:: photos from perth part 3 ::



went to the fruit farm to pluck mandarins and oranges for the fun of it. that's me and my brother with his housemates, rodney and jennifer.



that's the both of us with mum and dad.



the farmers' fowls. got like 100000000000 of them running around.



at giddy ducks restaurant. but they don't sell ducks.



the outdoor fireplace at my cousin's house. it's really cold there in the evening.



this is king jame's park (i think). it is sort of their botanical gardens.



war memorial.



just trees and some people.



and me.



and it's quite high up here.

:: photos from perth part 2 ::

we woke up early and took a long drive down to the jetty after breakfast at the local mcdonald's.



look at the beautiful skyline.



that's me in action.



another picture.



the whole place is filled with people.



one of the locals at the jetty.



ah this guy is almost at my shoulder height.



then we went to fremantle to take a look around. that's a bulding opposite the market.



another nice building nearby.



the strawberries at the market are huge.



and they have many other fruits too.



lunch at western australia's best fish and chips place - cicerello's.



the view is as good as the food.

:: photos from perth part 1 ::



that's me at curtin university. just taking a look around since my brother is studying there.



my brother at my cousin's house.



that's the both of us having a drink inside the house.



margaret river chocolate factory.



they have many different kinds of chocolates on sale.



some are handmade.



handmade to perfection.



the rest are casted using a mold.



this is where you have coffee and watch the horses run.



then i went for wine tasting at edgecombe brothers' winery.



then we had lunch at this cottage along the road.

:: century of fakers ::

people are getting very fake these days. and i don't like people like that. but i understand that you have to be a little fake at times. like being tactful, courteous and all that so as to make life a little easier for everyone. there's a certain degree that can be tolerated. but where's the line to be drawn?

i guess most people will use themselves as the benchmark. like i can't tolerate anyone lazier than myself. so i think i won't tolerate people who are more fake than me. haha.

:: back ::

i am back!

this family trip to perth with the purpose to see my brother seem more like a gambling trip to me. i am there for 8 days and 7 nights. and i went to burswood for 7 days. haha! but i didn't make a killing at the casino. but good enough to get me some extra cash to buy myself a few new shirts.

so here i am back blogging again. there's no internet connection in the rented apartment i stayed at. even if there is, i don't have a laptop.

it's a pretty nice place actually. the air is dry and i like the weather better than singapore. pictures soon alright!

:: hi hi from perth ::

wooo! the place is not as bad as i thought. but i think it is freaking cold i didn't really wanna bathe just now. but i tried anyway and it's like freezing. haven't slept a wink since the flight was not really comfortable. feeling so tired now. but i am going to burswood later!

hope my dear, refund and sunny is doing well. i miss all of them.

:: silence ::

i am not used to coming back to a quiet home. no refund, no sunny. my room seems very empty without them. i feel very weird. i don't think i can sleep tonight.

:: i am not happy ::

i have failed to contain the angst in me. i am beginning to dislike and hate some of the people around me now. i don't care whether it is deliberate or not, but i just don't feel happy about how they treat me and how they react towards me. i mean you can dislike me, and i am fine with it. but please do not act like you love me to bits and at the same time do things that is the exact opposite. hypocrites will not survive long in my life.

anyway, club momo is quite a nice place actually. michael had his graduation hair show there and he got the most outstanding student award or something along that line. quite an achievement huh. but some stuffs cropped up in the midst of it and i think he is not feeling as happy as he should be now. but it's good now that he has graduated and can embark on his career. i think his parents are very supportive of him so as to give him so much money for the course and all that. i don't think my parents would even loan me money if i wanna learn dog grooming.

my family is like very midway. i think my parents are trying to be liberal. but they are not there yet. and i don't like it.

i am beginning to miss my dog already. and he is just next to me. the thought of not seeing him for more than a week just makes me feel real upset.

i don't know what i will really be doing in australia next week. i don't even have enough money to shop. and i don't think it will be enjoyable if i can't buy things that i wanna buy.

it's a bad day to even think. better do something to keep my mind occupied.

:: bling bling ii ::

hah! i am addicted to it already.

:: huh ::

i feel cheated.

argh.

nevermind. it will be perth soon and i am so gonna enjoy myself there.

:: bling bling ::

finally learnt how to do the bling bling text!



so pretty!

:: hungry ::

i feel damn when i hear or smell my neighbours cooking when dinner time is about to come. haven't had a regular meal for a long time. everyday it's chicken rice, duck rice, char siew rice or fried rice. there's the occasional steak and stuffs. but i think i am craving for a chinese meal with something like 10 dishes and a bowl of hot steamy rice.

ah! talk about hot steamy rice. i haven't had japanese food for a long time. financially not doing very well these days, so can't afford to go around eating stuffs that i like. i will remember to give myself a good treat when i start work and get my first salary.

another thing i hate. my life is filled with lousy people.

