Photos for Mid Autum Festival 2006...

2nd entry of the day... heehee...

as promise i will post the photos for the Mid Autum Festival on 6 Oct 2006. finally i got it from my fren... so here it is... my last Mid Autum Festival in Brissy...

tat nite very cloudy lah... so we had a hard time looking at the moon. after a few shots, i tink tis is the best.. a bit cloudy yet we can still see abit of the moon light.. so small ah!!! :D

before i can take a proper photo of the mooncake, my frens already cut it into pieces lah... argh~~!!! but looks delicious ah...

as tis is a "pop-luck" party, so we contributed our share of food lor. look at wat we r eating... whahaha... chips, sushi, mooncakes... yummy!!!

see how we hang our lanterns... muz really say a big THANK U to Patricia ah!!! love her so so much... "pat, the lantern very nice hor?"

tis is how it looks after we light it up... it look even nicer, rite? heehee... lovely lanterns...

tis is really "shang yue". with a mooncake in hand, viewing the moon from the big big balcony with all my frens in Brissy... really great feeling!!!

we r trying to act romantic here lah... with a candle in our hand to make our face look bright bright...

yeahz!!! u see wat's on the table... MAHJONG!!! i really really miss it ah! tat nite was a short period only lah... i am waiting to go back to play till i shuang... my mahjong khakis? ready? heehee...

HAPPY Family in Brisbane!!!

yeahz... see all the lovely smiles on our faces... heehee... really had a very wonderful nite ah!!! next yr we shall be back in Singapore for Mid Autum ohh... so muz enjoy tis time round mah...

Special Dedication to....

Special Dedication to...

ALL my beloved friends in Singapore...

to: those studying in Uni now... many of u r having examz now. the very BEST of LUCK to all of u!!! soon all things will be over & lovely holidays awaiting for all of u ah!

to: those working now... work hard hard then when u have time, muz play hard hard too! ALL the very BEST to all of u too!!!

to: EVERYONE back in Singapore...

i din forget u guys when i am here in Aussie lah. i certainly miss every single one of u very very much. soon... i will be back in Singapore for hols. heehee... make the announcement 1st... i already set my returning date on 31 Dec. so without any changes, i will be back in time to say HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of u in my Singapore mobile number ohhh... heehee...

17 Nov 2006... long awaiting moment...

17 Nov!!!! last day of examz for Jul sem 2006! woohoo~~!!!! tis was how i went thru my day ah...

original smiling face

having the last paper @ 11.15am, so i woke up at abt 7am to do the last min revision... but i was too excited liao so took a photo of myself while studying... whahahaha... a bit crazy ah...

plus

"secret manual" for examz

tis was my "secret manual" for my last examz... so many words to rem... aiyooo... how can i still smile, rite??? so i became...

equals

sulky face!

piggy and sulky face with all these notes after notes... gosh... agony ah!!!!

thank god... i have tis grp of supporters behind me... forever there to give me encouragement and support... simply love them... so off i went! for my last examz!!!!

happy and cheerful me with wide wide smiles on my face after the last paper & i decided to take the photo of the examz time board as remembrance... whahahha...

tat's Leona! my daughter from UQ. she is graduating tis sem liao... haiz... no one pia project with me liao... definitely will miss all her anxiousness and blurness ah... whahaha...

okok... tat's abt all for 17 Nov. evening time... i had a mini gathering for steamboat with my frens. will get the photos and upload soon... stay tune!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY "BAO BEI"!!!!

in another 1 hr and 15mins i will be in the exam hall with my last battle of the semester!

in another 3hr and 15mins i will be having my long awaiting freedom!

but before all these... let me dedicate something to my lovely "bao bei"...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dearest Lim Wei Zhi!!!! :D

tis photo kinda small but i simply love the expression on his face cos is a good reflection on his character ah... whahaha... cheeky smile on tat handsome little face... ohh... miss pinching his cheeks ah...

my "bao bei" here is my youngest cousin. youngest of my generation (no longer youngest in family as he is Uncle liao... whahaha...) he is 7 yrs old tis yr ohhh... wonder how tall he is now ah... really miss him so much. miss him calling me "Weishan Jie Jie" with tat soft spoken manner and anxious looks if i am holding anything on hand tat is of his interest. today is his birthday ohhh... heehee... naughty little boy ah... shall go back and "torture" him. whahaha...

okok... got to run now for my last examz paper liao... last one liao... finally!!! i will jia you ah! hopefully i wun disappoint myself. but no matter, i juz cannot wait to regain my freedom and get out of my "turtle" hole ah. as frens in Aussie called me "mountain turtle" living in "er-mei shan" during examz as i can juz simply "disappear" for weeks during examz. whahaha...

Hailstones in Summer... do u believe it???

Hailstones in Summer??? whahaha... unbelieveable leh... but it really happened today! tis afternoon, there was a terrible thunderstorm. tis few days had been super duper hot and stuffy. then tis afternoon, it started to rain... then rain became heavier and heavier. i could heard the wind blowing so strongly that the trees r swaying left, rite and center. then i heard loud splashing on the roof top. so i looked out my windows. everyting was normal ah. but the sound of the rain drops juz so loud. Tess even joked tat "issit raining stone ah? so loud until i cannot sleep ah!" whahahaha... then Leona called me & told me she saw hailstones. aiyoo... really raining stones ah.... so wat i saw before tat was really "stones". heehee... all i noe the wind was so so strong tat i feel as if the zinc roof top of my neighbour's house is going to be blown away. really quite scary lor.. then after abt 45mins, the rain was gone... completely gone... is as if the dark clouds juz pass by Brissy sky, drop down watever raindrops there r, then after tat mission accomplished and tat's it! then the bright sun came out and all was so stuffy and hot again. conclusion we had was tat is really WEIRD weather ah!!!

then when i saw the news in the evening, the storm was so terrible. so much disruptions. houses' roof tops were blown away, shophouses was flooded with leaking roof, trees were blown down and rite smack on the passing cars & pple were injured by the flying debris. then the lighting tat strike down was so long and sharp & some churches had their crosses smashed into pieces. disruptive thunderstorms, worst one ever since i came here. and it is reported tat it will continue to hit other areas of Brisbane. i dun mind rain lah, cos Aussie in serious drought now. we really need water!!! but not such disruptive storms tat will take away our property or even our life ah.

anyway, most pple finished examz liao... haiz... horrible nitemare starts when pple r out partying and me still mugging for last paper. but nvm ah, i shall endure... cos is juz the last 2 days!!! 2 more days and i will be FREE!!!! completely FREE!!!! i can smell the sense of freedom... very near... so near tat i can feel the presence. whahaha... wait for me ah... i'm reaching the finishing line soon...

**countdown to last examz paper: 2 days

in the midst of examz...

In the midst of studying for LAST paper...

I saw Merlion!!!

I saw "Durian" - Esplanade!!!

