Hello December!

How time flies! I know I know...I'm starting to sound like a broken record. lol. but i can't help it! I can't believe it's already December! December is...a month of magical moments to me, simply because it's Christmas month, or maybe because after December is the new year.

Anyway, enough about December. For the past week, I've been so so so stressed I don't even know where to start. First, I fell terribly sick but I managed to drag myself to class - call me kiasu but I really didn't want to miss out on any important information which could be of help to our presentation or assessments. For the first time I felt so helpless...I couldn't breathe because of congested nose, walking against the cold wind made it even worse. Most of the time I felt like hiding under my warm covers the whole day and wished I didn't have to get up.

Because our poster presentation was on Friday, 6 days leading to Friday I didn't step out of my room at all (walking to the kitchen doesn't count). I felt so tired but still I had to push myself to focus and prepare for the presentation. Was feeling emo most of the time, having to deal with the stress AND missing someone. I initially planned to get my poster printed the day before the presentation but I wasn't finished yet! I ended up staying up till 2am and because I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep well due to stress and nervousness, I gulped down a mug of camomile tea before going to bed and it worked like magic! 

The next day I got up really early, at 6:30am, so that I could rush to the print shop to get my poster printed before going to class. And it was that morning that I realised how IMPORTANT sleep is. I mean, I knew sleep was important all along but the effect of sleeping late just ONE night was incredible! I was starving (only had kit kat for lunch and 2 slices of pizza for dinner the day before) so I decided to make some oats to be eaten with the fresh cranberries I got. The cranberries were awfully sour, so I thought drizzling some honey on my oats would be nice right? I was so so so sleepy that I drizzled washing liquid on my oats! o_O To be honest, I'm thankful I didn't start eating it to realise what I'd done! I was literally standing there stunned for a few seconds before throwing the bowl of oats away. 

That day I caught the bus really early for the first time here. The cold still air was really nice and calming. Everything seemed calm and slow-moving, which was the total opposite of how I felt. Was so relieved I managed to get my poster printed just in time for me to go to class. Oh, and because of sleep deprivation, I almost left my debit card at the store after paying. =/ 

*fast forward to afternoon*

After my poster presentation, was fooling around with my classmates when I suddenly remembered that   I needed to upload my poster online again because of an error. It was at that moment that I realised my pendrive wasn't with me! I was panicking, wondering where it could possibly be....and then...the print shop?! I had forgotten to get my pendrive from the print shop! *smacks forehead* Good thing the guy working there had kept it safe when I went back to collect it. Oh, and I discovered that I'm not the only one who has a major crush on our course leader/lecturer! =p 

It was such a huuuuuge relief when the poster presentation finally ended! I was so so so so proud of myself for not giving up. That feeling was just indescribable! At least if I didn't get the grade I was hoping for, at least I know I've tried my best. =) Went to the pub opposite our uni for a drink with a few classmates and even though I was dead tired, I actually enjoyed it. It seemed like things were starting to change for the better. I guess before this I was too caught up and stressed about everything that I didn't bother to get to know my classmates better. Well, I took 3 months to settle down in Adelaide, perhaps after 3 months here I would feel much better? And one of my classmates commented that I sound really American. She's the second person to said this to me. Oh and we were sort of asking each other their age and again, I don't look my age...lol. 

So the 1st day of Dec was spent doing laundry and basically relaxing the whole day. I really wanted to go for a walk in the city but the temperature outside turned me off. Maybe another day. Today I just enjoyed being nua.

And again, how time flies! 1st Dec is over...hello 2nd Dec!

That's me with my poster (which cost GBP20!) xox

2012 年中秋节...

看着没得提的灯笼，心情好复杂。这是原本在我离开的前一晚，朋友们买了灯笼想要为我践行，结果我们跑去吃了夜宵没有提灯笼，但他们还是坚持要送我。

虽然在家也没有特别庆祝，但至少家是熟悉的地方，朋友们可以约对方出来聚一聚没有那么无聊。今天是我抵达这里以来第一次在外面吃晚餐，约了在伦敦机场认识的一个朋友和他的朋友一起吃饭。最后是他们两看着我慢慢地吃，唉！然后吃饱，三人在大风中走着找地方坐，而他们俩在那里喝酒抽烟。T_T 我是真的不喜欢坐在抽烟的人旁边，因为二手烟啊！而且身上会有烟味，真是无奈。

要回家时又下起毛毛雨，但是独自走在无人的街上感觉不错，冷风把我脸庞吹得麻痹了很不赖。有时候还是希望你在这里，看我看的风景，经历我所经历的，然后一起嘻嘻哈哈抵达目的地。也许人生就是这样，不是想要什么就有什么。一个人在这里也许会学到生活上的功课。一年一眨眼就过去，我想好好经历这一年！

XOXO

Happy Chinese New Year...

