far far away

2009-10-28T20:25:00.000+11:00

My second semester in Australia passed really quickly. I am already at my last week of school. This semester is really different from last semester. I do things differently, I feel differently about my surroundings, school work, my cooking etc. My hall life is different too. As in now I am like the ‘old bird’ on my floor. I know everyone, and I am more comfortable with my floor. I have to say I don’t miss home that much as compared to last semester. My eventful hall life, dramatic floor mates, lots of emotions, jealousy, suspicion, mysteries spiced up my floor life. Sometimes I really think my neighbours are characters from bollywood drama. I guess I have accumulated enough stories to tell my Singaporean friends during my 3 month holiday when I am back. Oh when I look at some of the facebook’s photos, I will suddenly miss people that I have not met for a long time.

I feel I didn’t tell people about a lot of stuff. I didn’t mentioned that I went to gold coast during my holiday. (Sorry nadya we didn’t get to go together cause our holiday clashes!! I went in the end! ) I didn’t mentioned I represented my hall for the interhall table-tennis competition and got thrashed! I didn’t mentioned that spring has arrived and the trees in my school started dispersing this while furry seed and the air is filled with it. I accidentally inhaled one into my nose and I had to dig it out. Anyway it looked like Canberra is snowing here. Oh and I have decided to put braces this coming holiday.

I have so much to tell. I am lazy to blog about my stuff. I guess I still prefer talking and telling stuff. So I will say more when I am back.

2009-10-12T15:53:00.003+11:00

my friend benny placed this on fb. check it out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjGd1C6E4ys

hm i must say that the guy is quite lucky.

in the sense he didn't encouter somebody who is really urgent. i mean big business, like pressing lausai. if i were very urgent in my big business, i am just going to splash it across his face in the toilet bowl. i don't care when i am so desperate for toilet and i finally found a toilet in the middle of nowhere and u want hide there. who ask u wanna hide in toilet bowl?? inconsiderate la.

2009-09-22T11:53:00.001+10:00

I had my last mid sem exam yesterday! So yesterday was a laze around day for me. I basically laze on my bed for the whole day. Watch tv, play guitar etc etc. Quite a nice feeling for a while, but I got so bored after a while. I should plan to do something but I was too lazy and my neighbours had an exam at 7pm. Most importantly, I STILL don’t know what I can do here. Went out to get dinner on Sunday and I realise 80percent of the restaurants in town are closed. It was so sian and I decided I should just anyhow eat so I went to subway. And it was also closed! Ok I got a feeling that people here don’t eat out. Like in ANU during lunch, the canteen will be quite empty. I can’t help but compare it to the arts canteen in NUS. If you go down during prime time, you have to loiter around to pressure people to eat faster, so that you can get a seat. It will be really difficult to get a seat enough for a big group. Down here you can even get sofas seat. And there will be enough seats to fit the whole og.
Ok I always digress away from what I wanted to blog initially! I wanted to say that my friends came over my room to hang out after their exam. Cause I have a cool tv J so we sat down and watch Emmy’s together. Woah red carpet event so people wore nice suits and gowns etc etc. When I watch tv, I will switch around the channels during commercials. So as I was switching, I got so confused by this other channel showing something similar to emmy’s. After a while, I realised that THEY HAVE A STAR AWARD FOR RUGBY PLAYERS!! IT’S a red carpet event too. With their wives in gowns etc etc. I was shocked. They really brought a craze for a sport to another level. So I was watching the news just now and they were talking about the guy who won best player or sth yesterday. It reminds me of channel 8 news which also talked about Li nan xing when he won best male lead award in Hong Xing Da Jiang.

2009-09-09T21:49:00.003+10:00

Whew my exams are finally over.. finally have the 'feel' to blog.

hm i have been playing guitar in my hall for this sem. it's really nice to play songs when u feel emo and need to sing it out. i guess my floor is kind of affected by my singing. not that i sing badly.. it's that people started playing guitar and there's this guitar craze going on!! My friend bought a guitar after playing my guitaer a few times. :) her guitar comes with an amplifier!! guess i can finally realise my dream of forming a band in uni. and yes! i wanna be the lead singer.

and there are many websites with chords. so i am basically holding a guitar ktv in my room. BUT, all my friends listne to different music. My chinese friend had never heard of popular songs such as Ji DE, or jian jian tan tan et. Then some who listen to english songs have never heard of 'So young' by the corrs etc etc. wa lau right!

k i am in the mood of singing again. bye!

2009-08-15T17:36:00.011+10:00

Woo i am such a healthy person. I run to Mt ainslie twice a week. I hope that one day, i can eventually see kangaroos. My friends claim that there are a lot of kangaroos there. Here's a peek at my weekly run routine.

In front of my hall. Start of my run.

My friend is already lagging behind already.

On the way, i saw this. I am just going to assume that this is sakura. YAY there's sakura in australia!! :)

View of mt ainslie from afar.

Random nice house along the way.

Foot of mt ainslie. Entrance.

In mt ainslie!! my friend was struggling. He looks so tired and i though he was about to collapse anytime. hahahahhaha. I hope he doesnt read this.

Whew kind of effortless for me.

Exit of mt ainslie. My friend desperately trying to get out, escaping from the reality that i am a better runner. hahahah.

Ainslie shops :)

Back to hall :)

I took all the pictures while i was running. Good camera!! thank you my friends!!!

2009-08-15T00:13:00.003+10:00

Anita!!!! What happened?? I hope you are ok. :)

Don't think that NUS is that bad.

haha i miss going back to NUS. Hai you know in ANU, i am not known as Aloysius. The name in the system is LIM CHOON YONG. NO ALOYSIUS although i have been known as aloysius since don't know when. I was quite frustrated by it as tutors started calling choon yong in class and i was still wondering who the hell is that, until i start to register that he is calling me. My matriculation card states CHOON YONG LIM. what the hell right. haha. then my friends start to question the authenticity of my name. They were like 'who gave you the name'?? haha cause they were thinking that how did i come up with such a difficult name. Remember i told you all down here, ALOYSIUS is not common. And i went down to the admin office to change the name in the system. they changed it and re-printed my matric card. Apparently, my name is too long. So 'aloysius' is still left out.

And when i was sending email today, i realised ...

From
Choon Lim
Date
Friday, August 14, 2009 10:51 am
To
javascript:addSender(%22u0701875@nus.edu.sg%22)

Ok now i am called choon lim in all my emails. So when i send emails to people, they will see choon lim as the sender. I am absolutely sure that people can recognise that's me la!!

i enjoy uni life.

For people who are still in school, let's enjoy being young and free. Enjoy being able to sleep in on days when we don't have lessons, Or when we decide to keep class. Enjoy having a long break, stay in library chill. Enjoy our long lunch breaks. enjoy going home early. play badminton in afternoon etc etc.

2009-08-11T00:10:00.002+10:00

i just watched the STRANGEST show ever. It is called "embarrassing illness". A UK show. The show is gross, intriguing, yet educational. Initially, the show was showing swollen pictures of scrotum. Then pus and stuff. Grosser than science canteen toilet.

The last straw was when they showed this plump women who came in with a problem. She started taking off her pants and underwear. They showed EVERYTHING! I went over to ask my neighbour over to see!! Then, the doctor ply open her buttcheek to show her problematic assshole. She thinks she has piles but the doctor mentioned something else. I didn't catch what was that. It was bumpy, and like the villi in our intestines. I think she's such a poor thing! Her whole problem was bad enough and now, they are showing the whole world her problematic asshole. I really hope she got better. When i think about the scene, i feel very itchy.

The whole programme is just so jaw breaking, GROSS, yet really really educational. It teaches you about hygience, symptoms of potential illnesses, STD, good gym habits etc etc. I recommend that you watch it when you feel sleepy while studying. An excellent reality/documentary show. Done in a grossly effective way.

I caNT find on youtube the asshole thing. This one shows a guy with 3 nipples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4EjBeJ6bY&feature=channel

2009-08-10T12:03:00.003+10:00

Had a national day celebration HERE yesterday!! :) My friend were asking me to go down to campus to watch the parade together. but it's far and cold. then i realised my hall has a similar event!! so i went down with my non-singaporean friends :)

hai but i forgot to bring camera!! so no pictures!!

