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I’m closing this space. Well, not exactly closing. I’m just not going to update anymore. Certain things have happened and it’s resulted in the decision to stop blogging. Thus, no more updates.

Blogging, to me has always been about sharing things that happened in my life. All the good things and the bad ones. All the laughter and joy, the saddness and frustrations too.

For me, the short little chapter here over the past months have been really, really interesting. I’ll still be writing in the house blog. But no more personal blogs.

Thanks to all for reading and sharing your comments with me. I’ve had fun writing the blog and sharing my life with you all.

My room has become a FARTZONE because of Louis. He will walk and sit beside, FART, then take off to wherever you run to. He then acts innocent and looks at you cluelessly as to what he has just done. This will repeat over and over again, no matter how many times you yell at him or run away. This dog has the potential to win an Oscar Award for best animal actor.

Louis is not a dog. He is a SKUNK. They’re both black and white and they have tails. When both of them lift their tails up, it results in an action of which secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected. Okay. Louis doesn’t do that all the time. But still, he acts like half cat, half skunk.

On top of all that, he hates my new heater. My new heater is a fan heater. He will LIE in front of the heater with his face facing it. Then he will growl and grumble. Then he starts to bark at it. Then only he decides to move away from the heater, to another corner and makes funny grumbling noises. For some strange reason, he prefers the old one and likes to lie near the old one even when it is in use. Weird dog.

I think Louis has more or less stopped his puking spree. He’s back to sleeping in the kitchen instead of my room. He puked in my room a lot. I rather my room be a FartZone than a PukeZone. Wait. Let me think about it. Both are equally gross. One is air and the other is fluid which sticks to the carpet. Eek!

Alright. I have to roll him off my bed now. He’s sleeping soundly on it. LoLz. And yes, it certainly is nice weather for tea isn’t it? LoLz.

I woke up with a headache… And a load of mess. Once again, I didn’t have really good sleep.

0928h - Louis vomitted again. 3 times in a row. I got up, got him out into the backyard for him to do whatever business he wants, fed him, applied the carpet shampoo on the carpet.
0932h - I went back to sleep.
1238h - D called.
1240h - Wage knocked on my door. He asked me to go to the kitchen to take a lot. Guess what I saw? Heaps of plastic freezer bags around. Louis somehow managed to get hold of those bags from the dining table and tore it all up. We gave him a spanking. And in the process, he did a turn turtle while struggling from our grasp and let out a spray of his urine. So we spanked him more. And kept him on his leash. Oh yes, because of that he had to take a bath, and we both had to clean up the entire house.
1515h - Lunchtime. Finally, the first meal of the day.

So power right? Hey, I just came across this article.

Mayor calls for lifting Easter bans
By Bridie Smith
April 4, 2006

LORD Mayor John So has warned that Melbourne’s reputation as a shopping destination is under threat because of an out-of-date State Government ban on Easter trading.

Cr So called yesterday for city businesses to be allowed to trade over the Easter long weekend.

State Government trading laws ban large retailers across Victoria, such as Myer, Target, David Jones and supermarket chains, from opening on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Cr So said city businesses should be exempt from this rule, given Melbourne’s reputation as a shopping destination.

“The CBD is a tourist destination now,” Cr So said. “I urge the State Government to reconsider and have the CBD exempt from the Easter trading laws.

“Melbourne is an international shopping destination which rivals London, New York and Paris. It is a year-round, 24-hour vibrant city now.”

Cr So said Melbourne’s tourism growth rate outstripped the national average and that because Melbourne marketed itself as a shopping destination, an exemption from the Easter trading laws was vital.

“Easter is a good time for people to come to Melbourne. We want people to come to Melbourne to have a shopping experience, and that’s why it is so important that the opportunities for the CBD be capitalised and maximised.”

He said it was important that Melbourne’s reputation as an international city be maintained following the success of the Commonwealth Games.

Cr So’s calls were backed by the Australian Retailers Association Victoria, with executive director David Edwards calling for the laws to be reviewed.

“I wouldn’t say Victoria generally is behind the times, but in this particular field of recognising shopping as being one of the CBD’s main attractions, I think we need to review that rule,”Mr Edwards said.

