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[03 Mar 2010|11:45pm] |
shall post my email update here. all updates will be here now, so please subscribe for new entries!
here goes:
Dear people who are not physically with me but still with me,
Greetings from down under/OZ/Ozzie/Aussie/AUSTRALIAAAA! I’ve been here since the morning of 21st Feb and wow it feels like time is passing very slowly! I’m in my accommodation already and slowly adapting.
The weather here is hot yet cool. Sometimes the sun can be really scorching hot, like a fireball. But then, the wind is rather cooling. So I guess that’s how people get skin cancer. You don’t know what the UV rays are doing to your skin cause you don’t feel hot. The sun rises pretty early here, at about 6am.
My address is 81/5 Rock Street, St Lucia, QLD 4067. The 5 Rock Street is the name of my hostel (here they call it college), and the 81 is my mailbox number. St Lucia is like the ang mo kio or bishan of singapore and QLD is the state. The name of my college is International House. It has the highest percentage of International Student (50%). I live in E Tower, so my room is E0.3. The ‘0’ means basement but it’s not really basement too, just groundfloor, so I am on ground level. There are pros and cons to the room and it depends on what you prioritize. For example, this room has a rather small table compared to the other units, is not colourful at all, has no windows, cupboards are rather old looking. However, I only share toilet with one other person (BUT IT’S A GUY!!!) since we have a connecting toilet(separate cubicle and shower, with sink in the corridor), while others have to share it with 3-4 other residents. Also, my cupboard is bigger with more shelves to organize my belongings. I am proud to say that this room is way neater than the one I had back in Singapore, and I am doing my best to maintain it. Even though I have no windows, my door covers the whole wall on one side as it is a sliding door. So that can actually be a huge window if I want to think that way. The gate has a net over it to prevent bugs from flying in. (but I found lots of dead roaches when I moved in, and a live mini lizard is SOMEWHERE IN THIS ROOM!)
My Australian mobile line is +61412426598. I got a prepaid card and incoming from overseas is free HAHA. But please, you don’t have to burst your phone bills calling me. An email is sufficient. Phone rates here are higher too, but a text back to Singapore is 25cents which I think is quite cheap. But that doesn’t mean I am going to be texting you all often cause I am very stingy. A local sms costs between 10cents to 30cents depending on your plan. For calls, they charge around 20cents for connecting the line or something like that…
The food served at my college is delicious. I might get sick of it soon but I think there is a variety. I get 3 meals a day for 7 days a week. Breakfast comprises cereal, bread, and sometimes pasta, beans, oatmeal. Finally I added milk to my cereal, after not drinking milk since I was 5. I drink orange juice everyday too. Maybe that curbed any carvings for honey milk tea (which costs AUD$4)
The people here are mostly younger than me, because the Singapore education emphasizes on a good foundation I guess. Plus, I kinda ‘skipped’ a year. I don’t really talk to the ang mohs cause they also ignore the Asians so we ignore each other. I think they think they are superior to the Asians. Anyway, my English isn’t that powerful to mix with them. I also don’t plan to pick up an aussie accent and would love to continue using my perfect singlish, man.
So far, I have visited 2 shopping places. One is toowong and the other is indooroopilly. Funny names right? Their bus services has a bus schedule and it is very accurate. The buses don’t come as frequent as compared to Singapore. Some services only come once an hour! So if you miss it, all the best to you. If you miss the LAST one for the day, GG. Busrides here operate on an ezlink card-like system too. ‘Touch on touch off’, the way they remind commuters to tap the card, which is called goCard. Busrides are expensive, despite being a student and getting concession, paying half price.
Nearby, there is the Brisbane River. In fact, my campus is along the river. The river kind winds around 3 sides of my campus. I went jogging yesterday morning along the river. I saw people rowing boats (those long and thin competitive kind) and cycling (racer!). Sadly, there are lots of trees and shrubs between the path and the river. Since they are blessed with this river, they decided to use it as a mode of transport. So in addition to the bus and trains, they have the ferry ride, which is called City Cat. We also use the goCard to board the ferry. The ride is very windy, I absolutely love my first experience! I am sure all of you would too. Just imagine on one side of the river there’s office like buildings while on the other everything isn’t as high rised, and it’s residential houses, bungalows etc. the sky is the bluest shade of blue with puffy white clouds. The wind in your face as you see the world zoom past. Cool right! And it is convenient too, as there’s a ferry stop near my school and college.
