Meeting up with an old friend...

Met up with Jan, an old friend of mine from high school the night before I left for Penang. I guess you can say that she falls into my category of favorite type of friend. Reason being is because I tend to have 'disappearing' tendencies. I'd pop up for awhile, play the catching up game, then they won't see hide nor hair of me for months on end, unless they contact me online. As a result, I don't have that many close old friends. I've probably known Jan the longest of all my friends.

In any case, I brought Nic along with me to introduce her to Jan. So while they were talking, I was fiddling with the camera on my phone. Despite her protests, I made her camwhore for me. Of course, she specifically told me not to put up all of the photos....then again, since when do I listen to other people anyway? XD

Uh huh...yea I'm da wo-man....

Oh no, my hair's too flat for photo-taking...*fluff fluff*

(While acting nonchalent) Okay, take that photo again now that my hair looks better. And you'd have better deleted that earlier one that you took!

Now, say 'I'm Single....and looking!'

The other photos appeared washed out, so I tried a different setting on the camera. The colors all look so much richer. 

Surprise Jan! By the way, I don't have Nifty linked to my blog anymore, so you can stop looking for it now. =P

Its a no-go for Australia...

Its been a very hectic, hurtful, stressful and depressing period for me over the last week or two. I didn't want to blog about it at the time because all I wanted to do is crawl up under the nearest boulder (I'm a wee bit too big to fit under a rock) and hide. I have an unhealthy tendency to avoid my problems and pretend everything is alright by sweeping them under the carpet until it's too late. This is my latest excuse for not blogging about anything for the last week...up until last night, that is.

I'm normally not afraid to openly bitch about all my petty, insignificant problems, but when those problems escalate and becomes major "I wanna kill you till you die" type issues, I tend to clam up until those problems are resolved. At least resolved for the time being anyway.

I've also decided not to go for my Australian trip. Though I'd already purchased my ticket months ago, and I've been looking forward to it for ages, I'm not going anymore. Its just not worth all the hassle, frustration, pain and disappointment it has put me through. Not to mention I haven't been able to save up nearly enough for a 12 day stay there. Instead of spending over RM2000 on just accomodation for my trip, I'd rather spend it somewhere else. Like paying off my credit card debts. Lolz.

The hardest part will be informing my travel partner of my decision though. However...this is partly her fault too (though mostly mine)...and I somehow don't think she's going to take it very well.

Ahh...the end of another beautiful friendship. Won't be the first time, most likely won't be the last either.

Aussie = Money

Just came back from a yumcha session with E. We talked about our upcoming trip to Perth, AU, which is coming up in May 2010. I can't wait! Haven't been back there since I graduated from uni. Its gonna be awesome. 12 days in Aussie. Just imagine all the gel and toothpaste I'm gonna buy! :P

Yes...other people like shopping for clothes, I like shopping for human grooming products. ^_^

Anyways, we were talking about accommodation and budgets. With the exchange rate currently hovering around RM3 = AUD1, everything is pretty friggin' expensive. Plus, I don't wanna stay at a backpackers inn. Those places are fun for most people, but I find them pretty unsafe. Besides, a private room at a backpackers costs pretty much the same as a room at a 3 star hotel!

So I've been hunting for short stay rental apartments. I've found a few cheap ones in Subiaco, but hopefully they're still available when I'm ready to book. Otherwise I might have to resort to sharing an apartment with strangers at my alma matter, Murdoch Uni at their on campus accomodation. Not that I'd mind revisiting the Student Village (now called the Murdoch University Village), its the whole 'staying with strangers' thing that bugs me.

Anyway, after much calculation, using an exchange rate of 2.9 (just in case it never goes down), I figure I'd need about RM2000 to book a place that costs AUD60 a night for 12 nights. Even using an exchange rate of 2.5 isn't much better cuz that only increases my budget by 6 bucks a night. >.<" Plus, I wanna bring at least AUD500 as cash to spend. That's another...RM1250 - 1500...!!! *groan*

Sooner or later I'm gonna look like $_$ all the time...

Eww...

Someone made me clean the house toilets today...thankfully there were only 2. I'm so tired and wet (with water!). All the strength has gone out of my right arm. Thankfully, it isn't my 'business' arm. ^.^

Just read a friend's latest blog post. Her house was just broken into for the 2nd time in just over a year. Poor thing. I wanna help, but I don't really know how. Right now what she needs most is a cheap place to stay. Suggestions, anyone?

I've been finding myself unusually grumpy recently too. Which is probably the reason why I keep arguing with someone. Its not really her fault too. I admit, she can be difficult to live with sometimes, and so can I, but still, there's gotta be a solution to it. Perhaps I'm just extremely irritable, which probably means I'm due some quiet time to myself. However, she keeps talkinggggg....... >.<"

I realised that the Fishie widget that I am so fascinated with doesn't work right when viewed from my laptop (I installed it at work when I was setting up the blog...it was a slow day for me :P). Its quite frustrating when something I like doesn't work the way I want it to. Which probably explains why I'm having so many problems with...everything!