I saw Fort Canning Park!!!

ohhh... familiar scenes tat i had been missing for mths (at least 9 mths liao...) & i saw all of them today... all at one go... heehee... not imaginary lor, is really saw them with my EYES but is on TV lah. whahaha... oh ya... come to tink, muz say THANK U to Grace. "hey gal, thanks for asking me to watch the show juz now on TV. heehee... really good form of dosage ah!" yeahz! juz now on TV there was a cooking show. Spore was featured in tis episode thus i saw all the familiar scene and food. gosh~~ suddenly had a homely feeling. whahaha... anyway, i was craving for "ba zhang" when i saw the host introducing the "nonya dumpling" lah. haiz... i miss the "ba zhang" my grandma make lor & i miss messing up her stuff when she wrap lah. heehee...

haha.. during examz period & i seems so free hor... still can watch TV. arghh... i really have ZERO mood to study sia. so as usual, cannot sit really still when i have no mood to study, i walked up and down my room, go downstairs to take water, food and walk around the house, wet the cloth and wipe the kitchen top and everywhere else. i juz dun wan sit down in front of my desk to look at my notes. whahaha... then when i got sick of doing all these, guess wat i did next? i saw the cards and photo albums on my display shelves. so i took a cloth and start to wipe the dust off them and took out each and every one to read thru again. whahaha... it had been a few mths since i last read them. usually when i read them, i will start to tink of home again so i dun usually read them lah. but today i itchyhand lah. took out and read. indeed the "dust" in the cards and albums so powerful... flew into my eyes and make me create a mini "waterfall" in my room. whahaha... then i realised something. to my Spice Buddies (Lian, Jun, Jas & Lin): the photo card tat u guys gave me was the most outstanding one but now i cannot read the msg in the card liao. cos the pen tat u guys used, so powerful ah. ink can disappear one. Lin's msg is completely gone, Lian's msg left only "dear San" & "Love & Huggies Poh Lian", body section all gone, Jas' msg still got abt 40% left and Jun's msg is the only complete one left. whahaha... cos he used a different ink ah. so... can i request for a NEW card??? :P

anyway, no matter whose gift or card they r, i deeply appreciate them and love every single one of them. will bring all these back to Spore after i grad to put on display so tat i can read when i am free ah. but i guess by then, i wun create "waterfall" liao. heehee...

**side note**: received a msg last nite tat really make me feel some sort better... act knowing wat the typical advice will be... it seems better when a 2nd person tell me...

my outgoing msg was "really heartache. lost 10 marks in my examz today. for the 1st time i am really affected. my mood to study for last paper is really gone... haiz..."

the reply came as "dun tink abt it since is over le. u shld study even harder for the next paper so tat u overall can get a good grade... yeahz... study hard!"

anyway, tat's all for updates now. back to mugging again... :D

there goes my 10 marks....

as u can see from the title, is something related to exam ah... 2nd paper i took today. haiz... juz as i tot i did a fairly ok job, i suddenly feel very weird. then for a person who usually dun re confirm ans by looking thru the notes after examz, i act took out my notes and look thru for ans. so tat was how i realise i lost 10 marks... 10marks for a quest tat i act wrote the wrong ans. is my fault... totally my fault for being over confident and underestimated the quest. i need to finish 2 10marks quest in 35mins so i decided to rush thru the 3rd quest, tinking tat it is much easier to finish. however, i din realise i was writing the wrong stuff down. i only read the quest once during perusal time and din read a 2nd time which i usually will before writing the ans. so i overlooked on wat the quest is asking for and ended up giving the wrong ans.

really heartache ah... 10 marks leh... tat is enough to take my distinction away from me. haiz... tis sem's results will be way below expectation. 2 papers already and had been disappointment. i dunno how the 3rd one will be, but i will still give my best shot. watever it is, wat done cannot be undone. if is really meant to be as it is, no use for me to ponder over it. maybe at the end of the day, i will be very disappointed with my own results as the results for tis sem is very impt to me. i need to obtain good results to get my industry placement. if i really get bad results and din get my placement, is not enough to get sad only. cos after i get sad, i need to wake up and do something to replace wat i lost, rite? is true i feel very heart ache now and maybe after release of results too but i noe i need to get on with life and learn from where i go wrong so tat i wun make same mistake again. tis time round, i noe is bcos i was over confidence and din read quest thoroughly. so will i allow myself a 2nd chance to make same mistake? NO! NEVER! i will earn back my marks and will NEVER allow tis to happen again.

"examz" to torture me... "countdown" to make me feel better...

argh~!!! dun really like to do countdown but now i really wanna do some countdown to give me something to look forward to ah... not tat i hate wat i am doing, juz tat i feel very very SIANZ by wat i am doing ah!!!!

"revising for examz"... how come got such task to fulfill ah? aiyyooo... whoever invented "examz" really have serious sickness... the "sickness of seeking enjoyment thru torturing miserable students like us --- making us go thru examz after examz juz to see how well we noe our stuff; evaluating the teaching of our teachers/lecturers base on examz after examz; monitoring if the present education system is up to standard with examz after examz...". arghhh~~!!! dun they have a better way to guide us or to evaluate the teachers/lecturers and education systems? y muz we be the miserable ones to go thru all these testing and be the one suffering under all these horrible evaluation process?

anyway, i wanna feel better, more motivated and stay diligent and focus so i ended up doing countdown liao... today is 11 Nov, Sat. tis coming Fri, 17 Nov will mark the last paper of tis "long long" exam period. i cannot wait for tat wonderful day to come by ah!!! another 1 week more... whahaha... sound short with "1" ah but is another 7 days lor... no matter wat, i juz wanna make myself feel better lah... 1 week more and i will be free for tis sem. for tis short while, i oso happy. i juz wanna faster get over and done with. juz dunno y... tis is the most torturing revision period i ever had since my poly days till now. faster it is, better it is ah.

haiz... then to add salt on my wound, my housemate, Huiying is having her last paper today ah!!! gosh~~!!! and on Mon when i am having 2nd paper, another housemate, Tess will be finishing her examz too. OMG~!!! agony again... last sem i am the last one... tis sem i am the last one again... u tell me how to continue get motivated for revision with both housemates finished with examz and enjoying life, watching shows and having a good time. i seriously in need of some good motivating factors for me to keep on working hard, stay focus until i go thru 17 Nov ah. arrgghhh!!!! 1 moe week... 7 more days... i will overcome it! if i can do it last sem, i am sure i can do it tis sem. "faith... belief... motivation... focus... positive attitude... buddies, i need all of u now! pls pls report to me tis very min... okok?"

alright... enough of complains, self consoling and talking... is time to get back to my notes again... dun seems to rem wat i studied earlier liao... whahaha... i tink i grumble too much... :P

* 7 days to end of examz*

parcel of warmth, surprises and love...

heehee.. today is start of my examz but i am not going to blog abt tis lah. cos i have better tings to blog abt. no matter wat, abt today's examz, my comments will be i din do especially well but i dun tink i did tat badly. overall i dun tink i can score as well as i expected or wanna, shld be no 7 liao... anyway, see how when results release lor. heehee... is over, tink oso no use.

watever it is, let me get to wat i wanna say for today's entry lah. u noe ever since i come Aussie, wat is the one ting tat will make me happy even when the worse ting can happen? heehee... PARCEL! yes! a parcel or card or watever it is from HOME! yep! yep! not tat i am greedy or wat. juz tat i love the warmth feeling when i received a parcel or card from HOME. i dun need expensive stuff. juz a simple letter or card is extremely pleasant surprise for me. i juz love the warmth and valuable feeling when the postman knock on my door and pass me a card or parcel, attention to "Lim Wee San". heehee... i cannot describe tat feeling but i juz feel extremely heart warming and happy when i see every parcel or card on my hand. guess tat is the nearest connection to HOME tat i ever can have at tat moment.

anyway, today juz as i was in my sweet sweet dream, i received a pleasant surprise from HOME. heehee... yep! San San sent me a parcel ah. yeahz... i was sort of expecting it to arrive tis few days as she msn to tell me last week. just tat she was so secretive, nv tell me wat it is. no matter wat, i still anxiously waited for it and looking forward to carrying the parcel in my hand ah. heehee...

"San San! i've got it! thank u so so much for the parcel. aiyooo... u buy me tissue and plasters, all so cute one... i wun use it for sure lor. whahaha... but i really love it. thanks! thanks! as for ur instruction, open the card week by week, okok lah... i try to keep to it. but if i too curious, itchy hand go open, oso can hor? heehee... no matter wat, THANK U!!!"

and today's parcel gave me a tot. heehee... so i went around my room and took out all the stuff tat i received from HOME ever since i come to Aussie to study. so here u r, presenting all the valuable and precious parcels and cards i received from HOME Singapore!!!

the latest parcel from San San (newly arrival tis morning!) cutie Winnie the Pooh plaster and Hello Kitty tissue and a soft soft pouch, a very meaningful card (long msg in it) & 3 mysterious cards which i need follow suit to open wk by wk. heehee... very lovely set of pressie, rite? all BLUE!!! my fav colour! yeahz!!!

