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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

~ 6:21 PM ~

In my last minute desperate bid for being prepared, I went out and bought myself a brand spanking new digital camera. I had seen the Finepix Z3 on the DSE website on sale for $199 (down from $400ish) so i ran in to grab it. Unfortunately, the man disagreed with me and we stood their with our price showdown for one hour whilst i argued that the website price should be honoured, and he argued that there "must" be a mistake given that the cost price of the camera was $300...

I stood my ground, told Hao about my ordeal (he had earlier gone to check the cameras out for me), and I won.. WOOT

Anyways, I'm a TERRIBLE backpacker. I will never fully be a backpacker because I love the comforts of my wardrobe, my bed and shopping too much. I am having lots of trouble compromising on what to bring and what to leave behind.. my backpack is just not zipping up :( boohisssssssssssss

Anyhoo, hope you have a great easter break.. will try and take happy snaps on my way to everest! ta-ta!

Labels: gadgets, nepal

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

~ 9:02 AM ~

Just because I like to play along and because It's a lazy Sunday morning and my body clock is overly confused by the end of daylight savings!:

Four Jobs You've Had in your Life:

Child labour at my parents' deli (a characteristic of most asian kids childhoods)
Seafood Assistant at Action Supermarkets (Gosh , I stunk daily)
Sandwich Artiste at Subway (Yes Jason, I was an Artiste!)
Glorified admin assistant at an Insurance Company with a smart sounding title

Four Films You'd Watch Over and Over:

The Last Samurai - that last scene where everyone dies is a tearjerker for me
Sweet Home Alabama - How lucky was Reese Witherspoon ? McDreamy AND Mr Rugged Blue Eyes *drools*
Batman Begins *sheepish smile*
Ghost - Because I like to cry and weep

Four Places You've Lived:

Malacca, Malaysia
Puchong, Malaysia
Perth, Australia

Gee, I haven't lived in many places.. :(

Four TV Shows You Love to Watch:

Grey's Anatomy
Prison Break
Desperate Housewives
One Tree Hill

And every korean drama series there is :)

Four Places You've Been Away:

Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Blue Mountains

(and lets not forget where I'm going this Thursday *woot*toot*woot*)

Four Websites You Visit Daily:

Labels: Misc

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

~ 5:19 PM ~

My sister has always been a little strange. She's one of those people that comes across as a little bit eccentric and perhaps a bit nutty. People say that i'm bubbly, and Chris once told me that I was a bit too much sunshine in his day... But when they meet my sister, they often think twice about their evaluation of me. In Andy's words, my sister is like me, but high on caffeine.

So it was her birthday last Friday, and the girl decided to throw herself a party on the weekend. Strange as she was, stranger was her friends.

One of the gifts?

"The Book of Bunny Suicides" by Andy Riley. On the cover, it says "If you are a bunny contemplating suicide, then this is the book for you". I don't know, but if you substituted bunny with "person" then that book wouldnt be so funny. Actually, the book is bizarre to say the least. But I thought i'd share it with you! I mean, who would I be to not share such interesting things?

Labels: Books

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

~ 6:52 AM ~

My dream of hospitalization dashed

For the last few days, I have been rather sick and have had to even spend a bout in hospital. Previous to this, the only time I had ever stayed in hospital was when I was a wee bub and was hospitalized for eating too many lychees. Almost 15 years later, I had to spend some time at Sir Charles Gairdner, where I was being treated for a virus/infection in my colorectal area. Basically, I spent my time nauseous, vomiting, and passing out blood.

For the last 15 years, I had always thought it would be great for me to go to hospital. I wanted to have a nice little room, to have lots of visitors, lots of cards, flowers and bears, and lots of little gifts. Nope. I hated it. I spent all my time on my back, and when I was cold, the nurses wouldnt let me have extra blankets (I was running a bit of a fever, so they said it was so that I could cool down). I did gets lots of messages and lovely thoughts, but it just didnt feel the same as what I had imagined hospitals to be like. It was really boring more than anything.

Finally, I decided to pretend I was getting better. I told them I wasn't hungry (i was STARVING but the thought of waiting more hours for food just deterred me), I told them I could get up and about (despite the fact that each time I got back, I almost blacked out), and that I had no nausea or pains left (eek lie). Eventually I got discharged, only to be bedridden again at home because I was so iv-ed and doped up I couldnt do anything at home. *sigh*.

