It all happened when I went out with Yi Hui last weekend. She had somehow, unintentionally, 'reminded' me of how much fat I've absorbed from all the food and weather here. I wouldn't exactly say that I've put on weight because the scales seem to be normal ; almost the same as before I got here.
Anyway, away with all the weight blues. They will go really long if I were to start talking about them right here. And I hate to remind myself about how unflattering my body is right now. Yayaya, not that it was very flattering before that, but it just got worse now "=_="
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Yup!
Yeah, trust me. I know it better than you do.
This blog is getting boring, isn't it?
There are no pictures, only writings, and writings and still no pictures.
I thought of putting up some music to spice things up a lil, but this new template does not provide such service. I'm still looking for the perfect one that reflects my personality and while doing so, this will be a temporary one at the meantime!
This blog is getting boring, isn't it?
There are no pictures, only writings, and writings and still no pictures.
I thought of putting up some music to spice things up a lil, but this new template does not provide such service. I'm still looking for the perfect one that reflects my personality and while doing so, this will be a temporary one at the meantime!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A morning full of surprises =)
Apparently, RMIT found out that the students are getting lazier day by day and hence, they need some serious workout. Of course, not all the students are lazy but I'm in the group!
I received two surprises this morning.
Before I elaborate on that, I had no idea why I woke up early this morning and arrived in uni before 9am, when my class actually starts at 9.30am. Anyway, I'm glad I did because I received a really important call! It was a christmas job offer from David Jones this summer! Oh, how happy am I to hear that!! The lady on the phone spoke so fast that I couldn't catch what she was trying to say and I had to ask her to repeat because I didn't want to say yes when apparently, I don't understand what she said. Anyway, the conversation went on well and I am going to report for work on a day after my birthday! I'm just TOO HAPPY!!!
Well, as if that wasn't enough to shock my day, RMIT's brilliant plan did! We were all in class, already starting our lecture when there was this weird sound that was so loud, it kept us all quiet. Maybe not all, but me. I thought the projector or the computer had broken down but apparently, it wasn't. It was a FIRE DRILL -.-"
I have no idea that the fire drill here sounds like this and I bet if I were alone somewhere in the building, I wouldn't move at all unless someone asks me to. I know that I'm dumb, you don't have to remind me.
So, as we were not allowed to use the elevator, all of us flocked to the emergency exit and jammed the stairs. When the jam was finally cleared, we made our way out of the building and just congregated at the streets. This somehow reminds me of my high school. The fire drills, the evacuation plans and standing under the hot sun while attendance was taken. So, yeah..memories kinda flood back.
And the exercise regime that I was talking about up there was actually about having to climb down the stairs from the 8th floor down to the ground floor. That probably wasn't too bad but having to climb back the stairs from the ground to the 8th floor was the worst. To avoid the jam in the elevators, I opted for the stairs and hmmm...there went my morning exercise.
Moreover, I don't think I was focussing on my tutorial this morning. Away with all the marginal costs, average costs etc!
What was on my mind was the stuff that I'm gonna get or do with my pay. I'm definitely gonna get myself a brand new laptop and...probably save the rest for study tour or exchange programme? I really really wanna get into one of those but they don't come cheap. It costs around aud8000 for the study tour to US and that means, it'll take around RM24000 based on today's rate!!!! Ahhh....I'm still thinking...contemplating....
I just need to work on my budget sheet and T account. Hopefully, I'll get to do what I wanna do ultimately!
I received two surprises this morning.
Before I elaborate on that, I had no idea why I woke up early this morning and arrived in uni before 9am, when my class actually starts at 9.30am. Anyway, I'm glad I did because I received a really important call! It was a christmas job offer from David Jones this summer! Oh, how happy am I to hear that!! The lady on the phone spoke so fast that I couldn't catch what she was trying to say and I had to ask her to repeat because I didn't want to say yes when apparently, I don't understand what she said. Anyway, the conversation went on well and I am going to report for work on a day after my birthday! I'm just TOO HAPPY!!!
Well, as if that wasn't enough to shock my day, RMIT's brilliant plan did! We were all in class, already starting our lecture when there was this weird sound that was so loud, it kept us all quiet. Maybe not all, but me. I thought the projector or the computer had broken down but apparently, it wasn't. It was a FIRE DRILL -.-"
I have no idea that the fire drill here sounds like this and I bet if I were alone somewhere in the building, I wouldn't move at all unless someone asks me to. I know that I'm dumb, you don't have to remind me.
So, as we were not allowed to use the elevator, all of us flocked to the emergency exit and jammed the stairs. When the jam was finally cleared, we made our way out of the building and just congregated at the streets. This somehow reminds me of my high school. The fire drills, the evacuation plans and standing under the hot sun while attendance was taken. So, yeah..memories kinda flood back.