...to all my readers! *aisyeh* As if I have many readers liddat. =P


Anyway, may the ox year be a gr8 year for all of u & that lots of love & joy will be in store for you! =)

p/s: Though CNY is a jolly festive season, I can't help but to dread the day I have to leave Penang T.T

XOXO,
Me

Breakfast!!

After planning to go out for breakfast for ages, Jenn and I finally went out for breakfast today despite our sleeping late the night before. Because we couldn't decide where to have our breakfast, we stopped in front of a restaurant (cum cafe) to check out their menu. We wanted to try something that we couldn't make ourselves so we just walked in and settled down for an Eggs Benedict and a Florentine. We shared half of each. By the time we finished our breakfast, we were sick of eggs. You'll see why. While waiting, we decided to take pictures to capture the moment of having breakfast out during exam period. =P The restaurant had red walls with blue pillars and paintings on the wall. It was a cosy place to have breakfast in the midst of winter (I think).

The restaurant along Rundle Street

Painting on the wall

Another painting on the wall

Us before Jenn's hot chocolate arrived

Jenn's hot chocolate with a marshmallow

Us with our breakfast!
(The only decent picture out of 4 or 5 pics the waitress took =.=)

Eggs benedict
(Pouched eggs covered in a thick sauce on foccacia bread with ham & spinach)

Florentine
(Toast with scrambled eggs, spinach, mushrooms and a tomato)

Combination of both =)

And we finished them off! o.O

That was the biggest breakfast Jenn and I ever had!! Ahhhh...Now back to studying! =(

XOXO,
Me

Girlie Day

Where do I start? I'll make this post as brief and less boring as possible! XP Oh, and this will be my last post before my exam...gotta study full-time from tomorrow onwards! =) This is one of my rare posts with pictures in it, so do appreciate by showing me some love. XD

Because Jennifer, Jen and I haven't gone out together for ages since the night before my birthday, we decided to go out for lunch today at this new Malaysian Mamak Restaurant. So off we went, with high hopes and expectations since we miss mamak food so much!! Jennifer ordered a murtabak, Jen a roti telur and roti canai, and I a plate of nasi lemak and murtabak. Well, to cut it short, all our hopes and expectations shattered into millions of pieces! From the moment the food was served to the moment we walked out of the restaurant, we had already made 1001 comments/complains! The food was OK, acceptable...but it just wasn't worth our money. I'll just highlight the main points: curry was too diluted, no spicy fragrance whatsoever, just tasted spicy, that's all; murtabak has no "liao", only some pieces of potatoes instead of onions in it...the supposedly pickled onions that were served weren't fresh (probably from some supermarket pickled onions cause they weren't "crunchy"; the nasi lemak had only a tablespoon-full of ikan bilis (major disappointment) with less than a quarter of hard-boiled egg and a few pathetic slices of cucumber at the side.

Nasi lemak shared by Jennifer and I with the murtabak at the side

After lunch, we headed to Chocolate Bean! As the name suggests, it's a chocolate dessert place. Everything there just looks so appetising and yummy! Jennifer got a Toblerone, Jen a glass of hot mint chocolate and I got a Chocolate Vanilla Martini. The Toblerone tasted different from the one I drank at some pub called Fumo Blu during my friend's 21st birthday party. The one at Choc Bean doesn't have the honey and alcohol taste whereas the one in Fumo Blu, you could taste the chocolate, honey and alcohol. My Choc Vanilla Martini was whoa! @.@ The alcohol taste totally covered the chocolate and vanilla taste. I had to sip bit by bit cause the alcohol was kinda strong. We sat there having a super girlie talk over our drinks for hours!!! We reached there at around 2pm and left the place at 6pm! LOL We just talked and talked about stuff regarding guys, life, marriage, weddings, college days, ex-bfs, the future, pregnancy, birth-giving, health etc. Now you know how we could sit there for so long! XP

Having a girlie chat over our drinks

Since we left the place at 6pm and Jen was feeling a little hungry, we walked home to take a "rest" and to empty our bladders while Jennifer prepared to meet her friends for one of her friends' birthday dinner. I was so hungry by the time Jen and I reached Cafe Primo! I was starving (literally!). Jen ordered Garlic Prawns and a plate of wedges with sour cream and chilli for us to share whereas I ordered a Chicken Focaccia.

Chicken Foccacia

Garlic Prawns

Wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli

It's my "ritual" to take a picture with the food before eating XP
(Was kinda disappointed with this pic though cause the person who took this left out the wedges
AND left so much space at the top =( )

Love playing around with photoshop!
(Was feeling quite stuffed by the time I finished my last bite of foccacia,
so I decided to do silly things while waiting for my food to be digested...LOL)

Ahhh...As I'm typing this, I just wished I hadn't eaten like a true Asian (was trying to finish every single thing on my plate to make every cent I paid worth =.= Dumb, I know...we didn't even get our complimentary pancakes because we were too full! I was so full I could hardly walk! =S Anyway, I really had a fun day with the girls...We should do this more often! I love having meals/drinks while catching up with girl friends. Nothing beats that! ;)

So, till after my exams in July! =)

p/s: By the time I was done typing this post, it was already after 12 am. So the "today" mentioned in the post was actually 7th of June. =P

XOXO,
Me

Distance...

