the one about bouncing back

been thinking about a lot of stuff lately.. rearranged my thoughts.. finally able to see things clearer.. the past is the past now.. i cant change what i've done.. or what i didn't do.. but rite now n the future is what matters.. i've learnt my lesson.. n i'll try never to make the same mistakes again.. 

but then again.. thats what life is about.. making mistakes.. n learning from them.. the most important thing is that we learn from our mistakes and we grow.. we learn to think before we act the next time.. to do things that we won't regret.. 

theres no point looking back.. other than as a reminder to never make the same mistakes again.. so its time to move forward.. because we can't change the past.. but we can make our own future.. 

from all that has happened.. i've learned to trust myself more.. to also at the same time be able to place trust on others when necessary.. that friends are always there for you if you just call.. that no matter what happens.. you gotta hold on to your values.. n just be yourself.. :)

even when all the doors seem to close on you.. God will leave a window open just for you.. tomorrow is a new day.. :) so never be afraid to take the step forward.. 

when you know that you've got nothing left to lose.. 

you've won..

with lotsa love..

the one about fearless change

fearless.. 

is facing the reality..

is being able to say i know it was my mistake.. n i'll try nv repeat it again..

is being able to smile again.. 

is being able to take a step forward even when u dono what the future may bring..

is being able to say i'm happy you're happy..

is taking on the change with your head held high..

is letting the past go..

is starting a new beginning..

fearless change.. 

tomorrow is a new day.. :)

the one about the royal melbourne spring break

its currently spring break now for melbourne uni.. so this means.. more shopping.. traveling.. chilling.. outings.. :)

went to the royal melbourne show twice.. there were cool extreme rides.. petting zoos.. i got to pat a calf.. which is a baby COW.. :) :) :) on the second day there.. we went aft 5.. so the tix were cheaper.. we all wanted to win a big prize.. most of the guys won huge doggies from the basket ball game.. i wasnt able to win one till we were about to leave.. the guys were so sweet.. they kept teman-ing me to play the games.. n kept trying to win big prizes for me.. till finally.. i got to win a HUGE PONY from one of the games.. where we had to squirt water at the target in a race to get the bear to the top.. a great big thx to the ppl who tried helping me win the big prize.. :) the pony was only up for grabs at the last few rounds of the games.. n it was the one n only giant pony there.. we had to rush to catch the train.. coz it was the last train for the night.. then we went to hungry jacks (what they call burger king here in melb) for dinner.. had tons of fun at the royal melb show..

at the royal melb show.. 

i touched a baby cow.. 

vid i compiled of royal melb show..

me n my huge pony.. 

Happy Mooncake Festival!! :)

xoxo

the one about life in melb

its been bout 2 and a half months since i've came to melbourne.. i've gotten settled in quite well alr.. n i've done my fair bit of traveling and shopping.. :)

so far i've been to tons of restaurants.. from malaysian nasi lemak and hokkien fried noddles to chinese dumplings to korean sun du bo jigae to italian pasta to freddos gelato.. *yumm*  i've traveled quite a lot too.. been really touristy.. with the camera snapping at everything i eat n touch n see.. n jumping up n down with enthusiasm whenever i c something new or cool or funny or all 3.. n going all 'ooo' n 'ahhh' at everythin fascinating.. haha.. 

i've been goin to beaches.. coz we all noe how much i loooovvvvvveeeeee beaches.. hehe.. i went to south melb beach wif li shen.. charlene.. n jarrel.. we camwhored.. n found out that we should nv go to the beach during a windy day.. coz it hurts.. literally.. the sand hits n cuts ur legs.. so everytime the wind blows.. we'll go "ouch".. coz we were all wearin shorts on a windy winter day.. haha.. n we watched the sunset by the beach.. its really nice.. n emo-ish.. haha..

went to the melb aquarium wif des n nick bout 2 weeks ago.. we stared at the penguins for bout half an hr.. haha.. coz it was da first thing we saw.. n the penguins r so cute.. their fur looks really smooth n shinny.. penguins actually eat by swallowing the whole fish directly.. there were 2 types of penguins.. the gen 2 penguins n the king penguins.. basically one is male n one is female.. then we went over to see the fishes n stuff.. i saw a nemo fish n started goin all "omg.. look its nemo.. haha.. he lives in an anaeme-naeme-ne.." haha.. coz i kept rememberin the part bout how nemo kept tryin to say what was da place he lived in.. n when i saw dory.. i went "juz keep swimmin.. juz keep swimmin.. swimmin.. swimmin.." haha.. seeing how nerd i m.. i went reading most of the signs next to the tanks with the info bout the different species of underwater creatures.. des n i actually went all.. 

