Oopsie Daizies~

Worn Out...

2009-05-20T06:07:00.003+10:00

Sometimes...

Too much of something is bad enough,
But, too much of nothing is just as tough,

I need to know the way to keep me satisfied...

I have to keep moving forward no matter the circumstances...

I can only keep PRAYING for God's strength to help me get through this...

Miserable AGAIN~!

2009-03-10T16:29:00.003+10:00

Gosh knows how I'm drowning in misery right now! @#$%&^%$#@#$ (I'm not cursing, I'm just making faces! - if you know what I mean...)
I'm so dead bored I could see myself banging my head against the four walls of my apartment as my new favourite past time!
I've been living without internet for 2 weeks now since I came back to Brisbane!!!
Gosh, I'm so antsy, miffed and edgy!!! My life seem to have no purpose! - (yes, I may be exaggerating~ *roll eyes*) But still, I'm very restless! *&#$^*@$*&%#

And yes, that explains my long absence from Oopsie Daizies~!
I was so very excited to come back and blog bout my vacation back in Malaysia!
But I return only to feel dismay and frustrated! Uugghhh....
I still dunno when my internet will be back again... hopefully by the end of this week... *roll eyes*
(They've been promising us several times now, I'm not sure if I can trust this one!)
Nonetheless, I want my internet back SOON!!!

As for now, I'm using the librabry's... My affection for the library seems to be running dry these days...

Anyway, I just thought I update a note to explain my "missing-in-action"...
Other than that, everything is peachy, I'm back to my dearie Andrew, and life goes on, except for the fact that I'm still missing home! Don't think I'll ever recover from that... =(

Anyway, times up. And I need to go now.
Will try to update whenever I can....
I miss you guys back home so very much!!! Muakies~!!! xoxoxo

Homecoming Prep & CNY

2009-02-06T02:59:00.003+10:00

My summer course has finally ended! Yeay~!

But, gosh knows how very few hours I've slept this week...
And how much caffeine I've consumed... (@.@)
More volcanoes are beginning to erupt around my forehead again.... SIGH~!
I'm gonna be so fugly when I get back home...

On the lighter note,
I'm flying back to Msia in 2 days time! Super YEAY-ness!!! I seriously SERIOUSLY can't wait! My long waited vacation!!! But I do wished I had a few days more to pack and shop for my souvenirs. I'm always the "Santa" when I get back home. Andrew kept reminding me not to over-pack or else my luggage will be over-weight again [like when was there ever a time when my luggage was never over-weight! (-_-")]

Anyway, I definitely got everything I needed in my shopping list. I was able to shop for a few essential stuff earlier this week, before my exam, and the rest I went full on for the past 2 days before I leave on the 6th! These are the few...

Baby clothes for my baby niece, Tisha~

And cute baby socks for Tisha too~!
[Hahaha... I just love shopping for baby stuff, they are all so tiny and so cute! And yes, I was trying to act kawaii... (-_-")]

The requested "Fragrance Soaps" for my mum~
(Mahal wei~! I'm so spoiling my mother)

And of coz, Twilight!!! This one is for me lah~ (^^)

And guess what?! I finally got a new digital camera~!!! CANON DIGITAL IXUS 8OIS
[I'm so not gonna act smart and start writing an advertorial here... =P]

My new Canon Ixus 8OIS~!

I love photography, but I still have LOTS to learn about its technology... Camera is definitely an interesting gizmo. It captures the moment, and preserve it for all to see and appreciate - an awesome technology won't you say?? Some are complicated and needs the skills to master it, and no doubt some will even have you work your arse off to get one REALLY good one! Like everyone else, I've wished for a DSLR, but man, as for now, with my current financial state, I'm happy enough with a digital camera. And who says digital cam can't take good pictures huh???

I just needed to buy a digital camera really badly.... My old nikon is really in a bad shape, due to over-use! Haha... XD Sometimes I feel very *paiseh* (embarassed) to even take it out to use, coz' it seriously looks like it's falling apart! =P

The Canon Ixus was on offer at Harvey Norman's, and I think I got a pretty reasonable deal, AUS$238 (MRRP: AUS$299), and if I sign up online, I will receive a free Canon leather pouch for the camera, which I obviously have not done it yet, coz I was in a hurry to come back home to Msia, but will do that once I'm back to Brisbane.

Everything for AUS$238!

I bought the light gold colour one, which they called it --> "CAMEL" (-_-") [Kinda weird for a colour name, though it kinda make sense, but why not call it "Champagne" instead? Sounds better don't you think?)

Anyway, I actually love the colour very much, I think it's unique and it gives a very expensive and luxurious look to it. Though it's only 8 MP, but I would have to say that it captures really good pictures. How good it really is? Well, you have to find out yourself with all the up-coming pictures in my blog then! =)

Okielah, I shall stop acting smart, coz' I don't really know much bout' cameras. So, if you're interested to know more bout the specifications for this camera, please click here.

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Now... as you all know, I wasn't home for CNY. So, how did I celebrate my CNY in Brisbane???
Well, good news. It wasn't as pathetic as I thought it was goin' to be. (^^) I've learnt to readjust my environment, and turn it all around to suit me. So yeah, I did have a 'very small' CNY thingy goin on... well, better than none at all rite???

Jeng Jeng Jeng~!!!

"GONG HEY FATT CHOY~!!!"

Yeahlah, I've put on some weight lah... But I much like to think that I'm FUN SIZE and HUGABLE... =P

Anyway, I bought angpows from Fortitude Valley ("Chinatown"), one with Hello Kitty and the other one apparently is Hello Kitty's friend [according to Sandy] (".) Sorry, I'm not a huge fan of Hello Kitty, so I don't really know how many friends does Hello Kitty have. I just thought they look cute on the door of my room. (^^) It cheers me up during CNY... =)

I bought some CNY gifts for Aunty Lim too, you know the usual stuff: Dried Chinese Mushrooms, "Lap Cheong" (Chinese Pork Sausage), "Lin Kou" (Sticky Rice Cake) and other different stuff, like XO sauce and HK's famouse scallop noodles. Well, I hope she likes it. =)

I had a great dinner with Andrew's family, and I even got my 1st angpow from Aunty Lim! Weeee~!!! So you see, it's not that bad... =)

Afterall I will be flying off in a few hours time, and be home with my family and friends!!! I would also be able to enjoy the remaining days of CNY before it ends on around the 10th, I think??? So yeah, really looking forward to my vacation at home!

Having said that, I better get some rest now before my long journey to the airport tomorrow morning... So, hear from me soon from home! Tata~ (^^)

Awwwww.... I'm so gonna miss Andrew.... (T.T)

In The Library...

2009-02-03T16:01:00.001+10:00

Hola~ from the uni library! =)

Sigh... I'm currently sitting at my usual cozy corner in the Social Science Library in UQ...
Doing my final revision for my Business S&P exam tomorrow! TOMORROW!!!
I am a lil' freaked out right now, coz' I heard it's gonna be a rather tough one.
And I know I should be studying right now, but I really need a break now lah...
If I don't, I'm afraid my brain is gonna explode into beautiful pretty colorful confetti! Ahaks~!
Okie, sorry I'm side-tracking again... XD

I've been library-hopping in uni for the past few weeks now...
Never have known that I could be so attached to libraries! (0.0)
Hahaha... my 2nd home, I called it
Do I have a life or not??? Hahaha... you go figure lah!

Anyway, so bored in the library man, taking a break now,
but couldn't do anything else other than studying... (-__-")
I was not allowed to sing out of tune out loud...
Not allowed to blast the music and dance like there's no tomorrow...
Not allowed for celebrities impersonation...
Not allowed for a bubble bath,
Not even allowed to binge eating....

So, all I could do is this......... with my webcam.... XD

Facial Exercise

Must "Ga Yao"~!

But ah, I'm tired d...
I need my faithful boosters...

Okie, I think that's enough for now, I better get back to work....

Hahaha... sorry, just couldn't help myself... XD
This time I am seriously getting back to work.
Anyway...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! "GONG HEY FATT CHOY~!!!"

Ciaoz~

I'm OK!

2009-01-22T15:47:00.006+10:00

Hehe... =)

I know I've been missing for sometime now since my last "emo" entry... Don't worry! I'm still alive and kicking! Not that "emo" liao... =P

Well I may seem not to be updating lately...
But, have you not notice the changes in my blog page yet??? *grins widely* Yeah, that's what I have been up to these past few days... It's a new makeover for a brand new year! So proud of myself okay. (^^) Though I know there isn't any drastic changes, coz' I wanna keep it simple anyway. But I almost got blind just reading the html codes I tell you! Yeahlah, it may be "peanuts" to many of you, but what to do??? I'm a hopeless retard when it comes to the world of computers and technologies... (-_-")

However, I'm not done yet though... (Aha! The greenhorn has bigger dreams! XD) I need to add a few more stuff and some more touch ups, which I'm gonna take my time and do it later, after I finish my report for my business policy and strategy course! YES~! I got a report due this week and I'm still constantly distracted by these htmls!!! *faints* Darn it! Someone please slap me out into reality!

And look what I'm doing here now, updating my blog...? (-_-") Hahaha... Nah, I just feel like updating lah~ *feeling the guilt*

Besides being carried away by codes and tags, I've been to the uni library pretty frequent too! Hahahaa... I've been so hardworking this summer ya! XD It's like my 2nd home loh! I know... I got no life.... =( Oh well, I dun darn care bout that, coz' guess what?! I'm going back to "the-land-I-was-born" this coming Feb!!! Mwahahahaa... which is like oh sooooooo soon loh! Seriously can't wait! I'll just be jumping for joy just thinking of it! (^^) I seriously need my ultimate Manglish vacation...!

Anyway, I've received 3 e-parcels today from Deals Direct! I've bought a few stuff online on their sites. Their pink packages are so cute~!

I heard of this site from Vanitha, my ex-housemate in Ipswich. Everything in the website are sold below the retail price (sometimes up to 50%) and it's all NEW! Not like the used or second-handed items you get sometimes on ebay.

They frequently have offers like clearance sales up to 70% discounts for the already below retail prices! Imagine that! As well as occasionally 'Free Shipping Sales'- which I think is very "tai". But depending on what you're looking for lah. You still can't really find EVERYTHING like gosh~ what junks and weird stuff you can get on ebay...

Anyway, wanna know what I bought??? Please don't laugh at me ar...

