Way Away

Yes! Presents still coming in the mail! Yay!
At about 12.15pm today, just as Michelle suggested we go down the Angelo Street for lunch, Mr Mailman arrived with a parcel from Tim!
My PIMP from Michigan got me the funniest card, and prepared a really stirring collection of photos in a groovy frame. It is so sweet that he picked up on my love of photos scattered around the house...

This will be a great addition to the collection, but how narcissistic is this? Haha... This is one sure-fire way to make sure someone never forgets you!


The card:


Inside; I seriously love the caption!


Notice how he thinks I'm still 22? Bless his heart for making me a year younger...

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Thanks, Tim! Love you to bits!

It's My Birthday!

First things first, a big THANK YOU to Michelle, my beloved housemate, who bothered to help me plan my birthday and surprise me with a party the weekend before as well!
I'll never forget this, my dear!
And my next housemate will have a lot to live up to! :D

Originally, Michelle and I were simply to have friends over to our place for nibbles before all of us went to watch Brian's play Tiger Pass Gate. She'd always told me there would be 15 of us, but of course, it didn't occur to me that there were only 14 people at the house. That was just the tip of the iceberg really. It seems she had told everyone that this wasn't just a get together, and that they were all there to celebrate my birthday as well! A few of them came into the house saying "Happy Birthday," but those few were the same people I had invited to dinner and a movie screening the following Tuesday (yesterday) so I just assumed they had mistaken this for the dinner. Anyway, next thing I knew, after washing the dishes, I came out of the kitchen all greasy and damp to Michelle, Libby, Sandora and Esther bringing in a cake with candles and the whole bunch singing a birthday song! ALL FOR ME! I couldn't be happier at the time!

The cake Libby got me:


The whole bunch; Luis was taking the picture so unfortunately I can't feature him. From left to right; Libby, Esther, Sandora, Penka, Petra, Rosita, Jeff, Me, Michelle, Mark, Charlie, Wai Ling, and Melissa:

After nibbles, we went off to Brian's play (which was very entertaining, by the way) and it seems Michelle had another surprise in store for me. Earlier in the week, I had called Russell to invite him to watch the play with us. He turned me down, saying he'd be working late that night. From what I found out, Michelle had called him before I did and coerced Russ into lying to me when I did eventually invite him! Bloody sneaky people, but I love them even more for doing this!

Of course, yesterday was my proper birthday and I had prebooked tickets at the Gold Class lounge at Innaloo's Greater Union cinema to watch Mission: Impossible 3. Of course, what would a birthday be without good food and so, with a worthy recommendation from Mark, we had Indian at the Cinnamon Club in Leederville where presents galore awaited me.

Me reading the card from Michelle and Mark:


Michelle and I with the bunch of presents she got for me. She's really done too much, this girl. And yes, that's a pink rubber dildo she's pointing to:


Brian, Me and Michelle for another round with the "orgasmic" dildo:


More dinner guests, from back row to front, left to right; Charlie, Wai Ling, Mark, Michelle, Brian, and Me:

Unfortunately, I was so happy I forgot to take pictures with our other dinner guests Libby and Victor, and Russell when he met us at the cinema. Silly me!

Here's a review of what I got last night-

Flowers from Libby & Victor (they wrote me a beautiful card too):




And the presents from Michelle. Like I said, she overdid it! A Nine West bag:


Which contained the pink dildo, the "French Women Don't Get Fat" book, and the card with the picture of me and a kangaroo. The dog card came from Charlie and Wai Ling and the cat card came from Libby and Victor. How sweet are these people?

Selected photos  Michelle Mok
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Love Generation

Saw a link from Brian's Xanga site that led to a pretty funny love quiz.
I thought his results were hilarious and assumed mine would be too.
What a hype-up that was! Not only were my results the most un-funny thing I've read in a while, it had some grain of truth to it all as well.
Yeah yeah, I hear you; I'm all sour grapes!

The Sonnet Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf) Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed? (no, I don't actually.) Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, (like I didn't know that already!) but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance. (so bloody true this line!) Your exact opposite: Genghis Khunt Random Brutal Sex Master Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. (yes, I'm sure alot of men out there are more than willing to THROW themselves into a relationship. Even I would run a mile on hearing this!) You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so. (blah blah blah) You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls. (what the?!?!) ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand, The False Messiah, The Hornivore, The Last Man on Earth CONSIDER: The Loverboy

The Loverboy?! Ugh, the name alone turns me off!
Do the quiz yourself here.

