flying dreams

2011-08-24T02:36:00.000+10:00

有朝一日
我
你们
打垮。

I will FLY.

2011-08-17T18:30:00.004+10:00

Hello, how are you? Life's been great so far. Nowadays I can smile with a sense of contentment even though knowing that there are still a thousand and one things behind me waiting to be done. At least I know what I am doing, and being able to understand the real purpose of completing it is just as fulfilling as being able to complete it well. Nothing's worst than trailing blindly or even worst, working against your heart's yearning and still struggling to awkwardly fit yourself into the realm you know you don't want to be in.

When I'm alone, things tend to slow down. And it's great. This is when I'll truly be able to reflect who I am inside and outside, what am I doing at this point of time and is there a right reason for me to do it. This is when I'll be able to look around, be sensitive to my surroundings, form my own analysis, judgment and most importantly, not adhere to wavelengths that others tend to echo. It's the sense of being able to think and decide for yourself that makes me, myself.

This is who I truly am, a person whose ultimate goal is to be free, not mutually exclusive, but just simply, essentially free. I guess freedom can be achieved in many ways, and being granted freedom since a young age grants me a wishful thinking that I'll forever be a free soul and a free spirit. Being able to rationalize things in the way I perceive, not to be controlled by anyone, and not to control anyone. Independent of another person, body or entity: emotionally, psychologically & physically.

I will live life the way I want to.

*ballieulib;6:58pm

单数

2011-07-30T03:33:00.004+10:00

虚情假意的日子，就到此为止吧

一个人也许更能够好好地呼吸

一个人看东西也许会更清晰些

当价值观与论理态度上产生偏差时

这也许就是我能获得的最好宣判。

要博

2011-07-02T01:05:00.006+10:00

今天，有一种奇特的感觉。得不到想得到的东西，心里郁闷，感觉并不良好。一整天以来都是抱着骗自己先不去想的态度来度过的。心头其实在尝试责怪自己的同时也有一种声音在告诉自己说也许自己能做的究竟也只有这样吧。自认自己的确有付出过，有努力过，但到头来得到的还是如此，可能是自己向来太高估自己的能力了？可能是自己一直以来都不现实的面对该面对的事实，可能是抱有的期望太高太高了。

记得活到了中学时自己一度把当时的人生统计了一下，想了一想，觉得自己人生好像还真的没什么好抱怨的。成绩算不错，不愁吃穿，身边有一大堆朋友，看来老天还蛮眷顾自己的。但读过了许多伟大的成功故事，大部分都是说胜利者是怎么经历了人生的各种苦，怎么的处处碰钉子或遇到难题，之后才会取得终究的成功。凡是在潦倒后的成功，雨天后的彩虹在人们眼中好像比普通得来的成功更显得鲜明亮丽。

当时的自己就顿然觉得，为什么我人生至今还没有不如愿的事发生？为什么自己也没有他们那么多苦受？是意指自己的人生会过得像成千上万的平庸人士们般不特别，不出奇，平平淡淡地度过一个安全又不刺激的人生吗？如果没有任何的雨，恐怕彩虹也不会出现了！自己害怕平庸，害怕就会过得这么一般。为什么自己要跟其他人一样？我拒绝当第一千，一万个［他］！当时的这个想法就塑造了一种抗拒完美主义，害怕失去面对挑战难题的机会，厌惧过于完美的人生。凡是什么事能拗就都要拗一下，能不完美就尽量让他不完美好了。就有点像在害怕失去自己独特的风格态度，失去能在人群中显现得不一样的自己。自己不但要不完美，也要活得跟别人不一样。说起来根本就是个自己没事找事做，无病确硬让自己得病的怪人一个。

事隔多年回想起这件事，发现了一点。不完美自己会找上门。真正不完美的来临好像也不会令自己更出色或厉害，反而往往被吞噬其中，老早坚持的自我态度也许因此消失不见了。真正出色的人是那些能够在不完美当中维持状态，奋力创造新完美。但对一般来说不完美的来临会令人措手不及，希望的不再是创造任何事，光只是填补当中的不完美就觉得足够了。

Challenges

2011-06-20T02:11:00.005+10:00

I got too used to it since a long time ago.

That's why I could take it so much easier now.

Don't worry about me, I'm all good.

I'm not complaining, no longer angry nor reluctant.

I used to sink, float a little and drown

and now I am no longer in tears.

After all I'm opening myself up a little by a little,

year after year.

Thanks for always protecting me.

So once again, don't worry.

I'm all good.

I'm grateful for you.

Happiness will come.

2011-06-19T01:21:00.007+10:00

Be in control of yourself,

and not let anyone else

any beliefs

any trends

or inanimate subjects

take over you

as that

is what being human is about

.the balance within.

星＊

2011-06-19T00:07:00.006+10:00

是音乐吗

是错觉吧

存在的感觉

依然熟悉

FB是万恶。

很多事情　不是誰說了就算

即使傷心　結果還是自己擔

一百次相愛　只要有一次的絢爛

下一次　會更勇敢

《當冬夜漸暖》

Exam MADNESS!

2011-06-18T17:31:00.008+10:00

Once again I've managed to reach an altered level of epic-ness in my life.

I freaking went. to. the. wrong exam location for the first paper of my third year in Uni. Drugs: From Discovery to Market. And only realised when I walked to the seat and found that it was a PROPERTY LAW paper. And yes reading time has started. Blame it on my laziness, complacency and for always taking things for granted. And the locations are approximately 1.5 km distance apart. FML

So how did I finally get to the place I was supposed to be at? I freaking hailed a cab to my exam location. CanNOT describe the frantic and fear when the old gentleman who was looking after the doors told me, "I'm sorry darling but you should be in Wilson Hall not here. Now don't worry..you still have time.." Pretty sure he said something after that but it just...echoed and faded in the background.

So? I got there within 15 minutes. The moment I sat down on the RIGHT seat in the RIGHT venue I was supposed to be precisely 15 minutes ago, the invigilator went "Your time starts now, you may begin writing."

Now this is an experience too difficult to forget.

Miriad Sentiments

2011-06-17T17:45:00.002+10:00

I guess it's much harder for me to display direct appreciation and affection towards anything quite that easily nowadays.

Is it because of the society? Has it driven me into someone who just hides her feelings and thoughts in hope that everyone doesn't realise what they are and in fact don't CARE what they are? Is it the issue of confidence? Or is it because of the understanding and awareness of the fact that people probably just don't appreciate things you do as much as you hope that they would.

And whereby you start expecting lesser and lesser, and as days goes by you start giving yourself more air to breathe than you previously had. Stop soaking in the world expecting things would go your way or anything near or close to perfect and you'll live much happier in return.

That's it, I'll live by that for now.

senses

2011-01-21T05:49:00.002+11:00

memories of summer 10/11.

x the aroma of freshly steamed milk

x the smell of adequately warmed butter croissants

x the green apron

x the anticipation while flipping through the springboard pages

& xxx

all i smell now is cigarette smoke, not the blissful aroma of coffee

2010-12-12T04:20:00.000+11:00

persistance?

EPICNESS

2010-11-26T18:40:00.003+11:00

Today.

is probably one of the most epic days in my life. No kidding. I can't describe the entire situation here but let's just say that it involves one's agility, conscience, speed of decision-making, and courage.

Also,

it involves shopping.

it involves a pair of scissors.

it involves me and a dress.

A very gorgeous dress.

And...it's probably not going to be like what you think it is.

Love the way I lie

2010-11-25T14:43:00.004+11:00

Ah..as much as i've posted this on twitter and Facebook, I'll still have to say this here. Life after exams are awesome. The privilege of having nothing to do at all is too valuable on it's own really. Since life have started in Melbourne, there hasn't really been times where I can officially declare guilt-free sleep-all-you cans till whatever earthly or unearthly hours I like. I can, now. Okay let's just temporarily ignore the fact that I still have a housefull of stuff to be packed and moved over to my new place, which is a bit of killing off the joy here, but really the thought of having nothing academic-related or so to do for the next three months still excites me. The endogenous endorphin stimulation mechanism in me has been working really well since yesterday..:D

So i am actually typing this on my iPhone while lying in bed at 2.57pm! Yeah typing and blogging from the iPhone could really be a pain as compared to the laptop keyboard but it's always when im lying down feeling all relaxed that I feel that I have the most to say! Okay actually I need to go now to get myself out on the streets before the shops start closing..got to maximize the four days left here in good ol Melbourne before I leave for gold coast!!! And then malaysia straight after gc. So yes chop chop! Gotta go get some cleaning tools, pick up some cardboxes for my house moving, and some summer clothes! Woohoo!

pen.ultimate.yay?

2010-11-25T02:50:00.020+11:00

And, here it is again. The official end of another academic year. It is the end of the penultimate year of my undergraduate degree in biomedicine! One more year (provided that consecutive passes are successfully obtained) and I am graduating, GRADUATING! How exciting!?!??

And today is the day I realize that exams really DO get awfully exponentially harder from year to year, sometimes it is really not whether you've put in maximal efforts in trying your best, but most of the time it really requires a great deal of luck. Pure honest luck. And having two out of four of your tests being scheduled back-to-back of each other is probably an encounter of not that great deal of a luck. Especially the two which requires a substantial amount of memorizing work to be done prior to the test. Oh well, kudos to those who have survived thus far, especially those who have survived three back-to-backs instead of two since first year...amazing how you guys did it.

Exam period this semester has been particularly agonizing for me. Probably it's the overdose of caffeine sourced from my daily intake of rush double espresso that has caused a negative antagonizing effect instead of the state of hyper-alertness and feeling of well-being it should be producing. No idea. Or maybe it's my new shampoo. Or...the happy people lying in front of state library. Or those people who has zero tests and ended way way way before I've barely started anything. They all produce a cumulative effect I suppose.

Exam. Period. Bye-bye awesome pacific duck rice, hello neighbour $6.50 takeaways. Constantly counting the number of lectures you have left to cram in hopes that the number miraculously decreases with the with the amount of times you've counted. Trying to sleep when the sun rises and getting to know that sunrise is getting earlier and earlier by day. But the attempt has been relatively unsuccessful as the trams started their service as early as five and they are really really annoying when you are really trying to sleep. And the birds, stop chirping so loudly I am trying to sleep gah!!

Okay, I might sound like I'm really angry but I am not! I'm just a bit sleep-deprived. Well, really sleep-deprived. Probably my first time being that sleep-deprived due to exams. But in fact, I am really glad that I have pulled it through so far. At least, till now. And let's see what comes out from all these. I hope that it's positive! This past month has been nothing but a ferris-wheel ride. Slow in motion, but you get to see and do more things that you did not expected previously. It's good to slowdown and have a think at what you're doing sometimes.

dearest uni <3

Had been quite some time since I've been here.. :)

interests of the day: perf.arts,london,theatricals,musicals,summer,virtualreputation

self-talk

2010-11-18T12:02:00.005+11:00

jolene ng!

