Heavy rain in QLD ------ uni cancelled!!!

So I was waiting for an email or any announcements on UQ website today and FINALLY GOT THE URGENT NOTICE THAT ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELLED!

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This morning Facebook had all sorts of memes and news updates about the scary weather. Almost everyone were wondering whether classes are cancelled. Slowly, news crept in about QUT and TAFE and all schools in south east QLD being cancelled today. BUT NO UQ. yet. 

I myself have an afternoon practical today that has a quiz worth 3%... 3% doesn't seem much, but for uni, IT MATTERS A LOT! It can get you from a grade 5 to a grade 4, or 6. I was actually planning to go if they do not cancel... cuz apparently my grades will be more important than my safety. But anyways, later on, an urgent notice came to my email and it became the happiest day!!! Mother nature.

Stay safe to those in the wild weather area who are outside for whatever reason, and hope you get home safely! 

Finding things in my room that I had forgotten about

Hello again! It's already third week of uni and I haven't even caught up with any of my classes yet and have no idea of what is going on, BUT I will do it soon, as I always convince myself anyway... 

I had a lecture at 12pm today and the lecture room was so cold. Did they even know how low the temperature they set on the aircon was?! Outside wasn't even as hot and humid as other days, when the aircons weren't that cold... 

Also, not to brag, but the seats in some lecture rooms are usually quite uncomfortable. People who wear long pants may not notice, but people who wear shorts/skirts will most likely notice how spiky the material is. When you stand up after a lecture, especially long 2-3 hour ones, you will notice that the back of your thighs will be red, or at least, feeling weird and numb. When sitting down at first, the spiky material should definitely be noticeable and will hurt a bit until your thighs get used to it... Am I the only one who wants them to change he materials of the seats in those lecture theaters? I mean, shouldn't students get comfort in uni since they are paying a huge amount of money? 

I need to confess that my room is a mess. You'd probably think that some kind of war happened and something blew up in the middle of this tiny space that I nest in. But then again, whose room doesn't get messy? It's interesting and quite fun though, to find things that I don't even know that I had, and sometimes I would find money at the bottom of a pen holder or something. That's like a gift to myself, from me :) The other day I found a nice wooden comb that I didn't know I had bought, and just today I found a pack of chocolate chips I got last week that I thought I had finished already. It's surprises to me from me, and that's pretty much all the surprises I get in my lonely life... 

Ok, check back soon! bye

Nutrition, Coeliac Disease, and life at the moment

Hello again my precious readers! Ever since second year of uni started, I've been telling myself to study more and study hard. Haven't quite convinced myself about that yet so I am hopelessly behind with my classes, as always. During the lectures, practicals or workshops that I have, there is always someone asking questions that I would never be able to ask since I don't even have any idea of what is happening. There's those people who are so on top of things, and then there's me.

I am majoring in Nutrition, and my classes are all based on biochem, biomed, nutrition values in foods, anatomy, diseases, public health and health in general. It's not difficult, but the content is endless, so a good memory is needed to remember everything, but then there's me.

For one of my courses, as assignment, we have to do either an individual written piece or a group video/animation on a selected health condition/disease. Of course, a video would typically be chosen. Even though it is much more work, I think people can learn more from videos than writing a boring page of words, and reading it over and over again for double-triple-poly-checking.

In a group of three, we have chosen Coeliac, or celiac (see-li-ack) disease as our topic for our animation-video. The reason we chose this topic was because two of us learnt a little bit about it in a nutrition course that we do, and it sounded like a good topic to learn more about.

To briefly describe this disease- and make myself sound smart- it is basically the body's immune system reacting abnormally to gluten (typically found in wheat), causing damage to the villi (small finger-like projections) in the lining of the small intestine. These, if healthy and normal, expand in surface area to assist the small intestine in absorption of nutrients in foods. It is important for the small intestine to absorb as much nutrients as possible for the body's general health, therefore, these villi are much needed. For coeliac disease, the villi (small finger-like projections in the lining of the small intestine) are inflamed and flattened, which reduces the surface area for maximum absorption of nutrients.

So overall, I am now having to do a huge load of research on this disease, including how it affects the body's homeostasis. Sounds fun! >>

Other than that, uni life is pretty straightforward. Like, there's nothing new really. Haven't really had any chances to make new friends, however I have noticed many familiar faces around campus.

New Short Story (maybe, lol)

Hello again! Finally completed all my sign on's for my classes for this semester! Before yesterday I had thought that there were no more sign on's BUT they just had to email us like "Hey, just for fun and numbers, we will make you get up before 7am on a Saturday to choose between two practical times that we said didn't require signing on!" Cool.

At least I got all the times that best suited my timetable, which is awesome. And it's so good to know my class times now, and plan the days that I can go work to get some money ;,) Also already planning to skip the 8am lecture LOL.

Talking about working and saving up, I went online to check the prices of flight tickets recently. Would cost me at least 2000, added up, with the cheapest tickets, for a Japan + Korea trip. So adding the accommodation, transport and spending, it would cost at least 5000!!!

Thinking of making the trip to only one country now LOL...

So I've stopped my "Let Me Walk in Your Shoes" story/novel since I feel like the ending I have thought of isn't as interesting as I want it to be. Now I am starting to work on a short story. Still trying to come up with the plot and stuff though.

