I'm really quite desperate to get a bike. Please please please sell me your bike. It doesnt have to have fancy shmancy gears and all that.....so long as the brakes are working and the chain isnt rusty and the wheels are attached and its not too high (im a shorty). Or let me know of someone who wants to sell their bike. If you sell me your bike ill bake a cake for you. Or cookies if you prefer. Or stir-fry. Whichever that rocks your boat.
Bike. Gimme. Please?
Saturday, July 31, 2004
!!!???
Woah weird. I lost my two posts but then after I made the 3rd post (some 5 hours later) and publish it, the other two managed to be published as well. How bizzaro is that!!????!!!???
* walks away mumbling and looking ever so surprised *
* walks away mumbling and looking ever so surprised *
Friday, July 30, 2004
Silly Blog...
Hie.
I made a post which dieded along with my connection. The gist of my post:
1) Tet and I turned 1 two days ago. We had pancakes on the rocks last night. The sweetie gave me an Alanis Morissette cd... Jagged Little Pill. I had been looking for that for AGES. So happy. ^^
2) hmmmm cant remember the rest . .. o.o
Anyways. Just got back from SOTE. Feeling very inspired to start reading the Bible and renew my relationship with God. I keep saying i will but it just doesnt happen! Grrr.....its really frustrating. And its affecting my character. This semester, Im gonna be more God-focused. And yea really got to do something about my character. Sigh. Hate being such a b*****. +.+
I made a post which dieded along with my connection. The gist of my post:
1) Tet and I turned 1 two days ago. We had pancakes on the rocks last night. The sweetie gave me an Alanis Morissette cd... Jagged Little Pill. I had been looking for that for AGES. So happy. ^^
2) hmmmm cant remember the rest . .. o.o
Anyways. Just got back from SOTE. Feeling very inspired to start reading the Bible and renew my relationship with God. I keep saying i will but it just doesnt happen! Grrr.....its really frustrating. And its affecting my character. This semester, Im gonna be more God-focused. And yea really got to do something about my character. Sigh. Hate being such a b*****. +.+
Can't think of one....will get back to you.
Tet and I turned one 2 days ago. But Wednesday wasnt a good day for us so we went to pancakes on the rocks last night instead. And then we watched Nottinghill. Hehe. So romantic. :P
Tet got me Alanis Morrisette's first album "Jagged Little Pill". Yay! I've been looking for that album for ages. A cheap one, that is. I figured since its practically 9 years old that it would sell for cheaper. Finally. Im so happy. Hehehe. :D
Spent the whole day cooking today. So tired x.x And did laundry as well. Sigh. So much housework to do. Its annoying.
SOTE tonight.
Tired.
Amazingly.
I want a bike. Anybody want to sell me theirs?
Tet got me Alanis Morrisette's first album "Jagged Little Pill". Yay! I've been looking for that album for ages. A cheap one, that is. I figured since its practically 9 years old that it would sell for cheaper. Finally. Im so happy. Hehehe. :D
Spent the whole day cooking today. So tired x.x And did laundry as well. Sigh. So much housework to do. Its annoying.
SOTE tonight.
Tired.
Amazingly.
I want a bike. Anybody want to sell me theirs?
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Slee...e..py....
Back to my 8 am starts. It makes me so....sleeepy....Makes me so unproductve and sleepy and lazy. So blah. x.x Want to nap. I might just do that.
zzzzz....
zzzzz....
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Oh My, Steve Vai....
"Steve Vai....What a nice little boy he is!"
Watched Steve Vai in concert yesterday. It was MAD!!!!! Man.....we were SO close, I could've poked his eye with a chopstick!!!! Cos Tet and I lined up for like 4 hours or something and got to stand right behind the fence. Vai LOOKED at me! Straight in my eye! e.e heek. aheeek. Yeah it was an awesome experience...even though Im not really a fan (I only knew like one song ;p) but it was still really cool. He is SUCH a good guitarist! And the band was really good too! I love it when all four performers stand in a line and play in harmony or unision....man. So good. So cool. So....brilliant!!!!!!
