no updates = boring life

boring life will be coming to an end soon cos i'll be heading back to singapore in a wk! i've still got 2 more papers to go, which is irritating the shit out of me cos i keep forgetting the things that i've studied.

anyway, i finally know where the hell is huey!! amazingly, she sent me a msg on fb, giving me some updates. and the most surprising thing of all, i managed to catch her online on fb today! it only lasted for a while though. well, good enough. u can never expect too much from huey. she's now backpacking in indonesia. will be back to sg soon too. hopefully i'll manage to contact her then.

alright, i need to get back to studying even though none of them is gonna get into my brain. arghh!! why am i always the last one to finish exams! (actually i finish exams a few hrs earlier than qianzi. as if a few hrs matters)

updating my blog isn't an easy task when the internet is crawling. so kindly be patient.

went to yuen's in sunnybank for grocery shopping cos qian zi borrowed a car from her friend. and that's where i managed to buy mooncakes from, the famous hkg brand - wing wah. i love mooncakes and last yr, i didnt get to eat any!

thinking whether to buy


the price of a branded mooncake like wing wah, is twice the price of a not-so-famous brand! wth! but of cos, always go for the better one!!

dim sum was not too bad. but it seems like qian zi and all were kinda discriminated by the waiters over there cos they didn't speak canto with them. HAHAA!! cos when they asked if there were "cheung fun" in english, the waitress will reply them in a slightly irritated tone. but when i asked in canto, i'll get it without any complaints! HA!



asking what's available in the trolley


kee meng drove us home! pretty good driving


while kee meng was driving


we just celebrated qian zi's birthday on monday. went to hogs breath. it wasn't as good as we expected. caxton and norman hotel is probably better i guess. some pics of the day.













it's from the photos i realized how tanned i've become! omg!!!

i've been exceptionally hardworking for the past few days. i've been going to the library in the morning, and studied till around 7pm. amazing huh. library is really the place for me to be productive. i can't seem to study at home! (just like what i'm trying to do now.)

econ2040, macro, was on tues. omg. it wasn't good. there was this calculation question which i practiced the previous night. but during the paper, my mind kinda went blank! i didn't know how to do it! wth!!

as for the essay question, there just wasn't enough time to write everything. we only had 1.5hrs, but we had to write an essay that was worth 30 marks, and there are some questions, which requires a short essay too.

now, i gotta prepare for econ2030, micro. whatever.

on the other hand, there's something to look forward to. qianzi's birthday is coming! well, cos she said doesn't want to have a big celebration, so i guess we're just going for dinner. i still have no idea on what to get as her present. i hate thinking what to buy for presents!! i only enjoying the process when buying it. HA!

river festival is tomorrow. i don't really feel like going for it. cos it's just another fireworks thingy and we have to wait there for a few hrs cos we need to get a good place. let's see how it goes.

i've completed my open water course! actually it's completed last wk, but it's just that i didn't have time, or rather, the internet doesn't really allow me to update.

the course can be completed over 4 days.

day 1 - theory lesson
day 2 - practice session in the swimming pool

day 3 - 1st day at sea with 2 dives
it was kinda exciting. cos it's the very first time diving in the sea. many of us got sea sick. i was still quite alright then. the waves were huge. of cos, it's alot better when we get under the water. lots of marine life! colorful fish swimming around. we were practicing our skills while kneeling on some corals. soon, oxygen was running low, time to go back to the surface. it was crazy up there. while waiting for my turn to get back on the boat, the waves just kept covering me. as i was breathing through the regulator (the mouthpiece for oxygen), i realized i was getting lesser and lesser air out of it! luckily i was pretty near the boat then. i signal to the instructor that i was out of air, and he jumped into the water to help me. omg. that was crazy man.

