Between us and them.

Okay, guys. Come dawn, I'll be off to Central Aussie til the 7th of July! Which means I'll (hopefully) be contactable only through my mobile, but def not through MSN whatnots. Have a great week all you happy people! And by the end of my crazy(-fun) camping trip, I'll be back in Melbourne for half a day and then it's back home!! Yipee! So see you all at the end of the road :)

P.S. I left you guys a song, a remix actually, of Chasing Cars and Every Breath You Take. Loves it.


Click Play! :)

Smile even though your heart is breaking.

Wednesday
Mom arrives! Lunch was yumcha @ Westlake and then dinner was Oriental Spoon at La Trobe. Well-fed = joy. :)

Extreme left - say hi to Bart! New addition to the family! Thanks to Tash :)

Friday
DFO Spencer. Need I say more?

Huge-ass lobster for dinner!

Saturday
Met Harv in the afternoon to catch Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Loves the new addition much! The Silver Surfer (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) is so cool! And of course, the Human Torch is so goddamn HAWT.

And then at night after a yummilicious home-cooked dinner, I met Ashley and Dani for Ocean's 13, which I really, really enjoyed!

Fave last scene! SNAGs watching Oprah. Haha.

Sunday
Brought Mom to St. Kilda's Sunday Esplanade Market because she loves stuff like that and we got me a gorgeous Silk orange lamp for my new room!

To buy, or not to buy?

The yummiest (and apparently healthiest) burgers in Melbourne at Grill'd!

And then we ride off into the St. Kilda sunset...

Monday

Mom's always wanted to go to Miss Marples because of all the travel programs she watches back home so yesterday, I fulfilled her wish and drove her up Dandenong; we got lost along the way and took an extra 20mins to get up, because Mom completely forgot to rent a Melway! All we had were very brief instructions on how to get there (but not back!). Gah. Anyways it took about an hour up but well worth it because Miss Marples is apparently this famous quaint little cottage for tea (and Devonshire Scones). I mean, tea is one thing and tea tastes pretty much the same eveywhere but SCONES! God I have a neverending obsession with yummy scones and boy, was I satisfied yesterday!

Miss Marples along Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road.

Cosy interiors.

Mamu is happy cos I finally brought her to the quaint ickle cottage.

Spot of tea, anyone?

Cottage Pie for lunch. Pretty bland.

SCONES!!!! Roar! They are seriously fresh and one of the best I've tasted.

The fireplace where you warm your teapots.

(I'm kidding. This is out of commission.)

Don't let the gorgeous sunshine fool you - it was freezing up there!

Gorgeous day; like the roadtrip to Mornington, it started out gloomy and cloudy but cleared up to be quite a travel-friendly day!

This is going to be the face for the next 11 days; Sulky!!

Then I drove Momsy up to SkyHigh, where they had a viewing platform 633m above sea level.

If you look close and hard enough, Melbourne CBD is far, far away in the distance...

When you're on top of the world...

I tried to stop along a couple of parks along the way (Mom loves flowers and stuff) but winter season means everything's dull and barren. Gah. Hence we headed home. Without a map. Got back to the city after 80 mins or so. Not fun driving in the dark in Melbourne!! I hate the lightlessness of Melbourne highways although I do love being able to go at a 100km/hr legally. And Mom did not stop complaining that I drive too recklessly on bendy mountain roads bla bla bla (60km, 70km on long bends.. ok what!). She thinks I'm overly inspired by Initial D! Haha! Mom is really so full of nonsense sometimes, and today for instance, I told her I needed a smaller pillow for my camping trip and she went out and bought a AUD45 silk cushion-pillow thing. It is much smaller then my usual pillows but what the..???


I know that this world has changed us,

Now we're nothing more than strangers.
But do you think about me ever?
Do you think we belong together?

Tainted love.

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
I've lost my lights
I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
You think love is to pray
I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm going to pack my things and go
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love
Tainted love

- PCD's rendition of Tainted Love

I don't know! You tell me!

I got mad at Mom today cos I called her a couple of times and she didn't pick up. I was effin' hungry. And hence, grumpy. I also have a thing against people who don't pick up their calls. What the fuck is the handphone for then?!!?!?!?!?!?

Ground Zero/ Burning Bridges.

"It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over."

-Paulo Coehlo

I wish I knew better how to, but I guess I have to learn sometime, so why not now? Here's my shot at letting go. Despite everything, despite everything that happened - all the drama and the tears - I loved my Jekyll, but I can't deal with Hyde; regretfully, what they said about "taking the good with the bad" has fallen on deaf ears. Besides, it seems Jekyll has already moved on, and I wish him well. Sincerely.

I thought I lost you somewhere, but you were never really there at all.

5 hours later.

