Little miss sunshine.

New years '12.

2012-01-01T22:37:00.000+08:00

So new years turned out nothing as expected. I thought there was gonna be plans like last year but when i found out they hadn't planned anything, i was pretty bummed. We ended up just going with the flow. I was with Kuan and Crys first deciding on what to do. Turns out everyone else had their own ideas so it was just us waiting for See Yao and Arthur.

We arrived Times Square at around 10.30 and practically waited for them till like 11.15. Getting tickets for Chocolate Factory took quite a while cause we were waiting for our other friends to get them. We only managed to get in like at 11.50 and fighting the crowd inside was crazy. It was so packed and extremely hot that my hair started looking like shit after that. We couldn't find our table as well and we hadn't even settled down when the countdown began. So yes, countdown was shit for us :/

We left right after cause we couldn't stand the heat. Pondered on where to go and we finally decided on White Room cause we had friends inside that had tables. It got pretty happening after that which was a darn relief. So didn't want my new years to end up crappy. Met so many old friends too which was a nice thing.

The related bloodlines lol.

Ah yes, red-faced pictures always mean i look horrible. My eyebrows will drop somehow, so like even if i'm smiling, i still look sad -_- Couldn't take much pictures cause of the smoke and well, not the right gang to take pictures with. I miss the old group, the whole bunch of us. I guess we're reaching the time where we've all got our own lives and will slowly split up sighs.

Anyways, i'm just glad my new years wasn't as sucky as christmas lol.

Cheers to the new year and may it bring us much better moments than the last. Happy New Year everyone!

much love

Hello.

2011-12-30T08:31:00.001+08:00

This Christmas was a miserable one for me. Its my first Christmas all alone, away from my family and i thought it wasn't going to be that bad since i was in Australia. But i was wrong. A situation got me ending up in tears and i sort of broke down when my parents called with their wishes. All i could choke out on the phone was "i wanna go home". But after looking through ticket prices, i had mixed feelings. They were really expensive and i felt bad so i decided not to. Then dad talked to me and i dunno, hearing his voice somehow made me teary. I guess i miss my family that much ey. He asked me not to worry about the price since i wasn't happy in Perth and to just go ahead and book my ticket.

So with a guilty heart, i did. Its only 2 days till new years and guess what people?

I'm home.

Pancakes at Carillon.

2011-11-13T00:42:00.001+08:00

So no one has replied any of my job applications and i'm still spending money fml. I've gone past the shopping (i hope) and now i'm more on a food hunt. Was supposed to have pancakes with Joy but my bf suddenly decided he wanted to tag along with us last minute. Lol as expected, we ended up having a very late brunch.

Macadamia pancakes.

and Devil's Delight, which is served with chocolate pancakes.

What the boyfie had.

Joy and i shared the nachos and pancakes and yeah, wonders of wonders we couldn't finish everything haha. We had to eat the pancakes before finishing the nachos because the ice cream was melting. Took away the nachos in the end cause it looked like we barely touched them at all lol. And guess what. I left them in a store! Only realized it when we were already out the car park. Probably a sign that i couldn't eat it for supper lolol.

Boyfie took me to eat pan mian for dinner (something i've been craving the most) cause he said i was a good girl today haha :P

Ah yes, i seem to be indulging myself in a lot of good food now. I lost about 2kgs surprisingly and i don't intend to gain any of them back. Gonna balance out good food and my diet from now on. I need to look good (and catch up with my bf that's losing weight rapidly!).

I realize my pictures aren't good lately :( Pictures from my current iphone come out all grainy and pictures from my dslr seem to be in a not-so-satisfying colour. I know i should be messing with the settings but i couldn't be bothered anymore, especially when i'm in a rush to eat my food ahaha. Anyways, waiting for my 4S to arrive in about 2weeks!

Me us against the world.

2011-11-09T13:21:00.000+08:00

For Halloween, we didn't really have big plans as it was pretty last minute. Some of them also still had papers so yeah. We didn't dress up (cause we sorta didn't wanna spend money on costumes ehehh :P next year for sure!) so we just chilled at Shereen's house, ordered pizza, and watched a thriller.

Oh yeah, and if you've seen, we fooled around with Tiffany's wigs as well that Kenny brought over. But we said that next year we'd have a full party, complete with costumes and decorations and themed food. We'd (hopefully) have jobs by then so there'll be no problems on the funds lol.

Went shopping with Mel and Amelie on Tuesday in the city. Can you believe i haven't gone shopping in a month? I'm running out of clothes to wear ugh. Only bought one top that day though, mostly just eyed what i wanted first.

Trying on sexy tops with my girls. Just for fun.

Then on Wednesday, a whole bunch of us had brunch at Sayers in Leederville. It was goood! Joy says they change their menu every now and then.

I had their homemade pork sausage and vanilla milkshake. Their milkshake is like the best i've ever tasted!

Yeah, should have taken a picture before we all started eating haha. But our food looked too delicious so we couldn't wait to start digging in.

After a very satisfying brunch, we went shopping in the city (again). And that's the day i splurged :S Can't really remember what i bought but i know it was quite a handful.

Been eyeing these Havaianas for quite a while and i finally bought them. They're red! And with such cute hearts!

Shereen was able to finally join us on Thursday and we went to the city yet again. Everyone was doing their last minute shopping as they were heading back in a day or two so we were sorta running out of time. We went to Harbourtown and it was raining so that pretty much wasn't fun. Towards closing time, me and Shereen were like rushing into 3 different stores to look for her stuff lol. And in that time, i managed to find an asymmetrical dress that was on sale (only $10)! :D

On Friday, i went to Carousel with Shereen cause i had some essentials i needed to get. Hence, more outflow of money :( Well yeah, what do i expect from 4days of shopping in a row right. Sigh i wish i had a money tree that sprouted dollar bills -_-

And then yesterday, it was my turn to accompany the guys shopping!

Haha self entertain while the guys looked at their stuff.

Submitted all my part-time job applications already. Now i'm just waiting for them to get back to me. Can't wait to start earning my own money and then spend on my never ending list of things i want. Enjoy your holidays you all that have gone back to your hometown! I'm still gonna be around, sadly. Sigh i just know i'm gonna miss out on a lot back home, especially during Christmas and New Years :,(

Turning tables.

2011-10-29T15:39:00.001+08:00

Finals are over! I'm pretty confident with my tax paper, not so much though for finance and accounting. Just getting a pass would be enough. Family and relatives all talking about attending my convocation next year already lol.

I finished my papers on Thursday but i wasn't having a good time cause my bf was always out and didn't seem like he had time for me. So when Ivan randomly asked if i wanna accompany him to Scarborough yesterday, at first i didn't want to go, but staying at home alone wouldn't do me any good either. It was a public holiday yesterday cause it was the Queen's birthday (and she'll be here in Perth until tomorrow) so all public transportation was free.

Scarborough was full of those teeny-boppers and pretty rude teens. Hardly ever any Asian people around at all lol. It was so windy and cold that i started sniffling a bit. Didn't feel like going in the water either cause i cbb to take a shower there. So i just stayed on the beach and worked on my tan :)

Fish and chips by the sea!

Unfortunately, i was still thinking a lot the whole time so my mood was pretty off. Could tell Ivan was really trying to cheer me up but yeah, no luck. I was too emotional that i started texting and scolding my bf when i got home, saying how he doesn't love me enough to spend time with me and that he should be in a relationship with his friends LOLOL. Emo bah, and you know how we're vulnerable in saying things like that. He argued back that i didn't tell him what i wanted to do so he didn't know i wanted to spend time with him.

Then i couldn't take it and went to his house. At first i thought it's just gonna be the silent treatment but he suddenly hugged me and kept consoling me, saying he didn't know and will ask me out more often. And then, he suddenly surprised me with a Tiffany&Co. package! Apparently, the reason he went out that morning was to buy me that aaww. I felt super bad after that for scolding him and accusing him of not spending time with me. Well, plus side though cause he cancelled his other plans that night to spend time with me hehh :)

My first Tiffanys! Its for finishing my exam and our next monthsary gift.

He bought me two pendants. Haha i told him my parents are the ones that are supposed to give me the key. But he didn't believe in the whole 21st key thing. The other heart flower pendant has a diamond in it.

Just when you think you know them, they take you by surprise :) ♥

In conclusion, texting does not solve anything. I guess we often misunderstand words and signals so its hard to actually predict what the other person is conveying. Its better to settle things with face-to-face confrontation. (That way, you can also sulk and try and manja up to him ahaha :P)

We went for late dinner in the city with Simson and had Korean bbq again. My second time there this week omg. Korean bbq overdose!

I used to be the type that'll remain silent and keep my problems to myself. And i found out that that only makes things worse. So now, i tend to speak out and honestly, that's made my relationship healthier :)

Waiting for the other girls to finish their exams before we meet up and go shopping again. Oh and desserts and pastries and mmmnnn :9

Finals.

2011-10-24T01:32:00.000+08:00

First paper later at 6.45pm. Taxation. Been practically writing non-stop for the past week; notes and practice questions. If that doesn't help me remember then i don't know what will. Stress kicking in suddenly. Once my paper begins tomorrow, the rest of the papers will come in a rush. And come Thursday, i'm officially a uni student no more!

To the rest of you, good luck for finals!

P/s Dire need of going shopping soon. I see so many pretty dresses online its no joke :( But my financials say otherwise sigh. Gonna start applying for part-time jobs soon before my shopping list gets any longer.

Roadtrip up north: Lancelin.

2011-10-17T00:32:00.001+08:00

Day 3. We had an American breakfast, chilled for a bit before started cleaning up the house, all ready to go.

Lol. The curious case of the sunshine spot. It practically stuck on me in 3 consecutive pictures; on my ear, on my nose, and on my eye.

Random stops along the way.

We were thinking of having a walk to see what there was but after reading the sign, it says the walk to the end was approx 2hrs! I'd come here to workout instead eh. A few weeks and i'd have burned tons of calories lol.

Dandelion! Biggest sign of all ahaha ;)

This was supposed to be Pink Lake (but it wasn't lol. apparently the obvious colour only happens at certain times). There was no entrance there so we had to park at the roadside and walk through mini paths until we reached an opening. And most of the plants were pokey :S

Btw before leaving Geraldton, we had stopped by the information centre and picked up a couple of brochures. I was looking through one and came across a Lavender Farm! I remembered how awesome the Lavender Farm was down south and i suggested we visit this one for lunch. And the place was gorgeous! The waitresses were all so nice and the atmosphere was just great.

Shereen, Mel, and i decided to share our meals so we could order more. We ordered the kid's meal and even that we couldn't finish lol.

We were so full by the time we reached the desserts that we didn't get to touch the lavender scone. Took away that one but we eventually forgot about it lol.

