Hit for Haiti
Hey my virtual friends.. What’s been happening in everyone’s interesting little worlds??? The weather in my world today is extreme heat, headaches, tummy cramps and pains. What a crappy day it is… But no fuss because there is a birthday today. My aunt’s birthday and I baked berry muffins nicely decorated too… =)
Anyway Haiti have been hit real bad by the earthquake and it is a shame I don’t have money at my disposal to be donated to those poor victims who lost so much in their lives. Nevertheless, the peasant me can still do the little bit she can right? Thus I went to watch tennis which was organized by Roger Federer, where all proceeds of ticket sales will go to the earthquake. It was blooming epic by the way. All the top players were there; Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters and Sam Stosur. And they even put mic pieces on for effect and communication with the audience. Wicked match indeed. Well throughout the game they started grunting and groaning on purpose which made it a tad bit uncomfortable but then they started talking and joking making the whole match hilarious as hell.
For those who wants to watch it but missed it, you can watch it on Youtube. I promise you that it is so worth watching. (click here) The link is part one. I think there are four parts which should be located under related videos on the right hand side. Happy watching.
Here are some pictures I took from there.
There are more pictures on Facebook if you are interested… So enjoy!!!
Xxoo
Out of darkness and into light
Ok guys!!! I swear my hibernation process is done and over with!!
Finally finished writing and now burying my head in editing.. How lovely!! Definately looking forward to it.. But my poor poor eyes are getting blurry by the minute!! I will not exagerate and say that my eyes ate getting blurry by the second because then it would mean that I’m on my way to partial blindness!!!
I’ve got so much to tell that eveything is fuzzying up my brains causing me to deal with thousands of scattered thoughts roaming my brains to be heard!! Okay hold on it is wise I write down my ideas. Who knows could be a good fit for the next book =) !!!
Been so busy packing it is not funny at all. Apart from the boring hot and cool days of packing and getting things sorted out, I’ve done some wicked stuff too!!! Check it out… I shall upload the video here for ya all to see.
In case you were wondering, it is made out of bread, butter and the secret ingredient – nachos!!! Click on it… I found this amazing nachos website where it is all things nachos related.. Recipes and heaps of stuff.. Wicked!!!
So tell me what ya guys think bout the awesome JBS sandwich (pronounced Jerbs)… Will definitely leave you salivating for more =) Blooming epic stuff !!!
I will upload cool pictures in my next post… I will leave you this video for your entertainment..
Toodles!!! Xxxxx
Flashbacks…
Woke up early this morning because it’s my cousin’s first day of school… So I thought hmm why not do something productive?? So here I am, on the computer, blogging and editing my novel..
So as I was lazing in bed watching my 8 year old cousin getting dressed by her mum (my aunt) in bed and then smelling the freshly baked nuggets coming out of the oven gave me goosebumps. Well I’m not in any way hungry or desperate for nuggets or anything like that, but it just reminded me of my schooling days when I was a kid. My mum would make sure I’m up, (I dress myself) then i wash myself up, get my hair done and off to the kitchen for breakfast. Then I would rush to school in midst of the long line of cars blocking the streets. Such fun; the feeling of meeting old and new friends, the nice smelling air which I could only smell early in the morning, your parents there for you rushing you to school, oh such love and care =) And as I grew bigger I don’t hug my parents as much as I would love to especially before going to school in the morning. What a shame it is!!
Anyway just found out that my niece got herself another dog..
Lucky her.. It is a Chow Chow breed by the way if you are curious. Personally I don’t take much liking to big dogs but all is good. Brownie (the other dog) in the picture on the right is extremely jealous of the new addition to the family. I’m not too sure what the new dog is named but if I’m not mistaken it is named after the dog from the Wizard of Oz – Toto. Funny name for a huge dog who looks like a polar bear. Doesn’t fit right does it? I suggested it to be named Dracula which would be cool but they just laughed it off thinking it was a joke. I even tried to reason with them that it would make other dogs jealous of the name Dracula but still no takers. Oh well, I guess it is up to me now to go back and call the new dog Dracula. And the next big dog in the family will be named Frankenstein!!! Whoop Whoop!!
The Dracula link is real cool by the way. Check it out. Sorry a bit obsessed with Dracula at the moment. The movie was blooming epic. The graphics and the costume and everything was just mind blowingly epic!! I especially loved Dracula’s shadow which has a mind of its own. Watch it if you haven’t. Bram Stoker is a genius. To think that he created the character Van Helsing too only to be misused by Hollywood in the movie Van Helsing. FYI Van Helsing is more of a professor/doctor and he is not dressed in all black with guns and arrows fighting underworld monsters.
