Regional Park Get Together

Yesterday was the get together. And I blog about it today, the day before I leave the country!
Okay, lets get started then.

Met up at Regional Park, the one at Cecils area. Couldn't find them, so called Kevin and he said something about the twins finding a "shady spot new the equipment". And then with help of sister, my mum found it! :) When I arrived, it was only the twins and Liz. Not long after Kevin and Cindy arrived. Then Sophea and Maree. While we waited for the rest of the people to arrive, we played on that HUGE seesaw.

Then after what felt like ages, the rest arrived. Lets see there was Pak, Truong, Steven, Meoli and Huy. We ate, and it was off to the playground for us girls. The guys played soccer or whatever.

Went on the seesaw again, the blue circle spin thing and the swings! Then some of the guys played cricket, some else where, and Maree, Pak and I on the bridge. :). Then more people joined the bridge... and then somehow a water fight started. I WAS a spectator, then somehow i got involved. Don't remember much but still remember Pak, Kevin and Alaa all getting me so DRENCHED! Got them back too, so it's all even :) The water fight lasted for awhile, and they started getting the ones who were all dry... like Samer and Huy. HA HA.

After water fight, had cake!! and went back to the playground. It was Maree and I on one side, and Samer and Meoli on the other. Then the guys had a change over, and it was Truong and Alaa. Maree and I made the guys do all the work LOL we just placed our legs on the metal thing.

And the end the day, watched some of them playing Compatibility - i wasn't bothered to learn how to play it. Left the place around 6 past.

Bondi Beach & RESULTS!

Got two events to blog about.

Tuesday 16 December: Bondi
Met up at Fairfield Station, then waited and waited for Aaron and.... yeah that guy who is not worth me mentioning. So we were behind Kevin's schedule, and everything he planned was stuffed up, and he was like "Everybody, follow Serene". LOL. So went on train, didn't get seats. Had a little competition on who can stand without loosing balance and without holding anything. I'm usually good at this, but this time the train was unusually rocky. So I lost balance and jolted forward.
SCREAMED. (maybe cause I knew if i did fall, i would squish kevin). And after I recovered, Kev's like "Everybody's looking at you"... LOL so embarrassing.

Then when we were on train to Bondi Junction, I got annoyed/pissed off at a certain someone. Can't stand people like him.

After, waited ages at Bondi Junction for the bus. But eventually got one!
Got there, set up camped. So while people went off to change, I was with Sheenal and we were digging our hole. :). And I made my sand dune LOL. Then when people came back, off to the water for us! The waves were realllllyyyy strong. And most of the time they pushed me back close to shore. LOL. And I ended up swallowing heaps of salt water. Sometimes I felt the current pulling me back. Then there was a time where i lost Christine's sunnies. (told her when i got home though, and shes fine with it now) ahaha. Was in the water for a bit more, then went to see how Sheenal was doing. The hole wasn't that deep, couldn't even cover up all of Aaron. Stayed with Sheenal for a bit. Went back to the light waves. Then left with Liz, Kev, Meoli and Pak. Caught bus back and the train. The train door was closing on me. Scary stuff. But I survived. And now have a story to tell. :)

Wednesday 17 December: HSC Results
Went to Bonnyrigg shopping with my mum and her friend. Borrow some books for Christine. I didn't plan to check my results, but when I came home, turned computer on, part of me wanted to check. Initally wanted to check it after i see my UAI. But eh. Ended up logging in, then i expected there to be a link or something to see it.. then BAM! RIGHT IN MY FACE. The results were before me. Im happy with them. Considering how i thought i went so bad in them :)

Thursday 18 December: UAI
Waited till around 9, then logged into uac.
Happy with this also. :)
93.40
GOT IN THE NINETIESSSSSSSS :D
Didn't plan to go BBQ, but did.
Before that, went Stockies to buy The Daily Telegraph.
Im on the Honour Roll BABY!
Ended up seeing Kev and Liz :) :)
Then we went back to schoooool

Talked. Visited teachers. More talking. Went to Edensor for Ice block. Sat and talked. Then home around 2. :)

COUNTDOWN

My gosh i haven't been here in ages!! but i think it is finally time to blog! lOl
guess what??? i have 5 DAYS LEFT! so excited atm =) but there is still alot of work that has to be completed or nearly completed before i leave. Past few weeks been packing/finding hotels in hong kong =) i have been waiting for this trip for like 2 years already! too bad it is during my HSC year but, so much school work!! so i am taking the last 2 says of school to try and complete someof it before i leave! and then may go luna park with vannii on the friday?

