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Hey guys, I am here because I just know I won't do anything productive for the rest of the night - so I might as well do something relatively enjoyable right? I haven't been reading any novels lately, but life has still been good enough that I am still coping well. Okay, that doesn't sound quite right, seems as though I'm implying that I have some mental trauma that can only be numbed by books. That is not the case at all, I'm just too lazy to change my wording. 

 To start with, just a few more pictures from the optometry eyeball. One of the photographers managed to capture a bunch of us in the midst of the macarena. I am loving the fact that I somehow look pretty tall (well okay, I did have like 10cm heels on, but that only makes my 167cm or something). 
 Apart from that, I've been enjoying quite a few dessert dates with my dear jenwen. We went to the tea centre to catch up the other day, it's been quite a while. I feel as though we're already commencing rich housewife life part 1 (where these rich ladies meet up and have tea together in moments where they are unusually free). Anyhow, I ordered Japanese 'Maccha' cheesecake whilst Jen ordered the Delightful Devonshire tea set for two. Well, a girl can never love her scones too much am I right? 
Jen was nice enough to share some of her Pai Mu Tan Lavender and rose tea with me :3 I liked how they put some dried rose petals with my cheesecake, I actually ate it with the cream. 

The other day I walked into work and was set the task of rearranging this gigantic bunch of flowers into colour-coded order. I am immensely proud of the job I did - please do ignore the random white flower peeking out of the red section, this WAS taken two hours after I finished rearranging after all. 
I come home from work to a very satisfying (if not the most healthy) dinner. I shall need to practice cooking steak soon, aim to become a pro so I can feed my friends nice food. Over the phone the other day, my parents casually told me they were under contract to buy one of the apartments in the building we are living in at the moment... it was pretty random. Well, lets just say, at least the view is killer! 
It's strange to think that time is passing by so quickly but last wednesday I finally got to catch up with Janice!! 
Thank you for agreeing to spend the last one hour at state library with me :') I had to tutor so we just stayed there and did what girls do best - take selfies. Janice also got me some amazing smelling tea from T2 as a birthday present - the name really fascinates me: Gorgeous Geisha. Perhaps when I have time, I shall bake some desserts and have a high tea of sorts with some friends. That is, if I can stop being entrapped in this cycle of laziness I am in currently. 
Jen has been inviting a couple of friends and I over to her house for tea for two weeks in a row already :3 Makes me have the urge to bake as well, it has been far far too long and I'm worried that one day I'll lose the skill to bake anything nice. She made some chiffon cupcakes with custard filling and strawberries! 
The guys looked horrified when they discovered jen had already consumed five of the cupcakes, but I mean come on ;) it's mostly just aerated. Doesn't even contain butter. It's all good, eat while you are still young. I had three or four myself. 
I've been a bit tired lately to be fully honest. I feel like between work, university, tutoring and getting tutored, I don't have much time to myself. Okay I do, but I feel as though I always constantly need to be some place and whilst being busy is good, I cannot help but be greedy and want time to myself instead. Whilst everyone seems to be making some sort of progress in aspects of their life, I'm just where I am now - stretched over a range of things but not making any good advancements. Anyhow, sad thoughts aside, I came home to this: 
A personal hand written letter from the one and only elaine lin :P All the way from Gatton. Friends make my life good and wonderful. Anyhow, I should probably get ready for bed, I've been sleeping at ridiculous times lately. 

Good night ! 

