Holiday!!!

Wooo! I finally finished work experience and now I'm a free woman!

Until Honours starts, that is. Which is Thursday :P But still, its kinda like I have a weekend within the week cos I get 2 days off to run all my errands. Like cash my allowance cheque cos i needs monies.

Abit disorganised about Honours, my confirmation of enrolment and my student visa + application for PR. All very vague and hazy... Almost worrying o.o But...can't rush these things. We'll see what happens.

I've forgotten why I have a blog.... hmm....

Australia Day

Of course the grass always seems greener on the other side.

Personally, I like our thin bladed dried up grass. This is a land of supported freedom, genuine compassion and of no pretenses. It is rich and bubbling with potential and opportunity. It is always silly but accepts no nonsense. Maybe one day it will be my home.

Having said that, there is one thing I'm really looking forward to that has nothing to do with Australia:

There is a blessed home, Beyond this land of woe
Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow
Where faith is lost in sight, And patient hope is crowned
And everlasting light, Its glory throws around.

There is a land of peace, Good angels know it well
Glad songs that never cease, Within its portals swell
Around its glorious throne, Ten thousand saints adore
Christ, with the Father One, And Spirit, evermore.

Henry W. Baker

Week after mission

Been working all of this week. Work is tiring, boring and being at uni is like waaay better. At uni, your aim is to please yourself, maybe your parents. At work, your aim is to please your boss. At uni, you dont feel like going to uni, nobody gives a flying lemon peel. At work, your reputation and conscience is at stake. At uni, lecturers fill you with ideas and amaze you with knowledge. At work, you just feel plain dumb at your lack of ability to contribute and think.

In short, I cant wait for February.

They say that you often walk away with an "after mission high". Well...where is it!? Give me mission over work any day. At least Disco and Lau-lau are there to cheer you up every morning.

On the bright side, its Friday night and tommorow is Saturday and I havent got anything on at church on Sunday which gives me 2 days (supposedly) of relaxation and cleaning to catch up on. But also to try and get some work done because I screwed up at work so now I gotta make up for it. ;_;

Oyah oyah and HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAL!!! =^.^=

Okay Listen...

Narnia is like THE best movie ever!!!

If you haven't watched it, watch it.

If you have watched it, rave about it with me!!!

If you're feeling generous, I want the DVD!!!

By the way, big joey, centaur is totally not hot. Peter is wayyyy handsomer!! <3

City -> Country -> City

I'm back after being at Cowra Summer Breakout a.k.a. Cowra Mission for the past 10 days. It was heaps fun!! Although I reckon last year was more fun. Klunk is definately waaaayyy cooler than JBs :P Only cos they get to go to the pool and dam xP

Anyways highlights (in order of appearance):

1. This kid from kindy could recite the entire memory verse by the 3rd morning. And the only word he can read and write is the word cat! What a legend :D
2. Jazz + bbq + sunset followed by running through the sprinklers.
3. During the Big Bash, one of the Yr 2 girls that I taught saw me strutting around with this huge stick. With that incredibly adorable dimpled grin she tells me, " you're not the king...Jesus is!!" I could've have squeezed her to bits. ^^ <3

The boo:

1. People who dont understand the concept of light sleepers and a little consideration.
2. The heat x.x
3. The flies x.x which go hand in hand with the heat because you're trying to expend as little energy as possible but they wont stop bugging you and you eventually succumb to flicking your arm at them wearily

Concert Time was excellent this year! It was soooo funny. The kids just loved it. You guys did an amazing job!!! I'll never forget Disco, Lau-lau and Anfony. XD No pics, didn't have space for my camera.

I'm kinda glad to be home now. Just being able to like sleep throughout the night and not have to wait like half an hour to take a 5 min shower is gold. Hehehe. Back to work. Only 2 weeks left then its Honours!! So weird...feel so old. :p

Something is going to change in my life soon. How exciting. :)

Discovered dillema

I remember what it used to be like when I could fill up page after empty page with transforming words. It could transform your environment, your being, your emotions. It was a gift, nurtured by the fact that everyone else I knew could do it as well.

They keep going. They keep transforming. They are more artistic than I.

Three years into trodding down the road less travelled, I've come to see just how much of this gift has been wasted. There is a saying. To him who is given much, much will be expected. Logically speaking, this could also mean that for him who much has been expected but has not given anything, much will be taken away.

Much has been taken away. It is still not too late. Is this gift worth pursuing? It does me no use in the field of science, it gives me no pleasure if none will read or appreciate it. Gone are the days of secret celebrations, silent pride is a dangerous foe.

Whatever shall I do. I am so attached, and yet it fills me with regret.

New Years Eve 2005

Its been a long time since I celebrated NYE with my friends. This year was not the year either. But at least I got to watch the fireworks! This being only the second time in my entire life despite having lived here for the past 3 years (first time I was 10 yrs old). Yay me. :p

That sunset picture was taken at Milso's at my aunt's place. Its the last sunset of 2005. It was a very pretty one too. The picture on the far right is a picture of the crowd at McMahon's Point when it was only 5pm. Its what we could see from the apartment that we were at in Blues Point Tower. Absolutely beautiful view there. Really couldn't have asked for a better location. And no crowd! :D

Updating on my weight gain. Yes, carpet is bad. After re-weighing, Im still only 47kg. 44.5 on my granduncle's crappy scales (he's a doctor and he says that his scales are abit old now). So no weight gain. Which strikes down one resolution. ^^

Will think up of more new year resolutions. As for today, Im going to the beach! ^^

And tets coming home tommorow!!!! XD

Post Christmas Weight Fluctuations

I was walking by my uncles room today and saw the weighing scales. I thought, oh why not.

O.O

5 kilograms!!!????!?!?!???? You're joking!!!

Ive never put on 5 kgs in 2 weeks before..... although I have been eating like crazy since family came. :P I have a possible explanation of self denial..

... the scale was on carpet so maybe the depression of the carpet increased the weight on the scale 9.9

Failing which of course I'll just have to accept the fact that I'm getting old and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. Putting full trust on my body's "set point" to maintain my healthy 47 kg once I stop eating so much. I couldn't help it.... all those prawns....*drooool*

Anyways, new years is here and is a time of resolutions... I will shed my 5 kgs!!!