G'day. This is the first time I'm blogging from young qPaC (the close to try-hard name I've given the laptop).
Let's set the scene shall we? I'm sitting on Level 2 of the UTS FIT building with the laptop on my... lap =) waiting for my Mom and Vida to come by with the taxi so we can go home - during VC week. Dave left about an hour ago so I've been in the company of the echos of the FIT building. Bloody oath it's quiet. My IA tutor made us come into uni this week. As some sort of consolation, she let us off early. HM.
I downloaded 2 songs onto the laptop in the past hour, not because the WLAN here at UTS is heck slow - but because I have no idea what to download these days. Any suggestions?
I.AM.SO.BORED
... and I might as well tell you all that 'eye knee to pee'.
Entertain me PLEASE?
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Coming to the conclusion of the weekend.
Friday night was awesome. I checked out of work 15 minutes early (coz I'm BAD) and took a train to Nth Sydney to meet up with Lish, Mindy and Ed (and Phil but he went elsewhere) so we could head up to Manly for Minh's 21st!
We went to the hotel room they took out for the night to get ready. I opened my bag to pull out the shirt I was gonna wear and low and behold... I HAD LEFT IT AT HOME! How blonde is that? Lucky, Minh had a spare shirt (that looked almost identical to the shirt she was wearing!) so Iboredborrowed (<-- will you LOOK at that spelling mistake?? SHAME!) that. We looked pretty damn identical in terms of clothes! Throw Mindy in and we had a browntop/blackbottom threesome! Awesome venue, hot bar and a good lot of people to make the night totally memorable for our dear friend Minh :).
Afterward, we chilled a bit in the hotel before Mindy and John took Nix and I back to Nix's house where we crashed for the rest of the night.
That was my weekend... seriously. Saturday, I bummed and pseudo-finished this layout. Today, I went to church and went to formation again. Can't wait till the performances tonight!
Okay, bye!
*editEXTRAedit*
Oh yeh, and if you couldn't tell from the above post, I put pictures up :)
Friday night was awesome. I checked out of work 15 minutes early (coz I'm BAD) and took a train to Nth Sydney to meet up with Lish, Mindy and Ed (and Phil but he went elsewhere) so we could head up to Manly for Minh's 21st!
We went to the hotel room they took out for the night to get ready. I opened my bag to pull out the shirt I was gonna wear and low and behold... I HAD LEFT IT AT HOME! How blonde is that? Lucky, Minh had a spare shirt (that looked almost identical to the shirt she was wearing!) so I
Afterward, we chilled a bit in the hotel before Mindy and John took Nix and I back to Nix's house where we crashed for the rest of the night.
That was my weekend... seriously. Saturday, I bummed and pseudo-finished this layout. Today, I went to church and went to formation again. Can't wait till the performances tonight!
Okay, bye!
*editEXTRAedit*
Oh yeh, and if you couldn't tell from the above post, I put pictures up :)
Saturday, September 27, 2003
How come no-one's ever really completely happy with themselves? There's always that one or two things or qualities they have that they'd like to change. Little do they know, someone's looking at them with envious eyes wishing they had those features.
I was thinking about that when I saw my shoulders today. They're so... wide, broad and straight. I stopped caring when I remembered that they invented shoulder pads in blazers for a reason.
Anyways, I'll be back in a bit. Just have to clean up then you guys can listen to me again =)
--editnessssses
Okay. It's very incomplete. The content is a bit crappy. But I'm sick of the old one.
E-mail me if you run into ugly errors pls?
Ta luv. Gonna do the sampay. Then I might put up some pictures. Maybe.
I was thinking about that when I saw my shoulders today. They're so... wide, broad and straight. I stopped caring when I remembered that they invented shoulder pads in blazers for a reason.
Anyways, I'll be back in a bit. Just have to clean up then you guys can listen to me again =)
--editnessssses
Okay. It's very incomplete. The content is a bit crappy. But I'm sick of the old one.
E-mail me if you run into ugly errors pls?
Ta luv. Gonna do the sampay. Then I might put up some pictures. Maybe.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Just thought I'd share what I learnt today with you...
You hear a lot of people preaching independence. What does that mean to you?
Well, follow this...
We have a veeerrryyyy old Telstar that my Dad bought as a second car to drive to the station (yeh, we don't use the Tarago to go to the station. It's my Dad's baby). He's let me drive it a few times and he'd be sitting right by me, training me to gas it the right way so that it doesn't die. He coached me so that I got it started quickly and correctly if it died in the middle of a roundabout. Regardless of all that training, I still managed to kill it at least once or twice every time I used it.
He's in America for the next one and a half weeks. I still have to use the Telstar to get from A to B when someone's taking the Commodore out. I've driven it a couple of times during the week and both times, I've managed to keep it alive. I loved it. On my way home from the gym tonight, it died as I left a set of traffic lights and I had to wake it up and move on. Did that fine too.
Point is, I've amazed myself by conquering something on my own. Conquering something, I couldn't otherwise conquer even though my Dad was by my side every step of the way. I guess while he's sitting next to me, I know that I don't have to rely solely on my ability since I know that, if I mess up, he can tell me how to move on. The day came, though, when I had to push myself to do it on my own - relying on my ability alone, I managed to deal with it well - even better than I would with assistance.
I think that takes independence.
Brought back memories of other times in my life when I had to make it alone. That time when I'd cry to my best friend everytime that guy hurt me. She'd tell me everything was gonna be okay and she'd hold my hand so I could move along. There were still times I'd fail, and I'd call on her again and she'd help me back up. It continued that way until she went on her own American holiday. What was I to do? She left me her words of wisdom. With that, I managed to move further in the right direction than she was ever able to push me.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, one day one might find themself alone. How do you go on without trust in your own inner strength (not to mention, some of that Divine guidance)? I've been single for so long (*cringe*) that I have no other choice but to rely on myself to make me as happy and strong as I can be. I recall stages in my life where I depended on people to make me happy - but when that went away, I needed to make sure that I could depend on Big Guy up there and myself to keep myself from losing hope and breaking down. Feels good man. Feels very good.
So I guess, when they say "Believe in Yourself" - take the advice. Never underestimate your inner strength.
Buhbye!
You hear a lot of people preaching independence. What does that mean to you?
Well, follow this...
We have a veeerrryyyy old Telstar that my Dad bought as a second car to drive to the station (yeh, we don't use the Tarago to go to the station. It's my Dad's baby). He's let me drive it a few times and he'd be sitting right by me, training me to gas it the right way so that it doesn't die. He coached me so that I got it started quickly and correctly if it died in the middle of a roundabout. Regardless of all that training, I still managed to kill it at least once or twice every time I used it.
He's in America for the next one and a half weeks. I still have to use the Telstar to get from A to B when someone's taking the Commodore out. I've driven it a couple of times during the week and both times, I've managed to keep it alive. I loved it. On my way home from the gym tonight, it died as I left a set of traffic lights and I had to wake it up and move on. Did that fine too.
