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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

The moon was a little over half last night. I'm guessing that it will be three quarters or nearly so tonight.
Made a lemon cheesecake with K and S today. Waiting to see the results tonight. Yum yum. So domestic.
I'm suppose to go interview a bunch of old people and a physiotherapist student on Friday at six thirty in the morning. God, what an unearthly hour. Sometimes journalism just really sucks.
Listening to: I Think I Don't Love You Enough by Andy Lau and Kelly Chen.
Weather: Warm, with a cool breeze.
Dreaming of: Love.
Reading: The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie.

Clever girl, to get so sick. Clever girl, to fall so deep. Clever girl, she thinks but she can't go too far. The cliff is way too steep and you can't walk too straight. So don't let yourself get lost in the wind; you'll never get too far from your mistakes. The wind will blow you down and you will scatter like pieces of a flower and a single lotus leaf will bear you far away to your bliss.

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Monday, March 29, 2004

I just added a new entry in my forest of poetry, Red Leaves Forest. Well, it's not really a poem but I just needed to get it out and while writing, I realized what it was that I felt...or that I think I feel. Who knows? What does every human long for in life? Is this the same with all of us? Do we want something more than what life can offer us? Is this a selfish longing? I know that I'm lucky to have what I have now...luckier than most as a matter of fact...and that I should be happy with it, but somehow...there's just something...
What am I looking for? What is she looking for? What else is there?
I thought that when I reached this particular point in life, I would find what I was looking for, that it would only be a matter of time. Yet time is running out, I am afraid, deathly afraid, that life would pass me by and I'd never find what I am looking for or even what it is that I am looking for.
I think that there have been points where I think that I have finally found what I was looking for, that it was within my grasp. Yet, I seem to be letting go of it, or it's been slipping out of my grasp.
Is it reality? Or is it just wisps of smoke drifting underneath the stars at night?
I really don't know...
But I am determined to find out.

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There is a change in the weather...
It has definitely become much colder. I finally had the chance to wear my new fluffy pink jacket. ;)
Also, the moon is larger. It'll reach the half mark pretty soon.
Went to the Australia Forest Rally race in Nannup and Busselton. It was the first time I'd been to one of those rally races but it was really fun. I mean, I definitely don't know much about cars and I can barely tell one car from the other, but I definitely like races and I like looking at the subarus and mitsubishis. Now I feel like watching Initial D - hahah.
Saw a lot of horses and cows on the drive out to the rally - we woke up at six am just to drive all the way down to Nannup...gah. I am definitely not a morning person. The only time i like morning is when it's the continuation of the night before.

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Friday, March 26, 2004

The moon is a slight silver crescent in the night sky...
Everyone is entering a period of change and renewal and rebirth...
I can feel it in the air...
Blood is all about...

The Fall and Rise of Kings and Queens.
It must be the time of the rise and fall of new governments. In Spain, the socialists have toppled the old regiment. In Greece, Costas Karamanlis and his New Democracy Party end ten years of Socialist rule. In Haiti, Gerard Lartortue has taken over as prime minister after Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled/was kidnapped from the country, depending on whether you believe the Aristide opponents or supporters. On the Gaza Strip, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, the spiritual leader of Palestinian military group Hamas leader was assasinated and his sucessor, Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi swears vengeance. In Iraq, members of the new Iraq interim constitution have finally given their signatures - but the Shi`ites are still dissatisfied with the results and had only signed to preserve national unity thus far. In America, John Kerry and Howard Dean are busy plotting to take down George Bush.
And while old governments fall, others retain their rule...
President Vladimir Putin continues to rule Russia. President Chen Shui Bian avoids being assasinated to narrowly win his re-election in Taiwan. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the new prime minister after the retirement of ex-prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, led the Barisan National party to a landslide victory in Malaysia.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Weather: Still hot, but with a cool wind now.
Season: Extremely late summer, one more week to autumn
Listening to: Poison by Takashi Sorimachi
Eating: blueberries

Everyone's wrriten back to me again and comforting me so much! sooo nice!!! i feel so happy to have such great friends!!! sniff!!!
I finally saw The Fast and The Furious the other day on TV. I think 2 Fast 2 Furious was better.
How can I learn languages off my language CD if I can't figure out how to work my language CD?
A friend of mine got his car totalled while his girlfriend was driving it and his parents found out and got totally pissed. This is a totally classic example of how not to impress your future potential in-laws. Ouch.
Sat through a completely boring lecture on ethics in journalism today. I think that nearly everything I'm learning in my classes is a rehash of what I already learnt in college, with a few exceptions.
In Journalism classes, there is a big emphasis on quoting your sources accurately, even if their grammar completely sucks. What a huge difference from the time I worked on a newspaper last year, where we were practically encouraged to change our sources' sentences to make them more 'palatable'. Real-life journalism is so full of shit. But then, which part of life is not?


