I'm dying.....

sighz......i'm in painnnnnn...alloooottttt of painnnnnnnnnnnnnn can't really walk which is very bad cos i walk everywhere i go..sighz..dunno what's causing the pain...i just know i'm in pain...sighz...sux man...

felix coming on monday..don't really know where to bring him i have classes on tuesday, and will only be free on wednesday..dunno what will he do on tuesday oh well..when the boat reaches the bridge....

oh..my dad asked Pastor Quek if he knew any BP churches here in Melbourne and Pastor Quek gave my contacts to his friend here, Rev Dr Douglas Milne. He came over to my place yesterday and introduced himself..was rather shocked, didn't expect him to come over...anyway he told me that there are no BP churches here in melbourne, but he recommended me one in Swanston St..ironically the one just next door to my computing and law lectures...oh well...going down to check it out tml..

aniwaez...sianz liaoz...another time then update

hehz

okie okie...i know it's been quite some time since my last "real" blog entry..well, what can i say...i've been..er...bz...yah...i've been bz..anywayz realised that there are some loyal "supporters" of my blog, and thus i shall not disappoint them anymore...get reading for an exciting, life-altering entry........
 
sch's coming along quite well...still catch no ball in introductory accounting and commercial law, but macroecons is quite easy because i've done all these before...biz computing sux...absolutely stupid but apparently it's so impt that we have to study it..and apparently it's so difficult to pass that 30-40% fail every sem...but then again, that's what every course coordinator said...
 
had some interesting news on telly these couple of weeks, big brother australia just ended, trevor won...for the uninitiated....too bad..big brother australia is rather different from big brother UK, at least it's more humane down here...had been reading what's been happening over in UK's version, and frankly that one sucks...alot of controversy..which i dun think will actually happen even if absolute strangers stay together...seems so staged..
 
hmmz...what else is there....oh..this was supposed to be an exciting and life-altering entry...hmmz...well...tough...nitez

muahahahhaha

A tribute to banana trees, and tamil movies

yawnzzzzzzzzz

tooooooo.......cccooolllldddd....

fiinggerss ffrozeen...

cccaaannn"ttt blloogggg.....

brrrrr......

First day at RMIT

okie...today i attended my first lectures in RMIT...jermaine arrived early in the morning and i went down to get my textbooks from her...she looked as though she missed singapore already but i didn't really talk much with her because 1)it was freezing, 2) i wanna sleep more before i went down to RMIT later in the morning..(it was 5-6am then) after meeting her, i went back to bed and almost overslept as i woke up at 9.30am..wanted to be there at 9 so that i can take my time..anyhow i hurried down to RMIT International and got my student card...it was done in like 5 mins? went to settle my timetable...and went down to attend my first ever lecture in melbourne....

shock of my life when i got there...it was a movie theatre...saw a few students sitting outside and wasn't sure if it was the correct place or not...till i went in and saw the computer set up there...couldn't believe it really..it was like really weird...will be an uphill struggle to stay awake in lectures..sighz..first lecture was Introductory Accounting followed by Macroeconomics...sooooooo boring...but cannot have that attitude...must pay attention and do well...

oh must talk abt my timetable..i have a three day week, monday, tuesday and thursday...wednesday might have a feedback forum for macroecons but see how...so slack...but means i have more time to self-study...i hope..haha

aniwaez i'm going to start printing my notes liaoz...blog another time

hmmz..

guess it's abt time to blog again...aniwaez for those who wanna know..my aussie contacts are...

HP: 0413 872 860
Add: 5706/570 Lygon St Carlton Victoria 3053

today spent the first of my solo days here in aussie..woke up at 11am, then when dillon woke up, we had breakfast and then went down to Smith Street for some shopping...there were some great shopping down there but all i did was just to shortlist some of the things i wanna get...besides the sale was quite good..thinking of getting another sweater, a beanie and a bag..however the bag i wanted cost $32 but dillon said he got his for only $25...it's the same bag but i think i'll get it afterall because i really like it hehz..maybe when the price drops to $25 or thereabouts i'll go get it..after that we went to meet Josephine, an Indonesian fren of dillon's, and then walked to Crown for a movie...stopped midway at Target to grab some sushi..one of the gals at the counter looked very much like Cecilia Cheung...chio man...okie...not that chio but hey...this is aussie...u take what u get...chio bus are in short supply here...or maybe they haven't came back from their holidays hope...went to Crown and after buying the tickets, we went to the casino...not to gamble but to eat $2 fish and chips...my cheapest meal by far..it wasn't too bad...can't compare with the one in Fremantle of course...anyhow after that met up with Johnson(another of dillon's frens) and Lisa...we watched Spiderman 2...okie..okie...i know i never intended to watch it..but it turned out better than i thought it would...at least it was much much better than the first one...Kirsten Dunst actually looked better in this movie as compared to the first...but she really has to work on her "running" and smiling...sometimes looks wierd when she smiles...oh well...can't believe that she's the same age as me though...but then...there are so many stars nowadays who are my age or younger...i'm getting old.............

longer post than i expected...but it has been a day...well a month of unexpectance(dunno if there's such a word)...time to start rotting liaoz...

