moo.

mooooooooving

2006-08-25T20:46:00.000+10:00

:D okie this blog is moooving to a new address

[http://allyoop.blogdrive.com]

everyone pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase update your links!!!!

i suppose i'll keep this account around cause of all my old posts. meh. will miss this address slightly. but oh well.

so...see u guys on the other side! :)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

2006-08-24T21:58:00.000+10:00

okay my last post has gone *poof* again.

i think its time to move to blogdrive...as soon as i think of a 'cool' enough blog address/find a suitable blog template/tweak new template to my liking.

blogspot doesn't work in China anyway.

yawn.

Week 6 is coming up. time to start stressing about major assignments due.

Krispy Kreme Road Trippin'

2006-08-17T22:53:00.000+10:00

this post is dedicated to Maslin Amir who says she will come to Melbourne for the Krispy Kreme but has yet to do so.

hmpf.

the type of friends I have.

on to happier things :P

decided to actually take pictures when we went alllllll the way to Narre Warren this time. i hate all you people who live in cities where having a Krispy Kreme is normal.

yah deiiii :D

should've taken a photo of the 'Hot Krispy Kremes Baking Now' sign.

first step in the Krispy Kreme process and look! its got a fancy name.

...

proof box. tuh.

2nd part of the process (i think they left out baking), flipping.

at least that makes sense, they flip the donuts in the metal thing so it fries (bakes?) on both sides.

the best part!!!! GLAZING!!!! :D

look at all the shiny donuts coming out of the other side :D

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

i swear arnold made me take this photo.

and he also came up with a caption.

'why you shouldnt eat too many Krispy Kremes'

damn mean right.

the super mean/poser boyfriend who made me switch places with him because in the first photo i tried to take the sun was behind him.

vain siao.

:D 6 original glazed, 4 blueberry and 2 strawberry filled.

ahhhhhhh.

ack

2006-08-13T15:20:00.000+10:00

on the one day that i decide to do housework i have to fall sick. more specifically, i have food poisoning.

think its cause of that undercooked egg i had with my indomee the other day. right. i'm staying away from eggs and indomee for the next month or so at least.

the boyfriend is finally coming back from KL tonight :D and he's bringing nip/tuck season 3 along with him

yup. thats the real reason i'm happy arnolds back :D

if i'm stuck at home the next few days cause *touch wood* food poisoning gets worse, at least i'll have a good show to keep me company

Lavish

2006-08-12T18:43:00.000+10:00

am still feeling quite sick from too many drinks last night. i should really learn to eat dinner. not that i was planning to drink but um...yeah that plan just went down the drain.

captions under photos lah. lazy to write more than that, still trying to suppress the upchuck reflex.

pre clubbing camwhore session :D

wendy and me (note: big grin on face no doubt caused by half drunkedness, wendy on the other hand looks quite sober...)

lucky russell :D (L-R) janet, wendy, russell, me and vivien

me, russell and gavin. ack. i see the beginnings of a double chin already :(

russell and vivien. poor russell's been drinking non stop since he got here from the states hahaha

janet and me :)

janet, me and Calvin who just happened to be there and got pulled into the picture :D

wendy, janet and me. yup. am definitely half pissed in this photo.

okie dok am headed back to bed now. stomach is getting upset at me again :/

Cupcake Making # 1

2006-08-08T20:43:00.000+10:00

cupcake making attempt 1 is a complete disaster due to the following reasons:

#1. batch number one was slightly burnt. never mind that, when i took them out of the oven and attempted to remove them from the tray, batch number one fell apart. not good.

#2. first attempt at making icing did not go well. at all. i'm usually quite alright with baking because its the only type of cooking that gives detailed instructions. decided to forego instruction reading this time for some reason.

icing is now granulated, bright blue gunk that doesnt look appetizing at all.

#3. batch number two actually turned out alright. until genius me decides to spread above said icing on it. attempt to scrape off icing resulted in the tops of cupcakes batch number two splotched with funny blue patches. above said icing went back on.

sigh. whoever heard of someone being on a downward sloping learning curve in the kitchen????

contemplating just scraping the whole mess into the dustbin and leaving the washing up for tomorrow.

Idol

2006-08-06T20:32:00.000+10:00

why do all the Idol shows insist on making fun of at least one Chinese person??

on that note, Australian Idol auditions have started :D

Koko Black

2006-08-02T23:09:00.000+10:00

finally tried Koko Black!

after like 10 thousand (okay, maybe 2) attempts of going and finding the place full, i went with Abbey yesterday and miraculously got a table.

started off with a hot chocolate each and a really yummy single scoop of ice cream.

definitely better than Max Brenner in terms of chocolate quality or i could just be biased because the cocoa beans they use come from Malaysia.

the boyfriend is going back to KL tomorrow which means a week and a bit of not grossing everyone out with extreme displays of public affection.

nUuUUuuuU :( how will i survive.

*cough* right.

anyway, girly weekend up ahead since the boyfriend won't be around :D shopping with May and clubbing with janet (i think).

should be good. need to chill out before my parents come and piss on all my fun.

tomorrow's monday :(

2006-07-31T00:15:00.000+10:00

the boyfriend and the brother in law are getting along quite well.

heehee :D

of course, it would've been nice if they had found something OTHER than cars, football and beer to bond over.

7 hours in uni tomorrow but i quite like my lecturers this semester :)

yaaaaaaaay!!!

2006-07-20T16:44:00.000+10:00

i parked the car i parked the car i parked the car!

without scratching it, or hitting anyone or killing anything!

happy siao :D

anyone who dares point out that i've had my license for over 2 years can go die now.

i have my milestones and u have urs ok :P

this is not habit forming

2006-07-17T15:16:00.000+10:00

i don't usually do memes but because Ms Amir isn't going to let up until i do, i will make this exception for her.

what everyones supposed to do is comment (not that ur obligated to and i doubt people will anyway?) and

1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a colour that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours.

in the mean time, i'll think about ur challenge k Mas?

i might not survive 2 months without shopping, broke or no.

winter

2006-07-16T20:06:00.000+10:00

my connection is soooo slow. farking annoying.

lack of updates partly due to lack of interesting things to update about :P

i'm definitely putting on weight though, as expected.

need to bulk up against to cold i guess? :/ lets just hope it all comes off after winter.

my laptops making funny noises again, i swear one day its just gonna blow up and i'll be left with scorch marks and a huge hole in the middle of my coffee table. been searching for a new laptop but for some reason everyone's really against me getting a MacBook.

meh.

will figure it out later. semester hasnt started yet so i'm still feeling a bit lethargic and lax.

winter sem has been reallllyyy boring. hmpf.

Singapore

2006-07-06T00:03:00.000+10:00

land of the annoying bimbotic girls was actually great fun.

no thanks to the people who were SUPPOSED to come down with me *coughOWENcoughMAScough*

not that i'm saying all girls in spore are bimbotic la. just most.

results are out tomorrow argh. everyone cross ur fingers and toes i didnt fail micro.

Edit:

on the one hand i'm pissed about my micro, chink and WEP marks cause one mark more for each and i would've made it into the grade above.

on the other hand, i'm quite happy with the H2A for AFR.

darn.

u think if i appealed they'd give me the 1 mark to make it 2 distinctions? :P

going away.

