Overheard

So I was surfing the net (as you do when you're supposed to be studying) and found this site called Overheard in New York. It's a site where anyone can post up anything that they've overheard. Some of the stuff that these people hear is disturbingly funny...

Here's some of my favourite quotes:


Kid #1: Paper beats rock. BAM! Your rock is blowed up!
Kid #2: "Bam" doesn't blow up, "bam" makes it spicy. Now I got a SPICY ROCK! You can't defeat that!

--6 train


Girl: So for the last half-hour of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I couldn't stop crying. Then everybody in the theater turned around and laughed at me.

--Waverly & Mercer


Girl: I heard there's an Asian girl in the new Harry Potter.
Guy: Yeah.
Girl: So they are branching out.
Guy: Yeah...but she is kinda big.

--Beard Papa's, Broadway & Astor


Chick #1: Omigod, like, if I like your earrings, why should I tell someone else I like your earrings? I should just tell you.
Chick #2: Omigod, I'm just like that too. But really it's because I love getting compliments.
Chick #1: Omigod! Me, too! It's the only reason why I say nice things to other people.

--33rd & 6th


Crazy: So I had to get fillings in all of my teeth.
Passenger: Uh huh.
Crazy: But I figured, why let them do that to me after they drilled holes in my brain, ya know?
Passenger: Sure.
Crazy: But I figured, might as well! Although if they were going to fill my teeth, I'd want them to use jelly.
Passenger: Yep.
Crazy: But the guy at the counter said they were out of jelly. So I got a blueberry muffin.

--R train


Chick: Omigod, I totally want an Asian baby. Asians make the best mixers. Like vodka.

--49th & 10th



Bald white monk in orange robes: [Mumbling to himself.]
Bimbette, to friend: I guess he's, like, praying for a safe journey.
Bald white monk in orange robes: No, I'm on the phone [shows BlackBerry].


--Metro-North



Girl #1: As Shakespeare once said: "Thou shall not kill."
Girl #2: No, that would be God.

--11th & University



Customer: I'll have a twelve-inch wheat --
Deli guy: Foot-long, or half?
Customer: Um... twelve inches. Isn't that a foot?
Deli guy: Foot-long, or half?
Customer: I think you're missing something here.


--Subway, Elmsford




Stuffy white lady pushing stroller, to friend: I can't believe people are actually taking Justin Timberlake seriously these days.
Hipster crossing East: He brought sexy back! What the hell did you do?

--Central Park West

What happened on the 25th of December

So I see I haven't blogged in a yonk, but that's because of assessment, relatives and the like, so here's a quick update!

Rebekah-kah and I went to the Thies for a Christmas party. The following picture of Jacky Jacky Jacky pretty much sums up how it was:

Nah, just kidding! It was heaps of fun...except for the last half an hour where Bec made us all play Memory with a pack of cards.

"Play Memory or die."

You can find the rest of the Thie party photos on my facebook in a couple of days :)


Us Tay's also held a lunch get together on Christmas day. The following two pictures were the only ones NOT of Bec. You'll see.

My contribution, the punch! Mmm...so punchy.

The feast, with everyone digging in, including our furry lump of a pet and a gazillion flies.

And to end this blog on a high note, here's a segment I call, the Bec Montage of Nothingness (where she looks like she's helping out...when really, she's not).

Bec putting on cling wrap!

Bec washing the dishes!

Bec preparing the prawns!

Bec watering the plant!

Bec juggling peaches!

Bec getting something out of the empty oven!

Bec in action!

Bec making Mum clean!

Bec entertaining the guests!

I would have taken more photos of the actual lunch...but I was hungry.

Xia jian!

The Cupboard of Useless Things

So last week, the fam decided to set up the Christmas tree (and keeping with tradition, take it down sometime in July). While taking out the Christmas tree, we came across this bag of unwanted, ugly yet festive decorations.

There was all kinds of weird stuff in here, like Catholic statues of Mary, glittery bows with annoying bells attached and a spikey fake grass wreath which leaved holes in your hand when picked up.

This 'tree' was also found. It also had a glittering 'MERRY CHRISTMAS!' on top which was quite disturbing.

I dunno, this may be some people's taste, but I personally thinks it looks like someone had a love affair with a bottle of silver spray paint. Bleh...

I also found this wierd twirly tinsel which I decorated the fruit bowl with.

