Arcading on Christmas Day!

I had a fun fun fun Christmas this year. Like always, on Christmas day, my uncles, aunties, cousins, come together at grandma's house to eat and celebrate. Since my family was too lazy to cook a feast this year, we went out to eat.

After eating, the little kids went to Mounties to play at the arcade! I had so much fun car racing with my cousins. I really suck at driving. I can't even win at video games. Out of us four cousins, I came 4th. What a great ranking! I really wanted to come anything but last because I was the oldest out of the bunch. I grasped onto the steering wheel like it was the vine on a cliff that was the only thing that could support me from falling 10ft down and still didn't win. What a pity.

I played DDR once. Once was enough for me to make a fool of myself. I literally went crazy; my hands flapped all over the place and my uncontrollably loud mouth made the weirest, heading turning noises.

I didn't waste much money at the arcade, which was a good thing because wasting money at arcades is very silly. The prizes at Mountie's arcade looked like they were from the worst bargain shops. Cheap, plasticky crap.

Anyway, I hope you guys had a great Christmas too. It's not always the presents that are great on Christmas, Christmas spirit is much more wonderful.

The best car racing video game ever. It's in HD!

My cousin's Subaru racing car.

Me lurvoing...

Flu + Rashes = Miserable Time

Hello world. I've been sick since Friday the 11th. That's right. Sore throat, runny noise, flem, loss of appetite. A metaphor that would best describe my past few days of doing little activities would be 'pig'. I've stayed up till 1am for the past 3 days, reading The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown, would usually only wake up from the most peculiar dreams at about 11:30am to do absolutely nothing onwards but find junk in the fridge to feel my never hungry stomach. Wow, that's a mega long sentence. The Da Vinci Code is so very good.

To be honest, I've never felt worst this year than the last few days which I experienced some kind of incurable flu. Well, it felt incurable to me because it lasted more than 2 weeks even with many cups of disgusting liquid medicine, Cold and Flu tablets and Codral.

I think what I hate most about being sick is the unhealthy, uncomfortable feeling that I get. Taking medicine would definitely come second though. That, I say without hesitation. When it comes to taking medicine, I'm not crazily fussy, but neither am I willing to take it if my parents don't demand I take it. I like to keep quiet so they'll forget to remind me, but that was pretty hard this time round because I was continuously coughing my heart out from between my lungs. Anyway, let me describe how disgusting the liquid medicine I had to take called Robitussin, was. It tasted like liquid metal flavoured dirty water. That's right. Horrible, horrible stuff that stung my taste buds. I could still taste the medicine after a whole 250ml cup of water mouthwash. Starburst lollipops helped with getting rid of the bitter taste in my case.

My medicines

Liquid metal flavoured dirty water

To make matters worse, I've been getting my annual spring/summer allergies whilst my incurable flu was still at its hopeless stages. I've been to doctors earlier this year, to find out what I'm allergic to. Dr. Bullock said, "The tests show that you're allergic to Cockroach droppings, dustmites and weeds."
Assuming that dustmites was the cause of my ring-worm like rashes, I had a massive house clean-up with the help of my daddy and sister this morning. Together we cleaned every spec of dust visible to the naked human eye. (This doesn't count me because I was wearing glasses, ahaha) Hopefully, it was the dustmites. I like to think that my family isn't that disgusting to let cockroaches breed inside our house and poop all over our floors. Gross. I don't think we have weed plants or weed sprouting through the cracks of our tiled floor either...

I've been taking Claratyne tablets, but they seem to take a very long time to start reacting to my rashes.

So I guess this sums up about everything I've experienced since holidays started. Spectacular, I would say if I still had my cheery, sarcastic mood, but I'm too worn out to be sarcastic anymore. I'd say my holidays are sucking because being sick ruins every single damn thing. I guess you can call me pessimistic in the mean time. Teehee.

$8 Letters

Yesterday I went Christmas shopping with my mummy and sister at Liverpool Westfield. It took us a gazillion years to drive into the parking lot of the shopping centre and another gazillion years to find a parking spot. Personally, I hate it when I sit in a stationary car. I start doing things such as, look at my shoes, look at people through their tinted car windows, bang my head on the back of the front seat or pull tissues out of the tissue box. I seriously mean I hate stationary cars when I say I hate stationary cars. That was why I took pictures of the sky to keep myself busy whilst waiting in the car.

