it's thursday night, i'm lazing cos' i have no classes on friday!
i've been really sleepy lately, of unknown reason..i only have like a maximum of 4-5 hours( not continuously some more) of lecture/classes a day and i'm already so tired. HSC in Inti back then was much worse.(8am-4pm) and all the workload was scary. but i survived! so i should be doing better in uni right? hmmm...
the courses i'm taking for this semester are more math-based, like SERIOUSLY.
i told myself i have to study tonight but end up facebooking and msn-ing. see, never ending procrastination.
I NEED TO DISCIPLINE MYSELF!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Melbourne part ONE
I had a 4-day(5th to 8th of July) trip to melbourne with genny and fay during our semester break. As we were busy revising for exams when we booked for our flight and accommodation, we did not get the best deal offered.
Jetstar Return flight: $171 (everything included)
Hotel Enterprize: $88per night for one room
this trip to melbourne was all about sight-seeing and exploring the melbourne city. initially we thought of going to the Great Ocean Road but it was too pricey and all we see are rocks formation and scenery plus it's a 3-hr long journey to get there.
on the first day, as soon as we reached Melb, we went to check-in into our hotel. by the time we were done with the hotel and luggage, it's already 4pm. so there's nothing much for us to do. with maps in our hand, we decided to go to Chinatown( Bourke Street) which is about 25mins walk from the hotel. You can't really get lost in melb cos the roads are wide and properly planned. our first meal in melb was quite bad. warning ppl, don't go to this shop by the name "Empress of China". after dinner, we were walking around the city, taking pics. tht's the end of our first day. so boring right?
second day: we went to Queen Victoria Market in the morning. bought a slice of french vanilla, yummy but jelak. after that, we went to Lygon street(the so called lil' Italy) wanted to try the award-winning gelato Il Dolce Freddo but we were so 'sui', the shop was closed for winter break on the day we went.haihs...then the whole day we were walking around the city. we walked ALOT. went to Cook's cottage, melb museum(did not go in, just took pics(sadcase eh), Imax, Uni of melb, Flinders Street station, Federation Square, etc we explored almost every corner of the city. there were many times we just stand at one corner of a street, stoning and not knowing where to go,
my melb trip doesn't sound exciting right?! hahaha, one reason is because,we are all very 'kiam siap' ppl, we won't go to a particular place of attraction if we need to pay for the entrance fee. plus i was quite 'fan' to decide on where to go, what to eat...
i think i'll have lots of fun in melbourne if i were to go with my family as i wouldn't need to spend!! plus my dad loves to try various types of food, so i will definitely get to eat what i wish for..LOLOL... oh well, I gotta learn to go for holidays with friends.. here's some of the pics, to see more, just go facebook.
Jetstar Return flight: $171 (everything included)
Hotel Enterprize: $88per night for one room
this trip to melbourne was all about sight-seeing and exploring the melbourne city. initially we thought of going to the Great Ocean Road but it was too pricey and all we see are rocks formation and scenery plus it's a 3-hr long journey to get there.
on the first day, as soon as we reached Melb, we went to check-in into our hotel. by the time we were done with the hotel and luggage, it's already 4pm. so there's nothing much for us to do. with maps in our hand, we decided to go to Chinatown( Bourke Street) which is about 25mins walk from the hotel. You can't really get lost in melb cos the roads are wide and properly planned. our first meal in melb was quite bad. warning ppl, don't go to this shop by the name "Empress of China". after dinner, we were walking around the city, taking pics. tht's the end of our first day. so boring right?
second day: we went to Queen Victoria Market in the morning. bought a slice of french vanilla, yummy but jelak. after that, we went to Lygon street(the so called lil' Italy) wanted to try the award-winning gelato Il Dolce Freddo but we were so 'sui', the shop was closed for winter break on the day we went.haihs...then the whole day we were walking around the city. we walked ALOT. went to Cook's cottage, melb museum(did not go in, just took pics(sadcase eh), Imax, Uni of melb, Flinders Street station, Federation Square, etc we explored almost every corner of the city. there were many times we just stand at one corner of a street, stoning and not knowing where to go,
my melb trip doesn't sound exciting right?! hahaha, one reason is because,we are all very 'kiam siap' ppl, we won't go to a particular place of attraction if we need to pay for the entrance fee. plus i was quite 'fan' to decide on where to go, what to eat...
i think i'll have lots of fun in melbourne if i were to go with my family as i wouldn't need to spend!! plus my dad loves to try various types of food, so i will definitely get to eat what i wish for..LOLOL... oh well, I gotta learn to go for holidays with friends.. here's some of the pics, to see more, just go facebook.
