Life is for learning..

4:37 PM

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

haha.. decided to do a quick post..=) heez.. 'O' wk was heaps of fun.. so many activities, played crazy and messy games, met a lot of new ppl.. lol.. on sunday we went ice skating in the afternoon.. brr.. cold.. luckily didnt fall down.. hahaha.. then in the evening, the last activity for orientation, adventure quest.. where we are split into grps and played Suuuper crazy, messy, dirty station games..!! haha at first i was still hesitating if shld go cos the next day have lesson at 8am, and i still havent prepare my notes and stuffs.. didnt have time.. but im glad that i went to adv quest!! lol.. cos it is an experience that i will never ever have in my life.. ^,^ u will be amazed at how far u will actually go in completing the challenges, how much fun it is to succeed in it etc.. at the end the activity, we were all covered in body paint, flour, water, beer, soap, dunno what else.. haha.. stomach filled with the disgusting drink we had to gulp down, i only managed half a cup.. my limit liao.. lol.. it was sooo comfortable to have a good nice bath after that.. hee.. in the end i just threw my shirt away.. is was SO diff to wash the stuff on it away.. luckily i wore the shirt that i wore for the grafitti party.. the cheap $5 shirt.. at first i still wanted to keep it, for slping wear.. but i gave up tryin to wash it..haha just the shorts i took sooo long and it still have little stuffs stuck on it.. i definitely wont want to throw it cos it is a new shorts i bought from cotton on, though its only 5 bucks, but its nice and NEW! haha shldnt have worn it for the games, but i seriously didnt expect it to be soooo MEssy.. lol.. oh well.. will try to wash it a few times.. hopefully will be clean soon..=)

haiz.. but now lessons start liao.. sianz.. just the first day of lessons, already have a lot to read up cos the lecturer outlined stuffs that we need to familarise b4 our prac this fri.. yeap.. but most of the terms i still dont quite understand.. haha i guess the start is always pretty tough.. cos all the terms are new to us, hard to understand indiv parts if u dont know other areas, meaning the diff areas are connected, so if we wanna just zoom into a certain area, like the lower limbs for this wk, some of the words used from other chapters are used, and we dont understand them at all.. i believe after a while, everythin will be fine! =) lol.. honestly, anatomy is really tough.. i just rmb the diff bones of the skeleton, like cranium, humerus, radius, femur etc.. then realised that actually these are all just the most general terms.. haha like at the wrist, the grp of bones is called carpals.. but indiv there are 8 small bones that constitute it, and we have to learn the 8 names also.. like each main name of the bone, will have like 10 other separate names for it, refering to diff areas of the bone.. haha.. oh well! its alright.. its interesting to learn actually, just that brain need more time to digest.. haha.. and need a lot of constant revising to keep all the 'arabic' terms in the brain..

heez.. oh well.. 3rd day of sch already.. haha.. wed dont have lessons in the morning.. starts at 1pm.. yeah..! ^^ oh ya! kelly and i bought a new laser printer.. to print all our lec notes.. which amts to mountains and hills.. haha.. hmm yar need to get more files soon.. to put all sets of notes.. from the 4 modules.. these few days pretty hot here.. dunno why.. the last 2 wks wasnt that stuffy like at night it was always pretty cooling.. but recently quite warm.. but from the weather forecast seems like today will be the last day like that.. hopefully! haha.. from tmr onwards wont go to 30plus liao.. which shld be the case mah.. since autumn shld be ard the corner.. mar period.. cant wait for the season to change.. then it will be much more cooling..=) and maybe can see yellow leaves, falling all ard campus.. wahaha.. like what happens in tv shows.. lol!

k thats all for now.. will try to write more stuffs maybe by end of this wk.. summarise how the first wk of lessons has been like.. heez..=) ta!

