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Moi.
Basics.
Name: Andrea J
D.O.B: 04.02.91
Age: 22 years old
Nationality: Australian
Heritage: Chilean
A Life Worth Living.
Musac.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
2:51 PM
Once again it has been like a week since I last blogged. That makes me sad =[ Coz it means I end up doing recaps of my week instead of talking about topics...ehh oh well. I'm watching the 2nd ep of project runway America at the moment. I used to watch it on cable, I think I made it through the first 3 seasons and gave up, it's season 8 now and I also don't have cable and to be honest the only part I care about is learning what the challenge is and seeing them fit the models and then the runway. In between is BORING.
So I'm going to do the recap as quickly as possible: Tuesday: Wednesday: 2 hr tut for bio & one hour of research tut. Walked to tims frm the station hung out there for 30mins, got picked up, went to eat at mounties 4 my grans bday. Thursday: went to the Park's office, then the drop inn, first aid started, meeting didn't finish till 9pm, got home at 10pm Friday: Was going to go to uni with aunty to UWS n sit in on her classes but i was too tired from loud tribe & needed to get a mini assessment done b4 5pm. Tim came over n ended up going rock climbing while i slept the afternoon away
I've been really down over the last 2 weeks and I really wasn't sure why I was so upset. I'd be upset for no reason and then I would remember Alex and I could focus my sadness on that but then it would shift and I'd b sad for no reason. It all kinda started after the dream I had about Alex and then the next day I had another dream about someone else which kinda scared me but I didn't mention it to anyone until last night. Even though mum cut me off and told me to get over it I did sorta feel better after that. I think I feel better that I told someone....even though while I was sad i wasn;t thinking about anything in particular.
It was stupid =[
Anyway, apparently there's going to be an Amazing Race Australia at the end of this year and Kurt got all excited and wanted me to join him and enter. I think that would be a TERRIBLE idea for several reasons. The main reason: I am soooo not competitive and I give up so easily unless I'm already good at the task, I don't have the effort or patience and I can rarely find a reason that's good enough to keep going. 2nd: I would be so boring to watch on tv. 3rd: I think that is a HUGE waste, going to all these countries but being so stressed out and focused on doing some stupid task instead of enjoying the place I am in. 4th: Let's say for some CRAZY retarded reason they chose us to be on the show, the chances of us actually beating really fit, intelligent, go get-ers is incredibly slim. All that summed up = waste of time. Therefore not worth it and especially dragging out my nursing course even more if I actually got in. I am not willing to take a risk that big just to win some money when finishing my course guarantees that I will have a steady source of income for the rest of my life.
Either way it doesn't matter because we can't enter XD haha...neither of us drive, u need one manual and one auto driver.
BUT I still want to fill out the form just on here because I haven't found a good set of questions in awhile.
What famous person reminds you of yourself? Looks, sorta esmerelda from The Hunch back of Notre Damn. Personality wise, no idea.
What excites you most about travelling? Uhm, it doesn't excite me all that much, I just would like to so that I can see knew things and experience different lifestyles.
What scares you most about travelling? nothing? maybe just getting my passport stolen and then having a hard time finding my way to the Australian embassy...but even then EVENTUALLY u'd have to run into someone who spoke english who was willing to help.
What is your opinion of foreigners? I don't really have one...this is a wierd question. They interest me? because I want to ask them about what their country is like and what their life is like.
Which countries have you traveled to? Chile + Easter Island (there's some contention about whether it is its own country or belongs to Chile), Tahiti, Cook Islands, Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy + Vatican, Mexico, USA. Stop offs include: Hong Kong, England, New Zealand
What language/s do you speak? English and Spanish
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Brazil, for the beaches, the forest, the night life, the food, the DANCING, the people, the cities, the villages XD
What part of the world is the least interesting to you and why? erm..certain parts of Africa...the scenery bores me BUT the culture is very rich and the histroy is fascinating so even then it would still be pretty interesting.
List three adjectives that best describe you: negative, lazy, 'nice' ..how boring
What would your friends say are your best qualities? I don't know, friends?? what would you say? People have told me I'm a good listener...and I'm nice =.=
What would your friends say are your worst qualities? Hard to please, not motivated(lazy)...what else?
What is the accomplishment that you are most proud of? I don't know, I haven't really accomplished anything major in life =S
Other than appearing on “The Amazing Race Australia”, what is the next big thing you want to achieve? Finish uni and get a nursing job
What is your favourite TV Show? maybe supernatural?
What is your favourite movie? Don't have one...there's nothing I could watch over and over again, I can do that with tv shows but not movies.
What is your favourite music? At the moment, music with a lot of bass and reggae roots or very intricate guitar/piano/violin/drum rythms.
Describe your perfect day: Waking up around 8am naturally and completely refreshed with the sun shinning in that special kind of light where all the colours look brighter and richer. Putting on music really loudly and dancing until I start sweating but it's okay because I'm enjoying it. While the music is still playing, cleaning up my room, sweeping, making the bed, doing the dishes and sweeping the kitchen and then showering and by now it's still only just 10am and everything is done. Eating a juicy mandarin and having a bottle of water and then getting the bus to cabra and buying a pork roll from across the station and then getting the train to the city. On the train listen to more music that makes me happy and the meeting up with people and heading to the botanical gardens and chilling out, people bringing guitars and sharing salad and WATERMELLON...then leaving the group with just one person and going to the MCA and checking that out. Then training it to newtown with that one person and grabbing something to eat at a Portuguese restaurant..or Greek/Lebanese/Spanish restaurant. Having a proper meal and then catching a foreign film at The Dendy and then heading to a bar with chill out live music and talking and sharing a few drinks and then get the nightrider back home and once we get back to our stations seeing people getting ready to go to work and then crashing into bed around 8am...crashing into bed together would be nice =]
What was the most exciting moment of your life? It might sound stupid now, but finding out Kurt had gotten me tickets to Taste of Chaos left me speachless for about half an hour and almost crying and they yeehawwwwing over the phone i was so happy. I have never EVER said yeehaa in any other context...especially not naturally LOL
BLAH there's actually a few more interesting questions I want to answer but I'll leave it for another day, I need to shower and do some nursing work done b4 Tim comes to get me.
I'll leave you with this:
*drools* I really love how he sings...and how he plays ZOMG I love the fingerpicking at the end. His voice at times, like when he sings mega man reminds me of some really indy band and his hair too...I can so picture him on stage. I seriously love how some of the chord changes sound too..like at 2mins "I only play games that are popular" DIES ♥
So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language.
Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so.
Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]
Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease
Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'
Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.
Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.
Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.
Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.
*To be continued
To Do.
Here's a list of some of the things I would like to do or accomplish or places I want to visit in my lifetime =]
* I have already been there, done that or started to read that but would like to do it again or complete the task
-- The task is completed and I don't feel the need to do a repeat
