Take a deep breath, and let your mind soar

haven't updated for a long time :)

finally, the long awaited sept holidays. i can't say much about them, except that they're not really holidays but some evil scheme by our education system to get year 12s to work harder than ever.

the problem is, it's barely working.

i've been having lectures at 9am every single day at melbourne uni. which means i've been getting up even earlier than school days (oh dear Lord, please no.. -.-) to bus to the city. the lectures are so long and drawn out, i can feel my butt slowly getting grafted into the chair as time passes. that's how much time i sit in those theatres.

thanks tina, for keeping me awake and entertained and being such good company and saving me seats for the past 3 days!

sunday was the worst. it being the weekend and all, the bus timetable was worse than usual..i got to the city really, really early (the only other option was to be really, really late.)

i was so early, i had a whole hour to kill. it was one of those beautiful spring days where you don't regret getting up after all..
so in a burst of enthusiasm, i decided to do something very un-xinnilike.

i walked to uni!

felt like i had the whole city to myself. everything was still and quiet.. the sound of the morning breeze, sunlight filtering through the trees as the shadows of buildings stretched across the streets.. not a car in sight :)

yup.. it was definitely one of those moments i really appreciated being up and about that early on a sunday morning.

had lunch with the girls later at YOYOGI, michelle's declared favourite place.

mich & mel

glo & i

backtracking a little, sat i celebrated the first day of "holidays"
good weather really makes it fun to walk. i walked from the tutor's place to jan's.

with wasabi, the homestay dog.

we were gonna make a cake but after walking to safeway, there was no time.. so we fried some rice and watched foxtel instead. there was some really disturbing show called 'date my mom' where guys take 3 moms out on a date, and then from that pick a daughter to go on a date with.

........if i was in that show i would never get a date, my mom is so scary >.<

FINALLY went to max brenner's after a term's worth of craving.

with mich & pris.
we went all out ordering everything.

pris with her mocha.

strawberry fondue, belgium waffles with ice cream and strawberries.

my perennial favourite, the 'teardrop' or the three-layer mousse.

YEAH OKAY i know i look damn greedy LOL

unglamorous faces LOL

yup.. so anyway, in between my lectures i have been visiting borders to do some reading..
i love reading! i think it has something to do with me being a slight recluse when i was younger and preferring instead to just immerse myself in a different world.. where people do magic, fairytales come true.. and there's always a happy ending..

gloria jeans at borders is a really nice place to sit down and chat, or read a book while inhaling the warm aroma of coffee and freshly baked pastries.. :)

the other night we went out to ktv.
jan and mel took their time coming, so i ended up bumming around the city with the guys first.

this is xinman, everybody. the slightly more male version of myself

we had.. TRAMPOLINE (yay!) and then trooped to safeway to stock up on food for ktv. :P
david, being the enormous cheapo he is, swooped on a packet of homebrand cheese rings.
this is everybody's reaction to Homebrand Cheese Rings :P

"LOOK AT MY HOMEBRAND CHEESE RINGS!!'

"what!?! what's wrong with HOMEBRAND CHEESE RINGS!? they were 99c!!'

charles cutting the birthday cake janean made for him :D

evil michael cut my face out *cry*

i can't remember what we were singing. it might have been Stop by spice girls LOL.

the guys

they are really fun because they really wail their lungs out LOL look at charles's face :D CUUUTE

can't remember why i was cracking up.

me & jan!

i like how it seems like melina's face is about to be literally blown away. cool effect :D

southbank at night.. isn't it pretty? i could come here every night and just sit on the bridge..

group pic!

group pic take two :D

we had dinner..at bearbrass
charles : 'bearbrass.....bear..bras?'
sigh. hard to believe he just turned 18.

we had lamb balls -.- (ha,ha) and pizza. didn't take many photos coz too cold, my fingers were really clumsy and numb.

then we walked as fast as we could (well, i did, with janean) we powerwalked like.. the long way to the ferris wheel because we were on the wrong side of the yarra river. :P

IT'S A GOLDEN TICKET! lol.. now i get to visit willy wonka's chocolate factory..

mel was so terrified she gripped the grills and clutched them tightly the whole way, not tearing her eyes away from the steadily increasing heights and cowering in fear. lol.. i didn't know she was scared of heights.

managed to cram 6 people into one compartment. we were the only people on the whole ride too.. because it was so late.. around elevenish.