8:25 PM

Friday, February 27, 2009

hey a 2nd update! haha in the midst of 'O' wk.. have some time now finally.. lol.. so decided to write some stuffs here..=p

hmm let me recall.. last sunday our orientation started! at ard 4pm we had to meet with our tower's senior resident.. get to know the others in my tower.. had a short briefing.. b4 heading to our games rm below to play 'get to know you' games with the whole IH ppl. haha the game was pretty wild! but honestly i had fun.. it was quite alright in fact..! many boy gal boy gal kinda game.. the usual pass the lemon with chin one.. haha.. and one pass the thongs (slippers) by rolling onto each other cos cant use hands or legs.. oh and the one where we had to stand on a newspaper in pairs and dance, after which the size of the paper will be halved each time.. see which grps can go the furthest.. thats some of the games we played.. hmm then it was dinner.. after that trivia night which was like a quiz between diff grps.. questions will be asked and we just fight to ans it first.. haha.. but it was very boring for international students!! cos the ques were pretty local-based.. so totally dont know the ans.. lol most of us couldnt even catch the ques.. after which kelly and i went RE to see the pub there.. see how is it like..=p suuper crowded cos many IH ppl went there.. i think we took up more than half of that pub's area.. bought somekind of alcoholic cocktail with lemonade.. haha asked the gal in front of me whats that she ordered and she said it was nice so i just follow..^^ lol otherwise i also wont know what to buy.. dunno whats gd.. haha no menu to refer to also.. hahaha.. noob..

the next day, mon, went for compulsory int student talk.. boring.. lol.. then after that late afternoon had speed dating.. LOL! is just gals form one circle, then guys form another circle ard.. have 2min to talk to ur partner.. then switch and switch.. play games.. at the end of the session. the guy standing in front of u will be ur 'date' to dinner that evening.. hahaha.. the guy was supposed to pick u up at 5.30pm, at ur rm.. 'slightly' better dressed, have a little gift to give the gals.. and then go dinner tgt.. lol.. my 'date' gave me a bottle of beer, and a nice colourful straw hat (that i wore to dinner ^^).. but it was alright.. didnt really talk much cos of....yeah..oh well.. haha.. at least better than some couples i heard abt.. ><>

tmr morn! wake up at 5.30am.. morn jog with the shirt we wore ystd.. haha.. the jog was faster then i expected! ><>

wed! market day at uq.. a day where all the diff clubs and society, grps set up booth at the great court.. for us students to explore and find out more.. (a gd day to get freebies also!! hee) i think i got like 4 pens, 2 bottles of drink, notebooks, rulers, candies. lol.. signed up for singapore society.. thinkin of maybe uq dance (recreational type for beginners like me.. lol) and also volunteering.. haha thought of even trying like wushu or karate.. but the lesson fees are expensive and i dunno if will have time to learn, with our rather packed physio timetable..=( compared to others, even law or arts.. with 4 or 3 days wk only.. after lunch, we had city rally.. set off on an adventure ard brisbane.. doin really stupid or crazy challenges on the way.. i dont even wanna say what i had to do.. but actually it was alright.. cos if think its just a game.. its pretty fun actually.. hahaha.. after dinner there was pub crawl where will go a few pubs to visit.. but i didnt really wanna go cos tired and tmr had to wake up at 3.30am!! since already went to one pub.. enuf for me already.. lol.. that night just watch 'slumdog millionare' with kelly in my rm! haha.. the show was really not bad! nice plot..=)

went mt coot-tha! left IH at 4am plus.. to see the sunrise there.. had bbq for breakfast there..=) if was quite nice.. suuper chilly up there.. but sadly didnt manage to see a very nice sunrise.. haha.. came back IH ard 6.30am.. we went straight to slp again.. LOL.. till 9.30am.. then waked up to go for out faculty talk.. at 10.30am.. haha if we didnt catch up a bit more slp i think the talk we confirm gone case liao.. haha.. in the afternoon we went to check out uq's gym (we have free membership cos stayin in IH).. quite big.. split into cardio, and weights gym.. of which the latter one had a lot of muscular guys training.. lol.. felt a bit out of place.. luckily had each other.. haha.. then that evening was our bara khana (meaning formal dinner), where all of us had to wear formal, get to be served at our tables.. with wine, beer, and nice food!! haha..

