It's been a week back in Melbourne and I'm still trying to live the Singapore way-of-life here. I'm missing ApeyTan so much all the time. We had such a great and meaningful time back home that it made leaving him so hard this time. It's gonna be the last before we settle down back in sg in 2009! In order to cure the lovesickness, we are meeting in PERTH during his mid-sem break! I'm so looking forward to that already!! I'll get to see Okky, intro the boyfriend to the old friend and meet old friend's bf as well! Plus, like what Apey puts it, it'll be my "Grad trip-part 1"!

Day 1: Apey's arrival with my prize. Birthday dinner that i cooked for him while he slept his jet lag away. Glazed lamb chops with mozzarella mushrooms and mashed potato.


EPL match at some pub at Lygon. I was rather amused by the cheers and yells of the soccer fans, both angmohs and asians.


Camwhoring with my pink plush robe. Xi Nu Ai Le with the Ape! He said i'm born naturally with a bitter face.. =(


Roadtrip to Daylseford, a pretty neat town and there was a organic farm market going on in a primary school!


We were walking back towards our car after lunch and we came across this COOL shop. OMG!!! The shop was filled with old school stuff, Elvis Presley to Marilyn Monroe to Betty Boop! I thought I almost spoilt the $2000+ jukebox then it started playing old school rock'n'roll. They had so many sections within the shop. too cool!!


At the Lake House and Jubilee Lake. the ducks and birds were so fat, clumsy and CUTE! I took a video of them waddling and fighting for food! the autumn trees were pretty but it was kinda cold as we try to snap some decent Korean Autumn Story photos. Oh, we tasted mineral spring water and the last one was terrible!


ApeyTan cooked a decent dinner for us with my help and the genius even helped me for my assignment! What would i do without you?!!


Our first footy match. Footy's actually quite a no-kick sport, not much rules and the match was boring. I reckon the fun part was the Mexican wave and ppl throwing rubbish down from the top! LOL.


Lunch at Soda Diner at Chapel St. Old school jukebox and huge burgers!


Roadtrip #2 to Yarra Valley. Beautiful scenery, wine-tasting and chatting with cute friendly old couples! Apey was very sweet for driving throughout when we both had v lil sleep the night before and bought me choc fudge cos i was feeling car-sick! <3


Headed off to Dandenong Ranges and I realised my camera batt was low and eventually died so limited photos! grrrr. Stopped by Wickedly Delicious Cafe for hot choc and Last taste of Summer before heading back home.


Thank you ApeyTan for the 19days of laughter and love that you were here. Now it's back to me and the war with exams preps! Home sweet home in 30 days!

Today's ...

• friday;
• ANZAC day (public + university holiday); and
  
• 21 months with my ApeyTan!

Tomorrow's ...

• saturday;
• the day I see and hug ApeyTan after almost 2 months; and
• the start of MAD FUN!
  

I will try to keep thinking positive and not let some people/thoughts get in my way! Out to shop to chill my soul!

I fell off the double bed with my entourage of bolster and quilt! Amazingly, I missed the bedside table and didn't feel any pain when i landed on the floor. :X



Suddenly had this overwhelming realisation as to why I have been thinking/reacting/feeling the way I am these days. It's the effect of growing up mentally and emotionally at an exponential rate in a short span of time (say 2 years), compared to having the carefree and no-worries lifestyle of doing whatever you want as and when you like because you'll always have your parents to fall back on plus you won't be that afraid to make mistakes cos you're still a kid/teen/juvenile/underage. Adulthood has accelerated the time that we take to learn and understand things. There really is no turning back, its like boarding a train that never stops and has no loop service. At 21 going on 22, life just forces you to learn and absorb new stuff everyday whether you like it or not.

*That's just some note to self.


Life is alright at the moment. Just hope Apey wouldn't keep saying that I don't love him, which is silly cos everyone knows how much I love him. Seeing him in 2 weeks! :) :) :)

It's called love.

I hate the severity of my PMS, how i'd cry for mummy like a terrified lil girl and here I am typing and staring at my black 14".

Things will be okay, at least after the bloody war has stopped.

I really need to sleep, I need a good long sleep. I have never slept before midnight since I came back to Melbourne. The consequences of ageing I know and thats why my willingness to pay for high-end skincare products have up many notches.

Good night world.

Everyone seems to be having lots of fun and enjoying themselves in their current state of life. 

it's as if we were sitting on the clouds. we're good, quarreling as often but still loving each other very much. i miss him like CRAZY.

the bestfren who MIA just like me. the one who is active when its my bedtime. thank goodness for emails. i'll get down to that soon okie, im still at my nuaing period. life sucks, out too much from me!

darling gf, the one whom i hardly talk to but will always have something to chat about when we meet up. gf for life! muaahhh

Mr Apey was uber sweet. He hopped into the car, gave me 'P.S. thank you' for the 3months that i spent with him in SG, then 'P.S. you are the best' for being the best girlfriend he can ever have and 'P.S. always on my mind' for i'll be always on his mind when i'm gone for the 4 months. His words moved me to tears cos we have been emo-ing the entire week before i left SG and i felt so encouraged and loved. Thank you, dear. I LOVE YOU.

