Sunday, October 28, 2007
Gay Pride Day 07
Sunday, October 28, 2007
It was the Gay Pride Day last night. We went to watch the parade after dinner. This year's was pretty good with references to Dumbledore and Paris Hilton. It was a wee bit political in the sense that they do not support the Howard Government. I took quite a bit of photos, there's this one that says 'Howard's Balls'. They handed out condoms promoting safe sex and there are also several activists promoting pap smears and creating awareness about cervical cancer and stuff.
After the parade, Alvin asked me out to Connections. It is a gay club in the middle of Northbridge. So I joined him and his friends. It was pretty cool in there, it was interesting because the guys were totally not interested in me at all. Also, it was the first time I saw so many gay men making out. We were dancing and stuff where these two gay couples came can dance with me. They felt squishy and soft tho they were really skinny. After a bit, one of them went to Alvin and started dancing with him. He then started undoing Alvin's cardigan and Alvin gave me a 'What the fuck?' look. Alvin's friend came to the rescue and started dancing with him, leading him away from the other gay guy. It was pretty hilarious.
"Keep Paris Hilton out of jail", "Safe Sex, No Regrets", "Howard's Balls", "John Howard Makes Gays Pay!"
Love babe.
Today, Alvin joined my brothers and me for brunch at Cicerellos. We woke up really late this afternoon as I was up till the wee hours in the morning last night. In addition to the daylight saving that started today, I felt so weary and disorientated with the time adjustment. I hate daylight savings.
Cesar Salad, Prawn Pasta, Fresh Oysters, Seafood Platter- Grilled Barimandi, fried octopus, fresh oysters topped with ham and bacon slices, calamaris, chips, prawns kebab and chilli mussles. The seafood platter was amazing. Absolutely enjoyed it.---
I have got only a week of class left. In no time I would be taking my exams, which would be over by the 15th. Nice.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ken's Valedictory
Friday, October 26, 2007
It was Ken's Valedictory on Tuesday evening. I brought my camera there and then realised that I've forgotten to take the memory card out of my laptop. So I could not take loads of picture. It was so stupid. But anyhow, it was pretty nice. With formal recognition of the Valedictorians for the various subjects. It was then I realised how wide their curriculum is. There's this guy, Robert Plummer. He took six subjects for his TEE, which is the most he could take, and topped the level for every single subject. So he was named the Dux for year 2007. People like that are just so annoyingly amazing. They are just so brilliant, and that makes you feel so freaking envious. The students made a video of all of the graduates and gave a nickname for all of them. It was pretty cute.
The dinner was rather good as well. For the entree, we had asparagus with smoked salmon with celery salad. The main course was a baked chicken breast stuffed with feta cheese and cured ham with a side of boiled vegetables. Dessert was cute. A white chocolate peach with vanilla peach ice cream inside. And then, within the ice cream itself was a frozen Ferrero Rocher. It's like a kinder surprise. You open the chocolate and find a goody within it. How nice.
The Kohs.
Ken's Class.
Joachim, Ken and David.After the dinner, we went back to Ken's dormitory. I swear I've never smelt such manly scent ever. A house full of teenaged hormornal boys. My goodness, I felt quite out of place really. On the way back, I slipped and scabbed my knees. It bled quite a bit and I was quite freaked out. But it was quite nice to see my brothers tending to me so attentively. It was really sweet.
Brothers can be such dickheads sometimes, but I love them to bits. Like today, Ken sent me back home as it was real dark and it was raining. Then we were talking about our relationships with our various partners and stuff. It was a good conversation, and it made me see how much he had matured.
Loves packages
As usual, I was surfing the various sites that I visit regularly, and I saw this post on WhoWhat WearDaily. I loved how MK carried off the jumper so nicely. American Apparel's clothes are very basic yet nice. It fits real well and I am very satisfied with the size.
This pair of skort is sexy yet subtle. It's good for gym.
I tried matching the dress with my demin vest. It looks real simple yet fabulous. Very suitable for summer. And it would look so good with my gold gladiator sandals from Zara. With this season's maxi dress look, it would so be in vogue.
