Still stuck in melbourne..

So it turns out I'm not heading to Ballarat today.. actually, no one with a rural placement is heading out to the country towns because of the bushfire threat. Guess we'll just have to sit tight and wait for news about when it'll be safe to head out there. Ballarat seems alright though, I don't think it's in a particularly risky area at all so we'll most likely be heading up there some time tomorrow. Yay, one less day of slaving.

I think yesterday was a record-breaker heatwise. What I don't understand though, is why there are arsonists trying to start these fires? What kind of sick, twisted idiot gets a thrill from destroying peoples homes and the unnecessary loss of life?? 35 dead and rising, yet there are still people trying to relight the fires that have already been controlled.. i just don't get it. I really wish I knew what goes through their head as they do stuff like that.. sigh. Hopefully abit of sense gets knocked into their heads real soon.

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So on a different topic that's not so sad, the past couple of weeks have been fun. I've seen Phuong more in the past few weeks than I have in the past 4 years haha. And I seriously missed the girl when she went to qld. I'm glad she's back though, and I shall see her later today before I head off to Ballarat tomororw. I'll miss her even more when I'm up there =[

Hmm.. I think I'm also learning to take things as they come. Go with the flow, right? haha yeh.. I think I just need to seperate the past from the present and realise that just because some things have similarities, it doesn't mean that they're the same. Or that the same things will repeat itself. I'm learning! hahaha

Phuong is taking her sweet time. What was meant to be lunch is now turning quickly into dinner and I am STARVING.

The summer that finally came

I've spent all summer basically wondering where the hell summer went, and then finally decided that it wasn't happening this year... when BAM it hits you when you least expect it. All week long. Not even a single days break. 40+ weather for days straight is a bitch, I tell you. Especially when all you have at work is circulated air and a fan. NOT happy.

Oh yeh, I had my first 'proper' counselling session in viet at work a few days ago. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my viet sucks. Like, really truly sucks. So imagine me trying to talk to this viet girl who can barely even speak any english.. and of all things I had to counsel for, it had to be for the morning after pill. That means, I had to go through every single question on the form with her and literally translate it. Lots of hand gesturing on my behalf as you can imagine. Plus, the inevitable 'how many times have you had unprotected sex since your last cycle' question which went something like this (in viet though):

Me: Uhhh... how many uhh.. umm how many times.. uhh.. you know.
Girl: Huh?
Me: Ummm well, how many times.. sorry, i don't know how to say it in viet.
Girl: How many times have I had my period?
Me: Nah nah, I mean.. you know.. uhh..
Girl: (getting completely lost now)
Me: Well, you know sex right? (giggles) uhhhh... how many times did you have it without.. a.. uhh.. bao cao su?? (more giggling)

Smooth yeh? I said sex in english too hahaha.. you biet sex right? LOL totally uncool. I never want to do that again. Ever. Please. And thank god I remembered the word for condom from all those damn posters in vietnam, because I sure as hell don't know what I would have done if I had to explain that to her using my hand gestures haha =]

The reason I don't update much is because my life is boring. So boring that if I shared the details with you, you'd wake up dead the next morning. Death by boredom.

Well, the past week hasn't been so boring actually. I've been out and about alot with Phuong recently, probably because there's no longer anyone to tell me off for hanging out with her. The poor girl has had to do so many long drives up and down, but I'm sure she's loving it ;) I don't think I've been home a single day in the past week, which is partly good because I'm trying to enjoy what little time I have left before Ballarat and uni, and partly bad because I haven't had much time to do anything else really. This year is going to be a drainer. Too many things on my plate.. but luckily I've put off piano and violin for the time being.. never thought I would live to see the day where my mum would suggest that to me but yeh..

Hmm, what else has been happening since I got back... I guess I've reacquainted myself with some old friends, and made some new ones too ;) We'll see how that goes.. and I'll keep you updated I guess =]

Sorry haibo told you this update was going to be boring haha =p

Counting down

51 days to go and I sure as hell am counting every single one of them. And it feels all the more closer since we've started booking places to stay. We've decided to stay at backpackers hostels since it's a whole lot cheaper, and I have to say they look pretty decent. But we'll be backpacking minus the backpacks haha. That's right, we're going to be one of those girls that bring suitcases with them to hostels haha well who cares! It's not like we're trekking anywhere far and distant. We're going from the train station to the hostel. Period. And we're only staying in 3 places in Japan so it's not like we're moving around a whole lot.

So here's a glimpse of where we'll be staying:

Kuala lumpur

Bintang Warisan Hotel:

Tokyo

Khaosan Tokyo Ninja:

yeh! we're sleeping in boxes! haha

Kyoto

K's House Kyoto:

Osaka

Go Osaka hostel:

Ahh... I cbb with the photos so here is the website
Lalala, I'm so excited! Cannot wait!

Parents + technology... hmmm...

My mum makes me laugh. Actually, if you combine old people (i.e. parents) with technology, it's pretty damn funny. I know, i know, I shouldn't laugh at them... they didn't grow up with this technology, blah blah blah who cares. It's funny.

