shouldnt be doing this.

Having a piece of lasagne at 11pm at night. But bah!!! Haha… 

Had the best time at Sorrento @ Mornington Peninsula today. The 12 of us visited both the ocean and the bay beaches on either ends of the Ocean Beach Road. Spent 5 hours under the sun. Swimming, eating, sun bathing, sleeping, laughing, exploring, running, diving, hiding under the umbrella to cool, frisbee-ing, “walking” in water with my hands cos the water was so shallow, climbing “rock cliffs”, putting layers and layers of sunscreen on.

Ok the craziest thing I did today was jumping off a huge rock into a natural pool at the ocean beach. The base of the pool is sand, and is surrounded by rocks. As the tides are changing, it flushes water into the pool. High tide probably submerges the entire pool. People were climbing up to the rock and jumping off. At first me and my girls were too afraid to do it. I climbed up the rock with Michelle, saying “I jus wanna see from up here”. And once we got up there, Mich changed her mind and passed her sunnies to Sabine who was below us, and so did I. Mich jumped first, pinching her nose with one hand, and off she went. I stared down as Mich swam away, I was getting cold feet but decided what the heck, lets do it and in I went. Water went up my nose but the splash was exhilarating. It was great.  

(these photos were taken almost a year ago during another trip to sorrento!) the one with my feet n me standing is at the rock pool i was describing

Balancing work n play… The sun is calling out to me. But I will go back to the lab. To make up for the Monday that jus past that I took off to go on a road trip with my girlies. Cos Tuesday was Melbourne Cup day public holiday.

Oh man, that road trip was so good.

Ok work time!

That’s Tif’s favourite scent from Bath & Body works.

Anyway, had the best dinner with Tif. Simple, fresh, wholesome vegetarian. A huge tofu burger with LOTSA greens (and reds: beetroot, orange: carrots), a haloumi/caramelised capsicum & onions/rocket pizza. Best. Each of us had a glass of fresh juice. Not pricey. Invigorating. BEST. Vegie Bar along Brunswick St, Fitzroy.

I took the car to Docklands the other day. Convenient drive away from home, plenty of parking space. It was early evening, the sun was still up. I took my book with me and sat right at the edge of the dock, murky waters 3 or 4 metres below me, Tricky’s “Back To Mine” playing from the speakers of my iPhone. I drove here because I wanted to do some groceries shopping but decided to stop by the dock for a breath of fresh air. Then I remembered I also have my camera in my bag, which I managed to clean the day before (there was a piece of dust on the sensor, so my friend and I bought a air pumper thing to swish the dust away). I took it out of my bag and started to capture the darkening skies, heavy clouds, still private boats and calm waters.

sitting

It was then that I noticed two seagulls about 30 meters from me. I could see one just caught a small fish, probably the size of my hand. The other seagull was fighting for it. I quickly took the chance to snap a few shots, but in the end, decided I’m too far to get a good shot. I slung the camera strap over my neck, kept my book and started walking along. 

I was so glad to be there. That’s what I like to do, just randomly roam, alone, sometimes. Then I found the ramp to go down to where the boats are “parked”, and where the two birds were. I inched my way towards them, and turned off the music from my phone so as to not scare them away. Though it seems they were oblivious to my existence and all that mattered then was the fish, and the other seagull.

When I was 6 or 7 meters from them, I stopped and quickly grabbed the photo opportunity, they were still fighting over the fish. Snap snap snap until I thought, ok, enough.

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When I transferred the photos that night, I saw a little red on my photos. I zoomed in and it struck me that it was the fish’s blood. It sent chills down my spine. What did I expect anyway? It was food for them. It was prey. I closed the windows.

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Tonight I’m flipping through my albums looking for something that I can adjust the colours to for sharing online. I remembered those pictures that I didnt want to see, and from the “thumbnail view” of my folder, I chose the ones that I thought captured the two birds (and the fish) and deleted them. 

*shivers*

To be spent doing the dishes. I am finally a dishwasher convert.

Grapes are packages of goodness, bitesize.

that there’s millions of people out there, suffering pain, oppression, physical/emotional abuse etc. And what I feel is nothing compared to them. But I cannot help but have tears welled up in my eyes once in a while, to the pain I feel in my back and my hips. I don’t want my family and friends and loved ones to worry about me. But sometimes I feel I really want to talk about it. I know life has been treating me *touch wood* very well so far. And very fair. I complain about my pains sometimes, or maybe too much. But I’ve received so much blessings around me. My parents, my lovely sisters. Grandparents who loved me and passed on too early. A distant uncle whom I never really knew but getting to know better now. Close friends, dear ones.

At times, I just wish this pain would disappear.

I’m sorry for making you worry about me. I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart and I wish I could keep it to myself… but I really need to vent.

On the flip side, something made my day. This morning while I was waiting for an x-ray film to be developed, I walked over to my supervisor’s office which was on the same floor as the film developer. We chatted for a bit, then he told me he bought a dog yesterday. His wife and him didn’t tell the kids and brought a puppy home. I was so excited when I heard it. I couldn’t stop grinning to myself for a long time. How thrilling for the kids! A warm fuzzy feeling just filled me. I felt like a fool for feeling that way.

Alright, my tears have dried and I think its time to check on my gel (SDS PAGE, protein gel). Yes, I’m still in the lab cos I decided to just do a bit more so that I can have more time to enjoy the sunny weekend. ;p

Love xoxo

Be the poem

Decided to drop by the market on my way to work. I felt I desperately needed blueberries but ended up not buying them as they were $4.50 a punnet. Well what was I expecting? That’s how much they usually cost anyway. So I settled with a $2 punnet of strawberries and 3 golden kiwis. A cauliflower and salmon cutlet for dinner too. Walking to work now, up the slope. have a feeling today is gonna be a nice day despite the slight pain in my left hip.

Learnt that today.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327267.300-naked-mole-rats-may-help-cure-cancer.html

And lack of sleep linked to alzheimers

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17853-lack-of-sleep-linked-to-alzheimers.html

I heard a piece of news that saddened me today. I was drawn to tears and the person on the other end of the line started crying too.

I know this will sadden a few others too.

But I know, its for her own good (I hope). I hope she has made an informed decision. A thorough one.

We always take things for granted. But sometimes even when we do appreciate and are really thankful for something… like all good things (and bad), it’d come to an end. We just have to move on. To better things in life.

A lot of people don’t like change. Sometimes I don’t either. But change is necessary. Being stagnant for too long is boring…

“Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful blessing”

- The Oracle