The Past Few Days

From the 18th December --> 30th December Overview.

18th:

On the 18th, I went to the Holland's 18th Birthday Party!! This day was surprisingly tiring, even though it wasn't my party. Reason to that was cause well, here it is-

In the morning, I got dropped off at my grandma's place in Sunshine. As the day went by, I got a call from Broseph regarding the party. I then realised that I don't have the present with me! =O I quickly ran, trained, bused home, and then returned to my grandma's place (this took about 2 hours). Later I headed to the party.

At 4:23pm, I left the party to go to the city to bring back Heolin and Libro to the birthday party. On my way there I bought Bro-in-law and Jie's Christmas presents. Returning to the birthday party, I didn't stay too long.

After this birthday party, I headed off to Jen's cousin Christmas party. We had fun as we haven't seen each other (cousins) in a while. And at night we went to sleep over at Jie's place.

19th:

Today, we (Jie, Lil_thang and me) went to Chadstone shopping centre to buy Christmas presents, and just to shop. We also went to China Bar (Asian Buffet). It was SOO GOOD!! =D

http://chinabarsignature.com/

20th:

Happy Birthday to Lil_thang & the Triplets!!

Today, I took my cousins to Fun City Laser Tag, and they surely loved it! We played about 3 games of Laser Tag, and 1 game of Bungee Running (similar to bungee jumping, except u run forward and get pulled back by the rope attached to the back of the vest your wearing).

This night, we also had our family Christmas party + Lil_thang and N. Cai's birthday party! I guess that's it. That whole day was full of FUN FUN FUN!!!

21st:

The day was spent at home, and that was it.

22nd:

I was at Sunshine today. I took my cousins to Sunshine Market Place and we hanged around there. Afterwards we went to Safeway to buy some snacks and drinks, then headed back to my grandma's place and watched movies while eating the snacks we just bought.

23rd:

The hottest day of the week reaching 38, 39 degrees Celcius. A lunch at Footscray then Lil_thang, Puyi aunt (from hk), and me went to Mc to meet up with Jie and bro-in-law. At Mc I visited Libro and Heolin working at Borders' gift wrapping section.

As we all met up, we went to watch Avatar and ate at a place called Big Mama.

The night ended great! (great meal)

24th:

Today I went to the city to walk around (bought Journey to the West 1+2) and then meet up with Heolin and Libro. As those two were working in Borders, I took books off the shelves and read them (yes I read =O). The sad thing was that I had to eat lunch alone, cause the other two said they werent hungry and went to work, so i was left alone =( BUT lunch was YUMMY! =D

After we finished the day, we went to Footscray for dinner, then I went to Church with Jie, bro-in-law, lil_thang, puyi aunt and youngest aunt on dad's side. It was actually fun =D

so yah!

25th:

Firstly, Merry Christmas to all!! Ho Ho Ho!!

Christmas is a day that we are suppose to spent with family, and I did this to the dot! I spent the day helping dad and my uncle clean out the shop. This was cause we were separating the joint stores to just one shop. As we cleaned things out we went from Carlton to St.Albans. To load and then to unload. This took the whole day, and it is darn tiring! Christmas ended with nothing more than a FEAST at Jie's place =D

26th:

BOXING DAY!! WHOO HOO!!

Waking up early in the morning, my parents and I went to Wg to get the 'spend $200 and pay $1 to get a Navman/iPod Nano'. We did this and I bought an iPod Touch, and got a Navman for $1!! =D

The rest of the day was spent with Jie at Doncaster Westfield. I could only buy two Industrie t-shirts and that was all. Not ALOT but enough to make me happy =)

This night, after dinner at grandma's, my parents, Lil_thang, and relatives from HK all left for Sydney and Canberra.

Thus starts my new adventures at home alone =D

27th:

Spending the day trying to figure out my iPod continued as I left the house and stayed at grandma's place for the night. I went to watch "Zombieland" with T.A.O, and surprisingly bumped into T! T was a friend from HE primary, and I swear I haven't seen her in years! So it was a good little hello.

The night spent sleeping at grandma's wasn't bad, and pretty relaxing. I just felt bad waking them up at night to open the door for me ><"

28th:

Travelling to the city with Eira from Sunshine, we watched the long awaited STORM WARRIORS!! =D (click here for previous post on Storm Warriors). Later the rest of the day was spent at Cue City and we headed over to my place for foosball! After Eira left my place, my days of being alone began....

29th & 30th:

Two days spent at home downloading things, watching teevee and looking after myself.

CRUCIAL!

