Okay sorry i sort of was AWOL for a while, but for those who know me, know that i'm probably spending all my time at work which i am. I'm doing around 9 hour shifts pretty much everyday so i'm dead tired afterwards, basically my days consist of work, sleep, eat and internet. As it is getting towards the end of the year, the tv shows are going on break for a while and i'm bummed out that there's not much to look forward to after work. I was excited to watch the Christmas glee episode but I found it was a little boring, i think i liked the previous episode much better. I should stop listening to Lea Michelle's tweets, i swear she says every episode is the best one.
Last Wednesday I went to M's house, which i haven't been to in a while and it was so good to catch up with my friends. There was a work dinner that night so i had to leave early which wasn't so good, but at least i got to spend time with everyone. It's so weird whenever i leave M's house early, i'm usually the last to leave although it takes me the longest to get home, I guess I try to make the most of the transport time. I made her a Pioneer t-shirt bracelet and tshirt but i didn't get a chance to take a photo of it, you can see it on her blog if you want to here. Well I'm glad she'll be the only one to have one. It was also the day of the Pioneer release, so we tuned into the chat together but the documentary was really long, and i don't like to watch concerts that I haven't been to because it just makes me jealous. Because I had to leave early I missed the actual chat part of the live stream.
For those who know me, I'm quite anti-social and avoid any situation that could be anyway slightly awkward, so when one the ex-workers at My Chemist invited me to a little catch-up dinner with some current and old employers at My Chemist, i actually decided to go. I'm not on super close friends terms with my co-workers, but yeah it would have been nice to catch up. Plus once I agreed, i would have felt bad for backing out considering i didn't go to the huge Christmas Party where pretty much everyone went except me. As it was unexpected and unplanned (spontaneity isn't my thing), i was the only one in my uniform but hopefully my jacket was able to cover up the shirt. It was at an Italian place, and we shared some dishes between us. The food itself wasn't fantastic, pretty standard in my opinion. The waitress was very good, my friend had to repeat our order three times but we still got the wrong order. They gave us an entree instead of a main, when it came out, the plate was tiny and we were like 'um is that like the main or entree??'. Before they swapped the plate, my friends ate a couple of the pasta. We spent a lot of the time complaining about the management at My Chemist, and i have to admit it is pretty bad sometimes and inconsistent, they have just become too strict. Oh and i found out i got told off for laughing and not serving people at the back dispensary (which isn't really my job because i work at the front, but if they asked me I would have served the customers anyways). I just wish if they have a problem, they would address me themselves instead of discussing it with other people. I've seen it happen with other people too. It just makes me wonder if they have any other problems with me, but i guess i wouldn't find out unless my friend tells me about it. Well i think it's time for a new job, i always wanted to work at Borders but that door has fully closed. I was thinking of working in Art Craft and Riot because i just like being around crafty stuff, but the store it quite close to My Chemist so it may awkward bumping into the managers. But I'm pretty intend on this year being my last.
Well that's pretty much that is all that is remotely interesting to blog about, unless you want to hear about me and other boring work stories and customers complaints.
Love Squealer.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Reckless with a capital R
On Thursday, i went to the weekly (well theoretically a weekly event, because it has only been twice) badminton session which was fun. It's always good to see friends. Already the year is practically over, and i thought how weird it has been being away from my Monash friends for the year, and wondering if we could have been closer or more distant than we are now. There are definitely friends who i am closer with, but there are some who i have somewhat forgotten how to act around them or I have reverted back to my new-ish friends stage, which just involves me politely/nervously laughing at everything so i can somehow drown out the awkwardness (i also do this when i'm on the phone, regardless of the person) or being completely mute (which doesn't work when there's only two of you). Anywhoo, baddy was fun as always, good to get some exercise because i do practically nothing all week. I wish standing was a form of exercise, then i would be so healthy after the amount of standing i do at work, like literally standing in one place, not even moving around or anything. Sadly because of work i had to leave early, so i didn't get to spend much time with them.
Well even though 6 hours is relatively short shift, it felt so long! It was pretty quiet which makes time go so slow, i was constantly checking my watch and was constantly surprised of how little time had passed. Well it's not too bad when the owner/manager goes home and then everything gets kinda loose, if you know what i mean. The organisation falls apart a little, and we just stand around and talk to each other. It feels good not to get told off =P But when i got home, i was incredibly tired so i slept so early for once.
On Friday, I went to Box Hill with some friends so we can buy a birthday present for another friend and eat. Yeah whenever, i get together with my Latrobe friends, we like to eat, we had very slim pickings in Bendigo, most of the time we just ate at McDonalds. We went to Artbox to buy some stationary, we had about $40 allocated, but then we saw the 50% off everything sign, so that kinda made us go a little crazy. I never realized how expensive the stuff can be, it didn't even seem that good quality, i would of rather spent that money at officeworks, but my friend likes Artbox so yeah. We got one of everything, and just kept putting things in our basket. We ended up going a little over the budget but that was okay. Dang, that 50% off was pretty enticing. Well at least my friend will be set for next year in terms of stationery, although we didn't get the one thing that she needed which was a pencil case only because the ones they were selling were way too small, considering all the things we bought and she said she wanted to fit her calculator in as well. I hope she doesn't read my blog otherwise the present will sort of be spoiled. So after we got the present, G showed us around Box Hill because it's her hood. There were so many restaurants, and even the food court looked so good! It was so clean compared to other asian suburbs. I like Box Hill, although it was smaller than i thought it would be. We decided to eat at New Age Cafe, and we ordered three dishes between us. There as mince beef on rice, chicken with mushroom cheese sauce on rice and hokkien noodles. They were all really nice, the first two dishes were different but tasted delicious anyways. The chicken with mushroom cheese sauce on rice was almost like a risotto, after we mixed the rice with the sauce, it looked pretty gross =P My friends made me finish the noodles off because they like to force me to finish off the food, but we couldn't finish the rice dishes so we take awayed them, yeah it didn't look so good together in the container.
We were pretty stuffed afterwards, despite not even eating that much. We walked around a little more and bought some drinks, sat down and talked for a while. Afterwards, T and I headed back into the city to buy a present for another friend. I'm pretty grateful that my band's merch is relatively inexpensive, because Asian music merchandise is quite expensive in Australia, but obviously a lot cheaper in the Asian countries. We wanted to get a small badge but it was $13, and there wasn't the person we wanted to get.
Then we went home, and of course i had work that night, luckily it was only a four hour shift but again boy did it go on forever. Also i was the sort of head person for the promotion outside, so i just my co-workers do whatever they wanted, because it wasn't busy. I was just running in and out of the store which is frowned upon unless necessary and i even went to the back where the dispensing area was to casually get something out of my bag. I would have not done that if the owner or retail manager was working. I even let my co-worker take a longer break than usual, well in fact i took a longer break than usual too.
I ran to Jb HiFi to see the new Hot Chelle Rae album, i stood there in front of the album contemplating whether to buy it or not. I decided against it because i thought i would download it first. And i was unsure of their new stuff. I mean i love them all and i loved their first album, but they have definitely moved into a more pop and upbeat-y sound for this album, which i'm not so fond of. I did give the new album a listen, and yeah i'm on the fence, its a good album to be driving to, i guess. Especially nowadays i'm getting into more "heavier"stuff, so yeah but i don't want to feel like a bad fan. So i was going to get their first album but it wasn't in stock =( They're pretty special for me because they were my first concert.
So yeah i ran back to work, not that i wanted to though. And the rest of the night, we were just playing around and obviously not doing our job properly, but again there were no customers so it was okay.
Have you guys ever heard of shrink plastic? It's plastic that you write/draw on and then when you bake it, it shrinks to about 30% of its orignal size. It is amazing, i've always wanted some ever since i heard of them but back then i was oblivious to the world on online shopping. Anywhoo, i made a Pioneer bracelet, which is the name of The Maine's new album which i am so excited for. I posted this photo on my tumblr, and then someone messaged me saying it was awesome, so i checked out her blog and found out that she's Jenny and from Melbourne, and you guys probably know that I'm also Jenny and from Melbourne. i got a little excited and messaged her back. Then i found that she wants to do pharmacy!! How weird!! I somewhat made a tumblr friend, well not quite there, because i've only sent two messages to her, but it's the closest i've been. Yeah it's so exciting for someone to message you on tumblr, i rarely get them and luckily the ones i get are positive ones.
Well even though 6 hours is relatively short shift, it felt so long! It was pretty quiet which makes time go so slow, i was constantly checking my watch and was constantly surprised of how little time had passed. Well it's not too bad when the owner/manager goes home and then everything gets kinda loose, if you know what i mean. The organisation falls apart a little, and we just stand around and talk to each other. It feels good not to get told off =P But when i got home, i was incredibly tired so i slept so early for once.
On Friday, I went to Box Hill with some friends so we can buy a birthday present for another friend and eat. Yeah whenever, i get together with my Latrobe friends, we like to eat, we had very slim pickings in Bendigo, most of the time we just ate at McDonalds. We went to Artbox to buy some stationary, we had about $40 allocated, but then we saw the 50% off everything sign, so that kinda made us go a little crazy. I never realized how expensive the stuff can be, it didn't even seem that good quality, i would of rather spent that money at officeworks, but my friend likes Artbox so yeah. We got one of everything, and just kept putting things in our basket. We ended up going a little over the budget but that was okay. Dang, that 50% off was pretty enticing. Well at least my friend will be set for next year in terms of stationery, although we didn't get the one thing that she needed which was a pencil case only because the ones they were selling were way too small, considering all the things we bought and she said she wanted to fit her calculator in as well. I hope she doesn't read my blog otherwise the present will sort of be spoiled. So after we got the present, G showed us around Box Hill because it's her hood. There were so many restaurants, and even the food court looked so good! It was so clean compared to other asian suburbs. I like Box Hill, although it was smaller than i thought it would be. We decided to eat at New Age Cafe, and we ordered three dishes between us. There as mince beef on rice, chicken with mushroom cheese sauce on rice and hokkien noodles. They were all really nice, the first two dishes were different but tasted delicious anyways. The chicken with mushroom cheese sauce on rice was almost like a risotto, after we mixed the rice with the sauce, it looked pretty gross =P My friends made me finish the noodles off because they like to force me to finish off the food, but we couldn't finish the rice dishes so we take awayed them, yeah it didn't look so good together in the container.
Then we went home, and of course i had work that night, luckily it was only a four hour shift but again boy did it go on forever. Also i was the sort of head person for the promotion outside, so i just my co-workers do whatever they wanted, because it wasn't busy. I was just running in and out of the store which is frowned upon unless necessary and i even went to the back where the dispensing area was to casually get something out of my bag. I would have not done that if the owner or retail manager was working. I even let my co-worker take a longer break than usual, well in fact i took a longer break than usual too.
