s i o n g y i n . h u i w e n: March 2006

Friday, March 31, 2006

half a day gone..

woke up and continue wit my retail assignment. halfway thru it, Henry called and told me that he's going to buy stuff for tmr's bbq. I had no choice but to go cos i promise him that i can help with the things..

Had lunch at Boxhill food court. Ate beef crepe. nothin special when uve already tried the crepes at Marche.. quite tasty.. and unfortunately, i tink i was to anxious to eat it, the pic i took came out blur..sigh.. did alot ... alot... of shoppin for tmr. i tink there's too much food already. anyway, saw ox tongue while shopping. i didnt know they were so long. pretty disgusting..

and this is going to be very offensive to animal lovers..
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Rabbit meat!

AUD$9.90 per kilo.. anyone up for it? a'right, i have to admit that ive tried rabbit meat before. but that was like ages ago.. my grandmother ate them in the past, so i guess i was still vvvv young when i eat them. I heard that they're good for pregnant mothers.. And maybe this species of rabbits are for eating? maybe.. i dunno.. but seem like people do buy them in Australia eh?

Thursday, March 30, 2006

can't wait!

i really can't wait for exams to be over so i can start working my ass off to melb!! if, from the start i was more daring and open-minded, i would have jus went over to further my studies in melb. now, its too late. i mean, surely there is some way that i can borrow some mooolah n make it there with him. too late.

exams in 2 weeks! besides my BP report, my FT reflections paper, interview n dine-out, there's nothing much left. ahh yes, the exams of course. all these r evil, evillle barriers to me n e toot. ok byes for now...

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

just completed an assignment for retail promotion.. phew.. and another one's gonna due this coming monday. and my internet is still slow. Dodo is takin a longgg time to process my application. might have to stick wit MyTelecom for another month, which sucks. I cant do much research at home cos its just too slow. everything thats on the internet nowadays requires at least 256kbps to be able to view it. Sometimes at peak times, 256 is still too slow..

I couldnt believe how little i ate today. Morning, ate 2 slices of leftover Hawaiian pizza (small btw), and an egg sandwich during my lecture (6-hr day non-stop) and mei chai kou rou for dinner. to u, it may seem like its breakfast, lunch and dinner.. why are u sayin ure eating little? Well, the pizza's really little and the sandwich is seriously NO FAT. like only got 1 egg, some lettuce and 2 slices of whole-grain bread. Though dinner was good and fattening. geez.. im feeling hungry now.

Went to Big W to buy a lamp today, cos the one that they provide is too hot. Cant possibly study wit that. they prob bought it cos some stores wanna get rid of old stock and it looks quite presentable. but the light bulb they use is damn hot. I cant just change the light bulb cos the bulb holder for the lamp only allows 1 type..

Watched Hustle and Flow, which was a great movie. feel-good movie? something like Honey.. but Honey is obviously better, hot bods too.. What is happening to survivor man? 2 weeks and there hasnt been any news on it. But i cant download any now either.. maybe it's a gd thing it's stopped for awhile..

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

blah blah bleh

a month more till exams r over, 2+++ months more till i see the toot who can cook.
hehehe its so exciting, i cant wait! but first i must mug. =( boo. =(

i got a presentation, last one, on wed afternoon... after that there shudnt be anymore major stuff going on. besides FT quiz, reflection paper, interview and the dreaded dine-out. bahzzz. pay money to suffer while eating.

we even have to pretend its a formal meal n 'make small talk' with the pple sitting ard us. the guys will have to be v alert because some ladies will be 'told' to use the toilet n when they excuse themselves, the guy next to her HAS to stand up n hold her chair for her. ha ha ha. lucky for me im a LADY. heh. but the small talk is really bs to me. grr. i prefer to eat my meal wholeheartedly without feeling self conscious man... siongyin u shud know this eh. we shud deal with chinese n japs next time. >> no table manners lol

i wanna go melbbb. nowww. zzzzz

Saturday, March 25, 2006

silly man

So you feel that I'll leave you
That I'll change my mind and walk away
But I found you
So I'll bake you
A chocolate cake
Do you know that I love you
By the way I look into your mind
I surrender my heart
With a teary eye

Take your hands
And place them all around my ears
Take my heart
And hook it up to your face
We're as one
You and me
A silly man

So my dear
Please forgive me
For the situation that I'm in
Cause I promise
That it's over
It's in the wind
Reach for me
And I'll catch you
You can wings as long as I'm with you
Don't fly away
Not away
At least not alone
And we fly high
We fly higher than the highest kite
Over mountains
Where non-belivers in disguise hide
We're so silly
(hahahaha)
Making faces just to make us smile
Yeah, aint no doubt about it baby
Like no others
You and me
A silly man
Take my heart and use it
I wanna give you
I wanna love you
I'll be more than consistant
I'll make it better
If you will never
Never leave me
Oo, so we're friends
And we made a special commitment
So we're lovers
And we vow to never let it end
So in love with each other
So we make love like instruments
Under covers
We listen to
A silly man

