Happy & Satisfying Day!!!!

hahaha... today's entry has NOTHING to do with studies! today is a NO studies day for me... :D

Lunch Time...

for lunch, i met Joyce and Cardy @ a Mexican Restaurant for some yummilicious Mexican food. woohoo~!!! it was Cardy's bday too. Happy Birthday, Cardy! hope u had a great bday today! the food is really delicious. i had a chicken combination set. it was really yummy. it had been a long long time since i last ate mexican food. the taste and flavouring is juz so so strong... is very filling with the strong flavouring and gravy. after the round of main dish, we still have a bday cake! heehee... earlier Joyce & I went to Indooroo to buy a cake for Cardy. well, Ms Joyce tot we can keep it a secret from Cardy till the end. but the cake is big leh.. cannot keep as secret and surprise lor. well, at least Cardy played along. so it was not tat bad lah.. haha... & oso the cake is not too bad. usually i dun really fancy tiramisu cake but this cake tasted just rite. so lunch went really well. see for some evidence as follow:

My chicken combination with rice... is oven baked...


mmm... Cardy's main dish... but i dunno wat is tis leh... though it tasted yummy too.


Joyce's main dish was Burenito (wrong spelling ah) Beef? was it? anyway, is delicious!!!

Cardy & Joyce.. anxiously waiting to eat their food... hahaha...

Me & Cardy.. i'm hungry too! can we start??? haha...

Joyce & I... nope! 3rd round... after tis... is time to FEAST!!!

dessert after main dish... Tiramisu Cake... y 3 candles? is not tat Cardy is 3 yrs old. each candle represent each of us.. I am the yellow candle, Cardy is the blue one while Joyce is the Pink candle.. is not our bday and we get to blow candles too! whahaha...

Happy Birthday to Cardy!!!

Dinner Time

after lunch, i went back home. tinking of meeting Jia Ning & Claudia for dinner and movie. ended up i was late so we had to postpone our meeting time and change to dinner 1st, movie later. when i got home, there were still time. so i showered again. haha... 2 showers in like abt 6 hrs. cos is damn damn hot ah!!!! so finally at abt 5pm, we set off to the city. we were discussing where to eat so i suggested JoJo's. when we got there, almost every table was reserved. after searching for a while, we got a table! we ordered our food. then while waiting for the food to be served, we chit chatted. chatted abt alot alot alot of things. 3 pple, 3 different countries, 3 different cultures.. but we can really click off very well. chat abt uni stuff, friends, relationships stuff and general stuff. it was really fun and interesting chatting with the girls. & we chatted so much that we din realised the movie time was up! so we decided to skip the movie and just continue our chat. haha... we sat there from abt 6pm and chatted till abt 9pm. ambience was rite, food were yummy and company were GREAT!!! so my dinner was as satisfying as my lunchie... yeahz!!

Jia Ning, my lovely friend from China & Claudia, my pretty friend from Peru...

Me & Jia Ning...

Me & Claudia...

the Sirloin Beef Steak... yum yum!!!

the BBQ Atlantic Salmon with Greek Salad... woohoo~!!!

Satay Chicken with rice... yummy~!!!

i need to polish up my skill in taking some "toilet shots"... hahaha... will be better next time round!

guess wat? Gelatissimo Ice Cream Shop was still OPEN!!! so we went to grab an ice cream each for our dessert. Claudia had mango (it was sweet yet the sweetness was not too over)... Jia Ning had tiramisu (the very tiramisu taste)... Mine was ferrero rocher with chocolate (i love it! cos is not too rich and is just nice!!!)...

the nite is still young but we got to get home to study ah... though we only have 1 paper each, still it is EXAM!!! haha... & after such happy and satisfying day, i shld work doubly hard for studies ah... YES!!! i will!

study load vs productivity level..

i once told Huiying & Tess that i seems to perform better when i'm under alot of stress and pressure, as in when there r many things on hand for me to handle. when there r less things for me to do, i tends to slack and my productivity level juz drop. haiz... this is not good leh.. although i appreciate having an easier time with only 1 paper to take for exam, i guess i juz have to change my mentality. even with 1 paper for exam, i shld be studying hard and doing my revision diligently ah. y am i distracted so easily? gosh..

i need to find the motivation to sit down and study and concentrate. so where is my motivation? mmm... Perth trip? upcoming road trip? summer holiday with the company of dearest jas here in Brisbane? all these sound really wonderful and motivating enough to get me focus on studies juz for tis 2 weeks? yes! they r sufficient to make me work hard!!! i muz brain wash myself again... work hard! work hard! juz 1 more hurdle, tis sem will b cleared! after 12 nov, i will be FREE & there r heaps of things for me to do after exam so i muz be good girl and study now... if i wanna enjoy and study, i muz really study when is time to study!

hmmm... anyway, how does the idea of spending birthday on the board the plane sound? heehee... i am definitely not going back to Spore in Dec. i am looking at end of Jan. how abt 26 Jan midnite flight? heehee... "happy birthday to me" on board the plane wor... i tot it was kinda interesting and different la... but jas said i am crazy ah... hahaha...

okok.. back to studies again... break is over!

