Pat

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:55:13 GMT

2008 has been a good one. Actually its going down in my books at the best one yet... it did not start off very well, but its ending on a high that has left me giddy! there is much to be thankful for that happened in 2008, many mile stones and first times. some how it feels like life actually started in 2008 and the last 21 years has just been a slow build up to this climax. needless to say 2009 is going to have to be one hell of a year to top this one. BUT but butttt.....i do have an inkling feeling it will and is going to be SO FUCKING AWESOME!! im exciteddd!!! *cheers* guys to a fantastic year and more fun times to come! PARTY ON!!!!!!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:01:27 GMT

3 continents, 3 lives, 3 days...
its the weirdest feeling in the world.
in just 72 hours i worked in London, partied in Singapore, and had supper with my favourite ppl in the world in perth.

Initially i was kindda bummed at having to leave London cause work was getting really fun and also by the time i get back everyone would have left.

But then i touched down in singapore and had the most AMAZING night at zouk, i loved the club, i loved the drinks, i loved the music, but most of all i loved the company, i just did not want the night to end. i was genuinely happy, euphoric even i dare say... to be back home.

At the same time though, the 20 week countdown was finally over and i got in to perth tonight. The first chance i got when i left perth 5 mths ago was to book a ticket back. guess some how i felt i left in such a rush, i left a lota loose ends that need tending to. But today at the fast eddies, (the only 24 hr diner in perth, where we spent many a night gossping, bitching, just hanging out)i think i received the closure i was looking for. That although it will always be my favourite place in the world, there is no life/love anchor ie. uni/work and marc, that ties me down anymore. And although some of my best and oldest friends live here, Perth is no Hollywood and i am no Paris Hilton and so an agenda of non-stop partying, and not working and/or studying is pretty much not an option.

but until i have to get back to realityy....there is nothing on the agenda but a GOOD TIMEE. hahhahah

Life at The Kent

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:45 GMT

My appologies for the lack of updates..

Since Spain, life has definitely slowed down alot, most of you already know, ive been working and living at the duke of kent for a while now. It's a pub tucked away the suburb of Ealing in West London, its pretty and quaint, really liking it here!

The living conditions and wage has left much to be desired but hey, i reckon it could be alot worse.

90% of people who work at the pub are uni students back for the summer, so yeh the work environment is young, fun, makes going to work a little less dreadful.

here's pics of some of the ppl who work at the kent.

Manager kerion and Jamie.

group bowling photo. (L-R) bef, michelle, jamie, eva, me, gosia, doranne, sara, gorgie.

one random drunken night, with tom, doranne and kirsty.

shiv, absolutely pissed off his head

i heart madrid.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:18:17 GMT

i think im in love.

with the city. the atmosphere. the men. the shopping. its amazing.

staying with a really nice spanish lady here in madrid, which is really great cause you just learn to much about the city you wouldnt otherwise at a regular tourist. she took us around the city yesterday, brought us to popular local food haunts..and showed us the interesting nooks and cranies of the city..saw so much more of the city than just the inside of ZARA, mango, pull and bear and berksha, though i think we have seen not quite enough of.

the summer sale will be the death of me. seriouly busted my bank account this time. the damage, 13 dresses, 5 tops, 1 kintted coat, 1 skirt, etc...really regret shopping in barce though, there were NO SALES...but stuff was still cheap. BUT then we arrive in madrid and prices were slashed 50 - 70%...the 10 euro ZARA tops we bought at La Ramblas were now 5 Euros in SOL.:(

we got here just in time to watch the EURO final. We arrived thinking they were playing on the 1st, but then there were all these ppl clad in spanish jerseys with flags drapped on their shoulders. so yeh went home dropped our bags and headed for Colon (the main square where they were showing the match)30 000 ppl packed into the square, in 35 degree weather, it was hot, it was sweaty but it was AMAZING. the team arrived back in madrid the following day, to a massive party in colon..though we missed it cause we were too busy looking at modern art at the reina sofia. come out to see planes flying overhead, their tails spewing the spanish colours.real pity we missed the open top bus parade.....

now although theres so much more to madrid than just shopping and football, im not going to sit here and reminisce when i can be out there soaking up more local flavourr..

we leave for London tonight. pictures and videos on facebook.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:38:22 GMT

Barcelona is TOO AWESOME..
shopping way too much.
does not wanna leave.
photos soon.

hope ure doing good.

in london

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:26:02 GMT

hey all,

so finally arrived in London yesterday morning. Arrives at Heathrow at 7 in the morn and only got to clauds 4 hours later!! lol. we were too cheap to take a 60 pound cab ride so opted for the cheaper 4 pound bus ride instead. BIG mistake. so instead of getting out of the terminal and hopping into a cab that would take us straight to clauds house, we had to take the heathrow express(train thing that connects the terminals) to get to the main terminal, without a trolley!! then take a bus to victoria coach station to meet claud, who was an hour late, then take the damn tube to her place. and omg, the tube stations dont have escalators!! so we had to lug all 35 kg of our luggage up and down the stairs... swear to god nearly died in the process.

