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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
To the Poh family, Please do not worry too much as I'm sure the house will definitely turn out fine! Under the meticulous supervision of the Ladies at home, I'm sure the rooms will look cosy, toilets look classy and on top of that, we'll have a resort-y feel balcony and living room! SO PROUD of you people at home. I understand what you guys have been through for the past few months. It's all going to be over soon!!Thanks for everything!! To my loved ones, I've still been jogging very conscientiously and starting to gain momentum! So... to the ones whom are hoping that I'll grow fat here and are prepared to laugh/rejoice when I'm back. Oops sorry! I'm going to have to disappoint you all! And to the ones whom are concerned that this pretty face here will be 2 dimples short when she gets back, NO worries!! I'm going home in one piece with my dimples still on! HAHAHA! I love the wakeup call from Mr Sunshine at approximately 0730 every morning without fail unless Mr Gloomy/Rain decides to make a special guest appearance occasionally. The warmth of it pushes me on to go for a run around the estate. The feel of my adrenaline pumping is just great! After the satisfying run, a homemade ham & egg sandwich topped off with an ice coffee just makes my day! Good day to everyone!!! Loves, mx =) _________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Friday, July 25, 2008
All thanks to someone, I got woken up at 1/2 hr before the time I was supposed to be up! Because of that, I've gone for a run and vacuumed the house! so proud! Got ourselves a laser printer yesterday. SOO cheap!! Window shopping is mentally tiring!! I rather grocery shop and get fat!! Can't wait to see the new house and new room! Been hearing so much about it but it's still hard to visualize!! Dec's coming!!! Awaiting my red carpet from the lift!!! =))) _________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
SQ looked at my wardrobe and laughed out loud earlier on! She claims that I've worn more than half the clothes inside already. SQ was so amused that with 31 kg worth of luggage I could only bring that amount of clothes. But back home when I was packing, it really felt like it was more than enough. How how?? The poor student here can't afford to splurge on clothes and the SALE over at Brisbane arent exactly dirt cheap either. Anyways, sent in an online job application at Coles. Just for parttime/casual work, I had to complete a 40 minutes long IQ test! which is indeed challenging by the way. Maybe after they've seen my resume they wouldn't even call? No prreetty pics to put up! Might be getting a printer soon. It freaking cost us 1 buck each to photocopy just a set of lecture notes! So gonna grow horizontally here. The dimples are slowly diminishing as well. Will scream in horror one day when I see myself in the mirror w/o dimples. And what's e cause of that... SQ's forever hungry and when she snacks/eats I'll join her. XY's forever leaving e dining table early to do the dishes or clear up so SQ & I will be the ones finishing up the food on the table as we refuse to have any leftovers. I highly doubt the jogging sessions twice a week will be of help given the amount of food I've been consuming right? It's ok... just the transition period. I think there's a need for me to attend conversational English lessons as well as those in writing. We are required to submit 3 individual essays for the level 3 module this semester, Tourism Destination Marketing. As most students taking this are considered final year students, quite a lot would be expected from us. Not only that, stuff like Shire council/regional council blablabla has to be understood so as to complete the essays. Market Day at St Lucia tomorrow!! Another 5 bucks gone for transport! Then again, maybe the discounts I get from joining the clubs would be more than that?? _________________________________________________________________________
Monday, July 21, 2008
This afternoon while I was attending Business Law lecture, the fact that I'm a University student was slowly setting in. Since I've been here, the yearn to excel in school's overpowering. Gone were the days when I could be amongst the top few at class. A short conversation with one of the seniors earlier on motivated me to give my very best this semester to see what I'm capable of. The lack of distractions and being in a pretty much self-contained town will be one of the few push factors. The unfamiliarity, level 3 subject I'm taking this semester and (hopefully not) racism will be the pull factors. The Singaporean accent of the lecturer this afternoon reminded me of the lecture days back at TP. Where attendance was compulsory, the comfy leather seats at TAS resulted in students dozing off and the auditorium alike seats. I'm an official UNI student!!!! _________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, July 20, 2008