In each of the envelope is a stainless steel mouse-like thingy that helps to shave off the rough and dry calluses on your heels or any part on the soles of your feet. And you can just like shave of those dry skins like you shave the ice to make "ais-kacang" or grating cheese for your spaghetti, but instead of eating it, you throw it into the bin ya. XD I know I'm so disgusting!

Anyway, I constantly have dried skins on my heels, partly cause' I walk a lot (so poor, no car mah), and I often wear flip flops as opposed to covered shoes. You can say I'm lazy lah. Haha.. And besides, it's very airy and comfortable mah, and you don't get smelly feet! Hehe =P Okielah, I'm just lazy... I may be such a disgrace to all the shoe-lovers. Unless, someone wanna buy me a "foot spa"?! *twinkling eyes*

And you're wondering why I got 2 pairs, rite??? Well, I think it would be a perfect gift for Daddy-Loo~! He has very bad dried calluses on his feet. Guess it's in the genes! *Gasp* No~! I've grown up watching him using razors to scrap out all the dried skins... eekkz, I can still remember how I always get jello watching him do that. So now Daddy-Loo doesn't have to twist around and strain his eyes slicing off dried calluses and making sure it doesn't bleed! Now he can just relax on the couch, watch his favourite documentaries or football match and shave it all off! I mean his calluses - shave shave shave it all the way.... Sigh~ I'm such a thoughtful daughter hor~... (^^)

Okie, the 2nd item isn't as weird/funny/dodgy as the "calluses mouse shaver". It's a... err... let me check it again.... Oh! It's a "Film Scanner"! That's right, it scans the film... So "chun" rite...

The best thing about this is that, instead of getting the normal huge flat scanner, this one is totally mobile. It's quite small, you can bring it anywhere with you, and all you need is just a power point for it to work. And all the images will be saved into a SD card (not included, but heck it's super cheap right now to even get a 4GB card kay!] And then transfer the SD card and just save it in the computer or burn it into a CD! How convenient aye~!

I'm bringing this back with me too. There's like piles and piles of old family films in the house's drawers that may soon begin to grow mold or rot. (Hmmm... I wonder, does film actually rot???) Well, I thought during my holiday back home, I can help my family scan all these memorable photos into the computer and burn it all into a CD to preserve it for perhaps a few decades more? Hahahaa... I know I know... I'm such a genius! =P

Well, I guess I'm the only one in the family who cares bout all these things anyway... All they do is just give me a pat on the back... (-_-") *shrug*

It is small, but it's not AS small as how it's shown in this picture! But it still looks so cute! (^^)
Oh well, perhaps I will show you how I scan those films when I'm back there... ya?!?!

Okielah, that's all for now! I better get back to my report before my thoughts drift away again...
(T.T) I hate reading journals......

P/S: In case you were wondering bout' my increasing use of my manglish accent, and broken English in my blog.... Well, I'm just warming up for my "manglish explosion" when I touched down in Msia! Hehehe... It's always so "syok" to just release all the manglishness in me in full force! And then get responses in the real Msian way! Fuhyooo~ I really get the kick out of it!

Btw, I've always speak like that also lah in person! Blek~!

Welcome 2009!

2009-01-05T23:08:00.001+10:00

I had intended to post an entry on the 1st of January. And I actually did start writing one, but never really got to complete it after being constantly distracted by Andrew! (-_-") And as much as I wanted to reserve it for this entry, I felt like the moments have passed and it feels rather stale if I continue with it...

And so I decided to write a brand new one instead. =) One that's relevant to what I'm feeling and thinking right now...

I am finally back in my own apartment/unit, after being away over at Andrew's for almost 2 weeks since I returned from my vacation in Sunshine Coast... I had to return to St. Lucia anyway, coz' my summer course starts again today, everyday for the whole of this week! I'm actually not really in the mood to get back to uni yet, but heck it's just gonna be for this week only anyway! [Gosh~! Can't wait till it's Friday already!!! XD]

NYE was like a big thing over here! People really went all out to celebrate and party all night in welcoming 2009! [Hah! That probably explains the deserted town the very next day!] Well, I on the other hand, was trying to be good gurl~ Well, not really trying, I AM a good gurl! I stayed at home and watched tv... (^^) But I have to admit that all the tv programmes were all pretty sucky that day! Guess no one really watches tv on NYE! No one except for people like me... (ie. boring people!) (-_-")

On the 1st day of 2009, I woke up thinking whether I should be feeling any different from yesterday, coz' to me it was just like any other ordinary day - basically nothing really exciting happened, except for the unusual quietness in the town, which I've mentioned earlier - that's probably the only thing that was different that day. But when I gave it a moment and thought of it as another brand NEW year [2009], it does gives me a slight tingle of excitement!

Watched AUSTRALIA on the 1st day of 2009!
[What a great movie to start a new year hey!]

Now, 5 days after that, I'm sitting in front of my laptop again, writing this entry, wondering what I should be excited about 2009...
The past few days, I never really took the time to sit still and think/meditate, I never really took a quiet time alone to reflect on 2008. Not that I was so darn busy, but I guess I was just trying to avoid it... It was probably too painful to recall those many dark moments I have gone through in 2008. Personally, I would have to admit that 2008 would be one of the toughest year I have ever experience in my life thus far. I would labeled it - the "emo" year! XD Haha!

Emo Jamie~ XD

Betcha' never notice that huh??? =P That's coz' I've tried my very best to only keep and write good memories in Oopsie Daizies~ [Hmmm... Maybe that's not a very wise choice aye~!] But I don't really wanna recall all the harsh memories I've been through... Anyway, don't you worry, despite the darkness I've gone thru' in 2008, I still have not totally drawn into the dark side to the extend of self-proclaiming myself as an "emo kid"! I'm still the very same ol' same ol' Lame Jamie Loo!

Emo-Lame Jamie [See, I just couldn't help myself being lame!]

To be honest, I couldn't even believe that I actually survived 2008! It was to me a very cold, rocky, stormy and lonely journey... There were of coz many joyful days as well, for I have my best friend with me, always by my side, a great supporter, my anchor of life when I'm away from home and my family... Without him, I couldn never imagine how I could have pulled through... Not that I'm thinking of suicide lah! Suicide is not and NEVER EVER shall be the answer to anything!!! [You hear me people!] But it's always encouraging to have supports from your loved ones...

[A&J]

Brisbane City

I did found peace when I finally made my decision to move to Brisbane. And I really believe that God had intended me to be here. But I guess the question has always been: WHY?!?! Everything happened like a flash back then. I don't really know what to expect. I was excited of coz to start a brand new life here, though at the same time I admit I was a little nervous and worried, coz' I've abandoned almost everything I've built and form as part of my life in NZ for the past years (ie. family, friends, passion, lifestyle, etc. - and even my personal future plans) and now I have to start all over again from scratch. I was indeed coming out from my comfort zone! But I never doubted that it's gonna be that tough. In time, I will make new friends and adjust to a new lifestyle like what I've been doing for the past 6 years since I left home anyway! Well, at least that was what I thought at the beginning.....

My family in NZ... =)

My close friends from ACG... (^^)

My spiritual force!!! =D

Okie, I know you guys will be wondering, "Hey, wait a min... Didn't you like move to Brizzie mid 2007???" YES! You are correct, my friend! And it was indeed a terrible semester to begin with, coz' that was the semester when I got to know bout' "Ipswich"! [*Instant Chillz* Oh gosh, that 'ulu' and very 'pelik' place!!!] Those who are studying there... May God Bless You~! Anyway, I got over the 'pelik-ness' of the location the next semester [2008]- guess going back to Msia for my summer vacation did help bring back my sanity! =P But it was since 2008, that things weren't right for me as an individual. The environment probably did played a part in provoking my thoughts and emotions, but most of all, it is me, myself and I that I have to face...

Gurls Day Out in South Bank

Looking back in 2008, I wonder how many buckets of tears have I shed. I jokingly told Andrew one day, that I could probably help recover Brizzie's one fraction of drought! =P I wouldn't even dare count the many nights I've stayed up alone on my bed in the darkness thinking and talking to myself. I know you'd probably think I'm mentally deranged now! Well, I don't blame you, coz' at one time it was too much for me that I actually felt like I need to see a psychiatrist! I kid you not!

Chillin' out with Sandy in the City.... =P

Okie, I'm not trying to scare you, but the thing is, almost every night I kept telling myself that everything is going to be fine, and that I should stay strong and positive, that tomorrow is going to be brand new day, and I should keep moving forward.... Isn't that how it should be rite??? Stay positive and everything will be fine, rite???... But sometimes, it's just too frustrating, on and on again to be strike two more steps backwards every time you try to make a step forward... All these thoughts and emotions were enough to make a person go crazy! [Thank God, blogging did help keep me sane!] At one point, I simply couldn't understand why I came to Brisbane!

Flowers from Andrew~! (^^)

A very special and meaningful day together...

After all the tears and turmoils, I came to accept that, 2008 is just one big huuuuge mirror of self-reflection... I always believe that things happen for a reason, and I do believe that 2008 happened for a reason, and that my deep and intense self-reflection was for a reason. I can't really say now that I'm glad it happened to me, but I can say that I'm sure glad I've survived 2008. It was really a time of intense personal growth.

A very good friend of mine, SuPing, got married in Sept 2008!

I know that everyone carries all forms baggages along with them in their lives. Baggages are heavy and they slow you down. And as much as I've tried my best to let go most of them, I admit I still carry some of them with me. My baggages were mainly regrets, disappointments, fears, failures and heartaches... all that's been pulling me back from moving forward. And 2008, was a year where all those that were kept deep deep down inside me came into surface, some were obvious, while some I never knew I had... It was a year where I have to learn to overcome my pride and learn to say: "YES! I admit, I'm imperfect. I'm far from flawless. I am weak and I've failed many times in my life..."

My 1st attempt in baking cheesecake!

[Specially baked for Andrew for I was guilty as charge for almost losing his laptop...]

And so I guess 2009 would be THE year, where I will have to open up each of those baggages, one at a time, and face it up front... It will take a lot of courage out of me to face all my disappointments and fears, etc. I probably had been running away for far too long and have denied what I have been carrying with me all these while, ignoring it, thinking that ignoring means abandoning, and abandoning means freedom. It sure proves now that I got it all wrong!

My awesome weekend away in Kingaroy!

So what are my 2009 New Year's resolution???

