It's been a while since I updated my blog... Been a little busy... Also, some of you might realise that I haven't been onlining for a week or so... hehe... well guess what? I went for a wisdom teeth removal operation 2 saturdays ago... removed all 4 in one go... about 1 hr after the operation, the nurse gave me food!!! well soft food lar... jelly, ice-cream and apple juice... but i tell u, at that moment, the last thing ever i wanted to do was eat!! both sides of my mouth were hurting badly, summore the general anaesthetic still not totally worn off yet, was feeling a little dazy... then later only the nurse gave me pain-killers...
went home, put ice on my mouth etc... been eating porridge for the last week!! ugh! and the codeine is causing me to be nauseous, makes me feel sick! so guess what i did? after only 3 days from the surgery, i stopped taking pain-killers!!! my mouth felt excrutiatingly painful!! i only took the codeine at night before i sleep... so yea been suffering a little... it is so pathetic, i even dreamt of solid food! and also of course, my whole face swelled... but lucky no bruising... but anyhow, it's sooo much better now... still feeling like chains pulling my jaws together... but it's getting better... no more pain now... just that eating is still very frustrating and difficult... got to chew my food with the front few teeth because i am concerned that i might accidentally injure the back teeth, or food getting stuck there causing infection etc... and also besides, it doesn't feel strong enough at the moment... sigh... can't eat vegetables... cos no molars to grind the vege... irritating... now my favourite food are pasta, and soft noodles such as "hor fun"... hope it gets completely recovered soon enough!
anyway, i've decided to study another year at uni next year... planning to do the Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Adelaide and become a Maths and Music teacher... teaching secondary school students... i think this time i'm following my heart... which is good... and also hoping to get some casual/part-time job next year to support myself a bit lor... at least can earn some money cos by right i should be working next year earning some $40k at least but maybe one should really follow their heart i guess... anyway, seeing that i have been a rather good student all my school years, i hope my students in future will be good too... haha... anyway i've got some really positive feedbacks and encouragement from one of my church members, cos i used to teach piano in the same school as her... now she's left the school... but yea she's really excited about it all! haha... she said i'll make a good teacher! i hope... :)
anyway, i'm gonna celebrate the 1st of October properly! it's an anniversary of a big step in my life! hehe!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Joel's Series of Unfortunate (which became Fortunate) Events
It has been some interesting week or two lately for me... I had some minor car accident, which was really really minor... my rear bumper was dented, but not even a scratch... so anyway, then last few days, I got checked on the train travelling on the wrong fare... zzz! which is really unfortunate because, this checking is REALLY rare! And like of all times to check, they checked me when I nearly reached my stop! Then, there was some health issues which made me soooooo stressed out... I was literally at breaking point... I couldn't even sleep well, and I was rolling around in bed worrying! Gosh it was hell! Well, i guess like some of my friends said, it might be due to my past experiences... So it was like some sort of a series of unfortunate events happening to me... Anyway, yesterday my dad fixed my car bumper... He managed to figure out a way to remove the rear bumper, and then fix it back... So he just needed to push the dent out and lo and behold, my car's rear end looks normal again! That saved me some money! Then, yesterday apparently there were train checks again, but when I knew about it, I was already on the train... And yes, I was not exactly using the right fare :P Well, I had to at least finish off the last one! Luckilly enough, I didn't get checked! Hehe... Then, went to the doctors today to solve my health issue, and it was no sweat for the doctor... Prescribed me some antibiotics, and then told me to come back to see him next week... He said the antibiotics should be able to control and cure it... Phew! Now just hoping that it will be that simple and I believe it will be! Must thank Stephen for praying for me over the phone last night and also Ju-lear jie jie for accompanying me to the doctors to give me support! Soo appreciate it! BIG HUGS to both of you! And another EXTRA BIG HUG to jie jie for being my source of comfort for a lot of other things as well!! Don't know what I will do without you... Thank you jie jie! ^^
So, before I went to the clinic today, it was raining, the clouds were gloomy... And I was stressed out... Ju-lear was trying to de-stress me which unfortunately wasn't really working because I really was like just in stress mode and basically nothing can get me out of it... Hehe... But after clinic, I was much more relieved, rain stopped, sun's shining! haha... Jie was saying that the rain is washing off all the unlucky-ness from me! Hehe... And I do believe in some way because, just from these three occasions, I could see how my luck changed from bad to good! Ok yes as a Christian I should not be too into luck and stuffs, but I do believe things are getting better for me from this point on! It's like the last few months or so have been some gloomy weather for me, but now the sun's shining again, and more good things are about to happen to me and I'm just waiting and anticipating for it to happen! =) It was funny because, Sabrina and Will, when they heard of my series of unfortunate events which in the end changed to be fortunate events, the first thing they said was "Let's go and buy lottery! Saturday's grand prize is $19 million!" LOL! So we ended up buying some just now in the evening... hahaha! fingers crossed! :P
Also, I've discovered how some people can be total arseholes (sorry!) Like seriously!! It's like they can be the one who made everything between you and them go wrong, and then after that, they give you the look like it's as if it was your fault when they damn well know that it was their own fault!! If you don't understand what I'm talking about, see emo post below! But seriously, now that I think about it, it was a good choice to end it after all! It wasn't worth it to sacrifice myself for these type of assholic people who don't deserve it! Better save time and energy doing things and sacrificing yourself for people who actually appreciates you and deserves it! Also, I've learn that people who appear to care for you at the start might actually have hidden agendas behind... So watch out people especially when someone starts showing extra concern for you for no reason at all! Friends and family excluded!
Anyway, over the few weeks that I'm back in Adelaide, I've been having lots of bonding sessions with my dearest Ju-lear jie jie! Seriously, our fates recently have been very similar! Too similar in fact to the point where we can actually guess and describe EXACTLY how each other is feeling!! But just seeing how God orchestrated all these events together, how I come to know certain people at certain times, and then in the end, you see how things work out it's just mind-blowing! 4 years ago, when I was in college back in msia, I would have never thought that I will be sharing the same experiences and backing each other up with the "ganas" girl which some of my classmates back then refer Ju-lear jie jie as, or the girl who was being friendly to me, but I was like giving the "err... I don't know you that well!" look to her! hahaha!
So boys and girls, you never know that one day someone you know who seems very insignificant to you at the moment might play a very significant role in your life at some later stage in life! ;)
Currently, my mood is a direct contrast to the post below! I'm soo happy today don't know for what reason... or maybe a combination of reasons... but I'm ballistic!! LOL! Seriously! Suddenly everything seemed a lot funnier! hahaha! I'm not complaining! :P
Till another update!
So, before I went to the clinic today, it was raining, the clouds were gloomy... And I was stressed out... Ju-lear was trying to de-stress me which unfortunately wasn't really working because I really was like just in stress mode and basically nothing can get me out of it... Hehe... But after clinic, I was much more relieved, rain stopped, sun's shining! haha... Jie was saying that the rain is washing off all the unlucky-ness from me! Hehe... And I do believe in some way because, just from these three occasions, I could see how my luck changed from bad to good! Ok yes as a Christian I should not be too into luck and stuffs, but I do believe things are getting better for me from this point on! It's like the last few months or so have been some gloomy weather for me, but now the sun's shining again, and more good things are about to happen to me and I'm just waiting and anticipating for it to happen! =) It was funny because, Sabrina and Will, when they heard of my series of unfortunate events which in the end changed to be fortunate events, the first thing they said was "Let's go and buy lottery! Saturday's grand prize is $19 million!" LOL! So we ended up buying some just now in the evening... hahaha! fingers crossed! :P
Also, I've discovered how some people can be total arseholes (sorry!) Like seriously!! It's like they can be the one who made everything between you and them go wrong, and then after that, they give you the look like it's as if it was your fault when they damn well know that it was their own fault!! If you don't understand what I'm talking about, see emo post below! But seriously, now that I think about it, it was a good choice to end it after all! It wasn't worth it to sacrifice myself for these type of assholic people who don't deserve it! Better save time and energy doing things and sacrificing yourself for people who actually appreciates you and deserves it! Also, I've learn that people who appear to care for you at the start might actually have hidden agendas behind... So watch out people especially when someone starts showing extra concern for you for no reason at all! Friends and family excluded!
Anyway, over the few weeks that I'm back in Adelaide, I've been having lots of bonding sessions with my dearest Ju-lear jie jie! Seriously, our fates recently have been very similar! Too similar in fact to the point where we can actually guess and describe EXACTLY how each other is feeling!! But just seeing how God orchestrated all these events together, how I come to know certain people at certain times, and then in the end, you see how things work out it's just mind-blowing! 4 years ago, when I was in college back in msia, I would have never thought that I will be sharing the same experiences and backing each other up with the "ganas" girl which some of my classmates back then refer Ju-lear jie jie as, or the girl who was being friendly to me, but I was like giving the "err... I don't know you that well!" look to her! hahaha!
So boys and girls, you never know that one day someone you know who seems very insignificant to you at the moment might play a very significant role in your life at some later stage in life! ;)
Currently, my mood is a direct contrast to the post below! I'm soo happy today don't know for what reason... or maybe a combination of reasons... but I'm ballistic!! LOL! Seriously! Suddenly everything seemed a lot funnier! hahaha! I'm not complaining! :P
Till another update!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Emo post
It's three weeks since my Melbourne/Gold Coast trip! How very fast time went... It seemed like only yesterday I arrived at Frankston waiting for Stephen to come and pick me up at the Frankston train station... Anyway, it has been a great getaway from the many issues I'm facing here in Adelaide... It helped me to totally unwind and "recover" a bit... Now that I'm back here, back in the great land of the mighty South Aussies, I do indeed feel refreshed and "happier" than I was before I went to Melbourne. Though I still have to come back to reality... There have been times when I wished I wasn't who I am... Seeing how emotional I can be about things, I feel very vulnerable to my surroundings, to the people I mix or hang out with...
Also, circumstances had it in a way where I came to realise that I am not the only person facing what I am facing now... And in a way that is good because I have someone to relate with... Someone who knows and understands my feelings... Also, for the last few weeks, we've been helping each other get over our past which I think is good! There are many more people out there who deserve our love more than the ones who took us for granted! Therefore, we should not keep on thinking of what's left behind us, but more of looking forward to what's ahead of us... However, things are always easier said than done!
Anyway, I feel proud of myself seeing that this the first time something like this has happened to me, and seeing the way I am dealing with it, I'm quite happy with my ability to cope with it... Thanks also to a few great people who have been around me when I was most down... Without them, maybe I might not do this well... A special THANK YOU to the person who prayed for me over the phone and comforted me while I was hurting so very badly and crying beyond control... Thank you to the people who gave me hugs just when I needed them most... Thank you to the person who offered their shoulder for me to sob on and thank you to the people who kept me company when I am alone.
At the moment, I am moving on... though there are times when I might just spiral down into moodiness, but nevertheless, the most "difficult" stage has passed... I deserve better!
This song sort of mirrors my situation... I actually listened to this song repeatedly for at least 10 times in a row when I'm moody... haha! Anyway, it is 如果你还爱我 (If you still love me) by 王光良 (Wang Guang Liang).
Also, circumstances had it in a way where I came to realise that I am not the only person facing what I am facing now... And in a way that is good because I have someone to relate with... Someone who knows and understands my feelings... Also, for the last few weeks, we've been helping each other get over our past which I think is good! There are many more people out there who deserve our love more than the ones who took us for granted! Therefore, we should not keep on thinking of what's left behind us, but more of looking forward to what's ahead of us... However, things are always easier said than done!
Anyway, I feel proud of myself seeing that this the first time something like this has happened to me, and seeing the way I am dealing with it, I'm quite happy with my ability to cope with it... Thanks also to a few great people who have been around me when I was most down... Without them, maybe I might not do this well... A special THANK YOU to the person who prayed for me over the phone and comforted me while I was hurting so very badly and crying beyond control... Thank you to the people who gave me hugs just when I needed them most... Thank you to the person who offered their shoulder for me to sob on and thank you to the people who kept me company when I am alone.
At the moment, I am moving on... though there are times when I might just spiral down into moodiness, but nevertheless, the most "difficult" stage has passed... I deserve better!
This song sort of mirrors my situation... I actually listened to this song repeatedly for at least 10 times in a row when I'm moody... haha! Anyway, it is 如果你还爱我 (If you still love me) by 王光良 (Wang Guang Liang).
如果你还爱我
我带着一颗疲惫的心走了
I walk away carrying with me a beaten spirit
我知道自己在你心里已不重要
I know that I am no longer important to you
虽然我们曾经相聚过
Eventhough we have been together before
也许对於你来说
But perhaps to you
已经没有什么值得回忆
It is nothing worth remembering
我带着一颗沉重的心走了
I walk away carrying with me a heavy spirit
我知道自己没有勇气道别离
I know I don't have the courage to leave
虽然我们曾经拥有过
Eventhough we once had each other
但是对於你来说
But to you
已经没有什么值得回忆
It is nothing worth remembering
难道早以註定
Could it be that it has been decided in advance
不能真正拥有你
That I cannot genuinely have you
难道我真心付出一切
Don't tell me that all the sacrifices that I have sincerely made for you
只为了承受孤单和寂寞
Was just to reap loneliness
我知道你不敢对我坦白
I know that you dare not be honest with me
是不要看到我的伤怀
Because you don't want to see me grieving
虽然你没有说要离开我
Although you did not say you are leaving me
我已经感到你不再属於我
I have already felt that you are no longer mine
如果你还爱我
If you still love me
你不会对我如此的冷漠
You wouldn't be this cold towards me
又怎会让我在漫漫长夜独自徘徊
You wouldn't also let me wander around alone in the long nights
如果你还爱我
If you still love me
你不会对我如此的冷漠
You wouldn't be this cold towards me
我只能含着眼泪
I can only force my tears back
默默的离开
And silently leave
我带着一颗疲惫的心走了
I walk away carrying with me a beaten spirit
我知道自己在你心里已不重要
I know that I am no longer important to you
虽然我们曾经相聚过
Eventhough we have been together before
也许对於你来说
But perhaps to you
已经没有什么值得回忆
It is nothing worth remembering
我带着一颗沉重的心走了
I walk away carrying with me a heavy spirit
我知道自己没有勇气道别离
I know I don't have the courage to leave
虽然我们曾经拥有过
Eventhough we once had each other
但是对於你来说
But to you
已经没有什么值得回忆
It is nothing worth remembering
难道早以註定
Could it be that it has been decided in advance
不能真正拥有你
That I cannot genuinely have you
难道我真心付出一切
Don't tell me that all the sacrifices that I have sincerely made for you
只为了承受孤单和寂寞
Was just to reap loneliness
我知道你不敢对我坦白
I know that you dare not be honest with me
是不要看到我的伤怀
Because you don't want to see me grieving
虽然你没有说要离开我
Although you did not say you are leaving me
我已经感到你不再属於我
I have already felt that you are no longer mine
如果你还爱我
If you still love me
你不会对我如此的冷漠
You wouldn't be this cold towards me
又怎会让我在漫漫长夜独自徘徊
You wouldn't also let me wander around alone in the long nights
如果你还爱我
If you still love me
你不会对我如此的冷漠
You wouldn't be this cold towards me
我只能含着眼泪
I can only force my tears back
默默的离开
And silently leave
I also love this song by Guang Liang called 妹妹 (Sister) because in some ways it is like reminding me to move on.
