DEN this is funny

do we look like sisters?

ZOMG

MITCH ALBOM ISNT SIGNING HIS BOOKS TODAY. AND MARYANNE MANAGED TO GET IT YESTERDAY. WHILE I WAS FACEPAINTING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

SIGH, THE PERFECT GIFT. IS NOT PERFECT ANYMORE! SIGH.

OKAY, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING WATCHING HIM AND DR PHIL TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES.

BUT STILL, EH I GOT HIS ONE MORE DAY BOOK JUST FOR THAT.

I GUESS I SHOULD BE HAPPY I GOT A NICE PENGUIN BOOKS BAG AND TWO AWESOME PENGUIN BOOKS.

P.S MITCH ALBOM IS A VERY CUTE MAN. PICTURES SOON.

Ne-Yo - Because Of You

sssssssssst. hot stuff

Spice Girls - Wannabe

Seriously. They were good stuff of their time.

Mary J. Blige feat. U2 - One (Live Grammy Awards 2006

Backstreet Boys - I Want it That Way

Dude, seriously

My tummy is experiencing the most painful cramps of sorts. It has to be the well, non-existent dinner, the bloody lousy coffee from Northernlights and the crossiant. Random thoughts up ahead.



Not my favorite genre of movies, but I enjoyed it. If you're a visual person, the images linger up there after the movie. Just so you know.



I MISS YOU TWINNIE. VERY MUCH. I'll be back so we can sing at Juntion 8, possibly during the wheeeee hours of the morning :)

charmaine.yee schnappi YES YES
schnappi charmaine.yee ALWAYS LOR
schnappi charmaine.yee ALWAYS.
schnappi charmaine.yee SIAN
schnappi charmaine.yee TOUCH HER SHOULDER !
schnappi charmaine.yee he dare
schnappi charmaine.yee later i scold him
charmaine.yee schnappi SCOLD !
schnappi charmaine.yee do you know that his fan base is like madness
schnappi charmaine.yee its cultish
charmaine.yee schnappi I KNOW SCARY
schnappi charmaine.yee okay anyway the bomb video is
charmaine.yee schnappi THIS IS U2

I am more than glad to go back repeat St Nicks couple times over.

Are they really gone?

I was looking through the Hawaii pictures and I couldnt help but sigh.

Sigh, my favourite sunnies
Sigh, my San Fran pictures
Sigh, my favourite purple purse-of sorts.

My emotional attachment to inanimate objects is remarkable. But it cannot be helped. I'll get a new camera thats okay. But those SF pictures, it was undoubtedly the best place I've been to in a long time.

Long overdue pictures from Spring Break

HAWAII my darlings!

And Den, where in the world have you disappeared to?

Im doing it

GO FOR IT, seriously.

Keep it up, good stuff!

Crosspulse, for you. Its a shame they're not on youtube. Good stuff is always overlooked. Its where the body is the instrument! Good stuff. Clearly my favourite couple of words these days.

My bet is the Awesome Foursome would like this music.

And speaking of the pictures I did not need to choose one eventually. I got myself a picture taken against a blue wall. In hindsight, I might've looked better in a random picture. We'll see.

And Kei, this is specially for your housewarming. I am clearly upset that you did not invite me at all. Even Eugene offered a day before to pay for my flight back for the warming. This time, I'll let you off. Simply because I managed to speak to you that day, and I guess you're still alive and kicking. Secondly because you've promised to make Pavlova and already prepared a red carpet entry for my return at the airport. With such love, Kei, need I be upset?

That aside, have a good one you crazy girl. And make sure to have VB, or whatever beer you got in stock at the mo and dont forget to blast some Robbie Williams! Take pictures, take videos and remember to let your hair down! (Literally. Its always up)

I need an opinion

and I dont usually put people through the torture of staring at my pictures. But...this is kind of different.1.

2.

3.

Choose one. The best one. (if any at all) And let me know. Thanks!

To a place I've grown attached to,

I made my place by the door.
I didn't know what I was waiting for.
Felt just like home.
Except no grass, no yard, no pictures.

I finally made it.
I made a clean getaway.
And I miss you,
I miss you every single day.