Point is, I've amazed myself by conquering something on my own. Conquering something, I couldn't otherwise conquer even though my Dad was by my side every step of the way. I guess while he's sitting next to me, I know that I don't have to rely solely on my ability since I know that, if I mess up, he can tell me how to move on. The day came, though, when I had to push myself to do it on my own - relying on my ability alone, I managed to deal with it well - even better than I would with assistance.
I think that takes independence.
Brought back memories of other times in my life when I had to make it alone. That time when I'd cry to my best friend everytime that guy hurt me. She'd tell me everything was gonna be okay and she'd hold my hand so I could move along. There were still times I'd fail, and I'd call on her again and she'd help me back up. It continued that way until she went on her own American holiday. What was I to do? She left me her words of wisdom. With that, I managed to move further in the right direction than she was ever able to push me.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, one day one might find themself alone. How do you go on without trust in your own inner strength (not to mention, some of that Divine guidance)? I've been single for so long (*cringe*) that I have no other choice but to rely on myself to make me as happy and strong as I can be. I recall stages in my life where I depended on people to make me happy - but when that went away, I needed to make sure that I could depend on Big Guy up there and myself to keep myself from losing hope and breaking down. Feels good man. Feels very good.
So I guess, when they say "Believe in Yourself" - take the advice. Never underestimate your inner strength.
Buhbye!
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
PIECES OF MY BRAIN
ONE
I was thinking about "What if...?"s last night. It's amazing how DIFFERENT things could be if:
1. Something never happened, or
2. You approached things a totally different way - i.e. At a certain time of your life, you had two choices. Imagine how different things would be if you took the choice you didn't take.
It's really amazing. I was thinking about one particular thing, and like... MATE! My life would be so... different.
TWO
Y'know how people say that "I don't want to go out with them because we're friends and I'd rather stay friends because getting together and breaking up could possible result in the demise of the friendship. I'd rather have them in my life as a friend than not have them in my life at all" crap?
Well, yeh. I used to think that people just said that because they couldn't get that person. Now, I understand it.
Bye!
ONE
I was thinking about "What if...?"s last night. It's amazing how DIFFERENT things could be if:
1. Something never happened, or
2. You approached things a totally different way - i.e. At a certain time of your life, you had two choices. Imagine how different things would be if you took the choice you didn't take.
It's really amazing. I was thinking about one particular thing, and like... MATE! My life would be so... different.
TWO
Y'know how people say that "I don't want to go out with them because we're friends and I'd rather stay friends because getting together and breaking up could possible result in the demise of the friendship. I'd rather have them in my life as a friend than not have them in my life at all" crap?
Well, yeh. I used to think that people just said that because they couldn't get that person. Now, I understand it.
Bye!
Monday, September 22, 2003
Anyone interested?
I'm planning to learn some Spanish. Let me know if you wanna come! Weekly classes from Monday 13 October, 2003.
I'm planning to learn some Spanish. Let me know if you wanna come! Weekly classes from Monday 13 October, 2003.
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Helloy.
I realised why I get so emotional and deep these days. I think it's because of my heightened levels of thinking and analysing of any and every situation in my or anyone else's life.
Is that bad that I analyse other people's lives? It's not like I tell them (unless relationship boundaries permit) right?
Anyways, yeh... and I think so far into things that if i ever tried to discuss it with someone else, they'd be caught off-guard and need some thinking time before they can really talk about it y'know? Consequently, I fight with myself in my head.
Does that sound a bit schizophrenic?
I just remember times when my ideas were challenged by other people. I remember once Nico picked a fight with me just so we could "challenge each other's ideas". I hated him for that because I get really touchy... but I reckon that kind of stuff helps you learn more about yourself and reinforce any ideas that you were previously less convinced about. I think that kinda stuff is fun =).
Anyways, I wasn't gonna do it... but...
go LEVI go!
I love that guy man. There's something about the smile he has when he's performing... something about his build too. Don't really know what word I can use to describe it... but he's amazing! The way he performs - rocks my world.
I watched Bad Boys II last night with the cousins. Movie's pretty awesome. Quite graphic and violent though... but it's all part of the movie. I realllllly liked it. Wouldn't mind seeing it again. It's one of those movies where... all the girls fall in love with Will Smith and every guy's dreaming of buying the Ferrari and the "blue suit with the fuschia pink lining". Dream on boys.
Oh yeh, and it was Hana's Birthday yesterday. Headed up to the Entrance with the regular anti-socials and spent the night with the uni people and some of Hana's friends. It was an awesome place that we stayed at! Games, charades, sausages, Krispy Kreme and getting tipsy on half a glass of Midory and an empty stomach - what more could you want? I passed out early-ish though due to lack of rest.
That's all. Byebye!
I realised why I get so emotional and deep these days. I think it's because of my heightened levels of thinking and analysing of any and every situation in my or anyone else's life.
Is that bad that I analyse other people's lives? It's not like I tell them (unless relationship boundaries permit) right?
Anyways, yeh... and I think so far into things that if i ever tried to discuss it with someone else, they'd be caught off-guard and need some thinking time before they can really talk about it y'know? Consequently, I fight with myself in my head.
Does that sound a bit schizophrenic?
I just remember times when my ideas were challenged by other people. I remember once Nico picked a fight with me just so we could "challenge each other's ideas". I hated him for that because I get really touchy... but I reckon that kind of stuff helps you learn more about yourself and reinforce any ideas that you were previously less convinced about. I think that kinda stuff is fun =).
Anyways, I wasn't gonna do it... but...
go LEVI go!
I love that guy man. There's something about the smile he has when he's performing... something about his build too. Don't really know what word I can use to describe it... but he's amazing! The way he performs - rocks my world.
I watched Bad Boys II last night with the cousins. Movie's pretty awesome. Quite graphic and violent though... but it's all part of the movie. I realllllly liked it. Wouldn't mind seeing it again. It's one of those movies where... all the girls fall in love with Will Smith and every guy's dreaming of buying the Ferrari and the "blue suit with the fuschia pink lining". Dream on boys.
Oh yeh, and it was Hana's Birthday yesterday. Headed up to the Entrance with the regular anti-socials and spent the night with the uni people and some of Hana's friends. It was an awesome place that we stayed at! Games, charades, sausages, Krispy Kreme and getting tipsy on half a glass of Midory and an empty stomach - what more could you want? I passed out early-ish though due to lack of rest.
That's all. Byebye!
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Ever felt like you were doing things (or not doing things) only because someone had a problem with you not doing them (or doing them) even if you don't agree with their opinions?
Coz I do. Problem now is, I've been bombarded with so many rules from here, there and everywhere that I'm trying to conform with all of them at the same time - and that doesn't work when they're all conflicting with each other. So, I'm just going to do nothing.
