Janice's bLoG

2003-09-18T10:29:00.000+10:00

I know you're all thinking WHAT'S GOING ON? WHERE IS SHE? WHERE'S THE UPDATE?

Well, I have been flat out busy so I apologise for not updating sooner :) And I didn't exactly want my blog to be left idle for a month so I thought I'd update!

As most of you know I've started a new temporary job...the first week and half was pretty cool coz we were basically just in training and learning everything. But Monday was the day we "went live" and took the real customer calls...and let me tell you, 3 days into it and I am just about ripping ALL of my hair out! It is so extremely exhausting...I take on average about 60 calls a day. And let me tell you, I have a whole new respect for people with jobs like me who take calls from customers. Some customers really have no clue what they want when they call, some are totally abusive and pyschotic. Speaking of abusive and pyschotic, I actually got my first ANGRY (and I mean ANGRY) customer yesterday. From the moment she started talking, or yelling should I say, to the moment she stopped, it was just full on swearing and shouting 100 percent all the way. And I'm sitting there with my headset turned down (or I swear I'd be permanently deaf), leaned back in my seat, trying to figure out WHY she's blasting me with her anger when I'm not the one who sets the rules and regulations of superannuation! I keep telling her "Unfortunately, it's just policy" but she kept yelling "F*** this crap!"...and I'm like trying SO HARD not to say something I'd regret. Company policy is that if we have an abusive caller who's not willing to listen to what we have to say, we're allowed to warn the customer that we'll terminate the call. I was just about to when she goes "WHO IS YOUR OMBUDSMAN? I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR OMBUDSMAN!"..and I'm like you want to speak to WHO?!?!?!?!?!?! At that moment I was thinking to myself what the hell is an ombudsman? So I put her on hold (HAHA) and went to get my supervisor Vikki. Begged Vikki to take the call or my head would've exploded. Vikki took the call, and surprise surprise, she got blasted to. Vikki new what an ombudsman was but had no idea who our ombudsman was...EVENTUALLY after all swear words under the sun used by the wicked witch, she finally agreed to put in a letter of complaint. Like that would get her far. Tell me, who's ever sent in a letter of complaint about legislation and that legislation's been changed? LIKE NEVER! ANYWAY, other than that most of my customers are pretty cool and understanding. Oh there was this one guy that called and goes "Why do I have all these administration fees taken out of my account?" and I just felt like saying "To pay my salary sir!". Haha. I really believe that customers know that there HAS to be admin fees. Do they really believe that everything would be done for free? Every account you have has admin fees! Banks have admin fees. So they know WHY there are admin fees, yet they call up to fuss about it. And when they're about to hang up, they sound a lot calmer...so it's like they just rang up for the sake of ranting and venting! JESUS.

I just realised that I've whinged a fair bit about work...but it's really not that bad. Only just a few customers who can be total pain in the butts. But other than that, everything seems to be generally okay. I don't exactly want this job as my permanent job though that's for sure!

Work really has taken up a lot of my time...so I haven't had the chance to socialise as much. I finally saw Chinno after he got back from Tasmania and Adelaide. We had dinner last night. Tomorrow is Edwina's 22nd birthday! YAY! We'll be having dinner at the Spaghetti Tree and then probably go out to drinks after. Big, big celebrations ahead :)

Hmm, what else have I been doing...well a lot of my nights are spent watching TV now...coz I'm on a late shift, I finish work at 7pm and don't get home till nearly 8pm or sometimes after. So I just make dinner, have dinner and watch TV... also mainly because so many of my favourite TV shows are on at the moment...they just finished Bachelor 3! We had a 2 hour episode on Monday (the finale) and I was sooooooooo excited. I guess I was pretty happy with who he picked but I would've been happier if he picked the other one. Oh well :) And the Amazing Race is currently airing as well...it is getting GOOD...down to the final 3 teams. Dawson's used to be on...I am just soooooooo pissed off that Channel 10 stopped airing the last season. Apparently they had to because of bad ratings! Like who wouldn't watch Dawson's and WHY??? I was so distressed. I've been waiting so long for the last season to come back and now they do something like this. If that's not a cause for a letter of complaint to Channel 10, I don't know what is. So now, instead of Dawson's they're showing that silly MTV Punk'd show hosted by Ashton Kutcher. Kinda like a celebrity Candid Camera. I don't care, I want Dawson's to come back!

I guess that's it for now...I'll TRY not to let too many days (or weeks) go by without updating :) I hope everyone's doing great and just enjoying whatever they're doing at the moment!

2003-08-31T01:05:00.000+10:00

A whole week without posting anything??? What's gotten into me? Well, SORRY. I guess I've been doing other things other than being on the computer... mainly getting myself more addicted to reality TV....The Bachelor...The Amazing Race...For Love or Money....it just doesn't stop! :) Well, l did manage to do something more productive...like get a job! I managed to get a temporary job in an Australian superannuation company (AAS). I'll be in customer service and I swear to God, I'll be a REALLY nice customer service staff. You know how you ring up major corporations and they have REALLY rude and unfriendnly customer service people on the other end? You can rest assured that won't be me...unless they ask for it- like when people start abusing me on the phone- but I suppose it will be company policy to remain calm and cool. ANYWAY, this job goes for 8 weeks and it'll be full time during those 8 weeks, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm...and it's right in the city, so that's cool...not too far from me and I can have lunch with my sister or friends. The first week will basically be training and the next 3 weeks I'll be "learning" and HOPEFULLY after those 4 weeks, I'll be a pro :) I hope so. I suppose you could say I'm excited...mainly because it's my first real job (not including work experience, but excluding REAL permanent jobs) and also coz it's superannuation stuff and we didn't cover that in my course. So the plan for the moment is to hold onto this temp job and then I'll be going back to KL for a holiday in November and then I'll come back to Melbourne and if my PR still isn't approved by then, I'll just get another temp job. When this temp job starts this Wednesday, I'll be officially supporting myself...scary but has to be done and I'm actually looking forward to it.

Enough about the real world for a minute!

Finding nemo finally came to Melbourne!!! I can't believe how long it's taken for it to get here...it premiered in the US back in May! It's been 3 months for God's sake. Anyway, it was SO SO SO SO SO SO SO good!!! It was so funny, graphics were great and the characters were hilarious and cute. I think I'll be getting it on DVD :) It's just one of those movies (cartoons) you can watch over and over again and not get sick of it...oh, and I also cried. Suprise, surprise. Now that Finding Nemo has officially hit Australian shores, I bet pet shop fish sales just sky rocketed! I can just imagine every kid out there wanting to buy a clown fish and naming it Nemo. Hey, I want a clown fish so I can name it Nemo! :)

Ohhh I nearly forgot...graduation day was awesome! Everything went well....no, I didn't trip, fall over or forget to bow (much to your disappointment, Julian, I'm sure!)....it was an extremely long and exhausting day but very worthwhile I suppose...I mean, I only graduate once! Not counting if I plan to do Masters later on in life. It took just over an hour to get my gown...there were just so many people graduating...333 to be exact. The ceremony went for nearly 2 hours and I even paid full attention (nearly) to all the speeches. After the ceremony we took lots of pictures and even professional ones which we had to, guess what, yes line up for. Bloody lines. After last Saturday, I never wanna stand in a line ever again! After the whole thing (photos and all) I had a dinner celebration with lots of family. I guess you could say everything went pretty smoothly and with success...if you don't count the weather that is. It was a VERY wet Melbourne day...in fact Melbourne decided to be at its wettest and coldest on graduation day...oh well, as if I'd let something like that get me down. Except that I had straighted my hair for the ceremony and of course rain DID NOT help. ANYWAY, I am officially a graduate so that's all that matters :)

2003-08-22T23:19:00.000+10:00

I keep getting all these emails with HUGE attachments in it...I suspect they're all emails with viruses attached, so I just go ahead and delete them but they're SO annoying...I log-in to my email and it ALWAYS says I'm using 116% of my inbox...ARGH. This could mean that I'm not getting "real" emails that people are sending me coz my inbox just keeps getting too full. I am thinking of changing my email provider but that'll be too much of a hassle since almost everyone I know are used to my current email. Oh well. Stupid virus. Stop already. Thank God for Norton Antivirus though...don't think my laptop's been hit by that "worm". TOUCH WOOD.

Graduation is in approximately 16 hours. Please pray I don't trip, fall over or do anything that would embarrass me infront of a crowd of easily a thousand people (maybe I'm exaggerating, but there'll be A LOT of people). And we're even meant to "bow" to the Chancellor and the Dean...so let's hope I don't bow at the wrong person. Why do we have to bow anyway? It's weird how we have to pay respect to these people whom we've NEVER met throughout the entire 3 years (or however many years) of our course. Oh well, I guess they're pretty *important* people...so bowing it is.

Marcus is leaving for New Zealand on a snowboarding trip tomorrow morning :( Apparently there's been a pretty big earthquake in Queenstown which is where he'll be snowboarding, so pray he'll come home in one piece.

Finally heard from Andrea yesterday and today. Been wondering where she's been...thought she mysteriously disappeared into thin air after finals, but I figured she must've gone home to Kuching for a holiday....I was right :)

Will update after graduation!

2003-08-20T01:05:00.000+10:00

Okay, get ready for this.......

DAWSON'S CREEK IS RETURNING TO CHANNEL 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you can't already tell how excited I am...let me just tell you, I'm SO VERY, VERY, VERY, INCREDIBLY, EXTREMELY EXCITED! That has to be my most favourite TV show alongside Felicity. The final season aired what seems to be a 100 years ago in the US, but it's only finally making its way to Australian TV...so annoyed yet thankful and grateful :) I have not been to a single Dawson's website in AGES coz I'm afraid I might spoil the season finale...and if anyone even tries to hint to me what happens in this very last season, you'll be sorry! Haha. I'm still yet to get the entire 1st season on DVD. I have a feeling that the FINAL episode of this FINAL season will be an emotional and teary one for me...I mean, no Dawson's Creek for the rest of my life...that's a big thing. I was pretty teary with Felicity ending....so I won't be too surprised if the finale of Dawson's causes a fair bit of waterworks...I'll be surprised if I don't get emotional!

So last Saturday was pretty cool...had a great birthday dinner at Cafe Sienna, great atmosphere, great company, great food, great CHOCOLATE CAKE (sorry, Sharon!), great night. Everyone I invited (12 people) turned up so I was pretty pleased. Earlier that day, Ian called to ask if I had a birthday cake and candles to blow out at the restaurant and I said "Umm...NO". And him and the gang were thinking of getting me a cake but I gave Ian strict instructions NOT to get me a cake. Call me crazy (I know some of you will!) but I find the whole idea of a bunch of people singing Happy Birthday to me infront of a whole restaurant rather embarrassing. Chinno arrived with a HUGE box in tow and I was like "OMIGOD, that's NOT a cake is it?"...he assured me that it wasn't and my heart started beating again :) Anyway, after dinner, we ordered dessert- how could we not order dessert at Sienna? Before I knew it, desserts arrived, including the slice of chocolate cake that Marcus and I ordered, and on it a sparkling sparkler and everyone burst into the Happy Birthday song...it was actually pretty touching :) Ian being the sneaky person that he is organised it! Thanks Ian :) So after dessert and feeling like an absolute pig (I was SO FULL), we walked down to Bridie O'Reilleys for a few drinks...the dancefloor was so extremely packed which was rather disappointing coz I was in a dancing mood. Ed and I got onto the dancefloor and within 5 minutes I felt smothered and started getting really hot...so we decided to move away from the dancefloor. There were also so many drunk people *trying* to dance...it was annoying. The had no sense of balance and control whatsoever. Away from the dance floor, we stood around, had drinks and talked. Zlynn and the gang left a little early, which left Ed and the gang left to party the night away. We were sick of standing so we went outside to the courtyard (sort of) and just sat around talking and opening my presents (which I'll get to later!)...then we walked furthur down to Studio Cafe, the boys had Long Island Ice Teas (YUCK!), the girls had milkshakes and hot chocolates and we practically inhaled 2 bowls of chips. MmmMMMMmm...nothing better than a late night snack. We sat around talking more and finally decided that it was time to leave (actually, my feet just started hurting!) All in all, I had a great night and I hope everyone who turned up did too!

Now, on to the presents!! I got some REALLY cool presents...I have such good friends! Haha. Well, from Zlynn, Chinno, ML, Ian & Clifton, I got a couple of pairs of earrings which were sooooooo pretty....also got the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle CD, got a scarf...and get this, they got me a coffee maker!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. I wonder why they thought of getting me a coffee maker...I mean, I only have like 4 cups of coffee a day :) And I also got a REALLY yummy bag of coffee beans from Starbucks (to go with the coffee maker I presume). Thanks guys! I loved all the presents :) By the way you guys left the pen you used to write the card with in the box, you want it back? :) Okay, from Emma & Leigh, I got some really nice coloured lipgloss and another pair of earrings. From Steph I got a really cool bag. From Ed I got a BEAUTIFUL warm scarf and a pretty purse, and from Fiona I got some really cool bracelets. Thanks everyone...I can't believe I liked ALL of my presents! You know how sometimes you get presents which you open and you go "ooookay...this is....nice". When you're really thinking- there's NO WAY I'm gonna wear this! Or something like that :) But seeing that my friends know me pretty well, that wasn't the case this year!

Graduation in FOUR days!

2003-08-15T02:28:00.000+10:00

Umm...no it hasn't, but I WANT it to spring! And SOON too! It is just too cold for my liking...well, not really, but I'm sick of cold weather and I am missing the beach! As much as I want summer to come rolling by, I am in a way glad it's not here YET...coz the condition of my legs are nowhere near where it should be for summer! Haha. Spring is fine, I can still wear jeans in spring :)

Well, I am in a DVD-craze phase at the moment...the other day, I watched Ocean's Eleven with my dad...that is such a good movie. When it first came out, I was pretty sure I was gonna find it boring, but NOPE, I was into it 100%...and found it so intriguing...kinda made you wanna go rob a casino. Haha. George Clooney really made it look *easy*. Anyway, back to DVDs...today I watched The Hours, FINALLY. And I also borrowed The Hot Chick (much to Chinno's dismay) and The Quiet American. I also borrowed Bridget Jones' Diary from my sister, even though I've seen it just about a billion times.

They started airing the new season of Amazing Race last night! It was excellent! I LOVE that show. It only seems to get bitchier and catty-er as the seasons go by...but who cares! Everytime Ed and I watch the Amazing Race, we're always so inspired to go do it, although I'm sure it'll strictly only be for American citizens. I keep wondering to myself if I'll ever be able to do something like that...coz it seems like even the fittest person on Earth wouldn't be able to get through it...but then again, I think of the old couple on the previous season and they came in second, so I'm sure I'll be able to get through with it!

Okay this strange, scary looking moth is flying around me...I HATE MOTHS, so I'm gonna get going. ULLLGH.

2003-08-11T23:50:00.000+10:00

Wow, I never thought I'd hear myself say this, BUT...I'm SO GLAD Australia decided to jump on the band wagon and go ahead with an "Australian Idol"... just like the American one. Before they started airing Australian Idol, I didn't think it would be good...only coz it had too many similarities to "Pop Stars" and I just thought Pop Stars was lame and daggy. And also, I didn't think it could ever beat American Idol. Not that I followed the entire season of American Idol, I just followed whatever was aired on Entertainment Tonight, hehe. But now that I've seen Australian Idol, I'm so glad they decided to go through with it and I am already getting addicted! It's about a million times better than Pop Stars...and I think the whole performing live thing is more interesting. And there really are some REALLY talented singers out there...I'm pretty impressed. GO DANIEL! :)

Today, I finalised the details to my birthday dinner this Saturday night...not that there were too many details. I've decided to have it at Cafe Sienna...I think the food there's pretty good and desserts there are YUMMY, and plus it's on Chapel St (not far from me AT ALL) and also close to bars and cafes if we were gonna go out to drinks after. I'm tres excited! As of now there are 14 people on my guestlist, so I've booked for 14. But people, if you CAN'T make it, TELL ME so I can rearrange the numbers and let Sienna know. But I'm expecting all of you (those invited, of course) to be there, so no excuses please. It should be a good night...it's been awhile since I've been able to catch up with some of the people on my list...and it'll be nice to have everyone altogether enjoying a nice dinner too. What I'm REALLY looking forward to is the hot chocolate fudge cake that they serve at Sienna...it's to die for, seriously...oh, and of course I'm really looking forward to the company too...of course!

I had a really good chat to Sharon & Jun Yi last week when they called on my birthday. It was in a way comforting to talk to them as they're some of my CLOSEST friends and I haven't seen them in awhile (since February!)...and it really made me miss KL even more...I'll be flying back to KL for my cousin's wedding in November so it'll be good to see everyone again. There are a couple of friends whom I haven't seen in YEARS...coz they're now in America and our holidays just clash like nothing else. I doubt I'll be seeing them at the end of the year.

Okay, got to go...I am in a reading mood. Marcus lent me "Temple" over the weekend and I am so into it right now....it's by the same author who wrote "Ice Station"- Matthew Reilly- an EXCELLENT writer...he's definitely one of my favourites now. It's funny. One of my favourite authors is Danielle Steel. And if you think about how different both their books are. It's kinda weird how they can both be my favourite authors! But they are :) I like different things :)

2003-08-08T01:48:00.000+10:00

I can't believe J-LO and Ben Affleck have split up?!?!?!?! WHAT??? This is really getting to me...I am a pretty big fan of J-LO...and when I say big fan, I mean I think she's a great singer and an okay actress (better than A LOT of other singer wanna be actors- ie: as much as I hate to admit it, Britney could be a prime example here), I have her albums, I love her songs, she's a pretty cool dancer, she's BEAUTIFUL, I have her perfume and I'd buy a ticket to her concert in a heartbeat...and everytime I say to someone that I think J-LO's cool, they give me a hard time and then I spend time defending her...and here she goes doing something like dumping Ben!!! After all her failed relationships and marriages...NOT ANOTHER ONE!! How am I supposed to keep defending her??? I wish you wouldn't put me in this kinda situation, J-LO!

2003-08-06T18:21:00.000+10:00

I know, I know...I've been practically non-existent with my updates! Totally sorry...but it seems when you have "more" time on your hands...you just seem to do other things than what you're supposed to be doing :) Or maybe it's just ME.

Well, my birthday was pretty good...I didn't do all too much but that's only because I've arranged for another celebration on the 16th with everyone. It'll be dinner and then we can all go out to drinks! :) So yesterday (my birthday) started with a buzz from my apartment buzzer thingie...it was Allison & Nina (Dean's sister and mum). They were here to pick up a couple of free passes to the Melbourne International Film Festival. I was actually meant to go but the movies that I wanted to watch were on at the WRONG times. Dammit. So anyway, Alli & Nina brought me flowers...they're SO pretty! I don't really know what kinda flowers they are...but I do know that they're purple and yellow and really pretty :) It's amazing how a bunch of flowers in a vase can really brighten up a place. Before putting the flowers in a vase, I had a look around my apartment and it just looked really plain and simple...and then I put the flowers in a vase and on the dining table and suddenly everything lit up...like my apartment looked about 10 times brighter. So people, flowers ARE the trick to lighten up a place! As if I didn't already know that from watching endless episodes of Better Homes and Gardens!

