thank you mel! :)

well, this is the first post on my 100-somethingth blog. hahahahaa! lets hope this one lasts ok? this is by far my favourite layout because i got to do something to my specifications. and i rlly like it. if anyone of my dear friends has strong objections about their face being up there, tell me :) and i'll see what i can do. BUT you gotta realise you must be pretty important to be up there in the face place. :) i mean like the presidents wife must rlly not like her picture framed up and hung pompously on every institution, bank and building. can you imagine walking ANYWHERE and seeing a picture where you look like a deer blinded by head lights. heheheheeeeheee. so many things have happened since chess and i reluctantly heaved our asses and rafia luggage bags onto the plane to this strange new country. 2 weeks down and our country bumpkin status has not changed. every corner we turn its another shocking loser moment. i wouldnt be surprised if i walked into glass one day and killed myself.
----on the same note, we saw a dead bird on the deck in my house and my mum said the bird probably saw the other glass through the house and thought it was a shortcut. it completely bashed its head in the other way and we had to nudge the dead bird off the deck with a chair's leg. quite gross :S

i think this blog is pretty much to allow myself to let loose on my thoughts and feelings. ordinarily i would just call ra or amos or someone at home and it'd be verbal diarrhoea. but now, phone calls aren't as cheap, and chessy's ears are starting to rot with my constant babble. so please do not be offended by my posts. if its a mean post, maybe its because you deserve the mean post BUT if its a nice post, bask in the nice feeling of being praised. :)

so to kick off my new blog, i guess i'll start with thank yous to everyone:-
mel-thanks for this because without you, i wouldnt even get this to spill my thoughts in! this blog is amazing and i'm really happy. :)

chess-without you, i would be in a lonely corner during our countless breaks crying into my loser sandwiches. thanks for listening to me obsess over the littlest things, and also go crazy over specks of dirt. i CANNOT imagine what it would be like without you. i would curl up and die.

amos-these two weeks have been an incredible rollercoaster ride but we're going to come out in one piece, i just know it. you're the most amazing thing that could have happened to me and i don't know what i would do without you. we're zillions of inches apart but hey, look there, im right there in your heart :) love you babe

raro-its been awhile since i've said 'raro' :) thanks for being my listening ear when things got tough and for just being my pillar of strength! your encouragement is priceless and without you constantly egging me on, i don't think i would be typing this happy and grateful post. you're always looking out for me and i will be forever grateful xoxo

liz-now that your super agenda :D:D is gone, please stay cool and don't miss your appointments and forget homework ok? hahaa, thanks for everything, and thank you for always looking out for me. xoxo

eddie,shiny,xiao,lydsies,kristalle,tiff,carol,----(fill your name in)---- thank you for everything. im in a thank you mood so don't ask why im thanking you. but i guess its because in one way or another you, yes you! has blessed me in some way or another. either by cheering me up over the internet on a lousy day, or just being someone so great to learn from. get well soon shiny darling.

don't think im ending here, COS IM NOT! heeeheeeeeheeeee. im suffering from some form of writers diarrhoea and this blog is going to be looong. for the weak--give up already. heheee.

well, chess and i have moved into homestay for 3 weeks till we move into my place permanently. this room is amazing. with joint efforts and treasures, we have turned a plain blue and yellow room into a piece of art to be proud of. theres white, starry, spangly tinsel wound through our bed head, red and green flower fairlylights wound through the curtain rod, and chessys purple hearts fairylights on the ledge above and in front of us. we have two art frames on the wall, and lots of photos above our individual bedside tables. we have a sofa in our room other than our bed. and also a dresser. our cupboard has an orange netted bouncy ikea thing with stuff toys in it hanging on the door. our clothes are all on the shelves, and today we got the internet. thank god for everything because this can't get any better. PLUS, we have a trampoline outside! hheheheee. im rlly happy now because before today we had no internet till the aunty installed a new modem and even downstairs in our cosy corner we get the internet!!! it was like complete icing on our cake on a friday afternoon. IMAGINE IT! heeeheeeheee.

school has been okay. all our muslim friends got off today for their holiday. lucky people. but school is incredibly slack. we have four 50-minute classes except on tuesday where we have 5. we normally have a twenty min break, a 1hr lunch break, and another 1hr break between. PLUS, 10 minutes between every class. its bliss compared to the singapore system, and we are being spoiled. :P on long breaks we walk to town for a spot of shopping. would you believe it?! going for a cup of coffee is boring and so passe, we go shopping during recesses. ahhaahaaa.

i am really disappointed with certain friends. but i think the joy of knowing all my other friends and feeling their love and niceness has helped me to ignore others' brashness and cheek. sigh. a dent in my otherwise perfect time.

i say perfect because i think i try to make the most of what i have. i mean, im away from my friends, my family, my boyfriend, everyone i love, but i think i couldn't be luckier having what i have here. its not perfect in that sense, but its blessed. i still get to go online and can keep in touch, im comfortable in our room, everything is as good as it gets as they say. in terms of relationships with loved ones, i say that nothing's changed and what doesnt kill me only makes me stronger.

its latenight friday tonight. i think i should stop blogging and keep chessy awake. no one is online yet, the action hasn't started. we sound like losers, but hey, this is the friday we spend the whole week looking forward to. we get to chat with friends we ordinarily don't get to chat with.

for now, my tag board isnt up, so please post comments and such. love you all. laters!
xoxo