Steamboat Dinner & Drinking Session...

woohoo~!!! i'm done with all assignments! and now i am juz 1 more step to say "Goodbye" to this semester... juz one more hurdle of exam and i will be off to Perth! can't wait can't wait..

well, before i start mugging for exam, let me take a break... heehee... yesterday we had steamboat dinner @ Philip's house and followed by a drinking session tat i will remember for good sia. the 1st time i drink until i puked ah! i am not one who can hold liquor so all tat drinking juz make me feel very uneasy. so tat is when i juz need to vomit to make myself feel better. haha... so paiseh to dirty philip's toilet. i was still sober so i did stood in the toilet for quite a while and started to become merlion. i insisted i wanna to go home as i juz feel very weird and uneasy to stay over at someone's house when i am not feeling tat good ah. hahaha.. well, ultimately i made it home. managed to bath and then tried to sleep. but cannot really sleep as i was having very bad headache and i still feel like vomitting. so another round of becoming "merlion" before i slept all the way to abt 4pm. finally, i was feeling much better. whole day is juz water intake. no food intake at all. juz no appetite ah. haiz... so i so gonna promise and swear tat i am NOT going to over drink the next time round. tis is 1st and last time round i am going to drink till vomit. i juz cannot hold liquor so tat also means i can't drink alot. heehee... whoever wanna ask me to drink, one or 2 cups will be all for me ah. dun make me feel so uneasy, painful and terrible again ah...

anyway, photos & videos... as there r many moments of fun and laughter other than puking. hahaha...

see how nicely the food r arranged.. all thanks to Isaac ah.. as wat Joyce said, this arrangement make it as if we r eating in some restaurant. hahaha...

tat's our steamboat pot in the middle and the yummilicious ingredients by the side... there r prawn, crab sticks, mushrooms, chicken, dumpling, sotong, pork balls, cuttefish balls, fish balls and salmon fish... woohoo~!!!

welcome to 8/31 Brisbane Street Cocktail Bar.. bartender: Mr Philip Boey.. here r his range of drinks..

Me & my les partner, Fiona trying to promote our steamboat ingredients.. whahha...

Group Photo! woohoo~!!! Guys: Isaac & Philip.. Gers: Me, Joyce, Fiona & Charlotte...

woohoo~!!! when all the ingredients r in the pot... yummy yummy!!! yeahz!!! tuck it in manz!

my new les partner? heehee... maybe ah..

as i said earlier, drinking session was really HIGH. high until we have 2 "crazy" gers who keep laughing and talking rubbish... evidence as shown in the videos below...

okay! happy times r over.. we shall get back to studies.. pple, is exam now ah! so muz study hard for it... fun and happy time will be after exam... :D

official last day of the Semester!!!

HAHAHA~!!! today is the last official day of Semester! of cos my last official lecture was yesterday but today still last day la. in the past when it is last day or last week of uni, my house will b expectionally excited. as in Huiying, Tess & I will do our rounds of announcement respectively. "today is my last day of uni!" said by me and Tess much earlier than Huying who always had her last day on a Friday. hahaha... then 3 of us will think of ways to celebrate the last day or last week before we get into mugging mood for exam. for instance, we will go out for shopping spree or order pizza and feast or go to Freestyle to chill out or have a movie marathon or juz sit in our living room and chat till late. haiz... all these r now my fond memories only. when i tink of the girls, i will juz keep recalling all the funny and interesting things i did with them. crazy but really memorable. :D

so this time round, is juz me. is juz me shouting to myself "today is the last day of uni!" & having a "mini" celebration on my own. hahaha.. well, at tis very moment, i am still holding on to an assignment which is due tomolo. so i oso cannot go out for celebration ah. my celebration with the rest will be tomolo's steamboat dinner. at tis moment, juz let me have my own way of celebration. i decided to put down my assignment for a while and head for the kitchen. can u believe it, i nv step out of my room ever since i had lunch at abt 1pm. it was like 9am go out for breaky, 1pm go out for lunch and after i done my laundry at abt 2pm, i was stuck in my room all the way till abt 6pm. din even go toilet ah! miracle sia! hahaha.. so i need a break! i decided to head for my fav place of the house, the KITCHEN! (Grace named me Iron Chef in Facebook so i muz live up to the name! hahaha..)

i decided to cook myself some proper dishes for dinner to award myself "无惊无险，又过了一个 Semester! woohoo~!!!" juz one short summer of 1 week class and 2 more assignments for tat course, i shall welcome my thesis with both hands! i hope is happily as i dun wanna to work on a thesis which is dreadful. come to tink of tat, i need to spend some time to seriously think abt how i shld set my time line and work on my thesis ah. hmmm...

it had been a long long way since i ate rice and dishes at home! hahaha.. conclusion today is tat i shall NOT do tis often. cos i am super FULL after the rice and dishes ah! gosh~!!! 1 person share is juz so so hard to digest and finish up ah. haha... & my rice cooker very funny one. cannot cook less than half a cup of rice, if not the cooker wun cook my rice. so i had to force in abt 3/4 cup of rice which is kind of torture ah! i dun wanna keep overnite food oso so bo bian had to eat up all SLOWLY~!!! of cos, i still enjoyed my dinner tonight! it was yummilicious ah! heehee... not i wanna praise myself lor. :D & 2 days ago, Grace and Cindy made a very interesting comment. they saw tat i lined up all my ingredients tat i will be using to fry my bee hoon nicely and neatly by the side of the stove so tat i can reached any of them. so Grace was saying is like restaurant kitchen, so organised. hehhee.. Grace, thanks for ur compliment ah! for tis, i muz really thanks my 2nd Auntie. she was the one who "imparted" me tis neatness and organised way of cooking. i juz can't do wat most pple will do. cook, cut and prepare at the same time. i will juz mess up the whole kitchen and burn my food. heehee...

okok.. enough of my crap, photo time!

