good good day

A week ago, it was the ball. A rather hectic Sunday. Hectic but enjoyable at night.

This Sunday, it was fun, relaxing and enjoyable. Really enjoyed today.
Body clock woke me up at 7.30am, looked out the window and I saw blue blue sky and sunny Mr.Sun. Teehee!! Got so happy, but then went back to sleep a lil while more with a big wide smile on my face. Then phone alarm woke me up at 8am. Did the laundry (after sooooooooo long!) and then showered then off to city for Super Sports Sunday!!

10-11.30: Netball
11.30-1: Volleyball

Fun fun fun!!! Haven't played for two weeks already. Too bad I wasn't on the winning team(got a bit geram at some point... hehehe...) but it's all good coz I finally had my dosage on sports and laughter and worry-free :D WeeeEeeEETTT!!!!

Later, lunch time!! This time, no Rasa Sayang. Nyehehehee... it's all the way to EASTSIDE. 7 of us- Me, Swan, Zaf, Weien, Darren, Henry and Sheng. Went to Penang Cuisine at Howick. My 4th time there this week. Lolx!!! Don't know why this time I couldn't finish my meal. Maybe coz getting a wee bit jelak on it already. 4 times!! Darren wanted to pay for my meal but lucky fella, aunty treat me instead since I bring so many ppl. Haha!!

Yingswan looks like she's feeding Darren!! Open up! Haha!! and henry got a praise from the aunty saying he leng chai

Sheng and Weien with the Large Yee Mee

Zaf never finish her food :p hehehehehe

After that, went to the beach....
First, we went to the dairy and got ice cream...

Cookies n Cream Rox!!!

Sheng, Weien, Henry - each had different flavours

Then, it was a walk along the beach and taking photos... funny photos...ahh!!!!

Ermmm... eastern beach taichi??

mer-darren?

The cool bunch

The Cute Bunch (more like the shy looking bunch coz had some ppl walking by when we were taking that photo and they were staring at us! haha)

Next, we decided to do the jumping in the air thing.....

Testing testing... first try...we were too fast....

Second try...Henry mis-counted the number of blinks so some of us not prepared....

WeeeeEee!! Success!!!! Where's Sheng jumping to?

Ahhhh!! Had a wonderful time with a wonderful bunch of friends. Didn't mind the driving to the east, then back to city then back to the east at all. It was definitely worth it. What a great way to end the weekends :D

Now, I shall go to bed early. No school tomorrow but getting kinda sleepy already. Have a great week everyone!!!!

yucky feeling

wahhh....today felt so crappy when i woke up. No, not emotionally crappy. Come to think about it, I rather be emotionally crappy coz today wasn't a good feeling at all. Quite torturing. Spent the whole day in bed tossing and turning. Get out of bed, then headache and tummy feels weird. Plus, stupid flu still not yet gone.

Mum blended one whole piece of ginger to extract the juice, added some honey and gave it to me. Drank it and my tummy and throat was burning. Went back to bed after that. Woke up around 6 and throat felt so much better and not coughing anymore. Voice still sounds flu-ish. Went out for dinner coz mom don't feel like cooking. I didn't feel like going out but still went anyway. Halfway during dinner, I felt so uncomfortable. Thank goodness my instinct of i-think-i
m-going-to-puke arrived in time. Went to toilet right in time!!! Man!! If not, I would embarass myself so badly and they would have to clean up after me. So paiseh.

What's in my puke? Last night's dinner!!! Mushrooms in it as well as the rice. Lolx!!! Also got today's dinner which was just beans. Ok, this is gross but hehehehehee..... Feel so much better after that. Must be indigestion I suppose. Mom said my body's too tired from the last few weeks and finally took its toll on me. Thank goodness it's all good now :D Gosh!! What a day!!!! Now, I'm wide awake. Cannot sleep. Gahh!!!!!

Can't wait for tmrw!!! Super Sports Sunday!!! WeeeEeeEEE!!!

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*Edit- Audrey's Bday
It was last night. So good. First time attending a dinner where there's a theme. The theme- Sex in the City. Didn't really know what to wear. Asked peiyun and she said:" aiyerr.. as long as u dress up looking sexy or dress up and look like u're in new york, can already." haha!! Wahhhh.. i dn't even kno how to dress up looking like that. Hence, I decided to dress up good and it would be all good. Put some effort in. Hehehehee..

Went and meet Audrey and Cynthia up at 3 in the city. Had a late lunch and then to smith and caughey's coz audrey wanted to get stockings. Later, met up with yingswan and then.....juice!! Tank juice! wahhahaha.. i haven't had that since........berfore BERSATU!!! but yea, i got a wee bit greedy and got a full tank. haha! nvm, still managed to finish it.

Went back to cynthia's place to get ready and dress up. Kesian the birthday girl who had to rush to get ready as we were running late. Audrey!! you still looked great!!!!!! And...we made it in time!!!

Had dinner at St.Tropez, a french restaurant at Parnell.

French restaurant...meaning..... got snails!!! MmMmMMMmm..escargot!! Yummy!! look at audrey and jeanette's faces at the back... got that yeeeeee look...haha!!

my main meal which half of it ended up in my puke the next day...haha!!!!!

and that's me and the bday girl- Ms. Audrey. Woott!! Happy bday!!

After dinner, it was back to cynthia's place where the cameras start coming out again and..... cam-whoring!! lolxxx!!! too many to put up...

here's one of them.... the crazy look? yes? no? i also don't know what look it's meant to be..... damn blur...

hahahaha!! i see this pic i cannot stop laughing...that's when we decided to invade darren's room and take pictures on his bed and suddenly....he came home and found us in his room...lolx!!! everyone started running out...haha!!

Had cake after that and then had to go home and the clock strikes twelve. Actually, meant to reach home by 12 but only left the place at 12. Reached home, mom and bro were asleep already. Phew!! I think if mom's still awake, she'll probably start scolding me. I already felt guilty but.... once in awhile marr....haha!!!! All in all, it was a great night. Thanks audrey for the invite. good experience for me, first time going to a theme-ed birthday dinner. very fun. Hope you enjoyed it and make full use of that whistle next year!! haha!!

Spring and happy bday audrey!

Someone just made my day by sending me a txt all the way from msia for no special reason....was rather random and the msg made me smile.... yes, i can't wait to see you too and i miss you too!! thanks for the msg whoever you are! but no thanks for not leaving ur name and made me waste 20 cents to reply to ask who you are... lolxx!!!! kidding kidding!!! u're still awesome!

Anyhuuuzzzz.....

PINCH AND A PUNCH ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH to all of you AND NO RETURNS!!!

nyehehehehheheee.... and and... HELLO SPRING!!!! OooOoOoOO!!!

i'm so thankful to have this view when i look out of my window when i wake up

beautiful flowers accompanied with blue blue sky....ahh!! enjoy while it last...come summer and the whole tree will be green, no more flowers...dno why..... and come winter, botak!!

Now now.... a birthday shout-out to Ms. Audrey!!! woootttTtT!! Happy Birthday Girl!!!

I want to take this opportunity to thank this great woman here for...

- having so much patience with me in netball
- not giving up on me and believing in me
- building up my confidence
- spending 8 bucks per hour just to coach a few of us on some wednesdays.
- teaching me how to accept criticism and learn from my mistakes
- giving me extra training sessions on fridays at windmill courts. eventhough it was only 3 or 4 of us, i still looked forward to them and i had heaps of fun!! You made it fun and I really learnt a lot!! Still hv more to learn from you!! Next year!! Next year!!!! WEeeeeEeEE!!
- spending your free time coaching the whole team eventhough you didn't go for the Games. You're so committed and cared for us. I really respect and look up to you for that. If it's me, I won't be bothered using my free time doing that. Man!!! You're so awesome!!!
- introducing TANK juice to me.I really owe it to you!!!!

I really appreciate what you've done and you mean a lot to me!!!!! Girl, YOU ROCK!!!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!!

selamat hari kebangsaan ke-49!

MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!!

To all Malaysians,
Selamat Hari Kebangsaan Ke-49!!!!

Woww!! 49 years of independence already... next year will be the big 50!!! OooOOooOO!!!!! don't really celebrate national day... only remembered that i love it coz of holiday. and when the clock strikes twelve, i would run to my window and scream MERDEKA just for the sake of screaming and hoping to wake the whole neighbourhood up :p Miss Malaysia so much!! Realized after I came to NZ, i became more patriotic. just seeing the word Malaysia already makes me all happy and proud to be a msian. Hence, I still hv my msian accent despite living in moo-moo land for 5 yrs. Remembered my first year at NZ and it was the commonwealth games and I got so happy when I see the Msian flag or when the national anthem is being played.

teeheee.. that's a picture last year during Race Relations Day at Macleans. Go the Msian flag!! Weeee!!!!

