Hope of a new day

the way i are

2007-09-30T11:49:00.000+10:00

i really like this song + this dance from "So you think you can dance?"!

blah blabby blabbity on a rainy day

2007-09-20T15:44:00.000+10:00

i haven't had much to blog about lately, i've grown lazy trying to paint some sort of idealistic lifestyle and i've always been too self-conscious to put down personal thoughts so maybe i've become more private as well. life has kinda settled into a general movement of day-in day-out with the same-old uni, home, weekend combination that is really nothing to hype about. i feel a bit more bloggish today though, hence this!

we've gotten to wear scrubs this sem for surgery pracs! don't we look cool and all professional.

(if you haven't noticed, we're all posing with the cheese sign cos our dog was doing it too)

and when we finish uni early, we either bum around loxton (computer lab), drink coffee or go and eat! like today we had yumcha...

vet students acting silly... which somehow means looking upwards for a lot of them... geez.

2007-09-15T23:09:00.001+10:00

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Science/Math Nerd (Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!) Well, maybe you aren't this extreme, but you're in league with the crazy scientists/mathmeticians of today. Very few people have the talent of math and science is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don't worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help.
Drama Nerd
Literature Nerd
Social Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Musician
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Anime Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quizzes for MySpace

techy happiness

2007-09-06T17:19:00.000+10:00

my room has recently seen the introduction a couple of techy gadgets that fatten up my quality of life!

my new speaker system, to put the oomph into the bass i never used to have

my 80GB portable hard drive in metallic blue (a shade darker than in this pic)

i'm still overwhelmed by how much hard disk space i have now. i've been living on my 40GB laptop for years and that includes all my programs as well :S

i gotta thank alan for these birthday gifts. some might find it weird how we buy each other techy gifts but i think we enjoy these stuff...

schmuack!

2007-09-01T01:43:00.000+10:00

sushi night was a success! so was molten chocolate cake! woohoo!

this semester rocks... seriously.

off to wollongong tomorrow... should be fun. if it's hot enough maybe we can chill at the beach... ooh i love beach bumming and getting a tan :)

miss home too >.<

my awesome friends

2007-08-20T20:27:00.000+10:00

here are some photos from andrea and kevin's trip down to sydney! was a supreme time... it's been awhile since hanging out in scgs and church camps but it seems like things haven't changed! :D

having fun at bondi

glo & drea

the three musketeers har har har

everyone has to pose with an item... super random!

the surprise-me-surprise-you cake that they successfully surprised me with

i look happy at my surprise cake

degustatory lindt chocolate selection... mmm.

my friends obviously have a lot of fun staying over at my place

at fish market

uh...kevin?

pancakes food feast

beautiful day at sydney harbour!

happy birthday singapore!

2007-08-11T16:56:00.000+10:00

national day parade 2007

it's funny how we always complain about singapore, about it's laws, restrictions and narrow-mindedness, yet most of us are still fully patriotic because we realise that there really isn't anywhere on earth like home. just listening to the NDP songs on the website makes me feel so homesick! - why do singapore songs always have that certain feel to it? it's like they are always played in the same major key with the same chords. hmm.. i missed the live broadcast of the ndp - was sick and trying desperately to recover by sleeping endlessly - but am looking forward to the on-demand replay when it is posted up online so that i can watch it! many people have been raving about it, and because i haven't watched the parade for the past 3 years (when you stay away long enough you then realise how much you miss it), i'm sure that the special effects will impress!

i'm so glad we are proud of our country and wore red and white on thursday! unfortunately we didn't get to celebrate by sharing our love for chilli crabs, chendol and char kway teow because of the horrible flu virus i caught :( am slowly recovering now, still feeling quite under-the-weather but hopefully will be well enough to go to uni on monday.

i like...

2007-08-03T19:53:00.000+10:00

10. candles - scented/aromatherapy with nice holders :)

andrea and kevin are here! so exciting!

adding on to the wish list

2007-08-02T15:34:00.000+10:00

i'm glad this list has been proving useful! i remembered one more...

9. tea pot with a strainer component so i won't have to keep drinking tea leaves/bags admist the tea...

birthday wish list

2007-07-31T22:48:00.001+10:00

no one has asked me what i want for my birthday yet, maybe they have already gotten me something! nonetheless, i thought i'll type out some sort of a basic wish list since i actually have things i want this year!

in no order of preference...

1. sporty/street style shoulder sling bag that can fit A4 books with a longer horizontal than vertical length (like what cam and ange have, the adidas and everlast). am thinking definitely not in white or beige, so possibly black or dark blue, with words/patterns that are not too loud (too loud refering to large gold brand names or something).

2. harry potter and the deathly hallows - the ADULT COVER ONLY (dark blue background without cheesy illustrations)

3. roland RD series, 88 keys, fully weighted electronic keyboard

4. computer speakers and subwoofer - should be getting this from somebody already i hope... :D

5. nice decorative type necklaces (not simple pendants sort) slightly longer than normal necklace length (that can go well with a blue U-neck kinda top)

6. sports watch that has a stopwatch function

7. nice arty farty/fashion/design type posters for my wall

8. nude color lipstick/liquid eyeliner/long lasting type nail polish

preferably no soft toys or earings! i've got quite a lot of those :S

winter hols photo update

2007-07-27T22:33:00.000+10:00

i finally got down to uploading holiday pics... now i have a headache from thinking, reorganising and clicking the button... :(

I - Melbourne

II - Melbourne

III - Wilson's Promontory

IV - Sydney

Seeing Sydney from a different perspective

2007-07-04T02:18:00.000+10:00

Walking the harbour bridge...

The Sydney opera house and a clock tower under the patchy moon.

Seeing colours from behind bars (cars driving past).

Right under the bridge, you appreciate its framework lit up by the city it unites.

Friends + cool winds + good conversations + all the time in the world + walking + snapping creative shots = Surreal and special moments.

Chocolate obsession

2007-07-04T02:03:00.000+10:00

A trip to Max Brennar's...

The Dome

The Pizza

Leaves us happy like this:

Whee! Whee! Whee!

And

I am a superstar, man!

Halfway dinner photos

2007-07-04T01:59:00.000+10:00

Yeah I'm getting pretty lazy so I'm gonna go with the latest trend of lazy photo updating. If you are interested in seeing photos from halfway dinner, check them out at :

http://usydedu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2033231&l=47f63&id=219001337

Glam shots galore there!

The best feeling in the world

2007-06-30T17:51:00.000+10:00

Is right here, right now.

*

That's the dress i wore for halfway dinner... Photos from that soon!

7/8

2007-06-27T14:47:00.000+10:00

YAY!!!

1 more paper!!!

At a lost of what to do until tonight... sleep? (yes i'm sleep deprived)...

blogworthy!

2007-06-23T13:43:00.000+10:00

On thursday afternoon, I opened my mail and found this...

My optus mobile bill

I was hoping that it wouldn't be more than $40, though I'm on a $19 plan, cos I knew I probably exceeded last month... My bill normally looks like this:

SO HORROR OF HORRORS when I saw my most recent bill!!!

OUTRAGEOUS! EVEN MY ELECTRICITY BILL IN WINTER ISN'T SO HIGH!

...

...

...

Well, after I made a couple of very angry phone calls, I managed to figure out what happened. I recently changed my plan to have free calls to 5 numbers and unfortunately the operator got down 1 of the numbers wrongly by 1 digit, which was ironically also the number that I call the most. That means that I made almost $600 worth of calls to my boyfriend last month! Woohoo... Despite regular Optus stuff-ups, I guess that's still why we are using their services... COS OF THEIR AWESOME PLANS THAT WE EXPLOIT SILLY!

