Working 6 days a week makes you cherish your only off day even more.

and that happen to be friday.
I had it all planned up days before (as mentioned in the previous post)

we didn't catch any movie (timing clashes)
but we had a great jap lunch with nicky n trudy!
and i got my lovely tulips (this deserve a post by itself)
and we managed to remember every thing on the groceries list and got them all
nice dinner which took 2 hours to prepare n eat -_- (its good to have 2 chefs in the kitchen)
i say, baz makes the best mojito
and ended up playing heroes of might and magic V till early morning


only problem is I had an extremely hard time getting up today for work. And the thunderstorm didn't help too, but we had a 2 hours break (instead of half an hour) due to the thunderstorm which blew off the light and disconnected some phones.


Left over ingredients for mojito.
am so tempted to make more, slip into my comfy nightwear, and spend the rest of the day watching movies, gazing at my tulips and snacking on chips with the thunderstorm outside

but i have to go uni :s

craving for chinese. anyone up for it, tml dinner?

Moon & Sixpence, Fast Eds

You can barely find a place that is open at 11pm on a monday night (cept for mac and fast eds)

mei si and i managed to find this place though, that was opened till midnight -> it's in the city, Moon and Sixpence


the bartender obviously was concerned that we ordered this at one go.
I wonder how will he react if we stuck to our original plan of ordering 2 of each shot on the menu.
He was really sweet though. He gave us water to go along and asked if we'll be alright. And he was like "here's your B-52, squished frog and ....i'll better leave that out' (we ordered two quick fuck).



Obviously i failed to discipline myself and drank on an half empty stomach again.
Walked to fast eds for late night supper.
if i put in weight, blame it on fast eds. seriously.

MTV

I miss my MTV!
thanks to zq for the mp3.


mum and dad.
Perhaps one thing you can do to show your love to your only daughter is to ensure that her room is equipped with the cable box so that she can get back to having MTV in the background when she's back in SG.

As promised, Nicky brought me to this shop that sells great desserts!




my daily dose of coffee


if i consumed the whole thing, i'll expand to harris' size instantly.

we headed down to the market hoping to find what i'm looking for..


we did! the sight of them really cheered me up greatly, take my mind off things for a second

The purpose is to get one of the lovely tulip pots, but i reckon that it will be quite weird carrying it along with me to the city, so i decided to go back the next week.

We caught a train to the city and end up at a bar instead of shopping




it rained the entire day


me n nicky


basil came down.


ended the session with 3 regulars.

Well, we were supposed to shop, but end up drinking and had dinner at Hog's Breathe.
Maybe next week.

Rainy wednesday

Wed is the time of the week!
no classes scheduled on wed
normally will have a whole lot of things to catch up
but i usually spend the day sleeping away
what's more it rained the entire day and with winter approaching,
how do you expect me to get out of bed?

going out for drinks tonight
now..if only i do not have to work later.
it will be a perfect day

sleeping and drinking with the rain pouring outside.
tell me, what can be better than that?

Chinese New Year 2008, Day 3

Day 3 of chinese new year was set aside as a family trip to pay our respects to both my late uncles.
this year is slightly different. Besides our paying our respects, we had a piece of good news waiting for them: da jie's engagement!

visiting them kinda leave a mixed effect on all of us, but well thats for another entry,


that's pretty much the whole clan, except for two of my youngest cousins.


Aunt made a lunch reservation at noble house after everything..


had yu sheng,


i seriously think my bro looks much better here than usual?



Headed to da ge's cool apartment after lunch to grab his...


