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I'm a 20 year old Australian-Chinese student, currently in my second year of studying a Bachelor of Applied Finance/Bachelor of Laws at Macquarie University. Finance gives me a headache, but law is great (most of the time =P).

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Welcome to my first post of 2012 :)…

14th January 2012 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

HELLO!

 

Happy (belated) New Year to everyone who’s reading this :P . I knew I wasn’t going to blog in time. But hey, better late than never, right?

 

Seeing as though it’s the new year (yay!) I think I ought to make a few resolutions. The chances of my keeping those resolutions are very slim, but idk, new years resolutions are kind of like a tradition :D . I feel I’m obliged to make them ANYWAY.

1. 2012 is going to be the year of blogs. Okay, that’s a lame-ass name but whatever. I’m going to try to blog once every 2 weeks. Georgie actually suggested this one to me right at the beginning of the new year (or maybe just before. Can’t remember D:), and LOL I came SO close to breaking it ALREADY. I just realised YESTERDAY that it’s almost been 2 weeks since the new year and it was like ‘AW CRAP! I have to blog!’. I suck XD.

 

2. Stop giving in to peer pressure. I have this bad habit of doing things when I don’t want to, just to make people get off my back. I have to stop because I don’t want to be a doormat person. So yep. I’m only going to do things if I want to. ‘I don’t want to’ is now a VALID excuse for not doing something *nods*. Nagging and hinting (very obviously) will get you NO where! RAWR.

 

3. Be nicer to my parents. 2011 kind of sucked because I fought a LOT with my dad. I shouldn’t do that because I do love my parents, and sometimes it feels that I don’t have a lot of time left with them. It’s stupid to spend it all fighting D:.

 

4. Get a job. No more of this spoilt-girl laziness! I’M DETERMINED TO GET A JOB!

 

5. Get healthy. I’m determine to get my weight down to somewhere between 55-60kg, and keep exercising and stuff.

 

LOL, I can tell you now that I will most likely fail at the majority of those. *Sigh*. I can’t even REMEMBER what my resolutions were from last year. Wish me luck though :P .

 

Anyway, I’m sorry but this is going to be quite a short blog. I promise a longer  blog next time! It’s just I’m flying to Malaysia on Monday and I need to start packing D:. I’ve left it to the last minute (again). Tomorrow I will be frantically pulling my room apart looking for things. Fortunately my room is already messy so I don’t have to cry when I’ve finally finished packing my things and realise my room looks like a bomb-drop zone.

 

Hahaha I did actually try to clean my room this year. I got my desk looking nice and neat…and empty…and then looked around only to realise I just shifted all the mess onto my floor == . Fail :( .

 

SO yeah, I’d better go. BYEEEEE!

 

I shall leave you with this picture:

Me and Serena :)

This is me with Serena, my other best friend (aside from Georgie xD), eating gelato.

ps. You’ll have to excuse me from blogging for a while. I’ll be in Malaysia for a month with limited internet access. See? I’ve effectively broken my new year’s resolution…ALREADY D:. AAAARGH!

 

 

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Two blog posts in one holiday – I’m on a roll!

23rd December 2011 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

As sad as this is going to  sound, 2 posts in one holiday is probably a record for this blog :P . Georgie will be so proud :P . Well I AM on a 3 month break so I may as well blog, right?

 

Anyway, interesting stuff that’s been happening:

I got my semester 2 results. My university finally decided to grow a brain and EMAIL them to us. Thank god. Usually we all try to check on the website at 12.01am and we can’t because the server crashes due to all of us attempting to get on at the same time. Ugh. I did fine :D . I wrote all my results on an A4 paper in red Sharpie and blu-tacked it to my mum’s bedroom wall. I thought it made a great Christmas present, but she just thinks I’m mental for doing that. So I guess I’m belatedly reconsidering that not-so-bright idea.

Of greater importance perhaps, I went shopping with Georgie on Monday and it was the first time we’d met up in about 5 months. Yay!It rained the entire dayyyyy *sigh*, but it was still lots of fun. It’s AAAAALWAYS fun hanging out with your best friend :) . I miss Georgie HEAPS during semester, even though we’re always talking on msn. LOL.

But yeah we ate lunch at Meeting Point, took sticker photos (I LOVE sticker photos :D ) which is sort of tradition for us XD, spent AGES in books stores and Morning Glory stores and did a LOT of walking :P . Yeah, exercise is totally good for us!

As usual we also took several thousand pictures (slight exaggeration) of our food. Haha. Okay, we have pictures of us as well. Let’s see if I can actually make some appear on this blog…

Me and Georgie :)

And this is why you shouldn't try to take photos on a moving train, during peak hour where the train is packed! Lesson learnt.

I’m on the left in both pictures, btw.

