LaNd fOr piGs

11sep2010

2010-09-11T10:05:00.001+08:00

i have decided to let go.

7may10

2010-05-07T20:10:00.003+08:00

i guess blogs are still the best place to spill out one's feelings.. incapable facebook is of this purpose..

now i know why it is always the girl who is incapable of letting go of a relationship.. i guess girls get emotionally attached easily ? well, in the past, i simply labelled the girl as a weakling..

have you seen Big Bang's "Last Farewell" MV ?

i was like the guy.. having two identities.. but in terms of feelings, i was like the girl.. "cant get over it"..

the old prideful sharon would have said to the new sharon "you should have known better"..

o yes now i do.. and at least there is a close to the chapter..

anyway with the heavy workload, i have long been back to normal =)

17nov09

2009-11-17T22:57:00.002+08:00

171109

my last few hours being 20.. hahaha..

firstly, regarding the previous post.. dont get too emotional over it yar ? have you realised that i have been blogging more when i am in spore.. well, simply because, i have been home alone so i have no one to "talk to".. so i think "more" and express the concerns on this blog.. hahaa.. but all is fine yar..

secondly, MY NAILS ARE dark metallic BLUE !!!!!!! hehe.. went to get my nails done with lao pos.. hehe..

just a while ago, i was wondering how is a 21 year-old girl suppose to behave ? and i came to a conclusion, just because i am 21, it doesnt mean i have to act like one right ?

like what grace and ally said, we can be versatile and simply act appropriately depending on the occasion or event..

16nov09

2009-11-16T11:20:00.002+08:00

161109

this is home.. truely.. where i know i must be..

its great to be back in spore.. (Except for the weather).. i could practically "paste" tissues on my face.. lovely to finally see my dear solomon knights in person..

so we discussed about wednesday.. well, the booked me from morning to evening.. and in the evening shall spend time with parents.. mum say we could go out for dinner.. since there is no need for her to organise party.. haha.. of course i placed restrictions on the choice of dinner.. no western, no italian, no bla bla bla..

(random thought) sometimes i wonder if i have the strength or courage or maybe even "what it takes" to be who i am or who i want to be..

you know what.. whenever i come back to singapore, i feel like an oversized giant.. to be honest.. i admit that i am bigger in size.. but.. o nevermind.. since it is my issue.. i have to deal with it myself right ??.. but you know what, i want to wear my high heels soooo badly.. but i cant.. people give me the eye.. like what is your prob ? you mean people cant be taller and bigger ?

sometimes i wonder, do i have to even care ? i have all right to be whoever i want to be.. right ?

i remember a chick flick once said "why try so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out ?"..

i am not saying i am a superstar.. but i would like to be given the courtesy or respect..

you know what.. maybe i should not care about how others judge me..

my life is complicated as it is already..

and i say to myself "welcome back to singapore"..

14nov09

2009-11-14T08:37:00.000+08:00

141109

eXam countdown: 0 more to gO.. NO MORE exams !!! yipppeeee...

gang outing: yummy food !!

big pack-up day: dONe !!

sPore countdown: tODAY !!

big celebration: 4 days

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as i walked out of my room, i turned around only to see an empty room..

i sighed..

i felt a "bigger" sense of achievement.. for i have completed my 3rd year of university..

and it was the summer holidays..

miss piggy is flying home in a few hours..

muacks muacks..

13nov09

2009-11-13T22:19:00.002+08:00

131109

eXam countdown: 0 more to gO.. NO MORE exams !!! yipppeeee...

gang outing: yummy food !!

big pack-up day: almost there..

sPore countdown: 1 day

big celebration: 5 days

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arh~~ i am flying off tomorrow..

since tiff is flying too, her cousin is giving us a lift =)

today.. creston had movie dinner.. we had pizza for pizzahut.. and after the movie, there was a mini celebration !! i didnt know.. hehe.. so happy.. my first 21st bday cake.. babypig was in the photo too.. hehe.. shall bring back and read the messages on the actual day itself..

i shall sleep now.. nitez =)

12nov09

2009-11-12T22:07:00.002+08:00

121109

eXam countdown: 0 more to gO.. NO MORE exams !!! yipppeeee...

gang outing: today !!

big pack-up day: 1 day

sPore countdown: 2 days

big celebration: 6 days

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i cant believe that i am done with my finals.. meaning.. that i have completed my THIRD year of university !!!! o my goodness ~~

lets not talk about the paper.. it was like homework.. the paper is right before you and you do not want to do it but you have to..

afterwhich, had poporo dinner with kim, joo, tiff, lissan in the city.. yum yum.. initially we wanted to sing karoake.. but the timing was not right.. so instead we went to play arcade !! hehe.. driving cars, basketball etc.. hehe.. had fun =) next was neoprint.. hahahaa.. dropped by coles before coming back to creston..

next task ahead => pack up tomorrow..

but but.. some are going shopping tomorrow morning.. i may join them.. hehehee.. =) =)

11nov09

2009-11-11T19:45:00.002+08:00

111109

eXam countdown: 2 down, 1 more to gO..

gang outing: 1 day

big pack-up day: 2 days

sPore countdown: 3 days

big celebration: 7 days (my friend reminded me => last week being 20..)

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just one more paper !! i have to press on !! no giving up !!

must always count my blessings..

10nov09

2009-11-10T12:23:00.003+08:00

101109

eXam countdown: 2 down, 1 more to gO..

gang outing: 2 days

big pack-up day: 3 days

sPore countdown: 4 days

big celebration: 8 days

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just a random thought while walking home after exam..

statement => didnt know what i wrote for the exam today

console myself with => well, there are many times when you dont know what you are doing.. but somehow things just fall into place.. that is because He is always by our side giving us a helping hand..

give thanks.

9nov09

2009-11-09T20:20:00.002+08:00

091109

eXam countdown: 1 down, 2 more to gO..

gang outing: 3 days

big pack-up day: 4 days

sPore countdown: 5 days

big celebration: 9 days

3nov09

2009-11-03T20:17:00.002+08:00

today the nation stops.. just for a horse race.. the Melbourne Cup..

anyway, creston had a little "betting" game.. didnt win though.. o wellz.. there goes my $2..

my exams are drawing near.. really near.. but i cant seem to have discipline ??

well.. i have been really tired and keep sleeping at the wrong time of the day >.<

motivation => flight home on the 14th nov..

Hwaiting !!!

22 oct09

2009-10-22T13:58:00.002+08:00

recently me sleeping behaviour has been weird and disrupted.. the big presentation (product design and development) yesterday went well.. pRaise the Lord for His abundant grace and love.. in a short summary, the previous 2 groups were bombarded badly but for ours, the questions were manageable.. they couldnt find major problems.. so that was one big fat PHEW.. our group has definately come a long way.. from scratch to development of final product protocol.. we were actually running out of time (prof is strict with time limit) and so towards the end we kinda rush and it became a humour factor.. which is good..

o but, i managed to catch up with my sleeping hours today.. slept til lunch time.. luckily the door was locked so cleaners could not come in and wake me up.. i didnt even hear them knocking.. i must be in a realllly deep sleep.. haha..

anyway, i wanna share something that my mommy sent to me.. it is slighly long but i highly recommend people to take some time to read it slowly.. especially for people who are facing some sort of "mid-life crisis".. haha.. wait, that is no laughing matter.. here we go..

Life is Short, make it Useful and Meaningful

First, I was dying to finish my high school and start college

And then I was dying to finish college and start working

Then I was dying to marry and have children

And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough

So I could go back to work

But then I was dying to retire

And now I am dying

And suddenly I realized I forgot to live

Please don’t let this happen to you

Appreciate your current situation

And enjoy each day….old friend

To make money we lose our health,

And then to restore our health we lose our money

We live as if we are never going to die

And we die as we never lived

Life is very short, so break your silly ego, forgive quickly, love truly, laugh loudly & never avoid anything that makes you smile.

The Day's Motivation

When I woke up this morning lying in bed, I was asking myself;
What are some of the secrets of success in life?
I found the answer right there, in my very room.

The Fan said.. “Be cool”

The Roof said.. “Aim high”

The Window said.. “See the world”

The Clock said.. “Every minute is precious”

The Mirror said.. “Reflect before you act”

The Calendar said.. “Be up-to-date”

The Door said.. “Push hard for your goals”

Carry a Heart that Never Hates.

Carry a Smile that Never Fades.

Carry a Touch that Never Hurts.

HAVE A PURPOSEFUL DAY!

wasnt it nice ? piggy is not experiencing any major bottleneck but i am slightly lost with what i am to do after my final year in university.. many plans there are..

10oct09

2009-10-10T10:54:00.002+08:00

it is already october.. and i should be glad.. i think..

mid-autumn (3 oct) made me realise and admit that i was stressed and missed my family.. i think stress was the main reason i broke down.. and put it out on my family.. next day after the incident i was ashamed.. having lived here on my own for quite some time, independence is something i thought i could brave thru'.. yes, i can be extremely independent.. but i guess sometimes you just need someone who loves you to be by your side..

the past two weeks caused me to suffocate.. let me share with you my sleeping timings for this week alone..

woke up on monday @ 11am..

slept on tuesday @ 5am..

woke up on tuesday @ 10am..

slept on wednesday @ 6.30am..

woke up on wednesday @ 8.30am..

slept on thursday @ 4am..

woke up on thursday @ 9am..

slept on friday @ 5.30am..

woke up on friday @ 8.45am..

across 5 days, i have only slept for 15 hours..

the amazing thing is.. when i was staying up in the abnormal hours of the day, i was fully awake and could concentrate on the tasks i had to do.. and that, i would like to thank the Lord.. if not, we would not be able to submit such satisfactory product.. we had 3 group projects due on wed, thur and fri.. the wed one was completed earlier.. it was the thur and fri that needed soo much attention and research and coordination.. of course, i have a part to blame.. since i wanted things to be done to the best that it can.. maybe i am a 3/4 perfectionist..

anyway, all that is over.. my sleeping and eating habits are pretty much screwed up.. when i stayed up in the night, i didnt eat anything despite my stomach grumbling.. couldnt afford leaving my work aside just to eat.. well, that is the first for sharon the little piggy..

so i made sure that i slept at a usual time on last night.. let my body sleep as long as it wants to.. but i had a hard time making myself sleepy.. slept from 1am to 12.45pm.. so that is 11 hours and 45 minutes..

daylight saving began last sunday.. so the time difference between spore and australia is 3 hours..

in exactly one month, my final exams will begin.. lets just take one step at a time.. i still have more assignments to submit next week.. >.<''

15sept09

2009-09-15T23:55:00.002+08:00

much has taken place. but i have no time to share..

on thursday (17 sept) i will be going to National Student Leadership Forum in Canberra..

for four days i will be away from (2nd) home..

pray that i will be safe, have fun and learn something.. Amen.

22aug09

2009-08-22T21:08:00.003+08:00

haiz..

today was supposed to be a happy day.. a few of us went down to anzac parade for chinese brunch to celebrate friend's bday.. BUT miss piggy (me) was sooo adventurous and climbed a tree..

A TREE THAT GAVE HER MANY MANY SPLINTERS !!!!!!!

haiz..

my arms (the area where you rest your arms while typing computer keyboard) had many pokey holes.. each with black splinters under the skin.. i thought i could pluck them out.. so i tried to do so when we went home..

the thing is, THEY DONT EVEN STICK THEIR HEAD OUT OF THE SKIN.. they chose to stay UNDER THE SKIN.. how to pluck with twitzer ? well, i tried.. tried soooo hard that i was practically damaging my skin.. and felt as though i was cutting myself.. well, i was.. literally..

the pain was intolerable.. try digging a hole in your skin to extract some black tiny thing.. ARG !!! even if you leave them alone, they still hurt..

so miss piggy began tearing and crying.. then saw t-rex (big bro) online and webcam-ed with him.. i was like crying in front of the webcam can ? seriously in tears.. he advised me to go to the clinic.. (which was a brillant idea).. why didnt i thought of that ? COZ miss piggy is soooooo stubborn and doubt about doctors.. i mean, what can THEY do seriously ? even i cant extract them.. anyway, i listened to him.. but went to a pharmacy instead.. why ? coz it is quicker.. who knows how long i have to wait at the clinic ? this is aussie land afterall..

anyway, the lady knew exactly what to do.. and "prescribed" some semi-solid paste to apply, cover with cloth and wrap it tight.. after "a few" hours (the bottle said 12-24 hours) then peel it off..

HAIZ..

so now my arms are wrapped in my arm warmers.. so sad can... then how to shower ?? get those transparent plastic bags, cut the ends, insert your arm inside, "seal" it with rubberbands..

HAIZ..

i am soooo sad..

WHY WAS I SOOOOOOOO SILLY ??

everyone (even the pharmacy lady) asked me "why did you climb the tree ?"

my answer: "jus being adventurous.."

HAIZ.. it is not like this is the first aussie tree i climbed.. it was just a tree that disliked me..

HAIZ..

there are some splinters stuck on my right palm.. but i cant apply medication coz my right palm will keep opening and closing.. so the paste is unable to harden properly.. PRAY that the skin cells renew quickly and push the horrible splinters out..

you know what.. on the way to the pharmacy, i cant help BLAMING MYSELF.. it IS my fault to begin with.. WHY DID I CLIMB THAT TREE ?!?!??!?!?!

someone who has the answer, PLEASE EMAIL me..

= extremely sad pigggy.. =

p.s. what should i do ??

1) KICK the tree everytime i walk pass it ??
2) PRAY that i forgive the tree for causing me sooo much pain ??
3) PRAY that i be wiser next time..

(let's sigh together) H-A-I-Z..

14aug09

2009-08-14T23:47:00.004+08:00

recently i initiated a little spark with my family.. you can say i am petty or you can say i am dying for attention.. up to you.. its a democratic world..

anyway, the Holy Spirit within me nudges me to be forgiving.. (after today's quiet time)..

so i wrote an email to them..

if not, i would NOT talk to them UNTIL they talk to me..

aint i demanding ? why do i like to win so badly ? esp in fights ?

anyway, i went to watch " GI. JOE " with tiffany today at eastgardens.. o the movie was soooooooooooooooo cooooool..

whats better than some EYES THERAPY.. ( ahem.. 6 packs.. lean n toned bodies.. )

*faints.. at the sight of them..* hahaaaa..

tiffany had sore throat and wanted something to munch on so we went to the food outlets to find some food.. all were closed.. WADS NEW.. except for KFC and sushi bar.. she opted for mash potatoes from kfc.. and while lining up, the guy from sushi store signaled to us and offered us A BOX OF SALMON SUSHI (worth A$ 9 .70 ) for freeeee !!! haha.. wad a nice guy.. once again, God's surprise..

o wellz, i have to go back to east gardens again tml to find people to do survey for my product development project.. haiz.. hope i can do some RETAIL THERAPY after that.. if time permits..

hmmm.. have a nice night..

miss piggy n babypig signs off...

11aug09

2009-08-11T08:55:00.002+08:00

it has been a loooong time since i last blogged.. haiz.. i "wonder why"..

anyway, my short winter break in spore was goodie.. met up with lijein, mal and joanne.. spent time with solomon knights to celebrate minhai's 21st.. stayed over at grace's house with ally.. memories of being at home all alone, cleaning the house, watching bai jia le at noon and yu le bai fen bai at evening, arranging the tv console and all the wire connections of various gadgets <= greatest achievement..

then it was back to aust.. time to activate my brains..

it has been good so far.. in the past week, the temperature has dropped further.. coooold winterrr..

there is this new taiwanese restaurant along anzac parade.. went there to eat with taiwanese friends and o my.. the beef tendons are sooo yummy.. business is doing so well that they are going to add more dishes to their menu.. yippee.. shall be going there again soon..

i am currently into korean boybands (old update).. there is super junior, 2AM, 2PM etc.. and girlband 2NE1.. anyway, there was this documentary on the boys from 2AM and 2PM about their pre-debut training days.. they went through military-like training on a trip they thought was to be for leisure.. so, watching them suffer to become who they are today totally impressed me.. back then, they were unpolished.. couldnt dance, couldnt sing.. now ? they are handsome men with SMOKING HOT bodies.. haha.. i came to realise EVEN entertainers, they have to start somewhere and suffer before popularity comes knocking on their doors..

so, being so inspired and all, i signed up for Physical Boot Camp in the uni.. one hour sessions, twice a week, rain or shine, EXERCISE !!! hahaa.. if you know me, you know that i love challenges especially advantureous stuffs (like roller coasters, bungee jumps etc).. and so, i questioned myself countless times whether i was up to the challenge.. and i just went for it..

last tuesday was the first lesson.. o boy.. i was the weakest.. lousiest stamina.. >.<> hot -> cold.. we also had formal dinner on last tuesday.. (you know where to find the photos)..

last saturday, we had intercollege mixed waterpolo.. meaning creston girls tied up with warrane boys.. firstly, creston girls are either 1) water-phobia, 2) boy-phobia, 3) lousy swimmer or cant swim, 4) dont-see-me-in-swimming-costume phobia, 5) scared-to-be-taken-advantage-of-in-the-pool.. haiz.. so we had difficulty recruiting people.. anyway, three creston girls were game enough and miss piggy was one of them.. girls wore bikini inside a one-piece swimsuit just in case anything happens.. anyway, the game was extremely fun and TIRING.. swimming laps is soo much easier.. you have to go up down of the pool, keep head above water to see the game, hold the ball with only one hand (excuse me, but girls hands ESP mine are freakingly small).. there were many times when my ball gets tackled away coz some strong muscular guy is so aggressive.. (you think they will be gentle on you jus becoz you are a girl ? wishful thinking).. well, dont worry, i wasnt taken advantage of or wadeva.. the thing was, how to fight against a male in the pool ? their arms are whole lot bigger and longer, their swim is alot stronger.. haiz.. anyway, BUTTTTTT.....

MISS PIGGY SCORED THE FIRST BALL IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was by chance a good layout.. i was on the side near the net and opportunity jus came.. i didnt even know how it managed to pass thru the goal keeper's waving arms.. haha.. it really was God's surprise for me.. coz actually i was still sitting on the fence the day before as to whether to go or notz.. coz it was near that time of the month.. and i hav no clue about waterpolo..

well, that was my one and only goal though.. there were a few more opportunities but as i mentioned, the guy practically swam into me "tackled " and took the ball away from me without permission.. hahaaa.. BUT, now i can say that i hav played waterpolo before !! yippee.. and once again, it is those once in a lifetime kind of thing.. hahaaa..

last sunday, the 9th of aug.. aka Singapore's national day.. i did a presentation on Singapore and prepared some snacks like prawn crackers, wang wang biscuits (do you they are product of taiwan? ), made Black Sesame Paste and Kaya Toast (the pro-style taught by my daddy).. the latter two food were extremely well-received.. they all love the kaya.. like australia has their vegemite, we have our kaya.. and the powerpoint was also well received coz information was ample and it lasted for one hour.. oppz.. well, at least now they have a clearer idea about singapore.. =) i must say that this national day has been the best so far.. =)

isnt it funny.. normally i dont blog.. but when i do, it is a freakingly long entry.. haha.. okie.. see ya sooon..

16 june09

2009-06-17T09:08:00.002+08:00

just felt like sharing something happy with everyone..
(abstract from email)..

ally and grace !!!

who say you can spend soooo much money to send a parcel over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (very expensive leh)

haha.. but miss piggy very delighted and happy..

what happened was, i was about to leave creston to go to examination venue, then someone came in and said "sharon you have a parcel from singapore".. i was like "what ?" sharon hardly get mails.. not even from banks (coz i adopt for paper-less updates).. haha..

and then the parcel "flew" into my face.. (friend brought it to me).. and i was giving this weird expression.. why would ally send me stuffs ??

and when i opened and poured everything out, i went "lao po s are crazy.." hahaaaa..

didnt have time to read them and left for exams.. i suppose God planned such a perfect timing to calm me down =) Praise the Lord..

the paper was ok i must say.. could have been worse.. time planning was horrible as usual but managed to answer everything more or less.. =)

Praise the Lord for food microbiology is over =)

then last night, i read thru them slowly =) facial masks, i understand.. but hor, tiger balm plaster ???? hahaa.. totally random can ? but i am sure it will come in handy.. coz last week my neck ached sooo badly.. hahaaaa..

thank you lao po s soooooooo much..

okie, so ONE down, FOUR more to go..

