we had a picnic today. well yesterday, actually.. since it's alreday 6am on monday morning. it was nice. had salmon, rice, two salads, nutella bread and chocolate cake. donis plucked some grass off the ground and smoked it. ugh smelt like an aussie bushfire.
jack has apparently deferred and might not even go back to uni cos he says he dislikes everything bout perth. i'm a bit saddened by this.
today we were in nathan's rm and his gf nikki(sp?) was there visiting as usual and i suddenly thought of the time lidong came to visit me in perth last yr and how i couldn't stop smiling when i saw him and how he couldn't stop looking at me too. that was nice, hey? i realise tt recently i've been ending qns with hey. i'm becoming more aussie in canada?? haha. ah apparently so.. some canadians i've met have told me i sound australian. i'm not sure what tt means but i'm guessing it's cos i pronounce some words the way aussies and british pronounce them because tt's just the way we do it in spore. and because not many canadians have met sporeans, they mistakenly think i talk like this only because i study in oz. so anyway, i had a nice thought of lidong and tt was a bit refreshing and nostalgic.
gotta sleep now. very badly. the weekend was nice and peaceful and quiet. most of it.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
:: Little Room - the white stripes
"When you're in your little room and you're working on something good. But if it is really good, you're gonna need a bigger room and when you're in the bigger room, you might not know what to do; you might have to think of how you got started sitting in your little room. (scat scat scat)"
hmm.. what a strange little song.
"When you're in your little room and you're working on something good. But if it is really good, you're gonna need a bigger room and when you're in the bigger room, you might not know what to do; you might have to think of how you got started sitting in your little room. (scat scat scat)"
hmm.. what a strange little song.
:: Katie - missy higgins
this mornite was sublime. until the rest came back and realised they had left kat in hull. all was not well and isn't but will have to be, yes? when things turn this bad, how long will it be till they get better, if ever? i'm not going to shit myself worrying bout it, the same way i tried not to think of the possible trouble kat could find herself in. i instead attuned myself to the slightest sounds that reverberated dwn the hall, hoping it'd be her.
i wonder what heaven is like. i'm not especially excited to get there, no. i just wonder. in the same way i wonder what my children will look like or what the weather will be like in ottawa come october.
this mornite was sublime. until the rest came back and realised they had left kat in hull. all was not well and isn't but will have to be, yes? when things turn this bad, how long will it be till they get better, if ever? i'm not going to shit myself worrying bout it, the same way i tried not to think of the possible trouble kat could find herself in. i instead attuned myself to the slightest sounds that reverberated dwn the hall, hoping it'd be her.
i wonder what heaven is like. i'm not especially excited to get there, no. i just wonder. in the same way i wonder what my children will look like or what the weather will be like in ottawa come october.
Friday, September 14, 2007
i'm having trouble deciding whether or not i'm really enjoying myself in ottawa. it's new, i guess. i'm worried. you know how in perth at the start of yr one, i was just meeting everyone and being friendly and all and then after a few weeks everyone starts subconsciously (or maybe consciously) deciding who they wanna be good friends with or hang out with more and eat lunch with and things like tt? it's not a bad thing, it's evolution i guess. anyway, the thing is, i'll only be here for 4 months. in this time, i will have to (not HAVE TO but i truly see this as imperative if i want to enjoy myself here) unconsciously/subconsciously/consciously decide who i like and who i don't like. if i were to emotionally and socially and mentally classify everything and everyone agreeable, i know i will leave here feeling extremely empty.
karin is back in london and this is the point i start to kill my stomach. had microwaved overkept mash and cornbeef for lunch. then took some of yesterday's salad and put it in half a wrap. something happened to the pinenuts and they were extremely bitter so i buang'd the the whole thing. so sayang. this doesn't spell good news for my stomach. can't afford to eat out but i can't afford to starve. i feel queasy with uncertainty and spoilt mash.
karin is back in london and this is the point i start to kill my stomach. had microwaved overkept mash and cornbeef for lunch. then took some of yesterday's salad and put it in half a wrap. something happened to the pinenuts and they were extremely bitter so i buang'd the the whole thing. so sayang. this doesn't spell good news for my stomach. can't afford to eat out but i can't afford to starve. i feel queasy with uncertainty and spoilt mash.
nathan was just here cos he just got home and his roomie was making out with some girl and he felt awkward to go in the room. poorthing hahah. i feel good though, tt he comes in and hangs out with me. makes me feel like i'm useful cos if my door weren't open, he'd have to sit round outside the rm and wait for ian to finish. this makes me think tt i need to feel useful to be happy. if i can't do anything for someone, i won't feel as close to them. i'm quite comfortable with this whole idea.
