25 yo Melbournian. Born and bred in the shadows of a city called KL. Survives on chocolates, lots of sleep and the comfort of good company. Loves a good laugh, a good book, a good cry, a good movie.

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for." - Joseph Addison

31.1.05

I had a KFC Zinger combo for dinner. And then I watched SuperSize Me. And now I wanna puke my dinner out. I am so put off fast food at the moment. I don't know how Small Ben does it. He has KFC for lunch, Hungry Jacks for dinner and McDonalds for supper. Three meals a day, 5 days a week, for the past year or so. I've given up asking him where to go for dinner these days because he always says Hungry Jacks. At least he throws in the occassional Hot & Sour soup once in a while... but still, the amount of crap he eats is so un-freaking believable. I doubt i'll be having much fast food in the next month. I would rather have instant noodles or frozen dinners anytime thank you! And if all else fails, I'll just starve.

29.1.05

HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY SERENA!!!

28.1.05

Serena, Mel & Nel

I miss this hottie girl friend of mine. She’s gone and settled down in San Fransisco, being the smarty pants that she is, scored a fantastic job and living the life there! Gone are the days when she was insane and just plain innocent. The last I remember, she was allergic to alcohol. BUT I hear stories about you girl!!! Getting sloshed on your birthday, kinky bars, lap dancers and all!!! I miss you so! And I hope that monkey is treating you well!!! *hugs and kisses *

27.1.05

I love, Love,LOVE my Famous Amos cookies. But why don't the ones here have the same sweet aroma that I know so well?! In Melbourne, they're just... cookies. They're not like the ones back home. The ones that give out this mouth-watering, delicious smell when you open the bag. I'm so disappointed. The guy tried to bluff me into a "buy 200g, get 50g free" promotion. I'm glad I didn't fall for it. That EVIL guy! Trying to sell me non-Famous Amos-ey cookies!

It rained so hard and so long in Geelong yesterday. I've never seen so much rain and lightning here before. I almost didn't make it back to Melbourne. It poured so hard, I could barely see the roads. Correction, I couldn't see the road, even with the wipers working overtime. I had to concentrate so very hard just to make out the tail lights of the car in front. Concentrated so hard till I fell asleep... Luckily I wasn't driving.

After 3 weeks of UTTER FRUSTRATION with MAS, I finally got my ticket. I'm coming home!!!

Happy Settling Into New Place

23.1.05

When 4 boys offer to cook you dinner, you jump at the invitation. It's not often that I get boys cooking for me. The boys, Gavin,Chew,Ben, and Vijay have finally settled into their new home in Murumbeena. Hope you guys enjoy your new place and may it be home to many great memories.

The house

Chew cooking Sambal Kangkung

Gavin with his Bak Kut Teh

FOOD!

Paul, slightly high Ben, Mel

Vijay, Chew, Paul, Ben, Mel

Justine, Chew, Faith, Mel, Ben

Ben & Tun showing off the house (notice how Ben is in all the pictures)

Very high & cam-whorey Ben & scared looking Gavin

Paul, Ben (AGAIN!) & Mel - we were having a who-has-the-longest-tongue competition

22.1.05

I totally dread my laundry room. The amount of dust/lint/dirt/filth that can gather is unbelievable, even more so if the dryer keeps spitting out lint everytime it does a load. Now imagine this, 4 years of gathered dirt. *freaks* I cleaned 4 years of dirt today. The cobwebs, the gathered lint on the rarely worn shoes (which I had to vaccuum off), the dead spiders, oh my oh my. My nose itches like mad and I feel... well, dirty. It isn't SPOTLESS, squeaky clean, but it's a little more presentable now. I have never seen so much dirt in my life. An hour and a half to clean a small little enclosure. Presenting the now semi-cleaned laundry room:

OK, so it isn't exactly the best looking room in town, but it's the best I can do for now!

And damn, these Digestives biscuits. They really do what they're meant to do.

