Our Lives, Our Stories

That's Coz We Are Friends

2011-08-11T03:16:00.000-07:00

Hey girls.. I've recently written a song .. Thought i share it with u guys.. hehe..
This is dedicated to my best friend ... who is in China right now... =)
Hope u guys like it? but it's only the lyrics here lah .. hahaa...

Dear friend, from the day we met each other
We talked, chatting 'bout one another
we, were young, and nothing seems to come between us
You were al-ways there through my hard times
oh, dear friend

Chorus:
It doesn't matter how far we are from one another,
I'll still care for you
It doesn't matter if we don't speak that often,
I'll still think about you
Wondering if you're okay, wondering if you're happy,
and that's coz we are friends

If you want to cry, if you want a hug, if you need to be happy,
I'll be your shoulder, i'll be your pillow, i'll be your smile
To make sure that you're okay, to make sure that you're happy,
and that's coz we are friends

Oh..... Dear friend, it's been years since we knew each other
They said, the best mirror is an old friend
And I'm glad, that I have that mirror
You made me feel, everything's gonna be all right

Repeat Chorus *

Life without books is a thirsty life - Wireman, Stephen King, Duma Key, p.165

2011-02-20T20:26:00.001-08:00

(I copy and pasted this from my blog)

Books are very powerful.
They take you to many unimaginable places, put you in many situations with just a combination of words and of course, a little bit of your imagination.
They can make you feel sad with just words,

They can make you feel happy with words,

They can make you sad,

They can make you angry.

All of that are practically a given. Everyone knows that.

What I find particularly interesting that I had to post this thing up is that, with words, they can actually shock/surprise you the way horror movies can. Seriously.

In the movies, they always show like how the character would go into dark places, then suddenly a ghost or something came out and we (the audience) would be surprised that some may scream or fall of their chairs. For me, while reading this book, written awesomely by Stephen King, I was shocked by certain events in the book just as how I would have been if I were watching the story on TV.

The story:

The main character was painting in his house around midnight. At one point, he became hungry so he decided to go into the kitchen to get something to eat. On the way to the kitchen, he passed his living room, which he didn't bother to switch on the light because he knows his way around the house already. Then, when he reached the kitchen and switched on the lights, he saw a wet skeleton standing beside his refrigerator. (Of course, when reading you imagine what you read at the same time, right?) And right then, when I read the bit where he wrote about the skeleton being there, I went like "Oh my God!" because I was actually surprised. My heart was thumping just a little bit faster than normal and my tummy did the double-flip thingy. And after that I laughed because I thought what I did was a bit silly.

It may not be a big thing for some people but I find it really really cool. Thus, this entry. If you guys ever wanna read the book, its titled Duma Key by Stephen King. The book cover for the one I have is as below.

Again, I quote, "Life without books is a thirsty life," said by Wireman in the book above.

p/s: Thanks to Steph and CY for buying the book for me for my birthday. I apologise for taking such a long time to actually read and finish it but I'm really really glad that you guys bought this one. Thanks.

Finally~~~

2009-06-30T20:22:00.000-07:00

It's finally FREEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!
YEAY!
counting down the days .. xD

xoxo

3 days to Fr33d0m~~~

2009-06-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

There is 3 more days left till freedom.. yeay..
just by thinking of it, it's already exciting.. haha..
then we can go shop till we drop....
hmm.. maybe that's not going to happen..
cuz usually i say wanna shop, at last steph sure end up buying more stuff..
Ooops... hehe..
But still, i can't wait.... arrhh.. Business Finance.. i don't wanna see u no more.. !!
see you guys soon in Malaysia too!! hehe..

xoxo

SIGH

2009-06-14T00:44:00.000-07:00

I have 7 FRICKIN days to revise Management Accounting, Law and FA2.

What was I thinking????

Stephanie is biting her nails.. this time for a very good reason.

Exams are SUCH a BUMMER.. no?

I miss the good ol' days when there were just tutes to do.. and nothing else.
And the 'group study sessions' in room 11.2

Now I'm just alone.. facing this DIRE DIRE apocalypse.
Oh the woes of the world have come upon me.. who am I to do anything.. except to stand ground and FIGHT?

Oh.. who am I kidding..

One Shot

2009-06-06T06:13:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! I know I've been neglecting my duty to report bout myself in Melbourne lately but in this post, I'll try my best to make it up! Gambateh me!

Let me update u guys bout the boring stuff first: education! or academic! or whatever you wanna call it.

Like everyone else, I will also have exams soon. My papers are on the 11th, 16th, 17th and 22nd. They are all spread apart which sucks coz it drags my exam period longer but in a way good coz I can study more for the last paper. I really need the extra time for that the paper anyways. I dont know how but my exam timetable actually favours me. The hardest paper for me was the last paper. And the 2 subjects that are the least hard are the ones on 16th and 17th. So yeah. Cant complain too much.

Yesterday was the last day of SWOTVAC which stands for studying without teaching vacation (I dont know if you guys use that term ) and I think I'm not doing so good in terms of revising. But, no stress, I'll just cram everything in my head before exam. I just hope I wont crack when I do that though.