Coz I do. Problem now is, I've been bombarded with so many rules from here, there and everywhere that I'm trying to conform with all of them at the same time - and that doesn't work when they're all conflicting with each other. So, I'm just going to do nothing.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Thoughts for the day (via quotes):
"You can be who you choose to be
But whether you do, or whether you don't
Depends on your PRIORITY" -- Stacie Orrico(Maybe I won't look back)
"Don't make someone your PRIORITY
...while allowing yourself to be their OPTION" -- Denk
"Happiness is a STATE OF MIND
... to be happy, BELIEVE you are happy" -- Me(Variation of Portelli's quote on Success)
FINAL THOUGHT: I don't like feeling NOT trusted. It's probably one of the worst feelings. It feels even worse when you know you deserve it coz it's a real struggle to REGAIN LOST TRUST.
That's all. Bye!
"You can be who you choose to be
But whether you do, or whether you don't
Depends on your PRIORITY" -- Stacie Orrico(Maybe I won't look back)
"Don't make someone your PRIORITY
...while allowing yourself to be their OPTION" -- Denk
"Happiness is a STATE OF MIND
... to be happy, BELIEVE you are happy" -- Me(Variation of Portelli's quote on Success)
FINAL THOUGHT: I don't like feeling NOT trusted. It's probably one of the worst feelings. It feels even worse when you know you deserve it coz it's a real struggle to REGAIN LOST TRUST.
That's all. Bye!
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Oh my goodness I just made a resolution. More on that in a bit.
Did I tell you I went to a Cycle class at the gym yesterday? Well, I did. WOW. That's very... tiring! It's cycling basically for a whole hour. I knew I was going to be struggling because cycling isn't really my strength, and I'm quite bottom heavy so the weight of my ass was bringing me down. Anyways, I survived. All today though, I had very sore quads. When I hopped back onto the bike tonight with my Personal Trainer, I started feeling the spots on my ass where last night's bike dug into it. OUCH!
Tonight, my trainer reassessed me. Weight up. Body fat down. Yeh, I'm slightly happy. He reckons I've just packed on a bit of muscle. I eat right most of the time I reckon, but I reckon I need to cut down even more if I'm going to go anywhere. So... here's my resolution:
* Only drink BOOST juice 1xweek
Scary huh? Anyone that knows me knows I probably can't do that. But I'll give it a go for the next couple of weeks and see if it helps me. That'll save me about $45/week too! Wish me luck!
That's all. Bye!
Did I tell you I went to a Cycle class at the gym yesterday? Well, I did. WOW. That's very... tiring! It's cycling basically for a whole hour. I knew I was going to be struggling because cycling isn't really my strength, and I'm quite bottom heavy so the weight of my ass was bringing me down. Anyways, I survived. All today though, I had very sore quads. When I hopped back onto the bike tonight with my Personal Trainer, I started feeling the spots on my ass where last night's bike dug into it. OUCH!
Tonight, my trainer reassessed me. Weight up. Body fat down. Yeh, I'm slightly happy. He reckons I've just packed on a bit of muscle. I eat right most of the time I reckon, but I reckon I need to cut down even more if I'm going to go anywhere. So... here's my resolution:
* Only drink BOOST juice 1xweek
Scary huh? Anyone that knows me knows I probably can't do that. But I'll give it a go for the next couple of weeks and see if it helps me. That'll save me about $45/week too! Wish me luck!
That's all. Bye!
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Good evening.
1. This afternoon I decided that I wanted to sleep once I got home
2. My personal trainer told me it's not good to eat less 2 hours before you sleep
3. I ate the biggest lunch at Baba House on King St - Nasi Goreng YUMMMMM*coughOILYcough*! I concluded that my dinner would be tea
Putting all that together, I have my dilemma of the day: I got home and I was starving so I had to have MORE THAN tea (chicken and salmon!) therefore eating too late to sleep now because of point #2. Bloody boo.
How interesting is my life for that to me the most important dilemma of the day? I have no boyfriend, the rest of my friends do, and my sister's on the phone all night so I really don't have anyone to talk to.
Totally contradicting the last paragraph, my life's jam-packed full of crap that I don't have time to sit around and veg out.
Monday-Friday: Work+ (Gym/Uni homework, Uni, Gym, Gym, Friday night activities)
Saturday: AM veg time - if I wake up early enough for it, then Saturday night activities
Sunday: Church, MHCC meeting, Australian Idol
Maybe it's jam-packed, but routine. I need some variety mate.
I like Mindy's daily goal idea. I think I'm going to start making some... maybe =]
I have an urge to call Alisa tonight. She wasn't picking up. Then I read her blog. Then I wanted to call her even more.
Okay, that's all. Bye!
1. This afternoon I decided that I wanted to sleep once I got home
2. My personal trainer told me it's not good to eat less 2 hours before you sleep
3. I ate the biggest lunch at Baba House on King St - Nasi Goreng YUMMMMM*coughOILYcough*! I concluded that my dinner would be tea
Putting all that together, I have my dilemma of the day: I got home and I was starving so I had to have MORE THAN tea (chicken and salmon!) therefore eating too late to sleep now because of point #2. Bloody boo.
How interesting is my life for that to me the most important dilemma of the day? I have no boyfriend, the rest of my friends do, and my sister's on the phone all night so I really don't have anyone to talk to.
Totally contradicting the last paragraph, my life's jam-packed full of crap that I don't have time to sit around and veg out.
Monday-Friday: Work+ (Gym/Uni homework, Uni, Gym, Gym, Friday night activities)
Saturday: AM veg time - if I wake up early enough for it, then Saturday night activities
Sunday: Church, MHCC meeting, Australian Idol
Maybe it's jam-packed, but routine. I need some variety mate.
I like Mindy's daily goal idea. I think I'm going to start making some... maybe =]
I have an urge to call Alisa tonight. She wasn't picking up. Then I read her blog. Then I wanted to call her even more.
Okay, that's all. Bye!
Saturday, September 06, 2003
RANDOMNESS - i.e. totally unrelated babble
I "lost" my cardholder the other night. After having a panic attack and stopping my key card, Vid said she had it the whole time (but forgot when I was looking frantically for it in the morning) *exhale* Anyways, I went to St. George to change security numbers and my PIN on my new card and the woman was being a bit confused and couldn't type my card number into the phone so I didn't put the right security number on. When I tried to log onto phone banking, I didn't know which security number/password combination to use so I rang the help line thing. I was on hold forever - keying in combinations at the same time. OF COURSE, when I finally got in, someone picked my call up on the other line so I didn't really need help after all. Geez.
Ever thought about the reasons people break up with other people? Vida and I were talking about it this morning. When you're really young and inexperienced (not going to put a number on it ever since Ezra gave me bubbles about calling her 'young'), some underlying break up reasons would be:
* That you never liked the person to begin with and just got with them because you wanted a bf/gf
* That you were so flattered when the person asked you out that you didn't bother thinking about whether you really wanted to... you just didn't want to say 'no'
* That you just met the person after getting onto them at some dance, thought they were 'the one' then decided... err... they weren't
* Physical intimacy has died down - it MUST mean they don't care - it MUST mean it's over
* Boredom
* Not getting along
* Someone better came along
There's got to me some more right? They're the only ones I came up with just then. Anyways... as you get older, that list of possible break up reasons shrinks down to:
* Found someone better or saw some desired qualities in someone that your bf/gf doesn't have
* Life paths are diverging
* ... maybe more - but I can't think of any
I think maybe because you become more picky about who you go out with when you're older - I reckon. Friendship before relationship is essential, I reckon. So any reasons related to clashing personalities are eliminated. Just leaves the above two. I think that's interesting. Feel free to argue. I was on 3 hours sleep @ 7am when I came up with those. Atm, it's 10am and I'm still on 3 hours sleep.