Finding the bag set off a whole cleaning spree of what I now call, 'The Cupboard of Useless Things'. I think every household has one of these, where all the "Uhh...thanks..." gifts, "Wow...this is a waste of space" nic nacs and mouldy mothballs seem to congregate.

This is Mother hard at work while Bec attacks her shoulder with a not-so-cuddley beaky stuffed toy we found.

No idea what this is for. Maybe for giants?

Hmm...cause we all need one of these -

And these pair of glasses gave Bec about 10 whole seconds of amusement.

And thoughout this whole cleaning process, I was about as useful as the furry lump I'm patting.

Merry Christmas!

The Eclipse

Last night at BS, Sime made an appearance before flying off to Egypt (JEALOUS!). Apart from confusing everyone with his new catchphrase taken from National Bingo Night, he had an intriguing talent of blocking every light he stands under with his ginormous head.

Hence the following.

Beach Princesses

Yesterday, most of the youth went on a beach trip to Coloundra, but before that, we had to wait around church until Adult Sunday School was finished. I took this as an opportunity to annoy Max by spinning the mic stand around screaming,

WHEEL!

OF!

FORTUNEEEEE!!!

She was unamused.

We then all met up at Kent's house with Frank, Max and me jumping into Song's car ready to make guitar noises to the sounds of Planetshakers. We admired Hong Li's sunnies:

When we finally got there, Team Go went ahead and started digging a hole to China. This photo was taken only in the first 5 minutes. By the end, Kent had his own lounge seat, steps and swimming pool within the hole.

Meanwhile, some brave souls hit the waves while Girl Power aka Beach Princesses laid down the towels and slowly worked their way through all the food.

We particularly liked Jonathon's dumplings:

And I think Chuckie was having a grand old time lounging in his makeshift sand chair until this rascal came along:

Soon it escalated into this:

Then we went on a walk along the beach and I spotted these three models voguing:

And these two beach goers:

Yes that's Mikey and Sandie running away from the evil camera.

We then decided to build a sand castle.
And then a turtle.
And then a crab.
And it turned out like this:

And here's even more photos from the day. Ciao!

Two teeth less, two days later

So it's been two loooong boooring days since I've had my wisdom teeth removed. My diet has consisted of chicken soup, congee, yoghurt, porridge and fruit juice. I couldn't resist having solid food again, so tonight's dinner was instant noodles. I was left with a sore jaw, but it was well worth it! Mmm...non-liquidy substances...

While I've been recuperating, I was suddenly struck with many pearls of wisdom:

1. Don't try to be net-savvy. I found this out when I tried tweeking my new blog template through editing the Html and was only left with destruction and despair.




2. The Biggest Loser was inspirational first time around, but then it's like, "Wait, what am I doing still watching this? I'm not obese. But I'm probably becoming obese just sitting on this couch...Mum, can you get me a bowl of ice-cream?"




3. Aim for the rug when kneeling. My knees learnt this the hard way when Mum decided to do an hour long epic prayer.




4. Don't overfeed the dog. Cleaning up dog vomit is not the most exciting recreational activity around.




5. Zef and Steffy's tea strainers really do work!

With my new blog layout, I'm loving it! It's so...aboriginal. Still under construction by the way.

Meanwhile, Happy Raise Awareness about Cyrus Month!

And now you know what it's like to be me.

Musically Challenged

So, I just got back from bible study (which was excellently led by B) and Bui kindly gave me Ally's old guitar. I've already started strumming!

Wrinkles is probably thinking, "Great. First I had to put up with her shower singing and now this? What did I do to deserve this Lord? Well, I know I ate the very last avocado from the tree, but I couldn't help myself! It was just hanging there like some glorious edible emerald sent from doggy heaven! Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, licking my bum."

Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the guitar. Well, I don't know about you, but I think this calls for a GUITAR MONTAGE! Neat-o!

Now that that's out of the way...it's the holidays! I'm so excited, so many things to do and see! Bec coming back, rellies coming, Christmas, back to uni...wait, what?

Oh yeah, you heard right. I have to do summer courses while Girl Power + ATan get to go to Sydney. But it's all good! I'll make my own fun, like laughing at the cows in Logan. And then hopefully they won't kill me with methane.

And I'm also going to try a little thing known as, "blog more". That's one of my New Year's resolutions...except starting earlier. I think it's just nice to jot down memories of one of the most exciting times of the year, THE BIRTH OF CHRIST! Or better known as McHappy Jesus Day!

Mmm...beef patties.

I guess that's all for now. Goodnight San Diego!