What I've Learnt While Housesitting:

:: It is an excellent time to test out and establish new fantastic life routines
:: Hanging out with new and different people is an excellent adventure
:: Cooking often doesn't go to plan
:: Staying home is overrated
:: Having a dog that loves you when you come home is quite nice :)
:: Freedom is good
:: Leaves suck
:: If you don't quite meet a certain goal, almost reaching it can be very satisfying too
:: Work is overrated
:: Fremantle people are my favourite
:: I've started to associate certain smells with certain activities. For example, the scent of the soap at the Thrifts is intricately linked with the occasional disaster of failed contacts-insertion. so whenever I smell my hands I get phantom pain in my eye. It's weird.
:: Curling hair is fun
:: Trying new things is a good thing to do
:: People always surprise you. Be open to being surprised
:: iPod touches are the coolest
:: I ♥ the gym
:: I forgot how much I loved my own bed. It's so nice to be reunited
:: Pillows need to be specifically moulded for maximum sleep happiness
:: Impatience is difficult to deal with, but an important thing to conquer
:: Yay coffee!

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Uh oh, scary week ahead! Panic times!

Things I Don't Get:

* People who smile without their teeth. You look ridiculous.
* People who order coffee without the coffee.
* People whose imaginary power is bigger than their real power.
* Nail polish.
* How to estimate what weather will be like in fifteen minutes.
* Feelings.
* Decisions.
* Lack of discipline.
* OLCR and why it hates me.
* Filing and why it hates me.
* People who talk about going to the gym but don't go. Then don't pretend like you will go. You probably know you don't want to. No offence, but no one else actually cares unless you actually go.
* People who DO go to the gym, but never do anything.
* People who think that having split ends is the end of the world. Pretty sure your hair looks the same.
* Other feelings.
* Work.
* Fans. Hello, it's called aircon.
* People who don't like Glee.
* Why the favourites always have to be far away.
* Orange juice without pulp.
* Cars.
* Parking.
* Why contacts sometimes feel like they're not there, but other times like they're going to scratch your eye out.
* How to get your eyeliner perfectly along the line of your eye.
* Directions.
* People who don't like Glee.

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These midnight hours are interminable and unbearable.

Summer, I love you.

This photo is what summer 2009/2010 has meant to me. I've been so many different people this summer, and I like all but one of them. 99% of the time I feel overflowing with life and its greatness. I've been in the most peaceful village of Bali, spent time with the most loving and beautiful little children in the world, whose hearts it almost hurt to see were so perfect, shopping with amazing girls in Kuta, ran home in the rain with a reunited friend from a city in the middle of nowhere to our tiny hotel, had my eyes opened by the amazing world that's hiding under the ocean, I've met random motorcyclists on the side of the road when lost and scared who changed my view of God and other things, eaten double chocolate brownie Cornettos at 2am coming home from a long and sweaty night of dancing, ridden on motorcycles, soaked myself in beautiful seawater, drank in the sun, drunk glass upon glass of fresh mango juice, bonded with kids who have needed me more than anyone, but who I found I needed more, met soul mates in surprising places, celebrated Christmas with a special family and seen the new generation be born, enjoyed being the crazies on the town with some excellent ladies, shopped and shopped and shopped in Singapore, ran my heart out at the gym, eaten super hot chillis, seen fireworks in the craziest places, discovered peace in Borneo, and found out the real philosophy behind and answers to life sitting in the car with my longtime bestfriend. Summer is renewal.

Wardrobe Inventory

My life has been very transient lately, and I feel like I'm always either packing a suitcase, living out of a suitcase, or emptying a suitcase onto the floor. I've become addicted to throwing things out and reorganising also. So now, my wardrobe is tidied, and of course I feel like I have absolutely no clothes. So I've decided to do a count:


Dresses: Grand total of 49. Oh my God. 49 dresses. Yes. I own 49 dresses. And I've thrown out many in the last two months. FORTY NINE DRESSES. I think I might fall over. And the scariest thing is, chances are I will 'need'/want/buy more. Oh dear. Oh man.

Jeans: I did buy two fabulous pairs in Singapore and Borneo because they were awesome and a reward to myself, but I now own six pairs of jeans. I don't think that's too excessive. Jeans are a necessity. And different occasions call for different colours and styles. Respectable. Six pairs.

Shoes: For a girl, I have not all that many pairs of shoes. Again, I've thrown out about.... oh say twenty pairs the last two months. And currently, I have... 22 pairs of shoes. Including dance shoes, I have 25. Actually...that is a lot isn't it. Oh wow.

Handbags: Thankfully I've thrown out so many, this shouldn't so obscene as it could've been a month ago. I only own eight handbags. That's not bad. Although if I count clutches, I have another eight clutches. Oh my goodness. I have sixteen bags. SIXTEEN BAGS.

Other miscellaneous items: I'm not even going to count. I'm too depressed.

This is unbelievable. How on earth do I still feel like I have no clothes?? But I don't!! There are so many things I need!!
I'm starting to panic. How will I take my life with me if I move away????

Well, paradise is totally to be found in　Ｂｏｒｎｅｏ．Ｉ　ｄｏｎ’ｔ　ｋｎｗｏ　ｗｈａｔ’ｓ　ｕｐ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ，　ｓｏ　ａｍ　ｋｅｅｐｉｎｇ　ｉｔ　ｓｈｏｒｔ　ａｎｄ　ｓｗｅｅｔ．　ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ　ｈｅｒｅ，i've shopped successfully, gone to the gym at my leisure for as long as I want and been known by name, swam, slept, sewed, relaxed, pondered, lived without pretending and thinking and been SO RELAXED. AHHHH.It's awesome. I even came up with a resolution! It won't make　sense if I share, but it's totally applicable to everything in my life, and is only three words. Ah whatev - it's no loose ends. As much as that may make sense to...none of you. It makes perfect sense to me.Ｉ　ｈｏｐｅ　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｓｔｉｃｋ　ｔｏ　ｉｔ．
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