Friday, September 07, 2007
:: Across the Night - silverchair
i wihs i had prepared somethign for karin's bday. she's sleeping now. i'm so thankful she's here. shiok to ahve someone to shop with at the WHOLE of loeb's. we have to give montreal a miss i guess cos we're both down on cash and my bank draft will take 30 days to process. how crazy. everything here is shit expensive. food is probably kind of worth for the amount you get but if i cant finish it what's the use. la plupart de mes colocs c agreable, albeit understandably slightly juvenile.
i lost my uwa jumper and i'm pretty upset bout it. i hope it's at the jail hostel. i realy hope.
i've taken to speaking franglais. syntax class was pretty ok; shared my teddy grahams breakfast and made a few friends. and the two french elective lectures went etter than i expected. i understood most of it cept when the prof made jokes in jouale bout the way the french speak, and when other pple started answering qns with their crazy accents. one of the guys in my tt class stays in marchand too but i forgot his name.
i wihs i had prepared somethign for karin's bday. she's sleeping now. i'm so thankful she's here. shiok to ahve someone to shop with at the WHOLE of loeb's. we have to give montreal a miss i guess cos we're both down on cash and my bank draft will take 30 days to process. how crazy. everything here is shit expensive. food is probably kind of worth for the amount you get but if i cant finish it what's the use. la plupart de mes colocs c agreable, albeit understandably slightly juvenile.
i lost my uwa jumper and i'm pretty upset bout it. i hope it's at the jail hostel. i realy hope.
i've taken to speaking franglais. syntax class was pretty ok; shared my teddy grahams breakfast and made a few friends. and the two french elective lectures went etter than i expected. i understood most of it cept when the prof made jokes in jouale bout the way the french speak, and when other pple started answering qns with their crazy accents. one of the guys in my tt class stays in marchand too but i forgot his name.
Monday, September 03, 2007
le 2 septembre 2007, samedi, 6.30pm? :
:: Guess I'm Doing Fine – beck
how apt. oh well. it's one of those oh well days. got a headache- the kind you get from straining your eyes too much or squinting the whole day cos the sun is so glaring, because I did precisely that. I think I actually woke up with the headache cos my neck was in a funny position but all that, and carrying all the luggage round aggravated it.
thinking bout headaches makes my head ache even more. but it's really a consolation I guess; an excuse for myself to not go out and socialize and make friends to eat dinner with.
oh guess what? my neighbour donis- who I went to kacau just now bout calling card/ internet just invited me to have dinner with him and tim, another exchange guy who I already spoke to before on msn, thanks to facebook. so yay, I now have dinner settled and so the tv dinner I bought just now can hang in the freezer for another day.
then, as I sat down again, these three girls from upstairs came knocking, trying to make friends on my floor. how nice. sounds like something I'd do on a less painful day, in a hopeful situation.
it's not that i haven't been making any friends. I met steve and his mum at the airport while waiting for the pick-up and then got to know agathe on the pickup and ended up getting me a place at the jail hostel where she already had a place. I wonder if, to the strange French mind, we are like chummies since we hung out for together for some of the time we spent in jail. anyways, I gave her a hug before I got into the taxi to marchand just now and she and me we bisous'd.
in jail, I also met jenna who's in residence with me now, anne (exchange frm Sweden), sophie (qui fait un stage), linda (a nice middle-aged toronto lady on holiday) and anders (denmark), gaieton (belgium), Jeffrey (canada) and peter (oz) whom i shared the rm with on the first night. good thing I was moved to the normal cell the second night; it was too smelly, noisy and stuffy in the co-ed bunker.
last night me and agathe went to leblanc (the francophone residence) to look up yusra, a Toronto girl I met while looking for the stupid arts faculty office which is not even located in the arts building (how lame..). we ended up packing subway and watching Perfume with some leblanc pple till past midnight.
oh ya, I also met another exchange student andreas, with his gf at the international office. and then bumped into him again later at the tabaret.
and on the planes and in transit, ms kaypoh me also made conversation with bout 5 pple.
