essays anyone??

OMIGOSH!!

ESSAYS ARE SO KILLING ME MAN!!

but then again, no complaints...it was quite fun doing all those research and summarising my thoughts and generally feel that i'm so darn clever to be able to cobble together an essay espcially one on the cult of Isis....

hehe, this u'll never get to do in m'sia man...

but can my tutor jane neild be so kind as to lift the word limit to a higher word count coz it's unreasonable for a person as creative as me ...sheesh....hehe....yea right....

so am back to more essay editing now.

perhaps i should go to my dad for help...he's the coolest man...

another reason why i miss my family....*sigh* Joel, you're so darn lucky that your parents are here in Melb to see you man!!i'll give anything for my parents to come over man, mr "i'm not rich. my parents are the rich ones"....hehe....

food!!~

just had the fullest sunday since i have been here in melb yesterday.

first we had dim sum at chinatown and it rocks man...thanks to shaleen!!she 's darn good lah....though the bill was slightly higher than expected but what the heck it was good food and i don't have GOOD chinese food every day and nooooo albert house food is chinese but not THAT good....

then at dinner (which i told shaleen taht we 're gonna have salad but that plan didn't follow through...no determination man!!), we went to lygon and had chicken parmigiana whch was H-U-G-E with a capital H.....i was bursting man!! and if i did, it wouldn'e be a pretty sight...chris teo and yi yu would have been sprayed by chicken, wedges, half digested siu mai and mint pods.....hehe...green with a tinge of brown, red and white....gooey stuff....too graphic...just had my lunch of sandwiches man....

darn it, my weight is soooooo high now....

will go on diet tomorrow....

that prob won't happen too....

hehe

i love food.

salvador dali....

oooh....and one more post about art okie???

presenting salvador dali's Persistence of Memory....quite nice hor???



am just into this genre right now...surrealism....the combining of reality and subconsciousness....absolutely cool man...

abstract but real....

very much like the world right now...

reality needs a boost of imagination now and then...

and that's what salvador dali did....

can't tell much about this genre yet as i'm still learning about it....

but as you can see, it's very different from impressionism, realism, cubism etc....

ART ROCKS!!!

warning: van gogh fan on the loose....

always was interested in art and van gogh was one of my favourite painters of all time and still is....he painted a trilogy of starlit skies in his brief but absolutely brilliantg painting...and the first of them was Cafe Terrace which i have in my room....absolutely awesome.... thats the one on top...

then the second one was Starry Night on the Rhone....

this is my absolute favourite....

and the last but not least....another of the trilogy....

this one is nice right???

that's probably why i love stars soooo much...

when i was only four, i went for art lessons at my beloved art academy and van gogh's paintings were the first that i ever saw and the moment i saw them, i fell in love with them....

kudos to my art principal, ms tan for sticking with me and my eccentric techniques for 14 years...yes, that's how long she knows me!!incredible huh???basically, she has seen me grown up to who i'm now....and i owe much to her....and also, kudos to my teacher, jing hua....yes, he wants to be called elvis but heck no way am i ever calling him that name man!!told him to change it but noooo he just wouldn't listen!!geez...these artists!!the way they think!! hehe....

i miss my art academy and my sat morn lessons where i get to smear paint all over white canvases and generally be destructive or creative depending on the mood that i'm in...but always and i do mean always as in every single time, i would be oh-so-relaxed in that art classroom...it's like therapy for me minus the annoying questions and the self-absorbed psychologist...we always get to work at our own pace and chat and have fun but of course, there's a certain target that we have to meet and it's always no problem for us (me and my art buddies) to go back for extra art lessons (because we spend most of the time talking and experimenting....me and my girl friends were known as the 38 Radio Broadcast and i was known as the main broadcaster because i rally the rest and introduce our topic for the day and off we would go....and saliva flies everywhere....hehe, even our dear jing hua teacher also takes part man....) because we get to do more ART, ART and ART!!!hehe....

we're just a bunch of ART NERDS man!!!

ART+SAT MORN+FRIENDS=FUN...

how i miss those sat morns.....*sigh

X men disappoints...

well, i'm a HUGE, MAJOR, GIGANTIC, BIG, NO.1 fan of X men. i think the whole concept of it rocks. that's why i went to see X men and came away disappointed...*sigh...

where are good directors and scriptwriters when you need them??

geez....still can't get over the fact that i just wasted AUS$9.50 for such a pathetic movie. i mean, the action scenes and special effects are so darn good taht it will make any action flick junkie weep with joy and think he went to action flick heaven but for the hard core comic fan, it was like heel just froze over man.

harsh on crtitcism???

i think NOT!!

so much hype about the movie..and what do they do about the whole script??

they SCREWED it up!! NO KIDDING!!

