Only exams to goo!!!

yes!!! a couple more weeks then i'll be officially done with Uni!

and

盧廣仲's new album 七天 is out!!

yay yayy!!! oh Yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4k2jx4E3I

it's all the little blessings in life i count

woke up today to find chocolates, chips, a note and a delivery man (or rather, a delivery christmas reindeer) outside my door. an extremely sweet gesture of my beloved housematie pei :) thanks darling! love u lots!:D

and thank you beloved housemates an li too, for the constant checking and concerns. don't worry i'm not suicidal ;) love you lots too!!

as well as you, for comforting me when i called out of the blue. you know who you are i'm sure. love you extremely many many :)
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and surprise surprise, i didn't fail my essay!

i swear god loves me....i'm blessed:)

but here i am back to my old state of complacency and procrastination. i really deserve to be slapped...after today i will work hard for the last assignment, after today please?! pretty pretty please?!

one more month to the flight back home. omg omg omg :D

so fucking screwed.

so fucking unexpected.

complacency leads you to nowhere, but failure.

ex-polymate posted poly photos of facebook, and i was comparing how i looked few years back to now.

sigh...why must i put on weight?

emo-ness...
*munches on potato chips*

recently started thinking whether i should do LASIK in the near future... i need at least $3k+...and they said those with dry eyes will not be suitable to undergo LASIK. maybe i won't stand a chance? or guess i would have to do an evaluation of my suitability. really do wish i can be specs-free...

any recommendations for a good wi-fi mobile? no iphone please, not a fan. how does nokia e71 sound?

i think i kinda forgot about my blog for the longest time ever. well not like i am some superstar blogger who needs to constantly update his/her blog to maintain viewership.

days are spent in school, facebook, dinners, tv, dramas, baking, chatting sessions. schoolwork? nahhh...last minute work. speaking of which, i still have loads to do, and time is definitely not on my side. it's the habit of hugging the buddha leg that refuses to change. its a nagging old bad habit.

AND THERE ARE LESS THAN 6 WEEKS TO HOME!!!
omg omg omg... excitedd!!

sometimes i wonder if i had to study for 3 years, what would happen? would i get so fricking bored of studying i just give up halfway?

honestly, i'm not ready to find a job yet. but i know if i dont wanna study anymore, i cant just shake my legs everyday and live off my parents. but i do know what i want, and that is to earn money, save up, and settle down. my ultimate aim. who said being a housewife can't be an aim? and if u think its easy to be a housewife, i can tell u no it isnt. with the society we're in, money is important. unless one spouse can earn enough to feed the whole family, i can give up on my housewife dream...

and i'm already in my fricking holiday mood. i am sooooo fricking screwed.
motivation ah motivation, lih dee toh loh??!!??

there's no free lunch

i got cheated.

received an email from the s'pore association of my uni, and one of its news was that there's a new service that allows us to call back free of charge. i believed what was written, hence i went to the website, and registered for an account. after i downloaded the software, before i used it, my gut feeling told me to click on the rates and FAQ links before i actually made use of its services.

and voila! a couple of strings attached. get this:
-promotion ends in September 09
-calls can only be made for 10 mins, although there's not limit to number of calls

ONLY TEN BLOODY MINUTES?

my final step: uninstall software.

i got cheated of my time.

stupid, naive me
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update 2: end of holidays.
new semester, last semester of my uni life. WOOT!!!

i can't wait for all to end. the saddest thing is that on the first day of the new semester, the lectures are not "introductory lectures" anymore, and they even gave the assignments to be done that's due before the term break. fking ESSAYS. hate hate hate, because i cannot form proper sentences that can flow nicely....damnit. i shall just use my basic english to complete them. bah!

still deciding whether i should graduate here or in sg. i think i need to discuss with my parents....hm........

i think i like to bake when i'm feeling kinda stressed up. but then baking takes me one whole day already.
abstinence from baking from now till after exams.

and weather is getting much colder now since its winter and i have the freaking urge to buy clothes. so many sales! stock-take sales, mid-year sales, etc...DAMNIT.

photos of tiramisu i made recently. didnt like the texture but the taste was there....will attempt making it again with another recipe.

tiramisu, pandan cake, jap cheesecake...all these on my waiting list.

kinda baked a few more stuff like cinnamon rolls and apple cake (more like bread tho) but no photos available ;) i will try baking again another time....HOLIDAYS ARE FOR FULL-FLEDGED BAKING! muahahahhaha!!!
exams.......SIGH...i need to get started soon. someone pass me something that can help me concentrate please?!????

exams are nearing

so many assignments, so many presentations. so many things due before exams

and exams are in a month's time. it sucks, and this has been the only time i feel so helpless. it's so bad cuz i don't freaking understand what has been taught for the past 3 months. it's so so horrible cuz i have never not understood big chunks of lectures/big chunks of material. i think now i understand the use of frequent tests. really really helpful.

