First week at my new uni is over. It went so fast and yet somehow it felt like I’ve been there for a long time. Anyway, piled with heaps of assignments is just great. But I suppose it was expected. I still have Friday off, though it’d probably be spent in the library or studio soon. I really should’ve gone today… but it’s the first week and besides I needed to go shopping anyway.

Things are so much different here since they have so MUCH more prac. I’m still considering whether that’s a good thing or not. It requires much more time and creativity and I go so blank. It is a bit more enjoyable and more free but it’s hard to think of something myself that I’d actually fully like. The tutors aren’t that much of a help.

Lol I can’t believe I’m doing the same history stuff again. I so will not fail this year!!! I will not fail History. I will not fail history. In fact, my goal is to ace it! The lecturer is a little bit better. Little bit. At least I know what he’d be talking about and the assessment isn’t too bad. I hope. And less distractions. And I think that’ll be my only exam for midsem.

Anyway, it’s really weird not seeing the people from my old uni… Like something would come up and I could just imagine what they would say or what I would say to them except they’re not there. People here also seems nice but it seems more disciplined.. well not disciplined exactly but more I dunno, mature, independent etc etc. Even the cute guy is not like what I thought he’d be like just from his looks. Maybe kiwis are really more reserved than aussies LOL Or maybe it’s just I’ve gotten used to Aussies’ loud obnoxious stereotype by nzers. Hahah okay I say that with endearment especially since most are not. I love how laid-back it is there and here. I don’t think I can live in a different atmosphere now.

So I just arrived at Auckland yesterday and wow it was so green. I really missed the greeness and clear skies, especially with all the bushfires happening in Melbourne. Hahah I also found the kiwi accent really strong now. I never used to notice it that much last time I was here but damn it’s like a ‘ping’ whenever they talk especially the ‘e’s. But I suppose I’ll get used to it. Heck, I’m starting to speak like them already. Even the customs person said that I totally lost my filipino accent. LOL but I don’t think so, I still sometimes have that roll in the r’s

Aaaanyway, I’m now staying at my auntie’s house. Well it’s either I stay at their place and get a car or get a flat. While I really really wanna live alone and not to mention I’m pretty used to it, I need a car. Public transport here sucks ass. So much more worse than Melbourne. I’m really missing melb now ;_;

First day at uni today and more new strangers to meet. I’m getting pretty used to this whole moving around and about thing. I remember having 2 primaries, tho not including phils since i don’t remember there at all….., 2 intermediates and 2 high schools. And now 2 universities?? Hahah

Lol I kinda got a bit lost looking for the rooms but managed to make my first friend at this uni yay while we try to get to the room on time. Thank god the place was filled with heaps of helpful staff. The lecturer was American ahhah but her voice didn’t annoy me as much as I thought it would. It was a bit better than my old one since we drew heaps! It was all sketching and drawings and stuff.

Everyone was pretty chill.. I kinda miss the guys’ jokes and immatureness from my old uni but who knows it’s only the first day. But I have a feeling it’s gunna be srs business. Well as serious as architecture gets. Guys look pretty average, I dunno, I didn’t really paid much attention to them surprisingly. Okay, that’s not really a pure lie. It’s just this one super hot guy and then the others just… others hahah. I actually saw him before I got lost but didn’t think he’d be in the same class. And of course he was flaunted by girls when he got in =_= why do I find those sort of guys hot. So he got plentiful of stares from me, dunno if he noticed lol. I hope I wasn’t too creepy, I was just trying to figure out who he looks like. Now I swear he looks like Chad Michael Murray but with much manry-er and sharper looks. Lol but then again my visual memory isn’t perfect hahah. Anyway, we had to split into four groups and wow.. he was in my group lol so I managed to get his name. Now I can start stalking rofl right. Anyway, but I’m already slashing him with the euro guy next to him. Such a gay world.

