relaxing day out with very chilled people to austinmer beach! that including avi, andrew, george, tyrone, carissa, troy and emily. thanks andrew for once again driving us and particularly me as i am only a colleague by association with another core member of the group. then again, it could be said that the friendship that andrew and i have harvested from being in the same music class resulting from frequent acknowledgements of each other's existence in the form of greetings is enough for him to have offered to drive me. but probably not. so thanks andrew. your haircut rocks.

tyrone, carissa and i waited for andrew at the other side of glenfield station. carissa asked, "is this the circle thing that we're meant to wait at for him to pick us up? it's what he said in his text." tyrone nodded. carissa replied, "it's a freaking cul de sac." and that was the beginning of our problems.

i'm only going to tell the tale of the most notable one. after trying to detail this by text, i figured the best way would be by incorporating diagrams. visual learner, ya'll. okay, basically we were going the wrong way:



so andrew decided to turn into the road on the right so he could make a u-turn to go the right way:



everything's good, everything's great, andrew performed an excellent turn into the road and we were now about to turn back into the right way:



and then andrew did this:



my stomach hurt laughing at this for so hard. actually, we all did. all four of us. his beloved passengers. after a few minutes of silence, andrew spoke up and said if only we could be helpful now. and so i told him that was cute. and he said, "well, that's better than hahahahahahahahahahahahaha." hehe. ...thanks for driving us, andrew! we love you.

carissa, tyrone and i had a lot of fun on that trip while avi and andrew talked about their stupid boy stuff like nrl and cars and food. carissa noticed tyrone would do this lip mime thing, as if he was talking or mouthing words of a philosophical nature as he stares wonderingly into the distance. so we tried to catch him doing it. we came up with different codes like blinking twice or nudging and then we would turn and look at him but uh. no. everytime we were about to catch him in the act, his lips would hook up and damnit, we had been caught out once again by the one and only tyrone! then we tried to conquer angry birds, stalked people on facebook and thought about all the things we still had to do with our lives after witnessing andrew and his, let's just say, driving techniques. once again. we love you, andrew.

arrived at the beach at around 9:30? i still have no idea why we had to wake up at 6 for that because troy's clan arrived at 11. stupid avi and his stupid ideas. and he missed his bus and so andrew had to pick him up from his house, your royal highness much? chilled, played a bit of my uke, got killed by the sand and we all tried to remove andrew's hood. trying to conceal his haircut, oh please. played around on the jungle gym and swings. got killed by the sand and wind some more.

the rest of the day after troy, emily, george and luke arrived was the usual beach-y stuff you do. except when everybody decided to whip out the frisbee and ball, carissa and i started building a sand barrier so they wouldn't see us and hence could not invite us to play. bonded with her in our fort which soon became a very, very, very comfortable sort of bed. foot rests and everything. discussed a lot of things from how she killed my finger and sent me to hospital for an operation in year 7 to our multi-million dollar plans of creating these sort of beds all over the world. we eventually used avi's picnic blanket as a blanket and goodness. could have stayed there for the rest of the day. but hunger calls.

bought lunch at a very cute restaurant across the beach called shell's diner! very retro with posters of marilyn monroe, elvis presley and classic music. fairly lights and old couches complete the look of this laid back business also offering tea and coffee in cute crockery. beef burger, fish and chips shared with avi so we could eat half half. twas nice. until everybody else started feeding the damn seagulls. seagulls are scary, alright? you don't know what they're looking at, who they'll bring and their orange webbed feet are a bit too bright. pretty much did nothing for the rest of the day-- just how i like it. i love being lazy. i dont like exploring and so ditched half of the group while they tried to find some cave, and ditched george and tyrone while they climbed some rocks. that was due partly to the fact that they laughed at me when i fell on that sand hill. and got back up. and fell again. hmph.

the car ride home was very quick. because everyone was asleep, apparently! i dont know, i think i was the second to fall asleep. and what happenened, happened. thankfully andrew didn't fall asleep. or did he? or would it have made a difference at all? of course we're joking, we love you, andrew!

