Fireflies of fire

Flick...

Flick....

Flick....

Flick, flick, flick, flick, flick...

This is the sound that woke me up at 6:30am... like a piece of material being whipped around in the wind, it grew faster and faster... but what was it??

I opened my eyes... my walls were glowing softly, a flickering yellow light filled my room. I sat up in my bed to see several small lights, like golden fireflies shooting across my room, darting around rapidly then falling and disappearing before hitting the floor. There were hundreds of them, floating around magically, one after another appearing and disappearing... But something wasn't right.

It took me a few seconds to realize what was happening. The lights weren't hundreds of fireflies, they were coming from my heater. It turns itself on every few hours so my room doesn't get too cold. Only this time its centre was glowing, a scarlet, pea sized ball of light was producing these fireflies.

It was beautiful to watch, but before long I was overcome by panic... What if something catches on fire? ... But how could I turn it off? I couldn't get near it for all the fireflies, and I was too afraid to touch it, what if I was electrocuted? It was plugged into a power board under my desk, but I couldn't get to it without being hit by the golden beads of light floating around... I stood, confused for a moment... what do I do? O_o Still not fully sadar, I realized I could just unplug the entire power board... I threw my chair across the room and reefed the plug from the wall... the flicking sound immediately slowed, the fireflies stopped appearing and the scarlet ball inside the heater slowly faded... My room was suddenly filled with silence and darkness... I stood, still bewildered by what had just happened. I started to become more aware, smelling something burning I quickly turned on the light. Maybe the fireflies hadn't died before hitting the floor.. maybe they had caught something alight... but after searching, I found nothing.. I guess it was the heater that smelled burnt..

I went to the toilet, still confused about what had happened before returning to bed. It felt like a dream, maybe because I never fully woke up during all of this. But this morning, seeing my heater off, my chair across the room and the power board unplugged...

I realized it was very real.

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Malas banget neh... buka facebook itu buang2 waktu aja... lagian, sering bikin aku kesel, marah, sebel, sedih & kecewa.. smuanya buruk. Jadi nggak usah sering buka aja kayaknya.

Rasanya udah kecanduan... bangun pagi, langsung online, buka facebook.. gk ada satu hari lewat yg aku nggak buka facebook... kalo nggak dapat.. aku mau.. tapi kalo dapat, malah bikin aku rasa nggak enak..

Aku udah malas cuman ketemu temen2 online.

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Ini lagi chatting ama temenku.. baru sadar kalo aku blom update blogku ttg sepatu ice skating..

After the longest wait ever they finally came!! I was instantly sooo happy with them... put them on.. and then... PAIIIIINN!!! haha.. my feet were killing me! I couldn't wear them for more than a few mins, and that was sitting down! .. wore them a few more times around the house and they started to mold to my feet better... slowly getting more comfortable.. but still quite painful.

I've had them for about a month now, in the beginning they gave me huge blisters.. but now.. they're quite comfortable, just rub a little where the tongue is.. but they're almost perfect after a month of use.. love them!! Getting much more confident with jumps, and starting to see the benefits of having a MUCH bigger toe-pick =) and my spins are getting there slowly. There is a little bubbling on the sole tho... Hope its nothing to worry about o_O

On a side note... I think I hate the guy in the pro shop... ok.. maybe not hate.. to quote the plain white t's "hate is a strong word, but I really really really don't like him"... I bought these online cause he wouldn't get them in for me.. and now he's just unhelpful cause I didn't buy from him.. but who would when all of his products are EXTREMELY overpriced??!

Yay for Procrastination

Things get done when essays are due...

My last lesson with Gen in Jogja

This is some of what I learned over a 10 week period and some new stuff I just learned that day... Can't wait to get back into lessons so I can keep improving!!

Masih menunggu semuanya menjadi lebih baik . . .

hehe.. aku baru sadar kalo sejak aku pulang ke aussie, aku nulis blog ini pake bhs indonesia, padahal pas aku di jogja, ini ditulis pake bhs inggris.. kenapa yawh??

Ada banyak yg terjadi sejak aku posting kemaren.. the main thing I guess is my birthday... aku mulai bikin planning buat party di rumah makan indonesia, Pondok Bali.... abis aku udah undang smua teman2, ibuku suruh aku batalkan semua... dy pengennya aku di rumah u/ ultahku.. aku sedikit kesel.. tapi nantinya aku juga ngerti alasannya..