scott summers weren't suppose to die THAT early in the movie, xavier wasn't suppose to die at the hands of jean grey and jean grey certainly wasn't suppose to die at the hands of wolverine though i must say that particular scene was definitely heart-wrenching!!*sobz* and the whole darn thing about kitty pryde and iceman bobby???what the heck??!! and not to mention, the whole rogue going for the mutant cure thing??? what rubbish!! and the thing about archangel??more of him pleeeease.....i only got a glance at him for just a few minutes in the whole show!! and since when did wolverine become the centre of attraction???!! more of xavier, storm, cyclops, beast, iceman, jean grey, rogue, mystique please.....the ORIGINAL characters of xmen...not some stupid mutant like that creepy mutant boy- leech, that creepy girl that can run fast and sense the power of other mutants or even that soundwave girl or the guy that can shoot spikes form his face and body....geez, give us the old school mutants and we'll be happy.

now i just sound like some 3 year old kid who just got his favourite toy snatched away and throwing a HUGE tantrum now...geez...

time to get out my old comics of x men....and sulk in one corner

*grrrrr....* (pulling out my hair now in chunks)

*GRRRRRRRRR.......*

and just when i thought that it would be safe to celebrate on my newly installed tag board, it...

CONKS OUT ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAAAAAH............

this is so unfair...

there i was, bragging to chris lim that with my magic fingers, i can do what she can't do, putting up my board and the next min (ok ok, next MORNING), it said: "ERROR 41101" or whatever taht means!!!

darn it....

i hate tech....

ok, tomorrow, my whole blog is gonna close down bcoz of that above comment...

darn it...again....

as i was chillin...

i wait for

the time to see my family again...

that i miss so much...

the dad who is also the rock and anchor in my life:

strong, unyielding and loving

the mum who is my best friend and my number 1 supporter:

protective, determined and caring

the brother who is my playmate, my punching bag and my confidante:

annoying, playful and loyal

gosh...i so have to thank chris lim for doing the tag board and teaching me to do some HTML thing on my blog for me...as you can clearly see, am quite the hopeless case in IT and internet...

its just sad man.... hehe

and just came back from the autumn music concert...hmmm, maybe i did expect a lot from it so was kind of let down (ok ok, i admit, i was quite disappointed!!)... i guess i have been to quite a few concerts (yes yes, i know, i'm not musically inclined i know!! so sue me!! i still LOVE music alrite?) and this somehow falls short....but then again, considering the fact that we as students are STILL amateurs and we ARE studying and goin on with our essays...it's quite alrite the whole concert.

entertaining...

amusing...

altogether quite F-U-N....

alrite, m just being the optimist here....

so sue me...again...

today is like a slow and lazy day for me man...

so am just chillin' with my Breadtop red bean bun in one hand and my computer blasting music from The Corrs....ahhhh....never felt so relaxed in days...sometimes all you need is just sleeping in and a little private time for yourself....

but have to get back to work soon man...lots of them waiting for me

and am still waiting for the some signs that SS is still alive man. am kinda worried here as she hasn't reply me in days on end. i wonder if she'e trying to avoid me or just the whole group. darn it!! how i wish i was in m'sia right now to just ask her straight out!! darn it!! i hate not knowing what's goin on!!!

wad the heck....

talking online now....

oh my gosh, i am having an online conversation with my buddy who is a guy on love and romance....geez, this is so surreal man.... but then again, it's good to get a guy's perspective on love and romance and such stuff.

and i have a best friend who is a guy back in malaysia that knows me inside out.... he keeps me grounded and he teaches me soooo any things. before, i knew i needed no one...coz i always was the one people rely on for advice and help. i'm the strong one in the group. but after meeting him, i found out that i trusted no one that's why i needed no one.

i'm just glad that he found me.

n i miss him....

salad lover!!

m now digging into my super yummy, super delish, super fresh, super healthy, super green tandoori chicken salad from Sumo Salad in QV. absolutely brilliant man! i can go on eating salads from that particular bar for days on end. it's THAT good man! i love sumo salad! i'm their no.1 fan! i should so get a membership card or something and their home-cooked soups are really nice man....too many days and months of albert house food is sooo unhealthy. must detox once in a while. everyday eat rice and veggie and asian dishes is so killing me since i expect bacon or fruit salad and yoghurt for breakkie and salad and pasta and roast meats for lunch and dinner. oh well....what the heck!!

just finished my HOI on Isis and EAP essay....what a weight off my shoulders! phew...but it's all good fun doing my essays man...can't believe i'm saying that...but it;s true....so different from m'sian edu system and makes you think and question ala socrates....hehe

should list apartment hunting as another hobby of mine.....

never knew that apartment viewinng could be this much fun man...but then again, it boils down to the viweing campnay too i guess....hehe, but i think me, shaleen and janice peh had a blast climbing narrow, narrow, teeny, tiny staris to get to the second floor...kudos to janice for her aunt...a real estate agent, how useful!!i wonder if ANY of my relatives are real estate agents?! i think not...bummer....but we were all so surprised that the run down flats near albert house are sooooo nice inside man....it's really like cannot judge a book by its cover....