I think I speak to an extroadinary number of pple, more pple than anyone i know has spoken to. I guess this doesn't have any significance but nvm.
tmr, I have to go buy pots and pans and stuff and raw food to cook. my last rice meal was on ANA. the airline food was all quite good and as usual, I wacked everything on the tray. didn’t shit it all out till today man. maybe tt's why i've been feeling a bit crappy.
I hope I can make good friends here, as opposed to just acquaintances. i mean i still like talking to random pple but I need a few close friends. and cos I haven’t got my net set up, my alone-ness is so bloody glaring.
je vais me reposer sur mon lit pour quelques moments car j'ai encore le mal de la tête. à bientôt.
le 2 septembre 2007, samedi, 9.49pm :
{:o)))))))
dinner was really nice. green pea and tomato sauce paiella with fried sausages and sunny-side-up eggs. and interesting conversation with me floormates donis, andy and tim and nuno from upstairs. in between, drop-bys frm pple on our floor. also met the two girls frm third floor and the two French girls on my floor too. haha. i’m so pleased now- with everything.
oh and nuno reminds me so much of ali G but andy thinks we shouldn't tell him. haha I can’t stop laughing to myself. he’s quite cute lah. quite chav-like but cute haha.
:: Guess I'm Doing Fine – beck
how apt. oh well. it's one of those oh well days. got a headache- the kind you get from straining your eyes too much or squinting the whole day cos the sun is so glaring, because I did precisely that. I think I actually woke up with the headache cos my neck was in a funny position but all that, and carrying all the luggage round aggravated it.
thinking bout headaches makes my head ache even more. but it's really a consolation I guess; an excuse for myself to not go out and socialize and make friends to eat dinner with.
oh guess what? my neighbour donis- who I went to kacau just now bout calling card/ internet just invited me to have dinner with him and tim, another exchange guy who I already spoke to before on msn, thanks to facebook. so yay, I now have dinner settled and so the tv dinner I bought just now can hang in the freezer for another day.
then, as I sat down again, these three girls from upstairs came knocking, trying to make friends on my floor. how nice. sounds like something I'd do on a less painful day, in a hopeful situation.
it's not that i haven't been making any friends. I met steve and his mum at the airport while waiting for the pick-up and then got to know agathe on the pickup and ended up getting me a place at the jail hostel where she already had a place. I wonder if, to the strange French mind, we are like chummies since we hung out for together for some of the time we spent in jail. anyways, I gave her a hug before I got into the taxi to marchand just now and she and me we bisous'd.
in jail, I also met jenna who's in residence with me now, anne (exchange frm Sweden), sophie (qui fait un stage), linda (a nice middle-aged toronto lady on holiday) and anders (denmark), gaieton (belgium), Jeffrey (canada) and peter (oz) whom i shared the rm with on the first night. good thing I was moved to the normal cell the second night; it was too smelly, noisy and stuffy in the co-ed bunker.
last night me and agathe went to leblanc (the francophone residence) to look up yusra, a Toronto girl I met while looking for the stupid arts faculty office which is not even located in the arts building (how lame..). we ended up packing subway and watching Perfume with some leblanc pple till past midnight.
oh ya, I also met another exchange student andreas, with his gf at the international office. and then bumped into him again later at the tabaret.
and on the planes and in transit, ms kaypoh me also made conversation with bout 5 pple.
I think I speak to an extroadinary number of pple, more pple than anyone i know has spoken to. I guess this doesn't have any significance but nvm.
tmr, I have to go buy pots and pans and stuff and raw food to cook. my last rice meal was on ANA. the airline food was all quite good and as usual, I wacked everything on the tray. didn’t shit it all out till today man. maybe tt's why i've been feeling a bit crappy.
I hope I can make good friends here, as opposed to just acquaintances. i mean i still like talking to random pple but I need a few close friends. and cos I haven’t got my net set up, my alone-ness is so bloody glaring.
je vais me reposer sur mon lit pour quelques moments car j'ai encore le mal de la tête. à bientôt.
le 2 septembre 2007, samedi, 9.49pm :
{:o)))))))
dinner was really nice. green pea and tomato sauce paiella with fried sausages and sunny-side-up eggs. and interesting conversation with me floormates donis, andy and tim and nuno from upstairs. in between, drop-bys frm pple on our floor. also met the two girls frm third floor and the two French girls on my floor too. haha. i’m so pleased now- with everything.
oh and nuno reminds me so much of ali G but andy thinks we shouldn't tell him. haha I can’t stop laughing to myself. he’s quite cute lah. quite chav-like but cute haha.