2006-07-02T15:20:00.000+10:00

Singapore tomorrow!

been ages since my last trip down, finally get to see Miss Timothy again after a year plus.

looking forward to all the shopping and eating. i think Gucci's on sale :D

Jinx

2006-06-29T18:46:00.000+10:00

finally caught Tokyo Drift with Mas in One U last night.

had fun catching up and bitching bout current love lives (or non love lives whatever)

have been trying to download the soundtrack all day but limewire isn't working grr.

spent most of the movie drooling over Lucas Black and looking away when a car crashed/scratched/got blown up.

then in the spirit of the show, Mas chased a Mini Cooper out of the parking lot (pretty carr waiit for meee pretty car!!)

we were hoping the driver was cute but sigh turned out to be this high forehead round faced guy who caught us staring at him.

oops.

lol Mas's car broke down on the way to my place so we were stuck outside the bomba station for about an hour while 4 boys fiddled about with the car arguing over whether it was a battery problem or whether the car was simply lacking fuel.

sigh.

me, mas and her dad's Waja apparently not a good combination.

meh

2006-06-27T02:56:00.000+10:00

never thought i'd say this but...

i feel a tad bit sorry for Australia.

they all looked so broken hearted after the penalty kick.

they played a pretty good game too.

oh well. someone had to lose.

yay david beckham!

2006-06-26T02:53:00.000+10:00

so what do you do when you need to pee really badly when the match is getting good?

you start hopping from one foot to the other, much to the alarm/amusement of your sister's soon-to-be-husband.

england are through :D

let's recap shall we?

2006-06-23T10:17:00.000+10:00

exam is in roughly 4 hours and i'm still only about half prepared for my paper. good thing this shit isn't a hurdle requirement otherwise i'll have another thing to worry about over winter break.
i failed my hazard perception (twice) and therefore will not be sitting for my driving test until after next semester starts. yes yes. i can see quite a few people laughing it up.
i have to go home tomorrow and the house is dirty. which means that after my exam today i get to bring out the vacuum cleaner and toilet brush instead of going to sleep. whoopee.
had my chinese oral presentation yesterday only i can't tell how it went. examiners told me it was 'very good' after i was finished but apparently they said that to everybody? damn you Chinese tutors, why cant you be honest.
after today, i will FINALLY be done with exams. so no more ranting until results come out :D
it's 10.20 and i'm hungry. SOMEBODY GET ME FOOD.
...on another note, i'll be having neelas in less than 48 hours. now to think about who to bug when my flight lands :D

study session

2006-06-18T02:10:00.000+10:00

drove to Desmonds place today by myself!

*beams*

went to pick Arnold up from the city after. he slid into the front seat then looked around carefully, then...

"this is good, i dont see any blood on the car"

mah chee bye. why does everyone think i'm a bad driver?!

------------------------------------------------

was studying for my Chinese paper pretty much the whole afternoon with Des and Loey.

sat down for 3 whole hours to do grammar which was bloody tiring.

Dez after an hour of studying. still damn semangat man, can smile all

unlike Loey who was crashed on the floor looking like he was going to fall asleep

and then there was me, not too happy cause i had to wake up at 12 the day after i had a paper but smiling nonetheless.

incidentally, these are the same people i'm going to China with at the end of the year. should be fun :)

one of our main sources of distraction:

Otis!

tell me thats not a fucking cute pug. reminds me of the one from MIB :D

all our notes after the 2nd hour.

there's a huge box of cookies in the middle that was gone by the time we were done studying haha.

after stuffing our brain with useless Chinese idioms and phrases, we decided to unwind by watching 'Fearless' with Jet Li in it.

according to Loey it was a good way to get ourselves in the mood to do our Chinese paper.

sigh.

didn't work :(

lacking concentration

2006-06-15T20:37:00.000+10:00

paper tomorrow is really bugging me out.

i'm not grasping the actual issues that i need to understand, the 'hints' that my lecturer gave us (that seemed really generous at the time) seem really broad.

couldnt he have narrowed it down further?! :(

if i dont get this done by 130, i'm not gonna be able to watch the England/TrinidadandTobago match :(

killmenow

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Edit:

has anyone seen the Nike ads for this World Cup season by the way?

i know its annoying to post videos and whatnot on blogs but its SO good, everyone has to watch it!

[okie i just tried to post the youtube thingie but it doesnt work so ill just leave you guys with the link]

*click*

this is the second in a series of 2 ads, the first one is longer and makes the old man more annoying.

*click*

soccerwho?

2006-06-13T00:04:00.000+10:00

get over it already.

watching sports in Australia when an Australian team is playing gets annoying sometimes.

the commentators are always really biased.

if the referee has conceeded Japan's 26th minute goal, there's nothing you can do about it so shut up and stop saying things like 'after that controversial 26th minute goal' or 'the Socceroos are playing brilliantly, the referee is losing control of the game'

ugh.

GO JAPAN.

the England-Paraguay match was a bit iffy, England was playing like shit and it was quite disappointing that they won because of an own goal.

i support England until they get kicked out. and then i pick between Brazil and France.

like most Malaysians. haha.

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my Australian Foreign Relations paper went really well, hopefully good enough for a H2A?

might jinx it so won't say more.

dad took a 4 day trip here and gave me some extra cash so decided to do a bit of destressing after Friday's paper.

sales are on everyyywhere, its sooo hard not to shop :(

ended up buying a pair of skinnys on Friday in grey.

on Saturday, went all the way to Nunawading to check out the Converse warehouse after i got my hair done.

according to arnold, i'm now cool.

because he only ever wears Converse.

-_-

its so coupley to wear the same type of shoes :/

on the way to dinner.

hahaha i think i look fucking weird but you can actually see my highlights so oh well :D

went down to Deakin to hand in Arnold's assignment.

cheebye doesn't have exams so he's free to watch all the late World Cup matches while the rest of us have to slog through mountains of readings.

weathers turned all bitchy.

come to think of it, i need a new winter coat but argh

cant.
spend.
any.
more.
money.

plus have to study for Friday's exam.

West European Politics is a bitch of a paper so don't expect too many more updates.

T Minus 12 Hours...

2006-06-09T02:58:00.000+10:00

the funny thing is i actually like Australian Foreign Relations as a subject.

so i should be fine tomorrow.

right?

...

RIGHT?

finished up my chapter on China just now and decided to go shower.

turned on the hot water full blast since its bloody freezing cold outside and seriously contemplated staying in there for at least half an hour.

hot water ran out after 20 minutes.

bloody hell. even the bloody shower won't let me procrastinate.

1 down 4 to go

2006-06-05T17:25:00.000+10:00

microecons sucked shit.

i spent quite a bit of time kicking myself for not paying attention to tutorial work and quite a bit of time staring at the ceiling (and i dont mean that metaphorically, anyone who's been in the REB will know why i was so distracted)

i hate talking to people when i get out of the exam hall.

it usually goes something like this:

'eh so how'd you go?'
'okayla not too bad i guess'
'really ah? but there wasn't enough time to complete the paper! and you know ah, question C3 i forgot to subtract the marginal cost from the total payoff and then calculated the Nash equilibria wrongly but i get consequential marks right? and then for the question about price discrimination, i think bundling the 3 prices would have been better but i'm not sure cause i didnt know how to do the calculations!!! what did you get?'

