Falling like the leaves in autumn

Monday, April 27, 2009
4:29 AM

Mon, 27 Apr 2009
Day 66

i'm really really exhausted... worked like a dog todae. it's a public holiday to make up for Anzac day on saturday. yet we dun get double pay =( cos the saturday pple got double pay already. so unfair.. got so angry wif da manager as well. i asked if i could leave 10 mins earlier cos my bus comes at 4.55pm when im supposed to finish at 5pm. then she said NO.. 5 mins earlier. by then, my bus would hav left alr!!! stupid idiot.. cannot count ah?!! hmphhhhhh! but i couldnt care less.. i dun wan to wait 1 hr for the nxt freaking bus!

when i left and waited at the bus stop, a fight started btwn 2 gals. a 40-ish woman and a teenager were fighting. firstly, there was the verbal insult (all the f*CK words came out), then it developed into a sprawl. they were pulling at each other's hair, scratching each other's faces. spitting. oh my gosh la! seriously la.. i've seen more than my fair share of fights over here and i dun recall having to see one back in spore. and the pple here, yucks man! they stink soooooo much and they're sooo dirty. u see their hair got white flakes and u see clumps of oily hair.. eeeyyerrr.. like they nv bathe in days. one of them was sitting in front of me when i was on the way home. initially i tot it was a fat guy and woman (the one wif the disgusting hair) in front of me. later the guy hugged the woman and slept on her shoulder. but when the woman turned back, i saw moustache eh!!! eekksss!! dunno whether guy or gal..

anxiously waiting to go home cos i'm so tired, the bus passed by a house on fire. the fire engine was directly in front of the house and the bus had to change lanes.

haiz.. this is just NOT my day.. i miss spore =( so safe, so peaceful, weather so nice, things so cheap. no wonder im dying to return home so much.. but.. my family will b staying here..

Friday, April 24, 2009
8:38 PM

Sat, 25 April 2009
Day 64

end of torture!!! i completed 3 tests and 1 assignment tis wk.. whew.. so damn busy, not to mention tiring. had lack of slp la.. slept so much last nite after amanda's bdae celebration and watching a dvd with my family. nxt wk got another mid-sem test.. haiz.. so tired alreadi..

and i just checked out my draft exam timetable.. i got 2 exams in one day!!! and all 4 of them within 4 days.. =( =( =(

Thursday, April 16, 2009
7:48 PM

Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Day 56

this was taken at forest lakes forum - the shopping centre near my house. if we spent $20 in total from the small individual shops, we wld get this free! amanda and i spent only $15.70 at the grocery store so we went back to buy more.. when we claimed our "prize", the uncle at the grocery store saw the egg and joked around saying, "wah.. are u gg to share that egg with me? u bought those vegetables from my store!" HAHA.. so funny..

how's everyone's easter? i celebrated mine rather boring-ly.. attended church early in the morning at 8am. thought we'd get cross buns like we always do back in spore on this day. but we gt nth.. oni the small children gt easter eggs.. so jealous. wish i was a kid again!! then rushed to work at 10am where i gt scolded by my boss for being 5-8 mins late. wad can i do? the bus comes every 1 hr on a wkend! finished work, went home to hav dinner quietly on my own cos sharon and amanda went to their friend's place for steamboat. well.. at least i gt chocolates from my boss who carried around a basket full of small easter eggs to be distributed to everyone.

the next day was easter monday - a public holiday. and i happened to get 7 hours of shift. i just received my pay. so HAPPY!!!! gt 7 hrs of double pay.. $30 an hour lei!!! wahhhhhhhhhhh......... i'm rich MUAHAHAHA..

if wei leong can have crab.. why cant i celebrate too? though i most probably wun have crab till i go back to spore, i'll have lala. haha.. yea.. cooked us some chilli lala for dinner. so heavenly.. cooked it without mama.. the best! muacks! talking abt her, she's coming back nxt wed! yeh!! miss her and her food!!

