Cause You're Not Where You Belong

It upsets me how much has changed in a year. Happy December, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone.

& Happy birthday, Derek. Once again, i'm not around for your birthday. Though i guess, it doesn't really matter anymore. Have fun and I wish you well.

For the rest of you, i'll see you when i get back.

Christmas love,
Steffi.

Just To Even The Score

I know I haven't updated you guys in awhile & since I'm leaving the country soon, i figured i should tell you guys what's been going on. & also, the urge to blog is stronger when you actually have things to do. You guys know what I'm talking about. Say it with me. Procrastination.

Anyways, I've been spending most of my days doing mundane things and my nights hanging out with the same few people. People being Emily. It's been great seeing her again and having our scintillating conversations irl as opposed to communicating via Skype, text or twitter, like we have been. Unfortunately when we're together, the urge to take photos completely disappears which results in me not having a lot of photos of Emily. I'm hoping to correct that in January when I come back.

In case you're confused, we're taking a family trip to the UK. Huzzah! I've never been there so I'm super excited & also, it's been snowing there and I've never seen snow. It's going to be great, i hope. We'll be going to London, Paris and Scotland. Hopefully, we'll get a glimpse of Nessie. The trip is two weeks long and I'll be back on the 2nd of January. That's our trip, basically. Our flight to KL is tomorrow morning and we'll be staying there for a few days which gives me time to meet up with Fay. *Excited face*

Anyways, the OC gang finally had our annual hang out on the 29th of November. Jotting the date down just so I'll remember. It's been difficult for the four of us to meet up at the same time since we're all separated. The last time we met up 4/4, was 8th of September 2009. Awesome stuff. The short version of the day is Ryan was late, tricked into watching Rapunzel (ahem, I mean Tangled), Daytona, DDR, photoshoot, beach, sunset, skipping rocks, gym. Sorry, I don't feel like going too much into detail but at the same time, i don't want to forget so... this works! :D IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION. Not really though cause you guys don't get to hear about it. Pssshhhtt as if we want to hear about it. DAMN STRAIGHT YOU WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT. okay stop.

Photos for your viewing pleasure. All of the photos from November are up here.

The degree to which i miss them is insane. It feels like punishment, not being able to see them everyday. blebleble. We just get along really well and that doesn't happen a lot for me. Oh, ill-fated affinities destined to end.

This post took a lot longer than I thought it would. I hope it pleases you and that you enjoyed reading it. Thank you & please come again!

Like Monsters Are Real

This past month has been extremely difficult for us. What was a sense of excitedness of returning to KK after my first year of studying abroad turned to dismay after hearing what had happened. It felt like I was in a nightmare. & it still does.

The world is still spinning and people are living their lives, everything seems the same but nothing's the same, not to us. I miss my dad & I'm sure he'd love to if he could but he can't come back. It's heartbreaking, really. A friend of Jamie's told her that it's not something you get over, but something you learn to accept. And i think that's pretty accurate.

I've been seeing 4wd cars around KK these days which makes me think that the 4x4 Borneo Safari is happening soon since it happened around the same time last year. If you're a long term reader of mine, you might remember my dad and I taking the Renegade to kick it off last year. We had said that we'd finish it in 2010 together, the whole 8 days. It's unreal how things can change so suddenly and have such a big impact on your life.

Awhile ago, I'd found myself thinking that he was just away in KL or Sandakan like he always was. But that was unhealthy. And apparently I wasn't the only one who had thought this way. Charlene told me she felt the same way but we both agreed that we needed to deal with the situation and not be in denial. Wouldn't want to go mental.

And on that lovely note, while there is so much I could say about my dad, I'm just going to end by saying that he was the best dad anybody could ever have and we'll always love him and we miss him dearly.

Rest in Peace, dad.

You were the awesomest & I hope you're having fun.



Love, your daughter.

I Am Here Now

If you haven't already seen my new video, you can watch it here. Cause for some reason, it isn't showing up in the sidebar.

Anyways! My exams are starting on Saturday & I have a feeling I've already told you this. If I haven't then it must just be my imagination. If any of you are actually interested, I managed to finish The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. It was pretty good and I really enjoyed it. Well, it's not really a book that is enjoyed but it's experienced. You should read it. Anyway, I've moved on to reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and I haven't read very far into the book but already I'm hooked. Now I just need to unhook myself so I can study for my finals.

I apologize for the lack of updates and I will see you in two weeks.

Bye!

Swimming Through Sick Lullabies

I can't believe it's Sunday already and i have class tomorrow! It's quite upsetting that the weekend has flown by so quickly.