-_-

okay what is the point of stressing out after u've done the exam??

midnight trip to chris's place last night (or should i say this morning) cause it was his 21st.

birthday boy!

bugger threw up after downing bacardi and coke. wuss.

got other pictures but lazy lah.

gonna go drown my sorrows in ice cream and peanut butter instead.

releasing stress...

2006-06-03T02:03:00.000+10:00

pre exam retail therapy.

ahhhhhhh.

o_O

2006-06-01T21:35:00.000+10:00

eep.

[“Not that we (Muslims) want to attack others, but we need to protect our ummah (masses),” he said, adding that it was a religious obligation to strengthen defence capabilities]

okay. i would never in a million years imagine that Dr Mahatir would ever say that.

mrah

2006-06-01T21:25:00.000+10:00

4 more days till microecons paper.

think i might just kill myself before then.

mum called yesterday and the first thing she does is ask me about my winter break.

my first thought was 'hai lat liao...i bet she's gonna make me go back'

and sure enough, my return ticket has been booked for the 24th of june. sigh.

i wanted to throw a hissy fit quite badly cause we'd previously discussed it and she said it was okay for me not to go back for winter as long as i did in september. but i think my mums quite lonely at home and 2 weeks at home won't be so bad i guess?

it'll probably be mostly wedding planning and dress fittings. i'll probably have fun being caught up in all that so no point making such a big fuss.

what really bugs me is how selfish my mum is sometimes, its like i dont have my own life to lead, anytime she wants me to do something i just have to do it with no question. i guarantee a huge argument with her when i'm back in KL.

darn.

i was really looking forward to winter break too :(

studyweek

2006-05-30T01:20:00.000+10:00

stresspimplesstresspimplesstresspimples.

fallingsickfallingsickfallingsick.

hatemicroeconomicshatemicroeconomicshatemicroeconomics.

argharghargh.

:(

should have gone for that flu jab.

and started studying earlier.

yeah. both would have been helpful.

fool again

2006-05-29T02:03:00.000+10:00

Six years ago, we had this conversation in Midvalley.

'eh, i thought you said you had something to tell me? why the long face?'
'if you don't like it then go back to your friends lar!'

the only excuse i have for storming off after is that i was young, stupid and very inconsiderate.

but you know, teenage drama. yadda yadda yadda.

his friends still bring it up now and then. damn embarassing sometimes. i'm now known as the midvalley girl

-.-

could they not have picked a better name.

so last night at pancake parlour while waiting for X-Men 3 to start, benemo suddenly goes

'if you don't like it then go back to your friends lar!'

i rolled my eyes and arnold went into his usual bout of laughter and then benemo continues...

'technically, he did go back to them what. its just that now 5 years later he's back...'

yah.

i'm never gonna live this down.

Dating 101

2006-05-27T13:26:00.000+10:00

there should be a manual out there, a how to guide for guys on how to date a girl.

i'd imagine that in it, there'd be this section:

32. How to talk to your current girlfriend about the ex:

a) Dont, you fucking idiot.

b) In the event that point A was ignored, or if current girlfriend has asked about ex, do not ever use the phrase 'well, neither one is better than the other lar'

...

It's like asking for a live monkey to be shoved up your ass.

your current girlfriend is ALWAYS better than your ex you moron.

c) In the event that point B has occurred, don't look surprised that current decides to talk to you as little as possible.

a candlelight dinner is suggested. with flowers. and chocolate. there can never be too much chocolate.

i'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story...

2006-05-26T23:41:00.000+10:00

phew i thought my ipod konked out but thank goodness a simple reset straightened out that problem.

how would i ever live without my dailydose of nickelback?

have found the best kebabs in Melbourne in the most unusual place, its near this car wash on Racecourse Road in Flemington. its open until 4am so i guess we'll be going there whenever we need a midnight snack :)

sigh i feel like going shopping tomorrow. there's a tsubi warehouse sale right opposite my place and we've finally found the converse warehouse in nunawading where apparently they sell converse shoes for 30-40 dollars.

but nooooooooo.

must. study.

well sooooorrrehhhh

2006-05-24T01:47:00.000+10:00

omg exam stress so turns people into snippy monsters.

i'm not even gonna bother talking to anyone on MSN anymore. it seems all anyone does is msg me to whine about stress and then snipe at me when i tell them to chillout.

my foreheads breaking out in stress pimples and its that time of the month so studying doesnt really feel too inviting right now.

just wrote down the list of things i have to study for. sigh. i'm going to go kill myself now.

on starting new relationships...

2006-05-23T20:58:00.000+10:00

Ok, say that I help, and you start a conversation. It goes great. You like Buffy, she likes you. You spend time together, feelings grow deeper, and one day, without even realizing it, you find you're in love. Time stops, And it feels like the whole world's made for you two, and you two alone, until the day one of you leaves and rips the still-beating heart from the other, who's now a broken, hollow, mockery of the human condition.

-Willow, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

i think i'm turning into quite the cynic.

Dance Dance

2006-05-21T17:02:00.000+10:00

everyone has an inner sadist. a compulsion to act to hurt another person because they themselves are dissatisfied with their own lives.

things have been so....dramatic lately.

lets just say boys are sometimes worse than girls when it comes to bitching, backstabbing and being complete drama queens.

a week left to semester and Baillieu's open until 3am starting Monday. everyone's already planning their library campouts.

meh i just cant wait for exams to be oovveerrr. there's so much reading to get through and i still haven't slapped myself out of slacker mode.

why me :(

Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress
I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me

Fallout Boy - Dance Dance

yahhhh deiiii part 2

2006-05-18T22:31:00.000+10:00

mmmmmmmmmmm :D

perfect for de-stressing!

yahhhh deiiiii

2006-05-16T23:02:00.000+10:00

finally on my way to terrorising Australian roads :D

heeheehee

2006-05-13T13:37:00.000+10:00

the fun bit about other people getting drunk is you get to laugh at the hangovers the next morning :D

i'm such a biatch. hahahahhaha

this picture probably sums up the night pretty well hahaha he'd prolly kill me if he knew i'd posted it up

me, birthday boy and other birthday boy's girlfriend

me and the not-so drunk boys.

all in all was a pretty fun night, i didn't really get drunk off my ass but got high enough to be happy about most things.

Lavish was wayyy too crowded last night though cause there was some modelling competition going on.

anyway! another birthday shoutout i have to make...

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY MAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!

oooh and i've found this song that i've been looking for for ages, heard it once on Fly FM back home but didn't manage to catch the artist or song name :)

its now on repeat on my ipod much to irritation of hungover person dying on couch hahaha

where'd you go, i miss you so seems like its been forever since you've been gone, please come back home...

:) hope everyone else has a good weekend!

contentment is...

2006-05-12T12:30:00.000+10:00

ahhh the strawberry cheese cake from Greccos still feels like its settling nicely in my stomach.

now to have a Krispy Kreme for breakfast to keep it company :D

think i ate a tad too much last night :/

Lavish tonight to celebrate his birthday. should be rather fun :)

and after tonight i should really settle down to get some studying done.

anyway, off to meet the girls (or one girl anyway) for lunch. toodles!

this blog is dying...

