My First's Tag

Hello guys,

I thought I'd do another tag today, since they are actually alot of fun, and so much easier than normal blog posts cause I never have anything to blog about.. XD

So this is the 'My First's Tag', inspired from Youtube. I thought I would be a bit more detailed with my answers this time, since last time my answers were really short.

-What was your first tweet? 

Okay so for those people who know me well, they know I am a Twitter addict. I tweet ALL the time, and I have 13,136 tweets and counting, so it would be impossible for me to scroll all the way down to find my first tweet. But luckily, after a quick search on Google, there is actually a way to find your first tweet without scrolling down your page. So my first tweet was.. *drumroll..*
"I am sleeping at 2am today! An hr earlier than normal.. yus PROGRESS :D" 
hahaha night owl since December 2009 lol

-What was your first YouTube video? 

I think this question is for all the Youtube gurus, but anyways I've actually posted two videos on Youtube. My first video which I have deleted now cause it was too embarrassing was a video of me playing piano, for an online competition I entered haha, and the second video if anyone cares is a surprise video I made for my boyfriend for our one year anniversary ^^

-Who was the first person you subscribed to on YouTube? 

I can't remember who was the first person, but it may have been either Michelle Phan (the most famous Youtube makeup guru) or Jayesslee (the twins who sing awesome acoustic covers of songs)

-What was the first Facebook profile pic?

 My first Facebook dp was a camwhore photo taken with one of my best friends back in the day, in the bathroom in her house. Sadly, I am not really friends with her anymore due to various reasons.. ><

-Do you still talk to your first love? 

Nope.. I don't even know if he even remembers me anymore haha. My first love was this white guy in Intermediate. I was absolutely infatuated with him, cause he was cute, smart, and good at pretty much everything. He was like one of the most popular guys at school - lead in our school production, in every sports team etc. I met him when we were both in the table tennis team in Intermediate, and for awhile I thought maybe he liked me too. But he was a year above me, and then left for high school at Avondale College. Noone knows this but part of the reason why I chose to go to Avondale was cause I wanted to see him again LOL. My parents actually wanted to send me to a private school but I refused.

-What was your first alcoholic drink? 

This question is pretty funny cause most of my friends now think I am a hardout alcoholic. But to be honest, I didn't start drinking till maybe around 19? I used to be really against drinking, and at parties I would be super downbuzz and only drink water haha, but then on a trip to Melbourne with some friends, we went clubbing (which was also my first time), and they corrupted me lolol. My first drink was a Jaegerbomb! I was really noob and didn't even know you had to put the shot of Jaeger into the glass of Redbull haha

-What was your first job?

 My first job was working at my parents' ice-cream shop in Lynnmall. I didn't get paid at the time, cause my mum said she would pay for my Japan trip in high school, so I slaved away for almost 3 years without getting paid.. TT

-What was your first car? 

I learnt to drive as soon as I turned 15, and my parents gave me their old car - a white Toyota Corolla, which I gave to my cousin last year when my parents bought me a new car. I loved my old car to bits though, pimping it up with Hello Kitty haha here's a picture:

-Who was the first person to text you today? 

Eddy Liu, asking me to have dinner with him tonight.

-Who was the first person you thought of this morning? 

My boyfriend ^_^

-Who was your first grade teacher? 

err I don't remember who was my first primary school teacher.. (Simon help me! LOL)I think it was an Asian lady called Mrs March? I don't know.. lol

-Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? 

I guess it was when I came to New Zealand from China when I was 4? I don't remember anything since I was so young.

-Who was your first best friend & do you still talk? 

My first best friend was this Asian girl called Joanna in primary school. We weren't super close, but she was the person who I thought was the closest to me throughout primary school. It was funny cause I remember one time in class, the teacher asked who everyone's best friend was, and when it got to me and Joanna, we both didn't say anything. I think we both thought of each other as best friends, but then we didn't want to admit it in case the other person didn't think so hahah. Anyways I don't talk to her anymore, but I do have her on Facebook :)

-Where was your first sleep over? 

I don't really remember my first sleep over, but my mum was really strict so she wouldn't let me go to any in primary school, so I think my first sleepover was at my friend Meili's house in Intermediate, since my mum knew her dad so she let me go.

-What was the first thing you did this morning? 