This weekend was kicked off with a little dinner party at our place followed by some hanging around, Man Bites Dog and Blockus 3D. Everything seems to be in 3D these days and it's starting to get ridiculous.

Man Bites Dog is a hilarious game which if you haven't already heard of, you should check out. Basically you have to make up headlines with words on different cards but the sentence (statement) has to be grammatically correct. & most of the time the headlines are absolutely ridiculous, like "PRIEST RUNS AWAY WITH DOG" or "ROMANTIC KILLER DRUGS BLIND JUDGE". It was hilarious.

We probably stopped playing and dispersed around 3 or 4am. That was a good night.

Saturday and Sunday was spent at home. I really haven't left the house since i returned from English class on Friday. Take that as you may.

Anyways, i'm going to get back to reading The Bell Jar because i aim to finish reading it today. I've been stuck on this book for waaaayyyy too long.

Hope you've had a great weekend!

People Like To Call Us Dreamers

Presentation Week is over for me! I had two of my presentations today and eventhough it was majorly hectic. I'm glad I got it over with and now I can relax. If only for a little while.

Next week up, revision week. Not much to say today. Except TGIF.

Proper update soon enough. But I need to catch some Zs.

In Another Life

As you guys know, my parents and brother came to visit us this week and a half-ish. It's a shame they came this week, which happened to be the week when the last of my assignments were due. There were a few days that I couldn't hang out with them cause I'd be in the computer lab working on my assignments till early in the morning. Then I'd come home to find them all sitting around playing their games or talking or eating.

It was nice to see them again. And they were very excited to be here. I'll be seeing them again quite soon. So I'm glad. We just sent them off to the airport and their flight probably just took off. Fun schtufff.

Anyways! My dad bought iPads for himself and my mom and we've been teaching them how to use it. Mom even took notes with diagrams and stuff. So adorable. And they were playing games on them in the morning before we woke up.

We didn't get to go anywhere like Gold Coast or movie world or dream world or any other world due to Charlene's and my class schedules but we've been busy dealing with some other stuff so it's all good. Now it's back to it just being the three of us again. Crowded house is not that crowded anymore.



In other news, D: presentations this week.

My Heart's In Motion

I have to admit. I've been absolutely obsessed with it ever since my brother synced it up. I didn't think I'd be all that interested but... peg me smitten.

It's an iPod touch. Not the iPhone and it was given to my dad from a friend of his and he said he had no use for it and so he gave it to me! :D I need to start controlling my obsession of this thing before it gets the better of me. Especially now that everything is getting so busy.

My parents and brother came on Friday evening and we've been busy watching movies and eating and eating. Mom likes feeding us a lot. To quote Charlene, "Mom will never let us die of hunger but maybe she might let use die of fullness". Weelll, she said it in chinese so it sounds slightly weird in English.

These are macaroons that Charlene bought for us to taste test from the Farmers' Market on Wednesday. It's a shame that our parents weren't here when that happened but oh well. We can always get some more this coming Wednesday. There were twelve different flavours including lavender, green tea and pistachio. I can't list them out because I can't remember. Sorry!

Also! Here's something I'm quite excited about. I was assigned my first ad from Nuffnang and it starts airing today. Heh. Weird overly excited inner nerd of self accomplishment. My advertiser is Bega. Anyways, from time to time if you have nothing to do after visiting my blog or if you like me and you don't mind the trouble, please click on the ad. But you know, only if you want to. *hides excitement* But for some reason it's not showing up on my Chrome so I had to use the pod to get a screenshot of it.

Anyways! Tomorrow is the day that my family goes to Ikea and have their famous meatballs. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join them because I'll be at P Block working my ass off on the three assignments due this coming week. But I do not fret, for soon it all shall be over! :DD yes, sometimes i switch between modern english and archaic english.

So, how have you guys been going?

You Can't Understand

Not much went on this weekend. Majority of the weekend was spent lying in bed reading or doing assignments. Reading was fun. and my bed was fun. :3 i love my bed.

Anyways, interrupting my proclamation of love towards my bed, I saw Vampires Suck today! It was a spur of the moment kind of thing. And all I can say was that it was exactly what I expected.

Messy room is messy. Anyways, it's very much cleared up now since the parents are coming this coming week. Excited!

Photos > words today because I'm about to go to bed so my week can restart. DREAD!

Good night!

Turmoil Of The Night

I swear every time Friday rolls around I freak out. Mostly because it's the only time you're not worrying your head off thinking .. i just killed a mosquito. win. .. and recalling all the things you need to get done and in what order and by when. It's such a relief. This is the part where I tell you about what has been going on.


