#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).

Just now, my mom told me that she couldn't sign into msn to talk with me. Her reason being that she had to upgrade for it to work. My dad then proceeded to tell her, that ours is pirated and that we would get tracked. I then said not to bother, and to ask my brother to do it for her instead, since my dad doesn't know what he's doing.

AND APPARENTLY I WAS ON LOUDSPEAKER. And my dad heard everything. AHAHAHA. I love my life. =D

School is starting tomorrow. Oh the horror/anxiety/excitement/HORROR of it all. T_T I still find it scary, making new friends. And I think I will continue to find it scary for the rest of my life. I never know what to say. But its probably one of those things. Mmmph. I should probably improve my personality. . . or something. But I'm rather content the way I am =.= Baah.

Anyway! For this semester (saying 'year' would be a bit too far into the future for my liking, so I'll stick with semester)

1. I will do my best T_T (even though I'm an intelligent but lazy as hell person who somehow managed to get through the first year with decent marks) =D

2. Eat less at the school cafeteria (their ham and cheese croissants are wonderful, but when calculating the cost I spent there every week. It. Was horrifying. And therefore. I should reduce/stop altogether)

3. Do devotion and at least remember to pray before I sleep/get up. (The only thing I tell God before I sleep is usually wishing him good night. So that must change. *cough)

4. Be less blur. Although I'm not sure how to improve on this point really. Just now I had a convo with my bro. It went like this.

"So how was school?"

"=.= Its Sunday."

See what I mean. FAIL TTM. After that he proceeded to tell me that the heat has fried my brain.

5. Try not to doze off in church services. TODAY I MANAGED NOT TO AT ALL. I'm incredibly proud of myself. When I was back home, my mom made us wake up at 6 and go to church with her. Somehow I couldn't get any sleep the night before. Suffice to say that immediately after the worship service. I sat down. And after five minutes. I knocked out for the entire duration of the sermon. NO JOKE. It was a very good idea that we sat right at the back in the balcony.

6. Try to learn more recipes. I suppose my housemates have now become the guinea pigs. It would be insanely awesome if they ate my cooking and suddenly transformed into animals/pink unicorns/green dinosaurs/rainbow whales. Or something. Hnn.

7. Try to be less sarcastic/condescending. Sigh. Although we know this won't really change. So I guess we can strike this off the list. Haha. But honestly. I'm content. =.= So it probably won't change. Sorry Karl. Gotta love the evil charm.

8. Read more books I guess. It seems like I didn't do that at all during the past semester. But I got some reading done during the holidays. So that was pretty good. =)

9. Procrastinate less. =) T_T I will work out a study time table or something so I don't freak out nearing assignment deadlines. Second year is allegedly the beginning of hell.

10. Learn a new language ( or something). Hopefully by the time I come back I will be able to hide the fact that I'm a banana more convincingly. FAKE IT TO MAKE IT. (But clearly this probably doesn't work in real life) So meh.

I can't think of any more right now. But I guess those are the main things. =) I need somebody to hold me accountable for these things. Or I will never go through with them.

Hnn. I haven't blogged in forever. I only got one hour of sleep on the flight. And the rest of the time spent, was time spent trying to fall asleep. But all unpleasantness aside, the one thing I like about flights is that sort of exclusive view you get of the skyline/the fluffy ice cream shaped clouds/ the night sky with stars sans-light-pollution/the amazing Aussie sunrise, etc etc.

ITS A ' I'M UP HERE, YOU'RE DOWN THERE NYAHAHAHA' feeling!

Okay not really. More like a calm solitude or something philosophical bla bla bla. =)

And then you land and GET HIT BY THE BLARDY HEATWAVE. And proceed to find out that its going to be this way for another month, although the technical term for it is supposedly 'autumn', when it feels like the summer is gonna continue forever and ever and ever. If that made any sense. Rant rant rant. =)

I MISS THE BEACH. But its too much of an effort to go there. So I'm going to stay home in my swimsuit, and pour cold water on myself whenever I get too hot and wait for myself to dry off. AND REPEAT THE PROCESS EVERYDAY UNTIL THE WEATHER GETS COOLER.

. . . I probably shouldn't do that. Since Australia is already short on water as it is. Sigh.