Life In Aussieland

Moved!

2007-02-09T16:24:00.000+11:00

MOVED!!!

Moved to appledonkey.spaces.live.com. See u there!

Gold Coast

2006-07-13T15:18:00.000+10:00

Gold Coast
*warning: long post ahead*

For the first time since i've been to Australia i've finally been somewhere else other than Melbourne. Not that i expect to travel eveywhere just because i study here, but its kinda wasted if u study here but dont travel anywhere nearby. So anyways the destination was Gold Coast and i was accompanied by Deanna, Lipzhun and gf (Margaretta), my two housemates: Jack and Joseph.

Well basically our plan was this : visit 3 theme parks and a wildlife sanctuary during our 6 days 5 nights outing.

Day 1

Arrival. Found where we were staying at. Check in. The place is not too bad. Its a service apartment so it doesnt look too luxurious or anything but who cares? We're not gonna be in the room most of the time anyways. The good thing is that its fully furnished and equipped with everything we need from kitchen utensils to washing machines. And of course the most important thing of all : TELEVISION. We can't afford to miss World Cup now, can we? Anyways we visited this place called Surfer's Paradise and spent the rest of the evening/night there. Its basically a tourist area where there's shopping complexes and cafes and stalls and everything. Much like Bukit Bintang, but next to a georgeous beach.

Day 2

Dreamworld. "Many worlds in one" is their tagline. Just a theme park if u ask me. A damn good one though. Definitely filled with the most thrilling rides i've ever rode in my life. Initially i thought we would need wait freaking long for each ride but thank god it only took max 30 min per ride. Not bad compared to the 1 hour ++ per ride at Disneyland. My personal favourite is the Wipeout, where they just strap you on and toss you in every direction. Others were good as well, the Giant Drop from 120m high (that's really really high, trust me), the Tower of Terror and The Claw(think giant spinning 270 degrees swing).

Day 3

Seaworld. Half theme park, half aqarium and half sea animal shows (which equals 1 1/2). The rides were few, only about 5 or so but they're pretty decent and the best thing is that we didnt need to queue for them cause we were a tad too early. Houses the best flume ride ever (the one where u slide down in a log and splash). Sea animals are just too cute (Dugongs, dolphins, seals) but my personal favourite is still the shark (despite being scared of it thanks to good ol JAWS). Had a 4d cinema that was much better than the stupid Ali Baba i saw last year at Genting.

Day 4

Wildlife Sanctuary. This was kinda a rest day from all the theme parks. Just a normal zoo-like place.

Day 5

Movieworld. Argubly the best among the parks. Although it also meant that it had the most people. Which also meant that we spent more time queuing for the rides. But it was well worth it especially this Superman ride they recently created. 0.1 km in a second! (i think that's supposed to be pretty fast). Seeing people in Bugs Bunny costumes isnt as fun as it used to be, but nevertheless it was fun taking pictures of them. The day was topped with the Police Academy Stunt Show which was really really good, and hillariously funny (is there even such thing?).

Conclusion

This is starting to look like an essay. Anyways it was a great trip. Its unfortunate that we couldnt get more ppl to come along but we had heaps of fun. We played bridge during our spare time at the motel, which is still a cool old maid's game. We watched Italy kicked Germany's ass, which was cool cause i like Carbonara. Heck, we even played at the playground nearby in the middle of the night to avoid embarassment (They had cooler toys than we had back in our days!). It struck my mind that this could very well be the last time im gonna visit a themepark before i brings my kids instead. It somehow feels a bit sad. But oh well im still pretty young(i think) and so i hope we'll have more trips ahead of us and never grow up my friends! (stolen from Joga Bonito ad)

Freedom

2006-06-23T23:48:00.000+10:00

Freedom

At last.

Eat. Sleep. Play.

Oh, and World Cup. GO BRAZIL!!!!

Exams

2006-06-10T12:02:00.000+10:00

Exams

Not gonna blog till next week when its all over. Can't wait!!!

Sinful

2006-05-22T22:41:00.000+10:00

Sinful

List of sinful food consumed within the past week:

1. Nutella donut (fresh & hot)
2. Famous amos cookies (choc chip & pecan nut)
3. Fried pork fat (Chi yao cha!!!!)
4. Satay Chicken Skin (served with rice, just the skin!!!)
5. KFC Wicked Wings and Sweet Chilli Twister (more chicken)
6. Potato crisps and Arnott's Hazulnet Quattro biscuits (snacks)
7. Durian gelati (syokness)
8. Roast pork curry noodles (siu yok kalei min)

Feeling fatter already.

On a side note, i just finished my 1200-1500 history in one night.....last night. Now i got another 2-3 assigments to patch up this week then im free!!!! Well.... not realli but i have like 10 free days before each of my test papers (only 2, mind you) and then i shall be really free. For one month, at least. Woohoo can't wait!

*Feel free to vote on which of the listed above is most sinful =)*

Two good results

2006-05-19T21:39:00.000+10:00

Two good results

First of all, Barca becoming the champions of champions. It was a fantastic results for me, since i personally worship Ronaldinho and his un-humanly skill and also being an Arsenal hater. Why do i hate Arsenal? Thanks to my annoying cousin who always talk crap in front of me when Arsenal wins and Liverpool or ManU loses. He assumes that im a Liverpool fan cause i use the team when i play football games, and cause my dad likes ManU. Damn he's annoying. I love Henry though. I love creative players in football, i dont really appreciate those who are good at sliding and things like that. Im not a pure football fan u see, but i like to watch it for the entertainment.

Secondly, the Cavs going 3-2 against the Pistons in the NBA Playoffs. I'm a huge Lebron fan and its exciting to see how his team is evolving from a one-man team to a hardworking team led by the man himself, King James. I personally feel that the Pistons are getting a bit cocky too. Anyways we'll have to see tomorrow if the Cavs can pull off an upset and take one step closer to winning the championship. Go Cavs!!!

On a side note, i just ate some fantastic Indonesian food for dinner. I ate Ayam Penyet, basically its rice with fried chicken and sambal. The sambal was soooooo syok!!!! I also tried my friend's dish, Sate Kulit Ayam. The name is self explanatory....and it tastes soooooo gooooddd!!!!! Sinful, though, very sinful. But yummy. But sinful. But yummy. But.....

Don't u hate it when eat something so delicious but its just so unhealthy but its so nice that u wanna eat more but its gonna make u fatter? Oh well, that's why ppl go to the gym i guess. ( points at self )

Kelly Clarkson

2006-05-18T14:48:00.000+10:00

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson's voice is just stunning. She is the first artist that made me bought her original CD. Ain't that amazing? Just listen to the live versions to her songs man. Stunning, just stunning.

*Thumbs up to Amanda for putting up a Kelly Clarkson song on her blog hehe*

Dead again...

2006-05-13T16:27:00.000+10:00

Dead again...

Dead again. My blog that is. I guess i'm just not borned for blogging. It was interesting at first, but i kinda lost interest in it. I mean, the only thing i ever blog about is what i do over here. Who's gonna be interested in that (stalkers? anyone?) The funny thing is though, when i finally decide to post again. I can go on forever. But im not gonna do that, cause its just gonna bore ppl (if there are any more audience). I

I guess ill just blog once in a blue moon. Just for fun.

Life's good over in Melbourne. Course is slightly less stressful cause of less contact hours, and for some reason, less work loads. I dont expect to experience such good luck next sem of next year though. For now, im just riding my luck. Just started e-baying. It kinda saves money on some stuff that i buy. About 20 dollars cheaper per item. Thats like 30 ringgit. Thats like a few meals back home. Although i admit it kinda encourages ppl to spend more, i mean, who doesnt want to buy stuff from home and just wait for it to be delivered right to your doorstep? Too bad there's no ebay in Msia, although i am sure it'll be filled with scams.

Winter holidays are approaching. Unfortunately, i am not gonna go back this time. I really want to though. Its been ages since i saw Uk, US ppl (minli, nick, yehchuin, chen chou, to name a few). Really miss u guys. Fortunately, i am going for a week's vacation to Gold Coast. Yeah baby!!!! Planning to visit all the three main themeparks there. Gonna have heaps of fun, i hope. Btw jooyee if u are ever gonna read this, watcha gonna do during winter? Are u coming over to Melbourne?

Peace out. Wonder when will i blog again?

Life in Gentingland

2006-01-16T15:17:00.000+11:00

Life in Gentingland

Yo, so i'm back in Msia. First time ive blogged since ive been back. Excuse? As usual, busy (and lazee). Been working and all, but that's not the point. I'm gonna post a whole summary of my trip back after my hols ( because im lazee again, easier than day-by-day) but for now its gonna be about my vacation, my trip (not once, but twice) to Gentingland, up up in the sky.

Round One

It started out with Jooyee and Cat coming over to Imbi to join me for lunch during my lunchbreak ( i work, remember?). They were nearby buying tickets for S.H.E. concert in Genting Highlands. So i was like, cool. Then after loads of chit chat it suddenly came to them inviting me to join them in Genting and after a while more, it was decided that we should make it an "official" trip with friends. Unfortunately, the time wasn't right and it was a lil too last minute so the roster ended up being : Jooyee, Cat, Henglean, Wern Hui, Muah.

The two couples and Me alone.....SNIFF

It was weird for me , since , ummm im sandwiched between two couples. I'm not too close to Cat and Wern Hui (closer to Cat but havent actually conversed with WH). But anyways, wat the heck, i was desperate to get a vacation from my hectic working life so agreed to go. Five is just nice for a room anyways.

So it was a Saturday afternoon, most of us was filled with energy (Klang Bak Kut Teh) and ready to embark on our journey to Gentingland. The process was a long and troublesome one. 2 hrs min travel time and 3 different transportation methods : LRT - bus - cable car. Nevertheless we arrived safely at the hotel and everything went smoothly until....... we found out theres NO FRIDGE AND SAFE in the room! Okay, i exaggurated. Its not so bad. But we bought drinks so we were a bit disappointed, and i brought my Ipod and new digicam along so i would have been a tad happier to have a safe. Now i had to bring them everywhere. Fine.

Our double bed room!

Jooyee and Cat ditched us to watch S.H.E. (biatches!). So there was me, a bright shining tall LAMP POST in between Heng Lean and Wern Hui. We wandered around First World finding for things to do. So we passed the arcade and like.... why not ? Wanted to play those games that can win gifts (like carnival stuff). But WTF TWO RINGGITS FOR A FREAKING BALL TO THROW INTO A FREAKING HOLE! But wat the heck we had too much time in hand and i wanted to give it a try just for ego boost. There was SMALL MEDIUM BIG holes to throw the ball at. I decided at MEDIUM just to test my skills. BULLSEYE!!! (EGO BOOST!!!) Won a furry notebook which i gave to Wern Hui cause it was just to gurly for me. So now that my ego is sky high (not to mention my nose) i decided to take 3 shots at BIG to win a big lionhead soft toy. Note: BIG hole doesnt mean the hole is biggest, it means the prize is biggest....in fact the hole is onli sliiiightly larger than the ball. So i threw the first two balls. They missed barely. The third ball was dead accurate.........just to rattle off the hole. DOT DOT DOT. SIX BUCKS GONE!!!!! In like.....5 minutes. Great. So decided not to waste money on this shit, lets waste money on those machines that could grab toys and stuff. ANOTHER FIVE BUCKS GONE!!!! I got conned, the machine i played.... it was IMPOSSIBLE to hit the toy (hard to explain in words). So like damn, onli abouy 8 bucks left on my card. HL said lets play House of the Dead 3. Fine. Not a big shooting fan (cause i suck) but shooting zombies should be more fun than throwing two dollar balls at the wall. THREE BUCKS PER PLAY!?? dot dot dot. Wtv. Shoot shoot kill kill. HL's gun rosak so basically i solo. Couldnt get pass first level.......THERE GOES MY CARD!!!! So i came to the conclusion that Genting is meant for conning tourists' cash (too late).

Bowling is for losers

So now that I'm broke, the 3 of us had malaysian buffet dinner which was "accidentally" treated by HL's parents. It was filling and satisfying, although the food served were kinda....cheap. I found myself addicted to papadam, and the bottomless servings at dinner were the main cause. After that, we decided to go for a bowl, just to kill time bfor the concert ends. WH sat out. It was pretty expensive at 9 bucks per game, but after the arcade disaster it was well worth the money. I sucked at bowling, and i found out that i still do. I was pretty frustrated at one point that i threw a slow ball at the longkang......... during HL's turn. He had to rush his 2 balls bfor mine reached the end. He failed miserably. ROFL

Now that group is united again. We took a go at Monopoly bfor we slept. I personally had a miserable bad time (born loser) as i had no property after one round, and only 3 by the time we started auctioning. So yeah it was pretty obvious that i would lose. But i couldnt. When everyone else's houses and hotels were up, i didn't step on them. I escaped many many rounds without getting a single hit. Sounds lucky? Maybe not. I also did not land on any of my properties since i started. So i couldnt buy a single house even though i owned the entire street. DOT DOT DOT. At least I wasn't the first to go bankrupt. (HENGLEAN!!!)

Monopoly is also for losers

So we said next day 8 o clock wake up eat breakfast and go theme park at 9. Wtv. The weather was terrible. It was raining, it was windy like hurricanish, and the mist made it foggy. So obviously the theme park was closed. Great. My main reason for going there was gone. Just like that. My luck. And for this case, all of us.

THE FOG!!!!!!

But all is not lost! We had fun although i did not have a partner with me (where is my ddear?) and i guess we could all go again one day (SO TRUE).

Touch Dic

2005-12-07T02:21:00.000+11:00

Tough Dic

I was just browsing casually through Gamespot.com and came across this user review about the game called Touch Dic on the Nintendo DS. Be sure to read it twice! ;)

It brings me great pleasure to finally get my hands on it, but sadly Touch Dic is a short lived experience.

