hello love

P.S.

2009-06-17T00:03:00.002+08:00

i have moved.

i've changed. and need a change.

if you're interested:
http://yellowspacebunny.tumblr.com/

time-traveler's wife

2009-06-16T01:19:00.002+08:00

i know i'm going to cry like a bloody romantic fool. but omgzxz! i can't wait! :)

done for the sem!

2009-06-07T02:50:00.002+08:00

so all my assignment are done! :) celebrated yesterday by watching 5 movies. :D haha, but only 1 in the movie theatre lah, not so rich.

caught x-men origins (finally) with evangeline, david and chris. omg my favourite scene was when wolverine & sabertooth were fighting with that ultimate weapon.. thing. it was awesome. the choreography was omgwth damn good. blew my mind. i'd watch the movie again for that scene! :)

and the other day, i finally watched twilight. and couldn't stop analysing it as a post-modern Gothic text and how subversive it is to the traditional Gothic. yet it does nothing for gender roles. -_- i'd just written a 3000 word essay on a similar topic. NEH. plus i found some of the lines and the girl's acting really bad.

anyway. my lecturer wants to submit my group's experimental film to a film festival!!! and we got 90% for that project! omg highest i've ever scored! :) and i might get the chance to do the production design for a couple of musicals next sem. :) :) :)

ok im starting to sound like a nerd. but nothing very exciting is happening here. :(

so! home in 3 days! maggi goreng here i come!

ack. need. to. write. essay.

2009-06-03T03:23:00.003+08:00

i just murdered my blueberry muffin. ate the top and picked out all the blueberries. :D

anyway, i really should be writing my essay. :( but here i am procrastinating. rah! doppelgangers and the patriarchal gender ideology can go write itself!

mmm counting down the days till i board that plane home. :) i cant wait! 7 more daysss!

last week i practically lived in the fcp edit suites. a bunch of us regular squatters, haha. but really unique friendships are made on a cold 4am while rushing to finish edits. i think it's something to do with watching the same images flash in front of your tired, red eyes over and over and over again. that and the fact that sleep deprivation really makes people connect. haha. :D people were climbing walls. -_-

i think that last time i had to edit something this intensely was for the 'in love with shaoxing' project. hmmm.. good times. :)

feeling really nostalgic and melancholic these days. just really want to go home and see the people i love. :\ i think i've allowed myself to be lulled into the perceived stability of my life right now, and have forgotten that all things pass away. and that only His word remains. sigh.

okay. it's 4am. film screenings start at 9am... till 3pm. wth, right? neh, time for bed. will write my stupid essay tomorrow. 600 words down, 2400 more to go. yay. FML.

i will bring praise;

2009-05-16T04:22:00.003+08:00

aye, it's been a helluva long hiatus.

breaking it to share some ecstatic news. :)

recently a bunch of friends and i joined the 48 hour film project competition. (www.48hourfilm.com/) it was a massive production with 2 units in 2 countries. singapore and perth working together! had fun, made new friends etc. and news just in today...

our film is ONE OF THE EIGHT LOCAL WINNERS IN SINGAPORE!!!

it will screen again on sunday night to compete for the CITY WINNER. and if our film wins, it will go on to compete internationally for the BEST 48 HOUR FILM 2009. :D and 10 of the best films WILL GET SCREENED IN THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2010!

i am hyperventilating!!!!

CANNES! omgomgomgogmogmgomgomgzxzxzzxzx

johnny axel is a legend and 'danni smells like sunshine!' HURHUR.

okay, i've 6 hugeass assignments due in the next 2 weeks. 2 journals, 2 essays (5,000 words each tyvm), and 2 productions. God save me. ok back to work.

oh and countdown to HOME starts NOW. 25 more days. :)

i will bring praise
no weapon formed against me shall remain
i will rejoice
i will declare
God is my victory and
He is here.

bee's adventures in perth

2009-04-19T04:02:00.005+08:00

we had so much fun :)

had a bit of a scare coming here, with his visa. but thank goodness for the awesome advanced technology of sg and our quick internetxz.

felt strange to see bee walk out from behind the airport doors. and i figured out why. it was like my 2 different lives were meeting and syncing up in the middle. (like the trippy music vid michel gondry did for cibo matto's sugar water) haha, but i quickly got used to it. :)

headed to margaret river the day after he landed for about 3 days. 3 awesome days in a caravan park! haha! took the wine tours, hitched rides from strangers, met a bimbo, visited gorgeous caves and nearly missed our bus back due to shitty cab services. -_- managed to catch the bus by the skin of our teeth.

then it was off to freo for the famous seafood and atmosphere of the street festival. :) yums.

cottesloe was not meant to happened cos it was such a gloomy rainy day. :(

perth city and king's park day was fun too. bee went totally nuts with the camera. taking 1973782 photos of the different birds etc. ("singapore dont have!") heh

sent wan xuan off too. i cant imagine leaving perth for good man. i think i'm not ready to leave. :\

yeh ok. photos will be up on FB when i get around to it. meanwhile.. im getting burried alive under my massive pile of school work. so.... back to watching more movies. :D and other more tiresome assignments. sigh.

p.s. check out the mtv for sugar water by cibo matto. it's michel magic! unfortunately i can't find it online/rip it off my dvd. zzz.

8 more hours.

2009-04-07T15:22:00.003+08:00

omg, the boyfriend is arriving in a few hours and i'm too excited to think! :D even now, he's already at changi airport checking in. :)

and then we're off to margaret river for 3 days! whee!

but i still have so much work to be done for the week when school starts up again, it's not even funny. so i keep oscillating between excited and stressed. it's quite the rollercoaster. sigh.

see, i started this post excited. now i'm stressed. okay i better go do some work.

bye!

2009-04-01T01:24:00.005+08:00

turn your eyes upon Jesus,
look full in His wonderful face.

and the things of the earth
will grow strangely dim

in the light of His glory and grace.

3 years ago today,

2009-03-21T00:43:00.003+08:00

i fell in love with a certain boy. (with an unusually large head)

he was passionate, caring, funny and smart. (and tried to punch someone out)

today,

he motivates, challenges and inspires me. (and annoys me too. sometimes, heh)

the more i learn, the more i love.

he's my best friend and boyfriend. and everything else i need all rolled into one. (kinda like a high-tech swiss army knife)

i marvel when i look back at how much we've been through in the past 3 years. and how much we've grown. and when i think of the big, bright future ahead; im excited. it's full of new adventures. :)

for this is a love that will never run out. it'll only get deeper and better over time.

three of the best years of my life. i'm truly blessed.

so here's to that certain boy with an unusually large head: i love you. forever. happy anniversary. :)

3 years ago.

its little things that only i know, those are the things that make you mine.

ramblings;

2009-03-09T02:34:00.003+08:00

making use of the last days of summer, we went to cottesloe yesterday. it was a gorgeous day and i got nice and toasted. :D swallowed a bit too much salt water, got scraped a bit too much by the sand, screamed too much and had so much fun. :)

too bad summer's almost over. but i like the rain too. :) (and i'd have an excuse to wear my rainboots. heh)

and just the other day, we drove to myaree really late and just sat around having bubble tea. :) and julia & i started a, ahem, sago war. i find it hilarious that people dont realise that they were MADE to shoot out of those big straws like precision guns. and hell, you can even load a few and make it a machine gun! :D i swear, the sound that the sagos make as they fly out of the straw is ... classic. 'POP!' haha, it's even funnier cos they stick to the surface they land on!

we practised our aiming and tried to knock empty cups over. but we soon ran out of ammo. :c and nobody was willing to fork out $4.50 for more, hah.

hurhurhur;

getting started on my first assignment this sem was like going back to kindy art class again. what with all the glue, glitter, feathers, markers and dyes. it was a messy affair, to say the least. haha! i had so much fun, it almost seem too indulgent to call an assignment.

we get to make a cameraless experimental film. by scratching, burning, pasting, drawing & writing, and whatever you can think of, on the film itself. everything inside me says "omg, you're destroying 16mm film! NOOOO!" but, hell. it's so fun.

and then i remember that 1 second on screen... is 24 frames. -_- meticulously duplicating something 24 times to have it seen for only 1 second is..... (look on the bright side) satisfying. nyeh!

i'm going to make a subversive, self reflexive, intertextual, diachronic film that is metonymically ontological yet hyperbolic. it will convey l'effet du réel in a surrealist manner and will totally knock the socks off my lecturer.

yeh, i just threw in some words from my readings to make it sound awesome. (and annoying.) but seriously. my film's gonna be awesomest to the maximus! i guarantee itus.

there really isnt another way i'd want to live.

goodnight.

miles and miles to go;

2009-03-07T00:14:00.002+08:00

it's really amazing how we do and say things out of routine and dont even realise it. it takes someone to ask you why you do it for you to realise that you havent really thought about it. you've just become so used to it that it's almost innate.

its important to remember why. if not, the real meaning's lost, isnt it?

in the same thread... next time you tell someone you love them, take the time to tell them why.

crazy weather in perth

2009-02-25T23:55:00.005+08:00

two days ago it was bloody 38 degrees. too hot to do anything, even think. sitting at my desk with the fan blowing straight at me on the highest mode was no use. i'd still perspire and be irritated.

and today, it's pretty freezing. raining all day with strong winds and an average of 16. -_- totally spoilt my 'day at the beach' plan.

anyway, so on my 2nd day back.. me sarah and sam took a mini roadtrip to the pinnacles and lancelin. fun fun! :) it was cold in the desert. (ironic) managed to shiver my way to a sunburn. HAHA.

yeah, but i'm feeling lazy now. so i'll put up photos later and all. zzzz.

and sch this sem seems relatively slack. 10 contact hrs per week only so far. :)

the indians and angmohs outside my window are friggin loud and annoying. it's 1am. go away. they've been there for the past 3 hrs. rarrrrr! damn. pissed. off.

ok i'm going to watch my project runway 5 now bye.

i need chocolate.

in the dark;

2009-02-18T02:44:00.002+08:00

clutching, spinning, giddy laughing.

unable to walk straight, drunk on the possibilities that the night brings.

there's a secret thrill in these late night shenanigans.

it runs like electricity down my spine.

the night cloaks us in mystery and seduces us with her darkness.

under her inky cover, we can do anything.

chasing our shadows underneath the street lamps,

we are invincible.

two-two

2009-02-17T00:13:00.002+08:00

so i'm 22. and just had the scare of my life.

nothing makes you feel older then having the scare of your life. :/

but it's all good now. and every cloud has it's silver lining.

