FREAK OUT!!!

22 November 2006
Dear blog,

I sent Julie a birthday card ages ago, and I got it back yesterday. Yes, OMG!!! When I went into my room and found the envelope on my desk, I was like “Ah, I got a letter from someone. Let’s see it.” But it was from me actually. I was about to open the envelope seeing the address. LOL There’s a note attached on the envelope which says, “Retour/Retur”, “Inconnu Necunoscut”… Well, I have no idea what it says except for “Return”(obviously, cos’ I have it back now!!!), but anyway, something’s wrong or not sufficient. Hey, Julie, could you please give me your address? I think I’ve written down wrongly and used it. That’s the reason, eh? Anyway, I suck!!!

I’ve been occupied with assignments. I really wanna focus on the IELTS exam, but I can’t!!! I don’t have enough time to do that. Whenever I try to study for the exam, sleepiness comes upon me and my eyelids shut tightly. The exam’s coming closer, but I’m not ready at all… How can I organize myself? I can’t do everything… :-( I’m gonna freak out!!!

25the Nov. 06
I went to Barbara's farewell party last night. There were about 20 people there. Yeah, we hijacked Spagalimi's. Hahaha. It was real fun to hang aroud with her. She's gonna be in NZ for a while, so I can still see her. :-) We went to the Bog after wonderful dinner. We saw lots of intersting things. For example, really nice dress people were wearing. Well, it was unbelievable... Really... how can I describe that? Okay, I just put a word "unique" here. Hahaha. Why do they choose really green stuff or pink? Anwyay, I had a good time last night.

And tonight, I'm going to the Christmas in the Park with my friends. It'd be fun and relaxing to be with my friends. :-) I had a chat with the head teacher at the school and he told me that I put too much pressure on myself. The reason is because I don't think I'm good enough, so I have to study hard... Anyway, he told me try not to study this weekend. Even try not unpack my bag. I said okay, but I've already unpacked my bag. I'm really sure that I'll feel really bad on Monday if I don't do anything really. I'll see what happenes. It's an intersting experiment. I know myself, but I don't know what happens if I don't do any study. :-) Hmm, interesting. I'll report you the result later. Ciao, have a nice weekend. Don't drink too much!!!

Quick update

Dear blog,

It's a lovely day, which means that I wanna go out to the beach badly. :-p But I still have one class to go, so... No, maybe. I've got to do some assinments. I'll be obsessed with piles of them sooner or later. :-( I hope I can cope with that along with IELTS study. I'm gonna take the exam on 12/9, so I'd better to study heaps. But the truth is... I haven't studied much yet. I need to cover more writing section. I need to do more listening practice... I need to... Well, I'd better stop lining up the stuff I've gotta do. That drives me crazy. ;-(

Sometimes I feel like going home. Just forget everything and leave here. But I can't. I can, but maybe I don't want to. Life is complicated, eh. I got a letter from Japan yesterday. It encouraged me a lot and also saved me from the quagmire of unhappiness or whatever you call it. :-) That also reminded me of the goal I'd set long time ago. Millions of thanks to my friends in JPN!!! Cheers!!! I'm gonna stick to my goal!!! ;-)

Hello

15 Oct, 06
Dear Blog,

I haven’t got enough time to update this blog. Well, I have… Maybe. Dunno. :-p I’ve been in the IELTS prep course for two weeks. I learnt a lot about the exam. The more I learn about it, the more nervous I become. There are still heaps to learn. I plan to sit the exam in November or December. However hard I try to be optimistic, but it’s quite hard. I think I’m okay with the listening section, but I have a difficulty in writing area. Reading part is quite tricky, since I’m not good at choose suitable headings for each paragraph. That one is the hardest part. Well, I need tons of practice eh. Practice makes me perfect. Is it a proverb or cliche? Last weekend, I didn’t have any homework except for self studying, so I chilled out most of the time. I had time to read a book. At Whitcoulls, there are heaps I wanna buy. :-p I found the ‘Narnia’ book Sarah gave me for Christmas. Hmm, that reminded me of you a lot, Sarah. How are you doing?

Hmm, what’s new to me? It’s hard to say. Actually I haven’t done much since the IELTS course began. Yeah, boring life, I know. Oh, I bumped into Natasha at Riccarton mall on Thursday. It was really nice to see her again. We’ll catch up soon. And Saturday afternoon, I bumped into Kerstie as well. She looked quite different, so at first I wondered a bit, but I recognized her. :-) She looked great. On Saturday, I went to see Emma’s mum. ;-) It took me ages to go and see her!!! I’ve been so occupied with…stuff. Whenever I wanted to call her, I didn’t have time because of homework.

It’s really getting warmer here. I can go out with a T-shirt nowadays. Oh, changing a subject, I’ve put on some weights. :-( Seriously, I have to do exercise. I must take an action as soon as possible before I have to buy new jeans or clothes… I’ve decided that I don’t eat junk food anymore. !!!NO MCDONALD’S, NO KFC, NO BURGER KING!!! Instead of that, I’ll have lots of fruits. I made up my mind. I’ll go for a walk.