妹妹
你笑说风好大
You smiled and said that the wind is strong
没说两句话
But you only said a few words
泪就像雨下
When your tears poured down like rain
好好哭一哭有没有带走
Just cry it all out and wash away the
眼里那颗砂
Sand in your eyes
# 看着你在挣紮
Seeing you struggle
还是爱着他
To keep on loving him
说什么话都多余啊
Whatever I say now makes not difference at all
爱情像个长假
Love is like a long holiday
再美的回忆
No matter how beautiful the memory is
结束了还是要回家
When it ends, you still have to go home
不管是苦涩还是甜蜜
It doesn't matter whether the memory was bitter or sweet
* 忘了他
Forget him
他是个傻瓜
He's a fool
他不值得你
He's not worth for you
还为他流泪牵挂
To be shedding tears and thinking about him
有太多好男人是你的选择啊
There are too many good men out there for you to choose
想再看到你笑的灿烂如花
I want to see you smile with glitter like the flowers
忘了他
Forget him
我的妹妹啊
My dear sister
虽然他也是
Eventhough he is
我最喜欢的朋友啊
My best friend
我打算从此再也不见也不理会他
I've decided from this point onwards not to meet or speak to him
我们把他忘了吧
Let us forget him
Repeat #
你说你不怪他
You said you don't blame him
你还是会想他
You will still think about him
对爱你已不再有想法
You don't have any other way of thinking about love
成长的痛苦
Your hurt will grow bigger
原来有那么多的代价
There is such a huge cost after all
Repeat *
You smiled and said that the wind is strong
没说两句话
But you only said a few words
泪就像雨下
When your tears poured down like rain
好好哭一哭有没有带走
Just cry it all out and wash away the
眼里那颗砂
Sand in your eyes
# 看着你在挣紮
Seeing you struggle
还是爱着他
To keep on loving him
说什么话都多余啊
Whatever I say now makes not difference at all
爱情像个长假
Love is like a long holiday
再美的回忆
No matter how beautiful the memory is
结束了还是要回家
When it ends, you still have to go home
不管是苦涩还是甜蜜
It doesn't matter whether the memory was bitter or sweet
* 忘了他
Forget him
他是个傻瓜
He's a fool
他不值得你
He's not worth for you
还为他流泪牵挂
To be shedding tears and thinking about him
有太多好男人是你的选择啊
There are too many good men out there for you to choose
想再看到你笑的灿烂如花
I want to see you smile with glitter like the flowers
忘了他
Forget him
我的妹妹啊
My dear sister
虽然他也是
Eventhough he is
我最喜欢的朋友啊
My best friend
我打算从此再也不见也不理会他
I've decided from this point onwards not to meet or speak to him
我们把他忘了吧
Let us forget him
Repeat #
你说你不怪他
You said you don't blame him
你还是会想他
You will still think about him
对爱你已不再有想法
You don't have any other way of thinking about love
成长的痛苦
Your hurt will grow bigger
原来有那么多的代价
There is such a huge cost after all
Repeat *
The songs are VERY loosely translated... But you get the picture... ;) Very suitable heartbreak songs... hehe...
Saturday, July 26, 2008
New TV Series! "Winter Holiday" or "冬季假期"
A new Asian TV series have recently been released in Australia! It is called "Winter Holiday" or "冬季假期". The promo picture of this new series is as shown below:
As I was involved in developing this new "series", I can give you the details and also screenshots! =P
Title: 冬季假期 Winter Holiday
Rating: M for mature audiences only
Year released: 2008
Year filmed: 2008
Producer: Non-existent Frankston Broadcasting Centre (NFBC)
First screened in: Australia
Filming location: Melbourne, Gold Coast and Fraser Island, Australia
Starring: Andrea Ngai
Esther Chan
Jing Lou
Joel Ang
Kelvin Leung
Stephen Tan
Wing Chan
Theme song: 童话 (Tong Hua) or Fairytale in English by 光良 (Guang Liang)
Sub-theme song: 少年 (Shao Nian) or Teenagers in English by 光良 (Guang Liang)
Other songs that might be in this series include Everything by Michael Buble, 唯一 (Wei Yi) by 王力宏 (Wang Li Hom aka Mr. Wan-k ;) ) and some Jay Chou music.
Cost of production: Evenly borned by starring actors and actresses.
Synopsis: Joel left Adelaide for a two-week holiday at Melbourne to forget some of his problems and troubles in Adelaide. He stays with his high school buddy Stephen at Frankston which is one-hour train ride south of Melbourne CBD. While there, Joel gets to know Stephen's housemates Kelvin who's famous for his lame jokes and Esther who is a quiet and easy-going girl. Esther had a friend, Wing from Hong Kong visit her as well and who is also residing in the same house in Frankston. Five of them got along very well, and joined by two more girls Andrea and Jing who also lives in Frankston, they all went on a trip to Gold Coast and then to Fraser Island where the weather was heavenly! All seven of them had a blast of a time at Fraser Island before returning to Melbourne, marking the end of the holidays for Joel before he leaves for Adelaide. However, did everything went as smoothly as mentioned? Did all seven teenagers get along without a slightest conflict? This series has not been reviewed by any television critics, so please do not expect five-star quality...
Disclaimer: NFBC would like to warn that under no circumstances that any part of this series is to be reproduced or screened without written permission from NFBC itself and the stars. Violaters of this copyright law will be persecuted and punished severely and might also end up being thrown into the sea at the Frankston beach. XP
Some screenshots of the TV series are as follows:
The Korean drama lookalike poster taken at the Movie World Gold Coast car park.
Joel on Swanston Street opposite Melbourne State Library near Melbourne Central train station.
Top to bottom, left to right: Kelvin, Stephen, Wing and Joel having drinks at a bar on Chapel Street.
Left to right: Wing, Stephen, Joel, John, Kelvin and Esther at Planet Shakers Church!!
Ice cream at Il Dolce Freddo! Got durian flavoured ice-cream!! Tastes soo like real durian!!! Even the whole shop smelt of durian!!
Flinders Street train station... Where Joel gets off the train after riding it for 1 hr from Frankston to Melbourne city...
Swanston Street... One of the most important streets in Melbourne City...
Chinatown on Little Burke Street... Very long street for chinatown! Surprisingly better than Perth where soo many asians are there...
Dusk view of the city... Queen Victoria Market tram stop...
Joel at Carlton Gardens with the Royal Exhibition Centre behind...
University of Melbourne... A very beautiful uni... Just like the uni in the movies! Hang on, this is a TV series after all!
Yarra river! South of Melbourne city... The building with the green dome-shaped roof is Flinders Street station!
View of the city from Eureka Skydeck! Tallest building in Australia!
Frankston church care group...
Esther, Joel, Andrea having lunch or tea at Surfer's Paradise at Gold Coast! The crew have arrived at Gold Coast... All except Kelvin who will be taking a later flight!
L to R: Jing, Stephen, Wing, Joel, Esther
Joel and Stephen at Brisbane... We were driving around while waiting for Kelvin to arrive at Gold Coast... We went to 3 states in 1 day... Victoria to Queensland, Queensland to New South Wales, then back to Queensland to pick Kelvin... haha... we just crossed the border to go to Coolangata airport... and we went from QLD to NSW to QLD in a span of 5 mins! which is cool! haha... Picked Kelvin up, drove through the night up to Harvey Bay, Rainbow Beach... arrived there at past 1am! The girls were ahead of us... they reached there first...
It was so funny... The girls had 2 GPS, and 1 map... and they got lost several times... Us guys, we had 1 internet printout for the directions, basically we only used road signs, we din get lost... What does that tell u? =P
The next morning at Rainbow Beach... outside our hostel... Andrea and Joel... Dunno where the other ppl were...
On the ferry to Fraser Island! Notice we're all in single layer clothes in the middle of winter! Nice warm weather in Queensland! That's all 7 of us in the trip!
Us climbing up the Indian Head at Fraser Island.
Kelvin piggy back on Joel... And Wing in the distance... Don't know what she's doing... Looks like she's holding the tree for some reason! Since when were we filming Bollywood movies? LOL! (yes, of course i know she's taking a picture!)
Random picture...
Kelvin the pimp...
Group picture back at YHA in Surfer's Paradise...
Another promotional picture for Winter Holiday series...
Last day at Surfer's Paradise before going to Movie World...
Movie World!
Proud to be Malaysians! Negaraku!
The two drivers while at Queensland! Woohoo! Champions!
Some of the people I have been living with for 2 weeks... Stephen and Wing... The others are not home to take the picture... Joel's last day at Melbourne...
Credits: A very special thank you to Stephen Tan for letting me stay with him in Melbourne. Also, thank you to Yi Man for bringing me around Melbourne. Special thank you goes out to Kelvin and Esther and Wing for putting up with me while I was staying with you guys... Also, thank you to everyone mentioned in the pictures for the new friendship formed at Melbourne!
Thanks also to Budget Car Rentals for upgrading our cars to a Mitsubishi Lancer and a Holden Astra!
That's all for this new series! The whole trip was great and it helped me recover from some issues! Thank you everyone! =D
As I was involved in developing this new "series", I can give you the details and also screenshots! =PTitle: 冬季假期 Winter Holiday
Rating: M for mature audiences only
Year released: 2008
Year filmed: 2008
Producer: Non-existent Frankston Broadcasting Centre (NFBC)
First screened in: Australia
Filming location: Melbourne, Gold Coast and Fraser Island, Australia
Starring: Andrea Ngai
Esther Chan
Jing Lou
Joel Ang
Kelvin Leung
Stephen Tan
Wing Chan
Theme song: 童话 (Tong Hua) or Fairytale in English by 光良 (Guang Liang)
Sub-theme song: 少年 (Shao Nian) or Teenagers in English by 光良 (Guang Liang)
Other songs that might be in this series include Everything by Michael Buble, 唯一 (Wei Yi) by 王力宏 (Wang Li Hom aka Mr. Wan-k ;) ) and some Jay Chou music.
Cost of production: Evenly borned by starring actors and actresses.
Synopsis: Joel left Adelaide for a two-week holiday at Melbourne to forget some of his problems and troubles in Adelaide. He stays with his high school buddy Stephen at Frankston which is one-hour train ride south of Melbourne CBD. While there, Joel gets to know Stephen's housemates Kelvin who's famous for his lame jokes and Esther who is a quiet and easy-going girl. Esther had a friend, Wing from Hong Kong visit her as well and who is also residing in the same house in Frankston. Five of them got along very well, and joined by two more girls Andrea and Jing who also lives in Frankston, they all went on a trip to Gold Coast and then to Fraser Island where the weather was heavenly! All seven of them had a blast of a time at Fraser Island before returning to Melbourne, marking the end of the holidays for Joel before he leaves for Adelaide. However, did everything went as smoothly as mentioned? Did all seven teenagers get along without a slightest conflict? This series has not been reviewed by any television critics, so please do not expect five-star quality...
Disclaimer: NFBC would like to warn that under no circumstances that any part of this series is to be reproduced or screened without written permission from NFBC itself and the stars. Violaters of this copyright law will be persecuted and punished severely and might also end up being thrown into the sea at the Frankston beach. XP
Some screenshots of the TV series are as follows:
The Korean drama lookalike poster taken at the Movie World Gold Coast car park.
Joel on Swanston Street opposite Melbourne State Library near Melbourne Central train station.
Top to bottom, left to right: Kelvin, Stephen, Wing and Joel having drinks at a bar on Chapel Street.
Left to right: Wing, Stephen, Joel, John, Kelvin and Esther at Planet Shakers Church!!
Ice cream at Il Dolce Freddo! Got durian flavoured ice-cream!! Tastes soo like real durian!!! Even the whole shop smelt of durian!!
Flinders Street train station... Where Joel gets off the train after riding it for 1 hr from Frankston to Melbourne city...
Swanston Street... One of the most important streets in Melbourne City...
Chinatown on Little Burke Street... Very long street for chinatown! Surprisingly better than Perth where soo many asians are there...
Dusk view of the city... Queen Victoria Market tram stop...
Joel at Carlton Gardens with the Royal Exhibition Centre behind...
University of Melbourne... A very beautiful uni... Just like the uni in the movies! Hang on, this is a TV series after all!
Yarra river! South of Melbourne city... The building with the green dome-shaped roof is Flinders Street station!
View of the city from Eureka Skydeck! Tallest building in Australia!
Frankston church care group...
Esther, Joel, Andrea having lunch or tea at Surfer's Paradise at Gold Coast! The crew have arrived at Gold Coast... All except Kelvin who will be taking a later flight!
L to R: Jing, Stephen, Wing, Joel, Esther
Joel and Stephen at Brisbane... We were driving around while waiting for Kelvin to arrive at Gold Coast... We went to 3 states in 1 day... Victoria to Queensland, Queensland to New South Wales, then back to Queensland to pick Kelvin... haha... we just crossed the border to go to Coolangata airport... and we went from QLD to NSW to QLD in a span of 5 mins! which is cool! haha... Picked Kelvin up, drove through the night up to Harvey Bay, Rainbow Beach... arrived there at past 1am! The girls were ahead of us... they reached there first...It was so funny... The girls had 2 GPS, and 1 map... and they got lost several times... Us guys, we had 1 internet printout for the directions, basically we only used road signs, we din get lost... What does that tell u? =P
The next morning at Rainbow Beach... outside our hostel... Andrea and Joel... Dunno where the other ppl were...
On the ferry to Fraser Island! Notice we're all in single layer clothes in the middle of winter! Nice warm weather in Queensland! That's all 7 of us in the trip!
Us climbing up the Indian Head at Fraser Island.
Kelvin piggy back on Joel... And Wing in the distance... Don't know what she's doing... Looks like she's holding the tree for some reason! Since when were we filming Bollywood movies? LOL! (yes, of course i know she's taking a picture!)
Random picture...
Kelvin the pimp...
Group picture back at YHA in Surfer's Paradise...
Another promotional picture for Winter Holiday series...
Last day at Surfer's Paradise before going to Movie World...
Movie World!
Proud to be Malaysians! Negaraku!
The two drivers while at Queensland! Woohoo! Champions!
Some of the people I have been living with for 2 weeks... Stephen and Wing... The others are not home to take the picture... Joel's last day at Melbourne...
Credits: A very special thank you to Stephen Tan for letting me stay with him in Melbourne. Also, thank you to Yi Man for bringing me around Melbourne. Special thank you goes out to Kelvin and Esther and Wing for putting up with me while I was staying with you guys... Also, thank you to everyone mentioned in the pictures for the new friendship formed at Melbourne!
