Bekky

ZOMFG.FML

2010-02-18T01:46:00.005+11:00

So ever since I got the notice about my graduation date (6 weeks to go...6 WEEKS!!!) I've been going to the gym 4 times a week and trying to cut back on the crazy amount of food I consume.Why? I know, I'm actually happy with the way that I am... the only thing is, I can't fit into my suit for graduation... and that means that I either buy a new one (can't afford) or wear something else. "

You need to know this...

2010-02-16T00:24:00.003+11:00

Song of the moment: Guy Sebastian feat. Jordin Sparks - Art of Love

I love you Shaun!

2010-01-29T16:47:00.002+11:00

This cartoon makes me so happy I'm not so sure I should be openly admitting it...But by the creator of Wallace and Gromit comes... "Shaun the Sheep"!!This is Shaun. He's a sheep, who also happens to be awesome.And these are the other sheep. You may or may not be able to tell, but Shaun is the wily one, which makes sense because he's the only one with hair.This is Bitzer, the sheepdog.Cheer up,

Navigating the tricky...

2010-01-23T12:22:00.004+11:00

Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.Sylvia Plath Okay, so the quote is actually written by a woman of questionable sanity and taste in men, but wrong she isn't. I always

Reading once more...

2009-07-01T10:12:00.005+10:00

It seems to be interesting how the busier I got, the more I read. When I had all the time in the world, I had little or no inclination to read anything, but now, with the sporadic availability of work, the upcoming trip to Melbourne and preparation for an internship (which is finally happening, 12 months on! Hurrah!) I seem to be reading everything in sight.A few of the latest titles:Nice easy

Caving

2009-05-26T02:49:00.007+10:00

I know. I said it would never happen. 100 acorns later...I've jumped on the bandwagon so late, I'm being dragged through the trails, I know. I actually needed to be talked through the process. I had to be taught how use it. I am not a luddite, my Korean is slow, not bad, but it was just that much easier to get someone to show me than to feel it out for myself.If you think facebook is a pain to

The Mind-Body Connection

2009-04-30T11:37:00.004+10:00

So, i think I'm finally starting to recover from the stupid bug that's had me for the last couple of months. I've been so sick, firstly with a throat thing, and then it morphed into a cold after 5 courses of antibiotics. It seems to be all good now. Crisis over. Two months later.It did get me thinking about the connection between our physical and mental wellbeing - how tightly they are knit

White Day arrives...

2009-03-15T20:50:00.005+11:00

White Day gift!Tasty :D ... a ChupaChup would have sufficed... but chocolate is my real weakness...

Photies~

2009-03-14T01:58:00.005+11:00

So I'm trying to take advantage of the fact that i have a half decent point and shoot camera (which actually belongs to the parentals, but it's mine now.... ;D) and have tried to keep it on hand to take a few pictures every now and again. It's nice to have them, even though it's annoying at the time sometimes. So recently...My subsistence for the past few weeks. I've been paying for all this fast

2009-03-03T00:48:00.009+11:00

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Stuff that's been making me happy...

2009-01-19T01:00:00.000+11:00

1) MONACO BARS ARE BACK ZOMG! Even though it was in a swish new plastic wrapper rather than the buttery folded paper wrapping, it was most definitely back. It tasted less chocolatey, but lovely at the beach in the shade of a kiosk all the same. It was the stuff of school uniforms and hot summer days walking home with a backpack full of books.2) Speaking of the beach, I've managed to rack up two

Kentucky fried CRACK!

2008-11-28T21:31:00.005+11:00

I would just like to put it out there that i have had KFC everyday for the last week.Seriously?This clearly needs to stop. I am not going to see anything good come of this. But how can I say no to this? Even when it's bad, they're still good.10 secret herbs and spices and crack.Song of the moment: Tom Jones - Just help yourself

WOOHOO!

2008-11-06T09:45:00.002+11:00

In my inbox today.... :DI refer to your application for employment as a teacher with the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Your application for employment as a teacher in New South Wales public schools has been processed. Your approval to teach is attached to this email.Very very excited! :DBut I probably won't apply for casual placements until next year. Need to save up some

A note to self

2008-10-28T22:40:00.003+11:00

Hey there.So you're like... really tired and everything, I know. But could you like, slow down on the workouts? You're driving me crazy with all this healthy food and exercise. Oh yeah, and working doesn't really work for me. And this whole budgeting thing was a bad idea from the start.I would like to negotiate for less work, reduced exercise, more lying around, more frivolous spending and at

Genius!

