under the weather.

8.03pm.

maybe it's the rain, PMS or possibly me just having a really crap day but whatever it is, i don't like feeling the way i do now.

i have so much to look forward to in life and i hate letting stupid feelings/people/thoughts get in the way of that.
it's almost may now and the epic europe trip is just a mere 2 months away and i'm really looking forward to authentic local food, exploring new places and just partying the night away with potential good friends :)

snap out of it B, you only live once.

x x

30% in words.

2 days ago: 8 slices of thin crust pizza for dinner.

yesterday: big bowl of korean instant noodles and a whole packet of cookies for lunch | wanted a light dinner but awesome aunty cooked salmon (!!!) and prawn sambal so no go wtf.

today: large mcchicken meal and a chocolate muffin. it's 2 hours to dinner time.

chris: "wah you eat damn a lot wei."
shane (after we asked him to come join us for pizza): "do you girls ever stop eating?" LOL. image spoil liao.
wendy: "how is it you can eat so much and not gain weight?"

sometimes i really scare myself with the amount of food i stuff in my face because LOOK AT ALL THE UNHEALTHY CRAP I EAT.
i was having massive sugar cravings in the form of muffins and cookies the whole week and i've bought 8 muffins and 2 packets of cookies to counter it wtf.
AND i haven't been running 4 days now because:
- my headphones decided to stop working and i don't like working out with no tunes.
- i had (:D) e a huge assignment due this week. think late nights, early mornings.
- i was having on and off headaches and was feeling super lethargic and sluggish from it

then today, my period came.

-________-"

well everything makes sense now wtf.

i found out that sugar cravings during menses are often a sign of low blood sugar level especially if they're accompanied by headaches and fatigue.
well check check and check!

x

speaking of noodles...




the production of this bowl of noodles require stealth skills that parallel those of tom cruise in mission impossible wtf.
i have to open cupboards/drawers to get a pot/cutleries out, open the fridge and then crack an egg, tear open packets and then do the dishes as quietly as possible because everyone in the house is asleep at 2am.

my prime time is 2am wei.

i swear everything sounds louder when you're trying to be quiet -__-"




ramen! super craving for a bowl right now because i be freezing my toes off.

x

hi :D

x

said muffin and green tea ^^
i have 7 more muffins >:) *refrains from reaching for another one

x

4am - head be touching the pillow and passed out within 15 minutes.

9am - alarm rings. i get out of bed and snooze it.

10am - after snoozing about 6 times, i drag my sleepy, sorry ass out of bed and cursed myself for being a sadist.

11.30am - in uni. the search for the illusive philosophy office starts.

11.45am - found the drop off box but i need a cover sheet (which wasn't posted online so i couldn't have printed it off myself).

11.47am - found a cover sheet and realised it was 1/3 the size of a normal coversheet which is usually an a4. i thought to myself: "yet another reason why the arts faculty gets so much flak" i stapled the teeny bit of paper to my 6 pages of masterpiece and felt like a pre schooler with that flappy thing on it.

11.49am - realised lecturer's name is not in the dropbox and saw a notice that says "philosophy students, please drop off your assignments down the hall. the room you're looking for is 2.21"

11.50am - pottered down the hall and just made it before the 12pm deadline. i am tres amazing *flips hair

and that ladies and gents, is the story of how i've just lifted 30% worth of assignment burden off my chest.
exciting isn't it?

i am looking forward to doing nothing at all this weekend except maybe a night out because this girl is craving for some tequila!
i've killed so many brain cells for that essay what's another couple more wtf.

*reaches for another muffin*

3am shenanigans.

*waves meekly*

3am and i'm still up, editing my assignment before dropping it off tomorrow.
i'm not even tired lo cos i had coffee at 8pm, acknowledging already that it's gon be a long night.

leaving you people with a big ass face of mine ah.

miss me ok wtf.

x x

roadtrippin': margaret river day 2.

i read this in a jodi picoult book today:

"what is olive oil made of?"

is this a trick question? "olives."

"and corn oil?"

"...corn."

"what about baby oil?"

"...."

