Beach House~

few more hours before beach house =]... [= won't be blogging for next 5 days]

today i just packed stuff for beach house and went with julie to pick up aaron from the airport... then i had to go woolies to buy a couple of stuff for beach house [sunscreen etc etc]... i also realised i can't seem to find the other camera memory sticks anywhere.. so hopefully 1 gig is enough =]

anyway to make sure i don't sleep in tomorow for beach house i shall go sleep soon =]!!!

so jealoud much, jealoussica?

Parra =D

okay =] today [yesterday] i had to catch the bus to cabra again because my dad wasn't home to drive me to the station... the bus drivers seem to be a lot nicer these days so it's not too bad...

went to parra with jess fung today =D... we ate at max brenners... well more like drank... i love their hug mugs too bad they were like 22 bux =.=... i had toffee white hot chocolate yummmmyyy **drools**... so we sat there for a while chatting away before going shopping...

as we entered the shops there were some interesting wormss!!!:

lady playing with worms


worm kissing man


me playing with worm

the worm somehow follows your movements =S... i did not figure out how... it was so amazing though

trying to save i bought a $10 top... a $10 pair of sunnies and a $10 travel diary =]...

i love this style of envelope... i remember getting something from ebay in it and i was =O
gonna use this at beach house and china =]


` thank you wifey for getting me this... i will put it to good use =D

we visited the pet shop =( too bad parra didn't have any ragdoll cats unlike livo... but it's okay... these kittys were cute too =]...


my hot superwoman wife ;)


supernerd!!! apparently its got UV protection =S


we saw blowflies!!!


our legs got tired and so we ate ice cream ^-^... uhuh uhuh i tried the sushi ice cream today


also tried this strawberry white chocolate from 85 degrees celcius bakery =D... it was delish and smoothhh...


and saw this in the toilets =S... how many wrinkles do you have? i got 3 of them ROFL

when i got home i watched some tv.. showered... and watched pirates of the carribean =]... had quite a lot of fun today... and my legs also feel musclier =.=

so jealous much, jealoussica?

paranormal activities~

today [yesterday] i had a driving lesson which i haven't had since beginning of the year... and turns out my instructor had bought a new car which is incredibly sensitive =.=... you press accelerate and it goes really quick... you press break and it stops really fast.. and the wheel is very light... =.= i don't like it... don't like it at alllllll... ah well... i got to practice some three point turns and reverse parking so all good....

afterwards i went to jenny's and we lazed about... planned some food... watched beauty and the geek and then watched paranormal activities.... quite scary and i don't want to talk about it or i'll get extra paranoid...

anyway... i will be going to max brenner with jess fung tomorow so all that chocolate will help me forget the paranoia ^-^

coollll... an episode of my drama finish downloading so i can watch it and forget any scary stuff =D... cyaaa

so jealous much, jealoussica?

So it's China~

alright... so my dad and 2 mums came back from the family friend/travel agents house and they gave us the verdict. they decided to take the lady's advice about hong kong not having as much tourist attractions and have decided to just go to china alone [because taiwan is too expensive] =(... awww the lady did not manage to convince them to go to both china andddddd taiwan.... but its okay =D i've been wanting to go china as well as taiwan and hong kong so at least i can cross going china off my list...

i just went to look at our travel guide and its all in chinese and i unfortunately can not read all the words =.=.... the taiwan travel guide she gave was in english...

Taiwan;
if we were going taiwan then we would have gone to the Sun Moon Lake and stayed overnight!!! which i wanted to see because they mention it quite a lot in the dramas i watched... and what with the moon being my favourite aspect of the universe it would have been a nice site to see... the west side apparently looks like the crescent moon and the east side looks like the round sun... don't know how that works but i would have loved to see what they meant... here we were also going to see the Wenwu Temple dedicated to Confucius and Kuan Ti master of sword, Peacock Garden, Holy Monk Shrine and Tse-En Pagoda.
we were then going to go to see the Love River, Kenting National Park, go to spas and hot springs, East Coast National Scenic tour which is a tour of taiwan's last unspoiled land, Taroko National Park with the Taroko Gorge and a whole bunch of other neat stuff...