2008-09-17T20:22:00.000+10:00

I love this feature of the new iTunes! I wasn't really expecting it to be any good, but it's really really fantastic. I love a good playlist. I'm mad for a mix-CD and positively adore themed songlists. So much so that the smart playlist function on iTunes converted me from the diehard winamp user I was formerly.Don't get me wrong, I HATE genre labelling because I believe there is not one band

Jon McLaughlin

2008-07-29T14:49:00.010+10:00

<3He reminds me of someone, I just can't put my finger on who...Song of the moment: Jon McLaughlin - Already In

Passing time

2008-07-02T11:00:00.002+10:00

Things never slow down around my place. There's been a lot of stuff going on that i have no control over, but i think it's ok. There's been some bad stuff, some good news, some stress (and it's best friend anxiety). But for the most part, things are chugging along as they always do.I don't really like to mention the bad stuff so much, but last prac was hard. Like, "nervous breakdown in the

Hold your own... know your name...

2008-06-23T18:33:00.005+10:00

So so SO excited about the upcoming Jason Mraz gig which i now have tickets to!!!! The brothertron is most kindly coming with me and i'm not sure about him, but i sure am excited. Consequently, his new CD, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, has been getting a bit of a workout.He's got a few collaborative efforts on it, and it's around the middle that you hit the soulful gem he performs with

How I feel these days...

2008-06-02T14:57:00.003+10:00

All the time!Song of the moment: John Legend - Refuge (When it's cold outside)

Question vs. Statement

2008-05-19T23:24:00.002+10:00

What do you think would work better with students, the question or the statement?For example,Questions: "Can you stop doing that please?" or "Can you do as i've asked?"versus the statement: "stop that and do what i've asked." or "Do what i've asked you to do."I usually am a person who does the former in 99% of situations, and i raise my tone at the end of the question. I also sometimes make my

Prac-time

2008-04-29T22:11:00.003+10:00

I started Prac on the Monday, and it feels like I've been there forever. I got off to a great start, but I was late today... I've never been late for prac before, my graduation hangs on this. I mean, not that i'm failing or anything (barely!) but my prac teachers get called for my job interviews and their statements determine my marks.So tired, but this is the best part of the course. Really! I

4 months later...

2008-04-23T11:54:00.005+10:00

It's so close to graduation for the bachelor's portion of my course. I am qualified to teach in one month! But i have decided to stay on for masters. Prac starts in less than a week!The Maroon 5 CD has been on high rotation. Still loving it, 4 months later.Working on my French, guitar and looking into some singing training. If only learning outside of school wasn't prohibitively expensive! What

Whoa there 2008!

2008-01-19T22:29:00.000+11:00

You're looking so bright!

John Mayer

2007-12-23T00:41:00.000+11:00

I am a huuuuuuuge fan of John Mayer, this has never been a secret. So when i heard he released a single for the new Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson film "The Bucket List", i went straight onto youtube to check it out.It's lovely.Have no fear for giving in.Have no fear for giving over.You better know that in the endIt's better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.Song of

The bekPod is back!

2007-12-17T23:54:00.001+11:00

The bekPod developed a very nasty crack right down the middle of the screen about a fortnight ago whilst in my handbag. It was taken very promptly to a service centre, only they quoted $190 to fix it. The price of a new iPod is only $325 which creates an odd fiscal dilemma. $190 is a lot of money for someone paying off a debt. and $325 is sufficiently distant from $190 for said broke indebted

Mustard bags

2007-11-07T22:30:00.000+11:00

I went shopping for some presents today and was standing around bag stores. They happened to completely be in my way when I tripped, and completely accidentally fell into Mimco. Now, I cannot afford Mimco at the moment, but seeing as it was an accident... well. I nearly fell over my purse and bought this bag... but I didn't.The thing is, my friend actually has the earlier release of this bag (

Rachael Yamagata is breaking my heart...

2007-10-28T16:27:00.000+11:00

I've been listening to sad music lately, and totally loving it. I don't know what that is exactly... maybe my tendency to be a bit on the emotional side... or maybe i'm just bored, but I can't stop listening to sad songs. And I'm not even sad! silly silly.Rachael Yamagata is this amazing amazing singer, and i totally wish i could sing exactly like her.Other favourites are Matt Kearney, Suh Ji Won

When I grow up...

