Haven’t posted in awhile due to lack of internet connection at home. How sucky. I need to get broadband soon.. What did everyone do for Raya?

Me and Tiff visited Rudy on the second day of Raya and he fed me pretty well. Hehe. It was great catching up with some old friends I haven’t seen in ages but we had to leave early because Tiff had dinner plans with the family. That’s about the extent of my Raya activities (besides pigging out on buka puasa food) because my NZ malay friends are all in their kampungs and next week there will be more open house visits when they all get back to the city.

Other than that, I have been very busy cleaning out my room. I have accumulated too much shit over the years and I’m in the mood to throw stuff out. So far I have thrown out about 6 cartons of rubbish, and I have about 3 cartons of clothes/accessories for donation, and I managed to finally part with about 22 pairs of shoes. I also decided to give away several bottles of perfume I never use and alot of other random things. The only things I didn’t have the heart to throw out are my books (I have about 800 books) because I want to read all of them again one day. Me and Nik also went to Ikea and I bought new handles for my wardrobe, which I am gonna plaster with black wallpaper and contrasting stripes. I also bought mood lighting and mirrors.. whee!

I also got one of the new MAC eye palettes, and Nik bought me the brushes for Christmas. They’re gorgeous!

Last night I went to check out La Bodega in KL with Nik and we had a game of scrabble at the lounge area upstairs. It’s a nice cozy place with nice furniture and in a very old part of the city, where Frangipani is. I trashed him of course but I have to admit I underestimated him at the start.. hehe. I’m up for a game or two if anyone’s interested.

I got a haircut today, the other day it didn’t happen and Nik took me to Peek-a-boo this afternoon on the pretense we were going to meet some of his friends - instead he made an appointment for me! Isn’t he the sweetest? I have a fringe now, and my hair is straight again. I will take some pictures when I go to Bar Savanh tonight. I’m meeting up with the girls again, as well as some old friends from high school.

Time to make myself pretty

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all my Muslim friends and readers!

Randoms for today;

If you’re lucky enough to be in the vicinity, check out the Lord of the Rings premiere party @ Amba on Blair St Wellington on Monday 1st December 10pm onwards. Something really *cool* is gonna happen that night, I’ve been told.. I hope it’s not the surprise cast appearance *wink* Why am I back here in KL again? Sigh.

:output is the biggest international student competition in visual communication. Very cool.

What happens when your shopaholic tendencies become obsessive consumption? One girl documents her every purchase over 22 months (and counting..)

If, like me, you like beautiful skies and taking pictures of it, check out Open Sky. I’ve submitted a bunch of pictures I’ve taken of New Zealand skies during my stay there.. whee!

I’m also setting up another mini-site dedicated to vodka and my cocktail recipes.

Oh, and here are some new pictures from my intoxicated Saturday night!

Am back in good old Kuala Lumpur now, after a painfully long journey. I hate airports. When I was young, the prospect of going on a trip overseas was very exciting. Now I see travelling for what it really is - long queues, horrid security, long walks from one gate to the other, transit (being in transit for hours can do serious damage to ones mental state and credit card) and rows of people packed into economy class with insufficient breathing space, crap airline food trays and my personal vendetta with luggage and check-in counters.

Straight from the airport to Bar Savanh, where I continued my Wanganui-Wellington-Sydney drinking binge. It’s a nice new place behind Sheraton Imperial Hotel where the girls now haunt. It opened a week ago. The cocktails were pretty good, I bumped into alot of friends there and was so totally intoxicated at the end of the night (my poor liver) that I apparently was hugging a Kembara on the way out. I haven’t seen the pictures yet (uh oh!)

I am going to grab a feed and get my hair cut at Peek-a-boo at 5pm today. It has become something of a ritual now, I always need something done to my hair and Gibson is such a sweetie for slotting me in on a Sunday

OMG OMG! Check out Semi-Permanent 2004! The Line-up is enough to make me drop everything and go. Actually, just Carson himself is enough to make me drop everything and go. Carson and Darling Harbour. OOOOOH!

A strange yet appealing site I’m currently in love with: Assorted Popsicle And another strange yet appealing site: uncommon creatures exists only in your imagination.

Wow, this will be my final post from Aoteroa. I am feeling a strange mixture of emotions - reluctance, excitement, nostalgia, a kaleidoscope of I-can’t-waits and Oh-nos confusing even myself. For once, I really don’t know what I want to write about.

I got here without any incident on Monday afternoon and slept the rest of the day away. The engine died on me about 10 times on Monday, which was rather embarassing but bearable, because I kept forgetting about the clutch. Clutch! On Tuesday, I drove out to Tawa for some last minute factory outlet shopping and came out with $20 Nikes, $20 Jeans and a $20 top which I wore to Sheena’s farewell dinner that night at Parade Cafe with my new Sass & Bides and suede boots. I looked really feminine for once, which was a bad thing because I was meeting all Sheena’s friends for the first time and they thought I was a girly girl.

