Merry Belated Christmas

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What an awkward start to today's entry. I usually start off my blogs with the first word that comes into mind because I don't like to make it so unrealistic like I'm a great blogger/writer. I am just being normal and typing out my life situations and experiences.

So recently, as we all know, it was Christmas. Merry Belated Christmas everyone. This Christmas wasn't as exciting as the previous years. Actually, the previous Christmases weren't that exciting either. But the food was quite enticing.
Again, I didn't do much on Boxing Day either. I didn't go out to pick up cheap items like the rest of the world did but what I did that I hope is far more special was to eat home made vanilla ice cream that I made on Christmas. It was meant to be our Christmas dessert but unfortunately, it wasn't frozen enough and it was still soft and not quite frozen so instead I had it as my afternoon tea on Boxing Day. The texture was really soft and firm and it just melted in my mouth. It was a bit too sweet I admit but by far, I think that was the only fault for my first go. Next time, I want to try making another flavoured ice cream. What do you say? Perhaps green tea ice cream. I feel so happy that I actually put an effort to make something for my family for Christmas because I rarely do and considering it's my first time making that ice cream, I feel like congratulating myself for my efforts.

Being born in a family that isn't very outgoing, I was... I could describe it as being forced to stay home because I am by far the most outgoing person in the family. I don't even know how that gene could have been within me because neither of my parents are as outgoing as me. They like what is called 'Home Sweet Home'. Home is good. But too much home is too boring. In my opinion that is. Anyway, the point of that mindless rant was that because I am seen as a 'home girl', I personally developed a habit of 'creating things' when I am bored. By 'creating things', it can be making cards. Now tell me, who sits at home and make cards? Out of a large population, I'd say a handful because of the advanced technology and the laziness that people have developed. I, on the other hand, like to make cards for friends. I mean, friends who would appreciate a hand made/ purchased card. I find it very rude and impolite to bin cards that others have given them. But anyway, I made Christmas cards for my friends and family which took days and days and days. Patience was required however, 60% of the time, I defy that nature. I am quite impatient but I guess, if it comes from the heart, it's worth it. It really is like saying, if you admire someone, say your partner, you'd do anything for them. I thought that was a joke when I first heard of it but until you actually experience it, that saying tells truth about how much they care and appreciate them.

Anyway, I am going to leave it at this point and this will probably be the last post for 2012.
Happy New Year and look forward to 2013.

Welcoming myself back :)

WELCOME BACK !!! to another journey with me :) 
It has been more than a month since I have blogged but i have honestly been busy and 5% lazy in posting a new post but i made it. here i am sitting in front of the screen typing away.

guesses on what the subject may be today? well i dont know either. i just want to type away...about my life? nah kidding. all of yous that know me know i dont have much to encounter in life besides what had happened in the last month.

HONG KONG!?! yep, you got it. who wouldnt post about their holiday. well i would for sure. i was meant to keep a travel journal with me and write it in daily whilst i was in HK but guess what, it's still empty even though i've been back here for more than a week now. i have been busy...and 5% lazy...like i stated before.

but here i am, wanting to share to you all about my trip.
to me, i'll describe it with simple words- life experience.

it sounds like ive never been overseas or something now. i have but it all seemed very different this time. the last time i left this country was about 4 years ago and more recently, 2 weeks ago. maybe because i am older now and somewhat more mature to understand the things i do to an extent.

honestly, the holiday was amazing as far as how excited i may sound here but it was simply amazing. friends ask, 'so how was your holiday in hk?'. i didnt even know how to answer them because it was soo good. 
what did i do? nothing.... just living a normal lifestyle in hk like everyone else is. how is that fun, the way you describe it to be? well, like i said, it was an experience. you gotta experience it to know what it really was like for me.

it was like a stress reliever after a whole year of mess from family to relationships to uni. it was all a collage of mess.

right after my exam, a day or two, i left to hk on my own and i was obviously very nervous and excited that i was going to fly by myself. i was scared too, like what happens if the plane crashes and ill just be alone, away from my family but i didnt wanna jinx it of course so i stopped thinking about that and think 'screw everything and everyone in australia, i will just have my own definition of fun and will return to the mess later on'. that was pretty much on my mind the day i was departing to HK. with my positive motive, i aimed to have the most awesome-est holiday and that was the ''funnest'' part of 2012 to be honest, although it is almost coming to its end.

