and so ends this eventful year.

cya all next year. have fun counting down wherever u are ;)

dashing thru the snow... on too lil sleep.

this festive season came and went all too soon la. i need to enjoy the full twelve days of christmas. but that would make me oh so poor. so ah dont tink so. :P

i need to sleep more tho. and slow down the pace.

two trips to mos. a free entry sms. a friend from ronin. the hpt imps. uni friends. good music. sucky music. queues much too long. disappointing crowd control and mgt styles. too much alcohol. too little alcohol. stoning at work. buying pressies. wrapping pressies. preparing for parties. 5 bottles and 10 jugs. bar room at clarke quay. old friends. new friends. hugs. happy memories. sad ones. finger food. another year almost up. pictures!

that sums the past three days up. well.. mostly. ;)

everybody needs.. a hand to hold at christmas.

the bunch of us... many friends for almost half our lives. so never a better way to spend christmas i say.. :)

m.o.s.

friends so hard to find.... in the dark ;)

a game to play.

two weeks after and a week after my aching stopped, we met up again to play at the hometeam clubhouse. there were more people this time and it was good fun i'd say. i believe i've said it before but its a good way to spend a sunday, doing a lil exercise and basically having a good time. :P
i wanna play again soon, many many times more before i wont be able to play again for at least six months, but next time wont be happening till at least after new year. bah!

the ragtag team from jc.

plus a whole lot of friend's friends.

mary.

straight after work, i went off for a gathering at a senior's place. its been quite awhile since i've seen mary, the last time being my 21st birthday. being the boys we were people were late as usual but being the busy teacher she was, mary was late too! later than most of us in fact. :P

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so we started first and ate as people came in after getting off work. it was good to catch up with all of them again, finding out what's up with whom and where they are now. its funny how it is that our two batches of boys got much closer than with other batches, but i'm sure mary had something to do with it. many a saturday was spent in all their company, training ... going for camps... attending parades and rehearsals... then going out for dinner at kfc after training. those were fun and memorable times.

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so when mary came, she brought along this cake. to celebrate what we werent too sure about. lol. birthdays this year? christmas? or just the get-together? :)

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anyways our dear teacher-in-charge for ncc isnt called mary, its just something that came up during conversation by one of the seniors that had us laughing non-stop. much too hard if i might add. :P

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to the teacher that taught me and many others well i'm sure... miss loh. ;)

the first of many incoherent posts to some. heh.

here and there.

with the packing almost done at the old premises in leng kee, there was time for lunch at ikea. so after tying up some loose ends six of us headed there on a shopping trip to get stuff needed for the new office. 70 dustbins. noticeboards. mugs... the works. all the time while there i kept looking out for stuff that I wanted to get. what for? i dunno. they just look nice. lol. wing glasses. shallow dishes. small bowls. :P

i so wanna do up my room when i come back for good. will have to do some convincing tho. hmm..so anyway lunch was good. ikea chicken wings and meatballs. sluuurrrpp i say! :)

dinner was an eventful affair that started with meeting min. then a grace c. then a grace f. then a ruth that experienced violent turbulance on her flight home just today? then a sad zenn. sidenote: its nice to live alone and i am definitely sure i'll miss that feeling really soon. sigh. ohwells.. i will get taken care of back home so... i shant complain. :P

have fun in hk min!! cya soon` ;)

finally.

i sense the possibility of me recovering from this bad bout of sickness. maybe one more night home will do the trick. at least it has enabled me to post and update. and get the rest i need. shall not push my luck for now. so ta!

zoukout.

it was good. and i got to go thanks to the free tics from ah_hock, thru dear min of course. :) anyways i only got there after a dinner party at home and i seriously wasnt feeling my best. but i apparently felt well enough to drink up and have a lil fun. the one sucky bit i spose would have to be the queue to get inside.

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met quite a few people whilst inside and the music was pretty good. and i pretty much enjoyed it more than the last one i went abt 3 yrs back. hmmm... ohwells. :P
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for now... i am sickly sick. :S

the sickly weekly.

a lil over a week in and i still am sickly. rawr!!!! must be the lack of rest and the dusty work environment i say. anyways, its been a hectic but interesting week. meeting up with many people both old and new. which is all gd if i might add. :)

i had wanted to start work a lil later but couldnt as the workplace needed ppl to help pack the documents for the shift to toapayoh. motorimage will then have 3 showrooms i tink. ohwells. work is work. and in singapore i just cannot expect to get the same amount as back in perth. one good thing tho is the cheap and good food tho. but at the rate at which i go out now funds are almost being spent as it comes in. bad bad bad in all sense of the word. :S

no zoukout for me tonight. booo.. the mind is willing but the body is weak. not to mention the huge leak that's sprung in the wallet too. :P

the to eat list.

