Thursday, December 10, 20152:20 PM
Having nothing to do is both a blessing yet detriment in disguise. At first, the freedom is great, and then it starts to feel like a lone ranger trudging in the desert. I feel like I need something to accomplish and yet I don't feel like wanting to start doing anything at all. Signs of becoming a bum. I don't miss the crazy studying and the crazy catching up on lectures, but now that I have the time, I have no idea where to start. Now that I've got what I set out to do, why is it that I feel so...empty? Sigh first world problems indeed.
I read this article today on "why we'll always be closest to the people who knew us when we were young and reckless" and I have to say it speaks a lot of truths. Back then, we were really crazy. Of course we still are now but nothing compared to our yesteryears. Back then, we had everything going on in our lives. Everything, except worry about what the future holds. It was fun back then.
Monday, December 7, 20151:29 PM
Just finished applying to graduate.
Does it feel real?
No, not really.
After all, it was just a tiny online application that I just had to check the details of and make payment for. It has been 4 years. Already. 4 years of increasing madness as it moved toward the exams. I think it was no secret but I was expecting to fail or have a borderline pass for 2 of my subjects. God is good. By His grace, I passed both and did quite alright. I had never walked out of exams feeling the way I did with those 2 papers. It was a mixture of 'shit I failed that' and 'I don't care anymore'. It's been a long way coming. Every obstacle felt like an unwavering fortress. Am I ready for the workforce? Hmm, we'll see.
It was quite funny because the results were accidentally disclosed early. And then by the time I found out, they were disabled again (results are release online) so I had to play the waiting game. I was feeling surprisingly calm when the text was sent out last night, and then after that was just the joy that I didn't fail anything. So I wouldn't have to go crazy again, round 2. I will have more than enough on my plate next year tyvm.
Started watching 'Healer', next drama will probably be empress ki or maybe scholar who walks the night. I have a thing for medical dramas and historical dramas for some reason, but for now, Healer will do. It is getting more exciting at the part where I'm watching though. I'm just not hooked..yet. There are some dramas that you just NEED to keep watching. There are also others that I started and didn't finish, and I don't miss them at all. Haven't found one that has got me hooked for a while now, so will try my luck LOL.
Also, been dabbling in the creative side because I have to find something to do. Took out the brushes again and bought some crayola watercolour paints because..crayola is awesome. HAHA. Wanted to try watercolour modern calligraphy and it's definitely easier when I saw it on youtube..my hands have a mind of their own so we'll see how that turns out. Also tried this watercolour gem thing that's pretty cool and super easy to do, just that it requires a lot of patience. Found the idea on the net so why not just try it right.
Meanwhile, time for me to back into my crevice with my pringles and Healer :P
Tasmania Part I
Thursday, December 3, 20156:01 PM
Yes yes, it's about time I updated again.
So, I'm back from my grad trip in tasmania and it was great!
It was all very hectic because we had our last exam component on a thursday, grad-ball on sunday night and then we flew off to tasmania on monday morning.
The plan was to fly to launceston, rent a car and drive down the east coast down to hobart and fly home from hobart. First time renting a car and first time driving a red car. Red cars are great to spot. It was always the first car that I looked at wherever I parked.
Soo day 1, we took a midday flight to launceston and got there at about lunch time. Decided to go with airbnb mostly on this trip because hey, airbnb has nice accommodation for affordable prices. Launceston itself is very pretty despite not having very much to do there. We ended up visiting Grindelwald (swiss village) and the Cataract Gorge. Grindelwald was disappointing. It looked very nice and grand when I was looking up places to go but in real life it's literally a few buildings and there aren't very good angles to take the nice photos you see on google either :/. According to what I read I thought thought there would be cafes there too but the scale was a lot smaller than I thought and cafes were...not really there. Ended up having a meat pie there for lunch because we were starving and there was nothing much else to eat. Cataract Gorge on the other hand was very nice. You don't have to walk very far to get to the bridge and cross over. There are walks though, depending on how keen you are, there's a 2 hour hiking one to get to some station/lookout point (clearly I didn't do that walking..).
And then we got bored and drove up the river to the batman bridge. View was pretty because the sky was really blue and the weather was great but other than that, nothing much. Had dinner at the Black Cow which my dad recommended and had the best steak of my life. Really good and of course it comes with the hefty price tag. Dessert there is really good too, had this eton mess with...stuff..just look at the picture...
Beautiful dessert and yummy food = happy me
Day 2, we started the drive down the east coast. We stopped over at the Bridestowe Lavender Estate. Sadly we were 1 week to early to visit during the "season" so most of it was still green. Ended up getting lavender ice-cream which was super yummy too. Yea..we were taking pictures in our glorious hobo wear so..no pictures for you.
From there, we went on to Binalong bay, the bay of fires, St Helens, Scamander etc. We were staying in Swansea that night so the last part was a bit rushed. Of all the places, Binalong bay was the prettiest and the best place to take all the gorgeous white sand blue/green ocean photos so that's where you want to go for photos. Look how pretty it is there!!
That night we decided to YOLO it and drive to watch sunset at Coles Bay. We found a nice area along "esplanade" and just sat there for a bit to wait for the sunset. It was really nice but the wind is pretty strong though. Well..lousy phone camera doesn't take nice sunset photos so skipppppp.
I think the highlights so far are the Bridestowe estate and Binalong bay/bay of fires. Cataract gorge is a bonus too. Oh and the food. is. so. good. Just a quick note though, on the second day while doing all that driving, I had no reception whatsoever so google maps won't work and your phone..is basically just used as your camera. Oh and everyone there seems really friendly too, be it the tourists or the locals. Anyway, this was the first half of my short trip and the next half will come soon. (:
