Falling like the leaves in autumn

Sunday, August 31, 2008
6:58 AM

Sun, 31 Aug 2008
Day 191

tomorrow marks the end of winter! yahoo! but the weather is still cold =( i wish there's a clear distinction btwn winter and spring. as in, when winter ends, the cold goes away, that kind of thing. but tt's just wishful thinking.. i noe..

i've been rather slpy these few days. my concentration span is so poor my sch work progress is so slow. i tend to drift off to lala land every 10 mins.. hehe..

we had a feast last night. STEAMBOAT!! haha man! i tink the no. of steamboats we have here is more than that we have back home. very shiok to hav sth hot during winter la. cant help it. HAHA! there was a wide spread of food, ranging from japanese udon, tanghoon, yong tau foo, chicken, squid, scallops, cabbage, fuzhou fishball, meatballs. this time, we were smarter not to bring out too much food. so the amt of food that night was just nice for us. not too little nor too bloated =)

there's a new shop tt just opened in carousel nt long ago. i went in to have a look with amanda and i love the things they sell. dear.. i noe wad to get u for ur bdae le >.< have fun guessing! wahaha..

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
3:25 AM

Tue, 26 Aug 2008
Day 186

On saturday, i went to work in the late morning till afternoon, then went to church and later, went out to celebrate my first tuition free wk of this semester. it was a time to relax, to enjoy, to relieve stress. i had a smashing time! initially, amanda was supposed to join us but she decided against it when she came home late from her rowing competition and was exhausted. the night started when mama and sharon helped me to put on makeup. i noe.. my youngest sis helping me to make-up. such an embarrassment! haha.. at abt 9.30pm, stella came to pick me up. we then drove to caren's place and finally to Utopia (aka kbox).. Chang Xu (aka SHIT) was already in the karaoke room when we entered. it seems he has been there since 9 plus and we oni reached around 10.30pm. the song selection is rather good! the english song selection here is way better than kbox back in spore haha.. at least they have rihanna songs and some other new ones too. but the rest are still old. u can tell from the mtvs. of course, there are chinese songs and korean ones too!

that is SHIT on the left and caren on the right..

from the left, stella and her sister, henna.. they're south koreans. it's a pity they oni sang 1 korean song cos they said the rest were VERY OLD..

caren and me..

the four of us =)

we finished singing at 12am. wanted to go to metros. metros is a club. a place where pple drink and dance to nice music. i heard it's the biggest club in perth. most asians go there too. so u see almost the whole club filled with black hairs haha! the night is so chilly. we had to walk from where we parked our car to utopia and then from utopia to metros. i was shivering man.. teeth chattering like mad. but once we were inside metros, it wasnt so bad.

Before we were allowed entry into metros, we had an ID spot check. to check if we were of legal age to be partying. once it was done, we had a chop on our hand. after which, we had to pay $15 to enter. wad a reap-off right?! i also had to pay $4 to put my stuff away. i only carried some cash in my jeans and my handphone.

i took this picture with my handphone before i started partying.

-- me and stella --

the whole time i was dancing away to the awesome music.. and had 2 drinks. the first was yagabomb (red bull with some alcohol). there was a way to drink it. u had to drop the shot of alcohol into the glass of red bull and drink it down quickly. the 2nd was tequila.. the drinks are so expensive ah.. just one shot of tequila for $9 and the yagabomb cost $12. yikes! i wasnt drunk, thank goodness! heex.. the dancing was ok.. but it got really squeezy at about 2am. cos there were SOOO many pple. hardly enuff room to dance, always bumping into others. there was also one guy who suddenly pulled me into his circle of friends and they surrounded me, pulling a jacket over my head. i was so shocked i ran away la!! Despite his failed first attempt, he pulled my other 2 friends in one by one. after which, he pulled all 3 of us in!! and we were dancing inside their circle -.- so weird. i cant help feeling uncomfortable when i notice some guys nearby who look like they are interested in my friends, that's why they are dancing so close to them. so creepy sometimes. but overall, it was a good first clubbing experience for me. i felt bad when i told stella that i wanted to go home at 2.30am cos' i had work tmr and didnt want to drop dead during my shift or worse still, make the burgers wrongly. normally they end at 3 or 3.30am. so sry guys.. i hope nxt time we go clubbin again i wldnt hav to work the nxt day then we wldnt need to go home early =D