(By the way, I think my ammended bill comes up to approximately $30 now...)

******

This weekend, I am also very much alone. My housemate has gone far inland to Orange to enjoy -5C weather, my boyfriend has gone home to Wollongong and my parents are happily playing golf and eating awesome cuts of meat in Hokkaido! That means that it will take me a lot of discipline to stop pigging out in my kitchen/bedroom and get some studying done! It is also nice to see fellow vet friends on MSN... I know we're all miserable together which makes us not that miserable afterall!

I went to stock up my supplies...

When your cupboards look like this, it's really hard to not keeping stuffing your mouth with chips!

I don't wanna become pudgy but if INTAKE >>> Output... We all knows what happens :'(

Old hollywood?

2007-06-22T09:17:00.000+10:00

one week away... choosing between...

or

or

?

Into another world...

2007-06-19T23:56:00.000+10:00

I found this in the collection of parasitology photos from Chermain... haha! She wanted to take photos to "remember" our uni days... This is a very good image of what we spend a lot of afternoons doing!

gen: "oo. look it's so cute! it's moving! i can see the parasite!... oh wait a moment that's just the snail containing it...o_O"

This is also a very good image to show what i spent this afternoon doing! Just that my thoughts were just that tad more flustered, going something along the lines of, "Argh F#$@!*()!@* stupid @#&!(?>.. let's write that this is lipidosis.. no scrap that.. let's write it's hepatatis...OH NO 2 MINS LEFT!!!!!!"

So yes, pathologists really love looking down their microscopes because it's supposed to be "a whole new world", but I think I can safely say that I am never going to be a pathologist.

Nice dream nice dream nice dream......

2007-06-14T17:12:00.000+10:00

This is what keeps me going...

Since I've been recently asked by so many people, my exams haven't started yet! (Explains the compulsive blogging to escape from studying.) They run from June 19th to 29th. And I won't be back this holidays (3 weeks for me)... So you'll have to wait til the end of the year to catch me! (But good things are worth waiting for, yes?) Of course, you could come and visit... :P

it's always dark here

2007-06-14T02:04:00.000+10:00

so won't you come and shed some light?

The northern lights

i need you so much closer
so come on, come on.

"Transatlanticism" - Death cab for a cutie

emo. oh so emo. this music is no help but how i love it...
i still prefer typing in non-caps... i feel like it portrays me better.

I sit here and watch the clouds move in a myriad of ever changing colours until all is dark

2007-06-11T17:59:00.000+10:00

I watch the sun go down and up again and think of you.
You're just too busy seeing red when all I see is blue.

"Autobahn music box" - Cut copy

That aside, I am suddenly filled with longing to revisit Macs at KAP with all my books - to whiff in the smell of fries until I'm desensitized to it and to huddle uninterrupted, just my books and I (and the occasional visitor).

A weekend in the city

2007-06-10T13:39:00.000+10:00

Because we all need a break sometimes!

There's always a reason to celebrate

2007-06-10T13:30:00.000+10:00

This time it's Jadyn's 21st!

In the wild...

2007-06-09T18:45:00.001+10:00

This is way weird phenomenom! I didn't believe it at first but it seems like hippos and crocs help each other! I found this discussion online...

Question: In a hypothetical fight between a large nile crocodile and a large nile hippopotamus, who , in your opinion would win and why? Imagine that they are alone with no 'back-up' and in shallow waters.

Answer: Although crocs are large, heavy animals with thick skin, a hippo can outweigh a large croc by 3.5 times and are also thick skinned. Yeah, crocs have a very strong bite, but they kill prey by clamping down and rolling in the water. Good luck doing that with a hippo. Although hippos are vegetarian, they have four big incisors (about the size of a human arm) that can inflict a lot of damage and a wide-opening mouth. And finally hippos are susceptible to sunburn, making them somewhat more aggressive.

Okay I don't get the point on sunburn, but besides that, it's incredible that the cute little hippos with shiny glabrous round fatty butts can be friends with the mean scaly scary cold man eating crocs!!

Of cakes and furry animals

2007-06-08T16:46:00.000+10:00

It's officially STUVAC!
I like stuvac, even though I have to study, cos I get to wake up and sleep whenever I want to!
I get to keep warm at home in my furry jumpers and avoid the pouring rain and cold winds!
I get to eat and drink yummy things whenever I like!
I get to listen to my music!!!
I get to play my guitar.

This was last week at church celebrating Nat's birthday... That's her holding Geoffrey the bear (named 'after' me with a name starting with G)

This is a cute little sheep with my Microbio lecturer Jacqui!

VSAW's now famous cake bake sale that I've been involved in the past few weeks. That's my cheesecake at the bottom left!

Now playing: Aftershock records easter EP (Trance)
Current temperature: 13C

my facial abnormalities

2007-06-05T16:26:00.000+10:00

i have realised that my eyes are very far apart because i always have to widen the eye pieces of microscopes in prac class to be able to look at the image through both eyes. on average, the normal person has eyes that are 60mm apart. apparently mine are 65mm apart (according to the little ruler on the microscope). it is very funny. no wonder i'm likened to an alien lookalike or sarah the dinosaur from "the land before time".

It's a pyschedelic phenomen

2007-06-01T16:16:00.000+10:00

I love designing to suit my mood (if only I could do it all day and not have to worry about pathology/microbiology!) It's exciting, relaxing and potrays my current perspective of life. Here I am filling my wall with colours, prints and my favourite things (notice the RX-7!).

Click to enlarge

Playlist: Bright like neon love - Cut copy (electronic indie)

Taken in my room

Current best show on TV

2007-05-27T21:22:00.000+10:00

I've just finished watching episode 23 of heroes! Which means I have finished watching heroes season 1! And even though it has a few loopholes, it was still incredibly eventful! It really keeps on on the edge of your seat! Plus the intro bit to season 2 was so... out of this world... I can't wait to see more of it :)

Save the earth!

2007-05-25T01:33:00.000+10:00

Hailstorm sometime last year, photo taken outside Vet Fac at Sydney Uni.

The earth is in pretty bad shape, but the day I see actual snow on the ground at Vet Fac rather than this pseudo-snow, I will expect the apocalypse.

I've never been much of a greenie but lately I've been struck with the realisation of how it is really our responsibility to look after what we've been given so that we might continue to sustain life. Humans had been given such a good earth but we have gone and wrecked it all! I've been thinking of starting a recycle bin at home for every those scraps of paper I chuck out! Protect the earth! Protect the animals! I feel like I'm becoming like Summer after she went to Brown (the O.C., season 3).

Surprisingly...

2007-05-22T19:32:00.000+10:00

...Linkin Park's latest album is a real good listen! Since their last album, they have changed their loud screaming rock style and annoying tunes (think: the catchy pop-type melodies) to something with a stronger alternative feel, slower and more engaging. However, you can still tell it's them from their characteristic heavy electric rock beats and, yes you guessed it, screaming. Everything done in moderation is enjoyable though! I recommend giving this album a listen - it's relaxing yet fast enough to uplift your spirits!

The advent of winter

2007-05-21T23:12:00.000+10:00

Temperature is 15˚C and dropping. Winter is late this year but has eventually come. Goodbye t-shirts and thongs... Hello to my trusty heater, socks and sipping endless cups of warm tea.

Happy farm

2007-05-21T00:42:00.000+10:00

Harry's trick: The stunned chook. I have a video for this but I can't get it uploaded onto youtube. This chook just sat there... and sat there... It's unusual because chickens normally run as fast as they can away from you!