And now, a big Happy 18th Birthday to Miao Sern!!! Merdeka baby!! Happy birthday dude!!! You've been such a wonderful friend. Super funny and dodgy at the same time. Never knew u were so dodgy until selangor age group this year. Gosh!!! You can turn the most innocent comment into something dodgy. Crazzzyy!!! It's all good man, u make me laugh. May you be blessed with ....ermm.... heaps of hot chics in oz!!! bet u hv a long list!! go get em'!!!! All the best in your studies too!!! You can DO IT!!!!! ...... all night long? heeeheeeheeee

bloody freaking idiots!!!

urghhh!!!! never been so angry so rude in my whole entire life!! yelled at this indian lady (wife of indian dude who knocked into me but it's my fault) on the phone!! urgh!! she said to call back at 1, i called bck at 1, no one picked up and she blamed me... far out!!!! i want to just go stranggle her and if i can, i'll strangle him as well and they both can go die!! and now he sent his car for repair already that's gonna cost 1136.. dude!! i'm not gna pay that much!!!! i found a cheaper one, and since i'm the person paying for it, i have the rights to choose where he shld go send his car for repair! last night i told him that i can only afford 600 and i'm not totally in the wrong... we're both in the wrong.. i'm the wrong for not checking my blindspot and just turn out and u're in the wrong for not looking far ahead and brake in time...he said no so i brought it up to 800...so i pay 70% and he pay 30%..freaking idiot! u think u can scare me and go to police and bring it to court? go ahead dude!!! u don't have insurance at all and your WOF have expired... haha! shame!!! no, i didn't tell him that yet... don't want to lay out all my cards....

so anyway.. this morning i went to a car repair shop... at these kinda times, it's good to know chinese... speak to her in chinese and told her what happened and everything in chinese!! showed her the quotation that freaking idiot gave me and she said she can do it for 800 and she's willing to let the person borrow a car from them for FREEso he can drive around whilst they repair the car!! good deal? hell yeah!! came home and called the stupid idiot up but not in... then yea, call at 1, not in again.. i just called and he's not in but wife's in and that's when all the yelling happened.. he sent his car to the garage without telling me!! plus, he did told me he will be sending his car to the garage for repair on thursday... that means i have today to find cheaper quotations..that's what i thought.. but no, he send it today... screw him man!!! u think i don't know my days? today is wednesday.. i don't care... i'm not paying freaking 800... i'm paying 70% for 800...hmph!!!! i guess i haven't gone to my extreme.. i was on the verge of swearing at her and curse her and make racist comments to insult her... no, i did not do that.. all i did was raise my voice.. she found it rude but hey!! she was raising her voice too! man i could so imitate her with her accent!!! No, i don't have anythings against any races. if i hv to come up with a racist comment, all i would say is bloody *inserts race*... haha!! it's insulting enough. bloody asians, bloody pakehas, bloody indians, bloody pakehas, bloody blacks...see!!! somebody shoot me! i'm so rude!!

AHHH!!! so nice to let it all out... feel kinda bad to be so rude..never been so rude before... i think i'm still gna be rude again tonight when i call the fella up... right now.....*breathe in breathe out*

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned."

I'm all good now!!!! heeeheeeheeee!!!

ps:/ sorry if i offended any of you... no, i'm not like this all the time.. just the dark side of me that comes out once in a blue moon!

photospot destruction

This is what happens when you've reached the point of extreme exhaustion- your mind starts playing tricks on you and you start getting crazy and do stupid stuff.

Here's a video of what yingswan and i did:


Revival of the Fairtytale's Photospot Destruction during the umsa ball

Listen to the end of it- it's when we realized our actions have consequences

Luckily nothing happened!!!!

Revival of the Fairytale

Wow!!! I didn't blog since Wednesday. Not bad not bad... ehehehe...
Have been pretty busy. Today after sooooo long, I'm actually free and even felt bored at times.

Anyhuuzzz...Recap for the past few days

Thursday: Functional Anatomy Test - wasn't as bad as I expected

Friday: Sports and Society Test - worst than I expected. Skit practice at night. Left my wallet in the car so didn't have money to go for dinner. Waited for brother till 9 something then only went home. Had BK for dinner. Stayed up till 4.30 making Zaf's present.

Saturday: Woke up at 7.30 to vacuum the house. Went to peiyun's house to borrow a bag from her for the ball (yes, I do not own any evening bags :S). Went to placemakers after that to get cardboard boxes. Went to crowne hotel to do the deco and skit practice again. Reached city and spent heaps of time finding a parking as well as finding a place to keep my jelly. In the end, I decided to fork out 5 bucks for parking and risk my jelly being spoilt. It was fine in the end. Reached the hotel 1 hour late. Thank goodness there's a thing called Malaysian time and they haven't started. Phew!!! Haven't been this late for soooooooooooooooooooooo long. Can't even remember the last time being that late. Went back to Wellesley after that to do the card guards. So hard cutting the boxes. Yingswan was finishing up zaf's present. It was 6.15 and we were still at wellesley. Meant to be at railway by 6.30 But you see, because of Malaysian time, it doesn't matter again. Hehehehe...was there before the suprise.

Happy Birthday Zaf!!!!! Hope you enjoyed the suprise party :D It's been great knowing you. Can still remember the very first time I met you was during my very first time to sports sunday and you were teaching me how to pass the netball. Hehehehe....
Reached home around 10.30 with yingswan. She stayed a night at my place. We slept at 1 hoping the panda eyes will disappear the next day.

Sunday:
OooOO!!!the day of the ball. Woke up at 7. Left the house at 8 to go to the hotel. Started on deco. Panic panic panic!!!! So much stuff to do. Had so much trouble with the photospot. It looked ugly with the paper. Not properly done. Arghh!! Thank goodness it turned out alright in the photos. I think... and with all the props, ppl didn't really notice the ugly corners, i hope!! We were running out of time. Everyone was so busy. Meant to finish by 3 but ended up leaving for nat's place at 4.45. The backdrop wasn't even up when yingswan and i left. By the time we showered, do hair, do makeup, it was already 6.50. On the ticket, it says 6. Thanks again to Malaysian time!! ahhh!! have been counting on it the last few days. Bad bad bad. Feel so bad. I hate being late. I'm not gonna be late anymore from now on!!

The ball was awesome! Very different compared to college ball. College ball was all dancing the whole night, no proper seatings, no performances and all finger food. This ball had a proper seat for everyone of us, buffet (tho i wld hv to say that the food could hv been better coz i did enjoy last year's finger food a lot!), band performances and skit!!! Even had lucky draws but I do have to say, the MCs could have been more entertaining and enthusiastic about it. But overall, it was great!! Enjoyed myself and I reckon' it ended too soon!!! But somehow didn't have the fairytale effect for me tho.... Where's my prince charming? I didn't see mine nor did I see any potential ones. Guess he still sesat. Havent' make it to Auckland yet. Nevermind, I shall wait patiently :D



Monday:
Went for the afterball. first time swan and i go clubbing. Hehehehe.... no bouncers so swan can go. it was just dancing and dancing and dancing. quite nice coz i felt like jumping around after the ball. sitll very energetic. plus, during the ball, it was all slow, lovey derby kinda songs, not suitable for the single ppl!!!! hmph!!! for others, it was dancing and drinking. i didn't drink. wanted to get a drink since i never got one before but was put off by the price..yingswan's one was 13 bucks!! ripping ppl off only....CRAZZYYY!!! Left the place at 4. Gta admit, the highlight for that day was between 4am-6am. wahahahhahaa!!! I've got videos but mean to put it up. I'll only give it to you if you were there to see it for urself or you've asked permission from those who were in the video.

Only had 1.5 hrs of sleep then had to wake up and drive my car away. Waited outside rec centre till 11am coz have to give yuen and wibian a ride back to my place. Whilst waiting, saw the parking wardens walking around and they chased me off coz i never pay for parking. WTF? I'm in the car!!!!! GrrRRr!! So I started to find yuen's place located on hobson st. Took quite a long time finding it coz it's a one way street and I only been there once and it was by foot. Found it in the end and it's located next to la porchetta. So hopefully next monday I wont have trouble finding la porchetta!! Saw them load their snowboards and luggage into the car. Then they started talking about what they're gonna do this ski trip. ARghh!! Make me feel so jealous!! I wanna go i wanna go!! GrRrRrRRRRR!!!