me : "did u noe that the japanese crab is the largest arthropods??"

des : " did u noe that arthropods means shell??"

me : "ooo.. fascinating.. " 

haha.. we're such nerds la.. haha.. then we saw a tank wif lotsa dif fishes.. n we were like.. isn't dat da 'chong yu' fish we eat?? haha.. but apparently dat fish swims too fast.. we had to keep chasing it around the round aquarium to snap a pic of it.. n when we saw the sea turtle we were like "grab shell dude.." haha.. i watch too much nemo.. n when we saw the sharks.. we obviously said.. "fish r frens.. not food.." aft that whole very educational tour of the melb aquarium.. we went over to crown casino.. which was right across the street.. we juz played slot machines.. then went for dinner at a korean restaurant.. 

i had lotsa assignments to hand in this week.. so i barely went out.. but had some fun times over at shen's place.. haha.. a few of us went out for dinner at dessert hse near qv yesterday.. then aft dat we went to freddos for gelato.. coz i so needed something to make myself feel better aft those long nites of assignment-ing.. eating ice cream in the winter is really fun.. coz it nv really melts.. but ur hand gets really numb from holding the cup of ice cream.. hehe.. then we went over to jarrel n eu wing's place coz i wanted to c jarrel's huge lamp.. then at bout 11.. we went over to shen's place to watch so u think you can dance finals.. which was so cool.. n had a lil juice wif malibu.. haha.. we talk bout the most random stuff sometimes.. haha..

i've been on a cleaning frenzy since i handed in my assignments on thurs.. haha.. yesterday.. i vacuumed the apartment n wiped all the tables n stuff n the apartment.. i cleaned n rearranged my stuff on my table in the apartment too.. i'm such a neat freak.. haha.. then today.. i decided to clean the stove coz it looked kindda dirty.. then i started cleaning the kitchen area.. including the fridge.. haha.. then cleaned the toilet n the basin.. haha.. crazy i noe.. haha.. now the apartment is so clean.. :) 

i've learnt to cook lotsa stuff since i came here too.. i can even cook steak n lamb chop.. :) i gtg do my laundry now.. check out facebook for pics.. 

i want mooncake for mooncake festival!! :)

the one about melbourne

heyy!! i've been in melbourne for bout 2 weeks alr.. everythin has been great so far.. so no worries.. :) i'm startin to get use to bein independent and doin everythin on my own.. 

i've been out a lot since i came.. did a lot of shopping too.. hehe.. i've been shopping like nobody's business lately.. the stuff here r juz so nice.. n it juz gets so tempting.. haha.. the weather here is really cold now coz its winter.. i've been freezing my butt off at nite.. but its coming to the end of winter alr.. so the cold gettin more bearable now.. 

i like the feeling of stepping out of the melbourne airport for the first time n feeling the tingling overwhelming cool air.. n to breathe while creating fuzzy vapour in the air.. it made me smile.. :) life in melb has been kindda boring for me.. basically its eating.. sleeping.. uni.. walk.. cleaning.. the routine is really simple.. guess thats the life of a uni student.. hehe.. i'm currently blogging while waiting for my clothes in the washing machine and the drier to b done.. 

i'm really gettin use to doing everything on my own now.. i din expect that i would be able to so quickly.. but i managed to.. so mommy and daddy.. plz stop worrying la.. i told u i can survive on my own.. hehe.. n sis n bro.. I TOLD U SO!! so u guys can stop laughing at me now.. hehe.. 

i've been cooking on my own too.. i've met up wif a few of my frens hu r also here.. we've been hanging out a lot too.. went around the city a few times.. usually for grocery shopping.. n sometimes for shopping.. 

life in melbourne so far has been ok.. will blog more soon.. 

with lotsa love from melbourne.. :)

the one about flying off to melbourne

i'm flying off to melbourne australia today!!

i'm gonna miss everyone!! 

