Showing posts with label good times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good times. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Current State

1:01 PM

I find myself into Hindi songs all of a sudden. I don't know if it's coz I spend a considerable amount of time with someone who's fluent in the language everyday of it's merely my inner Bollywood dramatic queen acting up. Which ever the case, I feel at ease with the froth of lukewarm culture that's engulfing my life.

What have I been doing post exams?

It's been a couple of pretty awesome days not having to wake up and think about study. Now I just wake up, make myself some toast while I watch dvds on my lappie/youtube reruns of That 70s Show and wait for plans to fall into place. And almost everyday there's more or less something to do, someone plans something or something falls into place.


Akash took me to Botany on Monday and we spent the day there. I could see why that place could be a paradise for a girl. They had double the amount of stores than there were in the city and the architecture was nice =) But his presence wasn't conducive enough to set me into a shopping frenzy like say, Melitta's presence would. So we just did a couple of rounds of window shopping and I vowed to go back there with Melitta or any other girl for that matter at least once before I depart this pretty land.











Been spending heaps of time with Akz to make up for all the lost times that we will experience while I am back in Malaysia. The only thing that sucks about leaving right now is that he won't be there. That aside, i am completely psyched to be returning. To be seeing my closest and dearest once again. To be eating the food that I love and to be away from weather as erratic as my mood swings. Ah well. At least when I return, he'll be awaiting me with open arms. Or so I think....

We've been looking around for apartments for me for next year.And some of the ones I have seen are spectacular. But taking pricing. convenience and everything else into account has been tricky business. And most only lease out places closer to the day when you're actually moving in. Which makes it even more difficult. Think I have to return a little earlier next year to find the perfect place.

Went to Mission Bay with the girls on Tuesday afternoon. We just felt like sprawling our legs out on the beach. And that's exactly what we did. Suks, Jess, Kailas, Melzers and I walked halfway there after which we hopped on a bus coz it was getting dark. It was good letting our hair down at the beach. Going crazy and dancing around to Jason Mraz's I'm Yours. Suks gave us the most laughs. My crazy RA. Will remember that one forever.


Wednesday was Andrew's 22nd in Henderson. Got a ride to his flashy house on the hill from Tuan and the guys. Gotta love his house, seriously! The only downside is, it's too far from Uni. Great food and good fun to catch up with everyone although all of a sudden the guys disappeared into the dining hall to play DOTA. *slaps forehead* Decided to leave with Jun Yan who was heading back into the city.


The rest of my time's spent either packing, reminiscing, watching DVDs or at the gym. Received a copy of a the Huia mag yesterday. Flipping through it, I realized that despite my attempts to deny it, I will miss this place should I move out. Two years here has made it one with an abundance of memories carved into my soul. And although I probably wasn't as outgoing in all the activities and I didn't enjoy the drinking splendours as much as a normal Huian would, I still take comfort in the fact that some of my more meaningful friendships were born out of my contract with Huia. And besides, I don't think I will be able to find cleaner communal bathrooms anywhere else! OR stalkers that not only leave messages under my door but also on my blog (thank you for the ego boost, I must say).

Whatever the case, 9th floor rocked it out this year. Thanks to Melitta, to whom I've never been closer to in times of stress and fun. Suks who's loud chatter, enthusiastic singing and heavy footsteps I'll never forget. Jess and her shrill voice and playful nature. Kailas's attempts to bake and fatten up the entire floor everytime she's stressed. Jacob and his gangsta greeting (ie" ssssup Dimz?!?). Leith, the neighbour I never got to know. Rachel, the sexy Filipino with a husky voice and a groovy fashion sense. Ged, the pommy english boy who started hitting on the sexy Filipino as soon as she arrived (ie: Rachel). Shaun, the apparent grump who I didn't find grumpy but nice enough to chid a hello whenever I bumped into him. Ace, the ever quiet pharmacy student who couldn't study coz Melzers and I made too much noise in her room. Guna, the Malaysian I kept bumping into in the kitchen. Naim, Azurin, Alya, Sya and Izzah, the ones who cooked only the bestest food with the nicest lingering aroma. Agata, the sexy Canadian with mean cooking skills and the biggest heart. Tana, the adventurous Mexican exchange student. Nicola, the golden girl of the 9th floor who's now returned to Maryland in the US. Jason, the absolute hunk, tall, tanned, built and never one to talk but be talked about. Mattias, the Swedish with the best attitude, ever willing to converse. Elin, Serena and Regina, the Europeans who cook together, eat together and speak English in their own little accents together. Ben, the man of mass destruction, been kicked out of clubs, gotten into road fights, ended up in bruises all over the place, you name it, he's done it. Charlotte, perhaps the most mature one on the floor with her endless thesis' and dissertations. Diyani, my pysch sidekick, sensible and smart. Ronnie, Michael, CY and Edward, the Asians with a kick. Charo, the Spaniard who was always cheerful and beared a striking resemblance to Anne Hathaway. Hmmm. I think that's everyone.... These people made the 9th what it was.

