feral insomniac

18 is just a number

2012-11-12T06:42:00.004-08:00

i turned 18 just a few days back (on the 4th, to be precise) and life has just been the 'same old, same old'. i'm honestly quite freaked out by the fact that i have to start working soon. i really wish i could open an ebay store and work from home instead! but, more often than not, we can't always get what we want.

wasn't that a horrible start to this post? on a happier note, i received a conditional offer from the university of sydney for bachelor of engineering (aeronautical). i'm quite pleased but, as usual, i'm starting to get an inkling of cold feet already. university, from what i heard (mostly from my mother and 9gag) is no fun and games. just the thought of that massive workload gives me a migraine. that's why, i hope to start my self-study program soon so that i can be at least a little prepared by july, when my first semester starts.

to balance out how serious (and decidedly nerdy) this post is starting to sound, i will introduce you to my current favourite beverage - easyway milk tea with pearls! mighty mighty addictive stuff.

i almost choked on my own spit when i saw this shop in kingsgrove! can you say ripoff or what? kpop fans will know what i mean.

say howdy to my new handlebar mustache! except they're on my ears...so then, do you call them earstaches? we'll leave that question for the rocket scientists to ponder over and let us, peasants, get on with marveling over how cute it is! kawaii neh?

so that's it for now. stay tuned for more updates on my ultra-fantabulous life (not). until next time, adios!

ps: here's a fun fact - so far, every single one of my posts were written past midnight. i suppose that's just me staying true to my blog name, or rather, the second-half of it (insomniac). as for 'feral', well, the jury is still out on that one.

my past, present and (hopefully) future cameras

2012-10-31T07:53:00.000-07:00

i used to own...

...an olympus fe-370.

i now own...

...a nikon coolpix p100.

i hope to own...

...a fujifilm finepix x100.

le fin.

ps: to make up for the lack of content on this post, do check out my new flickr.

cue the fanfare

2012-10-29T07:03:00.003-07:00

apologies for the lack of posts lately. it turns out blogging about daily life is harder than i thought. especially if you don't go out much, like me.

anyway, i've been reading 'the girl with the dragon tattoo' by stieg larsson for the past two days after briefly seeing it's movie adaptation on tv. i didn't let myself finish watching it because i really wanted to read the book first. i'm halfway through it and it's a pretty engrossing read, so far.

i spent today morning getting the items that i sold on ebay ready for shipping. i found that i actually enjoy this kind of work, although i can't really say business is booming. oh well, it's only been two months since i started selling on ebay so who knows how things'll pan out.

a few days back, i received two parcels via post. they happened to be the shoes my mother had ordered online on ebay, around three weeks ago! you can imagine my mother's excitement as we drove to the post office.

the story behind these particular pairs of shoes transpired when we we talking a leisurely stroll down new town. my mother spotted these shoes at one boutique and she immediately fell in love with them. unfortunately, they were priced at $80. dismayed, we headed back home and checked online for the pair and guess what? the same pair turned up on ebay for $20! gleefully, she placed orders for two pairs with differing colours and a slight variation. alas, the black pair turned out to be a size smaller than the gold pair and she was not able to wear it so she donated it to me!

ah, you've gotta love ebay.

i got these pants from a store in campsie centre. the store was sold really pretty japanese-y/korean-y stuff so it was love at first sight. even my mother admitted to liking their earthy-coloured, and somewhat rustic, floral clothes. i think she used the term 'ugly-beautiful' to define them. a proper oxymoron. unfortunately for us, we weren't able to make many more purchases as the stuff were pretty pricey. nevertheless, i really like these pants. they can double as summer wear and home wear!

the only other purchase from the store. they had loads more cute (and expensive!) hair accessories but my mother picked these out for me. plus, they remind me of burberry.

speaking of burberry...

...blueberry! feast your eyes upon these delectable blueberry muffins! to date, they are the best muffins i have ever eaten and nothing else will ever reach that peak of extreme perfection. nope, never. they were baked by my mother...no surprise there!

i must bid you farewell now! a long-awaited slumber beckons me.

ain't no fun

2012-10-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

the last two days of my life were absolutely excruciating. why? forms! bloody, torturous forms! i've been filling out a gazillion forms and writing letters for visa-related purposes from the moment i wake up in the morning till past midnight. oh joy of joys.

well, enough of that. i'm sure it's no better reading about the horror of forms than filling them out.

all i crave for right now is a long, uninterrupted sleep, hopefully exceeding 12 hours, followed by an even longer dunk in the hot tub, while watching sungkyunkwan scandal on my laptop. yup, that sounds just about perfect.