We spent quite a lot of time in the Lavender Farm :D After that, we were sorta rushing to Lancelin and i didn't think we'd be able to make it in time for sandboarding. Pity to have come all the way too. It was 5-ish when we finally arrived and we managed to find a place that were still renting out boards and only closes at 7.30pm. Close call! But omg, sandboarding at that time is freaking cold! The winds were so strong we had to fight it all the way (especially the sand in our eyes).

I was quite scared at first because the boards didn't have a handle unlike the last time i came. Lol luckily the hill wasn't that steep.

Haha all these shots were us fighting the wind. But my models are great, no? :)

We only arrived Perth like close to 10pm. Hell tired after that. I came home, showered, had a quick meal, then went to bed. But the entire roadtrip was indeed an awesome one. Our free week flew by so quickly! We're planning to head to Melbourne and/or Sydney after graduation :DD Gotta enjoy as much now before the working life begins!

much love

Roadtrip up north: Geraldton.

2011-10-14T21:02:00.002+08:00

Day 2. We woke up really early cause we wanted to be in time for the dolphin feeding which was at 7am. But apparently, that was the general feeding and we were only allowed to get up close with the dolphins at around 8am. This was cause the mother dolphins had to feed their kids and if we came close to them, they wouldn't get the chance to. So since we had plenty of time to kill, we decided to have breakfast first.

Blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and fruit salad. This was sooo heavenly! I wish i could have pancakes as breakfast in bed *craving.

Lol sleepy eyes.

Our table had the perfect view of the feeding area. So when we caught a glimpse of dolphin fins, we practically scoffed our food down and ran over there. Lol we wanted to get good spots for pictures (and at the same time, wishing that the dolphins would come our way and we'd get to feed them. so sneaky ey ngeheheh >:]).

Btw, i wasn't using any zoom lens so this was how close they were to us. We were pretty disappointed that we didn't get to feed them cause they only chose families and senior citizens. Amelie was saying how next time when we come back, we should be in crutches so they'd pity us and pick us ahaha!

The guy who helped us take this picture was so funny. He kept going at different angles and taking so many shots. Lol i think he must be enjoying playing with the dslr.

We checked out then headed to the shark feeding at another location. Making one stop on the way to Little Lagoon. We actually saw that place the day before but it was getting pretty dark for pictures. The water was so clear and all i could think of that time was photoshoot (well, majority of my thoughts throughout the whole roadtrip anyway lol). That place was seriously divine!

The shark feeding place also had some other fishes on display. Oh and btw, the guy behind the cash register was actually quite cute ngeheheh ;P We took a quick break there for ice-cream, coffee, and cake to brace the hot weather and the rest of our journey. There probably wasn't gonna be another cafe/diner for another few hours.

Do you know that the lionfish is actually poisonous? Its so pretty with its colours and all but don't touch!

Our next location got us all excited. Shell Beach! The whole beach is actually filled with tiny shells, not sand! That's why it freaking hurts if you take your slippers off (or kneel in it, like i did -_-). It also sorta felt like a desert and i was thinking about 'Sex and the City 2' ahaha. Now that would indeed make a great photo.

a la Gossip Girl mode LOL. This was actually a very painful shot cause the sun was practically burning everyone's eyes! I couldn't open mine at all.

I want more asymmetrical dresses!

Vogue. This woman made me fall in love with my dslr again :)

We stopped at some lookout that was on the way and that place was filled with flies i got too annoyed! I also changed my shirt cause i realized that that dress made me look fatter (cause of its material and flare and all). And yes, i wasn't satisfied with my pictures lol. But yeah, looking back, i think i was actually chubbier then. I've lost quite a bit of that now yay.

That place would also have made another glam photoshoot if it weren't for the darn stupid flies! Lol a lot of the pictures we took there actually had flies on us, if you could spot them :P Oh and funny story about me, Shereen, and Bowie. On the way down, i sort of tripped just as Bowie was telling us to be careful. Then they started laughing and Bowie slipped lol. I was telling Shereen how she was laughing and she'll be next and true enough, she also tripped just as i said it. Hahaha karma bites ey :P

Our accommodation in Geraldton was a house and it was so homey! They literally gave us everything; towels and soap for everyone, barbeque pit, flat screen tv. Better than a hotel i tell you! We could actually fit 10 people in that house, comfortably.

So nice right! The patio was also real comfy. The feeling of chilling out there, barbecuing and eating together. Awesome.

That night was the absolute best! We plugged in our pendrives, blasted music in the living room, and started drinking. We were dancing all over the living room, and Joy was doing burlesque! Omg is she good! We were all pretty much turned on lolol. I tried learning but i am not that flexi dammit.

We tired out eventually, took our showers, and had girly talks in the bedroom until late. I was sharing the same room with Shereen and we continued talking for another hour before going to sleep. Was sharing stories about our bfs eheheh.

That night was really a memorable one because i hardly ever get to spend this kind of time with my girls. Everyone let loose that night and that is what i love. Us without a care in the world :)

Roadtrip up north: Monkey Mia.

2011-10-12T11:31:00.002+08:00

Okay, so the bad thing about writing this post late is that i might probably forget quite a lot of details about our trip. But let me refresh as much as i can aight :)

Day 1 of our roadtrip! Most of us stayed over Shereen's place the night before as we were due to head out at 5.30am the next day. Lol i wasn't used to sleeping that early and i had to resist tossing and turning in bed cause i was sharing it with 2 other girls.

We had to get an early start because Monkey Mia is actually 10hours away from Perth. Yes people, 10HOURS. Breakfast was at McDonalds because that was the only place that was open at that hour (unlike Malaysia where we can have kopitiams! haha).

We made a couple of stops along the way, mostly toilet-breaks and whenever we saw pretty flowers or nice potential backgrounds lol. Everything along the way gave me ideas for photoshoots! Ah, little creativity bone finally working its magic lolol.

So cute! Indication of the ladies' toilet. Women are also known as 'sheilas' in the Australian outbacks.

Okay so most of my photoshoot ideas didn't exactly work because we weren't wearing the right clothes and didn't have that much time at one spot.

It got pretty hot as we headed further up north. We'd been driving for hours with only little snacks here and there so when we finally found this quaint little cafe-ish place, we decided to have a light lunch. People out in the country are really friendly and often started chatting us up. That's what i like. Makes the trip even more enjoyable :)

After about another 2hrs, we finally reached Monkey Mia resort. The entrance itself made us all excited. There were cabanas on the beach! We were just in time to drop off our bags, freshen up a little and catch the sunset. There were all sorts of rooms but ours were military style haha! We didn't intend to spend that much money on accommodation (since we were only going to be sleeping there) so ours were the backpackers style with pretty comfy bunk beds.

We found a feather which = another sign lol ;P

10 people on the whole trip. Girl power! Makes it not malu to SS here and there ahaha.

We were actually supposed to drink that night but we had to do it outside at the public area cause no drinking was allowed in the rooms. It was quite chilly out and everyone was way beyond tired so in the end, we decided not to. I wanted to go stargazing too but the thought of lying down on the beach after already taking my shower and getting all sandy again made me change my mind. So in the end, we all just stayed in the room and girl-talked. Oh and most of the time, tembak Bowie hahaha! :P

That night, everyone drifted off into a deep sleep. I know this because no one heard Abrille's phone ring very loudly and long at idk what time except me and Winnie lol. Sign of everyone suffering extreme tiredness.

P/s Posting day 2 soon. Gives me a break (and an excuse) from studying ehehe :D

Perth Royal Show '11.

2011-10-09T18:07:00.000+08:00

I got real excited when i found out the girls made plans to go to the Perth Royal Show because i love massive fun fairs, especially with great company, and also cause i heard it was good. I didn't get to go last year, can't remember why. This time i was really looking forward to seeing the animal shows, sit on rides and hopefully, win me a toy ahaha.

We actually went reeaally early, like at 8.30am. Yes, amazing that i could wake up that early. But it was good cause we got a head start. We took our time around the whole carnival. I think the longest we spent was at the dog show. Cmon, huskies everywhere! Who can resist that?

The dog show was somewhat near the entrance. I screeched and ran over when i first saw the golden retrievers but when my eye caught the huskies being judged at the other side, omg i couldn't contain my excitement! Some of the owners were those serious dog-show trainers so they didn't allow people near their dogs. But there were others that were really nice and so we went snap snap everywhere :D

Before this, i never really knew how big huskies were but omg are they huge!

I always wanted to name my female husky Savannah. The owner had the same idea too lol.

I couldn't resist leaving this dog. When it was my turn to take a picture, he suddenly went and lied down on my lap and started licking my thigh. It really went and manja up to me. Dammit i am so determined to have my own husky in the future!

Sir Sullivan James (named after Monster Inc's Sully lol). He kept howling at his owners for treats haha.

Omg i so love this picture that Shereen took! But ugh, my hair so terrible! All the nice shots that day had my hair looking like crap. Bad hair day to the max fml.

Its clear what the highlight of that day was haha. I LOVE huskies and malamutes and to be able to finally see them, pet them, and take pictures of/with them was sheer happiness. We were wondering whether the dog shows had the same dogs everyday cause if not, then i was really lucky to be able to see them. Its a sign! Hahaha ;)

After finally pulling ourselves away from the dogs, we walked on and came across the Malaysia exhibit. Haha and guess what we had for lunch? Roti canai, roti jala, curry, satay, and ice kacang! Ironic huh how we came to a carnival and had our own cuisine for lunch.

We actually got excited when we saw this but after reading the T&C, it says not applicable to Malaysian citizens :( 1st prize to KK wei!

The farm animals were just nearby. I got excited again when i saw they had guinea pigs haha. I didn't wanna leave until i held and took a picture with one.

Lovebirds :)

I waited forever to hold this little fatso! Damn cute lah omg!

After all the sights, it was time to sit on rides and get ourselves prizes!

Okay, we sat on this ride that effing made me feel close to death! The thing spins like crazy fast and wayy up high and i keep getting thrown here and there. I couldn't stop praying to God the whole ride. Effing paranoid man, prolly cause i was thinking of Final Destination the whole time hehh. I was so scared that the safety thingy would come lose and i'd fall how many feet off the air. I was screaming so loud whereas this old guy next to me had no feeling. He was practically laughing at everyone screaming wtf.

The guy split us up so i didn't get to sit next to Mel and Shereen :/ It was awkward to sit with some guy and his family and i didn't feel like screaming at first but screw him, i was effing scared! I didn't even dare to open my eyes the whole time.

