Many people say that when someone smiles they look a lot better than when they don’t smile.
Happiness just looks so good on people, don’t they?
But why do I look like a doof when I genuinely smile or laugh?
Category: Lifestyle
You are You
I am writing this from recent events and experiences (what happens nearly every day and yesterday’s Mardi Gras event). This is mostly to make myself feel better and let everything off my chest.
I don’t have a very high self-esteem. I rarely see my father as he is either out to work or sleeping when I am up; he works from 3am to 4pm and sleeps at 6pm. My mother doesn’t work. She has very high expectations for my brother and I, since she was a quite successful person when she was a student in China.
As the oldest child in the family, most of the expectations are forced onto me. And as the oldest child, mistakes and experiments will be made since my parents are not familiar with the Australian education system. I’m cool with that. But sometimes things can get quite overwhelming.
In NSW, there are a few exams which students can take to put themselves “on a different level to other students their age”. Two of the main exams are the Opportunity Class exams and the Selective High School exams. As a child from a very traditional family, I took them both.
Determined to Stay Single
I know this will somehow contradict what I was saying in my Valentine’s post, but I contradict myself all the time so why not?
Yesterday I had a six hour break in uni because I tutorials and labs didn’t run on the first week, so I went home.
So there I was sitting at the dining table happily eating bread and whatever food I can find at home, when my mum says:
“I was just talking to a friend and I want to introduce you to someone because I think you should get a boyfriend now.”
You can probably imagine out surprised I was. I choked on bread.
I was also hurt. Does she want to give me away so quickly?
But I kind of understand her since I was kind of voted as one of the people most likely to get married when they are in their late 30’s and 40’s among my classmates in high school.
I wanted to go at my own pace. I’m still not comfortable communicating with males and I don’t have a lot of male friends. I have 1 who I treat like my brother, but that’s it. Everyone else is a classmate.
The day that I end up in a relationship will be a big day.
~Lila~
So I think I’m going to have a Social Life
I’m starting uni on Monday, basically tomorrow, oh my glob pray for me 😥 .
I also joined a club/students association based around Japan culture and Japanese stuff during O-week (Frosh Week, Welcome Week or Freshers’ Week whatever you call it).
What was I thinking??!!
I don’t know what drew me to that association stall to sign up. Maybe because they have an event each week? Or because they occasionally meet up with Japanese exchange students? Who knows. There was a $10 lifetime membership fee. I’m dumb. I’m a poor idiot who spends money on random things.
What I am still trying to get used to, is that I might actually start having a social life. Which is quite limited in my life for the last 19 years. Continue reading “So I think I’m going to have a Social Life”
A Message To High School Girls
What I wanted to say to most of the high schoolers
Dear young, high school girl,
I know you probably feel so grown up. All you want to do is look older, be able to nail that contour and smokey eye, and try finding a fake id. But please slow down. Live out your innocence and childhood as long as you can. None of the guys around you right now in high school care about you. They only want one thing from you. I promise. I watched it happen to most of my friends in those four years. I’m blessed to have avoided that type of emotional attachment at that age. Stop partying, stop the drama, stop not caring about your grades and bragging about it. Don’t be an asshole to that nerdy guy, because I guarantee you will be running after him after he is accepted into Detroit Mercy Dental School and that hot guy throwing bush parties right now…
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Catching Up with the Mates
I was invited to a friend’s house to catch-up with the crew before we start university and college.
My main reason for going was actually because I like the food her family serves. The first three hours were spent on her Queen sized bed on our phones. Social media. No communication. With the exception of the occasional video sharing and laughing.
First University Update
This will be officially my first university related post. So the start of my progress in university and another step into pursuing my dream career etc etc.
It Doesn’t Seem Fair
Since I have graduated from High School I was required to apply for the Youth Allowance which will financially help me since I will continue to study full time.
The application process was long and tedious as it involved a lot of terms that I was not familiar with. The whole application, even the parts my parents were supposed to do themselves, were done by me because “I’m the eldest child and I’m supposed to help the whole family”. Anyways, there was this one section that required me to tell them if I’m living away from my family and if I’m paying rent. I obviously said `no’ since I still live with my parents and I don’t work.
Flash forward to today, I had to go back to Centrelink where I had to fill out a form that also contributes to a section in my Youth Allowance application. My mum tried to make me change the information I gave about my rent and who I’m living with, so that they would think that I’m paying rent and nothing living with my parents. Apparently if it was filled out this way the government would give me money (not entirely sure what it involves).
omnomnom…
1 week Trip to Japan
Since I will be spending the next few weeks of my holidays doing nothing but binge watching Supernatural, anime and reality TV, I decided to share images I took during my 1 week trip to Tokyo, Japan from the 27th October to the 3rd of November. I was so pleased that I fit right in despite not being Japanese and not knowing any Japanese.
Ignoring the horrible quality of the camera on my phone you can probably already notice my weird fascination in the many buttons in the airport bathrooms and that my main interests are food and the scenery. The gallery starts off at the airport and ends at the airport.
Not a lot of photos I know, I didn’t include a lot to avoid displaying my poor camera skills on the internet. Enjoy! 🙂
Give it a like and comment to let me know where I should go during my next Christmas and summer holidays if I have the money.
As usual I welcome questions and random comments, so don’t hold back.
But seriously, where should I go during my next holidays?
~Lila~
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