Saturday, March 27, 2010

i just can't slow down..

Today was suppose to be one of those days where I can wake up late, meet my parent's friend's daughters and go to lunch with them, walk around East Perth area, pack, catch a few ZzzZzz's then dinner with my friends before I'm off to the airport.

Alas, that didn't happen. I ended up waking up at 8:30am, cleaned my room, semi-packed (still not quite finished), did the whole hosting lunch/walk thing, getting flowers because my future cousin in law's dad just past away and I'm still to attend dinner. I'm seriously exhausted.

5 days off work, Chicago last night, whirlwind day today. OMG. I really need to slow down and do nothing and just relax.

This holiday is going to be another whirlwind - IT's going to be FANTASTIC. But exhausting. Especially tonight. Sleep is going to be minimal.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

it's sooo pwetttii

This is what one of my very very hippie and slightly crazy (nice crazy) patient gave me.

A flower. It's pink and it's pretty.


Taken by my dodgey phone camera

He actually quite sweet and remembers my nationality and he gave me this flower all because I commented how pretty the flowers in his hair were.

Like I said. He was a hippy patient. AND NO he was not old. Probably in his mid-twenties.

AND Although this is sweet and all and makes you feel appreciated. I am also scared. I don't like the attention.

But doesn't looking at the flower make you happy? It makes my day brighter! ^_^


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

"Hi Everybody, I'm a Coffee Addict."

 I'm so ashamed of myself. I got myself off coffee straight after VIVA exams have finished, only to land right back to where I started. I am officially back to square one. I am back to time where I can't function without at least one cup of coffee. This is bad. Because, now I can't function without a cup of coffee, but then a cup of coffee means that I can't sleep, because I'm not actually that tired that I need one, I just have to have one, as a pick me up. And it's also not good, because I don't want coffee stained teeth.

I am now going to put myself back onto a coffee detox... but maybe after I get back from Melbourne.

Monday, March 22, 2010

we FINALLY have rain!

Talk about expelling the dry spell. The storms have finally hit Perth and boy did we cope it!

It was fantastic, slightly scary, lots of flooding, abandoned cars, no traffic lights, lightning, thunder, heavy rain (making it absolutely impossible to see) and of course, getting completely drenched in the rain on my way to my car and I mean drenched as in I looked like a drowned rat.


Rockeby Rd Subiaco


Some dudes in wetsuits and surfboards taken by PB

I hate the fact that it took me 1.5 hour to get home and having to abandoned my usual route home (i was only 1km away) and had to u-turn completely and take another route.

ALAS I had fun.

I love storms.

ps. I did not take any of the above photos - I thought about taking photos of what I saw, then decided I valued my life over blogging about it HAH

beautiful day - U2

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day


I can so relate to it.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

sprinkling a bit of magic onto your outfits...

The following photos are from a range of sources - from different people - all very creative.

They have worn outfits which alludes to fictional characters. They are some of my favourite pieces at the moment.


A hint of Alice

Snorlax (pokemon) inspired dress 


This outfit just oozes character - i'm not specifically sure which cartoon/character she is..

 
Very Frenchie - and I don't know, when I first saw it, it reminds me a mimes?


Something Gretel would wear in Hansel and Gretel
The above photos were from Lookbook.Nu



Wednesday Addams - I always liked her


This outfit for some reason is what I imagine Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz COULD wear - just needs the red sparkling shoes.


Minnie Mouse inspired

The above photos are from Alex @ The Cherry Blossom Girl

 
If only my wardrobe have pieces that comes even close to assembling outfits like the above.
So that way, on the days when I feel old, I can always look towards sprinkling a little bit of magic by creating a look purely inspired by fictional characters.

I guess thats where going to Melbourne and shopping comes in handy.

On another note, I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. 
Because mine was filled with creative writing, drinking imported wine, sending my tastebuds to orgasmic new heights at Must Winebar, gushing over possible prince charming, and earning some cash to take me on a whirlwind adventure.

Friday, March 19, 2010

excitements

I'm so excited about my trip to Melbourne it's not funny. I've been there a few years ago to go shopping, but this trip, this time, it's different. I feel as though I deserve this. I need this. I haven't felt this excited or this happy and ecstatic in ages. It's undescribable. I realised that I must have been so complacent and so blahsay about my life, hence all those quarter life crisis moments.

I now have something to look forward to. This Melbourne trip is more than just a shopping trip. I'm going with one of my best girlfriends and as soon as we arrive we have a concert booked in, we seeing The Lost Prophet.

We've also booked a date with Frank Woodley and Will Anderson (whom, for some strange reason I always think is Lano - I don't know why, I mean they look NOTHING alike and Will Anderson is 100x cuter!!! and I've seen both of these guys live and I still get confused!!).

