The one with new moon

I embraced the 13-year-old in me today and at Xin's request went to watch New Moon. Actually, never have I 'not' embraced my inner 13-year old, but I guess this borders on the '13-year-old-hoping-to-be-obsessively-in-love-with-a-107-year-old-vampire'.

For those too ashamed to be seen in a movie consisting of 2-hours of heavy breathing and repeating the line 'I won't leave you' about 243.5 times, here's a low-down on what happens... at twilight...

First instalment:

Girl meets Vampire.

Vampire thinks she smells but the stink grows on him.

Any shared interests about how the relationship came to be are not mentioned.

Only paranoia over who will leave who.

Second instalment:
Girl and vampire still obsessed about who is going to leave.
Girl meets boy-wolf.
Vampire gets jealous.
Vampire leaves.
Girl develops schizophrenia.
Boy-wolf builds her a motorbike.
Girl is happy.
Vampire threatens to commit suicide.
Girl is sad.
Vampire comes back.
Boy-wolf is sad.
Vampire asks girl to marry him.
End.

"What?"
"Yea, I know, it's totally deep dude."

For a better summary of this multi-billion dollar idea about forbidden love (Note: No one actually forbids it, but there are talks about 'thhe trrreattty.....') please welcome Ryan Higa:



Plane to Sydney at 4.30am tomorrow. Still contemplating the benefit of sleep.
T

The one with the roadtrip

Below is an account of Destination Tauranga:
At this point, I would also like to express sincere apologies to Fred and Jimbo (who I'm guessing are various female counterparts after their long-awaited gender reassignment) for leaving it so late. Maybe I'll boil them extra fishballs to make up for it.

It pays to have friends in high places.
Tauranga's pretty high. Longitudinally anyway. Compared to Christchurch.
Llinos is my friend. And she lives in Tauranga.
Well I'm just reaping the benefits now!

And thus our roadtrip planetrip to Tauranga begins.

If you close your eyes, you can fool yourself into thinking you're going to the Goldcoast.

That is, until the pilot says 'Welcome to Tauranga'.

Then you're like, "damn".

Shangy's obsession in squashing others is not land-based.

Firstly, a brief summary of Tauranga

Tauranga is native speak for '5th largest city in New Zealand'. Its inhabitants (all 118220 of them... gosh!) are very proud of this fact and take every opportunity to remind me of this. Although it is deemed bigger than other metropolises like Dunedin, you will not find Tauranga on any of those spinny globe things, partly due to the fact that Tauranga's sizeable population is made up of a billion and one smaller regions surrounding ACTUAL Tauranga. Much like all the little hobbit minions coming together to take down Sauron. Sauron in this case being everyone who doesn't believe that Tauranga IS the 5th largest city in New Zealand.

While in Tauranga we stayed at the Morgan family household. Mrs Morgan takes it upon herself to care for all of Llinos' little friends and makes them beautiful meals. Meals which they will sorely miss when Tabitha burns the popcorn for the 4th time in their flat next year.

Dessert a la 'so-good-i-laugh-while-i'm-eating'

Day 1.

Today we climbed Mount Maunganui. In our flip-flops. Which I reasoned to be a great feat considering I have the fitness level of a 90 year old muffin.

Shangy does not let the wilderness deter her from donning her latest high-waisted skirt. She aims to bring high-class fashion to the New Zealand bush, an endeavour far surpassing that of the dreams of being a young professional.

Mid-way. "Let's sit and enjoy the scenery for the bit" can in most cases be interpreted as "If I have to take another step up this 50 degree incline someone's gonna have to carry me the rest of the way"

Yaaaaaay The Top!

Us being ambitious.

Burning flab means deserving Copenhagen cones straight after.

Roadtrip to Roturua - The New Zealand equivalent of Vegas. Although I believe there's hardly any gambling. And people there don't get married drunk.

Zorbing @ Agrodone

 It enables you to emphatise with hamsters. Except hamsters don't really get tossed around in water.

At the top of the hill

96 seconds later - at the bottom

Me emerging from the soaky depthness

Llinos: "You know, if you tied up your hair, you won't even get all that wet"

Yea right. The welsh woman lies.

Happy Hour @ the hotel in Roturua

Dinner @ some Korean place

Polynesian Spa

Dinner with Emma a la Turkey

I was sick on the 5th day :(

... and this is what I missed out on...

People grieving in my absence

Llinos with a potential cabbage patch kid

Pool @ the yacht club

'Inside New Zealand' found that the majority of asians do nothing apart from playing pool and hitting the karaoke bars.

