For those of you who have never been to a Chinese wedding banquet in this part of the world, here's a little introduction to the pageantry, using my cousin's lovely wedding on Sun as an example:
Before the Dinner: (click on the photos to enlarge)
And I do think their wedding portrait is lovely, don't you?
First on the left,there's the present from Rich :) It's the box set of Firefly, three volumes of manga comprising the latest volumes of LoveCom, Nodame and Skipbeat (my three favourite series!) and a surprise pendant! :) I will wear it everyday, darling.
2nd on my left is the gifts from my family, which are two t-shirts, a watch, a photo frame, nail stickers, a pen, 2 face masks and a volume of Shinigami no Ballad!
And coolest of all were the cards, this year. Check out my sister's coolest pop-up birthday card. If you look into the house, you can see some cute bears baking a cake!
And my brother's card shall go unremarked, as befitting a card like that.
From Tangle, I got the fabulous Alexander McQueen eau de toilette, Kingdom! It comes in fascinatingly blood red bottle (vial?) which looks like an elongated, hardened glass heart.
From Cheron (see top right), I got my power-suit prop, a power bag. Check out its sharp edges and patent sheen. It spells no-nonsense, ok? I will carry it to work for my power occasions (and when there's a lot of paperwork).
From Rowboating, I got a Robin's egg ring in the mail, which was a lovely surprise!
From LaVanya I got a bracelet, with a sodalite stone on it (Sodalite is very calming, which is something i need a lot of at work). It shall now hereby match my toes (see below).
A colleague gave me a voucher for an express pedicure and I got this lovely dark purple lacquer like nail job. The purple-brown is so dark, it looks black. Spectacular. My brother doesn't like it but I say he knows not what he says.
The horrible day approaches, the day of growing older by a year...
If anyone is wonderful and kind enough to want to get a gift, I humbly compiled a list of wishes. m(_ _)m
-Books - business, personal, power, influences, best sellers and those listed on this blog
-Za wonder shaper essence- i'm out! lol
-A ds lite - >,>
-A mini sewing machine - so that i can start sewing!
-A new portable hard disk - out of space
-Buy alchemy gothic products from me... - yes, accepting orders now
-Driving theory, tests, hand books
-gaming keyboard
-gaming mouse
-a new pc
-an lcd monitor
-cosmetic
Lastly $$
Blogging at work. ;D
Lovely complex has a movie! Check it out here. The cast actually looks reasonable despite being a live-action movie. Could it be a GOOD production?
Mizushima Hiro who is looking really good in Hanakimi is Kamen Rider Kabuto!! No wonder I thought the actor was remotely good looking.
Was digitalising "Mind your Language", the bbc comedy which was super funny but is damn racist.
Didn't go school today as I was feeling rather ill, after the panadol popping and some good rest, now I feel rejuvenated! Sorting and planning the amount of work due next week, tomorrow must head to EV class and discuss the projects to be done. This semester modules didn't allow us to form our own groups for projects- this, on one hand I'm delighted to make new friends, there's a indescribable thrill in networking, however I'm rather wary that the situation that happened last semester might play itself out over again which then again, we now have the experience of looking at things more calmly and in a non-personal way.
Self development is a journey that we must make a conscious effort to practice. For now, i must play with the RMIT Website.
I had a long day today. A good day and a bad day.
First lecture of the semester- RMIT Visit lecturers. As much as I would like to, I really dislike having RMIT guest lecturers. Perhaps it is the cultural differences, but as far as it goes, I get the feeling that they try too hard. They try to be nice but it's only try, the real feelings don't get across. It's like a smile to your face and a frown behind your back. The attempted jokes are straightforward and rather lame. I'm glad I'm not in the main school. I don't get this feeling with SIM lecturers, their lectures are fun to be in and full of laughs.
Ruth gave us a lift to town where I met up with Tiff who happily "complained" that i over-dressed. Haha, it won't happen next week, I'm already tired. First Japanese lessons in two years! The placement test was not easy at all and I screwed up alot and forgot what i had revised last week but in the end, negotiated with the school to let me skip a few lessons and join their class. School fees are expensive, over 300 dollars which i only had half. Again, had to negotiate to let me pay a portion this week and next. Despite all that, class was really fun. Moriyama sensei was really funny and comical, a classmate bought famous donuts from donuts factory in raffles place ( the one where people Q for a few hours), the sensei bought us all starbucks coffee during the break and we all did some self-introductions. I never had some so much fun in a class.
After class, due to some terrible miscommunication, someone ended up waiting more than 1 hour and a half for me and at the incorrect location too, because i had the phone set to silent and forgot to check. For that, I really am very sorry. The after-maths was horrendous and it ended up ruining both our days. This must never happen again.
Did say that i would be more hardworking this semester, still doing homework now at 1am. Anyway, got to sleep early- for class tomorrow morning must not be late.
School is starting soon, so is the days of 24 hours project work. I must complete my to=do list before I get too busy and forget all about it! "Thursday" by the Studs is sounding better each time i hear it, even though Daisuke's vocals doesn't seem to blend in too well. I'm feeeling so restless, i don't know why as if there is something important that i should be doing . >,>
Take driving course
Bring Tafel anatomie
Pack for school- need some supplies: files, notebook
Fix up the printer- black, colour ink out, paper out, covered in dust!
Plan Time table
Am sick today which explains the bad mood. After food poisoning the last night, not being able to sleep the whole night didn't help at all. Been feeling uncomfortable the whole day which makes me wanna kill somebody.
Going to help my brother order some things from CdJapan with the 500+300 yen discount coupon, but his total wasn't high enough to use the coupon so I'm thinking if i should order a tie from S.pot revenge which i have been eying for a while but didn't buy in Japan. Yet again, I forget to bring Tafel Anatomie back. @#$#$214
The J-rock community here at vox is fantastic, getting to watch the latest pvs, sample the newest songs and read reviews about everything is just awesome!
V: I seriously hate you a lot. You're full of bullshit. Once everything is over, I will be able to rant and bitch about you till the whole world knows about your shamelessness.
Okay, because I dont feel like writing a more detailed trip blog, shall post random photos of the trip. All photos can be viewed at my Photobucket Album for anyone who's interested. Of course, all event photos shall be placed here. Apparently my first class for the semester starts on the 2th July and my school time table is not out yet. How terrible of them. In poly I always had the entire semester schedule out early so I can actually plan my days ahead. Am going to attend an e-commerce workshop this Saturday, must go full speed ahead for the future. Shall have a busy quarter, shall not be lazy. That's my goal. Downloaded a whole lot of new songs to sample- have not bought L'arc new album- ARGH.
- 30th June: Workshop
- 30th June: Transformer movie with the gang
Joypolis- The super most fun arcade ever where we experienced a most scary ghost ride involving japanese dolls, shaking chairs and exorcism. Forget all the crappy simulation rides you've ever taken. They have the best here.
View of city from the tallest ferris wheel .
Okay, thats it for now. Bye~