Welll, we have gotten loads of new assignments already D: And I spent the whole day at uni, shops, bus, distracted by little cousins, reorganising my room and unpacking. And now before I knew it I’m typing this at 12:30am. Way past my supposedly bed time. I can’t believe I have to wake up at 6am and I haven’t done any of the assignments. What happened to my no slacking off! Okay, no slacking off.. I shall plan and do half of the assignments now before I go to sleep. O yay think I’ll get used to less than 4 hours sleep a day.

Well ranting on here rather than LJ is different… I feel like going back there just to rant about uni stuff for the nostalgia but I love my blog too much.

I’ve been up for almost 41 hours straight and yet I don’t feel too sleepy. The bags under my eyes says otherwise though. I’m just restless and bored ignoring the fact that I shouldn’t be with all the stuff I need to do. I try to sleep but I just lie down in bed, fidget for a bit, then go on the net again. Then I get bored again, try to do my notes, then go on the net again. Blah blah then go to the net again.

It doesn’t help that the internet has been going so fucking slow!! Argh, I hate slow net. And then my laptop has been going a little bit slower than usual. And now, Firefox is screwing up on me, which it hardly does. Maybe I should take the hint and go to sleep. If only my body would listen to me.

I slept over my friends house last night again. The aim was the same- to do some work and study together. Yet, yesterday we didn’t do much. It was only after some hours that I had to give in and do some of my projects or I’ll fail.

Of all the things I could’ve done, I did my hatching for freehand. Something that I could’ve done by myself, so what was the point of doing it there? But I guess it was better than doing something else unrelated to uni. I hatched for hooours. It started to look good, I didn’t want to stop but I was so tired and hungry.

We went to have dinner at some Chinese place. It was small restaurant and I could see only a couple working with one assistant. Apparently, that’s how Chinese’s usually work when I asked my friend about it. I rather thought that was kinda stingy. But to each their own. I ordered sweet and sour and we had to wait awhile. Some elderly Aussies came in and there were no tables bigger than two’s. A table was empty next to us and another next to some couple eating. The waitress or assistant or whatever she was, had the nerve to ask us to move! Okay, I wouldn’t have minded moving but we have been waiting for some time for our food and the couple at the other table was kinda annoying. Finally, the food came, and undoubtedly, it was pretty good. Not as much as I would’ve like but it was nice. I don’t know if I’d go there again. The food was great in taste but not worth the portion and the bad service. I prefer the other restaurants around.

On the way back, we went to Baskin Robbins for some nice choc mint ice cream again! I love that ice cream shop. One day I will buy a whole tub of choc mint from there! The we quickly went in safeway to buy some snacks and there were these crumpets thing. It was a weird little thing. It’s like pancakes except really bouncy and elastic-y. We got that too.

Walking back to my friend’s place, we began talking about the supernatural and stuff. Like god and ghosts and afterlife. I dunno how it came to that since we were talking about games before. Personally, I don’t believe in them but a little part of me kind of does, just in case. Anyway, it was a weird topic.

When we got to our destination, I was lazy to get back to work. My friend wasn’t much of a help since she wasn’t doing work as well. But I did continue hatching until late. I still wasn’t finished when I got really bored and sick of it.

I looked around the room, looking for a distraction. And I found a very nice one indeed. A book. Lately, I have been reading so much fiction that I have for a while. The book was “My Story”, I have heard of it from a couple of other people and they said it was pretty good. It was about a boy that was abused by his mother and was really sad. I wasn’t really much of the depressing mood at that moment but I read some anyway. It sort of reminded me of some really angsty fanfic. Lol, you know you read too much fanfiction when you think an original fiction is a fanfiction. Anyway, I read some until I was so sleepy to focus.

The next morning we tried the crumpets thing. Actually we tried it last night but we didn’t toast it so it didn’t taste good at all. It tasted like some sort of plastic! So weird. So we were going to do it right this time and put it in the toaster. Funny how different it was then than it were after it was toasted. It was crispier and had a some pancake taste. We had it with ice cream, ahh so sweet, and it was really nice.