This is what we both ate :9

Ohhh…it works XD. Haha, sorry I’m totally clueless when it comes to WordPress D:.

But yeah, Georgie got Christmas presents for her parents and notebooks for herself, and I replenished my post-it note supply (I go through SO MANY in one year D:) and we BOTH got a lot of walking done. A  LOT. Hahaha. Can’t wait to do it again :D . MORE STICKER PHOTOS ARE CALLED FOR, even though it’s getting harder to decorate them for some unknown reason D:.

I also went out with my other best friend, Serena on Wednesday :) . We went to watch Arthur Christmas, which was totally hilarious. It turned out a LOT better than we both expected. We were kind of just watching it because there was basically nothing else we wanted to watch (we’re waiting for another of our friends to be free so we can all go watch New Year’s Eve), but it turned out a LOT better than we expected. I would so buy the dvd XD. I LOOOOVED the movie. LOVED IT! We didn’t stay long at the shopping centre though because she had to go to work :( . Oh well :) .

Aside from that, all I’ve been doing is playing piano, reading books (a LOT of books) and sleeping. Haha I knew I should have gotten a Christmas job! Serves me right for being lazy :( .

Having said that though, I am glad I get read a lot :P . Even if my eyesight is kind of deteriorating D:. And not having stuff to do is actually really refreshing after a whole semester of ‘OMFGIHAVETOREADTHISMANYPAGESOFLAWREADINGSBYMONDAY*DIES*’.

Gotta love the holidays.

And it’s CHRISTMAS on Sunday. We’re having a huge family gathering at my cousin’s house. I can’t wait. Even though Christmas = weight gain. Haha, too much yummy food! But I’ve already done all the Christmas shopping for my parents (and wrapped set presents) so we’re all set :D . I’ll diet after! I promise :P .

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE :D <3.

 

And in case I’m too lazy to blog again (ha. So typical of me), HAPPY NEW YEAR :D .

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I feel so bad…

5th December 2011 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

…for never bloggging D:. My blog is always neglected when uni is on :( . But all thanks to Georgie, who reminded me to blog yesterday, this blog is now receiving some very rare attention :) . Yay.

 

I was supposed to do this tag from Georgina ages ago…But hey better late than never :P .

 

Rules:

1. You must post these rules.
2. Each person must post 11 things about themselves in their journal.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post
5. Go to their page and tell them you have tagged him/her.
6. No tag backs.
7. No stuff in the tagging section about “you are tagged if you are reading this.” You legitimately have to tag 11 people.

 

11 Things About Me

  1. I love reading. No joke, when I’m on semester break I will spend most of my time reading all the books I did not get to read because I had to do uni work instead. If we’re in a shopping centre, you’ll most likely find me in a bookstore. Borders in Australia closed this year on my birthday. I was SO sad!
  2. I just failed my piano exam 2 days ago. It was my 8th grade exam and I failed it :( . Noooooo. I have to resit it in six months time, which totally sucks because I’m turning 21 in six months time. I still cannot believe I failed!
  3. In total I’ve had to get an x-ray of my ankles at least 5 times because I kept spraining them. BUT good news: I haven’t sprained my ankle in about 5 or 6 years. If you knew how clumsy I am in real life, you’d know what an achievement that is for me!
  4. My favourite book is Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta. Highly, HIGHLY recommend it to everyone. See I love Twilight (although apparently it’s no longer socially acceptable to admit that I love Twilight and Breaking Dawn seriously makes me cringe), but Finnikin is a MILLION TIMES BETTER. I can’t understand how Twilight is so popular, yet so few people have heard of Finnikin of the Rock in comparison. What is this f**kery?! (excuse my language).
  5. I’m 167.5 cm tall. Which makes me pretty tall for an Asian girl, but average height overall. Yay.
  6. I love giant pandas. They’ve been my favourite animal for as long as I can remember and I actually got to see some at a zoo in China earlier this year. I WAS SO EXCITED!
  7. I just finished my 3rd year of Uni. Yay. 2 more years until graduation and I have NO IDEA what I’m going to do when I graduate. That’s slightly alarming to me D:.
  8. I want to work in London when I graduate. I’m not sure why but I just really like London. Maybe it’s the English accents, and the calorie-bomb breakfasts XD. Hahaha, okay not really.
  9. Where I live, garbage is collected every Thursday. I know this is a lame fact, but I’m not actually  sure what else to tell you and ARGH, I still have 2 more facts to type, fml.
  10. My mum is the youngest of 6 children and my dad is the second youngest of 10. Yes, I have a HUGE extended family. HUGE.
  11. When I was very young (like 8-9 years old). I wanted to be a doctor. Well more precisely, a heart surgeon. Then I realised that blood made me very queasy and light-headed and my hands weren’t steady enough. But I’m still pretty interested in the heart. I totally read about how bypass surgery works. However, I’d advise you to NEVER let me perform it on you XD.

