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Happy CNY

2009-01-29T02:58:00.002+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year, people.

I think my blog has been on hiatus so long that nobody reads it anymore. lol I know a couple do read... but you didn't leave comments. T____T *sniffles* Where is the love, mah-friends!?

Anyway, great celebration. =D This time it's at my house. We had family group photo too. Family as in the whole family. One word. Cool. But I can clearly see so many of my uncles and aunties getting older and sick... This CNY, I pray for everyone to stay healthy and fit. Ganbatte.

And I saw kids growing up... so fast. So so fast. I was so shocked when I saw Allison again this CNY... she's like... 9 now. O.O When was the last time I saw her? She was still 5 and tiny the last time I remember. Sniffles... We're all getting old, aren't we? =P

It is hot as always here but... nyaha... can't complain much when it is like 45 degrees at Melbourne. D= Goodness me... I'm glad I didn't have to go through that. It's like hell-ish. The hottest in 70 years, I heard? Terrible...

Been hooking up with all these brainless mini games in addictinggames.com... I'm seriously bored. T_T I need to get a life. So... maybe my new year's resolution this year can be 'to get a life'. To volunteer with more random activities... do more stuff for the club and maybe do a sports during uni. AND still keep up academic wise.

This entry is fricking random... I need sleep... lol Jia yin is coming to my house tomorrow... Need sleep... *colapse*

Nite nite. *blow kisses* Stay sober and eat healthy people. You know who you are. Ciaoz~ =P

New Year

2009-01-13T00:59:00.008+08:00

Happy New Year, everyone. =3 Yesh... once again I declare the fact that I am still alive. Sorry for the hiatus. Again. I think you guys should be used to it by now, yeah?

Anyway... update on my life recently.

Came back to Malaysia. Quality time with family and was pampered with good food for a week. Went to Shanghai for family vacation. Came back and met up with friends and cousin. Good times good times. ^_^ Have friends over at my place and to talk till we fell asleep was great. I recall fallen sick at that time... right after getting back from Shanghai but it didn't matter when you can sit around in Starbucks or the other random restaurants catching up with friends. ^^And of course there was Comic Fiesta. I can summarize it in one word : Awesomeness. Again, I would love to flood my blog with pretty pretty pictures of cosplayers... but I'll leave that for another day. Meanwhile, check my facebook's photo albums. =P

Then it was Christmas... It was awesome. BBQ!! Potluck!! I have nice pictures but I am too lazy to upload them up here. Blame Facebook. After uploading all pictures onto facebook, I now lack the motivation to upload photos anywhere else. =P Check my facebook for nice photos, will ya? Sankyuu~

Then met up with more friends. =3 Including Celiney from Brunei. It's weird seeing her in Malaysia after spending most of the time with her in Melbourne.

Then it was New Year. The usual dinner with Dad's high school friends and their family on New Year's eve. Those are seriously long friendships, come to think of it.... o.o Easily over 30 years of friendships... You don't get that a lot nowadays. Sadly. But I sincerely hope I can do that with my friends. =D Ganbatte.

There was fireworks and happy wishes... then Leo left us. Gone. Sniff. Not found even till now... You made us search for you early in the morning on the 1st of Jan 2009 you stupid!!! But we all still miss you lots... Especially mummy. T_T

And then all of a sudden boredom struck me... Sigh... can't be helped, the break is too friggin long. But thankfully for my friends and cousin Her Her, I get to go out breath some fresh air occasionally and enjoyed a few shopping sprees(ok... maybe more than just a few ^_^;;). And that would be my life till uni starts again.

Sis enrolled in La Trobe University. lol She was accepted into Monash but she has her own reasons for choosing La Trobe so... *shrug* La Trobe will be... two hours away from Monash. Great. So much for asking my sis to join our anime club. lol No idea if she would join Lunasy(la trobe's anime club) or not though... If so, she can be our spy!! =D I can buy her over with Pocky!

2008 has been an eventful year for me. Eventful can be... good and bad. Nonetheless, I've learned a lot last year. Hopefully, I have become a better person from all the so-called 'experience' I gained from last year but I doubt it. lol It's okay... sometimes, being a nice person doesn't work. Not that I'm saying I'm a nice person but... Okay, I am. >=3 Or I would like to think so, anyway. Mmm, scratch that... I don't want to become a better person... I want to be a smarter one. Yay~ XD Socially and academically. Haha~

Anyway... I'll stop here. I can't promise there will not be another long hiatus. Haha... You know me. Lazy... pfft...

Love ya people~

And... I miss you.

P/S :: To my friends who are going through hardships... *HUGS* Stay strong.

Avril Lavigne
Keep Holding On lyrics

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side
You know I'll take your hand

When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in

Keep holdin' on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through
Just, stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you
I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say (Nothin' you can say)
Nothing you can do (Nothin' you can do)
There's no other way when it comes to the truth

So, keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late
This could all disappear

Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side
I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend, Yeah yeah

Keep holdin' on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through
Just, stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you
I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So, keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through

Hear me when I say
When I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change destiny

Whatever's meant to be
Will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..

La da da da, la da da da da
La da da da da da da da da

Keep holdin' on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you
I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So, keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through

Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
Keep holdin' on
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh

Keep holdin' on
There's nothing you could say
Nohing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So, keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through

Life Since I Last Updated

2008-07-19T14:30:00.004+08:00

Hi, people. I promised to make an update after 'exams and all the shit'... Technically, exams are long over but shit still goes on. ^_^;; Okay, shit is a strong word. I shall refrain from using it.

To be honest, my memory is failing me nowadays. I don't remember what happened in my life half the time since the last time updated my blog at January. For all I know, I didn't even finish updating the trip to Europe. >_> I seriously can't be bothered anymore. LoL So... I'm gonna just write whatever comes into my mind first. First thing first...

RESULTS
My results for last semester.

MOL2011 - N

What's N? FAILED. Ha! I failed! First time in my life. I got a miserable 47 for Molecular Biology and I can't even apply for a Near Pass because I'm a second year student. It's true I was expecting it but it hurts nonetheless. It's not like I didn't study. I pulled all nighters just to finished studying in a short period time. Or I think I did, anyway. I guess, if you don't like what you're studying... hard work can't bring you anywhere either. Without interest, there is nothing there to drive you into working harder. Nothing. At least, in my case that is the case. I like Japanese and I have a passion for physiology.

JPL2050 - HD
PHY2011 - D
PHY2021 - D

It's annoying how both Physiology units I'm just a few marks below HD but after failing Mol... I'm content with just what I have right now. I can't complain now, can I? So now... basically, I have to take another extra unit to compensate the points I lost. It also mean I have to overload... to take up 5 instead 4 units for one sem. Not to mention, I had this dilemma...

1) to take MOL2011 again or
2) to drop MOL all together and take Pharmacology plus another random elective

I picked the latter and took up finance. Yes, you heard me right. Finance. Finance, out of so many choices. To be honest, I would rather take Korean but unfortunately Korean Level 1 is not available on second semester and I have no intention on overloading next year since I would be doing straight science next year which would be hell consider how lazy I am. Why finance then? I chose it because there will not be any assessment besides a mid-sem test and the final exam. Contact hours? 3 hours. w00t~ Now... fingers cross. X3 And to dig through my memory for what I've learned from economy during AUSMAT...

MCAC
MCAC stands for Monash Clayton Anime Club. Since last sem... I became the secretary of this rather peculiar club. Celine is the new president of MCAC and a good one regardless of what she says herself. The other three committee members are three white guys. James(treasurer), Sam (Vice President) and Drue(Librarian). ^_^ll Honestly, when I got the position after the AGM, I was asking myself 'why are you doing this to yourself?'. At first, things were a bit tough as the old committee were condescending. We were told that we will never come up to their level. But of course not all of them are like that. There were those who gave help and support whenever they could. And I believe we have and still be able to prove them wrong. It's a lot of work being a secretary but I'm actually enjoying it. I've learned a lot of things I will never be able to obtain just by going to lectures or sitting by myself in tutorials.

I've learned that it's impossible to please everyone. It's either you please the majority and pissed off the minority. Or die trying.

I've learned that when you do something for someone, never expect any thanks or appreciation from other people. Because most people usually think of themselves more than anyone else. While you're waiting for other people to appreciate what you've done for the others, have you look around and see what other people have done for you? ^_^ Don't worry about wasting too much effort on people who don't appreciate what you have done. Some nice people are doing the same for you. It's like maths. One cancel off the other~ XP Sometimes you get negative but sometimes you get positive value as well. *thumbs up*

I've learned it's a dog eat dog world. If you're not smart/dodgy/sly enough, you will get bullied. Innocence doesn't work anymore. If you don't con people, people con you. No more kindergarten school ground. Something to look forward to in future, huh? Life in society.

I've learned that it's hard not to discriminate. I, for one, discriminate people who discriminates other people. No matter how hard you try, people would still judge you by your looks, from the way you speak(accent, wit, etc), skin colour(racists never fail to amaze me... o.o), nationality(If you're an international student, you are filthy rich), your personal interest(dancing, reading other manga genre lol), the time you shower(apparently, taking a shower at night is very 'asian'), the food you eat(eating salty food is 'asian' too). Snort. Seriously, snort. Some misconceptions and stereotypes like the shower one are funny but some are just plain mean. This conversation has nothing to do with MCAC... solely an example. Real life example.

friend 1 : I don't have a group for my presentation.
me : oh sorry, we already have enough people.
friend 1 : I asked another friend... but I don't want to be in his group because there's someone black. ('hei hei de' in chinese)
me and friend 2 : *stares*
friend 2 : But... if black but smart?
friend 1 : *laugh* I would rather have a fair(skin colour) but stupid one.

It's funny how I get sidetracked so easily... Okay, moving on. So what have we been doing? Everything is sort of fuzzy right now. We had a joint event with the Caulfield Anime Club... Karaoke Night. Basically, it's like a karaoke competition which doesn't make sense because karaoke is supposed to be fun. Competition is not. Hence, the whole event sort of lost its meaning, in my opinion. And 3 of the committee members from each campuses had to join the competition. I joined. Screwed up. End of the story. LoL But it was fun, nonetheless. Regardless of all the negative comments from members on the terrible venue, terrible mic(man... i agree), terrible audience(restless people who played cards), that is... >_>

Of course, during the winter break, there was the onsen trip from 4th to 6th of July. Organizing that was a pain in the you know where but it turned out awesome!!! XD Awesome awesome! Got positive feedbacks from the members and that is all that matters. Something happened on the first night of the camp though. I was involved in a car crash. O.O Fuuu~ I was in this car with a friend, tailing another car. We were going downhill and it was dark and slippery. Go figure. Didn't turn at the corner fast enough. Do a major 'piao yi' and BANG!! First crash to the side. Skidded to the other side and BANG!! Second crash onto a tree. Okay, I was exaggerating for dramatic effects. XP I'm still well and alive right now. Only got bruises. I think my friend is suffering more than I am due to guilt. Sniff. Not to mention, the car was trashed. We had trouble getting it out of the mud. Thank goodness for the nice people stopped to help. Thank you so much, good souls.

Drive safely, people.

GOLD COAST
So good. So very very good. The trip to Gold Coast with Celine and Stan was great. It was relatively relaxing than those tours I went with my family to elsewhere because it's more flexible. It's nice to just go on a bus and just get off at a random place. Exploring is fun. Trying to figure out the transportation system there is fun too. LoL Funny how things can be so different at Queensland and Victoria... Well, technically it IS two hours flight away. Pretty far apart. If Melbourne is Kyoto, I would describe Gold Coast as Osaka. The people and the fashion are so different. One thing though. It is very warm there during winter. People walk around in shorts and sleeveless in the day.

We went to Movie World and Wet n' Wild. We personally enjoyed Wet n' Wild more. At Movie World we went on a ride per hour. o.o Long boring wait before we can go on a 2 minutes ride. Gah. Besides the theme park, we went food hunting. Man... that was good. Food is always good... especially expensive ones. T_T We killed our wallets and bank accounts. Sorry, daddy. Sniff. However, at the end of the trip, we all agreed we had enough of western food.

I will grab photos from Celine when I can be bothered. LoL It was a long time since we camwhored so much.

