Hup means hello and sup. Sup means 'What's up?'. Please, no one say the sky or ceiling or whatever that is physically above you right this very moment unless you have a poo on your head in which case I would be very happy for you. This is Step, I want to make more friends :)

I am kingbecauseyou guys said soand you know how you are.

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN A FRIEND OF YOURS TAGS YOU IN THEIR TIMETABLE AND YOU GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION SO YOU CLICK IT TO VIEW THEIR TIMETABLE AND REALISD YOU'RE NOT TAGGED ANYMORE AND A STEPHANIE TAN IS INSTEAD. OH I'M SO LONELY. :( NO ONE BOTHERS TAGGING ME IN THEIR TIMETBALE ;___________: THAT'S OKAY STEPH, IT'S OKAY....

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SO A RANDOM ADDS ME ON FB AND USUALLY I QUESITON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THEM. THIS TIME, I WAS FEELING NICE AND ACCEPTED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE FROM BAULKO AND I'M, OH WELL I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU BUT YOU'RE FROM BAULKO SO.. I GUESS.

AND THEN, SHE COMES UP WITH A MESSAGE LIKE THIS:

Heyy nice to meet you: ) i just wanted get some advise from you about going to a selective high school. I am in yr 10, is it too late? What do i need to get in selectives? Is there any wayy?? Thank u this means aloot to me: )))

SO NOW I'M THINKING... WHAAAAAAT? PEOPLE DO THAT THESE DAYS?! ADD ALUMNI HIGH SCHOOLERS AND ASK THEM ABOUT SELECTIVE? I REALLY DOUBT WHETHER SHE EVEN IS FROM BAULKO COS IT JUST DOENS'T SOUND RIGHT IN CONTEXT. I ALSO NOTICED (THE LAST TIME ICHECKED) SHE ONLY HAS 5 FRIENDS... AND 4/5 OF THEM ( INCLUDIN GMYSELF) ARE FROM 2011 BAULKO. THIS IS REALLY WEIRD O____________________________________O
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ONLY 7/10 TT______TT I can cry all I want but I can't fix it nuuuuu :(

Because of that, I've lost all the mood to report things I've done.

I received a parcel today! Maybe i'll post about it later :) I paid for the slow shipping which was like oh yeah i'tll take like 3 weeks but it arrived within the week 8D

HAHA I DIDNT 'HAVE TO PAY LIKE 10 BUCKS EXTRA FOR IT HELL YEAHHH

:( But i got 7 ;______; it's a tragic tragic day guys. How have you guys been?

Cheers,
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Well, So... :)

I MET A GUY! :D

it sounds very weird but i did, kind of. But you'll never guess what happened and who it is. (hence this blogpost) now for all you nosey friends who want to know, i'll tel you about it here. IT's a pretty enjoyable story.

So My aunt and uncle came over from hk for the first time in ages and for anzac day we decided to have like an epic family day out which ended in a dinner banquet fo rmy grandpa's 80th birthday. We went to eastwood to take like a giant family photo (which kind of failed) and then we wet to manly north head to go look at the nice views and have like a little nature walk. SO after all that at about 3, we decided to go to Warringah Mall and get a coffee. We drove to Warringah Mall and went to the food court and got coffee lol. Then my aunt saw cotton on and the colourful skinnys and she says :O THEY'RE SO PRETTY ZOMG HK DOESN'T HAVE ANY! So then i suggested to go to JayJays to see the colours there and check out the prices too cos at Cotton on they were 40 each. So we go to JayJays and it's a special sale where you buy 2 pairs of jeans for 30 each. My aunt really liked the jeans so she suggested that i buy one too. Considering i really liked this pair of dark red jeans i decided YEAH OKAY :D so we both bought a pair of jeans (though 30 isn't exaclty that cheap, i was in a good mood). So we walk out of the shop with 2 pairs of new jeans. As i walk out, i see this table with this HUGE pile of t shirts and it says 2 FOR 10 guys t shirts and i'm like :O SO CHEAPPPP! GOTTA GO LOOK FOR MY BRO.

