my boomz weekend
The start of this weekend has just been a really funny weekend!
Friday at work, I recieved a BOOMZ email. Totally rocked my Friday and made my day. I got an email from one of my China students. She wrote,
Good morning, i am new student of cbs in semester 1/ 2010, my name is XXXX, student number is XXXX, i have receive coe, but this coe is worng document, when i open my coe , it is a indian song, therefore, can you send new coe for me again, thank you.
**COE: Confirmation of enrolment - international students need this to apply for a student visa.
Wow... I can't believe Maahi ve has come to haunt me after 2 months!! So hilarious, I sent it to my colleague and she couldn't stop laughing and told the whole CBS team! Then as I continued to chuckle to myself, my other colleague walked past and saw me laughing to myself in front of the computer like a lunatic. She was like, "Uhhh Sue-Anne... what are you laughing at...?"
Then I proceeded to show her the email, and she laughed so hard. Ah, made my day!!! Funny China student, don't know what England she is talking. (By the way, I did not mysteriously send her Indian songs!!! - I believe she must have been listening to an Indian song at the time of opening my attachment!)
On Friday night went shopping with the girls in the city. 3 of the girls wanted to go for Hawkers, and the other 3 girls wanted to go for Korean. We played scissor, paper rock in the middle of Hay St to see where we would be dining for the night... Korean won! Boo-yeah! I was on the Korean side! I can't believe it was so high school kiddish to play scissor, paper, rock in the middle of Hay St - but was fun! Imagine 6 girls squealing and laughing and flapping their arms about the place in the middle of a crowded street! But alas, took be gi was extremely full and we couldn't get a spot. So in the end the second rate choice won and off to Hawkers we went. It was a nice dinner - and we ordered this prawn-butter-egg dish for the first time. *DOUBLE THUMBS UP* so so delicious!!! We chatted the night away to some fierce competition. The table next to us were talking like they were at a fish market or something! Gosh - respect.
Then later we went to utopia for bubble tea and talked some more. Much funny things were said. I don't think I've laughed so much for such a long time! Good times were had.
Today, went to Subi for Jus Burgers. It didn't occur to me until someone mentioned that 1 Just Burger could potentially equate to 2 Angus Burgers. Die. My diet plan - fail fail fail!!!
Then went shopping with 3 girls. Had the funniest conversation with them. I can't disclose their names for privacy reasons!
So I was with Girl 1 outside Just Jeans and I asked her if this guy was her type of guy. (He's the current pin-up boy for Just Jeans) - she looked at me in horror, and flaberghasted a "NO!" haha...
Ok... so then I asked her, "What is your type of guy?"
She said, quote, "I like nerdy guys, scholarly-type guys, guys that wear glasses." Then she proceeded to give me some examples. Shocked!!! Who knew this about her! She asked me if the above guy is my type, "Well... not exactly..." He looks much like a dinosaur... according to Lynn's theory about guys either looking like a dinosaur or a rodent! Amen sister! (But he has nice arms) :)
Then I told Girl 2. Girl 2 was like, "What! You didn't know she likes nerdy guys!?" (Well I'm not exactly close to Girl 1.) Who knew? Then I asked Girl 2 what is her type of guy. She said, quote, "I LIKE GUYS WITH BIG VEINS ON THEIR ARMS!!!!" I laughed so hard. This must be the funniest quirk I've ever heard of. A nerdy guy is ok, but a guy with veins popping out of his arms! So funny! She likes to touch them! hahaha still giggling to myself about that when I think about it!
Then they asked me what kind of guy I like, I said, "Chubby normal guys." hahaaahahahahaa.... they laughed at the chubbiness of it! I have to clarify, I don't like chubby guys per-se... but guys with nice arms - well normal arms. I don't know how to describe it.
So we asked Girl 3 what is her type of guy. She likes guys with broad shoulders and a BIG chest so that she can rest her head on his chest. HAHA... so funny la. Then we talked about some guys who don't have such big chests, or shoulders... *tee hee*
laugh laugh laugh. Ok, enough said, and that was my laughs for the weekend!
PS: A guy with big veins... tee hee!
today...
@10:04 pm
Thursday 12 November 2009
One year on...
One year on. That statement makes me emo.
Sometimes I wonder where all the time went. How did I do the things I did (grace, grace, grace!)
In any case, the first thing I remember about 2009 - was that we were in cell group, and I was being emo about how fast 2008 had passed. I recalled saying that "2009 was going to be a challenging year, a tough year a head..." - and it was, it is... and we're almost at the end of the year already?!
So the cellies in November decided to go on another trip, and take advantage of the Sunday afternoon church session. We decided to go to Lancelin. I've always wanted to go to Lancelin for the sandboarding, but never had the chance.
The ride there was pretty long, and desolate. The plains of WA are so dry and sparse, compared to the country side in Melbourne with the lush green rolling hills. Beautiful.