on the 2nd dive, i kept a close watch on my air pressure. making sure i have enough to make it back. HA! anyway, again, we practice some other skills. this time, we had visitors. first, was a polka-dot shark lying lazily on the corals. so many of us didn't see it and we almost landed on it!! luckily it's not a fierce one. and just as we were about done, and going for a swim around, we saw a shark fading out from the corner of my eye. in just a few secs, i see it swimming towards us! it got a little too near for comfort. and bloody hell! it's huge! and i really mean HUGE!! in my mind, i totally freaked out. i could feel my heartbeat increase like crazy and my breathing become very irregular. i had to hold on to my regulator cos i thought my jaws were dropping. HA! i was really worried that the shark would come for me, cos i was having my period (using tampon), but the instructor says it's ok to dive when having a period. anyway, i guess it's just me watching too much movies. cos the shark just swam away. lol!

day 2 - last day of course, 2 dives at sea
while we were travelling out to sea, i was getting kinda worried cos of the saga yesterday. anyway, the instructors on board were really good at calming me down. when we got into the water, the instructors are always keeping a lookout, asking if we're ok. that gave me alot of assurance. we saw sharks, but this time alot further.

on the 1st dive of the day, i was holding onto the rope at the bottom of the sea while waiting for the rest to catch the rope. so i was just slacking, let the current "swing" me left and right. and right in front of my eyes, a large school of fish was doing exactly the same thing! they're just "swinging", not swimming. probably resting or something. alright. that's not the impt part. the impt thing is they're just right in front of me, and it's as if they're staring at me. really awesome! i guess it's cos i wasn't moving much, so they didn't thought much abt me and got close. hohooo!!

had a really good buddy this time. we're always looking out for each other.


cos so many of us were sea-sick, no pics were taken, but today, we took a few. but there were only 6 of us today, while there were 9 yesterday. well, we can choose when we wanna go for the sea dives. it's just me that wanna complete asap. ha!

from norway. there're many more from norway, but their dive was on another day. too bad.


from france

i know i haven updated for a really long time. but it's actually cos my hse totally ran out of quota. there're many thing, so i'll just make this a brief one.

went to melbourne and cairns during the semester break, went to a couple of graduation ceremonies. the latest one should be kee meng's birthday.

starting with the holidays, first day was free & easy. walking around, going for a jail tour, then to the museum.









we're supposed to be squatting in the unglam way, just like inmates should. but i end up being the only one doing it.


the cell for the mentally unstable


i kinda like this one



2nd day - melb, great ocean road.
it's just lots of scenery stuff.






on the way, we went bird-feeding


cos it's kinda boring just looking at rocks, we did stupid stuff like this one


we took the helicopter up to see the 12 apostles. pretty interesting.




3rd day - melb, penguin parade.
but before reaching our destination, we stopped by some animal farm and did some feeding. it feels gross. feels like angelina jolie's lips, just 10 times bigger. HAA!!








and a little sightseeing. try spotting aik lim and qian zi




at the car park


we couldnt take pics cos it would scare the penguins.

4th day - melb, free
kee meng and i went to victoria market. the seafood is really cheap! i had oysters! very fresh!








thats quite disgusting


after victoria market, kee meng and i wandered around and saw this


alot of diff between the new and the old huh


later at night, met up with joachim. huey was supposed to be here to, but she was uncontactable as usual. joachim happened to bump into hazel and 2 other kcpians in victoria market the other day. managed to get hazel's num from chai and called her to catch up. chai would have been in melbourne too if she's not too worried abt the swine flu. just too bad chai.

huey finally returned our call. and after lots of text back and forth. we managed to meet up.




5th day - melb, mt buller
it's skiing at mt buller. it was fun, but i got pretty tired after a few rounds down the slope. cos we need to climb up a flight of stairs to go up, and skiing is over in a few secs!



aik lim made a pikachu with snow. lame right




can never miss a snow fight! we had huge snowballs just like cannons!




6th day - melb, free
we decided to check out melbourne university. our conclusion? we're happy to be at UQ. HAA!