Georgie’s Questions

1. Worst thing you’ve ever eaten?
LOL I’m Asian. I’ve eaten so much weird stuff I’m not even sure what to answer for this question. Maybe bird’s nest soup. See, no one told me I was actually eating bird mucus until AFTER I’d already eaten it – yuck!

 

2. Name your first crush/girlfriend/boyfriend.
Keanu Reeves…celebrities count, right? XD.

 

3. What was your worst experience with a teacher?
My year 9 English teacher who honestly made me STUPIDER and taught me absolutely NOTHING about English…All I remember is watching the movies we were supposed to be studying over, and over and OVER again. She DESTROYED Rabbit Proof Fence for me. DESTROYED!

 

4. Name one thing that annoys you about the Internet.
The number of complete IDIOTS who are allowed to use the internet. Seriously, some people have nothing better but to write stupid, insulting comments on other peoples’ blogs, start idiot dramas, update their facebook status’ with stupid complaints riddled with spelling and grammatical errors. Please, your life is NOT THAT BAD. There are people STARVING in Africa and going through HELL at home and you’re complaining about something petty and trivial. UGH!

 

5. Have you ever half-assed a piece of homework or assignment and done really well?
I usually put lots of effort into homework and assignments, but I think one of my essays for Constitutional Law last year was pretty crap. I had no idea what to write and didn’t really understand the question, but somehow I ended up with a Distinction. Woot! Ironically I did worse for the essay that I thought I’d do better in because I had some idea of what to write and did so much more research. Go figure.

 

6. What is your earliest memory?
I think it’s playing catch with my late Grandmother. I must have been about 3 at the time.

 

7. What is something (anything) that you like that you are embarrassed to tell people about?
LOL, I don’t hate Twilight (the book). See it was perfectly fine to admit this until a. There was this HUGE movement of Twilight-haters, and b. BREAKING DAWN. Omg, I was OBSESSED with Twilight, but since Breaking Dawn I can’t even defend the series anymore D:.

 

8. What is your favourite sport?
Table Tennis! I can actually play table tennis quite well XD. I suck at most other sports. Well practically ALL other sports.

 

9. Who is your idol and why?
Probably my Grandmother. She was a very brave woman :) . She suffered a lot in life, and she lived through 2 world wars, but she still managed to bring up 10 children and she was very, VERY kind, where of all people I know, she’d have the most reason to be bitter. I miss her a lot :( .

 

10. If you had to lose one of your senses (taste, touch, hearing, seeing, smelling), which would it be?
AAAAAAAAGH! Smelling. LOL my nose is blocked half the time thanks to hayfever so I don’t think I’d be missing much :P .

 

11. Have you ever had a nosebleed?
Yep.

 

I don’t actually know 11 people with a blog to tag, but I’ll just like…put 11 questions here anyway XD.

  1. What does your name mean, if it has a meaning?
  2. Who is your favourite celebrity?
  3. What is the best book you’ve ever read?
  4. What do you want to do when you finish schooling/what your current job is if it’s related to the career you want to pursue?
  5. If you could find out the exact date of your death, would you?
  6. Who is the most important person in your life?
  7. What is the name of your first teddybear/stuffed toy?
  8. What are the 3 most commonly used words in your vocabulary?
  9. If the world was about to end tomorrow, how would you feel?
  10. What’s the last song you heard on the radio?
  11. Do you play any musical instruments?

And yeah I think that this blog post is now long enough. I have been spared the awkwardness of attempting to think of something coherent to write. Next blog, I promise! PROMISE!

 

BYEEE!

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I know, I KNOW…

29th June 2011 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

…it’s been a while. Sorry blog.

So yeah! I’m on a semester break right now (which is why I have time to blog. Yay!). I’m so glad that semester was over. I did one extra subject and the workload was so epic, I figuratively died x_x.  It was so not cool. I finished my exams last week on Monday (cue celebratory happy dance), so now I’m just anxiously waiting my results while enjoying a much appreciated break :) .

Well,  LOTS has been going on (since it’s been literally forever since I blogged. Practically half a year), and it’s probably going to sound a little disjointed in this blog, but here goes:

Firstly, I’ve had to go on a healthy diet :( . It’s so sad, I hate eating healthy because all my favourite foods (except possibly sushi) are junk foods. LOL. I’ve been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which I am not going to explain, because it’s kind of awkward to explain, but basically if I don’t get rid of this thing I’m going to get diabetes. I already have a family history of diabetes, so NOT COOL! I’ve been snacking on grapes and carrot sticks and eating all this healthy crap, and not eating after 8.30pm at night, which kind of makes me cranky cos I’m always hungry at night now. But hey, I guess this is good for me in the long-run :P .

