Another day had passed... sunset indicated the end of a busy day, for me and everyone (although some peoples got their night activities - you know what I mean :P). It was an exhausted uni day, running around from one lectures to another, 3 straight hours in practical room and no time for lunch break... having a single piece of energy bar and 2 cups of coffee... Homework were piling from day to day, I was trying to finish it...but it kept adding... I didn't even have any club/socities activities because I don't have time to manage it... yeah, sometimes i'm lazy, but can't you imagine that everyday i gotta travelled an hour, back and forth to uni, from train to tram to bus every single trip? Coming back home and just wanna having a peace dinner and finish my homework as soon as possible... I just want to rest...
It was a boring Saturday morning.... well...eventually had plans today, but due to laziness to go city for the festival,so just stayed at home and relax...
My aunt brought me some CDs which is the 'Heroes' for the whole season. I already watched 10 episodes in one day...kinda boring till crazy... My cousins decided to bring me out to the beach... before we go to the beach, we went to Knox City shopping complex to buy presents for my uncle which he's chinese birthday is today. Then we head straight to the beach that took about 45 mins trip.
The beach here was lot more better than Malaysia....REALLY MUCH BETTER ! The water was cystal clear, not much sediment/dirt in the sea water... The sand was fine and clean...It's just clean ! Sunny day today, a lot peoples around the beach...sun bathing (not my interest), swimming..
Today is my off day, without any lectures, tutorials and practicals. It's already the 2nd week of studies in uni. I feel so exhausted, confused, frustrated sometimes... too much information stuff inside my brain, and I need time to digest !!! Uni life was so different from college/high school... Everything gotta D.I.Y... Competition among students to archeive high score... It's another stage of life, waiting for me to explore...experience...suffer...
The Orientation and Enrolment Week started on 15th February and last till 23th February. In this whole week, lots of information sessions, clubs and societies will be held.
In the 15th and 16th, the enrolment session for international students was held. For the first day was International Student Briefing, and it was kinda boring for the whole session. However it was quite informative which exposed us to the culture, lifestyles and study information of Australia.
In the second day of the enrolment, I've attend the Subject Information Session. We have discussion with the student advisor in university. They guided us for course subjects selection, which subjects to choose for the first year of course and also subjects that related to majors in future. Next thing would be online enrol for the course, simple and fast.
End of the enrolment... Yeah...way to be uni student !
It's has been a while staying at home, I gotta find something to do. So my cousin persuaded me to indoor rock climbing...and I agreed to go just before that day. We took bus from StudPark to Nunawading. It was quite far distance between the two areas. As we reached, we paid about AUD$25.50 for student fare for the whole day (which can leave and went back in after lunch). It opened from 9am to 10pm. If you are a beginner, no need to worry because they will teach you how to climb, how to use the gadgets and stuffs... It's better to go with a partner. More details at http://www.hardrock.com.au/
I can guarantee you that the indoor rock climbing was so fun ^^ and challenging. Although I'm not that active in sports, but this was a great experience for me. Maybe because I didn't involved in sports for long time ago, after the rock climbing my arms were pain and muscle cramp...Aw..it last for 3 days...
I went out with my uncle to buy some groceries. We went to Stud Park for Coles (one of the supermarket in Melbourne). It was only 5 something in the evening, almost all shops and stalls were closed. =.="
I would miss Malaysia a lot, especially the night life.. mamak-ing... shopping and watching movies at night... >.<>
Early in the morning i was so sleepy, but woke up and prepare for a day trip to Mornington. Hehe, took some sleep during the travel for about 1 hour. It was a fishing trip, where we going out to the sea and fish some big ones. Although the sun was hot, but the wind was so cold and chill >.< "We will tell them that we caught a lot of fish, but we're too hungry and eat it." "Yeah, and we say the fish bite my finger, then i throw it back to the sea." "How about say we give to other peoples cause they didn't even caught any of them?" * these will only belief by dumb dumb and small kids...no offence :P The fishing trip took about 3 hours, and they also provided breakfast (bread with sausages). On the way back to home, we stop by a botanic shop which sell different species of plants, from orchids, cactus to ornament flowers.
~ and a cute white parrot that only knew to say 'Hello"...
Around 8 something, i went to the market to buy foods for the meal today. The market here was clean, dry and refreshing (unlike the market in Malaysia, u know what i mean :p). The fruits, vegetables ... all were fresh and varieties...
Dad wanna buy something back to Malaysia. So one of he's plan was purchasing different kinds of nuts..walnut..chestnut...cashew nut...macadamia nut...pistachio... (nuts could be healthy food, especially it's good for heart).
A conservation park located behind our house backyard. My uncle decided to have a walk after dinner. It was 8pm and the sky was still bright. Although I'm staying in suburb area, but the environment here was cool and refreshing. Birds flying around...Wild rabbits hopping and hiding... but we gotta beware of fox cause it might attack us. Green grass and tress were everywhere.
I'm staying in Timbertop, which is a residential area in Rowville. Bungalows were popular here, with different sizes and architectures.
