Thursday, May 31, 2007

"Spice Up Our Life!"

still rem i tok abt my Spice Buddies having a gathering without me? hahaha... i was there! "mentally" and "spiritually" cos tis was wat they did to me! how innovative and creative can they be... i was laughing hilariously upon seeing the photos and later feel kinda heart warming... here u r, photos contribute by Huilin (bigger version of the photos, pls click on the link): (let me noe if u r oso laughing or u feel the warmth? heehee...)

I'm happily taking photo with every single one of them... whahaha...
i tink at tat point in time, physically i am facing my lappy, struggling on how to finish my report in Aussie lor...
Max Brenner Choc Bar!
i'm there enjoying the chocolate with a straw tat is even BIGGER than my face!

i'm waiting for more photos from Jas. haha... i wanna see wat did they do and wat kind of photos they had taken! haiz... seriously i miss them so so much... i miss Jun's laughter and suan-ning of me non stop for practically ANYTHING and EVERYTHING under the sun... i miss Lin's madness and craziness & willingness to get silly with me... i miss looking @ Jas and irritate her by requesting for someting out of the blue and making her dunno to be angry or be amused by it... i miss Lian's blur-ness & her fav ans "anything lor... shun bian lor..." & her sudden blurting out of comments tat make me dunno how to react... whahaha... we r the Spicy Gang so we have "spices" in our own way to Spice Up Our Life! without all the other "spices", life seems missing something here but i noe in future, i can use these photos to temporary curb all issues till the day i step back on my homeground once again! yeahz!

LAST day for my Job Placement... Thank U to all...

last day of my job placement! how time flies... i still rem tat beginning of the sem, i was still blogging abt my preparation for the various interviews to get the job placement. how i panic, how i worried, how i anxious wait to receive confirmation emails and phone calls... & now, is LAST day of job placement! is really very FAST! & today was a hectic day. cos my colleagues r heading to Sydney for an on-site set up for a conference starting tomolo. 1.30pm flight & they r still not ready at 11am. within tat one hr, we r rushing here and there to get all the stuff ready and at 12pm, they set off for airport, leaving the office in moment of silence suddenly. whahaha... it was a great day cos i had stuff to do all the way from morning till evening! a good way to end my placement...

& another best ting is tat my Boss actually asked me to evaluate my performance with him. cos for watever he comment, my lecturer will review aft tat. for watever marks he is giving, i will be awarded accordingly for my grade for tis placement. when he asked me to rate myself, i always give myself a rating tat is on lower end or average. and most of the ans is always 1 level lower than his opinion abt me. in the end, he gave me a 8.5 out of 10. when he asked me abt my opinion abt my own marks, i told him maybe abt 6 to 7. i am trying to be humble in the geniune way! not trying to act only cos i feel rather weird having to evaluate myself. i wanna voice out how i felt abt the grades i can get but i juz feel weird having to grade on myself cos i tends to always put myself at a lower end of the marks no matter how good i tot i had do.

even they can't hear abt all these, i still wanna say it.... i seriously wanna thank my managers and colleagues for all their hardwork and assistance cos it makes my life much easier and happier thru out tis few mths. & certainly i learnt alot more. gaining valuable hands on experience, bringing me closer to where i wanna head towards and giving me the chance to braoden my exposure & understand the industry better. whether issit here i wanna be, tis job placement definitely open up my mind even further! :D & to my lecturers for all the hardwork in arranging all these wonderful job placements for us, students! is definitely worthwhile and there r certainly heaps of benefits!

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

tat's it! NO more official lectures and tutorials till further notice!!! haha...

today is the last day of uni for me! well, i would love to say is last day for my studies here but is not yet ah. juz the last day of the sem or the last day of my degree! heehee... no more official lectures or tutorials. i attended the last lecture today with a bag full of examz tips and great laughing session with my course mates. many of them were new frens to me as i only know them tis sem. heehee...

no more lectures, no more tutorials but i still have 1 more report to finish. honestly, tis is the most sickening report i have so far. cos 1stly, i have no idea how to make the whole report link up to provide a good flow and 2ndly, i have difficulty to incorporate my research and the theory. and 3rdly, is worth 50%! gosh... i seriously dun like tis report. is killing me!!! & tat is y i am doing it so slowly tat i can juz murder myself soon. cos is due next mon & i am only like 10% thru it. damn it! y is the last one so torturing? anyway, i shall try to overcome it and juz do watever i can. if i dun score well for tis, i tink i have no issue ah. cos i seriously have no clue on how to make it better. after consulting my lecturer, is still the same. haiz... is easy to understand the theory, is juz how i can incorporate into the report writing? arghhh~~!!!!

well, tats a warning to me too. if i am into the Honours studies, i shall not choose the same nature of modules as my electives ah. cos i reckon tat i will fare very badly in tis area... Tourism Impact and Sustainability is juz not my cup of tea! haha...

