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Hmm things are normal as usual. More packing and cleaning, washing and tidying up - before I leave, there a re still a few more ppl that I haven't had time to go out with yet. Haih the liberty of going out -which I will so MISS when I go back home. Nyeh. Still waiting for another parcel as well. Hope it comes fast. Finishing all the food in the fridge. Didn't know we had so much junk.

Nyeh.

And when I was browsing at one of my fav sites to shop - haha guess what I came across. This video cracked me up. Hilariousness. This was really farnie. LAWL.

It's a video of these Japanese dudes playing a whole full soccer game. U know the Japs and their classic pranks/jokes :_)


http://view.break.com/405282 - Watch more free videos

BAHNESS -

I don't quite understand how I forgot about it either. At least it's not too big. the fine

"What happens if I do not vote?

Initially the Australian Electoral Commission will write to all apparent non-voters requesting that they either provide a reason for their failure to vote or pay a $20 penalty.

If, within 21 days, the apparent non-voter fails to reply, cannot provide a valid and sufficient reason or declines to pay the penalty, then prosecution proceedings may be instigated. If the matter is dealt with in court and the person is found guilty, he or she may be fined up to $50 plus court costs.

Non-voters
17. Apparent non-voters are identified using
certified lists of voters. The certified lists
contain information from the electoral roll on
who is entitled to vote at an election.

18. Electors voting in person are required to have
their names marked off the certified list of
voters at the polling place before they are
issued with ballot papers (s. 232 the Act).
Declaration voters complete a declaration
certificate before they vote that allows their
names to be marked off the certified lists
of voters before their votes are entered into
the count.

19. The certified lists then become a record
of who has voted and who appears not to
have voted.

20. Under s. 245(2) of the Act, a list of the names
and addresses of the electors who appear
to have failed to vote at an election must be
prepared for each division. After election day,
the names and addresses on all certified lists
of voters for all divisions across Australia are
scanned by computer. This scanning process
produces a report on apparent non-voters and
apparent multiple voters.

21. Within three months after election day, each
Divisional Returning Officer (DRO) must send
by post a penalty notice to every elector
whose name and address appears on the
list of apparent non-voters.

LECTORAL
Ebackgrounder No. 17
22. The DRO is not required to send a penalty
notice to electors who have died, were absent
from Australia on election day, were known
to be ineligible to vote at the election, or who
have supplied a valid and sufficient reason for
not voting.

23. The penalty notice posted to an elector
advises that he or she appears to have failed
to vote at the election and that it is an offence
to fail to vote at an election without a valid
and sufficient reason. The elector is further
advised that if he or she does not wish to
have the matter dealt with by a court, the
elector may, within a specified time either:
• Advise the DRO of the circumstances
in which they did in fact vote
• Advise the DRO of the valid and
sufficient reason why they did not
vote, or
• Pay to the DRO a penalty of $20.

24. If no reply is received to the first penalty
notice, a second penalty notice must be
sent by the DRO.

25. Under subsection 245(11) of the Act,
if an elector is unable to respond to
correspondence from the DRO because of
absence from his or her residential address or
because of physical incapacity, then another
elector who has personal knowledge of the
facts may respond on behalf of the elector
who appears to have failed to vote.

26. If the elector pays to the DRO the $20 penalty
for failing to vote, then the matter ends there.

27. Where the elector writes to the DRO providing
a reason for not voting, and the DRO is not
satisfied that the reason provided is valid
and sufficient, then the DRO must write again
to the elector advising that the DRO is not
satisfied, and that if the elector does not wish
to have the matter dealt with by a court, the
elector may, within a specified time period,
pay to the DRO a penalty of $20. If the elector
then pays to the DRO the $20 penalty for
failing to vote, the matter ends there.

28. An elector may be prosecuted pursuant to
s. 245(15) for failing to vote at an election
without a valid and sufficient reason, or for
making a statement in response to a penalty
notice, or to the further notice by the DRO,
that is, to his or her knowledge, false or
misleading in a material particular. The court
may impose a maximum penalty of $50. In
addition, court costs may also be payable.