that's my saturday. i had an enjoyable time while working yesterday, a monday. we were kidding around with nicknames. one of my co-workers, rohan, had a few. ronnie, han han, rosie, chris (jackie chan's partner in rush hour). he gave himself 2 more nicknames. KFC and KK. u noe wad they are?! King of Front Counter and King of Kitchen. SO HILARIOUS LA! we were laughing like mad.. cant believe he came up with tt!!! I love monday shifts. they're the slackest day of the wk. at abt 2.30pm, there was nth much to do so rohan got a 5 inch bun and digged a hole into it. later, he dropped it into oil to cook it. and tada~! we got a DONUT! how cool is tt? after he took it out, he sprinkled it with sugar and divided it into pieces for all of us to try. it was not oni delicious but crispy! YUM! later we tried chocolate donut. poured chocolate syrup on top of the donut. wao! that was irresistable too! we even tried fried pancake. HAHA! it was so funny it didnt feel like i was working at all. haiz.. but rohan is leaving for india in 1.5 wk's time. he's gonna be there for a yr.. to find an IT job there. he didnt have any luck here despite searching for so long. but it's gd la.. i mean, who wants to work in hungry jack's for the rest of their life? hope he can find a job there. but we'd all miss him. he nv fails to make everyone laugh. it's gonna be quiet in the kitchen without him around =( i hope in the remaining time, we will make it memorable for him..

Thursday, August 21, 2008
5:12 AM

Thur, 21 Aug 2008
Day 181

i went to the tavern again =) bought the special todae. pizza and pint! i've been wanting to eat it since last wk. lol.. and i finally did! shared it with stella.

the pint was beer btw.. tasted bitter to me. yucks! >.<>

and there.. on popular demand, my hair! haha.. it's MUCH shorter and manageable now. thx to sharon!!! =) not bad eh, u must agree? can u imagine my hair was WAY longer than this b4 this photo?

woohoo! this is my last day of uni b4 the tutorial free wk. i can party now! going to club on sat with stella.. cant wait! and i can FINALLY write back to sean and zx.. hehe.. sry to keep u guys waiting!

Monday, August 18, 2008
6:34 AM

Mon, 18 Aug 2008
Day 178

i'm so happy todae =) i learnt how to make breakfast at hungry jacks.. which makes me a more useful person!!! hehe..

sharon cut my hair.. she's quite meticulous eh.. quite the contrary to her messy style of leaving things all around. HAHA.. now my hair is short and sweet. not too short but still able to tie =) i cldnt stand my hair being so long and dry at the ends so i got her to cut for me. FREE OF CHARGE! muahaha.. and she did a rather good job. heh heh..

Sunday, August 17, 2008
1:00 AM

Sun, 17 Aug 2008
Day 177

mum made spring rolls todae. i came home from work at 3pm to be greeted with spring rolls!! i was famished then. didnt have lunch. this is the first time she made spring rolls and they're super yummy! got lots of ingredients inside. meat, spring onions, carrot etc.. and tang hoon! special hor.. very nice =)

Friday, August 15, 2008
7:50 AM

Fri, 15 Aug 2008
Day 175

i sort of HATE and LOVE accounts at the same time. i hate that we have to spend so long balancing the accounts. i spend 5 hrs on a SINGLE question!!!!! GOSH.. terrible ah... and another 1 hr on the last question. but when u get to balance it, u feel a sense of accomplishment =)

we attended a church service this evening. it's the day of the Assumption of Mother Mary. the atmosphere here and back home in spore so different. i remember we have to always leave for church 1 hr earlier in spore cos the church will be SUPER packed with pple. the church was renovated to accommodate more pple. and i must sae it's quite big le. BUT still gt pple standing at the side and chairs were provided for outside the church somemore.. over here, the church is quite empty. so little pple turned up -.- and there was no choir =( i find that my attention span during the mass service is so short because i cant understand wad the priest is talking about and the choir is so boring. i LOVE going to church in spore la.. the sermon that the priest gives is soo interesting.. and the choir is heavenly!!! haiz.. i miss HOME..