NEW HOUSE
Remember I mentioned that we moved into a new house here? I don't remember whether I mentioned which house we moved in. It was house #4. And now? We moved out into another house already. LoL Why did we move out after only a semester? Because things got ugly with the house agent. We don't like her, she hates our guts. ^_^ll That's a con when one moves out from on campus hostel. You need to deal with difficult people haha. Fortunately, we have each other. Things don't seem that bad when you have good friends to go through the downs together. And now we managed to find a good place. Although I have to wait till August to get my room in the house. I have to live in Celine's room at the moment with Raine's futon. Not to bad but I can't wait till I have my own room because I don't really like the feeling of intruding other people's privacy. To have to call people to open the front door for me. lol By the way, I have now claimed the TV area as my territory. Wakaka~~~ The only thing I don't do here is sleep. X3 There are like... 10 people in the house. Not including me. A huge house! Nice kitchen and everything. But things tend to get out of hand when there are too many people in the house. Like a semi-Halls of Residence. ^_^;; Then again, can't complain since the landlord is a very nice guy. Hehe~ funny guy. *pinch*

BIRTHDAY
My birthday celebration was awesome!! Two nights before my birthday I was 'kidnapped' to a restaurant called Lazy Moe at Oakleigh. It was great dinner. I had steak!!! XD And cocktail haha. The food portions were so huge it's not even funny. The amount of chips is shocking and I swear there was half a lettuce on each plate. LoL That was a great dinner. A lot of camwhoring as well and presents! But then something happened after dinner. We split up to go home. Those who drive went home first while the others went for the bus stop. I was one of the latter. So there was 8 of us waiting outside Oakleigh train station in the cold. Suddenly, a bunch of high school kids came out of nowhere. One of them especially drunk and was shouting along the street. We tried to stay low profile despite the fact that we're a pretty big group. But then they HAD to come over. The drunk guy was like begging for money saying that he needs 20 cents to go home. His friends were just standing around. No one wanted to give him money of course... so I decided to just shut him up after like... 10 minutes. I took my wallet out, pulled out a 100 bucks, stuff it back in, pulled out a 50, stuff it back in, pulled out a 20, stuff it back in... and then took out a 5. Thank god he didn't grab my wallet and ran for it. =.= I gave the note to him and asked him to go home. Then one of his friends glared at me and said 'you go home!' and started rambling about how he lost his wallet. I was so pissed that I gave him a strong glare and he sort of shut up. Like... so what if you lost your wallet? It has nothing to do with me. I've already gave him $5, man. What's your problem? Funny thing was... the drunk guy was like all 'THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!' and started shaking my hand and everyone else. He was like 'say hip hip hooray!!' and 'I asked for a 20 cents and this kind lady here gave me $5!!! $5!!!!'. I was actually pretty amused by him but my friends were not. Things got a bit ugly when one of his friends pointed out that a friend of mine was very cocky from the way he stood. Then he sort of threaten that friend of mine, saying how he had many friends nearby and he could call them over to beat him up, take our iPod, take our phones and stuff. =.=;; I was scared. Not scared that I would get beaten up since he seems to treat me like a saint but more like afraid that they're gonna beat up my friend. We have 4 girls on our side, if a fight breaks out, we won't stand a chance. When the bus finally arrived, everyone ran for it. The guy won't let me go LoL. Insisting on thanking me all the way and he shouted at the people in front of the line to let me through first. o.o The bus driver had to get out of the bus to make him stop being a fool. Finally he came up the bus and shouted 'be nice to the driver!! Tip him! He's a nice guy!!!' and his friend was like 'HE'S A SEX MACHINE!!!'... Come to think of it, it's hilarious but at that moment, everyone was quiet. Sha, Jia Chee and Celine were like huddling together. >_< On the 25th of May night... I was working on my lab report last minute. lol I got a phone call from Moo-chan. So we had like random talks and stuff. Then on the 26th of May 00:00... I heard birthday song right outside my room. I was like 'omg... people are singing birthday song outside!!! Talk to you later!'. Ran out of the house and saw this huge group of people from MCAC outside. T___T And the one on the phone was there as well. LoL It was cool and I got more interesting birthday presents. Hahaha~

I think this is a long enough post... O.O And surprisingly, no pictures this time. Blame it on my laziness. XP I might not have time to update the blog with nice long sentences after this. Week 2 onwards is gonna hurt. So maybe I could just post up some pictures then. X3 It's like... a hiatus... but not.

And of course before I end. ^_______^

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3>

Still Alive

2008-06-04T18:03:00.003+08:00

Yes... I'm still well and alive. ^_^ Sorry for the hiatus. I have been very very busy these few months. Second year is definitely different from first year. T_T Crazy uni schedule... crazy assignments and now... ta-da~ Exams period. I have SIX papers in total. Shooooot~

After exams and all the shit I promise I'll make an update. A long one. There is so much stuff I wanna say!!! XD

Miss you guys loads~ Muakz!!!

R.I.P

2008-01-27T15:56:00.000+08:00

This week has been a very grave week for me and my family. My grandma just passed away on the 23rd of Jan '08 morning. It was a public holiday. Thaipusam. First time ever, Thaipusam was officially announced to be a public holiday. Among ourselves, we said that the public holiday was specially 'established' for my grandma. Probably coincidence, but we would like to believe so.

None of us was expecting the bad news as everything started out nice and warm that day. It was a public holiday. Everyone was home. Mum and I departed to send ZhongZhong to the LRT station while my dad left to visit grandma at the ICU in Pantai Hospital. I remembered saying 'Daddy, say hi to popo for me!' despite the fact that my grandma can barely move or hear and no longer talk at that time. Stroke is evil....

After dropping ZhongZhong at the station, we dropped our baby Leo at the pet shop for a saloon session. And then... we got a call from my aunt telling us that popo passed away that morning. My mum was sobbing so I had to call my dad to inform him but he didn't pick up the call. I assumed he had already reached the hospital and found out for himself. Indeed, later he called us to inform us that popo had left peacefully. No sign of struggle at all.

That night and the following night, we paid respect to popo in the Buddhist style. It was heart-wrecking. But we were told at the age of 89(92 according to Chinese calendar), grandma was considerably long-lived. So it would be a 笑喪 and we were not supposed to cry but on the contrary, laugh... be happy. I know it sounds weird but it does make sense. My cousin told me, if the deceased was above 100 years of age... people would be wearing red instead of white. o.o Wow... like celebration, huh?

Friday morning, popo's coffin was moved to the cemetery at Nilai. The ceremony was solemn but we were asked to change into bright clothes after the ceremony. I don't really understand why but i wasn't really in the inquiring mood back then. Today(Sunday), we visited popo's grave again. And we brought lots of food!!! XD I'm sure popo would be happy because every family chipped in to bring popo's favourite food hehe. Pan mee, Siew pork, Loh Mai Gai, Char Siew Bao, Char Kuey Teow, Durian(!!), fried egg, coca-cola, cupcakes and many many more! XD We bought flowers too. Popo loved flowers ne~ One thing we didn't bring was KFC haha. We promised to bring it next time.

Popo... rest in peace.... Hope you like the house we burned for you. ^_^ And the Mercedes Benz.

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I got the news of Heath Ledger's death from my cousins during my grandma's funeral. =.= Talk about ironic... I watched Brokeback Mountain and that's all. I do feel sad but it's kinda surreal... maybe it's because he's a someone of different 'status'. Different as in one being an actor and another one being normal unknown puny insignificant.

Besides that..... I received a sms from Ching Yee and was told that our fellow Ausmat classmate was killed in an accident on the way from Penang to KL. Lee Nian Ning... I don't know her personally but she was quite well known during Ausmat. Practically everyone knows her because she's smart and pretty. JPA scholar student. Future doctor. Enough said.

Article on the accident : http://www.nst.com.my/Saturday/National/20080126080752/Article/index_html

Pardon me and my language but the bus driver can go to HELL. Why in the world was he still driving a DOUBLE DECKER BUS when he already had THIRTEEN samans since year 2000?? As a bus driver!?? Does other people's safety meant ANYTHING to him at all!??? Bloody idiot with NO sense of responsibility... If u want to speed, u can speed yourself and risk YOUR OWN LIFE. Don't make innocent people pay for YOUR wrongdoings.

Geez.......

Now that i've slightly cooled down, let's have a moment of silence for the deceased...... My grandma, Nian Ning... and yes, Heath Ledger............ Rest In Peace.

Thank you.

And yes... i shall update more about the Europe trip soon....

And again yes...... Life is short...... so i would like to say one last thing before i end this sad sad entry...

I LOVE YOU PEOPLE!!!! ... Seriously.

First entry in the year of Rat 2008...

2008-01-13T14:53:00.000+08:00

...and the first entry after months of abandonment. Teehee... sorry but that's the way it is. I'm lazy. Full stop. Surprise surprise.

Speaking of year 2008... I'll be officially 20 this year. O.O I don't want to sound corny but... seriously, time flies... I don't think i'm old or anything. In fact, I didn't think much about it at all. Until yesterday, friend A(for privacy's sake lol) said 'Tomorrow i'll be 20... I feel a bit panic now'. Hm indeed a step towards 20 and above is a step towards adulthood. LoL By 21, i'll be able to do whatever i want... kinda. Vote and blah~

Ok... most of my friends know that i went to Europe for vacation so i guess i should update about it. Not sure if anyone is interested but i'm gonna blog about it anyway for memory's sake. XP Lovely lovely time during the Europe trip. For those friends who are looking forward to get souvenirs from me... well, don't have high expectations. Heh. Not like i can buy Godiva for everyone. Aaaanyway...

DAY 1 (24th Dec 07)
Met the most 'cheong hei (longwinded)' tour guide ever. =.= Honestly, he beats all mothers. Even mothers can't stand him. Departed by flight to Bangkok.

DAY 2 (Christmas 07)
Midnight, we celebrated Christmas at the bloody huge airport during transit at Bangkok not after we celebrated Malaysian time Christmas one hour before. How very eventful... And then we took off for Switzerland.

Arrived at Zurich airport after like 12 hours of pain in the u-know-where flight and was zoomed off to Engelberg in a coach. The scenery was NO.1 on the way to and at Mt. Titlis. Or should I say, Switzerland is absolutely beeeautiful during winter. Not that i know how it is during summer but anyway... PICTURES!!!
First we went on a small cable car up then we had a rotair cable car ride to summit at 10000 ft of Mt. Titlis. The cable car rotated as we moved upwards so that we can take photos from every angle. Most of these pics were taken on it. The most enjoyable one should be the Icer Flyer Ride. I guess what made it so enjoyable was because I had the best companions haha. Crazy bunch of people. Screaming on the way up, screaming on the way down, saying hi and waved once in while to the other friendly tourists. Six of us were like... the noisiest bunch among the tour members.

After popping around in the snow field, we were brought to Lucerne to sightsee the Lion Monument. It was... just a lion, at first. Then, I came to realize it's...... a dead lion. LoL Ok, sorry... it's a piece of art. Carved in memories of the heroic deaths during French Revolution... or something. Sorry, history is never my best subject but trust me, it's an art. Deep and sad art. And the last sightseeing destination of the day was the Wooden Chapel Bridge. The scenery was very peaceful despite the fact that the highway is just few meters away.

DAY 3 (26th Dec 07)
Right after breakfast we were whizzed to Bucherer for the most famous thing in Switzerland... watches of many exclusive brands. We even arrived there before the store was open. Our tour guide repeated and repeated how buying a timepiece in Switzerland would be an investment. Well~ since he insisted... XP I bought a Swatch for myself. And mummy chose another one for daddy.

Then, we proceeded to the Rhine Falls! It was an impressive sight! XD The pics i'm gonna post up do NO JUSTICE to the scenery i saw with my own naked eyes. T_T So very very beautiful... My cousin sis Wenwei was trying to search for a word to describe the scenery then a word pop into my mind. 仙境。It literally means heaven's place. XD It was that great. And Wenwei was like 'YES!! That's the word!!'

After the photo stop at Rhines Falls, we continued our journey to Titisee, Germany and we past the Black Forest on the way. I enjoyed the journey a lot because the view outside was... wow. I think i'm running out of descriptive adjectives. When we arrived at Titisee, we had pork knuckle!! XD And ta-da~ Black Forest cake! It was yum~ After lunch, the Cuckoo Clock Workshop. A brief explanation of the making of cuckoo clock. Continued our journey to Heidelberg where we saw the night view of the castle and the Necker River. Too bad we don't have any good pics due to the lack of lighting... In less formal words, camera cacat during night lah~

DAY 4 (27th Dec 07)
Visited the historical landmark of the most ancient city in the Rhineland, Cologne... The Cologne Cathedral. Another breathtaking sight. The Cathedral can be considered as the greatest monument of Christendom of Gothic architecture. Amazing!! Inside and out! <3. After that we had our chance to walk around in the street... there was this refining feeling in the air for me. XP Haha, hard to explain in words.

After that, we finally crossed the border into the countryside of Holland and arrived at Amsterdam. We could see the stick-like modern windmills along the roads. Besides that, we were told that red light district is legalized in Amsterdam. And what else? Oh yeah, homosexual marriage is legal as well. And we could do marijuana there in the so-called 'coffee shop' legally. Talk about new found freedom. LoL But it's not like we would just jump into a coffee shop and do marijuana just for the kicks. However we did have a tour at the famous red light district. Not allowed to take photos of the women posing behind the glass windows wearing glow in the dark lingeries/bikinis, sadly. Not much to see if u ask me... I expected more i guess. XO The reactions of my bro and cousin bro were priceless haha~ Their eyes focused everywhere except the sexy women. XP Shy shy.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuu~~~ This is harder than I thought.... I barely finished half the trip to Europe. T_T Oh well~ I'll continue my story soon. Ciao for now.

And yes, before i stop here...... Happy Birthday, Mry~~~~~~~~~ ^-^

A place to call Home...

2007-10-09T16:05:00.000+08:00

Yup... as per title... We're currently searching for a house near uni. A place where we could return to after a tiring day of lectures. A place where we could have our showers without other people in the same bathroom(not cubicle, just bathroom XD). A place where we could do our business without having other people doing it too beside us. A place where we could keep our cooking utensils in the kitchen instead of our bedrooms. A place where we could make whatever noise we want without having someone walking out of his bedroom to glare at us(No, Jon, not talking about u XP). A place where we could study in peace without having music or electric guitars blasting through the paper thin walls. A place where we could walk or sit around in undies... if we want to. A place where we could call Home instead of Halls.

I must say, Celine did most of the searching and stuff. Thanks~ Love ya! *hug* And thanks V for driving us around all the time for inspections. I don't know how many dinners we owe you now. Haha, Celine is gonna bake u a cake! Whee to that. So well... basically, we inspected like... 6 houses? Or could be more. I'll write a chronology of it. XP Haha... For memory sake. It is my first time doing this kind of stuff.... one more step towards independence. Although i still have much much more to learn. Mada mada dane... *Ryoma's style* XP

House #1 : 5 bedrooms, big backyard with cacated fence, not furnished(total turnoff), creepy toilets(cracks everywhere), oven that says HELP on it(what the?), a scarecrow(??), etc...

House #2 : Run down... I don't even wanna talk about it. =.= Omg.... the paint was like... ugh... and the place is all wooden and ancient, dark and creepy lightings, small(seriously). Overall, ugh.

House #3 : I didn't inspect this one because i had lectures. But from what i've heard and the video i watched. It's huuuuge! And pink!!! Carpeted(pink as well!).... but one major turnoff... it's huge but empty. Not furnished!!! Damn! Or we would have totally jump on the deal.