Sunday, May 27, 2007

my Western style dinner & i was @ Max Brenner Choc Bar in Spore last nite! :D

juz imagine sizzling steak lying beneath tat yummy HOT gravy & the wonderful smell tat can juz fill the entire room. okok... i am exaggarating here! so juz ignore my above mention comments but do look out for the photo up next! here it is...

oven-baked Beef Sausages covered with thick garlic & onion & mushroom gravy CUM oven-baked potato wedges CUM boiled carrots.

how does tis dish look? it looks yummy, rite? well, i tink it taste good too ah! heehee... tis is my dinner tonite. as i had dreaming of myself eating steak, hence i decided to buy some steak and cook tonite. but the beef steak r so expensive! so under unforseen circumstances, i decided to use the beef sausages i have to replace the beef and have a Western Style Dinner! yeahz!!! then in additional, here is something else...

spagetti mixed with tomato sauce & mushrooms & carrots

ended up there was too much! so after a few mouthful of the spagetti, i decided to pack the remaining for lunch tomolo. hahaha...
alrighty! so much for the updates on my dinner tonite before anyone scream at me again for posting FOOD!

& last nite, my 4 lovely Spice buddies went out. guess wat, i went along too! whahaha... all thanks to their thoughtfulness, i managed to go out with them. sound scary... dun be mistaken. wat i meant was they brought my photo along for tis outing! how great can tat be ah... whahaha... all THANKS to Jun who printed the photo after editing it, THANKS to Jas for providing the photo & THANKS to Lin who was supposed to bring a bear to represent me & forget to bring (tat's good ah!) & THANKS to Lian for not getting crazy with the rest! honestly, i deeply appreciate their kind move and thought. with their thoughfulness, i managed to "go" to Max Brenner Choc Bar @ Esplanade & enjoyed a cup of Iced Water instead of my yummy chocolate drinks! whahaha... they said they r gonna do tis every time they meet until i get back to Spore physically. well, they make sure they mean wat they say lor. & i demand for different photos of me for every outing lor. whahaha... how crazy can we get here sia! but for watever it is, i juz wanna say THANK U to them. seems kinda funny and childish but i love tat thought there. :D

Saturday, May 26, 2007

== "Homesickness", the "Killer" ==

apart from ME, today tis 4 "tingy" r going out for GSS shopping & GOOD food! !@#$%!@#$%!@#$%!!!! how irritating can tat get when they keep telling me abt their meeting up and gathering via MSN! *bish*

act is nutting much abt it too cos is juz a normal gathering! but it is WITHOUT ME! so tat's the BIG deal! well, i tink they will surely say i bu yao lian to tink i am so BIG deal to them lor... *blek* nvm, they shall go and try to yummy food & give me a review aft tat. if is yum yum, they r going to accompany me to go again when i go back at the end of the yr! Spice gang, u guys can't run away during then!

hmm... i had spent almost like 2 yrs here studying, away from HOME, FAMILY and FRIENDS, i shld get used to it. however, there is one ting for sure tat i cannot and will not be able to get used to. tat is when i feel like it, when i am bored, i can juz disturb my FAMILY at home or call up my FRIENDS to go out together. i am not saying there is no one to go out here. is juz tat i certainly miss out alot on gathering with pple back HOME. am i being very baby to say all these leh? dun seems the independent me tat i am suppose to be ah. haha... well, no matter how much i grumble, i am here in Aussie already ah. :D

Homesickness is wat had been killing me all these while. no matter when and where, it had nv leave me. i guess no matter how long it is, i will juz have tis sickness with me to wherever i go. away from HOME and loved ones is nv an easy task, leaving the comfort zone u had been there since young will nv be an easy move. but in reality, when u wanna achieve some dreams and goals, there r scarifices tat u need to do ah. i noe my scarifices r juz starting. i am not going to end here. there r much more tat i noe i wanna do. not to mention tat as yet, when is time, tings will be known.

okok... last few words... no matter where i am, and what i am doing, i will always always miss HOME Singapore, my beloved FAMILY and lovely FRIENDS!!! (mushy mushy ah... hahaha)

Monday, May 21, 2007

Just Do It!

wat had been happening to my world of entertainment recently? i am very very well-entertained by MOBTV! cos it brought me back to the familiar sound and image of "mediacorp TV production". how i miss all tat... here is wat i am referring to... MEDIACORP! my LIFE when i was in Spore. the source tat kept me ALIVE and KICKING during my days when i juz slack at home... whahahahaha...

with the MOBTV tat is in my life now, i am back to the ALIVE and KICKING mode. heehee... juz tat all these will be ending soon in abt a week's time. i shall enjoy more while is still valid. & juz as i was enjoying, a tot suddenly strike my mind. esp after watching the following shows... give u a hint. tis tot is linked to all the shows stated below:

Sweets for my Sweet, hosted by Jade Seah & Michelle Chong.
a FOOD show introducing all the lovely desserts in Spore. having celebrity couples on the show to bring us around to their fav hang out place for yummy desserts & narrate on their loving stories...

Coffee Talk & Hawker Woks, hosted by Fiona Xie.
she will be joined with a celebrity each episode when they will go to the childhood place of the celebrity to introduce the FOOD of tat area & along the way tok abt the past happenings abt tat celebrity...