LOL. i think i am too easily amused.

anyway, continuing from the previous entry...

i woke up the next day with a super duper dry throat that lasted about 2 days where simple tasks like swallowing water felt like i was swallowing needles.

lily and i took turns showering and we went to the farmer's market, like one street away hahahaha.

we didn't take any photos though cos my one hand was clutching a coffee, the other, a bacon and egg burger; y'know just about the BEST BREAKFAST COMBO.

i think bacon is right up there on my list of favourite foods, others include salmon and... nope that's it wtf.

went home and shane decided we should go see some caves where his dad worked as a tour guide! :D

prior to this, i've only been to one cave also in margaret river but it was an unguided tour and it involved a lot of steep stairs and breathlessness because the oxygen levels decrease as u go deeper down.

the scenic route makes the one hour drive worth it and so did our amazing playlist :D

err this might have been from day 1, judging from our tops. 

why am i so messy with organising photos -__-"

i am such a ridiculously slow eater some times/most of the time -__-" 

i was nibbling on that bacon & egg burger from in the market, still eating when we're home and not finished even when we're driving there hahaha.

in the cave!

stalagtites/stalagmites :D

by this time, all notable commentary given during the tour have escaped my memory wtf.

we met shane's dad briefly while he had lunch and then shane whisked us off for more sightseeing!

wah my thighs be lookin' like chopsticks from this angle wtf.

(they normally don't, in fact i think they are one of my problem areas wtf).

should've made it black and white and add in some cheesy, hispster quotes like:

"everyone says that they're lost. i am not lost. i know exactly where i am. i just hate it here."

(i had to google that)

digressing, from 2 broke girls:

han: "max! why did you kick those hipsters out?"

max: "because. i can't stand being in the background of yet another instagram photo."

LOLOL.

we went to hamelin bay to see stingrays!

i like sting rays because one, they're yummy when grilled with sambal wtf and two, they are such smiley creatures!

i had to google image sting ray smile to see if i'm the only one that thought that their faces look like they're in a perpetual good mood haha.

if u haven't looked up at one from aquaria or something like that, dear god where is your childhood wtf.

they swim really close to the shore though we got to see them up close and personal wtf.

after that, we drove some more to augusta, went home and came out for awhile to stroll around town.

we had some pre dinner wine in front of the fire before we bought shane dinner at wino's!

we had tapas and more wine before going home to MORE alco and passed out later :D

x

UNI BE KILLING ME BRAH.

had a presentation on tuesday, submitted an assignment on thursday and working on another one due next week.

i am out of brain juice.

and hello USA readers! 

i've got more US readers than malaysia or australia, which is kinda surprising because only a handful of my friends went to the states to study. hmmm.

bedtime so toodleloos!

photos are ripped off lily cassidy's facebook!

roadtrippin': margaret river day 1.

i, brenda wong, sincerely and solemnly declare that i will never procrastinate anymore when it comes to interesting blog entries.

...totally should've blogged about margaret river earlier, y'know like when it's all fresh and vivid in my mind.
now i can barely remember bits and pieces because uni has killed sommadat brain cells.
i swear, between competing for gold and glory (and risk death wtf) in the hunger games and juggling 3 assignments, i might just gamble with life la -__-"

(ok no i be joking, i value my life too much wtf)

ANYWAY.

almost a week ago (geez, already!), the three of us headed down south to margaret river for the long easter weekend.
the 3 hour drive wasn't painful at all because THANK GOD shane, lily and i share very similar tastes to music and we just sang for three hours with the windows down.
i cannot stress how important a good playlist is when roadtrips are concerned.

puurdey daymn fun if u ask me :D


after about 1.5 hours down:
shane: oh! wow we're actually pretty close now.
b & lily: REALLY!! :D :D :D (i was fully expecting another max half an hour to go)
shane: yeah just another hour or so and we'll be there!
lily: WTF SHANE that is not close!


at one point, lily needed to pee but shane insisted we were super close already & he didn't wanna stop so she had no choice but to hold it in wtf.
we finally got to shane's brother's house:
shane joked "OH NO i forgot the house keys, i gotta drive back to perth and get it."
lily: ".......................fuck you shane."


LOLOL.

shane's brother's house is in an amazing location in town itself so everything is literally, a stone's throw away.
after he gave us a tour of the house, we crossed the road to get some groceries and decided to take it easy on the first night.
we had cheese on crackers, marinated olives & sundried tomatoes with some beer in the backyard and it was damn syok la!
i was pretty beat from the night before and shane was tired from driving so the both of us took a nap in the living room while lily studied wtf.



le snooze taim!



le nerd. haha.



shane is OBSESSED with getting the fire started every night, it's like the highlight of his day or something -__-"
if that sounded like a complaint it is not wtf because i like being toasty warm ^^

we started prepping for our BBQ dinner at around 6.



cooking them chicken wings and lily talking to...




