Resting for a while
I'm working on my dad's birthday presentation at the moment and am stuck for ideas
I have all these pictures to work with but i have run a total blank on what songs would be appropriate for the presentation.
I NEED SOME INSPIRATION AND NEED SOME INSPIRATION NOW!!
it's just too dang hot to think right now...
Baking at BROADBEACH...
Can you believe it! I got sunburnt! I have never been this sunburnt in my life! it's all blistery and disgusting!!
Here's a pic i took when i was in the car on the way back from the Coast... i don't why - but i like this picture i took
Green Day Concert
Oh my goodness. please pardon me for the less than ladylike pining in my last blog entry.
I forgot one of the most important events that happened in melbourne.. the Green Day concert.
Okay here are how the days event panned out:
we left the hotel at 5pm and arrive at 5.07pm - - it was pretty quick actually. by that time, there were already heaps and heaps of people there at the Telstra Dome. Apparently they had been arriving there since 9 am which is TOTALLY INSANE!! as if you would.
We arrived in front of Gate 6 which was the gate we were supposed to enter by.
what i wore to the concert was pretty appropriate because when we arrived about 99.8% of the crowd were dressed in black - black everything. i felt so accepted. hehee. anyways danielle and amanda wore pink shirts and felt a little bit out of place so they decided to go back to the hotel to change. and apparently it only cost them $5 in the cab. how cheap is that!
Anyways BEFORE that, Danielle and I went to go find the end of the line so that we'd get into the queue and just wait till we got in. Saide and Amanda decided to line up in the Official Merchandise line. But i swear to god, we must have walked around the whole of the Telstra Dome twice and still weren't able to find the end of the line, it went on forever!! so we found ourselves back at the front of gate 6 after having walked around the whole dome and then that's when danielle and amanda decided to change their attire. So i stayed with Saide who was still in line for merchandise. anyway saide finally makes her purchase and we go and try to find the end of the line again. by this time, i'm almost ready to go home because it wasn't worth it just walking around the whole time.
but luck was on our side because we found an opening and just slot ourselves in. Basically the guard said, "Everyone raise your hands if you have idiot zone tickets?" [about two-thirds of the crowd raised their hands]. then the guy said, "Well then, youz are all idiots because you're supposed to line up on the other line".
so eureka! we jumped the queue while the commotion was going on and we ended up in the front of the queue in about 10 minutes. I was a bit worried that my camera would get confiscated because we weren't allowed to bring any cameras in at all. But i hid it in my bag and surprisingly dodged security through one of their loop holes. I think because of the mix up with idiot zone tickets and our B zone tickets, the guards got a bit lax. Anyway what i did was - just side step the guard and look out of it or angry or something -- it was the best acting i've ever done. i was a full on EMO kid for those couple of seconds. so yes we got in unscathed and with little trouble at all.
So then it was me and saide there waiting for dani and amanda to come along. it took a while though. so we made our way to the front of the b zone and were pretty close to the stage at the beginning. i think "My Chemical Romance" started at about 7pm or 7.30 and you could hardly hear them. their voices were all muffled and all you could hear was "F" this and "F" that. it was crap. and plus i couldn't see anythign because the people in front of us were so tall. and then my neck started to hurt heahaha. anyway dani and amanda finally arrived to hear the middle of my chemical romance and by that stage, i was less than impressed. i was seriously beginning to want to go home because the music sucked big time.
Danielle thought it was crap as well and so we decided to go out of there for a while and head to the back of the concert to rest for a while. First let me note that i was the only person out of our group that brought a bag so everybody's mobile phones and ids and money were in my bag.
okay so i go out of the mosh pit and stupid me! i forget to give saide and amanda their mobile phones or money or id. danielle and i decided to get something to eat and then made our way back to the concert.
Then Jimmy Eat World came on and they were bad if not even worse than my chemical romance. i could hardly hear anything they said and the sound was just bad - it was all muffled. i think the microphones were not adjusted properly. Anyway it was at this stage that Danielle and I decided we wanted to go home because were weren't into this music in the first place and thought it would be a complete waste of time to hang around. So danielle tried calling saide to tell her we were going... IT was then that we realised that WE HAD THEIR STUFF!