The lifestyle i lived through was pretty much the same everyday. Jetlagged. wake up late. breakfast. go out until night. dinner. drama. sleep. boring huh? well wait to you read this.............. DISNEYLAND, KOREAN BUFFET, WESTERN BUFFET, SHOPPING, CHEAP MARKETS, FREE WIFI, EATING MACCAS AT 10PM, SEEING ASIAN CELEBRITITES etc etc etc. jealous yet? i hope you are so you are keen to read on hahaha

well first of all, disneyland was just aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesome man!!! i got to see pooh and his friends. i got to even visit his place. and go on an adventure ride with pooh. i know this all sounds very childish and suitable for kids under 12 but who said Disneyland and its animation had an age limit? SAID NO ONE EVER  :)

and buffet....and shopping... all was so goddamn cheap. it was because the currency was so damn good. guess i was one time lucky then :)

and what else? free wifi. free wifi just downstairs at maccas from my apartment. how good is that. unfortunately i could not scab free wifi whilst i was 14+ storeys high from maccas since maccas was an underground restaurant, like most typical shops and dining places.

what i learnt from the last day in hong kong, the day of my departure back home was that even the ugliest could do us a good favour and be so nice. well the ''non fiction'', ''real-life'', ''based on real events'' story goes like this:

i was at this restaurant just downstairs from the apartment because i wanted to eat Won-Ton Noodles with HK style milk tea. that's like the traditional type of food every tourist and locals must eat. if you dont like it, please get out. anyway, i was at the restaurant and it was packed because it was late afternoon where every one would have gotten out of their beds and made an effort to have an afternoon tea. it was something all asians in HK do. sooo getting back to the point, I was at the restaurant and it was busy but luckily we got one spare table to ourselves, without having to share with someone else (because that's typical in hk where there are restaurants that are as big as your living room). however, the table we got was next to this old man, tanned to the max, ugly as a troll. god i am so mean but that was the best description i could give. we were seated and the whole time we were trying to order food to eat, he was still staring at us. i was searching around the restaurant whether there was another table but sadly, no. so i was stuck with that freak. my order came in fresh within a few minutes and i got a HK style milk tea.  a glass bottle of sugar was placed in the middle of the desk and as i reached for it, i could ''feel'' that freak was still staring at me.... i was kind of annoyed but i tried to ignore him since i dont want some stranger ruin my last day in hk. so i poured sugar in... nothing came out. i shaked the glass bottle and only a sprinkle of sugar came out. i was like omg..... kajfkjasdfkjhas wth. THEN it was like a prince charming coming to rescue my little annoyance. the freak that said next to us said 'lady, the glass bottle must have something stuck in the hole. here, use this one' and he grabbed the sugar that was placed on his table and handed it over to me. ' here, give that wreckless one to me and i'll tell them''. i handed the 'wreckless sugar bottle' to him. he placed it gently back in the spot on his table. i took a quick glimpse of the new sugar bottle and without trouble, the sugar poured out. i felt kind of awkward.. and so i looked at the 'prince charming' and said thank you for your help.

JOKES. he wasnt the prince charming. ew. *spews* but that was legit. that wasn't a part taken out of a novel. it happened. 

so what i learnt was that, 'no matter how ugly someone is, they could be a hand to you when you are in trouble'.

i was still thinking about that 'prince charming' when i got to HK International Airport and was like, good men who have good deeds will receive good returns. a small event that i encountered could be a huge impact.
ok enough of the whole corny and cheesy and whole prince charming stuff...... HK was so good. i recommend it....but dont ever drive in HK. it is so dangerous. like everyone is always so busy and rushing that even when they try to intersect and go into your land, they are like 1 mm away from the front of your car and they are still trying to get in the lane. like seriously, they dont care... and it seemed scary to me because in Australia, you dont get any of that. if you dont let someone into your lame, all you get back is a rude finger back at you, not a damaged car...which is kind better.

anyway. i will stop blabbering now and allow you to leave my blog although i'd like to keep you all here to be ''entertained'' by my numerous stories of prince charming entering my life. kidding!!! LOL

btw, hope you all like the new template design i have chosen today. at least this one is not so messy and more simple than my previous one if you remember.

have a good day & night :)

lisa~