Apologies for not blogging for a while... It's a busy start to the first month of the year... booking flight tickets for friends' wedding in March, sorting out uni, sorting out finances, have to sort out vaccinations, sorting out timetable for work... etc...
So I didn't do a big bday bash, but at least it wasn't like last bday where I sat alone with two friends in an unfurnished house on a 30-degree day eating pizza. This time, I managed to fly back to Melb and TY took me out. He knows I love my cuddly animals, so he took me to the aquarium and zoo! Unfortunately I brought my camera charger but not my camera (doh!) so TY ended up taking pics on his cam. The Melb aquarium had a new penguin enclosure which was awesome. It was hard to describe, but they were so adorable! And there was the one little penguin who had to stand out from everyone else - it was oblivious to people standing at the glass and was nibbling at the silver bolts attached to the stain-glass wall inside the enclosure. Might have thought it was silver fish... Then there was a penguin I started calling Bubble cause he looked like one when he floated on the water. Haha! TY got a pic of that too... but will prob upload it on FB. At the zoo, we saw penguins as well but they were smaller and weren't as chubby as the ones from Antarctica in the aquarium. And I remembered when TY and I were last at the Melb zoo, they had this bird called Bass that lived with the penguins there. It happened to still be there and it was so cute. It stays with the penguins because it can't fly anymore... It was a rehab penguin with a damaged left wing who was found on the Bass Strait... hence the name Bass. The coolest thing was watching it play with the water or bathe itself a bit... It did this chicken-waddle that looked really cute - I felt like copying... haha! But didn't want to embarrass myself and just did it when it was only TY and I... hee hee... Just me being cheeky...
TY's dad also brought me to Paris Go (French restaurant) for dinner. I miss the French food, but over here in Syd, there's no one really to go with. It's one of those nice dinner things that seems like it's meant for a date or special occasion, and even if it's a huge group, the friends I have in Syd are pretty lazy and like to eat budget meals. =(
I also got a really nice bday pressie from TY. It was real sweet! I had to be patient and wait to open it till my actual bday date. He actually placed all these little jewellery items such as a few earrings, a bracelet, and a necklace in this pretty pink flowery box. A few of my other friends in Melb also got me little things... And we all had dinner at Straits Cafe in Doncaster... yummy! My sis and her bf and two other friends of hers also took me out to yum cha. I actually bought a bag I liked and my sis was wondering what to get for me, so I just said she can get me the bag. It's a really nice bag, but it wasn't a splurge... I had two other bags - a white and a beige one - and both of them have torn pockets. I also bought a wallet because mine was just getting too puffy and the zip was a bit broken. Yeah, essential items falling apart - you know the feeling - so they have to be replaced.
My phone contract ended and my dad got me this Samsung touch phone but it was so difficult to use and I got frustrated with it! Actually some of the functions it has isn't too bad and I can live with it, but the big thing is sms! It's sooo tough and slow smsing on that phone!! It's like on my current Nokia phone, I can easily just use one hand to sms. But this one is like I have to look closely at what I'm pressing - the keyboard is a qwerty, but it's so sensitive. I guess it'd be good to have another phone in Syd, since my house phone line is still dead - it still doesn't have a dial tone when ringing out and the Internet still isn't working. The good thing is, I bought a 3G mobile broadband key. Used it in Melb at my sister's QV place, but it wasn't working very well and only worked really well sometimes. But now that am back in Syd, it actually has really really good connection, so am happy.
Oh yes, I was staying at my sister's QV place cause TY's dad was down and staying with him. My sister is no longer staying at QV - she moved out to her bf's place. So I had the whole place to myself and TY bunked over some nights.
I got addicted to TY's iPhone that I actually miss it... the jewel game on it... hee hee! I was trying to beat the highest score, but haven't yet. It's really by chance, but it can be quite addictive. Now am not very addicted to FB... I just check messages and the wall and Superpoke, load pics and update my status now and then, but other than that, don't do much with it.
Kinda wished I could stay longer and for the Aust Open, but had to head back to Syd to continue work and to see if I got approved for the Centrelink government financial assistance. If not, it'd be good to keep working for a bit...
Caught a bit of the Aust Open before I left, but this is the first year in 5 years that I won't be at Rod Laver. Then again, I didn't want that chance of seeing Nadal again. I saw him all the 5 years I've been there and he's quite an annoying player. But I'm going for Andy Murray... Like Andy. And hmm... also liked Andy Roddick before. Seems like I like the name Andy in tennis... haha... TY was looking for an English name at one point and he plays tennis - does he look like an Andy? hee hee!
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