Fish Fillet with Beancurd.. i found a new way to cook my basa fish fillets. usually i will cook it with porridge or noodles soup. tis time round is stir fry. is yummy!!!


Vege & Carrot with egg.. is a long long time since i last ate tis dish. i like it cos is not salty at all as i nv add any soy sauce. at most juz a pinch of salt. the egg is the base for the dish so is very healthy. heehee...

okok.. back to my essay now.. need to do up nice nice and submit it tomolo morning. so tat i can really say "I'm done!" heehee...

Domino Pizza Feast... Woohoo~!!!

short getaway from my assignment.. Domino Pizza Feast @ Philip's place. it had been a long long while since i last ate Domino Pizza. I think the last time round was when I was still staying at Warren Street with my 2 Warren Angels, Huiying & Tess. how i miss those days.. when we juz shuang shuang order pizza and feast like nobody's business. 吃到爆！！！ was wat 3 of us always had in mind when we wanna feast on pizza. heehee... we used to order 3 large pizzas for 3 of us and only left like 6 slices for next day's lunch. yeahz! tat's us, the Warren Baobei-s...

of cos now pizza feast is very much different without my 2 Baobei-s. the feeling is somewat different but it is definitely as enjoyable and fun. hahaha... endless laughter and jokes that always lighten my mood for any pizza feast of such. Pizza feast is really part and parcel of uni life here. shuang shuang will order pizza and have a feast. yeahz! today's attendance was good! Fiona, Charlotte, Isaac & I went over to Philip & Joyce's house for the pizza feast. ordered 4 large pizzas, garlic bread and chicken kickers. well, it was a FULL FULL meal as there was an overload amt of flour. hahaha... the last round of clearance was to pick watever we wanna eat to finish up ah. aiyoooo...

after dinner, had a short round of drinks with Philip mixing some coke and the absolute vanilla. mm... taste weird la. i dun like it. & i juz dun understand y r they so interested in seeing me drunk leh? aiyoooo...some crazy frens tat i have ah. tis sat's steamboat dinner gonna be hard time for me sia. with 3 crazy pple who wanna so much to see me drunk. hahaha... i wun fall into their trap so easily lor! hmph~!!!

anyway, today we saw the birth of 2 talented locksmiths to-be. hahaha... Philip accidentally broke the key for the balcony's window grill. the key was broken into 2 and half of it was stuck in the key hole. as we girls were watching the movie "The Secret" by Jay Chou, the guys were busy fixing it. after much struggle, they finally got both half of the key "reunited". hahaha... Philip, dun need to pay to get pple to fix ohhh... heehee...

juz 2 photos to show... here they are:

part of our Pizza Feast as there were too many food and it was juz too many to take in 1 shot.


The girls' power for the nite... Me, Charlotte, Fiona & Joyce...

shall end the updates for now.. need to get back to my assignment once again. after tis sat, i will be a FREE person for 2 days! next week will be start of mugging for the only paper, yet the killer paper of my whole uni life. nv for once am i so worried tat i can't pass a course ah. damn it~!!!

"Alpha Man"

i was doing my research for the last essay yesterday. the topic was abt cultural dimensions in event management and i am focusing on both Ethics and Etiquette. so as i searched thru the websites, i found this pretty interesting manual kit on "Alpha Man". coincidentally, as i was chatting with a fren last nite, he mentioned abt "Alpha Man" too. hahaha... so here i am, taking the interesting sections of the manual to share with all of you.

so what is an "Alpha Man" or rather who is an "Alpha Man"?

"Each Alpha is a Good man, an Honest man, a Worthy man, and a Knowledgeable man… Just remember when better men are made, Alpha will make them."

"The characteristics of an "Alpha Man" can be summed up in sevens words: versatile, scholarly, ambitious, gentlemanly, tenacious, obedient and deferent."

"Alpha Men do not simply follow the style; they establish the trend!"

why do "Alpha Man" exists?

"In this ever-changing world of hip-hop, informality and anything goes, it is important that men of culture understand and adhere to basic rules of protocol and etiquette."

"If Alphas are to transcend all, they must be first of all. In being first, Alphas must be sure to represent basic principles of refinement and culture through understanding and implementation of basic rules of etiquette and protocol."

Common beliefs of "Alpha Man"

There Goes an Alpha Man

THERE GOES A MAN OF HIGH IMPULSE;
OF PRINCELY MIEN AND GRACE.
THERE GOES A MAN OF HUMBLE FAITH;
A CREDIT TO HIS RACE.
THERE GOES A MAN OF CONSCIENCE VAST
WITH WILL TO REACH HIS GOAL.
THERE GOES A MAN OF LORDLY RANK;
OF HEROES' STOCK AND SOUL.
THERE GOES A MAN OF NOBLE CASTE
WHOM HARDSHIP CANNOT BREAK
THERE GOES A MAN IN MERIT CLAD
WHOM DUTY WON'T FORSAKE.
THERE GOES A MAN IN CULTURED VERSE
WHO HOLDS A SPORTSMAN'S CREED.
THERE GOES A MAN TOO VIGILANT
TO BOW TO LUST OR GREED
THERE GOES A MAN WHOSE LIFE IS SPENT
IN SERVICE NOT IN SCORN.
THERE GOES A MAN WHOSE MAJESTY
SHINES LIKE A MAY TIME MORN.
THERE GOES A MAN WHO IS A FRIEND
TO LOVE AND DUTY TRUTH.
THERE GOES A MAN TO HELP UPLIFT
THE LIVES OF WHOLESOME YOUTH.
THERE GOES A MAN WITH INDUSTRY
AND FAITH AT HIS COMMAND.
THERE GOES THE BEST MAN IN AND OUT
FOR HE IS AN ALPHA MAN.