I may aswell start off by saying that Touch Dic is not the kind of game you can sit back and play for hours. It just wasn't made to be something that you could play with for hours on end. Besides, after playing that long you will probably develop a cramp of some sort, but this is beside the point. My point is that Touch Dic is a fun game, but very short. If it were longer, than perhaps I would have given it a perfect rating, but unless you have balls of steel, I would say Touch Dic is not the game for you. So overall Touch Dic is a heck of a way to go if you only want to be happy for a few minutes. I suggest that you rent it or borrow your friends before you actually make up your mind. PS: On a side note, what is up with the perverted title. I just realized this at the end of my review and am starting to laugh at some of the things I wrote.

No harm having a dirty joke or two on your blog, right?

Ironic

2005-10-29T01:50:00.000+10:00

Ironic

I learnt a new word today from my Japanese housemate. Ironic.

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your chardonnayIt's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic... don't you think?

Chorus:It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
W ho would've thought... it figures
Mr. play it safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought"well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think?

Repeat chorus

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think?
A little too ironic... and yeah i really do think...

Repeat chorus

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

After understanding the word finally after 19 years of my life, i find the word quite interesting, mainly because it describes many incidents in my life. For example, just recently i had a sketch assignment that started after lecture at 1pm and im supposed to like hand it in at 5 pm. We're supposed like to travel to the site and sketch the building and stuff. So i thought like, screw the lecture, wake up early, get the sketch over early so i dont need to rush. So that morning i waked up early and headed towards tram station to realise that i forgot my folio ( which contains my drawing board, paper and stuff). So had to run back to get it and back to the station. Phanting and all. So caught a tram bla bla bla. Reached the destination and walked to the site just to discover.....i left my bag in the tram!!! I had like my camera and important notes for my other assignment inside and stuff, not to mention my drawing equipments too. So means i HAD to get it back no matter wat. I chased after every tram i saw, jumping in for a peek to check if it was around. But after thinking about it sensibly, it wouldnt just make a round that fast... should take about an hour or so. But i was panicking. I was worried. I contacted the nearest tram conductor to lodge a report about it. Thankfully he called the office and said that they found it and its over there right now. In Malvern that is. Yup. I have no idea where it is too. But i had to get there. He told me to take a tram there and tell the driver where i wanted to go and stuff. Im like OK. I had no idea it was one hour away and thats just one way. To and from would take..... yup u guessed it. 2 hours. By the time i got back and had my lunch at Nando's it was almost 1. So basically me skipping lecture, waking up early and all that shit didn't pay off at all. I still managed to finish my work in time, but when i got back i started feeling sick and all. A flu followed that plagued me for the next 2-3 weeks. Isnt it ironic...........Dont'cha think?

Revivial

2005-10-22T12:31:00.000+10:00

Revivial

Revival of the blog. Yup. Its been a loooooooooooong time. I wonder if anyone still pops their head to check if anything new was posted. Hmm...

Anyways im not gonna spend my whole new post talking about why i didnt blog for quite some while and stuff like that ( my college english teacher hates this, he wants us to use "and other things of that nature" which makes me sound more classy than i really am ). It was ( and still is ) a busy sem for me, and ive been trying to not do too much at the last minute to avoid my past experience(s). Or maybe im just lazee.

On to the new stuff. All my major assignments are over now except one. The biggest one just went pass and took me and my housemate rounghly 4 full days plus another few not so full days to complete. Full as in day-night, only resting for meals. Figures it turns out to be the most interesting assignment we had, yet it was the most difficult. We had to build a mini model house from scratch. Which means it had to show from the foundations ( below ground level ) up to the timber wall framing ( did u know that inside some of our walls, it is actually made of timber??? i didnt :P ) up to the roof. And just to add salt to wound, one corner of the house had to be finished ( which means the windows, the whole brick exterior wall up to the tiles on the roof ). Phew. Thank god its over now. The presentation went pretty well too. Our model wasn't the most attractive, but definitely neater than many others ( thanks to my housemate or partner who is a perfectionist ).

Finally getting some rest, last night i pursuaded a few familiar faces to join me in a game(s?) of Yahoo Grafiti. Its some kind of pictionary like game. Pretty cool. Probably cause i love pictionary, and drawing of course. It started of with me, Hexiang and Kethlyn, and soon we were joined by Jooyee and Leeq. We played for an hour or so and it was really fun and funny ( watching how jooyee drew ugly stuff :P ). I think im really starting to be a bad influence on ppl. I started off turning ppl into DOTA freaks (dont need to point out, u guys know who you are hehe ), converting my hongkee housemate into a malaysian games addict and now im spreading the tradition to other innocent victims on msn :). Im evil.

I bought myself some gumballs today, and it almost convinced me to get a gumball machine. A small one of course. Still thinking if i should. Should I? I already have a list of useless stuff that i like : lava lamp, electric shocking game thingy, a inflatable basketball rim, some gundam kits, ice shaving machine (closesest i have to a slurpee machine) etc etc

Ive lost some weight now, i think. So when i get home, i'll be expecting less "fatass" comments from ppl, hopefully. Oh, did i mention im going home? Well, maybe. Not sure. We'll see. I might. Anyways its nice to hear that some ppl are finally coming over to melbourne next year : Kaseong, Alex and Tricia ( i dont know who ). Makes the place a little more happening i guess. Starting from today im hoping to blog on a regular basis again. Keep checking to find out how punctual i am. :D

*edit: i had to add word verification when commenting cause of some assholes who are spamming blogger with gay comments like the first one on this post. Sorry for the inconvinience

NBA Semi/Finals Review

2005-06-13T02:37:00.000+10:00

Hey guys. Soree for the long wait(if any of u actually waited) for me to update my blog. Its just that ive been really busy lately(duh!) cause its end of the semester and my final assignments were getting due and now im in the mid of my exam period. And here i am blogging. Bleh. History paper last Friday was sucky as hell. We had to memorize lots of crap(and i mean a lot) and even that is not enough, there were questions that the lecture notes and text book were not sufficient enough to give an answer. Oh well, its freakin over and i think i might be able to get away with a pass. Maybe. Next up is Construction. Should be a hell lot easier. Anyways, I'm going back soon, 20th June, but then ill be leaving for UK on the 28th. Shucks. Wished i could stay longer back home. Sigh. Oh well. Thats life. Not everything goes your way.

Now that the NBA playoffs is at its peak, I've decided to put up a review on the conference finals and then on to my prediction for this year's trophy(Everyone who is not Nick can click the X button on top right corner of your screen).

East Side - Pistons 4 - 3 Miami

Miami - Really hate em for some reason. Mainly cause of Shaq. I think he's getting really big his mouth, rather than putting up big numbers. He's definitely not as dominant as he used to be. Whether it was bcause of his injury or his age or watever, he really didn't help Miami as much as was expected. Last year with the Lakers, Pistons used the same ol one on one with him and he scored more than this. Yet the Lakers lost. Now Shaq is putting up less numbers with still only one defender on him. There goes the give-it-to-shaq-then-kick-it-out-for-open-three strat. What really carried Miami though was of course Mr.Dwayne Wade. I'm not really a fan of him but i must say he's really good at penetrating and just causing so much problem to the defense. Even with the Pistons, arguably the best defending team in the NBA. He was able to score at will other than the first game, as well as feeding his teammates. Miami's role players were solid as well, hitting open shots and doing all they can to compliment Wade-Shaq. I think they were a pretty good team, but in game seven it all came to experience and a little bit of luck that they didnt have(Wade's injury).

Pistons - My favourite from last year. They're defense is as strong as ever, and they have been solid and stabile whole year round. Their balanced half-court offense wasn't the most efficient, but was just enough to keep the scoreboard busy. Basically won the series through experience. Nothing much to elaborate about them cause they're pretty much the same team from last year. I think that they're offense has gone down a lil compared to last year, where they had a really consistent attack while shutting down opponents on the other side of the court. Their defense is also not on par with last year's, but still their strongest point. I mainly thought that Game 7 was mostly about luck, cause both of the teams seems so matched up with each other, but the Pistons just barely squeezed out a win.

West Side - Spurs 4-1 Phoenix

Phoenix - Run $ Gun. That's it. That's all they have. Definitely was not sufficient to defeat the Spurs as they were dominated in this series. In the game they won, they played pretty good basketball, but id say the Spurs was just having an off night. Thumbs up to MVP Steve Nash for being his unstoppable self on the offensive, both his shooting and passing skills. Amare was doing great too, but still half of his points came from Nash or assists from other teammates. He has developed a good jumpshot though, which really adds a lot to his game. I kinda like Joe Johnson too, he's a pretty nasty offensive threat, scoring inside n outside. What was missing though, was defense and Marion. I never liked Marion on the offensive end, and it was no surprise to me that he played crap in this series. He never was a good one on one player, with no killer-crossover or post-up moves. He rakes up his numbers cause he's tall, he can jump, and he can shoot adequetly(apparently not adequet enough). Against a pure defender like Bruce Bowen, he simply had no chance. And back to the defenseless Suns, they were just logs on the D. For those who read and watched Slamdunk, there was a similar team with the similar results in the end.

Spurs - Has what the Pistons had last year, raping defense. Slowed down the Suns to a snail's pace, forcing them to bleed for points from the half-court. On the offensive end, the Spurs looked more comfortable than ever as they were scoring better than the Suns(the top offensive team of the season?). They just have so many weapons. Tony Parker slashing in for easy layups. Manu Ginobli penetrating wildly while shooting accurately and delivering crisp passes to teammates. Bruce Bowen and Brent Barry hitting the open trey. Nazr getting points in the paint. Horry being the role player he always is. Duncan being himself(though not fully). The point is, this guys are the best defensive team in the NBA this season, yet every player on the court can score. If that's not a winning formula, i dont know wat is. A clean win for the Spurs.

FINALS - Spurs to win it. Though i like Pistons to win as well. I think defensively they're pretty matched up, but Spurs have enough firepower to break through while the Pistons are still shaky with their half-court offense(too slow maybe). The end.

Counting the Days

2005-05-04T16:24:00.001+10:00

Counting the days....

.....till my assignments are due
.....till my exam dates
.....till Star Wars Episode III is out (got tickets for May 19)
.....till i return HOME!!!

Yeap it's finally time to return to see all the lame ppl that i miss so much (do i?). Hehe. I can already picture in my mind all the char kuey tiow, bak kut teh, satay, nasi lemak, har mee, mango lo, mango special, chendol, double cheese naan, .......OOOOOOOOOOOOO slurp slurp! Ohhh i'm drooling!!!! Make sure u guys back home free your time table to bring me around k (Not sure if my parents will let me drive). If nothing goes wrong the date is June 26. Might be earlier. We'll find out.

2005-05-04T16:24:00.000+10:00

I'm Sick

2005-04-08T11:02:00.000+10:00

I'm Sick

Damn!!! This soar throat is irritating me. No fried stuff, no chocolates, no cold drinks......how do i live!???? And the worst thing is, i can onli cook fried stuff!!!! (except for Bak Kut Teh which i ate for dinner last night yum yum) I've been eating bread for meals, PLAIN BREAD with nothing on it!!! And that's cause i onli have choc spread and my housemate told me that peanut butter is bad too. AARRGGHH!!!! If that's not bad enough, i havent got much rest since Wednesday. I had to do this last min assignment that was due yesterday, then off to work (yes i do work now at a noodle house nearby, broke a cup on my first day), came back late, had to wake up early for class from 9-1, then timber workshop from 2-5, and then another assignment after dinner. Oh, and did i mention i was sick? Coughing and fever yesterday didn't help either. Sigh. An advice to ya all : dont eat 9 KFC fried chicken wings, curry noodles and a Tolberone choc bar all in one day - and drink lots of water, not Coke.

Life In Architecture

2005-03-18T21:06:00.000+11:00

Life In Architecture

So, many people have been asking me, how's architecture? Is it fun? Must be laaa since everyday draw onli. Sigh, unfortunately architecture aint just about drawing, and to make things clear to u guys out there - here's a breakdown of the subjects i am currently taking.

Architectural Design :
This is probably the most fundamental part of the course (supposedly). However, my first assignment is a weird one. To design a costume that exagurates body movements (wtf?). "The costume and movement must (re)aware us of something strange, unfamiliar and unanticipated about something we are most familiar about: our body". Gawdd that sounds more like a freakin literature question. In the end i made cyclop-like glasses...... after hours of head cracking. And i still don't get how this relates to architecture. Upcoming assignments sounds a lil more interesting : constructing a maze and a disco toilet (dance + crap = kewl).

Design Communication :
Basically this subject is to help and teach us to express our ideas into drawings or models or wateva. So far this is all about drawing practices and lots of emphasis is made on light, shadow and texture. Not a friendly change for me since im so customed to drawing cute, round, cartoonish thingies. Not very fun as we usually are forced to sit outside in the cold skecthing for 3 hours straight. Still, this is the best subject so far in my opinion =)

Construction Technology :
Physics. Just that we learn onli building-related stuff. Sleeping lecture more like it. Not to mention the lecturer is old and draggy.

City in HISTORY :
Refer to the word with caps. Clear enough? H-I-S-T-O-R-Y

In conclusion, architecture is just SO-SO for now. Havent felt any excitement in any of the subjects but thats probably cause its only 2-3 weeks into the course. Plus, it is a real dramatic change from writing and calculating to drawing and model making. I havent done any written stuff so far. It's just....different. Hope things turn out better soon.

