#409- Average's Party

Sunday was so unproductive which means that I shouldn't spend too much time blogging right now so I can cram for tomorrow's econ exam. Btw all UNSW kids, I'm crashing your campus this friday let me know of your availabilities (;

I'll just upload some photos to share with you all

 Better at her finest, I'm sorry I just couldn't resist

 Gosh, I was kinda tempted all night to wedge myself into this seat

 CAKE!!!

Selca with Elisa, doesn't quite work that well with a DSLR

 awwww

 GIRLS!!!

 with Average

bro (:

#408 - Ivy Pool Club

This is a very un-Sweet thing to do but I did it anyway... on a Monday night.
MULS made an event about this party last week and since I didn't go to camp and kept rejecting offers to go to The Ranch (I swear I will go this semester!), I decided to redeem myself and paid for a ticket. Turned out that none of the people I knew were going though they said they were (damn)  but I didn't want to waste the money I paid even though it was cheap... So I turned up knowing no one. End of the night: met some really nice down-to-earth people from higher years and one first year. It's quite intimidating to talk to someone when you're by yourself... But woot I did it!!! ='D Though I got to improve on making small talk; I can only blab on and on with people I've known for a substantial amount of time.

So, food was really just morsels : spring rolls, chicken sandwiches, dips. Meh. Drinks: expensive, dunno how people can fork out $20 for a small concoction. Oh yeah I was one of the few who were sober because drinking isn't my thing.   Location: dodgy back alley close to Wynyard Station; however once you get up to level 4, the scenery is really picturesque: gorgeous lanterns, comfy pretty seats and a really big shallow pool. Music: too loud. Toilets: apparently has a lounge and TV... how extravagant? Dress code: yeah who knew there was a dress code?! I turned up in my typical uni outfit and was surprised that people dressed like they were going to clubbing. Yay for sticking out like a mildly sore thumb ;D

An interesting experience overall.... Even though people were so clique-y for the first three hours. 

#407- Recap

I said this once I said this again, Stats will be the end of me with F**king erick li. Even now when I'm doing math there are so many issues with their rounding and thanks to that I ruined my 100% average and I don't like to told that I'm wrong when clearly that is not even the case at all.

Also we got our feedback from our first case study in commerce and omg words cannot express how frustrated I am at the friggen business school for their horrid referencing marking. You know I just missed out on getting that distinction which would not have happened were it not for the fact that I lost 5 marks because they had issues with my referencing. BITCH PLEASE I followed your god damn referencing guide to the dot, if you're serious about referencing give us workshops and more time in tutorials because it was so brief and you could barely extract anything useful from it.

Case note for law was horrible, my essay is garbage and we shall leave it at that. After I went to city for dinner to celebrate the end our first law assessment, we went hotpot and turns out Better was having hotpot as well. And then there was our sleepover (: ahh so good to dmn and just chat away turns out we are all a part of the 25% that don't go to UNSW and then in 3 weeks time we're going to repeat all of this at Butter's house.

Okay I need to finish off my online stats homework so I'll be off now

#406 - Dear Snow

This week so far:

- Putting into practice my goal of eliminating excess procrastination from my life. So proud of myself - I have finally experienced the joy of finishing something way before it was due! :) 
- Completed 2 runs. I'm slowly working my way up to 5k yet again, and thinking of doing MS Colour Run next year. Anyone want to do it with me?
- Internet TV and upgrade to unlimited broadband next month - heck yeah
- Watched Iron Man 3 with Aishy, Faiz, Wens and Viv - the plot line is pretty generic but the special effects and fight scenes were so amazing in 3D (and I can't believe that  I fell asleep during the Avengers last year...how?!). And because we were such hardcore fans, we spent 10 minutes waiting for the credits to finish rolling....and were greeted with an awesome last "extra" scene - totally worth the lengthy wait :)  Marvel is totally milking the whole superhero franchise for what it's worth - there's another Thor film coming out soon. Anyway, fabulous film. 9/10
- Rewatched "Autumn's Concerto" because it's my all-time favourite T-drama. A tad cliche but so well executed with elements of justice, love and family. RGX and LMC are my OTP and Xiao Le is just so damn adorable!!! <3
- Witnessing YouTube-worthy moments: Faiz went to sleep on some display beds outside Myer because she was so tired. The reactions from passers-by were insanely hilarious and we were in fits of giggles for a long time! Ultimately she did get told off by staff, but whatever... at least she managed to make a lot of people smile (:
- New glasses frame! I've come to the conclusion I look incredibly silly / fob when I wear oversized big frames...
- I've said recently that I wanted to learn Japanese mainly for one very good reason, but I still haven't made time for it as of now. However a few days ago, I was so inspired by a few people on the interwebs I have decided I will learn it next year. Maybe I am too ambitious; I know I'm going to be short on time, but I think I have the ability to juggle everything. 