but since we're not going taiwan... this is what i could pick up from the chinese travel guide for going China;
oh i just found an english section in a seperate book which i'm hoping is the same as the pieces of paper in chinese...
this is what our tour covers:
we'll be going to bei jing;
- The Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Temple of Heaven
- The Great Wall of Badaling
- Silk Market
- see a 'Legends of Kung Fu' performance
- Lama Temple [most renowned Tibetan Buddhist Temple]
- Hutongs [local residential area to see how beijingers live]
- Peking Duck dinner [originated from beijing after all]
we will then go by train to Xi'an;
- Big Goose Pagoda [o.O thought it was food... but no its a tower LOL]
- ancient City Wall
- Terracotta Warriors Museum
- have a go at making chinese dumplings
- Tand Dynasty Cultural Show
then fly to Guilin;
- Cruise along Li River
the cruise will lead us to Yangshuo;
- wander the many market stalls and shops that are open 24/7
return to Guilin;
- Elephant Trunk Hill
fly to Shanghai;
- acrobatics show
- Yu Gardens
- Old Chinatown
- The Bund [can't wait to see the interesting architecture in Shanghai]
- Jin Mao Tower
- Huangpu River
though this is for the 12 day trip... there's also a 17 day trip which has the above and more... not sure which one we're attending =S hopefully the 17 day trip... we will be leaving on the 10th or 11th =D... gives me an extra week to save money!

sadly we are not going anhui so that doesn't allow me to go see the Piano House =(... also it's winter there and so the travel agent said it wouldn't be appropriate to go to Jiuzhaigou Valley since it will be iced or whatever =(...

oh well... it should be interesting putting the chinese vocab i learnt from chinese school and learn from my dramas to use... it's also very convenient going with my mum as she is a good bargainer =D... but i'm gonna try my best to bargain at least one thing for myself... once i get a hang of speaking mando... can't wait to shoppp

anyway after that talk about our trip... julie was hungry so we went with her to buy some food in danny's new car... yum yum yum yum yum

other than that i've been trying to find for a job... =.= but am still left unwanted.. pooey

so jealous much, jealoussica?

PIANO HOUSE!!!!!! =O

today i woke up to a phone call which was for my dad... it was a family friend who i assume is a travel agent that was talking to my dad about our overseas trip =]... and i overheard part of the conversation... the lady was saying that she'd recommend us go china andd taiwan instead of just hong kong because theres more things to do in china and taiwan =D.... i'm not gonna get too excited just yet... my parents and melinda's parents are going to go over to the family friend's house tonight to discuss... ^-^

in my boredom at home i decided to look up some tourist attractions... and OMG IF I GO CHINA I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THISSSSS!!!!!! I THINK ITS MY NEW DREAM HOUSE!!! ROFL!!! [click]

it's a piano house situated in anhui, china.

how cool does that look man i'd love to go in there!!! A PIANOOO house OMG!!! how nice would it be if i could take a picture with that. you go in through stairs in the transparent violin... they should make it into a music school or something... too bad its in the middle of nowhere... i want to stand on the rooftop and just lay there for a whole day basking in its prettiness and sleekness!

it's so prettyyyyyyy i can't get over it!.. i wish i was rich enough to have a house like that... [well no one lives in this piano house.. but boy i'd love to live in it!!]

also love to go visit Jiuzhaigou Valley

its got various waterfalls and evidently colourful lakes... the water is so clear that you can see all the way to the bottom =] how nice is it.

=] well i'll just have to wait and see tonight what the verdict is for our overseas trip. **crosses fingers for taiwan and china**

so jealous much, jealoussica?

save save save!

hum hum hum.... what did i do all of today?... i just caught up on some dramas that have accumulated since melbourne... then jenny came over to get her hair dyed =]

also my mum got this cool tea from i'm not sure where =S
before;

after;

i love watching the leaves enlarge ^-^

anyway to help me save for my hong kong trip i'm no longer gonna buy any summer clothes unless they are extremely cheap... i'm going to try save 200 from each of my centrelink payments... that leaves me with $22 that i can spend each week =]

wish me luck =D

so jealous much, jealoussica?

UPDATES;

` I'M BAAACKKKKKKKKKK =D~!!!!!!
` off to melbourne i go~
` new curfew!