Eat Drink Bento

22.1.05

I wrote a whole entry about how I got off my ass tonight and did something, but Blogger decides to delete it. So... I can't be bothered retyping the whole entry again. The best I'll do is summarise as follows:
Location: Eat Drink Bento, Hardware Lane

Ambience: Ultra modern, chic, Japanese cafe. We got the high table with the cool bar stools.

Price: Dinner bento sets priced reasonably from $15 - $20

Service: Waiters were attentive and polite. However, food arrived over an hour later. Not a good sign when waiters come around to your table to apologise TWICE for how slow it was taking. Either that, or they were intimidated by our hungry, angry faces.

Food: Not exactly traditional Japanese. Fusion. Pretty good & affordable.

Suggestions: Stay clear if you're famished.

Faith, Mel & Gerry

Ben, Steve, Mel & Yu Ann

Tun, Mel & Steven

Jon, Mel & Dan

Group @ Eat Drink Bento

"Love is a disease. But curable" - ROSE MACAULEY

17.1.05

Love is in the air. Infecting everyone in its path. Awhile back, there were so many people falling out of love. So many broken relationships. But the new year is looking pretty good for love.

Which brings us to the age long question of What Is Love? There are probably a million definitions of what it is out there, each one different from the other, each one specific to someone. I often hear people saying that term "love" has lost it's meaning because it is used too loosely. But has it? Who's to say where love begins? There is no common, universal benchmark that everyone adheres to. Like anger. Something that sits fine with one person, might piss the hell out of the next person. Similarly, just because someone thinks it isn't enough to be love, doesn't mean it isn't. Although, it's usually much clearer in hindsight.

It is a sea of conflicting emotions. It pulls you up and drags you down. It makes you laugh and it makes you cry. It drives you mad, yet it keeps you sane. It makes you both impatient, and patient at the same time. It makes your heart beat faster, and then stop. You have doubts, and then you don't.

In the year that's gone by, I've fallen in love twice. The first was surreal, brief, intense, complicated and heartbreaking. It came and went in a blink of an eye. As quickly as I was swept off my feet, I was thrown back down to the ground. It would have been a mistake, or so we told ourselves. The second, came unexpectedly in somewhat unusual circumstances. I wouldn't call it fate. Instead, I'd owe it to the right time and the right place. I count myself lucky.

Oh so ronery...

16.1.05

I watched Team America today. It was hilarious in a really warped up, sick kind of way. Nothing like some twisted humour to start the day. And now, I can't stop saying "Harro" the way Kim Jong Il says it.

The house is so, so quiet. So quiet that the constant "uh-oh"s of MSN echoes off the walls. There's a really uneasy feeling creeping over me. I feel alone tonight. Almost as if no one else existed. Or rather, as if no one knew I existed. I wanted to be alone tonight, but now I feel alone. Guess at times like these, I miss my family the most. And I miss him.

Electrophobia

15.1.05

I am currently electrophobic (no pun intended). My mobile phone charger exploded while I was plugging it in this morning, and this is what happened...

I had to scrub for 5 minutes to get all that soot (or whatever it was) off my fingers. I'm afraid to even touch the plug now. Not to worry though, I'm alive.

Things that happened yesterday...

14.1.05

Happy Birthday Sow

Hot, hot, stuffy summer's day. Document in Chinese. I'm Chinese, the banana kind. Sorry, can't help you there.
Too many people, too many cancelled trains. Hot, hot stuffy summer's day. Sweaty, smelly people all around me.
Many fire trucks. Don't see smoke. Someone's having an expensive dinner.
Nice cooling Rocher gelati. Gerry licks gelati. Gelati falls off cone. Oh, no! Gross melting gelati on table.
Hopeless P-plate girl driver. Even more hopeless male friend driver. Reverse parallel parking. Accelerates into Steve's car. *phew* no dents or scratches.
Gossip, gossip, gossip. I love gossip.

