of fun and semi-gap years

I'm having way too much fun nowadays that it's almost, almost illegal...
but I figured that I'll only get this one miserable year relatively free so I'll treat it as a "semi-gap" year.

people travel to Brazil and Africa and whatnot for their true-blue gap year.
and I travel... quite a bit. relatively speaking. I mean, just in zone 1 of Victoria, where my monthly ticket is put to good use. so, it's as far as I can get, without buying another Metlink zone 2 ticket, you know.

fun things I have done to date:
- a glorious week with the parentals aka self-declared-week-off from work! 'nuff said.

- long conversations with the parentals, across the oceans and lands.

-beaching on the couch with the little brother, without worrying too much about work.

- catching up with Sha and Janice: birthdays, shopping trips (more of window shopping for me, as I was the official bag-carrier for the girls... I'm telling you, I carry shopping bags really, really well. it's almost an art to perfection!), dinners, the works.

- having fun at AMS with another set of girls (thankfully, my AMS unit is awesome!)

- catching up with the med girls: dinners, facebook sessions, birthdays (I seem to hangout way too much with just girls, yes?) and of course, with the boys too!!

- volunteering!! right now, I'm doing my stint at the Melbourne Fringe Festival with tons of really cool, out-of-this-world acts and talented performers. I feel so artsy-fartsy! and hopefully, I get the stint at the Lort Smith shelter too!

- current obsession: 80s music (one thing about me is I HAVE PHASES. I was named after the moon in my chinese name, so I have the right, nay, the privilege to change constantly, waxing and waning and everything.) anyways, how can one not jump up and dance to 80s anthems eg Cyndi Lauper, MJ, Queen, David Bowie, Prince (screams!!), Eurythmics??!! it's almost unforgiveable to not bop your head to the beats just a little....

- and my cousin sister aka godsister just got married. and I'm having fun stalking her on Facebook to see all her pretty wedding pictures and anticipating the wedding dinner, albeit from one continent away....

- and on a more trivial note, my cooked dinners at home seem to go pretty well. oxtail soups, osso bucco, lemongrass pork, etc. I'm like... a gourmand. Heh!

- and I'm having a reunion with the primary 6 classmates here in Melbourne this weekend! yes, we manage to keep track of each other all these years. it's almost an incredible feat. but considering Facebook and the stalker function, it's almost too easy!

- and finally, the weather is slightly warmer... and since I thrive on sunlight, my disposition is somwhat, cheerier...