Makan Places: Lost & Found, hosted by Gurmit Singh & Michelle Chia.
their task each week is to find out the location of different yummy FOOD tat was unable to be located due to re-location of tat particular food stall from location A to location B

Night Walk, hosted by 4 different hosts (Cavin Soh, Huang Biren, Cheng Hong Yu & Shen Yun Yin)
introducing the chill out places at night around all corners of Singapore & along the way, there r many introduction of FOOD stalls tat catered to pple who would like to have supper....

did u see tat similarity in all the above mentioned shows? whahahaha... those who had been my regular audience of the blog will notice too. yeahz!!! is FOOD! the main theme of almost all my entries. whahahaha... y did i specially mention FOOD and all these shows? cos as i was watching these shows, i had an evil tot in my mind. i oso wanna be host of FOOD shows! heehee... when i get back to Spore, i am going to do juz as wat the shows r doing. going around Spore and juz eat all the yummy food. not those heavy eating. juz casual eating but i shall film down all the FOOD and then put it into a short video clip & admire it whenever i am FREE. whahaha... am i crazy? of cos not! is kinda interesting leh... JUST DO IT! yeahz! i shall do it when i go back for hols at the end of yr. anyone keen to join my crazy idea? mostly welcome. i can oso have different guests for diff food location. whahahhaa... sound cool, yeahz!!!!

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Redcliffe Kite Fest... :D

is a windy day... is a sunny day... is a great day for... KITE FLYING! yes! u heard me rite! is kite flying aka "la-yang" flying tat i am toking abt here. whahaha... a scene tat probably u will get to see at Marina South in Spore. well, is definitely something i din see for a long long time ah.

anyway, i was doing research for my report on Friday nite & i came across an event advertisment on the website of Brisbane happenings and it stated that there will be a Kite Fest held @ my researched destination, Redcliffe. so of cos i cannot miss out such great opportunity to be part of the event and check out the area once again in hoping to gather more information for my 50% report. so off i went to Redcliffe today once again! well, tis time round is alone cos it was last min decision, hard to grab any kind soul to go with me. heehee...

it was a chilly day with cold wind blowing rather strongly in the morning. felt cold the moment i left home but thank goodness tat the sun was shining strong and bright so all was still manageable. on a train and bus ride, abt 1hr plus to Redcliffe. was kinda excited cos tis is 1st time i am going for tis Kite Fest & it seems to be quite a grand event. when i reached, there were many many pple. there r many stalls selling different stuff ranging from various authentic food from many countries to accessories to kites (main theme of the event ah!) to clothes. juz too many to name all. and the varieties of FOOD r simply amazing! French, Hungarian, Mexican, Aussie & many more. how i wish i can turn myself into a COW at tat moment so tat i can have 4 stomaches to contain all the different food! whahaha... well, of cos i have self control. i only tried the French Crepes & bought some lovely cup cakes home. overall, it was a great exposure at the event. seeing so many different types, shapes and sizes of kites & all different kind of authentic food. is definitely a great event for family outing cos the kids r simply in FULL indulgence when kites r flying high up the sky. for me, i was glad tat tis event came in time for my report. for the next 2 weeks, it will be MUGGING time for tis wonderful report. hopefully i can finish it in time ah! hahaha... having said so much, let me share with u guys my fav part of every of my entry... PHOTOS!!!!

kites with long long tails flying high up in the sky! really great when u see it fly freely but when the wind decide to play "tantrums"... tat's it!


the 3 kites in the middle, line up one after another r suppose to a "family" of 3. interesting, rite? heehee...

here r the stalls... all of them line up along the grass field...

since it is a family orientated event, of cos we muz take care of the kids. here r their fav section of the event, the games section! ferries wheel, titanic ship slide and mang more...

there is even a "choo-choo" train going around the whole area... how innovative ah? there is no train track, juz simple travelling on grass fields.

see the little oven with chimney? they r used to make the pizzas! once the customer order, the pple will use the pan and put the pizzas in and heat it up. very interesting and the pizza look yummy lor! but i only have 1 stomach which cannot contain 1 whole pizza ah! arghh~~!!!!

my 1 stomach decide to go for the FRENCH Crepes! heehee... cannot see the fillings ah... check out the next one...

some traces of roasted chicken... yeahz... is the Chef Crepes... next photo pls....

aft a few bites, i decided to share a photo of the fillings so tat u guys can have a "taste" of it too. heehee... in it, there r roasted chicken cubes, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese slices and basil leaves... one word to describe, YUMMILICIOUS! is really yummy! juz tat if u dun eat tomatoes, do ask the person take it out cos i ended up taking out tomatoes in the midst of enjoyiong the crepes ah. cos i dun eat tomatoes ah! whahaha... there r many other varieties such as Aussie style crepes (bacon, egg, cheese) or African style (chocolate syrup and banana). yeahz...

back to the kites... here u r, tis is a KITE! is not a balloon or watever ah. but becos tis is too BIG, it took a long while and still on the ground as it is. hahaha...

here r some of the "balloon-kites" tat r flying high up... tis is a shape of a whale...

a shape of a mermain... i tot was rather weird cos the 2 hands keep swaying left and rite. kinda funny leh...

the 2 gigantic octopus who r trying to fight for flying space... hahaha..

the "poisoned" lobster! whahaha... tis lobster din fly for too long & it juz died down on the ground. i reckon it was being "cooked" by the Sizzler pple (booth situated behind the lobster). hahaha...

then when everyone was enjoying the kite flying session, a plane flew out of nowhere showing all kind of stuns by giving out smoke. it is trying to show us tat it is losing control and going to collide against the ground soon & then fly up high again... cool rite? yeahz... i tot was pretty interesting & it was someting tat i can involve in my report as environmental impact! pollution leh... though juz a short while ah..

before i end the long day @ the Festival, i decided to buy something nice home for myself and my housemates. heehee... i had been aiming at them since i stepped into the event. yeahz... CUPCAKES! whahaha... lying all nicely and lovely at the shelves at the stall. so i bought a box of 5! heehee... & i ate one juz now. i ate the one with a cherry on top. it is the Blackforest Cupcake! last one ohh... nice leh... heehee... is very sugary and sweet cos of the icing on top. :D

Saturday, May 19, 2007

New Zealand, here i come!!!