29. It should be noted that if a non-voter has been
convicted and fined by a court, but decides
not to pay the fine, then it is for the court to
decide what action should be taken or if a
further penalty should be imposed. The action
taken by the court in relation to fine defaulters
may vary depending on the state or territory
in which the conviction is recorded, and may
involve community service orders, seizure
of goods, or a short period in jail. In some
jurisdictions the court may have no alternative
to ordering a jail sentence for fine defaulters.
However, this is a matter for the courts and
not for the AEC."

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Ho-hum. I kinda forgot what I wanted to write or continue about so yeah - I will do that later. I just realised I have so much more to do before I go home. Yikes!

Well I'll just update the blog on what's new. Hmmm

For one, I totally forgot about the federal elections yesterday. My other remaining housemate just reminded me yesterday - if not I would hv totally forgotten. But who can blaim me? My only reason to remember the elections yesterday were the voucher I got for 6 free Krispy Kreme donuts in which I forgot about as well. Should HAVE marked that with a big sign on my calendar. Haihhh.

Blehh I can't believe I forgot. I could've played a part in choosing our NEW Prime Minister. Yes NEW. Kevin Rudd's party won the election you see?

Oh well.

Now don't think I have nth else better to do than to vote - in the elections of a country I 've only lived for bout less than one year of my life. Plus another two when I was a young kid and had no idea where I was. Or what I was doing as a matter of fact.

Well it's compulsory right - here, to register as a voter when you turn 18. If you're a citizen that is. So oh well. But I still forgot neway. Hope they're not gonna fine me. Or worse, put me to jail.

Yupp instead what I was doing yesterday was visiting the dentist. Hmm for a scaling and cleaning procedure. It's funny tho - when you have a scaling and cleaning thing done, you find out food that you SUDDENLY remember eating - like hey that was from the Korean Hot Pot from Gourmet Tofu in July, and that was from the rare Roti Prata that I decided to cook that fine Sunday morning.

Gross.

Nah, just kidding. As if you can remember.

But dentists here are exorbitant. A normal procedure like that in Malaysia would cost you around RM200 I think. Well now it's AUD200 plus, and our currency is 3 times right.

:(

Thankfully it's covered by my private health insurance - IF NOT...

And then after that I decided to shop for sth for my dad. Went to the camping shop - almost wanted to buy something, until the lady, a friendly Australian lady in her mid thirties maybe, was so friendly and told me a whole lotta things bout her life as a student. And she knows I am one, so I am on a strict student budget. (Yup, I am - something like that)

SO she told me that I might want to try Peter's of Kensington - it's sorta like a small mall/dept store - sells mostly chinaware and kitchen appliances but thought I might give it a go.

So I took a bus - could've walked but seriously? In the hot scorching summer - I think not. Went to Peter's - yep found what I was looking for, it was X'mas sales and everybody was running everywhere - it was packed like a very packed can of sardines, IMO. The queue ran till upstairs.

I did find what I was looking for, but I didn't buy that because surprisingly the camping shop was cheaper. So maybe I shall return to it sometime today or tmr (it might be closed today being Sunday) However, I bought a whole lotta other things. Which in hindsight, I probably didn't really need which made me cry after that. Not really but yea - deep down inside.

Blerhh I think I've been splurging a lot on unnecessary items I didn't really need recently. Not clothes, clothes I will wear. It's just the other things. HO-hum.

Later I'm going to join the kids for Spanish somewhere in the city. So HUNGRY now...

EVERYBODY is seriously going home. Haih.

After mid next week, it'll be re-runs of Home Alone 9.

Someone better come and visit me. Hmmph.

If Another Person Mentions to Me that they're going to Melbourne...

I'll edit this post for later cuz' I have to get ready and shower

* EDIT EDIT *

So yes, I started off the post two days ago I think, and I haven't had time to properly sit down and finish publishing a post. But yes today is a great day and it seems like I will finish it finally.

Hmm ok yess today they're no shopping commitments, gym commitments, food commitments, uni commitments etc. Or at least I postponed it to a later date. I want one day after exam where I can just sit freely for the whole day and just do nothing - just bludge but not sure whether that is gonna happen. Even today I tried to do that but later probably not cuz' a certain someone is flying off soon so must entertain him la first.

