The third week.

Home girl

2nd July

 

• After three weeks, I finally get to hug my Lan again. 
• Went over to her place after she came home from the airport. 
• Caught up on lost time and went through her vacation photos while sharing a tub of vanilla ice cream. 

"Passion for Fashion"

5th July

 

• This was it. This was the day I could finally satisfy my retail cravings I've been thinking of all semester - Harbor Town and DFO with Sophia (again).
• Started off the day with a small sample of peach tea in front of Oriental Tea House. There's nothing dodgy at all with a random pot of tea in the middle of no where. 
• Tried Grill'd for the first time for lunch! Delicious crispy chips I must say. 
• Walked around MC to warm up for bigger spending ahead. 
• Fully fueled and now charged for day, Sophia and I traveled to Harbor town and DFO. 
• Bought four oversized top/dresses and three bottles of nail polish. I was eager to paint my nails for the first time tonight! 
• Sophia cleaned out her wallet. 
• Introduced Sophia to him as he arrived for a night at the city. 
• Sipped a Chai Latte at Theobroma Chocolate Lounge.
• Bumped into a tired Janet, and suggested she took the train home with us. She said yes of course. 

Rainbows

6th July

 

• Had a horrid previous night. Couldn't sleep at all with intense stomach pains. I had never felt like this before. Turns out Sophia had the same problem. This meant one thing: Food Fucking Poisoning. I am blaming that mysterious pot of tea we had from the day before.
• Fortunately I felt a bit better in the morning and headed to the station to meet up with Winnie, Sophia & Tina for karaoke in the city. 
• Finally caught up with Sophie and Meilin and due to our food poisoning from the night, Sophia and I decided to have a a clean diet for the day and ate chicken curry from Hanaichi for lunch...not the humongous gourmet hotdogs from DOGNATION that everyone else was devouring! 
• Food always come first and with a full stomach, it was time to do the ka-ra-o-ke! 

The Teddy Bear Room

Enter: Rainbow Karaoke

Oh JMac, the high school girl in me still...

• ...and soon with Connie!, we were hesitant and shy at first - not many were eager to grab the microphone just yet. 
• Soon, the vibe picked up and everyone was singing their hearts out....for five hours. 
• As the sun went down, our hunger kicked up again. 
• Dined at a candlelit restaurant, Ca De Vin.
• FOOD IS BETTER IN PHOTOS: 

• Green tea ice cream for dessert at Passionflower. 

The second week.

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$2.80 

25th June

• Took the train all the way to North Richmond again to exchange the small notebook cover for a bigger one. 
• Had to endure his constant complaining about public transport during the whole ride, nevertheless we bought a few items on impulse at the store. 
• Hurriedly traveled back home to meet up with WinMon, Sahan & Jason to eat HJ for lunch. 
• Wandered around in the shopping centre close by and managed to bump into one of my students!
• Winnie and I did some window shopping before we all settled down at Gloria Jeans. 
• Spent an hour deciding where to have dinner. 
• KFC. 
• Ended the day with a long drive to and from the petrol station before heading home. 

I can bake!

28th June

• Drove (practice!) over to Jp's place to bake waffles and cupcakes! 
• Brought our portable hard drives and laptops and simulated a LAN party while Sophia, Jp and I waited for Uy's arrival. 
• Separated into two teams: Uy and I on cupcakes. Sophia and Jp on waffles. 
• ...may have slightly burnt the first batch of waffles. 
• Pictures speak louder than words SO HERE THEY ARE: (thanks to Sophia's camera) 

 

Yes, that waffle machine is burning.

• Dinner at MACCAS. We should learn how to drive and get a car so we won't freeze in the dark while walking there!

3:12AM Thoughts

Me thinks it's about time I write a post when I'm sleep deprived, while I squint my eyes to the blinding light of my computer screen. 

I'm tired and I don't like waiting for sleep to come. It's the period of time when you shut your eyes and everything just comes into your brain. All those thoughts come squirming out of places before they all disappear for a few hours.They may not be necessarily negative thoughts. It can be anticipating or excitement  for the coming day. I'm not doing anything today really.I'm still surprised at how long the battery life of my notebook has been performing.. I opened this notebook fully charged at around 11pm and now it's 3:20am in the morning and I still have about one hour and a half remaining. Good on ya HP. 

