Because everyone’s got it!
ganked from various people!:
Step One
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered…whatever you’re comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 12 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun to medium to really big. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it’s your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friends list (or friends of friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here’s the important part:
If you see a wish you can grant, and it’s in your heart to do so, make someone’s wish come true. Once a wish has been granted, it will be crossed off the list.
You needn’t spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn’t to put people out, it’s to provide everyone a chance to be someone else’s holiday elf–to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not–it’s your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just…wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you’ll have the joy of knowing you made someone’s holiday special.
every year i do this. this, to me, is fun. this x’mas list is by no means a request or a subtle begging for things, but really goals for me to reach within the period from this christmas to next christmas. sometimes, i made it, sometimes i don’t. this year though, and this coming year too, looks like a lot will get done.
1) Something from my amazon wishlist (of course, preferably the shoes! :p)
2) a digital piano. frankly, i have no preference, since i don’t know very well. but hey, yamaha and rolands are the only ones available where i am anyways. korg, which is on my amazon wishlist, might actually sound good as a digital piano. if i get one, i will be playing songs for everyone. starting with canon in D for shadow and manta.
3) shower and facial stuff from Lush. favourites are: Dreamwash, ayesha and cosmetic warrior.
4) a subscription to foreign affairs and/or new york times
5) the new yorker cat’s engagement diary
6) speedo swimmers, so i can learn swimming in. preferably one with actual breasts cups, i REALLY don’t wana reveal my nipples, kkthxbye.
7) a western digital 1tb hard drive. these things are getting damn cheap! (but my hard drive is now a brittle 25 gigs left! rar! too much anime!)
a longboard (skateboard type), so i can run into the traffic, and laugh at everyone!
9) baby the stars shine bright!!!! (^_^v) or their lucky packs.
10) a bose sound dock system.
11) the Ikea swivel chair in pink!!!!!!!
12) thick base cooking wares. i have never realised that you need thick bases when you are using electric stove tops. makes sense, they are easy to heat up.
13) borders book vouchers, or myers, or david jones.
14) a damn new job!
ok, that’s it. i know huh, mostly in the hundreds hahaha! just let me love you darling, love you!!!!!
tiredDear Smoke
Wtf man, the only time and reason you would contact me is to ask me for your birthday present?
like, hellooo, you are living in ENGLAND. takes 7 days minimum to mail your ass to you. and because you are such an undeserving person, i am mailing you kangaroo scrotums, you unappreciative little twat!
GO LASER NIPPLES! and btw, don’t be commenting <<<<33333333 only cause you needed presents, i will send you caged boxes of dildos, and your mum will flip!
(ya i know, this is a very sudden, crazy and stupid/random post. he will understand.)
amusedCelebratory
I know, this all seems a little too soon. I am still afraid of the electoral college picking McCain, or some weird stuff happening that would result in another Al Gore Vs Bush.
I am still happy!!!
I know some of my friends don’t like McCain, and some are fairly indifferent. Why am I so concerned? Frankly, I can’t explain. But here’s a toast to the President Elect, Barack Obama!!! ^_________^
week = Fail!
Tried to tidy up the desk, cat came and ran it all over. I give up, going to leave everything as it is. it looks damn artistic.
In all other news, I am watching Clannad, Toradora, Yokazura Quartet and extremely tired but insomniac since 3 am last night. Thank God Jayse is coming to Australia tomorrow.
I also bought lotto tickets for the first time in my life, for 5 weeks in a row. I think I fail in picking numbers too LOL, only 1 number matched anything that was in the winning “picks”. whatever, stupid computerized degenerate gambling shit. What happened to the good old days of turning a giant ball and dropping small numbered balls out? pssh.
So far, my most productive “gambling venture” has been the slots machines. won like 5 times my expenditure at one stage. I think I am just not made for gambling. years of watching my mum waste her whole life away on bad gambling habits and having a mental calculator on how much my “profits and losses” are, not to mention what… marginal costs and stupid economical shit that ran through my head —– they don’t make one a good gambler when you’re constantly seeing a minus sign.
typical thoughts during a “gambling venture”:
“I could be spending these 30 minutes reading my new book.”
“dropped $5 into the slots, won $20. spent $10 in this place for coffee and food, total profits = $5. not worth it. shitty coffee too.”
If truth be told, the only good place for Coffee nowadays, since starbucks’ up and abandon us, is delissio in Braddon.
The week past has been wonderful. *snerk* apparently *I* exploded a keg. someone didn’t finish the “keg-changing” tutorial, so i left the switch on when it’s meant to be on then off immediately. $160 and 50 liters of alcohol joined the sewage system.
And because I was drenched in alcohol and breathed in about 2 hours worth of alcohol, I went home sick as a dog for the first time due to “alcohol inhalation”. On top of the wonderfully pollen-laden atmosphere, I near killed myself had i not have anti-histamine well prepared.