I'll have lotza free time I'd reckon after this - after evbd has gone home to their loving FAMILIES, FRIENDS, and PETS. Oh well evbd is going home so early. Yet I must be one of the earliest to finish exams DAYMN. But oh wells the academic calendar stated that final exams were on the 9th to 27th NOV. So being the logical me, I thought I'd give myself sometime to pack, shop, prepare for home etc. etc. So about one WEEK after the exams, i.e 4th Dec would be a pretty good time to go home. Right ?

Nahhh, I didn't know it meant that we start exams on the 9th thats right - but end on the 15th! Bahhh commerce. Exams were almost back-to-back. Equals... you have to know the subjects way before the exam start and commencing studies during the exam week would be quite a wrong thing to do.

Uni is crazy right - they give you 3.5 months, (14 weeks ) and expect you to know everything you need to know about the subject content i.e learn the fundamentals, basic principles of how the whole Australian economy operates (macroeconomics) in just 3 months. Every week is a completely new chapter to devour. The textbook doesn't exactly help. Being thick, lengthy and detailed as it is. Yes I know every university is the same and everybody goes through the same thing, but PLEASE. PLEASE. JUST, just..give me a lil' space to whine. Phew!

Guess what? Next year, the uni calendar year is gonna be shortened. Therefore, we have to be even faster in learning. Of course it doesn't help that we're advancing to a new undergrad year, 2nd year. The penultimate year for most commerce students, but not me considering that I want to lengthen my life in uni. WHY WHY WHY?!

But yes, altho' I keep complaining and such, I don't regret my decision of joining commerce. Never did. From my perspective, it was way more interesting than science. I just couldn't imagine myself working in a lab/ factory/ hospital for the rest of my life. It just WOULDN'T work. Yes what I would love to do, instead was wear one of those formal black pantsuits giving presentations, travelling around the world, sponsored by the company. Too high realisation? Hmm just what I think. I already am tall enough to wear one of those suits anyway. Heeheee.

Due to contrary belief, commerce is not easy. It's just different from science. Don't know how to explain the logic. I've done science before so I can say this. Science is fact, and believing in science is believing what is right. Commerce is just so subjective, no right, no wrong. No right concept to figuring sumthink out etc. Some subjects need more understanding, some logic, and some just mugging - like biology. Damned I was never good at mugging. Hmm I'll continue this later.

To my darling one and only sister!

There's no one like a sister,
To talk with, to share with,
and to dream with...
And when that sister is YOU,
There's no day like a BIRTHDAY! to tell you that you're special,
And to wish you happiness
always...

HAVE A HAPPY HAPPY 14th!

Being fat

I tell you there's NOTHING I can do.
It's as if frequenting Fitness First twice/thrice a week isn't enough
And so I MISS being thin.
But then luckily you have friends who support you.
You'd think mixing with older people than you will be different.
4th years' ? - BAH.
Look at what Owen sent me.
Lousy sifu.

Birthday boy

Hmm decided to blog since I haven't done that in a long while. Just mainly wrote sum nonsense nee usually. But yea, yesterday we went to celebrate

's birthday. Like I said, he's turned 19 but still not mature yet. Oh wells.

PRESENTING :

"Old man" ANDRE ; "I'm-Always-Blur" KAH FAI

"I'm Artistic but Crazy" EDY

HEY how come he gets the "Crazy" title? You know I deserve it.

"In your dreams, Andrew. I win hands down."

"Si-fu and fitness-trainer" OWEN

"Camwhore queen" ADELINE

"Let's drink" YIHONG ; "The King" KAI ; "Camera-shy" ANDREW

"Busy at work " yours truly

Hmm , the "M.I.A" AIVY also. After bringing her Smirnoff, stayed for a while then CHAOed.

The happy two

Lee Na : I'm so hungry but I'll just smile anywayyy. I'm actually dyiiiing of hunger here.."

Pizza

U know in Italian reastaurants where they give you papers and pens to draw and colour? YEAA.

It's not me, I tell you. The boys.

Look closely. or CLICK.

Tiramisu from Michel's - Haha, lurvly cake. Why? I CHOSE la of courseeee

This is my first party where the cake is actually FINISHED. Heh. And the ppl are still hungry. ME la i mean. What to do? 3 slices and not enough. Same with the pizza. 3 large slices. Barely enough.

Owh before that, we ATE sushi. MAKANED then we left for Pepos cuz we were not full enuff. How can those lil rice thingies fill u up man. PLUS; it's not exactly cheap le. If we were to order more u know?