spent hell long on my assignment to b handed in nxt fri.. i was totally clueless when i started on it.. didnt noe how to do all the 4 qsns. and then i gt so frustrated and anxious that i might not be able to hand in completed work. cos my friends aso dunno how to do.. no where to turn to.. =( worked like mad through 2 qsns. the other 2 still hopeless.. gt so mad that it affected my mood. shouted at my sisters for being so lazy. cmon, they were sitting on the sofa playing an xbox game the WHOLE DAY.. i was so damn busy with my work and they cant b bothered to do anything. geez! i was realli worked up.. the next day, went to uni to discuss the assignment with my friends. one of them offered help by jump-starting an idea. and that's where i managed to work through the other 2 qsns from there.. yeh! successful! sth off my chest.. whew~

last but not least, here's bear bear the alien. amanda created his hat and ear deco.. with a ferrero rocher wrapper.. -.-"

i tot bear bear looks rather cute in the first pic.. not this though.. so cruel of her lol..

Friday, April 10, 2009
7:38 AM

Fri, 10 Apr 2009
Day 49

first day since mama went back to spore that i cooked fish! woohoo.. u noe.. we've never cooked chicken or pork or fish for the past 1 odd week. it's only from canned food or ready-made pack kind (just pop it into the toast) that we get to have them. lol.. quite pathetic actually. well, at least i managed to fry salmon todae =) turned out quite well. heex.. yum. SEE! i can cook lor dear.. just that sometimes i tend to overcook the food, especially vegetables HAHA! hopefully i'll b a better cook at the end of 3 wks.. ahhhhhhh!! miss mum's cooking =( i'm so sian of the food we have.

Thursday, April 9, 2009
5:08 AM

Thur, 9 Apr 2009
Day 48

oh yea.. i passed my driving basic theory test. 30/30! =) haha.. beat amanda (26 marks) and sharon (28 marks). weeeee... next is learning how to drive..

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
1:02 AM

Tue, 7 Apr 2009
Day 46

ergh.. i spent 3 hrs back and forth from home just to attend a 1 hr extra tutorial wif my tutor during the free 2 wk uni break -.- shldn't hav gone.. yea.. i'm on my break now =) so happy! finally can take a breather. was so overwhelmed wif uni work..

tmr is papa's bdae!!! sadly, we wun b able to celebrate wif him.. but we made him a booklet filled wif all our photos and dedications.. hope he likes it =D i tink it's one of our best masterpieces so far.. hehe..

i'm FINALLY embarking on a journey to getting my driver's license. after all the procrastination and excuses i gave, i'm going to take the basic theory test tmr.. and when i pass that, i'll get my learner's permit. can't wait! was hoping my friend could take me there but i tink he's finding alot of excuses not to give me a lift. so yea.. i was already resigning my fate to waiting for mama to come home then she brings me to the driving assessment centre. but the LORD answered my prayer =) he got my sister's driving instructor to offer to send me there tmr to do my test then she'll continue her lesson wif amanda b4 picking me up and then we head home.. oh yeh.. ^.^

Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:33 AM

Sat, 4 Apr 2009
Day 43

the 2nd day mum went back to spore, i broke a plate after being so gungho for taking the plate out from the microwave with my bare hands. it was hot and i let it slip off my fingers.

yesterday gotta be the worst transport day for me. missed 4 freaking buses! and ended up late for class - was supposed to sit for a quiz somemore! ahhhh! i left the house early at about 8.45am. bus to cannington was supposed to arrive at 8.53am. but while walking to the bus stop, the bus passed by me! so i thought i wld cross over the road to take the bus to south street since both buses bring me to uni.. guess wad? at 8.53am, the another cannington bus came %&#^! and so, i waited a good 1/2 hr for the nxt bus. when it didnt come on time, i switched over to the cannington side again. and when i did that, the south street bus zoomed past me -.- wth! 3rd bus gone! i was already so anxious at that time. wad if by the time i step into class everyone's done wif the test?! waiting for the cannington bus took forever - it even came 5 mins late. as such, when i reached the train stn, i missed the nxt bus i was supposed to take. haiz.. so suay. realli suay.. i stepped into class 20 mins late.. luckily my tutor oni gave the quiz 10 mins later.. whew..