“There would be a good case to be made that the CBD should be given special trading conditions.”

The laws already allow service stations, chemists, fast-food chains and small businesses with fewer than 100 employees to open during Easter.

A spokeswoman for Small Business Minister Andre Haermeyer said the City of Melbourne could apply for an exemption.

However, it would have to prove that there was a longstanding festival to justify the exemption.

“Victoria has the most liberal trading laws in Australia and the intention of introducing these shop trading restrictions was to ensure that as many Victorians as possible can share time with their family and friends,” the spokeswoman said.

Hah! They really should open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Like Singapore! Hehehehehe. *yawns* I need to sleep. But I also need to clean up my room more. LoLz. I better get going to clean it up…

I had shitty sleep last night. This was what happened:

0100h - I turned off my lappie and headed for bed.
0150h - I heard retching. Louis vomitted his dinner out near my room door.
0153h - I finish cleaning up the room.
0154h - Short conversation with D.
0234h - Call from D.
0400h - Hang up the phone.
0428h - Retching noises again. Louis vomitted again.
0430h - Done with cleaning up.
0630h - Retching noises are heard again. Once again, Louis has vomitted.
0631h - The mess is cleaned up. I fall back into bed. Louis keeps licking my face refusing to let me go back to sleep. Oh yes Louis, I get the hint.
0632h - Bring Louis to the backyard to pee and SHIT (yes, at such a god damn horrible hour when I could be nice and snuggly in my warm bed. Instead, I’m outside in the cold, wearing only my 37deg tee with my FBT shorts and looking at the dog do his business - No. 1 & No. 2). Just when I think that it’s over and that I can bring him in, he decides to run to the back of the house. The narrow passageway that leads to my room window and to the toilet window. That’s where the back fence is. I had to go in (there are cobwebs there though we clear it regularly) and drag him out.
0640h - I finally get back to sleep.
0755h - Louis wakes me up. He needs to go use the toilet again. PLUS eat breakfast.
0800h - I fall back into sleep.
0955h - I sms my groupmates to tell them that I cannot go for group meeting. (I’m too sick, I couldn’t speak - I lost my voice and I really couldn’t speak, that’s why I smsed instead of calling)
1142h - I wake up.
1158h - I eat lunch with May Ying.
1230h - Present moment. I’m blogging here and I’ve finished washing all the dishes.

I shall have to go for Counselling workshop later. That’s at 2pm at Caulfield. I hope he’ll only teach for 1 hour. I really am quite tired and drained and my nose and throat really is sore and irritating. LoLz.

Oh, that pretty much sums up what happened during the night and why I didn’t get a good night’s rest.

Hmm… Let’s start with Tuesday (4th April 2006). Christine came by to collect her jacket, purse and some papers because she left them at my place on Monday night. So I pass them to her. Then she left.

Later, just before lunch, Wage came back from school holding a mysterious package. He said that he found it outside our front door.

The mysterious package.

“Huh? What’s this? Looks like soil.” (Hmm… I think the ‘Free Sex’ service is compliments of Wage. Contact him for more details)

Then he put it on the table. Neither me nor May Ying could answer him. So I suggested to May Ying to open it and see what it is. May Ying opened it and promptly said that it was indeed soil.

That’s when I started thinking. And so I said, “Maybe it’s the tea for making bubble tea!”

“Huh?” They both said.

“Uh, well, Christine’s Dad did mention that he’ll pass us the tea for making bubble tea last night. So maybe Christine forgot to pass it to me and left it at our door instead.” I said. “Hmm, lemme smell that thing first.”

“Ever thought that it might be anthrax?” Wage said, not really meaning it.

“How can it be anthrax?!” said May Ying. “Anthrax is white!”

“Well, they could have dyed it to disguise it,” replied Wage.

“Don’t be silly lah,” said May Ying.

Soil or Anthrax? Or just tea for making bubble tea?