Can a guy and a girl really be close/best friends without any current/historical emotional crap?
You know what's funny? How I think every black CRVSport with a white plate number is Nix's. How I think every white Skyline is Lily's. How I think every red SirionGTVI with a yellow plate number and SnapOn seat covers is Dave's. Not so much the last two... but everytime I see that black CRVSport with a white plate number, I speed up to catch up to it just in case it's Nix's. I did it today. HAHA. That's all.
I'm still on 3 hours sleep. How about I sleep some more? Sounds good. Bye!
I "lost" my cardholder the other night. After having a panic attack and stopping my key card, Vid said she had it the whole time (but forgot when I was looking frantically for it in the morning) *exhale* Anyways, I went to St. George to change security numbers and my PIN on my new card and the woman was being a bit confused and couldn't type my card number into the phone so I didn't put the right security number on. When I tried to log onto phone banking, I didn't know which security number/password combination to use so I rang the help line thing. I was on hold forever - keying in combinations at the same time. OF COURSE, when I finally got in, someone picked my call up on the other line so I didn't really need help after all. Geez.
Ever thought about the reasons people break up with other people? Vida and I were talking about it this morning. When you're really young and inexperienced (not going to put a number on it ever since Ezra gave me bubbles about calling her 'young'), some underlying break up reasons would be:
* That you never liked the person to begin with and just got with them because you wanted a bf/gf
* That you were so flattered when the person asked you out that you didn't bother thinking about whether you really wanted to... you just didn't want to say 'no'
* That you just met the person after getting onto them at some dance, thought they were 'the one' then decided... err... they weren't
* Physical intimacy has died down - it MUST mean they don't care - it MUST mean it's over
* Boredom
* Not getting along
* Someone better came along
There's got to me some more right? They're the only ones I came up with just then. Anyways... as you get older, that list of possible break up reasons shrinks down to:
* Found someone better or saw some desired qualities in someone that your bf/gf doesn't have
* Life paths are diverging
* ... maybe more - but I can't think of any
I think maybe because you become more picky about who you go out with when you're older - I reckon. Friendship before relationship is essential, I reckon. So any reasons related to clashing personalities are eliminated. Just leaves the above two. I think that's interesting. Feel free to argue. I was on 3 hours sleep @ 7am when I came up with those. Atm, it's 10am and I'm still on 3 hours sleep.
Can a guy and a girl really be close/best friends without any current/historical emotional crap?
You know what's funny? How I think every black CRVSport with a white plate number is Nix's. How I think every white Skyline is Lily's. How I think every red SirionGTVI with a yellow plate number and SnapOn seat covers is Dave's. Not so much the last two... but everytime I see that black CRVSport with a white plate number, I speed up to catch up to it just in case it's Nix's. I did it today. HAHA. That's all.
I'm still on 3 hours sleep. How about I sleep some more? Sounds good. Bye!
Sunday, August 31, 2003
Sorry if you read that. I'll keep my crap to myself next time.
Anyway, I'll tell you what's depressing? That my personal trainer told me that my outer left ligament is never going to be as strong as it was before. That really sux. He said, it'll mend, but it'll never be as strong. It's like stretching a rubber band (a lot) and trying to get it back to its original shape. I'm gonna be too scared to ski again... I gotta be all careful and crap. DAMN.
Okay, I'm going to watch some TV then head to the gym to strengthen my other leg muscles to compensate for my disabled outer left ligament. Peas.
*editEXTRAedit*
What... a... crock... of... ish.
Yeh I'm annoyed. Because I'm gullible and if you act like everything is A-O-K, then I believe you. You know what though? I DON'T NOW.
Liiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeessssss..! I'm really upset. But if you ask about it, I'm not gonna talk to you about it so don't bother.
I really don't know what to do about it. How do you deal with this? ARGH. Okay that's all.
Anyway, I'll tell you what's depressing? That my personal trainer told me that my outer left ligament is never going to be as strong as it was before. That really sux. He said, it'll mend, but it'll never be as strong. It's like stretching a rubber band (a lot) and trying to get it back to its original shape. I'm gonna be too scared to ski again... I gotta be all careful and crap. DAMN.
Okay, I'm going to watch some TV then head to the gym to strengthen my other leg muscles to compensate for my disabled outer left ligament. Peas.
*editEXTRAedit*
What... a... crock... of... ish.
Yeh I'm annoyed. Because I'm gullible and if you act like everything is A-O-K, then I believe you. You know what though? I DON'T NOW.
Liiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeessssss..! I'm really upset. But if you ask about it, I'm not gonna talk to you about it so don't bother.
I really don't know what to do about it. How do you deal with this? ARGH. Okay that's all.
Saturday, August 30, 2003
G'morning all!
Decided to blog a bit since I haven't for almost two weeks!
SINCE I BLOGGED...
* Went to Therese's 21st
* Went to Nick's 22nd
* Went to Lish's 21st - Ali Baba's
* Merrylands ADORE 2004 promo
* Worked
* Watched Finding Nemo
I LOVED FINDING NEMO! I really did! I met up with some friends last night to get the late session of the movie and, at first we felt heck old when out of the last session came people that could almost be classified as either a child or a parent! There weren't many of those at the late session. But, no joke, I was laughing so much of the movie it hurt! I really really enjoyed it!
After that, we stood in the cold thinking of what to do before heading to Parra to chill. They played pool at Hotel Parra then we had some eats at City Extra.
I don't really have that much to say right now. What's wrong with me?! lol... Bye!
Decided to blog a bit since I haven't for almost two weeks!
SINCE I BLOGGED...
* Went to Therese's 21st
* Went to Nick's 22nd
* Went to Lish's 21st - Ali Baba's
* Merrylands ADORE 2004 promo
* Worked
* Watched Finding Nemo
I LOVED FINDING NEMO! I really did! I met up with some friends last night to get the late session of the movie and, at first we felt heck old when out of the last session came people that could almost be classified as either a child or a parent! There weren't many of those at the late session. But, no joke, I was laughing so much of the movie it hurt! I really really enjoyed it!
After that, we stood in the cold thinking of what to do before heading to Parra to chill. They played pool at Hotel Parra then we had some eats at City Extra.
I don't really have that much to say right now. What's wrong with me?! lol... Bye!
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Mindy made me re-evaluate my PASSIONS. She made a point on her blog - that we mixed up general interests with passions.
PASSION (pash-on)
1. Ardent love.
2. Boundless enthusiasm.
... yeh they're still passions!
PASSION (pash-on)
1. Ardent love.
2. Boundless enthusiasm.
... yeh they're still passions!