It’s rather late already. I am GMT+10.00, 2 hours in front of Singapore. For those not living in Singapore please do the math yourself. Time seems draggy here (maybe they have 25hours a day here) and it’s only halfway through orientation. I know I will regret saying that when school starts and the workload starts coming in. I do hope I still have the time to send such ‘newsletters’ to everyone. By the way, my internet here is limited so I cannot anyhow surf, unless I want to buy download quota. Youtube takes up a lot of download quota.
I wish to thank everyone who came down/tried to make it for my Rock Concert held at T3 on Saturday night. It was great to see everyone again, all at the same place. When I went through the glass doors and turned back, everyone raised their hands in the air at the same time, and I felt like a rockstar haha.
Alright, it’s time to sleep. I have to wake up at 4am tomorrow to climb Mount. Coota, and maybe see the sunrise (keep in mind the sun rises veryvery early). No matter where we are, it’s the same old sun showering us with Vitamin D. Till the next email from me, please update me on how you are doing too!
Sending her love 2 hours (or more) back,
Monkey (aze no more)
P.S. please send my well wishes to people whom i know but do not have an email account, or you know that i dont have their email address. Thank you!
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[31 Dec 2007|11:59pm] |
time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana
we have come to the end of the year again. AGAIN?! oh man '06 seems like yesterday. goodness how 2007 flew by so super quickly. i hope 2007 was a great year for you cause it's the best in my entire life.
( here's a recap of 2007...
1.Chiangmai Open
2.HC
3.SAS
4.Coach turns 60
5.Softball Nationals '07
6.First Run
7.Javelin Nationals '07
8.EOY
9.Crazy Year-End Break )
well. quite a meaningful year. didnt spend alot of time rotting away. maybe cause i was too busy to have any free time to waste.
time to take down your calendar and hang up a new one. 2008 is sure going to be tougher than 07.
( NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS )
here's something for myself. some sorta motivation, so i can always look back here to make sure i am on the right track, and not slack off.
( going down the line-up we have... )
LJ is a good way to jot down thoughts for future reference. over the year, i came up with/kope nicenice sayings. meaningful, makes you think and nod your head in agreement.
( what say you say i say... )
alright, it's byebyebye to 2007 soon. back to school for a long year ahead. miss the whole load of you guys/girls/things. when you see me in school, stop looking up to me okay! look down! and see my TOO-COOL-FOR-SCHOOL-SHOES V.2. !!
and i really hope i get a cutecute boiboi in my junior class. haha okay i shall specifically say that i want adriel in my junior class. and tianyu too. i wonder if naomi or felly is taking bcme. oh wth just gimme all the cute and cool ones. doesnt matter if i dont get tianyu actually LOLOLOL I JUST WANT ADRIEL IN MY JUNIOR CLASS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA oh man monkey you pervert.
hello 2008, what surprises do you have in store...
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[25 Dec 2007|02:09pm] |
hohoho
let it snow.
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[11 Dec 2007|08:39pm] |
went fishing on sunday with family. been some long time since we spent sundays together.
we fished at some fish farm in lim chu kang, where they had this pond and released fishies there for us to.. well fish. was my mum's company family day. sad it was also dooms day for 40-odd fishes aww.
fishing is really a waiting game. and it depends alot on your luck, or the fish's luck. we caught close to 10, and out of the 10 were a few fishes down on their luck
#1 The HUMJI-fish
this fish was caught without using a bait. why? cause we scooped it out of the water! i was just stoning in the water waiting for a retarded fish to eat the delicious prawn i planted at the end of my line then i saw this black figure in the water. after a short debate with my father, we both decided that 1)it's a fish 2)the direction it is facing 3)we must catch it. so my dad tried to lure the fish by dropping the bait right in front of it but the fish humji and did eat fall for our trap. after a few tries, my dad just hecked the rod and net it out in a scoop.
#2 The SMARTALEXHUNGRY-fish
the fishes were originally stored in some container thing in the pond. this particular fish decided to swim back into the container after the container was opened. mum was using the rod this time. then some uncle beside us had a catch and while reeling in, mum's line got tangled with his. so that resulted in mum's line dropping into the container thing. and VIOLA there was this hungry fish there and it ate the prawn immediately. well, we ate it that night yum.
#3 The INNOCENTPASSERBY-fish
pity this fish. it wasn't planning to eat anything and was just minding it's own business. but my brother just decided it was time to reel in his line. he did it at some crazy speed and halfway he felt something tugging at the line. when we scooped the fish out, we found out that the hook was caught onto the fish cheek(if they have one) from the outside. aww so suay.
