Seddon on Sunday

It's Friday

I dont normally drink beer. Me and my travel buds have a continous whatsapp group conversation going and we cheer's each  other by sending pictures of beer. 

Cheers

Money Pocket

I had a dream that I was the mother of dragons. In one of my hand I had pokey and in the other the black dragon from G.O.T. I could only carry one of them at a time because pokey I needed two hands and because she was bigger, she would scratch the black dragon. I chose to carry the dragon first but when I arrived at the destination I had pokey in my arms. I was so worried because I didnt know where my valuable black dragon was, did someone take it from me? Damn warlocks and their powers of illusion. when I found it in a plastic bag it was sweaty, bleeding and dying. i breast fed it back to full strength. it made a miraculous recovery. it was stronger in my presence.

It was relive Taiwan night. We met at China Red at 8pm which by then i was tipsy. We had dumplings, noodles and chinese veggies. We went to Little Red Pocket where I'd find Bard, Hwi and Kwang for Kwang's birthday. The music they played reminded me of high school. So good. I liked the place, nice venue and location and the crowd was spot on. people my age in suits, classy, trendy and no try hard.. no drunkards either. Vuongie wants to pick up. I think a girls' presence makes the other girls feel comfortable when a dude is tryna pick em up. Thats what ray ray told me. Thats how she gets Ty girls. Vuongie picks a girl and me and helen try to get it for him. The girl he chooses is some bad ass blonde asian with lower back tattoos. Helen says shes outta vuongies lead so we tell vuongie she's taken.

Vuongie: What? How? Did you ask her??


Being Vuongie's wing women is a lot harder in Australia than it is over seas. Joe was teaching Vuongie how to pick up and I was following. Joe goes up to a bunch of girls and introduces himself, expecting Vuongie to learn via example.


Me: What are you doing vuongie?? Go and talk to that girl
Vuongie: What do I say??
Me: Just tell her your name. Ask for her name.
*Vuongie goes but comes back shortly. Girls still standing there*
Me: What are you doing?? Go back and maintain conversation!
*Vuongie goes back but as he does, the girls walk away*


haha! Vuongie changes the girl he wants to another. And then to another and then to another. Joe told vuongie he cant be picky.


Vuongie: THERE SHE IS!

in ear shot of the girl, she turns to face him and vuongie is pointing at her. She looks him up and down like an african american girl with attitude. Joe and I run away. hahah Joe tells vuongie not to say those things out loud. Joe told Vuongie 'The number one rule is to NEVER buy a girl a drink'. Vuongie said he understood. he was doing pretty well holding down a conversation with a girl until he disappeared to the bar. Oh no! was he buying her a drink?? Its too late!! He buys her one and she runs away. hahah

One of the girls vuongie wanted was dirty dancing with a dude. When helen asked him if he was her bf  he replied they were cousins. I spoke to him and ask him. I spoke to him in tagalog first but he didnt understand. I knew he was filo but he said he didnt understand tagalog. I poked him in the chest and told him he was at a loss. I asked him why he was dirty dancing with her if they are cousins, thats incest. He said she was actually he's ex.

Me: You went out with your cousin??
Guy: Well shes not my real cousin. I call her that because we're close family friends. We're still friends now. the guy she's dancing with right now is her boyfriend.

I dont know if he was telling the truth. I accidentally said something in tagalog again and he reminded me that he didnt understand. I poked him pretty hard with my nail and told him he was at a loss for the second time.

Guy: You just poked with your nail
Me: Did that hurt?
Guy: No

I scratched him a little bit harder. He smiled. He asked me for my number. I said no. He said, honestly, you dont want to give me your number? Honestly I didnt, I just wanted to know whats up with him and that girl. He asked me again and why i didnt wanna continue this conversation? I remembered back to korea, I said you appreciate things more when they are left unfinished. I told him I had to leave with my friend over there and I left him at the bar. I dont remember his name. Or even what he looked like.

I was mixing like crazy last night. Cider, white wine, tequila shot, vodka, scotch and coke. I didnt vomit or feel drunk. I was def tipsy and it felt good. I think I have a good tolerance to alcohol. Job well done liver.