Saturday, August 16, 2003
Okay you impatient buggers... I'm blogging!
FRIDAY 8 Aug 2003
Went to Sol Bar on Oxford St. for Dee's birthday. Mel drove me up along with a bunch of her high school friends. It was a good party. Nice to see all the Peakers again :). Sol Bar just wasn't me. It felt a bit seedy. I guess if you take away all the drunk chicks throwing themselves onto guys - then Sol Bar's a nice place :) Mel and I headed home early-ish though. Didn't wanna be walking around Kings Cross so late. We d&m'd on the way home which was good.
SATURDAY 9 Aug 2003
Today was a laaaaaaaazy day. I woke up late-ish with no-one home (AGAIN!!) and I began organising the pictures that I got developed during the week (Somehow 150 pictures turned into 147?). I bought double sided tape in order to mount the pictures into the scrapbook I bought from Lincraft the day before. I also bought another album... when I discovered all my pictures weren't going to fit in the scrapbook.
That took about 2 hours or so. It was really fun too because I got to look back on lots and lots of memories that are no long confined to the volatile environment of my computer. I decided I didn't want to stay home that night so I sms'd Mamo to see what he had planned for the night. I had heard from Mel that he was planning to have an American Pie 3 outing that night. Mamo confirmed this and I proceeded to plan the night out. Managed to get Mel, Dave, Joe and Bjorn to come out - and the LL's joined us once we got to Parra. We had dinner at City Extra then rushed it to Village coz we were late-ish for the movie. The movie itself was pretty funny! I really liked it minus the humungous boobs - but what else do you expect from the American Pie series aye? HEHE.
SUNDAY 10 Aug 2003
Nothing much happened today. It was just Church with a little "you will be in charge of the parish youth" talk from Fr. Thanh after mass. Vid and I went straight to the MHCC Formation where we reminisced about the July retreat and excited ourselves about ADORE 2004. OOH TIME FOR A PLUG!
What: ADORE 2004
Where: Telstra Dome, Melbourne VIC
When: Th20040122 - Su20040125
What For: ADORE is an event to further strengthen the conviction of young people to embrace every human being with the love of Christ by preserving his presence inside every heart and mind, especially through Eucharistic communion and adoration, the use of the Sacrament of Confession and the meditation on his life though the Holy Rosary
From Me: It's a huge event - our biggest obstacle is getting all the youth that really want to go all the way to Melbourne. It's going to be VERY worth it, I promise you won't leave feeling let down. Let me know if you're interested okay?
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
Work.
TUESDAY 12 Aug 2003 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJORN!
Went to work. E-mailed 'The Ring' (hehe) and planned a little surprise get together for Bjorn's birthday. Dave and I had class after work, then we met the uni group (incl. MINDY... who has just come back from EVERYWHERE!) and headed down to King St. for some Wagamama. Lee, Anabel and Joe even drove up so it was a really successful night for something we planned during the day! If you're ever stuck on a place to eat... Wagamama's pretty fantastic! I loved the food there!
THURSDAY 14 Aug 2003
* Work
* Payday
* Met the girls at Parra, had lunch at Bellini's then bummed at my house until bed time
FRIDAY 15 Aug 2003
Our e-mail at work was being a bit gay so I couldn't really e-mail 'The Ring' Friday. Sucked lots because I really wanted to do something Friday night and the default planning medium (e-mail) was out! Anyways, I think we decided to wing it at night since noone could decide on anything concrete. I called Minh after church and plans turned out to be KK @ 2130.
Dave and Mel picked me up from home, and after a quick stop at Dave's we met Minh, Will, Mindy and Phil @ KK. Ed and Amelia joined us while we were on the line too! Last night... I think we just talked it till 1:30am! Pretty fun!
We talked about PASSIONS. It was very interesting to guess/hear what everyone was passionate about. It was even MORE interesting to find out what people thought my passions were. They came up with:
* "Family... yeh family... your cousins? Yeh that's family."
* Religion
* Friends... giving advice...
* d&m's - "Mate, Nel LOVES her d&m's!", and.....
* "Programming... would that be your passion? I mean, would you actually go home, and program? *silence* OH MY GOSH!"
Pretty happy about mine. It was interesting to see how well everyone knew what their passions were... WHAT ARE YOUR PASSIONS? See if you know 5!
SATURDAY 16 Aug 2003
* Got woken up by Michael this morning who came by to drop of Therese's 21st invite - which is TONIGHT!
* Organised the ride to Therese's while eating KK for breakfast (yeh.... I know)
* Did some laundry
* Got Dave to help me get msblast.exe off my computer
Plan to...
* Go to the gym
* Shop for tonight, Lish's 21st next week - I LOVE 21STs!!
* Stop by KK (again!) to get tonight's dessert
* Go to Therese's 21st
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I'm getting together some very prelim plans for my 21st. I'm pretty sure the venue's going to be my back yard - just gotta come up with a program... let me know if you don't want to make a speech, coz I'll probably get everyone too - it's bighead night for me :D
Anyways... take it easy homies. Bye!
FRIDAY 8 Aug 2003
Went to Sol Bar on Oxford St. for Dee's birthday. Mel drove me up along with a bunch of her high school friends. It was a good party. Nice to see all the Peakers again :). Sol Bar just wasn't me. It felt a bit seedy. I guess if you take away all the drunk chicks throwing themselves onto guys - then Sol Bar's a nice place :) Mel and I headed home early-ish though. Didn't wanna be walking around Kings Cross so late. We d&m'd on the way home which was good.
SATURDAY 9 Aug 2003
Today was a laaaaaaaazy day. I woke up late-ish with no-one home (AGAIN!!) and I began organising the pictures that I got developed during the week (Somehow 150 pictures turned into 147?). I bought double sided tape in order to mount the pictures into the scrapbook I bought from Lincraft the day before. I also bought another album... when I discovered all my pictures weren't going to fit in the scrapbook.
That took about 2 hours or so. It was really fun too because I got to look back on lots and lots of memories that are no long confined to the volatile environment of my computer. I decided I didn't want to stay home that night so I sms'd Mamo to see what he had planned for the night. I had heard from Mel that he was planning to have an American Pie 3 outing that night. Mamo confirmed this and I proceeded to plan the night out. Managed to get Mel, Dave, Joe and Bjorn to come out - and the LL's joined us once we got to Parra. We had dinner at City Extra then rushed it to Village coz we were late-ish for the movie. The movie itself was pretty funny! I really liked it minus the humungous boobs - but what else do you expect from the American Pie series aye? HEHE.
SUNDAY 10 Aug 2003
Nothing much happened today. It was just Church with a little "you will be in charge of the parish youth" talk from Fr. Thanh after mass. Vid and I went straight to the MHCC Formation where we reminisced about the July retreat and excited ourselves about ADORE 2004. OOH TIME FOR A PLUG!