I wonder what's so intriguing at the time 3am.. They say the best conversations happen at this hour, or it's apparently every girl's dream that a guy calls her at this hour. Perhaps it's the idea that most of the population is asleep. A haze swept across the nation. Everyone's in their own world. The concept of 3am has been universally romanticised. 

Then what about those people who are still awake? Besides the young adults who have destroyed their sleeping patterns, but maybe to those who are homeless and can't bear the coldness of the ground? or workers who are confined to their office to finalise or complete a project? Workers who are taking night shifts such as nurses who attend patients frequently during the entire night? People down at 24/7 retails or restaurants? Are bakers awake at this hour too? What about them? What about them? 

My head feels like a rock. 

Goodbye June.

I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed today, or my hormones are being a total bitch. Maybe both. Today is shit. 

I want to leave this place. 

I want to stay in bed for the whole day. 

I don't want to do anything. I don't give a fuck. I want to go on a long drive to no where. I miss sleeping in the car, as uncomfortable as that sounds it means that I've had a good long day in some place far or the morning journey has just begun. Or just walking in the city at night can be already an invigorating experience. The night lights, the people, the air...it's one of life's little pleasures. I go to the same bed everyday and wake up to the same thing everyday. Most days are meaningless and have no impact on my life at all. What's the point? What am I looking forward to? Graduation? I need short term goals too, something that makes me get through the day or week. I believe this Winter season has been the coldest of all colds. It's shit. I want less things in my room. And fuck Facebook is boring. I've gone through two big packets of Tasty Jacks in one week and heap load of chocolate. Ugh. 

Post - exams: The first week of freedom.

  

The Final Exam

15th June

• Dinner date with Yen at Ganesha 

Dinner for two after a long day of exams. They were first served with curry puffs and small pieces of butter chicken. Both shook their heads to decline the offer of wine. Butter chicken and beef curry with rice and bread for the main. 

• Dessert at Helados Jauja

Scoops of fine chocolate and raspberry heaven served in the cutest cafe.  

Rainbows

16th June

The children became sticky and smelt of sugar after each class. She wonders what the fuss was with these TNT Sour Straps they were all holding...

Melbourne city in Winter

19th June 

• Trained to Melbourne CBD to meet Uy & Sophia 

She woke up early, then got out of bed late. 

• Caramel frappucino from Starbucks

Too much caffeine makes her alert at night and sets off an unpleasant stomach. She never orders coffee. She wonders why she's been feeling this way for a while. Of course, from all the black tea she's been having, the trips to Gloria Jeans for cold caramel vanilla frappucinos and warm hot chocolate drinks to study, not only that, but also the cafe at Uni - She's been drinking the coffee drug indirectly. 

• Takoyaki pieces for lunch at Gigi 

Every baby octopus dreamed of this. Please meet mouth. 

• DAISO in North Richmond 

Bought a cream beanie and a green notebook cover. Notebook cover does not fit. 

• Dinner at Hungry Jacks 

Nothing beats a walk in the sunset for $5 fries, unlimited drinks and burgers. Wifi hotspot found! 

Good morning Wednesday

20th June 

• Breakfast at Ikea 

Take out the "good" in morning. An impulsive and last minute decision to have breakfast in the morning. Argued over which living arrangements were more appealing. Argued some more about not listening to each other all the time. Argued about the definition of teamwork. Agreed to disagree. 

• DFO window shopping 

A very quiet time of day. 

• Two episodes of The Inbetweeners  

Both squirmed at the sight of blood on the daytime TV show "The Doctors". Watched The Inbetweeners to pass some time before one headed off to work. 

 

It's Friday

22nd June 

• SUPRE factory outlet with Stephinee 

She couldn't wait any longer. Spent a total of two hours browsing in the store for the perfect bargained garment. Most items had sizes that were not accommodated to personal needs; some only had XXS and XXL. Where's S or M?! Nevertheless, both walked out happy with a green bag of clothes to show off to the world.  

• Pizza Hut for lunch 

Two became three, and his new black BMW hatchback. 

• Watched the documentary "Guys and Dolls" back at her place 

Click above. Feel free to agonize over graphic images of...dolls. 

Incoming call:

Woke up in the early morning to him snoring on the other line.
I was pretty surprised my headphones were still intact.