House #4 : Yup... this one we are still seriously considering about it. Because it's a rooming agent thingy. Means we don't have to worry about electricity bills and stuff because it's all included in the rent. Which is reasonably cheap. But.... the thing is, we don't really like the house. If you can call it a house. It doesn't even have a living room to begin with. And the rooms are pretty small. PLUS, there would be a random guy from Hong Kong who is going to continue staying there for one sem next year. @_@ I don't want a random guy in the house... However, i must say the location is not bad, it's near to uni.

House #5 : Erm... I personally like the house because it's.... a house. Compared to #4 and duh #2. And it's quite spacious too. But.... it smells. @_@ Maybe it's the people there. They are... guys. LoL Yeah, so... it smells and they didn't really maintain the house. A mess. And it's way to far to walk to uni... so out of the question.

House #6 : Yay-ness!!! We went just now... and everyone was pretty satisfied with it. Everyone as in me, Celine, Sharon and Jia Chee(saw the pics only thou) who are moving in together. Stan and Tsan didn't like it because... I don't know. Maybe because it's not furnished. But the tenant said she would sell us her furnitures second hand but can't tell us the exact prices yet. The kitchen is massive!! XD Jia chee loves it! Oh wait... we all love it! In my opinion, the kitchen is the best part of the house.... although i saw a baby cockroach crawled past me. ^_^ll Oh well, i'm sure the insect people can deal with that. BUT we have a problem despite everything. We would have to pay the rent for Dec and Jan even though we won't be here except Jia Chee. It's going to be $900 for that period... @_@ That's a huge sum of money but most of us have no problem with it so i guess.... Besides that, we need to be more conservative with the usage of gas and electricity since it's not included in the rent. Well, need to sleep on it a bit.

So well... it came down to two choices. #4 and #6. We had this long discussion in Sha's room. It's an important decision because the place's gonna be our home for the whole year next year. We can't really move into a house we don't like. But then we have to consider the money matter as well. One other thing... the #6 house is nearer to Tsan and Zati's place! XD Bonus!! And 15 mins from Uni and 10 mins from Clayton town. Not bad at all. Honestly, we are obviously bias to the #6 but... yeah... sleep on it sleep on it...

I wanna post pics of the houses but... they're not with me... lazy lah. Maybe later lah. Gonna have a floor function later. Dinner at Sophia's and then down to Glen Waverly for Hairspray. XD Speaking of movie... Jie Yen urged me to watch 'Secret' by Jay Chou. She was telling me how good how good it was. Haha~ XD And yeah, she's not the only one. So yup... gonna watch it once i get it.

No pics for this post... Booooring post. I'm gonna update with more stuff later. About GFN and MCAC haha.... interesting~ XDD But now... i'm too tired to function. Hopefully i won't fall asleep later in the cinema.

One more thing before i pen off. Jon is leaving Aus soooooon.... T_T Although we could always meet each other back in malaysia. But... ya know, things happen. I made promises to always keep in touch with so many friends throughout my life but it never turn out so for some. As the chinese saying goes, you'll need two palms to clap. But then i'm more mature now... i'm not gonna go 'damn... haven't seen for so long, i'm shy lah' or 'she/he didn't call me for so long... maybe i shouldn't call her/him', etc. XD So yeah...

Ok... fullstop. Or i'm going to be ready for the dinner. Ciaoz~

My whole 2nd sem...

2007-09-29T02:05:00.000+08:00

Omg......... when was the last time i updated my blog? @_@ *faint* The last post was about what i did before i returned to Melbourne... and now? It's already Week 10 of Uni! And I already have my air ticket back home...

I'm such a bean bag but anyway... i'm not the only one. XP *referring to Zhong2's blog* I'll try my best to update more but i'm pretty sure it won't be as frequent as celine's. Impossible for me. Actually... come to think of it, what i did mostly involved Celine. I could just put a link of Celine's blog here... Yeah!! XD

http://crystalstarx.blogspot.com/
Please refer to Celine's blog about my life... LoL. Haha, kidding... Don't change your blog address, Celine.

Well... i'm gonna just cram whatever happened in the past few weeks in this post... if possible. ^_^ll Somehow my life is a lot more eventful than last sem. Last sem was like... slightly sad for me because i have no one else besides Jia Chee, Sha, Shaza, Jonathan and everyone else on 3rd Lords. And of course Jie Yen.

Since i joined Global Friendship Night, i made more friends... Can't really list them all here because i might miss one out and i'll feel guilty. Of course... there's always the edit button. But... Nah~ Nvm. XP And there's Monash Clayton Anime Club! Not a member yet. Haha, but joined the forum and the spamming force.

Ugh... my mind is a bit messed up right now. I'm gonna just crap my way through this post. Don't bother following the chronology... there won't be one. XP

First off, Manifest(Melbourne anime festival)!! Awesome!!! XDXD Check out the pictures! I don't have many because i only went for friday and sunday. Friday i only have my miserable camera phone which only has memory of a miserable 6MB... go figure. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v125/miracle%2Ame/Manifest/
If you can't bear the sight of a guy with bright pink hair in skirt... i suggest you close the window immediately because there are too many of his pics in my album. ^_^ll Not that i have a thing for him or something. Nyahaha, just find him amusing(and sexay~). XP He's Chris, a member of MCAC. But then... you might wanna see a white guy in a school girl uniform. Sad to say i don't have many of his pic but try scroll down a bit and u'll see him posing sexy. He's Drue, another member of MCAC. They both took part in the Hare Hare Yukai dance competition along with Celine, Raine, Damien and Nazri. Check this video by Bernie out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5aXEs1B_k

St. Kilda Beach!! I went there twice in almost a week. Haha. First time was with Tsan, Celine, V, Brian, Munjone and Jean Marc. The weather was perfecto! Beautiful scenery. Lunar Park is near to the beach so we checked it out. Didn't get on any rides though because it's just too friggin expensive. XD Went for sticker photo too. My first one at Melbourne haha. It was fun because there were so many of us and some were new to this sticker photo thingy. After much camwhoring inside the tiny box, we had to continue camwhoring outside the box. And nyah~ as u can see from the photo... i'm the devil in disguise. At night we went to Lygon street for dinner. Had the best oysters in my life. *melt* Superb. But before that we were harrassed by a bunch of old Italian men in front of different restaurants. Harrassed = trying-to-get-us-into-their-restaurants-and-when-rejected-asked-us-to-go-mcdonalds. =.= I can totally understand why celine actually cursed out loud. Bloody #$%@$^%*^. But overall i had loads of fun.

In case u can't tell that we're faking sleep on the train... we're faking it. ^_______^

Second time at St. Kilda beach was with Sharon, Stan, Jonathan, Tsan(was sick T.T), Brian, V, Syahir, Alex... too many to list... Anyway, it was after Alex's BBQ at Albert Park. The park is a beau. But we're all too friggin cold to really enjoy it. For once in my life i was shivering during BBQ. DX But it was all good. We were kinda late(the BBQ started at 12pm), kinda lost, kinda everything and by the time we reached... it was 2pm. Talk about malaysian time... =.= And when we finally found the BBQ pit... the MCAC people were about to leave. T_T I wanted to have a decent conversation with them outside the forum, in real life. But booo~ And so after the BBQ, the remaining troop went to St. Kilda beach. We met up with Celine who left with the MCAC ppl at the train. LoL It's all about timing, people. We stopped by Lunar Park again for a photo because we didn't take a photo in front of the 'mouth' last time.

That day didn't end at the beach. After parting with Alex's gang at the beach... we went to Caulfield to meet up with Jia chee and J for dinner. It was a surprise party for Jia chee... kinda. XP Well, we had a private room for ourselves which is fantastic. We made whatever noise we can and actually danced. Syahir can seriously dance. Sharon and Tsan are super sexy. XP I'll be their pole anytime. After dinner... we went back to Halls. There was another surprise waiting for Jia chee back home. XD Sharon, Celine, Jonathan and I ran back in order to prepare everything. Jia chee thought we were running because we were too cold. XP We had a blast in the common room. Past midnight and we were still eating away and chatting away. Luckily most of the locals were back home during the break or we'd have been totally sued. I think Jia chee had fun... maybe a bit tired but yeah, it was awesome. ^_^

Speaking of birthday... there were Han Lin's and Zati's birthday as well. Zati's was at her soon-to-be house. It was organized by her friends and it was a belated surprise party. They actually had to act to lure Zati to the house. While the rest of us crammed inside the garage. Once she made her way towards the house, the garage opened and 'SURPRISE!!!'. She totally ran away and hid behind a car. XP Touched and yet a bit angry since everyone ditched her on her actual birthday. Haha. But i was seriously impressed with the 'service' at the party. The food was good and was serve as if it was 3 course meal. XP

And HL's birthday. Was on the Friday night after i went to Manifest. With Celine, we made our way to Lygon street(yes, again) to the same restaurant(yes, again) to celebrate his bday. ^_^ Had oysters again. Fresh, this time. And then we stopped by at HL's cousin's place before we headed off to Lavish. V can't start his car engine at one point but it was all good after that. Waited for an hour outside Lavish in the cold. Haha, everyone was half dead. But once we got into Lavish... w00t~ Shake it, baby! XD Too bad i have no pics at Lavish. Then we crashed HL's cousin's place for the night. It's such a nice house!! It would be great if we could find a house like that! ToT

Paintball!!! Gosh~ it was great! XD It hurted but it was good. Destressing as well haha. How often can u shoot as u wish and not die from being shot? Besides feeling all 'sexy' in that blue suit, i had fun! I never thought i would like something like that. But then again, it's not 100% safe. V's hand was bleeding... pretty bad. But he's a tough guy. LoL And i can dodge well. So it's all good. Nyeknyek. And our team won!! XD How cool is that? I know I can't aim for shit but woooooo!!! Shooting is fun!! Oh man... am i trigger happy? XP Must be Sanzo's influence. Nyah~ I didn't participate in the last game though because i ran out of paintball. But Jie yen did. I salute her!! The game was something mexican stand off. Basically u're gonna stand in two lines facing each other and just... shoot. Can't dodge, that is. XP Pics below~ First pic is before going off to war... so serious u can hear our hearts thumping. Next~ 'WALAU~ So fun neh~'. XD After the game everyone was high. And i felt gangsta~ Haha... like a badass in that pic with celine~

Random pics with my friends at GFN. XD Crazy ppl~ Muakz!

And random pics of MCAC people haha... They're so friggin spontaneous. Celine called me 11 something at night to tell me the MCAC people were going to her place to celebrate Bernie's birthday. My gawd... so random... I like it! XD

This should be the end of the post... I hope so. Did i miss out something? Oh yeah... all the chaddy trips. Hm.... and outing with Fur fur~~~ and then Rush Hour 3! XD Bloooody funny! I'll post the pics later. Whoever wants to see fur fur's latest look, please stay tuned. But no guarantee when would be the next post. Nyaha~ XP

P/S :: Today... 29th of September, Kimmy's gonna fly off to UK. LSE is a great Uni. But I'm gonna miss u much!! T_T Take care girl. And to Jolynn... haha, just finished chatting with u. XP Miss u too~ Take k, wear more clothes and don't binge anymore. To everyone else, miss u guys. Emo emo...

Camwhore is my middle name

2007-08-03T13:26:00.000+08:00

'Hey, how's it going?'
'Painful.'

Well, it's closer to the truth then the typical 'Good' 'Cool' 'Ok' or whatever we always say just for the sake of saying. *shrug*

It is like... almost the end of 3rd week 2nd sem. Long time since I've updated. Yeah, I know. But not so long since I've just returned to Melbourne. Yawn. Life here is soooo sloooow... and repetitive. Bah! What do I do when I have nothing better to do? I camwhore. Yesh, gonna 'zha' you with more pictures. Please click the lil' [x] button at the top right hand corner if you can't take it. Some of the pics are gag-inducing. LoL I don't have to be pretty to camwhore, do I? Do you read XX's blog? Recently she came up with the Top 7 Most Disgusting Bloggers In Singapore entry. Brilliant. But I can't help but think... Ppl cute also cannot take cute pics... What about me who always act cute in pics? XD Sei loh... This is like pulling life out of the ultimate camwhore, me. But of coz I don't pose cute because I think I'm cute. I just do that for the laugh. And possibly, gag. ^3^ Chuuuuu~

Anyway... what interesting stuff have I done so far? Rewind, back to the time before I returned to Melbourne. Yeah, 5S6 gathering. It was fun... the steamboat wasn't the best, though. In fact, our tom yam turned into a digusting pot of unidentifable mud all thanks to our motor mouths which took up most our concentration. Who says girls can multitask?

My eye was still swollen which made it looked smaller than it should be. No, they're not usually so small. And no, I'm not in denial...

What's next? Outings with friends, yeah... Most of my friends like to camwhore as much as I do. XD

'Hey! I wanna take pictures. ^3^'
'I know lah~ Dangdangdangdang!' *suavely pull out a digital camera*
'......' *holding my camera phone*

And most of them say nothing when I acted cute. Most. One of them just went 'ugh... stop it. Cold leh. *shudder*' but in the end still acted cute with me. XP I admire your courage!

Here are pics of me and Geo at Pyramid... Some might not understand why we like to take repetitive pictures only with different poses with the same person. I don't know either. But I can tell u it's addictive. Haha... and we bought our shirts together. Black roxx.

And PinPin at Starbucks. Fufufu... Got discount coz she's a staff.

And with Mry and Kimmy at Baskin Robbins. XP Right after dinner at a Japanese restaurant with fancy order system. Completely pointless (except for displaying how much you've spent) in my opinion but fancy nonetheless. And please don't ask me why I'm wearing the same teddy bear shirt all the time. I just so happened to like it. Bluek.

Mako-chan who came later that night to see me before I left the next morning.

A low quality pic of us 4 besties~

Kissy pic attack on Dear J-mie~ Mu-ah! At Starbucks. Honestly, I went Starbucks 3 times in a week...

Can't help but put these up too. XD 'Camwhore' runs in the blood too. Probably the dominant allele. Here... My sis, my bro, my cuz wenwei and occasionally my dad. LoL Btw, someone very 'hang fuk' nowadays hor? ^__^ Shiawase ni natta. Koibito wa ogenki?

