nittykittyxx's 21st.

So on 24th June, Nad (QQ's bff) turned 21. Made me feel old because first of all, I felt like my own 21st was just yesterday, and secondly, wasn't it only yesterday also that it felt as if they were still in primary school ?

Anyhow.

I brought OK Cat along, just because its been a while since it took photos. But I didn't take any ! Tabi took a few, though. However, I did finish up a box of instax :)

The theme was pastel, so that explains our colours.

since 1999.

Put your hands up. repeat x 2.

sarang.

Looking forward to QQ's 21st next.

b/w

o dear Sun.

Last week. At South Lawn. A few shades darker now, I love it.

10.10.10

As it was.

Making the most out of the remaining 1 ++ months in Melbourne. I won't say I'll miss it, but what I will miss definitely are the fun times I had exploring new places/sites with QQ.

tigerlily.

Currently overdosing on : Tigerlily by La Roux.

Lazy Sunday. Seems like everyone's feeling it too. I just want to be immobile on my chair, and not do anything. Sounds weird after I typed it. Anyway, QQ is sick! I think its due to the weather change and all (yesterday was really hot and humid, and then it rained kittens and got cold at night). Not exactly a great time to be sick with the exams coming and all :/ Hope she gets well soon, and I hope I don't get the germs from her. I think I've had enough with gastric. With Mams' advice, I bought Mylenta (or was it Mylanta) from the pharmacy, and now I'm like a wind machine. If you get what I mean. Not exactly one of the best medicine I've ever taken because its MINTy. And if there's one thing you must know about me, is the fact that I hate mint. Of course, toothpaste not included. Since that's like a necessity, and there's no other alternative. So I don't have much of a choice.

Mint aside, I was chatting with Nee and then she reminded me about the times we studied at Hargrave. Good times, honestly. I miss it.

This was 3 years ago, if I am not mistaken. We were probably doing our psychology essay. My old coffee mug, my old pink Nokia (which is now owned by QQ's Russian friend, hope she treats it well!), my old Fujitsu, my old hair (didn't realise I already had bangs then). Too many memories created there. So that is why I'm going to head over to Hargrave probably next week, and try to relive those memories I had in Monash. Can't wait.

cartwheels.

How we enjoyed the great weather, with an ice-cream cone.

The crazy expensive rides, which I won't ever ride on.

St Kilda has changed alot from the time I first arrived in Melbourne. It seemed more vibrant and a somewhat more beautiful beach as compared to 3 years ago.

the only boy.

So this post is dedicated to mine and QQ's one and only brother, who in fact, I dare say is one of the weirdest, yet funniest boy ever, in his very own way. This boy just turned 18 six days ago, and yet I refused to accept the fact that he's all grown up and ready to face the real world, oh and that's because he just got his posting. Yes, my bro will be going to the army, and Mams' pretty excited about it. Me and QQ will be back for the summer and Adam's enlistment date is on 6th Feb so I guess the whole family's going to send him off.

Time flies. I could still remember this very moment, back when they were still kids. And QQ was with her short crop which was all the craze back then. And braces.

And now?

Classic. I love my sibs.

french.

Headed over to the Barbie exhibition over at Federation Square 2 days ago. Reliving childhood memories, though me and QQ (combined) did not own a lot of Barbies, but we did collected quite a number of her clothes. Loved the short clip of the fashion show and the various designers' pieces specifically for that well-known doll. Saw various Kens, dream houses, dream cars.. you get the picture. Quite a display, actually. And it was quite a heartwarming sight to see fathers bringing their daughters to the exhibition, instead of their moms accompanying them.

Finally, we went to that quaint little french crepes cafe at some lane, which I obviously did not take note of. I knew it would be good the moment I heard this man speaking french to one of the waitress there.

And I wasn't disappointed. Mission - to try all the crepes in the menu before I leave Melbourne for good. I still have a few more years for that.

a pretty long rant.

Day one of bumming, and I am already pretty bored. I think.. I am sick of the city. The horror. I guess one minus point of living in the city is that, after a while, nothing entices you anymore because everything is right at your doorstep. I still remember when I used to live in Clayton, going to the city every weekend would bring me so much happiness because spending a week in the suburb was pretty torturous. Going to the city would also mean getting coffee at Starbucks because at that time, they didn't have an outlet at Chadstone, nor Glen Waverley. Don't know about now though. 

QQ and I watched The Proposal today, and up till now, I can't believe Ryan Reynolds is married to SJ. I think any girl would like this movie. Ryan Reynolds is funny in a coldish kind of way, which I honestly think is his trademark. Just like his role in Just Friends.

So much time at my dispense now, and I am at a loss of what to do. Someone slap me.

Anyway, one of QQ's good friend participated in the Watson's YOU contest. So.. what are you waiting for.

Vote for Violet! (A3), under the Healthy Hair Award.

 

greetings, earthlings.

1 and a half years ago, I could have been somewhere in the UK, doing my exchange, but I gave that up and decided to apply for a transfer to Uni Melbourne instead.

And, I got it.

One year ago, QQ decided to not continue with A-levels and just do foundation studies in Trinity instead, hoping to get a place in Commerce, Uni Melbourne.

Today, she got it.

