February Recap.

Short & Sweet. A summary of the last month of Summer, 2010. The shortest month of the year. The 28 Days of February in it's only and finest ever for this year.

2Feb: Sab's 19 3Feb: Dinner for the Birthday Girl with Bernadette at L'Accademie, Fortitude Valley 4Feb: Erhu session at D. M Henderson Park, Sunnybank; lunch with Colin 5Feb: Lunch and shopping with Michelle at Garden City; coffee with Timothy in the City 6Feb Work 10.30-5.30; church; Mystique with Colin and Maurice; Sabrina and friends 9Feb: Lunch at the Broncos Leagues Club with Erik, Ella, Romnick and Susan followed by Chermside for shopping; then Gelatissimo; city :) 10Feb: Dad's Birthday! Driving with Yannick; Birthday dinner at Chinese Garden with the family <3.11Feb: Erhu; posted a letter to my love, Stephanie in Sydney 13 Feb: Chinese New Year's Eve; Work 11.30-5.30; Campbell's over for CNY Eve Dinner <3; stop motion sesh 1 14 Feb: Chinese New Year's Day!/Valentine's Day; Lunch at the Tchang's, Meadowbrook; Dinner at the Tan's, Shailer Park 16Feb: Ikea Checkouts meeting 8-10AM; MegaCentre explore/escape from intense rain & manual driving lesson with Romnick, IKEA Carpark. 17Feb: Ash Wednesday; Church; Sabrina's for lunch, Chapel Hill; then joined Achyut, Bao and Vin in the city for dinner and a few rounds of pool 18Feb: Erhu; DFO Jindalee with Sabrina and Bao 19Feb: Lunch with Rachel and Yannick @ Top Noodle, Sunnybank; 2 hour driving lesson, Secret Location ;]; Cold Rock, Southbank and GoMa with the two; GoMa Up Late featuring a DJ set by Ladyhake and the amazing vocals of Meg Washington with Danni and a bit of Colin 20Feb: Work 10.30-5.30; Girls night out with the company of Larissa, Ashleigh and Danni....met, mustang, x&y, fringe, magic city; but mostly Met 21Feb: Work 11-5.30 22Feb: DROVE TO WORK! AND BACK! FIRST TIME EVER!! DID A ROUNDABOUT! STILL ALIVE!! :D 23Feb: Southbank and ferry to Riverside with Romnick, Erik, Susan and Charlotte; Dinner at Little Singapore, City with Aymish, Bao, Devin, Vin, Achyut, Sabrina and Laura; then met Nancy and Rachel for bowling at Strike Wintergarden; IKEA REP <3! 24Feb: 8-10AM Fire Training @ IKEA. EXTINGUISHED A FIRE. Amazing! [Fun fact: It takes only 3 minutes for a house to fill up with smoke. Also, in house fires, the killer is usually the smoke and hardly ever the fire. Remember that, kids.] UQ Market Day with Bao and Sab. Joined clubs and such; United with Achyut in the City. 26Feb: Hillsong with Sab & Ice Skating with Michael and Daniel, Anmol and friends, Accacia Ridge; late diner/supper @Malaya Corner with the guys, Market Square Sunnybank; early morning pool sesh with Yannick and Josh; 28Feb: International Students Welcome BBQ @ Brookfield hosted by Kenmore Baptist Church with Sabrina, super location, epic house & dinner!; Colin's 23rd birthday festivities.


Okay that was a slightly more jam-packed mini-month than I envisaged having to type out...heck, it's 2AM!
Well, I honestly can't say I'm disappointed with the year thus far and hope I can blog just as easily about my (barely existent) studies? Someone motivate me! I need study tips ;O!!

Sweet dreams, World. HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

<3, Yours Truly :).

Swoon.

Think I'm a little bit in love with this find. Thank you Frankie Magazine :).

Early to uni. A free litre of Mildura Citrus Burst -a refreshing twist of orange & lemon. Lunch with Aline in the Great Court. Convincing Becky and friend, Joel to migrate over to our tree :). UQ Art Gallery visit. Japan Job Hunting. COMU2233 lecture. (Intensity: Overwhelming. Sitting in the third row with Felicia did nothing to prevent my head from nodding off...;O). Searching for a place to study, and stumbling across an empty two-seater table between the Schonell Theatre and the Pizza Cafe, in perfect earshot of a wonderfully talented pianist. I think I need a live pianist every time I hit the books now. The spontaneity and anticipation of the music certainly maintains the liveliness and activity of my cranium :). I've decided I shall never study in the library again... I'm too prone to falling a s l e e p mid-reading. And with no one around to witness..I don't really care. But I do..when I realise how much time I've wasted. SO. If I study in an open, public space, I will be less likely to succumb to slumber and be fueled by an 'audience', somewhat -to keep on keepin' on. THE WORKLOAD THIS SEMESTER IS SO, SO INTENSE! Especially for Chinese! Erk.

Speaking of which...Time to get back to it;

So for now, sayonara! <3

meditation.

Well hey there Dearest EM,

And hasn't it been a while?

Well, I suppose I have been quite busy in the past month or so, working, catching up with friends, trying new things, making new friends, doing old things and thinking and wondering and drawing and writing all on the in between. Then uni began. It's no excuse, really -as I was reminded in my Journalism lecture today. I'm an aspiring writer..si? So the least I should do is write...daily, perhaps -and in doing so somewhat maintain the spirit of the 'of the day' part of the blog. Eek.

Ahh, life. But amongst the hustle and bustle we must also make time for q u i e t.

Meditation. I want to elaborate more on this but I'm afraid my dad has the link. But for the past two nights he's been introducing this ancient practise to us, and we've been just chilling, just simply being in the moment...for about ten minutes each night. 

It's not the first time I've had a go at this, but after you get over the initial silence...the realisation that you can simply just switch off  -no phone, no computer, no internet, facebook, televison, it really is something.

And suddenly amidst the distractions -the buzz, the noise, the busyness and stress of daily life, you'll find that focus. That...presence. That acquaintance and appreciation of merely just being that is so foreign to people of the modern day.n

This morning I had to catch a slow train to uni. And for once, I didn't feed my ears with my music. Rather, I left it idle in my bag and became once more accustomed to the cheery morning exchange of conversation at the trainstation, the steady clack-clacking of the train tracks, the rushed yells of school students I'd appeared to so quickly have forgotten. And as I stared out the thick glass pane, I let my mind take a leisurely wander. 'Cause when your mind isn't cluttered with distraction...you'll realise you notice things. The little things. And for me, it's what makes a day all the more worthwhile. For we cannot ever be certain of what is to come, so  hold on to the little things, the good things, and count your blessings.

<3

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