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melbourne is a city with rich architecture and designs |
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there's graffiti everywhere in the melb one of the 'tak sedap' dishes from "empress of china": stir fry beef with rice |
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| outside the state library |
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wanton noodles: any roadside wanton noodles from penang is tastier than this |
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okay, this is not bad, but still worse than dragon-i and Young heart restaurant in Penang |
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| Queen Victoria Market |
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Chicken teriyaki don: DonDon, swanston street. this shop is famous for their amazingly fast service. you get your meal the minute you pay. it tasted alright. There are a lot more photos but i'm not going to upload it as it will use up alot of my internet quota, yet to receive the free 10GB quota. That's all i'm sharing for this time! |
Saturday, July 24, 2010
My Uni semester 2 begins!
end of sem 1, starting semester 2 on July 26th.
gaahh, new courses, new coursemates all over again
textbooks are freaking expensive here
cos' copyrighting is a serious matter here
so photocopying of books not allowed @_@
first week will be a breeze
as there will only be lectures
come to the third week,
i will be occupied with lectures, PASS, tutorials
oh well, this is the life of a student
i should just ENJOY it!
i've got my share of the one-month break
so it's time to get back to work!
ZZZZzzzz
i have one class which starts at 8am, another at 8.30am and two more at 9am
Oh and this is considered early to us =)
the one-month long semester break
1st week: nothing much. i was getting all the necessary stuff for my Melbourne trip. went to sis's place every now and then
2nd week: off for a 4-day vacation in melbourne with Genny and Fay. trust me, it's not all fun when you're the one who had to make most of the decisions(okay maybe a lil' exaggerating) on where to go, what to eat, etc..will ramble about this trip soon together with lotza photos when i have my free 10GB internet quota.
3rd week: came back on July 8th from melbourne, flew back to HOME SWEET HOME the next night. the first place me and sis went to was our ahma and ah gong's place, we are very kuai grandchildren.=) tried to take a nap in the evening but ended up crying in my bed. I MISS MY HOME SO MUCH. my bed, my room, my living room, my study table, my toilet, my sofa, my TV, almost everything in my house. daddy and mummy took us out for dinner every night, lunch at ahma's place everyday, these were the ordinary things we did everyday but I LOVE IT! only met up with jan, cw, ange, kp for this hols. shopped with sis in QB for 2 days consecutively so rushed for time as we're buying all the necessary stuff to bring back to Brissie. had a bad diarrhoea cos ate too much stuff that i have not been eating for 6 months. surprisingly, i didn't really have much cravings for all my fav food(this is so not me). i did not miss out on Astro. i was able to watch one whole series of Astro on demand in a week's time(by watching the beginning, not all the episodes in between, and the conclusion) the feeling of being HOME was just overwhelming. on sunday July 18th, flew back to Brissie =(. I'm glad i came home.
4th week: arrived brissie on monday morning. i was down with sore throat so i ate at sis's place. got to eat porridge =D during dinner, she cooked pork mee suah and again, out of nowhere, i was crying while eating. see la, this emo girl. jie was asking me " the mee suah tasted so bad is it?" LOL. i was touched that she took care of me when i'm sick,then luan luan think again, blah blah blah.. went out with my ex Hsc friends, wen zhen and wayne yi on wednesday for the first time, while my 3other IH buddies went to gold coast. i couldn't have the best of both worlds so i had to choose one. ate at jie's place for 3 days. on thurs, she flew to melbourne for her hospital placement =( no home cook food for a month. gg. my emotions are quite stable for now, hopefully it will stay this way for a duration of time=) been going out with my IH people.
Highlight of the entire sem break: the 10 days in PENANG, spending time with my loved ones and being a couch potato watching astro =D
2nd week: off for a 4-day vacation in melbourne with Genny and Fay. trust me, it's not all fun when you're the one who had to make most of the decisions(okay maybe a lil' exaggerating) on where to go, what to eat, etc..will ramble about this trip soon together with lotza photos when i have my free 10GB internet quota.