2006-05-10T11:56:00.000+10:00

its been pretty boring so far no?

weather updates, stressing about assignments. the usual stuff.

have been home the past 2 days because of a bladder infection which is bad really cause now i've got heaps of tute work to catch up on and i can't slack at the moment, exams are wayyy too near for comfort.

the antibiotics are just starting to kick in which means i can go for class today and not feel guilty about wasting 95 dollars per hour of class missed.

yeah, my kiasuness has reached a whole new level. i embrace the singaporean in me okay!

will be booking my Ls test for this Friday or Saturday, think it's about time i got my license, everyone's (or more likely people who want free rides) been bugging me about it for ages.

two big 21st birthdays to celebrate this weekend but i dont think getting wasted is on the agenda or anything.

and since i haven't posted pictures in a long time...

random picture of St Paul's Cathedral at night.

err i dont know why 3/4 of roy's cousin is in it.

oh and this is long overdue..

I OWE GLENN ICE CREAM.

happy now? :P

grr

2006-05-07T22:57:00.000+10:00

why did the weather report not say it was going to be freezing today?

...

i feel the beginnings of a sore throat.

meh.

and then there were two...

2006-05-03T17:19:00.000+10:00

got caught in the rain again today. must really learn to start bringing an umbrella around.

exam timetable is finally out. i guess it's not too bad, my papers are pretty spread out. have a week in between 3 of my papers and a 4 day break in between the first 2.

things have been so...blah lately.

need to go somewhere, get outta here, be with new people.

Mount Hotham ski trip over winter anyone?

lookie what i found!

2006-04-26T22:53:00.000+10:00

eberybardee post ur fortunes!

assignments assignments

2006-04-25T16:23:00.000+10:00

i spent the whole day in the State library yesterday researching Italian politics.

for some reason i found the motivation to get my ass outta bed and stay in there until i had at least 3/4 of my essay done.

after this 2000 word essay, i have a 1500 word economics one due.

and then its bliss for one week before i get stressed and worked up about exams.

aaaaagh :(

happy birthdays!

2006-04-22T04:42:00.000+10:00

my sisters birthdays fall like within 2 days of each other but this is like the first time in ages that we've celebrated as a family.

we went to zipangu in shang hotel.

my food was pretty good but my dad and uncle were complaining that their beef being too tough. tsk tsk. just goes to show that even 'good' restaurants screw up.

that plus they served us black sesame ice cream cause they ran outta green tea. definite no-no in my book.

the cake looks really good right? its supposed to be mint.

truthfully, it tasted shit. it's the worth birthday cake i've ever tasted. it tasted a bit like meat :/

but of course, we didnt know that when they were blowing out the candles.

and of course, the requisite family photo.

my dad was complaining he looked enormous ahhahahaha. i think he's getting paranoid about his belly cause people have been telling him he's put on weight and stuff.

all in all, the food was good (except for the black sesame ice cream, tough beef and yucky cake).

i dont believe my sister's are a year older already. sigh. reminds me that i'm getting older too.

housewife tomkitten? :/

2006-04-21T15:01:00.000+10:00

'Suri' makes me think of like suri rumah.

so from now on, i'll forever think of tom cruise's and katie holmes's baby to be a housewife with a tudung. *snicker*

apparently it comes from some Hebrew name or something but [israeli people have never even heard of the word]

going to zipangu in shang for dinner tonight! yay!

everybody loves a conspiracy theory

2006-04-21T01:01:00.000+10:00

its a long video but its quite worth the watch.

[September 11th Conspiracy Theory]

what do you believe?

my 2 favourite things about home

2006-04-19T01:39:00.000+10:00

do not include bittergourd.

i'm still sore about that.

anyway. my 2 favourite things are shoes and haircuts just cause its way to cheaper to get them here than in Melbourne.

bought a pair of flats from Vincci and saw another pair in the catalogue that i will go hunting for soon.

took an inch and a half off my hair today. the guy was telling me that i should keep long hair which is probably another way of telling me i'm getting really boring cause i always ask him for the same thing.

think tank. should i do something drastic with my hair again.

bleurgh

2006-04-16T21:59:00.000+10:00

i love being home.

what i dont like is bitter gourd soup.

i'm going to have this super foul taste in my mouth for the rest of the night.

guess who's back!

2006-04-15T00:50:00.000+10:00

okay well duh, me.

konked out for about half the plane ride as a result of last night.

went to some club asian night easter thingo (was quite cool, all u had to do was bring an easter egg for entry) and EVERYONE was there. people from sri kl, mc and mlc and they were all hanging out together.

there were so many things going on the whole time. people keeping score of how many chicks they scored *rolls eyes*, there was this like relationship triangle thing going on and the guy spent quite a bit of time glowering at the girl, i swear i spent a quarter of my time in the club snickering at the people who were attempting (note the emphasis) to dance, it got even funnier when they were drunk.

there were tequila shots, bourbon and coke on the table, baileys and champagne on the house (thanks to gav :D), drunk people puking in the toilets, some guy put his hand around my stomach as i walked past him and then gave me a really creepy wave when i turned to stare at him in disbelief. and then he turned out to be some promoter at the club and Gav knew him, how embarassing.

it was amazing, i didnt spend any money at all clubbing last night :D

i'm quite glad i decided to go, it was easily the most fun night i've had in some time :)

anyway. after that it was a not-so-sober walk to chillipadi with the whole group where we hung out until about 530 then took a cab home.

couldn't really sleep until about 8 and i was due to leave for the airport at 1230 so yeah i was quite stoned.

nothing is better than the affirmation that single life can be quite fun after all :)

yes well anyway. my easter break will be time for me to settle down and finish the pile of assignments i have waiting for me in my suitcase.

booyah :D

the hardest thing

2006-04-13T01:14:00.000+10:00

about finality is just that. finality.

letting go of 2 years of memories is hard, but at this time i feel like that just has to be done.

hiyaaghhh

2006-04-12T13:54:00.000+10:00

my dad is coming tomorrow so i've been thrown into a cleaning frenzy.

so far i've vacuumed the house, cleaned the outside toilet and washed the sheets. i have yet to get rid of the clean pile of laundry sitting on my other bed and the dirty pile thats sitting in the laundry basket.

i can just imagine what he's going to say when he walks in the door already...

'girl ah! how can you like like this?!'

parental visits are so annoying.

off to uni to hand in my assignment!

mid sem stress

2006-04-11T23:23:00.000+10:00

was told by 4 seperate people today that i looked completely shitty. thanks alot.

i finished my assignment at 4.30am last night and for the first time in a week i felt so relieved.

it means that tonight i can finally sleep without worrying about it.

assignment aside.

i dont know how to put what i'm feeling into words. i guess i'm disappointed at the things that could have been and hurt that i could have been so badly misinterpreted.

so maybe thats only my side of the story, maybe just maybe i havent exactly been the best of all girlfriends. maybe its time to take a step back and take stock on whether we should cut our losses before the situation deteriorates any further.

i love my friends for standing by me even though they're aware they have no objectivity in the matter.

you once told me that all relationships come to a natural end. is this ours?

conversations

2006-04-09T23:45:00.000+10:00

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dkashada;lskjfdaoafhkab :D

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jfaisjefiehacuibicjaosiufoec :S

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ally [t-rex] says:
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uayjdfaskbajfbauyfd says:
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lol okay so that was random. but this is why i love my friends.