We started freaking out because at this stage, there were so many people packed into the b zone you could hardly squeeze through it. anyway, we each took about 2 to 3 turns to bury ourselves into the mosh pit again to find them but with no such luck. we were STUCK. we COULDN"T LEAVE.
and to add more hardship over this, there was a guy who liked Danielle who was at the concert and Danielle at that time, did not want to hook up with him that night. so we had to dodge him and his brother as well as try find saide and amanda. So - - we couldn't find them so we stuck around till the end fo the concert.
One good thing too see were people doing the mexican wave all around the telstra dome. i took a video of it. hehehe
BUT it turned out to be a great thing for us to stay because Green Day came on stage at about 9pm and OH MY GOD they were awesome. the music was way better, much clearer and they actually opened up the roof of the Telstra Dome. It was speculated that they weren't going to do it because it had been raining a little bit but THEY DID!
So they came on and since Dani and I were sitting atthe back we saw everything and it was great!
Billy is really charismatic and really knows how to work the crowd really well. it was really great. he really got alot of audience input and everyone was singing and everything
they sang all the popular songs from their american idiot album and sang 'hitchin a ride' and 'time of your life'. i think this was their last concerts which were in Australia so Billy kept singing for us.
One cool thing they did was get three people up onto the stage to play with them. First Billy asked for a person who could play the drums - a guy was selected because he had been playing for 4 years and he was pretty good. Then Billy needed a Bass player and he picked a girl who was holding a sign that said, "I play Bass Guitar". and she was awesome!! and then they asked for someone who could play lead guitar. He spent quite a bit of time looking for a person and there were a few guys with "I play guitar" written on paper. it was pretty funny. then he found a guy who said he could play lead guitar really well.
Billy goes, "you know how to play? are you sure? how long have you been playing for?... 4 months??!! Oh my god! Are you sure you know how to play?... okay come on up here".
everyone in the crowd thought this guy was going to bomb. anyway billy gave the guy the chords and he watched Billy play the cords 4 times before he gave it a go and surprisingly the guy who had only played for 4 monhts was pretty good. sure, he had to learn only 3 chords but he was pretty good. so then yeah, we had a band that was made up from the crowd. it was really awesome. and then at end of that, billy gave his aussie guitar to the guy. what a lucky bastard! and then the girl bass player was asked to bomb dive surf etc into the crowd.
Mmm what else, well Billy decided to put his hand down his pants and scream, "Somebody F*ck me". Then he smelt his hand. He then said, "Oh, my god. My hand smells like Death right now". i thought that was funny. and then he showed his butt a couple of times.
and then we had heaps of fireworks and confetti spurted into the air.
and some girl hit me in the head when she was trying to catch some confetti and i screamed "OWWW" really loud. and that was funny though because she was so apologetic. hmm what else.
At the end the concert - we thought we lost saide and amanda - we searched everywhere and danielle wanted to go back inside and wanted to keep moving and i wanted to stay in one place so that we could see them more" but anyway - MIRACULOUSLY we found them just walking casually as if nothing happened. but yes, we were all one group again and then headed home. but we were lucky enough to get a life home with Daniel (Danielle's bf) in his WRX. yay!
So i guess it was a mini blessing that we were forced to stay at the concert or else we'd miss out on the whole experience. that was so ironic!
We arrived back at the hotel at about 1 am
so yes, that was my Green Day experience. It was awesome!
fuzzy feelings of joy
well i've been and back to melbourne and enjoyed myself tremendously. there were some points where i was getting really pissed off at the group i went with because they were being negative and complaining alot
but our last night in melbourne was topped off pretty well. i got a call from one of my tita's in melbourne saying that she had some family friends kids in her place and that since i'm in melbourne he'd like to meet me because he was studying law too and that we'd be able to have a chat.
at first i was like, this is my holiday too, i don't want to respond to some obligation to meet up with a person i don't even know and maybe won't like to be around. anyway my friends agreed to help me with this obligation and decided to go clubbing in the crown casino at Club Odeon. apparently it was supposed to be good when i was told.
anyway, i get a call from the guy and he seemed all right on the phone. he tells me that he and his friends want to go out and that it would be cool if we could go out with them. i said that we'd be in the crown casino and that it should be fun coz it's our last night there. anyway we agree on a time and place to meet. he specifically told me to look for 2 huge guys and small filipino guy which was him. i immediately placed into my mind a picture of 2 large hefers and a midget but i was pleasantly surprised when i did meet them...