Thanks also to Budget Car Rentals for upgrading our cars to a Mitsubishi Lancer and a Holden Astra!
That's all for this new series! The whole trip was great and it helped me recover from some issues! Thank you everyone! =D
Sunday, June 29, 2008
YvesSaintLaurent
Hehe... Last Friday, after teaching piano, I drove down to the city, picked Sabrina and Will up from home and then parked my car and we went shopping at Rundle Mall... I wanted to buy perfume... Was initially looking at the Hugo Boss, Boss#6 perfume... MYERs and David Jones selling for AUD103, but I know there's a pharmacy selling it for just $88. But, anyhow, we decide to go shop around first... So we went to MYERs... Went to look at the Boss #6 perfume... $103... not surprised... just that they were having a sale, so they giving a backgamon set or a women's perfume (Boss XX)... I don't play backgamon and I don't need a women's perfume and I don't have a women to give the perfume to anyway... hehe... =P so anyway, went further down, I saw YvesSaintLaurent (it's pronounced "EveSanLeron") new fragrance... also, the bottle is limited edition bottle... basically shaped like a test tube... haha... but it looks cool... anyway, the lady promoting the YSL perfume saw us and she was like "go ahead! spray as much as you want! try it!" I was also like shy shy lar spray so much... then she took the bottle and sprayed for me... haha... then I thought it smelled nice! Will agreed! hehe... so I asked the lady how much it costs? she said $120... I was like "ooo..."
Anyway, I asked her if she could do better... she said she can't, but she can give me a YSL travelling bag for free... bag look quite nice too... but, i wanted to look at other place first... so i told her i will come back... she offered to put the bag on hold for me... cos it's the last bag left... if i dun come back by 2 hours, then she will stop holding for me... hehe...
Went other place, David Jones, same price, no specials, went to pharmacy, don't even have that perfume... So, went back to MYERs and bought it! haha... well actually I was reluctant... cos i was like "is it worth it to spend an extra $30 over for the bag?" hehe... in the end, Will convinced me saying "I know you want to buy the YSL perfume... so just go buy it! they're both perfumes, but YSL gives you a bag... when the perfume finish, you still got the bag!" LOL... haha... so in the end I went in and bought the YSL and got the bag... hehe...
Then after that, Will was like "don't you feel very satisfied with yourself now?" I was like "haha... yea... but at the same time i feel like i'm very spendid... very boros!" lol... then we went dinner... Anyway, Will had his time shopping for electronics... Sabrina and sis went clothe shopping...
Ok, here are some piccies of the perfume! haha...
Box and bottle...
A closer look at the box...
The back of the box... See, "Limited Edition"! hahaha... :P
More updates another time!
Anyway, I asked her if she could do better... she said she can't, but she can give me a YSL travelling bag for free... bag look quite nice too... but, i wanted to look at other place first... so i told her i will come back... she offered to put the bag on hold for me... cos it's the last bag left... if i dun come back by 2 hours, then she will stop holding for me... hehe...
Went other place, David Jones, same price, no specials, went to pharmacy, don't even have that perfume... So, went back to MYERs and bought it! haha... well actually I was reluctant... cos i was like "is it worth it to spend an extra $30 over for the bag?" hehe... in the end, Will convinced me saying "I know you want to buy the YSL perfume... so just go buy it! they're both perfumes, but YSL gives you a bag... when the perfume finish, you still got the bag!" LOL... haha... so in the end I went in and bought the YSL and got the bag... hehe...
Then after that, Will was like "don't you feel very satisfied with yourself now?" I was like "haha... yea... but at the same time i feel like i'm very spendid... very boros!" lol... then we went dinner... Anyway, Will had his time shopping for electronics... Sabrina and sis went clothe shopping...
Ok, here are some piccies of the perfume! haha...
Box and bottle...
A closer look at the box...
The back of the box... See, "Limited Edition"! hahaha... :PMore updates another time!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Srcambled thuohgts!
Just had 2 exams to date... 1 more to go... had Derivatives 1: Futures exam yesterday morning and Bayesian Statistics exam this morning... Dunno how i went... prolly not too good... sigh... one more exam to go, Design of Experiments... that one isn't very nice either...
The weather has been really cold lately! Brrrr.... i can't wait to go to Melbourne!!! Going to Melb on the 7th July... till 22nd July... in between, towards the end actually, will be going to Gold Coast too! yay! then I could prolly sneak to Brisbane city to meet a friend too if possible... then it sorta completes my "exploration" of the major cities of Australia... well not counting Canberra... I've been to Adelaide (DUH!), Melbourne, Perth, Tasmania, Sydney... now completing it by going to Queensland! haven't explored the Northern parts of Aussie yet... hehe...
Also, I've got 1 piano student taking exam this year! woohoo! She's an awesome student! Very teachable! She does everything I say! I'm so confident in her... hehe... How nice if all my students are actually like her! To impress upon how good she is, I'll explain here... I started doing aural with her for piano... The first week, she can't sing, or hit the note! Then I told her, its ok... if you can't hear means u can't hear... just work harder on the pieces and scales and sight reading... but i told her to go home and just try to play any notes on the piano and try to sing it to pitch... Next week, I did the singing part with her again and WHOA!! She hit almost all the notes correctly!!! Amazing or not?! ok... Am getting a lil too happy here... hehe... she's Grade 1 only by the way... but she's GOT talent OK!
Recently I've been driving around Adelaide soo much! Especially the North Eastern and North Western suburbs such as Holden Hill, Magill, Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Semaphore, Woodville, West Lakes etc... Semaphore is a really really nice beach by the way! Very calm and beautiful... Glenelg is a little too crowded and commercialised... Sometimes I drive myself very tired though! lol... A typical Friday for me will be like leave Mawson Lakes 8am -> City -> Woodville (lunch) -> Holden Hill (piano lessons) -> City -> somewhere maybe Tea Tree plaza or I dunno... then -> City ->Mawson Lakes 10pm... hehehe... driving is good... it makes me feel free... hehe...
Anyway, lots been happening lor... in my previous previous post, I mentioned about being upset and hoping that things might turn out good... but in the end, things din turn out the way I hope it could be... though i must say i sort of expected it coming anyway... so yea... things are over, felt disappointed, unhappy, angry etc... but it's over la... good also la i guess... better things will happen in the future... and let's hope it's soon! hehe...
Anyway, as you can prolly see that my thoughts are very scrambled up... haha... one moment this, next moment that... well, this is sort of an insight to how my mind has been working off late... I think Melbourne trip will do me good! Need to get out of Adelaide for a while I guess... aiya, dunno what to write d... hehe... anyway, suddenly the poem my grandmother taught me came into my mind...
人家气我我不气
People anger me, I won't be angry
若是气就中他计
If I get angry I fall into his trick
想想还是别生气
Think about it, it's still better not to get angry
若是气死没人提！
Because, nobody cares if I died of anger!
Very rough translation la... but anyway, i think i can apply it at the moment...
The weather has been really cold lately! Brrrr.... i can't wait to go to Melbourne!!! Going to Melb on the 7th July... till 22nd July... in between, towards the end actually, will be going to Gold Coast too! yay! then I could prolly sneak to Brisbane city to meet a friend too if possible... then it sorta completes my "exploration" of the major cities of Australia... well not counting Canberra... I've been to Adelaide (DUH!), Melbourne, Perth, Tasmania, Sydney... now completing it by going to Queensland! haven't explored the Northern parts of Aussie yet... hehe...
Also, I've got 1 piano student taking exam this year! woohoo! She's an awesome student! Very teachable! She does everything I say! I'm so confident in her... hehe... How nice if all my students are actually like her! To impress upon how good she is, I'll explain here... I started doing aural with her for piano... The first week, she can't sing, or hit the note! Then I told her, its ok... if you can't hear means u can't hear... just work harder on the pieces and scales and sight reading... but i told her to go home and just try to play any notes on the piano and try to sing it to pitch... Next week, I did the singing part with her again and WHOA!! She hit almost all the notes correctly!!! Amazing or not?! ok... Am getting a lil too happy here... hehe... she's Grade 1 only by the way... but she's GOT talent OK!
Recently I've been driving around Adelaide soo much! Especially the North Eastern and North Western suburbs such as Holden Hill, Magill, Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Semaphore, Woodville, West Lakes etc... Semaphore is a really really nice beach by the way! Very calm and beautiful... Glenelg is a little too crowded and commercialised... Sometimes I drive myself very tired though! lol... A typical Friday for me will be like leave Mawson Lakes 8am -> City -> Woodville (lunch) -> Holden Hill (piano lessons) -> City -> somewhere maybe Tea Tree plaza or I dunno... then -> City ->Mawson Lakes 10pm... hehehe... driving is good... it makes me feel free... hehe...
Anyway, lots been happening lor... in my previous previous post, I mentioned about being upset and hoping that things might turn out good... but in the end, things din turn out the way I hope it could be... though i must say i sort of expected it coming anyway... so yea... things are over, felt disappointed, unhappy, angry etc... but it's over la... good also la i guess... better things will happen in the future... and let's hope it's soon! hehe...
Anyway, as you can prolly see that my thoughts are very scrambled up... haha... one moment this, next moment that... well, this is sort of an insight to how my mind has been working off late... I think Melbourne trip will do me good! Need to get out of Adelaide for a while I guess... aiya, dunno what to write d... hehe... anyway, suddenly the poem my grandmother taught me came into my mind...
人家气我我不气
People anger me, I won't be angry
若是气就中他计
If I get angry I fall into his trick
想想还是别生气
Think about it, it's still better not to get angry
若是气死没人提！
Because, nobody cares if I died of anger!
Very rough translation la... but anyway, i think i can apply it at the moment...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Exams!!
Exams are round the corner!! Stress!!! I got 3 courses for exams... and I have no idea about them courses at all... How how?? I need prayer to pass all of the courses!
Also, not feeling very well at the moment... Pray for quick recovery as well!! Having slight sore throat, and I think cold or flu...
Also, not feeling very well at the moment... Pray for quick recovery as well!! Having slight sore throat, and I think cold or flu...
Monday, May 26, 2008
New look!
Well, it's been a while since my last update... about more than 2 weeks now... And boy what a fortnight it was! Lots of things happened in the last fortnight... hehe... got ppl tell me that i'm very smart, very good looking, very cute, very talented, young but mature, good personality, good attitude etc... wah... flattering! hehe... It went to the point where i could not sleep well at night, all worked up and troubled over some issues, and then i felt so happy about something... then, something else happened, and I'm no longer my old self anymore, and then the following week, everything seemed like it was all going wrong, it got soo bad that i spent 2 days crying my soul out... i nearly cried my tear ducts dry so to speak... sigh... i never cried for that long in my life before... err... it sort of resulted in my whole body feeling pain... and it was physical pain ok! especially my chest... sighz... then now things are getting better i hope or is it really? i dunno... but given a months time, things should get clearer for me... currently don't know what to think... very insecured, very "farn", lotsa assignments and exams etc!!!! ahh!
To make things worse, I am starting to think that I might have spent 3 yrs and now 4 yrs of studying for nothing... because, i keep feeling that i have done the wrong degree... As most of you know that I'm teaching piano this year... so I have a hands-on experience working in the music industry... and although i complain and winge a lot about how frustrating teaching can be, how the students drive me up the wall! BUT, i still love the job! and I have also imagined myself that if I was to work in the music line, such as stage performance, directing etc... I will feel soo satisfied... like I would want to get up every morning just to go to work! On the other hand, on the stuff i'm doing at the moment, I kinda feel dried up and shrivelled up... geez...
Had a talk to one of my church members, who is also teaching music in the same school as me... She was the one who helped me get the piano teaching job in the school anyway... She knows how passionate I am about music, performance etc... She even told me that she thought about me, how if I were to further develop the qualities I have, the skills I have in music, such as (in her words) dedication, passion, talents, abilities, she said she could see me directing a great performance at the Adelaide Festival Centre! Wow! How cool is that?! hehe... I'll definitely say "Amen" to that! LOL... sighz... the only problem is, does this mean I have to spend a couple or 2 more years to do a Bachelor of Music???!! sighz... Her advice to me was that it is never to late to start anything new... People start at something, and eventually through life, people change their career paths... hmm... A lot to ponder on... (Like I don't have enough already! LOL!)
So as you can see, I am pretty stressed up and tired and emotionally drained, lack of motivation, and undecided at the moment...
Oh, and someone please remember me in your prayers especially for my final exams this coming june and july! I really need your prayers! I have no idea what is going on in all 3 of my courses!
Sigh...
Anyway, last Saturday, I was really hurting emotionally... very painful... no mood to do anything, couldn't even smile properly... hid in my room all day in the dark... but anyway, mum asked me to go for a haircut... So obediently, i booked in a session at 2:15pm on Saturday itself... So i drove to the hairdresser's at 2:15... I was there by myself... anyway, they were cutting my hair... I told them I wanted to try something new... something different... so they suggested i did something "funky" LOL! they're Vietnamese ok, so dun expect their english to be that good... hahaha... so yea they were cutting and cutting... then later, just a spur of the moment, i asked them whether is it possible if I wanted to highlight my hair! hehehe... cos I was at the hairdresser's on my own, no mum/dad to stop me! ngiek ngiek ngiek! and also cos i was hurting, so i thought a little rebel could be very satisfying! haha... so yea, i totally left my hair in the hands of the hairdresser! so much faith i had ey... i think this is my 2nd time there only... she was nice though... so she has this idea of how she wanna make me over... haha... but the boss hairdresser stopped her from going wild with her imagination... LOL... we decided to highlight my hair like brownish/light brown like that lor... She told me, make it lighter would look younger... I have no opinion lar, cos this is like my first time... So yea, she was bleaching my hair... they didn't use colour btw, they just bleached my hair... if i want lighter brown, they bleach longer...
Anyway, after a while, she checked my hair, she said I should wait another 10 mins for the bleach to continue it's work... but the boss hairdresser came and check and he said it's enough! dun want too light!lol... so ok, she washed my hair, gave me a head massage... hehe... just the thing i need to cure my hurting... it was good cos i spent like the whole afternoon at the hairdresser's and away from home... anyway, after washing, i looked at myself at the mirror, i was like "Wow!" lol! it looked really good IMHO... hehehe... and the hairdresser's were agreeing! anyway, she then gel-ed my hair up... to look "funky" LOL! then the boss hairdresser came and did a lil bit of modification and then he told her "I know you want to make the client look funky, but you must also make sure the client is comfortable..." (cos my old hairstyle is kinda like normal good boy type mar...) Then he goes on to say "after the client go home, his mother get a big shock!" LOL!!!!!! he said "slowly... now do a little bit funky first... then later slowly slowly become more and more funky" LOL! i just find it amusing that they kept on using the word "funky" wrongly! well maybe in their eyes it is funky... i dunno... then when i put my glasses on, and then the lady hairdresser was like "wah! you DO really look good now! especially with ur glasses on" Gosh! I was flattered! hehehehe...