I've improved much since that mouth-gapping -blank-stare age haven't I, sifu? XDXD

My daddy~ XD

Maaaaaan~~~ I should stop.... I thought of posting 'After returning to Melbourne' photos. Guess I'll have to leave them for another day. LoL Ciaoz, ppl~

Tadaima

2007-07-01T13:45:00.000+08:00

Finally I'm home~~~ More than a week already, in fact. Haha, sorry for the late update. XP I'm a busy person after all. *flip my schedule* Flew back right after the last paper. Well, it's over so I duwan to dwell over that too much. =.= Anyway, alomst killed myself carrying the nougats and macademian nuts back... And people asked why I didn't bring Joe back. Not that I don't want to. I can't afford to break my bones. XP Btw, midnight flight... Jia Chee and I reached the airport at 7pm... Are we cool or what? XD Thanks WaiYee and Patch for the ride. Owe you one.

Had a good night sleep during the 8 hours flight... A good night sleep in a long long time. Hehe. Satisfied. Anyway, I realized I appreciate almost every little weird thing after I reached home.

#1 The fan is actually TURNING!! WooT!
#2 Is that a mosquito?? XDXD *piak*
#3 My bed is... actually kinda big... o.o
#4 Oh shoot... There is a fly flying around my food! ^o^
#5 KFC's chicken pieces are BIG.
#6 Other than fast food, every other food is smaller in portion. XD
#7 Kekeke... RM1 is in note! ^_^ No more bulky purse.
#8 It is still bright at 7pm.

And the list go on. People would go @_@ whenever i pop out something like 'Ah~~~ The sun!' or 'O warm breeze~~~ ' Well... I can't help it. ^_^ll But I still can't stand the heat. Bloody 39 degrees...

Ok... to those who doesn't know. I've had an eye operation. Malaysian doctors are pretty reliable, I must say. Or at least the one I've met is. I've... scratch it, my dad spent a fairly amount of money on me to check what is wrong with my right eye at Melbourne but I was never given an answer or solution. I was even asked to get a MRI scan. Omg? How much do u think that would cost me... my dad!?? I'm not trying to generalize anything so don't get pissed. Ok... back to Malaysia. One look at my eye, Dr. Chung could tell me exactly what is wrong with my eye and that the FOURTH muscle on my eye is the cause. Thus, Monday I had my operation. He made it sounds so easy i was pretty relax.

It was a whole new experiment for me. ^_^ Anesthesia and wearing absolutely nothing but a pink cloth and being pushed around in bed and stuff. The after effect was bad though. The operation took only 45 mins but i slept from around 9am after the op till 5pm. Woke up now and then by the chatterbox nurses and some woman sobbing because she found out she had breast cancer. Pretty sad. I mean the breast cancer. Not the nurses. They were great. At home... Slept after dinner until the next day... Wow... I AM a pig.

My eye was super red... So red it was almost cool. But doctor was very satisfied with the op so I'm happy too. My double vision is subsiding so it's all good too. Some people never noticed what is wrong with my eye... Shall I post up some pics then. XD Syok Sendiri.

I want double eyelids... T_T Haha... superficial. XP

Yesterday I had a great seafood dinner with my relatives. An uncle came back from Africa. ^_^ Oh and for some reason some of them said I became thinner. XD I don't know... I'm happy even though I know it is partly because of what I was wearing. Illusion haha. But thanks anyway. ^_^ Took some pictures with my cousins... Obviously, my eye still bengkak. So mind the smaller than my usually small eyes. O.o

Here are some of the pictures I took with Pin Pin in MV's toilet. It was before the op... See the weird eye? XD Bye bye!!

Pin Pin~ Sexy~ XP

Later, Mako-chan came to my house to stay overnight... We chatted until 4.30am the next day. XD Didn't take pic though... Busy moving my mouth. But going out again with her, Kimmy and Mry next Tuesday. Can't wait!

Went to Petaling Street, Timesquare and Sungai Wang the next day right after the op. Like a handicap haha. Half blinded. But I had fun anyway. XD Miss you guys already. Jolynn, didn't get to spend much time with u... T_T Miss ya!! Zhong2 and Emiko-chan came to my house to stay overnight too. Haha played mahjong and poker cards. XP A bunch of gamblers... Didn't take many pictures though because I had low self esteem with the swollen eye... Oh wait, I always have low self esteem. ^_^;;

I'm going to post some pictures I didn't have the time to post when I was still at Melbourne... Random but memorable pictures. ^_^ Hehe~ My birthday cards~ The one with STAR is from Kim Giak and... ta-da a purple hair clip with HEART!! XD STAR and HEART both represent me!!! XDXD *kena slap PIAK* Thanks!! Muakz~ The other two are from my friends and floormates.

And pictures of me and my sis camwhoring nonstop. XD Pre-operation. And my sis kakkoooooooiiiiiiiiiii~~~ with sunglasses! Fufufu... my masterpiece... XP

Okaylah.... for now tata!! A lot more I wanna say but... wah... need to go Shogun for dinner. XD Can't wait~ See ya... (gawd... am I hyper or what? What's with all the XD and XP?)

Peace...

Juz for fun~

2007-06-08T20:01:00.000+08:00

Haha~ I'm too bored I guess~ But this looks like fun. XD I don't know if the questions are difficult. I think most of them are just too freaking easy, so I threw in a couple of 'deep' questions. I still think they're all give aways though... Or maybe it's just me knowing myself too well. LoL

Give me face, try the test! XP Entertain me~ I need to destress during exams...

Create your own Friend Test here

Flunked~

2007-05-29T08:53:00.000+08:00

I totally flunked my Japanese speaking test...

The day just started and I already feel like kuso. Kuso means shit in Japanese... I nearly spat the word out during the test. =.= God~~~ How could I!?? I've prepared so much(I think) for it but I was so nervous I forget the whole language. I'm so disappointed with myself.

I bought sushi on the way back to Halls... Sushi never tasted that bad...

19th Birthday in Melbourne~

2007-05-28T15:21:00.000+08:00

First of all... Thank you mummy~~~~!! XD For the pain 19 years ago and the constant struggle through out the nineteen long years. Muakz! And dad... thanks for everything too! Muakz~ And I received a lovely card with a family sticker photo on it via email(Hehe) from my family. Sweet~

My 19th birthday is my first birthday which I did not celebrate at home. Kinda sad but I survived! Because a friend came over from Brisbane for my birthday and I received a piggy(which, according to the friend, resembles me LoL) as my first birthday present. And then!!! My friends cum floormates thrown a surprise party for me! XD How cool is that? Considered the fact that I'm a very perasan person, I was genuinely surprised! Everything seemed to went perfectly smooth for them! I was totally clueless... You guys should join the Acting Academy or something mates. XD And I really wanna thank all of them who spared their precious time for my birthday even when the exams are just around the corner. Jia Chee and Shaza ganbatte~

I was totally 'conned' top bottom front and back. LoL Jia Chee steered me away from Coles without much sweat while Sha and the others did the shopping for my birthday. I have no doubt about Sha with her puppy eyes and 'I-have-to-go-back-early-because-I-have-to-study' talk too.

Well... I don't want to dwell tooooo much on how they try to surprise me because... First, I don't really know. 2nd, I am too shy to talk about it. *cough* XP So... pictures anyone?? Ta-da! And I took this once a year oppurtunity to grab all the guys I could to take pictures with. As everyone knows, I'm just to shy to take pictures with the guys without an excuse... *COUGH*

This was written on the board by Matt! XD

FOOOOOOOOOOD!! And my fav. carbonated drink! Coke! XD And chips(they call it chips instead of fries in Aus)!

My birthday cake WooT!! Yum~

Chop cake XD

Fufufu... I'm Da Man~

With Matty! XD Proceed to next pic before you think how close we stood together LoL.

Woohoohoo, Matt looked satisfied. ^_^ Stop clutching, J. XD

And with Richard... ^o^V

And even closer with Joe... XDXD

Now that I've learned my lesson... *Clutch*

With J and Alex. You can't see but Alex bent his knee to suit our heights haha.

^__^ Happy happy~

Haha, we were having perfectly straight faces before the timer went 'Ah-woooooo~~~~" and as a result I was laughing so hard I had to cover my face with the balloon. But everyone else smiled awesome!!

Fewer people in the picture but a lot more... subtle? LoL

Except for the fact that you can't see my eyes, this pic is perfect!!

Top view, lagi best!

Me and Shaza~~~ XD Chill, gal!

With Wen Ter and Christina~

Me and my four balloons... Three have birthday wishes scribbled all over it... and one extraordinary balloon...

...from Jonathan the Mcdonald's addict. XD

Well... I think I'll stop for now. I do have more pictures to post but I don't have them all yet. It is in Jeffrey's camera. I'll post more nice pictures once I receive them! Cheers~

And for the grand finale........ DangDangDangDang~

This year's present chuuuu-ing last year's present from friends!! Piggy-kun + Hipo-chan = L.O.V.E

Miss everyone back home too!! XD I'm still checking my mailbox everyday for presents... How come haven't reach 1 leh? Haha~

Cheerio~

Genuine Crap~

2007-05-21T20:08:00.000+08:00

Haha... Has been ages since I updated... As I say, I go for quality. Cough. But honestly, I don't know what to write. I updated because some friends asked me not to abandon my crapnest(u know who u are). So~~~ I'll just whip up some crap to talk about. ^___^ This is a crapnest after all. I shall post pictures I took over the weeks too. Some are just randomly random but I like them anyway. So... enjoy? ^_^ll

The weather here is WEIRD... It has been raining these few days. I'm fine with rain, like duh~ I'm from Malaysia. But please~ Be regular lah! =.= The raining is on and off here. Freaking irritating. I'm so gonna curse out loud the next time I walk under the rain again. Hmph... yeah, I know I should bring an umbrella with me but it's just... so not me to bring an umbrella. Oh well, I'll think about it. XP

Speaking of 'lah'... In case u didn't notice the lah above, I'm going to bold it. =p Sharon had been high on lah(s) few days ago. She is from Maritius so I can really understand why she's so amused by our Manglish. I can't say I'm very very proud of our Manglish but I can't say I'm not either. It's a love hate relationship. ^_^ But it's funny how Sha started using lah(s) in every single of her sentences. She use it just for fun but she emphasized way too much on the 'lah' it sounds weird. But well, spread the love for Manglish! XD I pity her though... when we started confusing her with 'wor', 'hor', 'ar', 'neemind(nevermind)', 'scuse me', 'not like that one', 'is like that one what'... etc... Hahaha. Sometimes, I have no idea why we Malaysians speak like that. Our Australian friends were totally dumbfounded listening to us teaching Sha.

Me : 'We call this Manglish. It's Malaysian + English!'
Hannah : 'But I've never heard you guys speaking like that?' *confused*
Me : 'Yeah, well. We only do that among ourselves because I don't think you guys could understand...'
Hannah : 'Thank you so much!!!' (Believe me, she really IS grateful ^_^ll)

Last week, for the first time ever... Jia Chee and I went to Clayton Town. ^___^ I know you're giving me a weird expression right now because I AM in Clayton. Well... I can't tell you why but we just can't find the right time to go to the town. We prefer Glen Waverly because it's Heaven and Jie Yen lives there. Brandon park... free shuttle bus is provided to and fro from our halls so why not? ^_^;; Well, after being stared and gasped by a couple of friends in disbelief, we finally made it to Clayton town. It's pretty cool, I guess. And I made new friends! Ezra and Raine both from Malaysia and Noriko from Japan. XDXD Had bubble tea again! Not bad I guess... and then bought loads... =.=ll I'm spending way too much on food. Crap.

Oh oh! Shaza recommended us a makan place for dinner at... Syndal, I think. It was soooo good!! It's a Malaysian food court!! How cool is that? XD Jonathan had roti canai with rendang. Jia Chee the yummylicious char kuay teow and thosai!! Shaza had dim sum and a beef noodle. And Sharon clueless about Malaysian food had Hokkien Loh Mee which I randomly picked for her and it turned out the best dish we had that night! XD I ordered Bat Kut Teh which was so-so. Then... we shared a so-called Ice Kacang(basically, we shared everything). =.= We ended up trying to convince Sharon that it is NOT ice kacang. That's nothing like Ice Kacang we had back home. No way. After that, we bought ice cream and had it together when we reached the Halls. On the way, the two Sha(s) were crazy over the wedding dress in some stores.

Last Thursday, there was a 3rd Lord floor function. Last time we did mini golf, this time we were given a harder task... We're supposed to choose a country and cook something representing the country. Well, not that bad, right? Not with Jia Chee at my side. XP Haha... the catch is, we have to freaking dress like the country too. Hm... It's not like I can fit in Christina's baju kurung, right? But we found out at the end of the day that no one had the intention to dress up anyway. So oh well. The food was great though. Jia Chee and I made red bean soup/desert/paste whatever you call it. Christina and Wen Ter made fried Wanton!! The most 'laku' food that night. XD I had fun helping out with it too. Hannah/Lauren/Shaza made taco(Mexican!!) mmmm~ Parmy and gang made pancakes with ice cream. Matt whipped up some chicken curry and rice! By the time, we reach the dessert... no one is fit enough to have our red bean. Kinda disappointed because some of them were too full to appreciate it but Vaughan was so sweet. He kept saying 'Jia Chee this is very good!'. ^_^ Nice guy.

Oh god... I did NOT just crap so much. =.=ll I should stop... and just put up all the pictures. Anyway, last week I had my last Bio prac... Kinda sad that everything's gonna end... for now lah. Haha. Oh well... picture time!!! XDXD Enjoy!

First, pictures of Clayton Town and the Bubble Tea place with Jia Chee, Sha, Ezra and Jonathan.

At Syndals~ Sorry for the poor quality.

Cooking session before the 3rd Lord floor function! ^_^

Shashi and Shashi XD The mask is so...

Unidentified Red Bean...

My last Bio prac... That fella with a green hat and crumpled shirt is our lecturer

Lisaaaaa~

Random scenry pics I love so much and....... food!! XDXD

We made the pizza!! XD

The mudcake everyone loves

Some taekwondo event in Brandon park last saturday

And I hereby end this thesis with...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HER HER~~~!!!