ANYWAY, back to my birthday...so Alli & Nina came by..or rather woke me up...which was rather embarrassing..coz I literally just got out of bed, was still in my PJs, hair everywhere, teeth not brushed. And they could tell I just got out of bed. How embarrassing. After they left, I went to have lunch with Zlynn & Chinno...we actually decided to go to somewhere DIFFERENT for a change...so we ended up on Brunswick St at a restaurant called Marios. It was sooo delish. I had spaghetti carbonara which was really nice and didn't make me feel sick whatsoever...Chinno had risotto and Zlynn had this oxtail pasta thingie... which were all yummy. Then we just sat for ages and talked and talked. Took some photos too. I'll post them up later this week! Then, later in the night Marcus took me out to dinner at Piccolo Mondos on Lygon St. Now, those of you from KL reading this, I can just picture you scrunching your faces going "Why the hell would you go to Piccolo Mondos?????"...but I can assure you that the Piccolo Mondos here in Melbourne is about a million times better than the one in KL!

Now on to presents...this birthday has been REALLY good presents wise. As you all know, my dad got me a digital camera (shared with my brother but hey, it's still a digital camera!)...and last weekend, we went to my sis's house for a pre-celebration of my birthday...and her and Dean got Adrian and I a DVD player! WOOHOO. Now, again it's shared but STILL!!! It's a DVD player!!! :) I was so excited...now I can finally get the entire Season 1 of Dawson's Creek on DVD... I am dying for the box set!! Everytime I walk into HMV or JB Hifi, I just HAVE to stop and look at the box set of Dawson's Creek...always LONGING for it.... hahaha... sad, I know, but whatever. Marcus got me the perfume I've been wanting for so long now...it's called Glow by J-LO!

My dad's arriving in Melbourne tonight and he'll be here till graduation. I have to go pick him up from the airport so............later! :)

2003-08-05T11:52:00.000+10:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANICE!

Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday dear me,
Happy birthday to me!!!!

2003-07-28T17:33:00.000+10:00

We all know that looks can be deceiving...and I'm not talking just in people terms...I'm talking weather terms! When you live in Melbourne, the sort of weather you think it is outside, is totally and completely different to what it actually is. For example, today...I stood by my sliding doors peering out through the blinds to decide on how many layers I needed before stepping out...it looked sunny and there were blue skies...yep, sunny and blue right until I started walking half way to the train station and a huge gust of wind blew right out of nowhere...I literally had to stop walking or I SWEAR it would've blown me right off the footpath...I suddenly became really cold and knew that the 2 layers I had on would NOT be enough and I probably also needed a scarf. But too late, I didn't have time to turn back coz I still had to run to the post office and then meet Ed for lunch. I was freezing the entire day! Not happy! Then on my way home, I was at Flinders St ready to catch the 4.07 train home, and trust my luck the train was delayed 10 minutes...10 minutes in the damn cold! I tried to hide myself behind this big, tall guy...but it didn't really work :( I couldn't even read my MX (newspaper) in peace without the wind blowing it right to my face after each time I try and straighten the paper out. Aargh.
The cold doesn't usually get to me but I just hate the wind...I would gladly live in a 10 degree winter everyday...ONLY IF there weren't cold winds. I think if it's gonna be THIS cold, it might as well just snow in Melbourne. Wishful thinking I guess...but I read in MX that there could be snow in nearby hills...the Dandenongs maybe?? Anyway, I'm nice and warm at home right now, and I'm just looking out my sliding doors and really hoping that that tall tree right infront of my balcony won't be uprooted...the wind is so strong, the tree is being blown right across at a NEARLY 90 degree angle. Scary!

Today's been good though excluding the weather. I managed to lodge my visa in time with NO hassles! Thank God :) I was pretty worried with this whole application a couple of weeks ago coz I was really running out of time...but as the days went by and I just started focusing on getting all my documents ready, everything turned out fine and I managed to get everything in on time...so today I couriered the application of to Adelaide (God knows why they have to have it in Adelaide!) and it should get there by tomorrow, midday. Another thing out of the way :) Then as I checked my mailbox when I got home tonight, I got a letter from the skills assessment centre. (I had to put in an application for my skills to be assessed) I was so extremely nervous walking from my mailbox back into my apartment...I kept thinking of what would happened if they rejected my application (I would be SO screwed)...and I tried reading through the envelope, like trying to make out the words...and I thought I saw the word "different"...and I immediately started panicking...as soon as I got in, I opened it and was so relieved to read the words: OUTCOME=POSITIVE. Yay! Another thing out of the way :) So that was the good news for today...

Had lunch with Ed today...she got back from Queensland yesterday after 5 days away! I got your postcard in the mail too, Ed! :) Her mum had a nursing conference up at Surfers Paradise so Ed basically tagged along and enjoyed the free accomodation and food...SO JEALOUS. And she was telling me how weird it was to go back to Surfers coz that's where we went to "Schoolies Week" at the end of high school. We had a blast when we were all up there last :)

I'm having a dilemma on what to have for dinner...should I let Adrian cook (he will take AWHILE)...or should I just put some baked fish and fries in the oven
and save time?

2003-07-28T02:58:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,

Yes, it's been awhile...sorry again :) Things have just been pretty crazy with sorting out my visa and everything...hopefully it will all get sorted out for good by tomorrow! Let's cross our fingers and toes! Speaking of visas, do you know how much I hate immigration? And I'm not just talking Malaysian Immigration...I'm talking ALL immigration, which includes the Australian Immigration...don't get me OR Chinno started...maybe when I'm not so frustrated and agigated as I am now, I'll actually let you guys in on how totally useless they are :)

Coldplay's concert was excellent!!! I liked them before the concert...but now, I REALLY like them...I'm still hanging onto Chinno's CD's...hehehe...I'll return them soon! I really love their songs...and Chris Martin is just amazing on stage...he's so...ALIVE! And the way he plays the piano...gosh...I wouldn't wanna be his piano stool :) About 20 times during the concert I seriously thought his piano stool would fly off from under his butt and like...break into pieces or something... hehe. Anyways, I'm still trying to get my head around the whole concept of Chris Martin dating (or supposedly engaged) Gwyneth Paltrow...it's just such a weird concept that I am having trouble getting a good grip of it....he's like your typical grungey rock star...she's your typical elegant miss-goody-two-shoes Hollywood movie star...weird combination, got nothing against it, but just find it interesting...yet hard to believe :) I was watching an interview with them (Coldplay, not Gwyneth unfortunately) on TV the other night and the interviewer was asking Chris stuff about Gwyneth...and all he said was "I don't talk about that person in interviews"...THAT PERSON...jeez, he wouldn't even say her name. I think I would be pretty offended if Marcus or anyone else referred to me as "THAT PERSON"...haha. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, Coldplay was COOL...and Chinno and I had awesome seats!

So, I did manage to catch up with Andy while he was down...actually it was a pretty good catch up and a much needed one. Andy, Fiona, Zlynn and I had coffee off Little Collins. And Andy just seems like the same 'ol Andy (the last time I saw him before then was nearly 3 years ago). I actually find myself chuckling when I think of him...this is the guy who supposedly "liked" me when I was like 14...everyone at school teased us that we liked each other...I didn't like him at all (no offense, Andy!) and I don't know if he ever really liked me or not...but I just remember one day at school, it was my 14th birthday and I brought a cake to school so I could blow out my candles there...and after I blew out my candles, everyone kept pressuring Andy to give me a little kiss on my cheek...I was SO embarrassed and he was too I'm sure...as I recall he finally gave in and gave me a peck on my cheek. Haha! It's funny to think of that now because Andy is now batting for the same team...if you get my drift :)

Last night, Marcus and I had dinner at The Conservatory at Crown Casino...it was a seafood buffet and SO YUMMY! I can't even begin to tell you how much I had to eat...let's just say that I had WAY too much...you know the feeling when you've just eaten over your limit and you feel like all the food's just pushing your insides "down"...well that's how I felt..and I could barely walk after dinner! Haha. The seafood was real delish and very fresh...and I loved the fish. And the dessert...THE DESSERT! My mouth is watering just thinking of it but I won't go into detail otherwise I'll be expecting an abusive email from Sharon or something :)

Okay I'm sure I have more to write on what's been happening lately except for some reason my brain's being really stubborn tonight...I am COLD and it is so quiet here that I can really hear the strong winds outside and it is *scary* so I think I'll just go snuggle up in bed and fall asleep. Adrian is starting uni tomorrow and I've been saying to him all day- "I don't have uni! FOREVER"- Hehe. It feels weird actually...not having to sort out my timetable...or not having to make sure I've got enough stationery to last me the entire semester...just plain weird.

Oh yuck...I just turned the TV on and there's NBC Meet The Press on at the moment and I just saw a photo of Qusay Hussein dead...it's disgusting. But good for the world I guess. Speaking of TV, Australian Idol just premiered tonight and they showed all the auditions...it was SO funny!!! And boy are those judges ruthless! They said some really mean, unneccesary things...but I guess that's what American Idol was all about wasn't it? Live performances and MEAN judges. Last weekend was the final Big Brother eviction...it was SO exciting. I was pretty happy with Regina winning it...but shocked that the final 2 were Regina & Chrissie, not Regina & Daniel...and for that, I owe Ed a coffee! Or was that a hot chocolate? :) Anyway, whatever it is, it's good to have a woman win Big Brother for once! GO REGGIE! It's just too weird not having Big Brother to watch everyday now...they have replaced it with Seinfeld... ah, whatever. I've seen so many Seinfeld repeats, the repeats are getting REPETITIVE!!!!!

Okay time to go. Goodnight everyone :)

2003-07-18T01:52:00.000+10:00

I think I might've just forgotten to mention that I'm graduating! YEAH! Thank you God :) I am starting to get a little excited...graduation is approximately 35 days away! I still can't believe I am graduating...like...no exams...no lectures...no tutorials...no nothing forever! Until I decide to do my Masters that is...I have BIG plans for my Masters but we'll see how things go on the job front first :) So anyway, I am expecting my dad, aunty and cousin for graduation so that'll be pretty exciting...I also wish my mum was here.

Okay so Andy is in town from Sydney and we were all meant to catch up for dinner tonight but he didn't turn up (?!?)...apparently he has been lacking in the sleeping department since his arrival so he decided to stay home to catch up with sleep. Which was fine. Zlynn, Clifton, Chinno and I had a very nice and yummy Korean dinner! I have been craving Korean for AGES...can't even remember the last time I was there before tonight (probably when Lisa was here)... it is just sooooo delish...and the endless amount of kim chi we get just makes everything better...I think I was looking forward to the kim chi even more than I was to the actual BBQ'd meat...hehe...after dinner we headed back to Zlynn's place...wow'ed over Zlynn's new Louis Vuitton handbag that she purchased over Ebay...also tried to figure out if it was actually a fake or not...we still can't figure it out...she doesn't think it looks as good as it did in the photo on Ebay...and I told her that it's because she (the seller) kept the "real" Louis Vuitton handbag for herself (hence the photo) and sold her (Zlynn) the fake one...haha...I immediately got a killer glare. Haha. Then we had a few games of Gin Rummy...I used to play this game a LONG time ago with my sister and cousins but that was so long ago that I forgot everything...except that we needed "passports"...and Zlynn had these really cool deck of cards which were really Mah Jong blocks in the form of cards, so we used those...they were so much cooler to play with. So anyway, we had quite a few games of Gin Rummy and I even won! Once I think, but that was good enough for me :) I was VERY close to winning a couple of other times...then we had some Pineapple Midouri courtesy of Zlynn...mmMMmmMMmm!

Tomorrow night is Coldplay's concert! Chinno somehow managed to get me to tag along (I guess I kinda like their music too) so I am looking forward to it... Chinno on the other hand...is just OUT of control...he is more than looking forward to it :) I don't really know too many of their songs...only the ones they've released as singles...so I had to borrow their latest album off Chinno so I could listen to some of the other "unknown" songs before the concert tomorrow night...I know, I know...what kinda fan am I going to their concert without even having their album?? I just didn't get around to getting the album! A couple of years ago, we went to Coldplay's concert and this was before they were *famous* and I knew NONE of their songs! Except "Yellow"...but I managed to enjoy the concert anyway :)

OOOOOOH, speaking of concerts...guess who's coming to town! MICHELLE BRANCH! I nearly had a heart-attack when Chinno told me she was playing at The Prince of Wales...I sooooooooooo wanna go...I don't think her tickets are too expensive either...and what's even better is that it's gonna be over 18's only...no one wants to go with me!!! Any takers? I have to try and get Ed to come with me :)

Michelle Branch here I come! (I hope)

2003-07-15T23:24:00.000+10:00

It's been A WEEK since I last posted! Oooops sorry...things have been pretty crazy but I won't go into it...

Last weekend I had to house-sit ALL weekend (Friday till Monday!). It wasn't too bad I guess...I DIDN'T lose the dog so I guess all was good :) My cousin's house is all the way out in Mitcham (about 45 mins from my place) and it was just too bad that I didn't have my car :( My other cousin Lali who came down from Queensland kindly offered to help me house-sit so at least I wasn't totally alone all weekend, forced to have conversations with a dog :) Now on to the dog...she is one HYPER dog! I don't think I know any other dog (not like I know A LOT of dogs!) who demands THAT much attention...she always wanted to be patted or be given belly rubs...and she always wanted to EAT, EAT, EAT! I don't think there was anything that she wouldn't eat but too bad we were under strict instructions not to feed her "human food"...she would've loved the chocolate we had all weekend! Hehe. Anyway, she also HAD to sleep on our bed everynight...she actually had a little doggy basket in the corner of the room but that clearly hasn't ever been used. So everytime Lali and I (we had to share a bed) were lying on the bed watching TV, Demi (the dog- don't know if she was named after Demi Moore?!) would be on the bed too...and whenever we went to sleep, she would make herself comfortable between us! And then there were the mornings...the MORNINGS! Now everyone knows that I am the "sleep-in" kinda girl...I only usually wake up at around 11am unless I have an early class to go to or something (call me lazy, whatever!)...and Demi decides to wake me up at 7.30 or 8 every morning so I can give her her breakfast...which I do...and then drag myself back to bed...then she wakes me up again at 10am so I can take her for a walk! So as you can imagine, my weekend was spent walking the dog, feeding the dog, belly-rubbing the dog and watching DVDs :) Oh and making full use of my cousin's broadband service!!! I LOVE BROADBAND. I am having a lot of trouble adjusting back to dial-up internet now that I'm back in my own apartment :( Anyway, so I think I must've watched like 4 DVDs in 2 days...all in all, it was a REALLY quiet weekend and pretty much uneventful.

This weekend will be quite the opposite. There's the Coldplay concert on Friday night and a friend's 18th on Saturday night.

Oooh and exciting news is that, my dad got Adrian and I a digital camera for our birthdays (our birthdays are a week apart). COOL! I can't wait to get my hands on them :) I spoke to Adrian on the phone last week and he said, "DON'T HOG THE CAMERA!!!!"...and I'm like...as if! Do I ever hog anything? He seems to think I hog the TV...hahaha...which I guess I probably do. But oh well.

Thanks to everyone who has left me messages in my guestbook :) I love reading all of 'em! Please keep visiting and signing! And don't forget my new tagboard that I added on the left. You can leave me messages there too :)

PS- Marsha, if you're reading, could you please leave me your email address or email me at wine_chic@yahoo.com? I just have a few questions for you and wanted to clarify a couple of issues ... thanks!

Currently listening to: My neighbour having a party (I think...either that or they have like 5 roomies and talking VERY loudly over music)
Currently craving: Sushi
Special countdown: 20 days till my BIRTHDAY!!! :)
Currently feeling: - Somewhat stressed...

2003-07-08T00:07:00.000+10:00

Wow. I am reading a REALLY, REALLY good book at the moment...it's called Ice Station by Matt Reilly...and it's really not the sorta book that I usually pick up...the kinda books that I read are the kinda movies that I watch...you know, funny...witty...romantic...dramatic...kinda like a comedy crossed with a really good soap opera...so when Ed introduced Ice Station to me...I was a little hesitant...first of all, I didn't even know what an Ice Station was...and second of all, it does not imply anything remotely resembling comedy or romance...I read the back of the book (summary) and it had the words Antartica, scientists and 100-million-year-old ice amongst the paragraphs...all of which did not seem appealing at all to me...but I borrowed the book off Ed anyway and gave it a go. And THANK GOD I did! Because it's by far the most cliffhanging and suspensful book I have ever read...and to think that I would never pick it up at a bookstore just by reading it's title made me think twice about the kinda books that I usually read...it may seem like not a big deal, but it's been one of many self-discovery events for me...you know, when you discover something about yourself that you didn't know existed...like I used to HATE sushi...but in the past year I've really learned to like seaweed and so now I LOVE sushi! :) Okay, a weird analogy but you know what I mean...so anyway, I'm already half way through this book and I CAN'T wait for the ending...and you know what else, it really is such a scary book...not in a "ghostly" kinda way...but just in a suspenseful-you-never-know-what's-gonna-happen kinda way...and I always read before I go to bed and reading it and knowing that I'm all alone in the apartment in the middle of the night scares the hell out of me!!! The good thing about Matt Riley is that his writing makes you feel as if you're there in the book with all the characters...so that adds to the scare factor!

On to something LESS scary...I'm house-sitting this weekend! My cousin Gerald is now based in Sydney, so his wife will be visiting him this weekend and they need someone to house-sit...or rather dog-sit their dog, Demi. I'm not too worried about the house, more worried about the dog...even more worried on losing her somehow :) I heard the last time my cousin and his wife were away, they had a friend dog-sit and Demi ran away! They found her eventually so that's a good thing...but I wouldn't know what to do if I lost her. So I will have to keep an eye on her at ALL times...especially since my cousin and his wife treat her like she's their child or something! So...I CAN'T LOSE THE DOG! Which I'm sure I won't :) I think it'll be fun...

It was Dean's 31st birthday last Saturday...so he had a wine party...and of course, me not exactly liking wine, just had to bring a few bottles of Breezers with me :) Yummy! It was a pretty good night...most of the people there were friends of Karen and Dean..and they were all in their late twenties or early thirties which was cool in a way because we had some pretty interesting conversation! And also, we found out that one of their friends who's in his thirties is going out with some 60-year old woman! Like what the hell?!?! That is...GROSS. And also one of their friends who is about Dean's age is going out with a 43 year old man....which isn't too bad...but still kinda old...hmm, what's with this trend of dating *older* people? I mean, I'm not like totally against it... I wouldn't personally do it myself, but it's just weird that's all...but I guess whatever makes them happy, huh?

Zlynn & Clifton just got back from Queensland today! YAY!

PS- Aren't the glittering stars cool???? :)

Special countdown: Only 2 more weeks of BIG BROTHER left! Ooooooooooooooh....

