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2008-07-01T23:57:00.000-07:00

YES EXAMS ARE OVER. sorry for not maintaining the flow here..
but cuz there's days between the papers, i managed to start slacking in-between already. still, slacking feels better when it's really oveR. and i think exams are kind of like torturing youself to get a 'feel good' feeling.. when everything is over you'd feel soo good. like a big weight off your head and shoulders( i dunno why it's these 2 areas for me, maybe for others will be different areas). ya so seriously, people who take drugs, slit their wrists/thigh/hand and so on should like exams too if they have not find the correlation between them.
OK, muthu's on. my throat is doing fine. it's just my eyyeees. i think i'm ageing. the first thing i come back, will be to see the eye specialist. and i so wanna see you guys with my eyes.. haahaha! so must get it fixed first...
i am cominnggggggg! i dun feel like saying which day/date i'd be back leh.. you'd know it soon. bt 3 weeks are like peanuts.

2008-06-24T02:52:00.000-07:00

hellloooo im still alive and will be appearing in front of u bunch of juicy and delicious pple(eating grapes now, dun take it literally) in a few hundred hours time... heehe. cant type too long an entry cos my eyes are giving me problems lately.. i think im suffering from trachoma.. helppp.

2008-06-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

WAVE~~~~~~~~

all your comments are so fun to read... ;)

i miss all of you. the pple living with me are turning me into stone.

i know i m going home soon, but i m not counting down yet..

haven sit finish any paper.

right now i cant see what's ahead, other than exam.

2008-06-12T03:03:00.000-07:00

okok i will go youtube to see that clip.. rite now, im watching ' ming yun zhu ding wo ai ni' .. nice songs in it.. haha k box.. any of you watching it??
no need to go school for lessons alr, now just preparing for exam. i needa do my laundry but weather very cold at nite and im always not in my room in the day, so kept dragging it. today i went window shopping too but din buy anything.. they having sales here too.. but not very exciting.. ok i m going to wash up my plate.. and start work.. ^_*

2008-06-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

ahhhh i didn't get to watch the FRENCH OPEN! saddddd

nadal won, which is soo expected. ana ivanovic deserves her win too.. :))

2008-06-03T23:23:00.000-07:00

HELLO :)
went to the school gym yesterday. my friend brought me there. the counter security is so slack, we just walked in. i didn't have a membership and i just walked in! i shall do that again, unless my conscience creeps up on me and i surrender. there weren't many people, so it's great. it's much better than i expect.

2008-06-01T04:14:00.001-07:00

since there are good fats and bad fats, there must be good people and bad people.

2008-05-30T19:49:00.000-07:00

THE DREADFUL EYES CHRONICLES

one day i woke up with a red, roundish foreign implant right under the lower lid of my right eye. it looks so tempting to be plucked off like a weed. but having chosen to position itself near my eye, i took a few moment to weigh the situation and decided to give it a chance to end its own life.

but, till this very day, it still chose to reside under the lower lid of my right eye, which makes me feel rather cheated. at least, pay me some rent or something. it gave me nothing good, except itchiness and the fear of having to hire professional help. a friend did give me an ointment to apply on it, which may be the only good thing i got from it.

the discomfort slowly made its presence to the inside of my eyes. lately have been looking at the monitor every day, and having a dry eye symptom which i refuse to succumb to all along, my eyes are bearing the toll now. how i want my eyes to be those that can keep looking at the computer, tv all-day and still be in good condition. those kind of eyes that are made of hardcore elements, not this fragile and easily weary set im having right now. oh, let me wake up one day and have perfect vision!

the only way out now is to use the computer wisely. no more surfing around. and the weeks are shortening already, which means my concentration should be lengthening. posts are going to be more separated, but it also means that we are going to be reunited soon. yay.

i need more powwerrrrr.

2008-05-25T03:33:00.000-07:00

this morning there was a strange event outside the village. suddenly there was this cacophony of sounding car horns. it lasted for quite a well and the police was involved, i think. i didn't went out to see it, just heard the sounds of car horning and police arriving. for a start i thought the those people were trying to create music by sounding their horns.. haha.. then after that i think they're more like trying to create trouble and daring the authorities or something.. anw, i think they're pretty clever to think of such a way to be rebellious. see, if they were to sound their horns at different areas, when the police come they won't know who are the ones at it. they can just stop and the police won't know which cars are the culprit. perhaps these honkers are trying to protest against the increase in oil prices, saying " alright, i can't afford petrol and i can't start my engine. still, i have my car, so i shall use my horn that works even without petrol!" plausible rite? heh. really don't know what was the cause of it, maybe it's on the news but i got no tv here. shall read the newspaper tmr..

2008-05-22T02:26:00.000-07:00

one new thing i confirm about myself today:

I hate seeing fruits going rotten. when i buy them, i'd try to eat them up real soon, like within 3 days, or i'll feel that it's starting to rot already. on the fourth or fifth day, i can still accept it, though i will be thinking that it's already rotting inside, changing it's composition and all, just that i can't see it with my naked eye. yeah.. and i dun put them in the fridge, cause eating cold fruits just add to the bloat i am always having.

2008-05-21T03:38:00.000-07:00

i love my laptop. felt the love when i plucked in the earphones for my mp3 into it just moments ago, and it played quality music for my ears.. so cool. whoever invented it, thanks and you've contributed greatly to the lives of lots of people.. :D it's small but multi-dimensional... im so fortunate to be able to own a laptop!! haha pls dun tink i've gone crazy.. im as sane as ever

snap!

