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Apr. 13th, 2007

first day back

    woah i'm getting a headrush now so beware the length might be a tad overdone. gonna flashback from present, came back from work, stopped by vera's 2 grab FII, that accomplished time 2 cure the growling in tummy, treated to a sumptious dinner as usual.

<28 hrs earlier>

   stuck in com lab doin hand-in lab, point to note, simulated annealing dun go crazy with the temperature, TS interchange or not parameters better stay more or less near original, else, low virtual memory, put simply com goes whack, processes stuff at a snail's pace, can feel blood pressure rising by the minute man! Finally cat n i get thru the lab, we did pretty gd work i reckon, answered a total of 4 qns outta 5, the words "construct table" in qn 5 making us juz a little antsy, leading 2 the prudent decision 2 skip it *o*. Finally itz finished, poppin it in I.G's pigeonhole, we make a mad dash 2 catch the lift that's tryin to evade us. 20 mins later, alight fr the train at Camberwell ( belgrave line), we're sitting comfortably in C's hse taking sphaghetti n sipping aloe veras. 

   time to leave for glen w, we get there in plenty of time, spotted the rest, grabbed mochas n bubble tea, had to wait outside red box, owners were late. After an eternity of waiting, the owners rock up n the night kicks off. Trooping up the flight of stairs, we're treated 2 a flurry of incandescent lights, ushered 2 the back room and now we gotta operate the machine.. somehow after 10 mins and still no luck with the machine, we decide 2 call for help, the person enters shows us the right way 2 operate it. We order our drinks, honey lemon mostly, had abt 250 buckz 2 max out. C kicked off the K session with an Eng song, cant rembr watz the title now tho~ i'm next, of coz a whole list of chinese ones, from Jeff chang, A-mei,show,Evonne Hsu,Jolin Tse,to the Eng ones like S club 7, to Jap ones, that song fr 1 litre of tears,utada hikaru,boa, the evening was a blast, time passes fast in that atmosphere, b4 we knew it the clockhand was at 2 and we knew the night was almost over, time to "check-out". I hit the record, 46 missed calls. 

   wake up time this morn was 7.45am, managed it with an effort (thank you Lord), sped all the way 2 hughesdale, took train 2 city and entered class at 9.45am. Gomen sensei then take my seat, taking a quick glance around, only 6 peepz including me, wat was goin on? finally everyone turns up and we progress fr knowing the impt jap dates 2 actual sentences, kabuki no kippu o ni mai arimasu kara issho ni ikimasen ka, etc, no kanji 2day abit cut abt tat. breakie comes and i drag C 2 make a quick purchase of white mocha swirl, surprisingly gd!! (recommended)(@o@). Dashed off at 12.15, stopped back at home b4 continuin 2 workplace and mind slips back to daydream mode.the customers are the topz, convos were enlightening, informative, ranging fr a bad day, to get-away wkends to serious stuff parameds, medibank cons, etc. all in all not a bad day. thank God i got thru it *whew* [ breathes a sigh of relief ]

Apr. 11th, 2007

frangelico n potato wedges.

   juz came back from airstream cafe glen. i really like the atmosphere there, very open and friendly, no half drunk or full drunk ppl. i sat down with H next 2 a guy, David i think.
  
  Met tons more ppl this evening, struggling to rembr their names now...letz see there was a ruth, junni (i shld know, met her on sunday with L), Jodie, Lucas, the "superman guy" Wayne(think thatz the correct spelling, really bears a striking resemblance to christopher reed), another David, Mimi,another guy n Anne. There that wasnt too bad.
 
  anyway L couldnt make it, so we trooped in alone and very much didnt know wat to expect. Our relief was enormous when we were greeted enthusiastically, had hands thrust in front of our faces, names rolled out at 60ks per hr. what astonished me was the sincerity. openess and confidence of the ppl surrounding me. trying o appear non-fazed was a feat but at least i'm sure i didnt stare.
 
  conversation was light and refreshing. i had eaten b4 heading out so juz decided on a liquer coffee frangelico. it tasted alright, everyone ordered stuff 2 eat so after sometime i decided to order sth 2 munch on. i ordered potato wedges. that was a mistake, i was treated 2 another rendition of lazy moe's. the portion was humongous!
 
   there was a surprise cake 2 celebrate 3 of the membrs bday i couldnt even take a bite, the night progressed on and it suddenly hit me i gotta go sch tmr, so we left soon after and here i am sitting in front of the com updating abt half an hr later, with my sis periodically speaking to her frenz over her intercom thingy, shld get one of those, they sound pretty nifty.
oh and i've started learning korean online, still on lesson 2. cant wait! korea here i come!

sneak peek of watz left of it after my mum n sis got 2 it (^^,) bon appetit~

bad memory!?!?

  arghz after gettin off the phone it suddenly dawns on me, holz end tmr....sighz! would like a longer holz next time...*dreaming of the korea trip* plans finalised, tix gonna be booked soon. letz see i made sure there's enough dough in the bank 4 plane tix n spending money with a little extra. thinking of buying boots over there, shld b summer so prices shld b at an all time low...3 wks seoul and other places ard it, prob gotta be prepared 2 travel 3 days in one direction n another 3 back. Accomodation's a cinch, transport? gotta rembr 2 ask abt that.

  oh n got a gd feeling for 2nite's get-together...airstream cafe? hmm H's picking me up so i can sample some of the bubblies. was really happy 2 catch up with melz yesterday n i'll certainly try 2 keep ya updated on the "plan". ur sms was practically God-sent, ohh feel the vibes~  

  L's getting married soon, tat tops the list i guess of ppl with gd news...there's Yuan's,Lydia's,the baby coming along in july, yea itz gonna be an interesting time this time of the year.  

  i've been busy dl-ing a whole bunch of songs 2 transfer into my new mp3 player.. u might wonder wat happened 2 my ol' one. truth is it juz died on me, wouldnt turn on even with brand new batts in it, RIP my beloved mp3, you served me well and i will always rembr ya *moment's silence*... =S worst is all my info stored in it, all my hard "work" down the drain in an instant....i will survive i will survive.