By this point of time, I’ve already sniffed into the bag. And so I announced to everyone, “It’s TEA lah! For making bubble tea!!!” Upon finishing my sentence, I dashed into my room and grabbed my phone. Yup, there was a sms from Christine (I suddenly thought that she might have messaged me because I left my phone in my room and after I thought she left, I went to make lunch and I couldn’t hear the door knock because of the rangewood). The message read: “Hey I left a bag of bubble tea powder outside your door- knocked a few times but think u busy. my mum give u one! rem to take in ah! ”

It is bubble tea powder. Not soil or anthrax.

There you have it. Real bubble tea powder.

Yup, so case solved. It’s not anthrax or soil. It’s just bubble tea powder.

On Friday (7th April 2006), May Ying, Wage and I went to chadstone. We had to get some stuff…. And I was just wondering out loud to May Ying if Koko Black was opened. She said that she didn’t think that it’ll be open yet. But what a pleasant surprise we had! It was opened!

Here’s Koko Black @ Chadstone.

The familiar sign….

T2 is nearby…. opposite in fact…

So we all decided to go in for a drink. As usual, the service is really prompt and good. Plently of chocolates on display. Really great stuff.

I had the Chocolate Ice Cream Spectacular. It’s premium chocolate ice cream topped with freshly made chocolate sauce and dark chocolate shavings. It’s simply divine. It’s not those type of ice creams that makes your throat clogged and requires you to drink water before continuing. This one just slides down your throat smoothly and tastes perfectly nice. Beautiful piece of work.

Wage, well, Wage decided to just have a pot of Earl Grey tea. He’s not a fan of chocolate.

But they are really generous with the amount of tea leaves that they give…. Nice strong pot of tea…

Hmm… May Ying had the same thing as last time - Koko Black Hot Chocolate. It’s freshly brewed traditional recipe made with dark Belgian Chocolate - no powder. And made with only full cream milk only. The standard and consistency is the same as the branch in City. Simply too marvelous.

What we paid for all the heavenly stuff… It’s reasonable. And the good thing is that the drinks taste great. It’s funny how they put the address on the receipt as the one in Royal Arcade Melbourne. I guess that’s their first outlet perhaps.

Louis is a pig. Well, what I mean is that he sleeps like one. Take a look.

Sleep pose #1

Sleep pose #2

Sleep pose #3

Sleep pose #4

Sleep pose #5

Sleep pose #6

Well, I was using the lappie at my desk and my chair was somewhere else so I had to kneel down… And he promptly just lay on my legs and fell asleep….

Josh left his beanie behind… And Louis claimed it…

Last night, I cooked chicken rice for dinner…

While I was washing the veggies, I found a snail…

I present to you… Our dinner…

It comprises of…

Chicken! *duh!*

Rice! Ahbuden. If not called chicken rice for what. Right anot? Hahahaha

Veggies!

Cabbage soup.

We thought of drinking this….

But on second thought, we drank this. Why? Because I forgot to chill the Aloe Vera drink and because we’re all not done with our assignments. Better enjoy it after we’re done with assignments.

I didn’t manage to get the chicken rice chilli. So this had to do for the time being…

Yeap… That’s our dinner last night… Nice right? Well, lemme tell you, it’s never easy cooking chicken rice without a chopper to chop up the damn chicken. Try using a normal kitchen knife. It’s hard to hack the damn chicken into pieces. Don’t always believe what you see at those hawker stalls. It’s never that easy. Oh, but thanks to all those teachings from Uncle Mail, I managed. It’s like chopping firewood. Always aim at the same spot. Then hit it. Then try again. Then the wood spilts. Oh yes, it works the same way for chicken if you don’t have a chopper. Hee~ See, Girl Guide training helps! Hehehehe~

Ah… I guess this sums up a chain of interesting events. LoLz. All the reported events started on Tuesday (4th April 2006) and ended on Saturday (8th April 2006). Yeap, that also includes the sleeping poses by Louis. He did it on Wednesday (5th April 2006), Thursday (6th April 2006) and Friday (7th April 2006)… See, there’s always something interesting happening… Wahahahaha…

Alright, that’s it for now…

Hmm… Let’s see…. Today, school ended earlier than usual. Guess why? Because all the computers in the computer lab does not have the sound function, therefore, we had to go home since there was nothing else to do. Hahaha~

