port stephens

went to port stephens yday. started real early. left home about 6am. u peeps were still snoring hard in bed. it's about 2 1/2 hours drive from sydney.

i like to write in short sentences now. getting rid of my long-windedness. will see how well i succeed.hehe..
went to nelson's bay.shopping though i didn't buy anything. lunch. resort.walk around the marina. nice yachts and boats. luxurious ones. strolled on the beach. played a couple of rounds of tri-ominos. played pool. on our way home.

stopped by at my uncle's horse trainer's place. beautiful place. lotsa horses. saw two horses right in front of me. beautiful. large. awesome. btw, they are racehorses.

japanese for dinner at chatswood. home. sleep.

pool party today. the twins' 17th birthday. meeting wes too. yippie~ another cousin's hangout.
will be seeing hank.haha..interesting.
dance tonight. lessons on jive and salsa. will see how it goes.

signing out,
~licia~

short quickie

Happy New Year peeps!

just in case you were wondering, i ushered in the new year watching the fireworks display in sydney harbour bridge, darling harbour and a few other places. live. lol. getting envious eh?

God's great. He always is and always will be. looking forward to the year. more to learn. more to share. more to live out. new experiences. new people. more! yeah~~

been busy lately. went to jenolan caves and the blue mountain today with wesley. had heaps of fun. i enjoyed the trip just as much as i enjoyed his company. it was a great time catchin up with each other and it's so nice to be able to talk to someone who shares similiar views with u on diffrent issues.

beautiful sceneries. kept me in awe. lots of working out today. probably climbed more than 2000 steps. not those tiny steps. large steps. short legs. imagine. the lucas cave was supposed to be strenous activity. at least that was what the brochure said.
really enjoyed. thanks mom and dad for this opportunity to be here. it's wonderful. thanks to my uncle and aunt too. doubt anyone will ever read though. haha

port stephens tomorrow. leaving very early. 6am. msian time-3 am. haha..
another exciting day. meeting uncle santiago and aunty emily. men-golf, women-chitchatting. haha..how typical. still thinking what i'll be doing.

saturday : the twins' pool bday party. and more. will update then.

peeps at church, visiting hillsong this sun! yippies! now u hate me. haha..
hate all u want. i'll tell u more when i get home. haha..just kidding.
gtg.early morning tomorrow.

dad and mom, in case you are reading, i called 4 times. of which i still couldn't get u. will text u.
busy people. lols.

p/s: realise, no more lahs and ahs....getting rid of them.hehe

gdnite~
~licia~

Merry Christmas!!!

i'm late...but it's better late than never.
Merry Christmas everyone! or Happy Boxing Day!
it's crazy at the stores.

we had a family reunion yday... half the family were here. we'd lotsa fun.
yummy msian food, lotsa card games and christmas pressies.

i've not been updating. sorry. i'm the biggest procrastinator.
i have been doing a lot recently.
i've been attending the christian city church (ccc) which davina chee chee and packy attends.
it's very much like the hillsong church and i like it there.

i'm too lazy. too lazy to update on what we've been doing. let's not talk bout the past yeah? we'll talk bout the present and the future.
i'm going to the beach in a couple of hours. yeaps~ the beach. aunty emily's taking us.which includes janene~nene. and i'm going to push her into the water. haha...we'll see how it goes.

wesley's arriving tomorrow and we'll be having south american bbq prepared by uncle james. that's going to be nice. and in case you want to know, i just had a tempting serving of sweet caramel. haha...i'm evil i know.

that's all for now. bye bye.

~licia~

i'm getting lazy

that's right. i'm getting lazy. too lazy to write long posts now.

okay, on sat : kitchen tea

we attended vicky's kitchen tea. she's my cousin-in-law to be. it was held in a tea room with a beautiful scenery of a waterfront. pretty pretty.

you may be wondering what a kitchen tea is? it's more like a bridal shower. it's organised by the bride's friends. and only the ladies are invited. i took pictures. but i just dunno why it takes me so long to upload them, be it friendster, blogspot or even facebook.
it was pretty warm that particular day. after the kitchen tea, all i wanted to do was to stay indoors and get a good rest.

sunday

i attended my aunt's church which is less than a 5minute drive away from their place.
it's very traditional. very smal congregation. gives me that cosy feeling. everyone knows everyone. it's members are more elderly and they are mostly whites. i think we were the only asians. but they make us feel very very welcomed.

after church service, morning tea was served in a hall adjacent to the sanctuary. we stayed awhile and then we headed for chatswood for lunch.

we went for yumcha. they call in yumcha here. in msia, it's known as dimsum. it was really good. you should have seen the queue. i'm not exaggerating but there were at least a hundred people queing. i'd so much yummy food.

today

met an old friend of mom's. he lives pretty faraway. about an hour's drive from where i currently live. (not telling you where)
we'd asian food. vietnamese for lunch and thai for dinner. i'd lotsa fun playing with julia, 13.
she's very entertaining. and guess what? i got to play the piano. and eventhough i've not been practicing, i was quite pleased with how i played today. teehee...

