to continue from where i left in my previous post, had Japanese quiz 2 last friday after the presentation and i prolly might just fail it again. it was horrendous! extremely terrible dictation, could not catch most of it.
had the usuals tutorial presentations this week and a mid-sem test yesterday. went out for singapore food after the test and the place's called Old Raffles Place! haaa one of the rare authentic singapore restaurants you'll find in melbourne. the food's really alright, you would probably not even pay $2.50 for their chicken rice but its really one of the best in melbourne already.
chatted abit with the boss at the cash register and he was like so unpro singapore. he was a singaporean but migrated to melbourne for some good 20 years. he was telling us PAP = pay and pay and so many more altered acronyms that was really funny haha. i cant remember off my mind now.
afterwhich it really struck off the patriotic feelings in our hearts. like we were saying singapore ain't that bad right. at least it is freed from all natural disasters, has the lowest crime rates in the world, is safe, blah blah blah. only one factor which put all our hands down during the discussion on pros of singapore. can you guess it already? it starts with W. w_ _ _ _ _ _. let's play hangman. haha.
and val dear was so cute she went to dish out this article on the web that explains why singapore is the world's greatest city. haaa. and from there i came to this website/article that states 40 Singapore foods we can't live without. i was thinking 40? do we have that many? and then i was like, yeaaaa! really! see it for yourself.
1) chicken rice
2) char kway teow
3) wonton mee
4) carrot cake (chai tow kuay)
5) chilli crab
6) bak kut teh
7) sambal stingray
8) fried hokkien mee
9) rojak
10) bak kwa
11) economy rice
12) kway chap
13) oyster omelette
14) katong laksa
15) fish soup bee hoon
16) yong tau foo
17) bak chor mee
18) peranakan kueh
19) bak chang (rice dumpling)
20) kaya toast
21) BBQ chicken wings
22) chin chow grass jelly
23) teh tarik
24) satay
25) ayam penyet (i duno what this is though)
26) ngoh hiang
27) nasi lemak
28) mee siam
29) indian mee goreng
30) popiah
31) roti prata
32) murtabak (this totally remind me of the RK house video hahaha)
33) otah
34) fish head curry
35) nasi padang
36) briyani
37) curry puff
38) goreng pisang
39) ice kachang
40) chendol
how long have you not had these food? well then what are you waiting for? its rated 40 singapore food we can't live without! haaa.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
power distance
it was a hell of two weeks since after Easter, and i only managed to breathe properly tonight. haha. well well well, what can i say, fantastic weather everyday! its sunny, cool, breezy and niceee. even with all the work, i feel good everyday! no stress, no frustration, no anger, just RELAX. :)
had my very first presentation in uni last thursday (i knoww right, yes it's my first official presentation not counting tutorial presentations, don't be surprise) on a service firm that we have to audit for our Service Relationship Marketing (SRM) assignment. i dun want to go into details about our pre-presentation work but all i can say is it wasnt at all that smooth sailing. but yea! thank God all was well in the end! :) no need for formal wear because quote Browyn our tutor, 'Australia is a relax country, so no need to wear formal, just appropriate' :)
/sidetracking in process
i never notice this until i was back for holidays and i think it was renee? whoever, we were talking about school and she was like Prof. ___ said blah blah, i was like Prof. ___? she said it was her tutor and i was like, you call your tutor Prof. ___ or Doc. ___ (whichever the degree is)? was very surprised by the title one have to add in addressing their tutors or lecturers.
i was telling her we address our tutors or lecturers by their first name, like POONAM (this OB tutor from India, a very nice lady, and renee cannot stop laughing at her name i duno why haha), BROWYN (my current SRM tutor who cannot control not to share her experience at a jazz club today after a group's presentation on a Gay Club) and Augstin (my Supply Chain Management tutor who was telling us about his marathon last friday, on how he had to abseil down this really steep slope and have people rolling down the slope beside him as he went down, haha).
