Bored...

Its a pretty cool evening. Just came back home. Raindrops were already falling on our heads so we were just on time but the weather seems clear now. My housemate and i had decided to go for a walk after dinner since we had nothing to do.I was craving for chocolates so i had to get it. We walked down to the Woolworth's supermarket in Berala. Its a very quiet town. Not too safe though. The supermarket has a security guard which is pretty unlike the other branches in the other towns.


On the way there, we witnessed a vandalism act. Something you seldom get to see back home. Two boys threw eggs into someone's front yard and boy you can bet the owner was freaking mad. They were so determined to catch the culprits but the boys were just too fast for them.


We finally reached woolies. I did buy my chocolate but i ended up buying something else as well. I had Vodka Raspberry. It tastes better than the mixes in the pub. Hmmm maybe thats due to human error. Could be?? We took a longer cut on the way back. Walked through some houses and gawked at the hugeness of the mansions. Will i ever be able to live in such a house? Well maybe not in Singapore cause the houses are super duper expensive. But that brings me to the second question. What makes a home? Is it a big house or the people. Well i am sure most of you will say that the people do make the home. I do agree but people in a big house will make the deal sweeter don't you think? Hehehe


So i am back in my room. I realised i have no dvds to watch so decided to update my blog to fill in my time. Waiting for my boyfriend to call so hopefully he calls soon!

All love that has no friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Its a Friday!!!

I have been looking forward to the weekend the entire week. This week being over means that i have officially two assignments and one presentation left for the semster. I can't wait to get it over and done with! But it just hit me HARD that the second semester would be here soon and i would be packing my bags soon. Having abit of mixed feelings about it though.

Went down to Auburn yesterday to get some grocery shopping done. Bought a six pack yogurt..hehe..i think it tastes GOOD!! its a better alternative to ice cream Talking about that i had turkish coffee ice cream yesterday. I also bought bought four packs of flavoured tea. I am trying green mango tea now. Its not too bad although a sppon of sugar would have made it taste better. I bought green tea mint too and this cranberry, strwaberry and some berry flavour. Can't remember whats in the last box though.

I managed to get tealight candles for tuesday. They sold the traditional ones where you have to put oil and the cotton. I was like 'sudah la!!!!!!' . So leceh!! Back home. i don't even use such traiditional stuff , so why would i be using it here?????? I bought vanilla scented candles. Its abit sad to know that i will not be able to join in the celebrations with my family.Knowing their itenary just makes me feel even worse. I know they have a dinner at the Singapore Recreational Club tomorrow evening. On sunday, my dad's friend is having a dinner party at his house.On monday night, my uncle is having a gathering at his house. Tuesday is gonna visiting and the traditional dinne at my aunt'slace. Umm i think there are more dinners on hari raya and the following weekend. At least i know they will be having a good time.

Its painful to know that i would be lighting diwali lamps alone this time. Usually my famil and i do it at midnight on diwali's eve. So this year i guess i will have to do it alone.....

Family isn't about whose blood you have. Its about who you care about.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Jia Lei's Birthday Gathering

*CHEESE*
Another group picture
The RTs ..we're losing it soon...HELP!!!!

My First Diwali Card

Its almost Diwali. About a week more actually. I received my first greeting card from my old man. It feels kinda weird getting a card from him. Usually, its him i see the first thing i see in the morning and i will go 'He is starting the same old tape again... Parvin you better get this done and that done' . It came to the extent where i actually did tell him that he sounded like a spoilt tape recorder repeating the same speech over and over again Well i hate to admit but i do miss that aspect of my life. It added more excitement in terms of annoyance.

My family are busy preparing for the weekend.They have a list of dinner parties to attend. Unfortunately i am going to be missing all that. I miss my sugee. But oh well!! Lets not talk about such a depressing issue. I have nothing exciting on my side as i am alone here.

I just had the first examination of the semester today. It was this medical ethics paper. They only gave us three lectures and we had to sit for the paper. Interesting huh? I miss my NYP lecturer who thought this module. He was crappy but his lectures made me smile one way or another.

I have to start on my assignment tonight. This is the third last one . I am so tired of doing assignments. I am so tired of staring at the lap top screen. It can be nausating at times. Hmmm maybe i am just plain lazy and trying to escape whatever work i can. Oppppppppppsssss!

