2nd day of class

i'm still amazed by the fact that my timetable has really huge empty blocks without lectures or tutorials. one would think that i'll be busy as hell... but i think they want us to do more self study instead of just swallowing everything that give you... it's all our own hard work i guess....

anyways, had my first health practice lecture today. it was all about communication and listening skills. without decent communication skills, doctors are screwed. and we have to be mind readers, tone readers, facial expression readers, vocab readers. basically, the moment a patient walks into the room, we are already diagnosing, analysing his or her life already. as if cramming thousands of medical jargon in our heads are not enough, let's add questioning skills, listening skills, prompting skills and mind reading.

but hey, that's one of the reason why i chose to be a doctor.



it's hard not to think about it,
and it's harder even not to look,
but you can't help but steal glances,
it's that addictive.

it's that fulfilling.

it's that intriguing.

it's that painful.

1st day of the rest of my 6 year course

i've spent one year and probably a bit more searching...

i never had the guts to go after it....

and now he's right under my nose...

and i can't do anything now...

the moment i heard him say, "i'll be there in 5 minutes..."...


the first day of uni, into my medical course started on a painful note... i had to get my blood sample taken along with the tuberculin skin test to see whether i have TB...

and now, i'm already at my desk doing revision of the 1st day lectures... boy, am i becoming a geek!!

I have almost forgotten how much fun it was to hangout with the gang ever since i went to Melb.
and just that day, they reminded me again how much i miss and love them...

*insert mushy music here*

i had a blast as usual and it ole good clean fun...LOL

i met david and nee and john for lunch at Kimgary's at CS and after annoying the "androgynous" waiter with our orders, we yaklked it up and then took a lot of pics... and i took the ooprtunity to grill xin nee about her "boy boy" and then the guys (surprisingly!!) make a case for feminism and guys buying undies for their girlfriends. you have to be there to appreciate the debate... *smirks*

then we met up with aichen, juli and yiyu adn again, had an extra loud gab session. it was hilarious seeing how ai chen and juli evaded john's prying handphone-cum-video recorder for the day...aww, girls give him just one smile for the camera mah...

anyways, after having yoghurt (it was super yums!! and my fave stall) and glueing our butts to teh chairs for one hour and just gossiping up a storm, we adjourned to this Korean restaurant by Stulang Laut (somehow, we always managed to end up in a Korean restaurant for meals every time we go out. I think it's due to ju li and treacia's manic korean craze...) and the place was niiiiice......














bi bim bop... i think it's spelt this way... it's like mixed rice with egg, veggies and meat...uber yummy!!
















the korean grill that we had....swoon....














with friends like these, there's nothing else you need....

To Nick...

this post is specially dedicated to Nick aka
one of the 3 Musketeers aka
Tze's "No.1" aka
my Husband for 2 Drama Terms aka
Mr Always-Bad-Hair-Day aka
Mr One-Country-Road-bag-Is-Not-Enough
















will miss you much when you go into NS... take care ya... and be careful when you do all your 5-minutes showers in the bathroom... tze still loves you alright?? LOL...

to Nick who wil always be one of the 3Musketeers wherever he goes...















both me and tze will miss you lots so come back to melb soon.... LOL....
waiting patiently for you bday party ya.... HUUGZ~~

and also to Mr Andrew Khoo who has also gone into NS aka
Mr Guitar Maestro aka
Mr Reader Digest and the Economist














keep on playing your guitars ya and keep on reading the Economist....and not to mention The Reader Digest so you can go to Melb and teach me more vocab words remember?? take care andrew...hugs....

