My Stay in Melbourne~

Day 2 back in Singapore

2006-11-30T00:23:00.000+08:00

Day 2 back in Singapore

Did nothing much today.. woke up only like at 11.00am.. so tired from yesterday's setup and stock take.. den drag jun jun (my mei mei)to go have brunch at KFC.. first time i din mind walking there, guess have been trained to 'love' walking in Melbourne.. and this 'short' distance no longer a chore to me.. lol.. den stay at home to rot for the whole afternoon.. was looking thru the photos taken in Mel and decided to select some to send for printing.. realised that i have so many pictures that have not been arranged into albums.. starting from those taken in Europe like 2-3 years ago.. omg~.. den in the evening met aileen to shop for my san jie birthday pressie and had suki buffet.. aww.. haven had sashimi for soooooooooo long.. din realli eat a lot.. but had a great time catching up.. heez.. have to watch my diet liaoz.. i eating more n more each day n getting heavier n heavier as well.. lol..

Day 1 back in Singapore

2006-11-30T00:03:00.000+08:00

Day 1 back in Singapore

What a tiring first day back in Singapore.. couldn't really sleep last nite.. and woke up like 8am in the morning.. *yawnZz*.. went to have lunch with my ex-colleagues in IBM and pass them some Krispy Kremes.. followed by setting up at expo for John Little warehouse sales.. aww.. so tiring.. think haven been doing all this stuff for quite sometime liaoz.. so am kind of rusty.. luckily got like 6 of us there so manage to finish everything before dinner time.. went home n rested for awhile and go for ROUND 2, stock take at Carrefour!! but this is kind of motivating cos da jie is like tempting jun jun and me with supper (stingrays.. lol) that keep us so enthu for the whole nite.. heng everything is completed very quickly and we had supper at East Coast Park.. think went there too late liaoz.. most of the shops are closed and the food are not very nice oso.. boo hoo~.. this is so disappointing!! =(

Home Sweet Home

2006-11-28T10:24:00.000+08:00

Home Sweet Home

Here come the day that i have been pinning for for the past few months which is to come back to Singapore.. budden duno y got some mix feelings.. feel so lost and duno what should i do.. haiz.. but still.. it feels great to see my family and friends..

My Goals for this holiday
1. Spend quality time with my family
2. Meet up with my friends
3. Have a good good rest
4. Sort out thinkings
5. Go KL find my aussie pals &
6. Shopping SprEEeeeeeeeeeee....

Regarding schools and exams, i think i shall not mentioned anything about it (the thought of it just makes me shiver).. think most of u also have heard of my complaints and stuffs liao... haiz.. what done has been done, all i can do know is to pray that i pass..

Did not realli go exploring after the exams.. what a waste.. Below are the summary of what i have done during the 10 days after my exams.. u will c how bored it is.. boo hoo~..

(16 Nov)
After the last paper, went to Crown for Sante buffet with Yen Nee.

(17 Nov)
Stayed indoor for the whole day to clean up the big big mess in my room that i have created during the exam period and then went for aikido training.. had dinner with Yen Nee, Chee Ming and Richard @ Supper Inn.. took a tram Albert Park and then return to city to play pool at Charlston..

(18 Nov)
Stayed at home to clean up the toilet in the morning.. den went to Mount Dandenong with Anthony.. aww.. was having motion sickeness and the journey is like 2+ hours i think.. but they have very nice sunset and city view from the mountain so at least still worth the 'suffer' la.. lol.. too bad, forgot to bring camera.. no pics to share..

(19 Nov)
Went to Victoria market with Yen Nee to shop for gifts.. Popular items are like chocolates and nouguts that can be found in sg otherwise are those koala n wombat soft toys.. haiz.. shop for like 3 hours and am still empty handed.. den headed for city to look for the 2 apartments that Yen Nee has found in the internet.. and went to watch dvd and stayed over at her place.. (the show is in cantonese and i can't understand).. this is bad.. Chee Ming and her are luffing over the show and i am like ??? all the way.. have to start learning cantonese liaoz..