In the morning, school was altogether a different story. That stupid AP is still stuck in the 50s or 60s. Where Unis never gave notes nor had online recordings of lectures. So that’s what she wanted to do to us. How very nice of her. She says that such skills of taking own notes will be useful in future when we attend meetings that WON’T give notes. Does she have any idea that even nowadays, meetings require people to prepare therefore, everyone will basically have some clue about what is going on. Plus minutes of previous meetings can be considered to be the equivalent for NOTES. Oh well, I guess she’s just this motherfucker who’s been living with her head stuck in the sand throughout the past few decades. She cannot even get the school’s privacy policy straight! FUCKER!

Anyway, I found out what Schutzhund actually means. Basically… it is…

Schutzhund is a German word meaning “protection dog”. It refers to a sport that focuses on developing and evaluating those traits in dogs that make them more useful and happier companions to their owners. Schutzhund work concentrates on three parts. Many are familiar with the obedience work of the American Kennel Club’s affiliates and will recognize the first two parts, tracking and obedience. The Schutzhund standards for the third part, protection work, are similar to those for dogs in police work.

While dogs of other breeds are also actively involved in the sport of Schutzhund and often follow similar criteria for breeding purposes, this breed evaluation test was developed specifically for the German Shepherd Dog. Schutzhund is intended to demonstrate the dog’s intelligence and utility. As a working trial, Schutzhund measures the dog’s mental stability, endurance, structural efficiencies, ability to scent, willingness to work, courage, and trainability.

This working dog sport offers an opportunity for dog owners to train their dog and compete with each other for recognition of both the handler’s ability to train and the dog’s ability to perform as required. It is a sport enjoyed by persons of varied professions, who join together in a camaraderie born of their common interest in working with their dogs. Persons of all ages and conditions of life even those with significant disabilities enjoy Schutzhund as a sport. Often, it is a family sport.

(Source: http://www.germanshepherddog.com/schutzhund/index.htm)

Another website explains it as…

The Germans call it “hundesport”, dog sport. For generations, people from Europe and North America have been drawn into this unique idea of participating in an active sport with a dog. Schutzhund offers this in a way that no other sport can. It is outdoors. It is physical. It is mental. The demands are great, but the sport also offers competition and new friendships. In short, it is what all recreational sports should first be: good exercise, fun and full of rewards.
Schutzhund started at the beginning of this century as a test for working dogs. Its initial purpose was to determine which dogs could be used for breeding and which had true working ability. The growing demand for working dogs made more sophisticated tests and training necessary. These dogs were needed for police training, border patrol, customs, military and herding. As these tests evolved, more people participated just for the sheer enjoyment of seeing if their personal dogs could be trained as effectively as these “professional dogs”. Now, over sixty years after the first formal Schutzhund rules were introduced, tens of thousands of people participate in the sport each year.

Schutzhund tests three specific areas of a dog’s training and behavior. The first, tracking, requires the dog to track footsteps over mixed terrain, change direction and show absolute accuracy and commitment to finding the track. It must also find dropped articles and indicate their locations to the handler. Often this is done under less than ideal circumstances with difficult cover, bad weather conditions and an aged track. Many find tracking to be the most satisfying experience in training, when only the handler and dog are working together. It is certainly the most peaceful part of Schutzhund.

The second phase is obedience. Those who are familiar with AKC obedience will feel more comfortable in this area, as many of the exercises are similar to those in Open and Utility. There is heeling, both on and off lead. The sit, down and stand are also done, except when the dog is moving. But Schutzhund applies its own style to this work. Instead of a forty foot ring, the handler and dog work on a soccer sized trial field. Some exercises require the dog to work under the noise of a firing gun. In addition to the normal dumbbell retrieval, the dog must retrieve over a one meter jump and a six foot wall. Down stays and a long send away conclude the test.

