Day fifty two.
foundation day holiday. whoots whoots. i love my weekend so much! having a four day weekend break is like any students' dream come true. i spent the last of my long weekend at carousel today watching a movie, the messengers.
so sorry chris;D i made you wait for me like two hours plus at carousel, without much to do either since all the shops were closed on a public holiday (its different here- when its a public holiday, everyone goes for a holiday even shop owners. thank goodness, the transport personnel dont go on leave. i cant imagine not going out on a public holiday) in spore, you know how everyone wants to work especially so on a public holidays? why. because you get a double pay. its the incentive to work.
every single shop was closed except for the eateries near the cinemas- the cinemas still open on a public holiday. thank god! the funny thing is- theres even barricades that fenced off the paths to the shops. those barricades that you see at street festivals to keep the crowds out of the streets. you get what i mean.
the show started at three. we grabbed a quick lunch at one of the asian eateries. chris, though i didnt let you pay for this meal- you'll be treating me soon! lunch was fun;D crapped a lot throughout before the show started and we made it a point to get to the cinemas early (becaause of my stupid habit of always being late of a movie-dont ask. but im always somehow late for every movie). chris paid for the tickets. i bought the drinks. (once again, i wont let you pay for the drinks! HAHA. )
i dont get why guys have to pay everything.i mean whats the mentality that a guy has to pay for everything if he goes out with a girl. if thats the case- i really pity their parents pockets. well, if the guy works for his own career, then i wont mind him spending- its his money anyway. chris wanted to pay for the drinks too, and i was like 'i dont care! im paying for the drinks. you paid enough le. you can pay for my tickets (smirks)!' and he didnt let it rest there. 'does it feel very weird if a girl pays?' he agreed. i still dont get why guys have to do the spending all the time.
the movie was great, other than the whole fact that i covered my eyes and screamed like a few times throughout the whole movie. okay, i know i havent really grown up as yet. i may be 17 but i still think like a 14 year old. dont blame me if i dont like gore or blood. and yes, i do get scared of freaky stuff. im learning to watch them already- give me credit for that!
the screaming part well- it was sudden. and i guess it shocked chris pretty much too. HAHA. i really miss the last time i went out with my juniors to watch the stranger (dorcas, kellylow and honey) wow! guys if you remembered thw whole cinema screamed at one part and we all started laughing right after that part even though we pretty much screamed too. haha;D thats the best part about watching scary movies in cinemas. (and dorcas- i still recalled we sqeezed kelly low's outer t-shirt so tightly and even fought for her jacket to cover our eyes.) hey i could scream as much as i wanted since there was only 7 people in the whole cinema. im not kidding. (though i kind of like the fact that you get free seating in all cinemas) that im not kidding. like theres no such thing as seat numbers here.
ps: the best part is you can watch one movie and walk out after the movie and go into the next theatre and watch another without paying since you enter in and out through the same exit and entrance- good huh. okay. you didnt hear this from me.promise. pinky swear!
see the great difference? if you were smart enough
which i hope you are. the one on the left was taken during autumn and the other was during winter.
major difference since all the leaves have fallen and have piled up on the sidewalks. to put it crudely, the trees are all 'naked' now. though its fun to rustle the leaves when you walk past them,
you get bored after a while.
after the movie. we went back home since there wasnt much to do either since all the shops were closed. so we both walked to the bus stop to catch our buses.
and i missed my bus! thats not the best part. the best part is... the next bus arrives in only an hour later. well thats perth's transport for you. you wont want to miss a bus- if not it just means waiting out in the cold for another hour till the next arrives. chris agreed to wait for my bus to arrive, but i didnt want him to so he went off first. thats picture on the left is pretty much the 5.10pm sun setting. no kidding. when its around 6pm, the sky gets dark already.
as i got off the bus, i couldnt expain how much i shivered out on the walk home. it was really cold. so much for the hot sun. wait it wasnt that all hot at all. there was wind blowing. well it was dark and all and the cool thing was- there was still people playing tennis out in the courts at the park area. like as though im not cold enough.
breathing in the cold still air was so difficult- it felt like youre fighting for every last bit of air that your lungs can take in. its like expanding your lungs after every exhal was so painful to force yourself to take in one more breath of air. and walking so fast in the cold with the thought of getting home as fast as you could to shield away from the cold didnt help much. because, it only made you breath in deeper. and every breath i took- i felt like i was wheezing. but all of that pain stopped as i stopped dead in my tracks and looked up at the skies. a clear blue night sky. one you cant explain with all the stars out. i thank the lord for the creation of stars. its really a wonder when you stand there at the sidewalk in admiration of his wonders. all the pain, all the tiredness from walking, and all the wheezing stopped still there and then. you just feel like reaching your arms out in the hope of grabbing some stars to place them in a bottle and put them beside your bed to admire the whole night. star gazing would be one of the things i'll write down on my list of things to do when i grow up. its one thing- you cant miss out!
after the movie. we went back home since there wasnt much to do either since all the shops were closed. so we both walked to the bus stop to catch our buses. and i missed my bus! thats not the best part. the best part is... the next bus arrives in only an hour later. well thats perth's transport for you. you wont want to miss a bus- if not it just means waiting out in the cold for another hour till the next arrives. chris agreed to wait for my bus to arrive, but i didnt want him to so he went off first. thats picture on the left is pretty much the 5.10pm sun setting. no kidding. when its around 6pm, the sky gets dark already.