I had an economics assignment due on Friday by 9am in both hard copy and soft copy. Naturally I worked on it on Thursday after my last class of Accounting at 6pm till around 12.30am which is when I happily discarded my assignment into the assignment box. I walked home, took a shower and waited to fall asleep. I started reading till a point where my vision was getting blurry due to my extreme tiredness. At that point, I turned off the light and climbed back into bed where I was greeted by minutes upon minutes of staring at the ceiling in the darkness and thinking about things that I would only think about when I can't sleep. Torture. My own personal form of torture. I don't know why my mind does this to me.

Class starts late on Fridays. And by late, I mean 1pm. The schedule I was assigned is pretty sweet because with the exception of Wednesdays, my classes generally start after 11am. After class, I got excited by the prospect of going book hunting. Something I had done many times before with companions. Unfortunately, I always felt bad for making them wait around for me while I took my time browsing and running to other book shops. So today I went alone and I did very well! :D I bought 3 books today.

Books I bought:
1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I have been meaning to buy this book and read it for quite awhile now. However, funds were tight and books are expensive. BUT I HAZ IT NAO!

2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
It's a classic so I had to read it.

3. The Beach by Alex Garland
This one was sort of a last minute request from Jamie. She had read a copy of it which belonged to her friend and she wanted a copy and apparently it was a good book and that I should read it.

DROOL. I can't wait to start reading. I'm currently still on The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Loving it. I haven't read a lot this year but I'm starting to get back into the swing of it. Most definitely a good thing! I guess you could say that buying books to me are like buying shoes are to an average girl. An average girl who gets a bit crazy when it comes to shoes and wants to own every pair of feet hating shoes that have ever been invented. Heh.


SO, questions for you guys! 1) What are you reading right now? or What books would you like to read? 2) What recommendations do you have for me? 3) What is your 'reading books' or 'buying shoes'?
Let me know down in the comments!

No photos today because I'm horrible and haven't been treating Frank fairly.

Find Out How Much They Can Take

Hey guuuyysss! Things have been getting busier and busier as week by week we're approaching our final exams. It has come to that time when a lot of assignments are due in the same weeks and everybody's trying to get them done and submitted in time. So updates might be a bit slow in the coming weeks.

Also! My parents and brother are coming over next week and that's shum exciting news. :D So i'm hoping to get everything done by this week which is unlikely but at least I'd have time to go out with the family. To be honest, their timing could not be worse. Actually, it could if they came during my exam week. :S Figure of speech.

The end is so close i can hardly stand it! I'm super excited to go home and see my friends again and have adventures.  

On a different note, I absolutely loathe the moment you calculate the totals of the trial balance of an account because when it doesn't balance and you have accounting class bright and early in the morning tomorrow. FUUUUUUUUU. But seriously, i've been looking for this error of $2.65 for over 40 minutes now. :S I've decided that I'm going to make myself dinner first then I'll maybe redo it. All over again. :C

Anyways, my table isn't only messy this week because I've been busy with homework and such but it's actually always very messy. I'm guilty of not being neat.

my tea is cold.

so tragic.

It's A Simple Fact

Listen up, kids. I'm about to drop some knowledge. Here are some things I've learned over the years:

1. Never leave things to the last minute.

Sounds easy enough right? I have some trouble with this one because often things come up and get in the way of what you need to do. Be sure to stare down the urge that wants to tell yourself eh, i can do it tomorrow. Sure you could but in most cases, you'd probably find something else that sounds better and more fun.

In short, get your shit done before you decide to do something fun that won't benefit your future.

2. Never overlook the time you have with good company/You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

The thing about this is I realized it a little too late. I suppose sometimes you never really think about what would change after you leave or you get separated. Clichéd, but i guess you can also call this 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone'. Fine. I'll add it up there. Happy?

3. Accept change.

Change is bound to happen no matter what and that is a fact. There's no point lingering in the past. Embrace change and learn to enjoy it. It definitely makes life less miserable.

4. Always listen to your parents' advice.

Cause most of the time they're telling you because no one else will tell you and they're only looking out for you. Unless.... they tell you to kill yourself or something abusive like that. In that case, don't but you know what I'm talking about right?

5. Try your hardest at everything.

I definitely have some regrets about not applying myself very well in secondary school and in learning my violin. Can't help but wonder what I'd be doing now if I'd gotten 98.9% average or if i had finished my grade 8. Maybe i'd be doing music right now.

