Of Significance..

monday nights..

2006-03-20T22:46:00.000+11:00

~*And I don't want the world to see me
Cos I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am*~

2nd year woes...

2006-03-07T11:21:00.000+11:00

okay!
I'm coming back into the blogging world!
Back in Melbourne for my 2nd year. Pretty much settled down in my new apartment.
Am supposed to go to my Organisational Behaviour tutorial at 3pm, but this idiot volunteered to help out with the bookfest organised by the MUOSS (Melbourne University Overseas Student Society)..ok...fingers crossed..hope I'll have fun.

Just a quick update..
Went to Lavish at Docklands to celebrate XiuXia (the prawn) and Ivy's birthday.
Well...tat's the only thing that I can find photos to describe.
The dinner at The Pub before:

Then later @ Lavish:

L-R: Sue Hui, Shau Fun, Abby, Me & Liss

Ivy (the birthday girl) and I
Okay..that's all for now..off to uni..

of christmas and insensitivity

2005-12-26T05:15:00.000+11:00

another Christmas has passed..and it passed just like a regular weekend.
But i guess Christmas is my favourite holiday..it makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy inside, unlike Chinese New Year where everything is about prosperity and luck.
we kinda celebrated it by having dinner at an Italian restaurant on Christmas Eve.
I guess it was alright.
The rest was just watching tele at home and there wasn't much on tv save for some lame movies which were being repeated over and over again.
Spent the day watching Winnie the Pooh and pals.
I think my favourite character is Christopher Robin although he hardly appears in the cartoon. I think he's a really really nice, sweet boy. I love the way he talks to Pooh "Silly old bear".

So I decided to update her on what has happened and I expected her to be discreet about it..maybe sensitive about it..putting herself in my shoes as we have been friends for so long but she doesn't do so..or should i say fails to do so? Is it natural or was it the way she meant it to sound like? Is it because she's not happy with it? As Zoe said, life is short and you've no time to contemplate on everything..just do what you feel like doing. I agree. I feel that she's becoming more and more distant after we have returned. Which is the real her? I liked the one back in Melbourne better.

Posting at this time of the morning because I cant sleep. Slept too much in the afternoon. I'm pondering whether I should return for the holidays in June. Plane tickets are getting to expensive nowadays, I'd rather spend the money on something else..hehe..working on that.

So the question is, is it better to like someone that you know enough to be a good friend? If you don't know the person enough to be a good friend then in short, you hardly know the person after all. Then how would you know if the person is THE person you want to be with? You can't possibly pair up with a stranger..or maybe an acquaintance. I feel that if you know that person well enough and you like what you know and you feel that there's something more than you should go for it.

L.O.V.E

2005-12-23T00:36:00.000+11:00

~* What is love? As far as I can tell,
it is a passion, admiration and respect.
If you have two, you have enough,
If you have all three, you don't
have to die to go to heaven*~

William Wharton

I'm really getting into the Christmassy mood, especially with Jewel's Joy: A Holiday Collection.
This is THE holiday with the best songs. Forget about Chinese New Year with all those kids and two hairbuns on their heads screaming their lungs out. Ang pows are not as big anymore *sniff*

I watched I Capture the Castle today. I'm really a sucker for all these romance movies based on the era before ours. Everything seemed quite simple then. Courtship was short. And everyone had somebody..it just depended whether they really loved each other. Staying up late tonight to catch Mona Lisa Smile.
I LOVE HOLIDAYS

and a merry christmas to you all..

2005-12-18T01:02:00.000+11:00

yes i know..it's still a couple of days to christmas..but i just can't resist

The Pitts 2018 wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with some help from Todd Umbarger

i'm back!!

2005-12-18T00:44:00.000+11:00

yes, physically and in blog sense.
so i'm back in ipoh as many of you might have known.
i'm already starting to get bored of the holidays and actually can't wait to get my butt back to melbourne for another torturous semester.
pretty happy with my results, did far better than i expected.
but this time, i really really insaf already...i'm SERIOUS!!

so during this wonderful holiday season
all i do is wake up>eat>watch tv>eat>sleep>eat>watch tv>sleep...with the occasional trips to the loo and of course the internet.
i actually wanted to make my own jake gyllenhaal themed layout...but damn i'm juz too lazy to move my butt..the computer doesnt seem as attractive as it did during the exam seasons.

sadly, haven't really got to meet up with all my buddies this holidays. everyone's busy doing their own stuff..or maybe i'm juz not important enough to be met up with :(
well..at least we'll be meeting up on monday for lunch...err...rite? miss el still hasnt called me to confirm on the location, time..etc..
wonder whether that's really happening.
well..that's all for this first post after the long hiatus..
haha..till something interesting actually happens to me..
actually..waiting for munsiong to call me..and update me on her food poisoning issue...LOL