My friends and I have been spending a lot of time in libraries and other places to study for exams. We were all doing different things. None of us actually took all 4 same subjects. I'm the most different of course because I have a mix of first year subjects plus second year subjects. At least all of them are taking first year subjects. But I'm not complaining though because my combination of subjects wasnt so heavy. Plus, I managed to hang out with different people with different subjects! Heheh!

Anyways, about going out late, I have to say I have a more extreme version.

If you guys read my blog (as in the other one, not this one) you would know that I had once came back home at 7am and went to bed around 7.30am. And I went out that night in the freaking cold without sweater and just slippers. From then on, I have not and NEVER will leave my house without my sweater. Unless, of course if I'm just going to my friend's house in the same building. And actually, we didnt plan to go out that night. So I have a reason for being stupid that time. xP

Oh btw, I cant post any pictures of myself for the time being because all my pictures are all gone! Yeap! My computer sort of rosak the other day and now its all clean and empty. Luckily I got a friend who was nice enough to give me some songs so that I wouldnt die of boredom without music. Hahah! I am soooo gonna get myself an external when I return home.

Can't wait to go back! Miss all those warmness! =D

I think I'll stop now. Gotta get some sleep to wake up early tomorrow. Just hope that I WILL wake up. I've been having such a hard time waking up early morning coz its sooo cold! I've been sleeping with sweaters and socks and maybe gloves for tonight! If you guys were wondering, I do have a heater (2 actually) but I refuse to use it because I wanna save on electric bill. Heheh! I overspend in April so gotta make up for it now. Hahah! Bye now!

p/s: Jolene, I've watched the vid already actually. But I'm really touched that you posted up the link to the nigahiga's vid about twilight for me! =D Btw, I totally love nigahiga's vids. They are so funny even tho they are sometimes a bit over the top. Heheh!

2009-06-03T21:55:00.000-07:00

To ILI or any other bunny who is interested:

Twilight to adaption:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goix7jFXD9Q&feature=channel

Haha

Jolene

~Hu$h~

2009-06-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

This is from us to our beloved Jo Bunny...

Jolene is known as our 'boss' back in taylors..
She does everything..
from handling PASS sessions to coaching debate teams to scoring HDs..
You name any co-curricular activity, Jolene has done it..

But despite the over-achiever that she is in university,
some of you will never know her after work hour activities.

We, Suzanne and Steph, have managed to get the inside scoop when we found her in a salsa club last year. Check it out... and go wild! Don't say we never warned you.
Because behind that serious and no-nonsense facade she puts up, there is actually a flirtatious latin spirit just waiting to be released.

And there she goes.......

Jolene spontaneously makes the first move on the dance floor.. woooohh..

she shows us some of her spins and twist... and oh boy.. when she shakes those hips...

The attraction was electrifying .. but it didn't just stop there..

This second guy really had her going.. proof is ... she took of her jacket... cuz there was just too much heat.... *cue music : "it's getting hot in here! so take off all your clothes!" , Jolene :"I am getting so hot, i have taken my clothes off!"* haha.. don't kill us jo bunny.. xD

From your beloved bunnies from Adelaide.. *wink wink*

Cheers ..

Of Sleepless Nights and Midnight Shopping

2009-06-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

Okay it's been quite awhile.. a very long while since I've done my share of updates. Haha I apologise. Been totally devoured by assignments. First it was FA2, then Law, then MA and just 2 days ago I submitted Business Finance. So yeah, it has been one heck of a ride.

But glad to report that that's all the assignments there is! There are no more! Now we people in uniSA Adelaide are just looking forward to the finals.. coming up in 3 weeks. Oh the blissful joy! Sheesh... crap la wei.. I just found out that I dont know nuts about finance... and I haven't actually started mugging yet. Howww???

I'll leave the exam worries for later. Maybe like tomorrow. The weather here in Ade drops to about 7-10 C at night. And this cold weather makes us perpetually hungry! Like I'm serious.. insatiable hunger. It's frightening. I go to sleep at night.. and my stomach growls in the background. Haha.. sounds like I don't have the cash to feed myself here or something.

But Shu and I have been hmm... quite the active bunch at night. Or should I see early early hours of the morning. Somehow, we get super hyped up at night and we start jamming and doing renditions of songs on the keyboard. And we just like blast the music in the apartment. It's quite entertaining la actually.

And when we're done with that, we go out to the supermarket about 15 mins walk from our place for grocery shopping. So around 1-2 am, yeap.. we go out and buy food.. milk, cereal, rice etc. For a small city like Adelaide, who'd have guessed that Coles opens from midnight. Very very convenient.

But we don't walk out alone lah of course. We recently have been dragging Pretib with us. So poor him has to follow us to the supermarket. But it was nice of him.. plus Shu and I have this tendency to kacau him non-stop. Shu especially la.. the words that come out of her mouth. Makes me stop in my tracks and laugh myself crazy.

And so right now I'm sitting here staring at my tute questions for Dividend Policy. I'm like thinking "wth is all this". So I'm not going to bother la..