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ure my silly boo. bake me a chocolate cake won't u?
did i tell u that i love it when u call me dear?
hmm. ure also in a 'situation' now arent u.. being so far away from home.
being so far away from me.

we'll fly away together soon..
somewhere else without any cares or worries =)
(muahahah if we do manage to take off, we'll prob crash into the lamp post)

Kripsy Kreme Lecture

Are you one of those people who doesn't believe the Krispy Kreme hype? cos.. how can a donut taste so good, and being talked about like 'it's the best donut in the world'? Well, i was one of the people who didnt believe the hype either. i tot it was just any other ordinary tasting donut which they did alot of marketing for it, and thats why it's so famous and all. But the 1st time i tried it was thanks to Tricia's cousin, who bought a dozen for me. I tasted 4 flavours, but i only remember 3 - strawberry, sour cream and chocolate. For a person to not like artificial strawberry in any food products to like a Krispy Kreme strawberry donut is really something.

So i was having my retail management lecture a couple of days ago. It was a dreadful and slow lecture.. he was just draggin it so much that everyone wasn't really paying attention. Some people actually left the lecture hall after 30 mins.. At the end of the 1st hour, he already finished his lecture, and he was going to invite a guest speaker, which he did not give any information about. While waiting for the guest speaker to arrive, i really wanted to leave cos it was my 6-hrs day straight wit no breaks. It would be good if i can take a time-out to have a coffee or something. and guess what happened?

Several people walked in with bags and bags of Krispy Kreme!!!

if u were in the lecture hall, u wouldnt believe the amount of excitement everyone was in. i was hearing: 'r u serious?!', 'r u kidding me?', 'oh, do we get to eat a donut?', 'krispy kreme!'... i just went...WTF? when we were told that everyone will get a box each... it was totally awesome..

The fact that they're able to bring so much Kripy Kreme to a lecture hall says alot about them, dun it? cos they're selling each donut for about AUD$3, and they're giving dozens and dozens of it.. imagine if its a small donut shop giving away that many donut, they could just closed down the next day. The amount they spent on marketing their product was just phenomenal.. In fact, i tink they're happy that they're able to bring those donuts right down into a university campus. Just imagine the word of mouth spreading that will take place in just 1 day in school.

So everyone got a dozen of the donuts, and the marketing manager of Kripsy Kreme in New South Wales started giving his presentation of the company. Yeah, the nearest Krispy Kreme to Melbourne is in NSW, ridiculous man! It's about 3-hr drive just to get there. He was showing us videos of how Krispy Kreme was appearing in news and how much celebrities love them and all.. Up to this point, im pretty sure alot of u will be thinking, 'they did so much advertising, surely get famous, and thats why alot of people are buying it'.. well, i wouldnt even try to convince u how good it is, until u really try it urself.

While he was giving his presentation, i saw alot of people eye-ing at the leftover plastic bags which was at the front of the lecture hall. Each plastic bag has got 6 dozens of Krispy Kreme. There were about 10 to 15 plastic bags in front, some with 6 dozs, some with lesser. I told myself, 'heck care about the kiasu-ness already, who gives a shit when we're talkin abt Krispy Kreme. if i were to grab 6 dozs, and sell each donut for $2, i would have made AUD$144 that day' when the lecture ended, so many people rushed down to grab the plastic bag and leave straight away! I dun even have time to get out of my seat.. Tricia manage to grab 6 dozens and was kind enough to give me another doz.

I was still in my seat when i took this picture.. lol.. slow poke. oh well, ive got 2 dozens anyway.. doesnt matter. Throughout the day, i got so many pairs of eyes staring at my 2 boxes of krispy kreme. i was tryin v hard to protect it. a few even came up and ask me where did i got it from.. i gave away a few in my lecture and tutes. since i had so many, i couldnt finished it all by myself anyway, gave 1 to my tutor for retail promotion (hope i get some credit for that and get a good mark for my assignment which is due this coming wednesday). gave away a few to my friends as well..

huiwen: i will drive to NSW to let u try Krispy Kreme, a'right? you'll get to eat it.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

danielle

our fav survivor (hope she can make it to finals), Danielle DiLorenzo.

in terms of bod n.... bod.... n ?? bod (oh so perfect!!). i think she's the tops. i have no other clue as to y i favour her, she hasnt really proven herself yet.. (to me la)... BUT she's a real pretty chickk hee hee.

saw this really funny teaser abt the next half of survivor 12.

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"Shane seems to have calmed down a bit and may survive to anger us again. The Cassaya alliance is falling apart and Cirie is loving that. The boys club just cut loose one of their own, so they may fall apart.

Who will lose the next tribe member?
Who is the medical emergency?
Do we lose them altogether or is this more hype?
Will Sally survive the boys club?
Will Danielle kill Shane in his sleep?
Will Cirie keep under the radar until the end?
Will La Mina ever catch any fish?
Will Courtney find her own rock garden to do Yoga in?

So many questions. Come back next week (which is tmr) and find out what happens."

funny ehhh. at survivor.com . but i wonder if its the official site of survivor... doesnt seem like it.
oh i cant wait for episode 8! muahahhaa... more ogling n bitching n criticising to do...