I am sure by now you have realised that you are running out of time!

You do not have any more time left to fool around.

I repeat, you have NO TIME LEFT!

Start doing what you should do now. NOW! nownownow.

argh!! WHAT! WHY, NOW, HUR!?

topic(s) of interest

2010-11-18T02:46:00.011+11:00

Learning is magical.

I am loving the exposure,

I feel enriched and I am appreciative of it.

heat, rise & shine,

oh, inspirations!

interests of the day: identity, overlook, haute couture, anna wintour, karl lagerfield, sun.f.f

flow

2010-06-13T03:01:00.017+10:00

I am here again.

See what I told you about the blogging during exam period thing. Proven.

I don't exactly know why am I here though. I guess I'm just running away from reality again. I'm always like that. When things are in a way that I don't like it, I choose to ignore it as much as I can. Up to the point that I really have to face it, I would still choose to hide, until...I don't know. It depends on situations. And this is why I am here whenever I feel like....hiding. I don't even know what am I talking about now.

Sometimes I ask myself why am I doing this. I come out with some justifications occasionally, but they were never truly convincing. I just cannot admit to it. Because in most situations if I do, I'll lose no matter what. And if I admit to every single one of them, I'll lose probably more than what I have to lose.

I think I will lose myself.

i've stopped expecting, but i haven't stopped hoping.

I need my oxygen chamber.

2010-06-12T17:58:00.005+10:00

Winter is most depressing time of the year to study for exams. The sky turns completely dark at 5:30 pm. What the? I just got out from bed....

Zero attention span. Sei for lor.

卓 . 云

2010-06-12T03:39:00.011+10:00

I've been going through old photos again, those from 2008 and the past year's in particular. And again I realised that so many things have changed within such a short period of time. How I ended up here in Melbourne, worrying about the most insignificant details in life, fussing about things that seemed all so unimportant now, till now, which I am not sure what stage of life in particular I should name it as... oh well....

There's this funny feeling when you browse through photos from the {beginning till the end}. Especially sometimes when some things have ended. In a literal sense. Looking back at photos you took when you just got to know a person, and thinking how much things have changed since then. Again its also heartbreaking to see how close you were to someone, remembering the moments shared, then coming to realisation that things would never be like how it was, ever again.

I guess this is how living abroad by your own is like. You tend to accept new things coming into your life much more easily than before. Freedom is yours, and its really up to your creativity how would you play around or get the most out of it.

And...i think this is my favourite way of indicating that exams are here. Had been my 'exam tradition' way back since PMR to blog during critical times, and blog less (or not blog at all) during normal days..weird I know. I think procrastinating is in my blood...........

////

I would't call myself someone who has constant homesick 'attacks' (like some people I know who faces severe weekly, or even attacks every three days). But I guess this time I really do. Trying hard to figure out why this only happens after 2 years of being here..

Good luck to...me! for the upcoming days. and:

imu. shgojwcsulplxw.

2010-05-14T22:41:00.002+10:00

and I want to hide myself

from everything that's happening so swiftly around me

from everything that's expected of me

and from being who I am, how I feel and act

But I just can't grow out of it. Yet. Or anytime soon. I just know, i don't know why.

Don't go away just yet.

2010-04-03T00:00:00.002+11:00

心倦了

不想再抱有期待

讨厌反反覆覆的

一厢情愿

自以为是

失落感

seasons are changing and waves are crashing

2010-03-31T01:16:00.004+11:00

I miss driving. Missing the feeling of being able to be in control of where I am heading to, no plans needed, just...go ahead and accelerate! Something is lacking in life now, the joy coming from randomness and spontaneity! I need fresh air!

2010-02-25T15:14:00.005+11:00

Although I have yet to step foot out of Malaysian soil yet, I'm feeling the reluctance all over already. Which is good actually, it means I still feel that I belong to this place therefore not wanting to leave so quickly. One more year till the annual holidays come....one more year till I'll be able to watch Astro on my beloved tv again..

Now I want my 3 months holidays back!

flying once again.

2010-02-21T04:38:00.017+11:00

The celebration of Chinese New Year this year was just as joyous as other years; simple yet full of laughter, warmth and blessings. In my opinion, frankly speaking there isn't anything really worth being deemed as extraordinarily memorable about the whole celebrating CNY routine every year, and I guess..this is just how it's supposed to be. Complete the things you have been doing since young and are expected to repeat it for many years to come..basically just living up to the word tradition. 就是这样的不需要华丽，简单的幸福就能带来最大最大的快乐。

Tomorrow is 初七 (the 7th day of CNY) and when clock strucks midnight it'll be 初八 (day 8), which is the day hokkien people will 拜天宫 ("bai ti gong"), it's something like offering thanks to the gods if i'm not mistaken. Was actually hoping that I would still be in Penang to witness all the noise and happening but I'm back here in KL already, which is so....KL. City life. :/

Being away from family to pursue my education for the past few years has somehow slightly impacted my perception towards the idea of spending more time with the people important to you, just doing things that you have been taking for granted all these while. Or maybe it's just because I'm ageing and thus starting to think more maturely *coughs*, I try to look at things in a more appreciative and thankful way now. I'm glad to have what I have, and to be in the presence of all these people.

some photos to share the joy!

not posting up mostly pictures with adults..because..well......

cousins table doing the lou sang, annual dinner at Ipoh this year

mel, marv and i with 2nd suk gong

girls

Another dinner at Ocean Green, Penang with karaoke in our room!

the drunk people. I'm not one of them lah. I'm just being dragged in because my face was red. Well that was because I had running nose and my cheeks tend to turn red!!!!! I don't get red so easily loh.

cute taiwanese cousin :)

and I'm flying once again.

2010-02-13T18:55:00.004+11:00

So I actually did drive all the way to and fro KL and Singapore! Quite an achievement yo! :)

It's a shame that I couldn't spend a couple more days there to really get down to shop, all I did was just some quick browse through and pick ups, but well the main reason was to visit grandma anyway. Shall make a trip down this year end with friends when the first Universal Studios in Resort World opens! It's the first U.Studios in South-east Asia and the rides and attractions look pretty awesome from their website!

Anyway, driving down to Penang for CNY chu yi dinner and celebrations tomorrow! Penang is expected to be crowded like every CNY...but the food and company is worth it!

Some random stuff here, hot manicures from instyle.com!!!

Mixed Metals

Ombre

last but not least,

Happy CNY to everyone and have a prosperous year ahead! 祝大家虎年行大运，健康如意！

2010-02-10T14:32:00.001+11:00

I'm driving to Singapore later!

Okay, maybe not like 100% of the journey, but still.....

laters!

mission pisang goreng >:)

2010-02-07T20:24:00.017+11:00

Most of my friends would have probably gone past this stage that I am at right now, which is a stage I would uncreatively name it the "post-obtaining-Plicense-excitement" stage.

Ok, not to say that I'm very excited also lah, if anyone would offer to fetch me out I'll gladly take up the seat NEXT to the driver's seat, but since I'm all alone at home today with a fatty boom boom big-assed car (as in, not big-ass, but instead literally it has a pretty large backside XD), so I've decided to give it a go. It was my first time driving out my residential area actually, and also my first time driving all alone! My parents would've probably said no if I asked them...........

But stilllll..... I'm back. So it's all good.

I got myself some keropok lekor, 3 pisang gorengs and 3 round ubi/keledek balls!

Yum yum.

I actually wanted to drive to Taipan, but as soon I drove out of USJ 13 (which is not that far from where I stay) I got honked like 3 times already, so I thought driving to Taipan is not going to be such a great idea. So hmm, I drove to this random malay stall behind SMK USJ 4 to get those yummy stuff. Wanted to drive past USJ 4/1M but I couldn't find my way LOL.

Ok so I think after reading this post nobody's going to dare to sit in the car I drive already.

....which is not too bad actually, because this means that I can continue occupying other seats except the driver's seat!

*off to check whether self is in a piece*

By the time I reached home, those pisang gorengs were no longer there, they are all in my stomach already! hahaha! Was too hungry while waiting for the traffic lights...so yeah nom nom nommm

ze 'up-to-no-good' look. Just got my P sticker stuck on the screen this morning.

Maybe I shall attempt to drive to gym tomorrow after all those fried fritters......

2010-02-06T21:25:00.005+11:00

刚刚发现了一个跟我很亲的人的部落格，读了他日积月累下来所写的文章及心情点滴，心中不禁感到无比的难过与愧疚。很惭愧没能帮上任何的忙，还无形间自以为是地把许多罪名加在你身上。对不起。真的很对不起。

是时候学习撇开偏见，做一个宽怀自由的人。

2010-01-28T00:33:00.010+11:00

当我很有blogging mood 的时候，就想一直写一直写，有的没的什么通通都写。

今天突然很想用中文打篇 blog, 应该是因为今天差不多一整天都趴在床上读陶晶莹最新的一本书《我爱我故在》的关系吧。这本书在还没去台湾之前就蛮想买来看了，去到那里原本以为忘了书名不知道该怎样才找得到，想不到才去了第一家书店竟然发现它是畅销排名榜上的 no. 1！读了觉得真的还不错，蛮适合各年龄层阅读的，特别是想要多了解自己，两性关系，还有爱的女生，其实也不限于爱情，还有各种各样不同类型人与人之间的爱！最适合像我这样无所事事的 emo biomed 学生读了, 哈哈！

接下来应该是要把我还没读完的那本《Pride and Prejudice》看完！本来想在来回台湾的飞机旅途上读完的，可是我每次搭飞机都会好想好想睡，加上飞半夜班机害得都没机会把它看完!

好了不说看书的事了，来聊聊别的。我们来谈谈承诺吧。它究竟是件好事还是坏事呢？我们天天都把很多承诺都轻易地挂在嘴边，无论是简单的约吃个饭，唱个k，或说好要一起做什么事，但最后不同人对所承诺过的态度是很不同的。承诺对有些人也许像买个保险，可以令人拥有安全感，更可以令一个原本已对未来不报有任何希望的人从新有所盼望，欣喜奋跃；但承诺对有些人则是一种最痛苦的束缚，强逼自己必须忍耐，就为了那人人口里的责任感或社会道德。

婚姻是承诺的例子之一吧，是一种爱的承诺。爱是种很抽象但却人人疯狂的东西，它神秘，可以说来就来，现在就有很多歌把爱比喻得形形色色的，大多数问起一个人究竟是喜欢另一半的哪一点时，答案差不多都是“我不知道，就感觉吧，没理由的喜欢。”　但是往往爱可以说来就来，也可以说走就走。爱是怎样可以当作一辈子的承诺呢? 到底是在承诺不变的爱，还是不变的人？人怎可能不变？那爱不在了，人还得留下。看，还不都是承诺害的。

What am I gonna do.