This is for Jolene. I'm so proud that she's listening to Yngwie Malmsteen! Oh my goodness, woman! You have come a LONGGGG way. Good progress.. even though it's long distance education now. But I can see your doing your homework =)

And to Ili, I miss you!! I'm again so sorry we didn't get to meet up in Melbourne.. my week was packed. I'm waiting to catch up with you in Kl in July or hopefully in Melbourne in September. Fingers crossed. All the best for the finals =)

To Harry, Chin Yew and Jeremy, I hope you guys stay tight. I miss you guys a lot. Looking forward to our food outings when I get back.. And I want to play Left 4 Dead too k! Don't stress too much over the exams la.. life's too short =D

This lil blackmail pic of mine is
to make Shu Xian happy only

A hot dry wind blows right through me
The baby's crying and I can't sleep
But we both know a change is coming
Coming closer sweet release - Celine Dion

xoxoxo

HELLO!!!!

2009-05-30T11:12:00.000-07:00

Yuuhuuuu... anyone thereeee???

Long time no posts here. HOW HAS EVERYBODY BEEN???

Update:

I fell in luv with thoose guitar pro players such as Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen. "AWESUM" STUFF MAN....

Paul gilbert is no handsome guy, and the spacesuit sucks... but man.... he's the fastest guitarist in the world i think
here goes links:

Acoustic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRngPhn0pE
Electrical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGA3vjMLgE

Been listening to his songs non stop. OH the JOY !!!

Yngwie Malmsteen rocks as well. O.O x 100000 - best shredder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4

MEEPZ.

PICTURES OF SALSA

2009-05-04T06:50:00.000-07:00

As you can probably see... this is an extremely random post. Pictures of Salsa dancing when Steph and Shu bunny was still in MALAYSIA. ILI U HAV TO SEE THIS!! Dancing with imaginary guys...

London Bridge has fallen down.. fallen down...

Shu xian's "I'm too good for u...HMMPH!" look

" Yes congratulations! you're the lucky dance partner tonight! lemme shake your hand!"

"NOOO!!!! i can't DANCE with YOU!!! I already have a lucky dance partner!!"

=)

With Luv..

Miss all ze bunnies a lot..

Jobunny

Updates from malaysia

2009-04-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Hi dearies,

First things first... I lost the milk teddy purse u guys gave me for my birthday along with my ic, my driving licence, my atm card, my student id, my shuemura membership card, the key chain cy gave me for my bd, sum important resits, all my cs membership cards, sum insignificant amount of money... etc.. u get the picture

so its hasn't really been a great week per say..

But on to the good news..

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We celebrated cy's birthday this week

The Game Plan: One word: DIVERSION. The plan was to tell him that we were celebrating his bday on thursday when in reality the REAL celebration was on friday.

So we took him out for lunch on thursday. told him that there was no celebration on friday cause i'm busy. It was Harry's and Jeremy's job to drag the fella to sunway piramid on friday so i could mysteriously appear with all his presents and watnot to spring the surprise.

The Problem: One word: YCY. The fella was darn uncooperative. Refused to go to piramid on friday cause he said he wans to go home and SLEEP for gods sake. can u believe the fella??!!! ish...

I hav no idea how J and H finally managed to drag him to piramid. but by the time we managed to get him there and so called surprised him with the presents. he pretty much sensed sumthing was off. ( and din hav the grace to at least act surprised... *sobsob*)

Anyways.. we took him for a movie (Fast and Furious 4) and dinner at Yuen Steamboats.

Here's his bored expresion when he sees the presents ;):

Here's where he says : " ceh! FM transmitter nia la..."

Here's the "Ceh, I already have this Il Divo cd look"

haha... just jokin la.. the fella was pretty much happy with his presents. Only the "WAT?!!! and Ipod shuffle? its Too expensive larr...." complaint was reflected.

I dun hav the picture of him and the shuffle. Its with harry. =)

Now another picture for entertainment/blackmail purposes =) here's Harry's constipated-look cause he ate too much too fast at Yuens steamboat buffet.

cheers,

Jolene

Can I leave the title blank without it being literally blank? If you get what I mean. XP

2009-03-21T19:54:00.001-07:00

Well, there's nothing really for me to update. No big news like hiking and stuff. Hehe.

This past week was just full of birthday celebrations, hanging out at friends' place, shopping for groceries, attending classes, nodding in lectures, (especially if you're lecture theater is like that. Not too bright, not too dim. Just nice for a nap. xP) so on and so forth.

What's new would be that I attend a creative writing workshop which was absolutely great but I dont think it would be all that interesting to explain.

I went to the gym yesterday, did 20 minutes of fast walking and 18 minutes of cycling. My knees were so damn sore last night. Luckily I got my own ubat for the soreness.

Did my Japanese online quiz on Friday. I got full marks! The only thing is that since it was an online quiz and nobody mention about it not being an open book test, I did have my notes and textbook open during the quiz. Only after I've done everything my friend SORT OF told me it was not an open book quiz. So I can only say "Ooopss". I mean really, the lecturer just said it was an online quiz and I somehow assume it was an open book quiz. I know it sounds particularly stupid since quizzes are sorta equivalent to tests and usually you cant have your book with you during tests and... so... yeah. I blame it on me. Heheh. xP

Decorated my study board a bit.

Played Wow Cranium last night at a friend of a friend's house. I don't know whether you guys know this game or not so I'm gonna just explain it. Sort of. I was never good at explaining things.

Anyway, it's a board game of 4 groups. To move forward you have to throw a dice and the dice will show you which colour of card you have to do/perform/puzzle out/bla bla bla.

