Punk Pony Did It!!

*Note to self: Blog more frequently so people won't bug your ass for not updating.

Howdy people. I've been super jet-lagged since I left Europe and it's been a bloody pain in the arse. 12 hours on the plane from Paris to Singapore and I had to force myself not too sleep too much. Watched 3 movies before I finally tried to doze off. The seats are super comfortable, when you press the button to push the back of the chair back, the seat moves too! I know i sound sua ku but its still cool! ok? I'm guessing I barely got in 5 hours of sleep.

Stupid me, knowing I had only a night and half a day in Singapore before I left for Perth, I'd have to meet up with friends and eat all the wonderful food in the world, and still manage to survive. Needless to say I was about to die. Didn't get home till like 7am despite landing at about 5.30pm. Woo hoo. Now here I am at 3am still typing away on this stupid technology. Its entrancing...I can't get away from it. Pfft.

Everyone asks me the same question now, "How was your trip to Europe?". I'm not quite sure how to answer it. I mean, I did spend a month in Europe so do they expect me to go into lengthy detail, or simply say it was awesome. But then again, what else can it be other than awesome right? So to cut it short - I loved every minute of it. I got to see my friends' homes, especially Malou!

Which by the way, brings me to this point - Singapore is full of signs telling you what to do and what not to do. We all know it. No food/drinks. No durians. No Flammables. No Smoking. Followed by a FINE:$500. I saw this sign at the Singapore Airport. I cracked up. I'm used to the signs, but this is pushing it too far. What are people gonna do? "Ooh cactus! Thorns! I wonder what it feels li.....OUCH!"

My friends then say to me, maybe its for kids. Seriously? "Mommy look! Cactus! Can I touch?" How will Singaporeans live without signs? They'd probably just stand around not knowing what to do, waiting for some govermental official to give directions. "Now put your left foot forward, then your right, then your left......that's right, keep doing that and you'll walk!"

Before we went snowboarding, Marita was digging out clothes for us to wear. Thomas had a sailing one piece jumper which was hilarious on its own. Then the only gloves available for him were these boxing gloves like mitts. Somehow Marita had also dug out this wig she had. So this is Thomas's new look. hehe. I had a tummy ache from laughing.

Marita and Mette somehow came up with this tradition that everyone who visited Bergen had to sit on the reindeer. People stared at me like I was this crazy asian tourist. As if i don't have that sterotype already printed on my forehead in a completely white and blonde country.

My girl Malou. Haven't seen her in a year and a half. Its been way too long. We spent everyday reminiscing and enjoying every moment together. It was nice to have alone time with her and not actually feel weird about it. If you read this malou, thanks for letting us stay at your place and introducing me to all your wonderful friends. I miss you so much. Come back to Perth.

And that goes for the rest of you who left. *scornful stare* I'm still waiting.

i dedicate this post to zhen

So some people have been complaining that I haven't been blogging at all, and I do realise my last blog entry was quite a long time ago. So here I am, in Norway on a cold, rainy Sunday, writing an entry. Yes my dear, this is dedicated to you. I'm currently in Bergen, Norway. Staying at Marita's house and it's absolutely fantastic. I love it so much here, I know I sound a little sua ku when I say this, but everyone here lives on a mountain/hill! Its such a beautiful place despite what everyone says about the weather. Everyone we've met, especially Marita's family has been so hospitable to us. Nice.

Thomas flew to Bergen in time for Marita's birthday. It was so nice to see that German again. Good times bro!

We've done heaps of stuff so far, went snowboarding(!), went fishing on a boat, went partaying!

So here are some photos.

In this photo: Morten (Mette's bro), Miken, Marita, Me, Jachin and Mette.

Thomas trying to make a move on horrified Marita. Haha. Just playing.

Bjørn being his usual self. I dunno why he likes to pose like that when he's drunk.

This is Bjørn when he is sober. Big difference. I think this is like the only photo I have of him when he's sober. Interesting. I'm sorry, was too lazy to rotate the photo. Rotate your head instead ok?

Here's our dear Thomas. He's cracked us all up since he's been here. Miss him so much, funny Mr Bean.

And this, is a photo from Jøndal, where we went snowboarding. Stayed with Marita's aunt, Nina, who was soooo funny. This is the view from her veranda, at midnight. Yes midnight. So beautiful man. First time I saw a clear sky in Norway at night. haha.

And this is me with Marita's snowboard, the one I used, snowboarded on and fell with. Please rotate your head again. thankew.

We were so lucky that the sky cleared up in Jøndal at around 4.30pm, we sat outside playing idiot and basking in the sun. Simply beautiful. Don't mind thomas, its his look when the photographer says 'say cheese'. He says cheese and forgets to open his eyes.

Ok that's all for now. Getting so lazy uploading photos. More when i get back to Perth!

West Coast Blues & Roots 2007

Okay, I'm bored at home, doing absoultely nothing, so I decided I shall post up some photos of the Blues & Roots concert I went to recently. It was absolutely fantabulous, we went trigger happy with the camera. We had 3 I think. I guess its nice to look back on photos of good memories with great friends. Not sure how many of you know, but we saw performances from the likes of John Butler Trio, The Waifs, Gomez, Xaivier Rudd, John Mayor, Missy Higgins and Ben Harper. Of course there were a lot more great bands, but those are a few to list. Oh yeah, there was also Wolfmother, which was the last band on Saturday. We waited a longgg time for them to appear, and good god did I almost immediately wish they would disappear.

Yes, you heard me, sorry Wolfmother fans, they really do SUCK. The bloody lead singer sounded the same in everydamnsonghesang. His vocals were similar throughout, and it just got boring after a while, and so annoying when you're squished with everyone who's trying to get a closer look. Pfft. What a waste of time.

