Friday, September 29, 2006
It's not the place...
How idiotic...
I woke up like 11+, went to read abit, then about 1+ I went to lie on my bed to read... read read read (I dunno how long I read la) until I fell asleep. So shitty. Sleep until 4pm can! Don't care... tonight cannot sleep le. 3tbsp of C-O-F-F-E-E!!!
I'm gonna buy a hammock or come back to Australia with one, and tie it in my backyard so that I can lie outside & study. My house just ain't conducive at all. See? I'm blogging! Anyways, a good friend said if I lie outside at night, I probably can see lotsa shooting stars. And I said, where got ppl see shooting stars alone one? Of course is see with your loved ones or loved one mah... and this line that I always say comes up again: It's not the place (or activity), it's the person.
Duncha think that's so true? If you're with someone u like (love), almost no matter what u 2 do or where u 2 go, you'd be 2 happy lovebirds. And somethings or somewheres that you go, you just feel so empty coz it's got that kinda couple-y kind of atmosphere to it. And even though u go with a big group of friends, something (or rather, someone) is still missing. For example, the Ekka. The Fairgrounds looks so romantic lor... can just imagine a couple enjoying each other & being happy playing all the games & stuff... haha! Of course, you'd need a substantial sum of cash too...
Anyways, ya, that kinda thing. It's the person. It's always the person...
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Someone posed this question to me:
"if you(A) had to hurt someone in order to be with someone you really love(B), and disappoint a lot of people, would you?" "B really loves you too" "but [the] situation is different. A and B are tog cos of convenience, no love. but B loves C and vice versa."
How to answer? Haha! There's no right or wrong is there? It all depends on the person. Relationships are just so simple, but can be made so extremely complex.
Brings to mind an intricate spider web (the relationship), simple & beautiful with beads of morning dew stringed all over (being truthful)... but when the dew dries up & the web becomes invisible (lies & deceit), an unfortunate fly (put viciously bluntly, the 3rd party) comes through & tangles up everything. And even when the fly manages to leave unharmed, the web will never be restored to its original beauty. *sigh*
Sheesh, what an analogy. I'm too into my course I reckon. =P
Oh, but the addition of this line changes everything:
"B has a... babyyyy"
Haha! Now that's easy right? C should just back off. Now there's a right & wrong... Now now, don't be sad. It's a big ocean out there! Go for those who don't have babies already... c'mon. The web is already tangled. Leave before the spider (B) comes along & eats (hacks) you up...
"Soon baby, I will cry my last tear.
Soon yeah, I will be over you.
Soon darlin', all these tears won't be here.
Soon yeah, you know that I will be over you
Soon...
One night baby, you won't be in my dreams,
One night yeah,
I'll finally make it through one night darlin',
I won't call out your name,
I won't be in this place.
Soon, I will be over you.
Soon as the mountains turn into rivers,
Soon as the sea turns into sand,
Soon as the sun comes up at midnight,
That's how soon.
Soon all the hurt will end,
Until then I'll just pretend.
Soon... it will be over.
Soon, yeah.
I keep telling myself
I'll be over you someday soon..."
-LeAnn Rimes: Soon
我不傻! 妳才傻。哈哈! *muacks* How he wishes to see the shooting stars with her... underneath the moonlight...
Love me
if you
dare...
14:11
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
BBQ Pork Spare Ribs! Haha!
Hey hey hey!!!
Shawn told me to get the Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce... says it makes everything tasty! I got it like last week or something? And tonight I tried it out on some pork spare ribs! Haha! And I have to say, it IS pretty good! Take a look! Haha!
And here are some prawns with chopped chilli & garlic & parsley flakes to go along. Stir-fried in peanut oil. Don't ask me why. The label on the peanut oil says goes great with asian food. Haha!
And well, there's eggplant for dinner also... but then I don't dare to show. Haha! It's like totally black la... I also dunno why. All I added was sambal & chopped chilli & oil & water la. Ah, what the heck...
Yesh, it looks like shit (well, not exactly), but at least it still tastes good... haha! Hey, I'm not bragging lor. It tastes like sambal brinjal still ok.
