Wednesday, July 23, 2008
真笨！
just a minute ago, i was looking through my previous july 2007 posts, and guess what... exactly on the same date that i posted my latest blog, 23 july 2008, i found myself complaining about having to wait impatiently every week for the show, huan huan ai, on the blog post on 23 july 2007... crap, some things never change and i never learn my lesson... stupid andrea...
救命啊！！
i am so screwed... i am soooo unmotivated at the moment to do the honours stuff, it's not funny... how... i just can't seem to focus and i always find myself procrastinating since last week... and then that day when i went back to uni, saw anna and she was freaking out about finishing her honours thing by september... and she made me panic as well... but everytime i tell myself that i am going to do this by this time, i end up not doing it at all... help!!! and my dear supervisor is not helping at all, she actually did not turn up for the meeting today, i called her twice, and she did not answer, totally wasting my time and money, travelling all the way to uni and it was so cold today... i should not have agreed to attend the conference...
anyway, enough complaining... hopefully, the feeling of motivation will come to me soon, like really soon, cos i don't want to be behind everyone else when uni starts next week... brought auntie and uncle to auburn rsl that day to eat the buffet lunch... whoa, everywhere you turn, you see asians and all i can hear are people speaking in cantonese... i ate till i was so full i did not even eat dinner that night... the group of old people next to us, were eating when we arrived and were still going when we left... the 3 of us were like surrendering already... but it's really worth it for a buffet, $12... but the food was only ok... nothing fantastic...
did i mention that woolies had a makeover? now we have self checkouts and new look for the store... and apparently they only allow the permanent staff to undergo training for the self checkouts, which meant that andrea only can man either the big registers or the express... and some people asked me how i felt about having my job taken over by the self serve...
and i went to cut my hair at this korean hairdresser at west ryde, anna recommended it... the price was quite reasonable, and i did not really cut much, just trimmed only, cos the last time i cut my hair was in feb, so i thought i should have one... the only problem was that the hairdressers there all speak only korean and i could not understand them and she could not understand what i wanted... but she was really nice and pretty... haha... i think if i go back next time, i will have to bring a picture of the hairstyle i want so it is easier...
and lastly... i finally could not resist the temptation to watch the 命中注定我爱你。。。 so i stayed up to download the show from youtube... i can't believe myself... i have been resisting the urge to watch it since april... and i knew it, once i started watching it, i could not stop, and now all i can think of is the show and the stupid thing is... they keep dragging the show... i just want to quickly watch the ending and then maybe i won't be so addicted anymore... the show is quite sad actually... and sometimes, while watching ethan ruan, i can't help but think of hana kimi when he was 'shen le'... haha... and now bcos of this show... he became so popular... and people kept saying he looks like 'ming dao'... i think he also looks abit like 'peng yuyan'... and also, people kept comparing who's cuter: ethan ruan or 陈楚河？？ personally, i think ethan ruan is cuter, cos 陈楚河 is the type who only looks cute when you see him from afar, but if you see him up close, he is not cute... AND i think he looks like show luo, whom i absolutely dislike... so my vote goes to 阮经天。。。
see what i mean??!! i can't concentrate on my stuff at all... all i can think of is the show...
anyway, enough complaining... hopefully, the feeling of motivation will come to me soon, like really soon, cos i don't want to be behind everyone else when uni starts next week... brought auntie and uncle to auburn rsl that day to eat the buffet lunch... whoa, everywhere you turn, you see asians and all i can hear are people speaking in cantonese... i ate till i was so full i did not even eat dinner that night... the group of old people next to us, were eating when we arrived and were still going when we left... the 3 of us were like surrendering already... but it's really worth it for a buffet, $12... but the food was only ok... nothing fantastic...
did i mention that woolies had a makeover? now we have self checkouts and new look for the store... and apparently they only allow the permanent staff to undergo training for the self checkouts, which meant that andrea only can man either the big registers or the express... and some people asked me how i felt about having my job taken over by the self serve...
and i went to cut my hair at this korean hairdresser at west ryde, anna recommended it... the price was quite reasonable, and i did not really cut much, just trimmed only, cos the last time i cut my hair was in feb, so i thought i should have one... the only problem was that the hairdressers there all speak only korean and i could not understand them and she could not understand what i wanted... but she was really nice and pretty... haha... i think if i go back next time, i will have to bring a picture of the hairstyle i want so it is easier...