But I digress. I really do mean it, though. Do your best so you won't have any regrets.

6. Finally, enjoy life.
I understand that sometimes you just feel like wallowing but that would just represent another day wasted. I know it doesn't sound like much but I'm 18! Already! hah i'm legal. It's strange because I remember when I used to wish that I'd grow up sooner so I can go out by myself etc. This year has gone by so fast. Soon I'll be home and with friends and family again. I can hardly wait.

This is one of my favourite quotes by Oscar Wilde.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Moving on!

I woke up around 7am today, before my alarm. I have no idea why I even woke up so early. My class today starts at 11am. D: I couldn't get back to sleep, so I worked on some research we had to do.

Life's great! Can't sleep early! Can't wake up late!

Actually it wasn't too bad. Classes were as they are all the time and I made the most of it. After the last class, I went to the computer lab to work on some homework. After I bade my friends goodbye and started walking to the main door, I noticed that a bag of crisps was stuck in the vending machine. And I just had to.

I called a few of my friends over and they tried shaking the vending machine but to no avail. So we decided that it'd be a gamble to see if we could dislodge that pack by buying one of the keropoks above that one. When it didn't work, another friend decided that the weight of both of the packs were heavy and another pack would prove to be heavy enough to make all of them come down. It didn't. I went back to the computer lab and asked another friend to come take a look cause he was missing everything. hahaha After a lot of kicking and shoving of the vending machine, he decided that the momentum would be big enough to get everything moving. hahah in the end, there were just four packs of crisps. Sitting there. Everybody got fed up and went back to the computer room and i went home. The End.


Oh! And I've added these two buttons down here so it'd be great if you guys could give me some feedback on my posts so I'll know what you like and what you don't like. And also, leave me some comments so i'll know that i'm not just talking to myself.

The Doctor Isn't Here This Time

My week of sleeping in and movie watching is over! Oh, distress! Marion inspired me to blog again. And more frequently too. So, thanks Marion! I'll find content for you guys. Promise!

Anyhow, today was spent like every other day this week. Waking up way into the afternoon and having lunch at 3pm. Then I did a bit of my homework and got frustrated because the Malaysian websites lack so much information. It's just. D: Then we had dinner at the Pancake House. :3 It's actually called Perfect Pancakes but we just call it the pancake house.

Yes, I had pancakes for dinner. Be jealous. 

Currently listening to: Love is not a value of Pi. Which would explain my drawing.

Bring Bring

Hey! Hi! Hello!

I've been feeling amazing these days. I'm having my one week mid semester break which is short but extremely necessary. Because what comes up in the following weeks are going to be torture. But you know, i'm just taking this one day at a time. I've been sleeping late, waking up late. The usje. hahaha Usje. I wonder if anyone would get this, it's a word i use quite a bit but i've never attempted to spell it so this is interesting. Woo. Everything seems interesting these days. *points to self* Easily amused.

Honestly, I get amused at the silliest things. Silliest, is that a word? Anyways, I do! In my Accounting class, my teacher, Ian always tells lame jokes and tries to make us laugh. One day, he told us one, which i will share with you later, and I still laugh about it whenever I think about it. That day was 3 months ago. I'm not kidding. Oh Steffi, how would you know the exact date of the day Ian told you that stupid joke? I know because I actually wrote it down in my diary. As in my schedule diary that i keep every year. I wrote "Ian told construction joke. ha-ha-hilarious."

Anyways, here's the joke. Don't be surprised if it's super lame because that's just my sense of humour.

So there are 3 construction workers sitting atop a crane suspended high in the sky during lunch break. The first construction worker opens up his lunch box and pulls out a ham sandwich. He says, "If my wife packs another ham sandwich for me tomorrow, I'll kill myself!" The second construction worker opens his lunch box and pulls out steamed potatoes. He says, "If I get more steamed potatoes for lunch tomorrow, I'll kill myself!" The third construction worker opens his lunch box and pulls out some fried chicken. He says, "If I have to eat fried chicken again tomorrow, I'll kill myself."

So the next day, the first construction worker opens his lunch box and see ham sandwiches. He jumps off the crane and kills himself. The second construction worker opens his lunch box and sees steamed potatoes and jumps off and kills himself. The last construction worker opens his lunch and see fried chicken and jumps off and kills himself.

At the company funeral held for the three workers, their grieving wives started talking. The wife of the first man said, "If he had only told me that he didn't want to eat anymore ham sandwiches, I would have packed him something different and he'd still be alive." The wife of the second man said, "Yeah, I packed him steamed potatoes because I thought he enjoyed eating them!" The wife of the last man said, "I don't know why the hell my husband killed himself. He packs his own lunch!!"