Never Gonna Come Back Down

Wednesday found us back in Margaret River for more filming and this time, Michelle had the better half of her crew down with her. This time as well, I was to help with sound and my old bud Brian was gonna be an actor/ host in the video.
This round was more interesting but more tiring as well with the long hours and hectic schedule. And I forgot my jacket, how smart of me. Here's a quick look at what we did.

Brian drives Michelle, Ayu and Yessy to Margaret River:


While I get a ride from separate crewmember Dave, blasting metal music all the way down. I was swearing at Brian and gang as we passed them just before this shot:


Michelle and Yessy work on the shot list the first night:


While the rest of us play Scrabble!


Of course, we all get stuck eventually; here's Dave with his frustrating set of letters (from which I later suggest the word "pubic");


Brian with his vowels;


Ayu with her diseases;


My sickening luck yet again with the Ws, Z, X and Q;


And the boys doing their best "Blue Steel" impression from the agony:


Us filming at Voyager Estate; me holding the boom pole:


The new crew in Voyager's rose garden; Yessy (director of photography), Ayu (sound technician), & Michelle (producer):

Of course, how could we resist more shots right?

Pseudo newlyweds Brian & Michelle:


Michelle & I doing the quintessential women-amongst-the-roses stint:


Us girls just being monkeys:


And a group shot in Voyager's garden with Australia's second-largest flag:


That night, it was freezing so Brian and I started a fire for the rest to warm their toes. We rock!


The second morning and we're filming the sunrise; on top of the Land Cruiser, no less:


The sun breaking through:


On the way back, we met my new friend Sloppy:


And his scarily massive Dad:


We stopped by Busselton on the way home to have lunch and snap a few shots of that famous jetty (excuse the badly stitched photo). I know it's tiny in this photo, but it's that black line on the horizon. Click here to see a larger version of this picture;


The coast;


Brian and me;


And one last group shot:


Ayu, Yessy and me in the back of the Land Cruiser before falling asleep:

Selected photos  Michelle Mok
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We hope we don't ever have to come back to Margaret River for filming!
But for a getaway, food and wine, definitely!

International Affair

Yesterday night, we had the International Students Committee's first-ever International Ball and the finals of Curtin Idol. It was a fabulous night and everyone had heaps of fun. It is our most successful event this semester and I am proud to say that I played a significant part of it as Backstage Manager. While myself and my crew didn't get to see all the performances like the other volunteers did, we had our fun drinking and dancing the night away!
Let's hope they make it an annual thing and carry on with the tradition.

The stage:


Our reception and the guests pouring in:


VIP Professor Kevin McKenna and ISC PR representative Dwayne Augustin:


Some very happy dudes from UWA:


Our video crew for the night; ISC Deputy Convenor Michelle Mok and ISC PR Officer Libby Chang:


Guests and crew; a Sri Lankan girl, her friend Sharmela, ISC HR Officer Gagandeep Brah, and ISC Events representative Ong Kim Huat:


"Kilt guy," and his friends from UWA:


ISC PR people Angsana Chatchaipolrat, Amrita Balachandran, Christian Pradayrol, and Nalaka Jinas:


Guests Esther, Sandora & Yosuke:


Guests Dorothy (right) and friend:


Curtin Idol finalist Christopher's fans and girlfriend:


Guests Dave, and Paul & Melanie from AIESEC:


Inside; The Singapore Connections and AIESEC table:


The Curtin Idols table:


My buddy Brian emcees our event; check out that mug:


The lion dance by Chung Wah Association. They did it quite different from back home so that was not as boring as I had expected:


A b-boy battle ala "You've Got Served" style:


Didn't have too many good photos of the Curtin Idols performing because they kept moving so much. Nonetheless, here's the winner, Katherine Curnow:

Most of the good stuff is on video, and I will try and show those to you all as soon as I can put them up. If not, I'm sure more photos will arrive on my desk in drips and drabs and hopefully I'll update this post with them soon.

More interestingly, after that hectic night, I have a count of seven bruises on my body. I know how I got three of them, the rest I'm totally clueless about!
The more interesting ones I found are these on both my hands:

Selected photos  International Students Committee
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I'm choosing to refer to them as "stigmata" for now since it's Good Friday and all! I teased my Mum that I've got more of them on my ankles and under my right ribs as well, make her think I'm the "chosen one". Haha...