Past few days

Have been going to cafes more often for some unknown reason. This is from sunday, in an outdoor cafe near my church in the awesome area of surry hills. Went op shopping with my sister there, they have the coolest recycled clothing from all different eras and styles.

Though for some reason a ridiculous amount of denim.

And i do love everything they have, but unfortunately it was all quite out of my price range.

And they have the quirkiest shops. People open up their own private art galleries in their homes and put on sale things they make and collect.

Seriously, my church is located in such a cool area, you walk down one road you reach market city, up the same road woolworths and industrial district, the other way, one side is art galleries and cafes, and the other is the upper class restraunts, parks and libraries.

Plus the architecture in Surry Hills is awesome.  You get really old, terraced buildings next to modern, hip art galleries, shops and cafes. 

And a lot of these cafes and galleries just use the first floor of the terraced buildings :)

Sorry if this seems like ranting haha

Also they have one of the best pastizzi places ever nearby.

They are the taste of my childhood.

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Saw this on RL blog Oliver and i thought i'd do it :) Her blog makes me think, because her way of thinking is so different to me. :)

Are you one of those people who are always tripping over things?
Constantly.

Would you ever consider taking evening classes in anything?
Yup. Singing, drama, musical theatre, dance, guitar... after high school i want to continue learning what i'm passionate about, nevt just about my degree.

Are you the type to make situations awkward?
Maybe. But i hate awkward situations. Besides, i think nothing is awkward if you think it's not awkward.

Do you prefer fast food or “proper”, restaurant style food?
As long as it's tasty, i dont care

Would you ever go out with someone shorter than you?
Nope. But i wouldn't mind same height. (RL you can say no, you're not THAT tall...)

Is your mum the type to pressure you to have grandchildren?
She doesn't pressure me, bu she always says things like "your kids are going to..." or "when i play with your kids..."

Do you have any traits that you inherited from your parents?
Alot haha. Personality, intrests, physical features... I wouldn't be the person that i am without my rents :)

Are you still in touch with people you went to primary school with?
Lol my best friend in primary is still mine now :)

Do you like Sushi?
one of my favourite foods :)

Are you the type to get easily embarrassed in public?
It doesn't matter where i am exactly, it just matters who i'm with. I don't usually care about stupid things i do if i'm surrounded by no one who knows me.


Once i walked into a pole at the station, but i didn't care even though everyone around me was hysterical because no one i knew was there.

Do you have to reply to texts straight away, or are you happy to just leave them for a while?
Aha... depends on who it's from and at what time of night... usually it's late or i don't see it till its late, so i'm reluctant to reply...

Have any of your friends gotten engaged recently?
my aunt did. does that count?

Would you ever drop everything and go traveling for several months?
Only if it was in the TARDIS. On any other time other than HSC, probably though. 


Speaking of the TARDIS i saw the most awesome art in Surry Hills the other day

Have you ever had a negative encounter with the police? What happened?
Nope.

Do any of your close friends have any really annoying phrases or habits?
Not really.

When you go out for meals, do you try and eat healthily, or do you just pick whatever you feel like?
What is this healthy you speak of?

Do you enjoy going out and socializing, or do you prefer to stay in?
LOL stay in. :)
I'm so lazy i get excited about cancelled plans.

What’s your favourite thing to cook/bake? Do you eat it often?
I like baking anything that's challenging, because i like baking. It's relaxing. erm i guess the thing i make most is my own recipie for triple chocolate cookies, but i like making macaroons. Though they take ages. And i don't eat sweets often.

If you’re being extremely quiet what does it mean?
I'm tired, or im lost in thought.

Do you think your life will be different this time next year?Yes. End of high school, Uni life! (Y)

Are you keeping a secret right now?
Lots.

Where were you last night at 8 PM?

Home, in bed. Reading. Or watching anime, i can't remember.

Is your last name longer than 6 letters?Nope. ASIAN.

What colour is your cell phone?
White, but i have a floral iphone cover

What annoys you? 
bad acting, bad singing, bad music, sexism, discrimination in general. 


Losing. 

Your ex calls you to tell you they hate you, what would you say?Wow. I'm so sorry. Oh wait, you're a jerk, I don't care what you think. *hang up*


Lol probably not. I'd just hang up. But i'd love to say that. 