and lastly... i finally could not resist the temptation to watch the 命中注定我爱你。。。 so i stayed up to download the show from youtube... i can't believe myself... i have been resisting the urge to watch it since april... and i knew it, once i started watching it, i could not stop, and now all i can think of is the show and the stupid thing is... they keep dragging the show... i just want to quickly watch the ending and then maybe i won't be so addicted anymore... the show is quite sad actually... and sometimes, while watching ethan ruan, i can't help but think of hana kimi when he was 'shen le'... haha... and now bcos of this show... he became so popular... and people kept saying he looks like 'ming dao'... i think he also looks abit like 'peng yuyan'... and also, people kept comparing who's cuter: ethan ruan or 陈楚河？？ personally, i think ethan ruan is cuter, cos 陈楚河 is the type who only looks cute when you see him from afar, but if you see him up close, he is not cute... AND i think he looks like show luo, whom i absolutely dislike... so my vote goes to 阮经天。。。
see what i mean??!! i can't concentrate on my stuff at all... all i can think of is the show...
Monday, July 14, 2008
无聊。。。
last week...
auntie and uncle had guests over from singapore, so i was moved into the study room... nothing much happening... watched alot of movies actually... and the movie that i have been wanting to watch for awhile, outbreak... prisy managed to find it at blockbuster... i was really excited... it has got to be one of my all time fav movie...
went to uni that day to meet my supervisor... i am now at the analysis stage of my project... hopefully i am on track and not behind... have to quickly decide on the themes that i want to focus on so that i can work on the poster presentation for the conference in september...
went to ceci on saturday after the IELTS test... so finally last sat was the test, and it was supposed to begin at 830am, and the paper said to arrive at 8am, so i was there at like 730am and guess what, i was the first one at the test venue and i had to wait like 2 whole hours for everyone and for the test to actually start... and i did not sleep well the previous night and i had a really bad headache throughout the paper... thank god, it did not require to think much... it was quite easy, basic reading, listening and writing test... and after that, i was informed that the speakign test was at 5pm, i was like no way i am going to wait around for 4 hours... so i decided to go home and sleep... and hopefully my headache will go away... so i went home, slept for awhile and went back for the speaking test... and coincidentally, one of the topics was on gardens, so i talked about the hunter valley gardens which we went that day... and there were other topics like asking me about my home country, my fav stuff there, which i said the food, and about my chinese name??!! it was really abstract and random stuff...
and prisy told me that when she sat for the test previously, they asked her what her fav disney character was??!! haha...
anyway, went to ceci for dinner after that, bcos apparently the guest auntie loves korean food... and guess who i saw there... sally... not that we were close or anything before, but i was really surprised to see her, bcos i thought she graduated and went back to singapore... actually she was the one who called me, and it took me awhile to register her face and name... cos she cut her hair... i thought she looked nice now though... anyway, yeah, which made me think of huilin... i totally lost contact with her since like last year...
the fated to love you show is killing me!! now it's confirmed that they have extended the show to 22 episodes... just end it already... it's really hilarious though, and i am really controlling the temptation to watch... i only restrict myself to watching only bits and pieces, otherwise i will definitely be hooked and have to wait like a whole month for the show to finish... i wish the dvd would come out and then i can just watch it properly...
and i finally learnt how to use chinese... thanks to silvana... shall take up the challenge to type in chinese soon...
auntie and uncle had guests over from singapore, so i was moved into the study room... nothing much happening... watched alot of movies actually... and the movie that i have been wanting to watch for awhile, outbreak... prisy managed to find it at blockbuster... i was really excited... it has got to be one of my all time fav movie...
went to uni that day to meet my supervisor... i am now at the analysis stage of my project... hopefully i am on track and not behind... have to quickly decide on the themes that i want to focus on so that i can work on the poster presentation for the conference in september...
went to ceci on saturday after the IELTS test... so finally last sat was the test, and it was supposed to begin at 830am, and the paper said to arrive at 8am, so i was there at like 730am and guess what, i was the first one at the test venue and i had to wait like 2 whole hours for everyone and for the test to actually start... and i did not sleep well the previous night and i had a really bad headache throughout the paper... thank god, it did not require to think much... it was quite easy, basic reading, listening and writing test... and after that, i was informed that the speakign test was at 5pm, i was like no way i am going to wait around for 4 hours... so i decided to go home and sleep... and hopefully my headache will go away... so i went home, slept for awhile and went back for the speaking test... and coincidentally, one of the topics was on gardens, so i talked about the hunter valley gardens which we went that day... and there were other topics like asking me about my home country, my fav stuff there, which i said the food, and about my chinese name??!! it was really abstract and random stuff...