and it doesn't help matters when 75% of the entire subject's mark is taken up by the exam grades.

what can i do but help myself since it's my grades and i can't rely on others for exams? sigh.


tried baking pandan cake for the very first time recently and sad to say it wasnt very successful. didn't have the lightness of a pandan chiffon cake and the airyness. it was too crumbly and a little too moist. i must perfect it.

so sick of studying. BUT I MUST GET THE FKING DEGREE.

new school term

it's the start of a new term after a 2-week break.

during hols i've went to melbourne for the easter weekend, which actually wasn't good enough as most shops were closed. but owell...did enjoy myself.

and i've tried baking 2 cakes, NY cheesecake and strawberry shortcake. i think it's kinda influenced by my mum who likes baking...but i havent actually baked whole cakes before. so this was my first time baking those.

didn't turn out perfect but was alright. i'll improve on those someday, after i try baking other stuff. (photos on facebook, lazy to repost it here)
those on my mind are japanese light cheesecake, marble cake, pandan cake. anymore suggestions?

rest of the holidays were spent slacking and watching some episodes of a korean drama. how i wish i could slack for much much longer...

back to sch, and kinda sucky when sch reopens, first day, u get an assignment.
owell...guess tt's uni life. enjoy while it lasts eh?

unlucky day

woke up a little later than usual in the morning but still managed to get out of the house in time to catch the bus. an li wanted to leave with me, but she needed another 10 more mins to get ready so i told her i can't afford to wait...so i left first.

so happened that i sat down on the seat in the bus, 15 minutes later i alighted at my destination. then i realised, the back of my jeans were damp, and that wasn't right cuz i definitely can control my bladder. touched it numerous times to make sure i wasn't hallucinating, and then i put my fingers to my nose and to my utmost horror, it didn't smell pleasant.

i think that's karma, for not waiting for an li

rushed back taking the next bus, immediately washed my jeans (smelled kinda like hamster pee, but nah i know it's human pee...) and showered.

missed my lecture just because of that...sigh.

was wondering what else would go wrong in one day....

then came practical session..we had to count number of cells infected with bacteria among the heaps of cells present. and i got sick, car sick kinda sick. nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath... i''m so not kidding...it was that bad, i could only count one slide while wen counted the rest. thank god i'm not doing it alone. thank you wen!!!! *bows 90 degrees*

didnt feel well so i had to take a short nap at zhan's place while waiting for dinner to be ready. now am still not feeling completely well but no worries, will be okay after sleeeeep.

heading to melbourne tmr night....HOLIDAYS!!!
but shucks. assignments due in a week's time. sigh....

life kinda sucks sometimes hey?

retail therapy in the market

mid-sem break soon, can't wait. but there's lots of things left to be done before i can 'relac one corner'. blame myself for my inconsistent work, and my laziness/tiredness being more dominant than my motivation.

prepared dinner twice in a row. and i cooked bittergourd as well as 丝瓜 (silkgourd). so happy!!! didnt know 丝瓜 is seasonal and 2 weeks ago i was craving for it and now it's here! the elation of seeing the familiar gourd, you wouldn't understand unless you wanted it as badly as i did. =D but of course, if it's demand is low, prices aren't good as well. but once in a while, i'm satisfied.

one more month, and it will be my bro's ROM. can't wait....can't wait....

tt's all the updates i have. lazy to post photos up+my eyes are closing soon.

the end of 2nd wk, the start of a new wk

apologies for the late update...been pretty lazy to type out an entry on what's happening around here, but now i'm pretty bored and after having finished watching new episodes of ugly betty and grey's anatomy (new season finally!!), i suddenly remembered i own a blog that has been forsaken..

so...updates!

the 2nd wk of a new semester has ended, and a new one's about to start in a few more hours. assignments haven't been plenty yet, but soon. and with my bad habit of doing last minute work, i can't seem to find the drive to start off reports soon enough. of course i will get them done eventually, i HAVE to, definitely with deprivation of sleep.

apart from school stuff, we now have new additions to the clique, with of course a few who left us after one sem ended. it's fun too, with all having the same nationality, u would understand things being said and dont really have to speak proper english, so that's what i call ultimate relaxation =) and mahjong sessions has been a weekly affair. which is good as well cuz i can improve on my playing. haha! i know my mum definitely wont like it tho...;)

everyone has been taking turns to cook dinner almost everyday now, which is gd. and i tried frying beehoon, which was quite disappointing since it didnt have the flavour i'm used to with mama's version. i seriously don't know what's lacking.....sigh.

i need more ideas on what to prepare for future dinners. dishes to accompany rice/porridge, or other one-dish stuff...anyone wants to help me??