Blue cards are called Creative Cats where the tasks are mostly about sketching things on paper, sketching things with your eyes closed and sculpture things while your team member will have to guess what it is. Green cards are called Star Performers where the tasks are games like charades or imitation of a popular person or doing a puppet show while your team member will have to guess who or what it is. I cant remember what yellow and red cards are called but among all of the coloured cards, those two are the hardest. The reds are mostly about facts and the yellows, word puzzles.

So we play and play and play and by the end of the night, one team won. And that team was my team! Woot! Woot! Haha.

I went home at 2am last night. It was about 20 minutes walk and my friend and I was very scared. Only at the beginning though. Once you start walking you forget bout the scary stuff. Hahah. There was 7 of us anyway. No biggie.

So yeah, no big news to tell. Maybe next week there'll be some. *wink*

Ohh btw, I saw like 2 guys that are so totally hot. I already mention one of them in the chatbox few weeks back. Heheh. And that one is totally mine. Sorry Jolene, I am a bit selfish sometimes. You can have the other one though I think he's a bit short for you. But definitely hot. And theres another 2 that's ok ok. Haha.

That's all. Bye!

we hiked ~~~

2009-03-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

hi everybody.. we went hiking this morning.. woke up around 7smtg in the morning, thought of going out at 8am so we could avoid the hot sun shining down on us.. but then we were a lil late, and we missed the bus.. have to wait till 9.17am (somewhere there) only the next bus will arrive.. so we reach there around 9smtg, near to 10am and we started walking..

so, below are the few photos we took.. enjoy.. =)

while we are walking in..

the road..

look, we saw a retriever, it was so cute..... it even knows how to wait for the owner, that was the picture..

see, still walking, haven't reach yet..

but she needed to tie her shoe lace..

she wore sunglasses..

it's my turn now.. haha..

ok, retarded face.. xP

dunno why she was crying.. xD

our first stop, the cave..

drink.. drink.. drink..

tying her shoe lace AGAIN..

steph: 'drink.. it's good for your health..' haha

she complained that i took too many of her blackmailed photos, so there, this one nice already right....

saw the city?

we were quite far away..

steph said the lizard is so cute.. xP

see the bench.. that's where we going to rest.. AGAIN.. hehe..

which is mine and which is hers?

the place for us to walk is quite narrow..

reached the checkpoint.. it's pretty high up..

there is two path, which path are u going to choose? the nice and flat one, or the one with more obstacles? that's what we are doing, aren't we..? ahha

see, we chose the path with more obstacles.. aha

see steph? happily passing through all of them..

im scared... @.@ why?

the gangster is coming la see..

wanna whack me u see.. i fell down d.. =( ahha.. jussssssstt kidding..

see, this is how far we have gone..

this was zoomed in, and it was our checkpoint..

walking to the waterfall.. doesn't it looked like some kind of dinosaur's nest or smtg.. haha

ok, the waterfall, without water la..

there is this rock, quite high, but steph manage to climb on top of it.. good job.. xD

wah, relaxing d ... (breathe in all the great air)

well, that was the end, we went back after that, while we were walking down, there was a slight drizzle.. before going back, went to rundle to get our wok and stuff. I was very tired, almost slept when i was in the bus.. reached home around 2smtg (if not mistaken), took my bath, and off we go to aunt janet's house, she taught us how to make lasagne.. another one dunno call what name d.. forgotten to take the photos of the food, well, maybe next time when we are doing it ourselves, then we show u..

the other updates will be updated by steph, if she is free..

toodles..

love,

shu xian

signing out....

It is with out most regret and profound embarrassment...that I announce

2009-03-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

It is with out most regret and profound embarrassment...that I announce...my addiction for....

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RUBIK CUBES!
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It started of as an innocent idea of occupying my free time during the weekends(during my boring weekends job when there are no customers)

Turns out my initial curiosity about this alien item has led to an IMPORTANT discovery that I MUST share with my FELLOW sisters even if we happen to be miles apart.

Conclusion: Rubik Cubes are actually alien inventions specifically created to confound and confuse all of mankind! It is their secret weapon that was unleashed years ago to destroy and eventually eliminate sentient life on earth via its evil plot to instill emotional stress and mental disorder in those foolish enough to attempt the enterprise. The WORSE part is... *gasp* its been distracting all assignment efforts in MALAYSIA!!!!

isn't that totally unforgivable? Horror!

But dearest sisters... FEAR NOT!!!! I solemnly swear that I will make it my top priority to henceforth SAFE THE WORLD from this abomination! I will not pay attention to my personal sacrifices *assignments*(refer conclusion) and share bravely strife forward to rid this universe of the Rubik cube abnormality!

Wish me well... one more "*insert name of aquatic animal here*ing" level to solve.

Future Career/Self Developoment

2009-03-13T19:32:00.000-07:00

Had a chat with ChenChow founder of recom.org and speaker from jobstreet yesterday.

Bottomline is I obtained alot of very interesting information and links.

Interested in attending forums overseas? Forums such as World Business Dialog in Germany, World Youth Congress?

Interested in expanding your carreer opportunities? Internship? Scholarships? Employment?

Interested in expanding your knowledge? Downloading lecturer notes from other reknown colleges such as MIT?