I got up waaay too early (read: when mom just landed at 8.45am) and I can't get back to sleep and am extremely bored. That's why;

Soundtrack of your life:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't Lie.


Opening Credits:
Basement Jaxx - Tonight

Waking Up:
50 Cent - 21 Questions
(Yeah, about why I have to get up haha)

First Day At School:
Renee Olstead - A Love That Will Last (??)

Falling In Love:
Sade - Smooth Operator

Fight Song:
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

Breaking Up:
Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Prom:
Enrique & Whitney - Can I Have This Kiss Forever

Life's Ok:
Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honour Or Humanity
(Makes me wann watch Kill Bill again!)

Mental Breakdown:
Mario Vazquez - Gallery
(I can totally relate to this song so I guess yes, one day I will go mentaaal realising how messed up I am when it comes to relationships.)

Driving:
Rachael Yamagata - The Reason Why

Flashback:
Jack Johnson - Inaudible Melodies

Getting Back Together:
Wilson Philips - Hold On
(This is also the 'getting back' (as friends, duh) song in Harold and Kumar!)

Wedding:
Janet Jackson Ft Nelly - Call On Me

Birth of Child:
Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore
(You mean my baby's father is gonna ditch me?!?!!?)

Final Battle:
Corrine May - Everything In Its Time

Death Song:
The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
(AHAHAHAHA; "you are, the only one that needs to know".)

Funeral Song:
Police - Every Breath You Take

End Credits:
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow - Picture


And you...I'm sorry I can't love you back.

We go up to come down...

By the 90th (out of a 100 MCQs) question, I was secretly congratulating myself for making it that far; the 3-hour paper that started 9.30am seemed such a stretch - I was exhausted by 10am what with all that calculations and theory testing. Gah. It was simply full-on. But thank god I'm FINALLY done with exams! Bye bye Academia even if only for a couple of weeks! Hello once again, Life!!

Lunch was at White Tomato on Bourke, affordable and reasonably yummy (sorry Mel :P) Korean. Lunch = destress + bitching session, as always, and after that, I went to Melb Central and Myer's to do a bout of shopping. Did come back with quite a harvest! I just couldn't resist although I kept telling myself to wait for Mom (so she'll pay heh heh). Mom is gonna be here when I wake up! Awesomeness! I am so looking forward to (paid for) good food, shopping, and basically not having to do anything! :) And now, back to where I left off with iLike and MADtv...

If i could i would
do it again
id do it again
i wouldnt change a thing

We have love, and lose love
and do it again we do it again
but thats how we are
we come back just to throw it all away

tell me its over
so we can do it all again
im addicted to this elevator love
tell me you miss me
and i will come back for one more day
im addicted to this elevator love
Elevator love

we laugh, we cry
and do it again
do it again
we go to hell and back

But theres something 'bout you i cant keep away
just cant keep away
we know we'll crash down (we crash and we crash and we)
but i dont want it any other way

...just to turn it around
and face it all again.

Happy birthday Da!!

Happy Birthday Ah Da! Again sadly, my exam timetable sucks and holiday plans don't coincide with your birthday like last year :(. But in any case, I'm sure you had a great time with NR the KK and all your other close friends! Definitely should have a follow-up celebration with T11 when I get back! Hang on ok!! And well, nearly 6 years of friendship..what can I say?? Dope!! ;) Cheers to more good times to come! :)

Caffine-Driven.

So while the rest of you are wondering what to eat, where to go, or what to do in the next few hours, I will still be here, mugging my ass off as I have since like the end of May. So please, spare me your "I'm bored"'s, "Wah, damn sian leh. What you doing?", "Hey what's up?" ("NOTHING except studying.") on MSN. I am not being "away" cos it's 'cool'! I am away for a reason! Ok, sure you may reason, "Then why the hell are you on MSN?!" Cos I still might need someone's help on MSN that's why! So until tomorrow night, speak not to me unless I speak to you.


The soul is willing but the flesh is weak.

MADtv.

I NEED to get out of the house! I can't study at home and I'm so screwed..3 days to put 24 lectures into my head; sooo tired after the exam last night I crashed by midnight and this morning I snoozed from 6 to 8.30am. And then when I finally woke up I was so sleepy so I decided to go watch one MADtv clip I buffered last night. One thing led to another and...it's been an hour since I woke up and the only thing I've accomplished is watching various MADtv clips! Argh it's so addictive!

Head in the clouds.

"Is it you smoking, or just the vapour??"

Like Genting, but at least 8 times worst.

Woke up to this - superfog and clouds. It was a crazy 5 degrees when I woke up at 10 this morning, and it hardly got warmer as the day went on; 3 layers of longsleeves barely kept me warm in the exam hall! My thumb nearly broke when I began to write (after inactivity). Also, in other news, I spent most of the day exhaling through my mouth, just so I can 'smoke' (read: vapour in cold conditions). ;)

Staying positive.

