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2 weeks until school starts... *sigh* where does the time go...

I'll tell you where! Two weeks ago Paul and I drove out west to Katoomba so I could show him the Blue Mountains. I'd show you pictures but I couldn't find my camera that morning so we used his. I like road trips. You get to sit and watch the scenery gradually change, the radio stations gradually lose signal, and snack on chocolate bars and jelly dinosaurs. Wanting to make the most of our day there, I suggested we go to Scenic World which I had found online. It's one of those typical touristy places; you know, busloads of old japanese people with sun visors and bum bags on... AUTHENTIC boomerangs and Steve Parish postcards gift shop. Seeking escape from the hubbub of foreigners, Paul opted for the more peaceful forest trails - mostly drywood and leaf litter with the occasional bee/dragonfly/bullant. There were apparently castle ruins on the guidemap (you know, with all the regal societies you get in the bush) but we didn't have enough time before closing time to reach that far. Mostly because of the tantrum I threw when I was too chickenshit to climb down the side of rocky hills. Yeah, it was pretty embarrassing.

You know what Gildine did for me, she made me the nicest birthday cake I've ever had! On the 14th I had the relatives come over because some of them were going to Adelaide the next day. Gildine's cake had basket weave looking icing which took her like a week, and also an arrangement of icing flowers that she made with her own two hands. Ryan made me a cake that looked like a giant eclair with a chocolate topping and custard filling mmmmmmmm. He also got me a Harper's Bazaar subscription.

On the actual day of my birthday, Paul wined and dined me at Darling Harbour's Ice Cube. He still won't tell me how much it cost him but I loved every minute of it. Then I shouted him a drink at Starbucks afterward. Aren't I generous?

Right now I'm sitting in air conditioning, nursing my sunburns. You see, what happened was, last Friday Paul and I drove down along the coast to Wollongong and beyond. We reached the lighthouse at Kiama when we noticed a quiet little beach in the distance. With Paul's navigating instincts and my guessing skills, we managed to find out how to get there (on account of our not having a map for beyond Sydney). We walked along and I collected seashells and patted a couple of random doggies. This time, I did take pictures :)

Weeds


Paul


Our feet with...


...and without water


Jellyfish :)

Happy Holidays!

Hi all, since last post the following have happened:

PIANO RECITAL:
This year I had lots of new enrolments and somewhere along the way I realised that they've all never met each other so I decided they could all get together at the end of the year and play something for each other. I'm so proud of them :) Shut up, I know they're all taller.

CHRISTMAS:
Just had the usual thing at home with the family but this time my darling was here.
Presents I got:
micro-organisms :) they sleep next to me in bed :)
an umbrelly :)
50 bucks and a stupid looking framed picture of myself at graduation... I hate that photo!
a Cue shirt
a Bonds shirt and some other shirts
pyjamies and bath tablet thingies
another shirt
a cup full of Indonesian made chocolates
a cactus looking candle with a candle cup
a mini 2007 diary
and last but certainly not least... the nicest most bestest loveliest thing I've ever gotten:

I love that boy so much :)

NEW YEAR'S EVE:
Paul and I headed to Sydney Harbour to see the fireworks, got a pretty decent spot at Mrs Macquarie's Point at around 6ish. I reckon it was pretty short this year compared to previous years... and they didn't do the gushing waterfall thingy of fireworks from the bridge. I was expecting it :( Either way I had a wonderful time :)

Absolute Bliss

Wow. I am the happiest girl alive :) I have my Paul with me now and I've just been spending so much time with him, he's so wonderful :) He's come to lectures with me, I'd dump him in the computer room while I'm at pbl and I just take mondays and fridays off to spend the entire day with him :) Our time is generally spent eating or sitting around.

The first place we ate at was Tony Aroma's on Sussex St. There weren't many people so it was quiet, which I liked. The next day we had breakfast at this little cafe behind the dental hospital, can't remember what it's called but it's pretty decent and good value. We've had maccas breakfast twice, Hungry Jack's, KFC, sushi and various meat pies and other snack foods here and there. Stupid pancakes on the rocks isn't open yet!

Our sit around places have included Darling Harbour, Belmore Park (as hobo homeless bummy and pigeon crappy as it is), Hyde Park and the Royal Botanical Gardens. At the botanical gardens we were sitting in front of one of the ponds watching the ducks and other birds and the bats in the trees when he gave me my Christmas present early. He made me close my eyes and hold my hands out and when he said I could open them, I saw this little silver bell in my hands. I didn't know what it was then he opened it and it was a really nice ring box and I had heart palpitations :) He got me a promise ring :) It's white gold with 3 diamonds in it which apparently symbolise past, present and future. He's the sweetest boy alive :) And thanks to Dyl for risking his job to get the ring box!