1. miramar

2. carrot cake

3. chilli crab

4. char kuay tiao

5. beef horfun

6. prata - sorry la ju :P

7. ban mian

8. hokkien mee

9. chicken duck char siew rice

hmmm..

the missing.

always loved airline food. and the views of course. how could anyone not like this? wells, unless one isnt feeling too well then.

supper without prata is always good. esp. when done with 'black' people.
a trip down to orchard yielded this. for what reason i have absolutely no idea.

late night dinner that solved the problem of cravings and a need to meet-up. :)

sweet is home.

i need more sleep. much more if i may. and the problem isnt with me going out all the time. its just that the time i have for rest keeps getting interrupted by my lil devil of a niece. i get morning calls even on holiday. :S

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

but the past coupla days have been alright. time with family and the occasional meeting up with friends. need to regulate. else i will never get well before i start work. monday. =\

photos will have to wait. my oly needs a plug converter. heh.

volleyball tml night... woots! :)

ex-perth.

just did the last load of laundry and all that's left for tomorrow is a lil packing plus a whole lotta cleaning up to be done before we leave. will have to pack everything up so it doesnt gather dust. clean out the fridge. place cockroach bait/trap thingys in strategic locations. so much to do... all only possible at the end. :S

dinner at hog's breath cafe was quite good. followed by desserts at king's street cafe. then on to get some sea breeze near freo. not a bad way to spend a cool night in perth i'd say. i'll miss the relative peace and quiet. and the air of course. lol. :)

a deep breath. and a step into the mad rush. =\

the time has come. ciao`

distance...

it lends enchantment to the view.

kings park . perth.

overlooking narrows bridge.

bleach.

36 hrs later. 55 episodes down. just a lil zombed. :)

update.

now at episode 59. but sad to say its once a week from now on. boo...

RAM.

eeps. the memory jolts one inevitably gets while doing any form of packing up. :S

soon enough.

quite very suddenly, its almost time to head home again. home that i've not seen in over 10mths, family and friends whom i've lived almost a year away from. getting caught up in the cycle of living is what one should try hard not to, but easier said than done. when school or work begins, projects and assignments come due, deadlines draw closer, its just all too easy to get sucked in and just for one to 'go with the flow'. no longer does one dictate whats done in their own lives but rather what they do depends on the direction in which they're being pushed.

thats why time away from it all is good.

time to sit ard or lay in bed. with nothing pressing to do. with no obligation to anyone. it just feels great. but at the same time, heading back means getting back into a thick mist. once familiar places that are same yet different. stepping back into a life i left off almost a year ago.

i spose thats what studying overseas does to one. two lives are led. well in certain instances they merge but more often they dont. and to me the one now is the transient one. one that gets me away to allow me to look from afar. and hopefully learn it better.

free time allows for many things. sentimental movies on the lappy. meaningful chats with friends old and new. time to reflect about the time past. this will be my last summer hols. i cant wait to see how things are now. how my darling nieces have grown. i hope i'm better prepared to wade thru the mist this time round. i'll find out soon enough.

soon enough. :)

the sights some will miss.

the weekend passed quickly. saturday's dinner treat from mich at ciao italia. sunday's dim sum brunch and bowling after. i must say funds run out fast. :P

less than two weeks to home and its getting rather boring slacking home. on the other hand, it sure feels wonderful to just be able to lay in bed all day long with a good book in hand. hmmm... a couple more days of that perhaps.. then i shall sort the loose ends and head out for a lil fun in the sun, whatever that may be. :)

re-energize for home. i cant wait to see my darling nieces.

i love my new toy... tho it has sortof a limited use. walkie talkies! hmmm.. :s

sorry mich.

the pics turned out blur.. again!

anyways have fun in melb` ta~

two in a pod.

one year on. its been that long since i've seen westsea 9. the barge that a couple of us worked on for the better part of sem 2 last year. you see, we were employed as workers by a friend's dad to help him do up the barge for lease. de-rusting and painting it. it was like army all over again. :S

this time round, there wasnt as much to do. just a lil touch up on the rusty bits before its off again for a few months. anyways this fin i saw while i was working right at the edge got me quite shocked. then i found out it was ONLY a dolphin. *phew* :P

a lonely day in rockingham.

sun's up!

summer's almost here. with the daily temperatures rising and the average being in the 20s it feels good to be out. met up with mich for lunch at freo and we then headed to lil creatures for a looksee as she hasnt been there before. by the time we were done there and the two hour parking ticket ran out, the both of us were almost filled to the brim with food and drinks.

