Fantasy Wonderland

Lately my blog entries have been pretty boring and you could say nothing of substance to write about. Or maybe because I have been busy being a dream chaser stuck in a fantasy wonderland =P

Last night, I caught up with Benny over dinner and we decided to watch Stardust. Benny convinced me to watch it. I hesitated to watch the movie because of the trailer. You could say the trailer didn't entice me to watch the movie. But after hearing Benny's friends raving on the movie, I thought why not. The verdict of the movie: 2 thumbs up for me =) I have to admit it was pretty good. The storyline was a mixture of fantasy, comedy, adventure and of course love. I think anyone who watches the movie can relate to the movie =) I am in love with the theme song =) Just thought I would share you the clip =)



The church message was inspirational today for me. The message was about taking the long way home and that we as Christians should embrace the endurance and persevere in our journey in life. The message touched me as sometimes I want to take the easy way out or the short cut to my destination or simply complain about the moment. Now I will appreciate the moment and will treat it as a stepping stone for something better for my future glory.

After church today, I went over Anita's place and had looked at her work in progress for her major project. Man, just flicking through her rough concepts and illustrations so cool and very creative. I can't wait to see the final product. Good luck for your project and I hope you can make the deadline =)

Spring Fever

The days in September seem to be colder and windy for spring. You would think we would experience warmer days... I can't believe September is almost over. The days seem to go by so quick!

Yesterday was a quiet one not an adventurous weekend. I went to Paddy's and Broadway in the afternoon with Miss Anita as she came over to use the gym in my complex. Bought some fruit and headed to Broadway as I was craving for scones and yogurt at Harry's. Since both of us didn't want to carry our shopping we took the trolley from Broadway to Anita's place. A word of advice: trolleys are not designed for foot paths. It was a bumpy ride and skill is required to take it home =P Hey, I consider this my adventure for the weekend or you could say the highlight hehehe.

Wedding celebrations

I was invited to Pris and Steffan's wedding today at BOC. I was told that the wedding was organised at short noticed. The reason is that the couple are planning to have the wedding in Indonesia. But I was glad they had a service in Sydney for me to attend. I don't know the couple that well compared to others but it was a privileged to witness their special day =) The service was so emotional especially when it came to the vows part. It was was touching. You could feel the love in the room =)

nice and After the wedding celebrations, Pris and Steffan dropped myself and Anita to Newtown. Finally, I could explore Newtown. Newtown is awesome! I love walking and checking the retro and vintage shops =) We dropped by this shirty07 market. Lot's of t-shirts but very expensive. The only I managed to take was the free brochures =P I bought this really nice hand cream that smells so nice =) I even tried Indian food, which was soooo nice and peanut butter and cherry ripe gelati which was soooo good. I could visit Newtown again and can never be sick of it. The next city I want to visit is Glebe =) I heard there are nice shops to visit =)

As Anita and I were walking to the bus stop to get back to the city, we past this printing place and we opened the door to see if it was opened and there were 2 men inside doing some jobs. Anita was interested to know about their printing services for her major project. Turns out this query lasted for 1 hour. Gosh this old man was going on and on about printing. Very interesting and crazy man at the same time. But I learnt alot from the conversation hehehe. Very educational. By the end of the 1 hour query, my legs were dying and trying to be patient too. This situation taught me to be patient =)

This day was a very eventful day for me =) But it was worth it =) Thanks Anita for being my tour guide and showing me around Newtown =D

Goal Achievable?

In my last post, I set myself a new goal which was to do no more spending until the end of this year. So far so good. I haven't bought any clothes or shoes of late which is an achievement for me =) For those who know me well, I am a shopaholic to the core =P. Even though I pass shops to and from work you would think I would get tempted but I just go in and look a.k.a browse as you would say to the sales assistant. Sometimes I would try the clothes but never satisfied with the clothes maybe because in the back of my mind, I need to save my money or the guilt if I keep spending. This feeling is working as I haven't really spent my money.