Err I went to pee. LOL and then I took a shower, and made brunch.

-What was the first concert you ever went to? 

Mayday 五月天! They are an Asian group/band, and Amy is really obsessed with the lead singer, so I went with her when they came to New Zealand. She was so funny.. at the concert, she screamed "I love you Ashin, marry me!" LOL

-What was your first broken bone? 

I've never broken a bone, and I hope I never will. Cause my brother's broken his arm twice and it looked pretty scary..

-What was your first piercing? 

My ears and that's it.  I kinda want a second upper ear piercing though.. but I'm scared it'll hurt lol

-What was the first foreign country you've gone to? 

Well besides New Zealand and China, the first other country I went to was Japan on a school trip, like I mentioned earlier. I would love to go to the US in the future! Maybe next year if I am lucky :)

-What was the first movie you remember seeing? 

Does this question mean in a cinema? I think it was the Pokemon movie in primary school.. in the super shitty old cinema in New Lynn, that later got shut down cause it was so shitty lmao

-When was your first detention? 

I think I've only ever had one detention in high school.. and it was for something really trivial like I was late to class or something.. 

-Who was your first roommate?

I've never had a proper roommate.. I guess it would be either my brother or my cousin Heidi? lol Heidi used to snore really loudly and annoyed the shit out of me. (HAHA jokes don't kill me)

-What was the first sport you were involved in? 

Table tennis! My dad is a table tennis pro so he's taught me since I was little. I joined the school team in Intermediate, playing both singles and doubles.. but I think the best result I got was only third at Regionals? 

-What is the first thing you do when you get home? 

Take off my bra. LOL sorry if this is tmi but I really hate wearing bras.. lmao

-When was your first kiss? 

During a game of 'Spin the Bottle' in first year of high school. Ugh I hate that game. 

Damn, this tag was actually alot longer than I was expecting.

Hope you guys enjoyed reading it :)

x

Feeling a lil sentimental

So my friend posted this picture/comic strip on Wechat last night.. and it made me cry, and I felt like I really had to blog about it. I just feel like I can relate so much to this picture.

For those who don't understand Chinese, it's basically about how much parents love their children.
The grey cicles represent when the child isn't at home, and the pink circle represents when the child is at home.

So the reason why I can relate to this picture is because I don't see my parents that often anymore.
Either they are really busy working, or I'm not at home.
The only time I properly get to spend time with them is in the weekends, and even then, sometimes things will come up so I won't get to see them.

Growing up, my parents have always been workaholics.
I think I already mentioned this in a previous blog post, but my parents work 24/7, from 7 in the morning to sometimes midnight.
They've never had a proper holiday; even on public holidays they sometimes have to work.
I remember I used to resent them alot when I was younger because when all my friends were going on family vacations, I never got to go anywhere. Obviously I was really immature; my parents were working so hard to give me and my brother a better life, yet I was always making them feel guilty for not spending time with us.
I used to have a really bad relationship with my mum especially. Maybe all adolescents go through that rebellious stage? But I used to constantly rage and swear at her, run away from home.. I remember I even hit my mum once or twice. Lol I'm actually tearing up right now even thinking about that. In Shanghai families, the mum is the boss of the house and the dad is the weaker one, and I guess my family is a really traditional Shanghainese family? (But my mum isn't like those snobby Shanghai women! She's actually super nice and caring; she's just also really strict)

Anyways yeah that rebellious stage continued till around university, when I finally grew up and matured. I started telling my mum everything about my life.. and we became super close.
But I guess with my parents being workaholics, it taught me to be independent from a young age. And I kinda got used to it. I started working lots of part-time jobs and paying for most things myself, very rarely asking them for any financial support. Of course they always supported me whenever I needed it (like buying me a new car and new laptop etc, but most everyday items I paid for myself)

I guess the good thing about my parents letting me be independent is that I got to do whatever I wanted. I didn't have curfews, I could just stay at my boyfriend's place if I wanted to, I even went to Melbourne twice by myself. And now, I really thank them for not being over-controlling, and over-protective, like most Asian parents. It helped me mature and face the real world. It doesn't mean they loved me any less than other peoples' parents; but sometimes the harder you hold on, the more they pull away. Of course they still had high expectations of me; I had to get good grades, find a job etc, but when they saw I did those things, they let me be happy and do whatever I wanted in my spare time.

