discoveries.

two weeks ago here is where i have been.
the city of perth.


a rather warm welcome from my housemates.
they are seriously cool people from different backgrounds.


a lovely dinner with the family.
i love it when they served fresh salads almost every meals and the great moments with everyone. :)


we hopped on a train at 9pm.
free of charge.


for desserts.
a pastry with raspberry sorbet in the middle and warm white chocolate flowing outside with a fluffy candy on top. (its like having sauna with dolphins in the north pole when all the steam covering the air like clouds. XD)


this is what it looks like when its daylight.
yes. its peaceful. i like the purple tree.


but as soon as night falls. into the pool.
its party in the house yawh. with men and misses.


yes. there were all sort of liquors.


attractive men in borats. ;P
(its her birthday party. that's why.)


and puppysitting.
his name is pierre. awwy. (: (psst get one of this blushie!)


unfortunately i missed this.
it was taken on australian's day by one of my housemates. i think its beautiful. so i post it. XD

the real school will be starting soon. and it would be a busy week and weeks by then. oh well. life goes on.

and i am ready. :D

Song for you, truth for me.

I'm still here.
But it hasn't been easy.
I'm sure that you had your reasons.
I'm scared of all this emotion.
For years i've been holding it down.
Guess i have been holding it down.

well.
it's time to let this go.

happy valentine's. (: (:

Bienvenido!

layers and more layers of clouds passing by.

slowly they disappear before they reappear again in the sky. what we call a mirage.

then i saw a piece, very big piece of flat, very flat land.
that's perth. jimmy.


after all the baggage claim and quarantine. i separated with my newly-met friend at the airport and embark on my second part of life.

deep breaths.
(yep guys. i arrived! safe and sound.)

on the way to where ill be staying, i didn't really respond to the big guy sitting next to me though (he's the driver). but just reminisce those stuffs back then.

it was like i just had my red wine dinner and graffiti with the brothers last night. i miss everyone.

australians. their slang. very cool. haha. its either howdy, g-g-gday-y-y, see ya mate. etc. their typical way of communication : nodding your head and repeating yep as in you understood what they said. provided you really understood it though. yep im catching up.

in fact i very much like it here. its so peaceful. and homey. at first i couldnt seem to fit in to the weather. i sneezed a lot in the car. but after a while i found it very windy in Perth. you can always feel a light breeze coming through your face. though its getting a bit dry here since its mid-summer. but all in all. you won't sweat comparing to the tropical malaysia.

soon as i reach my second home. i didn't know homestay could be so satisfying. wow. there were barbecue pit. swimming pool. outdoor couch and all. yes yes ill be very fine. :) :) the owner, they call him uncle luthfie. pronounced loo-fie. an indonesian. having like toca rivera skin tone and obama face. her wife carmell. an australian. and son, and daughter, and a cat, Leo. they were all very caring and helpful.

it still feels like daylight when its 8. until its around 9pm then it begins to dawn. i had scrumptious fish and chips with salad for dinner, and there's laksa for supper. the malaysian's food yep. trust me its very okay to live here.

well i guess ill be living for another year here. in this tiny underground room. i guess i should get some sleep by then. tomorrow its another ride and touring in auntie Carmell's jaguar. :D

hello western aussie. here i come.
deep breaths.

take care my mates. loves always.
xoxo.

i'm back.

mmm. im glad that im finally smelling my home again. sniffs.

just got back from my hometown after celebrating cny. i've always loved chinese new year. this whole week has been so wholesomely rich. with all those events and memories etc. (: (:

though its home sweet home now. i still have a weird feeling like i couldnt settle down or something. like things are still in a mess in my mind and lots of things i havent done lah. but now the first thing i think of is to sit down and blog. how weird. lol.

how's your new year celebration going? i would say i was trying to make mine as memorable as it could be and. i did it. :D

oh well. to cut things short. i enjoyed every bits of it this year. (big thanks guys) the food. the fun. the crazy moments. It feels so good when you're expecting to meet all those cousies again. those babies. those kids. (i like my nephews calling me uncle cause it sounds so old) lol.

yes i have nephews. oh. i shall repeat. not my real nephews but neph-nephews.

now my mind has all lots of stuffs i couldn't arrange. it was all but a beautiful mess. (:

and let me clean the mess up for you can continue reading.
1. we didn't sleep early every night.
2. we lighted up fireworks so loud we rang the neighbour's car alarm.

(for the first day of new year)
3. we didn't wash our hair.
4. instead we bathed ourselves with a very cool lime-flavoured tea leaves formula.
4. we showed our love to the plants and became vegetarian.
5. and we ate two bowls of rice.
6. we shouldn't sweep the floor. and we obeyed. (who cares)
7. we posted crappy messages about each other on tv. and laughed like crazy when those words popped up on the screen.
8. we went to my dad's orchard.
9. we fish.
10. we had barbeques.
11. still cleaning the mess in my mind.

they said touching the dancing lions' butt will bring you good luck. sadly i missed the lion dance at my aunt's cause i was visiting another family back then (sorry serena. no lions) but for the first time i managed to see the "qi lin" in the afternoon. they are skinny and scarier-looking.

oh we took photos in a casino which we shouldn't cause its illegal. My aunt actually owns a club and it has a tiny casino in it. wow. so many numbers flickering everywhere on the wall.

and almost every night we heard gambling cheers from the elders over the table. aiyoh so cheerfully noisy. or noisily cheerful.


i just caught a flu.
so i guess ill have to stop here.
my runny nose is bugging me so much.
sucks.

ah. what a mess. gonna unpack my stuffs. check my loaded inbox. catching up with blogs. (fyi serena got a new blog. here) etc etc. :S

At-choo!

I.must.bath.

til then bye guys.
i couldn't smell my room now my nose is stuck. sniffs.
upload those photos soon. cheers.

phoootos.

my brother took all of these photos except the last one. XD

pane on a plane.

the sky. the clouds. the wonders.

blue blues and white whites.

lanterns.

the "qi lin" i mentioned.

orchard's orchids.

palm trees along the way.

it begins to rain after a while.

wet logs, damp grassbed, gloomy leaves. very cool.

thanks to this gadget for all the magnificent shots.
sadly it belongs to my brother and not me. :(

Details in the Fabric

details matter a lot.

its amazing how puzzles can be done quickly when us. fix the pieces together one at a time. puzzles are like our lives. if one piece goes wrong, replace it. fix it. and face it. and in the end you'd be amazed how pieces end up to something beautiful.

this is the wonder of humans. we see things with our own eyes and interpret differently with the heart. maybe a smile could mean something more to you. or nothing at all.

for some people, a rainy day, a phrase, a loveletter might had its secrets to share.

it's all about the details.

when mummy scolds you for dropping those cookie crumbs on the floor. and you have to clean it. don't get frustrated. smile you've made the ants a meal happier. see. how crumbs aren't just crumbs, they are something.
You too are something.
Think about it.

have confidence. sometimes the smallest details in you may help in determining great outcomes. its okay to contribute with things you've got.

be thankful. do everything the best you could, even if its the tiniest.

life always shine through in the details. :)

shh. and listen
Details in the Fabric (wasn't the best quality. all noise and shakey. but oh well. :) )

PS: blushie, i finally found someone to do puzzles with. a january afternoon isn't boring after all. :) ;P