AND I tried those Korean instant noodles even though someone online said not to do so. BUT I TRIED IT AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD

Happy Valentine's Day to all singles and couples

Whether you are single or have someone to celebrate today with, Happy Valentine's! Those of you who are single, that's ok, at least your wallet won't be quite empty :D maybe you can even save some money and get yourself some discounted chocolates tomorrow.

If you don't want to waste your time reading my short love tale below, feel free to close this page now. If you want to know me just a bit more, read on :) >>>>>>>

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I'm not going to write my entire love story here of course, but to those who are interested or have been asking me online, here's a brief tale.

I am not in a relationship at the moment. I have been in three official relationships up until now. None of them exceeded one year I think. Other than that, there were two people whom I had been close with, but whatever the relationships were, they lasted for no more than a week or a date. One that's recent was someone who took me to the movies, he/she didn't even bother watching the movie and kept on distracting me. That night, he/she asked to make the relationship official, I said no. Not that he/she isn't a nice person, he/she's very sweet actually, just that it didn't feel right.

A few of my close friends are with someone now, and I really cannot wait for announcements of marriage or whatever :D Really keen, but still can't quite come to the idea that those children will soon become a mother or a father :,)

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So today after I dropped my brother off to school, I went to the bank but it wasn't open yet. While I waited for them to open, I went into a Korean stall where I suddenly had the urge to try the quite famous spicy Korean instant noodles.

Haven't tried it yet, but will probably do so soon, but if there's any of yous who don't recommend it, please tell me now.

I AM BACK!

Hi readers who actually keep up with my blog entries and new readers who followed my links, a big thank you to you all for taking some time out of your lives to come here!

Here's a small introduction and what I have been up to lately:

I am 19 years of age now, turning 20 this year in October. Currently, I am starting my second year of uni, studying health courses that are like they all say, tough. A "pass" at the moment for me is a huge relief.

OMG season 7 of the Walking Dead is so intense!!! Especially the wait for season 7 after I finished watching season 6. Like, who dies? Well for freaks hole, one of my favourite characters is bashed in the head, and the other taken to a sht place being fed sht food that's not even edible. AND the main guy is now with the sword girl? wtf...

Other than keeping up with the new episodes of that, I have also been watching Taiwanese entertainment shows these days. Personally, I am very interested Taiwan, the little island beneath Japan. What I am most interested in is the place itself, the night markets, and of course the entertainment shows that are produced there. I can name more Taiwanese entertainers than any other places'.

I think it was the middle of last year, 2016, that I suddenly wanted to go to Taiwan. It was a fast decision with some process discussing with family, and then there I was, booking my tickets in September. My grandparents helped me with my return ticket from China to Taiwan and my parents helped with half of my payments  from Aus to China plus the whole visa business. I had to pay for my hotel stay and everything in Taiwan, which brought my bank statement from four digits to three >>. I think since I have saved up from working, my parents were totally fine with me spending as much as I wanted to. LOL of course, since it's not their money :,D

After our exams finished for the year, me, my friend, and her sister planned the trip together. They are Taiwanese who went back to Taiwan for the long summer holiday. We had planned Taipei for ~3 days then Taichung for ~4 days. It was a very exciting process. I would definitely recommend yous to plan trips by yourselves instead of just going along with a tour group as you would have more opportunity to experience and learn about the culture and understand more about the local transport and hotels whatsoever.

The top reason I wanted to go to Taiwan was because of it's night markets and cheap road-side shops. Also, there were many places I wanted to visit, such as Show Lo's shop xD (the clothing and accessories were expensive, and he wasn't there around the time I went, but it felt nice to be in the area, where many of my favourite Taiwanese entertainers had been to).

Around the end of 2016, after my first year of uni ended, I went on my personally-planned trip to China and Taiwan. It was quite surprising that my parents were ok with me traveling to Taiwan by myself, but I did have to convince them that I would mostly be with friends while I am there so I wouldn't be alone and lost and kidnapped etc etc. I went to my hometown China first to visit my relatives, and a week later, I flew to Taiwan, Taoyuan International Airport. It was a 2-3 hour flight. As I was by myself, going to a place that I have never been to, it was scary, yet very exciting. Of course, I had done a lot of research beforehand so I knew how to get to Taipei, where I planned to go first, from the airport. It's not that confusing, if I recommend. From the airport, there are tour buses that go directly to many of Taiwan's most visited places. Conveniently, there are short-term use 4G sim cards that can be purchased at the airport, so there is no worry in terms of internet access and Google maps access. Best thing is that they are at an understandable price, around 20-30 AUD dollars for 10 days use at most, and they are unlimited 4G, plus some text+call credit which is not much use, to me anyways as I needed access to internet the most. I think I got the 10 day access one, can't quite remember.

On the bus from the airport, I contacted my friend, who was already at the hotel where we were staying at for the first 3 days. I was quite confused as to how to get to the metro station from the bus stop (bus stop was directly opposite from the metro station, as I noticed when I got there) so I was freaking out a bit. Of course, I would've used Google maps but like, it's sometimes not that trustworthy and doesn't show all the details. Thankfully, my friend told me all the details of how to get from bus stop to metro station and which line to take and which stop to get off at. It was not easy walking around with a huge suitcase, but I was glad the weather was not as cold as China's so I didn't have to carry or wear heavy clothing. It was like Australia's winter, just the right temperature to get around comfortably. Our first night at Taipei ended past midnight. It was real scary walking the quiet streets back to our hotel. If I remember correctly, we arrived back at the hotel around 1am or 2. The latest I stayed out without family.