That's joanne working on the other side of the barn. Check out the 25,000 chooks in 1 barn!! The overalls and mask she's wearing makes it look a little like a bird flu epidemic.

Little Lulu the jack russel was actually quite petrified from being surrounded by so many big chickens.

PLUS!! We saw a wallaby in the wild!! LIVE!! i managed to catch about 2 seconds on video but it was absolutely amazing driving out into the "wild" (I say wild because we were cruising through tall grass, bush and all on the bike but it was actually still part of Camden park), spotting birds, wallabies and just enjoying being out in the real wide open with the sun shining and pure blue skies. So, so therapeutic and relaxing and amazing!

The safari adventure. This was the area we saw the bouncing wallaby! It reminded me of Winnie the Pooh and the 100 acres Wood with Tigger bouncing along...

More photos when Joanne passes me hers! Chickens are so fluffy and cute!

i don't need anymore fuel

2007-05-12T20:54:00.000+10:00

my current state of mind

fuel for life... isn't necessarily good.

after failing to catch dave matthews and sneaky sound live in concert, i've decided to stop with the indecisiveness and catch bloc party for my birthday weekend! i know it's pretty far ahead but my fuel for life is overflowing and i'm currently in want-to-party overdrive. unfortunately for me, party is not on the current to-do list so i've got to focus!!!!

that aside, equip was challenging and fun... it was a good experience and a good chance to get to chat with girls from church.

i'll end off with alan's quote that pretty much describes my distracted mind...
"Melbourne... Melbourne... What's happening with Melbourne??"

it's what you think

2007-05-11T23:07:00.000+10:00

found myself just the other day
in the backyard of a friend's place
thinking about you
thinking of the crowd you're in
what you're up to where you've been
just thinking

you know the clothes that you wear and the colour in your hair
shouldn't change you
now you tell me why is it so
you're bigger than mighty joe
at least you think so

god my fingers burned
now when I think of touching your hair
you have changed so much that I don't know
if I can call you and tell you I care
and I would love to bring you down
plant your feet back on the ground

threw my smoke down on the ground
turned my head and I heard the sound that reminded me
of the days so young and sweet
always so much fun to me
at least I thought so

now you think you're so damn fine
you could rule the world
no not mine
I don't think so

you know the scene that you're in
and the people that you've been with
just get to me
but you think I'm not as cool
as you are so beautiful
who you fooling?
well I'm here to tell you babe
the game you're in is just a game
so damn pretentious

---
hearing this song always strikes a raw nerve within me. it's a feeling i just can't shake off.

love is a journey...

2007-05-09T23:07:00.000+10:00

it was funny... excitement was so clearly written over the whole of sean's face while he waited (for ages) for his bride to finally walk down that aisle... but it was really a moment to remember!

the happy troopers last saturday! it was so nice to be able to share in such a special moment for them! (...hmm, i stole this photo off dom's myspace, not that i think he'll ever know.. hehe)

nat and i! the sun made the overexposed areas of the photo look fuzzy :S

Mighty is the Lord God Almighty!

2007-05-07T01:34:00.000+10:00

that's what this photo brings to mind... the radiating light of his glory on this whole earth! i'm probably also influenced by a song we sung in church today... "holy, holy, holy (x2), holy is the lord god almighty!" if you know that catchy tune :D

Taken at the quandrangle, University of Sydney

bothered...

2007-05-05T18:01:00.000+10:00

i hate how some things can affect me so much. things that have to do with other people's opinions. i always tell myself that i shouldn't live to be in the good books of everyone but it still matters. especially people who matter to me that don't seem to care as much for me. i wish i wasn't so bothered by things that probably aren't even true.

when all you hold on to in this world is the company of people who matter and their opinion, life can come crashing down to the ground pretty easily.

exam timetable

2007-05-02T00:32:00.000+10:00

VETS3011 Tuesday 19 June 2007 9:20 am to 12:30 pm Veterinary Pathology

VETS3011 Tuesday 19 June 2007 1:50 pm to 3:00 pm Veterinary Pathology In dept

VETS3013 Monday 25 June 2007 9:00 am to 10:00 am Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

VETS3018 Friday 29 June 2007 9:20 am to 11:00 am Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Sci

VETS3040 Wednesday 27 June 2007 9:20 am to 11:05 am Veterinary Microbiology

VETS3040 Wednesday 27 June 2007 9:20 am to 10:35 am Veterinary Microbiology In dept

VETS3041 Thursday 21 June 2007 9:20 am to 11:30 am Veterinary Parasitology

VETS3041 Thursday 21 June 2007 1:50 pm to 2:50 pm Veterinary Parasitology In dept Venue: Gunn Lab A

eh.. 8 exams.. i think after we reached 7 papers last year i've grown immune to stress of so many papers. 7 or 8, what's the diff?...

oh look, we finish on the last possible day to finish... yet again, what's new???

on a happier note, histopath prac is over! practical exams are definitely not my forte - it's always good to go into the exam expecting the worst so as not to get disappointed. but it went okay. now i have a few days to relax! whoopee!

i have nothing better to say

2007-04-30T20:35:00.000+10:00

i don't know why the hell blogger keeps deleting the photos from my posts... grr so annoying.

just because i have a pathology PRACTICAL quiz tomorrow, i am very restless and doing everything else in the world i can think of. so now i will post up a pretty random photo just for the sake of having something to post up. BLOGGER YOU BETTER NOT DELETE THIS.

WE WENT TO PLAY LASER MANIA!!!

i actually didn't want to go at first because the last time i went to shoot people with my laser gun i ended up not shooting anyone and had an endlessly vibrating torso from being shot about one million times (no kidding i had a negative score of 5000 or something). but after the second game this time (let's not talk about the first one), i think i actually like the thrill of laser games because i can pretend to be sydney bristow killing evil and perverted men. i can shoot people now! playing time crisis in the arcade actually allows me to gain a skill!

ra ra rar

2007-04-29T20:49:00.000+10:00

aiyaRR...

singaporean english ("singlish") is supposed to sound like naggy wife language becos we drag our RRRRRs at the start/end of many words i.e. aiyaR, yaR laR, don't have loR, RRRRite?? well i think it can be quite true, but it really depends on the person. anyway if you are insulted by that comment, don't look for me, look for alan :P

it's been 2.5 months in sydney! and there isn't a day where i don't have at least one fleeting thought of singapore. most of the time i think of places in singapore for an average of 3-5 times a day. i don't know what it is about home but going places back home i.e. orchard road, holland v, church just makes me feel happy... it's always so nice and comfortable being there and hanging out and doing my all time favourite things!! (such as meeting up with my favouritest people in the whole wide world, toking cok, having movies to watch past 9pm and being in places with LOTS of familiar faces.) unfortunately, life here is pretty different... i have to learn to enjoy bringing packed lunch around instead going to eat hawker food... sigh... well there's always a gnawing feeling inside me that goes, "I MISS HOME!!!"... i wonder how many years it will take for that feeling to go away since i've been here for more than 2 years and i still feel like that! maybe it never goes away... i think of home even when i'm so busy i don't even have time to shower. it's like my brain is able to think of pathology, what i'm doing later, things to buy and singapore all at the same time. anyway, i usually don't dwell on thoughts of home becos then i'll get all homesick... i usually shove the thought into the very back of my mind once the it comes up. hehe... gotta survive here for another 8 months before becoming a full time singaporean slob/brat/slacker back home again and going aiyah can lah you wan or dun wan lah??

i <3 public holidays cos i've time to type lengthy entries!

