So easy,

Monday, August 21, 2006

i know i havent been updating lately. well, first thing is, i'm back from aussie! i've taken quite a number of horrible-qualitied pictures on my phone but i'm kinda tired to upload them now at the moment. most likely i'll be uploading the pictures on a separate entry someday that i dont feel lazy. anyway, i'm blogging now on a monday night, and i just returned home from school about 10 minutes ago. fucking tired. so for the next couple of paragraphs i'll roughly do a review of how my life in the last few days in australia was. and yes, Adelaide is a sweet place. i'm missing the time i had there already : (

and yes, i brought back stuff from aussie. mostly chocolates, really nice ones i swear, bought from a shop called Darrell Leah. and a couple of soft toys, mostly consisting of koalas and kangaroos. they're not for me anyway. and to me, i think brunettes are so much hotter than blondes. eye candy was almost everywhere, from shops to the streets of town.

ADELAIDE, DAY TWO.

mom woke me up in the morning. i was wondering for what the hell. it's friggin 10am. then she reminded me, it was my sister's graduation ceremony later. oh, so i went to shower. and this is the first time i'm showering in aussie, im not a caveman k, just unlucky that yesterday, the day i touched down in Adelaide, my sister's house's water heater was facing some kind of problem, so the water was ICY cold and i mean it. it was suicide to bathe in water that temperature. so i just slept like that, without bathing for a full day. anyway the weather there is really cold, so i didnt sweat at all so it's quite acceptable. sister's friend drove us to the University there. it was a kinda grand event. but i almost fell asleep during the ceremony. the speech was damn long and draggy and i had to wait at least 270 years before my sister comes out to take her cert. and boy, does she look fat on stage.

almost got lost in the caucasian-filled crowds along the hallway where my sister was waiting at the other end. saw one of my sister's friends, this japanese girl named Yumi i think, she graduated too. and i think she's attractive. hahah. i didnt put on any wax at all that day so my hair was DAMN awful. and worst still, i got forced by my mom to take a pic with the whole family, those type of pictures where u pay to be taken professionally and get framed on the wall type. fuck that photo la i hate it. i think im going to take it off the wall the day my mom hangs it. we took a total of 3 photos, and i think that is about AUS$135. expensive shit.

before we knew it, it was nightfall already. and one thing i dont like more about that, the temperatures are gona drop. it is colder at night. and somemore, the weather is windy, tormented me more. i had 3 shirts on that day. and im still shivering. btw, nightfall there is about 530pm, singapore time. watched around the streets and finally settling at some thai restaurant for dinner. the food was acceptable la, nothing special. then after that, we split up into two groups to go to a far side of Adelaide for dessert. one group took the car, and the other group, which included me, took the railway tram. i wanted to take it anyway, something i dont see in singapore. paid AUS$3.80 for a trip, to and fro. the place we went to was some dessert store specialising in chocolate stuff. and that's in Glenelg. weird name for a place i know.

DESSERT.

had CHOCOLATE FONDUE for the first time in my life. FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING NICE. it costs AUS$12.50 for the set i ordered. and it's meant for 2 people. but i had it ALL TO MYSELF! the chocolate is just soooo rich la. took the tram back and it was a 30minute trip. from the last stop we alighted, i walked home with my sister's roommate. she was quite nice, when we're almost close to home, i said i was hungry and she gave me 5 bucks to go to MOBIL nearby to grab a late night snack. bought a frozen beef and cheese pie. then i noticed something really nice while waiting at the traffic light. there is actually steam or whatever you call it coming out of my nostrils! just shows how bloody cold it is there during night time. got home and enjoyed my supper snack. and it tasted damn good.

ADELAIDE, DAY THREE.

mom woke me up hell early again. fuck la, what's the rush this time?! it was shopping day today, and i got to know that almost all the shops at the mall close at about 530pm. fucking early rite? so i showered and left the house for central market first at 10am. about a 10 minute walk from home. it was a saturday morning la. the central market is something similar to the wet market we have back here in singapore, but over there, it seemed a little higher class, and not dirty like fuck. there are way better stuff on sale there too. i didnt stay for long to watch them shop for groceries, i wandered a little on my own and bought a morning snack. 3 cheese breadsticks from the breadstore. and the cashier was a brunette : D then we moved further in and it was kinda like the chinatown of Adelaide. seeing many chinese people, feels like im in singapore again. bought the soft toys from this store run by a chinese family. the storekeeper had this damn funny english accent. it wouldnt be funny if i typed out the way he spoke here, i have to imitate it myself in real life so it could actually be funny.

