First for food, people and poems

Dearest of friends,

3rd of January- Aaron and I decided to escape our daily routines at Camberwell/Glenny/Knox, and decided to eat at a new resturant. We went to Cafe Lagom on Glenferrie Road. It was a pleasant surprised. I hardly say I really like something and I really liked Cafe Lagom. The staff were lovely, warm and casual and not overly obsessive on the customers. The food comprising of some interesting dishes such as mushrooms on a cheesy omelette for entre was mouth watering. It was buy one and get one free pasta night on sunday, so the asianess in me went for that one. The linguini was yummmm. The coffee was also really good, unlike the brown water they serve at Glenny. Overall, it was definately a brilliant "first time" cafe experience.



4th of January - Back into my work routine of insanely early mornings (well for me) and late nights, was not overly adventurous today. I discovered the band "nevershoutnever" on youtube. He is an youtube sensation and has now recorded some stuff. Just a young guy, making music for other people to enjoy. I must say, his music isn't really something I would listen to over and over again, but I do enjoy how unique it is. I like "Trouble", it is awesome. Please go listen to that song.

5th of January - The area I live is very quiet, seldom do you see a person walking on the street. Today, I went for a walk at 8pm for the first time. It is a bit late for my usual walks. Oh wow, there they all were, walking the streets with the rest of their families, women pushing prams and dads taking their sons out for a game of cricket. People walking their dogs. Hot guys jogging shirtless. I couldn't believe my eyes. *kindly reminder to oneself - 8pm is now my new walking time".

6th of January - I went to see the movie "Bright Star" tonight. As some of you may know, it is a movie about a real romance poet called John Keats. He wrote some of the most beautiful poems, and he wrote them in such a short time. He died at the age of 25. It is a romantic story, I must admit, I didn't really understand some of the poems, but I could still appreciate the film nevetheless.



XoXo

Welcome to 2010!

Dearest friends,


I have been really bad with updating you on my new things for the day. Another year has gone by. What have we achieved? Have you done anything memorable? Think think. Man that makes me sad. I really haven't done anything life changing.



There are a couple of things that I am really glad I did:
- Marathon with Leanne
- doing Vac work at EY

Tell me about what you did on Christmas Day and New Years eve?

For New Years eve, it was so much fun. My friends and I booked a hotel room near the city, and ended up drinking lots and playing a few rounds of UNO and Twister. I would upload some photos from it later. I dunno why, but from all that and jumping around, I ended up with bruises all over my back and legs.

So on to my new things:

1st of January 2010:
- I watched Jane Eyre. This is a Charlotte Bronte book, which was made into a movie. It was so sad. Especially when Mr Rochester told Jane "say it Jane, say that you will take my name". I literally sobbed.

2nd of January 2010:
- I am going to a club called Eve. I have never been there, but I am going to go for a friend's birthday. I hope I will enjoy it, sometimes I make up my mind that I won't like something, and then not try to have fun all night.

I have to constantly remind myself why I atarted "a new thing a day" agenda. The reason is that I find myself stuck in my comfort zone, doing what I always do every day. So I am trying to be less afraid, trying out new things and making new friends. You guys should do it too! Maybe we motivate eachother!

There are so many things I want to do, but don't because I am afraid or I can't be bothered, so I need to constantly remind myself:


Happy New Year my lovelies!



XXOO

You know you are HOT when...

0. it is 40 degrees Celcius outside.
1. you can wear mismatched clothes and everyone says your have an excellent sense for fashion.
2. you wear fob clothes and you still look chic! (damn you Sarah! :p)
3. you can pull off bright and neon colours. Generally, if you are blonde with blue eyes, skinny with long legs, you are hot.
4. people do doubletakes at you when you wear no makeup.

Is it just me or is there an epidemic of HORSE lashes (fake lashes) these days on ASIAN girls? Man..embrace the fact girls, you have no lashes, or atleast glue some natural looking ones on. When you start wearing horrible HORRIBLE dragqueen lashes, I just want to *sigh* at you. Someone should really tell them that unnatural looking lashes are not pretty, just like Posh Spice's breasts and Nicole Kidman's forehead.



Yesterday, I saw a girl on the train, she was in her office gear with minimum make up, her hair was pulled back so you can really take a look at her face. She was so pretty. Everyone on the train was checking her out whilst pretending to read their MX. I don't know if she noticed, but she just kept on playing with her ipod!


5. Lastly, when people (guys especially) continue to hang around you despite the fact...well..you totally put the "B" in itch!


Disclaimer: I don't know where I got the last picture from, I don't know her. I am sure she is a nice girl.

Have a nice weekend Y'all!
xoxo

Mean girls.

When I was young, I hated confrontations. I would avoid it by retreating at the earliest sign of conflict. Now, I face it head on, not afraid to use swearing words to add emphasis. I like to believe I am becoming more thick skinned. Otherwise, I have serious "mean girls" issues. Undoubtedly, I still feel terrible after I say mean things and I still rarely do.