STELLA'S PARTY ON SAT WAS GREAT!

life
well things have been abit stressful lately? with schools and other things that are not going to be mentioned here. i just feel like i have to choose all the time, and that there is people tellingme what the do! i am just so sick of it. that is why i have been looking forward for this trip for so long, becuase i can finally have time to get away from EVERYTHING! and be surrounded by people who are greatful to have you here =). Besides from that i just wonder about my future? my job, family, and friends?

obsession
i currrently have an obsession for hair and make-up products, it has been a slowly growing thing, but now i have looking for some hot rollers, hair curlers, and a whole new collection of make-up!


OHHHH and i became $1000 richer thanks to the government =) gonna bring that money back to china ans SPEND! finally something that you can thank the government for lOl

welll i will try and blog more later, cbb atm

Reflection?

So whats been happening?
For 2-3 days, I didn't talk to Deepak, until today.
Our convo went for about 2.5 hours, and I think i felt every emotion out there.
Talked about stuff, and in the few days of not contacting him, it made me realise many things.

Realise things that I most probably am going through.
Realise things that I pretend to not see.
Realise my foolishness in believing all things last forever.
Realise just how much I take certain things for granted.

Why this all of a sudden?
I don't know. Maybe this is truly the first stage of my life where I AM INDEPENDENT.
Where, if I want something, I really do have to do it myself.

Maybe I was scared.
Maybe I didn't know how to react to this.
Maybe I didn't see this happening.
Maybe I just clung onto what was left of my simple childhood.
Hoping to keep hold of what was there. That even if time moves on, if I had what I had backed then it's okay.
That I would be safe.

Foolish isn't it?

But by the end of my conversation with Deepak, I felt better.
It cleared certain things for me.

And now I know it is time to move on.
To let go of what I wanted to preserve.
I cannot be in my childish world forever.

Times change, people change.
We all make our own choices, and these decisions will ultimately affect the people around us.
Most of the time, selfishness take over, and everyone cares about themselves more so than others.
They want to be happy.
Its okay. We all understand, because everyone is

ONLY HUMAN.

There are things that have to change as a result of the decisions made.
Even I too, probably am selfish.
I want my own happiness.
I selfishly tried to keep things as they were. And when things didn't go my way, I got annoyed. Angry. Like a little girl who didn't get the present she wanted for Christmas.

Things are meant to change.
Nothing stays forever.
Wishing for time to stop, is just not reality.
I've learnt by now, that it well and truly is time to move on.

But it's sad when people you know, become people you knew, and you can walk right past them like they were never a big part of your life. As time passes people change, along with their priorities.

That is what I now understand.

/The end.

Serene.

Nothing better to do

You know the times when you have nothing better to do?
So you turn the computer on, and just click around the world wide web,
exploring whatever site it takes you to?

That's what I did yesterday, and it landed me at morphthing.com.
What's that site you ask?
Let me explain,
The site allows you to upload a photo of yourself, and "morph" it with anyone you like. You can either choose from the already uploaded pics of celebrities, or upload another one of your own.
I found it HILARIOUS. But quite interesting at the same time.

Want to see some results? LOL
Prepare yourself!

Oh by the way, I used this photo of myself:

Okay, continuing on...

NOTE: TO SEE FULL RESULTS, CLICK ON THE IMAGE ITSELF!

Me and Ayumi Hamasaki: You can obviously see that she inherited my face shape, nose, lips, and eyebrows LOL.. Her EYES and hair! Although, this didn't turn out bad at all. Maybe its because we're both asian.

Me and Vanessa Hudgens: My face, and nose yet again. Her lips and eyebrows. It looks more like her than it does me.

