imagine you've just gone gyming and am super tired and hungry. you come home to see this picture of a fanstatic home cooked curry, but yet u cant have it cos it's a few thousand km away from you. how sad! my dad's mean!



i'm SO counting down to the days i'm going home. but i still have to conquer my finals first. this is the last week of school. and finals starts next sat for me. wish me luck man. after my finals, i can then get really excited about going home! anyone wants to go out with me when i go home?

and i have to stop making my life so miserable next semester by cooking proper food for my meals. imagine eating porridge with cai xin when ure not sick but just cos u have no other food. how sad. no wonder lulu says i'm leading a old man/sick man/and a soon to be rabbit lifestyle.

anyway, all the fruits that u see from the previous post is all i have in my fridge. hope i can just survive thru these last few weeks here. gambatte! :]

i finally went grocery shopping! and bought alot of fruits! i realise that real blueberries taste nothing like the blueberry taste that i know of. raspberries are similar to the norm that i know, but eating the actual fruit.. it's simply interesting :]



don't they just look yummy?!



i'm all set for the next two weeks. (finals preparation weeks)



large medium small. :]


and i voted for my student union today! they really had the polling station like in the U.S and what not. it's quite cool actually. tho i think they waste alot of envelopes. cos we had to seal our votes in a smaller envelope, then seal the small envelope in another bigger envelope. but anyway, couldn't take much picture cos my phone camera can't be silenced.


my envelope!!


i have yet to show u evidence that spring is here right? there's this particular type of tree that blooms purple flowers in spring. the flowers wither very fast too. but it's really nice to see a bunch of lovely purple in a mist of greens. furthermore, this flower has a legend in UQ. if it falls on ur head, ure doomed to fail ur examinations.


look at the cloudless sky!



isn't it pretty?




i took this while walking across the road.



taken outside my college. but it's going barren.



taken outside the biological sciences lib :]


i finally saw someone really decent today. he has that certain charisma. sadly.. i have no idea who he is and most probably will never know who he is.. but it really made my day.

i miss him.

and for the first time, someone finally noticed the colour of my eyes.. it made my week. thanks lakshana! :]

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED! i'm FREE from assignments for the rest of the semester!! which is not that big a deal seeing how i only have 2 more week (including this week) left. but still! i don't have to work with my group members anymore! that totally calls for a celebration. i'm not a meanie but if any of you worked with my group members, you will celebrate when it's over too.

ANYWAY! i think i finally figured out the problem with my so called insomnia. i always watching some shows before i sleep. so, watching those shows just make my mind more awake or something. i actually read my uni's newsletter yesterday and fell asleep after four pages! hahaha. i miss my cleo! i miss reading magazines. magazines here are expensive. an avg magazine like cleo or seventeen cost between 8 to 10 bucks here. oh wells, i'll read newsletters instead. :]

i've discovered a nice jap show called nodame cantabile. people who like music (it's more towards classical music) should watch this show. it's nice! :] this is my last series until my finals are over. should start stocking up food for my studying period too.

gotta go study now! ciao~

i'm getting so depressed! or maybe i should just call it sad. but i'm way more than sad. it's in between sad and depressed so.. sapressed.

why am i sapressed?

I CAN'T FALL ASLEEP! or rather it takes me VERY long to fall asleep! it took me a record timing for FOUR hours just to fall asleep yesterday. maybe it's cos i sleep too much here? i'm like getting my 8 hours of sleep almost everyday (except fridays) and so, i can't fall asleep! which is so sad! i really want to get into the habit of sleeping early and waking up early. but yet, my stupid body only allows me to fall asleep after 2. i miss being able to fall asleep immediately. maybe i should tire myself out more and like force myself to slp onli 5 to 6 hours per day. but who in the right mind would do that? at least not me.

boohoo.

i actually dreamt that i was attacked by a big white turkey! omg! nightmares about turkeys.. hahaha :] the turkeys have entered my life~ aaaaaaahhhhhh!

anyway, college network SUCKS! (for the uninitiated: college refers to hostel over here). apparently, they have done some upgrading and the network became very very slow after that. imagine waiting for 15 mins for a page to open. and 4 out of 5 times, it doesn't open up properly. it's hell trying to do my work when i need to research on the web. so, i've booked a single study room in the law lib (my favourite library). so here i am blogging about it using the school's internet! or rather, it's still my account.

next yr, they're gonna increase our download quota to 400MB! whoots! for those who do not know, all students are given 200MB free each month to surf the net. and 200 MB is not alot. it gets deducted every time u open an internet page. if there's more graphics, it will deduct more! and since i live on campus, i have to buy additional quota to use the internet properly. it's like 1gb for 10 bucks. how expensive. i miss youtubing.

anyway, so i've been here in the law lib for more than 2 hours already and i have yet to start studying. naughty me. but well, can't blame me for trying to reply all my emails and to get the relevant documents off the net can we. :]

i'm trying to start anew today. like really focus on studying and start gyming again. the gyming ashley is trying to triumph the lazy bones ashley. let's see how that works out..

anyway, the toilet here reminds me of airplanes. it's not small, it's just the smell. the second time, it reminded me of changi airport. once again, becos of the smell. maybe i'm just too eager to go back home. it's like, i keep thinking about what i'm gonna do the day i go home and the food i'm gonna eat in sg. i'm going home soon! but not that soon! i have to settle my FINALS first! YIKES.

alrights, i really gotta start studying now. seeya! :]

the following is adapted from an email sent to me by jean! well, law is tough to study, but it's really interesting and ridiculous at times.. i esp love how nonsensical biz law can get :] apparently, it's adapted from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts" so.. just read on!


ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

____________________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'

ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan!

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

ATTORNEY: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do.

ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you shitt'in me?

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Uh.... I was gett'in laid!

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

WITNESS: Are you kidding? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

WITNESS: Now, whose death do you suppose terminated it?

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS: Guess.

_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?

WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral.

______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table, wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?

______________________________________


--- And the best for last: ---

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

i love u jean!

subway's gonna open in the uni!! hope is near!

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG WHILE SINCE I'VE BLOGGED!! :] i'm so sorry, but just got lazy :] i hope i can blog finish this post before my download quota finishes! so anyway, SPRING IS HERE! what is spring u may ask. it's a taste of what i will get in summer! the sun is FREAKINGLY intense! way more intense than in sg. just that in sg, it's humid so u'll perspire faster. but here, u just simply feel like melting since there's not much shade anyway. :] but like in the shade, it's really cooling and the temperature difference is quite alot :]

now, on to PICTURES!!

a few interesting ways to advertise ur stuff here!


on the floor! with coloured chalk! it's good that we have so much upslopes and downslope here. so it makes it easier to read :]



no idea what's it called but it's those aeroplane with the smoke. it's spelling out "the sunday mail."

well, it sure caught my attention!
next, my birthday!

PART 1

i went out with jean, suzen and lore to pancake manors to celebrate my bday! :]



look at all the pancakes! are u hungry now?



my bday present! it's a VERY good present! i FINALLY have a thing to hang my earring!!! WONDERFUL! :]



on the way back to uni with them:]


PART 2

went to some mexican restaurant for a team bonding dinner :]



look at the food! it's such a sin to eat so much nice food in a day!



and, they surprised me with a cake!



AIESEC talent management team!



kirty and me on the citycat!! :]

PART 3

i came home from my lovely mexican dinner to find this surprise from J6.



my housemate took a picture of those who made the surprise :]



a preview of some bday gifts :]




hahaha :] it's the tiniest balloon! so cute! hahaha :]


PART 4

J6 celebrating the sept bday babies! :]



this is a hand-made cheesecake by doris! grine :] dexter gets the wasabi special!




it looks like me right? :]:]



my bday card :] it has not been finished yet tho.


and i got a surprise gift from lcw! :] all the way from sg! :]

handmade card man! SO nice right?!



and this very very nice necklace with my name engraved from couple lab! :] LOVE YOU GUYS LCW!


NEXT UP! DREAMWORLD!!


exciting!



i meet all the ht requirements for the rides! benefits of being not too tall and not too short. :]



AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!



SHARK ATTACK!!



we're getting GEARED up!! (oops! dint mean to cut lorena out!)



look at that dumb witch!!



water rides!!



one last picture before we disembark!



THIS is a scary ride. it works like the pirate ship. but.. look at next pic..



everyone is seated in that manner, AND the thing turns while it swings from side to side. AND it will swing so HIGH that at certain part, ure just SUSPENDED upside down in midair. it is then that everyone starts wondering "why the hell did we get on this!?"



look! i can surf!



CATDOG! that was my very first email address! now i finally get to meet the characters!



ZEN! ur spongebob ride!



my very first time on a carousel!



lalalala~



my childhood idol! BLUES CLUES!



i surrender!! don't eat me!



a tiger.. pooping in action!



eh? where's my passengers?



arrh.. this is much better :]



this is called the tower of terror. it basically BLASTS u off from the start point, shoot u upwards vertically, then shoots u backwards. it's not as scary as it looks. in fact, this is the least scariest one. but damn fun!



LOOK! we're hugging the ball of the colour of our shirt!



a snowcone each to cool us down! it's SO hot!


let's take a tour of dreamworld!

side one.



side two



side three



side four!



final picture in dreamworld..


now, some random pictures..

this is raymond, the chef!!



the chef teaching kelvin to chop a chicken!



i'm NOT a crazy woman! i'm just taking the city cat!



min li and me on the citycat! :]



look how small their yakult is!


SUZEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!


i'm the chef for the day!! :] i'm made chicken rice, five spice pork, steam egg and pork, and two dishes of vege!



sexy carrot!



suzen's the boss!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZEN!


SUSHI COMPETITION!! :]


look at all the ingredients!



home made bubble tea! raymond rocks!



group 1 with smiling face sushi!



another group with their sushi pyramid :]



and my group with our "judah 6 in four seasons"!



this is our "four seasons".
top left - spring
top right - autumn
bottom left - winter
bottom right - summer.
i made spring and summer!


MID SEM BREAK!! YUMCHA TIME!


look! their bendy bus has seats at the bendy part!



(i din't take picture of the yumcha cos we were too focus on eating!) we ate for four hours!!



after that, we went for dessert! beancurd and muah chi! the beancurd is 3 plus bucks!!



and i saw how they tow a bus that day. nv knew it was so much work. i always tot it's attached and go!. hahaha :]


monday - SHOPPING at DFO!


i'm in desperate need for shorts! SO HOT here! i forgotten that we had uniforms to wear in jc, so it wasn't THAT hot. and i bought my bigbig gym bag :] love it! and finally, a waterbottle :] muahaha :]


friday - october babies celebration!

hee :] and doris made taro and green tea ice cream! it was SO nice!! :]

woah.. this post took me like two hours to blog! moral of the story: i should blog more often!! grinne :] tmr's the last day of my mid sem break.. must enjoy it to the fullest while trying to catch up on my work.. three more weeks of uni and my sem ends. but then, it's FINALS! aaaaaahhhhh!!! i'm very suay. the exam period is from 1st to 15th. and my paper starts from 1st nov and ends on 14th nov!!! :( bawwlls..

time to sleep! :]

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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