2008-05-17T07:01:00.000-07:00

ytook these immediately after cutting my fringe.. though it's getting too long, making me look even more tirrred. i just took a snap without layering. heheh now i look at myself in the foto, not much diff actually..

2008-05-14T03:28:00.000-07:00

haven been blogging lately eh.. cos no inspiration. today, im blogging bcos i think it's time i catch up on this.

when exams are over for you all, it means that exams are coming for me, which brings out the reality that if i don't pass my exams in any way, i won't be able to enjoy the time back home! ok this thought should be erased and never processed, but somehow it keeps trying to get processed. think it's because i m not too sure how hard i should be studying, and im not feeling full of new knowledge right now?
so twinie babies what good stuff have you two gotten from HK?:p lamlam where are you flying to again? gen, exams over so what you doing now?
i miss the familiarity of singapore..

2008-05-07T02:19:00.000-07:00

GOSH i just realised i din push down the lever of the rice cooker and now i hafta wait for another half an hour to eat dinner and watch gossip girl. This is one of the small little things that you wish will not happen and when it does, you'd feel so stupid and wish that you can turn back the time so that you can have your dinner on the time you planned to. x_x rice cooker, please cook my dinner faster.. as i type each letter out, let the parts that got cooked increase exponentially..

and, people keep asking me about my test grades.. i think i will start asking them too since they always ask me! haha let's compete then. fightfightfightfightfight!

2008-05-04T03:21:00.000-07:00

hey chums how are all of you?? i just finished dinner.. and surfing the webbie before i'd go and bathe. haha i just enjoy asking people these small details in their lives, then i'd have an idea of what they are doing and i'd feel rather good about that.. then i can picture them engaging in activities in my head, rather than a stiff, boring face/ half body image of them.. erm i wun think about the bathing part hor.. hahahah. :D
how i long for clear, high resolution tv to watch the shows i wanna watch! and yy, the website is awesome. im very sure my pupils dilated and the speed of my blood flow increased when i saw those stuff on that website!! haha got anymore such webbie not? can use it for instant perk-me-ups, though after that will be thinking ' how can i get my hands on these super nice things?' hey but then the price really not that expensive huh? wonder is it the quality lousy, that's why?:P

2008-04-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

the weather is sooo cold and nice today! whenever it rains here, the temperature will dip. everytime when someone asks me if it's cold today, i'll say 'just right for me, so i think it'll be cold for you.' the coldest parts of my body are my hands and head.. i think my head is feelin bit bitten by the cold..
went grocery shopping just now and i bought 800g of fish under 10 dollars, which is a first for me. fish here is expensive, so i don't normally buy it. but very quickly a 2 dollar grapefruit overwashed that victory. it's like some of them has no price stated on it, so i thought it should be alright since im only buying 1 item. and apparently, there are few different types of bananas out there, with the costliest one being the ladies-fingers type. i wanted to get the lf type just now, but after knowing that just 2 条 of it costs 3.70 dollars, i held my breath and told the auntie that i don't want it, and took the cheapest ones instead(4 条for 1.40 dollars). the auntie looked slightly affected.. ~_~! the good thing here is that u need not buy your bananas in bunches. can buy them in 条and not worry about them getting spoilt and feeling pressed to eat them up soon. oh i suddenly remembered that i didn't cook the leftover brinjal for lunch just now!! i kept half of the sliced brinjal in a container with salt, olive oil and thyme the day before.. and the brinjal costs around 3 dollars.. but very big lah. today i bought quite a lot of groceries.. i don't like the feeling of having no food to eat.. so i make sure i replenish my stock regularly.

2008-04-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

i couldn't fall asleep readily last night for i was totally craving and thinking of the pancakes that i'd be having in the morning.. [* *] i certainly take pleasure in the simple things in life, i think. the pancakes are not big-shots from some restaurant, but pre-packed ones i bought from woolworths. save me the trouble from washing the pan. i added butter, honey and bananas to it. gooood. this hol, spent a lot on food. from tmr onwards i will try to spend and eat lesser. been eating more and more lately.. i don't want to get fatter lor.. [- -]

ok, gossip girl is quite a nice show. watched eps 1 and 2 alr, can't find good streaming for eps 3. haha i like watching shows that have pretty people and clothes.. though materialism and bitchiness is overflowing in the show, i dunno why i like it. maybe deep inside my heart i wish to be like that, but im controlling myself? no no no. i think i like it cause i enjoying seeing nasty people being nasty to each other, and seeing how the whole thing plays out. hahahaha. the good, the evil and the goil( people between good and evil)- which one do you belong to?

school's starting tmr! do you think my '!' means excitement, fear or detest? my head is feeling heavy with the thought of it.. and, the weather right now is cold enough, though it may become hotter anytime as the weather here is really erratic- suddenly will become v hot or v cold.

