I want a digital piano!

I miss my piano again....
This morning's 9am Genome Sc lecture was very boring. I wasn't concetrating and my brain was full of piano scores.
This is not the first time i miss playing piano in melb.
Really want to buy myself a digital piano over here. But a new one costs abt $950! Dunno where to find a 2nd hand one. kept telling myself that i'll save money for that but so far... still a long way to go. haha!

x??!!

I'm sure everyone has this sort of experience:
There's something, x that you really don't like,
but due to some other circumstances, u can't change it anymore and hv to use it,
the big prob is... x will affect the image of Y.
and now, all i can do is...
to hope that the ppl who came up with the idea x will realise this prob (which is unlikely to happen), OR
to hope those who are using x now will realise the prob and try to improve x.

i keep thinking abt this on and off since everything happened 2 days ago...

other than hoping this hoping that, should i just tell the ppl who came up with that idea??!!

Commonwealth Games opening ceremony 

Commonwealth Games opening ceremony 

Commonwealth Games opening ceremony 

Commonwealth Games in Melb

Commonwealth games started on Wed!
The fireworks are so nice!!!!
those who were in melb city that night, should hv gone to see the live version!
Hope to go watch the closing ceremony fireworks if there's one. the closing ceremony is on next sunday.
during the CG period, there're some events around melb city.

Yesterday was the first day of CTG workshop!
well, to be honest, it turned out better than what i've expected.
But there were still some problems (which are unavoidable) during the workshop. and there are still more to be improved. and i hv more to learn too! :)
Hope everything's smooth till the end of the Awards night!!!

updates

woa... 2 weeks already since uni started!
how hv i been?

went to the night market at vic mart on Wed with a bunch of frens. the danish pancakes are sooo nice!!!

well, lecs are ok... as in... still very blur but i think should be able to catch up IF i do the readings. haha! But i still need help from ppl who did 215 to do my assignments!!! :(
that's so not fair! Biomed ppl can't do 215 (a genetics subject) in 2nd sem 2nd yr. and now in 3rd year, they expect us to know stuff from 215!

CTG workshop is goin to start next sat.
hmm... hope that everything will be fine.

*yawn* so sleepy now but i know i should finish my prac hw and assignment before i go to bed.
Played tennis for 2 hours today.... that's why i'm so tired now.

and ya... Ai Hui (my primary classmate who is studying in NZ) is visiting melb, end of june! thinking of goin to syd with her in early july. :D
hmm.... this winter holiday, i want to go skiing and go sydney. :P

start of 3rd year

uni starts for almost a week now...
feeling a little miserable...

coz hv to work hard dee... it's my final yr u know?!
and this week i'm still quite free, but others seem to be busy so ... :(
beginning of my 2nd year was even worse... i was so very miserable and sad.. coz i came back to melb quite late... haven't got the time to tune myself back into the uni mood.

and also... 3rd year biomed ppl are in different streams now... :(
so we seldom see each other in classes.
from 1st year, we see each other at least 12 hours a week;
2nd year.... at least 6 hours a week;
3rd year.... abt 2 hours a week?

we used to walk from one lecture theatre to the other together...
we used to sit together during lectures...

really miss those days!!

uni starting soon!

Yesterday was the final orientation event of muoss - the Amazing Race
although it was raining, we had to cont the event. I was the team leader of 4 strong guys and a sporty girl. we were all running like mad in the rain, going ard city, from lygon st to fitroy garden and crown... there were 8 core checkpoints and 3 bonus ones. we did all of them except 1 bonus checkpoint.
before heading back to the finish line, which was at the muoss lounge in union house, i slipped and fell down in uni! gosh.. the first time i ever fell down in melbourne! haha!
well, the good thing is our team won the 2nd prize!!! a $300 bowling voucher at kingpin bowling.
Team leaders are actually not included in the prizes but my team members invited me to share the prize with them. :D

hmm... uni starts on monday.... :(
wish i have another week of holiday!

well, final year of my undergrad, must play hard while study hard! that's wat i always say to myself. :D

back in melb

Woa! my first post since i came back to melb on sunday morning!
well, this week, i've been volunteering for MUOSS (Melb Uni Oversease Student Services) during the uni o'week and helping a bit at CTG recruitment.
the weather for these 2 days is very hot! it's more than thirty degrees here in melb, well >30 means really really hot in melb. coz the sun is shining hard and it's dry .
it's tiring but fun overall. looking fwd to the Amazing Race by MUOSS tomorrow! but the weather forecast says it's goin to rain tmr :(
and yesterday in uni, i met a primary classmate whom i hv'nt seen for 8 years! so surprised to see her! in melb!

