People Change Your Life Everyday

What's $10,000.00 between friends?

2008-01-10T09:06:00.000+08:00

So Stephen and I have made a bet and i thought i would record it on my blog for future reference, lest we forget.....

The Bet:
I bet, i will become a judge before i turn 30.

Stakes:
If i win: Stephen has to buy me a baby grand piano
If Stephen wins: I have to buy Stephen and his family a holiday.
Default prize: if neither of us at the time want any of these things, the winner gets $10,000.00

Definitions:
'judge' means judge, magistrate or registrar
"before i turn 30" means before the 3rd of June 2015

Julie: "What's $10,000.00 between friends?"
Stephen: "Hopefully by then, nothing"

UWA Graduate

2007-11-15T20:50:00.000+08:00

Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!!!! Congrats to all my ubersmart friends for finishing your law degrees!!!!.... and for those of you who still have another year to go.... HAHAHAHAHAH sucked in! No more exams for me.. soooo happy sooo super super happy! I got my letter of offer today for my new job next year!!! was running around the house like a headless chicken..... my parents were amused. soooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading a case for work.... sooooo fascinating... i'm such a nerd sometimes. this is why i studied law!

Do they look like me?

2007-08-04T18:04:00.001+08:00

Missing

2007-08-01T19:28:00.000+08:00

Where have you gone?

Sing a little Song

2007-07-29T13:48:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear dodo

Happy Birthday to you.........

Good to see that you are were so happy on your birthday :)

Glares at all those who didnt' wear red...........

The Value of a Smile

2007-07-25T02:21:00.000+08:00

I haven't had very many reasons to smile lately. Quite sad really. but sometimes you get sick of being sad and depressed.

It costs nothing, but creates much.

It enriches those who receive without impoverishing those who give.

It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

It cannot be begged, borrowed, or stolen, but it is of no earthly good to anyone until it's given away!

So if in your hurry you run across someone too weary to smile ~ leave one of yours.

No one needs a smile as much as he who has none to give.

Three Point Five

2007-07-23T21:26:00.000+08:00

Marshall (you totally owe me)
Grace (congradulations)
Hanh (don't disappoint me)
Victoria (please stay point five)

If anyone else gets attached, i really am going to crawl into a corner and become a hermit. There is only so much a person can take.......

Out to Play

2007-06-27T00:01:00.000+08:00

I jumped behind the velvet rope at greater union and took a random picture with the simpsons.
Went to swan valley (which is disturbingly close to my house) where i tried to line the house with beer bottles. didnt' quite work since one of the natzi guys kept packing the bottles up nicely into one corner.

Went out for dinner with pyria and co. not my fault the guys were dressed so randomly (they wanted to go to solid gold after)

Gemini Girls

2007-06-09T12:36:00.000+08:00

For my birthday this year, went with a small group of friends for teppenyaki at Midori. It was good. donno why the chef didn't think we were serious when we asked if he could throw food into Marshall's mouth..... maybe marshall should have kept the bib on..... yes at cake, lots of cake, i have had an overdose of cake. Went to karoke in northbridge, was fearful for my saftey, marshalls poor car was disabled... :( I got 2 bean bags! hahahahahhaha ones red and blackand the other is pink. i don't know why i'm writing all this, because everyone who reads my blog was there!

Grace and when you feel like it could you PLEASE send me photos?

Yes and the other day i was at uni, and i saw rob's motorcycle, so decided to jump on it and take a photo hahahahha i love motorcycles!

Happy 21+1 Sherlene

2007-05-20T23:31:00.000+08:00

I must admit, i havn't had so much fun for a long time! it hillarious getting dressed up, and drinking and having a ball. Moets, flaming lambo's, illusions, i even learned how to play a new duet, yay me and grace are building up a repetoir of duets! and i can now play the chorus of tong hua well enough to annoy the crap out of marshall! :)

Grace and I hired full Moulin Rouge costumes and i think it paid off.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERLENE! I HAD SOOOOO MUCH FUN!

One Word Quiz

2007-05-11T19:25:00.000+08:00

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.
Not as easy as you might think.
1. Where is your mobile phone?- table
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?- nil
3. Your hair?- black
4. Work?- overworked
5. Your father?- old
6. Your favorite thing?- laptop
7. Your dream last night?- forgot
8. Your favorite drink?- lipton
9. Your dream car?- copen
The room you're in?- study
11. Your pet?- No
12. Your fears?- loneliness
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?- happy
14. Where did you hang out last night?- home
15. What you're not good at?- numbers
16. Eyebrow rings on the opposite sex?- no
17. One of your wish list items?- beanbag
Where you grew up?- perth
19. The last thing you did?- talk
20. What are you wearing?- pj
21. What aren't you wearing?- bra
22. - where did 22 go???- 21+1
23. Your computer?- asus
24. Your life?- busy
25. Your mood?- content
26. Missing?- bf
27. What are you thinking about rightnow?- sms
28. Your car?- toyota
29.Your work?- edgy
30. Your summer?- goldcoast
31. Your relationship status?- avaliable
32. Your favorite color?- pink
33. When is the last time you laughed?- today
34. Last time you cried?- marshall
35. School?- uwa

Hotlaps

2007-05-01T21:39:00.000+08:00

Went for Marshall's hotlaps the other day. 4 laps in a Holden V8. Alledgedly over 200km +++

And i bought a new laptop, its really that small!!!!! the size of my hand!!!!!!!

Adult Dress Up

2007-04-18T22:37:00.000+08:00

I was obviously seriously deprived as a child, which is why Sherlene and I had so much fun dressing up at PDC.
Ok since my profile said i was wonder women..... seemed fitting i try on the costume and a police woman.....

Didn't dare blog sherlene's pictures... she might kill me... but she looked really cool!

On My Mind

2007-04-14T10:59:00.000+08:00

I can't for the life of me understand why I am STILL single............ seriously.
Some of my not so single friends get asked out every other day.
Some of my friends have guys who like them, but don't want to go for them (so complain your single OK!)
Some of my friends like guys but don't do anything!

Admitadly i've let a lot of chances go in the past, but i like to think i've been more adventourous and it still yields nothing.

Lance is right, "Girls in thier twenties are scary.... they know exactly what they want..."

I don't know exactly what i want, but i know what i expect and it seems to me that everyone continues to fail my expectations. Its to the point where i don't even expect them to do anything i would usually expect because i know they will fail....

I'm sick of waiting.

Why should I be the one who waits?

Harry Potter Club

2007-03-30T00:07:00.000+08:00

Convocations are fun. Lots of people graduating this year........ the food is alright, alcohol taste bad.........

Oh yes and grace got me Krispy Kreams from Sydney. Thanks Grace....

Wonder Woman

2007-03-13T22:11:00.000+08:00

Your results:
You are Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman		70%
Green Lantern		65%
Superman		55%
Supergirl		45%
Robin		45%
Hulk		45%
Iron Man		40%
Spider-Man		35%
The Flash		25%
Batman		20%
Catwoman		15%

You are a beautiful princess
with great strength of character.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

2007-02-17T20:41:00.000+08:00

The Giant Drop: you fall 120m in 4.2 seconds..... what fun....

Tower of Terror: it was Terrifying. u shoot up vertically 100m and then go backwards down...
Wave Rider: u get to ride the waves
Stocks: poor me
Hard Rock Cafe (surfers Paradise)

2007-02-16T14:32:00.000+08:00

Gold Coast

2007-02-09T17:35:00.000+08:00

Yayyyyy!!!!! just came back from the gold coast.
Went to dream world, and wet and wild, which was pretty fun.
Went on a ride that dropped you down 120m in 4.2s!!!! which is like 30ms-1!!!!! insane!!!!!!!
Beach is really pretty but full of jelly fish!!!!!!!