i guess this post is longer than i expected it to be. again, let me apologise bout the photos. i'll try to think of someway. but not today k? she's tired. very tired. and i wanna play with jassie. or jazzie. she's getting more adorable.so like tasha. really. i was so worried i'll miss tasha. guess i probably won't be missing her too much. btw, i cried quite badly before i left the house. and according to my brother, tasha's been acting pretty weird. i'm not suprised. she's my baby. i pamper her like mad. haha...okie, now i miss her.

i gotta stop here or i'll end up crying. the coming week's gonna be even more exciting because more ppl will be arriving in sydney. sydney's huge. big. not kidding.

woot. i got a tommy hilfiger bag. now how cool's that? yippie.

love,
~licia~

i noe i end abruptly. haha...so sorry. i though i'll write better when i get here..but i've been losing focus. be grateful that i even bother to write and update. hehe...big effort u noe?

hunter valley

another short one. so sorry.

day 3: hunter valley

it was wonderful. i'd so much fun. just to let u know, hunter valley is about 1 2 1/2 hrs drive from sydney. it's a winery. so it has a lot of vineyards. and in each winery, they offer wine tasting.

i went to four wineries. my uncle picked out the good ones. we'd lunch in temptus two. according to uncle stan, elton john had his concert there very recently. it's a very high-class winery. but the wines there are not that good. maybe because they are a lot newer. i'm pretty good at it now. hehe...

we also did cheese sampling. they were good. cheesy yet tasty. we wanted to get some home but we were afraid of the customs. what if they didn't allow us to bring it in? what are we suppose to do with it? surely, we can't just finish it up there and then. i'll die. lol

my uncle says i've a bright future with wine..lol. laugh it out. i noe you're laughin. hey, but i think i'm good.

i can't upload pictures because it's taking way too long. i gotta go now. i'll update soon on what i did today.sorry.

~licia~

the land down under...

greetings people forom sydney, australia!

i arrived yesterday around 3am (msian time)....my day started real early.
we're ahead of you guys by 3 hours.
i'm tired now...i'll update soon. was in the city the whole day. and boy, i took lotsa pictures.
sydney opera house, the harbour bridge, the entire city. have been to the city for the past two days. and tomorrow, i'll be going to hunter's valley. it's a vineyard with winery and stuff. it'll be interesting. it's a 2 1/2 hours journey....i guess it's pretty far. btw, my aunt's place is not too far from the city.

things here are pricey if u convert. if you don't, it's a dollar-to-a-dollar. or else u gotta multiply everything by 2.98 which is obscene. haha....

i'm missing malaysia already. life there's good. you don't have to think so many times when you are at the stores purchasing things. here, u gotta think, then count, then think, then calculate again, think somemore, then decide whether to buy or not. food's expensive. bus tickets are expensive too...but then, it's really interesting and a lot of fun too...hehe...

i'll update soon with pictures, i rpomise. but you all be good....haha
take care, till then, God bless...

signing out,
~licia~

the after effects

i'm getting a lil fed up with my wireless connection. it's so unreliable. it may work now, but you can't depend on it to work in a couple of hours later.

i'd plan toblog earlier. especially on the outing of the five wacky ones. but due to unforeseen circumstances, i'd to cancel that.

yeah, all these books burying thingy has left some after effects. i guess it's all part of the nerdish disease. a couple of days after my last paper, while waiting for julie to get home so that i could go over and give her my welcome hug, i decided to do something which would be unthinkable to many (or so according to my bro) who have been reading their heads off in the last few months. don't blame me. i lost my apetite shortly after my exams and was certainly not in the mood to prepare my own lunch. so yours truly decided to skip her lunch and creep into her lovely bed and read a novel.

i'm not sure if i've mentioned it before, but i have this special liking for john grisham. i just feel that he's awesome at writing. and his books never lets me down. i never get bored. in fact, the longer i read the more pages i flipped, i get more intrigued. it's so addictive. reading is addictive. gimme 24 hours and a thick novel, and i'm pretty satisfied. special thanks to auntie tian for the books. i'm now reading "the street lawyer" and i can't wait to finish it up. just about another hundred pages left which i believe i'll be able to finish by tomorrow.

but wait, i've like a hundred and one errands to do before leaving.
i've not packed.
i still have another round of laundry to do.
i need to shop for more gifts. (i'm done with my own shopping, for now)
i need to clean the house.
i need to give goldie and tasha a good scrub. but it's been raining the whole morning, i just don't have the heart to wet them any further.
i need to ring a few friends and say bye-bye.
etc,etc (the list goes on and on)

i'll be updating soon with pictures (i hope) on the latest get-together that we had. who's we, you may wonder? it's me, minnie, julie, yi wen and the sotong (mei lian)

we'd so much fun spending those few couple of hours together. and we certainly had the time of our lives singing our hearts out. i love you girls! you're irreplaceable.

i've uploaded the pictures on facebook. so check it out first if you're getting impatient.

talkin about that, i'm a lil saddened here. i realised that people no longer visits my site. is it due to my lack of updates or am i such a bore? or is it because i'm too long winded.
(minee, teach me how to photobucket) if you're reading this, leave comments la, or a plain hi in my cbox will livened me up a lil too. thanks!

okies, i gotta get back to my errands. i think i gotta hang those jeans out already. but it's still so gloomy out there. how how?

btw, i love JESUS! and He loves me. and better still, He loves you!

signing out,
~licia~