21 Oct, 06

Hello there. I’ve been here for a month!!!
My friend and I planned to go to Hanmer springs, but she’s got a sick, so we cancelled. We still have time to go there, eh. Now I have no plans for this Labor Day weekend. I think I’ll chill out at home. :-) I don’t wanna spend money for going somewhere or eating out. Last night I went out with Leo. Actually we were so tired that we ended up drinking and watching ‘24’ at his place. LOL Well, although I decided not to eat KFC, I did… I have such a weak mind. I should’ve gone to Subway instead. It’s a bit healthier than KFC I reckon. Anyway, we had KGB, Sminoff Ice and such. As I was tired, so I didn’t drink much. Only 2 bottles. I’ll keep the rest of them for the next time. LOL It was a fun night. I wanted to catch a last bus, so I left his flat quite early. Also his flat owner was supposed to visit the flat next morning, so I didn’t stay over at his place. You know, that might cause him a trouble, eh?

I had writing and reading practice tests this week. Well, both of them were quite hard. I have a difficulty in writing these days, so I was reluctant to take that one. However, it turned out to be alright as the topic wasn’t so difficult. I think I did alright. Maybe not so good, not so bad. :-) Just alright. :-p The worse thing was reading test… I got 28/40. I really made stupid mistakes. And I didn’t transferred two answers to the answer sheet. I lost 2 points even for that!!! I was so pissed at myself. Rather disappointed, I guess.

You know what? I might’ve fallen for someone at a photo shop at the first sight. It was Thursday when I went to Riccarton mall to have my photo taken and I saw her there. Well, I even don’t know her name, but she’s really cheerful and kind. Her eyes are really beautiful. Hmm, I’m daydreaming. What am I talking here? OMG, I’m crazy!!!

23 Oct, 06

I went out a bit to have lunch with my friend. It was freezing today. Winter’s back. Maybe not that bad according to what people say about the previous winter. Oh well, I was in Japan at that time. My friend and I went to Riccarton mall as usual. If you wanna see me, just go there. I’ll be there. Hahaha. Today I wanted to develop some photos to put in my new folder, but I mistakenly brought another memory card with me. How silly, I know… I noticed that when I inserted it into a photo develop machine. Well, I didn’t go to the photo shop that girl works at, since it was kinda awkward. You know, if I had seen her there, I wouldn’t have known what to say even though she remembered me. Oh, guess what my friends said!!! “Are you gonna ask her out, eh? When?”, “I know you’re not shy”, “Just ask her phone number!!” Hello, my friends, who do you think I am? I’m not that kinda person. I can’t do what you told me. I think she has a bf as she’s such a nice person. :-( Hmm…

19 Nov, 06
Long time has passed since I last wrote something. I totally forget what I wrote. I have to read through the articles again. Maybe something about a photo shop girl… Well, I asked her name, but it’s really tricky name to pronounce, so I can’t spell it. Actually she herself said that it’d be tricky to say. Hahaha. But it’s a beautiful name. I talked to her a little bit a couple of hours ago. :-) It was nice even though it was a short time. Hmm, am I falling for her? Oh well.

My life hasn’t changed much. Go to school, do the homework, go to bed… That kind of repetition. Boring, eh? When I see my friends, I can be really relaxed. I had dinner with Akira, Leo, Iris, Lucia, Tae Sun, Aya, and Bo probably 2 weeks ago. I felt as if it had been kind of like reunion thing. When we were having dinner, I was incredibly sleepy because in the morning, I went surfing with Julie, Luca, Saori, Sayaka, Sam and others. The weather was awesome and the waves were just nice as well. I should write about my stupid mistake here. It’s really silly… Oh well, I don’t have to hide it from you guys. Just after I’d taken a shower that morning, I thought I would need sunscreen with me cos’ it was such a good weather. So, I took a bottle from my bag without looking… That was a mistake. When I got to the bus exchange and had a look into my bag, I found a bottle of shampoo!! How silly I was. I was perplexed literally. I asked myself, “What’s this? And why is it in my bag? It’s supposed to be a bottle of SUNSCREEN!!” LOL Sayaka let me use hers. So, I didn’t get suntanned.

What else have I done?? Oh, one of my classmates Sina left for Australia after staying in NZ for 6 weeks. We went to an Indonesian restaurant to have a farewell dinner with her. The food was really good. I hadn’t tried Indonesian cuisine before, I really enjoyed that opportunity. After having dinner, we went to a supermarket to buy a box of ice cream because… WE LUV ICECREAM!!! We had a chocolate flavored one and a packet of spoons. Then we headed back to the Cathedral Square and there we started to eat. Hahaha. Although it was freezing that night, we didn’t care at all. Well, people passing near us stared at us. Hahaha. They must’ve thought we were mad. “How come are they eating icecream at this time, this place? It’s freezing!!” I had a really fun night!!! But I’ll miss Sina so much. :-(

Yesterday I went to Barbara’s birthday party. I had a really good time eating, chatting, drinking and dancing. Pizza, nachos, pasta, wine… Hmm, yum. Before going there, I went to Riccarton mall to get a present for her. It took me ages… cos’ I really had no idea what to get. I asked her favorite colors, whether she wears earrings or not. So, I can say that I had already decided what to get, but you know, there are quite a lot of earrings. And suddenly an idea that earrings would be too normal. From that moment, I began to wonder and wander in the mall. LOL While I was wandering, I bumped into Leo and asked him if he had a good idea or not. In fact, I didn’t expect any answer from him though. LOL He suggested me to have stuff which contains a bit offensive message. Thank you for your useless advice, Leo!! I finally bought a pair of piercing, which has a tiny white stone. I hope she liked them. It’s really hard to choose a present for girls. But it’s fun at the same time. :-)