I suppose a deep and meaningful post is due after letting my brain rot for as long as it has been stewing in my spinal fluid. Just today while waiting for the bus to get back home from work, I saw 3 girls at the bus stop. I wouldn’t exactly call them ladies or women, because they look slightly younger than me and if I had to estimate their ages, I’d say they were something like 18 or 19 years old. One of them was pushing a baby stroller and the bunch of them weren’t exactly inconspicuous. They were talking and cussing left and right while talking about what they were going to buy in the city later on.
Girl 1: 1st we need to buy that necklace from Diva, glasses from Myers or Jay Jays and clothes.
Girl 2 & 3: Yea, what time is the ****ing bus coming? We’re going to be late!
Basically the whole conversation was centered around that topic and guys. And how those sexy guys are everywhere etc. At this point, I put on my ipod because I could no longer take their verbal diarrhea polluting my ears.
There was a baby girl in the stroller and I think she sat up and the girl I presume is her mother was yelling at her to lie down, stop kicking off the blanket and things that a baby would usually do. When I caught a glimpse of the kid, she was less than 1 year old as best as I can estimate.
My heart went out for the little kid. Poor thing was born in such condition and at such a young age is already at risk for a number of things like abuse and lower SES. Then this purple Subaru WRX GTI drove by with its loud exhaust (now I h ave nothing against that car, I actually love loud cars) with its window down and next thing I know, I hear all 3 girls wolf whistling at that guy. Really loudly. And going, “Yo, sexy!”. They were literally screaming at the guy to look at them. I think I nearly barfed when I saw their behaviour. The girl pushing the stroller had on a red bra (could be seen above her shirt from the back) and a black tank top with her breast almost spilling out of it and a mobile phone tucked into the side. Her outfit and attitude just screamed out skank.
When the bus came and everyone piled into it, everytime a black guy walked past or the bus passed a black guy, all 3 girls will bang on the windows and wolf whistle and yell, “Hey sexy! Looky here” or something along those lines. Nearing the city, there was this black guy that got on the bus and let’s just say they attracted a lot of uncomfortable attention to the poor dude and themselves. The bus was already quite full and when the guy came in they went, “Yo, let his sexy ass in. Move it buster”. I just couldn’t help but feel sorry for the poor guy who was trying to ignore their blatant wolf whistles and poor choice of flirting words.
Sometimes I wonder why people act the way they do. Is it because they don’t love themselves enough to respect themselves and act like civilised people? Or is that the norm for some of them?
Either way, there certainly are many people out there in the world with all kinds of different attitudes and behaviours. Only thing I ask is at least behave yourselves in public so others around you can try and live a civilised life and enjoy the beauty of a nice fine day in the city.
The phrase just popped into my head while I was taking a leisurely stroll in Perth City today and this middle aged guy randomly sneezed without covering his mouth. All I could think off were the germs flying about in the air when he sneezed and how I hoped I wouldn’t catch a cold from them.
And this guy looked well dressed enough to possess some social etiquette, but somehow I think he missed that lesson in school. But somehow I would have thought it’d be common sense to at least whip out a handkerchief or use your hand to at least cover flying, projectile snot and germs coming out of your nose and mouth when you sneeze. Maybe it isn’t so common sense after all.
This post reminded me today that some people don’t realise their actions in public portray of themselves sometimes. After reading that post last night, I couldn’t help but realise how many people flash their butt cracks to the public, intentionally or unintentionally, I don’t know. What I do know is that it sometimes is disturbing to see butt cracks on some people in public *shudders at memories of today*
Anyway, had quite a relaxing time strolling in the city, witnessing the hustle and bustle of daily life and just listening to my ipod. Stock take sales are raging madly in the city and its hard to walk past the stores and not buy anything that is like 70% off. Though I must say, Harbourtown is the best place for bargains, Suite 62 Boutique in front of Valley Girl/Temt is one of the best places to shop cause of all the nice cheap stuff there. There isn’t an item of clothing that I have bought from that place that is more than $10 bucks. Literally. So if anybody is looking for great bargains, look no further than there 
Somehow I think I’ve managed to injure my ipod, mine is the really old one without the click wheel, with the 4 buttons in between the screen and the wheel. The back is the usual shiny thing, and the front doesn’t have the glass thing like the new ones and I think I somehow either squished the ipod in its case with my stuff or someone must have stepped on it or something heavy must have been on top of it because the metal casing is coming out on the side. I’m not sure if it was caused by the water I split in my bag the other day, but I sure hope that nothing happened to it cause I think I’d go insane without my ipod to listen to.
