Dates

Dates. What do you do when you go on them?

1. Shopping. Who doesn't like shopping with your partner? I for one, love shopping and dressing people up. Anyone, so long as I don't have to pay for everything, partner is exempted of course.
   
2. Movies. You all like to watch some movies right? After all it's a form of entertainment, perhaps not at the cinema but definitely at home in front of your computer or glued to your massive plasma TV.
   
3. Gaming. This is only for some couples. By games I don't actually mean games that you see guys play 24/7, I mean games like pool, scrabble...more social games. Surely you've played games with your partner, if not, you surely have played games with your friends be it a male or female. This is definitely on one of the things you do on dates...potential ones anyway.
   
4. Chilling at a park. For those of you who watch enough movies and anime to know when a couple walks through a park, there would always be a lake near by, a conveniently placed park bench, some swans near by and something romantic happens. That or it starts pouring with rain and they run for the nearest shelter. How can you not add this to the categories?
   
5. Chilling at a theme park. Roller coasters, haunted houses. No reason why you shouldn't chill here.
   
6. Chilling at the beach. Romantic walk down the beach. Bikini...nice strong abs...do I need to say more?
   
7. Chilling at respective houses. Before meeting the parents, you probably got sneaked in and watched a movie or just chilled and talked. After meeting parents, your partner most likely is deliberately placing you in awkward positions...that or you get along perfectly fine with their family. I am placed in horrifically awkward situations by my partner.
   
8. Occasional random surprise event that occurs in the city. These are spontaneous and unplanned usually. Event occurs, you both decide it'll be fun. Settled.
   
9. Sex. Let's not dwell on this topic.
   
10. Traveling around the world. My guess is the majority of you who read this do not have the luxury to travel around the world. It is, after all, a very costly and time consuming process. However, this is a great way to simulate living together with your partner and will also strengthen bonds. Not to mention, it'll take you places you've never seen before.
    
11. Eating. Come on, every single couple does it. In fact it is probably the easiest way to bond, via food. Who doesn't like to eat? Tell me that and I'll force a cow down your throat.

So I went on a date today with my girlfriend.

She thinks I can't see her with her face covered. xP

Given desirable circumstances I would have compiled the above list and ticked them off as the day went along. But circumstances weren't desirable and we only ate and saw a movie. Then we chilled at SOMEONE else's house.

Day went somewhat like this.

• Wake up.
• Fall back asleep.
• Alarm wakes me up
• Sleep through the alarm
• Jerk awake with the idea that I'm late
• Rush toiletries and get dressed
• Out the door to pick girlfriend up
• Drive for 45 minutes, being constantly interrupted by roadwork
• Awkwardly say hi and bye to her mother
• Drive to eat lunch
• Restaurant isn't open yet
• Buy tickets
• Restaurant STILL isn't open
• Buy snacks

Snacks that were snuck into the cinema

• Restaurant is open. (Breath of relief at this point)
• Consumption of food.
• Food is consumed.

Me eating food.

• Movie is watched.
• Children disturbs my movie experience
• Takes girlfriend to friend's house to chill
• Awkward situation happens
• Bail.

As most of you can see, this is far from ideal. Infact to make it worse, the awkward situation that happened at my friend's house was me accidentally hugging another girl that I mistook for my partner. How did that happen? My head was turned away from her and friend was conveniently placed where girlfriend would've otherwise been.

Which brings us to the next section: What you should never do on dates. They're all self-explanatory.

1. Hug her friend because you mistook them for your girlfriend.
2. Hug her friend for the second time because you mistook them for your girlfriend a second time.
   
3. Do it to the same friend.
4. Watch a children movie with your partner in the middle of school holidays
5. Watch a children movie at all.
6. Be in the vicinity of more than 2 children at any given time of your date.
7. Wake up late to your date
8. Inability to speak to their parents at the start and/or end of the date.
9. Suggest your partner to NOT place their feet on the dashboard of your car because it was sunny and their feet were cold. (They'll end up putting their feet on your lap whilst you're trying to drive)

"I love children! Just not when they're in packs." - Pui.
Fellow readers, do you like children in mass quantity...say...50? What do you do on dates, can you extend my list? What other taboos are there for the other list?




-Pui.x

Kick Start

On Thursday, I had spent 13.5 hours working on an assignment nonstop, only to wake up the next morning to find that I had submitted it with at least 5 errors in my report. Normally, I would be fretting and annoyed, but I wasn't. Why? Because midsemester break was right around the corner!

Friday night was going to kick start it for me. Why? A particular club at my university, "Monash Clayton Anime Club (MCAC)" was holding a formal function, at a RSL in an eastern suburb. And I hope from a previous post of mine, most of you readers will have figured out that I love dressing up. Not just myself, but also anyone else who would let me dress them up. Even doing their hair, I take great pleasure.

There will be a MASS of pictures in this blog everyone, so do be prepared...