112 Feat. Lil Zane - Anywhere
 

Krazy Korea Relived

Its been almost one week since we touched down in Melbourne from our epic holiday. I'm trying to keep up my spirits and not be depressed about being back. Little things remind me of my holiday. I get annoyed at the RRP in Australia. I dont want to buy food because its too expensive. I'm happy to be home so I can fully rest. I havent slept in since 3 weeks ago. And I needed some time alone having always been around someone, even when i was sleeping someone was around. I thought I'd be sick of my travel buddies by now but I'm not. We are still communicating on Whatsapp and orgainising: Relive  Korea Week, Relive HK week and Relive Taiwan week which is a trip to Sydney to eat at Din Tai Fung the dumpling resturant.

This Friday was relive Korea night. Agenda:

KBBQ at Oriental Spoon
KKaraoke at Chaplins
377 (unsuccessful)
Che Regine


We made with Bruce and Erica (english names) the Korean waiter/ress at Oriental spoon and told them of our korean trip.

Korea Relived.

Damn you Oporto, you're shit.

Holiday mess. CB.

Taiwan nails lasted two weeks. Painted over them to preserve the memory

Getting sushi on my break. 

Carton boxes on the floor for rainy days remind me of Taiwan and HK.

Oh the little things..

Like my outfit?

Paradise is very nice.

At our reserve, I can hear someone playing sick ass music. Sometimes its hip hop but today was the original song that LL Cool J sampled in his Paradise song. I didnt know it was a sample! I wrote it on my arm to remind me to check it out. 

Keni Burke 

Luxy Club

Hahaha! Last night was fucking craaaayyyyyyyyy

Police raids
Free shots
Special consideration because we were tourists
Male strippers pouring down vodka in our mouths
Getting cut at the bartenders for watering down their drinks by 15%
Photoshots on the bar
New cute friends
I had better luck picking up girls than the dudes did
I attract the lesbians

____________________________________


Luxy Club
Taiwan's largest and apparently 'sexiest' club. Check out this ad for it:



Luxy Ad


This place was full of laser lights which amused me and helen while we were at the bar. We were grabbing the light/invisible air and soon others were doing the same. I had drank my 4th glass of vodka and orange but not felt a thing. Usually I would feel tipsy but I wasnt. Helen and I were so sure that they had watered down the alcohol. Not happy because these prices are the same if not more than australia. ($7.5 a drink, $15 a shot). We went to the bar and ordered a plain shot of vodka to taste. It didnt smell like anything but boy it tasted like shit house. Thats how we knew was definetly alcoholic. I still reckon it was watered down, at least 10%.

To make sure they werent jibbing us on quantity either we made sure they poured us 30ml. I stuck my fingers out and counted three seconds, and six seconds for a double shot. Yep! fool proof.

This club was full of asians but mixed with internationals and tourists. There were these trashy looking fake barbie doll white girls in leopard dresses who were apparently 'models'. What kind of models where they? If I was a stylish, I would not dress my model like that. Platnum blonde hair, bright red lipstick. She clung onto the asian dude in a business suit. She was bigger than he was. She smiled while he looked unemotionally into the distance. Definetly a language barrier. But he clung on to her too, probably to show he owned her. I reckon she was a call girl.

Joe and I have accumulated many inside jokes since being korean room buddies. A line of african american guys walked in. I called him from afar and pointed excitedly at them. He cracked up laughing and so did I. He got my joke. 'Actual black people'

There were photographers everywhere taking photos of girls. They got the girls to pose on the balconies. They were shooting them for about 5 minutes. I looked like something professional. A spanish speaking photographer approached me. My photograph is to appear on the Luxy facebook. I am waiting to see it!!