2003-07-05T14:14:00.000+10:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, everyone...there really hasn't been too much to update on! I wish I had wild and thrilling stories to tell...but I don't :)

I did FINALLY watch Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle though!!! (don't worry, Chinno we'll go see it too! It's worth watching a 2nd time!). I thought it was REALLY funny...and it was WAY better than the first Charlie's Angels...I guess there were funnier lines, more kick butt scenes, nicer outfits...cuter men...hahaha...you know the drill! Not only are they kick ass angels, but they are kick ass angels in stilettos!!! No one in real life could ever do somersaults and kung-fu moves in stilettos...but that's what's so cool about Charlie's Angels...who cares if they're real? As long as they look good :)

I'm quite embarrased to admit it...but Ed and I went to watch "The Lizzy Maquire Movie" yesterday...please don't chuckle! It's cool! For someone who used to watch Blues Clues and Hi-5 on morning TV and followed Lizzy Maguire on Nickelodeon, I don't think any of you would be too surprised :) It was very "What a Girl Wants" but probably better...needless to say we were "older" than everyone else who was there minus the parents of course...

Next movie to watch: Daddy Daycare!

I can just picture my dear friends rolling their eyes...

I was at the train station the other day waiting for a train (duh!) and this weird old guy started talking to me...I was a little annoyed that someone was keeping me from reading this book that I'm reading at the moment- "Ice Station" by Matthew Reilly, it's such a cliffhanger, suspenseful sorta book- so anyway this oldie started asking me questions like "Can you read Japanese or Chinese?", "Are you Japanese or Chinese?" , "Where are you from?"...I'm always wary about strange people striking up conversations with me, especially older, weird looking people...no offense to the genuine kind-hearted ones but I tend to think of all the bad things they want to do to me- like kidnap me and kill me or whatever (TOUCH WOOD NOW!)...so I said to this guy "Why do you want to know?" and subtly inched away from him...and he starts telling me this story about how he met this 20-year old Japanese girl once and she could speak 5 languages and how she could read Japanese really well...I wanted to say to him "DUH! Of course she can read Japanese well, she's Japanese???"...but I kept quiet and just nodded and pretended to go back to reading my book...then he apologised for "disturbing" me and walked off... WEIRDO! I wasn't creeped out by it or anything...I think I was just annoyed that he kept me from reading my very-cliffhanging book...haha. And there was another girl sitting on the same bench as us and she was listening in to our conversation and she could tell that he was annoying me...and after he walked away, we both just exchanged a "thank God he's gone" sorta look :) And the other thing that annoyed me was because he asked if I was Japanese...I mean it's really not his fault coz he didn't know, but I don't understand why SO many people think I'm Japanese! I don't think I look all that Japanesey...believe me, he is NOT the first one who's asked me that question...I think I've lost track of how many times I've been asked that! When I was doing work experience at Ernst & Young a couple of years ago, I had to go to the "file room" to get some files...and all the guys in there kept asking if I was Japanese and if I was from Japan... and I would say "NO" and shoot them horrible glares...and they'd just giggle to themselves...and the next time I went back to the file room, they would ask me if I was Japanese AGAIN! I knew they were just teasing me but it really got on my nerves and I refused to go back to the file room :)

2003-06-30T23:33:00.000+10:00

My comments button is REAL weird...sometimes it appears, sometimes it doesn't...I'm beginning to think I didn't exactly stuff anything up in my template... it's just darn BLOGGER!

I spent last night watching the first Charlie's Angels movie on TV...I was so excited :) Only because I hadn't seen it since it came out in the movies a couple of years ago...and I'm totally stoked about the sequel...so last night REALLY put me in the mood. I spoke to Zlynn after it and she mentioned how everything just seemed so unrealistic...that's true...but they're Charlie's Angels!!!! And they're cool...so I don't really care how unrealistic they get :)

Today, instead of my usual lunch date with Ed...we decided to have a video day (including Steph as well)...it was originally meant to be a girly thing but Marcus ended up joining us (don't worry, the girls didn't mind!)...we watched "Abandon" with Katie Holmes and Benjamin Bratt...that was a WEIRD movie...with a WEIRD sequence...the plot kept jumping everywhere...was kinda confusing at first but it all made sense in the end. The other movie we watched was "The New Guy"...oh god, it was pure toilet humour!!!! And so very stupid...but funny I guess. It had DJ Quall in it...you know, that super nerdy skinny guy from Road Trip? And it had Eliza Dushku (from Bring It On) and Lyle Lovett (Julia Roberts' ex) in it too. The funny thing was, as we were watching the second movie..we realised that we borrowed 2 movies, in which both had Julia Roberts' exes- Benjamin Bratt & Lyle Lovett! Coincidence?! I also couldn't get over how unattractive Lyle Lovett was and how Julia Roberts actually married the guy??? Oh, maybe he's got a great personality....yeah that just HAS to be it...oh, I sound so mean :)

Zlynn & Clifton are leaving for Queensland tomorrow! I'm so jealous! But Zlynn keeps saying "But you got to go to Daylesford- the SPA CAPITAL!!"...and I'm like...it's NOT the same...she's actually leaving the state of Victoria...and flying in an AIRPLANE to a DIFFERENT state...too bad she's not gonna be visiting Dreamworld where the Big Brother house is :) Ed will be in Queensland sometime next month too...the lucky girl is flying up there with her mum who'll be there on a conference and they're staying at the Seaworld Resort...now I'm REALLY jealous! She is just gonna eat her heart out (with all those buffet breakfasts!) and get a tan too...2 things that I LOVE! We were actually discussing buffet breakfasts last week...and I told her about the best buffet breakfast I've ever had in my entire life...which was when I was about 11 and my family was in Phuket, Thailand...we stayed at Le Meridian and they had the most beautiful, full-of-variety buffet breakfast ever! There was so much food EVERYWHERE...and they had EVERYTHING. I swear, I felt like I could've eaten forever...but then I probaby felt real sick after eating too much :) So anyway, Ed and I have decided that one day we're gonna go on a buffet breakfast holiday tour!!! Where all we do is just travel round to different hotels and have different buffet breakfasts everyday! Haha...can't wait :)

Well, I think I am gonna have an early night tonight...I am doing "housework" tomorrow and will spend the entire morning cleaning my apartment...oh, what fun!

Till then...tata!

Currently listening to: The Channel 10 late night news on TV...
Currently craving: Anything Japanese
Currently feeling: - Hella Good

2003-06-29T17:56:00.000+10:00

Hmmm...my comments button seems to have disappeared...I might've stuffed something up in the template...ML please help me! :)

I'll try and get it back up and running...in the mean time, please feel free to leave me messages in my guestbook :)

2003-06-27T13:26:00.000+10:00

I had such a cool dream last night!!!! It was one of those dreams where you wake up and go...."DAMN, it was only a dream"....

Well, I only remember vaguely what happened, no detailed stuff...but it was all about the Charlie's Angels and Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz (dunno why Lucy Liu wasn't in it).. I swear it must be all the hype of the new Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle movie going on at the moment! There have been ads everywhere on TV...and they're even showing the first Charlie's Angel on TV this weekend. A couple of weeks ago, the cast of Charlie's Angels were on Rove Live. And a couple of nights ago I was watching NBC Today and they had Demi Moore on (she plays the bad angel I think). I've been telling Marcus for awhile now that I just HAVE to go watch the new Charlie's Angels. And last night I was talking to Chinno and we were discussing even MORE Charlie's Angels and I was telling him how desperate I was to go watch it on opening night next week...so I guess I can see where my Charlie's Angels dream came from :)

So anyway, I dreamt that I won this competition to meet Charlie's Angels...and we were meant to meet them in this reception hall...you know where they hold weddings and events like that...so I turned up...and the reception hall looked like a HUGE mansion in Beverly Hills...I felt like I was in a Hollywood celebrity's house. I walked in the the front entrance and I saw another girl there who was also another competition winner...and she was actually one of Marcus' friend's girlfriend, Jess (Cookie)...and I recognised her so I went to say hello but she said her name was Alicia and not Jess. But her face and body was of Jess (She just had a different name). So I thought that was SO weird! Anyway we were both so excited about meeting the cast...and all of a sudden Cameron Diaz comes running through another door and she's all flustered and excited and happy to see us..and she greets us with a huge smile and said she was so glad we were there etc. A couple of minutes later, Drew Barrymore came through and was also happy to see us. They both looked so beautiful... they were dressed casually in jeans and t-shirts but they still looked so dolled up and just so pretty! Flawless skin, nice lip gloss, cool hair...everything! Then, another girl came through the front entrance and she turned out to be another competition winner...and she was actually the actress Annabeth Gish (dunno if many of you have heard of her)..but I think she was in my dream coz I was watching this video called "Buying The Cow" the other night and she was in that movie. So anyway in my dream I had met her a couple of days before through some friends and her name was Bec. I was so surprised she had won the competition too so I said "Omigod, Bec! Hi!"...and she looked at me and she knew who I was but she couldn't figure out my name! She was like "Oh hey!" and I reminded her of my name and suddenly Cameron Diaz jumps in and says "Yeah, it's JANICE!"...then I can't remember what else happened except I have this vague memory of Drew Barrymore being glued to the TV coz some baseball game was on...ahhh, gotta love those celebrity dreams :) I've had so many now...

My list of celebrity dreams:-
- George Clooney
- Julia Roberts (several times!)
- Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Tom Cruise
- Cameron Diaz
- Drew Barrymore

Tomorrow is Karen's & Dean's 1st wedding anniversary...I can't believe it! It's been one year?!?! Time is flying by so fast...I still remember this time last year like it was yesterday....anyway, they are having a little pizza party at their house tonight...yay, I don't have to cook! :)

Gotta go...have to get them an anniversary card or something...

Have a great weekend, everyone :)

2003-06-25T18:09:00.000+10:00

The couple of days before finals last week was just CRAZY for me...the Monday before my first exam (which was on Wednesday), something was totally wrong with me... I don't know WHAT happened but I woke up at 5am from a horrible nights sleep...I was dozing on and off the entire night not feeling very well, sometimes even nauseous! And when I woke up at 5am, I had to throw up...and I threw up about 4 times that morning. Everytime I tried to go back to sleep I would feel nauseous. Finally when I went back to sleep at around 11am, I slept for a good couple of hours...I was feeling so tired and had no energy to get out of bed....by this time I was already freaking out because I had just wasted half the day sleeping and not getting any study done...all I was thinking was "why the hell did this have to happen to me NOW?! 2 days before my exams?!". I had a horrible headache all day, had no appetitie and basically slept my entire day until I managed to drag myself out of bed at 5.30pm for a hot shower. Adrian ordered a pizza for dinner and I managed to get one slice in. After that, I went straight back to bed! I have no idea what was wrong with me...I tried to think of everything that I ate the day before and I couldn't think of anything that could've made me feel so sick...Adrian had everything I had and he was fine. Anyway, the next day I woke up feeling just fine! Like nothing happened! How WEIRD is that? Thank God I was fine though because if I didn't get a chance to study that day I would've been screwed and I would've panicked and I would've had to go to the doctors to get a medical certificate and apply for special consideration! But luckily I studied like normal and felt fine. It was just that Monday. Creepy Mondays.

So anyway, on Wednesday night as I was getting ready to go to bed...I was setting my digital alarm clock for my last exam...and I set it for 7.45am for my 9.15am exam. That night I slept at 3am coz I was still up studying and freaking out about the exam....and because I went to bed so late and was pretty tired, I didn't get up every hour like I usually do during exams just to make sure I hadn't slept through the alarm. So the next thing I know, I hear a faint beep from my mobile phone...so I wake up, look at my clock and it said 12.59am...and I thought that CAN'T be right, the sun is up! So I start FREAKING out coz I didn't know what the right time was, scrambled for my mobile phone and it said 8.05am! I started freaking out even more coz I had overslept 20 minutes...dashed to bathroom to brush my teeth, changed into the most decent thing I could find, grabbed my pencil case and calculator (THANK GOD I didn't forget the calculator) and headed right out the door...all in 10 minutes...that has to be the fastest I've ever taken between waking up and walking out the door. All the way to the train station I was like "shit, shit, shit, shit please don't let me be late"...and I ended up being at the exam hall 15 minutes early :) I swear to God it was sheer luck. If Marcus hadn't messaged me at 8.05am...I wouldn've slept right through my exam I think. My stupid alarm clock! I think the power must've gotten cut off sometime during the early hours of the morning and messed up my entire alarm settings...damn these digital clocks...I should get one of those non-digital ones...I can't seem to think of the word for the non-digital kind...what is that word???? Nevermind. The whole day I was just silently thanking God for the luck I had. I don't know what I would've done if I had missed that exam...ring the university up crying and tell them that my alarm clock didn't go off...hahahahaha...the most cliched excuse in the whole entire exam world, they won't believe me for a second!

Adrian is now in back in KL and I have the apartment all to myself :) It is SO quiet...and A LOT cleaner (haha!). Now I have to think of what to cook tonight...decisions, decisions, decisons.

2003-06-23T22:16:00.000+10:00

My weekend getaway was really nice and SOOOO very relaxing...a much needed weekend I think :) I don't remember ever being that relax in the past 3 months! Well, Friday afternoon I caught the train to Marcus' house as he was working a half-day that day. There really wasn't any point in him coming to pick me up as he would just be driving 40 minutes in a different direction, pick me up and drive 90 minutes in a different direction (back towards his house). His house is on the way to Daylesford so it was just easier for me to take the train in. So he picked me up from the train station, went to his house, packed his bag...I packed mine the night before! I was so excited :) And we left his house and got to Daylesford in about 45 minutes. It was a nice drive and since we were driving by the "country-side" it was pretty...kinda reminded me of the time I was in Tasmania with my mum and dad...but of course Tasmania was more scenic and prettier. Plus the grey sky didn't help! When I was in Tasmania, we only saw BLUE skies! It was drizzling on the way to Daylesford and I was just sooooooo hoping the weather would improve...we finally got to the place where we were gonna stay...wasn't hard to find at all since Daylesford is such a tiny country town! The Birches (where we stayed) was such a beautiful place...it was basically one HUGE house...the owners live there and our room was called "The Attic" which was on the highest floor and it had a very nice panoramic view of a little lake and lots of trees. It was such a quiet and peaceful area. Anyway, it was totally freezing when we got to Daylesford...it's always colder in country towns compared to Melbourne city itself! The owner saw us arrive, greeted us and told us our key was ready for us by our room door. So we went to check out our room, opened the door and it was the most beautiful room! And not only that, they had turned on the heater was us earlier coz they were expecting us and the room was just soooooo warm...you have no idea how happy I was. There's nothing worse than driving a long way into a freezing country town and arriving to a cold room. So we were lucky :) The room was so welcoming and it was pretty big and spacious...it had a king-size bed, a TV and video, a lounge set, a CD player, a mini-kitchen ready with a fridge, microwave and all other kitchen utensils. A dining table and lots of other little furnishings that made the room really comfortable and cosy. And there were windows everywhere and glass doors that opened out to the biggest balcony ever! We also had walk-in wardrobes and a huge bathroom with a spa-bath :) Anyone who stayed there would've been happy just staying in the whole time and not going out!

After un-packing, we took a drive into town...it was only a 2 minute drive...and the town seemed pretty busy...it's turned into a real touristy place. We just walked around the main street of the town, checking out the little cafes that were there...got some necessities from the supermarket (it was barely a supermarket really...kinda like a milk bar, only about 3 times bigger!), then drove back to our accomodation. That night we went out to dinner at the Daylesford Hotel which was a pub. Marcus had actually suggested that we walk into town for dinner as it would only take us about 15-20 minutes...but when the sun set, it became so extremely cold that I said there was NO WAY we were walking into town :) And thank god we didn't! It was so foggy...

On Saturday, we went out to breakfast at one of the little cafes on the main street...it was sooo yummy but pretty expensive! I think the whole town has gotten so touristy that they've hiked up the prices! But it was a really good breakfast so I didn't mind...we walked around some more and had a look at some of the shops and then went back in time for our massage appointments!!! That was probably the highlight of our weekend...we had make bookings for an hour of massage each...they were in-house massages which meant they came to us..and it was really good. Two ladies turned up with all their equipment (massage table, oils etc) and Marcus and I were basically in heaven for about an hour :) After the massage we took a walk down to Lake Daylesford...we didn't wanna go too far incase we got lost :) So we just had a quick look and came back.. it was getting dark anyway. And that night we went out to the Daylesford Hotel for dinner again coz every other place was either shut or booked out! It was kinda frustrating and disappointing. We wanted to try out a restaurant called "Farmer's Arm" (weird name!) coz everyone said it was really good, but when we got there they said they were fully booked. We had a backup restaurant to go to but found out it was closed! Everything closed soooo early...shops start closing at like 4pm! So anyway we ended up back at the Daylesford Hotel which wasn't a bad idea at all. After dinner, we headed back and watched "Ghost" on video..that has to be one of my all-time favourite movies..and everytime I watch it, I still cry...EVERYTIME! :)

Sunday morning, we had to check out by 12pm, so Marcus woke up a little earlier and he made me breakfast (awww!)...eggs and bacon on toast! And I made some french toast, only because we had some left over eggs :) By the time we knew it, it was 11.30am and so we started packing up and were ready to leave...to top the whole weekend off, as we were driving back from Daylesford to Melbourne, it was drizzling a little on and off, and Marcus spotted a HUGE rainbow...it was really pretty...you know how rainbows are really hard to spot coz the colours are usually very faint? Well we spotted a very faint rainbow...and then about 5 minutes later, for some reason the rainbow became SO clear. Like, the colours were SO obvious and you could tell instantly that there was a rainbow...the colours were really bright...I'm not sure if that was the same rainbow or a different one but it was just the "clearest" and "brightest" rainbow I've ever seen in my life...I tried getting it on camera but I don't know if it turned out :) The car might've been too bumpy!

So that was my weekend! I don't think I'll have another weekend as relaxing as that in a long time :)

Currently listening to: My washing machine
Currently craving: Vietnamese noodles...mmmm...(having lunch with Zlynn and Chinno tomorrow!)
Currently reading: Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman, and Cosmo with Britney on the front :) Haha.
Currently studying: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Currently feeling: -Rested and Relaxed

2003-06-20T11:16:00.000+10:00

Well...THAT'S IT! FINALS ARE OVER! It doesn't seem real but I think I just need it to hit me once again...it has a few times but still didn't seem real :)

I can't blog too much now...on my way to Daylesford with Marcus on our weekend getaway that we planned...can't wait!!!! But it's sooo cold....

I'll be back Sunday so I might post then :)

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Hugs,
XOXO

2003-06-17T14:06:00.000+10:00

JUST TWO MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XOXOXOXO

2003-06-13T16:19:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,

Just to let you know, Colby (from Caringbridge) passed away early yesterday morning. It was so sudden and I am so shocked by the news. I can't believe he is gone...I knew that his cancer was getting worse but no one expected him to leave so soon. That little boy was really special to me. Ever since I started following his journey, I thought of the possibility of meeting him one day if I made a visit to the States. I am just so saddened that I won't be able to now. I also had a gift for him that I was meant to send off a few weeks ago but the craziness of finishing uni delayed me from mailing it off. I promised him that I would send the gift off after finals. But he will never get to see what I wanted to give him. Last week, 3 other little boys also lost their lives to cancer. June seems to be such a bad month! Please keep Colby's devastated family and all the other families who've lost their little ones recently in your prayers.