2007-04-29T01:31:00.001+10:00

sorry for the lack of entries lately, i underwent a phase where i decided that blogging was pointless and contemplated stopping! my blogging history can be traced back to 2002 (or before that, i can't remember!) and throughout that course of time my reasons for blogging have always been plentiful and varied. perhaps i'm too much of an exhibitionist to stop blogging, those who blog and publicly photo-whore all are, just to varying degrees!

but of cos that isn't the reason why i'm continuing. *coughs. i'm back with renewed vigour to blog for the benefit of those i love but are faraway from me! despite personal updates and a facebook account that is currently teeming with activity, it is still difficult keeping in touch cos i can't send around photos of myself to everyone who doesn't facebook, neither can i reply emails daily. so this is for YOU hui, tania, shi, andrea, jervis, siewlin, jia-yan, beks, wendy, su-lin, yanting, boon, mum, dad and all else who are reading this now!

a good example of something to blog about is about my aesthetic changes. i've been telling some of you for ages that i want to cut my hair... well i have! WALA!

SHORT HAIR IS THE BEST!

oh can someone recommend a good photo collaging software?? i've been searching for and downloading some but none are any good! just something i can chuck photos onto, add a bit of text and patterns and upload! some recommendations please.. and no, i don't own a mac, i know mac users have fancy photo programs but i don't have them!!

MY HOME
some people have been wanting to know how my new place looks like... well here it is looking very neat and tidy... hope it gives you enough reason to COME AND VISIT ME IN SYDNEY! (if it's not compelling enough i'll throw in some photos my luxurious car) well the neatness might just be a facade cos check out the overflowing wardrobes!!!

GEN GOES TO PIG FARMS FOR UNI
hmmm i'm not inclined to post up too many photos of the filthy piggery i was at during the easter break, so i'll just leave you one happy pig - LOVE BABE!

(oh... since this is an outdated photo update, the sequence of events might be slightly jumbled up!)

FOOD AND PARTIES

one of those birthday dinners at a chinese restaurant... oh i miss that succulent peking duck...

dinner at newtown... i think it was at thaitanic. well that's mel (lim), alan, me and chermain looking very happy and good looking before going for some pretty boring ssa party.

AND>>> the photo that has sparked much CONTROVERSY on facebook!!!

controversial issues being,
"why is gen so happy?",
"what is so good in alex's opinion?",
"did prajyoth really win?" and
"why is alan wearing a purple shirt the colour of taro?"

1 YEAR AGO...

we were young, innocent, happy, carefree and very sane people.

1 YEAR LATER...

i love to sing in the middle of a restaurant

alan believes he can blow up moving objects after obsessing over heroes

in this one year together we've obviously brought out the best in each other! we do still try to look innocent and sane though.

but really lunzy, you know i love you :)

finally... EXCLUSIVE!!!
last weekend at wildfire!!!
the good and the embarassing moments...

"pretend there's something in the sky"

"pretend there's a dead body on the floor"

being the birthday girl, chermain apparantely decided she could continue to look pretty in the photos while the rest of us boldly displayed our hollywood actress wannabe tendencies. emily, i personally believe you deserve the best actress award :P

okay i'm off to enjoy the rest of my anzac day... hope you've enjoyed this post :)

2007-04-14T12:47:00.001+10:00

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rocks rock

2007-04-04T21:32:00.000+10:00

it's been 4 months since i've been to the ledge... there's sooo much inertia to start rockclimbing again everytime i think about all the sacrifices i make for it - perpetually short fingernails, cuts on my hands and aching hand tendons, bruises on my legs (only becos i'm unco), aching body for days (and i don't mean the ache from doing cardiovascular sports but REAL consuming ache) and arm muscle hypertrophy (this fact is still not proven - professional climbers seem to be very lean)!!! finally made it there today again and as usual... the inertia has been replaced by motivation... rockclimbing is really good, it trains mental strength together with physical strength and supplness. though i'm not sure how far i'll get with it this semester since it's such a busy sem... i have some personal goals for the walls i hope to be able to climb by july!! oh so funny... i found an entry from the first time i climbed... here. ok it's pretty anticlimatic, i know.

anyway... just decided to put up some photos from rocklimbing taken end of last year... the only time i actually brought my camera to try to get some cool moves in action...

first up... steven... flexible man...

alan...

(looks funny).. just kidding

woah.. check out those muscles... haha

and finally yours truly...

most "professional" position i have on camera...

by far the most photogenic while climbing :D

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ahh easter holidays are almost here!! and i have a lot of assessments to work on but i am very restless and making a lot of plans to go out! and i have to work with pigs in canberra for half the week! and i think i will be stuffed at the end of next week but i am still making plans to go out then. sigh. it's probably a good thing that i am going to the piggery... allows me the chance to spend a more reflective weekend... sad i have to miss easter 5pm service and combined prayer though... :(

oh and i got such a shock when 107 people visited this blog 2 days ago... but in the end i realised that they all arrived at my site becos they were looking for the picture of kim jeong hoon...

...CHEH.

i can see the moon and it is so round tonight

2007-04-03T01:48:00.001+10:00

sigh this is a disaster. no matter how much i exercise it will not stop me from gaining the weight i gain while studying cos i eat about 2-4x the amount that i would while on holidays (esp in singapore)!! arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. and it doesn't matter how much 'healthy' food i buy because eating "snack right" and "lite" food becomes normal/hugely abnormal when i finish the whole packet (serving size:4) in one go!!

okay anyway just whinging cos it's late at night and i'm effectively nocturnal tonight but there's no one to talk to.. boo hoo hoo.

awesome god!

2007-04-03T00:10:00.000+10:00

i've been learning so much these days. not just academically but through life experiences - learning how to love others more and better in words, action and prayer, how to be more prayerful and less self-reliant and how to think less about my own comfort and instead help wherever there are needs, no matter how little or insignificant those needs might be. i've been learning the joy of sacrifice to improve the relationship with someone else and learning the importance of spending quality time with others over personal gain. indeed, setting priorities in life is a very important thing cos it lets you be sure of where to channel your time and energy.

some things that i've heard recently and been mulling over...

the symbol of christianity is not a cushion but a cross.

it's sad how some people channel all their energy and time in making their physical bodies look better, yet neglect their spiritual needs and growth.

rules for holy living... colossians 3:1-17

what good is for man to gain the whole world and forfeit his very soul?

praise god for the way he's working in so many lives around the world. i've seen him working just where i am, in the loved ones around me, in those physically near to me that i've yet to know well and in countries faraway from where i am that have swung open their formerly closed doors to receive god. praise god that in knowing him and doing his will there is such great joy, confidence, hope, holiness and mission.

i encourage you to keep praying and trusting god! he really is a magnificant god. surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6

Welcome to Gotham City

2007-04-01T12:30:00.000+10:00

A huge multitude of fruit bats a.k.a. flying foxes.

Taken along Oxford Street, Sydney.

2007-03-29T17:51:00.001+10:00

these are the things i do when i have internet

2007-03-29T17:44:00.000+10:00

the tea room

2007-03-29T00:51:00.000+10:00

first of all, my internet is up. YAY!!!!!!! thank God.. was having soooo much problems with it even after the modem arrived but my final desperate prayer was answered miraculously.. never underestimate the power of prayer! hehe.

okay some pretty pics from celebrating JO'S 21st last friday... yummy high tea... i wouldn't mind one of those huge scones again... unlike the rest, i didn't feel like spewing after the scone...

jo the birthday girl!! and all the yum yum cakes, tarts and sandwiches... oh and fragrant tea in delicate tea cups...

our glamour shot :)

this is so random

2007-03-21T16:59:00.000+11:00

my new favourite fruit is passionfruit!

and chermain and i got our placement during easter... at "allan's piggery". hee hee hee. guess i'm not going to melbourne during easter afterall then...

broadband internet to be up and running at home in a week... more posts then i suppose (internet at home is such a distraction, we should probably all live without it... life will be simpler then).