Ok la... just wanted to show the BBQ Pork Spare Ribs I had for dinner and will be having for lunch tmr. Guess I should get back to my Insect Pest Management book... Chapter 8 & 9... *bleah* Oh ya! Wah lau!!! Eunice went to Fraser Island!!! I wanna go too... *sigh* I saw pictures of some ecology students on the ILC... wa-a-ah... so nice lor. So nice so nice so nice!!! Eunice! I wanna see your photos! Haha!
Take care everybody! I'll be seeing u soon...
... enough...
Haha...
愛我嗎? 愛我嗎? 愛妳愛妳愛妳!!! =)
Love me
if you
dare...
20:53
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Moonlight Shadow
I think this song is so nice... but I admit the lyrics are kinda weird... But it's so sad!!! =(
"The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow,
He passed on worried and warning,
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Lost in a river last saturday night,
Far away on the other side.
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through.
The trees that whisper in the evening,
Carried away by a moonlight shadow,
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving,
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun,
Far away on the other side.
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through.
I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away.
I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day.
Four AM in the morning,
Carried away by a moonlight shadow,
I watched your vision forming,
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Star was glowing in a silvery night,
Far away on the other side.
Will you come to talk to me this night?
But she couldn't find how to push through.
I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away.
I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day.
Far away on the other side.
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five,
The night was heavy but the air was alive,
But she couldn't find how to push through.
Carried away by a moonlight shadow...
Carried away by a moonlight shadow...
Far away on the other side.
But she couldn't find how to push through..."
-Mike Oldfield: Moonlight Shadow
Anyways, been trying to study the whole week... (I may have already said this before) So hard to concentrate... why? Well, there's DDR3 & DDR5... haha! And there's Dungeon Keepers as well... *thinks* And my bed... and my chocolates!!! And Anzac cookies! Wee! Haha!
Aiyah... I just have to try harder to read the boring book... *bleah* Gúess I'd need more 3-tbsp cuppas... haha!
Hmm... I dunno what to blog about la. My days are just all studying & trying to study... *pfft*
Yes, when 2 people cannot be together, it's painful to be in love... but one can't help wishing for what's not meant to be, can one?
"Sometimes late at night,
I lie awake and watch her sleeping.
She's lost in peaceful dreams,
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark.
And the thought crosses my mind,
If I never wake up in the morning,
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart?
If tomorrow never comes,
Will she know how much I loved her?
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one?
And if my time on earth were through,
And she must face the world without me,
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last,
If tomorrow never comes?
'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them.
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed.
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me,
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel.
So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of,
If tomorrow never comes."
-Garth Brooks: If Tomorrow Never Comes
我知道妳在想我。 =) 不要否認了。如果我沒有明天的話，親愛的，我要妳知道∶我愛妳！
Love me
if you
dare...
16:00
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
M&M's!!!
Heya!
Haha! This morning I went to Toowong with Barry to get groceries. On my list there was vegetables and biscuits only... ended up spending about $25. Haha! Why? I bought 700g of M&M's, Malt powder, lotsa biscuits! And 1 large eggplant for tonight. Haha!
And then I got home and opened all 3 packets of M&M's and started sorting them according to color! Haha! Wanted to put them in layers into a jar. I think M&M's are pretty...
See my whole jar!
The "Be Different" series, also known as "Stand Out!"... haha!
Yep, I guess I only wanted to post the pretty colors online. Haha! And what I've been doing after I came back. Haha!
Haiyah... how to study like that? I want to sleep... slee-ee-eep... *zzz*
Oh ya! Did I mention I downloaded DDR3 and DDR5? Haha! Sunday when we got back, Sue & I played it together using the controller! Haha! So fun can! Brings me back to the days when I had appendicitis... Wah, that's like 5yrs ago... And a more recent memory was just before I came over Australia in Shawn's house. Haha! When everyone would just gather there & play PS... haha! So lame. It was the gathering place. Haha! Oh, and then Esther & I would pit against each other and play the fastest song. We both liked that: Paranoia. Haha! I still like it. I used to be able to get SS for that lor. Now keep failing. Shit. But nvm, at least we had fun! Yay!
