Bored with the holidays – oh yes, I do believe there’s something wrong with me

It’s a new year again – new resolutions anyone? Hmm… considering that I was able to keep my very unambitious (my Dad’s description, not mine) resolution from last year, maybe I’ll try making another one. Sure, it’s already February but since the Chinese just had their new year celebration, and I’m always being mistaken as Chinese, it’s a good time as any other to make resolutions. Since it will be my last year of Uni as of 1st of March, I guess the best resolution would be to just enjoy the whole Uni student life while it lasts. A good place to start is with student discount and freebies…

On another note, I haven’t really been doing much all summer. I’m in the process of renewing my passport (my current one is either lost in the mail or with the embassy), so I’m stuck here in Australia till I get a new one. I went to that Moonlight Cinema in the Royal Botanic Gardens a few weeks ago, and it was nice coz it was like 2 of my favourite things rolled in one – watching a movie and having a picnic. True, the picnic stuff might be contaminated by Aeroguard especially come sunset (there’s so many people spraying at once that you can see some sort of Aeroguard mist), but it’s still fun. It ended so late though, so I had to dash to the tram then train, to catch the last train of the day. I also went on a few wine-tasting trips with my parents, including a one-time lunch at a wine estate – I still don’t get all those wine tasting notes cards; the most ridiculous entry I’ve read so far is that of some wine tasting like “the forest floor”. I can’t really imagine what the forest floor is supposed to taste like – every time I try to imagine, I get this image of a person licking the ground of some forest in the Dandenongs. And that really doesn’t seem all that enticing. I also volunteered for an exhibition day for an Architecture organisation last December, and I must say, I’ve never seen anyone get excited with light fittings until that day. Sure they have some sort of connection with Frank Lloyd Wright but still, exclaiming like it’s the best thing since the Internet is a tad too much.

Other stuff I’ve been doing during the holidays are going to the beach, working, book-binging, working, going to the movies and working. Oh, and I’ll be going to this Urban History/Planning History conference next week. Why? a) I’m already bored b) I had $200 to spare… and I can’t believe I just said that, and c) it’s related to my field of study PLUS if I’m lucky, I could d) do some networking – I dunno how it works but apparently, it’s really important in the field of building environments.

Well, that’s all for now. Sorry for the much delayed post – I just realised that the last time I posted anything was just after the exams. I hope everyone’s not getting bored with holidays like me. 🙂