And now, we're off for some real shopping. to Rundle mall that is. the town area. bought the chocs at Darrell Leah's first then walked in further. and i dont understand why, they are actually going into the supermarket for somemore grocery shopping when we did that like some time earlier? i just lazily followed. tagging behind them like pikachu. my main motive was to check out the video game store down the street. but sadly, i had to follow them around first. my sister was more like shopping for herself, buying new tables and cabinets for her room. and ya, one thing about the tourists here around Rundle Mall. most of them are japanese. and standing on the middle of street, they were MANY japanese tourists around. so much that it suddenly feels like im more in Tokyo than Adelaide. hahha, i wished. that's my next dream destination. hopefully. it was about 3pm, aussie time. our hands are full with so much groceries and shit. mobility with ease was an issue, so my dad sat down on the bench and rested so he looked over the items. me, my mom and sis went over to the video game store. EB GAMES : )

i was hoping to buy this new game for my xbox 360(which is turning to stone) but fuck, the staff told me that it wont there till september 1st. so sad, i walked out of the store empty handed. then my sister wanted to buy this cabinet or whatever for her room, so they asked to watch over the plastic bags. and so i did. fucking boring. sitting down in the middle of the street on a bench, staring at plastic bags.
they returned later and it's my dad's turn now to watch over the stuff. i went with mom again into the mall, for my sister wanna buy a gift, and i wanna buy a late lunch. went to the basement, and it was already around 4pm them, most shops are closing, most restaurants are dead empty. but the big M is still open. so i went in. Mcdonalds la. saw tourists again, this time, they're korean girls. looked at the menu, and i bought a TRIPLE CHEESEBURGER MEAL. hahah, once again, something you dont find back in sg. from that, we went home in a cab.

i'm still far from finishing the day. this is the last full day im spending on a foreign land, so i better make good use of it. went back home, sorted out several stuff and my sister cooked dinner for us. first time. i thought she was going to blow something up, but her meals actually taste quite decent. first time ever. after dinner, i went out ALONE, with my sister's friends. played pool at the University of Adelaide. the score was 3-1 and i'm leading : D before i could continue the next match, they invited me for a late supper, so i agreed. went to The Pancake House. and AGAIN, i saw a japanese couple inside. i ordered a pancake with chocolate cream and vanilla icecream topping, and it's heavenly. but not so heavenly on the pricetag, AUS$12.50 for ONE. got back to pool again, and the score was 3-2, i was beginning to get unlucky, but at the end of it all, i'm still the winner! they drove me back home at about 12am. it was a damn bloody good day la. i enjoyed it a lot.

ADELAIDE, FINAL DAY. (DAY FOUR)

this time, i woke up myself. oh, forgot to mention this on the very DAY ONE's entry, i slept in a room alone, all to myself, while my parents shared the room with my sis and they slept on the floor. i was feeling refreshed. showered, and didnt put on as much clothes as before. i wanted to go to the nearby mart to get one final thing. the rainbow cookies. not exactly a cookie la, some sort of a mini pie, but i'll name it rainbow cookie anyway. and i went alone. bought along 4 soft nougat snacks too. they're damn good. by 11am, the cab was waiting for us outside. we're off to the airport. OH YA! the cab driver was a NIGGA. i was trying VERY HARD not to laugh or utter that WORD. HAHAH. and great, reached the airport to know that we're late for our flight. ran around like idiots as we couldnt find the entrance to gate 20, which was our gate la. after much stress, we found ourselves sitting comfortably in our seats, we're heading home. and in front of me, there were a big number of japanese students : ) beautiful people. and first time again, i didnt feel sleepy throughout the entire flight, i was actually awake for 6 full hours. because i found that there was POKEMON SILVER to be played on the KRISWORLD. so i got realllllly engrossed in pokemon until almost skipping my in-flight meals. hahah. alright, that's about it. i certainly miss australia. it was a very memorable experience being there.

to live and die by our own rules
despite the fact that i'm a fool
i'm almost alive, i need you to try,
and save me
it's okay that i'm dying
but i need to survive, tonight, tonight...

Purple Rose;
5:16 AM