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30 March, 2007

Yayness, the servers are finally not full. Been trying to get in the whole afternoon. Heh. Anyway, so much for blogging "more often". I don't think I can keep to that, yet.

Finally handed in my first assignment for Writing Journalism! But it felt weird when I dropped it into the slot along the wall. Take last year for instance. When I dropped any assignment off, big or small, I'll have this feeling of relief and something which I can't describe. You know, the "YAY " kind of feeling. Well, today was different. I peered into the slot and I saw other purple coversheets already in the box. Hmmm, my article is rather crappy, I thought to myself. But I knew once I dropped it in, nothing matters anymore. So there goes the 15% floating down gently into the box behind the slot in the wall. I turned around and didn't bother looking back. Not that I always did. But this time was the feeling of "I give up". Oh well. I'll keep crossing my fingers.

Something more upbeat for the day : My first driving lesson! Haha. I survived! Duh. Didn't die. My driving instructor, El, was super friendly and I thought he was very clear on the instructions and all that (: I still need to learn how to break gradually =X Haha. But the 45 mins was intense. I was driving on the actual road itself! Busy intersections, 90-degree turns, cars zooming past me. I think I got honked at once? Haha. Expected worse. I think I restarted the car thrice cos I accidentally let go of the clutch too early. I can't imagine if one day I get stuck in the middle of the road and not knowing what to do. Heh. I'm so going to drive an automatic car next time! So much less tiring and brain-draining, thinking when to accelerate, when to change gears, etc. But I'm learning manual now just in case I have to drive a manual car next time. But overall, it was a fun experience (: It was kind of like playing Need for Speed at a much, much slower pace. Yeah, I went pretty slowly. And I went too fast on a 50km/h road limit. Oops. It was a straight road with a few cars, tend to get carried away to speed up. Hurhur.

Oh yes, a few days ago, on the 23rd of March. 5torm's birthday! Haha. Happy Birthday 5torm! Didn't get a chance to blog till now. Anyhoo, it's great still being part of 5torm (: Hmm, let me start with a few thank yous probably? Haha. We've all come a long way...

wq: hey girl, thanks for being there since wayyyy back in primary five! Time flies! It's been the 8th year since I've known you! Haha. Thanks for being such a great part of my teenage life and listening to all my rantings! I will always remember the fun we had in sec one when we sat together at the back (:
qian: Stitch! Haha! The first thing that came to my mind. I think I've known you since primary four? I'm starting to feel old. Haha. But thanks so much for helping me, especially in my school work! You've been a great encouragement (: It was fun crapping at the back during assembly with you, Val and Cherie. And yes! The super Physics rep! (:
meow: Woof! =P You're even worse man, known you since primary two! Like when on earth was that? Haha. Will never forget IPW with you. Haha. It was fun. Oh yes, and your favourite pillar in secondary two which you didn't want to leave! Haha.
Last but not least, yw: Cow! Haha. You're just in the next room. Anyway, thank you for being the pig's housemate (: Haha. Thanks for all the maths help especially in secondary four. I would have died otherwise. I'll always remember mugging with you in class during the prelim holidays and getting chased out by the auntie/uncle! And remember the table tennis and orange bowl breaks? Haha. It was fun (: Oh yes, and the super early morning calls at 4am before school to do maths! Hurhur. Was I such a maths freak? Nah, more like you. Haha.

Of course there's LOADS more to add to those short messages but it'll be just way to long to type out. Just typing things that just came out of my head.

Okay enough for today. ESSAY DUE MONDAY. What a wonderful reminder.

-i miss standing in your presence and just forgetting the world-

wishing under the stars at 19:38
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22 March, 2007

Passed my learners, finally. Thank God. It wasn't that difficult after all. One question wrong though and I look ultra weird in the photo that they took for my Learners Permit card. Oh well. It was kinda fun. The only thing bad about it was that the woman at the couter was super grumpy. She had this permanent frown on her face! I tried my best to give her a nice big SMILE and say THANK YOU a few times, but it didn't help in her expression at all. Hurhur. Maybe she was angry at the guy before me cos he wanted to take the test but he couldn't even pass the eye test and he apparantly didn't even bring his passport.

Anyway, just went to Safeway and bought alot of nonsense. Besides the Brocolli, the rest were not needed at all in my diet. But I couldn't help it any longer. I just needed:

Petit Miam! I grabbed this because the person in front of me in the queue had it in her basket. I can't remember the last time I've eaten it but it's my favourite yoghurt on earth! All thanks to the woman in front, I left the queue and went to take one pack for myself. Heh.

I was trying my very best to quit eating this sweet cos once I start, I'll never stop. I did stop for a while when the last box finished in Singapore and I was lazy to go to find a replacement. But I can't stand it anymore! I feel weird not carrying sweets with me in my bag. Sigh. I think I'm going to be diabetic one day. I think I'll die if the government bans Eclipse Mints.