  Juz heard this song on the radio, love it, gotta find out watz the song name... "..stand in the rain, stand your ground, stand up when itz all crashing down..stand thru the pain.. you wont drown, and one day it all will be found.." anyone know watz the title?

"who told the sun where to stand in orbit, who told the ocean you can only come this far, who told the moon where to stand till evening, who's words alone can catch a falling star? now i know my Redeemer lives...i know..my Redeemer He lives...let all creation testify, let this life within me cry...i know...my Redeemer lives..."<NIcole C. Mullen>

Apr. 10th, 2007

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if you stepped into a river, stepped out then stepped back in, everything would look the same and u'd think it was the same river you stepped in a moment ago when in actual fact it's not the same river because it's already flowed downstream. that's how i'd sum this up.

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Apr. 7th, 2007

an update on my existence to date

  itz been a yr n 3 mths since his death n i find i still miss him even after this time, itz funny how u find out how much u care abt someone only afta they're gone, some things r better left unsaid tho~ i guess i've got lotz of regrets, things i wanted 2 accomplish, adventures i never got the chance to experience, memories never forged. 
 
  On a more positive note i did manage 2 make a quick 3-wk trip 2 spore and msia. Some of u may know this others will letz juz say i thought u guys were too bz with ur lives so i'll "disturb" ya'll at a later date ya? i've posted some pix here, not even a quarter of the way thru. this trip was very special as i found out once again how faithful God is, so many prayers answered, soo many experiences that'd never happen in another time period i'm certain. 
 
  The one thing tat gave me an unpleasant surprise was how different my grandma was, i dont think i'll go into that or i might breakdown. the look she gave us when we eventually we had to leave...i'm dead sure it'd melt a heart of stone...moving along...hogbreath's cafe has pretty gd liquer, i'm surprised coz i took mudslide, a mixture of vodka, baileys,dark creme etc. i mean baileys alone taste terrific, vodka alone's not bad too, but together? i had my doubts but managed 2 overcome it long enough 2 order a mudslide, then "woah this is actually gd" thoughts start playing a tune in my brains. the rest is history.

  
   a frustrating thing happened, forgot the exact day but i had finally bought triple A batteries 2 revive my mp3 player but the whole machine gave up on me, it refuses to switch on but the worst was yet 2 come...it wouldnt register on my com so i couldnt even get the info stored in it, all my songs, all my "memories" gone in a single instant!!!  my ftts songs!!! all the gd hits n classics. hrs of dl-ing stuff gone gone gone! thankfully now i have another mp3 but the process of uploading n dl-ing begins again....

  
    i missed out on trip'in 2 hanging rock, helped out for gd friday appeal instead. man it was refreshing. the stories u could tell. i rembr during the briefing Fiona( the leader) shared a story abt how she knocked on the door and there was this little girl standing in front of her, she politely asks "is ur mommy home?" the little girl asks what for she replies with the answer and off the little girl goes 2 qn her mommy. as fiona's standing there she hears a voice afar off( oviously the mommy) sayin" what do they want?" " if they want money tell them mommy's not in" then there's a pattering of small feet n there the girl is again n she replies" mommy says if u want money i'm to say she's not in"....

 
 juz heard news my other frenz coming back to melbourne 2 get married, looks like this is the yr 2 get married have children, but itz gd 2 hear much gd news after the recent spate of bad news, the explosion in the burnleigh tunnel, the gangland murders, the tsunami in the solomons, etc.

 
oh michelle has come back for a visit too!  wonder when kels is gonna visit?

   went 2 play pool after such a long time, first game was predictable a big fat zero,. but the 2nd game was interesting, sunked most of mine, didnt win the game tho, ball kept hitting the curves, the eight ball juz refused for some reason to drop into t he hole,after a gruelling effort, it complied and we won, but that really taxed my energy so i sat out the next one then we paid and trooped back 2 chris's hse for chat, a midnite noodle sup and liquer,

 
despite having only a short few hrs of sleep was up on the dot 7 am the next day, was late gettin out of the hse had 2 speed once in awhile 2 get 2 the place on time, made it n attended the briefing then the charity drive thingy, was exhausted at end of day but it was a very satisfactory one, afterwhich went back 2 chris;s hse, viewed a few episodes of "his n her circumstances" n love letter...really miss love letter...y did the show get axed"!?! x-man's still on tho,

  haiz...spent from working at safeway today it was on-going and tiring coz of the meat reductions but the convos remained interesting...one guy was sharing how he managed 2 save more by only shopping for groceries every fortnight n sharing abit of his family, apparently he has a son who for some reason wouldnt touch any other drink besides water,milk n fanta. i've heard weirder stories tho of how some young kids would reject chocs in favour of vegies...

  we've cut day-light saving and so we've gained an extra hr of sleep a day again. tmr's easter n i cant wait 2 go 2 church, see michelle n haunu. a decision has 2 be made but i wonder wther i'm hearing correctly might have 2 confirm with H. for some reason this song keeps playing in my head ever since i watched the ?"touched by an angel" show this afternoon. "....every corner of creation...lives to testify...for as long as i shall live i will testify His love..be a witness in the silences when words are not enough..."