Disturbing nights out where random people from ireland tried to get my attention.....
Interesting nights when people were drunk and moody.

road trip!!!!!! mini oasis in the middle of no where. hahahahahahhahaha.....

yes will post pictures evenutally. promise.

The Crew

2007-01-25T19:56:00.000+08:00

Sam's from SA, he was in perth to visit his significant other and in the mean time got some work experieence at Tan & Tan.... poor sod, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. anyway, it was his second last day and i thought it would be fun if we all went out together.

So most of the office went out for Karaoke, so much fun, there were songs in tune, songs out of tune, songs in different tongues, old songs, new songs. its interesting going karaoke with different people, although generally alot of the songs were the same, at least they were sung by others.

then we went for steam boat buffet. that was rather good. i enjoyeed myself. OMG Melanie at so much food! i think everyone was very impressed by her stomach capacity!

then everyone ditched me, and i went to luxe with Victoria and Lorraine..... good old Luxe. There was a giant huntsman spider on my car! i had to get someone to get rid of it for me..

I like the office people, they are rather fun.

Peer Pressure

2007-01-23T22:53:00.000+08:00

Ok ok ok ok you all keep complaining that i never blogg!

Happy new year!

This is actually my 100th Post! yay!

Went to the zoo. Saw Melony Perfom. She danced very nicely. i have a better appreciation for chinese dancing now.

Saw a croc, alot of birds, bats, elephants and other assortment of birds.

Beach

2006-12-06T20:48:00.000+08:00

Went to the beach to take pics, i really should learn how to swim at the beach.
I also discovered that the little clams on the shore are alive and was highly amused when they dug themselves back into the beach. SERIOUSLY! u dig them out, put them on the surface and they will stick out thier tounge and dig themselves back in! hahahahhahahahahah so much fun!
ugh i wanted to put a pic up but blogger is just being gay!

Early Christmas

2006-12-05T22:36:00.000+08:00

OMG the christmas story is way to long and complicated. i really can't be bothered telling it, Vic steve and Me got our christmas presents early. We hired a car for steve for the day (and he managed to drive over 190km in less than 24 hours AND scratch the car) vic got a new watch and i got ipod speakers and roses. just look at the pics.

Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2006-11-29T19:44:00.000+08:00

my mind seems to be going a million miles and hour, so many things to contemplate and so many possible answers, which is one is the right one? which way is the right way? Who do i want to be? i don't like being out of my comfort zone. please someone, help me!

Rules for a Intercom Relationship

2006-11-25T12:25:00.000+08:00

Yes.... so... some of you may have heard my door bell story. well i'm sure you'd like to know that since that very first time i rang the door bell, Vic, Steve and I have rung the door bell another 3 times. and thus i believe that i am qualified enough to give advice to everyone else who wishes to pursue a door bell relationship.

Rule #1 - Give your real name. First of all he can't see you, so there is nothing to hide about. and plus if he hears your name around again, he'll wonder alittle more... exceptions to the rule: if your pretending to be gay...

Rule # 2 - Make sure you get the right guy downstairs! Its bad when a nasty suprise greets you at the door you will be very dissapointed (ok he wasn't that ugly) but trust me its so much better when you get the right one down. and if you get the wrong person down stairs the secondary part to this rule is never try to meet the right guy though family. it just doesn't work that way.

Rule # 3 - After getting the right guy downstairs ensure that you do infact get his number! you can't afterall ring his door bell forever! otherwise he'll just think your a stalker!

Birthday Wishes

2006-11-12T18:21:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE!

Ideal Guy

2006-11-05T09:50:00.000+08:00

Sherlene made me do a list.....

1. tall (thats an easy one)

2. asian (not viet, not prc)

3. funny (a sense of humor i can understand, some jokes just go over my head)

4. tolerant (i'm really irritating)

5. argumentative (i love to argue and i really love guys who can argue back)

6. affectionate (coz he's got to love me right?)

7. considerate (ie put me first)

8. ambitious (respectible, won't make me loose face as Le J. and that way i never have to worry about money)

9. generous (not just to me (paying for everything i do) but also to charity (like starlight, go starlight! yay!))

10. loves kids (for obvious reasons)

11. strong silent type (ideally he won't say much in terms of feelings, but he'll show his affection and as long i know he loves me..... ooohhh so sweet, even i'm starting to pine for this non existant guy)

12. he''l love to travel (and to take me with him)

13. always wants to hang out with me (and doens't mind the fact that i'm clingy)

14. really needs me (i need to be needed)

15. cultured (likes to read books, go to plays, theatre, ballet, and listen to orchestras)

16. plays a musical instrument (coz thats just hot)

17. has a good dress sense

18. sociable

19. likes to do random things (and on the spur of the moment things)

20. loves me

I know this is asking alot, but thats why he's ideal right? as a bare minimum he must satsify number 1,4,5,6,18,20. (although i think number 20 has been the killer so far)

BBQ

2006-10-28T11:33:00.000+08:00

See the starlight pics, do you sorta get what i was on about below?

Anyway, had a mini bbq, i really only wanted an excuse to wear my dress, yay i like summer dresses, they are cute. It was kinda disturbing to go to, there was grace and david, chelsea and vinh, and then there was me..........i think something was seriously missing out of that picture. walked to the DNA tower, that was interesting.

Catch up?

2006-10-24T12:22:00.000+08:00

I don't think there is any amount of writing that will alow me to catch up. I went to a few birthday parties ahhhhhhhhh i've been running around like a headless chicken... oooohhh my fone has pic too, but i havn't tried uploading the pics from my fone to computer before, maybe i'll do it when i feel like it (i know i'm bad).

But i did my starlight presentation at the fire station. ok for those who don't understand, i'm a starlight wishgranter, and i grant wishes to seriously ill children. So my kid wanted to go to QLD, and starlight pays for airline ticket and accomodation. everything else pretty much has to come free. so we got tickets to the theme parks, dream world, sea world, movie world and then got a round of golf for the kid (who actually likes golf and has his own golf set, and motorbike tour of QLD) yes so i presented the family with all the documents at the fire station (they were having a cup cake day and raising money for starlight) it was pretty amusing, they had captain starlight, starman (really enthusiastic starman, ran around with the little kids for 1.5h!!!!!) and a breadman. and there were fire men (not as good as u'd think that would be) yes and they let my kid go on the giant crane thing and he went up and took a look at the views, and then he went in the fire truck and went for a ride around the city. i think he enjoyed himself..... i really should post pictures, then you would understand what i'm on about.

the only reason i'm updating is because i'm supposed to be writing an essay.........................................................

Thank you

2006-10-16T21:34:00.000+08:00

I'd like to say thank you to all my wonderful friends, you really are the best and you are always there when i need you. Thank you for talking to me, for bouncing ideas, for spending time with me when i'm depressed, for supporting me, for reassuring me. I learned alot about myself and I'm glad of it. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I love you all! =)

Karaoke

2006-09-20T00:00:00.000+08:00

went to check out the law ball photos. i only liked one. so i bought it, but then i wanted an enlarged pic and i wanted them to photoshop out a stamp on my hand (so the pic would look nice) and the girl was looking/ acting retarded about it. honestly how hard can it be to edit a small dot on my arm!!!!!!!

went out for dinner, i ate sting ray, it taste like scallops.
then we went out for
i like karaoke. i like to sing.

WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!!!!

2006-09-06T18:05:00.000+08:00

So my boss comes up to me and asks....
RT: "would you be interested in doing articles with us?"
JL: "i don't know"
RT: "You don't know? why don't you want to do articles with us?!"
JL: "well, annie said you wouldn't pay for my articles"
RT: "pay for your articles?"
AS: "i said we will pay you to go for your articles, and you pay for your articles, so then its half half"
JL: "you have to pay me anyway"
AS: "yes we will pay you to go"
JL: "its a requirement that you DO pay me!"
AS: "we'll talk about this when it gets closer"
RT and AS go to lunch
JL: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!!!