Even if things change along the way, sacrifices had to be made, people leaving and coming into your life. Whatever happens, what matters is that you are happy. And be thankful for everything.

Back to the numbers now. Ahh.

tomorrow.

Seriously, I can't wait for all this to be over. 

QQ and me have been feeling very nostalgic these few days. Talking back about our childhood and listening to songs that we loved (and still do now, unsurprisingly) back then. She and me.. we are 4 years apart but nobody could ever tell. A couple of times, people will ask us whether we're twins, which obviously we're not. And its never about the face really. We so do not look alike. But I have a very good reason for their mistake. I guess the both of us have the same 'feel', so probably it is quite obvious that we are sisters.

Anyway.

We were having lunch just now, and as I've mentioned, the whole nostalgia deal, we started talking about the primary school days, and laughed about the 487325882 silly things that she did. 

The list from the top of my head.

• writing a letter to Seventeen magazine (it was such a craze back then, who would forget?!)  in the hope of it being the 'winning' letter. She freaking faked a story! 
• lying to Nad about us having SCV. By switching on to this particular channel where they showed all the cable channels, she could tell Nad what exactly was on at that point of time.
• forming a Westlife fan club with Nad. Forgot who was the President. I found out about this and told Mams. Haha! Classic!
• this one's the best. Dropping our facial soap bar in the toilet bowl and never told me about it. Until pimples start to pop out from my face!
• reading my diary. Okay, this is pretty common among sisters. Back then, the ex used to have a nickname, called ICS (which stands for ice-cream seller), and QQ thought I was dating a real ice-cream seller. Okay seriously, how dumb can that get. For anyone that's curious, he used to be called ICS because if I remember correctly, Noi dreamt that he was one. At that point of time, we loved giving people nicknames so that, you know, if we were to bitch or whatnot about that person, nobody could ever guess who we were talking about. 
• the way she wears our school uniform, the pinafore, is way messy. One side will always be drooping down from her shoulders.
• her kotak bag. Inspired by Kate Bosworth's character in the movie Blue Crush. (Nad, if you're reading this, that was how the kotak bag came about. haha!)
• one time she was scared of taking those compulsory injections we had to take back then, she actually sent someone up to my class to ask for me. I remember my teacher telling me that my sister was scared of the injection and she needed me there. It was the same as announcing it to the whole class.
• congkak, battleships, UNO sessions next to the balcony.
• MVP and 5566 craze to the max, seriously. We went all out. You have no idea...

Aaahh. I miss our childhood days! It was a fulfilling one. And I'm happy that she's here with me now, so that we can discover and be stupid about a million and one more things. 

I think I had such a fake smile because someone was taking such a long time to take a pic.

third year, semester one.

Finally. Project season is over. Assignments deadlines. Over. Its hard to put what I'm feeling to words. All I know is the exuberant feeling one gets after finishing a presentation, that earned a smile on the lecturer's face.

These past 4 weeks have been a whirl. Everyday was a routine. Wake up, go for lectures, breaks were spent for projects, and on some days, assignments. Weekends were spent on meet-ups with the girls for projects, again. Late nights in uni, for the same thing. I'm not sure how I got through the most toughest time of my academic life, ever. I've never been this busy, and tired. Slept at 3 am everyday, and sadly, I always have a hard time waking up in the morning. Sleeping late is so not me, but somehow it has become a norm. Now, this is something I want to erase..

This semester, I was bogged down with two projects. The first one was for Linear Models, which took quite a lot of our time because we had to always go back to the glass house to water the plants. The project used to be a 3-member thing, but one of our group mates dropped out of the unit. So, it was only me and Ling left. So many things happened during the course of our experiment. The lugging of soil and pots all the way from Richmond and then to uni (in the end we found out we didn't even have to get them 'cos the uni has it!), the waiting for the germination and growth of the beans, the many models we thought up for our analysis, the list goes on.. Two days before the deadline for our report, our lecturer told us we had to re-model, which also leads to re-analysing our whole experiment. The worst thing was, at that time, we were already done with our report. That was the worst day ever..

For the second project, I was quite fortunate to have the rest of the girls with me. It required a lot of programming (which sadly, I have no experience in). I really feel that programming is no joke, and I wish I had the opportunity to learn it. Why didn't I know of such units before? I would say, this was our toughest project, because of the mathematical terms and analysis involved. We went for the first batch of presentations and got really freaked out by those groups, because they presented so well. First of all, it really isn't an easy task to present something mathematical. Not only does the presentation has to be in 'mathematical' sense, it also has to be explained in lay-man's terms, so that anyone who doesn't have any mathematical background would at least be able to understand.

This was all over yesterday, as of 12 pm. I think we girls did well! So obviously we had to celebrate and reward ourselves for all the toil and sweat. I would say, we really deserved it. Jess treated us to Mesh, after which we caught Night at The Museum. The movie was quite a let down. The jokes, was lame, albeit funny. I think I very much prefer the first one. 

Oh, and I attended QQ's valedictory yesterday. I can't believe those kids are finally out of Trinity. I knew some of them since a year ago, and gee. A year flew by that fast. Hope to see them in Uni Melbourne soon, and most importantly, get into the course of their choice.

From yesterday and before.

fooling around with my instax.










our beloved 'babies' for linear mod.





before QQ's drama exam at trinity.