Secondly, I have to start wearing reading glasses. Hahaha, I knew it was only a matter of time before all those law readings and whatnot screwed up my eyes xD. They’re not very strong glasses, but I should probably wear them so my eyes don’t get any worse :P . Let’s hope I picked out a pair that don’t make me look even more like a geek than usual. But knowing my bad taste, I probably have, and will be scolded by certain friends when I go back to uni. Hahaha.

I’ve also been having this RIDICULOUS problem with someone from my uni who seems to think I’m a complete doormat she can walk all over *sigh*. I have no respect for people like this. We met in first year where we did a group assignment together, and since then, every SINGLE law assignment we’ve had she has to ask me SOMETHING ridiculous, or for SOME kind of help.

I have NO problem with people asking me for help, but this is the kind of person she is:

And the list goes on and ON. The final straw was this semester, when she sent me a text message telling me to check my email, which I did. And it turned out that she had emailed me a 5 page draft of the hypothetical we had to do for property law asking me to “check her work, edit it and add any ideas that I had…thank you in advance”. I have never been so angry at someone EVER. If I were to add my ideas to your assignment, that would be ME doing YOUR assignment for you. Also, I had ONE EXTRA unit to do, yet you expect me to READ YOUR FIVE PAGE ESSAY?! F**k you. And honestly, if I don’t trust her to reword anything I said, and that would result in my getting in trouble for plagiarism.

I emailed her back and politely told her I would not be able to help her because I was far too busy, but I think she knows I’m angry at her because she keeps messaging and facebooking me to meet up in this break. This just makes me angrier because we’ve (that is me and some other friends) have invited her to outings before and she’s NEVER wanted to go. All of a sudden because I’ve made it clear I won’t be helping her anymore, she wants to be bffs? No way in HELL am I giving her the opportunity to pester me with questions again. I am not *that* stupid. Honestly, the NERVE of some people.

On a more positive note, I watched Transformers 3 today, with one of my best friends, and OMFG, it was EPIC. And awesome! I looked like a total geek cos I rocked up wearing my Transformers t-shirt, but whatever! Haha I was so excited about this movie, and it was WAY good. Totally wanna see it again :D .

Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll have the time, because I’m going to China in 2 weeks time (I’M SO EXCITED!) and I’ve got other stuff to do before then xD. Including vacuuming my house. LOL, I’m so lazy. But yes, I’m still excited about China! Though it sucks that I most likely won’t have any internet access for 2 weeks, and I’ll really miss Georgie :( . At least it’s not one month, like when I went to Malaysia early this year (that trip was AWESOME, btw).

Anyway, I just looked at my word count, and this is practically a mini-essay now so I’d better finish this up! GOODNIGHT!

 

 

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Packing is a bitch!

16th January 2011 | Uncategorized | 4 comments

Hello!

I am leaving tomorrow to go to Malaysia for a month, as a holiday, so I decided to blog, since this is the last opportunity I’ll get for a while :P . I totally feel bad when I neglect this blog, which is practically all the time. Sorry, blog :( .

But I am very excited. Both my parents are from Malaysia, so a LOT of my extended family are there. I’m looking forward to seeing them again. Especially my adorable nieces and second-cousins :P . I hate not getting to see them very often, but hey, can’t be helped since we’re separated by an enormous sea.

And Malaysian food is AWESOME. Really, you can’t buy that kind of stuff here. YES! I can stop dieting for a month. And shopping is also really cheap in Malaysia so I will be buying HEAPS! WOOT :D .

I’m actually only half-packed at the moment. I still have to shove a few things into my hand luggage, but I have to wait for my mum to come home from work and get a bag from the garage for me to use first. So technically I’ve done all the packing I can. Ha! Okay, I won’t lie, I’m just making excuses for myself.

It’s alright anyways, my flight only leaves at 9.25pm tomorrow. I can pack a little in the morning. The shuttle bus will pick us up at 5pm because we have to be at the airport by 6.25pm and I live quite a distance away D:.

I LOVE airplane rides though. I know some people (hahaha, like my aunt, whom I am travelling with) hate long flights, but I actually don’t mind an 8 hour flight. Especially since we get in-flight movies. Hopefully I don’t get leg cramps though D:.

I am so excited at the moment, I’m practically bouncing in my seat :P .  But I’m REALLY going to miss Georgie. I talk to her everyday on msn, and I’m not sure if I’ll have net access when I’m in Malaysia, so I won’t get to! *Heartbreak*.

Also, my dad decided he didn’t want to come with my mum and my aunt and I, this time round, so  I feel TERRIBLE because we’re leaving him ALL ALONE. T_T And I’m going to miss my dad SO MUCH, it’s not even funny. Argh! I better change the subject cos I feel like I’m going to cry. LOL!

Actually I think I better end this blog here and pack some more :P . I was going to blog about what I’ve been doing in my break, but I don’t think I have the time. And it’d make my blog too long, so maybe next time.