2008-04-22T06:36:00.000-07:00

i don't think u all will be able to taste the freshnest of this entry, being busy with exams, so just make do with the mould and disappearing energy when you all get here.. ;P

i slept 3 times today. first, is the one that everybody is entitled to. then, after waking up and having brekkie in the morning, i went back to sleep at ten plus to 12 plus! then, after trying to do some studying and struggling to control my eyelids, i went to make myself lunch. after eating lunch, i slept again at 2 plus! woke up at 5pm.. i deter relating myself to some creature out there, but the image of it keeps creeping into my head.. anyways i think it's because my eyes are not in too good state these days( trying to excuse myself).. they are always so dry and puffy and hard to open. maybe im on the computer too long.. but then it's not 12 hours per day leh.. also, i think my wisdom tooth at the back of my cavity is showing signs of reactivity.. haha like volcano. it keeps growing then stopping ever since sec 4 and has not fully finished its growth till now.

yesterday, i went to do my microeconomics assignment with my other 2 groupmates at rundle street. we surveyed 30 people on that street, and the survey is about asian food, like which they like best etc.. found out that people here likes indian and italian food most and their opinion on asian food is that it's cheaper and healthier. i didn't considered the cheaper part before yesterday at all. ok, so that's what they're thinking.. surveys are actually quite fun to do, just like taking personality tests and so forth. they are the most enjoyable tests of all tests, no?
oh and there's this australian guy whom i approached to do the survey, who is the first person here which i think is cute. he was just sitting alone at the table outside one of the restaurant with the sun basked all over him. he was fiddling with his ipod all along while waiting for his friend, and he was squinting his eyes throughout. i think i should be able to differentiate him from the other locals, albeit thinking that they look so much like each other.

2008-04-17T05:52:00.000-07:00

time is passing too fast. i think that i've not done much and then it's going on to the next day already.. does sleeping 6 hours a day pose any risks to one's health? i think i'd cut down on my sleep to 6 hours a day if it does not.. ok i shall think that it does not..

2008-04-16T06:17:00.000-07:00

I m not sure why my blog turned out to be like this. just dabbled with the html thingy.. oooopssss . hopefully, i'll get it fixed. if not, i'd think of other ways.. maybe create another blog or something..

to those who having exams: 'this too will pass'
to those who don't have exams: 'this too will also pass'

so, no matter what just enjoy your day! ;)

2008-04-14T04:08:00.000-07:00

ooh im drinking the red wine i won in the lucky draw last night at the singapore association welcome dinner.. actually i got a bottle of olive oil, but they ran out of it and i got a bottle of red wine instead.. that's just what i wanted! kept thinking of getting myself a bottle recently but need passport, so was putting it on hold.. yup, the wine is nice! not too bitter, bland or acidic.. maybe bcos it's carbonated, it's nice.. it's Lambrusco Amabile Cogno, mellow red table wine.. can feel my face flushing now.. gulped two shots real quickly cause i din expect it to be so drinkable. makes me think of the champagne in my fridge in singapore waiting for me to open it when i get back in july.. bought it from dyh shop.. no time to drink it before i left:) i want to share the wine with someone but there's nobody i can think of to do so.. so let me just be selfish and drink it all by myself(not by tonight of course).

2008-04-11T05:44:00.000-07:00

the 20-year-old jane here.. turned 20 today while im not in the same territory as you all, but still, under the same sky( though it's so vast that i dun think it really makes sense, but that's what people say to make themselves feel better)

i am really thankful to those people who managed to know that it's my birthday today and said a " Happy Birthday " to me. I mean, once a year then can qualify for such treatments know!:P but then, i can't help but 'lust' over the company i'll get in singapore. can't help but did some comparisons. and u all know what's the outcome of the comparison..

so, today after the oral presentation, i lunched with vivien w, michelle w, nicole and tiffany. vivien intended to give me a surprise by making me think that it's only a me-and-her lunch and having the rest turning up, but please, i think my mind can automatically make some connections between people, especially when they are sisters and housemates. however, i really got a surprise when they got me a piece of cake with a candle on it after we finished lunch. i thought that nicole was going to get a cuppa with mich w, when it turns out that she went to get me the cake.. some more i told them that i'd be having cake at night with my housemates, so i thought they won't get me cake. ya, i ate two pieces of cheesecake today! ^^ and they are of different texture and flavour- first one is berry, and the taste is smooth and dense while the other is mango, which has a texture like mousse. received a few cards, a pouch(from bomi) and chocolates(from singaporeans) today.. thanks for all the good intentions..

2008-04-09T01:14:00.000-07:00

mud head here.. yeah i fully acknowledge that after today.
i left my usb at the computer for two times this month. after logging off the com at the commerce school com lab, i just walked away without plugging out my usb. first time, my group mate managed to give it back to me cause she left after me. the second time, i was the last to leave, so no group mate to return it to me. and i only realised it this mrng when i was about to go to school.. i really panicked( though my face is still poker face, but inside, it's like free-fall) my head at once filled up with thoughts like ' new usb know!', 'mum gave it to me one', 'powerpoint inside', 'how come im like this?', 'will someone be that mean to take it?'.. and when i went to the bus-stop with a heavy heart, the bus took so long that i almost decided that it has stopped servicing anymore. so, when it came like half an hour later and i saw the face of the bus driver, i really gave him a box in the world inside my mind. before that i called my group mate and she went to the lab to look for it, and she called me back to say that she can't find it, and no lost and found was reported at the office. upon receiving this piece of information i thought that the usb was never to be found. still, i went to the lab to meet my group mate and guess what! the usb was placed beside the computer ! my grp mate probably din see it cause it's small and the string attached to it is mostly black, like the comp itself. at that instant i really felt that God was helping me. if i were to lose the usb, my day would be even lousier, as for the past few days i wasn't feeling my life well.. so, thank you very much!!
yes, i hope that by writing up this entry, i'd come face to face with my stupidity and carelessness and strike off such vulnerabilities i create for myself.