Lanterns!!! whahaha... i only took photo of 2 of them. total i received 9 of them from my lovely friend, Patricia Gan! yeahz yeahz!!! she really good lah... cos i celebrating Mooncake Festival with my frens here but lanterns here so exp so i ask Pat to send some to me. & she really did! within 2 weeks after request, i got it! see how efficient she is ah... really thank u so so much.. somemore din take $$$ back from me. aiyo.. paiseh ah... oso muz thanks her Dad ah cos he is the one who went to buy for me. heehee...

this set of stuff took Qantas flight to Aussie ah... heehee... so innovative idea of pressie hor... plasters and tissues. sender said tat becos i complained tat these 2 items r very costly in Aussie so she passed the items to my housemate and ask her to bring it back from Singapore for me when my housemate went back to Singapore for holidays during June holiday. who is tis clever sender leh? whahaha... none other than my beloved Patricia lah... "hey girl, thank u so so much lah... with u and San San's pressie, i can become supplier for plasters and tissues liao... whahaha"

without tis set of pressie, i wun b able take so many nice nice photos lor... haha... and i muz thanks 2 pple for tis. 1st person is Jennifer who brought along all these from Singapore on SQ flight when she was on duty as air stewardess to the flight to Brisbane from Singapore. 2nd person i wanna thank is the sender, Ms Jasmin Neo. yeahz!!! really my jie-mei sia! ask her help me buy camera from spore when my previous one spoilt, she so willingly helped me buy and when i said i run out of blue pens, there it goes, i have half yr supply now. heehee... tis pen cost double the price here lah. so i dun wanna buy here. then on top of tat, she act gave me a teddy bear to accompany me. whahaha... see how sweet my jie-mei is ah... woohoo~~!!!

tis is not a pressie for me lah... cos i need to return to owner when i go back spore. but i really very grateful to the sender, Ms Ang Shuwei ah. without telling me anything, she juz sent it over. no notes or cards attached. whahaha... becos before i came here, i forget to get it from here to bring over, so she specially sent it over for me. really really thank u so so much sia!!! heehee... "shuwei, i will bring it back to u by end of tis yr, ok? heehee"

surprise! surprise! tis is really surprise! a card and a letter from Shupei. heehee... telling me abt her life in spore and how much she miss Perth ah. whahaha... really great receiving news and updates abt frens from spore lor... cos i cannot be there with my frens now... dunno how they r doing, if i can have updates on and off, i will be very warmth. at least i noe they r well and good... :)

tis is from warmth from HOME, my dearest family... whahahaha... my aunt know tat i am a I-weekly faithful reader, so there she is, sending me a few copies when she sent over my books to me. whahaha... miss reading I-weekly ah!!!

the very 1st pressie i received from HOME last yr when i 1st arrived Brisbane. heehee... is a pleasant surprise. everyone in hostel was so envious when they saw me receiving tis pressie. heehee... THANK U so much to Zhirong ah... heehee... really nice and sweet of him to send tis simple yet precious gift to me. :)

hmm... basically tat is all tat i can find. i tink there r few more from others like Huifang and Patricia. but cos they r strips of paper with secret msg so cannot show here lah. whahaha... no matter wat i juz wanna say a BIG THANK U to everyone who sent me parcels, gifts and cards.. even forward SMS, emails and msg on my tagboard or frenster oso counted ah! all these r the most precious gifts i can ever have. the best and motivating factors tat r pushing me along and helping me to overcome any challenges. cos all these r from u guys, my beloved family and lovely friends! i love all of them so dearly and will treasure all of them forever!!!

THANK YOU very very MUCH!!!!

*hint hint: pple in spore, noe wat to do lah... i dun mind receiving more parcels ah... my room is rather crowded but i can still make room for more... whahaha... thick skinned sia... *faint**

lovely little angels... ^_^

Attention everyone!!! whahaha... a very very grand intro to my lovely niece, Baby Lynnette Yap. heehee... little lovely princess, 1st arrival in the family on 31 Oct 2006. weight at birth was 3.1kg. i was so so excited when the news came to me via email. how i wish i can fly back and see the baby straightaway ah.

today i juz received a photo of the lovely baby girl from my cousin. which means she had discharged and everything is going on well. good good... when i saw the photo, cannot hide my excitement and happiness ah. keep smiling... all my examz stress and troubles r gone... gone for tis moment when i am admiring the photo of my niece. i shall be back in dec to see her. heehee... cannot be there for her 1st mth but nvm, i will try and get some pressie for her. woohoo~~!!!

okok... here is a photo of the baby girl.. cute or not ah?

Baby Lynnette

soundly asleep. her mouth is exactly same as her mum (my eldest cousin from my dad's side). heehee... rosy cheeks.. so small lah.. i wanna carry her ah!!!

okok... cannot bias and forget abt my other niece who is going to be 2 yrs old in Jan 2007. heehee... she is juz as lovely. well, she is the daughter of my 2nd elder cousin from my dad's side. she is Baby Joyce. okok... i shld not say is baby anymore cos she is going to be 2 yrs old but nevertheless she is still very young lah. the 4th generation of my family. heehee... here it is, a photo of her when she turned 1 yr old earlier tis year in Jan.

Baby Joyce

Her features very feminine hor.. shld b a very pretty girl when she grow up ah.. whahaha...

hmm... whose baby shall i await next leh? whahaha... maybe my brother's ah... then i can really become "direct" auntie! yeahz!!!

Triple S Theory from IRIS1000

whahaha... wat will one do when one is so sick of studying and studying for examz ah? well, one will get crazy and tink of some funny and weird tings lah... heehee... tat is wat i tot of while i was struggling to concentrate on my examz revision.

Newly invented theory from course code IRIS1000:

Triple S Theory: Study + Sleepy = Sianz

whahaha... i invented tis theory when i was too sian from all the notes... notes after notes, words after words... is all over my mind and nutting seems to stay on... all juz flowing in and out of my mind so easily. can anyone tell me how to keep all these in head until after 17 Nov? argghhh!!!

haiz... act study for so long, shld noe how to handle examz symptons but i juz get so sick lah... let me fa xie a bit... as wat jas say, 2nd last sem liao... muz endure ah!!!

okok... enough of grumbles and complains liao... back to all the notes now... sickening they r but is sinful on my side if i dun "eat" all of them up ah! whahaha... see lah, crazy me using all the weird weird words.