Londoners are bloody unhelpful..... they just sorta stare at you and dont even bother helping. buggers. lol.

havent done much yet, except get a phone line and open a bank account, which was surprisingly easy! considering all the horror stories ive heard about trying to open one.

finally...

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:03 GMT

seems like its forever that ive been waiting for this day to arrive..and its finally here!! somehow though im pretty ambivalent about leaving, having been back and forth in recent years, guess ive gradually gotten better at goodbyes. but on the other hand, im just beginning to settle back in, and being in the same time zone as perth is def a plus!

but oh well, flight leaves at midnight tonight!! wish me luck!

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:22:33 GMT

so its been a month since ive been back, and everything is pretty much the same, except prices for everything seemed to have increased. 3 dollar hk cafe teh peng, 1.50 old chang kee squid heads, 1.70 bus fares, 3 dollar city cab fare surcharge.

as much as i enjoy coming home to home cooked food on the table, freshly laundered clothes in my wardrobe, and a clean room everyday, as well as being able wake up at 4 and still be able to go go shopping, picking up the phone and have maccas delivered to my door at 3am in the morning, the awesome awesome food, and late night teh o ice limau gossip/bitching with my co 1/4 life crisis confused bummers, all i wanna do it get on the next flight back to perth.

When i told ppl over there of the plans to take a couple of years off to travel, i would get a "good on ya!" "ure gonna have the time of ure life" "really? me too! when are you going?" or an "awesome! i just got back from...blah blah"

i do the same here and i get responses like "Wha! dont need to work ah!" "why so long! waste time!" "what you going to work there as? can find job anot?"

and really im pretty sick of trying to justify myself and having to listen to comments like you should start working and help out with the family, blah blah BS.

all everybody seems to care over here is work and money, seems like the only route to success is to find a good job, make alot of money, vote for PAP .

deff a stark difference to the cruisey aussie life. 15 weeks and counting.....

in other news, i leave for london in 2 weeks!

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:36:22 GMT

realised pretty much abandoned this thing in favour of posting on 22_Crew....
so yea these are old entries..

havent been up to much recently..
encountered some pretty annoying people during production, who think they know it all but in reality are retards. lol.seems like so long ago that TV was actually fun..

schools done and the partys started.. lol. just 1 essay and 2 exams to go...

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:19:26 GMT

its the end of semester.... party time!
kicking it off..... PRSC (public relations students chapter) cocktail at eurobar.
free drinks of 2 hours and $2 beers all night hahahha... awesome shit.
lol played really old school music like spice girls and vanga boys.... haha.. was fun!
ended the night cabbing home with sian while the guys went to gods knows where.

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:18:41 GMT

really bored right now in an incredibly boring international PR lecture... presentation going on smth about breast cancer in the philippines. i really dont care.so update i shall...

spent 5 days up at the mines filming a corporate documentary about mine safety. christ almighty, it was terrible. see right cause my group has 4 other asians, 2 hongkees 1 malaysian and 1 other singaporean guy. and they all speak canto. ALL THE TIME! its soooo bloody rude! and im like just sitting there going like wtf? i know them all individually... and when i talk to them one on one we speak in english obviously but omg, put all of them together and i was in translation hell. i got so annoyed trying to communicate with them i just gave up and stopped talking altogether. it was hard too trying to speak to them in english, cause they arent very fluent at it also.

heres a little sample....
9:42:13 PM cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: hey..
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: i want to ask u ...
pat_2686@hotmail.com: wassup
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: today i hv hand in my portfolio...
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: buti dun know am i doing right..
pat_2686@hotmail.com: the news letter planning?
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: yes la..
pat_2686@hotmail.com: the brief was really vague...
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: yes la..
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: thats y i m confusing of that one
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: that y i call u this afternoon ask for hv a look
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: but iforget ask u
pat_2686@hotmail.com: lol...thats alright..here it is
pat_2686@hotmail.com: how did you go on ure speech?
cutewing_0608@hotmail.com: no wor..i didnt get back my speech wor..