still, i'm thinking of moving out of albert house man....the apartments are soooo nice lah....

da vinci code....decoded....

have just came back from da vinci code the movie and i must say that the movie is really quite GOOD....!!! am serious....yes yes yes, all the stuff about how film adaptations of books are just crappy versions but somehow thsi movie has managed to portray every darn important detail in the book albeit in a very translucent and brief way but still there is still the recognisable dan brown streak in it....although there were some parts of the book that they did not put in and probably for good reason too for the producers as the show was around 2 and half hours long....wow....

n yes, the actors and actress (yes, one solitary lead actress) are quite in their element i must say... especially sir Ian McKellen and the guy who did the character on Silas the albino monk. these two really stood out and sad to say, fan of tom hanks i may be, but in this movie, he somewhat pales in comparison...but what the heck, i bet he did his best (wink wink)

and the guy who played silas has such a buff body man....he stripped down to the nude to play the self-flagellation part...i bet creepy as he might be, he has the burning, smoldering look in his eyes that can melt any girl's heart...i know mine did...into a messy puddle i must add....hehe...

but, i expect myself to come out of the cinema questioning the christianity and its basis but when i did come out, i found myself unable to raise even a doubt on that...it's as if the movie did the opposite....especially the last part when tom hanks said "believe what you believe" as if telling the viewers that this is a FICTION and did ask sophie whether it was worth it to destroy the faith that people had and still have....even yours truly.....

da vinci code...ooooh....

am just going to scribble abit as i'm waiting to have dinner with my friends...sometimes, it's good to hang out with different people. so it makes you not jump at each other's throats and kill each other over a slight mishap but what the heck!

That's just MY opinion....

after all, everyday seeing the same people in the same small cramped place will definitely give you reasons to start petty fights over NOTHING!! and i love the girls here at albert house!! so sometimes, it's better to have a "time out" session away from albert house otherwise we will just have quarrels over little stuff and i certainly don't want them....the girls here are really sweet and nice and all man....

anyways, had this HOI lecture and we had a quiz (note to shaleen and tiana:never go boots-shopping when there's a quiz on HOI...it's counted for goodness sake!! participation marks or whatever...and i did want to help you girls by scribbling some nonsense on the quiz papers but tamar was walking around and all...darn it!!)

altogether such a tiring day but am not THAT tired anymore since we're going to see da vinci code tonight....can't wait!! yaaaay....FINALLY!!!

i love disney....

gosh...this sounds just so wrong coming from a girl who is 18 years into this world and already into college and wants to a doctor....but what the heck...just wanna shout out loud and proud that

I LOVE DISNEY!!

DISNEY ROCKS!!

i just saw the lion king that qiqi got from rowden white and it's awesome.!! never can stop be amazed at the animation and storyline and all the great songs especially the african beats...

i so have to go to africa one day....

and i'm going to if everything goes well to my plan....hee...

i have already fallen in love with that land from articles, movies and songs etc and i just need the face to face experience to fall in love with her in person.....

sounds cheesy but it has always been my dream to go to africa and work there as doctor....

i have always cried bucketloads during oprah winfrey's shows on africa and i would die happy if i get to see and help the people there...

starry-eyed?? (why this fascination with stars? i wonder....)

too idealistic??

but it's just the way i am...

the way i motivate myself to get out of bed everyday, drag myself to school and do my homework, get good results and acing every tests i have....

call me a nerd, call me a do-gooder....

but it's just the way i am born....(thanks to dad and mum for this...i love them very much)

i was born with a natural sense of helping people...that's probably why i can never say no to people who need help...

what the heck...

*stares at the star-lit sky

btw, i have to thank tiana, chris lim, chris wong and beng sze for vacuuming the ants off the wall...

without them, i would have been eaten alive by ants that night!!! *shudder

and will be just a bit evil and go on to say that the person who spilled glucose solution on the walls (why this fascination with spillage?? one wonders...) will be sucked into a giant vacuum and will die in there just like the ants...and be haunted by the deaths of so many ants....

bravo to chis, tiana n gang!! they were so brave!! hehe.....

term two starts and stumbles and rocks and goes on....

probably just the case of 2nd term blues...

busy, busy, busy...

but now i'm just having a breather...a little "me" time i told tiana...always have time for yourself or you'll go crazy...

that's probably why i made my room as "me" as possible to satisfy the little girl in me who is still insecure and to be able to let the big girl in me want to study more...*grinz*

have been sick the last few days and still am but now, i'm better and i'm missing my family now more than ever...

ever the rebellious child to protest at the slight mothering from mum, i miss the exact mothering now...no more porridge, no more cold compress on the forehead, no more veggies that i always did love, no more pickled olives, no more nagging from mum to take medicines n no more dad to show off his pharmacy knowledge...sigh....

when something is not there, you'll miss it even more....

and i miss my family....