11june09

2009-06-11T00:28:00.003+08:00

o hello people..

currently, i am treating myself to some internet time.. finally not for research purpose but for relaxation purpose.. haiz..

so i was looking back at some photos from a few weeks ago.. the smiles from the photos jus seem to have a therapeutic effect on me.. and then i realised that i have not shared them on friendster.. haha.. so yupz, they are up now..

hmm.. have there been any (really) interesting thing happening recently..

last friday, my food processing class had an excursion to Birch & Waite.. they package food for airlines and hospitals AND also, do some mixing for some food products before packaging them.. first of all, how to get there.. you have to take a bus from creston to central city then take a train to the factory.. and my visit timing was 9.45am.. luckily it wasnt 8.45am.. goodness who knows how early i have to wake up.. BUT, my friend who has a car offered to give me a lift since they still have one more place in the car.. so yipppeee, praise the Lord.. and so i helped with the map reading.. haha.. as what gege says, he has trained me well.. haha.. >.<''''''

so about the factory... it was overwhelming =) it was sooo freakingly small on the outside.. doesnt even look like a factory.. and inside was big !! at least the layout made it look big.. so we managed to see the production line etc.. the machines look different from those we see in our lecture notes definately.. look cooler in real life.. BUT one thing that i never thought of was the washing of machine.. coz in this plant, they use the machine for different products, meaning they have to WASH everything down properly !! not jus one big bowl, but every single tubes and nozzles etc.. o my goodness.. he says, it will take at least TWO people TWo HOURS to do the washing.. hahaha.. i was like " blink blink eyes*..

but the machines in the packaging line was fun =) i saw this continuous belt melt plastic sheets into small containers, fill it up with salt and seal it and tadaa, your product.. we being young and blur, asked why the salt in pink.. he was like we are packing salt for the airline Etihad business class.. and we went "wahh" and he allowed us to take a small packet =) haha.. o yar, my little tour group guide was the general manager.. soo cool.. you could tell he does know his stuffs.. he can explain stuffs in the plain-est language.. haha.. and he always thank the operator (when we are in the area).. and he "taught" us, that it is important to smile (show appreciation) at the operators.. something that aussies do better than asians..

there was also a plannning team.. they have this huge whiteboard and they coordinate when the raw materials come in, when to start making the product (including how long), on what machine and when the product has to be shipped out.. huge major planning.. we agreeded that you must have real PROPER time management to be able to do that job.. haha.. coz one major important thing is, your have to make and pack the product simultaneously.. you cant keep the product overnight etc..

anyway, we asked what is the working hours like.. it is 7 am to 11 pm.. our eyeballs almost drop out.. hahaaa.. but then he addes that actually it comprises of 2 shifts.. like "pheww".. in addition, we got a casear salad dressing as ''souvenir''.. haha.. including my pink business class salt.. haha..

well.. the weather took a plunge today.. single digit..

it was ''brillant'' coz i decided to wash the creston car today.. before exams get tooo close.. car-washing in australia is really exciting.. let's see.. the wind is unpredictable.. as in, it is constantly blowing.. but from every direction.. and i cant wear jacket coz i could scratch the car.. so my fingers and toes (wore slippers) were practically frozen.. PLUS, the bubble (foam) and water practically FLEW backwards and smacked into me !! (thanx to the wind) that was the happy part actually.. haha.. can you imagine.. haha.. but i must say that it was an interesting experience =) and the achievement => a clean, shiny MPV => by one person => me..

hmm.. any other thing..

principal would like to nominate me to attend this National Student Leadership Forum to be held in Canberra (capital of Aust) in sept.. but i will have to miss 2 days of uni though.. she highly recommand me to go.. coz it is quite a big event and it would be a loss to not attend.. there will be conferences with aussie PM and opposition leader and other ministers.. and service project etc.. gotta discuss with mama though.. miss uni or a life-time opportunity ? and creston is willing to pay half the fees.. (with accomodation in Hyatt hotel.. haha.. posh..) i dont know.. need to ask mama..

hmm.. any other other thing..

i was chatting with dino the other day and i came up with a random idea.. i feel like escaping to US this year end instead of working parttime.. hehe.. imagine this, 2 months holiday in US (leaving one month in spore) with free accomodation + FOOD and airplane ticket sponsored as 21st bday present.. HAHAHAHAHAAa.. what a wishful thinking.. what a dream.. dino say he could sacrifice his return-to-spore-in-dec ticket in return for me to fly there.. isnt he sooooo cute.. haha.. that's why i really miss him.. haiz.. (but there might be some other commitments such as returning early to aust for thesis research.. AHHHH ~~~~~~~) so people, dont take this thought seriously.. just felt random to share my happy thought =)

okie.. i think that is enough of updates and ''wishful thinking" sharing..

2 june09

2009-06-02T18:36:00.003+08:00

the month of may has not been good.. apart from stress, what can i more say..

broke down a few times.. simply because of my horrible grades.. and when i say horrible, i meant not even a pass..

it took me a while to snap out of the depress mode.. and hence, social isolation..

becoz of the great trauma, i lost all my confidence.. even after people encouraged me, i could say "i can do this" but it was all verbal.. my soul felt empty as though i was going to collapse soon..

and my parents and dino were gracious and understanding.. didnt scold me for the horrible grades.. simply told me to look ahead..

but i just want people to know that i am ok. feeling much better now..

this week is the last week of semester.. final exams are in 2 weeks.. i seriously have to buck up and hope for the best.. NO, i shall try my best.. and leave the rest in His hands..

want to know where i finally got strength to face the world again ?

You hold my future in Your hands.. and i shall be strong and not doubt Your power and might..

29apr09

2009-04-29T22:17:00.002+08:00

o brillant.. one entry on the 1st april and the next on the 2nd last day of april.. someone please hug me.. haha.. there were many times i want to blog but there was always assignments, (endless) lab reports and the usual tests and mid-exams that always seem more important than blogging.. but i must say that many things happened this month !!

3 april = warrane harbour cruise.. so the cruise went around the harbour, past the opera house, under the harbour bridge and round and round again and again while we drink and dance onboard.. amazingly how it doesnt rock badly from side to side.. haha.. beautiful scenary & fabulous company i was with..

4 april = no hangover.. studied reluctantly..

5 april = daylight saving ends.. so now the time difference with spore is only 2 hours (not three)..

6-9 april = horrible weeekk.. full of assignments, tests that i could barely answer.. on the 9th, i had an early morning paper that almost killed me.. actually it did coz i failed it.. when i went back to creston, i saw this box sitting there on the table with my name !! i was like "wao".. i hardly get any letter, much less a parcel.. it was from dino (big bro).. he went to seattle with friends during his school break and saw this store that sold ceremic pig coinbank of rainbow varieties.. and obviously he got me one.. a orange one with my name on its butt.. haha.. my friend was saying that he should have gotten me all 7 colours !! haha.. anyway, it came along with a seattle postcard which i requested for.. so half of me was sooo delighted but the other half felt guilty coz i had not been studying diligently for that past week..

10 apr = good friday.. the beginning of the mid-semester break !!! yipppeee... i have been waiting for this day for ages !! could finally catch a proper sleep !

11 apr = went for a retail therapy on my own.. jus those kind of time when u just wan to be alone.. spent around hundred over but they were reallllly gooood buy.. anyway.. told dad that i will not count it as my expenditure but as his "gift" of extra allowance for the month.. and he didnt say anything.. hahaa..

12 apr = creston went to the botanic gardens for picnic lunch.. one of the things that you cant do in spore.. soft lush grass, no flies, no sweat.. beautiful.. except that i had assignments to do after that..

13 apr = the sydney royal easter show @ the olympic park (where olympic 2000 was held).. it was like a family carnival with farm animals, amusement rides, SHOWBAGS etc.. spent the whole day there.. the highlight was MY RACING PIGS AND DIVING PIGS.. there was a show where the cute little pigs race around a mini track.. and 2 pigs knew how to dive ! they ran up a slope and dived into the water pool below.. *BIG SMILE* .. i filmed the whole event !! haha.. and there was also the patting of the pigs.. another nice event was the international women log cutting.. final three countries => australia, canada, usa.. it was such a close fight.. and boy are those ladies strong with their arms !!

23 apr = the rest of mid sem break was studying and more studying.. boring life.. when school reopen, it was exam after exam.. now you know what breaks are for ? anyway, kim and i did something random.. we went to a taiwanese online chatroom.. and we were mean to them.. talked randomly to people and made fun of their nicknames.. we even signed as two people and ''attacked'' one person at the same time with the same message.. then we exchanged info across the computer room and ''freak'' the person out.. hahaa.. then we met this one taiwanese guy who apparently studies at the same uni but is doing his masters.. haha.. boy did we confuse him.. we told him we study at the same uni etc.. but.. (hahaaaa).. he tells kim "A".. and i tell him back "o i heard about A".. haha.. he got sooo confused between us two different users.. and everytime people ask if we knew the other user (kim or me), we denied.. hahaaa.. we sure laughed to our stomach's content !

26 apr = went to star wars exhibition @ the powerhouse with therese.. she couldnt find anyone to go with so i went along.. guess no one appreciates star wars like us two.. took many nice photos of the models and especially of the people in costumes ! the spore exhibition didnt have people walking around in costumes, neither did they allow cameras to be brought in.. so.. definately had fun.. and it was nice to meet up with therese..

28 apr = once again, we had formal dinner.. but this time, it was more of semi-formal so everyone kinda dress smart casual..

okie.. i guess that sums up my april.. o yar, photos are on friendster.. excluding the star wars onwards.. hadnt have time to do so.. but yar.. i dont facebook.. just because i dont want to follow the crowd.. and besides, the creston facebookers hav tons of other photos which i rather no one sees them.. hahahahaaa.. must maintain good image mah.. =) *innocent look*

1 apr 09

2009-04-01T16:44:00.002+08:00

ok, it is the first of april already !!

many things has happened since i flew back to aussie land.. from volleyball match to formal dinner to ToastMasters course to new position as resident tutor to long hours of lectures etc..

the workload is horrigible !! it is freakingly suffocating me..

but i have one exciting news to share.. haha..

LAST SUNDAY, there was an INTERCOLLEGE TOUCH RUGBY COMPETITION.. the day was extremely hot.. the sun was basically capable of burning our skins !! BUT I PUT TONS OF SUNBLOCK SO I AIN darker.. DURING THE LAST MATCH, I, MISS SHARON the PIG, SCORED A TOUCH-DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my friend passed me the ball near the half line, i dodged two girls in front of me AND RAN FOR MY LIFE !! my friends said there were three girls chasing behind me.. when i was two feets away from the touch-down line, i was thinking "how should i touch down before i get tagged".. (for the whole day while i watched other colleges play, i wanted so badly to slide into the ground..) AND THAT WAS WHAT I DID.. i slided into the ground aND FLIPPED 360 degrees.. i black out for a second and when i opened my eyes, all the crestonites ran and hugged me.. then, the REFEREE blew the whistle indicating the END of the game.. so it was the last match, last minute that i touched down !!! yoooo hoooo.. that will probably be my one and only TOUCH-DOWN in my life !!! i felt soooooo coool =) haha..

so that was the exciting thing of the week.. also, this friday i am going to the Warrane Cruise.. it is a party (on a cruise) organised by the all-boys college.. and it sails for 3 hours around the harbour i think.. haha.. i so need to escape from my studies.. haha..

4mar09

2009-03-04T20:57:00.003+08:00

it doesnt feel weird to be back in aussie or creston.. there are just new residents in the house thats all.. but i have to thank joo and kim who are already here in creston before i arrived.. their presence makes me feel less 'out-of-place'..

anyway, the weather here has been cloudy and cold breezy wind.. not really your typical summer..

is there a tinge of homesickness already ?

hmm.. not really but just now after dinner, i went back to my room and wondered what should i do.. i thought back on what i would be doing in singapore after dinner.. keeping the plates, washing them, wipe table etc.. then i quickly burst the thought of bubble.. why ? simply because i do not want the image of my parents to fly into my thoughts.. especially my mum.. during this holiday, i realised that i depended alot on her.. especially whenever she asks me to do some stuffs and my reply to her would be "but i dunnoe leh"..

so to answer the question of homesickness.. it would be i miss the presence of my family members around me.. but the feeling is neutral.. just a while ago, i sent them an email just reporting on how my day was.. i didnt feel weird or whatsoever.. it just felt as though i was doing a habitual thing.. so as long as i do what i have been doing for the past semesters, i should be fine =)

so people, dont worry about me okie ? =)

you see, when i was in singapore, i hardly blogged.. now here is aussie, i have tons to blog.. that is how much i take things granted for..

nitez =)

3mar09

2009-03-03T18:47:00.002+08:00

people i have reached creston aussie safely..

praise the Lord that no trouble was caused by my luggage (which exceeded the weight limit)..

praise the Lord for i didnt have sufficient aussie cash on hand but the taxi driver just accepted with the amount that i had.. i offered to run into the house to borrow from my friends but he said it was okie.. i was short of two bucks..

i wanna thank ally and grace.. you may feel that your sms was just a simple sms.. but it meant alot to me.. it really comforted and calmed me down.. as usual, i was trying really hard to squeeze everything into the luggage last nite and couldnt sleep coz i was going to miss my bed..

hey lijein, thx for your sms too.. i am really glad that we managed to catch-up during this holiday.. especially when we were singing in the rain while sharing one umbrella.. haha.. =) o yar, bolster says "hi".. it wants you to know that it has arrived in aussie land too.. haha..

to my other solomon knights, thx for your sms.. its gonna be a little weird not getting to see you guys on sundays.. but i guess i will get used to it quickly.. i will cherish the numerous photos that we took during this "not-so-short-yet-short" holiday break..

okie, i better run along to go take a shower and sleep.. the time difference is still 3 hours ahead of spore.. i think i will wake up just in time for lunch tml.. hahaa..

p.s. solomon knights, i apologise for failing to change our class blog design.. simply because i have yet to find one that reallly impresses me.. will work on it =)

p.s.s. i think i should change my blog design too.. just realise that it is a bit tooo black.. haha..

nitex everyone..

26nov08

2008-11-26T22:29:00.002+08:00

today ally and i met grace at SIM after her class.. we were there to crash their cafeteria.. just a random thing.. haha.. then we went to get ally'a hair cut.. o my, the amount of hair cut was sufficient for a whole new wig !! i think it was just time for a whole new look =)

o and piggy was careless while washing the huge butcher knife yesterday and accidentally cut herself =( hahaa..

24nov08

2008-11-24T23:11:00.001+08:00

yest mama and me went for facial after church.. the mask really helped to remove the dead skin.. now my cheeks are ''brighter''.. then at night, mama gave a bunch of stuffs as my bday pressie.. haha.. clothes (winter and summer), bag, jewellary box etc.. and the CUTEST PINK MICKEY MOUSE USB thumbdrive.. weeeeeeee.... soooo happpy.. sooo kawaiiii.. and parents had to argue who it was from.. dotz can ??

today has been quite an accomplished day..

early morning after breakfast, went to the gym with small bro and followed by badminton.. small bro taught me more tricks while i ''tortured'' him with my ''not-up-to-standard'' skills.. hey, i improved okie ? BUT not that great as compared to some "i-am-in-school-team" people.. haha..

then met up with mum for lunch before heading home.. upon reaching home, i did my laundry, polished my beautiful piano, scrub the kitchen floor, folded parents' clothes etc.. i must say that i did quite a fair bit.. =)

about the piano, people say black is able to hide the dirt.. but dust are greyish white and they ARE obvious against black.. haha.. i am such a perfectionist when it comes to MY PROPERTY.. haha.. just like my windows and blinds.. everything must be sparkling clean..

i have never thought about extending my studies.. like doing masters or pHD.. i know it seems quite early to think about it.. gonna be a third year next year and another forth year after.. my degree entitles me to do pHD directly provided i score really well.. and as of now, i am doing good.. but as what bro said, i am not pHD material.. mum says i will drive myself nuts.. and i agree to an extent actually.. not really a research person.. then an alternative = masters ? where should i do it ? spore = close to family.. but as of now, i cant stand the weather.. haha.. i was thinking how about the states with bro.. hahaha.. his uni's food science status is very established and well-known.. but then again, do i really want to be soooo far away from home ? (but bro is there.. ) haiz.. confused piggy..

to grow up or not to grow up ?? i cant seem to readjust myself back to be the ignorant, simple-minded me.. i have to step up to take care of my family..

some people take time to be smarter.. sometimes i wonder whether the sudden boost in thinking abilities is a positive or negative thing.. haiz..

18nov08

2008-11-18T23:54:00.000+08:00

today, i was cordially invited to join the 20 club..

*bummer* >.<

but i prefer to stick to my "19 going on to 18" story..

last night, grace and ally and me had a 3-way call.. definately cheered me up.. =)

the day started slow and in the late afternoon, frenz who were still in aussie land made long distance call.. kinda reminded me to enjoy my spore holiday.. haha..

parents brought me to CBD for japanese buffet !!! yummmy !! comeone, it was buffet.. so imagine how much sashimi we ate >.< and chawan mushi =) o boy was i bloated when we returned home.. my bday cake was cookie and cream =) candles were simple to blow this time.. simply just two large candles.. HAIZ ~~~

small bro bought for me Luo Zi Xiang's cruel stage dvd.. yippee.. we watched til wee hours in the morning.. haha..

big bro sent me a letter all the way from the States.. and it arrived exactly today !! he even added a little note at the back of the envelope saying that i cant open the card til 18 nov.. haha.. the card was freakingly cute.. and he drew dino running half way around the globe to eat my bday cake.. and he even drew really beautiful fireworks arising from my bday cake.. i love my bro.. his creativity shown on the card reminded me of the old times.. where he would scribble the primary textbook like crazy..

overall, the day was fabulous..

by God's grace, i have lived on this Earth for 20 years. wao.. praise the Lord !! i am healthy and i am blessed with such a lovely family.. of course, not forgeting my dearest solomon knights.. whom gave me a yummy bowl of beancurd with tang yuans (2 black sesame & 1 peanut) and a cuteee card on sunday..

17nov08

2008-11-17T23:26:00.002+08:00

piggy is being emo again.. on the eve of her 20th birthday..

i feel sooo ''out-of-place'' or rather, i was too caught up with my own aussie land and pretty much didnt put much effort into maintaining friendships.. guess i just supposed that others had their own lives to live and so..

grace managed to term the feeling as -> "familiar yet so new".. applicable to both environment and friends..

people, i am sorry if i disappointed you.. but please give me some time to adjust.. i have never stayed long in spore in between semester breaks.. but this time i will be around at least til the end of feb.. so i guess i have to bother to adjust..

living in aussie land has trained me to be independent and yes, it has taught me well.. but when i return back to spore, i just want to be taken care of.. just like the old days.. daddy mummy's little girl, bro's little sister.. but NO.. things are not the same as they used to.. didnt think there would be much changes this time but boy am i wrong.. really wrong.. thought i could handle the changes.. but no, it is difficult.. another part of ''growing-up'' lesson ? i suppose so..

sometimes, i just get soooo tired being so dependent on myself.. why cant i just have a ''holiday'' in spore just by relying on others ? o wellz.. it sounds as though i am suffering some sort of identity crisis.. but nah, i am not.. i am just confused as to how i should please the people around me...

i just changed the bedsheet to my favourite bright colours themed bedsheet.. hopefully i can sleep happily.. i guess it is a little present to myself then.. =)

15nov08

2008-11-15T15:43:00.001+08:00

it feels great to be back.. extremely comfortable bed =)

familiar surrounding.. can pretty much do anything i want =)

14nov08

2008-11-14T08:27:00.002+08:00

yesterday's paper was crappy.. haha..

i am all packed..

flying home in 6 hours =)

wee ~~~

12nov08

2008-11-12T20:06:00.002+08:00

i didnt realise that i have not been updating my blog.. haha..

one final paper on thursday (13nov)..

and i fly back on friday (14nov)..

kinda mixed feelings.. that's all i can say..

shall do to the best that i can.. shall not give up easily.. for i know His grace is sufficient.. =)

20oct08

2008-10-20T16:52:00.002+08:00

today marks the beginning of the week 12.. which is the last week of semester..

pretty fast eh ??

exams start next week.. but i have to clear the assignments due this week first before i can sit down properly to study.. o wellz..

last thursday, i went to the unibar with other crestonites for Oktoberfest.. one of the largest drinking party in sydney.. well, i must say that i had fun.. i may not be myself on that night but i was happy to be dancing and drinking (not a lot).. improper dressing ? nah.. it is just something i dont normally do that's all..

on sat, attempted another coogee to bondi walk.. this time, there were sculptures by the sea.. pretty.. but piggy kinda didnt sleep the night before so she was exhausted.. of course, the mango crush boost drink managed to energise her..

better get back to assignments.. =)

5oct08

2008-10-05T13:36:00.004+08:00

o my.. i didnt even realised that i have not updated my blog for such a long time !! haha..

my mid-semester break ends on next monday.. well, i have been doing much work as well as having my fair share of fun..

saw my first shooting star in aussie on the coogee rocks with sa.. while eating our 1/4 kg tub of south american + ferrara + choc chip ice cream.. and we saw colourful fireworks in a distant.. the rocks overlook the vast black ocean with the wind blew in our hair.. it was soo relaxing..

on children's day (1oct), we attempted the coogee to bondi coastal beach walk.. numerous photos.. =)

so much fun and yet so little time..

yesterday, we went to malaysian hall open house where there was FREE malay food !! haha.. teh bestpart was the curry and satay and peanut sauce etc.. hahaa.. at zero cost.. hahahahaha.. met quite a number of my other asian food science friends as well..

of course there were some things that made me fustrated.. simply two keywords -> groupwork and friendship.. the former, haiz.. wads new.. the latter, haiz, wad's new again.. i am always torn in between two.. why cant princess sharon gets the best of two worlds ? haha.. but anyway, things have died down now and all is well.. =)

today marks the beginning of the daylight savings.. we fast-forward our clocks by one hour at 2am this morning.. so means we lost one hour of our lives.. haha.. just for the fun of it, we stayed up studying last night to change the time at the exact time.. haha.. and we went a little bonkers as well.. females are such emotional species.. we are capable of arguing and bonding..

p.s. jay's new album is soooo nice.. thx to my lovely cousins, i dont have to wait til november to hear all his songs..

p.s.s. for photos, you know where to find them..