AINT SHE JUST SO SEXY? ROFLMAO

today nelson manage to make my nail bleed =.=

so jealous much, jealoussica?
don't you wish you had a bleeding nail LOL

I'M BAAACKKKKKKKKKK =D~!!!!!!

i just got back from melbourne at around 11.30pm and talked to my mum and dad and just finish showering ^-^
OOOOO so what did you miss out on?... let me fill you in =D

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DAY 1 - 20th November 2009
we arrived at the airport an hour early only to find that our flight had been delayed for an hour due to the weather conditions [rainy and thunder but hot]... so we bummed around at the airport with nothing to do... i just walked up and down the shops area which barely had anything since it wasn't an international flight =(....

we ended up arriving at melbourne around 11.30pm and boy it was cold... we hired a rental car so we could get around =D

and one of our cousins were waiting to chaperone us to our accomodation... he also lent us a gps thank god... by the time we arrived it was already 12.30am... though the room was quite neat and clean... the place was right opposite a cemetary =.= i could see it the moment i looked outside the window... it's okay though... there were no paranormal activities =D
` sorry to daniel i did not manage to record any non existent paranormal activities LOL

the plus sides were;
` there was foxtel
` we never ran out of hot water for showering
` we got to waste as much aircon as we wanted
` the beds were quite comfy

the down sides were;
` i couldn't sleep because of the traffic
` it was dark and everyone else was sleeping so i was paranoid [i mean come on! CEMETARY]
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DAY 2 - 21st November 2009
when we got up it was freezing and raining =.= i mean come onnnnnnn the previous few days it was apparently really hot so i only packed shorts, t-shirts and one 3 quarter jacket... so i had to deal with goosebumpy legs and arms... i guess i half felt the cold you are feeling jessica =D

anyway we had to get out by 10am because there is a daily clean at 10 in the morning... so we head off to the bday girl's [Robecca's] house and helped out ^-^... helped make spring rolls at their aunts house and my fingers ended up smelling like raw pork for a day even though i showered... their aunts dog had puppies which were just so adorable so we got to play with them too ^-^;

we then head back to our stay and showered and got ready for the party... and yes it was raining so i didn't bother doing my hair LOL.... the gps ended up bringing us to the wrong place...
"your destination is now on your right" i turned my head right and see grassland ROFLMAO =.=.... we ended up calling my cousin to get directions... and when we got there man was my cousin gorgeous that night ^-^... the function was so cool... there was even a banner with her picture and happy birthday to her on it... she looked like a model!!! =O... i guess thats how the melbourne people party =D and i'm glad she liked the present ^-^

Kathleen, Bday Girl, Me


banner and cake

i then helped set up the food... and when it was time to eat.....................
OMG IT WAS CRAZYYYYY... it was like a huge pack of.... something [i don't know what word to use thats not insulting but still describes it well so here is a picture];

yeah you see theres meant to be 2 very long tables in that sea of people somewhere

anyway... at around 10... my cousin wanted the ball dance which consisted of 20 couples dancing in the shape of a circle with her dancing in the middle... yeah the moment which i was nervous most about because i didn't wanna stack it and stuff up her dance... luckily the partner she set me up with knew how to dance... though he comforted me with a "don't worry.. i don't know how to dance much either" which i later confirmed was not true... so yeah... it wasn't as hard as i thought... he lead and i just followed and i think i was too busy watching the pretty fireworks to notice if i was dancing retarded =.= i shall find out when she gets a copy of the recordings which my partner so kindly said he'd upload it on youtube to embarrass me... which i'm taking as a joke LOL [yes she had professional cameramen at the function]... =D at least i didn't stack it ^-^... i'm so proud of myself... aren't you? LOL

oh and did i mention i won a soccer game? =D

okay no not really my cousin and his team won ROFL

i shall upload pictures on facebook tomorow since i promised my cousin i would.
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DAY 3 - 22nd November 2009
we woke up extra early to pack up and check out on time... we then head off to Robecca's house and ate some cake that was left over from the party...

then head off to my other cousin's [Kathleen] house in which her mum prepared more food for us... also ended up watching the beginning of paranormal activities but had to go to another one of my aunts house so didn't manage to finish watching it... but it's okay because i'll be watching it with jenny anyway ^-^... oh and i must say my grandma is so adorable and funny and rebelious LOL she refused to wear the "annoying" seatbelt