Labels: holidays

informal '11 was splendid! everyone, everyone looked absolutely amazing, the dancing was continuous and my love for hurlstone class of 2012 is at its highest right now. the unity of our grade is unbelievable and i am ever so thankful to be a part of such a great group.

pre-informal at grace's was good fun-- thankyou to grace's dad was kindly driving us! estimated time was only 25 minutes from her house to the wharf, we were all in awe. when we reached there, we were kind of lost. grace, yvy, jacquie, jenny, christie and i were the first to get there and the lack of people on the wharf was a bit concerning. we ran around in our short dresses and clip-cloppity heels like prostitutes, desperately hoping to get a grasp of what was going on. i managed to spot "north: hurlstone agricultural high school at 1800" on some random post which all gave us peace of mind. but the problem was still there: where was everybody?! we took the opportunity to take some photos. as girls do. -flicks hair-

people gradually arrived and everytime we spotted someone walking our way we'd pretty much run up bombard them with shock and awe and oh-my-god-why-are-you-so-hot compliments. it was quite frantic and exhilarating at the same time to see everybody so glamorous! even the boys had the own thang goin' on. bow ties, colour co-ordinated sweaters and hats. can't forget the hats. yo. homiez. [insert gangsterness]

my more-than-lovely date arrived after a while (about time he did, gosh :p) and he had flowers in his hands! i was as smitten as a kitten. furthermore, they were my favourite colour and matched my outfit. or should i say our outfits because we were subtlely matched up. sh. thanks avi for dancing with me, fetching me cake, walking in front of me when walking down stairs and walking behind me when walking up stairs to catch me if i did fall, heh.

add music, a dancefloor and it seriously transforms some people! or rather, just brings out the inner wild side. rarrrr. let me just say that one of my top moments on the boat was watching thomson ngo belt it out to rihanna's s & m while jumping up and down on the dancefloor. made. my. night. well, made some of my night anyway, i had so much fun dancing with my beautiful friends and avi and getting trodden on and stepping on other people. so on, so forth.

basically: good people, good night!



in other news (as i've already mentioned before on facebook) i have finally completed my ameb 8th grade piano exam! as of saturday 24th september 2011 at 4pm, nine years of slaving away comes to an end!(and, well, never thought i'd say this but i am actually starting to miss it already.) was awarded a pass with credit and pictured up there is my last piano report for my grades! will probably continue my piano studies after the hsc but right now, i'm so glad just able to take a break. the weeks leading up to the exam were intense. instead of the usual 1 hour per week lesson, my teacher started to make me come for about 4 hours worth of lessons a week. this inevitably clashed with the yearlies period and on top of that, chemistry tutor started to double up in their times too. i am so relieved that i got through that and so pumped to do good, regular study to make sure my hsc year does not ever result in that kind of clutter!

i'd like to thank my parents for putting in the money, effort and support throughout my piano years. the ridiculous lesson times and stress i have to go through, they put themselves through too. (wow it's like i won an emmy or something). the day ended nicely with us following with our usual tradition of gelato after a piano exam. got raspberry and pistachio, yerrrrrrrr-um. whenever i buy gelato it has to be one sweet flavour and one sour flavour. and the colours have to be nice as well. because i'm crazy-cat-lady like that.

last holidays before hsc year starts-- hope year 11s are making the most of it! stationery shopping awaits yay. hope each and every of you have a great holiday! will talk soon :)

Labels: formal, holidays

seemed fitting to complete day 2 of the challenge on my biology assessment task notification as i finished the exam today! yay! also completed musicology today. music practical tomorrow. informal. then ameb 8th grade exam. eeeep. thought avi was nice in staying back to "wait" for me, but nah, he just needed a ride home from andrew so i might as well strike that out. hectic days coming up but i am very excited. too much squealing from all the dress and hair talk. big thankyou to margaret for lending me her 32mm curling barrel and lisa lai for lending me her palette! i have such generous friends!

