Another friday has reached. i have a love-hate relationship with fridays. i love it cos it's the last school day for the week and i get to go to lifegroup and crap with a bunch of fabulous friends. but i hate it cos it's my earliest day and alternate fridays, i have school from 8 till 4pm. aint exactly my idea of fun for the last school day of the week.

anyway, i was too lazy to update the previous entry. so basically, i'm struck down by a cold this week!and the forever cold temperature doesn't help in the speedy recovery. anyway, i hate cold. it's so hard to breathe when i'm hiking all over school. but well, the good thing is, i think i have developed some abs muscle just by blowing my nose day in and out. (or maybe the muscle ache is just from the gym session on monday - who knows?)

tmr marks the very start of my midsem exams!! i'm not panickin. but it just sucks that while i wanna do practices for it, i have to settle my law quiz by today at 5pm. and next week, there's two exams and a quiz. oh joy. while doing all these, i still have to ensure that i don't fall back on my tutes. grinne :] part and parcel of uni life eh?

anyway, today my stats teacher gave me a question that i had a hard time figuring out the answer. the question was "what are the strengths of ur tutor?" i'm not being mean here but i really dun like the way he teaches the subj. maybe i'm just too used to miss foo and miss goh's (oops! i mean mdm goh's) method. the way it makes student think. i thot uni was to make students think?

anyway, i just got issued a memo that there would be random checks on the hostel next tues. hmms.. should i put on my best dress when the principal comes? hahaha.. fond memories of sec school.

the river festival begins tmr! there would be a magnificent display of fireworks (i'm not kidding.) but seeing how i have so much to do and so little time, guess i just have to watch it on the telly.

alrights! time to go find some lunch! stay tuned!


"Chocolate never asks you to make an appointment."

i've been bitten by the flu bug.. :(. and when i told dexter about it, he just said "so late? it's the end of the flu season." wth.. he's just evil. anyway, i'm trying to drown myself in water for today.. and i have started studying for my mid sem. grinne :] two more weeks and i'll be free! the annoying thing about this mid sem is that while ure trying to study for it, u still have to keep up with the normal lectures and do the tutorials. i must learn to stretch my time for now. :] that's why i've begun to hibernate! i have like done all the cooking i need for one week. so, i have food for one week! and all i need to do is to pop it in the microwave or reheat it. alrights, this is end of my first break. but i still have loads to say.. so, wait till the next break!

Life here is deathly boring. don't get me wrong, i have tons of tutes to finish and readings to catch up on. In fact, my midsem exams are in two weeks' time. "so why aren't u studying?" - some of u may ask that. but it's just so boring here that u just can't continue doing anything. it's similar to the concept of a deafening silence making u go crazy.

interestingly, i started being so bored so quickly ever since i stepped down as a councillor. but back home, i could annoy my parents. i have no one here to annoy. or rather, no one is bounded to the responsibility to entertain me simply cos i have no personal relation with anyone here. i guess i'm just used to being a leader since i've assumed roles of leaderships for 6 years already. well, i finally found a society that i'm interested here. it's called AIESEC. it stands for a very long name. but basically, it is in some ways similar to council. it is run by students. it describes itself as “The international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society” basically, there's a few level to this society. there's the core team, those who wants to go on internship and other members. the coreteam organises overseas internship opportunities for students here. and it serves as a place that the youths of today can meet and basically have international contact for the future. let's face it, the world is getting smaller.

so anyway, there are several committee in the team. committees like finance, incoming exchange, outgoing exchange, etcetc. and since this is at uni level, they really have to scout for companies and present AIESEC to the companies and ask if there are internships available and what not. this is like council only on a bigger scale. :] and isn't it so expected of me to join? grinne :] but i have to pass the interview first. they're only accepting around 4-8 ppl into the team this sem. imagine i have to be compared with so many other people who are interested, seeing how this is opened to everyone in uni. well, wish me luck!!

today is my lucky day!