Taipei is definitely a great place to visit, with many foods available everywhere and anytime and many beautiful places to visit. The people are also very friendly and transport is very convenient, as there is the metro and buses that can basically take you anywhere without having to walk much.

After the 3 days in Taipei, we went to Taichung, where my friend's family lived. I stayed with them for 2 or 3 nights (can't remember). They were lovely people, who took me to many places such as old streets of Taichung and the famous FengJia night market, where we spent most of our money on game machines lol...

The last few days in Taiwan, I stayed at a hotel by myself. It was quite freaky, with all the scary hotel tales I heard about, and my first night was with a lamp on. I was so glad that there was a TV that could distract me, and it was nice to be able to watch Taiwanese shows right when they were being played on TV rather than having to wait a few days for them to go online with the gossip on social media changing to the next episode. Those days were spent with another friend, who also went to Taiwan for a trip. So basically, I didn't spend a day in Taiwan alone :)

Leaving Taiwan was a little emotional for me as I had enjoyed my stay so much. I would absolutely go back again in the future and have a longer stay.

I was back in China for another week before I came back to Australia. My trip back was one less stop than my trip from Aus to China. Going to China, I started at Brisbane, stopped at Melbourne, got on another plane to Shanghai, then from Shanghai to Qingdao. The waiting times at the airport were not that long, however, trip back to Aus took me a whole day... I didn't make a stop at Melbourne on my way back (shout out to China Eastern airlines that started their first flight service from Shanghai direct to Brisbane on that day, I was able to take that first service). However, the wait at Shanghai airport was like 9 hours I think, and I almost was about to take a tour on the train to a nearby place till I realized that it was very risky and that I did not know where I would end up at.

Being back in Australia, I immediately started working to earn back what I had spent, in hopes of going on more trips in the future. I am in the early stages of planning an Australia tour for the end of this year, which I still need friends to join ;) And as for end of next year or after I graduate, I am planning a Japan-Korea trip :D

Ok that's all for now, please follow or keep an eye on this blog page as I will be posting more these days xD

Random talk cuz idk what to write

Yo! So to begin this "random talk", PIERCINGS HURT!!! Last Wednesday afternoon when we had half day off, I went to get my ears pierced. A friend insisted to go with me so I allowed her to go and watch my pain >< so embarrassing :C (Yes, I had no piercings before) Anyways, first I thought of getting two on each side so I used stickers to mark the places the night before. (I wanted something unique so didn't go for just the normal earlobe piercings one on each side.) I somehow convinced my mum, who then looked at the stickers and said that it looked like something is missing so she suggested three. DAMN. The top two on each side then had to be cartilage which I now don't recommend... cuz they damn hurt - and still hurting/stinging even after a few days :,( And of course, they costed more LOL $$

Now I have three studs on each side and yes, rebel much :L can't wait to take out these beginner studs though >< Also, because of my craziness of getting so many piercings at once, I've been having restless nights, having turned on to my sides by accident... oh the paiiiinnnnn D,: 

Other than the rebellious side which I now show, the school's yearly Multicultural performances is coming up xDxDxD I got myself involved in both Chinese and Japanese dances and we have been practising hard for the last few weeks, passing the auditions (good job guys!) Funny thing is that both of the dances are using fans which made me confused of the moves and which fan to bring for the practices :L Just hope I don't mess up during the actual thing which is held on Friday, 13th of March (haha... more reasons to stuff up)  

Now lets talk about getting fat. I swear I'm gaining so much weight these days with all the junk food I've been stuffing in :3 Just yesterday I had KFC and the other day was full of instant noodles while today is ice cream, like, what is dieting? x,D 

Last night my old neighbours came to my house to visit and they had dinner here. The kids made a mess with paper planes everywhere while us two teenagers hid ourselves behind our phones and talked about games. The adults talked about random stuff and mum cooked. It was my dad's birthday and funny enough, dad had work so we ate the cake without him x,D 

Finally, to end this "random talk", I've been so stupid (yes I always was stupid -.-)... so stupid having feelings for someone it hurts :,( and it hurts to hurt others... so much hurt these days I'm surprised I didn't go into depression LOL. These days have been full of sad moments where love is broken and people are hurt... Why can't love be simple and not so painful... (omg that rhymes!) 

Anyways, have a good day/night/whatever everyone and thankyou for taking time out of your precious lives (pfft) to read my "random talk" xD

Let Me Walk In Your Shoes- Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Mr. Brookes’ photo shows his perfect, straight row of white front teeth. However, what is different about the photo in comparison to the person in real life is the fact that the photo shows a much younger, quite handsome young man. It must be Mr. Brookes himself, no doubt. He does not have any other siblings nor cousins, the only younger sister he had had died when he was young. I had felt sympathetic for him when he talked about her death at the age of 4 as I had experienced the loss of family members myself. Although he had claimed that he did not have many memories of his sister so he does not feel sad or anything, the expression on his face had betrayed him.

The steps leading up to the church entrance seem harder to climb with the high heels that keep making me feel as if I will sprain the ankles any second. With so many questions flooding my mind, it is hard to even concentrate on the ground I am walking on.

