Off-ity - poppity.

I'm off to gold coast - where there is supposed to be amazing, amazing weather (although the meteorological reports suggest otherwise). I'm not going to let that dampen my spirits though and neither am I going to let that other thing dampen my very very very very happy spirit. wheeeeeeeeeeeee.

I think sometimes, to have one of the most amazing people in the world as one of my closest friends, is the greatest gift I can ever possibly receive or even, the best thing that can ever happen to me.

Considering that I do feel like (almost!) a crap piece of shit today because the drilling keeps waking me up and the pounding has now caused a headache making me very very grumpy and not pleased. Thanx girl for emailing, despite what's going on in your life.

When would i possibly ever be able to say enough of a thank you.

The past 2 days.

It's been an insanely warm two days - averaging 40 degrees in the middle of autumn. Well ok, it's technically not the middle of autumn yet, but well we're way way way into Autumn to be having summery 40 degree days. I mean of course, I'll probably be complaining about the cold over the next few weeks because if everything goes according to plan, yes, the weather ought to be averaging in the mid-20s by the end of March. It's global warming i tell you - for everything it's worth - it might even snow in the city this winter or it could just be soooo cold that I'll just turn into a bear that has gone into hibernation and people will have to go through mountains of blankets just to find me. It'll be too cold even to eat.

It's so possible...It's scary. But Melbourne gets the full brunt of bad weather - it's officially living up to it's name of being the city that has 4 seasons in a day. I mean, of course, it's not hard to live with - you just kinda get used to it. but oh well. Come to think of it..singapore doesn't have THAT predictable weather either.

Anyhow, I think, as usual my photos do NOT do justice to what life has been like these last two days because of the heat ( i have turned darker already and I didn't even try! ). We played paintball all suited up on Sunday, thankfully the field was air-conditioned helped a teensy bit, but it wasn't enough.

I'm becoming firm friends with my swimming pool on the 25th floor. heh.

Then, my cousin (in all her wisdom) discovered a new coffee place just well, right below the apartment which is opened tres early on a sunday morning. They serve the closest thing you probably ever get to iced kopi-o. But seriously, who is complaining?! Melbourne serves one of the most decent cuppas around. They've let you change it to all manner and form and they even have honey.

I'm a very contented caffeine addict in Melbourne.

And lastly, my hair. yes my hair. I got it cut today and the stylist decided that my hair was worthy of a change - i.e. iron it till there's some semblance of I having wavy hair at the end - almost korean. which I bared for a grand total of 10 mins and gave up having my fringe in my face after. ha. I thought it was pretty though.

All suited up and ready to paint-ball.


Bevan and Terrence.
Can't get anyway without Bevan these days. ha.


Post paint-ball. On the way to lunch.
My cous and I have turned aviator girls.


Bright sunny day at tres amazing coffee place.
still deciding if coffee is really good or not though.


New haircut:)

But let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
- 3 X 5, John Mayer.

One of the reasons why I had such a great summer.

I think if I had to do it all over again - I would. I would give up another summer of great Singapore sun and bumming in Sentosa. These people almost turned my dreams into reality. Their work ethic is exactly the way that i imagine work will be for me next time. I can't imagine not being able to play hard after working my sorry ass off for the week. I would greatly love mentors who are willing and patient enough to teach me. I don't mind the scoldings that would most definitely come when you're working in one of the top firms in Singapore because it would just make you better. I very much thankful for all of them - from the BIG BOSS to my mentors who were really at the bottom of the food chain BUT never failed to make time to chat, to have coffee and to throw me a line when really, all that they've told me to do didn't make a single piece of sense. I know i want to do construction law and even more, I know that I want to practise law.

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey
- Mrs Robinson, Simon & Garfunkel

Though they very much aren't Mrs Robinsons, I hope very much in my heart that they'll all be very happy people and if one day i get the opportunity to work with and for them, I'll be very very much over the moon.

I get misty holding your hand.

Moon river wider than a mile
Im crossing you in style someday
You dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever youre going Im going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
Theres such a lot of world to see
Were after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me
- Moon River, Frank Sinatra

Of late, in the last few days I've been caught up in the middle of this tug of war. It's not fun, but I'm dealing with it because the thought of having one day having to let him go makes me scared. See, this is what I mean by a withering, dependent mess. I hate.

I have a newly acquired pair of sunnies though - of which I'm very very happy about.:)

I'm in such a happy place - almost over my head in happy that I'm actually quite afraid now that if this all gets taken away - I might actually be left with nothing. However, I shall try and re-stabilise my inner being (like re-balancing the force in Star Wars) and be thankful and enjoy the ride.

I still hope though, this never goes away.

I'm so very much spoilt, it's quite scary to think that I can actually be this blessed.

We've always said that our heads were ruling,
And I don't know how but here we are.
This I'll admit is a fine how-do-you-do,
But this might be I-discover-I'm-for-you.
And just as sure as it's more than fooling.
It's quite a lot more than just a little in love
- A little bit in love, Frank Sinatra.

It's a beautiful world.

Not because I'm in love (or trying very hard to hope to be in love!) but rather because of the beautiful sun that I've been blessed with (after all, how can i possibly be glum and gloomy if the sun is in full blast outside), for the day I get off today, for the amazing music that I keep finding and getting to play. So all it's not lost - after all how can one thing determine how you are for the rest of your life.

