hallies pub crawl

so.. yesterday was Flinder's hall pub crawl.. not wanting to miss out on the fun, Mao and i decided to crash it.. muahahaha..
Mao came over for dinner first, then we met her friend Carley and her friends on the bus.. the group was at Richmond's on rundell from 8-9, so we went there.. gudness, i was in awe when we went in.. the whole place was covered with hallies.. they were pretty distinctive cos they were all in their yellow hallie tees.. met up with more friends there.. it was pretty fun.. there were soooooo many people there.. maybe a hundred? haha..
then we went to this place on hindley, can't rmb the name.. then we went to the woolshed.. didn't really like it much.. it was rather boring.. so Mao recomended a place called the duck and dog (or something like that).. it was really really uber cool.. rather quite, hardly any crowd, but they had a live band.. had a drink and then realised some things seemed a bit odd.. then Mao remembered it was a gay bar! but it was fantastic! we ended up partying the night away with a gay couple and a les couple.. they were so much fun.. and we didn't have to worry about the guys hitting on us! lol.. we spent about 3 hours there.. but the time just flew by! it was crazy!! felt heaps weird seeing them hanky pankying and all, but oh well.. as long as they didn't touch us! haha.. not that they were interested in us or anything.. haha.. there's just sooooo much i could say but i'm lazy.. haha.. all in all, it was a great night and i had heaps of fun.. thanks Mao for bringing me along! haha.. oh well.. nights all! enjoy the pics.. :) oh! and i curled my hair.. looked pretty nice.. see if you can tell in any of the pics - the first few at least.. they sorta died out by the end of the night.. off to get ready for bed.. lunch at debra's place tmr.. yuM! ciao! xoxo

Mao, me, Samantha, Tricia
Mao, Carley, Pei Qi (i think.. oops.. sorry) and me
at the woolshed..
the band at duck and dog

Jarred and Mao..
Scot and me
drinks and snacks!
Mao and me..
we're part of the band!!!

they're les and gay.. so don't get any funny ideas.. same goes for the rest of the pics..
well Mao and i aren't les.. obviously...
the people who made last night a blast!
these girls are so much fun!

bitter and sweet do indeed go

it seems that my life has the ability to be a real life rollecoaster at times.. the last time i met edmund chen i was soooooo happy.. i was floating.. it felt as though nothing could pop my bubble.. but then something did. that same night.

this morning i was feeling lower than the ground.. sat in the toilet crying for an hour then anxiously tried to use my make up to hide any evidence.. (didn't really work though, so i put on my glasses to try and hide my eyes! lol) but as the day got better, thanks to wonderful friends like Chris and Abbie :) , the one thing that i've really been wanting to happen did.. and when i least expected it.. thanks Abigail Silverman! i owe you big time Abbey darling! so now i'm happy yet again.. went hunting for books in the library with Abbey and Justine.. had a blast being with them as usual.. hehe.. :) okie.. i'm off to keep grinning.. keeping my fingers and toes and all that i can crossed! please let something good come out of this! :)

although i'm still really pissed and angry with my tutor David, but i'm not gonna let him have the pleasure of ruining one more second of my life!

ok! bye! loves to all...

Maimi vice themed party

so.. being in a country that loves to drink and party, it's little surprise then that my uni frequently organises parties.. usually i don't bother going but yesterday i went with a group of friends.. i thought it'll be rather interesting cos of the theme and all.. if we had a party like that in s'pore i'm pretty sure only about 1/10 will dress up.. but this being a western country, practically everyone dressed up! it was an interesting sight.. haha.. i saw this girl who was wearing her knickers over her tights.. she looked like superman! there were also quite a few girls in leotards.. reminded me of my ballet days.. most of them had leg-warmers on too.. and i saw a pair that i REALLY like! haha so yup.. it was a really good party.. music wasn't all that dance-able till DJ Dylan came on.. he's pretty good, so that's probably why they always use him.. oh! and half way through there was this song that all the aussies knew.. Mao and i were like so blur.. we were like "what are we supposed to be doing?" then we saw everyone line-dancing.. so we joined in.. pretty simple moves, but it was awesome seeing everyone doing the same thing.. but i suppose since it was an 80's themed party it should have been expected.. haha.. there was lots of aerobic dancing.. my friends were absolutely insane! haha.. they were doing all these crazy swings and throws! but i have to admit they were good! lots of funny, and some embarrassing, things happened.. haha.. but yeah.. met up with friends i haven't seen in ages.. so that was good.. made new friends too, and realised how many of my friends are friends of my other friends.. if that even makes sense! okie.. i'm off to the gym.. thinking of taking part in the city to bay thingy this year.. it's a 12km run.. hmm.. neways.. i'm outta here! i'll let the pictures do the talking since there's much that i shouldn't and can't say! ;) ciao!

friends, friends and more friends.. pictures galore! :) enjoy!

we are the singapore girls! :)

look at the crowd!!!






tried to get a picture of this dude break-dancing, but this guy in the stripped shirt had to walk right into my photo.. sheesh..
my very very very mixed friend.. he's russian, japanese and kazakstani..