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I went to Joachim's place today. It's a really nice place, you can see Swan River from his balcony. Also, you can watch the sunset from there. Love the kitchen and his couch. He called me 'love child' and said I could go stay if I would do the dishwashing. Right.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
My baby brother is here to visit. I went to Alvin's house to see him this afternoon after class. Anyway, I feel so liberated today. Finally! I've finished all the shitass assignments for this semester. Really, I think this sem's workload's pretty heavy, rather demanding and not very rewarding mentally. Also, I wore my mom's CK dress out for the first time today cause I had a major pitch to present, and I thought I looked very business-like in it. With my peep-toe heels, it adds to the omph factor. Also, I am convinced that God is a male because of heels.
It was good to see my brother. I've missed him a lot and was rather annoyed when I found our that he grew a few more inches in just a few months. But he's such an angel. I was just talking to him and Alvin during dinner about a horrible incident near my place; about an Asian girl who got raped and murdered by a Caucasian. So when it was time for me to head home, he hailed a cab for me and gave the driver a 50. How sweet! He's going to be such a good boyfriend! Also, I think he has a girlfriend. He has been acting weirdish whenever I ask him about it and then I saw this picture oh him and another girl who he has been seeing for quite some time. He always insisted that they were 'just friends'. Yeah right. You won't talk to a girl on the phone for hours on international roaming in a demure and gentle tone. You won't freaking ASK YOUR SISTER FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CALL CARD TO CALL 'YOUR FRIEND'. Well, I just think it's cute. It's nice to see both my brothers grow up and have girlfriends. It still seems pretty foreign because they are still such babies to me.
I went to Alvin's place and his room was a mess. He has a gay housemate which accordingly to Alvin, has a boyfriend who came over last night with a bottle of lube. Interesting.
I opened his fridge and was rather appalled.
There are several bags of chips in it, some parsley, cherry tomatoes, juice and sodas. It's um. hmm.
Then I also found out that Cong Xiang has cellulite!!!!!!!
He gladly lifted up his boxers and let me take a shot of it. Nice. That boy can be such an exhibitionist sometimes. Tsk tsk.
We had dinner at The Fishy Affairs. We ordered the house's Bread Plate with turkish bread, focaccia bread, garlic bread with hommus, sundried tomatoes and feta and garlic butter dips. We also had a Lobster bisque, Chilli Mussels and Kangaroo Steak with fig sauce and baked pumpkin.
The focaccia bread was really good. Very light and fluffy, just the way I like it. However, I found the dips too salty. The tahini in the hommus too overpowering and way too salty. Likewise with the tomato dip. The flavour of the tomato in the dip was overpowered by the feta cheese.
The lobster bisque was the most disappointing. It was too thin and we could not even find a hint of lobster meat in it. We felt cheated and thought they used a premixed or something. So I asked the waitress if it's meant to be like that. Then, she told me that it is so and there are some customers who love it and others who hate it. In the end, she couldn't tell me if it was a premix or if they made it from scratch.
Well, I didn't manage to take a picture of the other foods as the boys were real hungry and ate immediately once it was set on the table.
The kangaroo steak was beautiful. The meat was tender and was cooked medium-rare. The way I like it. However I wasn't really crazy about the marinate. I'm not really a fan of figs, so I was not blown away.
Chilli Mussels were pretty good. But again, nothing really special.
After finishing our meal and feeling conned. We paid (90 bucks) and went to Valentino for dessert. After being seated, we waited for 10 minutes before someone came and serve us. The service was horrible once again. We ordered a hot chocolate for Xiang, a chocolate mud cake and creme brulee to share. The way the waitress served the dessert was appalling. She practically slammed the plate on the table. The creme brulee was good. Loves it. Mud cake was so so. Nothing spectacular.
Overall, we had a pretty bad dining experience this evening. Service was a real eye opener. Really, these people get at least $15 per hour, you would have at least expected something out of it.
