End of 1st Semester, Holidays and Start of the 2nd Semester
Last semester ended like any other--with an exam and assignments to hand-in and results to wait for later on--except that this time I had something to look forward to... Shannon... coming to Brisbane to spend the holidays with me!!! This would be my first REAL mid-year holiday in Australia since in past years I would normally work at either subway or on film projects.
This holiday I had a film job lined up with Killian once again, to be Media Manager... Trust me it's not as great as it sounds... I was already hesitant to take the two-day job because Shannon would be here at the time of the shoot, but I agreed and we organised several failed meetings (eg. where he would forget or not turn up cos he was busy with something else), yes, qualities a director should definitely NOT have: forgetfulness and tendency to not keep his word. I was sorta used to this, having worked with him before. And I was starting to get sick of it. But anyway, the first few days of the holidays with Shannon made my decision for me... I wasn't interested in this project and besides, Reina, my friend whom has been in the same group with me for all our uni film projects since first year is great to work with and picks up things fast, and i've been trying to get her into projects... So this was a great excuse for me to provide a substitute. I didn't want to waste two days doing a job i wasn't entirely interested in or enthusiastic about anyway... My mind was somewhere else... Haha... This holiday was probably one out of the two months I'd get to see Shannon in a year... So i wasn't going to waste 2 days on something else.
Anyway, living with him for a month was great... And i'll admit, it was a lot easier than i thought. I was even telling Kannan beforehand how I'm the kind of person that really needs my space and was worried that LIVING with Shannon for a month could possibly kill our relationship cos he could get annoyed with my little habits or vice versa and we'd argue about stuff or get sick of each other... But there was none of that. Instead, we travelled (mainly to the Gold Coast twice! Once with Jensen and Melissa and the second time with Kannan and Suba), hung out with old friends from high school (that are here in Brissie), he finally got to meet my friends here, played tennis occasionally, shopped and ate out a lot!! Best of all, he cooks really well (he cooked several times for my sis and I, I helped out a bit), is neat, tidy and clean, always smells great and is my best friend AND my boyfriend... what more could i ask for? Haha... So skipping to the end... You can imagine how hard it was for us to say goodbye at the airport after spending a great month together... Dare i say, this is the best holiday I've ever had... Can't think of anything better.
Even days before he was going to fly back, I'd already started dreading it... Needless to say there was a lot of crying, not at the airport, but days before the airport, on the way to the airport and after i got home and he wasn't there... The apartment felt so cold and empty and i had this panic attack about not being able to revert to how things were before and not being able to see him for 5 months. I miss him a lot... A LOT!!!!!! Even now... it's been a week and a half, but sometimes i still cry... and it's not like i want to either. But i'll get over it, like how i had to get over leaving home and my parents in my foundation year... kinda the same concept i guess.
So here i am, the start of a new semester... and life is ordinary and bland again, nothing will be as fun as when he was here. But like i said... I'm still getting over it. Anyway, I'm doing three units this semester as one of them is double the credit points, so it's like doing 4 units anyway... They are Multicam Production (where we work in the studio with 3 cameras at once... much like television broadcasting), International Cinema (the last theory unit i will ever do and the most exciting unit i have this semester) and Documentary theory and practice (that is lectured by the most boring dude on earth that's young, thinks he's hip and soooo smart but is actually really just delusional). So that's about it... I have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and work on Tuesdays and sometimes Fridays if i feel like it. I'll also be going to the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) this year as part of an International Cinema assessment that is not compulsory but is what i'd prefer to do over another boring essay... I'll still have to write one, but it'll be my own made up question about my BIFF experience and its films. It's set me back by AUD$80 ($40 for 5 films) cos we're supposed to watch 10 in total and keep a reflective journal on the films we watch in preparation for the essay... but this is only a one time thing and i've always wanted to go to BIFF... so yeah... $80 well spent i say.
Anyway, will post more when i've got something to say... thanks for reading and thanks for caring!!!
