Hhhmm

It's funny how I could never imagine how anyone who fell IN love could ever fall OUT of it. But I guess, you'll never know until it happens to you, right?

So yeah, I've realised that it is indeed possible (thankfully!) to fall out of love... For a broken heart to mend itself - time actually does heal :)

(THANK GOD!) :p

Now I understand how Carrie Bradshaw could have SOO many boyfriends in all the 6 seasons of Sex and the City

My Little Whipper :)

I walked into 'Let's Cook & Shop' today with Nishi and Yvonne and found this awesome little appliance aptly (and cheekily :p) named 'Little Whipper'. Hehe. It's a battery operated whipping thingo that whips anything that can be whipped... i.e. milk, eggs, cream, etc.

Of course, I HAD to buy it :) Especially since it was on 'special' - it was practically begging to be bought!

Headed back to Nishi's place and had a test-run with it:

The 'Little Whipper'

The froth we made...

Our 'pro' cappuccino which ended up looking like a latte :)

A special tribute to our friend, Bob :p

We destroyed the Bob tribute after and made this swirly pattern instead

A Few Lessons Learned

1. There is hope yet to find my Mr. Right. I watched a friend find hers right infront of my eyes :) Now I just have to pray really REALLY hard that I'll find mine soon.
   
   
2. You don't even have to be remotely drunk to dance if the music and the company are good.
   
   
3. Mushroom pizza ain't all that great...
   
   
4. Good concealer is MAGIC. Made my snowboarding bruise invisible. Nyehehe.
   
   
5. Don't ever use a unisex toilet in a club/bar (unless you reaaally need to pee). Dodgy things happen. And there is always a very suspicious-looking puddle of god-knows-what on the floor around the toilet bowl. Blegh :s

Song that's currently playing on loop in my head - "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas...

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

:)

IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD.

Actually, the chorus is the only bit that's stuck in my head. Which is way worse than having the whole song stuck in my head :p

Meh.

I just watched the MV again and I'm not so sure that it's good for little kids....

I have boiled this one particularly unfortunate egg 4 times over... The final time was for about 30 minutes... Talk about overkill :p

See, 3 people told me that rolling a boiled egg over a blue-black bruise somehow makes it heal quicker. And it works!! Hehee :) Except, I can't bring myself to eat the egg... So I've been reusing it instead :p

I'm NOT planning to crack it open to see how it looks on the inside.

Alone Time

I remember reading an article in Cleo sometime last year about taking some time off to just 'date yourself'. And though the bit about dating oneself sounds a little weird, I'm beginning to see what the author of that article meant about just taking some time to do certain things, which you would otherwise need a guy/your girlfriends to do, by yourself.

Then just now, I watched an episode of Sex and the City about being single and still feeling confident about yourself - not needing a man in your life to feel good but to just feel good being on your own. And it made me think of trying a few things out for myself. Perhaps try watching a movie alone, dining alone, taking a walk in the park alone? The list is endless! And the outcome of it all? I would say confidence, independence, contentment - just an overall NICE feeling.

I guess some people would feel insecure about doing things without other people to keep them company. Sometimes I find myself thinking "What would people be thinking if they saw me out alone?" Would they assume that I'm a loner with no friends and pity me? Would they just walk past without a second thought? Or perhaps they would realise that I'm comfortable just being on my own and respect that? But then I've figured that the key to being able to do all these things alone would be to not care about what others think. And I think that almost everyone worries too much about what other people think of them and how other people perceive them. Why is it so important?

A few months ago, I tried shopping alone. And it felt really good! Just slowly browsing through clothes and shoes and accessories without a care in the world, lost in my own thoughts, totally contented with the fact that I was all by myself. It was almost therapeutic! Since then, I've gone shopping alone a few times more. But of course, shopping with friends is really fun too!! :)

I still haven't tried watching a movie in the cinema alone or having dinner out alone but would like to. Once I pluck up enough courage to... :p

*Just something I've been thinking about a lot lately... So many more related thoughts in my head but I just don't know how to word them.*

Don't Get Punched in the Face :s

I went for a daytrip to Mt Buller yesterday (Tuesday) to snowboard. My trip to Hotham during the previous weekend wasn't enough. So 3 friends and I headed up yet another mountain in search of that adrenaline rush that only snowboarding down a steep slope and still having control of your board gives you. Well, drugs do that too - but this way is much safer... Or so I thought!

Decided to be a hero and try a run where the only way up is to ride a T-bar. For those who don't snowboard/ski, a T-bar is an upside-down T-shaped bar (duh!) that you are meant to hook onto your leg and it pulls you up the slope. I'd seen it numerous times at Mt Hotham but had decided that I'd rather just use a regular chairlift. This time, I had no choice. And 4 tries later, I was still stuck somewhere near the bottom of the slope - I kept falling down 1/4 of the way up. Nyeh. Luckily, there was a ski instructor who rode up with me on my 5th try and he helped me keep my balance and I managed to make it all the way to the top!! I was so relieved that I'd FINALLY reached the top and could now just take a regular chairlift when... (with my amazing luck)... a T-bar HIT ME in the face.

Yes, I was in pain... and shock. I fell to the ground clutching my nose (yes, second nose accident in a month!) and tried to will the pain away. Then I realised that my nose was bleeding all over my light blue ski jacket and WHITE ski pants. My friend who was standing a small distance aways thought that the blood on my pants was some sort of cloth pattern. Meh. I must admit, I did cry... and hyperventilate... But both the bleeding and hyperventilating stopped soon enough. And the best part was that I got to ride one of those snowmobile thingos with the paramedic dude who came to check on me.

So now, my left eye is swollen (the T-bar hit the left side of my face and my nose). But I'm just glad that nothing worse happened.

I went to get my left eye checked today and they gave me eyedrops to dilate my pupils so that they could see the back of my retina properly. The doctor told me that they stay dilated for about 3 hours or so after that. And as I walked back to my apartment, I understood why druggies wear sunnies even at night - I hadn't brought sunnies, so I had to look down with my eyes only 20% open to block out the excessive light. Note that it was a particularly gloomy day in Melbourne :p

The end verdict isn't too bad. My left eye should be alright once the swelling goes down - I look like I got punched realll bad :p The eye doctor person told me that my eye wasn't damaged (apparently my eyelid did it's job of protecting my eyeball :p). And now, I have yet another "What (Silly) Shobie Did" story to add to my collection.

Not planning to ride a t-bar EVER AGAIN.

And just for the record, I prefer Hotham over Buller anytime - better snow, better slopes :)

As I write this post, I am on a weird caffeine+condensedmilk high... On the way down, I think. But still pretty darn high. Note to all: DON'T drink 3 cups of teh tarik in a row if you don't usually take caffeinated drinks. Boo.

I went snowboarding last weekend. More details later.
I went for a Malaysian seminar thingo today. More details later.
I want to play the piano but am too fidget-y to produce any actual music.

I want to write more, but my brain will not permit me to :p

Maybe tomorrow :)