Anzac Day - Lest we forget

today's Anzac Day, which means that it's a public holiday.. but also means that there were Anzac services all round Australia, NZ, and many other countries.. and at the end of the services they always say "Lest we forget".. really cool thing... had to wake up uber early.. had to leave the house at six.. cos the service starts slightly before sunrise.. i was really surprised at how many people were there.. we went to the service in blackwood, which is pretty near my place.. they closed off all the roads and all so there were people standing everywhere.. it was a really good service.. oh! and 2 people standing really near us fainted.. first this girl fainted.. then everyone turned to look.. a lady rolled up a jacket to put under her head.. but she regained consciousness pretty quickly.. then after a while a little boy collapsed.. well he wasn't that little.. was probably about 10 or so.. was a bit freaky.. but i suppose it was hunger combined with exhaustion.. i could hear tummys rumbling away.. haha.. mine included! :) but yeah.. got home about 7.30 then tried to fall asleep again.. eventually managed to and woke up at 11.30.. sheesh.. so late! had to be in the city by 1.30 lor.. Jon offered to pick me up from home but i felt bad to make him come all the way here and then go all the way back again.. and besides.. he got home even later then me.. in the end i realised he didnt go to bed till 6 cos he was up watching millan vs ManU.. ManU won obviously.. haha.. so yeah..


neways.. eventually met Jon in the city and we drove to the most Ulu place ever! it was like farmland.. miles and miles of empty, dry land.. we went to look at this kitten that his brother's buying.. it was georgeous! sooooo cute! and friendly.. it's of rag-doll breed.. and i so want one too.. haha.. so yeah.. he's definately getting it.. Jon doesn't really like cats much, but he liked these.. he thinks rag-dolls are nice and cuddly! and they really are.. they feel like feather dusters! haha.. super soft.. but they grow to be massive.. super super big lor.. the lady who's selling them had millions of cats in her house lor.. seriously, there were probably 20 over cats there.. but they were all so friendly.. but in the end i found the one that i would like.. he's from the same litter as the one Jon's brother is getting, but he's soooo much more smaller.. he's so tiny.. i was holding him for so long.. he just sat there and didn't move much.. i'm really tempted to get him.. but i don't think my aunt and uncle will allow.. :( but he's the cutest thing ever.. oh well.. next time when i get my own place i suppose.. but i'll probably get a puppy then.. i dunno.. we'll see.. yup.. so we had vietnamese for dinner.. thank you Jon for bringing me there! it was yummy as usual.. and i finished all of it.. although i was super duper full after that.. but it was yummy! hehe


oh! and yesterday i went to the city to watch movie with xiao wei, camilia, sarah, the 2 Jons and many more.. one big group of us.. we went to watch Stomp the Yard.. uber good! I LOVE IT! it's amazing.. wish we had stuff like that here.. if you've watched You've got served and you liked it, then you'll definately like this too.. so many nice movies out now.. can't wait to watch them.. hehe.. then we went for pancakes.. and Jon and i realised that we have mutual friends! his other friends came to join us for supper.. one was his dentistry classmate Jessie, and her friend Esther.. they were my friends in Eynesbury last year! haha.. so funny.. adelaide is really small! ;)


neways.. its 2217 now and i'm exhausted.. gotta go do my assignment now then maybe watch some tv then sleeeeeeeeep.. or might sleep then wake up and do assignment.. haha.. enjoy the rest of the week peeps..

just a little something i copied from the Australian Government webby.. incase any of you wanted to read more about Anzac day.. it's really interesting.. if not, just scroll down to the pics.. :)


Significance of Anzac Day
The Anzac tradition - the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant today was established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
It was the start of a campaign that lasted eight months and resulted in some 25,000 Australian casualties, including 8,700 who were killed or died of wounds or disease.
The men who served on the Gallipoli Peninsula created a legend, adding the word ‘Anzac’ to the Australian and New Zealand vocabularies and creating the notion of the Anzac spirit.
In 1916, the first anniversary of the landing was observed in Australia, New Zealand and England and by troops in Egypt. That year, 25 April was officially named ‘Anzac Day’ by the Acting Prime Minister, George Pearce.
By the 1920s, Anzac Day ceremonies were held throughout Australia. All States had designated Anzac Day as a public holiday. Commemoration of Anzac Day continued throughout the 1930s and 1940s with World War II veterans joining parades around the country. In the ensuing decades returned servicemen and women from the conflicts in Malaya, Indonesia, Korea and Vietnam, veterans from allied countries and peacekeepers joined the parades.
During the 1960s and 1970s the number of people attending Anzac Day marches fell as Australians questioned the relevance of Anzac Day. However, in the 1990s there was a resurgence of interest in Anzac Day, with attendances, particularly by young people, increasing across Australia and with many making the pilgrimage to the Gallipoli Peninsula to attend the Dawn Service.