*hip! hip! hurray!* hip! hip! hurray!*

dun be mistaken, is not end of examz or end of my studies as yet. in fact, i still have 1 major report to do sia. but at tis moment, i juz wanna share my excitement. pls refer to info stated below:

PASSENGER NAME:
MISS WEE SAN LIM

SUN 17Jun
Brisbane/Christchurch
6:00pm/17Jun 11:25pm

THU 05Jul
Christchurch/Brisbane
3:10pm/05Jul 5:00pm

YES!!! i am going to New Zealand. heehee... i had been anticipating tis trip since last year when many of my frens went there during last winter. I am very happy that i am finally going! woohoo~~!!! i dun have to envy pple who see the wonderful scenary at NZ, i dun have to envy pple who can try out skiing. heehee... cos i can do my share soon... finally is all confirmed tat i am going & so i can concentrate on my studies and assignment. is way too slack for me tis sem sia... haiz... hope all goes on good till the end!

Friday, May 18, 2007

Tess' 22nd Bday!!! Happy Bday!!!

heehee... today is Tess' bday & last nite @ 12am, we gave her a surprise. woohoo~~!!! i planned it since last week. i will go to my frens' house to bake a cake for her & with Huiying staying @ home, we shall surprise Tess with the cake. so @ abt 8pm at night, after dinner, i went off to Philip and Joyce's house. the best ting is Tess was in the kitchen cooking dinner & she din noe i went out. so i asked Huiying to close my room's door and on the light & pretend i'm in my room doing things. whahaha... well, tat was kinda funny lah.

upon reaching, i started to bake the cake. it was a pre-mixture cake tat i got cos i dun have the time to bake from scratch and i tink with my limited baking skills, i cannot make it. hahaha... to guarantee there will be a bday cake, i better dun try for the intermediate. so after mixing the cake mix, i told Joyce is ready to bake. after putting into the oven for abt 1 or 2 mins, i realised.... my swirl mixture was still not put in yet! hahaha... well, is a swirl cake so there is a swirl mixture to put in. whahahah... how blur i can get. then on and off, muz check for the cake, in case burnt. all was good and fine. after abt 1 hr, here is the cake:

freshly taken out from the oven.... well, there is a crack in the middle of the cake ah... but did u see the very mild swirl. heehee... result of me not remembering to put in swirl in time. heehee...


after a layer of icing, here is a new look for the cake. oh... & we flipped the cake over. so the base had became the top and the top became the bottom. heehee... & when i was mixing the icing, the butter din melt tat well! whahaha... & tis final masterpiece, according to Joyce, it was like a supermarket cake. really faint ah... so...

in order to make it more personalise, here is writing of Tess' name with the icing by the side of the cake. it wun look so much like supermarket cake liao lor...

then cos we dun have bday tag, i had to drew it last min. & i tink my spelling always fail, i act make a mistake in the wordings. can u spoil it? heehee...
anyway, at abt 1145pm, i walked back from the house to my house with Philip. Isaac was outside my house to meet us. we try not to make her notice we came back. then i sms huiying and asked her get ready. so coincidentally tat my neighbour is celebrating bday for their fren. so is like their celebration is so loud. hahaha... we walked up to Tess' room with the cake at 12am with the bday song. obviously cameras r clicking and Tess was shocked! she din noe wat happen and cannot react in time. then she only said she is not well dressed, so dun wanna take photo. whaaha... who cares, rite? we r homely pple, celebrate at home with home attire mah. here r the homely photos...
Huiying, Tess, Me with the cake... "Happy 22nd bday, Tess!"

Bday girl with her bday cake... glad she like it and was not prepared for all these at all ohhhh...

presenting the cake after a few hrs of blur-ness and clusminess... whahahaha...

Isaac & Philip together with bday gal...


blur photo...paiseh ah... i am trying to show the "swirl" within the cake. heehee... it can be seen sia... nice leh...
then today is suppose to be dinner celebration for Tess' bday but becos bday girl not feeling too well so everything was cancelled. ended up we had our own celebration at home by ordering PIZZAS! woohoo~~~!!!! although the pizza-0rdering and delivery process was full of hurdles, we still enjoyed our pizzas very much. with photos shown as below. as we enjoyed the FULL Pizza Indulgence, we were watching the all time familiar Singapore Variety Shows which i downloaded via MOBTV. heehee.... all was good. at least we had a FULL meal sia!!! last bday to celebrate @ our house. of cos we muz have a good memory. yeahz!!! we will have ah... cool...
3 BIG pizzas for 3 of us & with a 10-pack Chicken Kickers. we surely can eat, rite? whahahaha... i do admit. our house' gals surely can eat. even the guys r complaining abt our ability to EAT!

Me & the Pizza spread... woohooo~~~!!! loving it... *yum *yum!

NO last day of examz for me!!! i break the curse! yeahz!!!

WOOHOO~~~!!!!! i am so so HAPPY HAPPY!!! whahahahaa...

Today is the release of the long awaiting examz timetable!!!! I checked and checked and finally today is OUT! yes! yes! i cannot hide my happiness now. cos i DIDN'T kanna the last day of examz! woohoo~~!!!! well, is in between the examz period. so i have some time bfore tat to prepare which is good! & i am glad it din end too late cos i can go travel after the paper. ohh... btw, i only have 1 paper ah! heehee... so tat's it! anyway, my paper is on 15 June and after tat i am FREE! as free as seagull!!! woohoo~~!!!! i can plan my travel now liao. yes! yes! yes!!!

oh ya... today is Tess' bday! last nite we had a pleasant surprise for her & later we going out for bday celebration. probably last outing before start of examz. yeahz! heehee... will post more photos later... yeahz!!!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

where is my examz timetable???

y isn't the EXAM TIMETABLE out yet??? tis is seriously sickening!!! today is already 16 May and exam is juz like less than 1 mth away & our dearest UQ is still not showing us the timetable for examz. not even the draft copy. gosh~~!!! we had been waiting for ages ah!!! juz where is the timetable leh??? heard my classmates said tat actually the lecturers already noe the dates and time but they r unable to let us noe till the official release of the long-awaiting timetable. & today i heard from Fiona tat her only paper will be on last day of exam according to her lecturer (obviously nv abide the rules and announce it to the students. but is good to do tat ah! y my lecturer dun learn from her lecturer? whahahaha...) anyway, last day... tis is the most dreadful ting i wanna hear abt my paper. yeahz! my ONLY paper too! i dun wanna last day! i wanna as early as possible. i seriously dun mind 1st day, 1st session at 8am! is my only and last exam paper for the sem and studies of bachelor. can i pls have some kindness granted here? haha... *self-praying in progress*: i promise tat i will study hard hard for tis last paper, i promise i wun play a fool and will mug real hard for it, i promise to have full concentration thru out till end of paper! juz as long as my paper is not towards the end of whole exam period. i wanna be in the 1st week!!!! PLEASE!!!!!! *cross fingers and pray real hard!!!!*

anyway, i reckon by end of tis week, we shld all noe abt the timetable. is taking way too long sia. i need the timetable to plan my holiday travel. after exam, alot to do. i need to move house, need to clear out the house before we move out and need to arrange for cleaning and selling of furniture and cancellation of phone line, internet, electricity and many more. so pls dun drag my agony of exam!

okok... end of self-chanting and praying... shall get to shower and hit for the last few moments of enjoyment before mugging for my last major report. yeahz!

Monday, May 14, 2007

my Curry!!! *yum *yum *yum

heehee... juz as i mention in the previous entry, i'm cooking curry tonite for dinner! so here u r, my curry! well, looks still acceptable leh. looks yummy & i tink it taste yummy too lor. of cos is far from my grandma's or mum's curry. still i tink is okok ah. heehee...

curry while it is being cooked in the pot. yeahz...

serve with noodles. heehee... curry noodles, i certainly miss tat very much!


up close with my yummilicious curry... *yum *yum! & the chicken drumsticks i bought tis time round was damn cool. is BIG! is enough to use it as hammer to hammer pple's head. seriously is worth the money!!!

Day for Administrative Work!!!!

today is a day of Administrative Work. gosh... had been running around in uni after my lecture and tutorial to fix all the administrative work. seriously i dun like all these ah. is juz can get rather irritating at times. how i wish all administrative work can be taken out... whahaha... i wish lah...

anyway, 1stly, i had to dropped by UQ Connect to ask abt my house's internet connection issue. well, since we r moving out by 19 July, of cos we dun wanna the internet to run empty for so many mths till end of Aug. so i tot of negotiating a better way out with the pple in charge. there was tis very nice lady who patiently sort out my queries and go all way out to seek for the better option for me. i was indeed grateful for her help though i noe there is limited help she can offer too. there r 3 options for us with our internet connection. 1st: extend for 1 mth till end of Jun & incurred a $109 cancellation fee, 2nd: extend for 2 mths till end of Jul & incurred a $109 cancellation or 3rd: extend 3 mths till end of Aug & extend the phone line for 1 mth @ $20. hmm... all 3 options r making us lose out some way somehow so we shall work it out tonite for the best options tat we wanna.

2ndly, i was off to Campus Lodge, my accommodation for next semester. i was there to pay for my deposit money. act i was still pondering as to shld i pay the money or not. cos i haven received the actual offer for my honours studies. any time i may not get it and dun require the accommodation. but i shall take my chance for now. we shall see how.

3rdly, thrifty car rental replied! they r willing to refund the prepaid fuel charges we paid for during our previous car rental. well, we din take note so when we rent the car, we paid for the prepaid fuel charges and ended up we still refill a full tank of fuel upon returning the car. according to their policy is tat the prepaid fuel charges once paid r non-refundable. thank god, they wana be nice to their customers and have such great customer service gesture! tat definitely WOW me!