Bic Runga - Sway

2006-04-09T00:31:00.000+10:00

don't stray, dont ever go away
i should be much too smart for this
you know it gets the better of me
sometimes when you and i collide
i fall into an ocean of you
pull me out in time dont let me drown
let me down
i say its all because of you
and here i go, losing my control
i'm practicing ur name so i can say it to ur face
it doesnt seem right to look you in the eye
let all the things u mean to me
come tumbling out my mouth
indeed its time i'll tell you why
i say its infinitely true
say you'll stay, dont come and go like you do
sway my way yeah i need to know all about you
and there's no cure and no way to be sure
my everythings turned inside out
instilling so much doubt
it makes me so tired i feel so uninspired
my head is battling with my heart
all logic has been torn apart
and now it all turns sour
come sweeten every afternoon
its time to tell you why, i say its infinitely true

----------------

ahh, the good ol' boarding house days.

sometimes it's nice

2006-04-08T00:15:00.000+10:00

to know that there are always people looking out for you :)

talking about pets misbehaving, shinju chewed up my Vincci slippers today.

i left them by the doorway for ten minutes and when i come back they're gone. at first i thought i left them outside so i opened the door to check but after 1 minute i started to fear the worst.

sure enough, there it was lying on his favourite cushion, all mangled and chewed.

my poor poor Vincci slipper.

i tried smacking him but he wasn't even in the least bit remorseful! he just curled up and went back to sleep.

stupid dog.

Grand Prix 2006

2006-04-06T19:28:00.000+10:00

stupid bruises on knees. pfft.

okie. now that we've got that outta the way, here are the very delayed Grand Prix pics!

whee! i love the big balloon thingie, its so cute.

there were so many things happening, the most exciting was probably the RAF plane that kept zooming over our heads but it was going way too fast for me to get a pic of it.

haha Ferrari fans all dressed up in Trojan helmets.

too bad both Ferrari's crashed out *snicker*

managed to take some shots of the cars zooming by :D

after the race we went out onto the track and saw people picking up pieces of Jensen Button's car that crashed like 2 minutes earlier.

it was so crowded at the pits, there were like siao langs trying to climb the fence to get to the drivers

tried to stand as tall as possible to get a glimpse of Raikonnen at the McLaren pits but no such luck :(

arnold took the second photo which explains why it sucks lalalala :P

lol yup thats all i have for now, its a pretty sad collection i know. kinda regretting not taking more but oh well.
dinner now!

the perfect day for emo songs

2006-04-05T23:30:00.000+10:00

*rummages for boys II men CD*

why didn't someone tell me it was gonna be raining today? or freezing?

would've worn and extra jumper. possibly even brought an umbrella.

everyone turned up at tute looking like they just stepped outta the shower.

at times like this i wish i had a furry animal to cuddle when i came home.

teehee :) how cute does twitch look in the photo?

when ur getting mindfucked

2006-04-03T21:35:00.000+10:00

you can do either of two things:

a) run
b) play the game

weighing my options so photos are delayed.

wheee!

2006-04-02T22:32:00.000+10:00

weekend is almost over and i'm glad it finished in spectacular fashion!

this year's Grand Prix was FANTASTIC, i'm so glad i decided to go instead of sitting it out!

a total of 9 cars crashed out this year, among them being the 2 Ferraris (which makes it the first time since 1995 that both Ferrari's havent finished a Grand Prix), 2 BMW's and 1 McLaren.

i'm quite upset that Raikonnen did not manage to overtake Alonso on the track but at least he managed to get on the podium.

more updates + pictures tomorrow!

it was the perfect start to the weekend

2006-04-01T22:33:00.000+11:00

afternoon out at max brenner with the boys, pancakes at pancake parlour and a movie at Jam Factory.

who knew i was gonna end up sporting 2 spectacular bruises on my knees and being half scared to death?

*cue dramatic music*

so i was walking along the roads on chapel and it was rainy so everything was slippery.

we were crossing a junction and i didnt even realise i had slipped and fallen on my knees in front of a car.

the car didn't realise that i had fallen and continued moving (pretty slowly otherwise the story would have had a different ending) right into my butt.

the driver was still on his P license and there were coppers opposite the road so he was pretty scared, stuck his head outta the window and checked whether i was okay and everything but he didnt exactly get DOWN.

and that, was how i ended up with swollen knees (the right ones marginally worse than the left)

*end dramatic music*

i was quite distraught about the whole incident, not because i was physically hurt or anything, i was really glad that the car wasn't just zooming outta the junction.

i was more emotionally unstable (f that's the right term) and really scared cause i kept thinking like what if the car hadn't stopped or what if it had been moving faster, i probably wouldve ended up with more injuries.

ended up at home with ice packs on both my knees but that didnt seem to help the swelling or the bruising.

they felt okay when i got outta bed this morning but then i started walking and dood, i'm not looking forward to growing old and having joint aches man. it felt like my entire leg was throbbing just cause of the bruises on each one.

on a happier note, V for Vendetta was a really good show :) my only complaint is that there wasn't a cute guy in it (superficial superficial me) but i completely fell in love with it otherwise!

i can't wait for ice age 2 to come out, i swear its gonna be hilarious.

aight gonna ice my knees more and hope that the bruise doesnt get any more colourful tomorrow! nights!

enlighten me

2006-03-31T21:05:00.000+11:00

pray tell, which boyfriend gets angry when his girlfriend professes insecurities?

now doesnt that make you feel all warm and cuddly??

China?

2006-03-30T19:34:00.000+11:00

okay, smallville just started with some naked chick with really huge boobs using her hands to bang the hood of this truck so it flips over.

i'm disturbed.

but that really wasn't the point of my post.

so there's this china trip at the end of the year with the uni and i'm seriously considering on going. it's a month at Tsinghua University in Beijing under a really intensive Chinese program.

i think the point of the whole trip is so that us students get to immerse ourselves in China and force us to speak the language in everyday life.

it sounds really fun and all and i'm sure it'll be really beneficial and all but i'm not sure whether i really wanna go.

well, actually i'm about 60-40 on whether i wanna go.

my parents are quite keen on me going. actually i haven't asked my dad yet but i'm sure he'll be great about it cause my dads usually great on anything :D and my mom quite likes the idea of me experiencing China that way.

most of the biggest doubts i had about going are being resolved. small shit like me having my own bathroom in the dormitory there, whether there's internet (but still no blogspot), whether i'll be able to leave from KL instead of Melbourne to save my parents the extra 3k ringgit it'll take to fly back to Melbourne.

only one major problem remains but yeah i'm trying to solve that now.

i just wish summer could be longer so i could spend more time in KL.

the month in China will be really mad though, i can buy DVDs until they start spilling outta my ears, i can shop until fake LV, Chanel, Gucci and whatnot come spilling outta my butt...

okay, really gross mental picture.

but anyway, i know it'll be a really good experience.

then how come i'm still not sure whether i should go? :/

aaaaaaghhh

2006-03-29T20:46:00.000+11:00

*tears at hair*

i'm going nuts.

i have found the new bane of my existence. goodbye chemistry, hello microeconomics.

whine

2006-03-29T16:19:00.000+11:00

have monstrous headache courtesy of blasted heat outside.

microeconomics is due tomorrow and i'm only halfway done. apparently new years resolution (do not procrastinate) has not been fulfilled.