2010-01-28T00:02:00.008+11:00

So, it's exactly a month away till I return to Melbourne! And a month till my 19th, not to sound like a spoilt brat or hair-tossing bimbo here, but I really don't want to turn 19! 18 is just perfect. Legal enough to get into clubs and casinos in Melbourne, and whenever people hear that you're eighteen they'll go "Wow, so young!" with that envy/jealous glare showing all over their face. Envy and jealousy are siblings with different names anyway. But nineteen is different. It's kind of like a big red warning sticker reminding you that "You.are.turning.20.next.year." or "Be prepared." Bam, responsibilities. Bam, expectations. Bam, more responsibilities...and what else, career, marriage, stress? Well, can't really stop time from slipping by without us noticing it, can we.

I remember telling June this last year when we were walking back from class, and if I'm not mistaken it was when we were passing by some notice boards inside Asia Centre on Swanston Street okay *irrelevant*, that I want to do something daring and loud enough to say goodbye to the 18 years old me. Something 劲爆 ,fun, or simply exciting that I wouldn't probably have the guts to do a few years later. Something I wouldn't regret and would smile at when I look back.

Now the problem is....I haven't thought of what am I gonna do yet!! Any suggestions? I mean realistic suggestions, not like go jump a river or something bizarre..you know.

Suggestions warmly welcomed!

after 1 year 11 months and 25 days,

2010-01-26T17:59:00.009+11:00

Jolene has finally, FINALLY, finally passed her driving test.

Too happy.

Kind of wished that there are some friends who are free to go out for a mini celebration, just a simple mamak or starbucks drink will do, but everyone seems to be really busy with either uni, work, or some are just too faraway to be reached. So I celebrated my joy by sleeping the whole day...and I'm feeling so polar bearish now. which is wrong in a way because malaysia is so. not. cold.

Anyway, nothing that can be publicly written to be talked about. Sometimes i feel blogging is pretty superficial..in a way. It's like, you can't really share whatever you feel like writing freely or as openly as you would like to because you'll never know who's reading and you know, the whole circumstances issue..

met up with genie at the gardens, midvalley the other day with eugene and ken! Talked and laughed like we were in melbourne, glad to have met up with you!

random cold joke : eugene asked why was i wearing 灯笼裤 (those baggy kind of pants like aladdin or jasmine usually wears), and i answered because i'm going out with two genies that night! (eugene and genie)....geddit geddit???

okay, not that funny la actually lol.

this is jasmine, in case you don't know. and i am not that hiao. thank you.

dedications.

2010-01-24T04:41:00.006+11:00

It's not going to be easy to pass by colours entrance without imagining you waiting there waving from afar.

It's hard for us to just lose a minnie mouse like that, where do we find another one?

Who is going to pose for my photos if we go on a roadtrip? I will still be holding my DSLR, but who is going to be there to pose?

Who's going to share my secrets and telling me to wear more colourful clothes? (and wear less grey)

Who's going to call us our names with the prolonged last syllable?

We haven't even went clubbing together, or go for a starbucks chit-chat session, or studying in the state library together?

Who's going to be the other 91 baby in our gang??

I really hate bidding farewells. I really don't want to do this anymore.

wenjye and eugene is bad enough...and i thought i don't have to face it anymore.

But i'm so glad to have met you, and i'll cherish you as one of my closest friends for a long time to come.

Good luck with everything you do, all the best my dearest one week '室友', genie.

I'm so sorry that i avoided you calls today, to be honest. I just...find it hard to face the fact and talk to you again. Must be more positive! like what you always say, 积极面对！I'll call you up tomorrow!

yay*

2010-01-24T03:51:00.006+11:00

Just finished my mcnuggets and spicy ayam goreng mcD from midnight delivery! Kinda forgotten that McD delivers 24 hours here woohoo! =)

Anyway, when i was travelling I kept wanting to do a summary post of those places I've been to from last year to this year (perth, shanghai, hk and tw mainly, not melb, penang and kl) but once I'm home I'm procrastinating it again! It's like all those things I had in mind or just the oomph to start writing just got blown away or something.

Taiwan was great! I've always loved travelling there, well probably not too much of a touristy kind of 'travel' with all the sightseeing and all because all we do there is to eat, shop and return to aunt's house at wee hours of the morning with the car boot loaded with shopping bags and tummy loaded with food. And when i mean loaded with shopping bags, i mean it in a literal way like the whole car boot full bursting with shopping bags of different sizes, colours and material kind of FULL. Why shop so much? because the things there are just somehow...unique! and cheaper! Big label sports shoes and apparel there are so much cheaper compared to malaysia and australia of course, and their designs somehow just beat ours FLAT. The stuff there are so..young! Everything is so colourful and 青春洋溢 !! I've finally decided that i'm going to dress more colourfully this year haha no more dull grey/black! Even if whole body black also die die squeeze one piece of neon yellow necklace in haha :)

And of course it's not only the shopping, but also the company! As tw is like our yearly shopping destination since some years back, me and my cousins are pretty used to getting around taiwan or knowing what to eat, where to go, what to shop etc. And since we're pretty umm..grown up now *coughs*, we're allowed to go around by ourselves to get the stuff we want (because if we shop with them jialat already, we'll spend the WHOLE DAY in probably 3 shops max) So yup, to maximize efficiency, we young people go our own way! And discover cool things to bring back to them so that they'll realize that there are more things outside 'brushes' (the shop our mums love the most)..It's crazy scary. My mum alone bought 25 pieces of clothing from that shop, and the way they shop from brushes is like, today this outlet, tomorrow the other outlet..

Anyway, tw's awesome! Too much to write in detail. Can't wait to go back this year end, or next year. Anyone wants to come along?

*I will write my travel log summary!!!!! must write! =)

Taiwan travel group next year? Any joinners?? SERIOUS!

taiwan update!

2010-01-19T05:41:00.004+11:00

Hello! I'm currently in my aunt's house at 台北縣！It's near 南势角 MRT station.. Just came back from a pretty famous pub here called EZ5 Live House watching 黄小琥 who was there singing live. Pretty awesome. Had...one tequila shot, one belvedere vodka+bacardi lime, one johnny walker premium + coke and some random mixed house alcohol which knocked my cousin off lol and i'm currently like uh..*&^@!!!!

oh well.

Had 台南鲁肉饭 and 虱目鱼汤 for supper as well! 虱目鱼 is this special fish that can only be found during winter...or something like that.

hopefully more (fruitful) shopping tomorrow!

2010-01-13T17:39:00.007+11:00

Hello everyone! Didn't know that you guys still read my blog! T.T Thanks for making my cbox alive once again haha! Anyway, this is the link for the Clinique game on facebook!

http://apps.facebook.com/cliniquediary/?ref=ts

I'm going out with my trinity melby mates later! I'm quite positive that i'm going to be bullied because I'm the only girl there.. I'm going to become Grace tonight!! T____T grace.....ni zai na li....

But it'll be fun! Wen jye's going to be the 'ahmat' of the night! hohoho thanks la bestfriend!! ni shi zui hao de, zhi dao ma? hahaha

Okay, um i actually have nothing else to say although I feel like blogging.. HOW SAD!!

anyway, picture from hann's camera from our hk trip!

mickey ears!

BAM bam BAM!

2010-01-12T21:16:00.004+11:00

Hello!!! Since I'm back from Hong Kong I kinda stayed at home everyday..okay i went to Subang Parade with mum once to have Sakae Sushi but that's it. T_T SO pathetic. But anyway so far I managed to clean up my room a little..work out a little (swimming!!!) and yeah that's probably it. Most of the time I look like this:

>-I-O [] (From top view)

The orange thing is my laptop placed on my bed and >-I-O is me lying flat like a...i don't know!!! Uneven pancake? Anyway, have been playing restaurant city and cafe world on facebook.. T_T yeah so productive I know..and this:

LOL. Before you go wth??, I'll explain. I saw this advertisement thing on the right handside of the my fb page saying some Clinique promotion blablabla with interactive games zzz so yes out of boredom, curiosity and creativity, i came up with the above!!! Deng deng deng! Which is your favourite of all? I actually made five but I forgot to printscreen the first one. Anyway my fav is no. 2!!

Its kinda cool actually you get to choose everything from eyes,nose, mouth,skin colour, hairstyle..to clothes,shoes, bags, accessories and scarves. Yeah its like playing those princess dress-up games but a more adult version..using clinique foundation, eyeliner, mascara etc =.=

Anyway, yes.

That's all I've got for today!

2010-01-11T03:45:00.001+11:00

Melb - Perth - Kuala Lumpur - Shanghai - Hong Kong

Taiwan.

The last stop.

I'm truly thankful for all these opportunities and experiences.....

Will be back!

mixed feelings

2010-01-01T05:36:00.003+11:00

This is horrible. The feeling of losing someone close and dear to you over and over again. I thought I didn't have to go through this for at least a while after entering university but I was wrong. 人与人之间的那份信赖也许是长久相处下的依赖所造成的吧。Worst thing is when you know the outcome would be the ideal or best choice for the person, yet you would selfishly want them to remain right next to you.

I'll leave the dedications for another day until I get over this..

FOODIE GOODIE! *updated regularly!

2009-12-14T01:57:00.013+11:00

I'm so bored. Can't wait to go to HK with hann!

And yeah, i've decided to make a list of food i had over this holidays start from today, so i'll add on food that i can remember to this list ! I'll add stars to those which i recommend! and more stars to those i HIGHLY recommend! =)

1. Bak Kut Teh SS 14 ( i really hate it when they don't have fried shallots when i have my bah kut teh!!!!! its my main motivation to go ok! shallots + bah kut teh soup + oily rice （油饭） is the best combo!) *

2. Char Koay Teow USJ 17 ( i like it with a raw egg added on top to have this smooth texture on top of the koay teow noodles!)

3. Kaya Puff and Curry Puff from USJ 17

4. Nasi Bryani Kambing and Rojak Petis from JM Beriani SS 17! SUPER GOOD!! **

5. Chicken/ Duck rice + chinese fruit rojak + LARGE orange juice with karyn & tiong seng @ Rock Cafe, Sunway

6. Fresh Cow's Milk delivered by the usual Indian motorcycle man to my house! Can ask no. from me if you want! **

7. Freshly squeezed apple and orange juice made by my maid! I have this every morning!! Along with either tuna, chicken or egg sandwich!

8. Chinese wedding dinner meal at West Lake Restaurant, Sunway Resort Hotel.The food there was pretty GOOD! Way beyond my expectations, but i guess it's much pricier than what we'll normally go for a usual meal. I can't really remember the exact names of the dishes, but there's this dessert which resembles a lotus puff which is really good! The pastry is crispy and light on the outside, and the filling inside complements the pastry perfectly!