4thly, CPF is hurrying me to pay back the money i borrowed from my mum's CPF for my poly studies again. haiz... i had already deferred the payment for 2 years and incurred abt over $400 plus interest. now i need to defer another 1 more year. whahaha... suddenly i feel tat i became a slave for money. even before i start to work, i am paying money here and there, owing pple money here and there. i calculated already. upon graduation, my loan to be repay will be a horrifying amount! estimated to be S$13oK. whahahah... 10 years of slave for money... my aunt still joke abt it and say "dun worry, i will wait patiently for u to repay all the money to me. hahaha..." tat certainly is great encouragement ah... :P

& the 5th item is my passport! i applied for a NEW passport cos my old one will expire next year which is not going to be able to bring me back to Spore aft graduation next year. whahaha... now the passport is in Canberra, Singapore High Commission. my task now is to send a registered mail with my current passport to Spore High Comm in Canberra with a self-addressed registered envelope for them to send my passport back to me. seems a risky ting to do cos in the event when tings got lost, is my passport tat we r toking abt. the only identity i have here with me. cos in foreign land, passport is actually wat matters most. our pink IC dun really count and many of them dun recognise tat. anyway, i shall take tat risk cos i tink it shld be fine after all

okok... no more administrative stuff. is enough for the day to keep me busy. i am going to cook curry now. whahaha... making use of the paste given by my lovely buddy, Lian. hopefully i dun spoil it. upload the photos of my wonder later... :D

Saturday, May 12, 2007

i love MobTV!!!!

"MOBTV, i simply love u ah!!!" whahaha...

well, all thanks to Fiona & probably i think shld thanks her BF instead. heehee... i've got to get the 2 weeks free trial for MOBTV! how great is tat ah! yeahz!!!! i am really and awfully missing shows from Singapore. the sound of Channel 5, 8 and U intro and ending is like stranger to me cos i had not been hearing it for months. hahaha... now is back into my life again. woohoo~~!!! yippee!!! with MOBTV, i can just download watever shows there r on the webby and watch it as though i am watching them in Spore over meals' time.

i dun usually appreciate Spore's shows back then in Spore but now i simply love them. esp those shows tat feature the roads, surroundings and food in Spore. it can cure part of my homesickness temporary. heehee... now my top fav will be the "Sweets for my Sweet". the show introduce the various yummilicious desserts around spore. these desserts r found at corners where u & i probably dun even noe or miss out along the way. well, after the show, i am more knowledgeable abt the desserts in spore. now i noe tat there r actually lovely desserts in spore. whahahaha... to my spice gang, when u guys go to the Chocolate Bar, i noe u guys will love it there. cos by the look of it thru the show, i am already in great chocolate indulgence. & do u guys noe, u guys can involved me in the chocolate indulgence too! whahaha... thru some thoughtfulness which i dun tink u guys will bother lor... :P anyway, before my free trial subscription expire, i muz download as many shows as possible. heehee...

& today was not a good day for me from morning till afternoon. without any reason, i had fever in the afternoon. feeling super duper cold and tired after breakfast and in fact i had no appetite. i threw away my half-eaten bread and skip my lunch. wore jacket and long pants when the sun is burning hot outside. whahaha... then when i really cannot tahan, i ate 2 tablets of panadol. thot i will sleep after that but i din! cos i drank coffee in the morning and i always feel very refresh after a coffee in the morning. "a coffee a day keeps Iris awake for rest of the day". whahaha.. anyway, i managed to eat some dinner and now i finally feel much better. no gym session tomolo & i shall have a good rest at home while trying to finish the report tat is suppose to due on Tuesday! :D

Friday, May 11, 2007

"fingers licking is GOOD~!!!"

"fingers licking is GOOD~!!!" whahaha... today 2 "crazy women" went to Indooroopilly specially for KFC. whahaha... how hardworking can we get sia? well, abt few weeks ago, pretty Fiona and irritating Iris had been dreaming and thinking of eating KFC! every now and then we will pestered each other abt KFC, KFC and KFC!!!! so today we decided to go for it! KFC, shall be our lunch. though is sinful to consume tat after working out at gym, we oso heck liao ah! whahaha...

i tell u guys in spore, KFC here is different from spore's! is great... superb and yummilicious! whahaha... KFC here is something tat i will miss alot when i go back spore. yeahz!!!

2 set of 2 piece feed... tat is the 2 piece chicken meal set. look yummy leh... it is very fulfilling!

see wat's inside my box of KFC??? original chicken is wat i always go after here...

yum! yum! yum! tender chicken, here i go!
for tis KFC meal, i had to scarifice my sleep last nite. yes, i was rushing my report so tat i wun feel tat guilty when i go out today. after tis bloggy, shall bath and start to work hard for report again. will jia you sia!!!

Thursday, May 10, 2007

"where did my brainy go to???"