WII!




everyone joined in the fun


and the day ended off with a movie Ps: i love you, which ain't as good as compared to the book, but then again, i wasn't really paying much attention to the movie.

ps: i still do

in case we forget, 30th may

in the morning, come my place put ur stuff, head to uni for my lesson, hang out at uni, catch bus to subi, buy tulips, vase, catch a movie, grocery shopping for cheese, chicken wings and ingredients for mojito, go for my appointment, back to my place, i cook dinner, u prepare drinks, hang out at my place and play super nintendo

ok perfect.
I can't wait.
now that this is here, there's no excuse for you to forget to remind me to get the cheese.

and remind me to make my appointment
and remind me to check the movie timing
and remind me to check the bus timing from subi to my place, i dun wanna miss the last bus and walk all the way home with bags of groceries.
and remind yourself when is your last bus to the busport

u are hereby appointed to do the reminding.
u should know by know that girls cant remember for nuts, esp this one here.

see ya on friday! :D

lunch time entertainment

in case u were wondering, that was my hair clip
ya i know, even i can't understand why did i buy such a thing

who did it!

i get this weird happiness whenever I have an entire fish to myself heh







seriously i didnt realised that someone was busy snapping away. i can't recall who. MUST be daron.

Chinese New Year 2008

I never really got down to putting this up. Looking back at the photos, I would say that Chinese New Year this year is one of the better ones i had, despite spending only 6 days of it in Singapore and with all the packing and preparation before leaving for Perth.

So i posted about the eventful 'marriage-proposal-charades-getting-daron-high' chinese new year eve a few months ago here

the actual day itself was even better..

On the day of Chinese New Year,

All of us will gather at my granny place first thing in the morning...



granny made bird nest for all of us, i can nv get enough of that


my youngest cousin!

After getting red packets from our elders, we will start our yearly photo taking..

category 1: each individual family
category 2: each indivual family with granny






heh 2 new addition to this family !!





category 3: guy. girls




ya i'm tall

category 4: younger generation

only randy and my younger cousin weren't there. still, i realized that there is only a handful of us but it will expand as we bring our other halves back in the near future ;)

category 5: random


the usual 4. i swear they are growing taller every year. midget me


i feel so much better standing next to her


this is another one growing too quickly for her own good.


with our beloved aunt


showing off their new shoes
guys, vainer each days. i seriously think there's a mix up with the genes in my family. whenever have u seen me like this?


sunnies clan


so off we go visiting the whole day....spilt up as the day pass to visit our seperate relatives, but always ending up back at our granny house for 2 important reasons

1) black jack / mahjong , anything u can gamble on
2) bonding

this year bonding include....


digging up past photos and laughing ourselves silly over them.

calling nick

bro: eh, snail can climb wall meh?
me: yeah
bro: wa lao fucking hell, this snail climbed 5 level leh! near our kitchen wall
me: lol


bro: wa lao i sick, mum scold me. dad sick, she treat him like gem
me: lol (gem? i can just imagine and have to agree with the use of that word)


this is so damn amusing
i figured bro only has the mood late at night. i'm calling him after 12am in future.


on a more serious note:

bro: eh what actually happen btw u two

bro: why buy psp? buy ps3

bro: when u coming back

bro: don't date ang moh la -_- the most friends okay (sounds like he;s the older sibling for a change)

ok i think he's starting to miss his beloved sis

5/5

got home at 11pm and almost instantly fell asleep.
woke up at 3am with a coffee invitation by joel
but having work at 10am tml, i probably shouldn't.
sry mate, this is like the 5th time (as u reminded me), tomorrow night after your lab report.
that's certain

just skyped with mum.

she wanted to see the condition of my room
and started nagging about my unmade bed etc

technology these days.
sigh



oh ya, and the conversation i had with mum really got me thinking....
and thinking

28th June or 28th July 2008
1 month seems like a short period of time... but my decision will actually affect many.
too many things to be taken into consideration.
am i willing to delay my plans for a few months to finish what i've started?
or am i even willing to change my plans...

argh


bazz.... i have to redraw my decision tree and reconstruct my plans again!

(who say studying decision making is full of crap?)

know what?

i'm still so freaking pissed over my previous blogs and photobucket account.
guys are really damn fucked up..knn

You can have many friends in life, but it's not everyday you are blessed with brothers like them

brother,
godbrother/cousin,
cousin

the term doesn't matter, the four of us share this bond that was built up through years of growing up together


This post is inspired after multi-chatting with them on msn.
and well, apparently i found out that they are pretty concerned about me (in a way)

snippets of the conversation went something like that

me: blah blah blah met this guy the other day blah blah blah.. what if blah blah bring this guy from blah blah back to sg...haha i wonder what will u guys reactions be?

nick: i dunno who u are

harris: i shoot you at the airport

daron: no one shoot him? ok i will shoot him then. *head shot*

tragic.
i think it'll be harder to get their approval compared to my parents.