What: ADORE 2004
Where: Telstra Dome, Melbourne VIC
When: Th20040122 - Su20040125
What For: ADORE is an event to further strengthen the conviction of young people to embrace every human being with the love of Christ by preserving his presence inside every heart and mind, especially through Eucharistic communion and adoration, the use of the Sacrament of Confession and the meditation on his life though the Holy Rosary
From Me: It's a huge event - our biggest obstacle is getting all the youth that really want to go all the way to Melbourne. It's going to be VERY worth it, I promise you won't leave feeling let down. Let me know if you're interested okay?
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
Work.
TUESDAY 12 Aug 2003 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJORN!
Went to work. E-mailed 'The Ring' (hehe) and planned a little surprise get together for Bjorn's birthday. Dave and I had class after work, then we met the uni group (incl. MINDY... who has just come back from EVERYWHERE!) and headed down to King St. for some Wagamama. Lee, Anabel and Joe even drove up so it was a really successful night for something we planned during the day! If you're ever stuck on a place to eat... Wagamama's pretty fantastic! I loved the food there!
THURSDAY 14 Aug 2003
* Work
* Payday
* Met the girls at Parra, had lunch at Bellini's then bummed at my house until bed time
FRIDAY 15 Aug 2003
Our e-mail at work was being a bit gay so I couldn't really e-mail 'The Ring' Friday. Sucked lots because I really wanted to do something Friday night and the default planning medium (e-mail) was out! Anyways, I think we decided to wing it at night since noone could decide on anything concrete. I called Minh after church and plans turned out to be KK @ 2130.
Dave and Mel picked me up from home, and after a quick stop at Dave's we met Minh, Will, Mindy and Phil @ KK. Ed and Amelia joined us while we were on the line too! Last night... I think we just talked it till 1:30am! Pretty fun!
We talked about PASSIONS. It was very interesting to guess/hear what everyone was passionate about. It was even MORE interesting to find out what people thought my passions were. They came up with:
* "Family... yeh family... your cousins? Yeh that's family."
* Religion
* Friends... giving advice...
* d&m's - "Mate, Nel LOVES her d&m's!", and.....
* "Programming... would that be your passion? I mean, would you actually go home, and program? *silence* OH MY GOSH!"
Pretty happy about mine. It was interesting to see how well everyone knew what their passions were... WHAT ARE YOUR PASSIONS? See if you know 5!
SATURDAY 16 Aug 2003
* Got woken up by Michael this morning who came by to drop of Therese's 21st invite - which is TONIGHT!
* Organised the ride to Therese's while eating KK for breakfast (yeh.... I know)
* Did some laundry
* Got Dave to help me get msblast.exe off my computer
Plan to...
* Go to the gym
* Shop for tonight, Lish's 21st next week - I LOVE 21STs!!
* Stop by KK (again!) to get tonight's dessert
* Go to Therese's 21st
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Anyways... take it easy homies. Bye!
Thursday, August 07, 2003
SINCE I BLOGGED LAST...
* Saw the girls for a briefy Saturday evening
* Aaron's 21st @ his house Saturday night
* JAS' 21st @ his house later that Saturday night
* Put 150 pictures - $90 worth - of digital pictures into KODAK for development. I was supposed to get them back this arvo, but I left work too late :(
21 Questions
1. Do you believe in being in a relationship "for now"? With that in mind, do you believe in not being with a particular person "right now"?
Y'see... I really believe that girls want to settle down way quicker than boys do, so I easily believe in the second question. I reckon that there's no great need to attach yourself to one person. There are a lot of people in the world, and who's to say that a person that I choose right now will be the one and only person for me? There may be, however, those one or two people that I'd like to be with - but not now. I reckon lots of people my age are still figuring themselves out, including a mad lot of boys! I've been single for a while now, and I've learnt so much about myself and my limits and I've gained an independence you can't really get in a dependent relationship. This means making up my own mind about things. I love it! I figure, if there are guys out there that are doing that... why stop them? As time goes along its merry way, people are gonna want something for keeps and I reckon that's when the quality of relationships will up.
With that in mind, at this stage in my life, I don't believe in "for now" relationships. They're just not for me. Ask me 4 years ago, and I may have had a different opinion. I just reckon there are too many emotions and energy involved in a "for now" relationship.
None of the above is to say that a) No-one can find the right person at a younger age; people do mature at different stages in their lives, and b) "For now" relationships can't blossom into "For much longer than now" relationships... just in case you've misread me.
2. If you knew someone was keeping something very secret, and it's possible they're keeping it for a valid reason, do you force it out of them?
I'm just asking because I know I wouldn't seriously continue to push it out after feeling resistance. Thing is, I know some people think I'll budge when I have my secrets, and I find myself in a compromising position - HM.
That's my insight for today :) Bye!
* Saw the girls for a briefy Saturday evening
* Aaron's 21st @ his house Saturday night
* JAS' 21st @ his house later that Saturday night
* Put 150 pictures - $90 worth - of digital pictures into KODAK for development. I was supposed to get them back this arvo, but I left work too late :(
2
1. Do you believe in being in a relationship "for now"? With that in mind, do you believe in not being with a particular person "right now"?
Y'see... I really believe that girls want to settle down way quicker than boys do, so I easily believe in the second question. I reckon that there's no great need to attach yourself to one person. There are a lot of people in the world, and who's to say that a person that I choose right now will be the one and only person for me? There may be, however, those one or two people that I'd like to be with - but not now. I reckon lots of people my age are still figuring themselves out, including a mad lot of boys! I've been single for a while now, and I've learnt so much about myself and my limits and I've gained an independence you can't really get in a dependent relationship. This means making up my own mind about things. I love it! I figure, if there are guys out there that are doing that... why stop them? As time goes along its merry way, people are gonna want something for keeps and I reckon that's when the quality of relationships will up.
With that in mind, at this stage in my life, I don't believe in "for now" relationships. They're just not for me. Ask me 4 years ago, and I may have had a different opinion. I just reckon there are too many emotions and energy involved in a "for now" relationship.
None of the above is to say that a) No-one can find the right person at a younger age; people do mature at different stages in their lives, and b) "For now" relationships can't blossom into "For much longer than now" relationships... just in case you've misread me.
2. If you knew someone was keeping something very secret, and it's possible they're keeping it for a valid reason, do you force it out of them?
I'm just asking because I know I wouldn't seriously continue to push it out after feeling resistance. Thing is, I know some people think I'll budge when I have my secrets, and I find myself in a compromising position - HM.
That's my insight for today :) Bye!
Saturday, August 02, 2003
Why does my blogger editing screen change depending on what computer I log into? Weird.
Ready for the second installment of the SNOWIES2k3 trip? I'm still going through withdrawals. They'll go away soon... hopefully.