a sleepy Faiz (:

new glasses!

waiting for the movie to start..

cuties + W & I in the background!

on the train to optometrist appointment~

#405- Balance

How do people balance everything? By that I mean, good grades, social life, sleep and work oh and if you're me then you need to add learning to drive, mandarin and working on your signature to that puzzle. If you know the answer, I'm all ears (:

Currently procrastinating my law essay because I have no idea how to start it besides writing the word 'essay' down, apparently it's really easy to get a low mark. I kinda feel so unmotivated because put simply, my goal is to pass and then boost my WAM by getting a distinction in commerce but I also don't want to set my goals too low. Also should I go to the Secret Group dinner this friday, we're basically celebrating the end of our first assessment task (worth 30%) but cow man is pretty much turning it into an event where he can get drunk. Except, that'll clash slightly with Better's sleepover ???? Maybe I'll just go for dinner and ask them to start early for me but 6 seems way too early.

Also Happy Birthday to Average for tomorrow!

#404 - Elsewhere

I remember I really, really, really liked this when I first read it five years ago - it was a heart-wrenching, bittersweet tale that started at the end of the protagonist's life. After finishing it again, despite me doubting the existence of the afterlife, I really do wish that I could end up in a place like Elsewhere. Wouldn't it be just spiffing to age backwards until you are close to a few days old and ready to be reborn again on Earth, to never get fatally ill, view people on Earth from binoculars, finally gain the ability to communicate with man's best friend, and make new relationships that were never meant to be on earth?
Though I've grown up significantly and wondered if I would be disenchanted by the childish story that I had loved a long time ago, I still found it to be by far, a fabulous read with very few flaws and a more uplifting and unique perspective of the afterlife than The Lovely Bones (a very poorly written novel with a horrible plot to boot in my opinion). Highly recommended read - 10/10.

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Moving on, the first week of break is almost over and I've been trying my best to catch up on things I should have done a while ago. Though I still have a lot of things to tick off on a to-do list, I'm looking forward to some well-deserved hang outs and retail therapy next week :)

There's also been many depressing events happening globally this week: namely the Boston bombings, and then there's stories like this that just makes your heart break and wonder how the hell you can have the most lovely, kindest people on one end of the spectrum, and the most evil filthy bastards on the other end ...Honestly, "doom and gloom" articles make me feel so much despair, and reinforce that though sometimes I think there are things that make me hate my life (albeit only for a few moments), my issues are all so petty and I am fortunate to have never experienced true hardships like other people and can never feel truly sorry for them and understand since I haven't experienced the same things they've experience.

#403- Reebonz Flagship Opening

Okay side off topic but did you guys watch MKR on Monday because I was there when they were filming outside the law courts in the CBD- yeah if you follow my posts frequently then you would that I mentioned that way back in January/December.

Also Mercedes Benz Fashion Week was last week and I caught up with an old high school friend who doing fashion as a career- I admire him so much because one I find it so inspiring to to be able to enter the fashion industry but then again I know that he's been working on it for a while now. It was so good to talk to him about all this stuff that I can rarely discuss with other people (dw it's all fashion related) and he showed me some of the videos he took including this one model tripping. Oh and I got to keep some of the stuff in the goodies back so now I have a rouge by this Japanese brand (:

Back onto the main topic

So Better and I went to the last Reebonz offline sale at Sheraton on the Park but back then there wasn't we liked plus the sale wasn't all that great. Today was the Flagship store opening and OMG there was a crowd this time, probably because it wasn't tucked away in some hotel room. The Coupons, ahh I love them Better texted me when I was running from uni to the city and she pulled out the 99% off coupon. Not even kidding it is legit 99% off just that it's only on selected products and by the time I got inside most of the shelves there were bare, either lots of people got the 99%off coupon or they grabbed the bag and dumped it elsewhere. So we roamed around several times, there some decent bags but one thing you should remember with Reebonz is that they do hype up their prices so the saving they offer you isn't as good as you think it is. Guess what guys, I didn't impulse buy today (strictly speaking), I went in with two things on my mind a Hermes Birkin which is impossible and a YSL cabas chyc bag or a Lady Dior. So....... I kinda bought the newer version of the YSL cabas bag but in my defence it was something that I've had my eye on for a while and yes I will use it, just that I kinda wish I had an office job atm. Walked out and I kinda wanted the satisfaction of buying something ridiculously cheap so tried the lucky dip once more (I got a few weird looks from this security guy), the first time was some random voucher and then on my third go (including when I first went inside) I pulled out the 99% coupon so we went back inside and yeah.... hehehe I bought this Gucci bag for $10 BARGAIN (: did I mention that Better got a Marc Jacobs bag RRP 1500 for $15 ahhh that wonderful feeling.

Average (Bro) joined us inside and then we went off to Westfield Sydney so that Better could finally try Snag and Stand and yes she agrees with me when I say that their gourmet sausages are put simply, sausages. I'm sorry but I don't really appreciate sausages because at the end of the day it's usually off cuts of meat with lots of fat so it ain't dry, I mean I get that it's gourmet but regardless of that it's still a god damn sausage and that is why I can never agree with anything Dan and Step say on MKR because they are forever embedded in my head as the sausage couple. Then we went to YogurtWorld and OH YEAH we have 10 stickers so free frozen yogurt (Better don't you go without me).

Rest of the day was rushing back to uni in time for lecture, hanging with secret group during lecture, and then after where we bought a meatbox. I have finally tried it though not by myself but since I've tried it, I don't think I would ever attempt this supposed challenge. Oh and don't judge when I rant on about handbags, this is just one of my few hobbies/interests/whatever, some of you guys have gaming or something else that eats away/ place to splurge your $$$.

#402 - Smile

 We're always our harshest critics.

 

EDIT: On sugar babies (Grapeshot). Who ever thought of it that way? Haha

2 posts I was venting about my pet peeve, but here's a very nice guide that'll help to clarify any issues or serves as a good read whilst procrastinating (:
Today was also a laughably sad day - I got rejected by one Maccas store for "availability" problems -_- Seriously?! It's like I'm cursed to never find a part-time job, and god knows how many I've applied for in retail / customer service. The paradox of companies advertising for job applicants, but never giving a chance to people like "unsuitable" me :( I think at this stage, it's time to go volunteering...

#401- Wallabies

Hey guys, just got back from Law Camp and as usual I came back craving food and a little sleep. Did you  know that I went back to the place that I went to for my year 7 Orientation camp - ahh good times with Reflectica and Daisy <3 It was so nostalgic catching the ferry from the train station (aka the schoolies train with my gay lover), via the same route that I took 6 years ago, then it was the same walk passing by the high ropes and flying foxes and such forth. This kinda of got me thinking but I'm not sure if you're interested but maybe sometime down the track, do you guys want to go back to Collaroy and hire some cabin if that is at all possible without bringing the whole enchilada. Anyhow, back to the story, first everyone arrived at the dining hall for speed dating and then we pretty much just joined any cabin we wanted.This time round, I went to the first one that was called Wallaby because we wanted to be on meal duty first so we could avoid it later on. I think I was in Burrawang in year 7 but I can't confirm because I never made the trek to someone else's cabin.