I spot some kids running around the flower gardens at the top of the steps and wonder how much energy they have in them that are keeping them going. I am sure feeling tired out. I suddenly wish I can be back in my own body, doing the things I am supposed to be doing. This thought leads to a more terrifying one: what is this lady supposed to be talking about with Mr. Brookes? The thought gets pushed to the back of my mind as quickly as it came out, when I am greeted by the man himself.

“Long time no see, Tori Henderson Leo,” he says formally, walking out from the entrance and stops when he is about 10 feet away from where I am standing above the steps. He had been waiting for me. No, not me. It’s Tori Henderson Leo is who he had been waiting for. 

I nod, trying not to look stunned, “Yes, it’s uh… been a while.” As soon as those words are out of the mouth, I know that I am messing up.

I catch a frown on Mr. Brookes’ face, before he smiles immediately to cover it, “You have changed.” 

Let Me Walk In Your Shoes- Chapter 3

Chapter 3

When I first moved into town when I was five, mum had taken me around the buildings and houses, pointing out each one of them and saying things like how I should remember the streets so that I don’t get lost. My good memory was brought to work. In a few years’ time, I had remembered almost everything. When we were eight, our parents had gotten us to walk ourselves to our first week of Sunday children’s church service. They entrusted me to know the way to and fro and had told Luke to follow me. I was delighted to be given such a big responsibility but Luke did not see it as something to be proud of, to which I grunted at before leaving him behind in the church after the service.

Luke, who obviously did not share the same good memories and direction sense as me, was lost as soon as he stepped out of church.

Mr. Brookes was the one who sent Luke home that afternoon. Luckily, our parents were out so I did not get scolded for leaving my brother back at the church. Luke was red-faced when I opened the door and Mr. Brookes, being clueless about Luke’s decreasing pride, told me that Luke was lost and was panicking when he was found looking around the church, about to break down in tears. I teased my brother for a whole week after that.

My parents became good friends with Mr. Brookes throughout the years because of our weekly visits to the church. He had been invited to dinner at our house a couple of times and had always brought delicious snacks for me and Luke. After hearing him talking to my parents about his early years of being a history teacher in Paris, I had asked him to help with my history homework a few times. He was the best teacher I had ever had and I looked up to him. I had quite enjoyed the two times of being in his body, looking through his large collection of the books on Ancient Rome.

When I was fifteen, I had learnt that he had never been married before and still lives a single life by himself in his house close to the church.

“Mr. Brookes, why have you never married someone?” I asked him one afternoon when he helped proofread my assignment on medicines that were used in the ancient times. He stopped reading and looked up from the laptop.

“I never intended to,” his words sounded like they were carefully chosen.

“Hmm,” I put my hands on my cheeks and leaned on the desk with my elbows, “Why not?”

“Well, I've never had those types of feelings for someone, I guess. I once kind of liked this lady, but things kept us apart and we just never got a chance.”

I sat up. “I’m sorry,” I murmured.

He scratched his head, “It’s alright. I didn't see a future in us anyway. It was not like a crush, I figured that I looked up to her than liking her in more than a friendly way.”

The thing I liked about Mr. Brookes was that he talked like a teenager, which made it a whole lot easier to talk to him. Even though he is around the same age as my parents, he is way more fun than the old folks I live with. 

Let Me Walk In Your Shoes- Chapter 2

Chapter 2

The alarm goes off and makes me jump. I quickly turn it off and place it back onto the bedside table, looking around for something to give me an idea of what this lady usually wears. This room doesn't seem to have much furniture, as expected of a new person in town, but with the photos on the wall, it seems that she is intending on staying for a while. I open up the wardrobe, checking myself again in the mirror and feel the side of my mouth curling up. I like her night gown. It is lucky for me today that it is a Saturday as I cannot afford to miss a day of school especially around the end of semester with all the tests right around the corner of the semi-prom. As much as I dislike school, I quite enjoy the subject of history. I am happy that I have it on every school day.

I choose a blue long-sleeved dress that flop down to the knee of the body. The fabric feels nice against the skin. I check to see that there are other dresses in the wardrobe of the similar style before deciding that this is what the lady will probably choose to wear. I nod at the reflection in the mirror and silently whisper a sorry to the owner of the body. Looks like I will be borrowing her for a while to see who she is and what her business here in town is. Not that I can go back into my own body any time I want to anyway.

I look around the room and open the drawers, finding a small journal to my relief. Taking a deep breath and whispering another sorry to the owner, I open the pages up to this week. She has a meeting with the church owner at 10 in the morning today followed by a tour around the town at 2. She did not write who she is going to the tour with, but I tell myself that it does not matter right now. I need to find out why she has a meeting with the church owner, Mr. Brookes. Looking back at the last few days of the week, it seems that she had arrived in town just yesterday morning. I think I have no time to check where she had come from, as I notice that I probably should get going for the 10 o’clock meeting. I place the journal back into the drawer and leave everything the way they were before I got up. There is no feeling of hunger inside the body; instead, it feels extraordinarily tired. I decide that the lady must have missed quite a lot of sleep from too much work.

The kitchen did not hold much food that I was interested in anyway so I poured myself a glass of water and drank it down before heading out. I need to find out where I am first. Grabbing the lady’s bag that I find on the table, I make my way out.