Just pics of my room to finish my post:

My room!!! Definitely bigger than before. Check out my desktop =D

Also check out my cool deco - time, date and temp

Tag Board

2005-03-11T00:31:00.000+11:00

Tag Board

Most of u probably already notice that the Tagboard is down. Hopefully things will be fixed soon but till then..... no lame stuff soree =P

Moving On - The Amazing Race

2005-03-02T02:54:00.000+11:00

Moving On - The Amazing Race

Ahhh.....university life. After a week of boring orientation stuff (not to mention the troublesome enrollment process as well), i am finally a university student, an undergraduate taking Bachelor of Planning & Design (Architecture) in the University of Melbourne (drum rolls + applause please). The week actually ended pretty well though, had my first basketball club training (which was super tiring) and we took part in The Amazing Race (super duper tiring) held by the Student Union. Was a pretty interesting idea really, finally got to experience what the people in the TV box actually do (well kinda). It was a much simplified version though, it was organized to introduce famous places of Melbourne and so we were supposed to tour around while racing and competing with other groups to earn boasting rights and umm some thumb drives (just 128). The format is roughly like the one u see on the tele, but the challenges are mainly question based (easy and stupid, which is really a shame), and we use trams (or walk) as a means of transport. But it was fun though, some challenges are more interesting like one where we have to find a bar in the area which claims to have the biggest variety of alchoholic beverages. We had to actually ask bartenders and waiters to find out which is the correct answer and stuff..... which is really the onli challenging challenge throughout the contest. Others are unfortunately just no-brainers like counting humanlike figures at a fountain. Found ourselves rushing a lot on foot since sometimes trams take some time to arrive and they just dont go everywhere (duh). And one advice to whoever's gonna take part in something like this sooner or later.......don't do it after having training in the morning. I woke up (kinda) with my body aching from tip to toe. Ouuuchhh!!!! Some parts still hurt T_T. I won't tell you whose group won, that bastard's prolly gonna say something about it on the tagboard real soon after he reads this. (biiattchh!!!)

Now back to uni stuff. Just had my first few lectures and a workshop. Half of my subjects have the potential of being fun and interesting (involves model building and drawing) and the other half is just looking like its going down the drain (CONSTRUCTION and .........HISTORY!!!!). Construction seems to be the worst subject so far, my lecturer being an Ah Pek who's just so friggin dull plus.....the subject is about physics. AGAIN!!!! Just when i thought Architecture is all about drawing and designing....think again. Design Communication workshop wasn't too bad. We were asked to draw buildings and some other stuff without lifting the pencil and like imagining the perspective and bla bla bla (we were given total freedom of drawing wateva we like without boundaries) .... but basically we just sat at the grass doodling away while enjoying the fresh air of Melbourne. Now that's what i call studying. Now i better start worrying about that History essay due in a few months......

Moving into new house tonight !!! WOOOTT!!!! =)

CNY 2005

2005-02-13T02:24:00.000+11:00

CNY 2005

Boo hoo. First Chinese New Year away from home. No big family reunion, no big friends gambling party, no luxurious food, no angpows.......even most of my frens here have gone back to their home towns. Sigh. NAAHHHH It isn't all thaaaaatt bad. It was fun actually, in a different kind of way. Sure, we didn't go out to an expensive restaurant or anything, but that doesn't mean we didn't have fun right? (Actually paer of it is cause everything is fully booked by the time we realise it) For our reunion dinner we had potluck at my place (the house) where we brought what we cooked together and eat as a "family". Ironically half of the food served was Japanese (Chinese New Year anyone?). Haha anyways its cause my Jap fren, Kei, cooked 4 (TEMPURA!!!) dishes and another fren of mine cooked Teriyaki chicken so yea...didn't matter anyways. I cooked Bak Kut Teh....dun believe is it? Next time cook for u la to see (for a price). There were more than enough food on the table, our stomachs were stuffed by the end of the meal. We had alcoholic soft drinks to accompany the meal, and my Chinese fren got tipsy and she started saying funny stuff and acting weird. Ohhh so fun to watch. Keke. After dinner we spent our time playing stupid games that require the loser to drink a shot of wine. It kept us cheerful the whole night, we were laughing at the top of our heads (thanks to lame games kafaii thought up) About the wine.....we got it just bfor dinner (my fren and I) and since we were no expert we chose "Vinus Cardonnay" which costs us a mere 10 bucks. Hmmm lets just say it tastes as good as it costs =). At the end of the night the bottle of wine was still almost full so me , Kafaii and Raymond (Daniel's futute housemate) decided to play a game to finish it off. Hard to explain which game it was, but basically we ended up drinking roughly the same ammount (1/3 of the bottle) and Raymond got drunk and like my other fren, started doing funny stuff. Once again i stress that alcohol is not good for you, though its still fun to watch =P

Happy Chinese New Year laddies!!!!

Holidays are ending and university is starting....A start of a new era in my life. Can't wait for my friends to get back too =) And i would like to welcome our latest member , Pei-fern!! (soon-to-be anyways )

Valedictory Pics

2005-02-07T03:02:00.000+11:00

Valedictory Pics

Just some pics from our graduation day =)

The End of the Journey

2005-02-01T14:15:00.000+11:00

The End of the Journey

At last, our Trinity days are over. The best education year we've ever had has just ended. It's satisfying, now that the exams are over and the holidays have started, but its even more saddening to think that things will never be the same again, not as fun as our Trinity days. Trinity, was memorable, we experienced things we would never have experienced anywhere else. From bonding with people from various countries, to doing stupid things like getting drunk n all.... there was never an uninteresting moment. Here's a recap of what was the most exciting and enjoyable time of my life (not exactly recap but....) :

Arriving in Melbourne - Still remember waiting for 2 annoying hours for immigration to get through. Checked in at Arrow just to find out that we left LipZhun at the airport.....Anyways we got to tour the city a lil with the help of LipZhun's cousin and Karen. Had trouble remembering street names :/

Rawson Village - What an amazing way to introduce Trinity, our very first (and only) orientation camp. This was the time we really got to know each other in Fast Track. Wasn't really close back then, but at least we knew everyone's names and we got together really well. I still recall dancing the whole night, playing captain ball, and just chatting the night away, pinching as much as we can from each other =) Other than that, thanks to the "chicken wing" nickname that Kafaii presented to me, everyone remembered my name (chicken wing). Plus, we were the noisiest bunch of ppl at camp. Even got to spot a koala hanging on a tree ( how rare is that ?) But overall is was damn fun, but i think it will be even more so if we could hold on right now, but we know that aint gonna happen.

Classes - Well this really aint the highlight of the year, but significant nonetheless. At least the classes are more interesting than those in Malaysia, cause class participation is encouraged. As a result, we got to know our lecturers and they got to know us (for good or better). The subjects i found boring thoughwas Lit and Physics but its partly cause of my lack of interest. Math 1 and 2 were not too bad, its just calculations anyways. But of course our EAP classes were the most enjoyable of all thanks to out lame and humerous ( We love u Frank! ). He's probably the best teacher ive ever encountered cause he's just so open minded and he really cares for the students plus he makes classes so interesting ( showing Simpsons on our first class, wat teacher does that??) Oral presentation was pretty fun to do, and even more so looking at other ppl's as it can bcome really funny depending on their topics. And last but not least drama classes, which is different cause we dont even have them back home, and the best thing is that no books are involved! Which brings me on the next point....

Drama - This particular subject deserves an honourable mention mainly cause of the unique things that is preached that we would have never done if not in Trinity. Started off with the solo mime which was difficult but interesting to try out. Solo monologue wasnt too great but was fun to experience nonetheless. However, it was the Drama Night which overshadowed everything else. Having the whole group to present 4 different plays to an audience was extremely satisfying. The crowd played a big part, by showing positive responses to our plays. What was interesting though, was how each group managed to differ from each other although we're presenting the same theme. Plus every group's performance was over par with everyone doing more than their best. The after party was even better - mindless fun and just reliving the moment and cherishing it. Drama Exam was the last drama thingy we had to do and although it wasnt as big as Drama Night, i thought that it was more fun to do cause we could express any idea we like without the teacher's supervision.

Friends - Who can live without them? The main reason behind all the fun. Who would have expected that i would come all the way to Melbourne to make friends with Indos, Sporeans, Chinese (China ppl), and even Japanese? Plus, everyone is friendly and i mean EVERYONE. Not a single asshole or bitch in sight. Its really hard to explain but cause our course is small, everyone has established this strong bond with each other and we basically feed on each other. We started off as hi-byes, but in the end everyone is just so in to each other. Most of us have our own small group of friends but when everyone meets together for an occasion, we become a whole big family once again. Every hangout, every party, just bumping them on the streets, brings joy and warmth to our hearts. Our friendship will be something treasured very dearly by every single of us, im sure. *plus we found out that ppl from other countries can be as lame as kafaii too =P*

Sigh, but everything good must come to an end. Trinity indeed was memorable and i am glad that i chose to come here. Looking back, i couldn't see any reason why i shouldn't. Though i know no one from Trinity would actually read this, but u guys have been really great and made my stay in Melbourne a most enjoyable one. (so far.....)

(Mini poll updated)

The Finals

2005-01-18T22:08:00.000+11:00

The Finals

I haven't been blogging since New Year, and the reason is simple. Its Finals month. My first paper is tomorrow. So just to inform you ppl, i'll be away till most probably Feb. Unless of course i get too bored with my studies and have nothing else better to do to release my stress =) Till then, TATA!

2005

2005-01-02T02:50:00.000+11:00

2005

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Anyway before that, let's talk about Christmas. Yup, its the season to be jolly. First Christmas away from home too. Well, Trinity was kind enough to organize a Christmas Lunch for the whole fast track on the 22nd (we had to buy our own presents tho) and they served some good roast turkey (Yum!). They even got one of the lecturers to become Santa and he gave out presents to everyone (each of us bought one and put it into the sack). Unfortunately, i got the present that Lip Zhun's bought (so gay!) and it turns out to be a useless box with a mirror. Thanks a bunch, roomie >:( hehe. After that, they showed a short slideshow of our past memories of fast track....sigh....so touching...can't believe its all going to end soon. Oh well. Besides that, it wasnt too special. Christmas Eve was different though. We together organized a BBQ party for the occasion and ive got to say its the best party i've been to. Nearly the whole fast track turned up, and we just started doing crazee stuff like drinking games and a gigantic truth or dare which each and everyone has to participate (at least once). Thank god my dare was an easy one, just announce to everyone the size of my undies (unlike some ppl who had to kiss a certain guy/girl, or do some shameful act like plucking armpit hair OUCCHH!!!). Everyone went wild (not because of the alcohol), particularly the malaysian gang, and everyone just had tons of fun. It's hard to describe the atmosphere, but its one hell of a bang.

Christmas day was nothing special. We stayed in. Everything was closed anyway. Decided to overnight at friend's place in the suburbs. Nice big bangalow house. Very uninteresting (not the house, the day). Boxing day was a little more lively though. We all know (except JooYee) that Boxing day is the day after Christmas , when almost everything goes on a huge sale. Everyone went shopping, so i decided to join in the fun(/fuss). Unfortunately, even after huge price cuts, its still pretty high for my wallet (FCUK still 30 bucks and above) so i didnt really buy anything except a pair of basketball shoes. AND 1 Starbury for 99 bucks. Not a bad bargain, i reckon. Girls, on the other hand, aarrrhemmm.....bought tons of stuff..........as expected.

I wont talk about the middle of the hols since its just eat-sleep-play anyways. Lets talk New Year's Eve. Yup. I know u sad ppl in Malaysia had no fireworks (boo-hoo) because of the mourning for the Tsunami thingy but it seems that the people in Melbourne don't care so the fireworks display was still on. Before that though, i met up with Sue Ann (Teng) somewhere in the city and went for a cup of Bubble Tea (sister's friend's idea). Invited her over to join us at our friend's place for dinner. We had a mini party, we even played with some old time fireworks (the stick with fizzling at the top). Just to hype things up before the countdown. I hope she didn't get too bored, or i would feel really really bad =( Anyways after that, we went to Federation Square for the countdown. Didn't really get to the place we wanted to go, cause the street was too packed that we couldnt move an inch. Nevertheless, we did get a pretty good view of the fireworks, and it was worth all the pushing and wrestling.

A new year. A new hope. A new beginning.

Another Jam-Packed Week!

2004-12-17T01:54:00.000+11:00

Another Jam- Packed Week!

Wow, i can't believe its been 10 days since i've last blogged. Hmm seems like time is really flying now. Either that or im too busy to notice. Anyways last Saturday night was Azmir's birthday and so by tradition, since its his 18th birthday, we went clubbing (Woohoo!). It was really fun, quite a big group of us gathered at the club, nearly half of Fast Track. Also, this time the place is much smaller and less popular compared to the one during my bday, so it ended up with only us in the club. It feels private and its like we owned it. Hmm. Anyways, i didn't drink too much this time, remembering what happened the last time, but i did drink. I danced a heck lot more this time (again, cause im not too drunk this time) and it was really a good day way to release the stress we had the week before with all the exams and drama and stuff. It was fun while it lasted. Yup. While it lasted. Towards to end, when the alcohol started kicking in, shits started to happen. For the first time in my life, i saw a lesbian french kiss LIVE. And to top it all off, i got slapped by my friend (who was a girl) and by automatic relflex reaction a retaliated and hit her back. Gawd. It was sooo ugly. Thankfully things ended well when she recovered from her grogginess and we apologised to each other and TADAA!!!! we're friends again. Sigh. Once again i stress that alcohol is the devil. Drink, but control yourself and be considerate to others, please.

