Melanie ([info]lady_dilandau) wrote,
@ 2006-01-06 01:41:00
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Current mood: alright
Current music:w-inds. - Ageha

I'm BACK!!!
Happy New Year yadayadayada...

What's more important is that 2006 should be a fresh new start. My New Year's resolution this year was to simply work hard studying Japanese as I start my exchange this March. I actually got back from Beijing on New Year's Eve in the morning. It was 35 degrees or something of the likes and I had no time to rest. I began to unpack some of my luggage because my mother was desperate to see the Swarovski necklace I bought her and the ten bags I bought for myself (in which I said I'll share... ha as if!) Then I began to decorate myself in a rush and would begin to sweat if my hair curler got within 1 metre radius of me... it was SO hot!

Strange thing was I still had a cold from -5 degree Beijing and so everyone stared at me strangely as I sneezed and coughed my way through a boiling Sydney summer day.

Yanny was nice enough to actually come over, wait for me to finish decorating and then drive me to where my other friends were going to meet me. We all ended up in Milson's Point (as we always do for NYE) to watch the Sydney Harbour Bridge go off.

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Er, fireworks...

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Me and my guy pals: Ryosuke, Cessi, Taka and Katsu. Do you like my new hair cut?

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Here we are in Bradfield Park, Milson's Point after watching the 9pm fireworks and playing drinking games while waiting for the midnight countdown and fireworks.

New Year's Day... well New Year's Day I can tell you is hard to forget. It was the hottest day in 57 years at 45 degrees celsius (= 113 degree fahrenheit). I don't think anyone went out. However the next day dropped 20 degrees or so with the highest being 24 degrees celsius (= 75 degree fahrenheit). I swear the weather is so screwed up... Everything from The Day After Tomorrow is happening O_O

Wow, I'm blogging about the weather. Ain't my life da bomb?!

I was going to blog about China but there are just way to many pictures and so I'll probably split it up into different entries.

All I can say is that I had a mad time! It was the first time going with all my friends, so I had lots of fun, even though I had to visit all the tourists attractions... again. At most we had 10 people eating Peking Duck for dinner then going clubbing in Mix, Beijing.

More about that later. But right now, the most obvious poll of the day: What's your New Year's resolution?

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-05 03:22 pm UTC (link)
i really want to see the pics from china.. hurry up with them, woman!


i don't remeber what your hair was like ^^; but the current one is good =P

my terrible haircut recovered in 2 days btw

as for new years resolutions... no gambling, grow taller, build a harem... the usual

-cessi

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:27 am UTC (link)
Yeah, short hair recovers exceptionally fast^^ It wasn't that bad to begin with anyway^^
Haha, call me a pessimist but somehow I don't think you'll succeed a lot in your resolutions this year... @.@

<3 ya babe!

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[info]ryomakaze
2006-01-05 08:38 pm UTC (link)
welcome back~!

i don't really have any new year's resolutions..

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:27 am UTC (link)
Thanks^^
Ahh, yes, it's always better not to have one, so you don't get disappointed at the end of the year. Mine has always been study harder and lose more weight... always get disappointed lol -_-;;

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[info]genshoku_gal
2006-01-05 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Welcome back! Those pics are beautiful and I like your hair!!

I can't wait to hear about China as well.


and my New Year's resolution is probably to become a better driver lol. Like, good enough that I can take trips longer than an hour without getting scared.

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:28 am UTC (link)
Ah that's a good resolution. I think I need to become a better driver too... damn I hate changing lanes and reverse parking *scared* ^^

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[info]streetromance
2006-01-06 12:57 am UTC (link)
looks exciting :) my new years resolution: lose 20 lbs!!!! and get more piercings

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:29 am UTC (link)
What? You don't need to lose 20lbs, you look nice the way you are.
Piercings? That's cool? Where abouts you planning to get them? I wanted one on my cartliage but then I chickened out -_-;;

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[info]huahua
2006-01-06 04:11 am UTC (link)
Oh Mel you are back! <3
The pictures are great, especially the fireworks ones. And your new hair is cool, very nice on you. ^^

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:29 am UTC (link)
Thanks a lot Hua^^
I'll catch up with you more in henkura XD

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Welcome Back!
[info]nws_tbz
2006-01-06 04:15 am UTC (link)
You are being missed,Mel. ~_~ Hmmm,your new hair style looks good on you.

Answering your poll of the day,you can check my journal entry here ;p

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:30 am UTC (link)
Thanks Karl!!
Oooh, cool I'll go read it now ^.~

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[info]chocolate_misha
2006-01-06 11:31 am UTC (link)
hey Mel
did u get my card :P

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:31 am UTC (link)
You sent me a card? That's so sweet!!! No I haven't gotten it yet, but Sydney mail has been a disaster lately, so it might just be really late^^
I'll get back to you as soon as I get it.. thanks Misha!!^^

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[info]xs_amletx
2006-01-06 01:04 pm UTC (link)
1. (the most obvious) Eat healthier.
2. Learn how to study.


Yup. I am boring. But it's true.

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:32 am UTC (link)
Hahaha, HSC year huh? Have lots of fun @.@

Those are like my resolutions every year... but then I just forget about them =(

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[info]aki_midori
2006-01-06 02:35 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! You sure had fun! THe pictures are cool, and the trip sounsd fantabulous. I'm glad you came back alright. ^^

You mentioned you're going to Japan for an exchange program? Oh, wow! Is that cool or is that cool! I myself am planning to go there, but not in the near future. I wanna go study Film at Japan.

My new year's resolution?

Focus on my writing career. Be more serious about it, since it's what I'm supposed to do, anyway. That and other things I've yet to think about. ^^

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[info]lady_dilandau
2006-01-07 06:39 am UTC (link)
Yeah I know I'm really excited about going^^

You're thinking about becoming a writer? That's fantastic! Make sure you send me a free copy of you novel once you become a best seller XD

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[info]aki_midori
2006-01-08 07:34 am UTC (link)
Well, it has been a fun trip. Looked like it. ^^

Yep, I want to be a writer. I dunno, really, but I think I am one now. An apprentice poet-writer. Or a practitioner. ^^; I've been writing for years, but I've only come out in RL just last year. Joined contests, got active in the University's writers' guild (I was kinda MIA for like, a whole year... 2003 or 2004?), and tried my hand at poetry. But I've still a long, long way to go, but I'm on my way there.

Make sure you send me a free copy of you novel once you become a best seller XD

Oh, in ten years, maybe! LOL. Not in the near future, I'm afraid. But if there ever will bea published book, I'll be sure to think of you!

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