#118 - exploring in the name of Ancient

i went to macquarie uni today for an ancient history excursion. the museum of antiquities was quite nice, i:

-learnt that the wealthy in ancient times were fabulously loaded, to look and see, make theories and back up evidence and learnt how public toilets worked in rome, in detail... haha x)
-saw very ancient and weird things like a "phallic amulet" :O and a clay jug with the swastika
-saw an ancient unmummified girl's head with her nose and mouth punched by tomb robbers and a really grotesquely fascinating chopped off foot :D hope you all don't be feel grossed out by the graphic pics ^^ her hair is real btw, dyed by henna





do you know ancient history relates to everything we do in life? also you shouldn't always believe what people say. question their words secretly in your head.
with a serious expression, the instructor asked us really fast, "have you done the topic, 'forests in the deserts of egypt'?" of course, being non-thinkers and a big herd of sheep, 99.99% of the ancient people said, "no", including me, until duncan pointed out there were no forests in egypt =.= fail. moral is to think and don't be afraid to stand up for your opinions and theories and back them up.

epping station and macquarie uni station are very, very pretty. the architecture is so new age and the air smells so nice. the escalators and entrances to the platforms are amazingly gorgeous. i want to marry the architecture <3 and who ever knew you could get mX at macquarie? unfortunately today the paper had 20 pages about the wedding =.= and going home was awful. got to station at 3.10, 3.24 train cancelled, waited for the next train to come in 15 mins but got delayed by 10 mins, from epping, it was the all stop train that took 20 mins to get to stra -.- terrible service >:(











adorable random little kid running past who smiled for a photo!! ^O^


on the other hand, assessments :( :( :( time to unfortunately hardcore cram :( ciaooo

117- I is sad ): part 8

list of exams to sit:
1. Maths 2U
2. English Advanced T.T
3. Chemistry
4. English Extension
5. Maths Extension
6. Economic + Physics ( unfortunately they're on the same day~sigh)
okay so sat maths today and wow, hardest school maths test that i've sat so far. what am i feeling?

yeah i cant it explain but i'm glad that maths was today but i regret making so many silly mistakes and usually when i feel relatively confident/ okay about a maths test i dont do as well as i expected ):
yesterday my maths buddies and i had this epic one-sided discussion about how maths is so much better than english and yeah... we couldn't come up with any arguments as to why english is better
speaking about english; its on monday and im dreading it so much. i have mixed opinions about the 3 questions, i'm glad that the teachers gave them to us so it can minimise our pressure but they're so hard ><'' i feel very relieved after talking to my tutor, she's amazing and actually has the patience to put up with my fail english (thank you xC)

on another note has anyone realised the erosion of etiquette lately (i sound so englishy :$ ). so today when i walk home i have to cross this road okay and well at the crossing there's this sign

so when 20+ cars- drivers pass you and  make eye contact with you, you'd think they would bother to stop for a pedestrian i.e. me , btw i was waiting in the rain, and did i mention that i've been sick for a month yes...still! these littles things can make people's day and distract people from all the burdens of life. also there's a lack of transport ettiquette in this world; no offense to the people that go to my school but when we all caught the bus today to go parra, could one of you at least bothered to offer you seat to the public instead of ignoring them, fortunately this other passenger offered their seat which made me feel slightly better >=[

hmmm i should do english soon so ill leave you with this tip; that is, never buy processed cheese or this thing

but i suppose you can try it out for the lols- my mother bought this home from work the other day, it's part of the many wacky and strange products (mainly foods) that she tests. i tried using it when i was making carbonara today but it didnt have the effect that i wanted it to and to put it bluntly its annoying to use in cooking.