XD I hope u're reading this since you were one of the one who asked me not to abandon my nest! Muakz~ Take k!

Weird...

2007-04-29T22:50:00.000+08:00

Erm... well, I'm tagged by Jolynn. I have to write 6 weird things about myself... 6? Why 6? Others get to write 10 and why do I only get a miserable 6? That's not gonna be enough for me. I'm very weird...

1) My parents read my blog... I think that's weird enough. Even my aunt reads my blog... As far as I know. Not that I mind or anything but... with mum like mine, you'll have to post her pic once in a while to make her satisfy. ^_^ll Happy now, my? Haha. Muakz. My bro is sooo gonna kill me for this... And I think taking sticker photos with my family is cool... weird, huh? I like it. So sue me. =P

2) I have PMS all the time. It is, like, permanent in my nerve system. People describe my moodswings as... well, swings. It's getting worse and I can't get rid of it. Someone please slap me before I snap someone's head off.

3) I cannot stand people saying they're fat when they're not... You're not fat, you...you! Not in my existence, no. Even if you're fatter than I am, don't say it. =.= I won't know how to react. And I don't like people saying I'm fat either. Don't tell me what I already know, you #!%$^#%!

4) I have a lazy eye(Amblyopia)... At least I think I do. Gonna go for an eye examination soon. Tomorrow, in fact. I think it's kinda rude to say it's weird but I haven't seen anyone with a lazy eye so far so yeah, I'm weird.

5) I don't crave for sweet stuff like chocolate when I'm stress... unlike most girls. I crave for salty and spicy stuff... occasionally sour stuff. I don't think it's weird until people started telling me "what's it with you and salt?" and "OMG~ enough salt already!!"... etc. Well, salty or sweet, they're both gonna make me fat aaaaaaanyway.

6) Hm... I like things to be symmetrical. No, I'm not a neat freak(faaaaaar from it) but I like... er... how do I put this? Example : When there are 4 people sitting on one side of a table and 2 on another side, I would feel uncomfortable. I want 3 on each side and I would even go as far as telling someone to move his/her arse over to the other side. Get it? Cool~ That's not obsessive-compulsive disorder lah... Not that serious...

7) I'm nocturnal... I am active only after 11pm. And totally dead in the morning.

8) I like pretty boys. Just to see lah...eye candy mar. Not to do anything else, mind you. [EDIT] ZhongZhong said that is not weird at all and I agree!! XD Well then, what about the fact that I like gothic? XD I don't mind guys with piercings, tattoos and gothic make-up... provided they're pretty boys, that is.(Miyavi is L.O.V.E!!) Only for viewing pleasure haha. ^____^ Visual-kei roxx~

9) I pick on my pimples and my lips whenever I am studying...

10) I'm weird because I know I only have to write 6 but I still write 10 anyway... because I like everything round up to the nearest 10.

Cheers people!

Jia Chee reformatted my pc for me... Thanks nia~~~ ^_^ Owe you one! Hehe.

ANZAC Day

2007-04-25T21:12:00.000+08:00

First of all... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM GIAK!! XDXD

Warning ::: Very very very long boring post ahead... because I'm a pig and I love to cram everything up in one entry... Quantity vs. Quality. I choose "Quality". LoL Peace!

I'm not gonna emphasize much on the title... It just so happened today is ANZAC Day and a public holiday for us. Cheers~~~ But it has been anything but cool for me. My PC kena virus leh~~!!! That's what I think anyway. It is superlag... I might need to reformat it. Crappy. And the laptop fan is not working. =.= C'mon! However, I really appreciate those who tried to save my baby pc. U know who u are. ^___^ Thanks, mates! Especially Jia Chee. U be the next computer co-ordinator lah! Hehe.

Well, went to the city for a second 'meet-up' with Furfur. This time Jia Yi didn't join in because of assignments haih. Anyway, Furfur brought us around Melbourne Uni. One word to describe my rojak feelings... 'WHOA~~~ O.O'. It's like stepping into a historical place. So classy. Jia Chee and I were taking pics like crazy while Furfur flashed us the 'I-don't-get-it-what's-so-nice-about-that?' expression. Everything was so fascinating!! LoL Totally different from Monash Uni. (Not that I have any problem with Monash. Don't sue me.) Pictures below for those who are interested... Erm... Furfur, JieYen n JiaChee, tell me if u want me to tear any of the pics down. XP

The Evolution Starts Here... Hm... Don't turn into a furball, furfur.

This is the grand entrance of a...... carpark... ^_^ll Oh my...

Furfur : 'This is where I belong...' *point with the specs to complete the pro look*

After the tour of Melbourne U... we did a lil' shopping and had lunch in a Malaysian Restaurant at Chinatown. Spicy... nah. But I liked it since i'm not very picky. Anyway, Jia Chee had her worst 'Fuk Kin Mee'. Haha. Even I didn't like it. Later we went to this cute bubble tea place. It might not be clear from the pic but we're sitting on swings!! XDXD And the bubble tea costs $3.50 each. God... Back home it costs RM3.50. =.=

Oh well, ok. That's all about the city trip... Can't really remember anything interesting since it was more than a week ago. LoL Oh... speaking of a week ago... We had this black out at Clayton Campus last Monday. I had the most hectic day ever. I had two assignments due that day. One was to be submitted electronically... which I haven't at that time. And another one required a Cover sheet... which I haven't print. To sum it up, I have a Japanese test in the afternoon and two webtests due that night. I was almost crying when I realized the whole campus including the Halls blacked out. Luckily everything was settled on time. Phew... The only good thing out of the whole stupid black out was having the next day off! XDXD How cool is that? And my test was postponed~

Ok... what else? Oh!! I had beef steak for dinner!! XDXD Beef is LOVE. I gobbled up the steak before I could take a picture of it. Oh well, here's a pic of Salmon fried by JiaChee and Junk fried by me! XD Don't even try to compare them. Grr~

And I saw a big spider in my room. Cute... I lost track of it when I was grabbing the thickest book in my room (BIOLOGY 7TH EDITION). Found it dead on my bed the next morning. Crushed by me when I was sleeping. I didn't mean it. R.I.P, mate. T_T

April... celebrated Sharon and Matt's birthday. Handmade card by Jia Chee for Sharon and a portrait of Matt for him... also by Jia Chee. What have I contributed to the presents? =P Goyang kaki? Oh I wrote the messages!! And signed my name on both ta-da!! LoL Seriously, Jia Chee is one of the most creative person I've met so far. *thumbs up*

I wrote Happy Birthday in French! XD

U can compare this pic to the one in my previous post. XD

We were talking about the Hall's Ball when Sharon started showing off her hot dresses!!! And before I knew it, they were having dress up session! XD Man, It made me miss the times we paksa Jolynn dress up in a skirt. J looked hot in the dress and she's not afraid to admit it. ^_^ Yeng! Christina has a nice back and surprisingly, she is very good at doing hair. And Sha~~~ U're sizzling! XDXD

Some random pics...

I dedicate this pic I took while I was shopping for groceries to... ZhongZhong, who else? =P

Pics when we dressed up as nuns for the Farrer Olympics. Wakaka... Classic. XP

P/S :: When we were walking out the kitchen after dinner, Pants are Optional walked passed us into the bathroom with only a red underwear on. Singing this horrible song. I didn't see anything much(in case you're wondering =p) because Jia Chee was standing in front of me, stunned. XD He saw us and went, 'HI, GUYS!!'. Walauweh~~~ We were laughing so hard tears started spilling.

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2007-04-21T18:18:00.000+08:00

I remembered that I've mentioned about Xu Wei Lun's car accident in my first ever entry in Crapnest. And now here comes another. Super Junior's car crash. Not just any car crash. The car has to freaking over turn!! I really don't know what to say. Speechless indeed. I don't know the latest news about the accident because everything seems to forbid me from knowing. Can't log in to SJfamily, etc, etc. So... All I can do now is to pray for Gyuhyun and the others... May God Bless U. Stay strong.
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P/S :: 13 is not a good number... How many car accidents have Super Junior been involved with so far? =.= And all the other bad stuff? Anti-fans(not that other korean artists don't have lah...)?? Man... this is crappy... and creepy. Am I being superstitious?

~Indulgence~

2007-04-02T12:34:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to blog about since my days repeat themselves in the same pattern. =.= Well... I'm not complaining. Seriously. I'm just bored. Someone please spice up my life a bit!! And I wanna go shopping~~~ XP Not for groceries but for unimportant stuff like clothes, shoes, books(manga lah), etc. Nowadays, I feel like an aunty doing groceries shopping. To make things worse... I actually enjoy it. =.= No way am I auntie-fied at such young age! *cough* Boohoo~

The only thing I could look forward to everyday would probably be dinner. Jia Chee is a very very good cook!! I wish I could cook like her. I can't cook even if my life depend on it BUT I'm improving. If you consider dumping frozen food into the pot and add some ajimoto/salt/ready-made sauce as cooking, that is. =p Saturday, the two of us had the best lunch ever so far! Haha, oysters!!! XD Delicacies! Sensational!! I had tears in my eyes while I savoured the oysters with the sauce made by Jia Chee. It is $12 a dozen. We had 6 each. Not enough, I'm telling ya... We decided to have Oyster Day once a month. =p Chun!!

Everyone knows I enjoy my food. XD My motto? Live to eat. Never just eat to live, dude. You'll miss out a lot in life... food wise. Heh. What's best after a tiring morning of groceries shopping? A cup of Gloria Jean's coffee, of course. No Starbucks nearby, oh well...

Or have ice cream once in a while~ Ok... maybe I had ice cream more than once in a while... BTW, I had an ice cream not long ago recommended by Julia, a floormate. It was soooo goooooood and most importantly... it's gay(don't ask me why it's important)!! XD

I kinda miss the convenience provided by lovely cup noodles. Especially Maggi cup. Why not just buy then? Because they are freaking expensive and I can't afford it! Try not to recall the fact that I bought oysters, k? $1.47 for a Maggi cup? o.O Like... Rm4++?? The Maggi in packet is way cheaper... They call instant noodles here 2 minutes noodles. Interesting. I prefer to say Maggi mee though. So much easier.

Good Friday this friday... Gonna go to the city to meet up with Furfur, Jiayi and Jieyen for the 2nd gathering. XD At least I have something to look forward to. Easter is coming too... One week break. Let's just hope I won't get all molded before the break ends.

Well, went for the mini golf last week. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But after the game, I made a very serious decision... I hate golf. =.= No, really. I hate golf. Or mini golf, at least. LoL I'm just sooo not good at it. I seriously can't aim a ball into a hole. Not golf, not basketball, not netball. But at least there are defense postions for basketball and netball. Hell, golf.

Pics at the mini golf. Kinda blurry. They are more people but I don't see their pics anywhere...

Me... trying to hit the bloody round thing. =.=

J

Fish for a ball, anyone?

Vaughan + Wen = Gay? O.O

"I'm not gay, you %@#*$@%@$~"

How in the world we're supposed to hit the ball through the maze!? =.=

Joe XD Pretty boy~

Yay, Hannah!! XP Shove it into the hole, mate! (Oh my... I didn't mean to make it sounds so obscene. o.o)

Joe, Alice and Lauren chatting away while Hannah sweating it out...

Matt's pic taken by me!! I dedicate this to Janice!! Wakaka~

I was so attracted by the Golden Gaytime I didn't notice the camera.

Well... all for now I guess... Oh yeah, I saw someone walking barefeet on campus few days ago. Talk about random and easy-going... =.=

Stressssssssss~~~

2007-03-26T21:12:00.000+08:00

Everyone is stressing out... Assignments... Quizzes... Lab reports... With all these, siao-ness ensues~ Everyone is complaining about uni life. Most of them, anyway. I'm one of them. This is like... the fifth week since Uni started? And here I am thinking I lead a dull life already. =.= I really don't want to think what might happen years later when I'm stuck in a lab for hours doing research... If I successfully graduate, that is. Zhong Zhong ar... We vowed to marry each other and sell rojak together when we failed, right? =p You don't dump me o~ Wakaka! And sinmei.. Don't jump sea without me... Tahan until July, k? =p

Haven't been in touch with Kimmy and Amery... The problem with people who never come online... =.= Please... Come online once in while so that I can at least say hi lah! Sms also tak de reply. Sakit hati, tau? Mako-chan, please ask them online once in a while... Send a testi through friendster won't take much time either. T_T Miss you guys leh! U guys must ganbatte in studies too! Mako-chan, form 6 wa taihen desu ne. Ganbatte ne!

We're having a floor function tomorrow. I told Vaughan I would go... I haven't pay yet though. Think I could wiggle out last minute? =p Just kidding... but I seriously hope more people would go. Sharon having assignment... Jia Chee, quiz... Shaza also assignment... T_T And I guess the med students won't be going as well... Waaaaaah~~~ Minigolf leh!! I wanna try but it costs 11 bucks (including the pizzas we're going to have)... ^_^;; And I hope I could blend in with the Aussies... Still not that close to them... yet. Hopefully tomorrow I won't regret having to pay 11 bucks for nothing. Define 'nothing'... 'Nothing' means unable to blend in with them, have trouble catching up with their accent and sucks in minigolf... and maybe gain a few pounds after the pizza... XP One way to find out... tomorrow...

Random pics I took with the other 3rd Lords floormates and at Glen Waverly. XD Cheerio~ Spongebob Squarepants rocks!!

Tim Tam is popular here... Take note of the MRS cards on the box. LoL

Makan-ing... I cooked the plate of UFF(Unidentified Fried Food) on the table.

Christina, J, me and Hannah in Sharon's room.

Sharon's doggie is the sweetest thing ever... It is from her boyfriend at UK.

Barged into Shaza's room when she's all sexy~ XP

Ice cream!! XD

Having little chat and snack while camwhoring in Sha's room...

This is totally random...