I ran to Jb HiFi to see the new Hot Chelle Rae album, i stood there in front of the album contemplating whether to buy it or not. I decided against it because i thought i would download it first. And i was unsure of their new stuff. I mean i love them all and i loved their first album, but they have definitely moved into a more pop and upbeat-y sound for this album, which i'm not so fond of. I did give the new album a listen, and yeah i'm on the fence, its a good album to be driving to, i guess. Especially nowadays i'm getting into more "heavier"stuff, so yeah but i don't want to feel like a bad fan. So i was going to get their first album but it wasn't in stock =( They're pretty special for me because they were my first concert.
So yeah i ran back to work, not that i wanted to though. And the rest of the night, we were just playing around and obviously not doing our job properly, but again there were no customers so it was okay.
Have you guys ever heard of shrink plastic? It's plastic that you write/draw on and then when you bake it, it shrinks to about 30% of its orignal size. It is amazing, i've always wanted some ever since i heard of them but back then i was oblivious to the world on online shopping. Anywhoo, i made a Pioneer bracelet, which is the name of The Maine's new album which i am so excited for. I posted this photo on my tumblr, and then someone messaged me saying it was awesome, so i checked out her blog and found out that she's Jenny and from Melbourne, and you guys probably know that I'm also Jenny and from Melbourne. i got a little excited and messaged her back. Then i found that she wants to do pharmacy!! How weird!! I somewhat made a tumblr friend, well not quite there, because i've only sent two messages to her, but it's the closest i've been. Yeah it's so exciting for someone to message you on tumblr, i rarely get them and luckily the ones i get are positive ones.
Oh dear it took me over an hour to write this post, gotta sleep, have work tomorrow. well i guess i can rock up tired. Oh and i have this thing where i like to go on The Maine website on an apple product when i'm in Jb hifi :) Obviously not an original idea, but it makes me feel happy.
Love Squealer.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Little Death
So holidays have been a bit of an anti-climax, after looking forward to it for ages, it's not so great, well not at the moment anyways. I think i'm just waiting for my trip to come around but that's not til over a month. I spent most of the day in bed, because i knew that even if i get up there would be nothing for me to do. I "watched" a movie called An Invisible Sign, and all i got from the movie is that Jessica Alba is really pretty but i already knew that. It's about this maths teacher, played by Jessica, who is quite disconnected from the world, because her father is sick ( i think he has a mental disorder, they weren't clear on that in the movie). Well I actually didn't get through the whole thing, i skipped through a lot of the parts and for the parts i watched i didn't really pay attention. There was this weird quality that made the movie unlikable, for me anyways. Although, i thought there was this funny part were she gets an ax thrown in her leg, i don't think it was supposed to be funny, but it made me watch that scene twice. So i don't recommend watching that movie.
I also watched another movie One Day, i actually was looking forward to this movie because the concept seemed interesting. Well i have to say i was disappointed, I felt so disconnected and uninterested throughout the entire movie. The characters were somewhat boring and the plot line was weird and confusing. I think the book is better, so maybe i should read that first and then rewatch the movie. I do like Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, i think they did their best with the script. Although i like how it was set in London, and it gave me an idea how things will be for my holiday.
On sunday, i had my first shift back at work, and by the end, i was so dead. My feet were killing me, luckily my co-workers were complaining too. I think i need to find better work shoes, i'm going to try to get away with wearing canvas shoes for the moment as they at least have a thicker soles than my oxfords. It wasn't a long shift, but my feet were dying. It would have been better if my feet weren't hurting so much. I got back into the rhythm pretty quickly and pretty much nothing has changed. The only thing getting me through the crazy amount of work shifts is the money and a somewhat purpose in my life, instead of lying around all day.
Actually, something different in these holidays is that i have my license, so no more public transporting. On friday, i had a shopping day, which involves for is op shopping in moonee ponds, and usually that would take me the whole day, but with a car, it was so much quicker, so i stopped by DFO and then went to Highpoint because i wanted to buy a CD (Sinners Never Sleep if you're interested, amazing album so glad i bought it and waited until after exams). It felt so good not having to wait for the train but i think it has also made a little lazier. I'm getting the hang of driving, i'm still a little nervous and drive slowly, well even when i drive at the speed limit, there are so many people overtaking me.
I'm still feeling off, like there's something missing or something that i should be doing but i don't know what. Maybe i need a friends fix, in fact i know i need one. Too bad once December starts, so do the crazy shifts from work begins.
Love Squealer.
I also watched another movie One Day, i actually was looking forward to this movie because the concept seemed interesting. Well i have to say i was disappointed, I felt so disconnected and uninterested throughout the entire movie. The characters were somewhat boring and the plot line was weird and confusing. I think the book is better, so maybe i should read that first and then rewatch the movie. I do like Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, i think they did their best with the script. Although i like how it was set in London, and it gave me an idea how things will be for my holiday.
On sunday, i had my first shift back at work, and by the end, i was so dead. My feet were killing me, luckily my co-workers were complaining too. I think i need to find better work shoes, i'm going to try to get away with wearing canvas shoes for the moment as they at least have a thicker soles than my oxfords. It wasn't a long shift, but my feet were dying. It would have been better if my feet weren't hurting so much. I got back into the rhythm pretty quickly and pretty much nothing has changed. The only thing getting me through the crazy amount of work shifts is the money and a somewhat purpose in my life, instead of lying around all day.
Actually, something different in these holidays is that i have my license, so no more public transporting. On friday, i had a shopping day, which involves for is op shopping in moonee ponds, and usually that would take me the whole day, but with a car, it was so much quicker, so i stopped by DFO and then went to Highpoint because i wanted to buy a CD (Sinners Never Sleep if you're interested, amazing album so glad i bought it and waited until after exams). It felt so good not having to wait for the train but i think it has also made a little lazier. I'm getting the hang of driving, i'm still a little nervous and drive slowly, well even when i drive at the speed limit, there are so many people overtaking me.
I'm still feeling off, like there's something missing or something that i should be doing but i don't know what. Maybe i need a friends fix, in fact i know i need one. Too bad once December starts, so do the crazy shifts from work begins.
Love Squealer.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Don't Give Up On Us
ho ho, it's been a while, obviously due to exams and all, but i'm still alive and made it through, well just barely. Exam periods are always hard, but worse when you get stuck inside your head. There was a constant thought process of possible failures and future uncertainties, except sometimes i convince myself that i probably wouldn't get an offer, there's (i'm assuming) a lot of other applicants who will most likely get better marks than me. I know i shouldn't be thinking about those things, but after trying for what seems like so long and feeling as if it may have been useless, I feel it's necessary to brace myself for the worse. Sometimes i wish i had more confidence in myself, rather i wished i'm more continuously confidence, it comes and goes quite quickly. I want to feel like I've given my best this year and whatever happens, i did the right thing but I don't. Even though i know i probably given it my best shot, which makes it all the worse when i don't get an offer because it just means i wasn't good enough. I haven't found much that helps me though this; music helps a little but it's not enough, so i find myself constantly telling myself that i will get an offer, sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't.
Anywhoo, i'm excited for the holidays. I think this one will be so amazing and life-changing. There's not much i want to achieve, I'm tired of making lists and never finishing them, so no lists, just going with the flow.
Today was an awesome start to the holidays, there was badminton with the pharm crew and lunch afterwards. It has been a while since I've exercised so it was nice after spending so much time sitting at my desk. It was so good to catch up with everyone but for some reason, i felt a little off, i just wasn't feeling like myself, i think its just the nauseous feeling that the uni year is over, and all i'm doing now it waiting.
I apologize for the somewhat sad post, but writing about it helps, and that's what's on my mind. Hears to more exciting posts with photos soon.
Oh yeah, not interesting news, but i'm culling my wardrobe, because it's so full and i have about 5 large garbage bags filled with clothes from Bendigo that i have to unpack and somehow fit in my wardrobe.
Love Squealer.
Anywhoo, i'm excited for the holidays. I think this one will be so amazing and life-changing. There's not much i want to achieve, I'm tired of making lists and never finishing them, so no lists, just going with the flow.
Today was an awesome start to the holidays, there was badminton with the pharm crew and lunch afterwards. It has been a while since I've exercised so it was nice after spending so much time sitting at my desk. It was so good to catch up with everyone but for some reason, i felt a little off, i just wasn't feeling like myself, i think its just the nauseous feeling that the uni year is over, and all i'm doing now it waiting.
I apologize for the somewhat sad post, but writing about it helps, and that's what's on my mind. Hears to more exciting posts with photos soon.
Oh yeah, not interesting news, but i'm culling my wardrobe, because it's so full and i have about 5 large garbage bags filled with clothes from Bendigo that i have to unpack and somehow fit in my wardrobe.
Love Squealer.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
We're All Wasted
This morning, I spent a good chunk of my time on the hellomerch website trying to preorder The Maine's new album Pioneer, which i am uber excited for. So after a while i gave up and went to "studying" which involved an hour of writing out a notes sheet. After that, deciding i needed a 'well-deserved' break, i ate lunch. My lunch break lasted about 6 hours, while i took a nap when i wasn't that sleepy because i didn't want to study. I wish my exam timetable wasn't so far apart, i like the last three-quarters of it. My first exam is on friday, and the next one isn't until next friday, and because i feel prepared for the coming exam, i don't have this urgent need/drive to study, despite needing to study for the rest of the exams. For me, i like to concentrate on one subject at a time, usually i mainly study one subject and move onto another subject if i get bored, and just to keep things fresh in my head. However, the other exams feel like ages away, i don't really want to study for them but i know i should. These past three days have been usually long, and i have been sleeping earlier. Anywho, i hope this stage passes soon so i can concentrate on studying properly.
Well exciting news on the weekend. I booked my flights to London and Hong Kong, where i will be spending about 3 weeks in January. It's a little scary because this is my first time overseas and as i so desperately wanted to go overseas since forever, i took up the chance because S is in London. Although, i'm half excited and half anxious because there will be time when i'm going to be by myself in London, at least five days. I thought it was worth just to be overseas though. Actually, initially i was just planning to go to London, but i wanted to see a concert and my friend was conveniently going to Hong Kong, so i thought to extend my London trip and visit Hong Kong while i'm overseas. I would not like to think how much this trip is costing me, considering I am going to the US either mid or end of next year, but i think i can swing it. I'm going to be working for a month, so that's some extra money for my trip. I hope I will be safe in London, it gets dark at 4pm??? How weird is that? I'm not sure what London city is like in the evening, because i don't want to be shut in the hotel at 4pm, how will i get dinner? I like to think that London city would be like Melbourne city in the evening, so i should be safe walking out by myself. Despite crimes and stuff like that, i still feel safe to walking around Melbourne city at night, but that's got a lot to do with a lot of people still hanging around. Anywhoo, i have so many things i want to do, and i don't even know if i can fit it all in one trip. This holiday will most likely be me dipping my toes in the UK/Europe culture, I would like to do a proper European holiday when i'm older or have more money or have the friends to come with me. Actually the idea of going solo is appealing, only i need someone as a backup to protect if something happens, maybe i can hire someone to trail me when i'm out "alone", yes that does sound crazy. At least there's no language barrier, that's always a plus. So yeah possibly the most exciting news coming from me in a while. Also another thing, I'm so ecstatic for the concert, its going to be The Maine, All Time Low and We Are The In Crowd! I hope they recognize my accent =D Also its a night concert, so i'm worried about getting back to my hotel, i think i will catch a cab but a better idea is to crash/hide in one of the band's tour buses until morning. This is lame but i'm thinking of all these fantasies about what will happen, like they're going to walk me back to the hotel when i tell them that i'm alone in a foreign country or yeah letting me crash in their bus, I'm leaning towards the latter.