*okay its quite wu liao, but so is my life. So this is one of my few only sources entertainment. :/

I realise this post is kinda boring without any pictures, i'll post some up if i have em!

2009-12-13T20:40:00.002+11:00

"Jolene just beat a couple of her friends playing Guess The Sketch · Comment · "

"Jolene just whipped up some delicious Bacon Cheeseburger in Café World!· Comment · · Play Cafe World "

....this has been what KL have been like so far. Facebook. Online drama streaming (streamyx speed is horrible). Driving Lessons. Busy friends. Non-existent social life.

The weather here is so awesomely hot and humid that any one minute spent without any fan or air-conditioning puts your shower to complete waste..global warming ah. 自做自受.

Tenji japanese buffet at Solaris was very good and worth it! They're still having their current promotion till end of Jan if i'm not mistaken so gogogo try it! Beats shogun hands down.

Went to Taylor's new lakeside campus yesterday. Very big. A lot of places for people to make out. Teenagers and raging hormones. Sher Hann's new campus next year.

Going to Shanghai this Thursday to next Monday. Hello Phoebe. Goodbye 34 degrees hello 8 degrees.

AIYOOOHHH HOLIDAYS SO SIEN.

Perth.

2009-12-04T15:21:00.003+11:00

Hello! I'm blogging from Dome Cafe, Trinity Arcade Perth!

Got my interview done this morning, it was much shorter than I expected it to be. Not really confident about it to be honest, but oh well, what an experience! Perth is a really nice place! The first thing I fell in love with here are the lakes and rivers here. The water in the lakes and rivers are really clean, and are in deep deep blue shades, really pretty! The buildings here are pretty unique and artistic as well, I've took some pictures which I'll post them up later on! The hotel I stayed at was not bad, the room was reaallly big for one person..i got a king sized bed! I wanted to go visit King's Park, which is a really really nice garden with awesome sceneries according to Chris, my hotel is even right behind the park, but I didn't have time and accompany to go with..so it's kinda boring touring a 20 hectares botanical garden all by myself..Yup a taxi driver told me the park is 20 hectares in size..Anyway, I almost finished walking the entire CBD shopping area yesterday+ today..some street names in my head : Kings Street, Murray Street, Hay Street Mall, Murray Street Mall..etc. The hotel I stayed is on Mounts Bay Road! And my interview place is called the QE II Complex, Block N of Charles Gairdner Hospital! There were 2 seniors who helped out at the interview place earlier..one 5th year Med student, and a final year Dentistry student.They were pretty nice + funny people. I find the people here more friendly compared to Melburnians.

Okay that's a lot of names.hmmmm..And what else. oh i tried the waffle shop Chris recommended to me called Gelare Cafe, the waffles + syrup + whipped cream is delicious! Oh and i learnt that the Perth version of Bubble Cup is called Utopia! It's jam packed with asians...like all bubble tea outlets in Melb....

Okay, the free 45 mins internet in Dome is running out. I'm flying back to Melb on Tiger Airways at 7pm later! Will reach Melbourne around 1-2 a.m!

p.s Virgin Blue's seats are sooo uncomfortable T.T my 4 hours from Melb-Perth was a nightmare!

See ya!

swimming on..

2009-11-15T20:36:00.004+11:00

credits : mykedai-runcit.blogspot.com

2009-11-07T23:39:00.006+11:00

Today is seven-eleven day. I still remember seeing a bunch of trinity people bringing in their slurpees into Math 1 lecture last year, which I smsed the gang about it immediately after, and off we went to get ours after class that day. We got pretty excited and certainly had fun trying to squeeze as much slurpee we could into that cup, experimenting different flavour combinations, and teasing each other's slurpee colours that they look ugly. Things are more fun when done together I guess. This year, I did not get my free slurpee.

Happy 7-11 day.

♥

2009-11-07T19:20:00.004+11:00

i ♥ lifecycles. i ♥ monkeys, gorillas, great apes & human evolution. i ♥ australopithecus africanus. i ♥ australopithecus afarensis. i ♥ homo neandethalensis. i ♥ great sanitary awakening. i ♥ XIST genes. i ♥ basidiomycota in my pizzas. i ♥ aspergillus because they ferment my soya sauce and sake. i ♥ gene interaction simply because they sound so cool although i might not understand a thing about it.

i ♥ biology.

biology ♥ me.

2009-11-06T02:08:00.004+11:00

june's msn display picture : cookie monster cupcake!

40th anniversary of sesame street

such an adorableeee google logo!

sorry i'm just slightly obsessed with sesame street characters...

Look at my hoodie!

2009-11-05T16:26:00.004+11:00

Welcome to Wildlife Biology 101! I was googling pictures of our lovely ancestors on google while studying them for the upcoming test T_T but yes some of the pictures are really CUTE!

My favourite angry ape! His nostrils are so big!! He's gonna hit someone with his stick! ROARRR RUNNN!

Baby Lemurs:

Ring Tail Lemur:
I always thought that Tasmanian Devils look like this :

But the real ones look like this :

ORANG UTANS! "Orang utans live in Sumatra and Borneo." lol, grace yes i might go visit for the sake of orang utans!

A cheeky orang utan

"A pair of Sumatran tiger cubs and a set of young orang-utans, all abandoned at birth, have become inseparable after sharing a room at an Indonesian zoo." BBC News 28 February 2007

Picture from The Star website

SO CUTE RIGHT!!! I wanna go see orang utans!

2009-11-05T00:04:00.007+11:00

I somehow just feel like writing something, and this don't always happen. Because if it does I'll probably be doing arts now instead of calculating the dielectric constant of capacitors which I am so totally interested in, not.

I realise that I haven't been talking much about the university I go to - University of Melbourne much in my blog. So here it is, some basic housekeeping info:

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, Australia's 2nd oldest university, 2nd highest ranked in Australia, Motto : "Postera Crescam Laude" lol, yes i wiki-ed that up. I don't love my uni that much by repeating the motto at least three times before I sleep every night don't worry.

So being a first-year going on second-year biomedicine undergraduate (hopefully i pass all my exams this semester, fingers crossed), I would like to share some of my thoughts and opinions here!

I shall start from the teaching and learning aspect, which is a crucial component of the whole university experience.

Teaching and Learning

Firstly, like what we were told to expect beforehand, learning and studying in university is really up to YOU, the lecturers and tutors really take the whole independent learning concept seriously. If you don't turn up for lectures or tutes, no one's going to care about you, whether you do extremely well, pass or fail that subject, it's really up to your own initiative. Well, weekly lectures and tutorials for all the subjects are really important of course, but what I realise is the actual 'learning' bit only starts when you sit down and go through the material on your own. If you want to make your presence known, you've got to speak up, which I don't do so ( so A-S-I-A-N, haha!), and well if you talk too much, not only everyone will know you, but they'll probably hate you as well. So these are some of the pros & cons i've thought of :

Pros :

1. We get good lecturers. Being in Biomed, the uni has a pretty high ranking in terms of Life Sciences & Biomedicine in the world (13th ranking). We get different lecturers from their own specialised areas of research or study ex. physiology, genetics & cell biology teaching us in first year biology subjects and most of them are pretty good. Most of the lecturers are willing to help and they reply to your emails pretty quickly. (even those old uncles/aunties are IT literate! +1 point!)

2. Material taught are cutting-edge knowledge and information. With the uni being the 2nd largest research organization in Australia (just below CSIRO, a government scientific research body), the lecturers are largely involved in research and thus the information they obtain and pass on to us are the latest development in the respective fields. So we actually get to know what's exactly happening in the world today, and not learning some old technology from some 10-15 years back.

Cons :

1. Too much to do, too little time. A standard science subject has 3 x 1 hour lectures, 1 x 1 hour tutorial and 1 x 3 hours lab per week. And we have four subjects per semester. So an average science student, taking account of the new melbourne model would get around 20 contact hours per week (without self-study time and assignments/homework completion time). The amount of work we have to cover is actually quite a lot, especially if you're a lazy person like me who leaves everything to the last 2 weeks of the exam, mati-lah. Malaysia Tak Boleh already. Well this is actually highly-dependent on different individuals, but since i'm talking about myself, this is the case happening. And yes I admit I am not at all a hardworking student!

2. Mixing around. It's kind of hard to get to know or mix around well with Caucasians, especially if you're Asian Asian. Asian Asian = people like me, who don't attend high school here. Those who go to high school here can mix around fairly better with the Caucasians. Oh well, we don't even really mix around with the AAs - Australasians (?). Well it's kind of hard to actually pinpoint the exact reason, I believe there are many reasons combined together. And in biomed, the ratio of Caucasians + AAs : Asian Asians is probably like 75:25!?? But in general, Australians and Australasians are fine, they're pretty friendly and harmless. We still work together in group work and labs when assigned to.

University Facilities

Well to be fair, the range of facilities Melbourne University provide isn't too shabby. The buildings are constantly being looked after, and there are always new developments or redevelopments going on from time to time. The one under renovation now is the biomed library, study space and student centre opening in February next year! Union House (The place we can get almost everything) is pretty cool actually, we have different ranges of food here from chinese, italian, japanese, vietnamese,indian (the one grace's working at) to bubble tea...etc. I think its fair enough, although being a loyal EK fan, I shall remain faithful to dear ol' EK at all times. LOL. EASTERN KITCHEN $6.00 HONEY CHICKEN + MAPO TOFU/EGGPLANT takeaway! I shall take a picture of it the next time I have it in case I don't get to eat it next time.

Pros :

1. Uni Wireless is FAST! Within the uni area, downloading stuff or surfing the web is very convenient, and I can youtube to my heart's content (ok, there's a weekly limit actually, but so far I haven't exceeded the limit)! I am so going to start a new drama series after this exam! Any joiners??

2. Distance. Buildings are relatively near to each other. As in, compared to Monash Clayton, we have to be really grateful and happy with the distance between buildings in Melbourne Uni. And oh yeah, the distance really matter when you have a 8 a.m lecture, which I'm going to have again next year in Sem 1. fml.

Cons :

1. INSUFFICIENT LIBRARY SPACE. To be exact, quiet, conducive study spaces. Ballieu library (the main library) and ERC/ Frank Tate is horribly overpopulated with very inconsiderate, noisy, CBF @BCD#F! people!!!! Furthermore, ballieu is so 破烂 already lor. So tak enak rupanya.

2. The $$$ issue. We need to pay to use the gym, pay to join student union, borrow storybooks (not academic books), print our own notes or buy our own lecture notes from the library. The amount we pay should entitle us to free lecture notes! >:(

Okay, as you can see I am getting lazier in my descriptions so I shall stop here, and I'll continue this another day when the 'mood' is here again!