We met a few people last night. The dudes were trying to pick up girls on the dance floor but it ended up being me. It all started off with a smile. Then she came and tried to grind on me. Okay I'll grind back. She spoke english her name is Gabrielle. Then I met her friend Eve. Then I danced with the rest of her friends. The girls kept cupping my face and saying 'You're so cute!! You're so cute!!' I side-looked over to the dudes and gave my proudest 'ohh yeahh boooii!!' hahaha

I bumped into Eve in the toilet. she had lost her friends so I asked if she wanted to hang out with us. She's a happy little kooky thing, full of excitement and positivity and love. I bought her a drink and she was happy to receive it. I thought for a moment, if some random I met bought me a drink, I would not take it unless I saw it being poured. When I looked over to her, her drink was empty. She had skulled it! I poured her half of my drink. Her friends came to me and thanked me for looking after her. I wasnt really, was i?

Eve was originally from Thailand, and spoke spanish.. or she was originally from spanish and spoke Thai? Not sure. But she was in Taiwan for study. She held my hand, smiled at me, introduced me to her friends, laughed with me and kept complimenting me. 'Let me be your tour guide!!!' Haha! She was so trusting and loving of me, I just gave that back.

Jen Sato. I love you :) Please don't forget me :)
*wrote down my name in her phone so she can add me on facebook*

On top of my name, I saw daves. I see he's trying to get in there. I showed dave what I wrote in Eve's phone, and gave another sickunt look. Hahah!


Eve: Where is your boyfriend?
Me: At home. Do you have a boyfriend?
Eve: No
Me: All my of friends are single, which one do you want?
Eve: None of them. I want you


O.O

And then it hit me. Has she been hitting on me this whole time? When a guy was talking to Eve, I would come up and stick my nose in the conversation, she would turn her full attention to me. I thought I was rescuing her from unwanted attention.

Eve and Gabby in Luxy Club Toilets

Helen and I went to piss and when we came out the lights were up. For a moment I thought it was finished but the place was swarming with cops. Helen says we were going through a raid. Lights were full blast. Music stopped and they called for silence. The bar still served drinks though. People had to stay still and get their ID out for the cops to see. They moved systematically through the crowd checking everyones ID and telling those where noisey off. They checked everyone except for us, and other foriegners. I dont know what they were looking for. Drugs, underage, wanted criminals...  I dont think it was a good way to do it. The raid lasted for about 30 minutes and i wanted to leave. It killed the moment. They were however handing out free shots which is probably the only reason why i stayed.

I made friends with one of the security guards, who was handing out the shots. Everytime they came around we got them to shot w us. It was cheap and very nasty. I asked him 'do you like it? no? then why are you serving this to us?'. It phased me that they werent so strict on RSA here. On the stage were two buff topless men in bow ties with a smirnoff bottle in each hand. They were pouring alcohol into peoples mouths and drinking it themselves. They were walking around. I got one to have some of my drink (i would not dirnk a strangers drink) and they poured me some of theirs. hahahhaha

We partied til we got kicked out. Me and joe were about the only ones still standing so we got maccas and fell asleep as the sun rose.





Today

Wake up at 930am for buffet breakfast of hash brown and chicken nuggets
Go back to bed
Awaken by a knock on the door
Helen comes in wrapped in her blanket like a marshmallow with legs
Helen naps on the couch
Awaken by another knock on the door
Andrea comes in to reclaim her bed
Joe and helen go back to their room
Woke at 230pm and head to helens room for some street food
Walk in the rain to the near by markets look for food such as the pork pancake, wonton soup, fish ball and pork mince soup, freshly blended fruit juice with weird fruit, portreguease egg tarts
Gathered back at my room and shared our food and two spoons. Ate as a family

Took cab to Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world
The overcast was so thick we thought the windows were covered with glass frosting
Didnt see much especially it being night. Was more interested in the jade and coral sculptures there

Went to 24hr dumplings/chinese restaurant for 12am dinner
Dinner next to Taiwanese drug lords

No wonder the waiter was sweating

Matt Damon - I want to be where you are

Day 1

Doota S/C
Myeong-dong
Bump into Wandy
Drinking plum wine by myself because everyone was sleeping
Napped from 715pm - 11pm
11pm KBBQ dinner and skulling makgeoli
7 Luck Casino
NB2 club in Hongdae
Shoving 6 people in a 4 people cab

Cabbie: I know problem, you have problem?
Us: We no problem!!


