Manly Beach~

today i had more fun than i had in teh last few weeks. obviously, seeing the title, i went to Manly beach ^^ originally it was for art55 and to take pics/sketch, but i only ended up getting 5 min of sketching done, took a million pics of the same scene and splashed around in this little patch of beach disconnected from the main one.

Izzy, acted as a tourguide for me and my old school friend Helen, though she kept going to the wrong places unconsciously. At first we saw a little wharf-ish like place and i was so dissapointed cos there was absolutely nothing worth drawing there so we kept looking and finally found teh main beach. A little walk off it, there was a section of beach away from the busy shops and people, where people lived in beautiful old houses with open balconies and there was a quiet little cafe with an antique shop. It was totally unlike the rest of the corso, more peaceful and not as rushed.

guess who did those jumps? i tried to make helen and izzy model for my originaal idea, but it didnt rlly work...so im just doing a normal beach view with all the 'essence of manly' u no, the pine trees, ppl and cafes.

i havent been to manly beach in sooooooo long, i forgot how big and beautiful it was. even though it was kinda cloudy, the sky was pretty and the clouds were puffy with rays of sunlight seeping through, floating by as if they had all the time in the world.

we also took group pics of ourselves by the water, i havent taken so many pics in so long. at firt the water was freezing cold, but it soon seemed to be quite warm after a while, it felt so good to walk aound in the shallows and laugh with friends. we walked back to the corso for hot chips and we got xlarge for $9.90, then realized only 2 ppl were eating it == i kept telling izzy not to feed the seagulls but she did anyway, and she kept teasing them by pretending to throw it and not and watching them fly up then fall down again. those birds were fiesty...

in the end, i wanted to get at least an hour doing sketches and stuff but helen had to catch her bus and i only got 5 min == my feet hurt at the end cos trying 2 powerwalk in thongs is not very comfortable afte a while, though all in all, i thought it was a productive day, but more importantly we had so much fun :)

rant~

right now this is the only thing i can think of to keep me temporarily distracted from boredom ==

lets seeeeeee-ugh i still have to go 2 the beach for that art55 thing, which i still havent made any progress on yet...i was lying in bed this morning wen i realised for maybe the tenth time in my life that i worry waaaay too much. about school, about friends, about life. if i look at it from a wider perspective, im just trying to make the things already existing in my life seem more important than they are, making something out of nothing much. yes i may be starting to go delirious, but i with nothing else on my mind wat else do u want me to think about???

i neva liked staying home in the holidays and doing nothing really, i like to go out and meet ppl, have fun and talk. weeeeeeell, there is the jay chou concert coming up, but i doubt id b able to get tickets and even if i do idk if my mum would let me go...always over-protective and asking all there is to ask. who are u going with? how many ppl? wat kinda ppl will there b? wen are u coming home? how are u coming home? how much money are u spending? the one taht annoys me the most is. are there any guys going? == ugh, so wat if there are guys going? she rlly doesnt want me to be one of those party girls that go out with a gang of friends everyday and rebels against her parenst.

enough bout that, my hands r cold and the weather is so nice while im inside...*sigh

100 question quiz

1.How old will you be in five years? 20 :D

2.Who did you spend at least three hours with yesterday? ummm...i stayed at home-the computer?

3. How tall are you? 165cm...?

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?...nothing really o.o its just skool ==

5. What's the last movie you watched? dont remember, havent watched 1 for ages

6. Who was the last person you called? my anutie

7. Who was the last person to call you? my mum

8. Who was the last person to text you? will

9. Do you prefer to call or text? mmmmm...i call my my girls to have a nice long chat, but txting is rlly useful

10. Do you have any pets? i had seamonkeys once ^^ but they died o.o

12. Are your parents married? yup

15. What planet do you like? uuum idk o.o

16. What are you wearing right now? pjs :D

17. What is your favorite christmas song? i dont have 1, they all sound the same

18. Where is your favorite place to be? idk, sometimes i just like to sit somewhere quiet and watch the clouds in the afternoon. or somewhere i can dance ^^

19. Where is your least favorite place to be? in some boring classroom at school ==

20. Where would you go right now if you could go anywhere? out to somwhere fun

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? if i just saw a creepy crime movie, id b scared the villain was coming. or id b scared of those classic scary stories my friends told me :(

24. Who was the last person that really made you laugh? umm izzy and her blog on elevator pranks

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1 o.o

26. How big is your bed? normal sized?

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? we have a desktop but it has no sound so my bro and i always fight over the laptop

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? always with

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 1-dont u no its not gud 4 u if u sleep with more? tut tut
31. What is your favorite season? summer! i love the blue sky and happy weather, plus i can go swimming and have icecream ^^

