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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'll Always Be Around

I have my first lesson with a driving instructor tomorrow and i am very nervous, sure i have about "100" hours of practice but i am used to driving the family car because its small and i don't have to pay much attention to the back because its a hatchback rather than a sedan. I hope i do okay, and i don't need many lessons before i can go for my p's. I really want them before my birthday but i don't think that seems very likely.

Anywho i think i feel better about soundwave revolution being cancelled, it was just a shock and something i couldn't comprehend, i mean how can a whole festival be cancelled close to the date?  I am just praying that Dashboard Confessional will still be coming, but it also probably mean that they will put with other bands that i haven't listened to together in a mini-festival. It just kinda sucked, i have been looking forward to this for ages and to be able to see D/C would have been awesome.

I started watching Parenthood, and it gets pretty addicting. I'll always like Gilmore Girls better but this show is a lot more dramatic and dare i say more realistic. I think every episode makes me cry or at least tear up. I love the closeness of the family and i love watching them handle situations and problems along the way. The acting is very good, very realistic. It's hard to get the character of Lorelai separated from Lauren Graham's character in Parenthood but I am trying. Anywhoo i recommend the show if you're into dramas and all.

Love Squealer.

arghhhhhh

swr is fcking cancelled, enter depressing moods and high consumption of lollies.

3 Whole Words

This song has been on repeat for the past couple of days, I'm a sucker for those highly emotional, heart breaking songs. Sure i've never experienced those feelings before but i can almost sense the pain the singer has been through. Also i like this song because usually songs like these are done acoustically but this has the whole band. Anywho the reason why i posted that video is that i will be seeing You Me At Six very soon, at the end of the month. I am so excited because We the Kings will be there too. Also YMAS will have English accents =D

It feels like ages since i've posted but its only been a little over a week. Boy time is passing very slowy, maybe i just wish it was the end of the month already. So far i don't have a favourite subject, this is partly compounded by the lack of some good lecturers, no offence. And the pracs suck because i can't choose my partner, so its a whole 2+ hours of awkward silences and strained conversations. Usually i just shut up and hoped that time passes quickly. I kind of feel disappointed, i was looking forward to semester 2. I find it so annoying that lecturers are not very clear about lectures changes. I thought i still had a 9am lecture but it turns out that it was at 11am, which was very annoying because i had to wake up earlier than i had to. I am so glad for wifi on my ipod, it gets me through the long lecture hours.

Anywhoo, i was in the mood for watching Hamish and Andy shows, so i downloaded some, the caravans of courage and when they were on the graham norton show. They were hilarious on the graham norton show. I love Hamish and Andy, they are so awesome. i love how close they are, even after so many years together. I wish i can find someone like that, like partners in crime :)

Oh and a month till my birthday, too bad i will have two pracs on that day. Oh well oh well.
It also means i can start planning my party. I have some awesome ideas.

Love Squealer.