Anyway, went home, i gave mum a shock! HAHAHAHA! she just literally went "HAR?!?!?!?! you highlight ur hair?!" But they were ok with it... it only cost me $50... pretty cheap by most standards!
ok... here are some piccies of my new look... oh, and in case you don't know, i bought myself a necklace, a ring, and a few bracelets! hehe... also, a friend gave me a bottle of Boss #6 perfume which I really like... And also now going to gym... So i'm pretty happy with myself as I can see my major resolution for the year is actually almost complete which is to change my outward appearance! hehe...
To make things worse, I am starting to think that I might have spent 3 yrs and now 4 yrs of studying for nothing... because, i keep feeling that i have done the wrong degree... As most of you know that I'm teaching piano this year... so I have a hands-on experience working in the music industry... and although i complain and winge a lot about how frustrating teaching can be, how the students drive me up the wall! BUT, i still love the job! and I have also imagined myself that if I was to work in the music line, such as stage performance, directing etc... I will feel soo satisfied... like I would want to get up every morning just to go to work! On the other hand, on the stuff i'm doing at the moment, I kinda feel dried up and shrivelled up... geez...
Had a talk to one of my church members, who is also teaching music in the same school as me... She was the one who helped me get the piano teaching job in the school anyway... She knows how passionate I am about music, performance etc... She even told me that she thought about me, how if I were to further develop the qualities I have, the skills I have in music, such as (in her words) dedication, passion, talents, abilities, she said she could see me directing a great performance at the Adelaide Festival Centre! Wow! How cool is that?! hehe... I'll definitely say "Amen" to that! LOL... sighz... the only problem is, does this mean I have to spend a couple or 2 more years to do a Bachelor of Music???!! sighz... Her advice to me was that it is never to late to start anything new... People start at something, and eventually through life, people change their career paths... hmm... A lot to ponder on... (Like I don't have enough already! LOL!)
So as you can see, I am pretty stressed up and tired and emotionally drained, lack of motivation, and undecided at the moment...
Oh, and someone please remember me in your prayers especially for my final exams this coming june and july! I really need your prayers! I have no idea what is going on in all 3 of my courses!
Sigh...
Anyway, last Saturday, I was really hurting emotionally... very painful... no mood to do anything, couldn't even smile properly... hid in my room all day in the dark... but anyway, mum asked me to go for a haircut... So obediently, i booked in a session at 2:15pm on Saturday itself... So i drove to the hairdresser's at 2:15... I was there by myself... anyway, they were cutting my hair... I told them I wanted to try something new... something different... so they suggested i did something "funky" LOL! they're Vietnamese ok, so dun expect their english to be that good... hahaha... so yea they were cutting and cutting... then later, just a spur of the moment, i asked them whether is it possible if I wanted to highlight my hair! hehehe... cos I was at the hairdresser's on my own, no mum/dad to stop me! ngiek ngiek ngiek! and also cos i was hurting, so i thought a little rebel could be very satisfying! haha... so yea, i totally left my hair in the hands of the hairdresser! so much faith i had ey... i think this is my 2nd time there only... she was nice though... so she has this idea of how she wanna make me over... haha... but the boss hairdresser stopped her from going wild with her imagination... LOL... we decided to highlight my hair like brownish/light brown like that lor... She told me, make it lighter would look younger... I have no opinion lar, cos this is like my first time... So yea, she was bleaching my hair... they didn't use colour btw, they just bleached my hair... if i want lighter brown, they bleach longer...
Anyway, after a while, she checked my hair, she said I should wait another 10 mins for the bleach to continue it's work... but the boss hairdresser came and check and he said it's enough! dun want too light!lol... so ok, she washed my hair, gave me a head massage... hehe... just the thing i need to cure my hurting... it was good cos i spent like the whole afternoon at the hairdresser's and away from home... anyway, after washing, i looked at myself at the mirror, i was like "Wow!" lol! it looked really good IMHO... hehehe... and the hairdresser's were agreeing! anyway, she then gel-ed my hair up... to look "funky" LOL! then the boss hairdresser came and did a lil bit of modification and then he told her "I know you want to make the client look funky, but you must also make sure the client is comfortable..." (cos my old hairstyle is kinda like normal good boy type mar...) Then he goes on to say "after the client go home, his mother get a big shock!" LOL!!!!!! he said "slowly... now do a little bit funky first... then later slowly slowly become more and more funky" LOL! i just find it amusing that they kept on using the word "funky" wrongly! well maybe in their eyes it is funky... i dunno... then when i put my glasses on, and then the lady hairdresser was like "wah! you DO really look good now! especially with ur glasses on" Gosh! I was flattered! hehehehe...
Anyway, went home, i gave mum a shock! HAHAHAHA! she just literally went "HAR?!?!?!?! you highlight ur hair?!" But they were ok with it... it only cost me $50... pretty cheap by most standards!
ok... here are some piccies of my new look... oh, and in case you don't know, i bought myself a necklace, a ring, and a few bracelets! hehe... also, a friend gave me a bottle of Boss #6 perfume which I really like... And also now going to gym... So i'm pretty happy with myself as I can see my major resolution for the year is actually almost complete which is to change my outward appearance! hehe...
ok... enough blabbering, and let the pics do the talking...
Me before the haircut... see my necklace?
Me immediately after the haircut... the hair was done by the hairdresser... See the colour?
Me next day... hair done by myself... lol...
Me being a poser... =P See my ring and bracelet?
Me when my hair is not gel-ed up... hehe...Anyway, that's enought pics of me... I've got a lot of compliments on my new hair... btw, i felt really good after the hairdo... the hurting sort of cured well at least i didn't hurt that badly later in the evening... hehe... anyway, ppl in church said it looks really trendy, the colour is very subtle... very nice etc... then a friend also said I looked good today! hehe... am feeling kembang d! haha... =P
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Pictures from the MSN Concert
Here are the pictures from the concert I was talking about in my previous post. The turn out was poor... probably due to poor organising by the organisers... but anyway, our band, the Lakes Edge Church band is one state of the art band! woohoo! lol... we managed to pull together 3 songs in just 3 days! we started to learn the songs on Thursday just for about half an hour, and then we got all Friday to work on our own, then Saturday, 1 hr before the event starts and we managed to pull off a good performance! I am in no way self-praising here, but really the band members ought to be commended... They are the Butterfield family which consists of Tania (keyboardist & vocalist), Tim (drummer), Emma and Laura (vocalists). Also, Erin (vocalist), Allan (guitarist & vocalist), my sis Joanne (violinist) and me (pianist).
Alright! Piccies!
Alright! Piccies!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Music Concert at Mawson Lakes
Just a little publicity here... hehe... Will be performing at a concert at Mawson Lakes UniSA Campus, GP courtyard this Saturday, 10th May 2008 at 3pm. Me and my church band will be performing at the concert along with other bands and musicians.
We will be performing:
We will be performing:
- King of Majesty (by Hillsong)
- We are the Reason (by Avalon)
- Uptown Girl (by Westlife)
We are known as "Lakes Edge band" hehe... named after my church, Lakes Edge church... To those in Adelaide, come! it's free... and it's open to the public... It was organised by the uni, allowing all uni students to participate, and also mawson lakes residents...
You can view the advertisement by clicking here.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Graduation
Ok... it has indeed been a while since i last updated my blog... going back to March 31st... Yours truly graduated with the Bachelor of Financial Science from the University of South Australia... Hence, my name from now on shall be Joel Yan Scen Ang, B. Fin. Sc., A. Mus. A.
hehehe... the ceremony was really grand! it made all the years of hard work, sweat, tears and blood worth it... somehow, when u graduate, a "bond" between you and the university is created... it's like after the graduation ceremony, i sort of feel that i belong to UniSA... hmm... strange... anyway, maybe it only happens in the local student graduation ceremonies... hehe... cos apparently, the international students graduation ceremony aren't that grand...
Anyway, some piccies...
The stage... with all the academic people and PhD graduands...
That's me... Collecting my parchment... hehe... yes, my hood is pink! though i must say the colour wasn't as bad as i had expected... The lady is the Deputy Chancellor... when we walk towards her, we had to salute to her by tapping the side of our mortarboard hat... and she taps hers to return the salute... and notice, we were asked to walked on the red carpet! we were not allowed to step off the red carpet! grand or not?? hehehe...
My parents and grandparents... Maternal grandparents next to mum, paternal grandma next to dad...
My close friends in Adelaide... there are more, but not all of them can make it to the graduation ceremony... Will on the left most, then it's Ju-Lear jie jie next to me, Li Xin, my close and long long time friend and Sabrina... *Hugs* to all of them!
My only program mate... Nancy and her parents... hehe...
Me and younger sister...
This pic has caught a lot of ppl's attention... everyone sees this picture and then ask me "Joel, who is this???" I'm like "She is my sister... a really good friend... i treat her like a sister..." then they will reply "yea ok... we'll believe ur story" in a teasing way... hmm... but please... once and for all, she is my really close friend and i treat her like an elder sister, she treats me like a younger brother... ok??
Random pic with mum... Actually everyone had a turn to wear the square hat... mum, dad, grandma, maternal grandma and granddad, Ju-Lear, Xin, Sabrina and Will... hehehe...
Just a bit too lazy to upload all of them... very time consuming as well to upload them all... hehe
Anyway, I was awarded the School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 2007 for the overall best achievement in the School, and also the ASOR prize for 2007 for overall best results in a few courses... Which basically means I won both and all of the prizes the school had to offer that year... hehehe...
Ok... enough for this graduation post...
hehehe... the ceremony was really grand! it made all the years of hard work, sweat, tears and blood worth it... somehow, when u graduate, a "bond" between you and the university is created... it's like after the graduation ceremony, i sort of feel that i belong to UniSA... hmm... strange... anyway, maybe it only happens in the local student graduation ceremonies... hehe... cos apparently, the international students graduation ceremony aren't that grand...
Anyway, some piccies...
The stage... with all the academic people and PhD graduands...
That's me... Collecting my parchment... hehe... yes, my hood is pink! though i must say the colour wasn't as bad as i had expected... The lady is the Deputy Chancellor... when we walk towards her, we had to salute to her by tapping the side of our mortarboard hat... and she taps hers to return the salute... and notice, we were asked to walked on the red carpet! we were not allowed to step off the red carpet! grand or not?? hehehe...
My parents and grandparents... Maternal grandparents next to mum, paternal grandma next to dad...
My close friends in Adelaide... there are more, but not all of them can make it to the graduation ceremony... Will on the left most, then it's Ju-Lear jie jie next to me, Li Xin, my close and long long time friend and Sabrina... *Hugs* to all of them!
My only program mate... Nancy and her parents... hehe...
Me and younger sister...
This pic has caught a lot of ppl's attention... everyone sees this picture and then ask me "Joel, who is this???" I'm like "She is my sister... a really good friend... i treat her like a sister..." then they will reply "yea ok... we'll believe ur story" in a teasing way... hmm... but please... once and for all, she is my really close friend and i treat her like an elder sister, she treats me like a younger brother... ok??
Random pic with mum... Actually everyone had a turn to wear the square hat... mum, dad, grandma, maternal grandma and granddad, Ju-Lear, Xin, Sabrina and Will... hehehe...Just a bit too lazy to upload all of them... very time consuming as well to upload them all... hehe
Anyway, I was awarded the School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 2007 for the overall best achievement in the School, and also the ASOR prize for 2007 for overall best results in a few courses... Which basically means I won both and all of the prizes the school had to offer that year... hehehe...
Ok... enough for this graduation post...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
End of SVS
This week will be my last week at DSTO... Had my oral presentation yesterday morning... I actually dressed up and the temperature was like 39 degrees! HOT! anyway, yea... and we all received the group photo taken on our first day at DSTO... can't believe 3 months has passed! A quarter of a year I've been at DSTO... Anyway, here's the picture taken...
That's all of us... The people I hang out most with at work are
The people in red circles are the ones I hang out most with, whilst the ones in green circles occasionally joins us... I believe I don't have to circle myself as if you're reading this blog, you should know how I look like right?
That's about it...
Friday, February 15, 2008
Happy (Belated) Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Yea i know it's one day late... But wth... Anyway, another valentine's day has passed for me and I'm still valentine-less... hm... oh well, one day the special person will appear! Or maybe has appeared but nothing happened yet... hehe... Hope all of you who has a special someone enjoyed yday!
My time at DSTO is ending really soon! Like next friday! Surprisingly enough, though I've complained a lot about this place, I realise I'm gonna miss this place... hmm... Prolly cos I won't be meeting this group of frens that often after DSTO... Haha, they are the people whom I think kept me sane throughout my time at DSTO anyway! LOL... Oh, all the jokes, arguments, and debates we had... Arguments especially! Never thought we would have got along that well at the start... But we did... It's also like the first time since I've moved to Australia that I felt like I have friends in Australia! I mean I did have friends, but most of them were from Malaysia anyway... So yea, it's been good!
I'll be going to Kildare College today to maybe meet my students and also sort out the paperwork... That's pretty exciting too! hehe... And also, am really wanting to move out... A friend from work was telling me yday, well actually planning for me! haha... anyway, yea I'm just hesitating because of the finance factor, also am not sure if I'll be moving interstate after Honours anyway... LOL, a friend was jokingly telling me that if I moved to Queensland, I can be the guy-who-planned-my-moving-out's housemate as he's planning to move out soon too...
Anyway, yea I did some computation yday, seems like I will probably just scrape through or have a high chance of eating into my savings if I move out... Even with my piano teaching job, youth allowance from government, and prolly some rental assistance also from gov... Like I will not be breaking even but more likely a loss... Hmm... Needs careful planning... I also found out that there's a new construction coming up in Adelaide city, it plans to be the tallest residential building! I saw the artist impression of it, the furnishing etc is SOOOOOOO beautiful! Very contemporary, modern etc! And the view! You can see the whole city and probably until the sea! Sooo beautiful! However, haha... price is like starting from $300K to about $3 mil... Crazy!
Yesterday while at band practise for church, we were practising a song called "Dwelling Place", and the chorus was like "I love you, I love you, I love you etc" LOL, when we finished, the drummer shouted out of the window towards the lakes saying "Happy Valentine's Day!!!" Hahaha... She's hilarious! Cos the back door was open, so our music was probably drifting out into the lakes, where ppl usually walk... then after finish practising, I decided to be a little funny... I changed my keyboard sound to organ, something like a church organ, and started to play "Phantom of the Opera"! hahahaha! Then this lady (she's the Head of Music in the college where I will be teaching piano) and her daughters started to sing the song as the phantom and Christine! LOL! It was fun! Especially when ppl appreciate the sound and everything! I also borrowed Miss Saigon audio cd... Oh gawd! Everytime I hear musicals, how the harmony blends together in some of their conversations, arguments, confrontations, my heart just skips a beat! It's absolutely beautiful! And the passion in the music! It's amazing how they can build sooo much passion in just a few bars of music! Spectacular! Ok, enough before I get carried away... hehe...