THE ESSENCE OF AN ALPHA MAN

When you can achieve and not make achievements your goal,
When you can accept praise but remain mindful of your failings too,
When you can strive to make the dream a reality by deeds and not hollow words,
When you can give of yourself freely and cheerfully and not grudgingly nor of necessity,
When servants of All is a privilege and not a task,
When “Transcending All” means “First of All”, transcending self, and realizing that I
First help my Brother to transcend, i f I am to transcend.
When you can do not only a good thing but also the right thing.
When you can extend a helping hand to friend or foe alike and expect nothing in return,
And never remind them of the deed,
When you can cherish and respect the past but neither live in it nor rest upon it.
When you can dare to choose the road less traveled, and lead the pack and not run with the herd.
When our courage of character will not allow us to remain silent in the face of injustice to anyone.
When the love of our mothers and the strength of our fathers holds us and guides us to our true calling.
When you can light candles rather than curse the darkness.
When you can view obstacles as challenges.
When your only weapon against lies shall be an uncompromising truth.
This is the essence of an Alpha Man.

(Source: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Protocol & Etiquette Manual)
(http://www.alphaga.org/Protocol_and_Etiquette_Manual.pdf )

i'm speechless...

haha.. i am "stealing" the photo collage from Jas' blog ah.. i wanna share it here, in case i have "more" viewers on my blog as compared to Jas.. oops~!!

anyway, it was another round of my buddies' gathering last nite... as usual la, WITHOUT me!!! haiz... in these 2 yrs, the photos always without me. i felt so left out... *sob *sob *sob & they ALWAYS go for GOOD food when i am NOT around. so so mean of them... argh~!!! tis time round was a treat from Ms Li Huilin with her 1st pay ah! LIN! i shall claim my share when i go back lor, dun u tink u can run away ah.. hahaha... i wanna something as good as theirs! YEAHZ!

& last nite Jun forget to bring "me" along lor! haiz... see la... slowly, slowly my 4 good buddies r forgetting abt me. 1st ting is forget to "bring me out" with them. then when i need to call them, i realised my calling card run out of credit! so after asking around, finally Felicia had a card that still has some credit left (thanks alot, girl!). hence, i was able to give them a call and it was THEN did i realise my presence is NO longer important to these 4 buddies of mine. they actually asked me dun call them.. said no time to entertain me and too busy to bother abt me, still ask me dun call them... *sob *sob *sob!!! when i went thru the trouble of asking Philip, Isaac, Daniel and Felicia for calling card, my buddies din even appreciate me. haiz... see how worthless our 10 years of frenship is...

a photo to show the 4 "heartless" creatures... nv brought me along, still dare "steal" a photo from my blog to include in tis collage... haiz... *speechless*...

Movie Nite & Kayak Session...

Movie Nite

it had been a long long while since i write anything abt going out and have fun, rite? heehee... it was busy period previously mah. now still busy but we muz get some breather! so there we r, out for movie on a very relaxing Friday evening... as for the movie, dun really wanna mention as it is not my cup of tea. Resident Evil was the show we watched. mmm... it was a gory show and i dun really prefer tis kind of show la. but nevertheless, at least it was a movie for us to have an excuse to get out of the house to do something different (other than studies and more studies!).

of cos! is a time for me to take photos for my blog. blog is getting dull without the input of photos ah.. i muz activate the lively mood of my blog again with the photos!!! woohoo~!!!!

before movie, it was dinner time! dinner was at West End's Vietnamese restaurant. i am craving for beef noodles soup so had to suggest tis and i have a bunch of really good frens la. hahaha... no argument, no objections raised & there we r, at the Vietnamese restaurant ah! heehee... thanks, guys for not objecting my suggestion! i am not a person who like to eat beef but i still eat beef noodles soup... rarely though... so when i have craving, is an impromptu tingy... :D

before the food was served, let's have a photo taken! is the girls' power once again! woohoo~!!! there was a theme for the girls' clothings tonite... off shoulders, low cut... whahaha... did u all spot the main theme from these?

yeahz... is us again... cos Ms Fiona Tan prefer tis photo without flash...

once again, a 3rd photo taken! Ms Charlotte preferred tis photo though so i had to please all... haiz... i have nice frens but ma fan at the same time...

heehee... after dinner, it was desserts time! once again, "demanding" & "overbearing" Iris wanna eat CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! heehee... oh well, i had been missing my chocolate cake for weeks, so i muz get my "dosage" before i get "cranky" again. as labelled by them, i need my dosage of chocolate before my mood is affected and get cranky and anyhow "bite" pple again. there we are... off to Three Monkeys for some really yummy cakes before the start of the movie... woohoo~!!!