After reading my housemate's blog about this guy being a total angel by working in order to get his gf an air ticket so that she could fly here, to Adelaide, to see him, it kinda tugged at my heart. LOL
I know I should be working on this essay of mine, but my mind keeps wandering...

Just realised today's 11th of May. It's also the day I should return the book I borrowed from the State Library. But I haven't finished reading it...I'm not sure if I WANT to finish reading it. It's written by Nicholas Sparks, the author of A Walk to Remember and The Notebook, both really touching romantic movies.=')

So I turned to the last chapter to read...and after a few lines, I feel like crying already! Now you understand why I'm not sure I want to finish reading it. Last Wednesday, when I was reading this book on the bus on the way to uni, tears filled up my eyes. Trying to blink the tears away, I looked up to let the sunshine dry them. But it was super embarrassing!!! Cause a guy saw me "crying" and he wouldn't stop staring...my gosh! So I buried my head in my bag...Lesson learnt: Never read touching books on the bus!!

I love getting myself lost in books (not textbooks, thank you very much). Everytime I read, I feel like I'm in a world of my own. No worries, no frustrations, nobody else but me. However, I hate the feeling when I have to draw myself away from the book, because it just feels like I've just landed back on Earth, and everything else negative that goes with it rushes back to me, making me grasping for air. *sigh* I'm sure Maree understands this feeling...LOL ;) or maybe not.

Why is it sometimes in life, even though 2 people love each other so deeply, they just can't be together?! Why!? I can never understand that...it breaks my heart (literally) everytime I read them in books/watch them in movies. I can actually FEEL the pain. If it means losing the one I love, I'd rather never have them in the first place. People might say "it's better than to have loved before than to never loved at all". I totally disagree to that!!

*sigh* Ok ok...enough of this sadness, I'll tell you something interesting that has happened to me for the past week! Last Monday was my 20th birthday! And I think it was rather memorable! =D Well, I was dreading the arrival of my birthday because 1) I didn't have a plan on how to celebrate 2) Even if I had a plan, I wouldn't be able to celebrate with EVERYONE who means something to me 3) my birthday fell on a weekday, which meant most of the people would be quite busy with their work/simply don't feel like going out on a weekday.

Since most of the people wouldn't wanna go out on a Monday, I decided to "celebrate" it with my housemate on Sunday night by going out for dessert and a drink. After deciding where to go for dessert and a drink, I asked another friend, J, who lives in the suburb to come along as well. My housemate even put make-up on me! LOL it's the 2nd time I have make up on after prom. At first everything went OK, we went to the dessert place as planned. Was kind of disappointed with the dessert though cause it wasn't satisfactory. Anyway, after finishing our dessert, we headed to Chocolate Bean, to realise that it was CLOSED!! =S Bummer! So the 3 of us ended up walking up and down Rundle Street, hoping to find a place that serves cocktails (the reason we wanted to go to Choc Bean was to try out a cocktail called Toblerone). In the end we settled down at CIBO for a drink instead. I felt so bad towards J cause she took the bus all the way to the city just to walk up and down Rundle Street =S

When I woke up Monday morning to go to my Human Nutrition prac which required us to fast (we were gonna do a Glycaemic Index prac), I felt crap, thinking "here it goes...birthday = no birthday..." I was prepared to not have anything special on that day to avoid disappointment.

*fast forward*

Came back from class in the afternoon, was on my computer, deleting applications on my facebook page when my house mate came into my room asking me what I was doing. So I just simply replied "cleaning my facebook page" and she was gone, back to her room. After a split second, she waltzed into my room with a cake in hand whilst exclaiming in a very high-pitched voice, "Happy Birthday!!!" LOL I suddenly felt awake! Awwww~ How sweet of her!! I guess she knew how "miserable" I was XD She took a picture of me blowing "invisible candles" on the cake. We decided to save the cake for dessert at night.

Our initial plan was to go to Chocolate Bean that night because we didn't make it the night before but when I called Choc Bean up, the woman on the other line told me that they closed at 6pm =( So we thought maybe we can just go another day. That night, I was doing some readings when my friends, E and L, called to say they've reached my place. I went down to open the door for them. They said they wanted to come up to my apartment so I thought y not?

*fast forward*

My bible study leaders planned a surprise birthday mini party for me! How thoughtful of them...and a friend from OCF baked a cake for me with marshmallows lined up on the cake to make out my age! Awwww~ Was kinda touched. That was my 1st ever birthday surprise =) So, my birthday was memorable after all. Oh, and I had 2 leftover cakes to be eaten for breakfast the whole week! Hahaha...

XOXO,
Me

=.="

This post is an outdated post. Was supposed to post it yesterday but was too occupied...

Anyway, woke up from a nightmare yesterday morning!! =S It was super duper scary!! Nothing about ghosts and ghouls but it was the worst nightmare that I ever had!!

