lol.
i've just been reading posts from previous years.
some of them make absolutely NO sense.
i've been blogging since 2004. nice.
Anyway, i went into the city with megan nice and early in the morning so we could get her birth cert, so she could apply for her proof of age, so we can go out partaying! :D
haha, and also while chatting last night, we decided to get the lunch crew together to have lunch for one of our friend's birthdays, which was yesterday. she turned 18! yay
after getting meg's cert, we went shopping to get ella a pressie!! it took us forever to decide, finally we found the winner at Ice Accessories :D met up with moe and ella, and then decided we would go to Miss Mauds for lunch! :D ordered a sunrise and a kycking panini. it was soooo yummo.
moe and ella had club sandwiches, and megan had this reaaally decadent looking choc mud cake! indulgence.. hahaha but she promised she'd work it off tomorrow! :P she's stick thin anyway, so it wouldn't have made much of a difference! :P
i reaaally wanted this pretty dress from valleygirl! :( it was blue and pretty and had flowers.
but $35. i ain't got that money right now, especially since i just got xmas pressie for special little man (a.k.a lil sis! :p). blew hole in pocket, it did. :S
River Flows in You piano playing is coming along nicely, but it's quite fast to play, so right now i'm playing it quite slowly.. haha. and i bought a guitar cd today! full of awesome guitar music for me to study to. not that i need it right now.. but for next year! :D

10:07 pm ♥

Just a mere few hours before the year 2007 comes to an end.. (:
how excitement!! =D
so i've decided to do a blog post on the best things that have happened (to me) this year!
because, i was bored waiting for the year to end. :P
nah not really, i just felt like doing this post =)
i don't actually know what i'm doing this NYE. I'll probably be dragged off to my aunt's place as usual, where i shall attempt to escape. overprotective family is really not a fun thing to have when one is trying to go out and have fun. :(
but ANYWAY.
THE TOP 10 BEST THINGS OF 2007

The number one spot on my list goes to finally getting to read the final installment of the Harry Potter series, HP and the Deathly Hallows.Having been a fan and avid reader since 1997, i was absolutely thrilled that i would be able to find out Harry's fate in a matter of hours when i had finished the book. :) The feelings i experienced from the time i held the book in my hands to the time i read the last word were indescribable. the series has been so magical, and in so many ways has brought me through life, in the way it brought me such comfort to read the books; in times of loneliness/sadness they brought me comfort when no one could. stupid, it may seem to one who doesn't read the series, or has only followed the films. but i absolutely love the books, and for that i thank JK Rowling for writing them. (: If anyone deserves to be rich, it is her. (: since then i've read HP&theDH at least a good 5 times, and love every word, every page and most of all every minute of it.
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Spot number two goes to turning the big 18 along with some of my bestest friends!! :)
(with the exception of Moe, who turned 18 in 2006)

