I started out a bit anxious as I still couldn’t do many of the elementary moves properly, let alone start intermediate! But turning up to class, the anxiety was replaced by excitement and adrenaline!

We ended up learning many new moves like the boomerang (which was harder than imagined), the full Jamilla (spinning tuck), and the Angel… And some combo stuff for our routine (I was freaking out cos 30 seconds in and the combo had 4 or so moves in it, and everything was moving so quickly!).

Class turned out to be tiring, challenging, but so much fun!!! It left me very high and I’m super psyched for the next class!

Pics at Seafood bar, Bondi Beach:

Salmon with side chips

Steak burger with side chips

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Pics at Bondi Beach

Hardly the weather for going to the beach…

Mr AG’s masterpiece in burying my feet

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Two posts today, but Mr AG just sent me this pole dancing video that I thought was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! Oh my, what incredible strength and talent! Such a captivating performance!

Another beautifully-weathered (warm) day in Sydney! And I dressed according to the weather.  I wore my Nirvana top (black with a yellow Nirvana writing and smiley), yellow shorts, black runners and black bag… So black and yellow all over, which is very much like a bee but not very “me”.

Anyway, this morning, I stepped off the train at Central and I saw an irregular reflection of myself in a yellow and black stall… I had no idea today was Diabetes Buzz Day!  Funny coincidence; I totally belong there today!

Image courtesy of Diabetes Buzz Day

Just a few things…  Just a couple.  And I’ll leave it at that!

First thing this morning, I received an email from Estile about my (not-so)-recent Milk and Honey order…  Apparently, my beloved Stellar dress didn’t pass the quality check phase, and they had no more stock, so they issued a refund and credited $10 to my account for future use, all without my knowing.  While this sounds like a nice/noble thing to do (since I wouldn’t be happy to receive a poor quality dress anyway), there’s a couple of issues I had with this approach.

Well, the most obvious reason why I’m disappointed: I love the dress, and I was very excited about it! It was actually because of that dress that I had made my order in the first place…  So without my knowing, they’ve conveniently sent the other two items, and refunded me on the dress they didn’t have.  I just thought it would’ve been nice if they had asked whether I wanted to cancel my order instead (since they were in the wrong).  So yes, I got refunded, and even credited $10 to my account for my next purchase, which was nice… though I honestly don’t know when I would be ordering from them next (I’ve been a member for at least 6 months, this is my first order with them)!  Also, I’ve had my suspicions something like this might happen, but gave it the benefit of the doubt; I’ve read in a few places that especially with flash sales websites, this occurs a fair bit (telling customers that they don’t have the stock they’ve ordered).  That just screams out reliable!  Also, how long has it been now?  Over two weeks, and they’ve only just dispatched my items; had I ordered from the UK at the same time, I would be wearing my items by now.

Goodbye, gorgeous dress

After having those thoughts, I stepped out of the house to beautiful weather and a cancelled train, resulting in a 25 minute wait.  I got to the station at 9:47 am in order to catch the 9:57 am train, only to see that the next one would be at 10:12 am.  About 20 minutes in, the staff announced over the loudspeakers that “the 9:57 am train has been delayed”.  A fellow commuter looked at me and retorted, “well, who didn’t know that?”.

That aside, I’d also like to give special mention to my massive pimple (no exaggeration) residing right below my nose and above my Cupid’s bow, positioned smack bang in the middle… Not only is it very unsightly (and a bit embarrassing), it also hurts. A lot!!!  I hope it goes away before Saturday (breakfast with RC)!

/rant

A big-ish early weekend for me… Much of a catch up with friends, many things were done, and much were consumed… Spent Thursday night with my RC buddies, Friday night with my girls, and today was another big day.

First stop, dragged Mr AG accompanied me to feel more groomed (aka threading my eyebrows and upper lip) before heading to the City for lunch at Gumshara. On the way, I met a person in a giant bear suit! Like the many kids lining up, I ended up taking a photo with him! =]

Me with cute bear!

After lunch, despite our headaches, I dragged Mr AG we headed to Nevermind nightclub at Oxford Street to watch a pole competition hosted by the Pole Dance Academy. Naughty or Nice was the theme. I took shots and videos, but I’m not sure if I can post them up, so here’s a pic of the empty(ish) stage! =P

 It was a fun but long night, with many naughty and nice and fantastic pole dance performances! ♥

They are totally gonna bruise tomorrow! Pole dancing hurts… But that was totally worth it!!!

“If you like a good cuddle, then please buy me for Daffodil Day”, his tag says.

Say hi to Depho.

And Dougal from last year, with his baby brother

Friday night, nothing better than to listen to some music while cleaning my room a bit (since it has become a bit of a pigsty again), prancing around like a ballerina behind closed doors (I was a tad high before that).

Then I got bored of that after 10 minutes… so I moved on to my clothes drawer, which was overflowing with unfolded clothes… yay.

A cull would be lovely, I thought. With mum, we went through everything there, and everything was either “I can wear that to sleep” or “I can layer this under clothes for winter” or “we can use this as rags”… So at the end, I must have actually picked out 5 max to throw out!

What a failed cull!

I didn’t even bother going through my wardrobe after that; I just know that there was no chance I would throw anything out (such a hoarder)! As a side note, I saw somewhere that there’s a phone app called iDresser that’s meant to organise your clothes, and stuff… I wonder if that’s any good… I’d be interested to try it. I’ve always thought the virtual outfit organiser in Clueless an awesome idea!

Anyway, I love love love stockings,  leggings, tights, and OTK socks… and I got curious as to how many pairs of these babies I own. So I did a list. Here goes:

1. Grey stockings (sheer)
2. Grey stirrups (sheer)
3. Urban outfitters bow stockings (sheer)
4. Cyclone footless tights (mixed sheer and opaque)
5. Love heart patterned stockings (sheer)
6. Navy stockings (sheer)
7. Black opaque stockings (x2)
8. Red fishnets
9. Black fishnets
10. Black stay ups (sheer)
11. Black stockings (sheer)
12. Black wool stockings
13. Grey cable tights
14. Purple fleece leggings
15. Navy fleece leggings
16. Black 3/4 tights
17. Black mid-length tights
18. ASOS red tights
19. Compression tights (x2)
20. Dotti Argyle tights
21. White OTK socks (x2)
22. Black OTK socks (x5)
23. ASOS black/grey OTK socks
24. FCUK grey/red OTK socks
25. Black skull OTK socks (x2)
26. Black/Grey leg warmers

Killed my vibrant yellow umbrella!!

Stupid wind and rain!

Sadface!

RIP my brightness!