"brainy, pls come back... holiday is long over! is time to work hard before u can take a break!" whahaha... yeahz, my brain was not working today even though i had to report for work today. well, i had a "mid-term break" tis week so cannot blame me ah. hahaha... monday was Labour Day hols in Australia & my lovely lecturer gave us a day off from our Tuesday lecture to prepare for our report tat is going to due next Tuesday. so in all, my only 2 days of sch were not meant to happen tis week which means i had an additional week of "mid-term break". hahaha... & my brainy made good use of tis chance to have a wonderful hols. i oso dunno where did it go to cos i had making heaps of mistakes today during work and when i came home. obviously i am not functioning with my brain in the rite place ah! whahaha...

1stly at work, i forget to save a file tat i was working on for the whole afternoon! how wonderful can tat be? ended up i need to try to recover some of the work at the very last min before i knock off. my marketing manager had to come to me and asked me to stop work and go home. haiz... then when i came home, i actually went to wash my things after i applied moisturer on my hands! how smart can i get sia? hahaha... well well, i do hope my brainy come back to me fast sia! i need to finish up the report and submit on Tuesday lor. gosh~~!!! whahahaha...

in the midst of tinking where did my brainy went to, i snitch yet another quiz from Leona's blog. (thanks, gal!)


tis is rather true cos i am actually a calculative person. as in i do wanna keep a close watch on my own stuff and if pple use it, i am willing to share but i muz be able to keep a close lookout of it. heehee...

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

My thoughts for the day...

1st of all let me welcome Ms Jenny Gao to Club 23! woohoo~!!! one more member for club 23 and i noe tat in tis May, there will be more coming in. there is a lot of May babies around sia... anyway, for those has yet become a member of Club 23, await patiently ba, soon it will ur turn! heehee...

2nd issue to share is... yesterday and today i was toking to Pat and Fiona abt the news tat was rather HOT in Spore over the May Day hols last week. & i received emails from my aunties and cousins to read abt the related article. well, i tink most of u in spore shld noe wat i am referring. i shall not mention the name. all i wanna say is tat i feel kinda affected aft reading the article cos i seriously think is just not worth to give in our health for money, something which we usually term as Vitamin M. diff pple have diff perspective of life and wat they wanna achieve in life so we as outsiders definitely have no rights to comment or pin point. but if u r concern abt ur family and frens around u, do stop by and see if any of them r overruled by the "theory of Vitamin M is the only thing". if they r, maybe u can try to give them a nudge and lead them to see tat tis is not really the case. is not being unrealistic cos in search of vitamin M, we shld nv neglect other vitamins too! if u r in a situation of "overruled by vitamin M", as a fren here, i am saying "STOP" to u! re-adjust a bit and probably seek a different way to search for ur Vitamin M, probably a better and less harmful way. is when we still have a choice, we muz make full use of it.

last thought to share is abt myself. come to think of tis, i tink i had grew up quite a bit over the years. probably when Jun see tis, he will say "oh yeahz! definitely! can see from her size lor... how can she not grow, rite?" well, Jun, i am referring to mentally here, so sorry to disappoint u in "suaning" me! hahaha... mentally definitely more independent and tough. which i tink is a good ting for me. i cannot always be a daddy's gal who nv grow up and neither do i wanna be a daddy's gal, is juz not my character to be a daddy's gal. so i step up and took on the challenge i set for myself since sec sch. my dreams to study overseas. to experience life outside my comfort zone. to noe wat is out there for me to achieve. to challenge my limits and ability. i am glad tat i took up tis challenge. initially all was not tat smooth sailing but as time goes by, i handled it with faith and i am not far to the ending point of Phase 1. i am glad tat at the end of the day, i will be able to tell all tat "i am a survivor under this challenge!"

y did i have such sudden tots abt all these? cos juz now i was trying to fix and confirm the accommodation for my family who will be here in abt 2 mths time for my graduation. i seriously can't wait to see them and bring them around and let them take a look at my life here. i really really wanna share with them every bits and pieces of my life here! for many pple, graduation may juz be a ceremony, is nutting big deal. & they even question y so many of my family members r coming. well, i am not trying to be boastful of anything here cos i have nutting to boast abt oso. is juz tat for me, personally i treasure the honour of graduation and the glory i can have during graduation. i mean after all the hardwork i put in, graduation means ALOT to me. is definitely a big deal for me which i wanna share with my closed ones who had been supportive all these while. so i treasure their presence and i am very glad tat most of them can be here with me to share my glory. i din come from a family where studies is everything & only ting. but in my family, studies definitely mean something. probably under the influence of my auntie who is very successful in her career and the constant reminder from my grandma tat i need to work hard, i had no choice but to keep pushing myself every now and then. finally the journey is going to end in Phase 1, of cos i would love to see them here! there is nutting wrong with tat, rite? i noe it is expensive to get them all here, hence, i am glad tat they r willing to come. tat is wat i mean by supportive! cos it is going to cost them money, effort, time and their work leave. i deeply appreciate every single one of them! before i start my Phase 2 of overseas studies, i noe i will have their blessing in abt 2 mths time. so in the mean time, my only task in repaying them is to work hard for the remaining time of studies till graduation. :D yes! i will & i shall & i muz!

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

i wanna a Aladdin Magic Lamp!!!

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I wish...
I wish for...
I wish for a...
I wish for a Magic...
I wish for a Magic Lamp!!!