(sorry for sounding so baffling)

ah, and i just saw an old ad i did for delifrance delivery on tv! :) man, that was a year ago. haha

this has really been an eventful start of 2009.

return to perth.

2009-02-09T23:32:00.002+08:00

so 10 more days till i return to perth.

the 3 months have zoomed by in a blur.

this time around, it seems even harder to go. it's all new flat mates and friends have moved out/away. which is pretty scary. :(

at least i'm looking forward to my school modules. and bee's coming to visit. :)

argh, look on the bright side gwyn.

raindrops on my eyelashes

2009-02-05T01:06:00.002+08:00

there are moments in my life when it feels like a flash goes off and a snapshot of that particular moment has been captured. these moments always sneak up on me. and they stay vivid in my memory.

in the past week, i've managed to fall in love with you all over again. twice.

2009-02-03T02:40:00.001+08:00

i just wanted to say:

DAMNIT! IT HAS TO SNOW IN LONDON NOW?

after we've left?! argh!

i miss snow. :c

photo-heavy

2009-02-03T00:12:00.008+08:00

just scanned my latest roll of film, and the photos are pretty awesome. it was like opening a surprise present cos it was my first time using tungsten balanced film. and it was x-processed too! :) the result was quite unpredictable and delicioussss. heh.

i love trees.

the view from our room window in london

something about this photo just makes me really miss london.

tower bridge.

freo beach

freo beach again. bleah, dont like the composition. but the colours are nice.

yes, my leggings are purple. and yes, i like taking photos like these. :P

fremantle markets! i love this place. and this photo.

freo markets again.

in the uwa changing rooms getting ready for choir.

haha, the rows of paper bags filled with goodies for giveaway.

yup, so those were some of the nicer ones. :) there were a coupe of really whacked out weird-coloured ones. haha! well, ok! i'm off to continue my gilmore girls marathon! wooo!

2009-01-31T01:45:00.002+08:00

ah, the eerie wisdom and insight of postsecret.

things i've been up to lately...

2009-01-25T23:34:00.005+08:00

1) pineapple tarts!

yeah, i have yet to perfect the recipe. but methinks they are pretty darn good. :) (so say the rest of the family as well, heh) ah.. and saph will probably whack me for this. harhar.

2) cycling at east coast park!

cycled till our asses hurt. had a picnic and lots of ice cream. :) it was a sunny day and i got a little sunburnt. i had so much fun! :)

anyway, its cny! time for hongbao harvesting! have a good one!

wanderlust

2009-01-17T01:59:00.003+08:00

ok seriously, overdue photos. but i cannot find all of them and have been too lazy/busy/otherwise preoccupied to find them. haha.

anyway, i miss london! i havehavehave to go back again one day.

and my wanderlust has not been satisfied. i really just want to pack up and travel around the world with my camera and books. i'd travel by train and maybe look up some old friends. think i might have to do it one day. :)

now, if only i could convince xb to come with me. heh

2009-01-16T01:27:00.004+08:00

"One of the best tests of love, really, is if it feels like love when it's at it's quietest and calmest, not its loudest and most tumultuous."

2009-01-07T02:13:00.012+08:00

the light on my bedside table glows softly, casting a muted golden hue over the room. propped up by three pillows, i sit in the illuminated circle of light. the book in my hand is heavy and well-worn. its thin pages slightly crinkled from having been thumbed through many times.

the clock hanging outside my room chimes 3 times. 3 o'clock.

3am and the world is silent. still.

in this tangible stillness that wraps itself around me, i have the indulgent luxury of escaping into my book.

the worlds and galaxies captured between the covers of books have fascinated me for as long as i can remember.

i remember bugging my mum to read to me when i was three. always sneaking into her bed to snuggle up with aesop's fables and disney stories. soon my parents showered me with truckloads of enid blytons, and roald dahls. there was a period of time when nancy drew and the hardy boys were my constant companions.

even till today, some of my favourite childhood memories include books. the afternoon i snuggled up on the sofa by the window in a pool of pale winter sunlight, devouring book after book as the rest of the world went by unnoticed.

i explored caves and secret tunnels with the famous five, and discovered gross & slimy things in 'goosebumps'.

the time i read 'little women' and identified so much with jo, fell in love with laurie and cried so hard for beth.

when i'd read my first autobiography, 'boy' and was introduced to a whole different world. one where i could relive actual events that had happened years ago.

how much i wanted to be sara crewe while i was reading 'a little princess', and find my own 'secret garden' behind an ivy-covered wall.

to this day, all the colourful characters in the books i've read are a part of me. they live in my imagination and subconscious. sometimes, a certain situation or person will remind me of something in a book.

i can't help but feel excited when starting a new book. tonight, it is charles dickens who writes to my imagination, whisking me off to 18th century london in 'bleak house'.

2009-01-04T23:32:00.001+08:00

a year's reflections

2009-01-02T00:36:00.005+08:00

i've learnt that i was stronger that i thought i was. absence really does make the heart grow fonder; and it made me appreciate everything i had all the more.

being away from home and all things familiar forced me to find my independence, and learn more about myself.

this past year, i've learnt so much, laughed so much, cried so much, grown so much.

loved so much.

it's been one helluva 2008. i loved it, grateful for everything.

i daresay that i've managed to achieve most of my '08 resolutions; or at least made a good start on them.

the best part of my new year's eve?

coming home from 2-degree london in first class and spending it with B. :)

here's to 2009. may it hold as much adventure, joy and love as 2008.

MERRY CHRISTMAS '08!

2008-12-25T12:22:00.002+08:00

i'm off to london! see the rest of you next year!

with much love,
gwyn

(& the monsters living under her bed)

happiness is a squishy cupcake;

2008-12-23T16:00:00.005+08:00

i havent been writing much of anything lately due to a recent bout of ennui. but i've been picking myself up and doing something about it. hopefully, i'll have something fruitful to show. :) soon.

meanwhile; christmas parties to plan, food to cook, london trip to organise, & people to meet!

i feel as happy as a crochet cupcake! :)

The Inheritance of Loss

2008-12-19T02:36:00.002+08:00

But he couldn't manage to keep this up.

He now pleaded directly with the judge: "We're friends, aren't we? Aren't we? Aren't we friends?"

"Time passes, things change," said the judge, feeling claustrophobia and embarrassment.

"But what is in the past remains unchanged, doesn't it?"

"I think it does change. The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind, Bose."

-Kiran Desai

MUST. HAVE. NOW.

2008-12-11T23:07:00.003+08:00

I NEED THESE BOOTS!

and this chuck taylor leather high cut is just damn drool-worthy

yeh, yet another of my recent obsessions.

great for london, heh. the excuse i give my parents. :D

Dear XB's Secret Santa:

2008-12-10T23:25:00.003+08:00

since xb's blog is now defunct and he is leaving for taiwan today... here is his santa wishlist.

1. smena 8m with leather case - make sure the lens is fungus free, and that the shutter works

2. casio (or any other brand) digital watch - simple design is okay as long as it's not girly

3. 2 x graniph t-shirts - size M (probably) ask jon or me (gwyn) for help in choosing

psst, he really really wants the camera.

results time!

2008-12-10T00:40:00.002+08:00

i got my sem 2 results early. they were scheduled for release at 5pm. but i went onto facebook and realised that several people had changed their statuses to 'shitty results', 'woohoo! 2 distinctions', and the like... so i hurriedly logged onto e-student only to find it 'busy due to high traffic'. -_-

half an hr later, i got my results. not as good as sem 1, but still pretty good overall. :) distinction average tyvm!

next sem, i'll be doing Literature & Culture, Experimental Film & Video, Corporate Documentary Production and Independent Screen Project 2.

they all sound super exciting, especially experimental film & video! plus, i only have 10 official contact hours per week of school! :D

and next sem's timetable is purrrfect! all my classes start after 12pm and i get fridays off. whoopee!

2008-12-03T23:00:00.002+08:00

yeh, so we didnt win. but at least we had hell lots of fun! and the experience was... fun. (haha, i need more adjectives.)

5 hrs of sleep in 2 days
4 locations in 1 day
1 short film in 40 hrs

a big feat i say!

ready? set. go!