3rd week: came back on July 8th from melbourne, flew back to HOME SWEET HOME the next night. the first place me and sis went to was our ahma and ah gong's place, we are very kuai grandchildren.=) tried to take a nap in the evening but ended up crying in my bed. I MISS MY HOME SO MUCH. my bed, my room, my living room, my study table, my toilet, my sofa, my TV, almost everything in my house. daddy and mummy took us out for dinner every night, lunch at ahma's place everyday, these were the ordinary things we did everyday but I LOVE IT! only met up with jan, cw, ange, kp for this hols. shopped with sis in QB for 2 days consecutively so rushed for time as we're buying all the necessary stuff to bring back to Brissie. had a bad diarrhoea cos ate too much stuff that i have not been eating for 6 months. surprisingly, i didn't really have much cravings for all my fav food(this is so not me). i did not miss out on Astro. i was able to watch one whole series of Astro on demand in a week's time(by watching the beginning, not all the episodes in between, and the conclusion) the feeling of being HOME was just overwhelming. on sunday July 18th, flew back to Brissie =(. I'm glad i came home.
4th week: arrived brissie on monday morning. i was down with sore throat so i ate at sis's place. got to eat porridge =D during dinner, she cooked pork mee suah and again, out of nowhere, i was crying while eating. see la, this emo girl. jie was asking me " the mee suah tasted so bad is it?" LOL. i was touched that she took care of me when i'm sick,then luan luan think again, blah blah blah.. went out with my ex Hsc friends, wen zhen and wayne yi on wednesday for the first time, while my 3other IH buddies went to gold coast. i couldn't have the best of both worlds so i had to choose one. ate at jie's place for 3 days. on thurs, she flew to melbourne for her hospital placement =( no home cook food for a month. gg. my emotions are quite stable for now, hopefully it will stay this way for a duration of time=) been going out with my IH people.
Highlight of the entire sem break: the 10 days in PENANG, spending time with my loved ones and being a couch potato watching astro =D
the END
Saturday, June 26, 2010
2nd post-uni-exam post
yup i'm going write about my exams again...hahaha...
time flies?? yes it does but it passed by so slowly when i was having my exams..
i started my revision about two weeks before my first paper but the really REAL one started only a week before my exams during our SWOTVAC(Studying WithOut Tutorial VACation) week..i had a difficult time focusing for long hours studying in my room as i'm always feeling sleeping. i don't even need my bed to sleep, i can doze off even when i'm sitting on a chair, it's that SERIOUS! so what i did was i went down to the dining hall and study with my 3 buddies Genny, Fay & Jane. there were other poeple studying in there as well..so sleeping problem is settled but came another problem. hahaa, u know when u're with friends, u just tend to talk to them. the 3 of us could concentrate quite well except for Genny as her exams were not as early as ours..and every night at 10.30pm, we would eat toast bread!(how nice of the kitchen staff to put some bread there for us =P) however, it was pretty cold in the hall as there were no heaters...
then came my first exam>Introductory Microeconomics at 8am on a cold saturday morning! went down for breakfast at 7am and it was the first time my 'ang moh' neighbour came to sit with me! muahaha, he was having exams as well =) i was thinking "hmm...it's a good start to this morning" ahyo, but after seeing the exam paper, it was like the total opposite..so there goes my first final exam...
my next paper accounting was 6 days apart from the first one.. we tried to continue with our usual studies in the dining hall but as more and more people starts coming in, the noise level increased tremendously. so we went to study in the room in a UQ building booked by IH for us to study. the first time we went there(on a weekday) , we had a really quiet time studying. however the second time we went there(on a Saturday night), it started to feel a little creepy already as nobody was in the building. we went back after staying there for only a couple of hours, as we were walking down the stairs, we could see that the corridors were dark (it's really creepy) luckily nobody starts running out of the building cos' if one runs, the rest will surely follow. we were talking(we had to, to distract ourselves for imagining things) the whole time we're going out of the building. after reaching IH, then only we started talking bout how creepy it was. i could still feel the goose pimples on my hands whenever i talk bout it. that was the second and the last time we went there to study.
for the nights following, we just studied in our own rooms. my sleepiness did not go away but this time, i tried really hard to stay awake. i refrained myself to sit on my bed unless if i'm really going to sleep, never go near the bed after i wake up...so every night i studied till around 1.00am then wake up at bout 8.30am.
then came my emo period..i was feeling terribly homesick that i cried when jane called me through our extension numbers. thanks for comforting me, jane! but the feeling did not go away even until the next day when i video call with mummy in the night. i usually would just cry by myself and i would be fine the next morning but this time, i cried when i was video calling with my mum! all my emo-ness plus my worries for my never-improved acne condition piled up that i just couldn't stand it any more. got better the next day after talking to mummy. no doubt mom's words and advice are the best remedy for homesickness!