So we go back into Jay Jays and i start sifting through the pile of shirts and finding the ones i thought my bro would like and then my aunt joins in as well. After a while of sifting,2 white guys come up and start looking through the pile and tbh i didn't really notice them joining in but one of them moved next to me and said, Well this is a very very large pile of shirts. I didn't really know who he was talking to since his friend wasn't really around and my aunt was on the other side so then replied him something pretty generic. Oh yeah, it's all because we're digging underneath and shoving everythign on top (and that was exactly what i was doing considering the sizes were all like XL and XXXS on the top and my bro is like an M.) At this point i still hadn't really looked at it, it was really only out of my peripheral vision that i answered. From my view he was just pretty tall. Then he said, oh i should've brought my shovel. At this point, this is actually quite a lame joke but i laughed anyway and so did he. Still, I hadn't properly looked at him. Then he asked me, So are you going to where these? (indicating the guy T shirts) and i said, no no, it's for my brother. He doens't really know how to coordinate his clothes so i do it for him (which is half true, i do buy him clothes but i don't choose his outfit every day) and he laughs again. I pick up an assassin's creed shirt and i tell him that my brother really likes assassin's creed. Then he looks at it skeptically and asks me whethe rmy brother really WOULD wear that. I tell him that it's possble cos he's such a geek. He asks me how old my brother is and i tell him 15. Then I ask him, So are you going to wear these? He says yeah I am. I'm looking for somethign with Chinese words. Here i was a little shocked because i thought... CHinese words?! BUT YOUR'E WHITE. So i ask him, ooh do you like chinese words? (i'm sure he was well aware that i was asian) and he says yeah i'm studying chinese. AND AT THIS POINT I LOOK AT HIM IN THE FACE AND I SAY REALLY?! YOU STUDY CHINESE?! THAT'S AMAZING!and he laughs (i'm sure he gets this a lot) and i ask him, where do you study? He says Macquarie.

You've got to understand that at this point i'm gobsmacked about a fair few things.
1. this random white guy from manly just started conversation from me.
2. he was white and he made conversation with me in MANLY where there are like 0 asians and they dont' really appreciate asians either.. cos they're racist.
3. HE STUDIES CHINESE. HE. STUDIES. CHINESE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY DAMN AWESOME. LIKE WHITE GUY FROM MANLY WHOSE FAMILY PROBABLY DISLIKES CHINESE PEOPLE IS STUDYING CHINESE. I THOUGHT, WOW. THIS GUY.
4. HE WAS GOOD LOOKING. Did i mention he was good looking?! no of course i didn't, because up until that point, i didn't relaly look at him. He's not drop dead hot, but he's got this really sweet and nice looking face that's really handsome when he smiles. He's blonde and he's got nice eyes :D oh my oh my
5. HE WAS TALL. Did i ever tell you how i really like tall guys? And he was handsome? and blonde with nice (blue?) eyes? 6. HE STUDIES CHINESE.

okay, the list gets a little repetitive but i must continue the story.

So i find out that he studies chinese at macquarie and here i'm like :O THAT'S SO COOL MAN. this whole time, my aunt ( who understand english perfectly cos she studied in canada) was kind of sniggering with her face down and then holds up a bender t shirt and says Oh it's a Medium! and i say GREAT! my bro likes bender so i collect the T shirt from her and together with a domokun t shirt i found for him too i decide to go pay for them. So i turn to this guy and i say, good luck with your chinese and i move off to go pay. At this point I'm not exactly like :O ZOMG HE'S ATTRACTIVE. But rather that i had a random but pleasant conversation with a nice handsome boy in manly. I finish paying and i move out of the JayJays without another glance at him (OH REGRET.) After we move off my Aunt (whose about 40 something) starts gabbing like an 18 year old girl about how he was really good looking and how she couldn't believe ididn't get a number or a name or an email or a facebook account. she kept on trying to curb me back to go into the store to 'choose more t shirts'. My aunt you see is a drama fanatic and i think here she must've mistaken me as one of those unfortunate (YET SO FORTUNEATE!) girls in dramas who meets random guys and everything goes right and that she hasn't had this sort of teenage excitement for about 20 years. At this time, I myself really wanted to go back and get him number and his email and his facebook and his name most importantly but i resisted because i thought that was really really awkward... (derp) So then we walk back to the rest of my family who were just walking around and my aunt scuttles off to my mum and retells THE ENTIRE STORY TO MY MOTHER. she said WHEN WE WERE PAYING THE BOY TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT US. YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM AND ICAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDNT' SAY BYE WHEN WE WALKED OUT HOW COULD YOU... My mother being also a drama fanatic got all excited about it and her inner teenage girl was like OMG OMG OMG OMG so then THEY BOTH TRIED TO DRAG ME BACK INTO THE STORE. LIKE WHAT, THESE TWO MIDDLE AGED WOMEN TRYING TO GET ME BACK INTO THE STORE.