Do you like to wear flip-flops? 
Yup, so simple.

Do you think you can love someone without trusting them?
No. Trust is important in a relationship.

If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
Fly. I can sell my story to the press and make a million bucks. Plus who wouldn't want to be able to fly?
Also flight saves a lot on airfare, which is what i would do if i had a million bucks, besides building an orphanage/school in Africa.

Do you want to have kids?
I dunno. Sometimes. It's like i don't really want to, but i look at the future and see that sometimes children bring you great joy, but great pain and problems, and i can't be bothered.

Have you ever stolen a street sign?
Haha nope.

How long have you known the last person you spoke on the phone to?
Hrm, my mum's friend. For about 2 years? she's amazing, i love her.

If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go?
London, West End. Or New York, Broadway.

Are you good at doing other peoples hair?
Haha. Probably not, but i think it's fun :)

What’s the last smiley faced you used? 
:)

What’s the last picture message you received on your phone?
I think from MH about a dress

What do you prefer Skittles or Starbursts?
Starbursts.

Are you more fond of snowstorms or thunderstorms?
I'm scared of thunderstorms. Sounds pathetic, but it's true.

So i guess snow storm wins.

What color shirt are you wearing?
Blue.

Has anyone recently told you something you didn’t want to hear?
Strawberry.


I can think of a number of things from a skype conversation.

Has anyone recently disappointed you?
Myself.

When was the last time you wanted to punch someone in their face?


Haha. I don't think i've ever wanted to.

Rent a movie or go to movies?
Go to the movies.

Could you cry right now?
If I want to, i can cry in about 2 minutes.

Do you like to text or call more?
Call.

Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?
Hell no.

Do you take walks when you’re mad?Nope. I fume. And i scream into pillows. And listen to metal.

When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Musical theatre performer, or a vet

Why were you last scared?
I thought my brother had got hit by a car.

Would you rather have ice cream, freeze pops or popsicles in the Summertime?
Ice cream :)

What color are your toe nails right now?
Electric blue.

Do you prefer writing in print or cursive?
Print, although my writing is like a smah of both.

Have you ever been in a big maze? If so, how was it? 
Terrible. I got horribly lost, my sister had got so fed up with me, she just went in, grabbed my hand, and led my out.

Who was your best friend in 6th grade?
MH :)

Whose birthday is coming up?
JJ

Has anybody ever given you butterflies?
Yes.

Do you have nice eyes?I hate my eyes lol.

How old do you think you will be when you finally have kids?
Probably over 30, if i ever have kids.

What woke you up this morning?
A telephone.

Do you find the opposite sex confusing?
Yup.

But i find people confusing in general.

What color is your toothbrush?
Purple and orange

What’s your favorite part of the song that you’re listening to?
Erm.

Edith Piaf L'Accordianiste. Chorus.

Do you think you’re a good friend?
I hope so. But prolly not, i'm too lazy.

If the year consisted of only one season, which would you choose?
Autumn.

Can you handle the truth?
Yes. Doesn't mean i like it though.

Are there some songs you can’t listen to because they remind you of someone?
Nope.

Do you hate anyone?
Not really.

Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?
Don't think anyone is up.

Do horror movies these days scare you?
I don't watch horror because i'd have nightmares.

Have you ever thrown your cell phone in anger? When?
Nope, but i have thrown it hoping it would break.

Nokia's are indestructable. 

Do you know what it’s like to be truly happy?
Hopefully not.

Do you have a box anywhere with special items you’ll keep forever in it?
Yes. It's full of cards and letters and photos.

If a horrible rumor was started about you and you found out who started it, what would you do with the person who started it?
Ask them why.

Are there any keyboards in your house that aren’t being use?
Nope.

Do you have any pictures of yourself on your bedroom walls?
Yes. It's a group photo of my youth group. And i have a framed picture of me and my siblings

Does your dad collect anything?
He goes thorough periods where he's obessed with something, and he collects everything about it. 

I think his most expensive obession was photography.

Would you have a career you can’t stand if you made a lot of money?
Probably. I'd just make a lot of money and then retire early.

If a random person asked how old you are, would you tell them?
Course.

Do you ever have days when you just want to stay in bed all day long?

All day, every day.

Food adventure :)

Went out with my sister for funzies.