Lots of people prepared food. It was supposed to be a potluck. People cooked nasi lemak, pandan cake, oneh oneh, mee siam, curry chicken, hokkien mee and a lot more. i think they are great!! dunno where they learn how to cook all these chim stuff.

I went in and started eating. It was a warm feeling to see so many singaporeans gathered in a cosy room, eating homecooked stuff. Those NDP songs were being played in the background. I had goosebumps when "home" was played. It reminded me of singapore so much. It suddenly struck me that i miss singapore very much. haha. maybe i miss singing the song to people in singapore.

Then the parade started. I have not watched the parade for so many years. Normally, i will be out or sth. This year, the parade is boring as usual. No offence to the participants. I mean the show is great but not my cup of tea. Esp the display of millitary power in the first part. I think they should scrap it off. People died from it a few years ago. They should divert precious resources to catching people like mas selemat, instead of putting up a show.

My non-singaporean friend feels that our NDP is like clubbing. I think she has never been to a club tho. hahaha.

It was a very different NDP for me. woo i feel that i have just written a primary school essay titled "My national day". Hope i will get A for being so frank.

2009-08-08T17:10:00.003+10:00

haha i just went running to mt ainslie with my australian friend. So as we were cooling down and walking back... Our conversation:

aloy: oh so your parents are teachers? that's explains why you are such a Mr nice. I insulted you like all the time and you don't really insult me.

(not that he can win me if he started an insult war with me. My friend gave me his usual "dunno what's going on" look)

friend: oh no. i have some friends who have an odd sense of humour. it's entirely different from mine.

(he's refering to me!! and PEOPLE! I TOLD U ALL THEY CANT GET MY JOKES!! hai!)

aloy: so are you saying i am odd?

friend: no no...!!! my other friends are odd.

(remember i told u he is really nice. he just refuse to admit that he thinks i am odd)

Ok i shall be not make fun of him all the time. he cant get my jokes anyway. i am doomed to be the "trying to be funny but odd" guy here.

P.S i feel like giving people a course on singapore humour.

2009-08-07T23:39:00.002+10:00

hehe tmr i am going for laser tag again!!!! hm this time round i am be more careful. cannot allow my slow-reaction yet cunning neighbour kill me. :)

Sunday there's a NDP parade and people are asking me to go. honestly, i don't even watch the ndp in singapore. and it start at 9pm in ANU. it means it will be really cold! i am not that keen to go although it will be an opportunity to wear my scarf that i bought from china. (btw i don't wear scarf in the day time. too extra) guess i just see how's my mood. but the thot of people singing stand up for singapore there is quite off. i dunno what they will do.

Oh i am taking a module that requires me to use lots of excel and do lots of analysis. it is killing me as i am quite a computer-idiot. btw, i stilll have not figured out how to upload the whole album onto facebook.

Ai i am blogging rubbish as usual. but as my work has not piled up yet, i have time to blog rubbish. so stay tuned :)

2009-07-30T23:38:00.002+10:00

Feel like sharing how i feel!

I think I am having a great start for semester 2. Considering last semester around this time, I was still living on instant noodles and canned food. I am eating much better now. I have been quite HAPS ever since I came back.

1. Celebrated my friend’s birthday yesterday.
2. Went for yum cha in Canberra by the lake/reservoir thing. YES!! We have dimsum here. Like maybe 1 or 2 restaurants.
3. Did some shopping at dfo.
4. Went for drag night/dread night. Haha it was fun la.
5. Random cooking sessions with friends
6. Planning to celebrate another birthday tmr
7. AND I AM GOING FOR INTERNATIONAL BALL ON SAT. if I can get tickets. The theme is red carpet. So my friends have already geared up etc. got their dresses and high heels etc etc. I will probably wear my casino royale suit
8. I got a running buddy who runs with me to mt Ainslie twice a week

I think I am more HAPS for these 2 weeks than the whole of last semester. Yea!

2009-07-24T00:56:00.012+10:00

YES I AM BACK IN AUSTRALIA!!
WE JUST HAD THE CRAZIEST, MOST VOMIT-INDUCING THING!!

My hall had a drag night party just now!!! it was hilarious.
Here are some pictures!!

It all started with...

Andrew, (if you are reading this), i am sorry i had to put you in my blog cause you look hilarious!! You shouldn't wear such low cut dress when you have so much chest hair. hahahaha. My friend sophie actually did the "cat eye" make-up look for him.

Here's the end product. Not very clear but still hot.

More random pictures!!

It's strange to look at guys with moustach etc, and looking very broad, in puny dresses.

Erm here's a back view. His dress is falling apart.

And front view!! haha. oh the girl is my neighbour. i called her michael jackson tonight.

Cute handbag.

Bikini babe there.

oh there's a nurse. And a bunny girl at the background. not very visible tho.

Check this out!!

2009-06-26T23:34:00.009+10:00

Woooh.. I had not blogged for so so long!! I was so busy. I was leading a fulfilling life. I had exams. That’s not the fulfilling part. I went to Sydney and Melbourne with huiquan. I must say I love both cities. I always assume Australia to be like Canberra, which is quiet, serene, calm and nice. Its tranquillity gradually turned into being plain boring. I think the super market in the shopping centre nearby is the most happening place in Canberra. Ok, I should stop complaining about the lack of activities here.

I went to Sydney when huiquan first arrived. It was a really fun experience being in Sydney as for once, more than 30 people are within my view in Australia. We went to sydney fish market
nd had picnic by the sea. We had lobster, oyster, snapper, prawns etc etc and beer by the sea. We sat on the grass. In singapore, i dont think people are very willing to sit on grass as there are ants la, mud la etc etc. But in australia, it's like a norm. You have to sit on grass to feel australian.

We went to the opera house and the harbour bridge after that.

Sydney oper house really looks magnificient, in postcards. When we saw it in person, it is not that grand. The structure is interesting but it is not very well maintained i think. From close-up, i thought that it look like ministry of manpower in tanjong pagar. Harbour bridge is nicer :)

Oh then we went to melbourne on the following week. MELBOURNE IS VERY NICE. haha i like it a lot. It was so so fun. I feel like i was trapped in Tekong, and released into pasir ris white sands. But melbourne is a really nice city. Buildings very european, shopping is really good. They have this street called colin st which is a small alley with all the small cafes, restaurants and shopping etc.

I have always wanted to visit sydney and melbourne ever since i was young. It is quite surreal that i can just take a bus over.

I stayed near a beach in melbourne. On my last day, i realised that i can actually see penguins on the beach if i am there at the right time!!! So we did not see any penguins although we could hear them. They were hiding in the rocks by the time we went there. But we saw other types of birds la.

These few weeks is the most amazing period i had here in australia. I will never forget the time i had. It was really fun and memorable. But when i came back, i had to start preparing for exams!! which was like a week away. haha.

2009-06-13T01:49:00.002+10:00

Woo i havent been blogging. I guess i will not be blogging anytime soon as i am having exams. I know most people done with exams le! hope u all are having fun. And hope those who are working will enjoy their work. wish me luck. haha. i just forgot to do a 8 mark question just now. hai.

2009-05-12T01:03:00.001+10:00

I was watching my TV just now and during the commercials, I saw this ad with two very serious guys talking. They are actually trying to rally people to vote against certain government decisions in a commercial sort of way!! I I was shocked.

Firstly, I was quite shocked by the how openly these opposition people are. I am startled by how free the media here is. Can you imagine Chee soon juan or some other oppositions start to appear in various commercials in Singapore, urging Singaporeans to oppose certain government decisions? The publicities given to him were mainly pictures of him in handcuffs, walking outside subordinate court etc. Not being able to appear on TV in a glamorous way, he has to resort to giving out flyers in NUS.

For your information, Singapore is ranked 140 out of 167 in terms of media freedom. However, as how our leaders put it, we should not be ashamed of it due to our economic prosperity. Oops. Did I just blurt out an answer scheme from social studies? Haha. I am not ashamed of the fact la. I mean I am just shocked.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/290904/singapore_not_ashamed_of_low_rank_for_press_freedom/

But I guess Singapore is improving, given that we jumped 4 places from last year. Apparently, the news of mas selemat was being released as a straits times report got the information. Hence, the authority has no choice but to release the news too. Really? They could have prevented the reporter from reporting it but they didn’t. Don’t know why. Maybe they are giving some autonomy to our press? Don’t raise your eyebrows la. It’s a positive start la.

