the omg-i-cant-believe-im-in-sydney moment

yup....i can finallly blog! am in Mel's uncle's place. just sent my brother off not long ago. there's so much to talk about i dont know where to start! i'm gonna go chronoligically la. planned to do this when im back home, but i think if i did, it'll take me prolly 4-5 days. might as well start somewhere...

july 1, 2006
landed at about 3 plus in the afternoon at Sydney International Airport. Had a rather rurbulent flight on Lauda Air. I dont know it was purely fatigue and exhuastion that made me a little light headed, or the flight itself. All i know was i was so glad we landed. Got onto a train and went to Central in the heart of the city!

Beatrice was the first person i met in Sydney! so happy to see her. We went to Keeran's place but he was at work. Put my bags down n all, then went to meet the rest of Beat's friends. Went to Cole's and bought this thing called a pavlova for one of their friends' birthday. it was kinda cool.

Kor came at about 8-ish pm. we all went for dinner at this place called Milliore which was Korean. ahaha my first meal in the land down under was Korean. :) Allison, Zee wan & Sher lyn came along. we chilled in Beat's hostel, where i stole 40 winks. i was so so tired.

Met Keeran and Ching back at their apartments finally. He was showing us a few places in Sydney on the map, including a nice jogging path.:)

Then they decided to head to the Rocks...at midnight! ahahha but The Rocks was beautiful. really really beautiful. took my breath away.

Pancakes on The Rocks was delicious! really really good. we walked back to Keeran's apartment much much later. Kor decided to go jogging in the morning. That time it was 4 am. so we set the alarm at 8.


july 2nd, 2006
omg...waking at 8 was such a chore. sitting on the toilet was an even bigger chore. But the worst was feeling the freezing cold win slapping my face when the glass doors of Miramar apartment slided open and allowed it in! My entire skeleton was chattering. It was madness. I thought i was mad!

was supposed to run up to Mrs Macquarie's Chair but we somehow took a wrong turn and ended up running along a lot of roads. I hate traffic lights. they make me stop and feel the cold! but it was a good 1 hour run. really it was. Everything was just so beauiful esp at the rocks. :) met mel and her mum on some traffic light!! haha she went "OMG what are you doing jogging on your first morning?!?!" hahah....

Mel didnt feel well so she asked my bro and i to go on our own to The Rocks Market. This i liked. There were so much to see there. I bought a bag of chilli chocolates for my dad. ahhaha i hope he would like them.

we hopped onto a ferry to Taronga Zoo. It's actually very big and all, but certain things quite disappointing lar..for example, i couldnt see my platypus. sigh...ahhaha but okla...:)

we got back at about 5-ish 6. quickly hurried back and got ready for big dinner. Beat told us we were having pork ribs at this place called Hurricanes on Bondi. whoa...im not much of a red meat person. i can eat but i dont exactly indulge in it. But ribs n steak at the Hurricanes? anytime man, anytime. :)

we decided to retire as early as possible...and so we slept till the alarm rang again the next morning...

okla..that should be good for now. im gonna go see what mel is doing. i havent uploaded any pics. will add them in when i do. see ya!

metroball dazed...

*sighs*...:)

See u guys when im back from Sydney!

pre-ball jitters...

Metroball is in...exactly 17 hours time! so i decided to do some digging to see how daintily i can doll up to be with whatever i have. Didnt really want to spend a lot of money on this occassion as it's not that major an event to me. Probably would've been a bigger thing if it was my final year, but nope...it's right smack in the middle of my 3 year tertiary education life. :)

so, like i said, i did some digging to see what i have with me and this was what i found...

1. my frilliest bags...


2. my most delicate watches...


3. and my daintiest shoes...


hehe...nah i was just kidding about the last one...i do have heels...3 inches high to be exact. Yes i'll wince and my feet will hurt as hell, but just for one night, i think i'll play the tom boy act down a little. :)

so im gonna go with the black bag and the light blue watch...what say you? or maybe i should go dig my mum's wardrobe...hmm...she did say she'd lend me her watch...:)

whaaaaaat?? hey, at least ive got a dress~!

so, wish me luck for my big performance! it's kinda like a closing act, it being waaaaaaaay at the end of everything. i think i'll be too nervous to eat...*shrugs*

camp-5-ing and metroball rehearsing...

it's been almost 3 months since i last went to Camp 5. And today, as i rub my aching arms and numb fingers as well as my bruised ego, i can tell how out of practise i've allowed myself to be. i brought Keith along. i could see he was having fun. and boy was i punched in the face (metaphorically) when he conquered 3 routes which i couldn't. Seriously...he is good! He's got so much upper body strength. I was thrown aback! :)

it was a spontaneous decision as both my parents had to go out. Keith had no tuition, and i desperately wanted to go to Camp 5 before m 10 pass thing ended. So i drove my mum's old little Toyota Starlet to 1 utama. When she came home and found it gone she almost flipped! when she called me and found out i was in 1 utama she totally freaked out! ahaha...priceless...sides nothing happened! the fact that my brother can sleep soundly all the way back means im a smooth manual car driver. :)

met a Mexican couple. I asked the guy to snap a few pics of Keith while he was climbing. Turned out he was pretty artistic...:) but these foreigners always are...hehe


***
Metroball's rehearsal was today. Well actually, today was its second rehearsal. Yesterday's was at college and today was at Victorian Ballroom, Holiday Villa itself. The stage was one i have performed on before. If i'm not mistaken it was during a children's art competition and Mrs Khaw's gymnasts were all invited to strut their stuff...:)

they ran the whole program twice. for the first time, i was well warmed up and stretched. did a fluent job, tho my ribbon got stuck and i forgot a few steps. the second time, however, i was nicely cooled down and was chatting away with my friends. so it was no surprise when i ran up the stage to perform the second time, i heard something snapped!!!! i think i pulled a muscle during my split. I'm alright for now, as in i can walk, but i don't know if i can split on Friday night...

left myself something to remember gim days by...

p/s: u can see that's my knee right? just in case...:)

i'm mourning today...

for the death of the Spanish hopes...

*grins widely*

someone up there must really love me a lot...:)

coz i got my menses today...which means menses free Metroball and menses free Sydney!

p/s: the word menses has never been mentioned so many times with such joy by moi...:)