Friday, 28-Jan-2005 12:11 PM

Might not be updating for a while.

I'm leaving for Malaysia in about an hour. This week I finally got my haircut. I decided just to tidy things up and not do anything crazy since I'm meeting a few chiropractors while overseas. Not that you can tell because it's still falling everywhere. Packing was a little smoother this time except I had to call my dad to ask what the girls in his office wear because I'm not sure if it's completely different to how we dress here.

I hope I don't get seated with some crazy person. Or a screaming baby.

Monday, 24-Jan-2005 2:02 AM

Beaten to a pulp

I used to boast about how much sport I did back in the day. Soccer three times a week, softball, volleyball, kickboxing, athletics and all that cross country running etc. You know, I wasn't even half bad for a smallish girl - I made Regionals for athletics and cross-country, State for swimming (ok, this was a fluke, but still.) and played in the State Knockout for soccer. You could say I had more energy than an Energiser Bunny.

Fast forward to now.

Holy mother of god, I tried to do an hour of tae-bo yesterday. I lasted 40 minutes, did some weights and now

I . CAN'T. MOVE. MY. BODY

Sunday, 23-Jan-2005 0:36 AM

I am a recluse. A hermit crab. A girl with semi-social phobia.

I don't know what it is about me but there seems to be a barrier between me and everything else related to the outside world. I feel like I have to be pushed into taking the step to do anything, whether it's make a phonecall to book the car in for servicing or going out with friends. It's not like I'm shy ...I just don't want to do it. Then I start to dread it, whatever it is. It becomes this endless loop. Like my hair for instance. I need it cut. It's been forever. I know I need to do but I don't want to make the appointment to get it done. I don't want to get it cut yet I talk about having to get a haircut almost everyday. Ergh. Don't worry, I just read over that and I'm starting to drive myself bonkers too.

So can you imagine how long it took me to fill out some questionnaires sent to me in regards to a prospective chiro job? There's a question on there asking me to decribe myself socially - Am I outgoing or am I more of a homebody? Now I know what I should write but I'm not sure how true that would be. What I really should say is Dear Sir, I'm female so it really depends on what time of day, day of week, day of month, relationship status and current mood I'm in.

Speaking of moods, this teenage kitten/cat of mine has PMS once a month. I've noticed he gets really moody two-shoes and he'll lie on the carpet and just look up at me and sulk instead of being his usual happy-go-lucky bouncy self. I suppose whatever it was that was bothering him and kept him up all this week finally hit an end and caused him to crash out into this deep slumber which made him look like road-kill and allowed my sister and I to have some fun with him without him noticing! We poked and prodded him, said things right in his ear, blew on his face...ahah...it was funny =)

Just now as I was coming out of the bathroom, I saw my sister's cat in the hallway:

Hi Emmy.

She's the epitome of a lady.

Saturday, 15-Jan-2005 0:37 AM

Hunter Valley Trip

I'm around! Just haven't had the energy to update, or do much really. I've been lacking energy all week, I might as well be a piece of rubber.

My dad's back in KL, the boy has spontaneously appeared back in my life, my sister's boyfriend is moving in (I lost the battle on that one with my parents) and I am in a scratching my-skin-can't-take-the-Sydney-heat frenzy.

I can't remember what day but that super duper hot day last week was spent taking my Dad to Bondi. He wanted to eat seafood overlooking the beach so we found a nice place but there was only one chicken dish on the menu so we had to find a different place because my sister and her bf only eat chicken (can you imagine what my diet is going to be this year when I have to live with the two of them!? ugH). We ended up at a pub because my sister was being all whiney because she was starving. So she chose this pub and we ended up waiting an hour for pub food! Grr. Anyhow, so much for taking my dad to the beach. He stood under a tree (typical!) making important business calls while the rest of us made our way through the crowd of people to dip our feet into the water.

Last Thursday the whole family made a trip up to Hunter Valley for two days and a night. We got a good deal at this cottage that was brand new and pretty nice inside! My sis and I played golf with my parents in the afternoon. I did well considering I only touch a golf club about once every year. I outdrove my mom, who used a driver, with a 5 wood! It's all this new found muscle I tell ya :D The plans were ruined a little the following day because my brother locked his keys in the car and we had to find a locksmith in the nearby town. We didn't get to visit this teahouse for breakfast so we had brunch at a new vineyard. We seemed to be the only people there. We visited the Hunter Valley Gardens which was really beautiful. We didn't get time to look around at all the gardens which was a pity. No one was more disappointed than me when we went to the winery and I couldn't taste test any wine because everyone just assumed that I'll drive - I hate that. So I stuck my face into a big cheese platter while I waited for the damn alcoholics.

Wednesday, 05-Jan-2005 10:24 PM

It's a new year and I really should start fresh with a new layout but I'm too lazy!

It's been hard to write about what a bad week I've had because it's not even worth a speck in comparison to the people affected by the tsunami. So I won't go there, not tonight anyway. S rang me and told me that her mother has relatives in Sri Lanka that were killed by the tsunami. :(

I had a perfect view of the Harbour Bridge for New Years. During the fireworks I sat on a sandstone wall, my legs dangling over the water which sparkled beautifully when the fireworks exploded in the night sky. The fireworks didn't seem as good as the year before, or perhaps it was because I was trying so hard to capture the perfect picture with an average digital camera that I missed a good lot of it.

These gold fireworks above are my absolute favorite! I love the single color and how it just shimmers.