Me, Grandma, Yana zi, Andrea

we then went to my other aunt's house which is where my grandma lives... my grandma ended up cooking even more food but i was so full my stomache was gonna burst so i didn't eat... until my uncle made some of his own style migoreng and shoved it in my face which i must say was quite delish... so i shared it with my grandma and ate it... was too full to finish it on my own... gotta love how family just feeds you and feeds you non-stop...
my aunt then said to me;
aunt; "oh oh we're gonna come with you's to hong kong =D tell your mum and dad okay?"
me; "what?... i didn't know we were going for sure yet =S"
aunt; "yeahhh your dad said he was gonna take grandma with you's to hong kong... so we're gonna go too =]"
me+andrea; ?????????????????????? "HUH? HOW COME I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THIS"
my aunt then tried to set me up with my dance partner =.=... but her plan failed
we stayed here for the rest of the day before going airport...

the original plan was to go to the cemetary to pay our respects to our grandpa and uncle but it was raining too heavily that the incents and burning paper would just sizzle and drown out so our aunt decided not to...

we then head to the airport and got there an hour early... this time our flight was not delayed =D so yes got back to sydney on time [10.30ish].... AND BOY IS THE WEATHER STUFFY... =.= i could hardly breathe... it was so humidddd... but one thing i love about flying back to sydney is the lovely sea of lights that welcome you back in comparison to getting to melbourne... apparently its because the sydney airport is close to the city and the melbourne airport isn't [according to andrea]
and wow to the taxi line!!!

when i got home i updated my mum and dad on how melbourne was and then interoggated them on this bizz i heard about hong kong... at first my parents were just like nooooo we're taking your grandma to timor... but they eventually gave in and WE'RE GOING HONG KONG!!!!! =D uhuh uhuh thats right... melinda's mum already booked the tickets... but apparently we were in melbourne when this all happened and thats why we didn't know... yeah even though they called us a couple of times they left the "oh we're going hong kong by the way" detail out of the conversations =.=
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so yehp theres the end of my 3 days in melbourne =]... and omg that took more than an hour to blog =.=

so jealous much, jealoussica?

off to melbourne i go~

yesterday i spent the morning/afternoon with ness and then she had to pick up her brother and then go to work =]... gotta love that girl... even after a few months of not seeing each other i can still see how much she cares about me... she's never made my conversations feel stupid with the yeah whatever type response that i get from some people at times... i can always tell she genuinely cares about me ^-^... we went to bonnyrig so i could hand in some resumes... only most places don't collect resume's anymore.. they just do the online submissions >.< ah well
` thanks ness =]

then at night went to the dinner with maggie jenny abarna vanessa daniel darren and the ron guy that was on the same train on the way home from jessica's farewell dinner =]... abarna fell in love with Dai Le as she was stunning that night... the food was deliciously yummy and we also got show bags ^-^...

it was a fun filling night and me and jenny were at war with vanessa and abarna =D...

our tea war!!!


pregnant coi fish

and man the auctions were nuts... it was a rich people filled dinner O.O... there was also a very drunk man that was busting some dance moves and karate moves LOL

yeah anyway... today i helped one of my cousins straighten her hair for a party and then did some more melbourne packing... i'm gonna leave for melbourne in a few hours... gotta drop by jenny's because me being the forgetful person i am happened to leave my identification and keycard and whatnot in jenny's bag last night >.<... and i need it for my flight =.=... then gonna go airport at 7.30... catch the 9.10 flight... get to melbourne around 10.45 if i remember correctly =S `thanks for the lovely msg wifey also my brother said he'd miss us for the first time in his life =D awwww how cute... i felt happy... even though he can be a douche at times... looks like he still has a heart ^-^ anyway ADIOS AMIGOS!!!
i am off to shower =D

so jealous much, jealoussica?

new curfew!

today [technically yesterday] jenny came over and i completely forgot about the new moon advanced screening tonight... we then went to jenny's house and i tried on a few dresses and now i got a dress which jenny let me borrow for the ball on saturday =D
` thanks heaps jenny
anyway... we also managed to make some egg in a bread with hole ^-^ aren't we just such geniuses [will upload photos another day... need to wake up at 9.30 because ness is coming over =]]

round 1;

round 2;

don't you think we improved quite a bit? =D

final;

then went to pay jessica nguy a visit to say last goodbyes =D
` have a fun trip tomorow

came home... had a shower and went to watch the new moon advanced screening... which my dad apparently said i couldn't... whereas i heard otherwise [and just for the record i think i'm right because when i brought up what he said he didn't deny it =.=]...

just got home and have found out that i now have a 10pm curfew as a result of my "incorrect **cough cough**" hearing LOL... =.=... but heyyyyyy the taylor lautner perve was so worth it!!!

so jealous much, jealoussica?

and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAGGIESNAIL =D!!!