Gay Pride Day Parade is on this weekend. I hope to be able to go watch it. I love the parades and the floats!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Online shopping and relationships
Friday, October 19, 2007
I have the habit of reflecting on my day and just drifting away in my thoughts right when I go to bed, sometimes I just slumber into the nights and sometimes I just can't stop thinking.
So last night I was up thinking, could online shopping and relationships be rudimentary?
My recent experience with online shopping was rather educational. I bought this dress from Le Tiger USA few weeks ago and received the package two days ago. I ordered a M and when I tried it on, it was too tacky and it didn't really suit me. It looks real good in the picture, but it looked a bit too sweet for my liking. The flares at the bottom too big and I look like a kid in it. So I wasn't really very happy about it.
Aren't relationships almost like purchasing clothings online? You don't know how it would look like on you in the end, you like it a lot, maybe even love it a lot, but in the end, it is not what you think it is. An expensive Marc Jacob top may look really gorgeous and luxurious, but when you rip off your FedEx package, you find that it looks dull, it is made in Hong Kong and makes you look 10 years older. Isn't it familiar? You see someone who looks amazing, you've heard loads of great things about her from your friends, you've seen her doing remarkable feats and you fall in love with her. She's perfect, and you decided to date her. Thereafter, you find that she has OCD, she is as green-eyed as much as she is coquettish, she is tough to handle and difficult to live with.
Dissatisfaction with online purchases, however can be resolved. You pack your purchase back in a package, fill up the form and ship it back to the merchant, or can alter your clothing if you find it too much of a hassle.
With relationships, it can be messier than Medusa's bad hair day. You may find yourself being bitten by the snakes within, end up getting hurt. You may be stoned, become quiescent and watch your life being snuffed before your eyes.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
What I did not do
Thursday, October 11, 2007
While indulging in retail therapy today, I saw a group of aboriginals bullying another aboriginal girl. The bully, a larger girl was strangling the victim. She was surrounded by her peers and she cornered the victim and pushed her against the wall harshly. I could hear the girl's head being knocked on against the wall.
I wanted to do something about it because I felt that it was really wrong. However, I thought, 'What would they do to me if I tried to intervene?' So, I continued walking, thinking. I felt pretty ashamed of myself for not doing anything. But I thought again, what can I do about it? There are so many of them, and it would be detrimental to me if I have had been embroiled in the conflict. It seems selfish of me, but I guess that's reality. What would you do? It was a crowded shopping mall and they were really obvious about it. People were watching and doing nothing about it.
Violence is apparent in the Aboriginal culture, that includes sexual abuse, alcoholism, substance abuse and many other social problems and crimes. This is so because of a manifestation of problems in relation to boredom, despondency due to cultural disintegration, unemployment, lack of education and so on. Well, at least that is what I know from reading the news. I've only been here for a little less than two years so I can't really say that I know a lot.
I recall that time when I was at the train station alone at night when there were two aboriginals asking me for money to take the train.
There are also times when I was just walking along the streets and there would be some aboriginals yakking away incoherently and yelling.
It can be quite unnerving. I just wish more can be done to help alleviate the social problems and all.
Anyway, the point is, my hesitation to help. I would give up my seat for someone in need, I would help an elderly neighbor push her heavy marketing goods up that slope in the neighborhood, I hold the door for others. In fact, I think that I am a relatively polite and helpful person.