GOODBYE! I shall see you WHEN I AM BACK :) .

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The END (Of 2010).

31st December 2010 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

Hi,  it’s been a while xD. Seeing as though it is the VERY last day of 2010, I felt obliged to jolt myself out of my lazy uni-break induced stupor and  blog in honour of the end of the year.

But first I think I owe an apology to everyone who commented on my last blog (even though I don’t think any of you are reading this? Haha. Well, just in case). I wanted to return comments, but I just didn’t have the time during semester. I was literally constantly either doing law readings, or doing tutorial questions for my uni subjects.  So, SORRY! I’ll do better in 2011, I hope D:. *sigh*. I have such terrible time management.

So. This year has not been the best of years: My cousin passed away from cancer, one of my aunts had a stroke which left her completely immobilised (she’s only just regained her speech), my brother moved out to punish my parents, after having a huge fight with them (I seriously want to drive a blunt pencil into his skull), group work for one of my subjects REALLY frustrated me and I got diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (most embarrassing ultrasound EVER). So yeah, it’s been pretty rough a times.

All that crap listed there probably makes it seem like my year has been HELL, but to be perfectly honest with you, I’ve been pretty happy this year. Stressed at times, yes. But still. I don’t have any reason to be utterly miserable and DETEST 2010. When I look at what I HAVE, I really have no reason to be constantly unhappy. So I’m not :D . Looks like I’m FINALLY learning not to be so “woe-is-me, I’m the only one who suffers”. Or less pessimistic. Either way :P .

Having said that, I’m still looking forward to 2011. There’s always something really refreshing about a new year :D . As usual, I am EXTREMELY EXCITED!

Especially since I’m going back on Malaysia in mid-January :D . My parents both came from Malaysia, so I have an EPIC extended family over there. I haven’t been back there since 2008, when I graduated high school, so I’m looking forward to that VERY MUCH. Also, shopping is very cheap there :P . Hahaha. And I just love aeroplane rides. It’s an 8 hour flight from Australia to KL International Airport. I will VERY MUCH be enjoying the in-flight movies :D .

Although I will sorely miss Georgie :( . *sniff* And I am not looking forward to the weight I am going to put on. Hahahaha! It’s impossible to NOT to gain weight, while on holiday, especially with my extended family, who LIVE to eat good food :P .

Anyway, I think I better start winding up this blog, because I actually DO want to post before 2011. It’s be SO ironic if I didn’t. I’m sorry, this blog isn’t very interesting, but since it’s been over six months since I last blogged, I figured I’d better not document every single exciting, notable thing that’s happened to me since then, otherwise this blog post would end up being a mini novella. Not good. So I shall leave you with my New Year’s Resolutions, and perhaps I’ll blog a bit about my uni break next time :P .

New Year’s Resolutions:

1. Eat healthily (Effective from 13th February because you can’t be healthy on holidays XD).

2. Exercise at LEAST four days a week.

3. Keep up with law readings.

4. Stop screaming (I foresee my tongue being bitten many, many times as I attempt to stifle my screams).

5. Sleep properly (as in no more staying up until 5am in the morning finishing law tutes).

6. Buy more $5 charity pens!

7. Get a job.

8. Study harder. Let’s see if I can get all Ds and HDs for uni next year :P .

9. Be a better daughter.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE :D <3.

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The Legend of the Mythological “Mid-Sem Break”

23rd September 2010 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

HELLO!

I know, I know. It’s been a while. As Georgie points out, the last time I blogged was during my semester break. Approximately 2 and a half months ago. I know. I suck. And I’m sorry, but I really DO struggle to keep up with my law readings and my tute questions and  my online quizzes and stuff. Maybe I just have bad time management? :P

Anyway, so it’s now my mid-sem break. But the thing is, it’s actually not that MUCH of a mid-semester break. I have SO much to get done during the break, it’s not even funny D: . This is my to-do list:

  1. Criminal law: blog post, critique and consensus document.
  2. Tort law: Group assignment, week 7 readings, tutorial questions.
  3. Macroeconomics: Read chapter 8 & 9 from textbook, tutorial questions.
  4. Finance: Online quiz, group learning portfolio task 2.

So as you can see, quite a bit to do. *Sigh*.

Some of the Criminal law and Tort law tasks are group work as well. Group work can be GREAT some times. When I did mooting last semester, it was HEAPS great to be in a group because we all worked well together, and we ALL pitched in AND we were ALL motivated. This semester, most people in my groups seem to be apathetic, which sucks. I keep having to email people and start discussions and start critiques and arrange meeting times and it’s DRIVING ME MAD.