We've also decided that we should go to Victoria's countryside as well, as to the specific location - no idea - but this is all depending on the weather, which, unlike Perth, is not guaranteed to be sunny (it'd be the opposite).

I'm also excited about the food aspects of Melbourne too! I didn't get to do a lot of culinary exploring last time I was in Melbourne so this time my aim is to try as many places as possible without blowing my whole budget! Having said that though, S, V and I are apprently having degustation at Vue De Monde - it's French - so should be fabulous - which also means that I have to find a nice dress/outfit in Melbourne somewhere.

So yes, I'm very excited and can't wait until my break!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

euphoria





YOU fill my day with smiles and uncontrollable laughter. Everything seems so much easier.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

mental note..



Dear self,

Don't worry, it is the sky that has stolen your heart,
you didn't lose it.






Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HELL YES FOR SPONTANEITY!

I love being spontaneous!

S and I just decided to go to Melbourne. We just booked our flights and our accommodation.

12 more days!

WHO SAID everything needs to be planned??

I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.

I'm so glad I have friends who can read my mind and my emotions without me having to utter any words or expressions.

I love you all so dearly.





Thank you.

Monday, March 15, 2010

"mashmallows reminds me of clouds"

I love watching the sky, especially on days when there are fluffy white clouds. I'm ever so grateful for the blue blue sky we have and the fact that we can even see the sky at all.

I can lie on the grass all day and just watch the clouds drift by. Like I used to do when I was little and like I did a while back, when I took these photos.



I be gazing once again at the skies soon and realise how small and insignificant I am compared to the wonders of this world.

Love is a temporary madness

 "I'm so happy that I can hug you!" she squealed.

"But I don't think you would want me to hug you." she continues, with an unsure giggle and a cheeky smile.

He looked at her a little puzzled. "And why wouldn't I want to....?"

She looked down, away from his gaze, ignoring his question.

She smiled to herself thinking, "I'm falling for you". 

He stared at her quizzically. Confused. Puzzled. Intrigued. 

Sunday, March 14, 2010

"We should be lovers, and that's a fact." - Moulin Rouge

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.



Please put me out of my misery and just ask me out already. I'm sick of playing all these games.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

"we are engaged!"

I feel so old. I complain about this all the time, but I really am getting old. You know this when you look at your teenage cousins and wish that you can dress up or fancy dress up and know that what you be doing is dancing around to music at one of your friend's backyards, instead of sitting around eating, drinking and talking with music in the background. What happened to all that craziness? all that fun? all that laughter? When did we become so self-conscious so boring that we forget to let our hair down and do a crazy dance?

To top it all of, you know you getting old when almost everyone - well all the couples in the long-term relationships - around you start to get engaged and you hear all the sweet and creative proposals. Either that or included with that is the whole buying a house thing.

The problem with this whole growing up thing is that I don't feel grown up. It's not that I don't want to grow up. I mean when I was about 10 all I wanted to do was grow up - have my freedom, independence and do what I wish (within reason of course), but now that I'm independent, with a career, with freedom to do whatever I wish, I don't want that other stuff. The whole buy a house (even if it is for investment), find someone to settle down with, act more mature, stop giggling so much and finding amusement in little things, be a boring fart. I don't want that.

I am older, I am not that teenager, but I still want to giggle and laugh at stupid things, I don't want an investment home or a house for me yet, because I don't want that mortgage, I want to travel. I want to walk throught the streets of New York, drink coffee at a cafe in Paris, see Rome at its best, lose money in Vegas, laugh and cry at the same time. As for settling down? It'd be nice if I can find a person to share my adventures with, but I'm not fussed, I'm happy just meeting people for now, it's rather enriching, but I wouldn't want to get married young. I have too many other things I want to do, to see, to explore.

GOD, I hate growing up. Time just seems to fly by so much faster.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

my almost Christian Louboutin moment..

sorry for the lack of updates - have been working, watching movies, catching up with friends and attempting to study (somewhat - nothing is getting done). I managed to fit in a shopping trip though. I ended up with getting a Cellini Sport bag for work. I also bought these look-a-like Christian Louboutin boots Fifre - except instead of all leather, its made from suede. IT's exactly the same style except it's fraction of the price.



Robert Robert - $215



The Christian Louboutin Fifre Booties - granted they look hot, they still just a pair of shoes and it's $1800 in Perth (although I think on the net they are on sale for $USD 654 which is too much.

But I'm starting to think I should return them. Thank God i didn't get the real thing ays? I might stick to getting my Chloe quitted leather pumps instead.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

i was made for the role of sleeping beauty...

I've never felt more exhausted than now.

I could probably fall asleep right here, right now for 100 years.


I really can't wait until I get my life back and working six days a week comes to an end. I'm going into my fifth week and it's killing me.

At least for now, I try to get as much of my beauty sleep as possible.

