Change is a constant (no relevance to the below post, just something someone said that stuck)
Some things I wish I had done differently. Gone with the truth earlier, been more perceptive, kept my mouth shut. It’s not so much regrets as they are resolutions to be made and now that I’ve been in this place for awhile, I’m seeing things a lot clearer.
More focus, less aimlessness.
It’s not that I don’t have ambition, I just don’t have anywhere to channel it to. Unlike many people I know, I don’t really have specific career and life goals. I backspaced the ‘/’ because I don’t want to be one of those corporates who sees their purpose as their work.
Pray.
Once upon a time, I used to find time for prayer. Now, I shamefully admit that it’s at the end of the day when I’m tired and feeling selfish. God give me this, give me that, I suck, make me better. In all seriousness, my spiritual life is on the decline. And I can’t blame anything or anyone but myself. I don’t talk about it a lot (though I don’t mind talking about it when asked !) because I’m afraid no one will understand or worse, you’ll understand and then judge me. In any case, even though I have no idea where I’m going, I know that being more disciplined is a step in the right direction.
Routine
Ask anyone. I really suck at routines, even at work. Every day is a completely new, different day, often unplanned and while that can be exciting and all, it often leads to unproductiveness and last minute panic attacks (rare, but they do occur). I think this year will be better ~ especially as Bel has taken more responsibility with looking after the apartment, grocery shopping & whatever = pulling her weight (finally ;-b). And me with my last semesters of uni.
& last but not least dot dot dot
Get to know people, I mean really know people.
I don’t care about meeting as many people as possible cause’ life’s too short to have a tonne of mediocre-quality friends. However, I haven’t really extended a hand to anyone in a long time, back in Melbourne I mean. And to my existing beloved friends, I should make more effort too. I’m sorry for being so slack with meet ups & for lack of initiative on my part.
So yeah, that’s me.
It’s true, I have been back awhile but I’ve jumped straight back into the routine, as mundane as it is and I haven’t made time for anything but the things in the routine, random catch ups & necessary pigging outs aside ! So now it’s time to blah out two months worth of things to mention. Also, Gae Han sent me a lovely text the other day about Eurotrip so I will eventually get around to writing about places to go/best ways to get around/where to stay for interested future travelers ! Stay classy, Melbourne.
Well where to start ? Maybe I’ll start by showing off my polaroid wall ! Goodbye mirrors, hello not-forgetting-all-those-good-times-because-they’re-now-in-polaroid-form-..things ! It is not actually complete as I still have 120 odd polaroids to scan in but I’m getting there !
February 2nd 2010
Ya know, I only just adjusted to writing ‘/10′ in dates rather than ‘/09′ ! I screwed up a whole stack of vouchers at work cause’ I put the year in wrong >.< I don’t want to be that person living in the past ! Though there was one person on my tour who had to check his iPhone to clarify which year it was X-D. Hmmm . . .
As some of you may already know, I will be traveling with MR + Cait for two months so will not be blogging .. here :-b I will be blogging ..
HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE.
HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE. HERE.
Go check it out. Hopefully I will actually have the opportunity to post some pics up every now and again as well as give the lowdown on what’s happening but who knows .. ! I will you all a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance ! Will miss you guys heaps !
Love,
Mookxi.
No one ever guesses where I’m from. Well barely ever. I say, don’t try. Especially as Iceland is probably going to be the last place you’d guess. Nonetheless, people try and guess, and fail. Emphasis on fail. Joking. That sounded harsh. Mostly it’s Japanese or Korean or Eurasian. But it’s barely (again with the barely’s) ever Chinese. Which seriously confuses me to no end especially considering how many Chinese people there are in the world. Hence my tip is, if you’re trying to work out where an Asian person’s from — ALWAYS start with “are you Chinese ?” because there’s a 50% chance you’ll get it right — no matter what nationality that person looks like X-D.
However, the above paragraph is besides the point (so technically you could have skipped reading it :-P).
Has anyone noticed the absolute OBSESSION with asians trying to look Japanese/Korean ? Perhaps not in an obvious way but people seem to always like being guessed Jap/Kor. Like we ultimately want to be who we are (Chinese) but look something else. It frustrates me because it implies that there’s some sort of hierachy of asian beauty which goes European / Japanese > Korean > Chinese. I should note that I don’t believe it’s a racist thing because people still embrace their culture & roots. And I know some of you may be unaware of this or disagree with me and I can understand that because it’s not the sort of thing a lot of people would admit !
Well, there I said it.
I’m making a conscious effort to post today, just before I sleep cause’ I know Nicole checks my blog out every day because she’s just got so much time on her hands :-P Anyhow, I’m leaving tomorrow night and the excitement hasn’t REALLY set in yet. I hopefully will still be blogging some where cause’ I’m going to bring my mini EEE laptop and will give you the link to my travel blog in the next post ;-)
By the way, got a hair cut today ! Very happy with it. Tried out a new hair salon today (Heading Out) and a guy called Bach cut it. And an interesting guy. Told me he wanted to work with children cause’ he gets along with em’ really well but no one would hire a guy with tatts all up his arm X-D I wish him luck.
Unedited picture is below. I couldn’t part with my brown (looks different in natural light). I don’t think I’ll go back to black any time soon but I may dye it a totally different colour in future. We’ll just have to see how much moula I have by the time I come back ;-O.
14. Participate in Project 365 ; 1 photo a day for 365 days (65/365)
September 21st 2009
MASTA MICKEY WONG TAI’S (say it really fast, it sounds funny X-D) unique sandwich combo which consists of tuna, what looks like mayo, and chips with, let’s not forget, tomato sauce ! Appetising or what ?!
52. Write twenty new poems (12/20)
It’s hard to rhyme well. Especially as I used to hate rhyming poems until him. I actually love reading poetry online now a days (I have a whole folder of bookmarked sites X-D) ! Poetry just by regular people living irregular lives. Anyway, I know you’re supposed to have intent by rhyming since so I suppose my intent it to be ironic. Also, I’m in a some what playful mood.
Day to night
Night to day
There’s no delight
In the game you play
The mask you wear
Is a facade
To hide the fact
There’s nothing there.
51. Write 30 essays or articles about something I’m interested in and post it online (3/30)
I don’t really know how I’m getting all these hits after the skin post (besides visits from my loved ones ~ Eevonn, Nicole ^^) but I just want to thank everyone who’s taken their precious exam-study time to read my goo goo blah blah of a blog. I suppose it’s because skin concerns us all since I haven’t met anyone yet that doesn’t have any skin on em’. I mean, I’m no homicide detective or nuthin’ and seeing what they see would probably scar me for life despite all the horror movies I can stomach.
Anyway, onto make up talk since that’s what I promise y’all (it still amuses me that English classes in France teach this phrase). So yah. I never used to wear make up until before and around France when Nicole lured me to the dark side. Slowly I learnt about foundation, application, and beauty tools and now, apprentice has become master ! X-D JK. I still only wear the basics so here’s explaining what these ‘basics’ are. By the way, I apply in this order:
14. Participate in Project 365 ; 1 photo a day for 365 days (62/365)
Thanks for all your (my adored readers) comments & sympathy & love. I hope your exams are going excellent. :-D
September 16th 2009
Movida Next Door which < Movida. A slightly-but-hardly-noticeably cheaper alternative. Personally it doesn’t make my top 20 especially as this Spanish bar/restaurant doesn’t serve sangria amongst other things you can only find in Movida (habit, habit, habit) which I was in the mood for ! Sho shad.
