Time flies-by when you don't pay attention to it, and unknowingly, school starts again, going on to my final year in NTU now.

Due to the Youth Olympic Games event, school started 3 weeks later than the usual years, and exams now ends in December just a day or so before Christmas. Probably we can celebrate christmas with end-of-exams celebration together!

After renovating the hostels, hostel applications seems to be on an even higher demand than previous years. One of the factors affecting the minimum entry point is the number of applicants (demand and supply factor), and this causes the calculation of entry point for the year to shoot all the way up to a record high 17 points, highest in all years. I've been looking at the trend in entry points, and each year it increases (Yr 2: 12pt, yr 3: 14pt), but never did I, nor any of my friends, expect it to go all the way up to 17. Thus many of us were unable to secure a place in the hostel. It was a total dissapointing news for all of us when that rejection email was sent to us. Now, for the first time in my NTU life, I will have to trouble myself and get used to the early morning wakeup and squeezing with all those fellow communters just to go for school lectures and tutorials.

Once again, at every beginning of the semester, trouble over choosing of subjects starts all over during the add/drop period for all students. I used to be troubled over my non-science electives, but now, I have to be troubled even by my 'core' subjects too as they are classified as compulsory prescribed electives, meaning that I have to choose any 4 SBS subjects to study. As I have no preference for any of those subjects listed, choosing 4 is a headache. I have to take into consideration of whether I like the subject or not, exam dates and the day of the lectures (coz I don't want to travel to school everyday just for that stupid 1 or 2 hours of lec!!!). Worst is that the website doesn't give much information about each of the subjects, and so I'll have to sit in in every lecture for this and next week to decide which subjects I really want to take for the rest of the semester. Such a troublesome task to do!

*WOOTS* to Tommy More IFD!

Yesterday was my last formal dinner in Tommy More, and in Perth! How sad it is :(

Had a rather good time yesterday, though not the best because of certain problems....

1) My camera is spoilt!!! I can't even take pictures as and when I like...

2) Estee and Estella are rather quite and non-party/ mixing around kind of people, and so they din't really talk much or walk around, which makes the dinner quite boring. Though it is none of their fault, but I still feel restricted about it coz I'm the kind that 'follows' the crowd. So I didn't dare to take Estee's camera and start table visiting/ photo taking + taking someone else's camera as and when you like isn't that good either coz its not your stuff. Well I guess, that's my bad point... I need to have courage to do whatever things that I want to do, and not be so conscious about blanding into the group/ crowd and be held back by that.

3) I have a phobia of talking/chatting when I'm not that close to people, and yesterday, I was sitting Caleb, Jeremy, Meng Hwee, Lincoln and Xian Hui!!! I feel totally awkward, and I don't know what to talk to them! (Social Phobia? probably...)

4) Apparently Sheen's table didn't really welcomed me when I went to their table for a chat. They totally ignored me, and Sheen didn't even want to take photo with me until I asked to. Instead the moment I set there, she asked me to take photos of her and Gerard, leon etc. (but not with me). How depressing it is... to know that you're actually not wanted. Even the rest of the people in tommy more at least responded to me and takes photos with me!

5) An even more depressing problem was the attitude of gerard towards me. He didn't even want to take a photo with me!He just brushed me aside and starts talking to someone else. It took me a lot of courage to finally make the decision to approach him and ask if he wants to take photo, and he did that to me! Don't blame me for ignoring you Gerard. It's because you're treating me the same way, and I've got a feeling that you actually despise me, but because of Sheen, you didn't say hurtful stuff to me.

6) Dinner sucks to the core...it's only the kebab that was nice. The main course was some dry chicken dish and the dessert was a plain cinnamon cake. Wish they had serve food like the welcome dinner we had in the beginning. BUT fortunately, they provided us with wines and beers. The Corona beer was so much better than Tiger beer, Carlsberg etc. and I managed to finish 1 bottle without puking or even having the feeling of puking! One great achievement I made in Australia - to up my alcohol intake! haha...

Though it was a little bit too late, I still managed to 'loosen' up a bit at the end and had fun taking pictures with my Tommy more friends for remembrance! Lincoln's band was a fantastic ending to the dinner. He sang great songs which rock the college up! He's my idol right now! * three cheers and three cheers to Lincoln*

Thanks to those who commented on my dressing :) This is the first time I'm wearing a tube dress, and it made me feel sort of weird in the beginning.

Spent 3 days doing a 1000 conservation bio essay, and 1.5 days stuying for pharmaco quiz. That's how 'exciting' my week went by after our 2 days 1 night mad rush roadtrip to albany.

Though there are more essays, reports and quizes to come-by, I've decided to give myself a little rest for the day and treat myself to a cinema movie - Iron Man 2!



It was an awesome movie, with Robert Downey Jr. as iron man. Lots of action and laughter throughout the show. I would say it is worth watching it in cinema.

I find that Tony Stark is like a classic rich child brat, who needs something really bad to happen to wake him up from his self-centred egoistic mind. In the first movie, he has to be kidnapped by the rebels before he realise that his weapons aren't use just for keeping world peace. In this 2nd movie, he needs someone all the way from Russia to whip him up from his arrogant self and to realise that his dad cares for him afterall. If it wasn't for his arrogance, Justin Hammer (his rival in weapons industry) wouldn't have helped Ivan Vankov (Russian man) escape from prison, work in Hammer's company to recreate Vankov's own whip-like elctrical energy that runs on the arch reactor, and try to kill Tony with it. Of course, in the end Tony's sitll a hero who saves everyone's life from all those computerized robots and from Vankov, and in addition gets his women, the secretary and CEO of Stark's industry - Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow).