Howl's Moving Castle

2005-09-29T04:32:00.000+10:00

I finally watched it!!
I thought it was good!
So suann and I went to watch it at Nova in Lygon Court cos it was cheaper on Monday, wouldn't wanna pay that much for an anime...so we went to watch the 2.30pm show after much arguments with Her Majesty who wanted me to accompany her to get her hair cut in exchange for her company when watching the movie.
So when we reached the ticket booth, i confidently asked for 2 tix for the 2.30pm show only to be told that it was sold out!
SOLD OUT?
i tot nobody would watch that show!i thought i'm the only idiot who wanted to watch it cos Howl was voiced by christian bale!!
so..i had a feeling that Her Majesty was extremely delighted to hear that the tickets were sold out (and she did admit to that later) but then she just couldn't show me that she was on cloud 9 as she was afraid i wouldn't accompany her to soho for her haircut!!hmmphh...EVIL SCHEMING!!
so i took a Howl's Moving Castle mini poster and i peered at the ticket booth, wondering whether i should watch that 4.30 one instead (which would be more expensive)..then suddenly a 2 women with 2 kids approached us, asking whether we wanted to watch Howl's Moving Castle, the english version at 2.30pm...OMG!!!!talk about FATE...or rather DESTINY!! we were DESTINED to watch the movie!!and they just had 2 tickets...at first we were rather sceptical..afraid of being sold fake tickets (hahahaha)...so we kept asking them why they wanted to sell it to us...
well..turns out that the cinema was freaking small, hence the sold out tickets..
well..i really enjoyed the movie...i immediately recognised christian's voice..hahahaha...so DARN SEXYYYYYYY....
oklah..since we're talking about him..i shall post a pic of him!! =p I enjoyed the movie, the romance and all the magical stuff..i read the book by diana wynne jones but just couldn't remember much of it...it came back to me as i watched the colour dial near the door turn in the beginning when markl kept going in and out..markl is sooo cute!!
Sure, it was cheesy in certain parts..but i enjoyed it...
some parts were extremely funny..
especially the part where Sophie cleaned Howl's bathroom and accidentally mixed up some potions resulting in HOwl having red hair instead of his usual beautiful blonde hair..and he threw a huge tantrum after that, inviting in dark spirits and slime!!
DAMN FUNNY!! especially when he was like

Howl: [tragically] I don't see the point in living if I can't be beautiful.

However, I felt the movie was kinda long, especially with the war stuff and all the planes...and the ending was too happy to be true...anyways...the neighbouring prince was DAMN GAY!!
OK..here are some of my favourite quotes from the anime!

Howl: You're wearing that hat? After all the magic I used to make your dress pretty?

[Howl sends Sofi out after promising to follow her in disguise and Sofi tries to spot him]
Sofî: Could he be that? No. That's not flamboyant enough for him.
[she passes a group of pigeons on a statue]
Sofî: No, those are much too plain for Howl.
[a glider plane with a giggling young woman and her lover flies overhead]
Sofî: [looks at it wryly] That could be him.

Howl: "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man, your heart shall soon be mine." That can't be good for the table.

Howl: I finally found someone worth protecting with my life. You<--her majesty's favourite..OBVIOUSLY

i'm BACK!!

2005-09-17T14:44:00.000+10:00

thought of only posting when i've got the pictures..but they dont seem to be coming..so oh well..updates first
well...
the only thing i can remember was that i watched The Skeleton Key with Kate Hudson in it..cant remember if i've blogged about it already..it was pretty good..the outcome was so unpredictable..then we watched the infamous Charlie and the Chocolate Factory..it was an entertaining movie..but not very good..plus we had lousy seats so i had my head cocked up northeast towards the screen...ann's head was cocked further..HURHUR!didnt reallly like it..the Oompa Loompas were frigging ugly...couldn't they find an actor who was more appealing other than that guy with the big belly and small legs coming out after every 15 minutes? everytime they're about to jump into a song i was like "oh my god, not again!" but huiyu being the book fan was like "IT'S LIKE THAT IN THE BOOK!!"..hehe..i kinda liked the part where all the gramps shared a bed..and it was kinda touching that charlie juz got a chocolate once a year....and we were all like.."it's this chocolate bar!!it's this chocolate bar!!" oh yeah..and we also watched Red Eye because we thought that Rachel McAdams was damn hot!! she's soo sweet..and Cillian Murphy was juz...SCARY!!didn't really like the show..it was thrilling..with huiyu grabbing onto my hand..and we were the only ones who screamed and laugh when Cillian emerged from behind the door and attacked Rachel!!