Monday, March 20, 2006

Always when we fight,
I try to make you laugh
Until everything's forgotten,
I know you hate that

Always when we fight,
I kiss you once or twice
And everything's forgotten,
I know you hate that

I love you Sunday sun,
the week's not yet begun
And everything is quiet
And it's always you and me always and forever
You and me always and forever
It was always you and me always

You tell me I'm a real man,
and try to look impressed
Not very convincing,
but you know I love it
Then we watch TV,
until we fall asleep
Not very exciting

But it's you and me always and we'll always
Be together
You and me always and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
It was always you and me always and forever
You and me always and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
It was always you and me always and forever
You and me always and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ra ra

you and me song
the wannadies

my all time happifying song! =D ever since romeo & juliet. love that movie too. dunno whats with me n posting up of lyrics, heh but i like to. n this song portrays a seemingly sweet and simple life between a couple. something which i want.. something which i think i already have. =)

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Annual migration of the Christmas Crabs

At the beginning of the wet season (usually October / November), most adult Red Crabs suddenly begin a spectacular migration from the forest to the coast, to breed and release eggs into the sea. Breeding is usually synchronized island wide. The rains provide moist overcast conditions for crabs to make their long and difficult journey to the sea. The timing of the migration breeding sequence is also linked to the phases of the moon, so that eggs may be released by the female Red Crabs into the sea precisely at the turn of the high tide during the last quarter of the moon. It is thought that this occurs at this time because there is the least difference between high and low tides. The sea level at the base of the cliffs and on the beaches, where the females release their eggs, at this time varies the least for a longer period, and it is therefore safer for the females approaching the water's edge to release their eggs. Sometimes there are earlier and later migrations of smaller numbers of crabs but all migrations retain this same lunar rhythm.

Must be quite a sight to see billions of them on the roads, schools, golf course, inside your shoes.. they're apparently everywhere! i wonder if they're edible though.. heh.. if they have loads of meat. then yum... dun even need any special equipment to catch them. just use ur bare hands!

Friday, March 17, 2006

friday

friday blues

ok not really blues, it was qt an OK day. went to skool in the morning to work out. heh yeah im v disciplined, i know. =D hurray for me. well when i walked past the gym, i tot it was still closed so i called lilin n told her abt it. ha, turns out she was later than me. the few rare times that i arrive earlier than her.... can go n buy toto..

so we went to the lib to do up our QM, which we were actually planning to do later, oh wells. am glad that its done! got some stuff which i din understand explained to me... yay. den we went to the beautiful gym to work out. only this time without yy. the lazy girl din feel like going.. oh well, her loss. hahahha... music sucked this time. maybe the gym staff on duty at that time like house/techno or something. i cant tell the diff la both r like noise to my ears. what happen to the hiphop/rnb?!? grrr. n it din help that my earphones din stay in the place they r supposed to. kept dropping out! ah well next time... i shall get those that stick right into my ear. heh. that'll block out the noise too.

this time, the gym toilets were a big let down. i know its friday n like the last day of the week, but the previous week the toilets were clean! this time, the 'hole' leadin to the drains were all clogged up! with loads of hair...... grrrrossss. yuckk. ure bathing in dirty water, whats the whole point of taking that shower then? i know im complaining... but it really was damn gross. can u imagine what that water flowing from the next cubicle has went thru?? =S

yy the late queen came to skool at 1145.. so she din wait too long for me n ll after all. well they had their lunch n den we slacked for a longg while. den it was BP time! i do not like BP. but we managed to get everything done, yipeee! the two den left for their focus grp.. which i didnt feel like going for cos 1, i was gonna meet huiyan. (who was late cos she overslept n mised her stop! tupiddd woman!) 2, i was tired n din wanna stay in skool any longer... so i din even stay to do my work. its bad, i know, but ive been having headaches man... need a clean break, even if its for awhile.

so met huiyan after the bp meeting. to pass back her smelly slippers which she so kindly loaned to me. =D ... twice, trice, what goes after that? fries. so helpful of her.... lol. watched her eat BK. stole a couple of onion rings. den tata~ i left for home sweet home..

mad guy at amk station. saw this tall guy prob late twenties or early thirties.. he was back facing me n talking to a lady. from the lady's body language i could see that she din know him n wasnt comfy talking to him. den i realised he was asking for money! at such an age. din look like he had a proper job n all. den he went to hit on a skool girl after he kena rejected. i was kpo-ing n watching all the way.. e girl din give him any money, henggg. maybe she din have also, or else she jus used a smart tactic of showing him her purse, which was empty.

den my bus arrived n so i din watch on. horror of all horrors, he got on the same bus as me!! grrr. irritating. heard him say to the bus uncle dat he lost his wallet. yeah right, come up with something better y dun u. the uncle couldnt be bothered with scoldin or doubting him, knowing his 'pattern'. anyways, i sat on the right hand side 4 seater. sat on the one facing the front. he sat on the left 4 seater. with an aunty next to him. he was an ass n he stared at me. hate it when pple stare at me. well apparently the aunty couldnt tahan him as well, and she moved away to a seat far far behind. so he was alone now, with plenty of space. but he HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE SEAT IN FRONT OF ME!!!!!!!!!! WTFFFF. i promptly took all my barang barang (laptop shoebag n overstuffed green bursting bag), n marched to the last seat. showing the most irritated face ever. im not being a biatch or priss here, but there was simply no reason for him to move over, n i cant stand pple who dun work n try to bully others into giving them money. yes, extortion. safe at last.

