Me, you, and "cherry blossom weather", quietly revived in the wind
I wonder if you're looking at this from somwhere, right now; the same pink sky as on that day

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Happy birthday cuzzie! (Belated by 1 day) Next year, I'll be able to celebrate with you properly over there :P Hope you got my message... (International SMS fails so much its not funny)

David told me to try Window's Live Writer for blogging, so here I am. Hopefully not too many formatting/edits later. I don't really like it, perhaps its just a matter of getting used to it?

Haven't done a post in ages, mainly because I've been incredibly tired, and thus in no state to feel anything, let alone blog. Also, computer games are evil. So evil, and yet irresistible. Kind of like chocolate in some ways.

Well this week has been something of a lull in terms of me doing anything conducive. It's almost like I'm stuck in a holiday mode time lapse, my brain refusing to accept that school has not only started, but started to go crazy. But who can we blame, the final exams are only about three months away now. And I picked this time to start falling behind. Hopefully I will snap out of this slackness in time.

Sometimes it's really good to know that you're not the only one experiencing unnerving phenomena such as these. We might be slacking now, but I'm sure we should be alright as the day approaches. For now, try your best to stay on top, await our imminent salvation. You aren't the only one, don't worry! =)

There was actually a blackout on Tuesday, which I wasn't home to see due to my uni lecture. However, the effects lingered long into the night, and trust me it wasn't a pleasant experience. Blackouts in Singapore are a trivial matter, almost an intriguing turn of events, something to break the monotony of our everyday schedules, force us to make that small change in our fixed routines that we secretly welcome.

Oh, how different it is in Melbourne. A want of electricity would mean that the heater isn't working. Not fun during winter. Fine, put on more clothes. No electricity means no hot water (and no shower for me after the longest day of my week). Fine, make do with face-washing. No electricity means no light. At night. (Yes, the whole area blacked out together with us, even the street-lamps were dead). And worst of all, no electricity means no internet. Sounds trivial, but until the power cuts out so badly that you can't even plug your charger into a power-point to charge your laptop, we don't realise the extent of our (well, mine at least) reliance on it, for everything. I ended up with about 5 candles in front of me on the table, with me squinting through the dark trying to do Spec at the end of what was a 14-hour day for me. Waiting for electricity, for liberation. It never came.

10:00pm: Emergency number computer generated message: "blah blah blah excuses power should be restored by 10:30pm"
10:30pm: Emergency number computer generated message: "blah blah blah excuses power should be restored by 10:30pm"
11:30pm: Emergency number computer generated message: "blah blah blah excuses power should be restored by 10:30pm" Wtf.
12:30am: Emergency number computer generated message: "blah blah blah more excuses. The following places were affected: *lists 1000 different places*, power should be restored in Berwick by: 2.30am"
Me: Fsck that.

Have to start thinking about the formal, its in three weeks time approximately now. Kylie and them are hiring a limo for us... At first I was hesitant about even going. And then came the death threats >.> Probably won't be taking a partner though, simply because there is no one around who I would honestly want to take. Sigh. Formal should otherwise be fun though, with any luck (which I haven't had much of lately either).

Good night.




Edit: HUGE edit because of formatting from last night, really didn't turn out... Redid the post entirely.