I watched another DVD today. Decided to take a break. I am sure you guys have heard of the movie entitled 'Bringing the house down'?

I booked my ticket home. I am flying home on Christmas and should be back mid feb. I miss my dad terribly. It was so bad that i would cry whenever i spoke to him. I am having a bit of home sickenss. Abit weird to have it now when i should already have settled in. I dunno maybe its just the season. Hhaha

So anyway thats it for the updates folks. Till the next entry...

Courage is fear that has said its prayers

Dorothy Bernard

Ummmm

October is finally coming to an end. Its just amazing at the rate time is passing. I have been thinking about heading home for the holidays. I kinda miss home and my friends. Been checkingon the latest offers but nothing seems attractive. Will probably just look around more.

On friday , my housemate and i decided to explore the town next door. It about a fifteen minutes walk from my house and we discovered a supermarket and a DVD rental shop known as 'Civic'. We rented six DVDs. Alot huh?? But we get to rent it for a week so we have ample time to finish it. However, your truly has finished three already over this lazy and unproductive weekend!

Saturday came and went by. We had a birthday celebration for my housemate. We went down to Strathfield to have korean food in this famous restaurant. Luckily my friends in early to get a table otherwise we would have been waiting outside in the cold for a table. There was already a queue forming outside the restaurant at seven and people were patiently waiting. But the food is definately worth the wait!! it was FANTASTIC!! TWO THUMBS-UP!!!

After dinner, we went down to my friend's apartment for the cake cutting ceremony. After which we hung around for another two hours over tea. It was a pretty relaxing evening. I watched a dvd before heading to bed. Watched halfway actually because i was dozing off in front of the lap top

Sunday was a super slacker day. Watched another two dvds. Hung around.Took a nap in the afternoon. I just realised how much weight i have put on. Oh no!!! This is terrible..how am i supposed to head back to singapore like that

Have you watched the movie 'A Walk To Remember'? Its a great movie though its abit late. Its a movie inspired by the author Nicholas Sparks. It shows that life does take a turn for the unexpected when you're unprepared for the worst.

Last but not least...

Its ok to be dissapointed if you fail BUT,

you will be doomed if you don't try

Beverly Sills

Ummmmm

Its almost the end of October. Been thinking of heading back to Singapore for the holidays. Kinda miss home. Been scouting around for tickets but nothing so far. Will just have to keep an eye open for offers that might come along the way *fingers crossed*

I had a pretty alright week. My housemate and i explored a new town next door to us actually. we walked there. Its about a fifteen minutes walk. We took a walk in the night and unknowingly we chanced upon a beautiful of the night. At a distance, the street lamps were lit up and it was a breath taking scene. Well to you, it may seem mundane but seriously you would also be swept of your feet if you were present

There was just a supermarket there and a DVD rental shop called 'Civic' so we rented six DVDs. Alot huh?? But we have a week to finish them so we can take our time. I have watched three already. All thanks to my lazy and unproductive weekend.

Staurday came and went by.We had a birthday celebration for my housemate's birthday. We went down to Strathfield to have korean food at this fanous restaurant and i must say it sure is FAMOUS!! My friends had gone there earlier so we were lucky to get seats because otherwise we would have been waiting outside the restaurant in the cold. But the food is definately worth the wait if one has to of course. The food was Excellent!!!!! TWO THUMBS UP!!!!!

We had the traditional cake cutting ceremony at my housemate's apartment. we ended up having tea and hanging around for the next two hours. Time just flew and it was time to head back. Watched a dvd before going to bed but did not complete as i was abit too sleepy and tired.

I watched another two DVDs today. I think the movie ' A Walk To Remember ' is good. Life has so unexpected twist and turns. But then alas its a movie. But seriously if you have not caught the show..GO catch it! You will not be dissapointed.

I will post the pictures taken from the birthday party up! Till then take care and have a great week.


Last but NOT least....

You may be dissapointed if you fail BUT,

you are doomed if you don't try.

Beverly Sills

Being Away...

Its close to midnight but i am not sleepy. I am actually very disturbed. A few issues. I had a presentation today which went pretty well. It was fun to see our group work together and make everything seem fun. So thats done and over with..Phew! It was an hour long presentation so you can imagine our 'enthuasism'.

I came back from class and took a good four hour nap. I was supposed to just lie down and wait for my housemates to finish their dinner preparation before i started mine. Next think i knew its was umm eleven.. I made cheese omelette for myself. Man!! Cheese does taste good. Wanted to make sardine but i think i will have that tomorrow. There was no way i was going to cook it at midnight..

