Sorry, it has been a while since I last blogged.

I start my new job next monday... so thats a bit exciting! :) but i have to say that I'm more nervous than excited. lots of mountains i need to climb to do well in this job. and they're not little mountains, i can assure you. but if i do make it to the top and not come tumbling back down, i'll be proud of myself.

last weekend was full of socializing. on saturday i went with mel to the city to check out the YAA expo. lots of different creative ideas. it was really interesting. i love looking at the new and original ideas people have. kinda why i love going to markets as well. they always have fascinating creations to look at. so anyways, mel and i had lunch first, shopped a bit and then met up with rani at around 3pm to walk to the expo. along the way we bumped into steph, who was also going to the expo. it was held at the melbourne exhibition center. it wasn't a HUGE expo as i expected it to be but big enough. their products ranged from cute, simple but effective magnets, to wrist bands, to wonder bras, to scarves with pockets, to pot plants that grow messages, to reversible bags... etc. we spent a good hour or two there before mel, rani and i headed back home. the whole point of mel and i meeting up that day was so that we could go watch a movie 'evening'. so we went back to her place, had dinner, had singing lessons :) and then off we went to glenny. however, when we got there, we didn't really feel like going to watch a movie and ended up having vanilla chai lattes at coco lounge... hehe.

on sunday, we had yumcha with more of the glennies. went to new royal garden, where we got in trouble for booking for 12 people and having only 7 turn up at the start >.< i wasn't particularly impressed by the yumcha there. the service was slow, the food was only so so but i guess the company made up for it. i love our glenny group. i love how we can arrange a get together at the last minute and just catch up with everyone who can make it (which is usually a good turn out). so anyways, sunday was also jez and steph's birthday and while steph couldn't grace us with her presence, jez did. so to celebrate, we went to airstream for drinks (jez loves airstream :D hehe). didn't stay there for long. the boys went to watch the simpsons movie and the girls went home.

i have recently been inspired again to make cupcakes. My mum discovered a new bakery/factory near our place that only make cupcakes. before going to the factory, i had only ever seen well decorated cupcakes from photos and pictures online (with the exception of one in sydney). so you can imagine my excitement when i could actually pick them up and look at them closely. i haven't had the time to bake cupcakes until today. i woke up at 8:30am just to bake cupcakes. i thought it would be a good way to start the day. but i was wrong. i was so tired in the morning and had a slight headache. so that didn't put me in the mood to decorate. it takes a lot of effort to decorate, especially when you don't have the correct equipment/materials. but surprisingly, my sloppy job of decorating my cupcakes didn't turn out too badly!


my thoughts @ 5:32 PM

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back in melb.

too much to write about from the trip. but all you need to know is that i had sooo sooo sooo much fun!!! there was not a dull moment! didn't really want to come back to melb knowing i would be bored at home by myself until august. oh wellz, i have the memories to keep me company for a while.

for photos, go to facebook.com :)

p.s. facebook is sooooo addictive!!! >.< i warn you now! hehe

my thoughts @ 6:30 PM

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Guess where I am at the moment?

SYDNEY!

Yep, that's right... after being convinced by Mikey and my thoughts of going to Sydney sometime this year, we made a very very spotaneous decision to go to Sydney this week... so here I am!

Arrived yesterday afternoon. And I've had so much fun already. Staying with Dan and his other two housemates, Hugo and Wilbur, is so entertaining! hehe They get along really really well. Their apartment is super neat and tidy! Pretty impressive for 3 boys living under the one roof! hehe. And whats more, Hugo is an AWESOME cook... he created an amazing meal last night for dinner straight from his head! It was yummylicious! Pressures on when its my turn to cook! >.<

Dan has been a fantastic host... I even got chocolates on my bed!!! lolz... what service! lolz. He's constantly planning outings for me and making sure I get the most out of my stay here. I rate this accomodation 5 stars! hehe...

Don't have much time to update, going shopping soon. I will be back in melb on monday afternoon. So till next time... ciao!

my thoughts @ 10:29 AM

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I made the yummiest Thai dish tonight. Chicken and corn soup noodles. yummmmm... I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out because one, I had never made it before and two, I'm not really a mains person... I like baking and cooking dessert.

So anyways, with no one else at home to prepare dinner, it was up to me. Mum had borrowed this low GI recipe book that has very interesting dishes. The photo of this dish looked yummy so I thought I'd give it a try. Plus it said it would only take 3omins to cook. And they were right. It was quick and simple to prepare and then you basically just chucked everything in. It was delicious!

I think I'll be cooking a lot more dishes from that low GI recipe book! :)

my thoughts @ 7:03 PM

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Going out with friends is great! But the only downside is... you're more likely to spend money... and that money is more than likely to be spent on FOOD!!! lolz... I've put on so much weight since the holidays started, its bad! >.<>.< And not just any type of food nite... but a dessert night! lolz... great. Better go and exercise before the weekend!

my thoughts @ 10:06 AM

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Expectations can lead to disappointment... in my case, more so than not.

I don't know how I set myself up for these disappointments. When something seems to be going really well, I guess I hope for the best. But somehow, the saying 'its too good to be true' always prevails. *sigh... when I'm disappointed... I feel sad. And when I feel sad... I want to be around people who make me happy. But those people are usually busy or too far away. And then I become even sadder :(

But then something UNEXPECTED comes along... and I feel better. It's only a matter of time...

my thoughts @ 10:29 AM

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my thoughts @ 11:42 PM

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I never really realised how much I love being a teacher until today. Went to see Chi today (becoz I was desperate to get out of the house after being cooped up for 3 days) and we talked about the past, the present and the future. And for me, in all three periods, teaching came up. I have always wanted to become a teacher for as long as I can remember... I am a teacher now... and I want to continue being a teacher in the future. If someone turned to me and asked me 'If you couldn't be a teacher, what would you be?' I would have to have a long hard think about it. I seriously don't know what I would want to be if I couldn't be a teacher - sorta like me not ever imagining to wear any other colour but blue, hehe. Obviously it would have to involve children.

But thankfully, that's question I won't have to think about anytime soon. I am a teacher now and loving every moment of it. My thoughts of being a teacher have been narrow but recently, life has thrown opportunities at me that have made me see so many different paths I can take to become a better and more experienced teacher.



my thoughts @ 5:44 PM

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my thoughts @ 9:58 AM

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