2008-11-28T02:46:00.002+08:00

woohoo! the past week has been the abso-fabulous-bestest! lazy days in with the boyfriend are the best. :)

but the next few days are going to be so much fun too! running around and talking cock, haha.

oh! and the london trip has finally been confirmed! i is going london after christmas! zomg! i miss snow!

okay i have to go sleep now. as i foresee that i will not be getting much sleep over the weekend. :D goodnight, loves!

and stay tuned for updates/results of flybynight! contributions (monetary or something more spiritual) are greatly welcomed.

we are the flybynighters,

2008-11-19T17:25:00.003+08:00

omg i'm so excited for fly by night next weekend! :) wheee! we have to win man!

its going to be an intense weekend. :) i can't wait!

finally home

2008-11-13T16:24:00.005+08:00

hahahaha! i love my fisheye lens! it's wonky and weird. :D

and it's feels great to finally be home. the boyfriend was amazing, as usual. :) (except he started taking 147082 photos of me -_- )

we ate so much ytd and the night before! had charsiew pows, glutinous rice, ban mian, fish soup noodles, char kway teow, chee cheong fun, egg tarts, bandung, sugar cane and chin chow! omg!

haha, and im going to town in 1 hr! for fish&co! and starbucks! ahmagadddd! sho hairpee! whoooo!

of toilet doors and secrets;

2008-11-06T00:42:00.006+08:00

i love toilet door grafitti. :D it's random and funny. some of the things written actually make me think too.

one particular toilet in the architecture and design building had "what are you grateful for?" scrawled on it. and under that, random people (girls) had written responses. i liked seeing the list grow each time i visited and even, (shhh!) added to it. but when i went back one day to take a photo, it had been painted over and scrubbed clean. :c

it's great cos you get to tell people your secret, yet you get to do it in a way that's anonymous. just like postsecret. you also realise how universal some secrets are, and feel less alone.

oh, and one of the art department's toilets have really cool graffiti as well.

anyway, found this vid off youtube. "what's your biggest regret in life?"

YESSSS!

2008-11-04T03:15:00.005+08:00

i am free!

it's 4.20 am and i've finished my last film analysis. this is going to be the 'earliest' that i'm going to bed in a week. (depends on which way you look at it) for once, the sky is still dark.

having had only 2 hours of sleep last night, i am surprisingly awake. and i feel like doing a wild happy dance down the corridor to wake the rest up with the good news that i'm done! after handing my film history journal in later, I WILL BE FREE FOR 3 MONTHS.

wait. what? THREE MONTHS!

god, i love the sound of that. free till next year. :D

yesssss! *annoying 'i got first in class' fist clenching action

and my music video, good responses and critiques across the board. :) i want to do more music videos, eh. maybe with an edgier band this time.

anywayyy, i am so happy alone in my room at 4 in the morning that i want to start packing to go home now. harhar! 6 more days!

in the meantime, i want to shop! but i need to figure out how to fit everything into my boxes and luggage. -_- how did i accumulate so much stuff in the past year...? blame it on harbour town.

BEE! I'M COMING HOME SOON! (omg, super hyper bunny)

hot damn, holidays here i come!

10 more days!

2008-10-31T23:46:00.005+08:00

one more assignment left to do.

pack. move. store. and then it's home, sweet home!

gosh, i can't wait to see bee again. to eat lormaikai. to sleep in my bed. to have a family dinner. to sit at starbucks and people watch... etc. haha! 10 days! :D

and i had a lot to think about today. shall ruminate, and maybe blog about it another day.

anyway, happy birthday sarah lim! congratulations jason! and happy halloween peeps.

on another note:

it's been 1 year. too fast.

cliched as it sounds, it seems like it was just yesterday that i was sitting with you, watching tv in comfortable silence.

sometimes i dont even know how i should feel.

i still miss you, still think about you. and i feel slightly guilty sometimes that the feeling has faded.

but your memory and love will never. the laughter you brought into my life, will forever be a part of me. as will the lessons.

i had mangoes today, and i remembered you. it was unexpected and bittersweet.

week 14

2008-10-24T17:44:00.002+08:00

RAR! it's down to the last week. the most intense of all.

4 assignments due. 2 of which are 40% each for different units. it's make it or break it.

i just spent the entire day in the library. that's a first. got another million papercuts. spent another 20++ bucks on printing.

it's my last creative ad design unit. and then i will never have to see blair again. :D such joy! but i really love ad design, and the 7 of us.. will be 6. :c makes me sad.

and i'm seriously considering taking up copywriting and art direction. but the thought of having blair as a tutor again, makes me want to beat something up. (preferably him) or puke. (also preferably on him). and i wanna do ad studio. :)

shit, i should just change my major to ad design. nyeh.. too late.

oh, i think i'm going to hong kong in nov! and london in dec! wheeeeee! holidays, i can't wait for you!

feist

2008-10-21T02:57:00.006+08:00

the song that's stuck in my head.

1 2 3 4
tell me that you love me more.

and dont you just love the music video? :) it makes me incredibly happy. :D

/edit/

things are looking up. :) now, if i can get an internship at a good company... :) and i'm going home soon! <3

God help me;

2008-10-15T19:56:00.003+08:00

i've just realised the enormity of the shit i've landed myself into. the sheer depth makes me want to just stop trying and sink to the stinky, black bottom.

now i'm just praying that the shoot will go well tomorrow.

2 massive journals, 1 music video, 1 script, 2 advertising briefs, and 1 presentation visual.

3 more weeks.

greased lightning!

2008-10-12T01:57:00.002+08:00

it's about one more month till i get to go home! :)

time to decide the date. still in a slight dilemma, but i think i'll choose to go back a little later this time around. stuff i want to settle, and i guess i can use that time to explore and wander around, and use up the t-balanced film that's been rotting in my camera since last sem. hurhur

so yup, been catching up on some movie-watching. glad to say that i've watched some 36 films in the last 11 weeks that i've been back in perth. haha, pretty awesome.

just caught 'atanarjuat: the fast runner' today. it's really, really, really good. everything shot on one cheap (relatively) camera but the entire film is so engrossing and it's made me completely intrigued about the inuit and their way of life. now, i want to go up to northern canada to where the dancing lights are and live in an igloo. :D

but yeah, as part of the syllabus to make us think about race, nation and community in cinema, i think this is such an apt film. just the landscape alone is so different, it feels like you're on another planet. Yet the issues dealt with are so common throughout the human race.

yeh, i would recommend it to anyone. go watch it!

and on a completely different note, i made chicken curry today! and i had it with prata! super shiok, i tell you! it was as good as the real stuff. and almost as good as my grandma's. haha. i have some leftover and i'm looking forward to dinner tonight! :D

i'm itching to watch 'grease' again!

"maraschino. you know, as in cherry." hurhurhur!

here it is.

2008-10-07T02:56:00.003+08:00

the secret to happiness is simple.

count your blessings. you'll see that they outweigh your troubles.

remember, it could be so much worse.

lucky I'm in love with my best friend
lucky to have been where I have been
lucky to be coming home again
lucky we're in love every way
lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
lucky to be coming home someday

the song of the moment (apparently) speaks for me.

à vous

2008-10-06T02:41:00.005+08:00

je t'aime

vous êtes le seul pour moi. merci de tout. :)

Search For A Star

2008-10-01T02:14:00.003+08:00

haha, SFAS was awesome! had so much fun! was tiring but totally worth it and super entertaining to watch the other acts. :)

the choir + musicians! such love

us on stage during rehearsals

most of the low harmony bunch. duno where wan went.

hurhur, us posing and acting all getai.

caroline, wan and grace! the cellgroup thing

ahahaha! my favourite photo of the event! me and grace pretending to sneeze. i laughed in the end. :D

haha, i cant imagine leaving this bunch of people after my studies in perth are finished. :c ohwell cross the bridge when i come to it.

and i've been feeling way too grown up and adult lately. having to deal with worries about housing, banking and my future in general. :\ and i cant believe i'll be 22 soon. can't even begin to imagine saying 'i'm 22 years old'.

apart from that, it's all good!

caught up with jimmy over the weekend. :D omg, when he saw me during SFAS, he started taking photos like i was a zoo exhibit. -_- and i swear, that boy does not know his own strength. he nearly pushed me off the stairs.

quotes!

jimmy: "haha! you're like a kid!" (after i kicked him in the shin for making fun of me)
jimmy: "i dont care who uses my wardrobe as long as it's neat." (in exasperation, shortly after saying how he wants a huge wardrobe ala SATC's carrie)
vips: "you guys are so thick! no, not thick as in stupid, but as in friends."
caroline: "EH HEH!" (some strange new way of laughing she came up with)
ian: "ok, now i'm damn scared. i will run home."

eh, no title lah!