i learnt from wei leong that the table tennis women's team made it to the olymipics finals.. woohoo!!! table tennis rocks! i hope they get a GOLD and it'll be spore's first =) kambatte!!

oh yea.. the ans to my previous entry.. i weighed 45kg with my jackets on (i wore 4 layers of clothes). when i took 2 jackets off, i weighed 43kg. HAHA! i cant believe they weigh 2 kg -.-

Thursday, August 14, 2008
5:43 AM

Thur, 14 Aug 2008
Day 174

my longest day of uni is here again. i met jeremy on the way to sch.. i didnt recognise him at first. i thought i did when he turned around to look at me but i just chose to ignore it, tinking i didnt. But when i was just about to alight, i got a gd look and i remembered. haha.. so paiseh ah. he recognised me from the moment i boarded the bus. i didnt noe my photographic memory skills were so bad. i cldnt really recognise him without his cap. anway, remember i told ya i can talk to him like we've known each other for very long? yea.. we talked again, all~ the way until lecture started. lol..

for lunch, i went to the tavern bar under david's influence and had beer-battered chips. btw, the tavern is within the sch campus. cool right? sad to sae, i cant realli taste the difference btwn normal chips and those tt are beer-battered >.< hehe.. sry dav.. i just cant! =p i wanted to try the special todae - pizza and pint for $11. but nobody wanted to share the pizza with me =( david had buffalo wings and chips. oh the buffalo wings is just a fancy name, it's actually chicken wings but they're super delicious - crispy on the outside and tender, juicy on the inside. and u noe la.. my appetite not that huge. so i needed help with the fries. but stella had lunch already so she couldnt help alot. stella is someone i just met this semester. i got to noe her thru the same 3 tutorials i had. interestingly, we didnt plan our timetables tgt but we gt 3 similar tutorials out of 4. haha.. she's from south korea but cos' she's been living here for quite some time, she speaks like an australian. i always thought she's from malaysia. =D

she drove me to carousel after our last tutorial. she lost her way twice. said she rarely drives there from uni.. mmm.. but still very sweet of her to give me a lift. and this adds to one of my list to do's - learn driving. HAHA!

my sister just told me they threw my bear bear into the washing machine tis morning and hanged him out to dry cos they cldnt stand the smell of it and the wash load was not full. awwww.. my mum didnt tell me when i gt home cos she wanted me to smell it first and realise it myself. haha.. little did she noe tt amanda spilled the beans. heh heh..

mum bought a weighing scale a few days ago. my first try: 45kg. argh!!! grow fat le.. 2nd attempt: 43kg! YEH! my normal weight. guess wad happened? ;P

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
6:25 AM

Tue, 12 Aug 2008
Day 172

i must say the winter this year is much better than the year before. the number of sunny days is definitely more than last year. but there's still the cold wind. mmm but still better than no sun =)

i'm getting used to work now. learning more stuff bit by bit. i was surprised when the managers took the effort to celebrate someone's bdae. bought him a log cake and those who were free sang a bdae song. there wasnt enough cake to go around but i got a piece! hehe..

aiyo.. my hair is so hard to manage now. it has already reached half my body. i never kept hair that long la.. see wad happens when i dun cut my hair for 6 mths?! huh! dun even talk about my fringe wor..

i had a happy start to my long day of university todae. i msg dear that i dreamt of him last night and he said he dreamt of me too! haha so coincidental. the thing is, he rarely dreams of me. so i was shocked that he did. i really wish there was such a thing as being able to REALLY feel the other person physically when both parties are dreaming of each other at the same time. it's been a LONG time since i last saw him. 5 mths and 3 wks to be exact, and still counting. i won't be able to do so until my 9 mths here is up. but i must sae it's quite a feat that we're still together despite the distance. after THIS long.. it is terrible for any couple to be separated and we're no exception. i can only pray that time will pass faster and that we won't feel the drag. i really miss u dear! =)