Next day we sneaked out to buy Azmir's present at Smith St. Got a Nike bag plus two t-shirts. And as a bonus gift, we got him some glow in the dark "protection", just in case ;) Dinner was his treat, combined with another friend, Willix, whose birthday was a week ago. The whole Fast Track was initially invited, but only half decided to turn up, which is a good ammount. Too many means to messy. Anyways dinner was Italian, free flow of salad, pasta or pizza (Yumm!!!). Bottomless, imagine that. Its kinda like buffet, but u order stuff instead of taking them from trays and stuff. My only complain was that even though it was free flow, the flow wasnt too smooth cause every order took about half an hour to arrive. Oh well, we learnt our lesson. Next time we'll just be greedy and order A LOT at one shot in the beginning. But the food was good, and so we enjoyed ourselves and after that, we went to crown to catch a movie. Too bad The Incredibles is not out here yet, so we settled for Ocean's 12. For Msians reading, only watch this on Wednesdays at TGV. Not worth your ten bucks. Its clever, but too simple plotwise. Disappointing for the first and only movie i've watched in Melbourne.

It sounds like i'm having hols right now doesnt it? YOU"RE WRONG! That was just the weekend, and on Monday, classes are as usual. To make things even more fun, that Monday was when my oral presentation is due as well as my debate. Gosh. Oral presentation was about "pornography should not be legalised"? Should it? I don't think so. I think guys prefer to watch it illegally, just to have a more dangerous feel to it. I THINK ok? I don't know, i don't watch ;P Debate on the other hand, is about "Exams should be replaced by other forms of assessments". Once again, i agree with the topic and i think i did well despite getting trashed by the last speaker on the opposing team. Sigh. It was fun though, friends blasting back and forth at each other. How wonderful.

My, my another looooong post. I salute you if u managed to stay awake until this part of the post. Shows that either you have nothing to do, or my life is just that interesting (Yeah right!). Either way i'm gonna end it here, gotta study physics, exams next wednesday =(

DRAMA NIGHT!

2004-12-06T17:08:00.000+11:00

DRAMA NIGHT!

Yeah! The night is finally over! For who those not know, it was the night where all 4 drama groups from Fast Track perform their plays based on the interpretion of the theme "The Heart of The Matter". I sold my tickets to Karen and George so if u guys really want to know the reviews on how it went, just ask them. Anyways, here's a complete list of what happened. Too bad i can't visualize with words, so u guys will have to wait for the DVD to see the real thing (which i am not going to show the play i acted in =P )

My group =D

02/12/04

5.30pm - We were told to prepare at our dressing rooms. It wasnt really dressing rooms, actually. It was just this place where all the groups hang out and change clothings + makeup for the girlies. Failed to serve its purpose though. Ended up being a photo-taking frenzy. It was fun though, a good way to distract us from the fact that we are gonna perform in front of a pretty big crowd in approx an hour's time.

6.15pm - Finally after anxiously waiting we were told to go the the Evan Burge Theather (btw its the place the whole thing was held) The first group went backstage, while the other 3 sit with the audience. Just informing, my group was the 3rd to perform, so i had lots of time to worry and panic and pray that nothing goes wrong.

6.30pm - Ladies and gentlement. The start of the show.

First up was "Sandra's Search", a story about this girl, Sandra (duh!) who is lost and is seeking the goals of her life. Very heartwarming, with clever comedic parts slipt in at various points of the play. Ends with a very smoothly chareographed(spelling?) musical dance of "Singing in the Rain".

First link of the night, a trio performance by Deanna'a Angels. Angga and Deanna were on guitars with Azmir on the vocals. They sang : Metallica - Nothing Else Matters, Hoobastank - The Reason, Jet - Hold On. Great performance. What else can i say?

2nd play of the night was "2050". The concept of the play is really something to think about; the goverment controlling LOVE. Which means no sex unless both parties are certified in perfect health condition. What? Anyways this is the most serious play of night, and a very dark story too. A lil humor in the middle though. Great production value with good sound effects.

Links - Puzzle-solving. Nothing much to explain here. Just invited 4 ppl to complete a puzzle which was to form a heart using 4 cardboard pieces that is carefully cut into different shapes to wobble your head. No prize given to winners though.

3rd play of the night , mine! Titled "Dayz of Our Lives". I was actually planning and copy-pasting the whole script over here but its too darn long and im pretty sure that u guys wont bother to read it till the end anyways so forget it. Its about this producer of a soap opera "Dayz of Our Lives" (ME) who is really famous and respected all around the world. He has a f***ed up personality though, and hence his staff is a lil scared of him, and he neglects his family for work. Finally he decided that he is fed up with his work and decided to go on vacation. He goes to China and Africa and after being embraced by the cultures there, he values being with the family. However , when he gets back, he is surprised to see his daughter making out with one of his staff, his son getting high on drugs, and his wife demanding a divorce (gave me a tight slap too sniff). He then regrets for not noticing what was important in life, love and family, and made a vow to change. The whole thing was really not meant to be a comedy, but it ended up being one. I think we did pretty well, it was most probably the 2nd best performance of the night. The best is coming up next.

Links reloaded - Another song this time by the dynamic duo Isnaya and Lin Bin. Performed "Dreams" by Diana Degarmo (American Idol runner-up). Fantastic vocals. When the show was over, everyone rushed back to download the mp3 =)

Final performance was by Kafaii's group entitled "Venus and Mars". This was a pure musical comedy and considering they were the most hardworking group, its hard not to see why this was the final and best performance of the night. It's really hillarious i tell you! There's really nothing much to talk about here, cause it basically has no plot. Its just mindless fun. Let's just say its about guys and girls dating, very much like "Grease". If the DVD ever reach any of you, just forward to the last play and be amazed!

The night ended rather succesdully. Everyone was feeling so accomplished, we worked so hard for the night. Once it ended everyone just rushed up at each other, hugging each other and congratulating each other. The hype didn't end there, we couldn't stop talking and spoofing about each other performances. We took the party to the outdoors where we hung out at the park, snacking on pizzas and cakes till midnight. The whole night was just somply ..... breathtaking. Definitely an unforgettable memory. It's just one of those times where u feel so good that u regret that it's gonna be over soon, when we all graduate from college. Sigh. Life's like that. I guess we just gotta enjoy it while it lasts. Till then, here's my advice : TAKE THIS PRECIOUS TIME TO ENJOY TO THE FULLEST WITH YOUR FRIENDS, AS TIMES LIKE THIS WILL NEVER COME BY AGAIN!!!

Group picture of nearly the whole Fast Track Intake.

Broken Links

2004-11-30T10:35:00.000+11:00

Broken Links

Some of you might have already noticed, that there are broken links to a few ppl's blogs :

He Xiang
Po Joo
Leeq

I found out that the problem was their blog is hosted by xanga and for some reason i cannot directly link to them. Maybe its cause their blogs arent set to "public". But anyways just dont click on them till further notice =)

Friendtest

2004-11-26T02:52:00.000+11:00

Friendtest

I got too bored and created a quiz at frenccw.friendtest.com. Go check it out if u guys have nothing else better to do. And if you REALLY have nothing to do you can try the harder version at frenccw2.friendtest.com. Let's see who knows me better eh?

*correction:

for test1 i decided to change the answer to question 4: How many "Chee Weng likes ___" did i get in secondary school? So here's the updated results (those who take the test after this update wouldn't experience any changes) :

Donkey +10
GV -10
Joey Kee +10
Kee Joo Yee +10
Nick +10
Rukawa Luver +10

He Xiang remains 1st though so no big changes except GV who dropped quite a few places (Soooorrryyy!!!)

for test2 question 3, it is bugged for some reason so i cant change it to the right answer. but anyways for now, Nick is the only one who got that question right anyway so +10 for him

*edit : Just one more quiz, since i'm gonna be busy for a whole week so here's something to keep you guys busy, "How Well Do You Know My House?"

Mini Poll & Chatbox

2004-11-24T22:53:00.000+11:00

Just added a Mini Poll on the right after looking how interesting it could be at CC's blog. I was thinking of adding a chatbox as well. What do you guys think? (Vote please!)

A long weekend

2004-11-22T02:37:00.000+11:00

A long weekend

My weekend started off in a real bad, bad way. Maths 2 exams. Sigh. Spent the whole night doing revision, or more commonly know as "last minute effort". 3 of my other friends camped at my place, so i had to sleep on the sofa. Didn't matter, really, since i slept for only 2 hours. Woke up with panda eyes O_O and i was a walking zombie. Made it just in time to the building where the exams were held and we were handed out the papers. I was planning on leaving early cause the past Math2 test took me just a lil more than an hour to complete. No such luck this time. The paper was FREAKING HARD. Much worse than the past year papers that i just did a couple of hours ago. Sad. Praying hard that my shooting skills are still intact. Besides, its over. No use crying over spilled milk. Didn't have time for it anyways, since drama rehearsals was right after that. Came back and got a good sleep. That's for Saturday.

Now it's Sunday. I'm expecting a call from my friend (NS friend, Meng Yit) so i was up early, playing some games on my comp. She told me that she'd leave Donchester at 12 pm(takes 30 min to reach city) so i was supposed to meet her at the station. To my surprise, she called at 11am! I wasn't ready! And she was already at the station, and it was a further station that i expected. So i rushed to the toilet, took a short bath and took a tram. Phew, took 5 minutes. Not too bad. I was her tour guide, and i brought her to Vic Market, shopping complexes, shopping streets, and into-ed her to Boost Juice. Hehe. She was looking for some souvenirs and a present for a friend. As usual, its tiring to accompany a girl when shopping, but it ended up that i bought more stuff than her (she pursuaded me to buy extra one tshirt!). Time to save again. Anyways, it was really fun meeting up with an old friend and managed to catch up with old times. Hmm, i wonder who's next to come over? Remember to contact me!

Ipod is Back!

2004-11-09T01:06:00.000+11:00

Ipod is Back!

Now back to my real life. Some of you might have already heard, but i lost my precious Ipod last Thursday (left it at the comp lab) Got me real down for the past few days, but rather than crying about it, i thought i should do something about it. I decided that i was gonna get a new one. Obviously its gonna create a blackhole in my pocket, so to earn back the cash i'm starting to eat home-made sandwiches for lunch. Not too bad actually, ham + cheese + BBQ sauce makes a real good combination in my opinion. By doing this, i should be able to redeem myself in 2-3 months. Sounds stupid i know, but its my decision, and i feel that it was the right thing to do.

So, i bought a 4th gen Ipod with 20 GB memory. Just slightly smaller than the one i used to have but its got 12 hrs of battery life. That's a lot. And with 20 GB i can store lots of stuff in it , since my songs only take up about 3-4 GB of it. I'm trying to expand my music library, but it still seems kinda impossible to fill it up purely with songs. Besides, one reason i bought the ipod was to have it as a mobile hard disk. It looks cool too , btw ;)

Well in response to He Xiang's post http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=pcubep3), i miss you a lot too. Though i owe you two mango los i'm sure ill find a way to get them back. Anyways, i remember you promising to treat me many times but it just didnt happen (Swensens?). You had too many excuses at that time, and i was too kind (okay, i added that part). Oh , and i miss the rest of you too =D

Exams coming up , HOI essay and EAP due next week, drama night 3 weeks away. So many things to do, so little time.

L.I.P part 2

2004-11-09T00:43:00.000+11:00

Life in Pleasentview
Part 2 - No Money No Honey

Ahh married life. Things started off real well with Melissa. First of all, SHE'S FHILTY RICH!!! Came in, brought in 45k for a start, and to whoop it all up, she's a senator! Which means she earns a mind-boggling 1.2k per day and works for only 4 days a week! Woot! Damn , she's more successful than i am! Oh well, who cares. Her money is my money. =P Anyways first thing i did was spend my newly "earned" fortune. Plasma TV, new queen size bed, long cozy sofa, bubble bath, oooohhh the luxury! I love my wife('s money).

Well things got a little downhill since then. I wasn't getting any promotion, and im getting pretty jealous that my wife earns more even though she works less. Grrr ego burn (Im stuck being an intern). But she bought me the plasma TV....hmm.....A few days later, a fire broke out in the kitchen (she was cooking pastry), and she got caught for peeping at my neighbour through the telescope (my neighbour rushed over to scold her). Got me real upset that she was peeping at an old man. Am i not satisfying enough? Anyways one day i got really frustrated and angry that i threw her onto the bed and made wild love to her ( Eh? that doesn't sound too right ).

The next day, things were back to normal. My wife brought back a whopping 45k from work all of a sudden. Thats more than 2 times what i had before then. She told me that she managed to sell a story to an agent ( the story is supposedly confidental and super important) and to shut her up she was paid that huge ammount. I'm falling for her all over again. Helooooooo mr. hifi stereo, helooooo mr. bar counter, heloooooooo mr grand piano...... Just when i thought my house was complete.... Now what should i do with the remaining 20k?

I noticed Melissa vommiting several times today. I wonder what's wrong with her? (I'm sure we all can see what's coming) To be continued......

The Sims 2

2004-11-03T22:42:00.000+11:00

The Sims 2

Now that the Mandy Moore hype is over, here comes the latest addiction, THE SIMS 2!!! Yup, my friend just downloaded and i leeched it as soon as i could. There goes all my study time once again. And since i have nothing else better to do i might as well post the story of my sim life =)

Life in Pleasantview
Part 1

I've started a new family (as myself) and moved in a crib for 11k sim money. Furnished the shack nicely, fully equipped with necessities and just to make myself feel better i bought a cool looking desktop that lies flat on the table. Once its turned on, the monitor flips itself to a perpendicular position (ooooooo.......keewwwlllll) and then i can start webbing =P or some other stuff like online grocering or playing SSX3. Alright enough of entertainment, i started looking for a job. My first job was as a Medical Technician (according to my aspirations, I'm supposed to get a Medicine career) and started off with 280$ a day. That's enough for now i guess....After a good first week, for the 2nd time i forgotten to install an alarm system (i forgot in Sims 1 too) and guess what, yup, its a burglar. This time i managed to call the police in time and here is what follows :

And guess what, the policeman lost. Sigh. TV gone. And all he could say was "Ill get you next time, burglar!" Gosh!!! Oh well, chill, chill, its just a game... Besides, things got better from then on. I got promoted twice for being clean (i had to wash the toilet everyday!) and my pay was up to 380$. Not bad for a nurse (oops did i say that too loud?) Got to know this gurl named ummmm i forgot. Haha. Anyways i flirted with her real lot and kept inviting her over till i finally got to make out with her on the couch. (WooHoo! The TV was still on though, airing some kiddie show) And before i knew it ,we were engaged and she moved in with me. Will the relationship last? To be continued.....