i just woke up from my afternoon nap... well, i seldom take naps in the afternoon, unless i'm really sleepy (and can't concentrate on my studies or wat) and tired.

and my new flatmate is moving in later tonite. hope we'll get along well :D

more update soon...

hmm....

starting to get bored liao....
at home... not goin anywhere... sien....
not that there's nowhere to go.. but noone to go with ...
when hv ppl to go with, no transportation.

13 days to go

ya... 13 days before i'm flying off to Melb.

This trip to genting was.... quite OK... as in... not too interesting . haha!
It was my first time to enter the casino in genting.
and also my first time to the cinema there.
We didn't bother go outdoors since it was too cold and quite misty

went to primary 5,6 class teacher's house yesterday.
19 of us went. haven't seen some of them for years! even since we left primary school!
It was very good to catch up with each other.
Hope that the MSN group that we've set up will keep us all in touch. :D

visited my piano teacher in the evening.
a good catch up with her and another friend who is her piano student.

looking forward to 'fully utilise' these 2 weeks before leaving. :D

Back from Penang

Just came back from Penang this afternoon.
the traffic was quite bad on our way back. it took us almost 6 hours drive to get home. it usually takes abt 4 hours.
this year's cny is... as usual... eat, angpao, play, visiting and sleep. haha!
the weather is so hot in penang!!! as usual lar that is.

hmm.. missed the highschool cny gathering. :(
last year as well! I was still in Penang. duh...

well, abt 2 and a half weeks, i'll be in melb lar. that's fast!
no mood for uni yet. :D

goin to genting tmr, coming back on the next day.
dunno wat to do there yet...

A new year...

It was my 21st bday yesterday...
Did nothing 'unusual' at home during the day since i woke up, except recieving bday greetings from my friends....

i got my 1st one, an sms from Gary at 12am, which is before i slept.
then after i woke up, in the morning... the 1st greetings on the phone is from CheeLup!!! from UK!!! so touched that you called!!
the 1st sms since i woke up is from Khai Ern... my primary classmate.
then... the 1st bday greeting on msn is from JingYing... my ex-housemate in Melb.
also thanks to friends that sent me E-cards, sms, or even a testimonial on friendster :P, or a simple msn msg...

i only got sms from 1 person before i went to sleep. :( awww....
haha... anyway...

then went for dinner with my family...
we went for the Hakka 'lei cha'. a traditional dish for Hakka ppl.
it is one of my favourite food in KL!
then we came home, took pics, cut bday cake!! my 3rd b'day cake for this year's bday!! haha!!

there goes my 21st birthday...
although the birthday is just a normal day on the calender, it makes the birthday girl/boy feels her/himself being the important person, at least for the day...

so, what does being a 21-year-old mean ?
to me.. it means the same since i was 20...
to my parents... also no big diffr gua?? hmm.... still wondering...

early bday

had a good b'day steamboat dinner last night with my college, albert hs friends. Thanks guys!! erm... last night as in Sunday night. :)
SzeSze was there too! and we celebrated our bday together. :D
i've been thinking of how to celebrate our bday..
our first idea was karaoke...
2nd idea was a lunch or dinner at MidValley...
3rd idea was by KimHoong... seafood at somewhere at the Extreme Park...
then later KH found out that the Extreme Park was closed ... for some reason...
so he suggested to go to this steamboat buffet near Sunway.

It was a good dinner... first time gather with them (except YeeFei) since i came back from Melb last Dec.
it was a simple celebration but we're all happy... that's the most important point right?
Hope SzeSze enjoyed too!

well, i cut my 2nd bday cake for this year after the dinner. haha!
the first one was a chocolate sponge cake at s'pore... SinYee was the one who went to choose the cake... :)
this 2nd one was a blueberry cheesecake... Yee Fei's the one who bought it... :)
yay... both are my best friends...
knew SinYee since form 1...
knew YeeFei since Trinity...
eh... both of them have a word 'Yee' in their names :D

Primary classmates gathering

Yup... just went for my primary classmates gathering today...
we went to this restaurant at the Curve where you can hv live band playing (and singing) songs dedicated by the customers. good band!

i haven't seen some of them for years!!! as in... 5 years or more!!
but we all still look the same. haha!
good to catch up with them... hope to see them again during CNY at our form teacher's house :D

S'pore Jan 06

Wheeee.... came back from S'pore yesterday evening.
had good time in s'pore...
met up with high school friends from NTU and NUS, Melb friends and few ppl i knew from my last year's trip at NIE.
thanks to you guys for making all the gatherings fun!