On the Dance Floor

2006-08-19T09:19:00.000+08:00

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so its been a month since i last updated and its only now that i feel i have something worth while to blog about, mind not that it really matters coz there are only a few ppl who read my blog, and they usually know whats happening in my life anyway. but anyway this is a photo opportunity!

Yes so on tuesday i went to a singaporean/ national day/ business council/ dinner/ dance. it was fun because i didn't really know anyone there so i could chit chat alot to random people. although i did ignore alot of other people because they were too shy to talk to me, or just kept running away or just didn't look like they were interested in talking to me. The organisers cut short the australian national anthem, and actually sang happy birthday to singapore..... yes.....

Thursday, sherlley and i went to jandakot to have dinner with dave. so funny, we didn't know how to get in, and sherlley didn't know dav's last name, so no one knew who we were, it was really quite dodgy. and he gave us a tour of the hostel and there is huge map of perth that some student had done as an assignment some time back. it was really qutie cool, it even had telephone poles!and then we got to see pilots doing a night circut where there are about 5 planes in the sky and they just land and take off, land and take off, in a circut, it was really facinating and cool! i wish i was a passenger in those planes (or even a pilot) landing and take off is the best part! and then we went to dinner at coco's, i really enjoyed that, coco's is a nice place, i can now understand why my sister likes it so much! While talking to sherlene, i've realised how demanding i really am.

then friday night was law ball, ok night, the law committees have this really bad habbit of putting me on a table furthest to the back of the room, its happened twice in perth now and once in singapore. DODGY! I knew a few people there, it would have been much better if everyone i had invited had come along! dispite that the ball picked up when danced and. and there wasn't a "free flow" of alcohol, which was really sad, you could only have one drink at a time, and u had to get it at your table (which was really gay) and the drinks wern't even that alcoholic! it was mostly orange juice or lemonade (and the lemon lime bitter tasted like lemonade) all in all it was definatly a waste of money, good thing the law ball is only once a year...

Giddy Up!

2006-07-13T20:32:00.000+08:00

Went horse riding today. i had a HUGE horse named Jebus! OMG i had difficulties climbing up it. actually i almost fell over the horse trying to get on it! it was pretty scary at first, but the horses mostly walked which was ok. The most the horse did was trot up a hill. that was fun, apart from the fact that my foot got loose and my helmet went over my eyes *sigh*... graces horse kept farting - and guess who was behind grace - yup me. so i tried to get infront, but then graces horse tried to bite my horses arse, how kinky. so i ended up behind grace again. the poor horse kept wanting to run, but if i let it run i would have lost balanced and fallen over and died. so i had to keep pulling it back... Photos to come....

Sail away

2006-07-08T20:54:00.000+08:00

Teresa and Trinh's Birthday Party. They hired a boat and went on a cruise around the swan river. I knew a few people there, Jeff dressed as a lady, oh so funny, when he was dancing he actually tried to make his skirt sway. hahahhahahahahahhahahaah so funny. Kinda depressing coz so many people there were couples. UGH. Danced alot, that was fun, made me miss singapore.

Fishing

2006-07-04T19:06:00.000+08:00

UGH!!!!!!!!! WHos great idea was it to go fishing in mandurah?! (It was mine, but thats beside the point!) you know its rained every monday for the last 7 weeks. Why did i think it would be any diff this monday?! It was a horrible day! SOMEBODY WAS LATE, which threw us all off schedual, we were supposed to get there by 10 -10:30 am yet it took us till 12 to get there, we got lost, vic refused to follow the other car! bloody hell, it rained, we had a BAD lunch, the food was pretty disgraceful. We went to the wrong bridge to try to fish - the water was about 20cm deep! so we finally get to a decent place to fish (the dawsville channel) and then i need to go washroom and there are no bathrooms around... so have to go all the way to hungry jacks to go bathroom. meanwhile 2 idots take the other car, take off with the good fishing rods, bait, hooks and go somewhere else to fish, so when i come back all i can do is throw out this lame arse cast.... so obviously caught no fish (mind you the lady across the river managed to catch a few) went to macdonalds to get food. went to find the two boys who absconded with Hanh's car. They were at the beach, what idots. so i climb on the rock try to cast, too afraid i would die, so i got down....... ugh.. try fishing on the coast, but then it started to rain again. All the fish the two idots caught were undersize. Had to try and hide from one of the idots because really didn't want to have to talk to him and he was irritating. so me and vic pretneded to be sleeping in the car, locked the door, lowered our seat. hahahhaha luckily sherlene saved us and came and joined us. So now, idiot of a guy puts bait in the car after we are about to go home, bait rots, hanh's car smells rotten and my clothes smell rotton too..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Arn't you all glad you decided not to come to mandurah?

Random Thoughts

2006-06-28T23:36:00.000+08:00

I definatly don't want to go into settlement in the future... maybe i'll try commercial litigation....

Apparently i'm slow and blurr and i still don't know where God is... waiting for the "click"

I'm having the luckiest year of my life - everything just seams to fall into place.

Not really bothered with guys this year.... not sure why

If i had to advertise myself for a boyfriend... what would it say? 21, f, asian but considers herself aussie, feels sorry for the sod who has to date her because she is viet and have viet parents, loves to laugh, loves doing random things, requires full attention to keep her amused....

I finally managed to tie a knot with the stem of a cherry today. was driving home from the luxe bar, when i managed to do it, was so excited i called vic up and told her straight away!

i don't know how to console people. act happy? pretned like nothing happened? sit quietly? distract the person? verbally abuse whatever is distressing the person?

must stop eating....

Too much cake this week!

2006-06-11T00:40:00.000+08:00

too much cake!!!!!!!! but its sooooo goood!!!! Went to marshalls thing today, see we know its for his birthday but your not supposed to celebrate your birthday but everyone knows its for your birthday! so what to do!!!! what a pickle... you didn't get drunk enough marshall!

I then went to bianca's birthday party, who incidently is born on the same day as marshall, kinda cool. she had a winter theme, and i didn't relealise that people would actually dress up according to the theme! oh well...bianca was slightly drunk by the time i got there, so she practically bear hugged me to death.... oooohhhh so sweet!!!!! oh yes and someone actually dressed up as a bear, it was rather amusing...

La La La

2006-06-08T01:10:00.000+08:00

Went to Dorcas's going away party on sun. it was a hat/testube party. which was pretty fun. Oh i saw Cheryl there, but i don't like her much, because she's a snob(coz i've tried talking to her before, and she totally ignores me/ doens't want to talk to me) so she was bossing me around telling me to get plates or something and i was zonning out, and i was like "oh are you talking to me?" and she said "yes" and i said, "sorry i was ignoring you" hahahahahahhahaha gee, why am i such a bitch this year? perhaps i can't be bothered pretending to like people who arn't nice to me anymore!

Today we went out with Marshall, and he drove us in his fast car vroooooommmmmm so much fun, i think i have an addiction to fast things now... though i'm not sure why were actually in the city, huh marshall?! grace thinks its just because u wanted to drive your car on the freeway.. hahahhahaha i think she's right!

21st

2006-06-04T14:54:00.000+08:00

Honestly, blogspot just refuses to blog my pics up!!! this is the 3rd time i've tried and its failed!!!! i was going to put pic up!!!!! stupid blogspot... anyway. turned 21 yesterday. went out to dinner at the Old Swan Brewery, i really should cheak out the restaurants first before i decide to have a party there, the decor was lacking slightly, and though the view in theory should be nice.... i just didn't get the feel of it... food was ok, no cake, that was kinda sad. hmmm maybe i should go out and buy a cake.... mmmm but the shops are closed on monday anyway so its pointless... Luxe bar was great, very nice place, the drinks were good....

oh yes happy birthday vic!!!!! and remember our limerick?!