the differences in culture sneak up to you in such subtle ways you often don't take conscious notices of them. but as they appear every here and there, thought it would be nice and interesting to share.
if you are in Marketing, Management, or have studied culture before, guess that dimension of culture difference (the one about titles) is Power Distance, and unfortunately Singapore is ranked the highest power distance country in the world! it means the degree to which a group values equality in relationships, and a high power distance country means people expect and accept that power is distributed unequally in their society, based on status, age, wealth, education and so on.
and right there in front of our eyes, a living example of how Singapore has a higher power distance than Australia (because if you see everyone as equal, why would you care about his status whether he's a professor, doctor or even toilet cleaner?). haha. we've not only accepted the inequality in relationships, we've also taken it so deep that we must address every teacher Mr. so-and-so (last name) or Doctor Kua for example (is sick.. haha kelsey), so much so that if we don't include their title, it's like a form of disrespect to them (which essentially is just their education status isnt it?).
it isnt disrespect, really. just culture differences. so its fine to call mr lam, boon seng yea? hahaha.
well that was one long sidetrack. so this post has to be continued tmr for the benefits of your eyes. ;)
had my very first presentation in uni last thursday (i knoww right, yes it's my first official presentation not counting tutorial presentations, don't be surprise) on a service firm that we have to audit for our Service Relationship Marketing (SRM) assignment. i dun want to go into details about our pre-presentation work but all i can say is it wasnt at all that smooth sailing. but yea! thank God all was well in the end! :) no need for formal wear because quote Browyn our tutor, 'Australia is a relax country, so no need to wear formal, just appropriate' :)
/sidetracking in process
i never notice this until i was back for holidays and i think it was renee? whoever, we were talking about school and she was like Prof. ___ said blah blah, i was like Prof. ___? she said it was her tutor and i was like, you call your tutor Prof. ___ or Doc. ___ (whichever the degree is)? was very surprised by the title one have to add in addressing their tutors or lecturers.
i was telling her we address our tutors or lecturers by their first name, like POONAM (this OB tutor from India, a very nice lady, and renee cannot stop laughing at her name i duno why haha), BROWYN (my current SRM tutor who cannot control not to share her experience at a jazz club today after a group's presentation on a Gay Club) and Augstin (my Supply Chain Management tutor who was telling us about his marathon last friday, on how he had to abseil down this really steep slope and have people rolling down the slope beside him as he went down, haha).
the differences in culture sneak up to you in such subtle ways you often don't take conscious notices of them. but as they appear every here and there, thought it would be nice and interesting to share.
if you are in Marketing, Management, or have studied culture before, guess that dimension of culture difference (the one about titles) is Power Distance, and unfortunately Singapore is ranked the highest power distance country in the world! it means the degree to which a group values equality in relationships, and a high power distance country means people expect and accept that power is distributed unequally in their society, based on status, age, wealth, education and so on.
and right there in front of our eyes, a living example of how Singapore has a higher power distance than Australia (because if you see everyone as equal, why would you care about his status whether he's a professor, doctor or even toilet cleaner?). haha. we've not only accepted the inequality in relationships, we've also taken it so deep that we must address every teacher Mr. so-and-so (last name) or Doctor Kua for example (is sick.. haha kelsey), so much so that if we don't include their title, it's like a form of disrespect to them (which essentially is just their education status isnt it?).
it isnt disrespect, really. just culture differences. so its fine to call mr lam, boon seng yea? hahaha.
well that was one long sidetrack. so this post has to be continued tmr for the benefits of your eyes. ;)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
laughing bomb
hmmmm, im drinking freshly squeezed apple, orange and pear juice. *slurps super awesome, i can open my own juice heaven stall already lah. haha. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acS4o5XbByY
wanted to post this video here but cause of some unknown reason i cant download it into my lappie, hence you are seeing only the link here. do click on it or cnp into your internet explorer!
anyways THIS.VIDEO.IS.SUPER.HILARIOUS. i've already showed my mum and she too cannot stop laughing. its about an auntie driving a lexus trying to park a car. apparently her skills aint that good so she took super long and unknowly caused a jam behind. the person who took this video sounded super frustrated and his commentary is totally the laughing bomb! HAAAA.