One thing good came out of it though! I met my mcDreamy. haha. His name is Mark, he was tall, rugged and an emergency department consultant. I pointed him out when my brother came to visit, but my brother shook his head,laughed at me and told me I must be really drugged up because Mark wasn't rugged at all. If anything, he was dirty. Oh well, happy to have the drugs lie to me at that instance. Hospital would've been an entire waste of time if my mcdreamy didnt surface.

Also, thanks to all those messages, phone calls and sms i got over the past few days. I was pretty doped up and spent most of my time sleeping so wasn't able to answer or call or sms everyone back. But I love that you love me *grins*

Labels: life

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

~ 8:00 PM ~

BEIJING -- For years, foreigners in China have delighted in the loopy English translations that appear on the nation's signs. They range from the offensive ("Deformed Man," outside toilets for the handicapped) to the sublime (on park lawns, "Show Mercy to the Slender Grass").

Last week, Beijing city officials unveiled a plan to stop the laughter. With hordes of foreign visitors expected in town for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing wants to cleanse its signs of translation nonsense. For the next eight months, 10 teams of linguistic monitors will patrol the city's parks, museums, subway stations and other public places searching for gaffes to fix.

Already, fans of the genre are mourning the end of an era, and some Web sites dedicated to it have seen traffic spike. The bewildering signs were "one of the great things we want to show people visiting us," says financial-services consultant Josh Kurtzig, a Washington native who lives in Beijing. Correcting them is "really taking away one of the joys of China."

(sourced from: The Wall Street Journal, 2007)

*sheds a tear* god i love those signs.

Labels: news

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Monday, March 05, 2007

~ 8:46 AM ~

When my boyfriend moved out to Kalgoorlie, there was always the comfort of knowing that he would be out there for a limited amount of time and would come back to Perth once that time was up. The plan was for him to come back, do a FIFO job, and we could live happily ever after.

Sometimes though, life throws you a few quirks along the way - quirks that force you to re-examine what you want and where you're going.

I always knew in the back of mind that him being a mining engineer would perhaps require me to make sacrifices on my behalf, as the scope of a mining engineer is limited to, well, a mine more or less.

But when I was asked if I would consider moving to Kalgoorlie (nothing confirmed, just a passing remark), I baulked at the thought. For one, I'd be giving up the life that I have here - great friends, an established job, my routine basically. But at the same time, I am not against moving to Kalgoorlie - I think it's a cute little town, but I just don't know how my city-girl influences will go living in a mining town. It's okay for me to go out there for work, but to live there?

I suppose i"m just scared - scared that I wont fit in, scared that I won't make any friends, scared that life for me there would consist of hermitting and not having a life outside...

So people that have moved or ever considered it , what was the defining criteria that tilted your answer? Was it hope of a more busier life (I suppose Melbournites differ here to Kalgoorlie-ites), was it a chance to start afresh, was it a move for love?

Labels: life

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

~ 8:10 PM ~

Well, I disappeared again - but for a good reason. The last few days have certainly been scary to say the least. My dad, as most of you know, is my only living parent. My mother passed away when I was but 12 , and really, my dad is the only one I have left. My closest older relatives are in Malaysia , Singapore, New Zealand - and while my makeshift uncles and aunties and close family friends , they're certainly no replacement for a parent.

My dad fell in on Tuesday. He woke me up with his vomiting, and after I tended to him, I left for work and my brother looked after him thinking it was just food poisoning. During the day, I called back home to ask how he was and my brother informed me that an ambulance had been called but they said he would be okay and didnt need to go to hospital.

So I settled a little after an initial panic, and then went on to play netball for James' team. Coming home, I noticed missed calls and sms' on my phone telling me that he was in hospital...

I didnt have my keys so I had to ask Jess and Stophe to drive me to Charlies... there, we waited for 6 hours till we got some news and he had to stay in..

Waiting for news on someone who has been admitted to hospital has to be one of the excrutiating waits there is... you have to wait hours, with others that are also worried and "in line" to find out info... the fact that other people are crying, yelling, or just worried makes u feel even worse...

But anyways, it's now Thursday and my dad has been discharged and is resting at home. It's been a relief because on Tuesday night he couldnt open his eyes without getting sick. He can now walk a little (but is still wobbly), and we are making sure someone is home to look after him.

So there's the rollercoaster few days that we call life.

Labels: life

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