5 minutes had probably already passed by now and i didn't think he was still there choosing t shirts. In the end, the actually managed to push me back into the store so all three of us awkwardly walked back up to the table and started pulling random t shirts and examining them. I WAS SO EMBARRASED. YOU DONT' UNDERSTAND I STOOD THERE LIKE I WAS STUPID. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF IT. MY AUNT starts talking to him again. and said YOU STUDY CHINESE RIGHT? THAT'S SO COOL OMG DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? ( says somethign like do you speak chinese? in mandarin) and he's like... *blank look* and he says (i don't know in mandarin) and he's got THIS REALLY HEAVY WHITE PERSON ACCENT. IT'S REALLY HEAVY. and then we all laugh and MY MUM SAYS, WHATS YOURE NAME. oh my god my mother did not just ask this nice handsome boy from manly his name. she did not. she did not. i was so embarrased. i was cringing from the embarrassment. the poor boy must have been absolutely terrified. oh poor boy. i msut have looked ridiculous.

the funny thing was, he replied.

i'm going to censor his name guys so you don't go stalking him but i'm just goign to name him Handsome (hah i'm so creative) but for you information, his name isn't ACTUALLY handsome and he didn't give me a surname either. He also continues and says oh i have a chinese name too. it's *** ( i dont' actually know what he said) and because none of us understood him cos of his heavy accent he's like... it means handsome. and we're lik OOOOOHHHHH RIIIIIIIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTT HAHAHAHAHHA cos then he laughed too as he told us it was just a joke. ( oh, was it really?)

So after that bit of information my mother starts going on about how i got to USYD. =___= oh my mum. i'm so ashamed. He seems interested in the fact that i've learnt japanese before so he says, ooh soudesu ka? namae wa nan desuka? and i'm liek O__O OH POOPS I HAVEN'T PRACTICED MY JAPANESE IN LIKE YONKS SINCE THE HSC BUT THANKFULLY 6 YEARS DOES REALLY HELP AND I SAY. namae wa sutefuni- desu. then he says, hajimemashite. and i say, douzo yoroshiku. here, he had an EPIC WHITE PEOPLE ACCENT and it was pretty funny (and cute) so then my aunt says DO YOU KNOW KOREAN? and he says, oh yeah a little and he says anhyahaesaeyo. and kahamsamida. and those area really the only words i know too but still i was thoroughly impressed with his asian communication skills. HE WAS WHITE. FROM MANLY AND HE STUDIES CHINESE, SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT OF JAPANESE AND KNOWS SOME KOREAN. THAT'S BETTER THAN WHAT MY BRO CAN DO AND HE'S CHINESE.

so then my aunt (OH MY AWKWARD AUNT) says OH YOU TWO GET ALONG SO WELL YOU SHOULD EXCHANGE PHONE NUMBERS. and that was the bomb. I sizzled in embarrassment and looked down and i think he thought that was just a TAD TOO FAR. at least for an aunt or a mother to ask. after like 2 seconds of awkward silence i tried to break it and like HAHHA NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, SHE WAS JUST JOKING. (though on the inside, i wish he did...)

 yeah after that awkward exchange, i dont think i'll ever face him every again with dignity. we left after that and i didn't know what to feel. I still felt like i wanted to just stick my head in the sand forever but at the same time disappointed because after so much effort i knew nothing more than his first name and the fact that he went to macquarie. And his face of course.

So after my mum and my aunt kep tof discussing him, ( my mum thought he was handsome too) they were like giggling like 5 year olds and retold the entire story to the rest of my family. which included my father, my grandparents my two uncles and another aunt. my bro was watching a movie but... well. that was a very interesting experience.

