Ahhhh… vacation’s here… Intially, I had mistaken it for just a week but in fact it was two.. =0) As mentioned at the title, though it’s a going to be a good rest, but I’ll still gotta catch up with my assignments.. The very fact is that, though it’s the vacation and my work hours is unrestrainted, I am not working any more then usual.. =0) School has been pretty smooth for the past week or so… Everyone’s dead rushing for their assignments and yet, exams… For myself, it’s the usual presentations and sketching and whatnots… The lecturers like the form of my toaster/kettle and furniture… I’ve just got to iron out finer details.. Otherwise, there’s nothing more, nothing much, just routine.
Many many things have happened since my last update… Can’t really remember what exactly but I’ll try to recollect as I go along…
Anniversary. Just two days back, was Lenca’s and my 1st anniversary… It’s amazing how time flies, even as we are physically apart… I guess, it would be alright to spill right now as I estimate she should be getting her gift today… I bought a nice simple frame and printed an overly used yet still nostalgic picture of us with the quote:
"Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever…"
Author Unknown
She was supposed to receive it on Saturday, on our anniversary itself but I guess the Singapore Postal Service doesn’t work then eh? Oh well.. anyway, she wasn’t expecting this and she didn’t send me anything either.. I am not complaining eh… I do receive my regular dosage of sweet nothings from her… Tell me which gf would send article clippings of my interest, comics, cards and all the little other sweet nothings and pay postage of SGD4, over 8000km, just for the sake of me… Five alphabets… Lenca. =0) Here’s a pic of the thingy I sent…
Work. Work at The Playground People was great! 
Yes, it gets boring once in a while, cos it does get slow sometimes… But otherwise, it is good! I get to do any and everything at my own discrestion aka come in, have lunch and even leave any time I want… =0) (If you think I will come in late and leave early, you must be kidding, getting paid by the hour, for just one day a week, I’ll try to maximise my time there~) Even my job scope is very independent.. I am just given the specifics of the project and I get down to it on my own, exploring and possibly pushing design as much as I can, as long as it meets the safety standard of Australia… Main job aside, Paul, my boss aka the owner of the company, is a GREAT boss. Like Heather from MHA, he allows me to explore my grounds, gives practical advice, guides me via comments and shows me the possible end results but leaves the journey to me, takes time to share with me things I should take note of, etc… He, noted my characteristic of being bored easily, had me experience being a farm boy for a while when I was to plant stakes at marked locations around his lawn as he was planning to grow some fruit trees now that spring is here… It’s a pity I didn’t take any photos then but it was quite a sight… Imagine: 16 stakes as tall as me, a lawn 1/2 as big as a soccer field (not including the lake, tennis court, playground, indoor swimming pool, etc.. in his home office), an axe longer then my arm as a hammer, two spliters and a lovely cool, sunny day in Queanbeyan, New South Wales… Lovely.
Drinking Session. Well, that wasn’t really a drinking session… Wee Shan called and had a couple of us over "for a drink"… I later found out, this other Singaporean, Lance, had just broken up with his gf, so that was the reason we were there… Anyway, I only had a shot of Chivas… Didn’t have any green tea with it, oh well… We played taidi and bluff… Speaking of bluff, for the first time in my life, we played bluff with four decks among 5 people… And amazingly, I won! They just won’t believe that I am so honest with my cards… Come on, would I lie if I put down 12 sixes? =0)
Jetstar. Lenca and myself had a disagreement sometime back.. What happened was that she had gone for a Jetstar interview which I took it as "just to see how far she can go…" One thing led to another and at the end, she got through ALL the interviews and was offered a place as a cabin crew… Then, she was trying to decide if should take the offer up… I kinda freaked out as I didn’t realize when she said "just to see how far she can go…" means if she get it, she will go for it.. Now the issue is that Jetstar is paying lesser than her current job, which she just started, was much excited about, felt it was God’s calling, etc… Anyway, after about 3 days of misery, we managed to talk things out and there… I have decided to relent and let her pursue her dream… Just don’t complain about the bitchy collegues… =0) Also, the reason why I am posting this, is to make realize to others that there is no such thing as a hollywood relationship: one which is as strong as ours (believe me when I say this, this is our first MAJOR arguement and strain in our long distance relationship) do have its ups and downs… At the end, it is how committed you are to resolve any differences and work out.. It’s the discipline of not wanting nor allowing the concept of breakup in the picture which sustains each and every relationship, married or dating. Naturally, we did all these with the grace and much trust in God…
Ants. Spring is officially here! As much as I love the pretty sight in spring, blooming flowers EVERYWHERE, nice warmer yet cool weather, etc… HOWEVER, with that slightly warmer weather, bugs and whatnots starts appearing… Moths, FATASSED flies, bugs and ANTS! I am having some ant infestation in my room… Yes, I know I am sweet and watnots (EH! What BHB??!!!) But these ants are just bugging me soooooo much… Crawlling EVERYWHERE… I had enough and bought some ant bait and hope it works… =0(
Birthday. This past Thursday was Moon’s Birthday… As from the name, Moon is a hk girl (Believe me when I say i’ve got hk architect friends with the names of Beam and Circular) doing interior design, attending the same furniture design module as myself… Anyway, she invited myself, with Anthony (our common friend, a Singaporean), Candy (another hk, our classmate) and two of her other friends… We had dinner in a very nice waterfront Chinese restaurant in Gungalin. The restaurant was pleasantly decorated in a comtemporary Chinese fashion. A play of red and black, traditional lanterns and contemporary clean lamps, straight edged tables with likewise chairs with a featured curved form for its hind legs… Pretty. I later realized the restaurant is own by the parents of the other girl at the table… The meal was really good, can’t really remember what we had but we there were 3 dishes. Guess we had a hefty discount as we only paid AUD17 per person… It was good alright.. Here’s a general view of the restaurant…
Moon.
Toe. And yes, I just stubbed my right second toe yesterday, again… The first time happened when I was walking to school… I was wearing my thongs (aka slippers) and was walking down a slope towards class and I stubbed it against a log or something… It only started bleeding in class as it was cold outside, too cold for blood to rush out from the gash… Well, that sort of healed and last night, whilst walking towards Yagger after shopping at Coles, once again, I stubbed *that* toe against a bollard… BOLLOCKS! Well, again, I was in my thongs and it didn’t bleed till I got home… Managed to stop the bleeding… But this time, it’s sprained… And as the Bible says one how if one part of the body is injured, the whole body suffers; I am limping from the sprained toe now… Sigh… Here’s a drastically underexposed shot of it… Oh yah… it’s 1 1/2 times its original size now…
Oh well, gotta go off now to continue sketching… Also, there will be a potluck tonight, going to a farm in Tumut on Saturday and Sunday and watnots… And no, I don’t look gay in my pink top. =0)