to all my bestest buddies, who made 2007 bearable, and most of all FUN :)
Love you guys, and I'll see you all next year. (:
next year, we'll ALL be able to head out together because we're all legal =D *victory dance*
turning 18 was much fun; my 18th was small, but nonetheless fun and eventful =) karaoke night is always a fun thing to do, especially when everyone has had a couple of drinkies =)
(apart from moi of course :P because i no drinky.) but thanks to allllll you beautiful people who invited me to their 18ths, even if i couldn't make it, i sincerely WISH i could've been there to celebrate with yaa :) to those whose 18ths i went to, your parties were rockin! :)
plans for my "big 18th" partay fell through because uni got wayyy too busy, but oh well, there's always the big 21! :P masquerading here we cometh! :) only 3 more years.. :P
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Number three is dedicated to a big change in my life, going off to university for the first time ever =)
From the time i was offered a spot in mass comm, to the final day of my first year, uni has been an absolute roller coaster ride. i made loads of new acquaintances, and maybe even a few new friends =) but on the whole it's been a crazy experience, something SO very different from my scheduled, structured high school life. without teachers grilling you all the time, and growling at you to shut up and do your work, it makes you feel so weird and free. and what with the lecturers/tutors swearing and talking about things not previously talked about in high school, uni is a totally different environment to it. i have learned from my one year of experience, and although at times i have felt like dropping out and becoming a toilet cleaner =P (just joking, not really a toilet cleaner!!) i know that sticking with uni is the way to go. :) no matter how much hard work i have to do, deep down, i know it's for me. =) but i sincerely hope that i get into the Design course, because even though uni is one of the best things of this year, journalism, PR and the MCI units proved to be one of the WORST things of the year. i realised that, my writing talent lay not in the news, but only in creative writing. =\ however, Graphic communications was part of the best things in uni this year, which leads up to:
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number four: Photography =)
Finding something that i love more than words can say is priceless. and from the very first shots developed from my good ol' 2nd hand canon SLR (film) :P i knew it was love. :)
there's just something about using an SLR to capture an image, something very different than using a standard digi cam. don't get me wrong, i still absolutely ADORE my Nikon coolpix as it has lasted me since 2005! :) and the shots are still perfection =) but an SLR just has so much more quality, so much more oomph. and i love it.
some of the projects in photography, were just mildly dull, but i still managed to fluke some wicked shots. :) you may not agree with me, you may think my photos are crap, but i love them to death. and now one of my long term goals is to become a wedding photographer. although photography is a challenging industry to enter. =) which is why i'd choose graphic design as my major, that way i can still do my beloved photography =) and hopefully one day achieve my goal. :)oh and special thanks to the two ladies who helped me ever so much with photography. my models Limpy (for ballet) and Emmy (for the musician shoot:p) and to all the critics :) thanks for helping me through 2007 =)

continuing on.. =)
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Number five goes to our first totally independent road trip by ourselves! :)
(and by ourselves i mean moi, carrot, moe and mads!) there's just something about having no parents around. everything is so carefree and fun.
the sun shines, the animals leap, the birds sing, the clouds disappear! people dance!!
ok. enough with that bullshit. :P
the koorda show was mildly entertaining, slightly gross at night but nevertheless fun and nonsensical. the tent was really really COLD and the ground was really really HARD.
But it was still an experience. =) and of course, looking after a near delirious person who drank endlessly but forgot to eat was TOTAL excitement. :P just jokinnn.LOOK it's Drunk and Drunker. :P
but the best bit was travelling up to Koorda in maddi's car gertie =P being stuck in a small confined space with people for a long period of time can rarely be considered fun, unless of course you're stuck in a car with your bestest friends riding down the highwayy. :P (although i'm pretty sure it wasn't exactly a highway.. =\ not sure what it was!)
Cruisin' down the road with your mates is just so much fun...
we'll have to do it again sometime ladies! :) perhaps to Esperance aye? :P
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number six goes to a very special person, my BFFN =p: AUDREY.
I've been friends with Audrey since year 8, when she came to study at SMC and into my homeroom, Frayne, but we were never extremely close friends, merely homeroom mates who occasionally talked to each other, but knew only little about who they really were. =) although we did give her a lift to the AC social in year 8 =D
not many words can describe this wonderful person.
she was the service captain in year 12, and it is evident that she really truly deserved that position, because of her giving nature, selflessness and true friendship. :)
everyone loves this gal, as do i, and it's just impossible to hate her guts. :P and it's hard to stay annoyed/irritated with her for long! :)
Since this year, when the boundaries of the boarder/daygirl cliques had broken (:P lol :P) i found out that she lived veryyy nearby, and thus, we became great friends by proximity! :P ehhehe.she's wacky and much fun, and it brings me great happiness to chill with her and go shopping and other BFFN stuff. :P she has been such a big help this year, getting me books from the murdoch library when Curtin fails to have them, and of course driving me around to fun places :D and giving me discounted reddies. :P hehehe. (hope this doesn't get her fired in case someone comes across this!!! :P) hehehe.this girl has a beautiful soul, and she is always helping other people.. :)
she will also make a great psychologist when she graduates, because she is one who has her vocation all figured out. :) just as long as she doesn't use the phrase "and HOW do YOU feel about that?" too much :P (lol PJ.)
she may have her own problems, but she will always be around to listen to yours. what a great friend. :) getting to know audrey PROPERLY this year has been one of the best things of 2007. without having a wonderful friend like her, i don't think i'd have made it through the year in one piece. =)