What held me back was because I had to oppose to such characters and I thought of my own safety first because I do not have the capacity to fight or to defend myself. Guess I'm not that selfless after all.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
yesterday, today and holiday
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
The previous weekend was a long weekend as it was the Queen's birthday yesterday. The Commonwealth countries celebrates the Queen's birthday as a public holiday. However, it's pretty odd to find that different countries celebrate it on different days. Well, anyway for your information, Queen Elizabeth II's birthday is on the 21st April. So over here in Perth, we have the Perth Royal Show where people go and spend obscene amount of money on overpriced stuffed toys, barbecued ribs, chips and gravy, meat pies, carnival rides... Also, we have movie marathons over the long weekends where people go to the cinema in their PJs with pillows and fat saturated potato crisps. I couldn't find anyone who wants to go to the royal show cause it's a rip off, so I went to the marathon with Amelia and Aiken. It was pretty fun, we brought our own tidbits. I had crudities with hommus, strawberries and apple and a large diet coke. I went in my Pjs and brought Goldie, my inanimated best friend along. Watched Rush Hour 3, Fracture and I pronounce you Chuck and Larry. Fracture was good, Ryan Gosling's cute. Rush Hour 3 was alright, Chuck and Larry was pretty funny. Anything with Adam Sandler would be entertaining. By the time we ended the marathon, it was about 5.30 in the morning. The sky was beginning to brighten and the sun was rising. I spent the day zombie-like, but it was a pleasant experience.
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I got home this evening and found a package. I purchased a white print on red Team Perez tee from perezhilton.com causeiloveperezandcelebritynewsandgossandbuyingthingsandlalalalala. It was pretty neat cause I am pretty skeptical about online purchases. The whole security, privacy and identity theft shit and how the products usually falls short of consumer's expectations due to consumers' perceptions with the picture displayed.
Well, considering that it's my first time buying stuff online, I was pretty psyched when I got my package. I was like "ooooh..." I know, real silly but there you go, my virgin attempt at online purchase. I was quite pleased as the shirt fit like a glove and it made my arms look skinny and I thought I looked pretty hot in red for once.
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I was reading Cosmo and found this really cool holiday destination. Yogamagic CanvasEcotel. I would love to go there for a retreat this holiday. A week of yoga, massage, shopping in Indian markets, Indian cooking, vegetarian meals and not leaving massive carbon footprint in a eco-friendly environment sounds amazing. At about 25,000 rupees, approximately 950 Sing dollars, it's not too bad I suppose.
Also, I want to go to Bangkok. I want to have authentic pad thai, tom yam goong, spend on ridiculously cheap products, have massages and have fun. Who wants to join me? Seriously.
I want to go to Bali as well. More massage, beach and exploring. I'm freaking deprived of holiday in other countries. For the past few years, I've only been shuttling to and fro between Singapore and Perth. Then when my mom wants to take me to Paris of Hong Kong, it always clashes with exams or I can't go cause I friggin have got assignments and deadlines to meet. I cannot wait to graduate so I can go traveling. I want to join Contiki and probably explore Europe or somewhere. If it's even possible, I'd want to go to New York to become a nanny. I'd live with a host family for at least a year taking care of the kids and get paid. How fun is that? There's also this UK live in job thing where you could work in a bar, wait tables and maybe work in the kitchen. That would be pretty nice as well. It would be nice to go and see the world before entering the workforce, getting married, having kids and settling into the mundane life. (Why am I thinking of The Sims?)
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So I was a sun-worshipping, sun-block-loathing chick who would bake under the sun for hours. After my O's, I went tanning few times a week and ended up darker than Charline, a shade lighter than Frederick. It was pretty nasty. On the news recently, there was this lady, Clare Oliver who passed away due to aggressive melanoma. She contracted the disease just after 10 visits to the solariums. She was 26. I thought that it was pretty scary. I used to go to the tanning booth when I was younger cause my mom has one in her salon. I thought it was pretty out of the world, imagine standing in a capsule naked for 10 minutes or so without doing anything. It was boring, but I got the tan. So I read more. So how does skin cancer comes about? When the UV rays hit the epidermis, it breaks down the dioxyribonuclic acid(I love saying this word) within the skin cell. So, in attempt to limit damage, the body cranks up on melanin production, thus your golden sexy tan. The body will thus destroy the damaged cells and replace with new healthy ones. However, if the body accumulate more damage due to sun exposure, the immune system lags and just one damaged skin cell can mutate and become cancerous within five years.
So, I solemnly swear not to go tanning ever again and will lather heaps and heaps of sunscreen/sunblock lotion when I go into the sun. I guess there isn't a 'safe tan' except for a fake tan. It's gonna be hard but, better vegemite hands than cancer.