*side note*:
*juz as i was writing tis entry, i saw a new course/subject code from Yong Kiat's msn nick: "SLP1001"... whahaha... we all became inventors for new course/subject codes ah... previously we have "TVBS1000" (bachelor) to "TVBS7000" (masters). whahaha...*

Motivation!!! i need u ah... where r u? pls come back to me, k?

hmm... since i already settled the most bothering issue in my mind, i shld b all set to study hard for my examz ah... but i juz cannot seems to have the heart to study. my mind is not with my studies at all lor. really dunno y ah. haiz... then to make matter worse, i have additional stress now!!! tis stress is really terrible but is not motivating me to study leh?

today i went for a industry placement briefing. is part of the module i am taking next sem. some students will be selected to go for tis industry placement. however to qualify for it, there is a series of criteria to fulfill. 1st of all most, most basic one.. academic requirement. all along the uni require students to have at least a cumulative GPA of 5 to qualify. from next yr on, they r looking for students with at least GPA of 5.5 and on top of tat, the student need to be top 30 students within the whole grp of students taking the course ah. aiyoo... i tot i juz need to maintain my current GPA or make it better to qualify. now not only muz i get a good GPA, i still need to maintain within the top 30 students ah. for today's briefing, my lecturers only called those qualified students to go down and told us tat hopefully next yr's 1st meeting, they will still see the same lot of us. haiz... i definitely hope so ah.

u say lah... isn't tis additional stress for me? how to get better GPA and at the same time maintain my standing within top 30 ah? honestly, i have doubts ah. but no matter wat i will try my very best!!! pia all the way... do or die... heckcare 1st... juz do 1st. 1st of all i tink to get back all my motivation... "motivation!!! come back to me faster, can??? plssss...." 2nd ting is to write a good profile write up abt myself to send to my lecturer for review. my aunt said my profile write up cannot make it ah. whahaha... tink i need sit down and do a good one liao. 3rd is i wanna settle my tasmania' s stuff leh. tot of going down to travel agency to get stuff on tasmania tomolo. but i muz see if i can finish studying part of my tings today or not. if not, no need go tomolo liao. studies more impt.

oh ya... come to mention... i nv tot my lecturers will use the "top 30 students" tactics to choose suitable students for the placement ah. i tot tis kind of method only used in pri or sec sch in spore ah. academic standing base on results. whahaha... nv knew in uni still use such way ah. anyway, keep fingers cross... i wanna maintain!!!! i can do it! yes! i can!!! i will & i muz!!!!

*today when i went to uni, i saw someone driving a car with a "L" plate. haiz... he is learning car lor... then when i came back, i saw a car... "toyota corolla ascent". haiz... same design as the one i used to drive when i was learning my driving... mmm... i miss someting ah... miss wat, dun need say u all oso noe lah... cannot say i super duper love tat.. but i juz feel no good when out of sudden, is taken away from me without me even proving to myself and others that i can do it and finish it perfectly ah! fated and destined ah... haiz....*

okok... back to studies liao... if not, no need finish liao...

Dilemma!!! i hate it...

life is not always smooth sailing. there r times when tings in life juz dun go the way u wanna it to be and u have to make a choice and decide on what u need to do. when such situation happen, u r set in a dilemma. u cannot decide which way to go as either way u will gain and lose something. have u come across such tough and difficult situation before?

haiz... who wanna set themselves in such irritating situation leh? u tink making tough decisions very fun meh? but as wat i said, life is nv smooth sailing. there r juz moments when u need to give up and face the music in life and make a decision. and when u make a choice, u have to live with it, no regrets and dun keep harping on it.

y i say all these ah? haiz... i am set in a dilemma now. a situation which i am neither here nor there. i seriously dunno what to do. no matter wat option i choose, i will lose something. i have to choose an option tat is with minimum losses and disruption. there r fixed cost already incurred so i need to be careful with my choice now. but it is realy a difficult moment. i hate such situation. i am really at a point which i dunno wat to do at all. i can keep asking pple for advice but eventually i am the one who need to make a choice and live with it. no matter wat option i choose, i wun regret but i juz wanna b extra cautious with my choice.

can bring in wat i learn in my subject "Tourism Policy and Planning" ah. in tis sub, we learnt from case studies on how to identify the area of prob, cause of prob and give alternatives (solutions) and then evaluate which is the best alternative. i nv expect i can use wat i learn in class in real life situation. whahaha...

area of prob: my driving licence... unable to continue with my driving lessons.

cause of prob: need fulfill a 6mths continuous stay in Aussie before i can go back Spore to convert to Singapore licence. so die die oso need to get my licence by tis Dec. and stay put in Aussie from Jan to Jun to fulfill the 6mths

alternative 1: stop my driving lessons now. already learnt 15 lessons and spent AUD$750 on them. (tat's the fixed cost tat is incurred) then go back spore after grad next yr and start learning all over again.

alternative 2: continue learning. try to get the licence by Dec. if still unable, try to get it until possible. then decide on how to fulfill the 6mths stay after getting it.

evaluation of alt 1: all my past effort and money will go down the drain. completely wasted.

evaluation of alt 2: bound with all restrictions (eg: cannot travel out of Aussie at all for 6 mths continuously) and lots of uncertainities ahead.

conclusion: i chose alternative 1. i shall stop driving now. yes, it will be waste of my money and effort but i really cannot afford to take the risk to go on and try and end up i dun get it in Dec, i will incur more cost. in my heart, i feel so bu gan yuan to give up now cos i really put in effort and try very hard to learn every lesson. i give up now means i got to start all over again in spore next time. however, i dun wan to go ahead for a battle tat i have no confidence in. even my instructor oso advise me to stop now and learn in spore cos he dun tink i can perform up to standard under pressure by Dec. is really my biggest mistake to over look and din check thoroughly before starting to learn. i have a price to pay for tis serious mistake i made. really idiot me... now i juz wanna get over with exam fast and start to work again and earn back my AUD$750. although i am doing part time while learning driving... not enough ah!!! i muz earn back double, recover my money losses and mental losses. after i go back spore then i wan to get my driving licence so i muz earn my money now!!!

morale of the story: look carefully and tink carefully before u leap. once u start, u got to live with ur choice. cos once u choose to give up, u have a huge price to pay.

i noe some of u may tink the way as my brother. how come i choose to give up now even without giving it a try until Dec. if Dec i really fail, at least i tried for it. the problem is if i wait till Dec, i will incur more cost. tis driving is already an unnecessary cost for my studies here and now i act incurred a reducdant amt of cost. if i wait till Dec and yet i din get it, wun i incur more cost? tat is y i said is dilemma... but now i made my choice liao... i wun regret. i will live with it... frens reading my blog now... muz support me, k? heehee...

i've done it! yes!

hip! hip! hurray! woohoo~~~!!! yippee!!! i finally finished!!!! all of them... all 13 assignments for tis sem, i finally conquered every single one of them. tis morning, i went to uni to submit my last report tat is worth 55%. & hereby i wanna thank Gin ah... "gin, thank u so so much for helping me read thru last nite. such last min request and u r so willing to help me... really really appreciate ur help. if not, i oso dunno if i can submit on time ah... THANK U very very much!!!

haha... anyway, dunno if i will make it for tis report but at least i managed to finish all of them! yeahz!!! i got back all the other assignments, there r good ones, there r okay ones, there r not so good ones... but watever it is, i did my part to finish all of them on time. so watever marks i get, i juz have to live with it. shall await for my last report's result while revising for exam ah. tomolo is start of study week. next wed, 8 nov i will have my 1st paper. muz jia you to study faster liao... today already gave myself a short break and went to Chinatown to stock up food for exam. whahaha... so tomolo muz be good girl and start studying ohhh... yeahz!!! if i can do it for assignments, i shall do it for my examz. yep!

haha... nutting much to write liao... cos my life now pretty much the same... studies and more studies so i juz had a random photo taking juz now in my room.... whahaha... enjoy ohh...

for those in spore, tis is how my front page of assignment look like... attached to tis green color assignment cover sheet... i had 13 of such green tingy tis sem lor... aiyoo...

tat's me! how i look like after bathing... whahaha... hair wet wet lor...

my lovely buddies lying on my bed now...

back: Bacon

Front: Bee Bee, Beary, Boris, Baby

the side of wall against my bed. simply like all these glow in the dark tingy...

my mini photo gallery of all the impt pple in my life... family, frens...

i said i like glow in the dark tingy ah... so here is another side of the wall with some...

haha... somemore here... this set of "winnie the pooh glow in the dark" follow me to Brissy from Sem 1 till now ah... yeahz!!!

my "display shelf"... haha... a bit messy ah...

in front of my table... see my motivation in the middle? yeahz... my lovely photo with my "husband", Edison Chen! whahaha...

