Christmas, Boxing Day, Souvenirs, NEW YEAR!

The past few weeks have been pretty decent...
Starting from our family Christmas party on Christmas Eve. 
The family Christmas party was great! Of course there was minor confusions with the extra people who were present at our party as well (like my mum's employee and two kids she brought too), but nonetheless it was still fun! The presents that were given and received that night were all AMAZING! I received this white jacket from Casual Guy from my parents and these Rayban Aviators from my cousin as a KK present. That just made my night =D

On towards from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day! Christmas Day was spent... different to the years pass. This year I was actually alone as everyone in my family was busy. In the morning I went to Heolin's place to drop some things off and pick some things up. We had a short chat, but sadly.. despite the fact that its a Publicly acknowledged important day of the year, it felt more like just a random day throughout the year with nothing significant. Such a waste of time. 
From there I wanted to waste time, so went to Eira's to spend Christmas there with him :) We spent the day being kids again =D Playing on the Nintendo Wii, Card games, and well... just chatting and talking on life.
Christmas this year was not as good as I hoped.. But thanks to Eira for spending it with me :)


Boxing Day! The greatest shopping day of the year! This year exceeded all my expectations. No sister to go with. No girlfriend to go with. No female of any sort to go with. On the other hand, I went with three bros (Reddy, Jonno and Tuk). We travelled to Melbourne Central, and it was an EPIC! AMAZING! MADDOG! day =D The shops we went to that we actually came out conquering items purchased were:
- Armani Exchange (Up to 70% in store with Tuk going CRAZY!)
- Industrie (Went in at least 3 times, and most of our clothes were bought from here, as a collective)
- yd. (Jonno's "new jeans" xD)
- Marcs ($29 shoes!)
- Vans and Hype DC (Vans for those three!)
- Rampage (Cheap shirts for Armani lover)
- Roger David (Random Vest for Jonno)
I'm not sure if I forgot any other stores, but that should be it. 
To conclude... GREAT DAY!



Jie and Bro-in-law also returned from their trip to Malaysia... and Check out what I got! =D
the WHOLE collection of Gatsby Rubber! EPIC!! xD
And also... This pair of Emporio Armani aviators =]
And.... WHAT?! Facebook flip-flops?! =P

And yesterday... Kick back at Reddy's place was 'fun' for most of the people who went =] I was just fried today, and I was just out of it! The main aim of today was for people to transfer videos and files from each other's hard drive into their own. Gbs and Gbs were transferred! Taking hours to do! This kick back was just a simple catch up, and the best joke of the day:
Libro: "The wall doesn't look purple, it looks more blue-ish"
Reddy: "Nah, it is purple! It's called Whipped Violet."
Thangstahh: "What you say?!"
Reddy: "Yeah, it's called.... Oh shit!"
xD
NICE REDDY! ;D


I want to also officially announce that Captain Mark is forever now... the BLITZ!!


Spent the 30th moving houses for Jie, and well... it was tiring as! Small little house with furniture that suits a much bigger house! I have no idea how it all fit in there.. but MAJOR CRAMP!


New Years.... 
*sigh* nothing special at all... Except the fact that I may have started a new tradition where you sleep through New Years despite any relations you have with anyone else in the world.. Yeah that sounds cool... I guess.. Oh well, life's life. Not everything goes as planned, just deal with it =]


Short log based on two people I know (even though they didn't have this exact convo... its what would've happened if they did) ----
Man #1: Man New Year SUCKED!
Man #2: Nah.. Mine was WORSE!
I'm 17 so I couldn't drink with anyone, I had to spend it with my family cause my friends were busy, and I don't have a gf to get a New Year's Kiss.Man #1: I'm 18 and still couldn't drink with anyone, I DIDN'T have families OR friends to spend it with, and I DO have a gf but still didn't get a New Year's Kiss...
Man #2: *speechless*

TSSM Chem =(

Today I spent the day in the city with Libro and Heolin at a TSSM Chemistry Unit 4 seminar. Indefinitely I learnt something, but it was done in a period of... not 3... not 6... but 9 HOURS!! ><" The hours spent listening to the teacher was okay with no problem, however he made us do work (o.0) I would have definitely preferred that he just talked and told us what we should know than make us work! Like maybe HOW we should do a question, instead of DO the question =(


Out of the complaining, the past week since then was pretty good. Went to a few different places, and actually did some studying here and there *Nod* Driving is actually pretty fun, and undoubtedly, the best term holidays I've ever had in my life! Not just because I turned 18, but also because.. A lot of new things have happened throughout these two weeks, a lot has changed and a few new experiences have occurred. The simplest of all these, is that I'm actually reading a BOOK! Not ANY BOOK! But one that has economics in it ><'' (courtesy of the Girls of The Family :D) Can't wait to see what else the world has installed for me, but all I know is that after the exams are over, not only will I be free of studies and school, but I'm also going to... take a few more steps in life, have something new in my life :)


I pray that IT all goes well =]
Just a few more weeks left, after exams, its time!