they were hot! when i met them, they shook my hand which was a bit surprising but still friendly. then i went to my friends and the first i said to them was "Oh my god, they are so hot!" the two guys were really tall and mystiso (spelling) and the filo guy was hot. he was my little crush for the night.
anyways so we go through the casino on one way but they had to drop off their backpack at the cloakroom so we walked all the way around. then we went in search of the club. we then got lost and were led to a games arcade. and then they disappeared and i was like, How rude. but they were waiting near the toilets on the upper level. so then we went up the escalators to Club Odeon and it was free entry. There were two clubs there, the Mercury nightclub which one guy went inside last night and had a good time but you had to pay $15 and the filo guy was like, "no way man, i don't have any money" and i said, 'dude's lets go into club odeon coz it's free and it has good music'. anyway we walked in and it was a little bit empty but people were still dancing.
the music was pretty good though. it was awesome music actually. my friends and i all got corona's and i offered to shout them a drink but they said no. anyway 'my humps' came on and that's our song so we got amanda to come down and dance with us. and then they followed and started dancing and oh my god they were so good. when i say 'good' i mean 'awesome' - i stood there gobbsmacked and so impressed. they danced like Usher dances. very smooth. anyway it turns out they are star dancers in darwin and some clubs in manila so that all makes sense. i told them they were awesome and they said that one guy was the best dancer and that he had taught them and i was like, cool, that's good. so anyways i think me and filo guy were tuning into each others frequencies that night but i was too chicken to move closer. firstly because i have no rhythm and had been drinking. he told me that i was drunk and i told him i wasn't drunk. i got a bit offended by that because i wasn't drunk then. i was tipsy before but not at that time.
anyways then more dancing, all these people started coming in because of them and the girls started rubbing themselves up these guys but they eventually came back to join us which was very nice of them.
I kept thinking to myself, i should have met up with them earlier in the daytime because then i would've been able to have a chat because that's what i like to do and get to know people by chatting to them and asking about where they're from, and what they do and find some common ground.
i told them that if they ever get to brisbane, me and my friends can show them around. but i reckon if they do decide to come down, they'd probably just join up with the other family of my famiy friends and be shown around then. or if not, i'll introduce them to a group that does the same type of dancing as they do and i'll get my filo friends and work mates to help me show them around should this situation ever arise but i really don't think it will.
so anyways did i mention i liked the filo guy. i seriously couldn't go to sleep after that. i was attracted to him and even now back here, i'm still feeling giddy. but then i saw the guy at work and i was like, oh no, here we go again. damn stupid mixed emotions. anyway i don't think i'll see filo guy again... his name is Nestor.. there, i said it. maybe one day i'll meet him again and hopefully he'll be single too and we can have a chat. but he lives in darwin and i live in brisbane and there aint no way that's going to change. when i first saw him, i immediately forgot the fact that he was shorter than the other guys and HEIGHT is a big issue with me, they always need to be taller or else there's no point - the kids will be short and i don't want that. so yeah i didn't see the height, i just liked what i saw. and that's saying something.
i need to get over this and move on. i was thinking maybe when he were sitting outside the club whilst they were eating, i could go over and ask them questions about their dancing and what they like and etc. but then again they didn't ask me anything so i shouldn't be the one to instigate. if they were brought up filo, they'll make the moves.
they did on the dance floor but outside of the dancefloor, who knows, they may be dull. i think they don't have the same intellectual level as me though which is damn shame. but not to say that i am smarter than they are, i just think i think very mature and responsibly and goal driven for my age. and i want to be with a guy who has a goal like me but is also sociable and a brain and good looking with a nice smile and taller than me. i guess that will do.
anyways since it's holidays, i think i'm coming to the stage where i want to sort of be with someone and have intimacy again. to have someone to cuddle. i need more cuddling i think. from guys. [note: if my sister is reading this, i don't want a cuddle from you, you can give me a hug and that's it]
i love the concept of the blog. i can vent out all that i'm thinking and then afterwards, forget about it because i've got a clean slate and can start over again and then maybe read what i wrote again at a later time
updates
oh my goodness, i was so immature 2 months ago.
okay let's look back at the past two months. i'm actually supposed to be packing my bag because i'm leaving for melbourne tomorrow morning. i can't really be bothered but i know it has to be done. i think i've got all the essentials though:
- mobile phone
- digital camera with memory stick and recharged battery
- iPod and iPod recharger
- wallet with credit card and cash
- clothes
- toothbrush
- shoes etc etc
but i have this feeling that i will forget something but i just don't know what right now.