Official last day of studies for Sem 2, 2006

officially today is the last day of school for tis semester... (not the same as Grace, who had the official last day for her uni studies... whahaha..)

had 2 disappointment and 1 satisfaction and 1 challenge today. well, generally, it was a different summary.

the 1st one is challenge. it has nutting to do with uni lah. is abt my driving. today my instructor asked me to try turn around driving. i dunno if tat is call 3 point turn. on paper it stated "turn around" driving. anyway, really challenge lah cos i need to use the reverse gear. gosh~ i am still rather unsteady abt the gear lor. now ask me use reverse gear after 1 try, i din manage to do it so my instructor demo once for me to see. 2nd time when i did it, with his gudiance, i manage to do it but is not a perfect one definitely. hopefully next lesson i can master it. hmm... driving is slowly making some progress, i juz hope i keep it constant. the car still stall on me but i am having slightly more confidence. i really need more practices and time. can i finish it by Dec? really doubt it ah cos my instructor has so many students lor. haiz...

2nd one is abt my disappointment. 2 of them. both r abt my studies lah. i am not really a result oriented person but i noe results do tell a hundred things and good results will be one tat most pple wanna see. remembering my aunt's words "if u aim for pass only, then wat for u study overseas leh?" i will nv forget tis sentence lor. is not her words tat r hurting or pressurising. is juz tat i really agree with wat she said so i die die oso muz remind myself tat i DO NOT wanna aim pass only. i wanna aim higher!!! much higher!!! so tat in case, i have room to drop down which i dun wan lah. haiz... but tis time, i really need to drop down liao. 1st result for hospitality small business was below satisfactory level. (guess leona will agree with me too). our grp presentation din fare well so overall for tis subject i can only aim for a Grade 5 liao which i really dun wanna. 2nd one is my Tourism Destination Marketing. tis subject has no exam so is base on the report we do. gotten back my last submission for the report. haiz... below expectation. i aim for Grade 7 for tis subject and i fall short on my expectation. short of 1 mark to my desired Grade 7. haiz... who to blame, myself lor... i admit tat tis submission was not up to standard. i really din do well. haiz... i promise myself to be sad for a while only... cos i still need buck up and earn back my marks else where. exam still not over yet, i still have hope to earn back my marks else where. i shall, i will and i muz!!!! push push... i need push myself further... further and further... no pressure, i tink i wun work ah.

lastly, the happy ting. heehee... got an email from my lecturer tat i was pre-selected for the Executive Shadowing Program, a placement program for one of my subject next sem. heehee.. something i yearn for and something which is rather hard to get cos they expect a certain GPA marks as part of the pre-requisite. hopefully i can maintain my standard and make it all the way until i secure a placement within a company lah. i aim for events or tourism companies ah. heehee... anyway, shall go for the meeting session next week and see how.

okok... last report in progress... 20% done only lah. slow ah... argh~~!!!

oh ya... juz to share an interesting note. rem the photos of the purple flowers i posted earlier? is called Jacaranda and according to some of them, if the Jacaranda flowers fell and hit ur head, u cannot graduate ah! whahaha... today i walked pass 3 Hong Kong students. a flower juz drop in front of the guy and he said "lucky it din hit my head ah!" whahaha... guess tis rumour had been rather wide spread ah. heehee... i oso quite particular and "ban tang" ah. so i oso dun wan the Jacaranda flowers drop on my head lor... heehee... but very fast all these purple flowers will be gone so for those graduating soon, no need so worry lah... whahaha...

my motivation to keep me going... finally i found it! whahaha...

*MOTIVATION! MOTIVATION! MOTIVATION!*

yes! i need some motivating factors to keep me working on my last assignment ah... a 55% report which i have no heart to do at all. my working pace is damn slow lah. aim to finish by this Sunday (report due on Monday) and yet i am not even half way thru. haiz... my heart only tinking of relaxing and sleeping to rejuvenate for exam ah. whahaha... crazy me ah...

so finally today i found some motivating factor for me to work towards tis last report. yes! i am going to Hobart in Tasmania for my summer holidays after exam. woohoo~~!!! it is located abt 3 and a half hrs flight away from Brisbane, south of Aussie. Tasmania is a state tat is "separated" from the mainland of Aussie. Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania. yep yep! i yearn to go there cos heard tat is pretty country style, very lovely. heehee... finally!!!!

my travelling dates will be 30 Nov to 5 Dec. juz in time to come back for my frens' convocation on 6 Dec. whahaha... 6 days 5 nites in Hobart. heehee... need plan my itinerary after exam liao. after my last report, shall try book accommodation 1st. oh ya! forget to highlight 1 important point ah. for tis trip, i am on my own. yeahz!!! i am travelling ALONE. cos most pple r graduating tis end of yr, some going else where so cannot find travel khakis ah. but nvm lah, let me see how it is like to travel alone. heehee... hmm... haven't tell my aunt abt me travelling alone but nvm lah. since i can come here and study alone, i tink she wun object to me travelling alone. whahaha...

anyway, travelling alone has pros and cons. pros will be tat i can be the main and only decision maker, no need ask for so many opinions, can juz go ahead with watever i have in mind. cons will b tat a bit lonely along the way and no one to look out for me in times when i need help. but nvm lah, let me see how good i fare when i travel alone. whahaha... shall update u guys after my trip with all the photos and comments. woohoo~~!!! can't wait to fly off now ah... but before tat i still have last reports and 3 examz papers to go thru.

so here is my greatest motivation!!! my long awaiting and well deserve summer holiday trip to Hobart, Tasmania! yeahz yeahz!!! :)

3 Cheers to all the Mothers in the world!!! All of u r the best!!! heehee...

wat can make a woman happy and delighted? hmm... not flowers, not rings, not cars, not house or watever so. it is the anticipation and awaiting feeling. it is the very moment when a little one come out from ur body after 9 long mths. heehee... yeahz!!!! tat very moment is the most special feeling on earth, the most miracle feeling a woman can ever have. looking at ur little angel, the feeling is beyond description... the feeling is juz as if u have everyting on the earth and nutting else matter tat much to u. at tat moment all u wanna and hope for is tat ur little angel will be happy and healthy and grow up strong and good. heehee...

dun misunderstand ohhh... i din say all these becos i am going to become mother lah. i said all these becos i juz received an email from my eldest cousin, the mother to be in abt 17 days time. and it sets me to recall how i saw 2 mothers change rather alot ever since they gave birth. 1st mother was my 2nd elder cousin. she gave birth to a baby girl earlier last yr. in the past she is not a "children" person. she dun even noe how to carry a baby but now she is a mother of a 1 yr old girl. and definitely she had changed alot. now a person with more patience. heehee... 2nd one is my sec 2 form teacher, Ms Lock. she is a mother of 2 lor. can u guys imagine, a teacher whom many pple known as "ah-lian teacher" became a mother of 2. and when i listened to her describe to me how she felt when the 1st child was born, i really cannot imagine tat was Ms Lock. whahaha... last yr i went to her house before i came over. gosh~! she is so different, a very responsible mother, although her temper is still there lah. whahaha... but definitely a changed person too. now the 3rd example which is my eldest cousin. she will be a changed person too. heehee... see the wonder of being a mother and looking at ur little angels grow up... woohoo~~~!!! hmm... i wonder who will be my 4th example ah? i kinda hope is my sis-in-law lah. so tat i can become auntie again and my parents can finally become ah gong and ah ma. whahaha... well, we shall see leh...

oh ya... tok so much.. forget to intro my little niece who will be born in abt 17 days time. my cousin told me tat her name will be Lynnette. if i din rem wrongly, her husband's surname is Yip. so my dearest niece will be called Lynnette Yip. heehee... she din tell me wat is the chinese name going to be. i shall ask again. haha... anyway, tis is a nice name. i shall look forward to my little lynnette to be born soon. my cousin ask me "sent" telepathy to the little one to be born in the period when the horoscope Scorpio starts as there r too many Libras in my house. whahaha... quite true ah... i do hope tat the next time when i tok abt my little niece, is when she is born ah. heehee...