Got abit cheesed off that they threw all the picks and drum sticks on the other side of the stage though :( And they shook hands with some of the peeps and even let them touch their axes. IMAGINE THAT. Anyways. Some things I picked up from last night's concert:
1) Steve Vai really knows how to perform. He definately has showmanship. And no shame :P
2) Steve Vai is just a man. Everyone who was at the frontline were all hardcore fans of Mr.Vai and they loved every moment, every bead of sweat, every resonating note. I,on the other hand, had a certain guarded indifference. Mainly because Im not that big a fan and even though his guitar skills are highly impressive, they are infinitely beyond my reach and thus my interest in that kind of music is severely limited. Restricted. And so I looked into his eyes and he looked into my eyes and there before me I saw a man, tearing the place apart....for a living. All his unannounced and unapplauded hours of practice, sacrifice and struggles. Sure he made it. Sure he makes millions, lives in a large mansion and is practically worshiped by all who recognise his awe inspiring talent. Yet. He is infinitely man. He will one day grow old, shrivel up and die. And, as Keating would say, be food for worms.
I cannot shake the image out of my head. Of what he looked like when i grinned at him yet looked penetratingly at his mortality. One could say he sensed the shadow that threatened his glory. But then again, he was contorting his face into all kinds of gruesome combinations all night anyways. As Steve Vai would have it. He cannot perform any other way. AT least he and John Mayer have one thing in common.
By the way, it seems that Britney Spears is moving a stone's throw from his place. For all of you who know him, this is just absolutely hilarious news. And a good example of how powerless we are, no matter how rich or famous or glorified. Only God holds the ultimate power. Even the strongest of men are weak next to God's awesome wonder.
Sunday, July 25, 2004
When in uni, do as the scholars do.
Uni tommorow. Bludgy bludgy semester, clocking in only 18 hours. So Im looking for a job. Maybe I wouldnt feel so guilty buying some cds and dvds and books if i was actually earning my own pocket money. I can tell though. I would be a spendthrift if I won the lottery. I would buy so many anime and so many books and so many music cds, I'd have to spend the rest of my lotto money buying an apartment to keep them all in. But eh. Riches. Who needs them. As the saying goes, "The best things in life are free". Tis true sometimes.
Still coughing. Most coughs last longer than they should. Hardly think its the results of remaining streptococci. Rather, an after-effect of the mass destruction my immune system impaled upon my fragile body. Throat might not be too happy with tommorow. Going to watch Steve Vai (!!!!!). Reckon all that screaming is gonna leave me somewhat hoarse. So excited. Kinda excited to get back to uni as well. I actually really enjoy studying. Cos Im doing all the subjects that are interesting. Although I need to make up for math this sem. Yuck.
Anyways. Just felt like rambling. :P
Still coughing. Most coughs last longer than they should. Hardly think its the results of remaining streptococci. Rather, an after-effect of the mass destruction my immune system impaled upon my fragile body. Throat might not be too happy with tommorow. Going to watch Steve Vai (!!!!!). Reckon all that screaming is gonna leave me somewhat hoarse. So excited. Kinda excited to get back to uni as well. I actually really enjoy studying. Cos Im doing all the subjects that are interesting. Although I need to make up for math this sem. Yuck.
Anyways. Just felt like rambling. :P
Sunday, July 18, 2004
A parchment...
Dear Brad...
Yours Truly,
me
Thank you for your advice to look up and perhaps even incorporate an RSS in my blog but having read the tutorial (I only made it to page 5/7), I have decided to give up on it for now. Perhaps if you explained the purpose of having one and how that would enrich the lives of my readers, in addition to how I may achieve this service, then will there be a heightened consideration as to your well-meant proposal.
Yours Truly,
me
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Ooer??
Wow...whats all this?? Blog has yet again upgraded itself? Or have I been consuming too much msg???? My my.... one can even upload pictures now. is that so!??? SODESKA???? :D
Well anyways. Thought I'd jot an update of the pandemic that has bestruck us. I mentioned that 2 of the 4 people who went up to Blue Mountains fell sick....that would be Tet and my cousin Karen. Now the other two (uncle and myself) have fallen sick as well. hahahaha. But uncle is far worse than me and i dont expect my illness to be of gargantuan proportions.