Enrolment day..

finally i get to enrol..finished enrolling, now there's another long long wait till they confirm that i've enrolled in the courses...total crap..inefficient and redundant...have to wait for them to send me this send me that...that stupid fat lady explain until i blur liao...can't really remember what she told me..oh well..all's well that comes well...i'll figure it out eventually...the most just go down and ask again...

my parents are going back to singapore tml, eh, today..going to have breakfast with them tml again, our "last" breakfast...have a feeling going to see my mum cry alot...oh well...OH..just remembered something...in the plane on the way here, i realised why my dad wanted my mum to come along...he said he did it as he can't bear to see my mum cry at the airport..so asked her along to show her that everything'll be fine..when i heard that...all i could think of is this is the prime example of true love and understanding of one's other half...when my mum heard it she immediately started crying, but out of happiness....really a touching scene...

that aside, my short stay here so far has brought abt a few setbacks..all the parking fines, 2 in total = A$100 gone...my laptop's harddisk crashed...and i had to buy a new harddisk = A$165 gone...sighz...that and the unreasonable parking fees here in the city means that we have spent a fortune in the short 3 days we've spent...

uncle thiam yew and auntie chor hoon are a very nice couple indeed, there doesn't seem to be a topic they can't chat abt..esp uncle thiam yew...also they are a God-fearing couple and is as staunge as anyone i've known..they are also rather helpful and hospitable..think that'll allow my mum to feel more at ease, at least they are there to "look over" me...though i'll be staying so far away...hehz..they keep advising me to look for cheaper accoms..not sure if i'll do it..but i think i'll stay here with dillon and shanna for at least a month...eventually as i get to know the city better, at least i'll know where are the cheaper and more cost-efficient places to stay...Arrow Heights looks good, but i'll probably need a roommate to lower the cost...ah des can't be my roommate anymore..as he'll be at the Bundoora campus which is like 20km away from the city...the train ride there will be abt 45mins-1hr it'll be better for him to find accoms nearer to Bundoora...see how bz i'll be, i'll most likely help him keep a lookout as well...accoms for him will be cheaper as Bundoora is out of the city and in the suburbs...

woah..it's 1.18am liaoz..think i slept too much in the car just now...not really feeling sleepy...or was it the latte i had just now...hehz..i think the latter...aniwaez shall sign off here for now....niteyz

Melbourne Day 2

oh boy...reached home last nite, turned on my laptop, but it crashed...more specifically the hard disk crashed...shanna helped me bring my lappy down to check, but unfortunately there's nothing that could be done...dun really know what to do now...just the first day and my laptop's gone...might have to buy a new one..sighz..sucks man..

aniwaez today my parents and i went down to victoria market, it was an interesting place but realised that fruits there are really very cheap..might consider going on a fully fruit-diet...sure lose alot of weight..hehz..see howw..other than that..we didn't do much mostly driving ard the city trying to find parking...parking in the city sux...damn bloody expensive..7.50 for 1 hour...&*&%@^$...

haiz..not using my own comp..so better not stay on too long...paiseh..

Melbourne Day 1

oh boy...arrived in melbourne after a gruelling flight, touched down at 4.30am and it was COLD....i thought i could survive with only a polo-tee with an inner t-shirt plus a sweater, seems like i must wear my long-sleeve tees as well now...well maybe until i get used to it...after getting the car, a white toyota magna, my dad, mum and i proceeded down to the city. it wasn't too difficult finding our way there and mid-way through the drive, we came upon a bunch of Greek fans who were celebrating their team's victory in euro2004..this was confirmed by an sms from uncle bert. found our way to College square where dillon and shanna were waiting, well sort of, they stayed up the whole night watching the wimbledon open men's finals...apparently roger federer won, as expected...we hanged ard at their place for a while before proceeding down to chinatown for dim sum breakfast. parking is murder here in the city and it didn't take long before the first summon came...$50 for parking past the time limit...what a way to start our stay here, esp after having finally found the correct building to report to, having only to be told that there was no enrolment excercise today....had to go back on wednesday..disappointed, just managed to buy the pre-paid card and opened my bank acc...it would take abt 3-5 days for my bank account to be fully activated with an ATM card. dillon and shanna had been a great help so far, helping me to settle down and i'm really grateful to both of them, as they despite being very tired, still brought us around town....feel a bit guilty for making them run all over the place...