Oh yeah, mainly for mom and dad--photos of our holiday are on Shannon's facebook page or his blog... The link is: http://cowsburp.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!75B196DD1347C041!3094/?startingImageIndex=1&commentsExpand=0&addCommentExpand=0&addCommentFocus=0&pauseSlideshow=0
This holiday I had a film job lined up with Killian once again, to be Media Manager... Trust me it's not as great as it sounds... I was already hesitant to take the two-day job because Shannon would be here at the time of the shoot, but I agreed and we organised several failed meetings (eg. where he would forget or not turn up cos he was busy with something else), yes, qualities a director should definitely NOT have: forgetfulness and tendency to not keep his word. I was sorta used to this, having worked with him before. And I was starting to get sick of it. But anyway, the first few days of the holidays with Shannon made my decision for me... I wasn't interested in this project and besides, Reina, my friend whom has been in the same group with me for all our uni film projects since first year is great to work with and picks up things fast, and i've been trying to get her into projects... So this was a great excuse for me to provide a substitute. I didn't want to waste two days doing a job i wasn't entirely interested in or enthusiastic about anyway... My mind was somewhere else... Haha... This holiday was probably one out of the two months I'd get to see Shannon in a year... So i wasn't going to waste 2 days on something else.
Anyway, living with him for a month was great... And i'll admit, it was a lot easier than i thought. I was even telling Kannan beforehand how I'm the kind of person that really needs my space and was worried that LIVING with Shannon for a month could possibly kill our relationship cos he could get annoyed with my little habits or vice versa and we'd argue about stuff or get sick of each other... But there was none of that. Instead, we travelled (mainly to the Gold Coast twice! Once with Jensen and Melissa and the second time with Kannan and Suba), hung out with old friends from high school (that are here in Brissie), he finally got to meet my friends here, played tennis occasionally, shopped and ate out a lot!! Best of all, he cooks really well (he cooked several times for my sis and I, I helped out a bit), is neat, tidy and clean, always smells great and is my best friend AND my boyfriend... what more could i ask for? Haha... So skipping to the end... You can imagine how hard it was for us to say goodbye at the airport after spending a great month together... Dare i say, this is the best holiday I've ever had... Can't think of anything better.
Even days before he was going to fly back, I'd already started dreading it... Needless to say there was a lot of crying, not at the airport, but days before the airport, on the way to the airport and after i got home and he wasn't there... The apartment felt so cold and empty and i had this panic attack about not being able to revert to how things were before and not being able to see him for 5 months. I miss him a lot... A LOT!!!!!! Even now... it's been a week and a half, but sometimes i still cry... and it's not like i want to either. But i'll get over it, like how i had to get over leaving home and my parents in my foundation year... kinda the same concept i guess.
So here i am, the start of a new semester... and life is ordinary and bland again, nothing will be as fun as when he was here. But like i said... I'm still getting over it. Anyway, I'm doing three units this semester as one of them is double the credit points, so it's like doing 4 units anyway... They are Multicam Production (where we work in the studio with 3 cameras at once... much like television broadcasting), International Cinema (the last theory unit i will ever do and the most exciting unit i have this semester) and Documentary theory and practice (that is lectured by the most boring dude on earth that's young, thinks he's hip and soooo smart but is actually really just delusional). So that's about it... I have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and work on Tuesdays and sometimes Fridays if i feel like it. I'll also be going to the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) this year as part of an International Cinema assessment that is not compulsory but is what i'd prefer to do over another boring essay... I'll still have to write one, but it'll be my own made up question about my BIFF experience and its films. It's set me back by AUD$80 ($40 for 5 films) cos we're supposed to watch 10 in total and keep a reflective journal on the films we watch in preparation for the essay... but this is only a one time thing and i've always wanted to go to BIFF... so yeah... $80 well spent i say.
Anyway, will post more when i've got something to say... thanks for reading and thanks for caring!!!
Oh yeah, mainly for mom and dad--photos of our holiday are on Shannon's facebook page or his blog... The link is: http://cowsburp.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!75B196DD1347C041!3094/?startingImageIndex=1&commentsExpand=0&addCommentExpand=0&addCommentFocus=0&pauseSlideshow=0
posted by My life in Brisbane, if you care... at 7/30/2008 11:11:00 PM
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