Handed up 2 assignments today. A great load off my mind!!
two more group assignments to go, and that's the end of projects for me!

Now i wish I don't have to work.

Want to go shopping, want to go out!
Been missing out on so much due to my assignments, training and work!
Haven't been baking recently (bazz, when's our 3rd baking session coming up?)
Haven't been sleeping, my housemate is actually surprised that i woke up so early lately
Haven't been eating properly for the past week - Just don't have the time, and not much appetite
Haven't been shopping - retail therapy needed
Haven't been myself lately - fucking pissed with myself for that

I'm totally drained now..
Have been working the past 2 days, and have to work later as well.
Started on my essay after work yesterday from like 6pm - 1.30am and woke up at 7am today, headed to Uni and continued till 4pm.
And i've been drinking coffee like nobody business. I don't think that it really keep me awake, but psychologically its better than doing nothing. Now i have the pukey coffee feeling in me.

As suggested by ah shu, I hereby record that:

Melissa, for the first time in her life, handed in a report at 10am, 6 hours ahead of the dateline of 4pm.

It was also suggested that she should receive some form of recognition, like an award or something, but I don't think anyone gives a damn about it

haha


he would most prob say: why aren't you like that when we were doing assignments together back in poly? we had to rush till the very last minute.

And i would reply: Well, under given circumstances, it's literally impossible. If you didn't contacted dengue fever one week before i got electrocuted (fen dont laugh!), we would most probably have been able to meet up and finish it way before the dateline


take care dude, i'll see ya back in sg. we head back to mensa for western soon.

dear mum,

everything's fine over here
u don't have to worry about me
i have loads of assignments which are due next week
and im also working 6 days the coming week
i'm just feeling a little stress from everything
and really very tired from both school and work

you dont have to worry about me overtiring myself though,
or worry that my 2 jobs will affect my school work
school is still my highest priority and i will not let anything affect it
i'll still show u the results that i've always achieved

i've no longer thought of furthering my education
i decided to get a job to lessen both u and dad's financial burden
and maybe you don't actually have to go back to the job you dislike
so once again, don't worry or ask bro what's wrong with me (i wouldn't tell him anyway)

and you can tell dad not to worry- i still heed his advice and didn't do drugs
haha!

u know, i never meant for things to turn out this way.
what we had were good, what you did is hurtful, what i did in return was never giving us a second chance.
stubborn as i always am, i don't believe in second chances. if u blew it, thats it.

i wouldn't say u r different. but i wouldn't say that you are like the rest
stubbornness vs emotions
let's see which is stronger


if i had hold on for another month, things will definitely be different now
both equally at fault, the funny thing is, both is still committing the same mistake at this very moment

Exams timetable is finally out!

ya, check it at studentconnect

nicky darlin, pls continue to update me on the lectures, with the tips n all. I think I'll most prob attend lect next week onwards.

my papers are on 14th, 17th, 19th and 27th

not too bad, foresee a slight rush between the 17th n 19th paper.

And what a long break from 19th - 27th
reckon there will be enough time to have a few hangovers before studying for the last paper.

But knowing me and experiencing it together for the past 2 years, char and jas would prob disagree and comment that after the 3rd paper, i wouldn't be in the exams mood no more. gosh i do miss the girls terribly, sneaking chicken rice into TP library during our study session and eating on the floor.

well, so my exams will officially end on 27th June, 4pm.
technically, I could be back by midnight.
i'm becoming like swong
shucks

4 days left and i havent started on my essay
25% overall and i just realized its 3000 instead of 2000 words
no time no time no time no time no time no time no time

i wasted one day today. tired, upset and headache



i think i talked too much recently.
My jaw hurts which lead to my headache
can't wait to take out my braces
no more headache and overall it will be better for my other half as well, right? ;)

addicted to coffee

I will think that my family will be happy to hear that I:

- Moved from drinking shots at the clubs to shots of espresso
- Stopped clubbing

But I think that they will be unhappy to hear that I:

- The second point above is only temporary. I will hit the clubs straight after my exams....
- Which will affect the first point as well. Cause last time i checked, they don't really serve coffee at clubs. closest i can get is baileys?
- and well, something i'm going to get after my exams. dwijin said that he will be accompanying me, giving me his support! just waiting for things to be finalized on my side and for my last paper to be over.


just some random notes- (i received all my offline msgs ONLY if i use windows MSN which is very seldom)

char-> i'm constantly crossing my fingers for you
daron-> i can't stand man utd. grr
basil-> when will u appear online again?
nick-> webcam with me soon. wanna see angel, not u though
vincent-> will inform u as soon as i confirm my flight back to sg, waiting for my exams timetable to be out
joel -> thanks for the lift the other night, gd luck for ya test


oh, speaking of which
exams period will from 14th June to 28th June.
Timetable will be out soon and i will know when's my last paper.
if all 4 papers are back to back, i will be back in sg by 18th june
or even earlier if i have 2 papers on the same day

CHOY! touch wood.

Do you ever find yourself in this situation, whereby you feel extremely miserable, but at the same time relieved and happy cause you know that's the lowest you most probably could get.

felt such sorrow but when compared to others, you suddenly find there's actually nothing much to grief over

felt depressed and getting mad at yourself for feeling that way?


I'm not the person i used to be last year, or maybe few years back. I can't believe I let myself go and fell into this deep mess.
I swear it will never happen again. it was never and will never be worthwhile. After almost 8 years, I should have known better, much better than this.


And for personal reasons, I've decided to write stuff that I used to blogged about.

Today was the first day of my new job with UWA Business School. Basically I'm suppose to call alumni members of the business school and ask them for donations which will go towards the new business building (which i wouldn't get to use...or maybe i will) and towards futures fund (scholarships etc).

Basically spent almost 3 hours dialing people up.
Managed to get a donation of $50, most of my peers have yet to secure one.
And i'm pay $23/hr.. so actually they are better off without me haha
i'm maxing my 20 working hours/week for this coming month - making phone calls. And i'm still working at the takeaway place twice a week.

And this coming week is going be extremely hectic.. with the prep and SRB.

Mon: Sch/Work/report
Tue: Sch/Work/essay
Wed: Work/essay
Thur: Sch / LCM(Meeting) & Prep session/essay
Fri: Sch/ shopping/essay
Sat: Work/SRB/essay
Sun: Work/report
Mon (19th May): 2 assignments due

I seriously need to prepare for the upcoming SRB (Student review board). And i just found out today I have to be in formal attire, which means I need to get some formal threads this fri. And i'm partly in charge of running the prep session, but i don't even know half the things going on as i'm technically suppose to be one of the participants @ the prep.

Despite all the outside commitments, I still manage to make time for my assignments.
Ended work at 8.30pm today, Dwijin came over and we did our work all the way till midnight. I can proudly say that I'm done with 4/5 of my report (my first non last min work).

Fast Eddys for supper and we chatted in the car till the rain stopped. Well, we could head back home in the rain of course, but i guess both of us just need to take a break from everything- 9 hours today on a report is enough to kill a person.


- I told u before, I see u in him. you asked me to get to know him. I finally did. turned out he's working with me.
And I still see you in him. I can't help it. But i have to constantly remind myself that he's not and never will be you.

Happy Mother's Day

happy mother's day to everyone back in sg. hope all of you liked the flowers (thanks bro for getting them for me)

just came back from a whole day of training.
second job starting tml. reckon i'll be working everyday till my exams.
heading to uni later at 9pm for project meeting

i'm tired..should really stop talking on the phone till late into the night.

Happy birthday mum!