But despite how much I love my independence, sometimes it makes me feel guilty that I'm being a bad daughter for not spending a lot of time with them. Especially after reading that comic strip above, I feel like I should go home more often. My parents aren't getting any younger, and me moving to Hamilton next year means I'll get to spend even less time with them.

I feel really grateful to have such amazing parents. They've always been so supportive through everything; I honestly don't know what I would do without them. They are so inspirational and constantly teach me how to be a better person through their actions. My only wish now is to repay them and have the ability to give them a better life, so that they can stop working so hard and go travel the world together, like they've always wanted to.

<3

A boring day in the life of serawera

Actually don't have anything to blog about but I can't be bothered studying so here goes some rambling lol

Today was actually the first day in over two weeks that I didn't have work and could just stay at home the whole day. I was looking forward to sleeping in till late, having a nice BBQ dinner and then doing some study. And none of the above happened LOL.
well the BBQ was quite nice I suppose.. but I felt nauseous all day (dunno if it's from the pill that I just started going on.. or from lack of sleep).

So I finished work pretty late last night, came home and was drifting off to sleep when Jeannie drunk calls me telling me Cathy had her keys and she couldn't get into her apartment. I didn't wanna go out by myself so I made Brandon drive us to her place to get her.
When we got home, she was still super drunk haha it was so funny.. she just kept mumbling in Chinese; couldn't even understand a word she said. And she refused to sleep so I started playing Tetris while she continued to mumble to herself.. lolol drunk people are so funny..
Anyways after an hour or so, she finally fell asleep but I couldn't sleep for some reason as I started to feel super nauseous. It was already around 7am by this time, and she woke up around 3 hours later, and we realized that her keys were in her jacket pocket the whole time..
LOL lesson learnt = never believe anything a drunk person says hahaha

So we dropped her home, came back and slept for around 3 hours before bf's mum made us get up to help out with the BBQ. They were having a dinner party at home to celebrate bf's dad's birthday.
So I made a salad (which everyone said was super nice muhaha.. dammit I should've taken a photo) and helped cook on the BBQ.
And then we were just sitting at the table eating, when one of their family friends started talking in Shanghainese and I was like: 'Oh you guys are Shanghainese too' and they were like 'yeah~!' And then somehow the conversation got to them asking about my parents and I jokingly said: 'Oh you guys might even know my parents since the Shanghai circle is so small' And they asked what my parents' names were and I told them my mum is a twin. And they were like: 'Oh! We know of your family! You guys are famous in the Shanghai circle.' And I was like lol wtf...
It was a bit creepy cause they knew everything about us.. like the businesses my family have been doing and what school my brother goes to and shit.. I guess the world is super small.
So don't do anything bad! Cause everyone will know about it haha

Anyways, the BBQ itself was quite nice. We had heaps of food - sausages, my famous mushroom balls with wasabi + yumyum sauce, kumara, steak, lamb, salad, vegetables and heaps more.
I wish I took a photo now :(
Haven't had a BBQ in so long! Made me happy cause it means summer is finally coming!
And then we also had two cakes.. here is one of them.

I like taking photos of cakes cause they always look so pretty
I didn't have much food though cause I was still feeling nauseous..
maybe it's a good thing that I started the pill so it can help me lose weight lolol
But I shall see how I feel in the next few days

After dinner, me and the bf made some Hong Kong milk tea for everyone.
It was a practice round for the HKESA Food Festival next week where we are all bringing some foods/drinks to sell at uni (kinda like a night market thing)
Surprisingly, it's really easy to make milk tea. All you need is some strong black tea and condensed milk. And our first try was a success! Everyone said it even tastes better than the ones you buy heheh but they were probably just being nice :p

And then for the rest of the night, I caught up on Grey's Anatomy, Fei Cheng Wu Rao, and also watched the ATP Shanghai Finals where my hubby Del Potro was versing Djokovic!
lol me and Esther spammed Snapchat while watching cause it was so damn intense, but unfortunately, my hubby lost in the final round tie break :(
Oh well.. at least he got into the ATP World Tour Finals!! SO EXCITED.

So that was my day in a nutshell.
LOL I really don't know why I blogged about this cause it wasn't a very exciting day, but Carmen told me to blog so there you go.
This post is dedicated to you Carmie :3 I miss you!
Now you know how boring my life is hahaha

Probably should sleep now. Got our final auditing group presentation tomorrow!
Hope we get full marks again like last time ^^
Goodnight world.

