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Perth in a nutshell...

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because we can

here's how we spend our free time here in Perth.

we take numerous pictures of ourselves. we pose for those numerous pictures. we pose really dramatically for some, and really silly for others.

some name this artistic hobby camwhoring. whatever it is called, we just do it because we can.

yanyee. concrete pillar too cool for school pose.

my incredibly ladylike picture. bearing my huge bruise on my right leg, my oddly bent left leg, my humongous calves, and my insane sun burn.

bad chinese dinner. curtin university park.

a yanyee-shakti bollywood movie poster pose

shakti. olden time lovesong video.

p.s. yes, we do in fact have quite a bit of free time. coz we're here waaaaay too long for a Perth holiday.

p.p.s. forgot to rotate some of the pictures, sorry. :)

once bitten twice shy

ever since the severe sun burn the three of us foolishly endeavored, we now never leave the house without a layer of sunscreen. that is...if we leave the house at all during the day time. we're all peeling at odd places, looking like we've got scabs or leprosy. the biggest peeler being Yan Yee, peeling everything from her skin, to potatoes and carrots, to apples. :)

so due to the less than attractive outlook of us, and our increasing phobia for the sun, we now only leave the house after sun down. most of the time. :)

shakti charging her glow in the dark t shirt

got a bit too hot for shakti. she wanted to jump!

depressed damsels, awaiting the arrival of sailor-husbands...

livin la vida loca!

brought to u by Karen, Yan Yee and Shakti

anyway, life here has been slow moving. think we're adapting the Aussie lifestyle. My bro brought us out for Gelare last night coz they had 50% off on waffles on Tuesday. Unlike Swensen's back home, i think the people here are way less kiasu, and the staff are more efficient during such peak hours. Ice cream was lovely of course. :)

Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Here's wishing all you crazy lovebirds out there a wonderful V Day. Have a good one. To my family and friends, you know i love you right? *wink*

I have sat on the bleachers and watched Valentine's pass me by year after year for ages.
One more year wouldn't hurt...

pieces of Perth 1

half dead by the 5th hourgreen green grass on graduationRottnest Islandstaring competition

wombat!

sunblazed!

baked, burnt, bruised

Hello from Perth!! It's been a while...:)

So Singapore was good fun. It was just very me to forget formal attire for my convocation when the primary reason of my visit to Perth was to graduate. So I walked around Bugis to see if i could sought out something cheap and nice and practical. I ended up buying flair sweat pants to pass off as really amazingly comfortable slacks, pair of suede black pumps and a borrowed button shirt from my cousin. :) And just like that i was ready to graduate.

Perth has been quite an adventure too. The first night we touched down the weather was slightly warm, and we had to toss around on bed before we finally fell asleep. Perhaps it was the all the excitement. But it was pretty exhausting on our end because we were given the LAST row of seats on the plane. Which meant our seats were next to the toilet. And people frequent that every 5 minutes or so. If that wasn't bad enough, the last row of seats could NOT RECLINE. yeah...we sat upright for 5 hours straight. so you could imagine how restless we were on the flight.

Convocation was alright. I didnt exactly feel the whole rush of oh-my-god-its-the-end-and-the-beginning-of-an-era. To be honest i felt rather neutral towards the whole thing. But it was an experience. A much less solemn occasion compared to Kor Kor's convocation. The fireworks were pretty cool though. Food was quite disappointing. But there was free champagne! :)

Today we went cycling in Rottnest Island. I reckon we covered about 20 km in the blistering Aussie heat bursting with UV rays. And i left the sunscreen lotion behind again. Needless to say i am entirely burnt, baked and bruised. Bruised because i scratched my leg against the bike. A single geared, really odd push-your-pedals-back-to-break bicycle. haha...

Yea, i didn't bring along my camera cable, so i can't post pictures up tonight. I'll try to get it from my brother tomorrow.

Till then, hope ur missing me peeps...missing me like crazy...:)