Yesterday at Donut king they had the free coffee deal thing, so obviously, being supremely asian and coffee loving, had to go and check it out.

I took a picture for the blog of the row of coffee cups advertising free coffee. I heard about it on the radio. ... love radio :)

Actually, in terms of coffee, the coffe was really nice. Got a latte.

CONSIDERING IT WAS FREE. :D

Hehe. I was so happy with my free coffee. And it came in a really pretty glass, and i was so excited, cause i usually get coffee to take away, and Gloria Jeans doesn't do glasses...

I should drink coffee in cafes more often.

Not that that's a hipster thing and i seem to be doing them a lot more. I just happen to like pretty glass cups when i drink things. Although maybe wearing sweaters and knit jumpers and glasses doesn't dispell the hipster image.

I don't want to be hipster. I like sci fi and mainstream music. Sort of. Actually i hate mainstream music, mostly. Like dubstep and stuff, because it annoys me. Really, i much prefer alternative rock, or british music. Or even french music. I'm trying to learn how to sing l'accordinaste by edith piaf for drama, but i'm dramatically lacking in vocal power haha. But music like lady gaga and RAR RAR RAR RAR RARARAR non stop, i just don't get it. Lyrically it's like a baby wrote it.

Back on the topic of free coffee :D

My sister wanted to take the photo when i started to try and take a photo of the glass haha. she's such a good photographer yeah? She makes me look halfway decent lul. Except for the one on the 3rd where i yawned HAHAHAHA. And then she was laughing at me so i stuck my tounge out.

Like when i went to that cafe in parra with tuesday, that was a really awesome shop, with THE best (and quite possible most expensive) soy chai latte i have had to date. I dream of that chai latte. It was brilliant. And the store was so cute too. :)

Anyway after my coffee with my sis we went and got late lunch with my mum and bro and the had  SPECIAL AFTERNOON LUNCH DEAL. Which is awesome, cause that means it's cheap and a relatively small(er) bowl. (because chinese food bowls are HUGE and i can't finish them on my own usually. Unless i haven't eaten all day and it's like 8 in the evening. Like that time after work experience hahahahaha. MASSIVE BOWL OF PHO, gone in like 15 minutes. I kid, wasn't actually 15, but it was ridiculously fast for a massif bowl.

Oh, and i had a cup of hot soy milk :D

Now here's something that i always find confusing. How come white people soy milk takes so different to chinese soy milk? Who knows. Something that i have been pondering alot recently.

Also something that has been going on alot recently is my sibling's obession with L4D2. Or for you non-gamers, left for dead 2. A zombie game with lots of shooting. I freaked them out by whimpering in a corner in the same manner as a 'witch', which is apparently some super hard and scary female zombie that is extremely difficult to kill.

And last night, my brother was walking up the stairs when he bumped into my mum's handbag hanging on the banister and he screamed, cause he thought it was a zombie. :D

Aren't my siblings totally adorable?

Also skype with webcam is an interesting experience.

And i think personality books are stupid.

Just saying.

Busy last few days... OF DOCTOR WHO

It's currently thunder storming. I hate thunderstorms. They make me cringe. And kind of curl into a ball hugging my insufferable brother who becomes slightly less insufferable during the frightened period.

This Easter I have been not doing much, other than bible studies, cleaning and WATCHING DOCTOR WHO.

Gotta love Doctor who :)

Speaking of doctor who, in the last few days when i actually left the house (so basically wednesday, thursday) i saw a lot of doctor who stuff which made me go nuts. And then want to marathon it, so i watched a whole season worth of dr who. :)

I can just hear rellikami telling me to watch Scrubs instead. oh wells.

At any rate, the stuff i found was really awesome :) and i took pictures too.

Which i bet made the store owners think im mad, a teenage girl crouching on the ground giggling to herself looking at the doctor who stuff.

Oh this one was awesome. It's a lego set of all 11 doctors so far, with their clothing styles and particular screwdrivers/umbrella for the 7th doctor (he was a weird one. though the 5th doctor's coustume will always be most memorable to me)

At any rate this was so cool, i was squealing in the aisle. AND IT'S LEGO, so you can stand them up one lego tardis' and things.]

And they come with their own stands. Too awesome.