he moved back to his original seat.... wth is he doing?? fun huh switching seats?? den some poor lady boarded the bus n sat on my previous seat. n he moved over again!! i was watching everthing from behind n was damn disgusted n pissed off by this ass la. he leaned oevr to her n prob started asking for money again! she kept shaking her head n waving her hands at himin a shooing motion. i was thinking, faster move away laaa. lucky she did. he is madd i tell ya. n he got off a stop before mine. zzzzzzz. yyy? i hope he doesnt stay there... when he got off i saw him grab a drink from a lil kid's hand..!! thats it, i seriously think he's either a retarded bully, a deranged man or jus a big time loser with no life n only dares to pick on women n kids. if siong was here... n he dared to ask me for money.... ha i dunno what will happen but i dun think he will even dare to come near me with darl ard. went home real pissed n told my mum all abt it. i hope he doesnt harass any more poor ladies or kids out there... beware k, amk area, tall guy with a light brown cap n not so gd complexion. cant even call the police abt it cos he din exactly harm anyone...... im PISSEDDD

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its 11pm now, my parents came back from fetching my lil cuz AND from serangoon gardens food center. n they bought loads of CAKE from the stall selling... cake. duh haha. yeah im munching on this totally yummilicious piece of rich chocolate fudge cake with a lil bit of burnt ends. yumm. simply heavenly!! n fattening. oops my workout has come to naught...... but who cares, i live to eat.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

it's only week 3 and i feel like im goin to have exams next week. this is the result of having too many heavy reading subjects in a semester. All 4 units that i took this sem requires hardcore reading, which is a very bad idea. There's so much to read, and yet so hard to retain them. Im not a natural borned reader, and therefore, i can't read for long though im tryin my best to improve my threshold. I can be reading but i will drift off to the point whereby im still reading but my mind's a blank.

i would say i have been quite disciplined since uni started. even though im not ahead or on time for school work, i feel like im doing much more than i set out to do. Besides studying, ive been working out, playing tennis and doing some exercises on my own. need to lose weight.

shout-outs:

>huiwen: study hard! u still got one more month before your exams! and i miss u!!

>princess sher: two weeks of ski-ing is too long and too expensive. unless u wanna pay more for accomodation. cos i bet ure the only one who's not paying for the trip urself. (i mean im not paying for myself too, but im not asking my parents to give me extra money to go for this trip, i have to work around my budget)

>to all the people who visit this blog and have not yet gone to see some frolics: PLEASE GO AND VISIT http://www.froliconyour.com!

Monday, March 13, 2006

Seafood baked rice

This post was meant to be posted yesterday, but i had work to do, so no choice. yeah, i tried making seafood baked rice. i wouldnt say it was the best i tested but there were loads of room for improvement. I went to Safeway to buy the ingredients at around 12noon. Came back home close to 1pm.

I bought scallops, prawns, salmon and squid for my seafood baked rice. Sounds good already eh? Also, i got a plastic rice cooker. It's one of those whereby u use it to cook rice using microwave. of course the rice wouldnt taste as good as the traditional rice cooker, but i dun have a choice. My accomodation didnt provide me wit one, and i feel that its not worth it to buy one. So i tried to cook the rice, with some garlic butter and some italian herbs for the rice. It turned out pretty good, but the microwave was pretty messed up.

Scoped the rice into a porcelain plate (similar to those u eat in restaurants. and laid it with some boiled broccoli.

Sorry about the blur picture again. couldnt take it properly, cos hand was wet and i was in a rush. had to make 3 portions cos i bought too much ingredients (i know.. as usual). also added some sliced hot dog to the rice for flavour, cos i didnt add much salt into it. So i went on to fry the seafood with italian herbs and some salt and pepper. I only made it half cooked cos i was going to bake it, i didnt wanna over cook the seafood. and finally top it with cheese.

Oh, i forgot to mention that i added some tomato base on top of the rice. So in the oven it does for about 15 to 20 mins. and the end result:

Cheese wasnt chao ta enough, and seafood were abit overcooked. Well, i guess this is wat u get when u have a small kitchen to work with. and also, the oven isnt the traditional enormous kind. it's a microwave oven. So it affects the quality quite abit. Wasn't salty enough, and tomato base is just too lousy. Should have made my own tomato base. Clean up was a chore. But it was a pretty good dinner, a healthy one i would say.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

a FAT day

woke up 'early' to get ready for skool. was gonna go to skool to mug for IE.. its not a nice subject to read.. its interesting, sure, but the reading of the text is %#@#$%. do avoid it if u can. but then.. i guess everything in uni is v tough huh. esp company law.. LOADS to read. yes this is a reminder to a certain someone. so, do ur best ya. =D

anyways this morning, i had two kong ba paos. yum yum right?? noooo! there goes my one hour work out at the smu gym on fri.. nvm back to the paos. they were huge!! abt twice the size of the normal buns.. so theoretically, i had four buns. filled with juicy oily yummy san cen rou (pork with layers of fat n skin). oh man.. but they were damn gd. period.