I just finished a book on shinto-ism and its relationship to a successful business. It was weird. I suppose I understand abit more of Japanese economical culture but I doubt anyone actually does any of this anymore?? Maybe the annual ceremonies but get this, he suggests saying this god's name 36 times to achieve some sort of success thingy. Whatta weirdo. Who came up with 36 times anyhows!?
I went to the Taxation Office yesterday and couldnt help entering Book Stars, one of those discount bookstores. I walked away with $21 worth of books (about 5 books). Four of them were english translated japanese books. Three of those four had japanese poetry in it. Time to learn about their literature.
Theres still so much to learn. I reckon I could be studying this for the rest of my life and still not learn everything about them. Their language is my limiting factor. Apparently japanese intelligence has increased by 12% since.... hmm.... i cant remember. But yeah. 12%. Is that not heaps? Is this because literacy is a fairly new thing? Is it fairly new? It really doesnt help that their time measures are plotted by names of emperors. As some may know, history and names of dead guys related to numbers are really not my forte.
Onward. Must read more. Must be more insane.
Well anyways. Thought I'd jot an update of the pandemic that has bestruck us. I mentioned that 2 of the 4 people who went up to Blue Mountains fell sick....that would be Tet and my cousin Karen. Now the other two (uncle and myself) have fallen sick as well. hahahaha. But uncle is far worse than me and i dont expect my illness to be of gargantuan proportions.
I just finished a book on shinto-ism and its relationship to a successful business. It was weird. I suppose I understand abit more of Japanese economical culture but I doubt anyone actually does any of this anymore?? Maybe the annual ceremonies but get this, he suggests saying this god's name 36 times to achieve some sort of success thingy. Whatta weirdo. Who came up with 36 times anyhows!?
I went to the Taxation Office yesterday and couldnt help entering Book Stars, one of those discount bookstores. I walked away with $21 worth of books (about 5 books). Four of them were english translated japanese books. Three of those four had japanese poetry in it. Time to learn about their literature.
Theres still so much to learn. I reckon I could be studying this for the rest of my life and still not learn everything about them. Their language is my limiting factor. Apparently japanese intelligence has increased by 12% since.... hmm.... i cant remember. But yeah. 12%. Is that not heaps? Is this because literacy is a fairly new thing? Is it fairly new? It really doesnt help that their time measures are plotted by names of emperors. As some may know, history and names of dead guys related to numbers are really not my forte.
Onward. Must read more. Must be more insane.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Home...
Back from Blue Mountains. It was soOooOoo incredibly FUN. One thing about going with people you're comfortable with, it doesnt take much effort at all. Like introvert/extrovert, they accept you as you are and moody as you get, it doesnt phase them one bit. We had a hilarious time and if I could cram it all into three words, it would be "Fun & Fat". Lol. We spent one-third of the time cooking and one-third of the time eating!! Man.... what a pig-out. And we got to eat marshmallows toasted by the fireplace. I almost died of ecstacy.
But now Im back. 2 of the 4 people are sick. Ancon next week. Uni the week after. Sigh. Life is so much more fun when you go on holiday and leave everything behind you. Like they say, "Pack up everything but your past and leave." Cant remember who said that.
Tet and I sent our guitars for repair today. Im getting mine back tommorow. We then went to uni. I got my timetable. I only have 18 hours this semester which means I get Friday off! That is so unheard of. I must be the only science student on the face of the earth who is getting a day off! It felt so wrong... so Ive decided to take up a part-time job. Hopefully I'll get the one im applying for tonight. I'll be so happy. Going to the Tax Office tommorow to get my taxation number. Got to clean up my room before AnCon starts as well. Also have 3 books to finish reading.
I think the holidays are starting to stress me out!!! x.x lol.
Anyways. Carpe Diem right? :p
But now Im back. 2 of the 4 people are sick. Ancon next week. Uni the week after. Sigh. Life is so much more fun when you go on holiday and leave everything behind you. Like they say, "Pack up everything but your past and leave." Cant remember who said that.
