welcome to the city of angels!

Hello everyone! Long overdue blog update I should think. But then again, its been such a hectic week getting things done before I leave from Melbourne that I think I have a slight excuse - just a slight one :) But all is well in the hot, hot, hot kingdom of Thailand if I say so myself. I have had nothing but long shopping sprees from day to night since I have landed in this shopping paradise-of-a-country and the midnight sales occurring at 2 of the biggest shopping mall chains, Central and Paragon/Emporium doesn't exactly help me stay a saint. So... to clock it up into perspective, about AUS $350 spent on the first day itself. Oh gosh... not good at all *shakes head in disbelief*. I feel guilty, I do! But at the same time selfishly blissfully happy to have gotten the stuff I did. Then again, it shows you how good shopping is here! *ahem* To the people who know who you are, you guys HAVE to plan a trip to Bangkok next summer ok, ok? I'll even put it in a Minnie Mouse-like voice and act all cute to persuade you guys to come! Ok -maybe not the act cute bit, but I'll practice my high toned voice during the holiday! I promise :D

I was thinking today whilst I was walking towards dinner (@ Grossi!!! in Bangkok!!!) that one week ago, I was doing a completely different thing in a completely different city with completely different people. It isn't that crazy I guess but it just seems a bit unreal to me still. For example, last Saturday, I went to donate blood for the first time in my life with Jeans, her brother Jax, the All Black One and Taro at the Australian Red Cross donation centre in Southbank. Ok, it hurt in the beginning when she poked in the needle which looked quite huge and it surely hurt the few days after when lifting my arm was a pain in the arse but overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be simply because it was such an amazing experience. I can't wait to find out what blood type I am! Haha - probably that was the biggest motivation for me to do it. To tell the truth, I was quite surprised to see so many people in the waiting room that day but the whole experience has quite an effect on a person I guess and to be able to say I did that before I turned 20 seems like an achievement to me. Most of the readers of this blog would have read what happened at the clinic with Taro and since it was her story to tell, I won't go into the details as her blog retells it nicely and I simply won't be able to do justice since I was still giving blood as the wheelchair and fan were quickly brought to the refreshments area. She's fine obviously but I think she gave the poor 16 yr old in our group quite a shock! Good thing he was there though!

Ooooh yes! I had a BRILLIANT yum cha session for a pre-bday lunch at Gold Leaf restaurant located at Harbour Town in the Docklands area with my besties (as someone puts it =.=)!! The food was so good and the people celebrating it with me made it even sweeter. They even surprised me with this unbelievably crazy scrapbook which was compiled by my closest of friends in Melbourne - Jeans, Taro, Bunny and the All Black One. But everyone who has had made an impact on my life in Melbourne contributed to it by writing little notes inside. Together with the ton of photos which I have collected over my first year at university (some of which make me cringe because I always make stupid faces during photo sessions!), the book is so much more than what I could have imagined. Thank you so much guys! I know I have probably said it sooo many times now, but I really need to stress how much I appreciate it! You have made this girl's 20th birthday so much more special :) As quoted from my facebook photo album "THANK YOU Jason Mooi, Genie Ooi, Phoebe Ling, Stephanie Hew, YokeYee Cheng, Matthew Kwok, Lachlan Lin, SieKieh Lau, Selvie Go, Caballe Chau, Tse Han Tai, Derek Jon Chir, Yik Kai Kat. Chan, Sherman Lee, Elena Yan, YiLee Loke, Ann Boo, Haur Wey Tan, Edwin Kok Sian Ngan, Bec Tai, Liau Ruishan, Bengsze Hong, Ken Wynn Chan, Grace Hii Siau Jin, Jean Ni Cheong AND Jolene Ng Zhuo Lin for the AMAZINGLY, WONDERFUL birthday scrap book~ =D I ♥ it so, so much!!! :)" I did try to post it up as a status but it told me I couldn't tag more than 6 people in my status bar. Booyah to facebook for that!!

Dinner was taken at Peko Peko which is an adorable, cute, little Taiwanese restaurant located in Southbank. Designed to be a really artsy cafe, this place serves Taiwanese food in Japanese bento boxes. Ahh - bliss I tell you!! I could just rock up to the place because of the way I love the whole set-up. The cute little alien logos, the funny portraits on the walls and the way they name their coffee machine makes me love the place even more. Definitely going to check it out more next semester! So dinner didn't exactly go as planned and I ended up losing a bit of my temper which I shouldn't have. Damn these emotions, they always play up when they shouldn't. I would first like to apologise to the people present that night for the fact that work topics always seemed to encroach into the dinner talk as well as the fact that the atmosphere was so tense. I intended it to be a fun night and I can't help but feel so sorry for having my dinner guests put up with what turned out to be not such an awesome night. But things as they are have a way of moving on and thats what I'm going to do, move on in life. One hour till I turn 20 and I am still trying to grasp an understanding of how people work. Well, for sure its going to be a lifetime discovery so I don't think I'm falling behind just yet. On a plus side, this year I will be getting 2 birthday cakes, one of which I have had already had in Melbourne. My brother bought it for me even if it was such a hassle arranging to get it because he had to order it before going to work at 7 am and could only pick it up after the closing hours of the shop. Bunny took some photos of it and I'll post it up soon; seriously good cheesecake!! Thanks ko!

Aiks.. I'm getting tired. A sign of old age? I hope not. Although.... the number of white hairs in my hair is a tad worrying. But then again, I have always had them so I shouldn't be too troubled by it. Anyhoos my darling readers, I'm off to bed! Maybe the sky will be brighter tomorrow when I wake up a brand new 20 year old?? We'll see =) Till then! Tally Ho!!! :)