Moving on....
I can't wait for exams to be over, and i am actually a little excited to get back to work. It means i would have something to do all day beside the internet and tumblr, and of course the money. It's going to be my third year working, so i like to think I'm the "head"of the promotion area. I won't be clueless most of the time anymore except i don't remember a lot of things about working, like the cash register and stuff like that.
Good luck with exams everyone, or with life (whichever is applicable).
Love Squealer.
Well exciting news on the weekend. I booked my flights to London and Hong Kong, where i will be spending about 3 weeks in January. It's a little scary because this is my first time overseas and as i so desperately wanted to go overseas since forever, i took up the chance because S is in London. Although, i'm half excited and half anxious because there will be time when i'm going to be by myself in London, at least five days. I thought it was worth just to be overseas though. Actually, initially i was just planning to go to London, but i wanted to see a concert and my friend was conveniently going to Hong Kong, so i thought to extend my London trip and visit Hong Kong while i'm overseas. I would not like to think how much this trip is costing me, considering I am going to the US either mid or end of next year, but i think i can swing it. I'm going to be working for a month, so that's some extra money for my trip. I hope I will be safe in London, it gets dark at 4pm??? How weird is that? I'm not sure what London city is like in the evening, because i don't want to be shut in the hotel at 4pm, how will i get dinner? I like to think that London city would be like Melbourne city in the evening, so i should be safe walking out by myself. Despite crimes and stuff like that, i still feel safe to walking around Melbourne city at night, but that's got a lot to do with a lot of people still hanging around. Anywhoo, i have so many things i want to do, and i don't even know if i can fit it all in one trip. This holiday will most likely be me dipping my toes in the UK/Europe culture, I would like to do a proper European holiday when i'm older or have more money or have the friends to come with me. Actually the idea of going solo is appealing, only i need someone as a backup to protect if something happens, maybe i can hire someone to trail me when i'm out "alone", yes that does sound crazy. At least there's no language barrier, that's always a plus. So yeah possibly the most exciting news coming from me in a while. Also another thing, I'm so ecstatic for the concert, its going to be The Maine, All Time Low and We Are The In Crowd! I hope they recognize my accent =D Also its a night concert, so i'm worried about getting back to my hotel, i think i will catch a cab but a better idea is to crash/hide in one of the band's tour buses until morning. This is lame but i'm thinking of all these fantasies about what will happen, like they're going to walk me back to the hotel when i tell them that i'm alone in a foreign country or yeah letting me crash in their bus, I'm leaning towards the latter.
Moving on....
I can't wait for exams to be over, and i am actually a little excited to get back to work. It means i would have something to do all day beside the internet and tumblr, and of course the money. It's going to be my third year working, so i like to think I'm the "head"of the promotion area. I won't be clueless most of the time anymore except i don't remember a lot of things about working, like the cash register and stuff like that.
Good luck with exams everyone, or with life (whichever is applicable).
Love Squealer.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Alibi
A couple of posts ago i told you guys about the game dragonvale, and basically i am still addicted. I got my friend to play it as well so we could give each other gifts, which is mainly gems. Anywhoo, all we do in lectures is talk about the game, and to anyone innocently listening, we sound crazy. We talk about our dragons, and how they get ugly when they level up and how much money we have, and complain about how long it takes to breed the dragons. It's actually pretty fun and addicting game, and i love talking about it. My friend's a better player than i am, she is a higher level than i am even though she started playing a day later than i did. So if anyone else is playing, please add me as a friend so we can give each other gifts.
This whole week has gone by very quickly. It started off on a high note and then i crashed and ended with a mild feeling. On Monday, S called me, technically it was tuesday morning. I was on my laptop, when my phone rang, now usually i wouldn't pick up if its an unknown number, and plus it was 1 in the morning. My phone has this "safety function" where you press this button and you get a fake phone call, I've accidentally done numerous times and i pick up to find myself talking to no-one. But luckily i picked up and to my surprise it was S! I was pretty shocked! It was very good talking to her, and very weird knowing she was on the other side of the world. I've never talked to anyone overseas so this phone-call was extra-special. So we just caught up on our lives, but mine has pretty boring compared to her awesome life in London. Anywho, she was eager to tell me a piece of news she discovered. The news was that her friend had talked to a girl who turned out to be the girlfriend of Josh from You Me At Six. Of course, when i heard this i started going a little spastic. There a massive tone down to my reaction seeing as it was late at night. When she told me, i had never felt closer to a band guy as i did then, as sad as that sounds. After some talking, she told me we might get cut off randomly so we said our goodbyes early, it was very weird to say that as after we did, the conversation continued. Unfortunately, our phone call did get disconnected so that was a bummer. However the call put in a really happy mood because the next morning i had a practical test which i was dreading, its not my favorite subject.
On tuesday, it was the practical test. I went through it okay. I was in the last group so my friends in the other group told what to expect which was good. I feel bad sometimes because i'm usually in the last group and my other friends always tell me what to expect in pracs. After the test, i feel quite uncertain, because if you don't pass the test you have to resit it and the maximum mark for the test would be 49% which i cannot afford to get. I tried not to think about it too much.
However on wednesday, we got back our maths tests results and i did pretty bad, so i was bummed out. That put me in a quite a low mood. But again, i try not to think about things like that because i can still improve, and i don't like to mull over bad things because its leads to a chain of negative thoughts.
Then on thursday, i finally got my letter from S, i've been checking the mailbox profusely, hoping i would see the letter. It was meant to a surprise thing but S let it slip in the phone call, I didn't mind it gave me something to look forward to. I didn't read it until a couple of hours later. I needed to go into town to buy a cake for G's birthday. But when i got home, i eagerly opened it carefully and read through it. It was very exciting to read, but of course it made me miss S even more. So events transpired after that including an impromptu run to uni to borrow a textbook, amongst other things. The uni is deserted at 7, i felt weird walking through the buildings but then i was able to walk freely, which means singing and dancing along to my music, until i unexpectedly see someone and revert back to normal asap.
For friday, it was G's birthday, and we decided to have a McDonald's breakfast, i was craving hotcakes. the day before i bought a mud cake from coles, and decided to dress it up with smarties. for the record, coles mud cake icing is quite hard, so the smarties wouldn't stick on the cake. I was quite upset as i wasn't able to spell out G's name. In the end i placed them randomly, having to shove them right into the cake to make them stay. So for breakfast, i got hotcakes and it was yummy except i poured all the syrup on and got sick of it quite quickly. However i managed to finish them off. i wish i had gotten a mcmuffin or something savory, maybe next time. We rushed off to uni afterwards. The cake was cut at during a small break we had, and we got told for lighting candles indoors. The candles were thin and long, the wax needed to be melted first in order to make them light. Anywho i stuck about 20 candles on which took ages to light.
Overall it was an okay friday, i always look forward to going home.
The weekend was pretty boring, i had a lot of prac write-up to finish so nothing exciting. It did go by really quickly, i don't like waking up on monday morning, i need a lot of effort to get out of bed.
I had my prac interview for biology today and for some reason i was very nervous. I knew all the answers and explanations but somehow the words couldn't come out properly, and i was stumbling a lot. I hope i get an okay mark, i really do need it actually.
Love Squealer
Overall it was an okay friday, i always look forward to going home.
The weekend was pretty boring, i had a lot of prac write-up to finish so nothing exciting. It did go by really quickly, i don't like waking up on monday morning, i need a lot of effort to get out of bed.
I had my prac interview for biology today and for some reason i was very nervous. I knew all the answers and explanations but somehow the words couldn't come out properly, and i was stumbling a lot. I hope i get an okay mark, i really do need it actually.
Love Squealer
Sunday, October 16, 2011
My Racing Thoughts
thrifted shirt | Jay Jays red jeans | thrifted belt | Sportsgirl Shoes
Well i haven't been up to much on the weekend, i just been sleeping, catching up on tv shows and barely doing some studying in between. The warmer weather is pretty welcoming, but i am still cold and dressing up with a lot of layers. Also the $AUS is steadily getting higher, which is exciting because my friends and I were so devastated when it dropped so low in the past couple of weeks.
Love Squealer.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Whatever Happened To You
For the past couple of days, my top wisdom tooth has been making my bottom gums hurt because it has grown out and is digging into my gums. So it hurts every time i eat and i think i am talking with a lisp. Another bad thing is that it probably be for a while until i can get an appointment to get them removed because the hospital has a long waiting list. I don't want to get them removed at a normal dental clinic, because the dental hospital has more experience in removing teeth, and i had a relatively pleasant visit last time i got my bottom wisdom teeth removed. I mean as pleasant as you can get with people yanking teeth out of you, i got these sort of trainee dentists who weren't really trainees but they were there to refresh their skills. Anywho they seemed nervous and scared that they were hurting me, but under LA you just feel the pulling but no pain. But generally they were nice and i didn't feel as freaked as i thought i would be. Point is, i need to get my top wisdom teeth removed because i think they are screwing up the alignment of my teeth, and yeah the pain.
Hmm in other news, i got my new glasses, there are a different pair to the one i was considering. Thinking back i wish i gotten the 'hipster'one, but because it hasn't come out in stores i didn't know how it would look on me. I was going to wait till they came out in stores to see how it looked on my face, but then when i realized i had trouble reading the eye chart for my P's test, i needed to get glasses quickly. So i chose another new pair, but unfortunately they didn't arrived until after my P's test anyways. I ended up passing the eye test, obviously, only mistaking an "D" for an "O". So these are new glasses.
Another thing, i am glad this week is over, i had a prac interview for PFA which just involves the demonstrators asking you about pracs throughout the semester. I suck at explaining concepts orally, especially when i didn't practice saying them orally. Anywho it was okay, i could have done better. And i had a maths test yesterday, i seriously had no clue what i was doing half the time, i don't like stats very much.
I thought i should start up a camera lens fund, so i put my birthday into a money box and i am half way there to buying a new lens. The lens is a pretty standard one and relatively cheap, unless i decide to go for the more expensive one. I'm really excited because it will give something else to play around with during the summer holidays.
There is this new game that i have been playing for way too much of my time called DragonVale, i only started playing it because some of the band guys were tweeting about it. Yes i am easily persuadable. But but, the game is pretty addictive. You have your own island, where you breed and grow dragons, doesn't sound very exciting but oh it is. Except the dragons look cute when they are young and when they grow up, they turn out pretty ugly, i have no idea what happened.
Hehe, guess who i named my dragons after.
Love Squealer.