Managed to get Jasmine’s present for her birthday, which is today. Aunty called and I’m working in the morning tomorrow instead of the afternoon, so I’m off to bed now. Have to get out of the house early to go look for my keychain that I lost on the way home. It’s the Top OT one. I’m going to find it and when I do, I’m keeping it away and not using it as a keychain anymore cause its all the way from the UK (well, 1st being made in China :P) and I can’t bear losing it. So, that’s all from me tonight. Toodles!
I know I’ve sort of dropped off the world for a while, but I’ve been busy working and studying for my biostats test. I don’t want to mar my current distinction average I’m getting for all my units, so I’ve focused on studying biostats eventhough I’ve done this so many times and it seriously bores me. Anyway, exciting updates. Last weekend there were so many things that happened!
I’m curious, who is the person who reads my blog form Singapore? I’m curious as you are one of my more regular readers, and not many people reads my blog regularly. If you’re that person, do pop a comment in the comment box I won’t eat you or anything, I just wanna know.
First of all, on Friday the babes (Ange and Lin) and I went to Perth Town Hall to hit the Sass & Bide warehouse sale. We are now Sass & Bide bums….Teehee…..The deal was so irresistable! $50 for a pair of skinny legs, original price is $200 or more. That’s pretty much the same price as Cotton On, but better quality and not made in China stuff. So we Sass & Bide bums grabbed jeans like mad from the tables and proceeded to the change room to try on those skinnies.
Lucky Ange told me the change rooms were open, which meant that we had to strip and try on the jeans in this massive room with mirrors. No partitions, no doors, just masses of women stripping ot their undies and trying on valuable Sass & Bide merchandise. (I checked the website, they don’t have a store in Malaysia but they have one in Singapore, how sad is that?) Never have I seen so many underwear clad bottoms while women grabbed and held on tight to the merchandise. The babes and I slid into the darkest corner we could find to go try on our cheap cheap denim. I think the lady security guard who was stationed at the door must have been bored stiff with having to just stand there for 3 days and watch that nobody steals the clothes. Maybe she must have had these thoughts going through her head”
“Sigh, why must I be here, watching 30 odd women trying on stuff in their underpants? I could have had the better job, watching other people instead of half naked women trying on clothes”
“Hmm…will I be able to fit in a pair of those jeans? They make butts look smaller, maybe it’ll help mine too?”
“I wonder if Sass & Bide will give me a pair of jeans for free, since I’m watching the merchandise for them?”
I know, its really random. But I can’t help thinking what goes thru the guard’s head when she has to stand there and watch half naked women?
They even had these PI-looking guards outside the sales area and at the bottom of the stairs before proceeding to the upper level where the clothes were held. I must say, those security guys were cool, they had the whole suit thing going on, earpieces and the whole stance as if they are guarding some hot-shot or something. Think the president’s body guards. But they were in fact guarding the massive amount of Sass & Bide clothes in the warehouse 
(Pssst…..Ange, I think that guy guard was flirting with you!!! :P)
Presenting……..The Sass & Bide bums!
L-R: Lin, Ange and I waiting for the bus to the city
L-R: Lin, Ange and me in the bus, on the way to the city. I think the guy in front of us must be wondering why these 3 girls where at the back of the bus and laughing all the way and taking pictures with so many cameras/camera phones.
L-R: Ange and me on the bus. OK, so we enjoyed the picture taking prior to the shopping
Babes, I had such a great time! It was great hanging out with both of you outside of uni, we should do this more often. We always see each other at uni, day in and day out, but it sure is different to hang out outside uni and I enjoyed every second of it *hugZ*
Anyway, fast forward to Sunday after church. Jasmine, Justin, Aunty and I went to the Subi markets for lunch and to get some fruit before Aunty went off to Sydney. Jasmine wasn’t feeling too well and to cut a veeeeery long story short, she puked in the markets. Twice. Me and Aunty were like, “Oh dear. Can’t be helped”. Poor girl puked on the way back to the car, so she puked like on ground, in the middle of the market throng. I must say it was quite an amusing sight, cause we could actually see what she had for lunch. Thank God I have a sort of iron stomach and didn’t puke myself at the sight of everything.