12sep08

2008-09-12T23:18:00.003+08:00

i am actually quite excited about tomorrow (sat)'s adventure.. 6 hours drive to Dubbo.. it is North-West of Sydney.. even further past the Blue Mountains =) its gonna be exciting =)

we did a little studying on the indigenous people.. watched this real-story movie .. it is about the Stolen Generation.. aboriginal kids were taken away from their families and were put into homes.. one way of looking the matter is, the govt was trying to educate them hoping to improve their future lives.. another way is, imagine you are a mother, would you allow someone (of a different race) take your child away from you ? and you would never see your child ever again.. of course there were cases of ill-treatment; there were also some who were thankful for being given a chance to be educated; some are simply unhappy about not able to find their roots (family) etc.. anyway, the movie is about the determination of this young indigenous girl who managed to find her way back to her mum by traveling along this extremely long fence.. if you are wondering, the meaning of this fence is not as simple as it sounds.. it is about colour discrimination.. a race being superior to other races..

anyway, i better get some sleep.. was planning to study on the way there (2 exams next week).. haha.. hopefully, i dont doze off.. hahaha..

8sept08

2008-09-08T22:37:00.002+08:00

can you believe that one month has passed since the beijing olympics opening ceremony ? that is how fast time is flying..

i am going on a service project to Dubbo which is 6 hours drive away from Sydney.. will be leaving on the saturday and return on monday.. gonna be exciting i guess.. i get to see real indigenous kids and interact with them.. how can one stay in aussie land and not experience the outback ? anyway.. as interesting as it sounds, it is gonna cost me a lot of sleep sacrifice.. =| i had a mid-exam on tuesday and thursday and assignments due.. so it means that i hav to rush them now since i wont be able to do any preparation over the weekend.. also, safety is another issue.. it is afterall the outback.. where people are not brought up like the way we were.. so.. will be alert and cautious..

but i will be in good hands.. =)

okie, better get back to work.. feel soo nerdy >.<

31aug08

2008-08-31T20:58:00.002+08:00

today i met up with ying shin !! i was sooo excited since last night !! even forced myself to sleep early so i may wake up early and not miss the bus..

i went to ying shin's unilodge at broadway, waited for her in the lobby.. when i saw her, i was like "ying shin ~~~" and gave her a hug.. haha.. long time no see mah.. 7 (almost 8) weeks liao i think.. so we walked to her church.. after the service, she introduced her friends to me.. they are nice.. and we have lunch together.. thai food.. =) afterwhich, we went back to her apartment coz i wanna see how it looks like.. not bad wor.. quite spacious =) then she accompanied me to walk walk in broadway shopping centre..

i would sum up the day and time spent with her as marvelous.. =)

tomorrow marks the beginning of week 6.. practically half the semester is gone !!! incredibly fast !! and i am being a good gal revising my work consistently.. =)

and tomorrow.. we mark the beginning of a new month - september !!

parents' wedding anniversary coming up => making something really special.. all i need is TIME !! haha.. speaking of anniversary, heah heah talked about a mv "greeen-kiseki".. i youtubed it up.. and o my.. it is sooo nice and cute .. here is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTMegULiDq8

25aug08

2008-08-25T17:46:00.002+08:00

yesterday, the 29th olympics in beijing came to an end..

just like what the International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said, "Through these Games, the world learned more about China, and China learned more about the world.... These were truly exceptional Games."

with more than 40 world records and more than 100 Olympic records set.. and of course, the two icons of the Games - Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.. i definately had a marvelous time watching them compete..

it may just be 16 days of competition.. but it is an event where different nations come together for competitive sports.. and that alone is very remarkable..

and at the same time, i have to start focusing on my uni work.. haha..

17aug08

2008-08-17T13:31:00.003+08:00

in one week, michael phelps achieved the EIGHT gold medals he aimed for..

in those crucial minutes and seconds, he raced against others to beat the world record..

HOW ABOUT YOU ? how did you spend your past ONE week ?

interesting question eh ? someone out there is being paid off for his sheer hard work and here i am watching him on the television.. hahaha..

[ if your answer is ''nothing'', you should slap your cheeks.. ]

anyway, now that swimming is over, there is syncho swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, 110m hurdle etc.. and before you know it, the closing ceremony is NEXT SUNDAY !!! that is sooooooo fasttt !!!!

well, the weather is dropping further.. the forecast for tomorrow and the rest of the week is 3-4 degrees.. cold i tell you..

o and yesterday, went for a drive to glebe with some crestonites for churros !!! woo yummmy.. spanish san churrosss..

10aug08

2008-08-10T12:15:00.002+08:00

the swimming semis and finals began this noon.. it was gooooodie..

go michael phelps, go korean park.. congrats to them on winning gold !!!

and tao li.. congrats being third in your semis.. go girl !!

i am basically cheering on for the asian countries.. like jap, korea, china etc..

i see this beijing olympics to be a time for the asian countries to shine..

tonight, aussie time 12 midnite, there will be a game that i have been waiting for a looong time.. MEN'S BASKETBALL !!! united states versus china !!!! international stars like kobe, yaoming etc !!! i am sooooo looking forward..

in case you have not realised, my homework is PRETTY much lagging behind.. hahahhaa..

9aug08

2008-08-09T23:04:00.002+08:00

hApppy NaTional dAy sIngapore !!!!!!!!!

the beijing olympics opening ceremony last night was awesome and fabulous.. from the sycho of the drummers, to the light effects, to the human-in-type wave effect, to the contemp dancing-and-drawing and finally to the lighting of the torch.. i couldnt be more proud than anything.. proud to be a chinese i must say.. though at times we make some harmless jokes about chinese nationals.. but i tell you, that whole opening ceremony reallly put some s*** in some people's mouth.. see if they EVEN dare to look down on chinese every again..

and there was the marching of the different countries.. i like the idea of the people stepping on the coloured ink and walking on the painting.. AWESOME idea.. at creston, we watched on the big screen in the lounge.. the good thing was we had a little geography class as we had guidance to knowing the african countries, the pacific islands, the south american etc.. and when singapore came out, WWOOOO.. GO SINGAPORE !!! haha.. the idea of marching order to go according to the number of strokes of the chinese character is really innovative.. really proud once more..

for lunch, the cups and glasses were arranged in the olympics ring formation.. haha.. and for dinner, they were arranged in the crescent and 5 stars (spore flag).. thx kim.. haha.. and the rest of the night was basically watching the swimmmming heats.. congrats to tao li on being first in her butterfly heat.. you go, girl..

8aug08

2008-08-08T09:13:00.002+08:00

todays marks the end of Week 2.. which is quite fast i must say.. and soon it will be final exams !! woo.. that's gonna be a little stressful.. anyway, last night we had a farewell party for selena, now ex-principal of creston.. we had lots of fun.. we threw waterbombs at her.. imagine playing waterbombs in the winter !! your fingers practically turn icy cold.. and we used those normal size balloons.. woo.. huge.. and we filled it up with cold water.. hahaaaa.. then we had a ''party'' when a lot of crazy stuffs happened.. but i shall not mention because it is rather inappropriate.. hehe..

today also marks the START of Beijing Olympics !!!!!!

i still remember the time when countries were bidding to host the games.. and when the results came out, it was like ''woa.. 2008 in beijing'' and it seemed as though we had to wait for quite some time.. and NOW, this is 2008 and it IS starting tonight !! it just remind us of how we should treasure every single second we hav on this Earth..

well, one good thing is that channel 7 will be airing tons of events.. and i plan to sit in front of the telly all the time.. nah, i am kidding.. well, we have the schedule of when each of the events begin.. guess i shall just arrange my time accordingly..

i am quite excited to be frank.. i wonder why.. haha..

o yar, tomorrow, daddy mummy gege are gonna fly offffff to the states.. awww.. i am gonna miss dumbo.. actually i planned to visit him.. but the thought of the ultra long flight makes my butt cram.. so.. haha.. shall wait for him to graduate then fly over bah.. i dunnoe.. lets see.. i may miss him soo much that i may just fly across the pacific ocean Just to see him.. hahahhaa..

i didnt get much sleep last night coz i was making selena's present.. and i woke up extremely early to eat breakfast with selena and kim.. AND the olympics is gonna be quite late (time difference).. so i should take an afternoon nap.. BUT I HAVE CLASSES STRAIGHT FROM AFTER LUNCH TO DINNER.. =( boooohooooo ~~~

28 july08

2008-07-28T09:17:00.002+08:00

i am back in sydney..

it feels weird to be back in sydney frankly.. there was a tinge of RELUCTANT-ness at the airport..

maybe it is because the break in spore was quite long (one month) and such that i have slackened off in the comforts of my family.. =( o wellz..

the one month in spore was definitely well spent..

anyway, it is back to studying and i shall gambateh..

*feeeling coooold..

26june08

2008-06-26T01:02:00.003+08:00

in simply 12 hours time, i will be on the flight back to spore !!! yipppeeee.. by the way, it is 3am now..

i still cant believe that one semester has ended.. it was soooo quick.. i still remembered meeting my taiwan fren at the sydney airport and travelled to creston together.. it felt as though it was yesterday ! and now ? it is time to once again tidy up my room !!

o well, i am pretty much exhausted.. really..

and on friday, early in the morning, i will be making my way to the airport again to fly to phuket.. my family members will already be there waiting for me.. i soooooo need this family trip.. miss them like nuts..

i better try to sleep.. slept only for a few hours the night before coz i didnt feel tired and helped my another fren who was packing up.. surprisingly, i didnt feel tired for the whole day ! hmm..

still, i cant believe that exams are over ! o wellz, time to get over it and move on with life ! haha..

phuket, here i comeeeeeeee ~~~~~~

9june08

2008-06-09T19:08:00.002+08:00

today is the Queen's birthday.. meaning it is public holiday.. but dont not much difference since classes ended last friday..

race to the exams have began..

very important to stay healthy and get sufficient rest especially when i have so much to accomplish.. but one step at a time i guess..

26may08

2008-05-26T23:40:00.002+08:00

in just ONE MONTH time, i shall be on the plane back to s'pore !!

but before that, of course there are tons of journals to read, scientific reports to write, supporting evidence to search, brain cells to kill (kiddin')..

it has been a tough semester i must say.. with so much to do yet lesser time.. and it doesnt help if i am overloading with extra credits.. haiz..

but i shall survive.. by stretching myself..

of course i see the one-month break back to spore as a motivation and also kinda cant wait for my sunny family trip on the shores of phuket.. i need the heat badly.. the weather here is getting realllllly cold as winter approaches..

just a short update that's all.. not that i hav much time to spare too.. o wellz..

1april08

2008-04-01T07:08:00.001+08:00

happy april fools' day.. a day that only silly bums play pranks on others.. that is how brainless humans can be.. just for the sake of cheap thrill..

what ally said is true.. "why they choose not to tell us sth or choose not to do sth. maybe it all lies with our differences in our definition of what good frens should reveal and do to each other"

so it is time i evaluate my friends eh ? like how kids used to write in primary school autograph books.. level one friends, level two friends etc.. i always felt that was crap.. how can one even classify her friends ?? but there are people who do that i guess..

i am not sure if you can understand how i feel.. being away, left out and ''forgotten''.. like ''wadeva'' right ? as long as it doesnt matter you, who cares ? THAT is humans' pathetic characteristic..

31mar08

2008-03-31T13:50:00.001+08:00

a lot has happened over the past week.. some good some bad..

i thought i hav already gotten over it but a fren emailed me and the feeling of being hurt just came flying back to me.. why must you do this to me ? why ? how many times have you let me down ? how many times have you hurt me unknowingly ? i really wish i could count.. but i never regretted putting so much effort for you in those particular four years because it was for the word friendship in exchange which was worth it.. o wellz.. i dont know what more can i say because afterall, i am nobody to you.. IT IS JUST ME.. ME AND MY WISHFUL THINKING.. ME AND MY CHILDISHNESS.. ME AND MY BOSSY CHARACTER.. and you never in the wrong.. or rather, you never bother to make things better.. you like the way things are.. coz it has nothing to do with you..
you know what ? why do i even bother writing a paragraph on this topic ? crap.

and thus, no matter how much good things has taken place, they are all overshadowed by the bad things..

dont say i have not blogged.. there you go, i have.. a crappy one in fact.

20mar08

2008-03-20T08:28:00.002+08:00

woo.. it has been exactly one month since i last blogged.. opz..

during my break in spore, there were so much love and happiness such that the days passed by really quick.. wanna thank all the people who took precious time away from their busy life to spend time with me..

there was daddy & me day, mahjong sessions with family, marketing on saturdays, chef daddy day, day with cousins, dbsk day, 4A gathering at malcolm's bday chalet, mummy & me tai-tai day, k-box day with solomon knights (followed by ice-cream which made us 'drunk'), eat-all-you-can steamboat day (with huiting and jingsian. hey ! they had free flow of pig liver and crab and prawn !!), GAS day (at grace's house) etc.. of course there were slow days at home too.. spent time doing some gardening, watched yu le bai fen bai, nagging on small bro to do homework after school, after-dinner walks with mum and big bro, AND of course STAR WARS LEGO ON PS3 <- woo hoo..

those days were filled with happiness and love and positive feelings which you can never ask for more.. on saturday, it was a relaxing day.. went to shop at orchard in the morning, had high tea with mum and big bro, went home for some last minute packing, waited for small bro and daddy to return home, went to macpherson to eat frog porridge for dinner and made our way to the airport.. well, solomon knights popped out out of no where.. and it was really God's grace that we managed to meet coz i was jus about to enter the departure hall ! so we took the skytrain from terminal to terminal.. took really tourist type of photos.. haha.. but you see, when i am with them, i cant be bothered whether whatever we are doing is embarrassing or not..

so it was a night flight.. met up with kimberly at the airport (her flight was jus behind mine).. took the cab to creston.. felt so exhausted both physically and mentally.. hers was also a night flight from taiwan.. mentally coz we felt that we were not ready (or rather, quite unwilling) for a whole new semester to start..

the following day, class started.. uni is packed once more.. thursday, creston had formal dinner.. friday, kimberly made bubble tea for us.. yumm.. this monday, creston had the uni chancellor for the official opening ceremony.. so far, it has been busy and activities here and there..

a few days ago, i was feeling down.. i have no idea WHY i was soo bothered by it.. what do you feel when your close friend kinda didnt update you on certain thing and you only found out thru other people and blogs ? i mean, i know i am no one to that person but i thought we had this friendship to share ? maybe i was wrong.. maybe it has always been my wishful thinking.. but anyway, wish you all the best.. and i feel our friendship will never be the same again.. it will turn to avoidance <- if there is such a word.. (recently, inventing words is my new hobby..) actually, why should i feel affected ? i wonder.. do i take friendships toooo seriously ? or maybe i expect too much from friendships and maybe you are just NOT up to it.. (being bitchy here)

no but seriously, am i asking for too much ? whatever..

tomorrow is easter and it is when we commerate our Lord Saviour Jesus who died on the cross for us sinners.. so that we may be saved and have eternal life..

tomorrow, i will be going to church camp / retreat some 2 hour drive south.. it is really beautiful situated on a hill and overlooks the ocean.. i am sure it will be refreshing.. the retreat is from friday morning til monday evening.. so til then, take care people..

20feb08

2008-02-20T22:53:00.002+08:00

wooooo hooooo ~~~~

moi exam is OVER !!!!!!!!!!

okie, let me talk about yesterday first.. haha..

yesterday morning after breakfast, i went to swim at the unipool.. swam longer than usual.. maybe because i was trying to escape from the studying.. haha.. then in the afternoon, stayed in the room to study.. haiz.. by 5 pm plus, couldnt take it anymore then went to take a walk to the nearby supermarket and shops.. visited the different supermarkets, went down lane by lane at ultra slow pace.. then went to coogee beach.. slow walk once again.. went to one of the highlands which overlooks the ocean.. i stood there letting wind blow thru every strand of my hair.. spread open my arms (like the famous titanic.. haha) and praise the Lord for his magnificent creation.. it was just soo breathetaking seeing how the waves form and crash against the shore.. i mean.. it is the countless time i am witnessing such thing but it is jus so refreshing everytime i watch them.. by the time i made my way back, the sun was slowly setting.. haha.. so it was a looong walk away from the books.. actually i was more or less prepared.. by havent memorised fully that's all.. haha..

as for today, finally the exam is OVER !!!! it was fine actually.. jus that i had to rush near the end of the paper coz spent a little too much time on a previous question.. haiz.. o wellz.. then after exam, went to Pancakes on The Rocks to eat late late lunch with friends.. ordered Potato Au Gratin which was potato and onion pancake and The Ultimate which is crepes with fillings and flooded in strawberry sauce and topped with icecream.. super dee super yummmy.. then we walk aimlessly around in the city.. walked til legs ache.. around evening, jus slightly before the peak hour, we went to iris's house to chill out.. we played uno cards (kept sabotaging each other.. we would memorise who doesnt have a particular colour card and try our best to demand that particular colour card from that person.. had tons of fun..), watched tv and had snacks (like self made nacho chips topped with tomato baked beans and melted cheese.. and i had to leave slightly "early" (depends on how you define late) before it was too scary and dangerous to walk back..

i stayed back for the summer JUST for this particular course.. and now that it is OVER, can you imagine how glad i am ? and better still, i am FLYING BACK TO SPORE IN A FEW HOURS !!!!

18feb08

2008-02-18T21:08:00.002+08:00

so now it is down to FOUR days.. yipppeee !!!

well.. on friday, we watched a movie called Freedom Writers at creston.. it is realllly good.. it is based on a true story and talked about how this teacher managed to inspire and dissolve the racial prejudice amongst the students who were from really broken background.. really nice movie..

on saturday, went to nursing home and one thing grandma shared with me was "the best occupation is being a student".. and it really hit it.. kinda like a reminder that we should enjoy studying coz once we graduate, it is "welcome to the working world".. o wellz..

on sunday morning, we went to bronte beach not too far away.. i didnt swim but went for a walk on the rocks and took many photos of the creatures on the rocks etc.. church service is now back in the late afternoon..

as for today, i am now back in basser college as activities start today in creston.. i tell myself it is okie coz it is only for three nights.. shouldnt be a problem.. the only thing is.. i have been slacking (kind of) for the day and that means i have one whole day tomorrow to memorise any other stuff before the exam on wednesday.. actually i am more or less already ready but.. you can never be really reallly ready can you ? but you know me.. i study only the main points and tend to miss out one thing or another.. or rather, selective study.. o wellz.. hahaha..

i really cant wait for the flight back home.. =) but patience i shall have.. =)

14feb08

2008-02-14T20:24:00.002+08:00

(littlepig-io shouts) happpy valentine's daaaayy !!

how's everyone so far ? i must say that you really should not worry too much about the future.. or rather, not to think soo hard about the future.. and that includes your simple day to day chores.. that is my lesson of the week.. i worried soo much about this and that.. and God 'woke' me up by surprising me..

on monday evening, creston principal invited me out to watch a play dress rehearsal that is a little drive up north.. it was a nice time out really.. got to admire the night view of the city.. the harbour bridge and opera house.. really need some time out of the house i must say..

today is valentine's day.. wad did little miss piggy do leh ? well, in the morning, after breakfast and sending of some valentine's day e-cards, went for a swim.. i wonder why i hardly feel tired (not even out of breath) after swimming continuously for quite some time.. hmm.. is it because i keep thinking about things and bu zhi bu jue swim so many laps liao.. or i am becoming fitter ? haha.. i would prefer the latter choice.. o wellz.. then i spent the afternoon on revision for next week's final exam..

after dinner, went for a Girl's Night Out gathering !!! it was organised by a church member.. and it was for girls only.. haha.. after some time spent on voting, we decided on the click flick that the majority wanted to watch - She's The Man.. we ate chocolates as we watched.. though i have already watched the movie in spore, it was nice watching again.. then i had to rush back to make it in time for creston's curfew.. overall, it was a nice gathering really.. glad that i decided to go.. =)

jus one more week.. jus one more week.. =)

8feb08

2008-02-08T19:03:00.000+08:00

since webcam was down yesterday, i requested for special permission from the principal to use the computer in the office to chat with my parents online.. coz that computer's internet works fine.. and so when i webcam with parents, i practically broke down.. really.. i cried in front of them.. i just miss them soo much and was hoping them to call me but they didnt.. i carried my handphone around me all the time in case i miss their call or smething.. but i kept telling myself maybe they are busy but.. as the EDITTED saying goes, the higher you hope for, the greater the pain when you fall..

so i was very selfish to blame them for forgetting about me.. never call me.. they rather go play mahjong than webcam with me etc.. tears jus came flowing..

then after a while, tear glands slowly ''cease operation''.. and talk quite a bit with family.. and i was ashame of myself.. coz my parents went thru soo much more not pleasant stuffs than me.. like my mum injured herself soo many times while preparing for this and that.. then the three boys at home didnt really help her etc.. and there i was throwing temper & creating a big fuss that they forgot about me and didnt BOTHER calling me.. haiz.. afterall, i am the only girl.. a spoilt one too.. so yar.. but in the end, all went well.. i mean afterall it is cny, you are not suppose to bear hard feelings..

anyway people, you have a long break of four days.. so enjoy =)

p.s. happpy 20th birthday lijein.. =)

7feb08

2008-02-07T13:44:00.000+08:00

gong xi gong xi !!!

happpy lunar new year !!!

how's everyone's day so far ? me ar.. haiz.. last night the internet kept fluctuating and was a little tired so didnt stay online for long..

this morning, drank only a hot cup of milo cause was still full from last night.. i then went to the library to watch movies youtube.. went back creston for lunch and went to bondi junction and now i am back in the library.. though i didnt buy anything, it was a nice walk alone..

on the bus ride there, beside me was a chinese lady and i initiated and wished her a happy lunar new year and she wished me back.. haha.. and we chatted for a while til i alighted.. haha.. super random..

shall not talk much, better make use of my time to youtube before dinner.. haha..