I couldn't stop thinking about him. The exchange was so awkward, i felt ashamed yet before my aunt or my mum interrupted, we had a perfectly good and normal and pleasant conversation. I was chuffed that he talked to me out of his own accord just so randomly out of the blue. maybe i'm just feeling happy for no reason when maybe he meant it just as an ACTUALLY polite and random gesture. maybe he talks to random girls on the street all thetime but still, i felt chuffed. no body talks to me at uni (randomly anyway. no white guys do.) not to mention he's from manly. i asked him before whether he thought gong to macquarie every day would be far form manly and he laughed and said not really. so from implication, i guess he does live near manly ( WHICH MEANS HE MUST BE WELL OFF ;) ) Maybe it's my lack of interaction with white guys that made me feel it was such a big deal. but when i came back home at like 11 at night, and as sleepy as i was, i still dragged myself on facebook. i knew his first name and his uni and i wanted to find him on facebook. after speling his name two different ways, i......
can you believe it?
ACTUALLY FOUND HIM. I ACTUALLY FOUND HIM ON FACEBOOK. I NOW KNOW HIS LAST NAME AND I CAN SEE A FEW PICTURES OF HIM AND FACEBOOK IS MY NEW SAVIOUR. Sadly, i did not add him because in hindsight, that's just too awkward. for a number of reasons. i mean, if you were him, wouldn't you be so TERRIFIED that these three random asian women just came up and started bombarding you with questions? he probaly never wants to see me again cos i made such a terrible impression. he probably just laughed the whole incident off and he doesn't remember it as clearly as i do. It was probably somethign he did to a lot of girls just randomly in Jay Jays and i was just another one of them who overreacted. For these reasons, and the fact that id ont think he remembers me anyway, i didn't add him. I really want to, but i can't brin gmyself to do it because.... it is just too awkward. toooo awkwarrrrddddd.

Before i left him though he complimented me. he said he liked my little scarf thing. he said it was very asian style fashion. ( this guy, i can't believe he exists) I would really like to meet this guy because it's just so rare and he was really nice ( despite how strong my aunt and my mum were coming on...) though i don't know how to start to apologize if i do see him. All he knows about me is also my first name and my uni but i bet he didn't make the effort to search through facebook to find me.

so it was all just like a dream to me. Something i think i should laugh at and smile back at because it was just so interesting but DAMN. the USYD guys just talk to white chicks ( or at least the white washed asian chicks), all asian ones ( myself included because i know i look more fob than white) are international students to them and who wants to talk to an international student who doens't even know english?

DAMN. i keep looking back and regretting things i didn't do like WHY DID I LEAVE TO PAY FOR THE T SHIRTS? WHY DIDN'T I JUST KEEP STANDING THERE AND TALKING TO HIM? i wonder what would've happened if i told him i'd help him look for chinese word t shirts. what would've happened.. so after we left we went to SES where a few of us went inside and the rest of us were outside. Thought that i would never see him again but apprently, as i was inside the store, him and his friend walked past and my mum saw him (thank god but he didn't see her) and was like :O HE WALKED PAST AGAIN and raced in to get me and my dad to see him. but by the time i got out and saw him, I only got to see his back ( he was wearing a red checked shirt and a backpack) and his tall form and i think, that'll be the last time i'll ever see this wonderful miracle and handsome white guy who likes asian culture and studies chinese.

ANZAC day 2012 sure was interesting. How was your ANZAC day? i bet it wasn't as exciting as mine. :( i can only stalk him on facebook now, sigh.

 (Y) sorry if i sounded like erin and erin, HE'S MINE :D (even though he isn't, exactly) i bet you're fangirling for him too now HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA well too bad. Hope you nosey girls and boys enjoyed that post :P
cheers!,
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Hello fellow readers! Do i have anything to blog about? I sure do! I went on holidays to Cairns ( which was FANTASTIC!) and then we had Easter holidays (which was also pretty SPLENDID!) and I just went to the Easter show which was also TERRIFICA!I had lots of fun lol but i guess i've done my fair share of work for it :) ( study and work ) but I wont' keep you readers waiting because I'm sure you're all VERY curious as to my guide on WHERE TO SIT ON THE TRAIN

Now, this matter requires A LOT OF THOUGHT. Lately, my time on the train has not been well spent, instead i've been creating a guide on where to sit on the train at what times. This entire guide is based on the assumption that the IDEAL place is NOT to be next to anyone. the LEAST ideal place would be squeezed in between two people on a seat/ standing. Okay, here goes ( I hope you guys don't just think i'm stupid and this is all common sense, I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS!)