ohh besides that, we went to celebrate Ann's birthday at Time Out Cafe at Federation Square. We were expecting to eat the lamb risotto there only to find out that it happened to be a special the last time they ate there!so had some lamb thingy which was damn friggin small..i think there were like 6 slices of lamb..the size of..erm...cut up salami?so in the end i ended up eating part of su ann's seafood risotto which tasted like fried rice. oh yeah, and the Sparkling Saipan wasn't like the Soho i expected from The Pub..and i ended up very red afterwards!the situation was quite tensed as SB and FB were there as well and we were all so fake..acting like nothing ever happened...

oh then..on weds su ann and I made some chinese dessert called "loh mai chi" and it was kinda good!tasted like the ones we had back in ipoh!and then...on thursday, we surprised su ann on her birthday with a white chocolate cake from brunetti's!it tasted quite good..and then we went to Kimchi Grandma at Carnegie!taking the train there took like 20 mins and i felt nauseous as i stood the whole way there!oh yeah..i wasn't feeling very well on thursday so i came home after a lect and a tute...skived a tute and a lect HAHA..after kimchi we had to wait for about half an hour for the next train back to Flinders St. Station and then we went to Cafe Il Contro (i think it's spelled like that) for hot chocolate...and apparently they "don't close at all" ...which probably explains why their hot chocolate sucked! i mean..how can u screw up hot chocolate huh!!..then we went home..

and on friday, we went to Victoria Market to accompany peifern buy ingredients for her strawberry cream cake and her weekly groceries. ended up buying lots of fruits..some kiwis, lemon, pears and stuff..and suann bought her beloved quarter of a watermelon which she practically held it dearly to her chest throughout the rest of the journey back to peifern's house! so when we reached there, su ann started eating her instant noodles..and i felt hungry too so i nicked peifern's instant noodles as well..haha..and jinjin was juz lying there doing nothing!and then i did help out with the cake!! twas fun!! tho we kinda created havoc cos peifern's mixing bowl wasnt big enough so sugar and butter were flying everywhere!!it was quite a tedious cake to make cos we had to make 3 separate layers of strawberry cake and then make the cream filling and slice up the strawberries and then mix the cheese frosting for the sides of the cake!!but it was DAMN FUN!!...so peifern had to get ready for her Copa Cabana date (some brazilian restaurant where they serve buffet food and there's a good dancefloor where u can salsa as well) while i woke su ann up and we lay on the couch bed like 2 sausages before watching the simpsons with sherry bobbins!

then later decided to decorate the cake as the layers were cool and peifern was still dolling up herself for the nite!it was really fun..and i couldn't help dipping strawberries into the cheese frosting when i'm supposed to be preparing the cake!!YUMMY!! and i actually saw the domestic side of su ann when she actually helped to spread the cheese frosting =S
hehe..so we came home after that..had dinner and watched the cantonese tvb series "Lou Por Tai Yan" with Jessica Hester Hsuan and Sunny Chan.
DAMN SUCKY MAN THAT SERIES....
we were complaining throughout the whole time about how lame it was..like those family arguments which can take place at some random footpath in the city where it started with only 2 people and then suddenly the whole freaking village was there..with the stupid judge threatening her father-in-law that under Section bla..bla..bla..she can take him to court and stuff..damn stupid..i dun think judges in real life do tat!!
DAMN STUPID..and then we ate instant noodles at 1am cos we were damn hungry..hurhurhur..
oh yeah and breakfast this morning sucked! i've a feeling dinner will to!!
and YAY! peifern's gonna bring some of the cake for me later...WHEEEEEE
oh yeah and just a reminder
THE HOLIDAYS HAVE JUST STARTED!!BLISS!!

next target-melbourne

2005-09-12T11:37:00.000+10:00

"A VIDEOTAPE televised on ABC News in America, purportedly from a US-member of al-Qaeda, has threatened Melbourne and Los Angeles as their next target.

"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing. At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns."
Read more...

But why Melbourne? Why not Sydney or Canberra?
Ann and I are discussing the possible landmarks that they could attack....
Public transports, Telstra Dome, Town Hall...and sadly...Melbourne Uni..

"Premier Steve Bracks has this morning urged Victorians to not panic about an apparent al-Qaeda terror threat against Melbourne.

Mr Bracks was responding to the airing of a video in the United States yesterday in which a man named Melbourne and Los Angeles as al-Qaeda's next targets.

It was released on the four-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in Washington.

Mr Bracks said the State Government was taking the threat seriously, but also said he would not order a security upgrade around the city, nor ask for the state's terrorist threat level to be lifted."
Read more
OH MY GOD!!
At least console us by telling us that they're getting security tightened!!
NOT LIKE TAT!!
SAD..not gonna take tram these couple of days!!
Should I even get started with my finance assignment??
At least let me know if I should..or I should start enjoying my life and start spending all my monest before anything happens.....

