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2012 in review.
Posted on: December 31, 2012
…And just like that, another year has gone by.
I’m sitting here wondering what I have accomplished this year. Going through each month, I’m pulling some memories back on this eventful year.
January – Just the holidays, a great way to relax and not give a damn about another year at university. Thank God I was actually attending the main campus at least half the time now – it would give me more opportunities to meet more wonderful people.
February – I did Peer Networking which allowed me to engage in university activities. Meeting some of the most outgoing and amazing people I’ll ever meet in my life. Meeting the PPG there. You guys have made everything worthwhile – I don’t think I could imagine a life without PN right now. Ever since that first Orientation, my life has changed and I am so thankful.
March – IT’S WONG FU TIME! I went and saw Wong Fu’s show at UNSW’s Science Theatre. It was awksome – sitting in the front row, watching and taking in their stories… seeing their point of view. I am so grateful that they continually release videos and engage the audience with their stories. WF4L.
April – All I can remember from this month was the pure agony from university, haha. The amount of studying I would have to do – FIS was hell. However, the only redeeming part would probably have to be my birthday. An intimate celebration surrounded by those who really make me happy.
May – Stress. I was drowning in a few subjects but I had chances to redeem myself. Some of the subjects at the time were alright – I could deal, but some were just insane. Exams were approaching and it was just hell. I met Jayesslee at their concert – working the event was fun and the concert was great.
June – Exams. Everything hit at once, but I’m glad the exams were over. Japanese was much harder than expected and without the foundation that they would have laid out in the previous units, I struggled. Nonetheless, exams were over and YAY – HOLIDAYS WERE NEXT!
July – My first solo (with friend) trip to the Gold Coast. Wow, that was quite the experience. Staying at Jupiters Casino and Resort and watching Jabbawockeez was surreal. It was great pointing out the moves that I’ve seen on so many videos and seeing it in reality. A wonderful show, though I wished I could’ve met them backstage or something. 😦 It was great without the constant harassment by my parents to do something for them. Everything was for me. It felt wonderful.
August – Back to uni. There’s only so much that you can escape from. Spring Orientation was boring this time around. Too many people and not enough tasks – nonetheless, it was so much fun seeing the people from the previous one and meeting new volunteers.
September – Insomnia and I AM MOS WANTED TOUR. After suffering an insane amount of insomnia that I missed multiple shifts at work and skipping lessons at university, I worked the event of I AM MOS WANTED TOUR in Sydney. Meeting I aM mE backstage, chilling with Emilio (God, he is super chill and amazing) and chatting with Chachi’s Momma, it really made this month so much more than it was. I am so thankful that I got to work backstage and meet these wonderful people. JP Goldstein from Mos Wanted – you are a charmer!
October – Studying and attempting to maintain jobs… as well as take on my role as executive for a society that I have been a part of. There was so much on my plate at the time and I sometimes wish that I didn’t take part – but hey, it’s all about management. Careful management would mean something amazing would come out of it. I got elected to be President of said society at the end of the month… although not graciously taken, I took up the position. Regretted it since.
November – Exams led to cramming and writing six essays in two hours. Oh the pain that my arm experienced after that! After suffering from exams, I worked the A-Team Tour event in Sydney that featured Victor Kim, Andrew Garcia, Lil Crazed, J. Reyez, JRA, Brian Puspos, Auburn, Traphik and Ricky Shucks. Although the event wasn’t successful, I did everything I could as a volunteer to make their lives a little easier. I found out all the shit that went on backstage and that seeing them backstage changed my view on a few of them. That somewhat disappointed me, but hey. A year with Victor Kim – always a year worth celebrating! 😀
December… finally we’re here. I’ve had an event packed first half of the month – meeting with friends, spending time with those that have been around with me and just having fun. It’s been a blast. The second half was the complete opposite! I’ve worked at least 6 days a week in the second half and the work is still continuing. It’s crazy. I didn’t work that much throughout semester and now that it’s holidays – I’m working like there is no tomorrow. Beyond insane. I am very thankful though, to have a job, to have friends, to have those that care for me around, those that love me, those that hate me, those that are somewhere in between. Although I’ve had my ups and downs, I assure you, I am still the same. I lose it sometimes but I find my way back. I find myself again and start over.
After a krazii year that I’ve had, I don’t know what to expect next year. I know that I won’t be seeing any YouTubers unless I pay to see them (not that it ever stopped me) and that I’ll be attempting to spend less from now on. I’m saving up for that year in Japan and 2014 will be a year to remember. As for now, 2013 – I hope you’re everything and more. I hope that you’ll be better than the last – but I don’t think you can out-do 2012. It has been a great year, and I’ll never forget it.
I know there’s probably no-one reading this, but hey. I just wanted to re-cap my year. If you’re reading this – what was your most memorable moment of 2012? What will it take for 2013 to beat 2012? What would you want to happen in 2013?
Signing off.
Hoping to bring a little krazii in your day. 🙂
Darkness.
Posted on: December 7, 2012
Darkness.
Don’t be afraid of the dark. Don’t be scared to walk into it. But what happens when you walk in and fall?
There’s a darkness about me that I fear sometimes. It consumes me and what am I left with? There’s nothing there.