Hmm in other news, i got my new glasses, there are a different pair to the one i was considering. Thinking back i wish i gotten the 'hipster'one, but because it hasn't come out in stores i didn't know how it would look on me. I was going to wait till they came out in stores to see how it looked on my face, but then when i realized i had trouble reading the eye chart for my P's test, i needed to get glasses quickly. So i chose another new pair, but unfortunately they didn't arrived until after my P's test anyways. I ended up passing the eye test, obviously, only mistaking an "D" for an "O". So these are new glasses.
Another thing, i am glad this week is over, i had a prac interview for PFA which just involves the demonstrators asking you about pracs throughout the semester. I suck at explaining concepts orally, especially when i didn't practice saying them orally. Anywho it was okay, i could have done better. And i had a maths test yesterday, i seriously had no clue what i was doing half the time, i don't like stats very much.
I thought i should start up a camera lens fund, so i put my birthday into a money box and i am half way there to buying a new lens. The lens is a pretty standard one and relatively cheap, unless i decide to go for the more expensive one. I'm really excited because it will give something else to play around with during the summer holidays.
There is this new game that i have been playing for way too much of my time called DragonVale, i only started playing it because some of the band guys were tweeting about it. Yes i am easily persuadable. But but, the game is pretty addictive. You have your own island, where you breed and grow dragons, doesn't sound very exciting but oh it is. Except the dragons look cute when they are young and when they grow up, they turn out pretty ugly, i have no idea what happened.
Love Squealer.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Running Out of Time
I get really happy when looking at my bedroom wall in Bendigo, its such a nice greeting because there's not much in Bendigo to be excited about. However in a bit over a month, i have to take them down, but no fear, i will put them up in my home bedroom. Is it time to take down the High School Musical stuff? I'll get back to you.
Sorry for the bad quality, its from a camera phone.
On a side note, apparently a couple of weeks ago, my landlord brought some people for inspection, and she went into our rooms with me knowing. And the first thing i thought was "Oh no! They could have taken my posters!" But yeah they didn't, although i felt quite violated because i thought she would at least tell me that she was showing people my room. Anywhooo, i'm not very happy with the landlords because they kept promising us an oven since uni has started at the start of the year, and i ain't see no oven. I never realized that they are pretty stingy, and my housemates and I have given up hope that they will stick to any word they say.
Love Squealer.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Do your best for me
I feel quite proud of myself, I can now make gifs, not that they are hard to make anyways. I have an old program so i can't do any flashy things to the gif itself, but point is, i can capture little clips of video into an image format, despite how bad the quality may be. This started a long time ago but i gave up, because it wasn't working then. After watching some videos from Counter Revolution, there was this bit that i would love to make into a gif, it was of Jack from ATL and his face was pretty funny. So last monday night, i spent three hours on adobe imageready trying to gif the couple of seconds of video with no such luck. The file was too big and it didn't work when i posted it on tumblr. I was meant to be doing some assignments and prac write ups. On Wednesday, i have some time before a lecture, my laptop was with me so i thought i'd give it another go. While everyone else was studying for an important maths quiz, there i was spending another couple of hours in making the gif. Finally after a couple of alterations, i made the gif small enough to work on tumblr. I felt so proud to post it on my blog. I made my friend reblog it so that it would have at least one note, it now has 11 notes and i feel so awesome. After that i have made a couple of more gifs which is pretty exciting, oh boy another way to waste time.
On a side note, for the important maths quiz that other pharm ppl will get, i got full marks =P So in your face studying (okay i did study for it beforehand , before spending so much time on making gifs).
Love Squealer.
When You See My Friends
It was a sad day today because i found out that The Academy Is... broke up. Every time a band I love breaks up always leaves me with this nauseating emptiness, like something i have depended on has broken, so i'm left unsteady. I know that over time people grow apart or grow up and its hard to change at the same pace with other people, so a break up can be inevitable. But its always nice to think that a band you love will stay together. Well i guess it's time to move on.
There is quite a lot work that i have to study this weekend but once again i am procrastinating.
So to balance the chunk of words i wrote in the previous post, here are some photos to go with the paragraphs. I was too lazy to add photos last time, forgive me.
My birthday party: I took next to none photos, so here are the little i have.
We Are The In Crowd:
Go Radio:
HelloGoodbye:
This Providence:
Yellowcard:
Spying on All Time Low while they were watching Yellowcard play. See if you spot the band members.
All Time Low:
Panic! At The Disco:
Some photos with band members:
Starting left and going anticlockwise:
1 and 2. These guys are from Hellogoodbye. It took us some following/frantically running after them to get the photo. We followed them and then they stopped to take to a group of girls, so we waited and then they started to leave so we chased them again. They are really nice guys, if only we knew how to talk to them, or talk to people in general.
3. This is Steven from GoRadio, who is the drummer. Originally we were too scared to ask for a photo, look below to see what we initially did. After much contemplation, we asked Melissa to ask him for a photo. He said yes and thought that we wanted him to take a photo of just us but then we were like "You have to be in in too!"
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It was my friend's bday on wednesday, and knowing she an assignment she had to finish off, we knew there wasn't much time to spend with her. I wanted to go out for icecream but she wouldn't have much time. So i decided with my other friends, that we should buy some ice cream and waffles from the IGA and surprise at home. When we got home, we found out that she wasn't home, so that was kinda a fail. So i texted her, saying that i could give her some results for assignment if she came home. So she was headed home from uni. I quickly toasted the waffles and scooped some icecream on it and sprinkled some 100's & 1000's, i made a huge mess because i was doing it really quickly. I pop a candle in her one but couldn't find the matches. When she knocked on the door, we weren't sure of how to surprise her, so when i let her, my other friends surprised her by jumping out from behind the cupboards. I finally found the matches and frantically lit the candle, and we sang happy birthday. And i had sparklers too, so we lit those up. I think it was pretty awesome because we're too hipster for normal bday cake. I hope she was surprised. Anywho the ice cream and waffles were actually really nice, so that was good. And then we took some photobooth photos. It was the first birthday that we were together at uni, so that was good.
Anywho lately, i have this subject called Pharmaceuticals Formulations, and it is the most annoying subject. They are really pedantic with the labels and documentation, its driving me crazy. I would try harder but i have no interest in this, and its hard to put effort into something that you have no interest in. I wouldn't mind if they actually taught us what would be on the labels but we have to learn by making mistakes which really annoys me. But its only one subject and it better not bring me down. I cannot wait till i don't have to do the subject again.
Love Squealer.
There is quite a lot work that i have to study this weekend but once again i am procrastinating.
So to balance the chunk of words i wrote in the previous post, here are some photos to go with the paragraphs. I was too lazy to add photos last time, forgive me.
My birthday party: I took next to none photos, so here are the little i have.
Counter Revolution
L-R: WATIC, The Swellers, WATIC, WATIC
We Are The In Crowd:
Go Radio:
HelloGoodbye:
This Providence:
Yellowcard:
Spying on All Time Low while they were watching Yellowcard play. See if you spot the band members.
All Time Low:
Panic! At The Disco:
Some photos with band members:
Starting left and going anticlockwise:
1 and 2. These guys are from Hellogoodbye. It took us some following/frantically running after them to get the photo. We followed them and then they stopped to take to a group of girls, so we waited and then they started to leave so we chased them again. They are really nice guys, if only we knew how to talk to them, or talk to people in general.
3. This is Steven from GoRadio, who is the drummer. Originally we were too scared to ask for a photo, look below to see what we initially did. After much contemplation, we asked Melissa to ask him for a photo. He said yes and thought that we wanted him to take a photo of just us but then we were like "You have to be in in too!"
Yes so this is our photo with Steven in the background.
Saturday 1st October aka Going to the Airport Day.
At the festival, we missed out on the signing to PATD and ATL, so i was pretty devastated. That gave me reason to go to the airport the next day to see them. I had heaps of hope that we would meet them. So I woke up at around 8.30am, trolling around twitter, trying to get some indication of when the bands will at the airport. Finally i had some news, the tour manager of WATIC had a location update, saying he was at Melbourne Airport. So i woke up M quick stat, and i got ready really quickly because i knew that their flight would be 10.15, and we could just make it. However, we got the airport at 10.20ish, so they would have already left. There's not much to do an airport, so we sat around and keeping a lookout. Luckily the flights to Adelaide are not that frequent so we know when their flight will be. We got told off by an old Asian man for sitting on these cupboard things, but then when an elderly man sat on them, the Asian man didn't tell him off, so we decided he was ageist. We kept wondering around the airport, and finding things to do, and constantly checking twitter to see if any of the band guys updated. There was a computer stand where we spent some time on the trading post looking at dogs, it was the one of the free sites that you could go on. After getting bored, we walked back to the Qantas area, and M spotted Dan and someone else from This Providence. Unsure of what to do, both scared to go directly up to them and ask for a photo, we do as we always do and followed them. They went into a cafe and we dived into the convenient store next door, and waited for them to make their order and leave. We decided that we would wait til that had finished before we approached. So we were just standing behind this stand, and M said "Imagine if they popped up behind us" and then we turned around and there Dan was standing. Man, did that freak me out. So this was our conversation, or something along these lines...
Dan: Are you guys hiding? "
Us: Um no (not too sure what we said...)
M: The concert was great last night
D: Thanks
Me: So we didn't know you were from Melbourne
D: Yeah....(can't remember what he said)
Me: Do you visit often?
D: Yeah, every one or two years
Me: That's awesome....
D: Sooo
Me: Can we have a photo?
D: Yeah sure.
Yeah okay that sounded really awkward but it wasn't as awkward as it sounds, although Dan kept saying soo.. at the end of his response which made it more awkward, I'm pretty proud of myself for keeping up a conversation instead of just staring in awe. After meeting him, we were pretty ecstatic and at least the day wasn't a failure.
There was still some time on our hands, we weren't ready to leave. We headed over to the Virgin Blue terminals with no such luck, so we headed back to the Qantas terminals. There was these group of girls who were also waiting since the morning, well we assumed they were waiting for a band, they looked like they were. M decided to walk up to them and ask them who they were waiting for, as we walking up to them, M spotted Ian, Spence and Dallas from PATD, and we made a beeline towards them. It was totally awesome to be standing so close to them. In my head i was imagining i was a part of their group. I saw Ian shoving some orange peels into an empty bottle and i asked him what he was doing? he said couldn't find any rubbish bins around. Spencer chimed in that we should get more rubbish bins and it will be a good industry or something, i can't remember. After the girls in front of us had their photo taken, we asked for a photo too. While in the process of taking the photo, Dallas said "Brendon, come in!" at which this point, i started spazzing out. After the photo i couldn't stop staring at Brendon, they all look so beautiful in real like. They didn't look too busy, so i ask them to sign a friend's birthday card, so whoever gets this b'day card better appreciate it (i don't think that person reads my blog anyways. Brendon was talking to the guys, pointing to a man that apparently looked like the doctor from Shutter Island, i wanted to chime in with my opinion but i couldn't see who he was pointing too. But they all seemed so normal, it was amazing to be in their presence. M asked for a photo with Brendon, and i asked for one too. Then they had to leave so that was sad. We just stood there, kinda speechless, shocked and overwhelmed. I wanted to take some stalker photos of them when they were going through security so i did, it was fun, i felt like a paparazzi.