I plan to enjoy myself while i'm there and get extremely drunk with my friends... like i did last friday night. haha!
Q: So what happened last Friday night do you ask?
A: well, i had after work drinkies with my workmates so we all headed to the BeachHouse and drank down a couple of Coronas which isn't good especially if you haven't eaten a damn thing. So then my friend came and my other friend was at Cerillios on George Street so we had to walk to go and get her. And then they wanted to go clubbing but i realised that i was still in my business clothes and that just won't do. so what did they make me do? they made me go and buy new clothes and shoes. so we did. and then my next friend came and she had a car so we dropped all my stuff in her car and then proceeded to make our way to a bar called the Underground. but... we couldn't find it so we made our way to Edward street and went into the Embassy which we said we'd never go into again. but we did. and there we proceeded to skull a few more drinks: tequila and vodka cruisers are not a good mix. i decided that i was hungry and so we made our way to mcdonalds - fatty goodness to absorb the alcohol.
i haven't touched mcdonalds food in ages but it surprisingly came to the rescue that faithful evening. i was pleased - hungover but pleased. so my other work mates were inside the embassy still so we went back and chat to them and drank again. and THEN i saw one of my highschool buddies there too which was aewesome. i was very pleased.
after this reunion, we decided it was enough and i got a lift home with my friend whilst the other two went to Cesars on Adelaide Street. all in all it was an eventful evening.
HOBBIES:
- at the moment, i've decided to get back into reading books. The first book i read was 'the Snow Bride' which was light and funny. the next was 'tomorrow when the war began' by john marsden. i just finished this book today actually and it was just as good as i remembered it was. my next book will be 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
WORK:
- work is same ole. boring and repetitive admin stuff. i have my own desk which i have cluttered up accordingly.
- a new guy started at work at the beginning of my holidays and he's the only young guy around. he's okay - complicated but okay. he's tall and has brown hair and reminds me of a guy i know but an older version of him. he sits diagonal from me and this makes me really frustrated because everytime i get up, i find myself looking in his direction to see if he's there and that's not good because i shouldn't be looking because he's probably not my type and he likes cats and i don't.
- i think it's because he's the only guy that is close to my age and graduated the same year as me and did i mention that he's tall? i know we are totally different. i reckon these small confined office spaces cause people to go insane with their normal thinking patterns.
- this is totally perplexing me and things like this would cause a total scandal at work. so i am trying to avoid this type of situation occuring at all costs. i keep telling myself to get a grip and stop thinking about it and just work. work relationships are very bad news.
- my whole philosophy is just to try and understand a person - but this guy is complex and probably someone whom i wouldn't normally hang around with.
I was trying to picture where he'd fit in in terms of highschool groups but i couldn't but i could definetely see him with a group of people with the same personality as him, at uni.
- he actually has the same personality as this girl at work. i went into training with her and she too is complex. i belive they have the same likes and dislikes and even the same birthday star sign or whatnot. they are both tall too which is funny. except she's nicer. i reckon he'd be her if he was a girl and she'd be him if she were a guy. but they can't be together cause she's married - married young. so there you have it - me and this guy are the single people at work too which is bad news in my book.
- we'll just wait and see i guess.
- and my next pack is to stop having conversations with him via email. i need to get a grip and be totally disinterested. I'm a professional dammit. NO MORE EMAILS!
i know far better guys that i'd like to spend my time with and can laugh with.
- and then there's the other office guy who i think is around the same age as me too and he seems nice and okay looking as well and i think it's important that the young people at work stick together.
- did i also mention that work is boring? rewarding but boring.
- work is slowly making me go insane. because of the confined space and seeing the same people everyday, i find their personalties are jelling onto me.
so that's why i'm going to melbourne.
this blog is a good avenue to vent...