Tet and I sent our guitars for repair today. Im getting mine back tommorow. We then went to uni. I got my timetable. I only have 18 hours this semester which means I get Friday off! That is so unheard of. I must be the only science student on the face of the earth who is getting a day off! It felt so wrong... so Ive decided to take up a part-time job. Hopefully I'll get the one im applying for tonight. I'll be so happy. Going to the Tax Office tommorow to get my taxation number. Got to clean up my room before AnCon starts as well. Also have 3 books to finish reading.
I think the holidays are starting to stress me out!!! x.x lol.
Anyways. Carpe Diem right? :p
Monday, July 12, 2004
People and Places...
Today I met two new people.
The past week I felt like as if I was being anti-social because I had preferred to stay home rather than to go out. I sometimes become abit paranoid of becoming anti-social because:
1) It doesnt seem right for a christian to be such; and
2) being a science student, you're always out to prove the stereotype wrong.
But today I met 2 new people. I talked to them, learnt about them, had good conversations with them (kinda sorta) and I realise that sometimes, Im abit of an extrovert. Im abit of a good conversationalist and im abit easy going. I would even go so far as to say that sometimes Im one of those type of people that is able to strike up a conversation with just about anyone.
But that is sometimes. Few and far in between.
Most times....i tend to be shy and nervous. I tend to want to stay within my comfort zone. I like to wallow in my pajamas and watch cartoons, not having to see or talk to anyone. Most times...im an introvert.
What is this ballet of personalities? One slipping in and then slipping out so quietly, so softly that one may mistake it for the same personality....
Im going to the Blue Mountains tommorow. My reserve of extroversion has been depleted. The outcome should be interesting. People are more interesting than places. Demography vs Geography. Label me.
I want to be a little bit more insane. Must read more books.
The past week I felt like as if I was being anti-social because I had preferred to stay home rather than to go out. I sometimes become abit paranoid of becoming anti-social because:
1) It doesnt seem right for a christian to be such; and
2) being a science student, you're always out to prove the stereotype wrong.
But today I met 2 new people. I talked to them, learnt about them, had good conversations with them (kinda sorta) and I realise that sometimes, Im abit of an extrovert. Im abit of a good conversationalist and im abit easy going. I would even go so far as to say that sometimes Im one of those type of people that is able to strike up a conversation with just about anyone.
But that is sometimes. Few and far in between.
Most times....i tend to be shy and nervous. I tend to want to stay within my comfort zone. I like to wallow in my pajamas and watch cartoons, not having to see or talk to anyone. Most times...im an introvert.
What is this ballet of personalities? One slipping in and then slipping out so quietly, so softly that one may mistake it for the same personality....
Im going to the Blue Mountains tommorow. My reserve of extroversion has been depleted. The outcome should be interesting. People are more interesting than places. Demography vs Geography. Label me.
I want to be a little bit more insane. Must read more books.
Saturday, July 10, 2004
My Apologies...
Sorry..I know I update my blog more often during exams oddly enough but I cant help it because my holidays are really quite packed...doing absolutely nothing I agree but doing alot of nothing still equates to SOMETHING... does that make any sense? :/
Anyways the main reason for my absence is my connection has thus far been trying to strangle me in its stronghold, using its power over my global connection to its advantage to world domination. Again. It needs a good smacking is what it needs. I wish it was a goldfish. Id show it a thing or two about 3 second connections.. x.x
Also been watching heaps of anime. Maybe my japanese will improve at the end of these 3 weeks of brainwash. Also been cooking alot, so maybe i'll put on some weight. ANd been reading alot...so hopefully my concentration will increase next semester. Heh. Unlikely.
But thats about it. Too lazy to go out really. I kinda like lounging at home in my PJs... its too darn cold outside anyways. I much prefer traipsing around in my heated room, a steaming mug of soup balanced on my right hand. Yeah. Thats what holidays are all about. ^^
Anyways the main reason for my absence is my connection has thus far been trying to strangle me in its stronghold, using its power over my global connection to its advantage to world domination. Again. It needs a good smacking is what it needs. I wish it was a goldfish. Id show it a thing or two about 3 second connections.. x.x
Also been watching heaps of anime. Maybe my japanese will improve at the end of these 3 weeks of brainwash. Also been cooking alot, so maybe i'll put on some weight. ANd been reading alot...so hopefully my concentration will increase next semester. Heh. Unlikely.