CSI MANIA!!

have been watching tons of DVDs these few days and it was really rewarding after months of starving myself from movies in Melb (a freaking student price movie ticket is like a whole $10 which si like RM 30!! grrrr and not to mention the TV in Albert House is not exactly on good terms with me...always giving me the static signal...darn annoying lah!!)

so watching CSI: NY season 2 and 3 was SUCH a treat for me!! i was liek jumping up and down on the sofa, waiting for the DVD player to whirl to life!! i know kinda pathetic seeing as CSI is a movie about dead people and their untimely gruesome demise..not to mention the episodes of grred and jealousy and all the negative human elements come into dramatic play...

but the CSIs in the series are really cool people man... makes you wanna join the ranks of those investgators...how they strut around in perfectly-cut linen suits (for the ladies) and cool black outfits (for the men) in this really cool cavern of a CSI lab, how they can stare unflinchingly at a possible suspect and make them spill their guts, how they use their talents and brains to figure out the crime and delve into a murderer's mind... swooons....

and not to mention, the cool scenes where the camera goes in depth into a wound and lets you see the broken arteries or fractures... and the reconstruction of a crime is always awesome....

oh and i think gary sinise is by far the best head honcho in the CSI franchise EVER!! and i'm rooting for lindsay and danny to get together!! and i do not like the new coroner, that posh (but in my opinion, she's just stuck up) british lady...

CSI: NY is soooo much better with the addition of anna belknap as lindsay monroe nowadays!!

2007

drumroll... and 2007 is here!!

and here comes the obligatory resolutions that comes with a new year....

i will enjoy my first year in MBBS, to learn as best as i can so i will be on the right path to becoming a capable doctor so that in years to come i can finally go to Africa as i have dreamt of for so long and put my skills to good use....

i will respect myself more and be less self destructive...(no, i'm not in a gang, nor do i take drugs....) but be able to say no when i feel like it, taking care of my own self emotional well being, be less straddled by mundane things or people.....

i will take care of myself... coz no one can do that for me, only i can do it....

and so c'est la vie....

christmas revelation

1 year have yield such an outcome... i have been officially accepted into medicine in Melb Uni which is like my dream for this year....

should been feeling ecstatic and all... and yes i do feel that. but still there is a tinge of disappointment as many of my friends did not get the course that they want. and well, frankly, it is sort of depressing. it's like if i get in, i hope my friends get the course they want to. after all, who would wish their friends fail miserably in their courses....

still, for the next 6 years, i will be happy... really happy doing something that i have dreamt of for years... 6 years of hardwork will be worth it....

and thus this brings me to my christmas wishlist of the year:

1) enough money to build a hospital specially equipped to treat AIDS patients in Africa and enough AIDA medications for the nation

2) a pair of overalls (yes, i really want one as my old comfy one has been give away)

3) lifelong 50% discount for Borders, Kinokuniya and MPH (i don't ask for much...)

4) an iPod engraved with the words "Veni, vidi, vici"

5) a PSP player (yes, i DO love games)

6)flood victims in Johor will get sufficient help and funds to rebuild their homes

7) a cure for both cancer and AIDS

8) an end to ALL wars

9) a crate of cherries

10) a pair of ballet flats (have been searching for the perfect ones for ages)

it is one mix-and-match list for this year and i DO hope that i will get every single one of it... LOL

this is going nowhere....

after all that i have done for you and said to you and helped you....

this is how you say hello??!!

well, it seems that i was too trusting

maybe i have too high expectations....

but what the heck....

i DO have high expectations and that's just it....

albert house 2006

darn it...

how many times must i tell myself that since i'm staying in JB, i can see the singaporean gals anytime i want??!! it's just across the causeway right??

but what about the KL people and that terengganu boy??!!

sigh....

albert house 2006 ended yesterday....

am still in my room no doubt sitting in front of the laptop but now... i strain to hear noises from the tea room (during exams, it used to drive me nuts) and when i come down the stairs, it's like silent, no slamming fire doors, no clatter down the stairs in flip flops... even the usually noisy laundry room is dead silent...

will miss the albert house people lots....

we had fun, didn't we??

O-V-E-R

BIO'S OVER!!

coolness.... *sings* oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.....

and tomorrow's valecdictory...

and that's the sad part man....

*sobs*

but happy part now: will now have korean BBQ dinner.... yaaay....

highlight of the day...

sent my little brother to Trinity College for his Science Summer School.... and i met my ex mentor, Mark and the ex accomodation mentor JK and THEY REMEMBERED ME!!

*big grinz*

ahhhh... back to bio now....