Anyway, back to the point. Before going to Liverpool Westifield, we visited a relative at Sefton who kept giving us chilled Vitamin water. She gave us so much to drink that I had to run to the Ladies bathroom before I could get an shopping done.

After going to the toilet, my mum, sister and I went looking for a kettle for my Auntie, since she seems to have a fancy of the kettle at our house. Whenever she comes to our house, she would stroke our kettle and boil water with it. Since we were quite bad with directions at Liverpool Westfield, it took us a while to get to Myer. It was devastating to find out that our kettle was an old model and is not made by Breville anymore. We did see the newer model but it was skinny and ugly.

We decided to get my auntie a vase instead. Sadly, we couldn't find a nice one of the size we wanted. I did see something I wanted though. Letters! I'm an updated viewer of Communitychannel and I love how she has those letters in the background of her videos.


One letter was $8. What a rip off! I'm just going to be crafty and make my own cardboard letters... Save myself $8 to buy something more useful... But, I really want those letters. Damn it.

So yeah, we ended up buying nothing. Which means, we'll have to go shopping again in a few days. Great.

Commerce Party

I've got to say Mr. Lynch is a very nice teacher. He always compliments our Commerce class. A true gentlemen...yes. I think I'm going to miss Commerce alot. Stuff Digital Media next year. You'll never be the same as my Commerce baby!

Today, Mr. Lynch threw a party in Commerce for us. Mr. Lynch gave us the choice of three different cakes. Cheeeeese Cake (Mango and Passionfruit) , something Rich Forest Cake and Blueberry Tea Cake... I can't remember, ahaha. He also gave us 7 packets of Natural Confectionery lollies. Dr. Thomson Ngo was busily helping himself to them. I was doing the same thing, next to him. Mr. Lynch personally told me he wouldn't like it if I took photos of him because he doesn't like photos. I could not accept such a reason so I sneakily took a photo of him anyway. I would like to look back at photos in 10 years time and remember who taught me Commerce. I'm sure that's okay with you Mr. Lynch?

Thank you Mr. Lynch, for the party. I appreciated it very much. The Cheese cake made me feel a little sick though. It was so rich with cheese.

My piece of Cheeeese Cake.

Blueberry Tea Cake.

Jelly Beans.

Lisa and Kat furiously asking Mr. Lynch questions.

There's Mr. Lynch!

Elldogg. Chhyeah.

Scary Make Over

My sister had Games Day at her Primary School today. My sister and her friends did Haunted House. They called their haunted house 'House of Horrors'. Yes, totally spooky... For my sister's sake, I had to wake up at 6 am to an annoying 'Jai Ho' alarm to do my sister's make-up. I bet I looked scarier than my sister even with her pale foundation and dark eyeshadow. I looked dead from lack of sleep.

I think I'm pretty good with makeup. My sister looked pretty scary to me. Anyway, according to my sister, her Haunted House raised $200. Impressive. I'm sure it was because of my excellent makeup. Ahehehe. I also heard that House of Horrors made a Year 1 boy cry. AHHA. That boy probably had tracey'smakeupissoawesome-phobia or maybe, maybe he was scared of the darkness in the Haunted House?

The Year 6 kids raised $4000 in just 3 hours. I'd say that's quite amazing. Why do little kids get so much money?!

After the make-up photos -

Scary aye?

Awwh, a pretty ghost.

Catching the Train: Camp

I'm definitely catching the train home from camp because my mum doesn't know the way to Hurlstone. I don't mind. It's just that I pack alot which means, I'll have a hard time lugging my suitcase and bag around. Please catch the train with me and Julia. The more the merrier!

Since the bus is leaving at 8:30 am, I guess I can catch the train on Monday morning too. My dad would probably drive me though. He's too overprotective. The only reason I travel to school by train is because he has to drive my little sister to school. Next year, he'll probably drive us to school everyday. I like catching the train though. It's more fun! MSN me and we'll sort out the times if you want to train travel.