I've got bruises on my arm from that ride. I kept getting thrown backwards and sidewards and most of the time, only the safety thingy was supporting my weight. My screams turned into mini cries towards the end :(

There was this guy who kept giving us deals and saying how he could get us any toy we want. But in the end, we only felt cheated! It was that game where you have to throw 4 balls in a huge bucket. He said we could have 5 each and if we get 3/15 he would give us all any toy each. So naturally we got excited. But we only managed to get 2/15 and then he said if we played again and get another 1/10, he'd still get us any toy. Cheating one lah, so hard to get. I so wanted that husky stuffed toy but more than $20 for it is so not worth it. We were quite kit si about that ugh.

We were supposed to stay for the fireworks cause everyone has been raving about how awesome it is but we were too tired to wait. We were there practically the entire day and the fireworks was only scheduled to show at 8pm.

Got a text from Yong on the way home for dinner plans. Been a while since i saw him and Shereen came along with me.

I slept super early that night. Bliss.

P/s Thanks Shereen for always letting me steal your pictures! Haha. Was contemplating on bringing my dslr that day but i know it would be insane to carry that heavy thing around the whole day. Used my phone's camera but that only sucked my battery even more. Bleh.

Multicultural week and Pasar Malam '11.

2011-10-01T13:19:00.005+08:00

Every year the uni holds a week where we celebrate the different cultures that we have in uni itself. I helped out for Europe day as well as Asia day cause i thought it would be fun (and it would also look good on my resume eheheh). The only people i knew there were Mel and Amelie so it was a little awkward for me seeing how i have no people skills :( But everyone was friendly so yeah, turned out alright.

Yesterday was a full on day for me. I had a meeting at first for my group presentation that's gonna be next week. After that i went to meet up the girls and got to dress up in Mel's yukata! Now i want one or a kimono for myself. Hmmn the Emo Kids are going to Tokyo next year. Since i can't join them maybe i could ask them to get one for me :D

I felt like a celebrity for a short while in that outfit. People came to take pictures with me! Lol. And there was this ang moh that actually thought i was Japanese! Such compliments ahaha :DD

We also had a mini fashion show and they made me wear this thing -_- Hiding my beauty or what pfft. It was also so big that the part for my mouth was actually my chin.

We had one lecture yesterday and then went to help out with the Pasar Malam event straight after. My shift actually only starts at 7pm but i was lazy to walk home so i just stayed behind and started helping out early. Tried to make myself as useful as possible but again, i have no people skills. Lol so need to work on myself after this sem sighs.

Picture taken by some photographer that's up on Facebook. Tiffy and Kenny came to support too!

The weeks are gonna go by real quickly now. I still feel like i have a long list of to-dos before the girls head back to Malaysia. There's the Perth Royal Show that just started today, Koko Black, hi-tea/picnic somewhere, i'm craving dim sum suddenly, and of course shopping! Tsk tsk so much to do, so little time.

It's been a long time but i'm back in town.

2011-09-20T09:26:00.002+08:00

Can't believe free week is over all too soon :( Now its back to the books. Finals are in a month and after that, job-a-hunting! Fingers crossed someone hires me lol.

Spent a huge amount of time with my girls this holiday. We went shopping and had a lovely lunch the other day in the city. We suddenly started talking about horny stuff (AHAHAHA pardon me!) and tattoos over the table and surprisingly, everyone wanted one! So, we're all plotting to do one soon heheheh >:]

Aannd. It just so happened to be my monthsary that day :D (Shereen's as well!) Went for a nice dinner out with the love. We had steak and white wine, so romantic eh! Best date ever ahaha!

He may not be the most good looking guy in the world but he somehow makes me unexplainably happy. And his love for me is more than i can ever ask for. I love you baby!

And then last Saturday, i accompanied Shereen to a 'Search for a Star 2011' event in Murdoch. I didn't know it was a Zion event so i saw tons of people i know. Including bumping into Alex and Jen Mei! Haven't seen them for a while.

Crazy super tall Paul! He was the one that invited us and drove us there.

All these pictures were taken from Shereen's camera. I really love her camera for SS shots eh haha. I just basically use mine for portrait shots now. Speaking of that, i got some really awesome shots during the roadtrip if you haven't already seen it. Will blog about that another time cause i know its gonna be a hell long post. But yes, my models made me fall in love all over again with my dslr. Prolly in the future when i get a car, i'd just drive to the countryside for the sake of another photoshoot with the girls.

Rights. I'm up early today to head to uni and study with the girls. We've got another mid sem coming up this Saturday :( Time to bury my head in books and finish off with the semester!

much love

2011-09-09T10:03:00.002+08:00

Its free week tomorrow! So looking forward to the roadtrip with my girls! We'll be going up north to Monkey Mia and sandboarding. Finally get to put my dslr to good use again lol.

Been rather busy the past few weeks with tests and work to be done. Glad to be finally taking a break soon then. But not before another mid sem test like later at 6.30pm wth, which i will hopefully be able to score. Its a 3hr paper which means i'll only be going home around 10pm. My free week could have started a whole lot earlier if it weren't for this paper since i have Weds and Thurs off grr.

Anyways, can't wait to go shopping tomorrow with the girls. Haha i've gotten itchy!

//Edit: Turns out the paper wasn't 3hrs, only 2. Feel so relieved that its over. I felt like i knew how to do everything, just not sure whether its gonna be correct or not lah. Lol and idk why but i feel like dancing (or in the proper terms, clubbing) ahaha. Been a while since i dressed up and wore myself out on the dance floor. Its free week so its time to party people! ;D

Shereen's 21st!

2011-08-28T17:30:00.002+08:00

Sadly i didn't get to meet up Sammy today :( Didn't have a good sleep the whole night so i was super tired. Hopefully i'll get to meet him up during my free week, along with the rest of the people i have yet to meet.

We made dinner plans last, last Friday to have dinner at Ciao Italia after our lecture which ends at 5pm. Crazy to be heading for dinner early right but we had to walk and find our way there (we got lost hahaha) and we only reached at like 5.45pm. The place opens at 5.30pm and even after doors open 15minutes later, there were already people queueing outside @_@

Lol don't mind the awkward way my legs are bent in.

There were 10 of us so when we finally got a table, we were way beyond starving then. I hadn't eaten since 11am that day and our food only arrived close to 8pm was it? But the waiters were really entertaining us, especially with their knowledge of Malaysia. He's Italian and yet he knows so much. He even spoke Malay to us! Not fluent lah of course but still, entertaining :)

The waiters surprised Shereen with a tiramisu and started singing the birthday song for her.

We got pretty paranoid that we missed the bus and the next one was only going to be at 11pm. My bf couldn't pick us up either cause there were too many of us and we couldn't all fit in his car. Thankfully there was still one last bus that dropped us off at the Curtin bus station.

P/s The tiramisu always makes me think of Wu Zhang lol. Missing all the Emo Kids :( The first time i came here was with them last year. I wanna go Japan next year with them lah. Or at least meet them up in Singapore end of this year. Sighs.

Anyhoos, the next day was Shereen's open house. I made garlic bread and bruschetta hehe. Was a little (okay maybe a lot) late though cause i was at the bf's place first then had to rush home and prepare all the food. Oh and btw, her birthday theme was 'sexy nerd' haha. I think i looked ridiculous -_-"

Xiang Xi's puppy, Macpy!

Happy 21st babe! :D

Ahaha spot the wrong in the picture ;P

We all wrote a little something for her :) The board was created by Tiffy btw.

Thanks so much for the invite babe! I had a great time and i hope you did too :) Feel ever so grateful to have a friend like you.

much love

Echo.

2011-08-27T23:05:00.000+08:00

There was one week (can't remember which one) where the girls and i just went places eating eheheh :D We went for dim sum and i had snow ice on Thursday in the city and just basically walked around. No shopping done sadly.

And then we had ramen in Freo on Saturday. There was like a whole bunch of us till we had to take turns eating lol (cause the shop was really small). The Freo market is always a pleasure to walk around; sights of handmade items, the smell of delicious pastries and coffee, and the rows of fruit and veggies.

Doughnut :9

We all met back up and then it was time for a little indulgence at San Churros.

Annie introduced this to me the last time we had churros. Its like a mixture of strawberries, cream, chocolate sauce, and fudge brownies with crushed peanut toppings mmnn. Serious indulgence indeed!

I went to Subi the next day with Alex. Spent a whole load on food again. Lol wanted to buy these really pretty pot of tulips but i was wondering how i was gonna carry it back on the train. Sides, should only start spending a bomb on making the house look nice when i have my own place. Which should hopefully be next year, fingers crossed :)

Have lunch plans with Sammy tomorrow yay! Been a while since we caught up.

And thus the story of winter.

2011-08-19T11:16:00.000+08:00

So here's a sum of what i did and ate when i was back in KK :)

Had soft shell crab sushi and mini phoenix roll on the afternoon i came back.

And roti canai and grilled sting ray at night.

Tuaran mee before flying off to Hong Kong! Dammit i'm craving this lah.

Roasted pork belly from Firefly Bar and Grill.

And i met up with the pabo! Like finally, after one and a half years. Bitched and shared stories about out lives and accompanied her up until the time she went in the boarding gate. Love you dear!

Bak kut teh with the love.

Oh and Cheryl even cooked us Korean lunch! There were so much leftovers cause the noodles were really filling. But still, was yummy :)

Starbucks oh glory be! I don't think i had enough though :( Switched my loyalty from caramel blended to java chip.

Brought the cousins to shisha. Haven't done it in ages. Lol i like to smell it more than taste it cause i honestly can't taste anything.

Indian lunch on the day my cousin and aunt were leaving. Lol roti canai overdose!

I left a day after my relatives. Haha think i managed to eat everything in my list, once again. And now i'm back here wishing i had more. Want to discover more of Perth's cafes and such but the boyfie is so Chinese. I can only count on my girls for that :)

Good day gone bad.

2011-08-18T19:54:00.002+08:00

Finally went shopping today! And lol, finally ate McD too. Been craving for that for too long.

Anyways, a little scene before i went to Shereen's house (Xiang Xi was gonna pick us up from there). I was waiting at the bus stop near my place and the bus wasn't gonna arrive for another 20minutes or so. This pickup was driving past and the guy slowed down to look at me, giving some sort of sheepish grin. I naturally ignored him and then prolly 10minutes later, he drove past on the other lane. He had his window rolled down and kept looking at me again and i started panicking. Like serious psycho bah that. This other car saw him look weirdly at me even. He was signalling right at the roundabout and i thought "omfg please no, don't come near me again" and you know what he did? He freaking went up the pavement and parked in front of me, waiting for me to acknowledge him. It was like he really wanted me to get in the car wtf. I was already whatsapping Shereen that time, trying to tell her what was happening lol. And cause i ignored him, he went and parked next to me and tried talking to me. I just went "huh? what?" and then he gave me another hamsap grin and drove off. Omfg seriously, i panicked so hard and kept wishing the bus was on time. Thank goodness he didn't come down. I think i would have screamed and ran lol.

What a way to start my day.