The Waifs were something new for me, they were a little bit more country, but their harmonics were great! Johno's voice was ooh-so-soothing that it made me melt, but haha, when he appeared on the big screen, he should really learn to make his mouth appear a little more pleasant. Well God is fair. He can't have it all, the good voice, the talent, Jessica Simpson AND good looks. So yeah.

Here's John with his beauuuuutiful gweetar.

Gangsta Stylin - Jem, Me & Niko doing our thang with our B & R hoodies

And to end on a more narcissistic note, like my new hairdo? heh.

Murder, Suicide, Homicide, Killing Spree

There was havoc in the world not just a few days ago, when a lunatic University student decided to bring a Glock 9mm and 22mm gun to school and go on a shooting spree. Everyone in Virginia Tech was hysterical, either running for their lives, or watching their classmates being mualed right in front of their eyes. There was nothing they could do, it was almost like this guy was on a mission to kill everyone in sight. Why? No one knows. He ended up killing 33 people, teachers and students alike, and injuring over 20. And then he shot himself.

Upon hearing the news, my heart sank. My two friends Dave and Justin go to that University. What were the chances I knew someone from VT, let alone 2 good friends. The killer went trigger happy at the engineering block of the campus. Dave and Justin were from engineering. Holy shit indeed.

Thankfully, I saw Justin's name pop up on MSN. He's alive! Thank god. Dave? He's alive! Thank god again. It was his birthday, the poor boy. Now the second question was, what about their friends? I got 1st hand information from Justin, the numbers went up from 20, to 22, to 30, and now 33, including the psycho killer himself. One of Justin's friends had to jump from the second floor of the building to escape being shot.

The engineering community in VT is apparently very small, I'm sure everyone knew at least one person either shot or killed. My heart goes out to all the friends and families of the victims, and those who had the misfortune of having to witness murder right in front of them. Imagine the toll it must take on a person's mental health. They're scarred for life.

Apparently the psycho killer had an argument with his girlfriend, whom he killed, two hours before the shooting spree. You asshole. He was a loner, but he had a girlfriend. Interesting. You asshole.

Thanks Justin for being available for everyone to contact you. Tell Dave to do as you did in facebook, saying you're ok. We need to know. Haven't had the chance to talk to him yet. Take care dude, I hope you're all right. Both you and Dave are in our minds, prayers and hearts. Miss ya heaps!

Simply Perfect

I made my way to the Fairbridge Festival near Pinjarra yesterday. The Narasirato Pan Pipers were performing there, a 3 day festival with huge crowds. I simply could miss a chance to see those wonderful guys again, even if the journey did take more than an hour, every minute seeing them was just Perfect. The men from the Malaita Village in Solomon Islands, never have I thought I would have the chance to meet such sincere and simple people. I wanted to surprise them by just turning up, little did I know the grounds were gonna be that big. Luck be it, I bumped into dear Dwanye hammering away, building his dome.

This was at Kellerberrin, that's little Willy from the back

The look of surprise on all their faces when they saw me was absolutely priceless. I was worried they wouldn't remember me, how silly of me. Thank you Peter, for letting me have another day with them. They had an entire stage to themselves this time. Their performance was simply mind-blowing. They've all grown so much since Kellerberrin, and that was only 2 weeks ago. Their stage presence is so contagious, it's nothing anyone can imagine. How I wish everyone could get a chance to interact with these guys. Mankind at it's best. Donation M (Captain), Small Donation, Charles, Willy, Peter, Michael, Andrew, Jimmy, and Clayton, you are beautiful people who have come to my life & lit it up through your personality, music and passion for life. I will try to do justice with the film we are currently editing - hopefully what I experienced can be felt through my film. Thank you for everything and I hope some day soon I will be able to learn your culture in Solomon Islands. Like Charles said - PERFECT.

Cheeky Charles, lead singer upfront doing his thang at Fairbridge.

It's not like these guys will actually read my blog, they don't even know how to use a computer I'm assuming. But one can be hopeful. I'm really keen on travelling to Solomon Islands now - not for the touristy things, but to live their kind of life. Out in the wilderness with trees, living in huts, hunting for your food, fishing, no shoes, no electricity, nothing but company of people you love, and of course, music. Anyone keen in joining in on that?

Hello. I am a shit-stirrer.

Uni break is quickly coming to an end, an end I wish will never come. This two week break has been so relaxing, how I wish life were to be like that for all time. I've thoroughly taken time to enjoy myself, and yet there is work to be done. This semester has been a tough one, what with two major production units to handle and on top of that, essays to be written and a magazine to publish, AND idiots to work with.














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Leave Me Alone

Happy Easter y'all!

Not that it was much of an easter, basically sitting around buying, receiving and eating easter eggs. How fattening! I was a good girl and gave four away. But the rest was mine! Hehe.

This ain't gonna be much of a post, just decided I should blog more regularly is all. I do hope everything is okay in Solomon Islands, with the tsunami and all. Damn these natural disasters, damn us people who create global warming! I swear the earth is dying at a quicker pace that we will all admit to. I mean, it snowed in Melbourne in winter, our summer has been crazy, everything is just fucked up. Three Rs people! Weren't you taught that in school??

Anyhoos, just a few random photos taken with my mobile.
















This is my little niece, Chantrea, and this is her when I ask her to smile. She's got the whole squinty look. How adorable.
















And this is Marita and I preparing ourselves before going into the depths of the assailing smell of sealant paint. Jem, the lengths we go to to help you.
















Dag on my right, never smiles for photos. Somehow, he managed to convince me not to either. Not a bad look I must say.

OK la. The end.