1. Handwrite your full name.
2. Handwrite your url.
3. Handwrite your headline.
4. Handwrite your favorite quote.
5. Handwrite your best friend's name.
6. Handwrite your crush's name.
7. Handwrite your three favourite songs of all time.
8. Handwrite whatever you want with a black pen in capitals.
9. Handwrite your favourite word.
10. Handwrite your lucky number.
11. Handwrite all the websites you’re signed up with.
12. Handwrite your name using the hand opposite of what you normally use.
13. Handwrite the first 10 things that pop into your head.
14. Handwrite your celebrity crushes.
15. Handwrite “hello”.
16. Handwrite whatever you want, filling up the whole piece of paper.
17. Handwrite on something other than paper.
18. Handwrite a few words that sum you up.
19. Handwrite your five favourite bands.
20. Handwrite a letter to somebody.

---

day 1:



everybody, say hi to my handwriting! (and wendy's handwriting, say hi to everybody.) too fat, too round and too big as is evident on my cute rabbit post-it note! my parents are probably the biggest haters of my handwriting and are constantly telling me to 'start writing like an adult'. i dont know what that means.

3 exams left! not that i've been performing particularly well in any of my exams besides maybe english advanced. and that's only because we got one of the questions beforehand. yup. good, good girl.

so damn pumped for informal! i remember a few months ago when i was just moping about it and how im going to be all lonely on the boat and how i'm going to fall off the boat and then no one will save me and then i'll get hypothermia and some bitch rose will promise to never let me go but end up letting me go because she won't share her stupid cupboard door. glad i got that off my chest. but now i am so excited! honestly wish i had the money to just go out and get my make up and hair done professionally so i can feel glamorous for a night. i'm superficial like that. super-duperly looking forward to a good night out with my beautiful fraaaans and my date! oh gosh, last year at formal i nearly turned lesbian for all my friends. don't know what will become of me by the end of informal night this year.

so close to commencing hsc year! excited because i get to renovate my room and buy new stationery. omg new stationery. new stationery makes everything and anything better. already have my kikki-k diary that will definitely motivate me to do my homework because i get to use it and write in it and everything oooooooooh. is there such thing as a stationery-gasm?



stay safe and keep smilin'! ☺

good luck to year 11s! that is my schedule as it stands. a hectic two weeks with not only my 14 units but my 8th grade piano exam and working extra hard with mock trial so we can progress to next level and be top 8 in the state! so excitedededed but coming into school on a day without exam for me better be worth it, mr lynch. hope you got some red frogs hehehe.

before i go into a study-hibernation-sort-of-like-thing, i will show off some of my findings. these items have honestly made me feel a materialistic hollowness inside of me that i have never experienced before.











top-bottom: White Peter Pan Collar Shirt Dress, Check Montage Thin Green Cardigan Ruffled Blue Chiffon Shift Dress, Petal Collar Hedging Apricot Blouse, Short Sleeves Bowknot Feeling Ivory Shirt, Excellent Flower Sleeve Lace Light-apricot Dress all from romwe, Accessorize Black Leather Bow Watch from asos.

cannot believe it is pretty much the end of year 11! my excitement to jump into year 12 with new stationery and a fresh start is hindered by the intimidating backdrop that is the mere fact that it is the hsc year. eeep! that scary feeling when i was in year 7, looking up at all the seniors. year 11, we're one of those scary people next year! we're going to be the ones strutting through the hall of honour, the top of the pyramid at hurlstone, towering over those kids...well, not me. my height is somewhat average. okay, average is an understatement.

junior kids, enjoy your years. good luck to the current year 12s. year 11: let's kick butt!

Labels: exams, mock trial, wishlist

How to be of value: stare into a bucket of water until your reflection appears. Then gently pour the reflection out onto the ground. Soon it will evaporate amd become a cloud. Then it will rain and you will be part of the great cycle of replensihment and growth.