An extract from an email I read today:

Please pass this on to your wife, significant other, daughter or daughter in law, mother and grandmother.   It might save a life.  Crucial

Because of recent abductions  In daylight hours, refresh yourself  Of these things to do  In an emergency situation...  This is for you,  And for you to share  With your wife,  Your children,  Everyone you know.  After reading these 9 crucial tips,  Forward them to someone you care about.  It never hurts to be careful  In this crazy world we live in.  

 

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :  The elbow is the strongest point  On your body.  If you are close enough to use it, do!  

 

2.. Learned this from a tourist guide.  If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,  DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.  Toss it away from you....  Chances are that he is more interested  In your wallet and/or purse than you,  And he will go for the wallet/purse.  RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! 

 

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car,  Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole  And start waving like crazy..  The driver won't see you, but everybody else will.  This has saved lives. 

 

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars  After shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit  (doing their chequebook, or making a list, etc.  DON'T DO THIS!)  The predator will be watching you, and this  Is the perfect opportunity for him to get in  On the passenger side, put a gun to your head,  And tell you where to go.  AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,  LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.. 

  If someone  Is in the car  With a gun  To your head  DO NOT DRIVE OFF,  Repeat:  DO NOT DRIVE OFF!  Instead gun the engine  And speed into anything, wrecking the car.  Your Air Bag will save you.  If the person is in the back seat  They will get the worst of it .  As soon as the car crashes  Bail out and run.  It is better than having them find your body  In a remote location. 

 

5. A few notes about getting  Into your car in a parking lot,  Or parking garage: 

A.) Be aware:  Look around you,  Look into your car,  At the passenger side floor ,  And in the back seat 

B.) If you are parked next to a big van,  Enter your car from the passenger door.  Most serial killers attack their victims  By pulling them into their vans while the women  Are attempting to get into their cars. 

C.) Look at the car  Parked on the driver's side of your vehicle,  And the passenger side... If a male is sitting alone  In the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back  into the mall, or work, and get a  guard/policeman to walk you back out.  IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)



  6. ALWAYS take the elevator  instead of the stairs.  Stairwells are horrible places to be alone  and the perfect crime spot.  This is especially true at NIGHT!) 

 

7. If the predator has a gun  and you are not under his control,  ALWAYS RUN!  The predator will only hit you (a running target)  4 in 100 times; and even then,  it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.  RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern! 

 

8. As women, we are always trying  to be sympathetic:  STOP  It may get you raped, or killed.  Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking,  well educated man, who ALWAYS played  on the sympathies of unsuspecting women.  He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often  asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle,  which is when he abducted  his next victim. 

 

9. Another Safety Point:  Someone just told me that her friend heard  a crying baby on her porch the night before last,  and she called the police because it was late  and she thought it was weird.. The police told her  'Whatever you do, DO NOT  open the door..'  The lady then said that it sounded like the baby  had crawled near a window, and she was worried  that it would crawl to the street and get run over.  The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way,  whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.'  He told her that they think a serial killer  has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax  women out of their homes thinking that someone  dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it,  but have had several calls by women saying that  they hear baby's cries outside their doors  when they're home alone at night.    

 

10. Water scam!  If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.  Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbours!  Please pass this on  This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because  the Crying Baby Theory was mentioned on  America 's Most Wanted when they profiled  the serial killer in Louisiana    I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.  It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle..  I was going to send this to the ladies only,  but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc.,  you may want to pass it onto them, as well. 

 

 Send this to any woman you know that may need  to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it  and it's better to be safe than sorry..  Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or love one's life

Haven't been home much

Whoa! I haven't been home much this week, well let's re-cap:

Saturday:

The only thing I did this day was to go to Brimbank to buy that slim black tie I wanted and some drinks for the dinner that night. That night, we had a dinner at our place, hosting as a way to thank all our relatives coming over from Sydney and Hong Kong to attend my parent's 25th anniversary party the following night. I also worked on and completed my parent's 25th anniversary video clip (I'll upload it tomorrow).

Also our teevee broke down today so it's screwed up ><"

Sunday:

In the morning, a bunch of us cousins and two aunts from Sydney went to Fun Galore to play Laser Tag! It was pretty fun, and WAYY bigger than Fun City! We also had my parent's 25th anniversary this night as well. It was pretty much a success! =D

PLUS i clawed another toy! =) I thought it was scooby doo, but it wasnt ><

Monday:

I spent most of the day at home, and went to Reddy's place for his birthday party at night. Thanks to Collado for giving me a lift to and fro, as well as being there! It was a great party with most of the bros there hanging and chilling out.

Tuesday:

Today, we (Sydney aunt, Tao, Lil_thang and me) headed out to my parent's shop, and then walked around the city. And then out for dinner. During the day, there was also the extremely sad notification of my c**p Study Scores my Methods and Chinese Second Language.