At Hyde park it's the same thing, sit around and watch birds and gaze adoringly into each other's eyes... hahaha and we have a tree now :) Cause as we walked past Paul saw something furry in a hollow in it and he saw it breathing. So we stopped to look at it and he got a stick and poked it but it didn't move. So he tried again and it woke up, turned around and looked at us :) It was a possum so we've named him Pepe le possum. And he lives in our possum tree :)

Yesterday we went to the aquarium and although there were too many screaming kids, we had a really good time :) We happened to get to the shark tank at feeding time, it was really cool! I liked how these two little sharks tried to steal the feeding guy's lunchbox full of fish when he wasn't looking. We had a double pass to go to Wildlife World as well which we're going to on Monday. *sigh* I'm so happy

3 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!

Wow I'm just so excited, I've been pinching myself to make sure it's real. Paul comes in 3 days :D I went to go inspect a unit in Enmore for him on Wednesday and it looked ok on the outside and it was around the corner from Enmore Road, yet a quiet street. The real estate lady came and opened 3 of the units and so I went up to the first one and I was HORRIFIED. It was the size of a small prison cell with a closet sized toilet that basically had the sink so close you could wash your hands while sitting on the can. There was a GIGANTIC venomous looking spider on the wall, and being the usual effervescent life of the party that I am, I said, "Hey this one comes with a free pet!" and everybody laughed :) The bed looked all small and gross, and I saw cock-a-roach bait in the cupboard under the sink (which was like 30cm from the bed). It looked fit for a junkie. No thanks. The rest were pretty much the same (minus the faunae). So that leaves Paul houseless for the meantime. I've booked him into a cheap cheap hotel in Tempe for the first week of his stay, so that will buy us more time to go inspect places. I'm so excited :D

Who'll Come A-Waltzing Matilda With Me?

Today was just all things aussie... Queen's Birthday public holiday, a balmy 18 degree fine sunny with no cloud WINTER day - take THAT you northern hemisphere freezing countries, and a room full of old folk who appreciate FINE music. And by that, I mean me (haha).

I basically played a whole bunch of 1930's hits which got a lot of the oldies singing and clapping, some actually got up and danced. There was this lovely just LOVELY little old lady named Barbara who sang beautifully - she sounded like a cabaret singer, seriously! She sat in the chair right next to me and sang/hummed along. They made me play God Save the Queen twice, as it was appropriate for the occasion. I made Barbara cry when I played Dannyboy and she sang along to it, and an old man told me I was a beautiful young lady. Then they all cheered and I even heard a "Hooray" after I played Offenbach's Can-Can (which they clapped along to also). Don't you just love old people. They were pleasant though - I suppose if I had come post-afternoon there would have been screaming hysterical dementia sufferers, but no they were really nice to me. To finish things up I then did an encore performance of Waltzing Matilda which got everybody singing and clapping; I even put it a key change for the last chorus (yes I know, I'm impressive).

Then I got home, did some laundry whilst making a nice country-bumpkin chicken and vegetable soup. I didn't have any cream though so I used milk. Yummy. I just finished one dreadful anatomy assignment and about to start the next one. Not looking forward to dissection tomorrow as usual... Our cadaver's smelling worse and worse each week.

Back In Business

OK so I haven't blogged for over 6 months, let's hope I remember how! I've started to forget all that html mumbo-jumbo. Don't worry though, this blog will improve (hopefully).

So this morning my brother finally left for his 6-week Euro holiday (which also includes Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Japan). Naturally I'm glad cause it'll be more quiet, I get more computer time and I won't have to fight over food. He took his backpack back from me though so I dunno what I'm gonna do to carry all my equipment and stuff when I have Anatomy Dissection or Tooth Conservation. I wanna buy a new one actually, one that I can call my own. Those black Kathmandu ones look good. Oh, and by the way I don't have my camera for 6 weeks cause Ryan's taken it, so this blog will be pretty blank and picture free until I get it back. Sorry guys, I know how much you were all dying to see my gorgeous self.

I graduate on the 16th isn't that spiffy? It'll be the first time I ever achieved something big in my life. Which isn't that big anyways cause had I not gotten into dentistry I'd be in a boring lab job looking at stool and urine samples all day, growing bacteria and coming home after every 40 hour week with $34,000 a year. I've chosen my outfit; that black Ojay dress I got for a really good price, these nice Voodoo pantyhose with these cross-patterns on it and I guess a coat overtop when I'm not wearing the gown and trencher hat, but I haven't gotten new shoes yet :( I plan to go look today at this Italian shoe store. I'm after something black but simultaneously pretty, European size is 37. I love shoes.