#4 The DEAD-fish
HAHA THIS IS DUMB. i caught a fish. but it was dead already even before i caught it. so you wonder how did i do it. i dont know too. i just cast the line out. and waitedwaitedwaitedwaitwaitwait. the line didnt even move it all and i got so bored. then my dad came and reeled in for me. then we saw a fish there, at the end of the line. took it out and.. haha the fish was caught by someone else already. but in the battle between fish and man, the line snapped and fish won. somehow, this fish went for another bite(there were two hooks in it's mouth) and fish won again! then maybe it swimmed around and died of pain, but still, monkey win fish.
the freezer is packed with frozen fish with eyeballs screaming I AM SO SUAYYYYY!! looking forward to eating fish the whole of this week. yumyum.
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[06 Dec 2007|09:12pm] |
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why am i not in sea games this year.
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[24 Nov 2007|06:14pm] |
weekends. love it yet hate it. i am quite glad i dont train on weekends anymore unlike those days in ny.. or for youth team last year. i guess i really need the rest after 5 days of acting xena. but now there's really nothing to do. i really enjoy training and the good company. carolyn is my throws buddy ahaha wheee throws training damn fun cause carolyn always saying something dumb and we always try to plan our THROWS PARTY but end up talking about something else.
yup i missed the cca workshop on weds. but ms teo made me go on thurs. the morning session was.. freezing cold. honeystars kept me happy and i ate alot during the teabreak. right after tea break was some simple first aid. and just imagine looking at bloody pictures with a bloated tummy. luckily nothing decided to do a U-turn.
dragonboating in the afternoon! wait. did we even dragonboat? ah what the hell we spent more than half the time in the water bobbing around aimlessly. i was screaming like a pussy cause pussycats are scared of water. yaoxian is like official bailer-boy. everytime we capsize he will be the first on up there dumping gallons of water out of that skinny dinghy. GOOD JOB YAOXIAN. aiya at one point in time i saw him with a pail in each hand scooping water out like a robot. nah he needs the training.
I HAVE NO PARTY THIS WEEK. argh. hello please organise something yoohooo.
i think i need a better diet. with more nutrients cause i am eating the same thing everyday. just noodles with sauce. bah bah black sheep.
PARTY PLEASE.
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[19 Nov 2007|09:04pm] |
yippie i finally slept in my own bed last night and it was quite comfy except the bedsheet was rough and poky. but it's okay cause the colour of the bedsheet match the walls and the whole room look orange. aiya whats the point of having coloured bedsheets/walls when the time i spend in the room = time i spend sleeping. well unless coloured bedsheets/walls give you better sweeter jollier dreams.
hello if you are going for the cca leadership workshop (or whatever it is called) that is held this weds and thurs.. just pon okay. so i dont feel so bad about not going.
are you making good use of your holidays? HAHA if you are not cause mine is a-okay 2-okay 3-okay. stop wasting time lah. do something useful dont wake up to find that it's new year's eve and you did NOTHINGNO-THINGNOT-HINGNOTH-INGNOTHI-NG this wonderful holidays (remember it's the last holidays you will ever have before A's.. and after that you are not really given any SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. well not like we had any REAL HOLIDAYS to start with, since maybe primary school?)
i have $30 kinokuniya vouchers. and i dont buy books cause i think the library and good enough though i am getting sick of bishan library. all the stairs i must climb with my jelly legs after doing tiaohuling.
i got $30 royal sporting house vouchers too. but there aint mizuno there bah what suckers. curse you no business.
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[15 Nov 2007|10:38pm] |
today is my off day! and it's ending soon. it's okay cause weekends are coming and i am not going to talk about my room anymore cause i am sick of it you are sick of it it is sick of it
yesterday was a rainyrainy morning and a sleepy monkey found herself training alone in salt because she didnt know that the rest are not coming for morning training. haiya so when you have no one to talk to, you start talking to the weightsplates and barbells. jiaolian wasnt very fun to talk to (maybe cause i dont understand him) so i stuck to my metal friends. training alone can actually be quite productive but i guessed the talkative me got over-productive which is why i keep screaming when cheryltaygonggong tried to molest my muscles just now.
time to officially name all the exercises with english names.
i hope we dont do tiaohuling tmr because i cant tiao i cant even zhou properly if jiaolian ask to me do tiaohuling i will just tiaolou
HELLO JIAOLIAN haha this is lame i bet my eyeballs jiaolian dont read this :D
another bbq and i am still alive. my bottomless pit is quite imba.