2009-11-04T16:51:00.012+11:00

I'm now listening to songs in my iTunes playlist while studying, and I've got a question to ask: where do you guys get information or news about new songs or albums from ah? And where you guys download those songs them from??? How come I never get news like abc artist or def band is coming out with a new album all these kind of things? My songs are like SUPER old!! I've been listening to Nat King Cole the other day for my Music & Health essay..and he passed away in 1965. Yes just an idea of what my definition of 'old songs' is like...

Anyway random, random thought! Reply to my question ok!

some pictures!

Giraffe Cafe : #302 Little Lonsdale Street

my Tiramisu + Espresso!

june's giraffe cheesecake!

ken's crème brulée !

nostalgic much? 飞行棋！

Cupcake day + ANN'S bday! 4/11!

Happy 18th fellow biomedder!

* BACK TO STUDY! =/

2009-11-03T19:44:00.003+11:00

One more month...

till I see these people

I haven't been seeing for the past 10 months.

2009-10-29T16:46:00.003+11:00

EDDA Final Quiz: DONE!
Genes Last Independent Learning Task: DONE!
All subjects tutes and pracs : OVER!

I'm now left with my music portfolio and three exams..

and there goes my first year of Biomedicine, second year of residing in Melbourne, first year of not being with CSUL and first year of CMG.

Must be more optimistic and positive! Must type blog posts with lots of exclaimation marks!!!!!!

ACHIEVE AND ACCOMPLISH!

(!!!!)

pew pew!

2009-10-26T12:03:00.009+11:00

omg omg omg.

..guess who's doing CHOIR as her breadth subject next semester??? :P

Got my re-enrolment thingy done today, and i think i'm gonna do this subject called Childhood, Youth identities and Change for my 2nd semester breadth next year.

eggcited-ness! :DD

happy post!

2009-10-26T00:51:00.010+11:00

*Yay i'm so excited right now! wooppeeedooodee~

I've just confirmed my tickets to HK this coming January with Hann, and Jing's flying back with us (she's doing her internship there right now)! =D Gonna visit xuanjiuan and sherman and whoever else there (or maybe bump into mahone at 女人街 again?? XD) Seriously that was the random-est thing that ever happened to me, bumping into a friend on one of the busiest streets while travelling..

I'm going to Shanghai to visit phoebe in dec, and grace is dropping by KL for a few days, proposed trip with CSUL.GW gang, trip with the sakais, taiwan trip with cousins(?), learn driving, embrace the heat and humidity, savour good food, sleep, yoga & gym sessions with mum, visit new places!!!

I can foresee..this year end break is gonna be an awesome one! =)

2009-10-25T01:24:00.002+11:00

Random quote:

"Our houses are just streets away.. we will be back one day."

We will, if we choose to.

2009-10-24T15:42:00.009+11:00

Sorry, I'm feeling a bit washed out lately so much so that I don't feel like writing or sharing anything in particular. I'm just trying to fit myself into the pace everyone's working at though still kind of hopelessly trailing behind at the moment. kind of.

There are sometimes just too many voices echo-ing around you, making things more confusing and complicated that it really is; at the end of the day the only voice you can really trust is probably your own's.

everything will be over real soon; i hope.

2009-10-04T19:52:00.003+11:00

I actually wish i could now go on facebook and type something like this on my status:

"

yeaaaaaaaaaaaahhpmr is coming...................... the end of the worlddddddddddddddd yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"

...and not care less.

2009-09-30T02:46:00.001+10:00

cm says:
eh btw do u know dere is thief in micasa?
hahah someone lost her bra n undies

jolene* says:
LOL!!!!
are you serious

cm says:
yaa
i went to do laundry just now
den someone stick a note written in pencil
one whole page long, a4
sth like "to the idiot......return the bras and undies into this basket by thurs or i will call de police......dere r cameras in this room"
LOLL!!

LOL.

春天到了！

2009-09-22T15:10:00.007+10:00

S p r i n g b r e a k i s h e r e !

Highlights so far : Guitar Heroes night @ june's, Royal Melbourne Show on Sunday (showbags galore!) and dinner with aunt's family at Crown yesterday at Waterfront Restaurant.

I think i'm officially bored of aussie style funfair after two moomba waterfests and two royal melbourne shows. I somehow don't really feel the excitement of going onto rides or winning plush toys from those (money-ripping) game stalls anymore, I'd rather spend money on something else like food, or a plush toy i really really like, or even better clothes! hohoho

I'm now under a spring cleaning mode! I'm trying to maximize my wardrobe space by keeping all my thick winter jackets above my wardrobe, thus making more space for spring/ summery clothes!

I actually like spring, just that i don't have nice legs = cannot wear pretty skirts/dresses/shorts

:/

anyway, i'm going for a camp (actually it's more like a roadtrip) at lakes entrance from this friday to sunday! Heard there's gonna be fishing and crab-catching! and the best part, crab-eating :)

2009-09-18T02:12:00.005+10:00

the only reason

of me doing this;

and looking forward to so much

2009-09-14T14:02:00.009+10:00

"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead." (Stravinsky, 1964)

Stravinsky, I. (1964, September 27). Subject: Music. New York Times Magazine.

Music & Health essay down, TICK!

one more genetics lab session, and one physics assignment left to the ultimate.....

SPRING BREAK !!!

2009-09-11T17:46:00.004+10:00

strong wind, ambulance rushing, essay writing

wonton noodle soup, smoothie sipping, brain wrecking

I feel like a blob of jelly right now.

feeling lethargic

2009-09-10T23:04:00.005+10:00

Physics seminar presentation is over! Our group (june, deborah and i) went second and god sitting in there for 3 and a half hours was such. a. bore. T.T

By the way, the wonton-making season is here again.

time to seriously pump in more vitamin C and echinacea into the body...

and also, music & health essay mania has officially started!!

current word count: 0 words.

someone, help me!

roar

2009-09-08T00:45:00.003+10:00

The "All My Friends" and "Fancheck" application on facebook is SO ANNOYING!

I'm like SUPER SIAN doing physics research on hip replacements and i keep receiving notifications saying that i'm being tagged by someone i practically never talk to..

what make things worst is i got tagged as UNKIND once, and UGLY twice

urgh stupid facebook apps

i'm so agitated

>:/

she thinks.

2009-09-07T03:30:00.010+10:00

Honestly, i shouldn't be here at this time of the day. I cannot afford to miss my genes lecture tomorrow morning because there's this strong gut feeling telling me that tomorrow's lecture is going to be an important one.

However, my inspiration to blog always come to me in the middle of the night, or should i say, early in the morning. Too early to be exact. And therefore, here i am.

A few days ago, a friend of mine and I went for a musical production presented by the Med Revue entitled The Land Before Swine. It was a well spent night. The humour was well-induced by the casts' beyond amateur acting skills, there were so many transitions and coordination required in the lighting, music and scene change throughout, yet most of the timing turned out perfectly, not an easy feat at all. Being a non-native speaker myself, there were many aussie jokes that i couldn't seem to catch, but the singing and dancing itself was worth it. There weren't fancy booklets nor lucky draw prizes to be given out, but it didn't seemed to matter at all.

Now the point I want to make here is no, I'm not such a massive fan of the musical that I have nothing better to do but to stay awake at this hour to write a special review on it. What I would like to point out is the analysing habit which is beginning to be planted unconsciously, by experiencing what is it like to be involved as a part of a production myself. I'm definitely not a qualified candidate at all to be writing reviews of productions because there are so many others that can do it much better than myself, whatever opinions expressed is merely from the perspective from an unexperienced, first-time production participant (well, maybe slightly more than being completely unexperienced, if sticking tissue and gluing counts).

Earlier this year, a few friends and I went for The Melbourne Model Musical. Apart from remembering that the guy who was acting as the vice-chancellor had funny hair and their posters were blue in colour, everything else is pretty much a blur. I didn't notice how long it took for scene changes, or if there were any at all, how exactly the sets looked like, and whether their tickets had a glossy finish or were just made up of colour paper cutted into rectangles.

Being a part of The Puppets CMG production team this year had definitely opened my eyes to things i've never noticed in the past, and things that i've never knew or even bothered to understand existed.

My attention span doesn't normally last long, especially when it comes to writing essays or long paragraphs. I've been sucked back into kaypo-ing others' business in the evil, evil world of facebook long before knowing it, and i reckon i should get some sleep now. Well at least a minimal amount of er..4 hours?

Good morning.

yehliu geopark, taipei. [dec 2008]

HK

2009-09-06T16:46:00.003+10:00

Why is everyone in hong kong? Might plan a trip there to visit my friends at the end of this year, or perhaps in the beginning of 2010 if the air tickets are affordable..

anyone wants to come along?

sprinkles!

2009-09-04T00:44:00.010+10:00

ooh!

look who has just changed her blog layout!

i had hainanese chicken rice again! yea yea i know lar yawn everytime talk about chicken rice so boring right. so what, it's my favourite! taste of asia chicken rice ftw!

and guess what, this never happened to me before.. I picked up a $50 note below a table along Lygon Street today!! I was like, randomly walking by, and i saw this man who accidentally kicked the leg of a table, and below it i saw a $50 note lying there! Being the honest person i am *coughs*, i ran after the guy to ask whether it belongs to him, but he said no. So i've decided to give it to the waiter of the restaurant, but the waiter in return said something along the lines of "you found it, so you get to keep it!".. and i was like "huh. O.O really?" a bit dumbsfounded really..

so yep anyway, AUD 50 bucks = around RM 150! THAT'S quite a lot for a just a "random pick-up" huh..i normally get to pick up 50 cents at the most...gua gua gua. I'll be going to se7en *cough* to club tomorrow so yea i think that's where the bucks would go to...nah it's my first time going there and it's CMG post-production party so NO, I'm not a avid clubber like you guys/girls/anyone cool..i'm a sad loner who spends her friday night at tenren/ starbucks at most! it's just another social event.

I can't wait for the 2 weeks midsem break!

..though i didn't really do much this sem...and my results so far had been really really seriously BIGMAC DOUBLE BACON DELUXE CHEESEBURGER kind of crappy.

=*(

sticky = too clingy, not sticky = hidung tinggi?

2009-09-02T23:07:00.008+10:00

UHU Glue

twist&glue, glue stick or happy glue? take your pick.

Different glue has its own stickability and purposes. There's no use trying too hard just to be together. Making things clear might do us good. I don't think we'll stick through this together afterall. Although i'm really afraid of losing things, this is probably just the way we were meant to be...

separated.

like always.

a lazy saturday

2009-08-29T18:33:00.006+10:00

One of the scenes from "The Puppets". Really liked the idea of just casting the shadow of the villain behind the screen.

Genes mid-sem test is the day after tomorrow. Pun intended. It's okay if you don't get it, a very pathetic joke attempt..