The casino was a disappointment. It was full of serious faced mature people and bright lighting. We were wrong to think it was like Crown Casino where its full of shops, restos and clubs. 7 Luck was simply a casino. We needed to find somewhere else to go. I approached the secuirity guard and asked him to write down the suburb 'Hongdae' in korean. We developed this really cool idea of getting Koreans to write down the address in characters so we can show the taxi drivers.

Travelling in a group, we develop many other strategies including:

• if we get lost, meet here every hour on the hour. We will wait 15minutes max before we leave. Then you will have to meet us at the next hour
• Whatsapp Wifi group chat because we dont have sims/global roaming. Stand near an Apple shop and use their Wifi
• When Korean addresses arent available, show taxi driver a picture of the building on our phones. When maps arent available, take photo of a map to bring with you in case you get lost. 

Korean Clubbing
Girl to guy ratio 1:10+
Confident guys just grab your hips and try to dance with you, others tap you on the shoulder, pull your arm back (and I jerk it away - rude) or busta move in front of you when you're looking

Music: House, Doof Doof. The signage said this was a hip hop club. Joe said this was the best hip hop club he's been too. Eventually they played something I was more used too. The hip hop remember was pretty deep. I think they played Nas? We made some friend/s, How it started I don't know. He

This place was pretty trashy looking. The toilets were digusting as hell. There was only enough space for the door to miss the toilet bowl by 1mm. I dont think Koreans flush down their toliet paper so in the over flowing bin beside me, there was blood on the tissues. While I was pissing, the toilet water was splashing on me as it refilled. I stook in 1cm deep of puddle.. of what liquid? I do not know. Helen had a heart attack because the locks didnt open immediately and she thought she'd be locked in. I tried to calm her down and tell her how I opened it. I really hoped she could open it because I was dreading going to the bartenders and explaining the situations in non-Korean.

Helen thought everyone in the club was on drugs because no one was drinking. What were they high on if not alcohol and cigarettes? Our new found friend assured as they werent because drug usage consequences were tough. He said these people just get drunk on one drink. We were on the dance floor. I looked on the stage and there was a group of people dancing exactly the same moves. there were about 12 of them and I was pretty sure they werent some dance group because the mix of people seemed too random. I was tripping out as fuck because by then we had drank a lot. I assumed it was a dance that everyone knew and danced together, like the macarena. It amused me to imagine me going up there trying to learn the moves. Koreans are such accepting people, I shouldve done it.

Woke up at 11pm. SHIT! 3hour sleep in and not one of the six of us woke up in time. 

Heading out for 12am KBBQ and overcoming language barriers. 

'We've ordered. Let's just see what comes out and go from there'

Dave wants to buy a Hite beer glass from the lady. To save us the complicated explanation, I did recommend we buy it at a retailer. Joe volunteered to ask the lady with his body language.

*Puts cup slowly into his pocket. Offers lady cash. Lady smiles and takes cash*

KBBQ in Korea shits all over Melb. Obviously. I never liked KBBQ until now. A dish of meat is $5 each. 

When Helen got locked in the first toilet cubicle at NB2

Cool bar menu. $6 drinks

Street rubbish

The David's pissing at the breakfast restaurant

Walking aimlessly through Seoul at 9am. Beautiful weather!

But tired as fuck. We took a cab home hitting peak hour traffic too.

Sensible guy says: NO! Tomorrow! Come back tomorrow!

No! No! One more! One more! hahaha

Day 2
Max Style
Janeth.

