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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.