2007-10-03T20:10:00.000+10:00

I am constantly in fits about being a "grown up". I mean, most of the time, i'm assing things up, pretty much the same as i ever used to as a child. But there are those moments where i think "ah jeeze, i must be a grown up".I felt this when i had an oyster and ENJOYED it. When i went to bed at 9pm, and not because i had been partying for the 2 nights previous. I just felt tired. When i found

New Electronic groove

2007-06-22T16:53:00.000+10:00

I've never been one to appreciate the electronic movement in music. Nor do i like that new-age fusion type stuff. I don't even know what that stuff means exactly. But I disagree with bjork, Morcheeba, Muse, Massive Attack etc etc. amongst others. I can practically hear a prosecutor friend of mine having palpitations about that list, she loves all that mournful stuff.But I've found Imogen Heap!

BMI Devastation

2007-06-21T13:48:00.000+10:00

I just weighed myself for the first time in about a month. People have been comforting me, but i swear, i have just put on another 3 kgs. I know exactly how it happened, junk food and NO exercise is what happened!Honestly, i do try to refrain from going on about my weight, especially since i wasn't actually overweight... until now. Ok. All those health problems i've had, like bad knees, bad

Books #5 - #7

2007-05-30T21:41:00.001+10:00

Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry – Mildred TaylorWizard of Earthsea – Ursula Le GuinHatchet – Gary PaulsenSo I’m a little behind schedule considering it is June in two days, but the list is definitely rolling along thanks to the load of juvenile fiction i have to read for my course. These are all fairly old, so having stood the test of time, they are really quite superb.They deal with varying themes,

It never rains...

2007-05-22T23:09:00.000+10:00

I've been positively inundated the past few weeks with my course work. I strongly discourage anyone who is thinking about doing an MTeach. Unless you are clever and motivated. I possess neither of those attributes in any great quantity, so the course is difficult.Don't get me wrong. I really really want to be a teacher. Just like i really really want to have a billion dollars. It seems slightly

James Morrison - This Boy - Live @ Abbey Rd

2007-05-10T17:26:00.001+10:00

I can't believe I'm going to go and see him next week! Yay! this is the standout song on the album. I do seem to have it for singers who have weird facial expressions: John Mayer is the other one. Nonetheless, the expressions don't detract from their talent. His concert is not going to be wild dancing and lots of teenage girls in tank tops, but probably a mixed bag of ages, but i'll tell you how

argh!

2007-05-07T11:02:00.000+10:00

I can't get the video posting thing working on YouTube! Argh! It's driving me crazy. I set it up and two days later, i'm still not seeing a post. It could be a YouTube issue or a blogger issue, but whatever it is, it's annoying! Well, here's the link to what i wanted you to see. Can't wait to see him!Song of the moment: James Morrison - This Boy

Easter Bygones

2007-04-15T23:53:00.000+10:00

It's been a fantastic week and a bit, including the Easter break.I caught Hot Fuzz: loved it!It was so funny. I loved Shaun of the Dead. Simon Pegg is a classic and this movie was even better than Shaun. I did feel that Nick Frost played the same character again in this movie, but he was still gold. They're really funny guys, I heard them being interviewed on Hamish and Andy, and they were really

The Good Teacher

2007-03-21T11:10:00.000+11:00

I was just thinking in a lecture the other day about my privacy and what kind of measures do i take to make sure i'm protected? I know this blog doesn't come up when i google my name, but a few things DO and that concerns me. I madly erased things, tweaked, put passwords; all in a bid to hide my real place in the world.I am going to be a figure who, for all intents and purposes, will be dealing

Book #4

2007-03-21T10:57:00.001+11:00

Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch AlbomAs a future teacher, this book was somewhat interesting. In the light of this week’s discussion about the cultural construction of teachers, this book certainly adds to the pressure. It was inspirational, a little sad and my faith was certainly highlighted as a i read it. But more than anything else, i considered teaching and what sort of expectations students

Book #3

2007-03-14T14:29:00.001+11:00

I started this a few times and never got around to finishing it. It’s a pretty disturbing book. It’s a side effort attached to this goal that i finish all my half read books, and that i read most of the books on the high school curriculum. Book #3 isn’t so good for mid-March, but maybe it would be cheating to put down books i already read earlier this year?After all, i only made the goal recently

Book #2

2007-03-10T16:09:00.001+11:00

Katherine Peterson – Bridge to TerabithiaA fantastic book and an absorbing read. i remember as a child, the other year 3 class was reading this and i always wanted to take more than a cursory glance at it. It’s an amazing book, not at all what i expected. It’s a lot more like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in terms of theme and content. A quick study of course, but it’s been on my mind ever since i