6feb08.3

2008-02-06T21:00:00.000+08:00

happy lunar new year !!!!!!!!!!

three hours later.. it will be your turn.. haha.. the earth takes three hours to 'travel' from sydney to spore.. haha.. jus now the internet went down again.. haiz.. luckily it went back up again.. hallelujah !!

miss piggy wishes everyone a healthy year ahead..

another year = another chance to live life to the fullest..

another year = another chance to glorify God..

another year = another chance to grow more stronger spiritually..

enjoy your house visiting for the next few days !!! *muacks..

6feb08.2

2008-02-06T20:12:00.000+08:00

give thanks !! pRaise the Lord !!!!!!!!

when i first came to use the computer, the internet was down.. then i played a little of solitare and was about to give up and retreat back to my room.. and i tried the internet once more and it worked !!! that's how i am here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i jus came back from my chuxi ye dinner with church friends.. o my, i ate sooo much !! my stomach is really bloated at the moment and i cant slouch.. gotta sit up straight.. guess what ? God's timing and plans and surprises are just soooo enjoyable and comfortable and the best !! they prepared yu sheng (salmon as the fresh fish), steamboat (with jiao zi) and tang yuan (hot soyabean as soup) !!!!! fabulous !!!! it was soo goood.. and i didnt feel left out coz i am still "new" to them mah.. and we played another mini version of zhong ji mi ma and i had to eat another two jiao zi as punishment.. haiz.. yar.. before that i already ate soo many jiao zi that i am still burping them now !! hahaa..

i guess i too was able to have this festive feeling.. (proved me wrong from previous entry)

then when i came back to creston.. principal gave me a pair of orange flavoured lollipops.. haha.. in replacement to mandarin oranges.. haha.. how cute..

i am soooo glad to have such a wonderful dinner.. and able to use the internet to guo nian.. though no one to chat at the moment.. i shall find entertainment online.. hahahaha.. i can have my own version of shou ye.. but three hours ahead of you guys.. haha.. o yar, my blog is set to spore time.. haha.. o wellz..

muacks people !!! 35 more minutes to new year !!!!!!!!!

6feb08

2008-02-06T14:31:00.001+08:00

how's everyone's chu xi ye ? enjoying ?

today is the longest class-day.. from 9am to 5pm.. so now, i just finished lab which was the last part of the day.. and the lab demonstrator was hurrying us to complete our report and submit them.. she was like "hurry up.. i have a reunion dinner to attend !!" and my heart went "as if we dont have.." (cause there is quite a few asians around).. and i thought again.. true.. yar.. I DONT HAVE.. haha.. and when friends and i parted for the evening, we wished each other a happy chinese new year.. and when i wished them, it was like simply EMPTY WORDS.. the whole happiness meaning was absent.. and i feel it is the family members that you have that brings about this happiness.. (ok, i am tearing now.. in library somemore) it is just that i suddenly thought of my family back home..

*silence*

so this is my first chinese new year away from home.. away from my beloved family..

some of you may have received my lovely cny cards.. and there is a similar sentence in all the cards.. which is the line where i wish you all a fabulous festive season with all the cny goodies.. and everytime i was about to pen that sentence down, i had to 'bluff' myself to feel that i am too gonna enjoy this cny with all the company and goodies and let the fake happiness fill me in order to wish you all happiness.. but at the back of my head, i know it will never come true.. no bak gua, no mum's prawn rolls (tearing again), no mum-cum-dad-specially-cook chu xi ye dinner (crying liao), no lo-hei with extended family etc.. of course the hongbaos.. but they are not the most important as compared to the others..

you see people, it is all about treasuring the people around you.. of course, if i hav a wonderfully handsome boyfriend then i am sure i will be fine.. but i dont you see.. so at this time, if you are arguing with your parents, you should be ashame of yourself.. dont forgive them jus because you should as it is chinese tradition to forget all hatred.. but forgive them from the bottom of you heart.. if they are in the wrong, why cant you jus close one eye ?? close both eyes also wont die right ? afterall, they are getting older, become more naggy but one day when they become a burden, are you gonna throw them into the old folk's home ?

the grandpa that i was visiting at the nursing home passed away when i went back to spore for christmas.. so now i am paired up with a new grandma.. she is 93 years old.. she keep telling me how she cant see a single thing.. she is left with one eye only and that eyesight is failing.. and she tells me everyday everyday is the same.. it is ultra boring.. due to her weak body, she cant walk around as much as she like.. there is practically nothing to do at the home.. if you think they can at least talk to others, that is only right to an ultra small extent.. coz others are just as weak and cant talk too.. so.. nursing home or wadeva home is not that pleasant place to be afterall you know..

o wellz, think i have crapped more than neccessary.. sorry about being a little emotional..

well, a good news is that i will be joining my church friends at someone's house to have dinner.. we are all asians mainly from spore and m'sia.. so if i cant spend chu xi ye with my own family, i guess spending the night with other brothers and sisters in Christ is just as fine.. God's family afterall.. well, i guess spending with creston people will be boring coz they are all locals.. o wellz.. i mean they tried very hard to ask me how should they celebrate for me etc.. but it is jus sooo hard to explain.. til a point that i dont wanna share.. haha.. coz it seemed soo no point in saying.. coz i know they will just dont get it..

so tml.. chu yi.. it is not a public holiday so shops will still be open.. i will either stay in the library to watch youtube or go shopping alone.. but shopping here is not like spore.. no megamall or smething.. o wellz..

enjoy your house-visiting !!!!! dont complain that you have to see all your san gu liu po.. afterall, you get $$money from them.. wad else more you want ? loneliness ? i will be more than happy to give it to you.. i promise..

*muackks.. hugs and kisses for everyone..

4feb08

2008-02-04T17:43:00.000+08:00

*breathe in breathe out*

i wonder why i am so anxious about tomorrow's exam.. hmm.. i think i am more or less prepared though.. haha.. maybe i just cant wait for it to be over.. haha..

do pray for me yar ?

o yar, people, do take out to vote for the countries on monopoly's new world edition.. quite cute.. vote on monopoly.com..

3 feb08

2008-02-03T09:18:00.000+08:00

TWO WEEKS and THREE DAYS left !!!!

it really takes courage to step out of darkness and blog you know.. recent weeks, my life has been really much better.. people whom i have emailed would have known that..

there was the winning champion djokovic in Australian Open tennis match.. whom i supported dearly.. haha.. i am sure you can guess the reason.. >.< but of course i must give credits to newcomer tsonga for coming soo far..

there was Australia Day.. me and therese went to the city to enjoy the event.. pasted a aussie flag on my cheek.. haha.. went aboard a battleship at the maritime museum.. watched the women's finals on big screen (the day before, watched the guy's semi-finals on big screen too) etc.. beautiful day..

for people who are confused, i am back in creston.. the principal was gracious enough to let me stay here despite having some activities.. meaning meals are provided and i am concentrate on my studies.. but i must say all these are by God's grace.. watching over me.. =)

so while you people are enjoying your cny, i am studying coz i have one final exam on the coming tuesday.. haiz.. and the next one is in two weeks two days.. i sooooo cant wait for the exams to be over !! haha.. so i have been trying really hard to get all the facts into my tiny (but cute) brain.. hahaha..

the weather here is a bit unpredictable.. as of the previous entry, there is no need for a fan coz it is a wet summer now.. haha.. rain, cool wind etc..

compared to the initial days back in aussie land, now is a whole lot better.. must give thanks..

=on God's solid rock i stand, all other ground is sinking sand=

10jan08

2008-01-10T07:31:00.000+08:00

it is a new year - 2008..

i am gonna be selfish and not share about all the fun and happiness i had in my short 2.5 weeks in aussie land.. but to all the people out there who spent precious time with me, i wanna say a big thank you..

here i am, back in aussie land.. past three days had not been that good.. as in, i realise that i dont really know how to take care of myself.. i mean, there are a lot of stuffs to be thankful for.. like mum took the wrong express highway and it jammed but we were able to make it not to late to check-in at the airport.. my luggage did not exceed the weight limit (i have become super paranoid ever since the last incident).. my new room (i move house again) is big and nice.. for all these, i must give thanks to our Almighty God..

but there are a few stuffs that i just have to learn to go about doing it.. like lunch and dinner is not provided.. although it sounds easy to cook for yourself, i really isnt that nice to cook and eat by yourself.. (and it not like i have a whole apartment or something.. it is still a college and i have to go to the kitchenette to cook etc.. and it is not like i have alot of ''tools'' with me.. i got an electric cooker, big bowl and chopsticks.. haha..) and now is summer, room not much wind and no fan.. still considering if i should invest in a new fan..

there are just so many other small stuffs that affects me slightly and needs to be solve.. or rather, i can choose not to bother.. but i ain saying it is gonna be easy..

just another note, i will not be blogging that frequently cause i will then have to think what to type and that will cause me to think about the sad part of my current life.. but hey !! if my parents are able to do it, i dont see why i cant.. afterall, it is only gonna be a short period of time.. say 6 more weeks ONLY.. people, it will be great if you continue to encourage me.. i am trying very hard to look ahead.. you know, telling myself that time will fly by fast.. (though it may not be that simple as it sounds..)

take care people and pray for me.. =)

17dec07.2

2007-12-17T20:29:00.000+08:00

okie.. i better sleep soon.. 11.30pm already..

my stuffs are packed already.. =) but just some minor stuffs to be taken care of just before i go.. i am very satisfied with my packing-the-wine-in-suitcase skill..

o yar !! i calculated the amount spent on the stuffs.. o my.. it is three digits and the first digit is not 1 nor 2.. haiz.. but every item quite ok price leh.. mayb because i bought pressie for b'days too.. hmm.. and the chocolates.. hmm..

i reallly pray that the baggage does NOT exceed the weight limit >.<

o yar, when i was packing, i suddenly realised that i forgot one item which was meant for small bro.. haiz.. tomorrow early morning better go and get it sia.. then class start at 9am.. lecture one hour.. practical 3 hours til 1pm.. then hav to rush back etc..

i'm glad to announce that the joy of going home is IN me now !! simply because i listened to my alltime favourite christmas ''carol''-All I Want For Christmas Is You.. and when i saw an airplane flew over my head and i recalled the "I Want To Go Home'' feeling that i always had..

o yupz.. nitezz..

p.s. i'm drinking this one litre soyamilk which i jus bought just now.. must finish it before i leave.. haha.. one litre.. hahha.. *bonkers*

17dec07

2007-12-17T09:00:00.000+08:00

yikes !! i'm spending toooo much money !! haha..

after breakfast i went to the kensington colleges to apply for room.. and guess what ? the counter understood that i need my quiet silence atmosphere and gave me this bigger room that is rather quiet.. =) God is watching over me =)

then with proper time planning, i went to toys r us the SECOND time to get something for my bros.. tupid lar, dont say earlier.. make me waste bus fare.. not that cheap le.. but at least it isnt too far.. basically, he say spore dont have.. then i say if i dont go n buy today and risk maybe seeing it at the airport.. he say anything lor.. but you know me.. love my brothers sooo much.. haha.. GEGE, you own me one.. (own me money too..) do you know he bought a ps3 ? crazy right ? waiting for me to play with them.. yea =) actually, they are waiting for my sponsorship in terms of dollars and cents.. haha..

last night slept really late.. chatted with bros, mal, lijein =) and watched a little youtube.. haha..

so the plans for later would be lunch -> start packing up.. around 4pm, shall go to the nursing home to say bye to my grandpa and the supermarket to get some groceries to bring back..

seriously, i am gonna calculate how much i spent and take a photo of all things that i bought.. haha..

16dec07.2

2007-12-16T20:05:00.000+08:00

shopping in the afternoon was crazy.. basically, i was supposed to get some stuffs right.. so i concentrated on three mega stores (like giant kind.. hav everything except for fresh food).. then all on different floor.. in order to get better quality and better price, i went up down up down.. going in each store a few times.. then forget which store i saw a particular item.. then when i thought i went to the correct one, *buzzer sound*, i was wrong.. haha..

it was fun pushing the massive trolley.. but it felt weird.. i dont know why.. then when i look around, i realise there were families all around.. (yes, the whole mall was crowded.. and i still managed to carry a huge container totally filled (for easier carrying purpose) with chocolates and 3 x 1.7 kg beer brewing mixture !! and took a bus home) back to the families thing, it was the dads and mums pushing the trolley and i was i, a cute teenager girl pushing the trolley.. (dont laugh at the c word.. where are your manners ? haha.. ) then i remember how mum and i would go ntuc shopping.. haiz.. the trolley.. the getting of food.. the loading n unloading.. o wellz..

so yar, spent a bomb.. heck lar.. i work so hard then cannot spend.. anyway, i rejected the offer to continue working for my second half of summer le.. really dedicated to study =) afterall, it is only 5 weeks.. people, tell me it is only 5 weeks.. and that i can conquer that 5 weeks =) o yar, there is NO WORK tomorrow meaning tonight was my LAST SHIFT !!! yeah.. haha.. also means no more extra money.. =( nevermind.. sure dad n mum dun mind giving me a little just for the 5 weeks.. (right mummy daddy ???) hmm.. wonder if they still read this blog.. i know they read once or twice a few months ago..

the only thing i m afraid now is exceeding in the luggage weight.. haha..

o yar, peter from church offered to give me a lift to the airport !!!! good eh ? i was planning to take the bus initially (save money) but he insist after all he is free that day.. dun think too far.. he is jus my bible study leader.. so i dun have to rush like a mad dog after bio practical on tuesday.. i hav pract til 1pm and my flight is at 5pm. and i hav to reach airport two hours before.. if i take bus, i will have to leave house ealier since the bus ride is one hour approx.. actually it is really near.. but the traffic may be unpredictable.. so yupz..

just a little thing to share.. i was showering and i realised how much God has helped me over the past few days.. from small little things to bigger ones.. i 'm really thankful Lord.. jus like how i was worried how to pack the wine in my suitcase, making sure it doesnt break and stain my clothes.. and today when i was looking at my plastic container, i saw this keep-chill bag that can be used for wine.. and it was on discount.. haha.. so it is definately (hopefully) strong enuff to protect the wine.. =) and also, the wine that i anyhow buy a few days ago happened to be the one my dad wants.. he only told me last night what kind of wine he wants.. telepathy ? haha.. shh.. but he dont know that i bought a wine for him already.. o yar, did i tell you that i made a video for him for his birthday ? haha.. that was last week of november lar.. now summer session where got time to do such stuffs ? other than youtube-ing ? >.< haha..

shower song of the day: "Lord, You are always here with me..........."

16dec07

2007-12-16T09:14:00.000+08:00

i know it is finally down to TWO days but why do i still have this mixed feelings ?

yesterday afternoon, chatted with bro made me feel happy.. when he had to leave for lunch n some church rehearsal, i was soo disappointed.. then came along my cousin carpy.. i m soo greatful that she chatted with me til dinner time =) thx carpy =)

then after dinner, worked at creston again.. seriously, it is getting very sian..

after returning and taking a shower, i rushed to finish up the last 3/4 of my bio assignment and chatted online.. was soo happy to see bro again.. then came along mum.. then ally some time later.. it felt great chatting with you all.. and the happiness of going home is like ''this is what i have been waiting for !!!'' and when ally ask of my health, i was like i'm very very much better.. and seriously, i felt sooo much better (as of last night).. felt normal.. coz yesterday morning though my body had strength, i still felt like vomitting my very light breakfast out.. (then still have to work. crap)

but this morning, when i woke up, i wonder why i ain feeling that happy.. i mean, i was supposed to feel lighter and happier.. after eating breakfast and on the way to church, i felt uneasy again.. crap.

anyway, i m moving out of yarraton.. since they are gonna renovate, there will not be place for me to stay.. and since i need my total quiet to study, obviously this place is not the best ideal place to be doing so especially when the second half of summer is gonna be very xiong.. as in though in mugging sense.. so i'm gonna try this place call the kensington colleges.. it is in campus but the only thing is for summer, they only provide breakfast.. meaning i have to settle my own lunch n dinner.. it sounds easy (i thought so too..) then i realise, no stove how to cook properly ? haha.. but i dun think i will mind instant noodles for 5 weeks bah.. haha.. then i think i will quit working.. it is good pay but i m quite sick n tired of it.. no source of income for 5 weeks i guess..

speaking of this 5 weeks thing.. this is the thing that is giving me mixed feelings.. i really dont feel like returning to aussie land after i have gone back to spore.. haha.. i really miss my creston mates.. without them it doesnt feel nice to be studying here.. crap.. but you see, i 'm gonna be all alone at the kensington college for the 5 weeks.. not that i mind but.. since i will have internet in my room, i think should be no problem.. but 5 weeks away from home sounds terrible.. but then again, what is 5 weeks compared to 5 months that i have been here ? right right ? can someone assure me that ? pleaseeeee ???

i dont know.. it has been this that this that in my mind.. i lose my confidence every now and then.. but when i chat with you people, my beloved ones, i feel i am strong and i will strive to be even stronger for you guys.. haiz.. it is just soo irritating when i lose that confidence of myself..

going to do some shopping after lunch (now) and there is work later. crap again.

14dec07

2007-12-14T18:01:00.000+08:00

i cant believe in just four more days and i will be back in spore !!

i am glad that two of my exams are over but there is still an assignment to rush..

but yesterday was the worst day so far.. around dinner time, i felt extremely cold and had no appetite to eat but still forced myself to eat a little.. didnt think i could make it to creston to work, i reported sick and slept early at 7pm.. woke up at about 9pm to find my whole body in high heat.. aka high fever.. whole body was like immobile.. couldnt sit up.. only managed to doze off at about 11 plus.. then at 12am, suddenly woke up cause felt like puking.. i quickly made a dash for the toilet but wasnt it time so vomitted along the corridor.. haiz.. so had to mop up the mess, change pajamas etc.. and my whole body was energy-less.. felt soo terrible..

this morning my back was still acheing.. still no appetite but at least i could walk.. went for the mini exam in the morning.. brain was totally not thinking properly.. afterwhich, came back to rest.. but felt i need to take a walk so went for the second lecture.. boy did the lecture helped a bit.. managed to catch a wink or two.. haha.. then friends gave me panadol (i left my supply at creston).. in the afternoon, felt so more alive and mind seems to be working.. so i'm really much much better now just that appetite still a little screwed up..

tomorrow will be a tiring day since i will be covering all three shifts.. arg.. the assignment is driving me nuts !! haha..

7dec07

2007-12-07T11:39:00.000+08:00

haiz..

last friday, i moved out of creston to yarraton since creston had some activities.. ever since last week, i hav been feeling extremely down.. the feeling was the same as the first week in aussie after my parents had left.. so i drowned myself in borrowing magazines n dvd from the community library and watch endless youtube at the uni main library.. well, one good news is that i hav finally watched finish the whole series of The X-Family.. bad is, i dont like my current room in yarraton.. since it faces the junction of the main road, noise from cars are endless.. including show-offs of sport cars.. actually, the cars i can stand but not the middle-of-night gangster sounds.. aka drunken teens.. also, there is no mosquito net so haiz.. my right arm alone has 20 bites.. each with an average of 8mm circumferences of redness.. to save you from the ''horror'', shant tell you how many there are on my legs and face.. it is pathetic.. i love creston now.. haha..

and i have to wake up early to do compulsory house-keeping at 7am.. after cleaning for half-an-hour, then can we have breakfast.. it is just part of their rule i guess.. as for the extra-work, it is at creston every evening.. i ain complaining but jus reporting my dull life..

summer classes started last week.. it is ok lar.. but cause it is summer session which is shorter, the classes are cram information kinda classes.. but i guess the only way for time to fly by faster is to concentrate and mug everyday.. yupz..

today, my results are out.. emailed to us.. i did pretty satisfactory except for one slight disappointment.. but i hav to tell myself.. i shouldnt ask for more.. this is what i deserve and that's it. fullstop. that's the problem with us humans, always asking for more or better stuffs.. never really appreciate.. but i shallll.. =)

today i feel so much more alive and not that sian coz i realised that approx just one more week of classses, and i am FLYing home !!!! and i think i definately would not feel like returning here.. haha.. i hope the week pass by fast.. cause there is tests and exams and assignments etc.. simply work hard and time will pass by fast =)

p.s. it took me awhile to blog coz i was feeling sooooo down during the past week and i didnt want to people to worry for me so i didnt share my sadness here.. seriously, i was sooo low in spirit.. even when my mum ask for my christmas list, i couldnt think of anything that i want.. just wanted to fly home immediately.. even the thought of christmas, the celebration, the happiness and the love, i just could not feel it coming.. or rather, i was not able to feel the joy that i used to feel the moment i hear the word ''christmas''..