and then today! i played lazer tag this morning.. was smth new.. quite fun.. we had to wear 2 little light bulb thingy (the targets) on our head and hold a gun (which was actually quite heavy), run ard the campus, hide, and shoot our opponent team..^^ test ur skill of being 'invisible'.. i got 'killed' like severel times.. had to go get 'revived' lol.. after that.. lunch.. i ate chicken pie which was really nice.. and big! and i finished it! hahaha.. then kelly and i had to go for our medical check up.. to get our blood test results from last wk.. in the end i had to get 5 vacinations! siannzz.. just got 2 today, for chicken pox and hept A.. a few have to get 2 doses.. means still have quite a few needles that will be gg into my arm.. lol.. had dinner.. which was gd also! pizza.. 2 huge slices even.. then kelly and i headed to the city to get some stuffs.. today was friday so city will close slightly later at 9am.. not the usual 5-6pm..zz.. haha.. and now back.. gg to slp soon.. tired.. but wanted to finish writing this first.. haha.. kk till next time! nitez everybody!

3:28 AM

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

hey long long time never post smth le.. haha.. today have some time to write stuffs so here i am..=p

heez.. ystd moved in to IH.. very lucky that all the way got someone help me juggle my suuuper heavy luggage.. so yup i reached my rm safely! =) started unpacking a bit first.. after that met my friends to go make student ID.. haha it was done pretty fast.. 5min queue.. took photo on the spot.. after another min.. wala.. i have a uq student card le! but didnt know will take photo otherwise will go wash face first.. comb hair a bit.. lol..=p jkjk.. dont care.. hmm then after that we walked ard the great court area.. took some pics of which i posted on FB.. kelly and i decided to go to the city.. took bus 412 there..

with xin yu also! cos it was on the way towards the place she stayin also.. couldnt join us cos she hurt her ankle.. hope she recover soon! yupz.. so we went to city.. and i bought quite a few stuffs that i needed for my rm..=) let me see.. a kettle to boil water, tissue box, cotton buds, detergent, all-purpose cleaner.. lucky me! cos i had kelly to show me where to buy the stuffs.. how to go from sch to city.. lol i totally dont know.. i will definitely have to buck up these few days.. make sure i rmb my way.. but i might take a while longer cos my orientation not very gd.. lol..=p

quite funny cos no matter what i buy. always try to find the cheapest one.. haha cos abt the same also for the things i buying.. the best buy i got ystd is the kettle! only 10bucks! heez.. realised that it is very impt for ur rm cos can get hot water.. make certain drinks also if u want.. good for winter too..! haha thats why i bought milo powder today.. to drink..=) whenever i want to.. oh ya gg back to my first day.. erm.. went city to shop ard.. then after that we went to meet kelly's mum, who will be ard for this wk.. by then it was abt 5pm plus already and the shops are just starting to close.. haha.. we went down to myers centre (i think its this), to buy dinner.. cos our hostel not catering food yet till this sunday.. was lucky to have kelly to bring me ard! thks..=) i bought a round sandwich thingy.. haha.. with a lot of fillings.. for half price!! cos the bakery was closing soon.. so they sell the remaining pastries for just $3.. after that we headed back.. have a good bath after the first long day.. haha..xD

tmr morn.. went jogging with kelly ard the sch compound..=) after that came back, bathe, get ready to head out again.. went to check out the 2nd hand bookshop at uq union.. and then to the city we go again! haha.. we cont to look for printer again.. cos we are thinking of sharing one.. for printing any docs, notes.. will be more convenient for us.. and cheaper in the long run i think.. hahah.. so far the cheapest we could find was for 50bucks, 3 in 1 printer, lexmark.. still thinking between a few.. will most prob get it by tmr..! we ate at the food court at myers centre.. i ate curry chicken with rice.. though the chicken is like pop corn chicken..

but at least the curry was not bad! haha.. was a pretty satisfying meal.. and for additional 90cents, we bought milk tea.. taiwan pdt!! lol.. nice..=) went to buy a clock, wet wipes, disinfectant spray, cereal also..

after that went toowong village.. met a few other friends there also!