1. WHEN THERE IS NO ONE ON THE TRAIN OR VERY VERY LITTLE PEOPLE, CHOOSE ANY SEAT YOU LIKE. IT DOENS'T MATTER WHERE YOU SIT, NO ONE SHOULD TAKE THE SEAT NEXT TO YOURS UNLESS THEY'RE REALLY CREEPY OR YOU'RE REALLY HOT (and the other person is creepy).

2. If there are starting to be a few people such that there are no longer enough seats for every person then choose a three-seater. people will then sit on the outside of your three seater and no one will choose the middle seat hence you still aren't technically 'sitting next to anyone' directly. If you choose a two-seater, you are risking yourself to have some unwanted company to plonk themselves down next to you and start listening to REALLY LOUD BOLLYWOOD.

3. When there are quite a few people because you're on an early station but you know the train will fill up and the seats are starting to fill up choose a two-seater. You know that the train is going to fill up so therefore people will start sitting on the outer seat of the three-seater and the aisle seat of the two seater. Why you choose the two seater is because that even if it fills up, you are only next to one person rather than two. If you chose the three seater, someone sits on the outer seat, and then MORE people get on and someone sits in the middle, you technicaly are still sitting next to one person but you have two people to get past. If you chose a middle seat in the first place of a three seater, you may end up sitting next to two people. I guess then the aisle seat of a three seater would be a pretty good option but then you may be perceived as a bitch. Whethe ryou choose the window seat or the aisle seat is up to you but if you choose the aisle seat, there is a bigger probability that no one will sit next to you because you are actually very evil and they are afraid that if they ask you to, you will be rude and tell them to squeeze past your thighs to the window seat. ( but i generally have good manners so i always end up scooting to the window seat in such a case or sitting in the window seat in the first place.)

4. When there are EVEN MORE PEOPLE and you don't even get a choice of seat anymore. you are strategically placing yourself next to pleasant seaters. If by the time you get on the train and there aren't THAAAAT many seats left, and you know that it WILL BE PACKED cos it's an express at 8 o clock in the morning then whatever you do, DO NOT SIT ON THE OUTER SEAT OF A THREE SEATER ( if the middle seat is empty and the window seat is occupied) BECAUSE SOMEONE FROM THE NEXT STOP WILL DEFINITELY TRY AND MOVE IN AWKWARDLY, OR YOU WILL BE FORCED TO SCOOT OVER AND THEN OCCUPY THE LEAST WANTED SEAT (BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE). ONE TIME, I MADE THIS MISTAKE AND GOT SEATED BETWEEN TWO REALLY REALLY FAT WOMEN AND THEN, LIKE OUR SHOULDERS DIDN'T TOUCH BUT OUR BUTTS DID AND I HATED IT D: < Also, it's a bitch to get out of when it's your stop. Thankfully, on the way back, i get off at sevo which is quite a later stop which means that people always try to squeeze past me and it's bad when you're in the middle cos you dont' know whether to get out and get back in or just try and paste yourself to the seat.

5. When it's FULLY PACKED. You don't have choice at all. Do you prefer to sit or stand? If you choose stand then please, be my guest. However, as i like to 'conserve my energy for the day', i do not like standing all the time thus i ALWAYS move to the bottom level of the carriage ( because it usually has the free seats ) and either a) take any seat ( EVEN if it's between two people ERK) or b) if there are no seats, stand in the middle of the aisle holding on to the seats. This increases your chances of seating because by the time the train reaches parra or strat, a lot of people get out and as you are the first to spot their free seat and are free to take it ( if you please).

I guess i've covered most scenarios but here, some more tips.

If you're self-conscious like me, TRY not to occupy a seat in the common area in front of the doors because, if an old woman or man saunters on with a stick, you will feel a guilty conscience wash over you and you will be forced to give up your seat for them otherwise, you have really bad manners. So therefore, try to find a seat in the upper or bottom levels because old people don't really go there to stand and stare at you.
HOWEVER, an exception to such a rule is that if you know you have to get off a REALLY PACKED TRAIN at a station before everyone usually gets off (like redfern in the morning) then sitting/standing in common area means that you can get out quick without the push and shove and the awkward butt bumping (ewwwww...)

Another good place to stand on a very very crowded train is the stairs because if gicves you a butt rest, and you get a good view of free seats.