Mandy Moore!!!!

2004-10-26T17:55:00.000+10:00

MANDY MOORE!!!!!

Yes , its true!!! Mandy Moore stopped by at MYERS in the city, which is about 15 min walk from where i stay, to promote her latest movie , SAVED! Hi chen chou, aren't you jealous? Mandy Moore looks so pretty in real life!!! Got her pic (look top) and signature as well! Ran to buy a copy of A Walk To Remember for her to sign. Nearly PK on the escalator during the rush. It was kinda a last minute thing cause we didnt figure that we'd be able to get her autograph at all. We just thought of getting a glimpse of her. Hehe oh well i guess it was worth it eh chen chou? =)

On the other hand, my whole body is still aching from basketball tourney last Sat. We were a last minute entry, and we had problems getting enough players to play cause of drama classes. First half , we were missing one of our best players. 2nd half, we had 2 starters leaving for drama. Sigh. We lost 25-20. Shit happens. At least i had heaps of fun, but im feeling the aftermath now hehe.

The next day was even more tiring. I was planning to get a pair of slippers/sandals so me and my friends went to Smith St. where the factory outlets are at. Shopped all the way from 10am to 5pm and this was wat i ended up with :

3 T-shirts
2 slippers/sandals
1 cap

Total spent = 130 bucks. OMG im broke!!! This is the first time i've ever really SHOPPED and for such a long period of time too. Must have walked a few miles on the trip. I hope my mom doesnt know about this site, or i'd be killed for spending so much LOL. Ouch, my body's aching again....

Tennis is Back!

2004-10-19T01:20:00.000+10:00

Tennis is Back!

Yeah i've started playing again. Its coz we found out that Trinity has reserved the tennis courts every monday from 2-5pm and we are eligible to book it for FREE. Since then, every monday is tennis day. Great time to start losing those fats ( though it doesnt seem to be working ). At least now im getting at least 2-3 times of sports a week so im feeling kinda more healthy physically these days, which also explains why im sleeping longer hours =P I'm trying to catch up with homework consistently, but i cant seem to pull myself together to do physics. Oh well ill just pray again that the questions in the exams are about stuff that i am familiar with. Weekend nights are now movie nights, since my friend downloads movies non stop, so there's always something to watch. We watched Girl Next Door and Harold & Kumar last weekend. Girl Next Door is pretty recommendable , but i think H&K is too plain for my likings.

Besides that , its midnight and its 19th of October, so here's a big shout out:

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY DANIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back to Life Again

2004-10-11T01:36:00.000+10:00

Hmm its been quite a while since i've last blogged. Oh well, its been a busy week. And just when i thought that things were gonna be pretty light since the hols just ended and its just the beginning of a new term. Boy was i soooooo wrong! Right from lecture one , homework and assignments start piling up , ranging from tutorial sheets to *gasp* ORAL PRESENTATION! Ang guess what was my topic................." Homosexual should have legal equality in society"! Thank god that went pretty well, didn't like forget any lines or anything. But even with that out of the way, there's still heaps of work to catch up . And wat's worse , the topic for the new HOI essay is due soon, and anything that has to do with HOI is S-U-C-K-S!!!! Sigh, oh well at least my last term results werent too bad ( just got em a few days back ) :

Math 1 : 93%
Math 2 : 96.5%
Physics : 93%
EAP : 18.25/20 (highest in intake!)
Lit : 8.25/10

Pretty good eh? I'm pretty amazed at what i've got , i really expected less than that. If i can keep it up, it shouldn't be long till i become a real architect. =)

I end my post with another pic from HOI:
(will be up soon)

Holiday Season

2004-10-02T03:01:00.000+10:00

The Birthday 24/9

Just a pic from dinner that night :

The Beach 26/9

It was a gloomy and cloudy day. We had planned to go to St Kilda's today and i prayed hard that it wouldnt rain. Thank goodness it didn't. It drizzled and the wind blew hard , but it didn't pour. We took a 20 min tram ride to the beach and started off strolling along the Sunday Market. Its pretty interesting , lots of handicraft , decorative items and unique stuff that'll be great to put all around the house. Too bad i dont own one and besides, the stuff are just too pricey for students like us. We then took a walk down the beach taking some pictures on the way. Loved the breeze of fresh air, its a relief when u live right at the heart of a city... Found some good spots to take more photos on the way : gardens , flowers , port , rocks etc. Eventually we got tired and decided to reward ourselves with a good meal. Had fish and chips , it was really good cause the fish was so freakin fresh ( oh well since its so close to the beach ) and so were the other seafoods available. Visited the nearest cake shop to get a slice of choc & vanilla cake YUMMMYY!!!!

Chadstone 1/10

Our Sydney trip was cancelled for so many reasons so we decided to visit somewhere within Melbourne instead to kill some time. And what better place to visit than one of the biggest shopping mall in Melbourne , CHADSTONE! It was pretty complicated to get there, starting off with 2 train rides followed by a bus ride. Lepaked around just like old times , window shopping and all. The place looked exactly like KLCC, though its smaller than even 1u. We had heaps of fun visiting old places like TOYS R US ( we really had fun! played around with all kinds of toys, brings back so many kiddie memories ) , and mostly shops like Quicksilver, Foot Locker , Mambo , and those kinds of crap. I bought a little gift for myself , a 9.95 wallet from Mambo. Not too bad in my opinion , the price is right and it just looks cool =) I'm starting to really consider getting myself a Gamecube, but im shopping around to make sure i get the best deal....

Let's Get Retarded

2004-09-25T11:14:00.000+10:00

Let's Get Retarded

Recipe to get drunk :

5 shots of tequila
1 shot of cowboy
1 shot of d-52
1 cup of vodka light
1-4 sips of beer and various other alcohols

Yup. Just drink em all in half an hour's time. That's what happened to me last friday night. After dinner, we made our way to Castle to get a taste of clubbing and drinking LEGALLY. Things were exactly as i expected : long queues , crowded , rowdy , smoke-filled , thumping music. It was cool. It feels great to finally step into somewhere i used to only get to watch on tv and all. Anyways the "eh chee weng your birthday i treat u a drink"s started not long after that and me being a oh-i-cannot-refuse person i accepted every shot offered to me. My advice to those who hasn't turned 18 : DONT DO IT! At least not too much in a short period of time. After my 5th shot , i started to lose control of my body. I couldn't coordinate my hands and legs , though my mind was still rational ( no secrets for u all nyek nyek ). Did a little moving around on the dance floor, to work away all the tipsiness. It felt great , it was as if my body was moving by itself with the music. Unfortunately , once we stopped dancing , the puking started. I started to feel really sleepy, and some headache. Therefore, i headed back with a few of friends who didn't drink. Needed two ppl to support me all the way back so that i wont stray away or collapse. Had the best sleep ever after that.

My conclusion : Definitely the best birthday experience ever. Clubbing is fun. Drinking isnt too bad. Just dont get drunk. Drunk sux. Puking sux BLEEUUHKK!! Have fun =)

18

2004-09-24T08:27:00.000+10:00

18

Another year has gone by.....and now.......im 18!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!! At midnight, my friends surprised me at the cafe , bringing me a muffin with a candle. Woaa i was shocked. Some more half of my friends having exams today and yet they made the effort to walk to my place to wish me. How truly great friends are. Thanks sooooo much! And of course my gratitude also goes to all who wished me after midnight =) I appreciated it.

Thanks mom for the lovely card, and i just love this part :

"To do just what you want - to have your cake and eat it, too , and celebrate yourself -because this day belongs to you!"

Does that mean i'm approved to do whatever i want today??? Nyek nyek nyek >=P

A week of exams has just passed , and what a way to start it off having my birthday and all. Now its time to release all those stupid stressful moments from studying and crap. ITS HOLIDAAYSS BABBBYYY!!!!!

TV Addiction

2004-09-12T17:42:00.000+10:00

TV Addiction

Its been a loooooooooonggg week, and things aren't getting any easier. This week was mainly used up for doing my HOI essay ( yeah ive been whining about it for ages ) and its finally near the completion stage. Just last friday, we got our questions for Literature test. OMG its soo freaakiinn harrdd!!!! Gotta spend another few days doing some research and getting the answer ready BEFORE HAND and memorize it before sitting for the test. I'm wondering if this system is better than the usual one where we get the questions DURING the test itself. Oh well, only time will tell. I'm starting to feel that i'm getting addicted to TV somehow. Before coming here, i rarely watch anything on the tellly except probably NBA games or some special events, but i dont follow any series or anything. Now i'm like watching Simpsons every evening, Australian Idol, CSI, movies and sometimes even footie! ( Even tho i cant really tell wat the heck they're doing ) Maybe cause they air better stuff here. Just yesterday i got to see Bubble Boy! Its a really cute movie and very funny too. Probably not worth to catch in the movies but it feels just right on TV. Ohh yeahhh and there's this really weird show called 'Playing it Straight'. Wonder if its airing back home but anyways its this reality game show where its the opposite of 'Joe Millionaire'. So its like the guys have to impress this ONE girl and she has to remove two guys from the house each week. Wait , im not done yet. The catch is ....well....... among the group of guys, some of them are straight, but the others are........GAY!!!!!! If at the end the last man standing is a straight guy, the money gets divided between him and the girl. However, if a gay guy survives till the end, the gets EVERYTHING and the girl goes home with NOTHING!!!! Oh boy, i can't wait to see what happens at the end LOL. Gotta go cook now, and Australian Idol is coming up WOO HOO!!!

G'day Mate

2004-09-07T20:36:00.000+10:00

G'day mates. I've been having trouble blogging recently because of my lousy internet; it keeps going off and on constantly. Damn its annoying. My weekend wasn't too bad. Had a good dose of basketball, havent played this fun-ly since.......since i came! Its good to be balling again, but thanks to that my arms and legs are sore =P. My HOI essay deadline is coming soon - next Wednesday. I have heaps of work still to do for it. Hopefully can make it in time hehe. Tonight we managed to cook honey chicken, and its the best we've cooked so far. The sauce is from the packet, and it turns out to be not very honey-ish but kinda nonya-ish. But still good. We dumped it onto fried chicken. VERY good. Hehe. Btw here are some kewl pics :

A nice view from my apartment. The horizon looks like the ocean eh? Hehe

An example of what we do when we are very , very bored

Something i drew when i was very , very bored in HOI. A bigger version here though its still a lil blur...

And finally, WAT THE........................WAJA!!????

All Stops Out

2004-09-03T17:34:00.000+10:00

All Stops Out

"I love reading but i hate school. Its torture. But i have to do it. If only i was free to read whatever i wanted, and get lost in books and writers and ideas. But you have to come back to the theme of Romeo and Juliet, and character in the modern novel, and compare and contrast Andrew Marvell and...............and a two headed cow.

I don't even want to do law. God, what am i saying? I'm only doing it for my mother. Everytime she looks in on me with my desk lamp on and books stacked around the desk, i can feel her wanting me to be a genius, to get 501 out of 500 and become the world's greatest lawyer. All i want to do is read something that is out of the course. I'm a fraud.

What would be really great would be if they just said read fifty books and see fifty films and go to ten foreign countries and learn ten poems and join a rock group and come back in two years and we'll give you the Higher School Certificate. But we're stuck with the stuff. Cram it in and forget it two days after the exam. Oh let me out of here. I need some air."

There u have it folks. My solo monologue. Fun wasn't it =P. I hope i didn't do too bad, can't really tell until i get my results. The onli screw up i did was jump a few words saying "read fifty books and go to fifty foreign countries...." LOL. Wish me luck! Parents went back last tues night and i'm pretty much back to normal now. My place is now fully equipped and pretty much stocked up =) Haven't been able to post recently cause my internet is a lil haywire. Sad sad. Been busy preparing for solo monologue and HOI essay too. Hope next week won't be as stressful.....

Luxury Weekend

2004-08-30T23:42:00.000+10:00

Luxury Weekend

Friday - My family arrived early in the morning and gave me a wake up call. Had to walk to their service apartment despite my drowsiness ( watched Dumb & Dumber last nite till 2 ; definitely one of the best comedies out there =D ). Reunited with my parents and bro again. Checked out their room/apartment , probably three times bigger than my apartment. Its really fully equipped , with washing machine, dryer, dish washer, toaster, iron etc. you get the idea. Got a glimpse of tons of stuff that my mom brought over for me ( Man its a lot! ) but i was most excited about my new phone , a Nokia 3200. Its the bubble-buttoned phone that looks really funky and cheap but it turned out to be a very good phone and im lovin it! It has a camera ( tho its really lousy , only for oh-i-really-need-to-take-a-pic-badly-but-i-didnt-bring-my-camera ) , radio and even a built-in flashlight LOL. Still had an hour bfor college so i brought my family to this place for hot choc. Its a place that ill never go myself ( 5.50 for a beverage woot! ) The hot choc is really special cause they serve this cute cut with a burning candle in it and some milk on the top. Then ur supposed to like melt your own chocolate ( they give u a little bowl of it ) and slurp it up using a spoon-straw. Yup it IS spoon + straw. Pretty neat idea. Too bad the flavor wasnt up to our expectations. Good experience tho hehe. <<<<<>>>>>> Later that nite we went Mark's Place for dinner. Its situated opposite my college , and supposedly serves one of the best pizzas in town. Didn't disappoint us. We had Tangy Chicken Supreme pizza, some Carbonara and fried kalamari. Every one of them left us wanting for more SLURP! Ended the day moving some heavy stuff to my apartment.....including a 120gb external hdisk WOOOTT!!!