Wednesday:

Such a shockingly hot day! I went out to the library to help tutor JC for a bit xD That's right! I helped her out with school work, KINDA OF like a tutor, not really though. At night, I went to Hp with my parents to buy presents. They bought Christmas presents for their staff while I checked out presents for family. A repairman came over and took our teevee away to get it fixed, and I hope that it's fine!

Thursday:

I tried out a chem tutor today with Heolin. This tutor was pretty good and situated within the Western side of Taylors Lakes. On top of that I finished downloading Storm Riders (風雲) and is re-watching it, cause well Storm Warriors is out!! =D so I'm just reminding myself what the story line was, and it's SOO GOOD!!

To top of good things, our teevee returned and its... AWESOME AGAIN!! =D

Quote of the day:

"Strangers are friends you have yet to meet."

This is so true. If you ever just met someone, go and get to know them. Who knows, you might just become to besterest friends ever!

Yumcha Outing

AT LAST!! The long awaited Yumcha outing that I promised Libro in year 9 (which has been 2 years now) was accomplished/completed/put into action. Out of the 11 people who said they were going to go, it ended up being 9.5, because Mark wasn't there for the day (AGAIN!!), and Hentai was only there after the Yumcha part, which is basically the most important part of the day!

We went to the Docks to enjoy this meal, and then spent a part of the day at Crown, and finally, finishing off the day at the city. The people who were with us at the Yumcha place and Docks (the first two photos).

Looking at the third photo, look how happy the birthday girl is xD

(Libro is the one sitting next to me with the presents in her hands and in front of her).

Finally, the last photo shows of the rest of us (minus the British and plus Hentai) at our final destination (Gloria Jeans Cafe) before going to the train station and heading home.

Now that today is Saturday, the only thing left to do.. is to finish off that movie and get ready for tomorrow's Anniversary party.

And of course, on top of that:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRO AND REDDY!! =D

Quote of the day:

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you just the way you are."

Acupuncture!

Monday was spent at school to de-register for this year, and then Tuesday was a day spent at home, until night time (we had speech night).

Wednesday was when I went out to the city to get my legs, arms, neck and joints checked out. I went to some Chinese medical clinic in Kensington. It was my first time there, and supposedly I got the casual treatment:

-针灸 (acupuncture)

-推拿 (massage)

-刮痧 (Gua Sha) [This involves repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge]

I had to lie on a bed for about half an hour with 12 needles sticking out of my two legs (a picture is shown below with the needles circled in red).

And now on Thursday, I spent the day out with Jie and Lil_thang again. Today we went to DFO, and I bought a few things. like $2 for a Cotton On t-shirt! =D BIG BARGAIN!!

Now I'm working on my parent's Anniversary Video Clip, and then after that I'll be too tired to do anything else. And YAHH! Tomorrow is the time for the outing for Libro's birthday! YUMCHA!! =D

Quote of the day:

"You must pre-live the future... not re-live the past... and savour the moment."

Just a quote I want to chuck in cause it was talked about during speech night.

Last week of school 2009!!

YAH!!

The last week of school for 2009 is over! Sad that another year is over *sigh*, but great that it is! Cause there's really nothing to do at school nowadays anyway *shakes head*.

Nothing interesting has been happening lately. The past week has been normal schooling, and nothing but the major running around of shopping on Saturday and Sunday were the only things that happened. And of course card shopping on Tuesday.

As said, Tuesday (a pupil free day) was spent in the city, because I had to go to tutor, and I went to a news agency to get two cards, one for Libro and one for the Triplets' birthdays. On top of that, I also went to South Wharf DFO with Jie and Lil_thang again. Luckily THIS TIME there was no emergency *phew*. And I just got black cardigan for only $5! =O

Saturday and Sunday were both spent mainly at Hp.

On Saturday, I was suppose to go to Kensington to a Chinese medical clinic to get my muscles on my legs, arms and other joints as well, but there was sadly a sign on the front door that goes:

"Sorry, we no open today."

NOT ONLY was it crap english, but it was also unbelievable cause it was closed on the BUSIEST DAY of this type of business! *shakes head*. I was also at Sunshine that day getting a bargain of a present for Libro! So proud of myself to being able to find it. Then at Hp, I walked around with Jie, and got another section of the present for Libro, making it two parts to one present!

I'm such a nice friend for buying this stuff for everyone else =D

Sunday... This day was spent the same as a normal Sunday. After driving Lil_thang to her swimming lesson, I was at Hp, and I bought most of the Triplets' present. Now there's just a small section left of it for me to get when ever I go to the city in the near future, and of course I have to get some wrapping paper for both birthdays' presents.

Now, the only thing I got left to think about other than the birthday presents, is the new project I'm working on. It is for the 25th anniversary of my parents, and let's hope I can do well *crosses fingers*.

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