2008-09-24T23:21:00.004+08:00

hmm, looks like i'll be staying for honours, afterall. i'm still in the midst of making up my mind.

it's something that intimidates me actually. it seems such a big thing to take on, and 1 year is actually a really short time to do all that's needed. but it's a really great opportunity, i know that it'll be a good thing.

well anyway, i miss my polariod. i found these online and they make me so happy! especially this first one. :)

having a slight slowing down of assignments now. just submitted 2 assignments this week. 1 left. hah! not exactly slow eh. but i actually managed to sleep 8 hrs today. so i'm really happy now. ytd i was super hyper and jumping all over the place during choir pract. hurhur. i think i scared some people. :P

i had a great day today! and i'm psyched for Search For A Star! and i cant wait for movie night! and our little excursion to mill pt road! ok, basically the break week. haha! oh, and of course the EUH river cruise! it's going to be so much funnnn! :)

thank God for pulling me through everything so far, and for what He's going to do in my future. i'm so blessed to be here, having fun and doing what i love. now if only He could bring/teleport/fly/beam xb over, everything would be perfect. :D

i'm a hyper bunny, and my boyfriend is a sleepy pumpkin. hahahaha!

i shall be off to write my script! and get started on my exam essay! :) i sound too happy for a person who is going to be burning the midnight oil working, hey? :D

mini update

2008-09-21T01:51:00.005+08:00

so far i've handed in 7 assignments in the past 2 weeks. 3 more due in the coming week.

zomg. ZOMG.

10 assignments, 21 days. you do the math.

it's alright, learning to juggle my time. it's tiring, but i still manage to have fun. :)

had a hectic shoot today at scarborough beach. we rented a car to drive down. it's such a gorgeous beach, plus we were blessed with amazing sunny skies and a great talent. pretty sucky waves, so we had to make do. but wished we had more time to run around in the water. :) (there was a really hot surfer guy. :D )

got up at 7am, shot from 9 to 1. finally sat down to edit for 3 straight hours. it's been so long since i did that. haha! the time flew by pretty quickly. worked nonstop till 5.30pm man.

martin and tommas have finally revealed their true selves. :D no, i knew they were insane all the long, hah!

and the mid-autumn celebrations were really fun. :D i have mooncakes! and hello panda, and pocky, and green tea and lanterns, and wangwang! hahaha, awesome! i shall savour over the next week or so. heh. (david burnt my finger.) -_-

met some 'different' people over the past few days. some crazy, some totally talented, some just really, really nice.

when it comes down to it, i'm loving uni life. :) it's fulfilling, tho i do complain (pretty much) endlessly. can't wait to do the music video. first, the break week! SARAH! :D let's go!

bon nuit! (je' faim :c but nvm, tmr morning!)

PS. i forgot to say how amazing HD cameras are! zomg, just such unbelievable quality images.

PPS. oh, and ARRR, MATEY! it was international talk like a pirate day ytd. me and amy went abit nuts. :D

muses:

2008-09-16T01:40:00.004+08:00

jean-pierre jeunet, baz luhrmann, tim burton, michel gondry

the amazing masters. their creative influence is so inspirational to me.

jeunet and luhrmann's bold visual styles are awesome. burton's ability to represent dark subjects in such surreal, gorgeous light is fantastic. and gondry. gondry, gondry, what can't you do?

zomg, i would love to meet any one of them. but if i had to pick, it'd be michel gondry hands down.

just because he's such a creative genius.( and he can fly me to paris where we'd eat baguettes and drink expressos in a little french cafe. under the shade of the eiffel tower.)

haha, no. but seriously, they are all hot sex. but gondry is hot, hot, hot sex.

i just want to pick his brain and see how he comes up with all these fantastic orgasmic treatments.

and there's also floria sigismondi, whose videos i've watched in the past and loved. but i've only recently discovered who she is. crazy talent.

im loving my course. it's helping to shape my 'auteurism' everyday. :)

yes ok, ignore my last sentence. you'll probably say it's super atas. but whatever, it's true. :D and it's hell fun. (2 hrs of sleep a day is just a sacrifice.) haha, a huge one, damnit!

ah, to suffer for art. some say it's privilege :D

too random for a title:

2008-09-13T00:44:00.002+08:00

okay, so i can finally breathe. it's been a crazy hectic week. full of late nights, early mornings, running around all over perth, meetings, phone calls and emails. oh and rehearsals and ministry.

finally submitted my advertising project this morning. it's 30% so it was pretty scary but i'm quite relieved it's over and done with.

1. watching the west australian ballet's 'the nutcracker' later tonight

2. received the parcel from the boyfriend! such joy!

3. went to freo last night, the place has a really different feel at night.

4. finally visited murdoch uni. so much newer looking than curtin. :(

5. found a great local band to do a music video for. :)

6. choir practices are going good, we're totally going to win

7. been getting pretty good grades, hope this keeps up

8. sarah lim came to visit today. impromptu, when i didnt have any pants on. harhar

9. spent like.. $180 on school this week. equipment fees, printing, binding, materials etc. its crazy

10. i cut my hand pretty deeply while opening a can. bled over my dinner, how gross. haha

11. that certain room mate is in deep shit. :D

12. booked tickets for the river cruise! managed to sneak one for sarah too! it'll be like old times :)

13. will be traveling up north to serpentine sometime in the coming week to shoot my ad. mini roadtrip!

14. need to start looking for houses! and plan when to move out and shit

15. josh & andrea are getting married tmr! it feels strange.. (their wedding song is 'back at one'. wonder what mine'll be, hurr)

16. rough plans for another roadtrip come end of this month. :) i wanna see the whales!

17. it's been rainy and windy. i love it! hot coffee and warm blankets weather. :)

18. i need sleep. goodnight!

p.s. i owe lots of emails.. will get around to them soon! meanwhile, loves from perth!

MGMT!

2008-09-02T03:06:00.002+08:00

damnit! MGMT is coming to perth. and tickets have long gone. sold out in 2 hours.

this happened a few weeks ago. but i've just been reminded again when itunes started belting out 'electric feel'. RAH!

darcy and amy have tickets. :c

i am a sad sad gwyn.

whywhywhy?!

eject, i say!

2008-08-28T00:53:00.002+08:00

i watched 'happy together' today on my laptop. the friggin dvd got stuck in the dvd slot and would not come out. drove me into a state of near panic. it was a library dvd, you see.

i tried and tried. restarted.. everything.

then i took a deep breath.

and remembered that my boyfriend is the god of geeks. the one who can fix almost any computer problem. the one who can simply whip out a screwdriver and do some weird thing and your laptop's good as new. seriously. the geek of all geeks.

so. as i had hoped, prayed, wished... he managed to talk me through the process and the dvd's out. :) TA-DAH!

i say hooray for geeky boyfriends!

p.s he can build a computer from scratch. just needs the different parts. (god of geeks, i swear.) hur, :P

hollywood dream factories;

2008-08-22T01:31:00.005+08:00

ahh, fred astaire. freddy freddy fred fred.

the classical hollywood age seems to have enraptured me.

a time when the ladies were sophisticated and the men were real gentlemen.

the glamourous golden age of hollywood with its spontaneous tap dancing, choreographed dance numbers and escapist spectacles.

the explosions of colour and music on screen keep me grinning like a fool.

even the gritty, realism used in 'cabaret'. (which is technically of a different age) i just love it.

i might have to start watching more musicals. seriously.

there's this list. and i find it sad that i've only watched 8 out of those 25 musicals. i'm so unaccomplished. :c

and speaking of musicals;

who can forget the 'moulin rouge'. my favourite. the ultimate in flamboyant decadence. and ewan mcgregor is positively edible. :)

damn, i just want to make a musical now.

"broadway rhythm's got me, everybody dance. gotta dance!"

yes, bet u can 'see' my giant grin.

this one's 21!

2008-08-20T15:42:00.002+08:00

haha, like finally! :)

"happy birthday, mr x."

so many things to say, dont really know how to say them sometimes.

but it's alright, cos you already know them all.

by heart.

ilu, lxb

OHMIGAWD guess what?!

2008-08-12T18:37:00.003+08:00

Dear Gwyndalyn,

On behalf of our Board of Examiners, it gives me great pleasure to convey to your our congratulations on your outstanding results for Semester 1, 2008.

blah blah blahhhh.. ideal candidate for our Honours porgram....!

:D heh. it just came in the mail today! i bounced around in excitement and misha made paneer. :P

the perth zoo

2008-08-12T00:48:00.005+08:00

so we went to the zoo over the weekend. must say, it was pretty boring.. cos most of the animals were asleep or nowhere to be found. nyeh!

there was a long queue to get in. and luckily we had discount.

that's us all excited when we first stepped in. ok at least i was. the other 2... wore wrong shoes. HAHA!

this one is for xb -_- the penguin is damn cute lah

haha, and this one's for jonnie boo boos. ribbit!

hurr.

i love the sky here in perth. it's always so blue.

"week 3 is upon us".. nehneh. and the work is piling up. 3 assignments due next week. omg, cant wait for tuition free week.

and i cant wait to go home. i'm already anticipating it. this sem is flying by.. only 11 more school weeks man! its unbelievable!

1. i've come up with more ways to advertise socks than i thought humanly possible
2. damnit i need someone to cook for me, i'm sick of it
3. no. 2 went and got a dog
4. i think no. 2's moved out!
5. i have a newfound obsession with sock puppets/toys
6. watched 13 movies since i got back
7. the weather's getting nicer and i miss thailand
8. fcp is dabomb! 'every else things' need to go and die
9. i used HD cams today!
10. i'm going to sleep now. goodnight!

sem 2, 2008, curtin university.