I’m glad I’m in the same group as one of my friends for BOTH groups because at least I know SHE’LL do work with me. But it seems like I’m chasing everyone else. Why can’t someone else do it for a change? I get that we ALL want to have a bit of a break, but I’m TIRED of chasing everyone. You want a break? I want one too. I don’t want to sacrifice MINE, so you guys can relax. That’s not fair.

It sounds whiny, but it’s true! Chasing people gets tiring after a while D: . I just spoke to another friend from uni last night, and he said the exact same thing.

Well aside from uni and uni related things, I got my Green P’s on Monday :) . Yay! It means I can now drive at 100km per hour as opposed to just 90. Woot! Funnily enough, when I sat the test (it’s a computer test, with a touch screen, so you just touch your answer), everytime I was asked a question about when to slow down, I’d press the button straight away (because it’s NEVER too early to slow down. DUH!). Well at the end of the test, I got a message saying “Congratulations, you have passed the test. However these are some areas where you can improve”. Number 3 was “In deciding what a safe speed is to drive”. LOL, apparently the test thinks I drive too slow. Oops :P .

Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival for Chinese people! Haha. We were supposed to eat moon cake and make lanterns and spend time with family :) . Unfortunately we bought our mooncake about 2 weeks before the actual festival date and finished it before yesterday. Oops. Hahahaha! So happy belated Zhong Qiu Jie to all of you who celebrate it :) . I hope you all cherish your families!

And yeah, I guess I’ll leave this blog there on a positive note, because if I keep going I’m going to start ranting about all the crappy things that have been going on since I last blogged and this blog will end up RIDICULOUSLY long. Not good!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Georgie told me to read the Night Angel Trilogy. So I bought the first book when I went shopping with her and Sebby and then I bought the second book when I was shopping with Belinda at uni. I just finished the second one yesterday. Oh my god. I highly recommend it. It is SO good. They’re very, VERY dark books, but the characters are SO interesting. They’re all so complex and it’s very enlightening to see the contrast between two characters who started out the same way, yet one turns out insanely evil and another turns out…good? And having such a dark setting just makes it hit you harder when someone does something great. Or when some character shows some mercy. Although at the same time when someone suffers, it just makes it so much sadder. It was EPIC.

The first book is The Way Of Shadows by Brent Weeks. Go and BUY IT and READ IT.

And buy the second book and the third book at the same time. The second book ended in a cliffhanger and ARGH! I don’t have the third book yet, so I am totally suffering right now.

GOODNIGHT!

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My semester break is ending and I am so very sad and heartbroken =(

31st July 2010 | Uncategorized | 25 comments

Hi! So as you can see, I am back to using long, retarded blog titles :P .

Since I last  blogged, I have actually gone out quite a few times and had lots of fun, so I apologise in advance for the length of this blog.

So, approximately 3 weeks ago, I went to the city with one of my uni friends, Belinda to watch The Karate Kid, get sticker photos, do some shopping and grab lunch :D Which we did. The Karate Kid was so funny. Although the cinema was rather small and we came in late so we had to sit right up the front :( But it was so worth it. I’d definitely watch this again :P Xiao Dre is so very cute. There was no “wax on, wax of” but it’s okay! I regret to say that even though I am Chinese and Jaden Smith is not, he speaks better Mandarin that I do. How very sad. Hahahaha.

Haha, me and Belinda bought a small popcorn and Easyway drinks. Zomg. We didn’t even get through half the popcorn :( We we SO FULL!

Oh yeah! Results came out that day too. I was such a nervous wreck waiting for them to be released T_T Funny story: I couldn’t get into the site to see my results and I wasn’t enough capped.  Georgie ended up trying on her iphone with capped internet and hahaha, she got in. We found it hilarious!  I  passed everything in the end (yay!)

I also went to watch Toy Story 3 with my mother that same week (finally!) and I cried. SO. MUCH.  It was quite a nostalgic movie. I wanted to go find all my toys and play with them all over again. But then I realised that I’m still living in denial of my actual age and all my stuffed toys are still…on my bed. Hahahahaha! I agree with everyone: Toy Story 3 really is *that* good.

Belinda and I always go to buy our textbooks early before semester starts, so we went last week. God sometimes we have no common sense. We went and bought the textbooks first and THEN went to eat lunch and go shopping. BAD IDEA. We were carrying around these heavy (and expensive) textbooks ALL around the shopping centre. The next day, I could not move without my arms twinging in protest. GAH! NEVER AGAIN! On the plus side, we won’t have to wait in long queues outside the Co-op bookstore to get our textbooks once semester starts ^^

Speaking of body aches, I am convinced my feet are never going to work properly again, because yesterday I went to the city with Georgie to go shopping and meet her friend, Sebby, and I so cleverly *sarcasm* decided to wear my new boots which happen to have a 7cm heel. OW, OW, OW! I was in so much pain. So was Georgie, because she was wearing heeled boots to. We had a good whinge over our stupidity. My thighs have also seized up and protest everytime I try to move. You’d think that we’d be smart enough to wear COMFORTABLE shoes seeing how we KNEW we were going shopping and would therefore be walking heaps.