Queen Vic Market Shopping Trip

had the bestest time in Queen Victoria Market today!! it was so much fun..

what can be THAT nice about grocery shopping?? well, for starters, you need to go to a super bustling, super happening place like Queen Vic to get the goods. and when i say goods, i do mean literally anything under the sun... yes, even clothes and sour sticks (yes, me and yi yu saw these super long sour sticks that you can chew on for ages till it melts in your mouth)....

but most of all, i love the organic section for fruits and veggies. for organic stuff, the price range is really cheap man, considering that it's the freshest and least harmful of all foods.... and not to mention ,the gourmet ready made food section that has Greek dips, German bratwrust, marinated baby octopus, exotic coffees, never-before-heard sausages and bread rolls..... it's like a foodie heaven man..... it's been a long time since i last went there and boy did i miss it!!

so my Safeway green Eco friendly shopping bag contained these when i came back:
1) 5 nectarines (they are so darn cheap...)
2) 4 peaches (again, darn cheap too)
3) 1kg of cherries (again, half the normal price and they are sooooo sweeeet *happy sigh*)
4) 2 boxes of blueberries (a good source of antioxidants)
5) 2 Don Viennese frankfurt (it looks tempting in the window display and it's cheap)
6) 1 chicken oregano long sausage (again, it looks tempting)
7) 1 slice of baked cheesecake for Janice (it's her Econs exam tomorrow so a little encouragement for her as i know she LOVES cheesecake) and it's rumored to be the best cheesecake in Melb (that's what the display said anyway)
8) a small container of baby octopus (this is for Shaleen...she can't get enough of the octopus entree we had at Stalactites that day) from the greek gourmet food section....

for me, it's just fruits, fruits and more fruits for me... yums... can't wait to start on my nectarines.....

a mixed basket of life...

oh heck, it's the end of the 1st and worst week of exams and boy am i G-L-A-D!!

yep, it's 4 subjects down and 1 more to go and that one more is only on 4 Dec... yay...

still it's freaking bio so memorisation is the key to score and Mel so does not like to memorise. she does better by understanding stuff... wonder why i took up the subject in the first place. probably because i THOUGHT it might give me a headstart on my probable career in medicine and not to mention, i THOUGHT it was so darn easy to score....shucks... i GUESSED wrong then....

anyways, to celebrate the end of chem finals today, we had a sort of impromptu girls shopping trip to Safeway.... yeah yeah yeah, it's only the local supermarket, not some super huge departmental store.. but hey, i haven't see the outisde sunlight in such a long time and can barely remember what it looks like... it's like *open door, blink, blink, blink* "wah, outside look like that one arh??"... okay, i'm exagerrating, but exams can do that to you man... sreiously... long term effects....

and since i'm taking a break from bio revision, shall just put up wacky pictures of the shopping trip where i only bought one HUGE bar of Cadbury Black Forest Choc (my favourite, my only obsession i will NEVER give up), some Lindor Thin Milk Chocs and Who magazine with Tom Cruise and Katie's wedding as the front cover... her reception dress looks so prettyful, designed by Armani and hand made with thousands of Swavaroski crystals... check it out man... absolutely classy and stunning.... still i'm wondering whether Suri, their little baby daughter (some weird name i must say, named after the African sun or something like that) is REALLY the offspring of Tom and Katie. sure, she resembles Katie but definitely NOT Tom.... i smell something scandalous here..... oh well.... celebs and the goss about them.... hmmm... entertaining...





















me and qiqi both in our white white white pure white hoodies...














our other two shopping partners, yi yu and shaleen along Drummond St where we live...














qiqi in her "hmmm...." mood.... she was so darn happy today after chem exam was over... i was too....



















and courtesy of qiqi , who actually demanded me to take this stupid, pathetic picture of the christmas tree in QV... it's quite pitiful compared to the HUGE on standing just on Swanston Street, around Collins Street.. qiqi was exclaiming all the way about how pretty it was and stuff... but qi arh, ic an find better ones for you rather than waste my MB on this pathetic tree man...