Charlotte & Fiona...

while waiting for our cakes... only they r good enough to entertain me with all these photo taking ah... hahaha...

when the cakes were served, tat is the moment when a crazy and hyper girl started her nonsensical and horrifying actions! heehee... but u muz understand, desserts can make a girl feel extremely happy. Huiying once said desserts r best frens of girls and when girls r in sad mood, desserts r the best to cheer them up. hahaha... i totally agree with her & tat is y i can clique off well with her cos she is my faithful dessert khaki! **Huiying, i miss u ah!!! Freestyle Flourless Chocolate cake, keen to try again? hahaha...**

anyway, here r the cakes we had last nite...

my Favourite... Chocolate Fudge Cake...

i really love tis very very much!!! is very rich in chocolate yet the mixture of sponge and chocolate in between neturalise the richness. for me, tis is juz nice. probably the rest dun tink so ah... ahahaha...

Chocolate Mud Cake!

i like the cone shaped chocolate, is pretty interesting. but tis mud cake had trace of dark chocolate so the chocolate tasted a bit bitter. however, no matter wat, it is still yummy! yeahz!!!

Raspberry White Chocolate Cheese Cake

not really my type of cake but still muz try for something different before they start to complain tat i am always overbearing and demanding... hahaha...

Red: Tropicana.. honestly after finished drinking it, i still not too sure wat is the fruit within the drink. hahaha... Orange: Orang Utan.. mixture of pineapple, orange.. (char, wat else ah?)

super duper RICH Iced Mocha...

look @ the amount of chocolate at the bottom, as if chocolate is FREE of charge ah!!! hahaha...

Chocolate Cake Spokeswoman of the year.. Miss Iris Lim! yeahz!!!

well, chocoholic i am, i agree and dun deny tis fact. chocolate really make me happy and contented. chocolate really calm me down and juz create happiness for me. i was TOTALLY satisfied last nite with the very very RICH chocolate intake after finishing the cakes. i noe i am very easily contented with chocolate and tat is y Huiying & Tess always teased me by saying "when Iris' bf wanna propose to her next time, it is very convenient and economy. she dun need diamond ring. all she need is a Chocolate Mud Cake!" hahaha... thanks for tat, girls!

Kayak Session

a nite of fun and laughter ended... let's welcome a brand new day with some exercise! early in the morning, Fiona, Joyce, Philip, Isaac & I went to the UQ Canoe Club to join them for their leisure kayaking session. it was my 1st time kayaking though i tried canoing in Spore before. i have phobia before i went. i am juz so scared tat the kayak will capsize. when i canoing previously, i capsized once and as i tried to swim above water, i knocked against the canoe tat was floating and it was really horrible to be "hit" back into the water by the canoe.

however, today's experience was SHIOK! woohoo~!!! sun was great & weather was good. had a breezy morning to kayak along Brisbane River. my kayak juz can't really go straight at 1st and i knocked into the trees. haha... but it was really lots of FUN!!!

Fiona, Joyce & I.. with the paddles..

say "cheeze"!!! so many kayaks in the shed... wowow...

can't really see Joyce's eyes though but it was a nice shot!

Fiona... look kinda kiddy here ah... haahah...

the girls @ the kayak while the kayak "sun-tan"

the guys' power... heehee..

after the kayaking, we went to West End Market for breakfast. woohoo~!!! long awaiting breakfast... Fiona, Joyce & Philip bought many cheap and yummy food back home... i can't ah! as there is no more space in my fridge ah!... haiz...

Me & Fiona on the bus...

philip pointed out tat we r wearing the ME series of Giodarno. so we took a photo of us having same taste... haha...

what is the real meaning of "Airport"?

"Airport, juz wat does tis place really mean to u?"

to me, other than having my favourite mode of transport, Aeroplanes and my dream job, Pilots... Airport is a place FULL of Happiness, Excitement, Anticipation and Warmth.

go to the Departure Hall, u will see Anticipation and Warmth.

the Warmth is when u see many pple making their way to the airport to specially send their loved ones off. for example: the heart warming scene when we students came over to Aussie to study for the 1st time. din our family and frens went to the airport and bid us goodbye? wasn't tat scene heart warming with lots of best wishes and huggies? :D

Anticipation comes in when u noe tis time round of saying goodbye is not forever. u look forward to meeting the other party eventually. u bid goodbye to go on to another part of ur journey but after a while, u will still meet up with ur loved ones whom u once said goodbye to, rite? for me, when i say goodbye to my cousins today, i noe i will see them in 4 mths time. when i said goodbye to frens at the airport, i do look forward to the day when i will meet up with them again. no matter where we r, i juz noe we will meet up again. tat is the anticipation in my heart... & a fren once told me tis which i tink is rather meaningful. "A goodbye isn't painful unless you're never going to say hello again". (fren, rem tis quote? i hope u really meant by wat u said, k? dun juz say say only hor...)

upon reaching the arrival hall, u will see heaps of Excitement and Happiness!

the return of long awaiting loved ones from overseas... u will see tears of happiness and hug of blessedness. the level of excitement is not wat we can really imagine and the amt of happiness is beyond any words of description. dun tink someone is a frequent traveller and so he/she will not look forward to someone picking him/her up at the airport. juz imagine he/she is away from home for a few weeks or few mths. upon returning, who does he/she look forward to meet up with? it is the sense of "welcome back" tat make one feel most contented when he/she is being picked up by the loved ones. when tat really happens, excitement, happiness and surprises r all beyond wat we can describe with words...

so isn't airport a place full of miracle? it can create so many different emotions and it can bring abt so many different feelings.