:: so clean ::

i just gave my room a good scrub down last night. and the floor is so smooth and clean now, michael jackson can do the moonwalk on it. haha!

also stripped refund down so his hair would not shed all over my room. had to change the bedsheets also.

doing all these housework in the same day gives me backache.

but i have to do it all within the same day. because i don't want my clean dog to step on dirty floor and sleep on a dirty bed. and i don't want my dog to dirty my bed if i just changed the sheets. so i always have to do it all at one shot.

gonna go out soon.

:: boring day ::

went for my fortnightly visit to the dentist. changed the elastics for my braces and that's all. i wonder how long more must i wear them. everytime i change the elastics, it's kinda painful. i can't eat burger or bread after that. all these for the sake of beauty. haha. choices we make in life.

so i took a bus back after the dentist as it was raining heavily and i don't like to roam around when it is raining. there was this lady who asked me if there's any bus from there to bugis. i told her there isn't. so came along 147 and on the board it has chinatown on it. so she asked me if this bus goes to chinatown.

"you will have to take it from the other side of the road." i said.

"huh? you sure?" she asked.

then she carried on to board the bus and i can't be bothered to tell her anything anymore. can imagine the shock on her face when the bus service terminates at hougang interchange. haha! serves her right.

so i had been sitting right here in front of the damn computer the whole day. i didn't even go out to have my dinner. i guess the rain just spoilt the entire day for me. didn't even get to wash my bedsheets.

lonely days are not good for health. at least for me. when i have nothing to do and i am stuck at home, i tend to let my thoughts wander. i would ponder about things like "what if i did this the other time? would i had been happier?". and i would start thinking of people. and because of these people i think of more other people.

ok. vodka shots. and time to sleep.

:: play game ::

if you're bored, there's this flash game you can play to kill time. haha.

click here to play.

i got 10810 as my highscore so far.

:: duck ::

isn't this cute?



duck, i miss you.

:: brit music ::

seems like there are more people getting into brit music. 98.7 is playing more and more brit stuff on air. even eq music came out with a new brit compilation cd.

but i don't like people listening to the same stuff. hopefully only the better people will like it. i don't want bengs or malaysians to like the same stuffs as me.

:: party ::

went to attend timothy's 20th birthday last night at barstop. it's along devonshire road near the spc petrol kiosk. the place is quite cool. i think if i own the place, i am gonna just live there. most of the people from the other group were late and i think they are a rowdy bunch of people and i don't like them. i only talked to people i know and to people i feel like talking to. anyway the bill came up to like close to $1200. whooooo.

there're lotsa parties coming up! but i doubt i would wanna go hit the clubs. i prefer chill joints now.

:: some thoughts ::

someone gave me a card some time ago. he quoted, "take care to get what you like or you will be force to like what you get.

i think it is very true and it applies to all aspects of life. i am too quick and would settle for 2nd best choice or whatever comes without really thinking. more than often, i would miss what i really want and regret in the end.

i wanna add "take care of what you got or you will be left thinking what got into you."

ah!

:: yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ::

just got a call from the modelling agency. hehe. have to go down next wednesday for the interview. if all goes well, i would be shooting for the next volkswagen advertisement. how exciting!

but of course i wouldn't keep my hopes too high. i am not very photogenic.

:: drama queens ::

it's weird to know that there are many drama queens around. i think life is as simple as you make it out to be. don't understand why being so drama seem to make one's life so much more enjoyable. i don't feel the same at least.

oh well well. just being the usual busybody 'cause it doesn't really concern me.

watched war of the worlds today with raven. i think the show's ending is pretty weird. haha! and all that i can imagine climbing out from underneath the earth is some gross insects and maybe some burrowing animals.

it didn't give me the excitement and thrill like pauline swore on. but again, we have very different tastes.

gotta study real hard for my final theory this coming monday. i have barely started and i got this damn strong feeling i will fail. like 99% chance it will happen. but of course, i can still count on the 1%.

:: driving lesson two ::

trying to master sharp bends and i drove from kovan to the circuit today to practice there. quite interesting but the circuit was very crowded and wasted quite some time waiting for the other vehicles to get out of my way.

on the way back, this taxi cut in front of me to pick up a passenger and i nearly collided into the taxi. the instructor stretched over and horned the taxi continuously. these people should be banned from the road.

bought a new toy for refund. play 5 minutes and he is sick of it already. haha.

