Biscuit got a pet bed

Photo spam alert hehe :3 We bought her a red elevated pet bed :D It's been so warm lately she doesn't even go downstairs to her kennel to sleep, she just reclines on her pet bed all day :)

Hehe I love instagram :) The little doggy toy Biscuit is holding is named 'Cookie' she LOVES IT it's one of her outside toys :) Spolied doggie has outside and inside toys :p

Went to the library yesterday and caused havoc lol. Finally met JK btw who I've been friends with on facebook for years and haven't actually seen in real life (until yesterday afternoon). We went to Coles to buy food and for some reason everything was so cheap....watermelon for 99cents and plums for $1 something and kit kat for $2 !! Since I'm probably the most unhealthy person in the world obvs I went for the kit kat lol

Found an awesome book for extension english :)

And we found out what happens when you facetime someone, they pick and then you turn one of the devices to face the other one you facetimed. Confused? FACETIMECEPTION.

So basically KT facetimed my Ipad and I picked up and then RC turned the iPhone so it faced my Ipad and this is what we got...so trippy lol

Love: Michelle

I'm 17!!

NOTE: this was written on the 22nd of February 2012, I didn't want to post it then cos I didn't take any of the pictures yet :P

Wow. 1-7.

Today was one of the best, if not the best birthday of my life (only I think 16th can be a real contender).

It differed from my 16th though; it was low-key, relaxed, but full of laughter and good weather and smiles and memories :')

Firstly, at recess I recieved a polaroid and film from AM, BT, RH, MQ, GZ, KT, RC and RL. Thank you so so so so so so so much guys; I love it so so so so incredibly much :') Not sure how many 'so's' I can fit there but honestly I nearly burst into tears :) Thanks for the burnt sienna hat too!

ROFL MY REACTION FACE WHEN I GOT IT:

Thank you to EL for the AWESOME DELICIOUS COOKIE and the super cute piggy lunch box :) I love love love cute lunch boxes :)

Thank you to LL for the awesome earrings! Too cute :) Haha I've already worn them twice :)

Thank you to MQ again for the use of your camera practically all night when we went out for dinner :D The lighting is soo cool (I call this photo cruise ship cos the background looks like a cruise :D )

Thank you to everyone who wrote me a card, texted, wrote on my wall, wished me hbd in person etc :) It all meant so much to me and made me feel so special :D

Thank you MP my Vice-captain male counterpart; who initiated everyone in Prefects roll call singing me Happy Birthday and tried to get everyone in my chem class to do the same ROFL. I couldn't ask for a better partner :) Woo secret handshake time!! :)

Thank you RH for the chocolate cake!

Thank you to JP for the super cute bag :) I LOVE the colour!!

  Thank you to GZ for the super fancy cupcakes! I've never seen such nice ones! Sorry sorry that I ruined them when I accidentally dropped the box :(

Thank you to BT for my first ever mix-cd! Listening to it as I'm typing this :')

Thank you to my Mummy for paying for the dinner!

Thank you Daddy for the blowtorch! Now I can make creme brulee hehe :)

Thank you to my sister (who has currently been away from home all week cos she's an O Week leader or something for UNSW) for the new pyjamas! I would take a photo but you hid them from me haha and you said you'd show me when you came back home :P

Anyway I know this is a lot of thanks but basically I want to thank EVERYONE that made this day such a spectacular and special one. My last birthday as a high school student was so magical and honestly I wouldn't have changed a single thing about today. Even math tutoring was super fun today lol :)

I'm taking all my cards to bed and reading them all again before I fall asleep. I love you all so so much and I'm so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family :3

I am 16 going on 17

Do you guys recognise that song? The Sound of Music!! :) :) I LOVE that musical :D

This is the last day I can ever sing that song :)

I can remember the first time I watched The Sound of Music I was around 8? And I remember thinking wowwww 17 is so old I can't imagine ever being 17!!

17. A nice solid age I think, just in between the 'landmarks' of 16 and 18.

A quote from Zayn Malik of One Direction (LOL he's my favourite member): "It's weird to see how much you could fit into a year. How much stuff you can do and how different your life can become."

This time last year...hmm I can remember it exactly and I must say I can't believe how much I've changed since I turned 16. I feel that I have become so much more mature, made new friends and become closer to God.

Yay yay! 16 was such a great, irreplaceable year and I can't wait to turn 17 and see what exciting, exciting adventures this new chapter in my life will bring!

