take one step at a time.

i can't believe how time has flown by so quickly. it's coming to the end of April already! we're almost reaching the halfway mark for 2009 and it feels as though new year wasn't too long ago. i'm gonna be off probation end of this month :) and i will try to keep my clean record of not having taken any days off so far hehe. work is good. lots of goals in place for me. which i'm supposed to answer to by 30 June 09. i hope i meet what's expected of me. God help me.

apart from that, weekends are what i look forward to alot :) alottt. i guess it's been that way ever since i started work last year. this year is a little different though. circle of friends seem to have grown smaller with the class of 08 graduating last yr.. but i think with the smaller circle, it's not so much just hi & bye. or eat and bye. we actually get up to doing interesting stuff like going canoeing @ the lake and having a picnic lunch. which makes me sad when i think how the circle will become even smaller next year. bleh. no emo now. no.

anyway, these past few weeks have been eventful. with birthdays, STOMP!, sydneytrip and canoeing :) which meant lots of $$ flying out of the pocket/bank. haha i wish i could go to daddy & mummy and say, i need to go (insert activity here), can I have some money please? or 'daddddd *HUGE smile* i use finish di, can I just have another $50 pleaseee?'. no matter how much i smile at the bank account i don't think it'll ka-ching any more than what i see. self control is what i need. the past few weeks i've spent a bomb. which i have to pay for now. i think working near the canberra centre is both a blessing and a curse. very much a curse when a shopaholic like me finds reason to buy every single thing that attracts my eye. a blessing cos i can shop haha go figure. so this week, my aim is to pay off all my previous bills (or try to anyway). i have to consciously tell myself NOT to walk into ANY shops that will tempt me. gorgeous clothes on the mannequins? no, not going in there. *steps closer*. no, not going in there. i've been successful today. it's only Monday omg. please God please let this week fly by so quickly. also because it's a long weekend this weekend :D woots. i think it puts a skip in everyone's step when you mention public holiday! for the working people, anyway :)

so. yeah. nothing too exciting. sister is pretty settled down. glad she's here :) very helpful arnd the house hehee but yeah, feels nice to have a family member around.

just a little preview of what we've been up to recently.

the twenty TWO year old :)

haha i decided the pictures were abit small. abittt small. so yeah :)

happy birthday dearie :) may you have an awesome awesome abundantly blessed year ahead. haha and like willeh says. may you find your soulmate lol.

the cake actually looks decent huh :) by the brother.

is she your type *wink wink

or is he. *not so wink

haha jk ah barns*

crabs for the bday girl's dinner. it tastes MUCH better than it looks

Sydney Trip

the day we went canoeing.

with my very unwilling paddler :)

safely home.

and i finally can sit down and update a little bit. just a little bit :)

it's been a busy past few weeks. with the new apartment needing all the basic necessities such as the washer, fridge etc. i had to make sure they were all purchased before i came home. andd without a car. it was difficult. not to mention.. buying the items. omg. shopping for clothes & all my nonsense, i've got experience la. you ask me to buy a fridge or a washing machine. god knows what i need to look for in it. the washer's RPM, the microwave.. inverter one or not? *faint. i don't knowww. but thank God i had some help and it all got settled well. now the new place is just a mess with lotsa boxes, luggages and bags of stuff everywhere. haha God help us unpack when we reach Canbo :) tho i must say it was really fun having my first time renting a car *hehee and driving to and fro frm the apartment to unilodge to transport all our junk. i think my dearest passengers enjoyed the privilege of having a car around too. for once we didn't have dinner in civic. happy's or food court type of options :p

after all the packing shifting buying stuff thingymajiggy. roomie & tan & everyone else had their graduation. and i was caught up in the excitement of it all :) snapping up pictures and learning heaps about flowers. haha and THEN. there was the whole packing to go home. unit G14 going back to its bareness and basics. it's been a year. so quick. too quick?

this whole transition from being a student to a working adult. adult. ee. the sound of it. so. not me. is weird. it seems even more real when my holidays are no longer 3 mnths but 2 wks. then it's weird when grandmama&ppl ask 'so how? no boyfriend yet?' when i used to hear 'ehh make sure you study finish first only you get a boyfriend'. yer. i so old di meh. nooo.

it's like everything has not really sunk deep enough yet. and i sort of like it that way. i think. living in denial? i don't know. but i still feel like a kid. not an adult with real responsibilities and issues. i guess i'll get used to it with time haha when the wrinkles start showing.

good grief.

my beloveds graduating.

the not yet

and the already have

and just today. my 21st belated birthday celebration @ home.





a reminder for me again.

i AM twenty one.

seeing double.

after having my 2nd paper on wednesday. . i gave myself reason to take a short *break. watched survivor :) slept loads. ate loads. nothing too out of the ordinary.

found people who were doing the same as i. taking a *break :) and some 'people' shared with me some tips on doing a double/triple/quadruple/how-many-you-want effect in a picture. found out that my next paper was only the week after and persuaded me to start posing for pictures to 'experiment' with my new-found knowledge (which didn't need too much persuasion) :p

i guess to a certain extent you could be in two places at one time. here.

reaping the fruits of my 'labour'

procrastinate la somemore. bum around la summore.now i have a 3000word essay due on monday. and alot of other stuff to do in between. and as usual. i'm stressed out. well. not yet. seeing i can still blog. but yeah. the level of stress increases day by day. till the night before it's due.

so before i start on that heap of journals i've just printed out, i shall do a quick quick picture posting. oh well. since they say a picture paints a thousand words. so you'll have a few thousand words with the pictures i post :) ok enough.

Dinner @ Sammy's

for 2 people. only.

Pancake Dinner Outing

pictures of the day.

okay. i'm going to start. now.

look at that.

faint.

you motivate me to wake up.

i have not stepped out of my apartment in the morning since my term break started. and when i do have to step out of the apartment. . is usually when i really have to. i. e work or when we have run out of supplies at home. last night before i went to bed. . i had this sudden craving for Mcds breakie. it's been awhile :)

i couldn't sleep. imagining how that mcegg muffin would taste. like some poor kid who has not had the chance of tasting that 'treasure' :p so when my alarm rang today. . i snoozed it only thrice. and i went on to wake up my roomie. i quickly cleaned myself up and off we went to Mcds! :) i was happy.

it was a beauuutiful morning.

very minimal cars on a public holiday.

or on any other day for that matter

that advice to new students.

if you ever get lost in canberra. . just walk towards that tower over there.

you'll find your way home :)

and i guess our fan needs cleaning.

oh and i slept after i came home.

:)