DID I MISS ANYTHING GUYS? OH YEAH, TRY AND PICK NICE PEOPLE TO SIT NEXT TO. SO THIS CONCLUDES STEPH'S GUIDE TO WHERE TO SIT ON THE TRAIN. HOPE YOU FIND IT HELPFUL LOL (Y)

dedicated to jen <3

CHEERS,
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AND IT'S ALREADY THE END OF WEEK 3 ( for USYD) and week 4 for UNSW. though that doens't really concern me i just decided to point it out. So far, i guess i'm settling in. I've got so much to do every day it's very very very tiring.

I like having nothign to do and just walking around yet i feel a little lonely :( I miss having a bunch of friends so close at hand that i can hang with every day at 'school'. I'm certaining missing all the camps so i'm not making any new friends as much as i want to but hey, sacrafices have to be made. There's not much to say because i should be doing work as i type this...

OMG OMG I GOT LOTS TO DO. shall i post later?

OH yeah right the uni guy i had to tutor. Turns out he's asian (OMGOSH!) but he's relatively not-fob like he's so white-ish to the point that i doubt his asianity and i think he might be a halfie. OR he could be a halfie and he just looks more asian than white. SORTA GET WHAT I MEAN? but HE'S PRETTY GOOD LOOKING! he reminds me of eyebrows! (ALL WHO KNOW WHO EYEBROWS IS WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN ABOUT HOW HE'S REALLY WHITE-WASHED) HAHHA LOLOLOLOLLLLL. but to be honest, he's a little hopeless at maths ( but i guess that's why he's paying me... ) to the point where he doens't really know how to factorize. but that's okay, i'll teach him well :) I'LL SHOW HIM THE BRILLIANCE OF MATHS AND IT'S BEAUTYYYYYYYYYYYY! *shine*

of course, he insists that it's really irrelevant to his career path and that all he really needs to do is pass to get his degree which means that i'll only get him for the rest of the semester (assuming he passes of course) :( awwww, sad.

I gues that's sort of my week guys! I have a law presentation on monday that i haven't prepared for and i'm going to cairns next week YAY!

FINALLY :)

Cheers,
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Hey guys!

:D i have lots to tell you about the past few days. I'll start with last friday when i went to the beach for viv's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN VIV! YOU'RE 18 :O that doens't leave many people left to turn 18 ( including me ). So i set a reminder on my phone that said VIV'S BIRTHDAY on the 24th of jan. I saw it last friday morning and thought, well i'm seeing her later today, i don't have to give her a text so i didn't. AND THEN WHEN I SAW HER LATER I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHEN I WAS WELL AWARE THAT IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY BEACH CELEBRATION AND I FORGOT TO BRING HER PRESENT AND EVERYTHING AND ZOMGGG I'M SUCH AN IDIOTTTTTT TTATT POOR VIV WILL NOW GET A BELATED BIRTHDYA PRESENT I'M SO STUPID SORRY VIV...

on another note, THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST TIME I'VE PLAYED SO FAR OUT IN THE SEA FOR LIKE A LOT OF YEARS. Yes, not even in jervis bay did i play out at sea very far (it was wayyyy tooo coolddddd) SO i had a lot of fun on beach day and thankfully, i didn't brown as much as i dreaded i would be :) thanks so my new invention THE TOWEL SHADEEEE (for stupid people lik eme who forgot to bring cardigan... :( ) where you hold your towel long ways, sit on a little bit so you don't get your wet butt stuck with sand, hang it over your shoulders and head and cower in your own shadow. THEREFORE, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS NOW IN SHADE (Y) I'M A GENIUS!

Saturday doesn't really have much to report so i'll move onto sunday. On sunday, i went with my family on one of the most random journey's i've ever made. We heard from on of your family friends that if you buy like multi tickets on sundays as a family, it's only 2.50 so as a result we drove to the city and then went to circular quay, bought a mymulti ticket and then caught a ferry. I'VE NEVER CAUGHT A SINGLE FERRY AS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BEFORE ;O IT'S PRETTY COOOOL THE SEA WAS NICE AND WHEN I STOOD AT THE FRONT OF THE FERRY MY EYES COULDN'T OPEN AND MY MOUTH WAS LIKE FLAPPIG AROUND IN THE WIND. SO WAS MY HAIR! So we caught the ferry to Watson's bay. We've never been to watson's bay before and its a pretty nice place but there's not really that much. We had our nice fish and chips ( I LOVE FISHNCHIPS)and then we had to leave again because our parking ticket was running out ( LOL!) My mum said that one of her colleagues lived on one of the bays where there was a ferry terminal and so caught a ferry to work every day ( excep for SUPER rainy days) ! HOW COOL IS THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO CATCH A FERRY TO WORK, SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN A TRAIN OR A BUS! THAT RICH WOMAN, LIVING ON ONE OF THE BAYS. D:<