I don’t even know where to begin. This is probably the cause of my insomnia. One day, it might come back and haunt me. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so insecure. Why. Lately these mood swings have definitely gotten to me. I fade back to black and I just want to cry my heart out.
Darkness.
University is eating me alive.
Posted on: March 7, 2012
What’s happening guys?! Just a quick post as I am currently in class, and oh the joy. Another blog assignment is coming up – so much fun!
So… nothing has really been happening in my life… I’ve just been bombarded with extracurricular university stuffs to do and whatnot. I apologise for everything – but I will definitely get back to work soon! More blogs to watch out for – there will be random things I will be talking about here. I sincerely apologise for writing about random things lately. I swear I’ll be more awesome. LOL.
ANYWAYS, WHILE I’M HERE:
WONG FU 4 LYFE! ❤ Wong Fu in Sydney was insanely epic. I will post up a photo soon – they were so awesome to meet, although Ted wasn’t there in real life. It was definitely something to experience. YOU GUYS JELLY NOW?! 😛
So just a quick rundown on life, I must return to university.
Toodles!
Hoping to bring a little krazii in your day ❤
Mindfreak.
Posted on: August 16, 2010
The statement ‘to write something academically you need to first control your own mind’ was the topic of debate. Although the result was unanimous, the main point was that we would have to discipline our own minds in order to write like authors. Using the excerpt we were provided with, everyone had mentioned that our thoughts were highly influenced by our external surroundings.
On a side note, being introduced to ‘Academic Speed Dating’ was one of the most interesting moments in the tutorial. It was probably the loudest the class has ever been! That aside, it was an interesting way to determine who was doing the readings and who wasn’t. 2 minutes with each person was too much time for discussing about a mere introduction in “They Say/I Say”.
Back to basics.
Posted on: August 14, 2010
WHAT UP, electronic world!
I am probably the most boring person you’ll ever read about on my blog, but this is half for personal issues and half for university work in a unit titled, ‘Analytical Reading and Writing’ (as stated in the previous blog in ‘University’).
Hitting it up with the basics!
The name is Shirley, Shirley To. I was born on the 24th of April 1992 in Auburn, Sydney (oh, the joy that my parents shared when they realised I was a girl). When I was a child, my parents would spoil me because they thought I would be the only child in this family. Then my brother was born. We have a 7 year gap between us (not as bad as some other friends I know of). As a child, because my parents were cautious and afraid of their child getting hurt, I never got to have the chance to learn an instrument or anything practical for that fact. So, here I stand… completely unskilled.
I spent my primary school days in Burwood Public School (oh the fun times) and was a bright kid who loved to read books more than anything else. Puzzles soon were a part of my life as I undertook a huge interest in them. I love playing around with Sudokus, my epic Rubik’s cube (gosh, I love it so much – fastest time was 32 seconds) and recently, with gaming consoles like a Nintendo DS, I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the “Professor Layton” series. I graduated from Strathfield Girls’ High School in 2009, which I developed a gaming attitude adjustment in Year 9 and failed to keep my grades consistent. In Year 10, I had become more interested in my school activities and it has impacted on my abilities to be more open-minded, like showing an interest in Japanese culture.
That’s mainly been my life so far… there are certain things I’m leaving out, but I’m attempting to keep this post as short as it can be. 🙂
As I always say, “Puzzles are my life, but life is a puzzle I can’t solve”. Without being any more trivial, please leave a comment to say hello or something! 🙂
Unforeseen circumstances.
Posted on: August 14, 2010
Upon entering into the classroom with tutor, Golem Khan, I didn’t know what I was expecting from a unit titled, ‘Analytical Reading and Writing’. Since stepping into that room, I have realised that this project of keeping a blog up-to-date every week (with a minimum of two posts per week) was stalled by many other events occurring at around the same time.
By sitting through that entire first class, random questions were asked and an unhelpful Golem attempted to answer by repeating the same statement over and over… “Go email Shane.” Thanks, I’ve learnt so much already.
All in all, hopefully this topic will get interesting over time as discussions tend to heat up in our eerily quiet classroom.
The beginning.
Posted on: July 29, 2010
So I hear this is the beginning.
A new era.
A start.
Lets make it worthwhile.
I’m not usually a blogger of any sort. I rant a lot, and I suppose people get sick of hearing the same goddamn thing over and over again. With my limited knowledge and self-taught philosophy of life, I hope I am able to make the simple observations throughout my life and be able to recount the past through these blogs. With the simple dramas of life and the many obstacles that we may face, there is much to write about. Simple everyday things from buying a new shirt to watching the sunset, or flying to another country (if that is normal to you) to taking out the trash would be a something worthwhile to note (perhaps).
So with that, my life begins online with a new identity and a new blog.
I feel proud that I am able to let these things out… even if no-one reads them. You would feel a sense of relief, certainty that you are able to finish doing something that someone else may not. So with this… let the drama begin.
There will be random blogs every now and then to update this about my life. There will be random blogs about just ranting on stupid things. There will be just the random blogs that will be about a lesson. Either way, I will post. I will be myself.
This was the first of many observations by one bored little girl with big hopes and crushed dreams.
-S.
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