#116 - fuuu indeed.

steph: zomg
me: what?
steph: you look like a mushroom from the back! hahaha
me: you srs?!
steph: yup *takes a photo*
photo turns out to resemble something like this:


me: *inspects photo*


amount of stuff to be learn in five days:


reaction:

#115- Music is for the heart of our soul

the video below is an ad for docomo's touchwood phone but as much as i love docomo (if you know me well the you'll know my obsession over jap phones^^) this ad is so cool. i found it on my friend's blog and because its so amazing i shall share it with all of you =D btw this ad was created by using an insane quantity of wooden pieces to build a long downhill track/Xylophone that was able to reproduce Bach’s Cantata 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

 

oh another note went yum cha at stra i was disappointed with the many dishes that we ordered ):

 okay now to begin rant on the royal wedding. i only have one word to describe it: OVERRATED! in this modern day and age who could possibly care about two people that we are quite possibly, never going to meet... EVER. their wedding will of course be extravagant but what does that equal, big waste of money- hello aren't we in a GFC aka global food crisis. oh and there's those tacky and quite honestly horrid memorabilia that some loving citizens insist on buying and in large amounts as well (couldn't they of spent their hard earned money on something more useful?).

to top it all off theres news crews from around the world doing all these live coverages but who could be bothered to sit through such a boring event (although i just want to see what the cake looks like =D other than that i couldn't care less) why don't they report on something important other than this mediocre event. hey news crews did you know that there was an earthquake in japan yesterday [thanks for telling me sweet (: ].... guess not! because you're too busy creating all this hype about the royal wedding. ~end of rant 

#114 - from place to place

cabra: yum cha at iron chef today! super yummy azn food ftw
parra: ear piercings for sis, bargaining at paxtons + camerahouse+myer
auburn: continuation of bargaining at harvey norman; nothing bought, and haircut! yay for bobs, my fringe is a little short and unsightly, but no more awkward stage hair =]

and:
finally we ordered D90 + 18-105mm + battery + 8gb memorycard + uv filter + free postage kit on ebay for only $1100! best bargain ever?!! YAYYYYY!! kit shall be arriving within 3-6 days ;D and of course, being super cheap lovely asians, we get the item undervalued to avoid paying import tax and gst =D
oh and i tried the d90 and lens at myer. so pretty!! *-* i have never seen godly beauty comparable to the beauty i saw today through the lens =D aaaaahhh *sighs in happiness and proceeds to be in a fangirl state*

and:
now i will be sad. i have just realised my extreme screwed-ness for school. doomed to fail =[ first exam is bio, and i have no recollection of what i learnt. the most boring subject ever, so glad i'm dropping the damn thing in five months.

however, i'm still in a pretty good mood because my love will be arriving soon after a long anticipated waiting period (yes i refer to the camera as my love =D), so i will share a nice vid of the wonders of photoshop =D

#113- Memories (:

so yesterday because of an incident i ended up looking through my collection of photos mainly from birthday parties. but anyhow i shall share a fond memory of year 9 camp- although it was a leadership/ learning how to study camp i suppose it really made girra 2012 bond more so than before
does anyone remember this optical illusion:

 basically its one of those things that is used to test which side of the brain you use more. so if you see the woman spinning clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it. for more details click here.
random illusion to kill time =D
more memories:

me on the phone calling sweet (: cos she was an hour late =. =''

facepalm moment with JJ =D
it seems as though my parents cbb to go yum cha today so off to stra tmr- yay
sigh i just took a senses challenge and i got 8/20 = FAIL! wanna try it?
write your score in the shoutbox and be honest okay

#112 - king st. adventure

super long street with too many cafés, but ever so lovely with the most unique stores. i went yesterday with jess and half the shops were open. too bad all the op shops were closed ><
fav shops: mag nation, monster threads, art on king, the handmade everything shop, gould's bookshop (which is the biggest bookshop i've ever seen in my life), another cozy bookshop and random bakery with bread books near the counter.
my dad was quite discriminatory about newtown because of the people there =_= but it was very nice. and 99% of the young guys in newtown are sticks and all dress feminine. it was disappointing to only see two punks with crazy hair and fascinating to see a girl dressed like a gothic lolita.. oh and saw janna and her sis randomly at redfern around 5pm, we had a very random but nice convo (:


>cyanide & happiness book :O



the most attractive faces in the world, what do you think?





portrait faces!





best chairs in the world!



gould's bookshop! <3 i bought the da vinci code for $5 from here. rrp was $30 =D and it was in great condition too.







fact: we like to pose. weirdly..





king st <3