I went to s'pore on Sat...
then sun nite 15 of us went for steamboat at Marina despite the heavy rain!! it was hot but fun!!
we were busy eating, busy chattin, and busy hiding behind our own 'human barrier' to drink the drinks that we brought from outside. haha!

It rained every single day when we were there... oh ya... i went to s'pore with YeeFei.
we took a 5.5 hours train down to Woodlands where i met my aunt and cousin.

Monday night was SinYee's 21st bday :D
someone almost got thrown into the NIE lake.. but failed... haha!
that was their 'tradition' during bday celebrations.

then... during uni days... went to meet them for lunch during their lunch breaks... went to a 2nd yr engineering (physics... talking abt fluid) lecture and a 2nd yr chinese theatre appreciation lecture. we couldn't stand the boredom so went out of the physics lec after 30 mins. while for the chinese th appreciation one... we couldn't get out half way through coz there were no break at all during the 2 hours lecture! and the lec was a small one... only abt 70 students there. so the lecturer can easily see who's doin wat. haha... but.. well... it was a new subject for me... kind of interesting thou... we got to watch those traditional chinese stage theatre.

ooh... i tried their Fan-tastic burger at McD!
imagine a McChicken burger... replace the 2 pieces of bread with 2 'pieces' of rice
it's good leh! I couldn't find it in M'sia.

then on thurs... met up with Marian, LeeXin etc...
months since i last saw Marian.
Heard many interesting stories from LeeFen. haha!

The night before we left s'pore...
they 'surprised' me by celebrating my 21st bday (that's almost 1 wk earlier) at my aunt's place
'surprised' coz i did hear their noise and footsteps when they are coming. haha!
anyway... it's so nice of you guys!! thank you!! *hugs*

This trip to s'pore wasn't a long one...
compared to last year... i was there for almost 1 month.
but it is as good as the last one!
coz i spent more time with you guys...
the only thing to be regret is... i still didn't visit NUS!!! :( :(
stupid rain!!
SinYee actually planned to bring us there on Sunday but it rained the whole day!!!!
aih...

in S'pore

In s'pore now....
having great time here in NTU. haha!
i came here with YeeFei... goin back on this friday
It rained the whole day yesterday!! from morning till mid nite before i slept.
last nite, my highshool mates from NTU and the few of them from NUS went for steamboat at Marina Bay despite the heavy rain~ it was fun! haha!!
and we just went to a (quite boring one) engineering lec just now... it was a 1 hr lec but we left 30 mins early.
so i'm now in the library.. waiting for them to hv lunch together. :D
looking fwd to SinYee's b'day celebration tonite!! yay!
hmm.. looks like it's goin to rain again today.. :(
pray hard! haha!!

~holiday~

Yesterday nite, me and another 3 primary school frens went out to hv a drink.
it's been years since i last seen 1 of them.
so good to hv primary school mates still in touch!!
8 years since we left our primary school!!
some of us even graduating this year!
man... that was fast!!

today... had been watching a 25 episode taiwanese drama series from 10am till 1045pm today!
i like to watch drama series... don't mind sacrifice my sleep to watch whole nite if it's a good one.
that's wat i did in melb after the exam.

well... can't wait to see you guys in s'pore!!
hope to visit NUS this trip. :D

holiday...

Happy new year!!
this year's new year... i NEARLY went to my first.. ya.. my first new year countdown! haha!
but nah.. we went home at 11 something.
next time lar... hope can tahan till the next day baru go home. :)

I'm still enjoying my holiday... still much to do...
still many things haven't done...
still many drama series havent' watch...
still many ppl havent' meet up...
looking fwd to go to s'pore ... i haven't buy tic yet thou...

wow... CNY is coming soon.. that's fast!
well, coming back for hol for 1.5 months isn't that long after all.
time flies... (as always)