Bennegarth

Pasta carbonara

Meet at Seoul Station at Exit One. I don't have a mobile phone for her to call me on if anything goes wrong so we rely on the old system of meeting up: Meet exactly here and exactly this time. Being in a foreign country when english is not the first language and meeting at a place where I have never been before its daunting. It was the first time I was really alone on this trip. I got there all by myself. I waited at Exit one but she wasn't there. Thank god this country has wifi pretty much anywhere and I see her Facebook message that she is here as well. She comes down to meet me and we go to a restaurant which is disappointingly non very korean. it was white people food, pasta, steak, 

Most of the food here does have some spice to it. People are so used to it they don't label it on the menu or on the packaging. There is no english on the packaging here so my hungry visit to the convenience store for snacks is even more interesting. I choose foods based on colours, typography, both of which will help me decide how it will taste, and whether its spicy or not. I'm lucky I'm not allergic of spicy foods. I can imagine how limiting traveling with a specific diet can be very difficult and dangerous in countries that don't speak english. 

14th storey view from our Seoul apartment

Surprised of the quality of these buildings. Reminds me slightly of the Philippines although

no where near enough. Rooftops are privately utilised.

Dinner. 

Joe and I go to the Family Mart next door. Nothing is in English. We have an exciting time choosing food to eat. I choose these noodles soley because they have 'Harry Potters' face on it. Koreans are so used to their spice they dont mark 'spicey' on their menus. I am constantly at risk.

Joe buys three types of Korean beer and I two types of plum wine to wash down our noodles. 

Store tendant: You Japanese or Hong Kong?

Me: Australian

Store tendant: No, Japanese or Hong Kong?

Me: Australian

Store tendant: No.

hhahahha what more can I say??

Observation:

I love korea

Nothing is in english

People are happy to help you if they cannot speak your language

Smiles

The most beautiful weather. 25 degrees, blaring sun (not so beautiful) nice breeze. At 12am night time the weather is plesantly chill.

What makes Seoul a safe city:
People/men in particular who dont stare at you
Accepting and tolerating of tourists
People smiling and willing to help and interact
Strangers/sales assistants striking conversations
Easy transportation
Helpful receptionists
Wifi
Graceful and passive moments e.g. walking speed


Trust worthy people. I often get confused with the currency and offer more money than needed. They have always returned the rest of the money, even the cabbies. Sales assistance leave their laptops and iphones on the table and leave the stores unattended. A plant store will leave its goods outside the store after hours ready for people to steal. An ice cream store leaves its refrigerator outside, loaded with ice cream with a standard padlock. If this was Melbourne, drunken cunts would take advantage. Its amazing how trusting these people are. I love it. :)

I want what I cant have more than I did if I could have it. The best way to get me to want you is to drive me crazy. The best way to drive me crazy is give me a good impression and make me feel I lost you. Damnit!

AH!! I love them to death!

I wish they were glow in the dark so people can notice me breakdance at the clubs.

It's 1am. We have a 6am pick up tomorrow for a flight out. I have not had proper sleep since Thursday night. We are in high spirits because we are hysterical and delusional with tiredness. But I wont sleep, not yet. Its' my last night in Korea and there is so much to do and learn and people to meet. No sleep for the wicked. I wanted to check out Itaewon. An 'international suburb' and party town. We researched a couple clubs on the internet and read some reviews:


UN Club:
Hip hop club. Mostly black people

Kings Club:
Actual black people


Although it was a Monday night, I expected the clubs to be pumping. Wandy said Koreans party through out week, drink during breakfast. Walking the streets earlier at 10pm I see drunk stumbling business men in suits. Yesterday being a Sunday, the club was packed. Why wouldn't a Monday be banging?

Through broken english and lots of smiles and hand gestures, I got the receptionist to write down the korean addresses of these places. She said only one of the three clubs I listed existed. Damnit. Club Volume. We caught a cab there. Cabbies here drive really fast around corners and narrow ass underground tunnels, swirving into lanes without indicating. It still feels like controlled driving though. these people are so disciplined.

We got to the place and found Club Volume to be unusually quiet. I told Joe, I bet this place is closed. My theory was confirmed. We drove all this way, at 1am to arrive in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night?? Why didnt the recepitionist or the cab driver say anything!??! haha! Joe and I high fived each other. Job well done. There was nothing to do but to walk around and find some place to go. A hotel near by was open, we asked the guy if there was anywhere to drink at this time of the night. He said not today. haha

We walked through the streets of Itaewon. It was a cool but comfortable night. One or two people were still walking around. I felt safe. I've always felt safe here in korea.