P/s Finally wore my leopard ballets today! Should take a picture and show you guys just how many animal prints i have hehe :)

//Edit: Don't think i'm going to the kpop concert in Sydney anymore, all thanks to the brother. He told my mom how much the ticket was, plus need to pay for airfare, accommodation, and transport. Sigh. And i was really looking forward to that.

Feeling really down atm sighs. Just gonna head to bed then :/

Overnighter.

2011-08-17T11:03:00.001+08:00

Okay i'm sorry to admit but i'm starting to get bored of the pool villa. It was really fun the first time cause we went as a big group. I went again hehh and stayed over this time. Lol and this was the first time there were more girls than guys. Not us close people though, mostly them juniors. Most of them aren't around during the mid year break. Want something massive its gotta be end year ;)

We actually started drinking like in the afternoon so naturally we ran out of alcohol before 11pm -_-

Kim and boo came to visit for a bit. They didn't stay long though, party poopers hmpf.

My bf was at Nexus as well with his friends so he dropped by to see me. And then we took a nice night stroll on the beach and sat on the chairs, watching the sea and moon. ♥

Everything got pretty messed up like later on in the night. I pretty much stayed in the room, on a nice comfy bed :P There were a bunch of us in the room and we played 'truth or dare' up until like 4-5am? I know i had trouble sleeping and only fell asleep at like 6ish.

Oh and in case you were wondering; yes, the place was trashed again in the morning.

Sigh no more pool villas please. Either the island or Kundasang next? I've always wanted a roadtrip to Kundasang and we've been talking about it like forever lol. Or maybe a group vacay somewhere?

Danza kuduro.

2011-08-16T22:15:00.000+08:00

On the night before i was 'supposed' to leave lol, we went Firefly for a dubs dubs night out. Brought the cousins along and yeah, we had a blast :D

A long overdued cousin picture! Just missing my brother lol.

I was supposed to head back to Perth the next day but didn't cause i passed all my units! The reason why i was going back that early was cause i was preparing myself for any supp papers lol. In which case i never got any woohoo! So i postponed my trip back to the week after and got to accompany my relatives and friends a bit more. (and of course eat somemore ahaha)

Runaway getaway.

2011-08-16T19:14:00.001+08:00

I've been very VERY extremely lazy to update my blog lately (as you can tell lol) but i somehow can't bring myself to permanently let it die. Guess i was just waiting for the moment to come back to me like it just did today :P Prepare yourself for more supah late posts and updates!

My cousins came down to Malaysia for about a week plus so we brought them around and well yeah, just ate up a storm basically. We had plans to head up to my cousin's fruit farm/getaway house which was about less than an hour's drive. The place was designed by my cousin's father-in-law btw.

Meet Fufu! My cousin's Chow Chow that stays there. We were looking at the fishes and when i turned around, it was sitting in the water enjoying! Haha it literally looked like a bear! Never thought a dog would enjoy being in water as much as Fufu.

Durians!

And more little baby durians! Too bad there were none for us to eat :(

Trend of the day - reading?

I helped mummy prepare some of the food! Was bored anyways and it was fun helping out in the kitchen.

Oh btw, see that hibiscus on her hair? Keith was being a casanova and plucking one for every girl haha. Such a cute little 5 year old no?

The place had like 5 family rooms i think, all with their own toilets too.

Overloaded seafood dinner! Us "kids" had our own table lol. Just like old times.

The twins really stuck to me a lot that day. Haha they used to be really shy and wouldn't really talk or acknowledge anyone. And that day they finally called me "yi yi"! It was so fun playing with them and looking after them. Haha think i gave the maid a night off :P They even took over my dslr and went around taking pics of everyone, and the pictures actually came out okay i must say.

We only left around 9ish at night and then me, Arthur, and Andrew went to meet up the others at Starbucks. Wasn't a long chill out sesh though and Fel left before i got there :(

Poser! He's using this as his current dp now lol :P

P/s Getting bored of my blog layout. Time to go skin-a-hunting!

The combined birthday dinner.

2011-07-24T00:08:00.001+08:00

I finally took the girls out for Korean bbq. It was indeed yummeh and we were all bloated cause they gave us a lot of side dishes. Dinner was on me cause i had no idea what to get them for their 21st gifts. At least everyone was happy :)

They came over to my place for a while after dinner. And yes, trust us to mess around with Photobooth haha. Can't be bothered to upload the pictures here but they're on my fb already if you haven't seen them.

Haha but here's one of my favourites :)

They left quite early but we still had a good girly time. Lol and we laughed so hard i was afraid i'd wake my mom up. We took a lot of pictures this trip so they'll be sufficient enough to last us until the next time we meet. Till then, nights all!

Hello again pool villa!

2011-07-23T14:29:00.001+08:00

Went to Nexus' pool villa again with the buds. Didn't really do much this time though except watch tv and wait for dinner. Haha prolly cause everyone else was doing their own thing. Wanted to swim initially but i couldn't be bothered taking a shower after that so i didn't lol. Guess i just wasted my afternoon there with the company of the buds, which was still good enough :)

Lol bubble bath!

I wasn't planning to stay over cause i had my IELTS again the next morning. But i saw the amount of alcohol they had and omg, i think i would be so wasted if i did. Haha and i heard it was one messed up night for them ey.

LOL not sure if they finished everything. Doubt they did. Haha there's literally a whole array of alcohol; from beer to wine to liquor. Crazy bunch of people :P

Dinner was at the usual place, Gayang Seafood. We went back to the villa after and chilled for a bit before heading back. Haha we actually left before Matthew came back cause we knew he wouldn't let us go without drinking first.

It was awesome seeing you Johnson! He freaking lost so much weight lah omg.

Johnson left the next day so i'm glad i got to at least see him before he left. Oh and as for my IELTS, the test was really draggy but went pretty well i guess. Marks were good and i can now proceed on applying for a job lol. Hope i get to work and stay here! :D

much love

Destination: Hong Kong.

2011-07-16T10:11:00.000+08:00

So the day after i arrived KK, i flew off to Hong Kong. It was pretty rushed cause i hadn't really recovered from the previous flight. We only arrived HK at night and straightaway looked for dinner. After walking and exploring for a bit, we settled for this place and omg, had trouble communicating with the lady. Since none of us could speak Canto, we tried speaking Mandarin or English but the lady was really pissy. Ended up just walking and pointing at what we wanted lol.

Nearly everything was closing but i didn't see any interesting stores/malls which sorta disappointed me.

The next day, we took the train to Tsim Sha Tsui.

Instead of the typical metal scaffoldings, they use bamboo sticks for support.

Since we couldn't read the chinese menu, they gave us the english one which had pictures. Lol we felt like serious tourists eh.

We saw so many nice clothes in this mall but everything was like HKD500 and above. Eventhough our currency is bigger, that's still expensive sighs.

I finally found a Chanel store! They had the wallet i wanted but omfg it freaking costs RM2000 *dies. No money hello. And after looking inside, i don't really like it anymore. Haha at least i feel at ease now :)

Vietnamese for early dinner. The soup was somewhat tasteless and the rice paper roll was.. plain. Still loving Toto's in Perth ;)

We went back to the hotel after that and my mom and aunt decided to check out the Ladies Market which was like a train stop away from our place. I didn't really like it cause it was so hot and there was once we were just looking at a bag and the lady came and snatched it from us and yelled wtf. Yes, i prefer more civilised places thank you.

Lol i found this to be pretty gross. Racy lingerie. Took the photo before i realised it said 'no free photo' haha. Lucky no one told me off.

It was raining the next day and what better way than to have nice, hot porridge mmn. Well it was more to congee actually, since it was somewhat dilute. We had to buy umbrellas at one of the shops cause it was raining quite heavily.

We were going to Sha Tin so we had to take 2 separate train lines. And lol, when we were getting on the second train, my mom and my aunt were like walking so slumber behind until the door shut between us. Haha my mom freaked and told me to get off at the next stop through the closed doors. So i did. And i waited so long but they were a no show. Thankfully my aunt's phone had roaming so she called me and apparently they were already at Sha Tin -_- My mom ah, when i told her what she said she go and deny somemore. Haha and my aunt heard her ask me to get off at the next stop too. Mommy was trying to cover up!

I wanted to visit the heritage museum cause they were having the Pixar 25 years of animation exhibition. Haha we got lost a bit trying to find the way (cause this info guy gave us wrong info pfft) but we eventually went to this tourist booth at the bus station and they kindly showed us which bus to take.

Cameras weren't allowed at the exhibit so yeah, no pictures. It was really awesome cause they showed the sketches and moulds of the movies. Even my mom and aunt were impressed lol.

The Canto opera theatre.

Is this not cute? I straightaway thought of Kai when i saw this haha. I want something like this for my graduation, not those typical bear stuffies *hinting to parents ;D

The bus station was connected to a mall called New Town Plaza so we had vegetarian lunch there (which cost like HKD200+ for only 2 dishes wth) and then started shopping.

It was still early when we were done walking around that mall so i suggested we go to Citygate outlets which was a factory outlet mall but all the way in Lantau. We had to take 4 different train lines just to get there. Its near the airport and Disneyland btw. By the time we were done, my feet were aching so bad and my back ached cause i had to carry my dslr around. Times when i need the brother :P

Memories from the heritage museum. They had a special stamp to mark your visit there.

Couldn't be bothered to carry my dslr out the next day cause it was too heavy. We went to Causeway Bay and another disappointing day cause i didn't shop sighs. I wanted to get this Bobbi Brown lipgloss but they were sold out. Sho sad :(

Really good wantan noodles!

On the plus side, i managed to find cheap OPI! Only RM25 each!

I just stayed in the hotel that night while my mom and aunt explored places around our hotel. And guess what? They found H&M! I demanded to go there the next day lol. So after having breakfast, we checked out of our hotel and i went splurging! So ironic how i could only shop on the last day.

Oh and look, they call it Mannings haha. Exact same version of our Guardian.

The ride to the airport was really long till i fell asleep. And our flight back had turbulence and there was even an air pocket which i flew off my seat dammit! People were screaming, my mom was yelling at me to tighten my seatbelt. Gosh, i literally thought i was gonna die then. Most scariest few minutes of my life.

Overall, HK was just so-so. If it weren't for H&M i think i wouldn't have enjoyed at all lol. Not sure whether it was cause of the places we went or what but yeah, HK is not as cheap as its cut out to be. But it was definitely an experience for us; non-canto speaking people that took public transport all the way yo! Thinking of travelling to UK and Europe next lol if i got the money that is. I'll settle for Melbourne first, hopefully during my free week. I've got a 5day weekend this sem ;) Yayyers!

much love

Quickie.