I can still see the puke in my dreams…..*shudders* Since some of it landed on my jeans and shoes, I’ve given them a good scrubbing but I still feel they ain’t brand new anymore……Hahaha.
Zaneta dropped by today, had quite a chat and realised we both know some Miss Malaysia/World finalists. And the finalists are about my age, which makes me feel a tad bit like an underachiever with just being a full-time student and part-time sales assistant. Then again, everyone has their own talents and are special in their own way. I may not be beauty pageant standard, but I sure can memorise lots of information.
I’ve realised in my years of living, that you don’t need to conform to society’s standards to be a decent person. Society’s standards are warped, and as long as you stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice I believe you’ll be alright. You’ll make it in life.
anyway, biostats test today was rather hard, the lecturer made the wording of the questions rather tricky. The results should be out next week, since its the last week of uni and we do want to go through the paper before the exams.
Time flies so fast! It’s already week 13, and my 2 presentations and oral exams are next week!!! Arrrghhh!!!! And study week and exams are just round the corner…..Sigh….Better get down to business and studying.
On a side note, I accidentally closed the garage door onto the Golf. *gulps* Aunty reversed the car in, but didn’t put it inside enough and I shut the door and it hit the license plate. When the door was on the way down, there was this creaking sound as the door scraped against the metal of the license plate, my heart just skipped a beat when that happened. Yikes!!! And the door got stuck there and I had to go jiggle with it, I couldn’t get inside to move the car inside a bit more but had to wait to get into the garage through the house as I didn’t want to risk opening the door and pulling the license plate off the car.
*gulps*
Just came back from dinner with Zaneta at Arirang in Subiaco. I had the usual kimchi chigae there, usual meaning I’ve never tried anything else there apart from that. I’ve concluded from that, I’m a girl who craves familiarity and routine. Take for instance, driving is such a cognitive task for me cause I have to memorise the route I’m going, remember when to merge lanes and remember which lane to keep to or else I would freeze in panic.
Anything out of the ordinary of my daily routine drives me absolutely insane and sometimes I panic. I know I’m not having a full blown panic attack but I get this fear that I ‘m going to crash into something or someone. It is as if I have to plan everything in life, or else I do not know what might happen.
Zaneta and I were having this conversation about how we plan our lives and by what age we were supposed to accomplish certain things. Then the topic turned to men, and how we tend to plan on meeting a guy, falling in love, date for a while, get engaged, get married, have kids and juggle a career at the same time. All this by the time I’m 30.
So the time line went something like this:
23: Meet a guy, find him compatible, fall in love
25: Get engaged to above mentioned guy
26/27: Get married
28: Have a kid
In accordance to the above mentioned timeline, I would have to meet the guy in 2 years time. That is 2 very short years.
But then we realised that you can’t plan everything in life. Things usually happen when you least expect it. Which is usually true for me, I don’t expect things and they just happen. Like Zaneta says, I should put myself first. Think of what is good for Kristine first and not anybody else. Which pretty much is summed up by Peter Petrelli’s mother, from Heroes: “If you put everyone first, you’ll end up last”.
So, it’s definitely time to put Kristine first in some areas of life. Like taking control of my destiny for one.
You definitely can tell that life is just a tad bit stressful now by the looks of my room. Its basically an open secret, my room generally becomes a humongous mess once I’ve got an assignment due or its nearing exams. Here’s a peek into the kingdom of mess It’s not everytime you get to see a girl’s room, so there you go.
The neater part of the room
The not so neat part of the room
The worst part of the room
I must say I do feel paiseh that my room is in that condition, but with me and studying and rushing assignments, things will always be that way. No matter how neat I try to keep it at the beginning of semester.