Spore, i miss u... 2/4'98, i miss u too...

i wanna scream loudly to everyone... out of 13 assignments, i am almost done... 90% to the final mark... yes!!! today juz finished 1 presentation and submit a 50% report, so i am left with only 1 more major report which is worth 55%. i feel very xin ku cos it is getting crazy tis sem tat i am so overwhelmed by assignments after assignments. however, i am happy tat i manage to survive till now and juz a bit more, i can say "bye-bye" to all assignments and welcome my examz... okok... final lap... one week to finish a 50% report. yes! i can do it cos i am IRIS LIM WEE SAN! :)

oh ya... juz now i was reading ivy's and aileen's blog. gave me some ling gan to update my blog liao. ivy's latest entry is the E-Family Tree for 2/4, so funny and full of fond memories ah. Ivy, thank u so much for putting it on ur blog. heehee... then on aileen's blog, she wrote abt wat we can miss abt home when we r in a faraway land. not the physical buildings, food or people. is juz the environment, atmosphere, daily lifestyle tat we encounter.

i really understand how aileen feel cos i am feeling the same as her too. some times it is not abt the people or tings back home tat we miss. it is the environment, daily happenings back home tat we yearn to feel and see it again. for those who been to my house, u guys shld rem tat there is a church in front of my house. i kinda miss the sound of the big bell of the church tat will always give me morning call @ 7am from mon to fri and 9am morning call on every sat and sun. i oso rem how it will sound for continuously 15mins on Xmas eve at the strike of 12. on top of all these, i miss waiting for my grandma to come back from her morning exercise, miss going to market to shop for food with my grandma and miss going to walk around toa payoh central when i am free, miss going to library and read chinese novels and cook book. come to tink... i did not do any of the above for almost 1 year. i really really miss it so so much. haiz... y am i getting so easily home sick ah? i dun mind working or staying away from home but i guess i cannot tahan such long duration. if in between, there is a break, i tink i will feel much better. haha... "not going home at the end of the yr" will not be something i will say again cos i long to go home now. not so soon but i tink i will definitely be heading home. hopefully i can fulfil all my tasks here before i head home for CNY and my bday. heehee... frens in spore, wait for me to go back home, k?

after writing so much, i forget wat i wanna say abt family tree of 2/4. haha... anyway, all i wanna said is tat without 2/4, my sec sch life or i shld say my life now probably will not be so colourful. it is the bunch of buddies and frens from 2/4 who added so much fun, laughter and colour to my life. without them, i will nv be in contact with basketball, i will nv have the experience to get punished in sch to clean up the storeroom, i will nv be punished to stand under the hot sun for spinning books, i will nv be punished to stand for a 2 hrs chinese lesson, i will nv noe wat class spirit and team spirit is. not the 100% united type of class we r, but we r definitely those who will somehow appear for each other in times when help is needed. i really miss all the fun, laughter, jokes and craziness back in 2/4. heehee... i wanna continue all these but kinda hard lah cos all busy mah... nvm, when i go back spore, u guys muz spare some time for me, can? then we can go out and catch up again. heehee...

Lovely UQ Lake in Spring...

Especially for everyone back home in Spore...

Shupei ah, as promised... here r the photos of my school lake. I took it while i was having an hr break today... whahaha... & the 1st 2 photos r taken during my 1st arrival into UQ. compare today's and last yr's, tink the sky last yr seems nicer. heehee... anyway, hope u like it...

To everyone else... juz to share with u guys the lovely lake tat UQ has & the ever wonderful bright bright sky of Australia. enjoy!

Taken in Winter in July 2005

UQ Lake with Sun Ray... i love this photo very much cos the sun ray is so clear...

UQ lake under the clear blue Aussie sky...

Taken in Spring in October 2006

Jacaranda Tree beside the lake...


Me "sheltered" by the lovely tree...

UQ lake from another view...

the stretch of Jacaranda Tree bside the lake *background: Uni Colleges*

Queensland Multicultural Festival 2006

today super duper tired ah!!! early in the morning at 5.30am i woke up to get ready to catch the 7am citycat so i can be on time for my volunteer work @ Queensland Multicultural Festival. heehee... my job is act to assist at the back stage area if there is anywhere tat needs help. however, the very last min arrangement was to ask me to go to another location to help out for the "Premier Photographic Awards" exhibit display. it was a "people's choice award which general public can vote for their fav photos out of all the photos as displayed. and the theme is "queensland people in places". whahaha... i had been repeating the same set of words to dunno how many pple lah... whenever pple approached, we got to tell them abt it. and to my surprise, aussie pple r really interested in all these lah. if u put these in spore roadside, i dun tink there would be pple willing to really listen to us telling them more abt it or they will ask "do i get to win anything when i vote?" & most prob they will be disappointed to hear the ans is "nope, only the winner of the award will get a prize, as general public, we juz vote." anyway, as i said before, volunteering in aussie is definitely a diff feeling as volunteering in spore. in watever u volunteer, u will feel tat u will have the due respect and well treated. i would not reckon this to be happening in all volunteery event in spore lah. whahaha...

from morning 8am till afternoon 2.30pm i had been standing and toking non stop lah. my thorat is so dry and i finished 4 bottles of mineral water liao. my legs r totally numb. no feel at all lah. whahaha... but it was kinda fun cos tis is the 1st time i am at tis festival and i guess it will be the last time too (next yr, tis period, i shld be in spore liao). anyway, today's event brought back fond memories and gave me some new inspiration.

as i was walking to my work area, i over heard tis father telling his sons and daughters "hey children, is not time for u guys to get cranky. u r here at a multicultural festival, i wanna u guys to be exposed to as much as possible. australia is not only abt australians, we r having more pple from other countries. australia is getting more multicultural therefore it is impt for u guys to noe the different cultures and lifestyle." i was kinda touched by these words lah. the father is really teaching the children abt the rite stuff. who said aussie only have racial discrimination? i understand to a certain extend, some aussie still have the very extreme tinking as to when they see some diff races or religion or cultures pple. but overall, multiculturalism is still very encouraging in aussie.

then fond memories r seen when i see pple toking into the walkie talkie. it reminds me on how me and my mentoring buddies act work so hard for every event tat we held (esp the outing cum telematch in NP) & how me and my tourism and leisure mgmt coursemates cooperate as one to do up a wonderful career events for NP students during our last yr of studies. i feel so good and wonderful whenever i am involved in all these events. i guess is in my blood ah... i juz LOVE and ADORE the feeling of organising events, planning events and running events. heehee... from mini scale, i hope to step up and reach for larger ones... can i? yes! i can! i will and i muz!

heehee... is time to study hard again... yep yep... assignment time again. haiz...

Happy Birthday to Waileng!!!! :)

okok!!! juz as i post the previous entry... i muz rem to wish my dearest best fren from pri sch. i noe her since i was 11 years old. our frenship had been for a decade liao lah... now tat we r 22yrs old, i noe her for 11 yrs liao... she is none others than Ms Lee Waileng! our future doctor...

girl ah!!! Happy Happy 22nd Birthday!!! hope u had a wonderful day today... well, of cos ur day shld be brighten up even more cos u received a lovely SMS from a lovely friend from aussie... heehee... tat's ME of cos! woohoo~~~!!!! sorry tat i cannot be in spore to celebrate for u but nevertheless, u will have my blessing and best wishes! let's go out for some fast shopping and long hrs of chit chat when i go back spore for hols, k? heehee... rem our previous date, from lunch date, we can chat until dinner date lah... long time fren, there will be more 11 yrs to go, yeahz? :)

Joyce's Bday Dinner @ Blackjacks Restaurant

suddenly rem wat photos i din post up here ah... whahaha... yep yep! is Joyce's bday dinner photos... shall cut it short ah... cos someone commented tat my entry very long... whahaha... Meidai, for u ah... short short one with photos... heehee...

anyway, on 7 Oct evening, Huiying, Tess, Me, Leona, Felicia, Joyce, Philip & Wee Hong went to Blackjacks restaurant at Conrad Casino in the city to celebrate Joyce's bday. we had buffet. not really worth the money i tink but overall was a great nite. had lots of laughter while chatting abt wat happened during our 1st sem in Union college, wat happened for the past 1 yr & abt who is up to marry 1st among all of us... whahaha... we all agree Huiying will get married 1st lor... heehee...

of cos on such a wonderful nite out, cannot go home without taking some lovely photos lah... so here u r:

as usual, Tess, Huiying & me... our "da tuo tie" while waiting for the rest to arrive...