the new maid is causing quite abit of uproar in the house btw. just realise the way she washes our clothes and table cloth. oh wait, washes? should be rinse mildly only.
okayy, back to the annoying PM assignment. :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acS4o5XbByY
wanted to post this video here but cause of some unknown reason i cant download it into my lappie, hence you are seeing only the link here. do click on it or cnp into your internet explorer!
anyways THIS.VIDEO.IS.SUPER.HILARIOUS. i've already showed my mum and she too cannot stop laughing. its about an auntie driving a lexus trying to park a car. apparently her skills aint that good so she took super long and unknowly caused a jam behind. the person who took this video sounded super frustrated and his commentary is totally the laughing bomb! HAAAA.
the new maid is causing quite abit of uproar in the house btw. just realise the way she washes our clothes and table cloth. oh wait, washes? should be rinse mildly only.
okayy, back to the annoying PM assignment. :(
Sunday, March 28, 2010
忽然之间
felt like i haven blogged in ages, like really blogging about my life. had been so busy recently with work piling in like nobody's business. its week 5 this coming week and then Easter hols for a week.
“忽然之间 天昏地暗 世界可以忽然什么都没有”
i'm listening to 忽然之间 by Karen Mok after mic randomly hummed it yesterday night, i was like what is this song?! super super super super nice. the play count for this song on my itunes is already like 50 after just one day? i think her voice is really special, there's just something in it that makes her songs really unique and emotional.
wana share this hilarious picture of my beloved blue top which shrank after i threw it into the washing machine to wash. :(((( its like half of my body now.
other than that, life has been... life. go for classes, go out for meals, tutorial, school work, tutorial, school work and the cycle never ends.
ohh, maybe something worth mentioning, i joined the school's fitness program, so now i have unlimited access to the school's fitness classes. went for Yoga, Pilates and BodyStep so far and to summarise the experience, Yoga = body breaking and toppling off balance, BodyStep = heart attack. that's it.
“忽然之间 天昏地暗 世界可以忽然什么都没有”
i'm listening to 忽然之间 by Karen Mok after mic randomly hummed it yesterday night, i was like what is this song?! super super super super nice. the play count for this song on my itunes is already like 50 after just one day? i think her voice is really special, there's just something in it that makes her songs really unique and emotional.
wana share this hilarious picture of my beloved blue top which shrank after i threw it into the washing machine to wash. :(((( its like half of my body now.
other than that, life has been... life. go for classes, go out for meals, tutorial, school work, tutorial, school work and the cycle never ends.
ohh, maybe something worth mentioning, i joined the school's fitness program, so now i have unlimited access to the school's fitness classes. went for Yoga, Pilates and BodyStep so far and to summarise the experience, Yoga = body breaking and toppling off balance, BodyStep = heart attack. that's it.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
reminder
i'm not trying to sound like an oldie in her last few years of life, reflecting and giving advice on how life should be like.
but i just feel really strongly about this, that life is really all about attitude. and your thoughts really determine everything about you and your life.
just like how you can dwell upon something that happened and wallow in self pity, thinking about how unfair things had been, you can take it under a different light and try standing up to these unfair or uncontrollable situations. standing up doesn't just restrict to physical efforts, standing up includes adjusting your mindset to the whole issue. probably its the blind faith i have in me, but i choose to think everything happens for a reason.
i came across this during the JC days, and still feel very strongly about this:
anything that does not kill you makes you stronger.
so if you are feeling pain, weak, sad, angry, messed up or whatever negative emtions it might be now, be glad and thankful that you are feeling. don't build a narrow wall of self-pitiness and sadness around you. change your attitude and perspective, emerge out of the situation stronger than ever.