in the afternoon, got a call from ernst and young regarding my interview and group activity results. was eliminated.. =( da feedback was they thought i was "awfully nervous" and some of the qsns they asked i didnt give a satisfactory answer. kinda expected it actually. i could feel myself shaking that day. didnt tink they wld have sensed it though.. and i was aso totally blown off with the type of qsns they asked and the group activity session. well, like wad everyone says, it's a gd experience. u'll do better nxt time.. just that, it'll b kinda akward to apply for the same firm again.. sms my mum abt the outcome (she's back in spore now, for 3 wks) and she
said, "it's alrite dear.. it's a gd learning experience for u. u've come so far. papa and i are proud of u." oh my gosh.. as soon as i read that, my eyes filled up with tears and my nose felt stuffy. i'm so glad to have parents that are so supportive =)

i got my monthly gal thingy on the same day. strange it wasnt friday the 13th. i swear it's my unluckiest day..

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
6:40 AM

Wed, 1 April 2009
Day 40

updates on my application progress - seems that i passed the verbal and numerical test! got the call later that night on the same day i took the test. the verbal test (32 qsns) and numerical test (20 qsns) were 20 mins each. left 1 blank in the verbal test and 8 qsns blank in the numerical test.. argh!! not enuff time to do la.. so much calculations. and i cant believe i passed. the recruitment manager told us b4 the test that there were 1000 over applications but only 120 were chosen to do the test..

WAH~~~ i feel so lucky wor.. fancy being chosen out of 1000 over pple.. mmm. feeling rather happy that i get this opportunity. but as soon as i got the call that i passed, i had a dreaded feeling.. i didnt want to do the interview. i was scared.. especially when its an interview wif one of the big 4 accounting firms in australia. moreover, there was a group activity session to follow up after the interview. there was so little time to prepare, given that she only called on monday evening and i had to come down to the office on wednesday morning.

so todae, i dressed up very formally, borrowing a black business coat from my friend (gotta get one myself soon, keep on borrowing from her =X ) wore heels tho' i knew i wldnt b comfortable. but it's all for giving a gd impression.. went there early and saw someone familiar (thank goodness!) it was my sister's friend, megan.. we met at one of the clubbing events and amanda introduced me to her.. it helps to noe that u have someone who shares ur anxiety and is about to go thru the same thing as u..

there were 8 of us during that time slot. we were split into 2 grps. one group goes for the interview first while the other goes for the group activity. megan and i happen to be in the same group, scheduled to go for the interview first. we were each allocated an interviewer in the same room, separated by partitions. i got a UK guy who has worked in ernst and young for 10 yrs and he travelled to a few countries to do accounting work. interview will take place for 45 mins!!! argh i felt like that entire 45 mins was the longest time of my life! he asked alot of qsns which i did not anticipate at all.. and i tot i was prepared. haiz..

the group activity session was even worse! another 45 mins! but i tink we overexceeded the time limit.. we were placed in a committee meeting atmosphere - company has a budget of $900,000 to spend on 3 initiatives that it wans to implement. and we had to choose from many initiatives, weighing the pros and cons of each one. then halfway thru, one of the staff told us that the company has decided to cut back on its budget, so now we only have $300,000 to focus on one initiative. hence, we have to decide on one and only one.. damn! it was the most nerve-wrecking session. another longest time of my life! all of us had to contribute.. if we didnt speak up, we'll just lose points. all of us were under the scrutiny of 3 staff who were accessing us while we were discussing. so scary la~

i dun tink i did well. the recruitment manager said she'll call us to give us the gd or bad news either tmr or friday.. somehow, i got a feeling it will not be gd news.. =( maybe i'm not ready for a career yet.. mmm..

i've not put up a photo of myself for quite some time and tot u'd b interested to noe how i look in formal wear for the first time.. so yea.. enjoy! hehe.. bought the top very last min.. had to wear a tube inside cos shirt quite low cut. heex..

*dear, nice anot? =)

oh that reminds me, wl pulled an april fool's joke on me.. i totally forgot today was Apr 1st. he sms-ed me early tis morn when i was on my way to the interview that he saw a leopard on the road. said the zoo reported an animal to have escaped from the zoo.. and i believed him -.- why do i always do that?! grrrr....