...cute neighbour kids: tyrone, lincoln and sean - i dunno who is who la wtf and the youngest one always got pushed down so that's why he's not in the photo.
they especially loved shane, asking where he is everytime he went back into the house to do/get something, aww :)



i look weird :\
my job is to stay away from the fire and popping oil ^^"



shaneykins flipping tenderloins hahaha.

so after all the cooking done by the both of them, we retreated back to the dining area to feast!
there were steaks, fish fillets, chicken wings, 3 kinds of salad and wine to go with it all :)

after dinner, we moved on to more drinking, dimmed the lights and cranked up the music.
the premixed vodka we got was so TERRIBLY SWEET, i would have gotten diabetes first before i got drunk, no kidding.
i woke up the middle of the night because my throat was hurting like never before from all the sweet drinks. urghhhhh not the best feeling.

so yes la that's the first day!
i initially planned to just blog about the whole trip but i have no more attention span left so i'll break it down and hopefully they'll all be up by this week because refer to first sentence of this entry wtf.

digressing, MY LEGS ARE HURTING SO BAD IT'S NOT FUNNY :*(
it feels sore and like someone glad wrap my leg super tightly wtf so weird ok!
on a similar note, pilates starts tomorrowowow and i'm actually quite excited at the prospect of more pain :D

ok back to assignments, see ya'll on the flipside!


all photos are ripped off lily's facebook.

sorry liver & stomach.

this week has been a week of hell for my body and more specifically my liver and stomach wtf.

liver, because i've been drinking err, slightly too much for my own good.
i haven't been getting pissed drunk or anything but i think having alco everyday without fail constitutes some severity of liver damage la wtf.
the long weekend in margaret river is another story to tell but ever since chris is in perth, our convos usually run along the lines of:

"what are we doing tonight?"
"i dunno, there's nothing much in perth, we both know that."
"aiya let's just go for a drink."

-__-"

anyway, le stomach is overworking from overeating wtf.
i don't even wanna talk about other days ok but just today i've been popping easter chocolates non stop even chris gawked at me -__-"
i just emptied out my bag and the amount of foil wrappers fell out like confetti.
then we went for a super late lunch of burgers + onion rings + coffee at 4pm,
dinner was a huge plate of chicken rice (for me), fried rice (for him) and fried oyster omelette (to share) just 4 hours after our late lunch.

i wasn't even the slightest bit hungry lor but i ate anyway T___T
needless to say, we both felt seriously uncomfortable that we had trouble walking from the amount of food we had; i'm having heartburn like right now wtf.
we wanted to pub crawl also cannot because too fucking full ok and alco would just trigger my puke reflex.

*makes mental note to detox*

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3 photos & convo snippets.

last night, in the park just chilling out and talking: 

"what do you wanna name your kids next time?"
"i kinda like the name ethan. why so random!"
"that's a nice name. what else?"
"nathan. y'know ethan and nathan ^^"
"....yeah okay we can't have kids together."
"....who the hell said i wanna have your kids?"
"....ooooh ouch. too honest. what about girl names?"
"i like ashleigh. or abigail."
"yeah not having kids with you."

not nice meh my names -__-"
also, i chop cedric and jamie wtf.

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same night, catching up with chris over golden ales:
"u got exercise wan meh?"
"eh hello! i go running every once in awhile and i just started pilates ok!"
"whoa really or not! never thought you're the type to actually get up and exercise wan."

i know, i shock myself too wtf.
thank you god for giving me some kick ass metabolism T__T

x

post pancakes and shopping with le juliana :D



eggs florentine | bacon, eggs and corn fritters with maple syrup and vegetarian big breakkie.

shane was telling us how he has an interview for a job tomorrow and lily said that he should be prepared with a joke for some reason i can't remember.
about 15 minutes later when the conversation clearly would have been about something else, shane piped up:
"do you smell that?"
"smell what?"
"do you smell an updog?"

at this point, i was inhaling really deeply wtf and didn't smell no nothing so lily said:
"updog is what!"