Hugs,
XOXO

2003-06-10T02:13:00.000+10:00

Just to let everyone know that I probably won't blog as much as I usually do in the next week or so...wanna guess why?! Ullgh, I don't even wanna say it...however, after the 19th, I'll be FREE to do whatever I want, and the best part of it...I'll be able to do it GUILT-FREE. It's so awful. Like right now, even typing this entry, I feel guilty coz really I should be studying, shouldn't I??? And if I were to make a cup of coffee, I won't be able to enjoy it coz I'll just be ridden with guilt coz I could've used that 5 minutes of waiting for the kettle to boil and stirring in the coffee, sugar and milk, to study! Even when I watch TV while having dinner I feel guilty. So you can imagine how guilt-free I'll feel after next Thursday...CAN'T WAIT. But then there's the horrible waiting game of hearing how you did in the exams- RESULTS. AH, won't think about that now.

I finally know what "BLOG" means!!!!! Apparently it's derived from the word "weblog"...BLOG...ahhh that makes sense now :) Thanks Ed!

Gonna go to bed...I refuse to study any longer...it's 2.05am.

Please feel free to keep checking in for updates even though I said I won't blog as much...who knows, I might have one of my sudden freak outs between now and finals and I'll need somewhere to rant...sooooo...stay tuned :)

Till then...

2003-06-06T15:25:00.000+10:00

Okay so I finally decided to forgive computers....

Yep, so I did HOUSEWORK this week! Lots of cleaning...I cleaned my ENTIRE apartment and it always takes me a good 2 hours...from the bathroom, to kitchen, to dishes, to dusting, to mopping, to vaccuming, to laundry...gotta love the feel of a freshly cleaned apartment :)

I haven't really been doing too much this past week apart from studying and *trying* to study...sometimes it's just so hard to get motivated...but the one thing that helps motivate me is the fact that I'm graduating in August...I can't stuff things up and NOT graduate! My dad's coming down for my graduation and not only that, my auntie and cousin are coming down as well! Talk about pressure. But of course I also wanna graduate for my own sake...and do well so *someone* would employ me. But enough of that! I managed to have my usual Monday lunch date with Ed. On Tuesday, Zlynn, Chinno and I had a coffee break on Chapel St...ooooooooh and Zlynn and I shared a slice of heaven's Mars Bar cake at Cafe Sienna! (are you green with envy, Sharon?!) It was soooo delish...and Zlynn even had the waiter melt the cake down for us...so fattening! But so worth it! All in all, it's been pretty quiet compared to my normal weeks...not surprised really. Usually everyone's sorta "hibernating" during the exam period...it's hard to find someone to even have coffee with! Excluding Ed, since she's my one non-university friend...so she's always free for a coffee.

Ed called yesterday from a payphone coz she just happened to be reading the Herald Sun (newspaper) and there was an article on Avril which said that she stayed at the Como Hotel during her stay in Melbourne!!! The Como??? That's like 10 minutes maybe less from my apartment!! So Avril was staying within a 5km radius of me...and apparently just before her concert she went shopping on Chapel St (as if you would shop anywhere else!) and she went into General Pants and bought knee-high boots (umm, okay I guess), a black mini denim skirt (why?!?!) and a pink top (PINK?!)...and not only that, apparently she was really nice to the sales assistants and even invited them to an after party back at the Como!!! OH.MY.GOD. I knew I should've worked part-time at General Pants...this time last year, I saw Pete, the winner of Big Brother 2, shopping there...and now Avril?! I wonder who's next...

I am having the most annoying cold right now...and it's all my brother's fault...I was FINE up until yesterday arvo when my brother was sniffing around and using up all the tissues...then last night my nose started to get runny and I couldn't stop sneezing. The last time this happened to me, I tried the Vaporub trick...which is, if you're ever having a cold (runny nose, blocked nose etc), what you should do is, right before you go to bed, slather a generous amount of Vicks Vaporub under your feet (ie: on the soles of your feet), then put on some good thick, warm socks and go to bed. I did that the last time and I managed to sleep like a baby( when usually I would be up all night because of my blocked nose) and I woke up feeling normal and there wasn't a single trace of a cold! I thought it was a miracle. So anyway, I did that last night, and it worked a little but not as much as it should've (maybe I didn't slather on enough Vaporub?)...so I've just been to the pharmacy to get some cold tablets...hopefully they work soon.. I hate studying when I'm sick...only because being sick makes me want to do anything but study.

It's been so windy here lately...I don't think we even call it winds...I think if they're this strong, they're called gales! Last night was bad...we had major gales...my sliding door was rattling away!!! It's also kinda eerie and creepy when it's all silent in the apartment but you can hear these REALLY, REALLY strong gales outside...I thought we were gonna have a storm, but lucky we didn't. Even now, the wind is SO strong...nothing as bad as last night...but still so strong. I wouldn't wanna be outside...it's SO COLD.

I guess it's back to studying for now...hope everyone's had a good week...and to those of ya studying for finals...good luck! :) I think Chinno had an exam today...wonder how he went...will give him a call later.

2003-06-05T17:36:00.000+10:00

I HATE computers....I just wrote a REALLY long entry and it suddenly disappeared and I can't find it...IWANTTOSCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hate computers

Hate computers

MAYBE I'll try writing again later...when I decide to forgive computers...

2003-06-01T23:49:00.000+10:00

Just got home from Avril's concert....it was AWESOME!!!! I LOVE AVRIL! I went into the concert full of doubts on her live performance...not that I've seen or heard her perform LIVE before tonight, but her performance at the Grammys this year wasn't too impressive, so I guess I was just a little weary. As soon as Sk8er Boi (first song she sang) came on, all doubts disappeared...she was GOOD! And just got even better as the concert went on. GOB was opening for Avril and they were pretty bad. Maybe just not my type of music...they were...LOUD....head-banging sorta thing...and the thing that pissed me off was GOB dissed Britney!!!!! It was probably part of Avril's act too coz everyone knows she's anti-Britney (why?!?!)...and not only did they diss the B-queen....they even dissed Creed!! Like, GOB was saying how we should request more of their songs on our radio stations coz that will only mean less of Creed songs would be played...what's wrong with Creed?!?! They're pretty cool...anyway, so back to the concert, I was SO glad GOB finally got off stage...then Avril came on :) She is so tiny, maybe short is the more appropriate word. And she is just so full of energy, bouncing around stage, running up and down the ramps on stage...and still she manages to hold her voice without breaking OR puffing. She sang ALL of her songs from the album...and the funniest bit of the concert was when she got 2 people from the audience to go on stage to help her sing "Complicated"...hahaha...she picked this 17-year old girl and this really nerdy 14-year old guy...and the girl was pretty much out of tune...and the guy...hahaha...it was pretty funny...he COULD NOT sing at all...it was so out of tune... but I guess they had the guts to go up there and sing infront of thousands of people, so I've gotta give them credit!!! I just wonder what would've happened if one of them didn't know the words to Avril's song? Haha. Well, despite the bad opening act and all the little screaming kids around (I swear, the average age of Avril's audience must've been 12), Edwina, Emma and I had a blast, and we definitely got what we paid for :)

Now all I have to do is just get myself to a Britney concert...I just don't get why she's never had a concert tour here in Australia. She's been here a couple of times I think but she's never performed! I don't get it! SO many people love her here (ie: ME!!!). I just think that I really HAVE to get myself to one of her concerts soon before I get any older.. I don't exactly wanna be 28 in the middle of a Britney concert :) But then again, maybe her music might change by then (it's slowly changing now), and her audience won't consist of 3-year olds sitting on their daddy's shoulders...whatever! Britney, come to Melbourne!

GO AVRIL LAVIGNE!!!

2003-05-31T00:32:00.000+10:00

Forgot to mention that Marcus and I had dinner at LiveBait, Newquay (at Docklands) on Wednesday night. Marcus and James (his business partner) got their first paycheck this week so we thought we'd celebrate with a nice dinner. LiveBait is meant to be one of the nicer seafood restaurants in Melbourne and I had very high expectations...turned out to be pretty average...nothing too spectacular. It was me, Marcus, James and Sarah (James' girlfriend). Sarah had booked us in for an 8pm reservation...got there on time, was seated...was a pretty funky looking place with a very nice view of the pier. We had our entree around 8.40pm...and main meals at around 9.30pm!! We were absolutely starving...and not too impressed that we had to wait so long for our food to come...don't think we'll be going back there. I guess we were just a little disappointed...maybe if they had better service, it wouldn't have been too bad.

Today I did some studying and then had a short coffee break with Ed on Greville St. Went home, more studying...and tonight I just couldn't take studying anymore so I went over to Chinno's house to see what he was upto. He had enough of studying as well so we decided to have a short coffee break on Chapel St :) And now I'm home and back to studying again! Too bad coffee doesn't have any effect on me whatsoever anymore...so it's not like I can stay up till 5am studying (which Chinno does ALL the time, I don't know how but he does)...I don't plan to anyway! I can have a cup of the strongest coffee right before bed, and I can assure you I'll still be able to sleep like a baby :) Maybe that's what they call a serious coffee addict...it's really not my fault...it all began when I started living with my sister...coz SHE was a major coffee addict at the time...and I just sorta learnt from her :) Haha. I'm not so bad now though, I only have 1 or 2 cups a day at the most, sometimes none (I have tea instead).

2003-05-29T18:12:00.000+10:00

Well, my presentation went pretty well. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out and so was everyone in both groups...there was a bit of disappointment and GUESS WHO caused it? Yes...Dionn. Why am I not surprised? He is offically the most untrustable, unreliable, irresponsible, laziest person I've ever met. There were 9 questions in this case study (presentation) and he was assigned 2 questions and he didn't even turn up on Tuesday for the presentation. Poor Anna had to think up of something to say in his part. She is good at that sorta thing though, coming up with ideas on the spot, so she didn't mind...but it's just poor working ethics for Dionn to not even turn up and leave the group, in this case groups since it was a joint presentation, hanging. THANK GOD I won't have to work with him ever again. Trust my luck, in 5 years time, we'll end up working in the same company and I'll have to work with him again...hahaha...please touch wood. So anyway, minus Dionn, the presentation went well and Rami (my tutor) was happy and he actually said that my class was the best class he's had. He probably says that to ALL his classes, but he assured us that he was being honest :)

So anyway, after the presentation, Tony and I spoke to Rami about the problems we were having with Dionn. Rami said that he had spoken to Andre (the lecturer) about it and that they're definitely gonna do something about the situation...Rami also said that he was disappointed coz he knows Dionn personally as a friend (not a close friend, but just a normal friend) and he's just disappointed that Dionn would be this irresponsible.

Monday was also my cousin's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY!! I didn't forget...just forgot to mention it here :) Tracy just turned 26...seems like everyone is just getting older...my sister is 27 and that is seriously OLD-er! Hehe...she is now officially one of those "late-twenties" people....I dread the day when I will be referred as such!

Uni is officially over for me...had no classes today and I don't have any tomorrow, so I'm on SWOT VAC (study break) and no more classes for me EVER...yay!

You know what's an interesting observation when the semester comes to an end? In the last week of uni, when you go to lectures and tutorials...you will notice a significant increase in the number of people attending the lectures and tutes...suddenly, you're like 5 minutes early to a lecture and you just can't seem to find a seat because everyone decides to turn up seeing that the semester is ending so they better go to their last couple of classes...and then you're forced to sit on the aisles. And the same goes for tutorials...went to my Investment tutorial the other day...I was there 5 minutes early and it was PACKED...and I'm talking PACKED...every single seat was taken except for the ONE seat right at the corner at the back of the room...I couldn't save another seat for Andrea, she came in at 4.15, no seats left and had to leave and wait for the next tutorial...the other amazing thing is that, you also tend to see all these faces that you've never seen throughout the semester coz they just didn't turn up to classes :)

Currently listening to: Nothing
Currently craving: Fried rice (which I'll be cooking for dinner!)
Currently reading: InStyle (My fave magazine!! It's got Carrie-Anne Moss on the cover- she's so beautiful!)
Currently studying: Bond fundamentals & Pricing (Investments)
Currently feeling: - Scattered
Special countdown: 3 days till Avril's Concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "I'm with a Sk8ter Boi, I said see ya later boi!"

2003-05-26T23:19:00.000+10:00

Today is Julian's 21st birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULZ! Hope you made plans and went out partying...too bad you couldn't be in KL or here in Melbourne with friends you so dearly love and miss :) Haha. How's that fever coming along? Did you take my advice?!?!

This semester is the first time that I've worked with a group without knowing any of the members personally. And I sure have learnt A LOT from working with people I don't know. And that is, you can't really ever trust someone or rely on them 100% if you don't already know them. Well, Dionn requires no explanation whatsoever. He's always been on my list of totally un-trustable AND unreliable people. No doubt. But Tony just really disappointed me today. I mean, I guess I can trust him most times...but what happened today just made him seem pretty unreliable. He was the one who offered to do most of the communicating with this other group that we're doing the joint presentation with and he didn't tell me until last night that I should get my part ready so that Anna could print out the transparencies by today. So like I said in my last entry, I worked my butt off all night just finishing my bit. Tony gave me Anna's email address so that I could email her my part. I emailed Anna last night, got no reply all night and all day today. Finally got hold of Tony this evening to see if Anna got his part through email and he said that she didn't but he emailed her his part again this morning. Apparently he got Anna's email address wrong and hence, gave me Anna's wrong email address!!! And when he found out, he didn't even tell me straightaway, he only waited until I got hold of him this evening! So I quickly emailed my part to Anna's right email address, leaving my phone number etc. And tonight Anna called and said she had already printed out the transparencies, and it was too late to print mine out! AARGH...if only Tony told me earlier that he gave me the wrong email address...I mean, wouldn't it be common sense or common courtesy to tell someone straightaway that you gave them the wrong email address? Especially when it involves something so important which is due in a couple of days? How unreliable...I was so disappointed...so tomorrow, I'll have to run around the city looking for places that print out transparencies...and it will have to be early since my presentation is at 11am. Thank God I won't have to work in groups with strangers any longer...

Spent a couple of hours in the library this morning studying :) Was pretty happy with myself. Then, went on to have my weekly lunch date with Ed. Bumped into Yael at BlueZone. Me, Yael and Ed had a HUGE discussion on Big Brother 3. Hehe. Then an old high school friend, Natalie, joined Ed and I for lunch halfway. She had just broken up with her boyfriend of four years, Jake. So as you can imagine, there was a lot to be said. Then I had my Investments lecture which only went on for an hour! Normally it's a 2 hour lecture, so everyone was stoked we could leave WAY early. It makes such a big difference...usually by the time we get out of the lecture, it's 5.15pm and it's already getting dark...I hate that. So today was good, I got home before sunset! It is still sooooo cold here at nights...I am on a mission to get my own ugg boots just to keep my feet warm whenever I'm home :)

Wish me luck on the presentation tomorrow!

2003-05-25T17:51:00.000+10:00

Last night we were at my sister's having spaghetti and meatballs...YUM! I don't know where she finds the time to actually make her own meatballs...but she does. And not only did she make homemade meatballs, she even made a whole plate (a large one mind you) of tiramisu for dessert and it was sooooooooooo delish...this is exactly where me and her are SO different...she finds pleasure in cooking whereas I just...can't be bothered :) After dinner and dessert, Karen and Dean made us watch The Matrix on DVD coz they were gonna watch Matrix Reloaded today...and Dean was like, "Janice, you have to pretend to be excited"...and I'm like ooooo-kay. Whatever.

I have this joint-presentation with another group on Tuesday, and I've been allocated Question 5 which I'm only half-way through. And Tony rings me today and says that Anna (this other girl in the group) offered to print out our transparencies if we email her our parts to her by TONIGHT...and I'm like arrrrgh...if only I knew about this earlier I would've finished my part sooner! So now I've gotta work my butt off the rest of the night to finish my part...

I seriously ALWAYS find the weeks leading up to finals pure torture...I don't sleep well, I don't eat well, I stress and I find myself easily agitated and frustrated! And then procrastination adds to it and makes me feel guilty and that adds to the torture...maybe I really CAN'T wait for uni to be over with FOREVER :)

2003-05-24T16:44:00.000+10:00

I forgot to mention awhile ago that I PASSED my Investments mid-semester test! WOOHOO :) I was pretty happy that I passed, I could've done better but at least I didn't *fail* (TOUCH WOOD) it....and what made me feel better was that I did better than Andrea who seemed so confident in it. I'm not bragging for doing better than her, but it's just that my confidence in taking the test totally plummeted as soon as she told me how confident and prepared she was! Anyway, it's all over and done with and I am stressing over finals! It still hasn't hit me yet that next week will be my last week of uni EVER...and the upcoming finals will be my last set of exams EVER! God...the end of uni is the end of an era...and it just means I have to be a responsible adult now :(

I just did my grocery shopping with Chinno...and as we were walking on Chapel St, we saw SHANE CRAWFORD!! He was looking pretty good I must say. If you don't know who this spunk is, he's a very famous Australian footy player. He plays for The Hawks and years ago in high school, a friend got me *obsessed* with The Hawks because of Shane Crawford...one of those high school crushes!

On Thursday, Channel 7 aired the very last episode of Felicity...how depressing! That was my all-time favourite show and it's OVER...there aren't any new seasons so I had to say goodbye to Felicity for good. Luckily I taped it :) Now I can move on to memorising the script and annoying everyone with quotes from Felicity...

Still waiting for Dawson's Creek to return...if only I had cable internet! The first season of Dawson's is coming out on DVD soon though, and you can count on me to be first in line for it!

Some of my Caringbrige kids have been doing so well lately...Kody who just had surgery on his brain came out of the surgery doing really well...and Connor who also just had surgery is doing great...he was meant to have a 14-hour surgery but it turned out to be only 6 hours because everything turned out better than expected. Please pray for these kids...some of them are really needing all the prayers they can get and if possible a miracle.

Have a great weekend everyone!

*Hugs*

2003-05-22T01:26:00.000+10:00

Omigod!

I *actually* figured out how to work my new scanner!

Check out new photos @ Janice's Snapshots!

2003-05-21T23:24:00.000+10:00

I feel good. I just wrote my monotonous-Swiss-accented finance lecturer a HUGE email stating every single problem Tony and I have with Dionn, our very irresponsible and slack group member. I feel so much better now. As if I would let him get away without putting in any effort...HAH! I would NEVER let anyone get away with something like that. And the best thing is, I'm not even afraid if Dionn finds out that Tony and I have ratted on him, because it's nearly the end of the semester and I won't have to see his face ever again! Ever! Plus, he DESERVES it.

Marcus and I have booked our weekend getaway! I am so excited! We have planned to "getaway" to Daylesford which is just over an hours drive from Melbourne. And Daylesford is apparently VERY beautiful...neither of us have been there...and it's also the spa capital! Which is the reason why I wanted to go there :) I was online searching for places we could go to and I got this beautiful accomadation place called The Birches in Daylesford to mail me some brochures. Got them a couple of days ago, Marcus and I looked at it and immediately knew that we just had to stay there...so we called and booked for the weekend just after my final paper! At least it gives me something to look forward to :) I am tres excited! Marc and I have been away together many times (mainly to Torquay) but it's never been just the two of us, so I'm glad that we're gonna have this time together.