Hmmm... Actually I haven't really figure that out yet.... =P
Usually, I'm quite lazy to make any new year's resolution... And even if I did have one (or a few), I rarely ever kept it... Hahaha... guess I'm just part of the norm! =P

However, I must say this may be different. I might not see it as just mere "New Year's Resolution", but rather as a journey or a path that I've chosen to take to unravel all the complications in me. Each day, one step at a time... Perhaps I will never ever find the perfect or absolute answer. For God's plan are bigger than the power of any human mind could contain. But at least, I'm happy enough to know that I'm always moving forward, and living life with no regrets! Living life to the fullest, that's the life I want for my own...

Anyway, I am probably just gonna list it all down now as it comes to mind, it's gonna be quite spontaneous, and it's gonna be very personal...

1) Transparent [Not the clothing!! You dirty old fart!]
-> I wanna be more transparent with myself and others about my life, my 'baggages' and who I am as a person. I've decided that I need not be ashamed of my past mistakes and failures, for every mistakes I made may be a stepping stone to something much greater! You'll never know what may be coming your way...

->I also wanna be free and transparent with my thoughts and feelings about things and issues that I feel strongly about, and not refrain myself from standing up for what I strongly believe in - I shall not be concern of what others think of me and my life... Everyone has their own individual journey in life, why should there be any comparisons or competitions?

2) Adventures
-> I have only ONE life to live, and that life is short. The time keeps running swiftly these days, and I'm not getting any younger [though I am still young now! =P]. While I'm still alive, and while I'm still young and active and free, I want my life to be as adventurous as it can be! I wanna try new things in my life that I probably wouldn't have dared do. I wanna cross the lines of limitations. And I also wanna do all the things that I've always dream of doing and wanted to do in my life.

3) Imperfection
-> Ahhh... this one is an art by itself! I wanna learn the art of appreciating the imperfection. I just recently came to realize the beauty of imperfection! (will talk more about that one day) For I have been a freak for perfection for as long as I can remember, and mind you, it does not only drive you [the perfectionist] crazy but the people around you as well! So I'm gonna cut that area in my life loose, and "just go with the flow", as how my mum put it... XD

4) Open
-> I wanna be MORE open-minded with every aspect of my life, and especially when it comes to making wise decisions about my future plans. This includes not being afraid of exposing who I am as a person, and making the most of the opportunities that comes my way. I wanna remove all the anxieties, worries and fears from my life, and replace it with exuberance, excitement and sprightliness in life...

5) N.E.R.D
-> Yeah yeah... you may probably think that most nerds do not really have a life! And that since I'm already such a boring person myself, I shouldn't be making it any worse now aite? Well, think again... My definition of NERD is:

N -Natural [simplicity;spontaneous; open; unaffected]
E- Endurance
R- Resoluteness
D- Discipline

-> Haha~! I know I'm so lame! =P But hey, I dun wanna be the ordinary nerd like all the nerds in the world, I wanna be THE nerd (as described above of coz!)... (^^)

Okie, maybe not THAT spontaneous with my new year's resolution... It did took me a some time to think about it, and put it down into words...

Anyway, I guess 2009 is all about me improving myself as a person. I think I quite look forward to it though I don't really know what lies ahead. It would be a whole new journey on it's own. Whether it's gonna be tougher than 2008? Guess it's me to find out. But overall, I wanna be a happier person in 2009! I shall be... starting from today! Happy happy Jamie! Hahahahaa... *roll eyes* Like wateva loh~! =P

Fuhyoh~! Look at the length of this entry man!!! Sorry, just couldn't refrain my "cheong-hei-ness" this time. =P This is an up-close and personal entry mah... so give me a break man! Bwahahahaa~!!!

Okielah, time for me to sign-off now... (Pffffftt~ it's by time rite! (-_-")] Wahahahaaa...
Omg~! I'm getting lamer by year!!

Anyway, Happy New Year everyone! (^^) Tata!

Belated Christmas~! =P

2008-12-27T18:35:00.004+10:00

HoHoHo~!!!

Happy Belated Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Tree in Brisbane City

Ya Ya~, I know I am 2 days late... =P But hey, in the end it's the thought that counts aye~! I didn't really got the chance to blog..... Well~, actually I did, but I was just too lazy... =P [Haha... just giving some lame excuses~! =P]

I came back from Sunshine Coast around 11pm on Christmas eve... And was oh so tired the next day [ie. Christmas Day!]...

***By the way, on the side track, Sunshine Coast was A.W.E.S.O.M.E~!!!! I will dedicate a whole new entry on my 4 days vacation in another few days time. Lot's of pictures, and lot's to write, it's gonna be another loooooooonnnnggggggg entry! And so, that's why I'm gonna need practically a whole day to write it...

Anyway, this year is gonna be my 1st year celebrating Christmas in Brisbane and away from home... =( However, with really dried after-tanned skin, pimpled face, and a body that aches like an old woman, it really wasn't a good way to start my Christmas... I didn't even attend the Christmas service in church, coz' was just way too tired...[God, please forgive me!]

So I slept till around lunch time, drag myself out of bed, brush my teeth, had my brunch, which was practically just two slices of toast bread and a hot chocolate... (-_-") No Christmas Tree, No Christmas prezzies [well, actually I don't really expect one anyway] and No Christmas spirit... It was just like any other ordinary day... =( Which did made me feel a lil' down at first...

Mum sent me a Christmas card, and oh how she makes me yearn even more to go home! Half of my family aren't even Christians, but we do still celebrate Christmas. It's a good time for the family to get together and just enjoy each others company, which include lot's of lame jokes, sarcasms, debates, and just being plain silly! We even have a small-medium size fake Christmas Tree at home, though no real Christmas prezzies under it, just some empty nicely wrapped shoe boxes for deco! Hahaa~ But, we don't really mind at all, coz' it's the time spent together that matters the most!

So yeah, I admit I was a bit disappointed with my 1st Christmas in Brisbane, I thought I could have some 'special memories', since it's my 1st. It did got me a lil' emo, coz I missed my family so much then! Called my mum and chit-chatted with her for almost an hour, and though I felt a lil' better, but still no Christmas spirit... The shops and most of the restaurants were all close, except for some Asian cafes down in Sunnybank with extra 10%-15% surcharge due to the public holiday, darn miserable loh! I can't even think of anything to do to lift up my spirit, except for food (can't blame me, I'm Malaysian and I absolutely LOVE food!)... (-_-")

But anyway, things got a little better at night, I bought Aunty Lim, Wenny and David Christmas prezzies and I gave them to Aunty and Wenny before dinner, and David after dinner. The fact that there were Christmas presents for me to give to others was enough to cheer up my Christmas spirit!

Since I'm a bodyshop loyal customer (coz' they have very good products plus their gift pack are pretty reasonable) I bought Aunty Moringa Body Lotion and Shower Gel...

I've tested the body lotion, and I like it very much, the smell is subtly sweet and it's non-greasy. I shall recommend it to my mum too!

I got Wenny the NEW Stand Up Strawberry Gift Pack, which consists of Strawberry Body Polish (ie. similar to scrubs) and Strawberry Puree Lotion... The packing is sooo cute! I have not tested this one, but it smells really good! I shall get one myself one day... =)

And I got David a shirt from Noosa due to time constraint. I was actually planning to get him something from the Christian Bookstore, but I was in Noosa till Christmas eve, so I did not have the time to shop. But, since the shirt could not really fit him, I guess I would just get him a belated Christmas gift then.. =P So paiseh man, getting someone a present with the wrong size! (-_-").....

Anyway, since Aunty decided not to cook that night, we all (except for David) had a simple dinner in Malayan Corner (dunno if I spell it right) in Sunnybank, though the service was bad and the food were just so-so, didn't really feel like giving them the extra 15% surcharge, but oh well, don't really wanna ruin the Christmas night. Then, after dinner we had ice-creams for dessert! Yummy~ green tea ice-cream!

Despite it was raining slightly at night, but I was begining to feel a little tingle of Christmas spirit inside me... We got home, and there was a sense of warmth from the family. Though I am not part of the family, but to have a feeling of family togetherness was enough to make my Christmas in Brisbane a memorable one! =)

And oh, just to add on...
Sandy got me a very cute Christmas gift!

She baked me some cookies (so sweet rite!) and a miniature Anna Sui 'Night of Fantasy' Perfume! I never had an Anna Sui perfume before! So yeah, I was so delighted~!!! (^^)
Thanks SANDY~~~~~! x0x0x0

Anyway, I'm gonna end this with something to lighten up the hearts of those who are celebrating Christmas alone...

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

All jammed into ONE!

2008-12-16T23:32:00.006+10:00

HOLA! =)
Just an entry bout' what I've been up to lately...
Lazy wanna type a super long story....
So i'll just let the pictures do most of the talking this time *winks*

*Attention: A SUPER long entry and lot's of photos onwards!*

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I attended the Hatch Company Dinner (Saturday, Nov 22nd), and I must say I had a really great time, despite some complications before the party, which I had to rush to re-do my make-up and hair-do, thus we were half an hour late, but then many others were late too (we're not alone), and we're still on time for the entree! (^^)

Hahahaha... Nope, I didn't go with a suit! =P (from the previous entry: Procrastination) 1stly, I couldn't even afford to own a suit... 2ndly, I probably would not have the guts to wear it to Andrew's company dinner (I'm easily embarrassed!), and 3rdly, I'm not seeking for such attention, at least not in such a public way! Hahaha~ =P

I orginally thought of going with a more elegant outlook. I got this cream colour dress that I bought in ebay at a very reasonable price, of coz' it's made in China lah. Now everything also made in China anyway. But I think it's very cute, dainty and very feminine... Let me show you...

Please excuse the round beige patch on the face, my make-up was awful (I went to the salon, and they made me into a bride!), it was just too much for a Christmas party, even I can't stand looking at it... So, I dun wanna give u readers a heart-attack! =)

Before that, I've also already thought of the hair-do and all. Hahahaha, yes, u can say that I was very excited bout' this dinner, coz it's my 1st time goin to a 'company dinner'! So it's a big night for me.

This was without make-up then. I did the hair-do all by myself. =) It looks nice from the front, but I dun really know how it's like at the back, coz' I was basically just randomly jabbing bobby pins while just focusing on the front... Nah, I didn't have enough time to practice.... So I'm not taking the chance, too risky.

I do not want to over-do it either... which was why, after awhile, on second thought, I later decided on a more modest and demure look instead...

And I would admit that I'm glad that I did.... =P

Back to the Christmas Party....
It was held at the Brisbane Convention Centre, which was so very big we almost got lost!