We saw a dead kangaroo on the way there. Chichi decided to join us on the trip which I was so ecstatic about because I hadn't seen her in 6 months - half a year! Can you believe time FLEW by just like that. (Time flying makes me emo).
Lancelin sandboarding was fun - to a point. I mean how many times can you go up and down that hill. It was extremely tiring and much more blinding than I thought it would be. TIP: Bring sunnies, the sand will blind you.
We did that for a while, and then after that we went back to the YHA lodge where we were staying. The facilities were rather clean *thumbs up* We showered and lounged by the pool, giving each other massages and joking that me, Yan Jing and Marianne can start our own massaging business because we massage HARD!!! The girls got hungry fast, so we started the BBQ at 5pm. Twas good. The girls didn't even need to lift a finger, except to get the food! The boys (I think Jack, did most of the cooking). God Bless him!
Then the girls went for a quick stroll to the beach, but didn't actually get on the beach and walked back, and chatted the night away - oggling about which famous girls are pretty, and which famous guys are hot (Mark Wahlberg! - who cares if he's old!) I still think he's hot! We played uno for a while... and by 8pm... WE WERE DEAD TIRED. But since it being a "holiday" we didn't want to waste away the holiday by sleeping. So we got into bed at 9pm and chatted the night away, until 11pm. Then sleep.
I couldn't sleep it was so hot! I was drifting in and out of sleep a lot. Thank God none of the girls snored. I can't stand noise. I also learnt some funny quirks about someone... hehe!
Funny story in the morning. The boys were telling us how they were all so scared of Gen for his notorius snoring, and they had to force themselves to sleep before Gen went to sleep. So off to sleep all the boys went and Kingdom came once Gen hit the pillow. Who knew that there was a secret dark horse who OVERCAME the snoring kingdom of Gen - and Gen the King of snorers couldn't even sleep!!!
Gosh, imagine one day if my husband snore, I will die (of no sleep!)
So anyway, morning came, we all went for a BIG ULTRA MASSIVE breakfast - which I spoke about in the post before. We took some happy snaps... and all went home. I didn't take any pics using my SLR. I think I have lost my passion for photography!!! :( But I did take some lomo shots on fish eye, which I need to finish the film so I can process!!! I hope leaving the lomo in the hot car doesn't affect the film! :S
It was a great trip - thanks to all those who organised it. I personally liked Mandurah better because of the house :) The dream lives on for me to buy a canal house in Mandurah...
♥ weiwei
today...
@10:56 pm
Monday 9 November 2009
the two Asian mentalities
The above picture is only for demonstration purposes. Do not be fooled, I did not go to this buffet!
Being Asian doesn't come easy. There's a lot that you need to learn and live up to, to be a TRUE BLUE
I believe Asians live by two "motto's" in life in regards to food.
1. Get your monies worth
2. Don't waste food
I suffer from both these Asian mentalities - I guess perhaps I've been taught well?
I suffer immensly every single time I go out for a buffet. I'm really lousy at buffets - I fail every single time. I get over-excited and gaga at the immense amount of food that I want to eat, and start getting too greedy. I pack on the plate with loads of carbs and things that will make you ultra full in the first instance. Wrong move.
The thing is, Asians are strategic. We're pretty smart when it comes to food. We strategically place certain items of food on the plate in a specific manner and order, in order to fill up every square millimetre on the plate with food - and by the time you're walking to your table... it looks like you've got a castle of food on your plate - fit to feed a whole family for a week!
By the time I get to the second plate, I can hardly move. My stomach is begging me to stop - but my brain says, YOU'RE ONLY ON THE FIRST PLATE YOU LOSER!!! GO GET ANOTHER! So my poor waist line has to stomach it down - it doesn't matter if I sit up straight, or hunch - the THREE tyres are still sitting around my waist!!!
And whilst I'm on my second plate and struggling, the second Asian motto comes into my mind. Don't waste food. SIEN... so after being greedy and kiasu and getting my second plate, after that I need to finish the food I took!
I don't like food wastage simply because we have an over-abundance of food to eat, whereas other third world countries are suffering and have nothing to eat. It's sad, but that's the way it is. So there I am... eating my second plate of food, struggling and putting myself under immense pressure to get the food down.
Why can't I just be content with one plate. WHY!?!?!?
So in the end I ate 2 slices of toast, 5 hashbrowns, 1 sausage, 2 serves of scrambled egg, 2 serves of sauteed mushrooms, 3 rashers of bacon, 1 small bowl of yoghurt and a cup of cappucino.
Kill me now. It's a God-send they didn't provide any pastries and the like... or else I wouldn't like to think how much I would have been able to golf down! To barf is an understatement.
PS: Just came back from Lancelin with the cellies. Was much fun and emo-ness. One year has passed since our Mandurah trip. Can't believe how fast time has passed - will blog about the trip later.
This was us one year ago!
♥ weiwei
today...
@10:42 pm