Saturday - Had to wake up early again to go my parents' place for bfast. My mom cooked some yee mee. Havent tasted that for quite some while..... Next , brought my family to Vic Market to do some shopping. Got some groceries as well as some souvenirs. Nothing for me though , i can go there anytime i want hehe. Had some hot spanish donuts tho yum yum. We spent a huge ammount of time there, till about 2. Later my parents rested at my place , killing time bfor dinner. Sat a tram to Chapel Street where my bro's fren Chin Chai brought us to this restaurant , supposedly the best siu yok in Melb. The place is really busy and fully booked ( we booked also duh ). The food was good, especially the siu yok. Better than Malaysia maannn. Went for gelati for dessert wif my friends and managed to buy the last cup of it. Too bad for my other friends , they had to settle for second best =P Shifted my printer and soundblaster back to my apartment ; there's still more to come

Sunday - Had to wake up early to walk to my parents place AGAIN. Had bacon and eggs this time. The plan was to visit St.Kilda's beach today. After bfast , we shifted the remaining stuff to my apartment ( finally ! ) and off we were to St.Kilda. A little misfortune on the way, the tram broke down and we had to wait 20 min for the next one. Took about another 20 to reach our destination. Walked along the Sunday Market to look at some nice handmade art thingies along the road parallel to the beach. Chin Chai brought us to eat gelati again , he says its comparable to the one we have at Lygon. Lunch was just fastfood, nothing special. We then took a stroll along the beach , taking some pictures on the way. The beach wasn't too special , but beaches are always relaxing aren't they? Hehe. After that i had a appointment to play bball wif my mates and i brought my bro along. Finally it didnt rain on the weekend so we had a pretty good game, but we couldnt stay long cause i wanted to bring my parents to Crown ( remember Crown? ) Took a tram instead of walking this time , what a relief. Ate some buffet from dinner, the food wasn't great but stuffed in as much meat as i could to make my money worth hehe. Later that night we walked to the bridge at Yaara's River to get a good look of the pillars of fire. I soon found out that there were 8 pillars , instead of 3 ( from the last post ) and it looks even more magnificent from there. More walking after that , just to enjoy the scenery and fresh air bfor making our back to the apartment. Had to do some last minute homewoek for college tomoro...."^.^

BRB

2004-08-27T17:46:00.000+10:00

My family just arrived this morning. Guess i won't be blogging till at least next week =)

Dull

2004-08-24T23:01:00.000+10:00

Dull

Ever since that crown trip , things have been pretty much lifeless. Sunday started with lunch , and planned to play basketball in the afternoon ( got really anxious after watching Olympics basketball ). Unfortunately , rain came pouring down right when we were about to leave the apartment. Sadness. And when it rains here , it means that ur day is pretty much screwed. U're left with your laptop , and u pray really hard that the internet doesnt break down ( TV is useless during the day ) . The second option is simple , sleep. The LAST option is studying , but its hard to overcome the first two choices bfor getting to this one lol.

Monday was really just a routine day so id rather not waste my time talking about it. The only thing interesting though , was that i got my Math 1 results. 93 %. Not too bad. Still not enough to beat freaky kafaii's 99% though =P

Today wasn't too bad. After HOI lecture ( which i spent the whole period drawing greeting cards ) , we went to the library to do a lil of our assignment. Lasted for an hour max , and we decided to go back. On the way , grabbed a cup of Boost Juice YUUMMM!!!! Its a drink with juice , ice cream , yoghurt , sorbet all blended together. Brilliant idea. A lil on the expensive side , but being a student eased the burden slightly. I had friends hang around at my place till dinner time , and cooked curry for our meal. Syok as usual , and the brocolli we fried tasted extrordinarily delicious. Hehe. Next up was CSI marathon. Aint a big fan of the series but my friend dragged me into watching it so what the heck =)

Is it Saturday?

2004-08-21T23:40:00.000+10:00

Is it Saturday?

It sure doesn't feel like one. Had Math 2 practice test in the morning , thank god its the last practice test for now....I thought it wasn't too hard. Managed to finish in about 45 min and had another 45 min to check over things. Wasn't too sure about one or two questions, but it shouldn't affect my marks too badly. An hour later we had physics lecture. Gaawwddd its sooo damn boring!!! One and a half hour felt like a whole day. Torture.

The rest of the day wasn't too bad actually. Had a really good nap while my internet was down. The gang went for football but its just not my game. In the evening we decided to go to Crown. Its me first time!!! Yeaayy!!! ( Note : Crown is this really famous hotel/shopping complex/casino in Melb ) Took a stroll for about 30 min to get there. Passed through places in never been bfor and found some really magnificent looking buildings. The river ( forgot the name ) was beautiful. The scenery was breathtaking. If only i had my camera. Oh well ill probably be snapping many photos next week when my family comes over. Anyways back to crown. It brings back memories of Genting. It definitely looked and felt like it. Not to mention the prices of stuffs were similiar too..... Finally got our dinner at like 9 pm , sat outdoors to enjoy the breeze. I didn't notice at first but there was like 3 huge pillars nearby and suddenly they went BOOM!!! Fire blazed out from each of them , one after the other. Unbelievable. I heard it only happens every hour , and we were fortunate to be at the right place at the right time. Dinner was good ( but xpensive ) and i had a real big ice cream cone to top it all =) YUMMYYY

Olympics Basketball

2004-08-21T23:00:00.000+10:00

Olympics basketball

This post probably wont interest any of u all ( except Nick of course ) but i'm really pumped up after watching USA vs AUS two nights ago so i just feel like letting it all out.

Firstly, this is just gonna be about team USA ( obviously cause it consists of NBA players ). One thing's for sure, this ain't no Dream Team. Only two real veterans in the form of Tim Duncan and Iverson , and 3 rookies. Don't get me wrong , they're still super talented , but definitely not the best. My starting line up would be :

Point guard : Iverson
Shooting guard : Carmelo Anthony
Small forward : Lebron James
Power forward : Amare / Marion ( prefer Marion tho )
Center : Tim Duncan

Yup. Marbury doesnt make the cut being the point. He's totally lost his offensive abilities and he's not defending too well either ( i saw aussie point guards blowing past him many times ) Besides , team USA doesn't need a proper point guard. They live on individual talents anyway. Why is Carmelo and Lebron in ? They're young , but they're damn good. Carmelo needs to be there to shoot. US struggled cause everyone on the team was reluctant to shoot the 3 , and when they did , it barely threatened the ring. Lebron , in my opinion , is the best one-man-show guy in the team. He brings so much energy to the game , and he can score or create for his teammates. That's wat the team needs since they havent trained set plays long enough. In the PF spot, Marion is such a great offensive weapon and he can jump pretty darn high to collect those rebounds. Jefferson , dont get me started about it. He just sucks to the max. I dont understand how they he got into the team anyway. Same with Lamar Odom , i just dont think he's that good. Timmy and Iverson , still doing wat they do best. Still the best players in the team. Marbury and Amare can come of the bench to rotate the lineup a lil. Or maybe Odom once in a while. ( No Jefferson pls , i havent seen Ofakur play )

Despite the two disappointing losses to Italy and Puerto Rico, im still opting for US to win this one. US no doubt still has the best offensive team , but they have to learn to defend the perimeter. The 3 point line is shorter now , and other teams are exploiting it. If Larry Brown can finally get the team to improve defensively , US is unbeatable. Offense is not a problem , with such a talented group. They'll flow somehow. One thing though , international referee sucks >=P

That's all for now. I just hope they show more Olympic basketball on TV....

Masterpiece

2004-08-17T23:16:00.000+10:00

HOI lessons are as boring as usual , so i came up wif a better thing to do :

Beginning of HOI

I know its hard to see so click here for a bigger pic

End of HOI

Click Here !

Still Falls The Rain

2004-08-14T23:19:00.000+10:00

Still Falls The Rain

Worst weather ever. Its been raining since midnight. Today is no doubt the coldest day since we've come to Aussie. Had to walk to Math 1 test in the rain , plus the wind was blowing ever so srongly. My hands were shaking while holding the pen. Brrrrr!!! I think i faired pretty well in the test but hey , im known for making wrong judgements.

Still falls the rain

Its nearly midnight now , and its still freaking raining. I've been sleeping since lunchtime only to wake up for dinner. Internet is down !$*#(@%&!#($%* ( i posted this a day later btw ) Had nothing to do but to watch a marathon of Police Academy. ( they aired 2 , 3 , 4 ) Plus , they aired Bulletproof too ( a movie by Sandlers ) and it turned out to be a pretty good movie =)

Literature....YUCK

2004-08-13T20:26:00.000+10:00

What an awful start to a day. Literature test. Bleeh. Here's an example:

Once there was a shock
Which left behind a long glimmering comet's tail
It contains us. It makes TV pictures blurred
It deposits itself as cold drops on the aerials

Now we're supposed to write a 500 words essay on it. Hmmm.......get the idea? Hopefully i didn't do too bad. Maths 1 test tomoro , kenot be feeling too down now. Supposed to study at night ended up watching some violent French movie. Wah the vulgar words they use damn choon man....

Final Light Before Death

2004-08-12T23:52:00.000+10:00

Final Light Before Death

Things are starting heat up right now. We just got our drama assignment which is due in 2 weeks. Solo monologue. Why is it always solo? Damn. Oh well at least this time its only the examiner watching , which means i can go all out ( making a fool of myself ) without my friends laughing at me about it. But it also means that things will be more intense , not getting to watch others do it before you , and it is more serious because it totals 10% of our final marks. Another sucky thing is that we need costumes and props this time , and maybe some sound effects. How troublesome.

Tommorow i'm having my first literature test yet i'm still here blogging. Oh well it wouldn't make much difference even if i studied it a lot. My mind is trained to think concrete , and im not imaginative enough to write "literature-ly". I'll try my best though , considering it takes up 5 % of my english marks. In the exams the paper will provide 4 excurts from 4 different poems out of 8 , and then we get to choose 2 excurts we want to write about. One of the poems we need to study was "The Road Not Taken". Ring any bells?

And on Saturday its Math 1 Practise Test. Man a test on Saturday? That sucks big time. Can't wait till all this is over. But after that it wouldn't be long before the first term exam starts ( our first break starts on the 24th of Sept =) so i reckon the exam will be the week before or something... )

A Busy Day

2004-08-12T00:15:00.000+10:00

A Busy Day

Wednesday. Worst day of the week. 4 lectures . 9.00am till 5.15pm. Phew , its tiring no matter how many times i've been through this. Got back and catched up a bit on my O2jamming and stopped just in time to watch an hour of Simpsons ( they show like 3 episodes a day ). It's probably the best TV programme around unless you're into CSI or Everybody Loves Raymond. We decided to stay home for dinner and so we cooked.....CURRY CHICKEN!!! Lip Zhun's mom brought some curry paste when they dropped by the last time so it wasn't too hard to just follow the instructions behind the packet. Boil the water , dump the curry paste along with chicken and potatos , and cook. Simple as ABC. Put a lil too much water and meat though , the taste was a lil bland but SHYYIIOOKK nonetheless. We had trouble wif the rice though ( of everything else ). We had to cook in like 3 times to make it REAL rice. Saddd. But the curry was still good =). It seems that its becoming a trend for me to post about cooking and food every single time. I guess that's the only interesting thing happening in my life for now..... ( SSaaadddd )

Having trouble deciding whether to stick with Optus pre-paid or get a new Vodafone pre-paid. Even Karen has switched to Vodafone. Hmmm... but i guess ill stick with Optus for now , since most of my college-mates are using it. But Vodafone has tons of free SMSs which could prove useful especially for international SMS...... =S

New Blog Layout

2004-08-11T07:58:00.000+10:00

Hurray !!! New blog layout !!! And i'm lurrrvin it !!!! Special thanks to Jolene who was willing to apply the skin for me even though she has finals right now ( thhhannkkk yooouuuu ) Leave your comments if u drop by =)

Meningococcol

2004-08-10T10:09:00.000+10:00

Wtf ? Okay , its some kind of rare disaese that is spreading rampantly in Aussie or something. We got free vaccines for it , so wats to lose? We all took our jabs today though i needed to wait a FREAKIN HOUR for it. Man the doctor took like wat , 10 min per person !??? Grrr!!! And it onli took him 2 sec to jab the freakin thing!!! ( didn't feel a thing ) Anyways dinner wasn't much better either. Me and my stupid bright ideas. Tried to copy Daniel's mom's tuna pasta. Failed terribly.... nearly ate raw potato if not for my friend who was coincidentally around ( potato cant be eaten raw ? LOL ) Tasted like dog food , is was so wet and yucky. Next time i better get the proper recipe before experimenting again.... BLeh!

Still rethinking about the blog layout changing thingy , since Jolene kindly offered her assistance to me =P

Be Right Back

2004-08-09T21:37:00.000+10:00

Some of you might realize that i haven't been blogging for some while. This is because i was finding some new layouts hoping to redecorate my whole blog. But after lots of thoughts , i finally decided to stick with this one. Even if i was going to change anything , it'll just be a small change so.....Anyways im back now and ill be starting to blog again soon =)

Some Stupid Pics

2004-08-03T23:54:00.000+10:00

Here's Lip Zhun and our friend Angga trapped at the balcony in the freezing cold :

And here's my poor monkey getting tortured by my evil housemate.... :

Frustration

2004-08-03T23:17:00.000+10:00

Today we had physics lab and this is the first time for us doing it alone without assistant from lectures/teachers. Man was it a horrible experience. Mine was to study the coefficients of static friction of a variety of materials and some other factors. Have to put a mass on a plane then increase the "tita" to a point where the mass slides down and measure the "tita". Have to change material everytime and all those bull also. Man my results we're all over the place with hugh errors and inconsistency. And to top it all we didn't have time to finish our reports ! Arrghhh !!! And to think that its counted for our total marks in PH ! Omg...... And everyone else had problems too. Next time i'm sure everyone will come to lab prepared for everything......