Going to be lazy now, there was trivia + pj party, mafia in our cabin, hilarious moments that can only be communicated orally, killing time at beach, billionaire (I bought my own 365 friend), poker, scavenger hunt, onesie into the wild party, truth or truth, I have never, dnms (I guess). I think that's most of it (:

Also, 365 friend rest assured, I didn't go crazy and yay for tmr because Better and Batter are visiting (: and OMG SLEEPOVER HURRAY but then there's law case note D;

Oh and I finally found this today, it's our year 12 variety night finaleclick here

#400 - Just like 'em old times

Finally V, Ar & I get our long awaited mid-sem break! WHOOOOO :) Also somehow F and R just unintentionally bumped into us when we were like a group of (seemingly haggling) but definitely highly excitable women in the middle of the shopping centre :P - really coincidental, yet really great because we just decided to hang out back in those days. Then we managed to see thirty people we knew...but I guess that's what happens when you go to Parra - you see everybody.
Ultimately we went off to Pho Pasteur for dinner - the four of us thought the Parra branch was subpar, photos were not appealing and thus the food generally was as such, but service was good. LOLOL to Faiz who managed to regurgitate some of my beef (it really was that bad) at the exact time the maitre d' came over to refill our tea! (Thank you James Patterson for introducing me to such classy vocabulary!)
However, our bad experiences of the main meals were slightly alleviated by a dessert called something along the lines of 'Three bean ....shaved ice dessert" - delicious! Will only visit to get that dessert / drink and to get a nice atmosphere for dnms :)
And because we were all happy Apple fangirls....here's a compilation of our exciting day after uni:

whooooo

god haha I proclaim myself to be the Queen of Expressions - expression 1 - major sleaze.

expression 2 - aggro / ranting / the f--- face?

three awesome people and our not so delectable food

The dessert / drink that redeemed Pho Pasteur!

A typo that made me burst into fits of laughter :) 

expression 3 - excited =O

:)

expression 4 - =P

WHOO we all represented different universities!

    
Holy shit, today was one of the best days I've had as of late - thanks guys! It's provided a welcome relief from our daily tedious cycles and assuaged me of the emotion of missing people I usually saw for more than two-thirds of the year and known for four years and counting, the people who I've merged personalities with and I just jabber away with ease in their company, no fake facades necessary and no forced laughter or having to bear the awkwardness of listening to the conversation because you don't know how and what to contribute (man I am frequently in this unfortunate situation because everyone else in the conversation know each other very well). I mean I'm extroverted around people I'm comfortable around, but I appear so introverted at uni because I don't know anyone, and if I do know people from high school, I don't think we'll ever be good to chill since our personalities are worlds apart and we have nothing in common, and also because I' m not yet comfortable, and am still slowly warming up to others. I've made friends at uni, but the thing is, we're at that level where we're good to grab a coffee and sit down for a chit chat, hang out, and talk to each other in classes, but we're still not comfortable enough with each other to warrant outings in the break, just saying, "Hey see you after the break! Have a good one and take care!" I just hope we'll get better as time passes.
I will be having more food adventures later- cheap joints with decent food and great company will make me a happy chap. I also think it'll be a while since I blog anymore about my thoughts on touchy issues (a la feminism - yes V I know we are at loggerheads regarding this, rants, women being treated badly, politics, world issues?) since most people I know do just blog about their daily lives. But I will continue to blog about the things I'm passionate about and will write when something major pops up.

#399- 10 000 words

Wow it seems like forever since I last posted. Did anyone catch the train last friday if so, I think we share the same frustration towards cityfail. If you had no idea what happened then there was an issue with the overheads at Normanhurst which mean NETWORK BREAKDOWN- trains which come 30minutes late, cancelled trains and fail communication and service. One day I shall write a 10 000 word essay about all of the horrid experiences that I had to endure to every minister responsible for our trains and obviously the executives of Cityfail. So if you've ever been as frustrated as myself, I urge you to write down what happened and one day we shall collate it all and make our voice heard (oh god that sounds so cheesy). Oh and that day I had to cancel my appointment in the city but luckily I didn't make the trek there. Once I heard of the delays I caught the train to sevo to catch an express except that was merged with the train that went to my station so I got off at Pendle Hill once I knew that I had to cancel my appointment. By then the next train back to my station wasn't due for another 15minutes and I swear I have the lowest tolerance for waiting so I ended up walking all of Bung**** Rd to get home which mind you was faster than waiting for the train. SIGH

Saturday: Dandelion's birthday, btw Happy 18th Birthday Dandelion!!! It was so good to catch up with everyone, sometimes I wonder what it would have been like if I went to UNSW.....