26nov07

2007-11-26T07:52:00.000+08:00

i hav a feeling that i ought to be knocked in the head..

exam time -> didnt blog -> reason : busy study -> excused

post-exam -> didnt blog -> reason : having tooo much fun -> sMile =)

haha.. okiee.. i 'm sorry..

21 nov -> went to the Blue Mountains with selena, lizzy, maria and juliana (another one, not the one living in creston).. we left early in the morning.. it was FABULOUS.. the car journey, the hike, everything.. after eating our packed lunch in a garden nearby our starting point, we started hiking from Echo Point (the three sisters), all the way down into the valley, across the valley, up the opposite side of three sisters, up the mountain and tree-top walk back to Echo Point.. amazing how much we managed to walk and at good timing too.. scenic view was simply awesome.. but when we reached the top of the opposite mountain (before heading back to Echo Point), it started pouring, thunder and best of all, HAIL !!!!! haha.. was sooo ''fun''.. small icy balls falling on you.. and the rain droplets were super fat too (given the high altitude i guess).. good thing is i brought along a windbreaker which i could use as a raincoat.. haha.. so by the time we reach Echo Point and walk back to the car, we were already soaking wet.. realllly wet.. haha.. but i must say i had tons of fun.. except that i had a mini cut on my arm.. ''complementedly given'' by the wire up the mountain.. then the moment i reached back creston, selena handed me a parcel.. i was like ''are you sure ? i hardly have any mail much less a parcel..'' and i turned it around and it stated ''grace heah''.. i was like woooooaaaaa and ran to my rooom (to open).. hahhaha.. yes grace, i see that you still have the one-side-printed-black-on-neon-colouredpaper.. hahaha.. good that you didnt throw them away.. coz ''lee hom say must huan bao''.. i have been using that quoted statement til they (creston frenz) cant stand my hua-chi-ness anymore.. haha.. and guess what people, solomon knights or rather, thanks to ally and grace's brillant brains, i have a white mini hot pants as a present.. and boy were they reallllly minnnniii.. hahaha.. thx guys..

22 nov -> joey flew home (hk).. nothing to do (other than work), went to main library to watch x-family.. i reached another parcel today too.. this time from li ling and lai meng.. they got me some snacks and a b'day card and boy has their baby girl grown soo much.. BUT BUT the BUA GUA that they bought for me was CONFISCATED by the immigration.. HAIZ...... yes people, aussie land is very fussy about food products bought in.. esp meat and dairy.. soooo sad can ???????????????

23 nov -> alice flew home (hk).. breakfast at macdonalds with ju, kim and alice.. it was like a farewell breakfast for alice.. kim, ju and i headed to Homebush after that.. as usual, i managed to get a good buy.. like there was this dress that was originally priced at $69.90 but i bought it lesssssss than $5.. hahahhaha.. and plus many more.. we came back to creston about dinner time but didnt eat in creston.. emi, ju, therese and i headed down to Kingsford for oriental dinner.. it was a birthday dinner for therese and we had STEAMFISH !!! yummm.. havent had one since the day i left spore !! and they cooked (including other dishes) really nice.. around supper time, we had a surprise waterbomb fight especially for therese.. haha.. i was clever to position myself in the balcony and thus, throwing waterbombs DOWN onto people.. but.. but.. they still managed to throw quite accurately and i was wet too.. so.. i use a pail to POUR water down on them.. hahaha.. fun fun fun..

24 nov -> ju, kim and i went to the nursing home after lunch.. afterwhich went to all the supermarkets to do last minute grocery shopping cause kim is leaving the next day and ju the following day.. more youtube in main lib just before dinner.. after dinner, helped kim with the packing of her room.. after we packed finish, we rested to watched the last part of star wars episode three (therese and ju were watching) and we chatted a little when the movie end and it was 2am when we dispersed to retreat to our beds.. but since ju and i were sending kim to the airport at 5.50am, i decided not to sleep coz given the three hours only, i will be a zombie..

25 nov -> so i youtubed wil 5.30am.. taxi came and we left creston.. ate subway for breakfast at the airport.. kim flew home (taiwan).. the the bus journey home, ju and i were like sleeeeeeping logs.. haha.. today we had a confirmed election results where the winner is kelvin rudd (howard lost).. australian idol final results was today too.. we watched on the big screen in creston from 7.30 to 10.30pm.. performance after performance.. lionel richie performed too !! the gal nat won by the way..

26 nov-> ju flew home (thailand).. sent her to the bustop..

yupz... EVERYONE has left.. at least the ''gang'' that i hang out most with has all gone home.. HAIZ.. creston is rather empty now.. haha.. well, class officially starts tomorrow.. hopefully i will put my mind onto the books and work such that time will pass faster.. haiz..

22 days more..

p.s. if you hav any aussie product request, better tell me soooon..

19 nov07

2007-11-19T09:14:00.000+08:00

i am done with the exams !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seriously, i have no clue to wad i wrote.. haha..

18nov07

2007-11-18T18:53:00.000+08:00

happppy birthday to meeeeee !!

hahaha.. today is such a fabulous day.. except that i had to work.. but.. haha.. so long story cut short (gotta study physics for tml which is at 845am aussie time aka 545 spore time).. went church which was in late afternoon.. rush home for dinner at 630pm (they delayed half an hour for me *blink).. my b'day cake was homemade orea cheese cake with 19 candles.. and i blew it all in ONE blow =) and for tradition sake, i brought my piggies up and we took a photo together =) hahahaha.. after dinner, we watched australian idol final 2 on the big screen.. the guy matt (google it) has electrifying eyes.. really.. and the single song "here i am" is awesome.. then after the show, they presented to me a big board with all the b'day messages and put things that spelled my name.. and my surname is a pear (which i am eating now).. haha..

i feel sooo blessed.. being watched over by God's grace and love..

dad, cousins, mickie emailed happy bday..
and mum called in afternoon but i missed the call coz was working.. so she smsed a love declaration message.. haha..
then she called again about half hour ago wishing me happy b'day and passed the phone around.. so there was aunt karen (going back to usa tml), dad, mum, big bro, small bro n lenie.. happppy hearing their voice !!! (though it was only a few seconds for each person)..

thx people for all the b'day wishes via emails, sms, blogs..

overall, it is a memorable 19th birthday..

*sMiLez*

(hope i do well for physics tml)

17nov07

2007-11-17T14:47:00.000+08:00

today is one seven one one zero seven.. haha.. before my avid readers slaughter me or do something silly to themselves (haha), let me explain where i have disappeared to for such a loong time.. haha.. i have been really busy.. really.. haha.. also, recently mood swings due to stress so couldnt blog.. like i broke down twice.. was so bad that i cried to sleep and wanted to fly home immediately and into mum's arms.. took me awhile to recover.. but kept telling myself, it is just not me to give up liddat.. me ain no give-up-er.. and i can gladly say that it is over and conquered..

okie, the last update is 14 oct.. (prepared to type alot.. and you, be prepared to read alot..)

14 oct -> rugby world cup: england vs france.. england won..

15 oct -> started going crazy over Bushells black tea.. very fragrant i must say..

16 oct -> chem lab was thermochem and phys lab was slinky coil.. boring as usual..

19 oct -> chemistry mid-session test 2.. and we watched Ice Age 2 as the friday night movie.. very cute.. especially with the stressful atmosphere in creston..

20 oct -> careless on my part, computer permanently deleted much of my stuffs.. including assignment that were due in day or two.. panic.. heart pump so fast that it almost flew out.. had to download software, ask julianna for expertise in the cracking of file.. by midnight, was able to recover some stuffs.. the more important ones that i needed real soon.. but.. really lost some stuffs.. =( the panic and sadness and dumbness is horrible.. was so angry with myself..

21 oct -> rugby world cup finals: england vs south africa.. the whole match was disappointing.. both teams scores via kicks, penalties etc.. none was due to tries.. haiz.. SA won.. but i spotted prince william and henry in the stand !! how cool is that ? haha.. credits go to me.. today was thanksgiving unichurches aka combined service.. holy communion.. had a nice msn chat with mum and biggie bro in the evening..

22 oct -> stayed up doing food movie project til 5am this morning.. really fed up with group members..

23 oct -> new addiction to Jay's old song <>..

25 oct -> food seminar at 9 am.. my topic was saratoga chips aka potato chips.. due to the time limit, kinda talked a bit too fast.. but was able to answer professor's question.. scored point =)

26 oct -> watched second screening of the friday night movie "Ocean Thirteen" with Kimberly..

28 oct -> st dinner, the dining room was beautifully decorated coz it was lizzy's birthday.. daylight saving started today at 2am.. meaning, we fast forward an hour.. meaning, spore and aussieland time difference is now 3 hours.. was soo stressed studying for food exam tomorrow.. and dad suddently called me on the mobile.. i was extremely happy.. coz me and family keep in contact via email and occasional msn.. i dont see the need to buy phonecard to call home mah.. haha.. that 6 minutes was enough to boost my energy =)

29 oct -> food final exam.. it was okie i guess.. in the evening, crestonites had formal dinner with Sophie York.. meaning we had to dress for the occasion.. aka formal wear and three course dinner with waitress etc.. the guest speaker wrote a book about this special aussie team that went to b. aceh to help with the tsunami aftermath.. her husband was one of the few that went.. the talk was really good but some photos that she shared was alittle disturbing.. served as a remainder that such natural disaster has taken place bfore.. cause often, we tend to forget..

30 & 31 oct -> mad rush for completion of food movie project.. totally lack of sleep..

1 nov -> submit food movie project.. didnt sleep the whole of last night AT ALL.. initailly in the morning, was happy that it was completed and meant that i could now concentrate whole-heartedly to study for the finals.. BUT.. things didnt turn out it should be.. plus hurting comments from heartless group members.. equals to run home and cry.. this day was the lowest day thru out my whole stay here in aussie so far.. so bad that i wanted to fly home immediately.. i has to re-do the project.. imagine how you'll feel if you were in my shoes..

2 nov -> today marks the LAST DAY of semester.. meaning, i hav completed my first semester in aussie !! haha..

3 nov -> went to nursing home after lunch.. dinner was bbq..

4 nov -> went to Pancakes On The Rocks with julianna, therese, louisa and yunqi.. it was at The Rocks.. in the city, near the Harbour Bridge.. the restaurant is known for its pancakes.. like duh.. haha..

5 nov -> though now is summer.. the weather dropped to 04/11 degrees for the coming week.. wind extremely strong and cold.. we had farewell dinner and supper was ceremony.. played games etc..

6 nov -> Melbourne Cup.. it is a horse race event in Melbourne that is really widely known.. people in melbourne hav a whole week of holiday.. people part of event wear really ''specially''.. haha.. the attract-attention hat and flowing dress etc.. simply google and you will know what i mean.. at creston, we simply had a 50 cents bet on whichever horse.. jus for the sake of fun.. haha..

7 nov -> chef cooked hainanese chicken rice for dinner..

8 nov -> have had late nights for the whole week.. chef cooked corn soup with egg white for lunch.. it made many of us asians miss my mums' cooking.. haiz.. and it was yummy delicious..

9 nov -> math final exam.. it was held at the racecourse nearby.. walked like 3 km to and another 3km back after the exam.. had a really good walk.. helped to relief some stress bah.. biblestudy was farewell event..

12 nov -> chemistry final exam.. racecourse again..

13 nov -> feel so much lighter.. packed up room abit etc..

14 nov -> went swimming at the uni pool.. chef cooked laksa for dinner..

15 nov -> we had chocolate crossbuns for breakfast..

17 nov -> today !!!!!!!!!! in pre-celebration to my b'day tomorrow, julianna, therese, joey, kimberly, alice, sophie, yunqi and i went to eat porridge for brunch along Kingsford.. even drank bubble tea after eating.. we were sooo full.. we had tons of fun.. really.. the enjoyment and happiness cant be explained in words.. but i am really greatful to them for taking time off to eat with me despite the stressful exam period.. i really had an absolutely fabulous day.. thanks guys..

by the way people, during the summer session, since creston will be having a lot of activities, i will be moving to another place to stay for the summer.. and i will be working full-time despite having classes from 9am to 5pm everyday.. haiz.. am i insane ??

sorry for the delay in updating my blog.. just a rough update of what hav been happening.. as recorded in my calender.. haha..

okie.. countdown to seeing me back in singapore = 30 days !!!!!!!!

14oct07

2007-10-14T08:27:00.000+08:00

it has been thirteen days since i last blogged.. haha.. busy busy littlepig-io.. anyway, nothing much exciting has taken place except for the occurance (going to occur) of tests, seminars, assignments, projects, exams.. =|

1 oct -> labour day holiday.. went to Cold Rocks with therese and doris for teabreak ice cream.. this time i ate caramal ice cream with cookie dough.. yummmy !!

2 oct -> made aspirin in chem lab.. so mah fan i tell you.. so many tranfer here and tranfer there.. though there was no physics lab, was abit moody so treated myself to watch some youtube in library =)

3 oct -> we had spanish cultural dinner at creston.. food was okie but washing up was haiz.. o choice mah.. i'm washing up on wednesday and the pots and pans simply love me giving them a wash =|

4 oct -> food lecture in the morning was a mock interview.. woo.. i learnt soo much.. like do's and dont's in interviews and even what you write in your resume.. your posture esp.. and also how to decifer a job recruitment advertisement etc..

5 oct -> long day of classes.. after class, went to liqing's (bible study student leader) house to make a big scrap bday card for bible study fellow mate owen..

6 oct -> creston had bbq lunch.. their bbq here uses gas.. so it was difficult to control the fire and cooking of the food.. still prefer charcoal.. i went out with bible study group in the evening to celebrate owen's bday.. first we had dinner at a thai restaurant at newtown followed by karaoke in the city.. since the karaoke serves only alcohol.. had to produce identification card before entering.. the bouncer was like so big size.. haha.. o yar, think i forgot to mention we made owen dress up for the night ? with tight fitting clothes and affo hairdo and big sunnies and bling bling necklace.. haha.. i reached back creston only at 12 am.. opz.. but curfew on fri and sat is 1.30am.. actually after karoake, was deciding whether to go back creston or stay out at sports world (this drinking place plus watching sports place) as the RUGBY WORLD CUP was airing.. but nah.. wasnt that convienent if i stayed out past 1.30am so went back creston to watch.. it was Australia versus England.. haiz.. australia was disappointing.. as in aussie was quite a good team but.. haiz.. aussie lost to england..

7 oct -> church sermon is now going into the Book of Acts.. today's Rugby World Cup match was the all-favourite New Zealand versus France.. can you believe that the All Blacks lost !??! i couldnt !! initially they were in the lead, then france caught up, nz took the lead again, france caught up and took the lead and nz tried so hard to even the score out but.. there was not enough time.. so nz simply exited from the would cup in the quarter-finals.. so sad can ? their defence was not as good as france's but they passing and attacking.. woooah.. really like them.. anyways, after watching the match, being sad and all, didnt have any mood to study and just went to bed.. but i managed to see the haka dance.. wooo.. fierce sia.. as part of the maori tradition, they simply did scary faces directly into the face of france players.. cool..

8 oct -> statistics test.. still sad from the lost of the All Blacks..

9 oct -> fustrating day of the week.. the day of two labs..

10 oct -> did something illegal in my room.. hahaha.. cant spill it out here coz someone may see this.. haha.. so you have to guess.. at the climax, i thought it was a ghost movie but it is not the feng ge of the zi dao zi yan director to do such time mah.. but must say it was a not-bad movie.. no wonder big bro bought the dvd.. when the show ended, we had a mini debate as to how come he managed to go back into the time when she didnt know him.. at least that was what her look indicate when he appeared at her classroom door..

11 oct -> had a nightmare.. must be part of last night's fault.. in the afternoon, after food seminar, my food group went to Kelloggs factory to do an interview that was part of our project.. haiz.. tiring.. and on the way back, dropped by Eastgardens and did a little shopping.. haiz.. i bought two adorable tees.. i will rmb to brin back to spore to show you all.. hahaha..

12 oct -> early morning at 9am, i had two hours of stats lecture.. when it ended, went back to creston for a short break before more classes that start at 1pm.. and when i was crossing the road, alice and ju were on their way for a swim at the uni pool.. and they ''encouraged'' (or dragged) me to go.. and think i was short-circuited in the mind, i agreed.. haha.. so i went swimming !! swam like 18 laps of 50m and had to leave coz i still had to have lunch bfore going for a long string of classses.. =| the swim was extremely refreshing..

13 oct -> at 9.30am, kimberly, yunqi, doris, ju, therese and i had breaky (breakfast) at Macker's (macdonalds) just down the street.. i ordered kiddies meal.. haha.. coz the milk came with a flavoured straw.. as in there were two flavours - banana with chocolate or strawberry.. in the diameter of the straw were small balls and when you use the straw to sip up the milk, the balls dissolve and you taste the flavoured milk.. cute eh.. haha.. after lunch, we went to nursing home.. wheeled my grandpa from the room to the main hall and fed him teabreak.. he was in a happy mood i guess.. haha.. at 10pm, we watch the second screening of friday night movie which was ''becoming jane''.. me and kim were like, hey exams coming still watch such moderately-deep kind of movie that has no happy ending just like ''miss potter'' before.. should watch something like ice age 2 mah.. happy kind and light-hearted.. haiz.. anywayz..

so how was the outline for the past two weeks.. i figured out, if i didnt blog soon, i can just simply forget about blogging.. haha..

now.. important announcement.. i will be staying back in aussie land for summer courses.. aka i will be attending classes in november til febuary.. aka i cant make it back for LUNAR NEW YEAR !!!! *big fat tears roll down my adorable cheeks.. (hahaha.. thick skin sia..) my last exam is on the 19 november (tell me why i will not be happy on the 18th.. =| ) and then the summer classes start on the following week 26 nov til mid feb b'coz i am taking two summer courses.. nuts right ? the time schedule is like back to back.. from tues to friday.. from 9am to 6pm.. classes all day !! haha.. hopefully i will stay mentally sound..

BUT i will be flying back for the christmas break !!!! *claps claps !!! i chose to miss 3 days of class to fly back earlier.. mum wasnt that happy i think.. she was like ''you decide''.. cause i was the one changing the flight date.. haha.. so.. i'm flying back to spore on the 18 DEC and returning to aussie land on the 7 JAN.. though it is only two weeks, and though it sounds like a waste of money, i cant help it.. actually i was thinking of flying back spore only once.. either in dec or feb, but after some financial calculation, the rent paid to stay here is almost equal (means plus slightly a bit more) a two-way ticket bought from spore.. haha.. so.. i'm flying back to spore in dec lor.. simple as that.. then for the feburary one, i will be flying back to spore on the 22 feb and return to aussie land on the 9 march.. so that would be another two weeks to spend with you guys.. *sMilez..

so.. i am realllly looking forward to seeing you all back home.. but bfore that, i told myself i will have to overcome the obstacles listed below.. =(

coming friday - chem test and stats assignment due..
next thursday - food seminar which i hav yet started to prepare.. *gulpz..
following monday - food final exam !! arhh~~~

and the other final exams simply follow shortly after.. haiz.. really fast how time flies.. one minute i was just ''abandoned'' here all alone.. another minute, i am taking the finals.. and another minute, i will seeeeeeee you all... *yeah.. may it be a motivation for me =)

ok lar.. think i hav typed more than i should.. or rather, i have exceeded the time allowance i gave myself to use the computer to blog.. yes, as you can see, i hav become a time control freak.. haha..

p.s. we few (illegal gang) have started to use the catch phrase "ze shi bu suo de mi mi.." haha.. and we start poking each other face from the back.. haha.. soo cheesssssy..

1oct07

2007-10-01T20:17:00.000+08:00

hAPpy cHiLdren dAy everyone !!

today is the first of october.. i still remember how we used to celebrate children's day when we were in primary school.. we would get free gifts too.. imagine how littlepig-io used to look like.. innocent girl in a blue pinofo with white blouse with blacky hair tied neatly all the way back.. aww.. hehe.. anyway, today marks China national day too.. yupz, so happy birthday china !! haha..

yesterday's NRL finals was.. well, manly sea eagles were disappointing.. but judging the way melbourne storm played, they deserved to be the champion.. manly defence was reallly disapppointing.. the rate they ran, the strength used to tackle down the opponent etc.. all disappointing.. whereas their opponent, the storm, they were on full force.. could really see their drive wanting to clinch the premier title.. so yupz.. the melbourne storm won..

two days ago, the rugby world cup just started.. and i think i have found a new interest in this rugby game.. haha.. on coming sat, australia versus england and new zealand versus france.. exciting !!!!! will get to see the blacks do the haka !! yea..

okie.. i shall retreat to my room to do a little more stuffs.. nitez everyone..