--Michael Leunig

relaxing day out with very chilled people to austinmer beach! that including avi, andrew, george, tyrone, carissa, troy and emily. thanks andrew for once again driving us and particularly me as i am only a colleague by association with another core member of the group. then again, it could be said that the friendship that andrew and i have harvested from being in the same music class resulting from frequent acknowledgements of each other's existence in the form of greetings is enough for him to have offered to drive me. but probably not. so thanks andrew. your haircut rocks.

tyrone, carissa and i waited for andrew at the other side of glenfield station. carissa asked, "is this the circle thing that we're meant to wait at for him to pick us up? it's what he said in his text." tyrone nodded. carissa replied, "it's a freaking cul de sac." and that was the beginning of our problems.

i'm only going to tell the tale of the most notable one. after trying to detail this by text, i figured the best way would be by incorporating diagrams. visual learner, ya'll. okay, basically we were going the wrong way:



so andrew decided to turn into the road on the right so he could make a u-turn to go the right way:



everything's good, everything's great, andrew performed an excellent turn into the road and we were now about to turn back into the right way:



and then andrew did this:



my stomach hurt laughing at this for so hard. actually, we all did. all four of us. his beloved passengers. after a few minutes of silence, andrew spoke up and said if only we could be helpful now. and so i told him that was cute. and he said, "well, that's better than hahahahahahahahahahahahaha." hehe. ...thanks for driving us, andrew! we love you.

carissa, tyrone and i had a lot of fun on that trip while avi and andrew talked about their stupid boy stuff like nrl and cars and food. carissa noticed tyrone would do this lip mime thing, as if he was talking or mouthing words of a philosophical nature as he stares wonderingly into the distance. so we tried to catch him doing it. we came up with different codes like blinking twice or nudging and then we would turn and look at him but uh. no. everytime we were about to catch him in the act, his lips would hook up and damnit, we had been caught out once again by the one and only tyrone! then we tried to conquer angry birds, stalked people on facebook and thought about all the things we still had to do with our lives after witnessing andrew and his, let's just say, driving techniques. once again. we love you, andrew.

arrived at the beach at around 9:30? i still have no idea why we had to wake up at 6 for that because troy's clan arrived at 11. stupid avi and his stupid ideas. and he missed his bus and so andrew had to pick him up from his house, your royal highness much? chilled, played a bit of my uke, got killed by the sand and we all tried to remove andrew's hood. trying to conceal his haircut, oh please. played around on the jungle gym and swings. got killed by the sand and wind some more.

the rest of the day after troy, emily, george and luke arrived was the usual beach-y stuff you do. except when everybody decided to whip out the frisbee and ball, carissa and i started building a sand barrier so they wouldn't see us and hence could not invite us to play. bonded with her in our fort which soon became a very, very, very comfortable sort of bed. foot rests and everything. discussed a lot of things from how she killed my finger and sent me to hospital for an operation in year 7 to our multi-million dollar plans of creating these sort of beds all over the world. we eventually used avi's picnic blanket as a blanket and goodness. could have stayed there for the rest of the day. but hunger calls.

bought lunch at a very cute restaurant across the beach called shell's diner! very retro with posters of marilyn monroe, elvis presley and classic music. fairly lights and old couches complete the look of this laid back business also offering tea and coffee in cute crockery. beef burger, fish and chips shared with avi so we could eat half half. twas nice. until everybody else started feeding the damn seagulls. seagulls are scary, alright? you don't know what they're looking at, who they'll bring and their orange webbed feet are a bit too bright. pretty much did nothing for the rest of the day-- just how i like it. i love being lazy. i dont like exploring and so ditched half of the group while they tried to find some cave, and ditched george and tyrone while they climbed some rocks. that was due partly to the fact that they laughed at me when i fell on that sand hill. and got back up. and fell again. hmph.

the car ride home was very quick. because everyone was asleep, apparently! i dont know, i think i was the second to fall asleep. and what happenened, happened. thankfully andrew didn't fall asleep. or did he? or would it have made a difference at all? of course we're joking, we love you, andrew!