*** It seems only jolene bothers to comment on my posts...for everyone's info u guys can talk cock by clicking on the COMMENTS button below every post. And if karen u're seeing this we can go lepak anytime , but its hard to contact u when ur phone is broken =P ***

Delicious Weekend

2004-08-02T00:30:00.000+10:00

It's starting to look like the only thing interesting here is food. Everything else is so normal. I'm starting to play basketball again , but not much. And it will only get less , cause the skin of my right palm is starting to peel again ( its that time of the year i guess ) and its hurting too. I also found out that it is not wise to go shopping alone. You need all those extra hands you can get when you are buying really heavy stuff. I bought a set of kitchenware and sweated my way back to the apartment ( its winter btw ). I've been walking around alone a lot lately , i wonder why...

Anyways back to the food. Lip Zhun's family is in town , and his parents were kind enough to treat me n Kafaii to a luxurious dinner. Lobster noodles.....OOHHHH SYOOKK!!! Something we wouldn't enjoy for a loooooooooooong time. And the other dishes we're unbelivably delicious too! Yummy. And just last night , i walked to Grattan ST to tapau some nasi lemak. They tasted good , obviously not as good as back home , but good enough. That afternoon we also got the chance to try Gelati ( some italian icecream u noobs ) Omg its the best ice cream ive ever tasted! Texture smooth as silk , flavour rich as ummmm Bill Gates ? Oh god that's lame. Must be too much kafaiism. Hmm.... And oh yah i cooked dinner ! Without professional help ! Really ! God and it actually tastes good too. Here is the pic of my newly created dish :

* Yes , yes it doesn't look appetizing but it tastes good ! I promise !*

I forsee an interesting and busy week in front of me , especially with drama. We have to do a 2 min solo mime performance each ( mime = acting without props and sound ) That's gonna be something.....

Was Sick But Back in Action Once Again

2004-07-28T14:07:00.000+10:00

I'm siccckkk. Arrghhh !!! Fever and stomach ache. Not fun at all. It's weird cause yesterday in Lit class , one of my friend turned to me and said " You look pale today , i think you're gonna fall sick tomoro ". I was shocked. And how true it turned out to be. One hour after i came back from college , my temperature increased. My stomach growled. Ouch. Had to skip class today , thank god i only had one lecture today ( the most boring one too HOI ). I'm actually feeling better already , this evening two kind friends were nice enough to drop by and visit me. They even brought me apples! ( Thank uuuu ) Tonight we already planned of going this place to eat mamak food so even if i wasn't feeling too good , i just had to go. Had some good old teh tarik and roti plaster. YUUUMMMMMM. Too bad my stomach wasn't in the condition for my 2nd roti so i had to donate it to some greedy vultures ( kafaii duh ) Oh well i still enjoyed it , i mean , its MAMAK! Now to find some place that sells mango special and garlic cheese naan...

Cooking again

2004-07-25T21:53:00.000+10:00

Ahh it's been a busy weekend. Let me tell you how it went :

SATURDAY
1. Woke up and ate breakfast ( DUH )
2. Went to the market to shop for groceries ( vege , fruits , meat )
3. Back home to unload.
4. Off to China Town for more grocery shopping ( sauces , ill tell you why later )
5. Next , to Saveway for more shopping ( snacks , drinks , not-so-necessary items )
6. Back home , AGAIN
7. Off to Nike to meet with Daniel
8. Back to China Town , AGAIN , to help Daniel buy prepaid internet card
9. Back home , AGAIN AGAIN!!!
10. Finally some rest for like half an hour
11. Off to basketball ( got trash buy a bunch of Hong Kongians )
12. Dinner at KFC ( our friend supposed to cook but he dumped us )
13. Finally home for good

Phew , that wraps up Saturday , now its :

SUNDAY

1. Woke up and ate breakfast ( DUH DUH DUH )
2. Played some games before getting a call from Kafaii for lunch...
3. ... in China Town ( 3rd time in 2 days wow )
4. Off to Saveway AGAIN ( to buy stuff we forgot to buy yesterday )
5. Back home for some rest ( but daniel was noisy so i couldnt sleep )
6. Friends start gathering at our place
7. One of them is cooking for us ( we call him Uncle cause he's 21 )
8. Started at 6.30 ( we heped cook as well )

9. Ended at 9.00 ( HUUNNGGRRRYY )
10. Clean up the mess we made ( it was baaaaaddd)
11. Online ( or else i wont get to post right ? )

And tomorrow's college again. ( Notice ? No homework done...... )

Another school week has passed

2004-07-24T00:08:00.000+10:00

Another skool week is over. Hurraayy! Starting to get really used to life over here. Everyday its wake up - college - back - nap - dinner - online/hw - sleep - repeat. The walking distance does not matter anymore and the cold weather is not felt anymore. But it is getting colder everyday though =P its reported at about 6 degrees today. Brrrrr!!! Classes are good so far. Coping really well and there isn't really much homework. Even if there was , the lecturers wont bother to check it. So its pretty relaxed i'd say.

Two days ago we helped our friend move his stuff. He was shifting because he didn't have a proper place to stay before this ( He was sleeping at the friends' living area ) Had to carry his bags for about 20 minutes walk. Caused me a shoulder ache ( Oww ) But oh well , good deed has their rewards - he treated us dinner. How nice of him. Ohh and last night , kafaii's sis cooked us bak kut teh. Obviously it wasn't as good as back home , but who cares ? Its BAK KUT TEH !!! SYOOK!!!!

Tomoro's weekends again..... wonder wat to do ?

I cooked dinner!!!

2004-07-19T22:53:00.000+10:00

Yes , i did. For the first time in my life , i cooked for dinner. It was just some simple instant pasta ( Macaroni and Cheese ) , but it still required some skill at least =P It turned out not too bad. It wasn't as tasty as i expected though. I guess i added too much milk. Oh well , there's always a next time. Lip Zhun fried the fish fingers and Kafaii.....umm....... washed the dishes. Oh waiit he did cut some onions. And he cut them into real big chunks. Yummm......I HATE ONIONS !!! I also found out that my cup cracked for no obvious reason , so i had to walk all the way to Kafaii's place to borrow a cup later that night. How sad.....

The weekends are here!

2004-07-18T22:28:00.000+10:00

Just before i start , here's a group pic of the winning team during camp :

We started the weekend by going to Smith Street to do a little shopping. Daniel and a few other friends of ours came to join us. Poor Daniel , had to wake up early just to miss a train ; and when he finally made it here at 9.30am , we we're supposed to leave at 10. ( kafaii told him we're leaving at 9 lol ) Anyways we took a tram to our destination. Smith Street is filled with factory outlets like Nike , Adidas , Reebok and so forth therefore making it a perfect place for me to get a pair of walking shoes. The shoe i brought here was spoilt during camp time. How sad. It was my favourite shoe too , a Nike Shox Limitless. Oh well , at least i got myself a nice Converse shoe for 49.95 $ and an orange Nike T for 10 bucks. Not a bad bargain huh. Kafaii and the rest also found themselves on a spending spree, buying shirts , jackets and shoes. We bumped into a few other college friends on the way and they too joined the party and we had lunch together.

Later that night, me and Daniel went for dinner at China Town. After that , we decided since we had nothing to do why not crash Jenshen and Kwok Liang's place. They have after all , a Gamecube and not to mention a lot of snacks. Keewwlllll ! So we did , and George came over too so we played multiplayer games till about midnight. Not fair , they have a bigger apartment than us =(

Sunday morning , woke up pretty late today. Once again we joined our friends to eat at an Indonesian restaurant. Then it we went grocery shopping. Didn't take too long , managed to stock up on food and snacks. Its amazing how small this world is , we bumped into nearly half of the fast track students. Things got pretty boring after that. Daniel played the comp while i took a nap. For dinner , we we're joined by George and a friend of his to get a nice hot bowl of Vietnamese beef noodles. MMMHHMMMMM

It's getting cold ere.....

2004-07-16T20:31:00.000+10:00

I had drama class yesterday. Yes , drama. For the first time in my life i've attended a class which is stress-free and best of all , no books! It was really fun , i mean when was the last time we actually had fun in class? But maybe it's also the fact that over here , we're not really close to our classmates yet so it feels OK if we do something stupid or make a fool of ourselves. Drama takes like 30 % of our english marks, we have to do solo and group performances. Sounds interesting , doesn't it. Getting marks for something other than writing on paper :/ . But either way , its still my favourite subject so far. One thing though , we need to take off our shoes during class. So better wash our feets every Thursday..... Anyways , for dinner , we suddenly came up with the idea to crash our friend's place Calvin ( not Yew thank god ) and order some pizzas. His apartment was opposite our college at Swanston's , and man is his house big! It's like umm how am i gonna describe this..... lets just say his living room is bigger than my whole apartment. Yeah it is. And he umm lives there ALONE. Wow! Rich kid. He's even got cable TV. I'm so darned jealous. But oh well , he was kind enough to let us hang out there for dinner. We had 4 large pizzas , and it was divided among 6 of us. Mannnn it was gooood. Better than Malaysian pizza anytime. Hehe...

Today is the shortest college day of the week , or every week. 2 classes from 11 to 3. We planned to play sports after skool but it didn't turn out so well for me. We took off to the uni sports center and when we arrived it started raining. Not onli that , the courts we're full. So we headed back. And just when we were about to arrive home , our friends called and said that they were still going to play football. So kafaii went on and play with them but i headed home. No bball kakis sniff sniff. Oh well , good time to sleep anyways. It's starting to get really really cold here , might be because of the rain , but still..... Brrrrrrr

Here's the group pic at the airport. Yeah i know , its FREAKING SMALL but i'm sure u'll find ur head there somewhere =)

Routine life

2004-07-14T00:27:00.000+10:00

Things are starting to become a routine. College life, it seems. Yesterday things were back to normal. However i did manage to squeeze some time to meet up with my cousin during lunch break. Unfortunately , she was stingy and she refused to treat me . Sigh. Some cousin she is ( just kidding! ) Last night, we had a mini party at our friend's place and the girls cooked dinner. Not for us though, we already ate. Homework is starting to pile up. Not a good sign.....

Woke up this morning at 7.30am thanks to my dearest friend Daniel who was so kind to give me a morning call ( DAMNNN YOOUUU!!!! ) I was feeling drowsy. Class starts at 11, and HOI ( History of Ideas u noobs ) was first on queue. As expected, history is never fun. The whole class nearly felt asleep , and Kafaii described her as Jigglypuff ( Those who play Smash Bros should know wat it means ) And thankfully there was no psyhics lab in the afternoon so YEAAAAYYY free time!!! Finally got some time off to relax. Had to teman kafaii to bank to settle some of his stuff. The weather is getting colder and colder.....

*** My posts are gonna be real short starting from now cause everyday life is kinda the same now so ill just put stuff thats out of the ordinary =) ***

Camp at Rawson Village

2004-07-11T23:01:00.000+10:00

Phew i'm exhausted. We had a lecture marathon on Thursday. Man it was sooooo tiring!! It was from 8.45am to 3.45pm with onli 45 minutes break for lunch. Not fun. Yeah yeah many of u will argue that it's nothing different from college back home but, i had 8 months holiday so... =P hehe. It was so damn boring i had to turn out my ipod during HOI class ( that's history of ideas ). I planned to stay up late to chat wif my friends back home but damn the internet had to malfunction. How unfortunate. That's why i didnt post anything on Thursday. The next day was camp. It was held at Rawson Village, no idea where it is myself. At first , we we're all really unhappy about the camp. Karen and Jenshen told us how boring the place was and how dull it would be. They really turned us off. Thank god things turn out differently ( Explained later ). It was about 2 hr's drive from Melbourne to get to our destination. It wasn't too cold, we we're then allocated to our rooms. We had lunch, fish and chips. Yummmmmm.....free meals hehe. The next activity sounded boring at first, it was drama activities. But it turned out to be good fun, we had to act out 5 slides of still pictures at a certain location. And of course with a story behind it. Each group had their own ideas and all of them were unique and very hillarious. Our's was about me and my wife having a honeymoon at a luxury resort, and were later attacked by a shark ( How sadistic ) The next activity was bushwalking , probably the most boring activity at the camp. It was just a really really long walk through the forest with nothing too exciting. But we chatted on the way so it wasn't too bad. Ironicly after dinner, we had to best activity at the camp. Bush dancing. Something new. Something cool ;). It's hard to describe the dance, they taught us quite a number of it. Its kinda like a party dance, like dance dance dance then switch partners and it goes on and on. So basically we get to dance wif all the gurls hehe. Everyone was sporting, everyone participated. It was really great, we didn't want to stop, but we had to. But the fun didn't end there. We we're playing around wif the basketball a little , and then the gurls suggested to play captain ball. Not a bad idea, we thought. And it wasn't. We had heaps of fun , and the gurls turned out to be more aggresive than the guys. Scary. We could have went on forever , but kafaii got a cramp, and it was then only that we realised it was midnight already. I made a lot of new friends , and slowly we're getting closer to each other.

