Doctor Martens was made in England..

I finally got a pair of Doc. Martens - the original - the pair i've got is being discontinued so it's still made in England with yellow stitchings and all. The latest ones unforunately are all made in China, cheaper labour.

I love these, it's blue, not white ones - which maybe I won't want after all, the blue is subtle blue, although in the photos it looks very blue, but it's due to the flash.

I just have to wear into them a bit more, at the moment it's all very shiny and the leather hasn't been worn in yet, so it looks too new for doc. martens.

It just means that I now have an excuse to jump in puddles when it rains! ^_^

Dress: Friends of Couture
Stockings: Platinum
Boots: Doc. Martens 

two girls... one guy... a beamer.. and shoes in our sand... part 2!

One of the best things about Perth is the weather and the nice beautiful clear water.. and of course beautiful beaches with white soft sand.. especially up north...

Autumn has been beautiful, sunny, but with a cool breeze, hinting that it isn't summer. It's oh so perfect.

It's especially perfect when you get to just sit on the soft white sand, take in the smell of salt and the ocean, gaze out at the calm ocean and appreciate everything you have. Eat homemade chicken and mayo sandwiches with your friends, laugh, talk, and realise that life isn't all about work and money, after all, what's money if you can't enjoy moments of idleness? of perfection? of doing nothing but relaxing? without laughter? God did we laugh.

At Lancelin Beach

Unforunately, we couldn't sit at the beach - wasn't made for it, so we decided instead of sitting on the lawn without any views of the ocean, we rather drive 10-20mins to Ledgepoint to have lunch instead.

Our neighbours little shelter @ Ledgepoint..



JT and S sitting up our picnic area under the shade..





Toasting with Coronas



Stranger fishing at Ledgepoint... there was also a windsurfer..







Tractors on the beach?... yes.. hmm..



S climbing more dunes... because the sand is sooo soft and white!

After playing in the sand and walking around Ledgepoint, we made our way to Moore River.. Where the river meets the Indian Ocean.. I'm so glad they revamp the place, it's so much more accessible and neater



The Moore River on the Left and the Indian Ocean on the Right



Canoes on the Moore River





This is taken by my mobile camera.. a panoramic view of Moore River meeting the Indian Ocean







Random Mechanical Pelicans..@ Moore River

That ended our adventures up North, before heading our way down to Perth, where we had to overtake 3 cars in a row because of some stupid drivers holding everyone up.. we ended up overtaking just before a bend.. which we discovered there was on-coming traffic.. which happened to be trucks.. so we were lucky that we just got back onto our side of the road!

Got to love roadtrips.

Of course, seeing as it is us.. we didn't call it a day when we reached "traffic" light zone.. we went to Hillaries to Hippos Creek where we dined on Crocodiles, Chicken and Cow.
Discovered someone was engaged.
Sort of saw the pretty colours of sunset.
Froze outside in the cold.
But went home very happy and tired.

weight loss

So I managed to lose and keep off the weight while in Melbourne despite all the eating - must be all that walking and the shopping.

But unforunately ever since arriving back in Perth, I been catching up with friends, eating out way too much, and not enough walking/running being done (only once a week is not exercise!), thus I believe I've gained 1kg.

Which is why I make this pledge...

I WILL KEEP OFF THE WEIGHT I HAVE LOST (3kg!!) AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE AT LEAST ANOTHER 5kg IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS (2.5 MONTHS)!

with that I will be going to a Step 'n' Tone class tomorrow and going running and of course limiting my eating to a maxmium of ONCE a week outing, which has been completed this week, as I went to Ciao Italia (which as usual did not disappoint!).

I'm feeling rather fat at the moment and I WILL LOSE THIS WEIGHT.

karma...

I've been giving advice, help and genuine favours for a while, and what I've found is that some people are complete and utter assholes and forget that where they are now is because you helped them out a great deal.

I just wish people would show more appreciation.

But in the mean time, if they don't I'm hoping karma would at least bring around something wonderful. Because I need all the wonderfuls I can get at the moment.

two girls.. one guy.. a beamer.. and shoes in our sand!... PART 1!

What do you do on a monday morning, where work does not beckon you and there is nothing but blue skies, sandy beaches and a beamer that's just been to the mechanics?

ROADTRIP of course!

S, JT and I took the long weekend Monday to drive up 127km (approximately 1hour 55mins) from Perth to Lancelin, meeting at JT's place, where we found him half dressed and half awake going.. "HUH WHY ARE YOU EARLY.. oh WAIT it's 830 already!"...