Tomorrow and Friday will involve some serious studying by me...3 weeks to finals and I am scared shitless and not prepared. I'm heading to the library tomorrow morning and won't be leaving till I know I've covered enough. I just hope I don't fall asleep :) At least there won't be the TV, internet, stereo, Felicity and Dawsons re-runs (on video), novels, phone or food to distract me! I am a very easily distracted person, so it's CRUCIAL that I study in the library where it's quiet and boring. Unless Andrea turns up...and we decide to go for coffee...or shop...or just go home...NO, NO, NO! I HAVE TO STUDY!

Check out "The Birches" if you wanna see where Marc and I will be staying on our weekend getaway :)

2003-05-21T17:40:00.000+10:00

REMISSION- A word every parent so desperately wants to hear when their child is ill with cancer.

I am so happy. Today I did my daily checks on my Caringbridge kids and I got the news that Hannah & Madeline (5-year old twins) are in REMISSION! They have 100% donor cells (from the bone marrow transplant). Hannah & Madeline are two of my "adopted kids" from Caringbridge. I've been following their journey since February, 2003 and to hear this GREAT news is just so overwhelming and exciting. I am honestly and sincerely so proud of those supergirls (that's what I call them) and so happy for their family. I only pray that they'll be in remission forever.

Gotta boot now, will write a little more later...

*hugs*

2003-05-20T21:59:00.000+10:00

I don't know if underwear is an approprite topic of conversation but who's judging? Seeing that Myer's been having a huge sale, I decided to get some much needed new underwear...hehehe...I love buying underwear. Anyway, I bought these Jockey undies which are Y-front styled. And attached to them were cards which had the following questions...

-Y do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
-Y doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
-Y if people from Poland are called Poles, people from Holland aren't called Holes?
-Y is there no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, and no pine or apple in pineapple?
-Y do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
-Y can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
-Y does a house burn up as it burns down?
-Y do you fill in a form by filling it out?
-Y does an alarm go off by going on?
-Y is a boxing ring square?
-Y is the human race called a race, who is going to win?
-Y do overlook and oversee mean different things?
-Y do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?
-Y is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person that drives a race car not called a racist?
-Y are there flotation devices under the plane seats instead of parachutes?
-Y do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
-Y is it that when you transport something by car it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by shop it's called cargo?
-Y can't women put mascara on with their mouths closed?
-Y don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
-Y is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
-Y don't they make the whole plane out of the stuff they make the indestructible black boxes out of?
-Y is a bra singular and panties plural?
-Y is it called after dark when it is really after light?

WHY OH WHY?

2003-05-19T00:13:00.000+10:00

I think I'm going through another "book frenzy" or "book phase", whatever you'd like to call it. I've always loved reading and I've sworn to myself that when I get a house of my own in the future that I'd have my own personal library. With endless shelves. And more shelves. Filled with books. And more books. Nothing looks better than a wall filled with book-filled shelves, don't you think??? Anyway, so back to this book frenzy of mine, yes I'm right in the middle of it...the last time Sharon and I were in a book frenzy was when we were in KL and it might've been a week before we were due to fly back to Melbourne. We were in MPH (bookstore) and spent ages there just looking at books...we bought so many books between us more than enough to last us a year of reading...and that was just for the flight back to Melbourne :) So with this new book phase that I'm in, I've bought 2 books in the last week and borrowed a couple of others from some friends. I finished the latest Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul which was excellent...it helped a lot. And right now, I've got my head stuck in a book I borrowed from Ed. She'd been raving about it for awhile and I just had to see what all the fuss was about. It's called "The Nanny Diaries" written by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin. It is THE BEST book...definitely one of my favourites...very highly recommended! It is so funny, so witty and so clever. It's a true story (I presume) of a nanny working for a wealthy family in New York. And it's absolutely hilarious. I can't put it down. Thanks Ed for the recommendation! I'm also waiting on some books that one of the Caringbridge mothers, Kellie, was so kind enough to put an order in for me from Amazon.com and they've just been shipped off...I'm so excited. Thanks Kellie!

So how was everyone's weekend? Mine was great. I had a few good surprises actually. On Wedneday night, Marcus stayed at my place. He had to work the next day so he left my place at about 6am...I got a call at about 9.30am and he said that he couldn't work as it had been raining all morning. He works outdoors so if it rains, it means he can't work. So instead, he came back to my place to hang out with me. Then Friday night, he called me again and said that he wasn't working all weekend. So basically I've spent every night with him since Wednesday night! A really nice surprise seeing that he's been working extra hard lately and I thought I wouldn't have had the chance to see him as often.

Saturday night, Marcus, Chinno, Adrian and I went to watch The Matrix Reloaded. It was actually my first time watching anything Matrix coz I hadn't even seen the first one. Yes, I know, I'm a loser, I should be shot, I don't deserve to live. Gosh, you won't believe the number of "Oh.My.God. You haven't seen the Matrix??? What is wrong with you???" I've had to put up with in the past couple of months leading up to this sequel. I tell people that I haven't seen The Matrix and they look/stare/glare at me like I had just spoken in Latin and grew an extra head at the same time. I don't think it's that surprising that someone like ME hasn't seen The Matrix. I'm more of a "My Best Friend's Wedding"-"Pretty Woman"-"Clueless"-"How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" sorta gal! Sue me already! So back to The Matrix Reloaded, I thought it was pretty cool and I just can't get over how *cool* Carrie Ann Moss looks with her hair all slicked back...

Lately I've been thinking of getting some goldfish. The ones that I had are living with my sister now. So I just thought it'd be nice to have some new ones. But I'm a little hesistant...I don't know if I'll be disciplined enough to actually get around to cleaning its bowl when the time comes...as much as it's tempting to clean the bowl once the water gets all murky and gross, it's also much more tempting to procrastinate :) And the other dilemma is, I don't want any of the fish to die on me...I would just feel so bad and useless and I'd feel like such a bad goldfish owner! How could I let my fish die??? I did get attached to my last pair of goldfish...they were really cute. One of them jumped out of the bowl (goldfish suicide style) and we didn't realise till it was too late...maybe I'll get some when finals are over...

Okay as gross as this will sound...Marcus and I had a burping competition today. Surprisingly it was my idea :) Needless to say, he won...boys will be boys!

Ulgggh, another Monday tomorrow, another new week, another week closer to finals...this is torture! I have to seriously hit the books...and I mean HIT THE BOOKS. No more excuses...no more procrastinating...I have to switch to pure study mode with only breaks to the toilet and breaks for meals. Somewhere in between I will have to find time to go to Avril's concert (yay!!!!) and make a booking for Marcus' and my getaway weekend...oooooh...I can't wait!

Happy Monday everyone! Thanks for checking in...

Currently listening to: Some Eminem song
Currently eating: Yogo chocolate snack pack...mmmMmmMmmmMMMm
Currently feeling: - Anxious
Currently reading: The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin

2003-05-16T08:24:00.000+10:00

*Warning: This entry will contain the name of the winner of Survivor VI: The Amazon. So if your country hasn't aired it yet and you're still waiting to find out who the winner is, DO NOT read after the first paragraph. Now that I've warned you, there will be no finger-pointing!*

Sorry for the delayed update! The past few days have been...busy and lazy...if that makes sense :) No, Julian, I aint a slacker! I just hate it when we're nearing towards the end of a semester...especially this time around...it's my last semester...FOREVER...no more uni...no more classes...no more 6am bedtimes because of last minute assignments...if I actually count the number of times I've stayed up till sunrise completing an assignment...that would be an interesting number! I've also been busy freaking out the past few days...knowing that these are my last couple of weeks of uni is just terrifying...I mean, this is what I've known nearly my whole entire life...going to kindergarden, going to primary school, going to high school, going to uni...it was somewhere I went to everyday my whole life...and it was always comforting to know that it was always gonna be there...rain, hail, shine, war, no war, there would still be school. And for 16 years now, it has been my one and only security blanket. Since I was 5 I knew that for the next 16 years, all I had to do was go to school...everything seemed certain...and now that the 16 years are up...things have never seemed more uncertain. And I am SCARED! Is that normal? I think so...let's not dwell on it further, I still have 1 presentation, a zillion things to study and 2 finals to overcome before having a REAL panic attack about my uncertain future :)

Now on to the *good stuff*. SURVIVOR AMAZON FINALE! Oh. My. God. I would NEVER...and I mean NEVER...imagine that Jenna the 21 year old, spoiled, bitchy, cold-hearted swimsuit model would ever win this game!!! I mean it's Survivor!!! I thought its winner was meant to be big...sturdy...strong...MATTHEW! I'm not on Matthew's side...although I'm not on Jenna's side either...you think I would be on Jenna's side since I'm a 21 year old woman myself...but the thing is, in the last 3 episodes, I had that feeling inside of me that Matthew was gonna win...I mean, he was the one working his ass off while Jenna sat there crying and whinging. I didn't think "Survivor's" cried and whinged. Which is fair enough for Jenna...I mean after 37 days, I would've lost it as well. And the other thing is, a couple of days before the finale, I logged on to Yahoo.com and I saw this BIG, FAT picture of Matthew with the words "Survivor Amazon: Reunion" next to it (America aired the finale a couple of days before Australia)...now when you see something like that, what are you supposed to think? My heart literally sank to the bottom...I'm like a die-hard Survivor fan...I've watched every single episode of every single Survivor season there was except Survivor Marquesas and that's only because Australia did not air it. So I'm talking DIE-HARD Survivor fan. And there's just nothing worse than finding out who wins before the actual finale! A few weeks ago when I accidentally logged on to the official Survivor website, I found out that Deena had been voted off and I thought that was BAD. Knowing the winner beforehand is about a hundred times worse. I wanted to cry! Then the finale came around and when Jeff announced the winner...I thought I hadn't heard right...but when I saw Jenna beaming...I knew it was true. I think I had the same look that Jeff had when he saw the last vote. Shocked. Surprised. Dumbfounded. Oh I sound mean. I guess Jenna did deserve it in a way...for someone who was loathed THAT much by Christy and then managed to get her vote...I guess I have to give her kudos. Poor Matthew, at least he's got the car :)

2003-05-13T02:11:00.000+10:00

I'm sure most of you would've heard of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series...it is just the most awesome series of books I've ever come across...it's been the #1 bestseller SO MANY times in America and in so many other countries...it's also been translated into 36 different languages so you can imagine how popular these books are...and they ARE. There are so many titles in this series...over the years, I've collected quite a few of them...Chicken Soup for the Soul (Volume 1), Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul (all 3 volumes), Chicken Soup for the Sister's Soul, Chicken Soup for the College Soul, Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul (for dad, of course) and today a new addition to my collection- Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul...so many times in the past, the Chicken Soup stories have lifted my spirits, encouraged me and inspired me...so I thought I would give the Grieving Soul edition a go to help me through the difficult times...I've read a few stories from it, and I can't tell you enough how glad I am to have bought it :) You know how when you buy something and you're just so happy with it that you can't believe what a great decision you made? That's how I feel :) So, I've added Chicken Soup for the Soul to my links, please check it out...it's really a great series of books. And if you want, you can even share a story of yours with them and they might even publish it!

This is my Chicken Soup Collection!

And this is what I bought today!

MmmMMmmm....Chicken Soup anyone??

2003-05-12T17:31:00.000+10:00

I woke up this morning to find my alarm clock (the digital type) turned off and its screen blank. I looked at my stereo and it was turned off too. The first thing that came to mind was that I might've spilt some water at the switches or something as that was what happened the last time I knocked over a glass of water which was just nicely situated next to the plug holes. But then I realised that I had been asleep for 8 hours and I didn't have a glass of water next to me. So the electricity must've been cut off. How weird considering this NEVER happens unless there was a storm or something and I don't think we've had a storm in...months...and we only ever experience power failure in KL, not Melbourne! So I was surprised...it came back on after 20 minutes. My poor brother had to leave home without breakfast as the toaster obviously wouldn't work and he only eats toasted bread for some reason. After 10 minutes of power, it went off again for another 5 minutes and then came back on. How odd...I'm just glad that it's back on now, coz it's getting dark and I have a battery-less torch and no candles :) And of course, tonight is TV night! What would I do without electricity???

I'm now munching on the yummiest cupcake...Allison (Dean's sister) saved me a cupcake from the Mother's Day BBQ yesterday...it's so pretty...it's got purple icing with colourful sprinkles on the top and a little smiley green frog...awwwww...I haven't had a cupcake since I was like...5!! :)

Hope everyone has had a good start to the week!

Note to self: MAIL SHARON'S BIRTHDAY CARD ALREADY!!! IT'S BEEN 3 WEEKS!!!

*Hugs*

2003-05-11T22:52:00.000+10:00

Happy Mother's Day again everyone :)

Well today has been pretty good...I went to bed pretty late last night so I only woke up at around 11.45am...hehe. Dean's grandmother was having a Mother's Day BBQ at her house in the afternoon and she invited Adrian and I but I just didn't feel like going...I don't know why...I guess I just wasn't in the mood to celebrate Mother's Day with another family...I know that sounds harsh, but I don't mean it in a bad way at all...I'm so thankful for the invitation, but I think I just wanted to spend today alone....Adrian was happy to go to the BBQ, so he went...I didn't wanna stay in the apartment doing nothing so I decided to take a walk on Chapel St which is just around the corner from me...and when you take a walk on Chapel St, it only means ONE thing...SHOPPING! And shopping I did :) It was a really nice and sunny autumn day outside...so I walked past all my favourite shops, had a look at what was in store...not that I don't already know every single item that's being sold since I've been in those stores like a zillion times already the past few weeks...I did control myself and came home from shopping with 4 items. A jumper, a top, a book and a mocha frappa from Starbucks :) I felt much better at the end of the day...shopping really does cheer me up in some ways :) I love shopping with my girlfriends, I won't deny that...but I think I love shopping on my own better...like today, I felt like I could do anything I wanted, not that I can't do whatever I wanted anyway, but you know what I mean...I could linger in one store for as long as I wanted and try on as many different items of clothing as I wanted without anyone saying "can we move on?"...and I could leave anytime I wanted...it was great...oooh I just LOVE shopping! :)

The book that I bought from Borders today was "The Diary of Anne Frank"...I'm sure all of you would've heard of it...it's been dubbed "one of the greatest books of the century"...and I've heard that it's just absolutely brilliant...curiosity got the better of me so I bought it. I'm actually looking forward to reading it...I love diary-like books...it really takes you deep inside someone's mind and thoughts...and I just love that.

Thanks to everyone who read my last entry about my mum and left me a message or emailed me...your words of comfort mean so much to me...sometimes it's just amazing how powerful words can be. Thanks for checking in :)

Currently listening to: Rick Dees and the weekly top 40's!
Currently craving: Coffee....
Currently feeling: - Fine and dandy
VERY special countdown: 3 days till the finale of Survivor VI- The Amazon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003-05-11T02:23:00.000+10:00

Hey everyone,

*WARNING: This entry is SUPER-LONG*

It's Mother's Day!

And only my mother comes to mind...during the 4 1/2 years that my mum was ill, I never really spoke much about it with my friends...they knew that my mum was sick but I never got into the details of my mum's journey with them...I don't know why...I guess it was just my way of dealing with it...I knew that if I started talking to my friends about how sick my mum was, I'd just start crying uncontrollably...and I didn't want that to happen. I wanna share with you the last 5 to 6 months of my mum's life...I've never spoken openly about it and some might think it may be too sad for Mother's Day...but I think it's kinda appropriate as I want to remember the last months of her life, bad or good...I wanna remember everything about her...

This time last year, my mum was still feeling reasonably okay...she was in Melbourne on a long visit and had arranged to complete her round of chemo here at the Peter MacCallum Institute of Cancer. She had chemo once every 2 weeks. My dad who was also in Melbourne had gone back to KL to organise the last minute details of Karen & Dean's KL wedding. Because of that, I drove mum to chemo every 2 weeks and to her doctors appointments. Just after Mother's Day, mum started to get really sick...she would get tired so easily. Mum used to walk 3km to and back from the supermarket everyday with no problems. But gradually she found it harder to do so...everytime she walked, she became out of breath quickly...it scared me. Towards the end of May last year, mum had her last chemo and she had a doctors appointment. It was a pretty important appointment as the doctors were gonna see if the chemo had worked, and if mum was responding to it. The way mum was feeling at that time, I could tell that the drugs weren't working and that my mum wasn't responding to it. She was tired a lot, she hardly ate and her stomach felt bloated. My dad was so worried that he flew to Melbourne immediately so that he would be there with her at the doctors appointment. The news we expected came, mum wasn't responding to chemo and that fluid had built up in her stomach and lungs. Fluid in her lungs caused her to be out of breath frequently and fluid in her stomach meant she could only really eat a couple of mouths full each day. Things were not looking bright at all. As the fluid started building up more and more inside of her, she started feeling very uncomfortable and she was just miserable. I remember one night, she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't sleep...I sat next to her on the bed rubbing her back (that made her feel a little better) and she told me that if she were to die, that she would want me to take care of my dad and that Karen, Adrian and I had to stick together no matter what. That's all she wanted. For our family to be together forever. I didn't want to hear her say she was dying so I told her that it wasn't going to happen. I guess I was in denial on the outside but inside I knew that it was possible that she was going to die. In hindsight, I realise that my mum probably knew that her time was coming soon...and she somehow knew that she didn't have much time left. She went furthur to tell me that she was proud of me and that I've always been such a good daughter to her. From that day on...I don't remember my mum making any progress...everything went down hill very quickly. Late June was Karen's & Dean's wedding in Melbourne...mum looked truly happy for the first time in weeks...at that time, I'm sure that all she wanted was to be there for Karen's wedding...if she could live long enough for that, she would be happy.

In July, our whole family flew back to KL for Karen's & Dean's wedding there...aside from the wedding, Karen & Dean spent 2 weeks in KL and a lot of quality time with mum. Adrian and I spent a whole month in KL with mum as we were on winter break from uni...and I was glad for that quality time. During that time, fluid still kept building up inside of mum and it'd be more frequent this time. She'd be in the hospital for a couple of days to drain the fluid out, but she would only be back in the hospital after 4 days as the fluid built itself back up very quickly. Adrian celebrated his 18th birthday in KL. It was special with mum being there and everything. Me on the other hand, my 21st birthday was nearing but I would've been back in Melbourne by then, so we had an early celebration in KL. Mum said she wanted to get me a very special present, so I took her out shopping (on a wheel chair) and she picked out the most beautiful diamond necklace for me. It was the last present my mum ever gave me, and the most special.
Before I knew it, Adrian and I had to fly back to Melbourne as the new semester was starting...it was the 2nd hardest goodbye I ever had to say to mum (the 1st being the day she passed away). It was 6am, Adrian and I were ready to leave for the airport...I was in tears...I was so scared and so sad...somewhere inside of me, I knew that it was possible that it could be the last time I saw my mum alive...so that just made everything harder. I hugged her for as long as I could...she was crying too...and I told her that I loved her and that I would see her again soon.