Currently my room is not so crammed because I’m using the laptop in the living room which I cannot afford to mess up due to the fact that everybody walks past that area and there is no door to hide the mess
I had a tummy ache from eating too much junk yesterday and M&Ms today. I’m such an emotional eater and when I’m stressed I eat a lot too. Looks like the weight I’ve lost during the Easter Break is slowly but surely coming back on again 
While showering, I was having a thought: I’ve conceded that there is no such thing as a perfect guy in the world. Each person comes with their flaws and that is the essence of a person. No human being is perfect by any standards. Thinking about the movie Becoming Jane and how her love life was dogged with lots of drama and how the situation twists and turns in so many ways which frustrates us. I’ve conceded that I will never find a guy who is so-called perfect, but whoever I date will definitely have to meet some important criteria. Criteria that is very dear to my heart, but preferably not mentioned here just in case anybody is reading this
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, about guys, God and a whole heap of other things. I look around me and see how the world has turned into one which is complacent and accepts all things immoral without a question in their mind. I see people around me who don’t know about God and I see how they lead their lives and thank God that I’ve found Him and accepted Jesus as my Lord and saviour. I don’t put myself on a pedestal as being better as non-believers, but more like I see myself in a better place personally. I can honestly say that I’ve changed for the better since getting to know God a little bit better, and as I take the journey of learning about Him each and every day.
I ask myself sometimes how come I never did listen to God’s promptings before. I don’t know why and doubt I’ll ever understand why I was so hard hearted in the past. I feel that I’ve changed now, especially this year. After going to New Life City Church (NLCC) this year, somehow the hunger and thirst to know God emerged and I have been wanting to know God more each day now. I have always accepted that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, but somewhere in my heart I have not experienced such thirst before. And I blogged about a month ago how I experienced this overwhelming sense of joy during worship one Sunday morning, it really struck me there was nobody who could stir my heart like that but God and He has answered my prayers about wanting to know Him more. I won’t go into detail but the least I can say is that God is great and will always be great.
It certainly has been a long day today. Ange, Lam, Lin and I went off to the UWA Med library to get some books out for our rehab assignment after having an 8am lecture all the way at Curtin today. And I got quite a bit of work done today, which makes me feel a little better. I suppose it has been a productive day with research done for my OT 402, OT 403 and OT 305 assignments. All I have to do now is to get thru oh, I don’t know, 200 pages of research for my assignments and another 500 pages of readings for classes. Not to mention I’ve gotta work 10 hours this weekend. And people wonder how come I’ve got no time to hang out and I am acting like an anti-social person. Well, paying $21k per year for uni fees is no joke.
I better be off for now. Too much thinking for the night and I’ve got a tummy ache from eating too many M&Ms. Another sign that I’m stressed.
It has been a while since I’ve last sat outside or by the river and watched the night sky. I certainly plan on doing that again sometime soon. Sitting at Matilda’s Bay or the jetty where JoJo’s is at or even the big field and having a midnight picnic there. You know what? I think that’s what I’ll do for my birthday next year. Just have a nice picnic at night and relax under the stars. Nice and intimate, though minus the mosquitoes and flies of course. Insect repellent would be a very good idea
Actually, stick that on my birthday wish list for next year. Surprise me with a picnic at night. I would love that. OKlah, sounds romantic, but hey I like the stars. Watching the stars reminds me of God’s glory and how he made the world we live in and without Him, we are nothing. It also reassures me that there is God out there who created us and the we will meet Him one day.
I guess its time to get my butt off the chair and into bed cause I’ve got work tomorrow morning and a whole bunch of other things to do.
It has been quite a turbulent week, but at church yesterday I had the most wonderful worship time. While singing a worship song (can’t recall which one though), I felt this tremendous joy fill my heart and I felt God’s presence in me. It was beyond desription, but that really helped me get thru the week I had and put things into perspective. My suffering is trival compared to so many things happening out in the world today.
I was at peace with things and I could deal with things I was going thru. Although my calender is packed with things to do, I could forget about all my worries and worship God with all my heart yesterday. It was the most wonderful feeling in the world.
Lately I’ve been thinking about so many things, and well God has been one of the topics. I’ve been a believer since I was young, but nothing really motivated me to really study the Bible and go to church and study the word of God. Till this year. Aunty had brought me and Jas to NLCC and that just changed things so much. I’ve renewed my faith in God and learnt to put my trust in Him. I’ve pretty much found where I fit in finally after not feeling like I could fit in the other churches I went to.
I really praise and thank God that he planned this in my life and I’m learning about Him more each an everyday and finding joy in life and looking forwards to learning more about Him.