J and her famous Spongebob squarepant boxers~

Matt went 'I'm outta here!' once I suggested we take a pic with him... but he's still not as fast as Sha's finger. =p

My first bubble tea in Melbourne!! They have machines to seal the cup up. o.o What's the point?

At a Malaysian restaurant with Jie Yen n Jia Chee at Glen Waverly... See the flag? So patriotic...

My Kuey Teow!! Delicious!! And scary portion.

Jie Yen + Nasi Lemak + Half my face

Jia Chee with her big bowl of curry laksa~

Malaysia, truly Asia~~~~~~~~ =P

Balderdash...

2007-03-22T20:12:00.001+08:00

Played Balderdash just now... And I can tell you that I sucked at it. Totally not my type of game. Why? Because it requires brain and creativity... Apparently, I'm lack of both. Sad case. My partner and I still got second place though. All thanks to Jonathan who could think deep like a philosopher. If you don't know what Balderdash is... Well, basically it's a board game. Oh heck... I'm too moody and sleepy to explain. Just do me a favour and google search Balderdash if you're interested, will ya? ^_^ Thanks. Wikipedia is fine too. Well, basically... it's a cool board game... Seriously it is a great bluffing game. XD There is only one minor problem which is that I can't play at all.

I felt so stupid during the game because everyone seemed to come up with some brilliant stuff but I just sat there and let Jon did his stuff. He's good at it... and that didn't make me feel any smarter. I think I really need to brush up my english as well. And social skills... Geez! I was like 'erm... yeah... it's... fun' when Matt asked me kindly whether I enjoyed the game. Pfft... busted. I can't play Balderdash and now everyone thinks I'm an anti-social-moody-stupid-uncreative girl... or something along the lines. But I really must thank Matt for being such a nice guy asking for my opinions during the game when my partner obviously didn't care much about what I had in mind. But I don't blame you, partner... I honestly don't have much in my mind, anyway. ^_^ll

Oh well, guess what? I'm invited to Matt's 21st Birthday Party at Geelong! XD No idea how to get there but that's not the main point. I'm invited!! He is one of the nicest guy on the floor. ^_^ He's one of the very few Aussies who actually care to call me by my name unlike those who just 'hey!' because they don't remember or don't know how to pronounce my name. And he looks so cute together with his girlfriend, Annie! I have this warm feeling when I see them together because they're the sweetest couple. Everybody, aaawwwwwwwwwww~~~ XDXD

Well, most of my floormates went to the Nott after the game. The Nott is a pub nearby. Not sure about the spelling of the name though. They really know how to enjoy life... even with quizzes tomorrow?? Hmph... good luck,mates...

Oh yeah, I've deco-ed my room... Define deco... =P Just pasted a few pics over the rim of the board on my wall... But those pics are very special to me. XD Some of the laminated sticker photos I took with my friends and family. Made a random love shape... And tada! Pics of Hee Chul and Micky! Haha... I should have bought my anime posters along. Damnit.

Annie and Matt during the Balderdash

Not exactly the best pic ever... LoL Lauren, Hannah and Vaughan at the end of the game. Must be the booze that made the girls look tipsy... =P

Well... it's late... I think I better start revising for the Japanese Quiz tomorrow. =p And chemistry. Man~ I hope I can get the head and tail out of that purple textbook. Cheerio~

P/S :: Vaughan was actually the one I bumped into in the toilet. Haha. He's actually a very nice guy. A med student. He actually shaved his head(he had long hair) for the leukimia donation thingy... Not sure what it was but yeah, a good deed. Sweeeet~~~ I won't do that. =p

Melbourne vs. Malaysia

2007-03-16T15:11:00.000+08:00

It rained this morning... I was happily thinking of skipping lectures until I accidentally found the bloody umbrealla I thought I've lost. =.= Tsk... Although it rained, it is still warm. Weird... it was freezing for the last two weeks but it turned warm these two days. Another sign of global warming...

It seemed like forever since I’ve came to Australia… But it is only the third week… Bloody. I’m missing home so much. Especially with Jia Chee telling me every night how she miss her dogs and those delicious food back in Malaysia. XP Man, I would die to have Roti canai right now. And nasi lemak! Damn!! And sashimi from Oguchi~~~ Not that I can’t get good food around here… but… I don’t have my parents to pay for them here. =p So yeah… basically I can’t touch those exotic food sold here. Instant noodle is mah fren! Muakz… T____T

Well… after being in Melbourne for weeks, I had a taste of a very different living environment. Culture shock? Not much since they have looooads of Malaysians around here. A very interesting experience overall… but I had enough! I miss home. Bah!! Call me sissy if you want. I just wanna see my family and friends. And food, of course.

So far… the difference between Melbourne and Malaysia includes…

Weather (like duh?)
Stupid weather... Like a woman. Unpredictable. Hahaha. XD Guess the males would agree with me. Imagine, glaring hot sun... with strong cold wind. It's just weird!! You have to go through hot and cold at the same time. I thought we only get that in hell?? But that was during the end of the summer when I just got here. It is autumn now which is as bloody unpredictable. *shrug* Back in malaysia we only have 2 options : Warm and humid. However... there is something weeeeeeeeeird going on with the people here in Australia. They love the sun!! What the-?? We normal people(Malaysians) would hide from the sun whenever we see one. As for the people here? They're loving it. Sitting on the grass under the glaring blazing sun is their favourite past time during breaks. =.= My gawd!?

Taken during the end of summer somewhere in the campus

Food
Oh yeah Australian BEEF Teh Best!! XDXD My fav. And bacon burger?? You don't get that back in Malaysia. And cheap pizza. But most of the food are pricey... Can't enjoy the food when my mind would just 'ka-ching' converts the price back to Ringgit. $8++ for a bowl of tom yam noodle? Which is not spicy? It is almost RM24!? I can eat sashimi with that money back in Malaysia!! ......They do have oysters and prawns in it but let's just ignore it for the moment. =p Most of the chinese food here sucks. It sucks even more if the restaurant is full of white people. They're all conned. Naive people. *shakes head* I miss the food back in Malaysia... And Coke back in Malaysia is like RM1.60 or something. Here? $2.60. Crap?? But the grapes here are cheaper than back home... and veeeeeeeery sweet!! XD I haven't try the cakes here... yet. But I heard that they are soooo good you would forgive the calories.

People
People here are nice. Superb, in fact. And they're very helpful. I was lost once(ok, maybe not once) and almost in tears... I don't want to be late for lecture on the first week(Honestly!). Then this guy was walking past me like he didn't notice me but suddenly he popped the question(not THE question XD) 'Lost?'. I was so grateful I almost hugged him right there and then. Most of them smile and ask 'How zit going(it sounds like that)?' even when they don't know you. But of course there are still some racists among the Aussies. Very very few of them. But I don't blame them. =p It must feel bad to have the asians invading their country. =p I see asians EVERYWHERE!!

Size
Size of food~~~ I had to share my food with Jie Yen everytime I eat with her. It is just too big for one person. It's even too big for two person. When I first arrived, my parents and I went makan at a chinese restaurant. We ordered 3 dishes and 2 plates of plain noodle... and the three of us can't finish even one plate of it. Imagine. =.= And once I had this burger which is the size of half my face. That is what I call big!!
Compare the size of the bowl to the plate of noodles... o.o

Don't tell me that's because I have short fingers...

Size of body~~~ Guess what? I bought a secondhand labcoat during the 1st week. One look at me, the woman selling the labcoat chirped 'that's a small for you!'. I was like 'huh? Are you sure??'. I tried the S size on and guess what? It was slightly too big for me. So she suggested a 'small smaller than small'...which she happily explained as a size smaller than small but bigger than extra small... Hm, interesting. It's the first time in years since I wear a small. Not to mention a small smaller than small. XP Not that I'm complaining. Wakaka~ And there I went teasing Jie Yen about her size. Smaller than extra small, anyone? =P

Environment and campus
Well, they do have thrash all over the place... like Malaysia. I feel so at home here. =.= But most of the thrash you could see everywhere are beer bottles... People here drink beer like water because beer is cheaper than water. They have terrible drought. Tsk-tsk. They would bet their beers for all the rain in Malaysia... Maybe not... Pub life is essential for everyone above 18 here. =.= And when you're drunk, you take your clothes off and have unprotective sex or punch an asian friend and yell 'you asian bastards!'. These information are from reliable sources, not my personal experience. And when you're happy, you could also make out with your lover against the wall of the Religious Centre in campus for all view. ^_^ll Fun, isn't it?? Haha...ha...However, I must say Clayton is a nice place overall... they have ducks and swans(or were they geese?) at the lakes!! At Malaysia's lakes, I only see dead fishes(Remember Taman Jaya?).

BTW, people here love to draw!! What we call vandalism back in Malaysia is what they call ART here. XD Most of them are great!!! I love looking out the train on my way to the city!

But they do 'doodle' around too. You can find announcement by just walking with your face downward. Interesting...

For some reason... they let pasar malam people into the campus... =.=

Here, a few random pics for view... Not good quality though becuase they were taken with phone camera.

First angpao containing AUD$! XD

Pics I took on my way back to the Halls. XD I enjoy walking everyday... except when I'm rushing for lectures, that is... Late as usual...

Stairs I have to climb up everytime I walk back...

It's autumn!! ^_^ My first autumn...

A bunch of posers... =p

Jonathan and Jia Chee

Sharon from Mauritius on my right and below... J from Singapore and Jia Chee!! ^_^ Stay cool, girls!

Melbourne City~

2007-03-05T16:45:00.000+08:00

I would call myself a directional-challenged or directionally retarded person... whichever sounds better. My sense of directions really IS down the drain. Maybe not even the drain since I could have easily picked it up. Yeah, that serious. However, I think I’m improving since I’ve came to Melbourne. The power of adaptation and evolution, I must say. =P After a week of wandering in the campus aimlessly and getting late for lectures, I’ve grown!! ……Don’t snort, you nasty. =.= Curse those stupid confusing labeling of buildings in the campus. Curse.

And surprisingly, I actually recognized the road to the famous Vietnam restaurant near Chinatown… after walking towards the wrong direction, that is. We had to walk all the way back. Sorry, girls. =p Well, went to the city yesterday. It’s like a mini gathering for me haha with Furfur, Jia Yi and Jie Yen. Jia Chee joined us last minute because… well, the more the merrier. ^_^ Had great fun walking around and chatting with my old friends. They’re old because everything is just so new here… We still didn’t make it to the Vietnam restaurant anyway because a certain ball of Fur suddenly have this craving for Shanghai food. But before she could show us the location of a certain Shanghai restaurant (She is as blur as I am, she is). An old friend from high school showed up. Thanks Lixin for showing up just because I told you I’m at Chinatown!! Muakz. And thanks for recommending the Hong Kong restaurant. The food was… ok. XP Too bad you can’t stick around. Let’s go yam cha next time.

These sceneries photos are by Jia Yi. Great job!! They looked like they were from magazines.

The one with me was by Jie Yen. Perfect. Eating Italian ice cream in front of Melb Central.

To get to the city, I have to get on a bus to a train station and take a train to city and etc etc… Phew… That’s like so damn troublesome for a lazy person like me. But it’s all worthwhile because the city is great! XD Chinatown is great! Not that there’s any problem with Clayton. Chadstone is okay. It is big but compared to One U, MidValley, etc… not so big afterall. ^_^ll I went shopping at Chadstone with Jia Chee, Sharon and Richard last Saturday. Besides getting on the wrong bus, it was cool. Sharon’s a ‘floor-mate’(since we’re on the same floor in Farrer Lords). She’s from somewhere near Madagascar and she speaks French(cool~)! ^_^ Richard is a Malaysian… Seriously, there are just too many Malaysians around here. Proved by the reaction we get from Richard. He ‘pfft’ed when we told him we’re from Malaysia. Haha. That’s beside the point, of course. He’s still a nice guy who insisted to help us with the heavy groceries.

Jia Chee just came to my room to give me Redoxone just because I told her I was having a running nose. My mum already packed me a whole box of Redoxone but it still feels great to have someone who cares about you in a foreign country. ^_^ Suddenly it doesn’t feel so empty anymore. I realized how everyone from the same country warms up to each other easily when you’re in a foreign country. We might not even greet each other when we were back there but once we meet each other here. *Poof* We’re like long time buddies. Haha. Not that I’m complaining or anything. It’s great! ^_^ For example… I bumped into Jonathan(he was with Mun Yee) few days ago in the campus centre. I didn’t know he’s a Monash student. As far as I can remember, he came to Aus when we were… Form 3? He doesn’t even remember my name but at least he can still recognize me so it’s all cool. Good thing about having a big face, people notice me from far. Haha. So we exchanged phone numbers. I doubt we would keep in touch but it still feels hella good to bump into a friend from Malaysia especially when that person seems happy to see me too.

Cheerio~

EDIT : OMG... o.o I went to the toilet just now. Before I stepped into the toilet, I heard someone went in first. So I thought whatever. In the toilet, I saw one of the doors closed. Naturally, that person would be in that cubicle, right(duh)? So I randomly picked another cubicle with the door semi-opened and stepped right in. And guess what, I bumped into that guy. He just started 'going' when I pushed through. I was like "Oh(didn't manage to get the "God!" out)!! I'm sorry!!x2" and he went "It's alright!(strong Aussie accent)" What the-?? It's not alright! I bumped into you when you were pissing! O,O Please remember to lock that bloody door when you 'go' next time. I won't want to bump into you when you're doing your big business because you would be facing the door then. And that would be an ugly sight.

Sis, if you're reading this. Don't blab to daddy and mummy. They would probably freak out more than I did.

New life...??

2007-03-01T17:06:00.000+08:00

Warning : Long entry ahead due to long absence… Be sure to read with clear mind.

