Why am I awake again so early? Yesteday I awoke after about 4 hours sleep after staying on the net for so long, and had no naps.. ttoday... this morning. I got to sleep around 5am and woke up at 8.50am! WHYYYYYYY???? I am so exhausted?!?!? At least im up tho, so I won't miss out on dim sum at 11.30.

Anywho last night... what a night! It rocked! very interesting, unexpecting, sporadic and a great time for the 3 Musketeers! It was the first time Lils, Jess and I hung out in a night time scene. I mean Jess and I bump into each other once in a while, but never Lils. So this was THE night.

We started out at the Brisbane for Trinh's and Teresa's 23rd birthday. I must not forget the unforgettable journey there. We all took time getting ready at Jess' place. I was make-up and hair stylist of the night... and I was a pretty nervous one. People don't realise how stressful it is to be asked to do someone's hair and make up. I found it scary as hell as they have entrusted you to make them look good. If you mess it up, millions of thoughts could run through thier mind "Did she know what she was doing?" "Oh she's pretty bad" "Oh she made me ugly on PURPOSE!" etc... So yea I was scared as hell. But the girls were pretty happy with the job *fewf* and there were practical consequences which I will explain later on...

The drive to the Brisbane was pretty epic! Lils was driving and had to turn left onto a street at a set of lights. But there was a give way lane and instead of going through it, she went through the lights and turned left. Haha.. I was on the phone at the time, but I then remembered seeing red and blue lights flashing in the window. LOL

Pulled over we all were like "OMG!!! LILY!!!" hahahah the cop approached the window, and Lils blurted out something like "oh yea I know what I did wrong, I went through the lights instead of the give way, I am sorry..." The cop kinda gave lils a blank look and said something like "Oh i'll give you a warning..." he then took out a breathalizer and asked her to breathe into it! Jess and I lost it, our Lils has never touched a drop of alcohol in her life. LOL. The cop was pretty cool about the whole thing though and gave Lils the tubey part from the breathalizer as a "keep sake."


Trinh's and Teresa's 23rd Birthday was pretty interesting. I didn't really know anyone there, a whole lot of familiar faces though, which I ended up finding names to! As a result of learning about all these people I foolishly made a bet with one of the new friends where I put entry into metros on the table... yea... I lost... but luckily, I wasn't asked to honour the bet. Hehe. Oh yea.. that was the other MAJOR unexpected turn of the night. We ended up at Metros. Its strange... when I was in the mood for clubbing and was into Metros.. I always had a average to crap time. By 1am I would be tired and feet would be sore as. But lately the past few weeks when I have been dreading going to Metros... its been... well frankly, awesome!

It was soo cool... Lils, Jess, Trinh Robert and I were the ones who lasted the night, we danced out little booties out! Heaps of people were there surprisingly! I bumped into Vanni and Penny in the girls toilets, I ended up dancing next to the Chia Hui, Eloise, Mei, Fahan, Kim and Voon group... I saw Eddie (who left quite early) and found Yorma for a few seconds as he was looking for a lost and very drunk Hanif.

This night was a strange night. Because within our little group, everyone got hit on... at the beginning there were a group of guys dancing around us. One behind me was relatively close, but I didn't think much of it until after a good 10 mins Robert leaned over and asked "Do you want me to save you?" I was like "HUH!??! They aren't YOUR friends?!" So yea... Robert did his manly duties and scared the guys away. Jess was appoached at the bar by some guy in pink. Where she shut him down pretty neat, and Trinh... well she got some guy grabbing her hand and gave it a kiss. LOL (whilst Robert was away). The epic pick up was... LILS!!!! hahaha!

There were these guys dancing around us... and I kinda saw 2 of them talking and glancing and our beautiful, mysterious and unassuming Lils. After a while, I leaned to Jess and said "Look out, Lils has caught someone..." Just as I turned back to look at Lils, one of the guys was leaning into Lils and pointing to his tall friend. Awwww it was sooo cool. Lils politely declined (as polite as one can be at a club) But for the rest of the night, we could not shake those guys off... the tall shy guy had it bad for lils... hehehe...