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This is a lego rendition of season 6, episode 12, closing time. :)

When the doctor has to prevent Craig Owens from becoming a Cyberman, the Cybermen forget to contend with the power of human emotion.

And Stormageddon, dark overlord of all. :D Cutest baby out.

This one is quite possibly my dream item. Or at least on the list of it. But it's expensive, so i'll probs buy it as a gift to myself for finishing HSC after i get a job :) or the next item, which is as awesome, if not more. But this one is actually useful.

This is a sound effect darlek with projects the time. FRICKING AWESOME. It can be used as an alarm clock, so you'd wake up pretty quickly with threats of extermination. At least i would.

I forgot to take a photo of this one while i was in the comic book store, but this is from season 3, episode 9, the family of blood.

This fob watch is more than an ordinary fob watch. It disguises any time lord as a human being, hiding away their true identity and giving them a fake one istead. It also physically changes each time lord to become, anatomy wise, human as well. Which means no two hearts and all.

So really i could walk around with this and pretend that i'm not even human, i'm just a TIME LORD IN DISGUISE AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.

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So besides ranting about doctor who and watching doctor who, i have done other things so far this holidays. Such as playing games.

One thing i have played ALOT recently (and ML will contest) is Scramble with friends.

Which is like boggle. I think i suck at it, but apparently i'm not bad.

Anyway i was offended when LOTR was not considered a word. (the red means it's not a definined word in the dictionary)

 

If you want, afterwards you can tell me any words you find. The rules are you have to be able to reach each letter by one of the eight that surround it. So like a sudoku box. For example, hurt is a word.

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Also lately i have been walking aorund and been seeing this everywhere. cross = love.

whoever's doing it, i think they're brilliant. :)

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Oh. Went to city on thursday. Played pool and i actually won twice, with me and OW, the amazing noob pair that actually won. :D

Incredibly satisfying. :)

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Also couldn't help but laugh when i saw this, because i do it like ALL THE TIME. seriously.

ok.

Bye kids

:)

Easter :)

Here's something i read today, hard to swallow but good:

the dilemma: man the sinner owes God, on account of sin, what he cannot repay, and unless he repays it he cannot be saved.

There is no one who CAN make this (payment) but God himself.

But noone OUGHT to make it except man (cos we are the ones who have stolen from him by sinning).

Therefore it is necessary for one who is God-man to make this payment, since no one can do it except one who is trully God, and no one OUGHT to make it except one who is truly man.

how great our sins must be that only a God can repay it. And how perfect is Jesus sacrifice- so much that it can pay for all the sins of history.

This Easter, I hope you guys remember that Easter can change your life. Don't let it just change your day.

Happy Easter everyone :)

4 a.m

I can't seem to sleep.

I've been going around reading everyone's blog and emails and things.

I even changed the blog user interface and sutff to the new designs. It's actually quite good. Better than facebook timeline.

Speaking of facebook, hilarity on my upload of the bread. Don't even understand quite what happenned there. Just turn around and suddenly there's 150+ comments and i though WOW PEOPLE MUST LIKE FREE BREAD. But in fact it was all just trolls and general rudeness.

Really, why do people behave like that on facebook? I don't quite understand. What really is the point of going around and just waiting for a lots of commented thing to go and slam people and like your own comments and not even speak english? i could not understand a single word of some comments. And then they still got like 8 likes. I don't understand. do you like the comment because you could understand the strange language, or because you couldn't or because it was just plain stupid. Because in no way was it amusing.

Even JJ's tv shows are funnier.

I should sleep, I'm being lulled into a false sense of security because i have no exam till monday.

Things that don't help you sleep that are supposed to:

- listening to music. but that may be because i only listen to stuff with lots of drums and guitar riffs.
- Drinking milk. That just makes me thirsty.
- Counting sheep. I start imagining where the sheep go and what they do and make up stoires about them and before long my over active imagination is enjoying itself and i'm not tired at all.
- Close your eyes and breathe. Because i get all twitchy and want to move or scratch or something.
- Reading. Because i get too involved in the story.

Speaking of reading i picked up this second hand book the other day called "turning on the girls" by Cheyrl Bernard.

I know. It sounds dirty but let me finish.

Basically, she postualtes that in a world that is completely run by females, the world is a better place.