Not much happened afterwards since we decided to do some of our work. I was looking through my projects, assignments and notes and I realised how much stuff was incomplete and how much more I have to do in two weeks! In two little weeks, everything is due! What happened to the time?? I swear I had heaps more time to do these but I didn’t. Not to mention, I wanted to do some of my drawings again because I didn’t like it. Ahhh the stress! I really wish I have powers to control time.

Getting high is all it’s cracked up to be. This time I really got smoked some. And it felt GOOD. Just the experience of it is just interesting. I wasn’t so sure at the start because I began thinking about what if I’d look so stupid? What if I’d DO something stupid? What if we can’t get home tonight? What if something else bad happens? To be dramatic, I’d like to say I was hyperventilating but I wasn’t actually. I’m exaggerating a little but I do have to say that I did think of what I was doing but I’m curious laid-back as hell to care shit.

I’m not very good with words, I know that, so it’s hard to explain. It took quite some time to start working on me. I first thought that I was taking it wrong since nothing felt different. I guess I wasn’t in the right mood in the first place but still. Some time later I could feel something in my throat. It was weird, a bit uncomfortable but I really did not care at that time.

It felt like I was dreaming, yet I can control myself. I wanted to do silly things. I thought about just jumping around. Maybe do some of those ninja shit and see how that would turn out. I even thought about jumping off the balcony, which is kinda high, just to see if I can survive. Not a good idea. But I wasn’t high enough to do anything. Either I’m just a really calm person or I have a strong immune system.

Then my sight seems wider. Like I can see more. I don’t know, maybe not really. Or either things were just meshing up together as my eyes wander.

I was pretty hungry soon and we ate some pods and damn it tasted soooo good. I dunno if it’s just me but I reckon it was the best thing I’ve eaten. My friend said I’d get really hungry and eat a lot when I get high. But it wasn’t really that, it’s more like I just want to eat because it tasted good.

After some mucking around and I checked up myself with the mirror in the loo. Dark bags were really showing and my bloodshot eyes did not help. I splashed some water on my face to clean up, not that it made much difference. We decided not to take too much and to go soon since we do have to get back and go to school the next day.

I gotta admit, I got paranoid when we went out. I swear I saw the cars coming straight for me. As if they were going faster just to hit me. And then waiting for the train was weird. I began thinking of things that I wouldn’t usually think of. It was pretty annoying but I couldn’t help it.

Time goes by so very slowly, but after it has passed I thought it went too fast. I could feel anxiety, nervousness and excitement? thrill? I don’t know.

One of the strangest things I believed then was that my friends were mocking me. They would start talking and then stop. I looked at the time. They would start talking again about something else random. I started to think what they said before was just my imagination. Looked at the time again and it was the same minute. They kept doing it. After a while time was going but yet stopping.My mental state then wasn’t exactly reliable. Not that it ever is but it was not up to usual standard.

My skin felt quite sensitive. Usually I can handle the cold really well. Like, even if it was freezing cold and I feel it, it wouldn’t bother me at all. Especially since I love the coolness even icy feeling all around me. But at that time, I was fucking shivering! I wanted nothing but a space heater. I thought to myself that I shouldn’t feel that cold but yet I can’t help it.

I don’t know. Everything seems to contradict.

But I cannot wait until next time. Maybe it was the dreamy state? Whatever it was I wanna do it again. I wish I can get a hold of some myself and do it whenever. But I do have self-control. I won’t do anything stupid.

I woke up pretty late today around 1pm even though I was supposed to meet my cousin earlier to give me my mother’s mails from our old house. So I didn’t have time to do my laundry and stuff. Times like these, I miss living with my mother where she does my laundry as well.

Anyway, I missed a couple of calls from my cousin before I woke up and called her back. It turned out she was wondering around Victoria Market luckily not too bored out of her mind. I always hate making people wait but yet I do it all the time. I do try not to. So got changed quickly and I met with her.