There was a girl in Perth,
Who was born on the day of my birth.
They turned 21,
So they had lots of fun,
While they still had time on this Earth!

shurgs

2006-05-23T22:14:00.000+08:00

My life really isn't worth blogging now that i'm back in perth, there really is nothing to tell, been catching up with people, tutoring, looking for a "real" job... how sad..... i got to uni every now and then, people are hard to find, and are busy studying for exams. well i'm glad i don't have to do that, studying sucks, Bao says everyone has turned a new leaf and are really studying because everything is harder this year. seem to spending alot of money on food, even though i'm currently extremley poor, stop inviting me out to expensive restaurants i can't afford people!!!! are you trying to kill me?! yes, back to the same lull i once detested, but i'd take perth over singapore anyday...

Home Sweet Home

2006-05-16T23:02:00.000+08:00

i've been to cities that never close down
from new york to rome and old london town
but no matter how far, or how long i'm gone
i still call australia home....

home sweet home
touched down at 12am. went to sleep, woke up unpacked, went in my beautiful car down to uwa. saw everyone! stewart, bao ying, grace, sherlene, chelsea, vinh, scott, sean, ian, corrian, william, (met a new guy: damian), thira, maryanne, lana. so fun.....

Back in Singapore

2006-05-13T13:29:00.000+08:00

stupid internet, it won't post my pictures!!! grrrr...
anyway, i'm back in singapore... yay... but i find singapore very boring, i can't wait to get back to perth, which reminds me i should get peanut butter mm's.... yes.. so vietnam. i went on the cruise my uncle works at, was slightly dissapointed to find out he wasn't in the band anymore... so now he just hires acts for the boat and plays whenever he feels like it.. cool... shame the vietnam scenery isn't so great...and its dirty, and the water is dirty, though it was dark, i know the water was dirty. And i also went fishing with my cousin, it was just outside of ho chi minh in this giant fishpond, 400m x 200m and the fish where huge!!!!! my cousin taught my to throw the line out and reel it in, and i managed to catch one fish. its really quite amusing. motorcycles are cool. (but the air was filthy, which sort of ruined the trip). My cousin is a spoiled little rich kid, but damn it he's so fun to hang out with! (not that i really understand what he's saying most of the time).

Why am i here again?

2006-05-10T00:07:00.000+08:00

Ugh why do i even bother comming here?! (vietnam that is) its hot, its humid, its hot and humid and dirty, its hot humid dirty and horrid..... ugh........ my feet are dirty just thinking about walking out in the streets! at least there is air conditioning where i'm staying (my aunties house)
so this is me in the airport
Airport guy: do you speak vietnamese?
Me: Pardon?
AG: do you speak vietnamese?
Me: Yes
AG: con o dau? (where are u staying?)
Me: at my aunties house
AG: con o may ngay? (how many days are you staying?)
Me: 7 days
AG: Con sanh o dau? (where were you born?)
Me: Australia
AG: Con noi tieng viet khong duoc ha? (can't you speak vietnamese?)
Me: i can but i don't like to because i'm not very good at it
AG: Co noi dai di! (just speak it anyway!) Ba me dau? (where are your mom and dad?)
Me: (still in english) in vietnam
AG: ten ba me la gi? (what are there names)
Me:(didn't actually remember thier names) ugh, well they aren't really from vietnam, they are from australia and they are here on holiday, and i'm here on holiday too so we are all here on holiday...
He finally gave up, slightly dissapointed that i never spoke vietnamese and told me to go. hay if your going to be troublesome, you have to listen to me in english so good F****** luck! pffft annoying gov officials....

yes... went to the country, its hot, no air con, cousin dragged me all over the country, it was quite bad.... went to the cambodia border to go to some random whole sale shopping. it wasn't very good and everything was in USD.

been shopping, but shopping with my dad is slightly unfun, he dislikes the heat and so doesn't want to stay outside for too long, and doens't like crowds.... so yes.... shopping hasn't been that great, even though there are things i like and want to take a closer look at.....

went out with one of my cousins today, i was teasing him yestreday and telling him to take me out, fully expecting him to ignore me, coz we used to fight alot when we were little (u know kiddie arguments) and i think his mom forced him to take me out hahahahahhaha so cute.... but anyway we went to some cafe, which was really quite good, but the coffee tasted bad... but the atmosphere was good. and he was telling me that this is where u can get hookers. hahahhahahahahhahahaha at first i didn't know what he was on about and he had to struggle to explain to me what he meant! hahahahahha what a great conversation that was.... hahahhaha anyway apprently the girls go there sit around waiting for guys so i asked him how u can tell that they are hookers and his respones was, if u see them there a few days in a row, and if they sit there for hours just waiting....... ooooohhhhh how intersting... and then he pointed out a few people who he thought were hookers. hahahhahahahahahhahab apparntly alot of the cafes are like that... yes so tommorow he's going to take me out for breakky, mind u he sleeps in alot, so his breakky is probably more like lunch. and i rode on his bike, and its fun..... hahahhahahaha.

been nagging my uncle to take me on a boat cruise coz he works there in the band. so waiting for my other cousin to be free so we can go and do that. yeah sea sick!

ok thats all i can be bothered saying right now... i'll post photos some other time, the net here is too slow....

Devils Bar

2006-05-04T03:00:00.000+08:00

So i have heard about this place for ages, and we were going to go here last year, but it looked abit dodgey, so i never went in, but it turns out to be really really great! its the best bar i've been to in singapore. the live band was awesome! and they actually played contempory songs! and then there was another room with a dj, that was pretty ok.

yay!!!!!!

2006-04-28T15:28:00.000+08:00

i finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!! no more uni for me!!!!!!!!! 3 month holiday!!!!! yay! OMG so happy! celebratory dinner tonight!!!!!!!!! u all jealous?!
yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!

So then Things I learned in Singapore
- buses and trains suck
- how to buy things online with a credit card
- how to drink alcohol (I always drive in perth ok!)
- singaporeans can be infuriating, and if u tried to explain it to them, they wouldn't understand.
- some singaporeans are great (the anomalies that is hahahhahah)
- i need to be more adventureous, the "sure why not" philosophy helps but there still are limitations eg. cinderella curfew that hinder my development.
- i learned how to waffel again, sometimes i talk like an essay... not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
- i love perth/car/friends, not necessarily in that order

Procrastination

2006-04-16T14:50:00.000+08:00

First Exam on Friday. Biomedical law and ethics. yay. crap there is so much to do for it since i have ahhhhh 5 days to cram for it. but the subject is so fluffy u don't know if there is any real law in it. which makes it hard... oh well.. still havn't finished my essay yet, some editing to do. it sounds like a little girl trying to write all grown up, but at this point i don't care, at least i got over the 4000 word mark. Been looking for people to bug me all morning so i woulnd't have to do real work. hungry. got no food. food. foood. foooooood..... this on going obsession. where is my food?! there is a new little hawker that opened across the street, and when i say across the street i mean 100m away. they sell food there. maybe i shall go there and look for somthing to eat later. the food is quite decent. foooooooood......

What are they teaching thier children!

2006-04-15T12:18:00.000+08:00

A TEXTBOOK used at schools in the Indian state of Rajasthan compares housewives to a donkey...

"A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master,"

very dodgy don't you think?

A night of food and drink

2006-04-09T10:04:00.000+08:00

Vic was in town for the night, so i went out to eat dinner with and one of her friends. Thai express, loved it.

Then we went down to the Meritis Hotel for some drinks, i had a giant mohito, twas good.. and there was this guy sitting behind us all by himself, he was ok looking, and got the 3 person band to come play a few songs for him, and he tipped them after. So Lorraine felt sorry for him since he was sitting all by himself so she invited him over to join us. so he did, he's 15 turning 16 in a months time hahahahahahhahahahaha so amusing. apparently just like to come to the hotel for drinks, broke up with his girlfriend a month ago. he thought we looked 17 ooooohhhh made our day, what a 16 yr old is doing in a hotel drinking i'll never know...