2008-04-08T02:26:00.000-07:00

have u all seen the pics under 'from pinkie'? i try my best to provide pics know..
from next wk onwards there will be a 2-week break.. woo-hoo! although got assignments to do, im still opening my heart out to it.. the word 'holiday' has already crystallised into a gem in me that will only radiate joy after all these years of schooling. though i remember in primary school there's this short period of time where i don't really like holidays, but since then it has taken the direction it is now.
this friday is my 20th birthday.(im only gonna say im 20 at sg time 5.58pm). im not too sure why birthdays are so important in most of our lives, but more or less i think it's because it reminds us of the length of time we've been alive in this life of ours, and perhaps, how much more time we've got left. people just love to celebrate things lah. it just makes life more meaningful as we set aside time on that day to reflect about what is being celebrated with people who hold meaning in your life. having said that, this fri may be the first time in my life where i dun have many people, especially people dear to me, celebrating my birthday. oh well it's ok.. i can celebrate it by myself. i guess after that day i'll have collected a new experience that will not be easy for a person like me who does not like to remember things, to forget.

2008-04-05T16:42:00.000-07:00

*joy* i am one hour closer to u all in singapore now*yipee*no need to save the daylight anymore.. haha

2008-03-31T17:39:00.000-07:00

ooooo i finally bought a rice cooker! it's supposed to be able to steam fish/meat and vegetable as well, but the first time i tried it, the rice became porridge, the vege turned yellow.. so i think putting all of them together to cook isn't really wise, but then still, saving time and effort is what matters. but having said that, it's like i might as well not eat, budden nutrition is very important u know. if dun get enough nutrition daily, body can't function well, especially the brain, and that i really have a brain that loves food. so, have to eat..which means bothering to cook.

it's 11.23am over here now. i'm stepping out of this house at 1.30pm. hmm, what should i do with the one hour before preparing to go out? I may read my textbook, or i can choose to do whatever else i want. hmm, have to make a choice here, which means that a trade-off is involved. and when a tradeoff is involved, an opportunity cost, which refers to the highest valued alternative forgone is also being borne. ok i think i just did a bit of revision here. so im gonna choose the second choice.. :P

2008-03-28T00:12:00.000-07:00

many assignments are coming up. this means that i'll get to see what people can come up with to get a piece of the pie, which i find it so sick+morbid+incomprehensible. i always feel quite taken aback when i see those super ON people, and i'll be wondering what's in their mind and dna that makes so different from me. i mean ok, i am trying to not be lazy, get a balance and stuff, maybe that's why i find those ONiku(pple who are ON) so unadorable. and, there's this excel exam coming up next friday which i have lots to brush up on.. a lot of computer work.. and an oral presentation the following friday.. tmr, it being a sat, im gg back to school to meet my group mates at the library..

heh. so i will not be posting stuff too often the next few weeks. but rest assured that im not far away.. hohoho

2008-03-24T05:18:00.000-07:00

hello im back from the easter camp on the hills! i m now so tired and sleeeeepy. every night sleep like less than 6 hours and i have not recovered from the flu, which means that i've got blocked nose and cant breathe properly while sleeping. so ya all should know how i look like throughtout the camp and right now. however, i didn't regret going. staying at home for four days would have driven me crazy. the food was great. i think that's the most i look forward to throughout the camp. it's all prepared by the aunties of the church. really lots of work for them.. must cook for like hundred people five times a day for three days.. there's tea and supper.. then i ate this cinnamon and walnut cake which is so, so good. i think it's one of the best cake i've ever eaten.. i also got to know my new friends better. they're very nice people, always showing care and concern to others.

i have many homework to do but im really too jaded to do them now. what i want to do is to hit the pillows.. however, i want to say this out before i end this entry. since young i've always been introduced to christianity. it's like i attended a church kindergarten, i go for sunday schools, but i never fully gave myself in to God. i just can't convince myself to go to church every sunday, worship and praise God, referring everything to God and be a true-blue christian. im always standing by the circle. i find this rather hard to contemplate. the thing is that throughout my life so far im always being called to go to church, never other religions. is this good enough to tell me that i should commit myself to God cause it's fated? during the sharing session today i heard this from a girl, she's also like me, always running away.. but she said that after this camp she decided to go for it. i really don't know. i know that im not fully satisfied with my life, but is God really the answer to it? i want to be really sure why i want to do something before i commit myself.. i don't want to follow others or anything. really need to figure this out.

pictures will be up later this week..

2008-03-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

ok folks, i fell sick AGAIN. it's really a pain in the neck. i always get sick when i have sore throat, and i get sore throat so, so easily. last time the doc was saying that it's because i have a large larynx or something, that's why it gets infected so easily. im gonna cut it away man.. makes me so afraid that i'll fall sick during exams and affect my results.. and then if i stayed home during lessons then how am i going to catch up???!! so please throat, don't get sore and infected again. twice over here is enough.. -_-
im going to adelaide hill this weekend for an easter camp. thought that it should be in april one. yesterday then realised that it's the coming weekend.. it i'd known i dun think i'd go? must bring own quilt and bedsheet also.. ok so i'd be gone from this thur to next mon! after im back hopefully, there'll be lots to show and tell.. if not, let it just be a peaceful easter holiday.

2008-03-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

yesterday night we had a house dinner. there were 6 people and each of us whipped up a dish to contribute to the dinner. there were korean pancake, korean beehoon, spring onion pancake, ma-po tofu, fried dumplings, fish ball soup and salmon with vege( moi effort). a lot of foooooood. i didn't put up the group pic i took cause someone i dun fancy was in it and i dun want my cyber space to have such an unwelcoming presence. so, there's only food pics.

