WOW just WOW

this is the phrase commonly used in association with the sleepy koala, aka alien toes and better known as my cousin trang.

this twig like mammal often blames her thesis for her premium blonde moments... but nothing has been blonder than the day i've had just speaking to her.

*6pm*
i call trang to see whether she'll be home later on - after several failed attempts i give up

*6.30pm*
my phone beeps and it seems i have a missed call from trang, only one minute ago... i call back, but no answer?

*7.30pm*
the phone rings... it's trang, she claims she was at pole, and the missed call was during a 5 minute water break. you couldn't have texted? "mizzmai i'm at pole, ttyl."
then we start talking about packing, sydney etc. i ask trang a question... "ok see you tomro BYEEEE"... *stunned face* WTF?!

*7.31pm*
i call trang back.
"yes lady?" (all happy and cheerful)
"I WASN'T FINISHED!!!!"
"ohhh... what's up?!" :)


this is a common trait that trang seems to have... she tends to hang up on people whilst they are in the middle of talking to her. those closest to her tend to know the anger affect this has.
she also never answers her mobile... ever. this is now commonly known as trangphonesydrome.


LATER ON IN THE NIGHT...

i was talking to trang through msn about her carry on bag for our flight to sydney tomro.
i told her to measure her bag, this is the conversation that took place, over a grueling 22 minutes - 22 minutes of my life i will never get back.

*previously i had told trang that she needs to get a bag that fits the dimensions of 105cm in total. i had also sent her an email on the matter, with pictures and everything. she had told me she read this email*

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

the total linear dimensions are meant to be 105cm - so 48cm x 34cm x 23cm for example

Trang says:

i'm gonna go measure my bag

Trang says:

8 x 21 x 10

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

cm ?

Trang says:

yes

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

are u sure?

no, thats the size of a a4 piece of paper

ur not measuring it properly

Trang says:

huh?

oh

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

omg, ur so blonde

Trang says:

how do u measure it properly?

height is 8 cm

width is 21

and across is 10

did i do it wrong

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

go to ur email

yes, u definately did

Trang says:

yes mam

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

either that or ur measuring tape is fkd

Trang says:

i think i'm just blonde.. my measuring tape is really sturdy

and it's pretty too

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

omg

Trang says:

am looking at the doc now

heyyyy!!

lynh didn't show me this

when she read me the email

wow ur so organised

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

thats why i sent it to both of

DUH

Trang says:

no wonder ur frustrated

i love u

try to put the anger away and love me back

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

yeh yeh

just measure ur bag will u

Trang says:

oh okay

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

it'll be so much easier in sydney

i can just drag u along and u just nod and say yes

lol

Trang writes:

Trang says:

side view

and birds eye view looks like this

Trang writes:

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

ok trang

i believe u

Trang says:

is that too big?

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

but when u show up to my house with a bag the size of an elephant ima shoot u

trang, thats super small

Trang says:

bahhhh

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

thats why im asking u

Trang says:

ur scaring me

can we skype

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

ur weird

do ur clothes seriously fit in ther?

al ur clothes

shoes

makeup

Trang says:

50 x 25 x 26

sorry

i was measuring in inches before

*kiss kiss hug hug*

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

OH EM GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

WOW TRANG

Trang says:

*kiss kiss hug hug*

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

WOW

Trang says:

kiss kiss hug hug

is that too big now?

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

no thats fine

Trang says:

serious?

that's so awesome~!!!

yay!!

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

yes

Trang says:

i'm gonna continue packing hehe

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

u can have up to 105cm

DAVE SAYS

WOWWWWWW

JUST WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Trang says:

tell him i don't take wows from men with short thumbs seriously

mother fucking dave called me

just to say wow just wow

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

lol

A FEW MINUTES LATER...

Trang says:

wow mai u knew to book me under thi nguyen?

so cool

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

yes trang

because... its ur name on ur ID?

duh

Trang says:

not many people know that

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

i called u and asked

omg

WOW

JUST WOW

Trang says:

oh i thought u remembered from stories i told you

haha

! theee mizzmai * ... says:

u are SO BLONDE

Trang says:

i dont' know why i tend to get that way after doing heaps of work on my thesis

SAY IT WITH ME PEOPLE...

WOW! Just... WOW!

benjamin's 23rd birthday surprise.

surprise number one.
ben has been obsessed with ashley wood. an artist from australia who has made it big.
he released "figurines" or as i called them, toys every month or so. i thought it would be nice if i surprised ben with buying him a set of ten "squares", cute little things.
so the night before their release ben told me he was going to wake up in the morning when they were released and purchased them.
ruin my plan? i think not. so i bitched and moaned about how he doesn't save his money, spends it on stupid stuff and that we were going to hamilton island in a few months and he would have no money. in the end, he succumbed to my persistent nagging.... the next few weeks however i didn't hear the end of it.
finally i snapped... i couldn't take it any longer. I GOT YOU YOUR FREAKEN SQUARES.
over the moon he was, but shattered was i... for my brilliant surprise had gone down the drain.
time for a new surprise i say...

i love this pic of charlie vs. the squares. so cute!

