Finally the long overdue Melbourne post.
Let me start with some totally meaningless photos before I go into Day 1 blah blah blah because I haven't copied the photos from the boy yet. Those that I have are just what I took with my camera BEFORE day 1.
#1 There's no direct flight from PG to Melb so I had to fly down to KL first. I had OldTown in LCCT alone because the boy was there already a week earlier than me. And look at that price! I think it's pretty hiked up eh? And I thought my favorite Xi Mut is cut-throat already at RM3.20 but in airport it's RM4.50. eh sure or not got people go and drink summore like that!
#2 I cut my hair again before I left. Look how short it is. But it's so damn cooling! No actually I hated my own hair at that time. My hair stylist was busy the day before and I had to bear with another stylist which is also the saloon's senior director so I trusted him coz how bad can a senior director be right! Lesson learnt is..NEVER LET ANYONE ELSE TOUCH YOUR HAIR BESIDES YOUR OWN STYLIST WHO HAS GONE THROUGH YEARS WITH YOU WTF.
#3 After buying the neck pillow and the ear plug, I boarded after an hour of delay. The neck pillow and ear plug I buy is quite cut throat expensive too almost RM60++. I threw the neck pillow away already because it's so uncomfortable i actually sprained my neck sigh. I should have bought those that have beanies inside not those that are inflatable.
#4 AirAsia seats suck! The seat CAN"T BE ADJUSTED AND IT SERIOUSLY SUCKS TO THE MAX TRUST ME DUH. But then they had this notice that say they will fix the seats starting next year or something. AirAsia X is really quite inhumane. I moved about so much and my whole body aches after just 1.5 hours. I wonder how those people tolerate the London flights?? I would have died before I reach!!
#5 The whole journey is intolerable and I was practically dying inside. So I bought the movie screening thing that is like RM30 or something I can't remember already. I thought about it for like 2 hours before I decided to spend the money coz I...wanted to die. I ended up watching ANTM and The BreakUp. I loved the show. It showed just how devastating a couple can be when they kept finding fault in each other. Anyhow my main point is the Rm30 is worth spending because 5 hours just passed like that very good.
Melbourne at that time was 2 hours after us. It takes around 8 hours from KL to Melbourne. I reached Melbroune around 10pm and called the boy to pick me up at the airport. We reached home around midnight. I also went through a very GRUELING custom procedure. I had to go through a whole 45 minutes custom check and duh. I'll talk about it some other day.
#6 I was STARVING because I just had hot dog on the plane and this is my supper. Believe it or not but this is my first few times eating IndoMie and I never liked it the few times I had before this.
#7 But then I don't know why but the Indomie that supper is like the best thing I ever had. yah I damn cheapo I know. But seriously damn good lor! I think it's like AUD$1.00 for 1 packet of IndoMie there.
We stayed with the boy's eldest sister in Melb. 3 of his sisters are already in Melbourne and holding the PR or something.
#8 The next morning. I woke up early even though we slept after 2am because I was excited to explore the city. It's afterall my first visit to Australia! So I kept trying to wake the boy up.
#9 He kept struggling to go back to sleep.
#10 I pulled the comforter away and he had to sit up because it's too cold! It's winter back in Sept when we're there. He is very upset huhuhuhuhuhu and kept insisting to go back to sleep.
#11 Then I handed him his favorite aloe drink..the one in green bottle and he became a happy boy again see so easy to bribe him only *snaps finger for food. EVERYONE in Melbourne drinks that Aloe thing! Everyone seems to like it a lot. I tried but it wasn't really that fantastic. It's just like any other normal sweet drinks.
The boy is going to hate me for posting these photos of his haha but they're too cute not to be shared!!!!
[24 Nov 2011] Hong Kong!...
The Land Down Under
Photography
It's crazy.
I think 80% of my friends are into photography these days. Everyone's about the model of the DSLR or the lens or the flash or just whatever it can be. Albums after albums have been posted in FB to portray all the edited photos taken with the canggih camera. People who doesn't own a DLSR can't post photos in FB anymore coz it's so stress that people will ask u what lens you are using huhuhuhu not that I actually bother to post anything on FB. What a saturated market.
I think I have to learn a bit about photography to be able to join in their conversation about lens wtf. I have a Canon400D in hand but it's sitting in the drawer eating dust i tell you i never bother to use it also. So anyone want to teach me how to operate that damn big huge thing or not otherwise I no friend already haha. If not how I post up photos I take using my phone camera later people laugh at me!
Flag Of Vietnam
When I see you the World stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There's nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The World just stops, and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you. Just you, and my eyes staring at you. When you're gone, the World starts again, and I don't like it as much. I can live in it, but I don't like it. I just walk around in it and wait to see you again and wait for it to stop again. I love it when it stops. It's the best fucking thing I've ever known or ever felt, the best thing, and that, is why I stare at you.
I wore the shirt the boy bought for me from Vietnam out to the city today and I swear the whole world is looking at me like I'm a weird creature haha really so ugly meh.
It Happens To Me All The Time.
I don't know how to start telling you.
Because I know even I tell you, you won't believe me! Unless you see it for yourselves, it's really quite unbelievable. But I'm going to tell you anyway. That's the whole point of starting this post anyway.
