Manors. Out.

Was called awake by some stranger who told me that the cleaners were coming in half an hour at 7:30am… I want my sleep back. Woke the others and headed out carrying my none closeable laptop around… hahaha

Was obviously late. They didn’t mind, so all was fair. So I’m typing this here entry half asleep, or half awake for that matter… It’s still extremely cold and the wind is so strong it could topple a tree *ok, maybe not that strong* I think I should go sleep now… zzzz…..

Anyway, this will be the last day we’ll be here. The last time we set foot into our own unit, the last time we can see the swimming pool from our balcony and probably the last time looking out of our unit and see the coconut trees swaying in the wind. It’s beautiful this here place, I must admit that. I’m a little too exhausted to realise that we’ll never be back here again. The unit is empty now, only 2 laptops whirring and a person trying to sleep and another typing on the laptop. The cleaners? Well, I’m waiting for them to clean the walls, so the next ones aren’t here yet.

Let’s see, apart from cleaning and moving out and everything… well, I think I’ve fallen sick. Too heaty, not enough rest, not enough water, not enough of everything… Man! what time is that dude coming?

Anyway… I would miss this place… Why not? I spent a year of my life living here, of course I’ll miss it. It’ll be part of my memory forever… *and ever, you’ll stay in my heart… and I will…* Then again I’ll miss walking to classes, miss walking across the road to Oval 7, miss walking across the bridge and seeing the swimming pool, miss pressing the buzzer and start weird conversations, miss opening the door and say “tadaima”, miss the housemates, miss scaring my housemates.. hahaha Miss everything in general….

Oh well.. time for me to get some shut eye, doesn’t seem like the cleaner is coming…

Manors. Out.

Samsung Imagination Contest

Hey hey, I’m just leaving this excerpt here for a contest I’m entering, ignore it if you please…. do take a look if U want to… not my best, but not that bad either?

Contest entry begins….

I’m walking down a strange street, it seems like I’m in the future, no one else is walking except me, they seem to be in some sort of contraption that has wheels. Boy do they look fun! Almost everyone else seems to have a very small chocolate bar at their ear and they are busy talking, to whom I have no idea. Everyone seems so busy while I wander this strange new world.

There are these huge rectangular squares everywhere I go, every one of them showing a different thing. I stop and look at one, it’s a huge fairly dry plain and a lion is waiting among the grass, there is a deer grazing some grass nearby, the lion jumps out of its hiding and pursues the now running deer. I look at another and there is a man telling me something about the weather in New York, Chicago, Seattle and many other places which I have never heard of before. I look at the others and they are telling me a lot of different things. This is very exciting.

I wander further down the street then I see one very outstanding shop, it’s light are so mesmerizing, they are practically beckoning me to enter the shop. As I stand at the entrance to the shop, the doors open, welcoming me; as I enter the shop, it feels cool and comfortable. I take a few more steps and there is this very bright flash that instantly blinds my eyes. A piece of paper appears in a machine in front of me, a person next to the machine passes me the piece of paper and I see my startled self. I ask the person, what is that machine. He said it’s a camera and tells me it takes pictures. Since the man seemed rather friendly, I asked him why is it cooler in here than it is outside. He says: “Why, we have air conditioning! See that box like thing over there? That’s an air conditioner. It makes the air cooler”. I am simply amazed.

I explore further into the shop, my eyes wide with amazement. There was a lady using a contraption on the floor, she seems to be cleaning it. I walk up to her and ask her about it………………….

For more of it… click here. If you wanna leave any related comments, leave it at that web address.

I was supposed to put some sort of link to it, but it doesn’t work for me… so… you just gotta click it… don’t click it if you don’t want to… hahaha.. ok.. time to do some other important stuff…

Cheerios peeps!

Space filler

Well, well, well… Seems like a long time since I last blogged… well cause I still miss Wednesdays… haha… No seriously.

Anyway, the exams have ended and it’s time for some R & R… or is it? There’s just so much to do before I leave and here I am typing away on the laptop as if time has stopped and everything will pack itself up eventually. *Hey! Maybe it will? Yeah in your dreams.*

Oh we *the trio that travels in a pack* managed to catch “State of Origin”, a huge event in Queensland. It’s basically a best of three rugby league with Queensland (Maroons) against NSW (Blues) and Queensland won 4 times in a row… pretty cool! hahaha.. We managed to catch it on Foxtel too, not to mention it was on a projected screen which was the size of a pretty big wall. So darn cool!