Reached home at 1 and slept till 5.30. It was a good sleep. The sun was shining into my room so I slept under the warm sun. Nice!!! At night, slept at 10.30. Haven't slept this early for so long!!!

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Now, the ball's over. No more busy days, no more travelling much to city. I still want my sports sunday tho!!!!!! Pictures of the ball will be in my msn space soon. Will put up the link when i've uploaded them. Bye for now and hope you guys have a great week!

Those that went to the ball, hope you guys enjoyed it!!!!

If only...

This morning....
If only...

If only I wiped the mirrors
If only I wiped the windows
If only I signalled earlier
If only I switched lane earlier or
If only I stayed on the same lane....

Then today would have been a good day.
(good breakfast,going to hv good lunch,8 out of 10 for my last minute assignment, spanish test yesterday went well)

*sigh*

I should be removed from the road, I should be banned from driving.
I'm going to get scolded, I even know what's going to come out from her mouth.
Lots of money wasted just because of my stupid, careless actions.

Now tell me, how am I supposed to enjoy anything at all? I won't and I can't.
*sigh* At this point, this week is definitely not going to get better.

You guys have a great week!!!

feeling sick...

urghh...feeling so sick... since friday night, i've been eating out and i think my tummy is not used to it. friday ate at bbq king for dinner then bubble tea for...supper? had mcds for breakkie on sat morning and tummy ache the whole day. not a comfortable feeling at all when u have to drive around the whole day without a map, getting lost, making so many stops and with 4 other ppl (swan,puili,jeremy, caleb) in the car.

went to:

spotlight in panmure - sylvia park- warehouse stationery at mt.wellington- first scene at new north road - party hire at dominion road - geoff's emporium at i dno where - warehouse along balmoral road

are those places even call central auckland? or is it west auckland? gahhh...newayz, i hv very bad sense of direction for all those places except the first three stops. signboards were clear and i hv been to spotlight and mt.wellington. the roads were pretty busy and getting lost didn't help at all. don't know how many u-turns, 3 point turns i made that day. arms also tiring. tummy also hurt like hell. only travelled 75kms but it seemed longer. gahh! i rather drive to hamilton and back than going around busy auckland. the only thing i got out from it was.... i get to know all these places better.

for dinner, didn't really eat. ate a cookie and a few strands of udon noodles from yingswan. went home and....diarrhoea. watched some prison break and fell asleep halfway.

this morning, woke up at 8. i think i'm used to getting up early until i want to sleep in also cannot. body clock not allowing it to happen. Decided to change my bedsheet (haven't change since the term started), vacuum the house (dad's been doing it and he only does upstairs so my room isn't vacuumed since the term started as well), do the laundry and sun out the clothes. watched a bit more of pb then had to go out for dim sum. just one more episode to go!! couldn't eat much for dim sum, don't know why. but main reason i wanted to go was to have some family time. dad's going back on wednesday :(

went to city after that for skit practice. later, went to have laksa at food alley with yean, daniel, darren, kevin and chris. went home....diarrhoea. was it the dim sum or the laksa? don't know. maybe it's just me, tummy can't handle too much outside food. took a nap after that, woke up at 9 and then....vomitted. shucks man! what's wrong with me. i think my body is giving up on me. bad eating habits, late night sleeps accompanied with early mornings.

Time to take care of my body. Sleep earlier, wake up a bit earlier, prepare breakfast, pack lunch... i should be fine for this week then.

Three tests:
Tuesday: Spanish 10%
Thursday: Funtional Anatomy 20%
Friday: Sports and Society 15%

After this week, two weeks break!!! More like.. study break and chance to do assignment. 2 assignments due few weeks after the break and a 28% Medsci test first week back.

Not feeling too good at the moment for some reasons. This weekend wasn't THAT fun. There were some laughters in it but not enough. Too much other stuff going on in the back of my head at the same time. Can laugh outside but inside ...... ANYHUUZZZZ, let's not elaborate on it. I'll share the fun stuff with you all.

Let me present....................................

leg-eating shermayne (maybe that's how i got my tummy ache)

evil jeremy haunting yingswan (yingswan gets 'geli' with all these stuff.. u shld've been there to hear her scream..sorry swan!! embarass u again:p)

Enjoy your week everyone!!!

- i better hv sum1 2 talk to in the bus orelse...

revival of the... elephants?

OooOoOOOOOoOO!!!!

I can't wait for Dec 9-10 or Dec 10-11 - Mentakab Friendly Meet!!!

No, I'm not looking forward to the swimming part. Definitely get last but it's ok. I'm looking forward to the elephants!! OooOOOOOoo!! Revive the fun times back in 2001.

- swimming with elephants
- riding on elephants
- swimming with elephant poo
- stuff myself up with heaps on durians the day before the swimming meet.

great times...great times... and it's gna happen again this December!!

ok, i was 13 when i rode those elephants. now, i'm 18. wow! so old!! wld it be wrong to ride on those elephants at 18? Should be ok right? I want to revive my childhood. Besides, yu sheng was 17 that time and he rode on the elephant too. So i'm not THAT old. Paiseh larr...all the young kids then with this big kid here being so childish...i bet i'm gna be damn childish. But... nvm nvm... i have the rights to revive my happy childhood :p

I'm so excited! Thnx sinseanne for asking me to go!!

birthday shout-outs

Just watched The Lake House. gahh! was too sleepy so I didn't really understand the whole thing. Got kinda confused. At times, it was kinda boring and I fell asleep for awhile. My brother didn't really enjoy it eventhough he understood most of it. But at least the ending is good. So yea, if you go watch it, pay attention and make sure u're not sleepy!!

"I sometimes feel as if I'm invisible, as if no one can see me at all"

" One man I can never meet. Him, I would like to give my whole heart to"

"I'll wait! Don't give up on me."

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This week....

16th August- Happy 18th Birthday Chia Wen!!!! Gosh!! only know you for a year in form 1 but you're amazing!! Love your blog!! Cracks me up!! Can still remember the very first time u talked to me: "is your name pronounced as sher mayneeeeeeeee?" haha! what a nice way to start a convo eh? No regrets knowing u. in fact, i regret for not knowing u more, if only i stayed back for my secondary school years.....*sigh* but no worries, still can see u at the end of the year ... you owe me a meal :p

17th August-
Happy 18th Birthday Melissa!!!I've known you since we were 8. My horror movie buddy everytime when I go back to Msia. The one who sets the bar high during primary school days. Always compete to have the most stars in our chinese essay during tuition. You always beat me but somehow I never gave up. Smart and pretty. No wonder nowadays so busy and hardly see you online anymore. haha! Must be busy with guys and studies. Yes? No? Heeheee... hope you'll have a great 18th bday...so sad i can't be there but thnx for being at mine :D Thanks for being such an awesome friend!!!

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sunny day at tamaki

Today's been pretty good despite the chilly weather in the morning till lunch time, the bus ride where I had to sit alone and just thought about stuff and came up with .... just not happy thoughts... that always happen during lonely bus rides. Other than that, today's GREAT!!

> Didn't sleep in spanish
> Didn't sleep in functional anatomy
> Petrol price gone down by 5 cents - 1.71.9 now!!
> Sunny weather
> Managed to get quite a lot of readings done
> Finally finished my notes on the reproductive system
> Had japanese food for dinner with brother and his friends and Ajita!!!
> Sat under the sun for 2 whole hours doing my readings and enjoying the sun at the same time and snapped pictures of Auckland Uni Tamaki campus.

Have I shown you Tamaki Campus? It's definitely not like the city campus at all.

Tamaki Campus at 3.43 p.m. on a sunny day - TODAY!!

Beautiful sky... warm weather... YES, this is where I have two of my classes. Not a single soul to be found when classes go on.

And that's ermm......me! Enjoying the sun whilst doing my readings and cam-whoring. Ahhh! Nice feeling!

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That's it for today. I know I've been really slack with the bersatu diary. It's been more than a month since I came back and I'm still on the pre-bersatu days. But I PROMISE, I'm gna finish it ONE day. And you know me, I keep to my promises :)

So... here's Day 4 - of sleeping, laundry and superman...