(20 Nov)
Hunt for apartment for the whole day den went to aikido training and again, stayed over at Yen Nee's place to continue the drama show..

(21 Nov)
Hunt for apartment for the whole day again..

(22 Nov)
Again and again.. we are still hunting for apartment.. had dinner with Chee Ming and Alex @ BoxHill.. wat a long journey.. 45 minutes tram ride just to have a meal there..

(23 Nov)
Went to Nike Factory Outlet with Yen Nee, Chee Ming n Richard den accompanied Chee Ming to buy pressie for his 'leng(s)'.. lol.. Yen Nee suggested to go back to BoxHill for dinner again.. so had another 45 min tram ride there.. was so tired that i slept throughout the journey.. haha..

(24 Nov)
Stayed at home for the whole day with the intention to pack my luggage.. budden did not manage to do so (too many distractions in btw).. and instead make a big mess of my room with clothes!! went for aikido training and headed for the city to meet Marsudi n Steve (secondary sch frens) for dinner.. had dinner at a restaurant called 'Chocolate Buddha' (wat a weird name), which is actually a Japanese Restaurant.. went to roam around the casino at Crown n had supper at Grecco (famous for their cakes).. finally get to try their cakes there.. budden dun find it extremely nice like wat others said.. maybe that day i too full liaoz.. so everything oso not nice.. hahax.. manage to catch the last tram home otherwise have to walk like so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo far to get home.. budden poor Marsudi have to walk all the way back to crown after sending me home.. feel so guilty about it~

(25 Nov)
Accompanied Yen Nee to the city to select prezzie for her parents den strolled around till 6pm so that we can start moving some of her stuff to my place.. went to and fro for about 3 trips and manage to get most of the stuffs over at my place.. Luckily the 2 heaviest loads are to be moved to Chee Ming's apt (same building as Yen Nee) otherwise dun think we are able to carry those to my place.. unfortunately Yen Nee stays at the basement which has no lift access.. poor Chee Ming and Jerome have to carry the 2 luggage bags up 2 flags of stairs.. and what's more the luggage bags are spoiled.. haha.. one no handle one no wheels.. pity them!!.. keke

(26 Nov)
@ 9am in the morning, Yen Nee start moving some of her stuffs to my apt while i am still sleeping..lol.. den stayed at home for the whole day to pack my luggage.. only do my laundry in the morning so most of the time am like waiting for my clothes to dry.. had a super duper hard time stuffing all my stuffs into the luggage bag.. so many things to bring back!!.. to the extent that i have to sit onto my luggage before i can shut it tight.. haiz.. den met Janet (My mei mei's secondary sch fren)for dinner.. had thai food at Ying Thai 2.. and had ice cream for dessert @ Dolce.. the ice cream is so so sooooooo smooth and silky..*slurpz*.. and they are soooo huge as well.. had a hard time walking home after the heavy meals man..

(27 Nov)
Yen Nee started moving the last bit of her stuffs @ 8am today.. *yawnz*.. pity her have to go to n fro for like 3-4 trips.. After she had finished, went to Q for Krispy Kremes and bought 4 boxes to distribute.. never knew that doughnuts can be so heavy.. have to carry them all the way back from spencer street to my apartment and all the way from Mel to Sg.. aww.. luckily Janet went with me to share my load.. otherwise i oso duno if the doughnuts can make it back in shape or not.. lol.. had brunch with Janet at Pancake Parlour and again we had 2 main course and 3 desserts with ICE CREAM (this is so fattening).. suppose to have only 2.. budden they served an extra hotball ice cream.. Thanks Janet.. had a great 'last' dinner n 'last' brunch for the semester with u.. =p

Went back to do some last minute packing and wait for the STAR bus to come.. Thanks Anthony for see-ing me off from my apartment and Thanks Marsudi for accompany me to the airport.. duno how am i going to carry my luggages without you man.. lol..

and there i am on SQ228 heading back from SINGAPOREeeeeeeeeeeee.....

