sooo...my parents have arrived!! haha..their annual "let's-go-freeze-and-walk-around-aimlessly-cos-there's-nothing-to-do-here" visit. they;ve been here since thursday..and it's been raining since! ok, am exagerrating a tad..the skies actually held up today (even though all the forecasts have been for showers all thru to monday) and we enjoyed a late afternoon out walkin and walkin and walkin (from the cbd to bridge road to swan street to southbank..and am predicting another walk back to the cbd). yes, we knew exactly what we were doin..no really. anyways, it's time for me to get off and get out..going to meet juice and blossh for dessert (woohooo!) at the blue train cafe. yummmmers. laterz!
*wait wait, one more thing.....HAPPPPY BIRRTHHHHDAYYYY JEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O)

existen'tialism: philosophy that man can only be free through full consciousness of his illogical position in a meaningless universe.

HOW AM I GOING TO HANDLE THE end OF THE YEAR?? already am feeling kinda sad and am missing uni life and FRIENDS(even though i am still officially in uni with another gruelling six months to go!). no diggity, no doubt, will get a grip (or lose it...but that's another matter altogether) and will be ready to take on the world! wooohoooo!!
in the meantime...
minz and jem: have a GoodandSafe flight back home (and well, exciting one if u do yell ShOtGuN..)!! will miss yall loads. really really :O) haf fun go mad & eat eat eat!!!

i';ve just been reminded of an incident that occurred during the horse outing... one of the riders in the group fell off her horse during the trail, and it was a bit of a shocker for the rest of us cos she didnt move for quite a bit, so much so even the guide riders got pretty worried. i didnt realize this until my rather stubborn horse, jolly, decided to not heed my instructions (yet again) and continued trotting off the trail for what seemed like a closer look...or maybe he just wanted to snack on the grass (yet again)..but watever it was, he made ME look like a real 'kehpoh', whilst everyone else (save for friends of the poor girl) stayed on the trail!! oh well.. makes for yet another goode laugh!!! oh, and dont worry, the girl did get up after a bit. she was ok, just a lil (ok, a lot) shaken, but no serious injuries, thank goodness!

oh and another funny thing (and yes, i am suppposed to be doing work now..watever!), went grocery shopping on sunday nite (after coming home from the trip and having a BIGASS bath etc) with bloss and reg (my housey) and bumped into mary and serene, and then later, (yes, the operative word is LATER) jem and stace!! yup, safeway is definitely the place to be on a sunday nite. drinks, food, moosic...happenin media students..what more could u ask for? :O) rightey-ho then. back to the books we go!! chezels.

THE WEEKEND: was up all night friday doing research and reading (sort of!!) and packing for the trip. what trip? the overnighter in portsea (near sorrento..or maybe it's considered off sorrento...hmm..will have to check that one up) with juice, bloss (sunshine), and seven other friends of juice's.
anyways, i left the house at 6.30 am (saturday) for sunshine's place in north melbourne (via tram). i guess sunshine and i were pretty damn excited (or stressed crazy) cos we made quite a lot of noise..erm, sorry serene and mary if we woke yall up!! the journey proper began officially at about 8.15am..with a pitstop at mcd's for brekkie. we arrived at portsea camp about 2 hours or so later...unloaded some gear, then went off again to see the London Bridge (rock formation). then went off again to Point Nepean National Park to do a bit of bushwalking (rain walking?), then wentback to camp (literally! the place was a former army barracks) to chill out, play volleyball, play on the bigass slide, play chess (!!)and have dinner. i had a bit of a snooze..ahem ..(kudos to bloss for persevering in her attempts to coax me out of slumberland for a whole 15minutes), then we chilled out some more, did a walkabout (runabout) in the dark, and stargazed.
next day, we "rock-climbed" at the rock beach in cape shanck, watched the huge waves...choppy sea and all, got wet shoes, and took loads of photos (to make up for the lack of film the previous day!). on our way back, half of us detoured to a horse ranch, Ace High, and did a spot of a horseriding...i got Jolly, who kept wanting to eat grass.. :O) it was pretty cold and rained for a bit during the trail, but it was still a good experience!
made our merry way back after that, and reached the city at 6.30 pm. it was a pretty relaxing time...and as juice said, definitely have to do another trip in summer!

oh and more thing...JUICE!!! where's ur spot?!! and let's have another online singing session with "roll to me" and "freshmen", ok? set? set!!! :O)
joyce: our resident champion badminton player. a long-legged beauty with the cheekiest smile and most happenin lifestyle.
kewl? definitely. wanna meet her? erm, u gotta catch her if u can... did i mention hyperactive? yeh. definitely.

hehe..yes,i am still working on this...erm, getting all the nonsense outta my system so that i'll be able to have total concentration on my work, in a bit. no really.
an ode to my mena: visit stucks' blog!
:O) am i losing it? i think so. but it's ok. cos we all need to lose it sometimes, in order to get back on track and keep sight of it!! it is then, that we realize what we need and want and should do. btw, something tells me i'm going to be making major changes to my posts later on (when i have somewhat resumed a normal/widely acceptable state of mind). but for now, thus goes my 2cents worth of philosophical input!

waiiiiiiittttttt! now, how can i possibly leave without having BIGass SHOUTOUTS to all of the ya[zoo]! hey all!! :O) special mention for mena!! mapo todu and all... :O)
i am having a major case of cravings. i need pasta. or maybe i just need food other than toast, peanut butter and jam. maybe just maybe. u think? i think i need to get out more. or maybe i just need food other than peanut butter and jelly toast. hmmmmm... strawberry jam and peanut butter and bread. bread and peanut butter and strawberry conserve.
nah, any way it's said, it still comes back to the same thing.. i need proper foood!
erm, plain pasta shells? u think?

so i pretty much spent the whole night playing around with the set up...pretty kewl. now if i only knew how to add stuff in... :O) slowly, but surely..someday!! right now is probably not the best of times. why? come come, let me give you a rundown:
*exam next week
*essays due
*testing endurance levels..."coming to terms with procrastination and doing without!"

and yes, it is pretty much obvious that i'm doing exceedingly well one the last one.. :O)
back to the books i go...sigh.

MY VERY FIRST POST(ing)!!! Am quite excited..hmmmm...an advancement in the life of Cheryl Menon!! (techno-savvy ppl and webbies, watch this space!!heheh) Ok. Am really curious to see how this looks on site, so off I go a-investigating! :O)