2011-07-10T19:55:00.003+08:00

In hopes of not messing up the timeline on everything i've done during this break, i'll just blog about it all when i get back to Perth and have access to my other laptop. Yeah, i think its much easier that way and i won't end up confusing everyone (and even myself lol). Oh and btw, i was supposed to be back in Perth last Thursday but i changed my ticket to next week. Got extra time to party with the gang hehe :D

Gonna hit the sack super early tonight. Dead tired from yesterday's overnighter at the pool villa again. Bye now!

Everyday i'm shuffling.

2011-06-26T16:41:00.010+08:00

Hey all! Can't really blog with pictures cause i carelessly forgotten to bring my pendrive back so i can't transfer pictures to the other computer blah blah. My macbook can't detect my hard disk either so that's shitty. Gotta wait till i head back to Perth then.

Anyhoos, here are just the bunch of pictures i got tagged with. And i'll give you a brief on what's been happening since i got back :)

So i met up with the girls last Sunday for movie. We watched Green Lantern and it was pretty alright. Ryan Reynolds *swoons ;) Went to Firefly Grill for dinner and then the boys came over so we just chilled in Firefly for a bit before i went to play pool with them.

Lol when Kim still wasn't back yet.

Went to Firefly on Tuesday for drinks and i got pretty high hahaha. Met up the bf at The Curve and to my greatest surprise, they even asked Shereen to meet them there yayy! So omg awesome to meet you again babe! That night was a great night cause i got to meet up a lot of old friends, including Darren (whose first word to me was 'love grass' hahaha cause of some childhood thing i did to him lol) and Dexter.

Omg see how thin she is now. I'm jealouusss :(

On Wednesday, we went karaoke but it wasn't that fun cause a lot of usuals weren't around. Met up the others at Firefly (again haha! yes, we are frequent people yo lol) and it was fun cause it was also Ladies Night so there were a lot of people and we were dancing the night awayy.

Had my IELTS speaking test on Friday morning. I think it went well cause the invigilator was really friendly and nice. Still had some nerves though but fingers crossed she found it alright haha. And then, it was off to Karambunai again in the afternoon :D Didn't stay over though cause i had IELTS again early the next morning.

And yesterday was Fel's 21st! We're still finding a day when we're all free so i can take them out for dinner :) Had a mini catch up sesh at Starbucks before heading off to Kim's "paradise" (Times Square) lolol. We didn't stay long though cause it wasn't initially planned to go there and i forgot to bring my keys. Dad started calling even before midnight -_-

Finally us four girls being in the same place at the same time. The last time that happened was nearly 2years ago!

Yes, i'll forever be the shortest among them -_-

With them i love ♥

Happy 21st Fel! :D

So yeah, i guess i've been out pretty much everyday. Much better than being stuck at home. I'll upload my own batch of pictures once i get back to Perth. Gonna go out again tonight! Maybe to Firefly again cause someone appears to be emo haha. But please, i'm not wild or anything okay. I'm just the sort of person that knows how to have fun depending on the situation. So don't judge me, particularly since i've been going Firefly a lot. Cause if you do judge me, well then screw. you. Teehee i'm just saying :)

much love

Something about, baby you and i.

2011-06-11T13:35:00.000+08:00

I don't think i did that well this sem. Dunno eh, just somehow really not satisfied with myself sighs. On another note, i'm just glad its all over and i get to go home soon. Pardon the dead blog btw, i've been more or less just cooped up at home studying and whatnot so there's not much to blog about. Here's some miscellaneous pictures from my phone.

This puppy loved mee! Its been so long since i played with a dog and i think i spent most of the noon/night just playing with it haha. But after that it's teeth starting itching so it was biting me a lot. And mind you it has really sharp teeth :S

My laptop casing finally arrived! After all that i've seen, this has been the only one to catch my attention. Zebra stripes and a purple combination :)

I mentioned about Nic's birthday surprise in my previous post. We sorta scared him to make him come downstairs lolol. Kai came knocking on our doors in a panic mode, saying that an abo was trying to break in and the cars were scratched or something like that. Hahahaha trust Kai to come up with such stories ;P

Happy Birthday Nic! :)

And then last week, we had Brendan's birthday dinner. It was just a simple one cause we were all gonna have our exams the next week already. Was a mixture of us previous housemates and his current ones.

Happy Birthday Brendan! :)

The next day i went out for Korean bbq dinner with Jkoh and the others that i haven't seen for a year! It was funny seeing everyone red from the soju (especially Li haha!) and the shots kept going on and on. After dinner, we went to San Churros in Subi for a nice desert indulgence.

Lol this is just too sweet! Its nice being shown affection in public but yeah, some guys aren't sweet enough like that. (lol JKoh, ego boost for you eh hahaha)

Hot and Cold; Spanish hot chocolate with white chocolate ice-cream.

So yes, there you have it. What has happened before exam week. And now my papers are over :D Gonna start packing soon, my flight leaves at midnight tomorrow. See you KK people soons!

much love

We run this world.

2011-05-31T03:17:00.002+08:00

Hello! I've been pretty busy lately, what with the coming finals and all. I have still been going out but its nothing major, just some karaoke seshs, lunches, dinners, usual stuff that aren't exactly picture worthy. Oh but we did have Nic's birthday surprise last week :) Will prolly upload the pictures later.

Finals are in a week and my first paper is Auditing. At freaking 6.45pm wtf. And guess what, its a 3hour paper oh my gads. What's worse is i have Portfolio the next day at 12.15pm. I don't know whether i'll have the energy to study that night. I still have my Photography journal and folio to complete by then too fml. But i am looking forward to going back KK! Oh oh and its confirmed, i'll be flying off to Hong Kong a day after i touch down :DD Yayness maximus! Hahaha if that's even a word.

Klah, just wanted to update a bit. Gonna finish up these bunch of slides then hit the sack. Sigh waking up early for more studying laters. Third year first sem almost over! Lol.

Boombox tour '11.

2011-05-20T18:22:00.001+08:00

No more assignments! Got back all my internal marks for my units and all i can say is, i really need to work super hard for Audit sighs. But i'm not here to talk about that. Oh no no. I am here to spread my excitement about meeting them Youtube celebs! :DD

Remember how i said Gab gave me a free VIP ticket? Yeah, it was for the Boombox Tour event that was all the way in Winthrop, Murdoch. Was raining that day and very cold! Lol we nearly got lost too and i thought we'd be late but thank goodness it hadn't started yet.

Btw in case you didn't know, the Boombox Tour '11 featured kevjumba, jayesslee (Janice and Sonia), nigahiga (Ryan Higa), Andrew Garcia, D-Pryde, and Maribelle Anes.

Gab, Michelle, and i bought the jayesslee tees :)

Omgg jealous much? :(

LOL their ending song was Rebecca Black's Friday!

kevjumba! Anyone recognise him from America's Amazing Race?

Sonia! She was so happy that i bought a tee that she hugged me! Aaww i was so happy! :DD

My favourite pic! nigahiga kelefe-ing in my picture with Janice haha.

Ryan Higa. Yes, not my best angle and i look weird :(

D-Pryde. He's a Youtube rapper from Toronto, Canada.

Andrew Garcia. One of American Idol's finalist.

kevjumba and nigahiga really made the crowd go wild, prolly cause they're such great entertainers and oh-so-goodlooking *swoons ;) And omg, jayesslee were seriously damn good live! Its sad that they didn't have much time to perform. But i enjoyed every minute of their performance.

More pictures can be seen on my Facebook :) Warning you not to get jealous first hehh.

This is who i have to thank for the ever awesome night!

Teehee i wore this shirt to uni yesterday :)

The show was the best after-assignment reward ever! :D A million gazillion thanks to Gab again for the free VIP ticket. You made my.. semester!

On a side note, less than a month more till i'll be back in KK! Mumsy and aunt are planning on going to Hong Kong and i really hope that works out (because i really really REALLY want my Chanel or Gucci bag). Revision week is already next week, and study week the next. Gotta start preparing for finals soon sigh. No mood lahh. Grrr.

So why don't we go somewhere only we know.

2011-05-15T21:39:00.004+08:00

Assignments have got me swamped with work. Got 2 due tomorrow and after that, freedom till finals! Having so many cravings lately lol. Prolly gonna satisfy the korean bbq craving on Tuesday night with my ever faithful korean bbq partner, Ms Jen Mei ;P Omg and there's still the macaroons craving, Vietnamese pho, oh oh and Koko Black again! Gah indulgence all the way!

Around a month more till i head back to KK. Looking forward to finally having a reunion for the 4 of us. We've never been in the same place at the same time in like 2 years! So yeah, that's one thing i'm excited about. The other things would be a vacation with the family! And also my cousins coming down from Sydney :D Btw thinking of after finals, next sem would (hopefully) be my last sem already. So fast eh.

Kays, back to me assignment mode. Ta!

//Edit: have to postpone korean bbq. Gab just gave me a free VIP ticket to go watch kevjumba, jayesslee, and them other Youtube singers tomorrow! And after, we get to meet and greet them! Omg how awesome is that?! Gonna charge up the dslr and take loads and loads of pictures! I'm gonna be so nervous ey, meeting them up front and not just through a screen. Oh my, what to wear what to wear?

Koko Black.

2011-05-05T16:42:00.006+08:00

First of all, i wanna give a quick shoutout.

Happy 21st Jen Mei and Happy 20th Kristina! :D
We can't celebrate it together this time, unlike last year. But i hope you had a great one and i'll see you girls real soon!

Okay so i heard about Koko Black through Kenny and a place for chocolate indulgences? Who wouldn't wanna go there! I'm already bummed that they don't have Max Brenners or Lindt here and Koko Black only just recently opened in Perth. Its pretty far though from our place but really near UWA. Lucky them eh.

It was the last day of our free week and i felt like indulging so i asked Kai and Jen Mei whether they were up for it and they said yes. Omg Claremont's shopping centre felt so awesome! I loved those kind of malls. Quote Jen Mei, it had the Pavillion feel. So planning on going there soons! I haven't shopped in a long time and i'm in dire need of new clothes >:)

We shared the Belgian Spoil. Chocolate overdose much? Hehe.

They gave out free salty caramel chocolates towards the end of the night yay. They cost $1.85 each btw.

The Claremont mall was pretty dead (well obviously since it was like 10pm) but when we went outside, it was so happening! There were pubs nearby and haha a funny thing happened. We were walking around then this car pulled up and parked a little far away from us. They were blasting "Highway to Hell" and were singing out loud and screaming when they got out of the car. Then the girls told us they just turned 18 and asked us to go drink with them hahaha! They even took pictures with us! We would never have guessed they were 18 though cause they look 20+. But yeah, obviously we didn't go cause it was a Monday the next day and we didn't have our IDs on us either. Lol not that we'd want to go.