No, I didn't buy all six. Haha. It was one out of them. Don't ask me why I bought this. I hardly ever eat peanut butter with bread. Maybe it's time for a new change. At least it's chunky. I hate the creamy one.

yingwan: You can help me eat! Especially the peanut butter. I'll hate myself for finishing the whole bottle. Haha

Okay, wasted enough money today buying junk and I might be on my way to gaining tonnes. Lol.

Oh yes, interview went well today. That guy wasn't as scary as I thought. Hopefully I can just settle down and start writing my article. But there's simply no oomph to start on anything these few days. SIGH.

wishing under the stars at 17:18
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18 March, 2007

YAY! Blogging time. Haha. And no, I have not finished my work for today. Anyhoo, I'm going back on the 22nd of June! Dawn Returns. Muahahaha. Can't wait can't wait! Next Sunday marks one month since I came back to Melbourne. Quite fast, eh? But still not fast enough. Heh. I'll change my ticket to an earlier flight if my exams end early. Pray they do.

One fishie died today :( Bad weather conditions, must be. Oh well, not that attached to them. Don't particularly like them either. Haha. But still, a life lost.

Tuesday morning! I'm going to take my Learner's Permit (i.e. Highway Code). I hope I pass! *cross fingers* I don't want to spend another forty-odd dollars re-taking the test again. Scary. Sigh. Hopefully my brains will be working at 9.40 in the morning.

Okay shall move my eyeballs back to my un-understandable reading. I.have.no.idea.whatsoever.what.the.author.is.trying.to.say.

wishing under the stars at 19:32
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17 March, 2007

It feels like my blog is on hiatus. Well, sort of, anyway. Just don't have the urge to blog so much anymore when everything can be said verbally to someone. But I guess blogging just helps me to keep my sentences structured and my thoughts flowing for my Writing Journalism assignments. Haha. Ever since I've not blogged as often as before, I feel as if my thoughts have become stagnant. Like there's nothing to think or write about. Even typing this short little thing so far isn't as easy as before. Hmm, maybe I should just keep in the habit of blogging. Not just blogging, but blogging more often. There seems to be no excuse now since I have more internet downloads to waste. Hehe. I can't lose my touch on writing AND typing. I can't seem to coordinate the two now. Oh well.

Anyway, yesterday was eventful! Charlyn and I went for lunch at the small Malay restaurant below Seasons. The food was good. AND cheap. Then we went to RMIT to sign up for RMITV! Actually that was the whole purpose for meeting. RMIT is just so cool, I tell you. The inside is like ten times nicer than Melbourne Uni. Yet again, I prefer modern architecture versus victorian architecture. Anyhoo, we found the place quite easily. The people in there seemed more hyper than the people I see in uni everyday. Hmm. So we signed up and paid our $20 bucks! There goes my money for the umpteenth time. Then we went to her place to slack a bit and wait for time to pass.

After that, we came back to my place and I dumped my books in my room and headed out to meet Yitian and Shyanne for dinner (: Ate Chinese food! It was really interesting to see how I actually knew three of them. I know Charlyn existed even though she was in Trinity and doing nearly the same subjects as me! Haha. I met her at my dad's friend's dinner thing. So near yet so far. Haha. Both Shyanne and Yitian are my dad's friend's daughters. If Tammy hadn't graduated just yet, then there will be a fourth one! Haha. But we had fun ^^ And I found a new neighbour in my Singapore anti-social neighbourhood. Yitian stays on the SAME road as me except on the other side. Extremely near. Haha.

Then Shyanne had to leave so Yitian, Charlyn and I went to eat Gelato! Goodness, this entry is going to be a foodies club entry or something. I was just eating, eating AND eating the whole day. Kill me. Three of us ordered all the same flavours! Lol. Roche and Green Tea. But we found out that those two don't really go together. After that, we walked back to Yitian's place and talked for a bit in her room. Then went with Charlyn to get her Frozen Cheesecake and walked home. Embracing the windy night and the warmth of company from a great bunch of people who I hardly know (except for Charlyn). It was fun. The jokes, the gossips (not in a bad way. We were just talking about interesting people that we've met in Melbourne so far). Hehe.

Oh yes, I emailed the producer of some game show. Hope she emails back soon! I can't wait to join the crew (: This reminds me that Pamela and I have always wanted to make the "CREW" T-shirt for the media people. But we just didn't get around doing it. Oh well, one day (: That girl is going to enjoy herself thoroughly in FSV at Ngee Ann!

