Boredom Is My New Best Friend

I am bored. In Malay, that would mean, "Saya bosan" and in Cantonese, "Ngo ho sien". Yup, i think you get the point.

Today, i came into the office and found out that the IT geeks have decided to block Twitter. Great. Now that i no longer can stalk random Twitter accounts, what the hell am i supposed to do to kill time and to take a break from writing articles? Thank heavens i can still do some online window-shopping. So i clicked into one of the blogshops i visit daily and was greeted with this:

"This website has been blocked. The reason that you have been block is 'Porn' category is not allowed in your policy."

Yeah, dresses, tops and leggings are totally porn-ish. When people see them, all they think about is ripping the clothes off and having sex. Fools. And it only gets worse from there.

They've blocked Tumblr because it's a 'Social Networking' site and i just found out that they've blocked AXN Asia's official website because it's in the 'streaming media' category (just because the site allows users to stream full episodes of TARA doesn't make it a streaming media site, you dimwits!). Mind you, my job involves writing about AXN Asia's programs!

One of my last hope for entertainment was to look for a certain guy on GTalk whom i layan when I have writer's block and have nothing to do. Surprise, surprise...GTalk's blocked too!

So, besides the awesome emails from friends, today has been an absolute bore. So much so that i went to check out a bunch of cook books and instead of photocopying, decided to type out all the recipes i'm keen on trying.

Whoever who suddenly decided to block these sites, i don't want to friend you.

I Am Me. You Are Not Me.

I really hate it when people think they know me better than myself. Excuse me, but are you me? Do we share the same brain with the same thoughts running through it? I'm guessing no. So zip it and stop acting like you know me so well.

And it irritates me even more when they think i'm angry when i'm actually not. Then, when i tell them i'm not angry, they get angry because they think i'm lying. Oh, so just because you think i'm angry then i'm supposed to be angry?

By the end of the conversation, they would end up being correct anyway because all their talk about me being angry would really make me angry.

Fuck.

A Walk To Remember

While having the best seafood meal i've ever had, Ning Yi told me that she felt something on her head. Lo and behold, a bird has decided to gift her with its droppings. Lucky for her and unlucky for me, it landed on a hard-to-reach area and i was handed the duty of cleaning it. What a way to kill any sense of contentment i initially had from my lunch.

So after the shellfish indulgence and poop-cleaning, we decided to walk around the beach and noticed Q1 (the world's tallest residential apartment located at Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast) in the far-off distance. Since Surfers was our next destination anyway, we thought we'd just walk in the direction of Q1 which looked at most about an hour away. That way, we would get to enjoy the less popular areas of Gold Coast instead of being cooped up in a bus.

We stumbled upon so many beautiful quaint little parks where people would go to take a breather from daily life and to walk their dogs. If people from other countries can manage to keep their parks so clean, why can't we in Malaysia do the same? Most of our parks are either heavily vandalised or covered in litter. Super gross.

After walking for while, i looked up and noticed that Q1 is no longer visible! We didn't have a map, we didn't know where we were and our only location marker has seemed to disappear amongst other skyscrapers in the horizon! But we weren't planning on giving up just yet. We did what we thought would be the best bet: we walked along straight roads (hey, they'll have to lead us somewhere right?).

By that time, we had probably been walking for over an hour since our departure from Labrador (where the seafood market was). The decision to stick to main roads turned out to be the right one because it brought us to yet another gorgeous park by the sea. This one had a super fun playground that made me wish i was young enough to play! There was a flying fox thingamajig that allow kids to swing themselves from one end to the other, a scooter track with obstacle courses, and best of all, a monorail-like ride that goes around the playground when you cycle!

The road finally led us to residential areas and that was when i thought we were really screwed. With so many junctions, how are we to know which turn to make? While i suggested we stay as close to the main road as possible, Ning Yi thought it would be a shorter route if we cut through the homes. So we did it her way. And after about 15 minutes of admiring houses, we saw the sea! We continued walking along the sea and just when i thought we were going to get lost again, we saw a familiar stretch of buildings and beach, and there was Surfers Paradise in all its glory!

By then, we had walked for about two hours and we made it just in time before the sun decided to retire for the day. It was the longest walk i've ever had but also the most adventurest and the most rewarding. Definitely a walk to remember...

It's Okay. It's Just A Minor Fall.

Today, you scared the shit out of me.

I don't blame you for whatever that happened because it wasn't your fault. The blame is all on the asshole who i believe will lead a disastrous life because to quote a friend, "Karma is very slow, but she is very good." However, i do wish that you learn how to tone things down. Sure, it sucks for anybody to experience such nightmare but is it the end of the world? No.