The Things I Love: Collage

I had Weeowiser today. We talked about what's right and wrong in a relationship. The Doritos chips and lollies were the only things that I was interested in though. We made collages of the things we like as well. Apparently, this collage is something I can look back to when I'm feeling down and hate life.

The only magazines that were given to us were Total Girl and Better Homes magazines. The things in my collage briefly show what makes me happy. It could have been better if I was given a fashion magazine *wink. When you guys feel down or unhappy, feel free to look at my collage. I'm sure it'll make you feel better. Everyone loves anti-wrinkles, McDonalds, shampoo, photos and Airwick! Teehee.

Corny Asian Couple

Today Christie and I sat on a blue seat at Glenfield Station to wait for the Macarthur train to go to sport. Whilst doing so, we saw a playful, asian couple on the opposite platform. They were the corniest couple I've ever seen in my life. The girl saw a butterfly flutter by and started jumping up and down, pointing at the butterfly. The guy started doing the same thing. They then stood with their backs to us watching the butterfly flutter away for a long 30 seconds. Me and Christie cracked up so much. Seriously, they looked like they were in their late 20's! Butterflies?

Danielle gave me the best birthday present ever. Just yesterday, I said I needed new boardies. Guess what she gave me? BOARD SHORTS. I like them so much, thank you!

Last week at bowling (11/11/09) I scored 102 pins. Today I scored 78 pins. I was aiming for 80! My bowling luck has worn off. Even my special pink bowling ball let me down today.

I didn't buy my usual Soft Serve. Instead, me and Carmen decided to check out shorts at Valley Girl. What were we thinking? There was 7 minutes before our train would arrive. A very short amount of time. Where's Valley Girl? At the very last corner of Level 3. We ran like we were being chased by rapists. Yes. Anyway, when we got to Valley Girl, we had a few looks and then ran out. All that running just for a short peek. Oh well, it was good exercise.

Reversing A Tractor

I've never driven anything in reverse before, not even Dodgem Cars. Today, Mr. McAlpin assessed us on reversing tractors. Doesn't he know better not to let Tracey go near a tractor? I was around the 7th person to be assessed. Watching everyone before me do it, reversing looked like a piece of cake. Wrong.

"Tracey." Mr. McAlpin called my name. His voice sent shivers down my spine. I knew I'd stuff up no matter how easy peasy reversing may seem.
"Sir, I've never reversed before!"
"The little 'R' is reverse." Mr. McAlpin said, showing no sympathy what so ever.

I got on the tractor and did a run through on how to start a tractor. Okay, clutch, turn the key, turn on the engine, gear, foot off clutch. Yep no problems...but what did I do instead?
I turned the key, put the tractor into gear, pressed the start button and released clutch. The tractor didn't even make one tiny wheezing sound.
"Need help?" Mr.McAlpin smirked.
"No, I don't need any help sir!" (Asking for help means -1/2 mark)
Luckily, Manisay shouted out, "Put the gear back into neutral." Ahhha, thank you Manisay.

After a few moments, the tractor was moving under me, moving very very slowly. Why? This time I put the tractor into 1st gear when it was meant to be in third gear! I think I've got tractorphobia from last time, putting the tractor in third gear, high revs. I pulled on the throttle lever for more speed. The tractor didn't go any faster! "Third gear!" McAlpin shouted. He knew I was hopeless so he walked to the very slow moving tractor and changed the tractor to third gear for me.

Everything was going fine, until...the reversing part.
I couldn't get the tractor into the pot box. Why? The tractor was coming in from the left which meant that I had to turn the wheel clockwise. I did the exact opposite. If a helicopter was passing by the school grounds, they would have thought the tractor was on a spazz. I went forwards then backwards nearly 2o times! After about the 10th time, I kind of lost it and start gripping the wheel tight and roughly changing gears. Swearing also. AHAHA.

I managed to reverse the tractor into the pot box eventually. I didn't get a great mark, but I don't mind. I learnt alot from my mistakes which were - turning the wheel the wrong way, starting the tractor wrong and squashing a pot. Boy, will I be dangerous on the road. One day when we all grow up, if you see a mad woman swearing in her car while reversing, that would be me.