 Horoscope of the day

The closed door conversations you are missing out on are nothing to be concerned about -- your life or career growth will not be negatively affected by them anytime soon. All of this internal talk has little, if anything to do with you, so take a break from the paranoia. Assuming the worst is not a good way to avoid disappointment -- but it is a very good way to get yourself all worked up over nothing! So just chill out and save the worrying for when you actually have something to worry about.

Don't know myself anymore.

On the way to The Grampians where we stopped by at Hog's Breath Cafe for lunch. Very tender and juicy steak!
at the Boroka Lookout which we took quite some time to find our way up Mt Difficult Rd.
MacKenzie Waterfalls
Royal Melbourne Show with my one and only and he won me a BRRRRPY.
grocery shopping and Apey cooked sambal fried rice for us! Trampoline before sending Mich off!
Tulip Festival. favourite flower with my favourite man.
Baked salmon with mozzerella cheese and mushroom.
We went Havi-crazy as you can see. Apey and his monkey shirt! <3
KoKo Black and last-min shopping. Dear wearing my bedsocks cos the cold was unbearable! =P


I had a great spring break with the my love. Wished we had more time though. Looking forward to more trips with you, ApeyTan. *MUACKS*

A very dumb me thought my '3' phone was dead cos I couldn't send or retrieve messages but turns out I just had too many messages in my Sent Items. Anyhoo, I decided to upgrade my plan and get myself a new Nokia phone. Haven't used a Nokia in ages. The last mobile I got was the pink v3x that I got for my 20th. Totally lost touch with the mobile gadgets!


I've been so busy and tired. Got an injured forehead that seems to be giving me headaches and blurry eyesight. 3000 word report due this friday and i'm 500 words away!


TLG is coming to town to visit ME! YEAHNESS! Oh, and my cousin is in Melbourne now. Mid-sem break next week and i'm really looking forward to a nice break with MY LOVE. Road trips, picnics, Freddos, Royal Melbourne Show, Crown, Nobu, kite-flying, anything and everything with my APEY.

Back to the report!

I hate being sick and throwing tantrums to the one i care most to get his 100% attention. I hate myself for finishing my exams late. I hate the fact that the first person I see when i touched down is not you. I hate how things don't go my way. Above all this, I love you. SO MUCH.

Jap fine dining with YS and Greco with the cuzzie!
kids-lovers-day!
winter window shopping
crunchy nut cake that we just baked! x))
cheesy mushrooms cauliflower that was so so SO YUMMY!
steak, not bad for a first-timer.



And for those who loves me, I still look the same, fat and slightly contented with life.

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Seriously, this has got to be my most eventful year in Melbourne. What with the city-wide blackout and CBD gunshot and now we've got a FIRE on my level.

The fire alarm sounded at 11.30pm and WY and I thought it was some kind of a drill but they can't have a drill that late right. So we waited in the apt until we heard a voice announcing over the system. Then did we know it's really a FIRE! My gosh. We were really frantic. WY changed out of her pjs and said "take passport" and i just grab my passport, MSN Apey to tell him about the fire and dash out. It was the first time I actually saw ALL my neighbours. So we weren't the only occupants on our level. People were in their pjs, their most unglam and there was even a girl hugging to her baby bolster! Went to the lobby and saw 2 fire engines outside. Some sg/msian guys were like happily taking pictures in front of the fire engine. After about 15mins, they finally found the culprit. Its the thai boys 2 doors away from us. They stupidly burnt their toast and open their door. Corridor smoke alarm detected the smoke and TA-DAH, here comes the fire engine. And if i'm not wrong, it cost $5000 for each fire engine visit?

Oh yah, did i mention WY and I brought our passports down. We had no pockets so i tucked it in my shorts and then secretly transferred it into the mailbox! Thank God nobody was injured and everything's fine. Phew.

Tremendously eventful, I'd say.

I know our dreams will never die.

The awfully sinful yet heavenly delicious apple crumble that we baked on saturday. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to bake. Ran down to ALDI to get some apples and started baking according to the BBC recipe i found. It was YUMMY! I'm gonna start baking or cook new stuff every week. It is so therapeautic. But that would also mean i gotta hit the gym more often! Next up, steak!

On the ferry to Batam	Harris Resort
my apey and his monkey beach club!	parasailing!!
Happy 1st year anniversary to us! We made it through and we'll make it to the end of time.	Spa was fantastic. Must go back for more!
the LONG breadstick that i used to fight with the boyfriend	Love you lots.
the wantons he made cos i was too tired!