Just a little filler, just whiling away my days
I guess this is going to be a summary of the past few weeks as well as a sort of end of the year post summarizing life in Adelaide...not that I'm leaving for good, I'll definitely be returning (January 4th 2011 at 7:15am-ish!). Where to start and what to say? This year has been a great one and I've experienced so much and been more open to having fun and not taking life (or myself) so seriously. I can't take all the credit for becoming a more easygoing person and honestly, sappy enough as some people might say it is, it really is Scott who has gotten me more out there. He is my boyfriend and he is my best friend and I'm beyond grateful I have him by my side.
Last month my college had it's big end of year event, the Valedictory Dinner or as it's more affectionately known, VD. What usually occurs is the entire college dresses up outrageously keeping costumes a secret until the actual day and then we have dinner in a formal style...and proceed to get drunk out of our minds. That's usual life at my college! Anyway, my group of friends and I decided to dress up as characters from the Greek legend "The Judgment of Paris" (which, if you know your Greek myths, is what started the war over Helen of Troy).
From left to right: Alex as Aphrodite, me as Hera, Darci as Athena and Arbaaz as Paris and of course, the Apple of Discord with the inscription 'To The Fairest'
I think we did a good job pulling it off and we certainly looked like a Greek mythology with a twist! It was a fun night and it was great seeing what everyone else came as. To name a few (sorry, I don't really want to post up photos!), a group came as a game of tetris while another came as a game of pac-man, there were crayons and army combat figurines, a group came as the full cast of Wizard of Oz (my friend Sophia was the Yellow Brick Road! So creative!), there were Johnnie Walkers and life guards and so many more!
Scott, being a tutor, dressed up with the other tutors along to a fairytale theme. His character? Oh...
...well, he was the forever young! Haha, Peter Pan of course! Too bad he didn't have a Tinkerbell to dust on people to make them fly - I know I would've loved to fly off to Never Never Land with him!
Overall it was such a great night! I'm not sure if my make up is too visible but here's a better shot of it - well, better than the other photos anyway! I really ought to have gotten a clearer shot but oh well.
For inspiration, I used
Doe Doeere's ice queen look. I didn't do a green lid or "wings" but I did the dots and it looked all right. I was aiming for a peacock style for my eyes and I think what I did was reasonable enough considering my bangs were covering my eyes most of the night anyway. As long as I had the "dark" look of Hera I was content.
The weekend before last (what a tongue twister...), Scott and I went to his Aunt's wedding and boy was that an experience of a lifetime! It definitely was not your usual conventional wedding but I quite liked the fact that it was so relaxed and casual! In the photo we're with Scott's cousin, Nathan, and...er, Nathan's date. I think her name was Stacey? Can't remember for the life of me, I was blown away by her stunning good looks...
Other than that I've been studying for exams, I only have two this semester but I'm not taking it lightly. I finished my psychology exam last Saturday and now I'm preparing for my philosophy exam this Friday. And then I fly back home to Sri Lanka on Saturday, whew! What with
all the drama of Qantas flights, I sure hope I don't get too agitated when flying...
Here are some photos from yesterday (Sunday). I got the opportunity to work with an amazing make up artist,
Kirsty and photographer,
Carla.
Kirsty is sooo good at what she does and it was really exciting getting to be her "canvas" for the day!
The other model, Carla W., and I. I quite like the look of this shot, I wonder how it'll turn out...
In between shots, the very pale in comparison Scott and I (I look absolutely bronzed to the max! Scott had no chance at competing with my color!)
From left to right: Carla (photographer), Jamie (reflector girl), Kirsty (MUA), Carla W. and me.
Here is a sneak peek of the shots to come - I love Kirsty and Carla's work! They make such a great team and I definitely look forward to working with them again. Yesterday was too much fun, from falling in between rocks to getting sand everywhere and getting abused by the ocean!
And I leave you here dear readers, with some shots of the crabs from today. I've moved them temporarily to their traveling tank as I gave their main tank a good clean out. At first they were a little unhappy over being moved but now they've settled in and are quite content.
Trent in a tree, hehe.
And contemplative Jackson, just whiling away his day.
