We are not the same I am a martian

April 29, 2010 | Filed Under La vie 

To be honest, I’m only blogging to avoid doing work. I had a night off yesterday because my meeting for today was cancelled which was great. I feel like I’ve become the flakey person in the group who always does things really last minute but I’m seriously so busy and unorganised that I have to work day by day and I hate scheduling things so far off into the future* because what if I really can’t do it and I find it so hard to say, “No” to people I barely know.

Also, I always thought mixed berries were really nice and I recently bought some frozen ones but they’re so bitter! Not sweet at all. How do I eat these without adding sugar to them? I thought they’d be a nice healthy treat but all I want to do is smother them in chocolate. Fresh ones aren’t much better.

I’m always complaining about uni but I’m really grateful that I get a chance study and I really wouldn’t have it any other way so I thought maybe I’d list a few things I like about uni and then when I am at my worst I can come back and read it:

• I’ve made some really good friends. When I started uni I was always alone and I thought it was fine, I still think it’s fine but it’s really nice to not be alone, haha.
• I love being able to chose if I go to class or not! Amazing stuff.
• The vacations are so long and not very far from each other which I LOVVVVEEEE but of course they could come quicker.
• I get to drive every other day to get there. As bad as it is for the environment, I love driving. My favourite part of the whole trip there, for you Sydney-siders, is the drive starting from DFO to Rhodes, you know that little bit of Centenary Drive? It’s like a 2 minute drive out of my whole 40 minutes. It’s horrible when there’s traffic but so awesome when there’s none. I like turning up my music and going at 80km/h. Do I sound weird? Probably.

*It was actually just scheduled two weeks ago but whatever! When you’re working day to day two weeks is VERY far away.
** I really like this photo of Gemma Ward! What a stunner. I wonder what she’s doing now.

Throw your ones up in the air

April 26, 2010 | Filed Under La mode, La vie 

Country Road cardi & satchel, Cotton On Body top, Topshop jeans & clutch, Melissa flats and Sri Lankan bracelet from my friend Petra.

My poor camera doesn’t cope will with copious amounts of light in one direction but I sort of like how it came out, all of them way too bright. I have been wearing these jeans literally everyday because they’re so awesome even though they’re kind of big for me in the waist area which kinda sucks because it sometimes sags at my butt area making it look even flatter than it already is. They were taken on Friday before I went to uni. On days as nice as those it’s such a shame to spend time indoors at a place you hate going to but unfortunately I had to go in seeing as I had a very important multiple choice test to fail, harhar.

I’m dreading the end of the long weekend because it means back to uni. Every week until the end of semester I have something due or an exam to sit. It never ends. And I totally understand that I should just really shut up about it because yes, I am complaining about uni once again and about the work load but I’m young and I just want to be able to liveeeeeee. I need to get out of this horrible place that likes to make final exams 50+ % so that if I don’t pass it I have to retake the class and spend yet another semester of my life in a place I would rather get away from. I hope so bad that someone is willing to hire me at the end of this because what the hell am I doing all of this for then?

P.S. I guess my wawa sob story blog posts are putting people off but no matter, thank you to everyone who’s left lovely comments. You really have no idea how much I appreciate it. And I promise, sooner or later it’s going to get better and you won’t have to read these anymore.

You don’t need no one else

April 22, 2010 | Filed Under La vie 

Love this song. Love Drake.

Today for me was all about thinking. Thinking about lots and lots and lots of things. I don’t really know if this is relevant to anything or why I’m writing about it but I remember once my dad was looking in the mirror and pinching his lips. He turned to me a said in Vietnamese, “My lips have deflated. I’m getting so old now.” I just laughed it off because I hate my lips (I definitely inherited them off him) and thought it was nothing. I believe in ageing gracefully but it must be hard watching yourself become less and less of what you know and more of what you don’t want to be. I’ve never been 100% happy with how I looked but I was once told by someone a long time ago that you grow up and you accept or don’t accept things. There are still some things I’m unsure about, so many things that I’m unsure about but I guess what I’m saying is that I may finally be happy with the way I am… that or maybe that I want to be finally happy with the way I am.

I also want to be happy with my writing because that whole paragraph sounded corny and cliché but that’s another thing I will have to work on, haha.

P.S. The whole So Far Gone mixtape is pretty fucking awesome. So awesome it needs an expletive. Also, particularly loved this urban dictionary entry about another song of his.

When the dark clouds arrive

April 13, 2010 | Filed Under La nourriture, La vie 

Once again I’ve been a little bit busy, if you follow me on Twitter you would know how much an Economics assignment is giving me grief! I’ve been finding time here and there to be able to watch some TV, go out a bit and eat regularly, haha, which I guess is all that matters.

Last week I managed to get out a couple of times but most importantly I saw some friends who I hadn’t seen for a while! We went to Crinitis and ordered a 1m pizza. YUM but I only managed to eat a couple pieces before I was completely done. I had such a great time catching up that night. I didn’t bring my camera so I didn’t get any photos unfortunately.

On the Friday night, in a sort of spontaneous move, my friends Melanie, Joselyn and I decided to go to San Churro! It was beyond amazing… ahhh, I am getting a craving just looking at them. We over ordered again though, like we usually do and didn’t eat all the churros :( If you guys have a San Churro near you, you definitely have to go! Look at that fried golden goodness and all the different types of chocolate dipping.

Joselyn got an instax a couple months ago so I’m enjoying being in all these cute instant photos no matter how bad I look. I sort of forgot the excitement of waiting for them to appear! Now I’ll definitely have to make it my priority to track down some 600 film for my Polaroid.

Happy Easter!

April 3, 2010 | Filed Under En général 

I spent the day with my sister pigging out on chocolate and trying out Sealy and Sleepmaker beds. If you’re looking for a new bed go and try the Sleepmaker bed with the back support gel. Oh my god, it is like sleeping on the fluffiest cloud in the kingdom.

And now I shall go watch boring Saturday movies and wonder why Topshop lied to me about my order being here no later than April the 1st and yet proceeded to dispatch it out to me 2 days before the promised arrival date, boohoo.

P.S. Sorry to all the IE users out there for the slightly skewed entry position. This theme was such a biatch to work with and I have no patience for churning out one of my own that’s widget ready.

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