Hmm this time next year, I would have made a decision about what course to do in uni, I would be preparing to go to said uni and I would hvae put all the horrid HSC way past me :) But as for now, it still looms ahead so still gotta keep working hard! :)

Hmm I think I will put up a small list of memorable things I did when I was Sweet Sixteen for old time's sake and so when I read back on my blog I can relive these moments :)

• I had my first birthday party since I was in Year 2 or 3 :) I remember planning for it for weeks lol and then I was late to my own party haha and I thought it wasn't going to go to plan at all but it turned out more memorable and better than I expected! Haha yay another post about 'expecting the unexpected'
• I went to KYCK for the first time. Awesome experience, I still remember the feeling of enlightenment on the last night when we were all singing/screaming out the words to 'One Way Jesus' and we had our arms around strangers and we were all doing that hilarious can-can dance for some reason (remember BT? LOL) and I almost cried :') And being savages and prank-calling HZ hahaha singing 'Friday' by Rebecca Black but AM accidentally sang it to the tune of 'Baby' LOL
• I had my first summer where I spent the entirety of it in Australia and not a couple of weeks overseas. Weather was rather wet, but it was an awesome summer :)
• I attended my first high school formal! The semi-formal was so much fun even though it rained a little
• I got another dog, Biscuit :) I thought after Lucky I would never have the capacity to love another dog ever again but since I've gotten Biscuit I realised we have enough space in our hearts for lots of things
• I went 'adventure-landing' where I would visit new places I'd never been before like Glebe etc. I also temporarily got into thrifting haha but I think that urge has stopped now
• I made a Pen Pal :) her name is also Michelle and she lives in Canada
• I created this blog

That's about all I can think of right now, but I missed out on the little daybyday moments too like making new friends, spending time with old friends, enjoying school, organising events etc :D

Woo excited for tomorrow! I wonder if I'll wake up feeling older haha

Love: Michelle

P.S. My aunt came over on the weekend and gave me my first birthday pressie!

She got it from Swarovski, one of my favourite shops haha :)

A crystal piggy! So cute! :) I will put it on my desk :D

Also, currently reading this:

Thank you GZ for lending it to me! Hoping it'll help me with Ext English :) It's pretty hard to read...lots of the words are slang so sometimes it feels like the book is in a different language LOL but I will endeavour :)

Curly fries reprise and steak!

When my mum aske me where I wanted to go for an early birthday dinner the only thing I could think of was I want curly fries so I chose Hogs Breath cafe lol. It's pretty nice, I really like the steak and the FRIES ofc LOL :) Morrocan salt curly fries @towers has caused a huge obsession in me.

Well when we left the house yesterday night, it was not this horrid rainy weather we're getting right now. It was SUNNY and BOILING and I was originally going to wear this cool cut-out shoulder red dress but it was too hot for that cos the sleeves are long so I decided to wear my staple white blouse (I wore this like all of summer lol) and my geometric skirt :)

My blouse! Tried to take a photo of my outfit myself. Fail lol. had to ask my sis.

And le skirt. I borrowed my sister's white wooden-heeled sandals. Quite a laid-back look for a birthday, usually I love dressing up for occasions like this but I cbb haha at that time cos of dat heat and fried brain cells due to english essay-ing all day. My mum and sister looked more dressed up, in a red and purple dress respectively :)

There was a car in the wall as decoration across from where I was sitting. Above it was a TV that played old hits like ABBA and it also played 'Summer Nights' from Grease!! :D What a birthday treat lol.

I don't like either mushrooms or garlic, but my sis ordered the garlic mushroom steak for us to share lol (and even traded the curly fries for mash. And the vegetables for SALAD. I hate salad.)

I shared with my mum instead haha

Yay avocado! And mm those curly fries.

The reason my mum, sis and I always share is that all 3 of us don't eat that much so when we have 2 dishes between 3 we can finish them all nicely (even so, I was SOO full when I got home).

At my cousin RN's great insistence, we ordered a bowl of some cheese-and-bacon curly fries. They don't look that appetising above cos I put a weird dark filter on the photo LOL but it was really nice :)

I had a whole plateful of them.

The bowl of cheese-and-bacon curly fries came on a paper doily. I LOVE DOILIES. I used to collect them (but I have this weird theory where I forbid myself from going out to purposely buy a pack of them cos that's cheating and I can only collect ones that have been given to me). Anyway I began to realise the only time I received doilies was when someone gave me food and it somehow was on a doily like a cake etc and collecting those are a bit weird cos they're kinda gross from the food like cake bits on them, oil, etc HAHA so I stopped but the love for doilies remains a constant :)

When I grow up, everything I make will be put on a doily and they will adorn my room and fabric doilies for my couches and doilies for my plates which will have cat faces on them...ah bliss :) LOL you can probably guess why I love Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter...