/this shall serve as a reminder for myself, and everyone else when the going gets tough.
ps. kelsey, the whole emotional balance thing is happening i realise. haha.
but i just feel really strongly about this, that life is really all about attitude. and your thoughts really determine everything about you and your life.
just like how you can dwell upon something that happened and wallow in self pity, thinking about how unfair things had been, you can take it under a different light and try standing up to these unfair or uncontrollable situations. standing up doesn't just restrict to physical efforts, standing up includes adjusting your mindset to the whole issue. probably its the blind faith i have in me, but i choose to think everything happens for a reason.
i came across this during the JC days, and still feel very strongly about this:
anything that does not kill you makes you stronger.
so if you are feeling pain, weak, sad, angry, messed up or whatever negative emtions it might be now, be glad and thankful that you are feeling. don't build a narrow wall of self-pitiness and sadness around you. change your attitude and perspective, emerge out of the situation stronger than ever.
/this shall serve as a reminder for myself, and everyone else when the going gets tough.
ps. kelsey, the whole emotional balance thing is happening i realise. haha.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
care and share
been wanting to share these little things that happened but kept forgetting, so i've decided to do it now, once and for all.
this happened when mic just came back to melbourne and we were having dinner together.
VAL: michh, did you miss me? :)))
MIC: *swallows food* (since we were having dinner) *looks up* which part of me looks like i don't miss you?
hahaha this was soooo good. such a sweet talker you are michy. (hey mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind hey mickey! hey hey hey mickey!)
another thing to share about is an advertisement our lecturer showed us during Product Management lecture. it was so good, the ad. haaa.
SETTING: Supermarket
this father and son, (about 4 years old?) were shopping for groceries in the supermarket. the little boy set his hands on a packet of candies and put it into the shopping trolley. the father took the candies out and put it back onto the rack. the boy took the candies and put it right back into the trolley. and the dad put it back again.
the boy looked unhappy. he started screaming, "i want the candies!", "I WANT THE CANDIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
this commotion attracted many curious looks from other shoppers in the supermarket.
the boy started rolling on the floor and threw a tantrum. he rolled, stood up and started throwing products on other shelves onto the floor.
the onlookers looked sympathetically at the father. and the father appeared helpless.
at the end of the advertisement, 2 words sprang out to cover the whole screen.
USE CONDOMS!
the whole lecture group burst out laughing for quite some time. the idea was sooo good haha, i was still thinking what this ad's trying to sell man. haaa.
another thing, think this is a normal note pad and pen? well then you are wrong! check out what this pen can do. haha.
:D
that's about it for my care and share session. more interesting stuff to share in future. :)
this happened when mic just came back to melbourne and we were having dinner together.
VAL: michh, did you miss me? :)))
MIC: *swallows food* (since we were having dinner) *looks up* which part of me looks like i don't miss you?
hahaha this was soooo good. such a sweet talker you are michy. (hey mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind hey mickey! hey hey hey mickey!)
another thing to share about is an advertisement our lecturer showed us during Product Management lecture. it was so good, the ad. haaa.
SETTING: Supermarket
this father and son, (about 4 years old?) were shopping for groceries in the supermarket. the little boy set his hands on a packet of candies and put it into the shopping trolley. the father took the candies out and put it back onto the rack. the boy took the candies and put it right back into the trolley. and the dad put it back again.
the boy looked unhappy. he started screaming, "i want the candies!", "I WANT THE CANDIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
this commotion attracted many curious looks from other shoppers in the supermarket.
the boy started rolling on the floor and threw a tantrum. he rolled, stood up and started throwing products on other shelves onto the floor.
the onlookers looked sympathetically at the father. and the father appeared helpless.
at the end of the advertisement, 2 words sprang out to cover the whole screen.
USE CONDOMS!
the whole lecture group burst out laughing for quite some time. the idea was sooo good haha, i was still thinking what this ad's trying to sell man. haaa.
another thing, think this is a normal note pad and pen? well then you are wrong! check out what this pen can do. haha.