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weekend recap

Weekend Recap

Saturday
Went to the uni at 10 to get some study done with yingswan. Swan was there since 9 and when I came, she said she's not even done a question. Later I found out this girl was blogging instead of studying.. bad swan!! bad bad swan!! haha!! Me coming didn't help much either. We were spending most of our time laughing and making jokes. Finally the other side of her came out and play today!! Told you everyone's dodgy except some chose to keep it all to themselves:p Good that you decided to share now. Haha!!!

At 2, it was time for the skit filming at Mission Bay! Was hoping for a sunny weather so it won't be too freezing. But Mr.Sun wasn't co-operating much. He was playing hide and seek. Sometimes he's out, sometimes he's not. *sigh* Then again, it's good in a way if the weather isn't too good. Like Darren said, if it's raining, there won't be much people around looking at us. Hence, it won't be too embarassing.

There weren't much people at mission bay but there were still some. Must be entertaining standing by the side watching a bunch of crazy asians playing in the fountain during WINTER!! You could see the smiles on their face. Lolx!! Thank goodness we were entertaining enough that they also got carried away and didn't call the securities/cops. Not even sure if we're allowed to go into the fountain coz there was a sign saying NO SWIMMING. Blehhh....

Had BK after that and then went home. Then had vietnamese with my brother for dinner. So full!! Overall, it was a fun fun fun day!! Really enjoyed myself. Good way to start the weekends after a not-so-good week.

Sunday:
No Super Sports Sunday :( Went to the gym with yingswan at 9 something. Our plans for the day:

9-10.30: Gym and shower
10.30-3: Study
3-5: Lunch and shopping

Before gym, went to weigh myself. I got the shock of my life! I stood on it and waiting for it to go up to 54 and stop somewhere there. Mana tahu it went all the way up to 65 and counting. Yeeeee-errrrrrr... then i heard this idiot laughing behind my back. Notti notti Swan!!!! Put her leg on the scale. Wahlauu!! scare me only. GrrrRrRr!! At least I got you after that!!

Was quite productive for today's study. Why? Coz I sat by the computers and Yingswan sat by the tables. Hence, we couldn't talk and distract each other. But, our study stopped at 1.30. We went to Rasa Sayang for lunch with David, Natalie and Gladys. Stupid weather again. It rained, it was windy. ARghh!!!

After lunch, it was already close to 3. Hence, both of us decided.... shopping time! Yingswan's wants to get shoes for the ball. As for me, I just wanted to escape studying and jalan-jalan a bit. Went to no.1 shoe warehouse, the shoes were...... kinda UGLY. Went to Hannah's after that. First shoe I picked up, $99.95. Man! I don't think she'll be getting anything out of this shop. Then, I saw the under $40 section. No need to see the others, just go to that section straight away. Saw one really nice shoe but it was sort of out of the under 40 section. Picked it up and WOAHH!!! the price was BEAUTIFUL too!! She got it! It's a nice shoe and can even wear with jeans. it looked good with her jeans :D Good buy, good buy.

Think Yingswan was in a good mood so she decided to donate 1 buck to Youthline and got a sling bag as well. This results in me walking around Queen St. looking like that:

Yes, I was her partner for the day. Carried her gym bag and then her shopping bag as well. X marks the spot! Hai-yak!!

So this week's Sunday wasn't too bad afterall despite the crappy weather and no Super Sports. Had quite a huge dosage of laughter.

Now, it's good-bye to the weekends and Hello to yet another week of school. It better be better than last week. I don't want another crappy week. I've got enough pimples from last week. And I'm expecting more on my last week before the holz.

Have a great week ahead everyone and let's all wish for a sunny and happy week!!

all we need is a hug

A hug can brighten a person's day, a hug can do miracles. A hug says it all - " I care, I love you." That's all we need in life. To be cared for and to be loved. That's what keeps us going.

Yesterday, my brother's CCM's friend, Lynie, msged me on msn and said :"can you give your brother a big bear hug and say 'god's goin to prove you wrong, he's goin to blow you away with his miracles!' ? " I said YES straight away, just my nature, I don't say NO to ppl. But I was thinking, should I actually do it? I don't hug my brother randomly, only when I don't see him for ages then I will give him a hug. Besides, would he even believe the words that come out from my mouth knowing that I don't believe in God? What's the point saying something that I don't mean it and he knows that I don't mean it as well?

In the end, I decided to go ahead with it. Why? Coz my instinct said so. Somehow, I believe that if I said that to him and gave him a big hug, he would be happy, he would smile. I'm sure Lynie had a reason behind all this. Maybe it's because he didn't agree with something God said hence she said God's gna prove him wrong. Maybe he didn't believe God is that powerful, hence she said God's gna blow him away with his miracles. Maybe.... all my brother wanted was a hug from me!!!! HAha!! I don't believe in God, but deciding to go ahead with it and say that to my brother makes it seem that I want my brother to not stop believing in God. I guess it's because I just want him to be happy and not lose hope.

Some time last year, he seemed kinda sad. But later on after joining the youth group and going to church occasionally, he seemed a happier person. I suppose he's found someone there to guide him and to give him hope. I'm happy for him eventhough it meant that we're not sharing the same beliefs anymore. I just want people to be happy, that's the only thing that matters.

So today, after dinner, I gave him a hug.

"Koko, come here, I've got something to give you."
*big big bear hug along with the lines I took some time memorising*

End result: A giggle and a smile that lasted for quite some time. Maybe from the stairs (where I hugged him) till he sat down on the computer in the living room.

As for me, I felt like I've spreaded happiness in a way. It felt great. Ok, so I said something I don't believe in. Blehhh.... But if that is what it takes for a person to be happy, I would do that anytime :) Love making ppl happy, of course, a hug has to be in it :D

- sometimes all we need is a lil bit of love

of assignment

3.40 a.m. and this girl here is still wide awake. Decided to come on and blog because I've only got one more article to go. Done two in the last 5 hours. 2.5 hours per article. I'm planning to start my next one at 4, finish by 6, shower, breakfast, then uni. If I don't, I still got 10-11 later part of TODAY to finish it. But, I'm not planning to do that. That's super super last minute. And I'm planning to use that super super last minute to proof read and print them out from the uni. Quite proud of myself, I know I will be able to finish up yet another last minute assignment. wahahahahahaa....when will I learn? when will I learn? when will I learn not to do things last minute? *sigh* Can't wait to finish up this assignment, I will be so happy. Can't believe I actually got so disturbed by it until I couldn't laugh much, felt so dull and ....... pimples on my face. Eeeek!!! Hmmnn...imagine my last week before the holzz.. 3 tests, 10%, 20% and 15%. wahhhhhhhh!! My Clearasil usage will be shooting up!!!

Ok, time to tackle my last one now.

Enjoy the last two school days of this week!! Then bring on the wknds!! what to do this wknd? i dno still...gahhh....sleeping in this time i suppose? ok ok, i'll go now...go go go go go!!!

ps:/ - i'm the 1st to pay up my ball ticket :p swan's second. i'm 55 bucks poorer :(
- i just found out if u put Busy status on MSN and when ppl msg u, u won't hear the message alert sound. Gahh! and i thought there was something wrong with my speakers :-S

sien

2nd post today. not really, it's past midnight. thank goodness i never limit myself to a certain no. of posts i can post this semester. i'd die.

why blogging now? i don't exactly know. i feel very......very sien. or lost. i don't know also. just a feeling i don't really like right now. that's it. why? honestly, no idea. weird right? no, i think it's just my 10% assignment and i can't think of what to write. one whole day tmrw to do it. i better feel better tmrw and turn my brain on. Plus, the idea of having no sports this wknd, what's there to look forward to? Sien la.... good in a way i can spend the wknd doing some study but.... no, that's not how shermayne's weekend goes. Hope yingswan can get the tennis courts and then go play tennis on sunday. and hope it doesn't rain.

aiihhhh...still sien.... ishh...blogging is not helping... maybe i shld just go to bed then i won't feel sien. according to chia wen's definition of "sien", "sien" is when you have lots of things to do but you don't feel like doing it and u just sit there, do nothing and procrastinate. i like that definition of sien.

ok, good night and sweet dreams!!

ps:/ i've decided to use my phone as my alarm instead of my radio clock coz music can't wake me up aymore. first time this year i went to uni without a shower.

Welcome back mr.Sun

TODAY:
Rainy Rain Rain has gone. Sunny Sun Sun is back from vacation!! Windy wind wind still here but it's ok, lil shermayne don't mind the wind as long as it's not strong and chilly.

I like August.

Today's the 8th of August!!!!!!