Things Bek Carries

2007-03-07T16:10:00.000+11:00

A meme from Gar which is definitely one of the more interesting I've come across. This is the stuff i seem to always have lately...in rows, from left to right...1) Backpack - "EBox" brand laptop backpack from Chinatown which only cost me 25 bucks! It does the trick for me with plenty of compartments and comfy straps. It's slightly on the large side for my height, but if it were any smaller, it

Changes

2007-03-06T20:30:00.000+11:00

I started uni today! I've forgotten how much walking it involves and now I'm sore and tired from hoofing it all over campus. Love being back though. The weather was so awesome and it was just fantastic feeling the buzz of students rushing around in the sun. Like ants almost. :D But it's great.The only thing is, after having had such a long break from studying, concentrating on higher learning

Rocky Balboa

2007-03-02T13:36:00.000+11:00

A few days ago, Dan and I caught the new Rocky movie.I loved it! It was so good! It was one of those movies that had my total and complete attention for the two hours it went for. I haven't been absorbed by a movie for the longest time, and it was a lot of fun. Lots of cheering when the Rocky theme song played.I just loved how fit he looked, how truthful it was to the originals and i loved the

43 Things: Book #1

2007-03-01T16:14:00.000+11:00

Augusten Burroughs – SellevisionShort and sweet, i loved it! The humor is quite typical of the American Comic Noir genre, and a gripping read.See more progress on: Read 50 books in 2007

This little piggy...

2007-02-21T12:17:00.000+11:00

It is no secret that i am not a neat person. It's in the scrawly way i write, the crazy way i skip into other thoughts mid-sentence (apparently i break out into totally unrelated topics while still discussing another topic), the way i forget to answer emails and return phone calls. I forget birthdays, i have trouble getting things done on time, i even have a bit of difficulty turning up to things

Welcome, New Year

2007-01-14T16:52:00.000+11:00

It's a funny thing, the way people mark the passing of days and months, seasons and years. I've always felt that there's no real significance in the new year's eve/new year's day thing. I like to think that a new year doesn't change much. I think it's because I'm not so sure about things always being so great when you get to start them over. However, it is something that only ever happens every

The world's best coffee

2006-09-14T23:32:00.000+10:00

Back in my uni days, i loved to cruise over to Newtown where paradise could be found in a cup here. It's not a secret since this place wins awards and is always bustling no matter when you go, but it's always in a laid back kind of way. Dan and i cruised out there on our day off together and it was great as always. The vibe in there is so so so what i would want in my local cafe, you know, where

The last few months summarised... in thousands of words....

2006-09-12T15:45:00.000+10:00

Errr... was that Canada there?

2006-04-22T11:42:00.000+10:00

So this is the first post since leaving Korea, and much drama has unfolded since. Well, that's actually a bald faced lie, not much has happened at all. Things are normal and remain quite... ordinary. In a good way. Ordinary, when used in reference with my family is a seriously good thing.Today, we saw Boston in some seriously good weather conditions. Boston is a gorgeous city, lots of character

Airports and ailings

2006-04-19T21:44:00.000+10:00

Why hello dear readers.I am currently sitting in the lovely aunt's home in south-east Seoul, a literal stone's throw from my last visit's humble lodgings in Bundang.The flight to Seoul actually wasn't too bad, i don't remember any of it since i was asleep for about 8 hours of it. Mum and i were lucky enough not to be upgraded to business, but get a whole row of seats EACH in economy, which is

Last moments

2006-04-18T02:16:00.001+10:00

Well, this is the last post before i shut down my computer and bugger off to catch my flight in a few hours. My bag (singular!!) is packed with the bare minimum, no dodgy overambitous packing, but really just the essentials.My iPod is packed a little differently: with not only up-to-date podcasts and music i will most probably listen to on the flights and car transits, but there is also a

The Landing

2006-04-01T23:25:00.000+11:00

The iPod has landed! Finally~ i have made good on alllllll those deliberations since last last last year and bit the bullet by purchasing a beautiful 60G video iPod. In black. The other large capacity mp3 players never really stood a chance, the iPod just has too much going for it, such as the design, functions, physical interface, size vs price and of course, the 12 month warranty. Plus i was

Passing through the void...