All snippets from articles were obtained from http://www.theage.com.au

a retraction

2005-09-06T19:33:00.000+10:00

i take back what i said
i <3 jared leto!! man..he wrote most of the songs for 30 seconds to mars..i love the lyrics and the guitars. =P~~<--almost what i looked like when i was listening to "beautiful lie"
i hope he'll concentrate more on his singing career..did u realise that in most of the films he acted in, he always ended up dead or brutally beaten up?? neways..submitted my CALM assignment today..a whole wave of relief swept over me. i was so stressed up over this assignment because i barely had any idea what i was supposed to write about the australian economy..u noe la..i never read newspapers!! only to realise that the 1500 word essay for finance is even worse..i dont even understand the questions!just one whole bunch of finance jargon..OMG..but luckily Paul Koffman decided to to postpone submission date to one week later..so, i'll forgive him for having the weird dutch accent and krusty-the-klown-like hair =p
i'm mean!!
haih..here's to the 2 week holiday with finance assignment, macro assignment and accounting assignment, don't i just love melbourne uni??

30 seconds to mars
Attack
I won’t suffer, be broken
Get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing
I'll give up what I
Started
And stop this
From end to beginning
A new day is calling
And I am finally free

Runaway, Runaway
I’ll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go change yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I’ll attack
I’ll attack, I’ll attack

I would’ve kept you forever
But we had to sever
It ended for both of us
Faster than a...
kill off this thinking
It’s starting to sink in
I’m losing control now
Without you I can finally see

Runaway, Runaway
I’ll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go change yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I’ll attack
I’ll attack, I’ll attack

Your promises
They look like lies
Your honesty’s
Like a back that hides a knife
I promise you
I promise you
I am finally free

Runaway, Runaway
I’ll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go change yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I’ll attack
I’ll attack, I’ll attack
I will attack

Your promises
I promise you

30 seconds to mars

2005-09-04T02:38:00.000+10:00

i really shouldn't be blogging right now..2 assignments are due and i barely have any idea of wat to do with either of them!!

so was supposed to sleep but then decided to destress a lil bit more

came across this jared leto's band, 30 seconds to mars.
wasn't quite excited about it at first cos it's jared leto, an actor I didn't really like..also because he looked fugly in american psycho whilst starring alongside christian bale, for obvious reasons ;)

Source: www.jared-leto.org
wow...i really like the band!! i love their guitars and the music..but i think it wud've been better if jared wasn't the lead singer..he cant really sing that well..but oh well..he's the LOOK of the band!!
i listened to Attack & Beautiful Lie and I like them both..

Came across this brilliant site all about Hollywood gossip, Junk-Feud..guess the blogger loves jake gyllenhaal too!i can't resist putting this up

Source:www.junk-feud.com

And just a pic of a drunken Tara Reid to end this post :P Source:www.junk-feud.com

She says, “I’m just like, ‘Shut up!’ I’m no different than anybody else.

“I have a good time with people and I make people happy.

“It’s really sad that people say that and judge you for being happy, and other people are doing bad things and it’s almost promoted.”
~Tara Reid on being a drunkard. (from www.junk-feud.com)

things are not always what they seem...

2005-08-26T00:04:00.000+10:00

i've been sleeping quite little these days.i think the sleep debt is catching up with me. i fell down today..on the road..near the tram tracks..yes..i'm lucky to still have my head on my shoulders..thankfully..i didnt sustain any cuts, just blue blacks on both my knees.

after finance lecture, we went over to ann's room in JCH to help her prepare for the Commerce Ball. It was then that I learnt what had happen these past few weeks..something that they have been keeping from me..it's amazing how someone can find the slightest excuse to dislike u even when they hardly know you.

i felt that SB did not like me from the beginning because for reasons that i'm the bestfriend that have "arrived".but i didnt know that she disliked me...the slighest reasons she chooses to bitch about me...and the ways she's trying to influence a friend of mine since primary school. it's amazing how weak our friendship bond is..coming from the same hometown, same school even, same kindergarten if it counts..and the possibilities of us ending up in melbourne..but only to be broken by some girl she's only known for about a couple of months...it seemed too much of a deja vu that it's scary.

i discovered that SB and FB dislike me..it came as quite a huge impact on me..tears started brimming my eyes and i thought she wouldn't notice..but she did..and pointed it out..and that was then they started rolling out on my cheeks..i couldn't control myself..they tell me it isn't worth crying for someone like that...more of SB than FB.but i couldn't control my tears..come to think of it.i havent cried for a very long time.