and also i love her puppy Richie. really audrey, i'd have stopped being your friend if you didn't have him :P :P :P
you know i'm just joking =) i love ya so mucho gal!! :) you're truly my BFFN =p
thanks for the 2007 memories =) and for the next 30 years to come hehehehe.
we'll make it through together.
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numbers seven, eight, and nine are lumped together, because it involves two things, Singapore and my WONDERFUL Aussie visitors =D
2007 has been a year of firsts, and one of these firsts was some of my bestest friends coming to visit moi in singapore, my homeland, as it will always be =) taking my friends around to see the sights, going CRAAAAZY shopping spree-ing, and just chilling out is SOOO much more fun when we're in Singapore. :P
Shopping sprees with maddi may have burnt holes in my pocket, but my closet was much fuller by the end of that :Pour NYE plans may have fallen through, but it was still freakin' awesome to have had my one of my bestest friends, fellow shoe fetish-er :P and all round shopping buddy with me was just mucho fun. :) i even got to see Olimpia, one of my other aussie mates who went to visit Jayne, a Singaporean friend of mine who went to my aussie school! :P
And visiting Vini in KL was another first, taking the bus to malaysia by ourselves!! :) and of course, more shopping with poopeehead viniiii!! :) (who btw i miss dearly ='( ..)

Explorations of Spore with my dear friend Moe was fun too! Less shopping than with Mads ;P but loads more exercise from our adventures and walks :P
but still the same amount of gorging of food with the two of them!! :P

moe and i ventured to places i hadn't been for awhile, and even places i'd never been to before.. :)
one of the highlights was getting the free hotel room at Sentosa. :)
two different friends, two different levels of FUN :)
simone and her weird bf. :P
i hope the two of them had fun during their visits, i know they did plenty of retail therapy! :P

and Emily's short visit in September/October was also very fun, even if i spent only one day with her and her sisters.. I even got to FINALLY hang with Carly in singapore!! :P we always seem to miss each other when we travel there.. :P it was like some sort of jinx. hahaha.

for the brief time we spent, i hope that they had some fun, i know that they DEFINITELY did loads of shopping.. :) but they were there for hockey and didn't have much time after that to shop.. :) hopefully, next time they come i'll be able to take them to a new shopping spot! :P

adventuring, shopping and chilling with my aussie mates in S'pore was definitely one of the BEST parts of 2007.. :) and Caris, audrey and vini have yet to visit me!!!!!
hahaha damn you alllll :P
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and last but certainly NOT least, scraping in at number ten, practising the art of jewellery making!!! :)

this is frustrating yet relaxing at the same time, and a very good way release creative juices, another outlet that is. :) ever since mum brought back the first jewellery making tools, i knew it was love. :P

my jewellery may not be spectacular, it may not be splendiferous, but i certainly enjoy making them :)

and i do enjoy wearing them :D
even if i'm the only one who loves them :) although i have given some away as presents. :)
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so that's the end of my top 10.. :) this has got to be one of the longest posts i've ever written. what a jolly waste of time! :P
anyway, i'll see you all next year!! :)
Happy New Year all.
Hope your night is more eventful than mine. =\
love, moi
xoxo

10:17 am ♥

Went to Point Walter today with Audrey! :) Had lunch at the PW Cafe... Had to wait for our food to come for awhile! Everything was slightly expensive so we decided to split a grilled fish and chips.. :D It was pretty good, we had a piece of fish each .. :)