2008-08-02T23:56:00.003+08:00

so semester 2, 2008 is in full swing. week one is over and i'm still trying to get my brain to wake up from its subdued, hazy state of numb nothingness.

all my units are pretty awesome. :) i like.

i've got creative ad design 292, screenwriting for corporate documentary, ads and music videos, and history of screen language. all really fun, hand-on units.

i'll actually get to make a music video for a perth band of my choice, and come up with and execute various ad campaigns. i'm really looking forward to these, even tho' i know i'll totally run out of any creative ideas. rah, but i like a good ad challenge anytime. :)

learning to read film is proving to be cheem, but really enlightening and interesting. i can act all atas and become a film critic soon.

other than school, i've been watching helluva lot of movies. 8 to date. and the number of days i've been back in perth... 8. hahaha! it's great. i've resolved to watch as many as possible. and seeing as how i'm a film student, it only seems right.
anyway, just hoping that i can keep up my grades and do even better this sem. maintain the average and maybe be eligible for honours. hurrr.

the weather is crazy. rains sporadically, heavily.. strong winds and get freezing cold at times. like tomorrow's lowest is 2 deg. :O the last time i encountered temperature below 5 deg was in beijing.

alright, so i'm gonna go continue my homework. did i mention that i'm already swamped and stressed? nyeh! i love my boyfriend!

refuge

2008-07-29T00:20:00.003+08:00

i'm lost, lonely, down and homesick.

and i'm sorry.

i really dont know what it is. or what to say.

i shall go and read now; and block out the world.

(oh and school has started.)

three thousand eight hundred and ninety eight.

2008-07-24T00:15:00.006+08:00

so the time has come again. when i have to pack my life into a suitcase, and travel 5hrs away from the people i love.

it feels absurd sometimes; almost like i have 2 different lives. one's on pause while the other plays on.

come friday, i'll be returning to my other life in perth. dragging myself back to uni, back to being by myself.

did you know that perth is 3898 km away from singapore?

i make it sound pretty bad. but it's actually not so. there's lots of fun, independence, friends and freedom.

but this one's 3898 km away.

the one who eats too much. farts too much. laughs too much. loves too much.

thailand '08

2008-07-21T01:12:00.008+08:00

okay. i've finally done it. super image-heavy, haha! :)

yeah, i got bored with taking photos after awhile. and as u can see.. bee truly enjoys annoying me. haha.

our first meal in phuket. green curry, tom yum soup, pineapple fried rice! YUM!

simon cabaret is hilarious. the cast is all tranny. :D everyone visiting phuket MUST go watch it. it's totally worth your time & money.

hahaha!

the best pad thai. ever.

us on the boat to coral islands. we went snorkeling! :)

we had a huge meringue!

decided to go to patong beach for the sunrise on our last day in phuket.

we woke up at 5+am and walked to the beach. and discovered that patong beach was facing the west. -_-

he looks super happy in this photo. :)

:D bigger than his infamously big head

chatuchak with friggin cute puppiesssss

some yummy clam-looking thingies we had.

we had dinner at bangkok's tallest building. :) the view at night was amazing. didn't get a good photo of that tho'.

HAHA. xb got this necklace for me. he thinks it looks exactly like me. :D

it was the best, funnest, most memorable holiday. :) i want to go baccccccck!

i <3 thailand!

2008-07-11T22:14:00.002+08:00

so we're back from phuket and bangkok. lazy, sick and some photos w xb. therefore i shall not blog. haha, till i get all the photos and blah. :)

words;

2008-06-30T00:52:00.002+08:00

there's a moment of breath-taking clarity when you read a particular sentence/phrase/story that just resonates with your whole being.

the words seem to fly off the page and into your lungs. you breathe them in, and hold them there as realisation and understanding take over. when you've swilled them around in your head, you can't help but marvel at how beautifully and simply the writer has captured the essence of a situation/topic.

it clears your head and feels as if you've breathed in frosty, winter air. it always come out in a rush, but that minty feeling stays in your throat; and the words are all you can think about for the next few minutes.

i love those moments. they drag something out from within me that i'd already known; but didn't know i knew. they put into coherent words, my thoughts that had previously made absolutely no sense. they make me think.

i read for those moments.

' "And when it was all over, the king and his retainers burst out laughing," he finally said.'
(a folklore for my generation: haruki murakami)

Hmmm,

2008-06-20T23:35:00.003+08:00

if a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it. does it make a sound ?

which just essentially means 'does something exist if you don't witness/experience it?'

yes of course it does. just becos no one else knows doesn't mean that it didn't happen.

everything we do has repercussions. even the smallest act, or lack of it, will have ripples.

and even if it didn't affect others around you, it'll affect you. sooner or later, it'll catch up.

i'm stubborn.

i know what i want. and i'm not going to risk everything for a bit of nothing. it never even occurred to me to do so.

plus, my moral compass works.

skins

2008-06-11T02:50:00.004+08:00

ohmygod. i just finished watching skins 2. and i'm damn depressed now. (yesyes, i'm slow. but in my defense, the internet in perth is bloody expensive. haha.)

anyway, seriously. it's the best writing, best cast, best soundtrack, best cinematography, best drama ever. i fell in love with the cast and now they're going to kill everyone off?! :O

maxxie, cassie, sid, tony, michelle, anwar, chris, jal and effy. damnit!

most memorable quotes from the show:

chris: "i love you, jal. you're my whole world. and you've got snot on your face."

anwar's mum: (knocking on his door) "anwar... anwar! are you masturbating?"
anwar: "mum!"
anwar's mum: "i thought it'd be more interesting rather than 'are you asleep?' "

haha! damn the show makes me wish i was a screwed up, drug abusing, alcoholic, party brit kid. (no, not really.)

i'll be a really sad gwyn till skins 3 comes out. and hopefully it'll still be as good. :c i can't get enough of maxxie.

SO HOT! HOW NOW BROWN COW?! the thought of never seeing him again makes me want to cry. :c *pout

it's good to be home;

2008-06-06T02:15:00.003+08:00

okay, it wasn't that great at first. there was a 2 hour delay at the perth int'l airport.

what. the. hell. TWO hours.

nevermind, at least i was going home. but NOOO, the flight had to be one packed with 297508014 secondary school kids. wahlao! damn. fricking. noisy and twitchy! RARRRRR!

whatever.

i couldn't stop grinning from the moment i saw singapore's lights. and i was literally holding my breath as the plane's wheels touched the ground.

"i'm home." :)

catching sight of xb and my mum behind the glass doors felt surreal. i couldn't believe that 4 months had passed.

spent the past 2 days catching up with the boyfriend, EATING and texting everyone. :) haha! ohmygod, the foooooodd! i'm totally going to gain weight. :c

THAILAND IN 24 DAYS!

and OHMYGOD, THE WOMBATS ARE COMING TO PERTH!

damn, life is good. :)

P.S if you happen to read this:
Happy 21st birthday prah! :) see you soon!

end of semester!

2008-06-03T02:23:00.006+08:00

so saturday was the Erica Underwood End of Semester party. :) 4 or us from flat 50, went. Misha, Sarah, Amy and I. Annika's in Bali :( (and the other one.. doesn't really live w us anyway. hah.)

it was awesome! had the best time! DON'T HOLD BACCCCKKK!

haha, i know the photos are tiny in the montage. just click to enlarge. :)

sarah had a little too much to drink and when i found her, she was seeing 2 of me. HAHA! the drinks were damn cheap tho'. 6.50 all around and 5 for wine.

and this! is the photo of the SEMESTER. i swear.

cos see, we had a theme "fancy pants". which was basically 'smart with a twist'. this guy and his friend turned up in really smart suits. but the moment they turned around.. WOOHOO! hahaha, and they had really cute asses too.. oops! :P

found some guy's pitchfork. haha.

love these four. AND the helium balloons. :)

Erica's the most happening. :D and guess what, guys? GWYN'S GOING HOME TODAY!

"how do you love me?"

2008-05-27T00:36:00.003+08:00

how in the flying bleep do u answer that question?

but really, think of all the ways. from all the littlest words, to the biggest sacrifices.

HOW do you really love someone?

it was lying silently with me in the dark. it was telling me everything would be ok, even though you were scared yourself.
it was staying up late to talk to me, after you've come home tired from work. it was the soft kiss you placed on my forehead when you thought i'd fallen asleep.

it's doing all the groundwork because you knew i hated it; even when i didn't ask. it's you taking the day off. it's remembering every single special occasion without fail. it's telling me that you do.

:)

there're too many ways. i couldn't possibly list all of them. but thank you, for answering my ridiculous questions.

haha, you're the only one who does anyway. ilu.

(6 days till i can annoy you in person again! heh, i can't wait!)

so.. how do YOU love someone?

i can't wait!

2008-05-19T01:01:00.006+08:00

yes, so it's 14 more days till i get to go home. and in the last 2 weeks of school, i have 7 assignments to complete. 2 weeks, 7 assignments!

-2 Digital Rendering
-2 Typography
-1 Production Design
-2 Scriptwriting

seriously, wtf?

anyway, over the weekend, Eunice, Alv and I went to Freo for a bit. we had some fish&chips at Kaili's and headed to the Freo Markets to get honey. and ohmygod, i found a new favourite store! look what i found in it!

a damn pretty wooden luggage case! it's going to be my hand carry bag home.

this toy is damn nice! omg! i spin it all the time and it makes me happy, haha!

man, and i wanted to get this harmonica. $10 only! i want to learn how to play the harmonica. :D

okay, more exciting news! xb & i are going to phuket and bangkok in july! 1 - 8 july! wheeeeee zomgxz! i'm so excited and happy about everything now! i can't wait! i can't wait!

drinks & sparklers;

2008-05-15T01:18:00.003+08:00

last saturday, we celebrated victor's 21st bday. went to Conca's for chili mussels, pizza and garlic bread!

the food was yum and it was nice to have all of us together again. I think the last time was Alvernia's 20th. :O that was aeons ago?

haha, and then i took off my purdy shoes and terrorized ppl. anyway, then we went back to flat 40 for drinks and shit.