That’s not to say the tears stopped. Despite the anti-histamine working on the sniffles, I still looked like I cried in a funeral, and sound like I just dropped my nuts. Then again, it’s that time of the year. I spent Friday wheezing around the kitchen, about to snap someone’s head off if they make me talk more than I have to.
What made it all so worthwhile though… Waking up with Meow in the nook of my armpits, purring and hugging me like a little baby, sound asleep. now, if my babies look like kitties…..
blahcontemplation
yet again, I wonder about the future. I am tempted to do a side diploma of sorts, towards something I can do a… hands on approach about things. There are plenty of restrictions though, seeing that I am not a resident here, and obviously money doesn’t drop from the skies.
But If i can… IF i can… sigh.
anyways, I signed up for Nanowrimo this year. 2 years after my original signed up. I think I wrote no more than a page’s worth the last time. I hope to do more this year, lol. I can come up with all kinds of excuses why I didn’t write it up, but the truth is I was too lazy to really care i guess.
What’s going to make it different this year?
The fact that I really have nothing else to do otherwise. Yes, leaving school essentially means NOTHING to do for the longest time. It’s scary to be faced with that, and job hunting sounds surreal. I have never really imagined my life without my studies, so… to really leave school and have no more exams to look forward to?
damn.
I don’t want to come away and live the rest of my life in a cubicle though. I have downloaded/bought some language tapes to start off/continue with (German, Spanish and Japanese came to mind). And somewhere along the line, I might go “finish” my first aid course. Some eons ago, I went for first aid classes. The last class was CPR. I was only, what, 17. I refused to be caught dead “kissing” a fucking dummy.
so I never turned up for it.
so 10 years on, I am trying to look for places where I can attend first aid classes. I am kind of lost, but i think I can only learn them at CIT or community evening colleges or something. made me wonder why the hell i was so stupid hahaha…
Don’t get me wrong though, I am looking forward to “growing up” finally. 6 years on, and life’s going to be moving elsewhere, in a sense.
contemplativeTwitter Updates for 2008-10-23
- don’t know what to do with the stupids sometimes. oh wells. #
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anticipating
some random updates.
The fire next door was quelled, about 1.5 - 2 hours after it started. we didn’t nose around to ask what happened, but it’s not hard to guess considering the amount of damage done to parts of the house. the insurance guys came around, as well as, i guess, the landlord. as of this moment, they are all gated up now but no one seems to be harmed.
i think a large part of me almost feared for my life, but i didn’t know what to do. i wanted to save my cat and my bunny, and it was the only thing that ran through my head, because i assumed, from the one glance, that it was our house.
Brisingr came out a few weeks ago, and i bought it and bought the TY beanie commemorative of it. I know, and understand many people who think that christopher paolini has about as much talent and originality as a piece of rock - particularly since his essential storyline is pretty much the same as half of the fantasy books out there.
but i like fantasies, and i like a “different” feel of personalities and names. and so, i still enjoy it. sucks though that i have hardly the time to read it.
I did find the time for some easy indulgence though. a little chat with Paingasm Mike’s friend pointed me in the right direction with regards to food, exercising and me. In the last year and abit, since i moved in with waife, it was like my brain and body, who were slightly starved in the year prior to that, suddenly realised they could eat. as a whole, i didn’t “know” how long this would last, and also, “I” wanted to enjoy as much food as i can since i can now.
so i ate and i ate.
So, it’s back to bento-ing for me. it’s a little hard to crack bad eating habits, but i am on… day 4 right now, so slowly, i should be able to ease myself back in. obviously, i am just “starting” back, so nothing’s quite as varied as they were growing to be previously. not to mention, it seems i have lost some of my bento equipments T_T
that’s not to say that i didn’t indulge, on a smaller scale.
as for what i would do after graduation, frankly i am not sure. alot of the jobs i want to do and am eligible for are “citizens only”. I kind of want out from hospitality, at the same time, with such a visa standing, where i am not sure of whether i would be approved or not, it’s also hard to find a full time job that would accept me.
furthermore, there’s lots of gray areas about some things, it seems pretty complicated. perhaps i will just stay put until my visa’s granted. ^_^
giddyTwitter Updates for 2008-10-17
- i’ve been bitten by mosquitoes 11 times in the space of 5 mins. i killed 1 mozzie so far - i’m worried about bunny #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-16
- w00t! handed in my migration paperwork & fees! now, to join the apparently 8 month long queue lol #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-14
- is extremely excited, but can’t celebrate yet. need 2 bed, work, wait 4 thursday to roll along & confirm stuff 1st. $ is but, the first step #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-12
- at work, doing payrolls, really tired and highly strung. want to bite something #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-11
- Canon has new camera. the camera E1. looks like it’s a 10mp compact cam? definitely a need!!! #
- http://tinyurl.com/4q7nfq everyone should join plurk! #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-10
- just woke; munching on lollies; rolling around the floor; reading emails #
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tell me you can’t feel the heat
best dancers ever!! Katee’s sexy, Joshua has the moves, and everything about them just clicks!!
relaxedRambling and rattling
one of the 2 houses next door (it seems to be one big plot of land, with 2 giant houses) caught on fire tonight. As to why and how it happened, one can only guess. It was such a huge raging fire that when i first saw it through the glass panes, i thought it was mine on fire and i almost freaked out. Thankfully, it’s settled and the fire brigade got here quick enough. Unfortunately, i judging from the size of the fire and the amount of water needed, i think the house is quite destroyed.