THIS TIME LAST WEEK: We just arrived at Blue Cow for Skiing Day 2
PRE-THAT:
Bjorn and I managed to be the only ones with sore muscles
We had an awesome, but fatty, breakfast
We took some pictures that'd get Llewol in trouble if he became president *rollseyes*
We cheered about having more van space since our bags weren't in there
We bought some anti-freeze just in case, and didn't end up using it
We got hit with the national park fee we managed to escape the day before
Joe won a game of backseat chess
We sooked about how, if we bought our lift passes at Perisher, we'd get them cheaper
The second day of skiing was definately better! It was a beautiful day, so we were all able to ski without trying to protect ourselves from pelting snow. I went down a run with the better-than-me people, came last and took the T-bar lift up with Mel.... since I mastered it with Bjorn the day before :)
Bjorn, Minh, Liv, Phil and I all joined a beginner lesson down Pleasant valley and when we got to the top again, Bjorn and I were the only ones that made it. Not really sure what happened to the others. Bjorn and I took one last run down Pleasant Valley then decided to take a break. During our break, we decided that we conquered Pleasant Valley already so we needed a challenge. We remembered Hana and Joe talking about Mt. Guthega the day before and we decided, whether we died or not, we were gonna conquer Mt. Guthega! We got a trail map and studied it carefully and went on our way.
We went down the early starter run so we could check out our route on the way back up the lift. On our way to the Guthega peak, we ran into Lily and Lowell who skiied with us to, and stacked it with us at the foot of the J-bar lift. They ultimately went ahead of us because I was slow and Bjorn and I were generally crapper than them HAHA. A J-bar and T-bar lift later we got to the top of Guthega and powered down it. It was the maddest!! We felt very accomplished after that!
We called it a day then. We met the others and went back to Perisher where we (minus Liv+Minh) decided to stick around for night skiing. We had dinner while we waited at this Italian place at Perisher.
When we got to the night skiing runs, we were told we had the wrong lift passes so most of us got discouraged and headed back to the car. I was about to truddle off until Llewol suggested we have another go at sneaking on the lifts. We made it! So five of us (LLx2, Mel, Bjorn and I) got to experience unauthorised Perisher night skiing - OOOOOH! It was an awesome run too! After two runs, consisting of two stacks each and coming last... I managed to conquer the run on my 3rd go! No falls at all!! When I got to the bottom, Bjorn decided to call it a night and head back because he was feeling too confident. The rest of us stayed for one more run. I stayed mainly because I wanted to do a no-fall run one more time.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen for me.
On my way to the top of the run after getting off the lift, I crashed into the back of Lily's skis and expected a graceful fall..... but ended up hearing icky cracking noises instead. EW! Long story short, the others got a ranger to take me down in a sled (looking as pathetic as ever) and got me checked out. I was okay... I just strained my outer left ligament pretty bad so walking was a slow and careful exercise over the next days.
From the best of my knowledge, the guys that missed out on night skiing made snowmans and had snow fights without us. The others told them to bring the van closer to where we were so I wouldn't have to walk so far to get to them. It was so funny! The van attempted a rescue... but got bogged instead! They drove into snow and couldn't get out! Luckily another stupid group of people bogged their car in, and our crew and their crew (of three!) managed to get both vans out of the snow. We headed home then........ after a 10 minute delay coz we had to look for the missing wheel brace in the snow unsuccessfully.
That night was relaxing. The shops were closed so it was alcohol free so we just played a very excited game of CHARADES. Phil taught us how to play BOK and "THE HAND GAME". I turned in around 3.30-ish and the still-awakes headed to bed an hour later (so I heard).
We were homebound the next day. We had a pancake breakfast, returned our gear and headed home. Felt very nostalgic at that point *sigh*. We had a stopover at Canberra for lunch and ended up back at Mel's safe. THE END.
I had the best three and a bit days with those people! Can't wait till next year! Seeya!
Ready for the second installment of the SNOWIES2k3 trip? I'm still going through withdrawals. They'll go away soon... hopefully.
THIS TIME LAST WEEK: We just arrived at Blue Cow for Skiing Day 2
PRE-THAT:
Bjorn and I managed to be the only ones with sore muscles
We had an awesome, but fatty, breakfast
We took some pictures that'd get Llewol in trouble if he became president *rollseyes*
We cheered about having more van space since our bags weren't in there
We bought some anti-freeze just in case, and didn't end up using it
We got hit with the national park fee we managed to escape the day before
Joe won a game of backseat chess
We sooked about how, if we bought our lift passes at Perisher, we'd get them cheaper
The second day of skiing was definately better! It was a beautiful day, so we were all able to ski without trying to protect ourselves from pelting snow. I went down a run with the better-than-me people, came last and took the T-bar lift up with Mel.... since I mastered it with Bjorn the day before :)
Bjorn, Minh, Liv, Phil and I all joined a beginner lesson down Pleasant valley and when we got to the top again, Bjorn and I were the only ones that made it. Not really sure what happened to the others. Bjorn and I took one last run down Pleasant Valley then decided to take a break. During our break, we decided that we conquered Pleasant Valley already so we needed a challenge. We remembered Hana and Joe talking about Mt. Guthega the day before and we decided, whether we died or not, we were gonna conquer Mt. Guthega! We got a trail map and studied it carefully and went on our way.
We went down the early starter run so we could check out our route on the way back up the lift. On our way to the Guthega peak, we ran into Lily and Lowell who skiied with us to, and stacked it with us at the foot of the J-bar lift. They ultimately went ahead of us because I was slow and Bjorn and I were generally crapper than them HAHA. A J-bar and T-bar lift later we got to the top of Guthega and powered down it. It was the maddest!! We felt very accomplished after that!
We called it a day then. We met the others and went back to Perisher where we (minus Liv+Minh) decided to stick around for night skiing. We had dinner while we waited at this Italian place at Perisher.
When we got to the night skiing runs, we were told we had the wrong lift passes so most of us got discouraged and headed back to the car. I was about to truddle off until Llewol suggested we have another go at sneaking on the lifts. We made it! So five of us (LLx2, Mel, Bjorn and I) got to experience unauthorised Perisher night skiing - OOOOOH! It was an awesome run too! After two runs, consisting of two stacks each and coming last... I managed to conquer the run on my 3rd go! No falls at all!! When I got to the bottom, Bjorn decided to call it a night and head back because he was feeling too confident. The rest of us stayed for one more run. I stayed mainly because I wanted to do a no-fall run one more time.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen for me.
On my way to the top of the run after getting off the lift, I crashed into the back of Lily's skis and expected a graceful fall..... but ended up hearing icky cracking noises instead. EW! Long story short, the others got a ranger to take me down in a sled (looking as pathetic as ever) and got me checked out. I was okay... I just strained my outer left ligament pretty bad so walking was a slow and careful exercise over the next days.
From the best of my knowledge, the guys that missed out on night skiing made snowmans and had snow fights without us. The others told them to bring the van closer to where we were so I wouldn't have to walk so far to get to them. It was so funny! The van attempted a rescue... but got bogged instead! They drove into snow and couldn't get out! Luckily another stupid group of people bogged their car in, and our crew and their crew (of three!) managed to get both vans out of the snow. We headed home then........ after a 10 minute delay coz we had to look for the missing wheel brace in the snow unsuccessfully.
That night was relaxing. The shops were closed so it was alcohol free so we just played a very excited game of CHARADES. Phil taught us how to play BOK and "THE HAND GAME". I turned in around 3.30-ish and the still-awakes headed to bed an hour later (so I heard).