Andrew and me after our entree...
(Yeap, I curled my hair again! ^^)

Our Table No.12

I lurve my man in suit!

No doubt it was an enjoyable night... The food was alrite. But there was free flow of alcohol and beverages, and everyone was happy! We've even joined everyone in the dancefloor, dancing to oldies from a live band. They even sang ABBA - "Dancing Queen"! One of my favourite! Everyone was having such a great time! =)

I was still beaming when I got home!
Gosh, I love my curls~!

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On the other hand...
Between late Nov and early Dec, Brisbane had been experiencing very bad stormy weather... It seems one of the worst storms they ever had for a very long time. Some days it was so strong I was afraid the ceiling of my penthouse would come off! And mind you, many houses in Brisbane have indeed had their ceiling blown off! So scary!!!

I took this from my room on one of the many predicted stormy evenings. The clouds look so intimidating, it's frightening!

And another one with the lightning! Hahaha... I know I am very daring! =P I was actually 'squinching' my eyes when I took this shot, which is why it's a little blur. But look! The lightning is so bright it's almost like day time! Eeekz, FREAKY~!

Trees and tree branches were mostly swept away into the Brisbane river, which as a result the CityCat ferry had to be shut down for a week or so. Which means I have to take the bus, which means long queues and which means the bus will be packed like sardines. Argh~ I dun like that at all! =( (well, who does anyway! -_-")

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The following week, it was the time of the month again, and I wasn't feeling too good.
I wanted to see Andrew that weekend, coz' I missed him so much, but I figure I ought to just stay at home and rest. I was quite sad I could not see him *sob sob*, and so he said he'll come over to my place instead! Yeay~! (^^)

And knowing that I wasn't feeling too good to cook my meals, he volunteer to cook for me! Awwwww.... soooooo sweeeeeet~! Over the phone, he asked if there was anything I wanted to eat, I had something in mind, but I asked him what he wanted to cook for me... And his answer was "fish porridge"! I was stunned! That was exactly what I had in mind at that time!!! We always seem to have this "thinking of the same thing at the same time" moments, and we always seem to have ways in completing each others sentences. We called it the "frequency". Sometimes the frequency is so intuned/identical, it's almost scary!

After church that day, he went straight home and start preparing to cook his "special porridge" for me. He even went to do some grocery shopping for me. How sweet! Around 2pm, he arrived at my place and with this huge thermo-flask (wateva you called it)...

We added some more ginger and some "century eggs" (pei tan) which I have in my house, just to give a little more flavour to the porridge.

And I just love porridge with "century eggs"!, despite knowing how century egg actually becomes a century egg... (".) [If you don't know yet, go find out yourselves or just ask me if you wanna know...] But, trust me, you sooooo don't want to know!

Hmmm... the porridge smells really good! I just can't wait to taste it~!

My faithful boyfriend serving the Princess JLoo... (^^) Mwahahahaa~!

Omgosh! It was so so soooo good! A real authentic homecooked fish porridge with century eggs (pei tan yu juk)! I think earlier on I underestimate him a little. Hehe~ I swear if it wasn't coz' my stomach wasn't feeling too well that day, I would have finished the whole pot of porridge! Thank you so much dear for such an awesome meal! I am indeed very blessed to have such an excellent chef as my boyfriend. I'm looking forward for many more "pei tan juk" from you, my dear!
xoxoxoxoxo~~
(I know it's very corny! Hehe~)

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Was down in Gold Coast on a day trip (Saturday, Dec 5th). David Kwan flew down to Queensland for the 2nd time! However, his flight was in the evening. So I thought we could catch up over dinner in GC before Andrew and I drove back to Brisbane. We decided on a day trip, coz we're saving up money for our Sunshine Coast vacation during the Christmas week!

We started early from Andrew's place, and straight to Pacific Fair for lunch! We had delicious crepes and my favourite New Zealand Ice-Cream! Yum Yum~! The weather was freaking steamy! It was so hot I can feel myself sizzle~! Hahahaa... Imagine that! In addition, it was also a torture for me to be there... I had to keep diverting my thoughts, biting my lips, constantly shifting my sights, and clinging to Andrew, coz'..... There were SALES SALES SALES everywhere!!! Omgosh! It definitely sucks to be broke and poor! The only thing I bought was a double size beach towel from K-mart, and that's also for the main reason that we were heading to the beach after that... Man, how I envy the shoppers that day! Grrrrrrr~!

By 4pm... With the fierce steamy weather, I was so drained out I could just honestly sleep anywhere in the mall, be it the floor, the staircase, the food court, or even the toilet! That was how tired I was....

But as soon as we got to the beach, I was rejuvenated! We chose the Mermaid Beach this time, coz' it was not very crowded and it's much quiter... We spread out our new double size beach towel and lay down to enjoy the breeze and to the sound of waves crashing on the shore... Sigh~ just simply blissful... I've even forgotten that I was exhausted!

Rejuvenated enough to make silly faces! And my new colourful beach towel!

He got such a nice spot with a nice shot! I wanted to exchange place with him, but he wouldn't budge! EVIL!

See! I can multitask! (^^) (I know I'm lame...)

He still would not budge!

Sigh~ I gave up!!! *hmph*

Misty Surfers Paradise from afar...

--^*Andrew and Jamie*^--

Love is in the air???

YES INDEED!!!

Awwwwwww........ (^^)

After 1.5 hour on the beach, it started to rain! So we ran back to the car. Thunderstorm were predicted late that night. But we hoped it'll be a short one though. There was no where else we could go, coz' it was past 5pm then, we decided to just chill in McD. We each had a hot drink and chitchatted while waiting for David Kwan to arrive. I really love spending quality time like this with him... No fancy dinner, but just spending some quiet time together without any worries and stressing over time. If only time was endless....

Around 7.30pm, we arrive at the GC Airport to pick up David and his 2 other friends (Cindy and Linda) and drove them to their resort on Chevron Island. On the way to the airport, the storm was just crazy! Lightning and thunder blasting everywhere. Just like the WWII!........ What am I talking about, I have not even existed then! *smack* But I was so scared lah! But luckily, less than an hour, the storm ease into a drizzle, which was very good news for us!

It was quite a pleasant resort, just a simple accommodation, quite reasonable and very near to Surfers Paradise, plus a nice view of the Qdeck (the tallest building in GC). Cindy and Linda were exhausted from the earlier all-day-shopping in Sydney and the flight up to GC, so they decided to just call it a day. Hence, the remaining 3 of us (David, Andrew & I) went to look for dinner. We had Japanese that night, and it was oh so awesome! Too bad I had McD earlier on, or else I would have a whole set of meal to myself! Those who know me, knows how much I eat... Hehe~ =P

The place is called "Bistro Lamp"-->> Highly recommended to those looking for Jap food in GC. Actually, there are so many other Jap restaurants around GC, it would be biased of me to say this is the best jap food in town, however I would say that it's definitely the best jap food I had so far!

I do not have a picture of 3 of us together at the moment, it was taken from David's camera, I'll have to wait for him to send me a copy. I'll post it when I get them. =) David bought us a Christmas gift from Darell Lea~! He shouldn't have, but big thanks man!

I just love the varieties of candies. They are just so cute and colourful! I feel guilty enough having to eat them! But I ate them anyway. =P I've finished half of the box by now. Hehe~

By the way, I took this two pictures when I was back at Andrew's place using Andrew's webcam. XD Which of coz' explains the poor quality of the image. I didn't have my over-worn camera with me then. But still I so have to take a picture of the candies. So cute rite?!

Okie, back to Gold Coast...
Well, by 11pm, I was just too exhausted to even think straight. I wished I could just lie on a bed right then. But Andrew still needs to drive back to Brisbane, and I know he is as darn tired as I am, which gives me ever more reason not to KO in the car! My duty is to keep him awake throughout the journey until we're back in his place. So, we ended up having very random conversations, just to keep each other awake, and some of the conversation doesn't seem to make any sense at all to a reasonable man. Hahahaha... But anyway yeah, we got home safely. =) Mission accomplished!

Overall, I was drained from the day trip, and Andrew got sick the next day as a result of sleep deprivation (he usually sleeps very early one ya!). Nevertheless we had an awesome time in GC and we are looking forward to our long holiday at Sunshine Coast next week~! Whee~!

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After a few days, I was back in GC again!!!
This time I went with Sandy. We've made an appointment with a Japanese salon known as Glam Hair Lounge... It was my 1st time there, and perhaps the 2nd/3rd time for Sandy. She recommended me the salon, coz' it's very good, reasonable priced (cheaper for students!) and the stylist there are so "hot", well she claimed so. (-_-") I needed a hair-cut badly, but this time I never really had anything particular in mind, maybe something a little different. I was thinking of a soft-side-swept fringe, and perhaps more layering, but not too much. You know, something different, but not too different.

Sandy and I after the hair cut, we both seem to have very similar hair-styles! Hahahaha....
Probably it's the safest, most common, but yet hottest hair-style in GC! =P [Yes, I'm self-proclaiming]

Here's another clearer picture of my hair in Day 2 after the hair-cut...

I think I'm beginning to like it! But it's a bit shorter now, so I can't really curl my hair anymore, at least for another 2 mths or so. I look younger I reckon??? Hahahaha... The next time, how about I try the emo hairstyle?!?! =P

Like these ones....

(I like this one a lot!)

Nonononooo~ dun get me wrong. I have not fall into the dark side! I admit I am emo sometimes, but I am not the "emo" person. And I dun really fancy the too extreme emo hairstyles. I just kinda like the longer plain layered ones, like the 3rd picture from above. I just think it's different and cool! But I shall think HARD and LOOONNG before attempting such styles.

I may just be kidding myself with such hairstyles. Though I feel one don't have to be "emo" to pull it off, but you do need 'some' attitude. Hahahahaa.... no worries, I'm not taking it too seriously anyway... =P

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And on Sunday (Dec 14th), was Aunty Lim's birthday. I baked her a cheesecake, coz' I was so broke, I dunno what else I could give her as a present. Andrew originally planned to cook for his mum and so I thought baking cheesecake complements that very well. It's actually my 2nd attempt in baking cheesecake.

The first cheesecake I baked, was for Andrew, as my atonement for having almost lost his laptop in the ferry terminal... Yes, I know! I'm so utterly CLUMSY! Thank God it wasn't missing, or else I would be so so so dead! Andrew would have so buried me alive! So I thought I better bake him a cheesecake, to ease his nerves, and to satisfy his stomach, he'll be a happier man! (^^) And indeed, he was! Thank goodness~!