Highlight of the Week

2006-09-29T23:03:00.000+08:00

Highlight of the Week

Remember the African Violet that I have planted when i am still working in IBM?.. IT HAS BORE FLOWERS... wow... high satisfaction sia.. from a little seedling to what it is now.. budden too bad, did not have the chance to c it besides from pictures.. keke.. anyway Thanks Mabel.. for watering and taking care of it.. and most importantly, protect it from the evils.. lol..

Picture contributed from Ms Mabel Chua and Mr Deric Chng~

as @ my last day of work

First appearance of the flower bud

Birth of the 1st violet~

Latest Update - 2 flowers + Alann big head.. lol..

3rd/4th Quarter of Mid Term Break

2006-09-29T22:32:00.000+08:00

3rd/4th Quarter of Mid Term Break

HAIzzzzzzzz...Time sure passes very very quickly.. It's the last day of the mid term break and i have not completed my HR assignment... aww.. realli behind time man!! so wat interesting happened this week... hmm.

On Monday, went to school library to start on my HR assignments but wasn't productive at all... haiz..den went to Alan Gilbert building to collect my Marketing assignment 1.. so nervous when the staff there are searching for my group's report.. the assignments seems to be arranged in descending order and yet our is the last wan.. realli scare me sia.. but luckily that's not true.. lol.. have got 15.5/20, was very satisfied with the result though.. cos onli 2 person contributed to the report as compared to 4 in other groups.. after that went to speak to a course advisor.. real crap man.. sit in with her for like 1/2 hour she cannot even answer any of my question.. waste my time onli..headed for aikido lesson and had dinner with Steven and Anthony after that..abit stupid man.. think we sat at the store and tok for too long liao.. so by the time we walk home rite is like all of us are hungry..zzz.. so landed up going for supper again at about 1.. did not expect that we would go anywhere else after supper, so was onli wearing a sleeveless with a thin jacket.. who knows st kilda was like extremely cold n windy in the night and again, i am half frozen there.. zzz..

On Tuesday, went to law library with Steven to do assignment.. wasn't productive at all.. argh!!!.. landed up watching an episode of '1 litre of tears' and left for flinders station to catch sunset.. keke.. had dinner at Nandos n walked a long way back home.. write up abit on my HR assignment and went out for supper again.. guess just wasn't in the mood to do my assignment.. a long night out i would say.. went to sch for bball after supper n headed to hmm... i duno what is the place called for kripy kremes.. have heard that it tastes very nice but have yet to tried it.. it takes us about 2 hours ride to reach there.. that's realli far man.. went to Mount Dandenong on the way back, thinking that we might be able to catch sunrise.. lol.. but who knows the sun rises before we even reach the peak.. argh!! only reach home like 8+ in the morning.. aww.. feel so guilty.. have not completed my assignment n yet i'm still out..

And so for the rest of the week i headed for the computer lab earli in the morning, all the way till 8+ 9 daily, just to complete my assignment.. was like a living corpse where i practically lives off bread n chocs in the day and only had a proper meal of dinner or supper in the late nite.. budden things dun seems to be going well.. have been focusing on the wrong things and keep making mistakes.. was realli so stressed up that finally i broke down and cried.. haiz.. crying dun solve anything but i can't help it.. it does help relieve some stress though.. keke.. if it's only after a crying session that i am able to get on, i dun mind doing so.. only that i pity my family members who have to hear my cryings over the phone..

2nd Quarter of Mid-Term Break

2006-09-24T23:36:00.000+08:00

2nd Quarter of Mid-Term Break

Have our weekly dinner on Friday at duno what restaurant den went to Charlston for pool session.. think the last time i have touched a pool table is the one in IBM with elyn, monica and mabel.. lol.. this Charlston is really kind of run-down man.. den so many many smokers inside *choke choke* and the table is like hmm.. old and lok kok.. and it's like 16 bucks for an hour.. so damn XX.. budden heard that they do not have much places with pool table so have to just bear with it.. zz..

