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Something went wrong with my camera when I tried to capture this. But it turned out awesome out of nowhere! Like abstract paint blobs!
In case you haven't realized, these are my collection of metcards :)

Metcards!

So metcards are these.. cards you use when you travel around using Melbourne's mass transport: Trams, Buses, and Trains. I've got some twenties of them. My family travelled more than that for sure when we were in Melbourne, but ayy.. Dad's probably thrown away his. These metcards are 2000-2002 issues. Note the Australian Open Metcard, it was issued during the 90th Australian Open Tournament, 14-27 January 2002. The regular front design is the blue one, the others are 'special' ones issued during particular events in Melbourne.

They're retired now, replaced by a newer system called myki since a couple of years ago I guess. I couldn't believe that the controversy leading to the transition into myki started in 2001. So um, Wikipedia said that the machines weren't functioning and et cetera. Well in 2001 I was in Melbourne! I was so happy with all the trams, and buses, and trains they have, I thought Melbourne's transportation was perfectly flawless! Okay, we have to consider that I lived in Indonesia before, and transportation here is indescribably chaotic (thus I won't describe more). So, yeah,  I couldn't imagine any other transportation system better than what Melbourne had by that time!

I'm pretty glad that I actually kept some Metcards and brought them home, knowing that they've turned into antiques now. An article on theage.com.au even called them "a piece of Melbourne history"!
So yeah, metcards are no longer wandering around the roads and streets of Melbourne, but we all have a place for them in our heart, our memories, and surely a cozy drawer in our house.

I <3 metcards

And, I'm looking forward to actually visit Melbourne again (in whatever ways) and check out that myki!
A Melbournian I once encountered on omegle stated that he preferred metcards better than myki ._. We shall see...

By the way, I'd probably consider writing more about Melbourne, what she has, what she's like, and how I felt when I was there. I really hope one day we can turn Surabaya and other cities in Indonesia into a wonderful place like Melbourne! Fyi, Melbourne is named World's Most Livable City 2012 by The Economist Intelligence Unit! And this was her second achievement after last year! The judgements are based on 30 factors across six categories: stability, culture, environment, infrastructure, healthcare, and education. I will surely give you a picture of how incredible Melbourne was 10 years ago! I just can't imagine how the city has grown in a decade, so I'd probably do a little research before making a comparison. We'll catch up soon :)

We have no reason to be lonely

He is closer to us than our jugular vein.

The Zenith of Boredom #1

It's only hours until my anatomy exam, but I'm still standing at the zenith of boredom, when reading exam materials feels suffocating. I at last found myself reading some of the best short stories American literature could ever offer. I wouldn't call me a newbie in English Literature, having read a good amount of English classics in middle school, from Dickens to Twain, not forgetting the Bronte sisters, but it's always time to improve. A four year pause in reading has taken its toll on me. It's definitely time to read again, replenishing this thirst of literature, getting my mind wandering somewhere to the past centuries, or simply adding some new vocabs. Once I'm done with these hectic weeks of exam, i'll head to a bookstore and find me some classics. Well in case they don't have classics, let's just hope I can find Jeffery Deaver or Stephen King, or anything English at the least.

And I Keep On Procrastinating

Didn't you just say you'll start studying?
Yeah I did
And your exam is in how many days from today?
umm two.
So have you started studying yet?
Nope.
What did you do instead?
A lot, of other, things.
Such as?
Idk, I opened you tube.
What were you hoping to find?
Some fun! I was bored!
So did you find fun?
Yeah sort of. No, yes I did.
Which was?
I watched an episode of Angela Anaconda, Hey Arnold!, and, that's all. I wanted to look up for Daria and Rugrats but my mom was home early.
That's what you call fun?
Yeah, Angela was cool! :D When I was a kid I always thought that cartoon's weird. But you know, it's not that bad actually, she really has a personality lol.
And you're proud of wasting your time watching Ms. Anaconda instead of studying?
Well I missed her. I was thinking about the cartoons I used to watch when I was a kid. I miss my childhood. I really do.

What a random crap --"

a man inside

This term's final exam is in two days. Well, I have to admit that I haven't been studying hard this time. Not my kind of studying hard, I played too much, I watched tv too much, I slept too much, I blogged- naah not much :p

I just can't focus on studying. and suddenly I came up with this

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. 

He's a toy, dressed in a lime green and purple astronaut suit. Wouldn't life be fun if I could play around with him all day?

He reminded me of my childhood memories, then I somehow wished I could stop growing up. I wanted to be a kid forever, like Andy, playing around with heaps of toys, or like any other kid, leaving my responsibilities behind, fading away to a universe of childish happiness, beyond the galaxies of gleeful laughter, colorful skies, all too joyful to resist. I want to live the way  they live. The way they don't have to think much about anything. The way they could be acting silly, doing things they want to do, with no one ever wanting to blame them for any mistake they did.

And nothing's gonna happen, nobody will punish me, no guilt will be felt. . . if I don't study.

But look, even Buzz has resposibilities, he's a commander, he fights aliens and things, he's got wings, and buttons, and an armed suit, and fighting skills, he's even got a quote:

to infinity and beyond,

says he. Even this toy, is a man inside, a highly motivated one.

Now why am I wishing to leave my responsibilities behind :\

Thinkthing.

A couple of days after my birthday, which was March 17th, my little sister gave this little notebook, with a light green cover, yellow colored paper, as a birthday present. Overall it's pretty .. Pretty, sophisticated, a kind of thing I'd never spend my money on lol

I never knew what she was up to, since she always misbehaved. She's always been a typical annoying little sister- if I were Daria, she's definitely Quinn from top to toe. Oh bother -__-

But anyway Quinn, thanks for the cute little present

And I'm saying it's cute, there's a picture of a white kitten wearing some red ribbon on her neck, peeping through a window on the cover.

But what  interests me the most is it's brand, it's called Thinkthing.
What on earth. Exactly at the time when I decided to start thinking and writing.

I used it as a book to write my thoughts, quotes that I made, some little opinion on what goes on through life
I guess I'd just say, well I have nothing to say.
I just feel that it somehow relieves that I started writing in it months ago. And I figured out that I did the right thing, I found some quotes that now really help in some of my worst times.

In conclusion, thanks a lot Quinn.

Autumn

I decided to like Autumn.
It's red and breezy, though a little bit chilly

But it's the time when my birthday's almost there - 
Surely that's only when I'm in the southern hemisphere!

I decided to like Autumn.
It's red and pretty, though falling leaves turn my backyard messy

But I get to step on them and hear them crisply shouting!
While I hop hop on them undoubtedly giggling!

How could Autumn become so amazing!