I’m Back!

Sorry for the long absence. I got back from Gold Coast on Saturday and have been basically been bumming around and playing heaps of Age of Mythology. I’ll try my best to remember what happened during the trip to Gold Coast. I’ll probably try to make it concise this time since as many of you know, I have an issue with excessive blogging in a single post. Alright, so here we go…

Saturday - 20th December 2008

Had to get up at 0400 to get ready to leave at 0530. The sun was about to rise when we left. I spent most of the day sleeping in the car. The drive there took about 12 hours.

The purple sky at 0500

We made a pit stop every 2 hours or so. “Rest, Revive, Survive”. We stopped at Macadamia Castle to get… macadamia nuts… The castle entrance, we didn’t use it though. Got in through the side entrance.

I’m so proud of this landscape shot. I really managed to capture it quite nicely, except for the annoying woman that intruded into my picture!

There were a few fruit loops dancing in the car park at the Macadamia Castle. They were funny. I think they were high on something, definitely. By the time we got to Coolangatta, my ass was pretty sore. Our resort room was quite depressing. Only 2 rooms with a kitchen and living room. There was 1 en suite bathroom in the master bedroom and another laundry/bathroom. I got to sleep in the living room on a sofa bed. The only perk to that was there I was sleeping in front of the massive flat screen TV and air conditioner. Had a late dinner as some relatives who were living in the gold coast came over.

Sunday – 21st December 2008

Yay! I turn 21! Had church in the morning.

Boo! 21st has arrived!

We were almost lost trying to find the church we were recommended to go. The church service was pretty long but it was alright overall. We went to harbourtown after that for a short reconnaissance of the place before our actual shopping onslaught tomorrow. Met up with the relatives again and went to their house for tea. The place they were living at was really nice.

At 1700 hrs ish, we went to the relatives church for a carol singing session. It was quite nice. Their church congregation was pretty big. There were quite a few hotties. There was 1 particularly yummy guy sitting in front of me. :D By the time we finished it was pretty late so we went home for dinner. Overall, a pretty quiet and lifeless 21st birthday, no cake, no nothing. I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed since my other friends had big birthday bashes for their 21sts. Some had their at hotels, some hired string quartets and had massive parties at clubs etc.

Happy 21st to me… 

Monday – 22nd December 2008

CHAARRGEEEEEE!! We got up early to go to Harbourtown. From yesterday’s expedition, we’ve formulated our attack plans. We would maximise the time spent in each shop and minimise time spent covering the distance from 1 shop to the other. I bought myself a nice studded belt from Politix. The sales assistant was so obviously gay but he said he had a Taiwanese girlfriend. Well, whatever it is, I managed to get a discount on my belt and that’s all that mattered. :D I bought Bee Bee Gucci’s Envy Me perfume for Christmas. She got me a pair of converse shoes and my eldest sister, Priscilla got me a pair of black skinny jeans. We were walking around nonstop for a long time. I bought a really nice jacket from Roger David. My sister paid half of it for me :D I wanted to buy a bag from fossil too but i decided not to. By the time we were satisfied from shopping, it was already 1600 hrs. Bought lunch from McDonalds and went to the relative’s place for a late lunch. Had a long socialising session. We talked about the dark family secrets and our long family history. It was all very fascinating stuff. We went out for dinner together after that.

the sky at their place today “hope” obscured by darkness the clear blue sky after the passing of the dark clouds Waiting outside the restaurant The 3 siblings, all looking rather yellow Ginormous crabs in the tank!

We went home after that. That would be the last time we’d see them for this trip.

Tuesday – 23rd December 2008

I don’t really remember what happened on the 23rd. I think we just bummed around at home. I went to the sauna. I was the only one there, no hot guys came in to join me, disappointing. Ahaha! We watched Mama Mia after dinner. It was really nice.

Wednesday – 24th December 2008

Christmas eve!! We had our celebration dinner tonight so the afternoon was basically just spent cooking the Christmas ham. After dinner we opened presents! Yay! I wasn’t really expecting much for Christmas but this is what I got.

Converse shoes, CK One, Skinny Jeans, IPod Nano 4th Gen 8 gb. Sorry about the mess. You can still see my chemical SI data book there. I did some studying while I was on holiday =)Multi coloured Christmas Jelly!

Thursday – 25th December 2008

Christmas! Tra la la~ Merry Christmas! Well, we went to church for Christmas service today. There were 2 hot guys there. I couldn’t help myself but I kept looking at the hot guy on the other side of the room and he looked back at me quite a lot too. Ahaha, so awkward. Came home after that for a simple lunch with the leftovers. We went to the beach for a stroll since it was  just across the road and we walked further down to the border of New South Wales and Queensland. On the way back, I saw a half naked hottie in a Lexus. He stopped right next to me and looked at me. He got out of his car and walked into the resort opposite mine. He was probably driving his dad’s car. But hot though! He goes under the category of “bronze god”. He had tanned skin. Sooo sexy! Ooo la la~ In the evening, I started to pack up my stuff since we’re leaving the next day.

Silhouette of the city in the distance the large expanse of sand and sea the black dots are the birds”Welcome to New South Wales” The Great Divide She couldn’t decide which side she liked better

Friday – 26th December 2008

Time to leave to go back to Sydney. We left at 0800 ish. My ass was totally sore again from the car ride. Got back to Sydney at 2200 hrs.