 Does anyone else think that Nancy looks at bit like no face here?

Monday: Caught train with Average (or Bro), I hate it when the person in the front of the queue takes forever to get their credit card to work. Got to Redfern, met/caught up a whole heap of med/law kids, I think it was the biggest congregation. After law lecture, I went an interesting adventure to Bosch with my law friends while we looking for ChocSoc pancakes. Had pancakes then 365 friend joined us and a bunch us walked to Newton to get Yogurberry- 50% (:

Tuesday- UNSW bro came to visit (: You should've heard what he said when he recounted his walk from the station, "the ugly building with the ugly S shaped chairs".  Lunch + catch up talk at Maki Maki in Broadway then we browsed the shopping centre before lining up for free Ben and Jerry's which 365 friend joined us for. We ended up going to Central so I could send them off and kill time there whilst waiting for Elisa too bad we ran into 2 Baulko med kids who were going to go get Ben and Jerry's and that meant Round 2- hahaha. Sent off 365 friend, got to Ben and Jerry's again and met some uni friends and finally Elisa arrived. Brief recount over.

Oh and to Sweet and V I'm sure you know I'm a serial grammar offender (: Sorry for my rambles which only make sense to me :P but I'm sure that you both know me well so understanding my words shouldn't be a challenge for you guys.

#398 - "Advice"

Lengthy train of thought about a multitude of issues. Be warned, I have "controversial" views you may not agree with (:    

So there's a "controversial" piece floating around on SMH - some people totally espouse her views, others just argue that she's spouting rubbish. I myself don't know what to think, I do think some of her words are harsh but true. However I do know that I am going to uni because I want to make my own future in order to 1) [hopefully] do something awesome for one bit of society, 2) ultimately not to depend on someone else financially because...if I can support myself, then why the hell not!
Yet I'm a bit astounded to know that girls in the 1950's went on to take further education for getting a partner! Of course if you're interested in getting a family of your own sometime in the future, it's nice to get a partner...but to go to college / uni for the sole purpose of finding a well-off decent guy you can later make your hubby later on?!! I don't quite understand. Sadly, there's still a plethora of male chauvinist pigs around (sorry if you take offense, I don't mean everyone, but come on, it's an ubiquitous notion - there are always some dickheads in every historical period). I'm like the female version of
Also I know this is also another point of controversy: women quitting their jobs to become full-time mums and look after their kids while the hubby is the breadwinner (oh, tradition!). I don't quite grasp that concept either (I've been "influenced" / brainwashed from reading feminist discourse about the lack of a fulfilling life if you're always carrying out domestic duties) but who knows? Maybe I may change my mind in the future... I don't know. And isn't there a 'myth' that women can't have it all - family and work?

Anyway I digress. I always end up jabbering away so much about things I feel strongly about, and feminism is one of those issues...oh no, I feel myself going back to jabbering, but screw it, here's the ensuing train of thought - is feminism still relevant now, in the 21st century? A lot of generation X / Y'ers (whatever generation I'm in) apparently don't like to think they're feminists, namely because of the stereotype perpetuated by earlier feminists (who were freaking awesome in my opinion, and used brute force to get the rights we ultimately have today as females). In essence, they're fearful of being labelled "feminist" in a scornful tone, since it elicits negative connotations about who they are and their identity, but yet they do share the same beliefs of having equal pay for equal work, sex discrimination and so forth.

Yet there's also something called "raunch culture" - something I personally have a strong aversion to. I can't be bothered to explain it, but I'm pretty sure that everyone is aware of this notion, but just didn't know its name. It's highly prevalent in our society, and I think it's a pretty shit form of so-called "empowerment". Can't girls find empowerment through some other way? But yet the irony of this issue is that feminism also has some doctrine where females can do whatever they want with their bodies, no one can dictate what they can or cannot do - Slut Walk, for example (alright I espouse that one). Anyway I'll end my rant (?) / train of thought here because I've exhausted my brain...