*muackz*

the one about promtay

went to promtay organized by my awesome couz yesterday at heritage mansion..

i decided to go dateless.. due to my prom jinx-ness theory.. hehe.. long story..

so i went in order to be a supportive couz.. n to hang out with my awesomely cool couzzies.. hehe..

my game plan for the nite was to keep a low profile.. in order to prevent anymore "incidents" that may as well prove my prom jinx theory yet again.. haha.. so i basically just sat.. camwhored.. drank.. n danced a lil.. 

so i dont really hv much to write bout.. 

so lets let the pics do the talking.. o n btw.. i only got a few pics.. coz my cam played hard to get on me at the last moment n started blinking words like "change the battery pack" after a few pics.. hehe.. but i still love my cam.. coz its new.. its hot.. n its MINE.. hehe..

getting ready for promtay.. 

me n my super duper glittery mask.. 

on the way to promtay.. there were glitter all over my body coz of the overly glittery mask.. hehe.. ok so i might have cause my battery to run out by havin a lil pre-party camwhorin.. hehe.. 

my o so glittery mask.. 

me n couz wai lun..

we discovered that the unisex toilet in heritage mansion has really cool mirrors.. so need i say more?? camwhoring.. hehe..

using the full lenght mirror.. we were in a toilet.. so its kindda dark..

i like this pic.. :)

me.. shirley.. wai lun.. kenny..

couzzie!! love u guys loads.. *muackz*

couzzies again.. looking hot..

with our mask on..

the vodka i ordered n my mask.. i just discovered my new liking towards vodka.. hehe.. its actually quite delish with sprite and a dash of lime.. hehe.. 

xoxo

the one about achievements

i just helped daddy paint the grill.. 

daddy always spontaneously finds things to do.. haha..

just yesterday he was looking at the grill n saying that it was rusty..

n today he already started painting the grill.. hehe..

so i decided to help paint the grill since i had nothing to do other than being a couch potato n watching dvds.. which is what i've been doing really often lately.. hehe..

but i ended up painting most of it.. while he went on to watch the dvds halfway through.. hehe..

painting the grill was kindda fun.. 

feel like i've accomplished something big after i was done n looked at the grill that looks totally brand new.. *proud* hehe..

off to clean drops of paint off my hair n elbow now.. 

gonna go shopping with mommy later.. :)

the one about no man is an island

no man or woman is an island.. we all need friends.. some closer.. some just acquaintances.. we all need someone we can rely one.. someone who will stand by our sides even when the whole world seems to be against us.. someone who will tell us "i told u so"s only when absolutely necessary.. i'm glad i have awesome friends who i can always count on to cheer me up.. 

anyway.. i've been going for gatherings lately.. the first gathering was a gathering for my primary school buddies.. we've not met for about 7 yrs alr.. n yet we still remember each other and our silly primary school memories.. they actually had this gathering just to meet up with me since i wasnt able to attend the other one.. so this was a gathering of a few of us who were slightly closer in primary school..  it was kindda last min.. so there was a lot of ffk-ing.. haha.. so it came down to only the 3 of us.. haha.. we still had a nice time reminiscing together.. 

the cape codder i ordered at laundry the curve.. its a mixture of cranberry and vodka.. 

our gathering started as dinner at the apartment and then drinks and chat at laundry the curve..

it was fun talking bout our silly primary school moments..

the chs band f5 07 had our bbq just a few days ago.. we started with our usual hectic planning.. with the distribution of work and capital by the trusty ex treasurer.. n the distribution led me to go shopping for doughnuts with gab n ko.. gab picked me up.. n we went to 1u together.. still thinking bout wat exactly we should get.. the plan was to get the doughnuts.. then gab suddenly had a brain blast.. haha.. he tot of getting 2 fake doughnuts n hidin them between the real ones.. n giving it to hc n ys.. (which ys fell for btw.. ) haha.. so we went to get the doughnuts then the fake doughnuts.. then we went window shopping from shop to shop.. guess that was partly my fault.. hehe.. then we had to get candles.. so we went to cold storage to search since cold storage seemed to hv everything.. apparently just not candles.. then we went to new york new yorks to grab a quick bite.. then rushed to the bbq.. the bbq was fun.. we did our usual silly stuff.. with a few additional funny moments here n there.. this time we even made our own lil commercial for sparkling juice.. haha.. i got a tiny splinter.. *sniff* we also tried guessing the title of the songs that we use to play as the song came up.. haha.. -- stars n stripes forever.. told u it was stripes.. haha.. -- n we had food of course.. 