Time difference between Malaysia and Australia (Melbourne) was 3 hours. eg. 10am in Melbourne, in Malaysia would be 7am. I was trying to adjust the biological clock. It was summer here, so the daytime was much longer than the night.
For the past 8 hours on plane, my butt was almost numb. I can't sleep well because there's a woman at the back, sit with the legs on my seat. She kept shaking her legs, and it's really annoyed me >.<
A series of process in the airport. First will be the immigration, where the officers will checked our passport and visa. They were very conscious about illegal comers. Then was the custom part where they will checked the luggages. I gotta remind u all that u must declare medicine,drugs.... no egg and bird products was allowed to bring into the country. If you get caught, the products will be confisticate and fined heavily.
The weather was cloudy and cool, with the temperature approximately 23 degree celcius. The wind was chill..Aw...It was cold >.<
My uncle and aunt fetched us back to their place, where I will be living with them. What I surprise was they would less tolls in highways/freeways compare to Malaysia. However the travel distances between one place to another was very far.A picture taken from the backyard of the house. My uncle said there were birds and wild rabbits around that area. I can't wait to explore !
Grace has suggested to throw a gathering for us before I depart to Australia. So we have it in a steamboat restaurant in Sri Petaling. She promised me to bring her hubby because I haven't meet with him before, plus her wedding would be in March 2007 (which I couldn't attend unless she spend me for the air ticket :P ). No comments about the food. We always came on time, only Eric was the one came late ( I mean late for 1 hour). It was the dessert time, a pandan layer cake was bought. The cake looked nice to eat, but when you eat it, it's another story. "The cake taste weird" "Yeah, why it's that sour?" "Aren't there suppose to be sweat pandan cake?""Is it with the pandan kaya?" "But it doesn't suppose to be in sour taste..." "Well, we had to wait till the next day, see anyone of us get diarrhea."
"Ring Ring Ring" is one of the pop song in the album of . In this album there are 5 new songs and some collection songs from previous album. "Ring Ring Ring" is also one of my favourite song (i convert it to my caller ringtone and ringtone). S.H.E. has published 8 albums for almost 6 years, and their talent has always been recognised all around the world. This group band consists of Selina-Hebe-Ella with different backgrounds, voices and talents, however their voices combines together and sing perfectly :P S.H.E. is the best !!!
I came accross a website called "Learn Chinese Through Music". "Ring Ring Ring" song has been chosen as the learning material (kinda weird, but I love this song very much). They had even translated the song to English. This songs express the feeling of the modern people on love through handphone.
终于了解等待滋味 -I've finally understand the taste of waiting 是让人这么抓狂崩溃 - It makes people crazy and insane 难道你对我没感觉- Could it be that you have no feelings on me? 给了你号码怎么还不来电 - I've given you my number, why haven't you called yet?
Part 1: Ring a Ring a Ring Ring a Ring a Ring 会不会是你 - Could it be you? 要响几声才能接 - How many ring tones should I wait to pick it up? 心跳的声音 - The sound of heart beat 蹦蹦重低音 - The bang bang heavy bass notes 怕铃声会停 - I'm afraid tha the ring tone will stopped 赶快按下通话键 - Let me quickly press down the talk key !
Chorus: 拉长耳朵提高警觉 - Let me strain my ears and raise my guard 神经细胞全面戒备 - All my nerve cells are on defence 你的电话决不漏接 - I would never miss your call Ring a Ring a Ring 爱的合弦铃- The chords of love Yeah
管他网外或是网内 - Whether it's outside or inside the network 月底在考虑通话费 - I'll think about the phone bill at the end of the month 体温已燃烧到沸点 - My body temparature nearly burns to the boiling point 我不怕熬夜 - I'm not afraid of staying late 管他黑眼圈 - Who cares about the dark circle under my eyes? Yeah 来电 again - Call me again 绝不感累 - I'll never said I'm tired (last chorus)
Rap: 接到你的电话我会大喊 ya - When I received your call, I yelled 'ya' 听到你的声音我就 ok - As soon as I heard your voice, I'm ok 抱歉忘了矜持怎么演 - Sorry that I forgot how to act reservedly 可是兴奋很难收敛 - But i's very hard to constrain my excitement
反复看手机好几遍 - I've repeatedly looking my handphone several times 就担心电池突然没电 - I'm worry that my batteries suddenly runs off 你到底有没有感觉 - Honestly, do you have feelings on me? 给了你号码怎么还不来电 - I've given you my number, why haven't you called yet?
Repeat: Part 1 & Chorus
Rap: Ring a Ring a Ring 爱的和弦铃在进行 - The chords of love in progress 心跳的声音开始震动我的神经 - The sound of heart beat is starting to shake my nerves 不知你是否在等待 - I'm not so sure whether you are waiting for me 我已经在这边期待 - But I'm already participating now Ring a Ring a Ring 希望听到你说嗨Hi -I hope to hear you say 'Hi'
Around 6 something, i drove to Sunway to meet with Penny. Penny's friend has booked a table in Restaurant Yuen (buffet-style steamboat). Gosh, when I reached there, the place was crowded with 'meat-eaters'. We stood and waited for an hour then we went in. Of course we went and EAT !!!