Had a shock today.

I always get the feeling that the ang moh's are descriminating us, the asians, and this feeling proved me right for the past 2 conservation biology project meetings. Probably the same way as we, Singaporeans, do with the china people back in Singapore, but in a less obvious way. Worst is that my experience is with people who are in conservation biology unit. Aren't you guys suppose to have these peace-loving, nature-loving kind of attitude? So why are you so kind towards plants and animals, but not to humans of different races?

1st descriminating occurence to me - last Tuesday's personal group meeting:
The draft outline of our project was discuss the previous week (Only me, Jess, and marissa) and was emailed to everyone for review. All we need to do for this meeting was to get together and ammend the outline. I find that the original draft was good enough to be submitted (but apparently not for that one gal). Initially, I thought she was gonna add more details to the outline, but in the end she's just rephrasing and rearranging the outline only. So, I didn't commented much about it (since it's still the same idea, and anyway they talk too fast for me to process), but suddenly, the 'gal' just said it straight to my face that I didn't contribute enough for the meeting! WTF! Whose not contributing, she didn't even come for the meeting the previous week to discuss about the outline! She's only reading what we have done and change a few words here and there, and now she's saying that I didn't contribute?!

2nd descriminating occurence - the recent Wednesday meeting with the tutor:
I wonder what that bitch told the tutor about me that made her (tutor) think that I didn't contribute to the project. F****** sucker, who only turn up for meetings in which the tutor is in, presented stuff which we did and made it sound like she's the one who did all the research!

The moment the tutor stepped in and settled down, she immediately ask me if I have caught up with the rest of the group. What do you mean by caught up? I'm always in the meeting, I know what we are discussing about. Just because I didn't turn up for 1 meeting (last wednesday) doesn't mean I'm totally lost!

I even took the trouble to explained to her that I need to go for my patho presentation briefing. The briefing was a one off event, further more I haven't done any journal presentation briefing before, so it is obvious that I would choose to go for the briefing over a non-productive weekly meeting. And her reply was:" But still I think the meeting is more important than your briefing. Do you know that every meeting contributes to your participation marks etc?" WTF is wrong with her! I know you're specialized in conservation bio, but that doesn't gives you the right to say that your subject is more important than the rest of the subjects. All subjects that we are taking are equally important... and that's why we are taking it, to enrich our lives/ studies. Going for a meeting just to listen to your rambles about working in the field and saying things that have been discussed with no further instructions on what to do is an utter waste of time!

Anyway, lucky Marissa, told her that I went for the rest of the meeting and did contribute to the writting of the outline, which sort of eases/ reduces her 'misunderstanding' towards me.

3rd occurence:
Well... the conservation bio tutor emailed the rest of the gals with information and important stuff regarding the project, but not to me... what do you think of that? All of us gave her our email add, and she emailed to everyone except me! Isn't that obvious enough that she didn't like me or thinks that I'm just a lazy bitch?

Today's a fantastic day!

Had 1 hour of lecture for the day and it's off for the week!

Went to city with Sheen, Gerard and Roy to fill our stomachs with Singapore delights - Chow Kway Teow for lunch. I was a little full from snacking on calamari and fried prawn while waiting for the rest to get ready, so I couldn't finish the plate of Kway Teow. Although it is nice, the taste just isn't the same as what I have tasted before in Singapore and Malaysia. Nevertheless, it is worth trying out.

Went for free bowling (coz the 1st game is free for all players) with my gang (sheen, Leon, Estee and Me)and Estee's senior's cell group mates at Leederville. Had loads of fun over there and I realized that I ain't that bad at bowling afterall. I scored 68 for a total of 10 games... so yeah.. I'm proud of myself coz this is only my second time bowling :)




Lol... juz look at how they label their toilet sign --> Dolls (ladies) and Guys













With all the energy used for bowling we have to replanish it, and thus we went for a supper at some kebab shop in Leederville. The kebab was expansive (8.50) but the portion they gave was huge... I was totally bloated after gobbling down that whole kebab wrap (mine was beef and lamb). Hmm... I think I need some green tea to wash it away.



Surprisingly, they put an alcohol breathe analyzer in the restaurant... such a weird place to put the analyzer when it's not a club/pub.



Currently, our hostel is playing the angel and mortal game, and I had another surprise from my angel. He gave me a box of Cadbury Easter Chocolate! yum and Yipee!!! But he chided me in his letter for the pack of chips I gave him... apparently I'm not suppose to give him (my angel) anything. haha... he's such a cute fellow.

I was wondering why it is so noisy outside my room at this timing (12 midnight) while I was checking my email, and peeped through my door's peep hole, and there he is! Trying to get that pack of chips out from my door clip, writing a note for me and clipping that box of chocolates at my door... aww... he's such a sweet guy. Too bad I can't really see his face clearly through the peep hole, but I do now know that he's an ang moh :) Thanks my angel... you really made my day so much happier... but I guess this box of chocolate is the last present that I'll received from you till Monday when we reveal ourselves.

Ok... now I really need to think of what to give to my mortal since my angel has set such a high standard for me. I can't possibly juz give my mortal a packet of sweets... argg.. thsi is giving me headache!

First gift from my angel... Juz look at the words... so sweet :)

It's a Kit Kat!!!

A box of Cadbury Easter Egg Chocolate... I LURVE it!!!

Scribbles from my angel :)

I just LOVE today... the best memory for the month. I get to know more friends who are so much more friendlier than those (some) asians in Tommy More and my angel gave me a big box of chocolate!

Signing off.....