shopping with the guys..

the guys..

the place we ate.. ok.. not exactly.. but this was on their menu.. haha.. n it looked cool..

i had to constantly remind them that i need a few moments to be a GIRL.. hehe..

hua chern.. such a poser..

the bbq.. the sausages were poked by urs truly.. haha..

me n sie lein n hua chern..

ignore the sausage.. i was eating.. 

finally got a chance to be taller than hc.. haha..

gab.. the other poser..

me n ko..

it was really fun being able to revisit the past with u guys.. 

i heard your voice from a distant.. but u dint even notice i was there..

xoxo

the one about my Diploma Graduation

i'm officially a Merit Diploma Graduate!!

we had our taylors college icpu graduation today..

since i'm so free.. i'll be blogging bout every single little detail about the graduation.. hehe..

the graduate meeting was suppose to be held from 8 am in lecture theater 2.. but i was late.. *blush* -- in my defense.. i've not needed to wake up dat early for a whole sem -- so i got there.. peeked to c exactly how late i was.. then immediately rushed to get my gown.. i got da size 1 gown.. which is suppose to be small.. but really heavy.. then.. i rushed back to the lecture theater as planned.. n i discovered that all my rush was redundant.. coz everyone was either chattin or cam whorin.. haha.. n there i was thinking that i was gonna miss some really important briefing or wtv.. 

but not long aft i arrived.. the official briefing started.. the first task we were required to perform was to find our seats.. haha.. its harder den it sounds ok.. the lecturers even made it sound like some game.. which was totally hilarious.. there were stickers stuck on each chair.. the hard part was for the students with merits to find our seats.. coz our seats were not arranged according to the name list.. but according to our marks.. n its not like we knew wat marks everyone got.. so we had to search high n low.. i took bout 10 mins just to find my seat.. n just when i found my seat.. we had to get up to take a group photo.. gosh.. they should hv just told us to find our seats BEFORE we took the group pic rite.. after the group pic was the quick run through of the graduation ceremony.. they repeated the procedure so many times that i can still remember every step.. 1. walk up the stage.. 2. pass the card to the lecturer.. 3. walk proudly across the stage.. 4. shake hands.. 5. take the certificate.. 6. smile n pose for the camera man.. 7. walk off the stage.. 8. for the girls in heels.. try not to trip down the stage.. haha.. the lecturer repeated this one bout 3 times.. haha.. mr leslie even acted out the whole process with a very confident strut across the stage n an awesome pose for the camera.. haha.. then ms christie was up to show us the do's n dont's for our gowns.. it was so hard to keep the gown straight towards the front coz it was so heavy n long.. the gowns just kept sinking towards the back everytime we sat down.. so everytime we stood up.. we had to pull the gown forward n act as if we were meant to do it.. haha.. 

then began our cam whorin sessions again.. 

caryn.. i'm gonna miss our gossip sessions.. hehe..

mr saint.. the coolest lecturer ever!!

law class.. julian n matthew.. 

jose.. he's from brazil.. also from law class..

matthew was jealous coz i took pic wif jose alone.. so there mat.. u happy now?? haha..

then we proceeded to the mph for our official graduation ceremony.. da v.i.p entered.. as usual.. the canadian lecturers din gv a s*** for the vip.. coz to them those ppl r not very important anyway.. coz it was our grad.. n we were suppose to be the v.i.p's for the day.. i'm so gonna miss that kindda cool point of views.. anyway.. we started with the singing of the malaysian n canadian national anthem.. then there were speeches.. i noticed something really cool that proves that we have been taught well by canadian lecturers.. at the begining of the icpu.. everyone din give a damn bout mobile phones ringing in class.. but at the grad.. whenever a mobile phone rang.. u can see how the icpu grad all turned n gave an annoyed stare towards the direction of the ring.. haha.. so typical canadian.. 