But yes, aside from that, yesterday was AWESOME! Me and Georgie hadn’t seen each other for ages! It was so much fun ^^ I was supposed to meet Georgie and Sebby at UTS (their uni) near the colourful cube chairs. I got there quite early and I couldn’t find the cube chairs anywhere, so I was walking around like a retard until I realised a group of people were sitting on the cube chairs. I WAS SO CUT! I was so looking forward  to sitting on the cube chairs and in the end I couldn’t T_T But it’s okay, cos I got to see Georgie and go shopping instead ^^ And we finally exchanged birthday gifts! Hahaha.

Sticker photos? Check!

Project stomp-on-Sebby’s-foot-for-upsetting-Georgie? Success!

Damn, we’re good :P

We hate ramen noodles for lunch ^^ And also laughed at Sebby for being so fussy with his food :P Georgie bought new jeans. I  bought The Way of Shadows (a book) and Sebby bought two jackets. Yay! We all feel very accomplished.

Georgie and I bumped into a highschool classmate on the train back home which was pretty random. He’s grown up quite a bit. He used to be really obnoxious, especially around his friends, but he was really nice and friendly :P

But yes, we had a great time catching up and everything ^^ Now we have to wait for forever until we can go out again T_T But it’s okay, we talk online every day <3

And yeah, that brings us to today :) As you may be able to tell from said long title, it is ALMOST the end of my semester break :( It FLEW by. Actually, the reason why it seemed to go so fast is probably because I DID literally sleep through half my break. My bad :P .

To be honest, I love uni, so I’m not that heartbroken. I’m actually looking forward to seeing my uni friends again, though I am dreading the workload and having to wake up early :( I already have to do 36 pages of law readings by Monday (DEAR GOD, IT’S BEGUN ALREADY D: ). *sigh*

I shall leave you with a quick summary of my break, and a picture from yesterday :D

Movies watched: 4

Sticker photos taken: 4 sets

Books bought: 3

Books read: 31 (approximately…Yes, I like to read…a LOT).

Pages of law readings don: 0 (oops)

Hours slept: LOTS!

Here’s the picture:

Me and Georgie eating lunch :)

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Death

17th July 2010 | Uncategorized | 7 comments

Today we got a phonecall from my mother’s oldest sister. She was calling to tell us that my cousin passed away last night from cancer. He didn’t see the doctor early enough to stop the cancer and by the time he went to see a specialist, the cancer had already spread to his liver and  become terminal :(

Ouch.

It’s so unfair. He wasn’t even 40 years old yet. He only got married about 4 or 5 years ago, and he’s leaving behind two little girls. The oldest isn’t even 3 years old yet. He had so much to live for and all of it’s been  taken away from him. When things like this happen it just makes me want to stand in the middle of an empty field and scream my frustration out. It makes me SO ANGRY that things like this can happen for no reason, but there really isn’t any point getting angry for something that you don’t have any control over :(

I’m so worried about my auntie. She was already depressed before  this. I don’t know how she’s coping now D: I’m so scared for her but at least she’s surrounded by family. It must be the most painful thing to have to go through losing a child.

Death hurts.  It’s at times like these when someone passes away so young it just hits you how limited our time is. Life is so fragile.  When someone dies, life goes on, but death does too. Everyone’s going to experience the death of someone they care for eventually, but it’s always going to be difficult. I’m not saying this to be emo, but it’s true.

But having said that, I also think that we learn to deal with it. You gotta admit, us humans have a pretty good coping mechanism :) We adapt pretty well, even though it still hurts.

My grandmother died when I was 12. I’m 19 now, and I can STILL remember what she smelt like and what she looked like very clearly. I think of her a LOT even if it’s just in passing. But now when I think of her, I still get sad sometimes, but I don’t feel like someone’s punched me in the stomach and is pressing on my chest :)

I’m sad that my cousin won’t get to watch his children grow and for all the opportunities he’s missed, and I’m sad that his children will grow up without their father, and that his wife has lost him after so short a marriage. I’m sad that his parents have lost their child, too, but at the same time, I’m glad that my cousin had SOME time with his children. And that my aunt and uncle stil watched him grow into a good person and give them grandchildren. And I’m glad that his wife at least had some years with him.

I know they’re going to be sad for a very long time after this, but I think that they’re strong. So they’ll get through this :)

When my grandmother died, I was told that we’re not supposed to cry because if we do my grandmother’s spirit won’t want to pass on because we’re so sad (Some sort of chinese thing). I was really young and I really loved my grandmother so much, so I cried anyway. I cried a LOT for a week, but I’m older now and there are enough people crying for my cousin tonight,  so I’m going to try not to cry for him. But one day I really will have to take some time to really cry.

