats. OMG! I have heard of Derrick and how much he eats but I didn't realise how much he really eats until that night. He ate like 4 - 5 bowls of rice!!! It was soooo much! lolz. It was like he had a bottomless stomach. haha. Was so amazing. lolz. And they say Am eats just as much... hrmm, will have to see that to believe it! hehe.

my thoughts @ 11:56 PM

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Today we met up for lunch at Bob's Kitchen. It was kind of a spontaneous decision for me. I got a message at 2am from Jez saying that he and Mel were meeting up for lunch at Bob's Kitchen at 12:30pm. And if I wasn't working, I could join them. And I wasn't working, so I did.

Well it turned out that it wasn't just lunch for three people. In the end, work spread and we had 7 of us eating lunch together. Me, Jez, Mel, Bud, Dave, Ruoran and Kelvin. I don't think Bob's Kitchen is for large groups of people, especially when they're so busy around lunchtime. We had to wait for quite a while before we sat down at a four seater table for the seven of us. It was so squashy. lolz. We figured when we ordered, we wouldn't be able to eat properly on this small table so lucky the family behind us were leaving so we separated onto that table.

After lunch the guys had their fun and played at Intensity. Played Datona and some shooting games. lolz. Dunno what they're called. It was so amusing to watch the guys play. Its like they were little boys again and they got so excited when they played. lolz. So cute. You would never guess that they're in uni! haha.

Went back to Ruoran's place after the guys had had their fun. First time I've been to his place actually. He has this really really big dog that I was quite scared of. lolz. Anyways, we watched 'A Walk to Remember'. Dave hadn't seen it so we put it on, JUST FOR HIM! lolz. But it was good watching it again. And yes, i got teary again as well. lolz. I can't help it when I watch that movie. Always so sad but sweet to watch. Then we went from one extreme to the other and watched Braveheart. And thinking about it that day, I don't think I've ever watched that movie, even though its a well known movie. Will have to watch it one day. But I don't like all the blood and violence that goes on... lolz.

I didn't realise but by the time we left, it was already close to 6:30pm. And I knew my parents would have expected me to call if I wasn't coming home for dinner. But I didn't realise it was that late until Dave dropped me home. oopz! Lucky, they didn't seem to worry when I got home.

my thoughts @ 10:00 PM

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Went out with Sharon last night. Saw 'Just like Heaven'. It was really good, better than I expected. But then again, I'm a sucker for these type of movies. hehe. But last night was about catching up with Sharon more than anything else. And I am so glad we did. After the movie, we were both a little hungry and picked up KFC before heading back to my house. We had so much to talk about and it wasn't until last night that I had realised how much I actually miss her company and talking to her about anything and everything. Been at different unis and having different timetables made it hard for us to meet up last year. I know it's no excuse, but it did play a part. But my new year's resolution is to stop making excuses and just do things... especially when it comes to friends and family. It takes more effort but hey, you only live once, and you should make the most out of everything right?

my thoughts @ 9:26 AM

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Omg, can't believe I'm not there to celebrate your 21st... so so sad... :( You better save some cake for me. Must bring it all the way back from Singapore ok? I'll be waiting for it. Don't disappoint me! :P But till then, I hope you have a superb birthday (but not so superb that you forget about me all alone here in Melb... hehe) and I expect lotsa photos of your celebrations and presents ok? :D Love you lots! Miss you lots! *hugglez*

my thoughts @ 4:16 AM

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Our house smells like paint. Why? Because we just had our ceiling painted. Remember how a few weeks ago, one of our pipes had burst and made a hole in our ceiling? Well, we patched it up today but it meant we also had to repaint out whole ceiling coz the paint wouldn't be the exact colour. So at 8 this morning I got woken up by my dad semi-breaking our ancient yet reliable clock that we have had in our family for so many years (years, not generations :P). Its like a family member, we've had since I can remember. It's the only clock I have ever known to tell the time in our family. So when I rushed downstairs to find dad trying to put the hands of the clock back together, I was devasted. he had been trying to move everything so there was space for the painter to paint. Plus to move everything so it wouldn't get paint on it. My brother - the mr. fix it in the house - attended to the clock, while I quickly ran back upstairs to escape the painter seeing me in my pyjamas, still hoping that my brother would fix the clock. By 12 noon the painter had finished the first coat of paint. By 3pm he had finished it entirely and left little pieces of dried paint debri for us to clean up. Now our ceiling looks so white and our walls look blue-ish grey. hehe. But I dont think you can really tell the difference, unless you stare at it for a little while.And yes, the clock is fixed! YAY! hehe. It happily sits on our wall once again. Like it was brand new. :D




Oh, and by the way... have I mentioned that I dont like driving?! :(

my thoughts @ 4:42 PM

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Yesterday MUGG (melb uni glenny group, haha, its too long to keep typing out the people's names) had breakfast - yes, breakfast - at Rani's place. He made us delicious pancakes with BACON and MAPLE SYRUP. Yes, I thought it was a weird combination but try it! It is differently delicious! Thanks Rani for breaky... was very yummy! And very filling! He made us three pancakes each... and big ones at that! I think he gave me the biggest but I managed to finish it all. I was quite proud of myself. Normally, I don't think I would have finished it but I was quite hungry, eating breakfast at 11am! lolz It was more brunch. We had also decided that we would go to the city for lunch but because we ended up having our breakfast so late, I don't think any of us had room for lunch.

