lucid_dreamer_zzz's Xanga

Because only real men drink beer...

Fri, 08 May 2009 13:53:49 GMT

haha, something i found on the internet. Not sure if it's a genuine product but makes you wonder if Hello Kitty's gonna eventually take over the world. hmm, and i dont think id drink it, even if it were free =S But hey, PERFECT FOR MOTHERS DAY!! YES??!!

Wooow, ive been tres stressed lately.. preoccupied with various things. All these assessments, and events and blahhh.. i need to go somewhere far farr away.. and just relax : )

Did someone say Mission X Adventure Camp? whoopidoo!
(yes, shameless advertising i know) ;]

Nahh, i think i secretly enjoy the stress.. it keeps me motivated and keeps me busy!

and while im here.. happy one month baby! ♥
hehehe

okay, that's all folks

Something to smile about...

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:45:13 GMT

Friday night my mum attended a 10/10/08 Taiwan National Celebration Dinner in the city.

Well the thing was, she didn't plan on going. But her friends ended up dragging her along.

So my mum bought a ticket.

Also rather noteworthy, there was raffle to be drawn on the night. With 1st prize being a Sydney/Taipei Return Airfare Ticket.

Anyway, fast-forward a long night.. my mum came home with a pretty big smile on her face.

now if that ticket were to mysteriously go missing... >=]

Another time, another place.. maybe things could have been different

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:35:38 GMT

It was never going to be easy.. sigh, been so emotional today. But im relieved a resolution has been made. I knew it had to be done, otherwise both of us would have been more hurt in the long-run. I guess we're both coping pretty well, despite the circumstances.

I really appreciate how my friends have been trying to cheer me up. haha, thanks guys. And eddie, wrote something pretty insightful despite the reference to cheeseburgers.

You know pat, its because of Fate that people come into our lives, and you should take these chances to learn from each person who enters your life.

Good things dont always last forever, it's the process of enjoyment thats most worth it. Its not like after you finish eating a cheeseburger, you can cry over it. you can only wait until the next time you come across maccas, where you can enjoy cheeseburger again.

Give yourself a time limit. you're a guy, so give yourself MAX a week, so then we can all go out and have some fun =)

Fate, Faith and Time are basically the key factors to be considered in life's unfortunate events.

lol, thanks eddie.. though it's gonna take abit longer than a week.

15.05.08 - 12.10.08
Nat, it was an interesting ride and we had some great moments. =]
♥♥

Indigestion? It comes with the culture...

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:21:49 GMT

Yayyy! Im in such a good mood nowadays. Just finished my midsem exams so there's alot to be happy about. Speaking of which, Happy Graduation to all the Year 12s!! oh, and goodluck for that hsc thingo =)

Yesterday, i woke up early and couldnt decide whether to go uni or not, since i only had one lecture for the day. But then i felt it would be slightly antisocial to stay at home and bumm. So i went to uni. But what really made me frustrated was when the 90min contracts lecture finished in like 15mins. So i basically spent 50mins train-ing it to uni for just 15 mins of nothing. -_-

Anyway, after the lecture, Matty and i went to find Eddie and Kim who were having lunch. We joined them at some chinese noodle place on sussex st, but didn't order anything since we already ate. But then the stupid waiter was like.. sorry, minimum charge is $7 per person. So basically it was either pay $7 to sit there, or eat something worth $7.

Omg, how stupid. As law students we knew this wasn't exactly legal, but there seemed no point making it an issue. So we both ordered a bowl of noodles. And then i was reminded of how full i still was. Like SERIOUSLY FULL. I had just eaten a proper lunch meal 30mins ago. So i had no clue how i was going to finish my noodles.

Then i looked at the untouched noodles. It was a bowl of perfectly good food. Food which the sweaty, balding, toothless chef had specially made for me. It would be an awful shame to waste it. And then i thought of the starving children in South Africa (okay, not really.. i was still thinking of the sweaty, balding, toothless chef which really killed my appetite).

But at that very moment, a miraculous thing happened. Something deep, deep within me told me to eat those noodles. This powerful force compelled me not only to eat those noodles, but to finish the entire bowl.

The force to which i refer to is 'being a cheap asian' ^_^ v

Hahahahaha, yes, im serious. I had to eat up the money i spent. xP

And think about it. What kind of cheap (normal) asian would waste an entire bowl of noodles? Even if a cheap (normal) asian had just finished eating an entire cow, he/she would not waste food which he/she paid for. Right? Of course!

Confucius once said: "He who is cheap asian, finish bowl of noodles" (not really)

Im glad to be a cheap asian. =]

And so should you.

Eat up =9

The Beautiful Woman...

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:26:30 GMT

Don't you hate it when you wake up at 5am in the morning in hopes of getting some productive study done, and you find yourself on facebook, youtube and then updating your xanga blog?

okay, maybe it's just me. -_-

Yesterday i had an interesting day at work. As some of you may or may not know, i work at a law firm one day a week in the city. What's interesting about where i work (Mackenzie & Goldstein Legal), is that all the lawyers and solicitors there are korean. Every one of them. And all the clients are korean too. I remember the first day i arrived, one of the solicitors greeted me in korean. anyonghaseyo!

i was like..umm.. hi !