I've got a lot of useful resources and links. MEEP. Comment if u guys want the links.

one of the places where we can obtain information will be via his blog chenchow.blogspot.com. Go check it out for recent upcoming events. Who knows, the next event might prob be held in Adelaide or Melbourne.

Meanwhile, I'm improving my resume and writing a 500 words essay to McKinsey.

Cheers,
Jolene

"The person who makes a success of living is the one who see one's goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."

2009-03-11T01:22:00.000-07:00

Another random post. Cute no?

PEACE

2009-03-11T01:11:00.000-07:00

"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."

Anton Chekov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM

Feeling melancholic. Searching for peace and simplicity in life. Listen and Enjoy dears.

Smash Into You

2009-03-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

Head down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground,
Eyes shut, I find myself in love racing the Earth,
And I'm soaked in your love, oh,
And love was right in my path, in my grasp,
And me and you belong.

I wanna run (run), Smash into you,
I wanna run (run), Smash into you...

Ears closed, what I hear no one else has to know,
Cause I know in what we have is worth first place in gold,
And I'm soaked in your love, ah,
And love was right in my path, in my grasp,
And me and you belong.

I gonna run (run), Smash into you,
I wanna run (run), Smash into you,
Smash into you,
O-o-oh, O-o-oh...

Head down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground,
Eyes shut, I'm in love and I'm racing the Earth,
I'm soaked in your love, (your love),
And love was right in my path, in my grasp,
And me and you belong.

Oh, I wanna run, Smash into you,
I'm willing to run (run), Smash into you...

(Beyonce K, 2009)

When it used to be good... a long time ago

Her World Photoshoot

2009-03-05T06:46:00.000-08:00

I finally figured out how to upload pictures.

Turns out the reason why i can't upload pictures is because my kapersky is blocking my browser! *ha! i figured that all out by myself* Yay ME!

So here goes babes, Life as an OL:

No 1 : Group Picture!!Theres icke me sitting in the front row...

No 2: And this is the picture chosen for the cover page of the article*not magazine... article*

No 3: Me again, I look wierd in this pic though...

Wanna see my messy workplace?=)

No 4:Look at the table on the right! See those scary files? LOLZ

MEEPZ...

Chocolate Heaven

2009-02-28T21:24:00.001-08:00

There's a cafe in Melbourne called Max Brenner.
Max Brenner specializes in chocolate.
Hot Chocolate, Iced Chocolate, Belgian waffle with chocolate, Chocolate Frappe etc.

Steph, you would know Tasha right? She told me about this cafe and I demanded her to take me there. The cafe is very cute.

Unfortunately, the day I went there was hot so I couldnt order Hot Choco. Instead I ordered Cappucino Frappe because all of the other choco drinks are not ready yet. That was a downer.

Cool mug eh?

Besides that, I also ordered the Belgian Waffle.

I know the picture is senget but I have no idea how to correct it. I already rotate it but it still came out that way. So people, sengetkan la your heads to the right. Hehe.

Oh, btw guys, I have posted more pictures in my own blog. If you guys thought it's worth a look then go see la. Hehe. Bye now!

Bum rhymes with Yum

2009-02-26T02:08:00.000-08:00

Hello guys!!

This past week was O week for our program. And we had campus tours, free lunch, free ICE CREAM, briefings etc.

Our first week of classes start next mon. Which I presume is the same for those back in Taylors and Ili too.

Shu Xian and I have been cooking these past few days. All the food we cooked also 'boleh tahan' la. Not bad at all. Just 2 days ago, we had a very rich spaghetti and we made ice cream cake twice!!

My dinner!!

Shu's dinner. I think it looks a bit mental... =)

Sausages in the turbo broiler

Me tidying up the kitchen

Shu Xian watching our rice cook in the microwave oven

Oh did I mention? Shu Xian and I got in a fight over dinner today. She was trying to give me rice. So we got in an argument. You see... she started it first. Just look at her expression. Mau cari pasal saja.

Wei! What's your problem la..

I KILL youuu!

Okay.. so yesterday.. we were kinda bored. So we took a walk to Chinatown at night. Just to see what was open. And there were lots of bistros and Asian restaurants. I even spotted a Malaysian restaurant.. selling ONE piece of roti canai for $4!! Can you imagine paying RM 10 for a roti canai at the mamak?! So people in Malaysia, never take your roti for granted.

On the way home, we decided to video our apartment. Sort of like a mini tour. Here.. enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETVbBhKDOSU&feature=channel_page

So I'm going back to the apartment now to do my laundry. Have fun you guys with school starting and all.. and the late 'one to one' yum cha sessions.

Bum rhymes with Dum rhymes with Gum rhymes with Bum

Love,

Steph

Hey Ho!

2009-02-23T23:37:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

Long time no hear!

There’s so much that has happened lately so be prepared for a long post. If it is boring, I’m sorry. Haha.

So last Thursday was our Academic Advice Day. It’s a day to get to know the subjects you’ll be learning and what subjects are there for you to choose as your breadth subjects (Other subjects that are not in your course) and so on and so forth. So, nothing much on that day except briefings. Of course, when I saw anyone who looks Malaysian I straight away go and approach them. Met tons of new people.

