This blog entry is dedicated to Nathania, eternal companion through Mediterranean waters and faraway lands, valiant and handsome, fighter of evil and protector of purity. May you be happy with this dedication and revel in self-worth.
(PS. Blythe photos coming soon! After the day clears and there is nice natural lighting)
I love mail tracking.
On the 5th of April, less than 2 hours after they were paid for, items no. RA869031432HK & RA869031429HK were processed for delivery to their destination, Australia. I’ve been checking the status of the two parcels compulsively for the last two days, and last time I checked both items have left Hong Kong for their destination on the 7th of April
Eventually, after crossing the sea, I will be able to stop stalking my girls through Hongkong Post, and instead shift my attentions to Australia Post.
Once again, I love mail tracking.
Stars are cold, very cold. Or rather, stargazing at the top of a mountain without jackets is cold. However there is a warmer side to stargazing- looking at stars (and planets and galaxies and nebulas).
Some things we saw:
All in all, it was a fun night out. Yay!!
(I promise the next entry will not have dot points. We are just so unimaginative, us science people)
I realised I should update this space more often, before everyone forgets about me and stops checking this altogether. It’s not that nothing interesting has happened, it’s rather that too many interesting things have happened. Here is a sample:
And this is only a sample.
Starting university is like starting high school all over again, with more hormones and more booze. I take great pleasure in going through the same 3 questions with everyone I meet on campus, which go as follows:
Apparently those three questions are enough to make acquaintances (I dare not use the word “friends” just yet) and can also ensure that you are able to determine what sort of person they are.
This leaves me with a number of insecurities.
Firstly, what should I say, as first impressions can soon solidify to life-long friendship? Secondly, if I make the wrong impression will I be stuck with the wrong people (boozehounds, misogynists, bad poets) for the rest of my life?
After numerous mishaps, and more than a dozen occasions of having to explain that just because I’m doing a Bachelor of Philosophy it doesn’t mean I HAVE to actually study philosophy, and confusing practically everyone, I have settled with just saying I’m doing Arts.
This way people will presume I am lazy, lack a direction in life, and am full of my own wit and importance. That is the best I can do for now.
Today I took my Macbook to the apple service centre because it stopped working.
I like how they set it out like a GP/Doctor’s office, complete with a reception table and black leather couches (sadly, no trashy magazines!). The whole process also sort of reminded me of being in a waiting room… especially when the repair man speaks like this:
I felt very tense the whole time. It’s not fixed either, so I have to wait half a week for it. *chews fingernails*
In other miscellaneous news, I got a new blythe doll on Monday!
It was amazing, because the EMS shipping from Japan to Australia took only 3 days, and the postman hand-delivered it to my front door at 7:30 AM. I wasn’t expecting her AT ALL (because the website said 2-4 weeks) so the surprise was great. For more pictures, click the thumbnail below!
That’s all for now, thanks for reading!
The most hassling thing about going to university interstate (although some remind me that ACT is technically within NSW) is deciding what items to take with you. I admit, I’ve been used to a life of luxury, I have two rooms all to myself: one with a bed, the usual wardrobe things and one with the books and the computer and the TV. How that will all change.
I invite you all to look at what will be my home sweet home for the next 4 years:
I’m hoping that the furniture is included. In case you can’t make out the measurements, it’s 4.635 m by 2.705 m.
So I’ve started compiling a list of things to take with me, but it’s been hard sorting the essentials from the unnecessary-but-oh-so-necessary-to-my-material-happiness.
The list so far goes:
I think I’ll start packing in February.
So basically it’s been bugging me. The whole website without any posts except the “Hello World” one (a default one, nonetheless, with a default comment). I’ve thought about it long and hard for a while now, and don’t know exactly how to “begin”, if that’s the right word for it. Nothing which has come into mind seems substantial enough to start, and as a sign, here is a list (in no particular order) of things I started, but haven’t completed:
… and so the list goes on.
I blame this indecision on the new year. It always seems to suggest change, alteration, a clean slate, beginnings and of course, hesitation!
If this is truly a sign of things to come, then, future readers, maybe it’ll be a sign which leads nowhere. Speaking of signs…
The above are all from the hilarious Lonely Planet’s book called “Signspotting”, which is the best I can do for now.