And the exercise regime that I was talking about up there was actually about having to climb down the stairs from the 8th floor down to the ground floor. That probably wasn't too bad but having to climb back the stairs from the ground to the 8th floor was the worst. To avoid the jam in the elevators, I opted for the stairs and hmmm...there went my morning exercise.
Moreover, I don't think I was focussing on my tutorial this morning. Away with all the marginal costs, average costs etc!
What was on my mind was the stuff that I'm gonna get or do with my pay. I'm definitely gonna get myself a brand new laptop and...probably save the rest for study tour or exchange programme? I really really wanna get into one of those but they don't come cheap. It costs around aud8000 for the study tour to US and that means, it'll take around RM24000 based on today's rate!!!! Ahhh....I'm still thinking...contemplating....
I just need to work on my budget sheet and T account. Hopefully, I'll get to do what I wanna do ultimately!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
As at 11.18am, Tuesday
I enjoy making my own lunch and bringing it to school and munching them away in the library, with my books and notes all scattered on the table. It does make me look like a studious type of person, doesn't it?
Finally, spring has taken over winter andddddd....it means, I can finally shove away all those dread and boring looking jackets. Gone are the days of layers of thick clothing and shiverings in the morning. Yays!
Melbourne has also brought back my addiction for Taiwan idol series. Now that 'Fated to Love You' is finally done and over with, the next show on the line-up is 'Ying Ye 3+1' and it also has Joe Chen in it! In case you don't know, Joe Chen is the girl who had acted in 'The Prince who turns into a frog' and also 'Fated to love you' and I'm loving her even more each day. How come she always gets to act alongside the hot guys? Ahhh...it just got me boiling inside when I thought of that =P
Hmmm..what else?
I guess that's it for now.
Can't wait to meet Yi Hui this weekend! She's going to bring me to explore one of the suburbs!
She got me feeling so excited that I had forgotten I still have a test coming up tomorrow. It's worth 20 marks (OUCH!) and so, wish me luck!
Finally, spring has taken over winter andddddd....it means, I can finally shove away all those dread and boring looking jackets. Gone are the days of layers of thick clothing and shiverings in the morning. Yays!
Melbourne has also brought back my addiction for Taiwan idol series. Now that 'Fated to Love You' is finally done and over with, the next show on the line-up is 'Ying Ye 3+1' and it also has Joe Chen in it! In case you don't know, Joe Chen is the girl who had acted in 'The Prince who turns into a frog' and also 'Fated to love you' and I'm loving her even more each day. How come she always gets to act alongside the hot guys? Ahhh...it just got me boiling inside when I thought of that =P
Hmmm..what else?
I guess that's it for now.
Can't wait to meet Yi Hui this weekend! She's going to bring me to explore one of the suburbs!
She got me feeling so excited that I had forgotten I still have a test coming up tomorrow. It's worth 20 marks (OUCH!) and so, wish me luck!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Morning blues
Apart from my breakfast and FB, the next thing I did this morning was to update my blog.
I think I had a really emotional dream last night after chatting with mum, dad and ama on the phone in the evening. I can't exactly recall what was the dream about but all I know is that I woke up feeling not too happy and not too excited.
The first thing that popped up in my mind was my family in Penang. Everything about Penang. Not so much of the food though, but the people. My school, my family, my friends and also the Penangites in general. I miss how I feel disgusted by those ah peks puking on the street. I miss those ah bengs swearing in hokkiens. And I miss how easily it is to call my friends on their house phone and telling them off when they don't pick up the phone. Things like that....
Now, I've got to constantly remind myself that I am in Australia, not Malaysia. Having chosen my path to be here, I need to stick with it no matter what and do it proudly. But somehow, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I couldn't do it. Every single thing I do here reminds me of something or someone back home and I can feel the line from Michael Buble's Home song, 'Let me go home, I'm just too far from where you are and I just wanna come home' buzzing in my ear.
And what do I do when I get such thoughts? I start to think about my friends who are away from home even further than me, for instance, UK or US and they're just doing fine. If they can do it, why can't I?
Often, this positivity doesn't last very long and is constantly defeated by my negativity. My excuse is that we are all different. What I feel and what they feel is so different. They are tough but I am not. I'm just not them.
Having said this, it doesn't mean that I don't like it here. In fact, I do.
However, I'm just not too ready to assimilate myself into this country, which is still, very much foreign to me.
I think I had a really emotional dream last night after chatting with mum, dad and ama on the phone in the evening. I can't exactly recall what was the dream about but all I know is that I woke up feeling not too happy and not too excited.
The first thing that popped up in my mind was my family in Penang. Everything about Penang. Not so much of the food though, but the people. My school, my family, my friends and also the Penangites in general. I miss how I feel disgusted by those ah peks puking on the street. I miss those ah bengs swearing in hokkiens. And I miss how easily it is to call my friends on their house phone and telling them off when they don't pick up the phone. Things like that....