Friday, March 5, 2010

falling down the rabbit hole..

I just saw the best re-make of Alice in the Wonderland to date.


Tim Burton is a master of his field - hands down - no competition.

The costumes were surperb. The characters were rejuvernated and so alive!! The actors - FANTASTIC! (*SWOON johnny depp* - he's just one of a kind)

The 3D animations were spectacular and I was captivated by Underland!

I won't spoil it. I recommend you go see ALICE IN WONDERLAND!!

by TIm Burton (and I didn't realise that it was also a disney movie!)


Anyway, it's past my bedtime - I'm completely knackered, exhausted, tired - been a long long long week that never seems to end (still have tomorrow - thank GOD it's Friday!) and the movie finished late - but I had to post about it, it's just fantastic. I wouldn't mind seeing it again!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

i'm really not that picky.. honest...

People have this preception of me - that I'm fussy, expects perfection, looking for perfection where it doesn't exist - in relations to looking for my other half.

I really am not that picky - honest..

It's just I don't see why I should settle for anyone - after all they should at least have similar standards, morals, principles as me and is all in all a gentleman - understanding, caring, and isn't afraid of someone that's independent.

If that is asking a lot - then I'm sorry - I refuse to accept anything less than a man.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Labour Day Weekend..

WARNING: *long wor-dy, "this is what happened" post ahead!*

I love how we have all these long weekends - some of which I don't even know why they are there or whether it's of any significance. This weekend happened to be labour day long weekend.

It wasn't exactly "labour" free, so it wasn't  a long weekend for me, having to work both Sunday and Monday, but it's definately one of the better weekends I've had in a long time. I actually pushed myself to go out - drunk lots of coffee to help do that!! - instead of just coming home from working and setting my butt in front of the square box.

My weekend started on Thursday (sort of - well at least the "let your hair down" bit did - not that anything was extreme - but it beats TV!). I went out with JJ - we stopped at ikea for JJ's $2.50 dinner (LOL such a cheapie student!!) and for the jam donuts, before having iced mocha, maltesars at the movies.We watched From Paris with Love - surprisingly good, but probably due to John Travolta's character, otherwise the movie would be pretty bad. He just made the movie. We both went home pretty satisfied and tired!

Friday night at San Churros I managed to squeeze in a rant and rave session with my friends. I was sooo upset from a day of hell that I ended up eating one of their raspberry, vanilla ice-cream and churros dessert and having a cookie cha cha shake. Good desserts are always so damn good. Then we browsed around the closed shops of Subiaco - I managed to find some awesome boot at Hoobs which I promised I will get, but probably not until next Saturday afternoon or a Thursday night if I'm in desperate need of shopping (which I think I am, because I haven't gone on a shopping mission in a while and Autumn should be around the corner and I just love autumn/winter fashion stocks!!).

Saturday was the usual Chinese school - which I'm enjoying greatly. It was also a very hot, so cancelled my lunch date with S. She kindly informed me that where Mr. Samurai restaurant was there is now a brand new Japanese restaurant - have to try it out one day, and it better be exceptional because I loved Mr. Samurai and their awesome awesome awesome chicken katsu curry!!

Sunday was work, where I spent some of the time checking out my favourite fashion stores and compiling a list of must haves. Managed to squeeze in a fiori mocha, bought two cupcakes from babycakes for my brothers, ate yucky deli pasta salad and forget my laboratory manual from Curtin. I also made it to church, just before my car ran out of petrol - however I was smart enough to get it just to the station before it died - I'm awesome like that! Then we had a family outing to the movies to see Up in the Air. I didn't realise how old George Clooney got - I barely recognised him. The movie is interesting and could have easily been a boring film if it wasn't for the excellent cast and crew.

I managed to work on the public holiday but at Curtin. It was such an interesting experience guiding the third year pharmacy students. I'm actually really surprised as to how much I've retained, although I haven't done compounding in 3 years. It's so second nature - which is really good. But I have to learn to mark more consistently, but it was my first day, and what an awesome learning curve this whole teaching experience is. I love it. I'm hoping I can take on more marking, especially for fourth year students. I feel more comfortable with the dispensary, OTC and clinical topics. Compounding is just really technical and specific, which I guess is good, keeps me updated.

I ended my weekend at my aunty's 50th which was at The Cove. An indian restaurant in Attadale. I love how the restaurant is in an actual house - a huge house. The only problem I have though, is the fact that they only have one toilet. And I mean literally ONE female toilets! It's a little ridiculous. OH and with the food, some of it was a little salty and their beef is really dry and tough, but they do make good chicken and love their indian ice-cream!

Now, I'm exhausted. I have work tomororw - back to routine. I just pray it's not going to be crazy. But it probably would be, after all it's the day after public holiday. Seriously though, I need recovery time. Need my weekends back.

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