Just for the sake of taking pictures, my mom and I went to Melbourne Uni on Saturday to take pictures. I’m telling you Melbourne U is like the biggest Uni I have ever been to. There are tons of buildings everywhere and all of them are of different designs. I can spend a whole day there no problem. XP

Then, me and my mom explored the city. We went on the free city Circle Tram and went to the parliament, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne’s KL Central – I forgot the name, Victoria Harbour and the New Quay. By afternoon we visited my cousin who’s living in Toorak, about half an hour Tram ride from the city. Ate lunch at her place and we went to the beach. The beach was not originally in our plan. So there I was, wearing sneakers at the beach. Hahah. And like in Shu Xian’s post, the wind at the beach was very cold! Heheh. What’s more, we bought ice cream at the beach. Freezing but still, Yummy!

Sunday was a bit sad for me. My mom left me that day, I cried at home but luckily my friends invited me to a senior’s place for lunch. So I wasn’t alone the whole day. And what surprised me was there was a LOT of seniors in Melbourne. Some doing Medic, some Engineering. There’s one senior who is currently in her sixth year in Medic. So they are all experienced Malaysians living in Melbourne. Hahah! There are also some who just got married. There’s one I know who’s searching for a place to stay with her husband.

We also get to meet other new first year students. I don’t know how they all managed to contact each other. I’m still wondering on that. Anyway, I met one girl and we totally shared the same interest. From painting to pottery to architecture to the feeling of being misunderstood for liking those stuff. Haha.

That night, I had a gossip session at a friend’s house. Truly a girls only talk. Hahah.

Monday: Me and my friends went to meet the Course Adviser to ask some stuff and after that we went to the city. I need to find a coat for autumn. It’s coming real soon and I’m afraid I might not have the proper clothing for it. Couldnt find one unfortunately. That night they came over to my house for dinner and lepak2. Hahah. We talk bad about enrolling, picking subs, and everything that has got to do with it.

Tuesday! Today! First day of orientation. First thing to do was sort of register yourself at your designated host groups. I don’t have any group so the Boss of all the hosts asked me to join a random group. First I met with a mainland Chinese guy who’s majoring in Actuarial Studies, which is cool. He’s not that cute but the way he brings about himself is. I conclude that he’s ok. Then I met a local guy, very into sports plus nice eyes. Heheh. Then, coincidently, my two new other friends whom I met at the seniors’ house joined my group. So yeay! I’m not alone. One of them can’t stop saying that the local guy was cute. Then many others join and I couldn’t analyse them one on one anymore. But I did talk to all of them here and there. Oh wait, there’s one guy I didn’t talk to. Haha. Dang it!

Anyway, after introducing ourselves, we played games and activities and got a tour of the university. It was fun. Heheh.

After that my friends and I just hang around for a bit and went home. We planned to go to Vic Market but I slept, one of my friends slept too and so we didn’t go. So here I am updating my side of story. I'll leave you guys with random pictures.

This is the tram which residents of Melbourne use to get to places.

Melbourne Central. People just sit there and eat! I should do that too.

Special escalator for this restaurant. Cool eh?

I dont know what this is but its extremely tall and it is in the shopping mall.

There's a Wicked musical showing in Melbourne soon. Hahah. I wonder how much the prices are. Anyone wanna come?

I'm assuming that this car is the car of the future. xP
The colours on this buildings are actually those digital announcements thingy. Very cool.

Parliament of Victoria.

The free City Circle Tram.

Some art sculpture in Victoria Harbour.

A leaning lamp post. Hahah!

Melbourne's 'KL Central'.

Rod Laver Arena! Woot Woot!

Ahh, these are my host group members. Why only the backside? Hehe. Privacy lor.

Student Union booths.
Union Lawn with a Storyteller's Club competition. The guy there on the stage sang the story of his life. Freaking hilarious. Hahah.

Economics and Commerce old building. Hehe. We have our briefings here.
Our faculty has a new building but I forgot to take the picture when I get there. I was troubled with some subject problems. Hahah.

That's all for now guys. See ya later!

Graduation

2009-02-21T05:32:00.000-08:00

GALLLSS!!!!

u look like u're having a wonderful time babes! hhahaha

AND update from the malaysian workaholic: I've officially graduated from GE's GLP internship programmmeee!!! hiphip hurrah!!!

Celebration time babes!

Although i have this feeling that instead of proceeding on to the bus station to catch a bus to college i''ll still walk up the stairs and take the LRT to work instead!

Farewell at GE was cool! I bought like this tiny cute cupcakes for all my colleagues. Since i can't put pictures, Heres the link:
http://www.ilovewondermilk.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=bluejay&image=08-SWEETHEART.jpg

thannn... i got wonderful presents from other ppl too! i got CHOCS SHU!!!! after eight chocs! choc mint flavour babe! *b jealous* kakakaka

than we went to this night club pub like place to have lunch. (the bills on my boss!) u should have seen the mountain-load of nachos gals!!! so many, i could have drowned in it. PLUS, my boss cut like half of his beef burger for me. So i had to like finish half a beef burger, one plate of carbonara speg and one whole big plate of nachoooss....* oh the horrible amount of calories i'll have to burn during workouts tomorrow...ish*

than i got this nice ickle farewell card.. contacts nos...free GE hat...and best oofff all...

tada....annoucement of the year....

i think i'll sincerely 91% will choose to go back to GE at the end of the year!

i actually think i prefer working den studying i think. U actually get a better picture about the stuff that u r doing. And the stuff that u r doing actually seems more relevant and meaningful. and actually plays an impact.