Wtf. Did I just write so much but actually haven't started telling anything?
ANYWAY
It all started 1 week ago.
1. My room air-cond has been dripping water. It started with individual drops like maybe 5 seconds in between drops from the front opening of the air-cond. Then after 4 or 5 days, it started to POUR. As in the water came out continuously from the opening as though it's a PIPE! I on it anyway and put a bucket below it. I informed my owner to fix it too.
2. 3 days ago, my room lights kept blinking. It blinks and blinks and blinks. Like the ghost movie, only without the ghost. Everytime the lights blink, my home PC restart by itself. It restarted by itself for ~10 times in 1 night.
3. 2 days ago in the morning, I tried to start my computer. BUT THERE'S NO RESPONSE. I changed plug. still no response. No matter what I do, there's no response. The PC has officially died. maybe due to the continuous restarting and the electric rush everytime the light blinks. I thought my home PC is the culprit that makes my lights blink and the electric shock. So i unplugged my home PC.
4. 2 days ago in the evening, I came home to find my car park card not working. The security guard informed me that they blocked my card because the owner did not pay the management fees.
5. 2 days ago at night, the lights kept blinking even with the UNPLUGGED home PC. so it's very obvious that home PC is not the culprit. Everytime it blinks, my router went down. And I have to restart the router to have connection. I also on the air-cond because the weather is terrible!
6. 2 days ago at midnight, I woke up because it's VERY HOT. I then realize the air-cond is switched off. I tried to turn it on with remote but nothing happens. My air-cond has officially died.
6. 1 day ago in the morning, I tried to get online with my laptop. No connection. I checked. My router died.
7. 1 day ago in the morning, I drove to work to realize my car tyre punctured in front of the traffic light in Sunshine Square.
8. 1 day ago in the afternoon, I realized my air-cond and router died because the power switch for both of these items have tripped off. I turned it on. Router and air-cond works again. After 1 minute, it tripped off. I didn't try turning it on afterwards.
9. 1 day ago in the evening, I went to service center to be told there're 2 nails in my tyre and they can't patch it because the tyre has CRACKED. They asked me to come back in the morning to change a brand new tyre.
10. This morning, I went to service center to be told my front tyre has worn out and have to be replaced too. I was also told my v-belt, timing belt, air-cond filter has broken and needs to be replaced. I was also told the whole service will cost me RM800.
11. This morning, I passed the car key to the service center lady. She missed it. The key dropped on the floor. My remote broken into pieces. They told me it takes RM9 to fix that.
12. THis afternoon, the service center manager called me to apologize. Her workers "accidentally" scratched my car and they have to respray it. I can only take the car 2 days after.
13. This evening, I went home to realize my house key is attached to my car key which is at the service center. I can't go in the house and have to wait for my housemate to get off work.
14. This evening, I took my spare key and handphone and walked opposite my apartment looking for electrician and anyone who can fix my electricity and air-cond. The shop owner called the electrician. After 15 missed calls, they told me to go home first and they will call me back.
15. This evening, I get out of the electric shop to find it raining heavily. I ran all the way across the street back to my apartment, DRENCHED. 10 minutes ago, it wasn't even dripping.
16. This evening, the electrician call me back. He is trapped in town and won't be able to make it tonight or tomorrow morning. Earliest is tomorrow afternoon.
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At point #4 I was upset and frustrated and angry.
At point #10 I was fairly okay because the boy sent me a MMS of him eating nasi lemak with the msg "I wish you're here to share this with me. I love you."
At point #12 I was happy because the boy told me to think the other way round and how lucky I am to get a free spray.
At point #14 I am totally fine already and started to find my bad luck very funny.
At point #16 I am in a superbly good mood because the boy called me all the way from Vietnam with his hp (even though it is freaking expensive) to ask me how I'm doing and to tell me his business deal went well and he hoped he could give me some of his luck.
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Every now and then, shit happens to me. I may just be the unluckiest girl you'd ever know. The last time the series of unfortunate events was 1 year ago that included 2 spoilt hard disks (millions of lost data and photo) and a spoilt ipod and 2374623465234 small unfortunate things.
I survived.
My friends say I might be a mutant. I just didn't know how to control my power now.
I learnt how to deal with every single shit that comes to me. I was angry and frustrated and take it out at the boy at first. But he still continued to take me through all the shit.
So baby, if you're reading this, I really really love you. I don't know what bad luck I would be in tomorrow but I don't care. BRING IT ON!
Maybe.
Maybe I’ll sleep at the station because there’s nothing to go home to but an empty fridge and some stale mayonnaise. And maybe I'll make friends with the guys sleeping under cardboard boxes and newspapers and we’ll discuss what it means to love and to live. And maybe I’ll wander the city, like one lost and lonely particle in a dust storm of Tuesdays, late nights and overdue homework. And maybe I’ll get on a plane or a ship and get lost in places I’ve never been lost in before. Or you know, maybe… just maybe, I’ll keep my phone on me in case you call. And tell me there’s something to come home to.
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One suicide victim who committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge left behind a note saying: "I'm going to walk to the bridge. If ONE person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump."