So then we went down to dbl 0. had lychee martinee, and then we bought a jug of tequella pineapple juice. OMG the most ferral thing i've ever tasted in my life. please note to everyone out there, DO NO EVER ORDER TEQUELLA AND PINEAPPLE JUICE!!!!!! it smells badddddddddddddddddddddd and it tastes badddddddddddd... so we had to finish it off. Victoria had brought me a tub of vegimite from australia (which i had been carrying around with me all night) and so we decided to put the vegimite on the glass to drink with the pinaplle tequella, it actually made the drink taste better! hahahahahahhahahaha so strange....

So after about 4 drinks i was totally gone... we ended up going to cheese prata at NUS. so see we didn't stop eating and drinking the whole night!!!!! hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

The Keys to my heart

2006-04-05T16:39:00.000+08:00

I'm obviously procrastinating i have to write this stupid essay!
anyway, if u fulfill these requirements please feel free to give me a call ;)

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.

You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Your Values Profile

2006-04-05T16:10:00.000+08:00

Loyalty:

You value loyalty a fair amount.
You're loyal to your friends... to a point.
But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties.
Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself.

Honesty:

You value honesty a fair amount.
You're honest when you can be, but you aren't a stickler for it.
If a little white lie will make a situation more comfortable, you'll go for it.
In the end, you mostly care about "situational integrity."

Generosity:

You value generosity a fair amount.
You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take.
Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need.
But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"!

Humility:

You value humility a fair amount.
You tend to be an easy going, humble person.
But occasionally your ego takes over.
You have a slight competitive streak - and the need to be the best.

Tolerance:

You value tolerance highly.
Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you...
You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends.
You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them.

The Five Factor Values Test
http://www.blogthings.com/thefivefactorvaluestest/

Solution to a new world

2006-04-05T09:44:00.000+08:00

Just reading an article about how great women are and how great it is to be a woman in this day and age because they can do whatever they want and blah blah blah... mental thought: woman will only be equal when the the discrimination act is used to protect men. although in theory, u wouldn't be equal. how about this then "do unto those as you would have those do unto you" so since men have been such scum for the last...... 4000 years (who knows really how far it goes back) maybe woman should dominate me for the next 4000 years. and then we'll be equal... mind u, i don't really want to be the breadwinner in the family (Don't get me wrong, i do still want to work, but you know what i make is my money, what you make is our money), and it is kinda hard for men to have babies (although my biomed lectuer tells me that it is infact possible to do a "junior" type thing)ok so maybe my whole plan falls down the drain when you really thinkg about it.

2 more weeks of lectures left yay!

2006-03-31T09:25:00.000+08:00

yay!!!!!!!!!!!! but assignments suck! how do you write, courts should uphold contracts rather than go into thier own speil about weather or not a case should be heard in a country that was not agreeded upon in 2500? there is only so much fluffing i can do!

Went out with Celestine for dinner at east coast. food was good... yummy sea food.....east coast is far away, it took me 1.5h to get home. what a waste of my life! public transport sucks! i miss my car!!!!!

ugh

2006-03-28T11:00:00.000+08:00

So i havn't blogged for a looooong time, seriously not doing much, i have a string of assignemtns that are due for the next month. last exam is on the 28th of april yay! I have a presentation to do tommorow, problem is its supposed to be on a 5000 word essay which i havn't written yet. hmmmmmmm its hard to find any real information in signapore, and u know alot of it is probably biased anyway.

Yes went to the german expo on sunday, it was crap, got free bags full of advertisments though. that was pretty crap, then went to the lifestyle expo, that was more amusing, there was more colour and excitment got tissues, magnetic bookmark, ice cream, they also had "trial facials" but couldn't be bothered waiting. And there were lots of clearance sales, shoes, bedding, clothes, handbags accessories, books, but they weren't very good....

Vic was in spore on sat, so i went out with her, we went to walla walla, there were no tables free, and some guy had reserved 3 tables and vic found that offensive that no one was actually sitting there, so she pretty much told them she was going to sit there till his friends came, his friends came, she still didn't want to leave, very amusing. it was a shame they didn't like us much coz some of the guys there were cute! there were some other guys across the room who vic claims were eyeing us (most probably coz we were eyeing them hahahaha) and ahhhh so when we finally left the other table which was reserved, we went by them, but they didnt' talk to us, and it turns out that one of them had a gf already, *so sad*

No Rice for me :(

2006-03-23T00:46:00.000+08:00

Apart for my never ending search for food, Damien Rice is comming to singapore and performing, and i found a friend to go with me, but its so sad, the tickets are sold out! how can this be?! its a huge concert hall and its sold out! and there was no advertising for the concert and it's sold out! i only just found out about it, and its sold out! so sad..... $68-$148, so dissapointed!

Just like me

2006-03-13T18:33:00.000+08:00

Its amazing how similar she is to me. My niece that is, the little one. Loves to eat (so shocking how much she can fit in that little stomach of hers, loves to sing, loves her milk (ahh the stories of me with my bottle of milk after dinner, so very wrong) always looking for aproval, "nice, aunty nice? aunty nice?!" progresivly getting louder and louder. loves to eat off other peoples bowls. she'll sit next to me when i'm eating noodles, "aunty um, aunty um!" ugh i now understand how my dad felt when he says, its no fun eating when your around.she's so naughty... hahahahahahaah i think i'm going to miss her alot when i leave.

Still nothing

2006-03-07T11:04:00.000+08:00

Went to Mike's house for a pot luck (never knew what a pok luck was, you just bring a dish, i brought cake, coz you know, i'm so sweet) lots of french people and canadian, they all speak french! quite amusing to watch. real food.....

Took some pictures of the campus. That picture of green grass is like a little valley, and ithink its the only grassy area on campus. i found out that the reason NUS is so hilly is because they didn't want to make it easy for students to rally an protest, so dodgy....

These are some insane students in my administration of justice class. they are doing a reserach paper on child sex trade. and so they've joined some organisation against child sex trade, and are sitting on campus trying get people to sign a pettition, thats hardcore....

Donno

2006-03-01T14:12:00.000+08:00

Havn't posted for a week, mostly because nothing has happened in the week that was worth reporting. it just goes to show how suddenly boring my life has become. nothing to do here... *sigh* 2 more months left... i really should start on my assignments. the lectuere didn't like my research topic (detention of persons under the Internal Securities Act in RE human rights) apprently it is a well researched area in constitutional law. i didn't pay attention in con law, and aust doesn't have an ISA, although u can be detained for 30 days now without being charged. so now i have to change my topic. maybe go back to the origial topic. treatment and conditions of detainee's in ASEAN countries. whats the difference between a detainee and a prisoner? who knows.... so irritating.....

Ice Ice Baby

2006-02-21T15:40:00.000+08:00

Went Ice Skating with Grace today. 2 hours, we bought gloves. pink and purple. took me a while to get used to the ice. but it was good. i think alot of the guys were there to pick up or impress the girls... which was amusing. lots of older people doing figure skating. should find someone who can show me how to do cool stuff on ice... it's hot when you go outside again.

I'm still a tourist!

2006-02-20T01:48:00.000+08:00

Friend of a friend came by singapore, so i showed him around abit, means i can be a tourist and take over 100 photos in 2 days. shocking. went to sentosa, but it started to piss down with rain, so i didn't get to see the musical fountain..... again... and we went orchid, suntec to see the worlds largest water fountain, the merlion, the esplanade, sim lim square and bugis.

Law Ball

2006-02-19T00:28:00.000+08:00

Yes, went to the law ball yesterday. i had no expectations at all, which means that my expectations were exceeded, which was good. i felt sorry for the nomenees for the law ball king and queen. they had to do a fasion show, and answer questions and sing...... all very amusing.... knew some of the local students there so was able to talk to them for abit. that was good. after we went to Fullerton Hotel for some drinks. very nice hotel. but then i smelt like cigarets... grrrrr.... thats really irrtating....