The final test is the most misunderstood by the general public. This is protection. The most important point to understand when watching a protection routine, is the relationship between dog and handler. The dog must never bite the trial helper, unless either the dog or the handler is attacked. Then it must attack fully and without hesitation. But here the real difference becomes apparent. The dog must stop biting on the command of the handler and guard the trial helper without further aggression. Often people confuse Schutzhund protection training with police dog or personal protection work. The Schutzhund dog is capable of the feats of never being aggressive except under those specific situations it is trained to face, and even then it must always be under the absolute control of the handler. Click here for 2004 Rules

The above tests are difficult enough, but to make it even more demanding, they all happen in one day during competitions that are held all over the country. These trials are held by local clubs or in regional and national championships. Each dog is judged by a complex point system that then determines the winner of the trial.

When a dog successfully completes the first trial, it is awarded a title of Schutzhund I. It can then progress to Schutzhund II and, the ultimate, Schutzhund III. Each level makes ever greater demands on the dog and training in all three areas. Any Schutzhunder will tell you that a high scoring Schutzhund III dog is the ultimate working dog: one in a thousand of all working dogs.

In addition to the Schutzhund I, II and III titles, other titles in advanced tracking, temperament tests, police training and agility work are awarded.

Today, Schutzhund is more than the small group that started in Germany so long ago. Its organizations have several hundred thousand members, scattered across Europe, North America and several other continents.

*Schutzhund has been changed to VPG (in German- Vielseitigkeitspruefung für Gebrauchshunde) which roughly translates into ‘versatility test for working dogs.’

(Source: http://www.dvgamerica.com/whatis.html)

Pretty cool huh… Cool doggie sport. How sweet can that be? LoLz. I cannot wait to watch Monk Season 4. *araghz* Speaking of which, I also need to watch Seinfield. For the this group project for that STUPID AP.

Ah wells, I better go help May Ying cook dinner. Cuz Christine and Wage’s Friend are having dinner together with us today… Haha~ Later then. *ughz* Louis is sleeping inside my open wardrobe…. or at least part in and part out….

Random Line: Lucky 13, My Lucky Number

I finally managed to find the time to sit down and blog about Friday’s events. Hee~ Sounds as though I’m really busy right? Actually, I’m not. Wahahahaha. I’m just busy with clearing my room, doing my laundry, bringing the dog for a walk, giving the dog a bath et cetera. Okay, technically, that does sound like a lot of things, but practicality speaking, it doesn’t really seem much but it does take up quite a bit of time.

So anyway, on Friday, May Ying and I went on a chocolate spree. Hahaha. We tried the same drinks (or at least as similar as possible) at both Koko Black and Max Brenner. We compared both. But first… here’s what we ordered.

From Koko Black…

This is their menu. The selection for drinks is rather small though. But nonetheless, it still had all the all time favourites in it. But they had this wonderfully beautiful selection of boutique chocolates. They all looked so wonderful and tempting but also really, really sinful. We didn’t get any of the chocs though (after all, I do have the tendency of getting sore throats especially if I don’t drink water after eating chocs).

The ambience was really nice. We were at the branch at Royal Arcade Melbourne (by the way, Koko Black is opening at Chadstone. Yippee!). And they had quite a number of really cosy sofas and sofa seats that you could just sink in and enjoy the wonderful chocolates and chocolate drinks. Simply divine.

May Ying had Koko Black Hot Chocolate. It’s a freshly brewed traditional recipe made with dark Belgian chocolate without powder and uses only full cream milk only. Looks yummlicious.

While I had Iced Chocolate. It’s a rich combination of chocolate and vanilla ice cream with milk and topped with chocolate shavings. A cold and delicious treat.

What we paid…

Overall Rating:
Quality - 4/5
Taste - 4.5/5
Presentation - 4.5/5
Service - 4/5
Ambience - 4.5/5
Pricing - 4/5

Other Comments:
The milk used is really fresh and the drinks are not too sweet. Absolutely perfect if you want to have chocolates to snack with. Cosy setting and nice mood lighting, it’s just right for a nice networking (and by networking, I actually mean gossiping) session (okay, Girl Talk would be more appropriate) or just chilling out with friends and family or even by yourself! On top of that, the service was really good. The waitress came fast to take orders and the drinks were served really fast. It was quite crowded but still, they managed to serve our drinks fast and quick.

