This is the house that Jack built.

Friday, December 13, 2013

How much yoga do I need to do
before my mind becomes
as free as my body?

Sydney.

From top to bottom: 1. Some of the beautiful foliage and apartment buildings in the street parallel to ours. 2. The lovely little town houses across from our apartment building. 3. Quirky street art while out exploring. 4. Some of the beautiful flowers in Hyde Park. 5. Fro-yo with cookie dough chunks and a Lindt ball (aka, heaven in a cup). 6. Emerging Designer Market at the shopping centre we visited. 7. The incredible view from our apartment balcony. 8. Cocktails! 9. Happy Hour at the Kings Cross Hotel. 10. The Coca Cola billboard that caught my eye on the way to our apartment from the airport. 11. Spicy Thai rice on our first night. 12. The beautiful palm trees lining Sydney Harbour. 13. The Harbour Bridge. 14. And of course, the Opera House. 15. Food, wine and cocktails at the Opera Bar. 16. The picturesque Opera House. 17. A shot from our ferry. 18. Some of the boats in the harbour. 19. Adriano Zumbo's cookbooks. 20. Zumbo! 21. Darling Harbour by night. 22. Chocolate, pistachio and almond gelato. Still the best I've tasted. 23. Salted caramel gelato on our last day... still second best.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

The Post With No Name.

*creaky floorboards*

*cough*

"Hello?"

~

Dear God, where do I even begin?

First of all, sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry for being the world's shittiest blogger for..oh, about eight months now. In case you hadn't heard, I was being eaten alive by my final year of schooling and the workload and pressure was absolutely horrendous. If it makes you feel any better, I sacrificed plenty more than just blogging. My job was another thing I gave up, and unfortunately, even after completing all my exams and what nots, I'm still depressingly broke and currently job-hunting. At least I could pick up blogging again..

What's pathetic is, I feel like after all this time passed, I feel as though I should at least have something exciting to tell you all. Sadly, I actually just spent a lot of my time studying and/or crying. Hashtag 'year 12'.
However, here's what you may have missed:

I turned eighteen. I think I may have touched on that in an earlier post, but I'm really starting to feel all grown-up-like; for example, the other day I ordered a Cosmo at a restuarant and didn't get asked for ID, and on Thursday night I bought a bottle of Moscato from the liquor store and didn't get asked then either. *
I celebrated one year with my boyfriend. Not surprisingly, we spent it doing what we do best: eating.
I also went to Sydney him the following month. It was an absolutely wonderful weekend, and miraculously, we are still together (somewhat happily). Pictures will be up soon.
I got an A+ on a film a wrote and directed for school. It's no masterpiece, but I'll post you lovelies the link anyway. And masterpiece or not, an A+ is fine by me.
I had my first exam panic attack. During the exam. Yeah, let's not even go there.
I made some friends.
I lost some friends.
I got back into fitness, finally. My Christmas wishlist consists of a punching bag, boxing gloves and a whole lot of Nike gear.
And last but certainly not least, I graduated. Photo's will be up soon.

So now that I have endless time on my hands, I have time to not only address every one of those dot points in a proper post, BUT, I also have time to re-vamp Jack's House. This is all very exciting, and grossly overdue.

In closing, I solemly swear/pinky promise/cross my heart and hope to die that I will never abandon you Jack's House or any of you darlings ever again. Unless of course, it is in the event of horrific and unforseen circumstances that ruin my life and keep me from blogging...such as my final year of secondary school..

I'll be back soon.

Lots of love,

xxxxxx

*= I'm not an alcoholic, I swear.