Now that we crossed PATD off our list, we waited for ATL next. Unsure of when their flight was, we were hoping it would be soon, because M needed to get home. We waited until a certain time, until we decided to go through security and watch them at their gate. After going through security and heading to the gates, we saw Zach from ATL along with some other band guys. There were already some girls taking a photo with them, so we went up and waited. We asked him for a photo, although he was reluctant and he kept saying "i'm losing my friends". I did feel sorry for him, but i always thought he was a nice person, it made us feel bad too. Anywhoo we got the photo but the girl was uber shaky so our photo was blurry and we didn't dare ask for another. Knowing that Zach was already there, the rest of ATL must of arrived too. After a while we saw Jack walking from the other side, we tried to intercept him before he walked into the gate but we were too slow. When we zipped past the gate, there were so many band guys sitting there, it was have been an epic flight to be on, those other people on the flight had no idea how awesome their flight was. As Dan was sitting there, we were reluctant to go into the gate because we didn't want another awkward encounter with him. So we stood outside the gate unsure of what to do, there was a seating area opposite their gate and we decided to sit there for a little bit. We were hoping that some other girls would walk up to them, because then we could join them and not feel so awkward. Finally some girls did walk to them, and we almost ran up to them in case we missed our opportunity. We got photos with Alex because he was already standing. He asked if we were catching a flight, and we said no, and he said "so do you guys just live at the airport?" and i think we said "no". we just told him we missed the signing yesterday so we bummed out. I wanted a photo with Jack too but he was sitting, so i whispered to him "Hey Jack, can i have a photo?" and in response he whispered back "i"m pregnant", i'm not too sure what he said but it sounded like that, i kept apologizing and thanking him for the photo, again in a whisper. And he was so gorgeous because he was replying to me in a whisper too. After the photos, i wished them a safe flight, and i could feel all the other band guys' eyes on me, they may/may not have been looking, but we rushed out of that gate. After we were at a safe distance, i started squealing and gushing with glee. I can't believe it, we managed to see them and not just one band but multiple bands too. It was a beautiful day, and I feel very lucky that it happened. It was some much need happiness because i have been going through a lot of crap.
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It was my friend's bday on wednesday, and knowing she an assignment she had to finish off, we knew there wasn't much time to spend with her. I wanted to go out for icecream but she wouldn't have much time. So i decided with my other friends, that we should buy some ice cream and waffles from the IGA and surprise at home. When we got home, we found out that she wasn't home, so that was kinda a fail. So i texted her, saying that i could give her some results for assignment if she came home. So she was headed home from uni. I quickly toasted the waffles and scooped some icecream on it and sprinkled some 100's & 1000's, i made a huge mess because i was doing it really quickly. I pop a candle in her one but couldn't find the matches. When she knocked on the door, we weren't sure of how to surprise her, so when i let her, my other friends surprised her by jumping out from behind the cupboards. I finally found the matches and frantically lit the candle, and we sang happy birthday. And i had sparklers too, so we lit those up. I think it was pretty awesome because we're too hipster for normal bday cake. I hope she was surprised. Anywho the ice cream and waffles were actually really nice, so that was good. And then we took some photobooth photos. It was the first birthday that we were together at uni, so that was good.
Anywho lately, i have this subject called Pharmaceuticals Formulations, and it is the most annoying subject. They are really pedantic with the labels and documentation, its driving me crazy. I would try harder but i have no interest in this, and its hard to put effort into something that you have no interest in. I wouldn't mind if they actually taught us what would be on the labels but we have to learn by making mistakes which really annoys me. But its only one subject and it better not bring me down. I cannot wait till i don't have to do the subject again.
Love Squealer.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Do You Want Me (Dead)?
Wow it has been a while since i've posted and i was going to wait till the holidays were over so i can do everything together. I think this will one will be a summary and i'll post an in-depth one when i have time, but considering exams are very close, i doubt i will. First off, i really enjoyed these holidays, although its been very short, i would say i liked it more than mid-year break.
Monday:
Well i have been looking forward to this for a long, while it wasn't as planned as my other parties, it was still fun imo, also i got to catch up with a lot of people which is always good. We all met up at Highpoint, because the first part was at Playtime. It felt really good to be back there and able to play the games without thinking that its a waste of money. There was some time waiting for everyone to come, eventually everyone (mostly) came and we were able to start playing. It was way more fun than i expected, although it was a little more crowded than i wanted it to be, at least it was mainly little kids, not the certain teenage group that i try to avoid. The little kids playing seem to win so many tickets, and when i played the games i didn't get so many. There were some pretty good games to play, better than i expected it to be. I was very off with my time plan, because i thought we would spend an hour max at playtime, but things happened. I thought $10 worth of coins would go quickly but it took a while for everyone to get through it all. It was very awesome of everyone to give me their tickets, i have never gotten so many, it felt good. however the gift choosing process was hard, there used to be some good high school musical things but they didn't seem to have that anymore so after much thought, i went with scrabble junior, giant crayon money box and some silly stringz. When i went to pay for the party, i found out that nugget had lost her wallet, which totally sucks and i knew exactly how she was feeling because it has happened to me. we tried to look around for it but no such luck. I really felt for her, and somehow hoped that the wallet would show up. So after the business of cancelling her card, we took the bus home and it was about 3 o'clock so everyone was really hungry. Haha, yeah i was estimating that we would get home at 2. So we gobbled down the food, really quickly i might add, i swear it was only 10mins when a lot of the food was gone. But yeah doesn't really matter, i didn't want any left over food. I was bummed that i didn't get a chance to eat one of the chicken pastries i made, it was my first time, and i like to taste my own food before i give them out to people. So after food, we played some band hero, and i hung out with the monash crew, just talking about our careers and how it may not be as bad as it seems (although i'm trying to get into dent). Ahh it was so good to catch up with them, i miss seeing them everyday, i never thought that i would leave after only a year, its not enough, but then again i may be leaving latrobe pharm after one year, gosh it makes me seem flighty when you look, but for all those who know, there is a reason why i am doing all this.
Then it was time to cut the cake before people had to leave, i must say the cake was an improvement from last year so i was happy with that. Although i think i should invest in a piping set, instead of using a sandwich bag and accidentally cutting a big hole from it. The cake was alright but it was a little dry considering i specifically chose the recipe so that it wouldn't be dry according to the recipe. it was a pretty massive cake, it rose quite a bit. G played some guitar, and she played Soul Sister and i sang along really badly. I was so out of tune and i didn't know the words, but G played very well. She plays way better than i do. I opened the present that the latrobe peeps got me, and it was a pair of grey vans, so i was ecstatic. My first pair of vans, i'm all prepared for my future concerts. By 5 most people had already left, except M, Sh, Nu and T but that was expected, they were the last ones to leave last year too. The party went by so quickly, i was very sad to see everyone leave. Anywho the people left were playing band hero, with some very hilarious moments. In general, we weren't doing so well, especially on guitar hero, but fun nonetheless. So everyone left at 8.30, and then it was sad.
Wednesday:
I got my P's. Finally, only four years after i got my L's. It was raining pretty heavily but i managed :)
Friday:
A very loud day. It was Counter Revolution.
All the bands were amazing, and while the venue was ideal, i still had an awesome time. Highlights were This Providence, Hellogoodbye, All Time Low and PATD. Hellogoodbye was a very nice surprise on stage, much heavier than how they sound on CD's. Everyone was so tall in the crowds, everytime we inch forward and get in front of a tall person, there was another tall person that we had to get pass. I think i gave in that there was no way that i could be at the barrier for ATL or PATD. Yellowcard was pretty good too, although we had to get out of the crowd because we couldn't see anything. I only wanted to hear two songs from them and they ended up playing both songs, so i was a happy camper. The crowd for ATL was crazy so we couldn't stand that close to them. I had an okay to poor view, at times i couldn't see anyone. But i was just very happy to be listening to their music live, and they played a lot of their new songs which i loved. Another hour later, and it was PATD time, this was very much anticipated. I was a couple of rows from the front and still couldn't get a decent view. Even in that position, i got pushed around so much, and being short makes it so much more worse. So i tried to slowly inch back, but the crowd was tight so that was hard to do. Eventually i got an okay position where there were more room to breath. The set was amazing, very energetic and Brendon kept doing screamo singing, i didn't know he had in him. it was good when he took his shirt, although his shirt and suspenders were nice too. I was sad when it ended, like every other concert. Oh yeah, we were so bummed out that the signings for ATL and PATD were sold out, we were intent on meeting them.
So these are other things that happened:
-Listening to screamo music, because although the stage was divided in two, the music blasted throughout the whole venue. I have to say it would be the only time that i can listen to screamo music, i think i would appreciate it more if i knew what they were saying.
-Waiting about an hour in the rain to get some food, ended up being quite pricey, so i just got a dim sim
-Met a girl in the food line, turned out she was only 15, but looked a lot older, and she said we looked very young. she hung around for a bit and then we lost her in a crowd, i hope she didn't take offence to that.
-Saw the drummer from Go Radio but was way too scared to ask for a photo. Finally got the courage, ask him for a photo and he thought it was just for the us, and then we were like "you have to be in too!" he's gorgeous.
-A lot of the other band people were watching Yellowcard perform from the side stage, Zach from ATL was eating half a watermelon, which was pretty funny.
-Found out that Dan Young from This Providence is from Melbourne, who even knew he was Australian.
-Surprised that there were quite a few guy fans of ATL and even older guys too. how can stand the squealing girls (although i may be one them)
-Met Forrest and another member from Hellogoodbye, and took a photo with them. They look so nice and i liked their clothing style. They were really friendly with a group of girls, and even smelling a girl's hair at one stage. If only we could talk to them properly.
So that was counter revolution, after all the stuff that they have been through with the cancellation of SWRev, and venue changes and bands dropping out, I am pretty glad that this one went through. Our ears were kinda dead after because it was a constant 12 hours very loud music, literally.
M and I were waiting for my dad to pick us up, and one of the bus carrying some of the band members back to their hotel, i walked to the bus in general and one of them waved back. However it was quite dark so i didn't know who it was. But he looked very happy.
Saturday:
One of the best days ever. Let's say it involved a lot of magical things.
I think i will dedicate a separate post to this when i have the time.
It's about our time at the airport, so you guys can guess what we were doing there ;)
Love Squealer.
