NEWSFLASH!!!

The Sydney Morning Herald liked my pic I sent them from Europe and will be publishing it in the "Travel" section on Saturday, December 4th! So get a copy next Saturday!!!

Butterfly Dust

Once in primary school at lunchtime, I saw a butterfly and cupped it in my hands. It fluttered inside my hands and then I let it go. Afterwards, my hands felt very light and it felt like air could pass through it. I told my friends that the butterfly dust on butterfly wings make the butterflies feel lighter and help them fly and when it was in my hands, it transferred some dust to my hands.

Later on my friends and I found a dead butterfly and we rubbed the butterfly dust off its wings and put it all on our arms. It's kinda shiny and glittery. That lunchtime, I ran around the playground "flying" because my arms felt so light.

Now that I'm older, I wonder if that's really true. I would like to try it again sometime. However, I'm a lot more scared of insects now (having been stung by a bee and bitten by a spider already this week). Actually, since we're on the topic, I'll describe my little incident this week. I was outside a very public shopping centre with Danny and I was wearing an off the shoulder top. I felt a sharp pain on my armpit and it killed and then i pulled out the sting. A bee then crawled out of my top and Danny tried to get it off while I was freaking out and everyone was staring. I felt like crying and wanted to see a doctor but danny took me to the chemist instead. I've had a fat armpit this week.

PS. Danny says a lot of mosquitoes bite me because I have sweet blood. I eat a lot of lollies and ice cream. Does that mean if I don't eat as much sugar, mosquitoes will bite me less?

BLERGH. This is how i feel now. My exams seem to be dragging on forever ... i am so terribly bored and have been watching too much TV. this pic was taken by carol when i wasn't noticing. hopefully i dont always look like that

'Sex in the City' and 'Friends' finales

There are all these finales on now which is good because they are good for study breaks. I don't watch Sex in the City all the time but watched the finale because I wanted to spot the places in Paris that I've been to in the show and also look at Carrie's very expensive, beautiful clothes.

I found both finales pretty unsatisfying and a bit boring but I guess they had to end it like that to make everyone happy. Everyone lives happily ever after ... Carrie and Big together, Charlotte gets her baby, Samantha finds someone that she likes not just for sex, Miranda shows "love" ... it was quite sappy. I found the earlier episodes funnier when it was more trivial and fun.

Friends was very cliche with Ross running to the airport and just when Rachel was about to board the plane, he declares how much he loves her. Monica and Chandler get twins, Phoebe has a good bf, Rachel and Ross together, the only person who isn't paired up is Joey. Except they are making a series called 'Joey' next year so I guess he'll find his true love then.

They all basically suggest that in order to be happy, you fall in love with the guy you've known longest and who has always been there for you and you have babies. Sex in the City was so girl power, go-you-independent-woman like but in the finale, they have to have a nice boy and babies to be truly satisfied and happy in life.

The OC season finale is on tonight! Yay! I love the show. Very good looking people, very unrealistic .. but a good watch! The tricky thing is that Ryan has known Theresa the longest and judging by the above finales, the partner you've known the longest ends up being your true love. But in the OC, Theresa is portrayed more as an intruder into Ryan and Marissa's relationship. So that's tricky. I'm guessing in the finale of the OC, Ryan and Marissa will end up together but tonight in the season finale, Ryan might end up with Theresa!! Because they gotta have something that will make us eagerly anticipate the start of the season again.

Is it now WOMEN who buy the drinks?

I was talking to Danny this morning about his night out last night and I asked him whether any girls tried to hit on him and he said sort of yes. I asked him, "What did she say?" and he said she asked him whether she could get a drink for him. I thought that was very weird! Am I really out of the loop or are GIRLS now the ones buying the drinks? Maybe its a new wave of girl power that I haven't noticed. I then tried to imagine whether I would buy a stranger a drink if I were single. The thought seemed so foreign to me ... what if the guy said no like how Danny said no to that girl? That would be quite humiliating since ur offering someone something for free but they reject you. Then I thought - hang on, do guys go through that same insecurity?

Please let me know if u have seen/know girls who buy drinks for guys! And guys - do u feel insecure/nervous when u buy drinks for girls?