We walked for about 2 hours. We didnt know where we were going. When we reached an intersection we used the 'Right, left or straight, quick quick quick!' method of deciding where to go. Generally we would walk the way where there was more lighting and life. Once in a while we would stumble down an alleyway. There was plenty of yellow street lights. The night was still and very quiet. I felt compelled to talk in whispers or low murmers the more we got deeper into the suburb. Korean main streets are wide, often four lanes but here the streets were so narrow only two cars can just fit side by side. Occasionally a motorbike or a cabbie would pass us. Joe noted the 'acutal black person' in the cab. We joked he was going to Kings Club. These streets were lined with hidey-hole restuarants, convienence stores, taylors, and other small businesses. The only stores that were opened at this time were convience stores and KBBQ. I think they have 24hr KBBQ here and these places are decently packed out for 2am with young sober Koreans. Off these streets the alleyways got narrower, probably wide enough to fit four people side by side. They winded, dipped, ascended unpredictably, and even branched out to smaller alleyways. These streets were lined with concrete high fencing, and elaborate doors which were the entrance to multiple storey houses. Some times these doors were bolted, guarded with secuirty codes but others were wide opened. We peaked inside and it was the entrance to the house! we could see living room and furniture, no doubt these people were sleeping. Someone could rob and rape them while they slept! It was humbling to know these people trusted strangers. Its a nice feeling.

Itaewon

Once every half hour we passed someone. They were getting some late night shopping, walking home or packing up newspaper ready for the morning delivery. We passed a small newspaper printing house. I felt safe again because nobody really stared as us, they just walked past. they just mind their own business.

When we had enough of Itaewon, Joe suggested we take a cab to Honik the university district to walk there. He thought things would be more lively there that it was a university suburb. We pulled out our massive ass tourist map to try to find out where honik was in the map to show a taxi driver. A guy walked past us. I couldnt help but laugh at how funny it must've looked. Lost at 2am in the inner suburb of Itaewon, pulling out a tourist map in an alleyway. hahaha! We craaazy.

We gave up because we couldnt find it on the map. My tiredness won over my enthusiasm and we stopped by a convience store to pick up some two minute noodles to have at the hotel. We hailed a cab driver and showed him the business card of our hotel so he could take us home. We were having a conversation. I think its cute how Koreans casually talk to us in their language even though they know we dont understand. You'd be surprised at how much you do understand through everything else they are communicating with.

It was about 5minutes into the drive. I was passing out when I saw bright lights and pumping music, where were we??? I looked up. we were on a main street I saw the name in big neon KINGS CLUB. AGHH! IT WAS OPENED!! We walked far but not far enough to discover it! hahahahahh that was another high five moment.

Driver: You friendo?
Me: Yes, we are friend.
Driver: Handsome man *clenches left fist* good looking girl. *clenches right fist* together *puts fists together*
Me and Joe: HAHAHA! No No. we are just friends
Driver: No no no no, girl boy no friendo. It's korean tradition. girl boy no friendo


He mentioned it was fathers day today. We asked if he had kids. He said 'Daughter. Fourteen'.  Which at first I thought he meant he had fourteen daughters but I think he meant he had one daughter who was fourteen years old. He asked us if it was Fathers day in australia. I matched the price of the cab fare to give as a tip. He me laugh. He was shocked but really grateful and made sure we had not left anything in the car. Ive taken only fond memories from Seoul. I have good things to say about this city. I'm in love, I've experience a Korean love story.

We ate our dinner at 3am and retired to bed only to be woken up by helen 2.5 hours later. Time to fly.

Gamsahabnida Korea. 

Until we meet again

Live Fast Die Young Bad Girls Do It Well

My company, on behalf of the Melbourne Central management team, awards me with another voucher for my hard work during the month of March. It was signed by the CEO himself. I have a total of two vouchers that I haven't used since November and its a little annoying. There is nothing I like and I'm not the type to just spend for the sake of wasting money/voucher. It looks like I am collecting these vouchers. Im not! I wish I could spend it as soon as I got it!