Was back in high school. My friends and I were carrying out some chemistry experiment in the lab. We had our own set of apparatus and because my friend didn't have enough test tubes, I lent her mine. Then the teacher said we had to finish our experiment by that day itself and I haven't because of insufficient test tubes. My friend felt bad so she offered her sandwich to me. I didn't want to accept it because then she wouldn't have anything to eat for lunch. However, after much persuasion, I took it and gave it a bite. It tasted sooooooooooooo yummy!!! When I put down my sandwich after the first bite, the sausages in the sandwich started moving! O.o Half of me thought that there might me something alive in it; half of me didn't wanna think about it because it was so yummy!! I asked my friend why the sausages were moving and she gave me an illogical explanation which I believed. After my second bite, I sensed something extremely wrong so I went to the back of the lab, near where the dustbin was, and threw the sandwich on the floor. O.O Walaueh!! Out came all the white-coloured, fat, juicy worms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SCREAMS* Thank God I haven't swallowed any of the sandwich! I was still chewing on it....I spat out the sandwich as well....EWWWWW~ So freaking gross....*vomits*


I thought my day would go downhill after that. In fact, I was dreading Friday the whole week simply because I had a quiz on that day which I did not finish preparing AND it would be my first time being a backup singer at OCF =P Not that I'm not happy being a backup singer...but I'm scared...no....TERRIFIED!! Never done such things before...=S

Went looking for a GP with E and couldn't find it. well, not exactly, we found the place but we thought we got the wrong place so we went with L, P2 and M. Made an appointment for Monday morning 10:30am. Hopefully by then I don't need to go anymore. Was so hungry after that, so we went for Hungry Jack's!! Yum yum!! I had a cheese Whopper and it was super delicious...haven't had fast food for ages...After gobbling my Whopper, I rushed to uni for human physiology tutorial! *indigestion* hehe~

Now that Friday has come and gone, I'm proud to say that yesterday (Friday) was a pretty good day over all!! Very very content...It's amazing how God made things turned out just so perfectly. Totally out of expectations! My backup partner, P2, is an "old" backup singer...she was really nice in giving me advices and tips on how to sing...So thankful for her =) I really enjoyed myself although was a little nervous...WOOHOO~

Was super duper extremely happy and hyper last night...haven't laughed like that for ages!! Felt so goooooood. Went to bed with a smile on my face XD No dreams, no nightmares last night which is cool! M called me this morning at 10am to have breakfast with her. Now I'm sitting here while listening to my current favourite song Just So You Know XP and Human...lalala~

p/s: All the best to N for her STPM which is just around the corner!! I know you can do it, girl!! I still remember you were the one who motivated me during PMR year. LOL I didn't start studying until I saw you doing all those exercises! =P Miss you loads...*hugs* take care alright, you don't wanna fall sick during your major exam.

XOXO,
Me

Indescribable day >.<

How did my day start off?

Woke up reluctantly, realised that the books I borrowed from Adelaide Uni (AU) are already overdue so I msged P who's studying in AU if he's still home so that I could pass the books to him to return to the library.

While rushing down to the dining hall, I caught a glimpse of my umbrella outside my door and I was having a dilemma whether to take it or not but I didn't eventually cause I thought it wouldn't rain. How wrong was I!!!!! The day when I don't bring an umbrella, it rains!! =S Greeaatt...Had to walk half the journey to uni with droplets all over my sweater.

After Psychology lecture (which was pretty interesting by the way) I walked to the bus stop and thank God rain had stopped then. Managed to catch the bus...phew~ that means I get to use the previous validated ticket! *proud of myself*

During lunch, the food was ok...wasn't too bad with sweet chilli sauce =D although some thought that the noodles were crap. Anyway, I suddenly thought to myself after my nap "Hmmm...maybe I should walk to uni later to save money..." Well, cause usually on Tuesdays, I have to validate my ticket twice, which is quite a waste. What do YOU know?! My class ended early! =.= Uh huh...and I could've used my ticket twice if I hadn't walked to uni!! Great! It's alright...

So I thought maybe I could just walk home but I bumped into C, who's my bus-ride mate, at the bus stop. Yeah yeah, I guess you know what I was gonna do then. I waited for the bus with her and suddenly she turned around and asked me, "Do you have an extra red concession ticket?" O.O WHAT?! At that moment, I was like, "SHOOOOT!! No! I just remembered I didn't bring a new ticket!" *faints* I was hysterical (a lil exaggerating) cause I was supposed to save money!! Buying a one-way ticket is like what, RM6.00!! ='( C offered to pay for my trip but how could I accept?!! It's just not right! OK FINE!! I made a vow that I'll save money after my semester break!!! Gonna walk to uni, not buy food unnecessarily and not go out for entertainment (wait, how am I supposed to do that?! My friends are going to the cinema to watch Hairspray next week! >.<) *SIGH* We waited and waited and waited...I suddenly remembered that P comes home together with M2 so I asked her to ask M2 if P is with her!! She said, "Aiya...no need wan la! Not with her wan la!" I was thinking in my heart, "Yeah right!! They finish class together...they must be together!" When the bus finally appeared at the junction, I got all anxious =S I didn't know what to say or do if I do actually see P!! This was how our conversation went:

Me: C!! Help me see if P is on the bus!!
C: No...I only see M2
M: Are you sure?!?! Look carefully!
C: No la..I really see M2 only!
M: But the bus is so far...are you sure?! Look again!!
C: No...I'm sure he's not on the bus...