xinman, davida and mic.

i really like this photo! IT'S SO CUTE ;D

the view was so awesome.. apparently it's the second highest ferris wheel. after wanting to go on it for so long.. i finally did.. and it was the highlight of the night for me. i may be terrified of bugs and supernatural things, but definitely not heights.. it felt like i was on top of the world, away and above the reality you feel when you're on the ground. it was a very.. surreal experience.. watching the city below me, the glittering lights..

mel and i waiting for the bus later.

with jan now too!

so thanks, guys.. for that night.. because when i look back on this year.. it will be one of the things i will remember.. singing at the top of my lungs (well.. more like yelling).. dancing to Stop! and going round and round on that ferris wheel.. being the only people on the ride and having it all to ourselves.. being on top of the whole city..

lastly.. before i go, i have to add with much excitement and approval :
charles got a haircut!!! after so long! about time, his hair was beginning to shroud his face like a bush.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 2:56 PM

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A humdrum day in the life of Xinni.

first up, happy birthday charlesy. you know you're homosexual, just admit it. we all accept you for who you are, oh hip thrusting minion of mine.

this morning i had to pry my eyelids open after finally finishing my uni assignment quite late last night. at least it's done. very proud of myself for churning out 2000 words of pure, unadulterated bs. :D *pats self on back with accomplished grin*

as i was sitting in spesh craving my nutella fix for the day, my phone went off. RATHER LOUDLY too. i hate being so forgetful, it means doing stupid things like not turning your phone on silent when you go to class. needless to say, everybody within a 1m radius of me heard, which is basically the whole class. it's lucky i was in mr. mark's class, because he just grinned good-naturedly and said 'you better get that' T_T

and which bugger decided to give me a ring in school?

DEVRIM.

lol, what a dummy. turns out he wanted like charles's number or something and decided to ring me in the middle of class.............. -.-

someone in my spesh class keeps farting. it's really annoying when i think about it. we're just sitting there innocently and some quiet little innocent looking fob is farting away happily while we all are assailed with the stench of .. sulphuric smelling fart. (yes, my nose has cleared up enough for me to appreciate the smell of a fart.)

makes my blood boil enough to make me wanna turn around and yell 'WHO DID IT?'

haha. i was in the middle of the biggest china-bagging session about how people spit and it's all polluted and such, when zhen pointed out that we were the minority in a classroom of .. many.. many.. chinese fobs. LOL

hmm during lunch today i had a craving for nutella, so off i went to coles :D
melina came and made me buy her a packet of chips.
we came back and she ate my sandwich, my nutella dip pack, and stood accomplice while she encouraged somebody else to open my chips and helped to eat them.

i need a lock for my locker. SOMEONE GIMME A LOCK.

i forgot to add. ALL HAIL DAVID, WHO TEACHES ME SPESH AND I GET 9/10 FOR AN IMPOSSIBLY HARD OUTCOME.

wooooooooo! :D

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 2:53 AM

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tired
have a very blasé attitude towards school lately. when will it all end? only 4 more days till end of term and yet i feel like i can't muster up the energy to drag myself through the next couple of days. * 1 uni assignment and 1 sac to go. why does it feel like so much?

in a considerable amount of pain after yesterday's session of badminton. thinking back to the last time i exercised, it was last year when i went to the gym with janean once.

and never went back.

it will be the bane of my existence! i woke up this morn feeling like a truck had rolled over my body and rolled back again. my arm's not much better considering i did 2 practice exams in the last 24 hours = 8 essays

woo go me.

ever have the feeling of longing for something interesting to happen to your life? something that makes every day a memory, every morning a joy to wake up to, when every fiber in your body wants to skip along and sing at the top of your lungs?
i just visualized the von trapp kids in the sound of music. nooo, not quite so gaily/gayly like them but you know, just something to spice up your life again. like.. ~~matchmaking your friend~~ eating crispy m&m's

someone, something, just come along and make me excited about every day again :D

i need influence.. someone inspire me to work hard and be discipline and study more!

just beginning to tire of the same old routine all the time. the need for change is in order.. uh oh.. recognize this feeling. it's the feeling of wanting to haul myself away from melbourne and go overseas, cos i truly am starting to feel sick of it all.

will you still love me tomorrow?i remember this from CLICK and from BRIDGET JONE'S DIARY. good song.

Monday, September 17, 2007 at 3:07 AM

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