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Monday, March 22, 2004

Weather has turned fiery again! Everywhere's sizzling hot and the sun's glaring right at u.
Went to aqua this weekend. It's some aquarium place down in fremantle, where u get to see little fishies like sharks and molest stingrays and starfish in the touch pool. They had these seadragons which were kinda cool. I would put up a pic onli i don't know how to get that stupid location part right in the image html. bloody hell. if anyone could tell me what to put there i'd be really grateful. i'll buy u an ice-cream cone, heheh.
Feeling a little depressed now. I just read some mail from my friends at home and I guess I'm getting a little homesick. I miss my friends more than anything, and all the things we used to do together. Being here has really brought home to me how much they mean to me. You guys know who you are! ;)
Had my first kendo class the other day. That class is way cool, I had so much fun. Can't wait for the second class next week.


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Saturday, March 20, 2004

Recent news:
There's been the discovery of a new planet in our galazy, a "tenth planet" after Pluto. It's named after Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the ocean. But there's also been a debate raised on whether it was a planet or not. For that matter, is Pluto a planet? Is it big enough to be a planet? Does it have all the requirements of a planet? What are the requirements of a planet anyway? Nobody really knows that. Anyway, the news is exciting enough. I've grown up all this while believing that there are only nine planets in our particular solar system and now suddenly that belief has crashed to bits. It's just another one of those things which goes to show that nothing is really permanent in life and everything, no matter how permanent it seems, can always change. For all we know, Sedna might not really be a planet so even that is liable to change.
Secondly, more news from Tibet. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk who had been sentenced to death in 2002 upon allegations of being involved in a bombing in a public park in a closed trial with no real credible evidence, has had his sentence suspended for two years. If he does not violate the terms of suspension, it is possible that his sentence will be lightened to life in prison. Thank you to former czech president Vaclav Havel for speaking up on behalf of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. If you want to join a petition to save Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's life, you can go to Students for a Free Tibet and click on the "Take Action Now" button.
Thirdly, seven people in the United States have been indicted for investment fraud. Apparently, they used the money handed over by investors to purchase racing cars and a castle in Colorado(?!?). A case of having watched too much The Fast and the Furious and XXX? They must be fans of Vin Diesel movies, and want to re-enact that scene in XXX where Vin Diesel and gang rolled up to a big European castle in their fast cars, haha.
Also, have just watched Unfaithful (starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane), which is one hell of a good movie for scaring anyone who's thinking of having an affair. Also just saw The Passion of Christ, which was a really awesome movie. I think everyone in the cinema cried their eyes out, even the guys. Unbiasedly, it was a really good film, whether you're a Christian or not.

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Friday, March 19, 2004

Just added new updates to my website!
Also just finished watching Down with Love...finally got to see it after all this while...loved the clothes, especially the crimson outfit that sarah paulson (renee zellweger's editor, vicki) wore in her first scene...
And also finished reading Jian by Eric van Lustbader. Don't really like the ending...i was like "that's it???" what happened to kamisaka? and why did nichiren have to die? and why does jake get to live? he's so sissy...i don't like him.



In the night she sits there alone under the stars the darkness surrounds her who is she waiting for and when will he come every night she sits there and she waits because she knows he will come when the time is right and perhaps he is watching her and he wants to come to her but he is afraid too, that the time is not right.
After a while, the time of waiting must come to an end, and between two in a lost world caught separate from the rest of the other worlds, one must reach out to the other, or else both must move on.

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Thursday, March 18, 2004

Fairy, fairy, fairy everywhere.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!
Well, more like belated happy st. patrick's day since it was yesterday but since a combination of wine and lack of sleep put me to bed shortly after watching angel and miracles (so that's what skeet ulrich has been all this while. It figures, considering that his two really major movies were the craft and scream. and an uncredited thug on teenage mutant ninja turtles haha), didn't make it online until today. Searched for leprechauns and four leaf clovers to no avail.
Have updated my fiction page on my website (step through the portal into darkschunt over on the left). Added a new story but so far i've only put on a few chapters...my site still looks pretty empty but will definitely be putting up some more stuff after adding this post...
Now my sis is addicted to creme eggs too. And she blames me for it. Haha.
Went to some shop called The Pickled Fairy in Fremantle on saturday which was pretty cool...the shop assistants were dressed like fairies with wings and they had fairy stuff everywhere...bought a birthday pressie for joy there...there was also another shop selling medieval dresses and these great corsets but they were all bloody expensive so i didn't buy anything. Dropped by the market where i wanted to have my fortune told, but all the fortune tellers there looked like real fakes charging super expensive prices...i can get my fortune told for real if i spilt my blood to marcus and friends so...