everytime i get lazy to train i will just remind myself the difference between a good ballplayer and a bad ballplayer. the difference between a winner and an ordinary fella. a gold and a silver.
let's hope all the training pays off
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[10 Nov 2007|05:00pm] |
hello just to let you know that i am still very much alive, even after eating not-so-cooked food at class chalet and listening to stanley scream at 249 decibels on the wildwildwet rides (the scariest ride is the one where you paddle a bicycle one mini round. keep having this feeling that the huge difference between stanley's and my weight would cause the whole bicycle thing to tip over)
my room is 20% done now.. going to give up my sticker collection so if you are interested just tell me.
bleah i miss imba million many throws training already. jiaolian is going to stick the jave down my throat and roast me over the fire yumyum
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[04 Nov 2007|03:33pm] |
got this feeling i wont rot my life away this holiday BECAUSE IT'S SO PACKED WITH 320985081098 TIMES 10 TO THE POWER OF ONE MOLE THINGS TO DO.
looking forward to:
class chalet
club sleepover
finishing my room(which i doubt will be done. a lizard just appear and i got scared shitless so now i got room-phobia)
ah thats all for now.. dont want to think till that far
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[28 Oct 2007|12:47pm] |
anyone know of any organisations that sends items overseas to the children there? or anyone hardworking enough to help me find one HAHA :D
and to those who are planning to clean up their rooms during the holidays, please pack aside books/clothes/items that you have outgrown. dont bother giving them to your spoilt cousins cause they will not appreciate hand-me-downs as much as those little ones overseas
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[20 Oct 2007|04:56pm] |
i rarely sleep on my own bed nowadays. always the sofa or someone else's bed.
my room is still not done.
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[15 Oct 2007|01:51pm] |
INTERIOR DESIGNERS WANTED.
i need helppppppp cause all the dust in my room is suffocating me i cant think properly.
what can i do with/about:
-30 bottle corks from wine bottles
-stufftoys. an army of monkeys.
-lots of paper (i wish i could burn them. but pollution lah. convert into toilet paper?)
-okay more to come... i am not even half done!
and anyone know if there's a garage/charity sale going on? cause i got lots of stuff to settle. if i cant give them away i will give it to the dustbin.
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[13 Oct 2007|01:26pm] |
training starts.
i guess i am now in off-season? ah crap i can't remember all the phases of training.
PT is damn sexy. cause it makes me feel damn sexy. i love the 酸痛的感觉 i get after spamming sets of exercise.
and i feel as though i am at the peak of my soccer career HAHA i have never felt so pro before but no i am not taking a 3rd cca cause there are only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and one monkey to do everything.
must spend more time with the class. cause i have been missing a lot of gatherings thanks to all the stupid extra rubbish.
terng spoke to me yesterday during open house. i got a shocked when he waved to me from across the canteen, wagging his finger. i thought i did something wrong, like pon assembly, or failed terribly. "你惨了.... when are you going to train with us."
so he brought up what i have been trying to avoid for very long. the thought of having to train 2 and 4 for softball, and 135 for throws. add them up and i would be training 12345. can handle not.
he mentioned some other stuff but haha let's skip that. then he say, BUT YOU MUST STILL STUDY. STUDY AT LEAST 2 HOURS A DAY. he went on to count 5 days a week 2 days each day 8 weeks holiday so total will study 80 hours YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IS THAT!! in my head i was thinking how much weights i could lift/balls i could throw with 80 hours actually. but yeah he is right, better to study now when i still have the time.
he ended with a very important point and it's still ringing in my head. "the last thing i want is an injury."
oh man i owe my body a lot. but i dont even treat it well. my body win stuff for my pride and my pride is not the one training boohoo
better start taking action like:
1. eating healthy stuff. even though i am a fussy eater. better take more CHOCOLATE milk (cause i dont take milk) and fruits and munch my veggies.
2. drink lots of water (yup off to drink another cup now)
3. plenty of sleep. cut down on late nights. sleep at least 7 hours. 8 hours are for babies.
4. proper warm up and cool down stretches. cause i am getting old
5. this is hard but, know when to stop and really, STOP. (need your for this)
6. put sunblock lol haha i am going to get skin cancer
7. give my right arm a break. become a left hander. anyway it is possible that one day i cant use my right arm so i have to depend on my left.