We ended up leaving around 4... and I was surprised at how the night just turned out. Now Im buzzing on 8 hours in total of sleep from Friday and Sat night... I hope to catch a hell early night coz i know im gonna be screwed for work tm...

P.S
Ah... special shout out to Linc-dwag who I neglected to mention as one the cool peeps that I bumped into at Metros. ;)

Labels: Birthday, Clubbing, Friendship

Heya all,

Yea... I have started working full time as a paralegal at a law firm called "Sparke Helmore" within their litigation and dispute resolution area. So far its been pretty good. The people who work there are really nice people and yea so far it has been a good experience.

I must admit, I still need to get used to the working day. It is still pretty hard on me. I am seriously tired during the day, and once I get home, I am pretty lively. I dont know how to change it, so that it is the other way around. It would be preferable if I was more lively at work. LOL

Last weekend was pretty good. Probably because now since I work during the week I really appriciate it when I don't work. Friday night at volleyball was siiiiick! I was on a high I think... and then afterwards at el's place... it was sooo fun! people on ps3, others playing boardgames, kfc, homemade fairyfloss (thanks el, shaz and charlene). It was just fun! Then on sat... sat night was awesome! Dinner with the gang at Vultures and then Metros... (after being denied from Library because I forgot my ID).

We all walked briskly to Metros in the rain! Eddie being manly and gave me and hanif his jacket to shield ourselves from the rain... (protecting our hair) LOL at Hanif. Thanks to Galilee I was able to get into Metros easy. Damn... I am like 22 and still have ID issues? The night overall was pretty good. Definitely a good night. Would love to to it again... and hopefully when Will is all fine and dandy!

Labels: Birthday, Clubbing, Dinner, Fun, Sport, Work

Will mentioned that I have no blogged in a while, and I guess that is true. I've been really busy. Last weekend we had a biggie... best outing in along time I say. The occassion... to celebrate Clem and Sharon's birthday!

Oliver's
Sat night started at Oliver's in Northbridge which was quite pleasant. I would definately go back again. Affordable and a decent range of surprisingly refined dishes. Will, Terry, Adrian and I had come here before, on a random night out, and from what I remembered it had pretty good food back then. But this night... well, maybe it was the company, but it was definately something memorable. The atmosphere was warm and modernly 'Italianish' homely. I split the pizza and salad with Chrissy and Vanni which made a really nice light but substantial meal to keep us going for the night. Will ordered the steak which came with a side of fries. The steak was pretty good. Definately something that I'll order next time as it really worked well with the glass of red that I had ordered. It was definately better than the steak at 'The Mez' in Northbridge which I was not impressed with at all. (I had ordered a medium rare, and it came well done, plus the mushroom sauce was almost like those instant gravy mix.)

Terry's Morrocian Lamb looked perfect actually, and the garlic bread which we had ordered was by far one of the tastiest garlic bread's I've had at a restaurant. Just a warning, you would probably need to consider eating it with a knife and fork if you don't want getting a bit of grease on your fingers. Galilee had baked Clem's birthday cake which was Tiramisu. She did a fantastic job! It looked very nice, and it tasted... well just the way I like it. It was light and not too sweet! Perfect finish for the dinner.

The Library
After Dinner we all made our way to The Library. I had not been there since the Bananaroo's windup last year so I was curious as to whether it was still the same. Terry was not allowed in because of his shoes (AGAIN) so he went back home and changed. (Note, only the weekend before we had gone to Minq at Burswood and he was refused entry there because of his shoes... ) We met part of the Volleyball crew which was cool and the night... well it was just turned out really well. Maybe I really needed to cut loose after all my assignments... We made our way to the second floor and then found a little rnb room where we spent the majority of the night in.

Shaz and I were like... dancing fever and made frequent stops at the toilets hehehe. There were a lot of photos taken that night, and yea, it definately reflected the night we had. Lots of fun, just hanging around a good group of friends, and everyone drinking. In the end we left at around 4am...