(disclaimer: we're not alcoholics. we did not even drink that much. the photos just look a bit incriminating. :D)

Darcy and Ian started drawing on me. and in tribute of Mother's Day.. Darcy gave me a nice "i heart mum" thing on my back. oh, and we had sparklers. :)

HAHA, i had so much fun!

and i'm going home in 18 dayssss!

P.S (hello LOH WEISHAN! dont act shy. :P)

here comes the anxiety;

2008-05-08T02:09:00.004+08:00

you know the end of semester is approaching when

-uni suddenly seems quiet because everyone is skipping class just to study or finish assignments
-you're guzzling coffee/tea as a substitute for sleep
-it's 3am, you're blogging, and you have an 8am class later
-most of your friends have dug holes in the ground and disappeared
-your supply of dark chocolate m&ms is rapidly diminishing

ohmygod, 25 days till i get to go home! my flight's been confirmed!

i'll be arriving in singapore at 2115hrs on tuesday, 03/06/08!

all of you! come pick me up! haha, no im kidding. just promise to meet up with me! and please! supper! prata! maggi goreng! haha, you know who you are...!

eh, i cant imagine how hot and humid it is in SG. urgh. hot&sticky weather. it's nice and cool here. 12 degrees as i type.

anyway, i'd better go and catch some shut eye. or i'd be nodding off in production design. totally not glam because there're cameras in the studio. -_-

aight! night!

I hope that no one ever leaves,
'cause I don't wanna be alone with me,
not with the things that rush up and down this
symphonous smile.

the roadtrip!

2008-05-03T19:36:00.005+08:00

WARNING: heaps of photos below! :D

Us on the way to Albany. Amy, Sarah, Sam and I. we had 2 cars, amy's and sam's. In one of the photos, Amy's scraping squashed bugs and bug juice off her windscreen. Haha!

Photos from the Anzac dawn ceremony. We all woke up at 3am to climb a mountain for the service. the view from up there was awesome. you could see the city lights in the valley on one side and the view on the other is of the harbour and islands. and after the service, you can watch the sunrise.

we visited Middleton beach which was so puuurrrdy! and the nudie beach. nobody was there cos it was too cold. (even if there were, you wouldn't see anything, anyway.) HAHA!

The Amity. is the exact replica of the ship in which the whites came to Albany in. It was cool, we got to climb below deck and act all 'arrrr, matey!' piratey and all. and dont those water markers look like giant colour pencils?

The Gap is just breath-taking. I can't describe it.. it's amazing. and the windfarm was fun. hahaha! if you stand right under the windmills and looked up. it feels as though the 'arms' were going to come down and stab you.

haha, thats us after clubbing at western australia's worst nightclub (3 years running), insomniacz. haha! dont we all look drunk and high.

and then it's off to collie for the carnival and free concert! it was great! we camped out but unfortunately, i forgot to take photos of our tent etc. and on the way home to perth, we stopped by WA's most famous bakery and had breakfast. i had the bestest beef and chilli pie. yums! again, no photos. :p

albany was awesome! and i met some pretty cool people there.

well, i miss albany. :c i want to go back! and see the whales. and i miss kaitlin, katy, lleuwin, flynn, oliver, and amy's poppa&nanna, and her dog kera. haha! i love that dog!

anyway, today i went shopping at carousel with misha. and i finallly bought wellingtons! omg, i love them! now i hope it rain reallly heavily soon, so i can wear them! :D

break week

2008-04-29T23:39:00.002+08:00

so i'm back from the best break week ever!

church camp was awesome. made so many new friends and learnt so many new things.

roadtrip to albany was the shit. i had SO much fun. seriously, i love albany and want to go back! and i now have an albany boyfriend. hurr.

and collie, was damn fun too. camping, carnival, concert. :D

it was a totally packed, fun-stuffed week and i was exhausted by then time we all reached home. and i now have the duty to help sam wash his car one day. hahaha, it's so dirty and gross, covered in bug juice.

we took 300++ photos! most in amy's camera. so i'll leech them off her and the do a proper post aye. right now, i'm too lazy as well anyway. :P

one thing i discovered.. albany is colder than perth. so since coming back, i've been able to 'resist' the cold better. hahaha!

roadtrips are the best. now for my holiday in december with the boyfriend. where to go, where to go. :) anywhere with xb is perfect. (except the toilet in which he laosaied.)

WOOT!

2008-04-14T20:50:00.003+08:00

the funniest thing happened on friday night.

it was just as we were leaving caroline's house, dalitso was gonna send some of us back to EUH. so 3 of them got into the car, which did i mention was PARKED ON A SLOPE. so it was damn funny when the car started rolling backwards with no driver behind the wheel. :D

everyone was just screaming and panicking. (esp the ppl IN THE CAR) HAHAHA OMG! and i was just laughing so hard. and as i was closest to the driver's door, i tried to pull up the hand brake but it was ALREADY up lah! and it was just too funny. ahahaha!

but no, we did not crash. it was all because dalitso had left the fricking gear in neutral. and uh.. yeah. :P

another funny thing happened last night when my flat mates and i were watching tv. a moth flew into our flat and immediately, sarah flew out of the room. :D that girl is terrified of moths and butterflies. there's a butterfly magnet on our fridge specially for her. :D

anyway! it's getting nearer and nearer to the day i can fly back home. about 1 1/2 months! and im bursting with the bouncies! exploding with excitement! grinning with glee! (ok enough with the alliteration, gwyn.) but YES! it's SO SOON!

andandand! i'm so excited for the coming break week. i'm going for church camp for the first part of the week. and then probably to ALBANY in the second half! WHOOPEE! this is too excites, i cannot stop bouncing around! :D

road trip with my flat mates! YAY!

and maybe movie marathons and mahjong sessions with the rest! omg, i love!

now i just need to get all my shit done for the next 2 weeks.

like crazy;

2008-04-12T04:51:00.004+08:00

i miss the way you fall asleep holding my hand.

i miss sending you random smses about everything and nothing.

i miss how excited you get when you talk about cameras.

i miss your 'ohmygodgwynareyoudone? areyoudone? areyoudone?' :D

i miss just slacking at your house all day watching tv.

i miss falling asleep and waking up next to you.

i miss waking up in the middle of the night and seeing your face.

i miss the way you look when you just wake up, all sleepy and blur.

i miss the long drives and comfortable silences.

i miss all the 5138247 funny faces you pull and the stupid things you do.

i miss being able to call you whenever i feel like it.

i miss our picnics! and;

i miss the way we fit.

i miss you. more & more & more each day. just 50+ days till i can fly home to you. :) i can't wait!

dance with me pretty boy, tonight!

metros photos

2008-04-06T02:46:00.003+08:00

the above 2 photos are of all of us sitting around outside metrocity. (waiting for grace's ticket to arrive. haha)

june, yumin, me, eunice, grace and ian

me, ian and guanyan

:)

okay, i was going to put up more photos frm metros but blogger is not letting me do so! and photos of dinner at jimmy's either! so.. that's all i have for now. bloody blogger!

anyway, i handed in my first assignment today. 20% of my scriptwriting grade. :O and on friday, another project is due. it's 45% of my Independent Screen Design mark. wtffff! damn scary lah, nehneh! RAH! but i've got 30% of my Creative Advertising Design already, and guess what % i'm at?

81.67% WOOO! that's high distinction, people! ok, now hopefully i can just maintain this grade. :)

i've got my parcel from xb! just need to collect it tmr! :) wheee, i cant wait! i'm a happy girl! :) i love surprises! and i love uni! haha! tomorrow is studio shoot day again. :)

i'll be

2008-03-30T02:10:00.002+08:00

i can't believe that the easter break is almost over.

school is starting on monday. and i havent finished revising my advertising textbook.. havent got started on my set model..havent conceptualised my studio shoot.. havent written my character beat.. havent havent havent.

things i did during the easter break: (instead of all the above 'havents')
-mahjong sessions!
-movie marathons!
-metrocity!
-dimsum and charsiew in northbridge!
-shop shop shopping!
-gossip & chocolates with cool flat mates!
-being a kid in the playground!
-shoot! ( i miss shooting w bee. :c )

so yes, i've had a really busy and fun week off from school. and i just realised that i have 1 week off for every 1 month that i study. which is really.. quite crazy. but good. hahaha!

so it's the end of daylight savings here in perth. it feels weird to suddenly gain an hour. it's like time-travel man! woo! :D haha. shut up gwyn.

okay, i actually have photos from dinner at jimmy's in my camera. but i'm just too damned lazy to do anything with them. plus, i need to grab photos from metros from some people. so.. i'll put them up soon. some time in the near future. (hopefully)

the strands in your eyes,
they colour them wonderful.
stop me, steal my breath

i'll be captivated,
i'll hang from your lips instead of the gallows of heartache
that hang frm above

you're my survival,
you're my living proof.

rain falls angry on the tin roof,
as we lie awake my bed.

210306

2008-03-23T00:15:00.006+08:00

2 years is a long time.

so many things can happen within that time span.

trees can grow up to 4.5 meters.
babies learn to smile back at you;
and they form their first words.