I literally spent the whole day in my apartment. Did some genes readings, steamed corn and carrots for lunch, drank milk, watched how it rained, watched how it stopped, how Melbourne skies gradually got darker and realise how hungry i get as i write this...

and so, i shall go dapau dinner now!

what a happy post!

2009-08-27T18:28:00.004+10:00

这个世界已经剩下不多 ‘纯粹’ 的事情了..

" 我只想纯粹跟你做个朋友。" ....屁。想认识女生直说好啦。

“我是纯粹想帮你的，真的！” ....是哦，有那么好心吗？

就以两个字 “纯粹”，就以为可以把一切的虚情假意给遮掩，有这么简单就好啦。。

Facebook is like a platform for zombies and emokids to shine and compete who has the most emo status out there..oh well. I'm probably one of them at times..can't help it.

I need love. and hugs. Not really like the desperate to be in a relationship kind of love, just any kind of love and warmth, from friends or anyone who still care. I just want to feel that i'm still being cared for. Maybe it's a sign of not going back home for too long.

No mum i'm not emo! it's the fungus. Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota.

DIE LA. STILL GOT SO MANY LECTURES HAVEN'T READ..........

shucks man

brr.

2009-08-26T00:17:00.008+10:00

..it's a really cold day here down under.

there's this tiny part in me secretly hoping that the temperature in melbourne would one day drop to below zero degrees celcius.

it'll be cool. like literally. even better if it snows.

well, just once or twice would be good..not like long term below zero degrees kind of weather. i don't want my actions to be paralyzed or immobilized by the weather..

haven't used my d40x in a while. i wanna save up to buy a flash kit! this is my current goal!

Black and white effect covers the imperfection of a photo really well. It hides all the colours, the poise and energy, leaving behind a complex tinge of nostalgia.

bunnydog? dogbunny?

2009-08-25T16:46:00.003+10:00

It's actually quite sad that i blog much lesser nowadays, because reading back old blog entries always bring back a lot of memories. Very very nostalgic indeed. I shall make a point to blog more frequently, even though it's short, boring, or nobody cares to read anymore, afterall it's for myself to read back in the future!

'The puppets' was a success!

I've never actually imagined myself to be involved in something like this, as in a theatre/musical production thingamajig, well because it's just something i wouldn't voluntarily 投身其中 under normal circumstances, but so far the experience had been a pretty rewarding one, and i'm glad to be a part of it! (albeit playing a really really minor role :P)

Off to physics lecture soon.

Although the wind outside is really strong,

and more than half of the time i have no idea what the lecturer is talking about...

Life's good in melbourne, oh yeah.

:)

2009-08-19T00:14:00.001+10:00

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funny stuff..

2009-08-18T15:48:00.004+10:00

i'm a really really lazy person.

why am i so lazy.

if only laziness could be quantified, i would've bust the scale by a few thousand percent already.

i don't want to study lah. i want to sleep. and wake up whenever i feel like it. and eat hainanese chicken rice. and play crappy facebook games.

NOT.. going for physics test. or study icky statistical stuff called EDDA. or have 6-hour labs in one day.

eeeeeek

hello mr. cookie.

=o)

2009-08-16T23:03:00.001+10:00

我再也写不出以前般优美的词句，漂亮的字迹了。我觉得自己好像是个已经受到 melbourne 这个环境所污染，历经 mutation 的一颗 impurity。现在的我，中文渐渐不行，英文也没有到很好的程度，到底还有什么是好的？还有什么是值得一提的？该怎么办。

话虽如此，有一样东西我是知道，清楚的：回去也不过如此，我并不会更快乐。

继续努力吧，自己。

2009-08-16T22:43:00.003+10:00

As we grow older, we tend to get more and more paranoid. We don't feel safe to share stuff so publicly anymore. We don't blog thoughts that come cross our minds without thinking twice.

We think, contemplate, then realize that it is probably not the wisest choice to tell the whole world, or probably anyone who you truly madly deeply despise right now, or who you're currently having this super duper major crush on, or who you feel like giving a big tight bitchslap to and so on. Or probably it's just me, simply not being brave enough? Bear in mind, bravery comes with a price to pay.

I really hate growing up so fast. I am only but eighteen.

2009-08-08T01:59:00.004+10:00

The smell of coffee induces this false perception of me being in an airport. I actually kind of like being in airports. It means that you know that you're going somewhere, and most of the times you're actually looking forward to it, provided you're an optimistic person (like me!) haha :D

Hmm, just a really random thought which came across my mind during music and health lecture. Oh yeah, music and health is a subject i'm doing this semester to fulfill my breadth component. It's pretty interesting. Yes it is. Don't listen to grace. We learnt about the relationship between music and survival today, talked about how the most primitive way of communication started, how it evolved, how music could be as crucial as the basic needs of human such as food, air, reproduction etc. We also watched some pretty cool youtube clips in lecture, sounds pretty good right? Better than Quantitative Methods 2 heehee :P

Watched G.I Joe yesterday and Overheard (a hk movie) today. G.I Joe was awesome! Like...'super super mega mega ultimately extreme burger meal' awesome! june's quote :D overheard was..sad. kinda. yeah.

Okay i'm now super super mega mega ultimately extreme burger meal sleepy so good night.

bunny bunny bunny

just one of the first year sem two wednesdays

2009-08-05T18:46:00.010+10:00

Felt like i had a long day today, so i'm here to jot down some things. Today is Wednesday. I skipped lectures for the first time this semester. Didn't feel too well. Will listen to lectopia after shower.

Went to EDDA tute, 'the number of angmohs and ABCs are overwhelming' - quoted from june. True enough, i think there are less than 5 non-angmoh/ ABCs even after combining with the other class in the computer lab? It's a bit intimidating actually, having to try my best to communicate with the accent and all..argh. frustrating. Luckily i have june with me, or I'll go nuts if i'm all by myself in the tute.

Went for my first tennis lesson this sem! and because i'm in the 3:30 session there are so little people! Less people = more personal attention from coach! Only five students i think? the 4:30 one is really packed..they've got like 10+ people per session, haharharr..not so nice. and what a coincidence, my cousin's having his private one-to-one coaching session at the same time just right next to my court. I really need to improve my forehand......it's like horrible..

Signed up for melb uni gym semester membership! i wanna go swimminnnnggggggggg *hints phoebe

Helped out with a bit of chalking in front of baillieu..and went to archi building to lug something to union hse...and walk here and walk there and drank bubble cup.. and had lamb samosa..and walked home..and here i am...and bye!

:>)

the bigass mirror in Des Connor room

hello karyn.yilyn.liyuan.xuanjiuan.waikit.shuxian.jiayi.wenjye.eugene.

how are you guys? haven't talked to you in such a long time.

do you guys still remember me? =(

2009-08-03T21:53:00.002+10:00

Physics for biomed is nuts. Just can't seem to get the hang of it yet. Really hope that i'll get it real soon or i'll be so so lost throughout the semester.

ok i'm getting really..excited now for no reason. i'm too excited i cannot continue typing already i'll continue another day byebye.

i'm normal don't worry =)

2009-08-03T00:59:00.004+10:00

Exploring Facebook in different languages is pretty fun (yes, i should be sleeping now but...)

in normal english : " Jolene likes Grace Hii Siau Jin's photo."

in chinese : "Jolene 说 Grace Hii Siau Jin 的照片真赞！" so cute yea :D

in BM : "Jolene menyukai gambar Grace Hii Siau Jin. " meh..boring. okay maybe i'm just being biased.

in Bahasa Indonesia : "Jolene menyukai foto milik Grace Hii Siau Jin." see...indon sounds better than bm..

in pirate language : "Scurvy Jolene spies ol' Grace Hii Siau Jin's portrait pleasin'. " seriously...there IS pirate language...haha go check it out!

in cantonese (hk version) : "Jolene 對Grace Hii Siau Jin 的相片讚好！"

in taiwanese : "Jolene 推薦 Grace Hii Siau Jin 的相片，讚！" nice!

walau jolene ng you're too free man seriously....

2009-08-02T02:40:00.004+10:00

For once in a long long time, i've decided to post fresh stuff here, i.e. stuff that happened a few hours ago and pictures that aren't uploaded in facebook yet. Reason? no particular reason actually, just felt like it. hrm. well it's partly because i can't sleep, i'm putting the blame on the late afternoon nap i took.. anyways..these are some pictures of the CMG pre-production dinner that happened a few hrs ago! nothing much in detail needs to be reported i guess?

ok. i feel sleepy again. weird. bye.

argh, i'm so reluctant to get up from my chair! hate the cold brr

2009-08-01T13:09:00.004+10:00

My idea of a nice...

Friday night: chinese from rose garden, double choc chip frapp from starbucks.

Saturday morning: bureks, banana smoothies, fresh salmon and oysters from vic. market.

:)

AND the most perfect thing to do on lazy saturday afternoons : naps!

you knew it...didn't you

2009-07-26T03:39:00.003+10:00

I seriously don't like going to the casino. It's my fourth time going into Crown today and I really, 真的 don't find any excitement in feeding cold, hard-earned cash blindly into those machines.....真的是很不明白 why are there people who loves gambling so much...

Spent the last few days of my winter break tagging along with mum and aunts around melbourne...it's really very tiring. Imagine walking, stopping for photos and shopping from day till night with five aunties... gg orz

okay it's 4 a.m and i should get washed up...

casino sucks. the only good thing about it is being able to collect pokie credits in the crown membership card and exchange those credits for fish & chips downstairs.

winter break!

2009-07-15T19:42:00.004+10:00

今年跟往年很不一样，有很多时候想大声地把一些话说出来，跟人分享讨论，但却知道自己不能这样做。是在长大，或把话说难听些，变老的现象吗？小孩子和中学生过的日子相比起来可真逍遥，可以放肆的把想说的话给勇敢地说出来，最多被骂几下，挨几下藤编，当作是小孩子不懂事算了。现在不能这样了，就因为凡事要考虑到后果，而且后果往往会给自己的情绪方面带来很大的影响，这种感觉真的，真的很差劲。最近接触了一些人、事、物；也被委托了某些事情和秘密。我不是个很好的listener，更不是个很好的advisor，因为我最不会的事就是如何劝与安慰别人了。但无论如何要是谁有需要的话，我还是会在这里，and i will lend you a pair of listening ears.