Oh, did I tell u how much cookies I got? 250g of Arnott's Ginger Nut, 200g of Coles Farmland Ginger Crunch, 250g of Double Chocolate Fresh Cookies and 550g of Anzac Cookies! That's more than 1kg of cookies and a total of 2kg of snack food today man! Haha! These better last me more than a week... I can't keep buying snackfood. They're expensive y'know?
Toodles!
親愛的，我們再一起玩ＤＤＲ好嗎？好想念那段時光…
Love me
if you
dare...
13:00
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Mission Accomplished!
Boo! =)
Mission accomplished. Desired result acquired.
My mission was to go & plant some presents in a pile and surround it with tealight candles in the shape of a heart, outside DL's door in utmost silence, lest his sharp ears pick up some noise outside & he comes to check it out. Can u imagine the situation when I'm arranging the stuff then suddenly the door open up & he'll be like, "Kanes, 你在這裡作什麽？" Haha! Then what am I supposed to say? But of course, with my expertise in the area of surprise, that didn't happen.
Spectator Sue was also present at the time of the mission. She was so excited can. Hahaha! Actually, so was I. In fact, we were kinda early. So we had to wait a couple of minutes before lighting the candles. Those couple of minutes were enough to kill us already! Haha! Death by anticipation... hear before? Kekeke.
Anyways, mission accomplished. Photographic evidence is supplied below:
Before ignition...
After ignition... 
Ok, that's all about the mission. =)
Lemme tell u another thing. Saturday night after dinner @ Damien's (kong ba... mmmmm...), we went to Tony's house! He made DURIAN PASTE!!! Haha! Wa-a-ah... so shiok to eat durian again lor... *licks lips* It was reminiscent of the Merchant Court durian paste dessert... like, just the flesh only. But Tony added some milk & condensed milk... so sweeter... all the better for me! Yay! Wah, it was so good to taste durian again after like, dunno how long lor. A year perhaps? Haha!
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I have a friend... he wasn't especially close to me, but we had our times. We can talk about stuff deep down. I can share some of my secrets with him.
Recently, I've heard news that he was suicidal. And I was like, why? U know how an exasperated why sounds like? Yeah... that. He used to be so close to GOD... He used to bring people around to their senses... He used to be there for everyone... Has he strayed from GOD's word? I know, things happen... and sometimes we aren't able to handle the stress and all. But come to GOD often, brother. HE will carry you, remember?
"There is no problem so big
God cannot solve it.
There is no mountain so tall
He cannot move it.
There is no storm so dark
God cannot calm it.
There is no sorrow so deep
God cannot soothe it.
If HE carried the weight of the world
Upon HIS shoulders,
I know, my brother,
That HE will carry you.
If HE carried the weight of the world
Upon HIS shoulders,
I know, my sister,
That HE will carry you.
HE said, 'Come unto me,
All who are weary,
And I will give you rest.' "
-HE Will Carry You
I dunno if you'll ever read this, brother. But if somehow u do, just remember that GOD is in control if you let HIM. Though I may not understand what you're going through, I pray that you'll always let GOD lead you. HIS grace is sufficient. GOD will not lead us to something and abandon us there. HE will be with us. Like HE did Moses and all the people HE has called.
"And GOD said, 'I will be with you. ...'..."
-Exodus 3:12
For those who read this and know who I'm talking about, I pray for you fervently also. That all the help you've given to this brother, all the love you've shown, GOD sees it too, and your treasures are up in Heaven, waiting for you to claim. I only wish I could be there too, but can only pray for all of you, my dearest brothers & sisters.
And I know some of you have enough troubles of your own already, and something of this magnitude had to come hurtling at you. I know. GOD knows. And I think you're the strongest person I've ever known. Take heart ok? Your strength is GOD-given, and it is there to pull you through times of trouble and heartache. Pull those around you also, that they may benefit from your strength and witness the saving hand of GOD.
"HE can turn the tide and calm the angry sea.
HE alone decides who writes a symphony.
HE lights every star that makes our darkness bright.
HE keeps watch all through each long and lonely night.
HE still finds the time to hear a child's first prayer.
Saint or sinner call and always find HIM there.
Though it makes HIM sad to see the way we live.
HE'll always say, 'I forgive.'
HE can grant a wish or make a dream come true.
HE can paint the cloud and turn the grey to blue.