my accounting paper was at 5.75PM on thursday! such odd hours right? it was my worst paper among all. i did not know how to do a 22-marks question. it's that type of question where u need to know the first part in order to continue with the rest of the parts. but i tried to get marks by writing down the headings for my balance sheet and income statement. the whole paper was just CRAp! but surprisingly, i was not sad bout it..hahaha
the next two papers on alternate days, statistics and Economics of social Issues weren't that bad. i slept at 3am and woke up at 7am for my last paper, it was my last day for me to maximise my effort hence i do not mind the 4-hrs of sleep only. i could have done better for my last paper. no use regretting cos' it's OVER for now! wooohoo!!
i was telling myself "i need to sleep when i finish my exam" but i just couldn't. i was tossing on my bed but i just can't close my eyes..post-exam imsonia, i guess...
of course, with all the odd hours of sleeping, the effect was on my face yet again =( i've been trying to sleep earlier every night since my exams. okla, not very early also la, about 11.30..hehehhe
all in all, thank you mummy for the comfort when i need it the most!
Dessert for the day: fruit trifle layers of sponge cake, fruits, freshly whipped cream..it's heaven for fresh cream lovers like me =D
time flies?? yes it does but it passed by so slowly when i was having my exams..
i started my revision about two weeks before my first paper but the really REAL one started only a week before my exams during our SWOTVAC(Studying WithOut Tutorial VACation) week..i had a difficult time focusing for long hours studying in my room as i'm always feeling sleeping. i don't even need my bed to sleep, i can doze off even when i'm sitting on a chair, it's that SERIOUS! so what i did was i went down to the dining hall and study with my 3 buddies Genny, Fay & Jane. there were other poeple studying in there as well..so sleeping problem is settled but came another problem. hahaa, u know when u're with friends, u just tend to talk to them. the 3 of us could concentrate quite well except for Genny as her exams were not as early as ours..and every night at 10.30pm, we would eat toast bread!(how nice of the kitchen staff to put some bread there for us =P) however, it was pretty cold in the hall as there were no heaters...
then came my first exam>Introductory Microeconomics at 8am on a cold saturday morning! went down for breakfast at 7am and it was the first time my 'ang moh' neighbour came to sit with me! muahaha, he was having exams as well =) i was thinking "hmm...it's a good start to this morning" ahyo, but after seeing the exam paper, it was like the total opposite..so there goes my first final exam...
my next paper accounting was 6 days apart from the first one.. we tried to continue with our usual studies in the dining hall but as more and more people starts coming in, the noise level increased tremendously. so we went to study in the room in a UQ building booked by IH for us to study. the first time we went there(on a weekday) , we had a really quiet time studying. however the second time we went there(on a Saturday night), it started to feel a little creepy already as nobody was in the building. we went back after staying there for only a couple of hours, as we were walking down the stairs, we could see that the corridors were dark (it's really creepy) luckily nobody starts running out of the building cos' if one runs, the rest will surely follow. we were talking(we had to, to distract ourselves for imagining things) the whole time we're going out of the building. after reaching IH, then only we started talking bout how creepy it was. i could still feel the goose pimples on my hands whenever i talk bout it. that was the second and the last time we went there to study.
for the nights following, we just studied in our own rooms. my sleepiness did not go away but this time, i tried really hard to stay awake. i refrained myself to sit on my bed unless if i'm really going to sleep, never go near the bed after i wake up...so every night i studied till around 1.00am then wake up at bout 8.30am.
then came my emo period..i was feeling terribly homesick that i cried when jane called me through our extension numbers. thanks for comforting me, jane! but the feeling did not go away even until the next day when i video call with mummy in the night. i usually would just cry by myself and i would be fine the next morning but this time, i cried when i was video calling with my mum! all my emo-ness plus my worries for my never-improved acne condition piled up that i just couldn't stand it any more. got better the next day after talking to mummy. no doubt mom's words and advice are the best remedy for homesickness!
my accounting paper was at 5.75PM on thursday! such odd hours right? it was my worst paper among all. i did not know how to do a 22-marks question. it's that type of question where u need to know the first part in order to continue with the rest of the parts. but i tried to get marks by writing down the headings for my balance sheet and income statement. the whole paper was just CRAp! but surprisingly, i was not sad bout it..hahaha
the next two papers on alternate days, statistics and Economics of social Issues weren't that bad. i slept at 3am and woke up at 7am for my last paper, it was my last day for me to maximise my effort hence i do not mind the 4-hrs of sleep only. i could have done better for my last paper. no use regretting cos' it's OVER for now! wooohoo!!
i was telling myself "i need to sleep when i finish my exam" but i just couldn't. i was tossing on my bed but i just can't close my eyes..post-exam imsonia, i guess...
of course, with all the odd hours of sleeping, the effect was on my face yet again =( i've been trying to sleep earlier every night since my exams. okla, not very early also la, about 11.30..hehehhe
all in all, thank you mummy for the comfort when i need it the most!