Got a spider too. :D Yummies.This is a cool shot =D
Also got a side order of garlic bread which was freakin excellent!! :)
They look like nandos chicken.. hahaha but they're garlic breads.. lol
And finished! =D
After that we started to walk towards the "secret place" =D
Lovely warm day today, but a chilly breeze came through the trees and while we were by the river, so Audz was freezing her arse off!
The wicked stairs on the way down... I photoshopped the photo abit.. :P

Audz on the cool stairs..

There's so many mussel shells on the beach.. icky!
Audrey found one that was heart shaped =DWe had fun taking random pictures and then we started to draw in the sand.
Look at our artwork! =D hahaha
Seaweed hair girl. :D
Camwhoring.. hahaha
Me & Audrey! :)
Drove past SMC on the way back... :)
For old times sake.
Audrey was craving brownies the whole day, so we drove to Maccas to go to McCafe to get brownies.
Then she got a call from her dad saying that Richie had gone missing!! So we drove back to hers and then when we just arrived at her house, he called her again and said he found Richie in the shed!!! hahaha she was frustrated because she had to go all the way to Maccas to get her brownie! :P
Moe came over this morning to use my camera before her interview! She said it was pretty good and not very scary! :D So i'm a little less freaked. :D

4:30 pm ♥

Oh Lordy.
Cleaning out my closet, I found these whompers right down the back! Had them in Year 9.
I remember when they were all the rage.

10:33 am ♥

been sweeping out the nooks and crannies of my room lately. (haha ok well, recycling old papers and shit) and finding heaps of xmas, bday and various cards and letters i've received over the years, and just re-reading them all! :) tis amazing the amount of letters i found. my cleaning has been slowed down by me stopping to read every letter i come across. :) random letters from boarding school, from old friends in Singapore and just other random things. i felt so sad when i read the letters from my exbestfriend in singapore, because now that i read them, i can see that she really was sad i wasn't around, and when i told her i wasn't comin back to study, i can see that she was really really sad. :( makes me sad i couldn't see it before. :( and i miss one of my other old friends muchly too; i haven't seen her in forever :( ahh. i'm so tired i can't write anymore. been watching way too much S&TC because i'm trying to get all those seasons over with so i can return them back to maddi by friday! :D which reminds me, i've gotta ring maddi tomorrow. lol. ahh, the season 5 dvd keeps stopping and starting it's starting to piss me off!! D:
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on a happier note, simone, emily and i have decided we're going to be having a halloween partay next year :D a harry potter themed party! :) with all things potter, including a harry potter movie marathon. :D
complete with butterbeer, cauldrons and loads of other awesome shit! :D hehehe.
anyway, best head off to bed. well, once this episode is finished. :P

12:58 am ♥

Ohh my head is spinning with theories, global media and representation crap.
fcuking hate this unit! WHY WHYY ME
So i'm taking a short break.
Here's some lovely photos.
Crazy photo of my sister. We were packing the house, and I was intrigued by the giant roll of bubble wrap which I then proceeded to wrap her in! :D

YAY for my big fake Cons bag :D
Needed an uber huge strong bag for uni.
Look, here's the bubble wrapped statue of my sister again. hah
This time she looks strangely dead :S
I'm not a plastic bag either!
Bought that for Moe.. hehe

