March 19, 2008

the walk of time

Dec 2007:

Bringing Melbourne Alive

through rekindled reunions from home. birthday gifts that touch the heart and late night catch ups till 5am. hardly sleeping always eating, just your average tourist for the month. graduating through thunderstorm and sunshine, adding on to the joys and harsh realizations of the day. the crazy people i call friends who came to support me- you all made my day! (p.s. i miss you girls, and ironically, im seeing the guys in beijing soon) wine and dine, in not much style but lots of comfort. GPS-ing through long drives, SMS-ing in between naps, trigger-happy souls wandered through the sights and sounds in ultimate delight.

cuties

lazing at monash clayton

amateur golfer

tumultuous grad day

strawberries

so coooold!

boys like black umbrellas

Christmas at Sanctuary Lakes

huddle at the melb museum

beautiful coastline

Jan 2008:

Macau and everything in between

was supposedly a shopping paradise, both for the brand-conscious (macau) and for the thrifty fashionistas (other parts of China). the best company for whisky and dirty jokes during dinner. family friends are the kind of friends you keep as family, for all time. endless massages, by young but skilled masseurs. travelling from north to south to east to west, for the best culinary treats. winning at roulette, only to splurge on everything else. coffee was almost impossible to find. conversing in broken bits of mandarin, only to have them reply in cantonese.. bah. an interesting trip.

one of the busy squares(i dont remember what it's called!=[)

distinctly macau

inside the Venetian Casino/Hotel

Dr Sun Yat Sen's village

we couldnt take a proper one

'pushing' the steel doors

Wynn's extravagant Dancing Fountain Show

visiting ji lui (Pearl Lady) at Jihoi (Zuhai)


Feb 2008:

Chinese New Year

sparkling red with gorgeous hakka meals, day through night through dawn. obligatory wishes, added on to the overflowing yee sang. cries of forgotten faces and new additions to the family tree. kids blooming into teenagers, young adults looking for adventures abroad and beyond.. the old, smiling at them all. festivity joined in by two barking dogs who hate being left out of the chatter. some people change, but nothing bonds better than a deck of cards laid on the table of course.

we try to be young

some of us kids

take number 3

dining table

a yearly get-together

caught between glam aunties


March 25th, 2008:

Beijing, here I come.
12 weeks of intensive Mandarin classes at BLCU, and then off to realize an AIESEC internship. for the first time, im going alone.
Fingers crossed, the adventure begins.

3 comments:

Soliloquy said...

Liss liss liss, long absence from your blog :( stupid Mark won't let me talk to you longer! Home seems soo good :) can't wait to go back & beijing sounds soo exciting & u get to watch olympics!! hate u, hate u~ hehe.. how could I :p All the best babe! We'll be speaking mandarin (Xi Shua Shua-in) next time we meet k :) hehe..HUGS!

Kenny said...

i expect 3 months from now on i'll be able to share some of my favourite chinese melodies with you. Don't worry they're not "emo" like my chai soy latte.

liss said...

solliloquy: ah i miss you so much babe. cant believe how far we've come, how much we've grown.. together, in our own way..
and mark was the sweetest to call and have me to talk to everyone there! who knows when i'll next see you guys and do an AIESEC dance?=p
i'll be reading up on you!

kenny: i hope they're not emo =p but dont expect too much! hope you're doing well&happy.