Guess who woke up at 5.30 this morning! And I'm more awake right now than I was at 7pm last night. AIN'T THAT AMAZING. Also I'm quite high I guess. I drank coffee last night, took a cold shower and ya. It didn't help. So I guess I just gave up and went to bed. And I woke up =.= and 4.40 without the alarm going off. Then went back to bed until it did.

THE HOUSEMATE MADE TIRAMISU. =) Marscapone cheese is apparently 7 dollars a tub. I can't remember how many grams though. And it was a tad bit on the sweet side. But! On a positive note, we can keep making it until we get the PERFECT RECIPE. Don't know how many we'll have to make for that to happen though =.= And how many wallets we have to burn. The tiramisu looked alot like goop. But its okay! Taste comes first! Aesthetics don't bother me too much =D

For school we have to design a bistro! =D I picked Japanese! So I’m gonna make them wear ninja suits! Then nahhh. I’ll make em dress like thissss. Hurr. Then I thought, make them all wear Noh masks and be incredibly uncomfortable. But they’ll scare the customers away. So I shall make them dress/cross-dress as geishas. Which would be fun. Heh. Maybe.

I HAVE FINISHED ONE ASSIGNMENT! YESSSSSS. ONE DOWN THREE TO GO! WHOOOO. I’m so pleased that this one wasn’t last minute. Its only due next week on Wednesday. That said, I didn’t attend the 3 hour class today. BUT. The teacher gave us permission to skip and work at home. So I did that. =) More productive I think. And I felt more relaxed I guess. I’M GONNA GET BETTER. JUST YOU WAIT. And do totally kick ass illustrations! AND BLOW EVERYBODY’S MINDS TO SMITHEREENS AND SUBMARINES.

That being said, I’m glad its out of the way so I can concentrate on the other projects. I have to do a flyer for church. Fingers crossed. And the deadline is soon too T_T Toes crossed. Heh.

By the end of next week I will have given two presentations, handed in a report and an assignment, be absolutely sleep deprived, looking panda eyed and collapsing into my bed at 7pm with the last coherent thought in my head thanking God that I managed to get through it all. Oh. And finished up a flyer for the church. Let’s not forget that. Over here, I make it a rule not to drink coffee when the weather is 30 degrees or higher. I think I’ll have to make an exception.

SOMEHOW BENEATH THIS HORRENDOUS AMOUNT OF CHILD ABUSE, I KNOW I SHALL SURVIVE. Also my Godma is going for a replacement pacemaker surgery type thing. So please pray. Oh. And thank you for the cookies Ma. They were a nice touch.

On a random note, I have teachers that wear the same thing every time I see them (i.e. once a week). I thought only kids did the this-is-what-you’ll-wear-on-Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-etc-etc thing-and-absolutely-nothing-else. Apparently adults still do it. I didn’t know whether to be amused or to go, “Please wear something new T_T” Then I realized, my mother must feel the same way when I keep wearing my Giordano linen pants. She got so frustrated. She bought me a new one. (-_-)V CAN’T BEAT THAT EH. She also insisted on buying two Starwars Starbucks t-shirts. I was perfectly happy with getting just one, but she insisted on two. (Knowing what would happen eventually.) Sooo, we are both happeh. Slightly excessive I suppose, but its not like you can get them anywhere else. (They were from Bangkok)

Also. I CAN’T COLOR FOR SHIT ON PHOTOSHOP. WHEN’RE WE GONNA LEARN HOW TO DO THAT?! Kay. I think I’m done ranting and raving for the day =)

Langsam Blut

Hello new favourite song! This was used in the runway scene of Paradise Kiss. The sheer awesomeness of it! Imagine the flashing lights and the glamour, and have this song blaring. And we’re all going like woaaahhhh! *does the wave

This song is going to be looped like 300 times. And I’ll do it with my headphones on. Just so I can blare them into my head in peace. =] I LOVE SONGS LIKE THESE! *shuts the door to air guitar in the room while jumping up and down the bed head-banging like an absolutely spectacular rock star

Haha OMG. I'm rewatching FMA. And oh how I love Roy Mustang. Epic-ness TTM. Oh! I suddenly remember Jaryl telling me on how he was watching FMA one time, having his cousin walk by, and proclaim, "Wow! He's so handsome! (Roy Mustang) Now I wanna watch too!" (something along those lines)

I LAUGHED SO BAD. And then I realized. I'M EXACTLY THE SAME. T_T Pffft.

I remembered just the other day when my bro and I were at Lake Club, some Aunty saw my bro. Then went, “AIYAH! So leng zai! Good thing aunty is already married!” She smiled. Then walked off.