很没有mood 写blog，不是累的关系，是因为。。就没有什么因为啦其实，就blogging是要将所发生的开心事向大家分享嘛，那不怎么开心怎能很开心的将事情写出来呢？sem 2 timetable 目前安排得还不错，但最惨的事莫过于没有一个tute是跟phoebe 一样的。。怎么办!? 我会很想念你的！ T_T 幸好所有lectures还是一样的。。

假期差不多将近尾声了，过得其实还算充实的，只是没怎么睡够，但我应该算是个怎么睡都还是睡不够的一个人，所以没关系啦，开学了还可以继续睡。。假期里，去了kyneton camping（不是想象中的那种hardcore 露营），照片可以去facebook或grace的blog看。camp还蛮好玩的，睡眠真的很充足，是真的。。从来没去过那么轻松的camp，那里有够冷，比city冷很多很多，说话时会冒烟的那种冷, 会变得很怕没有热水冲凉的那种冷，会一群人从camp回来就群体生病的那种冷，不知道是不是swine flu 哈哈，可是病好了啦anyway。好啦其实很懒惰再写了，我要去睡觉了。

*edit : i suddenly regained the spirit to blog so i'm here to upload some photos!
genie's bed above mine!

the buddy system where your secret buddy will leave stuff for you in your envelope and you'll go leave stuff for others!pretty place

my group- group 2! our sketch was a disaster..really. hahaha but anyway we had fun.
campfire on the last day!

2009-07-11T19:23:00.003+10:00

Switching science and maths back to BM is really an unwise decision..what is the Cabinet doing really? I'm so glad i did S&M in english. 至于 my kids in the future, i'll NEVER send them to SMK if it's still in BM! I'll send them to SMJK or 独中 or international schools!

okay why am i thinking so far into the future O.O

2009-07-10T01:34:00.003+10:00

10/7

Hi. I've been procrastinating. A lot. I'm actually quite free at the moment, it's just that you know, when laziness strikes, productivity goes waayyy down into the drain.

I shall continue to enjoy the laziness as I can still afford to now..and not think of anything else for example diets & budgets

holidays = pure bliss

=) =/

2009-06-25T23:54:00.015+10:00

Exams are the bane of my existence, but now that it's over, all's good. Well, at least till 10th of July, which is the date results are going to be released through the uni portal, also the date deciding whether i am going to spend my 2010 summer in Melbourne...awesome. Why am i so sarcastic nowadays...

Putting depressing stuff aside, 23rd of June which was the last day of my exams was also SSB's big day! The 2007 selangor state band competition was also on the 23rd of June, what an auspicious date. I'm really eager to see the 2009 band's formation and performance, but there aren't any videos uploaded on youtube or anywhere on the net, which pretty suck actually. Well to everyone in 2009's drill team, congratulations and consider yourself lucky for being out there on the field and seeing the big picture. It's no more just Dewan Seri Kenangan, or the muddy seafield padang, it's the real deal. To those form 5s, it's the memories which last a lifetime, not quite the winning or losing actually. But of course, winning would be a bonus, like what hann said. I remember discussing with hann (or someone else i don't remember) when we were used to be in band still whether it's better to be : in a band where you really enjoy the experience, you enjoy practices and the process,but not necessarily the winning team; or a band with utmost strict training, no fun, all work, but emerge as the winner at the end of the day. Which band would you prefer to be in? Anyway to the form 5s, soon you'll be an ex-member, and it sucks. It just mean....you're old. You have to admit it, and surrender your instrument over to the younger ones. =(

*edit : i pm-ed voteband account's admin on youtube to ask whether are they uploading the video in hope that it'll speed up the uploading process. the admin replied, hope it'll be there when i wake up tomorrow!

End of band stuff.

So yep, these few days were well spent. On the day I had my last paper, Chris came down to the city to join us! He's currently studying in Perth and he's spending his winter break here. We went for lunch, a afternoon tea session at TenRen to catch up, and had Greek for dinner. Spent the night at Phoebe's place to accompany her to wait for her cab at 4 a.m. cuz she's returning to Shanghai and thus the Plants vs Zombies marathon. Yes stupid game with stupid name but it's not too bad actually. I think wenjye would like it. Maybe eugene too.

Went for some shopping yesterday! Got some accessories from Diva because they're on sale..well they're always on sale. It's pretty And accessories are good cuz i can share with mum when she comes! I also bought a winter jacket and a top which i adoreeeeee from Dotti! I really like the clothes there but they're a bit expensive so i never get to buy them :( but i thought since i haven't been shopping for a long time i'll just uh..you know.

And i watched Transformers II today! Too many people have been talking about it on facebook, blogs, and everywhere! So er i'll have to make sure that I can 'talk about it' as well! It's pretty good with the super cool graphics and all....and behold -

I AM OPTIMUS PRIME.

*cricket cricks*

Anyway, i'm off to a 4 days 3 nights CMG camp at a suburb called Kyneton.

Hope it'll be fun!

and also, hopefully the number of swine flu cases in Melbourne can drop... ):

Some pictures to share:

Yummy taro + sweet potato milk tea. Love it! (grace's picture)

REB - Royal Exhibition Building, the place most of our exams are held. It looks really pretty, but it is really....cold inside. They should get some portable heaters for us poor students! No, not some, they actually need a lot of 'em...

Plants VS Zombies. If you have nothing to do, like absolutely nothing, go download this game hereMy favourite furry friend : elmo!
This picture was taken like..a month ago? The white jacket i'm wearing was from my taiwan trip last year but i'm kind of paranoid whenever i'm wearing it. Reason : I'm too afraid that it might get dirty...because as you know i'm pretty clumsy when it comes to handling things.

My dotti jacket!
Oh yeah, i cut my hair again. I got bolder this time. I layered some parts of my hair and chopped off most of my highlighted strands (the front mainly) because it's getting dry. Like 枯萎的稻草. and also, my fringe as usual. Honestly I find cutting my own fringe better than letting others to do it for you because you know exactly what you want and you can make sure that you get the length and style/parting right..but also you'll have to know when to stop because sometimes you tend to get too engrossed or excited with the cutting and tend to 'over-cut'. You'll then have to spend your next two weeks looking like a primary school kid :X

Okay i haven't exactly posted camwhore pictures in a long time, so yup heehee 8D

i notice that i blog with LOTS of emoticons nowadays...what is this man.

guide to jolene's use of emoticons :

:) , =) -> normal happy smile
:( , =( -> normal sad face
8), 8D -> bimbo smile
:/ -> the "well..." face
>< -> "i don't know what face to give you anymore!"
=.= -> DOH/ sweat
:O -> OOOH.
-> is the ARROW.
--> is also the arrow.
---> is also the arrow.

okay this is dumb >< =) 8)

BYE!

2009-06-21T04:39:00.010+10:00

LOL ok i HAVE to blog about this even though it's 4:39 a.m.

Me and my neighbour, are having a war. right now.

It wasn't intentional but i was recording some videos just now (a videoblog to be posted soon) and i had my computer speakers on pretty loud. And my MSN tones were pretty alarming. But it isn't for long which i realised and turned it off.

Then, that stupid guy next door (who ALWAYS has his speaker BLASTING or should i say ROARING and quarrels with his girlfriend who has SUPER HIGH PITCHED voice 24/7) starts to take action. He keeps banging his wall next door with his body? urgh I don't know, i don't want to know. I'll just assume so. and he starts opening and closing his door to go out to throw rubbish and walks with footsteps of a gorilla across my room door.

HELLO you jackass. I'm super duper pissed off with you already okay. I'm not the only one who knows about you and your chipmunk girlfriends' story. Even rosemary (who lives like on the same floor but quite some distance away) from me, knows about it and she even texted me once when the screaming got REALLY loud. "pity you lah, your neighbour is making noise again right, i can hear from my place."

SEE. IT IS THAT LOUD. I AM NOT JOKING.

AND YES. GOT ONCE which irritates me to the max..this dude and his gf were webcamming with i don't know who. and their computer speakers' volume were like WOOWWW. can you imagine this, i can hear the other party(the person they're webcamming with)'s voice from my room. AND oh yeah they're hongkies. I have nothing against hongkies but trust me cantonese never sounded that bad when you are trying to catch some sleep and your dumbass neighbour and his chipmunk girlfriend starts shouting over the webcam.

and NOW, the perfect ending to this story:

MY LOVELY 帅哥 neighbour IS VACUUMING IS APARTMENT at 5:00 a.m. in the morning

wah you're damn.....

i'm speechless.

just please move away next year ok.

*update : shuai ge went to throw rubbish for the fourth time now.

cute moms

2009-06-20T01:11:00.009+10:00

Mymomisafob.com is so funny! It's a blog with entries submitted by Asian Americans about their asian mums..i was lol-ing all the way :DD But some are really sweet and it reminded me of mom :D

Some nice ones from the website to share:

1.High on wallawalla

November 2, 2008

Mom: The people were so scary and they smelled really bad, like da-ma [Mandarin].
Me: What’s da-ma?
Mom: It’s drugs!
Me: What kind of drug? There are lots of drugs.
Mom: Oh it’s malawala or wallawalla. One of those.
Me: …marijuana?!

2.Online Predators via Youtube?

January 11, 2009

So my mom is a VERY protective mother. This is what happened after she watched a 60 minutes special on Online Predators. I’m watching a Video Blog on Youtube…

Mom: Who is that guy?
Me: I don’t know
Mom: Why is he talking to you??
Me: It’s a video…
Mom (at the computer): GO AWAY, MY DAUGHTER DON’T WANT TO MEET UP AND TALK TO YOU

3.Parents need Hooked on Phonics too

April 9, 2009

my mom (on the phone w/ my dad): how come i cant find u on SKY-PEE?
me: Skype.
my mom: how come i cant find u on SKY-PEE?
me: he wont understand u. its Skype.
my dad: SKY-PEE. u mean Skip.

so cute right :D ahahaha my mom totally calls skype sky-pee as well! hahaha right mum i know you're reading this!

and there's this recent comment mum left on my facebook picture:

mom
8:27pm June 18 : jolene,this one is cool..mannnnn...

me
10:00pm June 18 -.- mum why are u suddenly going around to comment on all the pictures...

mom
3:02am June 19 too fee ma....
3:02am June 19 free lah not fee

aren't all moms the cutest :)

by the way, cheers to those lucky ones who've finished their exams!

I've still got one more paper to go, which is the worst among all - b-e-w-a-r-e:

CHEMISTRY FOR BIOMEDICINE.

jengjengjeng...

2009-06-19T02:45:00.004+10:00

today, i woke up at 11 o clock. i studied inorganic chemistry. i had lunch at norsiah's at 4 p.m. i chose mutton curry, chicken drumstick and brinjals as my side dishes. it is so yummy wei. then i came back home and continued studying but it didn't really work as well already because my concentration span no more already. then, i had dinner at rice bar. alone. ya i am emo girl. i had the noodle in the bowl. you know which one or not? neh~ that one you can choose like yong tow foo one ah - you can choose whether you want chilli, or fishball, or fishcake, or brinjal to come along with your noodle one ah. yayaya that one that one. and oh ya you can also choose what soup and noodle you want! so interesting right. i chose chicken soup mix with hokkien noodle and vermicelli. then hor, i dun like chilli. so i call them to change to another piece of brinjal for me. ooo i love brinjal~~~ brinjal rockxssz! so nice so nice leh. then i came home lor. and no more la bai bai. sianz emo exam sucks. uni sucks!

emo girl jo

hahahaha this is fun :)

2009-06-18T22:18:00.005+10:00

I thought of this really lame joke today (inspired by a MSN convo with eugene yesterday night), only people from KL/ Msia would geddit i guess..