My pet peeve:
I'm a grammar Nazi / spelling Nazi. I hate it when people have insufficient grasp of the English language, especially if their first language is English. I was doing group work with someone today and I corrected countless spelling and grammatical errors to the point I was thinking: "I judge you so much! You don't even proofread your own work!"
- Professional spelt proffesinal (*silent tear*)
- Reassignments spelt reassighnments
- Perceived spelt percieved (*cringe*)

I also judge people who can't tell the difference between: 
- Its and it's
- There, their, they're
- You're and your
- Bare and bear
- Affect and effect
- Then and than
- Complement and compliment 
- Loose and lose (far out, it's not "I want to loose ___")
- Principal  and principle
- Could have, would have, should have (what the flying f--- is this shit: could of, would of, should of ?!)




I think it's the worse when journalists can't tell the difference and thus it makes them sound really...uneducated. I cringe whenever I see people make these mistakes...

Okay last point, I second Bitter's frustration with Cityrail....today was definitely a major fuck up for trains - how is it that other countries can maintain better system control / have barely any overhead wiring problems when Sydney is frequently plagued by these issues?

So that was a lengthy post, and no nothing bad happened to me today, I'm not having a particularly shitty day, I'm not angsty or PMS-ing (*rolls eyes*), this was all my train of thought. Till next time!

#397- Frustration

I don't think I need to explain myself when I say that cityrail sucks and hence why we call it shittyrail or city fail. Yesterday I had an appointment at the city at 12:30 so I caught the 11:24 train from my stop and guess what I got to Town Hall at 12:26 even though the timetable said 12:10. 15 FRIGGEN MINUTES LATE and I love being punctual... hahaha I kinda ignored that rule on Monday but that's a different story. How the hell do you lose 15minutes? Oh and I should mention that they didn't announce anything which just left me fuming while we were crawling towards the city. I should also mention the fact that it was a Hornsby service via Chatswood which means all stops from Town Hall onwards except when we got to Central they mysteriously cancelled half of those stops. Way to exceed our service expectations guys. Anyhow, how do you waste 15minutes simple stop at Strathfield for 5minutes, stop at Central for 5minutes and along the way i.e. between Granville and Lidcombe stop midway or move slowly and by slowly the kph is not even worth measuring.

So that left me with approx 4minutes to run from Town Hall to St James and omgsh it was so embarrassing because I was in wedges with a backpack so guess who looked extremely awkward as they tried to manoeuvre between all the office people. RAWR

I'll leave it at that, I'll post on other blog soon about Crinitis catchup and Bondi expedition which was so fun and I should mention that 365 friend are I are planning Round 2.

Anyhow I stumbled upon this..... I found it very odd, yes I shall use this word and leave it to you as to what I mean by it.


OMGGGG i totally forgot to mention this 2 months ago but happy 3rd anniversary YONGSEO my inner goguma is fangirling like crazy atm. To top that off I'm procrastinating so badly atm by watching fmv of you guys especially the one for 2013 (:

I have got to meet the people who sent this through!

The photos just sum up how I'm feeling right now and damn I wish I was in Melbourne so I could witness this for myself

#396 - Croods

It was a toss-up between Oz or Django, but Jan and I thought kiddie films were our thing today. Very funny, animation was fabulously superb and I was on the edge of my seat most of the time :)
- finally tried cheap green tea ice-cream from Mizuya, don't think I'll be going again since the damn thing melts so fast and our frantic attempts at preventing it from getting on our fingers were futile -_-
- bumped into people from school
- unpredictable weather - too hot, too cold, too hot, too cold, never just right!
- more beef pho and sweet red bean drinks
- brought the heavy DSLR for the sake of taking photos, didn't check the condition beforehand, got to Redfern before I realised my dad removed the memory card -> unable to take pics, ended up lugging the fat thing around for no reason, d'oh.
- Cinebuzz  were doing double points today and I forgot to take out my card...there goes a wasted opportunity 

just like old times my fave train buddy (: hadn't seen her in 1.5 months!

=D

Alright well I'm ending the post on this note, gotta finish an assessment due tomorrow,
Ciao ^_^