Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Goodbyes
It's a time for goodbyes... and i keenly feel so, because my heart clenches & goes soft.
I said goodbye to my KareKano manga a few days ago... lent it to wh because i wun be reading it for the coming year. Yet, it was such a bitter-sweet journey as i bid farewell to it while walkng to the MRT to meet wh.. Bitter, becoz i had only got back the last book just a day ago; and sweet, with blessings that the manga can bring as much comfort and support to my friend as it had to me...
I also bid goodbye prematurely to the long over-due project of scarf knitting... Over-dued, because i only finished it today when i actually started knitting in Year 2!!! a miracle that the wool still doesn't show any signs of dust... Prematurely, because i realised that i still have 2 balls of wools left... haix. my scarf could haf been longer... wat a waste!
And as the previous post said, i'll hafta say goodbye to Maple.. at least, for a while. i have no time to rebuild my character, much less train it for the 3rd job advancement. Sry to my son, becoz i haf no time to help you hunt for ur equipment. Sorry to my guild, coz i'll hafta MIA for a v long time again. Sorry to my 3 characters, because i'll hafta leave u naked from lack available clothes..
and yes, i guess it's also goodbye to my room, as i slowly pack my luggage.. i'll miss u, my bed.
and with the socialisation drawing to a close, it's also goodbye to my friends and family.
Goodbyes, though sad they may be, are essential, as one chapter of the life closes and another starts. and as i gently close this chapter of my life, i shall also close this blog...
... and we shall meet each other again as i welcome my new chapter in Sydney at
http://hanako2006.blogspot.com
è¯å yawned @ 11:06 PM
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Monday, July 03, 2006
my maple acct got hacked!!!
argh!!! i woke up to the ringing of my hp... just to know that both mine and my maple son's acct got emptied last nite!
Damn. if the hacker emptied only my acct i'm quite fine with that.. since i dun think i can maple much when i'm in sydney... BUT!!! how DARE tt toidi cheated my son of his acct password and emptied his acct too??!?!? My son is a lvl 78 sin leh! eq all so ex!! damn tt idiot..
ARGH!!!! y didn't i follow my gut feeling and log in ytdy night?? to make things worse, the things that the hacker told my son while trying to cheat his pass sounds like the hacker is on my buddy list...
i think i know who the hacker is... but i find it surprisingly difficult to point fingers at others.
shit. i'll hafta earn more meso to buy eq for my son. donations are v much welcomed.
è¯å yawned @ 12:11 PM
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
Love Story
Although i haf tons of things to do, i'm shall admit to be guilty of being busy ripping and watching VCDs.
Just finished watching "A Love To Kill" （该死的爱情）by Rain and Shen Min-er a minute ago. Been such a long time since i've watched such a sad show... Agonizing, excruciating... If i can feel so just by watching, the actors must feel much worse. A newly found respect for artists.
Also finished watching 恶魔在身边, the taiwan idol drama. sweet, yet touching. Cried during the last episode.
Both shows had illustrated a til-death-do-us-part love story, but both had been so helpless. Helpless in going with the feelings because of all the different circumstances... Touching, yet so so sad. 难道刻苦铭心的爱注定是悲剧吗？ *sigh*
ah ah. i think i shd switch to comedies soon. Otherwise my eyes will become puffy from all the crying!
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p/s: i still haf these dramas and movies for perusal! --
1. 嫂嫂19岁 (24ep)
2. My Girl 我的女孩 (16ep)
Movies:
1. My Girl & I （我和我的女友）
2. You are my sunshine （你是我的命运）
3. The art of seduction （情挑偷心男）
4. Millionaire's First Love （百万富翁的初恋）
in addition to all the korean stuff, i feel like watching "Shinobi" the japanese movie on ninjas! shd i buy tt vcd as well??
è¯å yawned @ 8:00 PM
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
一人 · 孤单
其实，我是知道的。
已经决定要放弃的东西，就应该把它遗忘。
再带有希望的话，结果就会越绝望。
我知道眼前有两条路可选。
一条是空虚平静的死亡，另一条是辛苦的做垂死挣扎。
我挣扎得好累呀。没人能为我加油。因为没人了解。
即使想要去让对方了解，他们也不愿意听。
好孤独，但我不能抱怨，因为一切皆是咎由自取。
不喜欢孤单的感觉，但一切真的是太晚了。
累了。所以，算了。
孤单就孤单吧。
è¯å yawned @ 5:24 PM
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Monday, June 26, 2006
Student conference -- revisited
Was clearing my desktop today, and chanced upon the website that we created for the student conference... a website that much effort was invested, but yet had never seen daylight.