We loaded the beamer with food, drinks, and every junk food imaginable before heading onto wanaroo road and driving north, with pit-stops at the petrol station and maccas, all included, of course.

First rule of thumb on any roadtrip is to make sure that your driver... is WELL FED and is awake... even if this means having to feed him while he drives... 

After 1 hour and 55 mins of trying to chase a ute with awesome 3 x RED QUAD BIKES and racing passed them and overtaking drivers that drive 20km/h below speed limit, we reached the desert.

Ok fine, it wasn't the desert that stretches out in the middle of Australia, but it's the sand dunes that Lancelin is famous for. Along, with it's marine life and ship wrecks and yummo crayfish.
The ocean is the frontyard for the residents of Lancelin, while the sand dunes are the backyard, and boy is it fun, one big giant sandpit to play in! All you need is a quad bike, sand boards, motarcross bikes or better yet...

why not..

A MONSTER TRUCK!!




ALL I can say is that this THING IS AWESOME. Especially on the sand dunes.
It's like a rollercoaster, but not.
And our driver is crazy, and mean and picked on me and S the whole time...
HE ROAD DIE with the wax on my sandboard before I sandboarded down on my belly - doing the penguin-style sand boarding... MEAN BUM.



Anyway, see the tyres are like BIGGER THAN ME!



I can sit in it.. and still can't reach the ground.. -_-"



JT being THE MAN!



S climbed the tyres..

rraaahh.. pfft I can make a scary monster truck face see!

The controls that runs/drives the monster truck!! They all different colours and look like joysticks!

I can totally drive this truck!!

 ooo pretty buttons... 

Heading into the dunes.. after which there are no more photos because we were screaming and laughing our heads off!

In the sandy dunes.. JT being the pimp.. he's the man! The tour guide person was sooo jealous!



Classically jump shot



Throwing one of the kids off the dunes, which was about 30m high!





truck with the ocean view





JT comtemplating going down the dunes..



Penguin style!



Teeny tiny JT at the bottom.. now to climb up the dune again.. there's a butt and thigh workout for you right there!



S getting her board waxed



S surfing it down.. standing!!

S stacking it... OUCH!..
but look at the awesome-ness of the photo i took ..
it captured it at the right minute.. but no wonder why S's shoulder/arm
hurt the next day...
-_-"



Then the funniest sight EVER... two quad bikes getting stuck...
and i believe it was the guys from the ute that we were chasing after on our way to Lancelin..

ps.
(yes I DID go down and I got photos, but seeing as I'm always the main photographer there are less photos of me so HAH no stacking photos! ^_^)
S and JT can vouch for that!
so can a few photos that were taken of me.

pps.
lancelin was only the morning of our roadtrip.. the next few hours were just pure perfection and one of the many reasons why i love my job.

conversations with my friends (on our 12 hour road trip)

When walking on the road that heads into the dunes...in Lancelin..

JT: MAN I have shoes in my sand..
S and I: hahhahaaa uh.. what?
JT: ugh.. you know i have shoes in my sand.. no i mean sand in my shoes...oh you know what i mean.

When watching a windsurfer trying to do his thing.. in Ledgepoint.. at the beach..

Me: HAHA He has trouble getting it up!
S: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

Still watching the windsurfer trying to do his thing..

S: He probably has to push it out.. jump on and strap himself in..
JT and Me: HAHHAA..
S: OH WAIT no.. strapped himself on.. pushed it out and just hops on..






AH.

WE really need to record our conversations.  They are so classic.

These were the only ones I remembered. There've been 5 years of hilarity.
People that overhears us would be like WTH.

the first feelings of flight..

is the way silence engulfes the two of you at dinner, but nothing is better than just looking into his eyes and smiles crossing both your faces.

is leaning on his big strong shoulders and watching the city lights lit up and be reflected onto calm, glass like water that is the swan river..

is being comfortable, excited, unsure, a little awkward and yet so content with whatever this in-between stage is..

I LOVEE LONG WEEKENDS!

I had the best long-weekend day off ever!

Will tell you all about it in the next entry.. I just haven't had the time to post anything as today i was out the whole day then had tutorials to run and the next two days i'm working.. and THURSDAY NIGHT = IRONMAN 2 NIGHT!!!

but it involves...

MONSTER TRUCK.

SAND BOARDING.

PICNIC BY THE BEACH.

SAND.

and CROCODILE! ^_^

pros and cons

One of the best things about working at this place on a Sunday is that you get paid for doing almost nothing.

The bad thing is, I hate the fact that I can feel my brain turning into a useless mash of nothingness.

I like to use my head, after all I studied hard to keep my knowledge and I don't need it to turn into nothingness.