We were homebound the next day. We had a pancake breakfast, returned our gear and headed home. Felt very nostalgic at that point *sigh*. We had a stopover at Canberra for lunch and ended up back at Mel's safe. THE END.
I had the best three and a bit days with those people! Can't wait till next year! Seeya!
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
The night I got home from the snows, I wrote a list of memories down so I never forget the whole experience. I realised then that I wasn't going to be able to effectively recount the whole trip in enough detail. So here starts the summary of SNOWIES 2k3!!...
PARTICIPANTS: Me, Mel, Minh, Hana, Olivia, Lily, Lowell, Dave, Bjorn, Joe, Phil
TIME OF DEPARTURE: 25-Jul-2003 2030
MODE OF TRANSPORT: Budget 12-seater van
TOTAL COST: Upwards of $500 (incl. transport, food, accomodation, lift passes, ski gear)
I hurried out of work Thursday afternoon to get to Minh's house before 1900. We waited for Hana and Liv before heading over to my house so I could do some last minute packing. The boys, Mel and Lily came around 2030 and the journey began.
There were 3 driving shifts: Dave took us to Queanbeyan, Lowell took another 200-something k's and Joe took us to our final destination. The van ride was good. It was a van full of excited skiing beginners (+Mel), telling jokes and singing songs to compensate for the lack of good radio. The tape deck wasn't working so we couldn't hook up a CD player *doh*
Our final destination was Mitre 10 Garden Centre in Jindabyne. We arrived in Jindabyne in the wee hours of the morning so we needed a place to park and attempt to get some shut-eye. Didn't happen for most of us so we were up looking for breakfast around 06-something.
After breakfast, we headed to REBEL to get out ski gear and get out lift passes. We bought some snow chains from our favourite 24-hour convenience store, BP, and headed up the mountain.
When we got to Perisher, it started to snow. I was pretty excited because I hadn't ever skiied in falling snow before so I thought it'd be a good experience... yeah right! The snow particles were so small and so close to icy that going against the wind would mean getting hit in the face by the pelting snow. We went skiing at Blue Cow, which was meant to have the best runs. I didn't have the best experience that day. So much falling down and painful snow! Bjorn and I managed to fall off a lift and we were forced to drag ourselves back onto the beginner's run from an intermediate run! By lunch time, I was tired, sunburnt (yes sunburnt) and my hair was icy as heeeeell! I had lost all motivation by that time so we went home soon after - well, we tried to go home anyway.
On our way out of the crowded and traffic-filled carpark, we discovered that - duh! - the van was rear wheel drive and having snow chains on the front wheels wasn't doing anything for us. So the boys figured moving the chains to the rear wheels would fix our problem.......... in a perfect world.
Unfortunate for us, Budget gave us unidentical rear wheels so one of the snow chains didn't fit on one of the wheels. The boys resolved to switch the bigger wheel with the spare wheel on the van. 2 and a half freezing hours later, we all got back into the car - frozen toes and all - and headed home. It was a nightmare and the thought of another day of skiing was very much "not enticing". We were lucky the ranger came to help us - he was our angel!
After we picked up the house keys, we headed home and the girls started cooking while the boys lined up for a very well deserved hot shower - timed and all! Dinner followed 11*5minutes later and we pretty much dropped straight after due to our lack of night before sleep and the tiring first day at Blue Cow.
*exhale* That was Day One. Stay tuned for Day Two...
TANGENT
What do you do when you realise one of your friends has a serious dislike toward you? Given history, it's kind of understandable... but don't you think you move on? I thought moving on would be SWEET. I just don't think it's a two-way thing anymore. Just makes things harder - you've got to step lightly around them and you know what? Why should you have to do that around a friend? I thought friendship was supposed to survive the low points. I'm pretty confused. Any advice?
Bye!
PARTICIPANTS: Me, Mel, Minh, Hana, Olivia, Lily, Lowell, Dave, Bjorn, Joe, Phil
TIME OF DEPARTURE: 25-Jul-2003 2030
MODE OF TRANSPORT: Budget 12-seater van
TOTAL COST: Upwards of $500 (incl. transport, food, accomodation, lift passes, ski gear)
I hurried out of work Thursday afternoon to get to Minh's house before 1900. We waited for Hana and Liv before heading over to my house so I could do some last minute packing. The boys, Mel and Lily came around 2030 and the journey began.
There were 3 driving shifts: Dave took us to Queanbeyan, Lowell took another 200-something k's and Joe took us to our final destination. The van ride was good. It was a van full of excited skiing beginners (+Mel), telling jokes and singing songs to compensate for the lack of good radio. The tape deck wasn't working so we couldn't hook up a CD player *doh*
Our final destination was Mitre 10 Garden Centre in Jindabyne. We arrived in Jindabyne in the wee hours of the morning so we needed a place to park and attempt to get some shut-eye. Didn't happen for most of us so we were up looking for breakfast around 06-something.
After breakfast, we headed to REBEL to get out ski gear and get out lift passes. We bought some snow chains from our favourite 24-hour convenience store, BP, and headed up the mountain.
When we got to Perisher, it started to snow. I was pretty excited because I hadn't ever skiied in falling snow before so I thought it'd be a good experience... yeah right! The snow particles were so small and so close to icy that going against the wind would mean getting hit in the face by the pelting snow. We went skiing at Blue Cow, which was meant to have the best runs. I didn't have the best experience that day. So much falling down and painful snow! Bjorn and I managed to fall off a lift and we were forced to drag ourselves back onto the beginner's run from an intermediate run! By lunch time, I was tired, sunburnt (yes sunburnt) and my hair was icy as heeeeell! I had lost all motivation by that time so we went home soon after - well, we tried to go home anyway.
On our way out of the crowded and traffic-filled carpark, we discovered that - duh! - the van was rear wheel drive and having snow chains on the front wheels wasn't doing anything for us. So the boys figured moving the chains to the rear wheels would fix our problem.......... in a perfect world.
Unfortunate for us, Budget gave us unidentical rear wheels so one of the snow chains didn't fit on one of the wheels. The boys resolved to switch the bigger wheel with the spare wheel on the van. 2 and a half freezing hours later, we all got back into the car - frozen toes and all - and headed home. It was a nightmare and the thought of another day of skiing was very much "not enticing". We were lucky the ranger came to help us - he was our angel!
After we picked up the house keys, we headed home and the girls started cooking while the boys lined up for a very well deserved hot shower - timed and all! Dinner followed 11*5minutes later and we pretty much dropped straight after due to our lack of night before sleep and the tiring first day at Blue Cow.
*exhale* That was Day One. Stay tuned for Day Two...
TANGENT
What do you do when you realise one of your friends has a serious dislike toward you? Given history, it's kind of understandable... but don't you think you move on? I thought moving on would be SWEET. I just don't think it's a two-way thing anymore. Just makes things harder - you've got to step lightly around them and you know what? Why should you have to do that around a friend? I thought friendship was supposed to survive the low points. I'm pretty confused. Any advice?
Bye!
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