Today, I went to explore the outer Wellington regions - Porirua, Johnsonville, Khandallah and Hutt Valley - in search of more sales (kidding!) Just wanted a chance to check those non-touristy places before I leave. There’s a really nice lookout point in Lower Hutt, which looks out to Aotea Quay and Wellington City. I went there with Garret on our trip last Easter and I went there again to see it for the last time. I parked there, got out of the car and had a good cry. Geez. What an emotional mess

Can’t believe I’m leaving.. sigh.

After Sheena’s dinner we went drinking (what else do people do around here?) at the Lion Red and Molly’s and later on tonight I’m meeting up with some of her friends before I leave. The car didn’t die on me at all today, which is a rather significant improvement from Monday, and I am glad I’m finally getting used to it. Phew.

Sydney, here I come!

Time to leave Wanganui - said my goodbyes without getting over emotional, which is good. I rented a Toyato Echo, which now seems a bad choice because the task of driving a manual to Wellington seems rather daunting.

In case you didn’t know, I am one of those girls who drives an automatic car. The last time I really drove a manual was when I was learning to drive (hope this doesn’t impress you too much.. /sarcasm) Bugger!

When you were here before, couldn’t look you in the eye.
You’re just like an Angel, your skin makes me cry.
You float like a feather in a beatiful world,
I wish I was special, you’re so very special.

When I told Him I’m thinking of extending my stay, all he seems to be concerned about are The Plans, you know, in the ‘you-sort-it-out-decide-let-me-know-before-wed-so-i-can-cancel-em-gotta-go-bye’ way. Of course he misses me.

I don’t want to leave just yet. Sigh. What’s wrong with me now? Can’t I have one day off without stirring up drama in my life?

My elven name is Lothien Falassion. Whats yours?

I spent most of the day in the school labs today, helping Jo pull the final Pivot Issue 2 together. It was a massive amount of work, but I enjoyed it - it’s been awhile since I did any production work and I miss it alot. I sold my digital camera to Jo today, too. This means I’m gonna have to buy a disposable little one for the rest of my stay (not that I expect to take alot of pictures anyway) In return for my help, Jo paid for my cigarettes when we ran out. In our school, daily life seems to always be punctuated by coffee and smoke breaks. Everyone finds it strange that I am not caffiene dependent.

I met alot of people in the labs today, it’s a Saturday but it’s also the last day the labs will be open to students because external moderations begin on Sunday and the graduate exhibition opens on Tuesday. I really miss the environment there, it is rather ironic how now that I’m out of school I find reasons to go in. The source of my inspiration is the creative energy that is always present in the air there and everytime I see Jo I always leave with a huge desire to go forth and create. I will miss them very, very much when I leave for Wellington in a few days. I don’t know if I am ever coming back here.

Wellington is also home to alot of fond memories, and when I leave New Zealand on Thursday, I know there will be tears.

My trip extends to good old Australia for an undetermined amount of time, but I do have a return flight to KL on the 1st of December should I choose not to extend it. In retrospect, I should’ve decided to stay on in NZ and give Australia a miss and go straight back to KL.

I already miss this place and I haven’t even finished packing yet. Oh God.

I am a sentimental old girl (don’t let me tell you otherwise).

I’ve noticed what this site lacks. I am my own worse critic at times like these and I’m in that strange mood where I want to break walls down.. not literally of course. This site lacks interaction. It has become generic, one of the thousands of sites that people visit to read someone elses thoughts and that’s it. Hell, I do it all the time myself.

Change is inevitable. I used to love coming back here to see what other people have to say. I used to post fresh-from-the-tablet digital art. I used to spend all my time surfing and finding cool links I can’t help but share and building myself a convenient link archive I used to revisit when I’m bored. After being ‘offline’ for a year to finish my degree and having my beloved Maxtor crash on me, taking with it almost 3 years worth of work, pictures, music and inspiration, I guess I just gave up, knowing nothing in life is ever absolute. Now I just use this site as an outlet, to rant and record things I’ve done for myself more than anyone else. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this blog being public and all, alot of things have been sugarcoated and dusted prior to audience consumption. Why, you ask? Because I’m just like all the other anonymous posters out there - I don’t want to be judged by my blog. I don’t want people making assumptions about who I am because this isn’t really me, its a part of what makes up the whole, but it isn’t the only part.

I try to keep in mind why I started this blog in the first place, it was a means of keeping in touch between good friends who are all in different places leading different lives. It isn’t anymore because it obviously takes two to tango, or in this case five, and I took over and the first change took place.

I’m not complaining about lack of comments or even readers because I know you guys are out there somewhere but what I’m going on about is simply CHANGE. It’s inevitable and now there will be another change.

Fuck sugarcoating. If you are on to it, you’ll know what to do with me from now. If you’ve gotten this far, thanks for reading. I’m not done yet.
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I have been busted!