2006-03-24T18:57:00.000+11:00

Hmmm, here's some food for thought... we should all be seeing geeks i guess.... hahah don't even ask me how i found it.....Some films that i caught up: Sin City, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Kung Fu Hustle, Office Space, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which was standout!), Aviator.......Check out Natalie Portman rapping! She's actually pretty good. Love LOVE the short haircut, i

The 2006 Jung's have gone nuts Tour

2006-03-02T21:18:00.000+11:00

It is with some degree of fear and a great deal of curiosity about the unfolding drama that i announce the '2006 Jung's have gone nuts Tour'.My parents, with very little encouragement from my brother and i, have decided on a driving holiday through a small part of the North American continent. Starting in Toronto with a look at the Lakes, we will be driving through Ottowa to Montreal before

FourThings

2006-02-07T22:57:00.000+11:00

I got tagged by Gogi oppa!▶ Four Jobs I’ve had in my lifeTutor - every Korean who ever went to uni has tried this, i'm sure. It kept me fed and dressed for a long long time.Waitress - At an Italian pizzeria/cafe. Hardest job ever. I am still (four years later) super super nice to waitstaff no matter where i go. Thankful patrons make all the difference.Salesperson - at L'Occitane. The funnest,

This is the sound of...

2006-01-29T00:15:00.000+11:00

... all the girls in the world going "awwwwwwwww".This is the sweetest thing i have ever ever heard. omg.Song of the moment: The Afters - Beautiful Love

Bugs

2006-01-18T02:04:00.000+11:00

I am totally addicted to this game...

Body of evidence

2005-12-05T23:51:00.000+11:00

Well... of volleyball that is...It's been a loooong few weeks. A longer day than that too.I started volleyball training and learned very quickly how much of a lower body sport it is. My thighs feel like i've had a four hour workout... wait a minute... THEY HAVE! good grief. May i just say that the ladies at my church are insane. INSANE! They started practicing last sunday, but i only made the

The longest day

2005-11-30T00:53:00.000+11:00

I should also acknowlege it as one of the best in a long long time.A mate of mine and I decided last week, that should our day off match up, we would go somewhere other than a beach in sydney. Make a day of it and head to the hills.Today was the day. And after nearly a whole week of crapola weather, the skies turned up trumps and blessed us with some sunshine. The weather was perfect pretty much,

maudlins

2005-11-17T14:19:00.000+11:00

I'm having what my mates call the 'maudlins'. The general feeling of cynical crappiness no matter how loud the music, how big the bar of chocolate, how nice the weather outside the window. And yet it so relates to the situation one is in the moment too.......The house is real quiet... too quiet.......I am sick. ugh. not that i've ever really needed much of an excuse, but stay-at-home from work

Now that it works....

2005-10-10T14:32:00.000+10:00

My new computer is finally pretty much all there. The hard drive was recovered after plugging it into my brother's computer and then transferring to my computer via the mothersaurus' computer. Phew... so now that i love it and am not frustrated with it anymore...Check out this motherboard! it's hot! it has all this stuff on it which i have no idea about. Thank the good lord for brothers.This is

Cutting Losses

2005-10-05T01:58:00.000+10:00

The complete transfer of everything over to the new computer is almost complete with the quick installation of plugins and all manner of other essential little programs.With one huge, massive, incredibly atomic glitch: The possible loss of my main data drive.This is the drive with all the documents, music, photos, where everything was basically kept. The most devastating is the music collection

New Computer

2005-09-29T00:59:00.000+10:00

We went and picked up all the parts for the new computer today. I am now 1700 dollars poorer. That's a plane ticket right there. But then again, this investment now will help me stay at home on any potential money spending outings.It's a beautiful looking machine: All black brushed aluminium and 19" LCD monitor (it's really quite large), black DVD drive to match. I'm inclined to take back the

Gig Season

2005-09-25T01:03:00.000+10:00

Singers, and please excuse the unflattering comparison, are like insects in that they start to really play when the weather gets warmer... Since i've not been at uni, the availability of drum media has been negatory, so I haven't really had an idea of what's been coming. But a few minutes of some select internet browsing has thrown up some awesome gigs i would love to go and see:JamiroquaiPete

late for work

2005-09-22T13:27:00.000+10:00

I am very late for work now. Not very, but a little bit late... I'm just on my omma's b0x to say that MY COMPUTER DIED! the brothertron doesn't think it's affected the bigger backup drive that has allllll of the stuff on it, like the music and shows etc etc. But C drive is probably dead. Dammit, it had a lot of documents on it i wanted to keep... Ah well.Ugh, just as well i've got the money for a

The downside

2005-09-13T00:44:00.000+10:00

Today was my first shift at work that was a non-training shift. It was pretty much a laugh a minute since my training buddy was there on the shift. C is an Egyptian boy from the Liverpool boondocks and is probably the most likely person at work to become a good friend. Totally could be relied on to lighten me up.I'm finding the side effect of work being that it's making me basically dislike

Groundhog day

2005-09-05T16:47:00.000+10:00

Work. Home. Work. Home. Church. Work. Home. Work. Home.This is pretty much what a planner in my diary looks like. But i am a prize winning complainer, so do take this stuff with a grain of salt. The work is cruisy and not too bad at all. while it is pretty busy most times, today was decent. i envision myself with a book or the paper, cruising through the sudoku and the crossword as i sit there.