Lala

A post specially dedicated to you, Jane:

Because YOU are special and don't ever forget that.

You have the nicest words to say, they truly deeply come from your heart; I can tell.

How can someone have so many perfect words to say? Why is your heart so beautiful?

Hmm and SO you wrote stuff on my sister's blog. AMAZING.

No one else could have thought of that really. Your choice of words, so profound; pervasive yet deep and meaningful.

My sis' friends; well they're pretty much on her side - no one wants to back YOU up.

I'll say that's pretty cruel of them. After all, you only have ONE friend right - Yunnie remember?

But apart from that - I'm pretty free.

Since you love to stalk my sister, I decided to do the same. To you.

Finding out who you are, needless to say isn't exactly rocket science. You leave your footprints EVERYWHERE.

And since my sister isn't AT ALL bothered bout your love notes to her, I didn't mind doing a lil work for her.

Just so you know (nothing to be bothered about not to worry) :

I've traced your IP address which tells me everything about you - EVERYTHING down to which site you were before you came to my sister's blog.
The exact coordinates i.e latitudes and longitudes of YOUR house on the world map.
The exact times you pay a friendly visit to my sis' blog where you don't belong, rmb?
How long you stay there each time-

Knowing the oh-so-resourceful me, (oh wait you don't know me ,I'll introduce myself later) - I asked my friends to see how can I show up on your doorstep, you know to find out where you live and so forth. Just to pay you a nice visit just like you always do to my sis.

My geek friends (and I'm talking bout geek geek here k) tell me it's not worth my time. All I have to do is to lodge a police report. Wahh so easy only ah? And within days, you'll get A call from the Bukit Aman HQ. Or if you're lucky they might barge in like they did to Kenny Sia. Ever heard of him? Yeah? Well find out what happened to HIS stalkers.

I'm not saying what you did is wrong. I admire your courage whatsoever you know. Spamming twice with different identities. Both of which are fake. Writing comments which truth are of absence.

I mean it's always nice to have police barging through your door and all - cuz they look pretty good in their uniforms hehe. I mean its nice to have them come (they're police after all) but don't know bout you; I find it a lil' intrusive.

What I wanted to say is let's just not waste any time, be it MINE, my sister's or YOURS. Well it's so clear that you're obviously not WORTH any of hers. I'm just a phone call away from our lovely police HQ number. I keep it on speed dial. Just in case.

Now let's not forget I have all your details with me.

Did I forget my manners? Let me introduce myself, I'm Lee Na btw - the bloody sister you chose to mess with.

Did I make a small thing a big one? NAH. You haven't even SEEN my serious side.

So if you decide to spam her box again, WELL the choice is YOURS.

Anything you'd like to tell her? Why don't you come and talk to me first yea? Between the two of us, I'm usually known as the politer one.

Electricity bill just came

PROS

1. It comes ONCE every three months only- so yea, quarterly bill. Not too bad I guess. At least the heart attacks don't come monthly.
2. Among the house mates' guesses of how much our electricity bill will be, mine came the closest. So I WIN. Win what ? Nothing - but that's not the point. It means I'm the most accurate.
3. The sum of the bill; I was off only by 4 bucks. That's me being accurate again.
4. The electricity was used for very good reasons, and for appliances in which they were, at most times, the only option available, deeming it an absolute necessity at point of usage; that even Mother Nature had no control of- i.e dryer, heater.

CONS

1. I guessed it to be 450AUD.
2. I don't do such a good job of justifying myself.

What If

This is an emo, suicidal, cry-your-heart-out typa' video combined together by some you-tuber. It wasn't from the titanic though, it was originally from the movie Christmas Carol - but you'll be surprised Kate here has quite a nice voice.

Too emo laaaa - for those who wanna watch, make sure you're feeling quite happy to start off with. If not...

Hmmmm. Things.

1. You know what commitment is ?
It means skipping your classes cuz you didn't finish your homework, then REPLACING the lects. Woohoo. Big sacrifice of my time.

My uni week, from being a reverse week, as in instead of a 5 day one you know, and ur weekends are 2 days, mine is the exact opposite. At least it used to be. Bah. Wasted my time trying to cram everything. But due to some lecturers that I cannot tahan the monotonicity of their voices - and some classes which HAVE to be skipped, it's now a 3 day week. ARGH!!