God Experience? Why Not?

Dear Blog, 
Ok.. that's weird enough, let's just stick with the normal un-formal typing method, lol.


Well on Saturday night I went to the annual Youth Alive Victoria! It was AWESOME!! 
For those who don't know what it is, it is basically kind of like an annual Christian concert like thing, except with a preacher speaking out words of wisdom and is a time to praise God. This year was extra good, because I had my first ever God Experience! WHOO HOO!!


Not getting into too much detail - it was basically just that I was chatting with a friend about something I've been thinking about, and he told me to go for it (as in to follow what I think I should do), pray for it, and set a deadline with God when praying. I listened and did as he said, I prayed for someone else other than this friend of mine to tell me to 'go for it' and act upon this 'thing'. On the night of Youth Alive, I went in not expecting anything too special. Half way through the night, I prayed a prayer about this 'thing' that I've been thinking about. I gave God the Father the deadline of that night. Fair enough, as the preacher, Reggie, began to speak (Note: speakers usually talk about something random before their actual sermon; as a build up), he spoke about this exact 'thing' that I was thinking of! It felt as thought he was ordering me specifically to act upon my thoughts! The moment I realised that he was mentioning it, my mind just blew! (similarly to "WTH?! NO WAY!"). I felt as though God was going through Reggie to speak to me!


You know the term 'bottom of my heart' ? Well, I literally felt the BOTTOM OF MY HEART! It is the most amazing feeling you'll ever get in your life. It is un-describable! 


And well, yeah, that was my experience =D


Btw, just some minor advertisements for my beloved sister and bro-in-law:
http://www.eatdrinklive.org/index.php


God Experience? 
Why Not? [Quote 'WhyNot Universe']

Julies' Birthday & Get Together at Grub's

On Saturday night, the Julie squared had an 18th Birthday. The night was a good catch up with the long unseen friends of mine, and an opportunity to meet many new people. Simply put, it was a night of fun. It is true that as Terri said, I was red as in the face; however, on the plus side I wasn't even close to being drunk or trashed. My stupid genes just proved I drank as I got red. 
Terri has her say on it too (click here)


A side note, if a family member who does something "rebel-ish" and asks if you had done something "rebel-ish" as well; follow the example I took that night, and it'll be a good laugh.
As I got in the car after the party; my dad smelt alcohol and asked "did you drink?". I smelt around and replied, "did you smoke?"
With a sigh and no response, we drove off. 
Lol at how that worked. Kids don't try it at home. Older kids, GO FOR IT!


Something different and new that happened, was that I took upon the position of MVB, and let in Broseph as well as Captain Mark into my house to crash. It may seem like I did a lot to provide space for the two (space, mattresses, blankets, pillows and such); but I would also like to publicly thank the two for being there, just to talk. I needed that :)
Thanks bros. 


Then Monday came, the day to catch up with the friends I've held on to for a long time. One was missing, but that's not a subjective matter right now. The day went along well, with most of the things going to plan. The only factors that may have caused a problem were just Eira's raw cooking; as well as Grub's hard honeycomb and "turd looking" chocolate. It was a good catch up, and amusing to watch the two at work. I did my share of washing, but still felt as though I didn't do much. Here's what the others have to say:
- Eira's post
- Grub's post

Kim's Wedding

After many weeks and months of practicing and freaking out, the day of Kim's wedding came! Of course it wasn't a REAL wedding, on the other hand, it was a Filo styled 18th; but we called it a wedding cause it seemed like one! Lol, totally FUN!


Below are a few photos of how we looked on the night. Everyone was dressed formally and well, in PURPLE! No Joke! I have never seen so many shades of purple in my life before! So yeah, it was like a practice formal for us, and also a practice wedding for us and the family as well :)
My comment on the night is:
AWESOME! and also surprising..
Surprising not for me, but surprising because all the people there had fun, and it was funny what people did. Some who are usually quiet and shy at school were dancing like NO TOMORROW! And of course, I got that a few times, except the difference is that people say that I can dance, but others don't believe until the day. However, I don't believe I was that good, on the other hand, I feel like I made a fool of myself ><"


Other than the fact that the "wedding" happened, we JUST finished school on Friday so now its holiday time! WHOO HOO! Let's see how that goes =)

Wedding for the To's

Friday -> Sunday (First time to fly to Sydney!)
Went to Sydney
Went to a wedding
Went out
Went to airport 
(no joke, got a random check >< must be cause I look like Kim Jong Ill xD)
and then back to Melbourne!