As usual, went to Victoria market yesterday to stock up some food and grocery, realise that i haven been cooking for the whole week.. have been either eating out or skipping meals for the pass few days.. Intended to go to the Nike Factory Outlet at Smith Street initially budden while in the market Yen Nee has got migraine so we went home instead.. Den at about 6, went to meet Marsudi (Secondary school Fren)for dinner.. took a train to Glenferrie (first time taking train sia) to have meal at this Samurai Japanese Restaurant.. the food is nice and cheap oso.. lol.. kind of like that place.. den on the way back, we stopped at Flinders station and walk at the way back home.. on the way he bring me around the whole city to tell me where all the nice food are.. lol.. very informative.. hope i still remember where are they~.. lol

Sunday, Weather of the day ==>> A severe weather warning for locally damaging winds is current. A few showers with local hail and strong west to southwesterly wind. Snow
flurries possible on the nearby hills.

Despite the weather warning, still decide to go do some exploring before the school starts, after which guess we wouldn't have the mood or time to do so till after exams ba.. so early in the morning we went to See Yup temple to pray (the temple that was close on Wednesday). Don't actually know what's the procedure and stuffs so just agar agar.. den shun bian qiu2 qian1.. got an average range and it is interpreted as 'a dragon in the water waiting for the right time to rise to heaven', in other words.. it means to be patient and wait for my oppurtunity.. something like that I suppose..

See Yup Temple

Then we proceed to St Kilda for the sunday market. But duno why there's no stores around.. think the weather is just too bad to set up stores.. so suay.. so we headed for Luna Park, an amusement park in St Kilda.. nth much there budden it's so freaking windy and cold that we have to seek shelter at the 'arcade'..landed up playing with those lame machines where we put coins and try to catch something out of it.. all of us failed though..lol~

Entrance of Luna Park

Luna Park Scene 1

Luna Park Scene 2 - Look @ the messy tracks

Steven trying to 'catch' some chocolates

When the rain stop, tried walking to the jetty.. and again the 'Damaging' wind is giving us a hard time.. spent so much effort to walk towards the end of the jetty and the waves is so strong that the sea water actually splashes sea water up to the jetty.. kind of risky to walk at that kind of situation.. might just fall into the sea anytime..

St Kilda Beach

St Kilda Pier

The Pier

St Kilda Breakwater

Birds by the Beach

What a Signboard~

Since we bought the Sunday Saver ticket, took tram to South Yarra to have a look as well.. budden by the time we reach, it's already 5+ coming 6.. all the shops also close liao.. so only went there to have cake and coffee and to avoid the cold outside as well..

Cake + Coffee @ Aud5.90

Luckily Steven is free to guide us today den we are able to explore so many new places.. given the *blurness* of Yen Nee and me, think we are only able to make it to the temple and that's all.. lol..

Fun time always passes very quickly and it's MONDAY again tomorrow.. haiz.. gonna get back Marketing assignment 1 tomoro, duno how much can my group score.. *praying hard*.. den also gotta start my HR assignment liao.. another 2,500 words.. sob sob~

1st Quarter of the Mid-Term Break

2006-09-20T19:49:00.000+08:00

1st Quarter of the Mid-Term Break

Aww.. Time passes so quickly.. it's already half way thru the first week of holiday.. for the pass 3 days have gone to the sch computer lab to do my OB assignment.. though it is like 50% completed but something seems to be very wrong with it.. duno y~.. haiz..

Usually will hang out at the school lab till about 3+ den will either go home or find activity after that. As for Monday, only went for aikido training.. then go home n rot liaoz.

Yesterday lei, went Crown Casino again.. Finally get to eat the Sante buffet (after 3 attempts).. lol.. Surprisingly, we only paid like 13.50 bucks instead of the 16.80 as written on the board.. keke.. that's our gain.. food range not realli alot and not exactly extremely nice la.. but given the kind of food that we cook ourselves daily... today's meal considered assumptious liao.. unfortunately it was raining, otherwise could have gone outdoor to look at 'fire' (duno wat isit called) that are up hourly.. there are 7 of them but only managed to view 1 of it from the restaurant.. was so full and bloated though..