nap. or work. nap. or work.

hmmm.

super crunchy peanut butter

2006-03-27T00:24:00.000+11:00

whoever invented peanut butter is a genius.

it doesnt work until you can feel the stuff moving down into your thighs.

if i were ~~anorexic~~ bullimic (ehem thanks yan) i'd have my finger down my throat right now.

don't mind me. wonky hormones and all.

strawberry picking and alpacas

2006-03-25T22:09:00.000+11:00

went to Sunny Ridge in Mornington Peninsula today to do some strawberry picking :D

we were meant to leave melbourne at like 1045 but ended up leaving around 12 instead so ended up there at 1 (just in time for lunch haha)

i remember reading a book once about a boy who bought a carton of fresh strawberries and ate them all without washing them and then died like 2 days after that of polio cause they were fertilised with horse manure.

ever since then i've been religious about washing my strawberries.

this sign didn't help my paranoia much either.

but then i saw this...

wahh :D

yaaaay!

soooo many strawberries to pick :D

spent a very happy half an hour in the field picking the reddest, sweetest looking strawberries.

even the insects and the strawberry juice spattering all over my feet didnt bother me :D

nyeh nyeh :D

they all actually taste really sweet too :D

while we were up there bought my sister some liquer for her birthday and some freshly made jam for my mum to bring back in april.

after picking strawberries we were gonna head back to the city but then we passed by the Red Hill country fair so we decided to stop by.

one of the main attractions there was alpacas

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUUTEE!!!!

they were sooo many in different colours and different hair lengths!

si beh smelly i tell u...

eeeeeee :D scratchy alpaca!!

the other brown one behind him was trying to hide from my camera. everytime i whipped it out it hid behind the light brown and white ones.

we stayed around and watched this guy shearing a sheep as well

the sheep was scared to death of the shaver so he stayed quite still while the guy sheared off all the wool

walked around some more and saw this event where they were making dogs jump a 3 feet wall.

i kid you not.

DOGGY SPIDERMAN!!! :D

grr stupid man in straw hat moved in the way of my camera. but check out the dog clearing the log wall!

stayed around a bit more to catch the 'Grand Parade' which turned out to be nothing but cows, horses and sheep being led around an oval.

finally headed back to melbourne :D

first thing we did was dig into the strawberries!

even shinju wanted some but he didnt get any lol

awww :)

Indecency

2006-03-24T19:13:00.000+11:00

okay who watches the Biggest Loser here in Melbourne?

and who thinks that the sounds that the contestants make when they're exercising are extremely indecent?!

all the sweating (which isnt a sound but anyway), grunting, groaning and moaning.

was on the phone with my mum when the show was on.

'girl ah, what show you watching har?'
'some show where they put all these fat people on an exercise thingie lar!'
'you dont go watch all these funny funny show ah i tell you'

...

*rolls eyes*

'yah okay mum, i'm so gonna be watching porn when i'm on the phone with YOU'

teehee :P

didnt exactly say that of course, mom probably would've taken the next flight to Melbourne or something drastic like that.

right. off to dinner :)

awimbawupawimbawup

2006-03-23T18:09:00.000+11:00

the weekend is hereeee!!

*does the conga*

overheard in uni today:

'omg you like have MAN BOOBS! can you like move your pectorals?!'

'yeah i can!'

'omggg!!!'

stress.

2006-03-22T12:23:00.000+11:00

i probably should've gotten started on all this shit earlier.

have a chinese oral presentation tomorrow on the most ridiculous topic ever and a microeconomics test which i'm bound to fail, all due tomorrow.

spent a large bit of last night stressing about what i'm going to do when i (finally) get out of uni.

some fleeting part of me is wishing i was in commerce so at least i'd know what companies i'd be aiming to apply for.

what does one do with an international studies major?

i'm sick of hearing the whole 'oh its such a broad major, u can do anything with it' answer. been parrotting that off when my rellies ask me about what i plan to do when i graduate.

i dont even know what i'm suited for!!!!

*flops*

will stay home today to study and prepare for above said assignments.

must. not. touch. TV.

alllll alone

2006-03-20T21:38:00.000+11:00

i feel like doing a Bridget Jones.

u know, sitting in my living room with a hugee box of chocolates, a huuugee box of tissues, watching a sappy movie and singing ALLL BYYY MYYYYYSELLFFF on the top of my lungs.

went to the city yesterday, it was soooooo packed :/

apparently there are 90,000 extra people in Melbourne now, i think all of them were in Federation Square on Sunday afternoon.

eeek. having to walk through all that would have been hell.

so we turned back in the direction of Melbourne Central and caught the train home rofl.

stopped by at Myer first to look at the people living in the display windows.

my photo taking skills suck so there's like a white line of light across all the display windows i took.

rofl, the guy making lunch. sushi if i'm not mistaken.

okay one more picture before i go mope and attempt to work on my Chinese :)

Mars Bar cake with ice cream at Angelucci's.

have some photos on Michelle's camera of the group of us. will get those later.

Let the Games begin!

2006-03-16T19:18:00.000+11:00

apparently the opening ceremony was really great, i wouldn't know, i went to bed early that night :/

did however manage to catch most of the events today on TV. Singapore got it's ass kicked so bad in swimming bah.

the trams in the city have been sooo packed by some really dodgy tourists. if they aren't looking for Victoria Market, they have really lost looks on their faces while looking at maps upside down.

seriously people, MAKE WAY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LATE FOR CLASS!

some really perverted old guy stood next to me while i was sitting down on a tram and pushed his crotch towards my face. i tried to shift away but he moved closer.

i was like thinking OMGWTF GOOOO AWAYYY but went 'excuuuuse me' really loudly instead.

ugh. looks like Malaysia isn't the only place for perverted guys :/

The eternal struggle

2006-03-15T13:10:00.000+11:00

MUST....GET....TO.....class.

*grunt*

For the male readers of this blog...

2006-03-10T23:08:00.000+11:00

so most of the times everyone complains that i'm wayyy bitchy about every other girl's looks.

i've been asked quite a few times exactly who i think is hot, and my answer is always the same.

Stephanie Chai.

when i say her name, i usually get quite a few blank looks which i think is quite a shame because she's a Malaysian model and a really good looking one at that.

i've actually seen her in person when i was on a Star assignment early this year and she looks exactly like she does in her photos which is a way plus for me cause i hate people who rely on camera angles and photoshop to look great.

so without further ado...

sorry last photo is a bit grainy :P

nooo moree shopping spreees

2006-03-10T18:42:00.000+11:00

yah right.

i am one seriously very happy camper right now, went Bridge Rd shopping with May and found some really great buys :)

so we'll start with my biggest (and bestest) buy first!

Miss Sixty boots :D

(Damage: $55)

they're really nice and comfy and great for stomping around.

Indian belly dancer type shirt

(Damage: $5)

I KNOW!!! can u believe it?! i found a really gorgeous top for 5 bucks!

woohoo! the problem is that the bottom part of the top is transparent, ergo i look like a slut when i wear it by itself.

so i bought something to counteract that problem :D

Black Camisole

(Damage: $10)

hah been looking for one of these for aages. very happy i finally found one.

Gothic type lacey skirt.

(Damage: $5)

teehee. my sis almost killed me when she found out how much the skirt cost.

i can't find a top to go with the skirt as yet though. will have to work on that.