The Evolution of Young Mel's Poetry

I've been pretty bored tonight so have been reading through my past diaries. I guess I could be in the city now enjoying drinks and hanging out with friends and bf but its raining and am feeling pretty lazy. I was flicking thru some entries and remembered I used to write these less than 5 minute poems to try to write how i feel in less than 5 minutes.

In 1997:
I feel like ice cream
I feel like ice creeaamm
I feel like ice creeeaaammm
Me want ICE CREAMMMMMMMMMM!

(I was such a poet wasn't I) ok that poem was just dumb. The next poem is what my friend Monica would describe as "so teenage". I guess my values were quite different and evolved to become like this-

This world.
This place.
The entire human race is
Flawed.
Viscious cycles on
Material things,
Less on self and more on what
Society thinks.
We are what we own and not
Who we are,
Judged not by our inside beauty
But on our car.
Relationships formed from money,
Status, and keys to the corporate above,
And not on the beautiful connection of
Love.
I wish I could be in another time and place,
But human nature
Will always have the same face.

Many people don't show their ramble scribbles they write because its private and it's the same case with me but i guess as you grow older, you just kind of laugh at what you used to write and ur not embarassed by them because it was so long ago and now think that what u wrote was dumb. I don't write anything anymore (damn commerce which has numbed any creativity in me ... or maybe ive just been occupied with other thigns in my life) but I wouldn't put my recent (3 years ago) writings up because I guess the pieces might still mean something to me and wouldn't wanna hear criticism. This made me think - when will I put those "recent" writings up? If the answer is never, that might mean i've matured. I can hear people laughing but I mean a different sense of maturity, of knowing yourself and more of an understanding of ur place in the world. Am i there yet? i dont think quite yet. there are still a few big hurdles for me to jump and am probably just a sterotypical naiive uni girl now. sorry if i dont make sense im tired. Good nighT!

Yes I am sure Im not 16

I was asked by two different people today at separate occasions whether I was going on schoolies. And last week my Mum's friend asked whether I was 16 and was so shocked when I told her no I'm about to finish uni. I dont think i look that young although being asian makes me look young but 16... thats going a bit far (I even got 14 last year). Like today I was shopping at Dan Murphys buying some drinks and I got asked whether I was buying alcohol for schoolies. I then went to a shop later on to talk to the manager about which days I had to work and he asked, "Why? Do you want some time off for schoolies?". And even more humiliating was when I applied for a retail job last week and the manager asked me how old I was. I stumbled a bit because I was about to say 21 (cuz im nearly turning 21) but am actually 20. He then looked at me like he knew I was lying about my age and said, "Sure.... Are you sure you are 20?". And I'm like, "Yeah of course I know". He looked away like he didn't believe me and said, "Yeah well then ill contact you shortly if we have availability". He probably threw away my resume straight after I left the shop. I don't think I look that young!!

Life is looking good

Exams aren't really bothering me and as nerdy as it sounds, studying isn't too bad at the moment. Maybe because I don't too much of it (ended up going to a friend's place last night ... then went to a bar in my pyjamas with cath ... and went shopping today).

But there's 4 months of holidays to look forward to! I know my start date now. Unilever has been really nice and have granted my wish to start in April. So basically I have everyday free from December till April! Oh! Except for 1st January. I'm going to Fuzzy Field Day. Is anyone else going that haven't told me yet?

I'm planning to work as a casual in summer in some retail store as I haven't really touched too much on that aspect yet. So far I've got a few options but pay isn't really too important. I'm thinking ... working in summer plus the beach and spend Xmas with Danny's family, road trips and then in February/March go overseas. Im thinking of going to Thailand and going to their tropical beaches, eating their yummy food and relaxing in their spas. I've always wanted to go to the Bahamas and other places in the Carribean to get the whole coconuts and cool Jamaican people thing but it's too far away. I also want to go to New York, Hollywood and California but its winter there. I want to go to Greece and Spain but seems like a waste since I already went to Europe this year.

Mmm.... travelling

A Slightly Different Conspiracy ... [Picture taken at 12:49AM on Tues]. Read the post below.