August came around and Adrian and I were settled back into uni...I'd speak to mum every week on the phone...some days she sounded good, some days she sounded depressed...dad would email frequent updates on mum's progress...then one day, in late August, dad sent Karen an email saying that mum's condition was getting worse...he didn't want to alarm any of us and said that we did not have to fly back to KL immediately but be on stand by...Karen, Adrian and I thought about it...and we decided that we wanted to fly back to KL anyway...it was gut instinct..and it told us that we should be with mum...she needed us...so we flew back to KL immediately...as soon as we arrived, we rushed home...it was so late in the night but mum was awake...she was so excited to know that we were coming home that she just had to wait up...one look at her and I started crying...she had lost even more weight since I had seen her last (which was a month before that)...and she just didn't look good. Nevertheless I put on a happy face for her as I didn't want her to worry. Dad told me that as soon as we walked in the house, mum's spirits lifted instantly and she looked her happiest in a long time. The day we flew back to see mum, it was 2 weeks before she passed away. And in that 2 weeks, we could see her gradually getting weaker and weaker...we knew that her time was soon...and that she really did not have much time left. Dad and Karen spent a few days looking at different cemeteries in which mum would like to be buried. And funeral arrangements were made. It was then, that it really hit me that I was losing my mum...and unless a special miracle happened...it could not be avoided. This horrible disease was just eating away at her...so many things that my mum loved to do, she couldn't do anymore...so many things that my mum loved to eat, she couldn't eat anymore...in that last 2 weeks...she grew so weak that she had no energy to speak...my days were spent looking after mum...that was all I could do and that was all I wanted to do...because mum was too weak and she couldn't walk more than a few steps at a time, she slept in the bedroom downstairs...I slept with her and not dad because dad is just the worst snorer around and he would keep mum awake. Adrian and Karen slept in their own rooms upstairs...but I was more than happy to sleep with mum downstairs. My days started when mum woke up...I would help her brush her teeth and then make her breakfast...most of what she ate was in liquid form as she couldn't handle solids. Then we would go to the loungeroom and just sit there and talk. Well I did most of the talking since mum couldn't talk much. She also spent a lot of her time asleep during the day...she was just so tired all the time. The times when she would be awake, I'd cheer her up with some of her favourite hymns on the piano... my mum loved to listen to me play the piano...other times, I'd read passages from the bible to her. I'm not one to be very open with my feelings...and in the past I never told my parents often that I loved them...they just knew that I did...it was sort of an unspoken love. But in the last 2 weeks of my mum's life, I told her everyday that I loved her. And I'm glad I did. The last 2 days of her life went so quickly...compared to the last 2 weeks...everything happened so suddenly...before we knew it, my mum was too weak to even stand up...the day before she passed away, she could barely stand up to brush her teeth (she was fine with it the past 2 weeks), and I had to help her so much. She brushed her teeth and layed in bed. I made sure she was comfortable and then I went upstairs away from mum to cry. The next day, early in the morning at about 3am, mum could hardly breathe...she had the oxygen mask on and still found it hard to breathe...phlegm was gurgling in her throat but she was too weak to cough it up...it was the most disturbing sound to me...to hear the phlegm gurgling and not being able to do anything...I felt so helpless...we decided to take her to the ER...as dad quickly packed her things, I sat with mum on the bed, she couldn't hold herself up so she was leaning on me...and I was so scared...I held her and told her that it would be okay.. that we would take her to the hospital and that she'd feel better...that day felt forever...we got to the hospital, litres of phlegm were drained out of mum's throat and lungs... after a couple of hours, she was moved to her own room...as the hours went by, she slowly slipped into a coma...I know she could still hear us...she just wasn't conscious. The doctors said that it was only a matter of hours...my world fell apart instantly...we gathered around her and said our goodbyes...we sat there for hours, holding her hand, talking to her...and then, suddenly her heart rate dropped...and she was gone. By that time, all of her brothers and sisters (10 of them) and some of my cousins were there at the hospital...we were all crying...I didn't think I could cry anymore but I did...and I just felt numb all over...it was like I was in a bad dream and that it wasn't real... that day and the days leading up to mum's funeral was just a complete blur...everything happened so quickly...and it just didn't sink in that I was never gonna see my mum again...until I die and go to Heaven that is.

So as you can imagine, today will be extremely bittersweet for me...I wish I could celebrate Mother's Day...and I think I will...in my own way...even though my mum isn't here with me, I think I will celebrate quietly by myself, just so she knows that I'm thinking of her. We celebrated Mother's Day last year at my sister's house...Karen made us all a special lunch and Karen & Dean gave mum a foot spa as a present. Mum was delighted...she had always wanted one because the skin of her feet were cracked and dry. Adrian and I did not have a present for mum because we agreed to take her out to a special lunch the weekend after Mother's Day. It was such a good day, I still remember it like it was yesterday...we drove 30 minutes to mum's favourite Chinese restaurant in Melbourne...and we had the yummiest lunch. I told mum she could order anything she wanted and so she did. She enjoyed it so much and I was glad...it was the perfect present because my mum sure loved her food.

The days leading up to Mother's Day this year has been somewhat difficult...I didn't think it would be...but it was. Everytime I walk into a departmental store, you would KNOW that it was Mother's Day...everything was pink...and there were about a hundred banners up saying "Happy Mother's Day"...and then there'd be all the "Mother's Day" specials and tips on what to get mum. A couple of days ago, I went to look at the Mother's Day cards, just to have a look...and I wondered which one I would get if mum was still here...and I kept thinking of what I would've gotten mum as a present if she were here today...I look in catalogues and on TV...and they'd be advertising a new set of kitchen knives...or a special massage/facial package...and I'd think to myself...yeah that'd be a great present for mum.

Most of you will know that I'm not a Christian and I'm not religious...but I do believe in God. I have a lot of faith in Him and to me, just because I'm not a Christian and I don't go to church every Sundays, it doesn't mean that I don't love Him or that I have no faith in Him. So many times during my mum's journey, I did question God...why did it have to be my mum? And so many times after my mum passed away, I questioned Him...why did you take her away? Why did you make me go through all this pain? I still have none of the answers...and I don't know if I ever will know the answers to those questions...but I am really a HUGE believer in things happening for a reason and that God has His reasons...and I will settle for that.

There are so many things I'd like to say to my mum right now...I would have SO many things to tell her...I would tell her that I have a new boyfriend, Marcus who is great. I would tell her that uni is going great and that I'm looking forward to graduating. I would tell her that I had a great summer. I would tell her that I did well in my exams last semester. I would tell her that The Bold & The Beautiful is just getting more and more incestruous everyday. I would tell her that Big Brother 3 has started in Melbourne. I would tell her that I'm sorry for not taking better care of her plants. I would tell her that I actually love grocery shopping now. I would tell her we just had a war. I would tell her that I know how to bake an orange cake now. And I would tell her that our family misses her more than anything and that it has been so extremely hard without her but that we are doing okay. I miss her in so many different ways...I miss us watching trashy soap operas together and talking about it...I miss us laughing uncontrollably at something until we were practically rolling on the floor in tears...I miss us having silly banters on why I should wash the dishes now and not later...and I miss her telling me to go to sleep early and not late...I miss her coming into my room at 8am, pulling the blinds open to let the sun in, sitting on the edge of my bed tickling my feet (annoying me) so I would wake up when all I wanted to do was sleep in! I miss her telling me to always take my vitamin Cs, to always carry an umbrella just incase it rains, to keep warm in winter, to cross the road properly, to not speed when I'm driving, to never skip meals. I just miss her being a mother to me.

I'm so sorry this has been such a soppy update...I just wanted to let everyone know how great my mum was...and how much she meant to me, everyday, but especially today. It has been 8 months without her in my life...the most I have gone by being apart from her is 5 months. People say that it will get easier as the days go by...well, so far it hasn't gotten any easier...but I'm sure it will...some day. Besides so many great things in my life right now, another thing that keeps me going is that as each day goes by, I am a day closer to seeing my mum again...and that brings me a lot of comfort.

To all the mums out there...I hope you have a very special Mother's Day...be spoilt rotten and take advantage of EVERYTHING your kids and husbands are willing to do for you :) You deserve every bit of it!

Thanks for reading this loooooooooooooooong entry :)

*Hugs*

Currently listening to: Some weird 80's song on Fox FM
Currently feeling: - Bittersweet

2003-05-10T10:35:00.000+10:00

Good morning guys!

Something SO strange, something VERY out of the ordinary, something unexpected, something surprising happened last night...I went to bed at 11.30pm! Can you believe it? I bet some of your jaws have dropped and are currently in shock :) I have been trying to get myself to fall asleep before 2am basically...nearly my entire uni life and have never really gotten through with it, I guess my body clock really does have a mind of its own, but last night was just different. Marcus was over but he's working weekends now so he went to bed early and I went to bed as well and just...gradually fell asleep...at 11.30...PM! For once I don't have an AM next to the time I go to bed :) If you ask me, it's quite an achievement...I can't wait to brag to my sister about it coz she keeps lecturing me on going to bed so late and not waking up early enough...well I'm not the one who has to be up at 7am to get to work :)

Yeah, so speaking of Marcus working on weekends now...the thing is, he just started his own business about a week ago, and he's actually in a partnership with one of his best mates, so they've decided to work extremely hard the first few weeks just so they can get some money coming in and building up. Which is a FAIR idea of course. Which also means that I won't be able to see him as much as I used to...at first I thought I'd be totally okay with that...but it turns out, it's harder than I thought it'd be...I find myself missing him so much more...but I guess I've gotta put up with it for now...I wanna be understanding and supportive...because if it were me having to work weekends, I'm sure he'd be understanding and supportive. Plus, he's promised to take me away on a weekend holiday when things start to slow down a little for him :) Did I hear the word holiday?? YES! I'm up for that :) He's seriously such a sweetie...

Well, I have to go clean my apartment now...it's getting really un-livable...there's "stuff" in the carpet...there's "stuff" in the bathroom...I've been putting cleaning off so I should really DO IT this time...and after that, it's grocery shopping with Chinno! I love grocery shopping days :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Party your hardest before finals come around :) And to my Caringbridge family, there has been a lot of good news lately with some of the kids, so keep up the good job! And Colby is OUT of the hospital and HOME SWEET HOME!

*Hugs & kisses all around*

Special countdown: 11 hours to the 3rd last episode of Survivor VI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you sense my excitement????????????????

2003-05-08T12:16:00.000+10:00

I am so annoyed...

Today, my group (me, Tony & Dionn) for this finance subject that I'm doing arranged to meet this morning at 11am to finish up our assignment which is due tomorrow. We had a group meeting a couple of days ago and agreed to finish our parts and bring it all together today so we could print it out and it'd be ready to be handed it. I spent all of last night finishing up my part of the assignment, woke up early this morning (most of you will know that I am NOT a morning person) to work more on it and came into uni to meet these guys...I was a little early so I just sat there waiting and while I was waiting I thought to myself that Dionn would just bail out at the last minute and come up with some excuse that he couldn't make it to the group meeting. A couple of minutes later, Tony arrived and we waited for Dionn. A couple of minutes later, Dionn called Tony's mobile and said that he couldn't make it and then he got cut off. We tried ringing him back for a reason but we only got his voicemail. Can you believe it??? How did I know this was gonna happen??? And the most annoying part of all of this is that it's not the first time that Dionn has done this...I can't even remember the number of times he's pulled this...I just feel embarrassed for him because does he really think we're that stupid??? I mean, we believed him the first couple of times but after SO many bail outs.. it just seems that every group meeting we have, he is always trying to find a reason to get out of it. This is 3rd year uni, I thought people were meant to take it more seriously. Anyway, Tony and I might just make a complaint to Andre, our lecturer...we don't wanna sound like tattle tales but I think if you were in our shoes, you'd feel the same...besides there's a lot of marks involved in our assignments. And if Dionn's not putting in the effort, he shouldn't we rewarded with the same marks as Tony and I because we're the ones doing all the work. I sound so bitchy! But hey...I'm annoyed...today was my day off from uni, and if I had known he wasn't gonna make it, it would've saved me a trip to uni.

Anyway, on a lighter note now...I'm gonna be meeting Ed for lunch so that will definitely brighten up my day! She is one of the VERY few people in my life who can make me smile and laugh no matter how bad I feel...I haven't seen her since last Thursday so I miss her...it's been awhile! We didn't have our usual lunch date on Monday coz I was busy nursing my car back to health...so we have a lot to catch up on :)

Thanks for checking in....I just HAD to let it all out....

*Hugs!*

2003-05-08T00:49:00.000+10:00

Well I think it's about time I post the answer to the riddle I posted a few days ago...incase some of you didn't know there was a riddle, which could be the case since I didn't get too many responses, here's the riddle once again...

A man parks his car outside a hotel and realises that he's bankrupt. Why?

And the answer is.......because he's playing Monopoly! Now, this riddle was actually asked by a Big Brother 3 housemate in an episode sometime last week. I just about killed my brains trying to figure out the answer until one of the other housemates figured it out the next day. I wouldn't have guessed the answer, I kept thinking of silly answers such as his hotel burnt down....

Speaking of riddles, I heard on the radio a few weeks ago, the silliest and in a way, funniest, pick up line...it went something like this...

The guy goes: Hey baby...let's play carpenters...we'll get hammered and then I'll nail you...

Or something like that anyway! I couldn't stop laughing :) I DARE any one of you to try that....

Today was amazing...I actually sat through the WHOLE 2 hours of my finance lecture...most of the time it gets pretty boring. It's not really the subject that's boring, although I still think I should've dropped this subject earlier in the semester and picked an easier, more interesting subject, but that's not the point. This lecturer that I have for this particular subject...he's just so...so...strange...the first time I heard him speak, I thought to myself "you've gotta be JOKING"...I couldn't understand a word he was saying...for a minute there I even wondered if he was speaking English...I realised that he was, but it was just his VERY strong Swiss accent that made it sound...non-English...9 weeks into the semester, I can somewhat pick up most of his words, but that's only if I'm paying FULL, PROPER attention. And as if that's not bad enough, he adds this really monotonous tone to his strong accent...that's why I usually just leave after the first hour...but I guess today I thought that I had better be 'good'...or God will find a way to make me regret it, ie. by letting me *fail* the subject. I shouldn't even be saying that *F* word seeing that finals are getting close. After my lecture, Marcus picked me up from uni coz he was in the area...he really is so good to me...he picks me up from uni whenever he can, last week my bath tub was so dirty that he actually scrubbed it for me, and not only that, he even surprised me with it...and today, after classes, we went back to my place and he helped me wash my car...such a sweetie!

Speaking of my car...it's so clean now...I thought that since I got its battery replaced, and it's now perfect again, I thought I would make it even more perfect by washing it since it hasn't been washed since my dad was in Melbourne last...which was in Nov/Dec last year. Hahaha...you can imagine how dirty it was...

Despite today being a pretty good day (inclusive of one of the best episodes of Survivor VI I've ever seen!), it was still pretty sad...this morning, I logged on to print out some notes for class, and I got an email from a friend of one of the Caringbridge kids that I regularly visit, and learnt that she had passed away early this morning. It was sad and heartbreaking coz I've been checking in on her for awhile now and I really thought she was getting better and that she was gonna pull through. A couple of days ago, another Caringbridge kid passed away too...it just never ends. Two little girls in 3 days...

Well I have to get my part of a group assignment done before tomorrow's group meeting, so I better get going...the next 2 weeks are gonna be pretty stressful... assignments and presentations!! Ahhh...help me....I've had enough of uni work!

Thanks everyone for checking in! Keep visiting and leaving me messages :)

Currently listening to: The sound of Marcus asleep (he has heavy breathing sometimes)
Currently craving: Risotto
Currently feeling: - Drained

2003-05-06T16:04:00.000+10:00

In case no one knows, I'm really your everyday computer dummy...so this website is basically a miracle in itself...I don't have a scanner and I don't know how to work one, but I found a couple of photos from my sister's wedding last year on my computer so I thought I'd start an online photo album, just so you guys can have a browse through. It's called Janice's Snapshots and you'll find it under my links to your left as well. I've included a couple of photos of a very special boy, Colby Cole, from Caringbridge...he will be the cutest 5 year old you've ever seen! I can assure you :) Colby was diagnosed with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) last year and since then his family has been through hell and back. Unfortunately he has relapsed and he needs very special prayers right now! So everyone, please put your praying caps on for little Colby. His dad just crowned me Colby's special godmother and I am so honoured! Thanks Jack! You guys are great :)

Today has been a pretty good day...considering that it's Tuesday and I HATE Tuesdays coz I have this tutorial which I NEVER feel like going to. I had my mind made up last night that I wasn't gonna go to this tutorial and that I'd just go to a replacement on Thursday or Friday...but then I woke up this morning feeling bad and guilty and so, dragged myself out of bed which took a good 15 minutes! Woohoo! An improvement from the last time I tried dragging myself out of bed which took 20 minutes. So the tute was okay, had an emergency group meeting to go to as you do when you cram at the last minute to complete an assignment due on Friday. Found out that I have another presentation next week and the week after...it just NEVER stops! But if I can't handle this...I can just kiss goodbye my chances of making it in the BIG, BAD & UGLY corporate world. So I really should stop complaining and get on with it.

On a happier note, I spoke to my dad on Sunday and he agreed to get us, the family, a digital camera! YAY! I am sooooo hanging out for one of those cute & handy lil things...it'll be so much easier to add photos to my online photo album...

I decided to drive (YES, DRIVE!) down to Prahran Central today to get some lunch...I was craving Indian curry sooo badly...and this is how you know I'm addicted to curry and spicy food....the lady serving recognises me coz I've been there THAT many times, she even knows my order...and today when I got there, she said to me "Hey! Long time no see!"....I was just there on the weekend! So you can imagine how much of a frequent customer I am :)

Currently listening to: "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"- Good Charlotte
Currently craving: A McDonalds vanilla thickshake
Currently feeling: - Overworked

2003-05-05T15:03:00.000+10:00

Hey everyone!

GREAT NEWS! My car works AGAIN! Ahh, I'm so happy...it's been sick for over a month now and I've been car-less for so long, and today I FINALLY got the flat battery replaced (after so much drama the past few weeks) and I took Sacher (my neighbour) for a drive before...it felt really good :) I swear, I was going crazy not driving for so long, I almost thought I had forgotten how to drive...hehehe...I think driving a car is like riding a bicycle...you NEVER forget how to use either even if you've gone without it for a long time.

I have also added a link to the Royal Children's Hospital here in Melbourne...it's one of the best children's hospitals in the world. I recently got an idea which will probably only take place after finals in June, but I've decided that I might sign up as a volunteer at the RCH. I think it could be pretty cool...but only after finals...finals is in 1 1/2 months and there's too much study to be done!

Well I'm off to class now...thanks for visiting everyone!

Currently listening to: The hustle and bustle of this computer lab
Currently craving: A good cup of coffee
Currently feeling: - Sunny
Special countdown: 26 days till Avril's concert!
Yucky countdown: 6 1/2 weeks till finals....ulgggh....

2003-05-04T12:31:00.000+10:00

Well I have just added a few Ovarian Cancer links to my website. You can find it under "Cancer Links" to your left...

I really hope it helps some of you ladies out there. Please always be cautious and aware of changes in your body. If you visit these links, you'd know that the symptoms to Ovarian Cancer is so extremely vague- a bloated stomach, weight gain, nausea, changes in menstruation pattern- you'd think you were pregnant or just at that time of the month! A lot of women seem to pass these symptoms off has 'normal' and 'temporary', when there is actually more to it. And when the first diagnose is made, it is usually too late...don't let that happen to you! Also, if everyone could spread the word of this silent killer to their mothers, grandmothers, nieces, sisters, aunties, girlfriends, wives or just friends...that would be great...you could be saving someone's life!