:D
that's about it for my care and share session. more interesting stuff to share in future. :)
all the untold stories behind those smiley faces
sometimes as you age you'll see, that the world just isn't as simple as black and white. other colours start to appear. it isn't just happy or sad. hot or cold. long or short. up or down.
sometimes when you smile, it doesn't just mean you're good.
tonight's party was awesome. more than awesome. more than more than awesome.
but all the untold stories behind those smiley faces. all the broken hearts behind those smiley masked face.
when can we truly get there?
sometimes when you smile, it doesn't just mean you're good.
tonight's party was awesome. more than awesome. more than more than awesome.
but all the untold stories behind those smiley faces. all the broken hearts behind those smiley masked face.
when can we truly get there?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
honeymoon first week
its like living in an air conditioned room everyday these few days. but the temperature's so unstable, sometimes very cold, sometimes warm (sometimes when we touch). been wanting to blog so badly cause the things to blog about has been piling up, but somehow time always slip by me so fast!
honeymoon first week's over in a blink of eye. kinda settled in my new apartment now, and for the last time, i love staying in the city! :) one small hiccup in our experience with the new apartment though - choked kitchen sink. horrible stuff, couldnt use the kitchen sink for days and the water's stuck in the sink for days as well. plumber came this morning and fixed everything within like 20mins or so? never love plumbers more for their magic hands. :)
bought new havainas at the summer clearance sale last week with 40% off, so it costs like only $18?! :D was so happy after i made the purchase. ohh i bought a cute apple clip on as well! aint they cute together? heees.
had a belated birthday celebration dinner for mic last wednesday at Yar Restaurant, a korean and japanese buffet restaurant. the following night, we made our way to St Kilda's night market after school, it was okay (maa maa (okay, alright in jap haaa)). there were many small cute stalls, music (live band playing country music), crowds, spontaneous audience dancing with the music, food and a secretive lemonade stall (cause the owner didnt allow me to take photo of the stall! :( ). love this photo taken at the tram stop haha.
and val dear bought her Baby Geek specs for our housewarming party this coming friday! sneak preview of her dress code before friday.
met up with the year two peeps on friday night to catch up (we have no classes together since we're doing different majors now!) had dinner, then some after dinner drinks and hang out in our new house till bout 12plus. everyone likes our new apartment very much! :) and looks like its gonna be the new hanging out place very soon. haaa. (i super dun mind the idea)
check out mic stealing cake for supper at night! hahaha.
DA SHAO CHU, cleaned the entire house on saturday after finally getting a vacuum cleaner. did the week's worth of laundry, cleaned the toilet, tidy up the house and stuff. was preparing for brunch when the hailstorm happened. haha. super funny.
SETTING
the sky looked very ominous with heavy and dark clouds passing very quickly that noon. i was spreading butter making egg mayo sandwich with mic sitting opp me. it started raining then and we thought, okayy, rain. i love rainy days.
then the rain's splattering sound sounded very wrong. its like a million rocks dropping on your roof, your windows and on the ground. we went to the windows to check out what's going on and realised omg its raining hails. luckily we were at home and i totally started a live commentary of the storm on FB. took photos of the whole storm as well.
the start of the storm looked like this. hails on our balcony. and after awhile our balcony started to flood, at the same time paper bags of unknown origins started flying into our balcony. i thought our windows and balcony door might just shatter from the force of the storm and hails. and then we thought maybe 2012 is just gonna happen.
check out the view from my room and the living room when the storm is at its full force. i see the need to show the normal view from my room without the storm too.
then when the view cleared abit, we looked out the window to find a flooded Elizabeth St below us! goshh and the poor pedestrains were all trapped under the inadequate shelter outside the shops. after that we learnt that most shops, restaurants and even banks were flooded. we could see restaurants sweeping water out when the storm ended. and our internet connection was cut off shortly after the storm. -.-
that's about it for the storm part. went grocery shopping and used our kitchen for the first time on sunday to prepare dinner. invited mingyang, mic's ex neighbour over for dinner as well. the night was quite fun cause he blasted his ipod and we totally made up a mini kbox session with it. haaa. and i made a photo board that night for my room, using those photos i developed in singapore. after much thought, i decided to place the board on top of my bed, so its like the main highlight everytime i enter the room. :)
went to school on monday morning and my friendly neighbours told me in the lift that there's moomba festival at 11am on Swanston St. it was suppose to be over the weekend but i guess the storm caused everything to be postponed. i think i'll upload the photos on FB this post's taking too long. neways on my way to school, snapped some photos of the performers of the moomba festival. quite cool.