Also, the floor of our building is occupied by koreans (our office is next to a Saesoon church office) So i find it slightly amusing how im probably the only one working on the floor who isnt korean. But it's okay, my boss says i look korean so that's good enough. hahaha

Anyway, yesterday i overhead one of our senior partners of the firm was talking about some clients coming in for appointments. Then between all the korean (which i cant understand) i picked out 'beautiful woman' as he talked. I was thinking.. what? what beautiful woman?

About half an hour later, i found myself dozing off. Our boss had taken us out to lunch, which he does every week, and i ate way too much (which i tend to do when the food is free). So there i sat at my desk, feeling all nicely stuffed and noticing how comfortable my padded leather chair was.

Then... ZZZzzzzzzzz

Hahahaha, oh crap. Luckily, i snapped out of my little nap when a client arrived. It was mainly because both our senior law partners walked past my desk and came out to greet her. So my attention was diverted to our client and then *jaw drop* i tried to hide my grin, because suddenly it all clicked. I must admit, our client was really quite the 'beautiful woman' lolol I swear, our whole office was secretly googling at her.

About 20mins later, 'beautiful woman' had left.. and again i found my eyelids alittle heavy. Most of the lawyers had also left the office to go to court.

Then one of the senior partners called me into his room.

I was thinking uh oh... why does he want to talk to me? Am i in trouble? Is it because i fell asleep? omg, im gonna get in trouble because he saw me fall asleep!!!

Anyway, the conversation when something like this:

Boss: Patrick..

Me: yes?

Boss: Can i ask you..

Me: Mmm?

[Pause]

Boss: How much do you think i weigh?

Me: Errrrr (LOL, i was thinking.. what? so random. hahaha)

Me: I have no idea.. 80kg??

Boss: Really? Do you think im fat?

Me: Haha, nooooo.. of course not. You look very fit.

Boss: *laughs* hmm, how much do you weigh? 70?

Me: oh yea, im around 70 (lie, im actually more like 63kg..lol)

Boss: Ahh, yes. You are quite tall.. you should be more heavy.. eat more.

Me: Yeahh i should.

[feeling really confused at this point]

Boss: Okay, so you dont think im fat right?

Me: No, you're normal.

Boss: *looks at his stomach* Okay, thank you Patrick.

LOL, what was that?!?! How random. I bet you 'beautiful woman' made my boss suddenly so self-conscious. Ahh, what a funny guy.. xD

Anyway, i'll end this post with a picture of hyori.. in keeping with my korean theme. :)

Tis the season...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:34:43 GMT

Sometimes i wonder why i dont spend my weekends sleeping in till lunchtime After all, it's extremely tempting to catch up on beauty sleep after a whole week of study, lectures, stress. etc etc.

Then i remind myself, it's very easy to become lazy and form a bludgy routine. i cant afford to fall into that trap.. not when there's so much to be done.

Saturday morning was just another day. But it felt like official beginning of spring.. a taste of what is to come. I woke up at 8.30am, opened the curtains and couldnt stop smiling. The weather was bright, sunny, vibrant.. as if someone removed that winter hangover and replaced it with a large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

Shortly after, i received a call from my James An boss. Turns out she wanted me to take an english class for the morning. So i had breakfast, got ready and walked outside, smiling on my way to James An.

Then something amusing happened.

As i was walking, i noticed there was a bird up on the powerline a few metres ahead. Instinctively i crossed the road, just in case. Then as i walked to the other side of the road, the bird followed me and flew over to rest atop the powerline.. RIGHT ABOVE ME. I was alittle concerned. Was this bird trying to send a message? Did it want to play mind games with me?

Anyway, i stood just under the bird and looked up. The bird looked down. Our eyes met. I thought to myself.. oh no you dont. The bird thought to itself... (actually i dont know what it thought to itself. i cant read minds, least of all a bird's mind.)

So i found myself in a strange situation where the bird was trying to tell me something.. yet i didnt know what. It just rested there on the power line.. looking down at me with a sense of superiority.

Then out of nowhere, another bird flew over and rested next to the original bird. Both birds looked at each other then looked at me. Then without warning, they both flew away.

It suddenly made sense. The little bird had a date, and he (im guessing it was a he) just wanted me to see his pretty friend. Awwwww....

But yeah, i wish the bird luck.. maybe he'll tell me how his date went.

***

hmm, it's currently 6.30am on a Sunday morning and it's grey and cloudy... Actually, is that rain i see?

Next!

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:56 GMT

Spoilt for choice

Man, im not sure whether im excited about the fact that im actually blogging again, or the fact that Steve Jobs just released a new line of iPods a few hours ago. Probably abit of both.

But the the fact remains, new iPods are out. And i need a mp3 player.

Why? Well, my last iPod was an mini (remember those?) and that served me well for about 3 years. After changing the internal battery after it prematurely died on me, i was able to squeeze out a abit more life.