started to read my IE. zzzz. read zzz read zzz.... den it was lunch! yay.

the fatty meat i had for breakfast was not all. lunch, we packed food from long john silver's. service at the outlet near my skool was badddd. knives had dried coke on them. counter was old n dirty. wont be going to LJS any time soon. one bad sheep really spoils the flock man.

it was back to the routine of read zzz.... u get the picture. it was like, i couldnt get anything inside my head. n i had to read everything more than twice... v v slpy. towards the end, started to get a dull pain on the back of my head.. but time passed qt fast.. n soon it was makan time again.. ll left with her bf who went to pick her up for dinner. lucky girl has her bf 'within reach' most of the time..

well, finally to top it all up (my fat day), yy n i went to suntec crystal jade (la mian xiao long pao) to eat........ duh, la mien, la! hahaa. za jiang mian. one of my favs there... but this time there was more sauce than meat. n there wasnt as much of the tofu cube thingys inside. the price of alot of stuff there increased. so irritating... as if they arent making enough already. grrr. but yeah, both me n yy had that too.

well after that we were too full.. ha. n tired from reading the text, so we went home. one whole day n only one whole chpt. die la.

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i hate to squeeze in buses n trains, if I had a car (n money), then I wouldn’t have to do so anymore! But then again there are always traffic jams n drivers from hell (hope I wont be one) so I guess the complaining never stops eh. when im pms-ing i get really grouchy n pissed off with impatient pple who shove n squeeze to get in/out. dammit the train doors dun close so soon n neither do the buses la. the buses wont leave w/o u too! well they might if there's no space or if u meet a nasty driver. too bad.

when i came home from skool on fri evening, i alighted from the bus n walked towards my block. den this strange indian guy popped out of nowhere, in front of me, said something in... tamil...?.. while pressing his palms tog (like he was praying). freaky. i had my mp3 on so i jus ignored him, pretending i din see him.... phew..

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anyways my skool gym is reaaalllly nice. cant wait to try out the rock wall too! heh. the gym is fully equipped (shud be right? lol) n each machine has a screen attached to it, allowing users to watch tv or simply jus monitor their progress at any time. but i din bring my earphones so i jus watch mute cartoon/CNA n listened to the pumping music. damn nice, the music. makes one feel v energised n fresh. or maybe im biased, they play alot of hiphop rnb, which r my favs. =D the aircon there is jus nice, there's no musty sweat smell (yet), n there are many machines available. li lin did comment that the layout was a tad bit boring.. ahaha...

worked out for abt an hour in total, on the treadmill, rowing n cycling. burned abt 300plus calories... i feel its v low, gotta aim higher next time! but it felt really good after the work out. prob cos i haven exercised for monthsssss.

the gym toilet is awesome. or maybe im jus suaku. with personal lockers n mobile shower hoses (with heater!), what more can i ask for? music maybe. haha.. just like the sentosa toilets. well, i definitely will be visiting the gym more often. ey, if only dat somebody studies here too then we can work out tog. bah.

am gonna crash now... its 145...............zzzzzzzzz

Thursday, March 09, 2006

survivor rebuttal

survivor rebuttal

im goin to make a rebuttal as a post instead of it being in the comments section against the post below. Yes i do agree with u that the producer try to make it as dramatic as possible in order to get viwership and create survivor suckers like me. i think survivor is one of the first reality series that already is closest to being 'reality'. usually the mixes of people within the group is also being manipulated by the producer. I mean.. it's a million dollar show, the producer needs to come up with new and interesting ideas in order to maintain its viewership. and that explains the great bods. besides the obstacles and challenges are somewhat innovative, dun u tink? I mean those people who came up with challenges like that are geniuses - something we can learn from them ehy? Who knows one day we might need to come up with some innovative challenge or what-so-ever?

and yes, the credibility of the show is up to a certain level, but aren't all, if not most reality shows like that? The amazing race is pretty 'real' as well, if u wanna talk abt it? for me, i dun exactly watch the 'content' of the show. I like to watch how people react when they're put under extremes. And for survivor, if it is as real as it seems, i tink living outdoors with just primitive instruments on a deserted island is not easy. And through watching survivor, i gain alot of outdoor knowledge as well. Like, starting a fire? this reminds me abt the show again, if u cant even start a freakin fire, why bother coming?! actually, i dun understand how people CANNOT start a fire. well, as least when ure given a flint and u still arent able to start? thats just embarassing man.

as u might not have noticed, huiwen is already gettin uptight and aggressive in bitching abt the survivors as me.. as i say, the show gets u thinking and bitching. it shows how stupid people can get in obvious 'common-sense' situations. It shows u how people can turn their words around, and how strong or noob some people are. It's just fun to watch them all gettin owned or owned other people. And also it will be wicked to see how the weakest survives in the game, cos up till now, it has never happen before.