2nd Week into OZ Land Poh has… - for the record only ate maggi mee once - catched her first movie here (the dark knight) - started cooking officially. Cooked Chinese soup today! the pics below are prove of how bad our estimations are: before after - attended orientation - seen the nice sunset a couple of times - visited Coles/Woolsworth almost every other day! - decided on an English name... Gayle - not figured out why the sky down under seems SO different from the one back home: So clear so blue. Does anyone have an answer to that? - been handwashing clothes. Refuse to waste 2 bucks on each wash at the WM. And an additional 2 for the dryer. Such a waste of $$! Equivalent to 2 packs of pasta, ½ cup of bubble tea with pearls, a pack of Arnotts Tim Tam - met people from Fiji Island, Mauritius, Solomon Islands, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia and Singapore!! - experienced racism here - started baking.. more to come!!! - been on her first citycab ride - pushed a Coles trolley home! - visited Queens Park. Wallabies/Black Swan/ Reptiles & more - jogged twice. What an achievement! Some random pics... Our team came in second during scavenger hunt at orientation and I won myself a fisherman's hat! So proud! The 'taohua' tree It's not everyday that we get to see ourselves in a full length mirror XueYing, Ang/army guy, Althea, myself. Think it's one of the nicest pictures in my album so far. Sat down (ate Starbursts) for a rest by the river after a long while of walking. How often or rather would we even do that in Singapore? New Discovery: Bolsters aka Body Pillows in Aus!! Catered to fit the Australians who are much bigger in size than us _________________________________________________________________________
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Batman begins's showing right now!! Cooked AGAIN today!! A *slurps* delicious meal!! 1) Honey Mustard Chicken w Mushrooms 2) Poached Broccoli with Butter 3) Scrambled/Fried eggs with Cheese We've yet to figure out the proportions for cooking though! Seems like there's always extra food. Oh! and can broccoli be cooking by stir frying it? Werent very sure so decided to poach it first! Friend bought a bike today!! Such a cool kid! After much consideration... Refused to get one though. What if while i'm riding someone decides to play prank and kick me. Wouldnt i roll down one of the many slopes here? As friend has been craving for coke the past few days and Coles was having an offer, 3 for $5. Friend decided to get it! Lugged it home for her cause her bag wasnt big enough. 3X1.5L bottles and a bag of groceries!! Oh!! Ppl back home, please do treasure the free sauces provided by Mac. Cost me $1AUD New discovery: Eclipse mints in Orange flavor! they have it in the cinammon flavor as well! to pt: i left LOTS of clothes at home for you! So it's a pretty good catch right! One pullover for tons of clothes!! Haha _________________________________________________________________________
Friday, July 11, 2008
At Unit 7B 17 Pring Street Ipswich, QLD 4305 my 10mins away from sch home at Campus View! the fairly big bed =)) the fairly big wardrobe & small study table. ironic isnt it?
my small TV!!
in Sanya!and finally... we started cooking on 11th July! our very own coles ham/mushroom n cheese pasta! Before i end, would like to thank Miss Chew for this space =) My dearest CHEW!! PS: we totally support homebrands now!!! other than the coles spaghetti! _________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, July 6, 2008
welcome to your blog Poh! well, this would be the last time im having access into this place bcos im giving the ownership of this blog to you! i had a few sleepless nights doing up this thing for you alright, so please try to update it regularly.. well, i think besides me, someOTHER people might be interested with your life there =) Like what i told you before, blogging and making u blog to look pretty will soon turn into an interest and not a burden! Have fun and study hard in Aussie! and hope your like this surprise #2 together with #1 !!! ![]() Love, Chew _________________________________________________________________________
Saturday, July 5, 2008
I cant find anything that i share as a memory with yur best friend, my one day customer service asssiance MX,so just help me say byebye to her ba. Chingwei _________________________________________________________________________ Hmm... Australia... Hope that you can do and cope well with life over there now that you are all on your own. Cheers and have fun!!! Yi Qin _________________________________________________________________________
Friday, July 4, 2008
4th July 2008 - Shulay, JiaMin, Sam, Layyian, Johnathan, Christina _________________________________________________________________________ |