GP Lounge/Pub

[ portishead ] glory box

Today went out with a friend for lunch because I haven't met up with him since I came back from Bali. As usual, we spent our day eat, eat and eat... and bitching about putting on weight during this cold Winter... Oh well, that's what food lovers do when they meet!! ...

After lunch, we drove back to city to hunt for a good place to sit down and have some dessert so that we could continue bitching about our own lives... Found a new interesting place next to GPO (hidden treasure!!)... And went to Little Collins Street to check out more hidden hangout to have a cuppa... And that's when I saw Gin Palace's door AGAIN!!!... So Happy!! ...(I've been to Gin Palance once before, and it's SO DAMN HARD to find the entrance because the entrance has no light, and it looks like a warehouse door without any fancy decos)...

Well, Melbourne has a lot of hidden treasures and if you're not regulars and if you don't come out often, you wouldn't even know these hidden treasures exist... Anyway, we went in and occupied one cozy corner all to ourselves and spent the rest of the afternoon there! ...Though their speciality is 1951 Gin-Martini (which they won the 1951 Martini competition in Chicago) but we didn't try any (yet!)...

Love this place... I'll bring anyone of you there if you guys love a cozy, sexy New York style boho-chic atmosphere... and a glass of Martini... shake... but not stirr... =P

World Cup Fever Lunchtime

My company's social club organized a penalty kick competition on Friday lunch and we all came to work in casual... With Australia's Socceroos advanced to the next round of the World Cup tournament in the early morning match (5am), everybody came to work with extremely hyper mood...

During lunch time, we all walked to the park, and getting ready to win the $50 (whoever scores the highest get the cash of course) ...Everybody gets 2 chances and there's 2 rounds for all of us... Anyway, I didn't score any goal... it was fun as everybody go a little wild and crazy...


(Everyone is ready to score... )
(The ladies who's wearing heals bitching about their pointy boots and they wanted extra chances?!! WTF!!)


(We're the Socceroos' supporters... hehehe...
(And me aiming for a goal !! )

[ sophie koh ] creep
One of my all time favourite song... a song which brought back a lot of memories... The Creep... (Came across a cover version by this singer. She was born in New Zealand & her parents are both Malaysian)...

I know whenever I hear somewhere only we know [ keane ] I will remember KR and Rabbit... So, which song do you listen to, that reminds you of me? ...Do we have a song that belong to us?

Pain

[ three days grace ] pain

Was talking about I'm not a fan of PAIN...
On the other hand... I like this PAIN... lolx...

Children anybody?!

[ end of fashion ] rough diamonds

Was reading MX the other day about Johnny Depp claims that his life changed after his daughter Lily-Rose was born. Watch the birth of his first child banished the anger and selfishness from his character. "It was the first purely self-less moment, it was deliberating... There was clarity... It's like you become something else, the real you is revealed"...

I wanna have baby tooooooooooooo!!! ... *lolx*

Anyway, I was chatting to my friend who has just given birth not that long ago... I think after knowing all the FINE DETAILS of what she's been through to deliver the baby... I find it even harder to imagine myself having my own child / children in the future... No!!! I am not a fan of PAIN!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love kids and babies oh-so-very-much (except the flower kid - you'd know which one if I've told you the story about my Bali trip)... Yes I love cute babies and kids... and I think I know that "self-less" feeling is like (and I think I will like it?)...

How I wish I have a magic-stick, that I can just *ping*ping* a cute little baby for myself without going through the pregnant and giving birth stage... hehehehe... and have this cute little baby as the centre of my attention and my whole world... and move on to the next chapter of life with my baby......... (errr... nah, I still can't imagine I have kids at this moment of time cos i'm still a big kid myself... =/

Oh yeah... Listening to this song... I like it... do you?

My top 10 playlist today...

[ augie march ] one crowded hour!!!
[ pete murray ] opportunity??
[ nickel back ] savin' me...
[ jewel ] again and again...
[ jack johnson ] upside down?!?!?
[ three days grace ] i hate everything about you!!!!!
[ audio slave ] i'm the highway?!
[ billy joey ] honesty...
[ extreme ] more than words...
[ tenacious d ] tribute to the best song in the world!!!