AHHAAA, Christie started driving the tractor without her seatbelt on. AHAHA.

MOMIJI DOLLS

Today I got off the train at Cabramatta and Thanh greeted me with a wicked grin, flapping her Science Focus textbook in my face. A strange start to a day. Carmen stepped forward from behind Thanh holding out a miniature cardboard box.
"Happy Belated Birthday!" Carmen said.
"Awwwh, thanks Carmen!" I replied, taking the peculiar box. "What is it?"
"Open it up!"
"Open it, open it!" Thanh shouted into my ear. She was more excited than me!
I opened the box. What's in the box? (You know the kids show on TV, laugh man! It's a joke!)
Anyway, I was so delighted to see such a cute Japanese figurine.
"It's so cute! Thanks heaps Carmen!" I said, hugging Carmen.

The Momiji Doll that Carmen gave me is named 'Pixie'. Pixie likes escapology and cups of tea. She's just like me! Tracey Junior. I think that's why Carmen bought it for me. AHAHA.

Yeah, I love Momiji Dolls now. I want a whole collection of them. They're so cute! I must visit Kinokuniya! What sucks about these dolls is that they are limited edition figurines. That means if I'm not quick on my feet, I'll miss out on a doll I want and won't be able to buy it ever again becaise it'll be 'gone forever'.

Kinokuniya, I'll sleep in you if I must.

Early Merry Christmas : From Orthodontist

Today I went for my monthly Orthodontist checkup. My Orthodontist who I assume is in his 20's, decided that today was the start of Christmas. Without asking what colour elastics I wanted, he asked his assistant to get green and red.

I had this saliva sucking tube in my mouth while my Orthodontist spoke to his assistant.

Assistant - "There's not enough light green for her."
Orthodontist - "Really? What I shame! I was going to give Tracey Christmas colours!"

A few minutes later -

Assistant - "Hey! There's dark green left! Will it work?"
Orthodontist - "Yeah, lets try it! (He cackles while saying this)

When the assistant finally removed the saliva sucking tube from my mouth, the Orthodontist gave me a mirror to look at my braces. Great, I'm celebrating Christmas early this year.

Orthodontist - "You like it don't you?"
Me - "No! The colours make my face look black..."
Orthodontist - "No, it looks good."
Me - 'Well, thank you."
Orthodontist - "See you next time!"

I will think of some way to get my Orthodontist back. Ahhehe.

My Friend's Sister's Wedding

I can tell you that this wedding was the cutest but weirdest wedding I've ever been to in my life. My family was one of the first to arrive at Ambassador - Wedding Reception. It was really awkward for us because we hardly knew anyone there except for the bride's mum, dad and sisters.

The lighting in there was really bad. These photos are edited and a little over blurred to look less pixelated.

My mum and dad.

Tania and me. She's my sister.

Karen and me. (Sister of the bride)

Nearly every girl at the wedding was wearing revealing dresses...
Maybe one day I'd start wearing dresses like that. Definitely not now though. They're too intimidating for me. Ahhee.

What I wore -

I'm in a dress instead of my usual shorts. :D

I say 'weirdest' wedding because there was Fire and Brazilian dancing as entertainment at the wedding. The Fire dancing wasn't as spectacular as the Brazilian dancing. The Brazilian dancers were in G-strings, that's why. AHAHAHA. Disturbing aye?

Dancing with fire -

It may look like she's setting heads on fire, but she's isn't.

Awwh. Amazing. Awesome.

Brazilian Dancing -

Mmm, very appealing.

I loved the gift that guests were given. Hershey Kisses! Creamy and indulging.

Pretty boxes aye? No, pretty chocolates. :9

I say 'cutest' because this wedding actually had a slideshow of the bride and groom's baby photos.

The married couple dancing. Awwh.

I hope they stay happily ever after. They have my blessing, so they better!

Oakley Bags Are Fun

Yesterday was a crappy day. The Truong test that Mr. Mai gave us made the day even worse. It was so hard I swallowed my gum doing the test. That brings the amount of gum I've swallowed this month to 3.