If I am only sure of one thing...

2005-08-24T14:24:00.000+10:00

It is that i am loved by God.And that makes for a perfect blue sky day, everyday. ^^I know that day to day life is more complicated, more difficult and troublesome than that... but as long as you focus on the reason why you have to battle through and live life, things will always be good.Song of the moment: Chris Tomlin - Holy is the Lord

Last week of freedom

2005-08-20T02:56:00.000+10:00

As the title would suggest, it is with a heavy heart that i acknowlege only one more week exists of my current freedom... so i have determined to milk it for all it is worth. I am going to enjoy every single darn minute if it kills me... unless the lonliness of two best mates lost to theses (is that the correct plural for thesis? thesii? thesises?) claims my bored-woolies wandering-music

Rockin' my world

2005-08-18T00:43:00.000+10:00

Currently, right this minute, people (or stuff) that completely rocks:1) Marc Broussard - his whole album "Carencro" which has been mentioned on this blog before. He's just too good.2) Ja-U-Rim - She is so so so cool! When i grow up, i want to be just like her: guitar toting, fun loving, doesn't take herself seriously, rocking chick. tops.3) The Afters - Christian rock which is well written. Too

Kanye West and John Mayer?

2005-08-14T02:26:00.000+10:00

Hmmm... Collaboration on Kanye's new LP... John Mayer and Hip hop? i'm surprised... The snippet i managed to find is pretty ok but just sounds like your regular cliched rapper with a catchy hook, usually sung by a chick, but this time, sung by John Mayer.Song of the moment: Who cares when you have Wiki to read?

Addictions...

2005-08-01T20:33:00.000+10:00

Currently...Sudoku - In a big big way. I can't stop, it's compulsive and i do several at once.Audioscrobbler - 3 months later and it's stronger than ever.Chocolate Paddlepops - Lovin' it.Song of the moment: Big Mama - Break Away

Cheap cheap tickets....

2005-07-04T14:18:00.000+10:00

So plane ticket prices were cheap the last time i checked. Surprisingly so. But they don't actually go on sale untill after the 19, which is days after my planned dates. so i might just cruise down to canberra or somewhere else within 4 hours drive of Sydney. Of course, going to Melbourne will be a costly adventure, but i always wanted to go and do it properly after the disastrous trip this time

Argh!

2005-07-03T23:41:00.000+10:00

Just lost a massive massive post!Stupid... ugh.Long story short:Watched War of Worlds. I like Tom Cruise despite the whole Katie Holmes debacle. Come on, how can anyone not like Tom Cruise? He had me at "You never close your eyes..." (Ten points if you can tell me what movie that's from...)Anyway, War of the Worlds had a dodgy ending. Dakota Fanning's ear piercing tonsil warble happens a little

Finished uni?

2005-06-30T23:49:00.000+10:00

Woohoo! Exams are over, and i am party party party~Yeah... right.... so yeah...I guess i should be happy that things are over, but i can't help but feel an impending sense of doom about these exams. My last one was ok, but there was an abysmally small word count... and i am just plain old nervous. I am giving myself high blood pressure just by checking the results every day. I plan to stop doing

It's been hard going...

2005-06-24T16:31:00.000+10:00

Yes, i am the world's biggest whinger ever, but things are finally starting to fall into place. The insurance has been handled, may i say almost three weeks after the accident happened, the police reports done, the ha-suk-saeng has gone to korea. Mum finally let out the sigh of relief she's been holding in since she heard we had to pay a $2000 excess if we didn't find out the other driver's name,

Look at the time....

2005-06-20T03:10:00.000+10:00

Geeze louise, and i'm only halfway through this revolting essay. This is ridiculous. I only have to write another few... erm... thousand words and i'll be finished, but if i don't have a break from this silly thing, i may just leap out the window. Who could have thought that feminist jurisprudence would be so bloody BORING. And this essay has been helped along by like a bajillion people really

She's bick un town

2005-06-16T14:19:00.000+10:00

Well, everyone's favourite Kiwi gospel singer is back in town party people, and i know for a fact that it's not a residency so there are seriously seriously limited tickets at the vanguard. I think there were maybe around 30 people tops in that venue for SGA tickets so if we want to get something going, now would be the time. It's on 9th July at the Vanguard in Newtown.She's just too good to

Spectacular

2005-06-15T17:00:00.000+10:00

Spectacularly bad that is, as a phrase used to describe the past ten or so days of my life. Ok, granted i haven't lived through a natural disaster of epic proportions, but honestly, i'm not entirely sure how much more i can take. I've literally had it up to my eyeballs.Starting with the car accident, then assignment stress, the insurance people, the cops not giving me anything about the other

Me? I'm fine thanks...