turns out that i wasn't alone..that the others also experienced the same fate as me..only that their friendship with her was longer..and she did the same to them..obviously harsher backstabbings compared to mine..and i already felt so hurt..i don't really know whether it's because i wanted her to like me all along or it's because i really didn't expect it..it came as a shock.

talking about FB..she's such a hypocrite..i usually choose to joke with people at a level that i think they can accept..how do i judge that?by the way they joke themselves..when u can launch sarcastic jokes at other ppl, it is only logical that u can accept the same treatment..but they can't. zoe says that my sarcastic jokes can be appreciated..i wonder if she only said that to make me feel better..i can't stand being quiet..and common..like typical girls sitting down, waiting to be picked up..expected to keep their dumb mouths shut.

sometimes i don't know whether it's better to stay myself or conform with society.

went out for gelati at 9 plus today..usually i wouldn't go..but since so many things happened today i decided that i needed a break..it was after what happened today that i felt i almost did the same thing to one of my friends..but for reasons other people can see themselves..i felt that as a friend i should really tell her why i've been so cold towards her these days..but i've been advised against it..as confronting her might even hurt her more..

it was quite fun though...i was glad that i have some other people that i can have a good laugh with.

so the sixers has now turned into quartets =(
i really hope that i can keep friends like suann, zoe and ann...
but then again..things are not always what they seem...maybe some things are not supposed to last..i thought that i had stopped being naive...but i guess i hadn't

when will things turn back to the way they used to be??

weekend, you're finally here!!

2005-08-20T15:53:00.000+10:00

WHOA....finally!!
felt like a whole tonne of burden has been lifted off me the second i released my finance assignment into the assignment box slot!
WOOT!
now...the weekend has officially arrived..well..at the corner..
was still waiting in the second floor of the Economics & Commerce building, which is the Finance floor with sharon, jinjin and suehui while waiting for daniel to find out who his tutor is 0.o
so we were obviously talking and we got shooed out by some silly clerk who needs CONCENTRATION to sort out our assignments to respective tutors. talk about failure in multi-tasking..but wait a minute..maybe she WAS multi-tasking..if she was really properly sorting out our assignments then she wouldn't have to eavesdrop on us and then lose concentration rite??

so after that didn't really have the concentration to pull me through the macro lecture and ended up doodling pigs on zoe's lecture notes..hehe..had to accompany suann almost till her tutorial started because the others went for the street latin class..still wondering whether i should join that. went to check out the poster sale at the south lawn but couldn't find anything to my liking. found this really cute art piece of a little boy angel kissing a little girl angel..but because both of them were nude, i couldn't buy it! that particular part of boy genitalia was too eyecatching..if i bought that poster, the first thing anyone would look at would be THAT!

went to china bar for lunch and then did some shopping along Lygon. =) bought a white cardy and a black top from FCUK. felt extremely guilty after that..but hey..they were discounted..so that should count for something, rite?

went back to college square after that for the usual Sex & The City marathon. only watched 2 and a half episodes of the second season and after that went over to zoe's apartment. when i entered the apartment, it was pitch black and i discovered this giant blob, sleeping on the couch which i later found out was joy!haha..that woman didn't sleep at all last nite..probably cos she had to finish her very last minute philosphy assignment!so i joined suann in this makeup experiment in zoe's room, trying to apply black eyeliner on zoe to achieve the proper effect.haha, that was quite fun. zoe ended up with extremely lined lids although she tried removing them with makeup remover!

after that, we went to the city to join ann and we were half an hour late! oh by the way, it rained the whole day today..NON-STOP!it was so irritating and we had to keep carrying our umbrellas!so we went to some vietnamese place for beef noodles and as usual i was the last one to finish my food..was extremely full as i had spring rolls as well. then we went over to max brenner's and i had italian hot chocolate. then the bitching session again..hmm..we didnt really bitch about anyone...but just about life in general..it was really fun..should do that again, sometime! after that, we went to safeway for some grocery shopping and then we went home.
meeting for yumcha this sunday! =D

brunch was prawn mee on saturday and it was not bad, considering uncle andrew's usual cooking =p then i went back to my room, did my laundry.i discovered there were some boy's clothes in the washing machine and recognising the stripe shirt, i went to knock on keksheng's door to get him to remove his clothes from the washing machine..hmm..was i a bit mean to do that?then, vacuumed my room and reorganised my accessories which were practically everywhere!!