8th August - Happy Birthday 4th Auntie!! Best aunt on earth, love her to bits!! Took care of me since I was young, disciplined me well (my mom wasn't fierce enough for a child like me), wonderful cook, makes the best dumpling on earth, knew how I felt last year when I was feeling down, my hairdresser since I was young till I came to NZ, taught me how not to take things for granted, taught me that there's no point putting a sour face if I can't get something ... Without her, I don't think I would be the person I am today. I would be a super spoilt kid, selfish and will get angry easily if things don't go my way. Thanks a lot!! I love you heapsss and I will not disappoint you!!!

Other birthdays this week...

9th August- Happy 18th Birthday Ajita!! aka Super Patriotic Singaporean. It's Singapore's National Day today as well.

10th August - Happy 18th Birthday to Angeline!!!! aka partner in crime during std 6 :p

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edit (11/8)- Happy Birthday Yin!!! aka great netball captain!!! thanks heaps!!!

of gloomy weather but still a good wknd...

*sigh* This weekend has been pretty gloomy. Weather sucked. Mr.Sun went for a weekend vacation so Mr.Clouds and his whole family decided to come. The sky isn't a really big place for them so they piled up on top of each other. Hence, the gloominess. As if it wasn't enough, Mr.Clouds also invited his cousin, Mr.Rain. Man, I seriously hope Mr.Sun comes back from his vacation tomorrow. I miss Mr.Sun!!!!

Yesterday, was freezing. Usually when it rains, it's not freezing but yesterday was freezing. Wet and freezing. Ishh!!! Drove to city to pick up yingswan, caleb and puili and then drove to Spotlight at Panmure to check out the deco materials for the ball. Somehow on Friday we counted more than 5 ppl so I decided to take the Odyssey. GAhh!! ended up only 4 of us, shld have just driven the Mirage. Geram-nya!!! Why? Odyssey = big car = huge petrol consumption = heart-broken shermayne. Ohhhh wellzzzz... Felt pretty tensed at Spotlight. A budget of 400 to decorate the place is very minimal. Especially with a theme like this - Revival of the Fairytale. Kept on changing our plans on how to decorate the place since we are on a tight budget. Thank goodness I don't need to think of how my ball dress is gonna be. That's one less thing on my list to think of. Why? Coz I don't really care if i dress to the theme or not. Doesn't bother me. The only thing I care about is money. Haha! And yes, what I'm wearing is cheap as usual. My ball dress have always been less than 50 NZD.

6th form: 75 ringgit(las vegas theme). 7th form: 10 NZD top plus aunt's skirt (night in paris theme). See! I don't dress to the theme :p

This year: Not telling how much is it until the ball's over. Let's just say it's less than the ball ticket. If u wna kno now, ask me. Yes, that's gna be my date: Mr.Crazy Frog. At least he's dressing to the theme - How many frogs do I have to kiss till I meet my prince charming? :p

Came home and went for dim sum. It was a bit late for dim sum, was 1 something already when we reached there. All the nice desserts were gone, so disappointing. But, I still ate a lot. So full as I had breakfast in the morning already.

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Today, Super Sports Sunday. Netball at 9. Bugger! So early!! Slept at 3 the night before. If it weren't for Yingswan, I probably wld have missed today's sports. Woke up at 8.20 which is considered late as I'm meant to leave the house by 8.30. I jumped up of my bed, showered and left the house at 8.40. Reached city in time, meaning I took 20 minutes! Hehe, and it was raining :p. Record record! Sports wasn't at super as last week. Not as tiring so no body aches. Then again, if it's tiring, might still have no body aches since I stretched properly this time and I'm young :p. Meant to have a friendly match against Petunia but none of the girls showed up, think they don't like us after what happened at Bersatu :( Not many of the umsa girls turned up as well, most still in bed. 9am is too early! Played volleyball after that. Yes, still scared of the ball. *sigh*. Was so hungry during volleyball. Kept on thinking about lunch after that - chicken laksa!! Hv been craving for it since last week!!

MmMmm...lunch was good. got my chicken laksa with lots of coconut, very fatty but who cares? Once in awhile, haven't had it since I went to Dunedin. Walked back to uni after that. Mr.Clouds and Mr.Rain invited Mr.Wind to join their party. Hence, it was windy. Went to rec centre with yingswan to shower. Warm shower is good, didn't want to get out. Plus, gossip with yingswan was quite interesting:p Haha! as she mentioned in her blog...JUICY!! heehee... Was meant to do some studying but silly me didn't bring my book along coz i was in a rush this morning that I forgotten to bring my books. Amazing how i remembered my laptop but not my books, hehehehe... I really do know how to set my priorties right, eh?

Went home after I showered, did some reading and then slept from 5 till 8. Had dinner after that and then continued my reading. Assignment due in this thursday, 10%. Everyone i know have started writing on it. Me, I'm still reading my second article. 15 more pages to go for article 2. I haven't even found article 3. Slack. And I thought most sportscience ppl are gna be more slack than me, I underestimated them! gahh!! Shall continue reading it tmrw. Tuesday, I will get article 3. Wednesday, do the writing. I'm ready for a no sleep night on Wednesday :p.

Ok, that's all for now! Mr.Sun, please come back!!

Smile and have a great week everyone! (if mr.sun don't come out, still keep on smiling and Mr.Sun will come back!!!)

ps:/ darren sifu, thanks for the chocs!! meant to buy frm u but since u don't want to accept it, i shall say a great big thanks to u here! nd thanks for greys anatomy too

happy day

- Drove out the house this morning and it was so foggy, very poor visibility. Do I have anything to complain? No, it actually made me happy. I like fogs (despite i nearly crashed into a car). It reminds me of Genting Highlands.

- Watched a Disney movie that has something to do with Special Olympics during Sports and Society, hence no brain usage. No brain usage = Happy Me

- Sat at Albert Park during lunch time under the sun and it was quite warm. Sunny + Warm day = Happy me again

- Dessert night: Cakes + Free flow of drinks + Cards + Wonderful company = Happy Me

In conclusion: Today's a Great Day :D

this week...

today at 11, went to gym to see henry's max.strength so can write up a weights programme for him. see, i got final destination 3 from him so in return, i have to do a programme for him. since i've tested my brother a week ago, so i thought it wouldn't be too bad. then, we bumped into ivan. he also wanted one. cannot say no, right? besides, it means more practice for me and more chance to build up my confidence. the whole testing thing went alright. i hope? hope i am giving the correct information as well. this is what happens when you don't know your stuff properly. but it's good, it would make me look up my notes and then i'll remember it the next time.

anyhuuzz...now the pressure in on! writing up three programmes and hope they are effective and will meet their goals and hopefully won't cause any damage to their body *touch wood touch wood*. malu larr if it don't work out, they don't see any improvements, or they just get bored of it. that's another challenge - to make the programme interesting. arghh! later, henry texted and said if in 3 months time he do see changes, he'll buy me lunch. wahhh, pressure pressure! lolx!!

yingswan came at 12 and just showed her some stuff on the swiss ball. that was easy since she wanted the same thing as me - abs and make the thighs smaller. yes, i still hv big thighs and no abs coz i'm not disciplined enough to workout. should start soon, 27 days to the ball, i don't want to go with a bulging tummy.

what's on this week for me apart from lectures:
tuesday- physio appointment (dat reminds me, i hvnt been doing the ankle exercises that i was meant to do! arghh!!) , tarea 1 due in
wednesday- normal day, probably should start writing up the programmes eh!
thursday- asia games event review due in to yean by 4 (yingswan u bum! u were meant to write it right? i cldnt say no lorr..hmphh!), West Side Story Musical Production by Macleans College!!!!! OOOOooOO!! so excited for this!!
friday- deco team meeting, DESSERT NIGHT!! yea man!!!!!! bring on the sweet stuff and go on a sugar high! WeeEEeEEEEe!!

ouch!!

so before i slept, only my legs were aching.

after i woke up.........

i want a butt massage
i want a back massage
i want a leg massage

any offers? kidding!!

sports sunday

aching, exhausted, tired...

today:
10 - 11.30 :Netball
11.30-1.30: Volleyball
1.30-3 : Soccer

netball was way better than yesterday. this is what i call a real friendly match. lost count of the scores at the end but who cares? they don't call it a friendly match for no reason! meant to have fun for a friendly match. Laughed so much, laughed till tummy ache. But that's good pain...hehehe...

volleyball after that. still suck at it. still don't know how to play. still scared of the ball. still playing like a coward. still slow. argh!! where's the lion in me when i need it? hehehehe...must learn to bring the lion out when i play...RAWR!!!