Anyway enough of Dracula. I’m so psyched that Federer won his 16th grand slam and his fourth Australian open… Wicked!!! Was rooting for Novak Djokovic but oh well he got sick and lost his match =(.. I’m so gonna get tennis withdrawal syndrome now. After days and days of tennis on tele, and now its over! Booooo
Going off to drown in sorrow now..
Xxoo
Horoscopes
Do you believe in fairy tales??
Whoops I mean do you believe in horoscopes?? Well I know I do.
Have you ever got the feeling that most of the time horoscopes are so accurate that they start to scare you? That got me thinking what will happen when there are a couple of people sharing the same birth date? Are they all having the same day as you do; no matter good or bad?
And how true are compatibility horoscopes?
Okay fine, I shall admit that I’m a sucker for horoscopes and sometimes I take them quite personally. And most of the time it is true… Or is it what we programmed our brains to think that it is true?
Sometimes I just hate horoscopes so much because it gave me false hopes and false expectations that I even swore never to read them ever again. But a few days later I find myself crawling back to the horoscopes page again. And now I’m branching into tarot cards, astrology and numerology!!! Gosh I’m a psycho freak!!
Even though it is so, I believe that horoscopes are there for a reason. It is there to give us hope even if it is false. It is there to give us faith that tomorrow will be a good day to look forward too. And most of all it just gives us some sort of comfort that we know what our future holds even if turns out to be bogus.
Lurves =)
Pregnancy????
I’m gonna make this a really short post for a couple of reasons.
- I’m drained out of inspiration after writing my short story.
- I’ve got to go out in like half and hours time.
- I’m not even bloody ready and dressed and presentable.
- Too long a post will make you bored of me anyway BAH!!!
Anyway that’s beside the point. The point is that I can never imagine myself being pregnant at so young an age. Don’t get me wrong, I lurve babies. They are just miracles of life. But my having a kid now is a total no no!! Well i know it is very common nowadays but something’s just not right aye? There is still so much to do and see before you get older and settle down with kids and a family. Well you practically have your whole life to do that family stuff. But now, now we should embrace our twenties and shed off unwanted or uncalled for burdens. I don’t mean to sound nasty, traditional or ancient. But then again congratulations to my friend =). Pray the child be a healthy pretty baby yeah?
So, starying from that random ramble, my friends and me went for lunch and we started talking about the complexities of a girl, guy mind. We came up with heaps of stuff on how girls can multi-task therefore more capable of manipulation. Guys minds on the other hand are fully equiped with little individual boxes where every single information is stored away, isolated from the rest therefore they can’t remember all the little things like girls do. Coz girls are just so sensitive and emotional that they tend to relate everything to their emotions, thus remembering it all more vividly. Now my task is to get more perceptions and views from different types of people and then write it all down in a book. What ya guys think? Interesting read? Or drab and boring (already know) read??
Okay, look at the time!!!! I’ve got to run and run fast I should. Gosh what should I wear today??? Damn the rain, now I can’t wear my heels =( … What a bummer!!!! Boots??? Might get too hot.. Urghh okay closed toe heels it is.. Ok c ya guys.. Lurves!! P.s see I told you it is short =)
Fishing!!!!
I know you are probably curious right now and wondering if I can actually catch any fishies???? Well I shall prove you guys wrong!!!! Lemme show you my catches…… Below…………… TADA!!!!
- 6 TROUTS!!!!!
- 1 uber huge Atlantic Salmon
- Salmon weight and price
- Pond the salmon last swam in
Well, well, well, I guess you should know by now that I didn’t catch all of those fishies??? I caught one miserable one and even then I daren’t reel it in because it just kills me to see the fish flopping about and the hook getting stuck in it’s tongue… Blueck…. shivers just thinking about it!!! I got heaps of fake catches and when i reeled the line in, the bait is gone!!! To tell you the truth, I actually felt relieved when the fish got away and didn’t get caught…
Okay nowI shall reveal the genious that caught the 2.6kg Atlantic salmon……….. (in less than 5 minutes)
Ayiana (7) in the process of reeling it in
Too big and heavy to reel.. Resolved to using the net instead
Lots of flopping, gasping, struggling, screaming, ewwing, etc
On land at last, gasping its dying breath... Moment of silence
Fish Pallets... Someone kicked it to the ground and seriuosly looks like poo
Julia.... trying to catch salmon...
Girlies squirming away from fishies
Julia thinking she caught something and i missed my camera shot....
