Week 1: My week thus far.

[Edit: written yesterday. i am no longer eating kuih bahulu (bahalu?!)]

growing up, shouldering responsibilities and generally being an adult is such a pain in the metaphorical ass. since coming back to sydney, my time has been mostly spent on looking for accommodation (yea, getting kicked out of the place BOOHOO no la, just kidding SORRY GEN!), counting my dollars and cents because i'm now working and therefore should be supporting myself AND stressing out wondering if i've got enough dollars and cents to upkeep my current lifestyle (high-maintenance la, what to do?!).

and through all this frantic adult activities, little did i know that one week has already passed! HOORAY! i am now one week closer to being home! but then, like cold water killing my joy - i've come to realise that it has already been a week and yet i've failed to look for a place to stay. my first foray into adulthood and i'm already a failure sigh.

ANYWAY. i went to see a place in glebe today - old triple storey Victorian house with the landlady plus two more tenants already living in the place (1 male aussie working as an IT specialist in USYD and 1 male Singaporean who, according to mrs. landlady is VERY handsome). as much as i liked the place (and the prospect of Singaporean man) but it was a bit small, and smelled kinda funky like how old houses tend to do. ok. that's all.

ok la, everything's not as gloomy as it seems. here's some photos. i'm actually still editing the photos from the roadtrip but i'm not actually in a hurry to post them up. over the week, my cousin got married, there was joshua and ben to play with AND ms. nata shariff is in town for a visit. plus i've got my kuih bahulu (bahalu?) to eat (i'm actually eating them RIGHT NOW!) which i brought back for the aussies in the lab but it's been untouched for a few days now bah they don't know how to appreciate the finesse that is malaysian pastries so I, MELANIE HO will appreciate them.

photos. bye.

The Wedding.




The Kids.





Ms. Nata's Great Adventure in Sydney Pt. 2: The Beach.