She wanted a lunch in the restaurant near my place. I haven’t actually been there but it’s Mexican and looks so damn good! We sat at table 18, ahhh joy of KHR numbers. My cousin thought I was weird for fangirling about a number. But it was okay, she shouted me anyway.

I ordered a Tandoori Chicken Wrap and Iced Coffee. I was craving really bad for coffee ever since the Starbucks below my uni shut down so I drank some as soon as I got it. Savouring the bittersweet coffee flavour.

There was even coffee beans on it

My cousin was saying that she’s going to make a blog with pictures. That reminded me of this blog and I wanted pictures too. Anyway, the Tandoori Chicken Wrap was so nice. It was a big portion though and I didn’t get to finish. Plus it had lots of tomatoes and I’m not too fond of tomatoes.

Mmm... This is what I call lunch!

We went to the junk store and the market next to it afterwards and I found some stuff I might use for cosplaying on Manifest. I’m not too sure though. I’m getting really broke. There was this little aquarium/pet store. It was so cool! I wanted snakes. They were so pretty and nice. Though there wasn’t any bright green ones- my favourites. There were loads of fishes and crabs and water animals but I only got a quick look. The fish fighters were weird. I was kinda curious on how far they would go to winning against each other but I am not spending money on that.

I got my mother’s mail and checked through it. There was sooo freaking many bills and crap. I don’t know how she can manage all of it. I haven’t even opened them all! I called her and talked for some time. She bought an apartment in Brisbane! Only one bedroom though, but still, I can’t wait until the end of the year to visit. Plus she booked us a hotel to stay at in Gold Coast for a week. So fun!!! I’m feeling so guilty lately. I haven’t been studying or doing any homework and schoolwork.

At the end of the day and wanted nothing more than to relax and surf the net. I didn’t wanna do homework or laundry and not even go to the gym! Then my friend asked me if I wanted to get take up some grass tonight. I kinda do and don’t and I kinda said yes too and she already got her bong ready and told the guys we’re coming. Soo bad. On a Sunday night when there is school tomorrow. At least she’s going to sleep over so we can get home kinda safely together than alone somehow and she can wake me up in the morning. But yeah, I’m getting high toonight!

We have a project and the first part was to report on five different components and so we went Bunnings. And so we woke up pretty early to catch a tram down to Port Melbourne since it was the nearest one I can remember. We walked around for a bit to where I thought it was, but then it wasn’t there! So we went back around to another street. Isn’t it fun being lost? Especially lugging around bags. We asked this random lady in front of a house and we were right! It was in the direction we first went except a bit further and hiding behind other buildings and trees.

Finally, we got to Bunnings. I got a look at pretty much everything in there. Though we were lazy to actually measure things so we found some that already had dimensions. Some have trade literature and it had everything in there so we took some instead of looking for other ones. We took pictures for reference to re-draw later and I actually traced some like the plumbing tube thing I forgot the name of. Oh well. Anyway, hopefully that was enough and we were tired and sick of Bunnings already.

It was raining while we were inside and thankfully it stopped when we finished. It’s not as if I don’t like rain. In fact, I really like rain. Although, it is just annoying when I have stuff I don’t want wet.

So we walked to the nearer tram station. We stopped at the further one when we came but it’s okay, we found it. On the way there, you can see the cold steam all throughout the asphalt from the cold rain and the hot sun. It looked really weird, like those misty crap on witchery shops and stuff.

Anyway, for lunch, we had fish and chips. It was sooo good. I miss the fish n chips in NZ though. Aw.

We went back to the city late afternoon and instead of going to the library we got distracted on shopping. I bought a long skivvy top. It looked really warm too! But I hate skivvies since they don’t suit me at all. Stupid damn boobs. Then we went around more shops. I wanted a fingerless gloves except the one I saw wasn’t the type I liked.

My friend had to work so I went home hoping for a nice relaxing boring night.