2. Shopping for the savvy - grocery I meant.
As for the retail therapy, hah - don't even bother. Or think.
Hmm, I just grocery shopped today. Spent 50AUD on my own stuff ne - cereal, double smoked english ham (yum), traditional aussie hotdogs, nuggets, cheese spread, tasty cheddar slices, rice crackers, chicken pies, (the large ones o cuz), and 7 bars of chocs, small and big o cuz. Including one family block. Now of course there is no family involved here, its for my personal consumption. But I eat for a family anyway. So yea who cares? And I'm not talking bout chocs only. Heh. Don't gimme that O.o.O face. But who knows? The world may be running out of chocolate, you'll never know. Now if that happens, at least we know one person is well-stocked=)

3. Cooking and food.
On one random day, I called my emergency food line - home in KL, needed to talk to the parental units on how to prepare garlic rice - apparently they don't eat much of em' carbs there. 4 ppl ? Rice 2 cups? You gotta be kidding me mum, we eat 4 cups of rice here. And there are only 3 of us. For this, I blame the guys. After all, I don't eat that much. =) You know, just the occasional salad. Bwaha. I think I barfed at that one.

And I have weight issues now. Today I ACTUALLY saw someone with thinner thighs than me.
Damn. My tutor. Not many ppl do okay. Boohoo. And now as I near the nobody-goes-there-zone-except-guys-which-don't-count-anyway FRIGGIN 60KGS, I actually start worrying. It's like you know you can keep saying you wanna gain weight and all but when you actually do, you wanna take it all back ?

Alfie

What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?

What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
Or are we meant to be kind?
And if only fools are kind, Alfie,
Then I guess it's wise to be cruel.

And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie,
What will you lend on an old golden rule?

As sure as I believe there's a heaven above, Alfie,
I know there's something much more,
Something even non-believers can believe in.
I believe in love, Alfie.

Without true love we just exist, Alfie.
Until you find the love you've missed you're nothing, Alfie.

When you walk let your heart lead the way
And you'll find love any day, Alfie, Alfie
Would you tell me what's it all about?
What's it all about? Alfie, Alfie, Alfie.
What's it all about? What's this all about?
What's it all about Alfie? tell me
What's it all about Alfie? What's it all about Alfie?
Just tell me yeah. what's it all about?
What's it all about?

Me being random - AGAIN

There are some days when I’m damn semangat – then I’ll write a long post about nothing in general. And there ARE days when I forget that I have a blog. It’s true – it’s hard to keep a blog. We all know a blog is for writing your thoughts, like a diary – only you publish it for the whole world to read. But SERIOUSLY, who is going to write down all their inner and private thoughts on their blog? The only people who do that are those that keep PRIVATE blogs, yea the people who have passwords to theirs. Some only allow access to their good friends, whereas for some, the only reader of their blogs would be the author themselves. Ah, a few couples also have private blogs, whereby only the couple, him and her, will have – I guess, nostalgic moments reminiscing on their thoughts and feelings. I still don't get the individual blog thing still. For a good friends yeah maybe- but for one person? Hmmmm.

This is a general but specific at the same time kinda post. Bah what am I doing?

Owh this post has ended. Just wanted to announce to the whole world that I can cook already =). Don’t ask me good anot okay, ask my guinea pigs, me housemates – and occasionally our neighbours, and sometimes; friends.

This is the most retarded post I’ve ever written. The thing is nothing special happened to make me feel that today is special enough to write a retarded post. Okay now I’m starting to babble nonsense. But yea, I’m not extra happy today – neither am I emo or sad or nething. Today is random. Must be partly related to yesterday’s 20072007 huh?

Bah, BEAT my randomness.

Bah, uni is starting already. What happened to the hols?

Meatball

To the thief who stole my heart :

I could write so many things bout all that you and I have come through

Till this very day

But what are words?

I certainly know that they are no measure to what I have to say.

Happy 19^th

Have a very blessed one =D!!!!!

We’ll go through this journey together.

Love you dear.

Always and ever =)

Melbourne - Second winter, two years consecutively.