Thus ends the horrible joke. To be perfectly honest, I had to pause to laugh before i wrote on. Ahhhhh.

Anyways, earlier this evening... day... Whatever. Earlier today, I watched Night of the Living Dead with a bunch of people. In case you guys don't know, Night of the Living Dead was the first zombie film evar, directed by George A. Romero. He only does zombie films. Though technically in his films, the Z word is never used. We watched the original which is the 1968 version and not the remake. Classic. Anyways, it was really quite adorable because these zombies are not like the 28 Weeks Later zombies. They actually walk really slowly. But I'm sure back in the 60s, the mere concept of dead people coming back to life to feed on human flesh must have been quite a scare. It's definitely a classic so I recommend watching it even though it was quite comical.

The reason I've been watching so many movies lately is because I actually have quite bad taste in movies, according to my sisters and that's okay because, after all, I am quite easily amused. During the course of this one week holiday, I have been assigned 'homework' by my sister and I've been watching them because I need to be enlightened. So far it's not too bad. I haven't left the house since Sunday when my relatives from Melbourne and Japan came to visit and spent their last night with us. I've been having Pajama Day for days now! And i actually think i should go outside for a bit tomorrow. And oh! It's been raining! My toes I love the rain!

Rain = better sleep = no construction = awesomeness

I should probably get to bed because I need to start correcting my sleep cycle before school starts and I become a walking zombie.

Wow, it's been a very long time since the last long post. :)

The Role We Play Is So Important

I watched 5 movies today. The verdict: 5/5 good movies.

The first was Singin' in the Rain. It was adorable and i have a weakness for musicals.

Next, I watched Wicker Park. It was exciting.

Third, I watched the Machinist. The first thing i noticed was how skinny Christian Bale was. It was almost gross. Which is interesting because right after they finished filming The Machinist, he had to buff up for Batman. Good acting and I liked the story.

District 9. Was sad. :( it was action packed too. But ultimately, sad. :(

Last, I watched Night Watch. It's a German film and my sister tells me it was made on a very low budget and i'm very impressed. It was very interesting.

Overall, it's been a great day.

rawr i want more.

Dirty Like Your Face

Happy August, guys!

Thing's have been heating up as mid semester is coming close and it's been a busy couple of weeks. Assignments and presentations have been happening and and and yes. D:

I really just wanted to say happy august. And now that i have...
harlequin

Bai!

Back Round And Round

Sakit hati oh i see all these messages. Some in a good way, others not so much. I always do this to myself everytime I clear my inbox. Argh! It's so silly. It just started to rain. D: how am i gonna wake up later? :( knight.

Make Me Think That Maybe I Won't Die Alone

Yesterday night we celebrated Vonne's birthday as well as Beyla's birthday, which was on friday. It was quite an awesome night. We went to The Bank Vault cause Vonne's sister works there so most of the drinks were free. By the end of the night, more than half of the group were shit drunk and the rest of us were running around, alternating between people to take care of. We had durian cake and while that might not seem like such a big deal to those of you reading these posts but it was nice after such a long time without it. Weird but it was just another one of those things that made it feel like home again. I'll edit these posts with photos from Saturday night a bit later.

This Is Not Where We Belong

GAAHHHHHSURPRISEBLOGUPDATE!!!

So, I watched Inception the other night and it was amazing. Seriously. If you haven't seen it yet, it definitely should be on the top of your list. I won't discuss it here cause I don't want to spoil anything for people who haven't seen it yet but if you are looking for a discussion about it. You can talk to me or email me about it and we'll... discuss. Or if you're just looking for a friend to talk to in general (i'm usually quite bored), you can email me at steffobia(at)live.com It's an account that I've had for awhile now and yeah.

So, Week 6 is a day away and it's going to be a busy mid semester. D:

DOING PROJECT WITH BEYLA. FINISH UPDATING LATER OR NEVER. K BAI!

I See Your Future

Photo courtesy of Twemeh's Facebook!

FINALLLYYYYY!!!!! :DDDD

Mannnnn, it took a long time but I'm so happy for you guys.

Finally!

Love you guys and I'll see you when i get home!

and we can get McDonald's again. :P

hshshhshshhshs

Cause I'm Not Afraid

BEYLA DAY was fun. :D

Right, this is Beyla. She's from Brunei and and and yeah. She cool. Yeah. I meant to say that without the 's. Cause i'm just badass that way. B/

No, it's not some Australian Day.