went online to register for a village cinema membership(i'm a movie buff) and i discovered that the english version of Howl's Moving Castle will be coming out in september..ok..so i bet aus is damn late this time in screening this since i heard of adele already owning the dvd.but then i discovered...the person who was voicing the wizard, Howl!!..guess who.....CHRISTIAN BALE!!!!OMG OMG OMG!!!i think i'm gonna watch it because of HIM!!!!asked chyn cos i heard she has the movie too and found out that hers is the chinese version...immediately became uninterested..i wanna listen to christian!!!!watched the trailer and the animation is exactly the same as the one in Spirited Away, due to both shows being directed by the same person..hmm..Howl doesnt look sexy enough to be voiced by christian bale but maybe he'll make up for that lacking department =p...but then christian bale as a wizard would be damn sexy..haha..ok..i think i'm supposed to be studying on saturdays..that's what we worked out!friday and sundays are for fun and saturdays are for studying..

ok..i've got 2 hours before dinner!!i think i hear vincent eating maggi!! hehehehe

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2005-08-19T01:40:00.000+10:00

f-r-e-e-d-o-m!!!!
well..at least for 2 more weeks, i think! =(
PBL second skills task will be coming up on the 2nd of Sept!
There is absolutely no time to enjoy uni life, given the amount of tutorial work and readings I have to do. Whoever said uni life is relaxing ought to be shot!
So I've finally finished my Finance assignment, which was stressing the hell out of us!
I've really no idea how I've done in the assignment, I'm just god damn happy that it's now out of my system!
Was a very hectic two weeks. With the PBL 1st skills test, the Intro. Macroeconomics online quiz and THIS STUPID FINANCE assignment which no tutor was willing to help us with, for whatever reason!!
Well, on a lighter note, it was Sue Hui's birthday on the 15th of Aug. She's FINALLY 19! Bout time! Went over to her house to surprise her, poor girl thought that we all forgot about her birthday and was pretty sad about it..haha..then after cutting her cake and all the birthday stuff, we took her out to The Pub @ Crown.

So here's us at her house with a nice chocolate strawberry cheesecake from Brunetti's (the only nice cake I've ever eaten from there)And that's me and the birthday girl on the tram to Crown with Jin Jin at the back and Abby god knows doing what!So obviously judging from the red face, someone got really high (after some Long Island Tea and a round of Soho)and no..it's not the red background! That's the sparklers on another birthday cake for her courtesy of The Pub.Photoslutting in the city with the 2 thin men on the way home!
My favourite pic of the night!
L-R:Pei-fern, Sue Hui, Shau Fun, Abby, Me, Jin Jin
Right at the bottom:Sharon @ Cha Cha

too hilarious not to link!

2005-08-08T20:20:00.000+10:00

Thought pirated dvds were the greatest gift to movie buffs?
Think again.
Here comes the beauty of subtitles...
Check this out!
Backstroke of the West

foolish games

2005-08-08T14:44:00.000+10:00

You took your coat off and stood in the rain
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window
Always felt I was outside looking in on you

You were always the mysterious one with dark eyes and careless hair
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather
Well in case you failed to notice, in case you failed to see
This is my heart bleeding before you, this is me down on my knees

These foolish games are tearing me apart
Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart

You were always brilliant in morning
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself

These foolish games are tearing me apart
You're tearing me, tearing me, tearing me apart

Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
You took off your coat and stood in the rain
You were always crazy like that

Foolish Games - Jewel

An Ode to Christian Bale

2005-08-08T14:13:00.000+10:00

Have decided to post some of my favourite pictures of Christian Bale, one of the most underrated, yet talented young actors of the decade, I think. Must have read it somewhere, honest! Started his acting career in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun when he was 12. Imagine, being chosen by Spielberg himself out of thousands of hopefuls to play the lead. There is no doubt that he's a very talented actor.

Started noticing him when he acted in Swing Kids.
Here are some pictures from Equilibrium where he played John Preston.

In American Psycho (below). Heard it's a good dark comedy, but haven't actually got the chance to watch it! Dvd, anyone?
And as Batman @ Bruce Wayne in this year's Batman Begins, which I hope will build a stronger career path for him in the acting industry. Would definitely like to see more of him. The people in charge of Batman Begins were also considering Jake Gyllenhaal, another underrated talented actor who's often mistaken for Tobey Maguire. I really like Jake as well but am glad that the writer of Batman Begins decided to choose Bale as Bruce Wayne in the end. I'm looking forward to the 2 sequels already!
Pictures courtesy of christianbale.net
Now, I really must start studying for my Business Law assessment.

i'm NOT a shopaholic....

2005-08-07T14:02:00.000+10:00

right...
yesterday i decided to go to shaufun and suehui's apartment to watch the dvd of the Sex & The City - Season 1. So suann and I walked down Lygon because she needed to get something from FCUK. After that, smartass me wanted to walk over to Witchery to check out the jackets because I remembered abby getting some nice jackets from there. And there it was, looking at me, the LOML (love of my life). It was the nicest jacket I've ever seen...(or perhaps the nicest jacket I've ever seen ON ME).