i feared going to accounting tutorial today, cos i know like by next week, i have to form my group for the assignment that will be given after the mid sem exams. my accounting tutorial is the only tutorial that i feel so lonely. seeing how most of them are doing double degree and they all already knew each other and are all in cliques. so firstly, i fear not being able to find a group. and secondly, i was a science student! what the hell am i doing in accounting? but yeah, i manage to catch on real quick so now, i'm teaching some of my classmates! :] anyway.. i was targeting this guy to be my groupmate. not for the reasons that i know u all are thinking of. but simply becos he seems to at least know what's going on in the course and looks eager to learn, aka, actually care about his grade. and also, he isn't annoying like another guy in the class. so yeah, but i have no idea how to ask him or even bring it up to him seeing how i dun talk to him. but we stayed back after class today, and he was voicing his worries about the grouping to the tutor and yeah, since i was there, and i helped him during class today, he asked me if i wanna join him in a group. to which i gladly accepted. grinne :] finally, the gnawing feeling about having no group is gone!

some pictures from ekka!

can u see my true feelings under this facade? why have i become so emo ever since i come here? it is true that i'm here all alone and everything. but this is not me. this is so not me. i'm supposed to be bubbly. i'm supposed to be happy. i'm supposed to be enjoying life. on the surface, i am all those. but yet, why does the i get so emo and feel so down whenever i think that she's not around me anymore?

today's fireworks at ekka was great. but it kinda made me sad to think that i have no loved or close ones around me to enjoy it together. i hope those couples and close friends who got to spend this time together realise how lucky they are to have each other. i felt so alone in the world then. but when i reached home, a kind soul reminded me that He is always with us. so i'm never alone.

i never realised how much i missed her until her one sentence "got me!" melted all my sadness away. and her words of comfort makes me feel like i'm back with her.

see. i told u i had become emo. i SO hate it. it waste alot of the precious water that i manage to drink given how cold it is here, so u tend to forget to drink water. and it wastes alot of tissue to wipe away the tears too. i'm on a tight budget man! and even my stomach hates that i'm being emo. it's giving me gastric problems now.

i need to exercise daily. it helps me to not think about all this. or rather, they release a "happy" chemical in my brain. so i wont think about all these. this is just part and parcel of living overseas. i dun have to be emo about it. i really need to get a life. hahaha. if there's actually one for me to get here.

ANYWAY, enough of emo-ing. i went ekka today! and it is a public holiday! it's a major carnival with tons of things to buy, food to eat, rides to go on, animals to see, circus to cheer. i even bought a wonka hat from the event! and the major highlight was the last segment of the perfomance held in the stadium. it had motorcross, monster truck and tons of really really cool racing! and last but not least. it had fireworks. it was RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! grinne :] i stupidly didn't bring my camera into the place cos i took their "rules" too seriously. stupid me. no point regretting. i'll just wait one yr later and take the pictures and put it up again :]


today i saw a really sweet couple at ekka. i dunno what their story is but i really hope they remain together. or even to become a real couple if they're just frieinds. the look of love in their eyes looks genuine, i wish that good things will happen to them :] made me think alot about him. i miss him..

so cold!!! :( my hands are freezing! anyway, have been playing quite abit this weekend. :]



look how powerful my fridge is! this was suppose to be vege soup! and no, i didn't put it in the freezer.



introducing.. the second dark knight!



INTERNATIONAL HOUSE SOIREE - 9th AUG 2008!
it's basically all international food and beer and performance by the different colleges :]



me, jean and suzen.



me, jean and aleysha.



me, aleysha, suzen, cherly, lorena



suzen, me and cherly



me, suzen and jean

international food!!

pretzels(forgot the country). buffalo wings(use). takiyako (japan)


fried cheese (france i think). panna cotta ice cream (italy)



soiree money!


NEXT! NDP!

my photo taking skill is improving! now i can squeeze 6 ppl in!



singaporeans waiting for food!



me and jean :]



the whole bunch of us in the LT.



everyone standing to sing the national anthem.