I had a photography assignment titled 'genre to genre' so Koko Black was also my way of taking pictures for it. I chose food but yeah, apparently my pictures weren't that good :/ I swear whenever i start liking my dslr again, all the stupid criterias for the photography unit makes me hate it. Yeesh.

Finance paper today was alright. I know i lost marks for capital structure cause i know shit about that haha. Could never figure out how they get the numbers. Oh wells. Btw, how you like my new layout?

Subiaco.

2011-05-04T16:04:00.003+08:00

Had lunch plans with Sammy last weekend. And i finally went to Subi! Hahaha. The thing about Subi is that everytime my friends go, something will come up and i can't make it in the end. So yes, after over a year i finally got to set foot in Subiaco, all thanks to Sam :)

We grabbed hot chocolates first then had Japanese lunch at this place called Toraya. The cafes around there were filled with people all sipping their coffees, reading a book, or enjoying the company of their dog at their feet. Such a chilled out, laid back lifestyle eh.

We then walked inside the markets which was nearby. It was pretty small but still fun. LOL and there was this part of the market that reminded us of some Malaysian street cause of the stuff they were selling :P Hahaha you know, random stuff like slinkies to little books about animals. I'm really interested in going to a market that sells vintage accessories though. Anyone know any good ones around Perth?

Macaroons omgg cravingss! Still waiting on the housemates to set a date for a macaroons sesh hee.

LOL.

Subi was pretty bustling that day, prolly cause it was a weekend. I've heard people saying how its a dead suburb most of the time, unless its for happy hours and such haha. But the houses there are exclusive! Heard they go for millions ey. Now i'm starting to wonder when can i ever afford my own house..

Yeah anyways, i have another mid sem paper tomorrow. Gonna start doing the practice questions in a bit. The stress hasn't kicked in yet, which i know it will tonight and tomorrow. Sigh really need to work hard on my internals. I want pretty marks!

Photoshoot!

2011-05-03T15:34:00.001+08:00

The highlight of my free week was heading into campus with the girls to do our studio assignment and yes, photoshoot! It was our first time taking photos in the studio and omg, i loved the feeling of being inside. We had to adjust our own lights, position the tripods and stuff. Made me feel like a professional photographer for a moment there hahaha :P

I managed to get my assignment done pretty quickly, prolly cause my product was very easy with the lighting. And since we still had time in the studio before the next bunch of people came in, we started messing around and discovered our new found love for the studio. I think the pictures were magnifique! If you haven't seen them already.

Love!

Haha this one somehow made me feel like we were designers or something.

Btw, the chairs were conveniently in the studio and they make such awesome props don't they? :)

The next bunch of pictures were taken near the Chancellery cause that place was somewhat secluded. There were somehow a lot of students on campus that day so it would be pretty embarrassing if we started taking camwhore shots around them lol.

Oh and i finally wore my new trenchie, just for the sake of the shoot hahaha! My outfit clashed with Amelie and Melissa though. They were more bright and vibrant, i was more dark and mysterious lol wth. Melissa said i looked like Serena from GG, Shereen said i looked very 90210. Hahahaha so flattering eh :P

Walking in heels around campus is so hard ey! My heels kept getting stuck in the ground. Lol glam moment fail.

That day was so awesomee, like to the max! Wished more people could join us though but they were busy at that time :( No worries, plenty of chances again! Hoping that i could do a photoshoot with my girls back home too. And i'm falling in love with my dslr again hehe. Until photography unit that is pfft. Everyone else's pictures make mine look so depressing! And taking photos of pictures with criteria and meaning is so hard. Rawr.

K, photographer signing out!

much love

x

We hit turbulence.

2011-04-24T13:44:00.000+08:00

My eyeliner doesn't make me look fierce, does it? Cause that's what Yong says -_-

So yes, if you've seen my tweets, tumblr, and facebook, you can probably tell how sick i am to be just staying at home and wasting my holiday away. Everyone seems to be busy and i don't have a car so yeah, stuck at home most of the time. If i had a car, i'd already be off food hunting, or taking pictures here and there. Which reminds me.. sigh photography assignment is due soon.

Anyways, i've been desperate for a night out and a bunch of us were initially going to Metros. But everyone bailed in the end. Went to watch Thor and i must say, it is pretty good. I like the effects and all, and the creativity of the city haha.

After the movie, i asked Yong and he said he was going to Metros with his friends so i joined him (yes, i was that desperate for a night out). Went to his friend's house first for pre-drinks and turns out i actually know two of them. It was ah Yuan and his housemate, small world!

This tasted.. weird. Guess i'm more of a whiskey person eh.

Metros was jammed packed with people and yeah, couple of familiar faces around. Guess everyone was there to enjoy the long weekend ahead of us.

LOL i'm the only red face out of the bunch.

And then i met Sammy! We didn't really talk for long cause he was already leaving. But i gave him a massive belated 21st hug hehe. Was great seeing you last night! We shall catch up again soons :)

It was not a night i expected, more of a dud actually. The songs weren't that great and i was seriously wayy too sober. Plus when i finally tried to get the feel, people kept shoving me so i lost the feel again. Lol the rest could tell i wasn't really happy but yeah, guess i was way beyond restless at that time. Was so stuffy and my feet were aching so bad but tahan only loh. We stayed on the dance floor the whole night ey, unlike with my friends where we would constantly move around.

And what's worse is i saw him with his girlfriend. Yeah.. didn't think it'd be this painful. I haven't seen him for over a month since it happened. I dunno, part of me sorta knew he would be there but i didn't expect us to have to say hi and those sort. Felt sorta awkward. Lol i thought last night would've been the start of a good free week. Turns out i was wrong.

Dreading portfolio meeting tomorrow. We're gonna finish the whole assignment, in one day. I thought 2hours was already torturing enough. Meh. If it weren't for all these, i would've been somewhere in Sydney or Melbourne already. And i hear so many of my friends going for roadtrips this free week. Jealous lah i :(

Klah, i shall end with this picture of me. Lol. Oh and Happy Easter!

much love

Tonight i'm loving you.

2011-04-19T22:21:00.007+08:00

Its been a while since i went shopping with my girls. Jen Mei's last paper was today so we planned on heading to the city afters. Brought Declan along to take pictures. Haha i feel bad that i've been neglecting him lately. Anyways, so we had lunch in Taka.

And then we started shopping :D Omg there's this new store just opposite Valleygirl and i saw this high-heeled shoe laced boots that were half-price! Was so tempted to get them but i thought they were pretty normal looking so i didn't. Now after i'm back home, i'm thinking that i should have gotten them instead. Oh darn. Hahaha :P

Can you believe these horserace-ish hairpieces cost $200+? Zomg.

For tea, we went to Pancakes at Carillon. They renovated the place since we last went (which was like a year ago hahaha). It looks more modern now, compared to the previous antique feel.

Continued shopping after that and when the stores started closing, we made our way to Northbridge for our Korean bbq dinner mmnn. Oh fyi, the shops in Aussie close at 5pm -_- So early right? Unless its Friday which is late night shopping. But yeah, that's one thing i don't like. Its like you don't have anywhere to go before/after dinner. Boo!

Yeah, today's been a pretty long day. But it was fun :) I'm glad i don't have anything due until after free week. On a side note, i'm getting pretty broke already, and April is not over yet. Sigh i keep telling myself not to spend any more money but somehow i'll always end up using more. Aannddd i might have to spend more money this weekend. Haha Brendan was asking about going to Metros and i'm so on! Lol you know i've been buying partying clothes of which i haven't had a chance to wear? Omg plus i've been listening to DJ Havana Brown's songs and she's making me itch to party! I need to loosen up and soon. I think i've been holding too much tension in me.

So tired now. Gonna linger online for a bit then sleep. Definitely need to gym tomorrow! I've been slacking for a week. Need to make my tummy something i can be proud of hahaha ;)

much love

x

Misery.

2011-04-16T11:22:00.005+08:00

So i really want a dog and i inquired for one last night. Just got a call back not long ago and now its left me pretty disappointed. The lady was actually quite stern on the phone :/ Apparently she thinks i won't be able to support the dog with medical bills and stuff, which is true to a certain extent. I'm the type that will really take care of my pets and give it lots of love. After all, my hamster did survive for 3 years. To have that lady doubt me so much just made me pretty down till i didn't know what to say. Guess i'll just settle for a guinea pig then..

If only money grew on trees.

2011-04-09T16:02:00.001+08:00

Auditing paper this morning was.. let's just not talk about it. I only hope i did well on the mcq part. Really need to score for my internals cause finals is like out of 60 and that's just too heavy.

Thought i'd do a little retail therapy just to make myself feel better lol. I'm already saving up every month so that by winter, i can buy myself a nice new wallet or handbag, preferably Gucci or Chanel *swoons. Winter sales in Australia are the biggest sales of the year and last year i saw this nice Gucci bag for about $500+. I think that's pretty achievable (and reasonable) so yes, i'm gonna save up this time! :D

Among some that i've seen:

I sorta like this one but my mom says its too old for my age hahaha.

I like those Gucci bags that have the classic red and green stripes.
And i love these classic Chanel handbags! Can't decide whether the white or black is nicer hmmn.

Omg but this is to die for. Its in their spring-summer collection. I need more clutches!

Okay, so maybe i'm aiming a little too high. But hey, a girl can never have an ending wishlist. Just saving up every month is already hard enough eh. Haha but if all else fails, i wouldn't mind another cheaper purchase.

Longchamp :)

See what i mean when i say that i can never get enough of handbags! ;) Hahaha don't hate!

When mumsy was here.

2011-04-06T17:57:00.000+08:00

Sent mummy off to the airport last night. It was really nice having her around, even if it were only for 3 days. I might see her again in June which is not too long away. Looking forward to spending more quality family time then :)

She arrived on Sunday morning and as soon as she reached my house, she freshened up a bit and then we were already off to the city haha. Took her to Dragon Palace for dim sum and the queue was zomg long! I think we waited for like 45minutes or so till we got a table. But yeah, that place is always packed on weekends. I think there were actually more people when we were leaving, and that was already around 1ish. We didn't eat much though cause it was just the two of us and somehow our stomachs' capacity shrank lol.

And then we shopped! Took her along Kings Street first and we saw a couple of things we want (but sigh, too expensive). She actually asked me to just buy my Longchamp bag but i felt so bad cause it was so expensive. I'll prolly get it on my own. Shopping was quite dull that day but i got myself a blazer :D I've wanted one in foreveerrr.

Didn't do much on Monday since i had 4 classes (well, considered 3 now since i don't attend one of my tutes anymore. hahaha i explained why to mom and she was cool with it). Went over to Waterford Plaza for lunch and it was heavy! Mom was saying how there was too much rice at first but she finished the whole thing in the end LOL. And i had my sizzling garlic prawns again yumms.