I've seen the exact jacket(as seen here in eggplant), only in blue during my exams which was like 2 months ago but I didn't have the time to go look at it. I saw two other women in the shop, trying on THE jacket as I did, only in different colours. One of the elder woman was already wearing the jacket in chalk colour when she walked in and she was already trying on the one in thyme! The other girl was trying on the black one like mine. So three of us were standing in front of the huge mirror (as some of u might know about the Witchery on Lygon St.)-the sight was rather silly,damn, suann must've been having so much fun.So what other confirmation did I need? I've had so many regrets over my thick jackets(which brings me to think whether Robbie Williams wrote No Regrets over his clothes choice), especially my purple NIKE one. That really sucked. I only wear that during REALLY RAINY days now.

I think I spent about half an hour, deciding whether I shud buy the jacket, with suann sitting on the sofa, looking at me like I'm this indecisive dumbass AND looking really pissed at the same time. In the end, I got it! Spend the afternoon watching Sex & The City at College Square. Then later, went for dinner at Piccolo Mondo's with the Taylor's Gang and Freddo's for ice-cream with suann and yaowei.

Then today, hsiuyinn, suann and I went to A1 for lunch. And I actually managed to persuade suann and hsiuyinn to go with me to Witchery AGAIN, to confirm on the correct size and in the end I stuck with the one I bought earlier!Hurhur...then also bought a purple top from FCUK...and suann bought a tube from Guess.(haha, lammy, becha din noe wat we had the time to cram Guess in!)

Went to Safeway later for groceries. The queue was horrid!Suann was caught by her friend, carrying all our shopping bags..guess she really looked like the dictionary version of a shopholic.hehe..then it rained and we had to brave through it with all the bags in tow!

So, will be going out for dinner later and hopefully get started studying for my business law assessment.Ok, realised this post has become slightly bimbotic. Yes, lammy, i'll try to get a chatbox ;)

a beautiful day...

2005-08-04T13:58:00.000+10:00

The weather today was wonderful. Breezy and sunny enough for me to survive the afternoon in a t-shirt and a thin jacket. Walked to the Law Building for my lecture while chatting with Liang Terk, the new guy who just moved into my house a couple of weeks ago. I really like my Business Law lecturer. He stays interesting eventhough he's lecturing on a considerably boring subject. I like it when he actually played U2 before the start of our lecture and during the break. I enjoy his lectures so much that sometimes I wonder whether I would be better destined for Law.

After lecture, SuAnn, Huiyu, Ann and I walked over to Vina Bar @ Lygon for lunch. I had vermicelli with grilled chicken..one of the few times I never regretted about the choice of my meal. Went to get a tall hot chocolate from Starbucks afterwards. Later, walked over to Sportsgirl at the request of Ann and wasn't really surprised when our supposed 'Budget Girl' was the first to jump into the changing room but later deciding not to get the top due to certain reasons. I still think she will be back at Sportsgirl's, buying THAT top.

On the way back to Albert while waiting to cross the road, an old man actually tried to strike a conversation with us. He actually asked for my name. =S

Finished my much beloved book this evening. I really love it. Go get it!I was so addicted to it that my friends were annoyed that I was reading it at the lunch table today. I had to promise myself that I'll finish it today so that I could be open to my other commitments. I loved Gil in the book. Every word he said, every joke he cracked. There was one where he tried to express that he had changed but his friends hadn't noticed and still treated him the same. They still talked to him as if he were someone else. I felt that it was something that I was going through as well. This was the joke I favoured:

Man walks into a bar. Completely naked. And there's a duck sitting on his head.
The bartender says, 'Carl, there's something different about you today.'
The duck shakes his head and says, 'Harry, you wouldn't believe it if I told you.
- G

Will be doing my finance tutorial after dinner. Yes, indeed, I must. Really hope that I'll end up with a good Finance tutor tomorrow to make up for my awful Macro one.
*Fingers crossed*

I hope that during my time in uni, I will actually have the privilege of having friends like those of Tom. Friends who will never give up on him.

confessions of a scaredy cat

2005-07-16T12:21:00.000+10:00

~You come in cold,
You're covered in blood.
They're all so happy you've arrived.
The doctor cuts your chord.
He hands you to your mom.
She sets you free into this life.
And where do you go with no destination,
No maps to guide you.
Wouldn't you know that it doesnt matter,
We all end up the same.~
The Chronicles of Life and Death-Good Charlotte