Victorian High Collared shirt thing.

(Damage: $29)

in EVERY shop we went to i saw one of these shirts, so i decided to nip into one of the shops and get it too.

i'm like a fashion sheep. baaa.

no i haven't suddenly gone butch.

bought 2 polos for my brother in law cause he trusts my *cough* impeccable taste :D

shopping high!! wheee!!

u know what i hate?

2006-03-09T22:57:00.000+11:00

okay i'm taking a break from my OC induced stupor to say that

i hate people on trains who step on ur toes and then DONT FUCKING BOTHER APOLOGIZING.

manners please?!

also

i had the worst tram ride on earth yesterday. i think the tram driver was on sleeping pills or something, he kept stopping at every traffic light and he moved soooo slowly, a 25 minute tram ride from Flinders Street station to Melbourne U took 40 minutes and i was very late for class as a result.

Addicted

2006-03-08T23:33:00.000+11:00

lack of updates because of...

ze butt is already glued to ze couch :D

AAAAARGH

2006-03-04T21:58:00.000+11:00

i think it's the curse of having single eyelids.

no matter how much makeup you have on, it doesn't look that way at all.

oh well. off to play matchmaker tonight. hope everyone else is having a fun saturday night :)

Woooooosaaahhhh

2006-03-03T22:58:00.000+11:00

I'm grateful for the friends i have who keep me on track.

I'm grateful for the little things i have right now that remind me not to regret past decisions.

I'm grateful for the sun, i'm grateful for the moon, i'm grateful for the grass...

screw that.

today was superbly hot.

think i sunburnt my toes.

was with Arnold pretty much the whole day. got back after dinner and soaked myself in the shower for about half an hour to get off all the grime and sweat. ugh.

rest now. tutoring tomorrow at Monash.

uni update

2006-03-01T17:54:00.000+11:00

it's been pretty fun so far.

have attended all my classes save on lecture which i thought wasn't on in first week so that doesn't really count :P

i have almost no complaints about my lecturers this year, my microeco one actually encourages student participation during lectures and gives out like bars of chocolate to people who answers questions so he's by the far the best in my book at the moment.

the worst would have to be my AFR lecturer who sounds like a broken record when he speaks. that and AFR lectures are in the afternoons and everyone's usually sleepy by then. i literally fell asleep for a couple of seconds in my seat before my head jerked.

went for dance sport today in union with loey! the tango and the foxtrot are really complicated so we've decided that we're gonna stick with swing or hip hop this semester instead.

have ALMOST seen everyone back here, caught up with lysh, wen and may today. ahem. on that note, i've never seen wen so excited to pick up a phone call, nearly tripping over a chair in the process and then blushing furiously after.

*cough*

i swear he's hiding things from me. but no worries. i'll find out what it is :D

amount of readings has been piling steadily so i ought to go get started on that soon.

i have no self control

2006-02-27T23:57:00.000+11:00

so i went down Chapel Street today to go get some groceries.

and ended up with a bag, a shirt and a pair of skinny leg jeans. eep.

i should learn to control my shopping really. but which girl can resist a pair of jeans that's like 30 dollars off????

got these really odd rashes on my legs too...i have no idea why :(

they hurt and they look absolutely gross. ewww :(

pheeweet

2006-02-26T20:19:00.000+11:00

heeelloooo Jake Gyllenhaal :D

Last KL Post

2006-02-25T19:06:00.000+11:00

eeee the next time i post will be from melbourne.

some part of me is looking forward to starting classes, buying new stationery (yes, new stationery gives me a temporary high) and seeing everyone again.

what i'm NOT looking forward to is cleaning the apartment which is bound to be all dusty and dirty after three months of non use. i HATE the creepy crawlies that always manage to get in via the vent system.

am sorta packed but sorta not? bringing a shit load of clothing back to melbourne, didn't know i did that much shopping eep. no wonder my mom couldn't stop complaining.

see you guys on the other side :)

Leaving everything behind

2006-02-24T16:12:00.000+11:00

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
-Better Days, Goo Goo Dolls

how do you leave something that's been a constant in your life for the past year and a half behind?

i hate picking up the pieces.

oh well. here's to a good semester 1, 2006.

Every guy is a bastard.

2006-02-24T02:26:00.000+11:00

it just depends on which girl you ask.

Timetable is out!

2006-02-22T04:00:00.000+11:00

Apart from the hour it took me to get everything changed to the times i wanted, i'm really happy with my timetable this semester :)

so basically my worst day is monday with 4 hours (2 tutorials and 2 lectures ugh) and 3 hours from tuesday to thursday with Friday's off :) and the language hours this sem have been reduced so i only have 4 per week (woohoo!)

sigh leaving's going to be a pinch. summer holidays were really great but i'll be back again for a week in 2 months due to a ticketing mix up.

plus i've just been approved for a history subject which i didn't have the pre requisites for so all is looking up this semester. for now anyway.

biiiiiiaaaaaaatch

2006-02-21T01:23:00.000+11:00

it's that time of the month again.

ah.

i can hear everyone running for cover.

Let sleeping kitties lie...

2006-02-18T21:11:00.000+11:00

especially if they have fungus infections. ick.

sleeping boyfriends on the other hand...

well.

u can disturb them anytime you like :P

Seperation Anxiety

2006-02-18T17:17:00.000+11:00

It's finally kicking in. a week before i go back to Melbourne and leave everything (namely Justin and my extra comfortable bed) behind.

part of really wants to get back into uni and start soaking up information, my brain feels like it's rusting away at the edges and a tutorial/lecture is just what i need to jumpstart it.

and then of course it'll realise it doesnt really like working that much and go back into the semi comatose state that i'm usually in throughout semester.

but hey. i'll deal with that when i come to it.

summer holidays have been great :) a lot of firsts for me and Justin (ew ew ew sap!) and the summer job was interesting to say the least.

amazingly i've gone 3 whole months without a huge bust up with mum (although she has thrown the proverbial cow an amazing number of times) which is nothing short of miraculous.

i'm gonna miss being driven around, having to take public transport to uni is gonna be a bitch. will definitely be taking driving lessons when i get back again if only to improve my parking :P

will also FINALLY be in my second year of uni which means more hard work. i need a H2A average across my majoring subjects if i wanna get into honours.

aaargh :( i dont wanna leave summer holidays behind. the 3 months which i thought were gonna span ages is finally coming to an end.

nOoOoOoOooOo :(

it was the scariest thing i ever saw....

2006-02-17T17:42:00.000+11:00

Today i saw a woman who looked EXACTLY like Yzma from the Emperor's New Groove.

i'm still about to pee myself.

*shudder*

Late Valentine's Day photos

2006-02-17T02:15:00.000+11:00

ooh boy for someone who's all cynical about valentine's day, i sure do have a lot of posts about it :P

anyway, justin took me for dinner at la fite in shang :)

they had this way weird green twist fountain thingie outside :/

the food was brilliant as usual :)

i had rabbit (waits for animal activists to start throwing rocks at me) and justin had the lamb.

my rabbit looked a lil like poo.

didn't try justins lamb. as usual he asked for his meat to be served still twitching on the plate.

and the obligatory couplish photo :P

yeah yeah the photo colouring is off. tried taking it without flash and the restaurant was dark so i tried to edit it in photoshop without much success.

hmpf.