I just wasted half an hour on facebook playing the iLike challenge - that shit is so addictive argh! And in my attempt to beat my challenger, I went overboard and upgraded myself to a Music Expert spank you very much. Okayy now doom. Sleep first study tomorrow morning or study now (and cram the already full head) and wake up later tomorrow? Gah. Choices.


I don't know how you do it.. what kind of magic is this?
Because I sure as hell feel so much better and I know I "can do it". Because you said so. :)

What a lie, you and I.

You packed your last two bags,
A taxi's round the bend.
You used to laugh out loud,
But you can't remember when.
You lost your lies.
It's like your moving out of time,
And the whole world
crumbles right beneath you.

So, I might've made a few mistakes,
But that was back when you would smile,
And we would go everywhere,
But we ain't been there for a while.
And this I know,
There's a place that we can go -
A place where I can finally let you know.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
We're the only one's that around,
We're the only one's that around this Babylon.

I hope you find
whatever you've been lookin' for.
Just remember where you're from
and who you are,
'Cause there's a thousand lights
that'll make you feel brand new,
But if you ever lose your way,
I'll leave one on for you.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
So, come back and you sit down. Relax.
Everything's to see
that you've come a long, long way,
And it's the place that you should be.

Makes me wonder.

I wake up with blood-shot eyes
Struggled to memorize
The way it felt between your thighs
Pleasure that made you cry
Feels so good to be bad
Not worth the aftermath, after that
After that
Try to get you back

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
(Yeah)
So this is goodbye

God damn, my spinning head
Decisions that made my bed
Now I must lay in it
And deal with things I left unsaid
I want to dive into you
Forget what you're going through
I get behind, make your move
Forget about the truth

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you

Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try (yeah)
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true
Anymore, Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye

I've been here before
One day a week
And it won't hurt anymore
You caught me in a lie
I have no alibi
The words you say don't have a meaning
Cause..
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a fuck about you and I...
and so this is goodbye.

Would it help if I turned the sad song on?

Location of the zombified body:
Mon - State Library;
Tues, Wed - Criminology Building's Common Room.
Yesterday was a record set, sitting on the same chair in one room for almost 13hours straight (10.30am - 12 midnight). Yes, beat that. The concept of last minute mugging has been redefined by yours truly.

And now?
At the library.
Less than 24hours to dooms day.
I've found that if I take a chance and pick topics, then perhaps I will be able to 'finish' revision prep.
But I've also realised that if I take the chance, it would be utter suicide if the topic doesn't appear on the exam tomorrow.

To do, or not to do.
Life's hardest choice.

Give it to me.

ARGH final-fucking-ly finished my Cinema essay, and for the first time, I'm actually short of words to make up the word count (I'm normally 500-700 words over the limit)! What a surprise..even Sonz was like, taken aback -

Sonz: "Are you kidding?? So short? Add another paragraph or something."
Me: "I have nothing left to write."
Sonz: "Since when do you have nothing to write!"

Lol. So yep. Relieved but can't help reprimanding myself for not finishing it earlier like a week before as planned. Now I've got to fix up the website (which is the second part of this assignment), finish one more assignment by mid-week and then intensive mugging for the first exam on Friday. I need a lot of luck (or knowledge) for this one, cos I desperately need to ace (or semi-ace) it to maintain my average! Okkk I shall get offline and not be distracted by facebook.

Or so I'll try.


Today is the tomorrow you were talking about yesterday.

It cuts both ways.

I'm not taking sides;

shou xin ye shi rou, shou bei ye shi rou.

Hey now, hey now.

Dean left for Singapore last night (awfully jealous, I am!), and I dropped by Loop after dinner to say bye; no drinks of course, I'm on an alcohol detox diet. It's been hard not drinking at all, not even a single drop, and of course, things are even harder when no one believes you! Honest, guys! It's been a month since I last drank! So I sat there with a glass of coke and then lemon lime bitters, with Dean (Sgean like me), Sonz (Thai), Davvy (Scottish-American) and Theo (Greek) and we chatted the night away. Topics like Muay Thai boxing (Davvy and Theo did some form!), kicking someone's arse, Asian stereotypes, Uni, exams, etc..all came out! Loop was such a melting pot of cultures last night :). So whilst Dean is probably enjoying his prata and nasi lemak now, I can only attempt a form of consolation - a countdown!

I will be so glad in 20 days, when my exams officially ends. Right now, I need a lot of self-discipline and luck to get through this; exams suck!

Oh, Tues I went for Yumcha (finally!) with my lovely classmates from the very much dreaded Stats class. As usual, non-stop bitching and laughter..I like :).

Jean and Mel!

Tues Lunch Bunch. :)