Oh and before I forget, today is the Ninth Day of the First Lunar Month... Happy Chinese New Year again to all the Hokkien people out there! Happy praying to the "Sky God" or if I'm not mistaken is he the Jade Emperor? Anyway, happy "bai tian gong"! LOL, I'm Hokkien btw, but I'm Christian lar... Unfortunately ppl in Australia got no sugarcane sticks... =P Unless maybe places like Queensland or something where the climate is more tropical...
Anyway, tonight me and my Aussie frens are going for drinks at the casino! Then prolly go pool or something... hehe...
My time at DSTO is ending really soon! Like next friday! Surprisingly enough, though I've complained a lot about this place, I realise I'm gonna miss this place... hmm... Prolly cos I won't be meeting this group of frens that often after DSTO... Haha, they are the people whom I think kept me sane throughout my time at DSTO anyway! LOL... Oh, all the jokes, arguments, and debates we had... Arguments especially! Never thought we would have got along that well at the start... But we did... It's also like the first time since I've moved to Australia that I felt like I have friends in Australia! I mean I did have friends, but most of them were from Malaysia anyway... So yea, it's been good!
I'll be going to Kildare College today to maybe meet my students and also sort out the paperwork... That's pretty exciting too! hehe... And also, am really wanting to move out... A friend from work was telling me yday, well actually planning for me! haha... anyway, yea I'm just hesitating because of the finance factor, also am not sure if I'll be moving interstate after Honours anyway... LOL, a friend was jokingly telling me that if I moved to Queensland, I can be the guy-who-planned-my-moving-out's housemate as he's planning to move out soon too...
Anyway, yea I did some computation yday, seems like I will probably just scrape through or have a high chance of eating into my savings if I move out... Even with my piano teaching job, youth allowance from government, and prolly some rental assistance also from gov... Like I will not be breaking even but more likely a loss... Hmm... Needs careful planning... I also found out that there's a new construction coming up in Adelaide city, it plans to be the tallest residential building! I saw the artist impression of it, the furnishing etc is SOOOOOOO beautiful! Very contemporary, modern etc! And the view! You can see the whole city and probably until the sea! Sooo beautiful! However, haha... price is like starting from $300K to about $3 mil... Crazy!
Yesterday while at band practise for church, we were practising a song called "Dwelling Place", and the chorus was like "I love you, I love you, I love you etc" LOL, when we finished, the drummer shouted out of the window towards the lakes saying "Happy Valentine's Day!!!" Hahaha... She's hilarious! Cos the back door was open, so our music was probably drifting out into the lakes, where ppl usually walk... then after finish practising, I decided to be a little funny... I changed my keyboard sound to organ, something like a church organ, and started to play "Phantom of the Opera"! hahahaha! Then this lady (she's the Head of Music in the college where I will be teaching piano) and her daughters started to sing the song as the phantom and Christine! LOL! It was fun! Especially when ppl appreciate the sound and everything! I also borrowed Miss Saigon audio cd... Oh gawd! Everytime I hear musicals, how the harmony blends together in some of their conversations, arguments, confrontations, my heart just skips a beat! It's absolutely beautiful! And the passion in the music! It's amazing how they can build sooo much passion in just a few bars of music! Spectacular! Ok, enough before I get carried away... hehe...
Oh and before I forget, today is the Ninth Day of the First Lunar Month... Happy Chinese New Year again to all the Hokkien people out there! Happy praying to the "Sky God" or if I'm not mistaken is he the Jade Emperor? Anyway, happy "bai tian gong"! LOL, I'm Hokkien btw, but I'm Christian lar... Unfortunately ppl in Australia got no sugarcane sticks... =P Unless maybe places like Queensland or something where the climate is more tropical...
Anyway, tonight me and my Aussie frens are going for drinks at the casino! Then prolly go pool or something... hehe...
Monday, February 11, 2008
恭喜发财! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Wishing everyone a very prosperous Chinese New Year! May the year of the Golden Rat bring much joy, happiness, love, success, peace, prosperity and health!
Took 2 days off from work to commemorate the CNY festival! Stayed at home, and had some guests come over! It was pretty nice... rather eventful CNY after 3 yrs away from msia! Other than that, fell a lil sick before new year... now still coughing... hopefully will get better soon! I will also be finishing DSTO end of next week! Yay!!!
And I will start teaching piano the week after! Looking forward to that!
Anyway, I finished watching this short Japanese series called "For You In Full Blossom" or 花ざかりの君たちへ (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)... In full, it's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Ikemen Paradaisu (Hottie paradise). It's such a nice show! There's a Chinese (Taiwanese) version of it called 花樣少年少女 (Hua yang shao nian shao nu) or the english name is Hanazakarino Kimitachihe. I haven't watched the Chinese version, but I liked the Japanese version! Funny nonetheless, but I loved the ending! It's touching! Something I can really relate to! My fav character is Nakatsu Shuichi! He played it sooo well! So lively! Then it's Ashiya Mizuki! She looks better as a boy! LOL! Go watch! Anyone got the subtheme song called "Peach" by Otsuka Ai?? Give me!!! :P okok... yea go watch this series! Highly recommended! It's an adaptation from the shōjo manga called Hana-Kimi.
Took 2 days off from work to commemorate the CNY festival! Stayed at home, and had some guests come over! It was pretty nice... rather eventful CNY after 3 yrs away from msia! Other than that, fell a lil sick before new year... now still coughing... hopefully will get better soon! I will also be finishing DSTO end of next week! Yay!!!
And I will start teaching piano the week after! Looking forward to that!
Anyway, I finished watching this short Japanese series called "For You In Full Blossom" or 花ざかりの君たちへ (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)... In full, it's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Ikemen Paradaisu (Hottie paradise). It's such a nice show! There's a Chinese (Taiwanese) version of it called 花樣少年少女 (Hua yang shao nian shao nu) or the english name is Hanazakarino Kimitachihe. I haven't watched the Chinese version, but I liked the Japanese version! Funny nonetheless, but I loved the ending! It's touching! Something I can really relate to! My fav character is Nakatsu Shuichi! He played it sooo well! So lively! Then it's Ashiya Mizuki! She looks better as a boy! LOL! Go watch! Anyone got the subtheme song called "Peach" by Otsuka Ai?? Give me!!! :P okok... yea go watch this series! Highly recommended! It's an adaptation from the shōjo manga called Hana-Kimi.
Anyway, here's wishing you all again Happy Chinese New Year!
新年快乐! 万事如意! 大吉大利! 龙马精神! 步步高升! 花开富贵!身体健康! 金玉满堂! 财源广进! 招财进宝! 五福临门! 生意兴隆! 兴旺富贵! 心想事成! 恭贺新禧! 恭喜恭喜! 金鼠年行大运!
The Chinese sayings is actually meant to wish you all the best in everything, and partly also to annoy some people who are trying to create an "Uncyclopedia" of my blog... =P
Monday, February 4, 2008
Miss Saigon
Went to Miss Saigon the musical last Saturday! It was SPECTACULAR!!!! Absolutely sensational, wonderful and beautiful! And it's sooo touching too! Great story, great music, great harmony, great cast! Now I'm hooked to musicals! LOL...
I bought the programme... Cos I wanted to have like a souvenir from such a great musical! There were soo many moments during the scenes when I just feel like applauding cos of the way it was performed, the harmony etc... Oh, it was so good I had tears in my eyes!
Well, it's a really sad story... Well, basically the story is much like that of Romeo and Juliet but a more contemporary version, as it involves an American man and a Vietnamese women... It was set during the Vietnam war... The women had to work as a whore to serve the American GIs... but she was new, was "rescued" by a pimp... She refused to sell herself, but forced by the pimp, and then this American GI stood up for her, then well they did end up in the room at the brothel, but they end up falling in love with each other... Though it sounds really simple how they seemed to fall in love, but if u watched the musical, u can see how they build it in such a short time which makes it the more beautiful! The stage setting was magnificent too... Well, America lost in the war, the GIs have to go back, it was tragic when the girl and the guy were like crying out for each other... they din get to meet for the last time when the Americans evacuated... She ended up giving birth to his son... The GI got married in America to another women, he was devastated for the first yr, but he moved on with his life, but he still had nightmares about the viet women he onced loved... Well, to cut the story short, he heard that she bore him a son, and they have to meet... the girl said the son was the only thing that kept her alive all this while... However, she insists that the GI takes her son to America with his new wife... And in the end, she killed herself! It was tragic... It was a disappointing ending... But that was how it was... There were a lot of children borned in Vietnam after the war who are products of all the wrong things done by the American GIs... it was terribly sad... the musical ended when the viet girl died in her lover American GI's arms, and he was devastated shouting out "NO!"
It's soo good... I mean my explanation here won't do it justice... but really, given a chance, I will go again... And the pimp character called "Engineer", he's hillarious! He has sooo much charisma! when he sings, he owns the stage! It was AWESOME!
Now i really wanna go watch Phantom of the Opera! That's another really good one i reckon!
Some piccys of the musical... No i din took them... Cameras not allowed...
Miss Saigon promotional pic #1
Miss Saigon promotional pic #2
This is the last scene... Where he cries out for her death! So tragic!
The picture that inspired the musical. A picture showing the pain the vietnamese women giving her child to be with her biological father in America... And her child crying...
Another scene from the musical... More of the nation's propoganda type of thingy...
'Miss Saigon' and her American GI lover's "wedding" in front of the ancestry altar...
Unfortunately I can't find the pics of the cast that performed in Australia... So this will do... After the musical, it ended at about 11pm at night, then me and my frens went for some coffee at a nearby cafe... Had choc drink and choc cake... all for $5.50... hehe... it was good... finished at almost 12am! haha... well, i have to "pay" for that later when i get home... but it was good fun! while we were at the cafe, some of the cast walk past! including the Engineer pimp guy! LOL! they were waving at us! We even thought of catching them for autographs on our programme... =P ok la, a bit jakun lar we all... hahaha... but it was fun! then next morning, had to play band in church! din slept well that night... performance always stirs me up... suddenly all the memories and emotions of the times i used to perform back in msia came back... and come to think of it, haven't been on stage doing performance for almost 4 yrs! sighz... wanna get back into it! hehe... ok... enough about performance... i'm so long-winded when it comes to topics like this... sorry for boring u out... haha... but i can't help myself... it's just my passion! ok till another time! =)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Circuit training and a whole lot of random reminiscence
As those of you who've been reading my blog would know that I've been going to gym and attending a class called "pump" at gym at work with a friend... Usually we go on Mondays and Wednesdays... But so happened this Monday was public holiday replacement for Aus Day, and Wednesday there was a barbeque here at work, so we din go... But we replaced it with a session today, which so happen not to be pump class but called circuit training... It works on ur cardio...
It reminded me sooooooo much of dance practise I used to do in church back in msia every week... Haven't been doing it for about 4 yrs now... which explains why i put on soo much weight on top of just over-eating... anyway, must overcome that this yr! it was fun the first part... we were moving all around the room in rhythm! I must say you've gotta be really coordinated though! It was my first time, and the trainer, she was moving soo fast! I was trying to figure out what she was doing! haha... but thanks to my musical background, dance background, i could pick up pretty quickly and do it in rhythm! haha... then after that, we used those gym equipments... and i tell you, the trainer, she has the longest five seconds ever! When she says five seconds left, she means 2 minutes! LOL! then we had to do like damn many push-ups! my arms were dead by then... then do a lot of sit-ups as well! damn! but again i surprised myself... i could do fairly well throughout the class... i so thought i would knock out halfway through the session as my cardio fitness level is infinitesimally low! well, i never had a strong cardio eversince birth...
All in all, it was fun! Going to gym with a friend is fun! We got each other to motivate each other... Also, the most important thing is because it makes you go regularly... Unlike if you go yourself, you'll feel bored, then in the end, you might just quit... hehe...
Oh and this Saturday, me and some of my new friends (and older uni frens) are going to watch "Miss Saigon" at the Adelaide Festival Centre! Yay! my first ever musical! well my first time actually going to watch a musical perform on stage! All the while i watch on tv... yay! excited! But the tix are a lil pricey... $71!! Oh wth, once in a while I should indulge in expensive treats! haha! I LURVE musicals! Damn, i missed "Phantom of the Opera" stage musical... but that is damn expensive... summore in melbourne, have to pay for air tickets, and accomodation... one of my new fren went though! He's a musical lover too! And gosh, he memorise soo many musical songs!!! Anyway, there's a musical called "Billy Elliot" which i soo wanna go watch too... it's a lot cheaper than Phantom or Miss Saigon, but it's in Sydney only!!! Damn! Yes i liked the movie of Billy Elliot, but I wanna see it in musical form! Well, i know some of you will NEVER get to appreciate the beauty of musicals... If you're musically inclined, u'll appreciate how difficult it is to write dialogues for musicals! and also make the tone of speech and music go together, cos not all style of speeches can go along with music... you have to pick ur words and tune really carefully! Aww man! I can go on forever about this topic... Anyway, I'll spare you readers the boredom it'll inflict on you guys... hehe... Given a chance, I will wanna watch those aforementioned musicals... Anyone interested to join me??
Anyway, was chatting to a friend few weeks ago, and we suddenly came to the topic of playing skipping ropes and five-stones (batu seremban) back in school! And then suddenly I wanna play batu soo much! hahaha... ok... I'm just reminiscing (hope i spelt it correctly... =P) randomly... And oh yes, another friend from college managed to totally embarrass me yday night while we were chatting on msn! Lucky it was msn or else, he would have seen me glow red like a beetroot! I felt like sticking my head in the ground like ostriches do! LOL! Anyway, yea i congratulated him for being sooo successful at embarrassing me... Guess he had a lot of fun for himself... You just wait fren, I'll get you back! =P
And I'm so frust with my supervisor! Anyway, looking forward to tonight's church band practise! yay! Ok, should get back to work as I will be going to coffee in half-hours time! haha... yes I'm a slacker! hooray! *pats own back* And i just realised that I will be a piano teacher at one of my uni fren's high school! LOL! how cool is that?
It reminded me sooooooo much of dance practise I used to do in church back in msia every week... Haven't been doing it for about 4 yrs now... which explains why i put on soo much weight on top of just over-eating... anyway, must overcome that this yr! it was fun the first part... we were moving all around the room in rhythm! I must say you've gotta be really coordinated though! It was my first time, and the trainer, she was moving soo fast! I was trying to figure out what she was doing! haha... but thanks to my musical background, dance background, i could pick up pretty quickly and do it in rhythm! haha... then after that, we used those gym equipments... and i tell you, the trainer, she has the longest five seconds ever! When she says five seconds left, she means 2 minutes! LOL! then we had to do like damn many push-ups! my arms were dead by then... then do a lot of sit-ups as well! damn! but again i surprised myself... i could do fairly well throughout the class... i so thought i would knock out halfway through the session as my cardio fitness level is infinitesimally low! well, i never had a strong cardio eversince birth...