"site analysis"

2007-03-12T22:38:00.000+11:00

pyrmont is a pretty place. it's by the bay and has lots of pretty apartments.
this entry is kinda backlogged so these photos were from 2 weeks ago!

alan and i mucking around...

looking for adrenalin control

2007-03-10T00:21:00.001+11:00

well, i'm back on dialup now from home.. slightly slow but at least i have internet! plus plus, i got it free. haha i won some BOGUS pack from O-week but then i called optus to whinge to some indian customer service guy and i think i made him feel compelled to give me another free WORKING package.. so there, i have free dialup now.

first things first, i was trying to study on this very nice and cooling friday night cos alan is sick and went to sleep soo early. but if you know me, it's so hard for me to keep still on weekend nights, especially when there are sounds of socialising coming from so many apartments around me. so i start thinking about the million things i want to do, one of which is to CHANGE MY BLOG TEMPLATE. and change the list of my favourite songs, because as usual, my preference changes every few weeks/months plus i am really your best clubbing/pubbing/concert friend because i seriously listen to almost all basic genres of music now and enjoy them all! this is what happens when you have different friends all with VERY individual music taste. but i digress. i decide i need to change my template because for a couple of months now i've been feeling like this one doesn't quite suit me at this point of my life anymore. and then i'm COMPELLED to dial-up and connect to the internet to surf blog templates instead of studying my nice and expensive handbooks.

and then i start thinking about going out tomorrow night since there is a singapore party on and though i was originally quite adverse to attending these parties in first year, i think i've come to realise after attending many other countries' events that i truly love being surrounded by my fellow singaporeans who are all seeking to establish a clubbing experience in sydney that might somewhat live up to what its like at zouk (singapore in now no.2 in the world for nightlife experience so don't play play ok) and because i believe my fellow countrymen have a taste similar to mine in what makes something really tick - meaning i believe that we have good taste and are looking for the same experience (not meaning to insult others though). i'm looking forward to bumping into familiar faces and speaking in some good old singaporean slang. i was just thinking about how i've started forgetting some words that i used to use due to the low frequency i use them now but i'm hoping that my advancing age isn't affecting my memory that adversely and i might still be able to effortlessly pull out this knowledge from the corners of my brain whenever the situation calls for it.

ha.. okay i'm really rambling because it's been ages since i've blogged properly (can you believe it i actually started writing properly in my journal again because i just.needed.to.write.something.not.sciencey.) and i've survived the first week of uni. the transition from holidays into intense classes was really difficult and involved me falling fast asleep at midnight every day due to mere exhaustion. and even though it's intense, i must say it's really mentally challenging and i like how we are learning things that actually make me feel nearer to being a vet. like dissecting case studies - detect, describe, deduce! (or was it diagnose?? arggh!)

ooh okay going to go and channel my energy to talking to hui on msn now.. she's going to -30 degrees sweden to see the northern lights!! how out-of-this-world-i-really-want-to-do-something-so-bizzare-too!!

OH i just realised that despite a rather lifeless blog lately, my daily page visits have still been surprisingly high! yes dear people please continue to come and read and hopefully this blog entry has been a mildly satisfactory...

quick update

2007-03-05T16:32:00.000+11:00

no net at home at the moment so won't be blogging for awhile. meanwhile, uni has just started and everything is going alright so don't worry!

gong xi fai cai hong bao na lai

2007-02-23T18:37:00.000+11:00

the funny thing this year is that even though i missed chinese new year back home for the first time in my life, i think i collected the same amount (if not more if you take into account the exchange rate) of angpows.

sweet! actually i only just realised this because nowadays angpows just go straight into my wallet to act as my spending cash. i don't even accumulate and count them like i used to... the sad reality when there's no point saving cos
-i manage my own allowance out of my bank account
-i don't earn any money
~~-i can use my credit card and have it charge to my dad~~

i learnt a couple of things this CNY...

we eat nian gao (the sticky cake thingy) so that we'll be nian nian gao gao xing xing (always happy)

and

we eat tang yuen (glutinous rice ball) so that we'll be tang tang yuen yuen (become a glutinous rice ball) - this piece of information kindly provided by alan.

this is gonna be one boring blog entry

2007-02-23T18:25:00.000+11:00

i haven't had much to post lately for several reasons.

i haven't had much to say because i'm not emo. all i think about is how the sun is shining brightly and what i've got to do that day. i'm a happy person.

i haven't felt the need to bring my camera out much besides when i try to take photos of furniture in the shop without the sales people looking. but there's been nothing much exciting to show, nothing that i haven't once taken and exhibited to show how cool/popular/sociable/happy i am. maybe i'm over it... not sure.

besides that, heroes is gripping. it's only been 6 hours since i last watched it and already i'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms. hurry up episode 17!!!!

to summarise, i think i'm getting old. less of a teenager, more of an adult. bleh.

absolute contentment

2007-02-20T15:55:00.000+11:00

...from hurricane's ribs.

lovely fraggie!

2007-02-09T16:26:00.001+11:00

oh, how my heart loves thee!
but the oceans shall part us
and journeys be far between.

kissing kitties

2007-02-09T16:08:00.000+11:00

tiger and ginger, resident pets of the RDA, singapore

punk spunk

2007-02-04T01:52:00.000+11:00

this is a wall at arab street, singapore.

(this photo was not enhanced in any way.)

how cool is that?

bon voyage

2007-02-03T00:54:00.000+11:00

bonjour!

dear hui, i will not attempt to type anything else in french because

1) i can only remember the vulgarities among all the phrases you taught me,

2) you will probably remember that i speak french with a malay accent and be disgusted,

3) pa touche!

i miss you hon! come back soon! even though i won't be around, but do it for the sake of your cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo to you too :)

soapy fan

2007-02-03T00:22:00.000+11:00

for those who watch PRINCESS HOURS,

you'll know how charming this boy can be.

kim jeong hoon - boy-next-door, laidback charm ;o)

it crawls but flies

2007-01-23T02:03:00.000+11:00

finally the dreadful bacteria have decided to release their hold on my body and return it back to me from the clutches of death. even if that is slightly extreme, food poisoning generally makes you feel like that. so now i blog again, spared a significant few kilograms and all microscopic liveforms in my alimentary tract.

i have 2 weeks more to indulge in everything singapore, 1 week to work with horses and then i'm back to sydney. it all seems so slow, yet i know it'll pass in the blink of an eye and then it'll be back to the colourful land with blue skies where i will miss the comforts and the fact that i can belong without trying. yet, there's so much to look forward to and i do very much want to be there.

growing up is so very confusing sometimes.

seraphim chin ah mui.

2007-01-16T04:07:00.000+11:00

aiyo!

deep in sleep

woken by the camera flash and my googoogah-ing

who can resist this cute little missy?
she sleeps in the weeeeeirdest positions... here she is on her back with on her legs in the air. oh! she always has her tongue sticking out... even when she sleeps :) hee hee so cute.

i look at all the lonely people

2007-01-12T19:55:00.000+11:00

all the lonely people, where do they all come from?
all the lonely people, where do they all belong?

that's pretty much everyone... we might all seem busy on the outside, rushing around in the day... but at the end of it there's all the lonely people, sitting at home just wondering what to do and why there's no one to do it with.

stray kitten

2007-01-07T17:57:00.000+11:00

we chanced upon a whole family of stray cats hiding up on trees and under a shelter... this was the smallest and cutest of the lot.

taken at east coast park.

celebrations

2007-01-07T00:37:00.000+11:00

photo backlog!... i've been exceptionally busy meeting up with friends this week but it's proven really enjoyable catching up with so many old friends :) down with the flu again from the late nights but i've been enjoying watching princess lulu at home and finally getting down to this photo update...