First entry since I’ve settled into my small small room in Farrer Hall. I mean it. It is FREAKING small even if it doesn't look like it from the pics below. But I’m not complaining or anything since I’m fond of small space. Give me a cozy feeling, I guess. I like everything about the room except for the fact that it is not ensuite with bathroom. I mean I have no problem sharing a public toilet cum bathroom with a dozen of people but it’s just… just… not private enough. I am a sucker for privacy when it comes to the loo. I don’t enjoy being seen with foams all over my face or being heard when I’m doing my business in the toilet. But I’m already kinda used to having people greeting me while I apply my cooling mask and angmoh guys walking into the bathroom with towel around the waist. Mind you, I can’t see much without my specs. Sad. Hahaha. =p

The only thing that makes my room feels like home is Hipo-chan... =p

I didn’t get to online much few days ago because I have trouble setting up the internet in my room. Or maybe I’m just too stupid to know how to. All thanks to Jia Chee that I get my hands on the manual and voila! My internet is up! But MSN is not working no matter what. #%^$%^$%& And then my savior Braden dropped by to help me. Although it still didn’t work but Thanks anyway, I really appreciate it! And I have DC++!! ^_^ Finally thanks to Matt our resident advisor who set the bloody MSN up for me. So now I can chat with my dear dear family, chagia and chingu again.

Nowadays I get questions like “how’s Melbourne?” and “How’s Uni?” very often. So… hm… how do I describe my life here? It’s cool I guess. I miss everyone back home a lot but I don’t exactly hate it here either. It’s true that I have to start from scratch here. I mean my social life. Most international students do, anyway. We came here without any friends or a few perhaps… But it’s not easy to get together with such different timetables. So I always find myself walking to uni alone, walk back alone, go to the library alone. Close friends would know that I hate being alone. I would never do anything alone if I have to. Hell would freeze over if I’m seen eating or drinking coffee alone at the café or shop alone or watch movie alone or whatever.

That’s why I surprised myself when I realized I don’t feel any loneliness while walking around by myself. Getting lost in the campus alone. Guess I was too occupied(being lost and late and everything) to think of loneliness. But one thing for sure… I would never eat alone. Look so cham… Worst come to worst I just dabao back to my room loh(miss the manglish). But these few days I have companies during lunch and dinner. So no worries! ^_^ So far everyone I met living on the same floor is nice. Mostly Malaysians but the other international students are cool too. Ooooh… I met a Singaporean few days ago and she looks like Jolynn. And she calls herself J which is cool. Haha. And she freaking speaks like Jolynn!! Jolynn are you reading this? XD We watched House together haha. And there is Jonathan who invited me to a Christian dinner/event… reminds me of Jolynn and Aifang for some reasons too. =p And Jia Chee who invited me to go shopping together. It’s nothing like A104 but I’m glad people are nice.

However, there is this guy who lives across my room. He has a drawing of a guy in boxers waving his pants around in the air on his door. With “Pants are Optional!” written on top of the drawing. I thought it was funny but my parents and cousins thought otherwise. They were like “don’t go near him.” Actually they were more concern about the fact that he wrote his interest as partying and drinking(we have to paste our biodata on the door =.=). Ok… so far I haven’t talk to him before or maybe I did… I just can’t remember. Most of the angmohs look the same to me anyway. Oh, and the whole floor is full of geniuses it seems. Based on the biodata on the doors and me poking my nose into other people’s business… they are all soon-to-be politicians, doctors and engineers (Pants are Optional + Engineering = Engineer without Pants? ). OMG~ I'm like the most common person around. Bless me! I don't have as much workload as them. =p

It’s eight and it’s still bright over here… I guess it would pitch black in Malaysia by now. Oh wait, it’s only five in Malaysia right now. Hm… I wonder if I should change the time settings to Aus time...

A104 Fun Facts n' Interesting Reunion Dinner

2007-02-18T01:15:00.000+08:00

First of all, Happy Chinese New Year!!

Secondly, Thanks Emiko-chan for this lovely poem of A104~~~ ^_^

A104 Fun Facts

Welcome all to A104
Of the Sunway Apartment Hostel
Throughout the year 2006
From the beginning to the end

First off is Jolynn Low
The most studious of us all
No doubt she studies all day long
She spends time not only on books
She can be found together with us
Just say the word, and she’ll be there
Strong believer of her faith
Christianity is the only one for her
Always willing to help out
No matter what the problem is
The youngest one among us all
But she’s like us, mature and all

Next on is Joanne Yap
Or some may refer to as Hui Zhong
She is the owner of our microwave
Without it, we can’t survive
And that has proven as a fact
The moment Joanne had moved out
The rest are left without a doubt
That the microwave is their soul savior
A manga lover as well as anime
And there’s also Super Junior
A group of 13 Korean guys
She loves one guy I won’t tell u who

Moving on is Chang Yi Xin
Roommate of Joanne Yap
Together they rule A104
In terms of noise, they are the ones
Shouting aloud ‘til we get a scolding
Another fan of anime and manga
And also Super Junior like Joanne
Together with all the members
They rule A104, enjoying life
Filling the unit with our laughters
All of us chatting about what we love
And now we share a common interest

And then there’s Janice Loh
Our big sister of A104
Always looking out for us
Fan of Ayumi Hamasaki
Lee Hom, Justin and Jolin too
Always dancing and singing
To the music she plays on her pc
Always studying late at night
Never sleep when exam comes
Working hard for what she strives
Always worried of our health
Asking us to eat healthy

Now we have Xiao Lu
Our new member of A104
She came from China
Some where in Bei Fang
Another fan of Korean artists
Always watching Korean game shows
Together with Yi Xin and Joanne
They laugh and laugh till they can no more
Though our time together was kinda short
We still had such a great time
Too bad we knew her quite late
It was sad to depart away from each other

Coming up is Ivy Chin
She lives in room 3 of our unit
She’s a great cook always cooking
Love her food and enjoy eating
Always under pressure due to studies
But nonetheless she always comes through
Loves to watch Chinese dramas
Always watching together with seniors
Always early to go to class
Seldom late, if not never
The sensible kind Ivy is
She cries if something sad happens

Stephanie Ong is up next
Our ex-homie of A104
She joined us only a while
But still we got very close
She’s a friend of Jolynn
From the same origin
The place call Sitiawan
That’s where they were from
Like Jolynn they’re both the same
Always together till she went off
It was sad to say our good byes
But we still keep in touch, that’s what matters

Finally there’s Wan Ting
The most childish of all
Anime loving kidd
Who loves manga too
Always laugh and smile all day
Never get tired from doing so
Very cheerful in a way
Others laugh and smile with her
Curious lad asking questions
Always wonder what it is
Loves to relax and never study
Cos studying means cracking heads

Disclaimer : This is 100% Emiko-chan's production. I'm just putting it up here to spread the love for A104! ^_^

Last night, which was just few hours ago... My family and I went to our relatives' house for reunion dinner. I get to meet up with my cousins and everyone else. And surprisingly, some of my younger cousins actually remember my name!! (I know it's not normal for cousins to not know each other's name but they're kids and they are so many of us so let's just forgive them) So it was great...... until dinner time. One of the cousins I mentioned asked me to sit with her so I gladly obliged. Everything went well until... the cousin told me I'm fat. Fat. FAT. F.A.T. Well, at first, she called me a 'gao ren(tall person)' and I said thanks. I assumed right away it was a complement. Guess I was wrong. I doubt that she was offended by the way I said thanks but the next thing I know... she's calling me fat. And the whole table went silent... ^_^;; I wasn't angry. Just embarrassed. Because when a kid tells you you're fat. You are fat. They say kids are truthful afterall. Well, I can't exactly do anything to her when she's being truthful so I laughed it off.

Few minutes later, her little sister whispered something to her and she turned to me and "She said you fei tut tut! I didn't say that, she did!!". *speechless* Those who know me well enough would know that the only three person on this planet allowed to say I am fat would be Me, Myself and I. So I kinda spat a sweet "so what?(in cantonese)" to them. ^__________^ I know it's wrong of me but... so whaaaaat? Hahaha. Then the cute little whispering went on for a while and now I not only know I'm fat, I know I have an oval face. Hm... interesting. Like I don't know that when I stare into the mirror everyday. XP Well, I kinda lost my appetite by that time. Weight(alongside with my pimples) is an extremely sensitive issue for me especially when I'm currently worrying about gaining more weight when I reach Aus. Then for some unknowm reason, they started hitting and kicking me under the table... Hello?? My aunt did lecture them a bit and I'm grateful. However, I still can't stand much longer, cepat cepat cabut loh~~

Then it was heaven upstairs in my cousin WenWei's room. XDXD She's so high about Super Junior, she suggested we all watch Super Junior's Fullhouse together. So seven of us cramped in her room laughed our heart and tears out for Super Junior. They're great. They made me forget the fact that I'm have big bones(I resent the word fat). =p Due to my influence(I forced her to watch Fullhouse wakaka), Wenwei is now officially fighting over Hee Chul with me. And her room is full of Suju's posters!! Cool!! XD I have no idea how many times she had watched Fullhouse yet she still laughed like it was the first time. It's like ZhongZhong's scenario all over again. =p And another cousin JekHui brought Fullhouse back to burn. I forced her to influence her friends. Nyaaa~~~ Spread the love for SuJu!!!! (Excuse the 'fan girl' exclamtion marks...)

It was a fun and relaxing night overall... with a few interruptions now and then when the two cute little cousins joined us in the room and started fighting over my phone. As a result, one of my games were deleted... Hm... I can feel the generation gap already. Ok, let's put aside the fact that when I was young, adults don't own mobile phones but huge dai kor dai with no sms service and neither games. But I would neeeeever fight over other people's mobile phone not to mention deleting the games inside. Even when I did see "Are you sure you want to delete this? YES NO" on the screen, I'll choose NO out of fear of what might happen if I choose YES. Makes no sense? Yeah, I know. I don't understand it either but still yeah, I can sense the gap. I'm old.

Yesterday morning, I had an enjoyable outing with my family to One U. The first thing we did was to take 大头贴 haha~ I suggested it. Besides my bro, everyone agreed even my dad. My bro was like telling my dad "Are you sure,Dy? Do you know what it is?? It's all girlish and it's PINK!!" My dad practically had to haul him inside the store. XD Cute lil' bro. I must say it was fun doing it with my family as much as it was with my friends!! My dad was all excited too, he even asked me whether the pictures could be enlarge... you know, 8R kind. Haha. I'm sorry but as far as I know... Nope. XP Cute dad.

And I met up with my long time buddy cum sister from primary school, Yi Shiean. We didn't have much time to sit down somewhere for a cup of tea... So we kinda hugged each other etc and took photos of ourselves in Momoe... and she said she heard someone said 'no photoshooting in here'. Haha~ ^_^ Take care, Babe!!

The Art of Straightening...

2007-02-10T01:07:00.000+08:00

As i had mentioned in my previous post, I went for a haircut which cost RM300 over. As expected from someone who can't leave the saloon without straightening the hair. =p Guilty. Well, I kinda miss my long long hair... kinda. It is short now!! Ok, maybe not short short... Just shorter than long. So yeah, short. I think my new hair looks kinda nice but my brother and sister's reactions told me otherwise(Does "OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH YOUR HAIR??" sounds like a complement?).My parents were like "It's fine. It's ok. It'll grow eventually...Don't worry." WHAT!?? Does it sucks that badly?? o.O U guys~~~ I'm thinking twice about going Midvally this Sunday and Pyramid next week liao... Jahat lah! T_T Well, since quite a number of my friends wanted to see my new hairstyle out of curiousity. Well, do you guys know curiousity kills a cat? Don't say I didn't warn u o...

Somehow... out of boredom... I took quite a few pictures in the saloon haha.

My hair... Cut mercilessly. After putting a thick layer of cream all over my hair and shampooed it, Sabrina cut it shorter randomly so that she can save the time and chemical used on my head.

That's how my hair ended up... looks kinda edgy. I was freaking bored and sleepy. I was nodding off when Sabrina applied the cream over my hair and possibly dozing off when the assistant was shampooing my hair.

The green batang I call it. Horrible thing that burned my skin. I was the last customer because it was late. Even so Sabrina was in a fairly good mood... until she got hold of this long green device. Apparently, her assistant isn't exactly the brightest person around. Good timing to be clumsy huh... when your boss was holding a burning batang near my ears. They were both working together on my hair. Each took a side. I was trying my very best to avoid any form of too-close-for-comfort contact with the green thing. It would be a lot better if she did not keep pushing my head towards Sabrina while she was fumbling uncertainly with my hair. It's like touching a boiling kettle with your little pinky. Freaking hot but not exactly on fire. But it's very irritating, ok!!?? Once Sabrina was showing the assistant how to clip my hair right, the device nearly touched my eye. O.O Hello? I don't wanna lose an eye just because I want nice hair...

After the torturing session... I looked like a ghost. Being all tense up during the straightening process... hence, the painful expression.

After the hot treatment, it's the cold one... Cool cream was applied all over my hair. This one smelled like swimming pool... Strong odour which stung my nose. Sometimes I wonder what the hell i'm doing to my hair every once in a year... And man... I look so round with my hair all pulled back. And people ask me why I don't tie up my hair... =.=

Well, while I was waiting for the cream to work its magic, I read a magazine. And I came across something I found amusing. Helen, you're too harsh towards the Americans lah.
(Photos taken in a saloon 2007)

Interesting... So let's check it out...
To those interested, click on it to view larger picture.

Oookay, so French don't get fat because they eat slooooooooow. Like snail(Ok... lame, I know). I wanna try escargots one day... In France.

Hohoho, surprise surprise. Japanese are freaking thin. Maybe not as over the top as those we saw in Manga and Anime(Think Nana and Paradise Kiss) but yeah they are thin. And I see improvement in cup size... Hm... I wonder if surgeries enhanced breasts were considered when the research was done... =p Guess what, I'm almost as tall as an average Japanese MAN and almost as heavy as one too. =.= Deep shit. NEXT!!

Hm... I dunno. I am taller(You sure?) than an average American woman and lighter too. Waaaaay lighter, mind you. =p (Trying to comfort myself after reading the Japanese column) However... they have BIG boobs, don't they? Big boobs made them heavy. Just my assumption but not really 'beyond all hope' lah... Right? ^_^ll

Well well... let's have a look at Negaraku...