coles that area.. so coincidental! i bought fruits from a fruits and vege stall there.. there were so many types of peaches on sale.. haha and all quite juicy and sweet.. nice.. in the end i chose the cheapest one 5.99 per kg.. budget..=p but for each one still costs ard 1buck.. i also got apples.. there were quite a few types of apples also.. some were really exp! haha like 1plus buck for one.. i got the normal one.. ard 60cents each..^^

that went woolsworth to buy milk, batteries for my clock.. bought rice and pasta salad, baked chicken back for our dinner..=) went kelly's rm to have dinner tgt, with her mum as well..=p she prepared vege salad for us also.. quite a filling dinner! after which, headed back to my rm.. have a bath.. met 2 more of my neighbours.. haha..! washed my fruits.. ate one peach..=) spoke to my family on skype!!!! haha.. nice to see them.. will talk to them regularly esp this wk when im still quite free, 'o' wk, lessons not started yet..xD

oh! at first we wanted to go t0 the zoo tmr.. but afraid that it will be a wet weather again like today.. so canceled the plan.. instead we might go another area to shop, walk walk.. indoorphily.. (hopefully spell it correctly).. will jog later tmr cos wont have much to do also.. can wake up later..=p

oooh will have granola, milk for breakie tmr.. haha.. and maybe an apple.. lol.. think hao liao..^^ hmm thinking if shld get a container.. so that next time if buy snacks like biscuit.. can keep it there.. haha see how..

kaez.. im off to do impt things.. fill in some forms.. and cont with a bit of unpacking..=) hope tmr my lights will be repaired!! heez..

8:16 AM

Monday, February 2, 2009

hmm.. today went shopping ard funan and sim lim sq with bra, ed, steve for digi cam.. lol.. so funny.. i found myself hopping from this brand to that.. cos diff salesperson say diff thing lah! so confusing.. dunno who to believe.. but luckily at the end.. we still learnt a lot.. im convinced that fujifilm produce really gd quality pics.. supported by sj haha..=) gd gd.. got a friend who use fuji b4 and can prove that its not bad.. yup so fuji will be one of my top choice.. actually i think i will get either fuji or panasonic lumix.. i kinda like the wide angle func.. seems like these 2 brands offers at least 1 cam with wide range.. nikon i realised dont have wide range.. but the burning ques to myself is shld i pay like 100bucks MORE just for the wide angle?? is 28mm enuf or shld i go for the best since i like this func to get 25mm? like what the salesperson recommended.. haha.. tmr will be another day of lookin and clearin my doubts.. hopefully it will be much better now.. since more or less narrow to just a few models this time.. haha.. and i better get the cam tmr liao!! dont wanna drag then waste time.. get it over with.. still have a lot of other stuffs to settle.. (as i always say) lol..

i guess i will have a lot of thoughts b4 my mind finally gets too tired... switch off.. zzzz.. hahaha.. btw asked jr to watch 'the wedding game' show with me earlier today.. most prob will go this sat evening.. hmm i was checking the timings just now on yahoo movies.. then i realised that there is no GV tamp mall?? hmm.. weird.. the cinema there close le meh? haha.. dunno.. anyway have to see go which cinema to watch.. tempted to try kallang leisure park's cinema cos didnt watch there b4.. but if watch at GV can get 8bucks tix with safra disc.. hee save 2 bucks each.. see how see how..

just set 11th to go out with sj and sx.. haha.. will think of where nice to eat.. at city area.. preferably chi food or smth.. not western food.. hee.. aiya just rmb sj told me the film wont be screened in time b4 i fly.. so i cant attend the screening or smth.. well.. its alright.. haha.. just watch from the cd..=p ooh cant wait..!!

oh ya! i have to figure out why my mac cant use my canon printer.. somehow i press print le.. the paper gets sucked in.. but it come out still as white as ever.. lol nothin gets printed on it.. tried so many times but cant.. hmm hopefully can solve this prob.. see if its the setting prob or smth.. or if i have to install the cd first.. haha i was still so worried why my mac's hard drive get used up soo fast! lol in the end is bcos of my trash.. after emptying it.. i still have more than half of space avail.. scare me man.. made me go check indiv my files, like app, library, docs.. wondering which folder took up so much space.. but couldnt find any.. puzzling.. cos i didnt know where to look to delete and clear the space.. haha glad now solve le.. so stupid..><

time flies.. less then 2 more wks left here!! ah...! feelin excited, yet nervous, worried.. haha i need to prepare myself better.. maybe partly cos i still havent settle impt things.. like packing.. haha.. kk i wanna go zzz le.. sweet dreams to myself..=p nitez!