HE alone knows where to find the rainbow's end.
HE alone will see what lies beyond the bend.
HE can touch a tree and turn the leaves to gold.
HE knows every lie that you and I have told.
Though it makes HIM sad to see the way we live.
HE'll always say, 'I forgive.' "
-HE
*抱抱* 不要一直想我 ok? 我愛妳。
Love me
if you
dare...
08:51
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Assignment done!
Hey dudes & dudettes!
Wah, Shuxian's concoction is really potent can! Haha! Last night drink her recipe at like 10+pm? Then I didn't feel the need to sleep ALL the way till now! Haha! It's amazing! I know I can sleep if I want to la, but what I'm surprised & making a hoo-ha about is that I don't FEEL sleepy. Wa-a-ay cool!
Anyways, I finished my assignment at like 9am or so. Dilly dally, surf net, check mail, etc etc... then around 12+ Barry called me asked me if I wanted to go eat Subway. I don't want... coz I got curry. But then I remembered Sue said online that she's gonna cook or something. So I called her & asked if she wanted to eat Subway with Barry & Damien. She said if I go then she go. So, ok lor! I took my assignment along, changed, pedalled to Toowong BWS to meet them.
Nobody!
I figured maybe they were in Subway already so I started across the road. I needed to cross twice (means I needed to get to the diagonal side la), and on my second crossing, I turned back to look and saw Barry strolling down to BWS! So I U-turned and wait for the green man again! Wheee! Barry looked in my direction, then looked away, then spun his head towards me again! Haha! U know, the classic kind of "Hey! Isn't that Kane?!" reaction? Yeah... I smiled so widely I split my lips... *ow* How dumb.
Aiyah, anyways, waited until Damien & Sue came, then the 3 of them eat, I sit there & see them eat. Haha! After that went Toowong for a wee bit of groceries. I wanted to find those paper CD envelopes leh... somehow I can't find them. *scratches head* Maybe the city might have.
Anyways, we left, I cycled to sch, submit my report, cycle around abit, then went home. There's this rattling noise on my bike, so I thought I might take a look today, see what minor adjustments are required... Turns out, took me until now to get a relatively silent & still working condition bike. *pffft* I was supposed to meet Judy they all for dinner at Hawken at 5pm lor! By the time I was done, it was like, 16:50 le. Sorry Judy... =(
Oh ya, I've been going on & on about not sleeping & what I did today. Lemme tell u what I did YESTERDAY!
I read lots of journal articles & other information on the stupid scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. It turned out to be quite interesting y'know? If I had the time, I'd read up so much about it lor. Anyways, all along, I merely typed out some points here & there. I only really started typing at mmm... say... 1 or 2am? Haha! Shit man... I was like, wah, if cannot finish I don't wanna sleep liao... All the while I thought this silly assignment was worth like 5% can... It was only last night when I checked the due time did I realise that it takes up 25%!!! Can u imagine my terror? 'Course not! I didn't feel any. Hahaha! I'm such a slacker... what the hell. *shrugs*
K la k la... shan't bore you with insignificant little details of a day in the life of yours truly. *bleah*
Dinner! Leftover curry... *mutters* Going CF soon le... Yay! Yay yay yay!!!
Oh ya, I cannot go Mt Warning le... =( Sunday I have a mission! *shush* *whispers* A secret mission... *glances around warily* I shall tell you about it after the deed's been done... heh heh heh...
*prances to go get dinner* See y'all! *grins*
*guilty* *shuffles feet* Sorry dear... I had other things to do... *pouts* I promise I will sleep late tmr ok? *bao bao* Don't angry ok? Hahaha!
Love me
if you
dare...
15:16
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Midnight again... Li Qing Zhao
Hello!
Once again, I've come in the middle of the night to blog. What's up with me man? Haha!
Just to update what I did yesterday... which is basically cycle to take the CityCat & went all the way up to Bretts Wharf, stopping at Gardens Point first, then cycling to Eagle St Pier, then boarding again, then going all the way to Bulimba where Shuxian took the photo last time... but it turned out to be a disappointment only because I didn't peddle in far enough to discover the array of restaurants and shops that line the streets. I shall go again next time! =D
Anyways, yeah, went further up to Bretts Wharf, felt that there's nothing to see, so stayed onboard till the Cat turned back. Now I alighted at New Farm Park to take some photos. I tried taking infrared photos of the rose garden... here they are.