Two sightings in One Day

I know many think I've gone a bit loopy and probably think I put nothing in my blog but posts about random shoes and photos from 21sts, but I saw TWO sightings on the road yesterday and it seems like the Random Shoe Bandits have read my blog and changed their tactics to create another conspiracy!

Last night (on a Monday night), my neighbour was driving me home from Hilary's 21st. We then saw a bottle in the middle of the road on the double line. She braked hard when I told her to stop and I made her reverse all the way back because I had my camera and took a picture of it (picture above). The scary thing was earlier on that day, I saw a random tie exactly on the double line of the road. This was on the same road near my house. I was talking to my neighbour about it and she reckons the bandits put it on the double line to deliberately confuse me because if they were placed on other areas of the road, cars would run over them and push them aside.

I've also seen about 6 dead possum sightings this year on the road and they are always where the double line is. Oh dear...

Hilary's 21st party (Poison Ivy). We had to dress up as Superheros!

Nhan and me ... i got really freaked out when he came running to me when i just entered the party!

Steven (as Neo) and Warren (as Super Ted) ... but not so super here!

Me, Matti, Mel ... how creepy does Matti look!

Mel Lim looking hot as Lara Croft!

After i came out of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City (Rome), i noticed these cool stairs. I decided to run all the way down & asked my friend to take a photo of me cuz I thought it might look artistic.

And look here! A few months later after my trip, Emirates copied my ingenious photographic idea for their advertisement but the girl doesnt look as puffed out as i did from running up and down those stairs damn her

Will and i on the quad lawn

Warren doing a cartwheel on the quad lawn. i did cartwheels with Elan and Nat because we're finishing uni and no ones gonna see us again. But Warren forgot he'll be back next year so ppl will remember his spastic cartwheel

Stella and Heesun holding up their certificates

Basil fully concentrating on taking quality photos. He took forever with photos

Cher and i at the Dean's Luncheon

Jocelyn and a kinda tipsy me after the Melbourne Cup in the COMSOC office

Last week of uni *sob*

People have been saying to me, "It's your last week of uni - you must be so happy!". But i'm not really. How can I get excited about working 9 to 5 next year? Im working in something I like but I enjoy my life now a lot better - going to those few hours of class each week, lying in the sun on the quad, drinking with friends after class at the roundhouse, shopping, waking up late, bumping into friends at uni ... just basically having heaps of time to do whatever I want.

It doesn't help that people like Danny say to me, "This is the last time we'll walk to your car together after uni" etc because I feel like such an old fart. Actually, I'm not as sad as I sound. Im taking things as they go and not really thinking too much about the future but just trying to enjoy uni life as much as I can as it is my final week and catch up with friends.
Quote (Warren): "Why do you want to have lunch with me today Mel? You never have lunch with me. Are you ok?"

I haven't started studying for exams except for half a chapter of a book. I have this 'i dont care attitude' which is good and bad. I think im a bit of an airhead right now. I told my friend Will that he shouldn't think so much because life is better when you don't think too much.

Was talking to my cousin just then on msn...
Darren- says:
shud be studying but cant
Darren- says:
ur old now
Darren- says:
i can see it
Darren- says:
we both getting old

Kind of depressing but I dont feel old so its okay. But when others around you feel old, they start acting old and then you might change. So I gotta either hang out with immature people or make younger friends. just kidding. Actually, i think my 'young spirit' will stay in me for a few more years. Im just worried work might kill it!

Below are some pics I've taken of my last week of uni. I haven't put them all up though.

Hazel looking bored in class

Me and Naomi before the Melbourne Cup at the roundhouse

Will and i at the roundhouse

Me and Danny at uni taking a pic on the science lawn (good bye science lawn!)

Wing and i walking to uni today on Anzac Pde after parking at Doncaster and swapping our shoes to walk up to upper campus

Nat, Sarah, and Cathy (high school friends) at Nikki's 21st on Saturday

Random pic i took of myself after Tommy's 21st cuz wasnt tired enough to go to sleep

Me and Janelle at Tommy's 21st on Friday

My boo