ANYWAYS,

we went to check out the places we'd be talking about in our presentation

So we went to the Museum, Gallery of Modern Art and the Art Gallery.

Yeah, they're not the same thing.

AND THE LIBRARY.

My bees, I'm in love with the library.

*DROOL*

One sad thing about it is that it's only a reference library.

Which means you can't borrow books.

Ah well. Guess i'll be spending more and more time there then!

Some more photos from that day.

It was surprisingly hot that day.

the museum

Gallery of Modern Art.

at least.. i think.

hahaha i can't remember which is which.

The point is,

Brisbane isn't too bad right now.

;)

You Can't Play Me That Way

So how do you guys like the new template? I got annoyed by the last one. Right-o.

Things I did today:

• Wake up repeatedly
• Curse at the construction going on outside
• Go to class
• Made awkward small talk at reception
• Lunch with Ian
• Gai gai with Ian
• Ice cream with Ian
• South Park with Ian
• Dear April with Sabrina at Ric's
• Wickham with Sabrina
• The Beat with Sabrina
• Dave McCormack and Seja with Sabrina

The fact that i actually used the words 'gai gai'. Tsk tsk. I'm disappointed in myself. Anyways, it's week 3 of semester 2. Things are getting busy. Lots of assignments and presentations that need prepping. And tomorrow is Beyla Day! I shall update you guys about it. Sometime.

i need more friends.

I Can Only Tell You What It Feels Like

Most nights when i'm trying to fall asleep in my room, in the darkness, i can't really see what's in front of me and it feels a little more like home. I feel like i'm back in my room, on my top bunk. It doesn't feel like you guys are a million miles away and i'm not reminded that it's been months since i've spoken to you face to face. Then, a passing car would shine some light into my room and i'd realise that i'm here. And you're not.

Always Another Show

The Regent was this cinema in the city that was, well, a cinema. It was beaauuuuttttiiiffuulll and we always hang around this cafe called Aromas on the theatre foyer. While Aromas is still there and operating, the cinema itself is closed and I don't know the reasons but I'm assuming that they lacked business. So before it closed, me and Jamie went and took some photos of the place. We even went back a second time. The workers whom I questioned said that it was going to be turned into a shopping mall. WHAAAATTTT. pffffttt. Disappointing. Anyways, this was awhile ago and I'm just using it as an excuse to update. weee. I'll post more when i'm not busy catching up after 3 days of second semester. :/

I Need Another Story

First semester is officially over! Though, technically it was over last Friday. It matters not cause i have a two week break. Too short to go home. I'm already into my first week though. I got my results for this semester on Tuesday. They were okay but i definitely could've done better. I'm just glad i that half a year is down and i just have another till i can be home again! I haven't gotten round to renovating the ol' blog but i'll get to it sooner or later. ;) been doing a lot of nothing lately and that's exactly how i want to spend my break. I'll send you a postcard from the batcave!

-S

Blame

I could have sworn that i had posted a new entry a week ago. Maybe i dreamt it. It happens more often than you'd think. I can't quite figure out why it feels like the first semester went by so quickly. It makes me wonder because i know it passed really slowly. It was practically crawling. Maybe i just don't remember and a huge part of that time was just taken out of my memory timeline and that's why it feels short. I'm having my exams this week. Then i'm officially done for this semester. 3 years and a half to go. Woohoo. Before you know it, you're working and trying to race against time before your biological clock runs out. I just need to take this day by day, i guess. Life in Australia isn't as bad as i make it sound, really. I just miss you guys back home where i'm already familiar with you and i don't have to try anymore. :P don't get me wrong. :) so many little rituals and traditions just can't be done this year or the next 3 years. It's great having my sisters around though. At least i'm not as lost as i would be if i were here alone. But honestly, most days i spend in my batcave. Woohoo the life of a legal college student is glamorous! Hahaha but seriously though, i just need the right people. So far, not so great. It'll get better. It HAS to get better.

Also, i'm getting sick of this layout. It's got too much going on and it's so pink. :S might just switch it back to a simple layout. Thoughts? :)

I hate that most of my posts involve apologizing for not updating. But i haven't been updating. :P so i have to apologize. Sssssssoorrryyyyyyy.
C-c-combo breaker!

-S

The Grand Memories Together

It's May! I'm so happy because in another 6 months, roughly. I'll be home! Ugh. I can't wait. Unfortunately, the joy comes with a heavier workload. We're going into Week 10 and a lot of assignments are due this week, next week, so i've been working on them. And the reason this all sounds so forced is because it kind of was. :P Daniel was bugging me to update so i'm trying really hard to make this less awkward cause there's nothing about my life remotely interesting lately.