There are just so many people around me that I need to be thankful for that it's impossible to type everything down here. Sometimes it's hard not to believe that things didn't turn out as badly as you thought it would.

wishing under the stars at 17:19
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12 March, 2007

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol

wishing under the stars at 18:46
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09 March, 2007

It's end of the week! (: Week two wasn't that bad at all, surprisingly. Tutorials started this week and somehow, I just had this feeling that I'd be sitting alone in that corner of mine, trying to be insignificant. I used to hate it when I don't know anyone in class. Even with the casual inroductions of names, where we come from and our course, what stays in class, stays in class. Sometimes I really doubt if people know that I exist in their tutorial. But thankfully, all, and I emphasise, ALL my tutorials have someone that I know beforehand! It's great to see familiar faces either already sitting there or walking in through the doors. A good start for the semester, hopefully. Oh! I made a new friend in my writing journalism class (: *gives myself a pat on the back* But it wasn't entirely me too. She approached me after class before I could go up to talk to her. She's Australian but her mom's from Singapore and we kind of have the same aspirations! She's the first one who wants to do what I want to do. Lol. If that made any sense, yeah. Surprisingly I'm the only Singaporean in my class considering the fact that there's quite a huge proportion of Singaporeans in the lecture. But Charlyn's coming to my class! She just transferred yesterday! Haha. I haven't had a class with her yet. So yay! I miss her on the 7th floor and the times we spent crapping till way past midnight :( It's also been a while since I've taken the lift up to the 7th floor to look for either her or Nat. Why is everyone moving out?

Anyway, I failed my current affairs test 1! Boohoo! I know nothing about Australian politics which is so unfair. I've tried reading the newspapers but I have no idea what's going on cos I missed out right from the beginning of the whole dispute. And they expect us to remember names! Like?! It's not that easy to remember someone's name from the newspaper, especially when they have pretty weird names and surnames. Oh well. Thanks to them, I'm reading the newspapers in fear, fearing that this guy's name would pop out for the test two weeks later. Thank goodness the main bulk of the news these few days is the Garuda plane crash. That's not too bad to remember. But after that dies down, back to politics till some major thing crops up again. Ugh.

Still haven't decided what other extra activities I'll do outside of school hours. I want to learn how to drive pretty badly. So that shall be my target for this semester or so. Pray that I wouldn't be knocked down by any trams or even worse, knock down pedestrians.

Going for Leon's house warming later. He stays much nearer to us now and his house is HUGE. But cleaning will be a disaster, methinks. Okay, shall go figure what my lecturer was trying to convey just now. My mind is still clouded since this morning.

Toodles! I can't wait to get back to Singapore!

wishing under the stars at 13:25
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02 March, 2007

Oh my goodness. It has been EONS since I last posted here. Haha. Haven't been in much of a blogging mood lately. Anyway, I'm back here in Melbourne again. Sigh. Back to studying, studying, studying. Something which I can make no sense of. I don't even know if I'm choosing the right subjects in the first place. Well, Intermediate Microeconomics, I heard, is a killer. But somehow it seems the most "fun" subject so far.

But I'm glad that I could at least spend the first few days of Chinese New Year in Singapore! This year's was probably the most interesting so far. Haha. Although we weren't supposed to celebrate, technically, my ang bao collection was one of the highest I've ever seen. Lol. Okay, money aside, the food was great. I'm devastated that I have to leave my staple food - ba kwa - in Singapore. Can't bring such food into Australia. Oh well. The airport authorities should taste some of it before they even ban it. Maybe they'll confiscate some and eat it themselves. Ugh. Sometimes rules are just so lame. Oh yes, just reminded me. I watched "Just Follow Law"! Not too bad. Hilarious, entertaining. It didn't feel like close to two hours at all! Though the storyline was a bit cliched and unrealistic, the effects and the portrayal of real life situations in the movie was brilliant. Wouldn't even think of using such things to demonstrate Singapore workforce politics.

Anyway, back to school stuff. Been assigned tons of readings which I can't bring myself to read. You should see the mass of words in those books. I'll just shoot myself if I ever do a PhD. I'd probably get a Permanent Head Damage. And not forgetting eye damage too. I'm still unsure of what clubs and societies I should join. Dance? Photography? Other short course? Ugh. I know I want to do something. But which one?

Mostly everyone is getting back their A level results today! Hope everyone does well (: Was feeling quite nervous just now but somehow am glad that I ain't part of it. Don't know if I'm regretting the choice of coming here. Maybe I should have just gone to poly. I hate looking back sometimes. But the grass is always greener on the other side.

I shall be a good girl and continue on my readings. Kill me, someone. I'm just glad mommy is looking after my little teddy bear in Singapore.

wishing under the stars at 18:25
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01 January, 2007

We gathered around the living room waiting anxiously. The clock struck midnight. The kids dropped their Gameboys and online games and crowded around the window. It was an almost perfect view, nothing could be better. The night sky was bursting with life. If you stared at it long enough, it looked like a projector image cast on a black background. Fireworks. It makes everyone happy (: For a whole eight minutes, the kids were quiet except for awes and ahhs. Nothing could draw them away. Magnificent. Some looked like fire flies, some were just the usual bloom of light, some had the shape of a bouquet of flowers. But all was just perfect. Champange glasses clinked in the midst of it all. Happy New Year.

wishing under the stars at 21:11
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