I’ve really had the 180 experience in life and I’m grateful for the people who have nudged me along the way. If you people want to know, I’m doing this 11 hours Bible study thing during the Easter Break and the study of baptism as well. The issue of baptism has always been playing in my mind, and when Aunty brought up the subject, I jumped at the chance of learning more about it. Will also be doing that during the 2 week Easter break. Pray for me as I embark on this wonderful journey!
P/S: Its not normally the post I would post, but I felt I just had to write this cause I wanted everyone to know how happy I am!
Turning 21 has made me reevaluate my life big time and realized life is just too short to be wasted. Writing this down is probably the best way to ensure I achieve the majority of the goals by the end of this year. I suppose you could call this my New Year’s Resolution, but whatever it is, the principle still remains.
• I shall learn more about God this year and devote more time to praying, reading the bible and listening to the word of God
• I shall spend time reading the Bible and studying the word of God
• I shall attend church services faithfully
• I shall get exercise at least twice a week
• I shall take more photos of friends and random ones too
• I shall blog more often and update people with what is happening in my life
• I shall score at least 4 Distinctions this semester and stick my foot down for things that don’t seem to be going too well in studies
• I shall keep my room clean and files organised
• I shall be thrifty this year and save up at least $5k for tuition fees this year
• I shall pack lunches and snacks to uni at least 3 days a week
• I shall pay attention and ask more questions and be more vocal in class
• I shall sit nearer to the lecturer so that I avoid distractions
• I shall be punctual for all my classes and come prepared
• I shall read my texts on time and be knowledgeable
• I shall pay attention to my lecturers, no matter how boring they may sound or how I do not understand what they are talking about
• If I don’t understand anything in class, I have to ask and not sit quietly
• I shall learn to have a balance in life
• I shall plan out each day/week in advance
• I shall learn how to drive well
• I shall not procrastinate
• I shall get a paid job relating to Occupational Therapy to get experience
I think there are more that I can add in, but these are the most pressing ones that I think should be dealt with 1st. Who knows, I might even achieve all of it this year
As I was cleaning out my room today, I discovered some old year books of mine from college and from high school. I flipped thru the pages and found a piece of my writing in there from 2004. I also unearthed a poem I wrote a while ago. Back then, I had a passion for writing. A passion which I thought I’d pursue later on in life as I love writing. Although I’m not pursuing that, I am happy where I am now. I’m still doing something that I love and writing just has taken a back seat for a while.
Looking at where I am now, it has been a while since I’ve written the way I did a few years ago. Admittedly, I started blogging as a way to preserve memories and be anonymous on the world wide web. Have a tiny space in the gigantic space to call my own. To vent my feelings and to just be me.
I suppose since I go my own domain 2 weeks ago, the passion of writing has begun to return. I have ideas dancing in my head from time to time of what to write about. I know the amount of readers I have is tiny, but hey this is me. I don’t write for people, I write for me. I write to preserve my memories and the things I’ve done in life, be it good or bad.
Sometimes I write to amuse people and myself at the things we have been thru. I like that. I look forward each day to sit in front of the computer and just type without knowing what the end product might turn out to be like.
I look at the media nowadays and see how commercialized blogging has become. Open a book, you have people spouting off blogs who have made international fame because they have broken an interesting story or reviewed some good products or write just because of the money. Open the newspaper and you see it advertising blogs with posts such as, “My dog ate my homework” or “I went to the loo”.
Sometimes it pains me to see what blogging has become. It has now transformed into a fad where everybody who is somebody has a blog. I guess there really isn’t much harm in it, but I see it as attention seekers. No offence to them though.
Back to the topic of passion, I guess you could say that my spark for writing has been lit again. Since uni has let out for the summer, I’ve got more time on my hands and certainly more things to do as well. This calls for a list now.
Things to do during summer:
- Clean up my room, charity bin unneeded things or sell them on eBay
- Work during Christmas season for money and save up
- Blog and tweak blog
- Meet up with bloggers from Perth and Malaysia
- Pack things I need to move from Malaysia to Perth. Permenantly
- Buy, wrap and give Christmas presents
- Buy, write and mail Christmas cards
I’m actually looking forward to uni starting again. Although I’d probably change my mind during uni times It’s just that it feels very strange not to be studying over the summer. It’s as if something is missing in my daily routine. I can’t wait for results to come out next week, although I’m worried at the same time. But what is done, is done. No amount of worrying will do much difference and I refuse to spoil my summer worrying about something that I have no control of.
