JULY 2007…

Virtuoso says:
what abt the lizard story lets hear it then
Tash says:
so i was drinking out of my drink bottle today… which is metal and opaque
and as i was nearing the end of the bottle, i felt something bump against my lip
and i looked inside, and suddenly i saw this pair of beady, black eyes looking at me :P
Virtuoso says:
yup..
:-O hahaha
lol ewwwwwwwwww….
:P i thought u kissed a pet lizad or something.
Tash says:
ewwww why would i have a pet lizard???
reptiles creep me out… even more so after today
i mean, the lizard was PALE and it had obviously drownedddddd… eeee, it was so limp
qwijANVKASDJNJSD
UGH

Tash says:
i also kissed a lizard today =)
voodoo child says:
an actual lizard?
Tash says:
mmmhmmm
a dead, actual lizard
i was drinking out of my metallic, opaque water bottle today
and as i neared the end of my drink, i felt something bump against my lip
so i peered inside the bottle… and i saw a pair of beady, black eyes
=)
voodoo child says:
you’re taking it very well..
:P
Tash says:
awww, shucks HAHAHA
i am, actually! i turned to gary and went, “… i think there’s a lizard in my bottle”
“OH MY GAWD THAT’S FUCKING GROSS”
some men are useless
voodoo child says:
hhahahaha
Tash says:
he refused to help me empty it out hahahaha
voodoo child says:
hahahahahha
wait.. why are you ok with a lizard in yr bottle?
hahaha
Tash says:
i’m not hahahaha
but i today i panicked and broke out into a cold sweat
but i didn’t shriek… and it’s a story to tell the grandchildren yknow :D
voodoo child says:
ahh.. a much better reaction
hahhaha
granny kissed a lizard before your grandpa?
Tash says:
hahahah EXACTLYY
voodoo child says:
not really a good story
hahaha
Tash says:
i think it is =D
i hate this
yknow how the frog turned into a prince when the princess kissed it?
why didn’t my lizard turn into like…
anthony bourdain
voodoo child says:
a hobo?
Tash says:
hahahaha
of the hot variety
voodoo child says:
or him
hahahha

I found these snippets from MSN conversations I had with Zainul and Ashrin respectively while browsing through old archives on my friends-only LiveJournal. It’s amazing how many incidents and feelings that the passage of time renders almost forgotten — save for dull pangs in your heart which appear, temporarily, when you’re reminded about these old situations. I have five years’ worth of posts on my LJ, dating back to December 2002, with proper updates ending in December last year. One day, maybe sometime soon, I’ll read through them all — and laugh, and possibly cringe, cry, feel pangs of regret for… Self-discovery, if you like. There’s a lot of history on that LJ. (:

I went out for dinner and a drink with Gary (mentioned in MSN conversations above) on Wednesday- correction: I watched Gary have dinner while I wolfed down my first proper dessert in a few weeks, which was good but made me feel insanely guilty after because I’ve really been trying to eat healthily lately. We got to catch up on six months’ worth of backlogged news: his new job, what’s been happening at university for me, his trip to KK to climb Mount Kinabalu… and for those who know Gary, you’d know that his life is never short of interesting. xP He later insisted he buy me Shutter (the Thai version) to bring back to London to watch — “NOT ALONE” he expressly warned me, so I am now the (not so proud) owner of a pirated $2.50 copy of Shutter, which I really don’t want to watch because I really dislike horror flicks! We ended up at the renovated Dome, now called ‘Cheezbox’, for a drink at the end of the evening. The name of the restaurant really doesn’t do justice to the decor and the quality of food and drink there (incidentally, it falls under the same management as Gripps)! There are free internet terminals on the tables lining the glass windows, and we ended up reading the blog of a teenage girl, the link of which was saved on the computer. Warning: if you really want to ensure anonymity when using public computers, PLEASE ensure that your blog address isn’t saved where anyone can access it!

The holidays are drawing to a close… which I’m not too happy about. I’ve spent quite a bit calling and receiving calls from people in other countries — India, Singapore, Hong Kong, London even! — that it doesn’t feel like I’ve lost contact with most people at all. And then there’s MSN and Facebook too. However, in a week’s time, reality will kick in. 8.15 am morning calls will replace waking up automatically at 11.30 am, and I’ll soon have to contend with having to do my own laundry again, and finding some way of filling my tummy — all the things that you take for granted when you’re back home. The one thing which I’m looking forward to is lunch on the afternoon I arrive back. (:! And maybe a good long shower, but I’ve decided to beat the jetlag this time around by keeping awake as long as possible, till midnight if I can!

And oh, if you have yet to hear me obsess, listen up! King Lear is playing this season at the Globe Theatre, which I am insanely excited about! It’s a play which I chose to self-study for my Extended Essay in Year 12, and considering I was incredibly last-minute in its preparation, I only got to read it through once, and I haven’t as yet grown tired of it. The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare Company!) is playing too, as is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but I definitely want to see Lear. And the Fool. (: A short trip to my LiveJournal yielded this…

JUNE 8TH, 2006

My Extended Essay, “I wear not motley in the brain”: an exploration of the irony of the position of the fool in Shakespeare’s plays Twelfth Night and King Lear, is completed. 3974 words, countless hours of redrafting and proofreading, and somehow, a feeling of absolute neutrality. I’m not entirely happy but I’m not entirely sad either. I know the sense of relief will come when I’ve finally submitted my essay to the Senior School Office but other than that I’m just not… happy.

It’s so odd.

I feel like cycling again. The Easter afternoons spent along the bike trails in Melbourne with Garrett, Sarah and Lyss were such good times and really idyllic — think the Sound of Music, except less cheesy! I’m growing excited about my Melbourne trip… and it isn’t for a good four months yet!

Right, I’m off to cram my little grey cells full of judicial review. Eeyuck. Till next time!