He’s definitely going to be sorely missed. :(

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Movies, Dracula, Harry Potter and stuff!

10th July 2010 | Uncategorized | 4 comments

Hellooooo! Do you like my super long-winded title, resulting from my inability to think up proper titles?

I am really bad at this blogging regularly thing. I’ve been meaning to blog for ages and I just keep either forgetting or putting it off :( It’s very bad. Even in my BREAK, when I don’t have a legitimate excuse not to blog, I still can’t blog properly and/or regularly. Can you believe I used to blog like every second day on my msn SPACE? Ughhhh. I fail!

Anyways, so I’ve been on a break for three and a half weeks now. It’s been very… relaxing. Haha. Read: Lilian has basically wasted half her break by sleeping through it.

Excuse me, this has not been a very good week for me. Something at home happened, which I don’t want to get into but it was…very emotionally draining because I got really upset about it and things are kinda still awkward. And then I got a really bad haircut (yes, I know. I am very vain and superficial), my hormones seem to be screwed up this month because I skipped a period (sorry, too much information D:) and I’m like perpetually tired and sad, which is draaaaaaining all my energy.  But I’ll try to keep this blog not-emo :) I don’t blog often, so it’d suck if all my blogs were super depressing. D: Things always get better eventually…or so I’d like to think.

Hopefully that’s not  a sign of denial D:

So I caught up with a few of my highschool friends last Friday :) We were going to go on a picnic but it was freeeeeeeezing cold, so we opted for a movie instead. Smart choice! As a result I still have all ten fingers and all ten toes. Take THAT Mr Frostbite! God, movies are so expensive nowadays. It cost all of us $19, but we watched Shrek the Fourth. It was HILARIOUS. I’m going to miss the big, ugly, green guy. And the cute little babies :P I LOVED it!

It was also great catching up with everyone. We’ve kinda grew apart since highschool and it’s been a while, but hey, it’s still nice to see everyone. And it’s great that someone actually bothered to organise a reunion :) Some of us haven’t changed much. I clearly haven’t improved in terms of coordination. I managed to somehow get Dylan’s earphones tangled around a button on my arm within 2 minutes of meeting up with him. *sigh* I remain hopefully that I’ll grow out of this coordination problem someday!

On Tuesday I went to the City to watch Eclipse with Rena :)   After New Moon which we both though sucked EPICALLY, we were a little apprehensive about Eclipse. Fortunately (or possibly because our expectations were so low) Eclipse was lots better than expected :) Quite funny at times ^^ But yeah…it wasn’t what you’d call a GREAT movie. But it wasn’t bad :) So yay.

We got sticker photos too! And I am very proud to say that we did not get lost. Much. Hahaha. It was LOADS of fun. Oh, Rena also got me a belated birthday present, which came with this awesome musical…bag thing…It’s like a tiny present bag, except you don’t open it. You wind it, and then it plays happy birthday. I LOVE IT. Or maybe I’m just amused by little things :P

Speaking of belated birthday presents. Georgie and I are still patiently (*cough* Okay, maybe not patiently) awaiting the 30th where we shall FINALLY exchange presents. Which is great because I am missing her heaps :( NOT LONG NOW :)

I guess that’s most of the interesting stuff I’ve been doing this break :P

Oh yeah, I re-read  the whole Harry Potter series ^^ Man I’d totally forgotten how awesome those books are (Yes, I know. I suck). And I’d forgotten how much death is in those books! I cried over so many characters. It was heartbreaking! But a good kind of heart-breaking.

It was also actually quite amusing to read the whole series again knowing how it would end and picking up on the clues that J. K. Rowling dropped about the Deathly Hallows throughout the series. Especially the Ron and Hermoine relationship. ALL THESE CLUES THAT I MISSED THE FIRST TIME ROUND!

I also re-read Dracula. I hadn’t read it since I was 12 and one of my friends bought it for me as a birthday present (I LOVE getting books as birthday presents) so I figured, why not?

I definitely don’t remember it been this creepy D: I’m so scared of opening windows now. LOL. I think it was a mistake to read it at nighttime. I should have only read it during daytime. Oh well, I know better for next time :)

Bram Stoker sure knows how to write an epic horror novel. Reading Dracula was like experiencing a really bad car crash. Like one of those things where you can’t look. But you can’t look away. I so badly did NOT want to read on for fear of the horrible things happening, but at the same time, I really wanted them to kick that Count’s cold, dead butt and I couldn’t stop reading until I was sure that they did D: . Very epic internal struggle.

Man, I really wish I could have studied Dracula in school. It’s such a good book. Though Stoker’s dialogue sometimes came across as a little overdramatic. Oh well. I’ll give him a break. I’m sure people spoke like that in Victorian times anyways :P

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