Bait got stolen away again..........
BBQ time..... trout that we caught
SO SO full of WATER!!!!
=(
Salmon carcass
Anyway daylight saving starts tomorrow.. Remember to turn your clock an hour faster people!!! 23 hours a day…. And to think that 24 hours is not even enough….. Oh boy… One hour less of sleeppy time… booooo…. Thus, I think it is a sign that I should go to sleep now… Camberwell market and movie afternoon tomorrow…. Can’t wait..
Lurves…
Identity Crisis!!
Sorry for a moment of dry spell there. Had too many things on my mind that sadly i couldn’t funtion properly… Well it’s just one of those days.. Or should i say one of those ‘period of times’…
I was looking through my pictures for the fun of it and memories of my happiest days resurected in my mind again! Don’t you just love looking at old photos and try to put yourself into that exact day and feeling all over again?? It’s like relieving the past!! And sometimes when you feel like nothing is going right and everything in the world is ugly, one look at all those beautiful pictures will make you take one step back and say “Hang on, i remember this moment in time where the music is perfect and i feel loved. Loved by all the friends and family around me!”
- Beautiful 21st cupcake surprise just as I landed in Malaysia <3
- Brownie Indulgence!!
- Chocolate, ice cream and all things fat!!
- Awesome awesome chocolate!
- Best Day EVER!!
- My Precious!!
Anyway i think i’m going to have an identity crisis…..
Part 1
It all started at a beach at Mornington where i was playing with my seven year old cousin at the rock pool. When all of a sudden i spotted a cute dog running through the beach coming my way. I was so eager to touch it’s soft whitish brown fur when all of a sudden the doggy changed direction and ran for the waters and started doggy paddling. Appearing on the doggy’s trail was obviously non other than the owner of the dog. She was strolling towards me and we started making conversation when my cousin shouted for me
“Bren Cheah i found a jelly fish. Come look!!” (Bren is a short form for Brenda and Cheah is a chinese term used for older sister)
Well pushing that thought aside, we continued talking, checked out the jellly fish and then suddenly she started calling my BRIDGET!! I didn’t respond for obvious reasons because it bloody well itsn’t my name right?? And well she was looking at me and for one moment there i was just in a state of shock. Things that were going through my mind were:
- Is she actually calling me or is she calling out to someone behind me?
- But she is looking directly at me
- What sould i say? Pardon? Are you calling me? That’s not my name?
- She is still looking directly at me plus my aunt and her mother in law is looking at me too
- Did it slip that i actually told her my name was Bridget?
- Everyone is staring at me
- I don’t want to be rude and i can’t laugh either, how do i correct her?
Part 2 I attended a birthday party of my aunt’s friend’s two year old boy. I shook hands and greeted the mother and father of the boy and introduced myself ,
“Hi, I’m Brenda. Nice to meet you.”
Well getting over the nerves of the introductory settled, i then strolled into the dining area where i was given plates and told to help myself with food. As i was doing as told, i suddenly heard this
“Would you like some soup Bianca? Bianca? Would you like some soup?”
Thinking that someone new entered the room i whipped my head around to check out the newcomer only to find out that she was staring directly at me!!! I stood rigid, nailed to the floor as i looked back at her anticipating what should be said next. Thinking that i didn’t hear her, she called me again “Bianca…….” I stared at her not knowing how to respond (clearly i’m bad at handling these situations!!) “Bianca?????”
My aunt and uncle started laughing at me and then i walked up to her and said
“I’m Brenda. My name is Brenda.”
Then she apologized profusedly and well all was good. Until another woman came and almost called me Bianca when i hurriedly corrected her before another disaster happened. Well to be honest it is no big deal for getting names wrong, but seriously, i just hate being in the position where people will think i’m rude for not responsing and then i wouldn’t have a clue how to set things straight!! When will be my next wrong name encounter i wonder… Till then…Lurves..
Inglorious Bastards!!!!!
Quentin Tarantino is such a brilliant risk taker. How many people would even have the guts to remake a World War 2 movie and actually turn it into a dark comedy? I mean seriously, the way he makes you sit there and laugh at such extreme cruelty which people will usually cringe or gasp is just mind boggling.
Really admire the brilliance in which he makes me question why am i laughing at something so violently gruesome and cruel and feel minimal sympathy for. Having watched so many World War two documentaries and movies before i’ve never once felt the ability to laugh until Inglorious Bastards. Really want to watch the movie again so that this time i can focus on stuff that i didn’t notice the first time round!!
