fuchsia fragments

There's a reason why Chau is a pro. She told me that my tiers were slightly slanted and needed patching. He he.. thanks my friend! She's just around the corner from my cousins place and super jealous of her own studio workspace at the back of the house. I want!

Then my sister and I went for a drive to Liverpool to take a look at one of the new developments there. Yeah...... no. Not even for investment. Totally over hyped and over priced. It's not even that far from the station and shopping centre. I'm sorry, but I don't consider views of the Georges River much of a selling point.

Have had such a productive morning (I love it when I get up early cause usually I am lounging in bed!) and now winding down watching Struggle Street (what's the hype about? I see it as a pretty accurate description), a ginger beer and playing with my ghd.

Going to Bishop Sessa tonight... it is the first event of many in the next 3 weeks. Wooo...

these days are so treasured as they are so rare. :)

got up nice and early for a bit of a roadtrip to richmond and beyond! BILPIN!!! apple picking!

not what i expected!


it was still a bit wet and the drive on the motorways was very boring. going up the mountain was cool though. very very windy road.

the orchard itself? well, if we (okay, maybe i) weren't such city chicks, probably would have found it normal. but it smelt cause of all the apples on the ground and the grass was quite long. so glad i was wearing joggers and not flats. good judgement. gum boots would probably have been even better.

it was lots of fun though.

there is nothing like picking an apple of a tree and eating it. SO GOOD.


one of life's must-dos, taken off my list. =)

lovely that our little niece and cousin came along too. fun fun oh and and we went to el jannah for chicken lunch. good but enough of that for a while. won't be back anytime soon!

i even came home and baked fresh apple pie (went down a treat at work today, so i was told) and even managed to do some work. like actual work for work...

busy busy me. <3

we hit so many places in one weekend. even myself is impressed. like very. and night time driving is very strenuous on the I.

port stephens. soldiers point. waterfront. nelsons bay. newcastle. maitland. hunter valley. tempus two. the vintage. mount view. the entrance.

loved~
:: gelato and cheese @ TT
:: my FIRST EVER RBT!!! (mwahaha the policeman probs was like.. yes! i got this one, she's a goner... oh SNAP!!! NOT a p-plater and ZERO alcohol)
:: fish and chips @ the entrance (old school newspaper/ butcher's paper style)
:: whale watching in port stephens (no breaches, just tails)
:: vegemite on toast brekkies
:: maccas coffee breaks
:: sharing a room with my sis and coz and trying to figure who was snoring [the loudest... they work me up!]
:: pelican feeding @ the entrance
:: driving all the way up unsealed and dirt roads for the most AMAZING view of HV
:: driving through the industrial mine sites in port stephens
:: seeing coal/ cargo ships leave port off Newcastle
:: the beautiful weather on the central coast (not so much the north)
:: seeing how things can change in 18 years

rain rain.

lots of driving.

but lots of fun.

whale watching today was windy. but seeing whales and dolphins on a lil catamaran was pretty cool. so much better than the big boats!

had lunch on the marina and then went for a drive to newcastle which is only about an hour away and u have to cross the most amazing bridge. its light lit up on both sides and soo curvacious.

walked along the waterfront. so many things have changed in 18 years... ;) (nah duh)

i much prefer driving the roads of the hunter region. it might be that we're driving a lot after dark but i find it more difficult and very curvy. and the speed limits change a fair bit. not to mention the wet weather coming into the port.

we also passed a pretty bad accident the first night.

nice weekend to get away. would have been so much better without the rain.

still trying to spot the koala in the backyard!!!

life is so different here.

so how does it feel like to be back? (at tarjay of course).
emotional. no.
fun. no.
happy. no.
weird. yes.
senior. hells yeah.
glad to see some familiar faces. yep.
talking with my fav ex-manager. DEFINETELY!

even if she did ask me (repeatedly) if i'd like to come back. even for just a day a week. i said i'll it into consideration.

stocktake checker. and trainer. i feel so important. lols~

another sunday of driving manual. building shelves (and the swearing and feeling sorry for oneself that comes along with it). cleaning and family time. <3

a short but exciting week coming right up!

a bit of a mixed day in the office. i feel SO MUCH.

we got a free drink at the bar downstairs after work (we needed it bad).

and i caught up with janice for the first time in a couple of months. since she got back from china at least. looks like chuey got swine flu or something of the likes.

ew. good thing they went to do their own korean bbq thing whilst me and jan went japanese.

then went for a drive in my shiny white car before dropping her off.

good times. bad times. eventful nights~

a long one.

left the house just after 8 am for IKEA. mm yummy $2.95 breakfast. my sister had two. they gave mums a free muffin and coffee. awesomeness #1.

then we went to check out the coffee tables and random things along the way. we got said coffee table and two baby pink and two baby blue round stools. as well as a awesome quilt for the new lounge. and randomly, a lint brush roller.

of course, you don't go all the way to rhodes just for homebush. you stop by ikea. (edit 10/05/10: i meant "dfo" XD) picked up 2 bras and awesome $5 tops from dotti. mum got a pair of shoes. monkey got some more tops. and got dad a jacket and two polos. awesomeness #2 all round.

came back to hurstville where we shouted mum to cafe lunch at westfield. mums were offered a free slice of cake with their meal. awesomeness #3.

we headed home and timed it so perfectly that we got into the driveway about 20 seconds before dad did. and sat in the car whilst dad took wendie driving.