2009-05-09T00:31:00.001+10:00

Woah!! Mas selamat is finally caught. If he decides to write a book about his life, I bet it will be a big hit. He can write about his numerous escapes, his exceptional talent in identifying opportunities to escape. I am really interested in how he managed to get out of Singapore. According to Straits times, he swam across the sea with some floatation device that he made. Cool. So all the causeway jam were for nothing. In the show prison break, Michael Scofield buried a diving gear near the beach and used it to swim across to somewhere too. Cool. J
Just wondering, apparently, mas selamat was caught in 1 April. So why did they only release the information today? Are they checking whether the mas selamat is the real one and not somebody in disguising mas selamat? I mean you never know. They are masters of disguise. I really can’t understand why they did not release the information earlier.

While reading this news, I happen to chance upon this while following comment thread on mas selamat. I don’t know how I ended up here too.

Last February, a USSPN Washington Regional Coordinator was present during a report given by an international lawyer from Singapore, Thio Su Mien (Su), who is gifted in prophetic intercession and healing. She shared about some of the things going on in the area of Indonesia before the tsunami.She explained how the SARS virus hit Singapore a year prior to the earthquake/tsunami. The Lord alerted the intercessors and told them that if they did not get on their faces and repent on behalf of their nation's involvement in abortion as the contraceptive of choice, that the land would suffer from His hand of judgment.

http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=2997

Don’t waste what you learnt in social studies. Do not form opinions straight away. That comment may not be meant for general public. Use your social studies skills and think carefully and form opinions after that. I can’t imagine how I would feel if I lost a friend or relative during the SARS if I happen to chance upon it as well. Well, I guess people are entitled to their opinions, whether the opinion is a responsible/sensible/helpful/extreme one or not. This comment reminded me about how my ah-ma will always attribute stuff to creative reasons. Like when I had a cough, she will say that it is because I did not switch off the main switch after I use my computer. Something like that. I will be irritated although I know she meant well. Just an interesting read. No offence huh.

2009-05-08T01:18:00.002+10:00

I just got back from laser tag!! Whew, it was fun!!! Oh, it is a war game thing organised by our floor senior resident. You have to wear this laser vest thing and try to shoot your opponents' vest in the dark maze. It was really fun!! It is a floor thing so basically, my floor had to fight against the other floor. But my floor had too many people so we were split up. It was fun shooting my dodo neighbour. But they are really sneaky, kept sneak-attacking me from behind. They brought scarves and gloves thinking that the maze will be very cold. Haha. They are funny people. We went for ice cream after that. :)

I played this once with my class in Cidans bt batok in sg. It was really fun too!!! I think it costs quite a bit to play in sg. Here, it is 15 for 2 games. Haha. Should play together. very fun.

2009-05-05T19:09:00.002+10:00

I like to watch tv in my room. Quite entertaining sometimes. The news is talking about what women wants now. They are saying nowadays, women want a men who is

1. Humorous
2. Has a job
3. Good looking
4. Athletic

Then they started talking about how hedge fund managers in pinstriped shirt and briefcase are OUT. Now, construction workers, the REAL MEN with REAL JOBS are IN. then they started talking about how construction sites became a hunting ground for women looking for love. I was really amused because the interviews are really drama. Women who were interviewed said that they want men who can help do stuff around the house etc. They appeared really enthu throughout the interview. The news even showed where the areas with construction workers are, to facilitate the hunt.

Can you imagine when these aussie women come over to Singapore and started hunting in construction sites?? I hope they have a pleasant surprise, and not a cultural shock. Oh i mean cultural invasion. Haha. I wonder if Singapore women will have a change of taste and start hunting in construction sites too. Haha. Can go to little india with their bf every sunday.

2009-05-03T02:03:00.002+10:00

Wa i cannot resist posting this. Read it.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_369631.html?vgnmr=1

Wa cant believe people will do this. This is even more unethical than the china milk powder thing. Oh unethical is understating it. I guess it may not be true. Cause it is difficult to believe that any human being is inhumane enough to do it.

2009-05-03T00:56:00.003+10:00

I often read straits times to keep track of what’s happening in Singapore. Recently, I keep seeing this AWARE thing around, on facebook etc. So I started reading them in Straits times. It is kind of addictive!! So drama and action-packed. Can’t believe I missed out on the actions in Singapore. I read that they are mainly divided into 2 teams during their general meeting. 1 team in red while the other team in white. I was wondering why not green??!! Cause I instantly thought of orientation! Should wear green ma! I was from green house. Can imagine them doing ecstasy cheer during their meeting. Haha. Red and white so national day and kind of copying NJC.

Ok back to my point. I read that emotions ran high during the meeting. There were security guards controlling crowd. The women in power held screaming matches with each other in front of reporters somemore. For some strange reason, I was reminded of this scene from the Unbeatables where Zoe Tay shouted across the gambling table at her opponent, “all the feud (en1 en1 yuan4 yuan4), let's settle on the gambling table!!!!” Then she starts to shake this black thing with dice in it very professionally with the old drama backgroud music.

Real life dramas. More interesting than channel 8. However, I hope this saga does not dilute the main objective of fighting for women’s rights. They should have a break and have a kit kat. Red and white too. Wa i feel like eating chocolate now.

2009-04-26T13:15:00.005+10:00

I just went to the toilet and I saw shit stain again. This is the around 30th time that I saw stains ever since I blogged about it. The issue is still not resolved.

My floor had a chai tea and ice cream session the other day. It was quite nice to chat and eat ice cream. I showcased my coffee machine too!! Haha. Of course, the crowd was impressed.

Just a random thought. Maybe we should have a fruit and salad session. I will then observe the toilet for the next day and see whether sticky shit stain reappears. If yes, I can narrow down the suspects to those who didn’t attend the salad and fruit session.

I shouldn't be too obsessesed with finding out the culprit. However, i am just too amazed in a wrong way by how sticky the stains can get, and its location. And i realised readership has gone up since i posted my pictures.So i shouldn't be blogging about disgusting stuff like this.

2009-04-22T00:57:00.009+10:00

Hm i went to this suburb called belconnen cause i heard there are quite some stuff there. There's a big mall, fresh food market etc. Here are some pictures.

Small but interesting bus interchange.

This is westfield shopping centre. It is huge. It holds a few supermarkets etc. You can actually do quite a bit of shopping there.

Here's the interior. Not very impressive i think. but do not expect too much from a neighbourhood mall. This huge mall somehow reminds me of causeway point. As in the stucture, the shops and stuff gave me this causeway point feeling.

I ventured out of westfield and i saw this. I guess it makes sense. Northpoint and causeway point being near to each other.

The picture below shows the youth centre here. I took this photo secretly cause there were quite a few beng/lians hanging around there. I guess they hang out around these areas. It seems interesting so i took a photo. It mirrors the community centres in singapore i think.

The next few pictures are not related to belconnen. I took a picture if sunset in gunghalin just now.

I took this on a bus :)

2009-04-18T23:17:00.006+10:00

Dickson is a place relatively near my hall and is a nice quaint area with interesting cafes and shops. I go there quite often, mainly to get groceries from the aussie version of NTUC called woolworths. They have an aussie version of cold storage in town (also near my hall) but i prefer NTUC (woolworths).

Actually, Dickson is also considered the Chinatown of Canberra as it has a few chinese groceries stores and restaurants. I ate 14 dollar, tasteless laksa from one of the restaurants here.

I like dickson as i feel that the area is very quaint. You can find small cafes/bakeries sprouting at different corners. There's this place called cheesecake shop selling sinful looking cakes. I like to shop in this shop called harris scarfe as it often has huge discounts etc. I bought my pan there at 60% off. So i check it out sometimes. Oh, i like dickson as it reminds me of Ang Mo Kio central. Check out the pictures below. Resemble AMK central, or clementi central or some central in singapore hor?

The last picture is random. I saw some parrots on my way back. There are so many of these parrots around.

Just showing a glimpse of my australian hang out place. Not as cool as queenstown, but not too bad already.