I received my Ag and Science results yesterday. I've got to say that I'm really happy with them.

Ag - 60/75
Science - 31/35

After doing the Science test, I came out of the classroom with a bad headache and thought that all my studying went no where. Well, the studying I did for Science did turn out useful.

A note for next years test:
READ QUESTIONS CAREFULLY.

I asked my mum to take this photo for me. She called me silly. AHAHA.

I came home yesterday and saw a massive Oakley bag in the Lounge room. It measured 50cms in length and 48cms in height. I understand that designer brands need everything to look stylish so their bag aren't an exception, but that doesn't mean their bags have to be that big!

4 disadvantages of the huge Oakley bag:

1. It's too bulky for a shopper to lag around while shopping.
   
2. Many trees are being chopped down so a huge useless Oakley bag can be made.
   
3. The shopper will have a hard time disposing of the bag.
   
4. The shopper may get distracted by the bag. (I DID. AHAHA)

Oakley has such a cool slogan. AHAHA.

"Physics elevated to an art form." HOW MAD DOES THAT SOUND? VERY MAD.

2 Subjects Day.

Today was one of the funnest days after Yearlies. I had two periods of 'real' class, Commerce and Maths.

Period 1&2 - Weeowiser. They bring snacks. I learnt alot about relationships today. One of the things I learnt today was that jealousy isn't cute and can turn abusive if your partner keeps doing it. I still think it's cute. AHHAA. I love seeing guys pout.

Period 3&4 - Weren't fun but I paid attention in class. It takes me a lot of effort to pay attention in class. I think it's because I don't eat breakfast on weekdays and get the fuzzies.

Period 5&6 - THE BOMB. I don't like swimming, but I love water jogging. We played Water Polo and Whirlpool and had relay races. The only proper exercise I've done in a month! I still wear a rashie. A hot pink rashie. AHAHA. I got a foot cramp after swimming 5 metres of Freestyle. Well, if you could call it swimming at all. The only swimming lessions I've been to was the Primary School ones. I got up to Sea Horse Level...It's still better than Goldfish!

Photos. Thank you Kat! Try spotting me -

The relays.

I was the only one who still had dry hair after 5 minutes in the pool. Now that's impressive. Okay, not really.

Bobbing heads and bikinis. Interesting.

Danica said I had big boobs. AHHAA. Okay Danica.

Ooh, I look crazy.

The whirlpool!

After the aquatic games, the class got changed and stood around waiting for the bell.
Danica and I had better ideas. Lisa decided to join us too.

You gotta agree that we look attractive with a moustache.

I don't usually do this... --'

I really am such a poser. Ahehe.

I don't usually do this either! The photo was meant to look seductive!

Fun Fun Fun Day.

Macarthur Bowling

Macarthur Bowling - 55pins. Last place. Impressive! Bowling to me, isn't really a sport. All I do at bowling is 'chuck' a heavy ball. Oh boy, that's a lot of exercise. Worse, we eat like crazy straight after bowling. Today, the weirdo bunch (Christie, Danielle, Rak, me) went to Macarthur Square for food after bowling. I bought LARGE French Fries and a Soft Serve. Unhealthy foods are delicious.

Photos taken 'to' bowling -

Danielle's Bikini. AHAH

Our legs...

I've got such a weird expression on my face. Like my tattoo? It means 'fat' in Japanese.

Photos taken at the bowling centre -

Posing in the toilets.

I'm such a tank. Size 14 bowling ball!

A six-pointed star.

Oh Danielle, sexyy.

Photos taken on the way 'back' from bowling -

Stuffing my face with a French Fry box.

Then did the same to Christie's face. AHEHE.

Next week, I must get at least 70 pins down. I'm determined!

A Typical Korean Story Line

I LOVE KOREAN DRAMAS. I wish I could meet a guy like Lee Young Ja. (Bi Rain in Full House) He acts all cool and mean on the outside, but he's full of sweetness inside. AHAHAHA

Before I start ranting about my love for Korean Dramas, these are some things I did on the weekends.

• Went shopping on Saturday and bought a cotton vest.
• Ate KFC for dinner.
  
