Hm....... What should I blog today?? Well, sent the car in for repairs, which are costing me (my dad actually :P) 380 NZD!! Won't be getting it back till Friday I think so now I actually have to walk places, ugh!

Looked in the mirror today and have noticed I'm losing my tummy (in a good way, not to flesh eating bacteria)! All that exercise is slowly paying off! Yay! Although I'll dread heading back to Malaysia and ruining all that work and becoming fat again! :( But I'm not too fussed about what I look like, and the Malaysian food (Char Kueh Teaw, Satay and etc etc) is SOOO WORTH IT! :)

Ok... time for EMBARASSING AUSTRALIAN MOMENT story time :) Ooh boy I'm gonna regret typing this down I'll tell you that. Well one of the nights Hang Yuan and Co took me to this Indian place called Bizmi which does Roti Canai and stuff, and wow I pigged out sooooo badly on all the curries and biryani rices and etc (can't get good stuff like that in NZ) and.... the next day I had diarhoea! and i mean BAD diarhoea, wouldn't have been too bad if we had stayed at home, but that was the last day I was in Australia and so we decided to visit the Great Ocean Road and see the 12 apostles (only 8 left i heard! they were still twelve when i visited). And it was a longgggg (and I mean longgggg) drive. I had to make numerous pitstops, and once we were in the middle of nowhere and driving, and I had an attack.. And let's just say I gave back to the Outback for taking me in (make sense?)! Which is why I say I left a part of me in Australia (no more 'leaving pregnant girls in Oz' rumours ok??). Lol there I said it, gonna go and hide myself in shame now. Anyways, plenty more stories coming up in future updates.

Blog ya later
Tip: Do not eat massive amounts of curry the day before a big trip!

Just going through some old poetry I wrote a long time ago, you can find them on www.poetry.com if you search for Charles Ling :) The first one I wrote was about the experiences of a new father arriving at the hospital after his son was born, and the other I just imagined a mum reading a bedtime poem (that's what it's called) to her child just before she sleeps. Enjoy! :) I don't know why I wrote these since I have't gone through these particular experiences, but I guess I put myself in those positions as I wrote those poems.

A Joyful Moment

I walk into this building of death;
Of gloom, sadness and hopelessness;
With leaden feet and a beating heart;
I quickly brace myself for my part.

I feel a lump in my chest;
No feeling can deny,
A joyousness no words could express;
I hear a gentle cry.

My eyes I keep tightly shut,
If not they'd flood Noah's Ark,
A baby boy lies in her hands,
I can't believe God's plans.

That God would bless such a soul;
A wretched creature, I confess;
I hear a faint gentle whisper;
Of bliss and joy and happiness.

I hold him with my hardened hands,
He's small and tiny like a toy,
He's what I feel the world needs,
To bring forth new hope, love and joy.

Charles Jun Ling

A Bedtime Poem

Tonight whilst you sleep in bed,
I'll send angels to watch over your head,
As shooting stars slowly pass you by,
I hope that in your dreams you'll fly,
To happy places, and happy times,
Meeting familiar faces of many kinds,
Of cheery hello's and great goodbyes,

I hope you'll dream of happy thoughts,
Of English fleets and Spanish ports,
And while you rest your head in bed,
Dream of St Nicholas in his sled,

Don't worry how to make the world right,
But think of happy times,
And then the world will seem bright,
As you go to bed,
Good night, sleep tight,
Tonight.

Charles Ling

Hm.... after being called the worst blogger in the world (self admitted too!) I decided to take up the challenge of being the 2nd worst blogger in the world (by posting at least one entry) so I can dominate over someone else.

What did I do today? Woke up late for dance practice, I subconsciously (well, half-consciously) set the alarm one hour later in my drowsy state and went back to peaceful bliss. It was part honest mistake, part lazy-bum-nitis (may or may not exist), because I thought I had set the alarm one hour too early (well it felt like it was one hour too early at least!). So then I made a mad dash to Uni is an astounding 30 minutes (Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's a sweaty frantic [can't forget to mention late] asian!). We did some more work with the breakdance moves, but aren't close to being presentable yet.

Last night we had dinner at a place called Los Incas in Devonport, which is across the bay from Auckland. Since we weren't in the mood for a mid winter swim in Auckland harbour we drove the car over the Harbour bridge (like sane people do!). But you can also get to Devonport by ferry from Auckland for a dirty cheap $9! The food there was really good, I ordered "The Hand of God" (hm.... God for dinner) which was steak argentinian style which was totally awesome. William had the seafood stew which turned out to be awesome (I totally regreted ordering God for dinner). Oh well, you win this time Will! We went to celebrate Yen's birthday and I got him a book he wanted called Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (which I'm borrowing after his done, already reserved it! :P expect a review in 2 years time when I finish reading it).

Also went shopping for Lily's birthday today, grrr too many 21sts make my bank account cry!! Oh well, me and Angie roamed the ghetto that is Auckland (it's not really a ghetto, just sounds cool) in search of the perfect gift. We eventually got her a makeup container, and a siberian husky (toy! before you guys expect me to buy you 1000dollar dogs for your 21sts too) inside it! Awww so cute... Kawai deshou! ^_^

Anyways, it's gonna be another mad dash before uni starts, I've got a few parties to go to not to mention more dance practices (oh my aching body) plus the habit of sleeping at 4am which won't be good when uni starts. Ooooh boy I haven't studied for Law at all, and i've had six weeks to start, I'll start tomorrow... (Yeah right!)

That's it for now, blog ya later! :)

It's been awhile since I last blogged anything remotely connected to my life but expect a big update soon! :) I'm still in Melbourne, and the week has passed by, not too quickly, but has left me with many new friends, strengthened existing ones, and most of all given me many great memories :) And I guess that's what a large part of life is about, creating great memories, and Melbourne is a great place (not as great as Auckland tho :P) and IMacs (what I'm using now) aren't as great as PC's :P

It hasn't been all about me taking from Australia, I left a little bit of myself there too (Hang Yuan and Juni know this :P) I might tell everyone else later, but I might not, we'll see how things go! But Hang Yuan and Juni, thanks for opening up your houses to me during this week, I'm blessed to have great friends like you and am happy to have shared this week with you guys, I'm just waiting for you guys to come to Auckland so I can repay the favour :)

Well, it's 1AM now and my flight is at 8.15am, so.... Farewell Melbourne, thank you for the memories, great to have met so many new people, and I guess I might see you again someday :) Peace out from down under (which is actually above NZ, but watever)