So, steph...u were saying to update u when i'm going to apply for my year-end intern?it might be a prob. haha. cause i'll prob just go back to GE and work. Not applying for anywhere else.

PRO GE! may GE rule the universe!

akakakaa

luv u gals,
sincerely,
Jolene

2009-02-21T01:13:00.000-08:00

Hi people.. another update.. today we went to victor harbor.. it's really very windy there.. the weather was very nice actually, but because of the wind.. we were freezing cold.. so.. as u can see here.. is where we started eating our lunch d.. other pics will be uploaded by steph..

look at our big portion of food.. my goodness.. im telling u.. it's really filling.. and look at the wedges for goodness sake.. it's like so big portion.. and i still can fill the fullness until night time..

this is a vege soup.. apparently it's the soup of the day..

look at the view.. it's pretay... haha..

before this our hair is damn terrible cause of the strong wind..

trying to act cute.. tak jadi .. aha

dunno what happened to her.. XD

u've seen camels in the desert, have u seen camels by the beach? there it is..

the uncle said it's not going to be cold, that's why we left our jacket in the car.. and there u go.. the wind was terrible.. and we were freakin cold.. lolx..

another act cute pic ler.. also tak jadi..

see me.. trying to fool around.. haha..

the dog print..

ooo.. love from us to ya'll..

the beautiful beach...

steph: "i salute u guys"..

we are at the winery..

well, we bought strawberries too.. =)

that's the end of our day .. after that we went back to our apartment and take our shower.. then head to uncle's hse.. we are staying over in their house.. seriously but, wasn't so use to the apartment yet, and now coming here to stay.. eventhough it's just for a night.. it's still not so right .. but they are nice people.. n i like them...

well that's all for now people.. will update soon.. hmm.. but just fyi.. not going to update so often after classes starts.. cuz dunno if we have the time to hang around.. and it's going to be classes and home.. well.. guess there will be some gossip as well.. and we will definitely update u guys on that.. =) we can't miss that, isn't it.. ? hahah.. alritie .. update u guys soon.. toodles.. x0x0..

2009-02-20T06:04:00.002-08:00

cannot la. when i click the button. nothing happens? why?

Blog Tutorial: Uploading Pics

2009-02-19T17:52:00.001-08:00

Jolene! Here. I print screened for you. See the tiny circle. Click that icon to upload pics. Enjoy!

P.S: About the evaluation thing, don't worry too much about it la. It's just a silly formality. The positive things you should be thinking about is the first-hand experience you're going to be taking away with you. Not everyone gets that kinda oppurtunity. So smile =) We LUBS you!!

Random update

2009-02-19T05:57:00.001-08:00

ok. its 957Pm in Malaysia here, and i just reached home and finished my dinner.

I spoke to my manager today. and no changes. So i'm officially the same for that criteria.

Share sum thoughts:

But I've decided to focus on the bright side. So i'm focusing on how i've exceeded their expectations instead of how i'm the lowest 10% in terms of that criteria. Focusing on how much I *hope* i've contributed instead of how much i get in return. Focusing on how much I've learnt rather than the areas i'm not performing in.

So I've decided to appreciate criticism and grow to be a better person, I hope.

missing my frens in Aus,

with luv,
Jolene
PS:// eiii how to post pictures la... i wanna post my group comp photo to show u guys ler.

2009-02-18T06:50:00.000-08:00

Oh whoever that can be my great IT guru:

Bdway. how to add pics ar? the top right corner punya icon isit? but when i click it, nothing happens wor. I can upload movies but i can't upload pics. WHYY?

from your dear deranged fren
jolene

Hi ALL!!! Finally figured out how to use this thing. LOL!

2009-02-18T06:21:00.000-08:00

Hihi.

Finally figured out how to post.. I was like thinkin:"comments and post is different ar?"

Yup... i'm feeling disconnected from the ppl in Australia too! hey guyss!!! U hav no idea how many times i wish i could just pick up the phone an dial any of ur no. and chat bout how everything is going!!

Bdway, who did the photo editing job? Good quality!Awesum job! like the funky jeremy chinyew edited version too. and why won't u dare to upload the pic? its just a pic ma. but wat is it u edited actually in that pic?

So gossip... life has not been very good recently. I've been pretty down and depressed.

So back to the much more exciting life of u ppl in Australia

STEPH AND SHU:

Tsktsk... so dissapointed in u guyz. STEPH and SHU XIAN! u din go in?? your first orientation in UNISA?? What were u thinking?
................
..... no .. wait...
..
.
why did u guyz even THINK about going? LOL.

no la. seriously, if u miss the orientation, check and c if there are important stuff u might have missed. such as the subject matters, admin matters and even key contact ppl u might need to know in the future.

Ili:
Hi!!! i finally uploaded sumthing! not because i din want to or was busy workin. but i din know u guys set up the blog d la. dun send the invite to my hotmail ma. its my junk mail. Yahoo gals yahoo... jolene_1989@yahoo.com.

and Bdway, who has access to reading this blog actually? everyone? does the guys know bout this blog? if so, why haven't they posted anything? hmmph. chuan la now!