2008-03-16T05:17:00.000-07:00

enjoy looking at extended weather forecasts, and seeing the temperature dipping each day. inside i'll be going " Yes, yes!" :)and when it shows a raise the following day, i'll go "wah lau ay!"x_x something like seeing your bank account increasing, albeit this goes the other way round. just thinking that it should be similar even though i haven experienced increasing bank balance yet..

now i everyday engage in studying or internet. never go anywhereeeeee. so far whatever people say about this place is really true..

2008-03-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

i did it. got up at 7am to jog. you guys are still sleeping at 4.30am over there.. the after-jog feeling is different from that in singapore.. u won't sweat as much, your body feels dryer, and the air you breathe in smells different too.. when running past buses and cars the people inside will turn there heads to look at you(head-turner sia..), as if they've never seen people jogging before. now you can imagine how the people here are so not into exercising.. but i think the young does exercise through gyming or dancing because of image and fashion-conscious wise but the older people just don't give a heck about it? they don't protect their skin too. the elderly here has succumbed to gravity far more greater than the asian elderly. you can't imagine how can a fine, young and pretty lady can turn out to be like when she's old(eyes drop out).totally two different individuals i would say.

2008-03-13T00:58:00.000-07:00

heya! just to make sure to all of ya that im alive and breathing here at adelaide. the weather is the hottest that i've ever experienced. 40 degrees. even higher than my body temperature!! words can't describe how much i detest the heat.
hmm, my life now practically revolves around getting used to the education system here. the friends i've made are all scattered around for we all have different courses and if not, class times, and they stay rather far from me, so it's really hard to get together. i will try to take some pics of the lecture theatre and stuff, when the weather is cooler..no mood now ._.
today a student advisory staff commented that she really admire international students cause she herself would never go overseas to study. it's too scary for her.. she say she don't quite understand why we'd want to go to another country to study. actually, i myself ain't too sure about why i m here either. i wouldn't say that it's exactly fun, but more of 苦中作乐. u leave your family and friends who you are so dear and comfortable with, and coming to another country to start on a blank piece of paper is definitely not that much of a joyous thing. it's more of a challenge to yourself . stretching your limits and discovering new things about yourself , other people, places etc. learning how to get a grip with your own life. getting used to the fact that uncertainties are part and parcel of life. of course, it's great to be able to have a change in environment to study and be more appreciative of the things you have.
that's how i think of it right now. how i'd think in future, is again, uncertain.
wailam the time difference between here and singapore is two n a half hours. so if u go online at singapore time 11pm, it'll be 1.30 over here for me. so that's perhaps why we dun get to meet online?
tmr im going to wake up at 7am to jog with my housemate, so as to beat the heat. i dun relli like to exercise in the morning, but here im doing it now. adjusting. i dun think i'd sign up for the uni gym, cause it's so packed every time. exercise facilities are scarce here. business opportunity anyone? :P

2008-03-09T16:58:00.000-07:00

COOL WORD

noblesse oblige(noh-blesse o-bleech)

acc. to oxford paperback:

noble people must behave nobly;priviledge entails responsbility

love words, things that speak a lot. but i don't like people who speak a lot in a noisy, cluttered and nonsensical way. makes my head throb.

2008-03-07T22:34:00.000-08:00

i just got myself a printer.. education is really expensive..kudos to my parents. it costs 78 aud with the cable. the school only gives us a quota of 300 pages per semester, which is so meagre.. i even resorted to squeezing four pages onto one page so as to save both ink and paper. we have to print our lecture slides, tutorial questions and projects by ourself. no more asking the class chairman or subject rep to go to the photocopying centre and distribute it to you. everything is DIY. i'm still trying to adjust to this. sometimes, i admit that i'll feel rather insecure and scared, but i just try to control it and tell myself that it's just like this, accept it. just now while i was waiting for the bus to come, the bus took ages and during the wait, i chatted up with this professor guy who is also lamenting about the bus system here. he is a professor in melbourne rmit college, and is here for a holiday. monday is a public holiday as it's the adelaide cup and he's going there to watch it. ok besides all that, he was telling me that ya, university is all about learning to be independent, it's better to start early than when u are working. very nice person. also gave me other advice. but my bus came when he's showing me where's the adelaide cup held at on the map, and i got no chance to get a contact or something. hey i'm not trying to hook him up, it's just plainly because i think he gives good advice as he's more experienced in life and i hope to get more guidance..people professor leh..

ok this is one of the days that i feel like shutting off from the rest of the world.. then i'll be thinking that all these may just be an illusion~~~~~~~~~

2008-03-06T02:22:00.000-08:00

how are you all?? seems like i update about myself but I don't really know what's going on with you kakis.. also, never hear some of your voices for what seems to me, a very long time..
well, things pretty alright for me here, except for the horrible sun. if only it'll not emit such ultra-violet laser rays, i'll be a much happier inhabitant on this piece of land called adelaide.
one of the things i'd do when i get back to singapore is to go waruku for jap food.. then, movies. chinese garden. cut and dye hair nicely. play piano. watch korean dramas. the list just goes on.. know it's tad too early to be so enthusiastic about going home, but, can't help it.. :P will go book the air ticket in july these few days..

hell's gonna break loose

2008-03-04T02:41:00.000-08:00

yup that's it. i think it'll be a very demanding and heavy semester ahead.. especially for information systems, where much has to be done within these few months. ok take a deep breath jane, don't worry and just eat, sleep, go toilet and study everyday.. although there's more than that in everyday life, but that's how i try to simplify things.

so how's the terrorist thingy progressing in singapore? he's really creating fear already for his escapade.. haha this time singapore really lose face huh.. again there's really all sorts of people out there. mean, irritating, proud, boorish, evil and weird are some negative qualities detected by moi recently, with some having multiple of them. of course, there are those who are nice, gentle, easy-going, considerate, kind and helpful. guess there just have to be the good and bad to balance things up.

