every time i sit myself down to write...i always have the same problem: i dont quite know where to start and what topic to harp on. (me? opinionated? hmmmm) so, i've decided to make a list of things that i would like to talk about or that have crossed my mind today, in an effort to boost my rather fledgling ability to document..or focus, for that matter. right. here we go.
TUESDAY: *struggled to dislodge myself from the warm comfort of my bed..cold morning **am planing to invest in a bicycle by the end of the week..secondhand or not! *got asked by a customer if i was sick *chatted with my manager about travelling & asia (do i get brownie points?) *cleaned the damn dusty fridge-tops at work..the dust was soooo thick, it looked like several rats had decided to shed their hair on top of the fridge..ew *OH THIS ONE IS AWESOME: when i got to work this morning, my manager announced that it was staff discount day at myer today...20% off! altho i dont have a staff card, apparently i only needed to flash my badge. here's the best part..couldn't think of ANYTHING that i really wanted to buy. HOW SAD IS THAT!! on this, the day i actually get to excercise my right as a sub-myer employee! ah well. such is. :O) *am thinking of goin to watch The Who!! :O) rock on.

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!! yep..i'm back in blooody cold melbourne..just the way i like it! sydney was incredibly relaxing. exactly what i needed..i got to spend quality time getting reacquainted with some of my all-time favourite pastimes, such as reading and playing the piano~!! who knew that after all these years, i would WANT to list these things amongst my hobbies. really shows how much those schooling years really affect one's life. wait wait...knitting has already made a comeback. now just awaiting the painting muse. maybe, just maybe, cross stitch, although that may be stretching it a little. anyways, back to the trip. i have to say that the 12 hour bus ride was actually pretty interesting and somewhat (dare i say it) NICE. ok, so maybe the novelty of travelling with a whole bus-full of backpackers did make it that bit more exciting. [and no, it wasnt filled to the brim with german travellers...just two. so there :Op] the bus left the terminal a bit after 8pm,and i promptly made friends with the girl beside me. she was from the uk, but of chinese descent. funnnily enough, the girl sitting in front of me was scottish, but also of chinese (or something similar) descent. pretty klew. gemma was pretty fun...and in that 12 hours, our conversation snowballed from work to travels to MUSIC!yep, i met a bluegrass fan with an appreciation for music in general (regardless of genre). so,we exchanged notes on artistes and cds (yes, i brought mine along!!) for quite a few hours. kekekeke. there were two stops throughout the journey...one every 4 hours. the first was in albury/wodonga, whilst the second was in gouldburn. ended up having a hot choc at 4 am. [wat sleep?] reached sydney, had b'fast with gemma, parted ways, got picked up by my uncle in the city (town hall), went to a cafe & book shop near the college of fine arts (UNSW)...a fave hangout of my uncle's, and then headed to his place (abt 45 mins away from the city...northwest of sydney). had a shower, a bit of a snooze, lunch, then headed out to the city for a bit of a memory refresher and then on to UNSW to pick up my cousin (who's reading law). ahem. oh, here's the interesting part. whilst waiting for my cousin to finish class, my uncle (who purchased an art history book along the way) & i sat ourselves down on a bit of lawn in UNSW grounds, and he read aloud to me, stopping every now and again so we could have little discussions about the readings.ahem. must've looked pretty karate kid-ish (yes, my uncle does somewhat resemble mr miyagi]. throughout the course of the weekend, i got to learn and see some of my uncle's paintings and views on art. also got to look at some of his sketches (amazing!). ALSO, my cousin managed to coax some of my hibernating interest in movie-watching back into action (watched extended versions of LOTR1 & 2, Pirates of the Carribean, and a bit of The Quiet American). AND we had quiet moments where i read (YES SOME STIMULATION!!!), instead of making an aimless trek out to a densely populated shopping area. it's all these small li'l activities that actually made the weekend fascinating for me. i can't really describe (especially with this horrible diminishing vocabulary and writing structure syndrome [DVWSS] i seem to be suffering from) how much i actually enjoyed myself, but in a passive way, as opposed to it being a feeling i was conscious of during the weekend. i predict i'm going to be reading this in a few days time with one eyebrow raised, and possibly a scrunched up face expressing nothing more than "WADDA". hey, it's 2am. 'nuff said. :O)