Really, I blame the government for not providing us with more entertainment options.

Although, it is noted that this stray yellow has assimilated into local culture by trying her hand at a game of Monopoly with the locals, albeit being a stubborn ol non-negotiator.

BloKarting

Like sailing. And go-karting.

Jenny was pulled over for reckless driving. One day the roads will be ready for her.

When everyone wants to be number 1...

The Shangmeister squashing everyone again.

Emma works at Mcdonalds.

 It will add variety to her future autobiography.

She works at the drive-thru, where people sometimes identify her as a f***ing b****

This is one step closer to that illustrous law career

Maccas pride

Although The Shang protests my ardent need to store memories in the rectangular device, I see that she too has seen the wisdom in my ways

Our room.

The car of the week.

I'll miss you Tauranga.

Your airport is the crappiest most simplistic one yet!

Going to Sydney in 4 days,

T

The one with the cookies

Went to Jen's today
.... and BAKED COOKIES!
Domestication, here I come!
My repertoire has thusly expanded from rice and boiled fishballs. The flatmates will be proud.

The recipe said 'Makes 25'

We made 12 and a quarter.

Maybe we should have made them smaller haha

Who knew self-raising flour expanded

=.=

Tab: Jen JEN! Add more milk add more milk!

*2 seconds later*

Tab: Jen JEN! Stop! Ohmygod it's like a paste now!

Went to visit school today as well
... the whole reason for baking in the first place

Tab: I think we should just make muffins. Mum bought those ready made packs
Jen: But muffins are so blah. Let's make cookies. I found this recipe.
*30 minutes later at Jen's house*
Tab: Where's the plain flour?
Jen: We only have self-raising flour
Tab: Where's the condensed milk?
Jen: We don't need it
Tab: Baking soda?
Jen: I have baking powder. Isn't that the same thing?
Tab: ... weren't you listening in Year 9 Home Economics?!

F.Y.I they turned out awesome anyway! Haha beginner's luck.
I can't believe I'm 19 and just baked my first cookie.

I found out today my dean's nephew and godson is Scott Summerfield from hall.
I told Mr. Summerfield his godson wears his bathrobe to meals.
He seems confused.

Also, on the way past the dean's office..

What's that on the wall?

Jen it's YOU!

2009 Canterbury Law Scholarship

Wahlau!

... stupid Victoria should publicise more...

Frau Currie invited me to a movie on Saturday.

AND MR SHARPE REMEBERED OUR NAMES!

Jennifer is touched haha

I must finish reading The Pact before I go to bed

.. but there's still 120 pages to go..

It's like 2 dumbbells under my eyes

Maybe if I wake up in time I can go watch 2012 with Denny tomorrow,

T

I like it when Kang Ho Dong goes "So Leetuek-sshi, how many lines do you sing in 'Sorry Sorry'?

"I sing 2 lines"

The japanese one

My dopamine levels are low because Jennifer is leaving in 6 days.
... and Tiffany is leaving in 2!
Might as well get that summer job now.
Got an interview @ Tony's Teppanyaki (lol)
... Seriously, I want that job! Mr Sharpe said "Asian girl. Asian restaurant. Sounds appropriate".
Please like me!

Yesterday
Jennifer's pre-birthday extravaganza <3
.. Actually, it was just vaganza till I showed up

...

That was lame. I need more sleep! Put that book down!

Lunch @ Yamada Bakery

So many prezzies

...with such great wrapping

...of which I took no part in

Too impatient with the sellotape

Happy almost 19th birthday jen! May the grandkids push u around in years to come

Hah I kid

The old lady shouldn't tease

Coffee @ Some-place-with-that-funny-and-creepy-waiter

my daily shower

Xinny fed a little sparrow sugar and it went spastic

She thinks it's going to kaputt soon

Sad

Creepy waiter in the window

Reminds me of Ethan's hairband

well, MY hairband

lol

Jennifer says she'll buy me back Siwon

...Or at least the dvd he's in anyway

Dinner @ Ichiban

I miss being with Xin because no socially excepted age limit is expected

Twas a nice day

It's good to be back,
T

The one where everyone gets older

In fear of over-generalising...
Why does 'a very big chunk of the world's population of which I am friend's with' have their birthdays in November?
Answer: Because 9 months before it was February the 14th.

MOVING ON!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAMISH

Dinner @ LoneStar - but no pictures?! Won't want to anger the Camera-God now. Bad Feng Shui! haha... inside joke...

I hope that magazine was a good read Hamish *wink*

~*~*~*~*~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE

Dinner @ Istanbul

Sorry no photos either :(

After-turkish drinks

Jam Jars with Jessie.