however, i would just like to add that this is a very very good idea - to watch survivor at the same time and bitch about it later on. And then get on with ur work, until uve worked for like 2 solid hours, and then watch and then bitch again. It just makes the day pass faster with u gettin a substantial amount of work done. gotta love technology..

survivor

survival of the FITTEST

disclaimer: bitchy rambles coming up.

siongyin got me hooked on survivor. yeah i used to dislike it.. maybe its because i never got down to watching it, what with my mum hogging the tv on channel 8, the other tv breaking down, not being able to switch on the volume too loud at night, yadda yadda..

but now, due to amazing techonology, one can dl just about anything u wan on the www. including survivor. =D still, it was also because he convinced me to dl it, or else i wouldnt even bother. i thought that it was overhyped.. i nv really liked reality tv. over played n sooo unreal. its jus the producers hyping the drama up to gain viewership from suckers like us. n i wasnt gonna watse my time watching it. as for those contest-type with beautiful pple in them e.g. bachelor, project runway, they just make me feel even worst about my current plight of not being glam n gorgeous.. AND rich... so yeah, they were out too.

oh well look whos talking right, im totally hooked on survivor exile now! heehee. besides the obstacles they have to pass to gain immunity, basic equipment n all, there r great bods to ogle at. =D (danielle! dunno the guys' names. but so far they seem himbotic. bahh) if i had e whole series now, i would really jus watch it all at a shot! yikes. (i still doubt about the credibility of the show. maybe they r jus v good actors. dun they see the cams? hidden cams? n how do they survive w/o food or WATER for so long??)

ok my main point of this post being... as one can see from the title., is that if ure not fit, dun join the damn game! goodness. if u do join, be prepared to get voted out sooner or later.. it is a game about who's the fittest, both physically n emotionally. look at melinda and cerie. nuff said. one hasnt even seen or stayed outdoors before, is "afraid of what will pop out beneath leaves", etc. danngg. go home sweetie. at least u wont have to be afraid of what pops out under ur sheets. lol. if u cant even keep up with e rest, how can u survive?? melinda too. what a whiner. (oops im a whiner too. bleh) instead of sitting there feeling sorry for themselves for being the two outcasts, y not try to mingle with the grp? u outcasted urself when u first felt that way dear. maybe its alright not to be athletic. but if ur mentality is wrong in the first place.. oh well.

ahhh being so caught up in the show and having so many comments already made me the person i didnt wanna be. the reason y i din like to watch reality tv in the first place. cos its dumb to be engrossed in stuff like this. but heck, i like. =p

be without you

I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you

Chemistry was crazy from the get-go
Neither one of us knew why
We didn't build nothing overnight
Cuz a love like this takes some time
People swore it off as a phase
Said we can't see that
Now from top to bottom
They see that we did that
It's so true that
We've been through it
We got real shit
See baby we been...

Too strong for too long (and I can't be without you baby)
And I'll be waiting up until you get home (cuz I can't sleep without you baby)
Anybody who's ever loved, ya know just what I feel
Too hard to fake it, nothing can replace it
Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby

I got a question for ya
See I already know the answer
But still I wanna ask you
Would you lie?
Make me cry?
Do somethin' behind my back and then try to cover it up?
Well, neither would I, baby
My love is only your love
I'll be faithful
I'm for real
And with us you'll always know the deal
We've been...

Too strong for too long (and I can't be without you baby)
And I'll be waiting up until you get home (cuz I can't sleep without you baby)
Anybody who's ever loved, ya know just what I feel
Too hard to fake it, nothing can replace it
Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby

See this is real talk
I'm gonna always stay (no matter what)
Good or bad (thick and thin)
Right or wrong (all day everyday)
Now if you're down on love or don't believe
This ain't for you
And if you got it deep in your heart
And deep down you know that it's true
Well, let me see you put your hands up
Fellas tell your lady she's the one
Put your hands up
Ladies let him know he's got your love
Look him right in his eyes and tell him
We've been...

Too strong for too long (and I can't be without you baby)
And I'll be waiting up until you get home (cuz I can't sleep without you baby)
Anybody who's ever loved, ya know just what I feel
Too hard to fake it, nothing can replace it
Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby

I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you

be without you
mary j blige

Monday, March 06, 2006

First Official Day In School

First Official Day In School

Had lessons from 11.30am to 3.30pm. Had SM tute and lecture and retail mgmt tute. SM is not sadomasochism ok? It stands for strategic management. Had a comfortable tute as there were almost equal number of Australians and Asians. But i met this China guy again, he calls himself Issac and he pronouces it in a bloody gay way. And he always tries to force the Australian accent out which is overbearing.

Anyway, there were group presentations and at first, i wanted to do on the topic for Singapore Airlines, or Wal-Mart or Microsoft. Guess what? the fuckin tutor didnt see me and gave all of them to the other. Everyone wanted to do Singapore Airlines. In the end, i got US TV. Which is actually quite good as well. Cos there are some relevance to my website. Day finally ended with a very boring SM lecture (Indian lecturer by the way).