then while skyping with kel at night, i was totally surprised and taken aback cause i heard some loud crack, looked up, and saw fireworks exploding in front of me! i was like OMG its the fireworks from the Moombo Festival! and we get to see it from our apartment, its like staying near marina/esplanade in singapore. fireworks are indeed a public good and we third parties gain positive externality out of it. is that right? hahaha. econs.
our dinner yesterday night - red wine, garlic and onion chicken, brocolli and soup. after dinner, yang surprised both mic and i by showing up at our place with his ai xin dessert haha.
kitchen close shop tonight, went out for dinner at J Cafe, this place that sells very awesome sushi burger and curry rice (coming from someone who dun like Jap Curry Rice). shopped for our housewarming party this coming friday after dinner.
okayy week 2 of school, がんばってね！ :)
honeymoon first week's over in a blink of eye. kinda settled in my new apartment now, and for the last time, i love staying in the city! :) one small hiccup in our experience with the new apartment though - choked kitchen sink. horrible stuff, couldnt use the kitchen sink for days and the water's stuck in the sink for days as well. plumber came this morning and fixed everything within like 20mins or so? never love plumbers more for their magic hands. :)
bought new havainas at the summer clearance sale last week with 40% off, so it costs like only $18?! :D was so happy after i made the purchase. ohh i bought a cute apple clip on as well! aint they cute together? heees.
had a belated birthday celebration dinner for mic last wednesday at Yar Restaurant, a korean and japanese buffet restaurant. the following night, we made our way to St Kilda's night market after school, it was okay (maa maa (okay, alright in jap haaa)). there were many small cute stalls, music (live band playing country music), crowds, spontaneous audience dancing with the music, food and a secretive lemonade stall (cause the owner didnt allow me to take photo of the stall! :( ). love this photo taken at the tram stop haha.
and val dear bought her Baby Geek specs for our housewarming party this coming friday! sneak preview of her dress code before friday.
met up with the year two peeps on friday night to catch up (we have no classes together since we're doing different majors now!) had dinner, then some after dinner drinks and hang out in our new house till bout 12plus. everyone likes our new apartment very much! :) and looks like its gonna be the new hanging out place very soon. haaa. (i super dun mind the idea)
check out mic stealing cake for supper at night! hahaha.
DA SHAO CHU, cleaned the entire house on saturday after finally getting a vacuum cleaner. did the week's worth of laundry, cleaned the toilet, tidy up the house and stuff. was preparing for brunch when the hailstorm happened. haha. super funny.
SETTING
the sky looked very ominous with heavy and dark clouds passing very quickly that noon. i was spreading butter making egg mayo sandwich with mic sitting opp me. it started raining then and we thought, okayy, rain. i love rainy days.
then the rain's splattering sound sounded very wrong. its like a million rocks dropping on your roof, your windows and on the ground. we went to the windows to check out what's going on and realised omg its raining hails. luckily we were at home and i totally started a live commentary of the storm on FB. took photos of the whole storm as well.
the start of the storm looked like this. hails on our balcony. and after awhile our balcony started to flood, at the same time paper bags of unknown origins started flying into our balcony. i thought our windows and balcony door might just shatter from the force of the storm and hails. and then we thought maybe 2012 is just gonna happen.
check out the view from my room and the living room when the storm is at its full force. i see the need to show the normal view from my room without the storm too.
