Crazy Japanese.. I want!

Now why didn’t they have anything like this on display when I was over there?!

And incase you didn’t know what it is, it’s a 1:1 scale Gundam Robot, IN TOKYO. Not that i’m into Gundam, but still… imagine coming in for your landing to Narita and seeing this thing!? How cool!

10.Jul.09 Fun Comments (2) 

Optimistic Pessimist or Pessimistic Optimist?

Sometimes I have reflective moments where I pause and analyse myself, and think that i’m a pessimist. But then I look a bit deeper, and find I really seem to be an optimist.

When it comes to other people though, when is optimism crossing the border into naivity?

Thanks to someone tagging a friend of mine in a Facebook picture, I realised he was back from Overseas and in Sydney – though he hadn’t told anyone. Not me, nor his best friend from when he used to live here (they were almost inseparable). I thought this was strange, but figured he might just want to keep things low key.

I told him i’d be in Sydney as well, and that we should catch up – seeing as it’d probably be another year before he comes back again. He replied with the suggestion that we catch up on Sunday for a coffee. That sounded good.

I met a friend for dinner on Friday night, and although expensive, both the restaurant and the meal were fantastic. It’s kind of sad that nowadays we’re bowled over when we experience good service, but this went beyond that. It was FLAWLESS. If you’ve got a bundle of cash for dinner and you’re in Sydney. DO go to ‘Rambutan’ on Oxford St.

After dinner I met another couple of friends and we went clubbing at The Shift. After dancing awhile and watching one of the tragic drag shows, I went to get a drink. On my return, I passed a group of guys, and did a double-take – my other friend was here too!

So much for keeping it low-key if he’s at the shift.. haha… Then he saw me too and we hung out for most of the rest of the night, and it was all quite fun. Around 4.30 I was heading back to the hotel for some sleep, so he confirmed again we’d catch up for coffee on Sunday. He’d send me his mobile number on Facebook later the next day. We said our goodbyes and I headed off.

Now here’s where the optimism kicks in: I assumed he would send me a message with his phone number, and plans etc on where we’d meet on Sunday.

Now here’s where the naivity kicks in: I started making excuses in my head (eg, no net? busy?) why he hadn’t messaged me, right upto about lunchtime on Sunday.

Now here’s where the pessimism kicks in: Considering he didn’t tell his best friend he was coming to Sydney for a month, and he didn’t immediately give me his contact number on his first message nor when we met in the club, I can only assume he had no intention to do so at all in the first place. So why go through all the pretending bullshit then?

This is actually a saddening fact to accept, because I like to believe that when people say something, they mean it. I will believe they mean what they say, right up until their actions prove otherwise – kind of like the “I love you’s” my ex used to tell me right before I dumped him.. Actions speak far louder than words.

People change, and a lot of the time it’s not for the better. Maybe I should start off with the pessimism and be occasionally pleasantly surprised when they prove me wrong.

15.Jun.09 Random Comments (2) 

Wow, illegal DVD’s in Malaysia? *Gasp*

I laughed when I saw this story this morning, “Anti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDs” – do they seriously need a dog to find pirated DVD’s?

I especially like this bit;

“This is a clear signal to the pirates that we will not waver in our efforts to shut them down,” said Mohamad Roslan Mahayudin, director-general of enforcement with the Malaysian ministry.”

Uh oh, some pleb forgot to pay the weekly bribe money to the local authorities. I bet the boss is going to be PISSED!

05.Jun.09 Fun Comments (0) 

Pappa dums?

What is it with Indians and the corner of Swanston and Flinders Sts?

Recently we had Taxi drivers whinging they’re getting ‘attacked’ and they wanted safety screens in their taxis, then they’re complaining they’re too constricted once the safety screens were installed? Lose some weight, you fat asses.

Now we have Indian students claiming they’re being victimised because of a few (a ’spate’) of bashings around the place – which they have nicknamed the ‘curry bashings’. Lol.

If there’s one thing they’re good at, it’s making a noise and claiming they’re the victims. I find it ironic in that they stage a DISRUPTIVE protest and erode any feelings of sympathy, by getting all rowdy and violent and shit. Yeah, way to go, BRAINIACS. Really thought that one through, didn’t ya?

Here are some facts.

You have a city. The city has lowlifes who bash / rob people.

You have a BIG city. The BIG city has MORE lowlifes who bash / rob people.

You have a city which has a concentration of people from ONE race. The city will still have lowlifes who bash / rob people, no matter who they are.

I’m sure if we collated enough police reports of assaults, we’d be able to bend the facts and claim there are a ’spate’ of Asian/Italian/Caucasian bashings going on too!

GET IT? They don’t care who you are, they’ll still rob / bash you if you look like a target. Fuck…

Update

Check out this link, which is an editorial piece by an INDIAN guy, living in the UK, looking at the whole debacle. See, there are some Indian people with intelligence, something that is sadly lacking in the majority of the ‘mob’…

02.Jun.09 Bitching Comments (0) 

What’s to do in Melbourne?

Every time someone comes to visit Melbourne, they ask this question… and then you’re left scrambling, trying to think of things off the top of your head. So this is a laundry list for my own benefit, but may be useful to you too :P

Inner City:

Suburbs:

Outer / Day Trips:

25.May.09 Holiday Comments (0) 

Void

There’s a big hole, and it’s not going away.

I don’t like it.

25.May.09 Random Comment (1) 

Weirdos

I had this Thai guy message me the other day (Very cute, too). A bit of a weird one, but amusing.

Firstly, he’s in Sydney, but he doesn’t like it there. Too many people.

Secondly, he’s renting a 2 BR apartment, but he’s got about 10 people living there so he can subsidise the rent.. (if you don’t like so many people, don’t make your apartment into a commune?)

But here’s the best bit – he’s looking for a loving boyfriend who’s not into material things, not superficial, etc. And then in the next sentence he says he’s dating some guy who spends lots of money on him (buying him clothes, etc), aka sugar daddy. Lol.

Even better, he wants to find some ‘perfect boyfriend’, but he wants to be the first Asian guy this ‘perfect’ guy has dated. So if you’ve ever dated an Asian guy before, you’re instantly excluded.

Some people have some seriously fucked up logic going on in their heads.. LOL!

21.May.09 Random Comments (0) 

Retail Therapy

It’s Gooooood. Heh.

28.Apr.09 Fun Comments (2) 

What they say, what they mean

He says
“I’m a genuine, down to earth and motivated guy – mainly looking for friends to hang out with at the moment”

He means
“I’m a plastic, snobbish and stuck up guy – only looking for cute guys I want to have sex with to hang out with at the moment”

19.Apr.09 Bitching Comment (1) 

Culture Shock

Monday night. 10.43pm. NOTHING FUCKING OPEN.

So it’s mi goreng for dinner, I guess. (CBF cooking, worked late)

I could really go an izakaya right now..

23.Mar.09 Random Comment (1) 

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