6:54 AM

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

just feel like typin some stuffs here.. hmm till now still feel as if - so many things to do, so little time.. lol.. i have been saying there are a lot of things i need to do from dunno how long ago.. haha and over time i still dont feel that the pile is decresing.. lol.. can see how inefficient i am.. or maybe cos new things keep surfacing..

let me see... recently i realised i have been making a point to eat chinese food.. avoid western food.. lol.. cos i know in less than 1 mth i wont have the chance to eat the usual yummy chi food like chee cheong fan, hor fan, char kway tiao, even just the normal cabbage, liver, ginger chicken, kang kong that my dad cooked for dinner just now.. ooh yum.. eat all i can when i still can.. lol.. just like this afternoon when i went sheng siong with my dad to shop for ingre.. i suddenly had the craving for cream crackers.. haha.. so i bought it! used to eat it very often last time.. a bowl of hot milo, with crackers..=) simple but sooo nice..

these few wks i have to try finishing all the cha pa lang baking ingre that i bought last time.. like crisco, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, icing powder, vanilla, pandan, banana essence.. haha i always buy new stuffs just to bake that one cake/pastry.. then i chuck it there for wks.. buy new ones again when try baking other stuffs.. so the shelf there is like full of stuffs.. earlier just now i used finish the remaining choc chips.. to make choc muffin.. used up some more of crisco.. (but this time added too much, or shld say didnt try to be 'healthier' by reducing it) then in the end it was quite oily that i resorted to using kitchen towels to suck up any excess oil.. haha so contradicting.. just last wk i was still boasting that i made a nice banana cake without using any butter, replacing all with apple paste.. healthy version.. but tastewise still not bad.. then now i made so oily muffins.. lol.. luckily not much.. oh.. i just rmb abt this.. i bought a new bottle of cocoa powder.. new one again.. haha.. oops.. how to finish the stuffs like that ar.. oh ya still got yeast, gelatin to finish.. hmm.. headache..

oh well.. moving on.. i need to make a list as to what to buy for this sat's steamboat and my own family's one.. have been saying shld list down since like last wk.. but still being lazy.. ok.. i'll do it tmr.. and really i need to start packing my clothes into my luggage.. backpack.. oh shucks.. just recalled have smth to finish doin also.. ah.. saw the chi variety cook show just now at 8pm.. channel 8.. where the chefs were making some cny delicacies.. i saw the 'yu sheng' made of all fruits.. rock melon, honey dew, mango, pear, strawberry with salmon and the yummy crispy cracker.. so tempted to try makin this version of loh hey.. lol. seems very nice.. and refreshin.. thinkin when will have to chance to try.. maybe some day next wk..

sian.. like getting a bit sick.. blowing my nose since ystd.. throat feels a bit sore.. i think its my body tryin to fight a virus or smth.. after a few days will be fine again..=) hmm i also need to compare the itinerary for both O list.. think of when to change more currency.. when to get bank draft.. eh.. finish makin cny deco.. blah blah.. haha.. i shld really stop complaining.. so not me.. lol.. and i shld spend less.. since now i not earning le.. oh i need to get a new hp pouch also.. still thinking if shld get one with 1 or 2 zips.. whether to put my hp and earpiece tgt or separate compartment.. or shld get a sock type that hugs my hp.. will be gettin my new com soon.. this thurs..=) macbk.. haha.. then whats left is to get a new cam also.. and to organise all my stuffs, get used to mac the next few wks..

haha b4 i knew it.. i typed quite a lot liao.. at first i thought it will just be a brief one.. heez..