As soon as I walk out the apartment that she lives in, I find out, from my memory of every street I know in this town, that I am about 15 minutes’ walk away from the church. I have plenty of time. I head towards my own house which is about 10 minutes’ walk away in the opposite direction. My parents are out of town for the month –they are almost always out of town because of their business- and my twin brother, Luke, is at a football camp thing, so I am safe to go into my own house as a stranger. I also know that my own self will be heading out in a few minutes to go shopping with Alison and some other friends, so I am safely away from bumping into myself. You see, when I am exploring in someone else’s body, my own seems to move and act exactly how I would, except without me in it. I still haven’t figured out the big mystery of who or what controls my body and makes it so perfectly, exactly as if I am the one in it at the same time that I am actually in someone else’s body. I have spoken to and made conversation with myself before while being in someone else, and had never failed to end up being astonished and a bit freaked out that I was as if my mind had never left.

The door is locked, meaning that no one is home. I lift up the doormat and dig out the spare key. It is actually a good hiding place for a key considering that no one would bother thinking of it being hidden in the most common place. The stairs are a bit tough to climb in the black leather-laced high heels I chose to wear which I thought matched the dress.

As soon as I get into my room upstairs, I turn on my laptop and opened up a new word document.

Subject 245. I type, making those words bold with an underline then undoing the bold and underline settings and pressing enter twice. This lady seems to be in her late 20’s. She lives alone in room 41 in the apartment next to The Seafood Store. She has a meeting with Mr Brookes and I am about to go and find out what this meeting is about.

As much as I understand that this is unacceptable behaviour and that I should not disrupt someone’s life and peek into their business, I cannot help it. I have little to no control of my power and as much as I am aware of, one moment I can be myself and the next I can be in someone else’s body. However the only thing I am sure of, after so many experiences, is that I don’t just go into some totally random person on this planet- to my biggest relief. The people whom I shift into are always the ones who I have stared at, thought about, got some interest in, or at least have seen them in real life.

I remember the 50th subject I was in, whose name was Jonathon King. Jonathon was a drop-dead gorgeous basketballer in my school who was a senior a few years ago. The thing that lost points for him was the fact that he was a total dick head. I did not have a crush or anything on him unlike many of the other girls but because of my hatred of him being a player who had crushed many girls’ hearts including Alison’s, I had thought about him. This led to me shifting into his body. After that, me and Alison had laughed about my description of his small private part, not that I had wanted to see it, I was stuck in his body for a total of two days so I gave up the idea of not showering. “Oh Lucia, of course he has a small “D”, it all went into his head!” Alison had snorted.

I save the document and shut down my laptop before heading out. It is a longer walk than I had expected, with the high heels that I am wearing. Bad choice. I try to slow down, walking a lot slower than my usual walking speed. To distract myself from the uncomfortable shoes, I think back at what I remember about this lady whom I had just noticed yesterday. I suddenly recall seeing her open her wallet and frowning at something. Thinking about this, I open up her bag and take out the wallet. I turn it in my hand a few times, feeling the leather case, before opening it when I am a few feet away from the church entrance. As soon as I look inside, my eyes catch the photograph. Confusion take over my thoughts.    

Let Me Walk In Your Shoes

Summary

Lucia Wakefield has hardly been able to control her power of shifting into someone else’s body. However her talk with the mysterious new lady in town, who seems to know more than Lucia does, has given her hope of finding out more about what she is capable of. As she digs deeper into the features of the power she possesses, she does not know that she is soon standing next to danger.

Now that Lucia’s best friend Alison Decker’s secret crush on Lucia’s twin brother is no longer a secret, Alison turns to blame Lucia. With the town wrapped up in gossip, Lucia finds herself shrinking into the corner and wondering about the safety of her own secret. At the semi-prom, the lonely looking Lucia is asked for a dance by a new face in town that every girl has the hots for. With jealousy of Lucia’s life which seems perfect in Alison’s eyes, she blurts out Lucia’s ability and soon the news spreads out, having people start tracking Lucia down.

Will Lucia be able to grab control of her power before things get worst? Or is she going to be trapped in someone else’s body forever? 

Story/novel- Let Me Walk In Your Shoes

Hi hi! I have decided to write a story... hope you readers enjoy ^^ the title is Let Me Walk in Your Shoes and I will write a brief summary of the whole thing in my next post. 

Chapter 1

I am not at home. Not in my room. I am nowhere near being in the bed that I am used to waking up in. I have woken up in someone else’s bed, in someone else’s room. In someone else’s body. This is the first thing I realize the moment I open my eyes and observe the surrounding. Unfamiliar pictures on the walls stare back at me. It is all like a dream, yet I can feel that the body I am in is very tired and worn out. This person probably had a rough night, I decide. And I am having a rough morning.

I have shifted into another person’s body, yet again without having intended to.

I get up and look at myself in a mirror hanging on the wardrobe sliding door to check who I have shifted into. This person looks familiar, and I search my memory to remember having studied her yesterday in Coco Bar.

I watched her take a sip out of her cup as she sat there at a table next to the back wall. Alison Decker, my best friend since I first moved to California in grade school, snapped me out of my gaze. It was a Friday in the middle of spring and the café was busy like any other afternoon of a school day. Alison and I had taken our usual spot in our favorite hangout place.