Our next stop was Max Brenner @ Melbourne Central. That was where I met Shi Kai too. To pass things. So anyway, the service there was really slow. When Shi Kai met us, we were just ordering. And then he left shortly to go to RMIT to settle some school stuff. After that, he actually came back. Just when he called (after leaving for around 15-20minutes), my drink just arrived. May Ying’s drink arrived 10minutes before mine. That’s how slow they are. REALLY SLOW and it wasn’t that crowded.

From Max Brenner…

Their menu had a much wider selection. There were many more drinks to order and the variety was greater… But a number of drinks sounded a bit similar to one another.

While May Ying had Marshmallow American Chocolate… (It’s essentially just whipped milk chocolate with melted marshmallow cubes)

I had Whipped Iced Chocolate Frappe… (It’s just plain milk chocolate blended with ice but they had to use the word ‘whipped’. Whipped ke lan!)

Both drinks just look okay. Mine looks like you can get it at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Nothing so fantastic about it. I waited so long for my drink that I thought that it would be something uber nice in terms of presentation. But then, when I saw the drink, my expression just showed this emotion that could be expressed in 3 very simple words - WHAT THE FUCK?!

And at the end of it, this was what we paid (for some shitty stuff)…

Overall Rating:
Quality - 3/5
Taste - 3/5
Presentation - 2.5/5
Service - 2.5/5
Ambience - 2.5/5
Pricing - 3/5

Other Comments:
Their presentation of the drinks wasn’t all that fantastic. It just feels really normal. Even though they are about $0.50 - $1.00 cheaper than Koko Black, the quality of their drinks is inferior. The drinks taste thinner and aren’t as delightful. The presentation makes you wonder why you didn’t just go into Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to order their Chocolate Ice Blended. On top of that, the slow service puts people off. I actually saw my drink standing there for 5-10 minutes without anybody bothering to serve it. Then why not make it self service instead? The ambience isn’t that good. Looks about the same as Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Starbucks or Gloria Jeans. It wasn’t a cosy setting and the tables were too low for the chairs. Makes sitting there for long periods rather uncomfortable. It doesn’t make you feel like you’ll want to sit there long, to have a good chat. Just makes you feel like leaving once you finish your drink.

My Verdict:
I like Koko Black better! Hahaha. You pay slightly more, but it’s really worth it. Taste, ambience, presentation, service and quality are all much better than Max Brenner.

Okay, so that same night, Wage, PZ and I went to Sin City @ Heist.

That’s just the 3 of us at Clayton Station waiting for the train…

Then here’s my a little bit crumpled ticket…

There was this uber long queue but we weren’t really queuing though… It’s kind of hard to explain… And… We met Eunice there… Small world huh? Oh, Shi kai was there too. Actually, I knew that he was going all along. Hahahaha. I just wasn’t so sure if I would end up going. Haha.

And so, this is Shi Kai, PZ, me and Wage… We’re just nuahing around. It’s damn boring. I repeat, BORING and it’s spelt B-O-R-I-N-G. BORING. Pronunciation: ‘bOr-i[ng].

Let me tell it why it was so. First of all, the air conditioning wasn’t powerful enough. It was just CRAP. There was no ventilation and the club had to put up fans which wasn’t really that useful unless you stood in front of it. Which was what I ended up doing. In fact, when there wasn’t anyone on the couch, the four of us promptly plopped ourselves on it. Haha. That’s how the pictures were taken. LoLz.

Well, but the mambo/retro/pop section was more fun. There was better breathing air, there was more space, the music didn’t repeat itself after a while, the air was cooler and not so hot (air conditioning was working!), not so many drunk people around (considering that we got into the club around 11plus, 12am, there were already drunk people slobbering on each other and throwing themselves at the feet of others) and they were also showing Ocean’s 12 (which I watched before so it wasn’t a problem watching it muted).

We eventually left around 4plus reaching Hawker Cafe at 5am for supper. Or rather, almost 5am. Cuz Wage had stomach problems, we took a cab back after that. For 3 people, the cab fare wasn’t all that bad I guess. $47.30. Beats taking the cab home alone. Hahahahaha~

Yeap… that pretty much sums up Friday’s events. It’s quite easy to see what I did on Saturday. I slept. And slept.