Heard from Steven that he is going to temple today, so Yen Nee and I decided to join him to have a look.. keke.. kind of surprise to hear that there is temple in Mel man.. so at about 3+ after the assignment meeting, Steven drove us to search for the temple.. headed for South Melbourne and realised that it's actually quite near to Albert Park.. lol.. budden by the time we reach, already close liao.. The temple don't actually look like the temple we used to c in sg.. looks like a church without the cross and with chinese wordings.. hmm.. ang mo style of temple..so instead, went to Monash University (cauldfield) to c c look look.. den went to have dinner and ice cream..

And that's all that has happen for the pass 3 days~

Woo~ We've made our way to Albert Park

2006-09-17T20:44:00.001+08:00

Woo~ We've made our way to Albert Park

Yen Nee & I headed for Albert's Park today..hee..This is the first time the 2 of us are taking tram without Chee Ming & Alex, they are too busy doing their last minute shopping for tomoro's I-Ball (luckily we're not going).. lol.. We dun actually know our way around, even in the city.. Budden guess we shouldn't have a problem finding our way there la, cos it's a direct tram all the way to the end and we have equipped ourselves with map and guides!! We made it though..(cannot imagine if we have to call them and ask how to go back to the city..they would probably laugh their head off)

So exciting.. finally something different, challenging and interesting!! feel so good strolling and sat by the beach.. in the cooling weather, looking at the kids playing and families gathering n blah blah blah.. duno how to describe further also liao.. it's all in the pics =)

Albert Park Sign Board

No DOGS!!

Resting by the Roadside

Yay!! Beaches & Playground

Sitting by the Beach

Trying to reach the water without being WET~

SeaShells

Restaurant by the beach

Beginning of the Jetty

Sitting at the Jetty

Yen Nee & Me @ the Jetty

Scenery

The trip back from Albert's Park is hmm... scary??.. lol.. from our understanding, we only need to validate once on sunday and we can use it for the whole day.. budden dun understand how come our ticket indicate that it's only valid till 2pm.. ???? .. so on the return trip, we asked the driver whether we have to validate the ticket again. It's only den we realise that the whole day thingy is for 'Sunday Saver' ticket and not for the '10x2hr' ticket that we r using.. haiz.. and of course, we are not willing to pay another time.. keke.. so we are praying hard that we dun meet any tram inspector, or else there goes 150 bucks!! *Jump Tram Mission - Successful*.. lol.. WE ARE SOOOOoooooo LUCKY~ =)

Exploring Night, on a Tram~

2006-09-16T23:10:00.000+08:00

Exploring Night, on a Tram~

Headed for Crown Casino today for the Sante Buffet and we did not manage to eat it again.. awww!!..Reach Crown at about 7.45 den we are like roaming around the whole complex searching high and low for the restaurant.. asked one of those in coat for direction and that guy actually directed us to the opposite direction!!! make us walk from one end to another, further and further away from the restaurant.. luckily they have floor plan of the complex and by the time we found it is like.. hmm.. 8.30pm liaoz.. the Q is sooooooooooooooooooo long.. and the place closes at 10pm.. think by the time it reaches our turn the store also close liao lo..landed up taking tram back to Lygon street and dined at Universal again.

Group Photo @ Universal

At Universal Restaurant

Combo of Chicken Wing & Spare Ribs... *sLurpz*

Since we have validated out tram ticket and it's valid till 2am in the morning, decided to take any tram and go explore.. budden kind of bo liao actually.. cos at nite oso nothing much to c.. lol.. and wat worse is, the tram brought us to 'Moreland' which we duno where the hell is that.. keke.. waited in the open for the next tram to backtrack to where we come from in the cold.. brrr.. a real torture.. Only reached home at about 12am, duno how did we manage to sit in the stuffy tram and explore for like 2 hours.. seems like we are realli that boring though~ Lol..