Since i didn't have any classes yesterday, we woke up early and headed down to Carousel. And this time, we shopped like crazy! ;D Bought so much stuff ey, so happy! I really wish she didn't have to go back cause just being with her and shopping makes me feel like we're back home. I love my endless mother-daughter bonding seshs like that.

Btw, my mom bought like 6 handbags on her trip here to Aussie. HAHAHA proves that i'm my mom's daughter. We're both a handbag and shoes type of person. Its fun interchanging bags with her but i can't use her shoes though since her feet are like size 4-5. And yes, we both got handbags yesterday ;) Even with the countless amount of handbags i already have, i still can never get enough. So sue me.

Took a break in Gelare and we had the half-priced waffles.

I actually ordered a mint fudge choc chip ice-cream but they stuffed up my order and gave me the caramel fudge brownie. Didn't bother changing it cause i have yet to try that one but it was blech. Too much chocolate.

For my mom's last night here, i took her to Totos cause my parents just absolutely adore Vietnamese pho. Been sending texts and mms to daddykins to make him jealous teeheehee ;D

Vietnamese prawn and chicken salad.

Sammy was kind enough to send my mom to the airport. But just before he reached, i was playing with Photobooth with my mom. Only way we could actually take pictures together.

HAHAHAHAHA! We were both laughing so much at the way Photobooth's effects made us look retarded.

Ah yes, it was splendid having mumsy around. But omg i've been eating way too much since she got here! And she kept wanting to feed me and buy groceries and stuff cause she was paying. Omg 3 days of indulging, so bad! Spent my whole afternoon in the gym today. Need to burn off as much fats as possible! Oh oh and mummy gave me the green light to pierce my belly! If and only if my uncle does it lah, since he's a doctor and all. More trustworthy.

Anyhoos, gotta get back on track with my work now. Haven't really been studying with mom around. Haha too much fun and i'll always end up talking to her about random things. Auditing mid-sem is this Saturday, and Portfolio mid-sem is next Monday. Plus i gotta get my photography assignment done and printed by then too. So can't wait for then. After that its gonna be all about relaxation :)

much love

Friday, Friday. Gotta get down on Friday.

2011-04-02T00:31:00.005+08:00

Hahahaha please excuse the blog title. I know it's from Rebecca Black's hell annoying video but i just thought it went well with this blog post (not that my post is annoying but yeah, you understand what i mean).

I had a very eventful Friday, and it was the start of April. A new beginning perhaps? I hope so cause March had too many happenings, and as you know not of the good kind. No one played any April Fool pranks this year. Guess we're prolly way past that? Idk but yeah, couldn't be bothered much.

Had plans with Sammy and he was craving for this Jap place somewhere in Freo. Turns out it was the same one that Jen Mei and Alex brought me to on my last visit. I went to the shoe store in Freo to check out my Kpop shoes lol but omg it was so expensivee! It was like $229 *shoots self. I'm already broke as it is sigh.

It was still pretty early before my lecture so i went to his house and played with Momo! His fur is like a lamb's! So soft, white, and curly. Gah i miss my dog now. Was actually thinking of adopting one here but it'll be so hard to maintain. The company would be great though. I can already imagine: me doing my work on the bed then my dog jumping up and sitting next to me. Aahh longing for a canine companion eh :(

It was great catching up with Sam. We talked about our primary/high school life and hahaha even looked through our old yearbooks! Apparently i haven't changed much since then lol.

Then just now, we went for karaoke in the city. Omg i tell you, walking around the city with no guys at night is like, super scary! We had 2 "encounters" and yeah, got us hell paranoid. When we were walking to meet JKoh and Li, this random guy suddenly appeared next to me and kept saying "hey, what's your name. where you going?" but i just kept walking on. He eventually gave up and said "oh well, its your loss". HAHAHAHAHA. Thanks but NO THANKS mister!

Utopia was full cause SOMEONE was too chicken to call and book in advance so we went to Hits Studio instead.

It was nice for us 3 girls to have some time together. But as we were walking to the carpark, another random guy came up next to us and kept saying "leng lui" and was seriously following us around. This time we really freaked cause he wasn't going away even though we were really ignoring him. Thankfully we saw Jia Jia's friends so we went up to them and pretended like we were actually meeting them. He was actually waiting at the side omfg but went away in the end. We speed-walked all the way to the car i tell you. Oh. My. Gads. What a night.

Lol but yes, aside from that little paranoia, i think i had a pretty good time. Belted out the songs with hell lotta emotions ey. Was directing it towards someone bah hahahaha :P Klah, gonna sleep now. Waking up early tomorrow to head to the gym then gotta start studying as much as i can cause mommy's coming on Sunday and we all know what will happen when she's here. Shoppiinnggg! ;D

Oh but before i go, i got the pictures off Melissa. Here are some of my favourites, cause i can't post them all up.

Our Gossip Girl shot! We shall do a serious one during week free! Get to doll ourselves up then yayy!

much love

x

You know you love me.

2011-03-30T23:40:00.006+08:00

You know how back in Malaysia, they have specials on Wednesday? Like movie days, ladies night and all that jizz. Well here their specials are on Tuesdays; half-priced waffles at Gelare, movie day, cheap pizzas at Dominos, and yes, half-priced Swedish meatballs at Ikea! Who would have thought right?

Me, Melissa, and Amelie have been planning on going to Ikea the week before and it was definitely something i needed. (Yes, another sucky thing happened the day before so i needed a serious distraction from it all). We were already getting excited in the bus about eating meatballs and taking loads of pictures lol.

But seriously, it was a mad deal ey! And the trip wasn't that far if you took the train. The one in Canning Bridge goes all the way there, don't have to switch trains. But yeah, can you believe, $5 for 20pcs! *faints in delight

I had the 15pcs cause i thought 10pcs wouldn't be enough LOL but i was wayy wrong. Overstuffed myself eh.

Shared the Daim cheesecake with Melissa and Amelie. Such a guilty pleasure!

After we were done stuffing ourselves with our food, it was time to walk around the showroom and take loads and loads of pictures! We were definitely distracting as those ang mohs were really looking around the furniture and all while we girls were laughing hysterically and taking pictures here and there. I think we got a few stares but i don't know cause i was too busy having fun to pay attention to them :)

Okay so i have yet to master the ss mirror shot with my dslr. Fail.

Upside down kitchen!

Just among the few pictures that i took. I love it how Ikea can transform a tiny place into a room so comfortable to live in.

Lolol omg veggie stuffies hahaha!

And the finale of my indulgence spree; Ikea's soft ice-cream cone.

There are some things that were really cheap but yeah, not like i have a place of my own yet. But i'm already collecting ideas lol. Oh and i didn't really take much pictures cause i was somehow disappointed with my dslr. I don't know whether its the lens or just me but i'm hardly ever satisfied with any of my pictures these days. Sigh.

All the pictures are with Melissa and i'm gonna get it off her soons. Omg and we even did a Gossip Girl shot, lying down on the bed hahaha! I think it came out really good eh. We're gonna do a proper one, once we're done with our deadlines and such. So gonna doll up for that hehe.

Really had tons of fun that day. Aah i just adore girly moments maximus. K gonna head to bed now. Peace and good night!

much love

x

Jump then fall.

2011-03-27T11:47:00.004+08:00

Hahaha oh the irony. Quote my previous post:

"This week hasn't been going that great for me. I've been pretty emo for the past couple of days now, as are some of my girls. Isn't life just unfair like that? Yeah well, really hope things turn out better in the next couple of days. My two other ladies, be strong. Keep distracting yourself and just.. don't think about it. But if your world decides to come crashing down on you, you know where to find me. We'll get through this together."

Yyeah, turns out my world was the one that came crashing down while theirs turned out for the better. I actually started forgetting about everything.. until last night. Every time stuff like this happens, i'll close up and build a higher wall around my heart. So its not my fault that i might come off as heartless when i just don't see eye to eye with some guys. Too much grievance and hurt have caused me to turn out this way.

But yeah, i don't know how much more of this i can take. My heart still can't get used to this kind of shit. Why won't any of you treat me right?

One thing leads to another.

2011-03-23T20:47:00.005+08:00

I'm not a die hard blogger anymore. Gone were the days where my blog was always up to date. Hahaha. I've got a lot on my hands lately, uni and stuff. But yeah, i try to balance everything out, getting enough of me-time lol and being around good company :)

Last weekend, i went out with Melissa, Amelie, her boyfriend, Abrille, Bowie, Andrea, and Daniel. We had dim sum (omg i'm craving for it again somehow) at Dragon Palace. It was nice of them to invite me along. I love having good girly moments, something i seem to be lacking here. Kimbo's not around to constantly take me out anymore so boohoo to that.

Went to Harbourtown afters and omg, i saw a couple of things i wanted. But no, i can't afford to spend any more money. Damn broke after buying a $70 dress last week! I'll start shopping again next month hehehe >:D

Surprisingly we girls didn't shop but the guys did. Hahaha such a turn of events. I think Harbourtown's stuff got nicer compared to last year. Plenty of great bargains so whoever needs some retail therapy, head on over! Haha.

Roamed around the city to take some shots for our photography assignment. I think i got some pretty good ones but yeah, who knows :P I thought of some awesome photoshoot ideas along the way too lol. We girls took a couple of photos, but they're with Melissa. I feel like exploring more of Perth to take photos ey. I know East Perth is actually also a good location for phototaking. Only problem is yeah, no car :(

I like this :) Kings Street; where all the branded stuff are.

Aannddd.. i finally went and bought my Macbook Pro! *skips in sheer delight. It is treating me well. Almost too well till i'm neglecting my Dell hahaha. Still trying to get used to it though. Oh oh and this means i finally get to fool around with Photobooth ngek ngek ngek ;D

I pimped it yo. How you like it now? ;)

I had 2assignments due this week and i'll be having a test tomorrow. Plus, things ain't going that great with yeah.. other stuff. Fyi, i lost 10% in my first photography assignment, all cause Curtin only has 2 freaking colour printers. Hello, there's like how many students? Somemore the printer prints damn slow, like close to 3 minutes one photo? Omgwtf right.

We were supposed to print our pictures after lecture but suddenly one of the tutors decided to use the lab for his class. He postponed his peer assessment to next week and we were hoping our tutor would do the same. But no :/ We waited in the lab since like 10am and only managed to print our pictures around 1-ish. So yeah, we had to miss class and cause of that, miss out on the peer assessment. Means we already failed out first assignment fml.

This week hasn't been going that great for me. I've been pretty emo for the past couple of days now, as are some of my girls. Isn't life just unfair like that? Yeah well, really hope things turn out better in the next couple of days. My two other ladies, be strong. Keep distracting yourself and just.. don't think about it. But if your world decides to come crashing down on you, you know where to find me. We'll get through this together.

much love

x

Now i'm feeling so fly like a G6!