Me and Miranda Kerr: Aha, my face, nose. Her lips, eyebrows and eyes. I seem to make everybody's face rounder, and they all seem to lose their cheek bones LOL

Me and Christina Milian: This is my FAVOURITE one. I like the skin colour, and I've asianised her. LOL I like I like. If only I looked like that. LOLO. Anyway, its my face, nose. Her lips. And a combination of our eyebrows and eyes. :) Im in loveeeee

Me and Paris Hilton: Another person I've asianised. I made her look less like a hoe bag anyway LOL. But seriously though, I can't get over how "asian" she looks. Lets see its my face, nose, eye brows. Her lips. And a combination of our eyes. No more paris hilton cheek bones! LOLOL

Me and Queen Elizabeth II: I'm royalty at last LOL. I basically just made her look YOUNGER. Heaps and heaps younger. My face, my eyes. Her nose and lips and WRINKLES. A combination of our eyes and eye brows.

Aha.
The end.
Wasn't that entertaining?
Actually, I have more morph pictures, but maybe i'll post them up next time.

Another catch up!

I must stop being so lazy and actually blog on the right day the events happened!
But I guess it just can't be helped.

Wednesday 3rd December: I have NO IDEA what I did this day.

Thursday 4th December: Yet again, I have no clue. Tis so sad.

[wait, it was either wednesday or thursday that my mum and i went to cabra to pick up our passport for the travel agent as we applied for a china visa! and there was a 10 minute change in our flight time as well.]

Friday 5th December: Kinokuniya had 20% off for members, so my mum and I went to city together! Got off at town hall, went kino and bought my last ever 3 mangas. EVER. I decided to stop buying them since the price went up so much. Although.. I only need two more volumes until I finish the Fruits Basket Series... so maybe that is an exception. Then clothes shopping! down George St, and up Pitt St, at Chinatown and in Market City! :) Then we had to go home, to make sure my mum isn't late from picking up Christine from school.

Saturday 6th December: I worked for the FIRST time of my life. And earnt my $70 for the day. Surprisingly, the 8 hours flew by soooo fast! That it did not even feel like that long. Hooray for having fun selling things!

Sunday 7th December: Yet again, I have NO MEMORY of my day here :(

Monday 8th December: Went CITY! (again).. but this time with friends - Deepak, Sheenal, Suz, Liz, Kevin, Truong, Meoli, Xie, Vong, Jason Common, Huy ( I think that is it. Can't remember anymore people). Met up at Fairfield Station, I think I was the last one to arrive. Bought my day tripper ticket for $8. Waited for train, had the theory that if we go at the back of the train there would be less people, but how wrong they were. We stood all the way there. Got off at Circular Quay. Caught ferry to Manly.

At Manly beach us girls got in the water, bottom bit of my dress got wet from the waves. It felt realllly nice to have feet in the water. The guys didn't want to get wet, even so, we kicked water at them. Then we walked along the beach to the rock pools. While in the process, wetting people. At the rocks, some people went exploring, I couldnt be bothered.. so the rest of us just stood there to talk. Wasted my bottle of water on Kevin... :(.. then walking back to ferry. Some people bought food to eat on ferry.

On ferry, ate my lunch, and the boat seemed to really shake. I don't know what it was, but it made me feel as if I was going to vomit. Went outside, felt better. Then when we were back at Circular Quay, the people bought maccas, while the rest of us just sat and talked... and took photos in front of the Christmas tree :)

That took ages, and we saw many FREE CBD shuttle buses go pass... then we waited for one... and caught one to around Chinatown.. got off at George st i think. Walked to the laser tag area... I didnt play, nor did deepak or huy. The sofa was reallllllllly comfortable though... so pak and i just talked. It was $25 for 3 games... and me being the cheapo i am, I didn't want to.. and even if i did, my clothes weren't appropriate anyway. When they finished playing, walked to Town Hall to catch the train back. It was so pack yet again. Talked to pak.. and truong on the way back.. saw a really cute scene... then the end.

Tuesday 9th December: Nothing. What a waste.

在这个时刻的我

我觉得不同的。
我有感受不同于通常我。
我认识的人，
尽管这样靠近我 ...
觉得这样遥远的。
缓慢地，渐渐地，事情改变了。
对好，或者更糟的，
我不现在知道。

使用的事情这样简单的，
看起来上百万次更困难的。
我使用的事情能说，
感觉好像它不将走出我的嘴。

我不知道什么再做，
刚刚只是混淆我。

So what have Serene been doing?