JB Jeyaratnam is gone too. Personally, he was one of the first few political figures i have ever studied, rather than the Australian ones, because he was a “home” character. His life struggles with the PAP will never leave my memories. They were shocking, a bigger revelation than what I was used to, and funny how… I only found his biography here in Australia. Obviously, to some people, they might view him differently from me. I always thought he left an interesting mark on the Singapore political scene - fighting, will not back down, will not be “bought” by nice speeches or insincere gestures.
His was a long, dramatic life where he did not back down. Goodbye sir, thanks for all the time you spent on Singapore. No matter how much or how little, you left a mark that can not be erased.
This poem, by Dylan Thomas, probably sums him and all he has done up the best.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.— Dylan Thomas
contemplativeTwitter Updates for 2008-10-03
- am awake for some reason, going to the gym. and damn, is it hari raya already? selamat hari raya!! #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-02
- wiped laptop up - been showing stains from all my reckless eating @ the desk; Cleaned up some of the office; got called into work D: #
- in dire need of kuih makmur T_T norjit where are you when i need you T_T the closest thing they have here is almond shortcake #
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the rabbit will be eaten alive
So, term break, I have been just sitting on my ass and reviewing my assignments, my past essays and text books. it’s amazing what has been going into my brains, what’s been retained and what not. With the crash of the American economy, the buzz going around the classrooms just before the break was “how will other countries be affected” and now WebCT’s discussion hovers over “which market will crash next, or will someone rise as the next leader”. Questions, questions, but answers will not be as easy.
Meanwhile, I have been doing some spring cleaning. The house is already in a disarray due to my inability to juggle my time with work and life. So i got myself a momiji. don’t know why, but I’ve always love momijis since young. We’ve had a whole display case worth when i was young (complete with a display case worth of my hello kitties, rofl), but when we moved around, and around, they got lost and are probably stuffed in one of those plastic boxes we’ve got back home in Singapore.
The above momiji that i bought was designed by Joanna Zhou. it’s not your traditional type of momiji i guess, but hey, no one would/could hate a nekomimi can they!?!? This momiji fits perfectly in and out of my home, by the way - and Meow absolutely loves her!
I saw the bunny eying her suspiciously though.
and here’s some shots from around the house, and the walk i took the other day
yeah this is my backyard lol, it’s so full of grass and weed, i need to get a gardener in soon or bunny might have issues.
that all said and done, despite the fact that summer’s obviously going to come early into canberra, neither of the pools near me are open. One’s closed for renovations, and the other is closed because it’s Canberra and spring has never been so fabulous. Oh wells.
chipperbecause I can
I forgot to upload picts from a sydney trip eons ago.
I might go for a “fishing trip” (read: where i get to scare their fishes away) with fellow colleagues over long weekend.
There, I will introduce the local wildlife in Jindabyne how to yodel, take pictures, and scream like there’s no tomorrow. Maybe bring home a croc or 2. everyone will learn to sing, dance and make merriment from biting each other. yeah!
p.s yeah, being insomniac is fun, especially when i behave like a drunkard. can you imagine if i ain’t allergic to alcohol!??! i would be damn damn eating this house out! w00h00
crankyTwitter Updates for 2008-09-26
- optus is denying any form of net outage; funcom is denying charging me anything - good times! i think i shall dye my hair pink tomorrow. #
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*squee* nail art!
no, my internet’s not resolved yet. neither has anyone called me like they said they would. i am still pissed, but fuck ‘em. Shadow-chan, you’re right, bigpond is probably the “best” because the co. that owns that brand is also the main monopoly behind all the internet here. it’s way expensive though, we will see what happens tomorrow when i start screaming from the mountains. beyond that, it’s either back to AAPT (most of the time, if anything’s wrong with them, it’s just administrative issues, like changing bank details and not telling us) or go with iinet or something else that i know is somewhat reliable and provides some form of service.
If i just… wtf stare at more nail art, i am going to buy all of them. and then i will wear them, when it’s not work friendly, and snap all of them, and then cry.
better yet, i might just buy all the materials and start making them myself! *stares at more not-work-friendly nails*
i am going through another girlie period, stay tune
cheerfulclothing rage
i so want some goth lolita clothes.
but i also want some maxi dresses.
no to mention, some summer clothes.
can someone just give me like 100,000 to splurge on a whole new wardrobe?!?!
kkthxbye!
chipperTwitter Updates for 2008-09-20
- sore & tired from work; need 2 buy new clothes 4 summer - old ones are missing, torn or gunky/smelly/2 dirty to get cleaned again #
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