“What are you looking at, or should I say who are you looking at?” She asked, lifting up her medium glass of Coco Special (iced latte with whipped cream) to her lips as she searched the direction I was staring at with her light brown eyes. She had finished flipping through the daily copy of GirlGame magazine and had started to study my distant gaze. There were at least six choices of subjects I could have been looking at and as soon as she realized that, she gave up searching. “I don’t suppose you’re worried about your powers again?” Her voice had a slight edge of concern mixed with a whole heap of curiosity.

“Nah,” I shrugged, taking a sip of my own large glass of Coco Special. It was clear that Alison knew I was lying, but she does not say anything. We were both tired. It had been a stressful; yet exciting week for us second year seniors as the preparations for our semi-prom has started taking place. Semi-prom was eagerly suggested by a group of representatives from our year level and it had been approved by the principal to take place in less than a fortnight from now. Both me and Alison have been dress-hunting in local malls since the news was announced a couple of weeks ago. At least shopping for ‘the perfect dress’ have been keeping me in this normal world.

The person I had been interested in for the afternoon stood up after emptying her glass and opened her wallet to pay. Her expression turned into a frown and I could see that she was holding onto what looked like a photograph. It was too small for me to see what or who the photo was of. She dumped the photo back into her wallet and picked out some change and left them on the table before making her way out the shop. The table where she sat at was on the other side of our usual spot near the door so as she walked past, I quickly looked down at my drink. Alison seemed to have noticed.

“Is she new here?” She whispered as soon as the lady was out of hearing range. I gave her a nod. Alison is the only one who is in on my secret, I can tell her anything and everything with all my trust. I haven’t seen this person around before so I was sure that she was new in town. Either for a short visit or for a long term living.

I am the one who secretly keeps an eye on each of the 1958 individuals in town, knowing almost every one of them, or at least knowing their faces. I know about most of their backgrounds and whether they are a short term or long term citizen. The small town consists of very few people and it is rare to have a visitor or a new person in town so as soon as a new face shows up, I will know that they are not a local. People in this town are like neighbors whether they live close or at either end of town because there is only one grade school, one high school, one college, one library, one church and one town hall. Every Saturday afternoon the adults would meet up at the town hall with their prams and babies, sipping on tea while chatting about recent gossip. The large ceiling fans would be on during hot summer days while the heaters would be on during cold winter days. While this event is taking place, young people who are not yet considered adults stay inside their homes or are out having parties with friends. Sundays are church days and at least a fifth of the town would be crammed in the church. On school days, students go off to school or college and the adults would not be seen on the streets as they would be staying under roofs of their workplaces or homes. 

People are friendly in this town, or at least to the people they know well. They would smile and nod and give respect to those they do not know well when walking past each other. To me, everyday life of a high school student is boring so I spend my time trying to control my powers while learning about each and every individual in town.

It looks like today is a day where I learn about this new lady in town... As the lady herself.

How my holiday life has been so far

Shopping for presents these days have been keeping me busy... mainly... and of course, money is flying away -__- I have visited so many shops countless times and still haven't gotten some good presents :/ so hopeless. 

So to catch up on some recent stuff that has been happening, last weekend I went to do some volunteering work for a Special Children's Christmas Party that was held for disabled kids and their parents. Saturday was set up day and about 30 volunteers turned up and we made sandwiches mainly of Vegemite (I'm not a fan of Vegemite :/), cheese, Vegemite & cheese, ham & cheese, and butter. Hundreds of sandwiches were made before we had lunch (Subway xD) and went home. Sunday was party day and a lot of people turned up and from 10a.m. onwards, I was being kept busy face painting lots of smiling faces. It was an awesome party even though the majority of my time was spent on painting things such as Batman, butterflies, sharks, puppies, lions, and such. One kid asked me for a "Happy clown" which I had to search up on Google images on my phone and asked him to chose one for me to copy... while another asked me for "Joker" and I was like,,,,,,,,,, what was worse was that he had also chosen the toughest looking Joker face face painting image which consisted of having the whole face white with black angry wrinkles, a wide red mouth outline with white teeth and pink gums... so that Joker face spent me around 20 whole minutes :/ and I'm pretty sure I failed at it however the kid was happy about the result so it was all good ^^.

Apart from the shopping days and the volunteering days, my family has been busy with stuff that are involved in buying a house. I'm not sure about which house we are going to buy yet so I cannot say much on this subject other than the fact that these days have been quite occupied with us making decisions, visiting people and stuff.

Okay, back to shopping news, on one of the many shopping days, I visited a Kmart store and was wondering around the cosmetics section. I wondered off to the next aisle (women's underwear) and poked my head in while thinking maybe I could find something for mum. Instead, I caught a man (in his 30's maybe) also poking his head in for a long look. He did not notice me standing there at the other end at first while I watched him looking at the underwear stuff with interest. As soon as he saw me; however, the redness crept up to his face and he immediately 

walked away. It was awkward as I had just stared at him blankly so I too, was a bit caught off guard. That one second eye contact between us was awkward and embarrassing for us both as at the same time he was being caught checking out women's underwear, I was being caught staring at him doing so. To be honest, I didn't know why I was standing there staring... maybe it was the humour of the whole situation of me catching a man at a moment like that. 