Ended school, headed to the bank to change my mailing address and got a statement of account printed cos i was actually planning to change my service provider to Optus $49 cap. I went to the three shop after that and told them i wanted to terminate my account. In order to do so, i would have to pay the balance first. And it was a total of $84. But let me tell u a long story before i finally got to know that amount.

I had to call the notorious "3 Customer Care". Bearing in mind ALL of them are Indians who are ALL tryin to fake that American accent.

Indian No.1: Hi, this is Dominic (u gotta hear it in the Indian accent man, its fuckin funny!), how are you today?

Me: I'm fine, thanks. (Before he was going to do anymore chit-chaaating - indians like to do that. instead of chat, they pronouce it as chaat, like wtf?- i said) I would like to terminate my account, and therefore my purpose of this call is to know the balance that i have to pay, so that i will be able to do so. Will u be able to do that for me?

Indian No. 1: Yes sure, can u give me name/DOB and ur 4-digit pin number.

So i gave it to him.

Indian No.1: Ok, Mr Wong, before i transfer u to my "associate". I would like to find out the reason why you're cancelling your account. (wtf? i have to give a reason in order to justify my termination of account)

Me: Erm.. do i need to give u a reason for that?

Indian No.1: Well, we would like to find out what is your reason for terminating your account. Like fore example, are u unhappy with us? Is our customer service unsatifactory?

Me: Yes, i hate your customer service. please put me through to your associate now. Thank you.

Indian No. 1: yes, one moment please. thank you.

Indian No. 2: Hi, Mr Wong, how are you today?

Me: Fine, thanks.

Indian No.2: My colleague has talk to me about your situation. May i know the reason why ure terminating your account? (WTF!!! i just told that Indian No.1)

Me: Well, there isn't a need to ask for a reason. I just want to terminate my line, and that's it. I just need to know the balance and i want to terminate it as soon as possible.

Indian No.2: yes, i know Mr Wong. But we have to put a reason for ur termination of your account.

Me (sympathizing with them as it is not entirely their fault that they have to deal with customer with a list of phrases that they need to regurgitate to their customers): OK, just write there that i do not like your customer service and i just changed a new phone, so i do not wanna use three anymore and want to change to Optus cos they offer me a better deal.

Indian No.2: Thank you, Mr Wong. Can I have your name/DOB and ur 4-digit pin number please?

So i gave it to him again.

At the end of the 1-hr transferring and waiting, i still couldnt get it done. and this Indian No.3 comes onto the phone all of a sudden.

Indian No.3: Hi Mr Wong, this is Steve. My colleague has told me that u want to terminate your account. But what is your main reason for doing so?

Me: I dun like your customer service.

Indian No.3: What is it that you dun like our customer service?

Me (wanting to say because i talk to Indians when im actually paying for an Australian service!): Well, I have told you guys the reason twice and now i am even more angry at ur customer service. I called about an hour ago, wanting to terminate my account. and ALL i wanted to do was to TERMINATE MY ACCOUNT. and need to find out the balance so i will be able to do so. and you guys keep asking me about why i would like to terminate it. Ain't it obvious? I call to get something done. but u guys dragged for about an hour and now u still have not done what i wanted! and its such a simple thing! Why can't u guys just tell me how much the balance is and let me terminate the account?

High tension in the shop now. Everyone was looking at me. Even customers, and got 1 actually walk out (maybe because of what he heard, but i dun give a shit man).

This Indian No.3 really got knocked some sense into him. He gave me my balance and gave me my options, fuckin straight up. To be honest, it was some pretty amazing attractive options that i have. it would be even cheaper than me subscribin to Optus now. and in addition to that, i get a new phone. So i told him that i will leave my options open and dun erase anything from it (in case they remove the free upgrade again, and the next time i called, things changes again. Yes, they're that fucked up. things can just changed like that)

Bought my uni text, and headed back home. Walked along Glenferrie road as i havent explore my area. To my surprise, there were some similarities to Chapel St at South Yarra. There were quite a few Cafes around. and there was even a 24 hours Coles! quite hard to believe that they actually have a 24 hour shop here in Melbourne.

I ate at a place called Gri'lld. Order a burger, and it tasted pretty good. and it was filling even though it looks small. Actually took a picture but it was v blur cos i tink i was in a rush to get a bite on it.

Who wants to pay a visit? -hint to someone-

Sunday, March 05, 2006

my right arm, the top part of it, has been twitching non-stop. pple say that when ur eye lids twitch, it means something is gonna happen... be it a good or bad thing. ok so now my arm twitches, can anyone tell me what it means?

off my com. but switched it on again cos it jus doesnt feel right after that phone conversation. u wanna know whats on my mind... but i myself dun even know.

i dunno if we're right for each other. who can decide that besides ourselves?
the time spent/being attached tog does not mean much abt the quality of the relationship. seriously.
quarrels supposedly add more sparks to a relationship. but who will put out the flames when it gets out of hand? time and again we have quarreled over similar issues. with the end result being, me 'attacking' you and you saying its all ur fault and that ure not a gd bf.
i hate that. n i also think i have expectations of us which r too high sometimes. things that i cant say to u in case u think im materialistic, surface, or just way too demanding. (n u'll go, i cant give u that, im not a gd bf, u shud find someone else.. now seriously, if i wanted another guy or if i din wanna be with u, i think i myself would be the clearest abt it.)