Went to the gym today and actually did 2.2km on the treadmill *beams* quite proud of myself considering i hardly exercise at all =)
Half of yesterday was spend shopping around for necessities for my days in Melbourne-printer ink, stationery, etc. After that, met up with Yin Teng and Sinn Yi for Amityville Horror. I know I really suck at watching horror movies. Even The Ring caught me covering half of my eyes with the popcorn box. *note to other scaredy cats, when watching horror movies, the popcorn box is your friend*
Sue Hui and I actually screamed when watching Gothika. Not because it was scary but we were shocked by the ghost girl suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Haha..I still laugh to myself when I picture the expression on Gerald's face when we did that, a mixture of embarassment (to be sitting with us) and shock. I really salute him as he can even sleep halfway through Gothika.
So, no..I didn't buy popcorn yesterday and there was no sweater for me to hide underneath. Since I decided to conquer my fear of horror movies because of Yin Teng who's leaving for Singapore soon, I made very good use of her right arm..hehe..so when anticipating scary parts of the movie..(you sorta can guess when the ghosts are gonna appear)I would hold her arm at my nose-level, ready to lift it up to cover my eyes. Hehe..held on to her arm for quite some time, I could feel her muscles flexing out of stiffness. It didn't help that the group of girls sitting behind us scream right before every horror scene and with one handphone equipped with a really lousy ringtone that kept ringing. But when I think back on the movie, it wasn't that scary afterall. There wasn't much to build on the storyline and basically it was a tad scary because of the sudden appearance of those dead people.And also the anticipation of knowing that something terribly bad will happen on the 28th day. I think Saw was better at freaking me out.
Later at night, watched Edward Scissorhands for the second time on Astro. It made me realise that no matter how much good you do to other people, when you make just one mistake or a harmful move, you will be judged by that mistake alone, regardless of how much you have helped the others. Decided that I'll make good use of this holiday and actually put my brain to some exercise. Went through my sister's bookshelf and found a pretty book with a lovely purple cover. The title of the book was already enough to get me interested enough to read it.
So am currently cutting tv and napping time to read this.

out of boredom...

2005-07-14T20:10:00.000+10:00

hello, world!

So I have stepped into the blog circle. I really dont know much about this blog business, but here goes!
Am getting really bored with the whole staying at home thing. Somehow waking up way past breakfast and watching so much television until my eyes get so dry till they're on the verge of popping out is not much fun anymore. I guess I get the kicks out of it when I'm not supposed to do them or I'm not allowed to do them.
Spent part of the afternoon hunting for the phone number of the bookstore to get my hands on the Finance 1 textbook that I'll be using for the next semester. As if that wasn't enough, I am now faced with the tough decision as to whether I would want to change the subjects that I'm taking.Seeing that I would most unlikely take up management as my major, it would only make sense that I switch Managing People and Organisations to Principles of Business Law, rite? But then again, I think I'd be pretty good at the latter subject as yours truly is really good at beating around the bush in essays!=)
Oh well, will make the decision when the course advisor replies my email!
Visited Nigella Lawson's (really, she doesn't look as scary as she appears on the website, she's quite beautiful on the tele) and found this recipe for a London Cheesecake. Decided to attempt on it as I've never baked cheesecakes before. It's supposed to look like this.
And it turned out almost quite like that except that the sour cream layer is quite lumpy. hehe =)
Hey, my first attempt, ok!
Also, I was so bored of my daily routine, that I decided to do something that I usually wouldn't do during the holidays. I actually went to the Commerce faculty's Teaching & Learning Unit and actually read a pamphlet on effective study. =S
Ok, here are the condensed bits!
10 Tips for a Top First Year (although it's a bit too late for me...)
1. Make Friends (to borrow notes from when you miss a class)<--i'm serious, this is really what it said on the pamphlet. Yes, indeed, very true. Especially when you've to sit through boring BPA lectures at 3.15pm when the rest are already at home napping away. I remember the times when I'd beg Peifern to get me the notes for the class =P 2. Turn Up
Would you believe that I actually turned up for every damn lecture and tutorial (save those coupla BPA lectures)?I seriously had no idea what those bubbles were for, for the first few months. Thought we were drawing some stupid mind map.
3. Tune in
4. Keep Up
Basically telling you to be consistent and keep a diary of all the tute work you have to do. But heck, I know people who start studying during SWOTVAC and still ace the whole exam.
5. Be Prepared
Must read lecture notes before attending lectures. Highlight your notes but NEVER rewrite them. Rewriting your notes to make them perfect is a waste of time and is usually a passive exercise. Notes have to be perfect in your head and not on the page. Oh, so NOW you tell me! Ish.
6.....Hmm..too lazy to be bothered with reading the rest. Heck, I'm still the same person as I was even before looking at number 1.
Ish..was expecting some life changing episode here.
I know this post is a bit long, but hey, must have the spirit rite?