:: suspended from class ::

you're such a beautiful writer
that's not all you are
i'm sorry about making a pass
it was subtle but i think that you grasped
the meaning intended
i can be a friend to you
i won't pretend
i'm not interested in breaking your heart
it's not love, no, it's nothing like that
i'll leave that to lookers like him
oh he's such a delicate thing
now it's such a fragile thing that we have

i should be suspended from class
i don't know my elbow from my arse
i should be suspended from class

we could go out dancing
but, in truth, it is the last thing that i have on my mind
please say if i'm way out of line
i won't need telling twice
now he wants to kiss
he says he can't resist
you're gonna have to keep it hidden inside
i've a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly

i should be suspended from class
i don't know my elbow from my arse
i should be suspended from class

you're such a beautiful writer
and that's not all you are
i'm sorry about making a pass
it was subtle but i think that you grasped
the meaning intended

i should be suspended from class
i don't know my elbow from my arse
i should be suspended from class
i don't know my elbow from my arse

:: not so fantastic ::

caught fantastic 4 today at plaza. alone again. somehow it is easier to coordinate the timing, what to do and where to go when i do things alone. i am not much of a team person i guess.

it's not as fantastic actually. i think it is a little boring and i don't like it. i think superhero movies like xmen is better. probably 'cause i know the characters better. how it all happened in fantastic 4 is like not fantasizing enough.

next on the list will be sin city. then there's charlie and the chocolate factory. harry potter will be coming out in the later part of the year i think. so let's all be patient alright.

oh there was this trailer about shark boy and lava girl. haha. it looks kinda cheesy. but who knows huh.

:: driving lesson one ::

today's my first day on the road. fwah. i nearly knocked into a damn van. i think they should put us on simulators first and only put us on the road after we are familiar with what's what.

only after like 10mins of introduction about what the damn pedals are and how to hold the steering wheel, i am supposed to drive from kovan to sengkang then back to kovan. the whole time i am holding on to the steering wheel and was super uptight.

used to play all kinds of racing games and now i know the difference. in games, i hardly use the brakes at all. haha. and on the road, i didn't know how to brake. you have to really control and step lightly on the damn brake, otherwise the vehicle will jerk and i stopped in the middle of the road like 3 times because i stepped too hard.

overall comments from the instructor is that he feel like puking. and he thinks i am too nervous to concentrate.

lesson two on thursday afternoon. hope less cars. otherwise my face may be on friday's papers. not the orbituary though. but i might just make it to headlines by running over a hoard of post-marketing aunties. nabeh cheebye.

:: sad ::

i feel depressed. there seems to be a great deal of angst inside me now.

i went to watch initial d alone today. nice.

probably watching some other movie tomorrow. sin city opens next week. must catch it before i go overseas.

:: ain't it funny ::

i'm glad there are no flamers over at my side. it really depends on how you respond and project yourself to keep these people away. i guess hitting your boyfriend will automatically put you on top of every gay man's hate list.

oh well well. even if they think it's me tagging on the other board, so be it. if not, then all is fine too.

gonna collect my passport later. supposed to go early this morning but i can't get up. i woke up actually but was too lethargic to drag myself outta bed. morever the weather is so damn hot and, even now, i don't feel like getting out of the house.

am i getting more and more irritable? my patience seems to expire very quickly these days. need to go for a getaway trip soon. and i will return to my bubbly self in no time. haha!

i have to stop thinking about that. something happened that made me feel really unhappy. it is unhealthy to keep thinking about it. but i can't help it. really pissed me off big time.

anyway, i was lying half awake on bed last night when a very strong force came over me. i was perspiring like mad and my heart was thumping real quick. either i can't move or i didn't dare to move, i don't know. but the whole thing lasted till daybreak when the sun rays came up. scary huh.

:: stagnant ::

i don't really know what to do next. perhaps when i am back from australia, i can really decide what i wanna do. i'll be starting my driving lessons from tuesday onwards and that's the only thing i will do for the time being.

i really need money now. there's alot i wanna do but everything is so expensive these days. sigh.

:: lucky ::

i am so relieved. haha. i could've been killed.

it is scary to live with psychos, isn't it?

:: aphrodisiac ::

we were having late supper as usual after a hard day's work when nat received a call from her brother. we were told that they had a function or something at downtown east and there is alot of leftover food. we thought like "wtf. we are so full already." but he mentioned that there are fresh oysters. haha! so we zoom zoom down upon hearing the good news.

i ate like a dozen of them.

i am a happy person today. because i think i found the solution to something that had been bothering me since some time back.

2nd prize for 4d is 2595. i bought $5 big on 2596 and $5 big ibet on the same number. nabeh chee bye. otherwise i would be $5k+ richer. ahhhhhhh.

maybe i should change my phone number soon. keep getting nuisance calls and sms these days. or i call police better. some people would never learn.

:: bad bad day ::

today is not a good day. i feel unaccomplished. and now i am not feeling well like i am feeling sick. the dark clouds are gathering again. will i tide over it soon?

sometimes it is better not to have options than having options and be stucked in this endless dilemmas. i feel sad.

:: australia ::

i will be leaving for perth on the 19th! i wonder if i have the time to check the farms out. but i doubt i will be buying any dog back. morever i am going with my parents and i don't think i can just stick around and talk to the breeders.

i can stay there if i want to actually. but i don't think i wanna. i will miss refund. oh shit. i totally forgot about sunny. have to send him somewhere for boarding also.

dog show's on the 31st. exciting. but i think i need to find another pair of pants. probably another new suit. money money. where is the money! anyone interested can go down and have a look and, at the same time, support me!