If any of you have any cancer links you'd like me to add, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you all for visiting, keep leaving me messages, I really love them!

In case some of you hadn't noticed, you can leave me messages after each entry that I post. There is a "SmOOches" button after each entry I make and if you click on that, you'll be able to leave me a message. But I don't mind where you leave me a message- guestbook, guestmap, smooches button...I still read them and love them :)

It is so sunny here in Melbourne today, I think I'm gonna take a walk outside just to soak in the last of our sunny autumn weather...I don't think winter will be holding back much longer...I can feel the cold and grey days coming! Hope everyone had a good weekend!

2003-05-02T22:52:00.000+10:00

Caringbridge

So this is the story on how I discovered Caringbridge and how it has changed my life...

As many of you know, I lost my mum to cancer last September. When she was first diagnosed with cancer in February, 1998, my world fell apart. The thought of losing my mum was unbearable. I couldn't do anything about it, but I wanted to learn about this horrible disease that robs us each day of so many lives. So I started surfing the internet for cancer websites. My mum had Ovarian Cancer which is cancer that begins in the cells that constitutes the ovaries. Statistics relating to Ovarian Cancer is harsh- Ovarian Cancer accounts for 4% of all cancers among women and ranks fifth as a cause of their deaths from cancer, 70% of women with Ovarian Cancer are not diagnosed until the disease is advanced in stage (beyond stage III or IV), the 5 year survival rate of for these women is only 15-20% which means that 80% of women with Ovarian Cancer discovered in later stages do not live beyond 5 years of diagnose. Ovarian Cancer is difficult to detect, especially in early stages. Because the signs and symptoms of Ovarian Cancer have been described as vague and silent, only around 10% of Ovarian Cancer is detected in early stages, which gives them a 90% chance of surviving. Unfortunately, my mum was diagnosed at a much later stage (stage IV), she lost her battle after 4 1/2 years of bravely fighting it.

Which brings me to where I am today. A few months ago, I started surfing the internet again for more cancer websites. I wanted to learn more of the disease that took my mum away from me, and I wanted to see if there was any way I could help promote the awareness of this silent killer. One fine day in February 2003, I stumbled upon a little boy's website. He had leukemia and the website was dedicated to him. It was an online journal of his entire journey with cancer and his mum updated it regularly just to let everyone in on his progress. I was so amazed. This is where Caringbridge comes in. This little boy's website was sponsered by the Caringbridge system and I have never been so amazed in my life. It's a system which allows sick children and adults to share their journey with people from all over the world, especially their friends and family. It helps their family and friends stay updated on their progress as they battle cancer. And the best part (my favourite part) of Caringbridge is that it is one big family. They help each other, they encourage each other, they motivate each other, they emphatise with each other, they symphatise with each other, they lift each others spirits, but more importantly, they are there for each other and they love each other. Through this little boy's website, I came across several other kids with cancer who also had websites with Caringbridge. I read through all of their journals and I will honestly admit that it just broke my heart. The things that most of these children have been through is just...so heartbreaking. You would never want any child to have to go through what they do, but unfortunately that's what cancer does to everyone, even kids. And what's even more heartbreaking is that most of these kids are not even over the age of 6. So many of them are between the ages of 3 and 5...there are even babies who have cancer...and of course there are children who are older, between 9-14 years old. Whatever said, they are kids, and you would not believe the rollercoaster life they've had.

So, for a few months now, I have been involved with these kids...I check in on them everyday just to make sure that they're doing okay. Many of them have very rough days, they throw up everyday, have very high fevers and most of them have to take so many different types of medicines...upto 11 types each day! It may sound very depressing to some of you, but when these kids have good days...it really makes your heart smile. I love checking in on them and leaving them messages. All I really want is to put a smile on their faces when their days seem the darkest. And it's not just these kids that you're cheering up, it's their family too. It's really amazing how I've come to care so much about the kids and their families. All of them live in America and I've never met any of them, but yet...through their journeys, I learn so much about them and I learn so much from them. I feel like I can relate to them in so many ways. When my mum was sick, she had to go through endless rounds of chemo. She had her good days, she had her bad days. It was just a long bumpy road of good news and more bad news. I was there and I knew what it was like. I knew how it felt. So that's why these kids and their families mean a lot to me. Ever since I discovered Caringbridge and gotten to know these kids, I've seen a lot of them who've been in remission, who've stayed the same, and of course a lot of them who've earned their angel wings and gone to Heaven. All these kids are special in so many ways and the three things that bring constant hope to them and their families are that God is truly great, prayers do work and that miracles do happen. I ask that all of you say a special prayer whenever you can for all the sick children out there. There are a lot of them and they deserve every single prayer there is.

A lot of you ask why I'm majoring in finance when I care so much about kids. Ever since I was little, I have always wanted to become a paediatrician. Really. I have always loved kids and babies since I was little, and I just remember always wanting to babysit my little cousins or to play with them. From when I was about 5 till I was about 16, I knew that I just had to become a paediatrician. Nothing else. That was the only way I could be involved with kids everyday. Unfortunately, in high school, I just hated Chemistry, I wasn't doing well in it, it was bringing down my average and so I decided to drop Chemistry as a subject. Now, everyone knows that you need Chemistry to be a doctor, and so without Chemistry, I couldn't take medicine in university. I do regret it in some ways, but I'm also really enjoying my finance major at the moment so I'm not complaining too much. I'm sure I'll find some other way to do something involving kids (maybe have kids in the future???), but in the mean time, I'm happy with Caringbridge and the kids I know from there...they are just amazing. They are my inspiration and they just make me realise how lucky I am to be where I am today.

So to all the Caringbridge mums and dads who've signed my guestbook/guestmap...you guys are great!!! Please give the kids a hug from me and keep visiting!

I will be including some extra links relating to cancer on my website soon...there will be quite a few Ovarian Cancer links that I will include as well so ladies (especially those over 35), please have a look at them...it is so important that women realise how hard it is to detect Ovarian Cancer and how vague the symptoms are...and when they finally do make the first diagnose, it is usually too late...I know my mum would want me to be careful and to be cautious and I know she'd be proud of me if I could spread the word on how silent a killer Ovarian Cancer is...

I know this has been such a long entry!! To those of you who've made it to the end of this entry...WELL DONE!!!!!!

This entry is dedicated to my dearest mother:-

Girlie Liew- 21st October, 1948 - 8th September, 2002

I miss you more than you know, there is not a day that goes by without a thought of you....

2003-05-02T17:41:00.000+10:00

Here's a mind-boggling riddle for everyone:

A man parks his car outside a hotel and realises that he's bankrupt. Why?

Hint: The answer is very straightforward and simple.

Happy guessing! I will post the answer in a couple of days :)

2003-05-01T22:33:00.000+10:00

Something interesting happened today...actually a couple of interesting things happened today but I'll just start with the MOST interesting :)

Marcus and I had coffee with Ed and Steph in the city today...everything was cool until our train ride home. Every Thursday, Ed has hairdressing school on Chapel St which is just around the corner from me, so her, Marc and I caught the same train home, but Ed would have to get off the stop after us. So we were on the train, minding our own business, chatting away...as we waited for the train to depart Flinders St, a couple got on and sat behind Ed and Marc. Me on the other hand, sat across from Ed and Marc so that meant I had a perfect view of the couple who got on. I noticed that the guy was REALLY out of it...as in, he looked like he had been on drugs...but the girl seemed fine. And when the guy occasionally turned around, I could see that his eyes were white-ish and he couldn't focus, so I knew for a fact that he had been on drugs...they were talking pretty loud which was mainly how they attracted our attention. I looked at Ed and we both had the exact same thoughts, that the guy was a druggie and just so extremely doped up. It was in so many ways disgusting...he couldn't stand still, he couldn't stand up straight without nearly falling over and his eyes just looked so freaky and un-focused. Marcus looked at Ed and I and he wasn't sure what was going on, so Ed and I VERY subtly tried to tell him that the guy was all doped up. We didn't even say anything. We just tried telling Marcus what we were thinking by using facial expressions. As we were doing that, I started laughing coz we probably looked like dickheads with funny expressions on our face...and I was laughing at Ed's weird expressions...then Ed started giggling too...and at this point, we weren't even thinking of the doped up guy any longer. Before I know it, the girlfriend of the doped up guy said nasty things about us out loud...and she started giving Ed very dirty looks, the doped up guy kept asking her what was wrong and she told him that we were talking about them and making faces and laughing at them. Ed's blood started to boil and she couldn't stand all the nasty things the girl was saying so she told them that we weren't laughing at them and just basically fought back verbally. It wasn't a screaming match or anything, but I seriously thought they were gonna bash us up or something...they were that type of people...who'd do drugs and bash anyone who "messed" with them...so finally we ignored them...and I told Ed to jump off at my stop coz I was so worried that they'd do something to her after Marcus and I got off, but Ed insisted that she'd be fine. So I told her to give me a ring as soon as she was off the train and at hairdressing school. I got a call from Ed later, and apparently the couple got off at the same stop as Ed did and mentioned something about "bashing her up"...but instead they spat on her and just disappered. Poor Ed, I felt so extremely bad for her, and I was worried sick...they were just the lowest form of human beings ever...I know drugs is always a controversial subject but I think that any form of drug abuse is disgusting. And the things that it does to people, the person it makes you become...is just so not right. It sickened me to know that they assumed we were laughing at them when we weren't...and for them to do what they did to Ed... unfortunately every city has its bad apples and it was just our luck to have come across a couple of them today...

Okay, the other interesting thing that happened today was...I bought a new pair of jeans!!! I've been looking for another pair of jeans for AGES now...and today I saw THE PAIR...I am really fussy when it comes to jeans so I'm glad that I took my time...

Thanks again to everyone who's signed my guestbook and guestmap...it's really nice to hear from people all over the world. Keep signing! :)

I will blog again later to explain what Caringbridge is...I'm sorry but I'm not putting it off...it's just that I had to tell you what happened on the train today coz it disgusted me and now, I have to get going! But I will find time later to blog again...all I can say is that Caringbridge has become really special to me of late...

XOXOXOXO

2003-05-01T01:05:00.000+10:00

I bet ya'll just waiting to hear what the surprise was!

It was....*drum roll*....a hot water bottle!!!! So exciting...I've been dying for one since forever...and there he was...just pulled out a hot water bottle filled with HOT water and it felt soooooo good...it is gonna come in SO handy when it's THAT time of the month....any girl who suffers period pains would DIE for a hot water bottle...it's really so comforting and relaxing and just eases the pain away...ahh...I can't wait to have period pains and try out this hot water bottle! Hahaha...THANKS Marcus, love you honey!

Today was pretty cool, minus the gloomy weather and occasional showers...had lunch with Chinno and he told me all about his Adelaide trip...at least he got to go somewhere over Easter break! Most of us were stuck here with nothing to do. Public holidays after public holidays and everything was closed! He also mentioned all the different food places he went to...do you know how jealous I was??? Melbourne has great food places but apparently not as good as Adelaide...the first thing Chinno said to me when I saw him was that he wants to live there in Adelaide...and I was like NO WAY! You can't LIVE in Adelaide...you can holiday there...but NOT live...it'll be too boring! Sorry if there's anyone from Adelaide reading this :) Hehehe...come to Melbourne and you'll know what I'm talking about!

I just wanna thank the Caringbridge mums and dads for signing my guestbook and guestmap...thanks you guys!!!

For those of you who don't know what Caringbridge is, I'll explain in my next entry coz right now...I am so tired and just ready to fall into bed...so until tomorrow!

Please sign myguestbook/guestmap whenever you visit! Thanks and GOODNIGHT!

XOXOXOXO

Currently listening to: "In da Club"- 50 Cent- I LOVE this song!
Currently craving: Coffee
Currently feeling: - Exhausted
Special countdown: 2 days till the weekend!!

2003-04-29T23:46:00.000+10:00

It is so darn cold...and usually when I'm cold my feet don't get cold...but for some reason, they're freezing tonight...so I just slipped on Marcus' pair of ugg boots that he left at my place . They are really super-comfy and super-warm! For those of you who don't know what 'ugg-boots' are...they're boots which go up to your knees, although there are ones also sold which only go half-way up your calves, or ankled ones, and they are made of sheep skin so they keep your feet and legs VERY warm during winter. I really have to get a pair of my own coz I've been hogging Marcus'...hehehe...

Okay, I haven't seen Marcus since Sunday evening, but I'm gonna see him tomorrow...and I AM EXCITED! He has a 'surprise' for me! It all started awhile ago when he'd come over with his backpack and everything coz he was gonna stay the night or the weekend or whatever...so I'd watch him unpack his clothes and he'd pull out something like a DVD or a CD..and I'd be happy because I didn't expect anything...so I considered it a 'surprise' coz I just got all excited that he brought me something! So ever since then, occasionally we'd have 'surprises' for each other...a few weeks ago, he got me a Kinder Surprise...if you don't know what that is, it's an egg-shaped chocolate with little pieces of a toy inside, so you have to eat the chocolate to get the little pieces out and build it into a toy. So he got me that and I was SO excited! Just like a 5 year old, literally. Haha. So anyway, I spoke to my honey tonight and he said he's got a surprise for me tomorrow...and apparently it's better than all the other surprises I've had...and apparently we'll be 'fighting' over it...and I tried getting him to spill the beans but he just wouldn't, so I have to wait till tomorrow...I am so anxious and excited! I don't know if I'll be able to sleep! He is such a sweetie for surprising me all the time . Sometimes when I tell him that I'll get him a 'surprise', I actually forget and I feel so guilty and I say to him...I have a 'surprise' hug for you...does that count? Hehehe...he's so sweet that he just says "yeah, okay"...no hard feelings at all....

Gilmore Girls was excellent! I love how they talk so fast...you sorta have to put effort into listening to what they say coz they seem to rattle on forever, but it's good...they must have really good scriptwriters to make that whole rattling thing work...

Thanks for checking in guys...sign my guestmap if you haven't already! Or leave me a message when you can...hope everyone's having a good start to the week

Hugs & kisses to ALL!

Currently listening to: "Lost without you"- Delta Goodrem
Currently craving: McDonalds chocolate sundae
Currently feeling: - Baffled- still trying to figure out the 'surprise'....

2003-04-29T18:01:00.000+10:00

As you can tell, I've added a little bit of myself to my blog...if you look to your left, you will get just a teeny, weeny idea of what I'm like as a person...that is if you don't know me already...friends and family who DO know me will probably beg to differ (the words they'd use would probably be 'crazy' and 'weird')...but if you don't know me, hopefully I managed to give you a little insight to what I'm like! :)

I managed to suck my cousin Tracy into this whole blogging business...hehehe...evil aren't I...check out her blog at Summerr's Rant (it's linked as Tracy's Blog under my links). She works in Singapore and has the BEST job ever...it's got to do with TV and meeting famous people...my dream job you'd say! Just recently she was flown to LA to interview the cast of The Gilmore Girls (OH-MY-GOD!) and a few others which I can't remember...and last year, she flew to New York on a work assignment, snagged tickets to a celebrity party and had amazing snapshots with Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek) and Tom Welling (Smallville) just to name a few!!! Now if she ever gets the chance to meet the cast of Felicity or Dawson's Creek, I will be on the first flight out of Melbourne to do the interviews with her!! Fingers and toes crossed!!

Well, I'm off to make dinner now...in time for GILMORE GIRLS...ooh I can't wait!

2003-04-28T18:06:00.000+10:00

OMIGOD!!!! IT'S OVER!!! THE TEST IS OVER!!! I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME...

You would think I just sat for finals or something...but nope, just a stupid, silly mid-semester test..and I am really THAT happy...everyone's been asking how it went...and I honestly don't know...I probably could've studied harder...but I dunno...it's over and it's all that matters and I'll be studying harder for finals anyway...I couldn't believe how nervous I was before the test today...Edwina and I had lunch, and she could JUST tell that I was nervous...apparently I was shaking, restless and could not focus! Hahaha.. the fact that Andrea was so extremely confident about the whole test proved no help...but I'm not gonna let it bother me now...I did my best and I'll get the mark I deserve. Good or bad.

Now that I can breathe a sigh of relief (before the panic attack returns when I have to submit an assignment next week), I am looking forward to my night of TV...Monday nights in Melbourne is always TV night! There's Home & Away, Friends, Big Brother, The Secret Life Of Us and Queer As Folk. They also usually have Sex and The City but it's been booted off air this week due to a Who Wants to be a Millionaire 'special'. So...can you see how busy I'll be tonight??? :) You'd never tell that I was a TV addict...NEVER!

In ending this entry, I just wanna say how CRAP I think Big Brother 3 is. Don't ask me why I still watch it, I guess once a TV addict, always a TV addict. But I mean, seriously, last night's premiere episode of BB3 was pretty darn boring...it took them forever to tell us who was gonna be in the house...it was just frustrating. It ended up being 2 houses, with 1 guy isolated in 1 house, and the rest in the 2nd house. AND...there are NO hot guys (or HOT chicks either)...the houses look like they've come right out of Playschool...and Gretel is just still as annoying as ever...add that all up and there you have a crap BB3!

Currently listening to: Dead silence
Currently craving: Anything but chicken burgers
Currently feeling: - Elated

2003-04-28T01:15:00.000+10:00

Here are a few quotes that I'd like to share....don't you just love quotes which get you thinking? Anyway, here they are...

"On one hand, expectations can inspire you, but then again, they can really let you down."

"Sometimes bad things just happen -- no reason, no purpose. They just occur and we're left to pick up the pieces the best we can."

"Sometimes in a relationship, going through hell isn't so bad if you come out of it a little stronger. The same is true about friends."

And my favourite...

"Maybe getting over someone you're in love with isn't impossible. Unless, maybe you don't actually get over it. Maybe you just learn to live with it."

That's it for tonight...hope everyone has a Happy Monday....I know it's hard, but try...this week is gonna be so hard, I can just see it...one of the hardest things about uni life is getting into the swing of things again after a holiday :) Takes awhile to get out of holiday mode and back into routine, and before you know it, finals are here staring right back at ya...

2003-04-27T21:47:00.000+10:00

I won't BLOG much tonight, I am having severe panic attacks...freaking out over tomorrow's Investments mid-sem...and to add to the panic attacks, I just realised that the calculator that I'm using, the ONLY calculator that I have mind you, is BANNED! I have approximately 18 hours to beg, borrow or steal a non-banned calculator.

The weekend was pretty uneventful, despite fabulous weather. I cannot believe how much it rained today though...you know it's too good to be true when Melbourne has like 5 perfect weather days in a row...

OOOOOOOH, to Felicity fans out there, Thursday night's episode of Felicity was the best episode I've ever seen! To cut a long story short, Elena died (OMIGOD!), Noel gets married, Ben cheats on Felicity (why, Ben, why??) but MORE importantly...Felicity has REGRET written all over her face!! She wished she picked Noel instead of Ben... I can't believe how much that episode made my week :) Yes, I need help.

Anyway, I hope you guys check out my newly installed GuestMap. Just click on the link to your left. Mark your spot and leave a message! Thanks for visiting!