2009-04-16T11:22:00.009+10:00

Roaming around canberra is fun. I feel like a tourist when i embarked on such trips to these ulu places.I embarked on a trip to belconnen yesterday. But I ended up at somewhere else. I don't think you all can recognise the names i mentioned. Just know that they are small town centres in canberra.Ihad fun!! So i am posting some pictures..

Being spontaneous and fun, i decided to go down to belconnen yesterday. I took a bus and it went through interesting places. In particular, the bus went through this place with interesting shops, restaurants. Being spontaneous and fun, i decided to alight instead of going down to belconnen. I realised it is call GUNGHALIN!!! Come into my world of lonely planet and admire the pictures.

The picture below is a picture of their library/community centre. I saw a group of angmoh beng/lians sitting around there. Quite an interesting sight.

A picture of the sun. The sky was grey. I had never seen grey sky here. It's back to a nice shade of blue today.

Look at the cool car...

I bought lots of stuff from the reject shop. It was fun being in a new/interesting environment. But i suddenly had a strange urge. I felt like feel like proving some theorem. When it comes, It's unstoppable. I think i am a nerd, a cool one though. i find my behaviour somewhat wierd too. However, i didn't have any material. Not even writing material. So i bought a pen, use some tissue paper and started proving some stuff. Don't judge me!! i roamed around, shopping, eating, proving some theorem. i think It's somewhat cool! i had creme bulee from gloria jeans too. Although at that point in time, i was kind of worried that i will accidentally use these tissue paper to wipe my mouth. Then my proves will be gone.

I got dinner, took a bus back, got lost but got back in the end. I had fun being so spontaneous. :)

2009-04-14T03:05:00.002+10:00

I just deleted a funny picture of my friend youli. I had this post with a picture of her back in the old days. Welll, i have to delete that cause she asked me to advertise for her on my blog. So i had to delete that post as the picture will complete destroy her chance although she claims that it is cute. Er..

Ok these are some interesting facts about my popular and fun friend. Please feel free to like her.

1. Her singing is consider really good given that she is basically tone-deaf.
2. She can help improve your health but she will need to poke you with a needle. And the needle looks like it will break.
3. She's really helpful and was involved in lots of community work including becoming a clown for sick children etc.
4. She's humorous.
5. She's a sunshine girl, at least that's why she likes to wear a cap.
6. She has a lot of good points but i can't think of any now. It's too late i am sleeping.

Can send me a email if you are interested. She said guys girls welcome so you all see how huh. She's not ugly!! please do not even suspect.

For those ugly individuals out there, send me an email if you need help looking for a soul mate. I will see how's my mood.

2009-04-14T00:58:00.010+10:00

HAHAHA DAVID!!

I don't have to prove I am cuter than taffy by showering you with gifts!! I prove it by posting my picture! I've got what it takes anyway. Sorry chinchi for bringing out your ugly, pale in comparison, past. Blame it on this guy called david anyway hahahaha.

ai since i am looking at old photos, i shall be a little nostalgic. Show some of my jc photos with my JC friends.

Here are some snapshots during our lectures.

My class sleeping in lecture. Can spot where am i??

We are usually so cool during lecture.

Oh and i became the cover page boy for NJC. Nothing surprising. I heard they made my picture into a school banner. Well, what can i say.

Oh and i chose the next picture cause i am the centre of attention/attraction.

And limin, if you are reading this, you still owe me genting photos!! you said you are going to burn for me 5 years ago. Thx huh. So i am showing the immoral side of my friends. Gambling.

Sorry huiquan, for showing such a chui photo of you. HAha. nostalgic la!! Note people, she's not like this normally.

To be fair, i am showing a chui picture of me. You look so good beside me when i have a breakout.

My friend one commented that you are old when you start to look at old photos. Well, i guess i am the exception. Oh, i must say i thoroughly enjoyed JC :) Not difficult to enjoy when i have so many fun friends.

2009-04-10T22:53:00.002+10:00

Hm i am glad that people seems to enjoy reading my life here. I guess reading about peculiar things in another country is interesting. I am hoping to educate my friends about the culture here etc. It seems that this blog is serving its purpose of bringing my friends in singapore into my life here too. It certainly serves well as a linkage between me and my friends. I actually feel that i am back to my days of telling stories to my friends, except that i do it online now. Although I think i need to blog about more intelligent things to prevent my blog from degrading to a trashy blog.

I hope that my friends can be influenced by the relaxed pace here. I think it will be good to slow down a little.

I made this pro-looking latte in a lazy afternoon. sometimes i will play some music too. Makes me relax. :)

Actually, i added this photo to show off my coffee making skill. hahahahaha.

2009-04-09T23:16:00.002+10:00

Ai today in a super blogging mood. I am supposed to be out clubbing now. But i was a little apprehensive about whether the general public here will be acceptance of my dance moves. More importantly, I am feeling a little lazy. But the drinks here are really cheap. My friend was telling me that the drinks are selling at 2 dollars in the club. Anyway free entry tonight if you have ANU student card. Beer is cheap also. I am not in the mood for loud music. I am in the mood for light music in this cold weather and maybe have a latte. Haha.

Another observation here. I mentioned before that the pace of life here is generally slow. So it takes quite a while for the food to be served in restaurants as everyone is generally relaxed and slow. Nobody complains about the slow service thing here because it is their way of life. I guess in Singapore, people would have asked the waiter a couple of times about the food. They would be all ready to see the manager if that is what it takes to get the food to be served. So having such relaxed life, I realised that they don’t really update the online weather report during weekend and public holiday too. FYI, I check the temperature periodically. Strange. People check weather on weekday and not on weekend?

2009-04-09T22:47:00.004+10:00

OK yeuai and michelle. both of you are right. It is the daylight saving thing that is so hard to comprehend. So i have been living in another dimension for the past few days. Something like those sci-fi movies, I was living 1 hour faster than my friends. What puzzled me was that none of my hostel friends, nor school friends mentioned anything about it. I watched the news but i did not catch anything about it. I seemed to have travelled through space and time to reach where i am now. I am just glad that everything is over. My exams are over too!! so i will be having a small break. I am preparing to roam canberra with my camera. So prepare to be fascinated with artistic shots of canberra.

So here'a a preview of my artistic shot:

I bought this honeycomb at around 7 dollars. I am not sure whether this is considered cheap cause i don't see this in singapore. But honey is cheap here :)

Anyway, here's my reply to all the action on my interactively fun tagboard!!!

1. Nadya : hey, i can tell you are really busy with school!! haha. good that u come on my blog to listen to my life stories. Anyway, i have not found the shit stainer. He's too discrete and my analysis is too weak. Ai, but i should not be worrying about such trivial stuff. I have more important stuff to worry about, like my hair. i just had a hair cut for $60! it is just a nieghbourhood store near my hall. With such expensive haircut, i may let it grow to shoulder length.

2. Hi shiwen!!! hahaha. quite boliao to say hi to each other on my blog. feel free to make yourself at home on my blog.

2009-04-06T23:17:00.003+10:00

i cant believe i am so confused by the time here!! i dunno what time is it now???!!!! my hp shows that it is 1220 but i saw online that it is only 1120. i googled and it seems that on 5 april, they shifted the time here. so i have been living in my own world!!! no wonder when i went for class just now, nobody was there so i assumed that lesson was cancelled. cuz i have a test tmr. n i happily went out to have lunch instead!! haha i cant believe this is happening. i guess after i post this blog, i shld know the time.

2009-04-05T14:54:00.000+10:00

I am going to make coffee in a while :) haha i am so boliao.

2009-04-04T00:49:00.004+11:00

I have been keeping a secret from all of you for a month. I BOUGHT A COFFEE MACHINE MONTH AGO!! Haha. Actually I didn’t mean to keep it as a secret. Just kind of lazy to upload a picture of my coffee machine onto my blog. I feel that I am not doing my coffee machine justice if I merely blog and not upload a picture of my cool new gadget. Before you start judging me and saying that I am a spendthrift, allow me to justify my spending. I understand that coffee here is cheap. The coffee machine is cheap too!! J I bought it at 64 dollars!! The cheapest one I saw in singapore was 600 plus!! I think it’s because of the coffee culture here that provides the demand for coffee machine and thus, justifies the production of coffee makers and increases domestic supply of coffee machine. I suppose the price of coffee machine has to be competitive to rival cheap gourmet coffee around aussie. Whatever it is, I am just happy that I got it.