then when the view cleared abit, we looked out the window to find a flooded Elizabeth St below us! goshh and the poor pedestrains were all trapped under the inadequate shelter outside the shops. after that we learnt that most shops, restaurants and even banks were flooded. we could see restaurants sweeping water out when the storm ended. and our internet connection was cut off shortly after the storm. -.-
that's about it for the storm part. went grocery shopping and used our kitchen for the first time on sunday to prepare dinner. invited mingyang, mic's ex neighbour over for dinner as well. the night was quite fun cause he blasted his ipod and we totally made up a mini kbox session with it. haaa. and i made a photo board that night for my room, using those photos i developed in singapore. after much thought, i decided to place the board on top of my bed, so its like the main highlight everytime i enter the room. :)
went to school on monday morning and my friendly neighbours told me in the lift that there's moomba festival at 11am on Swanston St. it was suppose to be over the weekend but i guess the storm caused everything to be postponed. i think i'll upload the photos on FB this post's taking too long. neways on my way to school, snapped some photos of the performers of the moomba festival. quite cool.
then while skyping with kel at night, i was totally surprised and taken aback cause i heard some loud crack, looked up, and saw fireworks exploding in front of me! i was like OMG its the fireworks from the Moombo Festival! and we get to see it from our apartment, its like staying near marina/esplanade in singapore. fireworks are indeed a public good and we third parties gain positive externality out of it. is that right? hahaha. econs.
our dinner yesterday night - red wine, garlic and onion chicken, brocolli and soup. after dinner, yang surprised both mic and i by showing up at our place with his ai xin dessert haha.
kitchen close shop tonight, went out for dinner at J Cafe, this place that sells very awesome sushi burger and curry rice (coming from someone who dun like Jap Curry Rice). shopped for our housewarming party this coming friday after dinner.
okayy week 2 of school, がんばってね！ :)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
みなさん、今日はお元気ですか？
let me blog more when the days are still free. but i reckon i'll have much more time this sem since my days start at 11am.
毎日朝１０時に起きることにしています。
i have decided to wake up at 10 every morning. the day's so much longer this way, and i realise i'll have so much more free time in the afternoon after school. my timetable's all set and done! a 5-day week, not that i can control since lectures cant be changed. but i'm happy enough, at least i dun have any long breaks in between classes. :)
went for jap seminar in the morning just before noon and as we proceed on, the classes become smaller. from Jap 1A, overfull seminars and 2 lecture streams, to Jap 1B, smaller lecture groups, to now Jap 2A, 1 lecture stream, 95% full seminars. best of all i feel so noob in class now with all my fellow beginner classmates gone. seems like people taking Jap 2A have Jap background in high school, like they've taken VCE Japanese before (something like GCE A's in Jap). everyone's so fluent in Jap and seems to be always in the know. even the teacher is speaking more in Japanese to us now.
がんばってね ユミンさん!
oo btw michelle's back! :) sleeping in her room now after a tiring flight. had chinese takeaway for lunch today, bought stir fried noodles and the box looked so cute! wana share with you my favourite juice here in melbourne as well. Berri fresh apple and mango juice! most awesome juice ever. if Peel Fresh was to be established here, i think they will go bankrupt in no time! haha.
*yawns* i wana take a nap now (so much for waking at 10 everyday).
毎日朝１０時に起きることにしています。
i have decided to wake up at 10 every morning. the day's so much longer this way, and i realise i'll have so much more free time in the afternoon after school. my timetable's all set and done! a 5-day week, not that i can control since lectures cant be changed. but i'm happy enough, at least i dun have any long breaks in between classes. :)
went for jap seminar in the morning just before noon and as we proceed on, the classes become smaller. from Jap 1A, overfull seminars and 2 lecture streams, to Jap 1B, smaller lecture groups, to now Jap 2A, 1 lecture stream, 95% full seminars. best of all i feel so noob in class now with all my fellow beginner classmates gone. seems like people taking Jap 2A have Jap background in high school, like they've taken VCE Japanese before (something like GCE A's in Jap). everyone's so fluent in Jap and seems to be always in the know. even the teacher is speaking more in Japanese to us now.
