munchies

...way too many banana chips later...

she starts to think that snacking is evil. it's like she's possessed....

can't... stop... munching.... gahhhhhhh...

so it goes another lonely day...

sluggish might be an overly positive word to describe the state of my brain at this point.

mush. i think that works better. green and sloshy... the consistency of a 7eleven slurpee.

struggling to think straight. i think i need a nightcap.. and lots of sleep. lots and lots. and maybe a new, less sloshy brain. and a puppy. and a powerdrill. and an offshore swiss bank account.

ok. shut up deborah. stop scaring the children...

hith strikes again

at some point last week (or it might have been the week before.. and i can't for the life of me remember what day...) we decided that it would be a good idea to have steamboat for dinner. it turned out to be a warm day, hence the t-shirts and the tank tops.. but i guess you could say that just added to the atmosphere :)

heaps of beef, shabu shabu style... and the usual beef/pork/fish balls... tofu... a mountain of veg and mushrooms. needless to say.. we stuffed ourselves silly... temperamental steamboat pot notwithstanding.

thanks guys! ... for another great weekend. in the words of colbie caillat...

you make it easier
when life gets hard

hith!

bertrand russell is awesome

i must say that i've never read a commentary on the history of philosophy that has been as entertaining as bertrand russell's. i picked up the book just last week at the secondhand bookstore next door... and for $15, it was a great buy.

Nature and Nature's laws hid by night
God said "Let Newton be," and all was light

i've been devouring it page by page since i picked it up a few days ago. decided to take a break from my thesis and work on my social theory essay and presentation.

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so the parents are coming this weekend. which should be interesting. we might need to do a bit of spring cleaning. *coughcough* just a bit.

i am looking forward to seeing them though. it's been awhile. would love to catch up with my mom over coffee. miss her heaps and heaps. hopefully i'll be able to find the time. this weekend is so packed.

'ave an avo in the arvo

blogging twice in one day. you've just gotta love what procrastination makes you do.

so i'm really sleepy now... and am so sick of my thesis that i could barf on it. the only problem with that is i'm not entirely sure if i want my laptop to smell of regurgitated mapo tofu (mmm... tofu...).

i can't believe the amount of avocado i have devoured today. i blame the bread. i bought a loaf of olive sourdough bread from vicmart yesterday. love. dense, slightly sour and chock full of sliced black olives. it's perfect just thinly sliced and lightly toasted with a little bit of good olive oil... a slathering of fresh avocado... a squeeze of lemon juice... and just lightly seasoned with sea salt and cracked pepper. perfection. great snack on a hot(ish) day. the only thing that's stopping me from making some now is that the only other avocado i have left in the larder isn't ripe yet.

bollocks.

it's a conspiracy i tell you!

get that thesis train a-chugging!

so i'm not as screwed as i thought i was. thank God. went to have a chat with my supervisor today (for the first time this semester. yes i know... i've been a naughty girl).. and showed him what i've been working on and how i've been progressing. and he said that it's actually looking pretty good, which came as quite a shock to me. so now that my fears have been assuaged... the rubber needs to hit the road.

time to get busy girl. gogogo!

a gamut of emotions

so i'm trying to write my thesis... i've got words coming out of my ears.. and none of it is helping to inspire me at the moment.

what a waste of words

it's proving a lot more challenging than i imagined, and i think i'm really starting to struggle. it helps to know that there are people who believe in me, especially since i'm not entirely sure if i even believe in myself at this point. it's frustrating because you want to produce a really good piece of work... but when the words don't flow...

they just... don't.

and then you end up writing stuff just because you have to fill the pages with ink and scribbles.

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on another note, went to boxhill with mish and davis to visit mia's church today. must say that i really enjoyed myself. it's been awhile since i've been to a small family church, and it was definitely very refreshing. i must say i haven't heard the three-fold amen in awhile, so that was somewhat nostalgic. haha. all they had to do was throw in the doxology and the gloria patri and i would have been right at home.

the people were really friendly and amiable, and it was nice to talk to people who were genuinely interested in getting to know you. i think that's what's missing in a lot of the churches that i've been to.. and it's sad because that shouldn't be the case at all. being made to feel welcome in the house of God should be a given, and it really doesn't take that much to just say 'hi' to someone new. face it, new people are definitely more uncomfortable than you are... so how much effort can it take to get out of your little bubble just for a few minutes? but maybe i'm just being unreasonable.

am i?

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well whatever it is... today was nice. day started great in the house of God, and continued with blue skies and the world just bursting with colour. :)

summer's coming, and i love how it just takes you by suprise. unike spring and autumn which slowly crawl in with budding and falling leaves ... summer bursts upon you like an excited child on the first day of the holidays. bring out the summer fruits and the summer dresses! we're ready and waiting :)

cruising

so the last month has been hectic.. albeit in a good way. time just flew... finishing up my interviews and trying to get my thesis written. working heaps. read: 4 days next week. jet-setting and running off on spontaneous retreats. it's been fun. you guys are awesome :)

i really hope that i can get my act together and finish my school work on time though. discipline is an issue and i desperately need to pull up my socks this time.

there must be more than this... God please open these eyes that i might see.