Right, anyways. I don't have the photos i've been taking over the past few months because my phone decided it'd be cool to get rid of everything in my memory card. I have lost so many photos. It's tragic. And all i have are photos of the day before Cassie's birthday. Pam gave her a pair of glasses. And we were playing around with it.

Winter's rolling in. I can feel it. The winds are getting stronger and nights are getting colder. I don't even have to turn on my fan at night anymore. My window is open the whole day and my skin feels dry. I'm dreading it a little bit though. We have school in winter and we have to wake up and use the toilet -- the cold toilet seat and walk to school. Even though we don't have snow here. I'm not sure how it's going to be so i need to be prepared.

I'm trying. :P but i can't think of anything else to say. Except. We don't have school tomorrow because it's Labour day. weeeeeee. which means another day to do homework and a day less off the week! ;D REJOICE! Oh! and how do you like my nails? I wanted to try it out when my red was chipping off the edges. :)

And also. I don't know how my sister is going to feel about this if she knew i posted this. :P

Take care, guys. I'll see you soon.

sc

& Over Again.

Well, we've crossed the first half of the first semester mark and things are starting to get busy! To say that this place has been deserted is an understatement and i'm working on getting back into the swing of things. And by that, i mean full on full length blogging, with photos maybe videos maybe audio. So give me time. :) I'm just hoping what i'm writing is something i'm actually going to do and not just something i'm saying. :P

Innocence Is Falling

The thing about this place is i haven't been able to have my alone time. I'm constantly communicating with people who ask lots of question. The answers of which they should know had they been paying more attention to everything in general. People are everywhere. And i can get so sick of them sometimes. And right now, there are no exceptions. At. All.

I Don't Hate You, Boy

Sometimes I'm just uncomfortable when people start getting too close and I back up and try to talk to them less. I realize that I do this surprisingly often and I'm not sure how or if i want to change that about me.

A Baffling Question: Why Isn't Marlee Matlin's 'My Deaf Family' On Television? - Monkey See Blog : NPR

A Baffling Question: Why Isn't Marlee Matlin's 'My Deaf Family' On Television? - Monkey See Blog : NPR

check this out! :D

Cause You Got Your Own Things

I've been feeling really antisocial for a while now and i can't really explain it. So i figured that I'd make myself be happy and social and optimistic. So much for that plan. Yeaaaahhh. I'm just going to go back to be quiet.

Dress Me Up In Stitches

Brisbane.

I haven't been taking many photos at all. And there's really no excuse for it. :(

It's easter break and we have 9 days off. Unfortunately, as we speak, I only have one more week to go. I haven't been doing much except for sleeping late and waking up in the post meridiens. A majority of the gang here have gone to Gold Coast to have fun. I didn't go cause I thought this might be a good time to jump back on the bandwagon of watching series all day and night. I've currently finished watching The Office, Cougar Town, Lie To Me, How I Met Your Mother. When I say finished, I mean up to date, over the course of this holiday.

Like the watermark? I'm still on the fence about it.

This is sesame ice cream from Hanaichi, which i think might just be the best Japanese restaurant around. :D It's colour is cement-like and tbh, the first time i saw it, I really didn't want to eat it. BUT it's amazing.

No. It's amazazing.

Jamie and Kannan

Charlene and Tommy
at Trang, a vietnamese restaurant at West end.

Good food, good food. But we mostly cook here, cause it'd be really expensive if we ate out all the time and also fattening. Some nights we just eat cereal for dinner. ;) I've been listening to a lot of Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, and Foo Fighters.

Oh right. We went to Lady Gaga's Monster Ball on the 26th March. It was seriously amazing. She can sing really well. It sounded exactly the same as the album. You know, except there was swearing and talking to the crowd. ;) BUT damn, it was so entertaining. There were so many things to look at -- the stage, the dancers, the costumes. OMG THE COSTUMES!! We counted after the show, and we got to 14 costume changes out of 18 songs she performed. It was insane. We had bought tickets to the show last year. Charlene called me up in KK, asking if I wanted to go. I'm glad I said yes. It was so worth it. :)

Now that i'm done with the series-es(?!), I've had nothing to do except troll youtube and random websites, trying to keep myself entertained. I still have movies that I have but haven't seen, but i'm trying to let brian cool down.

I think it's obvious that i'm going to be using this for my personal life and life in general and just leave my tumblr for random photos and reblogging, ie something i do when i'm bored. :P As always, I'm on twitter if you need to know where and what i'm doing. Sorry it's been so long.