Lots of love to the Melbournians.

i would be frank

and say I am possibly the worst anchor/reporter to be in this lifetime. I just walked out of an EU conference: 3 years later seminar which is still going on. So I spent a grand total of 45 mins in th Anderson School of Management place after listening to the ministers of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary iron out issues on trade, GDP, foreign policy an entire agenda my sleeping brain cant recall for the life of me. It goes from 9am till 12noon.

But really, I think I'll be fine with an interview tomorrow. I"ll just bulll my way through, as always. And try to recall facts. None of which i can even remember now. Lovely. I think the Minister of Poland spoke about the parallels of the US progressive models and Polands. Or something along those lines.

Of course, there is justification to all this. My zombie status can be credited to staying awake the whole night chilling with our 22 and one day old PRINCESS DIANA! :) and maryanne. I havent had so much fun playing pingpong, pool, and foosball since I-cant-remember when. Then we sang pop songs of their teen days, which I sang songs I sang a few years ago. Wait, Im still a teen go ahead shoot me. Point being, we went along the hallways, down the stairs, in the recreation room. WE sang EVERYWHERE and anywhere. Then we printed lyrics and SANG in the music room till 7am. Ate BREAKFAST (i never do mornings, let alone breakfast). Breakfast was the bomb, sunnyside eggs, rice and light soy sauce. Life could not be better. Seriously.

I dont do this very often, but Im glad I did. so HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DIANA! :) You are one very angtsy woman in the morning...but we still accept you as a friend and such. <3

I. NEED. SLEEP.

gd'night world.

The Story

(Before anything at all, click on the picture. Each picture is pretty characteristic.)

SF was surreal, and absolutely awesome. Its romantic, quaint and I love everything about it. Even if it meant living in between two strip clubs. I have fantastic pictures in my cam, but I guess whoever stole my bag can enjoy them for me. I really miss those CK sunnies. The pictures have been the Whats going on, for say, the last two weeks. I just dont have a camera to show you Marie Claire moments.

But moving swiftly along. I guess there's been way too much going on these days. Narrating them here would be tedious. I hear people have awesome pictures for me.

Someone I know across the globe hasnt been having the best of days. My dear girl, be strong. Kind of wish I was there to make a walk in park, or a tea and scone. Hang in there, miss you lots. Everything about this post is pink. And I hope it gets you smiling for a bit. :)

I've got the lyrics of this awesome song called The Story.

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
Yeah you do and I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth
Is hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what I've been through but you do
And I was made for you...

Wicked taught me this

WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE
LESS FORTUNATE THAN I
(AND LET'S FACE IT -- WHO ISN'T
LESS FORTUNATE THAN I?)
MY TENDER HEART
TENDS TO START TO BLEED
AND WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A MAKEOVER
I SIMPLY HAVE TO TAKE OVER
I KNOW I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED
AND EVEN IN YOUR CASE
THO' IT'S THE TOUGHEST CASE I'VE YET TO FACE
DON'T WORRY -- I'M DETERMINED TO SUCCEED
FOLLOW MY LEAD
AND YES, INDEED
YOU WILL BE...

Popular!
You're gonna be popular!
I'll teach you the proper ploys
When you talk to boys
Little ways to flirt and flounce
I'll show you what shoes to wear
How to fix your hair
Everything that really counts

To be popular
I'll help you be popular!
You'll hang with the right cohorts
You'll be good at sports
Know the slang you've got to know
So let's start
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go:

Don't be offended by my frank analysis
Think of it as personality dialysis
Now that I've chosen to be come a pal, a
Sister and adviser
There's nobody wiser
Not when it comes to popular -
I know about popular
And with an assist from me
To be who you'll bee
Instead of dreary who-you-were: are:
There's nothing that can stop you
From becoming popu-
Ler: lar:

La la la la
We're gonna make
You popular

When I see depressing creatures
With unprepossessing features
I remind them on their own behalf
To think of
Celebrated heads of state or
Specially great communicators
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh!

They were popular! Please -
It's all about popular!
It's not about aptitude
It's the way you're viewed
So it's very shrewd to be
Very very popular
Like me!

today i skipped

two of my morning class. 8 till 11, so make that all of my morning then. it feels good, simply laying in bed. at the same time, comtemplating how lost i would be in the discussion later on today. works out.

then i went to the international office for an appt only to receive the scare of my life. it was the froze-in-the-moment, you-better-be-absolutely-kidding-me kind of scare. no one, i repeat, no one deserves to be scared that way. word of the day: anal.

pop-pu-U-lar

For those who have been following the fraud saga, well thank God everything is okay now. the 1582 bucks was not charged to my account. But Im still working with Washington Mutual about the 70 bucks worth of Macers. I can slowly begin to exhale.