All in all, it was fun! Going to gym with a friend is fun! We got each other to motivate each other... Also, the most important thing is because it makes you go regularly... Unlike if you go yourself, you'll feel bored, then in the end, you might just quit... hehe...
Oh and this Saturday, me and some of my new friends (and older uni frens) are going to watch "Miss Saigon" at the Adelaide Festival Centre! Yay! my first ever musical! well my first time actually going to watch a musical perform on stage! All the while i watch on tv... yay! excited! But the tix are a lil pricey... $71!! Oh wth, once in a while I should indulge in expensive treats! haha! I LURVE musicals! Damn, i missed "Phantom of the Opera" stage musical... but that is damn expensive... summore in melbourne, have to pay for air tickets, and accomodation... one of my new fren went though! He's a musical lover too! And gosh, he memorise soo many musical songs!!! Anyway, there's a musical called "Billy Elliot" which i soo wanna go watch too... it's a lot cheaper than Phantom or Miss Saigon, but it's in Sydney only!!! Damn! Yes i liked the movie of Billy Elliot, but I wanna see it in musical form! Well, i know some of you will NEVER get to appreciate the beauty of musicals... If you're musically inclined, u'll appreciate how difficult it is to write dialogues for musicals! and also make the tone of speech and music go together, cos not all style of speeches can go along with music... you have to pick ur words and tune really carefully! Aww man! I can go on forever about this topic... Anyway, I'll spare you readers the boredom it'll inflict on you guys... hehe... Given a chance, I will wanna watch those aforementioned musicals... Anyone interested to join me??
Anyway, was chatting to a friend few weeks ago, and we suddenly came to the topic of playing skipping ropes and five-stones (batu seremban) back in school! And then suddenly I wanna play batu soo much! hahaha... ok... I'm just reminiscing (hope i spelt it correctly... =P) randomly... And oh yes, another friend from college managed to totally embarrass me yday night while we were chatting on msn! Lucky it was msn or else, he would have seen me glow red like a beetroot! I felt like sticking my head in the ground like ostriches do! LOL! Anyway, yea i congratulated him for being sooo successful at embarrassing me... Guess he had a lot of fun for himself... You just wait fren, I'll get you back! =P
And I'm so frust with my supervisor! Anyway, looking forward to tonight's church band practise! yay! Ok, should get back to work as I will be going to coffee in half-hours time! haha... yes I'm a slacker! hooray! *pats own back* And i just realised that I will be a piano teacher at one of my uni fren's high school! LOL! how cool is that?
Monday, January 28, 2008
Piano teacher
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce that yours truly is going to be a piano teacher at a secondary school here in Adelaide! Hahaha... btw, it's a girls school... The head of music teacher so happened to be my church member, and we play the band together... hahaha... I'm soo looking forward to it! hooray! I was adviced by her that I should be paid $20 per half-hour... Damn good pay if u ask me! hehehehe! So now i need to brush up whatever that needs brushing up in my piano skills... =P Should be starting week3 of the schooling week... this is week 1 btw... haha... i think the school name is Kildare... Not sure if i spelt it correctly... come to think of it, i also, not sure where exactly it is... hahaha... anyway, anybody wants piano lessons, please contact me ok? i also intend to give private lessons... but i would insist that you have a piano at home, hence I go to ur place to teach rather than u come to my place... ok? anyway, 3 posts in a day is pretty a lot for me... but just thought i'd let you know! hehe... tomorrow's back to DSTO to work... grr...
Oh, last friday, some frens from work/uni and me went to Mawson Lakes Hotel pub for drinks after work... it's fun! finally i feel like I have some aussie frens! haha... we seemed to get along pretty well... what with all the lunches and coffee time we had together at DSTO... haha... we even start to give each other nick names! By adding a "ie" or "y" at the end of our names... Our group consists of me (Joel), Wing, Donna, Vanessa, Edward, William and occasionally Andrew and James... After "transforming" our names become, Joey, Wingy, Doey, Nessy, Eddy/Teddy (LOL), Willy (Willy Wonka! LOL!), Andy, and Jimmy... Funniness... hahaha... anyway, yea guess that's the only fun bit other than gym at work... sighs!
Also, i soooo wanna go shopping! Wanna buy stuffs, like jewellery, accessories, perfume etc... Ju-Lear jie jie and Xin! Come back soon!! we go "kai-kai" together!! =P
Ok... till another time!
Oh, last friday, some frens from work/uni and me went to Mawson Lakes Hotel pub for drinks after work... it's fun! finally i feel like I have some aussie frens! haha... we seemed to get along pretty well... what with all the lunches and coffee time we had together at DSTO... haha... we even start to give each other nick names! By adding a "ie" or "y" at the end of our names... Our group consists of me (Joel), Wing, Donna, Vanessa, Edward, William and occasionally Andrew and James... After "transforming" our names become, Joey, Wingy, Doey, Nessy, Eddy/Teddy (LOL), Willy (Willy Wonka! LOL!), Andy, and Jimmy... Funniness... hahaha... anyway, yea guess that's the only fun bit other than gym at work... sighs!
Also, i soooo wanna go shopping! Wanna buy stuffs, like jewellery, accessories, perfume etc... Ju-Lear jie jie and Xin! Come back soon!! we go "kai-kai" together!! =P
Ok... till another time!
Random pics
Some of these pics have been taken for quite a while... but i never bothered to blog them... so anyway, here are just some pics... went jalan-jalan around rundle mall on boxing day sale... stumble across this shirt... and i thought, this is sooo cool and funny! I must take a pic of this shirt... lol!
Whaddya think gals? =P
Also, i was playing a game of mahjong with my frens at home before they went back to msia... and i had 4 sets of "Kong"s and a pair to win!
chun or not?
Should have played money! hahaha...
Oh and also a pic of my snowy stuffed Hedwig from Borders when the Harry Potter 7 book was released! it came together...
That's about it... hehe...
Whaddya think gals? =P
Also, i was playing a game of mahjong with my frens at home before they went back to msia... and i had 4 sets of "Kong"s and a pair to win!
chun or not?Should have played money! hahaha...
Oh and also a pic of my snowy stuffed Hedwig from Borders when the Harry Potter 7 book was released! it came together...
That's about it... hehe...
Crabbing
Well, as some of you might know, Australia Day is on Jan 26... Hence, because Jan 26 this year is a Saturday, we have Monday off as replacement... Anyway, I went down to city to meet up with Sabrina and Will after almost 2 months of not seeing each another... Had lunch... then we planned to go crabbing impromptu... Weather's a lil sunny, but otherwise, it's nice to go to the beach... Took the tram down to glenelg beach... I don't know if it's me or what, but all the public transport seems to go soooo slowly that day! Anyway, we reached glenelg, I had my sunnies on btw... all the while... hehehe... i've learnt that wearing sunnies allows u to "cuci mata" without being overly obvious! ;) Hahaha... So we went to beach, if i knew, i wouldnt have worn jeans! Anyway, i folded up my jeans and we walked along the sealine... so nice... long time since i've done that! then we started writing things on sand... lol... behaving like little kids... oh glenelg was crowded with a capital C! sooooooo many ppl there... and some are so patriotic, they got those face temporary tatoos of aus flags, some even wore the aus flag around their back like a cape...
anyway, we went to the end of the jetty and started crabbing... while i was there, we caught 1 crab!! haha...
Anyway, it was good fun... Standing by the jetty, letting the breeze blow through me... Just so relaxing the feeling... feels like i can stand there for the whole day... plus "kapping" ppl as well... some of the guys at the beach were doing stunts!! they were like climbing up those poles on the jetty and doing all sorts of stunts and dive into the sea... siao! anyway, there are lifeguards on the beach that day... after i left the beach, sabrina and will caught about 10 crabs, and then had to release 4 cos i think they're too small... so, i guess this is the most eventful aus day i ever had kua... hehe...
anyway, we went to the end of the jetty and started crabbing... while i was there, we caught 1 crab!! haha...
Anyway, it was good fun... Standing by the jetty, letting the breeze blow through me... Just so relaxing the feeling... feels like i can stand there for the whole day... plus "kapping" ppl as well... some of the guys at the beach were doing stunts!! they were like climbing up those poles on the jetty and doing all sorts of stunts and dive into the sea... siao! anyway, there are lifeguards on the beach that day... after i left the beach, sabrina and will caught about 10 crabs, and then had to release 4 cos i think they're too small... so, i guess this is the most eventful aus day i ever had kua... hehe...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Learning to let go...
Have been pretty melancholic lately... I've just talked to some of my friends about myself, about the struggles I face, about my feelings etc... We managed to touch on some of the issues I have... It's like I thought that most of them issues, I've sorta settle them, but indeed I was wrong... The issues are more like "settled" down, like dirt in still water, but give the water a little shake, the dirt will cloud the water all over again... Guess what I really need to do is to stir up all the dirt until the water is totally mirky and then keep adding clean water until all the dirty water's been washed away...
Anyway, u never really learn to appreciate people until u're at the verge of losing them... While I am proud to say I have good friends, great friends, who are always there when I need them for all the support I need... There can never be a certainty that I will never lose them... Well, get a grip Joel! You need to learn to let go at times... Yea, i think that's what i struggle a lot with... letting go... I just dunno how to let go of things at times... But I am definitely learning to now...
Anyway, as i was saying, i was talking to a really close guy friend of mine... We were definitely building bridges to overcome some issues about myself... However, at one stage in the conversation, I was truly scared... It scared the living daylights out of me... I thought I might lose him as my great friend... It was terrible... I cried... Yea, cried I did... But anyway, things didn't turn out ugly thank God... We're still close friends... We did manage to build a bridge in the end... Just that he can't totally agree with me some of the things which I totally understand where he's coming from... Look, i'm not here to convert anyone from their upbringing... I only ask for some understanding that's all...
So yea, like i said, u never really appreciate people until u are at the verge of losing them... My bunch of friends, the handful of them who are really close to my heart... Gosh! What will I do without them! Seriously! I really wanna thank you guys! Thank you sooooo much for being there for me all the time... Thank you for accepting me for who and what I am! I think that is the best thing that happened in my life that God placed you guys in my life! We're not perfect, but we've adapted to each other's flaws really well in the few years we've been together, and we'll definitely improve for the many years to come i hope...
Actually, I'm in a funny mood at the moment... It's sort of like a whole lot of totally jumbled up feelings... But i guess it's nothing new for me... These three years I've been here in Aus, I've found myself in a whole lot of ways... I've been building a wall around me, preventing me from getting close to anyone else around me for fear of getting hurt or for fear of having to lose them all over again as I had felt when I moved here... Also, there are some special people whom I still can't but am desperately wanting to move on from... And it's this same person who has been hurting me the most... Though intentionally or unintentionally, i don't know... It's just, I really wanna move on and to let go! I thought I had sort of healed and moved on, but until 2 days ago, there I was, talking to one of my friends about that person, and there I was, shedding tears all over... I am such a mess! Argh!
The first year I was in Aus, I was dysfunctional... I had severe mood swings most days, worst than a girl having PMS... I was depressed most of the time, I prefered to stay in bed, and not wake up... Life was soo much better in sleep... I just didn't wanted to face reality... There were soo many times I just wanted to cry it all out, but my tear ducts just seem to not function... And there were times when my tear ducts just open up, and let the floods come in! Well, things eventually get better by the time I was in my second year here... My mood was relatively a lot more stable... And where I am now, sometimes, I wonder how did I survive that?! Though that is not saying that I no longer have down days... I still do, and I still dun like to wake up in the morning... There is just no reason whatsoever for me to wake up, or wake up early that is... But I definitely am better... I'm also starting to lower my defences, starting to "thin" my invisible wall around me... I'm also starting to reconsider letting new people in my life... So one thing's definite here, it's the fact I'm recovering, and waking up... All these thanks to a couple of my really close guy and girls friends... Which is why I was sooo upset previously when I talked to my close guy fren, when I thought i might lose him... These people have been my refuge in times of need...
I just hope that ppl will see me as the same me no matter what I become... I mean, I am still the same ol' Joel no matter what! I'm still the old irritating, old-fashioned "auntie" who knows all the pantang larang of the chinese culture and tradition, sticky, forever friend-thirsty, affection-craved, vulnerable Joel! I still am the same "piano prodigy in the making" (well, that's what a lot of people tell me) u know! On a more physical note, I still eat rice u know! =P
Hopefully, this year, 2008 would be another year of further recovery for myself... Hope to meet and form meaningful relationships around this year... And also, hope to really shake this special person out of me... Though, I know it will be hard, cos, as much as I hate to use the word or admit it, this person was my first-love... Sigh, it could be that I have been "tepuk sebelah tangan" all the while... Or there could be thousand and one more reason why things between us turn out the way it turned out to be...
Anyway, my eye dams are pretty full, so they might overflow and cause a flood pretty easilly around this time... The dirt has definitely clouded the water again... But I need to be strong and rinse off all the "dirt" in my life... Need to slowly put the pieces of my life back together again...
So yea, I think i managed to spoil u reader's day just by this post... Forgive me... I din mean to... But it's just another of those EMO days for me... when I'm just being overly reflective... I'm either over-reflective of the past or overly worried about the future... I think I should learn to live in the present! Ok... should get back to work... Been slacking whole morning! Till another time... And hopefully it would be on lighter note!
Anyway, u never really learn to appreciate people until u're at the verge of losing them... While I am proud to say I have good friends, great friends, who are always there when I need them for all the support I need... There can never be a certainty that I will never lose them... Well, get a grip Joel! You need to learn to let go at times... Yea, i think that's what i struggle a lot with... letting go... I just dunno how to let go of things at times... But I am definitely learning to now...
Anyway, as i was saying, i was talking to a really close guy friend of mine... We were definitely building bridges to overcome some issues about myself... However, at one stage in the conversation, I was truly scared... It scared the living daylights out of me... I thought I might lose him as my great friend... It was terrible... I cried... Yea, cried I did... But anyway, things didn't turn out ugly thank God... We're still close friends... We did manage to build a bridge in the end... Just that he can't totally agree with me some of the things which I totally understand where he's coming from... Look, i'm not here to convert anyone from their upbringing... I only ask for some understanding that's all...
So yea, like i said, u never really appreciate people until u are at the verge of losing them... My bunch of friends, the handful of them who are really close to my heart... Gosh! What will I do without them! Seriously! I really wanna thank you guys! Thank you sooooo much for being there for me all the time... Thank you for accepting me for who and what I am! I think that is the best thing that happened in my life that God placed you guys in my life! We're not perfect, but we've adapted to each other's flaws really well in the few years we've been together, and we'll definitely improve for the many years to come i hope...