Well anywayzzz...i suddenly feel the distance of being away from home. Everything is not going on as fine as it appears to be. Would i have been able to make things better if i was there? I don't think i could. If it is meant to be, it is meant to be. But at least i know that i could have been there for someone. Sitting here doing nothing is making me feel guilty and horible. It feels worst when you know you're not actually supposed to know but someone accidently spilt the beans. You are just stuck! You cannot ask if everything is ok. You just wait to receive news. That feeling SUCKS!! But i know i came here for a reason. And i will get it done and do my dad proud. Me being here means alot to him. It means alot to me too but as a parent you anxiously wait for this day and this is one of the most precious gift i can give him...i think! I really wish i could be there for you khop. But i can't if you're not even going to tell me anything.

Time...

I got the poem below the Morning Sydney Herald newspaper. It makes perfect sense to me. What about you?

The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours!

Confound him too, who in this place set up a sundial

To cut and hack my days so wretchedly into small portions!

I can't even sit down to eat unless the sun gives leave

The town's so full of these confounded dials...

The above was written by the Roman playwright, Plautus in around 200BC.

Its a gloomy day!

Its a sunday afternoon. The sky is filled with thick clouds. Actually it has been this way since yesterday. But the clouds did not look as heavy as there are today. It will probably rain tomorrow or the day after. I just hung up my laundry so i am keeping my fingers crossed for it to rain only tomorrow!


Yesterday night, we met up with David for dinner at Ali Baba's. It was a very relaxed outing. He no longer had the student lecturer air in him. He was his normal jovial self. The sight of him we don't get to see very often in NYP. Oh ya! side track abit..Before we met him for dinner, we headed down the Glipe market which is situated at the other end of the city which i had not visited till yesterday. I bought a skirt in the end...haha...Backside was itchy so had to get something
I tried this peanut dish which was sweet but tasted damn good. I am a nuts person! I'll love you if you give me nuts..haha


So back to the dinner. We sat at the restaurant for nearly two hours just crapping away about everything under the sun. It was fun! David then left as he had to get to his car before his parking ticket expires. We then went on to starbucks for coffee. Everyone had had a hard week so it was just a chill out session before we had to get back to start on our medical ethics which is due tomorrow actually..
Its never ending! You finish one then comes another..Its a continours cycle lind of thing. My housemate actually did a count down. We have another seven weeks of work before we finally get a breather. I am sure looking forward to that time..

As for the time being, i'll just have to get the work done. I just finished lunch and am feeling very sleepy. So i decided to write here to try and keep awake..But its a fruitless attempt. I will try something else then..

Well thats it for now folks!! Take care..Have a great week ahead!

Ali Baba's And Starbucks!

Waiting for the arrival of the glorius chiclen at Ali Baba's
Jia Lei and I at Starbucks
The infamous STARBUCKS COFFEE!!!!!!!!
Melati, Bernice, Charmaine and Clarrissa

I reshuffled furniture in my room!!

Yo peeps! Hows it the week been? Well mine has been horrid as stated in my previous blog. Its not the work or anything. I can't run away from the work that is given so there is no point complaining much as after all i still have to get it done at the end of the day. Why even bother wasting energy moaning and groaning over it? Might as well channel that energy to some form of escapism.

Well i did not update you guys on my dinner date with Jeannie, Melissa and Junting last saturday. I was going to write about it the night i came back but was too lazy..hehe so here i am giving you details. We went down to New Town. we had dinner at this Japenese restaurant. I tried Jap food for the FIRST time in my life. It was always a turn off because i did not like the raw stuff they had in their dishes. I had this teriyaki dinner set. It was .

I really had an enjoyable meal. We headed down to gelato's for ice cream. So i was super full at the end of it and what do normal human beings do when they're full????? No!!!!! Thats not the answer la... the answer is.. They sleep! So i happily came back and slept

I just finished rearranging the furniture in my room. My desk still stays where it is because i need the wall socket. If only they had one elsewhere. But i have pushed my bed and 'cupboard' to the corner of the room. The room now has a huge space in the middle. It makes the room look more 'open' than the previous arrangement where i had the bed in the middle of the room. Well lets just see how long it takes for me to get bored of this arrangement. Nah! I am very satisfied with the current arrangement.