in other news, i bought a shoe-shelf at the k-mart in westfield today. it's great how much neater my room is after i stuffed all my shoes in the closet. if you're wondering what the weird, furry thing jutting out of the shelf is, well...

they're my bear feet! grawr! i should really wax my feet and clip my toenails, eh?

i decided to include this picture of a clothing brand i recently discovered called 'public enemy'. i love these bold printed t-shirts! they're some of my absolute favorites in my (sparse) wardrobe.

i spent quite a bit of time cleaning this pair of heels with sellotape (to get rid of the dust and lint) so i could put up on ebay tomorrow. they're actually the pair i wore for my high school graduation's after-party, which turned out to be a total bust. i only wore it for about half an hour before i decided to take them off because my feet were killing me and i headed home soon afterwards. party girl? i think not.

so that's about it for today, folks. i'll leave you with a song by 2ne1 to groove to. this song has gotten me up out of my life's low points innumerable times so it's definitely worth a play!

ahnyeong!

ps: i caught a bit of a documentary called 'graffiti wars' this morning and it got me really interested in their whole 'culture'. i found a great site called ldngraffiti which made me appreciate graffiti art on a whole new level. get well soon, king robbo!

back so soon?

2012-10-23T05:45:00.003-07:00

my internal clock is pretty messed up these days. could you believe that i slept past 2pm today?

anyway, i tried to make up for lost time by straightening the apartment a little. i had almost forgotten to bake the chicken that was marinating in the fridge. my mother aka the 'food goddess' had fixed it the previous night.

here's the delicious result after 40 minutes or so of baking. this picture does no justice to it whatsoever. i had already started digging into it before i remembered to take a picture, as you can clearly see from the fork sticking out of the chicken's side.

this is the tree directly outside my bedroom window. i have no idea what it's called but it sure looks really soft and fluffy, kind of like cotton.

after my mother got back from work (she wasn't very happy about the fact that i'd slept the whole day off), we headed to banana joe's to get an orange juice she's banana's about (see what i did there?). i opted to stay in the car because i had been to lazy to change out of my home-clothes.

she got me the bioré triple action toner that i'd been lusting after! she'd been making fun of my recent fad for skincare so her buying this for me was a surprise.

i just love bioré! though i've only used three of their products so far (moisture lotion and original deep cleansing pore strips), they have all proved to be consistently good, if not excellent, in delivering exactly what the labels say. for instance, the triple action toner made my skin feel soft and dewy, rather than drying it like most toners are notorious for. ah, dabbing toner on my face is one the best feelings ever!

alright, alright. enough fangirling over bioré. i'd better hit the hay now if i am to wake up early tomorrow morning.

goodnight!

ps: audrey of *fourfeetnine* replied to me on twitter. it's my first celebrity mention on my newly opened twitter account. i'm a fan of her blog and i think she's really cool. i'm no longer @agluttonofsorts, it's @feralinsomniac now so follow me?

first post, first impressions

2012-10-22T08:49:00.002-07:00

hello there blogosphere!

since this is my first post, i suppose introductions are in order...even though it feels like i'm talking to myself here.

well here goes!

i'm a 17 year old sri lankan, currently living in sydney, australia. i recently moved here with my mother after completing my a levels in sri lanka. i'm currently busy (clearly not since i'm writing this post) with the maddening frenzy of university applications, personal statements and so on.

my primary interests include watching anime and tv series, reading books, watching crime investigation documentaries, cross-stitching, sleeping excessively, asian culture...ah, the list goes on and on!

hopefully, i will be able to document bits and pieces of my life in this blog for my personal use, if not for your own entertainment. whoever you are!

let me wrap this post up with a random set of pictures from my iphone:

these are all the books i've bought in sydney from underground bookshops, thrift markets, k-mart etc. minus 'quantum' by majit kumar. that was one was a gift from my father. all in all, not a bad start to the collection, eh?

last week, my mother bought this marvel's avengers t-shirt for me after she saw me less than inconspicuously clawing at it in the store. best of all, it was priced at just $20! i was honestly ready to sell my soul to buy marvel merch. at times like these, i really do love my mother.

meet my new friend, or rather the 'only' friend i've made after all the weeks in sydney. and not a very good one either. he is my neighbor's cat & i've seen him only twice so far. our first encounter was when i spotted him pooping in the grass outside my window. love at first sight? you could say that!

and finally...

isn't this hilarious? two of my favourite celebrities in one single picture...my brain cannot process so much epicness.

i have a feeling i'll continue to be this random in future posts.

until next time, cheers!