Things're getting pretty suffocating. A little like the universal truth that as soon as one part of your like is pieced back together, another would fall apart with beauty. In this case, Xin Hui's phone has kind of died on me and I am still clueless. This whole stolen bag in Hawaii is causing worries. I wont let it go until every single.friggin.thing is settled.

Well, at least Ive got my Butter Almond Thins from Trader Joes. I can confidently say I'll miss that place when life resumes in Melbourne!

BRB, Im hoping listening to Mandarin songs might calm my nerves. I need my huge living room to sing at the top of my lungs and space to dance around like no one's watching.

The results so far

damien's vote. mae did you vote for the lighter purple or darker purple?

red votes: 3 (latest vote from va)

black votes: 2

purple votes: 2

NOW NOW...

they're kind of hot

i need want should must have that 6 in 1 dress. shall secretly get it since the darling mother feels i shouldnt get it. i'd like to think its awesome. plus hey, im gonna be attending events soon. entirely justifiable.

i kind of need a vote. so leave me a tag and tell me which colour looks best? one vote from the roomie for black.

Dear friends

please be safe and watch the road whereever you guys are going to be road tripping. The Age did report rise in Easter Break accidents.

come back in one piece you guys, or life'd be unimaginable! :)

You know

you're living a rather normal life when you have to be in bed by 1am at the latest and be up by 7.30.

seven.friggin.thirty. because I have a class at 8am and attendance is mandatory.

mark my words, i will be a rather disciplined lady by the end of the quarter.

and this morning, i woke up for brekkie to meet darling sam and steph k who are were in town today for a day! :) so glad i met them, since they bumped into tyra banks! dang, should've just skipped that silly appointment to go for Pink Berry.

I read stuff I wrote a year ago. Very amusing really. But it brings a smile to me face all the same.

in other news, this quarter is beginning to be rather stressful and im rather stuck onto Gwen Stefani's Sweet Escape!

If I could escape
I would, but first of all let me say
I must apologize for acting, stinking, treating you this way
Cause I've been acting like sour milk fell on the floor
It's your fault you didn't shut the refridgerator
Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold

If I could escape
And re-create a place as my own world
And I could be your favorite girl
Forever, perfectly together
Tell me boy, now wouldn't that be sweet?

If I could be sweet
I know I've been a real bad girl
I didn't mean for you to get hurt
Forever, we can make it better
Tell me boy, Now wouldn't that be sweet?
Sweet escape

You let me down
I'm at my lowest boiling point
Come help me out
I need to get me out of this joint
Come on, let's bounce
Counting on you to turn me around
Instead of clowning around let's look for some common ground

So baby, times getting a little crazy
I've been getting a little lazy
Waiting for you to come save me
I can see that you're angry
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
By the way the you treat me
Hopefully you don't leave me
Want to take you with me

If I could escape
And re-create a place as my own world
And I could be your favorite girl
Forever, perfectly together
Tell me boy, now wouldn't that be sweet?

If I could be sweet
I know I've been a real bad girl
I didn't mean for you to get hurt
Forever, we can make it better
Tell me boy, now wouldn't that be sweet?
Sweet escape 

Yeah well, its been ringing in my head all day.

what is wrong with these people

first they use 1582 bucks on jewellery and then they spend 70 odd bucks on Macers.

OMG. the card was supposed to have frozen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING!!

stephie, i havent been the best mate, i apologize. 21st must be a fairly big thing for you, but hey i'll be back and we'll do our silly little thing and celebate your bday awesome foursome style. with beans and booze!! you and i both know we need those two things to keep us sane. things've been a little messy up North. my bag was stolen, with a good $1582 unauthorized use of the debit card, dealing with the bank, its just way to much stuff to narrate here. i'll talk to you soon.

nonetheless honn, I hope you had a blast on your 21st!! hang in there with the mid sems/ tests/ assignements. you'll do just fine and kick butt in those exams!! take care my darling, love lots!

miss you guys a whole lot!!

also, i've got a new Cingular number, there're a few ways to get it if you want it. facebook, MSN, but best is email: yee.charmaine@gmail.com. im an email freak.

later!