Now, I've got to constantly remind myself that I am in Australia, not Malaysia. Having chosen my path to be here, I need to stick with it no matter what and do it proudly. But somehow, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I couldn't do it. Every single thing I do here reminds me of something or someone back home and I can feel the line from Michael Buble's Home song, 'Let me go home, I'm just too far from where you are and I just wanna come home' buzzing in my ear.
And what do I do when I get such thoughts? I start to think about my friends who are away from home even further than me, for instance, UK or US and they're just doing fine. If they can do it, why can't I?
Often, this positivity doesn't last very long and is constantly defeated by my negativity. My excuse is that we are all different. What I feel and what they feel is so different. They are tough but I am not. I'm just not them.
Having said this, it doesn't mean that I don't like it here. In fact, I do.
However, I'm just not too ready to assimilate myself into this country, which is still, very much foreign to me.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
big-ass interview
It was my first job interview in Melbourne and I screwed up.
I think I did fairly well in the individual interview but when it comes to the group interview, I just had to admit that I practically failed the session. The problem lies in me, of course....and also one of the group members!
There were 5 of us in a group and there was this guy who was so dominating during the group activity and the other 3 had to fight for a chance to talk. Me being the youngest, the most inexperienced, the most Asian, the most innocent and displaying the most 'i-want-to-participate-but-got-beaten-to-that' attitude of course, was overshadowed and did not really have the chance to express myself. Okay, screw that. I hate job interviews. I hate the guy. His name is Daniel and I hope he didn't get in because I am unable to get in and so, I don't want him to get in as well!
But as harsh as the reality would sound, he has a high chance of getting in because he outshined most of us. Still, I don't like him :(
Oh, and my competitors range from final year students to double MASTERS holder.
I have no idea why they want to fight with me for the job. It is just a part-time job. But deep down inside, I do understand why. Economy's bad. And this job here is going to make a whole lot of difference to anyone.
Sigh, I wish I could get the job but no, God says no to me :(
I wish I could marry a rich bloke and attend to him 24 hours but again, God says 'Wake up already!!!!'
Now, I'm just hoping that the economy could get better, so that businesses would flourish and there will be a shortage of workers, hence creating more job opportunities. That's when I will finally be able to secure a job.
Please rain more luck on me!
I think I did fairly well in the individual interview but when it comes to the group interview, I just had to admit that I practically failed the session. The problem lies in me, of course....and also one of the group members!
There were 5 of us in a group and there was this guy who was so dominating during the group activity and the other 3 had to fight for a chance to talk. Me being the youngest, the most inexperienced, the most Asian, the most innocent and displaying the most 'i-want-to-participate-but-got-beaten-to-that' attitude of course, was overshadowed and did not really have the chance to express myself. Okay, screw that. I hate job interviews. I hate the guy. His name is Daniel and I hope he didn't get in because I am unable to get in and so, I don't want him to get in as well!
But as harsh as the reality would sound, he has a high chance of getting in because he outshined most of us. Still, I don't like him :(
Oh, and my competitors range from final year students to double MASTERS holder.
I have no idea why they want to fight with me for the job. It is just a part-time job. But deep down inside, I do understand why. Economy's bad. And this job here is going to make a whole lot of difference to anyone.
Sigh, I wish I could get the job but no, God says no to me :(
I wish I could marry a rich bloke and attend to him 24 hours but again, God says 'Wake up already!!!!'
Now, I'm just hoping that the economy could get better, so that businesses would flourish and there will be a shortage of workers, hence creating more job opportunities. That's when I will finally be able to secure a job.
Please rain more luck on me!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
the door XD
I have a bunch of rude neighbours.
I don't know what they do and I don't even bother to ask them, but they certainly need to look at themselves and show some tolerance for others.
What they do best is slamming the door real hard at night (when I want to sleep) and then do it again in the morning (when I want to continue sleeping).
I wish their door would come off one day and leave them DOORLESS.
I hope that they slam their door so hard, it got stuck and they will be trapped inside for days because their neighbour here (that's me, and my sisters) will turn a deaf ear to their screamings.
I wish all those would materialise one day.
And I hope that THE DAY will be soon.
X peace X
I don't know what they do and I don't even bother to ask them, but they certainly need to look at themselves and show some tolerance for others.
What they do best is slamming the door real hard at night (when I want to sleep) and then do it again in the morning (when I want to continue sleeping).
I wish their door would come off one day and leave them DOORLESS.
I hope that they slam their door so hard, it got stuck and they will be trapped inside for days because their neighbour here (that's me, and my sisters) will turn a deaf ear to their screamings.
I wish all those would materialise one day.
And I hope that THE DAY will be soon.
X peace X