• Had left over chips for breakfast.
• Finished Ms. Biczo's maths homework.
• Finished English tutor h/w.
• WATCHED FULL HOUSE FOR THE 10TH TIME.
• Cleaned the mirrors.
• Cleaned up the house a little.
• Washed my face with green tea. (My mum tried it out. AHAHHA)
• Living necessities (E.g. showering, eating, sleeping, breathing)
• The only exercise I did - Jumped on the spot while brushing my teeth.

I just want to write about how much I love KOREAN DRAMAS. Two in particular, Full House and Princess Hours. I watched Full House in Year 6 and loved the drama like crazy. I had dreams about Full House and would wake up feeling so happy because I dreamt of Full House. I calculated how much Bi Rain is older than me. He is 12 years older. Awwwh. Bi Rain isn't ugly, Christie! He's hot. AHAHHAA.

I LOVE THIS VIDEO AND SONG. The English translations are so sweet.
I loved the song before understanding it anyway. AHAHA.

After the Full House phase in Year 6, I went on to loving Princess Hours in Year 7. I loved it so much I showed my grandma-ma and she loved it as well. I remember that one day when I visited her after Church. She stroked my hair and said, "Gosh, doesn't my grandchild look like that girl in Princess Hours." HAHAA. I was so happy.

You might be thinking, Korean Dramas are so lame, every single Korean Drama has the same story line which is -

A guy and a girl are childhood friends. They grow up and the guy likes the girl. The girl meets a new guy who she loves. The old guy is heartbroken. The old guy meets a new girl as well. The old girl gets jealous of the new girl and swirls some trouble. In the end, the old guy loves the new girl and the old girl loves the new guy. The end.

Hey wait a minute, that story line sounds like Full House. It also sounds like Princess Hours, but Princess Hours involves a bit of princesses and princes. MMHM, that's right. I agree that Korean Dramas aren't the most creative, but they're cute and funny, so I like them. I will continue liking them even if my mummy says that Vietnamese Dramas are way better. NO WAY! Vietnamese Dramas are weird.

This entry is such a ramble. Teehee.

A Long Snooze

Yes, it has been a very long time since my last entry. I can tell you guys that Yearlies weren't as bad as I was expecting them to be. I'm not sure how well I went, but hopefully, I circled the right answers and scribbled the right words on my examination papers.

On Sunday night, I set my alarm to ring at 6:00am so I could do a little cramming for Commerce. Monday morning - The alarm bell rang. I got out of bed to turn the alarm bell off. Alarms can be so annoying! Then, I crawled back under my warm blanket and slept till 7:00am. My studying plans never work out.

Today, the alarm bell also rang at 6:00am again. Yes, I crawled back in bed after turning it off. Why would anyone bother waking up early if there are no more exams? I had a long, peaceful snooze till my dad came thundering into my bedroom and woke me up. "Do you know what time it is?" my dad yelled. I looked at the clock. 8:30am. I seriously just wanted to fall back into sleep and wake up to a 7:00am tomorrow. I got ready in 5 minutes instead of my usual 50. Quite amazing how fast I could be when I'm being rushed. I didn't even brush my hair. Ahehehe.

I caught the train that comes after the late train. I was the only Hurlstone student on the train. Probably the only student as well.

I get scared when I'm alone. When I'm alone, I'm very aware of the people around me. I look at every single person and stay away from the people who look a little shifty. Shifty, meaning they have a rapist look. I chose a carriage with lots of people to sit in. At Liverpool, nearly everyone got off. I looked around me to see if there were any shift people close.There were three elderly woman with me. Safe... Not really...Unless they are like the granny in Madagascar, they wouldn't be able to save me from a rapist.

I got to school and greeted Ms. Campbell good morning.
"Late aren't you?"Ms. Campbell grinned.
"Yes miss."
"Did you miss the train or couldn't get out of bed?"
"I couldn't get out of bed, miss."

Today was the first time I've ever been late for school. I don't ever want to be late again. It's so scary and lonely catching a train by myself.

Bubblegum

Once I blew a bubble the size of my face with a Dinosaur Egg bubblegum.