I’ll be dreaming of foxtel from now on… it should be something like TiVo, but.. the other part of the trio said if I ever did get Foxtel, I will never leave home, which could very well be true.

Oh did I mention I was going to New Zealand? hehehe… Man, am I psyched! Although I think we will be kinda hard pressed for time, if only… we could be there longer, if only we had more money, if only…. There are no “if only”’s, if there were, lots of things wouldn’t have happened… Ok. Next topic!

*awkward space silence*

*Awkward use of space*

*Awkwardness persists….*

Right! I’ve ran out of topics to talk about… ahhaha… care to share with me certain issues to discuss?

Ok. If you have a choice between Bungy Jumping, Hang gliding/ Para Gliding and Sky Diving and you money wasn’t a problem. Which would you do?

Ok. Now assuming money is a problem and the cheapest is bungy jumping and the most expensive being sky diving, which would you pick?

Now assuming there are only 2 choices, hang gliding/para gliding and sky diving, the former being the cheapest and the latter obviously more expensive.

I already have the answer in my head, it’s just to take up more space on the internet… hahha

Oh yes! I managed to watch Transformers :Revenge of the Fallen. *Sorry Vatty, sorry Aza*

It’s a good show! I would give it almost 5 stars… hahaha… maybe 5 on a good day, maybe 4.5 on a not so good day. It has less action than the first one but a little more storyline, I would rate this better than the first though. The transformers are still very good to look at.

I actually wanted to talk about another 2 Japanese movies that I watched but… I’ll skip that and do other non important stuff… Like looking at the Sun, looking at the pool, staring out into space, dreaming of going to space, dreaming of catching a falling star *so impossible*, dreaming of foxtel, dreaming of owning a projector and just dreaming in general.

I’ll Miss Wednesdays!!!!!

I’ll miss receiving the weekly emails, I’ll miss anticipating the next game, I’ll miss the fun throws and great catches, I’ll miss wearing my team colours, I’ll miss coming out from the house at 6 and cross the road to the brightly lit Oval 7, I’ll miss everything about Oval 7 (from the grass to the flood lights), I’ll miss throwing the disc to warm up, I’ll miss team time, I’ll miss the drills that we do, I’ll miss running till I run outta breath (almost out of breath), I’ll miss my team mates, I’ll miss my team captain (captains, ex and current), I’ll miss everyone in the league even if I don’t know you, I’ll miss the times when I had no idea what was happening when someone called a foul and I ended up standing there wondering what was happening, I’ll miss huddling after each game and shouting “hooray!” *although I might stand next to a guy who well.. has… well…. hmmm….*, I’ll miss playing frisbee, I’ll miss Wednesdays!!!!!

Oh man… this is really saddening… depressing… sigh…. Hmmm.. Let’s get on with this…

Tonight! Was the finals of the UQ Ultimate League  *The Autumn one?* and we were in it again! Wow! Imagine that! It surprised us too.. but it’s still great! We lost… but “we were already winners”… hahahhaha

It was an amazing league, week after week (even though there were some weeks which it rained and the field was water logged and all.. and there was a week where the lights didn’t come on.. hahaha) it was great fun, there were downs.. but there were definitely more ups… we started the league a little shaky.. but we pulled through with some great comebacks leading towards the finals! Amazing stuff! But very nerve wrecking…

Eventhough we lost… I’ll still say we are Purely Awesome…

Pure Awesomeness!!!

It was a great team.. small but awesome!

I’ll honestly miss you guys. I’ll miss the great games we had together *although I wasn’t that good.. but.. I’ll still miss it*, who cares if we lost? It’s the great fun and great memories that last forever… *Why am I being so sentimental*

Honestly.. It’s pretty sentimental… It’s our last game in Brisbane. I’ll always remember it.

Woohoo! Pure Awesomeness!!!!

End of it all?