I’ve just been bumming around the last few days so yea, nothing new to update on. That’s all for my trip. Hope I didn’t bore you guys too much. I know it’s quite a long post again, sorry!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Lurbs yew long time,

Jo(n)

The Misery

Hello possums,

Let me try to recap what excitement have been going on since my last post... There was the trip to the beach with the Singaporean people, well, most of them anyways. Georgina, Tabitha, Clyde, Sean, Derrick, Jeffrey and myself went to Long Bay Beach near my place. It was pretty fun. Starting from Clyde and Sean, one by one they were dragged off into the watery depths of the bay. I was fortunately spared because I was holding the camera. Even though it's widely known that I'm a camwhore, I didn't take "self-portrait" pictures. I was taking alot of pictures of everyone frolicking in the sun. I took caution to remain in the shade most of the time since I'm not particularly interested in developing melanoma. Kudos to the Aussie sun! After a major sun-burning session for the guys frolicking in the water, we adjorned to my place to finish up the food. It was good to have everyone over but they left a bit of a mess. Dear Snowie was over-excited by the sudden onslaught of attention and did not hesitate to wee on Sean. I was pleased that Snowie had developed excellent intuition on which person to wee on. Despite the gratuitous golden shower Sean receive, he was undeterred and continued to exude annoyance to everyone's displeasure. Well, they left before 1700 and I cleaned up after them. That's it for that day.

I had a barbecue at my place the other day, on Saturday I think it was. It was good. Dad invited his ex-students over and I invited my Uni mates which comprised mainly of the Singapore group anyways. Georgina, Angelina, Natalie, Priscilla, Derrick 1, Derrick 2, Jeffrey, Roy, Sean, Syafiq and Wayne came. We had a pretty good time. After dinner, most of them played cards while Georgina was getting abused in Soul Calibur 3 on my PS2. She makes the most hilarious expressions and noises when she plays. Her body bends to the side as she frantically mashes on the buttons, occasionally squealing "you idiot!" and "die die die!". Much to our entertainment, we all took turns wiping the floor with her. The climax of the battle royale was when she used Sopithia against Seung-Mina controlled by Natalie (this was Natalie's first go) and was owned by Natalie. We were all cheering for Natalie to the rhythm of her horizontal attack blitz from which Georgina was disastrously caught in. It was spectacular! They soon left after that eventful battle. If only we had a video of Georgina playing, we could relive the moment in our dullest moments.

On Sunday after church, I went to Kingsford to meet at Sean's place as he was flying off to Singapore for a holiday as well as to celebrate Jeffrey's birthday. Even though I had missed out of the main celebrations which was Georgina's initial brithday prank backfiring on herself, there was video footage kindly provided by Angeline. Georgina had planned to have a pail of water projected from the 3rd floor balcony onto the unsuspecting blindfolded Jeffrey who was waiting below. It was by chance, or divine intervention or retribution if you will, that Georgina was thoroughly soaked whilst Jeffrey, still blindfolded and none the wiser, escaped unscathed. After a few rounds of Soul Calibur 4 on Sean's PS3 and HD wide screen plasma TV, all of us walked down to the main road with his Prada bag almost splitting at the seams due to an overload of Gucci shoes and his ginormous clam shell Samsonite suitcase with contents that costs a king's ransom. We were at the hotel en route to the main road when Sean realised that he had left his iphone at home and rushed back to get it. Meanwhile, his suitcase was about to precariously roll off the sidewalk and into oncoming traffic if not for my slut-trained lightning reflexes. A taxi had pulled into the hotel, dropping off some elderly ladies and we managed to persuade the driver to wait while Sean swaggered down the street. It took 4 strong army-trained guys to load his suitcase into the boot. We all wondered how he'd be able to extricate his coffin of a suitcase from the boot one he reached the airport. Anyways, it was a bitter-sweet farewell since he was my only bitching buddy. We proceeded for Jeffrey's birthday lunch at a pretty good Indonesian restaurant. Despite it's dodgy architecture, it served pretty good food. We were all pretty pooped out after today's escapades and dispersed to return home. That's it for Sunday.

I was stuck at home on Monday. It was rather miserable. The most entertaining event of the day was the emoticon war with Kevin. I don't remember how it started but it just went on and on for quite a while. Couldn't really decide who won since there weren't any rules of engagement established. Ah, dear Kevin, what would I ever do on those boredom ranked days without you.

Before Haircut

After Haircut

After Haircut

With Bee Bee

Snowie wants to join in the fun

I went for a haircut on Tuesday. It's pretty much the same style. I was wearing my green contacts again today. I met up with Gary who was an artographer (freelance photographer) for coffee after my haircut. He's a nice guy, showed me around his studio and his cats. He has taken some really nice pictures of Sydney and stuff. He taught me a bit about photography as well. We walked by the Greater Union movie theatres on the way to his studio. The streets were prepared to be cordoned off and the workers were busy setting up tents and planning to unroll the prestigious red carpets for tonight's opening of "Australia" starring the ever beautiful Nicole Kidman and the beef cake Hugh Jackman and directed by Baz Luhrmann. It looks spectacular and fully embodies the Australian spirit. I left for home at around 1430 hrs. The bus ride home was tiring and stuffy. I think the air-conditioning wasn't working at the back end of the bus. There was a particularly hunky guy on the bus that was sitting behind me. I managed to take a peek at him when I abruptly awoke from my nap when I had unglamourously rammed my head into the window when the bus jerked. I hoped I didn't snore because that would have been appalling. When I got back home, Bee Bee was all dressed up for her formal tonight. She had caked on the eyeshadow till she looked like a panda that got punched in the eyes. I helped her remove some of it till it was a proper pair of "smokey eyes". We ended up camwhoring for a bit. Snowie came in to join the fun. That's basically all the interesting bits that have happened so far.

That's all for now. Toodles!

Lurbs yew long time,
Jo