Franz Ferdinand

2006-02-16T23:55:00.000+08:00

Answers to Questions in the Sony Walkman Tent with the DJ guy asking the questions and racheal and myself screaming out the answer with such enthusiasm....

Q:"who are we here to see?!"
A:"Franz Ferdinand!"

Q:"how many members are there?"
A"four"

Q:"where are they from?"
A:"Scotland"

Q:"What are their names?!"
A"It doesn't matter!" (mostly because i didn't know thier names..hahhahaha)

They gave us free food and wine and softdrinks. it was good. the concert was good. the lights were great, loved how they made it in sync with the drums. played some songs i knew, played some songs i didn't know. but it was still ok. a sea of black heads. they looked like spiders. quite scary....

The official afterparty was at zouk, but that place is just crap.... so didn't go there. the guy also said he was throwing a party at the continental hotel and there would be free food. didn't go, wasn't hungry, and didn't feel like it..... not sure if he was lieing or not (but i don't think he was....)

Jail bird

2006-02-11T00:30:00.000+08:00

Went to Changi Prison for administration of criminal justice class. but its really funny to tell the taxi driver we want to go to changi prison, he went "HUH!" and Shannon had to get a taxi to go airport, so she booked on in advance, and the operator couldn't believe what she was saying, so started laughing. it was very interesting. we took a prison bus into the main prison (didn't get a pic of the prison bus) and we saw the work factory, the make parts for refrigirators and they stared at us, which was rather intimidating, and we saw thier living quarters, they have no beds, and we got to question some prisoners. really very intersting...

Over Sensitive?

2006-02-09T21:50:00.000+08:00

I think i have regressed in the past year, i've become overly sensitive about peoples actions and become offended too easily by what they do. but you know some people are just so stupid you can't help but be angry at them. Just found out that someone lied to me, and pretended to be my friend so now i'm annoyed at that person. inconsiderate,unthoughtful, kniving,schemeing, rude, stupid, doens't listen to reason. ugh. people are annoying..... i want to find a guy who is the total opposite of all that. Where are you huh?

LIZARD!!!!!!

2006-02-06T23:26:00.000+08:00

I came after a long day at uni, 10am to 9 pm, was about to take a shower, and to my horror there was a lizard on the ceiling! i wasn't going to shower with a lizard perving on me! so i ran and told my sis and my bro in law came to look at it. he decided the best course of action was to flick it with rubber bands until it fell to the floor, and then pour boiling hot water over it to kill it. i felt so sorry for the little critter............. maybe if its lucky, it'll just be disabled and not dead.......

Scandinavian Young Professional Party

2006-02-04T12:28:00.000+08:00

Lionel took me along to this very random even, table 108 in chijmes. it was really fun, lots of scandinavians there, met a handful of people at NUS. and there was belly dancing. nice place, spent the whole night drinking vodka something. i think i really am going to become an alcoholic coz after 4 drinks i was still ok. building up my tolerance...after we all went to loof, which is a rooftop bar. very nice place, there are trees up on the 3rd floor, which i found facinating.

Law Bash Flop

2006-02-01T12:11:00.000+08:00

went to the law bash at indochine, what a flop. so boring, all the people were standing around the dance floor to afraid to dance. they did a parade of all the candidates for the law king and queen, couldn't really see, so can't tell if they were good looking. saw some of my international friends. so decided to ditch the law bash and go to dbl 0. had to sneak shermain in since she's not even 18 yet. free entry free flow, unfortunatly was sick so couldn't drink much alcohol. dbl0 was much better, better people, better music, better alcohol. yes after db 0 closed we went down to some other club down the street, full of malays, not as fun, so we went home.

Sentosa Again

2006-01-31T00:30:00.000+08:00

Felt like going sentosa again today. so we went down with sherlene and shermain. the two sisters decided to do abit of rowing, rather funny to watch. it was packed since it was a public holiday. had to meet grace at 7pm so we tried to leave at 6pm. but we got lost and didn't know the way out, so we ended up walking from sentosa back to the main land. went to little india, mustafa (24 hour department store) really facinating. grace bought stationary, i really don't understand her passion for stationary. i mean i used to love it too, but i donno, it doesn't appeal to me anymore.... OMG woman your 20 and still obsessed with colourful pens!

Ministry Of Sound

2006-01-26T15:24:00.000+08:00

I love it. MOS. very nice. we went to queens first, $10 free flow till 2am. vodka, burbon, gin... some other stuff. so we stayed thier till midnight we were all alittle tipsy then went down to MOS. Theres an escelator there! hahahahahahah but its not on. upstairs there are some rooms with diff music. there was a disco room and a white room full of tourists ( who were hoping to pick up some local girl i'm sure, that room is really nice but really dodgy,we ran out of there quick smart). the music in the main area was ok, until they started playing one song for an extrodinarily long time. yes. but it was good! photos to come....

Asian Civilization Museum

2006-01-25T19:30:00.000+08:00

yes today for the unit international law and asia, we went to the asian civilization museum. the taxi driver didn't actually know which museum it was so he drove us to the singapore museum, tut tut tut, so we told he it wasn't that one. andthen he was going to drive us to all the other museums he knew till we got to the right one. luckily, he got it right the second time. its really quite nice there. the tour guide had a very soothing voice. made me want to sleep and she told us alot of stories which were interesting.

Santosa

2006-01-21T01:14:00.000+08:00

Went to Sentosa today, we took the cable cart over, that was pretty cool, then we went swiming. the water was really salty, so its very easy to float. we same over to an island which was 100 - 200m away ( what an adventure, there was nothing on the island)then we went down to "the most southern point in the asia continent". then there was a party, with mostly international students. it was pretty fun...

Night Safari

2006-01-19T22:42:00.000+08:00

Emmaline came to drop by singapore. unfortunatly she has dislocated her kneecap and was walking around with crutches (which the hospital made her buy). its hard to get around singapore with crutches. anyway we did abit of shopping went to NUS, she sat in one of my classes and participated abit (the lecturer was really happy hahahhahaha) and then we went night safari.

Night safari is ok, slightly over priced. saw lots of deer, a lion, deer, a pelican, deer, a pig, deer, 3 elephants, deer, 3 rhino's a tapir and more deer. the lowest point was when she said "to your left is a pond of water, some creatures drink it, some live in it and all contain it, water is essential to the survival of the ecosystem......" the we watch the fire show, that was pretty good.

More More!

2006-01-18T23:32:00.000+08:00

orientation

welcome for law exchage students

food, glorious food...

grace and myself at bugis ooooohhhhh bugis........

photos photos....

2006-01-18T22:55:00.000+08:00

Felicity from NZ

shannon (USA) & Racheal (UK)

nicole and nathan both from canada

This is Student admin office where u pay for all your stuff. arn't the couches comfy looking?

Dble 0

2006-01-14T23:39:00.000+08:00

So last year, sherlene, tracy and I tried to get into this night club, but we were 19 and they cheaked our ID and wouldn't let us in! FINE THEN BE THAT WAY. so I went down there again this year with some international students and found out that the age limit in the place around the corner is 20 (and its owned by the same club- but its a pool whole, with a seperate dancing area and music etc. anyway. after an hour or so, we went down and tried to get into dble O using the stamp from the first place, and it worked! and i didnt' need to show my ID, i've found a way around the 21 rule ! yay. it was pretty good.

the stamps for the clubs here are in ultraviolet ink, so u can't see the mark on ur arm until u shine a blue light on it. its cool.

I miss my Perth friends!!!!!