(i am laughing so hard to myself right now wtf hahahahahahaha)

shane ignored her and continued asking: "do you smell an updog?"
we were all exasperated and trying to figure what the fuck is an updog and screeched: "what is updog!!!"

shane: "oh nothing much man, how about you?"

the three of us looked at him quizically for 3 seconds and when we finally got the joke, we simultaneously burst into laughter, clutching out tummies and gasping for breath. LOL.
shane couldn't believe lily said "updog is what" thus ruining his stupid joke instead of just doing "what's updog?" HAHAHAHAHA.

if u didn't get it, kindly proceed to jump off a cliff wtf.

"shane if you get the job tomorrow, it'd be solely because of that joke."

x

le sunset on the horizon. i was pretty much running round and round this field so that it's easier to pace myself and stay alive with all the uneven footpaths and oncoming, busy traffic.
i no longer have to deal with side stitches and toe cramps! all the running paid off wtf.

went to uni today after doing nothing at all for the entire study break and almost had an heart attack when i checked my student email.
don't really wanna elaborate but more last minute crap to do -__-" sien.

ANYWAY.

kk just facebook msged me:
"what have you guys been feeding shane? he wants to include st tropez and ibiza into our itinerary now."

HAHAHAHAHA.
not so inside joke wtf.

okay need to start getting some shit down ah bye!

roadtrippin' prelude.

lily jokingly asked shane if she could go to margaret river with him since he was heading down anyway and  by the time she realized what she's done, shane was already offering his brother's house for us to crash.

so we go lor.

and i'm glad we did because...
- lily has never been.
- the both of us would've been suicidal from boredom since we have a whole week off.
- margaret river is beautiful.
- shane is retarded and more than half the funny things that occurred during the trip came from him hahahaha.

the whole 3 hour drive there was a good indication of how things were gonna turn out because we had crazy fun just singing out loud with the windows down :D
bonus points for sharing the same taste in music so we took turns cranking our ipods or phones and i got them hooked on to some electro songs from DJ antoine! :D

lily was playing a french song on her ipod in the car and shane just nonchalantly sung along: "bonjour bonjour bonjour bonjour~~~~" even though the lyrics were obviously not that hahahaha.
and when a chinese song was playing he'd go: "ching chong ching chong ching chong!!"

LOL.

would write more but photos are with the both of them and i need to unpack and shower.
i somehow got a blocked and runny nose at the same time, like i can't breath in with my nose (hence, blocked) but snot dribbles down so i'm a bit stressed out trying to understand what's going on wtf.
my throat is hurting too and my hayfever is in full swing.
my immune system is conspiring against me.

"incredibly captivating."

the last two weeks have been a blur of late nights in the library and dinners with lily so it's safe to say this blog hasn't been missing out on much. haha.

le PMS was on full swing too which resulted in a lot of pain from many sources wtf.

i thought i had something wrong with me because i've never heard of girlfriends complaining about having backaches but google tells me it is quite normal!

apparently they're just abdominal cramps that radiate from the front to the back, nothing too fancy. 

backaches are more uncomfortable than they are painful though, i feel like i always have to stretch and twist to crack my pelvic joints.

also, the cravings have been flippin' insane.

i have never liked turkish delight because i think it tastes like cough syrup wtf but PMS fucks with me sometimes so i end up buying a truckload.

i think i only ate like 4 bars before my craving ended and i never want to see a turkish delight bar ever again. haha.

also spent the last weekend reading the hunger games trilogy!

catching fire was so engaging and kancheong that i spent 4 hours straight just reading in bed and biting my knuckles in anticipation of what's going to happen next.

the end of every chapter is so unpredictable and leaves you hanging and i was so sleepy but i can't sleep not knowing the ending i was literally going: "OHMYGOD I AM NEVER GOING TO BED" and flipped to the next page wtf.

i downloaded the movie and IT'S SO FRUSTRATING when so much stuff from the book doesn't get protrayed into the movie aiyo :( 

this is why if u don't read the book, you are missing out on possibly 50% of the actual story, no joke.

le new rings! i love the pink + black combo and gold is definitely my fav color :3

aaaaaaaaaaanyway,

my one week study break officially begins!! :D :D :D

lily and i are taking a couple of days away from perth with another friend and will be back on monday!

it was a super spontaneous decision and it's gonna be good because spontaneous decisions have never disappointed me EVER.

i'm actually quite excited but dreading the pending THREE assignments due after the break.

scumbag lecturers.

signing out to pack. happy easter guys!

be safe!

x x