After we went ferry surfing, we drove to hurstville and my rents and bro got a haircut. CHEAPEST HAIRCUTS OUT. 5 dollars for guys and 8 for girls and it's pretty decent if you're not looking for a style cut. Still though, i don't really trust them with my hair though i've gone there before. it ranks pretty high on the cheap haircut scale and is good for trims and thinning i suppose. anything more than that, do expect a disaster. Then we had pho for dinner because my bro craved pho and it was opposite meetfresh LOL. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. YEAH WE HAD MEETFRESH (H) I LOVE MEETFRESH !

Now on to today. I didn't exactly do a lot today, everyone's going to unsw ( miss you guys :( feeling left out lol) and i'm excited about uni myself too but i don't get to go for another week! (i don't know whether to be happy about an extended holiday or not...) BUT I HAVE TO SAY, TODAY'S ONE OF MY LUCKIEST DAYS EVER!

First at about 9 something i recieved a call from a curry who was enquiring about my ad on gumtree for maths tutoring! AND IT'S ONLY BEEN LIKE 2 DAYS 8D I'M SO HAPPY SOMEONE ALREADY RESPONDED! HE WANTED ME TO TUTOR HIS DAUGHTER WHO'S IN YEAR 11 FOR MATHS EXT 1 MAINLY AND SHE GOES TO GIRRA AND OMG THEY CAME FROM HAWAII. how cool is that! unfortunately, her rents stil have a curry accent. so they ask for my 'adar'. it took me a while to get what an adar was ( pronounced not like the adar in radar but more like rhyming with ajar) but eventually i understood and relayed it to them. then he's like, OH YOU DOING MED?! D: and i'm like WURRRT WHY DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO MED. NOT EVERYONE DOES MED YOU KNOW. well of course i didn't say it but i told them i was doing comm/law and after a LOOONGGG QUESTIONINNGGG about my academic history, they decided i was adequate at maths, but not necessary for teaching maths. Still, that really lies with the student and they wont' realllly know until i get around to teach her. They said theyll talk about it with her before calling me but FINGERS CROSSED! I HOPE I GET IT :) though they live in wentworthville =_____= HULLO BEN, HOW FAR AWAY DO YOU LIVE?! but then i get to charge more hehe. Still, it's a little hassle cos they want friday night and if i take it I WONT' BE ABLE TO PARTAY WITH YOU GAIZ ON FRIDAYZ :( NUUUUUU NO MORE FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY (derp.)

BUT THAT DOENS'T CONCLUDE MY GOOD LUCK! after that, i checked my email and BAM, SOMEONE FROM ETSY NAMED KATE JONES ASKS ME TO COMBINE A LISTING COS SHE WANTS TO BUY TWO OF MY EARRINGS! TWO! IN ON EDAY! MY FIRST EVER SALE FINALLY AFTER LIKE A GAZILLION MONTHS I NEARLY GAVE UP AND DECIDED I WAS STUPID FOR EVER THINKING THIS WOULD WORK SOMEONE FINALLY WANTS TO BUY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! THIS HAS MADE ME SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER HAPPY :) Though to be honest i did lower the prices and i don't even earn that much from what it is now but well, it's a start! Plus i love the knowledge that someone appreciates my craft enough to buy it XD i'm so happy! I"m going to make it now and mail it tmrw! :) YAYAYYAYAYAYAY! PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD SOME MORE GUYS!

I ALSO MADE LAMINGTONS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY LOL. THEY LOOK PRETTAY DAMN GOOOOOOOD :D

I'M SO HAPPY TODAY GUYS, HOPE YOUR DAY WAS AS GOOD AND FUN AS MINE!

I"m sorry Zac and henry for not having a post about your farewells :( i'm deeply sad about it. BUT HERE MY BELOVED FRIENDS, FAREWELL THEE, I SHALL MISS YOU LOTS <3

okay gotta walk the dog now before it rains :)

CHEERS,

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