[Have you not known that the way through a man's heart, is through food/his tummy??? Well, I guess it includes women too nowadays! (ie. ME!) Or perhaps I'm not a women??? No! That would be sooooo wrong!!!]

My 1st homebaked cheesecake for Andrew.

My 2nd homebaked cheesecake for Aunty Lim's birthday.

Aunty did mentioned that the cheesecake seem to taste better with mango! Hmmm~ Mango Cheesecake??? I shall look into that. I feel I baked a better cheesecake the first time. I think coz' I probably was so soaked up with guilt the first time, for almost losing his laptop, that I just put in more attention and love into the baking process. Not that I didn't do that the 2nd time, but I was probably rushing with time, and multitasking at the same time. If you wanna know, I was listening to music, singing, web-camming with Andrew, reading the recipe and tips from two separate windows, cooking my dinner and baking, ALL at the same time! So yeah, you get the picture now.

Anyway, enough of my excusess...
So how do I make a simple cheesecake? Well, you can practically just googgle any recipe online, there are heaps! There are some very simple recipe and some that are a bit more challenging. So, it's all up to you to choose. However, I will still write an entry bout it one day. =)

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I think I should really stop now.
This is probably one of the longest entry I've ever written.
This is the result of a lazy blogger, who tries to cramp everything into ONE!
And look, I said earlier at the beginning that I was gonna type less and let the picture do the talking aye??? See how much I've written!!!
Conclusion, I'm very lazy and very "cheong hei"(long winded)!

Okie, nite nite everyone!

THE END

Crazy Weather, Crazy Shopper!

2008-11-20T11:53:00.001+10:00

Woke up late today... [Hehe~] =P

Don't really know what's up with me lately...
I've been sleeping early,
but will abruptly awake by 4 a.m...
Then will be tossing and turning on the bed till like 7 a.m.!
Ugh~ So irritating and frustrating!

I've actually planned to have lunch with 'A' in the city today...
text-ed him somemore around 7 something a.m.
(He was so impress..),
that was when I was still tryin' to get back to sleep...
but needless to say, I woke up late, so wasn't able to be in the city on time...
Afterall, he only has like 30 mins lunch break...
*paiseh paiseh*
So.... I went back to bed (^^)... Mwahahahahaa....
I am a "Sleeping Beauty"! (*.*)

Later that day...
As I was getting quite sick being at home...
I decided to go shopping at Toowong Village,
since Thursdays closes at 9pm anyway!
So, jolly jolly good~! =)

Took the 412 bus around 4.50 pm...
Yesh! I start shopping in the evening one!
["Nocturnal Shopper" mah (-_-")]
The whole day was sunny and the sky was clear...
I was so happy then!
But, as soon as I stepped out of the bus in Toowong...
I started to feel little raindrops on my skin...
Then the drops got bigger and heavier!
I was like... "Why "sui" one?!?!"

Anyway, I hurried in into the building...
Luckily I didn't really get wet...
Then.... It's SHOPPING TIME!!!
Regardless if it rains or shines! =P
Well, there weren't many boutiques in Toowong Village...
which was good, so that I won't overspent and overindulged myself...
(Heh~ well, that WAS what I said!)

I went into 'Diva' and bought a few pieces of accessories...
Initially, I was trying to get those to match my outfit for the dinner...
But I got so dazzled by all the very pweety, sweeeet, and elegant accesories...
Even the salesgirl ended-up dazzling with me as well... Hahahaha~
After quite awhile in the store...
I ended up buying a few more than I should.... =P
Including a few lip glosses and eye shadows which was on offer (all 3 for only AUD$20!)
[I wish not 'A' to read this!]
Well, they can be good Christmas prezzies... (^^)

These nail-polishes costs only AUD$2 each in Terry White Pharmacy!!!
So cheap ya! I picked four very hot colours for this summer!

I haven't really had anything for lunch,
only a small bowl of MiLo Crunch with milk...
My stomach was beginning to growl~
So I got myself the "energy smoothies" from Boost!
Then I just stroll around the mall...
I noticed buckets in peculiar places around the mall...
The ceiling was leaking!
You can actually hear the heavy thunderstorms outside...
Pretty scary.... you just dun wanna go out there!

Anyway, I ended up in K-mart...
Yes! I do shop at K-mart~! [clothes, cosmetics, thongs, electronic appliances, etc.]
I dun see anything abnormal bout' that...
I reckon you can get really nice outfits and other stuff at a lower prices at K-mart.
Sometimes, you can even find similar things you see outside in here, and it's usually way cheaper!
So, why spend more on something you can get at Kmart for a lower price?!?!
Well, everything was 40% off today!
My gosh~! Yup, I got a lil' crazy....
This is the amount I got from K-mart, including 3 kinds of eyeliner, a mascara, and a tube of bobby pins... =P

Gwa feel guilty now.... (".)
Anyway, I haven't really shopped like this for a very long time d...
So, it's still okie lah rite???
(Haha... trying to console myself... =P)

The rain had stopped for awhile then...
It should be fine for me to go home by bus...
I walked out of the mall...
towards the traffic light to cross over to the other side where the bus stop is...
As the traffic light was about to turn red for me to cross over..
Big drops of water started to fall from the sky AGAIN!
Wat da heck!!!
Seriously so "sui" man!

I have no choice, the rain was just too heavy,
and I felt I shouldn't wait for it to stop,
coz' it's pretty late then, and it certainly doesn't look like it's ever gonna stop raining anytime soon...
So I hailed a taxi nearby and got myself home...
SIGH! What a day!

My stomach was grumbling even louder now...
I felt like I was close to fainting if I have not stuff anything into my mouth...
So I ended up having 'Dominos Pizza' for my dinner....
(I was too tired and lazy to cook...)

Man, my whole body is aching now...
I am so tired~~~
Gotta go to the city tomorrow...
another loooong day ahead....
*yawn*
Really gotta go now...
Nitie Nitez~! xoxoxo

Procrastination

2008-11-17T23:36:00.001+10:00

So it's raining outside,
And it's so cozy just being at home...
I have every intention to just glue myself to the bed,
underneath the warmth and fuzziness of my comforter...
And just Eat. Sleep. Eat. Sleep. Eat. Sleep.
Grow fat and float around Brisbane River... Lolx!
[That's as lame as I can be... (><")]

Oh well... Since Oopsie Daizies~ has been collecting dusts...
I think it's by time I start updating... (^^)
I admit I've lost a bit of the enthusiasm in bloggin...
Probably not being able to update has become part of a habit...
STOP PROCRASTINATING, JAMIE!!!

Btw, my lappie's fixed!!! YEAY-ness~!!! (^^)
Thanks to none other than the genius 'Tiger/Bloom' Chew!
My gratitude goes a long way, dude!
He actually called me with his mobile phone all the way from Msia to help me fixed my poor lappie! So touched~! (T.T)
And being as I am, such a 'dummy' in technology,
It took sometime... really really sorry for the slow progression, Tiger!
Nonetheless, I've learn some new stuff... Hehe
Thank you so much for the patience! =P

Anyway, after all the hassle and 'mafan-ness' we went through rite,
only did we discover it was just the "one" click in the initial setup that makes ALL the difference!!! (-_-")
That is "Technology" for you, people!

And owh, I went to Kingaroy [the PEANUT Country] 3 weeks ago for a mission trip!
It was such an awesome experience!!
It was so refreshing and interesting to see the countryside after being stuck in Brisbane for some time now!
I will be updating on that on a new entry sometime this week... (^^)
Oh yeah, as well as my visit to Doulos like ermmm.... 2 mths ago??? (-_-")
Hahahaa... Just realized how I'm so irresponsibly out-dated!!!

It has been 4 days ago since I took my last paper for this semester,
So yeah, I'm officially on my holidays rite now...
But its just gonna be only for another week,
Coz' my summer semester commences next Monday!
I know~~! Soooo friggin' fast rite?!?!
It's not even enough for me to "breath-in" vacation...
So, I guess my full-on procrastination for this week is justifiable in this case then... *ahaks* =P
Hahahaa....

Meanwhile,
I have to attend Hatch's ('A's company) Christmas Dinner this weekend...
I'm so nervous and excited at the same time...
As it's my fist ever "Company Dinner" I don't really know what to expect or to be expected of me..
I suddenly felt a huge responsibility in protecting 'A's image....
Arrrghhhh~ that means I have to be a grown-up "lady"....
I am responsible to behave and watch my manners...
Arrrghhhh~ headache!!!
What should I wear??? How should I dress-up???
What should I say??? How should I interact???
What is in the menu??? How much should I eat???
Should I control my appetite??? Or should I just gobble everything up???
(Okie, I guess I'm going off track...)
Arrrghhhh~ HEADACHE sia!!!

'A' told me to give him a surprise...
Then I said, "U sure ar???"
He smiled and nods...
So I asked him if he minds I wear what he'll be wearing that night???
With eyes bulging out, he sat there... speechless! Muahahaahaa!
His expression was priceless!

Then I add on, "Well, nuttin too much though, it's just gonna be a "two-tail suit" (wateva u called it) with a cream colour satin tie, and perhaps with a tophat???"
He didn't take that too well... probably losing some hair over it now...
Bwahahahaaa!!! So funny sia~!!!

*'A' = Andrew, just lazy to keep typing his name* =P

So, was I serious bout the suit???
Hehehe.... well, we shall just see bout that! *twitch twitch*

Last Sunday,
'A' and I went for our usual 'brief shopping' ('A' hates shopping) at Browns Plain Plaza,
I of coz went with a mission, afterall it's 'brief'! Duh~!
I gotta get what I gotta get before 'A' fumes out fire! ROAR~~
Newayz, I bought my 1st ever ceramic straightener! =)
(Man, I'm noticing lots of "my 1st ever" in this entry!)
I got a rather cheaper one instead from Priceline,
'Remington Professional Ceramic Straight' for only AUD$40

I thought it was useless for me to get a really pricy one, coz' I won't be using it that often anyway...
The primary reason I bought it was to practice on the "beachy waves" I've learnt from youtube! (Hehehe... that's how FREE I am rite now!)
And if I'm good enough, I might as well probably have the waves for the Christmas Dinner! *ahaks*

Anyway, this is the "hair tutorial: beachy wave w/a flat iron" from itsjudytime

Since I was like sooo darn bored today, I did some experiments with the new flat ceramic irons... (Hands got a lil' itchy) Teeheee~
And of coz after that, some 'cam-whoring' time!!! (^^)
Here are some of my vanity exposed!!!
I reckon I look a lil' mature with the curls aye?

