omgawd. so i havent posted anything since november 20. thats ridiculous! there is so much, yet really SO little to share.

MAJOR NEWS - i am back in australia already - i ran out of money GODDAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways heres a run down of what happened snce my last post.
most stuff will have no dates but the first thing i remember because it was the day after my last post and two major things happened that day!

~november 21 - saw twilight. thought it was epic cheese...even moreso than the books. this did not stop me from going to see it 2 more times though. haha.
when i got back from the movies i went online to see if i could get tickets to the Lady Gaga show that night downtown. she was opening for New Kids on the Block but later in the evening doing her own headlining gig. anyways her show was sold out so i was checking online to seei f there were tix for New Kids. there were....so i got off my ass and hauled arse IN THE FUCKING RAIN down to GM Place and bought a ticket - on the right side, pretty decent distance from the stage. a BILLION times better than the tix i got for new kids when i was 14! :D
anyways i then had to wait for another 2 hours before the doors opened. i was quite damp.
lady gaga was AWESOME but if she was on teh stage longer than 20 mins....well it didnt FEEL like it - her set was over so fast! then natasha bedingfield or whatever her name is came on and she was on FOREVER...........BLARGH!
finally the boys came out and i screamed my fucking lungs out for the entire show....yes i was channelling my 12=14 year old self! :D i didnt know ANY of the new songs though. haha

anyways surprise surprise i got a sore throat which developed into a full on cold for the next week.
also during that week met cute spanish guy who went up north to be a chef and make big dollars in teh oil fields for a few months, saw twilight again, read the rest of the Twilight series. became full on fangirl.
dates are all vague from here on. things are in order but not sure when exactly they happened.

~also became obsessed with Dr Horribles sing-a-long blog
~Jacob became my fave Twilight character
~changed hostels around teh end of nov/start of dec.
~went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. took lots of pics.
~IT SNOWED. i was ecstatic.
~but then it didnt STOP SNOWING.....icy sidewalks are not my friend!
~went to a place called Brackendale to see american bald eagles. took many photos. also went to shannon falls where i fell on my ass (nice one eh?) and this place that has bunnies come out that you can feed. normally there are like hundreds??? we saw four. :D took some weet photos though!
~more snow.
~registered at a temp agency
~saw twilight again and the movie bolt in 3-D(very cute)
~went xmas shopping for peeps i was gonna see at xmas - fell on ass in the snow again
~went to vancouver island for xmas. ferry was cool. sisters friend and her family were wonderful! had eggnog for the first time! had proper turkey xmas dinner. HAD VERY FIRST WHITE CHRISTMAS BITCHES! AWWWWYEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~went back to vancouver. bottle of sprite leaked in my handbag and KILLED MY FRICKING CAMERA - no more photos!
~more snow!
~ran out of money.
~flew home.
trip home was epic. 13 hour flight to taipei - 15 hour LAYOVER IN TAIPEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 then another 9 hours to syd. fucking hell. first flight and the layover - i slept maybe a total of 2 and a half hours. i was dying by the time we boarded the flight for syd!
i had called the airline sometime before new years and they put me on a waiting list for the 3rd and teh 6th. the third they could get me on the flight from taipei to syd but not van to taipei, and the 6th was the other way - could get on a flight from van to taipei but not yet for taipei to syd.
anyways they called me early in the arvo on the 3rd saying i would have to go to the airport that night and go on standby.....but then they called me a couple of hours later and told me it was all good - i had a seat for both flights and i didnt have to be on standby. i was soooooo happy. i didnt want to haul arse to the airport only to have to haul arse BACK to the hostel.

anyways when i changed hostels i got into a bad habit of sleeping in heaps (probably why i failed to get a job - though around teh time i registered at the agency i applied for a heap of jobs) and then going out and getting food in the evening. i usually only had one meal a day. i found this japanese place and they made THE BEST GYOZA EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would usually go in there and just get the gyoza...though sometimes i bought other stuff. if i wasnt eating gyoza i was eating kfc for dinner. i have never eaten so much kfc in my life!

anyways so got home last week on monday.
on thursday we went down the coast to se my aunty for a few days. my cousin bill and his wife just had another baby a few days before so i got to have a cuddle. hes soooo cute!

so yeah - THE PLAN is to get a job and save money and GO BACK TO CANADIA ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!! and this time make a serious effort to find a fricking job. at least i dont have to worry about registering for a SIN and all that - its all done!

oh and SOOOOO funny (NOT!)! a job that i applied for even before registering at the temp agency contacted me at the end of last week to ask if i wanted to come in for an interview.....i totally lost it man! i was cackling like a maniac
it sounded like an awesome job too- if only they had contacted me sooner i could have stayed!
WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways so now you are all updated. i still havent uploaded photos yet - i am being mega lazy. i am not looking forward to the resize before uploading thing i always do - there are a LOT of photos. haha but as soon as i do i will definately share on here. i only saw a tiny lil bit of canada and it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

Labels: canada, fangirling, personal news, rambling

Okay well i have had peeps pestering me about not updating the blog - i keep telling yas - Twitter is the best place for updates coz i can send them from my fone. until i get a laptop it costs me money to go online people!