Is this the end?? The end of my student life? That was fast! Way fast! I don’t want it to end so early… but… I guess all things have to come to an end eventually…

Yesterday was the last class I’ll probably ever have as a student. Feelings? erm… a little saddened… not really happy… actually there wasn’t much sadness until we realised that it was the last class that we’ll ever have for our entire lives *ok maybe not if we have further education and all.. but it just wouldn’t be the same* and that we’ll be leaving Brisbane in less than 2 months! GASP!!!!!

I was wondering if I would “shed tears” when I’m about to leave… *Darn emotional tears just like to force it’s way out! =(* Probably no, probably yes… maybe I’ll cry at the “accommodation” , maybe I’ll cry in the train to the airport, maybe I’ll cry on the airplane when I’m looking at Brisbane from the top trying to find UQ…. *Ok.. this is seriously making me sad… hahaha*

I guess now I just have to use the time I have left wisely and make the most of it.. not easy one half of it is used to study and take exams… sob sob…. talking bout exams…. I should be studying at this very moment… ah! doesn’t matter! I want to feel emo-ish for a little bit.

In less than 2 months time, I won’t be able to see the precious green grass of UQ, I won’t be able to travel around using a boat, I won’t have timetables, electronic too mind you, to tell me when buses are coming, I won’t have to buy my groceries anymore.. hahaha, I won’t be sharing my room with anyone, I won’t be living with friends, I won’t be able to walk late at night in the cold weather to people’s houses / some other various reasons, won’t be able to check out what my Thai housemate is doing, won’t be able to scare my housemates *then again I won’t have anymore housemates*, won’t be able to feel the wonderful resort like atmosphere of our unit, *honestly it’s like I’m on holiday*….. ok I think this list thingy can go on forever and I don’t really have forever *for now* to talk on about forever, so let’s jsut leave it at that….

On a lighter note, I should be going to NZ if all goes well.. for now, I just have to STUDY like mad! goodness. Of course I’ll still want to check out the Tesla Roadster tomorrow, which means I have work harder today.. =( doggone it! Why can’t the event be later?? =(

Peace all! hahhaha that’s an odd end.. Cheerios peeps, may you be well and may the swine flu stay away from you. =)

Porridge

Never in my life would I have imagined that I would actually blog about porridge… I mean.. what for? I don’t even like it! Though some can be quite nice, but I prefer rice… depends…

Anyway… since I’ve been here, I think I can actually cook to save my life… hahahha cooking to save someone else? Maybe that’ll take more time…

Anyway, I just wanted to be amazed at myself for actually cooking porridge *for myself*. I never did cook. Let alone cook porridge…  Maybe I should pat myself on the back eh? ehehhe…

On to a porridge related story…

I remember when I was sick here, my housemate cooked porridge for me… I remember not finishing it.. though I kinda remember there was pork somewhere in there… and they were forcing me to eat it… in bed… Oh! They were staring at me eating too.. *Silly scene when I recall it* I forgot if they brought in their food and ate together with me or not… but it’s a very nice memory…

Cheerios now! Time to “enjoy” my porridge before it gets cold.

Time to be random?

or rather… I’ll try to be as random as I can… because! I just got tagged…. I’ve been tagged before for this one.. So.. I’ll try to do it…

DIRECTION: Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a post with sixteen random things, habits or goals about you. At last, choose five people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them.

Let us begin…

#1. I’m not a person that would talk about myself very often… frankly sometimes I wonder *wait! now I wonder* if I talk about myself at all!? Hmm…. maybe a little.

#2. I have this crappy “story” that I’m writing which is about…. “tragic love”? hahahhahah…. no lar not that tragic lar.. It’s just crappy and it’s just for me to see and be happy. No I won’t talk about it. I’m just writing *typing* down my imagination.

#3. I like desserts A LOT. I feel happier with dessert. Maybe that’s why I get fatter faster? hmm…. ….. …. …. Nah! says who?

#4. I tend to wash my hands and feet fairly often… often than most I think. Let’s see… in a day, when I wake up, I wash my feet, and then when I walk around the house and I feel my feet are dirty, I wash them again. When I go out and come back, I’ll wash them *hygienic purposes* and I’ll wash them before I go to sleep too… I think I actually like washing my hands more than my feet though… washing with soap is a much nicer feeling… hehehehe…

#5. I always wonder what life is about. Why are we here? What is the prupose of our existence?