THE BLOGGING COIN

2008-03-04T00:17:00.000-08:00

HEADS:

1. CAN KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FRIENDS BACK HOME

2. EXPRESSES VARIOUS EMOTIONS

3. ACT AS A DIARY, THOUGH THIS BLOGGER DOES NOT LIKE TO TAKE DOWN UNHAPPY HAPPENINGS

4. CAPABLE OF CREATING STORM IN BRAIN WHEN COMTEMPLATING WHAT TO WRITE ON

FLIPPING OVER...

TAILS:

1. WILL KEEP WANTING TO SEE IF FRIENDS LEFT COMMENTS AND IF THERE'S NONE, WILL FEEL BIT SAD(HINT)

2. RIGID AND SLOW SYSTEM OF UPLOADING PICTURES

3. EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP BLOG FRESH AND UPDATED SO AS TO NOT DISAPPOINT

HEADS 4, TAILS 3 ---->HEADS WIN:)

The Weekend Before School

2008-03-02T00:57:00.000-08:00

strawberry field 1

strawberry field 2

me at strawberry field 1(note the top im wearing)

me at strawberry field 2

strawberry pickers

cafe at german village

german village

sweet shop at german village

pastries at german restaurant

german mixed grill

my eyes are blurry now after being under the sun the whole afternoon, but i want to create this post while my memory is as fresh as the strawberries i picked in the afternoon.

so, i went to pick strawberries at Hahndorf with a group of malaysians. we took a bus there. the entry fee per pax is $3, but u can pick and eat all you want within 2 hours. any strawberries that you picked and didn't eat, you can buy them back. anyway, i ate finish mine within the 2 hours. the strawberries are sweet, but not plentiful like the months before. so i didn't manage to capture a field full of red, big strawberries.. nevermind one day WE can go together when the fields are filled!:)

after that, we went to have lunch at a german restaurant in the german village. ( I think Hahndorf is the name of the german village..) many of them went there a few times already, but they always bring friends who are new to adelaide there. yup the food is great. very meaty.. we were all trying to have a good meal before school starts. besides that, the german village has other small, authentic shops that sells different produces. the fudge there is said to be nice but i didn't get any. saw a few nice souvenirs but i also didn't get any. think it's too early to buy them now..

so there's many pictures today, right? I think pinkie takes great shots.. anyhow take also can have nice-coloured pictures.. ^^

Hello Pals!

2008-02-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

yesterday night i went for a bbq at a church. my friend's homestay mum is a member of that church, and so my friend asked me to go for it is meant for people new to adelaide, and thus even if you are not a christian, you can go too.. the food is awesome for someone who has to take care of her meals everyday. beehoon, fried rice, sausage, chicken and satay.. the homestay mum is a singaporean, and she made all the satays herself! i think food really bonds people and can show how sincere you are? i only managed to take a pic of what my plate is like, for there's nothing much worthwhile to take there..just people. people whom i just met which i don't feel appropriate to capture them into my cam, yet. haha u know how particular i am about such things..so sorry for the lack for visual stimulation on my blog these days eh.

later i'll be going ikea, mainly to eat at their restaurant and then doing a bit of looking around.. i think i need to get some storage boxes as my room looks rather disorganised. but i have to get lightweight storage for i most likely will be moving out at the end of the year..

2008-02-27T23:55:00.000-08:00

went woolworth's just now in the afternoon. saw this local girl plucking a grape to eat, and i asked her if there's seed in it. she said there's no seed in the grape. so i bought some back. after washing the grapes and popping one into my mouth, i thought, really, " never trust an australian!" the grapes contain seeds!! ok i should have known it myself since they are much bigger than the rest, but i just gave hope that there's big AND seedless grapes out in the market now. or maybe that girl just happened to eat the one and only grape without seed. x_x

received the parcel from my parents today. wasn't at the village when the postman arrived thirty min before i did. so i went to the post office after putting my things down and carried the parcel back on my own. there are files, 2 txbks and 2 stuffed toys which my mum grabbed from my room. thought that she bought two new animals for me but it's actually taken from my room..!! i guess she just put it into the box since there's still space and they are very light. but they are so small.. also i am afraid that the textbook on information systems isn't the right one to have as it does not contain the important access card. well, it's written" you have to have the access card or you will fail the subject" in the textbook list, so lknow where the anxiety is coming. i hope that i don't have to get a brand new book here just to have the access card? *pleasseee, noooo*

missing person

2008-02-26T21:35:00.000-08:00

name: dai yi han

address: somewhere in yeo chu kang

occupation: wine drinker/seller cum student

last seen: at westmall

i invite you to come here for so long already and i never see you leaving a single comment. sigh~ kindly keep in touch, dead or alive?