surprise number two.
so because ben had ruined my squares surprise... i needed to get him another present, and this time keep it a surprise from him. we went shopping one day and we were in ozmosis. i asked him whether he would like a watch, for the watch he'd been wearing he's owned six year six. as soon as he tried it on it was perfect, matched him completely and he loved the simplicity of it. on his birthday before dinner i brought it over... gobsmacked he was. i hope you still love it baby :)



surprise number three.
i planned a romantic dinner for ben at Longgrain - a thai restaurant in the CBD. curiosity for this restaurant emerged when watching Masterchef, the head chef Martin Boetz, was a celebrity chef and his signature dish, the eggnet was the feature on MC.
although benjamin knew that we were going out for dinner, he had no idea that the surprise was that i had organised for all his best mates to be there as well. dinner for two? nope, dinner for twenty :D
i wish i had recorded his reaction when he had walked into the restaurant and saw his best mates spread over two banquet tables. priceless.
a seven course banquet was pre-ordered and the food was de-ish... the flavours aromas and textures were divine. would totally recommend the restaurant for anyone who loves thai.

the food

the friends

surprise number four.
earlier that day i had driven to heidelberg to sweet by nature - an amazing cake shop/bakery that does divine sweets. my plan was to get ben a b'day cake, bring it over to dave's and get him to bring it to longgrain, therefore keeping ben out of the loop. KEKEKE.
now i know ben has a boner every time he sees chocolate cake so chocolate cake it was. i ended up getting him the "marz attack". this cake was AWESOME. we were all stuffed after dinner though and didn't end up finishing it all. was shattered though coz longgrain cut it all up and left nothing to take home :( boo.

the birthday boy...

and his cake

hope u had an awesome 23rd birthday surprise benjamima.
my best friend and boyfriend i love you to pieces <3>

light years

ok, so yes. it's been lightyears since i've last blogged....

THE SHAME!

dave is putting me to shame... all in love with his new blog and what not. check that bitch out! a blog of everything shiftyshutters related.

so what has been going on in the world of mizzmai?

i am currently sick - sicker than i've been in a long time.
came down with something nasty yesterday and i went to work... where i had no idea what was going on, found a replacement for my night shift and went to the doctors, waited like 40 min before he saw me, and was nearly passing out in the waiting room. found out i have an ear infection (YAY) which is causing me back pains, neck pains, throat pains and blocked nose... who knew that ears were so important.
after the doctors i went home (cairnlea home) to grab some stuff, then went to ben's work, where i slept in my car for half an hour waiting for him to finish. i then drove to his house where i curled up in his bed, with fresh sheets and all, and my man took care of me :)
ben rubbed tiger balm on my back and neck, heated wheat bags for me to put over my tummy, tucked me into my cocoon and kept me hydrated with water. now that's love.
marilyn made us soup for dinner, which went down really well... home cooked meal is so good instead of the shit i normally eat. especially aussie home cooked. :D
i slept for a good 8 hours but felt so bad when he woke me up at 1.30am asking if he could go to sleep coz he had work at 9am... so i went home (altona home - am currently staying to housesit and look after my mum whilst my bro is overseas).

me and benjamin came home from our hamilton island holiday last week... was super fun and super relaxing... i must say the 3/4 days after we arrived back in melbourne i was suffering from severe post-holiday depression... i just wanted to go back. i still miss ben, miss sleeping next to him and waking up to him and going out with him. am i whipped or what.

so i've been nagged from various people to update my blog, here it is finally...

hamilton blog will be up soon(ish), 5 parts (one for each day lol).


only 23 days till trangalang, pumpkn & mizzmai go to sydney for IMATS! joy joy!
oh and it's jen jen's bday soon... :( because of family commitments i can't go... but i love you babe! hope u have an awesome 21st... won't be as awesome coz i ain't there but u know i love you! <3

big thank you to benjamima who takes care of me. love you more than all the cockatoos in the world =]

sytycd top 18

so alot was expected from this week as last week was phenomenal.

sadly, i must say i was underwhelmed :( the couples didn't impress me as much as they did last week, some of my favorite couples disappointing me imensely.
judge it for yourself.

TOP 18 PERFORMANCE SHOW


this week randi & evan performed a jive - super FUN; love the versatility of these two dancers.

melissa & ade performed a sonya tayeh jazz routine. we all remember sonya from last season's routine "the garden" with mark and courtney. this routine was just as rocking.

caitlin & jason are one of my fave couples but i was underwhelmed with this weeks shane sparks hip hop routine. it had the potential to be so much better than it was. :(

janette & brandon were DISCO DIVAS this week. awesome disco routine and one of THE fastest ones EVER in the history of sytycd.

this waltz that asuka & vitolio did was so heart wrenching. it touched me. but not as much as i thought it would.

i'm really loving kayla - she's quickly becoming one of my faves. this routine was completely different and she plays the princess role so well :)

karla & jonathan were so good this week, but like asuka & vitolio it didn't touch me in a way that i thought it was. top performance though.

i'm really behind jeanine & phillip, although phillip has the fan base i think jeanine is a really awesome dancer. she brings her own in every routine, if anything she might be better than phillip.

ashley & kupono had the same problem as caitlin & jason in their shane sparks hip hop routine this week. they were there. but not completely there. *sigh*

so this week was a bit meh. hopefully they bring it next week.

i'm predicting the bottom three will be:
- randi & evan
- kayla & max
- ashley & kupono

i hate to say it's these three, but i think the others (caitlin & jason - jeanine & phillip) have a bigger following that will push them through into next week :'(
i really hope kayla & max don't get bottom three. kayla is one of my favs, and i really like ashley and even. boo. this sucks.


TOP 18 RESULTS SHOW

so this weeks group routine didn't wow me either. *sigh* i think it's because with the group routines i like comparing each of the dancers, and i couldn't do that with this weeks coz i couldn't tell them apart LOL. mia michaels is awesome but. kudos to her :)

so the bottom three ended up being:
- caitlin & jason; - kayla & max; - ashley & kupono

unfortunately for them. ashley & max were eliminated. :(