anyways, tomorrow, shaleen promised that we will go out to eat dinner!!! yay,.... finally, after two weekends of take away food..... this girl will go crazy at the sight of Toto's pasta or pizza....shall consult my Foodies' Guide To Melbourne tonight and look for any Japanese restaurants as requested by Shaleen.... that book is seriously good man....

and can't wait for tomorrow when i can go to Queen Vic Market to get my cherries, peaches and nectarines. this will be my second last week to taste such nice fruits man.... after that two weeks, i'm flying home where peaches, nectarines and cherries are bloody expensive... must stuff my face tomorrow. just taht night, shafiq bought some cherries from St Kilda, the local ones and jin sern gave me some. you could see my whole face lit up the moment the cherry MELTED in my mouth. it was so sinfully sweet man and oh-so-refreshing. you can literally see me swoon man. it's that amazing. alright, at least it is to me... as i LOVE my fruits....esp the above three. during the beginning of the year, i bought nectarines and peaches by the armloads. it was in season and so dirt cheeeap. now it's back in season so *goes off dreaming into the distance*...... *happy sigh*

of othello and pictures...

rhetoric is divided into 3 types, mainly logos, pathos and ethos. the first one appeals to the logical and reasoning side of humans, the second is the appeal to the emotional state while the last is an appeal to the character and credibility.

now that is what i learnt from Eng Lit... didn't know the powers of persuasion is so complex. oh well, now i know how to get my way around things because different people need different rhetoric techniques to convince them of something. like say a military figure like our dear Othello can be manipulated using both logos and pathos at the same time....

ok, enough of Othello... shall just post pictures instead.....














me, janice and shaleen at our annual class picture day.... love these two girls... they are the two closest friends i have in melb....














the girls from Albert House. it's like one big family portrait man....














more pictures of the girls....














chris, qi and me....



















tiana and me!! she along qiqi has tonnes of earrings man.....and they are both trying to convert me into wearing dangling chandeliar earrings which i absolutely detest!!!



















me and shaleen in colour coordinated black and white outfits for the day....

now or never...

oh well, am in the Leeper library now checking my email and stuff and yes, also waiting for my turn during drama exams... argh, am still darn pissed that my group is the second last to perform in the whole freaking Trinity College!!!darn it.... i hate being last man... it's like you see so many other performances and let me tell you that they are so darn good man!! it's making me feel so inferior and it's not doing much for my stress level!! i'm supposed to cry in the drama and seeing other people cry so effortlessly in their scenes is so not fun lah!!!

but heck, shouldn't be complaining coz my group is really good and they are tons of fun... and not to mention, drama itself is fun... you get to be someone else for a change and for once in your whole life, you get to live the experience of being watched... it's like the spotlight is on you for once in your life and i do mean it literally... and when you get up there, you feel gazes on you and when you hit the right spot with the right lines and right emotions, you feel the collective suck in their breaths, waiting for the next action....i guess it's the desired effect every actor on stage wants.... it's like we live for the moment, like we are living for the 8 minutes and then, it's over and there's nothing you can do about it....

but for me, the moment i'm on stage is like i get an adrenaline high... yes, i do get the jitters and i can see my hand shaking... but heck, you take a risk and put all your feelings out there and you know that you will be fine....

all i can say is that i'm thankful for my drama group coz without tze, nick, sujana and tiok nee, drama wouldn't be THAT fun...
so cheers to you, guys....

it's now or never....

just found out that janice peh writes really nice blog entries....

go check her recent entry out....

i think it's so great....

now, it's back to chem revision.....

had a brief respite just now and it's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! (though i would say that janice hardly thinks so btu hey girl, we managed to give it already lah.... now left the monitoring...hehe)

**random entry**

bone-stuck-in-throat episode

darn it.

i have an anchovy bone stuck in my throat!!

i can feel that it's there... right in my throat!!!

darn it!!

darn the caesar salad that i had in notturno!!!

it's so darn annoying!!

whenever i swallow, i can feel it moving!!

argh!!!

diagnosis

** when your expectations soar too high,

you fall the hardest

crashing back to earth

with a dull thud. **

-Mel 2006-




** sometimes you never like the person you've become.

your surroundings and the people in it affect you the most. **

-Mel-in-an-after-prom-mood 2006-

wanted:fairy godmother

Why can't I have a fairy godmother??