Wish me luck for tomorrow and pray that I get through the day...fingers and toes are crossed...

Currently listening to: Rick Dees and the weekly top 40's!
Currently craving: NOTHING, believe it or not :)
Currently feeling: - Nervous
Special countdown: 2 days till the return of The Gilmore Girls...god I really missed that show!
Special plea: PLEEEASE bring Dawson's Creek back!

2003-04-24T16:42:00.000+10:00

Hey people!!

My "comments" button is up and running, thanks to Ming Luk's expertise...feel free to comment on ANYTHING and EVERYTHING....ANYTIME!

Off to watch The Bold & The Beautiful...(Damn you Ridge!!! Just LEAVE Brooke alone why don't you!!)

2003-04-24T01:31:00.000+10:00

Here I am taking a break from study...to think of it, I am just gonna stop all study activities for tonight...I bet if I studied any longer, I'd have "Investments" dreams tonight... You know you've HAD ENOUGH when you sorta drift off to sleep and you start sub-consciously dream of the material you just studied, and it plays over and over and over in your sub-conscious dream...freaky stuff...

Today was pretty average...dragged myself out of bed EARLY (7.38am to be exact) as I promised Marcus I'd tag along to his doctors appointment. He had a post-operation "check-up" on his eye if you'd even call it that. We were in and out of there within 8 minutes! And there I was thinking he'd be in there for awhile, getting all sorts of tests done and his stitches removed. There was nothing of that sort. Apparently his stitches are "dissolvable"....I'm still pondering over that actually...where would the stitches actually "dissolve" to...??? Anyway, so it was early when we got out of the hospital and Brunswick St was only around the corner so we thought we'd have a nice breakfast...I guess Brunswick St's idea of breakfast consists of meals after 11am. NONE of the cafes were open. Surprisingly, even with my "bad" eyesight, I managed to spot a tiny cafe which had its doors open...with no one inside. We were probably their first customers...at 9.30am. Brunswick St sure is a late riser.

I did nearly nothing the whole entire day. Got home from breakfast and collapsed onto my bed. I only had 4 hours sleep the night before (waking up at 7.38am did NOT help!). Hours later, I saw Marcus off...he went home to his OWN bed after 10 straight days of being with me. I think he missed his bed and his mum's cooking...hehe...I don't blame him...I'm a LAZZZZY cook! Having nothing to do, Marcus away and my apartment strangely silent...I decided to...you guessed it....catch up on some study...couple of hours later had a yummy, nice Chinese dinner with some family...aunties, uncles, cousins, you name it, they were there. Isn't it nice to always have family down from KL? You get treated to a nice, BIG, dinner...oooh and even better, my aunty (from KL) got me MORE easter eggs...my fridge has chocolate again!!

Okay I've always been a loyal (I try to be!) fan of The Bold & The Beautiful...I mean...it's a soap opera...it's melodramatic...it's over-dramatic...it's suspenseful...and it's ADDICTIVE...that's why I love it... this brings me to another more recent soap opera that I'm currently enjoying...it's everything that a soap opera should be....over dramatic, yes...melodramatic, yes...suspenseful, yes...addictive? Getting there...so if you're interested...it's actually Julian's love life....and what a love life it is...not even a week old and it's everything a soap opera director would dream of! To find out more and get yourself addicted...go check out his blog (under my links)!

Tomorrow's agenda: MORE STUDY & Felicity

Currently listening to: "Come Undone"- Robbie Williams- I LOVE this song...
Currently craving: A good night's sleep
Breaking news: Felicity repeats are now being aired EVERYDAY!!! A dream come true??? And...Gilmore Girls is returning!!!!!! YAY!!!!
Special countdown: 6 days till the returning episodes of Gilmore Girls, 4 days till Big Brother 3 starts.....

2003-04-23T02:20:00.000+10:00

Ahhh....I'm panicking...Easter is well and truly over...well at least I think it is...all my easter eggs have been happily and guiltily chowed down and there is no trace of chocolate or anything resembling chocolate left in my fridge...except for my brother's Snickers and Mars bars which he WON'T let me have...so anyway, now that Easter has GONE, it just hit me that the rest of my holidays will have to be spent in my room, at my desk, STUDYING...oh dear God, can I think of anything more un-fun?? But I have to! I have goals, remember?? I'm proud to say that I have made a start...I have 6 lectures to go through before Monday and today I made it through 1 1/2 lectures... which leaves me another 4 1/2 lectures to go which I THINK will be possible to complete within the next 5 days...there is a glimmer of hope!! YAY!

My car is still stressing me out. It has been sick (it won't start) for nearly 3 weeks now I think...I've lost count. I only just discovered that the battery was dead about 1 1/2 weeks ago and you'd think that it'd be easy to get it up and running again but nooo...silly Holden decided to install complicated batteries in their cars and I can't figure out how to actually remove the battery from the car itself...trust me, I may not know much about cars and shit, but it IS complicated the way it is installed...and the only person who probably has a clue on how to get it all working again is my neighbour (my own personal mechanic, hehe) but he's busy holidaying in Queensland...he'll be home tomorrow, so hopefully he'll be able to nurse by baby back to health again.

Tomorrow, Marcus will be getting his stitches removed...how exciting!

Monday was Sharon's 21st birthday!! Woman, I did try and ring you...but SURPRISE, SURPRISE you were out...your mum said to ring back in 20 minutes...but...I fell asleep...I'm soooooooooorrry!! I will ring again...

Thanks everyone for signing my guestbook! Keep signing! If you ever come across weird/inappropriate/indecent/odd/silly messages...rest assured that I do not have any stalkers (at least I hope I don't) but they are just from Edwina...she thinks I need help...SHE NEEDS HELP. Anyone know of any good, well known, shrinks? Money is no issue.

Currently listening to: "All the things she said"- Tatu (ironically, I'm not listening to it on radio...it's actually running through my head...just like the chorus says)
Currently craving: Chocolate (withdrawal symptoms, I think)

2003-04-20T22:25:00.000+10:00

Easter Sunday has been great...it's been so great that I've been eating chocolate eggs ALL DAY...and I'm still eating them...right this very moment, I am chowing down a Caremello Easter egg (the Caramello ones are DA BEST!). Today was a pretty lazy day...Marcus' family had an Easter lunch so we were at his house pigging out. Something has been bugging me all week...with all the hype of Easter (especially at the supermarket) and the Easter Bunny, I sorta realised that I don't even know how the Easter Bunny came about...I mean, we all know that Thanksgiving has to do with pilgrims and their journey and what not...but how did we get to know the Easter Bunny? Did he have a journey of his own? And why exactly do we have Easter eggs...why not just chocolates in any shape, size or form...why do they have to be eggs? So if anyone has any idea, please feel free to enlighten me :)

Saturday night we had a post-celebration of Ming Luk's 22nd! We had dinner at Piccolo Mondos on Lygon St. What a snazzy restaurant...they had excellent food. I highly recommend it...probably one of the best Italian meals I've had! I think I'm going through a pasta/risotto phase at the moment...I've had pasta and risotto 4 nights in a row now...a record breaking event!

Friday night, Marcus and I watched How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days...it's only fair to say that it has now made it to "My All Time Fave Movie" list...and not only that, it could be right on top of that list :) It was hilarious and oh-so-true. Girls, if you're looking for a way to dump your man's ass...watch the movie!

I love Kate Hudson....

But I LOVE Matthew McConaughey.... (Girls, you know what I'm talking about, don't you!)

Okay so I baked a cake on Thursday...it didn't look too attractive but it tasted GREAT! So everyone said. I guess I can bake after all! Another skill I can add to my talent list...

Writing this entry, I have had 2 Caramello easter eggs, 1 Crunchy easter egg, 1 Flake, and 1 plain easter egg...and I have to get up for MORE!
So...hope everyone had a GREAT EASTER! Don't forget to sign my guestbook :)

Currently listening to: "The Gingerbread Man" movie on TV
Currently craving: More easter eggs...
Currently feeling: - To chocolate of course :)
Special countdown: 2 days till the finale of The Bachelor 2- Who will Aaron choose to be his wife??? Heline...or Brooke??? Ooooooooh!! AND...7 days till Big Brother 3 starts...YAY!

2003-04-19T15:22:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,

Have a GREAT EASTER! Go crazy with the chocolate, guilt-free...will BLOG after Easter!

XOXO
Currently listening to: Marcus whinging about how hungry he is (as always)
Currently crave: Calamary rings...MmmMMmm...
Currently feeling:

2003-04-16T23:33:00.000+10:00

Hey everyone,

Today's been a pretty good day...it didn't rain! So I put off purchasing a much needed new umbrella. Had lunch with Zlynn and Marcus, which was yummy...went to one of those cute cafes on the arcade off Little Collins. Then I dragged myself to my last lecture before the holidays (YAY!) with Marcus in tow...he didn't know what to do with himself while I had to go into uni so he bought an issue of FHM and entertained himself in my lecture. So self-sufficient, isn't he? And then I just spent the rest of the day mothering him and spoiling him since he had is op yesterday.

Tomorrow will be interesting... Karen and Dean are coming over for a post-celebration of Karen's 27th birthday. And I promised her I'd bake her a cake. So I guess tomorrow we'll finally find out how good or bad my baking skills actually are....I've decided on the "Moist Orange Cake"- the easiest recipe in the book with the least ingredients :)

Please sign my guestbook whenever you visit! THANKS A BUNCH!

*Hugs to all*
XOXOXOXO

Currently listening to: My brother singing in his room.
Currently craving: Fish & chips...mmMMMmmmMMmm!
Special Countdown: 23 hours till FELICITY!

2003-04-16T03:12:00.000+10:00

You've all probably noticed that I've added my most favourite links to my BLOG. And some of you might be wondering why I've included the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute link. During my mum's 4 1/2 year battle with Ovarian Cancer, she did spend a fair bit of time in Melbourne and that didn't mean she could get away with chemo, unfortunately. So while she was here, she had her chemo treatments at Peter Macs and it is really a VERY, VERY good hospital...they really took care of her and the staff there, especially the nurses, were sooo nice and friendly. They treated us like family. I'd always be grateful to them for everything that they did for my mum. When I finally do become *rich*, I'd be donating a rather hefty sum of money to them for sure :)

2003-04-16T01:56:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,

YAY! Tomorrow will be my last day of uni before Easter holidays start...I am seriously hanging out for the holidays...you would think doing only 2 subjects this semester, I'd practically BE on holidays, but noooo it's not the case! I REALLY need these Easter hols :)

I spent the morning with Marcus today at the Ear & Eye hospital...he was due in for an operation at 1.30pm but had hours to kill before that. So we just bummed around the ward, playing tic-tac-toe and the 'name game'! Too bad we didn't have a deck of cards...we were both itching for a game of BlackJack! The poor guy had to fast before the operation, so his last meal was the night before and by 10.30am today he was starving...I was no help at all, bringing up food in all of our conversation (intentionally, haha!), constantly asking him what he was craving, and verbalising/visualising all our favourite yummy food...

Speaking of yummy food, the Eye & Ear hospital of Victoria must be the only hospital in the whole entire world not to have a coffee machine!!!! My daily morning coffee was way overdue by the time I got to the hospital and Marcus convinced me that there would be a coffee machine there- after all, which hospital wouldn't have one??? But to my disappointment, there was not a single coffee machine in sight, so I had to go without. AS IF. I made up for it though later in the day, when I had coffee with Fiona- 3 yummylicious lattes!

Easter is nearly here!!! I am gonna seriously go crazy with the chocolates...and then go on a SERIOUS diet.

Currently watching: Freaks & Geeks
Currently craving: Vietnamese noodles
Currently feeling: - I think the TimeOut bar I just had might've expired...
Special Countdown: --1 day till FELICITY!!--1 1/2 months till Avril's concert!!--

2003-04-15T17:13:00.000+10:00

Look at Betty dance!

2003-04-15T02:47:00.000+10:00

"What a Girl Wants" was predictably crap...I don't think a movie could get any cheesier than it did...but I guess if I was 14, I wouldn't think that. Anyways, it was good for a laugh and that's what Ed and I did...LAUGH...at how cheesy it was...actually no, we CRINGED more than laughed...best part of the whole movie- when I heard my favourite Michelle Branch song come on...

OOOH, Easter is nearly here...too bad Melb Uni only gets a week of holidays. We could really use two. But I am setting goals for these holidays!! It involves a lot of studying for my mid-sem and also catching up on ALL uni work...and I mean ALL, not just one lecture...usually when Easter comes around, it signals the "turning point" where we stop socialising too much and start hitting the books! Hmmm....we'll see...

Sadly, I must report that those perfect Melbourne days will no longer be seen for at least another 5-6 months. Last Saturday, it rained like it never rained before...yes, the farmers were all thankful, but us urbanians were violently swearing!!! It rained all day, didn't even stop once for a break. Rained more Sunday. Drizzled more today. And yes, it will be raining more tomorrow. Not only that, it will be 17 friggen degrees. Let's hope the weather report was wrong...like it always is.

The yawns are attacking!!! It is bedtime...night people! Tomorrow I will blog on how grey, rainy, and cold Melbourne was. Hahaha...

Currently listening to: "Sweet Misery"- Michelle Branch
Currently craving: Sour Cream and Chives Continental instant pasta
Currently feeling:
Breaking news: FELICITY returns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (For those who are interested, yes I know there are MANY of you out there- Thursday, 10.30pm, Channel 7)

2003-04-12T19:21:00.000+10:00

Okay this will have to be a super quick entry...I have to meet Edwina at the Jam Factory and I am LATE, LATE, LATE! I don't even wanna be 5 minutes late because Ed has been putting in sooooo much effort lately being on time. She really has! The past 4 months of meeting up with her, she has never been late...and the only time that she was late, she was 3 minutes late and that was because she couldn't recognise Marcus OR me...I thought I was one of her best friends???

We are gonna watch "What a Girl Wants"...yes, snicker and chuckle all you want...it's WAY better than watching "Johnny English"...

Currently listening to: "It's Raining Men"- Geri Halliwell, off Bridget Jones' Diary soundtrack
Currently craving: Anything CURRY

2003-04-10T11:33:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,

I think today would have to be one of those perfect Melbourne days....weather wise that is. I am still yet to venture out of my apartment but from where I am typing this, it is LOOKIN' GOOD outside!! The sun is out and there is a cool breeze...perrrrfect!! You would never think that we are nearing winter...if only we'd have constant days like this here in Melbourne...like how we have constant hot, humid and sweaty days in KL...

The plan for today is to meet up with Steph & Edwina for coffee (MmmMMMmm, I need coffee)...and I'm pretty excited because Steph has photos from her 21st a couple of weeks ago...and then I'll have to shop around for Karen's (my sister) birthday present...which will probably lead me to buying something for myself instead!! BAD, BAD, BAD..

Currently listening to: "All That Jazzzzzzzzzz"- Chicago soundtrack
Currently craving: Curry Laksa
Current emotion:

2003-04-10T00:32:00.000+10:00

Hey pretty people,

I had to remove my "comments" button, it didn't seem like it was working, so I'll have to get ML to teach me how to actually get it working. This is exactly the reason why I was NEVER into computers. I just don't get it. But I can assure you that it will be up and running ASAP!

Today has been a pretty uneventful day...managed to drag myself to uni...Marcus came over...we had pizza, we hung out...he usually comes over every Wednesday nights...and we ALL know what Wednesday nights are!! SURVIVOR NIGHT!!! So usually we'll just hang out and watch Survivor....but because The Panel returned tonight, at the exact time slot as Survivor on a different channel, I just knew that we were gonna fight over who gets to watch what...seeing that it is indeed MY apartment so I should get to watch whatever the hell I want, I thought that I'd be nice and not be biased...so we "argued" for awhile...and after a somewhat violent wrestling match (which included quite a few scratches), I decided that being the nice and generous person that I am, I would let him watch The Panel and I would have to record Survivor. Mind you I would never do this for anyone else, it's SURVIVOR for God's sake!!! So Marcus, you better be counting your lucky stars, sweetie :)

Wanna know something freaky? As the days go by, I am starting to find myself becoming more and more attached to J.LO and her music...I am even considering getting her album!!!! God, help me...

Well it is getting late...and I tend to sleep earlier these days...old age you think???

XOXO
*J*

Currently listening to: My neighbour's heater rattle...my other neighbour's dryer...
Current emotion:

2003-04-09T01:12:00.000+10:00

Hey guys,
Check out the overall colour change of my BLOG. If you just leave my BLOG window open and stare at it....you will notice the colour change...from blue....to purple...to pink...to green....AMAZING!!!!!!! Now, that's what I call technology....

Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!!!

XOXO
*J*

Currently listening to: "I'm With You"- Avril Lavigne
Current emotion:

2003-04-08T23:37:00.000+10:00

I'm back from The Pianist....

Daniel Day who?

Adrien Brody DESERVES the Oscar....

2003-04-08T15:05:00.000+10:00

Hey guys!!
I am over the moon :) Presentation is OVERRRR!!!!!! I think it went pretty good...well, no one laughed, and we could answer all of Rami's (the cute Canadian tutor) questions without looking like idiots.

Here's an insight into Melbourne's crazy weather for you (especially for those of you who are missing Melbourne!!)...I woke up early today, the first time in MONTHS, and it was absoulutely pouring...I swear I thought it was gonna pour for the rest of the day, it was so grey outside, it looked like it was 6am when it should've been 10am...got home after my tute, and the sun came out and it is now WARM again!!! Don't ya just love Melbourne?

Anyway I am home now on my break and I have to get back to uni soon....will be watching the Pianist with Chinno and maybe Ian later tonight! Cooooooool, I've been dying to watch that movie...maybe it will bring some sort of closure, if not, comfort, on how Adrien Brody managed to snag the Oscar instead of Daniel Day Lewis...

Hopefully ML will start blogging again soon...I need HELP!! :)

XOXO
*J*

2003-04-07T18:01:00.000+10:00

Arrrrgh....I have this STUPID, STUPID group presentation tomorrow and it REALLY helps when no one in the group knows how to do anything...I don't know why we are putting in SO much effort for a 5% presentation but I guess we just don't wanna look like fools standing up there not knowing anything. The group who presented last week looked like they jumped out of bloody TIME magazine or something. They had a billion slides and numbers and calculations were just everywhere!! You know that your group is screwed when you have arranged to meet online the night before the presentation is due. Hahahaha...I think I'm gonna scream...also, I'm still trying to work out how to insert a "comment" button on my blog. Sharon, if I don't ring ya tonight, it's because I'm too busy pulling my hair out trying to do this crap presentation....

PS- Congratulations to Ming Luk for graduating last Saturday!!!!!!

XOXO
*J*

2003-04-04T01:56:00.000+10:00

Still gotta figure out how to work out this damn thing...I want you guys to be able to leave messages on my BLOG...if Ming Luk will only reply to my ICQ messages, maybe I would've figured this out earlier!!! (ML, where are you???).. Sharon, I will call you soon...PROMISE! Most probably Monday night :)

XOXO
*J*

2003-04-03T10:41:00.000+10:00

Hey guys, I'm really new to this..and don't exactly know why I'm even doing this. Got the idea from Ming Luk!!!!!!! Anyway I have to work out how to work this thing out!!!!
Tata for now...

XOXO,
*J*

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