Although I have to say, my mum has learnt how to email, chat and videocall so she's not too shabby in that department. But every once in a while something happens to remind you of how much they really are clueless in this department... like this:

Scenario:
Mum is trying to dial a number on her mobile phone. She comes up to me and asks me why it's not ringing, so I dial the number for her and it works fine right.
Then she comes up to me again later and goes, vy it's not ringing again.. look, i'm pressing in the number. So she presses the numbers in to show me - 9xxxxxxx. And then stares at me. It's not ringing. I stare back at her and go, mum you have to press the dial button for it to you know, dial. LOL i love her.

So anyway, not much has been happening in my life lately and thus I haven't been posting up anything. Just work, work, work and sitting at home. I totally need to get myself a life.

BUT one exciting thing (well, sort of) that's happened is that I now know where I'm going for my rural placements... BALLARAT! Ok, so it's not exactly 'rural' per say.. actually, it's a pretty freakin big town.. but for a group of people with no car, it's a great location. Guess I'll be walking that 30 minutes to work seeing as I'd have to leave even earlier if I was to take the bus. Plus, I'd have to take 2 buses just to go down the road from our house and turn left.. pretty pointless really. Luckily for me, I sure as hell need as much exercise as I can get. Must slim down before my trip to Japan so I can squash myself into their tiny sizes. It's going to be a repeat of vietnam.. depressing much? Oh, and talking about exercise, I turned on my Wiifit yesterday and it's been 169 days since I last logged on. And mind you, the last time I logged on was to let some friends who were over play it haha terrible, I know.

We're staying at Curnow, a bed and breakfast place in Ballarat. Looks pretty damn nice, and it comes with a bbq, can't wait!

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The chop

Well no, I didn't really get the chop.. what I did do however, was raid my mum's collection of wigs. And no she's not bald, she just decided to buy a whole bunch of them while she was in vietnam a few years ago lol. Odd, I know..

Trying on all those different hairstyles makes me kinda want to chop off my hair though, but I don't have the guts. Wish I did. I really do need a change though.. having the same hairstyle/colour for the past 3 years is really starting to bum me out.. I feel as if I'm this person that's changed but hasn't changed. Yeh I suppose that doesn't make any sense at all, but it's not supposed to..

Maybe after the new year I'll do something with it.. start fresh, you know.. a new me.

Well I really don't have the energy to post a long blog so I'll leave you with a few photos to amuse you with:

Really wish I could pull this off.. it's my fav out of all of them hehe

Curly with straight bits

This one actually looks abit odd.. actually, don't all of them?

Holy shit, I think my head got attacked by an out-of-control crimper

Twisted bits of hair

Boxing day madness and xmas fever

Every year, a madness hits the city of Melbourne where people act like they've never shopped before in their lives. And yes, that includes me.

I wait patiently for the year to pass on slowly, just waiting for that one day where I can act like a shopaholic lunatic going even more mad, yet still look normal amongst all the other shopaholic lunatics that come out on that day. It's like Halloween for shopaholics... it's when they all come out to play lols.

I still can't believe that Myer Melbourne opened its doors at 5am, and people had actually been lining up since 3:30am (sounds insane, yet the thought had crossed my mind...). It was crazy. I mean, it was still packed full when I got to Myer a few hours later.

The thought crossing through my mind was how the hell do I get inside.

Well, I somehow made it through the entrance only to find myself queuing for the fitting rooms, and then queuing again for the cash registers. I spent more than 30 minutes lining up to pay for my bras and stuff (lols). Was it worth the $40 saved? Well yes, every penny saved is a penny towards my trip to Japan. So bring on those queues!

Funny story:

So I went to line up behind this man right, let me set the scene for you:

So I went up to this man who looked like he was lining up and was busy texting on his phone, right. And I go to him, excuse me are you in the line? And he goes, yeh of course I am. So I lined up behind him. A few minutes later I notice that people are cutting in ahead of him where the mannequins were. I looked at the girl that cut in, and she defended herself by saying, I don't think that guy's lining up. So I turned to the man and asked him again for the second time, excuse me, but are you lining up? And he says, yeah I am. And then it clicked. Suddenly it all made sense, and it was all I could do to stop myself from bursting out into laughter and embarassing him in front of the entire store. The guy was lining up behind the mannequins. He thought they were people. How dense can you be! And how dense am I for lining up behind this idiot lols.

All in all, my first solo shopping trip in years was a success. I should do this solo thing more often, seeing as I never find anything when I go with another person. But then again, it's like with alcohol.. once you find yourself doing it alone most of the time, you know you've got a problem lols. Purchases of the day were:

• 2 x Elle Mcpherson intimates
• 1 x Kookai singlet
• 1 x Kookai skirt
• 1 x Bardot cami
• 1 x Pilgrim top
• Hosiery

The aim was to find shoes but of course, we all know that you never come home with what you were looking for, but instead you come home with plenty of other crap haha.

After that it was off to Springvale for the annual family xmas party complete with xmas games such as a team battle of 'rock paper scissors', robot controlled soccer, and pictionary. Very lame games but I love it all the same. My 'prize' for being in the winning team was a pack of waffle cones. Lovely.. now all I need is the ice cream.
Oh, we also had the annual $10 KK present tradition where everyone brings a $10 gift and then we take turns picking a number out of a hat to determine which present we get =)
It's always pretty amusing the variety of things you can get for 10 bux. Who knew, eh?

Waffle cones.. yum. Guess I need to go buy some icecream.

Awesome remote-controlled robot soccer

Me and my cousin Amy being all christmassy

My KK present - a set of glasses from Ikea