I do what i can wherever i end up
To keep giving my good love
And spreading it around
Cause i've had my fiar share of take care and goodbyes
I've learned how to cry
And i'm better for that


Sing how far do i have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do i have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Send me the miles and i'll be happy to
Follow you Love
- Many the Miles, Sara Bareilles

So cheers to many a good day, for there are very very amazing things out there awaiting us all.:)

To be Thankful.

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
- Indescribable, Chris Tomlin

I had one of those utterly honest and almost brutally frank conversations last night. It wasn't painful - in fact, I think perhaps, it was one of the best conversations that I've had in my life so far despite the enormity of its contents. I get the feeling that conversations should be like that all the time, particularly serious ones because it allows what is true to surface and it allows the people to be utterly frank with each other. I believe it's important that things are like that more than anything, particularly when we all start finding that it's easier to write than voice what we think out. And no, I don't mean that serious conversations have to be confrontational or heated (like what we see on tv), but rather, they can be honest and from the heart. They can be good intentioned.

I just realised how important it is. and for me, it's especially especially important.

I reckon I can be charmed just by talking to a person alone - utterly and hopelessly taken and overwhelmed.

I have to remember that at the end of the day, there are so much amazing and beautiful things out there - so i'm out to enjoy the sun and play tennis:)

utter bliss.

I still think, up to today, if I had the opportunity to do a thesis on the Holocaust and World War 2, I would drop everything and just do it. The New York Times has just uploaded an interview with Holocaust survivors in America - take a lookie if you might be a history buff like me. There's just so much to learn.

Click here for the link.

Random Thoughts

I'm really hungry right now. and despite the plethora of options available to me, my cousin and I still have difficulty deciding what we want to have for lunch or breakfast or all three meals combined together.
I told my cousin that I'm going to promise that I'll lose weight so that we'll both be the same weight. That way, we can go lead climbing together and amazingly would be another notch in our rock-climbing "belt".

Climbing. Tennis. Diving: What she says is true - i might be able to do away with my gym membership in a few months - particularly because gym's getting a little dreary to go to since I've got all the sun in the world to bask in. One of the few things that Australia is amazing for. :)

I just bought the Jonas Brothers' CD online and for fear of sounding like a person who really doesn't like any other kind of music BUT pop - they're really quite good. After all sometimes, the most beautiful love songs are those written rather innocently:)

I'm very much turning into this wimpy mess no thanks to whoever it is. I'm not complaining that much, as long as he's continually around (even if just once in a few days) i'll be as happy as when I'm enjoying my first cuppa for the day.

When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
- When you look me in the eyes, Jonas Brothers

Off climbing. Going to attempt the dreaded blue wall today.
Oh and Definitely, Maybe is a must watch. It's a beautiful show:)

Brilliant three hour lecture. Shopping. Nuaing. Rock-Climbing. Karaoke. And now, it's time to rest.


There can be no better way to spend the day, just wish that he might call though.


Oh well. I'll live.


I'll just think about my glorious weekend. I need to pay back sleep debt.


Goodnight world. goodnight me.

Idiot.

I am the one. I missed Kelly's concert even though I had the tickets for it. I've outranked all the doofuses in the country. so now, let me mope about it a bit more. Too many "on the verge of heart attack" moments in just 2 days of school. If this goes on for the whole semester, I might die.

NMLB!!!!!!

It's the second day of school today, well second day for me..and second day of the second week for everyone else. Haven't seen many others in school yet, but I'm sure I would in time to come:) Can't believe how quickly time flew through summer - it's been three weeks since I last got back to Melbourne for exams and I've already three weeks at drew, now I'm here. Sitting this apartment of mine that my cousin and I call home for the better part of the year. 

Summer was truly a blast and though i could possibly go on and on about how much I miss work now, how much I wonder the stuff I'm doing is going to be relevant to practice in the future..I can it's better to tell you about the experience.

I spent the last three weeks in Drew getting one of those once in a lifetime experiences that I swear changed my life forever. I spent the first 2 days learning and the 13 days after just doing. This is what I've learnt though:

1. I do not mind the amounts of paperwork that come with construction claims
   
2. I very much enjoy the challenges of going through numbers and the technicalities that come with construction
   
3. I appreciate the intricacies of litigation and am quite certain that it is what I want to do
   
4. I know what kind of work environment that I would love to work in - the work your ass off but play like crazy kind.
   
5. I want to do B & C and I have to start off at a medium to large firm to get decent exposure
   
6. The importance of being patient and be willing to teach

And out of all these things, perhaps the most important thing is that I've found friends or mentors rather. Friends who have gone through and are very much willing to help me out - go out of their way to help me. There's really nothing else to say but thank you to D&N's B&C team.

So to say that I'm blessed is an understatement, fortunate and truly blessed would be a better way to describe it. And of course, having spent the last few days of summer getting to know one of the few people whom I'm starting to come to appreciate more and more has truly been one of those "I can't believe that I can be that lucky" things.

So that said.. I'm still settling in, but I've got all my books, reading guides, tutorial booklets and the fridge is stacked with food except my suitcase is still half unpacked. I've got permission from my housemate (ala my cousin) to leave it out for awhile (I've got too many things, that I admit!). I'm pretty much ready to begin working hard for the next two weeks at least till my ass gets itself to gold coast for the easter weekend!

Time for admin. and i just joined a "I heart Kwame" group on Facebook. ha. Career hazard.

Savor the sorrow to soften the pain sip on
The southern rain
As I do, I don't look don't touch don't do anything
But hope that there is a you.
- One Sweet Love, Sara Bareilles