while waiting for tram 96 to Crown

Waiting for Tram by the roadside

Inside the Tram

while waiting for a tram to backtrack @ Moreland

It's HOLIDAY

2006-09-16T00:31:00.000+08:00

It's HOLIDAY

It's the last day of school today.. budden still have a hard time during OB lecture.. aww.. the speaker from Caltex is real boring.. can hardly keep myself awake man.. then at aikido lesson ordered a new set of gi @ $65, i outgrown my old gi.. zz.. den so paisei lei, have weapons training and i accidentally trusted the weapon into someone's butt.. *OPPS*

Am looking forward to tonight's dinner initially.. cos intended to go Crown's Casino Complex for BUFFET... wahahaha... heard that they have super nice pastries there.. lol.. budden.. Chee Ming meeting his frens for movie so have to postpone... haiz... supposed to join them for movie instead.. but they watching 'Silent Hill', bahx.. not interested. Firstly it's scary show i think, then before come Mel already got people tell me the storyline liao.. dun sound interesting at all.. in the end, after having Jap meal at 'Yoyogi, Yen Nee and I decided to go for cakes. Unfortunately when we reach there close liao.. so sway~.. landed up roaming in the supermarket again..

Me & Yen Nee @ Yoyogi~

Alex & Chee Ming @ Yoyogi~

The 'Delicious' food we ordered

My food, Gyu Don..

Just Another Normal Week

2006-09-14T21:37:00.000+08:00

Just Another Normal Week

Hmm.. no assignment is due this week and no any major things to be completed.. by right should be very the happy budden as holiday is nearing, my fear is growing.. becos after holiday it's the deadline for the 3 assignments i have.. and it also means that exam is nearing.. haiz..

Nothing interesting has happened on Monday and Tuesday, go for lecture as usual and folding cranes to keep myself awake especially for HR lec..

Cranes fold during lectures with sweet wrappers

On Wednesday, Steven came to reformat my computer budden in the end I've decided not to, scared later reformat liao i cannot log onto the internet (that would be disaster for me). So instead, he cleared up all the junks i have in my lappy and my MESSY desktop..lol.. and Voila~ my laptop has a new outlook..lol..find it so interesting with the 'Mac' program (i suppose that's wat it is called) and the best thing is 'MY DESKTOP IS EMPTY'..lalala..

look @ the icons above.. so interesting!!

He also brought me to try out this Korean Restuarant called the 'Kimchi House' at La Trobe street.. wouldn't have find this place if he hadn't brought me there man.. just a store by an alley.. this is even more interestin.. though it's only a small shop but the ambience is quite nice!! BUdden too bad these few days always leg cramp den din try out the low table where we have to sit, sat on the normal dining table instead .. Ordered 1 combination red meat and a plate of king prawns.. slurpZ.. the food is nice too.. Did not bring a camera along so used my pathetic 1.8 mega pixel of my hp to take these 2 miserable pic... lol

(Unable to transfer the photos in my phone to the laptop.. boo hoo~)

As for today, attended lessons as usual.. den went to meet Dennis to go SafeWay to get some ingredients.. he's gonna cook Japanese Curry for dinner.. hmm.. learnt this new recipe today.. kind of instant but it's taste not bad.. wat's more there's not much preparation to do.. haha.. good for lazy people like me~.. did my laundry as usual den found out that 6 pcs of my light colour shirts are stained with dark blue colour... argh!! so irritating.. must find out the culprit and condemn that piece of clothing man.. haiz!!