Ok, here's the coloured version of the above... just to let u guys compare... =)
Anyways, I know they aren't fantastic... it's just an effect man. Besides, I (for those who know what I'm talking about) Custom White Balanced it on the wrong thing. I was supposed to CWB on green grass, but I so long nv play liao I forgot, I CWB onto my white flash reflector card. Haha! So toot. Nvm, next time I try again. =)
Yeah, and on my way back, I went by Sydney St (Story Bridge there). Labour Day I went there with Shuxian & saw that "Lonely Me" grafitti on the floor, remember? I think I posted the picture also right? Go to my archives & search man... But yeah, they scrubbed it off. It's just an "ONLY" word there now... and a bicycle symbol beneath it. So sad.
It was then that I realised it's like 6:40pm le. In 20min time, my sweet darling Leela is gonna be on TV and I'm STILL SO FAR FROM HOME!!! I immediately started to speed home. Now, usually I take about 15min to get from Toowong to Cultural Centre there. Now, I'm at Story Bridge! Need to cycle through the Botanical Gardens then can reach North Quay then my 15min starts. But 5min can't take me from Story Bridge to North Quay... In fact, that took me like 10++min can! So xian... When I reached North Quay, it was already like 6:50pm la. I switched my gears to 3-7 (the toughest ride on my bike) and pedalled all the way home... at approximately 32km/h. Some stupid cyclists take that as a challenge & tried to keep up with me... but couldn't. Hah-hah! *points finger at them & laughs like Nelson* Then there were 2 who could coz they were on road bikes... the racer kind. Yeah, and they did. So fast can, they 2! I was like, wa-a-ah... I want those!
Anyhoo, got home by 7:08pm. Wasn't too bad I reckon, save for the perspiration pouring down my face. AND IT'S TUESDAY!!! Double episodes! Yay! Only thing is, the 2nd episode was when Fry tried to date Leela but kept getting turned down, and they nearly got married (in fact they did...
...but divorced again)
and everything, and it was so sad! K, there was this time warp thingy happening la.Coz they plucked some stuff from some nebula:
And Fry didn't know how he got her to agree to marry him in the first place... but later realised he did so by learning how to steer the ship & control the mechanical arm thingy and he arranged the stars in this nebula to form the words "I love you, Leela". There:
Awww... Sho shwee-eet... But alas, they had to destroy that nebula to form a black hole to suck those time warp beads things... and Leela didn't get to see those words...
K, enough of her.
Today shopped for groceries... $52.13 can. Bought 1.4kg of chinken thigh fillets, forgot how much diced beef, potatoes, carrots... wait a minute... why would anyone be interested in my shopping list? Sheesh!
K, the reason why I came to blog the above crap is mainly this:
"寻寻觅觅，
冷冷清清，
凄凄，惨惨，戚戚。
乍暖还寒时候
最难将息。
三杯两盏淡酒，
怎敌他晚来风急。
雁过也，
正伤心，
却是旧时相识。
满地黄花堆积
憔悴损。
如今有谁堪摘？
守著窗儿，
独自怎生得黑。
梧桐更兼细雨，
到黄昏点点滴滴。
这次第，
怎一个愁字了得。"
-李清照：声声慢
Yeah... I also dunno why. I've been meaning to search for this for very long le. Finally found it. =) Learnt this in Sec 2 from Dr. Tan Hong Leng (aka Rubber Ducky). Haha! Yeah... those were the days.
Ok, back to study...
*whistles*
He wishes he could move the stars too... and eventually moving her heart.
Love me
if you
dare...
00:28
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Monday, September 18, 2006
Cockroach Dissection
Grrr...
I can't get anything into my head... there's a dull pain at the back of my head. How irritating!