Me & Huiying enjoying the yummy dessert

Back: Huiying, Tess, Felicia, Leona

Front: Me, Joyce (bday girl), Wee Hong

taken in Blackjacks Restaurant

Back: Philip, Felicia, Joyce, Me, Tess

Front: Leona, Huiying

taken outside Conrad Casino

Group Photo in the restaurant after dinner...

(did u guys realise our grp photo over dinner table always taken in tis long long way? whahaha... cos we always lazy to move around and gather... tat shows how "piggy" we r lah... :P)

"Yes, I do!"... "1st Cry"... "Xmas in Sydney!"

i am feeling very excited and happy now... whahaha... so much so tat i am not too keen to do my assignment which is due on tis fri lah. hmm... okok... shall juz blog abt wat happen and then go back to my assignment again. motivation for me to work even harder now... 3 parts to my excitement...

Part 1:
with regards to my earlier entry on my bro's ROM today!!! whahaha... is held @ Marriott Hotel, poolside terrace pavilion. the place is very nicely furnished according to my aunties and cousins' descriptions. nice ambience lor... can imagine ah... anyway, i called my bro earlier when he was on his way to Marriott with Jayne. manage to tok to him for a while when he was driving (oops!). tink he quite nervous lah. whahaha... but as usual, always act tough when he is act very gan chiong lor... make me oso gan chiong for him. heehee... then i called my auntie at abt 7pm spore time which is the timing for the solemnisation. then the phone was passed around when i act tok to so many pple at one go lah. my parents, my grandma, my aunties, my cousin, my uncle... everyone's 1st quest is "how have u been?", 2nd quest is "when r u coming back?". whahaha... anyway, the main point for tis call is to wish my bro and "attend" the ceremony lor. heehee... yes! i did... whahaha... my auntie finally left the phone on the table beside my brother and i could heard everyone's conversation so clearly. my auntie put me on speaker so i dare not breathe loudly lah... whahaha... so quietly, i sat and listen to the ceremony thru the phone... here it goes:

Justice of Peace (JP): do u guys wanna it to be in English or Mandarin?
my bro: English will do.... thanks...
JP: ok. can we start now?
my bro: yes, we shall.
(everyone quieten down... including me over the phone...)
JP: Mr Lim Wee Loon, will you.... blah blah blah (dun rem all lah)
my bro: Yes, I do! (1st yes, i do...)
JP: will you go through.... blah blah... will u?
my bro: Yes, I will!

JP: Ms Tan Min Hui (he pronounce wrongly the name for twice lor!), will you... blah blah...
my da-sao: yes, i do! (2nd one...)
JP: will you go through.... will u?
my da-sao: yes, i will!

JP: ok.. Mr Lim, u may place the ring on her left hand, 2nd last finger
JP: Ms Tan, u may place the ring on his right hand, 2nd last finger
JP: Mr Lim Wee Loon and Ms Tan Min Hui, I hereby in the honour of everyone present, pronounce you 2 as MAN and WIFE!!! (@ tis moment, i wanna cheer liao lah!!!... hahaha)

clapping and clapping went on... then i was "recovered" by my auntie. my bro gotten very busy liao... so i oso ended my call then. heehee... cannot be there physically but for tat very few mins, i was there mentally. heehee... once again, Congratulation, brother!!! u r finally married! :)

Part 2:
juz called my auntie bfore the ceremony and was told by her tat my eldest cousin from my father's side will be giving birth on tis coming 10 or 11 Nov. heehee... rem i told u guys tat my cousin was pregnant? yes! she is due to give birth in Nov, yep yep! another nov baby in my house... heehee... is going to be a baby girl lah. woohoo!!! i emailed her and ask for the baby's name liao. when she reply me, i shall update u guys. meanwhile, let me pray hard tat is due on Nov 11, 11/11... nice lor... and may god bless my cousin and the little baby with good health and happiness... i cannot see the birth of the baby, but i can feel for it... yeahz!!!

Part 3:
my BAOBEIs r coming to aussie!!! yes! yes! during the end of yr sch hols, they r going to New Zealand for holidays and shun bian go to Sydney. my uncle told me shld be around Xmas period. yippee!!! i have company for my xmas liao... whahaha... if they r in Sydney during then, i shall fly down to Sydney and meet them. i miss them so so much lah... yeahz yeahz!!! details shall be confirm at a later date so i shall await the good good news... woohoo!!!!

okok... i shall end my excitement here and concentrate on my tourism policy essay, if not i cannot sleep tonite liao... heehee... :)

Congratulations!!!!

11 October 2006... important day for the Lim Family...

Specially dedicated for my beloved brother, Wee Loon and his wife-to-be, Jayne...

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

All the very very best!!!!!!!

Hope u like the pressie tat i gave u guys...

A parcel tat delight the receiver as well as the sender... :)

haha... not only i will b delighted to receive parcels here, but also pple backHOME in spore... :)

well, yesterday my aunt told me tat they received the parcel i sent back last mon (postman very efficient ah!!! i sent on monday, friday already reached spore liao... whahahaha). in the parcel there r presents for my brother and cousins. is my brother's ROM tomolo so i sent a pressie to send my best wishes to his wife and him. glad tat he like it... he better like it lor... not cheap leh... whahaha...

as for my cousins, whahaha... so funny lah... act is my eldest cousin, Weiqi's bday so i sent a card back to wish her happy bday. then i shun bian sent a bag of sweets with lots of funny characters to them. these sweets r bought during Ekka and i dun wanna eat all ah... will get diabetics ah... so there i am, sending all back to them, hoping tat 3 of them can share. guess wat happen? whahaha... Weiqi tot is all for her lah. aiyoo... tat girl ah... forever so BA DAO... poor little Wei Zhi was so unhappy as the sister FORBID him to touch the sweets. he keep asking my aunt go and get it for him cos he like the "skeleton" sweets very much. poor boy ah... i guess the 2nd girl, Wei Hui also din had much chance to touch the sweets. okok... i shall go and look for somemore funny character sweets and tis time round, i will pack them into individual packets, stating their names to prevent any fighting and BA DAO-ness again... heehee... i can imagine when they fight over the sweets and when Weiqi dun allow her brother touch it lah. she ah... forever so naughty...

come to tink, i've been away from spore for almost 8 mths liao. not a yr yet but i really do miss my little BAO BEIs so so much... wonder how they r now? r they taller? miss miss them so so much... all the fun times we had every sat when we can go running around Toa Payoh central and the library. argghh... when can i do tat with them again? haiz... I WANNA GO BACK SPORE but... can i? committed to finish driving before i go back spore so if i dun finish, means i cannot go home... argghhh!!!

Lovely Spring in Aussie

Specially dedication to Shupei!!!

as promised, here r the photos for Spring. heehee... i juz took some along my way to play basketball tis morning. din take a lot as cannot find those really nice scene. there is a stretch of the Jacaranda trees at the field in front of my house. however, today there r so many pple at the field, i paiseh take photos with them in it. whahaha... so i juz let u have a look at some of these.

the grass area in front of the Law Faculty...

close up of JacarandaTree... the purple colour tree that will bloom whenever Spring is here!

some yellow colour tree, i oso dunno wat name it is... whahaha...

is white flowers... but dunno wat name oso. tis tree is juz next to the basketball court where we play basketball.. hee...

