need and want..

well ever since i've been working, it means that i'm earning money. it's a good thing and also bad thing. why do i say so? this is because when you have more money, you are able to satisfy all your need like paying off your own expenses, don't have to spend parents' money, and stuff like that. however, this is the time when you have extra wants.. like getting yourself more pretty clothes, getting a new laptop and spending more in having a massive meal to splurge yourself. despite of all these, i'm trying my best to control myself, hoping to save more money at the same time. i'm still waiting for my tax return. haha! i think i'm mumbling again.

well it's almost end of financial year and it means that accountants are getting more busier soon. wish me luck! i'm going to start my cpa course this coming july too..

echuca..

last sunday i went to echuca with a group of friends, it's up north of victoria and at the border of victoria and new south wales. so i practically went to nsw as well. it was a small quiet town. when we arrived there early in the morning, we went to visit the old fashioned style of steam ship and took a ride for an hour along the murray river. not sure if i got the name of the river right. after that we went to visit around the small village, with shops like wine tasting, wood making, lollies shop. after that we went off and searched for lunch. and unfortunately there wasn't many restaurants opened and we ended up having charcoal chicken. haha!

in the afternoon, we had plans to go canoeing but sadly the person in charge told us that there was going to have a storm coming, so we had to cancel the plan for the day. so we ended up getting our maps and pulled over beside the road to look for alternatives. haha! and the view there was really nice. the wind was really cold tho. then we decided to go the scenic drive at the national park along the murray river. the funniest part was there was nothing there as well! gosh! so we had to look for another place to visit, decided to go to the cape horn vineyard. okay we were all set and went there according to the google map description that they had researched before. and guess what?! we went to the opposite direction of the vineyard and wasted half an hour drive there. we then called in to the vineyard to get the right direction. it was actually in the forest and it took us almost an hour to reach there. what a day! it was raining heavily as well.

when we finally arrived there, we had some wine tasting and finally got to chill a bit. it is a very nice cosy vineyard. and the wine was pretty good as well. the next day had a morning walk with wenji as we woke up really early. it was freezing cold outside too. there were ppl preparing for a market nearby but too bad we didn't have time to join in the fun. later, we eventually went for canoeing in the cold weather. it was a really tiring activity and i was a bit scared of falling off into the water. haha! we had to canoe for 10km and it took us 2 hours to arrive at the destination. anyway it was an unforgettable experience for me! =D

shopping spree

just had a long weekend last week and i have heaps of fun! on saturday, i went for shopping spree with another girl friend! at first we went for lunch and i found out a new sushi place that my collegue intro before. so we headed there to have a try at GPO melbourne. just next to city myer. and both of us had sushis and it was super delicious. also there is an interesting part of the sushi, that is we are meant to wrap the seaweed ourselves. well it was my first time trying such thing, i heard that even 7 eleven got such thing. haha! anyway the seaweed was fresh and crispy and i think that's what made the sushi so yummy! i tried the lobster and salad sushi, soft shell crab sushi, and also a california roll. my old time fav during a shopping day, boost juice! haha..

well i wasn't expecting to buy heaps of stuff that day but i was looking for some working clothes. however, i was ended up getting my eye brow makeover! haha.. to be honest, i haven't got my eye brows done before. a cosmetic brand, benefit, set up a brow bar corner at city myer and they also have one in sydney. anyway it was also my first time using hot wax, awww.. it was kinda painful. and they also gave me a small top makeover. giving me some make up and intro some news products that might be suitable for me. and yea i did buy a foundation there. haha!

apart from that, both of us went over to clinique and i bought myself an eye cream there. gosh! that was huge for me, cause i never really spend lots of money on facial care ever before in my whole life. haha! anyway i just thought that it's about time for me to look after myself. later we went around myer and melb central. there was sales everywhere, in every shops. in the end, i bought another black blouse that i could wear for work at valleygirl. well i've finally ended my shopping spree for the day. after that we went over to chapel street to meet up with other friends and we headed back to clayton for more shopping, but this time was for groceries. haha! we were going to a weekend trip to echuca the next day so we had to prepare some food. i had a tiring day but very fulfilling. i had alot of fun with my makeover.^^

winter..

winter is in the air! well we've stepped into the month of june! OMG! time flies.. and we're getting into winter season now. need to wrap up ourselves with thick coats and jackets, waking up early in the morning with fog everywhere to go to work.. not fun at all! anyway we had quite a few foggy days last week.i'm having long weekend this week cause of queen's birthday. ohh.. i wish we have a few more days like this. haha! well the swine flu in victoria is getting really severe, with more than 200 ppl got infected. hopefully the winter season won't make it even worse. in fact probably i should get the flu vaccination.

one more good news is that roger federer is going into final in the french open. fingers cross that he'll win! hahaha! i shall enjoy my long weekend.

politics..

when we talk about politics, we would talk about the US politics, how Obama became the president, we would talk about how it is in australia, how kevin rudd took over and had rough times cause of the global recession, we would talk about the politics happening in our workplace. that's real life. i've approached politics thingy ever since i was in prefect board in high school. haha! even though it's just in school, but yes.. we do have politics happening too! then in uni as well, clubs and society. and surely i do have it around me at my workplace as well. still learning how to deal with it in the real life. now then i truly understand why adults always say that the best times of life is when you are studying. oh wells, i've just started, so i still have a long way to go before i could think like that. haha.. not coping really well at work at the moment, my skin problem is also telling me that i'm stressed out, haha! but i shall try harder to do better and hopefully i'll find my way in the end.. fingers cross.

Quote of the week: there's always a rainbow after the rain..

market..

last saturday, i went to a boutique market and had booked a stall to sell clothes. it's called the taketwo market, there was ppl from the current affair went over to make a cover story about the market as well! my sister and i had so many stuff to sell off and also had a few friends that joined us as well. we made heaps of effort and time to prepare the selling like pricing and sorting etc. but we only managed to sell abit which was quite disappointing. maybe cause there was not enough ppl going for the market. anyways we had fun selling and learned some experiences in selling second hand goods. we'll try to do better next time. haha! i have a confession to make... i actually bought stuff from the market as well.. haha! a very cute and nice cosmetic pouch and a vintage looking ring and a pair of earrings as a gift for a friend and also a pair of high heels.. at really bargain price of course. i was attracted to our neighbour stall which was selling accessories that they design and handmade themselves. interesting exeperience indeed. will definately do it again.

mayday!!

on thursday night i went to mayday concert at hisense stadium right after work. that was my first concert and to be honest, it was absolutely awesome! i'm not a huge fan of mayday and don't know much of their songs but they have some classic songs that we listened before when we were in secondary school, so the atmosphere was so high throughout the whole concert. the music, the band, the mtv that they specially filmed for the concert, the background setting, the theme, the lightings, the special fireworks effect, the effort of the band, all of them just made the concert really awesome! took some photos but i was too far away from the stage.. anyhow i had heaps of fun that night. and i'm going to listen to mayday songs more often. haha! one of the member of the band is really charming. opss..=P i was so tired by the end of the concert. and hence the next day of work was just too exhausting for me. luckily i still managed to go for work..