30sept07

2007-09-30T10:05:00.000+08:00

o no !!!! today is LAST day of september !! so fast..

today is also the last day of holiday >.< feel like crying.. haiz..

my week has been quite.. boring.. but hopefully fruitful.. cause all i do is hide in my room to study.. haha.. didnt really hav to hide though.. haha.. just that everytime people ask me whats my plan for the day etc.. my answer would be "study''.. no life right ? BUT i did do something other than studying and sleep (at nights.. not nap ok.. piggy here exercises self-control.. "yar right" you may say.. =D <- widest smile.. as far as my cheeks muscle can contract..)..

wednesday, i went to the nursing home.. my grandpa was.. normal ok.. i found out that his birthday was three days bfore and he was telling me no one came to visit him.. and i was like opz.. but promised him i shall for the next few years to come.. then he says he doesnt like his birthday.. no particular reason though.. and i helped him to drink water.. he only has one arm and that arm's hand fingers are not able to open up to grab things.. so i had to hold the glass for him to drink.. he is 83 yrs old.. well, it is really challenging to communicate with him.. coz for one, he is from italy and thus the accent.. number two, his voice is not clear at all coz his voicebox in the neck area is like swollen or collapsed? so it sounds like he is mumbling ? and everytime i feel bad having need to ask him to repeat what he jus said etc.. haiz..

thursday, study whole day.. ok, i was suppose to say what i did OTHER than studying.. haha.. just before dinner like 4.30pm, i went to LiQing's house (bible study friend) to make tiramisu cake for other member's birthday.. she taught we how to make.. and now, littlepig-io knows how to make.. it is quite simple actually and not time-comsuming AT ALL.. haha.. then make it back for dinner at 6pm.. better treat littlepig-io better if you wan to try her tiramisu.. =)

friday was really cooped up in the room other than bible study at night after dinner.. but no choice mah, saturday was going to be out the whole day so better study mah.. o and as for the friday night movie (every friday we are entitled to a movie), i went for the second screening coz had bible study.. we watched "Sophie Scholl".. it is about the student activists in Munich during Hilter Nazi times.. and then the words used like Fuhrer, Treaty of Versailles etc which is sooo O'levels history textbook.. hahaha.. the good thing about this friday night movie is, it forces me to watch such ''educational'' films other than my usual choice of chick flicks.. being deprived of the tv, i hav no choice.. haha..

saturday, early in the morning at 9.30am, me and julianna went to Direct Factory Outlet in Homebush !! we took bus down to Central and then took train to North Strathfield then walked for 1.6km (to save money taking another bus).. yupz.. the journey took about an hour.. the train was nice.. the place had a mini countryside look.. was nice and refreshing.. we had our packed lunch at the playground in Mason Park which was part of our 1.6km walk.. then shop shop shop for three four hours only cause julianna had to be back around 4pm.. so about the shopping, i managed to get real good buy like a their pricetag says they used to be A$79.95 and i bought them for about A$19.95.. the shops there were all branded so the quality is definately guranteered.. hahhaha.. didnt spent a lot lar.. just a little.. but should be fine now that i am working and will get my first aussie salary soon.. yupz, littlepig-io is working parttime and studying fulltime.. haha.. as what we always say "we are poor international students".. hahaha.. we hav money to pay for the expensive uni fees but no money to spend on ourselves.. haha.. see the irony? anywayz, on the way back creston, we had fun too.. we walked back the same 1.6km high and down hill back to the train station.. did not give in to the temptation of taking the bus because of our shopping bags.. (i was very environmental friendly but not asking for alot of bags.. simply put them all together in one bag..)while waiting for the train, we toook many weird insane photos.. afterall, no one around to be embarassed about.. haha..

dinner last night was tv-dinner.. as in we bought our dinner to the lounge to watch Celine Dion music videos.. it was realllly nice.. especially when she sang Titanic's theme song "My Heart Will Go On" (my all-time favourite.. and i am getting better at it) and "Beauty and the Beast" !!! hahhaha.. you see the thing is we dont watch telly at all other than the news (that's if you bother to on the telly at all).. i read the papers though.. so watching the films and music videos as such are like treats for us..

after dinner, julianna and therese and me went to coogee beach to play sparkles.. it wasss soo fun except that we spent ages lighting up the candle as the wind kept blowing off the matchstick.. >.<'''''' then when we were about to head back, we saw a big and bright and yellow moon up on the hill as though it was reacheable.. so we went to that hill and guess what ? when i reached there, the moon was sooooo far away and even smalller !!! can some smart person explan this theory to me ? i was like HOW COME ?!?!?! so we went back down to take photo instead.. so the moral of the story is "even if the moon is big, you shouldnt go towards it".. and the other two were like what a lousy rhythm.. but it wasnt meant to be.. i was jus high and was trying to be litty (literature-ish).. but obviously i failed.. haiz.. come on, i couldnt even pass literature in sec one.. that is how pathetic i am/was.. haha..

so i can sum up my holiday break was meaningful AND at least i have had my fair share of FUN right ?? as usual, photos shall be uploaded to friendster.. the photos there coordinates with my stories here.. also, i made a mistake in last entry about the rugby match that i went.. it was the prelimanary finals.. TONIGHT TONIGHT is the final showdown between the Manly Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm !! gonna be a tough match.. and creston principal has granted us the permission to watch the finals tonight !!! yea.. once again, it is a privilege.. =)

okie, lunch time soon.. i will try to type my ''weekly reports'' by sunday mornings so the army guys can read bfore they book back into camp.. see ? i am sooo thoughtful.. ><

p.s. forgot to tell you that TOMORROW (1st oct) is public holiday !!! it is Labour's Day in NSW.. apparently, different states have their own calender.. like the public holiday of the Queen's Birthday varies from state to state.. anyway, sermon in church later (at 4.30pm) is about the book of Numbers.. i still miss the morning 10am timing in glory though.. complete with breakfast with family..

also, (when is littlepig-io gonna stop typing ? hehe) my summer session schedule will be out tomorrow and i will keep you all inform as to when i will be going back to spore.. okie ??

25sept07

2007-09-25T20:48:00.000+08:00

zhong1 qiu1 jie2 kuai4 le !!

the moon is super-dee-duper full, bright and white over here in aussie.. it was already "hung" up in the sky around 5pm as though it was another planet.. so we went to the balcony to shang yue liang for supper.. simply by looking at the big bright moon, i thought of two things.. fAmily and fRiends.. as the last two lines of peom goes "lift head up look at the moon, look down think of family back home".. i can totally relate to that..

remember, we are all looking at the same moon..

gotta go back to do my revision though it is holiday this week.. must push myself !!

24sept07

2007-09-24T00:42:00.000+08:00

announcement:

princess littlepig-io has uploaded her taiwan mission trip photos plus some recent ones in sydney.. do take your time to look thru them in friendster.. =)

although i cant upload all (coz you know.. she is a photo maniac.. tooo many), i tried my best.. i know you all miss my cutie face.. haha.. thick skin once more..

*sticks out tongue*

23sept07

2007-09-23T10:54:00.000+08:00

peoople !!!! yesterday was soooooo fun !!! but friday was a BAD day.. let me share my bad experience first okie ?

friday i was D-O-W-N.. was scolded in front of class by teacher in tutorial class for talking to my friend.. we were whispering lor.. others talk even LOUDER can ? she say wad " i know you know your stuffs.. i know you will be able to pass the final exams.. if you find my tutorial boring, let me know and i can always excuse you from tutorials.." at first, i wasnt sure whether she was directing at me OR the two girls behind me.. coz she was raising her voice louder and louder.. and the two girls behind kept talking while she was scolding me.. but after class, she approached me and nagged the exact same thing about she can excuse me from class etc coz she knows that i know my work etc.. repeated the same old matter about excusing me from class a few times.. i was fuming inside lor.. when i questioned her back others were talking but why she directed at me. she said that if i kept quiet, the class will be quiet and those talking will naturally stop talking.. so i guess you can say i was made a scapgoat. so at least i felt that way.. i was moody for the rest of the day..

but i tell you what.. princess sharon ain no stone on the ground for people to step. hmp. she is both my tutorial teacher and lab demonstrator.. how sui right ? but i will still turn up for tutorial even if i hav to sleep in class. hmp. i will show her that i ain scared of her. hmp. the anger building within me is making me to study even harder and score even better. hmp.

*steam diffusing*

now, about fabuloous saturday !!
afternoon -> went to this chalk festival at darling habour where artists drew their masterpiece on the floor of the parramount bridge.. it was sooo nice.. some look REALLY 3D.. the wind was soooooo strong that i couldnt stand still properly.. reslly.. and my hair.. haiz.. din tie up so i had a hard time combing when i went back home.. =|

evening -> me and julianna (born in thailand but studied in VJC) had free tickets to watch the National Rugby League Prelimanary-Finals !! we were two of the 32,611 people present !! the atmosphere was simply priceless.. especially when it was the first time ever watching.. given special priority, we managed to find a seat way high up in the stand.. haha.. it was simply COOL to watch the players' formation, tackle, pancake to ground, run for their lives with the rugby ball, touch down etc all from an aerial view.. wow.. the match was Manly Sea Eagles versus Northern Queensland Cowboys.. funny thing was the guy in front of us supports the cowboys while the one behind us supports manly eagles.. then when the cowboys touchdown, the guy in front stood up and cheered.. then the one bhind us shouted "shut up".. guy in front responded "cowboys".. guy behind "sit down".. and it went on back and forth for two three more times and finally the one in front sat down.. then during the half-time break, they talked to each other as though they are friends.. first they verbal attacked each other over our heads, now they chatted over out heads.. haha.. aussie culture i must say.. and i heard a lot of vulgarities that i hav never heard bfore.. haha.. the game was good though.. esp when the team we decided to support, won.. it was the Manly Sea Eagles.. coz this was somewhat their home state.. and there were a lot of Manly supporters.. the atmosphere was great.. after the game, they gave out free sunday newspaper and free energy drink called "Mother".. haha.. interesting name.. then when we reach the stadium entrance, when i was about to take photo for julianna, a random guy joined in.. then his friend took my camera and shoo-ed me into the photo.. after that photo, the friend returned me the camera and shook our hands and left.. i have two words to day - aussie culture.. haha.. when they left, me and julianna looked at each other and said "we're safe".. haha..

it was a great day yesterday i must say.. photos, will load them up to friendster soon.. haha.. i just realised that none of you have seen my taiwan mission trip photos yet.. hahahhahaha.. sharon ah sharon.. forgetful or busy ? that is the question.. >.<

17 sept 07

2007-09-17T17:20:00.000+08:00

woooo i have quite a number of stuffs to blog about !! haha.. okie, so i left off from last monday.. opz.. a week le.. sorryy.. >.<

last monday i slept soooo ''early'' that i hav learnt my lesson - not to sleep sooo late knowing that i have early class the following day.. =( details i shall not go into coz nothing to be proud of.. i'm disappointed with myself that's all.. so i have had my fair share of punishment..

as for wednesday, my little summary of the day that is written on my calendar says it all.. "drowning in physics stress + cv stress (yes i hav to write a cv as of a graduate though i'm only a firstyear) + tutorial stress (my own discipline to get them done bfore the class though no one really finishes (or rather, attempt) them, they do in class..) etc.. must manage time properly and priortise !!" haha..

thursday is my most relaxing day coz i only have two hours of lecture in the morning.. and apparently, the lecturer gave us time off (told us on monday).. so i planned the day properly to make use of the hours for physics (see physics, you shld be honoured.. yar rite..).. so i woke up for breakfast -> went jogging to coogee beach alone -> on the way back up, dropped my the supermarket and was jus comparing prices and guess wad i heard ? i heard the song "somewhere out there".. =| strucked a chord (C major.. hahahhaha.. <- you got laugh notz ?) -> shower -> just in time for lunch.. and the rest was dedicated to revising concepts and practise past papers.. the thing i just dont get was my final answer is correct BUT the way to go about doing it was different from the one stated in the answer sheet.. haiz.. had to crack my brain soo hard..

friday was grounded day.. other than class, hid in my room to study.. didnt go bible study neither did i join the girls to watch the friday-movie-of-the-week which was Miss Potter.. o yar.. people, if you do come across a serial called Bleak House.. must watch !! whether you are able to appreciate literature or not.. i cant rmb if i told you bfore.. but it is really nice.. educational (BBC production) somemore.. anyway thats old news.. lets continue.. so i studied til next morning 5am.. i jus simply couldnt put the notes (i made my own from textbook =) accomplishment.. coz really not worth printing the notes when they are not tt comprehensive.. at least to me..) down.. i jus couldnt find the brake pedal til i saw the nightsky slowly getting bright.. then i went opz.. as what i always say, princess sharon always need her daily sleep (even if it is only a few hours).. haha..

luckily my paper on saturday (tupid lor.. only physics dept holds their papers on saturdays) starts only at 12.30pm.. so i woke up around 10am, eat breakfast and went back to hit the notes and formular etc.. though i know clearly last minute cramming will not work.. mayb coz the action of doing so just gave me a little confidence ?!? anyway, so the paper started and i went on strong.. *beam beam* didnt really manage time properly so din have enuff time to write properly for last question.. alphabets were flying up and down as though they were on a roller coaster.. haha.. but anyways, wasnt really sure how to do the last question anyway.. hahahha.. after the paper, my heart was still pumping quite hard.. reason ? i couldnt believe i was actually able to attempt all the questions !! it was jus unbelieveable.. but yeah *finger bunny ears*.. so i told myself i deserve a goood wkend.. play, relax, no books..

on sunday in the morning, went to a fleamarket with college's vice-principal at balmain which was quite a distance away.. but it was good.. coz i really should explore the state.. you know what.. i would really love to explore around but.. no one to bring me out leh.. the other crestonites can go with me lar.. but everyone timetable different mah.. have to plan real hard.. but then again, simply remind myself to let nature take its course.. why think so much.. haha.. now being a goodie-two-shoes gal is also a good thing mah.. from creston, go uni and back to creston.. not study in room then youtube in library or midnite surf in computer room.. haha..

finally.. today.. monday the seventeen.. after class, i went to jog again to coogee beach alone at around 3pm.. my mind was soo filled and wasnt even concentrating on jogging.. hmm.. o yar !! TODAY MARKS MY SECOND MONTH in sydney.. okie, ''second'' doesnt sound long.. but when i flipped my calender with all the summaries written, it looks quite a while.. so sept is coming to an end soon.. next week is Mis-Session break !!! nooo class =)

jus a few days ago, in the email that me and parents keep in touch with, my mum wrote she was driving along upper thomson and when she say cJc, she though of me.. i was.. thought-less.. my mind went blank.. (wanted to type speechless but 1) that word is 'TM'-ed' by someone.. scared i need to pay copyright fees.. haha.. 2) i wasnt exactly talking to the computer monitor.. but somewhere along that line lar..) i jus suddenly thought of how she broke down in the taxi.. mum, (if you are even aware of my blog) i miss you too.. i still like you making decisions for me and how we always shop arm-in-arm.. *-*

mooncake festival coming.. (you mus b thinking.. ar sharon, not again..) haha.. shall save you from my nagggy entry.. =|

*princess wants to eat mooncake*
hahaha.. sharon does it again..

*when princess looks at the moon, she will see you guys reflection on the moon*
*for she miss you all dearly*
*mUacks*

10sep07

2007-09-10T14:25:00.000+08:00

last friday was APEC holiday.. and if you have read the newspaper (i m guessing that there is the same famous group photo on the front page of strait times), you would have know that the APEC was held in sydney.. the brown thing that they were wearing is an all-weather coat by the way.. so it meant that the city was in high security, fences, special passes etc.. on campus there was a recruitment as to inviting people to join in the protest (yes there is an anti-bush club in uni).. intially i was thinking hey why not be a part of it jus for the experience.. haha.. then again, as though i hav nothing else better to do >.< so bush coming here was a big thing.. as in there was a woo-ha.. like how he apologise for creating inconvience on coming to aussie land (coz he bought along with him quite a number of bodyguards)?!? there was this funny thing that told place.. it was a prank.. someone dressed up as osama and stepped out of a limo (with canadian flags) in front of the hotel bush was staying.. it was a joke for the security coz it was said that $250 million was spent on security alone.. (dinner and free gifts not included).. and there was a ''wife'' outing.. with the exception of a husband (new zealand's).. din see our PM's wife in there though.. and there was a father and son who were crossing the road to yum cha but the father got pinned to the ground and handcuffed and had to stay a night in the cell with an ice addict.. he broke down saying like how would you like your son witnessing such an event ? and he was not allowed to speak to his lawyer bfore being put in cell. so you see the whole APEC thing ? (and i rained soooo badly on friday.. heavy rain, light rain then heavy again).. the only benefit i get is it was a holiday.. but no use coz you cant go to the city (our orchard road coz reasonably near) and there were mugging to do..

my weekends were super-dee-duper boring.. (only meaningful thing was going to the nursing home on sat and church on sun).. it was studying and studying and more studying..

just had my stats test today.. next is physics on saturday !! H-A-I-Z..

p.s. i m craving for mooncakes.. the ones here doesnt look that nice fore such an unfriendly price.. =| so think of when u sink your teeth into a mooncake, think of me.. when u look at the moon, remember that we are looking at the same moon.. awww.. okie, the last part sounds wrong but i cant rmb where i heard it from.. haha..

4sep07

2007-09-04T19:28:00.000+08:00

solomon knights !!! when i watched the ''somewhere out there'' video, i teared you know.. i just miss you all soooo much.. =| anyway, well done !! sorry i couldnt help out in the planning etc.. me feel bad.. >.<

so now.. update of my weekend.. i left off last entry saying i had chemistry exam.. haiz.. about my chemistry exam, i guessed i can say i took it for granted.. as in i could have done better.. could have not made 2 or 3 tupid careless mistakes.. was sooo angry with myself.. was bad mood for a few hours.. haiz.. tupid me.. like how could i have not remember / know ??

on saturday, there was open house for the uni.. me and hk exchange student went early in the morning after breakfast to collect free freebies.. haha.. we got to make and keep a free solar mini car and ate ice cream made from liquid nitrogen (since nitrogen has a boiling point of -197).. i ate the latter at nus open house before so wasnt new to the concept.. haha.. interesting how you can learn simple stuffs via simple demostrations.. then during supper, we had karaoke session (was some random suggestions during dinner and someone went to borrow).. but the songs were all english and there was no accompany means only you and you only sings.. and the machine gives a mark at the end of the song.. overall, the session was ok not fab.. coz i wan to sing mandarin songs !! anyways.. it was ok coz it perked me up.. was initially dying in the hands of the physics textbook and formulae and explanations.. haiz..

on sunday, early morning after breakfast, i went jogging alone to coogee beach.. i checked.. it is 2km to the beach so in total, the distance to and fro is 4km.. good exercise.. the air was reallly refreshing.. esp when i have been soo stressed studying everytime.. coz i seriously feel it is not enuff.. esp after what happened to my tupid chemistry.. taking it for granted.. *fumes* so i stood there, close my eyes and breathe in.. and my loose hair flew in the cool breeze.. =) after the jog, went back to take a shower and was just in time for lunch (me plan just nice lor..) coz the weather was sooo nice.. there was sun and cool breeze.. we had lunch in the balcony.. was really nice and relaxing.. then we spotted a plane writing words in the sky (with smoke).. initially, we were guessing someone was proposing or something.. haha.. but it turned out to read ''jesus = hope''.. it was really nice.. in the evening was just church..

yesterday (monday), when i was doing door duty, sophie (room neighbour) noticed my eyelids were fully double.. as in, you know my eyes are reall small and very often, my double eyelids are hidden.. but yesterday, *blink blink*.. haha.. then joey (hk fren, not the exchange one) said it is all due to not enough sleep.. true enough, for the past three days since friday, i have been sleeping reall late.. average 2-3am.. (and wake up around 8.15am for breakfast and class) i dont know leh.. the physics concepts just take too long a time to diffuse into my brain.. =|

30 aug07

2007-08-30T08:50:00.000+08:00

haiz.. i hav so much to blog about but soo little time.. there is just tooo many things to accomplish..

okie, last week..

last thursday was thailand cuisine cultural night.. which meant we had tom yam soup for dinner !!! one of our thai crestonite cooked it.. and apparently, not everybody appreciates spices.. esp the spanish crestonites.. they feel that the spice covers the original taste of the food.. anyway so i was happily drinking away.. it was made from real chicken and pork broth.. no msg..

last friday there was no bible study.. they went out to have dinner and watch "Amazing Grace" movie.. i didnt feel like spending money so i didnt go.. so stayed in creston to celebrate that thai girl's birthday.. blew like 50 balloons BY MOUTH the night before.. and the balloons were good rubber quality which meant i had to exert more force (physics again.. arg..) to blow them.. with about 200 balloons, we filled her room with them.. the room was like ''flooding'' with balloons.. imagine the difficulty in moving about in the room.. haha.. and i must say that the balloons behave differently.. due to the cold weather ? or the warm CO2 that i blew out ?

last saturday i decided to sleep in which meant missing the breakfast timing.. i saw the time pass on the clock but my body was ''energy-less'' to move.. anyway, the thai girl came knocking on my door and ask if i wan to go jogging.. all the way to coogee beach.. (~2km one way) and i have NO IDEA why i said yes.. so i pulled myself out of bed and washed up and jogging began.. haiz.. bad idea.. joggin on empty stomach, jogged without stopping after such a loong time of no exercise.. by the time i reach the beach, my calves and shin (spelled correctly ?) were aching like nuts.. but the morning breeze by the beach is sooo refreshing.. the air here is reallly FRESH.. anyway, so we brisked walk back and ran a bit near the end back to creston.. and so i took a shower and was just in time for lunch.. after lunch (2pm), I SLEPT ALL THE WAY TIL DINNER (6pm).. haha.. i couldnt ask for anything more.. hehe.. i guess i was soo tired not only because of the morning jog but also because the night before, i slept at 5am !! so yar.. then at 8.30pm, the two people i went jogging with and myself, we went to Cold Rock for ice cream supper.. so random.. coz normally we hav supper in creston.. anyway.. it wasnt simply ice cream.. it is like you can choose any flavour and then add mix-ins and they mash it all together for you.. there was simply soo much choice/variations.. i chose chocolate mint in a cone and added maltasers.. yupppzz..