and prisy told me that when she sat for the test previously, they asked her what her fav disney character was??!! haha...
anyway, went to ceci for dinner after that, bcos apparently the guest auntie loves korean food... and guess who i saw there... sally... not that we were close or anything before, but i was really surprised to see her, bcos i thought she graduated and went back to singapore... actually she was the one who called me, and it took me awhile to register her face and name... cos she cut her hair... i thought she looked nice now though... anyway, yeah, which made me think of huilin... i totally lost contact with her since like last year...
the fated to love you show is killing me!! now it's confirmed that they have extended the show to 22 episodes... just end it already... it's really hilarious though, and i am really controlling the temptation to watch... i only restrict myself to watching only bits and pieces, otherwise i will definitely be hooked and have to wait like a whole month for the show to finish... i wish the dvd would come out and then i can just watch it properly...
and i finally learnt how to use chinese... thanks to silvana... shall take up the challenge to type in chinese soon...
Monday, July 07, 2008
GoOdBye...
on the 5th july, the "berala" chapter of my life is officially closed... i was quite upset initially when the time came for them to leave but i guess, there is always this chinese saying of 天下 沒有 不 散 的 宴席...
so i guess it's time for me to say goodbye...
i will always treasure the memories of the times we spent together...
thank you...
so i guess it's time for me to say goodbye...
i will always treasure the memories of the times we spent together...
thank you...
Saturday, July 05, 2008
the chinese pavilion garden...
alice in the wonderland... i am having tea with alice and her friends in wonderland... haha...
the gingerbread house...
the very cute storybook garden... with some of the popular nursery rhymes...
pink roses...
the border garden...
I really liked the flowers... wonder what is the name of this type of flowers...
haha... in front of the chinese garden...
the gate to the indian garden...
this is the indian themed garden... you can smell some spices and it said that there is also the curry smell bcos of the curry plants...
this was one of the themed gardens in the garden... it was supposed to be a rose garden, but bcos it was winter, alot of the trees were bare...
HUnTer vaLLey gaRdens...
went to the hunter valley gardens with silvana on wednesday... we were thinking of whether to go or not cos initially, we wanted to catch public transport, but it takes 4 hours train and bus to get there, and then we thought of driving and trying to get more people to come so we can share petrol but people backed out on us, so in the end, we figured that even though it's just the both of us, it will still be cheaper than catching the public transport... but of course, have to drive all the way and back myself... so we planned to have 'pit-stops' along the way...
we set off at 630am and stopped at this town called brooklyn... a coastal small village, and there is a train station there called hawkesbury river... hanged around there for abit, and decided to drive straight to the gardens cos it will take ard an hour and a half to get there... but on the way, we saw the big M sign and I had to go in and have breakfast... haha... too bad it was still breakfast, i would have preferred to eat the chicken fillet burger and fries... after filling our stomachs, we continued on our journey... drove straight to the gardens after... arrived there around 10am... bcos it was a weekday, there was not many people, which was good... the garden was really pretty... the only thing was that bcos it was winter, alot of the trees were bare, but other than that, i think it was worth the trip... the garden was divided into different themes, will post some pics soon... the hightlight of the garden was definitely the storybook garden, silvana was so excited about the storybook garden...
after the gardens, we went to the village, where they have like little shops selling candles, confectionary, cafes, christmas ornaments... and after that, we decided to stop by the entrance, i dunno really know why it was called the entrance, but it is like a coastal town, and the highlight is pelican feeding, but we missed the feeding time... we actually wanted to go see the giant chessboard, which was also one of the highlights of the town, but when we got there, we looked all over the place, but could not see the chessboard... and in the end, we found out that the so-called "giant chessboard" was so tiny and they kept the chess pieces bcos of the strong winds... we were so disappointed... we walked for abit and drove back...
all in all, i was quite happy with our decision to go on this roadtrip, even though it was just the 2 of us, and we were both debating on whether to go or not...