2006-01-09T14:56:00.000+08:00

Currently sitting in the middle of the busines school in NUS. so boring. 4 hour break, i miss going to the lib to distract people. had 2 classes this morning. none of the lecturers introduced themselves do i don't know thier names and i need to email one of them coz i can't get onto the unit website... grrrrrrr.... bored bored bored bored and its raining makes it hard to go anywhere. there are power plugs under the chairs in the seminar rooms. so hard to make friends huh? everyone already knows everyone, and all the singaporeans have thier groups of friends already. how did i make so many international friends in perth? qand everyone here thinks i'm local, until they hear me speak, and even then they insist that i look chinese, which i'm so not! i have class until 9pm tonight! how shocking is that. but to make up for it, i don't have class tommorow.

Orientation

2006-01-06T15:02:00.000+08:00

So troublesome, i have to get the timing of getting to uni right. have to walk to the LRT, take the LRT to the Choa Chu Kang MRT, take the red MRT to jurong east, take the Green MRT to Clementi, take bus 96 to NUS. see how hard this is! anyway i was running late, so decided to take a taxi, but then couldn't find a taxi for 20min, so ended up late anyway. there are over 200+ ppl at NUS on exchange. alot from america, like 5-10ppl from australia. met some ppl from holland, alot from canada and alot from newzealand. honest will post pictures soon!

then we went to eat lunch with some of my new friends. it was quite fun because we'd all start on a topic and then compare the topic in each of our respective countries. so there was alot to say. then after that went walking up and down the stairs mulitple times because we kept going to the wrong place so it was up down up down up down up down... good thing it was't so hot.

Under the Bridge

2006-01-05T16:35:00.000+08:00

There is a bridge near my place, well its not really a bridge but a freeway pass. Anyway, while going to the train station to go hunt for food (coz there was none in the house)i saw dingos under the bridge! it was scary, a whole pack of them, what if they suddenly decided i would make a great dinner and eat me? then while walking back from the train station, i saw a man sitting under the bridge wearing only shorts in the mud. also very scary. there are dodgy things under the bridge...

Cinderella is overrated...

2006-01-05T04:28:00.000+08:00

today went to immigration to do my student visa, took 30 min to wait in line and take a foto, then went to the student visa section, took one look at the queue and decided to do it another day. then went to see narnia. it was a good movie, i enjoyed it. then went clubbing at zout. pretty nice place, i went with vic and her friends so we got into the members section, saw some people i already me before. had a lychee martini that was good and then a flaming lamborgeni? apparently those are illegal in perth coz they are too potent. i was pretty tipsy after that, i couldn't stop swaying and laughing for no real reason.... yes and on the dance floor they kept spraying cold air onto the people every now and then... that was kinda strange. the club was full but i was told its usually more crowded, apparently everyone was going to the ministry of sound. perhaps i should try that one some other time.

registration

2006-01-03T16:49:00.000+08:00

went to nus to register. it was pretty fast. then went down to pay some amenities fees the office is so pretty, will post photos when download them. went to the book store at NUS to look for books for my units, talked to a girl there who asked me what units i was doing and pretty much told me i had no books to buy, which was good and the exams are open book! so relieved!!!!! then went and bought some random stuff. want to go see narnia, but no one to watch it with *sigh* hopefully i will make some friends at uni. saw some people trying to ask for donations, and do surveys and sell stuff, felt sorry for them so talked to them. that and i was bored.....

2006-01-02T15:38:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year!!!!

2006-01-01T09:57:00.000+08:00

New Years eve, went shopping, then went to lionels gathering. there was an abudnance of cheese cake. and lionel made pizza and brushetta very delicious. and then was supposed to go out to the night clubs but had no one to go with, so after we did the whole happy new year thing, went to eat some porridge with all this stuff, i have no idea what it was, but it was really interesting. i really should get the camera, i keep forgetting! and it was hard to find a taxi home. taxi's are so cheap in singapore like i went from one end of the country to the other end on a public holiday and it still only cost me $22.

OMG did u know the tap water here in singapore is NEW water?!?!?!?!??!?!?! i was so shocked when i found out, for those who don't know new water is sewerage water that has been filtered and treated. well actually the water here is a mix of new water and regular water. i don't know what to do. like could not drink it, but i'd still have to brush my teeth and shower in it.... it looks like normal water? it would be kinda expensive to shower in mineral water right?

Day 1

2005-12-30T11:33:00.000+08:00

So i arraived in singapore safly, for all those who care, i'm still alive and trying very hard to avoid chicken. Its not as hot as i expected over here, so thats good, very humid, i'm sure i'll get used to it, and my skin will be beautiful, but when i get back to perth it will be crap again, this i know. My younger neice actually remembers me! its so cute she calls me "di ut" (pronounced yee oop) meaning youngest auntie in viet.ooohhh so cute, i should go out and buy her some presents later....yes, so i unpacked, and need to go out to buy some essentials and stationary and a plug converter. yesss......... i should do that tonight.

Merry Christmas

2005-12-25T20:14:00.000+08:00

So this is christmas
and what have you done?
another year over
a new one just begun.
And so this is christmas
I hope you had fun
the near and the dear ones
the old and the young.
A very merry christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope its a good one
without any fear.....

I love christmas carols......

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Thira and myself playing christmas carols =)

Casino Addiction

2005-12-24T15:01:00.000+08:00

went to the casino on sunday, wed, friday. i think i'm becomming addicted tot he casino. so far over those three days i've broken even. so its not so bad. money wheel..... i can hear the clicking.... it calls to me..... and roulette.... ohhhhh roulette.... and on friday we went into the ruby room. its quite nice and i liked the music. unfortunatly there was a stabbing while we were there. 7 times! poor guy. and then there were police and paramedics and we all got kicked out of the night club.............i want to go back but everyone is leaving. so its not likly that i will ... maybe for my bday i'll go there huh?

Steam Boat

2005-12-23T14:33:00.000+08:00

Yesterday had my steam boat dinner. lots of fun. i had to drive all around perth to buy food. that was fun. 12 ppl in total. 2 steam boats. my mom thought the ppl who fell asleep were drunk ( i had to explain to her that one was sick and the other was just tired) and she was really impressed that Will did the dishes. hahahhahahahahahh. played scrabble after. 3 groups of 3. myself, Will and grace (hahahha get it will and grace?) were called "why did you belive me, when i said i loved, when you know that i've been a lier all my life", Stewart Ian and dan were called SID and Tracy olivia and Scott were (tos^2) x 7^5 + 1. yup........ SID won 214 points, followed by Why did u believe me....... 188 and lastly was tos^2) x 7^5 + 1 on 99 points. how shamefull....i'd put fotos on but the stupid fone won't connect to the computer so i can't get my fotos!

Carols by Candlelight

2005-12-19T00:46:00.000+08:00

I was supposed to volunteer for the carols by candle light for starlight. but they got back to me too late and were being wishy washy, which i didn't like. so i just attended the event instead. i like christmas carols. there was supposed to be fireworks at the end too, but i couldn't be bothered staying till the end. instead went to the casino. I was introduced to the money wheel. didn't really win anything. Scott almost won 47-1 twice and finally on the third time he got it. that was pretty cool. also joined the burswood club. free coffee for me hahahha so i can become addicted and just stay up late and keep comming back for more. so kniving those ppl.

ADHD

2005-12-18T12:12:00.000+08:00

grace gave me fotos yay. so here are some for your viewing pleasure.... =)

I think i do have ADHD huh? Went to Tracey's house to watch a movie and all i wanted to do during the movie was talk and irritate everyone. i even sms stewart who was sitting accross the room because i was bored. i saw scott rolling his eyes alot, so i guess i annoyed him enough..... I just looked up the symptoms of ADHD this is soooo me!!!!

_often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat.

_ often runs, climbs or leaves seat in settings where remaining seated is expected.

_ often runs about excessively in situations in where it is inappropriate.

_ often has difficulty playing quietly in leisure activities.