Post VDay Emo Blues

2006-02-15T17:46:00.000+11:00

i think sometimes some things just weren't meant to be.

even if you really really really wish it was.

moooooeh :D

2006-02-14T15:33:00.000+11:00

it's Valentine's Day nyuh huh nyuh huh

*hands out poseys*

why poseys? cause roses are too darn frickin expensive today :P

dinner last night at Lafite was really good :) photos up later.

Happy Valentine's Day to all you non cynical people who think that today is NOT about the over commercialization of chocolates, roses and stuffed animals.

must be nice to be that innocent.

When will guys learn...

2006-02-12T03:50:00.000+11:00

that Friendster messages like these are a fucking big turn off.

may i be a fren wif u?i am seriouly...if can u wan me
add u or u add me?my msn and frenster email
address C*********@hotmail.com
oklar..remember to add me oh...take care..bye
bye~

like no you can't be a fren wif me and no i no wan u add me and no i wont remember to add you oh.

geeze.

the dining room has been turned into a mahjong/fondue night area.

the fondue's really yum, think the chocolate's a bit too thick though.

on another note, i'm finally done with my internship :) was muchly fun and muchly great, i really did learn quite a few valuable lessons.

the first being don't trust anyone.

but anyway, those of you who get the r.age, 2 and a half pages of it were my hard work and sweat! the r.age team was particularly fun to work with so check out the latest edition everyone!

sigh :)

my media pass. we had good times :)

Pride and prejudice

2006-02-10T19:38:00.000+11:00

I’ve watched with much amusement the plight of the 11 men who were shaved bald after being caught gambling and not so much amusement at the rapidly deteriorating situation in which Muslims and certain newspapers have found themselves entangled in.

Today, the ‘Bald 11’ as they are affectionately called have decided not to file the civil suit against the police after they were promised an internal investigation by the coppers.

Call me cynical, but does anybody else think that the investigations are not going to come up with a favourable conclusion?

Anyway, I was talking to mum about it and told her that I didn’t particularly see the huge deal in having their heads shaved. After all, hair grows back right?

She promptly proceeded to scold me, telling me that it was a matter of pride in ones self that set off the outraged reaction. It wasn’t about whether hair was going to grow back or not.

To quote a certain friend of mine, this to me was ‘ponderance material’.

The Malaysian law states that when people are detained, the police have the right to ‘potong pendek pendek’ their hair. And that’s where I think they hit a snag.

The law seems pretty open to interpretation from where I sit. I’m going to take the stance of a bimbotic blonde on this one and say that potonging someone’s hair pendek pendek could very well be equivalent to shaving one’s head bald but leaving stubble behind.

I do not deny that it would have been an extremely humiliating situation to be in. If someone had tried to potong my hair pendek pendek I’d probably threaten the person with every known form of torture available from boiling pitch to defenestration (too much Eddings, sorry).

What I’m wondering now, is how the police really got these men to drop the charges (again with the cynicism).

By some wild stretch of imagination, I’m thinking of money changing hands and maybe some ‘persuasive’ arguments put forth by the coppers.

...

But of course, Malaysia is a lovely country and we need to keep up that image so I’m certain the above said NEVER happened.

The other thing that has caught my attention in the news would be the images of burning Danish embassies that seem to be flourishing in the news lately.

Racial prejudice? Freedom of the press? Respect of other cultures?

For those of you not acquainted with the story, the whole thing started when the Danish newspapers decided it would be in their rights as press to publish certain cartoons of a controversial nature, one featuring Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban.

I have always been of the opinion (I’m sure I’m generalising here) that most Westerners are not sensitive enough of other cultures. Add in eons of enmity between the West and the Muslims and we have a rather large bomb just waiting to explode.

While I’m not condoning the acts of destruction, there is a limit to everything, even the freedom of press (which I think is a flimsy excuse for racial prejudice).

The situation has reached Malaysia, the Sarawak Tribune has been shut down because they published the offensive cartoons. I mean, how smart was that? You live in a Muslim country and you publish cartoons that have effectively insulted the Muslim population of the world)

Violence and immaturity (Muslim newspapers want to publish caricatures of the Holocaust in retaliation) are not the answer.

I do not pretend that something as simple as an apology from the ever-pompous Westerners will resolve the issue but I’m sure that it will mollify the other party somewhat.

I have seen chatrooms with the ever-repeated message of ‘Fuck Islam’. I want to know how that helps the situation. It’s not even imaginative in any sense. Just because you don’t like a religion, it does not mean you get to disrespect it.

Everyone needs a large healthy dose of ‘Grow the hell up’. And that’s all I’m going to say on both matters.

Affirmation

2006-02-10T15:16:00.000+11:00

is a wonderful thing.

i'm actually almost 100% sure that the change from Science to Arts was the right thing to do now.

on a side note, i have Messenger Beta invites. who wants?

Eww much?

2006-02-09T15:11:00.000+11:00

Valentine's Day has become this extremely cloying holiday. the things i see on sale now make me want to yak.

whatever happened to TASTEFUL and not overdone bouquets of roses?

i mean seriously, who aside from 13-18 year old boys will buy things like these? (and only just cause their girlfriends WILL compare with their friends the amount each of their boyfriends spent on them for Valentine's Day)

WHO PAYS 750 BUCKS FOR A BOUQUET OF ROSES THAT"S GOING TO DIE??

give ME the cash!!! i'll buy a really nice pair of shoes. or bettina liano jeans. i'm not fussy.

and goodness. 310 dollars for an ugly teddy bear and roseS?

no thank you. 310 dollars will enable me a hair cut and dye and quite possibly even highlights.

valentine's day is becoming increasingly commercialised (my, dont i sound like a bitter hag). it's just my bad luck i have to write an article on the shops selling v'day stuff. pah.

the flu? again?!

2006-02-08T01:35:00.000+11:00

who gets sick twice in one summer?

dad's been really sweet though. picked me up from work and brought me pills with some milk and everything.

head spinning. back to bed it is.

hope everyone's having a better start to the week.

shopping :)

2006-02-06T03:55:00.000+11:00

i have found the most gorgeous corset today.

and i have decided...

that i am most definitely going to buy it.

cost be damned, every girl needs a top like that.

i camwhore...

2006-02-05T03:21:00.000+11:00

so what?

doesn't everyone?

Work on a weekend?

2006-02-04T21:40:00.000+11:00

i really should learn to not answer office phone calls over the weekend.

i thought it was brian calling about my monday article, but turned out to be phui yee instead.

finally joined the r.age team on friday, will be working with them for a total of one week (count it folks, ONE week) and i'm already swamped with work.

i have to say it's looking like it's going to be a fun experience really, niki and phui yee have been nice so far and i've already written in an assignment which constituted running around making phone calls.

but anyway.

they want me to write about my intern experience at the Star which shouldn't be a problem. i have oodles of intern experience but i doubt the public would really wanna hear about what goes on in the Star office.

the politics, the backstabbing, the bitching.

oh yeah. this'll make for a really good article alright.

now which matters more to me? getting the truth out there? or getting a good recommendation from the Star.

hmmm.

yaaaaaaaaaay!

2006-02-04T01:37:00.000+11:00

i love my boyfriend cause he's incredibly sweet :)

headache.

bed now.