even at lunchtime on a weekday, the lil creatures brewery was quite packed. i spose its also cos freo is such a touristy place that it'll be busy anytime. but stay long we couldnt as we both had things to do before we head home. her to meet up with other friends before she heads off to visit her boy, and me heading back to help a friend move stuff.

a must see during a visit to freo for anyone. just go on in for a pint of pale ale, a look at the mini art gallery, or just for a quick fillup of your stomach. :)

and dreams began..

its wonderful to start dreaming again. the kind done when you are asleep la, not when you're half awake and supposed to be doing other stuff. :P

to me i spose it just means i am better rested and that, is a good sign. the slacking part of my hols have begun! woots`! not too sure why, but dreams almost always never come or they get forgotten almost immediately after i wake, when i have lots to do (read:during work and school). long ago was the time when i could wake up and just lie in bed for as long as i wanted. :)

but i'll try not to do that. cos there's friends i've to meet up with before they leave for good. the room to pack up. and hopefully someplace i'll be roadtripping to before i head home. time to be up and about! ta` ;)

breaking in.

over the weekend, i spent my time at a friend's place packing and loading up stuff into a cargo container. his whole family is moving to sydney and there was heaps to move. in fact, when we finished for the day yesterday, the container was only about 3/5 filled and its possible not all would fit in. anyways it was a good way to spend time while waiting for everyone else to finish up with their exams. i really do need to work more, otherwise how am i gonna afford to go on a holiday?! :S

well if all else fails i shall just stay home and finish up my game of pirates! and the stack of books i got before the exams. and just basically slack slack slack till i head back home in about 3 weeks or so. work awaits then... but its all good i reckon. :)

ok time to fatten up. and dream`! ;)

telstra rally australia.

finally! my exams are over and it means one thing, i got to go to the telstra rally at last!!!! :)

with many still having exams, there werent many people that could afford to accompany me to the rally. but luckily michelle was keen to go as well, that and the fact she finished one day before me *boo*. woots!

so langley service park was the first stop. catching the first glimpse of the cars that were in the rally was an eye opener for me at least. with the driver's title and the manufacturer's title already decided, this last rally of the year was a sort of show-n-tell for next year's teams and and also a way to secure placements on teams for drivers. so there we were watching the cars come in after a washdown. and i lost track of time just snapping away. :P

then it was off to glouscester park where we had bench tics at the superspecial stage. with the gates opening at 5, we joined the crowds and made our way to the benches. which sucked bad. why? all cos it was blocked by fencing and it seriously was a terrible way to spend $30. so we decided to try our luck at upgrading, and even after already entering the stadium, we found that we could! :) so upgrade we did and gronholm we went! much much better and the $20 more was worth it.

the pre-race segment was pretty alright. flypasts. skydives. motorcross. celebrity races. v8 ute races. with the rest to be seen for yourself... enjoy`

WRC cars at telstra rally 2005.

at langley service park. cars coming in from the country stages. super special stage at gloucester park. gronholm - where we sat.colin mcrae.

because not all cars are created equal. :)

Freddy

unofficial media.

incentives work better.

no reason not to study harder now. :)

as if the exams are over.

the pace at which i revise now isnt as fast as it should be. and i'm running out of ways to put it across over here in positive light. so anyways, walking to GP3 on a sunday morning in fine weather just seems so so very wrong. it was the perfect weather to be on the road, taking a hike or just having a cuppa. sad indeed. but it just made the days after exams so much more to look forward to! :)

AIS and now ML revision. i have more to cover but my mind's already drifting. housemate's already flying off tomorrow (damn archi students with no exams) and the rally's this weekend! i have no tics. rawr!!! that and the fact tt i just found out one of my cousin's getting married on saturday. i wanna flyyy home!!!!! but i also wanna stay here for abit after the exams. decisions indeed. :S

okbye.

would have blogged more.

but i ate out after the paper and also had an hour of cs with roy tj ryan jun.

headache after paper. now made worse. :S

time to cramm yet again.

the paper today wass one of those that you'd 'hope' everyone does as badly for the power of moderation to set in. :)

*that sinking feeling*

till tomorrow.

when the first shot is fired and i check to see if a hit has been made. gluck!