Oooo La La~
I'm signing off!
Nitez people!!! xoxoxo
ZzZzZzzzz....

Restlessness...

2008-10-13T20:06:00.004+10:00

Whoah! It has almost been a month since I last updated!

Sorry for my long absence, Oopsie Daizies~
I've promised to share some love didn't I???
Guess I've failed to keep that promise this time... =(

The truth is, I've been wanting to update since I've finished my tests last month...
However, I guess luck wasn't really on my side (like REALLY),
and therefore, I've been put thru' a series of unfortunate events since then,
which seem to have prevented me from updating... (T.T)

SIGH~~~
Well, it's not of my intention to list down all those unfortunate events here today...
Just a short entry to explain the ONE very main reason why I've failed to update lately...

A few weeks ago, my beloved lappie crashed...
Heartbrokened and depressed, I contacted Dell.com,
Got the Dell technician over to check my laptop,
and suspected that the graphic card may be faulty...
Got the whole motherboard changed (FREE of charge!),
but my laptop still refuses to operate....
Then on the 2nd day,
got the fan changed,
coz' apparently my lappie is sizzling HOT~! (And owh, its F.O.C too!),
Prayed hard, and it started alrite...
But, the operating systems (both my Windows XP and Vista) weren't functioning...
Sigh~ I was so darn frust then...

As much as I love my "red-hot dell lappie",
And no offence to those "fanatic-technology-lover",
But technology sometimes is really such a pain in the butt!
Even the technician admitted so (indirectly)!

Aaaaanyway~
Since Dell does not assist in the "software" as part of their service,
I had no choice but to repair the system on my own...
Being inexperience and what I call a "dumb-dumb" in computers,
I am just so worried not to lose the data in my hard-disk...
But I still couldn't repair just yet,
coz' both the windows CDs aren't here with me....
It's back in Msia... (-_-")
See, how "mafan" can this all turn out to be???

But, thanks to Tiger and Khai Y'ng (the Chew siblings~),
were the CDs able to travel miles through the ocean....
just for the sake of my beloved 'red-hot-dell-lappie'....
(Thank u both sooooo MUCH! Definately will 'chia' u guys when I'm back ya!)

So, you can tell how restless I've been through these past few weeks!
Even now, I'm still using Andrew's laptop to update...
And he is even more restless now, not having his laptop with him...
Wahahahaa... I have to admit, though I hate to admit it...
that we're all indeed so depended with technology now,
and that without it, the world seems to be a restless place to live in...

I guess coz' when I have my laptop,
I'm comforted with the fact that,
all my family and friends are just a click away...
And that I'm surrounded with familiarities...

Just look at this...
I've mentioned earlier that it's just gonna be a "short" entry huh???
But now see how much I've written (well, typed...),
I just got so much to blog about!
(T.T) I want this miserableness to end soon!

2008-09-10T01:00:00.004+10:00

Okie, after the much ambitious attempt last month,
in trying to update much frequently than I usually do...
(And yes~ I did it!!)

I am finally back here again,
after being away for almost a week plus...
(*AHEM* not a very good start for September )

This time however,
I'm gonna leave a little notice...
That Jamielicious/Jamster/Jam-Loo/JLoo/Mie Mie
will not "unintentionally" be blogging much this month...

NOTE: "unintentionally"
—Synonyms accidental, unplanned, inadvertent. (Thesaurus.com)

There's definitely so much to blog!!!...
But, unfortunately, it's just one of those time in the semester,
when uni work gets a *little bwit* loaded and "cranky"....
Screaming for a little bwit of love, and a little bwit of attention...
Therefore, LOVE and ATTENTION its alllll it's getting from mua for now~!

However, there's still lots of LOVE to share with Oopsie Daizies~
Hence, I'm gonna try my very best to do just that...
To share da love~

You'll definitely be hearing from me,
but just temporally not that often, thats all!

Anyway, I'm just gonna end this entry with a piece of,
what I like to call a "Work of ART",
It's indisputable a "masterpiece" to me! LoL~!

Overall, I think it's very artsy, sweet, adorable
and strangely comical at the same time!

Definitely something to lighten up the heart,
especially after a long day at work...
Thus, I've made it my current desktop background!

Hope this cheerful art will help put a smile on your face too!

Have good day, peeps!
Cherios~

Fly Me To The Moon (Cover)

2008-08-27T14:03:00.006+10:00

Hie Hie!!! I'm back again, so SOON! =P
Hahahaa....
Well, as promised!
I've finally created an improvised version, as well as
the official cover for 'Fly Me To The Moon" for Moodols.tv!

Haha... It was my 1st time using Movie Maker!
So please excuse the "not-so-fine-production" quality... (^^)
Imma gonna learn more, and hopefully improved my vids
as I continue to use Movie Maker in the future...

Anyway...
I'm specially dedicating this song to all my friends!
Especially to the fellow Sheffield Lawyers!
(You guys know who you are! (^^))
We've shared so many fond memories with this song...
Memories that I'll definitely cherish for life!
And I hope this song will bring you as much joy as it does to me! =)

Enjoy, and hope you like it!

And..
Do continue to support me at jloo.moodols.tv!!!

The seach for "LOVE"...

2008-08-24T16:45:00.002+10:00

Many times in life...
We have loved, we have laughed...
We have hurt, and we have cried...

Many times in life...
We yearn for the perfect love that the world has defined...
Yet something is always missing,
There is no such "perfect love"!, it seems...

Many times in life...
We've searched high and low...
And we thought we knew what love is...
We thought we have grasps the secrets of love...

But, most of the time in life...
We were wrong...
We were mistaken...
We were misled...

There is such perfect love...
A LOVE that we always tend to forget...
A LOVE so pure and yet so powerful...
But sadly, still invisible to the eyes of human...

So, WHAT LOVE REALLY IS???

Lately,
Life has been a roller coaster ride for me...
I may be smiling, I may be laughing...
But deep down to the core of my heart...
I have been searching earnestly....
I wanted to know, like everyone else...
What does LOVE truly means???
For real... What does it means???
What does it takes to love another???

And almost unexpectedly...
God gave sent me this verse....

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

A simple verse..
But a great reminder it was!
It woken my heart and impacted my life!

Though, I honestly admit I could not even love as selflessly as the verse had describe...
Not even one could I fulfill without failing miserably!
But God had given me the heart to love...
And reminded me of the ones that matter the most in my life...
The one I truly love and wish to love as selflessly as He has always love...
And with God's grace and love, I may love like He has intended us to love!

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life"
-Proverbs 3:23

Fly Me To The Moon (Take 1)

2008-08-20T11:36:00.002+10:00

I've been updating rather frequently lately aye???
Well... Shhhh~ dun mention it too soon! XD
Things may change! LoL~!

Anyway,
I've recorded an acoustic version of "Fly Me To The Moon" by Frank Sinatra...
(Actually, there are many other vocalists who sang this song, but to list them all would be endless!)

Well, I'm doing this mainly coz' I love singing???
And also I've made a promise to Bobo~ and friends,
together with their support and encouragement for my love in music...
And since it's also a gift from God...
I shall share it and make full use of it aite?!
A way to glorify Him and be thankful for His gift!

I know I am not vocally great,
And I admit I am not an artist material,
I am not planning to be one either! =P
I just wanna share my joy for music with others,
and perhaps at the same time improve on my vocal and guitar skills... =)
I dun think it's a crime to have passion over something so positive rite???

Therefore, this is something I would be doing once in awhile,
And sharing it both in "Oopsie Daizies~" + "Moodols.tv"

**What's "Moodols.tv"???
Your answer is just a click a way!!!**

So be prepare to see more of my videos in the future!
And do not hesitate to critic if you feel to!
I reckon criticism is the best way to build one's character,
as well as learn and improve!

Honestly, I am not fully content with this video... *frown*
I've made many silly mistakes on my chords... *Arrrgh!*
Well, yeah~ I was kinda nervous lah,
It's my FIRST recording!
I am not use to record myself lah k...
I feel so awkward and weird!
And I wonder how thousands have done this thru' youtube! (".)

Anyway, I'm definitely gonna improvise this video!
Shall post the new one in a few days time!
Meanwhile, enjoy what I can provide for now... Hahaha~!
Hope you like it! =)

Please do support me at jloo.moodols.tv!!!

Bubble Dorado (^^)

2008-08-17T03:13:00.008+10:00

YES! it's time for an update! =)

Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's Bubble Dorado at your acquaintance~!!! (^^)
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Bubble - First Name
Dorado - Family Name (Dolphin)

Isn't she an adorable Dorado??? (^^)

Bubble and I was meant to be at 1st sight!
I 1st saw her at a souvenir shop in the Seaworld Resort...
Then, I kept seeing her in every souvenir shops in Seaworld...
And the more I saw her, the more I knew I'M GONNA HAVE HER!!!
However, I waited till the very last minute,
just as Seaworld was about to close!
Hahahaa... That's one lil' Dorado to cherish aye!

Neway, I'm currently experiencing the "dolphin" phase! (^^)
You know how gurls at some point experiences the "horse/unicorn" stage,
or the "butterflies" craze, and the "fairies" phase...
Well, its DOLPHIN for me this time!!!
Hehehe... Wat can I say???
There's always a little gurl inside every female adult hey?!... (^^)

Seaworld Resort, Gold Coast

It all started with my weekend getaway in Seaworld, Gold Coast!
A reasonable 2 days 1 night package deal, {Resort+Seaworld}
Well, the best choice of accommodation made thus far! =)
There's even a monorail connecting from the resort to the Seaworld for the convenience of the resort residents...
And huhuhu~ I was lovin' it already!

Had Fish n' Chips at Charis Seafood for lunch on the 1st day~!
The best Fish n' Chips in Gold Coast!!!
And my... there were giant pelicans all around!
Afraid they'll strike an attack! XD
It was a great meal, no doubt bout that...
But, it was also so windy that day,
I was practically shivering while enjoying my Fish n' Chips!
Sigh~ Can't wait for summer again!!!

The Charis Seafood

A wide choice of Fresh/ Cooked Seafood @ Charis Seafood!

My Lunch= Fish N' Chips + Coca Cola =)

The Giant Pelicans on guard!!!