The bus stopped right in front of us and so we got on it and I didn't dare look around the bus just in case I see him >.< I know, I'm a coward...I think my heart was going to jump outta my chest anytime...it was pounding so hard on my chest wall! After buying our tickets, the first person I saw was P!! Wanted to dig a hole and bury my head in it I tell you!!!! Half of me already expected it, but another half of me wanted to believe that maybe he's not on the bus...OMG...Didn't dare look at him in the eye...STUPID GIRL, C!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm typing this...another 3 minutes to dinnertime...HELP!! How do I face P?! =S
Inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale...

p/s: I know I'm overreacting...I just can't help it!! Any good advices from more experienced people?! XS

XOXO,
Me

Pictures of us...

Michelle and I

The guys

Girl power!

The gay (?) XP

Cherry and Berry

That's where I wanna be...

Last Sunday, I dragged myself out of bed, had a quick shower and headed down to the dining hall to have a not-so-filling breakfast. I waited for my "chauffer" there to drive me to church but there wasn't anyone so I head back up to E's room to see if she's awake and yes she was. So I sat in her room talking...and suddenly they said the plan to go to be beach was on!! I decided to go to beach considering the fact that I need some relax time....

The weather was just nice...not too hot and not too cold. Of all clothings, I wore khakis cause I was lazy to change =P Had a quick nap before catching the bus to the city!! Woohoo~ I felt so happy that day...wasn't thinking much about P. L brought M's kite along as well to fly at the beach. The pic above (obviously) shows M's kite being flown by L2 and E. Sometimes I feel like I wanna be like the kite, but when you know that you're attached to a string and if the string breaks you'll definitely fall hard...which in this case is not very hard since the "ground" is the sand =S

The reason I feel like a kite is P keeps me hanging there...There's so many things that have been left unsaid. I'm not emo, don't worry. I've already made up my mind =) Beach...I'm so gonna come to you again after my exams...hopefully! I'll be back!! I really really enjoyed my day at the beach, eating yiros and having sauce dripping everywhere, feeling the sun rays on my hair, seeing couples whispering to each other, kids running around, and last but not least, us posing as "models" on the beach...HAHAHAHAHAHA~

I sometimes wish that life is always this simple...

XOXO,
Me

Super duper extremely HAPPY!!!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

I'm totally on cloud 9 right now!!! =D Someone bring me back to Earth, please.

After for like, what, 1 year of losing contact with A, A finally replied my e-mail!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always thought that A would never reply my e-mails ever again but I was wrong!!

I've always admired A for his maturity. To recall back 7 years ago, when I was only 12 and A was 15, A was nice and friendly to me although I was childish and annoying (maybe, sometimes). Honestly speaking I knew A through a friend whom I talked with on the phone 7 years ago. His friend gave me his phone number and as bored and "adventurous" as I was at that time, I called A up and we ended up talking for 4 hours! Still it was unbelievable that a 15-year-old teenage guy would even talk to a 12-year-old girl. (I was really really daring back then, calling up random people on my ICQ list to talk =P not anymore =S)

A can be considered as one of my role models. A is extremely independent and smart. A was the reason I tried so hard to improve my speaking in English (after leaving an international school and started speaking in Chinese). He taught me a lot of stuff, though not all directly. I used to be so happy whenever I see him online on my MSN list. Everytime I bumped into him at some shopping mall, my heart would skip a beat out of time and time would stand still. =D Old times...

I used to think if A actually knows I exist, but question no more, cause A does!! While checking my e-mail before dinner today, there it was!!! That familiar name I used to see in my e-mail inbox! A's reply! So he's been busy with study and work....

So I've moved on...I've come out of this fantasy world of mine and found P. Sadly, I think I'm in my own world once again...cause P doesn't seem to care. Half of me wants to give up, half of me thinks that anything is possible no matter how incredible. How I wish I can just live in my dreams where everything is perfect and I'll never get hurt by life's cold hard facts! HAIH~ Oh well, life's like this...and getting hurt is part of growing up as well...so I'm a big girl now, no longer that naive 12-year-old.

Time to face reality, time to grow up and time to be strong!!

If tomorrow never comes, I hope everyone knows how much you guys mean to me and that I wish you guys all the best in everything in life! =) I know I'm starting to sound emo again...but really, you'll never know if there's a tomorrow...

p/s: I'm back to Earth, no more cloud 9...haih...=S Just made up my mind...someday we'll know...