Next morning, woke up freezing. The wind was blowing hard, and the air was cold as ice. The schedule was like NS , meal - activity -tea - activity - meal - and so forth. We were seperated into four groups, each doing different activites at the same time. My group was really sporting. We got together really well. We did high ropes , something i missed out in NS. It was scary at first , and it really hurt my hand. It felt fiery after that. Later, we played captain ball , AGAIN. Our lecturer in charge joined us, making things a little more interesting. We did the flying fox ( its starting to really sound like NS huh ) And my favourite , basketball !!!. There's this Japanese girl , she's really good in basketball. She plays for the Osaka Sabers. Wow. Hehe. It was great to shoot some hoops again, its been like a month ? Ohhhh it felt good. Next up was the mini-olympics. It would have been fun if it wasnt for someone in my team who is a real pain in the a**. Just thinking of him pisses me off. At first , the events sounded real serious, like 100m dash , high jump and stuff like that. Turns out things were different , like the long jump, was actually the limbo. Haha. It was quite fun, and our group turned out second. We we're awarded a lollipop each. Hehe. During intervals we play ping pong and some football. I earned myself a new nickname , chicken wings. It's spreading like wildfire , and i'm always the joke. So what else is new? Oh , and i spotted a koala hanging on a tree that night. Not something you see everyday huh.

The start of a new day, and i was feeling like an eskimo. We had to pack our bags , it was the last day of camp already. After breakfast we were seperated into our four groups again for some kind of competition. It consists of 4 mini games, and the points were added up to judge the champion. And guess whose group won =P We had teamwork , we worked hard , and enjoyed it at the same time. Our prize was a packet of Maltese , something i wanted to try for quite some time. ( It's choc btw ) We had tea , and we had time for just one more activity , the low ropes. No competition , just something to test our balance and stuff. Wasn't too interesting , but it was a good way to kill time. After lunch , it was back to Melbourne again. We got together wif our college friends for dinner, and we ate Indonesian food. Sigh time flies so fast when you're having fun. Tomorrow's the start of a tight schedule......

Pictures !!!

2004-07-08T00:05:00.000+10:00

My room...

My apartment... ( Lip Zhun is there to portray the size of it )

Group picture !

The view from my apartment.... and Karen of course =)

Albino Blacksheep

2004-07-07T23:20:00.000+10:00

Ahh , the start of another new day. Woke up early today, at 9, surprisingly. And i slept at about 1 o clock. Something bad happened last night but i'd rather not talk about it. Just another of my stupid accidents. Warmed up the garlic bread that came with the pizza the last time for breakfast. Played my notebook for a while, waiting for kafaii to arrive. Together , we left to the bank to activate our accounts. Didn't take too long, just a simple procedure. Recharged my pre-paid (don't ask why) and then we rushed to college. They're holding a Book Room, where we can buy our necessary lecture notes. We then had 2 hours break before the next lecture, so we decided to get our lunch at the Union House. 2 other friends joined us, they're from Malaysia too and from the same NS camp as kafaii. I ate kebab, the meat was not too bad but the bread was just too think. At the end of the meal i was exhausted from all the munching and chewing =P Kafaii on the other hand, ate tomyam noodles , but nooooo it wasnt enough. He had to feed on his friend's chicken rice too! tsk tsk tsk. Then we went to this common area where to got some rest, actually we were just killing time before the next lecture. We started to look at our Math 1 lecture notes, figuring out how to solve some questions ( Yes it's freakky i know ) After a long wait, the lecture started. It was just introduce to us on how to use the Trinity Portal. Nothing i couldn't do myself. It was soooo damn boring. Later, we found ourselves back home again. Didn't do much, just hung around till it was dinner time. Lipzhun went and joined his cousin, while me and Karen joined kafaii and his sis. His sister brought us to this Malaysian Chinese restaurant. Ate noodles with char siew. Not bad not bad. At least they had a decent ammount of vege in it. Haven't seen greens much these days...hehe. The night was still young, so they all came over to my place to just , umm well , hang out. Kafaii brought us to this website www.albinoblacksheep.com. It's full of lame video clips and laughed our heads off watching some of them ( SHOW ME , SHOW YOU , KIKKOMAN ! KIKKOMAN! hahahahahah ) Can't believe we spent 2 hrs on that...

Phone and Internet

2004-07-07T00:53:00.000+10:00

Warmed up some overnight pizza for breakfast. Finally something not cereal. Hehe. We were supposed to be attending some introductory lectures at college but we decided to skip it. Our first "ponteng". We had more important things to do. We had to get our phones. Kafaii met up with us and off we were to the nearest Optus outlet. ( Optus is something like Maxis ) Me and kafaii got ourselves Optus pre-paid, so its free for us to call each other now. Not to mention its free to Karen and Daniel too =) Next up, we went to Exhibition Street to get our internet cable connection ( for me and lip zhun ) It was quite a long walk, and it took us a while to find the place. We got ourselves a 190k cable connection. We were hungry then, so we dropped by at the nearest Hungry Jack for lunch. Fastfood is , after all the cheapest meal around. We then rushed back to try out our internet. Worked like a charm. Super fast too. I downloaded stuff at 100kb per sec. That's about 2.5X faster than my streamyx back home. Coooooooollll! Couldn't enjoy it for long though. We needed to go college , for subject selection. We left for college, and found ourselves back in the apartment in less than an hour. The subject selection didn't take long. We got back just to find out that....our internet was not working! Darn!!! Had no choice but to take a nap , praying that it'll work when i woke up. It didn't. Damn. Dinner time. We had a good meal, at A1 again. Roast duck rice, yummmmmm. It's always good to have some Chinese food once in a while. Went back to the apartment, and Internet's back on. Hurraayyy. Jenshen and Kwok Liang came over for a while, just to catch up on old times. Played a few games of DOTA , dont you just miss it ? =)

First Day of College

2004-07-06T13:31:00.000+10:00

I couldn't go online yesterday to blog so here it is. It was our first day of college! Yeaaayyy!!! Woke up early as college started at 8.45. Lip Zhun stayed up to watch the Finals of EURO2004 and while kafaii planned to watch it, he didn't. He slept like a rock. Greece won...NOOOOOO!!! Anyways we packed our bags, ate a simple breakfast (cereals, AGAIN) and off we were. It took about 25 minutes for us to get to the Evan Burge Building, where our registration was held. It was simple, very organized. We got to know a few new friends from Indonesia, Singapore and even China. We were then treated for lunch. It was yummy and kafaii wanted more, but he "pai seh" wor.... Hehe. We were seated with the Deputy Director of Trinity and she was really friendly. She's actually from Malaysia. She came to Melbourne more than 20 yrs ago for her studies and never turned back since. And oh yeah Lip Zhun said loudly in front of her that we're skipping class tomorrow! *smacks hand on face* Later, we were brough on a tour of trinity college. It was a long walk, about an hour. The tour guide was really nice, and from Malaysia too. We had to attend some lectures after that, to guide us and inform us about our acedemic stuff and about subject selections. Almost fell asleep ZZZZZZ. 4.30, finally ends or first day of so-called college. Back again to the apartment for a well deserved rest.... We got pretty bored after that so me and Lip Zhun tried out some LAN gaming. Wasn't too bad, better than nothing. We played Jedi Outcast and Warcraft3 haha. And to our surprise , there's a channel on our TV that shows a surveillance camera at out main door! How cool is that? We ordered Pizza for dinner. Australian pizza and BBQ chicken pizze. Yummmmmm...very full tho! Couldn't finish it all so we kept it for tomorrow breakfast. End of day 4. ****Btw Lip Zhun is starting to join the "lame" gang ;)***

(my posts are getting shorter and shorter, i hope its not becoming a trend)

Hijacking Trams

2004-07-05T00:43:00.000+10:00

Woke up in the morning , freezing. Woke up my house-mate, who was sleeping without a top. I salute him. Met up with Kafaii and Karen, AGAIN but this time with Lip Zhun joining the party. Stopped by a few places to shop for a compact heater, i need them to warm my feet from time to time. We went to this small chinese restaurant for lunch, named A1. Karen suggested i eat rice with some egg thingy on top so i ordered them with roast pork. It costs me 7.50 bucks, but it was worth it. The portion was big and oh am i glad to be eating rice again =) It was quite a long walk back, and i was carrying my brand new heater so we decided to "hijack" a tram. We call it "hijack" cause we're gonna go on it without paying. Don't ask why , its just some lame thing we made up. It was scary at first, but it doesnt seem so bad after all. We sat the tram to my place to drop of the luggage and get some rest. Somehow we ended up taking some pictures of the apartment and even a video to send to my parents later on. We locked Karen out on the balcony =P The day was still young, so we thought we should check out the location of our college. With Karen as our tour guide, she brought us on a half an hour walk to the college. We managed to catch a glimpse of the sports facilities on the way. Since we're already out, we then decided to crash Karen's place, just to kill time. We stayed at her shack for a while, enjoying a cup of lemonade while checking out some "interesting" magazines *Nyek nyek* We also watched a tape of.... South Park! ( OMG they killed Kenny! You bastards!!! ) We felt tired after that so we hijacked another tram back home. Kafaii got seperated cause he geniusly ran across the road and into the tram without waiting for us. The rest of us couldn't cross. There were cars. Bye kafaii! Luckily he didn't get lost hehe. It was only our second time hijacking a tram. Had a 2 hour nap ZZZZZZ and then it was dinner time. Went out for fastfood again, this time its Nando's. The price was not too bad , at 5.95, but the chicken was freakinnn smalll!!! The side dishes was in a quite big portion though, but it wasn't enough. We went back to kafaii's place for a cup of instant noodles. We're staying overnight cause kafaii and lipzhun's gonna watch Euro 2004 Finals next door....while i sleep =D

2 days have passed , boring as hell ( Part Two )

2004-07-03T22:40:00.000+10:00

2nd day:
Woke up freezing at 9.30pm . Brrrrrrr! Made myself a simple breakfast. Cereals and hot chocolate. Mantainance staff supposed to come to the apartment for a checkup, but turns out he couldn't make it. If only i was told earlier, i'd love to sleep a few more minutes :P I went to kafaii's place to meet up wif him and Karen. It was Simpsons Weekend on FOX8, so we took an hour to drag kafaii out of the apartment. We went to Victoria market to pick up some groceries. Karen spent us some nice , hot spanish donuts. MMMHMMMMMMMM !!! It's like "yau char kuai" wif sugar on it. It was lovely, especially during this kind of weather. Next stop , shopping again. Haha. This time it was mostly for food, you know, instant stuff. I bought pasta, instant noodles, milk among some other stuff. Karen tempted us to get muffins even though i didn't want to. I wanted to save. But she talked me into it, darn another few bucks wasted. We then got back to kafaii's place and cooked lunch. Well actually not we, mostly Karen haha. Me and kafaii helped wif the cutting and of course, tasting. Not really hard to cook though, just dump in the ingredients and let it cook ( the pasta has sauce wif it already in powder form ) It was OK, could have been better cause the pasta was a little hard and chewy, not as soft as it should have been. It was still i good meal, we dumped chicken, onions and carrots it in, not to mention all kinds of salt and seasonings we could find in the cupboard haha. While waiting for the food to be ready , i warmed up the muffin i talked about earlier and maaaannnn it was worth it. Ohhh it was hot and oh so delicious! After that, it was back to the apartment for a little rest. Lip Zhun was still out, wif his cousin. Karen decided not to go dinner, so me and Kafaii went to the nearest fastfood outlet for our dinner. Hungry Jacks. Ate a Whopper meal , which is the cheapest around at 5.85 bucks. And after that i went home to get my laptop and brought it over to kafaii's place. There's where i am right now =)

2 days have passed , boring as hell ( Part One )

2004-07-03T21:12:00.000+10:00

1st day:
Arrived at airport at about 7 am , aussie time. Didn't get enough sleep, it was uncomfortable. Kafaii slept like a rock. It was havoc at the airport. There was no trolley available, had to drag my super heavy 30kg luggage. I think i built some muscles already =) The imigration department was holding the line back. Took about half an hour to get out from there and to find a nice person waiting , holding a board "Mr. Chee Weng". He drove me to my apartment , Arrow on Swanston. His ride was a luxurious one. Had GPRS , heck he could even charge his phone inside. Took a while to check in , and i found out that my apartment-mate, Lip Zhun was not there yet. Turns out we accidentally left him at the airport (Sorrryyyyy) The apartment looks like a mini hotel. I actually need a keycard to to access the lift , and works as the key to my shack. And guess what, my apartment , with kitchen, toilet , living room and 2 bedrooms, IS AS BIG AS MY ROOM AT HOME!!! But at least everything looks brand new, i guess it shouldnt be a problem living here for a year. After an hour, we got out of our apartment to meet up with Lip Zhun's cousin, this nice guy who knows almost everything about Melbourne. He brought us to the heart of the city, and we met up wif Karen. Lip Zhun and his cousin went their own way for lunch, as me and Kafaii patiently wait for Karen to arrive at Nike shop. Yup, we waited and waited and waited. FOR HALF AN HOUR!!! So sieeen summore so coollddd! We went for lunch, ate fish and chips. And in case u guys are wondering, an average meal here costs 6-8 bucks. Yes its that expensive. Enjoy food as much as u can in Msia. Went shopping later to buy some stuff. Its really convinient to shop here since we're already living in the city... Reached home at about 5pm, finally to get a good rest and a hot bath. I unpacked my bag ( Had to , there isnt even enough place to leave it open ) I went dinner with kafaii and lip zhun, at a Vietnamese Noodle House. Ate a delicious bowl of Beef Noodles, at a huge price though. 7 bucks (7 X 2.8 = ?) After that , boredom. There's absolutely nothing to do here. Hung out at kafaii's place for a while, watching TV. We got bored , so we decided to check out Lip Zhun's cousin's place, which is coincidentally next door !! And OMFG his place is da bomB!!!! He has all kinds of entertainment stuff , he has 1500 K broadband man!!! And he has this really choon PC made by alienware wif a cooling tank at the side wif plastic fishes swimming in it! How cool is that? Not to mention he has the best Altec Lansing speakers connected to his TV and guess wat, he even has Gamecube and PS2!!! And of top of that , FUZZZZBALLL!!! Damn he's got cash. After a while, i got back to my apartment and played a little game of Warcraft3 to kill some time. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