oh well..now we're back in the apartment, my parents has gone to check in their hotel, and we're probably meeting later for lunch...dillon and shanna are going to catch a movie, but i think i'll spend the latter part of the afternoon with my parents.. see how things goes..

sighz...again..

less than 24 hours to departure...and i've not finished packing...haiz...sianz...

learnt in the afternoon that des is going to join me at RMIT, went through a mixture of happiness and sadness...happy because now my best fren is going to join me there, and after being separated in sec sch and then JC for me while poly for him...we finally ended up in the same uni...almost like we've gone full circle..hopefully this time around, our results wun be like in pri sch when we occupied the bottom two positions in class haha...i'm sad because that means he hasn't been offered a place in NTU, and now he has to go overseas too, which means alot of money going to be spent...i'm not very sure abt his financial situation because we've never really talked abt that part of our lives...strange we hadn't though....in any case, studying overseas is very expensive and there are alot of hidden costs here and there..

over the last few days, i've realised that i'm actually secretly rather apprehensive about going overseas..not really knowing what to expect and it is really very very sudden..less than a month ago i was still waiting for local unis to reply me...in less than 3 weeks i'm off to aussie to study abroad..majority of other students would have at least a couple of months to mentally prepare themselves, but i had only 2 weeks plus. if i had things my way, i would actually be going over at the end of the year, at least i would have time to fully prepare myself to overseas living, and at least things wun be so rushed. until now i'm not very sure if my visa application is indeed settled or not...it's a really weird system this eVisa thingy, do i have to print it out? if i do, what part do i print? if i don't does it mean i dun need to show anything to customs at aussie and they would already have my records? this is too weird...and mainly due to the rushed situation, i'm really really blur abt the situation....oh well...the most they deport me...

this time around, it's totally different from going over there 2 years ago...the last time everything is paid for, everything is settled and planned for me..all i needed to do was go there and fly. this time around, everything's on my own, well...right now it does seem that my parents still can help me here and there, but once over there, it'll be all me..as much as i hate to admit it, i had never been placed in this kind of situation before, and it does scare me a bit. i'm not going to see this room for quite some time...i'm going to just drop everything and leave...into a foreign place..and i know myself...i hate change...i'd grown so comfortable in singapore..if i had left last year, i'd probably feel less apprehensive as last year i actually felt weird coming back to my room..now that i've grown so attached to it..it sucks having to leave...sighz.....

will i survive? definitely...

will i be able to get the results to justify the amount of money spent on me? i hope so.....

i just dun wanna let my parents and sister, my whole extended family down again...

Please God, help me..i can't do this alone..i need Your help...please God..

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28

sighz..

so much things to write...but no mood to put everything down...departure's in a couple of days..soon i'll be putting down everything here to go to aussie..yet..i dun feel like i'm leaving....

sighz...dunno la....let things come...

Farewell dinner (part I)

went to meet up with some frens today for dinner and it was supposed to be something like a farewell dinner, aniwaez met eileen, nf, ruiling, felix, gh, amnaj, vick, des and maureen. nf and ruiling didn't stay for the dinenr because they had to catch an 8pm show, watching spiderman... it had been like 2 years at least since i last saw Amnaj, the last time i think was a game of football at his place..i think i was before i went for OCS, can't remember man..but he is still about the same, just that too long never meet, a bit unfamiliar, but he's still as polite and shy as ever, going to do his Masters soon, and here i am haven't even started sch. haiz...vick, des and maureen only came later as both des was coming down from tekong and mau finished work late. vick wasn't coming down at first but he turned up anyway.. anyhow don't you hate deciding on where to eat? that's the single most frustrating problem i always have...deciding where to eat..we ended up in marche...i find marche to be a good place for these kinda thing as there isn't much of a problem finding a big enuff table for so many people...and of cos there's that go dutch thingy. had a nice time there, and after that we headed down to zouk, i didn't actually feel like going because firstly i've well, quit from the singapore clubbing scene, and it's zouk on a wed nite...mambo...it's no longer like the mambo i'd been to 2 years ago...it totally sucks now. anyhow, yf wasn't feeling very well so we just chilled out at the wine bar till amnaj vick and keli arrived, they had gone back to vick's place first because he wasn't dressed for clubbing. inside, it was exactly how i imagined it would be...just that there were lesser little bois, because all of them are in NS, but there were still plenty of little gers...sighz..i really think i'm getting too old for this kinda shit. anyway nothing much happened inside there, well, except for GH's little adventure, and des, mau and i left early, mainly because it was damn boring and also because des has to take the 6.30 fast craft tml, er..today..oh well, that was the end of an enjoyable time with some of my closest frens..

oh, supposed to watch the portugal-holland match just now...but as the supposed suggests, i missed it...took a bath, lied on the bed for a while, and when i opened my eyes again the sky was bright..durh.....but portugal won, sighz....think the team i support always lose, i'm going to support portugal in the finals.