XOXO,
Me

Bad Day

Currently listening to Daniel Powter's Bad Day...cause obviously I had a bad day =(

It was nothing really big but...I just feel like a failure, unable to do anything right for once!

First I missed the morning bus because I had to go and take a quick shower, so fine...it was a lecture so it was alright, I could just read it off my textbook.

Then after lunch, I told myself that I can't miss my bus anymore so I prepared everything early. As I was walking out, I bumped into a friend who was washing his car, so I kind of stopped a few seconds to "talk" to him because he was "spraying" me with water...=S When I reached the top of the stairs of Hosanna Heights, there it was...the bus...drove pass me o.O ARRGGGGHHHH!!!!

And I thought to myself, missing 1 bus a day is enough!! So I practically ran to the other bus stop so that I could still reach uni in time for tutorial. Fortunately, the bus wasn't there yet so I waited there under the scorching sun! >.<

Reached for tutorial late, and realised that I forgot to bring my textbook!!! Tutorial handout was on the CNS (Central Nervous System) and were required to label the parts of the brain!!! What the....?!@#$%^& *sigh* Bad bad day...

Took the bus home alone...

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However it wasn't a bad day after that =P Went to E's room and M, L and P were there. After deciding that we were going out to have dinner, L and P went back to their rooms to get ready. Suddenly E suggested to curl my hair so off we went to M's room to curl my hair ^_^ Seriously my hair was so curly I think I looked like a doll...

Woohoo~ =D I was so happy ok?! We had Korean food at Han Kuk Kwan in Chinatown. One of the waiters was so cute...hehehe~ That was M's waiter. According to E there's another cute waiter...lol...

We were so full after that. By the time I finished my dinner, I've forgotten all about my bad day...=))

XOXO,
Me

Another not-too-bad day

Was so proud of myself for sleeping early last night (been sleeping after 1 and 2am for the past few weeks) at around 12am, which wasn't too bad as I needed to wake up before 9am this morning so I'd have slept for more than 8 hours! Woohoo~

Anyway, I'm really happy I had a filling and nutritious breakfast cause breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Yeah! (Excuse my hyper-ness) After finishing my breakfast in 15 mins, I caught the 9:26am bus this morning, realised that P's car was still around and so I thought P took the bus to class.

Didn't feel sleepy in my Psychology lecture at all!! This is totally awesome! This semester isn't as pathetic as the last semester as I have friends to sit with in Psychology lecture...It's great to know that I'm not alone =) and they're really nice people. Been to one of my friends' house last 2 weeks, had a great conversation. That was how we got to know each other more...Z's an early-30s woman who used to teach special kids and now she's studying to change her field or something. Her father died 5 years ago and she shared with me how she became a Christian and so on...According to her, she used to be a really difficult teenager and it's amazing how God touched her.

Enough digressing, will share her story some other time.

Back to my day, yeah...I'm happier this semester. And...I took the bus back home after lecture to have lunch cause I had a 5-hour break in between and I don't really like staying in uni. Reached home, saw that P's car was already gone. Was checking my e-mail while listening to songs when someone knocked on my door. It was E! O.o Oookkkaaayyy...she overslept and missed her class again! *smacks forehead* *shakes head*

Went to have a nap at 12:06pm, asked E to wake me up at lunchtime. After having lunch (lunch was not bad by the way, compared to the usual food) went to E's room to drink my daily serving of tea and we chatted until ermm...3pm??

Our tutor for Rhetoric and Reasoning was on leave for 2 weeks so we had a substitute. She's from Malaysia, which is from where I'm from. I don't know why but suddenly I felt so at home. Surprisingly, I didn't feel sleepy at all during that 4 o'clock class!! Usually I'd sit in my chair and nod off even though the tute group is so small everyone could see! I felt sooooo good!! Felt so productive! After class, I stayed for a group discussion for our group oral presentation.

There are 4 people in my group, including me but 1 guy, Sam, didn't come today. So it was only the 3 of us. We were discussing about our work but halfway through we started talking. Although it seemed like it was a waste of time, I felt that it had broadened my horizon even more. 3 of us, from 3 different countries, with 3 totally different backgrounds, 3 different perspectives on life and stuff...wow!! Sometimes you just think, isn't it amazing how God made each and everyone of us so diffferent, so unique?? *speechless*

This semester I'm opening up more, as in I voice my opinions, I smile to people although they don't smile back etc. I try really hard to organise my life, trying not to do stuff last minute. I hope everything works out...*prays real hard*

Everytime as I step into my room after coming back from class, there'll be a voice inside my head reminding me that I have loads of stuff to do, say NO to temptations! =D Blogging has become a part of my relaxation. I'm typing this post before I start on my work to tell everyone that I'm happy with my day today....everything went smoothly. Managed to pay my tuition fees, which I've been procrastinating for weeks. I just couldn't get myself to print out the invoice and pay at the post office. So yeah, today I did everything I was supposed to do: found my pencil case, got my friends the semester planner and paid my tuition fee. =)