2 years is 24 months, is 730 days.

wouldn't you count yourself the luckiest person on earth, if you've had 730 of the happiest days of your life? if you've found the person who made each of those 730 days absolutely amazing?

2 years is a very long time. things change, people move forward.

i'm here in perth, with so many new things to experience, so many new friends to talk to. but at the end of the day, all i want to do is hold your hand; and listen to you breathe.

2 years is a long time. but it doesn't seem so long, when you've got the rest of your life to look forward to.

i love you, lin xuanbin. happy 2 years' anniversary, love. may there be many more. :)

i can't wait to fly home to you.

there's something in the way you look at me
it's as if my heart knows you're the missing piece

update.

2008-03-17T23:45:00.002+08:00

haven't been able to get online for abit cos my internet was down over the weekend. crazy unstable shit. this was the 2nd time in the one month that i've been here. but anyway..

ms eunice teoh turned 20 on the 15th on March. me and alvernia had an elaborate plan. :D

and there we are picnic-ing along the swan river. :) it was really fun and i want to go shopping. HAHA!

anyway, mr darcy jones of erica underwood flat 40 is an alcoholic.

yes, that's him drinking straight out of the vodka bottle.

hello, my name is darcy and i'm an alcoholic.

'nooo! this is MY bottle, get your own!'

hahaha! fyi. it was just water in the bottle lah. but you should see the way that boy drinks.

thirtieth day;

2008-03-09T23:54:00.000+08:00

today marks the first month i've been in perth. exactly one month ago today, i was back home trying not to be scared. trying to make the most of my last day and night in singapore catching up. and with the boyfriend.

this is my ridiculous cellgroup in singapore. (we were just missing a few people.) walked aimlessly around orchard and took stupid photos. :D

one month on, i'm already pretty settled here with great friends, church & cellgrp, and cool housemates. (hur, u can ask me what's the drama series in my flat.) it's been so much easier, better, 'funner' than i originally expected. with the exception of my bloody printer and hand phone issue. nyeh.

oh, and i cooked for my cell last night. 1 kg of chicken please. it's not funny. haha, but at least they ate everything up. :) that's the best compliment anyone can give.

alright, so i made it through my first month alone here. :) i think i deserve some maggi goreng now, no? SEND SOME OVER!

i want char kway teow!

2008-03-06T23:46:00.003+08:00

ohmygod. and fried carrot cake, and fishball noodles, and laksa, and char siew pow, and chee cheong fun, and spring rolls...

:c pout. i want.

i want the dimsum at mayim! xb i'm going to drag you there everyday when i'm back in june. :D

hur, so it's actually raining in perth. and i can hear thunder in the distance. this is highly unusual. and it was cloudy today as well, which is a nice and unusual change.

anyway, this week's been eventful. annoying and frustrating in the beginning and turned out great in the end.

-finally got my printer and its workssss. (epson is shit.)
-topped up my bloody vodafone handphone credit and will switch to optus soon.
-went shopping with jules in harbour town.
-had char siew at karawara (im still craving the one at northbridge lah!)

its only the second week of uni and i already can't wait for break. 21 of march! come quickly!

p.s my boyfriend has no sideburns. and he looks like an alien. :D

first week at uni

2008-02-28T16:17:00.014+08:00

it's the first week of school. already i have 3 assignments due and 1 test next week. omg.

i'm supposed to be studying for my creative advertising test on monday, but here i am mooching around.

sigh, the weather's been absolutely crazy this week. it's thiry-fcking-nine degrees today! i'm so glad that my classes were in the morning and i'm in my flat now.. with the fan blowing directly at me. bloody shit lah, why is it so hot!

yesterday, eunice and kenta were nice enough to accompany me to the city to get film and stuff. we walked like, 100 blocks in the heat. and since i got here, i've become so brown you can see where my shorts end. -_-

fyi. i spent around AUD$40 on 3 rolls of negs, 1 roll of slides and 5 slide sleeves yesterday. omg so eggspensives!

and my timetable kind of rocks because i only have 12 hours of sch a week now. mondays 8-4, tuesdays 1-4 and thursdays 8-11. and i have wednesdays and fridays off! woohoo! (but i've got stuff to study and assignments to do lah.)

and i'm not really homesick at all. i just miss the CHEAP, GOOD food, my family and of course, THIS FACE!

hur, and i miss my car. the buses here have NO aircon and it's fricking nearly 40d.

but otherwise, it's really fun here. eh, wait. it's quite boring here, but the people make it fun. :) haha, we're having brekkie tmr! i can't believe i'm waking up for breakfast at 10am when i've no classes at all. zomg.

anyway. a few of the 2750912 photos we took:

that's fremantle south beach and the night view at king's park.

and yes, we came to perth to play mahjong. and smoke sheesha.

haha, and in case you need to put a face to mr 'i-have-strong-balls' kenta nakama:

okay, back to advert and the headache of 94 pages. :c there's a party tonight and i've to stay home because of the stupid project meeting online. nehneh!

p.s i think i've become a design major. this sem, i'm doing photography, typography, visualisation, production design, creative ad design and scriptwriting. i predict i'm gonna spend a lot on school.

as said by kenta;

2008-02-26T00:03:00.002+08:00

"when im old i will have sergery (sp) to keep my balls nice and firm"

my reaction: WTF?!

"seriously. because of my healthy lifestyle and my dedication to the world. god has blessed me with healthy strong balls."

enough said.

so many many!

2008-02-21T01:39:00.003+08:00

ohmygod.

it's overwhelming, the number of things i have to do. but it's still okay for now.

and it's already getting boring here in perth. there's nothing much to do. and the weather is really starting to get colder. its like 20 degrees at night and walking home from my friends' place is just.. brr! especially if you're in shorts and there's strong wind.

i've done so many dumbass shit things since i got here. the stupidest 2 on the list include locking myself out of the flat, and signing my debit card upside down. wtf, gwyn. seriously.

so from the 2 weeks i've been here, i have a few conclusions abt aussies IN GENERAL.

1) they love drinking. a lot. alcohol is water.
2) somehow, their glass bottles like to end up smashed to bits on the floor (which makes no. 3 make sense)
3) barefoot is the way to go.
4) dont talk, yell at the top of your lungs.

sigh, okay i'm going to sleep now. goodnight singapore, i miss you.

PERTH.

2008-02-15T01:02:00.005+08:00

so hello;

there're ten million things in my head, that i should be thinking about, that i am thinking about.. i dont even know where to begin.

firstly! thank you all so much, those of you who went to send me off. :) unfortunately, i forgot to take photos. :c but here are some from the bbq.

okay quite shitty, but i dont have time to 'make nice-nice'. so just click on it if you cant read/see. -_-

it's been so busy for me that i've barely had time to miss home too much. but now after the initial running around and my parents going back, i'm starting to feel homesick. i surprise myself. i didnt expect to miss home too much. but needless to say, i miss bee like hell.

anyway, perth is a really nice place. much slower paced than singapore. from the little sight-seeing that we could do.. i took damn a lot of photos. (but i'm too lazy right now to put any up.)

new place, new friends, new culture, new experience. it's pretty overwhelming.

im still all alone in my 6-to-a-flat dorm. :( but i've made some friends who're in the flat across mine. and hopefully, people will start moving in soon. and i hope to god that they're okay. haha! not noisy, smelly, inconsiderate, hoggers, racist, stupid or whatever. seriously. please dont be stupid.

this is going to sound damn nerdy, but i cant wait to start studying! i managed to arrange my stuff so that i'm now doing a minor in creative advertising. woo! so i'll be doing a bachelor of arts (media & information) majoring in film&tv, with a minor in creative advertising. SO EGGCITE LARHXZ!

haha, okay, that's all for now! :) i'm going to the beach tmr! (uh, later.)

:) bye!

i l u x

2008-02-08T01:38:00.000+08:00

okay;

1) i'm flying off in about 30 hrs
2) CNY this year has been confusing and different
3) early b'day celebration was quite special :)
4) it's almost 2 years with the love of my life
5) NS has stolen all my best boy friends (argh!)
6) i have SO MUCH luggage
7) i have NO mandarin oranges at home!
8) i will be crying like a shit on saturday

haha. yeah, i will update again with photos from the chalet. but for now, i have to go oink as i have breakfast with the family later at 7.30am. it's gonna be a long day. my last. :(

dont think i'll have time to blog again before i go. so, thankyou all for a great past few weeks. :) (you know who you are.)

and MR LIN XUANBIN: always and forever. dont forget.

smile like you mean it

2008-01-31T01:28:00.000+08:00

still one of my favourite places in the world.

it's nice how it still hasn't changed much. there's always been a sense of comfort and peace here.

i sit in my usual chair, elbows propped up on the smooth, cool surface of the marble table. looking at all the familiar things around me, it's incredibly bittersweet. i stare at the white table top, bare of the food that would have been there otherwise. stare until the white blinds me and burns into my brain. i take a deep breath and close my eyes.

i remember all the times i've sat in this exact spot and watched you bustle about in the kitchen. humming along to the radio while you cook. and always asking about me, always laughing, always smiling; you'd pull out a chair and sit down across me.

for that's how i choose to remember you; not the fragile old woman in the hospital bed, but the ever joyful, loving person you are. were.

i smile; knowing that you're happy again. like waves, emotion floods my heart and overflows it. and for a moment, i allow my tears to fall freely. warm, glassy beads of my soul splash down my cheeks.

with the wind chimes tinkling softly in the background, it's easy to believe that you're watching over me. i hope you're smiling.

when i open my eyes, the chair across me is empty. the cantonese songs fade. and the dust motes dance gently in the evening sunlight.

it's been 3 months today. i still think about you everyday, find myself talking about you in the present tense, and feel a soft tug in my heart whenever i see someone with their grandmother. "amazing grace" never fails to stop me in my tracks and make my heart ache.