I worked at D today and man I COULD NOT BE FUCKED. Within the last minutes of arriving at work, I was skipping furiously through the hip hop songs on my ipod. I needed something to inspire me today so I can feel better about going to work. I needed something to think about, I needed meaning to my life and then it came.

'Why do bad things happen? It's because life is a constant battle between good and bad'

I dont want to elaborate on how lazy I was today in case I'll get in trouble. There is so much I want to say about my work places that I cannot say here for their privacy reasons. I think I need to create a journal just dedicated to it. But damn, wouldn't you like to know?

I always have fun at D. I love the people I work with and the occasional shit customer. Ugh. They are so rude to you at the beginning and its soooooo good when they come up to you, eyes begging for your assistance. Beg bitch because I ain't helping you otherwise. In fact, I'm totally gonna ignore you I dont care you fucking cunt. It's the sales assistant vs. customers and although the customers almost always get their way (e.g. taking complaints up to higher management) it is initially a fight between 1 (customer) to 15 (team members) and we go into the reserves where you cant hear us and bitch the brown shit out of you. Its kinda intimidating when most sale assistants ignore you for what you've done.

I met a friends boyfriend today. He didnt understand the concept of shoe collecting. 'Is it something like, stamp collecting?'

Yes, friend.

Thursday I worked at Southwharf and bagged me up two pairs of shoes. Southwharf's a fucking bitch to get to via public transport. Takes me about 1 hour. Dont do it. I been spending so much lately that I feel its pointless to stop myself. Why? I've already gone this far, why not another step? It's like, murdering someone. You may hide the body, why not? You're already in trouble. And then you take a further step and think, why not cut the body up? It will making hiding the body easier. Then you think...

Okay. Enough about that.

I arrived home about 7:30pm that night after sleeping on the train home and waking up only to stop myself from drooling and to get off at the right train stop. I took a shower and went straight to sleep with very wet hair. That was just before 8pm.

I heard sleeping with wet hair gives you head aches and bad dreams. I had a bad dream. I was alone in the ghetto streets of Old Manila, Philippines. I was wearing a short skirt and singlet, waaay to exposed for a foreigner like me. I'd get raped. I needed to get home except I didnt find the streets familiar. Everyone was looking and talking quietly about me as I walked. I came to a public transport station and lined up at a train ride for kids. The guy spoke to me in tagalog, do you want to ride this? I shook my head, afraid to comfirm that I was a foreigner by speaking english, and pointed to the taxi's. She wants to pay, a stranger lady said. I believe she was helping me out. The man said, if you want to pay for a taxi, go over there to the taxi driver. I looked from the man to the lady to the taxi driver. At that point I wanted to cry because I didnt know who to trust, which path to take that would not get me raped. I woke up suddenly with my heart beating so fast. I couldnt get back to sleep til about 45 minutes after that. I rarely have ad dreams, even more rarely wake up to them. What is my subconscious trying to tell me? Tell me!!

I woke up on Friday morning at 11am only because Phuong called me. That was an epic 15 hours of sleep. I woke up refreshed as fuck, not tired or groggy at all! I think I needed that. I was to have fish and chips and cider for breakfast in Kealba. I wasn't really feeling the cider that early in the morning after that much sleep. My petrol light is flashing because I am almost at the empty mark. Commooon just a little bit further!!

Home Alone. Nuggets for dinner

Asos gear: Orange jogger pants and navy crop top

Ishka snake necklace

I go to St. Albans for a Vietnamese coffee. Then home. My Asos delivery arrived four days early. Sumpai. Clean the house a little. Watch TV and then rushtogetready because I need to take this train in 20minutes with phuong. I was going to meet up with James/MJ to check out this new place. I ring James 'MJ says to get your cute nose here right now' I'm cominggg!!!

