The lazy bug seems to have a permanent hold on me lately. I’m always too lazy to log into the blog and the times that I do, I ran out of patience easily before the page finish loading. >_< After all the long hiatus, I thought it’ll be better to update a little here for the sake of my friends who had been wondering where I’ve gone missing to.
Birthday this year was slightly different from the previous years: 1) I’m celebrating it out of Malaysia this year 2) I have a group of friends who are aware of my uppending birthday then and took the initiative to celebrate it for me and 3) I finally cannot escape the fate for a birthday girl (or guy) – getting drunk! My friends actually started to count down to my birthday on Thursday night out in the uni’s tavern and kept toasting to my 23 years on earth. At the stroke of midnight, when I’m officially 23, the alcohol that I’d consumed the whole night seemed to work in unison and the next thing I know, I had to sit down because the world seemed to be spinning around non-stop. I was still able to go for class the next day and in the evening, it was just a simple dinner gathering with some of my good friends here. It was a lovely outing and it’s also the very first time that I tasted kangaroo meat! (O_O) There’s one surprising fact that I had observed too – I seem to have more birthday gifts this year compared to the times when I’m back in Malaysia. But among all the gifts I’d received, the best got to be my mp3 player from YK 
Oh, and not to forget, a surprise birthday card from Winnee!
School’s so much tougher this semester. I’m taking 2 year 3 units this semester and both units require us students to complete a project for our final assignment. It’s week 4 now and I’d already started to sit down and brainstorm and work on the projects. To me, life is so much more stressful this semester not only because of the heavy workload from school, but also because of the existence of a lot of unnecessary drama. The old me would have stress over all these matters and be at the verge of a nervous breakdown right now. But I’ve come to learn a few things about life from people around me, especially from YK. There’s no point in stressing over things which we have no control of. Also, we can’t please everybody around us and it’s much better to make myself happy most of the time rather than making others happy while I’m feeling miserable. Although I still do stress over unnecessary things occasionally, I’m trying my best to adopt Adriel’s favourite motto in certain things – can’t be bothered! (aka cbb) I’m glad to say that I’ve improved a little over the past few months but there were still times when I had to be strong for everybody’s sake and also for my own sanity and it’s during these moments that I feel like I’m going to have a nervous breakdown soon. Thank God I manage to bounce back every single time, well, for the time being that is.
Sometimes, with all the craziness that had and is still going on, I like to be alone to reflect on life a little. Despite all the pity I pile on myself, these reflections bring me back to reality. It gives me more perspective on the real world and made me thankful for what I have. There are so many other people in other parts of this world that have things much worst than any of us could ever imagine. These moments made me think bout the material stuff that seems to consume everybody’s waking moment – how the large amount of money spent on clothing or branded material stuff can help children in 3rd world countries have a better life, etc. However, there’s only this much that I can take of my own company. Hence, I occasionally seek the company of a good friend or two to talk bout both personal and general stuff.
Everything aside, I’m just really glad and thankful for the handful of good friends I found during the short time I’m here in Perth. These are the people I know who will always be there for me should I need their help in any sort of form.
