I was moving photos from my iPhone to my MacBook and I noticed that I had some random photos and thought that I would just upload them since I haven't updated in a while.

These photos are just from a dinner that I attended before the start of Uni. It was to reunite all the dancers who were in our Vietnamese dance during Multicultural Day in high school. It was nice to catch up everyone and just have a general get together. Since we did a Vietnamese dance together, it was only fitting that we went to a Vietnamese restaurant, Bau Truong in Canley Heights. This was first time that I went to a Vietnamese restaurant and had a family-style dinner where you order various dishes, sharing them with everyone.

We thought that we wouldn't be able to finish everything but then BAM! all the food was gone. I'm not a good reviewer on anything really but the restaurant was pretty good ... I think.

Photo time!

I would like to state first off that this is my opinion and my opinion alone about this topic. If you disagree with the opinions expressed, please remember that these opinions are my own.

Okay, now with that being said I would like to move into the topic at hand. I don't know how much you know about this topic but I shall give a quick overview. Steubenville is a small town in Ohio with a strong football culture. The issue at hand is that last August, there was a raping in the town involving a 16 year old girl and 2 footballers from the local high school. The girl was unconscious and was raped by the 2 students with fellow students taking photos and videos of the rape. In the photos and video, it can be seen that fellow footballers laugh as they move her from location to location and in one instance, she is also urinated on. The girl was obviously unaware and found herself naked the next morning but if that isn't humiliating enough, once she went onto social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the rape and evidence of it was posted and available for anyone to see.

The trial for this case just recently ended and a guilty/delinquent (as it was a juvenile case) verdict was handed down to the 2 male students who initiated it. What amazes me is the reaction of the verdict. The town sees the 2 male students as victims of the crime and are standing by them even though the facts of the crime have been presented. I understand that the town loves football but can you love a sport so much that it blinds you in seeing who the true victim is. That girl was ridiculed, told that she was ruining the lives of the 2 star footballers through hundreds of texts and the source of hatred in the town but yet the majority of the town cannot see that. How can they not see that this instance will stay with her for the rest of her life? The memory of waking up to find yourself naked, not knowing what happened and finding out the events through social networking where you are branded a slut and a dead girl.

Many, along with certain people in the CNN network, have said that the verdict along with the two students being listed as sexual offenders for the rest of their lives was harsh. Hence making the two students seem the victim. Is this how society has come to view rape? As the offenders being labelled the victims and the person who was raped seen as the perpetrator? The victim who is at times selfless, unconscious, under the influence of date rape drugs or other drugs or unable to defend themselves has now become the person who we blame the crime on. This view on rape victims is what angers me. I believe that this view on rape and their victims is what stops the majority of victims not coming forward and reporting the crime, and allowing the rapist to think that they can get away with the crime. This crime has illustrated and highlighted the way which western societies view crime and their victimes to me. I sincerely hope that we can change this way of thinking but to be honest, I don't know if I have much faith.

Sorry about the long, wordy post but I had to get it off my chest.

Is it just me or did February just zoom on past? February wasn't necessarily a busy month but certain things did happen that just made it go pass so quickly. One of the major things that happened was that repairs were finally started in my room after what it seems to be 3 months of me not being allowed in it. Quick background is that my bedroom is next to the bathroom and there was a leak which then meant that water was entering my room. Once the room is fully repaired, I will post up a full blog post about what happened, photos of the repairs and how I'm redecorating my room. I'm really excited for March as it means that I can finally start decorating it even if it happens at the end of the month.

 The other big thing that happened was that I have been experiencing some really big stomach-aches. It happened a lot during my childhood with lots of trips to the doctor and some trips to the hospital but at the end of the day, they always told me that nothing was wrong but the pain was really bad. Anyways, in the past 4 years or so, they have reduced with some periods of time making them completely disappear but especially last week they came back with a vengeance. I haven't really changed my diet in any way but some days I just stayed in bed due to the pain.

Well, enough of that. Let us get into what things defined February for me.

Music: In terms of music, it had to be Demi Lovato.




Show/Drama: I am a fan of Korean dramas and in February, I started watching a few. One is still on-going and watching it has reminded how much I hate waiting week-to-week for something and that wait is especially hard if the English subtitles have not been released. Well, one of the dramas that I really loved in February was 'Answer Me 1997' or otherwise known as 'Reply, 1997'. It's a really nice drama with quite a good storyline but you have to know certain things about Korean culture to not be going 'WTH?!' throughout it. Take for example, you have to know that certain Koreans take their idols very seriously and are willing to go to extreme lengths for them. One thing I didn't particularly enjoy about it was a running storyline about the main love triangle. Towards the end, I just got sick of the whole thing and wanted to skip it but decided not to even though I had a feeling what was going to happen.


I think those were the only two defining things in February. Here's to hoping March is a little bit better. Until next time, keep safe all.

My 4 month holiday/break from uni is almost over with uni starting on Monday for me. Since the end of the break was fast approaching and uni tends me to suck a lot out of me, I'm trying to catch up with as many people as possible. This led to last Friday's outing.

Last Friday, I trekked up to the city for the first time in a while. I had 2 hours to kill before I met up with Rosa so I decided to roam about the city, just to familiarise myself again with what it had to offer. Upon meeting up with Rosa, we headed over to Circular Quay to catch up with Judy, who is working there. We sat outside of MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) and we actually got talking about some serious topics. I found out things about my previous classmates in high school and just caught up on everything that was happening. Jane then arrived and joined us where we got talking about different topics again. Just talking to them 3 really reminded me of what it's like to just simply catch up and have a good talk.

Rosa, Jane and I then headed to the rooftop cafe at MCA which is a really good looking cafe with an awesome view of the Harbour but dang it, it was windy. The food was really good and we just sat there for about 2 hours just talking about this and that. After we left, Rosa made it her mission to make us more "arty-farty", well that's what I think anyways. When Rosa and Jane found out I haven't gone to Hyde Park, they took it upon themselves to take me there and show me the spots that I had to take my future boyfriend, which they will also find for me.

All in all, it was a great day with friends and an awesome way to depart from my holidays.