14 hr train-ride

sydney central

393

main gate kenso

law library

law faculty

newton building

harbourne road

delivery

not a delivery

9 pink roses

macbook

- he was here -

anzac parade

tanaphorn thai

pan-siee

unfinished pad thai

angie's car

campbell's parade

hurricane grill

full rack

mash

bondi beach

opera house

harbour bridge

the rocks

pancakes on the rocks

mamma's kitchen

pinocchio sushi

home cooked food

pinangsia

kaki lima

marigold

churchill's sports bar

bacon, egg and beans

hot chocolate

subway

the cheesecake shop

hilton sydney

centrelink maroubra

eastgardens

morning breath

queen

afternoon wakes

warm showers

cockle bay wharf

thank you for smoking

invincible

by half time

think we whooped them by bout 9 pts

400 burwood limited

kingsford smith domestic

virgin blue

un-overweight luggage

DJ894

krispy kremes

random explosive test

avalon?

Candles

Carbonara

Cheesecake

5th month.

hearts my baby penguin.

the coming post will have to wait. =)

It's (finally) over.

Due to time constraints and that whole compartment of laziness inside of me, I haven't had the time to properly blog. And neither have I had the determination to properly pen down thoughts into the keyboard in front of me.

What I set out to do, what I came here for, its all in front of me. I can see it now. Heh, excuse my mindless rant. =p But yeah, 4 months and 21 days now, from that very special date =D and also that quite sad date for me, to leave it all behind. To finally return back to Sydney.. I don't know if I should use the word return, is it for good? Or is it just a studying thing? Maybe studying and working? Only time will tell.

An empty KLIA waiting lounge ler. Was waiting here at approximately 5a.m man. Sucky flight times. Bah, stopped in KL en route from Vienna, can't expect too much I guess.

And just the experience of being here. The exposure. The 4 seasons. The language. The slang. The ppl. (being in Msia would have never allowed me the chance of meeting Viets, Thai, Koreans, mainland Chinese, Japs, Indos, HKers, Philos, and well of course the angmohs laa. Eheh. Got ppl from Iran also. And India. The food. Cultural barriers and borders. There is really nothing like studying abroad. Wholesome experience.

But apart from all the culture shock experience that I got, there is so much more that I've learned.

To wash my own clothes O.o
(in the washing machine I know la, but still) last time dunno also k?
To hang it dry with pegs (yea i know its easy but I did not know that also hmmph)
Now winter, must use dryer.
The dryer is this really cool invention like a microwave where u ptt-ing and throw ur clothes in there and take it out later. It comes out all warm and crispy crisp. Cool eh?It really helps during winter since clothes dried out in the sun will probably take a gazillion years or more. Not much sun btw, temperature is down to single digit numbers.
To vacuum the rooms and the lounge
To take out trash
To sweep the kitchen floors
To mop the kitchen floors (we do it every day k, dont mess..)
To change bedsheets O.o
I lurv my sheets, they're matching and they're awesome

To clean toilets.

O.o just cleaned it a few hours ago. It's all FRESH, and sparkle-y clean now.
Hey cleaning toilets are hard k! It's not rocket science but like figuring out what a squeegee does and the grouter, and which cleaner to use, Handy Andy vs Jif vs JapWCCleaner. Bah. But there really is nothing like doing ur business lol using a beautiful fresh toilet. Heh. And because the toilet is my OWN, I have extra incentive to keep it clean all the time. It's all good.
And finally, the achievement I'm most proud of. Coming up : in my next post, cooking.

P.s I lurv one of the rare moments that I talk to me parents on msn. Like my sis says " Mum asks what is L-O-L-S. And what is S-O-Z? sauce?"
And I have this rily cute emot of "haha" which is this smiley which laughs and all but instead has a veggie stuck in its teeth, and one tooth missing. My dad tells me to ask him to see the dentist. SWT. One of the reasons why I love my parents so much. BWAHAHA.

Happy Daddies Day

I think I'm a bit late but oh well...

Yesterday was a special day for my dad not only because it was

FATHER'S DAY

but also because he turned 50.

Half a century old..!

O.o

So Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday!

Why does my dad's b'day always fall on Daddies Day..?thank you for everything you've done for me, blessed me with, and the continuous joy( and nagging) that you bring to me and LX. Haha now that I'm here cannot nag me anymore..