LIKE OMIGAWD ALSDKFJ;LKSJDFLKJSAEOIFJLKASDFKLJLKSAFDJ. I don’t know what is worse. Being good looking and having that sort of thing happen to you. Or having a good looking sibling and WATCHING THE HORROR UNFOLD IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. Ugghhh. I pity my poor brother. It is at times like these that I am happy I turned out normal looking T_T If my brother broadens out and gets taller, I’ll have to defend him against little girls, girls, preteen girls, teenagers, 20 year olds, 40 year olds, sugar mamas, widowers, paedophiles, grandmas and the whole shebang. Oh. And gay men. GOD WHYYY. *drama queening

It is only 8.30 and I am yawning to high heaven. The hyperness from this morning has officially worn off. Now I’m just sleepy. Apparently the moon tonight is supposed to be the biggest its been in 20 years. I thought I would go moon-gazing, coffee in hand w/ someone spouting heartfelt nonsense. But I realized, I didn't really have anyone to do this with. And I'm not keen on coffee at night when I'm already tired. Then I thought of doing it alone. BUT THAT'S JUST SAD. So no.

Oh! And the beach thing. Apparently they weren’t sand sculptures. But ..just sculptures on the sand. Haha! But in the end it was all pretty good =D Some of them were just awesome looking! Needless to say after all the sculpture viewing, we all jumped into the water to have a swim. It was refreshing!

I am actually slightly behind in schoolwork. But somehow. It doesn’t feel that way. I mean. I can’t get myself to work. Hnn. Maybe I’m too tired right now. =/ I had maggi mee for dinner. I hate maggi mee. And I was too lazy to go out to buy food. Meh.

#3 Something with which you struggle

Later today a whole group of us are gonna go to Cottlesloe beach to see sand sculptures and take pictures! I’m so psyched up for that right now. I’ve been to the beach about a week ago, but I really can’t wait for this one! SAND SCULPTURES! GINORMOUS EPIC HUMONGOUS DINOSAUR-OUS SAND SCULPTURES! I guess I’ll upload pictures or something =D Perth has tons of these kinds of artsy fartsy stuff. I really should be more into it.

Yesterday I ate tons for dinner and lunch. And proceeded to feel slightly guilty. Slighttttlly. But woke up today feeling like a hungry monster. I wonder why that is.

Anyway! Something with which I struggle is . . my mouth =.= I normally shoot off insulting people without thinking. I won’t go as far as to say I regret it. And it usually comes off as being funny. But. Okayyy. I guess I should think before I speak. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. You can value my honesty. Or bluntness. If I was born a boy, and based on this. I imagine my mother would have named me Frank. Haha! But its okay =D I’m learning to keep my smart ass comments to myself now. So whenever you see me smiling/smirking the way I do, you know why. OMG I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS IS AS BAD AS LAUGHING AT YOUR OWN JOKE. Haha. But whatever =D, I can provide myself my own amusement. . . I forgot what I wanted to say next.

OH! Another thing I struggle w/ is ..overeating T_T Over here, I always cook the portions wrong/bigger. And I end up eating for two cos I’m too lazy to put it into a Tupperware and would rather finish it on the spot. I remembered coming back home, having my dad put rice on my plate and looking at him dumbstruck, said, “SO LITTLE?!” Cough cough. And my mother frequently exclaims that she has to cook x cups of rice more just to accommodate me. Hnn. But I guess I make up for it by swimming lots of laps a few times a week.

OH YEAH! Yesterday I was taking a nap in the afternoon, and then suddenly got jolted awake by my housemates going UWAAAA! just outside my room. Like my eyes suddenly went wide open, and my heart was like ba-doom ba-doom ba-doom! So when I walked out all bleary like, I realized that the commotion was about this girl getting a boyfriend. My precious nap got interrupted for this *facepalm

Yesterday I wrote an email to illustrator Gabriele Brombin. And he's already replied! Okay, so you're thinking, "Big deaaaal." But me, I'm like ,"HE REPLIED HE REPLIED!" (with arms waving in the air) And I'm like jumping up and down in my seat from sheer joy. Sigh. I feel like such a fan right now, you know. Mental image of grabbing the nearest person, shaking them for their lives’ worth and screaming into their face, “OMIGAWD HE TALKED TO ME!” kind of thing and like *fans self with hands.

Clearly I am an easy person to please. My housemate gets tremendous entertainment from me when she watches me play the PS3, absolutely screaming at the screen in exhilaration at winning the stage. And if people compliment me, I smile like a dork for 5 minutes. *stupidest grin on face ever. And everyone will go, "Wth is wrong with you =.=?" Hnn =D

On a random note, yesterday was the first time I had Toblerone! It was naicee.

#2 Something you regret not having done last year

Hrmmm. Right now, the only thing that comes to mind is that “I should have gone to the beach more.” Looking back at last year, I think I had tons more time to kick back and relax. But I’ll probably say the same thing next year. I guess I just need to make the time =D My housemate has an unused, unloved PS3 which collects dust, SERIOUSLY. So I shower it with love and make time for it two or three times a week. =) Heh. And even proceeded to borrow games from her friend =.= Its bad of me. I know. HER FRIEND ALSO HAS AN UNUSED SWIMMING POOL AT HIS HOUSE. OMIGAWDD. *cough

Another thing I regret is not cooking like I said I would when I got back from Perth. I’m just too lazy. And I’m content about it. So yaaa. But when I come back this time I’ll really try to T_T. Hopefully. OH I WANT TO GET AN ICE CREAM MAKER! They’re like 200 bucks from Jusco or something. …But probably after seeing how they’re made and what goes in it, I’ll probably never want to eat ice cream ever again. Its like carrot cake. I know how its made and what goes in. SO I NEVER EAT IT. Its like staring at a heart attack. BUT I do delight in watching everyone else eat it. And then proceed to smile devilishly inside my head. *imagine that (you should be shuddering)

Oh! And I wanted to play the piano more. And actually learn to play the guitar. It is a white elephant in my room. Absolute fail. Oh discipline how I struggle with thee.