2011-03-14T21:15:00.007+08:00

So last week, my friends and i were actually contemplating on going to Metros to see Far East Movement live. Unfortunately, we had to cancel cause she had work the next day so i didn't really give it much thought the whole week. Until Kai suddenly called me on Friday and asked whether i was up for it. So of course i said yes! Hahaha. Its been like forever since i went clubbing with my friends here in Perth. Can you believe we didn't go at all for one whole sem last year? Shocking news haha :P

We went to Brendan's house first for pre-drinks.

Why hello there, my long time bff ;)

Metros was jam packed that night, like seriously. Everyone practically couldn't move and we were all just squished at one side. But omg, Far East Movement was awesomee! They didn't stay long of course but still, omg awesomeness! They ended with Rocketeer :) A lot of people left after they were gone so the dance floor got a bit more easier to access then.

Far East Movement yo!

Hahahaha i like how our expression is the same eventhough we weren't trying. I think we were trying not to laugh at something lol.

I remember i was texting dum dum that night and hahaha, our convo was pretty funny cause i was quite tipsy :P And i was talking to Jia Jia and Kai a lot about something, though i can't really remember exactly how much i said LOL. I didn't reveal that much? I hope.

Anyone would be crazy not to drown in these 151 shots. You is crazy Brendan, for ordering so much!

Thanks Brendan for driving! Haha i got uhms, pretty wasted that night. But all in good fun :) Not gonna be doing anything like this anytime soon lol. We needed this break i guess. Too bad Kristina and Jen Mei couldn't join us. Otherwise it'll just be like the good old times haha. I had a pretty good and responsible person taking care of me that night btw ;)

I've started on some of my assignments already. Gonna head to campus tomorrow to take some pictures. Hopefully my creative side will kick in.

much love

x

Breathe.

2011-03-10T22:57:00.000+08:00

Classes has been tying me down lately. Glad another weekend is already coming soon :) Anyhoos, last Saturday, me, Jen Mei, and Alex went to Freo. Instead of the usual fish & chips, they brought me to the Fremantle Markets to this Japanese stall. It was something different and it made me bloated mmnn.

Wandered around the markets for a bit before heading to the beach. The weather that day was oh-so-awesome! Windy + sunny + cloudy = perfect day at the beach. Too bad we weren't really dressed for it.

The writing in the sand says "Goodbye Fremantle 5/3/2011". Alex left on Monday night so it was his last time at Freo. Hence the sad face haha.

It was still pretty early when we left so Alex took us to Karrinyup (or however you spell it). I loved the feel of that mall. Reminded me of a not-so-expensive Queen Vic LOL. Its pretty far though and only accessible by car. Yyeah, sad case. The shopaholic in me stirred that day but i didn't buy anything for myself. Haha first day bah, slowly scan first ;)

We had dinner plans at night at this Korean BBQ Buffet Restaurant. Had to wait for quite a bit for a table but it was worth it. We stayed until they were closing haha. The food was great! They had the bbq pit at one end and even steamboat at the other end of the table. Oh yumms :9 I think we all ate to our heart's content hehe.

Just in case you're interested, its somewhere around Vic Park and is open everyday. Costs $39.90 per person but if you're really an eater, its so worth it!

So yeah, Alex has left for Malaysia and i guess things quietened down a bit. Went to the city with Jen Mei and Kristina on Tuesday and yes, this time i finally did shop bahahaha >:D I think i bought quite a few. I deserve all that okay after ages not shopping (in Perth that is hehh).

Just realized i have so much due too soon. Having only one free week this sem makes all the deadlines feel so rushed. Gonna have to start all my assignments real soon. Sigh kbai.

Goodbye KK, hello Perth.

2011-02-25T12:09:00.001+08:00

MAS now has the direct flight to Perth from KK and i got to sit on the new plane! :D Also saw a lot of people i know on the same flight as me. Even my childhood friend, Edbert! Was such a coincidence that one, cause he was going to visit a friend of his.

My flight was full. Didn't really make use of the tv and all, just my iPhone. It took me a really long time to get out of the airport cause the queue for the declaration of goods was so long and i only got home around 1ish.

The next day, we went for Vietnamese lunch at Toto's, all us housemates. I'm the only girl btw haha. Sometimes being too surrounded by guys, i do wish i had more girlfriends around. Especially crazy fun ones like the ones back home ;)

And then that night, we went to Ciao Italia cause Fel hasn't gone there before. The food was so good and oh-so-guilty! And yeah, sorry for the terrible picture quality. Was reluctant to carry out my dslr hehh.

Their specialty; fettucine Ciao Italia.

Last night, we went out for dinner with Tim Cham. Thanks for dinner btw! And then it was time to send off Fel to the airport :( I was pretty excited to be staying closer to her this year but yeah, sad thing she had to leave.

Gonna miss having you around Fel! :((

And yes, it is bloody hot here in Perth. That's why i am pretty much just sticking to my room :)

It's that time again.

2011-02-19T20:52:00.000+08:00

Where we have to start saying our goodbyes to our hometown friends, the people that we grew up with and spend every holiday back together. We had one last gathering last night at Firefly. Haha the ironic thing was, just a few days ago, i was thinking to myself how me and Shereen talked about going to Firefly before i came back and we never did get round to doing that. And walah, she texted me about it. It's been what, 2-3yrs since we clubbed together babe? That's hell long ey.

Leftover from New Year's.

We didn't really have as much fun as we'd expected cause the live band was such a killjoy. Oh how i miss Australian clubs and their music. Plus the no smoking inside policy. But it was nice seeing them all again one last time. We even had a reminiscence about the good ol' high school days haha, and how our reputation was among the teachers :P We'll all be leaving around this week and the next. Hopefully i'll be able to meet them soon. Thinking of going to Melbourne for the Easter holidays but yeah, we'll see if the timing is right.

Gonna miss everyone dearly. At the same time, i'm anxious to go back to Perth and meet the other bunch of friends :) Take care everyone and have a safe flight!

much love

Fireworks and firecrackers; halt!

2011-02-19T10:54:00.000+08:00

So yeah, last Thursday, me and Fel went to the TTSS bazaar. There were some complications at first though on getting in but we managed after a very long while. Both of us were wearing their sport's shirt and we even put on matching hairbands lolol. We only wore those cause they said the bazaar was actually open to their students only so we wanted to blend in. But yeahh, i think people knew :P

That's Daniel's younger sister, Zovie. Omg she's only 14/15yrs old and can you believe, taller than us? I've been feeling rather short lately.. -__-

And then on Saturday, i was initially not going to their sports day cause Fel wasn't around but Debbie finally managed to persuade me so i went. It was raining and my dslr got slightly wet #$%@^&* but all's good hehh.

My cousin had her open house that night, mom's side of the family. There's no more "children's" table now lol cause my generation of cousins are either not around or already married. So i sat with the grown ups and it was quite interesting listening to their stories. Fuh, i felt so old eh hahaha.

Someone somewhere was playing those floating lanterns and they were quite pretty to watch. But yeah, if you've read the papers, they are kinda dangerous to airplanes. Oh and the lion dance troop were really privileged! They had tons of beer, and two bottles of liquor, one being Cordon Bleu's Martell. And they finished up everything! Haha i saw the girl stumbling back after she was done playing :P

Well, Chap Goh Mei was actually 2 days ago so that marks the end of Chinese New Year. Back to some peace and quiet haha. I hope everyone had plenty to eat cause i for sure know i did. Yes, i gained weight fml. Gonna have to start gym-ing once i get back to Perth. Bye now!

Quickie.

2011-02-13T16:20:00.003+08:00

Pardon the dead blog once again. Just a quick update, i have created a tumblr account (like finally!) and yeah, do follow me :) It'll be filled with my suckybuthopefullyimproving photography lol. I'm still gonna post on blogger, just that there are times when its only a one-picture day so it suits tumblr more.

Its still pretty empty but uhm yeah, have a look? http://joanneelainee.tumblr.com/

Ang paos and good food!

2011-02-05T13:46:00.011+08:00

So on the first day of Chinese New Year, i was at my grandparents' place all day. Got a text from Kimbo asking whether i wanted to join her and Fel for an open house that night so of course i said yes haha. Went to Wong Kwok's open house and gosh, their place was huge! They even had a room just for a pool table 0___0 How awesome is that?

This.. thing was weird. It's called a dancing caterpillar -___-

We went inside the house and there were a bunch of our juniors there. The younger ones were all shouting from the gambling and such that we could hardly hear each other talk lol. Met a few familiar faces as well, one of them Kim's kindy classmate! Ah, small world.

I'm so tiny compared to everyone else! Lol i was on the phone that time, with pabo :) The super tall guy next to me is the host.

Last night we were at Boon Hee's house. And guess what? I drovveee! Hahaha. Kim and Fel finally got the privilege to sit in my car :P It felt good to drive, kinda like a birthday treat for me lol. And i'm a very safe driver, not to worry ;)

Nemo! So tame! Boon Ping was looking after it for Clarin.

We gambled for a bit then it was time to cut the cake. There were two cakes, cause i brought my own since i didn't know the rest got one for me aaww. Twas a very good birthday indeed. I mean, how often do you get two cakes and fireworks display on your birthday right? Hehe :D

How do you like my self-decorated cake? Its a Secret Recipe moist chocolate cake but i did the wordings and deco myself with mini M&Ms :) I'll have you know that sorting out the colours is not easy!

Hahaha we started laughing because..

this funny Korean uncle kept making us drink! But he made the atmosphere fun with all his jollyness.

Red red nails! Thanks Kimbo hehe.

Cheryl may not be around but i'm glad i got to spend it with the both of you! I love you girls! ♥ xx

Went to Bryan's house for a while after that but i had to go home early since i was driving :(

Thanks to you guys for making this one another memorable one! It means the world to me to be able to have friends like you :,) Hope i'll be able to spend the rest of my birthdays with you guys! And thanks to everyone else for all the calls, texts, wall posts, and greetings. Love you all long time! ♥

much love

xx

The big two-oh.

2011-02-04T14:00:00.006+08:00

I are TWENTY!

Kimbo and Fel were with me when the clock struck 12 :) But yes, i enjoyed spending my last few hours being a teenager with them. Yknow us, always going crazy haha. Going for boo's open house tonight with the buds, so i'll get to spend my birthday with them as well yayy. Will blog about the chinese new year open houses i went to once all the hype has calmed down and i've got time. Happy eating and collecting them ang paos guys!

P/s stole this picture off Kimbo from Facebook and i can't make it any smaller without it getting blurry. So yeah, bask in my humongous presence for a bit hahaha!

much love

x

CNY '11.

2011-02-03T01:06:00.003+08:00

Happy Wabbit Chinese New Year everyone!

May this one be a prosperous year for all. Enjoy the food and collection of ang paos! ;)

much love

x