7th day - cairns, night zoo.
we reach cairns in the morning. so we had a few hours before we head for the night zoo tour. so we roamed around the city, which is actually pretty small. even the shopping center is small too!

before the night zoo tour includes a dinner. so we were having dinner there and this guy came over and asked if we wanted to try on the dont-know-what-it's-called. and i tried! easy!


close up with koalas






nice pose


just before it ended, we did a little dancing, just like having a campfire during sec sch






using things like slippers to clap. ha!


a fat wombat! wombat is aik lim's fav animal! don't ask me why. u can see from how happy he look in the pic








8th day - cairns, white water rafting
white water rafting is really awesome. the 3 other people in our boat are from UK. and they're really nice people. our instructor is very cool! the sad thing is i lost the cd that contains the photos we bought. and now i'll just have to wait for our UK friends to send a copy to us.

we were approaching a rapid and our instructor said we could choose to swim thru this one, or just stay in the boat. the only condition is we gotta be good at swimming. so i thought i would be able to manage it. anyway, the whole concept is we have to swim towards to right side first, and when we get thru it, we'll have to swim to the left side, to the shore.

the instructor didnt say what's on the left, and the current pushed me left. and there're lots of rocks!! i got hit all over before i managed to get to the right side. swimming thru a rapid is really no joke man. the water just kept coming! and there's no way to swim properly!! it's like almost drowning! i almost thought i'll just die there. HA!

anyway, i made it out of the rapids alive and here comes the tough part, swimming to the left shore. after trying to keep myself alive thru the rapids, im already quite drained out and the strong currents are not helping at all. anyway, i finally managed to make it to shore and was panting like crazy. then i was searching for kee meng. (among the 4 of us, only kee meng and i took up the challenge. of cos, our 3 UK mates took up the challenge) kee meng didnt manage to swim back to shore. the ppl on the shore had to throw him a rope and pull him back. it was pretty scary cos further down is another rapid and that one is alot worse than the one we went thru.

the people in our boat




our very cool instructor! i like him alot!


9th day - kuranda
kuranda is pretty boring. nth but lots of trees!






dinner was at a greek restaurant. they had belly dancing performance and they start throwing their plates on the floor. in the beginning, we thought it was just an accident. it's only when they kept throwing it, we realized it's part of the performance.

i had crabs! but it's still not comparable to the ones in sg. it's so hard to get the meat!


10th day - snorkel
snorkelling is cool. being so close to those colorful fish and stuff is amazing. there's even a guided snorkel tour where a guide will snorkel with us and show us the different reefs as we snorkel. and it's the guy we took the pic with! he's really friendly. he studies marine biology or something like that.




dinner was at a swiss restaurant. i had rabbit meat! HAA! pretty good!


11th day - atv
there's nth much to talk about for atv quad bikes. it's just riding around in the quad bikes. after the whole thing, we're all dusty and dirty.

12th day - trinity beach
we feel so cheated. the guy at the concierge told us trinity beach wasn't too bad and it only takes 30mins to reach there. but it took us almost 45mins or more to get there and it isn't even nice! the water looks a little dirty, kinda like sentosa.

so we decided to have some fun of our own.
















13th day - free
i decided to do skydiving again and also attempt bungy jumping. of cos, the rest of the gang are not willing to do it. qian zi and aik lim have been saying that they wanna do it, but they'll only do it after they graduate. it seems like they need a yr to do their mental preparation, which i think is pretty dumb. HA! so i went ahead along, while the rest of them went for a scenic tour, which im not interested at all.

tandem with this guy. he's damn funny


the slot that i went for bungy only had 3 gals, including me. both of them didnt wanna jump first, so i ended up first. i only started getting excited when the crew is tying the ropes to my feet. and when i was at the edge, i can really my heartbeat going faster! not bcos im scared, but im so excited!!







the 2 other gals




the place we had dinner had a pool table. so we tried our hands on it






i look like a pro!


the guy couldn't take it. so lent a helping hand. look at aik lim's face!


eating my steak while waiting for my turn


one of our very few group pic


anyway, aft we came back, the next big thing is kee meng's birthday. i think u guys can see the pics on facebook. cos the lousy internet is pissing me off.

i'll try to update more often.