Today's my housemate 21st birthday..
Her friend from US sent a nice bouquet of TULIPS to her! and the tulips are from perth!
I haven't seen a single tulip since i came!
Maybe it's in season now

I've decided to buy a pot of tulip and watch it grow!
ok im pretty excited with that, i hope it's not that expensive though..

had training today from 10-5pm...
tml another 10-5pm, what a way to spend my weekend. *yawns*

Once in a while i looked at my own hands and i find random cuts on them, today there's one of the back of my palm, the other one on my arm. Though it takes more than a cut to hurt me, sometimes i really wonder where i get them. definitely not at work, cause the last time i worked was 4 days back.

how do u guys feel about my new blog skin?
Ian helped me with it (thanks)
but i'm not sure if i wanna stick to it.

Life’s short

I decided to skip lecture today, again (ya nicky, I know I resolved to attend lectures after the mid break, but it’s not easy. I know ya bored without my company, so I decide to ask u skip lectures with me next time round)
Anyway stop rolling your eyes, to whoever doing so. That’s not the main point of this entry. So I headed to the lib café instead of the lecture hall, got myself a nice croissant and mocha, and found myself in a conversation with harris.

After crapping for a while, I asked

Me: so how’s my bro and daron?
Fag: ok I guess
Me: guess is not good enough
Fag: oh, daron’s friend just died.
Me: !?! …

So I dialed daron’s number and as usual he answered with a super excited ‘Hey Melissaaaaa!!! “ whenever he hear my voice (that really brighten up my day! Compared to my bro, who normally answered with a grunt or ‘whattt?’ -_-) But well, his tone of voice instantly changed when I asked him about his friend.

On the first day of school last week, his friend was knocked down by a car, on her way to school. She passed away 2 days later. She was only 18. And it was so unexpected..out of the blue. I can just imagine the grief her family is facing right now. Losing someone is never easy. Even I, miles away felt a pang of sadness upon hearing the news. Although I don’t know her personally, I saw her a few times with daron, read quite a bit on her on daron’s blog and of course, the fact that she made an impact on my cousin’s life.

so daron, I know this isn’t a good time for you to go through, judging from your blog and the accident. I do wish that I’m back home, we could go out for a drink with nick n fag (now that u’re legal) or something like that. But I know I cant, so be strong. I know u are, u have gone through much harder times than this, that most people, including me, did not. I’m sure you’ll do just fine. Though I’m a continent apart, I can be easily reach through a call or msg. It’s not far really. I’m keeping up with stuff as well (Chelsea won over the weekend).

The news kind of affected me. What if it’s someone else, someone close to me? And I can’t be there cause I’m here, or worse, if I’m the last to know. These thoughts can absolutely drive me mad.

So people back home (and in Perth or wherever u are), I know there’s a million fatal accidents that could happen, and the fact that fate does play a part too, but in line with this entry,

Drive safely
Cross the road cautiously


I know it's such a cliché but seriously, cherish your love ones while you have the chance too. Don't let little things get in the way of doing so. Life can be hard sometimes, but that is why we are all given family and friends.

Bunbury & Busselton

Not so long ago, we went on a day trip down to Bunbury, around 2 hours drive south of Perth.
Woke up bright and early, had mac breakfast and off we go


amelia, meisi & me
hmmm
now to think of it, was this the day after Onyx?


basil and dwijin- driver of the day :)


ya so this is bunbury, which we didnt take any photos of

nothing much actually, just a small town (we only visit the town).shopped a bit, had lunch and since it was still early, we decided to drive another hour down to Busselton

which has this jetty, over 2km long?

see how it stretches all the way out to sea


the start of the jetty


group photo




it was getting dark and cold and windy.


I wouldn't want to freeze while taking my wedding photos


the beach on one side,


the other side


me and basil



just the girls


the 3hrs ride home

had dinner @ a jap place
we were pretty tired by then, esp dwijin i bet, but staying a distance from the others, he still had to drive me home (thanks!)
we decided to make a detour and ended up back at the belgium beer bar

they ordered a me kwak- i shall save the story behind that up so as not to spoil the fun


the bar


both with our kwaks




i love the glass, dad we should get some of those. your Carlsberg glasses don't really look that appealing anymore