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Friday, March 12, 2004

The weather is getting warmer again...and it's gonna stay warmer for the next few days so it's time to break out the miniskirts before it gets colder later...
The moon is low in the sky. It's still big, but it's no longer completely full...her phase is going out...but she's still shining bright, even in the day. The moon is much closer to the earth in this part of the world. Back home she stays high in the sky.
A huge happy birthday for Joy, one of my closest and oldest friends in the world! Happy birthday, darling, and don't let the man get you down! (re:Luke's line from Empire Records). *Hugs and chocolates and Jack Daniels*
Last night something happened that caused this thought to occur to me: Guilt is far easier to carry than misery. Moping and being depressed and feeling wronged is worse than feeling like you've wronged someone else. At least, with guilt, you have a new sense of purpose, a reason to keep going until you've finally managed to obtain forgiveness from whoever or whatever you've felt you've wronged. But when you're miserable and depressed and lonely, you have nothing, no purpose whatsoever, and you feel like you want to kill yourself, to disappear from this world where no one cares about you.
Funny, I have always thought that self pity was easier to carry than guilt. Think of all the people in the world who actually loved feeling wronged and hated and self righteous. Or is this just selfishness on my part because when you're guilty you're hurting someone and not yourself? But I'd rather hurt myself than hurt anyone else...because it's easier. You know you can carry the pain and go on but can that someone else do that?
Letter from Marcus just arrived! He's having a good time haunting the ruins of Europe. Mingling with the past. Living it up in the night. Reminding me of the temptations in the outside world. Sigh. Why didn't I just take to the road instead of isolating myself?


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Monday, March 08, 2004

The moon was full this weekend...woke up on friday night shortly after sun set and saw the full moon through my window caught in the spindly branches of a tree which was really beautiful...
I wonder at the futility of life. I wonder at the purposelessness of life. I wonder at the way we are caught in our aimless chase for desires which we are not sure if we really want. What is the purpose of life?
Oh yeah, and I am so totally addicted to Cadbury creme eggs.

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Monday, March 01, 2004

Are you lost, young man? Come to the two hundred and twenty five thousand year old immortal and tell her what you're looking for. Maybe she can help you find it.

999 years have passed by and I am still waiting here.

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Well, life is better here...i just started classes today, my first class went pretty well. It's mostly critical thinking and analyzing, which is a lot like classes back home. I've got vodka in the fridge, still can't find shisha, and need to buy more food but everything is closed today because it's labour day! what are the odds that classes have to start on labour day? gah...
The moon is half-full, it's like a big wedge of cheese now...yesterday went over to kelvin's to watch What Women Want starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, then walked back to my flat alone about a quarter past midnight...the place was like a ghost town with no one around, and i didn't bump into a single weird, lonely, interesting psychopath at all...what is wrong with this place?
Still no sign of mail from marcus...could something have happened to him?
Missing joy and elaine and amy and everybody from back home so badly...i need to pick up the phone and talk to someone!!!
I am learning the joys of domestic life - i go to warehouses now and look for waste baskets and soap dishes and laundry baskets. Somebody please save me!
Other than that, I was just looking out the window of my flat last night - i seem to be the last one to go to bed every night, and then i feel guilty and wonder if I'm disturbing anyone with all the noise i make, all the doors in the flat are super noisy, coincidentally i am also the last person to wake up in my flat, by the time i wake up, everyone else has already done their laundry, ate lunch, gone grocery shopping, etc... - but anyway, like i was saying, i was looking out my flat window at the trees and street lights and thinking, I really AM an undergraduate, living away from home, independent, free, trying to be responsible, something that me and my friends have always been dreaming about, and I was like, "oh yeah".
Now let's just hope that I don't degenerate into your average slob. Go to school, go to college, go to uni, get a job, live a normal life and forget ur crazy old one. That is so scary that sometimes I start having second thoughts about this whole thing and feel like running away.
That's why I have people like Marcus. :)

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