Ookay... so we're not only fat, we're damn sick too. =.= Curse those sugarcanes. And those teh tarik and Ice Kacang... Look, it's not our fault that 'Malaysians also rank among the most overweight in the Asean region', ok? Malaysia is not called the Heaven of Food(quoted from Alex lol) for nothing!

Since they're too shy to publish the average weight and height of Malaysians... I am stuck with comparing myself to Australians. Well, I am going Australia in less than two weeks time... ^_^;;

No worries~~~! I am taller and lighter which makes me positively sliiiiiiiim in Australia. ^_^ll Well, can't blame me for comparing, can you? It's human nature to care about own weight. Muahaha...ha...ha...haihz... I wonder how big is their Mcdonald's burger... I heard they can eat a regular pizza each. With an appetite of a cow, I think I need to start worrying about gaining weight.

Okay, enough crap. Let's get back to crap. So my hair... I didn't know what was going on exactly without specs. The problem with nearsighted people like me excluding those with contact lense duh... We don't know what the hell is going on until everything is too late. The moment we wear our specs is the moment we realize we look the BEST blurry in the mirror. Well, at least I did. But I kinda get used to the hairstyle and actually LIKE it when I was flashing my head around in front of my mirror on the way back home. It was my idea after all. However, getting an "OH MY GAWD!" once I got home isn't a good sign. Hey, friends(you know who you guys are). Since you guys were eager to see my new hair(cough cough =p)... well, I hope you guys would at least tell me that I look GREAT with my new hair... XP I don't care even if you have to lie nyaha~~~

With specs version and without specs version Haha. Sabrina said I should get a pair of contacts. I guess I do look kinda nerdy with specs... Humph... Anyway, I have fringe!!! XDXD I never had fringe since standard... I dunno. I didn't like it at first because the fringe is just too thin... I like it thicker. But whatever... I am still not comfortable with the fringe as you can see I kinda pushed most of my fringe aside unintentionally. Really... how did you gals deal with fringe? Tak geli ke? Atau sudah biasa?

My sis has this weird grudge against fringe... She always said she felt like slapping those actress with fringe whenever she saw them on TV. With her 'pfft-ing' every now and then when she looks at me, I don't know how long I can stand it... =.= And with my bro asking me who I am everytime he sees me... MUMMY~~~ >o<

Farewell...

2007-02-09T02:17:00.000+08:00

Went to a farewell dinner yesterday night. Enjoyed the meal... XDXD Delicious. And guess what, we actually ate 'yee sang' in the restaurant. We bought it from Jusco actually. Man... we were the noisiest table in the restaurant. Imagine a table of 13 guys and girls getting all excited over a plate of 'yee sang' in a Kenny Roger Restaurant... ^_^;; It's not even a Chinese restaurant... But no doubt we had great fun. I am pretty sure we were a disturbance to all the diners who thought they could spend a peaceful night enjoying their grilled chicken. But too baaaaaaad nyaaa~~ =p But honestly, we didn't do anything illegal, right? There wasn't any "No Outside Food Allowed" sign in the restaurant. And no sign of waiters throwing us out(or maybe it's just because we haven't pay yet...). In fact one of the waiter went 'woooo~~' when we wooed. Cute. This is my first 'yee sang' of the year and... ever seen anyone eating 'yee sang' with a fork?? ^_^ll Well, we all did. Can't ask for chopsticks, can we?

Well, it seems two of my 5S6 classmates are going to Melbourne too. Monash University as well. And Clayton campus too... Coincidence huh? It's already a fact that Australia is packed with Malaysians... =.= Ok, maybe not just Malaysians. Whatever. All I need to do is to flash a bag of Maggie Mee around and I'm sure heads would turn and go "AHA! U're a Malaysian too?". Family and friends advised me not to just befriend Malaysians, make more friends from all over the world. Hm... I hope I could do that... With all the Malaysians swirling around haha. =p But I'm kinda glad because it would be a lot more like home. I can always find someone to go for Roti Canai with me when I feel like tasting something beside potatoes and beef. Oh~~~ but i really wanna try pork burger from Mcdonald's. Haha, I have this craving for Mcdonald yesterday in Midvalley and my friends were like "aiyo...Australia plenty of Mcdonald lah got pork somemore leh". Hm... I wonder if Australia have no Kenny Rogers... XP

Well, I would really miss my friends here. But somehow I didn't shade any tears when i parted with my 5S6 buddies in Midvalley. I don't know... sometimes you have to reach the very last minute to feel the sadness. For sloooow people like me, I would probably cry only when I stepped into the KLIA or worse... when I finally settle down in Australia. Hm... scary thoughts. I won't want my family and friends to have the last memory of me being all red and puffy. Oh nononono...

Well, I'm going for a haircut tomorrow. I'm thinking how much it would cost... consider the fact that I can't go for a haircut without straghtening my hair. Haha... I think I spent enough money already. With the tuition fees for Monash and stuff. Man! Money really does all the talking in this world. Money rules. Money rocks. Boohoo... But... My hair sucks without straghtening, okay? It's not my fault, it's in the gene. >.< Come to think of it, I really need to get some Chinese New Year clothes. This is calling for some serious shopping spree... Hm... And oh yeah, I need to buy webcams. Harddisk. Shoes(preferably Nike haha). Manga. Anime.

Damn.

Memories

2007-02-02T03:01:00.000+08:00

I've recieved the email containing Visa Grant Notification. Okaaaaaay, so i have a student Visa now. The realization of me leaving Malaysia to Australia hit me hard on my head. Talk about slow. =.= I knew I'm gonna study abroad since I was pretty young. My dad seems to think that he has the responsibility to send all 3 of us to somewhere... and i think that's the reason why he turned into such a workaholic. Sorry, dad... And sorry, mum. ^_^ll Haha...ha...

I always resented the fact that I'll be kicked off to some foreign country until last year when i finally realized that I am a lucky bastard. Lucky to have a dad who works like a dog since my birth just to save money for my studies(not that other dads don't work like dogs). I can't complain much, can I? Yeah, i know i was immature back then. Punch me, someone. Some of my friends can't go overseas for further studies due to financial constraint. I, on the other hand, have everything ready for me. What else more can i ask for?

However... i'll miss everything here for sure. Family... Friends... Humidity... Mosquitoes... Roti canai... Assam laksa... Sigh...

2006 was a year full of great memories for me. I have this sudden urge to indulge in memories haha. But my brain is like a total mess because it's late and I can't think straight. So why not just list down the memories of the year and make my own life easier? =p

1st Day : The first person i talked to on the first day of orientation was an indian girl... I don't even remember her name now. Guess the friendship didn't last long since she seems half-hearted about it. Haha. Nevermind. I met a better friend. Joanne. She was standing all alone opposite of me when we were waiting outside the LT. I was struggling whether to talk to her or not. But I guess my shy nature took over haha. ^_^ll My first impression of her was... quiet(Guess I was dead wrong =p) and I'm afraid she might think i'm weird if i go up to her all of a sudden. I was pretty surprised when she sat down beside me in the LT. I was so excited I kinda spat out a loud "HI! I'M YI XIN!". Embarassing.

2nd Day : Second day of orientation was frantic as the Ausmatians were practically fighting over each other for the best timetable arrangement. I don't remember whether I met up with Joanne or not though as she took different subjects. The indian friend wasn't keen to arrange her timetable the same as mine. Fine, I don't care(yeah, right). I was chatting around with random people and that was when I met Ching Yee. I didn't know back then that i had actually met her before when i registered for Ausmat. Our dads are colleagues. Small world huh? So we ended up with the same timetable and became close friends.

3rd Day : Third day of orientation, the day we fought over second hand books. Haha. I still ended up with new books anyway. Well, I met up with Joanne and we were standing in front of the classes waiting for the seniors to show up when Janice's mum came up to talk to Joanne. I joined in uninvitedly. =p Janice didn't talk much. She was just standing there. We had a nice chat with them and... somehow we ended up in the same hostel. My house isn't far away from the college but I didn't want my mum to spend more time in the car. She was practically a full time taxi driver with my brother and sister in different schools. I decided to join in with the fun and I must say it is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.

A104 : When i stepped into A104, the first person i saw was Ivy with her friend eating dinner(or was it lunch?). According to Ivy, i sounded nervous but i really wasn't. I felt quite at home actually and glad that she's a nice girl. And then there was Joanne. Not long after I moved in, I found out we have the same interest. XD Manga! Anime! When I saw her taking out her mangas and rearranged them, I was like 'AHA! I can start a conversation with that!!'. And the next thing i know, we were covering the walls of our room with posters haha. Happy happy memories! ^_^

And then I met dear Jolynn and Wan Ting. My first impression of Jolynn was... studious. Definitely studious haha. Even she can't deny that. We were already a crazy bunch when Jolynn moved in and I was kinda afraid that she would think badly of us for being noisy. But nyaaaah~~ later we found out that she's capable of being noisy as well haha. She became a lot more open to us after Stephanie moved in. And Wan Ting, undoubtedly, an anime maniac. Haha. One step into our room, saw the posters... *poof* From the cool cool gal to the talkative gal with pitless anime information. =p Stephanie was great as well, too bad she didn't stay long enough. Who would have thought she would be as crazy as she is? Looks really could meddle with our minds. ^_^ And surprisingly(don't ask me why i'm surprised XP), Jolynn and Stephanie read mangas and watch animes too!! Mostly Slam Dunk but that's a start haha. With housemates and roommates with same interests, this is not just coincidence. This is Fate. That's what i believe haha. Laugh if you want. And of course, Xiao Lu!! Man! XD

Classes : Met Evonne during Econs. Great personality. Fun to talk to. Evonne, Ching Yee and I clicked almost immediately. If I'm not mistaken, Ching Yee knew Evonne before i did. Anyway, we lived in the same apartment block. With Joanne and Evonne in the same IS class, she eventually became a regular of A104 haha. ^_^ And of course, Sin Mei whom I met along with Suke and Suyin. The first thought came into my mind was 'whoa, leng luis!'. I never thought Sin Mei would be such a close friend since she had the other two friends... Oh well, let's just say i'm lucky. ^o^ With her frequent visits to A104, she became very close with our dear dear Joanne as well. And then they gang up to bully me haha. Just kidding. =p Then there were Jennifer and Jie Yen who gave me the first impression of being smart and quiet. What I didn't know was... they are geniuses and Fur Fur is deeeefinitely not quiet. @_@

Man...there are so many people I wanna mention and so many good memories I wanna jot down... but I'm freaking sleepy haha. Before I end the first section(*shock* There are more!?) of my Memories... I would like to shout out to all the people i mentioned in this entry...

LOVE YOU GUYS!! XDXD

To those I haven't mention... Haha... don't worry, more to go. This blog is my crapnest, I'll take my honey sweet time crapping about my valuable memories. ^_^ You'll appear sooner or later. Don't worry haha. =p

Miracle in Da House

2007-01-29T18:57:00.000+08:00

Freaky how life can be so casual. Come and go as it wishes. Check in and out as if this world is some kind of a huge hotel or something. Funny how life can be created just because of a tiny hole on a condom and taken just because someone is not putting full concentration on the road. It's the same for both cases, I guess. Accidents. Hmph... =.=

Well, Xu Wei Lun's (许玮伦 ) death came as a great shock to me. It's not that i like her that much that i'll cry for her but it sure is sad to know such a talented actress... All i can say is... Wasted. My sis is a great fan of hers and i can see how she's all upset about her death. When we knew about the accident, i thought she would somehow survive miraculously. Most of the stars do(excluding those who suffered cancer and those who jumped off from buildings voluntarily), anyway. They survived from falling off the stage, getting stomped by a horse, etc. So why not Xu Wei Lun? She's a nice and hardworking star after all. And she is beautiful damn it. Haih... Well, all we can do now is to pray for her and... drive safely.

Rest in Peace.

It's not good to just talk about serious stuff in here. It's a crapnest after all and it's the very first entry. Sheesh. =P So...... RAIN'S CONCERT ROXX!!! XD Do i sound like a fan!? Well, i'm not. Not my type. Bah. But it's hard not to get high in the stadium when he was dancing and sweating right before my eyes. Not through a TV screen but in real life action haha. I went to the concert with my siblings and cousins. And trust me, the eldest cousin and I were the craziest of the lot. My cousin started screaming just by knowing how near the stage was to our seats. Haha. We were sitting right next to the stage. Can't see the stage effects very well but who cares?? We get to see his FACE real clear. Too bad i didn't bring camera so we were stuck with my phone.

Two leng zais were sitting right in front of us. I really pity them. I really do. They have to tolerate our constant screaming. But they were being really sporting about it. They even laughed(after jumping off the seats in shock) when we shouted "RAIN~~~!!!!" when the volume in the stadium was slightly lower. (Note : Rain wasn't even on the stage... ^_^ll) What irritated us was their mum who turned around to stare at us when we were making noise. Consider the fact that we were making noise ALL the time... she probably still have neck pain right now. I mean, for goodness sake!! It's a concert!! Your are supposed to scream and spread the love for Rain. And why in the world would you want to look at us when Rain was right in front of you twisting his hip in such sexy manner? Huh, obaasan?

Another funny thing was the contrast between the serious , the innocent and the 'siao' people. And i must say that my cousin(the younger one) can get an Oscar for being the Poker Face of the year. No one can beat her for having no facial expression in front of her beloved Rain. She's like the biggest fan of Rain among the six of us and all she said was "Oh... Rain." when Rain went behind the stage after the last song. Imagine that. And with my sis saying "Damn, he's fat" once in a while during the concert. My bro and youngest cousin were like Rain who?? Tsk... and that leaves two 'siao' people. <^o^ ^_^v Oh... and another siao po who stole posters right under the noses of the securities. You know who you are. Haha. And the same person ran after me in the wrong direction for a 100 bucks but ended up seeing Rain leaving in a sports car. It's all worthwhile, right? =p

Haaaaaa.... enough crap for the time being. Leaving for Australia soon... I have a lot to crap about that but i'll leave it for another day. Time for dinner nyah~