Well I am on my way in achieving my goal. Feeling proud of myself =) Being tight now will be worth it when I am on my holiday =D

Just have to take baby steps.... One step at a time =)

Back to Reality

Ahhh my trip to Brisbane was a very short one but refreshing at the same time. I feel that my batteries have been recharged again =) It was good to meet up and spend time with family and friends. Although I couldn't meet up with some people as I was only there for the weekend. Maybe next time I will catch up with my other friends. At times you appreciate that some things never change. I had the chance to play with my niece. She is so cute =) I managed to take some pictures of her.

Now it is back to business. From this point forward it will be pretty much work, work and more work until the end of this year for my 3 week holiday in Europe. I have to plan for that soon. Make sure everything is organised. No more spending, pretty much have to stick to a strict budget. Will ask for God's gudiance for my finaces so I am able to have the funds =) To stop myself from wasting my money on unnecessary things I will try to keep myself busy by reading books, learn to draw, learn to cook new dishes hehe. Will keep you updated with the progress of my new savings plan hehehe ;)

No Place Like Home

I arrived yesterday afternoon to Brisbane. Every time I return to Brisbane to visit, I feel right at home. Very comfortable with the surroundings and it is great to be surrounded with the family just like old times. You could say some things never change, which is a good thing ;) Because I am here for the weekend it is hard to decide what to do here... But all I know is I will be eating as if there is no tomorrow ;) I have been saving myself for this trip hehehe. Dying to eat tort chips, pearl tea, crepes at Sunnybank, top noodle and the list is endless hehehe.

Sometimes, I wonder why I left Brisbane in the first place. Not that I am regretting my decision to work and live in Sydney but I guess I am pondering what would have happened if I had stayed in Brisbane. The transition to Sydney has taught me many things. You could say I am not the same person when I left Brisbane. But then again I shouldn't think what if, as I need to thing positive in all the decisions I make in my life and to learn from it.

Who knows what the future holds for me, as I could return back to Brisbane =) But I all know God knows the plan and I have to trust Him to lead my path.

Nothing beats being back at home =)

Waiting for a Breakthrough

Lately, I have been inspired to do great things and to be more involved with church (with the help of my Connect Group Leader). Today I was given some material and start talking to new people :) I did do that at my old church but at Hillsong it is more daunting maybe because there is more people. But I will try this out and see how I go :) Also Selvy introduced me to the person who looks after the Events section of the church. The person in charge wasn't there but I left my details =)

When I went up with Selvy to go upstairs apparently there were 2 members from Switchfoot. I like their music but I don't know what they look like hehehe. She got really excited :)

The message was really good tonight =) Simple message but had substance and impact to it =)

Also today is Father's Day. Wishing all the dads a Happy Father's Day =) Thanks Dad for everything! Thank you for being patient, the mediator, teaching me to drive hehe and just being you! Love you =)

Walking Journey

Today finally went to Mosman to try to get my ipod fixed. Turns out it is the battery and they are going to swap the unit. It is going to cost me $120. That's not too bad considering I was told it was my hard drive and that would have cost me $209. While I was in Mosman, I had a look around the markets =) so cool.

Went back home and Miss Anita called me and invited to go out shopping =) Well I didn't buy anything. I am very proud of myself =) The only thing I bought was fruit salad and food stuff for our dinner =) Miss Anita wanted to buy boots. Boy, you could say we circled the whole city to find the perfect boot for her! But I enjoyed the walks as we stopped by cute stores on the way and picked up free catalogues and playing cards =) After we bought her boot, we bought the next important thing, FOOD FOR DINNER =) Now that was an experience!

Because we decided to buy food stuff around 5pm we weren't sure Paddy's was opened still. So we checked it out and yes it was still opened. Man, it was crazy. Shop owners were discounting vegetables and fruit. You could say we grabbed some bargins =) I wanted to check the price of garlic and it was $1.20 and I walked away and the man shouted at me, "Where are you going?" So I felt guilty and bought the garlic from him.

So we got all our food items and then headed back to Miss Anita's place and prepared dinner =) So nice. The soup was soooo tasty =) While eating dessert (which we had ice cream and mandarins which was soooo sweet =),
I watched Ratatouille, the movie was so funny and cute =)

It was good to get out of the house and enjoy my day with friend's company. Thank you Anita for the invite =) Thank you to Kyon for taking me to Mosman =)