What built onto the humour was that a few minutes after that encounter, as I wondered back to the cosmetics section having gotten nothing from the women's underwear place, I saw the man with his girlfriend/wife. They were looking at some shower stuff as he noticed me and quickly hid his face. I just silently walked out of the store. It was enough shopping for that day. 

Exams make me cry :,(

OMG!! exams are FINALLY OVER!!! so happy~~~ xD but seriously, they have killed me many times that I have become a cat with 9 lives -.- Anyways, let me share some awkward moments in exam situations that I had experienced in the last few days. Feel free to share your own exam awkward situation stories ^^ 

1. That moment when you space out in an exam and when waking up, finding yourself staring at someone's test paper, with the supervisor glaring at you suspiciously. 

OK, now this ALWAYS happen to me no matter what exam I do. I always have this mini mind blank and upon waking up from that, have been misunderstood as someone who's trying to cheat. But seriously, I do not have that good an eyesight to see what others have written -.-

2. That moment in an exam when your test paper flies halfway across the room :/ 

This have happened to me only once, (that I can remember anyway) which was during my Maths C exam. Because of the ceiling fan and some wind from outside, one of my papers flew out of my hands and slid across the floor about 5 metres away from me. Like, I never wanted it anyway -.- So... let it go~~ let it go~~~ I never wanted you anyway~~~~ but then, i realised it was one of the papers I answered on so uh... (some people had to pick the paper up and pass it to me, so thankyou if you're reading this) 

3. That moment when you flip your exam paper to the next page. 

This can be the best feeling ever I swear! Just the feeling and sound of the paper turning over to the next page is like, ahhhhh~ xD But on the other hand, it can be annoying as!! Just like, in the middle of a dead silence room with everyone focused on their exams and your paper just decides to make a huge sound like cleeeerrrrrrr. (I remember once ripping the paper when I turned over too quickly and that one second of satisfaction was replaced by a shocking whole hour of WTF HAVE I DONE?!) Even though I would love to rip the papers apart into as tiny pieces as possible and chuck them put the window, I'd rather not get in trouble or anything. 

4. That moment in the exam when your stomach rumbles loudly.

Exams take a long time nowadays and sometimes I forget to eat before them. I swear, having your stomach rumble in the middle of class is ok, however in the middle of an exam?!?! Oh gosh. Total embarrassment! 

5. That moment when your calculator dies in the middle of a Maths exam.

I don't know about you guys but I have had a few times where my only calculator just decides to die on me during an exam. This is fine if it's an exam that requires easy maths calculations however this is hell if it happens during a maths exam with full on calculations involved. Once I spent half the exam time working on this question manually but in the end still got the answer wrong. -.- 

Well, I can't be stuffed writing more~ this is it for now. Have a good holiday and those who are travelling overseas, SCREW YOU! 

Huge thunder and storm funny situations

Exam blocks these days so stressed.. I wish everyone luck for your exams, just think of the holidays to look forward to~~

So there was this thunderstorm when I was on the bus back home... I decided to get off at the nearest shopping centre to avoid the rain and while I waited for Dad to pick me up (which was for quite a while cuz he was at another shopping centre not able to get to his car cuz of the heavy rain) there was a few seconds blackout in the shopping centre as I sat there on a bench. 

I looked around as the lights turned back on and first thing I saw were the confused/surprised/laughing expressions of the people on the elevators that had stopped. Some had trolleys so they couldnt move for a few minutes before the elevator was fixed but the rest just walked their way up or down. LOL... 

I then turned my head to my left where an ATM machine was and saw this guy waiting in front of it looking frustrated but a bit of a smirk appeared on his face when he saw me looking. And then I noticed the screen of the ATM was black. It seemed that his card got stuck in there... dayum... I felt a laugh in me so I quickly turned away as I chuckled a bit (I'm so mean ><) He seemed embarrassed so I quickly pretended to not notice and looked away. A few mins later he decided to go get help... LOLOLOLOL 

Haha I'm just happy I got home safe~ 

Forgotten

Has any of you been forgotten by your parents before? To me, it's not a sad feeling.. just very frustrating that my plans are being ruined -.-  

Last night I told dad that I needed a ride today and then this morning he somewhat left early, while I was still getting ready and stuff upstairs. After he left I found out and called him. 

Me- "Dad, did you forget something?" 

Dad- "Huh? I have my phone, wallet, license, keys... no?" 

Me- "-.-"

*a few seconds later*

Dad- "Oh.. ohhhhhhh I'm so sorry!" 

Wow.. just... wow.

My dad's "stupidity" (getting old?)

Hi everyone who reads my blog~ long time no update. I've been busy with assignments and procrastination and omgosh I'm having a massive headache while typing this -.- Stupid Maths C assignment kept me up 'till about 2am and I only ended up getting approximately 3 hours of sleep :C I know that some other people stayed up all night to do it so... a thumbs up to all those who do Maths C~ an absolutely retarded assignment over and done with! 