Call ended, duration: 
6:26:03

Attack of the Winter blues by B2

Hello! I'm B2, please let me introduce myself for bit: I've been with Karen since she started primary school. She along with her mother chose me in the K-Mart toy aisle and was only allowed to take one of us home (B1/B2). To be honest, I'm still not really sure why she chose me even to this very day. I'm always hanging by her bed now and kept at an appropriate distance from her side - Since Karen is a little bit allergic to dust, she doesn't really like to hug furry things or put plushies near her face when she sleeps. This isn't suppose to sound harmful but I was never allowed to be with her outside. Karen wouldn't let me. She was too scared to bring it to school in case I'll get dirty or worse, lost. It's okay though, Pooh Bunny has been keeping me company after all these years. I wish Karen and her mum find B1 one day, I really do miss him.

A couple of days ago, Karen decided to take a walk in the unpredictable coldness of Melbourne weather. Now she's sluggish as ever and her ears are blocked from the sore throat that's been currently developing. I heard her parents outside in the kitchen tell her off for not wearing warmer clothes around the house and constantly loosing her slippers. Karen hardly ever gets sick, hence she finds it unusual to be in such a state (especially during SWOT VAC). So I thought I'd like to show you her routine in fighting the common cold. I hope these techniques will also help any snifflers out there too! hehe: 

First, Karen makes a hot cup of lemon and honey drink out of the cutest (and therefore her favourite) cup on the shelf. 

I'm going to help out by turning on her Themostat now! If you have a small heater or heat insulators installed: put a bowl of water in your room. The heat will evaporate the water from the bowl, retaining moisture in the air and preventing dryness. This can be done for microwaving food too! Just place a small cup of water along with your food in the microwave and it'll stop food from becoming too dry.

Remember to always take your medicine if you must. 

  

Karen loves the sensation of Tiger Balm ointment. 

This reminds me of the time when Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory got sick and asks Penny to rub his chest and sing "Soft Kitty" to him hehe. 

When Karen tells you to keep snuggly in her text messages, DO IT! 

For Hachiko, Marley & Me, Up, The Notebook, My Sister's Keeper, Life is Beautiful, I am Sam...

...and get plenty of forty winks....sleep zzz. I think I might stay here now. 

It's been a pleasure to greet you tonight. 

I hope you have nice sleep now (like me). Goodnight everyone!

- B2

Goodbye May

Here's.....

Congratulations, we made it to the halfway point guys! I believe the creator of the above .gif is entering into Summer, but here in Australia it's the first day of Winter. I've got 15 days of intense cram sessions (12 weeks of lecture content into two weeks) ahead of me before my granted freedom. I've got my mind set on being surrounded by good warm hearty food and a few good people. I can't wait for the "Hello! I've missed you. TELL ME EVERYTHING!" tight hugs. So time, please bring me closer to these days. 

I'm wishing success to my close friend who's going through VCE Year 12 mid - year exams right now. Remember how unstable we youngins were back then? She's been working so hard throughout the year, the inevitable pressure is there for her but I'm proud at what she's achieved already. I'll always continue to support her studies. I'll also be saying goodbye (for now) to another close friend of mine who'll be travelling overseas for three weeks.

On Tuesday I conversed about the future of having kids one day. It's a one hell of a topic, and one that I try to not get too naive thinking about it. I do find it attractive when guys are good with kids, but to become a parent is another thing. If you asked me as of now, I'll say I'll be happy with one child (maybe two at max?) when my motherly instincts kicks in at it's peak or maybe something happens and I choose not to endure the path of motherhood? I'm about to enter the prime time living it up in the 20's (in six months), so a mini me will be a thought saved for the future - financially stable - career wise Karen (age 32 or not).

Today I shall be heading off to an Aquatic Centre to introduce myself in person for community placements next Semester. If the university confirms my place, then I'll be observing student learning in an afterschool and preschool "Learn to Swim" program. 

I kinda want my Tumblr and Facebook back too. I have the biggest craving for chocolate right now. Yesterday I scoffed down a treat size Turkish Delight and two Rose chocolates. I think I know what that means...I have the biggest craving for chocolate right now. 

Wake up in the morning/afternoon (waking up in general) and feeling like an old person struggling to get out of bed. 

Onwards to the next six months.