And of course bad news....
Week 7 = epic bad school week (sacs and trial exams and all, one a day [0.0] )


Let's hope it aint as bad as it sounds ><"

ON SALE NOW!

First week back to school wasn't too bad. Just tiring and not just quite used to it yet. Doing two SACs, taking tutor on again (now Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sun days ><") and of course school, all went by slowly and painfully.

Other than those boring and sad events mentioned above, you may wonder about the title of the blog. Not literally on sale, but, I am glad and happy to present:

*drum roll*

the FIRST MV I ever made!

the FIRST album cover I ever made!

the SECOND clip I made this year!

the SECOND time I finished a whole clip in one day!

and this is...

known as.....

"Follow After You"

by Aaron, Julie & the Clickers!!

*clap clap clap*

*cheer cheer cheer*

Of course it is only a big deal for people who actually care about it. So we'll see how it goes. And for those who will see it soon.. 

ENJOY!

The Past Few Weeks

Nothing much has been happening the past few weeks. The only things thats happened were:
- Chemistry Excursion to LaTrobe Uni
- Broseph's bday slaps!
- SACs, Sacs and MORE SACS!!
- 8372407239048 iPods
- Athletics Day 2010 (the last one)
- Last day of term 1 (for the last time)
- Broseph's bday Laser tag 
- Comedy Fest
- Discovery of the 'Why Not' Unvierse
- Family Dinners


Actually, that is a fair bit of stuff.. But it was done throughout a fair bit of time (three weeks). Here's how it went:

Chemistry Excursion
Our chem class went to LaTrobe Uni to work on our Chem Sac on instrumentation. The funny thing is that during lunch time, out of no where, a whole bunch of students+teachers from LaTrobe Uni jumped up and did the whole flash mob thing to an Indian song called "jhoom barabar jhoom" (i think), and it was just LOL!! The topic we talked about for the rest of that day xD

Broseph's Bday Slaps
Broseph's birthday happened on a school day. And.. well.. He got two more of his 6 slaps... Scared most people, happened in the middle of our locker bay, and was.. **BAM BAM BAM**! The sound was loud *nod* However, everyone laughed saying that Ron's slaps were weak and crappy xD

SACs, Sacs and more SACS!
So bad.. cause the thing is that sacs come every single day on the last two weeks of school for term 1, lets hope that it doesnt happen for the other terms as well ><

8372407239048 iPods
The iPod story.. HA! Funny, cause what happened was that I took Reddy and Tuk's iPods home to help jailbreak it for them, and on top of that, people on the bus each have an iPod as well. Check out the photo, thats only half of us =O

Athletics Day 2010 (the last one)
Such bad timing! The day before this athletics day, I wrecked my ankle during lunch basketball. Reason was cause of stupid physics! (i.e. what goes up must come down, so when i jumped, came down, with my ankle on the side ><) 
Then here comes the LAST athletics carnival of my life *sigh* so the thing is that I planned not to compete in any races that day even though I signed up. By the end of it... Other than the continuous phrases like "hey thang what races are you comp... ohhh right! xD" everything else was okay. And then, after taking too much of that crap, I couldnt hold it, so went and competed in the 800m race. Some of my friends said i shouldnt, but as a guy.. i can lose an arm, i can lose a leg, but i CANT, i CANT lose my dignity and pride!
At the end of the day.. My ankle got worse, and well... up until now, it isnt full healed =(

Last Day of Term 1 (the last time)
The last day came, the last day went. 
The last term 1 of my life over...
Hopefully it was good and memorable....