today was the first time i played soccer. most of the soccer guys probably still sleeping coz of dv8, so they didn't come. us girls then decided to join in and play for fun. haha! yingswan scored one goal!!!! woohooo!!!! she not in my team but was so happy for her!! wahahahahhaahaha... wooot!!! got kicked on the leg by her later tho but it's all good....i'm ok!! really! this time i'm really ok...heeheee...just lucky it's not my left leg...hehehe....

showered, went home and now i'm really sleepy... i'm too lazy to blog about yesterday. read yingswan's blog to know about my day yesterday coz i basically went through nearly the same thing as her.

netball >> crowne plaza >> lunch >> study >> SHOWER >> dinner

well, she didn't blog about the shower part coz she didn't shower before dinner. I semi-showered. Why didn't we shower when we had so much time before dinner? Well, here's how it goes:

After lunch, we decided not to shower coz everytime after we shower at the gym, we'll get sleepy and won't be able to study. Hence we decided to shower after we study. After our study, we went to the rec centre and realized it was close!! we didn't know it closed at 5.30!! GRrRR!! i still wanted my shower so bad because I don't want to shower when i go home, it would be too late and too cold. We were thinking of going to someone's apartment but not nice larrr so we decided to go to the toilet at level 4 and change. Whereas for me, I still wanted my shower and I did get mine! I showered by the sink in the disabled toilet.

Procedure:
1. take off clothes
2. dampen the body using wet tissue then rub soap all over using the hand soap provided.
3. wipe the soap off using wet tissue again or splash water
4. wipe body dry
5. place foot into sink and wash with soap and rinse
6. dunk the whole head into the sink and wash hair
7. dry hair
8. change

ta-da!!!! so clean!!! smart lerrr?? heeheee... next time if the gym close and u need to shower, u could do that too! Remember, do it at level 4 coz the toilets are empty.

ok ok, my eyes can hardly open already. want to take a nap then later wake up and get some study done. really had heaps of fun this weekend, laughed so much till tummy ache. Man!! sometimes i wonder....what would i do without umsa?

no umsa = no sports sunday = no discovery of awesome bunch of ppl = no great weekends!

Bye and have a wonderful week!!!

day 3...today's a good day

-waking up early yet feeling fresh
-enjoying a self-cooked breakkie - bagels and eggs!
-no traffic jam despite being a working day.
-attending a lecture that turned out to be super funny
-cracking up silly jokes during lunch

i love today. i love it when those things happen.

plus, it's going to be full on this weekend! can't wait!!!!! actually, it's here already! just have to sleep, wake up later and hello saturday!!

I've finished my day 3 dunedin trip.

here's an extract from it.. hehehehe

"I gave up on waiting to spot an albatross. Went to the albatross centre for toilet break. When I came out, Darren said that there's an albatross outside and I looked and saw it but was only for a second or so. But I did see one ok!!!! It's one huge bird!! Couldn't tell that it's wing is 3m long but definitely more than a few inches..."

interesting? if yes, go read the rest of it here:

www.geocities.com/waterdivablog/dunedin2.html

360?

today started off just like any other ordinary day. go to lectures, study in between, come home, go online and feel happy. but today, it didn't end too well. i ended my day feeling confused, lost, worried, helpless and stressed up.

it all happened after i picked my brother up from the uni at 8pm. he came in and he started talking about the 360 exchange programme with my mom. he talked about all his plans, which country he's looking into going and the reasons and so on. looks like he did quite a lot of research in just a day.

then it came to me. this is where the normal me started feeling shitty as i still don't have any idea what i want to do in the future. what do i want out of this course? What do i want to do after i graduate? Where do i want to work? What kind of job will i be doing? What am i aiming for? So many questions, I don't have any answers to them.

Mum said it was alright to go into uni not knowing all these but by now, i should know after being exposed to my course. By now I should have a slight idea as to where I'm heading to, so i can choose which university i want to go to for my 360, what kind of experience i want to gain out of this and what kind of papers I should take and also, the reasons!

It got me all worried. I don't want to graduate and be jobless. I'm confused. I really don't know what I want. I wanted to just study, get a permanent head damage and be called Dr.Chan. Why do I want that? Ok, for some childish reason - I want to be special. I don't want to just be Ms.Chan, I want to be Dr.Chan. But, there's no point getting a permanent head damage and still be jobless. I'm lost. It's kinda hard to explain the feeling I'm having. It's just...... just not a nice feeling. *sigh* I'm thinking, maybe i'm not mature enough yet to be sensible, still having the mind of a young child - just want to have fun.

man! should i even be feeling like this at all? Is it still alright to have that just-go-with-the-flow attitude? if it is, i want to do that and just see where the current takes me.

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ok, was chatting while blogging this. it's 11pm now btw. now i'm feeling much better. the miracles of msn-ing. my source of laughter. not bad eh? thanks to those who were online and chat with me. you people made my day. at least now, it didn't end bitter :D

day 2!!

If you have to go for a weigh-in and have to be under a certain weight and you're sitting on the borderline, do a handstand for maybe a minute or so then only go for the weigh in. you would be lighter. I haven't try this for myself, just learnt it yesterday. Go try it out and tell me!!

Had functional anatomy lab today at 8.30 in the morning. Crazy!! Freaking cold!!! So did not want to take off my clothes but had to. And they promise to make sure the lab is well-heated, whatever!! I was freezing the whole time, so was eleanor. In bikinis and boardshorts on a winter morning, damn cold!! Stupid heaters!!! And our hands are cold so when we touch the other person, they will be even colder. Just like when u touch ur face with ur cold hands, that's the feeling. Two more weeks of this, can't wait for it to be over. Don't like it at all, must be so accurate with the markings and all that. Ho-ho-ho! Next week we'll be pinching each others fats!!! How "exciting"...

OoOOoO!! I completed my day 2 dunedin trip completely. With photos and everything!
here's the link : www.geocities.com/waterdivablog/dunedin1.html

don't want to put it in here because it'll make the entry super long coz i did put quite a number of photos in it.

I realized I have been quite wordy these days again. So before I leave, here's a picture from day 2 :p. Go to the link above to read about it :)

this is me at speights brewery tour

Enjoy the remainder of the week!!!

rat dissection

rat dissection in medsci 142 lab today:

- the rat stinks so bad. thank goodness i only had a banana for lunch :)
- sprayed heaps of deodarant on my lab coat so when i breathe, i breathe thru my lab coat.
- my rat was killed just before it wanted to poo. Hence, i saw a tiny bit of shit on its ass. reminds me of small shitheads :-p
- realized my rat is a male. pulled out a pair of something and didn't kno what it was. ask one of the lab supervisors... here's what i got from him: "omg!! you're so mean! u ripped his testicles!!!! how could you?". ehehehehe... sorry mr.rat!!

1st week back! semester 2

Back to school! 1st week of semester 2 was alright. But it sucks how I have to wake up at 6 from tuesday to thursday because my brother have classes from 8-9. At least I wasn't alone during my lunch breaks which is good.

monday: finished class at 10am so went home straight.
tuesday: met up with yin, yingswan, wei en, henry and kevin for lunch
wednesday: met up with yingswan and kevin for lunch
thursday: went to gym with my brother
friday: went to umsa stall, saw henry,david,chris,wibian and other ppl i do not know. yingswan and kevin turned up later.

by the looks of it, i won't be alone during my lunch breaks this semester! on some days, i would go and study, some days can meet up with people for lunch. ahh! how nice!!

Now now, the academic side of semester 2. With the course manuals all being handed out already, I have a feeling it's going to be a busier semester compared to the last one.

Sports and Society- it's sociology. don't really have right or wrong answers. to me, it's something like psychology, easy to understand but when you look at the questions, you would be like :"huh?". I hate that kind of feeling. The kind of feeling when you're not exactly sure whether you're on track or not. Also, assignments in essay form! Lots of readings and research- something i hate but i know this will come sooner or later in uni.

Functional Human Anatomy- To me right now, it's very technical and requires precise and accurate measurements. First topic, anthropometry- learning how to measure skinfolds. And just how are we going to learn that? We're going to do it on each other. Hence, lab sessions for the next 4 weeks will be filled with half-naked students. Guys in shorts, girls in bikinis and shorts. Hello? Mid-winter? Are you kidding me? The labs better be well-heated and my spare tyres better be gone by this wednesday. How embarassing!! Shermayne's going to the gym this Monday and Tuesday!