"he that will not when he may, when he will shall have nay"

boo!

is it just me or are libraries always seemingly brighter at night? maybe its all relative, as is with everything else. but nights always end up being more productive for me, too bad it only opens till 11! *lucky me*

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on the left here is someplace near my fav spot in the lib. erm.. not that i am there all the time but its just the place i'd choose if i wanted to study. not as packed as the other areas and the traffic's low as well. :)

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anyway, between meals and breaks, i gave my friend quite a scare on the way back to our tables. walking in another aisle and slightly ahead, i suddenly decided to push a book out on his side. end result was smt like this on the right. :P

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after that we were instantly more awake alert. him from the shock and me from the laughter. ;)

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ohwells. exams result in stress u see...

espresso.

so near yet so far. four hurdles to go before i hit home. i just hope i'm progressing well enough to get through.

i did my bit of study today at the library. it seems the more 'official' surroundings enables me to focus a lil better. better than what i manage at home or at the trinity resource library. will continue there tomorrow and hopefully progress will be good. then i can start on the other 3 that'll kill me in another way. the rate in which i have to take them. :S

on a lighter note. i had my first espresso shot today. erm dont ask why but i never was very much a coffee person. to me one variant was just like the other. but i just might learn more about it. since i've the time, relatively speaking of course. :P

having said tt. i've yet to determine the amt tt's needed to keep me awake. cos one shot aint nearly enough. ;)

no retentive capacity.

something isnt working right. cos this brain of mine aint operating at maximum efficiency like it should be, especially at a time like this. this is nooooo blooody gooood. :(

anyways, setting the alarm at 930 so i could attend a revision lecture at 10 today didnt help. cos it went off, i slept in, and the jumping outta bed bit came only at 957. :s nvm that, so i arrived at ard 1010. erm..dont ask. and i had to sit on the steps for a REVISION lecture. it just goes to show how hard this unit (applied financial mgt) is. wells, if its in sg i can understand that even repeat lectures might get full attendance, but this iS australia you see. tsk. *mental note to be early for the one on thursday*

3 full days left before this AFM paper on sat. then its a mad rush to cram for the other 3 consecutive papers. help. help help help!

ok i should sleep now. 2hr revision session planned for morning. :)

nights world.

because i can.

Your Brain's Pattern

You're a simple thinker, and this is actually a very good thing. You don't complicate matters when you don't have to. You look for the simplest explanation or solution, and you go with that. As a result, your mind is uncluttered and free of stress.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

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Your Monster Profile

Lethal Chemist You Feast On: Fried Twinkies You Lurk Around In: Shopping Malls You Especially Like to Torment: Your Evil Twin

What's Your Monster Name?

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You Are Scary

You even scare scary people sometimes!

How Scary Are You?

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Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

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How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think.You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly.You have one big dream in your life, and you never lose sight of it.

How Do You Live Your Life?

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Slow and Steady

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It'd really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

How Do People See You?

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Your Inner Child Is Angry

You're not an angry person.But when you don't get your way, watch out.Like a very manipulative kid, you will get what you want.Even if it takes a little kicking and screaming.

How Is Your Inner Child?

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RaWRRr... phear` me! :)

taken from another stealer. gracias`

at the resource lib.

like they are studying. but they aint. more time was probably spent doing anything and everythign else i say. wells, all cos... i was with them. i've to study more. more more more! help. am dying.

meanwhile i'm thinking wad to cook for tomorrow's meal. heh. :)

this cannot be. which is why i will be planting myself in the uni lib in hope of better progress with the revision bit. wish me luck. :P

this cannot do.

waking up before 11 each day is just so hard to do. need to readjust, and soon too. now that i wont be working for the week at least (hopefully) i can start revision proper. the days of studying inbetween naps and meals! bliss...my ass.

been thinking about whether or not i should go to the telstra rally, seeing that it would be the last chance for me to go having missed the last two that were held here. its on the 10th to the 13th and the exams end on the 11th! for me at least. now to find someone to accompany me. hmmm...

oh! and melbourne cup is on tue. the supposedly biggest carnival in the country will see crowds of merry-makers out in full force. even osteria has a special promotion. two course lunch+desserts for $50auD. i hate exams. :(

alrights. green curry tonight... with eggplant! yumm... not too bad for the only main meal in a day. :P

laters`

one week countdown.

sem 2 is officially over. what's left now is the exams and i've only just started on revision. after work tonight i'll have to go diving head in. let me not get knocked out.

once i get into the flow of things it wont be too bad. but for now its the starting bit that's hard. :( that and the fact that i feel sleepy aint helping much. ohwells. shall see how it goes after work today.

its the last day. officially. :)

the sims.

jun's family was here last week and we had dinner with them at warwick. erm. some ulu place north of perth. totally inaccessible i'd say without a car. dinner was fab and i'm sure all of us had more than enough in that many course meal. *mental note - movie after show allows for wine during dinner* :) but since i dont drive it doesnt matter anyways. woots!

after dinner we caught the movie 'pride and prejudice'. its a good show and i'd recommend it to anyone who doesnt fall asleep too easily in the movies. in anycase it made me wanna read the book too. Not till after the exams and the 4 other books i have left unread tho. anyways. they were here to do some scouting for schools and we'll probably see more of the two lil ones when they start schooling here next year. happy looking after them jun. lol..

all hell will break loose with the three of them i tell u. tsk