2005-06-06T19:30:00.000+10:00

As much as it's going to sound like an oscar acceptance speech, i have to give much thanks to God for myself, S and my mother being spared our lives over the weekend. It's been at moments, horrifying, relieving and moving to know that we've lived to see another day, and it is by God's grace alone.For those of you not in the know...This happened to my car on the saturday just past...Basically, on

iPod

2005-06-03T10:33:00.000+10:00

I've decided... that i want an iPod. I know i said that i wanted a new monitor, but in typical 'Lord will provide' fashion, i unexpectedly got a free monitor which has a spectacularly brighter tube than my old one, so the monitor issue is now purely aesthetic/space related. As for speakers, well, to cut a mega long story short, i'll hopefully be frankensteining my brother's computer when he goes

Likely Holidays...

2005-05-28T23:09:00.000+10:00

With the holidays coming up... not so soon but in exactly a month... i've been thinking about stuff i want to do. These could be my last uni holidays, and i'm completely dismayed to see that i've not taken full advantage of them. It sucks that i haven't been able to convince my mates (and church friendlies) to do stuff outside the regualar day trips, the odd house hols and camps (in the case of

Haircut

2005-05-26T17:09:00.000+10:00

I got a haircut today.I was kind of determined on the way to hack it all off.But the hairdresser was completely against it and refused to participate in such madness she said.So now it's kind of an office worker or health worker kind of sensible length. Long enough to be feminine, short enough to be staid and unsexy.My mum loves it.Enough said.

Caffeine Bender

2005-05-19T01:41:00.000+10:00

I've disgracefully overestimated the time it would take me to finish my presentation and had about three times as much coffee as i needed to. Now, i can't get to sleep. In a bid to find something to do, I was actually looking for a letter someone wrote me aaaages ago. And i came accross a huge package of cards tied up with a ribbon: my 21st cards. Haphazardly tied together regardless of size and

Photos

2005-05-11T00:45:00.000+10:00

So I'm always harping on about how i'm going to post up some photos, blah blah blah, so i bit the bullet and chucked these ones up in no particular order...I think this was taken before my trip... around christmas last year. That was a good night. I was so excited i was leaving. And this is a great photo... of my Scotland jersey.Taken when we went on the Bondi to Coogee walk along the beaches. We

Loike. Dyou know wha oi mean?

2005-05-10T09:58:00.000+10:00

Most commonly used phrase by Brits, as observed by me and the brothertron. and it's TRUE!Last night, despite having a bout of cold and lying in bed for an hour, i did a bit of a journey out to see an English traveller friend who had come in from Thailand. Of course, i always end up sounding like a bloody birk whenever he's around. This is because i start to take on an affected British accent (or

Midnight burger

2005-05-04T12:12:00.000+10:00

Ugh, don't feel good today thanks to a post midnight burger escapade. Much puking and carrying on ensued... actually, just a little puke and then some assignment factor and then a nap and now i'm still doing this creepy assignment. ugh. not. happy. jan.

Addicted

2005-04-27T00:35:00.000+10:00

Completely addicted to audioscrobbler. Can't stop bloody making conscious song choices and then refreshing the site like a bajillion times a day. It's just getting bloody ridiculous. I've discovered some new artists, and it's really going to test my self control because now there are like a hundred (quite literally) CD's i want to buy. Hrm... back to the assignment.Song of the Moment: Matt Wertz

Singing a new song

2005-04-22T11:35:00.000+10:00

I have a new favourite hobby as of late: and that's looking up fave artists in the Amazon website and then hitting up the "if you liked" artists listed. Heinously dorky, but i discovered Marc Broussard, Howie Day, Ari Hest and a few others doing this. It's brought on a huge wave of new music outside of my regular faves which is pretty awesome.Until i found out about a nifty little plugin that

'Lost' and 'The O.C'