I'm not saying, "Don't call me when you're feeling shitty because you'll make me miserable too" and i do hope that you stop thinking so because that is not what i meant when i told you that your call worried me. I love you and i want you to be able to talk to me when you're down. I want you to know that my shoulder is always open for you to cry on. I want you to know that come rain or shine, i'm here for you. But i really hope that you stop turning a molehill into a mountain because this whole drama thing you have going on is not fun and can be very scary to everyone who loves you.

If only you could understand...

Taking Five

With a few clicks, i lost a few thousand bucks and would eventually go on to lose more. But it was ohsofrigginworthit.

After thinking about it since January 2008 and really thinking about it since late 2009, i finally decided to do it. I bought a return ticket to Brisbane for a 10-day long escape. Initially, i was worried about spending that much money on a place that i've already been to. I could have visited Eun-hae in Korea, Sue in Hong Kong or Yumiko in Japan but I couldn't resist the temptation of going back to a place where some of the best moments of my 20-something life were lived.

The trip came at a really good time too because a couple of weeks before my departure, i wasn't feeling too good about myself. I felt like a total failure and things between my mom and I weren't that fine and dandy. A certain issue was making me feel like i was a worthless piece of crap. I really wanted to talk about it but didn't know how to bring it up to my friends here. I didn't want people to go "Aiyah, never mind lah" because i cannot not mind it. It was definitely getting to my head.

So off i went for a much-needed holiday on June 30 which included a really comforting lunch where i finally got that issue off my chest. Thanks, you two! *Gives you a giant-bigger-than-the-biggest-planet hug* (Note the rainbow in the picture on the right!)



Okay, enough with the soap opera. On to a few random pictures i like that do not fit into any of the Brissy-related posts i am planning to write.

Finally Getting There

There are many things that i have yet to tick off my to-do list and one of them is getting drunk. Yup, in the few times i've hit the town at night, i've never gotten myself overfilled with alcohol...until the night of Eda's birthday party at Changkat.

Well, i didn't actually get drunk but i was tipsy and well on my way to getting totally hammered if i had knocked back a few more shots, Sangrias and Long Islands. So what did it feel to be in such state? It was fucking amazing (provided you know how to keep it under control and have awesome friends to watch over you lah)!

Expecting the night to be a sober one, i was surprised when my head started getting slightly dizzy after a shot of tequila on an empty stomach. Funny thing was, i only felt it a few minutes after Joyce and Karen were recovering from theirs. Haha. My body system is super slow. So anyway, a few more drinks later, the high was still somewhere lingering in my head and i thought, "Why not?" and downed more.

Then, the next thing i knew, i needed to pee quite frequently, and i just felt happy and carefree. Yes, there were a couple of things i've done that night that i would never ever ever ever tell my parents but altogether, i was happy being the don't-think-just-act girl i used to be back in school. For once, my mind was not working overtime, thinking about things that need not be thought about...

...and i like that. Except for the act i had to put on when i reached home and Mom asked me about the party (speaking to your mother with a heavy head is not exactly the easiest thing to do), and for the minor headache i had to endure the next morning. I woke up thinking "Oh shit, i forgot to remove my makeup!" only to run to the mirror to see that my face is clean. Funny thing is, i couldn't remember removing my make-up or taking a shower. Oh wait, i think i did. Oh wait, maybe i didn't. Ah! I don't know!

Edward Sullen Eats Chinese Food And Goes Bowling

Question. What is the noisiest thing one can ever encounter in their lives? Answer. My family.

If you were at Mid Valley today, watched the 1pm screening of Vampire Sucks (which doesn't suck at all!), dined at Kim Gary and played bowling at Cosmic Bowl, and heard really loud noises, i'm sorry. That was us having heaps of fun. And for once, i managed to knock down more than zero pins during bowling! Woo hoo!

You know how some people say that in order to have a good time, you don't need money? It is true. All you need are lots of free bookmarks with the alphabets 'A', 'E', 'L' and 'S' on them, a camera, and a bunch of crazy people.





A girl i know once told me, "Wow, you're having another family dinner again? You guys are really close, huh?". Heck yes, we are. We so tight, you wouldn't wanna mess with any one of us cos it means you're messing with everyone of us.

Almost everyone who knows me well knows that i can get pretty shy sometimes, especially when it comes to taking pictures. But there's just something magical about my family that allows me to let my guard down and do silly things in the middle of a shopping mall and not give a rat's ass about what passers-by will think.

P.S. Did you know that when rearranged, my name Lea S. actually spells 'SALE'? Well, that explains my love for shopping - I am born to do it!