My cousin, sis and I shared a mars bar sundae for dessert :) Yummy! The waitress was kind and observant enough to give us three spoons without us having to ask :)

That was about it for my night last night :)

Hoping this rainy weather does not continue for my birthday :(

Love: Michelle



Sunny weekend :)

Wow it was really nice weather this weekend! Hoping this trend continues for my birthday this week haha :)

Took some pics on Instagram :)

I found Biscuit's missing green ball (it was in the front yard) :D So she's very happy haha

*Biscuit is in deep thought mode*

The roses in my backyard are thriving :)

I bought this dusty rose dress. My dad said it reminds me him of the Dalai Lama ROFL

Woke up at 8:30 to write my comparative essay on Franky and Blades :) About 700 words in

That's about it for today, last weekend I was bored and did a quick DIY on one of my plain white singlets might upload tutorial soon :)

Love: Michelle

P.S. Going out to dinner tonight with my family for an early birthday meal! Yay! :) Excited~

Presentation Evening

Congrats to all the award recipients tonight~

MP and I, being Vice-captains had to do the sorting of awards and handing of them to teachers. Surprisingly tricky, because a lot of the trophies are what they call Perpetual Trophies (or PT) and after a photo is taken with them they must be put back on the table for display. MP and I had to spend Period 6, lunch, and both period 7 and 8 just the in hall trying to get everything sorted, and running back and forth from the front office to the gym. That means I missed out on going to the forum today at lunch, but oh well :( Next week!

I was really worried about fainting/getting a nosebleed on stage because we have to stand up for like 2 straight hours, keep our thick blazers on the whole time under the GLARING HOT LIGHTS (really really hot) and last year CQ fainted or something and I'm very sensitive to heat so I was a little afraid but yay nothing bad except it was BOILING haha and we were so sweaty and we drank like 3 bottles of water (hidden under the award table, THANKS NC) between just me and MP.

Tonight I got to see some ex-year12s I miss so much; being HK, II, AA, etc :) YAy! I'm so happy for them because it seems all is going well, they've worked out what uni course etc etc. It's funny to think that in just one year I will be at another Presentation Night in non-school uniform, hugging some current year 11s I know and telling them what I will be doing in uni. Wow.

And esp. IW, he has come such a long way, hoping he gets into Yale/Harvard/the other foreign colleges he applied to :)

Uni, uni, uni....seems like so far away but I guess really it isn't at all. I really gotta stop procrastinating. PS tonight told me, MP and NA that 'procrastination is the biggest time killer' and if we're procrastinating, stop and just go take a break because procrastinating is neither a break nor studying so it's B-A-D. Solid advice!

Love: Michelle

I FINALLY paid my school fees and got my diary!

ROFL I HATE the photo they chose of us 6 so I'm a little too embarrassed to use it at school ROFL cos I feel like cringing when I see it. I should have taken my scarf off LOL



Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!!! Today I was so happy that I nearly cried at recess and lunch LOL. receiving flowers from ma gurl frans, cards that made me want to cry, thinking about high school and seeing the school decorated and with all the lovey music playing in the quad :') :')

Even math tests couldn't spoil the day! Yay happy day! I'm so blessed because my friends and family are all such LOVE-ly wonderful people and I'm glad we got today to show how much we appreciate each other :)

Yesterday night I cooked some choc-mint macadamia brownies

Then I wrapped them up in these super cute cookie bags I bought in the holidays at the 2.80 store. Come in tan and white :)

Tied some ribbon and ta-dah!

Did it in the morning so my room is messy with books everywhere.

Got these super cute cards from AM, RH and BT

Aw I love you guys :) Whale you be my valentine? DOPLHINATELY :3



Thank you so much AM, RH, BT, CL and GZ for your roses <3

Extra love today: Michelle

P.S. As you can tell the photos today are a bit different, I took them on my iPad on instagram :) I love the cool vintageyesque faded soft looks it gives photos :) Sometimes if the camera is too clear and sharp it isn't very nice I think.

See, here is a photo of the roses on my sometimes harsh camera:

Still looks niceish but I like the instagram one better :)

Ooh I instagramed the rainbow cake my sis and I made the other day too:

Haha this is becoming an obsession!

OH YEAH another cool thing that happened today was in the quad they played One Direction-What makes you beautiful! WOO!! :D And also a new friend we made in Year 11 at the swimming carnival yesterday (bonding over oreos, an intense game of snap which I won haha and mafia) said hi to us today! :)

P.P.S On Saturday my mum bought my dad some belts for Valentines day to 'belt' him in ROFL and she draped them over his shoulders haha