That's all for the updates till 14 September 2006~

Expensive Weekend

2006-09-10T19:06:00.000+08:00

Expensive Weekend

Hmm.. spent a lot this weekend.. On Friday, after aikido lesson, went to Universal to have our weekly friday dinner, spent 14 bucks each on this meal, ordered 2 garlic bread, 1 small pasta each and a combo to share.. the combo taste so nice... yum yum.. budden i forced myself to finish up that plate of pasta and landed up having difficulty to walk sia.. even the 2 guys cannot finish up their share lo n yet i die die wan to eat finish.. serve me right!! While walking home feel like vomitting.. and i am lagging far behind from my frens.. so malu.. next time cannot over eat again.. lolx.. on saturday lei got diarrhoe liao den early morning have go to sch computer lab to do up my QM2 assignment, manage to finish and print it just before the lab closes at 3pm.. hee.. timing so good.. den head for city with Yen Nee to buy some snacks n stuffs.. again, had dinner outside + dessert somemore (usually only stick to plain water).. haha.. then pass by a shop the 2 of us landed up inside trying out some clothings.. lol.. spend another 20 bucks on clothes.. was saying that by 7 we must reach home budden already 8 we are still in the city... haha.. was quite positive that day until i saw the photo that drop out of the ob notes (c my previous entry) and landed up homesick =(.. den today lei, went to victoria market to buy 1 pathetic brocoli.. lol.. den was shopping ard the market as well, bought a jacket n a track pants at 30 bucks.. n have our weekly mac donald meal.. sat n chatted there for like 2 hours den head for safeway to spend $$ again.. Think i have spent more than a 100 bucks in 3 days.. better watch my spendings for the next few weeks.. budden it's mid term break soon.. guess will be spending even more though..keke..

Little Acts that touches the Heart

2006-09-09T22:58:00.000+08:00

Little Acts that touches the Heart

Aww.. it's only after like almost 3 weeks upon getting the OB notes then i found that there's actually a family photo attached in it.. dun actually have to refer to the 1st OB notebook budden duno y something just triggered me to meddle with it but glad that i have done so or else i wouldn't have found the photo at all.. am dropping tears the moment i c the photo.. duno y.. should be happy instead.. at least it shows that they do care for me.. probably my family are not those expressive type and these little actions don't usually exist in the family.. a repeated scenario though.. the day when 二姐 go back to Singapore, she also left a note in my letter box asking me to take care.. although it's nothing great that have been done budden it's just simply touches the heart and tears would just flow.. seeing all these make me miss home even more, knowing that my caring family is supporting me from SG.. Anyway.. Thanks so much~

My First Entry

2006-09-07T13:25:00.000+08:00

My First Entry

I'M NOW KNOWN AS SERENA.....People here cannot really pronounce my chinese name and here i am using my long hidden christian name.. Lol..

Have already been in Melbourne for like... hmm.. 57 days? Before coming to Mel, I was saying that I would definitely start a blog to note down my experiences during the 2 years stay here. Budden with all the adapting to the environment and studies going on, I have long forgotten about it.. Lol.. Until aileen mei reminded me last week and here I am posting my First Entry.. hee..

Having missed out 57 days of entries, i shall just post whatever that i could remember over the pass weeks.

On 13th July 2006, the day I left Singapore for Melbourne, with my 二姐 and 二姐夫

Flight Scheduled for SQ237

Family @ the Airport

Poly Frenz @ the Airport

Beginning with my 'Thanking' sessions, The First Thank would definitely goes to my Parents and Family who have to work extra hard for the extra expenses i'm spending here, giving me an oppurtunity to get my degree and in the meantime, learn to be independent (though i'm still struggling badly here, hope i dun disappoint u people). The Next Thank goes to Connie, my beloved cousin, who went thru the trouble to organize my farewell party, really do appreciate that. And to those who have sent me off at the airport, a very Big Thank U to you guyz as well. By the way, I did it! Not a single drop of tears that day.. hee.. Kind of Surprising though!! Oh ya, Thanks for the video and photos taken at the airport, they leaves me good memories and do come in handy when i feel terribly low here..

Let me next introduce my room in Nelson College Apartment.. hee.. it's just a studio apartment with 1 study table, a single bed, a dining table, a kitchen and most importantly my personal toilet (avaerage bathing time is 1 hour so better to have my own toilet.. hee). A super super small room and u shall see how small it is...

My Room (View 1)

My Room (View 2)

Gift from ?? before she left

First week in Melbourne was fun, cos got my 二姐 and 二姐夫 here, did not feel lonely at all and instead feels as if i am here for holiday.. Lol.. Have joined them for day tour as well, to the Philip Island and the Great Ocean Road.. Philips island is kind of interesting, the suspense created during the wait for the penguins to come ashore actually excite us when the first penguin is sighted. Budden it was so damn cold and windy that i am almost frozen there. Seeing the rest of the tourist cuddle themselves under the blanket make me feel so.... ENVY. As for the Great Ocean Road, initially it is quite interesting, seeing the beaches, rocks and stones..But as the day goes on, we still see nothing but rocks and stones, only from a different angle.. haiz... get kind of bored after while but still, a great experience..