I am not greedy. I just wanna 3 wishes. well, tat is wat Aladdin's Magic Lamp can produce, rite? so i din go over limit by asking for too many wishes ah... heehee... & i am not as greedy as Tess lor. she said if she has a magic lamp, she will ask for a wish tat she can get a GPA of 5.5 (her target for this sem) so tat she dun have to attend examz or do assignments and then graduate! haha... tat's too much liao lor, how can dun work hard and ask for such great deal in return leh?

all i am asking for is 1st WISH: finish up my MGTS3004, 50% report for me, 2nd WISH: finish up my TOUR3000, 50% report for me, 3rd WISH: finish up the 10% MGTS3004's evaluation report for me! basically my wish to finish up all my assignments for me!!! so tat i can be FREE from assignments and then i will diligently study for my examz and finish up the ONLY paper i have for tis sem's examz and await patiently for my graduation. hahaha...

i muz be crazy ah!!! tink abt such unrealstic thingy. i even told Pat to leave a seat for me at the table she booked at MOS for tis fri's bday celebration. i told her i will be late and need travel 7hr plus to attend. & she scolded me "wee, u siao liao har?" hahaha... indeed ah... i am SIAO liao!!!

okok... enough of whining again... back to my lovely report... :D

Monday, May 07, 2007

Caxton Street Seafood Festival

is Caxton Street Seafood Festival!!! well, tis is the 1st time tat we r going to it & tis is once a yr event. i was expecting lots of seafood, fresh and big portion! maybe something like Sydney Fish Market, however, it was a bit of disappointment. but still is an unique experience eating seafood platter and seafood basket under the super duper HOT sunny SUN!!! hahaha... & everywhere u can see pple holding on to beer bottle, can of beer or glasses of wine enjoying the loud music and having fun. is really amazing tat they can start to drink and get high at such early hr of the day. me, huiying and her 2 frens, Nicole and Aaron reached there at abt 2pm. in broad daylight, everyone seems drunk and HIGH! i tink if is later in the nite, the whole area will be far from wat we can expect ah. hahaha... even the food was kinda under expectation, me and huiying found something new and nice. tat is along the street, there r alot of PUBS! we r tinking it could be a new area tat we can chill out and have fun. heehee... i tink in normal days, tis area shld be very HIGH in atmosphere for chilling out, drinking and enjoyment. is near to our house too so shld be convenient. heehe... great! if time permits, we really shld and share drop by any of the PUBS to chill out. dear huiying, shall we? :D

photos sharing session here... as wat Gin said in her blog, she really need to spice up her blog with more photos. well gin... is TRUE ah! with photos, the blog will look livelier! so do grab a camera whenever u go out. u nv noe wat candid and lovely photos u can capture. heehee... even without candid shots, u can create them. we always created a lot of candid shots here. heehee...

Caxton Street Seafood Festival
pple & more pple, beer & more beer, seafood & more seafood, music & more music.. tat is the crowded, enjoying and FUN atmosphere!


Aaron, Nicole, Huiying & I! seated along the street to enjoy our seafood! (tat is wat everyone else is doing) for me, i was wearing skirt but heckcare oso ah... a bit ma fan but i tink bo bian ah, need to sit down oso. hahaha... trying to cover here and there of cos.

Me & the fish & chips set... yummy! yummy! quoted from Nicole, 1st time in Aussie, all sauces such as Chilli sauce and tartare sauce r FREE! so muz take more! hahaha...

tis is the seafood platter... we spotted it when pple was walking past us and eating it. heehee... we r very alert leh. so we caught up with the person and asked where did she got it. with her direction, we got our share too! heehee...

up close and personal with the Seafood Platter... there r BIG yummy prawns, stir-fried sotongs, calamari rings, stir-fried slice of fish and chips! act alot of the ingredients in tis seafood platter r out of STOCK when we r buying. the shuai ge who was serving us was very kind to offer to replace some ingredients and asked us wat we wanna. so of cos, i very bu ke qi and asked for "can we have more prawns?" heehee... & Nicole asked for FREE coleslaw! woohoo~!!! so there we r, unique seafood platter...

Me & Huiying with our prawns... unfair hor, her prawn is BIGGER than mine! oh well, she keep stressing is becos her prawn is still wearing a layer of "clothes" so it seems bigger. as for mine, is already "naked"! hahaha...

really alot of pple at the festival!!! even taking photos had been quite a hassle with pple walking in front of the camer and we gota stand, smile and wait! hahaha.. and pple will try to get in the photo too. :D

end of the seafood festival updates...

becos is sunday, everywhere closed early so there we r, returning home early for dinner and to await the show "Big Brother"! then our dear fren, Mr Isaac sms me to ask if we r still at the festival. i said we r not & going home after a FULL seafood feast. so he came over to our house with beer at nite to chill out. hahaha... not really in mood to drink by then but still can chit chat lah. ended up after watching the old movie "scream", we chit chat till 4.30am! gosh~~!!! surely very long winded sia... whahaha... & at abt 3am, someone came knocking at our door... we din ans. but when Isaac went outside later, he saw a guy, NAKED! is totally naked without anything on him. gosh~~!!! i tink he is trying to knock our door and hopefully we can open the door & see ah. tis is the 1st time we encounter such ting here sia. thank god, we din open the door, if not we will have sore eyes ah... hahaha... we concluded tat maybe the grp of them having some games, TRUE or DARE? & he muz have got the DARE! whahaha...