*edit
justin and george bored too, hijacked my comp.

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:18:09 GMT

hey hows it going?
so yesterday we celebrated marcs birthday and mothers day (well it was more a mothers day thing than marcs party, considering more than half the people there were his parents friends) with a pot luck garden party. beef rendang, chicken curry, sambal prawns, caramel custard....... christ. after three weeks of eating my cooking, it was heaven.

this makes a crap picture. all of us were in jumpers cause it was freezing outside...
in other news... its the end of sem... and im swamped with work, doesnt help that im hooked on greys anatomy and not doing anywork. BAH. have a good week ya'll....

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:17:15 GMT

hey ya'll...
wassup.

just read dorannes entry, and thought i might add some like to this journal.

here are some pics from my mine excursion.

thats the stuff thats mined... i think that one is zinc?

the entrance of the underground mine. it goes to about 1000 meters down.

the camera man, producer, me and our guide adam ontop of a hill. look around you and its just 360 degrees of land and trees, beautiful.

me in my full PPE (personal protective equipment) in the mine, think that was about 500 m down? lol... how you like my oversized overalls, cool aye?

anyways. i have finally moved into my new place, its pretty awesome, except ive got 2 squatters!
who are total PIGS. freaks of my housemate who have been homeless since oct 2006, just moving from house to house, being freeloaders. they are disgusting i swear, eat never wash, play my xbox, go out never turn off. i swear they are the two most useless people ive met ever.

and we broke our couch on the first night. as usual the boys came over for poker, 7 of them sat on the couch, and it just gave way. lol. oops. so yea now we've got phone books for legs.

gosh... you know i was saying my suburb is dodgy. man.. thats an understatement! its bloody boong (aboriginal) infested!! we were driving back just now, and i was saying, at least our street is ok, we dont have any boong neighbours. JUST then we drove past a house, with a pack of boong children clibming onto the back of a beat up truck. yea just so for protection i keep a metal pole behind my bed incase any boongs decided to break in.

till next time. :)

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:35:51 GMT

must say though i am missing aussie life.
esp the freedom, no annoying mother to nag at ya.
like its my fault mother finally decided (just when i get back), to do a major clean up.

Im on holiday man! After 6 mths of dish washing, cleaning, and doing my own laundry,
and being totally selfsufficient, which includes, working to pay my own rent, food and bills,
i think i deserve a god damn break!

But nooooo... i come back (upon her request) and get shouted at for not get this - washing other peoples dishes, and "cleaning up" junk which btw, ive been trying to the last 10 years. but every year she'll say " yaya, i will clean everything up by christmas" when that doesnt happen, its by chinese new year. yea well of course that never happened either, and for the last 10 years junk from when we were 3ft high has been rotting away all over the place. doesnt matter she selfishly takes up half of common area for herself, to do her "work" and store her office junk. Boxes upon boxes of god knows what, some of which termites have gotten to, have been sitting in the living room for years. once she even kicked my sister and the maid out of their room and made them sleep im my room so that she could turn their room into her "office" aka more space to store her junk.

you know i wouldnt mind the mess if at least something good came of it, but her answer's always the same "i dont work for money, i work for god." WTF mate!

yea well anyway, yesterday i tried to help, and started throwing stuff away. you know things like... a broken telescope, ermm... a box of used stamps, ermm... used paint sets... used christmas wrapping... a jar of sand.
i dont really see what use these items serve, but i shouted at for throwing them away. So today i didnt help, i merely suggested things to be thrown away, like a mirror stand with no mirror. and again i get shouted at.
and get thrown insults like, "get out of this house" "i pitied you thats why i asked you to come back" "you bring back bad memories" all this from the same mouth that said "come back as soon as possible, dont worry about anything (i was in the middle of getting my licence and i wanted to work save money for a car), just come home first and we'll sort it out."

yea oh well... ok rant over. lol.
later.

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:34:58 GMT

hahahha... so we were sitting at this mexican restrauant in freo, we looked out the window and saw this.

WTF????

HUMAN SHEEP! hahahha
Funniest shit ever.
only in Freo.

yea turns out its the freo festival or some shit like that,
and there was a parade.. hahha.. funny stuff.

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:23:44 GMT

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:03:06 GMT

Vanessa:
oh you know
there's this lama from tibet in my house now together with 5 other guests... from hungary...

[P]:
hahahahhahaha!!!1
wtf!