Hard Working

Draw Draw Draw... Keep the inspiration flowing...
Learn Learn Learn... Learn more new techniques...
Quick Quick Quick... Fingers try to catching up...
Pencil Pen Marker & Drawing Pad...
Computer Scanner Photoshop & Illustrator...

Jumping for JOY!!

Well done SOCCEROOS!!!!!! ...What an inspiring, tension-filled and thrilling win over Japan last night!! ...Australia should have declared a national holiday today!!! ...cos everyone of us in the office were sooooooooo sleepy!! ...Even our manager called in sick... *muahahahaaaaaaaa*

Anyway, during the first half, Japan was leading (Aus 0 : Jap 1) and I was soooooooooo FRUSTRATED with that goal... I nearly went to bed!! ...On the other hand, I was smiling too cos I bought an "insurance" (I placed $10 bet on Japan would win)... hiak hiak hiak...

Errr... Don't ask me where is the LOGIC behind me supporting Socceroos in my heart yet placing bet on Japan would win... (cos I also find myself a bit hard to understand sometimes... hehehe)

Well, I think this is a DAMN GOOD example of "when mind and heart doesn't agree to each other!!!"... So in order to satisfy both, I did the most ILLOGICAL thing... hmmm... Make sense right?!?!

Space and Privacy

Not really sure what have been happening to me lately (again)... I crave for lots of space and privacy... and I am becoming a little anti-social as I wouldn't pick up anyone's phone call at all!? ...I just don't feel like talking to anyone... I just want my own space... I just wish I had more time to lie on the bed and read my books or doodle on my drawing pad, and I'll be happy...

A dear friend called my mobile at 1030pm last night. I didn't pick it up because I felt asleep reading a book. Then my house phone rang. It was late. (I thought we are not meant to call anyone's house phone especially when it was way past 9pm at night?) ...Anyway, just as I unwillingly dragged myself out of bed and ran to the phone, it stopped ringing?! ...#$%$%... Jumped back into bed and my mobile phone rang again... Picked up the call, and my dear friend was asking me where the papaya is STOKER cos he wanted to go there with his friend!? ...Hmm...

I have to admit that I was quite annoyed... Why? ...Well, it wasn't the FIRST time he asked me how to get there... It wasn't the first time that he called me up LATE just to ask me where STOKER is and he has been there a few times! ...I'm sure you'd get annoyed too if a person kept asking you the same question again and again, yet they couldn't be bothered remember the answer! ...I mean, if you like the place so much, why is it so hard for you to remember?

Also, the second thing was the fact that he couldn't reach me on my mobile, and rang my home phone (not remembering I have told him not to ring my home phone after 10pm!), and rang my mobile again... I mean, if this was an urgent matter, I would understand... but to TRACK me down like that just to find out where Stoker is, was unacceptable!! ...

I had another friend who is ever WORST! ...He tried to reach me on my mobile (I was somewhere and couldn't hear my mobile ringing and didn't pick up)... so he rang my home phone... and then he rang my (then) boyfriend's phone... just to ask me some unimportant matter... HELLO!? ...You don't ring the whole world to track someone down JUST TO ask something that is not so urgent at all...

I felt that my privacy and my space have been infringed... I felt like I am only the one they remember to call when they needed something at that very moment... I felt like they don't understand that people do need some space sometimes, and sometimes there's a reason people do not pick up their phone calls, and that's when they should KNOW it's better to SMS rather than keep calling EVERY numbers that they could think of to reach that someone...

Hmm... I winged a lot tonight... I think I want my space and my privacy lately, that's why all these blah-blah... Normally, I wouldn't think it's a big deal... Hmmph...

