Where art thou, oh my LG handphone?

Australia day, if you read my previous entry, the day started off great, until the evening. It was supposed to be a day of celebration and fun for all Australians. the neighbour who lived across us had a party which lasted probably 9 hours (noon till night). It was ok initially but towards the night, the noises were rather annoying. It got to a point where we couldn't take it anymore, hence we decided to go for a walk and hopefully by the time we come home, all the people will be gone.

It was a nice walk and the time we shared was special, I must admit. We walked all the way down to a shopping outlet. I always liked to be at the magazine section, and this time is no exception. I let Andrew get whatever he wants, and I will wait for him. I took my hp out from my back pocket and left it outside. While reading, I reminded myself several times to remember to pick up my phone when I leave.. then I read on..

"Dear.. I'm done let's go" It was Andrew, appearing out of nowhere. I told him I wanted to finish reading the section I was reading.. And he kept rushing me, saying the store's going to close in any minute. Annoyed, I put back the magazine, and I just left, and of course, without my handphone! So there you go, it's gone. Never to be found again.

I've always been a careless person, always losing things. Not that I want to, but I really must be aware of everything that's happening around me, and take precautions, ALWAYS! Somehow, am I too old to change? Guess, I really have to be more responsible in life.

Australia Day!

Today is a holiday, which means it's a long weekend. Woo hoo!
Day started off great, get to sleep in late. We rolled out at 1o am. Took a light lunch and went to Ashfield for some grocery shopping. We were excited as we discovered a new place to get all our Asian goods. Thanks to Andy's parent's who unexpectedly found themselves taken to a new place by our uncle and aunty. There are so many shops in Ashfield, butchery and asian groceries. It was even nearer than Chinatown for us. Thank God for that.

Came home made ourselves some lunch. Andrew cooked himself bacon and eggs while I made myself a fish ball noodle soup. Yummy! I even tried making poached egg, but didn't look too good. Guess I failed. Need to get more training on this.

After that we watched a movie which I rented, V for Vendetta. Love it! Loved Hugo Weaving's role, though not his looks. So V's role is perfect for him.

One part which I find really brilliantly written, possibly by the author of the book, Alan Moore is the part when V introduced himself. Here's an excerpt:

"Who are you?"

"Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask."

"Oh, I can see that."

"Of course you can. I’m not questioning your powers of observation. I’m merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is."

"Ho, right."

"But on this most auspicious of nights…permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.

Voilà!
In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.

The only verdict is vengeance, a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, his vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose.

So let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V."

Brilliant, isn't it? =) Oh, it's six... I better go return the DVDs!

Flying with JetStar

From the moment I took 2 weeks off for Christmas (last year), I knew I may not be going back to celebrate Chinese New Year with my family. I felt that it was too near a holiday, and inevitably, it will be in colleagues mouth that for undue reasons, I'm taking yet another holiday. However, that was not my main concern. It was more of my responsibility and commitment towards my job hence, I was battling within myself to make a decision. Trust me, it wasn't easy. I so love spending CNY with family and visiting friends.

I weighed out the pros and cons, and I imagined myself going home. It was not as fun as I thought it would be. It must be fun, I tell myself, but I didn't feel it at all. Then I imagined myself not going home. I felt more peaceful if I just forgo the fact that it would be a happy reunion with family. Now, not that I'm trading the time with my family for my job, but I knew I can always go home later of the year.

I finally made the decision not go home. Andrew was keen to go back to Malaysia, but out of sacrificial love, he stayed back with me.

So weeks passed and yesterday came. Andrew called me in the morning, telling me that JetStar is flying to Malaysia from September! I was rather thrilled as we anticipated last year that this would happen. Immediately, I checked out their website, and there was a flight sale to Malaysia. Guess what's the ticket price? It was only $447.14 for a return ticket. I quickly grabbed the mouse, and booked a ticket home in September. I think the sale only lasted for a day. Praise the Lord! JetStar is a low-cost subsidiary of Qantas airline, therefore there won't be any food, entertainment nor amenities. Still, that's fine for me!

If I were to go back for CNY, it will only be for 2 weeks, and that is not long enough if I were to pay $900 for it. So, this September I will be home for a month long and what's even more special is, I'm celebrating mum's birthday this year with her.

All in all, everything worked out good. I get to go stay longer and I get to fly cheaper! That's all I want.

Reminiscing 2006!

I will post up some photos and pictures tell the story! Coming soon.