last sunday after breakfast, i went back to bed til lunch.. but lunch was bbq for the cvs (community voluntary scheme) people.. by joining this cvs thing, i will be visiting old folks in a nursing home.. the setting is like hospital.. they dont get to go back home.. and many of them are ill and cant communicate & eat properly.. it is kinda sad in a way.. so gotta talk to them while they mumble or stare blankly at you.. abit tough.. but shall learn bah.. o yar, i didnt go church.. i was down with a really bad sore throat.. my voice was super "sexy".. but still sang jay's song not that badly so said my hk friend.. haha..

so for this week, voice has been getting better but there is still flam so still coughs.. nose is block and runs.. o yar, on tues there was a lunar eclipse !! was full moon too.. it was sooo nice.. you can see in spore but the thing in spore, is the clouds and distance away from the moon.. i realise that the moon looks bigger here.. of course it mus be due to the angle of the Earth etc.. but it was reallly nice watching the moon being engulfed and red shadow etc.. though i didnt sit under the sky for the while night, i watched bits every now and then.. there was also intercollege basketball match.. my goodness.. the opponent team's girls were sooo rough.. do you know the snatching of the ball is allowed here ? i mean, i am holding the ball and they jus come and try to snatch the ball away !! imagine the number of scatches obtained while trying the hug the ball close to yourself.. and their defence is reallly rough.. two people simply narrow in on you and when they defend by waving of arms.. wah.. really hit you kind.. my goodness..

as you can see from the fequency i update my blog.. yes, i am super-dee-super busy with uni work.. from revision to tutorials to project work to online quiz and assignments.. haiz.. sometimes i am jus soo lost that i dont know where to begin.. >.<

o yar, i have chemistry mid-session exam tomorrow.. =|

19 aug07

2007-08-19T23:06:00.000+08:00

okie.. it is 1.10 am now (monday to be exact).. wonder why i am blogging so late ? i was studying and wanted to take a short break at the common room to check mail coz i forgot to include smething in the reply email to ah heah.. anyways, it has been raining THE WHOLE DAY !! light drizzle then heavy rain then strong howling (really !! ''scary'' howling sounds could be heard) wind then light drizzle again then.... the cycle went on for the whole day.. the thing is, the droplets ain that big but the number of raindrops per unit area (you see, i have been doing calculations.. PHYSICS calculations.. this is wad i call brain-wash.. haha..) is a lot.. and the raindrops have no sense of direction.. so clever me, i hooded my head and held an umbrella on my way to FOCUS church.. and the wind.. haiz.. was so strong.. almost spoil my umbrella.. they say must get a heavy duty one in sydney.. anyways..

yesterday, i didnt keep to my.. erm.. at the singaporean social, we shared about our home churches back in spore and watched two sporean movies - ''i Do i Do'' and ''just follow law''.. it was funny that we bunch of singporeans who dont normally watch sporean movies were sitting there, watching the sporean movies in aussie land, laughing like idiots.. it was realllly funny.. good stress relaxation activity though.. so as i was saying.. i stayed back there for dinner.. haha.. so means i came home late and managed to do only a little of work before knocking out.. >.<

today (as of sunday/monday) marks exactly one month of me staying at creston and uni starting.. how fast the time flies..

18aug07

2007-08-18T09:12:00.000+08:00

i cant seem to open my eyes.. well not really..

i came back from bible study late like 11.15pm.. the thing about the bible study is that it starts at 7pm.. we update each other about our week and starts proper about 8pm and only finished near 10pm.. initially when i started, i never expect the time to pass so fast ? or rather, expect myself to sit still and not fall asleep for such a long period of time.. maybe cause of the content bah.. it is interesting to listen to others' perspective of verses.. you know, my brain is quite forward thinking in a sense.. dont really have that think-out-of-the-box mind.. anywayz..

can u believe or imagine the littlepig-io that you know, attempted physics questions from 12 midnite to 5am in the morning WITHOUT dozing off on the table or even taking a short break on the bed ?!?!?!? i find it super-dee-duper surprising.. like how did the time pass so fast ?? it isnt like the physics questions were that tough.. but it was me not listening to lectures (if you ever understand the lecturer's russian accent and her talking to herself without eye contact) and i had to flip thru the thick reference book for formulaes and their usage.. if it was only within a chapter, maybe it would not be that bad.. but that was not the case.. anyways, i managed to find the missing link between the questions and the answers.. yes i had the answers at hand but you know me being very particular, must know exactly how to go about solving it.. haiz.. you must remenber the last thing i touched physics was in secondary school for o' levels.. how long and basic was that ? anyway, i see hope in catching up with physics.. *blink blink*

so i slept about 5.15 am and woke up 9.26 am for breakfast.. weekend's breakfast serving time is 8-10 am.. so yupz.. am i tired ? i think so.. but i still hav quite an amount of revision to do as mid-session exams are approaching.. and i am going out later about 3pm.. the singaporeans in FOCUS are gathering to 'celebrate' national day and watch some sporean movies.. so.. yar.. there goes my second half of the afternoon but i will be back for dinner so.. i dont know.. i know i should stay put to study but a part of me is like, get a life.. be social.. go for the gathering..

yar.. so.. think i will be going.. but i will make up for the time lost tonight.. =)

p.s. did i tell you that lee hom is very.. talented ?? has a build that no girl can ask for more ??

14aug07

2007-08-14T10:11:00.000+08:00

ok.. i know i am late.. late in posting an entry.. late in wishing my dear cousins happy birthday.. opz.. how could i ? so right now, i just finished class not long ago and am waiting for lunch at the college before rushing off to another class.. i was thinking why not blog now coz i dont have the mood to do tutorial.. hahaha..

first, my blood test.. everything is normal, perfectly fine.. amen.. the doc was quite relief coz there is this illness that has almost similar symptoms but i was missing one.. which is the aching of joints.. so this illness will cause a breakout of red itchy rashes at certain joints.. so i am clear of that and hopefully this is just a one time thing.. but she say should anything else happen, i must go back to the clinic immediately and do further deeper tests.. BUT people, i AM FINE.. yea... sorry to make you all worried.. >.< my ears now are very much back to normal, soft and flexible (i love to sleep on my sides you see..) the frequency of itchy-ness of my neck is less now.. and my face should go back to normal soon as i dont have to take the tablets.. so people, thanx for the prayers and concerns..

my wkend.. wait bfore that, do you know the birthdays of singapore, malaysia and indonesia are all in august ?? interesting eh.. given that we three countries are all... erm.. neighbouring friends ?? yar.. so my wkend.. friday, we had bible study the usual.. we are looking at the book of colossians.. verse by verse.. para by para.. sat, our bible study group decided to have a social.. social means a gathering.. we went to centennial park for picnic.. the sun shone soooo strongly.. we ''camped'' at a different area of the park this time.. this time it was near the lake.. and there were ducks, swans etc.. and this time, i bought my camera !!!! took very very nice photos esp with the sun setting and all the colours the sky could possibly have.. =) we played frisbee.. it was tiring.. we were out of breath real fast.. afterwhich i joined them for dinner (first dinner away from creston) at some jap restaurant.. then after which, we went to a friend's house.. it was HUGE.. as in, it was a house on the edge of the hill (in sydney, the land is up down up down kind) and it had a perfect view of bondi beach.. it was five storeys in all.. so there was the garage (basement 3), gym (basement 2), mini home theatre (basement 1) and rooms on the ground floor and one more floor up.. haha, there was a lift for the grandma too.. it was reallllly beautiful.. telescope looking out into the beach and mini houses below.. and we played the latest edition monopoly the one with credit cards instead of paper notes.. it was a really nice evening.. (and a nice house)..

OKOK !!! i am LATE for lunch.. as in, now it is 12.35pm and class starts at 1pm.. and we aare not allowed to be late.. *gulpz*

9aug07

2007-08-09T17:28:00.000+08:00

happppy birthday sIngapore !!!! singapore my homeland.. its where i belong.. all of us united.. one people marching on.. we have come so far together.. our common destiny.. singapore our homeland its where we belong..

while you all are happily watching ndp and singing these singapore songs, i am here in sadness..

my left ear was red and itchy last week.. thought was some kind of mosquito bite and so i just applied wu pi gao.. over the wkend, my right got infected with the same symptoms while my left balloooned soo big and hot and red.. imagine, you ears sticking out.. you cant bend them, they were stiff hard.. couldnt sleep on either side coz the ear is sticking out (wrong direction) and so cant rest on it and it felt like laying on some hard solid.. then on monday, i noticed bumps.. from the back of the ears down my neck.. so i went to make an appointment with the uni medical.. they were booked til wed.. so yesterday when i woke up, i could hardly lift my head.. the lower back of my head felt sooo heavy and numb and swollen.. doc was unable to diagnose.. the thing was too weird.. so she gave me cream to apply.. she say it is quite concentrated but the next day (today) i had to go back to see her..

this morning when i woke up and saw myself in the mirror.. i got a shock.. it look like the last stage of my jaw operation.. my face was swollen.. esp along the jawline.. i thought the mirror was a lousy one or my eyes were not open or smething.. then i went back to my room to see myself in another mirror.. indeed my face is round and swollen.. :( but my ears are back to normal size and less red.. they are more softer and flexible too.. but the bumps along my neck became more.. luckily i only had 2 hour of lecture today in the morning.. when i went to see doc.. she was like ''ok. i have to give you the tablets.. they are even stronger than the cream.. and i would like you to have a blood test tomorrow..'' i went ok lor.. haiz.. the symptoms were just too weird i guess.. then when i went home which was about 5 pm plus, i noticed my face was getting worse.. as in the bloatedness became obvious and red patches of baby rash grew on my face.. on the sides near both the eyes and my cheeks.. it is really unglam.. they are not itchy though.. haiz.. i jus have to eat the tablets after dinner (which i did) and hope for the best tomorrow.. tomorrow i have 5 hour straight of lectures.. how ?!?!? haiz....... so blood test tml and results on monday..

jus in case you're thinking of allergies or smething.. i hav no history of allergies.. and i changed my pilllow case and put towel on the pillow so it isnt the pillow problem.. my body going haywire coz of the weather ?? maybe ?! i dunnoe..

jus pray for me okie ? it is scary and freaky.. coz it swells and numb at the back under the ears and it presses in the nerve.. so it isnt comfortable.. the best description ?? when harry potter grew gills for the water competition in the goblet of fire movie..

*not-that-happy princess..

3aug07

2007-08-03T22:20:00.000+08:00

heey people !!! hows everyone ? haha.. missing dear sharon ?? *mUacks* for everyone..

yesterday was foundation day.. it was the uni's bday.. so there was smething like a carnival on the lawn (there is alot of lawns here).. so we had to produce our ic s to prove that we are above 18 years of age.. it was ''crazy'' coz wad i saw here was exactly like the american high school life i saw in vcds.. there was a kissing booth ?!? 50 cents ?!? ewww.. and a store with two big glass bowls.. one for condoms and the other for tampons.. the label was saying like "free.. take two''.. haha.. i took a photo.. >.< and then i and my dorm mate played the jumping castle.. i videoed ourselves while in it.. it was total madness.. coz it wasnt a plain jumping kind.. it was an obstacles kind.. haha.. then when we were sitting on the lawn, people standing were like walking with cups and cups of beer (there was an official store selling.. or rather, the ONLY drink store).. and they threw jelly beans at each other.. i was praying that they dont spill the beer on me and dont hit me with the jeans.. haiz.. o yar, there were like girls holding signboards that said "free hugs".. and then this guy jus came running into her and woaa.. you self imagine.. haha.. maybe they knew eachother.. but still ? thats aussies.. they dont mind i guess.. so the day was fun.. then later they had a REAL party in the unibar (bar that sells liquor and beer.. and we hav a mini pub alike) but i din go.. not my cup of tea..

today i went for fellowship.. we were bible-studying the book of colossians.. not bad.. my group and the other groups were mainly the asians.. my group all singaporeans.. haha.. but they hav been here for some time..

i jus realised how different in mood i hav been.. i can finally say that i hav finally settled in.. as if, i know i can survive living here by myself.. i know i can.. though i cant wait for november to come.. seriously, the first few days i was here, i knew asking myself wad am i doing here.. am i sure i can stay here by myself ? shall i run back to spore now.. seriously.. esp the last question, while my parents were still here with me.. everynight and every morning, i ask myself should i turn back.. now it is not too late.. better go back spore if i wan before it is too late.. haiz.. actually, the only reason why i continue to stay here was because i felt i would be a loser if i go back spore then.. haha.. the truth is out.. you know sharon.. she doesnt like to quit.. she would rather tolerate whats thrown at her than to swallow her pride ?? but sometimes i tell myself.. if my parents can, why cant i ?? haha..

1aug.2

2007-08-01T18:37:00.000+08:00

you know wad ?? i was just.. thinking.. where is my leehom ?? hahahha.. random.. just click on the link.. hahaha.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3EdjhIX5E or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8go39zZCkg&mode=related&search= he is jus soooooooooo handsome and talented.. haiz.. dont worry people, there is no similar kind of him here in UNSW.. haiz.. so sad right ? not even any to eye-candy ? can you imagine sharon without any eye-candy ? no one to motivate her to go to sch ?? i mean.. uni.. the locals dont use ''sch'' here.. coz ''sch'' normally meant high sch and below.. uni = uni.. haha.. and thongs = slippers.. at first i was like shocked coz i always thought thongs meant g-string.. but apparently, that is in america.. in aussieland, thongs = slippers.. anyway, you must be wondering how come the sudden youtube link.. CAUSE i am not in the college.. i am at the library.. another good thing that it is near.. jus that later i gotta be careful.. it is abit dark.. sun sets at 5 pm plus here.. and grace !!! your blog ar.. suddenly hav music one.. gave me a scare can ? i jumped lor !!! people here alone and ruo nv zi ok ?!? *blink blink*.. hahaha..

bytheway, lee hom and junjie new album are not bad.. (they are in my room =) nanny nanny poo poo.. o yar, i was telling the taiwanese and hongkong dorm mates, if any taiwanese artiste come to sydney on vacation, i will volunteer to be their personal tourguide.. hahahha.. fatt hope.. i was jus thinking today.. if only i can see my wu zun in person.. right before my eyes.. haiz.. and now you people, the readers of my blog, wonder how i cross the road.. <-get it ?

well, at least i am back to being hua-chi.. =)

1aug07

2007-08-01T17:21:00.000+08:00

ooookkie, i know i have not updated my blog for daysss.. but see how fast time flies ??

IT IS ALREADY THE MID OF WEEK 2 !!!!!!!

fast rite ?? or at least i find it fast.. life here has improved.. really.. like i am getting along with quite a few crestonites (dorm mates).. sch/classes the usual.. tried my best to stay awake.. wait !! academic later.. now, ''house'' matters.. well, we had an inter-college netball competition on monday and it strengthened our friendship bah.. can you imagine playing sports in winter ? at night ? in the open ? haiz.. it was cold initially til you start running like mad.. and panting like mad.. i was really out of breath.. it is either the air is thin OR i hav not been exercising lately.. haha.. and on sunday, we had cryptic dinner.. it certainly was interesting.. there were like twelve items on the menu and we had to choose 6 items for our main course and another 6 later for dessert.. the problem is, the items on the menu had weird names like ''bubbled blood, three atoms, snake tongue, you are crazy, etc''.. we had to choose wisely because the items included our utensils.. so wad happened to my fren was, all she had for main course was water, gassy drink, fork, spoon, knife and peanuts.. hahaha.. it was sooo funny.. mine was slightly better.. i had water, gassy drink, spiral sphagetti, smarties, ice-cream and knife.. so initially i tried using the knife to eat the spirals.. but i gave up and used my fingers.. hahha.. of course, everyone discussed and made wiser choice for dessert..

last friday, i attended a welcome dinner by FOCUS (foreign overseas christian university students).. there were quite a number of asians.. as in sporean, malaysians, hongkongers etc.. we played silly games, had a mini talk and oriental dinner.. it was nice to know some sporeans.. there was this guy who stays at eng kong garden and is doing his masters.. i was sharing like how i got lost there a few times while finding for the house of a FRIEND of mine.. *blink blink at ally* and he was sharing how relunctant he was, going to glory presbyterian kindergarden on the first day coz the uniform is pink.. and i rmb that time when michael (little bro of mine) received his little pinkie uniform.. jason and i were like giggling away and michael didnt wan to wear it to school too.. hahahhaha.. BUT he looked cute in that pinkie uniform of his.. =) so during that night, i felt that i was not alone.. i had people who i could turned to.. and the next day (sat), the sporeans went to centennial park (nearby) and we had a picnic.. omygoodness.. it REALLY is a park.. there are trees, big open green fields, lakes, birds and the sky was blue.. the sun shining but there was cold breeze.. it was reallly breath-taking.. it really relaxed my mind.. and i know i was with people who i dont hav to guard against.. they were fellow brothers and sisters in christ.. it was nice.. simply nice.. on sunday, i attended a church service on campus.. also under the FOCUS group of people.. have you experienced the feeling of not singing worship songs for a looong time and suddenly, you are singing ?? haiz.. the old days in glory jus came floating into my mind.. and i thought of my dear solomon knights.. =) anyway, the sermon was really good ? in a sense, it was like mind-pondering ? i was like a higher level of bible study kind of depth.. esp when it is the book of Hebrews.. haiz.. chim..

anyway, back to my academic life.. it is er.. the breakfast time is 7-9am and after 9am, the kitchen is locked.. so if you miss breakfast, too bad.. gotta da-han til lunch or munch on your own stock of food in your room.. usually, i wake up about 7.30 to 7.45am.. (minus the two hours, it is 5 am plus in SINGAPORE !! how is it possible for the sleeping princess to wake up sooo early ??) hahahahhaha.. *blink blink*.. ta-da.. a new changed sharon.. yar right.. not til wad i tell you my chou3 shi4 later.. where was i ? oyar, so i usually give myself more time at breakfast to let the food slowly sink it.. then sometimes i hav lessons at 9am.. some all the way to 2pm.. so i only hav lunch at 2pm etc.. anyway, it is good that my college (dorm) is close to sch so that i can walk back in-between lessons.. BUT my university is divided (imaginary line) into two campus.. upper and lower.. why ? because it is on a hill.. so my college (dorm) is on the upper campus side BUT ALL MY CLASSES AND LECTURES ARE AT THE LOWER CAMPUS.. so imagine how much i hav to walk or climb ??? going to class is no prob.. go down hill mar.. it is going home time.. haiz.. hopefully i lost weight.. but one time is for sure, my calves and thighs better get toned thru all these walk !! haha.. as for my chou3 shi4.. haiz...

today i ate breakfast at 8.15am.. finished by 9am.. since i had class only at 12pm, i went straight into my bed.. (i wasnt exactly tired you know.. maybe bcoz all the waking up earlys and walking and netball that night <- i really was breathing real hard as though i had asthma..) and i rmb i did open a corner of my eye and the clock showed 11.02am.. so my eyes closed back.. and the next time i opened, it was 12.05 pm !!!!!!!!!!!! (it is like my old habit of sneaking into bed at the wrong time of the day is BACK !! good in a sense coz it means that i'm back to normal.. bad in a sense that i gotta hop out of bed, get changed and dashed to the lecture threatre..).. hahaha.. yuzp.. but you know sharon, she walks fast.. even when her thighs and calves are aching from the netball nite.. =)

so yar.. thats about it.. well, other than i keep dozing off in lectures, i am fine =) the weather is slowly turning warm.. but there is still occasional cold (really cold) strong wind.. but i am surviving.. xin qing bi shang ge xing qi hao.. =)

p.s. july is over.. now it is aug.. soon, it will be september -> october -> november.. AND NOVEMBER MEANS exams.. hahaha.. think i gonna say something else ? nah.. i ain that thick skin..