Actually, I'm in a funny mood at the moment... It's sort of like a whole lot of totally jumbled up feelings... But i guess it's nothing new for me... These three years I've been here in Aus, I've found myself in a whole lot of ways... I've been building a wall around me, preventing me from getting close to anyone else around me for fear of getting hurt or for fear of having to lose them all over again as I had felt when I moved here... Also, there are some special people whom I still can't but am desperately wanting to move on from... And it's this same person who has been hurting me the most... Though intentionally or unintentionally, i don't know... It's just, I really wanna move on and to let go! I thought I had sort of healed and moved on, but until 2 days ago, there I was, talking to one of my friends about that person, and there I was, shedding tears all over... I am such a mess! Argh!
The first year I was in Aus, I was dysfunctional... I had severe mood swings most days, worst than a girl having PMS... I was depressed most of the time, I prefered to stay in bed, and not wake up... Life was soo much better in sleep... I just didn't wanted to face reality... There were soo many times I just wanted to cry it all out, but my tear ducts just seem to not function... And there were times when my tear ducts just open up, and let the floods come in! Well, things eventually get better by the time I was in my second year here... My mood was relatively a lot more stable... And where I am now, sometimes, I wonder how did I survive that?! Though that is not saying that I no longer have down days... I still do, and I still dun like to wake up in the morning... There is just no reason whatsoever for me to wake up, or wake up early that is... But I definitely am better... I'm also starting to lower my defences, starting to "thin" my invisible wall around me... I'm also starting to reconsider letting new people in my life... So one thing's definite here, it's the fact I'm recovering, and waking up... All these thanks to a couple of my really close guy and girls friends... Which is why I was sooo upset previously when I talked to my close guy fren, when I thought i might lose him... These people have been my refuge in times of need...
I just hope that ppl will see me as the same me no matter what I become... I mean, I am still the same ol' Joel no matter what! I'm still the old irritating, old-fashioned "auntie" who knows all the pantang larang of the chinese culture and tradition, sticky, forever friend-thirsty, affection-craved, vulnerable Joel! I still am the same "piano prodigy in the making" (well, that's what a lot of people tell me) u know! On a more physical note, I still eat rice u know! =P
Hopefully, this year, 2008 would be another year of further recovery for myself... Hope to meet and form meaningful relationships around this year... And also, hope to really shake this special person out of me... Though, I know it will be hard, cos, as much as I hate to use the word or admit it, this person was my first-love... Sigh, it could be that I have been "tepuk sebelah tangan" all the while... Or there could be thousand and one more reason why things between us turn out the way it turned out to be...
Anyway, my eye dams are pretty full, so they might overflow and cause a flood pretty easilly around this time... The dirt has definitely clouded the water again... But I need to be strong and rinse off all the "dirt" in my life... Need to slowly put the pieces of my life back together again...
So yea, I think i managed to spoil u reader's day just by this post... Forgive me... I din mean to... But it's just another of those EMO days for me... when I'm just being overly reflective... I'm either over-reflective of the past or overly worried about the future... I think I should learn to live in the present! Ok... should get back to work... Been slacking whole morning! Till another time... And hopefully it would be on lighter note!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Doing Honours
I've got offered a place to do Honours this year at uni! Yay! The program name is Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial and Applied Mathematics) (Honours)... One year program... Will be getting a nice little office of my own! hehehe... might be sharing with another friend though, cos she's doing honours too...
Yea, so just thought of sharing a little good news around...
Yea, so just thought of sharing a little good news around...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
First gym... and it's FREE!
Bon jour monsieur et mademoiselle! Sorry if i spelt it wrongly and it offended anyone... just trying somezing deefferent 'ere... Moi is trying to speeek a leetle français 'ere!
hehe... as the title suggests... i went to moi first gym today with anozer (another) friend... okok, enough frenching! (pun not intended!) it's her first time too... well, i was kinda embarrased at first, cos i was worried about what others might think abt me being unfit... guess i din had to... cos there were quite a few unfit ppl there too... and i surprised myself! haha... anyway the session is called "pump"... basically we have to lift weights, and do all sorts of muscle stretching... it was pretty fun tho if you ignore the fact that ur muscles are screaming in protest! LOL... cos it's like our first time, our trainer had us use the lightest weight... 1.25kg on both sides... boy did i underestimated that 2.5kgs! I thought i carried heavier than that before, so 2.5kgs should be pretty easy... I was yet to be proven WRONG! though my hand muscles didn't protest much... my legs were crying... lol... anyway, still managed to pull through it... there was this guy, who seemed pretty well built, so naturally one would think he could have ease through the whole 45 mins of training... but no, he was the one stuggling the most! Strange! Another myth busted i suppose...
The trainer was really good though... She's funny too! while we were all struggling to keep up and trying to ignore the cries of our bodies, she was saying "SMILE!" LOL! even if you didn't smile, you would have smiled when she said that, cos it was funny... then she said "No pain no gain!" LOL! the oni difficulty was the part where u had to work ur stomache muscles... i managed to do most of it, but i had to give up at some point... hey, it's my first time!
towards the end, there was another group of ppl outside waiting for their session, and they were looking at us! how embarrasing! anyway, lucky the music was loud... cos my fren said she was already moaning... lol... i din hear anything...
anyway, yea, the whole thing was free... went for 45 mins... at my work place... see, they have this gym thingy for employees to "relieve stress" u know... lol... it's free for the whole month of january cos i guess they were wanting to promote it and cos it's new year... otherwise, it's $2 for one 45 minutes session... still really cheap actually...
we went for lunch after gym... i had no appetite to eat! hahaha... i din feel sick, just din feel like eating... the oni type of exercise that would make me sick is cardio type... especially really intensive ones... so yea, din feel like eating... if that keeps up like that everytime i do some exercise, haha, will lose weight in no time! let's just hope that when my metabolism catches up, i dun start to eat more!
ok, this is like a thorough explanation about my gym experience at DSTO... Now back to work! been slacking the whole day today! hahaha... shh! dun tell moi supervisor! merci! =P
À la prochaine! (Until next time!)
p/s: NO i'm not learning French... well at least not now...
hehe... as the title suggests... i went to moi first gym today with anozer (another) friend... okok, enough frenching! (pun not intended!) it's her first time too... well, i was kinda embarrased at first, cos i was worried about what others might think abt me being unfit... guess i din had to... cos there were quite a few unfit ppl there too... and i surprised myself! haha... anyway the session is called "pump"... basically we have to lift weights, and do all sorts of muscle stretching... it was pretty fun tho if you ignore the fact that ur muscles are screaming in protest! LOL... cos it's like our first time, our trainer had us use the lightest weight... 1.25kg on both sides... boy did i underestimated that 2.5kgs! I thought i carried heavier than that before, so 2.5kgs should be pretty easy... I was yet to be proven WRONG! though my hand muscles didn't protest much... my legs were crying... lol... anyway, still managed to pull through it... there was this guy, who seemed pretty well built, so naturally one would think he could have ease through the whole 45 mins of training... but no, he was the one stuggling the most! Strange! Another myth busted i suppose...
The trainer was really good though... She's funny too! while we were all struggling to keep up and trying to ignore the cries of our bodies, she was saying "SMILE!" LOL! even if you didn't smile, you would have smiled when she said that, cos it was funny... then she said "No pain no gain!" LOL! the oni difficulty was the part where u had to work ur stomache muscles... i managed to do most of it, but i had to give up at some point... hey, it's my first time!
towards the end, there was another group of ppl outside waiting for their session, and they were looking at us! how embarrasing! anyway, lucky the music was loud... cos my fren said she was already moaning... lol... i din hear anything...
anyway, yea, the whole thing was free... went for 45 mins... at my work place... see, they have this gym thingy for employees to "relieve stress" u know... lol... it's free for the whole month of january cos i guess they were wanting to promote it and cos it's new year... otherwise, it's $2 for one 45 minutes session... still really cheap actually...
we went for lunch after gym... i had no appetite to eat! hahaha... i din feel sick, just din feel like eating... the oni type of exercise that would make me sick is cardio type... especially really intensive ones... so yea, din feel like eating... if that keeps up like that everytime i do some exercise, haha, will lose weight in no time! let's just hope that when my metabolism catches up, i dun start to eat more!
ok, this is like a thorough explanation about my gym experience at DSTO... Now back to work! been slacking the whole day today! hahaha... shh! dun tell moi supervisor! merci! =P
À la prochaine! (Until next time!)
p/s: NO i'm not learning French... well at least not now...
Monday, December 31, 2007
Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year!
First of all, would like to wish everyone a Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year!
Haven't updated my blog for quite a while... it's been a month actually... well, I've started "working" or should i say started my summer vacation scholarship at DSTO here... haven't been really happening... except makes me feel even worse about myself... while it paid me reasonably well, it cost me my self-confidence... i start to feel like i can't do anything... i even start to feel like i might have done the wrong degree... sigh... but i think partially to blame is because i'm sorta going through a second "adolescence" stage now... majority of people dun go through a 2nd adolescence btw, in case if you're wondering... why am i going through a second adolescence? hehehe... "ask us no questions and we tell no lies" (Fred & George Weasley, JK Rowling) well some of you can ask... and i WILL tell you the truth... :P
anyway, yea... going through the confusion most adolescence go through again... trying to find myself, trying to get comfortable with myself, etc... all the basic issues... but there's one thing for sure, i feel a lot better in this adolescence than my last... which i believe should be a good sign...
of course i do hope that my lack of self-confidence will go away... i'm pretty unsure and scared of the future... and as usual, i have a lot of the "What ifs" questions in me... but thanks to the many support of my great bunch of frens, i believe i will go through this phase... thanks guys! love you all!
btw, some further updates about myself... i bought an iPod!!! yay! it's the 80Gb one... silver colour... so happy... bought it myself! hahaha... though some sponsor from sis and mum...
some new year resolutions... i MUST lose weight! MUST! MUST!! i must also start to work out a bit d... and change my outlook! i've been sticking to my same outlook eversince i was a kid! gosh! and i feel ugly... seriously... gotta do something about it... any quick and easy way (LOL!) or any suggestions, let me know pls...
anyway, i think i should end this post... HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! May the new year bring much more joy, happiness, love, hope, peace, successes, and many other good things! *pen off*
Haven't updated my blog for quite a while... it's been a month actually... well, I've started "working" or should i say started my summer vacation scholarship at DSTO here... haven't been really happening... except makes me feel even worse about myself... while it paid me reasonably well, it cost me my self-confidence... i start to feel like i can't do anything... i even start to feel like i might have done the wrong degree... sigh... but i think partially to blame is because i'm sorta going through a second "adolescence" stage now... majority of people dun go through a 2nd adolescence btw, in case if you're wondering... why am i going through a second adolescence? hehehe... "ask us no questions and we tell no lies" (Fred & George Weasley, JK Rowling) well some of you can ask... and i WILL tell you the truth... :P
anyway, yea... going through the confusion most adolescence go through again... trying to find myself, trying to get comfortable with myself, etc... all the basic issues... but there's one thing for sure, i feel a lot better in this adolescence than my last... which i believe should be a good sign...
of course i do hope that my lack of self-confidence will go away... i'm pretty unsure and scared of the future... and as usual, i have a lot of the "What ifs" questions in me... but thanks to the many support of my great bunch of frens, i believe i will go through this phase... thanks guys! love you all!
btw, some further updates about myself... i bought an iPod!!! yay! it's the 80Gb one... silver colour... so happy... bought it myself! hahaha... though some sponsor from sis and mum...
some new year resolutions... i MUST lose weight! MUST! MUST!! i must also start to work out a bit d... and change my outlook! i've been sticking to my same outlook eversince i was a kid! gosh! and i feel ugly... seriously... gotta do something about it... any quick and easy way (LOL!) or any suggestions, let me know pls...
anyway, i think i should end this post... HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! May the new year bring much more joy, happiness, love, hope, peace, successes, and many other good things! *pen off*
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Be proud of yourself!
"Be proud of yourself!"
That's the statement that i've been receiving for a while now... So far 3 people on this earth will know what I'm talking about hehe... but yea... I should learn to be proud of myself more... I shouldn't allow others to control who or what I should be... I should learn to not bother about what others will think but instead, be who I really am and be proud!
Everyone's different and so am I... I'm really trying to learn to shrug off unfavourable comments about myself nowadays, though it's highly unusual for me as most of you who know me know that I'm very insecure, and what ppl will say about me matters a lot... But, i guess, being different, you gotta be bold, gotta be brave to face whatever's facing you out there... I know life's not gonna be easy for everyone and we all, no matter who we are or what we are have out own set of trials and tribulations...
Nonetheless, I wanna express my greatest tribute and appreciation to the 3 people on this earth who knows exactly what on earth I'm talking about because, you have no idea how great and happy I feel not having to be someone else in front of these 3 people anymore... It's really hurtful and sad you know when you have to be someone else in front of the rest of the world for fear they might not accept you... but thanks to these 3 people, I'm a lil more confident about myself...
I will not however disclose what I'm talking about here as I haven't got the need to do so... And besides, unless I told you, really whatever I am is of nobody's business... hehe...
Though I must admit that there are times when I really feel like telling the whole world because I'm sick and tired of wearing this "mask" all the time... But, as there is no benefit to me and worst still, there's more to lose on my side, so i guess, i should not do stupid things... ehehe...
There are times when I really feel down and troubled due to this issue, but I realised, that when my mind is clear, I am more happy, much much more happier than I've ever been throughout my whole life, eversince I was in form 2 in high school... I do not remember feeling this sense of fulfillment until now... So I guess, I can say, it was worth it to embrace myself with open arms...
Now, what I will really want to do is to get back into shape!!! I've been out of shape for goodness knows when... I feel lack of self-esteem, lack of self-confidence all due to the fact of how I look... Cannot! Must change my image already! I'm gonna be 21 in few months time, I wanna be a new me! A happier me! A more confident me! and most importantly, a real me! I hope that all the people I have considered as friends or really good friends will be with me... However, I do not discount the fact that I will lose quite a substantial amount of friends for being the new and real me... But I guess, if that's the case, they were never my real friends anyway, cos the person they thought they were friends with didn't really existed anyway, so wth...
Anyway, that's all for this post... Sorry to some of you as I noticed that quite a number of my posts have been in this "weird, blurry, confusing" mode with the theme of accepting the real me... I will not say more, but when the time is right, I'll let you know what have I been talking about thus far... As for me, ganbatte Joel kou hikosakashii!
That's the statement that i've been receiving for a while now... So far 3 people on this earth will know what I'm talking about hehe... but yea... I should learn to be proud of myself more... I shouldn't allow others to control who or what I should be... I should learn to not bother about what others will think but instead, be who I really am and be proud!
Everyone's different and so am I... I'm really trying to learn to shrug off unfavourable comments about myself nowadays, though it's highly unusual for me as most of you who know me know that I'm very insecure, and what ppl will say about me matters a lot... But, i guess, being different, you gotta be bold, gotta be brave to face whatever's facing you out there... I know life's not gonna be easy for everyone and we all, no matter who we are or what we are have out own set of trials and tribulations...