PS: look @ all the photos... don't the background of the blue blue sky looks lovely? Aussie's blue sky is the best! something i will miss forever when i go back to Spore... heehee...

"pls stop pulling me!"

if u pull a rubber band, wat will happen to it? it will stretch and expand, rite? if u pull harder and harder, it will expand more and until a point tat it cannot withstand the expansion, it will... *bia* tear into 2 parts... no matter how elastic a rubber band is, it will eventually split into 2 when being over stretched.

haha... y am i saying such theory at the beginning? well, i am trying to say tat now i feel as if i am a rubber band. i am trying to stretch myself, whether is over stretched, i oso not sure. haha... i am giving myself challenges after challenges and is like i dun even noe if i am up to all the stress i am forcing myself to face lah. act all the stuff tat i am doing, everyone is doing everyday too. juz tat at different level of abilities cos ur level of abilities and mine and someone else' differ. act i am not someone who can really multi task. i will end up making a blunder in everything. so i always choose to slowly one ting at a time. but at times, there r juz too many tings for u to take ur own sweet time so u have no choice but to force urself to juz do it together.

i am really testing and challening my own abilities cos i am trying to do alot of tings at once now. so far the effect has not really turn bad and i am still in control. but i juz feel tat i am over stretching myself... juz like an over stretched rubber band. i wun tear apart, i guess but i juz dun wanna be torn apart at the most vulnerable stage. yes! i will endure and embrace any challenges as faced. juz another abt 1 mth, i will be having my 1st exam paper. last mth of struggles, assignments and headaches. after the sem end, part of my stress will be gone temporary. all i left to face is driving, work and my daily life. heehee.. which shld be rather okok by then.

it had been a long long while since i last slept soundly thru the nite. ever since i come to aussie, i nv had a good nite sleep whenever the sem is on. i always will wake up suddenly half way thru the sleep at nite and tends to wake up very early. the only time when i felt tat sleep is the most valuable ting and i can really sleep tat long is during holidays, my winter holidays here abt few mths ago. so i really really look forward to my end of yr holidays! i wanna earn back all my time for sleeping!!! i wanna have a good good sleep.... good and sound sleep... can i have it pls???

& i tink i am at max at tis moment... pls stop pulling me!!! i will have my own way to get thru everyting, juz dun keep adding on... (who am i trying to say all these to leh... myself lah... i muz stop overestimating myself and try give myself some breathing space...)

okok...tat is all.. back to ever-lasting ASSIGNMENTS... haiz...

*oh ya! today is a very wonderful day cos is bday of 4 pple whom i noe... 1st is my lovely younger cousin, Weiqi's. she is 11yrs old tis yr! miss her so so much lah... 2nd is Yiling's. haha... poor girl in Sydney now, unable spend bday in spore but nvm. in sydney shall be a diff experience! 3rd is Joyce's. heehee... last yr celebrated her bday together with my frens in aussie. i noe she will love it tis yr too! lastly... is my "husband". whahahaha... yep yep! is EDISON CHEN's bday today too! woohoo~~!!! so juz wanna say... "HAppy Birthday to all 4 of them! yeahz!!!" *

Farewell to Tash!!! & Congratulations to Nelson!!!

hmm.. 2 things happened yesterday tat make me miss HOME again... make me really wanna go HOME so so much...

1st event:
My fren from Malaysia, Tash went back to KL. she graduated last sem, stayed here to work and earn money & now she is going home for good. haiz... there goes another fren. we had a farewell for her last thursday (will post photos after i get it from the rest). then on monday nite, she came over to my house to get some photos from me and stayed in my house to chit chat till rather late. i tot tat was last time seeing her. haha... well, then in the afternoon yesterday, my fren said he has car today, asked us if we wanna go airport send her off. so off we go! me, Fion, Wai Juan and Nelson went to airport to send Tash off. she was very delighted to see us there. had a small chat with her before she board the plane (juz reminded me tat we din take photos lah... argh!). she hugged me and fion before she went in the gate. it was really a sad moment. tis sem, tis is 2nd time i see a fren leave us at the custom exit, down the escalator ah... haiz... then we hanged on around to bid her goodbye at the glass door from level 2. then me and fion got kinda sad and we were joking tat how near r we to HOME ah... well, u see ah... airport is where we go home from mah. so at tat moment 2 of us really really miss HOME so so much cos from there we can go HOME liao. we r so "near" yet so far... i told them, the next time round when i go airport, is my turn to go home liao! i dun wanna bid anyone goodbye liao... haha.. but i dun tink so ah... cos seems tat next few weeks, another few frens r leaving too. hmm...

2nd event:
yep yep! last min invitation and decision. is Fion's cousin, Nelson's convocation. he studied Masters in QUT and had his convocation yesterday. he had an extra ticket. QUT's convocation's ticket very exp... need money buy one. somemore each ticket cost 18bucks. not worth to waste it. originally Wai Juan wanna go but he had something on. so Nelson asked if i interested when we were along our way to airport yesterday. not wanting to waste the ticket, i agreed. haha... i oso wanna take a look how it is like. so there i am, with Fion & Nelson's mother, auntie and cousin at his convocation. a short one as compared to UQ's. juz abt 1 hr 15mins only. we were seated at the 1st few rows. can see him so clearly lah. whahaha... he had a long way to tis Masters degree ah... spend so much money and effort. really feel happy for him! Bravo! & tat reminds me tat i wanna graduate fast fast too! i wanna go HOME for good, once and for all. i really cannot wait to see myself in tat gown in next July. when Nelson's mother asked me when i graduate, i so reluctant to say next yr. i wanna say end of tis yr lor. whahaha... anyway, nvm lah... another sem only. i will endure! although in my mind, i really dying to go HOME for good... dun wanna come back liao. not juz go back for hols, is really go back for good... i will wait patiently... heehee...

okok... shall some photos we took yesterday. not all cos i haven't get it from Nelson. :)

Me & Nelson.. not in his gown as tis is after the ceremony liao.. 3 cheers for him! a long way.. finally!!!

ME!!! hee... i tink i look kinda tan lah... can see 2 colour on my arm lor... whahaha... & tis black skirt, i tink too long nv wear... kinda tight...oops! means... heehee...

My present after the mid term break!!! wat a good pressie sia...

haha... juz back to uni today after one week Spring Break... guess wat welcome all of us back to uni? our EXAM TIMETABLE!!! whahaha... although is juz a draft copy, most probably will be finalise lah... anyway, frens from UQ... hope tat u guys have a good timetable ah... as in really good lah, dun have those draggy timetable (like wat i gotten last sem lah..)

for mine... act i cannot complain liao... cos mine really okok lah. juz a bit draggy but at least i have ample time to study which means no excuse again not to score liao... okok! shall JIA YOU!!! here is mine:

8 Nov, 2.30pm - 4.30pm: International Gaming Management

13 Nov, 11.15am - 1.15pm: International Hotel Management

17 Nov, 11.15am - 1.15pm: Hospitality Small Business Management

okok... not as bad lah... 1st day of exam is on 4 Nov which i din kanna, last day is on 18 Nov, oso not my business. but maybe among my housemates, i am the last one to finish again. haiz... need endure with their "freedom" after exam for at least a week lah... huiying finish on 11 nov lor, tess finish on 14 nov lah.... argh!!!

PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SAN SAN!!! ya lah! ya lah! prettier lah... whahaha... stay pretty and cheerful forever, k? & all the very very best! wait for me to go back to spore! u, me and pat go and have a good good meal & have a good time catching up! whahaha... :)