From Us to You..... with love

2009-02-18T02:37:00.000-08:00

So you see, Shu and I had to leave four very good friends back in Malaysia. So we decided to do something special for you guys... hehe. We very carefully edited photos of you guys. I think Shu Xian uploaded the photo of Jeremy and CY in her post. So now this is the pic of the other two.

If I don't upload this, no one else will dare to.. I know.

Muahaha.

Just the two of us

YOOO HOOOooo!!!

2009-02-17T16:20:00.001-08:00

Hullo Hullo people!

First things first.. how is everyone doing? I feel so disconnected from people in Malaysia since arriving.. and it doesn't help that getting a WLAN connection here is so tedious and long. So I still don't have internet. Am currently using up my internet quota on the uni computers to write this blog =(

Shu Xian, my dad and I arrived in Adelaide on the 17th of Feb to a wonderfully pleasant weather of 15 C. Nice and cooling. Oh but before we stepped out of the airport, we were held up for quite some time in the declaration counters in the immigration. And at the end of it, they 'rampased' many packets of my CURRY POWDER!!!! Sobs. Supposedly, we're not allowed to bring it cloves and lemongrass.

So we met up with my dad's classmate and his wife. And they took us back to their house for a good breakfast.. bacon and eggs and everything. Look at their dogs!!

Rex and Trigger

Trigger

=)

Then we went to our apartment in Gray Street. It is only a 5 minute walk from the campus. The apartment is very basic. But I think I brought too much clothes. ( I emphasize the use of the word 'much' ). Thus, I was lacking some storage space for all my stuff. The next few days were a determined hunt for household neccessities eg. toilet paper, cutlery, mops. And the solution for my storage problem?? Haha. We went to IKEA. I left my pics at home though. Lol.

Okay so on to FOOD. Food here is pretty expensive from a Malaysian view. An average meal would cost around $7. But there's a pretty good variety over here.. especially in Chinatown. On weekdays, the shops close at 5 pm. Oh!! But there's a 24 hr McDonalds right across the street =)On one of the nights, we cooked our very first meal in Adelaide. Beef rendang and cabbage with corned beef. And rice la of course.

Look at her wei!

And here's a brief look at our city campus. It's very YELLOW.

Okay, that's about it in a really tiny nutshell. Will write more but unfortunately, I've got to rush to the bank now and set up my stupid phoneline with Telstra so I can apply for internet. Very very mafan.

Lastly, this is for my good friend, J. A little preview for you dear.

Hahaha! I miss you guys loads I tell you. But now I really have to go. Take care everyone and stay safe. =)

Bye-sy Bye!

Adelaide ~~

2009-02-17T16:14:00.000-08:00

hey people.. this is the 7th day of us in Adelaide..

we took quite a number of photos when we went around.. here are they..

and the one we were in the airport.. enjoy.. oh oh.. also our apartment view..

apartment view..

at the beach.. =)

ok... the rest will be posted up by steph..

below.. is..... (music) dan dan dan dan.............

the double digits.. (me n steph edited it..)

p/s: don't get angry k.. just fooling.. hehe..

there is another double digits.. guess who.. not telling first btw.. hehe.. it's with steph.. so will see her post.. the stories are all with steph.. hmm.. well.. there are pictures we took during our visit to IKEA.. to buy some stuff for our apartment of course..

arrhh.. busy woman a.k.a. Jolene has not accepted her invitation yet.. we wrote our part.. where is the updates from Malaysia????? grrr...

ohh ohh.. yesterday we were planning to be good girls and go for our orientation (the second day).. but when we looked inside the lecture hall, there are no people inside.. sad huh.. yep.. but after that there is a girl that showed up and actually went inside the hall.. ahha.. but .. we didn't.. =D

guess that's all for now... FOR NOW.. hope to get some updates form MALAYSIA too.. Jolene, that's your job eh... don't focus all on your work.. find some time to update us ok.. we need some gossip to survive.. ahha..

toodles for now people.. xoxo.. miss ya'll..

Melbourne, Signing In

2009-02-16T17:40:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!!

I'm so excited writing this. Dont really know what to say.

Let's see.

So far, I'm really liking Melbourne. Unfortunately the apartment I'm living in is quite far to walk. The website says it was only 8 minutes walk but I think they might be exaggerating a bit. Good thing there's a tram stop right in front of my apartment and the uni. Oh, but then, tram is gonna cost me more.

I have not decide on it yet. I'm gonna be a bit like Jolene on this, gonna weigh the pros and cons of it. Hehe.

The apartment I'm in is very nice. I like it. Plain for now. No more money for deco. Spend too much on house items. xP

I'm gonna have a friend reaching here tomorrow and she only lives 2 doors down from me! So that's good. But we're not gonna be in the same class. She's a first year. So I know no one in my class yet. But there's a lecture for new students who got an advance standing thingie this Thurs. So I'm hoping to meet someone there. Planning to be shyless and very talkative on that day. Hahah! I'll update u guys later on whether it works or not.

Ok la, gonna go masak nasi now. Hahah! Bye!

p/s: Everyone must always post tau! ITS A MUST!!!

Opening Ceremony

2009-02-16T15:00:00.001-08:00

Hi people.. Just opened this blog few minutes ago..
This is our stories..
Although we are all in different places..
We still stay in contact and update everyone..