Rani had to be back home by 3pm so by the time we finished breaky, we had 3 hours to kill. After chilling in Rani's room, me playing with his i-dog (which is soooo cool! I want one! hehe), standing outside mikey's red barina, we eventually decided to go to Southland either to shop or see a movie. I don't think the boys really wanted to shop so we voted to see a movie. Saw 'Family Stone'. And I quite liked it. It wasn't what I expected though. I thought it would be more comedy. Like it was funny but it had a lot of emotional parts to it as well. haha, Mel and I were crying so much, haha. Won't spoil it for those who want to see it, but basically it was about a family getting together for Christmas (don't know why they didn't screen it before Christmas) and one of the sons brings his girlfriend home with him. Nobody likes the girlfriend but the son intends to marry her. So the movie is basically about this girlfriend trying to fit in with the family but the family is always giving her a hard time. Funny but sad at the same time.

Well after the movie, we all decided to go home. We were so tired for some reason. I dunno what the others did, but I went home to sleep. lolz. But the day didn't end there. Whilst talking on the net to Rani, we wanted to do something that night. I suggested we have a card game night (after having so much fun playing spit the night before). Rani suggested mahjong. Somebody needs to come over and teach me how to play it! My mum bought a set from China and it hasn't been touched once! lolz. Coz nobody in my family knows how to play it! haha So anyone wanting to teach a poor deprived asian girl... lemme know! ;D Then Rani came up with 'Anti-Monopoly'. Anyone heard of that? I didn't until last night. Basically its the same as the original Monopoly but with a few twists. Mikey had the game so we ended up playing that at my place. We (minus Mel) played until 1am. It was lotsa fun. Mikey kept owing money to everyone coz he landed on our properties. Bud loved collecting $1 notes and giving it to Rani for rent. Rani had bought a lot of property along 2 streets and we just happened to keep landing on all of them. 28 was the number of the day. haha. We were always paying Rani $28 for rent. In the end, we didn't get to finish the game properly coz all the guys had to get up early the next morning. But I think Bud would have won. He was the only person who had a blue note (i.e. $500) and a lot of property. hehe.

We should have a card game nite. I want a card game night! :P




my thoughts @ 12:16 PM

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Went out to my family friend's place last night for dinner. They had a small gathering there... for no particular reason. My aunty cooked the main dishes while she asked the rest of us to bring dessert. My brother made Tiramisu. Well actually there's a story that goes with that.

For christmas my brother got a pizza stone from my parents. Its the one Jamie Oliver uses to make his pizzas. Well not exactly the same one of course. Anyways, we decided to have pizza not last night but the night before. It was sooo yummy! So no more ordering pizzas for us! haha. People can come to us for pizza! hehe. For dessert we made Tiramisu (i think you can guess what happened). When we finished eating our yummy pizzas we got a phonecall from my aunty saying she was having a gathering tomorrow at her place and that all she required us to do was bring a dessert. haha. So yes, we cheated and used the Tirimisu that we made that night for the dinner.

We played card games to keep ourselves entertained. I got to play Big 2 again and learnt how to play it properly this time. Even though I still lost. :( But at least I didn't have to do push ups! :P Then we got sick of Big 2 and played spit. No, not literally spit. The card game spit. And we played it with 5 players! haha. It was crazy! I was trying to concentrate on my own cards but then kept losing coz I forgot to look at the other players. So when they had finished putting down all their cards, I wasn't quick enough to slap the smallest pile. lolz. It was funny though coz everyone was just slapping everyone else coz we all had our eye on the smallest pile. hehe. So that was fun.

my thoughts @ 7:45 PM

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I cant sleep.

my thoughts @ 1:19 AM

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Cleaned up the whole house today. I was in a cleaning mood. Cleaned, vaccuumed, washed, dusted, mopped, scrubbed, organised... you name it, I did it. haha. Mum was so surprised when she came home. First thing she said "Am I in the right house?" lolz. If only it could be kept that way forever. But no, after dinner, things were a mess again. haiz. When I have my own house, it'll be spotless. lolz. Well at least I hope so. The house looks so much nicer when its clean and tidy. :P

my thoughts @ 9:32 PM

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Went to see a movie today. Was quite a funy story though. Bud had organised to see a movie becoz it was Tuesday and it was only $8. So we gathered a few people from the glenny group and went to the cinemas at Knox. Bud had initially wanted to Zorro but apparently no one else wanted to see it. So we changed it to Family Stone. Got to the cinemas and there was this really really long queue. And Family Stone was sold out. Zorro was selling fast but we lined up for it anyways. When we asked for 7 tickets, the only seats left were the very front row to the side. We bought them but when the other guys arrived, they said they didn't wanna be sitting so close to the screen. So we lined up again and returned them. I never knew you could return tickets. That was a first for me. But the guy was pretty ok about it. Which was good. I didn't want to create a scene. hehe. So, we ended up not watching a movie at the cinemas... but went to Mel's place to watch The Italian Job. That was a good movie. I enjoy movies like that. Was like Ocean's Eleven. Another really good movie.

my thoughts @ 10:37 AM

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Well it is finally 2006 but somehow it still hasn't sunk it yet. Apparently it was the warmest ever December with a record of 42.9 degrees! But it was really good weather to have a party.