ANYWAYS so what have i done - well I read Twilight - AND I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!! I declare myself to be a fangirl - i am SOOO exited the movie is out tomorrow sometime (the cinema near here has a session at 10 tomorrow but it doesnt specify AM or PM so i am gonna rock up there and pre order a ticket this arvo...OMGAWD SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!) is Robert Pattinson just the prettiest thing EVEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope he makes a delicious Edward. i can watch the previews but none of these pcs have soumd and i havent found a headphone jack thingy so i cant HEAR the previews - but omgawd they make me excited! EXCEPT the scene where the bad guys show up when the good guys are playing baseball - HELLO ITS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY! its supposed to be a stormy night! EPIC FAIL MOVIE MAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but we will see.

So yeah i loved it so much i started rereading yesterday....but i also went walkies yesterday and found the Chapters bookstore on Robson so was able to buy New Moon. I think Bellas mate Jacob is now a werewolf....though they havent explained it for sure yet and Bella is SLOW! :D

Anyways what have i done.....the days all blur. Sunday i went to the Aquarium - OMGAWD THE BELUGAS AND THE SEA OTTERS WERE SOOO CUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont know why but i thought the sea otters would be smaller....they looked about the same size as the seals they had there - except they had lotsa whiskers.....haha so cute.
they also had some dolphins there but they arent like the dolphins we always see in oz - pale grey ones....these ones were very dark with pale stripes.on the side.

but seriously i was in the place just over an hour and i was done.....CAD$20 down the toilet there! i also walked all the way there and back...i was super tired.
I THINk it was that day i went to the movies - i wanted to see Quantum of Solace but all the sessions till 10pm were sold out so i went and saw Burn After Reading. quite funny.
next day i did go see Quantum of Solace.....so taht would be monday......i dont recall what else i did.....very little obviously!

yesterday i was gonna get up early and go out but when i went to have a shower realised (haha so lovely to share) all my underwear was dirty so i spent the morning washing and drying my clothes (while starting to reread twilight). i then went to the post office and sent some docs to my dad and a really shittily written post card to the kids at my old work.....seriously i should write the post cards before i go. I then hauled arse up Robson street where there is a bubble tea place (its a huge hike but so far its the closest one to where i am...ARGH!) as i was walking there i found the Chapters bookstore and nearly geeked out because the net had told me i would have to go over Graville Island and over the bridge to find a decent bookstore - LIES I TELL YOU! so yays - I bought New Moon....and very nearly bought 1) a big poster of Robert Pattinson as Edward (where would i put it???) and 2) the soundtrack (how would i play it - i dont even have a laptop!). thankfully sense won out THIS time and i only bought the book.

i spent the rest of teh day reading and watching tv...somehow even though i staked out the tv room and kept checking the Discovery Channel - first episode of Salvage Code Red was supposed to be on last night but if it was i MISSED IT AND I AM VERY SAD!! can anyone tell me if it was definately on here in canada???? i soooo sad!!!

today has been slow - got up late (missed the free breakfast - good thing i have my own bread and WAHOO - NUTELLA!!!!!!!) so i finished rereading Twilight and have started on New Moon.

i really should start looking for work. i am such a bum!

anyways - wasnt taht update worth the effort of me writing it??? yeah - i agree - NOT AT ALL!! its mostly me fangirling over twilight with very little news!

Labels: personal news, rambling

So i didnt leave the hostel till after midday but i still managed to be somewhat productive today. I got my SIN thingy, i bought a book (havent spotted a bookstore ....well other than shonky adult ones ......so i found Twilight in a 'drugstore' - fangirls if it sucks you will die!!), bought a new bag (my handbag thingy didnt have a zip to close it and i was feeling paranoid carrying it around so i got a new one that does) and WOO i remembered to buy a box of tissues,

anyways nice girl (aussie - haha) staying in my room tonight - she has been in canada since july i think she said so i asked her some stuff.......again i dont recall us exchanging names...lols!

so.....yeah i have had a killer week eh? started off with a bang but then limped along after that! haha
am just tired a lot of the time....see tahts why i need a laptop - net junkie will then be on continual high from her interweb fixes!!

i miss my friends, the parentals, the pets, my computer and easyeay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Labels: personal news, rambling

WOO!!! i saw my first ice hockey game last night. the Canucks against Colorado whatevers...... sorry colorado people - i didnt pay that much attention. poor Canucks lost....it came down to a shoot out type thingy and canucks JUST lost. so sad.