2005-04-18T20:32:00.000+10:00

Today, i spent a lot of time recovering from the weekend... And engaging in my current passion: TV. Ok, so i am massively cutting back on watching actual TV, as in the television set, but i'm religiously watching a few shows...'Lost' which i am totally addicted to...because of this guy...and this guy...Actually, i have a thing for the 'obvious' male lead stars. I always seem to go for the really

Gainful employment

2005-04-15T00:00:00.000+10:00

One of the most interesting things about living in these times is the way which work is about so much more than money. And that having money is so much more than just having money. Work gives you status, gives meaning in so many ways as a citizen of the world and it's really really hard to not get bogged down by it. Money? well... useful for a million a one things, but more important than the

Back at Uni

2005-04-07T02:04:00.000+10:00

Case Against ContentmentLack of gym timeAssignments duelack of moneymessy room which refuses to get clean despite repeated effortsincreasing lagging behind of workconstant hungergrowing stress levelsstupid haircutCase For...New phoneSeeing friends everydayunexpected calls from old matesMumBrothertron fixing computer issues despite tardinessfinding of 20 dollars in old jeansCase AgainstDodgy

Two walks

2005-03-31T09:58:00.000+10:00

The first on monday to Wentworth falls which was nice. I had a good time with the church folks traipsing through muddy and steep steps. I do have a recollection of being there before without actually knowing when. At any rate, it was the first adult memory. It was good. Lunch was the real highlight though, it was made by some lovely parents from church and was an absolute winner after some hard

i'm already on hols~

2005-03-26T10:15:00.000+11:00

Anyone smell a public holiday of convenience? I am a little bit irritated that the mid-semester break is so early of the actual middle of semester, but it's because Easter's fallen so early this year. It's all very well and good to have a holiday, but i'm simply thinking of the ten or eleven weeks of straight uni i have after this early break. I'm sure i'll get through it fine since the actual

Vietnam, Finally.

2005-03-24T00:53:00.002+11:00

This will be the last installment of my trip in Vietnam. Because I don't have any webspace, i actually have to use the program promoted by Blogger and you simply have to work around how it wants you to use it, which is, you have to have one photo as one post. And i just don't dig it at all, so the photo + text process involves me doing a lot of link copying and deleting. Simply put, it's an

Vietnam, Part two

2005-03-13T23:03:00.000+11:00

Geeze Louise, i was reading over the last entry and it's quite a lot of poorly written drivel. It's very painful to read over, so i will endeavor to make the experience more pleasant this time by running a spell check as well as just not thinking ahead of writing. It's awful how my literacy levels have dropped over the past three months.But anyhow, onto the show.The new day dawned like too many

Vietnam, Part One

2005-03-10T20:55:00.000+11:00

Okay, it all starts on one of the coldest but sunniest days in Seoul. My bag is packed, and it's a beautiful job despite my worries, weighing in at an accomplished 8kgs or so. I'm slightly of the worried variety that i'm not taking many long sleeve things, but the quick yahoo check before leaving dad's place was enough to ease my fears. It was a fantastic sunny day in Ho Chi Minh City at 35

Home Again, Naturally

2005-03-07T17:38:00.000+11:00

I arrived on the saturday morning to blazing sun and a big hug from mum, and pretty much before i even got a chance to unpack and sleep a bit, i dashed off to church to make it to music team practice. Now before you accuse me of wanting props for dedication, it was more out of a need to see everyone there than anything else, and also to try and convince them to have some laksa.So i've had my

Farewell Hanoi

2005-03-03T18:47:00.000+11:00

Well, it's been a crazy ride. It feels like about half the time in vietnam has been spent packing and unpacking and the other half eating great food and swilling alcoholic beverages.Okay, so i didn't go contiki on the damn thing and drink myself into a coma every night by any means, but i did consume a fair bit more alcohol than i usually would have, and it was partly because i just bloody well

Thought i'd share

2005-03-01T19:02:00.000+11:00

An email the three of us intrepid (eh~) travellers tapped off to a mate who couldn't be with us... Hey A,This is Bek, Oli and Clara, reporting from Hanoi. Can't believe we've already hit the final leg of our trip through Vietnam... Hopefully not since we plan to make a day trip somewhere... maybe. ok sort of definitely yes. (note: that never happened since i got sick and Clara and Oli pulled

Zin Chao

2005-02-28T21:24:00.000+11:00

I know it's been a while, but the internet, she's not so good here. It took me 45 minutes just to get some bank details the other day. But now i am in Hanoi in the throng of a market, in a suicidal street slash alleyway, and it's fantastic. The internet is quick here! Now that you know i have questionable priorities...All of the places we've been to have been seriously great. Vietnam is just