Just a random thought:
Usually people think that old people are difficult, grumpy and cranky but since I came here, maybe it's because I walk on the streets more, I see and meet more people, I realised that the old people here are quite friendly. They greet you and flash you this huge bright smile which reveals their wrinkles on their faces. Hmmm...just today on the bus, I smiled at an old lady and I felt so happy after that! It's true what they say, sometimes smiling just brightens up your day ;)

Then again, I'm afraid to smile at people sometimes, you'll never know what their intentions are. For example just the other day I smiled at this man at the bus stop and he gave me this really cynical smile and winked at me in a very pervertic way. I swear that instant my heart was pounding really hard in my chest!! =S I thought I was about to pass out. I started to be very paranoid. I thought he was gonna harm me or do something evil to me...My goodness! And the phrase "Never talk (in this case, smile) to strangers" came crossing my mind. I believe that people are good at heart but in certain situations, I don't really trust people. People are too evil.

p/s: Was looking through my autograph book a few minutes ago and I came across what my friend wrote for me: Keep your chin up when times are rough...Be of good courage! Do not be afraid to go all out in new things!!! And don't forget to always stay close to God and God will stay close to you. Thanks D!! I guess I haven't been keeping my chin up...

XOXO,
Me

Not-too-bad day

9:15AM
Woke up, felt like going back to bed but brushed off that thought as I had to wake 2 people up


9:20AM
Called E's room several times, no answer; called M, answered but she wanted to go back to sleep so I had to call her at 10AM to wake her up again; called E again, she wanted to go back to sleep as well and yes, I had to call her at 10AM to wake her up again as well

9:30AM
Went down to get breakfast, decided to eat my breakfast in my room cause no one's downstairs...so lonely =(

9:33AM
While eating breakfast, I checked my e-mail, listened to some romantic and gospel songs, checked out friends' blogs...no updates, checked my uni e-mail, enjoying the breeze that came through my half-opened window.

10:00AM
Called E and M to wake them up, M said thanks and E still sounded sleepy and groggy. Read my Psychology textbook, attempting to answer the practical multiple-choice questions...Eyelids felt heavy and my mind started to wander...

11:25AM
Couldn't take it anymore, set my alarm clock at 12:00PM and went to bed.

12:00PM
Hit the snooze button on my handphone

12:09PM
Woke up reluctantly, went to take a shower.

12:35PM
Went down to have my lunch until 1:10PM

1:10PM
Had my daily serving of tea while chatting with E for a while before she rushed out to catch her bus.

1:30PM
Proceeded to read my Psychology textbook again when 2 people msged me on MSN. So I read and chatted at the same time.

2:26PM
Rushed out to catch the bus to go to the city for Human Physiology lecture which starts at 3PM. Met a friend who was catching the same bus...had a short chat.

3:00PM
Was in time for lecture...didn't feel sleepy at all during that 1 hour, and I'm so proud of myself, could absorb almost everything that's been taught.

3:50PM
Lecture ended early, as I was walking to the X1 bus stop (cause I was still deciding on whether I should get that pair of jeans I tried on yesterday, so I smsed my mom to ask her if it's worth it) when I saw the 104 bus passed me by...*sigh* oh well, shall catch the next bus.

4:00PM
Bumped into L while walking towards the bus stop, ended up having a conversation with her. Found it really great to chat with her as the conversation was meaningful and we got the opportunity to know each other better.

4:20PM
The bus finally came!! The bus was packed so L sat in front of me...we continued talking on the way back home. Realised P was on the bus as well. I don't know what happened, the conversation between L and I touched on the topic of reaching out, and I realised the importance to. Both of us agreed that when it comes to action, it's not easy at all...Through our work, we can also do so. It got me thinking why I wanted to be a psychologist in the first place.

5:00PM
Reached home, woohoo!! P didn't look too happy to see me. Came up to my room straightaway and here I am, typing this post.

Overall, my day wasn't too bad, very relaxing and meaningful, in a way...

XOXO,
Me =)

Embarrassing moment part 2

1st embarrassing moment

OK...it was a Thursday and I had my psychology tutorial at 12pm.

Before tute, I went to print out some stuff at the computer pool...I was being a little paranoid leaving my mobile phone on the computer table while I collected my printed stuff at the printer, so I brought it along.

After sms-ing with P and all, I left my mobile phone by the printer. I didn't even realise that something was missing until a girl came in the computer pool and announced "There's a mobile phone outside by the printer, did anyone here leave it outside?" OMG!! At that very moment, I just wanted to dig a hole in the ground and bury my head in it!!!

What to do right?? I just stood up, looked at the floor while walking towards the printer and mumble thanks under my breath >_<

2nd embarrassing moment

It was 11:55am, on the same day...my friend who was at the same computer pool has already rushed off for tute and so I thought I was late and started rushing as well. After packing my stuff and all, I ran to the tutorial room. As I pushed open the door, I saw the room crowded with unfamiliar faces! I thought I was late...everyone was staring at me.