Then all i need is a wave of her wand and i'll be on my way to prom looking like i just stepped out of Vogue.

Not that i read Vogue. I'm more a Seventeen fan or Girlfriend fan...

oh well....

where's a fairy godmother for hire when you need one??

top 5 prom movies

movies to watch before prom: (for the boost of confidence and happily-ever-afters)

1) Never Been Kissed

2) A Cinderella Story (makes you wish for your very own Prince Charming!)

3) You've Got Mail

4) Howl's Moving Castle (this might be out of league here, but hey! it's a nice movie and you can never go wrong with Miyazaki! Miyazaki rules man!!)

5) The Green Mile (now this is WAY out of context here but heck, it's a great inspiring movie, makes you weep like hell!! maybe this should be an after prom movie, after all you don't want smudged mascara do you?)

gosh, this post is pathetic man... but i needed a break from mathslah...

T-B-N!!!

prom fever is seriously infecting trinity man!! like just today, 3 different people asked me to go for the after prom party. then in chem lecture, i overheard (i'm no evesdropper man!!) 3 girls going on about pedicures for the "BIG NIGHT"... yes, i shall term prom as "THE BIG NIGHT" from now on... TBN for short...

oh well, i'm just glad that i don't really have all the hassle of buying dresses and shoes and accersories here in melbourne. i took the chance when i went back for the june holiday to get all my stuff. besides, it's cheaper there and not to mention, i know which shop has the prettiest dresses or the cutest bag. and my fashion consultant, my MUMMY, was there to give her advice. in fact she picked out my prom dress for me!! i was nearly giving up buying one coz i either looked fat in them or i looked too short in them or.... whatever lah. in the end, i got this really simple cream gown from Daniel Yam. super simple and super me lah...anyways, it's my mummy's thought that matters and not to mention, my daddy said that i looked pretty in it too!! hehe..... p.s. it was cheap too!!

oh well guess everyone will look their best during TBN... and one word to Qi: just be comfy in whatever that you wear okie, girl?? you're already very pretty and the dress is just going to accentuate it alright?? and tiana, can't wait to see you in your super hot dress lah!!

shoes fetish!!

oh gosh.. i went shopping just now to find gold flats to go with my after prom party outfit at Myers and i saw this gorgeous sparkly gold ballerina flats and it cost AU$500!!!! waaaah, instantly my dream fantasy arriving in those gold shoes vanished!! it's by Marc Jacobs!! sobz...

so i had to settle on a pair by Mosaic. gold shoes nonentheless. but i want Marc Jacobs!! sigh... wish i had more money...

then i saw another pair by DKNY i think and it's gold too and i wanted that one... and it's slightly cheaper... but still around AU$400!! geez....

oh well. looks like i have to settle on the cheaper and not-so-pretty version of them then...

and i had Sumo Salad again for lunch. Lemon and herb chicken salad!! absolutely delish!! and a cup of Superjuice. i feel so healthy now... hehe... maybe i should top it up with an apple and nectarine.... must slim down before prom you know... or at least have glowing healthy skin....

happy birthday aichen!!!

my parents are going home today.. in fact they are already in the airport...

on a happier note, it's aichen's birthday!! so happy birthday gal!!! muuuackz.. miss u alot my dear.... esp our art classes together.. it was always a very "38" session for us i remember... we'll be like "omg, did u see this girl...??" and "yes, and did u see that girl...??" etc... and jing hua lao shi aka mr elvis would say that we are like the broadcast radio system... hehe... good times man...

so aichen, one year older liao... so better act 18 alrite?? hehe... luv u loads girl and may all your dreams come true...

XOXO Mel

fave list!!

some of my top favourite songs for the moment....