32. What do you like about summer? i just sed didnt i? ==

33. What do you like about winter? the pretty, big jackets, hot chocolate and being warm under my blankets

34. What do you like about the fall? the colour of the trees

35. What do you like about spring? the smell of the warm, dry air

36. How many states have you lived in? 2-one in china and one here

37. How many cities/towns have you lived in? 2

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? shoes wen i find a rlly nice pair, socks at home and bare feet wen its hot

39. Do you like wearing jeans? who doesnt? theyre so comfy and easy to wear

40. What was the last thing you ate? a sweet, chinese pastry, it was yummy~

41. What is your favorite restaurant? theres this little jap place near where i live that i go to all the time, simple but nice-and basically anywhere else that has nice food

42. Longest car trip? i dont remember, i never rlly go on holidays using a car

43. What's your favorite kind of ice cream? classic chocolate of course, then green tea and vanilla

44. What is your favorite kind of soup? this shanghai dish-omg i want soem now...

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? neva had 1 o.o

46. Do you like Chinese food? OF COURSE!

47. Do you like coffee? i luuuuuuv the smell, but once i taste it, its dusgusting == i like ice coffee tho ^^

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? not much, like 3? o.o im so dehydrated...

49. What do you drink in the morning? water, milk, anything thats around

50. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone? sleeping with some1 else is actually really comfortable, i feel all safe and warm-but wen i sleep alone i get to take up all the room

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? nup

52. Do you know how to play poker? no way-i learnt once then i forgot.its such a boring game==

53. Do you like to cuddle? depends who it is :P

54. Have you ever been to Canada? nup, id like to go though

55. Do you have an addictive personality? hmmm yes..? lol ask my friends

56. Do you eat out or at home more often? i luv going out but my mum's home cooking is da best XDDD

57. What is your favorite cheese? .......o.o

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? emily, that new girl at school

59. Do you want kids? i like kids and i want my own, im just afraid of the pain ==

60. Do you speak any other languages? MANDO PRIDE!

61. Have you ever gotten stitches? i have 2 stitches on my back from a surgically removed mole. i was so scared wen they told me i had to get stitches, i had no idea wat they were gonna do. but its all gud now ^^

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? no

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? ocean is beautiful and ffun, but it can get so cooooold...

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? windoooooooow!

65. Do you know how to drive stick? wat...? o.o

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? aaaaa i love to shop, clothes, presents, stationary, anything at all ^^

67. Do you wear any jewelry? i seem to have an earring fetish-ok thats over-exaggeration, but i have heaps and i dont wear half of them XP

68. What is your favorite TV show? 'FRIENDS' 4 LIFE!

69. Can you roll your tongue? ummmm waddya mean by roll..?

70. Who is the funniest person you know? hmmm cathy is pretty funny, soometimes unintentionally, that girl is so clumsy-she can walk out of a room and come bak in saying 'oops i forgot my shoes', then trip on them taking me down with her. but heaps of ppl r funny intentionally ^^

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? mhm *nod

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?uuuuuuuum-i change it like every month, right now its the song 'hey ya' by outcast. its old but its addictive

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? i donated heaps to the church last yr cos they were taking up too much space. but i prob still have heaps

74. What red object is closest to you right now? my stuffed hamburger, which has red bits of sauce on it and the book im reading called 'the winter rose'-its rlly gud ^^

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? i dont mind-wat kinda question is that?

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?wats with ppl and asking these questions? if u choose the wrong answer theyll immediately lecture u on how bees or ants or wateva it is would take longer to kill u ==

78. would you rather fight a chimp or a badger? neither-i would run

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? sweet and sour sauce

81. Can you change the oil on a car? no way, id prob wreck the car if i tried

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? i dont drive ==

83. Have you ever run out of gas? they should make these questions more age friendly-have u eva thought about the fact that maybe i cant drive?

84. What is your usual bedtime? usually round 10 to 11, later if i have heaps of hw

85. What was the last book you read? the 1 im reading now is the winter rose, the sequel to the last one, the tea rose.

86. Do you read the newspaper? no way-im not that old yet ==

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? my mum subscribed to madison, but now i wanna read vogue

88. Do you still sleep with the lights? wat do u mean still? i like the light on but dimly.

89. Do you watch soap operas? ...............OF COURSE I DO.

90. Do you dance in the car? how can u dance in the car? o.o

91. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? some song lyrics wen i got bored. i started doodling and im filling up the page with my little pictures

94. What is your favorite candle scent? did the person who made this quiz just run out of things to ask?

95. What is your favorite board game? dont have 1

96. How would you describe pop up pirate or buckaroo as a board game? ...wat?

97. When was the last time you attended church? only wen the school went to an easter or christmas mass or something-i just went like every1 else, though im not religious