GoodBye..

today my lecturer for the Business Research class was "kind" enough to let us off earlier after torturing with the 50% assignment due on Monday. the report tat took away my sleep, my calmness, the report tat added whole lots of crankiness and unstable condition me to for the past 2 weeks... argh~!!! hahaha...

anyway, today my cousins will go back to spore after their 6 days in Brisbane/Gold Coast. so i tot i can't send them off since i have class till 12pm. to my greatest surprise, my class ended at abt 1045pm. so i ran to the computer lab and check for the timing for the airtrain to airport. then i ran to the bus stop to take the next available bus to the train station to catch the airtrain. tat was when "Ms Sotong Lim" is revived again! i actually left my writing pad in the computer lab when i used it as mouse pad. aiyoooo... trying to reach for whoever i can tink of will be in uni to check for me. Philip went and check it out for me but can't find. so i had to go back myself and finally "claim" it back from some guys who r using it happily as the mouse pad. so paiseh la... quickly ran out of the lab once i got it back ah! aiyooo... spoil image sia... Ms Sotong Lim ah...

okok... back to airport farewell. my cousins were surprise to see me there. and kept asking y i can send them off, dun i have class? hahaha... of cos i have class! but for their sake, i muz rush down and bid them Goodbye ah!! they told me they saw dolphins and tried to feed the dolphins. it was rather good experience, i guess. then they tried sandboarding. hahaha... guess wat reaction they had? Weiqi said "i only tried once.. haha.." Wei Hui said "i dun like it! i had sand all over my face.. eyes, nose, ears and mouth!" Wei Zhi said "yeahz!" very different reaction but i guess they muz had great fun la... bought so many things from DFO wor... well, seeing them leaving make my heart ache... it hurts and is painful. imagine u have to bid goodbye to ur loved ones. but i noe is juz a short while. in few mths time, i will see them again, wun i? heehee... as i "hang" myself at the railing to say Goodbye to them, i had tis sudden thot. i remembered tat i said before "y muz i always be the one sending pple off from the airport?" yes! at the very same spot, i bid many pple goodbye. tat includes my family, my cousins, my 2 buddies from Aussie and many other frens whom i noe in Aussie. haiz... there r more to come and more heart ache to come too... still can't run away from the fact tat i have to bid pple goodbye again and again... aiyoooo...

then a 2nd tot came to my mind as i saw pple around me saying Goodbye to their loved ones. which i will elaborate more in next entry.. too long liao ah..

mmm... before i end tis entry, a photo to share again. heehee... my dinner...

today's dinner very healthy wor... is Corn Soup! "when Iris is not feeling too well, Iris will wanna eat alot or dun eat much. tis time round, i wanna eat alot but i can't eat all tat i am going to cook so i had to eat much less. then i decided to be healthy! heehee... corn soup with carrots, vege and chicken. juz soup alone as i need to "return" all the water tat i lost over the last few days. i was dehydrated, i guess. which make me fell sick for past few days. haiz.... intake of lots of healthy food from now on to build up my body system again before it fail really badly ah...

arrival of my angels...

this is the PSLE marking period, hence my cousins, Weiqi, Wei Hui & Wei Zhi had a short holidays to spare. & i am very glad that they decided to make their way to Brisbane and Gold Coast. I miss them very very much and I am very happy and contented that I can be with them for these few days. It was short gathering for us, but i am satisfied and contented. I cannot describe how much I miss the kids. it had been a very long while since i last saw them. when i got the news that i will be seeing them, i was so so thrilled. knowing tat i had an assignment to submit, i still look forward to spending precious moments with them. i noe all i can ask for is to be able to see them, play with them, hear their voice and be with them. even is for a short period, i am feeling very contented.

On Saturday morning, i made my way to Movieworld @ Gold Coast early in the morning. Their flight arrived early in the morning and they made their way to Movieworld as their 1st stop. So as i approached Movieworld, my heart was pumping very fast. I did not look around as I walked into Movieworld. My mind is juz abt "where are my kids?", "will they recognise me?", "i juz wanna meet up with them ASAP!". so finally i saw them! i walked to Weiqi and she commented "look! whose tat in the sunglasses! hahaha... is Weishan Jie Jie!!!" GOOD tat she din forget me! then i walked over to Wei Hui and Wei Zhi. Hui Hui shouted my name "Weishan Jie Jie" while Zhi Zhi juz stared at me for a moment and then shouted my name too. hahaha... i knew for tat moment, he forgotten what my name was. haiz... but after a while, he was warmed up and we had crazy moments. heehee...

We took the Scooby-Doo ride as it was more acceptable for the kids. I sat with Weiqi and at 1st we were just screaming for sake of screaming. but as we approached the top of the roller coaster, it was total darkness and i noe my girl was really terrified. she held on to my arms and practically wrap her arms across mine. we continued our screaming and the whole journey down was really FUN and exciting. hahaha...