Now, I can enjoy coffee whenever I want. I can be my own barista and customize my own drink. Anyway the machine is a small version of the one used in startbucks. It is cool, cute and really useful. Most importantly, I feel pro while making coffee. I never expect myself to make nice coffee at home, given my history of coffee making revolves around 3 in 1 coffee. My coffee is definitely not as nice as the coffee from starbucks etc. However, the standard of my coffee is satisfying and beyond my imagination. I feel quite shy to boast that I actually make better café latte than coffee club express in NUS. I am also shocked by how good I am. I have to admit that the first coffee I made was a disaster. But I always believe in sheer determination. I read lots of stuff online so I picked up quite a bit of coffee making knowledge.

I hope the one day, I can make coffee that are so nice that my ah-mah will prefer my café latte to her all time favourite kopi-O.

2009-04-02T19:51:00.002+11:00

wa i just cooked sth that is like Fish n Co standard. And it is really easy. Best of all, i came up with the recipe!! Garlic butter lemon fish!!

Easy. Just..

1. chop garlic (lots of)
2. heat pan
3. put a huge slab of butter onto pan and let it melt.
4. add in garlic and let it sizzle.
5. put fish in and let the skin turn a little crispy. pan fry till the fish is cooked.
6. Add lemon juice and serve.

The lemon juice will make your fish taste unique and healthy even though you added so much butter. Can't believe my blog can actually become a mini food blog. I feel like a chef :)

Note: i didn't add wine to this cause i think it tastes good even without wine. For my fish, i used new zealand fish fillet. White meat. So just use something similar. Don't stupid stupid use ikan bilis.

2009-03-31T11:59:00.003+11:00

Wa it's really good that i have a tv in my room. Everyday, i will be loaded with information about the amazing world out there. The news here are quite exciting! Yesterday, the motorcycle gang of canberra had a slow procession along some roads in canberra as one of their gang member was shot dead and it was his funeral. This news has been going on and on. And police say that they will keep track of their movement etc.

I just had breakfast and watched the news as usual. Today, they are talking about the controversial madonna malawi adoption incident again. haha. They keep emphasizing that Madonna is using her celebrity status to bend the adoption rule in Malawi. I don't see the issue here. Rules are set by man. Anyone will know that the girl, if adopted, will lead a more enriching life. She will be given more opportunities in life. They interviewed locals who said that they are happy with what Madonna is doing. Previously, Madonna adopted a boy from Malawi and he can now eat Macdonalds cause Madonna adopted him. The point is that he is having a much better life, with opportunities to better education etc.

So now they are battling in court. So strange. I don't mind being adopted by madonna and hopefully, she can groom me into a superstar. Although my music is not the same style as her music.

2009-03-30T20:20:00.002+11:00

I just finished eating the steak that i cooked. They are really tasty!! i realised that there is a secret to cooking all these dishes. just add wine to them!! i cooked carbonara the other day and it was not very nice. However, after adding wine, it tasted really different. The wine can bring out the ham, garlic, bacon in the carbonara. So nowadays, when i cooked something that doesn't turn out too well, i will just add wine. it's good to have bottles of wine around. haha. btw, i am not an alcoholic huh. Don't get the wrong idea. haha.

2009-03-27T21:46:00.001+11:00

I just went for a run and it is 16 degrees outside. Whew feels quite good that I ran. Actually, I ran to this liquor superstore that claims that it has the cheapest wine in the whole of Canberra. It claims that if we can find a cheaper wine elsewhere, it will beat them. Hm I decided to explain the following as I don’t want my blog to be some trashy blog with s.h.i.t.t.y content.

Economics students will know that such claim on beating other people’s prices is not good. You may think that wa, so good! cheapest in the region and will cut their price if you can find somewhere that has a lower price. Hm actually the store is quite jian4. In a sense, by saying that they are going to undercut their competitors, they are actually sending a signal to their competitors that they should not sell wine cheaply. A store may benefit from selling cheaply if it manages to attract all the customers. However, if the store retaliates by undercutting, both will make losses. Put it simple, the store is saying, “ you think you can win me by undercutting?? Let’s die together by selling cheaply”. Hahahaha.Hence, no store will sell cheaply and customers suffer. So you all should boycott these stores. But I bought a bottle of wine from them anyway.

To date, I have quite a few bottles of wine in my room. I have Shiraz, white viognier, jacobbs creek rise, chardonnay. I don’t think you all can recognize any of these. Don’t pretend to be high class and say that you can ok. Today I bought pinot grigio at $4.99. Here’s the description on the label.

“Pears lighter than air, buoyed aloft by pineapple, peaches and a zephyr of citrus fruit. A flavorsome ride with soft landings in honeysuckle meadows. Crisps and light.

Sounds so poetic and nice. The wine taste good but I can’t taste any pear, pineapple, honey suckle etc. It just taste like wine. I wonder if they wrote the description for you to imagine while drinking. Anyway, I still read the label to decide which one to buy. Haha.

2009-03-23T00:38:00.002+11:00

Hm I have not blogged for some time. This post contains explicit content and please do not read on if you feel you may be offended. Some knowledge of basic mathematics is also required for you to understand my analysis. So if you are intending to do some brainless reading, do not read on.

My floor is a big rectangle, with rooms lined along its length. We have 3 toilets here, 1 for male on the extreme left, 1 for female in the centre, and a unisex one which is on the right. I am staying on the right side. I need to provide this crucial information before I can start on my case. I frequent the unisex toilet because I stay on the extreme right. I hope you are following. Recently, I am quite troubled by this toilet. I often witness shit stain on the toilet bowl. The shit stain is disturbing as it is really black, sticky and can withstand multiple flushing. You can imagine it as the sticky chewy chocolate ice cream from swensens that i like. Moreover, the shit stains are often found on unexpected and unconventional places. If you can visualize the toilet seat as a horizontal plane, the stains are found on the part of the toilet seat that is perpendicular to the plane. Confused? Ok the stain is at the edge of the seat but not on the seat. Understand? Ok the stains also spread across the toilet bowl from the top of toilet bowl all the way till the water area. It will be helpful if you imagine that it is the work of a spraying device. This whole scene has become so common that it raises quite a bit of concern. I am really keen to find out who is the culprit.

Here’s my analysis. Based on the logic that you will go to the toilet that is nearer, I have narrowed down possible suspects to the people living on the right side of the rectangle. Another point to note is that girls normally won’t use the unisex toilet to shit. So it will basically be the guys living on the right. On my side of the rectangle, there is another guy and he is my senior resident. I ruled him out as he went home yesterday but I saw the stain again yesterday night. Moreover, he is quite a nice guy and he eats a fair bit of fruits. Hence, he probably cannot produce such sticky product. A point to note is that I suspect he wiped off a shit stain on the toilet seat as the stain was gone after I saw him use the cubicle. He’s a really nice guy I have to say. So it will be down to the few guys living opposite us. Just when I felt that I almost narrowed down to the culprit, I saw guys living in the middle of the rectangle using the toilet. Hm my analysis is getting more complicated as one of my assumption does not hold now.

I wonder who the culprit is. But even if I find out, what am I suppose to tell him?? Hai I better stop analyzing rubbish. And sleep now.

2009-03-11T16:56:00.002+11:00

Well, i was blog surfing and i saw this on agnes' blog:

5)To Aloy and Royston, have fun on your exchange.. Though it's lonely to spend CNY overseas, do remember what we say... be friendly and approach the neighbours. Be hospitable to them - the Singapore way! Of course, do update your blogs to update us on your lifes over there. =)

I seldom blog surf but i think i should do it more often to pick up well wishes from friends whom i had not seen for a long time. Agnes!! thank you so much. FYI, i spent my chinese new year in singapore. Anyway agnes, i don't think you wil be reading this cause you said you come online like once in a blue moon. haha.

I saw Li min's punky korean guy hairdo on her blog. I think it's hilarious!! you all should check it out. but that's a really old entry. guess i need to check out more frequently. haha.