(Kev, i still love you my dear friend... hehee... just need to let it out cos I've been feeling quite weird lately)

Today

Do you have days when you feel that you've become a hollow shell of yourself? These two days, I cruised the day routinely, no emotions, no thoughts, no nothing... Aware of the numbness, yet not going to do a damn thing about it... Could it be the sign of another longer holiday is needed? ...hehehehe...

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"Holidays" --- A word that excites me always!! ...
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My Online Personality Test

(Is this the me that you know? =)
The Five Factor Personality Test

Extroversion:
You have low extroversion.
You are quiet and reserved in most social situations.
A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you.
You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people.

Conscientiousness:
You have high conscientiousness.
Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life.
Most things in your life are organized and planned well.
But you borderline on being a total perfectionist.

Agreeableness:
You have high agreeableness.
You are easy to get along with, and you value harmony highly.
Helpful and generous, you are willing to compromise with almost anyone.
You give people the benefit of the doubt and don't mind giving someone a second chance.

Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.

Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything.

Overdue

My Bali travel entries have finally came to an end today!! ...*phew*...Yes, it's an overdue entries... Finally got that over and done with, and I guess I could move on now?? ...(I hope my brain is catching the overdue flight back to Melb tonight as I think I left it in Bali!!!)...

Well, it's quite a strange feeling as ever since I came back from Bali, there's not a single day that I don't miss or recall those bits and pieces in Bali... Walked past KFC or McDonald would also remind me of Bali (cos their KFC and McDonald comes with rice?!)...Saw my tatts and reminds me of Bali again... and etc etc etc... hmmmph...

I felt as if I've been living in a different dimension... Like my body is here but my mind wasn't... cos it's either still in Bali or at The Lake House... *muahahaha*...

Anyway, now that I have completed the Bali Travel entries, I guess I would give myself a few more days to say my final good-byes before I completely move on...

Struggles...

Watched too much of The Lake House trailer... Mind is not only being Keanutized (Rabbit invented this word!)... it also started to wander in 3rd, 4th, and 5th dimensions... I tried not to think about it too much, as the more I think, the more I suffer... (The movie wouldn't be released in Australia until late July... Which is still so damn FAR away... Getting really impatience... grrr...)

Funny... Why would we have to struggle NOT thinking about someone too much, when we know we can't stop thinking about them ? ...Is this some kinda self-protection-mechanism in us? ...

Have you ever purposely wait till the person come and talk to you first, just because you like them so much that you don't want to be the person who start the conversation first? ...(WHY??? Are you like that too??)

Why things have to be so complicated? ...(So?!! ...Why don't you talk to me first?) ...Who? ...(None of your *stawberry* business!!)

I Want My Own Lake House Too!!! ...

Guess what? ...I have nothing better to do today, and went to check out The Lake House (somewhere only we know... =) ...Ooooooooooh my... I started to day dream again... (Thanks to you rabbit!)

Movies

I just remembered I have a Da Vinci Code's free movie ticket... yet I don't have any plans to watch it yet...

Seriously, I am not that keen to go to cinema to watch movies for quite some times already... Am I getting old??? ...I mean, look at our parents... They also used to go for movies when they were young... but they don't anymore... Is that mean, I'm getting old too? ...

Actually, kinda think about it... I actually still quite enjoy watching movies at home... So, I guess it's not that I don't like to watch movies anymore and it's not that I'm getting old (muahahaa... trying to find excuses)... It's just that I don't like to spend money on going to cinema only... *phew*... I feel better now... kekekee

Perhaps Love

Watched <如果.愛> on DVD... The English title is "Perhaps Love"... NICE!!
(but I think they copy Moulin Rouge's concept... *sigh*... Why HK movies always copy cat!?)

Welcome BRANDON!!

Welcome to the world, Brandon!!!! ...*muah*muah*
(5 hours old... so tiny, so pure, so cute!!)