We went for some Shrek 4-D movie and musical play as my cousins are very much into Shrek's movie. then after lunch, we watched the parade of various Warner Bros' cartoon characters. before going off, Maichi (my cousins' maid) & I decided to try the thrilling rides. my eldest cousin, Weiqi juz refused to join us so we had to go on our own. heehee... thank goodness Maichi was there. as if i was alone, i guess i will not really go for the rides. :D it was good experience as the rides were rather FUN, thrilling and exciting. to me, my personal favourite was Lethal Weapon. however, i would love to try the Superman ride which was not in operation that day. a pity ah... but nvm lah...


the day @ Movieworld ended with lots of FUN, memories, laughter and joy. i tot i could join them for a nite stay at Gold Coast but becos i need to get back to Brisbane to do my work, so i juz had to forgo the chance to have more time spent with my kids. mmm...

anyway, let me share the photos i took during our Movieworld trip...

Me @ Movieworld! my 1st visit to Movieworld...
actually i din really get to see the whole movieworld as my main purpose for tis visit is to meet up with my cousins. Movieworld experience is secondary. so i seriously dun mind a 2nd visit to Movieworld where i can have more time to explore the various area. :D

The Batman Wing ride...

Superman Ride! but it was not in operations tat day... argh~!!!!

Me @ the fountain at the entrance... nice view with the roller coaster track at the back

Police Academy's stunt show... the car looks pretty cool with half of its body stuck in the air, rite? hheehee... cool stunt!

their performance was really entertaining and interesting in which my little cousin was so hyperactive. he kept jumping up and down... heehee...

Stuntmen @ work...

Police VS Prisoner... who's the winner then?

aiyoooo... how come the prisoner can hold on to the policeman ah... hahaha...

after the Police Academy's show, we proceeded on to the Scooby Ride...

Weiqi & I while waiting for our turn to take the ride...

my dear boy was dancing! hahaha... he was trying to entertain us while waiting... i like tis pose... :D

i like tis photo very very much! natural side of the 2 girls.. one trying to act as if she is a "ghost" tat juz crawl out from the graveyard while the other had the shocking face as she was near to a tombstone. as for the boy, see how relax he was, resting on Maichi's legs... smart boy...

Shrek's musical play... featuring Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots & the Donkey (does tis Donkey has a name? hahaha)

tat is the rather plastic looking Shrek! heehee... Weiqi and i agreed tat Puss in Boots is the best looking character as it look real as compared to the rest.

during lunch time... instead of the actual food, see wat i was enjoying with the kids...

ICE CREAM!!! woohoo~!!!!

Wagon Wheel Chocolate Ice Cream... 2 gigantic cookies with ice cream spreaded in between... yummilicious!!!

Wei Hui was enjoying her Junior Scoop Cone of Chocolate Ice Cream (did i tell u guys? tis cousin of mine is a Chocolate Lover too.. same as me!!! guess it runs in the family blood... hahaha) anyway, she was trying to "rescue" the fries tat was stuck in between the ice cream.. how creative and irritating she can get la... aiyoooo...

Weiqi, Me & Wei Zhi @ the Scooby-Doo Ride...

Me & Scooby-Doo... actually i only wanna take with Scooby... i dun need the rest leh... hahaha... Scooby-Doo is one of my fav cartoon.. part of childhood as it was always shown on TV during then...

During the parade...

Austin Powers!!!!

Daffy Duck... *quack! *quack!

Sylvester... Tweety's biggest enemy!!!

Puss in Boots... haha... i din noe the actual name and change it to "Puss the Cat"...

Catwoman... meeeooowww.... cool leh... tis Catwoman very "dao".. she din shake hands with my cousins for the 1st round then disappointed kids finally got some response from tis cool lady at the 2nd round... hahaha...

Batman & his gadgety car... i preferred his car to Batman.. hahaha.. the car more stylo ah..

Tweety Bird!!! tis tweety looks kinda blur ah... whahaha...

Bugs Bunny!!! another cutie childhood cartoon...

say a BIG HEELLLOOOO to Scooby-Doo!!! woohoo~!!!!

Shrek, Princess Fiona and Donkey... mmm... the donkey muz be feeling burning hot under the scorching HOT sun in his super thick costume... poor ting...

Day @ Movieworld ended... & i followed them back to their hotel @ Courtyard Marriott, Gold Coast. rite smap @ the center area of Surfers Paradise, the view is jus marvellous from the top floor apartment... tot i could spent a nite with the kids.. well, i have to realistic. i need to go home and finish up my work so there i was, leaving the hotel unwilling to head back to Brisbane. it was a 2hrs ride home on Bus, train, bus... haiz... BUT all is worth it! as it had been a long long while since i last had so much fun with my cousins. i wonder when will be the next time round tat we can go out and enjoy again...

oh ya... while i was chatting with Maichi. she told me tat back home, those new maids @ my cousins' grandma's house were very envy abt Maichi. they were saying tat Weiqi is a very sensible girl and Maichi is very lucky to be able to take care of her. Weiqi does not have tat "master & maid" attitude and whatever she can do by herself, she will do it. when i heard all these praises abt my girl, i was very very happy and i felt extremely proud being her cousin. i noe tat tis cousin of mine is a very sensible, obedient and friendly girl. by nature, she is very kind hearted and she is always tinking for others. tat is y Maichi said tat in the house, the other maids can get along well with her as she treat everyone with respect. with all these, i certainly hope tat my girl will bring on these virtues as she grow up along her way. going on to sec sch next year, i noe she is not the smartest kid but she is definitely the most loveable kid... i am very proud of my cousin! Way to go, Weiqi!!!