1) Run by Snow Patrol (kudos to wei sung for intro-ing me this song and he sings much better than the original singer lah)
2) Chasing cars
3) Kenangan Terindah (jin sern intro-ed this)
4) Light Surrounding You (my bro intro-ed this)
5) JJ Lin's Cao Cao CD
6) She Believes In Me (i intro-ed this to jin sern)
7) I Hope You Dance (i intro-ed this song to jin sern too!!hehe)
8) Always by Bon Jovi
9) My Confession by Josh Groban
10) Can't Help Falling In Love With You by Michael Buble

some of my favourite movies for the moment
1) You've got mail
2) The Lake House
3) Brokeback Mountain
4) A Cinderella Story (i know, it's sucha chick flick, but it's a really good one)
5) Ghost
6) Interview With a Vampire
7) Edward Scissorhands
8) Charlie and the chocolate factory ( i think johnny depp is a genius)
9) Spirited away
10) Howl's Moving castle (Miyazaki never fails to amaze)

Some of my favourite TV series
1) CSI: NY
2) CSI: las vegas (never did like the miami version of CSI)
3) House
4) Supernatural
5) Scrubs ( a funny take on a doctor's life)
actually, that's about it man... never did have the time to go for so many series... but i will ALWAYS have time for CSI and House.when i'm old and grey and still single, they will be my best friends....

Some of my favourite foods here in melbourne:
1) top of the list would be my vietnamese beef noodle soup... yums!!
2) pancake parlour's buttermilk pancakes
3) the meat platter at stalactites
4) gelato at either Freddo's (the roche flavour rocks) or Trampoline (their lemon and lychee is the best)
5) the ceasar salad at Notturno...
6)any salads from Sumo Salad
7) morrocan soup bar food... technically, haven't been there to eat yet but am dying to try the vegetarian dishes there.... just waiting for my fellow food partners, shaleen and janice to join me...
8) the jam doughnuts all over town
9) max brenner's belgian waffles!!
10) Zaleti's raisin toast with mascarpone and honey... yums!!

*IT* & *HIM*

i wonder if i would go back to when i was born and reverse everything whether *IT* would make a difference in my life...

but then again *IT* made such an impact on my life that i can never imagine myself without *IT*....

hmm... maybe that's why you can never live a day twice, much less live your whole life ALL over again...

and *IT* did save my life after all...

i should be grateful that i'm alive that is...



anyways, on to happier thoughts....

i finally saw him for the first time yesterday and well, let's just say that i was surprised by how he looked....

for a guy that is him, my expectations of "him" is this really nerdy and starbucks-going guy with a notebook under his arm and his head in the clouds but well, don't judge the book by its cover.

and then i saw him today again and suddenly he looks like a nerd all over again....

what can i say?? i'm just one confused girl... my perceptions of people are as constant as the moon cycle....

happy birthday to missy ang...

omg... can't wait for my dad and mum to come over!!

yaaay....

coz then i get to eat all the good but expensive food taht i can't afford...hehe...

and i want to bring my bro around the college and let him see what's my life like here in melbourne....

but 1st, must settle down and study....

btw, happy birthday tiana!! love you lots girl.. hope u like yje clubbing kit we got assembled for you... it has the most essential items to look good when out partying....hehe... no more coming into my room and screaming that u don't have anything to wear coz now you have accesories to dress yourself up... hehe...and officially 18, must keep an eye on you liao... hehe....

prom fever...

oh well. it's prom fever here at trinity and let me tell you that it is such a big fuss over here

and i'm the uninitiated to the world of proms am really amused by all the going ons and the albert house guys and girls have their equal share of drama about prom... and every day and night, you listen to various gossip about who's going with who and i get my newws from teh very prominent and HIGHLY informative "TM" radio.... hehe... that particualr source has the nicest gossip about everything and anything... but i don't listen all the time, i do contribute to that source's ever growing news.... hehe.... that is if i get any newsworthy stuff to say...

anyway, back to prom... the most unlikely people are going to the prom together and there are really weird couples.. "merely friends" huh?? hehe....

well, wil be going out with the albert house people and will be sitting with them... so it should be the most boisterous table in the hall and it is after all the last event of the year and not to mention, the after prom party at ember or hush.... so need to buy a new top or something for that... because i'm so not going dancing in my long dress.....

anticipation

yay, hari raya is finally coming... and that means that my whole family wil be coming to see me soon in melbourne including my dad who is always so busy, busy, busy....

can't wait to see them and bring them around the place...

dad even said that he wants to walk his "little girl" to college.... hehe, guess he does miss me after all... i mean, the intelligent conversation in the house will have definitely decrease after my departure....

so yes, i will make a list of things to do and eat (the eating part is especially for my bro) so that i won't waste anytime thinking of places to bring them....

