YaY!! Today is Leap Day!!
Some may ask, what's Leap day? Well, that's a day that happens every leap year, in which February gains an extra day to the month. So today is February the 29th, instead of churning over from Feb 28 --> March 1 (Kind of like a mystery day that pops up once in a while).
Leap day is special to me because my parents gave me the Chinese name which means "Leap Year". They said it was because I was born on a leap year. Quite original, ain't it -.-
But too my complete shock today, it turns out I wasn't born in a leap year. Have I been living a lie?..... did my parents get it wrong? Were they expecting me in '88? Or maybe... I was really born in '88, and my parents had to hide my existence from the sultan.... LOL...... who cares.........
That's my Chinese name for now. I'll still hold leap years and leap days special to my heart. The only thing is I just can't tell people that I was born in a leap year anymore. aww ^_^
If you start hating the world, does it hate you back? Or does it try to amend the problem, and start being nicer to you?
... think about it....
In other news, you know Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy? You know, with Arthur Dent, the towel, emo white robot, and the super computer? Well......... anyway, scientist have been trying to find out what the secret of the universe is, so subsequently following in the movie foot steps, they built this super computer to work out the answer.
WONDERFUL!!!! not........ this computer has been running for 8 years, has cost 30 million dollars, and one day, it decides it can't work it out anymore and stops. YES!! it stops... what a pain..
that's one to ponder....
In extra news, scientist have finished building a doomsday vault that will hold all the seeds in underground shelter for the existance of mankind. Terrific!!!! The question now is, how do we get there, and where do I put my name down? It'd suck if I arrived, and there a sign saying "No Vacancy"!!!
Let's see what fruits it will bear =D
Let's work hard peeps ^_^
WEEEEEEEEEE......... Welcome back Mr. Tom.
Where's our presents.... kekeke.......
Anyhows, Mr Tom came back today and we celebrated dinner with him. We had it at Curry Lovers. It was......... "unique".
Of course, a Shanky event wouldn't be a Shanky event if we didn't have Eriz bagging out Pat. As usual, the banana, zoo, and more banana jokes flew out naturally. lol.
Our pre-entree (as in the stuff they give you as default) was quite wierd at first. It came with this dip, which I thought was avocado so I avoided it. Everyone told me it wasn't.
So i tried it.***** Halo sounds *****
It was sweet. Not quite avocado, still wierd, but nice.The waiters had to come several times asking about our order because we were joking around too much. Hahaha....
GGeeeeerrrrr..... how do you read a menu?
OOooooo..... I can read menu-nese.Evenutally we ordered the special banquet. And part of the banquet meant entree, mains and desert. (I think even at the stage, we had pissed the waiters off. Note to self, not good)
Our entrees finally came, and we dug in. I have to recommend the Curry Puff thingys. They were really nice. But I don't recommend the ginger thing that looks like Jelly. You'll know when you go. After we finished the entrees, I felt I had the duty to make some art. So I did.
Subsequently that was when the service became a bit sour. We watched people come and go, and people being served before us. We joked around saying that our entree "was" the mains too. In some perpective, it could have been =P
When the sky turned dark, I finally asked the waiter when our food was coming. I think we had waited almost 30-40 mins after our entree. Maybe we shouldn't have asked them, because the waiter replied "Don't worry, it will be coming soon". And he ran off into the kitchen. Pat then told of us a story where some waiters spat or even pissed in the food because they didn't like the customers.
We were scared @_@
About 5 mins later, our food arrived, and we chowed. Ai? Chow chow chow.....
The curry dishes came in little bowls. And I thought, that was it???I underestimated this judgement, and by the end of the main course, I was stuffed ^_^''
Oh yeah, and there were these parsley burito kind of stuff, which were nice too.
Again with the art:
The world through a glass
And my cool bird thingy that really isn't one, but kind of looks like one if you squint your eyes.Anyhoos, to conclude, welcome back Mr Tom.
You can also remember us as the ones that had the curry with you =) hehe...
The way that life works:
- Every week someone is having a 21st Birthday. I guess this comes for every single person on the planet when they reach somewhere close to the age.
Sometimes it's fun. Sometimes it's boring. You just remember. Smile =) and be glad that you contributed somehow to their life, personality, and/or emotions.
And with each and everyone, it only reminds me that mine will be coming sometime in the not-to-distant future. I have a feeling I'll be the last person to have a 21st for the class '04
so........ I guess that's a benefit of being young. Oh... and what does that mean? That means alot of pressure for me.
I already have an idea what to call my 21st bday party. It'll be called "The Last '04 Numero 21".. or a bit sadder one "The one that belonged in '05"
Oh! UNLESS....................... someone knows someone who turns 21 from the class of '04 after 23rd July. Please tell if you do. I can't steal their glory.
And the dress code? Maybe school clothing xD...
Might even have it at a school if I can organise it. Otherwise it'd be a hall.