Labels: holidays

informal '11 was splendid! everyone, everyone looked absolutely amazing, the dancing was continuous and my love for hurlstone class of 2012 is at its highest right now. the unity of our grade is unbelievable and i am ever so thankful to be a part of such a great group.

pre-informal at grace's was good fun-- thankyou to grace's dad was kindly driving us! estimated time was only 25 minutes from her house to the wharf, we were all in awe. when we reached there, we were kind of lost. grace, yvy, jacquie, jenny, christie and i were the first to get there and the lack of people on the wharf was a bit concerning. we ran around in our short dresses and clip-cloppity heels like prostitutes, desperately hoping to get a grasp of what was going on. i managed to spot "north: hurlstone agricultural high school at 1800" on some random post which all gave us peace of mind. but the problem was still there: where was everybody?! we took the opportunity to take some photos. as girls do. -flicks hair-

people gradually arrived and everytime we spotted someone walking our way we'd pretty much run up bombard them with shock and awe and oh-my-god-why-are-you-so-hot compliments. it was quite frantic and exhilarating at the same time to see everybody so glamorous! even the boys had the own thang goin' on. bow ties, colour co-ordinated sweaters and hats. can't forget the hats. yo. homiez. [insert gangsterness]

my more-than-lovely date arrived after a while (about time he did, gosh :p) and he had flowers in his hands! i was as smitten as a kitten. furthermore, they were my favourite colour and matched my outfit. or should i say our outfits because we were subtlely matched up. sh. thanks avi for dancing with me, fetching me cake, walking in front of me when walking down stairs and walking behind me when walking up stairs to catch me if i did fall, heh.

add music, a dancefloor and it seriously transforms some people! or rather, just brings out the inner wild side. rarrrr. let me just say that one of my top moments on the boat was watching thomson ngo belt it out to rihanna's s & m while jumping up and down on the dancefloor. made. my. night. well, made some of my night anyway, i had so much fun dancing with my beautiful friends and avi and getting trodden on and stepping on other people. so on, so forth.

basically: good people, good night!



in other news (as i've already mentioned before on facebook) i have finally completed my ameb 8th grade piano exam! as of saturday 24th september 2011 at 4pm, nine years of slaving away comes to an end!(and, well, never thought i'd say this but i am actually starting to miss it already.) was awarded a pass with credit and pictured up there is my last piano report for my grades! will probably continue my piano studies after the hsc but right now, i'm so glad just able to take a break. the weeks leading up to the exam were intense. instead of the usual 1 hour per week lesson, my teacher started to make me come for about 4 hours worth of lessons a week. this inevitably clashed with the yearlies period and on top of that, chemistry tutor started to double up in their times too. i am so relieved that i got through that and so pumped to do good, regular study to make sure my hsc year does not ever result in that kind of clutter!

i'd like to thank my parents for putting in the money, effort and support throughout my piano years. the ridiculous lesson times and stress i have to go through, they put themselves through too. (wow it's like i won an emmy or something). the day ended nicely with us following with our usual tradition of gelato after a piano exam. got raspberry and pistachio, yerrrrrrrr-um. whenever i buy gelato it has to be one sweet flavour and one sour flavour. and the colours have to be nice as well. because i'm crazy-cat-lady like that.

last holidays before hsc year starts-- hope year 11s are making the most of it! stationery shopping awaits yay. hope each and every of you have a great holiday! will talk soon :)

Labels: formal, holidays

seemed fitting to complete day 2 of the challenge on my biology assessment task notification as i finished the exam today! yay! also completed musicology today. music practical tomorrow. informal. then ameb 8th grade exam. eeeep. thought avi was nice in staying back to "wait" for me, but nah, he just needed a ride home from andrew so i might as well strike that out. hectic days coming up but i am very excited. too much squealing from all the dress and hair talk. big thankyou to margaret for lending me her 32mm curling barrel and lisa lai for lending me her palette! i have such generous friends!