2008-02-26T20:42:00.000-08:00

what a morning! i woke up at nine today, and was supposed to go see a course advisor at 10.30am. so, i left the house at 10am and decided that i shall walk to the place using the short-cut my friend took me the other day. i ended up walking in circles twice and did not turn up for the appointment. (i know, lousy right) anyway the questions i wanna ask is not that of a hurry. so i went to get the textbook from the uni bookshop instead. after that, i wanted to go pay for my accomodation fee at the student centre. just as i was about to enter my pin number, i couldn't come up with my pin! thereafter i went to the hsbc atm to try to configure the pin number. cannot. so i called my mother and asked her for the pin then i went back to the student centre to try to make the transaction. but i couldn't make the transaction because i've tried my pin number for three times already today. ya, this morning was just walking around and bumping into walls!

been doing groceries shopping everyday. eating up food far too fast? haha can only laugh to make things not that of a big deal. first month here still trying to get used to the place, so have not been doing much budgeting. i think i should limit myself to doing groceries shopping three times a week? but if i do it bit by bit everyday will it be better? i shall see how it goes..

i think australians are used to telling lies everyday. my friend told me that a survey conducted shows that the most common lie being spoken by aussies is when others ask them " How are you doing today?" and they replying "I'm fine." also, as i was busy searching for the building this morning, i happened to see a woman talking on the phone. she was late and was telling the person in the phone, " I will be there in 2 seconds." come on man. it'll take up 2 seconds already with you walking not more than 3 steps! unless the person you are meeting is right in front of you but you just wanna use your handphone to make your plan worthwhile. i even heard a "1 second" the other day at the village counter. shudders..0_0

i think i will try blogging in chinese some day. Look out for it!

2008-02-25T22:54:00.000-08:00

i feel sooo much better after going for a run. just went to run around the village for around 20 min, as afterall i am in a foreign country and running by myself, i still feel kind of apprehensive about running outdoors here. been feeling more and more restless and uncomfortable the past few days and i was really yearning to go and sweat it out. so as you can see, i am a big advocate of exercising. i need it. i'll try looking out for suitable candidates to run with me, which i think will be quite an impossible hunt?
today i went to sign up for singapore association club, chinese club and tennis club. i'll jump straight to the last one. it's social tennis for a start and no fees are attached. but i know that they are going to charge us sooner or later, just a tactic to lure members to join. but anw, i am looking forward to the first session! ^^so far i've eaten at two bbq sessions at campus, and i like it quite a lot. the ingredients are very simple- white bread, sausage/veggie pattie/chicken pattie and sauce. so it's true that the simple foods taste the best...gonna make it myself at the hostel some day.
hello songyi. when is your second blog coming up after your bogus piesbakescookies? quick think of a new name or you are going to be the one who can't last!

there's no need for a title

2008-02-24T02:51:00.000-08:00

school's starting in a week's time! i put the exclamation mark there to remind myself that i should feel happy and excited about it.. this means that i am one week away from leaving my non-student-and-work life, which i think will most likely happen just once in this lifetime of mine. am i sad? a bit more than a bit. it's hard to stop slacking when u haf been so much of a slacker, u know? but i think it's time for me to get some new knowledge running through the neurons and synapses in my brain, though i think watching movies does so for me too..heheh. and if there's a job which teaches workaholics how to slow down and slack, i will definitely qualify for it.
btw this blogspot doesn't allow me to upload pics where i want them to be uploaded. it always get uploaded onto the beginning when i want it to be after the words i've typed. arghhh. or is it because i dunno how to manoeuvre it?

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2008-02-23T04:17:00.000-08:00

i just watched finished the korean movie "my scary girl" a few seconds ago on veohtv(thanks yj) and came here immediately. it's a wacky movie. a comedy and some parts really tickled my funny bone. surprised also to see the merlion at the end part of the show. they actually filmed part of it in singapore!! woo-hoo. and the lead actress in the show said something of being a patriot of your country when u r abroad, which hit the right note on my chord( pls tell me if i've phrased this wrongly). so u guys could catch this show if u have the time! ok just blogging about this today..

pics

2008-02-22T01:36:00.003-08:00

housemate rainie yang. haha

come join me in the photo..

foamy like beer

dangerous rocks. freak waves appear here.

out of the city

2008-02-22T01:03:00.000-08:00

went to Victor Harbour and a Wildlife Park today. It was enjoyable. It was when me and other two friends got caught in a heavy and wild rain that made the most impression on me today. it's like it rarely rains here in adelaide. and i think today is the one and only heavy rain here? haha. it poured onto us while we are trying to get back to the shore for lunch after visiting a place extended by a bridge. the wind was really something. it sent rain drops hitting hard against our skin and the cold it conjured was stinging. when i got to the shore, my pants stuck to my legs like i've just come out of water. the subway i ate subsequently was great, though perhaps it was because i really needed food. i also proceeded onto a lasagna pie which i bought at the bakery beside subway. yummmm. the international students staff saw me eating it and commented that i've become a real australian. ok so eating pies make you australian..

i've visited lots of wildlife parks in the previous times i visited australia so i won't go into the details. just that this park is generous enough to let you touch the animals real close. it's like u can treat it as your pet. the lambs there aren't beautiful though. the koalas look so lazy and carefree that they seem really appealing..:P

yes above are some pics taken earlier today. i forgot to take the photos of some of the food that i had cause it's just not a habit of mine, yet. and besides, all i want to do after seeing nice food is tucking in.