Following on... my uncle decided to travel up to Brisbane for a day instead of going to the Tropical Fruit Farm. so there i was waiting for them to arrive in Brisbane and so tat i can spent a fruitful day with them. most photos r not with me so i cannot update all for now. let me juz share wat i have with me.

the day started when they arrived from Gold Coast at abt 11am. i met them at Central Railway station and the kids were feeling hungry so we had some snacks @ Macdonald. then we proceeded on to walk along Brisbane's main street of shopping. i guess the train ride made them very tired. Weiqi keep asking me "when are we going to ur house?" haha... yes! yes! soon... i took them to the City cat ferry terminal at North Quay. there Weizhi shouted out "CityCat" as the ferry came by. we boarded the city cat and i was explaining abt how city cat function as public transport for pple living in Brisbane and how it became unofficial tourist attraction when the city cat tour along brisbane river is a good way to spend almost half a day.. heehee...

anyway, we headed to UQ and my task was to bring them around and show them my campus. it was a very HOT day so before they dehydrate, i better proceed on to my house and let them rest for a while before lunch. when they came to my apartment, Weiqi saw my Bee Bee and she was quite excited ah. she held on to Bee Bee and started to examine her. then she said "how i miss Bee Bee ah... i am bringing her back to Spore." hahaha... do u noe how smart tis girl was? she noe tat Bee Bee is my dearest soft toy. so there was once, she actually "threaten" me with Bee Bee. i did not want to give her something tat she yearned for so she actually took my Bee Bee and held it outside the window. she tried to threaten me to give in, if not... Bee Bee will be flying rabbit. smart girl, rite? but she juz did tat for fun cos eventually she did not fight till the end. i still din give her wat she wanna. hahaha... anyway, it was really funny on how a 21yrs old girl and a 10yrs old girl fight over something using a rabbit as a bait. tat was 2 yrs ago btw...

back to now, after tour around uni, we went to Cyber city for lunch. hahaha... before lunch, we had a round of "arcade" games! well, i am never good at these arcade games. i was trying to entertain Weiqi by playing with her. hahaha... true enough, i was 1st to KO. she is good in these games la... juz tat we r all hungry so we got to make her game KO fast! heehee...

Me & the kids @ UQ bus stop...

Maybe before i end, let me introduce my angels...

Angel 1 - Lim Wei Zhi (8 years old)

He is a very cheeky and smart boy. hyperactive boy who can't keep still and will always be on my nerves. he will try to irritate me as i always like to irritate him. hahaha... an eye for an eye ah... can see tat he grow up alot... i mean kids really grow so fast. 1 year ago when i saw him, he looks different from tis time round. mmm... i juz pray tat he will rem my name when i go back for hols next year ah. "Wei Zhi, my name is Weishan Jie-jie hor..."

Me & Wei Zhi... look @ his facial expression.. always so cheeky...

Angel 2 - Lim Weiqi (12 years old)

I am closest to her as i took care of her since she was young. we managed to spend alot of times going out together and having fun together as when she was young, i was still in sec sch. not much commitment in sch or anywhere else so all my free time was spent with her. now tat we grew up, we r busy but we r still very close. she will still be eager to tell me abt her stuff and abt her opinions. as wat i said earlier, i am very proud of tis cousin of mine. i believe with her good nature, she will be well appreciated by pple in future from everywhere. going to sec sch next year, i'm sure she will have heaps of fun! hahaha... i am waiting patiently for her stories... heehee... "Qiqi ah... u make me feel extremely good to be ur cousin..."

Me & Weiqi... her apple rosy cheeks.. not so clearly shown here as she got tanned after exposing to a few days of Aussie sun...

Angel 3 - Lim Wei Hui (10 years old)

very very stubborn girl who has her own set of tinking and juz refuses to give in. however, her attentiveness for watever she is doing is beyond wat i can imagine. if she like to do someting, she can be very focus. how i wish she can transform tis set of focus to her studies ah... hahaha... she is stubborn but same as her sister, she is a very kind hearted girl. we can see tat she cares alot for all her love ones. even when she always like to fight with her little brother, we can still see how she will dote on her brother and how she will make sure her brother has a fair share too. i'm waiting for her to grow up faster as i noe she will become a very pretty girl as she grow up for her features r rather sharp. heehee...

manage to "catch" hold of her to take a proper photo with me ah... tat's Wei Hui & I...

there u r, my 3 lovely angels... i am glad tat i managed to have a short moment spent with them. on thurs, they will be going back to Spore. & over these 2 days, i wun b meeting them as they r at Moreton Island now. no matter wat, i am juz grateful tat they r at least here. i noe i will miss them once they go back. yesterday at the farewell in the train, my eldest girl juz refused to look at me but when her Dad said tat i was really going off liao, she finally said bye bye and give me a very nice smile. at the tot of tis, make me feel like crying... cos i really miss the kids very much... i will look forward to going back to spore during chinese new year cos i wanna see them so so much!!!

haha... yesterday, i was rather sad to bid them goodbye. so i bought a 12-pack donuts from Dreamy Donut. hahaha... sound alot? no lor... give here, give there... all 12 donuts r gone! heehee...