finally it was time for the handing out of the merit proficiency certificates.. that was our cue.. n i did a very embarrassing thing.. i forgot my card.. i had to walk back to my seat to get it.. luckily it was far from my turn.. hehe.. then it was my turn.. i passed the card to ms ungku.. she announced my name.. n that was my cue to walk confidently across the stage.. i shook the vip's hand.. accepted my certificate.. n smiled for the camera.. then said thank you.. and tried not to trip down the stage as told.. hehe.. n there by the stairs was mr soushkof.. i hv no idea how his name is spelt.. hehe.. he reached out his hands towards me while i was still on the stage n said "may i" to help me down the stairs.. *aww* i think was about to melt.. he was so sweet n gentleman-ish.. should have got to know him earlier.. though he din teach me.. hehe.. then i continued walking down the red carpeted isle.. n at the junction of the isle was mr colin.. who congratulated me.. i thanked him happilly n continued walking down the isle.. n there was mr ben who was directing people back towards their seats.. -- which triggered my memory of him yelling at the econs students to shut up aft our econs test coz mr moaz's attempts were useless.. he yelled "susshhh u peasants".. n everyone practically just shut up.. HAHA.. -- i went back to my seat with a huge smile on my face.. until i opened the file given to me on stage expecting my certificates.. but in the file was only a piece of paper with a note from mr jim the icpu programme director.. felt so ripped off.. haha..  

aft the speech by mr jim.. we had the candle lighting ceremony.. with the touchy graduation song.. that was the ultimate picture time.. haha.. took pictures with friends.. then found my parents.. took pictures with my parents.. then the graduation ceremony was officially over..  we had to return the gowns and then receive our official certificates and transcripts.. but everyone just continued taking pictures in the mph.. 

receiving my proficiency award on stage..

walking down the isle..

candle lighting ceremony..

me n mommy..

mommy and daddy.. 

they made this possible for me.. 

daddy and me..

mommy and me..

me n mommy and daddy..

me n mommy and daddy with the backdrop..

juin.. sem 1 bus buddy.. 

wei hong.. econs classmate.. 

mr colin.. ur too tall.. hehe.. 

i'm so gonna miss ur sarcastic remarks..

me n caryn again..

caryn n lihuey.. sem 3 gossip group.. haha..

miss foo.. calculus lecturer.. i miss talkin with her..

wee li.. law class..

aaron.. known him since sem 1.. 

mr hanna.. law lecturer..

alfie.. nick's buddy..

me n my certificate.. without the gown..

icpu has allowed me to get to know the funniest.. coolest.. silliest.. most charitable.. amazing.. funnest.. awesome-est friends and lecturers!! i'm so glad i got to share this amazing journey with u awesome people in ICPU.. i'm so gonna miss u guys.. love u guys loads!! *hugz*

xoxo

the one about shopping!!

just went shopping today at bangsar..

i've been shopping a whole lot these few days..

bought a lovely dress.. 

I LOVE SHOPPING!!

off to shop somemore.. hehe..

toodles~

xoxo

the one about anycall bodyguard

i want an anycall bodyguard..

it has a special s.o.s system.. which makes it a really cool hp to hv wif a bf..

but having one on my own is great too.. hehe..

but its only sold in korea.. *boo*

the one about haptic pop

i want a haptic pop!!

its such a cool hp.. with touchscreen n everythin.. n nice bat covers..

kim beom..

but its only functional in korea.. *boo* 

the one about my new hairstyle!!

i got a haircut today.. and now my hair is short.. 

i wanted to do dis for some alr.. i finally got the courage to do so.. hehe..

i LOVE my hair..

my new hairstyle~

i love my hair~

front view..

xoxo

the one about starbucks breakkie and more outings

sis n i decided to hv breakfast at starbucks today.. partly coz i had a voucher that allowed me to get a free drink upon a purchase for another.. which is really worth it btw.. i paid 15 bucks less..

 

my new crave.. dark berry mocha frappuccino.. 

our breakkie.. 

in da aft.. i drove to ss2 to meet up wif hern ee.. hu den directed me to pick up keng onn n gabriel.. so dat we could all go to nicholas' place.. den from there we all went to a club to play badminton.. as planned.. den went for dinner at da nice jap restaurant nick brought me to last time wif the yummy zaru soba wif da tiny egg.. hehe.. 

durin da game..

nick's provin my observation of guys touchin their hair everytime they miss da ball.. hehe..

i tink dis pic is kindda cool..

gab..

keng onn..

hern ee n me..

nicholas..

me..

nick n me..

da guys.. n me.. 

so funny.. hehe..