So when my mini died, i turned to my sister's mp3. A toshiba gigabeat. Honestly, it was hard to use and less intuiative than the iPod. Well, that also kinda died a couple of months ago when the LCD screen formed a sizable crack rendering the whole screen useless. (My sister doesn't know this ofcourse, and she's still under the impression that her mp3 player is being put to good use.)

Anyway, i did some research and decided to wait until today, when the new line of iPods were released. I had always assumed id end up puchasing an iPod touch because they are oh-so-shiny and who can resist an iPhone-esque design and touchable-touchscreen? (lol i just typed touchable-touchscreen)

BUT OMG, LOOK AT THE NEW NANOS WHICH HAVE JUST MADE MY DECISION A WHOLE LOT HARDER!!! (steve jobs you ass)

Just some of the oh-so-very-tempting nano features include:

It's the thinnest iPod ever!
New accelerometer that'll let owners rotate the player to see photos in portrait mode and watch videos (Touch wannabe)
"Shake to Shuffle." As you would guess, it let's users shake the iPod Nano to play a new song. @_@
Built-in voice recorder
24 hours of music playback and four hours of video on a single charge
ONLY $199!!! (yes, you read correctly. AUD $199 for 8gb) zomg

Hmm, so the question remains...

Nano or Touch?

The Touch just doesn't seem to do it for me anymore.. =/

###

ps. sorry steve jobs, you're not really an ass. i love you, you're a genius.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Filling in the gaps

haha, well since i havent updated my xanga for ages, i think i should give you a highlight of the past number of months. Yes, filling in the gaps so to speak.. but in pictures since im too lazy to type an epic manuscript. xP

As such, a massive photo-dump warning should be assumed. =]

Christmas Break:

TAIWAN OCAC TOUR 07

This was probably one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Seriously had so much fun and made some long-lasting friendships. Wont ever forget those awesome three weeks. ^_^

HONG KONG

After the taiwanese tour, i went to Hong Kong for 2 days. Haha, a big thanks to Lulu and Novia for showing me around and being wonderful tour guides. But omgsh, never realised HK was soo pretty! =D

TAIWAN (POST-TOUR)

I was back in taiwan for another month! haha, as they say, work hard, play hard. xD Following a whole year of uni study, i thought i was time for some fun. xD Lol, gosh i love this place...

FILMING WITH K-ONE

I watched on as K-One recorded a tv-show for Chinese New Year. Sitting in the audience i realised i was like the only guy. hahaha, so many fangirls. xP Anyways, it was a pretty entertaining experience. Plus those young kids were so talented! =O

HANGING OUT WITH JR, 蔡旻佑, 杨雅筑

Evan Yo finished his exams so we all went out and decided to have dinner, watch a movie, play arcarde games and relax at a lounge bar. Some pretty good fun...

Back home in Australia:

TSA CAMP 2008

Hehe, the annual Taiwanese Students Association Camp. Never had i been thrown into a pool so many times. xD
Gosh, if you wanna win a water fight.. make sure Daniel Su is on your side...hahaha~

TSA CRUISE

Whooo.. fun and games on a glass boat! It was an awesome night. And a big happy birthday to Steve!! Hope you enjoyed it man. =D

KAREOKE

hahaha, omg.. as you will soon see, we all went pretty high at K. xD Played the dice game and loser had to do dares. mm, mine was shaking hands with a random stranger! lol.

Gosh, that took forever... and sorry if your net is now capped. hahaha =P

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:09:27 GMT

bleh, i really need to blog again.

i miss this place.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:12 GMT

Happy Days...

Hahaha, i should probably inform you guys that this post will be some hardcore pic spammage... and my mug-shot is in virtually all of them. So dont say i didnt warn you. =P

Hard to describe how much fun i had, so i'll let the pictures do the talking. xD

HGHS 07 Formal

Hehe, had a really enjoyable time.. great food, great music and great company! Big thanks to Julie for the awesome night. You looked stunning. =)

AJ's 19th at Luna Park

All i can say is... wow. Visiting Luna Park is like being a kid again. xD Man, my neck still hurts from all those rides. Thanks AJ for such a crazy night.. and shouting us $80 worth of quality red wine. lol

My 19th at Wagamama, Pavilion & Bamboo ^_^

Omg, yes... THANK YOU again to all my friends that came! Had a hectic but reeeally fun night. Lol, my 19th / post-exam celebration consisted of dinner at Wagamama, drinks at Pavilion Hotel, and clubbing at Bamboo. =D

At Wagamama...

At Pavilion Hotel...

At Bamboo...

Presents! ...thank you so much guys <33

Goldmark Ring & Yd Shirt from Richard, Han, Nick and Pat Wong

Lindt Chocolates from Nicole

Tie & Chocolates from Tamara and Irene

Guylian Chocolates from Elena / Industrie Shirt from Bronwyn and Michael

Parker Pen from AJ / Echo Fragrance from Adels, David Siow, Mel, Amy, Ren

Jack Daniels, Hip Flask & Wine Set from Jimmy

....and just in case you didn't see enough of my face... =P

Teehehe, us luvos are a cool bunch aren't we? xD