I Dream A Dream

I love animals. I do. I cried when Bambi's mother died, i even cry watching an elephant get separated from his caregiver after 20 years on the Discovery channel. I sobbed like a little girl when a little antelope adopted by a lioness got killed by a mean lion (bad lion!!!) on Animal Planet. I cried for days when my dear Tabby died, and i still get teared up when i see her beautiful photos.

Ok, maybe all we've established is the fact that i am a cry-baby. But surely that's normal, right???

So i always dream of a few things you know, hugging Orang Utans, swimming with dolphins, riding elephants... and if i ever had the chance to go to Aussie, i would definitely love to hug one of these cute Koala Bears...

But i definitely DON'T want to meet one of these.... EVER!!!!

I mean, do you know how long it took me to get back into the water after JAWS????

A Splattery Memory

This magnet actually reminded me of a good friend of mine, Galoh and her hubby Mat Nin.

NO..... they are not aborigines.... It's just that they went on a trip to Sarawak or something when we were in college, and came back carrying these Dijeridoos (did i spell that right??) around. I tried playing it a few times, but all i managed was splutterings and a very regretable spraying of the saliva. Ewwww.......

Aussie Flip Flops

So among the magnets i received from Aussie, 2 were that of flip flops.

But this one is rather unique, wouldn't you say??? So cute!!!!!

Trademarked

Here are more of the magnets Zai brought back from Brisbane for me.

Hmmm..... i wonder what the trandemark animal for Australia is. Any guesses?

Hug Me!

I once received this email from a friend, telling me to follow these simple instructions:

1. raise your right hand, put in on your left shoulder.

2. raise your left hand, put it on your right shoulder.

3. give yourself a little squeeze, and pretend it's me!!!!

So when Zai came back from Brisbane with this (among the many she bought for me) i was immediately reminded of that! Cute huh??

Aussie Presents......

My friends went on a trip to Aussie for a presentation. As usual, i gave them some money and told them that i couldn't live without a magnet from HRC Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast. I also said that should them fine magnets be unavailable, just spend ALL the money on magnets.

They came back, and sure enough, HRC was out of stock (no worries - another good friend lives there!! Will make sure to let him know before he comes back next year!).

This is like, half of the loot they brought back for me. My Ma went through the package and wanted some.

*YAWN*...

Sleepy, and hungry. I'll go through these magnets from Aussie one by one next time k!!!

Walkabout

During my college years, we used to study this book called "Walkabout", by James Vance Marshall. It was about an aborigine boy on his Walkabout - a coming of age challenge for boys, and a chance to prove that he is capable of surviving and becoming a man - who stumbled upon Mary and Peter, brother and sister who were survivors of a plane crash in the middle of the Australian desert. He helped them survive, only to die himself from a simple flu.

So sad, yet so inspiring. The book kinda stuck with me for a long time. So when i saw this Aborigine magnet, i had to have it. No questions asked.

Boom-a-What?

I once visited a family friend as a kid, and upon arrival, the mother was sweeping bits of broken glasses off the floor. "The boys were playing with the boomerang" she says. Ohhh...... WHAT? What is boomerang? And what has it got to do with the broken glasses?

At that age, i didn't even know what boomerangs were. Now that i know, i honestly have not seen one. Ever.

For now, i'll settle for having this colourful, rubberry, mini-version that my good friend Azie's husband bought for me.

A Very Sexy Magnet

My good friend went to Australia for a holiday, and she kindly bought me some fridge magnets as souvenirs.

There's a very colourful rubber magnet and a cute bottle cap magnet which doubles as a bottle opener,

and my personal favourite,

a bikini-clad body magnet! Caused quite a stir at my office when i used the picture as my Facebook profile picture! As a matter of fact, the resemblance of that body with mine is uncanny - IN MY DREAMS!!!!!!