Hari Jumat (hari sebelum ultahku) aku ol.. ada Dama dan Vando.. aku agak malas sama dia (Vando) udah lama nggak ada kontak.. sms nggak dibalas, kalo telpon rasanya aku menggangu, wall post di FB juga nggak dibalas... jadi aku mulai malas aja sama dia.. jadi aku jawabnya singkat aja, trus cepat bilang mau off..

Bapakku datang dari QLD hari itu juga, di sini u/ 1o hari.. dan dy (nggak sengaja) juga bilang kalo kk mau datang dari Alice Springs.. jadi besoknya pas aku sampe rumah ibu u/ ngerayain ultahku, dan ibu suruh aku naruh minuman di kulkas belakang, aku taw aku akan ketemu sama kakakku di sana.. tp yg aku nggak tau, ada 3 orang lagi... tapi gelap banget.. siapa yah?? ... aku sadar ada Patty (ceweknya kakakku) trus ada dua orang lagi.. nggak tau tuh siapa... beberapa detik kemudian aku sadar ada Dama!! dy datang dari Canberra!! ... trus akhirnya lampunya dinyalain dan aku liat ada Vando... senang nggak ya?? hahaha (jahat) aku nggak percaya ada dia di sini.. rasanya aneh.. kok bisa gitu.. dan aku nggak tau mau reaksi apa... kemaren aja chatting ol aku malas banget.. trus tiba2 ini ada orangnya didepanku... kalo dicuekin face to face gitu, aku nggak enak... tapi aku masih malas sih sebenernya.. jadi bingung. (untung nyokap w kga bs bhs indo.. wakaka jng smp dy taw... dikit2 bisa sih, makanya pake "nyokap" wakaka) ini kan kado dari dia.. niatnya emang baik.. jadi aku harus nyenangin dia dulu..

Yah, jadinya aneh selama beberapa hari pertama.. kalo sama dama, masih sama aja.. karena sering ada kontak.. abis satu ato dua hari.. mulai biasa.. trus lama kelamaan ya, kek dulu lagi. asik punya temen lagi di sini.. bisa jalan2.. main.. aku bawa mereka ke kampusku, masuk kelas bhs indo dan gamelan... mereka malu masuk kelas bhs jepang.. kayaknya takut dimakan robot. selain kuliah, kita juga belanja, nonton bioskop, main go kart, nonton phantom of the opera, liat museum2 dan art gallery, trus ke pantai.. kayaknya itu aja... waktunya emang singkat banget.. tapi dari pada nggak sama sekali... yah, bagus lah.. walopun hari terakhir ada miscommunication yg besaaaaaaaaaaarrr... but i found out how my friends really think of me..

Anyway, I had fun... enak bisa ngobrol2 lagi sama temen2... oh yahhh.. dan mereka bawa kado2 dari temen2ku di jogja... hehe.. so sweet.. dititip ke vando... jadi aku ngerasa smuanya ada di rumahku.. ada banyak banget.. trus pas lagi buka kado2nya, kita smua diluar, dingiiiinnn.. dan aku cuman pake kaos.. nah.. kadonya mita tuh jacket! haha.. pas banget, jadi aku langsung make.. trus ternyata itu kembar jaketnya vando, cuman beda warna.. hehe. anyway kayaknya ada banyak yg aku mau cerita.. tapi aku nggak tau mau mulai di mana.. lagian ini udah jam 1 pagi..

pokoknya.. aku senang bisa ketemu sama temen2ku lagi... tapi senang sedih gitu.. waktunya aku baru mulai terbiasa sendirian lagi... temen2ku datang.. dan aku bisa ngerasain enaknya punya teman lagi.. enaknya ngobrol.. curhat.. becanda.. menggila.. senyum.. ketawa.. ato santai aja tanpa kata.. menghabiskan waktu bareng aja.. ngapain aja nggak penting, yg penting kita bersama lagi... tapi sekarang itu smua hilang.. udah nggak bisa lagi... ya kalo online ato via hape bisa.. but its not the same.

Anyway, thanks guys for coming.. and thanks mum for organising everything (the food was ueeeenak bangeeett!!!) ... thanks dad and nathan for coming all the way here too.. was great to see all of you again.. and of course thank you to all my other friends!! I know it wasn't much, but it was really nice to see all of you again.

Ps... smsku dibalas *masih nggak percaya* kok bisa??!?! *cek hape lagi* ada tuh di inbox.. berarti bukan mimpi! .... *pingsan*