_ is often "on the go" or often acts as if "driven by a motor."

_ often talks excessively.

_often blurts out answers before hearing the entire question.

_ often has difficulty awaiting turn or for a turn.

_ often interrupts or intrudes on others at school or work and at home.

- often feels and acts restless.

need i say more?

2005-12-14T00:14:00.000+08:00

Went shopping today in the city with Thira, bought some stuff. got home, my mom was telling me i better not go out tonight, coz my dad is about to blow a fuse, but then when he was distracted with some guests, i went out anyway. went to see kiss kiss bang bang. Robert Downy Jr was soooooo sarcastic in that movie, it reminded me of stuwart, who was loving it.

I got a parking fine in the city today aswell! how rude! i paid $10 for 12h of parking. but then the ticket machine printed a faulty ticket! it said we only paid $3. i didn't actually cheak the ticket before i left and then got a fine for parking beyond the limit! isn't that disgraceful! so i have to appeal now. *sigh* so troublesome.

BBQ

2005-12-11T00:12:00.000+08:00

So did the whole bbq thing today. quite fun. had to run around picking everyone up. ended up being about 1.5 h late. but its ok. food selection was good. plenty for all. stuwart, anna, scott all drank disgusting concoctions of coke and various condiminiums. Scott's was by far the worst, coke, sweet chilli lychee sauce, pepper and coleslaw, i almost vomited looking at it. but he managed to skull it down. ewwwwwwwwww.

Went to Nick's birthday party at night ( don't actually know nick, but i know him by face around uni, he looks like jordan from HS) yup. saw some more uni ppl. quite fun.

2005-12-09T22:50:00.000+08:00

So i had to ask my self the question, what have i been doing during the holidays. apprently its been really fun, but i couldn't quite figure out why. i now have the answer. i've been jumping from group of friends to friends and afew select individuals. This way i can go out and be social all the time and not bug the same people over and over and over again! It's perfect.

So went out on wed night for dinner, with the girl who has been stalking the cute guy with me, the cute guy we've been stalking and the cute guys friend. hahahhahahah. the dinner was tax deductible. how funny is that? the guy has an entertainment allowence (one of the exceptions to this allowence is adult entertainment). We went to Dusit Thai. Its was actually really good.

too much to do, too little time

2005-12-03T00:43:00.000+08:00

Went to Hanh's place.
Tutored
Went to dinner
Went to see the movie Domino

Will cooked spagetti bolignaise, it was good, much more complicated then i would have thought, also learned how to boil water in a pot today - did you know you were supposed to put the lid on? i didn't.

Domino, i liked it, but everyone else hated it - hahahhahahhah i felt sorry for stuwart in the middle of the movie, i'd look at him and he'd have an extremely bored look on his face, i asked him if he wanted to go out and get coffee instead, but he declined. i especially love the shooting scene, where the mafia come in and shoot the bounty hunters and then the bounty hunters shoot the mafia and then the police shoot from a helicopter outside, and then everyone starts shooting at the police. lots of shooting involved...

PS. after all the stalking i finially got the guy's number... lets just hope he never realises the extent that was gone to, to get it.. hahahhahahah

How Much is Too Much?

2005-12-01T00:23:00.000+08:00

Do you think that looking up a guys number in the white pages is going to far? How about if you then call that guy up. and he's not home. so then he must be a work. so you call up his work place and ask for him telling the receptionist that its a "personal matter". after he doesn't answer up the office fone. would it be bad if you went to the place where he works at the hospital claiming "drunkedness" "sore eyes" or "worms in your stomach?"

Is it almost Christmas?

2005-11-28T23:06:00.000+08:00

Bored. Today i went starlight, then went to hanhs place, then went rollerblading with Thira since Olivia decided not to join us (very dissapointed).

Currently sitting here deciding what to get everyone for chirstmas. if your reading this blogg, your likly to get a gift unless:
a) i don't know you
b) your overseas
c) your religion forbids you from celebrating christmas
d) i just don't like you, in which case, stop reading my blog!

yup lots of chocolate involved.

Keeping Busy

2005-11-24T00:29:00.000+08:00

I really have nothing to do. trying to keep myself busy otherwise i'd go insane from bordom.

On monday i was actually sitting around my room waiting for ppl to call me. that failed miserably so i ended up sms ppl and begging them to hang. ended up with lionel. we had a quick lunch, and then went to the airport to pick up his mom (who is very intersting, and has strange ideas about the death penalty in singapore (although sean tells me its from governement propoerganda) anyway she was saying that van nguyen deserved the death penalty because he was way over the legal limit of drugs before getting the death penalty (which is 17grams) but i was so gobsmacked by that because a life is worth more than 17g! i didn't say so, coz i thought it might be rude, and i just met her but yeah, strange way of thinking, and to think i'll have to put up with this in singapore next year!) then we went wine hunting. that was an educational experience. i've discovered that liquor land sucks. there are so many wines out there, i just never knew.

tues..... went to hang out with Thira, we watched gilmore girls and she played the piano and we went walking around.

wed - went centerlink, went out for lunch with grace, got a refresh prospectus, considering buying shares, went and bought random items, went out to coffee with sean, went to the landmark forum which was kinda strange - but promising, maybe i'll do it in singapore......

Belated Birthday Dinner

2005-11-20T23:40:00.000+08:00

Another unburithday to attend By penatly of disownement. I would have gone even if grace didn't threaten me. but atleast i can blame her anyway. It was a decent italian restaurant. Highschool friends present(good to see them again) and grace's churchy frineds.

Also went rollerblading today with Olivia, and saw 3 dolphins in the swan river. that was cool. i've never seen a real dolphin before.....

Un Birthday

2005-11-18T22:00:00.000+08:00

Today was Corrians Un birthday party. since he wanted to celebrate his birthday early since he is leaving on monday. so we all went down to roy's place for a party. the usual poker, mahjong, alcohol. met some different people. that was good. so emmbarrasing telling people i have a midnight curfew! maybe i should lie next time and tell them i have another party to attend.

And i've discovered the magic of cheap champaing (sherlene bought for $3.50 a bottle) that is so sweet that it actually taste really nice. hahahhaha

Farewell Party

2005-11-18T13:53:00.000+08:00

Hosted by Sherlene, Tracy, Hanh, Lionel, Scott and Myself, but we all know it was really sherlenes party because half the people there were sherlenes friends (and they were so anti social just hanging out with thier own group and refusing to talk to me even though they met me before, what snobs!) (and the mahjong group were equally anti social sitting around having elastic band wars and playing poker tut....) met quite a few new people although i was just running around the whole night and didn't really spend 5 min with anyone. It was really fun though! shall post more fotos when i get some more....

Pride and Prejudice

2005-11-13T17:04:00.000+08:00

What a great movie, its so sweet and romantic and sweet and romantic and i should really stop watching these chick flicks. Marshall and I had the whole cinima to ourselves. that was pretty cool. so we sat there and made loud comments and talked in the movie. i like that movie.... Sigh.... where's my Mr Darcy?

I finished!

2005-11-12T23:56:00.000+08:00

Woke up at 6AM showered and raced over to grace's house, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! nothing is open at 7am so we went down to the beach and found a cafe that opened at 8am. so we walked around the beach for a while and when it was 8 went back to the cafe, but thier service was shockingly bad, so we went to macdonalds and ate at beaumaris park.
then went back to graces house to cram for 3 hours. David sent grace a dozen long stem roses! so cute! Ahhhhhh i'm so jealous!

I Had my last exam! YAY! No more study! NO more UWA until July 2006! that is unless i fail, in which case, no more UWA till March 2006. Went out to utopia with Sherlene, William, Bao and Piryia. Then went to time zone with Bao and Piryia, and then went to some Korean restaurant with Bao Piryia and Tracy, and then Piryia wanted to have coffee at gelare and then went home. so tired!