During dinner today Dad asked Mum to tell me about his "stupid story" of what he did today. I immediately became interested cos Dad is always the one who does the stupidest things in the family (I probably come right after on the list) Mum started laughing and food spat out of her mouth which got me laughing, which made me choke :/ but anyways, so the story goes like this: Mum and Dad went out shopping with youngest bro today and at the shopping centre Dad pushed the trolley while Mum took care of the pram. Mum went off to get the eggs when Dad pushed an almost full trolley to the freezer section. A few minutes later Mum went to join him and he pushed the trolley and started walking. An old lady started shouting at him from the back and at first Dad didn't notice that HE WAS PUSHING THAT OLD LADY's TROLLEY WHICH WASN'T EVEN HALF FULL!!! Dad still didn't notice and was thinking WTH is wrong with the lady until a few seconds of awkwardness, Mum quickly told him that he had pushed away the wrong trolley that looked really different from his. Stupid or not? Seriously... so embarrassing -.-

The story led to another funny situation that Mum started to mention which Dad caused a few years ago when my 1st lil bro was still in kindy. I laughed even harder at this one cos I was there when it happened. We went to get bro from kindy one afternoon and at the gate, dad started pushing the gate... it didn't open so he tried pulling it... it still didn't budge. Next thing I knew, I was watching him shaking the gate violently. I checked around the gate and noticed that the actual opening was on the right of where Dad was trying to open. So basically, he was shaking the fence NEXT TO the actual gate the whole time :O like, WTF?! LOL

Another story Mum then mentioned to further describe Dad's stupidity was a situation that happened back when we lived in Sydney. It was the first year that my parents participated in the voting and I went along with them to the centre near our house. Dad finished filling out the form thing and looked around for where to put it. After a while Mum finished hers and both of them started looking around for where to hand the forms in. Dad then pointed to a rectangular hole at the back of the cardboard stand thingy that was used as a table and he said to Mum: "Oh there it is!" Mum didn't even think before following Dad's lead and slipped the form into the hole. Right after they did so I noticed that the cardboard table thing was leaning against a wall. And then i realised that the hole was probably just a decoration thingy so I started laughing and told my parents about it. They pushed the table away and found their forms on the ground, lying there. LOL what was Dad thinking?! He didn't even think, nor did Mum... 

So overall... you get the point, my Dad is just...

Anyways, let me add something else in this blog entry as I CBS making another xD 

Younger bro: wakes up and starts to make crying sounds

Me: -stares- 

Bro: -Looks at me, starts crying full on loudest

Am i that scary looking ?!?!?! D,x

Hope you all good luck with your exams (if you have any) and until next time, bye! 

What does "Saturated fat" mean?!

Hello again! Been a while? No? I have so many assignments to deal with these days right after the holidays and I'm still in holiday mode nooooooo >< Procrastinating every single day... sighs~

I was tearing open a bag of Smiths chips the other day and I randomly read the words on the packet and "Saturated Fat 75%" (I think) was written on it. Am I the only one who does not really get the meaning of that? I mean, tell me in detail what "Saturated fat" means ok, coz I don't get it.

A few years ago when I read "Saturated Fat" on a food packet somewhere and I thought it meant that if you sit down after consuming you will get fat. Pretty sure I got that from "Saturated". But anyways, so yeah, I used to think it meant that, so after I consumed the product I would always stay standing or walking around for a while before I thought that it would've digested or something (and I thought that this way, I won't get fat from consuming it). Then one day I came to my senses, learnt a bit about this in school, and never thought that way again.

Even now, I still don't fully understand the meaning of it T_T Anyone able to help???

Shopping with bro

So I was at the mall the other day with my 6 years old brother, who is the naughtiest beast anyone can ever meet, and oh the embarrassment he gave me.

As soon as we walked into the automatic door, he ran off to grab a trolley. I walked up to him and told him that we didn't need one, and told him to go get a basket instead. His excitement dropped and his expression turned into a dark look of disappointment. I could feel people's eyes on us as I tried to nicely tell him that we were only buying a few things so there was no need for a trolley. He finally gave up and returned the trolley before getting a basket.

I noticed people staring at us as we walked to the veges area. Why are they staring?! (I still don't understand)

Okay so after getting most of the things that was needed, he still insisted on carrying the basket therefore I was like, okay then I'll let him do so. Next minute I noticed adults giving me looks... hey hey, not my fault a 6 year old wanted to carry the basket! =.= I'm not being mean and making him carry it okay!?

At the self check out place, he started singing and being the normal naughty him. (just after I thought that he was finally giving me a break) Again I got stares from people... sighs...

Lesson learnt: Never bringing him out shopping again.

Weird laughter from downstairs...

After shower, I was drying my hair with a towel when I heard dad's deep weird laughter from downstairs that I've never heard from him before. "Ho ha he he he he ha ha ho ho whoo whoo hoooo hooo ha ha eha eha eha ehahahahaha..." (bad imitation of the actual laughter sounds but hey, I tried)

The best way to describe this would be "ghastly laughter". So while I was drying my hair, I heard dad's ghastly laughter coming from downstairs and of course I became curious. It was the funniest laugh I've ever heard (other that my own random snorts laugh), a bit creepy also. "Hoaha he he hahah whoo hwhoo ehahahehaheha" came the weird laughter again and I couldn't hold in the curiosity any longer so I went downstairs to see what was happening. (I actually imagined dad having won the lottery or something and not believing it)

Halfway down the stairs I looked at dad and bro on the sofa watching TV and I asked "What the heck was that laugher just now?"

Dad replied with, "Oh they showed monkeys on TV!"

SO HE WAS IMITATING MONKEYS THIS WHOLE TIME?!?!