LAST WEEKEND...

@ the butter factory with jvs and kj... the decor is so cute!

THE BEST WAY TO WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR...

gen, wendy, angie and marian at church basement car park haha

beks and i... doing this "private joke" shot

marian and i trying to look like taitais... especially since we watch so much korean dramas.

funny shot of amanda, peishan, daniel, wendy, gen and brian just before leaving daniel's place! hmm... brian... do you remember taking this shot?

AHHH!

2007-01-06T22:53:00.000+11:00

this is so cute i couldn't resist.

presenting the doggies with christmas collars!

christmas @ the arts house

2007-01-04T03:05:00.000+11:00

okok fine.. it was actually
BEKS' 21st @ THE ARTS HOUSE

it was grand!
and very touching! with all those speeches, song items and especially the 21 roses tribute!

theme for the night: superhero

me as beks... my superhero? ;) and beks as bon jovi. no really, beks went as herself after making everyone else dress up.

the pseudo ditzys with pseudo beks

wendy as barbie/elvis presley's fan... here she looks more like my fan and i REALLY look like a boy. hmm.

SJSM gals/the dressed up table! peishan is little bopeep & angie is her sheep.

once again... happy birthday beks! may you blossom into a beautiful lady and marry the man of your dreams ASAP! ;p

life form

2006-12-29T21:22:00.000+11:00

basked in simple radiance.

life is colouful only if you can see it as such.

taken at hilington green. cat: nala.

a girl and a cat.

2006-12-29T21:09:00.000+11:00

both looking to get out.

here's me looking at you.

models: huilin & nala.

my heritage

2006-12-29T20:35:00.000+11:00

old singapore -
rustic,
peaceful and
blooming with heritage and culture.

taken along north bridge road.

what's there to not smile about?

2006-12-26T03:03:00.000+11:00

last week we kickstarted the celebrations with dover... there was an amazing turn out and let's continue praying that some of these people will come to step inside SJSM in the future.

some of my cell friends helping out with hospitality

last friday i managed to spend a great night hanging out with this dear girl at holland V. the colour of the photo isn't great even after some tweaking but at least we both look nice in this one!

tania... i'm so happy for your friendship :)

on christmas eve i received these very YUM strawberry tarts.

look jvs what a great shot! BEAT THAT!

this shot is cool too. jervis' face is kinda blurry while mine is perfectly sharp. haha.

shi and i did our usual family gift exchange thingy but she also thoughtfully got me this extra gift to match my latest buy.

love them :)

christmas eve service is almost a tradition. or should i say, dressing up for it is almost a tradition. however everyone's mellowed a lot after so many years of hype, evident by the great decrease in christmas card and gift exchange as well as the lack of exciting plans after service. nevertheless, it was most important to be in church, singing those familiar once a year tunes and hearing from God's word to be reminded of the christ in CHRISTmas!

beks and i where we were sitting... why do you look so reluctant to take the photo with me beks?!

i also broke the tradition this year by taking so few photos! usually i have another christmas photos to fill a whole album. but at least i managed to take one with the...

long lost tagalon stallion

my exciting wee-hours-of-the-morning plans consisted of dragging hui out to al-almeen PRATAAA right after she stepped off the plane from Los Angeles. she couldn't silence the growling of her taste buds for some SOLID authentic singaporean food so we ended up chilling there like good ole times. MORE, MORE! we must visit all those places near home we liked to patronize before you go to France... Please!

ooh hui bought me VS, no actually don't be fooled! thanks :)

christmas morning we ate more turkey and ham at vis-a-vis... even though nothing could beat the food with old family friends the night before.

dad, mum and me... unfortunately my brother is missing in New Delhi. but we will remember him especially since he has no turkey or ham there, only curry.

sadly this looked better than it tasted!

its always different coming home after being away. sometimes it's a problem with adapting, at other times it's a problem with having to leave again. this holidays, it's a problem with sieving through friendships to see which stand strong after the strain of distance and time. thank God that true acceptance and understanding from a few is better than a million empty smiles.

hope everyone reading this is having a blessed christmas and new year. i love this line from shi - look to Him always.

i miss alan! >.<

2006-12-26T02:52:00.000+11:00

we took this shot with the christmas tree at darling harbour 2 weeks ago... the best we could get to celebrating christmas together! aww...

merry christmas all!

2006-12-25T21:09:00.000+11:00

christmas is turning out to be very merry! ... what can i say? the best times we have are usually the ones we started out expecting the least of.

it's been 1 year...

2006-12-22T04:16:00.000+11:00

...since Zouk.

WOT AN EXPERIENCE after all those smaller clubs in sydney.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE IS HORRIFIC.

it is actually possible to take half an hour (maybe more?) to move from one side of zouk to the opposite side to locate friends. and this isn't including phuture or velvet.

it's great though to bump into old friends from school, friends from everywhere.

clubbing is messy. and i admit now, long island tea has A LOT of KICK.

rain, rain, rain

2006-12-19T21:42:00.000+11:00

it's been nothing but rain since i've gotten home. but the last 2 days have been the worst - rain pouring down endlessly. the canals around my house are filled to the top with light brown muddy water and i think of overflowing volumes of sweet, milky teh. the constant dark grey skies allowed me the luxury of 11 hours of sleep last night and i was surprised when i woke up at almost noon. funny enough i don't like to sleep all that much anymore. or perhaps i should say i can't sleep for extended hours like i once could. and sleeping too much just makes me feel more worn and lethargic - to solve this there is always one simple solution - exercise. with the rain promising to continue through another night, there's only the bright lights and pulsating energy found in the gym to turn to for me to break a good sweat and feel energised once again.

besides that, it's been great seeing friends and hanging out, even if it's idle things, for the company counts to make it a lot less idle. i've enjoyed movies and walking home with shirps, therapeutic haircuts and shopping with tania, hanging out at the mamak and being introduced to cool newly opened places with jervis and great company, walking down memory lane with photos with drea, glowy, derrick and kevin and being back in good old church with too many familiar faces to name that all bring a smile to my face. i'm also looking forward to my other homebound friends, for hui, jia-yan, beks, su-lin, ... and siewlin who i'm due to visit, GET BACK HERE YOU ALL i'm really looking forward to seeing you guys!

oh and just maybe i've been missing some calls to meet up, especially with friends from sydney, SO3K people, SCGS friends, wendy... my new number is +65 81309520. it's pretty hard to inform everyone so i'm hoping this will serve as a internet billboard to inform the necessary few :)

and perhaps the most cheesy thing i've seen today is an sms on hubtv saying, "maybe it's raining so much cos rain is coming to town." GEEZ!

the feeling i get from you

2006-12-16T00:37:00.000+11:00

...makes it so damn hard to forget about the things you do

don't misunderstand me cos i want you
i see you on the floor baby i want you
don't misunderstand me cos i want you
i want you to want me too like i want you

happy days

2006-12-15T23:52:00.000+11:00

...and silliness

there's nothing quite like family and home :D

cute!