98. Which one of your friends have you known the longest? izzy and whitnee, since year 2 or 3

99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? um. neva. lol. ive only ever sat in a tent pretending to b camping inside a play tent wen i was little

100. Did you realize you just completed a 100 question survey? of all the stupid questions, this was the stupidest

things 2 do before i die~

i was reading izzy's blog bout elevator pranks wen i saw her little list on the side. i have nothing beta to do and ive always wanted 2 one of these so here goes:

THINGS I WANT 2 DO BEFORE I DIE---

1-travel around europe
2-finish highschool
3-fall in love (how can that not b on my list???)
4-rent and decorate my flat
5-own a puppy
6-go back to my first school in austrralia and visit my kindy teacher
7-wear a white wedding dress
8-get drunk
9-stroll by on the beach at night
10-go to a bonfire party
11-go on a real, actual shopping spree with my friends with money ive earnt myself
12-paint a room and get messy
13-enter a competition and win it
14-bash someone up who rlly deserves it
15-dance in the rain
16-shout out somewhere where no one can hear me, like the top of a mountain
17-get high

thats it for now, some of the things i wanna experience in my life that i can think of at this moment.

review for Koizora~

in my previous blog, i mentioned a jap drama called Koizora which i have JUUUST finished watching a minute ago. it was so emotional *sniff-thanx 4 recommending jj ^^

at first its rlly random, but the whole thing, the air of it and the feeling is so pretty and happy that i wanted 2 c more. it got better and better as the episodes went by, with only 6 of them, its like an extra long movie.

its basically a romance about a highschool girl called Mika and her first love, a guy named Hiro. personally, i luv his bleached/blonde hair but i think he looks beta wen he dyed it black. mmm so anyway, theres just a feeling in it ive neva seen in a drama or movie before, but its so passionate and the drama was made with such...gentleness and simplicity that it has its own kind of...aura.

what started as a highschool relationship turns much more serious and it is soon obvious that this isnt just some fling or puppy love. the main characters experience so much difficulty, yet they continue to love and live their lives simply and happily. it was rlly heartwarming for me-just a short little drama but with so much packed into it. i cant rlly say much more about it cos then id ruin it. becos of its length, there are only about 2 to 3 major points in the plot that make the whole thing so i cant say-watch it 4 urself!

once again, i have to mention the music, the theme song is rlly nice and the director didnt use it too often, like in some dramas, but knew EXACTLY the perfect place to put it, to make the viewer enjoy it more.

bottom line, its a gud drama, if u have time, watch it, though its a girl kinda drama and not absolutely every1 will like it.

WILL JIN WAS HERE

WILL JIN WAS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WILL BE FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

memories~

dont u love the days wen u were a midget and everyone would have a tamagotchi (remember those?) and everyone would connect with every1 else at skool. and the times wen u would absolutely go INSANE wen u had THREE assignments at one time!!! =O and wen u made personal namecards in class or had ur very own underdesk thing!!!

i remember those days so clearly, it was actually quite funny ^^ wen i was like in yr 3 i would look up at those big yr 6 kids and they would seem so far away, totally older and smarter and cool. wen i was actually in yr 6, the whole thing was made into such a big deal-with the whole being role models to the kindys and having badges 4 library moniters. *sigh...

wen i was a little kid i used 2 go to toys r us with my bro and we could easily spend the whole day there-walking through the aisles and testing out the playstations. i LOVED riding those little bikes in that tiny space-especially the pretty pink ones ^^

lol remember the tamagotchi craze? i would walk to school and half the people in my grade would have them slung on their necks. those little black pixels in the shape of some funny looking alien would make people so happy. i got 2-the first 1 that came out and the second generation 1 im proud 2 say :D i would spend so much time on those little things and giving my creatures names and earning money/points to buy kewl things...

in class, if we annoyed the teacher enough, she would take us out to play sport or some game our class made up. remember those craft lessons where we would make things like a wooden sign made of kidney beans stuck on to make words, or paddlepop bowls. our classes were so much closer than they are in highschool, we all supported each other even if we werent actually friends and we used our numbers to bully the teacher into doing something XP i remember once my class literally ran away from the teacher and she couldnt find us 4 like 5 mins-trying to track a group of kids down in a tiny, minuscule sized skool. we were so proud XD

omg......remember practising our recorders?! O.O we had our own little folders of music and it would b a class thing and we would perform in assemblies O.O just thinking bout it makes me sigh and shake my head lol. there were srsly so many things that made our lives more carefree and innocent than it is now :) if i listed them all, i would run out of breath and u would get bored-so luckily 4 u, i wont.

so to end my beautiful recount of my primary skool days...
(i was hoping to finish that line with something totally epic and thoughtful, but i cant think of anything XP)