がんばってね ユミンさん!
oo btw michelle's back! :) sleeping in her room now after a tiring flight. had chinese takeaway for lunch today, bought stir fried noodles and the box looked so cute! wana share with you my favourite juice here in melbourne as well. Berri fresh apple and mango juice! most awesome juice ever. if Peel Fresh was to be established here, i think they will go bankrupt in no time! haha.
*yawns* i wana take a nap now (so much for waking at 10 everyday).
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
sometimes when we touch
"and who am i to judge you, on what you say or do
i'm only just beginning, to see the real you"
i am sipping on to the leftover iced choc. from yesterday night's Koko Black and listening to Sometimes When We Touch, by Olivia Ong again. am totally addicted to this song, replayed like a thousand times (exaggeration here), and i totally love this line. who am i to judge you, on what you say or do~. before you start judging someone, remember you are just beginning to see the real them. :)
i am incorrigible. kept drinking latte everyday since i arrived! but seriously Kere Kere, a small coffee stall at a super ulu part of Uni Melb serves the best coffee in town! like even better than Starbucks or whatever. and i ate alot of sushis too. oppps. lovely!
i am so proud of myself today, blasted the room with music in the evening and started unpacking everything. finally by 10pm tonight i unpacked all my luggages, boxes, plastic bags and shopping bags i used to shift house. now everything's so neat and tidy. :) mich's coming back tomorrow morning, not really excited cause i have to wake up at 8.30am to open door for her. haha. but still, looking forward to the new life with her! <3
helped val dear shift her stuff in my house to her college yesterday night, and in return she treated us to dinner! had awesome thai food at Thai City instead of the more famous Ying Thai cause it is closed on Mondays. and it's really authentic thai food man. even the waitress is from thailand i think. melbourne rocks for that. :)
oh and i almost froze to death yesterday night with only shorts and a long sleeve top. the weather is crazy, drop by 10 degrees at night and caught us all offguard. im gonna be more alert from now on to prevent these unpleasant situations. haha.
btw! i was suppose to share this in my previous post but as you can see from the length of my previous post, i decided not to in the end. was shopping for some basic groceries like bread on sunday night at a big supermarket in town (have to emphasize that), and came across this sight on the bread rack.
haha. awesome!
i'm only just beginning, to see the real you"
i am sipping on to the leftover iced choc. from yesterday night's Koko Black and listening to Sometimes When We Touch, by Olivia Ong again. am totally addicted to this song, replayed like a thousand times (exaggeration here), and i totally love this line. who am i to judge you, on what you say or do~. before you start judging someone, remember you are just beginning to see the real them. :)
i am incorrigible. kept drinking latte everyday since i arrived! but seriously Kere Kere, a small coffee stall at a super ulu part of Uni Melb serves the best coffee in town! like even better than Starbucks or whatever. and i ate alot of sushis too. oppps. lovely!
i am so proud of myself today, blasted the room with music in the evening and started unpacking everything. finally by 10pm tonight i unpacked all my luggages, boxes, plastic bags and shopping bags i used to shift house. now everything's so neat and tidy. :) mich's coming back tomorrow morning, not really excited cause i have to wake up at 8.30am to open door for her. haha. but still, looking forward to the new life with her! <3
helped val dear shift her stuff in my house to her college yesterday night, and in return she treated us to dinner! had awesome thai food at Thai City instead of the more famous Ying Thai cause it is closed on Mondays. and it's really authentic thai food man. even the waitress is from thailand i think. melbourne rocks for that. :)
oh and i almost froze to death yesterday night with only shorts and a long sleeve top. the weather is crazy, drop by 10 degrees at night and caught us all offguard. im gonna be more alert from now on to prevent these unpleasant situations. haha.
btw! i was suppose to share this in my previous post but as you can see from the length of my previous post, i decided not to in the end. was shopping for some basic groceries like bread on sunday night at a big supermarket in town (have to emphasize that), and came across this sight on the bread rack.
haha. awesome!
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