then it was my turn in the manual. and i finally got the hang of changing gears. and now i can go from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to *drumroll* ... 5!!! WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE GEARS without stalling or revving the engine to hard!! (after getting yelled at a few times of course). AWESOMENESS #4!!!

and by the time driving finished, it was time to go to sunnys for high roller dinner. lobster and salmon sashimi, lobster with noodles, quail, abalone, prawns and then your typical chinese dinner dishes. O____O stuffed. cause there was cake and chinese cookies and sweet soup as well as fruit to finish it off. awesomeness #5.

and ready for bed!

another monday, another week. let's hope its better than the last!

hahahaha i went up and down my street in my dad's bomb

=D
=D
=D

full made my saturday arvo.

manual is so much FUN when u get it.

which is like. half of the time. tee heheheheheeee.

my sister got up this morning and decided that she wanted to go somewhere.

and that i was her chaffeur.

we went to IKEA and DFO and then riverwood fish and chips.

the nostalgic feeling for the fish n chip shop has definetely disappeared. it wasn't even that good anymore which was massively disappointing.

i also thought it was amusing that we spent over an hour in IKEA and maanged to spent only $5. hahaha. the hot dog and drink for $2 was the bargain of the day. ^^

DFO: easy parking cause im so awesome (aka, lucky). walked around the crowds. and wendeh bought two pairs of davenport undies. yes, that was all.

came home and she one tree hilled while i napped. dinner. doggie walk.

and then random driving around the area looking for houses with christmas lights. awesomely epic. =D

kingsgrove was awesomest. bevo was disappointing. hursty was so-so.

that is all.

started off with a press ad at work. 2 day sale my ass. had to do all this extra stuff because of it. and i think its d.u.m.b. to have 2 new people on the registers when its the busiest trading day of the week. guess who had to jump on the registers time and again?

apart from that, don't have much to say about mundane things. except when mayo asks

"so do you guys really want to go to the CSE cocktail party tonight?"

and i give him the most dumbfounded face ever: i was so lost. and i'm like

"what are you talking about? what party?"

was like the worse miscommunication ever - on the part of janice and bf. wasn't impressed with them.

after work, came home and changed and went to get janice. we went for a drive.

la perouse.
la perouse.

i dunno what my connection, if any, i have with that place. i just really really like it. the temperature was actually a couple of degrees too cool for perfect beach weather and probably the wind a bit too choppy for nice waves but it was still super awesome to R&R.

the fish n chip place we went to after year 12 isn't as good anymore. which is not surprising but is disappointing.

then we came back. and went to the CSE party which was actually down the corner from where i use to work @ the costume shop. LOL why?

FREE BAR TAB.
FREE BAR TAB.

and to watch gooley try to hit on nerdy girls. made him really self conscious about his shirt (cause jan and i didn't like it). =D not even going to mention the red tie.

and when we went for food at around 10:30. it was the bestest turkish pizza i have ever ever ever had. i dunno what it is about kebabs and pide when you're not sober, but it just tastes so much freaking better.

we stayed a while longer. turned down going to drunken K and took a cab home.

i haven't had so many drinks in one night in so long that i'd almost forgotten what it feels like to be super dehydrated during sleep. lucky for me, i remembered the water.

and thought i was dreaming when jan and chu rang me for the nth time (and 2 messages later) around 2 am. (i tried to ignore it. really i did). thanks guys. its a bit late asking at that time if i got home safe. lol. (for some reason, they weren't "thinking straight" when they directed the cab to bevo first instead of dropping me off first). cab driver was super nice tho. pretty talkative. so no dramas.

the m5 run went from 20 minutes to almost close to 2 hours.

why?

because some egging truckie was so egging smart that he went through the ED tunnel eventho his truck height was OVER the clearance. and burst a pipe. so the tunnel had to be closed.

GUESS WHO USES THE M5 TO GET TO UNI AND WORK.

EGG YOU.

literally crawling. i was like.. wtf. this is not happening.

stop.
start.
stop.
start.

used up so much more fuel. hahahahaha

so got to work like 45 minutes late. LOL. and it was packing for the new shop. and i inhaled so much dust. good thing im not asthmatic.

this arvo, went by to visit family frend on hospital. HDU and that means its not good news. im not cynical or anything, but 2009 is looking to be a dark year... it's just another part of life i guess.

today, went with valerie to fix up her computer woes. basically, she got a new 2 gig stick. lol. warranty void.

lol.

peeled sticker off.
warranty void.
hahaha.
peeled sticker off.
warranty void.

went to the new taiwanese place in hurstville that is owned by my sister's friends mums. it was alrite. the chairs were nice. but the place is too blank - void - empty. it needs some decor to absorb the noise levels and the echoes.

then we went to officeworks where i got my sister her lil miami student chair. and a usb stick for dad. and highlighters for me. didn't that cost a small fortune. lol only cause ive already spend like half my paycheck from this week. so broke.

and wat effing pissed me off was my sister can't read instructions. and said that there were parts missing. so i effing drove back in peak hour traffic to officeworks. and i missed the turn off cause she was distracting me. so we had to cross the highway and go back. and the traffic lights took ages.

and then i find out nothing was really missing.
and she was just dumb.
and it stressed me out soo sooooo much.
!!!
/stress

anyway, couch potatoed on the tv after dinner. new tvb thing. and no, i dont normally do this. but it was with my rents. we even did the whole hk thing where u eat junk food whilst watching tv. *sigh*

have to spend more money tomorrow. and work *moans*