Oh here are some photos of dinner from the other night with Eddy and Jeannie at The Grill by Sean Oconnolly. Haven't had fine dining in a while, and this place was super yum! (But also expensive TT)

Monthiversary

Today was me and the boyfriend's 27 months so we went to a nice Thai place called Jungle Flavour Thai Restaurant for dinner.

We haven't been on a proper dinner date in awhile since we're trying to save up for our holiday, and we haven't had Thai food in like a year, so we thought we would go and celebrate our monthiversary for a change.

Haven't taken food pics in so long! haha I remember I used to take food pics and post them on Instagram all the time.. lol the lighting was kinda shitty at the restaurant tonight so these photos don't look that nice.. or maybe my food photo skills have deteriorated haha

I got the Penang curry with chicken and bf got the Red Curry with duck, and we shared a Tom Yum soup which is one of our favourite soups (the combination of hot and sour tastes so good! And it's also got coriander in it which I love. If you guys haven't tried it, you definitely should :)

The portions were actually huge! We were both soo full afterwards
Some of the Thai places we've been to in the past have had really shallow plates with small portions.. but this place was definitely good value for money. And it tasted quite good too. Not the best Thai place in Auckland but not bad at all. My fave Thai place used to be Khao near Chancery in city.. but then it closed down :(

Can't believe it's been 27 months already.. I'm actually starting to lose count haha,
Time goes way too fast

趁早

So I had a pretty lousy day today..

• Overslept and missed my tutorial
• Ran out of milk 
• Went to fuel up and the petrol station was closed
• Got to uni and couldn't find parking (I usually park outside OGGB)
• Went to Princes St and saw a parking warden so I had to pay till 6pm
• Got to work and the elevator was broken
• Tried to study but barely got anything done
• Stayed late in my office to do more work but then my laptop ran out of battery

I guess it wasn't the most awful day ever or anything, but it just left me feeling tired & restless.

But then I came home to a cute package from Fonterra, had some dinner and made myself a big cup of green tea, and now I'm feeling better. I shall try and get some study done now; got 2 assignments due on Thursday and I haven't started on either.. sigh all-nighters here I come again :(

But I'm super looking forward to watching the finale of The Voice China later!

Goo mushroom head! I hope he wins.. his voice is so nice I could listen to it all day long.

ok gonna go study now :)

105 is the number that comes to my head

When I think of all the years I wanna be with you..

omgsh how cute is this song?!

I first heard bits of it in bubzbeauty's wedding video (which is the most sweetest video ever!!)

But I finally listened to the full song today and the MV is super cute!

I didn't even know Jason Derulo and Jordin Sparks were together lol

And then everyone in the comments were saying that he actually proposed and I got all excited and went online to look for news, but sadly he said they're not engaged yet :(

Ahh these videos make me wanna get married too haha,

but that's probably a looong time away since I don't wanna get married until late twenties

But gosh.. even thinking about planning my own wedding gets me all happy and excited hehe~

50 Random Facts About Me

So I wanted to do one of these tags for ages. I know I'm not that special and interesting, and nobody probably cares but here goes anyways xD

I actually wrote this out on my phone this morning when I was in bed too lazy to get up.. but then I accidentally deleted it, and it was too late to use the shake-to-undo function on iPhone.. (I totally did not know that function even existed btw) so let's see how many I can remember