i want to let u know how i feel, how i really feel. but i do it at the wrong times i guess.
i do it when u r in a lousy mood, n it really is rather insensitive of me. i can't help the things i say sometimes. when i 'retaliate' by saying u do the same things to me as well, it is actually a reminder to let u know that hey, its something that both of us r guilty of.. im not attacking u to make u the only one at fault. i'm acknowledging the fact that i do it. maybe thats just a totally lousy way of dealing with our fights. maybe i still dun really know u well enough to know what i shud do in times like that. maybe, i have stopped giving in. which is bad because i tend to shoot from my mouth whatever comes to mind, even if its really just about petty things.

i wish it is jus u in a bad mood thats y ure like that. if not, it would be hard for us to communicate. i am also in a crappy mood i guess. maybe im pms-ing.
there's alot on my mind yet i dunno how to put it out in words. its so hard to express myself with all these thoughts running thru my head... besides, i dun wanna write something that will further agitate u.

i guess all that we are displeased with each other about, should only be made known to the other party when both r in an ok mood.

i wish things will permanently remain as they are, during times when we're happy.

i wish i could read your mind.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

The feeling of unsettled-ness is worse than a bitch!

My New Hood

Believe it or not, i took more than a week to settle down. It looks as though, and feels as though im a fuckin 1st year student. Well, the benefits i reap from having such an unsettled period in my uni life is to save about AUD$2500 for my parents. It sounds alot ehy? But guess how many people i have to trouble? And guess how much i have to go through settling down, bearing in mind that school has already started.

First of all, i would like to start off with my previous accomodation. They're a bunch of fuckers man. They reject my application and gave me the reasons that (1) the apartment was in a bad condition and (2) that there were problems with negotiations, a bitch on the line said that she had to go down to some place to collect my bond for me.

(1) Of course the apartment was in a bad condition. When i moved in, there was already someone staying there. And im not entirely saying that it is him who made the whole place in a bad condition. But what im saying is: they put the fault entirely on me when actually the mess should be bear by two or more people. But there was a specific mess which he left behind and i was unable to clean it. He left a bottle of dark soy sauce in the shelf and it leaked. and the bottom of the shelf got stained. When he left, i tried to clean it once. but couldnt. I tried to clean it again before I left.. and still can't. So i couldnt be bothered anymore.

(2) It makes me wonder whether this fucking bitch is sore about the trouble she had to go through helping me collect my bond or is the apartment really in such a bad condition? She sounded pretty pissed off when she mentioned the part where she needed to go and collect the bond for me. i mean what the fuck man? I was in Malaysia right? and i even left my number for them to contact me. i Bet they wanna save the cost of making an international call, and just make me compensate through my bond. I was extremely frustrated when they charge me $60++ for a fuckin piece of lousy typist chair. Trust me, its fucking lousy. I had to buy a better chair cos of it. and the reason that they charge me is because it was my ex-housemate who spoilt his. not me. I tried explaining it to them, but they said that the condition of the chair was ok when i moved in. so.. fuck it..

After some hardcore searching for accomodation, i finally found a place called campus 15. I went to check it out. pretty big. Room is massive. and rent is reasonable. cheaper than campus walk 2. and check this out. ive got a double bed.

Sorry about the quality. i moved my hands when i took that picture. and my room's in a total utter mess, to the point where i have no room to walk. More things accumulate over 3 semester and this is what i got:

But here's the good news. I got my internet connected the next day after i moved. fuckin fast and efficient worker, i like that. Ive got a tv in my room. Ive got a Fisher and Paykal metallic fridge. A LG metallic microwave oven, which is great! cos i like to make food using over. Ive got a fantastic bathroom. and the neighbourhood is quiet. Totally different from my previous one.

People i would like to thank: Eric, Ronny, Raymond and Kheng. They are the people who have help me in one way or another. Further update will be coming soon cos right now, im still pretty unsettled. there's still alot of junk in my room which i need to organise. moving is a bitch man..

had some issue with darl.. which i do not wan to talk about it here. I just wanna tell her that she need to be more sensitive towards how i feel when she decides to do certain things. there are some things which are unacceptable and i hope she knows where to draw the line. Couples always (most) have a set of silent 'standards' and 'rules' to keep. This time, she really cross the line and i was mad. And she doesnt exactly know the reason which i was mad for, which ripped my heart, cos i couldnt believe she was that insensitive towards me. emotions are still pretty unstable cos we never really mentioned anything about it anymore. And i dun even know where to start from. Long distance relationship is hard to upkeep, it's exhausting, frustrating, hurting, and the list goes on.. ive made alot of things clear to her, but yet, she reads them like she's reading off some junk magazines, i.e., she doesnt take them seriously. she doesnt even read with her brains! well, maybe im going overboard. maybe i do that too sometimes. i really dunno what to do anymore.....

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