Reminds me of Jam.

Haha. Jam.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRAN!

See, I spelt your name right this time :P

I don't have a single picture with you Mr Athale

This is because everytime I bring out the camera you get excited and ask me to take a picture of you

What a poser

But you're still my fav Indian

But still... what a poser!

Me is tired and has big day with the girls tomorrow <3

T

The one with the last of Wellington

263 hours devoid of Wellington. I feel culture slipping away...

Goodbye cafes and leather boots.

Hello trekkies and 13-year-old-wannabe 28-year-old hookers.

Kusama's Fireflies exhibition @ the Wellington Art Gallery

We only got to be in the room for 30 seconds and I was too chicken to take a picture

... so I pilfered this off Google.

The walls are all mirrors, and apart from a small platform the whole floor is covered in water, with fairy lights hanging from the ceiling.

It's amazing.

Like when I found that $100 Dotti top I really wanted for $20. That amazing.

Anyway, here's a short recount of the last dose of North Island goodness:

Visit to Te Papa

(Nothing to do with papas; more to do with museum like things)

The Collosal Squid.

I wouldn't call it collosal.

.. A bit plump maybe.

The squid me, Mirren and Rupert made during Orientation Week.

Haha, 177 days old!

Mummy Mummy I found a dinosaur!

Since Law is over... the free time option is now available

I spend mine watching multiple Youtube episodes of Star King with english subtitles.

Such is my faithfulness to the Korean entertainment industry

Kang HoDong is the fattest Korean I know. Apart from sumo wrestlers. I think most of them are Japanese though.

Yea.

More museum pictures - we are such tourists

... and where are you from?

Lonely South Islander.

I miss you Lli!

... will blog about roadtrip later homeskillet!

Tabitha <3 Interactive Walls

(actually meant for children)

Last day @ Weir House

Thank you for ruining Flo Rida's 'Low' for me

I shall miss you dear common room with the nice couches and stalkerish view of the cable car

I will miss you TW lift which persuaded me to avoid those thigh-exercises up the stairs

I will also miss you front entrance, because you made it seem like I has this amazing hall even though I only ever used you when the landry was full

Last meal.

I will not miss you.

Puih!

*sniff*

I shall miss you most of all

You were the room my house never had

Happy (belated?) Guy Fawkes

Auf Wiedersehen Wellington

Ich vermisse dich

... kinda...

T

Observing the effetcs of Lindauer Fraise on lightweight 19-year-old asian

The one celebrating 6939 days of living

I am now 19. That's the age between 18 and 20. At this point, Chelsea applauds my ability to count. I am glad the Malaysian primary education system has amounted to something.

Well done Simon. First txt! I hope your imagination worked well during your philosophy exam today XD

Breakfast suprise from Mirren @ 9.32am.

I miss Mirren. Her name reminds me of both a mirror and Martin. However, she is neither.

PHASE ONE

Lunch @ the Botans

Thank you mummy for letting me use the credit card. Unfortunately it now suffers from swipe burn.

Feeding the ducks.

...

Correction.

Duck.

The girl who did the sun-dance which made the sun run away. Probably because she mooned it. But we shan't put those pictures up.

PHASE TWO

Dinner @ Wagamama

Cara and Emma's take on Harajuku.

...

At least they tried.

Weir House dining room tables anyone?

Caitlin, this face is for you.

Look who it is! Again. Sitting on my right! Again. Attempting asian cuisine! Again.

Hayden feels special when I blog about him.

blog blog blog blog blog blog

There.

Trademark dinner picture. Copyright Tab&Fang productions.

Matt: "I'm going to put my pride aside.... and ask for some crayons!"

These are hopefully my friends

An extension of my popularity

More with the 'You're going to blog about me later aren't you?' man

We take too many pictures Fang.

But that's ok, because it is my job to convert the world into asian.

Success.

Dinner!

Matt: "I attack noodles! Attack attack attack!"

Gen: "Amateur."

Dinner was so huge! Plus we had a whole chicken for lunch! My appetite makes people question my gender.

But no fear...

... because Emma a.k.a Honda Wasabi Toyota (Harajuku persona) is here!

Other random but just as important if not more important because they are so cool people at dinner

E1 and E2. Or E2 and E1. Really, I don't judge.

Hey Chelsea, think of 5 counts before J, and then think of what a broom cleans.

!!!!!!!!

My Facebook-deemed-drinking-buddy and Shangus. Liam is being culturally insensitive here.

Smug. Face.