There exists a quiet desperation to excel in every aspect - despite the fact that acceptance has been bestowed; inadequacy is such a self inflicted emotion. 
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Hey guys! I had the pleasure of attending the QUT optometry ball last tuesday and I'm actually so so glad I decided to crash again this year. It was actually pretty funny because a couple of us who went didn't even do optometry, namely Jennifer, alan, vincent W. & I. 
We decided to rent an apartment to stay at after the ball, since it was finishing pretty late. I think I have this weird obsession and love for apartments/hotels because my parents always refused to stay in one :P  We were so paranoid that we'd get caught sneaking up since the room was technically only for a maximum of 'two' adults. 
Haha, here is me 'barefaced' before coco came to give me a make up transformation :P I brought so much stuff to the apartment in order to get ready that the bathroom kind of looked like a bomb exploded in it after we were all done. A big big thanks to Coco for coming over to the apartment after finishing school and doing my make up. Kind of realised how absolutely inexperienced I am at doing proper make up. I now have a love for contouring, now I just need to learn how to do it myself. 
I am in love with staying over in apartments now hahaha, I felt like I was finally living life as a young person. Okay that sounds really weird but anyhow, moving on. The ball was actually held at Pullman & Mercure Brisbane King George Square hotel so we basically just walked there from the apartment. 
Woop woop woop! So classy ;) before our hair and make up all got messed up from dancing and walking around. I'm glad I brought my camera, could actually take more photos for my own this time. 
The theme was 'a night in paris' which strangely, if you google , is actually the name of Paris hilton's sex tape ... but ANYHOW. They decorated all the tables with candles & rose petals which were a rather nice touch - didn't know it had anything to do with france though. There were also these classic lamp posts placed here and there. 
It's a pity I'm not really a big fan of the taste of alcohol so I didn't make the most of my money but nevertheless, I did have a few sips of Vincent's drink which he got from redeeming the 'free spirits' coupons that we got given before we went in. 
HAHA, my friends decided to spice up my photos a little bit ... as you can see. The rose petals were totally not my idea, they kind of just sprinkled it on us when we were taking photos. Heaps of people were kind of trying to take a photo with the mini eiffel tower but I was too lazy. 
Managed to get a few good group photo shots in though, big thanks to richie for helping us take our photos! It was pretty funny because I didn't know he was the photographer for the ball until I saw him at his birthday party a few days prior. 
This was vincent's main, I got the chicken which wasn't nearly as nice but you know, sharing is caring HAHA. So I got to try some. 
Just like last year, they provided a photobooth for us, along with props and the photos printed out immediately. We had a bit too much fun: 
Yes guys, my dear jen wen is indeed still single ;) any takers? Just kidding, she is mine forever, too bad. 
My family!! 
As tribute to the optom ball, it was spectacles on! Well except for me because I totally forgot to get props. I shall polish up my epic expressions for next time. I wish my medical imaging ball had a photobooth - goes to show what a big difference having 'sponsors' for a ball makes. 
Actually quite a few people were dancing but we only went on for a few minutes before becoming tired because we're just unfit like that. The music was so so much better than last year though. They even had a mime this year, so we of course took obligatory shots! 
Whilst everyone was packed on the dance floor, us asians went outside to take some photos. It's lucky they still had the background all set up for pre-ball photos, so at least it doesn't look like we're posing in front of a blank wall. 
The rose petals were actually... the guys' fail attempt to chuck it at us whilst our photo was getting taken but ya know, added a rather nice ambience to the photo. Linda made us all stand in colour order, well at least kind of anyway. That gradient game is strong. 
With jenwen & kwokafly!! I actually met up with jen for a 'dress rehearsal' the day before haha, kind of worked out I guess since I think the photos turned out much better than last years. I think I've decided I want to attend all the optom balls from now on. 
Thank you to vincent for bringing me as his plus one :3 It was actually such a fun night, way way better than I expected. Probably because I knew more people this time. We partied hard until midnight and then headed back to the apartment to play more games/ chill out. I ended up going to bed at 5am and woke up for my 10am shift on the same day. Perks of being young I guess. 
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As naive as it may sound - I feel as though the long road ahead will be so easy to walk, now that I've found happiness in you.  
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I was experimenting with make up a couple of days ago because I had the optometry ball coming up but anyhow, other than that I also attended richie's birthday barbecue last sunday - I actually took a day off work, felt so good.
The party was at his house and boy, there was so much food. I didn't know everyone that so kinda sat like awkward turtles with the rest of my highschool friends since we didn't know how to play poker which everyone else seemed to be doing. 
 So happy birthday 19th birthday to richie!! 
Actually that day, yee sum and daniel also bought a present for tim - it was a minnie mouse pencil case which you could colour in. Evidently tim enjoyed himself immensely - he coloured minnie's skin like three different shades or something. 