Apparently the answer to the all important question of “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?” is calculated as “42″ according to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. But then again, that wasn’t the right question… I don’t think they found out what the ultimate question was. Apparently, Earth’s main existence was to figure out the Ultimate question. Interesting book.

#6. I want to go to New Zealand! But……………………………… It’s a little hard now with the swine flu hanging around and all… I’ll just wait and see…

#7. I’m terrified of graduating and getting into the workforce. I have lots of doubts. I doubt if I could get a job. I doubt if I’ll like the job I get. I doubt if I’ll even get a job! I actually doubt what I have studied for the past 4 years. I doubt the choice I made 4+ years ago. Wrong? Right? I guess I’ll never know… If I change it I might have the same thoughts I have right now. So let’s jsut forget about the past and move on. There’s nothing else I can change about the past. Only the future awaits.

#8. I have a number of sayings that I quite like… such as,

“I’ll cross the bridge when I reach it”

“People must rely on themselves” *translation from mandarin*

Darn! I wanted to talk about sayings and I forget what sayings I like.. maybe I should write them down next time.

Oh! There is this saying I was talking to ZX about…. to motivate her actually… hehe

“Lazy people go nowhere.”

“So people like you and me are not going anywhere.”

#9. I… wanna be….. …. I have no idea. I’m pretty clueless in a way. Though, it would be nice if I could live by the beach and have a simple and peaceful life. *Odd for a person that is afraid that there will be sharks even in shallow water*

#10. I actually like watching all kinds of reality shows. It can be really crappy! But I’ll still find it interesting! Actually! If I’m really bored, I’ll always find something to watch on tv. Honestly, those everything cath my interest?

#11. I like taking quizzes of any kind… especially those that tell me more about myself.. hahaha I find them quite hilarious sometimes… I don’t take them seriously, one shouldn’t really. It’s just for fun, nothing serious about it… maybe use them loosely as a guide… you can’t just follow what a quiz tells you.

#12. I feel I’m getting very bad at making friends. I seem to have lost basic friend making skills. Honestly! I think my people skills suck! I think my ability to speak coherently has deteriorated dramatically too! I must be keeping to myself too much. I should definitely talk more! But sometimes *or rather, most of the time…* I don’t have much to talk about. Sigh…………………………….. *Thinking of #5#

#13. My very very short term goal at this very moment is to study. Yes! I honestly should. *Looks like I’ve ran out of things to type out* It’s my final semester! I should graduate with a “BANG!” at least.

#14. I don’t like being the same with anyone else. *I wonder who does* Like for example, a person having the same birthday as you. It’s nice to know that the person shares the same birthday as you cause it’s quite special cause what are the odds huh? *actually the odds are pretty high, but never mind* But, by sharing the same birthday, it makes you less special. Or at least it makes me less special. Like…

“hey! Jenny’s birthday is tomorrow!”

“Oh!? Medusa’s birthday is tomorrow too!” *Forgive me for the name… no harm intended*

“Oh wait! I think it’s Brian’s birthday too!”

The spotlight was supposed to be on Jenny cause her birthday is tomorrow but it turns out Medusa *yes.. yes… I know… I’m sorry… it’s quite a nice name actually… the story behind it.. hmm… “what story?” and Brian share the same birthday too! So… Jenny has to share the spotlight with both Medusa and Brian now! How special can that be!?

#15. I have a very bad habit! Shaking my leg… It’s not good. It’s not pretty. I blame my brother! Hahahahhaa

#16. I’ve just set another goal for myself… a… mid term goal?

Learn how to drive properly? I can drive. But I don’t have confidence driving. I fear that I might crash into another car, I fear another car might crash into mine, I fear the car will reverse when I’m on a slope, I fear the car’s engine will die on me *releasing the clutch too soon*, I fear the car behind me which seems to be following me for no particular reason… unless… then my paranoia starts kicking in…. or! the car keeps getting closer and I get pressured to go faster… Darn! Too timid to drive?? Yes, I think so… too afraid of other cars? Yes, I think so too. Too lazy to change gears? Hmmm…. maybe too… Too lazy to press the break? Somewhat? You FAIL as a driver! Go back to Driving school!!!! Ok.