1. Handwrite your full name.
2. Handwrite your url.
3. Handwrite your headline.
4. Handwrite your favorite quote.
5. Handwrite your best friend's name.
6. Handwrite your crush's name.
7. Handwrite your three favourite songs of all time.
8. Handwrite whatever you want with a black pen in capitals.
9. Handwrite your favourite word.
10. Handwrite your lucky number.
11. Handwrite all the websites you’re signed up with.
12. Handwrite your name using the hand opposite of what you normally use.
13. Handwrite the first 10 things that pop into your head.
14. Handwrite your celebrity crushes.
15. Handwrite “hello”.
16. Handwrite whatever you want, filling up the whole piece of paper.
17. Handwrite on something other than paper.
18. Handwrite a few words that sum you up.
19. Handwrite your five favourite bands.
20. Handwrite a letter to somebody.

---

day 1:



everybody, say hi to my handwriting! (and wendy's handwriting, say hi to everybody.) too fat, too round and too big as is evident on my cute rabbit post-it note! my parents are probably the biggest haters of my handwriting and are constantly telling me to 'start writing like an adult'. i dont know what that means.

3 exams left! not that i've been performing particularly well in any of my exams besides maybe english advanced. and that's only because we got one of the questions beforehand. yup. good, good girl.

so damn pumped for informal! i remember a few months ago when i was just moping about it and how im going to be all lonely on the boat and how i'm going to fall off the boat and then no one will save me and then i'll get hypothermia and some bitch rose will promise to never let me go but end up letting me go because she won't share her stupid cupboard door. glad i got that off my chest. but now i am so excited! honestly wish i had the money to just go out and get my make up and hair done professionally so i can feel glamorous for a night. i'm superficial like that. super-duperly looking forward to a good night out with my beautiful fraaaans and my date! oh gosh, last year at formal i nearly turned lesbian for all my friends. don't know what will become of me by the end of informal night this year.

so close to commencing hsc year! excited because i get to renovate my room and buy new stationery. omg new stationery. new stationery makes everything and anything better. already have my kikki-k diary that will definitely motivate me to do my homework because i get to use it and write in it and everything oooooooooh. is there such thing as a stationery-gasm?



stay safe and keep smilin'! ☺

good luck to year 11s! that is my schedule as it stands. a hectic two weeks with not only my 14 units but my 8th grade piano exam and working extra hard with mock trial so we can progress to next level and be top 8 in the state! so excitedededed but coming into school on a day without exam for me better be worth it, mr lynch. hope you got some red frogs hehehe.

before i go into a study-hibernation-sort-of-like-thing, i will show off some of my findings. these items have honestly made me feel a materialistic hollowness inside of me that i have never experienced before.











top-bottom: White Peter Pan Collar Shirt Dress, Check Montage Thin Green Cardigan Ruffled Blue Chiffon Shift Dress, Petal Collar Hedging Apricot Blouse, Short Sleeves Bowknot Feeling Ivory Shirt, Excellent Flower Sleeve Lace Light-apricot Dress all from romwe, Accessorize Black Leather Bow Watch from asos.

cannot believe it is pretty much the end of year 11! my excitement to jump into year 12 with new stationery and a fresh start is hindered by the intimidating backdrop that is the mere fact that it is the hsc year. eeep! that scary feeling when i was in year 7, looking up at all the seniors. year 11, we're one of those scary people next year! we're going to be the ones strutting through the hall of honour, the top of the pyramid at hurlstone, towering over those kids...well, not me. my height is somewhat average. okay, average is an understatement.

junior kids, enjoy your years. good luck to the current year 12s. year 11: let's kick butt!

Labels: exams, mock trial, wishlist

How to be of value: stare into a bucket of water until your reflection appears. Then gently pour the reflection out onto the ground. Soon it will evaporate amd become a cloud. Then it will rain and you will be part of the great cycle of replensihment and growth.

--Michael Leunig