Up, up and away...

Its been one crazy week...farewell party after farewell party after farewell party - food...food...and more food...tears...hugs...tissues...soppy music...

Thursday night we went to Velour bar...the singaporean ball after party...had to "save" Kel and bring some excitement to the night!



Friday night - "sober at So Bar"...and brazilian music all night long...

Saturday night Charcoal Grill on the Hill - yummy yummy for my tummy! Good preparation for a LLLOOONNNGGG walk around the city - from publicity, to RMH, to Scubar, to Amber Lounge, to F4our, to 255 or 225 (something like that), to So Bar, to Hype, back to publicity, then to Supper Club...

-Steve, you did us proud with that huge 700gm steak you managed to consume! Hope you've been able to "empty" youself since then-

Sunday night - suprise!!



-"oh what a feeling...Kel you're a true rockstar!"-

Monday night...Pancake Parlour for crepes and pancakes after the boys hit the slopes for the last time...

- you left me behind so I'll add our photo in for old times sake!-

Tuesday night - flemenco night at Canary club...

Wednesday - hungry jack's at the airport...quick photos...phone calls and presents...

4:25pm comes...and goes...up, up and away...its another chapter closed...I don't think you can ever be fully prepared for goodbyes...but theres comfort in the fact that its only 'til we meet again...

The worlds greatest...

I got home last night after what seemed like an extremely long day…walked though the front door…chucked my bag and books on the floor…walked into the kitchen to the bench…sorted through all the junk mail that had come through and low-and-behold…NOOO…it couldn’t be…a parcel collection card for…ME??!! From whom? Where can I pick it up from? When? What? It arrived on Sunday? But they don’t do postal on Sundays…hmmm…there must be some mistake…

I walked around the house showing mum and dad, trying to figure out what had come for me…its not like I was expecting anything…oh actually…maybe…just maybe…could it be? Ben???

Ben called me at the beginning of last week – Monday – exactly ONE week ago…hmm…asking me about polo sizes…did I want a purple jumper? A yellow polo? Maybe a pink jumper? Can I get on the net?

No! I can’t get on the net!! I’m walkin out the door on my way to uni to hand in an assignment – very tempting but sorry - I’m already late…


Ok…so after messaging back and forth for over half an hour, he wrote me an e-mail the next day saying “Sorry, I didn’t get you anything. The shop was closing in 20 minutes.” I was like what the? 20 minutes? I could have easily bought something in 20 minutes! Haha…but that’s me!

Anyway, I kinda forgot all about it…until last night…when I was trying to figure out what the parcel could be. I mentioned this whole “polo” saga to my mum, who wisely told me “not to get my hopes up”…

…a very LLLOOONNNGGGG and sleepless night….


Well – I just got home from the post office and…..drum roll…the package is from Ben! One look at the envelope and I know!! The writing…the “thanks Mr. Postman”…the parcel written out to “Liz/Jib Ng”…

Ben – you’re the worlds greatest!! You’ve made like my whole week! Still can’t believe you did it – very cool!! Hehe Missing you!!

Why me?

Its 11:49pm…I have an 8am start tomorrow morning…I also have an assignment to finish…or rather start…in the 8 hours and 11 minutes I have left before I have to be in uni…somehow, it doesn’t look like its gonna happen…

This assignment is just…hopeless…I don’t know where to start…and I just don’t feel like doing it…this last run of work has zapped every bit of motivation I had left…I’m running on empty…

And in the morning I’ll be sitting in class…supposedly listening to what the lecturer is talking about…taking notes…nope…that’s not gonna happen…more like I’ll be writing messages, or smsing, or just trying not to jerk too obviously when I start to doze off and then suddenly wake up and snap back into consciousness…

These past few weeks have just been…hectic, busy, tiring, stressful, emotional…to say the least. Theres just been so much to do…and that’s just it…continuously doing things…no time to stop…or even think…its just been go, go, go…or at least it definitely feels like that…assignments to do…tests to study for…work to do…people to listen to…meetings to attend…events to organize…I just feel drained…