Medsci 142- Errr...not much comment on this except that the course book isn't as detailed as biosci107. This means I have to make my own notes and i always fear making irrelevant notes. No, I haven't been to this first lab yet but apparently we'll be dissecting rats! I'm fine with that after dealing with cadevers the last semester.

Spanish for beginners- took this as my general education paper. Oh my goondusami! 103 bucks on textbook and workbook! Far out! Shouldn't have taken this paper. My money!!! *starts beating myself up*

My current important dates for first half of semester 2:
1/8/2006: Spanish hwk assignment 1 due- 5%
7/8/2006: Spanish Cecil Test #1 due- 3%
10/8/2006: Sport and Society written assignment due- 10%
15/8/2006: Spanish hwk assignment 2 due- 5%
22/8/2006: Spanish test 1 (50 mins test on lesson 1-3)- 10%
24/8/2006: Functional Human Anatomy Mid-semester Exam- 20%
25/8/2006: Sport and Society In-class test- 15%

Way much more important dates compared to semester 1. I don't like it. Not used to it. Then again, it's still not as bad as other courses I guess. Hence, I think I should just shut my mouth and stop complaining.

Now now, I can't wait for the weekend to come!

Saturday: friendly netball match against KAC, dinner at night and bubble tea perhaps?
Sunday: Sports Sunday i hope!!

Ok, that's it for now, have a great week ahead!!

ps:/ i'm on day 5 of my bersatu trip still. Ehehe...someone pls shoot me!

there's nothing wrong being single

have always been listening to this song on the radio but never really bothered to listen to the lyrics properly... came across yiwen's blog and saw the lyrics to it...WOW! i was impressed with it, feel sort of "connected" to it...

SINGLE by NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

Ah yeah that's right
All you single people out there
This is for you

I'm not waitin' around for a man to save me
(Cos I'm happy where I am)
Don't depend on a guy to validate me
(No no)
I don't need to be anyone's baby
(Is that so hard to understand?)
No I don't need another half to make me whole

Make your move if you want doesn't mean
I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't

[Chorus:]
This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant

I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be
I'm single
(Right now)
That's how I wanna be

Ah yeah Uh Huh that's right

Don't need to be on somebody's arm to look good
(I like who I am)
I'm not saying I don't wanna fall in love 'cos I would
I'm not gonna get hooked up just 'cos you say I should
(Can't romance on demand)
I'm gonna wait so I'm sorry if you misunderstood

[Chorus]

Everything in it's right time everything in it's right place
I know I'll settle down one day
But 'til then I like it this way it's my way
Eh I like it this way

Make your move if you want doesn't mean I will or won't
I'm free to make my mind up you either got it or you don't'
Til then I'm single

This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There's no way I'm tradin' places
Right now a star's in the ascendant

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I'm only on day 4 of my bersatu trip and it's without photos. I think I'm being too wordy but I'm trying to write down as much as i remembered. ehehe...u probably won't be interested in it at all by the time i post it up. so if you want to know about it now, i reckon' u to go to yingswan's blog. she writes in a really interesting manner so that when you read it, you won't get bored. Whereas for mine, i blab too much. so yea.. go there and read hers. my trip is almost the same as to hers as i've been travelling with her since day 1!

my cost at dunedin

of numbers again...but this time.. with $ signs

This is how much i spent during my dunedin trip

Day 1:
Air ticket return: $300
Transport to backpackers: $20
Accomodation for 4 nights: $74
Lunch at meridian mall: $7.70
Dinner at Asian Restaurant: $8
Grocery shopping for 4 days breakfast and milk for cooking: $10.85

Day 2:
Cadbury and speighs tours: $24
Ankle brace: $22.95
Bus day pass: $6
Hotchocolate at st.clairs: $3.50
Dinner- packet pasta: $4

Day 3:
Peninsula tour: $59
Dinner at KFC: $10
Hot chocolate at octagon: $3.50

Day 4:
Dinner at Chicken Satay Noodle house: $5.50
Superman movie: $12

Day 5:
Accomodation, registration fees, shirt for bersatu: $161
Dinner at Mc.Ds: $5

Day 6:
Roti canai for lunch: $4
Eggs for next few days: $3.15

Day 7:
Tuna with bread for lunch: $1
Dinner at chicken satay noodle house: $5.50

Day 8:
Tuna with bread for lunch: $1
Dinner at Korean restaurant: $8.50

Day 9:
Breakfast/lunch at chicken satay noodle house: $5.00

Day 10:
Transport to airport: $15

An awesome time at dunedin with awesome friends: Priceless
There's some things money can't buy, for everything else, there's VISA card! (i don't use mastercard... what's the difference anyway? someone care to tell me?)

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Matt just counted how many days till go back to Msia- 123 days.. wahh!! nice number..lolx!!

my brother's backk!!

FAMILY comes FIRST!!!

Click was a good movie... and watching it with my brother couldn't be any better... it was 8.25pm at home when my brother and i were just talking about movies and he was telling me what movies he watched in msia and what movies he still wanted to watch. it was Click, Over the Hedge and Pirates of the Carribean. we both agreed that superman sucked... i told him we could use my two free tickets i got to watch over the hedge or click.

him: let's go watch a movie now!! let's watch Click!
me: right now? tonight?
him: ya!! ya!!
me: errrr..... are u serious?
him: yahh! why not? nothing to do now what! come, let's go check the times!
(he went to the website and searched the times..highland park which is 5-10mins drive frm my house have one showing at 8.35, queen st at 9.20)
him: which one you want?
me: u think can make it in time for the 8.35? now 8.30 already...
him: if we go right now, can!!
me:ok!!! i go find the free tickets
(we reached there at 8.40 and there was a long queue)
him: aiyaa... we go city lar...half an hour, sure can make it.

so yea, we went and watch it in the city. was lucky to get a parking quite near to the queen st. dno what street is it. it's the street below albert park. had a great time spending time with my brother tonight though it was only for a few hours. missed him so much!! 3 weeks you know!! i think our brother-sister bond is pretty strong ....hehehe.... love him so much!!! gave him a big big hug when i came home..heeeheee.... he told me stories about his trip back to msia and his skiing trip, we got a white chocolate mocha frappucino (largest size) and brought it into the cinema, we talked about our next semester and how the transport arrangement is gna be, talked about my exercise prescription paper and how he wants me write a training programme for him ....

him: eh! u got A- for ur exercise prescription paper, go write me a programme. i got such a big gap in between my classes. 9-4 on tues, wed, and thurs.
me: errrr..ok. but i need to get out all my notes and read through first.
him: ok, u do that. u test me second week lar, now my body also aching.
me: yahhh...sure...hopefully my programme will be effective..haha! u are my guinea pig!!
him: eh! i want an A+ training programme arrr...not A- u know!
me: try larr...time will tell.. so what u want out of it?
him: err.... i want abs. i also want power and endurance, but more on power. like i want power to swim 50m but at the same time, i want to be able to last for 100m as well. don't really need like 200m, 400m like that kind of endurance larr.... i also want to lose my fat. eh! when i lose my fat arr...means can see the abs already larr, right?
me: yahhh.. i think it works like that...haha!
him: and also i would bulk up a little bit from the training for power, right?
me: i think so...should be larr.. sounds logic... but not like those bodybuilder larr...
him: yahh.. i dun want bodybuilder look.... ok ok, u go right for me arrr...
me: so, what days u want to workout and for how long per session?
him: tues to thursday at the gym lor....
me: wahh, after u tired then how to go lecture?
him: aiyo! 9-4 larr u!! i work out first, then later can still go take a nap then go lecture larrr...just work out 1-1.5 hrs can already... that's enough right?
me: yahhh..it's enough...(wahh..that time exam write a 4 wk training programme, 1 hr per session already so tough, of course i say 1 hour long enough larr)

wahhh.. i really hope i will manage to write a training programme for him and it wld be interesting and it wld work! it better work!!! anyhuuuzzz... i told him my results as well and he was happy for me.. he said this semester, aim for 2 A's, 2A-.... wahhh!!! but it's quite reasonable... it would only be unreasonable if he ask me to aim for A+...haha!! he got 2A+ and one A last semester..... my brother's a genius!

now now, let's add more uni free time....on tues and thurs, i've got more free time from 3-4... hmmn...that shall be gym or study... then on wednesday, it will be 3-5... so yea, looks like i got quite a lot of free time in uni... a lot of study time and i better make full use of this. and occassionally, meet up with friends. hehe.. settle!!

ok, time for bed now. thanks koko for tonight!!! glad u're finally back!!! weeeeeeeee!!! hope we'll fight less this semester...wahahahaha!! definitely will....

btw, i really recommend the movie CLICK! it's more than a comedy movie. actually learnt something from it. i think it was written in a really nice way. and oh! well done to umsa volleyball team for coming second!! really a nail-biting game to watch...

penguin comic strip

the things shermayne can come up with when she's bored....

no, i didn't have the intention of writing up a comic strip like this when i snapped the photos... picture 1-5 taken by me, picture 6 taken by yingswan at dunedin :)

told u i'm bored......

semester 2 timetable

i don't really like my semester 2 timetable. so widely spread which means i will be spending more time at uni and going home later than semester 1. Last semester, usually finish class at 1.30 except on tuesdays and alternate wednesdays. Most of my classes were one after another, which means i need not wait, usually only wait one hour a day.