3 months, and i'm finally learning to let go. to be happy for you, and smile through my tears.

i still wish desperately that i could have been a better granddaughter. and that i could have had one more chance. but nevertheless, i'm happy. and grateful.

when we've been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun.
we've no less days to sing God's praise,
than when we'd first begun.

look at me, grandma. i'm smiling. :)

have a little faith;

2008-01-27T01:07:00.000+08:00

f a i t h

'now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.'

i think faith is one of the most beautiful things in the world. it's extremely fragile, yet at the same time, it can be so strong.

it's essentially believing without seeing; without the need for any physical evidence. total, absolute trust. no conditions.

that's what makes it so beautiful. the utter belief in someone or something that will propel you to do things, to go to the ends of the earth, to keep trusting.

no, faith is not stupidity. nor is it denial. it's simply knowing something, and believing in it with all your heart.

i have faith. in the fact that we'll be okay.

everyone worries, and expects me to be worried and afraid and paranoid. and when i tell them that 'no, i'm not worried at all', they look at me like there's something wrong with me. then they proceed to tell me that long distance is an ass, and continue to state the obvious facts of how i'll be in australia and busy and meeting new people, he'll be here... blahblahblah...

stop. i know. and it doesn't matter. i have faith. and i've made up my mind.

no, i'm not crazy. i just love my boyfriend. very much. :)

even tho' he's damn gross. :D please remind me to tell you his latest shitty adventure. you'll just die.

When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Let my love throw a spark
And have a little faith in me

When the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try baby
And have a little faith, faith in me

sweeney todd!

2008-01-22T01:43:00.001+08:00

i've been waiting for sweeney todd to open here since nov, and its FINALLY coming to theatres 31 jan!

omg, johnny depp and helena bonham carter together in a movie directed by tim burton? arghhh! i can't wait! it's going to rock socks and melt panties.

really, genuinely, with all my heart...

2008-01-21T23:58:00.000+08:00

<3

i had the BEST weekend!

xb and i went to carousel at the royal plaza on scotts for lunch. the food there is really just ssssshiok! and the desserts, oh my gawd! there were 3 whole tables! and rows and rows of desserts in shot glasses, and a gorgeous chocolate fountain, and damn good chocolate mousse!

wahlaoooo. haha, the food was reeeally good lah. yummies :)

we ate and ate and ate. and even though i had my camera with me, i didn't take any photos. coz the food couldn't wait to be eaten. hahaha!

then we zipped around everywhere.. i bought a purdy new bag, we went shopping for stuff that i'd need for perth, and also broke a certain record. :D it's quite funny now, thinking about it. hurr.

i've been spending money like water since saturday. i bought so many things! and im damn happy. money can buy happiness. okay temporary, superficial happiness. :P but happiness nonetheless. heh

oh and meeting up with xubin and shumin today was fantastic. :) i love!

22

2008-01-18T01:30:00.000+08:00

it's 22 days till i leave for perth and i have no idea how to start packing. i have to go thru the large amount of crap in my room, and honestly, its a daunting task. and one that i don't look forward to. so i've been putting it off and now i realise that i eventually have to do it. soon. rah!

ohmygod. okay i shall try to start tomorrow.

today bee & i went to the arcade. zomg! haha, he'd been pestering me to go for some time -_-

it felt damn alien to walk in, but at least it wasn't too noisy or packed with fannoying sec sch kids. and, okay lah, it was quite fun. but i suck. :c and xb is actually quite good. :)

anyway. 22 days man. twenty-two. 22.

1 month to perth

2008-01-09T01:53:00.000+08:00

love never dies a natural death. it dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. it dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. it dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

-anais nin

let's keep it happy, bright and shiny! :}

and this:

(please chk your emails!) :)

new year!

2008-01-04T23:56:00.000+08:00

new year's eve was great. celebrated mavis' birthday at haji lane, then headed over to east coast park with xb, jon and weishan for supper/second dinner. haha! such gluttons we are.

and when it came time for the countdown, people were running around and finally yelling "happy new year!", spraying foam and shit everywhere. people were even shouting from the hdb flats across the road can? the 4 of us were just wet blankets. :P anyway, at least i got to spend new year's with friends.

and there were really strange fireworks in the sky that night. they didnt fly and explode but sort of faded in and floated around. damn strange.

anyway, then i sent xb home. to bukit batok. from east coast park to bukit batok and then back to katong. ohmygod.

it was a damn long drive lah nehneh. longer than usual. but actually, i love these drives with xb. they're relaxing and fun. :) ah, and i got my own leg massage at the end. :}

okay, then i spent the 2nd day of the new year mahjong-ing with some old church friends. its feels like 10 yrs since we all last got together. and it wont be long till geri has to go back to sydney again. :c

OKAY! plans/resolutions/hopes for 2008:

-do well in curtin (i shall be top student! yeah right.)
-adjust to life alone in perth
-get my own apartment! :)
-get off my ass and exercise more
-bee visiting in dec
-think less, do more
-goddess of baking (my ass.)
-i really do need to shoot & play around with FCP more.

anyway. here's to a new year with this boy:

and this face... usually precedes/follows xb's quote " oh my god, gwyn! are you done?!"

and lastly... TADAH! aren't my babies purrrdy? :) i want to sell cupcakes.

well, hello 2008!

2008-01-01T21:51:00.000+08:00

toodee!

2007-12-30T00:30:00.000+08:00

this is toodee! :)

anyway. i finally have nickelodeon and cartoon network on cable. hah!

jingle my balls!

2007-12-25T02:27:00.000+08:00

IT'S CHRISTMAS

my dinner menu!

my table!

woo! it was so fun to cook everything! esp with bee as my *ahem* kitchen/domestic helper. :D oh there was supposed to be dessert too but we kind of ran out of time.

i got the camera i wanted for christmas from my parents! :) wheee! and lots of other wonderful things. :)

and thanks priya for my present which i had wanted for damn long! :D

while sending xb home, he kept farting in my car. -_- must be the onion soup. (which was damn nice ok!)

well, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

"for you i'd eat celery sticks."

oh how romantic...

domestic goddesssss

2007-12-16T01:20:00.000+08:00

right now my throat feels quite burnt and funny. cos i swallowed like.. half a tablespoon of tabasco sauce. ha ha. it's all xb's fault.

anyway... i just want to bake & cook everything these days. i swear, most of my money goes to ingredients and stuff for my recipes. and bloody hell, they cost alot!

i dont want to do anything anymore. just want to stay at home, in the kitchen.. so domestic lah, me. rar!

woah this book is... shiokness. :D

haha, i'm making Christmas dinner this year. :) i'm excited! and yeh, that's more money spent on food. -_-

smelly boys;

2007-12-10T23:34:00.000+08:00

so the brother's been back from Melbourne for 3 days... and the bathroom already stinks to high hell. it smells like a wet sock in a microwave. wtf.

i hope i dont have to share a bathroom with any smelly guys in Perth. (or girls for that matter.) i'll just kill them. seriously.

anyway the bathroom will be mine, and smell like flowers, again in a few days time. SOMEBODY's going to tekong. hahaha!

eh, but i'm glad my brother's back. i think?

ohmygod, all 7 seasons of Gilmore Girls! imsohappylahohmygod! thankyou, sam! :)

Dear Secret Santa;

2007-12-07T16:51:00.000+08:00

this year for Christmas, i want...

1. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

2. 500 Cupcakes and Muffins by Fergal Connolly

and/or

3. Borders / Kino voucher

Thank you Santa! :)

p.s. number 1 & 2 are from Kino. and yes, they are in order of preference. :)

Thanks again!

so ...

2007-12-04T01:31:00.000+08:00

i finally have all the time in the world. :)

can't you?

2007-11-28T22:22:00.000+08:00

she likes chocolate in the morning
she drinks her coffee late at night
you can sense that she is guarded
but that's alright

she'll fall asleep while you‘re still talking
with unfinished books beside her bed
she'll cancel all of her appointments
and go shopping instead

she loves to watch the sunset
but she is partial to the rain
you made dinner in your apartment
you both assume that she'll be late

when the moon begs the question
will you have the answer yet
can't you just adore her?

can i has cheezburger?

2007-11-25T00:42:00.000+08:00

despite the fact that i feel as if i did 300 pushups, cos my shoulders ache like shitttt, this weekend is the best i've had in a longggg time. :)

-went swimming and tanning
-suppered with jon&ws and tim&sarah (goood foooood! mm cheese prata!)
-fell asleep and woke up to a certain annoying face of a certain annoying boy :}
-slacked the whole of saturday away with mr junkfood himself
-got a NEW CAR! it so pweeedy!
-last week of work! WOOHOO!

hmmm, i feel so relaxed and happy. i wished saturday could have lasted forever. :)

HAHAHA! i want a cat lah. so bloody keeewtxz~*!