Wanna watch ‘The good The bad and The ugly’ or should i say, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo!!!! With Clint Eastwood in it.. Awesome!! Have to search for the movie though.
Been watching Blackadder on the Comedy channel. Rowan Atkinson is just so brilliant in there!!! Is that what made him famous?? I wonder.. It was way before Mr. Bean ani’t it??
Getting really frustrated with this internet connection… Can’t even have a proper chat on msn without it getting disconnected all the time!! Ok i’m sorry but i really couldn’t be bothered signing into it now!!
Watched Tuesday’s With Morrie after the long awaited search for the movie since high school. Not as good as the book obviously but still loved the movie though although it brought me to tears =(
Also watched Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn. Just love all her movies.. Hmm what a weird genre of movies i’ve been watching!!
Got to go get some pictures from my friend later today and speaking of pictures i’ve yet to upload my Tasmania pictures onto Facebook. It has been put off for quite some time now.. Hmmm
Anyway let me just put some random photos up for you..
My new found calling
Ayiana with her duck
My froggy
Was playing with my cousin and we started getting creative!!
My beloved cuzzie and I
Cuzzie going to UK to study in two weeks time. Oh how time flies. Gonna miss you loads buddy!!
Miss cuddling you
Miss the beach and sound of waves =(
Okay i think this is too long a post..
Lurves
Mmmmmm Yoghurt!!
Just had yoghurt for lunch again. Have a weird addiction for yoghurt and when i start i just can’t stop eating it. Especially eating it with cornflakes!!!! =) Don’t understand why people look at me weird when they see me eating it.. It is so deliciously satisfying.
Was watching this show on television last night and they were talking about an alcoholic gun or smtg on the lines of that. Well basically it is a huge gun looking thing which shoots out alcohol. Something like a spray gun. And they were talking how useful it is as all you have to do is squirt and stuff. Best part was when they started saying:
‘You can even do skulling on the move. Just wind down the window and shout SKULL SKULL SKULL!!!’ People in the opposite car can just open their mouths and get squirted with alcohol!
Gosh don’t know why but that just cracked me up. Starting to enjoy Blackadder more and more too esp since it is starring Rowan Atkinson. Why oh why do people find things oh so funny??
Anyway will be watching Inglorious Bastards at 6 with my comedy research mates. Have to watch it to analyze black humour and how cruelty and violence can actually result in laughter. Oh the uncomfortableness of it all. So far been getting quite good reviews of the show from my friends. So my expectations are quite high at the moment. Don’t wanna be disappointed!!
I just love stuff that cracks me up don’t you??
Lurves..
What a Teary Day
How ya guys doing? Whatcha been up to over the weekend?? Fathers Day today!!
Weird how Fathers Day is celebrated in September in Australia while fathers day in other parts of the world is celebrated in July hmmmm.. Oh well…
Attended a close family friend’s funeral yesterday. Couldn’t stop tear ducts from producing tears. Heard some bawling and sniffling and choking (coughing). Well guess that’s what you would get at funerals eh? I for one am not good at holding back tears at all. Too sensitive and more often than not my mind tends to stray and think of weird stuff.. Why? I still don’t know!!
Been trying to do this thing where you look into space just as your tears are about to fall and you open your eyes as wide as possible and stare and stare till your eyes get dry. Thus, tears will not fall but simply evaporated. LOL ok gosh didn’t realise it sounded so weird till i typed it out and read it to myself. But yeah i bet some of you would have tried it at least once or twice eh? I tried it a couple of times and most of the time it works. But the other times well new tears are produced faster than the prior ones could evaporate thus overflowing and what do you get…..TADA TEARS!!!
Got so emotional last night especially when my cousins played the violin and cello one last time for her. Sad how i couldn’t go up there and play the piano along as we always do for her when she was alive. Being a professional pianist herself, she would have loved to have heard the sounds of a piano there but unfortunately there wasn’t a piano there for me to play. Couldn’t stop crying when they played the Forest Gump Feather Theme song. Just brought back so many many memories of us in the living room playing those tunes for her and now the realization just hit me that we no longer can play for her anymore. Always amazed at how music affects me and moves me all the time.
In future when my fingers touch the keys of my piano i would definately be thinking of her!!
Every end is a new begining No looking back, no denying Never be afraid of sleeping Never be afraid of waking Never be afraid of crying Never be afraid of laughing
Fret not memories would be forgotten Safely in our hearts and minds it will stay,
Forever and always, Our path in life ahead it would beautifully enlighten. © Brenda
Off to swimming and then bowling. Exciting day ahead!!
Lurves