the first dinner i cooked here

2008-02-21T02:42:00.002-08:00

straight-out-of-pot meal

what's this: "singapore noodle" + pork cubes+lettuce+no msg chicken stock+kimchi and chilli as side dish

rating: 6/10

the village im staying in hasn't got much kitchen tools. damn it.

feeling better

2008-02-19T23:04:00.000-08:00

yay today the weather is back to the way i like it. cold, can layer, layer, layer. went to see the doctor, wait. i can't bear to use a word when i know it's inappropriate. u see, i went to the clinic at the uni today but i don't feel like i've been given consultation by a doctor at all. he just told me what i told him, which is that i've gotten a flu. then, he just wrote a product down on a small piece of paper and askme to get it at any pharmacy. if that's the case i shouldn't have visited the clinic at all. going straight to the pharmacy on my own will do. moreover, before going to the clinic one still has to make an appointment. pls, it's not like i'm going for a facial?! wahhhbianngayyy. can't stand it. all thanks to singapore for making me a spoilt brat and finding everything elsewhere such eyesores? hahaha but i like it. so from today onwards i'll really be careful to not fall sick here. pls let me only fall sick when i'm in singapore.

i haven't watched a nice show for ages( to me two weeks is considered ages already). again, i feel like i'm like dieting. i miss the dinners in front of the telly. shouldn't go on to the "i miss__" list or i'll be feeling depressed at the end of it? ok maybe this weekend i'll go catch a movie, lest i do not find someone to go with me.

i wish i'm not, but i'm missing home...

from pinkie

2008-02-18T01:48:00.000-08:00

campus

rundle street

tuna with flour. can't remember the name

glenelg beach

glenelg beach seen from a rocky platform on the sea

purple haivanas. 19.95 aud. cheaper rite?

me saying hi!

oh my gawd i cant believe i've just uploaded pics onto the net! i think i need some time to get used to it.. know that pics are important attractions of a blog so hafta do it.. hahaha

roasted jane

2008-02-18T01:15:00.000-08:00

in the room before the roasting session

wahhh. today the temperature is 39 degrees celsius. was late for the library tour and ended up attending the lecture about university life. after that had lunch at david jones food court. ate singaporean noodles with sweet n sour pork and pepper chicken for 6.70 aud. not too bad. after that was supposed to attend a writing essay lecture, but walked off during the break. there's no air-con in the lecture theatre and i felt very uncomfortable inside. so i went to get some groceries instead at woolworth's. bought a pot whereby i can just throw noodles, meat and vege in to cook and eat from. no need to wash bowl. haha. but i think i will prefer using it when the weather turns colder? right now i cant stand ingesting hot soups.

in relation to wailam's comment, ya, nothing beats u guys man. it's like i've met quite a number of new faces lately, but none of them so far emits the same kind of vibes as you all do. the feeling is just not the same. however i guess i shouldn't be too greedy and expect too much from others? i got pissed off by someone today but i don't feel the need to talk about it. it happened but i got passed it quickly. ok i think i am almost forgetting about it already.

hmm, today my dinner is a big green apple, a pear, bunch of green grapes from my housemate, can of tuna and vanilla yoghurt. i haven't got all the ingredients to cook yet so i just eat conveniently. and my throat feels like it's going haywire. have been popping panadols again to keep the fever at bay.

ok I've finally created a blog

2008-02-17T03:40:00.000-08:00

ya at the spur of the moment, after taking a bath, i've decided to CREATE A BLOG. i dunno how long will this last, but for now, i'll type my best. but first, hold on. i think i'll go cut my nails cause it's rather inefficient to type with nails. nah i shall tolerate it.

so, today is the first day of the second week that i'm in adelaide. went to glenelg beach when the temperature is a freaking monstrous 37 degrees celsius! i dun want to get stuck in the village(hostel) by myself with nothing to do so i went. the university guides just brought us there and we are on our own after a boring life-saving talk under the sun. when they talked till the point about lots of australians having skin cancer due to sun exposure, i was like thinking, do you know what are you talking about?! If so why are you making us listen to you under the australian sun?! the next incident is where i was buying dinner at nando's, together with 2 bottles of mount franklins- one for myself and the other for a friend. my friend took his mount franklin first and went back to his seat. after the person got me my change, i told him that i've bought 2 bottles of mount franklins. he went to get me 2 bottles of it, forgetting that he had already given one to my friend already. so, we got an extra bottle tonight. a few days ago while i was riding the bus with my parents to school, my father asked the driver where's hsbc bank, and the driver said that he does not know. right after that when my father looked to his left, he saw the bank. im not going to say things straight. you all think for yourself...

im so glad that i've got my room changed. this one is so much more comfortable. bigger, quieter and with nice housemates. ^_^ 2 of them are singaporeans, 1 korean. there's one more but she hasn't come back yet. i've yet to start cooking cause i've been busy moving room and didn't have time to shop for groceries. the supermarkets here closes really early. like 5pm. so i can't go and buy whenever i feel like it. must plan. i must say singapore is just so much more convenient! thus these days i've been eating prepacked vege, canned tuna and bread whenever i eat at home. hey im not really comfortable calling here my home yet know.. and i think i should start bringing a container when i go out so that i can take away the food if i can't finish it due to it's large portion. normally i'll just leave the food behind, but since here food costs so much more i shall try not to do that.

i have not taken any photos of my room yet, cause i think it's not ready for phototaking. maybe some time later? my msn and skype isn't working yet. tmr i'd ask the counter IT personnel to check my new broadband connection. it should be working by tmr?

cant upload pics. will try again the next time.