its so weird. okay i havent been to a live football match in a veeeeery long time in oz...but i am sure they dont do this - they actually stop the hockey game for commercial breaks....is that nuts or what????????????????????

aww it was so cute - between teh first and second period they had these tiny lil kids come out and play for a bit - it was sooooooo cute. i could actually follow the puck thingy!!!!!!! and they all kept falling over....damn it was sooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!

anyways today i went out and bought a phone to use here. i still havent hauled arse across the city to get my SIN number yet. i am such a bum.

all the chicks from my room have cleared off so i am on my own right now....though we had a temporary stayer last night who i didnt even see till she left this morn. i had booked myself in for a week and i have now paid up for another week so i dont have to worry about being made to change rooms sunday morn.

someone please give me some motivation to go get the SIN thingy and a bank account. if only i knew somewhere nearby taht does bubble tea - then i could reward myself if i do it...sadly the one place i have found is also a walk across the city.....NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there are waay too many aussies in this hostel - i dont feel like i am in canada really.

Labels: life in canada, personal news, rambling

So - I am in Canada!!! HOLY SHIT! SHEISSE!!!!!!! and various other surprised statements that involve excretment! :D

Hmm - just noticed the comp here has a lil usb thingy i could probably use to upload my pics to flickr but i didnt bring the usb connecter thingy down here so photos will have to wait till another day! not that i have many but some things definately require sharing!

I apologise for any typos on this post - i am typing fast and not checking the screen as i type. Deal with it till i am at leisure to use the web (like when i get a laptop and can sponge of the free wifi in the rooms here). till then please attempt to endure the typo pain.

first up my phone has signal here (and did in taiwan too) so i have been sending posts to twitter - which you can see in the sidebar but if you are on there and wanna follow me this is the link - http://twitter.com/endorwitch.

So taiwan was an epic....entering canada was a breeze in comparison....let me tell you a story....

damn i dont wanna write it all out.....lets just say i wandered up and down the damn airport because there were 2 signs saying transfer and i went to the wrong area....then went through a security check point i shouldnt have (HAHA) accidently misplaced a bag and didnt realise till after i had finally figured out where to go and was on my way to going through immigration so had to go ALL the way back through the check point again so it all looked a bit dodgy.....then went through immigration and the customs thing....yay they didnt grab me to check my bags (poor guy 2 peeps ahead of me got grabbed). then couldnt see the hotel guy so had to get someone to page him.
so uh yeah - rebecca was stressed out and had been crying during the 'go through check point again' business. couldnt wait to get to hotel!

took me a good 10 mins to realise we were driving on the opposite side of the road. haha.
and dude that druve went FOREVER!!!! i started to suspect they were taking us somewhere to sacrifice us to the airline gods to keep their planes in the air!

turns out they were taking us to some swanky golf course...my room was huge!!! my bathroom had a fricking bath as well as a shower! it was ridiculous. they provided us free breakfast (which was okay but pretty minimal) and lunch (which was total shit and the only free drink was water and i loitered over my lunch to get three refills which will be explained shortly)>
so in the room we had a minibar fridge with 2 cans of coke, 2 bottle of mineral water, 2 things of pocari sweat and 2 things fo some other drink which you would have to pay for....i didnt want to use my credit card and i hadnt changed my money yet so was like 'how can i pay? - forget it!'.they had stuff to make a cup of tea and coffee but no milk. the only source of water was the tap....which i tried a sip of and it was MEGA metallic so i couldnt do it (and a girl i met later said there were signs saying dont drink the tap water but i must have missed them). so we were in taht place for 24 hours and FUCKING HELL I WAS SOOO DAMN THIRSTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dude i can do without food - i CAN NOT do without drinks! omgawd by the time we got back to the airport i was dying!

anyways so yeah wen we first got there they offered us this free half day tour and at the time i said yes, but when i got up for breakfast i cancelled because 1) it was raining and 2) you had to check out early and go back to the airporta nd they took you onthe tour from there and there was no info to tell you what they were gonna do with your bags,,,,,,so i was concerned. so instead i lazed around my room all day. slept a bit.

anyways two fo the peeps who came back to the hotel (there were about 10 in total) were also going to vancouver so we hung out at the airport when we got back. i didnt get either of their names but the guy is actually here in this hostel....i need to track him down actually because he paid for the cab for us from the airport to here and i need to pay him back half the fare. the girl was heading off to jasper to work as a snowboard instructor. she said she was going to have to get up at 5am today to go on a 12 hour bus ride (longer than the plane ride from taipei to vancouver) to get there.....and then she would have to start working the very next morning!!!!!!! OMGAWD!!!!!!!!!

anyways so immigration at canada was a breeze - the line was just super slow! but yeah - not a drama at all! just show em your docs, they ask a few questions. they stamp some stuff and stick your visa thing in your passport and voila - you're in.