 I also met a new friend, her name is called tammy :3 
So whilst everyone else was playing poker... we ended up taking photos together hahaha! I bought richie like this bottle of jack daniels which he opened for us to try. It tasted really bitter :s even with quite a bit of coca cola in it. Guess alcohol really just isn't my thing. 

 To finish off, here is a beautiful picture of daniel & tim HAHAHAHA. Hope you had a good day richie!! Thanks for inviting us over to crash your house. 
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Hello guys! The past few days have actually been super eventful for once, but then and again I find myself writing up something in a rush all the time (probably because I'm procrastinating other more important stuff). Anyway, last friday was actually my birthday and I was incredibly lucky to have been able to celebrate with so many of my dear friends :3 

I had japanese tutor in the morning, but I met up with vincent first and he kept telling me he was taking me to some place 'mysterious', to which I questioned his ability since I am usually way better at directions. HAHAHA. Anyhow moving on.... so basically my uni friends actually organised a surprise birthday party for me at southbank, I was so touched :') 

 
Actually the funny thing is, vincent couldn't find the place we were going so he had to pretend he was calling his mum. When the both of us arrived, there was nobody around except for red streamers and balloons which were decorating the surrounding trees. 
We got very carried away HAHAHAHA. Anyway, usually there is a obligatory photo of the birthday cake but I actually butchered it - no joke, when I was trying to cut it so..... lets spare you guys the gory picture. Anyhow, thank you to Tam, vincent, victoria, pk, justin & jackie for such a good day ! (and for eating lunch+ karaoking with me just because I felt like it). Later on after my uni friends went home, I went to eat dinner out with Jen & alan as well. 
Actually, its a long story but we had an agreement ages ago to go eat at Sono, so I made a reservation and man... the atmosphere was so classy. Food was a bit expensive :') but I admit very well cooked, not that I've had much experience with fine dining or anything. 
This was salmon marinated in miso and some other sauce I believe! 
I only ended up taking a picture of vincent's main dish, which was miso lamb I think. We kind of missed the bus when we were going to go home, so we ended up sitting like bogans on the cement floor for about half an hour waiting for the next one. 
Anyway, so just thought I'd warn you guys, more pictures of food coming, so probably don't read if you are hungry. Continuing on, the next day I went to play some 'basketball' with jennifer, vincent & paddington (Vincent W. ). We were meant to go play at UQ, but the courts were all taken and somehow we ended up playing in the state high basketball courts, which were for rental surprisingly. 

Note that I don't actually know how to play basketball properly... but it was pretty funny because the guys were going easy on jen & I by telling us we only needed to get the ball in the hoop twice to win. Next minute just as they were about to win, I get the ball and Jen tackles them to hold them back, I throw randomly and WOOOOOP!!!! SCORE. 
Of course, the day followed with some beautiful pasta which jennifer made, I really really love stewed beef, it is so damn good. Time to learn the art of cooking. Oh and.... I proceeded to pig out yet again for dinner because my family & I went out to celebrate my birthday. 
We ended up at this newly opened restaurant called Hanasushi in Sunnybank. The presentation of the food was sooooo good, another perk was that all the staff were Taiwanese :3 I'm always fascinated to hear them talk because apparently I don't have a Taiwanese accent myself ): 
Ordered salmon sushi, since sadly I dislike other types of seafood. We actually ordered so so so much food: two plates of sushi, tempura, seafood hot pot, three fishes, koroke dish, stir fried udon & chicken skewers.... 
It was a very amazing sight I tell you , but I'm so surprised we were able to eat that much. This was not even all the food we had, and this was after we already partially devoured portions of the dishes.  
Then I proceeded to end the night with some more food: taro cake!! In the process of building my food baby. 
 I feel like as I'm getting older, birthdays become less 'special' to me and I just feel an urge to spend it with people I am close to. Kind of just woke up with a very normal feeling actually. 
 Thank you to everyone who made effort to make me feel so warm - whether by celebrating with me, messaging me or just remembering in general :3 
Jennifer drew this amazing photo of Alan, vincent, herself & I which was supposed to be what we were going to wear at the optometry ball (which I shall write about in the next week or so). 

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