Monday:
Well i have been looking forward to this for a long, while it wasn't as planned as my other parties, it was still fun imo, also i got to catch up with a lot of people which is always good. We all met up at Highpoint, because the first part was at Playtime. It felt really good to be back there and able to play the games without thinking that its a waste of money. There was some time waiting for everyone to come, eventually everyone (mostly) came and we were able to start playing. It was way more fun than i expected, although it was a little more crowded than i wanted it to be, at least it was mainly little kids, not the certain teenage group that i try to avoid. The little kids playing seem to win so many tickets, and when i played the games i didn't get so many. There were some pretty good games to play, better than i expected it to be. I was very off with my time plan, because i thought we would spend an hour max at playtime, but things happened. I thought $10 worth of coins would go quickly but it took a while for everyone to get through it all. It was very awesome of everyone to give me their tickets, i have never gotten so many, it felt good. however the gift choosing process was hard, there used to be some good high school musical things but they didn't seem to have that anymore so after much thought, i went with scrabble junior, giant crayon money box and some silly stringz. When i went to pay for the party, i found out that nugget had lost her wallet, which totally sucks and i knew exactly how she was feeling because it has happened to me. we tried to look around for it but no such luck. I really felt for her, and somehow hoped that the wallet would show up. So after the business of cancelling her card, we took the bus home and it was about 3 o'clock so everyone was really hungry. Haha, yeah i was estimating that we would get home at 2. So we gobbled down the food, really quickly i might add, i swear it was only 10mins when a lot of the food was gone. But yeah doesn't really matter, i didn't want any left over food. I was bummed that i didn't get a chance to eat one of the chicken pastries i made, it was my first time, and i like to taste my own food before i give them out to people. So after food, we played some band hero, and i hung out with the monash crew, just talking about our careers and how it may not be as bad as it seems (although i'm trying to get into dent). Ahh it was so good to catch up with them, i miss seeing them everyday, i never thought that i would leave after only a year, its not enough, but then again i may be leaving latrobe pharm after one year, gosh it makes me seem flighty when you look, but for all those who know, there is a reason why i am doing all this.
Then it was time to cut the cake before people had to leave, i must say the cake was an improvement from last year so i was happy with that. Although i think i should invest in a piping set, instead of using a sandwich bag and accidentally cutting a big hole from it. The cake was alright but it was a little dry considering i specifically chose the recipe so that it wouldn't be dry according to the recipe. it was a pretty massive cake, it rose quite a bit. G played some guitar, and she played Soul Sister and i sang along really badly. I was so out of tune and i didn't know the words, but G played very well. She plays way better than i do. I opened the present that the latrobe peeps got me, and it was a pair of grey vans, so i was ecstatic. My first pair of vans, i'm all prepared for my future concerts. By 5 most people had already left, except M, Sh, Nu and T but that was expected, they were the last ones to leave last year too. The party went by so quickly, i was very sad to see everyone leave. Anywho the people left were playing band hero, with some very hilarious moments. In general, we weren't doing so well, especially on guitar hero, but fun nonetheless. So everyone left at 8.30, and then it was sad.
Wednesday:
I got my P's. Finally, only four years after i got my L's. It was raining pretty heavily but i managed :)
Friday:
A very loud day. It was Counter Revolution.
All the bands were amazing, and while the venue was ideal, i still had an awesome time. Highlights were This Providence, Hellogoodbye, All Time Low and PATD. Hellogoodbye was a very nice surprise on stage, much heavier than how they sound on CD's. Everyone was so tall in the crowds, everytime we inch forward and get in front of a tall person, there was another tall person that we had to get pass. I think i gave in that there was no way that i could be at the barrier for ATL or PATD. Yellowcard was pretty good too, although we had to get out of the crowd because we couldn't see anything. I only wanted to hear two songs from them and they ended up playing both songs, so i was a happy camper. The crowd for ATL was crazy so we couldn't stand that close to them. I had an okay to poor view, at times i couldn't see anyone. But i was just very happy to be listening to their music live, and they played a lot of their new songs which i loved. Another hour later, and it was PATD time, this was very much anticipated. I was a couple of rows from the front and still couldn't get a decent view. Even in that position, i got pushed around so much, and being short makes it so much more worse. So i tried to slowly inch back, but the crowd was tight so that was hard to do. Eventually i got an okay position where there were more room to breath. The set was amazing, very energetic and Brendon kept doing screamo singing, i didn't know he had in him. it was good when he took his shirt, although his shirt and suspenders were nice too. I was sad when it ended, like every other concert. Oh yeah, we were so bummed out that the signings for ATL and PATD were sold out, we were intent on meeting them.
So these are other things that happened:
-Listening to screamo music, because although the stage was divided in two, the music blasted throughout the whole venue. I have to say it would be the only time that i can listen to screamo music, i think i would appreciate it more if i knew what they were saying.
-Waiting about an hour in the rain to get some food, ended up being quite pricey, so i just got a dim sim
-Met a girl in the food line, turned out she was only 15, but looked a lot older, and she said we looked very young. she hung around for a bit and then we lost her in a crowd, i hope she didn't take offence to that.
-Saw the drummer from Go Radio but was way too scared to ask for a photo. Finally got the courage, ask him for a photo and he thought it was just for the us, and then we were like "you have to be in too!" he's gorgeous.
-A lot of the other band people were watching Yellowcard perform from the side stage, Zach from ATL was eating half a watermelon, which was pretty funny.
-Found out that Dan Young from This Providence is from Melbourne, who even knew he was Australian.
-Surprised that there were quite a few guy fans of ATL and even older guys too. how can stand the squealing girls (although i may be one them)
-Met Forrest and another member from Hellogoodbye, and took a photo with them. They look so nice and i liked their clothing style. They were really friendly with a group of girls, and even smelling a girl's hair at one stage. If only we could talk to them properly.
So that was counter revolution, after all the stuff that they have been through with the cancellation of SWRev, and venue changes and bands dropping out, I am pretty glad that this one went through. Our ears were kinda dead after because it was a constant 12 hours very loud music, literally.
M and I were waiting for my dad to pick us up, and one of the bus carrying some of the band members back to their hotel, i walked to the bus in general and one of them waved back. However it was quite dark so i didn't know who it was. But he looked very happy.
Saturday:
One of the best days ever. Let's say it involved a lot of magical things.
I think i will dedicate a separate post to this when i have the time.
It's about our time at the airport, so you guys can guess what we were doing there ;)
Love Squealer.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Fireworks
Last week was an amazing week, and i will try this time to give dot point summaries of the events that had transcended. It was a crazy, hectic and very exciting week filled with many concerts, friends and the constant reminder that we are getting old.
MONDAY
-An Evening with Anberlin concert, this one was extra special because it was going to be filmed and made into a DVD which i will make all you guys watch.
-Boring day at uni, not paying much attention.
-Caught the train and got into the city at 6, realised there were no trams running along bourke, so i bus-ed down latrobe.
-Met everyone at the Palace at 6.40, then went to get some Nandos
-Surprisingly not many people were waiting in line
-When walking back from nandos, we saw Dion (the guitarist) from Anberlin, tempted to run after him but decided we will probs see him later.
-Finally let in at 7.30, got our bags cloaked by an annoying lady who kept pointing out things wrong with our bag. This made us frustrated because we were eager to be in the front row.
-We were in the 2nd row, met a new friend who was J's friend, and took some photos.
-Tonight Alive played first and they were loud, very paramore-esque due to the fact that the singer was a girl. She was pretty and happy on stage except the instruments were too loud to hear the lyrics.
-Waited for 45mins before Anberlin came on stage.
-It was a beautiful 2 hour set. Although i didn't know most of the lyrics, still one of the best experiences.
-Had a little heart attack when Travis of We The Kings came out as a guest singer, if you listen to me on the video i sound like i'm hyperventilating/crying but i'm not.
-The singer from Tonight Alive, also sang and she had a really good voice, i wouldn't mind listening to her more.
-Anberlin has a very short Q&A session where the singer Stephan was really funny and kept saying how melbourne is awesome and how they love coming back to Australia. I was surprised when they made jokes about Perth and Adelaide, they seem to have a pretty good knowledge of Australian culture.
-They played an encore song which was amazing.
-We waited around the venue for the band to come out, and i bought a tshirt
-We had some things signed and photos with the band
-As usual i was very awkward, i couldn't even talk to the band members. But it was amazing just to be staring at them and to be in a very close proximity.
-Overall amazing night, cannot wait for the DVD so everything can be relived.
WEDNESDAY
-You Me At Six and We The Kings Concert
-We got to the venue at around 12.30 and as usual very eager U18 year olds were already lining up.
-Got into the venue at 4ish. Luckily our ID's checked through even though the photo was pretty dodgy on them.
-The Mission in Motion played and they were loud. I kept my head on M's shoulder to muffle the sounds a little, it helped but i probs looked weird/sleepy.
-We the Kings came on and they were so good, they played most the songs they previously played with some new songs from their album. Personally i liked their other concert in March. I think Travis told better stories then. But they were still amazing, i'm just so proud of them, they've done very well in the Aus market.
-I was more excited for YMAS to come on, i'm only a recent fan but i love love their music, there's something about Josh's voice and the emotions he conveys through his songs.
-YMAS was mind blowing, i can't describe, i let myself go for their set, screaming most of the words and not caring how bad i sounded.
-I love Josh's accent, and the way he moves and his smile, too bad he has a girlfriend. I can't believe he's only 21, about 1 year older than i am.
-The crowd was way too crazy, damn those under 18's. I fell down once even though i was on the platform on the sides.
-By the end of the concert, M and I felt so dead and drained, we could barely move and my legs felt funny and weird.
-i didn't bring any money to stop myself from buying stuff but i wish i had bought a tshirt.
-So yeah another awesome night.
-Oh yeah YMAS announced that they will be back in February which brought about some deafening screams from the crowd including me.
-I love it when bands announce they are coming back, it makes me so happy and something to love forward to.
SATURDAY
-This was S's farewell party
-Just a fun day with friends with massive (junk) food intake
-We played around with her skateboard which proved harder than it looks
-I played jenga for the first time, and luckily it wasn't me who broke the tower.
-We were just lounging around and not wanting to go home.
-We had a little jam session with the piano and guitar as we always end up doing no matter where we are, as long as there are instruments to play.
Pretty intense/exciting fun week. Now to tackle all the homework and lab reports that i have been putting off.
Love Squealer.
MONDAY
-An Evening with Anberlin concert, this one was extra special because it was going to be filmed and made into a DVD which i will make all you guys watch.
-Boring day at uni, not paying much attention.
-Caught the train and got into the city at 6, realised there were no trams running along bourke, so i bus-ed down latrobe.
-Met everyone at the Palace at 6.40, then went to get some Nandos
-Surprisingly not many people were waiting in line
-When walking back from nandos, we saw Dion (the guitarist) from Anberlin, tempted to run after him but decided we will probs see him later.
-Finally let in at 7.30, got our bags cloaked by an annoying lady who kept pointing out things wrong with our bag. This made us frustrated because we were eager to be in the front row.
-We were in the 2nd row, met a new friend who was J's friend, and took some photos.
-Tonight Alive played first and they were loud, very paramore-esque due to the fact that the singer was a girl. She was pretty and happy on stage except the instruments were too loud to hear the lyrics.
-Waited for 45mins before Anberlin came on stage.
-It was a beautiful 2 hour set. Although i didn't know most of the lyrics, still one of the best experiences.