In the boat on the way to floating market,
- Bangkok, Dec06 -

In front of the longest tree in the world. Heck, that tree is really really long.
- Guangzhou, Dec06 -

In front of ancestral home
- Guangzhou, Dec06-

How many ppl can be proud of a 1.3mp camera phone ?

I know I can.

I insist you click on the pic to see its full magnificence. Oh boyy autumn those were the days..

Dewpoint - 6.7°

Bahh, at this temp means i can only stay in me room. Cannot even go to the lounge for ME FOOD unless I wanna die a COLD death.

I need more Mother™.

Hate overnighting I tell you.

When I go back to kl, I promise to NOT complain about 32°, how hot it is everyday etc.

Hmph.

But does that change anything for now ? Doubt so.

Inspiration

Don't know what got me into blogging bout this, probably the exam stress i guess. Not even s'posed to touch the computer in fact. But then, I see I get easily distracted. Anyway,

I got to learn more about a certain Tibetan Buddhist monk. His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His teachings and his quotes do inspire. They really do.

I first learnt about him when I bought a poster of all his famous quotes and its hanging behind my room door now. :-) Every day I take some time to look at it and ponder on the depth of those words..

Ahh, my favourite quote by him and if you have my msn you already know:
" Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. "

So true in so many ways. But this is what he had to say which I got from here

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed.

I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.

From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasantness for both sides. If we can realize and meditate on ultimate truth, it will cleanse our impurities of mind and thus eradicate the sense of discrimination. This will help to create true love for one another. The search for ultimate truth is, therefore, vitally important.

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human “brain” with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human “heart” with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness…

Be kind whenever possible…It is always possible.

Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being ... The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery…we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love, compassion, and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors. Such an attitude by a large number of people would block the entire transition to an interdependent yet peaceful and cooperative global society.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist, it's absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart -- then no problem.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

The Dalai Lama was in Melbourne yesterday, and he is coming to Sydney. I might even go for his talk. Yepp, the Australian tour here.

I feel motivated. And inspired :D

Exam period

Regarding the above title, yeaaa..

hmm, its already week 14..

i.e last week of lects n tutes..

quite the sad. hate parting n shite.

such sweet sorrow

even though ur not close to the ppl there

just got to know them what..

14 weeks (3+ months) is just a too short time to get to know ppl don't u think?

so yea applause applause for all the lecturers

exchanging msn's and contacts with ppl u've gotten to know..

and finally CRUNCH time

wait i think my last few posts were similar

but haven't exactly felt the pressure yet

WHY LA WHY?

i NEED the stress

but then like no one around me is like that

so oh wells

but Owh owh

when u feel like you've lost hope of ever waking up on time nemore (:s)

feel like u've lost the motivation to study..

wait did it ever come?

it's times like these you realise how useful and lucky u r to have ur hsemates

ONE offers to keep ur AC (adaptor for lappie)

so u know u can only survive on the lappie for so long, and after that, it will conk out. What? give it 4 hours max?

no need to hide the lappie wan, AC is enuff *grins*

And u know its hard to get back anything, for that matter, from this housemate. (based on experience)..

oh oh, PLENTY of experience

your OTHER housemate, seeing that ur alarm is of no use to u anymore,,

placing the phone right next to u, on full volume,

and when it wakes the whole house up,

yes the WHOLE house,

everyone BUT you,

that's when he offers u,

a computer program for setting alarm clock on the comp,

and a collection of his fav DEATH METAL songs..

now now, it won't be that hard to get up anymore should it?

Oh wait, but then I don't have me AC..

ERM? Dilemma..

Hmm...

....

...

What's Plan B again?

.....

swt.


On a diff note,

Handy Andy showed me you-tube videos of this girll...talented young singer..

a lil stiff but very touching the song she sang

Luther Vandross - Dance with my father (I LOVE this song)

WOO HOO!

Cuz' I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don' t know when I'll be back again...

Pictures..

Lynda sends me some cute funny pics in my e-mail..xD








And talking bout sales, I need MORE retail therapy :P

No more bludging!

SOO right,,..

From today onwards cannot bludge nemore..

Too much of that di,, 15 days to finals. Don't pray pray.

Wait, I do need prayers. No pun intended :P.

Nyeh, lately I've been typing typing..Haha testing my typing speed here..