2009-03-10T21:11:00.002+11:00

i transported my rice cooker into my room. i am cooking chicken rice!! hope that it turns out fine. While waiting, i decided that i should blog. Although the nice garlic smell from my rice cooker is distracting me, i can still blog!

ok i mentioned that i like this particular lecturer. I realised she is like JIAN WEI! my NUS glc friend. I find a few similarities:

1. they like to wear jeans with T-shirt.
2. they are not too hiao
3. they fall more under the geeky side, in a good and popular way though
4. they seem really sincere when they are talking/lecturing
5. they are friendly

However, they are not exactly the same too. Differences:

1. my lecturer has 5 times as much brains as jian wei. OH DON'T GET IT WRONG!! jian wei is not stupid. it's just that my lecturer is really smart. She became a prof at ard 28/29?? she looks around that age. And she has been teaching for a few years.

2. So i don't think she will believe that there's a eighth book for harry potter. FYI, jianwei believed that.

3. Oh, and my lecturer wears underwear( i believe so) , unlike jian wei.

Still, they gave me the same feeling.

Some random thoughts. My lecturer should be quite rich. Given the industry, i guess she should be earning at least 15K a month. so where does she spend her money?? her cute T-shirts look like the ones i bought in bangkok for a few dollars. hm i noticed her jeans today. There are small crystals on her jeans like the levis ladies style. Given her earning power, i suspect that the crystals i saw just now may be diamonds.

Well, just crapping. haha.

2009-03-07T23:11:00.002+11:00

One cheap thing in Australia is their gourmet coffee. In Singapore, starbucks, Gloria jeans will cost more than 6. Down here, coffee is generally around 3. And most of the coffee here are quite nice, even if I buy them from ulu café round the corner. They are cheaper than the spinellie in NUS. Being a heavy coffee drinker who looks professional while drinking, I really appreciate the cheaper coffee here. It allows me to drink coffee when I feel like it and don’t feel so bad about it. FYI, coke here are around 3 too if you buy from outside. Oh, Gloria jeans here are cheaper than Singapore. Around 3-4. I always assumed that prices are fixed around the world, just like mac is about the same price everywhere.

Ai so random. Haha.

2009-03-06T23:25:00.008+11:00

I realized that I did not put up anything about my friends here. No photos, no stories. random people reading this blog may think that i am friendless, geeky, uncool, emo, loner, strange etc. But you all should know it is completely untrue. I am kind of cool, ok i am really cool. I am not friendless ok!! These few ulu looking people are my friends!! They are a bunch of really nice people. I mix with them in school during classes etc. We took the first photo while waiting for bus at a bus stop outside DFO. In case you are wondering why people are sitting down on the floor? The reason is that the bus stop does not have seats. Basically, it does not have anything. I can’t even recognize that as a bus stop. There was just a small board out of nowhere. And we waited for 45 minutes. Well, kind of fun and interesting in an optimistic way.

We took the second photo today! We made burrito for dinner. It was quite fun. From the photo, you probably can't tell that they are a bunch of really short people, but still really nice. I have to emphasize. Wait they don't chope seat fro me in lecture. They are a constant pleasant reminder that i am tall. Given that i have to face unusually tall people around everyday and it makes me feel short. I saw a guy whose waist was at my chest. I swear his legs alone are taller than nadya, yating. you get what i mean.

I mentioned that I went for a hall commencement dinner in my previous post. My senior resident told me that the dress code is formal. I bought a pair of shoes to go with my business wear as he told me I need it. I was a little reluctant but bought it anyway. I have a tie so I guess that’s quite formal. In Singapore, business wear is considered really formal. Remember during O week, we went for something which requires formal wear and I don’t see anybody wearing tie. So I was contemplating whether to wear tie . Cause it’s kind of paiseh to over dress. I got a shocked when I went down thinking I look smart and tidy and cool. Almost all the guys were in suits! Their suits came in various designs. I lost! I should have known that was coming. I should have prepared my james bond suit for Australia. I felt cheated. I decided not to wear a tie to make it seemed that I was not competing with them. So guess I was the most casual smart guy during the dinner. Oh, the girls were mostly in gowns and high heels. It was quite oscar-like.

This was the entrance to the dinner venue. Oh, it was at the national museum of Australia and hyatt was the caterer. So can imagine it's quite high class right! Free flow beer and wine. Oh, the whole thing was free btw.

Here are photos of my hall friends. They stay near my room. Oh the Australian guy in suit is my senior resident. Something like ogl . He stays 2 doors down and he’s a really nice guy.

So I am not friendless ok. Don’t get the wrong idea. I am still as popular as usual. yaY.

2009-03-05T22:11:00.000+11:00

I really like my lecturer. She’s petite and cute. She wears her jeans really high and she ties her curly hair into a small ball at the end. She is not particularly humorous, or entertaining. But, you can feel that she’s a really nice person and a good lecturer. She was wearing this T-shirt that says DOCTOR in bold in front. I was wondering if that was a class T-shirt in her doctorate class or something but when she turned, I saw cute cartoons at the back of the shirt and “of philosophy”. So that T-shirt is one of those funny T-shirts around. I don’t have a picture of her to show you. But the nearest mental image that you should conjure will be professor Trelawny from harry potter.

Cause she will go on and on about life and death. I feel that I am attending a divination class. She will say stuff like “the probability that you will survive for 2 years and die 1 year after that…” and “ the probability that you will die this instant is given by the force of mortality”. I feel she is immortal.

2009-03-04T16:25:00.003+11:00

yay tagboard so fun so interactive.. like interacting with my fans.. oh i am in lecture now. shall not talk crap.

2009-03-03T13:33:00.006+11:00

In case you are wondering what I did on last weekend, this post will fill you in. I went to DFO!!! I don’t think you all will understand what does it mean given that you all are too used to singlish. It stands for DIRECT FACTORY OUTLET!!!! You should see for yourself!!
We took a public bus with frequency of 1 per hour. So think again if you are complaining about bus frequencies in Singapore. The bus is quite normal nothing special, not like SBS etc which are like so uniquely Singapore. It is not crowded at all in the buses here and the driver even gave us change.

Ok boring part is over!! Next comes the exciting part. I did not have high hopes when I went down to DFO as everything here is like so ex and I don’t expect to find cheap stuff. It’s like a shopping centre in the middle of nowhere. Here’s a picture of the area outside the expo-like shopping centre.

You really should not judge a book by its cover cause when I walked in, I saw signs like this everywhere.

It’s a crazy sale!! I walked around they have like aussie style T-shirts selling quite cheaply. They have scarves at the price of scarves I bought in china road stall. They even have signs that say 90% off!! I will not be surprised to see a sign that goes “100% off”. If you are atas and go for high end brands, I saw tommy Hilfiger shoes going at 50% off etc. Oh, I was shocked to see Timberland stuff going at 50% and above there. Their belts cost $39. In Singapore, each cost 100 ok. And the shirts are all at half price. I wonder why did I shop in Singapore so as to prepare my wardrobe here. Ai, in conclusion, it was quite a nice place to shop. Oh, in case I didn’t mention, one thing good about shopping centres here is that they have comfy sofas around for shoppers to sit. And they are generally not occupied. It’s not like in taka where you have to sit on steps (near fountain) and get chased away. Or waiting to sit on permanently occupied benches outside zara.

I mentioned in my previous post that I made hostel-life changing decision. I bought a rice cooker from DFO! I had to struggle with myself internally to buy it. I had so many concerns but I bought it anyway. One of my concerns being I don’t know how to cook rice. I miss eating rice!!! I know I will figure it out.

I got the rice cooker, bought some ingredient and went back. I decide to cook herbal chicken and people were looking at me and wondering what I was doing. I really don’t know how to cook but i figured that I should just put everything into the pot and let it boil. When I first drank the soup, I felt stupid. I always thought herbal chicken is really difficult to cook. No it’s really easy!! It tasted really good!! It tasted really similar to the one I ate outside!! On the other hand, I had this sense of satisfaction that prompted me to run up to my room to get a camera. I reconfirmed again that I have more than just looks.