Saturday 29 November: Bad weather. One minute clouds, next sunshine, the next rain, then clear skies. MAKE UP YOUR MIND WEATHER. Went to Fairfield Markets to find a clear cover case for my new phone. BUT THEY RAN OUT OF STOCK!! So ended up getting clothes. LOL. Then we went to the Italian Cake Shop at the end of Quarry Rd to by cake for my mum's birthday! (chinese birthday btw).

Went home, celebrated her birthday. Ate the cake. YUM! Then I don't remember what else happened.

Sunday 30 November: Went city with my mum. Went to Paddy's Market and got my cover case! :) But for $7 :( Damn cheapos. Next went clothes shopping, got clothes AGAIN. Walked to Myers. Looked at all the expensive clothes that we couldn't afford. But the truth is, I don't even like the designs. I feel that although those clothes are classified as "high class" and sought after by many, it has no attraction to me what-so-ever. I prefer my lower cost clothes. Who really cares about the brand? As long as it looks nice. Then walked back to Chinatown and had lunch. $7 each. My mum and I halfed each... but I couldn't finish it and ended up leaving food behind. I felt so bad. Then end of day.

Monday 1 December: Went pools with Sheenal, Liz, Deepak, Kevin, Huy, Meoli. It was SO LAST MINUTE though. I was online around 9:30 last night and Kev goes and ask me about going pools the next day. Then I had a crisis. Anyway, Met up around 10:30 am at the front, and bought tickets $4.90 :( wasted. Attempted many games, but failed. I forgot how to swim, and so I didn't want to risk my life by going to the deep end for so long. Even if i did, i just hung onto the edge for most of the time. And treaded water for a bit when i got sick of holding on. After a while, Kevin wanted to play with bubbles, so went inside pool to the spa thing. Then when we went back outside, tis so cold! Next the guys were trying to sit on each others shoulders and stuff.. and deepak and i just observed their gayness. Felt hungry. Left for stockies. Had lunch. Tofu sushi ~ yum. My new obsession actually. Went to angus. Then Target for baby clothes! Ngaw they were so CUTE! I found a really cute white summer dress.. but it was $40 T___T who knew baby clothes were this expensive? Then they went back to angus... and went home.

Tuesday 2 December: Today's my rest day. After going out so much. Did nothing inportant.

Growing up and moving on

So high school has been over for me many many weeks ago. I've been doing nothing but going out mainly ~ with family, and some with friends. Now that it is all over, we are exposed to the world, to embark on this post high school life independently, starting anew with everything.

But do we really have to start this current life so "new and fresh"? Whether we like it or not, we will have our high school memories with us forever. Maybe not all, but fragments of it. We will remember how it felt to be in such a confined environment, the crazy things we've done during recess-lunch, the funny moments in class, and most importantly, the friends we've made within the 6 years. For the last point, I don't believe that we should move on from. Is it really okay for someone to break their ties with their friends, just because high school is over... and new friends will be made in uni and/or work? Isn't it better to keep these friends, and make new ones? That's what I believe now.

The me during high school always just thought...

"Once high school is over, I doubt I would keep in contact, so there is no point dwelling over this. I'll make new friends in uni, and start off fresh this way"

Oh how wrong I was. It is only after I've finished high school, I realised just how much I miss seeing my friends. Maybe it is because I no longer get the chance to see them for 6 hours/5 days a week, or because unknowinly, they've played an intergral role in my life for the past 6 years. These sort of things can't be turned off just like that. In fact, 6 years is a small but very significant part of my whole life. And to ask me to move on and isolate myself from the the social world I know so well, it would be quite hard, if not impossible. In order to maintain this friendship, an effort has to be made.

We must make an effort to organise outings in order to catch up. To make up for the days that we haven't seen each other. There's been an outing at least once every week. And for each outing, it was all less than 6 hours. How does that compare to our usual 6 hours/5 days a week? It seems so minimal. This I know, I will have to get used to as not everyone is free like me. But as long as an effort is made to maintain the friendships made, then I am more than happy.

SERENE