Phew! Looks like I’ve done it! Time to pick 5 people and write a reason for it… hmmm…

1. Shu Wei – Cause I think doing this tag can help one reflect on things?

2. Yeen – Cause your exams are over?

3. Michelle Lee – Ur random enough.

4. Teo Winnie – Cause you can improve your english! *It might take fairly long to do though*

5. Paranoid Bunny – Cause this looks like something that you wouldn’t mind doing… hehehhehehe

P.S. #15, I should blame myself for picking up such a bad habit. What can I do? My brother has this influence on me… the little sibling that looks up to the older sibling kind.

The Cashier

I feel this is pretty blog worthy. My day was kinda mixed, first I missed the ferry to work, so I would definitely be late. It was only 10:22am on my clock *I was only a few seconds late* if only I hadn’t ate an apple, if only I hadn’t stopped for that bloody slow truck, if only… forget it… there are too many if only’s… the most important is “if only I had woke up earlier”.

Anyway, I decided to take the bus from opposite the river instead. With “luck” on my side, the bus at 10:35am couldn’t start… hahahha tough luck… so I took the 10:40am one, it was 10:40am on my clock. Anyway, that’s most of the time related events that happened. Other than that, everything else went pretty normal. I think. Suffice to say, I was definitely late, but earlier than if I caught the next ferry.

Anyway, the blog worthy event today is about the cashier @ JB Hi-Fi, didn’t catch her name… poor. I was there to check out their sale. I impulsively took the “Pushing Daisies Season 1 DVD” and headed to the counter *Yes! I bought it. Rather impulsively. I don’t even know if they have subtitles! Doggonne it! Never mind… I’ll just watch it over and over again… oh! checked it. They do have subtitles… in dutch too.. that would be interesting… hehe*

I brought the dvd to the cashier, she greets me ask me how I’m doing, I say fine, how are you doing… the usual greeting. Then she asks me

Cashier: “Have you seen this? (refering to Pushing Daisies)

Me: “Yeah.” (Nodding)

Cashier: “It’s awesome.”

Me: “Yeah! Have you seen the second season?”

Cashier: “No, my friend hasn’t gave it yet.”

Me: “The second season’s even better.”

Then I forgot what happened. Most likely I paid up and she said have a nice afternoon and I said you too then I rushed for my bus. That kinda made my day. Interesting…

Shall get ready to bathe have dinner and maybe begin studying? hmmm… just maybe.

Heaven Forbid

Remember 2 entries ago where I talked about the words “Step 1″ reminded me of The Fray’s “How to Save a Life”, when it was said by my tutor? Well… this time he said “Heaven Forbid” & yes. “Heaven Forbid” came to my mind indeed…

“Heaven forbid you end up alone and you don’t know why…
hold on tight wait for tomorrow you’ll be alright “

It’s either the lead singer in The Fray sings as if he’s talking or my tutor talks as if he’s singing… hmmm….

on an unrelated note, Coldplay’s live album “LeftRightLeftRightLeft” is Awesome! *with a capital A*

on another unrelated note, The Windupdeads’ “No Denial” was stuck in my head until Secondhand Serenades “Fall for you” crept in and encrypted itself into my mind. Darn! I would have preferred “No Denial”… for reasons unknown…

Oh dear! Time to flick the lights and hit the bed… LOL *some description…*

The 412

This here post is for everyone that takes/ has taken/ will take the 412 bus from Brisbane CBD to St Lucia. Or for anyone else who just wants to know what’s my favourite part of the 412 route.

My favourite part is when it’s late afternoon, probabaly 2-4ish… get on the 412 at the city, it’ll turn left once… then after awhile it’ll turn left again to get on the “highway”, this turning is crucial because it’s my favourite part. The bus would be in the shade of buildings after the first turning then after the 2nd left turn as the bus turns out to join the highway, the bus loses the shade and the Sun just SHINES straight through the bus…

You’ll probably get blinded by the Sun’s sheer brightness but it’s really magnificent.. too me. Shade one minute and direct sunlight the next. But I normally just cover my eyes… I don’t wanna get blind so early in life…. maybe I like it cause it makes you appreciate the shade / the Sun… hmmm….

hmmm.. maybe I should film that part… but it might be a little odd….

anyway, the next time you take the 412 from the city, do enjoy the shade of the buildings and the sheer brightness of the Sun.

P.S. Boy! The violins in Rilo Kiley’s Does He Love You is really superb.