I am starting to make myself really at home here! Today I even got a bike to get to school!! I will probably cycle around Canberra given that the public bus system is too complicated. I will take pictures and post it here. So you all can check Canberra out from your laptop. Oh I am having wine now and watching tv. Enjoying the fruit of my labour yay!

2009-03-02T20:22:00.004+11:00

I AM SO DYING TO BLOG NOW!!! Hahaha. Super excited!!! I just got a TV!!! It is sitting right there and working fine!! My room feels like a lounge now. I bought it for 20 dollars and I saw it on ANU’s classified. In case that u cant see why it is cheap, I bought a sandwich from school at $9.60. It's half a TV. I bought it from a fellow Singaporean. He’s so nice! He gave me a lift to my hall which is 30 min away from school by the way.

To celebrate, I bought wine!!! I didn’t intend to buy wine but I guess when price of orange juice or coke or wine is about the same in the convenience store near my hall, it makes more sense to buy wine. It’s a ripe peach and melon flavored wine. I bought it at $6 and it’s not the cheapest one ok. I must agree with Yuen She who told me that wine is cheap here. It’s true!! They are produced locally, hence, the cheap price. Alcoholic content is about 13%. After drinking, my body feels kind of hot. It’s not that type of hot that I always remind you all about. It’s like my body warms up. Guess during winter I will adopt a wine drinking culture!! Anyway I did so much stuff over the weekend!!! I made hostel- life changing decisions! I bought a rice cooker!!!! So now I can cook various stuff!! I went for this oscar-like thing here too. It's my hall's commencement dinner!! But I am kind of busy to blog but I will post everything soon.

oh can someone teach me how to add a tagboard to my blog??

I feel like playing the song that goes “it’s getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes”. But guess I better settle down and start doing my tutorial.

2009-02-26T23:57:00.005+11:00

Well, just some random pics of my school. Hm this area is outside the library. today was kind of hot. so it was a little glaring. but you can see from the picture that there are a couple of people lying on the grass etc. This is quite a common sight in campus. Previously i always see people lying on grass in brochures and i thought that they are merely posing for the brochures. Well, now that i am here, i realised that people are just lying all around! reading, eating apple, and doing all sorts of stuff. so relaxed. guess in Singapore, people don't usually lie around on grass patches. I came up with 2 reasons:

1) on rainy days, the grass are often wet and sitting on them will cause your butt area to be stained with brown stuff. other people's imagination will run wild.

2) you will probably be chao ta since it's usually so hot on a sunny day.

So i guess canberra does not have both problems.

here's the library. Oh, i took this pictue on my way home. hm i have to walk for around 30 min to get back to hall from school. I will pass by this place. look carefully. There's a bench and i took this picture cause i saw an old couple resting there in the late afternoon. So sweet and what a way to spend a afternoon.

I took a new path today so i passed by these houses. Nothing special just kpo so took a picture.

Cool hor??!! just walk around take pictures and relax one corner?? YOU ARE WRONG!! I HAVE TO STUDY OK!! just bought my textbooks. One of my textbook cost $350. most are 100 plus 200 plus. they are made of gold. i am being sacarstic if you didn't realise. i only bought 2 books.
This small tiny book costs $71!! n it is not even a textbook. just some tables and formula like formula sheet given in exam. So be grateful if formula sheets are provided in your exam cause i have to buy mine .. !! haha.

haha kk nitez!!!

2009-02-25T12:01:00.002+11:00

i feel like a mucus machine! i constantly produce mucus and i used up quite a lot of tissue already. i am not sick anymore and I cant understand why do i have to produce so much mucus. Maybe it's because the air is dry here. Another problem: When i breathe in the air, it will dry up my mucus and hence, they will become pisai. I am quite worried that when i am talking to people and there's just that something extra there. Especially now when i meet new people everyday. Wish me luck.

reasons why i miss home..

2009-02-24T20:48:00.003+11:00

To class:

Hm i must admit i just watch the video you all gave me. Firstly, I did not realise that there is a disc inside the plastic cause i read them on plane and was too tired. Jeremy: So when you asked me the other day i was a little stunned and paiseh. Secondly, i was rather emo for the past week cause i kind of miss home. Hence, i refuse to watch anything too emo.

Hm from the video, I can infer that xueshan was late. erm, more importantly, i want to let you all know that i really appreciate it. I was so pleasantly surprised on my 21st bday that you all actually came up with a song for me with lyrics so apt yet slightly twisted. I have always wanted the recording of the song cause it will be great that i know how to sing a song for me!!! Now, you all came together again to deliver the song with updated lyrics somemore! cool!! hm i was laughing through the video and i guess i will watch it when i am feeling sad here. In case you all have no idea, i was really touched on the plane by your messages. Thx for the cookbook which supplies recipes with ingredients that i cannot find here. It's the thoughts that counts. I guess after so many years le we can still have so much to say, can still hang out together despite you all are working and old, guess our friendship will last a long way. In the meantime here, I will treasure the memories we share...

To: GLC

Hm I must say you all really know me well!! I can relate to what you said and imagine myself doing everything. But I need to clarify!!! I did not proclaim myself as the president of GLC ok! I became president somehow though I don’t know why and suspect it’s really because you are think I am G-L hor.
I did not expect that you all created this video just for me. I can imagine the amount of hard work and time put into it. Firstly, I want to praise Jianwei for putting it together. As a reward, I will not say you did not wear underwear for the next 2 semesters ok!! But after that I will still say huh. And thank you people who took time to appear in the video. Taffy although I am not around with you in econ, I guess you are quite glad that nobody will say that you were fat and had puffy hair in JC anymore. But I will be back to say it after 2 yrs ok!! Haha. And nadya if you are coming, feel free to stay in my room and do not worry about food ok!!! Sixiang, hm I din know I care so much for my friends but since you say so, I guess I have no choice but to accept the title. So I aml both internally and externally beautiful now. Shawn, I din know my poses during my birthday can leave lasting memories. Well, feel free to webcam me cuz I will pose any time for you. Yeuai, want me to record my laughter than you can put as ringtong?? Farhan, when I sent the msg about thrashing you all in badminton I really did. Jasmine, you missed out on something. I will say that you have curly fries before commenting about you curtain. Vicky, yes I am privileged that you always share secret stories with me. Anita, I really meant what I said and I guess you believed it judging by your emo-ness. So you can still contact me if you need to. I would say your emo-ness spread to me via the video.

I chose to watch the video today as today is a busy day and I guess when more things are on my mind, I will be less emo. It’s really hard not to be emo now. This is my window view.
Like what Vicky said, I will sing “home” in this type of setting.

Well, looking back at the photos etc, we were having so much fun!! I downloaded the video and I will keep it. I will watch it when I feel friendless. I will play the song that my class wrote for me!! cause I need to be reminded that I have a bunch of really cool friends back in Singapore.

I will be back!!

2009-02-23T00:32:00.007+11:00

haha here's what we did for our floor decoration. Erm, this is only a part of it. Our theme is Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy. I don't think you all would have heard of it. Cause it's more of a western thing. And given that you all cant understand my aussie slang, you all probably can't understand the show too..

Anyway, i did not really eat breakfast and lunch today as i was really busy. when the decoration was over, i had cup noodles. i have been having cup noodles for quite a while. it's really unhealthy but hm .. and here's my dinner.. healthy hor?? i bought this from supermarket n i found out that the supermarket opens tillll 12 midnight!! so cool.. haha.

after my dinner, i attended this hall event. basically, we are divided into tables and they gave us quiz on random things like "which city is the most southern point in the world" and "which 3 world leaders signed the falta agreement". these are the few and easier that i remember. the rest were shockingly unfamiliar and I was even more shocked that people could answer these ulu ulu questions. I could answer questions like what does ASEAN stands for but before i could say anything, they already wrote down the answer. I guess I don't read that widely and I feel so ignorant. I was so quiet at the table. Hai dunno what's on their mind. Oh they can even answer the year which some war took place. SO ZAI rite?? haha. but i helped with one question that they could not answer.

"Who's the most powerful celebrity accordin g to forbes magazine??" any idea??

i was sitting with a girl from china who gave me a feeling that she thinks she's really pretty and refuse to talk to ugly people like me. Cause when i attempted to talk to her, she was rather cold and focused her attention on australians around me. Does she look down on asians?? I was rather annoyed by such attitude. Well, i am hot and i am STILL friendly. And honestly, i was not trying to hit on her. I hope i meet more normal people.

