bondi.

i took this shot along the bondi walkway. it was so BEAUTIFUL that day.
colors are surreal.

it's saturday night here.

Can't wait to watch Once Upon A Time! (still missing Sheriff Graham from the show... hehehe! But Prince James is a cutie too!) It's Saturday night here, which makes it Saturday morning in LA... which means I'm gonna have to catch the show sometime Monday afternoon. Good thing classes start on Tuesday, it'll be my last hurrah before I pour my time into homework and researching, and reading and delighting myself in the Word!

For now, still a bit on holidays... here's the OUAT promo!



*gonna try to have a post for each day this upcoming week, i've been settling in and on the go at the same time... things'll start to feel normal soon, it is already...

fishies

Random bit: Soy sauce for Sushi/Rolls in Australia most of the time come in these cute fish containers. I love them.

journey series: ladies and gentlemen, welcome to sydney

Well, I have no photos yet, but I'm officially in Sydney.

I'm starting to hate airports because now that I'm getting older, separation anxiety is becoming a term in my vocabulary, and it's not the best having that weird feeling leaving a town that you've grown to love over the course of your stay. Same thing happened when I left Manila, and had it when I left Melbourne this morning.

I think I'm an unofficial Melburnian!

(Yes, apparently, that's how you spell it!)

I love my little euro-chic city, and the country-side charm the East has. I'm sure to visit now and then... can't wait for my first long weekend! HAHAHA.

Nevertheless, I embrace my new city, and hope for the best in this next stretch of life.

Oh, and gung hei fat choi! (It's Chinese new year, and it's my year: DRAGON, blaze on!)

Walk on the Water

my current anthem. a true song to shout to the Lord.

sunday monday

my sunday night show is available for me on mondays on this end of the world... just reviewing, and i came across this scene!



from last week's episode, what do you think of Rumplestiltskin or Mr. Gold? Good guy or bad guy?

journey series: what i wake up to, melbourne mornings.

so far, i wake up to this on my melbourne mornings.

still got a week before i head on over to sydney. getting some things settled like opening a bank account and getting a mobile phone set-up. so far i still haven't shaken off the los angeles pace coz i still find myself hurrying and rushing, and constantly shuffling trying to do as much as i can in a short amount of time. but time feels a lot slower here, and so i get more things done in about an hour or so.

for some time i thought that it was a severe case of anxiety, but i forgot that i often encounter this feeling when going intercontinental. each region with a pace of its own, america just so happens to run on the fastest clock.

so i hope to breathe slower, relax a little longer, and settle in soon ... i can't believe i'm actually here, doing this, pursuing what i ought i said would. this is my, "living the dream"

pompom peonies.

not as puffy as it ought to be, but worked well for a humble get together :)

made some puffs, and didn't realize how beautiful they look clumped together. another idea! could be developed as some kinda lamp or chandelier!

a little january pixie.

sometimes little things are better appreciated.
we put up some lights, and served some goodies and bits, and voila!
january pixies party, a small get together with friends and family.

journey series: stop over numero dos

caught a flight to melbourne from manila on jan 9th, PR209.
arrived safely at Tulla, and took this photo aboard skybus to Southern Cross station.
i am now on official australian grounds!

journey series: stop over numero uno

morning i arrived from LA flight. i think it took about 15 hours to get there including the refueling in guam! 

stop over number one is at it's last leg. i always wish at the last minute that i don't have to leave...
three days left 'til australia, hope i can leave monday night!

(more updates coming, just taking a while to load photos, and... still no charger!)

journey series: never ending stalls

always one of my fave stops in manila. .. divisoria!
just bought a few things yesterday, it was really difficult holding myself back with purchasing so many adorable items, i'm kinda glad that i did pretty well i'd say. it felt like i just earned a badge for a new shopping skill. felt good to be honest, not to buy on impulse in a place like divisoria. ah!

one of the last hurrahs.

turning of the year, party rock, tootootootootootooroo!

so, my charger broke, that's the second one, so i'm gonna have to purchase a new one so i can work on my computer and upload photos from my camera.. (yea, i finally bought one!) i only have 30 mins. of battery life, and i need to conserve, so until then, i'll be posting photos from before Manila. (better late than never!) please bear with me!!! i want to share photos just as bad!

above is a photo of my brother, my dad, and i at the NYE's party with family. yea, i threw on a sparkly dress from my mom's closet! compared to last year's holiday shindigs, my outfits for this past christmas and new year's have been appropriately festive.

cheers!

journey series: on the road.

and we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz.

strange words, but completely applies.
and i just suddenly thought of lawrence fishburne saying to keanu reeves: "do you take the red pill? or the blue pill?", fave!

connecting the dots in my head (even though it'll be completely off to most, if not, --all!)

follow the white rabbit down the rabbit hole, much like alice, and much like dorothy down to.. well, Oz.

how proper.

i'd say there was no better day to leave. nothing could've prepared me for this journey, not a year, not two, or any amount of time would do. but to leave the first of the new year, was a very bittersweet goodbye.

at LAX, don't judge, it was a long day full of packing, tears, and bittersweet goodbyes!

signing out 'til my next post :)
good morning from Manila!

first for 2012!

hello 2012. leap year. big jump for this dragon baby!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!