I get checked for I.D. as usual. As usual they dont believe the person in the photo is me. I change too much. I show my bank card to prove the bank card, and every other card in my wallet matched the name on my drivers license.

Ferdydurke is by the same management team that do Section 8. It was their opening night and I fucking loved the place. So much potential and I'm happy I got to see it before, in a few weeks time, I'll be disappointed for not being allowed in. It's a tiny tiny space and even on the opening night when it wasnt even full house, there was lines outside. They didnt even send out the advertising. James said the bar wasnt furnished completely.

I can imagine the existing building presented a lot of architectural restrictions. I saw this with the oddly shaped and placed windows and new brick work connected to the old brick work. Timber walls and window sills, yellow lighting, collaged street wall art, real plants, candle light and a glass staircase landing so the bottom floor people can see up at girl's skirts. Dirty Joe. This place is going to be massive.

I met Ren the manager, served by real friendly and smiling-for-no-reason staff and got to see the Jwowers again. I thank the long blonde haired bartender who looked like Joel for making my drink pretty. I meet quiet a few randoms and friends of friends. People were saying they liked my style and one girl, Chantelle, said 'you're rockin' it guurrrrl' as we danced on the floor. I got so many compliments that night I was sincerely embarrassed and dumbfounded for words.

I'm getting used to paying for alcohol since I have no bartender connections anymore. I must make new ones. I'm happy to make Ferdy the new jwow. I drank a total of 8 standard drinks and I felt tipsy for a few moments the most. I didnt get to the level I wanted even though I was mixing heavily. Damn you liver. Why do you work so well.

We went to Noodle Kingdom, Swanston, which has recently taken the space of the old club x joint (yuck) for dumplings. I had about three and felt like vomiting. I washed it with beer. There was a lot of beer swapping and beer pouring into other people's bottles and I felt like vomiting even more. They didnt bring out two of our dishes, which worked out for us because we didnt want it anyway. I checked that they didnt charge us on the bill which they didnt, but they did charge us for chinese tea that no one ordered. DODGEY.

We went back to Ferdy which I left prematurely to Red Hummingbird to meet up with my sister. We smiled at each other, hugged each other and took photos with each other to the extent that made Dave say 'you guys live together but its like you're never gonna see each other again'. Just take the photo! >=[


Blue Diamond, 
123 Queens Street, Melbourne

This joint is 15 levels up from ground and the views were pleasant. The guy at the door tried to jib us by trying to get us to pay entry fee. We didnt need to because entry before 8pm was free. We took the lift up. The place was everythng I wanted jwow to be. Red carpet, red yellow lighting, art deco cocktail framed images on the wall.. there was a live band and the bartenders wore white shirts, vests and suspenders. In saying that, I wouldnt come to this place again. It was full of 30 year old - 60 year old people. If I was dressed casually Id feel insecure. The young guy at the door was wearing an old mans hat and wore a really cool suit (grey with orange pipe lining) something that only Maliek could pull off.
This is the kinda place where the bitchy old lady/customer from today would go and sip wine by herself and wait for a rich mafia boss to sweep her off her feet.

There were a young group of top shit girls next to me. They asked the bartender if they served ABC shots. Really?? You think a place like this would do shots? And you think they would do ABC shots??? ABC shots are for people who wanna get fucked up fast and cheap. I turned my head to see what kind of people asked for them. Yep. I could have guessed.


Lions Hotel,
Melbourne Central, Melbourne

This place has NOT changed. Even the security guards and owners are the same as five years ago when I first started coming here. I cant believe how this place has stayed the same. Its a young uni crowd, tshirts jeans, sneakers, kids getting thrown out of the place, bartenders in shorts so short you can make our the bum cheek, older men with greasy hair perving on the young girls.. It was packed as fuck and I felt like suffocating inside trying to look for my friends. Vman hated this place. He's always hated it. He wanted to leave asap because the place and people had pissed him off. A dramatic change of atmosphere from Blue Diamond.

Amused For A Few Seconds

Fire wood.

The wick was too far down to for my lighter to get. 

Surprised at how fast things burn.

George Lane Way Party