And people…I wonder – why is it that the people you’re closest to are also the people that will not only support you, but let you down – the most…they know you – or at least think that they do – speak their mind openly…say what they want, when they want…no hesitations…no stopping…no hindrances…I guess its good in a way coz I know I always say “you need people like that in your life”, and you do…but its always a different story when the tables have turned…when the focus is on me…

I guess I’m just really REALLY looking forward to this mid-sem break – I need it…I want to be able to have time to just sit and admire the rainbow in the sky after the huge storm…to take a walk in the quietness of the country and reflect on the beauty around me…to chat and hang out with friends over great food and strong drinks! I want to enjoy life and live every bit of it to the full…I believe thats the way we were created…

Eenah, thanks for the photos!

Times a passing by...

Time is passing by so quickly…people are getting older…maturing…growing up…

Its amazing…tomorrow is my 5 year re-union…I can’t believe its already been 5 years since I was running around in school…hiding in toilet cubicles to avoid being caught wagging assembly…covering Mr. Squibb’s car in toilet paper…storing oreos and pizza shapes in my locker so that I could steal a quick snack in-between classes to revive the brain…

5 years…it seems like yesterday…

And as I move on…changes not only occur in my life, but in the lives of those around me…

my little cousin just had her year 11 school dinner…I still refer to her as my “little” cousin although truth be told, shes not so “little” anymore!! Its not-so-long-ago that we were talking about the upcoming dinner… complaining about the fact that she couldn’t bring a boy because the school wanted to keep it “in-house”…trying to figure out what she would wear…nails…shoes…hair…and now…its over…just like that…




Steph, I got photos! If you want to know who I got them off, just take a look at the photo…hint hint!! Still need to see yours…hope it was a fantastic night…



P.S. You still need to fill me in on all the juicy details…no escaping THAT easily!!

P.P.S. Aaron you look…FUNKY…SNAZZY…you look the part – too!!

Girls' night out...

OMG its 8:25pm...I've gotta go - its the long-awaited girls' night out...I mean, we've only been planning this for like...FOREVER!! E-mails have been going back and fortth for as long as I can remember about what we're gonna eat, what we're gonna share...mains, desserts...drinks...the list goes on and on!!

Get changed, run down the stairs, slam the door, doot-doot - my car is unlocked, reverse out the driveway - whoa beware of the tree...speed all the way down doncaster road...TGIF here I come...!!

We all meet in the car-park...but NOOO!! You can't be serious...they're closing in half an hour?! What do we do? Should we all go in and order anyway, delaying their closing time by another hour? Or should we just go to PP?

I think deep inside we all knew that eating in half an hour...those buffalo wings...loaded potato skins...chocolate malted turtle...was possible...yet no-one wanted to make the call! Everyone was looking at each other - left, right, directly in-front...someone decide! FINALLY...the call is made - lets go to PP...inside I'm like what the...are you serious? Lets just go in!! But not wanting to seem like the lead "pig", I keep my mouth shut and trudge back to my car...


spirits totally dampened and feeling extremely depressed - hehe seriously this is no exaggeration - I adjourn to pancake parlour...

Its just not the same though - and I know I speak for everyone here!! We order...eat...take photos in front of the mirror - i think that was the highlight of the half hour we were there - talk about other 24 hour places in Donny - decide theres always Maccas - and are outta there in record speed I tell ya!

Mmmmm...the anticipation of trying the latest cajun battered nuggets - so hot that it burns your tongue...can't wait - the battle is on!! We speed to Maccas...re-arrange the lounge chairs as if its our own dining room...and walk up to the counter..."20 cajun nuggets please"...."what? No dipping sauce?"...you've gotta be joking!! How can we eat the nuggets without the sauce? This can't be true...someon pinch me...This is just not our night...


ok...not to worry - after a 2 minute discussion, we decide theres always the Maccas on springvale road!! So off we go - yet again...finally get there after being stopped at 20 red lights...re-arrange the chairs yet again...make ourselves comfortable...and the nuggets arrive!! hip hip hooray! everyone dig in! cheers! spirits rise...jokes seem funnier...hehe...its photos, photos, photos and more photos! After all, we have to remember our "girls' night out!"