-Had a little heart attack when Travis of We The Kings came out as a guest singer, if you listen to me on the video i sound like i'm hyperventilating/crying but i'm not.
-The singer from Tonight Alive, also sang and she had a really good voice, i wouldn't mind listening to her more.
-Anberlin has a very short Q&A session where the singer Stephan was really funny and kept saying how melbourne is awesome and how they love coming back to Australia. I was surprised when they made jokes about Perth and Adelaide, they seem to have a pretty good knowledge of Australian culture.
-They played an encore song which was amazing.
-We waited around the venue for the band to come out, and i bought a tshirt
-We had some things signed and photos with the band
-As usual i was very awkward, i couldn't even talk to the band members. But it was amazing just to be staring at them and to be in a very close proximity.
-Overall amazing night, cannot wait for the DVD so everything can be relived.
WEDNESDAY
-You Me At Six and We The Kings Concert
-We got to the venue at around 12.30 and as usual very eager U18 year olds were already lining up.
-Got into the venue at 4ish. Luckily our ID's checked through even though the photo was pretty dodgy on them.
-The Mission in Motion played and they were loud. I kept my head on M's shoulder to muffle the sounds a little, it helped but i probs looked weird/sleepy.
-We the Kings came on and they were so good, they played most the songs they previously played with some new songs from their album. Personally i liked their other concert in March. I think Travis told better stories then. But they were still amazing, i'm just so proud of them, they've done very well in the Aus market.
-I was more excited for YMAS to come on, i'm only a recent fan but i love love their music, there's something about Josh's voice and the emotions he conveys through his songs.
-YMAS was mind blowing, i can't describe, i let myself go for their set, screaming most of the words and not caring how bad i sounded.
-I love Josh's accent, and the way he moves and his smile, too bad he has a girlfriend. I can't believe he's only 21, about 1 year older than i am.
-The crowd was way too crazy, damn those under 18's. I fell down once even though i was on the platform on the sides.
-By the end of the concert, M and I felt so dead and drained, we could barely move and my legs felt funny and weird.
-i didn't bring any money to stop myself from buying stuff but i wish i had bought a tshirt.
-So yeah another awesome night.
-Oh yeah YMAS announced that they will be back in February which brought about some deafening screams from the crowd including me.
-I love it when bands announce they are coming back, it makes me so happy and something to love forward to.
SATURDAY
-This was S's farewell party
-Just a fun day with friends with massive (junk) food intake
-We played around with her skateboard which proved harder than it looks
-I played jenga for the first time, and luckily it wasn't me who broke the tower.
-We were just lounging around and not wanting to go home.
-We had a little jam session with the piano and guitar as we always end up doing no matter where we are, as long as there are instruments to play.
Pretty intense/exciting fun week. Now to tackle all the homework and lab reports that i have been putting off.
Love Squealer.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
A Day Late
Today I went on an op-shopping adventure with S. It was a trip that we were meant to have before the start of uni this year but somehow we never found the time. But since S is leaving for London soon, she asked if i was still up for the trip, and i gladly accepted. Op shopping is so much better when you have car, even if i wasn't driving. We decided to hit the south/south-east suburbs, which was exciting because i rarely get a chance to visit those op shops. Our day started in Bentleigh, where we hit the Salvos because it was the only one that had opened. We spent over 40 mins in the store, I didn't realized how long it would take, it didn't seem that long. S planned that we would start outwards and make our way inwards. We headed off to Mentone, where S scored some cool boat book ends, she has an obsession with book ends. It was so fun to visit the op shops and have proper looks in them. I usually always have a quick look because i normally visit op shops when i have to wait for public transport.
We stopped for lunch, and i was delighted because we got to eat on the beach. The weather was so good, very sunny, warm and the sky was clear. S had some sandwiches and fruit and i made some soba noodles salad. Overall, it was a nice picnic except i kept getting sand everywhere. we saw this little boy who by the sounds of it, had an American dad and S thought the mum was from New Zealand, and dad was African-American, i'm assuming, and the mum was asian, so their kid was so cute, his hair was half an afro and half in dreadlocks.
Then it was off to Cheltenham, unfortunately some of the op shops were closed but that was okay, we had a long list of op shops to visit. We went to salvos in Cheltenham, and we got obsessed with packets of scrapbooking cardboard that they were selling for really cheap. I didn't really have a purpose for the cardboard but it can't hurt to have them handy. We thought it was really awesome, scrapbooking paper is thicker than normal paper and normally better quality. S picked some really nice matching colours, while i chose darker colors that i liked but didn't match. We were pretty excited about that. S also bought some old sheet music which i thought was really cool, but if only i could play an instrument. People were really nice, because they would talk to us, mainly S and i was awkwardly standing next to her, about the stuff in op shops. It sort of made me feel like i was in a country town because of the friendliness.
So we realized that we wouldn't be able to get through to all the op shops, we totally underestimated the time it would take. So we went to straight to Oakleigh op shops because we heard that were good. I didn't buy any clothes, but when we went into Vinnies, i saw these mini glasses which i thought were really cool. They were so cute, we were trying to come up with purposes for them so i could justify buying them. In the end, i said i could put some small fake flowers in them, and S said i could hang tiny things off them. And because for the five glasses, it was only 80cents, so that was a bargain. They are about 8cm high. Do you guys have any idea what i can use them for?
In addition to these glasses, i got some various pieces of clothes which i hope i get around to wearing, but they're not vintage so it may easier to fit them into my sloppy dressing.
S's driving was pretty funny, she would make really sharp turns, and quick decisions, eg to turn in a street, but normally she would drive slow. We tried to listen to Anberlin songs in the car but that didn't work because we were either distracted or the time in the car was quite short.
After visiting Oakleigh, we headed back to Bentleigh and it was around 4.30 by this time, and planned S's party, we couldn't come up with many activities though, so hit me up with ideas, or if you know S, relay your ideas to her.
It was an amazing and exciting day! Thanks S :)
Love Squealer.
We stopped for lunch, and i was delighted because we got to eat on the beach. The weather was so good, very sunny, warm and the sky was clear. S had some sandwiches and fruit and i made some soba noodles salad. Overall, it was a nice picnic except i kept getting sand everywhere. we saw this little boy who by the sounds of it, had an American dad and S thought the mum was from New Zealand, and dad was African-American, i'm assuming, and the mum was asian, so their kid was so cute, his hair was half an afro and half in dreadlocks.
Then it was off to Cheltenham, unfortunately some of the op shops were closed but that was okay, we had a long list of op shops to visit. We went to salvos in Cheltenham, and we got obsessed with packets of scrapbooking cardboard that they were selling for really cheap. I didn't really have a purpose for the cardboard but it can't hurt to have them handy. We thought it was really awesome, scrapbooking paper is thicker than normal paper and normally better quality. S picked some really nice matching colours, while i chose darker colors that i liked but didn't match. We were pretty excited about that. S also bought some old sheet music which i thought was really cool, but if only i could play an instrument. People were really nice, because they would talk to us, mainly S and i was awkwardly standing next to her, about the stuff in op shops. It sort of made me feel like i was in a country town because of the friendliness.
So we realized that we wouldn't be able to get through to all the op shops, we totally underestimated the time it would take. So we went to straight to Oakleigh op shops because we heard that were good. I didn't buy any clothes, but when we went into Vinnies, i saw these mini glasses which i thought were really cool. They were so cute, we were trying to come up with purposes for them so i could justify buying them. In the end, i said i could put some small fake flowers in them, and S said i could hang tiny things off them. And because for the five glasses, it was only 80cents, so that was a bargain. They are about 8cm high. Do you guys have any idea what i can use them for?
S's driving was pretty funny, she would make really sharp turns, and quick decisions, eg to turn in a street, but normally she would drive slow. We tried to listen to Anberlin songs in the car but that didn't work because we were either distracted or the time in the car was quite short.
After visiting Oakleigh, we headed back to Bentleigh and it was around 4.30 by this time, and planned S's party, we couldn't come up with many activities though, so hit me up with ideas, or if you know S, relay your ideas to her.
It was an amazing and exciting day! Thanks S :)
Love Squealer.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Soft Kitty
So i kinda 'stole' a cat yesterday. My friend and i were walking home from uni at night, and we saw this cat walking near us. Being me and my obsession with pets, i tried to follow it and get it to follow me. Usually that doesn't work, the dog/cat would run away from me, however this cat was different, it actually listened to me and followed us home. Originally wasn't going to bring it into the house, but then it was so cute, so i brought it in to show Y. Of course she was delighted. The cat was young as it was quite small, the fur was unbelievably soft and a really nice grey colour. It was very well tamed as well, and likened to us very quickly, it wasn't scared at all. At this point i really wanted to keep it, but then that would be stealing. So we reluctantly put it outside, but it didn't really want to leave, it kept hanging around us. Finally we all went inside. Then after a couple of minutes, the cat was still at the door, staring through the glass, but i tried my hardest to ignore it. After a while, Y went outside to take out the garbage, and when she opened the door, the cat ran inside. Oh man, i really wanted to keep it at this point. Anywhoo i walked it down the street and then ran back home, hoping that it didn't follow me. I hope it comes visits me again, I've grown quite attached.
Last week, i saw the glee movie with V. Its basically showing some of the songs from the concert and then it had a little documentary thing, where they interviewed some people about glee had affected their lives. The 3D was pretty awesome, especially when they had close-ups of the singers. I loved the singing and dancing, and i wish i could have seen it live. However the only thing is that it was way too short, only an hour, how is that even a movie. And they didn't show the parts where the characters were acting and talking on stage, which would have been fun to watch. Anywhoo this movie got me into the mood for season 3 of glee. I'm excited.
And an update on the tap tap game, turns out i never had to go through all the levels for the song, i could of just downloaded it, i was just looking for the song in the wrong place. And i found a Mayday Parade song, and then while in the moment, i bought some A Rocket To The Moon songs, so now i'm pretty happy. I have things to do in lectures instead of actually listening to the lecture.
Basically nothing much has happened, except a couple of days ago, i woke up with this sharp throbbing pain in the left lower back of my head/neck. Naturally, i immediately thought it was a tumour, but i don't think it is. Because i assume tumour pains don't occur suddenly. It was so painful to get out of bed, i didn't know why the pain was so strong, luckily now it has subsided, and i think it was due to bad sleeping posture. But then i have been sleeping the same way for ages. At least the pain has decreased so i'm not too worried, otherwise i have to go to the doctors which i don't like because i have a fear that i will get bad news.
Love Squealer.
Last week, i saw the glee movie with V. Its basically showing some of the songs from the concert and then it had a little documentary thing, where they interviewed some people about glee had affected their lives. The 3D was pretty awesome, especially when they had close-ups of the singers. I loved the singing and dancing, and i wish i could have seen it live. However the only thing is that it was way too short, only an hour, how is that even a movie. And they didn't show the parts where the characters were acting and talking on stage, which would have been fun to watch. Anywhoo this movie got me into the mood for season 3 of glee. I'm excited.