weather's been pretty drastic, on days it can reach as high as 31, as low as 17. okay not that drastic but yeah, sometimes i wish it would be more consistent......

recently i have been to henley beach, first time there and it's really nice (except for all the seaweed/sea plants or whatever u call them floating on the water). sun, sand, sea...ahhh....

ooo and i've tried kangaroo meat last wk as well, after my friend bought a chunk to roast. tastes of...hm...meat? like how beef has it's own smell and pork as well, it tastes of kangaroo. haha! it isn't that bad.....rather pleasant taste. and texture's a little like beef, only more tender.

yeah i guess thats most of the stuff that's happening around and to me now. hope everyone's doing fine and still healthy, since the flu virus has been going around infecting people happily. drink more water, get more sleep, and practice proper hygiene...i believe these are the most basic and important steps to keeping viruses at bay. so take care everyone =)

it'll be goodbye soon

shit man. only a week left in sg, and i can't bear to leave. sigh sigh sigh........

what's worse is that my bro's ROM is on Vesak day (May) AND IT'S NOT MY HOLIDAYS!!! arrrrgggghhhh!!!!

life's been good...surprises spring up once in a while which spices things up. and i'm really thankful for the people who make my life so wonderful.....

i'm so fortunate. really.

it's all the little blessings that count.

my stomach is distended

just finished a big bowl of tau huay. time now is 2.38 am. how am i going to sleep properly? oh my god.

i am so greedy. lifestyle of a pig.....

anyway i tried baking cookies today. experimented with 2 recipes. my bro says it's too hard and tastes burnt. gonna let some more other ppl try and comment. sorry in advance my dears....

and i have less than a month left in sg....before i return to a (now) scorching adelaide. man.....i'm gonna be away even longer than before. i don't know what to think now, but hopefully i can enjoy my time here first before i prepare my luggages....

i.am.fking.full.right.now.

happy MOO year!

as above.

can't go for visiting this yr cuz of my grandma's death. but tt's pretty good cuz i dun have to wake up early. hahahahahahahaaa!!!
but i'll be damn boredddd even if its cny. boo.

me like goodies! all the pineapple tarts, egg rolls, bak kwa, ferrero rocher, prawn rolls etc... YUM YUUUM
and reunion dinner's tmr. hee! steamboat! not that i love steamboat very much but yeah, fooooodddd!
one thing: i don't like abalone. hurts my mouth chewing it, and the taste isn't very pleasant.
funny how i don't have expensive taste. hm.

anyway happy CNY to all!!! hope u all get lots of ang pows and eat till full full k!

(poor girl who got decapitated. poor family who probably were preparing for cny and already in the celebrative mood, but received this tragic news instead. that guy is mental. sheesh. reminds me of some ancient chinese war movie where the general will say 把人头拿来！)

if you want to use the services of an education rep...

...go to Hui & Kuah

I had enough of I**. Just checked my email and i received a letter of offer from uni of queensland. like, after almost 8 months later? excuse me, i wanted to study from the start of last semester, not this coming semester!

After I** screwed up my UWA offer (which is equivalent to screwing up my major decision) , i have been promoting H&K to everyone keen on studying in aussie who mostly have gone thru educational fairs hosted by I**. true that H&K do not carry some unis, but this company provides the BEST service without you paying them a single cent and with the least hassles, don't even think twice.

I've heard from my friend who went thru I** that they have to settle their own visas and accomodation. thru H&K, they do it for you, keep track for you, everything done for you without having to take many days off to settle all these. (and if you were unsuccessful with a uni's accomodation application, no worries, eventually u'll secure urself with a place).

my ending sentence: Hui & Kuah rocks.

happy new year!!

almost a month since my previous update. why? cuz basically life's been pretty bland. what can be more interesting than hiding myself at home with food, tv, computer and bed? yeah maybe my mum's nagging and scoldings from both parents when i reach home when others are about to wake up and get ready for work.

dance has been pretty alright. i still miss the original instructor. this course has been taken over by a relief cuz the original has to go for some self-improvement lessons. well as long as i get my weekly fix i guess tt should do as well.

been trying to settle my enrolment recently. sucks that i cannot enrol into one subject cuz i don't have the pre-requisites required (due to exemptions by credit transfer from poly). need to wait for them to waive the pre-req before i can further any steps. this is so annoying!!!!! argh!

speaking of enrolment, school's about to start soon. i'm not particularly looking forward to leaving my comfortable environment and people and get back to my freedom in adelaide. yup freedom is kind of the only thing i miss, but hey, the pros here outnumber those down south.

so anyway...hope everyone's fine, still alive and kicking, and hopefully happy.

remember: no pain, no gain =)

all the best and take care. hugs ^(oo)^