To give you an example of my "mean girl" moment: yesterday, when I was watching the AFL grandfinal with a few mates. These guys went for Geelong. I go for Saints. So naturally, when my team lost, I was like sad and really disappointed. When one of the guys started bagging Nick Riewolt, I cracked it. I told him to "shut the f*ck up". See how mean I am? I didn't even apologise, I probably wouldn't. For those of you who are bitchy, this would seem minor. But for the docile kind, I must seem like a horrible monster. Just to reassure you, I am not! I hate being mean, but I really can't be bothered putting with people's crap these days, so I say what I think. Considering that I still seldomly say mean things, it just demonstrates I don't often think badly of others.

Have any of you guys experienced any major personality changes, for the better or worse?

What happened to spring? I was ready!! But now it's disappeared, and Winter is back again. :( Cold weather always make me shitty.
Here is some photos to remind you of Spring.



Colours will be big for Spring. I love Canary yellow and soft pink.
It's a great time to shop at the moment, midsemester break and the shops are having their midseason sale! Head to David Jones for shoes and bags, they are 30% off for some good quality stuff!



I bought some new makeup yesterday. I normally don't alot of makeup, especially not to university. So I was looking for some really light makeup, easy application.
I stumbled on Almay smart shade foundation. It comes out white, but when you put it on your face, it turns into the shade of your skin! How cool is that?
So I am going to try it out and see how that goes!!!


Have a nice week guys!!

Love Kristy

I carry your heart with me...

By EE Cummings



I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart
I am never without it
anywhere i go you go my dear;
and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling
I fear no fate
for you are my fate,my sweet
I want no world
for beautiful you are my world,my true
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.



Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart.

I carry your heart
I carry it in my heart

Asians are not UGLY...

Dearest friends,

I think there are many beautiful Asians out there, despite the constant portrayal of slit/slanted eyed, flat faced and dopy looking asians with horrible fashion sense.

Fashion magazines continue to ignore the use of Asian models. I know this for a fact, because I ritually read magzines such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Cleo etc, and the quick flick through Dolly and Girlfriend magazines. WHERE ARE THE ASIANS????? With an abundant inflow of Asian immigrants, I am disappointed to say that the forementioned magazines have failed to research the demographics of their readers. Unless ofcourse, they only intend for white readers. If so, FY!

They regularly do editions on red hair, brunettes and blondes. Why is Brunette always brown? Brunette means dark hair not brown hair(checked my dictionary), therefore they should use black hair occasionally to represent brunettes.

Even when, asians are represented in the media, the ugly ones are picked. People like William Hung, the new girl Sunny on Neighbours, just to name a few. Common factor between all? SMALL EYES/Barely there eyes! No wonder, the western society think that we are all like that. Furthermore, when asians do feature in advertisements, it is always to bring a mockery factor. Thank you very much for making us into a joke!





Westerners need to understand that Asians are just as beautiful...I have included 2 regular asians to demonstrate my premise.

This is Juley from SwankHeights.blogspot.com


This is Trang from behindtheseams.blogspot.com, this girl has impeccable taste!


XoXo!

HOW TO AVOID ...Awkward Silences

I love silence. I am the type of person who is not afraid of solitude. Solitude is very different from being lonely. Loneliness results from loss of a person, or a loss of purpose, but solitude is a peaceful reflective time. During my time alone, I like to read and write and surf the web. To be honest, I rather join a book club then go to a club. Before you press the X button on the top right hand corner of your screen, I do socialise. I just came back from a 2 games of bowling!

Having said that, I detest awkward silences. It leaves me feeling socially retarded. As a result, I have come up with ways to avoid it.Awkward silences arises when you:

- don't know that person well, you have got past the "hello and how are you" and you have no idea how to leave politely, so you are stuck there. You smile awkwardly at that person. The person smiles back. You are not sure what to say or ask, because you don't want to sound "uncool" or too intrusive.

what I normally do: "oh this is awkward, we could talk about the weather or the sport, which do you prefer?" I like to tackle the problem head on.

- see someone you haven't seen for a long time. The conversation always start very enthusiastically with the "OMGGG" but after 2 minutes of "what have you been up to?" and "oh not much", conversation comes to a halt.

What I normally do: Oh, too bad I'm in a rush to goto___INSERT___, hope to see you soon!

- see an acquaintance and you have to talk to them, because your friends have not arrived and there is no one else to talk to at the party.

What I normally do: start off with greetings, university, traveling, AFL/cycling/tennis(male) /Twilight(female). Ask questions about their work or mutual friends. If the conversation continues, you can then move on to relationships. DON"T act too surprised, when you find out they do have a partner. That tends to make situations even more awkward. I would know. :(

I blame awkward silences on people who give you mono answers. "good" "nothing" "not much" "oh great" Such conversation killers. The general rule is, ask 5 questions, if they continuously give you mono answers, move on to someone else, or start talking about yourself. My ability to blab is impressive for someone who is considered quiet shy, if I feel awkward silences are inevitable, I would just keep talking and talking and talking. This is followed by nodding and smiling to any responses that come my way.
Xo Xo
Please feel free to leave any suggestions!
I hope that is some what helpful!

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