8. more to come..... but no i wont turn vegetarian (haha ding :D)
xmas is coming :D
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[09 Oct 2007|10:18am] |
FOS is over yippie
well i guessed everyone had fun. i dont see why anyone can not have fun really. it's a great day to be out soaking up the sun for your vitaminD deprived body.
junyu and sengwei damn pro damn pro <3!
borrowed some com games from scottwong. the first one i installed was halflife. then after i tried the tutorial(just a bit of it cause it got damn sian) afterwhich i loaded a game. then my character was in this... airport skytrain like thing, going into a tunnel. suddenly, i felt very scared. then i quit and uninstalled the game. i am a humji.
'i'll never fall in love again' is playing on the radio. oh man the guy version of this song is not bad!
gah. have to go to school for grad night later. then cannot go training. i miss coach bahhh
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[07 Oct 2007|02:20pm] |
hello there it's been a while
not much, how 'bout you
i am still so busy after promos! FOS is really quite FOS. i really hope everyone will have fun tomorrow so all the suffering we sports ic have to endure would be worth it/
windsurfing was DAMN FUN AND DAMN PAINFUL. really lucky to have 6 softballers in the same sabbats. so we spent two days in the sun together! windsurfing is really like riding a bicycle. or like an enzyme and substrate (if you dont know how to cycle). at least it is really difficult cause you are afraid of falling, you get the wrong posture blahblah. but after getting the feel, gaining enough activation eneryg, everything is a breeeeeeeze whoosh.
aiya i am sorry i got my first choice for both sabbats. i allow you to whack my sunburnt shoulders.
now i am sunkissed! but the sun is quite a terrible kisser hmm... at least i am not white anymoreeeee
oh man oh man i got this thing for water sports. i am hydrophilic! i wanna dive and kayak and windsurf and maybe sail too? i dont know why i like the water/sea/ocean/twomoleculesofhydrogenandoneoxygen so much. the 'yin' in my name has two 火 at the top. maybe cause the water will 灭 the fiery me and put me at peace when i am in the water. HAHA I WILL TAKE FENGSHUI SABBATS NEXT.
anyway i just came back from kakin's house. went over to watch rugby world cup cause i got no more sports on scv :( kakin's house very windy very nicely done! AND HIS DOG DAMN CUTE. the dog is called miko and junyu kept calling it a bitch. they got lots of toys and doggie stuff ahhhhhhhh but somehow all the teddy bear got no more eyes and mouth cause miko bit all of them off..... kakin kicks miko -.- but ahaha they look damn cute when kakin hug miko. miko likes josiah's thigh but miko loves me the most. junyu is afraid of dogs. PUSSY. ah kakin's dog is so well treated i dont mind being his dog. HAHA OKAY I DIDNT MEAN IT THAT WAY.
so the teams i sort of supported lost haha and because of that junyu thinks i am a jinx so i am suppose to cheer for scotland and fuji tonight. woohooo go teams go teams. finally played mahjong after a longlonglonglonglong time. tried my fingers on the baseball game. HAHA QUITE FUN LEH GOING TO INSTALL IT INTO MY LAPPIE.
PLANS
1.revamp room (anyone wants to help?)
-trophy cabinet, more posters/pictures, reorganize collections of rubbish
-be damn ego. make a wall of fame of myself -smuglook-
2.take another step closer to being a rockstar
-learn more songs to play on the guitar
-forget about singing (maybe i will end up being the rockstar idol of deaf people hurray)
3.photography
-no money
4.readdddddddd
-oh man i still cant find that book in the library. which idiot is hogging the book
5.play com games
-install baseball
-play pokemon(though quite sian liao)
-install cs
-DOTA.
6.spend more time with my friends (old and new)
-haven't exactly been the best monkey anyone can get
-MORE SLEEPOVERS/PARTIES HAHAHA
7.hmm. WHY DONT YOU THINK OF ONE FOR ME?
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[09 Sep 2007|08:25am] |
不知为什么最近老是用华语来谈话。小学中学时，从头讲到尾都是用英语。 其实，到现在我还不知英文英语华文华语的不同。真是个失败者 -摇头叹气-
九月假期就到今天为止。 这一个礼拜来我有很努力地温习功课，但是读来读去都读不进，读得太少。年终考试将快来临，猴子啊猴子，你一定要好好把握你的时间啊。
昨天刚打了三场球赛，晚上又跟家人到MUSTAFA逛，走到来头感觉好像要爆炸，脚疼得要死。待会儿还有两场。不用读书了啦。
好了，夜已深， 到此停笔
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[05 Sep 2007|10:17pm] |
i love it when someone says thank you even when he is not expected to.
bus driver of 410 today smiled and said thank you to his passenger when they tapped their ez-link card. go uncle!
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