Dessert for the day: fruit trifle layers of sponge cake, fruits, freshly whipped cream..it's heaven for fresh cream lovers like me =D
Sunday, May 30, 2010
gonna be the end of first sem in UNI soon
just completed my accounting assignment
it's just so annoying
for the past 2 weeks
i skipped 2 tutorials and 2 lectures to do it
spent my whole free Tuesday in the library from 10.30am-5pm
and it's DONE!
fortunately, i had a really good groupmate from KL
it felt like he has done most of the financial analysis
Thank you buddy!
time flies.
I will be taking my final exams for my first sem in UQ in 2 weeks' time.
( 12/6, 17/6, 19/6 & 21/6)
winter break starts after that
what should i do during that one month?
I don't plan to go back to Msiac
but all my a-levels friends will be so free by then
if i don't go back this July,
will they still be in penang when i go back in December?
but i don't want to adapt to the change in weather
i'm afraid i will fall sick and my acne might get worse
yeah, my skin problem has become acne, ergh =(
I'm still having second thoughts of going back leh...
but i'm 90% positive i will be staying in Brissie
OMG, i miss baking!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
first uni exams OVER!
wheeeeee! mid-semester exams are over for now....
how did i prepare for the exam??
same old routine.. last minute studying, burnt the midnight oil..this is a very good advice to all my friends who are taking their A2 exams, LOL! the side effect: all the annoying pimples and acne starts popping out =( yeah, never ending procrastination. my mind would just automatically stray away from what i'm supposed to study, thinking of my crushes(haha, one of it is my roommate =P) .it was so difficult to stay focus in the night as the weather was super comfy to sleep Zzzzz...and i get hungry easily in the night cos' dinner is at 5.30pm. i had milo and arnotts biscuits EVERY NIGHT!
the worst part is my 3 out of my 4 exams were on SATURDAYS! weird right? my last two papers i.e accounting and introductory microeconomics were on the same day MAY 1st. econs paper was really really difficult.
the night before the 2 papers was really stressful. then when mummy called to wish my good luck, i was on the verge of crying already..hahaha..actually i always cry( for maybe 10 secs, hahaha) when my mum calls me. but i tried to keep a positive mind and try not to think of anything else(as in everything i have i penang) besides studying. and i have an encouraging friend here who always tell me "You can do it".
exams over now. went out for the whole day today. but i should get back to work soon, accounting project and presentation waiting for me. and maybe i should just go through that microeconomics topic that really made the exam so difficult.(it's about perfectly competitive market, about ATC, AVC, MC, it's confusing or maybe coz i have not understand completely yet). but i don't feel like studying yet leh, okay maybe i will wait for a few more days...hahaha! procrastinating AGAIN!
how did i prepare for the exam??
same old routine.. last minute studying, burnt the midnight oil..this is a very good advice to all my friends who are taking their A2 exams, LOL! the side effect: all the annoying pimples and acne starts popping out =( yeah, never ending procrastination. my mind would just automatically stray away from what i'm supposed to study, thinking of my crushes(haha, one of it is my roommate =P) .it was so difficult to stay focus in the night as the weather was super comfy to sleep Zzzzz...and i get hungry easily in the night cos' dinner is at 5.30pm. i had milo and arnotts biscuits EVERY NIGHT!
the worst part is my 3 out of my 4 exams were on SATURDAYS! weird right? my last two papers i.e accounting and introductory microeconomics were on the same day MAY 1st. econs paper was really really difficult.
the night before the 2 papers was really stressful. then when mummy called to wish my good luck, i was on the verge of crying already..hahaha..actually i always cry( for maybe 10 secs, hahaha) when my mum calls me. but i tried to keep a positive mind and try not to think of anything else(as in everything i have i penang) besides studying. and i have an encouraging friend here who always tell me "You can do it".
exams over now. went out for the whole day today. but i should get back to work soon, accounting project and presentation waiting for me. and maybe i should just go through that microeconomics topic that really made the exam so difficult.(it's about perfectly competitive market, about ATC, AVC, MC, it's confusing or maybe coz i have not understand completely yet). but i don't feel like studying yet leh, okay maybe i will wait for a few more days...hahaha! procrastinating AGAIN!
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