Yeah, we enjoyed our meal ^^ I meet some Penny's friends also, they all can play till 'crazy' (Haha, i was one of them too). There's a sign said 'Do not leave any food behind'. So we decided to create a new recipe. A cup of cocktail with the mix of tom yam soup, chili sauce, raw egg, ice cream with different favorite... Ew.... Can't stand it... and somebody drank it >.<
After our dinner, it was kinda early for the countdown. To avoid the traffic-jam into Sunway Pyramid, we had a walk-walk for about 15 mins. Then we go for bowling (and this time, no more LONGKANG... plus i'm not the last position. Hahaha).While we were having fun with the bowling, we noticed the next lane was played by some kids. Some were pro, but some did badly until the bowling pins bounced off to the drain...
The time was almost there after our game ended. We walked out from the mall, trying to walk pass all the 'obstacles' (snow and ribbon sprays), and tried to come out as clean as possible. But turns out, no survivors... The celebration of countdown in Sunway was still consider 'OK'... but I will consider to go The Curve next year.
10....5..4, 3, 2, 1 Happy New Year !!!
Woo hooo.. Happy New Year 2007 !!! ( I wish...)
The night was still early, we went for mamak-ing in Restaurant Murni in SS2. I fetched Penny, she told me her friend didn't dare to sit her car because she drive recklessly. Well, if compared with me...Like today, the lane was supposed to be opposite direction, but I drove in, pressing the accelerator so hard till I reached to another street. Penny stunted for awhile while I was amazed :P
We celebrated Penny's friends birthday, and I'm trying to fulfil mu hunger with: blackcurrent fruity ice-blended + roti plant with pandan layer cake as the topping. Conversation, jokes and laugh were surrounded in this table. All of sudden, a 'jie jie' pops up in my life...She was getting crazy and excited when chatting with each other... Some of the conversation i remembered:
Sis: Didi, just now so many people there, and all stand so close, see your front part already 'bo liao lo...
Me: Aiyo, how ler...jie jie also no more liao lo, from B cup to A minus liao...
Sis: How ler..?
Me: I heard some old folks said must drink alot of papaya milk, then only can add on the size...
Sis: oh, then we go Murni, see got papaya milk or not, then e must drink at least 10 cups to go for E cup...
It's 2 something in the morning, dad called me to go home... Aiks... I'm a good boy again... Drove up to 130kmph (still consider ok la, cause i'm driving Kenari...). Bath and sleep~
Where to go after SAM? Which university am I going? What course am I taking? ..... and finally Where am i decide to go?
MELBOURNE
Why Melbourne? Why not other place? Why not study locally?
Melbourne, a city in Victoria, Australia.Most of the Asians prefer to go there than other places in Australia, which included me. I choose there because most of the famous/prestigious universities located there, the University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT... Secondly, my relatives and grandparents had migrated to Australia, and I will be staying with them (well, maybe temporary) as I could save a lot money on accommodation and food. SAM programme was recognised especially in Australia, and as you know the name of the course SAM- South Australian Matriculation. Most of the universities I applied early of the year have met all the requirements. Well, study in Australia would be a good experience for me... Why not do it locally? Hm... in term of the money part, it's cheap study here. However, I only have few choices here, and not all universities are well known, well-equipped, good environment, lecturers.... I'm not to look down or make critics on them, but as most of the people knows the education in Malaysia.. Next thing, I'm interested in science course,especially biotechnology nowadays... but here's a catch... In Malaysia, the 'bio-valley' developed too slow, and the job opportunity would be so low..I can't imagine after studied and comes out jobless...Sorry to be realistic, but WE ARE IN REALISTIC WORLD.
After took my results from Taylor's college, I head straight to IDP to settle my uni stuff. And I have decided to study in the University of Melbourne, taking the Bachelor of Science. That's all, I don't want to think anymore first...
Easily get tired these days, so this year of Christmas I decided to stay at home. Take some good rest in order to settle my university applications as soon as possible. From tomorrow onwards will spend most of the time thinking, deciding which uni and course to go , and submit my results to them.
Spend whole day at home, have nice dinner with my family...
Lonely Christmas...Honey, where are you? I miss you...
Another day had passed... sunset indicated the end of a busy day, for me and everyone (although some peoples got their night activities - you know what I mean :P). It was an exhausted uni day, running around from one lectures to another, 3 straight hours in practical room and no time for lunch break... having a single piece of energy bar and 2 cups of coffee... Homework were piling from day to day, I was trying to finish it...but it kept adding... I didn't even have any club/socities activities because I don't have time to manage it... yeah, sometimes i'm lazy, but can't you imagine that everyday i gotta travelled an hour, back and forth to uni, from train to tram to bus every single trip? Coming back home and just wanna having a peace dinner and finish my homework as soon as possible... I just want to rest...
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A picture taken from the backyard of the house. My uncle said there were birds and wild rabbits around that area. I can't wait to explore ! 
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While we were having fun with the bowling, we noticed the next lane was played by some kids. Some were pro, but some did badly until the bowling pins bounced off to the drain...