Monday, January 28, 2013

It's So Easy To Stay

For the past couple of days there has been persistent heavy rain and strong winds around my area, I know it's worse around the coastal areas and river-side suburbs, and even more severe as you up along the coast. There is constant coverage about the dangers and warnings about the ex-cyclone on the news, and it is heartbreaking to see those towns that went under in 2011, having to go through the same thing again just 2 years later. Thankfully, people are given an earlier warning this time and a lot more prepared, however there are still a couple of days before the ex-cyclone moves off to Sydney and off the coast to New Zealand. 

My first week of second year uni has just finished, and it took me a long time to get this point. We got right into the dental subjects, learning about the simulators and practicing drilling our blocks. It was a mix of excitement, anxiety (will I get told off for my blue tips? I didn't but I plan to cut my hair in the next couple of weeks, my hair is just so damaged and I really hope it doesn't fall off, I may just have subtle streaks afterwards) and relief (finally in second year and progress in my education). As a child, I hated going to the dentists especially because of the injections, so when hearing the drilling sounds coming from 40 so students' equipment simultaneously does make me feel a little nervous and uneasy. The first activity was practicing using our hand piece equipment to drill into the blocks, which simulate the layers of the tooth. I'm pretty horrible compared to others, but I think it's because I keep over doing it, if I just stop it wouldn't have looked so bad. There are black outlines which you're not meant to touch, but a lot of my black lines were already rubbed out, so it just made it look worse. But as you can see in the photo, the black lines are pretty much gone. For the first couple of weeks, we are only studying 2 subjects which means a very short uni weeks and lots of free time. I had my friends over for a movie night on Wednesday, watching Pitch Perfect, it was my third time watching the movie. My friend and I were going to to Dreamworld on Saturday, but the rain is just so heavy. I have nothing for the long weekend, just watched tv shows and movies. I was watching So Undercover, and I don't even know why I watch these bad movies, it was just horrible, the plot was unoriginal, and the humor wasn't funny at all. 

Anywho, looking forward to my second week, again it's going to be short, just 2 days at uni or 4 hours! 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Every Day Day is a Holiday


Recently, I went to Sydney for a couple of days to visit family and have my bridesmaid dresses fitted. I'm so excited for my cousin's wedding, I love weddings, well the food at least. I made it very clear to her that the cake should be distributed because when I go to a Vietnamese wedding, they never give out the cake and I get very disappointed. Anywho, it was a very short visit and I really wished I could live in Sydney and help out more with the planning, as you guys know I love party planning! The bridesmaid dress is so pretty; it's a maxi dress and obviously needs to be hemmed up by a lot! On thursday, I went out to the city to see my uni friend who is from Sydney. I didn't actually go to the harbour, but I didn't mind because I've already been there. We just walked around the city, and eating macarons. I'm so jealous that they have Laduree, but it wasn't as delicious as the ones I had in Paris, boy were they expensive! The city was pretty cool, and I was surprised that everything was in walking distance, however the options of trams would have been nice.
On Saturday, I went bridal dress shopping with my cousin and it was really cool, and my first time too. My cousin had a very specific dress in mind, and unfortunately couldn't find the perfect dress. However we stumbled upon a dressmaker that could custom make the dress for really cheap. They also had a little Pomeranian in the store who was sooo fricken cute!!!
On Sunday, my cousin took me op shopping, I may do a post on my op shop finds in another post. I love how my cousin and I love going op-shopping. It was surprising to have the op shops opening on a Sunday!! My cousin and I have been really close since we were young, I was known as her "tail" back then! We were the only female cousins in the family, and it sucks being in different states. Things are going to be so different when she gets married, and moving out of her parents house. I don't know how things are going to be when I visit, because I always stay in her room. Hopefully she gets her own house soon and I can stay with them.  I'm so awkward around my other family members.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Skeletons

Yellow Onesie/Jumpsuit Op-Shopped 

The time of year between Christmas and the first couple weeks of January isn't my favourite, and this has a lot do to with op shops going on break. Whenever I get bored I love to op shop so during that time, I find solace in Spotlight instead. This results in buying so many craft items for projects that I mean to start, but never get around to doing. Seriously, I should learn to stick with one project and actually finish it. Anywho, I went op shopping for the first time in a while on Saturday, it wasn't a proper op shopping trip, I only went to one Salvos because my mum and I were waiting for a restaurant to open (Dragon Express in Sunshine, my work friend's dad owns the place, and we got free prawn crackers, okay well that's not thaat great, but any free stuff is good, and for some reason, the prawn crackers in restaurants taste better than the ones you fry at home). 
I don't know what it is about onesies, but they are just so cool! So when I spotted this yellow one, I had to have it, now I'm not sure if its PJs or outer wear. The label looks like it's outerwear, but the actual garment suggests otherwise. I think this will become my permanent house wear, although it is a little see-through, so best to wear indoors. Anywho, I'm grateful that op shops are beginning to open again, but I am glad that volunteers were given a well-deserved break.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Can't Hold Back