1. I'm really bad at saving
2. I hate red bean, mussels and mushrooms
3. I used to be obsessed about Hello Kitty
4. I almost drowned when I was in primary school, but my friend saved me
5. Melbourne was my favourite city even before it became all cool and hipster and everyone wanted to move there
6. I'm terrified of bugs
7. I've been addicted to Tetris Battle on Facebook for a long time and I play almost everyday.
8. I love watching tennis - my favourite tennis player is Juan Martin Del Potro
9. I used to be really good at piano
10. My favourite colour is still pink
11. I once flashed a guy in Intermediate and now he is one of my best friends
12. My mum is a twin
13. I used to be an online radio DJ
14. I secretly want to be an events manager/wedding planner but I'm too scared to tell my parents.
15. I don't like pizza or milk tea.
16. I was born in Shanghai but came to NZ when I was 4
17. I have never been skinny my entire life :(
18. I saved my brother's life when he was around 3
19. I'm really bad at geography and history
20. Jay Chou will forever be my one and only love
21. My parents used to own an ice-cream shop
22. I've worked almost 10 part-time jobs since starting university
23. I'm a social media whore
24. I've been with my first and only boyfriend for almost 2 and a half years
25. I want to get married in Santorini
26. My dad used to be a surgeon.
27. People are always trying to kill me in my dreams
28. I'm also terrified of heights
29. I will admit I am an alcoholic
30. But I have never smoked before
31. I once broke a guy's finger.. but he deserved it hahah (yeah don't mess with me :p)
32. I started driving when I was 15, and got my restricted and full license in my first try
33. My favourite movie is The Parent Trap
34. I used to hate makeup but now I love it
35. Visiting every Disneyland in the world is on my bucket list
36. I really want a puppy - my first choice would be a Pomeranian
37. I always sneeze 5 times in a row
38. My favourite cocktail is Sex on the Beach or anything with lychee liquer in it
39. I love Vietnamese food - especially pho
40. I got double eyelid surgery at the beginning of this year
41. I matchmade my cousin and her boyfriend and they have been together for over 2 years now
42. I want to be really rich and travel the world
43. Sadly, I am becoming more and more materialistic
44. Breaking Bad is my favourite TV show of all time
45. I like watching singing talent shows, such as X Factor, The Voice etc
46. I used to be mocked about my big forehead so now I always cover it up with a fringe
47. I get car sick easily
48. I have always wanted to be a flower girl at someone's wedding
49. I used to have 4 best girlfriends in high school and we called ourselves the Ping Pongz
50. I guess I have a pretty good memory

I now tag all of my blogger friends! :)

Caboodle.

So I should be studying right now.. but instead I opened up blogspot for some reason..
lol I actually haven't studied in almost 5 weeks (2 weeks in the mid-sem break and now it's already week 3 after the break..)
I think I just lost all motivation in doing well this semester after failing my Comlaw test..
buuut I know I can't fail, or else I'm so screwed so hopefully that fear of failing will kick me to my desk soon.
It's just so hard to get back into studying.. feels like I took a super long holiday.
lol I totally blame Breaking Bad. I finished 5 seasons in less than 3 weeks haha, but damn that show was unbelievably awesome. Anyone who hasn't watched it yet is missing out on the best show ever created..

Speaking of holidays, me and Brandon booked our end of year tickets today!
We will be going to Singapore, Taiwan, Korea & Japan from 24th Dec - 15th Jan!
Soo excited!! Gonna start researching up places to go in each city. Originally we were gonna go Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand but then bf wasn't that keen on going Thailand and we both really wanted to go to Disneyland (yes I know we are childish okay) but it's actually on our bucket list to visit every Disneyland in the world together hehe, so then we changed Thailand to Japan.
But then when we were looking for flights we realized it was only an extra $300 to go to Korea too, so we thought might as well! and then voila.. Korea came into the picture too XD
lol I felt really bad for the travel agency lady that we booked from. We kept changing our minds about destinations and dates and times.. she had to change our itinerary like almost 10 times haha, but she was super nice. And I'm glad we're going via Singapore Air instead of shitty Jetstar or Air Asia..
Really need to start saving up now.. still need to book accommodation too!
I'm working everyday this week and next week until next Sunday TT
Super excited for our holiday though.. especially Taiwan since everyone's gonna be there.
But sigh.. when we come back, I'll be starting work in 2 weeks in Hamilton.. but I shall not think about that for now :)

ok I was gonna talk about something else but now I forgot..
It must not have been very interesting..
LOL sigh why am I so bad at blogging.. it just feels like I'm talking to myself.
I need to expand my vocabulary.. hmm from now on, I will learn a new word everyday.

Today's new word will be: Caboodle
Caboodle: The lot, collection or crowd. (wordsmith.org)

So how do I put that into a sentence..
At work, we have a caboodle of alcohol??

lol I just searched urbandictionary and apparantly caboodle means ass, anus or butt.
LOL Sarah has a nice caboodle.
hahaha that sounds so funny.. lol why am I so good at choosing new words..

So do you have a nice caboodle? ;)