I'm going to miss you so house. :'(
Thanks for the memories.
lOl

8:38 am ♥

Back in Perthopia.
SOBBB
No more pretty condo.. :( I'm gonna MISS it so much.
And my friends.
And Auntie Sue.
And her million cats.
Haha ok not million.
Muffin was talking to me and going crazy rubbing itself on my legs. Perhaps she knew I was leaving. :S
And now I'm back here, stressing out about at least 10 different things. Drawing like crazy, so I can hand it in tomorrow. I really want to go to a Hairspray singalong session, but I have absolutely NO free time these next 2 weeks especially. :( 2 oral presentations which I have NOT started, for Thursday, same class. Other drawing crap due on Friday, MAJOR photog assignment due next Monday, and probably some PR and Journo shit due sometime in these 2 weeks! :(WOW i've dug myself into a hole..
You know, sometimes I just want to crawl into a hole, leave uni and just lie there for like a month. I really don't like one of my units, stupid theory shit I'll NEVER use ever again. I love photography, but this semester's assignments were shit. I'm holding out for years 2 & 3 which will be undeniably awesome. PR is fcuking bullsh*t and journalism is ok. I have a cool tutor for that. :) Okay, back to the drawing board. Or should I say, page.

edit// I bought the Chanel Coco Mademoiselle perfume duty-free @ Changi Airport. It's so freakin expensive, $117 for a 50ml bottle. But hey, it's Chanel, and the smell is so freakin delicious, that it's totally worth it! :)

9:48 pm ♥

WOO
Back in Singapore for a week..
Watched Paris, Je t'aime and Namaste London on the plane...
Paris, Je T'aime was a little too weird, way too many different directors, but it was interesting! I loved Namaste London, at some points I thought I was going to burst out into tears.. haha.. and the good thing is, i started watching that with the intention of checking whether it would suit my assignment theme, and it totally did and i totally enjoyed it! :D soo anyways.
Spent today helping Mum at the library workshop, didn't really do anything much apart from sit there and look gross.. hahaha I did take a stroll down to TM to get food, was sussing out any bargainous regions I may be able to take Emmy when she gets here!! :D Went to LP too after the workshop, and bought shitload of stuff mostly for Mum, but I bought some lanterns for the lantern festival! Which was tonight, so hams, char and I went around walking with my family holding lanterns and pissing ourselves laughing over stupid things just like ye olden days. :D haha

So sad i'm moving and they're totally devo too, I really like my house :'( boohooo.
it's comfy, even though all the walls are white, and all the furniture is simple..
I best be hopping into bed soon, Emm is arriving tomorrow at 8.55 am with her sisters, woohoo so pumped! :D they'll probably want to sleep though, so we'll let them rest. :) Lucky them they have to wait in Jakarta for like 6 hours! In fact they should be touching down there very soon.. :)

11:46 pm ♥

Today whilst crossing the road back to my house, I was suddenly inspired to write a post about bloggers, and how to identify them. However, I am now really sleepy, and can feel my eyes burning for some rest. So i shall continue in my quest later.
Went to Supre today with Audz, and bought a grey T-shirt and casual dress with pretty colourful flowers, just $5 each! :D
Of course, it took a hell of alot of painstaking digging through the bargain bin, one of my most favourite past times. :P
Had lunch at Nandos, God i love that place, and burned a hole in my tongue.. :P (just jokes)
Then Caris came and visited, well, really she came to pick up the shoes we bought for her in Singapore, as she wanted to steal mine! :P But they were a size below mine, however she managed to get her feet in and stretched them a little so they were all good! :D
After having a coffee & tea we went to Charisma Cafe to see Mrs T , our former boarding school house mother, and had milkshakes with her! :) Had a good ol' chat and finally she dropped me off along Canning Highway so I could catch a bus home..
Dinner at Ohnamiya tonight, had terikyaki beef and twas GOOD . :)

Aiight, i gotta go sleep. :\

10:00 pm ♥

Hooray! got the Charmed/O.C. fever once more..

thank god for star world...

haha.. anyways.

life's been pretty boring. just been hanging around doing nothing.. watchin TV. shootin hoops.

can't get outta the house sadly. stupidstupidstupid.

i REALLY should start my summer study. the thought of it pains me.

haha.

hmmmm.. got nothing better to do. i'm gonna upload some new pics from my brand new digi cam. :P hahaha.

10:36 pm ♥