And an update on the tap tap game, turns out i never had to go through all the levels for the song, i could of just downloaded it, i was just looking for the song in the wrong place. And i found a Mayday Parade song, and then while in the moment, i bought some A Rocket To The Moon songs, so now i'm pretty happy. I have things to do in lectures instead of actually listening to the lecture.
Basically nothing much has happened, except a couple of days ago, i woke up with this sharp throbbing pain in the left lower back of my head/neck. Naturally, i immediately thought it was a tumour, but i don't think it is. Because i assume tumour pains don't occur suddenly. It was so painful to get out of bed, i didn't know why the pain was so strong, luckily now it has subsided, and i think it was due to bad sleeping posture. But then i have been sleeping the same way for ages. At least the pain has decreased so i'm not too worried, otherwise i have to go to the doctors which i don't like because i have a fear that i will get bad news.
Love Squealer.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Impossible
So after a weekend and uni hours playing tap tap, i realized that i was playing the wrong version of the game, so if i continued playing i would never get to unlock the song. That was pretty stupid of me, i should have researched before i started playing. Well there goes a lot of wasted hours on my behalf.
Has anyone tried skittles crazy cores? If you haven't, get some stat. Btw they are on sale at coles as i recall. Anywho, it is amazing, the flavours are awesome. They basically have two flavours in one, and the flavours are Cherry Lemonade, Mango Peach, Melon Berry, Strawberry Watermelon and Blue Raspberry Lemon. The best thing about these skittles is that i can actually eat all the flavours, usually when i eat the original flavours, i give my friends the lemon and orange ones. But these skittles, i can have them all to myself as selfish as that sounds, well sure if you asked for some, i won't refuse or i will offer them myself.
So I found another difference between Monash and Latrobe in the chem pracs. Well I'm expected to set up every piece of equipment myself at Latrobe, like for instance the distillation and reflux equipment. That is something i am not used, Monash used to set them up for me so that was good, it meant the pracs were shorter and i didn't have to spend so much time cleaning up. This week i made aspirin for the third time, and i think i got a pretty good pure product. The melting point was close the actual melting point so that was good. I have a bad track record of making impure products. I wish i had V with me, because we always laugh at our mistakes, but now i just get frustrated when my products are not right. I have to do a renal prac next week, which includes volunteers peeing into a cup, and i'm determined that i'm not volunteering. however in my group there aren't too many guys so i'm not sure how it will turn out. I hate for these physiology pracs that there has to be volunteers, which sucks because i don't like to volunteer because i feel as if my body is pretty unhealthy and i will end up with bad results, even though the demonstrators said "there's no such thing as a bad result" pfft.
Today was a pretty relaxed day, i 'finished' at 11, i skipped a math lecture, and took a four nap. I think i really needed that because i haven't been sleeping a lot for ages, so it nice to catch up. Although i should really try harder to sleep earlier and curb my naps. Even though i had that uber nap, i want to sleep right now but its too early. I'm a fan of naps but i don't really like the night sleeping thing.
Love Squealer.
Has anyone tried skittles crazy cores? If you haven't, get some stat. Btw they are on sale at coles as i recall. Anywho, it is amazing, the flavours are awesome. They basically have two flavours in one, and the flavours are Cherry Lemonade, Mango Peach, Melon Berry, Strawberry Watermelon and Blue Raspberry Lemon. The best thing about these skittles is that i can actually eat all the flavours, usually when i eat the original flavours, i give my friends the lemon and orange ones. But these skittles, i can have them all to myself as selfish as that sounds, well sure if you asked for some, i won't refuse or i will offer them myself.
So I found another difference between Monash and Latrobe in the chem pracs. Well I'm expected to set up every piece of equipment myself at Latrobe, like for instance the distillation and reflux equipment. That is something i am not used, Monash used to set them up for me so that was good, it meant the pracs were shorter and i didn't have to spend so much time cleaning up. This week i made aspirin for the third time, and i think i got a pretty good pure product. The melting point was close the actual melting point so that was good. I have a bad track record of making impure products. I wish i had V with me, because we always laugh at our mistakes, but now i just get frustrated when my products are not right. I have to do a renal prac next week, which includes volunteers peeing into a cup, and i'm determined that i'm not volunteering. however in my group there aren't too many guys so i'm not sure how it will turn out. I hate for these physiology pracs that there has to be volunteers, which sucks because i don't like to volunteer because i feel as if my body is pretty unhealthy and i will end up with bad results, even though the demonstrators said "there's no such thing as a bad result" pfft.
Today was a pretty relaxed day, i 'finished' at 11, i skipped a math lecture, and took a four nap. I think i really needed that because i haven't been sleeping a lot for ages, so it nice to catch up. Although i should really try harder to sleep earlier and curb my naps. Even though i had that uber nap, i want to sleep right now but its too early. I'm a fan of naps but i don't really like the night sleeping thing.
Love Squealer.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Left me here to die
I spent the most of the weekend trying to get through the levels on Tap Tap 3 and unlock the songs, because i'm trying to find the The Maine song which i saw the screen shot on tumblr. Hopefully i am playing the right game otherwise my time will be wasted. I don't even like playing tap tap that much but i really want that song. So yeah i should have been doing some studying but i barely got through some questions that i had to do for tute today. Its very hard to get into the hang of studying again, especially since i've downloaded so much stuff to watch.
On friday, after uni i went to V's house for initially dinner, but then i made an impromptu decision to sleep over. So i didn't have anything prepared, which worried me, and made me realize that i can't live spontaneously. Anywhoo it was really fun because i got to catch up with friends. Surprisingly we didn't eat as much as junk food as we normally do, just a lot of cake. V and I made a butter cake from a cake mix because we were short on time. When V made the icing, she added a whole lemon when the recipe stated only a teaspoon, so the icing was very sour despite the crazy amount of sugar we added to counteract the sourness and the icing was liquidly too. We decided that we couldn't use the icing and it couldn't be saved, so i started on another batch of icing, and added a bucketload of sugar, and we added in most of the sour icing batch so it didn't go to waste. So eventually we dyed the icing in different colours and made a marble design on the cake. We had fun making the cake so thats all that matters. S told us her American adventure and showed us her photos. It was interesting to listen even though i was jealous. For dinner we had risotto and dumplings which was pretty filling and well relatively healthy (despite the amount of oil used to cook the dumplings). A nice change to our usual chips and chicken and frozen foods. Then for dessert, we had the cake. Actually it tasted pretty good, and sourness of the icing was un-noticeable. And M brought some caramel mud cake, which was good too. The bad thing about having food in front of you, is that you have a tendency to take small pieces at a time, which altogether amount to pretty a big serving. But its only once in a while when we get together, so its one of the few that i pig out. Before bed, we played with an app on the iphone where it distorts your voice into different sounds. There was this voice where we used to scare Sh, it was pretty funny. More stuff happened but you guys probs don't care. I slept in my jeans which wasn't too bad, not uncomfortable of anything. For breakfast, we had crumpets and cake, very healthy.
When i got home, i went with my mum to grocery shopping. Anywhoo i made a guy angry, he was reversing and i was worried that he didn't see me behind me so i beeped. And then he got out the car, and yelled at me. i think he misread the reason why i beeped at him, i think he thought that i beeped at him because i wanted to go pass him but he was reversing. I was going to give a 'i don't really care' look and somehow i had an urge to stick my tongue out but yeah i didn't do anything except maybe had a freaked out look on my face. Then i got annoyed at him for yelling at me because i'm still on my learners. I have a tendency to get close behind cars, and my mum always tells me off for doing that.
Love Squealer.
On friday, after uni i went to V's house for initially dinner, but then i made an impromptu decision to sleep over. So i didn't have anything prepared, which worried me, and made me realize that i can't live spontaneously. Anywhoo it was really fun because i got to catch up with friends. Surprisingly we didn't eat as much as junk food as we normally do, just a lot of cake. V and I made a butter cake from a cake mix because we were short on time. When V made the icing, she added a whole lemon when the recipe stated only a teaspoon, so the icing was very sour despite the crazy amount of sugar we added to counteract the sourness and the icing was liquidly too. We decided that we couldn't use the icing and it couldn't be saved, so i started on another batch of icing, and added a bucketload of sugar, and we added in most of the sour icing batch so it didn't go to waste. So eventually we dyed the icing in different colours and made a marble design on the cake. We had fun making the cake so thats all that matters. S told us her American adventure and showed us her photos. It was interesting to listen even though i was jealous. For dinner we had risotto and dumplings which was pretty filling and well relatively healthy (despite the amount of oil used to cook the dumplings). A nice change to our usual chips and chicken and frozen foods. Then for dessert, we had the cake. Actually it tasted pretty good, and sourness of the icing was un-noticeable. And M brought some caramel mud cake, which was good too. The bad thing about having food in front of you, is that you have a tendency to take small pieces at a time, which altogether amount to pretty a big serving. But its only once in a while when we get together, so its one of the few that i pig out. Before bed, we played with an app on the iphone where it distorts your voice into different sounds. There was this voice where we used to scare Sh, it was pretty funny. More stuff happened but you guys probs don't care. I slept in my jeans which wasn't too bad, not uncomfortable of anything. For breakfast, we had crumpets and cake, very healthy.
When i got home, i went with my mum to grocery shopping. Anywhoo i made a guy angry, he was reversing and i was worried that he didn't see me behind me so i beeped. And then he got out the car, and yelled at me. i think he misread the reason why i beeped at him, i think he thought that i beeped at him because i wanted to go pass him but he was reversing. I was going to give a 'i don't really care' look and somehow i had an urge to stick my tongue out but yeah i didn't do anything except maybe had a freaked out look on my face. Then i got annoyed at him for yelling at me because i'm still on my learners. I have a tendency to get close behind cars, and my mum always tells me off for doing that.
Love Squealer.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Pink and Perfect
During my driving lesson, 'Sound of Fire' by This Century came on the radio. This cause me to have a mini spaz inside my head, but i was driving so I may have lost a little concentration. It was such a shock because I never expected the song to have come on the radio but I tried looking for the radio station but turns out it doesn't exist, or I may be remembering the numbers wrong.
Anywho, the driving was okay but I was a little and kept making little mistakes. I'm not to driving another car and having someone tell me where to go. I'm more comfortable with Melbourne though, even though the lanes are bigger in Bendigo, Melbourne streets are more defined. Also the bike lanes are so massive, sometimes bigger than actual car lanes. And for some reason, I kept turning left when she tells me to turn right.
Oh wells, gotta pay attention this lecture, i don't like the respiratory system.
Love Squealer.
Anywho, the driving was okay but I was a little and kept making little mistakes. I'm not to driving another car and having someone tell me where to go. I'm more comfortable with Melbourne though, even though the lanes are bigger in Bendigo, Melbourne streets are more defined. Also the bike lanes are so massive, sometimes bigger than actual car lanes. And for some reason, I kept turning left when she tells me to turn right.
Oh wells, gotta pay attention this lecture, i don't like the respiratory system.
Love Squealer.
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