The Seaworld Map
(Click to enlarge)

The 'sparks' for dolphins begun on the 2nd day in Gold Coast...
Took the monorail from the resort and around the Seaworld
The 1st stop was to the Dolphin Show!!!
I was sooo exicted ya!
Coz' I can't recall seeing a dolphin so close you can touch it!
And they were so so so graceful when they swam around the pool...
Made me wonder maybe I should consider pursuing a part-time position as a dolphin care-taker! XD
Hehe... silly it may seem...
But it was then that I really fell in love with DOLPHINS!!!

*****video not available at the moment*****

A lucky boy was given the opportunity to play with the dolphins!
(And I must say, the boy is soooo cute!!! Watch the video below!)

And in Seaworld, everyone is given the opportunity to swim with the dolphins!!! So cool!!!
But of coz', it's an extra charge and you need to book it in advance..
If I knew it a little earlier, I would have gone for it!
So, that's definitely gonna be in my list for the next trip! (^^)

Fellow dolphin lovers having a swim with the dolphins!

Next stop was the Sea Lion Show!!!
Presenting you the "Fish Detectives"!!!
LoL~! Yup, I was as puzzled when I saw the title of the show...
Looking at the setting....
I was wondering what were the sea lions expected to do.... (".)

The setting for the Sea Lion Show

And I was right, though at the same time,
not quite expecting the sea lions to be such darn good actors!
I was really really impress!!!
Definitely had a good laugh!
Unfortunately though, wasn't able to take a vid of it,
my camera has been a lil' crazy lately... Sorry!

These are just a few snap shots during the play...

The Sea Lion Detective with his co-workers during investigation!

Another highlight in Seaworld is the Shark Bay!!!
The sharks and stingrays were so huge, it's seriously spine-chilling~!!!
I kept recalling the movie "The Jaws" while I was at the underwater gallery....
So afraid they will crash the glasses in the gallery~!!! Eeeekzzzz!
Shark Bay was indeed mind-blowing!

Tryin' to be a convincing actor as the Sea Lions! XD

The deadly Sharks and Stingrays

To add on, you can even feed the sharks if you want...
(Definitely not on my list!)
No, the sharks are NOT TAME!
You can feed them through this little box!
I usually see them in the documentary,
but never knew I would actually see one in real life...
Eekkks~! *shiver*

The Feeding Box

And this my friend, I called them "The Confused Species"! XD
(Coz' they kept swimming in circles with no sense of direction!!!)

However, on the other side,
was another aquarium but with really really pweetty~ and colourful fishes...
I'm not sure I saw the "Nemo" species, but I definitely found "Dory"! =P
Boy, was I really glad to see this part of the aquarium!
Gives the heart a lil' sense of peace and tranquility... Hahaha!

Beautiful aye??? (^^)
I actually felt like a mermaid just staring at aquarium...

One with me....

I know it's kinda dark,
Well, it was forbidden to use flash in the aquarium anyway...
In this case, I respect the law... =)
So for this, i guess a silhouette of me is good enuf! (^^)

Now, here are some random shots from the Seaworld!

The Sesame Street!!!

The Endeavour, waiting to be endeavored!

Aha! The endeavorer who endeavors the Endeavour...

I could be the next "Jack Sparrow" aye??? (Savvy~???)

I presumed is an Australian Children TV Programme???

Children's drawings of Sakura and Sasuke from Naruto!
(These are talented children, I must say!)

I thought this was a rather funny "Fantasy" picture!

The Waterski Wipeout Lake

Gosh! More Pelicans!!!

Comparing my height to the age of an actual Dugong!
(Gosh! I'm just over 6 mths old for a Dugong!!!)

A Polar Bear for 3 secs! CHEEZIE~!

An "unicorn" fish???

On a Mini Cable Car!

More dolphins swimming below!

The view from the top!

Welcome to the Polar Bear Shores!

I touched the Starfish!!! (It was hard and pokie???)

I found Elmo!!!
[What on earth is he doing on a space ship? (".)]

A knowledgeable 3D-Show on Aquatic and Marine Life!

When it was almost the end of the day,
I got myself an Airbrush Tattoo of a Seahorse!
Why a seahorse???
Well, I've always love seahorse since the day I watched the Disney Little Mermaid! XD

Afterall, I am at Seaworld,
goin' for something marine seems to make sense to me... (^^)

An airbrush tattoo is basically spraying some ink on the design...
I thought it was the traditional black "henna" tattoo...
Coz' "henna" last longer, and it looks like real tattoo...
But oh well, I'm happy enuf for a week! =)

After less than 5 mins...
Here it is!
My Seaworld Seahorse Tattoo~! (^^)

This is a better image of the tattoo taken back at home!

Man, I miss my good ol' days of fake tattoos @ Taylor's! =P

So yeah...
After the tattoo and an ice-cream,
I watched the dolphin for one last time before I leave...
Yeah lah, sentimental mah~ =(
I wish I could just bring the dolphin back home with me...

And I did!!!
And of coz lah, it's not the real one! (-_-")
Hahaha... But hey, I was already ecstatic enuf kay!

Sandy, Do I look happy enuf???
Spank you if you think I am not, coz I was estatic at the moment wei!
(Sandy for some reason always complains that I dun look happy enough on photos!)
Let's see if she gets it wrong this time... (^^)

Yeap~! Bubble is enjoying herself at home in St. Lucia!
And Owh~ Lookie lookie....

Bubble is also an Oopsie Daizies~ reader! (^^)
Hahahahaha.....

That's All Folks!!!

@~A Romantique Birthday~@

2008-08-01T23:35:00.009+10:00

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIE MIE~!!!"

Hahaha... This is not my B'day cake...
I did not have one this year...
However, it WAS mine on my 21st!
Man, I just love this cake so much!
IT'S ADDICTIVE~!!!
And I'm already having cravings now... =(
Wanted to have the same for this B'day, but...
(No money lah, stupid petrol price lah~!)

**************

Anyway...
1st up 1st,
I really wanna thank everyone for your birthday wishes!!!
Belated or not.... it's all counted!
You guys are really the sweetest~! *hugz*
I was really touched by the number of people who actually remembered my birthday!!!
(because I'm hopeless myself with remembering other people's birth dates)
I seriously never really expected it!
You guys certainly made my day much merrier!
Thanks again!!! *muax*

To add on to that,
My favourite person celebrated the 30th of July with me in the cold winter wind...
We've definitely made full use of my new "penthouse" (^^)

Chef mua~ made his specialties for dinner...
though it was a weekday...
and he had to work early the next day!
*[I really appreciate it, my dearest!!!]*

Preparations were made even from the day before...
Awwww~ Sweetness loh! xoxoxo
The cooking was fun...
And as how the expert does it, everything was done fast... *chop chop*
And not to mention, the result was close to perfection! Hehe... (^^)

And so.....
We had our "candle-light" dinner on my balcony,
with Jazz Music on the background,
and a glimpse of the Brisbane River.
It was rather chilly that night...
So we had the heaters on to keep us warm.
(Hahaha... a bit da funny, but it was alrite) (^^)

Dinner was "délicieux"...
and also sufficient! LoL~!
(My baby really does know me well~ =P)
The atmosphere was serene yet amorous...
It was really an ideal romantic dinner together!
*[Thank you so much dear, you definitely made my world one worth living for...]*
MUAX MUAX MUAX~

Jamie July Bummer (Part 2)

2008-07-29T21:18:00.002+10:00

And then, when I was finally much settled in...
The gurls from Ipswich came over for a SLEEPOVER!!!
Well, we've actually planned a gurls day out,
and then a dinner in the city...

To celebrate the B'days of all the June, July and August babies!
And owh~ including Sandy's belated 21st, which she had surprisingly kept it in silence, while expecting us to mysteriously know bout it!
Tsk tsk tsk...

Busy callers: Yiqing and Sandy making plans the night before...
(This was secretly 'print-screened' during our video-call on MSN! Teehee~ =P)
Just look at their "serious-'business'-plan-talk-look"... LoL! XD
(Okie, Yiqing is sooo gonna kill me for this!)

The gurls first went shopping in the city,
while I obediently went for a lecture till 2pm...
I joined them for a movie down at South Bank later in the evening...
We've watched the "X-Files: I Want To Believe"...

Honestly, some of us thought it was rather draggy and dry...
While some of the scenes were so gross that I just couldn't get myself to finish the chocolate muffin Yiqing bought for me...
And, I can never understand how Sandy could almost fall asleep with all those super gross scenes!
I was actually quite relief when it was over!
Overall, was personally quite disappointed as it wasn't really 'gripping' enough, and just too gross!

Now, let's divert our thoughts to this sweet picture of us, shall we???... (^^)

After the movie@South Bank (L-R): Joyce, Jamie, Yonnie, Sandy, Yiqing

Rite...
After the movie, Ah-Lim-Pek and Arul joined us for dinner...
As none of us really dine out in the city much,
it was really just a "flip of a coin" in deciding where to eat...
1st, we decided on Friday's, since it looks really nice (at least from the website!)
But, later to discover that it was much more like a club than a proper place to dine...
(So, never ever believe what you see in the website, it's all part of "marketing"!)

So, we then decided on Broadwalk Bistro...
(which was just below Friday's)
Not as posh as I imagine it to be, and it's open air plus it was cold+windy that night...
Nonetheless, I must agree it has a superb view!
At least, it was much much decent than Friday's!
(Well, at least for this occasion lah~)

The Broadwalk Bistro, Riverside.

Here are some of the dishes we've ordered...

Fish n' Chips

Seafood Pizza

Mushroom Fettuccine

Mussels!!! *slurp*

I love this picture of Mie+Yonnie~!

AND....

Didn't I mention it has a gorgeous view??

And yes, I have been reminded that I AM SHORT!!! *bluek*
(Such an awkward "ladder-like" positioning! XD)
I actually had another picture with such positioning....

This was taken when I was still studyin @Taylors/Sheffield, Msia...
(Great memories!)

And of course, here's one with my man~! (**)

After the moderately satisfying meals at the bistro...
We head out to chill at Coffee Club along Queen St...
A hot chocolate was something to look forward to especially in such cold nights in Brisbane!
But I guess the Shiraz I had, started to make me a lil' crazy in the head!
I was pumped' up and silly! =P
But nonetheless, be assure, I WAS NOT DRUNK!