Anyways, the reason I come to blog in the middle of the night is coz I was studying about the pronotum (which is the frontmost portion of an insect thorax) and there's this picture of a cockroach pronotum (which conceals its head), and I suddenly remembered I nv mentioned anything about Friday in my previous entry! =)
Remember many weeks agos, I was complaining that we weres supposed to dissect some cockroaches but ended up with snails instead? Well, we got our cockroaches last Friday. Haha! My, these roaches were fat man! No huge, but fat. Haha! They were cooled in the lab's cold room so they were quite immobile but very much alive when we got them in petri dishes. The first thing we were supposed to do was snip off its head so that it's dead and further mutilation would exempt us from the reaches of ethics (although I never knew of any ethical issues that concerns insects, cockroaches in particular). So I snipped the head off, stretching its neck out. Then snipped the legs, 6 of 'em, followed by the wings! But no wings! Apparently the one I got was a nymph. So yeah, used a scalpel to make a cut right down the middle of the ventral side (belly). Forceps to tease apart the integument (exoskeleton) to expose the innards. U know how the abdomen is segmented? I always thought it's like individual bands of integument but cutting up the roach showed me the transverse cut. It's like folded lor! So cool! And to my surprise (and your disgust), its innards are really pretty much like OUR innards! Intestines, stomach, gall bladder and the lot... haha! And under the dissecting microsope, wow, everything is SO CLEAR! I dunno about u but looking at all the tubes & organs, amazement washes over me... like, wow... wow... WOW.
Anyways, we weres supposed to mash up the innards to look for parasites... So I had to squash all that just amazed me... Squirted a lil saline, tilted the petri dish to 1 side and took another look under the scope. Crikey! There they were! Wriggling about in the water! Worms! Haha! Worms hold a whole new meaning to me now... They're EVERYWHERE!!! Even in the cockroach! IN a cockroach man!
K, enough about them. I think y'all wouldn't wanna hear about my poo culture and ITS worms... as well as shaking up different animal poo in water & taking some of that water to look under the microscope. But I can say, it's all very interesting. Haha! Not to mention, smelly too. Haha! Oh wells... all part of learning!
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Today, a certain friend of mine shared with me her problems with her boyfriend. (I hope you wouldn't mind me blogging about it? If u do, tell me & I'll remove this part.) Picking on her almost-everything all the time, or so it seemed to me. We discussed the various possible reasons and concluded that there were innumerable possibilities. And it just seems to me that he's trying to pick a fight... Maybe he's insecure? Maybe he's stressed up at work? Yes, maybe... I'm cynical... but I shan't mention what I think. It's too evil. I should be more naïve... more innocent. Cynicism has never been dominant... and I shouldn't let it be. *zips*
I dunno la... I don't even know for what am I writing this down. See? No conclusion, no thoughts... just blabbering. *blabber blabber blabber*
Ok, the thorax...
pronotum, propleuron, prosternum;
mesonotum, mesopleuron, mesosternum;
metanotum, metapleuron, metasternum...
Oh yes, I got my Sizzler Card finally!!! Haha! But I'm alone... =(
Eh friend, you can't stop her from completely cutting off from her guy friends la! That's so unreasonable can! You should know better. Treasure this jewel you have man... otherwise, so many others would kill to have her. K, not kill... just want so much.
Hee! *grinning from ear to ear* You can't imagine his joy when she said those last few words! *melts & bubbles*
Love me
if you
dare...
00:49
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Toowoomba Carnival Of Flowers!!!
Hi!!!
Hai... wanted to blog last night but was too tired from the whole-day trip. Toowoomba was nice! K, it was quite far out, but nonetheless, it was better than Ipswich! Haha! I don't exactly know how so, but it just is. =)
K, I'll get down to the day's progress:
Morning, Jon picked me up & we all met at Louis' place. When everyone gathered there, we started the day with a prayer & headed out towards our destination! Yay! Drove for about 2h like that (maybe less?) and there we are! The first sight that greeted me was this:
Haha! So reminds me of Ekka can? Oh ya! I haven't posted my photos for Ekka hor? Haha! Aiyah, nvm la, it was pretty much like this picture also... but the fairground was much bigger la.
Anyways, all of us were gathered at where the parade would end. It was still some time before the parade would get to us, so I wandered away from the group, towards the start of the parade. Wah, walked quite far leh, before the start of the show walked past me. Haha! The following is a series of shots I got from the people who looked & waved & smiled at me, as well as some of the more interesting ones. =) Enjoy!