But thats about it. Too lazy to go out really. I kinda like lounging at home in my PJs... its too darn cold outside anyways. I much prefer traipsing around in my heated room, a steaming mug of soup balanced on my right hand. Yeah. Thats what holidays are all about. ^^
Saturday, July 03, 2004
Snoopy...
Besides Gerald Durrel, I bought a Snoopy comic for 20 cents. I found a link to this quiz on Soph's blog. I always have several different choices for each quiz, so i always do it a couple of times. My reults according to order (first one is usually the one where i try the most):
You are Snoopy!
You are Schroeder!
You are Charlie Brown!
Hmmm....contradicting results. Just as I suspected. Multiple personalities . . . :p
You are Snoopy!
You are Schroeder!
You are Charlie Brown!
Hmmm....contradicting results. Just as I suspected. Multiple personalities . . . :p
Monday Tuesday Bludgy Days....
Hello!!
Swurpleness reporting in from first day of holidays. First day of complete FREEDOM since term started. And good grief what a turmoil of events this semester has been, not to mention the grief and experiences. This semester was certainly eventful and memorable. Yup.
Today I did a million things and I dont plan to stop anytime soon!! Hahahaha. Nah .. not really. Im looking forward to a couple of ultra lazy, dont-lift-a-finger days. Ive already got a book for that day. Gerald Durrel's "The Drunken Forest". I tell you this book is abit of a treasure pile!! First of all, Gerald Durrel. I picked up one of his books at a dusty 2nd-hand bookstore back in Malaysia. I must have been 15 or so. He is an absolutely BRILLIANT writer. Number one, he's a naturalist. So heaps of stories about animals and stuff which I absolutely adore. Number two, he is sooo hilarious!!! Just the way he portrays things...its fabulous. Yeah. But I havent been able to find anymore of his books since! Despite searching and searching, I could only find the title of the one I already had, "My Family and Other Animals". So finding this is SO amazing!!!! Man. What a find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The lady at the op-shop (where I bought the book for 50 cents) told me that this book is abit of a collectors item because it has the penguin picture on it (the newer penguin books dont have them) and the monetary pricing of the book was the old english way, i.e. before the time of decimal points. And the price tag is still on! So she was like...."keep this book really well! It'll be a collectors item soon". Certainly, I am now most obliged to keep it in Glad Wrap, in a seal-a-meal bag (after having read it, of course). I am most delighted.
Heeee.... ^^
Swurpleness reporting in from first day of holidays. First day of complete FREEDOM since term started. And good grief what a turmoil of events this semester has been, not to mention the grief and experiences. This semester was certainly eventful and memorable. Yup.
Today I did a million things and I dont plan to stop anytime soon!! Hahahaha. Nah .. not really. Im looking forward to a couple of ultra lazy, dont-lift-a-finger days. Ive already got a book for that day. Gerald Durrel's "The Drunken Forest". I tell you this book is abit of a treasure pile!! First of all, Gerald Durrel. I picked up one of his books at a dusty 2nd-hand bookstore back in Malaysia. I must have been 15 or so. He is an absolutely BRILLIANT writer. Number one, he's a naturalist. So heaps of stories about animals and stuff which I absolutely adore. Number two, he is sooo hilarious!!! Just the way he portrays things...its fabulous. Yeah. But I havent been able to find anymore of his books since! Despite searching and searching, I could only find the title of the one I already had, "My Family and Other Animals". So finding this is SO amazing!!!! Man. What a find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The lady at the op-shop (where I bought the book for 50 cents) told me that this book is abit of a collectors item because it has the penguin picture on it (the newer penguin books dont have them) and the monetary pricing of the book was the old english way, i.e. before the time of decimal points. And the price tag is still on! So she was like...."keep this book really well! It'll be a collectors item soon". Certainly, I am now most obliged to keep it in Glad Wrap, in a seal-a-meal bag (after having read it, of course). I am most delighted.
Heeee.... ^^
Thursday, July 01, 2004
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