Gotta get ready now... Peace out!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

SheBakes!

4:46 AM

Talk about emancipation. Ah. I is so free! It feels like swimming through low grade viscosity chocolate. And speaking of chocolate, I was at it again when I decided to put my baking skills to the test. After finally ending my gym hiatus today, I spent the whole afternoon in the occasionally empty communal kitchen perfecting my baking skills. Baking is so FUn! I think it's my own personal form of projection. Now I understand what Kailas talks about when she famously claims that baking takes her mind off studies. But to do it every week? Nah. So not me. Every once in a blue moon? Now we're talking!

Whatever the case, I was pumped today. My main motivation was KS. Reason being I had promised to bake him a batch of cookies for his 21st birthday MONTHS ago. And today, I finally got down to doing it. Which is why KS received a majority of the personalized cookies that emerged from the dough as seen on the right.
It was the usual mixing and matching. Thankfully Kailas had a lot of excess baking stuff that she wished to get rid off before leaving huia so I got to make use of them. Thanks again Kailas. You will not imagine the array of embellishements that the girl has when it comes to baking.
I used green colouring for my icing. It was still pretty lumpy when i was done with it, but i am not one who is particularly meticulous when it comes to these things.
So I used heart shape sprinkles on some of the cookies. Embellishments courtesy of Kailas once again.
And there were butterfly embellishments.
And round ball-y thingies sprinkles.
..... and these sorta sprinkles
And then there was Melitta, all set to go to church here, who helped me get the stubborn cookies off the tray.
KS. the inspiration. His very own personalized bday cookies.
So coloufullllllll! I likey! =) Anyways, they turned out wayyyy better than my last batch of cookies, not that those were bad. Which goes to show that practice makes perfect, well, most of the time anyways.
For my baybeeeee.
And when I had an entire tupperware full for KS.......
I decided to make two personalized cookies for all the people I could think off on top of my head.
=)
There!!! These are just some... the bits and pieces of imperfect cookies only mean that the person whose name is on the surface ate part of it before i could take a picture.
Kailas. The baking guru. She was making choclairs while I thrived on with my amateurish cookies.
And then I packed them in cling wrap, individually for each person.
And put them in tiny plastic baggies :) I am such a neurotic sometimes. Seriously. But packed and ready for delivery.
Ah happy happy. Endorphins running through my blood vessels! Had the best Indian food in a LONGGG time for dinner tonight at Nite Spice in Newmarket with Akash. And I am still bloated with satisfaction. But the good times have just begun to roll. And so, I anticipate......

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Road to Perdition

12:36 AM

I got back from uni on saturday after semi completing a game theory assignment with wei-yuen and saw this white box with a red cross stamped on the front of it just outside my room. suspiciously, i dug into it and found lemsip, a strepsil and an apricot flavoured granola bar together with a note from Kailas! The girl is so sweeeeeeeet! She knew I was sick so she went ahead and put together a care package for me. Just when you think people like this don't exist in the world today, reality defies it....


the note that came with the box

Kailas is awesome!!!

Anyhowzah, i'm pretty glad my assignment load has lightened with only one left for submission. I still have a couple of things to do, like STUDY for example. One month to finals. In fact, less tha one month. I have to reapply for my student visa. And then for my holiday visa. And book my tickets to Perth. Things get ticked off the list but new additions are inevitable...

Apart from falling sick, I'm also dealing with a bout of personal problems. Is this month some sorta mating month? I thought when these problems came along, I'd immediatly know what to do. And I'd most definitely relish the feelings that came with it. But nothing can be further from the truth. Coz most of the time, I am concerned about not hurting others which makes me compromise my feelings a lot.

ah well. just to forget it all, I agreed to follow Adelynn and Shoggi on their mission to the bay late saturday night. Mind you, the journey takes half an hour on a bus so us deciding to walk there was actually pretty crazy la. Especially in the freezing weather that seems to haunt auckland these days.


starting our journey, this was taken in front of grafton bridge where construction is in abundance. Adelynn was sposed to be in te picture but she cut herself out.. lol


you're free to behave as you like in auckland after a certain time on saturday nights coz practically everyone is drunk.... our attempt at blending in

yea babey, we so ghettoooo
Adelynn and the Hamannop with my cell phone as out make believe jukebox....

The dude cracks me up ALLLLL the freaking time!

the sign says Mission Bay.... this was on the motorway

the beginning of the coastal drive

Adelynn's crazy hyper!

see what i mean?
water in the back drop....

=)

they have fountains where we can refill our water bottles... possibly for the early morning joggers.


late night elopers...

hehe...

leaving the city behind....

our attempt at jumping shots : FAIL


with a make shift kayak

we wanna hire skates!!!

lol. my attempts at posing humiliate me!!

awww! this was after two hours of walking when we had to take a break coz Adelynn pulled a muscle.

but she wasn't deterred in her hyperness.

last photo of the day, at least in my camera. my hands were numb at this point. approximately three hours of walking.....
Mission to the bay : semi success.