"You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough" - WILLIAM BLAKE

13.1.05

Things that you can never have more than enough of:

Time
Pringles
Chocolate
Friends
ICe cream
Hawker's Cafe's deep fried chicken rice
HOlidays
Asam Laksa
Red bean 'tong sui'
Laughter
Nasi lemak
Famous Amos
Clothes and shoes


I'm depressed. I'm out of Pringles...AND chocolates.

Little Red Riding Hood

12.1.05

I've been bored. So, purely for entertainment purposes, I got my hair done yesterday. *ta da*...

9.1.05

*snip*snip*snip* Finally, had the long overdue haircut. It doesn't look very different from what it was. Just shorter. My head feels lighter. *weeee*

In pain. Can't explain what it is that's causing this ulcer epidemic that's exploding inside my mouth. Can barely eat. Have succumbed to miserable food like quaker oats - damn, can't remember the last time I had this, and soup (soup is good *yum*). He said Pyralex would work. It didn't! I went through all the pain and the bitterness for NOTHING! *frowns* I'll just stick to my Kenalog.

Feeling very domesticated lately. Cooking, cleaning, being all homey. *sigh*

6.1.05

Hands up if you're guilty of indulgence. *raises hand* I gobbled 2 Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnuts this morning. *licks lips* They are blinking FANTASTIC! A colleague took the liberty of transporting a whole box of them all the way from Sydney. Thanks Herman! I'm proud to say that I only ate 2 out of the dozen that were there. *pats meself on the back* Why don't they have one of these outlets in Melbourne?? WHY WHY WHY? I know some of you may think it's overrated. And the amount of calories they contain is SHOCKING! I don't care what you think, because they are f#$!ing delicious! oooooooooooooooo....

I crave for them doughnuts. More, please?

5.1.05

I realise that sometimes, I have utter disregard for anyone else. Those who know me well, know that I'm stubborn. Obstinate as an ass. I don't give much thought to anyone else's opinion, once my mind's set. As long as I think I've done nothing wrong, I won't budge.

I realise I may hurt the ones closest to me, with the things I do. I've always said, "accept it, because even if you don't, I won't change". To some, it may seem arrogant and proud, borderline bitchy. But hey, why do I need to justify anything to anyone if it isn't wrong. Can't live life worrying about how everyone feels about every goddamn thing that I do, can I? I choose to do what I want, when I want, and how I want, as long as there isn't the intention to cause hurt to anyone.

I think I'll make an exception for you. Partly because I hate to know that I'm the cause of your misery. But mainly because you understand. And I know that you try to accept it all. And even when it pisses the hell out of you, you bite your lip, and smile, and tell me it's fine. You deserve a break.

Goodbye 2004...Welcome 2005!

3.1.05

How was my New Years? Pretty good I would say. 2004 went by in a blink of an eye. In a nutshell, I had fun. Lots of it. Partied hard, grossly overspent, let new people into my life, people came, people left, more laughs than tears, it was a great year.

BBQ at Paul's. Last minute affair. Turned out pretty good though. Glad the boys enjoyed the food - although I think I overbought. But more is more!! *haha*

6:00pm Arrive at Paul's
6:30pm Makes Ben and Paul set up the BBQ
7:00pm How do we light the BBQ? They insisted on paper. Firelighters dammit!!!
8:00pm Fire finally gets started.

8:00pm FOOOOOODD!!!!!

8:30pm Eats, drinks, sweats (it was HOT!)!

(1) Simon - the BBQ fire watcher (2) Ben & Paul

(1) Tun & Mel (2) Gavin & Mel

Tun, Mel, Ben, Paul & Chew

10:00pm Leaves boys to get drunk. Heads to Geelong.
11:00pm Arrives in Geelong
11:45pm Arrives in Ocean Grove
12:00pm HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Watch fireworks from Barwon Heads. *sigh*
12:30pm Supper. Drinks. Laughs.
3:00am Sweet dreams. A new day. A new month. A new year. A new beginning.