Random: Bananarama

I happen to be quite lazy to load the pictures into my lappie. Hahaha. I haven’t done it yet. But I’ve got pics to put up though. Wahahahaha. Wells, seems like today passed pretty fast in a way…

It’s damn cold today… my room is 18degrees at midday. That’s coldddd… At least I had this natural heater - Louis. Hahahahhaha~ He was sleeping with me on my bed… So I could hug him for warmth… LoLz… And he has found a new spot… the area under my table… He likes to sleep there when I’m sitting at the table using my lappie. Cool huh. LoLz. So I get a natural leg warmer! LoLz~

Hmm…. I’ll go load the pictures now or something… Hahahaha…. Then I’ll upload and resize it…. Then I’ll post an entry about it… Maybe in the afternoon lah… Wahahahahahahaha! Shall see how…

Random Line: #1 Numero Uno - Always The Best

Last night, we decided to have steak for dinner. Partly also because the meat chunks were big enough for steak and partly because there wasn’t really enough space in the fridge. LoLz. And we decided to chill a bottle of red wine that we bought 1 month ago. LoLz.

This is really undrinkable. We have officially decided to use it as cooking wine to add flavour to food instead of a beverage. LoL. Oh, this blur picture is proudly taken by Wage. LoLz~ He must have been still half asleep!

Here’s our dinner.

No soup because this is already a lot of food. Oh, we don’t have any wine glasses. May Ying and I forgot to buy them before we moved. LoLz. But well, no loss to us since the wine was horrid tasting. LoLz. Oooh! We had to use normal carrots because we didn’t buy baby carrots. Quite a last minute idea to cook steak… Hee~

Louis decided to sleep while we ate dinner… Haha… It’s a good sign… It means that he won’t bother us when we eat! LoLz.

Oh, I made the sauce… Hahaha… Some pepper mushroom sauce…

Well, when I’ve loaded in the pictures of the dinner that Wage cooked tonight, I’ll post it up. Till then.

Oh well… I’ve got some interesting pictures to share… Hee~

Right, the other day (I think it was last Friday), May Ying and I went to Richmond. Then, we also passed through the city too. And guess what we saw near Flinders station? We saw…

This!!! This little bird on top of the man’s head. Okay, I saw it in 2004. Not sure if it was the same bird (HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!) but it certainly was an identical pose. Only thing was, at that time, I wasn’t fast enough in taking out my camera and we already drove past it. LoLz~

And at Victoria Gardens, we saw this in coles! Haha…

Very cool huh. The REAL SARS flavour.

And this one too! BIG SARS indeed. Imagine if they sold it in Singapore! LoLz~

We saw this when we were waiting for a cab… Hahahahahaha… Carbon Monoxide Detector… LoLz

Remember Dee, PZ and I were milking a vending machine for money back? This is the one…

We got our money plus extra from the machine…

Oh yes, last Saturday, Louis got a caning for being really naughty… And while we were caning him… This is what he did to me…

Look at the long scratch

And some short ones…

Just when you think that it’s just all that… Nope… It’s not…

Then there is still this long one…. *bleahz* what a naughty boy!

Random: Duchess

Damn! I just found out that the video clip that I took the other day of Wage putting Louis into the pillow (as in, using it as a sleeping bag) got deleted without being loaded into my lappie! ARAGHZ. This is so damn bloody irritating. It was such a funny clip. Louis acted like a silly little hamster! *ugh!*

And the thing is, there’s nothing I can do about it. But maybe I can consider a retake. But it just won’t feel the same anymore… *bleahz* The video was damn cute!

*hmpfz*

Araghz! The colour came out lighter than expected. Shit. Oh well, I can’t do anything about it. At least, I’m not going to bother so much. I’ll do another dye job when all my black roots grow out later… Hahahahahaha!

I brought Louis out for a short walk today. And he was so dead tired (even though I ran with him for a short distance) that he has been napping here and there. And at present moment, he’s plopped himself on my bed and is snoozing away. *sighs* Talk about being an active dog. Hahahaha!