But my housemate’s friend was leaving and had booked out a room at a club and invited me to go. I was feeling really tired but I said okay. I mean why not? So we went. Her friends were driving us there but we had one less seat so we squiiished in to fit. We were just worried if cops were around. And there were lots of cops around- it was Friday night, in the city, to the club.

When we got there, I was pretty worried about my ID. I really shouldn’t be anymore considering I look older but y’know I don’t want to be stranded alone outside because I’m underage. Plus it was a private room in the club. So I got in.

Not as many people as I thought would be in there. Overall, it wasn’t that good and I would’ve preferred doing something else. But I know decorum and tried to have fun. We danced around and drank a bit. Okay so it was kinda fun but still. Plus my dress sucked and I need to keep pulling it up or down. But that’s beside the point.

I was shattered that there weren’t any, at all, hot guys. Come on?! Oh well, we left pretty early, around 3. I could’ve stayed longer since I wasn’t sleepy but the mood wasn’t what I wanted. When we got home, I still wasn’t sleepy so might as well update this.

I should really sleep.

My friend and I met up on a FRIDAY afternoon to do HISTORY work till late. Yes as figured, it did not happen. We were craving for some Japanese pancake (okonomiyaki?) so we went out to have a snack in MC instead.

While we were eating, my other friend called and got me the last episodes for Yakitate! Japan. I so can’t wait to watch it! I can’t believe something about just bread can be so exciting. But it needs to wait with how much work I need to do.

So much for getting anything done. My friend went to have dinner - Thai! Aww! - with her boyfriend and his mum. I didn’t wanna impose so I went back to my apartment. I didn’t wanna do anything at all but I went to the gym since I’ve been trying to go everyday. So far so good. Five days already. I came back and shower and yet no call from my friend whose supposed to be sleeping over.

My Italian housemate invited me to dinner with two French guys! I wanted to go but I thought my friend will come soon. Such a shame. So it got later and my other housemate invited me for a movie. She’s Indian and apparently we were going to see a Bollywood movie. I have never seen one before so why not try? After all I love trying new things- never mind it was a free ticket.

Then just about we were to go, my friend rang. She was already downstairs. She wanted to come (I think) as well which is all good. We ended up pretty late for the movie and not too late to get the tickets.

I don’t know what I was expecting but seriously, it was really weird. To be honest, I really did not like it. The movie, “God Tussi Great Ho”, has got the exact same plot as Bruce Almighty. Except Bruce Almighty was better in my opinion.

Firstly, GTGH was really long. It drags out everything so much. Much more than I’ve been dragging out this entry. Anyway, secondly, I try to tolerate the Indian language but after hearing it for quite some time, I’ve really gone to hating it. I cannot stand it at all. Though, I do hide it since I do know some decorum. That along with some Indian jokes, or some kind of jokes, I don’t and can’ get. It gets pretty frustrating. I just wanted to sleep through it but the voices are loud and irritating. I struggled to not leap out and just go. Also, there’s the singing and dancing… Oh god, I do not mind it so much as the others but it made it even longer!
Then there was an interval! Wow, an interval. So long that it needs one, I was dying- tortured! Oh well, I got myself some magnum ice cream. It was good though I felt guilty afterwards as I’m trying to lose fat. Finally, after so long hours, it finished!!! I got my lame ending that I have predicted and way too happy to go.

I will never watch a Bollywood movie if I have any say to it. Unless of course, it was really really really good. Since there are always exceptions with me. But, for most, if not all, the time, I will stick to Hollywood, thank you!

We got home pretty late. I was feeling more energetic as I was out of the stinking cinema. My friend and I were on the net going to random sites and crap. Hahah, oh the youtube videos. She showed me the cute little boys videos with the English accent saying ‘Charlie bit me!’ etc. They were so cute. Then I showed her Charlie the Unicorn. Dumbest video! But the other video reminded me of it. We also watched the violent cartoons, to which I forgot the name of.

It was getting really late and we went to bed. We were not sleepy though and ended up singing children songs and nursery rhymes. Talking about random crap. Overall, that was a content way to end the night.