Vanessa
i didnt know that the lamas are able to drink wine

[P]:
hahahahhahahha

Vanessa:
he drank so much wine and ate so much
talk about abstinance and the little of things to sustain life
my mom called me last night when they were at shangri la and she was like "i have to tell you this.. eh very funny... this monk from tibet is drinking and eating so much.. he actually went TEN times for buffet.."

HAHAHAHHAHA vane you crack me up!

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:07:17 GMT

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:35:28 GMT

last night, asian cocktail at metro, apparently THE asian event of the year...
headed up to the balcony cause it was so bloody packed and the music sucked (they were playing freaking justin timberlake and nelly furtado). yea and with my luck, the moment we go up, they switch to house. and when we finally decided to go back down... just then! they play justin timberlakes i wanna sex you up. GOD!!! like freaking as i was walking down the stairs man... cb.

ohh they invited the circus too.

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:52:56 GMT

pics from ages ago, drove to araluen for fathers day. didnt know fathers day wasnt universal. sheesh! yea anyway, this place, araluen its in the middle of no where, the drive there,all you ssee are like grass to your right and left, but you get there and there are flowers every where! aparently its damn popular la so it was blardy crowded. 2nd pic down on the right, annoying people started bbqing and smoked up the whole place.
omg, when people go on picnics here they really go all out man. gas stoves and everything... ohh spotted a dirty ang mo and its 4 phillippino escorts,, lol damn funny.

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:54:22 GMT

spring is here! like finally!
but the weathers gone bonkers! was blardy hot and sunny yest, rnd 23, wake up and its cold and wet, probaly 12 degrees, wind blowing like a bitch. last week we had beautiful sunny 25 degree weather, this week total shite.

schools good, got back my first assignment, HD baby! 7 more weeks of school and im done! ohh cant wait for the holidays! hahaha... butbutbut... no christmas this year, cause we'll be alone! marcs parents are going back on the 15th. gargh, so pathetic. consolation, wq's headed this way for christmas the the new year. :)

ohh ive finally decided to learn to drive.. hahaha. got inspired after a friend told me she bought a car for $300, used it for 3 yrs and sold it for $350. hahahaha.... hopped into marcs car, managed to get gear 3, and drop down to 2, turn into a drive way, ohh im totally useless on the slopes! i was at the intersection and there were 3 cars behind me, and i couldnt start the car la! blardy hell kept stalling! lol lucky i had my Ls on... so they were kind enough not to horn. lol.

the fellas came over yest to get stonned... hahaha. weed is hell cheap over here. lol claud debra ne you should have been here.

yawn, 9 am lecture tmr..

leave you with pics of my doggy..

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:21:09 GMT

metro last night... hahaha, sad does not even begin to describe it. it was some singaporean event... back to school mambo or smth like that. eventhough im not a fan of mambo night, i was looking forward to something other than hiphop, or R&B *rollseyes* so we get there and on the stage was the singapore flag! hahaha... and and and, they were playing pussycat dolls! wha lau eh, cheat my feelings. yea basically it sucked, and we left at after a couple of hours, but not before heston stomped on foot. now ive got a broken nail and bloodied toe.

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:01:18 GMT

The price of ice lemon tea here's totally screwed up....
bought a 250ml at cicerellos on sat for 3.50
500ml from delifrance for 4.50 at delifrance
and the 1.25L one at coles for 1.99! ok it was on special, but even the the usual price is 2.99.
seems the larger you buy the cheaper it gets...
lol wtf mate.

anyway classes have started, and im proud to announce, ive only got 10 hrs of uni a week!
its SUPER SLACK.
but well then again, i pay like 2000AUD a unit, and like for like inercultural communication (ironically im the only asian in a class of white aussies)- ive got a 1 hr tute a week. that works out to about 153AUD per lesson!

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:39:32 GMT

[P]MSN3:28
so anything new happening?

come back cookie;cant live without youMSN3:28
no

[P]MSN3:28
chey

come back cookie;cant live without youMSN3:28
o ya!!!
i saw christine and rian in bed yest
brian

[P]MSN3:30
lol wtf
he was at our hose?!
3:31
house?!

come back cookie;cant live without youMSN3:31
andni think theywere naked.

[P]MSN3:31
in my bed?!

come back cookie;cant live without youMSN3:31
but got lanket over them
3:31
blanket

[P]MSN3:31
wtf are they doing in my bed

come back cookie;cant live without youMSN3:31
i donnoe

[P]MSN3:31
they are in my bed?!

[P]MSN3:33
wtf... tell her to fuck off!!

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:34:07 GMT