For us, 2006 started off with lots of fun, laughter and definitely a lack of sleep! hehe. Went to Mel's place last night to welcome the new year. Was just a small bunch of us. About 20 of us brought food and drinks to Mel's place but I think we had way too much food. There were about 12 packets of chips, if not more, and when I left this morning there were still 9 packets! Mel will have to have another party at her house soon. lolz.

So anyways, Tina picked me up and we got to Mel's house around 8:30ish. No one else was there yet except Rani. Apparently he was just there for the ice kachang. haha. And I didn't bring all the ingredients for it so we had to do a little last minute shopping. A few more people had arrived by the time we got back and that's when all the food and drinks started piling up.

It was a simple night... nothing spectacular... but still very enjoyable. Consisted of talk, laughter, eating and drinking, sparklers and shouts of "Happy New Year!", playing my guitar, teaching Sara how to play it, singing along with people playing on the piano, eating and drinking some more. We played Big 2... well some of the guys did and I joined in on a few games. But by joining, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. The rules that the guys had set were that if you lost the games, you had to do 1 push up for the number of cards you had left and if you had 10 or more, it was multiplied by how many u went over. And it was just my luck that I had exactly 10 left. So they made me do 20 push ups. Girly ones, of course. But even those were so hard to do! lolz My arms were so weak for the next few hours. I couldn't even lift them up to hold a cup or even scratch my head! lolz. Then I thought I would try my luck again. But this time they had changed the rules and made it sit ups instead of push ups and it was only 1 for every card you had. . And yes, I lost again ( I really need someone to teach me how to play it properly! >.<) and was forced to do 16 sit ups. That wasn't so bad. lolz. I should have agreed on sit ups in the first game. lolz.

By 2... or 3.. in the morning, one by one, people started to leave. There were a few of us who were staying over. Initially I wasn't one of them. But hey, I did say that 2006 would be full of unexpected, spontaneous moments and this was one of them. I was intending to go home but by the time the majority of people had left, it was already 5 in the morning. And slowly the people who was crashing at Mel's place were staing to nod off. It was funny coz Mel - the host - was the first one to crash. Well, Mel or Mikey, it was a close call. hehe. But they both had to work so I guess it was understandable. So eventually by 5:30am everyone had gone to sleep. And would you believe it? It was still really really hot!!! Al and I were the only ones up. We both couldn't sleep for some reason. I couldn't sleep coz I felt yuck. I needed to wash my face and have a shower and I wasn't in the most appropriate clothes to sleep in. It was too uncomfortable to sleep. So Al and I stayed up all morning and at 6:30am we went to Maccas to get the guys breakfast.

It was funny coz we thought that Maccas would be open at 6am but it turned out that because it was NewYears Day they didn't open until 7am. So we had to sit in the car for 30mins and wait. Then finally 7 o'clock came and as soon as the doors opened, we were the first customers to walk in for 2006! hehe. Probably also the first people to order 12 bacon and egg mcmuffins, 11 hashbrowns and 2 hotcakes. haha. The manager was kinda shocked that we needed that many coz he was the one making it all. hehe.

We got back to Mel's around 7:30am and the guys were still asleep. So, me being the the early riser decided to go wake people up for them to eat breaky. Somehow I dont think it was appreciated as much as I thought it would be. haha. Mel, Rani and Mikey got up by themselves. I got Ruoran to open his eyes but then he fell back asleep. Went up stairs to Anna and Carlo, they didn't budge. I got a slap from Bud, haha. Steph got up to go to the toilet but then went back to sleep. And Chi didn't move either. So it was kinda unsuccessful. Oh wellz, I tried. lolz. Well I wasn't going to wait for them to get up, so I ate my breakfast first.

Mel, Mikey and Rani all went back to sleep so again Al and I were the ones left awake. There was nothing else to do so we cleaned up the place. I didn't mind coz I knew Mel had to go to work and I don't think she really wanted to clean up the place before or after work. But I think the cleaning up the place took the last amount of energy out of me and I was starting to feel the symptoms of not sleeping for 24hours. As soon as I sat down, my head felt heavy and my eyelids wanted to close. But I knew if I slept, I wouldn't be able to wake up again for a few long hours. So I forced myself to stay awake. Mikey kindly dropped me home. As soon as I had a shower, I climbed into bed and slept from 11am till 7pm. lolz! Best sleep I've ever had. I so needed it. haha.

So I've just had dinner and now I'm online. Wide awake! hehe.

my thoughts @ 8:22 PM

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