On a side note, today I swapped cooking dinner w/ my housemate. I’m supposed to cook on Thursday, but decided to do it today. NOW! There is a perfectly good reason for my …what’s the word…DELIGHTFULLY REMARKABLE PRAISEWORTHY BEHAVIOR. Back to the story. I went grocery shopping w/ a housemate (not the same one) and bought hor fun noodles. So I thought, ”Great! I’ll make my dad’s hor fun and blow their minds off (or some such thing)” While at the shop, I asked the lady for the noodles, after giving me directions, I grabbed em out of the fridge, stared at the expiry date at the back. It said 11^th of March 2011. I went hnn. (CLEARLY somebody here doesn’t realize what date it is) SO after paying for my purchase at the counter, the lady asked me if I could speak Cantonese (in Cantonese) to which I replied, “A little” (in Cantonese, wanting to look good in front of my housemate, even if it was just for a little bit) AND THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO BARRAGE ME IN THE ART OF HOR FUN NOODLE MAKING/INSTRUCTIONS. At which I stared at her point-blank with my ABSOLUTE BEST POKER FACE ON. And pretended to understand every single thing she said. And then coolly and collectedly walked out of the shop. Then I prodded my housemate and went, “What did she say?” with possibly the stupidest look on my face. PLAN FAILLLL. So kids. The lesson is DON’T SHOW OFF (or if you do, at least get it right). So much for dignity.

BUT THE NONSENSE ISN’T OVER JUST YET! There is more to this entertaining tale! I realized, two days later, that the expiry date was 11^th of March. And I bought the noodles on the 12^th. DAMMIT LA. BLURNESS FAIL. I’M GONNA STRIKE THAT OFF THE LIST COS TRYING TO BE UNBLUR - ITS JUST DAMN UNACHEIVABLE.

#1 - Something you're looking forward to this year

This year. . . I'm looking forward to surviving the entire two semesters of second year and getting above 75% T_T and seeing my cousins. Some people have brother/sister complexes. But I have a cousin complex. Nyah.

Uni students slog through the night to get work done. In the past, I always thought it was made up just to scare kids. Apparently. Its not. =.= I mean. Not that I do it. I value my sleep too much for that. But the workload is friggin terrible. T_T HAVE THESE PEOPLE NO LIVES? SO MUCH SO THAT THEY DERIVE THEIR ENTERTAINMENT FROM OUR SUFFERING?! BOMBARDING US WITH POINTLESS EXERCISES e.g. Trace this sentence in serif and sans-serif in 72pt "Jelly-like above the high wire, 6 quaking Pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux."

We have to do that. OVER AND OVER. IT TAKES ONE HOUR JUST TO DO IT ONCE. (You know its bad when you've got the sentence already memorized) So ya. Sob sob. Dear God T_T just let the world end now.

Also. I am looking forward to winter. It may be technically autumn, but it is still 35 degrees. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PERTH. EVERYWHERE ELSE IS COOLER. *rant rant rant.

On a random note, my lecturers/people from the art department wear pink sunglasses, have bleached hair, and sport a fuchschia? (meh, don't know how to spell it) jacket which reminds me of Elton John. They also almost always wear black, have mohawks, sport tattoos, and are chain smokers. They also burn incense in the offices to cover up their smelly farts. (Just joking)...(about the fart bit)..(maybe. You never know underneath all that smell)

Fat/fattening folios/process folders make me happy. =)

Because it means I'm actually getting work done T_T

On a side note, I have finished reading all 530 chapters of Naruto. Omigawd. In a pretty short span of time. I read 60 chapters in one day a couple of times. So ya. Now I'm . . PATIENTLY (not quite) waiting for the next installment. I generally dislike starting on series that are still on-going. But well. I guess this was an exception. . . Maybe I should start on Bleach or One-piece. Mmmphf. WORK WORK WORK @_@

Just yesterday, I was helping my deco leader carry her stuff from the lecture theater to her car. I got distracted while I was walking, and turned my head to look at the drama team (they were practicing at the side). And then. I walked into one of those pole things. Like BOOF!

THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME. Luckily. Nobody saw. If they did, they certainly didn't say anything about it.

Today! The girl I sat next to at church introduced herself to me. 10 seconds later, after learning two other people's names (whom I have forgotten), I forgot her name. FAIL. Omigawd. Now I know why I can't make friends. T_T Seriously. Its so bad. I forget their faces. And if I remember their faces, I forget their names. Bah. I need to chant their names like a mantra inside my head and stare at them INTENTLY and commit their faces to my memory (or lack thereof).