NDP goody bag :]



we were so cold after the event, the five of us just walk thru the uni hand in hand :]



we're drunk on sg spirit.



wassup!?



all of us in the LT. tell me if this photo is ever published in straits time!



just a snapshot of their shopping centre on a sunday at 5pm. it's all closed. -_-"'



i hate hypocrites. or anything that's near it.

i hate it when ppl dun think of what they're saying before they speak. everyone is entitled to have a religion. is it that hard to respect other religions?

i finally killed the fly in my room. i'm a ruthless fly murderer.


lupdup. lupdup. lupdup.

omg. i cant believe i rmb my econs stuff. change in demand, change in quantity demanded. ceteris paribus. and it's coming so naturally to me. oh my god. but i still dun like econs. it doesn't like me either. the stupid econs notes jammed my printer and gave my printer so much problems yesterday.

have u ever wonder why mothers or maids are so strong? they get their strength training by cooking!! hahah :] my arm actually aches from cooking yesterday! should perhaps consider in investing in a lighter frying pan. :]

it's freakingly cold right now.. that's what happens when u try to air ur room and blast ur fan at the highest power. anyway, i finally got my care package from my mommy! :] more jackets! grinne :] and my stats notes!!!! so precious to me! :] in case ure wondering, i'm actually doing stats and microecons this sem. so it's like.. alot of things are repeated but yet, they explain it in such lousy terms. anyone wants to send me their econs notes?

i need more sweets and choco!! my apartment has nothing! this is saddening. studying without sweets is torture. nono, let me rephrase. trying to stay awake without sugar sustenance is torturing. ZEN! where's ur lakerol?! i need some! grinne :]

my brain just went into hibernating mood. hahha :] so i shall try to stay awake to complete all my neverending tutorials and enjoy the olympics tonight! :]

This is my backup blog :]

it's ONE MORE MONTH to MY BDAY!! :] i know alot of u will just pretend u didn't see this sentence, but oh wells, i'm getting excited :]

anyway, once again, i'm VERY sorry for not updating soon enough. i really promise i will update more frequently next time! :]

anyway, for those of u starting school only next week, have fun this week man. soon enough, u'll know how dumb u have become in these 8 months of playing. grinne :] and if ure unlucky like me, u'll get tons of homework everyweek and quizes to complete every week. so, let's all jiayou! and the army guys, just enjoy while u can. hahaa :]


PICTURES!


apparently ppl travel far to come eat this pizza. i have yet to try but i will! shall try them in alphabetical order :]




SHERRILYN! :] finally got to meet her one day! but she's back home now.. grinne :]



we got invited to bbq one day at roma st parkland! their bbq are in the morning and afternoon. hahah :]

and this is their bbq pit!




liwen and me :]




ermm.. the agar agar is fascinating. hahaha.




me, kim, marsha, suzen and sookling.




us five again :]




help! someone is strangling me!




me! :]


one of the sunday, the church was having a multicultural fiesta. :] j6 all went haiwaiian. :]


sookling and me. she's my house mate!




sookling, me, marsha and michelle!




me and kim. she's in j8.




me and michelle! :]




j6




joyce and me :] we went to a singapore place after to celebrate shin yee's bday..




j6. try spotting me.


back to everyday life.


my first completed meal for my friends :]




that's unit 5 and unit 6. hahaha :]


we went to eat dimsum one fine afternoon!! yum!

dorky!!




the ah bengs and the innocent. haha.




j6 at dimsum.


then we went kboxing. or should i say newway-ing. hahaha. that's the name of their kbox here. dun even know if i got it correct. well, i would say the style is almost the same. but theirs is freakingly expensive. to sing 3 hours with lunch cost me 26.80! and like, u cant even bring bottled water into the place. -_-"'

kim, suzen, me, michelle, jace.


we went griffith uni for service one day.

and this was the only thing i tot was nice to represent that i was in griffth.


back to everyday life again.

ann louise cooked for us one day and we were studying. thanks mommy! :]




i just saw this in the lib yesterday. it's a... stationery vending machine!!!!

that's all for now :]


i really looked so much happier in the past. somethings have to be changed. and when night falls, everything changes..

my wallpaper is all about u.

A S H . L E Y Y .
life of a UQ undergraduate



I enjoy sunrise.
I love green.
I'm hiking my fat body away!
email me at s4182977@student.uq.edu.au
I youtube till dawn,
I eat till dusk.
That's cos..
I'm a girl.
And a lazy one too.

they judged her IMPERFECTIONS.


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