Before the parade got to us, the roads were already filled with people from all over, waiting for the grand show!
I especially liked this guy on stilts. Very striking color combi!
And this woman, who was happily flaunting her wings! She was on stilts too! And the wind was pretty strong! Amazing balance & control I tell ya...
Haha! The Australian (or Toowoomban) version of the Dragon Dance!
These white fairies produced HUGE bubbles from that wand thing in their hand! All the kids were ecstatic! Hahaha!
Bananas in Pyjamas! Haha! First thought: Daphne!!! *grin*
Oooo, I like this car! Or rather, the array of colors mucilaged on it. Haha!
Bagpipes! *be-e-e-a-a-ah!!!*
Howdie partn-ner! Haha! The outback ranches!
Oh, this one! Haha! Click on the picture to enlarge it! That girl looks as if she's flirting can! Hahaha! Wooo!
Oh ya! Haha! 法輪功! Haha! How come they're allowed in the parade!
Oooo! Pretty little pixies! Prancing along the whole of the parade!
There were a number of bands but I thought this one looked the nicest, coz the rest were like black uniforms or blue uniforms. Not nice de...
Oh oh! These 2! Haha! They're Fifi & Bumble from Fifi & the Flowertots! Dunno what's that... sounds like a children's show though. Haha! Anyways, the focus is actually the girl in green at their feet. Haha! She's quite pretty. =P
Weeee! Butterflies on stilts! When will they start flapping harder & lift off?
This is the start of the parade... haha! And the crowds all along the road! Look at them!
After the parade, we walked around the fairgrounds for like 45min, before proceeding to the gardens to look at all the flowers! Yay! To my slight disappointment, the variety wasn't alot. Most of 'em were the same species but different color only. Well, I've got all these flowers to shoot, so I just made the most of my 2h trip to Toowoomba! Carnival of FLOWERS!!!
But before that, here's a shot of some belly dancers patrolling the gardens amidst the beautiful flora!
And the rest are just the flowers I encountered... =) Hope u like them!
The garden itself:
Here's another shot:
Oh oh! And look! They arranged the flowers in a heart!
Ok, here're the rest!
And here're a few of the more successful insects that I found & shot. Man, I need to get out more man...
This one's some fly... U can save the picture & zoom in to see...
These are aphids! Haha! Cool right? The owner uses ladybird beetles to deal with them. But yesterday was too cold for them to come out... and the aphids feast!
Oh, they had this competition throughout the suburb and community too, to raise the most flowery garden at home. This is the backyard of the Grand Champion for 2004 & 2006!
Haha! Just something I noticed in one of the gardens of one of the winners... Rodent skull?
Last but not least, the wonderful group of people who went down to Toowoomba & made the day a wonderful & enjoyable day for me! K, this isn't a posed shot, just candid.. and it's the most grouped shot I got. In fact, it's one of the few people shots I had out of 300 odd flower shots. Haha!
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Ok, today! Sue came with us to church! Haha! But she said she was really sleepy... =( Well, nvm, hope u come again next week! Haha! At least for Ian? You did say he was good-looking! Haha!
After church we went to Mr Toys Toyworld! Wah, I bought 2 Bionicle sets... So cheap can! I buy in Singapore, 1 set would cost me like S$11.95. I buy here, 1 set costs AUD$5.99! Woo-hoo! How to not buy, u tell me?
Walked about some more & I found these Fairly Odd-Parents soft toys that invert so it's like 2-in-1! So cool! I bought Wanda & Cosmo! Haha! Wanda turns into a star whilst Cosmo turns into a moon! So cute! And they're only $2 each! Heh heh! Yay! So happy!
And now, I'm tired. Haha! SO sleepy. Some more I blogged lor... hai... my poor fingers.
Ok, tonight I shall study. Now, I need sleep! =)
Oh ya! We finally finished the stupid parboiled rice!!! *celebrates* Bought us a 10kg bag of normal long grained rice from Yuen's! No more parboiled! No more parboiled!!!
The flowers looked bland... If only she were there to pose in the photos. Everything would've been so much brighter! Everything would've been so much more a beautiful memory! *sigh*
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Ok, here's the coloured version of the above... just to let u guys compare... =)