Thursday, August 7, 2008
5:12 AM

Thur, 7 Aug 2008
Day 167

It surprises me that i am still alert and energetic after a long day of uni 8am-5pm. maybe it's due to my last 2 tutorials. they're really fun! especially the last tutorial. it never fails to make me laugh. i made friends with someone new today =) he arrived late for lecture. and the seat beside me was vacant so he sat next to me. jeremy from brunei. i didnt noe i can chat so much with someone whom i just met! he's one semester ahead of me, doing the same double major, so basically he has completed almost all of my units. we even exchanged email address eh.. haha. but i felt really comfortable when talking to him. it's like i've known him for some time now. the feeling is just so weird la. anyway, i brought 3 pieces of bread from home for lunch today. i ate it during my first break. and i thought that's it. i'll just have a packet of biscuits later on. but i was hungry again the next break which was 2 HOURS LATER!! i had a box of spaghetti with meatballs somemore! aiyoooo.. growing fat already. the lady who served me was so generous with the meatballs. She gave me 7 while the other lady scooped for others 3! WOO!

During the last tutorial (communication in business), we got ourselves into groups for presentation. you know how we formed our groups? out tutor got us to line ourselves up with people born in the same country gathered together. then he numbered us "1,2,3,4". and all the "1"s got into 1 group. the "2"s in another group and so on. so effectively, wad he did was split us up so that each group will have a member that has a different culture from us. he said, "that's wad communication is all about!" HAHA.. quite cool actually, cos my group has someone from kenya (africa), hong kong, vietnam, india and ME (s'pore)! well my group is special (got 5 pple). LOL talk about working with different people. but it's good in a way. i bet in s'pore, u dun realli get to work with LOTS of other people with a different culture from u. I like this day =) it's supposed to be dreadful as it's my longest day but NAAA! heex.. *psst! my hong kong group mate is really handsome haha!*

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
7:39 AM

Tue, 5 Aug 2008
Day 165

First things first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EUNICE! =)

i got my first pay! yippe! earned $163 but i was taxed $47!!!! wad the hell! why they tax so much?! all my hard earned money just literally goes out into their pockets! i better check with my boss cos' according to my friends, i'm not supposed to be taxed that heavily cos' im a permanent resident. sheesh.. wan to take my money. no way man! plus i'm getting my 2nd pay check very very soon. i tink they already deduct the tax from my 2nd pay -.- haiz.. too late.

In one week, i received so many letters from accounting companies who are offering PAID vacational employment during summer because i'm a 2nd year student now. haiyo.. but i GOING HOME! so wasted.. i bet if i'm being paid to do that kind of work, my pay will definitely be much higher than my current job. but i dun have the chance! accounting jobs are aplenty here but most of them require experienced pple or worse still, the companies are mostly in industrial areas or remote parts of perth. u NEED a car to travel to work. so that's the main reason why i cant get an accounting job. although i want to and i REALLY hope i can do so cos' it'll help in my future job employment. it's not like s'pore where almost every place on the island is accessible by train or bus. This is PERTH. the buses are so irregular and they don't go to all the places u want to go -.- this sucks.

david got me another soft toy again. he surprised me with a mickey magician stitch. haha! so huge la! it was supposed to be mine but i preferred the bear he gave to caren so i traded the stitch for her bear. hehe.. so cute and soft la! i'm a sucker for soft toys. LOL.. i wanted to add another stitch to my large collection of stitches but i was tempted to get the bear. HAA! my mum likes the bear. even more than the other bear that ying hui helped me buy cos' it's smelly and looks scary to her =( but i dun care. I LOVE IT.. and she cant do anything abt it =p HEH..

see? it has a pink striped scarf to keep it warm, especially in this winter!!

Ta-dang! just something random. i felt like putting it up =) such a pity i lost the other half. so sad ah. now no more complete heart. lucky i snapped a photo of it before i lost it. i'm so careless =(