Looking at the website, i feel slightly proud of myself on having built it.. the strive for perfection despite deadlines to be met for FYP presentation and reports, the satisfaction at having conqured the javascript that i've never learnt, as well the irritation at having the website being completely forgotten by the same pple who requested for it to be done. Ah well, its just me spending excessive energy at unnecessary things again. -shrugs-
yet as the conference became a thing of the past, i soon came to realise that although the website was never seen by anyone else, the toil behind it will never be wasted... Emotions will live on as the memory stays. If no one else has seen it, then it'll be my own piece of private memory... It'll be a wonderful piece of my past when i look back years down the road.
i guess that will apply to alot of things that are coming my way! =)
è¯å yawned @ 7:03 PM
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Monday, June 19, 2006
NYP Graduation
The NYP Graduation has been, in many ways, a rather eventful event for me.
First off, the court shoes that i wore today decided to give me a very straight and direct to the face answer that yes, it is old, and i should not have dug it out from its 3yr+ slumber: it detached its heels from its sole. Fine. maybe i should have gotten the hint when i found the surface of the right shoe full of cracks, but hey! i was thinking this can be the last time i'm wearing it! Anyway, yar, luckily it gave way while i was filing my way to the seat in the auditorium... i can't imagine what will happen if it were to happen when i'm on stage with the VIP and the whole auditorium staring at my klutz!
Secondly, we were told to bring our I/C with us while we go on the stage, so that we can claim our diploma straight after the "shaking hands show". Being one of the few who happened to have pockets, i was the keeper for my 4 other friends' I/C. However, while i was lining up to go on stge to get my diploma, i realised, to my horror, that i only have 4 I/Cs with me!! and guess whose I/C was missing?? wahahaha... yep. it's urs truly. i was like, wth?? RIGHT. at LEAST the one i lost is mine. at LEAST i nv get others into trouble. HA. HA. HA. What great luck.
I attempted to hold on to my hopes that yea, maybe i dropped it on the way to the queue. So after collecting the diploma, i passed the I/Cs back to my friends and asked for permission to search for mine in the vicinity of my seat. but OH NO~~~ i can't find it. damn. now i gotta go report lost. SHIT!!!. and as i was once again about to lapse into hysteria, one of my friend came running to me and said that my I/C was stuck to the back of hers. I was like.. speechless. Speechless at how lucky that my I/C is found, and also at how lame the whole episode is.
(the stupidest thing, however, is that they didn't even check our I/C when we collected our diploma.. so idiotic right? my i/C could haf just stayed safely in my wallet, and i wdn't hafta freak out.)
Anyway, after the whole thing was over, and after the round of phototaking with the "Graduation 2006" board as backdrop, i brought my hungry parents to the lunch reception. Eat, eat, eat... and Charmaine came along.
Charmaine: Congratulations on ur graduation!
Me: Thank you!
Charmaine: just want to check with you, will u be working or studying?
Me: Oh studying. Going to Sydney.
Charmaine: Oh! ok so maybe just check your particulars... *shows class list* any changes?
Me: eh... nope!
*dad walks over*
Me: oh Charmaine, my dad. he speaks cantonese.
*a round of broken cantonese (from Charmaine) and chinese (from dad) exchanged*
*mum joins us*
Me: and this is my mum. *charmaine looks at me* oh. she's an english speaker.
*launches into an interrogation of Charmaine, as my mum decides to dig information about Sydney from her... Areas discussed focused mainly on 1. safety of neighbourhood, and 2. whether the roads are well-lit at night*
Conversation ended with Charmaine concluded that "Lidcombe is a dead town, Burwood has more asian shops and is more alive", and "actually, sometimes the things mothers worry about are justified."