Shaking Santa Kangaroo's Hand

Hugging a Penguin at Philips Island

Stair down to Louch and Gorge

Louch & Gorge I

Louch & Gorge II

Other than that, it's nothing but studies liao... Feel so damn stressed up studying here..Couldn't understand a single thing the lecturer is teaching plus haven been studying for the past 1.5 years, no longer have the momentum to study liaoz.. den so many people telling me those negative stuffs like it's damn hard to pass the modules here n etc...haiz.. Things are worsen when my stupid laptop crash like twice a month, cost me 70 bucks to get it fix and nowadays keep having weird symptoms like black screens, green screens den keeping hanging..aww..when is this going to stop... somemore my assignments are like due around this period, hope that it can last thru.

Speaking about assignments, only got 6.5 mark for my first OB assignment. Haiz..put in so much effort to do it and yet only get this kind of result. Although can pass should be very happy liao le but still..feel that my effort should worth more than that.. Guess my standard is just not there..As for my QM2 assignments lei.. actually got full mark for it budden it seems that the whole class also get that lo, so.. hmm.. still have to try harder. Had a terrible time for these 2 weeks, trying to rush out the assignments that are due this week. Couldn't really take the stress and landed up keep calling home and even thought of wanting to DROP SCHOOL. Though the two assignments already handed up liaoz budden dun even know can pass the assignment or not lei..my marketing is like exceeded the word limit plus the internet has not much information online that we can use and most importantly, one of the groupmate is not functioning..haizz.. then for OB lei.. it seems to be in such a big mess.. haiz haiz.. The worse has yet to come.. the part 2 of these assignments are up.. awwwww..

These 2 weeks are really enough to kill me... felt sooooooo lonely, stress up and negative.. everything just dun seems to be right.. Then always msg 三姐 and Jun jun to on the webcam for me whenever they are home. Think they finding a nuisance liaoz.. budden it’s the onli way to divert my loneliness though.. Did not expect them to entertain me budden at least leave it on and let me see wat’s going on at home, just that can satisfy me liao.

Have joined aikido recently.. guess i have joined at the right time.. though it will be extra commitment budden spending time in training is definitely more meaningful den putting my time all in assignment and strand myself at home. And it's only during the 1.5 hour of training i can put all assignments off my head. Guess i have made the right choice.

Anyway, there are also times where I have enjoyed myself la.. such as the Weekly Friday Dinner and Weekly Grocery Shopping to Victoria Market and Safeway, though it's nothing interesting, but at least that's the only time I step out of home and school boundary n breathe in some fresh air..Lol..Other than that, I guess is the trip to Dockland and Crown Casino liaoz..

Weekly Mac Donald meal near Victoria Market

On the way back from Victoria Market

Waterside Restaurant @ Dockland

Alex & Chee Ming

Blurred Scenery at Dockland~

Every Saturday, Yen Nee and I will also whipped out a meal at my place after the weekly visit to the market and look at the 'Delicious' food we have .... lol... onli edible for us though.. wahahaha

First meal together @ my place

Chinese style Sphagetti, Cauliflower and Salmon Fish

Prawn Noodle

Bakut Soup Noodle

Another memorable experience is on the 2nd Saturday in Melbourne where all 4 of us were so bored and my apartment has nothing but a TV.. So, we decided to play poker cards to kill our bordeom.. and guess wat, i dun haf poker cards.. lol.. Thus, we landed up making a set of 'Poker Paper'..

Process of Producing a set of Poker Paper

Our Poker Paper

Below are the few photos that I have taken so far, don't have the habit to snap down everything but will try hard from now... heez..

Ice Cream @ Gelatissamo

That's all for the summary of my past 57 days here..