(also, looking for a rock band to play at my party. Will have to start pub crawls soon)
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On another note, one of my aunties from HK knew I was turning 21 this year, so she bought me a tie. A REALLY COOL tie may I add. Oh, why so early? Only because my sister came back from HK a few days ago.
Check it out:
WOW!!!!!!!!! MAGIC ^_^
I spent today with my great Shankys. We began with playing Tennis at some new clay courts. My skills were VERY RUSTY..... rustier than krusty. I feel bad... ;_;.... I can't do aces anymore.
But I still enjoy playing Tennis.
So after playing for a short while, we went to pick up Pat, who brought us to a special beach in Double Bay. It indeed was special. Almost like a private beach, but not.
Saving private redmanSapper and I begun setting up the volleyball net. haha...... it took us over half an hour to set it up. *sigh*... The sand wouldn't allow it to ground in properly, and the wind was pretty rough. But nether the less, we strived on.
Me waiting for Sapper to fix his side.
We played Volleyball, Badminton (despite the rupture of the wind), and even DODGEBALL!!!!!
In Dodgeball, Sapper and I were the remaining dodgers, and we could barely get each other out. If it wasn't for him skimming my buttocks on the last throw, it would have been a fairly played match..... Moral of the story, my ass it too big. LOL....
Just as we were packing up to go, Pat, Eriz and I declared to dunk Sapper into the water.
Oh... and one last thing. The gorilla and sapper started one of their fights again. Good documentation from me =P
Oh... and the V-day lollies came in real handy tonight =P ... we had two families over, and of course came the kids. When I brought the lollies out, the little boys came scrambling over and begun gorging through the little bundle. If it wasn't for their parents stopping them, haha.... they would have finished it all tonight. The power of lollies....mwhahahaha
Congratulations to tonight's Poker Night Winner, Eriz !! =D
For this amazing win in Poker, you win this wonderful gift supplied by the lovely people of the fun factory.
This 1980s lamp is now yours to keep!!!
Made with no future design sense in mind, it comes optional with grey particle dust!!
Not only that, it also comes additional features such as:
Sadly Eriz did not bring the gift back home, so it was quite a harsh thing. You broke my generosity. How could you?? ;_;
But I did manage to have a fun night. We went through 3 rounds of games. 1st was Poker, which Eric pawned us fair and square. 2nd was Texas' hold' em Poker, where we started with the same colour chips so we could see who was pawning who, meaning we would own the limbs of another. With immense luck, I won this game.............mwhahaha.....I have all your chips. I own your asses now (XD).....
The 3rd game was quite and interesting game which Sevier taught us. It was called Spoon, which was quite similar to turtle, but we used the whole deck. Interesting indeed. No one really won this game because none of us kept score...lol.....oh wells.
I hope everyone had a good night, and when I have the next poker night, I hope more people can make it. In fact, I have these really cool invites to show, but I won't be showing them till I get a design approval from Somps.
So......
In store for next time's Poker Night at my place, you will get the chance to win the following:
- The missing Light bulb
- Maybe a foreign adapter
- and this amazing Power Supply Fan unit*
*power supply fan unit may not function. Each unit not to be sold separately. Batteries not included.Thanks for coming Eriz, Meady, Sevier and Ji.
I hope everyone had a cheerful Chinese New Year =D
I spent some time cleaning up my room today. New Year. New Start. They say.
So as I rubbled through the tonnes and tonnes of stuff in my room, it was such an emotional flashback journey. All my stuff from 1st yr uni to even the last parts. Of course I kept some of the stuff, because you never know when things like, the Digital Theory and Aesthetics book would become useful.
But dang! I had no idea how much junk I had found. Things ranging from goss magazines (free from showbags) to tertiary course guides from UNSW, USYD, UTS, UMACQ, UWS, TAFE, CGC, AIT, KVB, ABA, to my 1st year scholarship doing Visual Media Communications at KvB . All these were the options I had analysed and weighed up in comparison to each other. And the winner, well as you know, Digital Media. WOW........
And what was also shocking was that I was even considering doing Environmental Science. Me? Enviro scientist? Imagine that @_@....
On a strange segway, I've been looking for a stylish business card holder and A4 In/Out tray, for nearly a month. It has to be "wow, that's cool factor", not the ordinary designs manufactured fresh from the alps of China (no offence)......
If anyone does come across something nice like it, can you please please contact me?... Thank you.
Happy Birthday Somps!!
Happy Birthday Halil!!
and next in line....Happy Birthday Burpy!
Gosh, there's more and more Jan\Feb babies.
But it kinda does make me wonder what I'll have to do for my 21st. I have to beat these guys ^_^..... And I won't give up. I'll have to do a little R&D in the next few months.
On another hand, sometime during this week, I'm going to get my phone fixed. yay!! ............ because I've been waiting 7 months to have the chance to bring my phone into repair. Then I'll have to buy a new cover, and add some more gizmos on.
Also thinking of a few ideas to sell to the fans/otakus. Most of them seem to be heading to an art graphic to support the words "Wake me up for meal time"..... which I think is a plausible idea since it's a very marketable product in terms of graphics, meaning and use.