After Charmaine left, i disappeared for a while as i went to chat with eliz they all. When i returned to my parents' area, to my big big BIG surprise, i saw
HUA BENG standing beside my mum.
i was lk. er. eh. huh? how come hb is there? i mean, he wasn't there when i left, so
how on earth did he know those 2 are my parents????i bet i had one of those funny expressions that he always associate me with. at the very least, i think my mouth was opened in shock.
Anyway, turns out that Charmaine introduced him to them. -.- some sort of conversation went on, as my mum again tried to understand how is the weather like in Sydney in July. oh, but the highlight of the conversation was:
Mum: do you happen to know how much does an average pillow cost in Sydney?
I was lk.. think eyes nearly popped and fell out... i think hb also abit "cua dio", but gave a rather diplomatic answer...
HB: (after a momentary pause)well, there is a range of pillows available in Sydney. Some will be expensive, but there are cheap ones as well. (seeing that my mum is expecting more details)... i think it can go as low as AUD$8.
i was practically screaming in embarrasment in my head!! PILLOWS!! OF ALL THINGS!!! ARGH!!!!!! omg omg omg omg omg. with that i took practical actions and decided to distract them wth photo taking. omg. PILLOWS.
ah.. so as u can see, although i was quite happy that my parents came, i was also rather happy to see them leave for home first. After that was a series of photo taking, chattin with friends and lecturers alike. And as the crowd slowly n gradually dispersed, we (meaning eliz, joanna, ser and me) were left talking with our dear Mr Lim HB.
it's actually quite funny, the things that u'll do when tt power relationship of lecturer-student dissolved... eliz was taking her long awaited lunch, while jojo, ser and me were happily oscillating in a row, telling huabeng about our plans for positive attrition to librarians after jojo's 6 yrs bond ends. and of course, we talked about alot of other stupid things, but hey, tt's just us trying to be friendly yeah?
ah ah.. and so, my life chapter in NYP has finally concluded with a rather interesting note. And as i type this entry with the sky so dark and wind (from the fan) so cool, who knows? maybe later i might actually start missing my days as a student from NYP.
but tt's really all quite understandable, right?
è¯å yawned @ 9:55 PM
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Saturday, June 17, 2006
this business of gg Sydney...
... is very tiring. Disregarding the meetings with friends, family and the nonsensical organisations, the main thing is basically, essentially, to pack.
Pack. A simple word with a simple meaning, but yet is so difficult to do.
Yes i bought the suitcase, i got my winter wear, and have successfully dumped almost everything into the suitcase. But tt's not all. HAIX. and today, after waking up from a nightmare about gg to a "marathon style A-levels" unprepared (don't ask me why A-levels), i decided to finish my shopping for the trip at Sembawang Shopping Center. Putting the things into the basket was easy, bringing them home was tough and dumping them in a half-filled luggage was a headache! okok... It wasn't really
THAT difficult la, its just tt i was stuck on what to ship over... what clothes do i want to ship over for spring and summer?? Wah.. my whole room resembles a battle zone a few hours ago. BUT happy to say,
I WON. muahaha.. i'll just need to decide which company to use for my shipping, and to put them into the boxes.
Electronically, I spent the whole of ytdy trying to rip CDs into my laptop and only dicovered: 1. i can only finish 6 CDs b4 i get tired; and 2. i have 3 CDs missing!!! and i have a hunch that there're more missing CDs yet to be discovered! damn sian. can the person who still owes me the CD please own up? they are:
1. 梁静茹 《恋爱的力量》 CD1
2. Eason Chan Canto CD
3. Jay Chou's November Chopin ( <-- yes i know who took it. pls be automatic and return me. ^^)
Anyway. given the rate i'm ripping CDs, i don't think i can rip anime as i initially planned to. -humph-
i think i'm abit konk-ed out by all the things that i need to do.. so much so that i was falling sick AGAIN (this time with sorethroat) ytdy. I even forgot about father's day!!! wat an unfilial daughter i am. *kicks myself in the butt*
ah ah. but i think things can only turn for the better. I am really REALLY ALMOST FINISHED packing (except the laptop and its gadgets), and the official engagements will be over by end of next week! woohoo!
let's hope nth will crop up with the visa and accomodations ok? *prays feverently*
è¯å yawned @ 7:34 PM
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