NOVEMBER MEANS MY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i still said it afterall.. hahahhaha)

24july07

2007-07-24T18:33:00.000+08:00

hi people.. i know it has been a week ever since i ''disappeared'' from your ''life''.. haha.. well, jus wanna assure you that i am fine.. it is horribly cold here though.. finally i have had my class timetables settled (last week).. uni life is really smething realllly different.. i have had my fair share of struggles.. trust me.. you do not know what emotional roller coaster i went thru.. =(

about where i am staying.. i m staying at cReston cOllege which is just a zebra crossing away from the uni so it is reallly convenient.. BUT it is a cAtholic ''themed'' place so there are quite a number of restrictions (WHICH I WAS QUITE PISSED OFF UPON KNOWING THEM DURING INTERVIEW TIL THE POINT OF I WANTED TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY. since everywhere is packed, if i were to stay in an apartment and i am to lazy to cook my meals, i rather NOT EAT.. seriously.. afterall everything is expensive here..) thats how irritated i was.. hmm.. where to begin.. maybe i will jus list a couple.. like there is NO teevee watching, NO locking of doors, NO personal telephones in rooms, NO watching of vcds on personal laptops in own room (ESPECIALLLLLLY DRAAAMAAsS !! you know me.. i brought a few unfinished drama dvds and concert dvds..), NO internet in own room (means why did i even buy and bring a laptop from spore? and means grace's youtube manuel for me is not useable.. webcam on msn? fathope.. etc).........

bUt !! my parents really like the place.. like it is clean and ''everything'' is provided.. also, God cleared my fustrations by giving me a place to stay there.. (if you dun understand the previous sentence, you're normal coz it is really hard to explain in words..) anyway, lets EVALUATE the good points okie ? afterall, i still have 16 weeks to stay there (til i fly back spore to see you guys!! muackzz!!).. hmm.. meals are provided, everyone has there OWN room (though the bathroom is shared), they have people to vacuum your room, they wash the bed linens for you, it is an all-girls dorm, they have ''high-class'' kinda of ''doing things'' (LIKE THEY USE DIFFENENT PLATES FOR MAIN DISH AND FRUITS ?!? i was like why cant use the same plates ? you save water that way ! (by the way i am too used to taiwan's way of environmental friendlyness) and no one had any answer. haiz. like simple dinner also use two set of forks and knifes ? arg. come-on. you say treat the place like your home. but I SURELY DUN WASTE SO MANY PLATES AND UTENSILS TO EAT !!)... nothing to say seriously..

i can or rather, we can only surf internet in the common room WHERE THERE IS NO PRIVACY ? 5 computers only.. for 26 people staying there ? o yar, half of the people there are like studying their masters and phds.. i am like ONLY A FRESHMAN STARTING SEMESTER ?!? anyway, no privacy to webcam !! and the internet is realllly slow.. it swallows your window browser at times too.. haiz.. but i think i shld be thankful that i hav a place to sleep i guess..

the people here hav a lot of fillers.. if you understand what i mean.. they dun talk straight to the point.. they play hide-and-seek first then maybe perhaps later you may hear something related to your question.. haiz.. and they smile a lot.. a lot of HI, HOWS YOUR DAY etc.. ALLLL the greetings you can ever ask for.. yes it is nice BUT NOT EVRYTIME please.. and they dong4 bu2 dong4 jiu4 smile.. AND I HAV TO RETURN WITH A SMILE AND MAYBE MURMUR SMETHING.. it is jus.. not our chinese custom like to smile 24/7 bah.. then at the dinner table (or sme gathering), if you dun smile or talk, they ask if you're tired or in a daze.. does their dictionary hav the words ''normally silent'' ?? haiz.. do you know if you smile toooo much, you get winkles around your mouth earlier in life ?? anywayz..

so first few days it was a struggle coz i had to get soo much stuffs in order BUT i hav NO IDEA about doing them, the WEATHER is horribly freezing cold (news say it is the coldest winter australia has had in 10-20 years esp that faithful night that we touched down in sydney.. it was the lowest temperature sydney has had for years.. wao.. wad perfect excellent timing..), the time here is TWO WHOLE HOURS AHEAD OF SPORE (you know i LOVE to sleeeep) etc..

BUT i am extremely thankful that both my parents came with me here.. if they were no around, i would have probably hide in a corner and rot to freezing death.. seriously.. they helped in alot of ways.. and after most stuffs were settled, we went around sydney.. the usual opera hse, harbour bridge, bondi beach, chinatown etc.. ate quite a substantial amt of seafood esp osters.. my newly added into seafood list seafood.. haha.. it was really a fabulous time spent with my parents.. i mean.. they bicker every now and then, and i simply just tag behind them.. in the first few days, my mind is really not in the right place.. (i never smiled. i hardly open my mouth to speak. my face was 24/7 black. the thought of giving-up and running back home was ALWAYS on my mind and dream. scary dreams i had. wondered whether i really shld be here. etc) simply tooo many worries.. til one day we went to the beach.. the waves were slamming against the shore.. the wind ready to blow me away into the air.. then i smiled.. for the first time in 4 days.. so you could imagine.. that face of mine when i am moody and down.. parents esp mum keep saying my face shows as though they are gonna put me into jail.. well, i was REALLLY unhappy.. dad keep pinching my cheeks to make me smile.. then when they wanted to take photos of the uni to show my big bro, i wouldnt smile then they ask alot of time then i smile for one second.. jus for the camera. that was the situation.. but they never once fare up.. never once they scold me for my blackfaceness and non-responding mouth.. but over the wkends, my mood was very much lighten up.. i talked more and we would hold hands (shi zi ko.. you know the dating kinda of holding hands.. that's is with my mum.. and i would hook my arm around dad's.. like marching down the aisle in weddings) as we walked along the streets.. so it was a realllly good time with eachother's company..

but all good thing gotta come to an end.. they flew back to spore today.. i rushed to where they were staying after my lessons (thank God that there was NO afternn class coz if not i cant spend time with them bfore they flew).. we had lunch tgt and walked the nearby streets tgt.. i jus couldnt help tearing evry now and then.. dad didnt allow me to send them off at the airport though it is realllly near.. so all i could do was a final hug and goodbye.. and tears (i tried so hard to hold them back.. didnt wan parents esp mum to be sad) kept running.. their taxi dropped me off at my dorm doorstep and i simply run back to my room to cry.. (and i am crying now as i typed this..)

in case you start crying too.. let me tell you smething happy.. i made a new fren today.. when i call smeone a fren, i really mean it.. as in i like the person's character and it doesnt clash with mine.. she is from hk and she has EXACTLY same views of the dorm as me.. likes 5566, wu zun and taiwanese dramas etc.. and most importantly, we can relate coz we are of same age.. just that she is into her second semester already.. last nite, we and another two (one exchange student from hk and another foreign student from taiwan) did smething we shldnt do.. haha.. guess.. anyway, i gotta sign off le.. coz i'm using the library computer (luckily we stay close to sch and in the day, there is alot of students using the computers in the lib) and library is closing soon.. til nxt time, nitez..

17july07am

2007-07-17T00:44:00.000+08:00

in a few hours time, i will be flying off to australia.. but first, must give thanks that i hav a flight.. coz previously, it was supppper full on all flights to australia.. i will first fly to perth for 5 hours, then domestic flight to sydney for 4 hours.. so i will only reach the destination at 10.15pm.. haiz.. one day wasted in flying.. once again, it is my fault for not studying hard enuff and not planning ahead.. who can i blame ? no one except myself.. anyway, it is tooo late to think about that le..

so i was fanatically packing up my luggage for the past few hours.. it is sooo tiring.. in the end, you dont even know wad's in the luggage.. haha.. simply ''threw everything in''..
(to lj) thx for dropping by to pass me that priceless pinkie book.. love it sooo much..
(to mal) thx for calling and keep me awake while i pack..

thanx everybody who hav in one way or another contributed to the sending-off of littlepig-io here.. appreciate the gesture and the gifts totally.. *muackz.. anyway, just one thing to note, my handphone number will cease to exist (after 6 years of service.. ever since sec one..) soon.. (my uncle who is coming to s'pore at the end of the month, will use my sim card til he return..) so i will email you my new aussie number.. erm.. wad am i feeling now you ask ?? n-u-m-b.. i dun wanna think about anything but simply to just go and take one step at a time..

mAy the Lord watch over each and everyone of you..

pRay for me that i may get permanent residence in the dormatory

after the interview on wed (18/7) 3pm..

that's all folks..

take care folks..

we can always webcam on msn..

simply invite me..

*muackzzz*

15july07.am

2007-07-15T01:36:00.000+08:00

littlepig-io ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS baccckk !!!!!

those who missed me say IIIIIIIIIIII !!!!

hehe.. skin still as thick as ever.. the trip was really fruitful.. if you wan me to tell you about it, it is gonna be difficult.. as in there is alot of stuffs that cant be explained with words.. photos maybe.. i tooook tons of photos.. even my diary.. i wrote like half the book.. i myself was shocked.. actually, the words of the later few entries are ultra tiny coz i was scared there will not be enuff pages.. since the book is my overseas diary.. and was already written near half, plus this latest taiwan trip, it will be fullll of contents.. =)

basically, i got to xperience quite a few stuffs that i have never tried before.. or overcome my fear.. like getting up on stage to lead the kids into singing, dancing and prayer (impromptu).. giving my testimony on stage during service sermon.. talked like 20 minutes unexpectedly (also to cover up the first two ''candidates'') in chinese.. FULLLLY CHINESE.. cried on stage.. coz i shared about the aussie stuffs that i was soo desperate to get all procedures settled.. the kids in taiwan.. emotion rollercoster.. tiredness.. 2 days in spore after taiwan.. no time to spend with frenz.. leaving them.. miss them.. (and that was how the crying started.. actually my voice was already cranky when i shared about God's grace in helping me get an uni and get all procedures settled last minute.. esp His love for me.. hearing my prayers..) but i stillll cant believe i cried in front of sooo many ppple.. arg.. then after the service, many taiwanese members came to wish me all the best and hugs.. see, that is the love we christians must and should have for our fellow brothers/ sisters in Christ despite whether you know them or not..

i was a translater in my local church.. as in one of my team member was a canadian.. so i did most of the translation for her.. i realised (and confirmed) that God gave us all a different gift and we must be confident that we can excel in our own different way.. there is NO NEED for comparition.. there may be people way better than you but what is important is that you take things in your stride, put in all that you can and be the best of your abilities.. most important is that you ask for God's guidance for His plans are wayyy higher and better than yours..

of course i had free time to enjoy myself.. like travelling from the top to half way down taiwan on a car (evryone high singing mandarin pop songs).. going to fei lun hai 's xie zhen shu autograph.. night markets.. basketball machines (i improved sooooo much.. highest was a 277 !!).. even rode on a motorbike for the first time in the fanatic streets of taiwan !!!!! cool eh.. there is jus too many.. thats why i love photos.. they paint a million words..

sometimes i feel this taiwan trip was a trying ground for me.. esp to be away from the family and friends.. like the first chapter before i go off to australia.. suddently, it doesnt feel soo.. as in, mayb i hav learned to accept the fact that i gotta study.. i will be fine people.. really.. for i have learned to find comfort in our Almight God.. the best yet simplest thing is to seek for His guidance and simply trust in Him wholeheartedly that He will make a way..

okie.. i really need to slp.. i have had afternoon nap, after dinner nap but dun think it is enuff.. still feel abit restless.. nitez.. will upload photos onto friendster when i am free..

27june07

2007-06-27T23:57:00.000+08:00

how can 28june arrive sooo fast ??

hhhhaaaaaaiiiizzzzz..

tomorrow afternoon i will be flying off to taiwan for a christian misson trip.. and will only be back on the 14 july okie ?

eh.. currently mixed feelings..

glad that i have such an opportunity to go and experience (really thx for the encouragement =) yeah ? ) worried coz aussie land preparations are not yet completely settled (airplane tickets super full & thus unable to get tickets.. christian-valued & all-girls dormatory requires an interview before giving me a room.. health report not yet cleared by authorities & is standing in the way of attaining visa).. but i shall try my verybest to stand strong with God's mercy and grace that He will help me pathe the way.. for only He is capable.. pls pray for me okie ?

thx.. nitez..

by the way, my taiwan suitcase is stilllllllllll not packed.. if u r free, u can try packing two suitcases at the same time.. it is soo much ''fun''.. and if u happen to succeed, let me know.. then u can HELP me do mine.. hahahha.. okie, nitez..

dun worry too much about me.. simply keep me in your prayers.. =)

25june07

2007-06-25T23:56:00.000+08:00

today is clean-up-my-room day.. let me tell you smething.. it wasnt pleasant..

first of all, i didnt know i had so much junk.. and neither did i realise i had sooo many magazines and music cds.. esp those mandarin pop artists' cds, concert dvds etc.. and boy was i shock to see how much junk i was able to keep over the years in such a small storage area.. haiz.. you can say i am quite ''attached'' to certain stuffs.. like i even kept pri sch diaries, artwork and letters between me and ailing.. and i had to throw them all away.. but i m glad that i made used of them to make ailing a scrapbk last year for her birthday.. yeah.. and of course, there were many more to be thrown away stuffs..

i had to think at the age of 21, do i still want all these stuffs.. well, that helped a little.. but...

i had to clear my stuffs not only because my room is becoming a pig sty cum store room but also coz' i will be in aussie land soon and i cant possibly leave my room the way it is now am i right ? so that is where i realised that i spent lots n lots of money on magazines where my handsome hunks are on the cover and their albums and concert dvds.. haiz.. i had to keep them all nicely into a box (i made sure i didnt use those brown boxes for moving house but rather transparent kind.. coz the latter would give pple (or at least i feel would give pple) a reminder that i still exist and the room is still mine !! ) haha.. so reluctant to leave my room in the care of another person..

these few days i have been treasuring every single moment i sleep on my bed.. i would definately miss my bed and the things on it.. arg.. smetimes i tell myself this - i have only myself to blame for such outcome.. having the need to go overseas coz i din study hard enuff to get accepted into a local uni.. haiz.. hAaiiiiizz~~

nevermind.. i will try to look on the brightside.. new environment + new experience + new friends = grow thicker (and tougher) skin.. hahahhahahhahha..

okie nitez.. i'm tired..

i'm back

2007-06-22T22:10:00.000+08:00

after a month of not blogging.. people begin to wonder where did i disappear to.. thx for all of your concern.. well.. i have been busy planning and preparing for my future.. i will be away for QUITE some time so.. you can only communicate via email.. my hp number will change in due time.. congrats to people who hav managed to get into a local uni.. as for me, i will flying to aussie land.. i may not have time to meet up with you people but.. you know i will miss you.. haha..

28june - 14july -> i'm flying to taiwan for a youth mission trip..
15/16july -> i'm flying to aussie land to start uni at UNSW food & sci technology..

people, truely deeply from my heart.. really try not to miss me BUT NEVER FORGET ME.. for i will not forget you all.. but the more ni she bu de wo, wo gen jia she bu de ni men.. okie ?

i reallly dun wan a big woo-ha sendoff.. i dun wan to ma fan you people.. but i also feel that out of respect.. as friends.. i should inform you all..

sharon will miss you alllllll..

20may07

2007-05-20T21:00:00.000+08:00

JUST last sunday, we celebrated mother's day.. dinner was ablast.. big bro, small bro and i whipped up a ''feast''.. hahaha.. it wasnt really that planned but did assign them to cook something.. big bro fried macdonald's kind of scrambled eggs.. small bro cooked cheese macroni in tomato sauce.. me ? i cooked cold drunken chicken, siew mai and campbell soup with that fluffed up crust thingie.. overall, it wasnt a disaster at all.. hahahha.. must be thankful about that.. *smilez*

JUST past thursday, i got my retainers.. i shall have discipline to wear them.. hahahhaha..

JUST yesterday, it was saturday..

JUST in a few more hours, it will be monday.. (and that means work).. the monotonous cycle has been on for more (almost) five months already.. no school uniform to wear.. no school homework to complete.. no school to go to..

at times, i feel left behind..
at times, i feel my current days are lousily boring..
at times, i wonder where has the happy me disappeared to..

10may07

2007-05-11T23:53:00.000+08:00

*sMilez* *bLink bLink*

my braces were removed yesterday!!!!!!!!!! hahahhaha.. feels kinda weird at first.. but........ now i do not have to worry about food getting stucked in my braces... yeeeaaaahhhh ~~~

the process was not painful but... when the dentist was removing the rings that were binded around the hind teeth, it almost killll me.. it felt like he was trying to pluck my teeeth out !! hahaha.. other than that, nothing much bah.. he jus scaled the teeth to remove the glue and polished them..

i had a weird dream last night.. yet it was touching and....... i didnt have the confidence but he gave me encouragement and support (both mentally and physically).. hmmmz.. wonder who's the mysterious guy.. if i rmb correctly, he had nice muscular arms.. hahahhahhaa.. ok, you must be wondering what kind of dreams does littlepig-io have.. told you it was weird le mah.. o nvm.. dont even know why i share the story here.. if you're gonna or already laugh(ed), gEt LOST (.. or !!)

01may07

2007-05-01T22:18:00.000+08:00

hAppy Labour dAy !?!

(i'm only wishing you when the day is soon coming to an end..)

(how silly..)

grAce's orange.. aLLy's pink.. mIne is green.. hahahha.. guess what is it that i'm talking about ?! our pUrses are from the sAme sEries !! but diff colour and diff cutting.. hahahhahahha.. today we had tuanqi chalet meeting at willy house.. then after which, we went down to gReat wOrld cIty to "exercise our calves".. (inside joke) ate dinner at suBway.. since we decided to take the mrt home, we headed to tiong bahru plaza.. and there was where we saw...... oUr kAwaIIIIIII purses.. or rather, me and ally copied grace..... hahhahahhahha...

o yar.. yesterday our dear solomon knights had dinner at seoul garden.. it was a gooood booonding time over the spurting-bubbling-oil hot plate.. there were lots of laammee lines said by some laammee people.. anyway.. a horrible thing happened.. actually i wouldnt say it was horrible but more like disgusting.. a small noodle piece fell into my peach tea drink and boy did it look freaky in the drink glass.. haiz.. it looked like some science experiment with some alive species in some weird medium.. almost lost my appetite lor..

okie.. need to sleep.. tomorrow, there is STILLLLLLL work.. :(

29apr07

2007-04-29T23:47:00.000+08:00

in the event of some already receiving uni interviews while some have not..

this is all i can say.. for i am one of them.. waiting.. waiting for some sort of acceptance letter.. in despair i was.. and so i listened to one of my all-time favourite song.. may it remind us to have faith in our Lord.. okie ? (you know who i am smiling and winking to.. rmb, we are in the same boa, okie? you're NOT alone..)

*You raise me up, so i can stand on mountains*

*You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas*

open your eyes and heart WIDE to the next two lines.. esp the last one of the two..

*i am strong when i am on Your shoulders*

*You raise me up to more than i can be*

i have faith in my Lord that HE will make things turn out the best that it can be.. do you ?!

p.s. thx gRace for laughing out with me when i shared with you my worries of feeling inferior.. the laughter made me remember how silly i was.. to forget that God made each one of us special and that we each have our own good and bad points.. *muackz..

22apr07

2007-04-22T23:56:00.000+08:00

to be frank, i am not a big fan of ginseng drink.. so when i first sipped the drink you prepared for us, i went ooooooo.. but there is this taste of love within and couldnt help it but to finish it slowly (instead of gobbling) just now.. thx minhai.. *smilez* solomon knights really appreciate it.. and also, gAmbatEh for that medicine course screening of yours.. *thumbs up*

.short and sweet entry.

19apr07

2007-04-19T23:38:00.000+08:00

wooooo !!! I AM.. eXhausted.. does it not sound convincing ?!? i am like squeezing time out to blog okie ? yesterday was a wonderful day.. though i was the last to arrive (it wouldnt happen again okie ? but it is not my fault that my work ends the latest.. >.<) anyway, we went to cine to celebrate kaili's 19th bday.. seeing her again is like finding a missing jigsaw puzzle.. i felt lost for quite some time after she couldnt make it to J2 year.. finally we could find time to gather.. as usual, we took neoprints.. (please please be patient okie ? i really not much time to use com so some things just hav to wait.. priorities..) even after kaili and i alighted at the bustop, we jus stood there and talked for half an hour ? my goodness.. i felt like some naughty girl hanging around.. hahaha.. but got lotsa to update mah.. hehe.. me ish little miss chatterbox CANNOT AR ?!? hehehe..

I OT-ed today.. reallllly tired..

Zzzz..ZZz..Zz.z......

12apr07

2007-04-12T22:43:00.000+08:00

i'm bAck !!

not like you missed me right ? haha.. really enjoyed myself during the trip.. wanna see photos ? i will upload some (of course only nice ones lar) onto friendster.. but you gotta wait.. BECAUSE MY COMPUTER IS SICK.. it isnt functionally properly.. and big brother has plans to ''put it to sleep''.. haha.. no lar.. more of.. upgrading it.. haiz.. during this trip, i seem super high.. always jumping into the front of the camera just when someone is about to take a shot.. attention seeker you may say.. but on the serious side, i still cant believe my grandpa is no longer living on earth.. o wellz.. we went back to his hometown in china.. can you believe if i tell you that i saw communist posters with my own two eyes ? they were hung on the walls of one room which i think belongs to grandpa's parents or siblings.. then we visited my great-great-great-great grandma's grave and great grandpa's tomb.. they were like on some mountains (different ones).. but the locals call them hills as compared to real mountains.. and so we climb climb lots.. also, we went to wuyi shan.. mygoodness.. better go there when you are still young and fit.. the climb up to the top (though the steps were real steep) was reallly worth it.. the scenary was breathtaking.. and you would think about how magnificent God is to have created such a place.. i also learnt to appreciate different kinds of tea..

most importantly, i am grateful for the following.. here in s'pore,

people do not rudely squeeze in between you or knock blindly past you

people do not smoke everywhere (and i mean in restaurants and hotel lobby too)

toilets have toilet paper (but i was cleverly prepared)

i need my sLeep.. nitez..

5apr07

2007-04-05T23:58:00.000+08:00

-wooo hooo-

-yuppppppiee-

-i'm flying offfffffff-

(in a few hours)

(packing like nutz now)

*dont miss me*

*but i know you will*

*muAckz*