I have dinner tonight with one of my lecturers in the city. He thought us sonography in NYP. He has decided to comeback to sydney for good. Its just a catch up session which is pretty cool as we do not have to be our formal selves...haha..I am sure he knows we are not as angelic as we appear to be.

well thats it for now. I will probably update you guys tonight or tomorrow. But not a week later..hehe..I promise!!

So till the next entry....

Oh!! Before i leave.....

When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic .

We are dealing with creatures of emotions, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

Dale Carnegie

Just A snap

Looking good gals! Jeaanie on my left and Junting on my right

Down and down and down...

Its the ninth week of my university's semester. I am tired and upset. I just had a good cry. So desperately wanted to call my father but damn! my international calling card had ran out of money. DAMN!! I am very frustrated so i am just venting out my anger in this blog.

This week has not been of any good at all. Everything that has happened is negative. Some may call me a pessimist but i really don't care!

Happy Birthday Keddu

Happy Birthday Kelvin!

Here is a huge oreo cheesecake from me to you..Enjoy

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides

David Viscott

Finally...

Finally!!!!! I have completed my Lifespan Psychology assignment. Its due today. I will have to specially go down to the campus to submit it. I had wanted to submit it yesterday itself but i could not finish it in time. I am so sick of staring at the essay that i just cannot wait to get it out of the way and away from my desk ..... ( This is me..I have been overdosing myself on caffeine)

Its been a tiring week but i have survived ;-) I am so looking forward to the weekend. This week flew by exceptionally fast. I guess its because we had a public holiday on Monday and if you start the week on a tuesday, the week just seems to go by faster...hmmm...

I have not made any plans for the weekend..Will just see how time goes by. I had a couple of project meetings this week. I had this peer marking thingy for one of the modules..Pretty impressive system..They just base everything on thrust. You even evaluate yourself and give yourself marks for participating in group meetings and assignments.

Well thats it for this entry. Its a pretty short one. Don't feel like writing much today. I guess i have written enough for now





Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence

Eluhi Burritt

Happy Birthday Sofia!

Hey Sofia! As promised..Here is my virtual birthday cake especially for you!

Took me some time to search for a nice one :-)

Make a wish and blow out the candles!

Ummmmm...opppppppss!! Forgot the candles...

Its My Best Friend's Birthday

Its the 4th of October. The day my best friend came into the world. Little did she know that 17 years down the road, she would bump into someone whose name rhyme with 'marvin' and they would eventually become best friends ;-) Thats a private joke between us actually.

Hey sofia! I do not know when you will read this blog but this entry is dedicated to you :-) HAPPY 22nd Birthday my dear!

I met sofia in Serangoon Junior College. We have been best friends ever since. Going through lots together. There are lots of wonderful memories that i will cherish as i walk through the journey of life.

I remember her skiping malay lessons during our JC days because she just hated going for the lessons. She would avoid crossing her cikgu's path the entire day to allow herself to be absent from the class. She actually duked under the table once because the cikgu was actually walking towards us.

I miss those times of revision together till late evenings, encouraging each other to perservere on. The A-level period was a challenge but we did it together. I miss taking the bus to Hougang Mall just to buy a cup of bubble tea during our free periods.

I still can remember her trying to explain physics concepts to me. Physics and i don't quite get along and she often was the 'mediator'.

I cherish the wednesday evenings where we attended maths and physics tuition classes together. We had our little secrets about the tutor as well (Nothing bad ). How i wish i could just rewind back time and walk through those times again...ummmmmm...WAIT!!!! I don't think i want to sit for A-levels again though..haha

I clearly remember siting outside the bus-stop with her surmoning the courage to enter the school grounds to collect our A-level results. We knew that it was either make it or break it point. I remember the hesistance in our feet as we made our way down the path towards the gate.

Our graduation ball was a memorable experience as well. Sofia, you have been there for me all this while..I cannot thank you enough. Words cannot describe how grateful i am to have someone like you in my life. Thank you so very much for everything!

I really wish i could be there to see you blow out your candles but nevertheless. I am gonna give you a virtual birthday cake.

Something to end this entry off:

Don't walk behind me. I may not lead.

Don't walk in front of me. I may not follow.

Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus

Temple After Two Months

As you could have guessed from my title, i visited the temple yesterday after two months. Haha..well i am not a very temple person..thats something i have to admit. The temple is located in Blacktown. Thats where majority of the sikhs live. We arrived at the temple slightly after eight and got a shock just looking at the crowd. It was so packed. We could not get a a parking spot and ended up parking the car by the street next to the houses. This is despite the fact that the temple has a very huge parking ground. So you can imagine the crowd. I only see this kind of crowd during Diwali at Silat Road Temple. To make matters worst, i was not appropriately dressed. I was in jeans. I had thought that there would not be any function on a saturday night so there would only be a handful of people so i happily decided to forgo the punjabi suit. *BIG MISTAKE*

The temple itself is very huge. As you can see i am just very overwhelmed by the hugeness of the place. There was something different about the temple which was different from the singapore style. People ate their meals (langgar) on the floor. I heard about it happening in Canada and certain part of the UK but not in Australia. So i sat on the floor for the first time. Had trouble trying to balance the scarf on my head and the spoon. But i did it! The food was awesome! Thats nothing new.. Gurdawara food tastes good anywhere, anytime! I did not go there for the food peeps!!!!

So that was just my first experience in a sikh temple in Aussie Land. Oh ya!! There were people who were very particular about having the head covered at all times. So you actually had to try and keep the scarf at all times. It was a challenge for me. I think i need more practise.

Last but NOT least...

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep. That's enough!
What do you want? An adorable pancreas?

Jean Kerr

Say 'CHEEEEESSSSEEEEE'

Taken In Town Hall
My NEW mug!!!!!!!!!
Another view of Town Hall
Me looking tired after the walking!

Its towards the end of my spring break...

I want a longer break!!!!!!!!!! Bawaaaahhaaaaa... ok...thats enough..hehe..yup its saturday and my break week is almost coming to the end. We are lucky enough to be having a Labour Day holiday on monday so the break has been extended by ONE day. ;-) Hey! One day does make a difference at least you know you're one day closer to the weekend..haha

Well this has been a pretty eventful but tiring week. On monday my housemates decided to have a barbeque because she was craving for it so badly. They actually bought the temporary BBQ pits you can get from the supermarkets. Its basically just an aluminium tray with a grill placed above it. But it tasted just as good. So i had bbqued wings on monday.

Tuesday i managed to get a piece of good news and i dragged my housemates out to lunch. I just felt like having kebabs. We ended up having sheesh kebabs and pizza and chips and coffee. I decided to order chips as i was very hungry and just needed something to munch on while waiting for the pizza but the waitress forgot my order and my chips came after my pizza...i felt like telling her to take it back..Arghhhhh!! Furthermore it was not the sort of chips i would have liked. I wanted the thick ones which taste really really good..Ok people think STRAIGHT! ;-) We then did our weekly grocery shopping. I had to top up on my ceral and oats as my stock was running low. My fruits were low too. I have finished all the pears i bought actually, hmmm ..so i will probably get it tomorrow when i make a trip down to Parammata to just to walk around and relax before uni starts. I feel like getting a pair of earrings for myself actually..haha

On friday, i met up with Mellishia and we ended up in New Town and Town Hall. It was my first visit to New Town and i really liked the place. There are loads of restaurants and pubs. Shops of course. You get to see people from all walks of lives..i saw beggers (have not seen any in Aussie till yesterday), gays and lesbians..the professionals..students.. It was a real eye opener. I will definately want to go back there again. Haha This time i'll go there in the evening..hehe...After much walking we decided to head down for lunch. I had a tuna roll and chai latte from Gloria Jeans..The sofa was so comfy that i really did not feel like getting up. But we had to head down to Town Hall as Mellishia needed to get a top. So we headed down to Town Hall. Did more walking. We had dinner at Toohey's cafe. I had chicken something with orange juice. They were having a friday special where they had champgane and strawberries for $2. I was tempted to have one but i was already not feeling too good so i did not want to make myself worse.

We walked around a while more and headed back home. It was a pretty chilly night so we decided not to go down to Darling Habour and enjoy the view like the last time. It was abit too cold to be sitting in front of the water. Brrrrrr..

I bought a mug before i headed back. I just got bored of my plain white one back home. I bought a brownish creamish one..Pretty nice actually.

Now i am just gonna rot my saturday away. So till the next entry.. have a good weekend everyone...

Last Words.................

Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body.
For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself, the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger

Cicero