No new updates

Late blogs. Don't you hate them? Here you are expecting a blog update from a much appreciated author...but the post is late. And there you are sitting there waiting for them to post. Maybe in the evening, you reassure yourself. But this is no more than a false sense of security. There was no blog posted up at 7:00pm...9:00pm...11:00pm... Then it dawns on you. The blog you were looking forward to reading is not just late by a few hours...it's late by a day or two. At this point you scream for help, for something to drop a bit of liveliness into your otherwise dull and boring day. In a frenzy, you reread everything the person has posted, every other blog you read, manga, comics, but none of that seems to satisfy you. You need that new blog, you don't even know what it is but you need it, you yearn it.

When everything seems hopeless, and you get discouraged, fate seems to be nice to you and taunts you. An update from that author: "Sorry about the lateness of this post, I'm really tired/can't be bothered/you can just wait/lol sucker/partying. I'll post the details later". Beads of sweat roll down your forehead, what does this mean? Does this mean in another 2-5 hours? Perhaps they mean to give them 10 hours of sleep before a post will be updated onto the site. Then again they just theoretically blogged and gave a status update, maybe you'll have to wait another 2 days to hear from them. You're nervous and you're going crazy. Suddenly your life seems much bleaker. Well it figures, you spend most of your lives glued to blogs and manga.

Sadly, I have become one of those authors. I'm too tired and I do need to sort out some photos, but to be less annoying and a more fun loving/audience interactive author of this blog. I'll give you a sneak preview of what has been putting a halt to my sleep, and one of many more potential photos that you may see within the next 26 hours, when I release my next blog. For now, enjoy!

Polish that shoe my king, polish it!

Fellow readers, do you hate late updates? Perhaps just in manga, or your favourite net comic. Do you get disappointed because you wait for a update from my blog and it never comes?


-Pui.x

Dropping By

As far as the life of a university student go, this is the time where assignments and assessments roll in...right before the mid-semester break. This time means EXAMS are right around the corner. Is your average uni student happy? Not at all. This means study, cramming, bullshitting all mixed into the next 5 or so weeks of life. So the approach one should take to deal with the stress?

Pui's Not-So-Trustworthy Guide to Studying

1) Make notes on each of your subjects. Write down stacks of information...and stacks of information...and stacks of them.

This will Kill You

2) Draw diagrams on your stacks of notes...

My oh my...

3) Look at your diagram in disgust then consider cartoon-ify it...

Ah...Satisfaction...?

4) Upon comparing the diagram and your cartoon, you should now realise they have absolutely no resemblance with each other. On another note, you'll realise that out of your frustration from taking the stack of notes, your picture is missing part of his/her head or foot or something like that. You now should agitated and have an ugly looking face, if not, go back to step 1.

I Sure was Agitated!

5) If all goes well, you should then merge your diagram and your picture together, in most cases, using the diagram to complete your picture. Huge satisfaction will be granted and a decrease of IQ should also incur.

Perfection

I hope you all enjoyed my tutorial on studying!

So fellow readers, how do you study if you still study? How do you cope with assignments and exams?




-Pui.x

Pictures

I now remember why I stopped blogging previously on Xanga.com.
I hate blogging without pictures, it makes my blog so dull and un-entertaining. Chunks of text are withstand-able so long as there are a suitable amount of images to compliment them.


Pictures are wonderful, they allow us to observer and visualize what's happening around us. This gives us a sense of security. Why? Why are humans so obsessed with visual aids? Perhaps this has something to do with our dependence on sight as our primary source of information, or maybe it is because when we talk to people, we make a note on their body language and expression, and through today's technological means...it's rather impossible.

WAHHHHH

Of course this is all upon my personal speculation. Pictures are very open ended unlike text. Text, can be written so that there is utmost clarity, but a picture can always be interpreted in multiple ways. I guess that's why people indulge in visual communication, photography, and fashion.

Let's have a look at photography.
Here is a picture which will be our test, the photographer is me.


This one simple picture of paper roses, depicts paper roses. One may say that the picture was taken for appreciation of the oragami, perhaps it's trying to portray the way artificial objects have begun invading nature, or replacing nature with artifacts. There are many thoughts that may be deduced from this one single picture, yet not a lot can be said about it either...after all, the picture portrays a cropped version of the greater picture, which we cannot view outside our little box. What's under the roses, what's to the left? These questions may never be answered.


Now let's look at the picture again after some alterations via photoshop. I have turned it black and white. Immediately, this has a dramatic effect over the viewers. Suddenly, the picture appears to be some form of memory. Commemoration of a deceased loved one? Celebration of an important event? Or is it just a picture taken by a hopeless romantic? Perhaps one might even, once again, take the faded aspect and link it with the environment.

Countless innovations from a single picture may arise. This is why I love visual communication, photography and just art in general. Alas, these can all be mixed into one. A kind of stop motion, that isn't exactly motion, just a cartoon strip like the ones you find in the entertainment page of the newspaper. But I believe, the reason why I dive into the safety of blogging with pictures is, for the reason why photography was invented in the first place...the ability to revisit memories.

So fellow readers, what are your thoughts on art? What kind of art do you like? Do you personally take the time to be a little creative yourself?