"Are you really really late or are you really really early?"
I thought she was being extremely sarcastic and I thought she hated people being late so I answered, "Ermm...really really late?"
"In that case, do u mind coming for the next class cause it's pointless for u to come in for just 5 mins?"

At that very moment I realised that I wasn't late...I was early!! She was still conducting the 11-12pm tutorial!!!
It was super embarrassing!!
My friend who had gone off early came and saw the whole episode...haha...The reason I didn't see her waiting outside was she went to the toilet! *smacks forehead*

My life is always full of embarrassing moments...

XOXO,
Me

'Eventful' Day

Everything that I'm gonna say happened on Monday (23rd of April)...

That day was my friend, XX's (not Xiaxue) birthday, so after my class at 12pm, I sms-ed my friend, E, to ask her if she wants to go hunt for a birthday gift for XX together and so we decided to meet up outside McD. As expected, I ended up eating at McD whilst waiting for E...

Because the inside of McD was packed, I tumpang an old man's table together with another man who couldn't find a place to sit. The old man was friendly, he talked to me about my studies and stuff whereas the other man was super unfriendly, he kept showing his long face...and something that really bothered me was that most of the people here smoke. I think 8 out of 10 smoke here. The old man was smoking but he was considerate enough not to huff n puff RIGHT in front of me. So after talking for a while, the old man left me eating there with the other man. It was way awkward cause we didn't utter a word to each other at all and I tried to keep myself occupied by watching the world go by, which in fact I love to do. Mana tau, he took out a cigarette and started huffing n puffing....*sigh* I just felt like telling him off but decided not to, just in case he's some gangster...=S

When that man left, I was super relieved...no more cigarette smoke! After a few mins, 3 females came and asked me if anyone else was sitting with me so I said no and ushered them to sit down. They were really friendly, and I got to know that 1 of the women was the girl's mom and the other woman was her aunt. They were from Brisbane to visit the girl who's studying here. All of a sudden, I heard excited screaming...that kind of screaming you hear when you're at a concert...I turned around to see a bunch of teenage girls with hp (with cameras) and digital cameras going after a bunch of black guys. They were walking right pass me. Well, the first thing that came into my mind was that they must be some popular celebrities but I couldn't recognise them. So I asked the girl next to me, and she said it was Chris Brown!!! That US black singer!! When I turned around to take a look at his face again, all I saw was the backs of the crowd crossing the road. *sigh* Unexpectedly, they walked pass me again for the 2nd time...woohoo~ and this time I got a clear view of his CUTE face!! <3 and the girl next to me got a pic of him on her digital cam.

So the females were talking among themselves and I was minding my own business........until that girl took out a box of cigarettes and I immediately thought to myself: shit! she's gonna smoke in front of me!! help!! how can her mom allow her to smoke?! this ain't right...smoking is bad for health! -.-" Before I could hold my breath, she already lit her cigarette and I was choking and coughing already...It was damn bad...and she asked "Do you mind if I smoke?" and believe me, I was coughing so badly I couldn't answer her question. The girl said to her aunt and mom "I think we'd better go some place else to smoke, we're killing this poor girl...see, she's coughing already, we're gonna make her sick" and so they moved to the other table and it didn't do any good either cause the wind was blowing my direction and they were at the table opposite me.

When they finally went away, I felt damn relieved...phew~ when....the guy at the table next to me started smoking! My gosh...why do people smoke?! It's such a waste of money and it doesn't even do any good to your health! Since I came to aus, I always have this feeling that I'm not gonna die of old age, but because of 2nd-hand smoke! Even students at my hostel smoke...and they usually smoke at the balcony right outside my room... o.O

Anyway, back to my day...

I went window-shopping after having my McD lunch because winter's nearing and I need more warm clothes. I saw this shirt I particularly like and tried it on in the fitting room. After admiring myself in the full-length mirror for ages, I thought I'd better not buy it cause it wasn't that practical. As I was getting ready to come out of the fitting room, I realised the fitting room was unusually empty! Where was my bag?! Shit! I must have left it at McD!! I can't describe to you how nervous I was!! I rushed back to the same spot I was sitting a few minutes ago and thankfully, my bag was still sitting on the exact same chair I was sitting on...My heart was racing like mad...I was so so so thankful that it was not stolen because I practically had my "everything" in that bag - mobile phone, wallet and my room key. -.-"

Met up with esther, told her what happened before she showed up and we went shopping for XX's b'day present.

Upon reaching our hostel, I changed into my new long-sleeve shirt, tights and a denim skirt. I felt so weird cause I never dressed so feminine since I reached here...and I wore my contact lenses for the first time since February. We took off to this seafood restaurant somewhere near Tee Tree Plaza to have dinner! The dinner was OK, I ate until my stomach looked like a pregnant lady's...I was so so so full...*BURP*

p/s: I'm lazy to type liao...till next time!!