10:55 PM

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

at home.. typin on my laptop.. haha i was writing a list of the tops + bottoms i wanna bring to aust just now.. is 20 sets enough? or too much? lol.. i realised i do have quite a lot of clothes.. but most informal, just t-shirts and shorts.. lots of short.. haha.. b4 i knew it i listed almost 10 shorts.. but i still need to include some jeans, pants, skirts to bring as well.. list still kinda incomplete.. lazy to walk to my wardrobes to see what clothes i have.. hee.. stuck to my chair.. so just write those that comes to my mind.. perhaps over the next few days when i look into my cupboard, will spot others that i will wanna bring over also..=p hmm.. other then tops and bottoms, i need to include dresses, 'pyjamas'-home wear, sports attire etc to bring also.. previously roughly jot down in general what to bring, but didnt really write exactly which ones i want yet.. was lookin thru FB just now.. saw the newly uploaded pics from jessie's b-dae celebration ystd.. good to see my ex-colleagues again..=p

ooh.. this sat gg ubin to cycle with my colleagues.. shld be bringing my little bro along also.. haha! i think i might end up lagging behind, unable to catch up with him.. lol.. he cycles every wkday oh! haha..

i started watching the gossip girl series recently! haha.. once u start watching.. u will get hooked onto in.. it happened to me.. lol.. in i think 3-4 days i finished watching the whole season 1.. will start s2 soon..=p

just saw the offer from uni of syd! lol it came so late lah! if wait till now then settle everything, payment, e-coe, visa, flight etc.. i think i will go crazy.. haha.. anyway im so glad i decided to go uq..=) cos quite a lot of ppl here are studyin health care related courses there as well!

woosh.. dad cooking fish head curry for dinner tonight.. i bought a lot of greens to put into the curry also.. i cant do w/o vege.. haha.. luv them.. we got long beans, lady's finger, brinjal, cabbage, tomato.. heez.. goes well with curry.. i think the pot we use later gonna be so full of ingre! im gonna make banana cake soon.. need to finish the bottle of banana essence that i bought last time.. hm.. i think i wanna try making mini cakes this time, means i will pour the dough into the little muffin tray that i have instead of one big cake tin.. fun to try..=p

8:56 PM

Friday, January 9, 2009

haha.. it was my bro's b-dae ystd..! my mum took whole day leave to fetch kor back from his ippt test in the morn.. but despite being his special day, luck wasnt with him.. during the standing broad jump, he sprained his waist area.. in the end he couldnt finish the 2.4km run cos of the pain.. a pity! that means he will have to retake again.. again! lol.. anyway.. at first i booked badminton court 3-5pm ystd for our whole family to play, but kor cant play cos of his injury.. sian.. supposed to be a whole family game.. but he cant join..

haha anyway.. we still went tamp safra as usual, slightly b4 3pm, put up the net.. and started playing.. my dad and mum are pro man!! i must stress.. lol.. i am so so sooo much lousier than them.. when they versus each other i can see the shuttle go back and forth all ard the court, the speed, the hitting sound.. haha.. honestly i was very amazed.. maybe cos it has been a while since we last played tgt.. so i kinda forgot how good they were.. it spurred me on though.. to make sure i improve!! lol.. i must really go and prac all the techniques, like back hand, foot steps, chop.. smth like that.. need time.. hmm.. but lucky me i can just consult my parents.. heez.. when i play with my dad or mum, my score is like 21/9, 21/10.. once 21/17.. maybe cos my mum tiring le.. after playing for quite a while.. no matter what i will definitely have more stamina cos im younger.

after the game, headed home, picked my elder bro.. and soon we were off to our dinner place, seafood international, at big splash..! haha that place was great! kinda interesting cos we have to walk to the tanks there to pick what seafood we want.. i luv the kailan with fried crispy golden mushroom dish! and the cheese baked seafood beancurd.. though they were the cheapest dishes out of the others we ordered.. but i still enjoy eating them more.. haha ironic..=p oh i liked the taipioca dessert also! with the coconut cream.. hmm.. lobster i still dont really know how to appreciate much.. its nice but i still find it not really worth the amt..>.<.. a wonderful dinner with yummy dishes, but which burns our pockets also.. LOL.. jiu jiu yi ci can lah.. for special occasions.. shld go!

i passed the card i made for my bro and gift to him after dinner..=) a gift that i was sure he will 100% like.. lol.. on the way home he commented that this card will be the only card that he wont throw away.. thats all i need! haha..=p

well thats abt it.. 9 jan over.. today is sat, 10 jan.. a new day.. still a lot of stuffs to settle.. of which as usual i still quite lazy to start.. hmm.. oh well.. maybe tonight.. oops..

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