Highest net speed is 54wpm

and highest gross speed is 61wpm..

Mann, gotta learn to touch type lerr.. (don't look at the keyboard when typing). Too slow mann.

So how much is yours? =)

P.s Caution : This may get a tad too addictive for some people. *EHEM* EDY. *EHEM*

UNSW french society

Just thought it was funny that I saw a french message in my e-mail today. After reading and translating the first one or two para's I gave up LOLs. GEE. I just scrolled down to the bottom.

[Scroll down for English]

Chers Membres de la société Française de l' UNSW,

C'est avec plaisir et respect pour l'équipe précédente que je vous présente
la nouvelle équipe élue à l' Assemblée Générale Annuelle (annual general
meeting). C'est sur cette note que, étant le nouveau président de la Société
Française de l' UNSW, j'aimerais félicité Edward et Tanya pour tous leurs
efforts et passion qu' ils ont dévoué à la société pour la maintenir dans
des temps parfois difficiles.

Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente l'équipe 2007:
Président: Balthazar Boutry
Secrétaire: Gareth Wijetunge
Trésorière: Emma Cush
Déléguée de l'ARC: Jemima Trappel

Nous avons encore quelques places à pourvoir et nous vous tiendrons au
courant quand nous aurons plus de détails sur la nature de ces postes.
En ce moment, nous travaillons sur un nouveau site web, simple mais efficace
qui sera un point de référence pour les membres de la société et une
plate-forme de communication afin de proposer et discuter des évènements à
venir. *L'adresse vous sera communiquée quand le site sera opérationnel.*

On espère qu'une organisation plus efficace et une meilleure participation
entre les membres sera synonymes de plus grand amusement!
Je ne veux pas ressembler à certains politiciens mais je pense sincèrement
qu'ensemble, on peut faire beaucoup de choses... pour atteindre l'objectif
majeur de notre société qui est de se divertir tout en découvrant les
nombreux aspects de la culture française et de sa langue.
Par conséquent, toutes vos idées nous intéressent...donc n'hésiter pas à
nous contacter par notre adresse email: unswfrenchsociety@gmail.com

En attendant de vous rencontrer nombreux à nos prochains évènements
culturels, toute l'équipe vous souhaite chaleureusement la bienvenue!

Balthazar Boutry
Président






Dear members of the UNSW French society,

It is with pleasure and respect for the French society's past executive
team Edward and Tanya for all their efforts and passion that i
present you with a new team of executives after being elected during the
societies Annual General Meeting (AGM). The new executive is:
President: Balthazar Boutry
Secretary: Gareth Wijetunge
Treasuruer: Emma Cush
Arc Delegate: Jemima Trappel

As the society continues to grow we will be interested in expanding the
current team in order to provide a better service to all our important
members! At present we are working on a simple yet effective website
in order to create:more structure, a point of reference for our
members, a chance for our members to communicate through a discussion page
and the opportunity for our members to also create potential events which
once realised can be posted on an official "Events" page. *The Address will
be communicated once the website is operational.*

Hopefully, increased organisation will equal increased fun. There are a
multitude of events we can put in place in order to achieve this society's
goal of enjoying french and francophonic culture. To that end, if any ideas
come to your heads, then feel free to drop us a line - we'd love to hear
from you!
Our email address is : unswfrenchsociety@gmail.com

And after all, the french society is what its members make of it...we're
just here to harness and direct that passion for all things gallic.

We look forward to meeting you at our next social event and a very
warm welcome on behalf of the team.

Balthazar Boutry
President

Nyehh, how come I didn't know there was an AGM?

-This is my now-

Woahhh, they crowned the new idol diiii. Woot! Before I left KL, just managed to watch the auditions nee.-_-''' Haih didnt manage to follow the show here. So all in all, I just watched the "talented" ppl perform.

This girl, she's what!? 17..? O.o. So young..She looks damn beautiful in this vid. Eyy somehow reminds me of KatMcPhee. Only she's a lil' 'oversize' haha as described as Ellen lolss. But as she stands next to Ryan then can tell lerrr. :p

Wah 17 yrs.?! Can't bliv it. What was I doing when I was 17? Oh yea I rmb, I was lugging my ass up to Taylors every day. 8-3pm. -_-" Sighh. Some people are so lucky.