i dunno why - but maybe i missed it or maybe because they guy i was with (who was carting 2 surfboards) had so much stuff - i didnt see anywhere where they stop you to check your suitcases or signs saying 'nothing to declare' or whatever.....did i juts miss it or dont they have that here?????

anyways got to hotel. check in was a breeze. went to my room....eyes bug out. fucking clothes EVERYWHERE...dude you gotta see the pictures!!! and it had that odour of clothes in need of a wash - you know the one. yeah - boys let me tell you - girls are not lovely clean and tidy things - i promise you - we be GROTTY BITCHES!!!!!
but at least i dont leave my dirty laundry laying everywhere....omgawd.

anyways i had a shower because damn i was feeling grotty, then went out - chick at the hostel counter said 'grocery store is about a block that way' i walk 'that way' and i went MORE than a block....no grocery store......maybe it was the other way - maybe she is on drugs. anyways i found a 7eleven and bought 2 bottles of coke (591 mls people - what the fuck is that??? not even a round number?????????????) and some kinda roll and a thingo of watermelon chunks and walked back to the hostel. ate the roll and drank some coke and went to sleep.

this morn i got up after much loitering in bed and walked down granville st (my hostel is located on granville) and went to robson st - i knew there was a Lush there - i was out of American Cream just before i left home plus i needed soap - they had Alkmar!!! (or how ever its spelt) i havent seen taht in oz FOR AGES!!!!!!!!!!!
i then headed to the skytrain (umm hello - its called skytrain but the granvile station...you go DOWN DOWN DOWN to get to it...not so sky-ish!) and caught the train to the Statium/Chinatown stop. wandered pretty much the length of chinatown. i found a place that made bubble tea (is also a clothes show) and bought their version of green apple green tea......looked more like nuclear waste or something!! :D was drinkable but VERY sweet....and the apple is sorta like those toffee apple lollies you can get in oz. so not that appley really. heh.
ithen made my way back to the hostel. when i got here my legs were kinda sore so i vegged out in the tv room for a while. watched some jerry springer. hehe. talked to an aussie chick a bit. a bunch of other folks came in including the two aussie chicks staying in my room (who are soon leaving).
anyways got bored and figured it was time i figured out the net set up here for those chumps without a laptop to sponge off the wifi - and voila here i am!!!

anyways i am mega hungry so i am gonna sign off soon. there is supposed to be a pub crawl tonight (i think they do it every monday) but tonight is supposed to be big because tomo is a public holiday. havent decided if i wanna go because - hey - I DONT DRINK ZEE ALCOHOLS!!!!!! but we will see.....

anyways - will bug you later kids!! OMGAWD I AM IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Labels: personal news, rambling

I dont know why but I have been avoiding Livejournal a lot lately. This is the person who used to be on there EVERY DAY and would have to go back 200+ posts every day just to read all the new posts by her friends and the communities she had joined.
Maybe its a subconscious precautionary measure. I am in a lot of fandom communities and have friended quite a few doll owners so when they post things I want it just tempts me to buy stuff I dont really need. Fandom enables fandom i guess. haha

But yeah - I decided to have a look at some stuff tonight. Still lots of squeeing over the Season 4 premiere of Supernatural. But OMGAWD my cous who has been offline for LIKE EVER is back with a vengence....and chatting up b-grade celebs and insulting politicians at the cafe she works at! WENCH!
BUT WOO! i may have to return to LJ just to read her posts.....

haha - flashbacks to 2002! Secret Garden by Gackt just came on iTunes!

hey guess what - Manifest is on this weekend.....two years in a row I have missed it, and if i find a job in Canada-land it might be ANOTHER two years. I dont go for the anime - i go to see my melbourne buddies! So depressing.

haha - flashbacks even further! Alice in Chains - Angry Chair....hello 1993! mwahahaaaa - ah the memories.....like getting trampled in the moshpit at one of their sydney shows...good times. NOT!

Hey i need someone with the brainz to talk to about the bailout in the US. Isnt that like against everything a good Republican should stand for? I dunno....I mean averting an all out economic depression would be great but i am just confuzzled. I thought such things would be what Democrats would do in the situation while the Republicans would be jumping up and down going 'NONONONONONO!!!!!!'
Pls smart people explain to dumb australian girl!

Umm what other randomness can I share before I hit post?
Oh - I sw Hellboy 2 the other night. Wasnt bad. Can appreciate my friends total obsession with Prince Nuada. :D

Wasnt so impressed by the Golden Army though......I dont know they seemed a bit lame. But yeah it was amusing and stuff.

Okay - thats it - I shall endeavour to make the next post be about SOMETHING! (probably salvage....hahahahahahaaaa)

Labels: rambling, random