T-shirt This Century Band Merch; Shirt Op-Shopped; Skirt Op-Shopped; Earrings Op-Shopped 

Wait WHAT? Are those earrings on my ears??!! Well I'm sorry to say that they're only magnetic, and my ears lobes remain hole-less. I've been looking for magnetic earrings for soo long; those huge earrings displays in accessories stores are just teasing me. I came across these ones while op shopping yesterday, and thought they were so cool, and apparently they glow in the dark as well. They were new and all for the awesome price of 50 cents, I bought a couple of pairs so I can do some DIY on them. It feels weird to have something on my ears, I haven't worn them out properly so I'm not too sure of their staying power, but fingers crossed I don't lose them. Also I apologize for not having a full body photo, I originally did have one but the quality wasn't so great. Eventually I will have better grasp of photoshop, so I enhance the photos for your viewing pleasure, but bear with me and these straight-from-camera shots for now.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Everything's An Illusion

(yes I know the 3 is backwards...) 

HEY GUYS! I'm back, well sort of, still in the process of updating my blog. You may notice that there hasn't been many changes, but if only you guys could see how long I've spent on the template page changing things around, realizing I will never grasp html design. However thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, there were tutorials floating around. I've yet to find a template that I love, for some reason when I try to "take inspiration" from other blogs and apply them to mine, it just looks infinitely uglier. Okay I'm about five days late for a new years post but better late than never.

Firstly I want to say how fast 2012 went by, I remember at the start of the year starting uni, all the way up in the Gold Coast, and how angry I was that I started a week earlier (in hindsight, that was only the beginning of what is yet to come, I start about 5 weeks earlier this year). I was still in disbelief that I'm actually doing dentistry and as always, worried if my socially awkward self will make new friends. This time I literally had no one. Fast forward to this year, I've made friends, somewhat gotten a little better with social situations and overcoming awkward moments, which I think was my new years resolution last year. To be honest, it was a hard year, being so far from family and friends, there were many moments I would miss them terribly and I'm even tearing up thinking about it now. I still have a lot of doubts about myself, for some reason there's this overwhelming feeling that I don't deserve to be doing dentistry. It's a feeling I really want to shake but it's only grown and festered in my mind. When I'm not thinking about how that, I think about the future, and how  I'm scared of becoming an unskillful/unsuccessful dentist. Well, those worries are related to the feelings of being unworthy of doing dentistry. I could dwell on these feelings but I won't because this was meant to a happy post with uplifting thoughts about the new year. So final words about 2012, it was hot, I made friends, kept in contact with old friends, and overall it was a pretty decent year, generally more good than bad.

So 2013, a new year and while NYE it was a small 'party' with my friend, we had fun, and that's all that matters. We shared a picnic balcony, watched fireworks, played with sparklers and took many posed photos!


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Also because it's the new year and I don't want to revert back but I just want to quickly mention the Mayday Parade concert in december and just how awesome it was. All I can say is that they are perfect and seeing them live again was such an enlightening and euphoric moment, despite being shoved and squeezed in the mosh pit and the crowd surfing, but what more do you expect from a concert. I like to think that all the pushing has made me skinnier (a very stupid notion, I know). They are one of my favorite bands and they even sang my favorite song, so yes it was perfect, no other words to describe it! Also there was another airport episode :)

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As always I have some new years resolutions, mainly it's the typical ones like eating healthier, improving social skills etc, but there are some specific ones:
- Play more sport, I'm hoping that maybe my friends and I could get together and play sport once a week or so. I've come to terms about how bad and uncoordinated I am at sports but I admit it is fun to play, and have a laugh at yourself!
- Have more guys friends (this kinda impedes my goal of wanting to be the unknown one in my course by the end of our degree, but if I want at least a boyfriend by the time I'm 25, some sacrifices would have to made I guess)
And that's all, simple enough right?

There are also some goals I want for the blog:
-More frequent posts, and trying not to be so verbose
-More op-shops and clothes posts
-Start writing some craft posts/tutorials
-Document more of my life so I can share them on here :)
-I'm interested in doing more video posts, but no one wants to see my face that much right, well too bad =P

I hope your New Years was eventful and fun, and that 2013 will be an awesome year, my lame/cliched/unoriginal advice for the year, do at least one thing that makes you happy every day, and dwell on the positive :)