Today… I haven’t even done my online lecture yet! Wahahaha! To think that it was my main aim since I wasn’t going to school today. *bleahz* Okay, I’ll do it later tonight… After I’ve downloaded my counselling notes. Speaking of which, the dreams lecture we had was really fun. I mean, it sure was nice. And very interesting. Okay, I like the subject so much that I’m willing to do homework that is not even complusory. Hahahahha!

Oh, I just remembered something. Last Thursday, I went to school to photocopy something. And guess what? I found out that prices for photocopying has increased! DAMN! It costs 12 cents per page (one sided prints) instead of 10 cents per page! And guess where I did the photocopying? Nope, I didn’t do it at some private photocopying shop in school or whatsoever (i.e. Campus Centre, John Medley Library etc). I did my photocopying in one of the main libraries - Matheson Library. Ugh. The school really know how to earn our money! Damn! I rather go to Officeworks (at least I think they haven’t increased their prices) to print my stuff if not for the distance (now that I stay nearer to school).

Oh! As if the price increase stops here. NO! It does not. Postage has increased too! When I was in year 1, cards cost $1 and letters cost $1.10 to be sent to Singapore. So when I was in year 2, they decided that it wasn’t enough. So prices increased and it cost $1.10 for cards and $1.20 for letters. You’d think that it would be enough already. But guess what? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! IT’S NOT ENOUGH AT ALL! So this year (my year 3 of school), cards cost $1.20 and letters cost $1.30 to Singapore. WTF? They think that getting money is as easy as printing the damn stamps? STUPID IDIOTS. *ugh!* Stupid place!

Okay, I think I’ve blogged enough for now. Hahahahaha! I shall go and disturb Louis who is still snoring away on my bed. Can shift positions around the bed somemore! *bleahz*

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I had to bathe Louis today even though he already had a bath on Saturday. Guess why? That’s because the vet was coming.

And so, the vet came… Hee~ Louis had his 3rd puppy vaccination and he got microchipped. The microchip need looks like the sharp end of the YEOS packet drink straw. Just a bit smaller. It’s metal and damn sharp. When the needle went into Louis, he struggled and screamed and cried (well, the vet, Wage and I were all holding him). He still cried. I think of the time when Hugo got his. Hugo had no expression and there wasn’t any bleeding because he sat so still that the vet could easy staunch the bleeding and thus, there was no mark at all. Then as for Oreo, he struggled and in the process, he got a tear in the skin. Though he bled quite a bit, he was really happy afterward. I brought Oreo down to PZ’s and May Ying’s then backyard to run around a bit.

So back to Louis, he cried and did all that you have to give me sympathy nonsense. He even tried to get some sympathy from the vet. Who mentioned that it was he who inflicted the pain onto Louis. And guess what’s Louis’ way of saying Thank You? He left a patch of blood stain on the Vet’s shorts. How clever. That meant that Louis was still bleeding and I had to stop the blood flow before things get a bit messy.

Hmm… PZ came over for lunch then went for her Lab class. After lab, she came over. Well, we both took a nap with Louis sleeping in the room too. And well, we overslept and by dinner time, she hadn’t even typed the notes that she wrote down in class! Haha~ So she stayed till after dinner to complete it. Ah… She reached home at around 2233h. LoLz~

Oh! Oh! Guess what? The minute she got up from my bed, Louis immediately took over her spot beside me. *bleahz* There’s something about the bed that he seems to like….

Anyway, now that we’ve both worked so hard today, we decided to give ourselves a day off tomorrow and do online lectures instead. Hahahahahha~ We’re both very smart right? Hahaha.

Liews…. I think Louis is preparing to sleep in my room already. He has already chosen his spot and is SLEEPING ALREADY! *urghz* I’d like to know who exactly owns the bed. Me or him. Me of course! I shall make him roll off then. Wahahahaha. Or maybe he’ll just roll off it himself. He always does that. He does somersaults sometimes and also tries to jump up to my window but to no avail. It’s just too high for him.

Okayyy…. I shall go and disturb him already! Wahahahahahaha!

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