2006-12-14T17:29:00.000+11:00

sera acting cute

i don't know how to embed the video so that it actually plays on my page. so for now... click on the link above.

my 1st official rest day... yay

2006-12-12T13:58:00.000+11:00

on the very first morning i am back in Singapore, i realise that i have already forgotten to bring 2 crucial must-haves - my m1 sim card (left it in my other phone) and my ipod cable (noooo... can't use the nice bose ipod speakers).

sorry that i have to be so annoying and bother everyone to change my mobile number again! (when i get one)

:D

2006-12-08T19:36:00.000+11:00

aloha

2006-12-02T17:56:00.000+11:00

i'm baaaaack. sleeping at 9 at night and waking at 6 in the morning daily wasn't quite too conducive for doing anything fun, much less blogging. but, i've lived to tell the tale with a suntan, many bruises and flea and mozzie bites. YEAH! despite it being an extremely smelly and dirty week, i actually had quite a lot of fun and put some of that physiology knowledge into practice...

me!! well, duh. i learnt that it's impossible to take a photo of yourself and the background (in this case, lotsa cute baby calves).

donna, my friend for the week, trying unsuccessfully to hand feed a cow

hand milking the babies is so fun... and exhausting

my first time seeing a cow give birth... very exciting! unfortunately, it was a stillbirth.

and finally, the week has been so much more bearable thanks to this boy who has uncomplainingly cooked, washed my dishes and watched me fall asleep all the time right after eating... u know how grateful i am :)

hello and goodbye

2006-11-26T21:13:00.000+11:00

Farewell to Ying for 3 months...

candid shot at darling harbour..hehe i find it funny

yummmmy meat & wine co. food..and the tempting beaded curtains that can be made into necklaces

JAMBEROOoOoOooo

2006-11-20T22:27:00.000+11:00

its been so difficult selecting the best photos to summarise the day out of the countless photos and videos i took today. especially the videos.... THEY ARE THE BEST. i have people leaping off rocks screaming and doing random stupid things. i'll upload them all to youtube soon! and for those who were supposed to come but missed out on this day for whatever reason, we missed you... for now... PRESENTING MY DAY:

MY FAVOURITE PHOTO OF THE DAY

clowning around at the wave pool

TODAY AT JAMBEROO... daring males and females plunge off the steep cliff known as... THE "ROCK"

shing takes the leap

max takes a huge run and jump

The view from the cable car on the way up to bobsled...

a theme park right smack in the middle of cow land...

jo n i

SPOTTED: cammypoo!!!

alan about to crash into jo on the waterslide

my professional golf stance... yeah right! my parents will be disappointed in my failure at mini golf haha

alan kisses the octopus

"one day my prince will come..."

well worth the 2-3 hour drive each way! it was hot and sunny and the park was empty for us to colonize... really good fun :)

street fair!

2006-11-20T22:17:00.000+11:00

there was a massive street fair on sunday in GLEBE (that's where i live) and i managed to catch a bit of it... bought some kooky stuff at good bargain prices!

chermain and i lost in the sea of people... trust me, glebe doesn't normally look like that!

"yeeha" wannabe alan

i'm obviously not happy at the weird stuff alan was making me try on

good riddance

2006-11-19T23:14:00.000+11:00

of 2nd year vet and HELLOOOOOOO summer!

thanks everyone for all the concern while i was sick! i managed to get thru my last paper without fainting on the table (i actually had so much time for the first time in a uni exam that i had the luxury to go to the bathroom) and kinda "chiong-ed" that friday despite the sickness. thankfully, despite my running around going out to lunch and ice skating and finally the manning party (pics below).. the bug went away as quickly as it came and i'm pretty much okay now :)

oh REANNE... upload the pics you took! hope you are having fun in HK and that the food is so yummy you don't have 5am visits to the...ahem...you-know-what...anymore. :P

mr future chopsticks president alex!

phong and his one-arm break move that i'm still trying to accomplish

some of the guys (+ mel)

the night was pretty slow and anticlimatic but i'm just glad 2nd year is over! i'm still trying to adapt to the fact that i have all the time in the world to do... absolutely nothing.

and so it is

2006-11-16T15:58:00.000+11:00

that i've fallen sick. a mild sore throat that morphed into a horrible feels-like-i'm-swallowing-a-golf-ball-everytime-i-swallow sometime last night as i slept from 8.30pm to 12 midnight... stayed up and ate some unhealthy instant food and tried to force some very uninteresting information about the parturition habits of different animals into my sleepy brain before concussing from 4am to 2.30pm today... i'm sure i got THE BUG sometime while we were quarantined inside clunies ross for a fricking 2.5 hours while waiting for the other prac groups to finish their prac exam. as i walked into the exam myself, i was hungry and thirsty but NOT sick. however 1.5 hours later, after intense repetitive 2 minutes freak-out sessions (each question is 2 minutes) i was even more thirsty and hungry but NOT sick... yet. however somehow in the time i was relaxing after the exam while preparing to start prepping for friday's paper, the bug hit me, wham bam and i was gone. sigh.. did i sit next to/opposite to/close to someone with an awful flu bug or did some horrible zoonotic bacteria/virus fly from the rotting specimens of horse, cow, pig and what have you right into my nostrils? ah my immunodefence mechanisms were already compromised due to the stress of the exam and they just have to take advantage of that! horrible germs i hate you and i wish i didn't have to study about you so much in uni and especially next year.

ok 4pm now. will attempt to spend the 17 hours fruitfully and NOT sleeping. but somehow i don't think that possible...

and the story unfolds...

2006-11-13T12:42:00.000+11:00

some very hard teachings from the pulpit yesterday... it's really hard to live spotlessly and blamelessly (2 Peter 3).
---

it's amazing to think that in 4 days, i will possess all the knowledge i need to take an exam and score in it since i'm starting out from almost zilch now.

good luck all.

amazed

2006-11-08T02:04:00.000+11:00

later this morning at 9am i'll be sitting for my exam on Vet Conservation Biology. why i'm sitting here posting pictures less than 8 hours before the paper starts instead of sleeping is because my sleeping hour has progressed to a record-late of 5.30am as of yesterday. nonetheless i am now doing something very useful (since i've finished studying... don't worry) which is blogging photos of cool animals i study about.

i started of by searching up what a quoll is... something i didn't know existed til a few days ago. Australia has all this fauna that I'd never heard of... possums and wallabies are boring now - why stop at fauna that's unique to but common in Australia when there are species that are unique to and unique in Australia?

the quoll... it looks cute but it's quite the carnivore

echidna... this and the platypus are monotremes and they have to one of the coolest animals on earth!! they are sometimes considered evolutionarily primitive because they still have simpler anatomical structures i.e. both mouth and nose are from the same beak structure. the reason for this is because they have been geographically separated from animals in all other parts of the world so they have evolved differently in adaptation of their characteristic environment! notice how its hindfeet turn out in an unusual direction.

oh this is pretty random...

sturgeon - the name appeared in our notes under species that are protected in the wildlife trade so i just googled it. hmm... huge fish that leap up real high from the water just like in the movies... but THEY ARE REAL. these things never fail to amaze me.

apparantely, there are 43,000

arabian camels running around wild somewhere in Australia!! like... how come i never see any? and why do i find it so hard to imagine camels from arabia running around parts of Australia that no man has ever stepped?? (that reminds me of how i heard this speaker believe that there are still dinosaurs TODAY in Australia since we wouldn't know if they are there if we've never been there... i somehow like to entertain that idea)

since the echidna is called the "spiny anteater from Australia", i decided to search up more on the original anteater...

this is what i got... the giant anteater from South America!!... at first i thought that it must be really GIANT but it's actually 1.2m long and i suspect that bushy thing behind is it's tail... woah.

and since we're on South American animals,

i can't forget to put up the capybara - the cutest hamster in the whole wide world - the biggest rodent that lives today at 75 kg.

yes i'm absolutely fascinated and obsessed with animals in our present age that resemble prehistoric animals in terms of their size and anatomy e.g. wombats the size of hippos and the giant octopus that i believe lives in the deepest oceans and hasn't ever been tracked live and as a whole organism EVER. and its consistent with the theory that if animals don't come into contact with humans or face the impacts of our activities, they have no real need to evolve and reduce in size. As an aspiring wildlife scientist, I have to say South America and Australia/New Zealand have such weird but wonderful creatures. it's beyond me to even begin to comprehend how the earth must have been when it was created.

hopefully i've WOW-ed (NOT world of warcraft thank you very much) some people who read this. i will now attempt to get beauty sleep for my exam- which if you haven't realised, is about the kinda stuff i just talked about in this entry :D toodleloos.