I love Jessie because she helped me pack all day yesterday. We decided that if using her common sense in sociology fails, she shall retire as an Indonesian maid to Japan where many 50-year-old ladies who shower naked will pay her good money.

... to clean.

PHASE THREE

Careless wanderment along the waterfront

All that was left after dinner.

I shall take this opportunity to thank you all for coming.

Even though you had exams.

Or lack of.

Tab: "Matt matt matt, you know what we should do?!"

JUMP SHOT FAIL

The non-participants a.k.a. The Sitters.

PHASE FOUR

Land of the paper ripping

Yes. That does say I <3 SUPER JUNIOR

I think it was Christmas-SuperJunior-alcohol themed

If only I got Super Junior for Christmas....

The internal cognitive dissonance that exists between Tabitha and Tabitha:

"Super Junior is cool"

"You're 19 now"

"I like Hankyung's hair..."

"You're 19 now"

"They're wearing suits!"

"You're 19 now"

"You dress like a 13-year-old though"

"Hey, that's not very nice!"

"That's you saying it. So actually, YOU'RE not very nice"

"That's true..."

"But seriously, you need older-looking clothes"

...

350 days till I'm 20,

T

P.s. I'm back in Christchurch. Please visit.

The with the proper pre-birthday post

NINETEEN in two and a half hours! ~~

Thanks for all the PRE-WISHES!... and thank you Jono for reminding me of how much I miss everyone :( I want Christchurch now lar!! Also, Ethan'is being silly because he chose summerwork in Dunedin. Silly silly.

Haha even Puan Loo wished me a Happy Birthday XD Over msn wei! My ex-cikgu so hip lah! haha :P Uncle Lawrence oso even use an app on Facebook to wish me haha

I in good mood now! :) When I in good mood right, the Malaysian-ness sure go lahring!! Which reminds me, Maurice is coming back from Aussie!! Got my lahring-friend back lah!! Dem happy!

 Can't wait for SUMMER!

BRING ON NOVEMBER XOX
T

P.s. Hamish, you know our b'day mish, it's at your place right? RIGHT?! lol

The one with halloween, the end of exams, the start of November, and 4 glorious months of summer

Today is an important day in history. Not only has it been 29 years since Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from Britain (I don't know how that is relevant but I just got it off 'todayinhistory.com')

... but...

NO MORE EXAMS NO MORE EXAMS NO MORE EXAMS NO MORE EXAMS NO MORE EXAMS NO MORE EXAMS!

plus...

LAW'S FINISHED FOR THE YEAR LAW'S FINISHED FOR THE YEAR LAW'S FINISHED FOR THE YEAR

including that fact that...

I HAVE 4 MONTHS OF HOLIDAY I HAVE 4 MONTHS OF HOLIDAYS I HAVE 4 MONTHS OF HOLIDAY

and...

MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW!

This could only mean...

YOU CAN STALK MY BLOG AGAIN YOU CAN STALK MY BLOG AGAIN YOU CAN STALK MY BLOG AGAIN

and that...

I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

which means...

I HAVE MY LIFE BACK I HAVE MY LIFE BACK I HAVE MY LIFE BACK!!!

October the 31st marks the start of a whole month of being blisfully ignorant until potentially having to worry about working as a waitress at the cheesecake factory.

 

The end of law equals the start of humanitarian work experiencing what it would feel like to not own a bed.

I would just like to take this moment to thank all those involved for the unflattering tags on Facebook.

Short bye-bye for now. The words aren't flowing. Law stole my soul. Might get it back on December the 7th. Hopefully.

Thank you Lli for providing sustenance today,

T

The one with sarcasm

I love it when middle-aged American dudes go on Korean variety shows. I love it because their own country felt too superior to nationally broadcast their 'verging-on-'is-that-all-you-can-do?' antics and so these wackadoodles are forced to transport their talent to the continent of many toy factories. I also love their expressions when all the 'cover-mouth-while-giggling' celebrities 'ooooh' and 'ahhhhh' at their 'Enggerish'. I love how these people need this to boost their self-esteem and curb their mid-life anxiety by sporting their beer-belly (which when juxtaposed with SNSD's legs makes you cringe so much you're sporting Lindsay Lohan's wrinkles). But most of love, I love it when they pretend to 'understand the culture' and laugh along to all the jokes (Hello?! Everyone knows you don't speak a word of the language! ... and 'Sarangheyo <3' does not count) and then go back to mummy-country and tell everyone what wackos 'those people' are and that you could never live there because there is just too much disparity in the lifestyles.

Love it.