I'm so HAPPY today as my friend Eileen & Joey in Sydney have a baby boy this morning!!! ...I was just chatting with Eileen on MSN day before... telling her that I hope the baby is Brandon (boy), and I hope Brandon will come to this world on the 25th May (cos easy to remember!?)... and BINGO!!!! ... (So, who still doesn't believe me when I said my sixth sense quite accurate? ...*lol*)

Anyway, I'm planning to make a trip to Sydney somewhere during July / August to pay them a visit... Wanna see cute little Brandon!!! ...3 months old shall be Very Very THE CUTE, right?!! ...Well, I'm afraid of baby who is too young and too fragile... so 3 months old should be quite alright, right?!?? ...Else, I'd have to go later... hmmmph???

Photos in Flickr.com

Aiks... Just found out Flickr.com only shows the 200 latest photos that we uploaded (free membership)... Not happy!!! ...I have just uploaded up to Day 3 of our Bali Trip photos only and most of my Perth's photos are gone!!!! ...So, now I have to find another better online photo album so that I don't have to worry about storage space... =(

Still very lazy about blogging the Bali Trip... There's so many things to share but I really don't know where or how to even start typing... All the receipts and brochures are still sitting on my desks... Memories started to fade a little, but I think my mind is still in Ubud (Bali)... ?!?

Just last night I suddenly woke up middle of the night and wondering WHY and WHAT was I doing in my own room in Melbourne?? ...Aiks... I think my brain is a bit slow all the time, because when I was in Bali, my mind was still in Melb... and now that I'm back to Melb, my mind just reached Bali (possibly?!)... *lol*...

Okay, time to sleep... Work sucks!!

I'm Back!!

I'm back!!!! ...I'm back!!!! ...I'm finally back in Melbourne!!! ...Ohhh, I'm so happy to be back in Melbourne... My room smell so nice!!! ...My bed feel so comfortable!!! ...Even the bean bag in the living room is so huggable!!! ...

What was the first thing I do when I reached home? ...hehe... Switched on my PC to check emails... then had a super long hot shower and a light lunch... I'm about to jump into my warm cozy bed to catch some sleep, but I just would like to show how glad I am to be back in Melb... hehehehe...

Will post the photos we have taken during our Bali trip... and will blah blah blah about Bali too... So stay tune!

Bali Day 9 : Kuta > Melbourne

Woke up early as my friend finally managed to sneak out from work, and fly to Bali to meet up with me! ...and guess what was the first thing he said when he saw me!?!?! ...

You're getting bigger!

OMG!! ...This was the first thing he said when he stepped out from the Taxi since we last met 6 - 7 yrs ago! ...@#$$%$%@$^!!!!!! ...No manners!!! ...grrr... hehehe... (I know I have put on some weight, but I don't need a reminder... and I would prefer to hear something that is more "sooothing" because "big, heavy, fat" are a bit hard to digest! ...Tsk!!!! ...hehehehe)

Anyway, we then went to have lunch and walked to Poppies Lane 1, as he wanted to show me where Secret Garden Inn... Checked out Secret Garden Inn and it isn't bad... but I have no complains about Puri Tanah Lot Hotel where I stayed too... I think I'm not that fuss as long as there's HOT WATER for shower... *muahahahah*

Had a drink outside Secret Garden where they have a bar outside... Plain catching up especially we haven't seen each other for such a long time... Yeah, he is getting BIGGER too... *bleh*... *hahahhaha*... (I know he would be reading this and just to get even!)... =P

Oh well, it's great catching up with someone whom we haven't met for so long... especially we have been living in the different continents and we have our own lives... Glad that everything is still the same (as in we still could talk about anything just like old times)...

Anyway, we hang around until 530pm and went to airport to catch our flights!! ...Yes, he left Bali on the same day.... and I'm feeling thankful and greatful that he'd made such an effort... afterall, how many friends in your life would do that, huh? ... =)

Well, we went to airport together, and I sent him off before I walked to the International departure to check in...

I felt rather weird... or shall I say, I had a feeling of not wanting to leave Bali!? ...I felt sad that my holidays had finally came to an end... and I felt unbelievable that time passses by so fast... I had a great time with my friends and I wonder when would I see them again next time, and where woudl that be?! ...