So okay, here it goes it's really lame don't say i didn't warn you..

In Australia there's this popular convention of calling each other "mate",
like when you're ordering a takeaway or just randomly browsing something in the shops the cashier/salesman would go "Hey mate, how're ya doing?" *with the super duper aussie accent/ or fake-trying-to-make it aussie accent*

In school/uni,
When we refer to our college friends, we refer to them as "college mates"
When we're talking about our uni friends, we call them "uni mates"

So like last year i was in Trinity College, I call my friends from the same college i go to "Trinity Mates"

If you're from Inti College (this applies to all campuses)... you'll call your friends....jeng jeng guess what-

"INTI-MATE"!

:DDDD

okay........i know....i guess i'll try harder next time.

*looks down*

paces away slowly..

2009-06-16T21:41:00.003+10:00

i believe that separation doesn't necessarily drift people apart, but instead make them cherish the ones more by knowing how much they really mean to them.

This is the age of separation. The age where more and more goodbyes are to be said. Some of them are temporary, some are long-term while some are eternal. It's the age where we are somehow, self-taught how to cope with the losses, and live on life normally or even so, much better than what it used to be. Easier said than done though, as usual.

Okay i wrote the above some time ago but i didn't get to publish it. And today, the paragraph comes in handy! I received news from a dear friend of mine who's going to leave to the UK in September! Aw man the feeling of slowly losing everyone that you've grown up and got used to with sucks. Come to the thought of it, I wonder did anyone actually felt the same way when i left last year.

Suddenly it felt like....i left home so long ago.

2009-06-16T03:13:00.011+10:00

It's unfair. I hate arts and commerce people. I'm not saying that their subjects are easier than ours because it's unfair to make such statements before actually going through what they've been through, but this statement below is definitely valid : They always get to finish so much earlier than the sciences. Even in trinity or SPM! They always leave us to dwell in our sorrow while they're celebrating or chillaxing already. It's unfair. And why do they get to have their tests in the afternoon while ours is in the morning! It's freezing cold to walk on the streets at 8:30 a.m lor! And you know there's this risk of not being able to get up in the morning! What if someone missed their exam! Furthermore science subjects normally don't provide retakes while commerce subjects do. Is this fair, you tell me!

WHERE IS JUSTICE!!!

..he's busy eating his pau.

ok this is lame. ignore me.

gagaga ok i'm sleep-deprived. that's why i'm so grumpy. Normally i'm a friendly happy purple dinosaur.

2009-06-16T00:19:00.002+10:00

vanilla yoghurt is not nice.

passionfruit yoghurt is nice.

strawberry yoghurt is not really nice.

2009-06-15T23:56:00.003+10:00

FINANCE =>>>

CHEMISTRY =>>

Seriously this is my worst exam experience in my whole life, i'm not even close to joking nor exaggerating. I haven't seen any of my friends or have any physical contact with any of my friends for the past few days. The people i've been talking to these days are the waiter/waitresses in rice bar or the malay uncle in Norsiah's kitchen. I haven't been out from my house (or room if you want to call it) since yesterday....

I have the gut feeling that i will merely pass some papers or if luck decides to betray me, i'll have to start preparing how to "enjoy" my break here in Melbourne doing summer semester. WHICH I REALLY DON'T WANT.

My life is average and dull.

2009-06-14T23:31:00.008+10:00

Today, i had nyonya fish rice for lunch at rice bar and double bacon cheeseburger pizza from dominos pizza for dinner. I tried to call ken to ask him whether he wants some but he didn't answer my call. My life is average.

http://mylifeisaverage.com

Then, I reached home and placed the pizza box on my study desk. I opened the lid of the pizza box and took out a slice. Then, i placed the pizza into my mouth. I took a biteful of it. I chewed the pizza repetitively and then i swallowed it.

http://www.dullestblog.com/

The sites mentioned above are really interestingly monotonous. Do check it out if you're as lifeless and sad of a person like me.

And these sites as well.

http://mymomisafob.com/
http://mydadisafob.com/

If you don't know what a fob is....go google it..

2009-06-06T15:07:00.002+10:00

Ok i've made up my mind. Although it's a bit late for me to do this now, I'm going to be off from facebook(the roots of all evil), blog-hopping, and everything else related to surfing the net aimlessly except for logging into the uni portal and some study-related stuff till the end of my exams - which is on the 23rd of June. I just realised that i've grown too attached to the net and it's getting unhealthy. So yeah.

See you guys after the 23rd of june :)

Good luck in exams everyone!

2009-06-06T04:08:00.002+10:00

People are always like that, they don't really believe what people tell them unless they experience it themselves, which is when reality eventually sinks in. I didn't really believed when the seniors told us how much they've missed band since graduation, how they wished they could be in the band all over again and that is why they go back to see how the band have been doing even after graduation and try to help out as far as they can. Now i believe it, i really do.

Ok fine i admit, i've been going around reading unknown juniors' blogs (to me, cuz i don't know any of them personally, this is what they call generation gap) about their practices in Pandamaran B this time round of the year. It's the marching season of the year people! The official band season! It's fun time, sweaty time, stinky time, feet soaked in mud time, water deprivation time, skip-class-like-no-tomorrow time! It's the time we'll ALL get our skin burnt like 85% lindt dark chocolate and turn out looking exactly the same at the end of the day. YET it's the process which we loved more than ever.

The bonds shared with each and every of the 52 people in June 2007 might not be equally as strong but we share something in common, the spirit. We want to win. We are eager, we are a team of people, we are a band. And that's what's important.

We might not play the best music, we might not march the best strides, but we are one. We coexisted in an entity by the name of Seafield School Band at that certain point of our life, and we shared the same memories that no one else would ever share.

B21 misses everyone!

Let's have a mega seafield band gathering this year end......can wait for me ah? please?

and yes like sher hann, i promise after this post i will try to blog less about band....try is the key word...

Commitments

2009-06-06T02:08:00.006+10:00

" Determination is a commitment; the final realization of that commitment is differentiation. "

Got this quote from a chapter regarding differential gene expression and totipotency of cells in Life : The Science of Biology (my bio textbook). Totipotency basically refers to a cell that has the ability to differentiate into every type of cell in the adult body.

So I had a thought to the quote and went hmm, that doesn't only apply to cells, it applies to life in general as well no?

And then i realised something, hey we humans are indeed made up of cells afterall! So this whole thing links!

Does it make any sense? Okay, i admit this is a teeny little bit random...

2009-06-04T22:36:00.005+10:00

EUGENEEE WENJYEEE I MISS YOU!! :(

ok to make it fair...

WENJYEEEE EUGENEEEE I MISS YOU!! ):

missed our adelaide trip although it consisted of pretty much nothing else but non stop sleeping okay this sounds a teeny bit wrong

I MISS YOU GUYS :(((((

思乡

2009-06-04T03:03:00.006+10:00

Okay this is getting out of control. Chua Sher Hann you're the culprit for all of these, the 幕后凶手 in causing the uproar, the extreme urge in me to instantly book a flight ticket to fly back in July. Actually mum told me to go home..but I'm the one who insisted since the beginning of the year. And now, i've made promises, and promises are meant to be kept. Promises that are meant to be kept in other words are called obligations, which doesn't sound as nice as promises, and therefore i shall stick to calling it promises. I'm really starting to feel it, the feeling of missing Malaysia, although there's no signs at all that Malaysia might've slightly missed me.

SSB!!!! I MISS YOUUUUU (Seafield School Band), not my secret sexy boyfriend i've been keeping in a christmas stocking all these while lol ok not funny.. I want to go watch the competition on 23rd of June and revive my share of 23rd of June memories...I want to be a Seafield Band Booster! (It's a new term created less than 24 hours ago) It sounds uber cute, i like! It's like...Boost Juice! Which boosts your energy level to the maximumzzz...okay sorry midnight madness due to exam stress...You have no idea how big an impact rewatching old band videos can bring to a person especially one who's feeling pretty much homesick like ME. single sigh double sigh...long sigh. *releases sigh*

Ok it's 3.15 a.m i should really be sleeping now.

btw my post title is kind of...cheena i just realised. lol

And to briefly sum it up, some other things dearly missed : the food, the warmth, the love.

i love you, and i know you love me. I miss you, how could i disagree?

swing!

2009-06-03T21:26:00.004+10:00

From theage.com online:

Victoria has been blacklisted as the country's swine-flu capital, with children who travel to Melbourne to be banned from school for seven days when they return home. To the rest of Australia, Victoria is now in the same category as swine-flu source countries Mexico, Panama and Japan. There are now 521 cases of swine flu in Victoria, an increase of 126 since yesterday. Nationally, there are more than 600 cases. Victoria today changed its pandemic status from "contain" to a modified "sustain" level.

Interestingly, swine flu also has it's capital...and it's right here in Melbourne! okay, trying to sound optimistic about it..

and i don't know if everyone in MelbU receive this in email in their portal, but apparently someone, a hero representating us students sent a public notice to the Uni's vice-chancellor! Telling him that instead of focusing on the issue about discrimination towards indian students, he should pay more focus on "SWING FLU"!! ok here are some snippets from the email:

"

Mr. Glyn Davis

Compared with "attacks on Indian Students", I believe you should be more
concerned with the global H1N1 Flu ("swing flu"). Because this is the real
disaster.

I do not know if you have ever read the book called "the tipping point" or
you have any knowledge (ouch, pretty rude) of the "1918 flu pandemic" that killed
over 50 million people globally.

I am really worried about the final exams right now. Not the exam content itself,
but the possibility of being affected by someone. Thousands of students sitting in
the same hall with half a meter distance between each other. One cough or sneeze
from the potential aegrotus can affect 5~8 people around him.

[...] continues about how the upcoming exams starting next week is going to be very
 dangerous cuz of "swing flu"..

If the situation keep worsening in Australia, i am going to take a leave
of absence next semester to stay in my home country to hide from the
danger of flu.

Best Regards,
Rex

"

Well, personally i kind of agree to his points of exams being dangerous cuz there are gonna be like thousands of people in an exam hall..which makes the possibility of spreading the disease very high indeed..but i think this poor guy should double check with someone on his spelling or email content with his friend or someone else before sending this email which the whole uni is going to receive...and yeah the 'bombing' has started...as anticipated..and i anticipate more to come..