Broseph's Bday Laser Tag
Great day! Great games!
We celebrated Broseph's birthday at the laser tag at Fun City! 
The only bad part was that not all the bros came. *sigh*

Comedy Fest
The day of the long planned Comedy Festival day came! Started by Libro, dropped by Libro, wanted by many, continued by Me. Seriously, the most stressful day of my life! 
Not sure if I was too critical (said by buddy), or if I was just plain stressed out.. But I hope something like that doesn't happen again, or at least I don't have to plan it again ><'' 
Meetin up on the train towards Flinders
Getting off at Flinders
Eating at Dumpling Plus
Stopping by 7-Eleven 
Going to Melbourne Lower Town Hall 
Going to QV for Max Brenner
Going to Melbourne Central
Heading home.
The day summarised in just a few phrases. Sounds simple right? But all the time, effort, planning I put into it was not simple. Trying to help and make it comfortable for everyone, changing it over and OVER and OVER AGAIN!! Modifying once, twice, THREE FOUR FIVE times!! 
Guessing its my own fault for chucking it on myself. 
But as my quote below goes, its my own fault... *sigh*

Discovery of the 'Why Not' Universe
LOL! one of the best blogs I've seen in my life! Made by no other than the future best comedian in the world... *drum rolls*..... 
CAPTAIN MARK!  =D
(of course not his real name, but still!)
check it out if u guys got time!


-- 'Why Not' Universe --

Family Dinners
Family dinners, they happen once in a while, but this time was so hard core!
Check out what we ate!!

And then I ate a roast duck's ......

     

Quote of the day:
"You can't choose your family, so you can complain if they're intolerable
However, you chose your own friends, so you must tolerate them no matter what."

The Slap...

As Prophecised in my last post, the slap bet between my two bros happened. It was definitely NOT a pretty sight, and TOTAL respect to my bro for taking the slap like a man, no flinching, and just taking it! This was also the event to celebrate Ron's 17th Birthday which is on Monday.


This day is also the day that I met the girls of two bros, Mark & Ron. I was going to be a 7th wheel with Broseph and his girl being there too, but cause of some misunderstandings and mistakes with the booking and all, it ended up being me hanging with Broseph for the day. A pretty fun day started with my usual Saturday routine. and then off to the city. Problems occurred here and there, but in the end, we got to Auscarts! Here are a few pictures: of the equipment, track and a race (not ours)

Before we began to race, we had so much time to kill, so we went for a walk to the nearby Williamstown Beach (I think it was). And here we bumped into a fair few things. One would be the Spirit of Tasmania, that brought back so many memories of our year 9 camps to Tassie and, its been 3 yrs already, how fast does time fly?! 
We saw complexes with apartments that were adored by everyone, vowing that all us bros will build Puzzle Corps and buy those for ourselves! And of course, the wedding... There was a couple getting married, Ron and Mark tried to mess up these people's wedding by figuring out what type of fun thing they should do, lol. Didn't succeed though.

Now, the race.. We had to sign up for membership before we could race, and their registration are pretty high-tech with touch screen and all. Here's a pic of Broseph being TOO tall for their machines while Ron is JUST about right xD

And now the race was definitely fun! Sadly everyone got told off, and me (embarassingly) got told off on my first lap ><" Reason was cause I was taking one of the turns too quickly and well, they warned me (keeping in mind that two warnings means "YOU'RE OUT!") Causing me to freak everytime I take a turn, being the slowest of the bros. 

Me in shame...

And of course, the slap... It was, epically brutal!

Other than all of those, the night ended with a long wait for the bus and everyone went home separately when I went to meet up with my sisters and watch "Alice in Wonderland". It was pretty good, but not as good as i expected.

And thus ends this post...


Quote of the day:
"Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindess with kindness." (from none other than Confucius himself)
Also, sorry about not being able to have one of these in a while, but oh well *shrug*

Holy Week! (quote Zhutou)

Lmao, funny story for this week...

It was pretty much a "Holy" week.

The thing is that this week was the SEW week for GC! Mark's Skits were funny as xD And of course, the school band (Shabar) was great! And so forth so on...

SEW = Spiritual Emphasis Week

Basically, it's a week when every morning we have chapel, and we emphasize on our spiritual walk in life.

On top of that, the yr 12's (oh darn we're yr 12's now ><") had our GSD with the yr 6's on Saturday. It was actually a fun day. My newest vid clip was played at the chapel (i specially made it for this event) and it was the first time in my life when I achieved appreciation from the audience for my creation *sigh* so nice... I also got a hold of the I.T. teacher's camera (one of those big ones that are analog/digital and u zoom by moving the lens and must manual focus) and it was a FUN experience! =D

GSD = Gilson Student Day

This is a day when a secondary yr level works with a corresponding primary year level on plans and takes a chapel day on Saturday for the school Church (Living Waters).

Sunday was also a "Holy Day" cause I went to Church. It was my first time to this place and it was to see my friend get her baptism. It was really different to when Jie got baptised last year, and a GREAT experience for me.

Well...

cant wait to update the photos and all wen i get them off Holland#1 xD

aka the oldest one

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.