1) of course, a tour around albert house (this is for my dad's benefit since he has never actually seen the place yet) note to self: clean up room.. or maybe not coz mum will do that for me without me asking coz that's what mums do best!! cleaning!!

2) a trip to the whole family's fave greek restaurant!! stalactites!! mum's been craving it since last time

3) pancake parlour!! yes, it's like a hidden treasure tucked away on swanston st taht makes the most awesome, buttery pancakes. yums!!

4) DFO, chadston for my mum and dad for all their shopping needs and for daddy to exercise his wallet a bit... hehe and then smith st for my bro, the sports freak.

5) and the national gallery of victoria for bro!! he always wanted to see the paintings and i just bought a whole book describing each piece fo artwork and i finally have someone to go with me and go gaga over the art!! yaaaay....

6) and st kilda!! the ultimate beach getaway... hopefully, it will be warm enough then we can play in the sand and sea and eat all the yummy seafood... coz i just got this foodies' guide for just $2 at myers' sale and they have like all sorts of cafes and food places in st kilda!!

7) some salads from sumo salad in QV for mum... she absolutely adores them... she's such a health freak man...

8) sofia.... the nicest and cheapest restaurant in camberwell.

9) and that brings me to notturno, where friends meet on lygon.... the most heavenly cakes on earth and the most sinful caesar salad i have ever tasted....

10) great ocean road and if possible mornington peninsula for daddy... he always wanted to go there....

11) all the surf shops on swanston for bro!! he loves his boardpants and hopefully it will be hot enuff for him to show them off. but then again, even if it is chilly, he would still wear them, he has skin THAT thick... liek a polar bear can keep warm in minus 0 degrees in his boardpants.

12) max brenner's!! my fave choc bar!!

13) and hush bar, the first clubbing place i went to....

14)....

hmmm... i think there are still more... but i'm hungry now so lunch for me now....

adults only please....

oh well... it is the 1st day of college....

and it is well... like college-ey...

we had this field trip to melbourne musuem for our bio practical... a great way to start a college term i would say. we had a great time investigating evolution of life on earth and DNA.... and we had a sidetour into the mind and body gallery where me and sanny had the chance to view a tastefully and artfully done tape of sexual reproduction of humans!! hehe, there was like a man and a woman who was kissing and they were having sexual intercourse and there was this weird background music.... erotic even i would say... hehe....and then there was a VERY graphic demo of the ejaculation of sperm (with the sound effect of a very majestic "whooooosh" in the tape i must say) and the formation of the fetus....and pictures of very pregnant women... me and sanny were like grinning all the way through the tape and after it finished, we looked around and we found similar grinning adults standing in a circle attentively watching that very video.... hehe.... didn't see any lecherous old man.. or women for that matter.... (feminism being the debate topic for this HOI term).....

and when we came out of that particular "restricted" section, i saw mummies and daddies reading the sign outisde that section and then they immediately led their very small and tiny children away from that section... it was hilarious hearing this small boy going "mummy, i want to see this section... can i???" and then the mummy went, "oh no darling you need a very special pass to see that..." it was like this adults-only section....

daily grinds...

well, i must say that it's goood to be back once again in my room in melbourne... settled into my usual daily grind and stuff...

with a sense of nolstalgia (complete with blue font man).....

well, its IS the last term of TCFS and i would really really really MISS all the tutors and lectureres and my friends and not to mention, teh stupid long walk to royal parade that always kills my legs....

and also the maths lecture where Bell my maths lecturer would emit strange noises at intervals with his "cool maths show" and his Star Wars language....

well....

all there is to it is...

nome carpe diem....