S.C.

Let's Dance For Awhile

Today, I was texting a girl, and she was complaining about another girl, and how mean she was. I typed "That's because she's bipolar." My phone's autocorrect thought i meant "That's because she's nipple." Yes, Samsung. You nailed it. MLIA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH COME ON. THAT'S HILARIOUS!!

They won't let me turn around

i'm not enjoying the people here. They're all so OMIGAWD, DO YOU WANT TO SEE LADY GAGA? I HAVE LADY GAGA ON MY PHONE.... uh yeah, i have lady gaga on my phone too. I had it a day before you did and you don't see me shoving it in your face.

hihihihi :3

BRISBANE IS NICE. I AM SAD AND HAPPY. ITS A BITTERSWEET SITUATION. I MISS YOU GUYS. <3 I'LL TRY TO UPDATE WHEN I'M NOT IN CLASS

KTHXBAI.

CHINESE NEW YEAR!

Discussing explosions. ;)

You Know You Want To Do It Again

Hello my blogger people! :D
It's been so long since i've written an actual post. My days have been so depressing and busy that i haven't had the energy to start my brain to write something. That said, this post indicates that my life has turned around. huaazzzzhhh.

LIVERPOOL!

Well, today was the end of our sports day and yellow house got first! :D what up. Eventhough it's amazing news, we only got second in our dancing. And you know how hard we've been working on that. It's kind of a bittersweet win. Marching, first. Dancing, second. Most amount of gold medals, first. It was amazazing. :)

I am so proud of yellow house and senior two, ahem excuse me, i meant to say senior three zhong for really working hard. Shoulder to the wheel! Who says hard work doesn't pay off? Ohhhhh i love you guys so much. :) just seeing your energy and determination makes me so happy. :D

Photos? Facebook is flooded with them. I haven't gotten around to uploading mine yet so don't hold your breath! I always promise photos but fail to deliver so i'm not going to promise anything today.

ATTENTION.
I WILL BE GONE ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY. i'll be going to sandakan and will only be back on the 15th morning. My flight to brisbane will be in the evening. i definitely will not have time to hang out that day. MY POINT IS. IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ME BEFORE I GO. LOOK ME UP QUICK. BECAUSE I *shy* MIGHT FORGET TO LOOK FOR YOU BEFORE I GO CAUSE THERE'S A LOT ON MY PLATE. ;) fat girl pun. Hihihihihihi

k that's all. Bai nao

I don't mean to sound like a snob, but i can't stand how just because you have a DSLR camera you call yourself a photographer. It's become more of a trend rather than art. And it pisses me the hell off.

My Arms Are Shaking Like A Lightning Rod

Hey derek. I was thinking.

The wedding'll be in basel, duh. Or do you think we should get it done at sutera like our last marriage? Also, we need to go over the guest list asap. And about the theme, i'm thinking mafia. But that is negotiable. And the favors. Tommy guns? It'd be preeeeetty memorable. Just sayin.

Dude pick a date and lemme know.

Gosh. Planning a wedding is so stressful. :/

One Of Us Misread

I can understand how you might feel bad that i'm always picking you guys up or that we go out to hang out with people i hardly know. But the truth is i don't mind any of it. I just genuinely like spending time with you guys in any way that we can cause time we have left together is short and i need to squeeze as much time in before i'm blown away to some other country.

We might live far apart from each other, but what is that distance compared to the one that will be standing between us in a month's time?

I. Am. So. Tired. :(

You'll Never Take That Away

I don't really care if i tell other people i miss them or whatever, they don't say it back and they kasi kuyak me and maybe even say crap like alaaaaaaaaa i didn't even think about you pun. but when it comes to a friendship of our calibre, it's just not done. i should be seeped so deep into your subconscious that you don't even realise you're missing me but all you'll feel is a physical empty feeling somewhere in your chest. Then you'll try to figure out why you feel so down. And tiba tiba it'll hit you. Omgatz. Somewhere in the world, right now. Steffi's missing me. Then you'll send me a telepathic message. Nahhhhh. Like that ma.

I have way too much time on my hands.

I'm Better Off On My Own

Blog post!

Okay.

I'm bored and have been too lazy to turn on my computer to upload videos. :P and i have been making videos.

Happy new year even though it's been new year for 9 days now. I haven't been doing anything and i don't know what i will be.

Let's hope i make a real update soon. :)

Steffi

Five Minutes To Midnight

Happy new year. 2010 baby.

New year's eve. Nerd style. ;)

I want photos please.

-S
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