However, like any new society, new ways of thinking must be organised, removing and changing the old ways of thinking.

One of them being romantic fantasies.

The character's job in this novel is to write these new politically correct fantasies appropriate for the modern woman in this new matriarchal society.

Which makes me think of Ang sung soo ki's speech, which i actually found inspirational.

Maybe i am a bit of feminist, i don't know.

Anyway, the point that the novel was trying to make was bringing up the flaws in our society and government system and trying to stress the importance of the role of women. I'm just going to say this, i might get backlash, but whatever, modern women have to deal with a lot more things than men. Family, job, housekeeping. Women try to balance traditional, patriarchal concepts of what it means to be feminine and a good wife, as well as maintaining the modern meaning of success and wholesomeness by having a good paying job and working.

At least, this is what i see from my mother, who i think is a wonder woman.

And men don't really have to do this.

So i say, women, go a feel good about yourselves.

Although i think the concept of what it means to be a woman and what it means to be a man in this modern society is changing. Which i'm glad. I hope it's moving more to equality.

Especially since in most Muslim countries (and a lot more countries are becoming muslim) women have next to no rights at all. Which makes me sad. At the age of 14 a girl can be married off as a 2nd of 3rd wife and expected to have at least 3 children by the age of 17 in these countries. And all they are asked to do is take care of the house and the children and clean the floors and all other domestic tasks.

You know, apparently a woman can be stoned for being too outspoken, and killed if she talks back to a man?

I figure i'd die pretty early if i were in a muslim country.

I find it disgusting.

And heart rendering.

Also, the book is pretty interesting.

Even if it does sound kinda dirty.

bye guys

i should sleep. or try to sleep.

FREE BREAD.

At parra station today they were giving out loaves of free bread.

I thought I was Asian when I got one loaf and was happy that my sister would get one too.

Then my sister came back with 5 loaves.

Which then Leon took as a challenge and decided to go and get AS MANY AS HE COULD.

I think ML was ashamed to be Asian.

Also AS kindly gave me his pearl milk tea :)

I like pearls now.

But he also threatened my loaf of bread :( I think he did something to it when I was off with JJ.

At any rate, I still don't believe basketball is more important than sleep.

Sleep is greater than anything.

In the library today, my sister and I were talking about elvish and lord of the rings.

And I asked her if she would choose an imitation of the one ring as her wedding ring.

And she was like only if it's not from smeagol.

and if we had to choose between the Evenstar and an engagement ring, we both agreed on an Evenstar.

"it is mine to give whom I will... Like my heart."

Maths and mayhem

Ok so today was weird.

After the 3 hour long maths exam, which was not that bad in comparison to how traumatizing the chem exam will be, I hung around at school trying to study for chem.

Which didn't happen. Ended up talking to a yr11 drama accelerate (which puts her in my drama class and she's insane gun) about doctor who and obese racist albino rabbits that eat chocolate and weetbix and fat cats and chickens that eat McNuggets. CANNIBAL CHICKENS!

I laughed so much I cried.

Then the real adventure began.

I forgot my phone today, because I was busy last minute looking at notes and I forgot to pick up my phone. At any rate this was bad because I had to pick up my mother.

For those of you who know me well, you'd say "alysha, when did you learn to drive? You know you can't drive alone on L's right? Even though you're old enough to have your P's by now, you still haven't gone to the RTA have you?" (Mr Anderson is forcibly taking me down to the RTA in the holidays lol. He has his P's and he's 4 days younger than me :p)

And as an explanation as to why I must retrieve my mother, it is because she had to fix her car, so she is left lifeless.

Usually she drives to the station, and then catches a train to her workplace. But with no car, she was clueless as how to navigate the system.

My dad dropped her off in the morning, but she had no other way of getting back other than bus.

Thus I had to trek to Epping from baulko to fetch my mum and bring her home.

Anyway, when I got on the bus, I had a vague idea that M61 goes to Epping.

Apparently, as I learnt when I got on the bus, it doesn't. It goes to the city.

And I caught an express. LOL.

So somehow, I ended up at wynard today. And I had to catch a train back to Epping.

And the train was delayed.

Leaving the school at 1:00, I got to Epping at 3:15.

If I had caught a normal school bus, I would have gotten there at 3:30.

LOL

Funny times.

Anyway, to chem!