-Pui.x

Good things

Like the title suggests, good things have indeed been happening in my life. My phone, the Sony Ericsson's Satio (U1) finally arrived back to me from HK. My phone had died mysteriously one day for no apparent reason, so I had to send it back to get it fixed. Punctual and efficient, as soon as my phone was handed in to the company office, it was returned to aunt's house the following day. Upon unwrapping the bubble and foam which protected my phone via airmail, I realised they gave me a completely new phone...all the dents and scratches was gone, the LCD protector was replaced by a new one; upon further inspection the battery was also new. THANK YOU SONY ERICSSON!

For 28AUD, I have no replaced my run down phone with a new one, with a better motherboard, updated firmware, and less junk on it!

Today I also got a haircut...I don't have a presentable photo as I had forgotten to take photos of "before" and "after", it's alot shorter than normal, and I'm not too sure I like it...perhaps I shall play with it to see if I can improve the way it looks via wax...

On the duller side of things, however (yes, in life, there is always a 'however' and 'duller side'), the run down car of mine started to heat up, and smoke/steam started coming out of the engine, so I took it down to a garage to get it serviced. Turns out that: 1) the drum of some sort was leaking petrol, 2) one of the water pipes used to cool the engine was damaged, the hissing was steam, 3) engine was also leaking lubricant. Well...I'm sure lucky that my engine did not catch on fire.

So fellow readers...has any important electronics randomly died on you? Or perhaps a vehicle? Or an appliance you heavily relied your daily life on? If so how did you solve it?


-Pui.x


EDIT: I have uploaded a picture of what my hair now looks like...further comments about it would be appreciated :D

Formal Wear

It's been a while since my last post, I apologize for not updating earlier due to gaming...

Anyway, what has been happening in the life of this average teenager? Not much really. Rushing last minute assignments, checking myself out in the mirror, late nights and gaming. Pretty standard. There has been a particular change though, a formal event is coming through along with holidays just around the corner.

Now, last year, I was constantly harassed for "dressing too formally" everyday at university, when I'm heading out to a party, or just to chill in the city with a hand full of friends. Personally, I disagree, smart wear makes everyone looks just that much better! Honestly though, I didn't dress that formal, just smart casual:

What I generally wore on a day to day basis last year

Now, with so much crap coming from everyone last year, I decided that during my overseas trip I'd tone down a bit and wear some more casual wear. Now this is the kind of fashion sense I have on a daily basis...actually it really depends on my mood!


Like the change? I'm not sure myself, I do dress like last year from time to time and sometimes I do dress like your average guy, just to fit in with my description of "just another average guy". But what I believe people would like to see and comment on is not the everyday fashion sense, rather how someone looks like when they actually wear formal wear...or for a guy...SUIT UP!

Now, as I'm typing this I'm contemplating on whether I should post up a picture of me in a suit last year and the give you a sneak peak of what I would be wearing this year... I think I'll just give you the sneak peak =]

Sneak Peak!

I apologize for the dodgy-ness of the photograph, it was exceptionally hard to position the timer, let alone get the right focus, so please make do with it for now. I actually had to rush to put the blazer on...hence my shirt is kind of weird...it's called a sneak peak! Stop trying to pick out the faults!!

I'm going to end the blog with one more picture Just to demonstrate my greatness and the fact that I do occasionally dress like a casual guy.

Awesomeness? Right in the centre.

So fellow readers, what do you wear daily? Formal? Smart casual? Or just casual? Perhaps you don't wear any more than your undergarment ;)



-Pui.x

To Any 1

My favourite Korean band has released a new album and boy do they look different!

It was last year when they first debuted and last year after releasing their first album that I fell in love with them. They have yet to release a song that I don't like. New outfits, hairstyles this time
Dara got rid of her stupid broom like haircut, dyed it red and curled it slightly. Bom still looks adorable, except she dyed her hair a bright red colour. What outraged me most was CL's blond hair...blond...I could hardly recognise her...

At least Minzy remains awesome.

The crew here

My favourite Minzy

The still adorable Bom

CL...what have you done?

Dara not much to say

So what does everyone think of their new look and new album?
The album is called:











-Pui.x

Turning the Page

Life. It's such a mysterious phenomenon, in fact, one can argue it would be the most mysterious phenomenon that has occurred throughout recorded and even predated history. Once life is born it fights to preserve itself for a long time, until it perishes, either by its own doing or by nature's harsh punishment. However, before this life ceases, life is born from it, creating a seemingly endless cycle of life. Til the Apocalypse...but I will save that for another day. This life is full of surprise, joy, anger, regret...but it would always trudge on; and likewise, the life I lead trudges on, through this vicious cycle called, as humans have termed it, emotions. This 'emotion' or rather 'emotions' keep our lives interesting and give us an excuse to open our eyes to the light of day, or, for some, the artificial neon lights of night. But what happens when you're bored of this cycle?

To escape this cycle I've decided to turn a new page in the book, especially fitting, I thought, to welcome the coming spring from my town.

Who doesn't like a fresh start? A fresh life?

Ah...at least my first post appears to live up to the title of this blog, a drop of serenity.









-Pui.x