Will, Clem, Galilee and I waited in the long taxi line for our ride back home. But that wait in itself wasnt too bad. Was relatively quick, except when there were those people who would take a taxi for just themselves and no one else *GRRRR.*

Labels: Birthday, Clubbing, Dinner, Food

Yesterday was my birthday... and awww what an interesting and special birthday it was!

First of all, I had my birthday wishes from Will who gave me a surprise!! I was checking my bank account after Shanghai thinking... crap man I got no more money now... But then when I checked it... low and behold... I had money! I was like... oooh dear... did something funky go wrong??? Anywho... it turns out that all you wonderful people had given me my birthday present!!! Thank you guys soooo much! I really appriciated it... it made me feel might special especially the e-card/powerpoint presentation!!!! I had been feeling quite... well unsure about my birthday... feeling kind of lonely in China. I have made heaps of friends.. but you never know where you stand with them...my birthday morning was awesome!!!

The day after class was pretty slow... I had lunch with James and Quentin in the shitang where they sang me happy birthday... (ooh embarassing) and then sometime in the afternoon James was thinking to go th the hospital just to get his back checked out. After lunch I pranked my parents to say hello and get the gossip on what was going on there. I checked emails again... recieved a nice long one from my brother... = ) And then I thought I better nap.. but before I napped I quickly smsed everyone to meet in the lobby at 6.30pm so we could head off to L96 Italian Cafe. I also smsed James to see when he was going to the hospital so I could accompany him... but didnt get anything...

Soo yea... quiet day... was good though needed the sleep. At 4.30 I walked to the Bank of China to get some moola for the night and then got ready to meet everyone at 6.30. Everyone was punctual!!! I was impressed... and what also surprised me... was the gifts people had gotten me! I was soo not expecting it!!!!! It really... made me feel all warm and tingly inside!!!! This is what I got:

James got me the Big Doggie which I had seen at the shops a couple of days ago! Its soo huge and cute and soft... I have named him Xiao Dabian. HehEHhee.. He also got me a Wang Leehom CD because I love him!!!! Qiao gave me a pillow which has a photo of our crew on it when we had gone to Huang Shan and a little dog with a birthday cake... on the bottom... the personalised message... which which is an inside joke... "Ni xi huan wo, wo ai ni" Quentin had bought me a Celine Dion CD which she recorded in French (we had sung Pour Que Tu Maimes Encore together, which was a song that Celine Dion had recorded but this CD doesn't have it on it), and a French movie called Les Choristes which he had recommended me to see while on the train trip hom from Shanghai. Melissa and Jose got me a bottle of Cointreau because they knew I enjoyed drinking it at Qiao's birthday and Gulliaume and Gabriel got me a little shoulder bag which is really handy for class! Personalised gifts!!! I was really touched!!!

We made our way to the restaurant where the food was good and the dessert was... lets say... tasty = ) There was no break in the China tradition!




We also finished the bottle of Cointreau... people taking a mouthfull and then lighting it up with a lighter! Tastes soo good! Qiao, Gulliaume and Gabriel (the Frenchies) showed me another way to drink Cointreau. They poured me a shot int a shot glass and then lit it up (Gabriel is the pro at lighting it up) once lit, they told me to quickly cover it up with my palm, which I did... there was then this suction like feeling!!! It was SOOOOO werid!!! it freaked me out... they were like... okk shake it.. which I did, and the I was told to shoot it. = ) ITS sooo COOL! I got video of footage thanks to Megan of it!

After that we headed off to Karaeoke!!! which went OFF!!!!! Loved it... was like a mini party there... 17 people, music, plasmas and party lights!!! yeaaa!!! all from dinner came except Quentin... (Boooo him)

Labels: Birthday, China, Chinese, Food, Friendship, Hangzhou, KTV

Yea... we have net in our room now, but I have not been able to upload any photos on flickr or on facebook... so ill have to post some pics here...

Labels: Birthday, China, Friendship, Hangzhou, Party, Sightseeing, Sport, Travel