Nonetheless, I wanna express my greatest tribute and appreciation to the 3 people on this earth who knows exactly what on earth I'm talking about because, you have no idea how great and happy I feel not having to be someone else in front of these 3 people anymore... It's really hurtful and sad you know when you have to be someone else in front of the rest of the world for fear they might not accept you... but thanks to these 3 people, I'm a lil more confident about myself...
I will not however disclose what I'm talking about here as I haven't got the need to do so... And besides, unless I told you, really whatever I am is of nobody's business... hehe...
Though I must admit that there are times when I really feel like telling the whole world because I'm sick and tired of wearing this "mask" all the time... But, as there is no benefit to me and worst still, there's more to lose on my side, so i guess, i should not do stupid things... ehehe...
There are times when I really feel down and troubled due to this issue, but I realised, that when my mind is clear, I am more happy, much much more happier than I've ever been throughout my whole life, eversince I was in form 2 in high school... I do not remember feeling this sense of fulfillment until now... So I guess, I can say, it was worth it to embrace myself with open arms...
Now, what I will really want to do is to get back into shape!!! I've been out of shape for goodness knows when... I feel lack of self-esteem, lack of self-confidence all due to the fact of how I look... Cannot! Must change my image already! I'm gonna be 21 in few months time, I wanna be a new me! A happier me! A more confident me! and most importantly, a real me! I hope that all the people I have considered as friends or really good friends will be with me... However, I do not discount the fact that I will lose quite a substantial amount of friends for being the new and real me... But I guess, if that's the case, they were never my real friends anyway, cos the person they thought they were friends with didn't really existed anyway, so wth...
Anyway, that's all for this post... Sorry to some of you as I noticed that quite a number of my posts have been in this "weird, blurry, confusing" mode with the theme of accepting the real me... I will not say more, but when the time is right, I'll let you know what have I been talking about thus far... As for me, ganbatte Joel kou hikosakashii!
New government
Well, as some of you might already know by now, Aus had it's election last saturday, the 24th Nov... and the Labor party won the election, hence aus has a new prime minister now... The former prime minister was from the Liberal party, but liberal lost this round of elections...
I voted in this election... first time voting... many might ask, how does it feel? to me, it's nothing really special reallly... hehe... after all am still "new" to this country and am not very into politics... guess everyone's different... some ppl can rant to u all about politics, but nah, not me... hehe...
By the way, some of you might know of course that this new ang moh prime minister can speak very fluent mandarin!! gosh... i feel embarrased... i can't speak that fluently also... lol...
hehe, well that's about as much politics as i will go into... hehe... nothing more... :)
I voted in this election... first time voting... many might ask, how does it feel? to me, it's nothing really special reallly... hehe... after all am still "new" to this country and am not very into politics... guess everyone's different... some ppl can rant to u all about politics, but nah, not me... hehe...
By the way, some of you might know of course that this new ang moh prime minister can speak very fluent mandarin!! gosh... i feel embarrased... i can't speak that fluently also... lol...
hehe, well that's about as much politics as i will go into... hehe... nothing more... :)
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Lunch at Mawson Lakes
Yesterday, Ju-Lear jie jie and long time fren Xin came over to visit me at my house in Mawson Lakes... Sorta to catch up a bit, and also since it's after exam... We then had lunch at the Mawson Lakes hotel about a stone's throwaway from my house... well, not exactly that near la, but it's not far either... We drove there... hehe... As the sun was hot... had lunch there, we ordered the Mega Beef schnitzel and a Seafood Penne... Boy, that was a huge huge lunch!! On top of that, we were allowed to take salad from the salad bar for free... It costs us $12.95 per person... there were 3 of us... It's really worth it i think... plus, the food isn't disappointing... so yea...
Well, to impress upon you readers how large the schnitzel is (hence the word 'mega'), i'll let the pics do the talking...
Mega Beef schnitzel with mushroom sauce...
Well, to impress upon you readers how large the schnitzel is (hence the word 'mega'), i'll let the pics do the talking...
Mega Beef schnitzel with mushroom sauce...
Seafood Penne
This two dishes is enough for 4 person... LOL... 3 of us finished the penne but not the schnitzel... I really liked the penne though, there were heaps of scallops in it and they're soo sweet and fresh! Yum! Anyway, it was a good lunch...
Won't be seeing them both in a few months now... also Sabrina, and other friends... Will miss all of you very much... Have a safe trip all of you alright?
Won't be seeing them both in a few months now... also Sabrina, and other friends... Will miss all of you very much... Have a safe trip all of you alright?
Thursday, November 22, 2007
I Love You
I love you in many languages...
Cambodian: Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese: Ngo oi nei
French: Je t'aime
German: Ich liebe Dich
Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hokkien: Wa ai lu
Indonesian: Saya cinta padamu
Italian: Ti amo
Japanese: Kimi o ai shiteru
Korean: Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Latin: Te amo
Lao: Khoi huk chau
Malay: Saya cinta akan kamu
Mandarin: Wo ai ni
Philipino: Mahal Kita
Polish: Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Portuguese: Eu te amo
Russian: Ya lyublyu tebya
Spanish: Te amo
Tagalog: Mahal kita
Tamil: Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren
Thai: Phom Rak Khun
Vietnamese: Toi yeu em
Interesting eh? lol...
Cambodian: Bon sro lanh oon
Cantonese: Ngo oi nei
French: Je t'aime
German: Ich liebe Dich
Hindi: Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon
Hokkien: Wa ai lu
Indonesian: Saya cinta padamu
Italian: Ti amo
Japanese: Kimi o ai shiteru
Korean: Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Latin: Te amo
Lao: Khoi huk chau
Malay: Saya cinta akan kamu
Mandarin: Wo ai ni
Philipino: Mahal Kita
Polish: Ja Cie Kocham or Kocham Cie (Pronounced Yacha kocham)
Portuguese: Eu te amo
Russian: Ya lyublyu tebya
Spanish: Te amo
Tagalog: Mahal kita
Tamil: Naan Unnai Kadhalikiren
Thai: Phom Rak Khun
Vietnamese: Toi yeu em
Interesting eh? lol...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Finished exams!! Finished degree!!! Hooray!!!
Yes!!! Finally, finished my last exam today which also means I unofficially completed my degree!!! Woohoo!! How quick 3 yrs has flown by! Soo happy!
By the way, today's exam was good... My lecturer was sooo sweet! She bought us cakes at the end of the exam! And she gave them to us! So nice!!! She said that it will sweeten up or exam experience something like that! So nice of her!! Hehehe... that's definitely one of the best things of being in a small class, u get to know ur lecturer personally, and they know u as well...
I also have known some of my results, though still unofficial, but already got 2 HDs... including today's exam... (another up side for being in a small class, u get ur results same day! LOL!) and another of my course, I am only 1.9 marks away from a HD... hopefully the lecturer will push it up to a HD in the end...
Gosh, the feeling of completing like all ur years of studying! It's like u've spent ur whole life studying to reach today!! Ecstatic! I will be furthering my studies for just 1 more year, so one year from now, u should expect to see a very similar post to this one... hehehehe...
Had lunch with Sabrina, Sammie (Sabrina's sister) and Will... was a nice day all in all today... Plus the weather today was a lot cooler than what it was yesterday and many days before... What a pleasant ending! hehe...
So now, will be resting a while, hehe... no more guilty feelings for msn-ing or gaming or downloading or watching movies all day! hahaha... then will be starting my summer vacation scholarship work on dec 3rd... will be working full time... so yea, basically no holidays for me... but will be earning money! hehehe... AUD 3,500! Now that's a lot of RMs!!!!! hehehehehe.... $_$
Will be working till Feb 22, 2008 by which I should get my letter of offer for the Honours program, and will have decided on my project for Honours... after Honours, hope to get a great job! It's career life from then onwards! Bring it on babeh! XD Nah, hopefully it will be great... Hope all will fall into place nicely...
Gosh, come to think of it, will start to miss school days, uni days when u dun have too much responsibility to think of... hehehe... but life goes on...
Oh and I'm planning to give piano lessons from next year onwards! Anyone interested??? Might plan to continue my piano too... Get my second step diploma... the Licenciate Diploma... as for those of you who have forgotten or not known, I already have the AMusA Diploma from the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) since year 2004... that was my Associate Diploma... which is the first step diploma in piano... that's what the "A" is in the "AMusA" title... hehe... So anyone interested in having piano lessons with me, tell me! Though you'll have to be in Adelaide by the way... hehe...
By the way, today's exam was good... My lecturer was sooo sweet! She bought us cakes at the end of the exam! And she gave them to us! So nice!!! She said that it will sweeten up or exam experience something like that! So nice of her!! Hehehe... that's definitely one of the best things of being in a small class, u get to know ur lecturer personally, and they know u as well...
I also have known some of my results, though still unofficial, but already got 2 HDs... including today's exam... (another up side for being in a small class, u get ur results same day! LOL!) and another of my course, I am only 1.9 marks away from a HD... hopefully the lecturer will push it up to a HD in the end...
Gosh, the feeling of completing like all ur years of studying! It's like u've spent ur whole life studying to reach today!! Ecstatic! I will be furthering my studies for just 1 more year, so one year from now, u should expect to see a very similar post to this one... hehehehe...
Had lunch with Sabrina, Sammie (Sabrina's sister) and Will... was a nice day all in all today... Plus the weather today was a lot cooler than what it was yesterday and many days before... What a pleasant ending! hehe...
So now, will be resting a while, hehe... no more guilty feelings for msn-ing or gaming or downloading or watching movies all day! hahaha... then will be starting my summer vacation scholarship work on dec 3rd... will be working full time... so yea, basically no holidays for me... but will be earning money! hehehe... AUD 3,500! Now that's a lot of RMs!!!!! hehehehehe.... $_$
Will be working till Feb 22, 2008 by which I should get my letter of offer for the Honours program, and will have decided on my project for Honours... after Honours, hope to get a great job! It's career life from then onwards! Bring it on babeh! XD Nah, hopefully it will be great... Hope all will fall into place nicely...
Gosh, come to think of it, will start to miss school days, uni days when u dun have too much responsibility to think of... hehehe... but life goes on...
Oh and I'm planning to give piano lessons from next year onwards! Anyone interested??? Might plan to continue my piano too... Get my second step diploma... the Licenciate Diploma... as for those of you who have forgotten or not known, I already have the AMusA Diploma from the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) since year 2004... that was my Associate Diploma... which is the first step diploma in piano... that's what the "A" is in the "AMusA" title... hehe... So anyone interested in having piano lessons with me, tell me! Though you'll have to be in Adelaide by the way... hehe...
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Feelings...
Been feeling a lil emotional today... Having looked at some ppl in my church today, they look so fit, got good shape, makes me feel really envious at times... Plus, one person really caught my attention... I just realised, that one person can't have everything i suppose... Some ppl maybe has the brains, but not body, and some ppl have the body but not the brains...
Anyway, enough of that nonsense... that did not really made me emotional... What i'm emotional about is that, now that i've come to accept me for myself, accept whatever I will be in the future, i'm thinking, will it be impossible for me to find my real love? I wonder... Some of you might already know that my greatest aspiration is to be with someone whom I trully trully love and who will trully love me as well...
And even if i will find my real love, will it not last forever? Will everyone accept us? Will we have to walk in the shadows our whole lives? sighz...
I not being desperate or what, but I'm just very insecure... I just don't function well with faith...
Anyone got any constructive opinion? Pls comment...
This reminds me of a joke sent to my email a while back...
A typical joke about human nature (for men in particular)
There's a man who:
at the age of 20, wants to wake up romantic,
at the age of 30, wants to wake up married,
at the age of 40, wants to wake up successful,
at the age of 50, wants to wake up rich,
at the age of 60, wants to wake up happy,
at the age of 70, wants to wake up healthy,
at the age of 80, just wants to wake up!
Guess, I'm just starting to follow the trend i suppose as I'm 20 this year... going 21 next yr... =/
Anyway, enough of that nonsense... that did not really made me emotional... What i'm emotional about is that, now that i've come to accept me for myself, accept whatever I will be in the future, i'm thinking, will it be impossible for me to find my real love? I wonder... Some of you might already know that my greatest aspiration is to be with someone whom I trully trully love and who will trully love me as well...
And even if i will find my real love, will it not last forever? Will everyone accept us? Will we have to walk in the shadows our whole lives? sighz...
I not being desperate or what, but I'm just very insecure... I just don't function well with faith...
Anyone got any constructive opinion? Pls comment...
This reminds me of a joke sent to my email a while back...
A typical joke about human nature (for men in particular)
There's a man who:
at the age of 20, wants to wake up romantic,
at the age of 30, wants to wake up married,
at the age of 40, wants to wake up successful,
at the age of 50, wants to wake up rich,
at the age of 60, wants to wake up happy,
at the age of 70, wants to wake up healthy,
at the age of 80, just wants to wake up!
Guess, I'm just starting to follow the trend i suppose as I'm 20 this year... going 21 next yr... =/
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tongue twister...
Here's some tongue twister (for the non-bananas though... ) sorry to all the bananas reading my blog... Just this once alright?
Anyway, to those who can read chinese, you gotta read it in cantonese... dun worry, will write the cantonese pronounciation for u... Bananas who can't read but can speak cantonese can also try...
水邊一隻牛
sui bin yat zhek ngao (cow by the river)
草邊一隻牛
chou bin yat zhek ngao (cow by the grass)
牛公牛乸牛生牛
ngao gong ngao la ngao sang ngao (male cow, female cow, and calves)
水邊一隻牛牛
sui bin yat zhek sui ngao ngao (the cow by the river)
嫁畀草邊嗰隻蠢牛牛
ga bei chou bin goh zhek chun ngao ngao (married to the silly cow by the grass)
牛公牛乸牛生牛
ngao gong ngao la ngao sang ngao (male cow, female cow, and calves)
牛牛牛牛牛牛
ngao ngao ngao ngao ngao ngao (cow, cow, etc)
the written chinese words some are specifically for cantonese (粵語) oni, so chinese speakers from chinese school, dun get shocked if u never seen the words before... =)
Anyway, to those who can read chinese, you gotta read it in cantonese... dun worry, will write the cantonese pronounciation for u... Bananas who can't read but can speak cantonese can also try...
水邊一隻牛
sui bin yat zhek ngao (cow by the river)
草邊一隻牛
chou bin yat zhek ngao (cow by the grass)
牛公牛乸牛生牛
ngao gong ngao la ngao sang ngao (male cow, female cow, and calves)
水邊一隻牛牛
sui bin yat zhek sui ngao ngao (the cow by the river)
嫁畀草邊嗰隻蠢牛牛
ga bei chou bin goh zhek chun ngao ngao (married to the silly cow by the grass)
牛公牛乸牛生牛
ngao gong ngao la ngao sang ngao (male cow, female cow, and calves)
牛牛牛牛牛牛
ngao ngao ngao ngao ngao ngao (cow, cow, etc)
the written chinese words some are specifically for cantonese (粵語) oni, so chinese speakers from chinese school, dun get shocked if u never seen the words before... =)
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