[just something to share]

i just remembered jess fung telling me about Jay Chou and the new talent he signed under his music company: Cindy Yen... she is the first single female artist he has signed under his company... yeah they sang a duet for a song that she composed on her own... it's the first song Jay Chou has ever sung which wasn't composed by himself;

the first time i listened to it i must say i didn't really like it.... it seemed a bit broken... not flowy?... maybe i was analysing too much... but i gave it a second chance and listened to it without watching the clip and hey... it wasn't that bad =D... pretty good actually... especially for a new aspiring artist... she did a pretty good job composing huh? i'm sure she'll improve ^-^... though the style of music was quite different to the songs that jay chou usually sings i think they did a pretty good job duetting together... i guess sometimes it's good to give second chances =]

CHAT THAI!!!

my dad wasn't home to drive me to the station today so i bussed it.... the whole way there was a fly... he just sat at the window sill and just stared at his own reflection... didn't move a millimetre... LOL wonder what he was thinking of...

anyway... today jessica fung came with me to go look for a present for my cousin's 21st and a dress i could wear for the ball =D
` thank you squirmy!!! ;)
my original plan was to get her this swarovski bracelet.... key=21... cross=cristian[yeah my cousin is christian];

but then jessica fung pointed out that necklaces would be better since the bracelet might not be a good size for her wrist and she thought the necklace looked better... and i usually make bad decisions so i went with her choice and got this necklace for my cousin ^-^

at first we liked this necklace;

but when i tried them on.. we agreed the other one looked nicer so that one it was ^-^... we then spent ages walking around looking for an appropriate dress but failed... they were either loose... tight... didn't suit me... too low... or too expensive =( [if only i was rich]... the cheapest nice one was at the price of 110... i love how jess fung can analyse me and pick out stuff for me to try... because i'm not an observant shopper especially not for dresses... i hate shopping for dresses... i only get attracted to random "wastes of money" items as jessica nguy puts it...
` thank you for helping me pick out dresses wifey =D
anyway we got really hungry... looking for dresses was tiring... [well more like jess fung was looking and i was following her squirming around little corners].....
so we went to sushi train and ate quite a lot because we were starving;

this is the first sushi train i know that has dessert placed on the train... i thought it was very smart ^-^


it was also the first sushi train i know that has okonomiyaki on the train =O

after that jessica nguy finish with her aspire and met up with us... me and jess fung were craving ice cream so off to passionflower we went;

i had;

green japanese cherry blossom tea which was delish
and

lychee rose and green tea ice cream **drools**

jess fung had;

"lasting luv" ;);) [which she demolished]

we then went to starbucks and then to chat thai for the yummy yummy dinner.... we waited an hour before getting called in... but hey... there was so much people waiting we knew it had to be good.... i mean a tuesday night and that much business? as if the food would be bad! it was a full OVERFLOWING house tonight =D

so welcome to chat thai [apologies for the darkness... they had dim lighting for that hint of romance ;)];

that ball was rocking we could imagine it smashing down LOL

how interesting were the cups?


jessica's drink


maggie's drink

OMG I GOT TOO CARRIED AWAY I FORGOT TO TAKE A PIC OF MY ICED TEA WITH CARAMELISED MILK =(


jess fung's dish


jessica's dish


my dish


maggie's dish


alysse's dish

AND OMG YOU'D NEVER GUESS..... BUT WE GOT THE SECRET RECIPE TO MAKING COCONUT SORBET! =D must be because we had the "awesome" jessica with us and they knew she was fleeing the country

and maggie got me pregnant after the orgasm over the "scratch me happyyyyy~ yeah!" discovery being the scratchie's phrase LOL

so jealous much, everyone? XP