Staphy

2006-11-03T14:41:00.000+11:00

This little doggy is known as Staphy (to housemates and i), Daytona (a "wtf" name with found on her dogtag... like seriously, did her owners decide to make her the laughing stock of the dog community just because they enjoyed their annual run of the arcade game?) and Houdini (the name she actually goes by in her own house because she's such an escape artist). So Staphy/Daytona/Houdini escaped skillfully once again from her miserable and disgusting backyard (hopefully her owners will never chance upon this page.. EVER) to wait at the street corner for her pickup (me/housemates). And she spent a glorious night running around our house and jumping on our beds and refusing to get off. After I tried lifting her down onto the floor one hundred umpteen times (think about lifting 15-20kg doggy many times), I surrended and let her have a few hours nap on my lovely WHITE quilt cover, after which I shooed her off to join Rk.

aww... isn't she adorable? her look is meant to be... either
1) guilty look from running away from home
2) wtf is this red light shining on my face?
3) who am i? what am i doing here? (me: who is she? what is she doing here??
or
4) attempt to look cute and get to cuddle on the bed

ok enough wasting time blogging. oh and i'll like to say here, even if it's a bit late... HAPPY BIRTHDAY GWENDA!!!!!!!!! thanks gwen for that generous gastronomic gustatory gathering we had =D

15 days to summer break

2006-11-02T16:47:00.000+11:00

i'm not supposed to be blogging but i just wanted to say

SOMEONE BRING ME CLUBBING RIGHT NOW PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

80's/90's retro first preference.

the honkytonk

2006-10-30T10:06:00.000+11:00

as of now, my life is a teenage soap opera that has the makings of reaching hollywood stardom. the only difference is that i'm not getting paid huge wages and i really need filming to stop for awhile so that i can take my exams. well i suppose... i'm not really a filmstar afterall...

i will not conform

2006-10-27T15:25:00.000+10:00

someone special to me once bitterly spat out, "don't you remember your blog address and why you set up your blog in the first place?" back then, i had to convince him (unsuccessfully) that i hadn't forgotten God's first love and calling on my life. in a way, it was true that i was deceiving myself by thinking that the choices i made reflected my first and foremost love for God. i chose to walk my own path despite the advice from those who cared and today i live out the consequences.

having been beaten and bruised, i find myself standing at a familiar point. it's almost like i walk my life in circles of pride and mistakes, only to land up exactly where i started out each new journey from.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Romans 12:2

"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
2 Corinthian 3:18

just for old time's sake, here's why i set up this blog. it was because...

i really don't know where i'm supposed to go from here. all i know is that i will not conform my beliefs, my lifestyle or my goals to suit what is popular and accepted by the world's standards. and as cheesy as this may sound, i will not conform... i will only be transformed.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11

finally, i thank God for his great love for us. each new morning reminds me that God has given me a brand new beginning filled with his hope and his plans.

it's not the end

2006-10-26T19:02:00.000+10:00

i miss home. i wanna go home. i always get sporadic thoughts of home but the longing to just go back to a safe and familiar world and curl up and be loved and be happy all the time has just been so much stronger recently.

so shit happens, we all know that. it's just that when it happens in bucket loads even to people i care for... it just makes it so much harder for everyone to live without the strength of at least one person. if only we could all look towards the same hope and same future together and run the race of life together. unfortunately, life doesn't always work out that perfectly. it isn't working out for me at the moment at least.

i am trusting in you God...

melancholia mania...

thought life

2006-10-25T17:46:00.000+10:00

if caffeine wasn't addictive, i would have a cup of mocha and pearl milk tea every single day.

there's a virus in my stomach but i still want to eat. if i succumb to my greed, i might spew. or maybe not yet. maybe i will spew tomorrow.

i'm starting my silent protest against the selling of beauty and flesh to gain popularity.

i like emo. emo rock. 90s emo rock. blast from the past but this is my present.

o.O

2006-10-23T16:29:00.000+10:00

quite frankly, i wasn't into all these jappy emoticons til last year.. til some people kept using them. anime must be taking over the world (wait a moment, are emoticons even used in anime???)

OKAY. i realised that somehow my comment moderation was on and i had heaps of unapproved comments that never appeared on my blog. and all this while i thought i was so unpopular... *SOB... breaks down into a puddle of tears. so Thank you Tania!! - for kindly informing me of my obvious oblivion once again.

some very outdated shout-outs... in chronological order from the least recent comment...

Nat: thanks for luck for presentation! it went alright :) hope you are doing good yourself... catch up more with you on msn and on sunday!

Meowling: hellooo!! hope you see this. hehe. are you going to bring hunny bunny back?? I AM WILLING to take her if you decide it's too expensive to bring her home... (since i'll be here for 3 more years and i'm thinking of a bunny next year...) glad everything's going good with you :)

Rk: hahaha more kisses from you, i see. eh... i didn't know my blog was that entertaining... you must be obsessed with all the pretty pics of me... don't worry i won't let timmy know :P

Boon: so if i sleep for 16 hours every day, nothing will happen to me? you know, just wondering... from a physicist/mathematician's point of view.

Tania: yeah it was an appropriate song... but a one-off so don't worry. hm. TELL ME WHAT JUST HAPPENED FOR YOU. i know it's not about dogs.

that being said, i can finally launch back into some self-absorbed updates on my life. hehe.

YUMCHA

gwenda tries to hide her glee at the food while jo... acts cute ;p

walruses are cute animals, especially those that have constipated faces *hint... on the right

what's this i hear about being childish?

happy birthday to dan (or should i say congrats on your wedding... *note... back of photo) AND

HAPPY 21st TO JADE TOO!!! shen ri juai le... forgot the cantonese pronunciation.. who has the photos of her bday huh?

besides that... i spent my weekend as a labourer/slave (paid my wages in meals) to this highly stressed boss...

the newly set up office

break dancing is a staff tradition... great for stress release!

2 weeks to exams... reality can be so overwhelming which causes failure of its acceptance and a countereffect. in simpler terms, i'm in denial.

camden... again

2006-10-19T18:02:00.000+10:00

went up to camden today to do surface anatomy of horsies... was pretty fun but now i'm just exhausted from the drive >.<

uh. what was it i was feeling for? the patellar ligaments?

the cool clux clan... inspired by dan's awesome sunnies... and to commerate his 18 camels turning into 19.

it was, be mine

2006-10-18T17:21:00.000+10:00

a flurry at your closeness
what its like
love at first sight

lead me to the water

2006-10-16T19:43:00.000+10:00

i visited hunter hill last saturday for chi's party and this was the gorgeous view from his house!

when i grow up i want a house next to the bay too =P