The Dawn Service
(The following text is from The Australian War Memorial website http://www.awm.gov.au/)
The Dawn Service observed on Anzac Day has its origins in an operational routine which is still observed by the Australian Army today. The half-light of dawn plays tricks with soldiers' eyes and from the earliest times the half-hour or so before dawn, with all its grey, misty shadows, became one of the most favoured times for an attack. Soldiers in defensive positions were therefore woken up in the dark, before dawn, so that by the time the first dull grey light crept across the battlefield they were awake, alert and manning their weapons. This was, and still is, known as "Stand-to". It was also repeated at sunset.
After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the comradeship they felt in those quiet, peaceful moments before dawn. With symbolic links to the dawn landing at Gallipoli, a dawn stand-to or dawn ceremony became a common form of Anzac Day remembrance during the 1920s; the first official dawn service was held at the Sydney Cenotaph in 1927. Dawn services were originally very simple and followed the operational ritual; in many cases they were restricted to veterans only. The daytime ceremony was for families and other well-wishers, the dawn service was for old soldiers to remember and reflect among the comrades with whom they shared a special bond. Before dawn the gathered veterans would be ordered to "stand to" and two minutes of silence would follow. At the end of this time a lone bugler would play the "Last Post" and then concluded the service with "Reveille". In more recent times the families and young people have been encouraged to take part in dawn services, and services in Australian capital cities have seen some of the largest turnouts ever. Reflecting this change, the ceremonies have become more elaborate, incorporating hymns, readings, pipers and rifle volleys. Others, though, have retained the simple format of the dawn stand-to, familiar to so many soldiers.
marching in.. hard to see much.. sun hadn't risen yet..



that's just a fifth of the people there..

the one that Jon's bro is getting..
Jon and the new addition to his family..
the one i'm getting.. haha.. yeah right! the one i fell in love with!

stressedddddddddd!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
i've got a piece of group work due tmr.. which has been a disaster right from the start.. anyways.. the thing is.. i'm supposed to get my piece in by tonight.. and i'm stuck! been stuck with it for the past 2 days.. 2 days! to write one media analysis.. firstly it took my years to find an article that i thought was slightly inline with our topic.. then, i had to read it.. which was uber boring.. then now i have to write the damn analysis.. because of that i have a splitting headache.. thank God for asprins! neways.. i've managed to do absolutely everything but the analysis.. i've vaccuumed the house, tidied the kitchen, hung and collected the laundry, cleaned my mirrors, surfed the net, chatted with friends, and i even read xia xue's blog.. can you imagine that?! sheesh.. i must be really really bored to even consider reading her blog.. no offence, i think she has a pretty cool blog.. but i dont wanna add to the 30,000 hits her blog gets a day.. i think she's slightly over-rated.. but it's her right.. and people admire her.. anyway.. thats her life, not for me to comment on..

well, i just wanted to de-stress so i decided to blog.. Leo thinks i'm mad to blog to de-stress.. but it works for me! haha.. soaking in the tub with warm water and lots of bubbles, dim candle lights, a good book and good music, or a really good massage are the best ways to relax.. but, due to water restrictions, i can't afford to fill up a tub.. Australia is under-going a severe drought and there just isn't enought water to go around.. so we all have to conserve as much water as we can! :) wish i was back in s'pore.. my maid gives really good massages.. hehe..

ok.. enough procrastinating for now.. i'm gonna go and finish off that piece of work then i'm free!! well not really, cos the next one's due thursday.. oh well, will worry about that after i'm done with this.. hope all of you had a great break and have a great 2nd term peeps..

Madness on Rundell Mall

this were actually taken on Saturday, the 17th of April.. i met Ginger for lunch in the city and we were greeted by the sight of this! haha.. it was great seeing her again after a year.. and this just made the day even more memoriable! haha.. it was absolute madness i tell you! why on earth are there animals in the middle of a shopping mall?!?! haha.. but the kids were certainly enjoying it.. well, we were too.. lol.. enjoy the pics!

last year Leo told me i look like the lama.. cos i'm as white as them.. pls tell him you disagree! haha

the adelaide version.. she's reading 'The Advertiser'.. that's a mug of Coopers beer and just by her right arm are the pigs you usually see along rundell mall.. i think its the adelaide hills in the background too.. pretty cool..