we set off at 630am and stopped at this town called brooklyn... a coastal small village, and there is a train station there called hawkesbury river... hanged around there for abit, and decided to drive straight to the gardens cos it will take ard an hour and a half to get there... but on the way, we saw the big M sign and I had to go in and have breakfast... haha... too bad it was still breakfast, i would have preferred to eat the chicken fillet burger and fries... after filling our stomachs, we continued on our journey... drove straight to the gardens after... arrived there around 10am... bcos it was a weekday, there was not many people, which was good... the garden was really pretty... the only thing was that bcos it was winter, alot of the trees were bare, but other than that, i think it was worth the trip... the garden was divided into different themes, will post some pics soon... the hightlight of the garden was definitely the storybook garden, silvana was so excited about the storybook garden...
after the gardens, we went to the village, where they have like little shops selling candles, confectionary, cafes, christmas ornaments... and after that, we decided to stop by the entrance, i dunno really know why it was called the entrance, but it is like a coastal town, and the highlight is pelican feeding, but we missed the feeding time... we actually wanted to go see the giant chessboard, which was also one of the highlights of the town, but when we got there, we looked all over the place, but could not see the chessboard... and in the end, we found out that the so-called "giant chessboard" was so tiny and they kept the chess pieces bcos of the strong winds... we were so disappointed... we walked for abit and drove back...
all in all, i was quite happy with our decision to go on this roadtrip, even though it was just the 2 of us, and we were both debating on whether to go or not...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
VEry SLaCk...
thursday... went to silvana's house to hang out after my interview... she cooked chicken rice with the premix that her parents brought from singapore and we watched kungfu dunk and ate at the same time... the show was quite stupid really... like it's those stupid funny comedies... preferred the secret movie actually...
sat and sun... i was working long shifts that weekend... and i seriously dun understand why some people insist on doing stupid things... one... people who don't put their fruits into the bags provided and i have to manually put them two by two onto the weighing machine instead of being able to grab the whole bag which is alot faster...
two... stupid people who stick the reduced to clear stickers onto the barcode and i have to scratch like hell to take them out... and there's like a long queue waiting and i can practically feel everybody who is in the queue drilling holes into me, wondering when i will get the sticker out... like they want us to be fast and efficient, but how to when some people insist on making our lives miserable??!!
started watching this korean series called couple or trouble... which prisy's friend lent to her... it's quite nice and funny... and apparently it's won lots of awards...
went to silvana's house again on monday to do baking and watched CJ7... we baked cheesesticks and brownies... same old same old... was planning to bake something else but we were both quite full and in the end, just those... silvana gave me a short tour of auburn, where they used to go do their grocery shopping... lots of lebanese people... we ended up having this lebanese bbq thing for lunch, which i did not really like... but we walked past this chinese bakery shop and i bought the "bo luo bao"... it was really yummy...
went to the movies with prisy to watch the incredible hulk... i did not watch the one with eric banner, but everybody said this one is much better than the first one... and i really liked it... although it was really weird seeing edward norton play the hulk... cos he is really scrawny... and at the end, robert downey jr (who was ironman) came and both of us think that they are making a movie with a showdown between the two superheroes...
sat and sun... i was working long shifts that weekend... and i seriously dun understand why some people insist on doing stupid things... one... people who don't put their fruits into the bags provided and i have to manually put them two by two onto the weighing machine instead of being able to grab the whole bag which is alot faster...
two... stupid people who stick the reduced to clear stickers onto the barcode and i have to scratch like hell to take them out... and there's like a long queue waiting and i can practically feel everybody who is in the queue drilling holes into me, wondering when i will get the sticker out... like they want us to be fast and efficient, but how to when some people insist on making our lives miserable??!!
started watching this korean series called couple or trouble... which prisy's friend lent to her... it's quite nice and funny... and apparently it's won lots of awards...
went to silvana's house again on monday to do baking and watched CJ7... we baked cheesesticks and brownies... same old same old... was planning to bake something else but we were both quite full and in the end, just those... silvana gave me a short tour of auburn, where they used to go do their grocery shopping... lots of lebanese people... we ended up having this lebanese bbq thing for lunch, which i did not really like... but we walked past this chinese bakery shop and i bought the "bo luo bao"... it was really yummy...
went to the movies with prisy to watch the incredible hulk... i did not watch the one with eric banner, but everybody said this one is much better than the first one... and i really liked it... although it was really weird seeing edward norton play the hulk... cos he is really scrawny... and at the end, robert downey jr (who was ironman) came and both of us think that they are making a movie with a showdown between the two superheroes...
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