After this nite event, i went back to my room. it was 8 plus. I decided to embark on a nite journey out of my hall.

Well, it was around 8 plus but it's like 12 midnight in singapore. Very few people walking around and quite dark. Actually, i was walking to the super market that i mentioned to buy stuff. I cant survive on junk food forever!! I need to cook!! I bought quite a lot of stuff cause i made up my mind to eat healthily and not survive on cup noodles. here's what i got..

And i convert them to ....

i am a genius hor!! oops i took a bite before remembering to take picture.. i am going to cook spaghetti tmr.. !! any easy recipe to offer ?? using limited ingredients?? haha.

I must make living alone a fun experience!! it was really fun shopping for grocery and making my own meal. I mean when i am free like today. but i still miss cheap food that are readily available.

ok it's 1 am now. i need to sleep. Take care!!

random

2009-02-22T16:33:00.002+11:00

wa i just finished my floor decoration.. whew spent the whole morning doing it. tired n feeling lazy now . wow the sky is so blue. gonna start school tmr!! but i need to do more grocery shopping.

This is an example of a super random and no link blog. guess i am still not so used to blogging coherently.

2009-02-21T23:23:00.002+11:00

Wow today the weather turned colder. so now it's a little cold at night but i love cold weather. I have my silk quilt so it's quite comfortable to cover myself in my quilt. hm some of friends are asking for my address etc. ok here's my address:

FENNER HALL South tower 5566
210 Northbourne Avenue
Braddon, ACT 2612
AUSTRALIA

My room line: 619 44 391

to call, u have to add aust country code in front: 61
den canberra code is: 02

so basically u call 612 619 44395 to get to my hall room. dun ask me why 0 is omitted.

as for my aussie hp, it's +61425657358.

if u r calling within australia, call 0425657358

OH I FORGOT TO MENTION!!

I was pleasantly surprised when i saw that my room is 5566!! that's my clique in JC!! coolest clique yay! hahahaha. so coincidental.

kk gtg!!

language here

2009-02-21T00:22:00.006+11:00

hm i must say i am not too used to aussie slang here.. you all should know that i am quite procificient in English given that i was an english tutor once. for primary school tho. I rem i was at sydney airport and i was asking this aussie uncle for directions. he sprouted a string of words and all i could hear was go out turn left. but guess that's enough for me..

I am slowly getting used to the slang here. i must say i am rather adaptable. i rem during my china trip last holiday, i acquired a little of beijing's qiao4 she2 accent while i bargained with the people. i somehow feel that they will quote me a lower price. So far i realised that down here, everyone likes to ask "how is it going??" using a slang. my frenz in hall, the sales assistant, the cashier and basically almost everyone use that. Well, i must say i am quite adaptable as i vaguely know how to ask that question already.

My next task: listen to people's reply to this question. cuz i am not too sure how to answer that question. cuz i know it's a rhetorical question. how should i answer if they ask me this question while i am paying?? cuz it's such a short time span. i can say "fine", or "great" or.. but they all don't sound natural to me. i cant possibly start a whole conversation about my morning breakfast etc... i always reply " hi!!" it sounds the most correct.

ok enough of talking.. show u all some pics .. excited?? u get to c the second most boring aussie city shopping district!!! dun blink!!

dun ask me wat's the name of this shopping centre cuz i am not sure too.. there are only like 3 in the city so it's just one of them.. come here and find out??

this is outside the shopping.. it's so calming here. cool weather no crowd .. ideal for retiring.

oh ya i went to the library cuz it is beside the shopping and cuz i am a knowledge-thirsty person. i made a FREE library card!! but i still miss queenstown library. number 1 estate in Singapore justified by best popiah, laksa, shopping centre, ikea, anchorpoint, accessibility ... too lazy to type got to slp soon.

i feel like i am running a lonely planet programme. look out for more updates ok!

morning!!

2009-02-20T11:17:00.002+11:00

wow it's a beautiful morning here.. it's ard 8am in singapore so guess many people are still sleeping!! i am going to run errands today. need to get to the bank, tax office .. anyway, any idea why my blog name is azuresius?? cuz i cant put aloysius.. n most imptly, the sky here is always azure blue. n that inspired me!! ok i got to run off..

my first post!

2009-02-19T22:08:00.001+11:00

hey pple!! say that i am low tech?? HAHA!! HERE'S COMES MY BLOG!! excited ?? read on..

Firstly, i wanna thank so many people who came down to the airport to send me off! and thank people who sent me smses to wish me bonvayage etc.. N thank all those who gave me small random gifts because i came here for those who din come down, please do not feel bad cuz i feel so bad that people actually came all the way down to send me. I appreciate it a lot. I have to say YOU ALL MADE IT REALLY DIFFICULT for me to leave Singapore .. I was already apprehensive about leaving. But YOU ALL made it HEART-WRENCHING for me.. Well, i guess i will slowly get use to the life here.

well, i set up this blog to update u all about my life here.. So here's what i've got..

Firstly, I got onto the plane n was rather emo.. but i was tired so slept quite a bit. hm i reached darwin in the morning n then to sydney. after which, i took a bus from sydney to canberra.. Long hor?? i budget ma.. Anyway, i was super emo when i was on the bus....

I guess cause it was a rainy day. N u all know i get emo when it's a rainy day. Well, i always feel like singing but guess my new frenz will think that i am strange. so i listen to my ipod n continue to feel emo.

Well, the bus was relaxing as i din have to drag so much stuff already. i was comfortably sitted with

emo music. The view was so calming.. Now i know why they say australia is such a laid-back country cuz the view really made me laid back on the bus. Btw, those small black dots in the pictures are cows.i saw plenty along the journey. some were close-up but i din not take any picture of them cuz like i said, i was still quite emo.

Well another picture i took along the way.

The stretch of sand was like an orange highlighter. Hm i reached canberra in the evening.. it was 15 degrees ok!! haha. i really like the weather here!! It's so cool. just like me... afternoon it'll be ard 21 degrees. well, i went to slp cuz i was really tired. kk enough of emo-ness.

WELL, it was my first day in canberra!! i was quite excited about walking around. i was prepred to embrace the second most boring city in aust after darwin. I must say it is quite relaxing here. no bustle, no crowds, in fact no people if u r not in the city. there are nice little cafes around. well, the coffee here are really nice!!! they are cheaper than singapore. down the bend ,there will be a quaint little cafe. i can imagine myself sitting there with a book in my hand and a latte looking both intelligent and lazy. here's my first meal of the day:

look at the latte there. it's 3 dollars n i say it's cheap. not only because it tastes better coffee bean, but it's relative to the other food. the sandwich here 8 dollars. n it's one of the cheapest place ard cuz it's beside my school. i am so dead, broke, and skinny. i have been hunting for cheap food but to no avail. guess i will have to cook but i feel quite paiseh to go down to the kitchen at level 1 cuz i dunno anybody in my hall yet!! i was so busy that i cant attend any of their activities and i got sick yesterday .. i must admit i finally got internet access yesterday n i was super excited but i could not contact u all online cuz i was too sick. now feeling better but still sick. hai poor thing hor??

Oh forgot to show u all my room... check it out:

i sort of like my room cuz it's rather spacious. i got my study table n a basin. however, i dun have air con here n the furnitures r a little old. still, i like my room and will make it a COMFORTABLE place to stay in. oh u r looking at my silk quilt from china with a cool cover (made by hui quan's mum). Thx aunty!!!

Here's my school area with ME!!!

jumping shot: influence from GLC ,my frenz think i am crazy.. oh it rhymes.. BTW, i feel so broke cuz the stuff here are really ex.. n i have to buy lots of random stuff.. oh, btw my internet and phone here are expensive. so i wun b uploading my ubin trip with 03s02 and airport farewell pics on fb yet. i will do it in sch. erm sch internet is not unlimited btw..

More updates coming up later when i am free.. really busy!! oh btw time here is 3 hrs later than singapore. so i may not appear on msn after 10 pm sing cuz it'll b 1 am canberra already.. u all c huh. dun complain i dun go online ok! check my blog!! haha.

Guess that's all folks..