Semester 2 looks quite sucky. Everyday except Monday, confirm 3pm only finish class. A lot of waiting involved. Except on odd mondays where i finish class at 10am!! But even mondays sucks the most!! have to wait from 10-2!! 4 hours of wait!! gonna die of boredom! and most of my friends have their labs on thursday instead of monday, so gay!

here's my free times with 30 mins of travelling to city from tamaki taken out.
Even Mondays: 10-2
Tuesdays: 10-11, 1-2
Wednesdays: 1-2
Thursday:10-11, 1-2
Friday: 1-2

i dread the 1-2 waiting the most coz don't have friends to wait with me. No one i know in sportscience taking spanish. the 10-11 wait not that bad coz all the sportscience ppl have to wait as well. wahahahaha.... so yea, 1-2....anyone care to have lunch with me? yingswan u better not have tutorials between 1-2!! hahaha...then u can be my lunch buddy! hehehe...

now i just hope my brother don't finish at 6 everyday!! if not, another waiting session from 3-6!! lolx! if that's the case, i'll use those time studying and be a good girl. Gotta work harder this semester. Apparently medsci 142 is tougher than biosci 107. I want to get an A for at least one paper!!!! A+ would be even better. That's my goal this semester. hehehehe.... Got some results out from last semester. A- for biosci 107 and exercise prescription. B+ for anatomy. What a shock!!! A-!!!heeeheeee...finallyy!!!! But for anatomy, ishhh.... i spent so much time and PAPER studying for it, drawing up those stupid diagrams. if my anatomy were to be A- and exercise prescription B+, then i would be more satisfied. hahahaha!!! swap the grades around!!! ohhh wellzzz..i'm very satisfied with those results. hehehehe.... but still, haven't got up to my brother's standard yet. Getting there, getting there..... i need all A+ and A's to reach his standard. Better be this semester coz next year sure no chance already, it wld be tougher. haha!! screw psychology, i just want to pass, i better pass!!!

day 1 at dunedin

movie last night was alright...well, it's better than superman larr... but i didn't really like the ending coz there's so many stuff i still wanna know.... ohh wellz, will just have to wait for the next one which is........ don't know when.... but yea, lots of funny part in the movie, just can't help laughing the way captain jack sparrow runs... damn sissy-ish...haha!! while we were watching the movie, junaidi helped us exchange our photos...thanks ya!!

i've decided not to post all 10 days on my trip all at once... it would be too long to read...so i'm going to do it one by one...hehehehe.... so now, here's my first day.....

29th june
Woke up at 6, flight at 7.15. latest check-in time is 6.45. was meant to leave the house at 6. so yea, reached the airport at 6.47 but thank goodness still can check in. phew!! scary man!! it was a close call. reach dunedin airport at 9 smth, took a shuttle to Nextstop backpackers. 74 bucks for 4 nights, pretty good price. the place was warm and cosy and they had a kitchen where we can COOK. after settling down, we (me, yingswan, weechin) started walking to octagon at 10.30 coz hd to meet up with yin,zaf, wei en, darren and david at 11. well, guess what? it was only a 5 mins walk. ishh!! yes, dunedin city is really small, so much smaller compared to auckland and kinda hard to get lost. walked around the octagon not knowing it was the octagon, just thought it was just streets. then later went to info centre.

at 11, the rest came. paid for our cadbury and speights tour for the next day. after that, walked along george st which is something like queen st in auckland. ate lunch at meridian mall, quite impress with it, it has more than 1 level!!!! like yingswan said, it reminds me of klcc. after that, walked to the uni... otago uni looks way way impressive than auckland uni. the building structures are just amazing. well, i seen it before when i was really young but yea, now had a better look at it. really WOW!!! i think that was the reason why i wanted to go to otago uni so much last time.

Thank goodness i changed my mind. why? coz later we went to yin's friend's house. the area wasn't really a pleasant sight to me. u can see shoes hanging on the telephone lines, grafitti on walkways, the houses looked sort of run-down to me, and apparently her friend don't even have internet in her house!! wahh seh!i won't be able to survive!!

went to countdown later on and bought some food. thanks david for carrying my stuff. went back to backpackers to rest before dinner. yingswan and weechin fell asleep. yin, me, darren and david decided to play shithead. never knew being a shithead can really make u feel so shitty!!! last time all the while when i played with the swimmers, we didn't feel THAT shitty, but this one....wahhhh.... they can really rub it in man....

at night, had dinner at asian restaurant.. yes, the restaurant itself is called ASIAN restaurant. how INTERESTING. the food was... let's just say it's not as good as auckland's asian restaurants. it wasn't really cold the day we arrived.quite ok. expected it to be colder. well, maybe it was coz i was wearing two thermals and two hoodies!! haha!

my first day comments on dunedin: dunedin has lots of nice buildings like the churches, railway station, university buildings...mostly ERECTED by the people of otago. but after awhile, they all looked sort of the same. just like nz itself. it has lots of nice sceneries but after awhile, they looked the same. sea and hills, sheeps and cows. another thing i realized is that otago-ians LOVE using the word ERECTED. what's up with that? sorry, i just find that word a wee bit disturbing. maybe it's coz the first time i see it being used was for........ u get what i mean, i need not elaborate. i'm not a dodgy person ok... :p

italy won!!!

i had 13 hrs of sleep straight on saturday night....

on sunday, had dim sum.. the desserts were yummy!! what a coincedence...hweigjin and siewaun had dim sum as well.... lolx!!! 3 ex-ksas swimmers in nz had dim sum...wahhahahaa!!

this morning woke up at 5.30 to watch the finals for world cup... haha! the only match i watch and it was interesting.... at the start that is....first 20 minutes and both sides scored one goal each.....syokk... then the rest was just BORING.... was watching it with my dad so i told him when they score a goal, wake me up and then i'll watch the replay.... nearly towards the end, i woke up just in time!!! zidane went psycho and randomly hit Materazzi using his head.... i was just like.....what the?? and then started laughing... wahahahahaha!!! shame on him!!!! hehehehe.... it all came down to penalty shots.. i LOVE watching penalty shots... coz most likely the ball will go in... hehehehe.. as i said earlier on, i only like watching soccer when the ball masuk the goal..heeeheee... so yea, that was interesting.... hahaha! italy won...lalalalalala!!!!! i support italy coz i don't like france..... i don't like france coz brazil lost to france and that time i was supporting brazil so i angry with france... so yea, i'm happyy...wahahahhaa!!!

after that, went back to sleep for an hour then had to wake up to go all the way to northshore for accupuncture. he said my ankle is looking good, healing fast, still swollen but most of the blood vessels have been repaired... now is just the muscle that's all tensed up....was really pain when he pressed it....mom said my face turned pale when he was massaging it.... seriously damn pain ok!! but hehehe....at least he didn't ask if i ran or jump while i was in otago... he probably assumed i stayed in and walk as little as possible whilst i was there... this means the running and jumping i did didn't make it worst..i still managed to heal...hah!!! *sticks tongue out* =p...

tonight going to watch pirates of the carribean with yingswan, hweigjin and henry... at least got something to look forward to.. damn bored.. don't think can sleepover at yingswan's since i still hv another appointment for accupuncture on wednesday...gahh!!!

i'm slowly writing about my dunedin trip... one of these days u'll see a super long post on it... 10 days!!!! okieee....byeee!!!

i'm backkk

back from dunedin! hello auckland weather.... so much warmer.... would hv love to go snowboarding but yea... it's ok.. i had lots of fun in dunedin.... really a memorable one and will definitely cherish it...will blog more about it the next time nd put some photos up...right now, i need sleep!!! haven't even unpack but i need sleep! a good sleep on my lovely bed with a thick duvet cover :p

Congrats to UMSA - 3rd place!!! woohooo!!!!