Sandy, Jamie, Yonnie

Jamie & Yiqing

Yiqing & Joyce

Sandy & Jamie

Yonnie & Yiqing

See lah~ what noty friends I have???
(All gang-up to be noty stalkers!!!)

Sandy: That's All Folks! (^^) Watashi-wa kawaii/"evil" des ne~~!!!
(Arrgh~!)

The remaining night was spent with the gurls over at my place...
trashing each other with UNO and "Chor Dai Di"~!
Wahahahahaa~!!!!

Jamie July Bummer (Part 1)

2008-07-27T22:41:00.002+10:00

Yup, just as the title of this entry suggested...
I had indeed been quite a bummer... XD
Well, the truth is... I still am at this moment.... *yawn*

However, life wasn't at all mundane...
In fact, lots have happened within this 3 weeks of break.
But, like always... there's no such thing as "too much break" for me... =P

*(The last time I had "too much break", the very 1st time in my life that I just couldn't wait to leave home and just start goin to classes, was 5 years ago! And now I can see wat a silly lil' gurl I was back then! *roll eyes* Sigh~)

Though it's almost a week now since the 2nd semester started...
I am now still in a holiday mood,
AND still officially a July BUMMER....
Uh huh~ Am not at all looking forward to a super long entry...
Therefore, I shall split the entry into 2 parts,
and only emphasize the highlights of what I have been up to since my finals last month...

Well, it started off with -->> YF Camp 2008!!!
Yup, I decided to register for the camp this year.
I believe camp is essential, at least once a year.
A good way to be still, reflect, and refocus...
Also an opportunity for me to get to know more people from church...
Since, I haven't really felt totally attached to the church yet,
though I've been there for almost a year now,
I reckon is due to the location (Ipswich)....
Kinda difficult for me to join them for other activities...

However, I shall admit that the 4 days camp was rather awkward to begin with...
But slowly, the atmosphere seems to ease a little...
And I had fun!
Especially during the 'Skit Nite'.... gosh, it was hillarious!!!
I shall upload some of the vids, once I get my hands on it from Patrick... XD
The theme was FISH for this year's camp...
due to the Book of Jonah and the Big Fish... =)
So, here it is...

My "Shark-Fin Soup" Group (^^)

Da' gurls of Shark-Fin Soup! (*.*)

I've learned a new game in camp -->> "GHOSTING"~!
It sounds spooky,
But it's really a silly game with silly rules, but it's also oh so funny!!!
We used to play this game back home when we were kids,
but they have a slightly different version here called "ghosting"...

The game is super simple...
The "ghost" will be the shadow of the victim
(i.e the ghost(s) has to imitate everything the victim does without letting the victim realize that he/she has been imitated, which unfortunately make the victim appear hilariously oblivious!)...
And 'hilariously unfortunately', Ah-Lim-Pek was one of the victim!
Muahahahahaa~!!!

Awwww~ I especially love the beach near the camp site...
But, sooner than we know it, we had to leave, all the way back to Brisbane...
Owh, did i mention that the camp was at the borders of NSW???
Haha... So yeah, there...
I can now say I have been to NSW, though not really...
Errrmmm... well, u get wat I'm saying....

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Neway, there was also another thing I looked forward to right after camp...
And that was JOAN KING!!!
Yippie Yippie Yup~!!!
SHE WAS HERE IN BRISBANE~!!!

Joan + Jamie@ Hungry Jack's, Queen St.

The 2nd person to visit me here...
I was oh so happy, I tell u~
We had so much fun catchin' up!!!
But sad to say, time was again not really on our side...
And we had only manage to meet up for a day...
However, I'd say it was all worth it, babe!
Since u like Brizzie so much, come here again lah k! (^.^)
This time, we'll go for longer trips! =)

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Then, it was "back to the dump" (as Yiqing puts it) -->> Ipswich... =(
I wasn't plannin' to return that early,
but for once, I was actually happy to be back...
Nope, I was not crazy...
I was just so excited to finish my packing!
I was leaving Ipswich for good!!!

And so it was... I'd been packing since then for that next 3 days...
Mind you, that 3 days to me seemed like the longest ever!
I was like counting every second of it till the day I was finally walkin out of that old creepy door for the rest of my life!
And let me tell ya... WHAT A FEELING IT WAS!!!

It was not at all a pleasant farewell...
But what the heck... I was leaving!
Leaving with dignity and leaving with a sane mind...
That's all that matters.
That was it.
The FULLSTOP in that chapter of my life.
Never will I wish to recall or speak of them.

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And with that anticipation...
I was finally at my "penthouse"!
Wow~ How very exciting!!!

I have to personally thank Ah-Lim-Pek and David,
as well as Arul with all the help I needed in shifting my junks!
I have loads of stuff!
Believe me when I say I have lots of stuff,
Coz' i really really meant "LOTS OF STUFF"!!!
And to be honest, was super paiseh asking David and Arul to help...
but what can a 158cm tall gurl like me do???
I can't supposedly carry all those super heavy junks with an unfit body of mine!
And let poor Ah-Lim-Pek alone to do all the hard labour meh???
So guys, thank u so very very very much!!! =)

Well, Arul was so shocked with the amount of stuff I had!
And was puzzled as to how I manage to bring all those stuff all the way from Msia -> NZ-> Aust
Hahahahaa.....
He was even more puzzled as to how am I gonna fit all those junks into my room!
I haven't even got the space to walk in the room!!! =P
Still.... Hehehehe~ Jamie has her ways.... *winks*

FROM THIS:

TO THIS:

Hahahahaa.... For a gurl who has lived with junks for almost all her life,
Knows well to hide all those junks away!!!
What isn't there, doesn't mean it isn't there, does it??? *winks*

But yeahlah... it took me some time lah~
That was practically part of the activities for a July Bummer...
But you see, at least I am still doin' some exercise lah rite???

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TO BE CONTINUE....

Brizzie Chinatown

2008-06-18T16:34:00.001+10:00

This is a late entry...
Been super busy lately with assignments and exams...
Having my last paper this Saturday!
Can't wait to get it over and done with! *Sigh*

And owh, HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY!
I seriously can't remember when was the last time i celebrated Father's Day with my daddy... =(
But Daddy, you know I always love u! Muax~!

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At last!!!
After almost 9 months ere in Brisbane,
I finally got the opportunity to see the much talked-about "Chinatown" along Fortitude Valley...
They are famous indeed!
Famous for "Utterly Disappointing Fellow Asians"!!!

Sandy even told me to bring along a box of tissues, just in case i get too emotional!

Hahahaa~!....
But, I wasn't that downright disappointed though...
I was pretty delighted much to the contrary (well, a bit~),
to see the Asian people and Asian shops along the street, though not many,
And despite the fact that many asians actually wouldn't agree that the location deserves the title "chinatown"....
Sunnybank would probably be a better fit for the title!
But, I bet Petaling Street back home could beat this 2 places with a single blow!
(maybe not even "a blow", a slight "spank" would probably do it! XD)

But hey, I ain't complaining!
For it's definately way way waaaaaay better than Ipswich aye!
And, it was indeed just the right day to get out of Ipswich....
Plus, my enduring hunger/cravings for "asian food" boost the motivation to do so~!
I simply would not rest, until I have set my foot and fulfill my hunger on the grounds of Chinatown!!!

At the Entrance of "Chinatown"

My grumbling stomach commanded me on a mission:
"To search for Peking Duck/ Korean Spicy Beef Noodles in Chinatown, even if it means risking my dear life"...

And so....
As a faithful and loyal servant (as I've always been) to "My Stomach"....
THE MISSION WAS ON!!!!
Without any 2nd thoughts watsoever!....
Or being clouded/lured by the sweet aroma of other luscious asian food along the street!!! (Arrrghhhh~~~ Such sinful attack!)
Mind you~ THE TEMPTATION WAS MUCH TO BEAR!!!

Since we've already know what we wanted and really, Chinatown is not really big to begin with...
We've found the most desirable place within minutes to savor our deep cravings....
The restaurant was called "Kings of Kings".....
Hehehe~ Traveling all the way up to Chinatown from cold old Ipswich, of course must eat like Kings lah~!

We each order a lunch set
(Duh~! I know it's DINNER, but wat da heck, we're poor asians lah, can??? 'Cheap Royalties' mah~! Wahahaha~)....
Ah-Lim-Pek ordered 2 sets of Peking Duck + Rice (I know~ So darn greedy rite!)
And mua ordered some Porkchop with pepper and honey sauce + Rice....

His Peking Duck

My PorkChop~!

Hmm... his roast duck looks yummier... =(
Gosh~! This pictures are making me drool again!
Man, I really miss dining with Jimmy Lingo, Uncle Louie, and my Aunt (Janice) back in Auckland...
Coz they always "chia" me eat all these scrumptious asian meals,
especially the Peking Duck 2 course meal~!!! [Omgosh! Heavenly~!!!]
(Hmmm~ I wonder if there's gonna be any Peking Ducks in Heaven?!?! XD)

And I also miss having steamboats (the real asian way!) with my frens in Auckland....
Buffet summore man! Eat all u want till your stomach bloat like a blowfish loh!!!

And yet, ere in Brisbane, I feel like I've been "under-eating"!!!
(I've NOT gone any skinnier, but where have all the asian food gone leh???)
Huhuhu~~~ (T.T) I feel so miserable!

After feasting like "Kings"...
We strolled along the streets of Chinatown...
where we've hurried through earlier on before dinner during "The Mission of My Stomach"
Now, I actually had a better look of Chinatown...
(Ah-Lim-Pek had been there several times already)
It wasn't that bad lah, but probably a tiny bit "pathetic" i guess...

As it was raining fairly heavily earlier on,
probably that explains why it seems a bit deserted...
And, when i said "deserted" i've excluded the party poopers!
I admit that I was a little embarassed when i got to know that Chinatown's also well-known for the "nightclubs"....

It's like of all reasons, WHY Chinatown has to be famous for clubs rite???
I feel like it's really degrading the Asian people man...
And these clubs/pubs were swamped by 'angmos' anyway!
Hardly any Asians...
SO, I dun see any significant connection with Chinatown man!
It was actually a bit dodgy walking alone along those streets...
Drunken people, pissing, vomiting and.......
Yuckie~ Yuck.... you dun wanna noe!

But the street with the pictures taken above is the main street of Chinatown...
Its much lightened up, quieter, cleaner and 'decent'...
The clubs are mainly on the other side of the street, somewhat hidden, which i suppose is a jolly good idea!
Stay where they are, and not further wreck the already very sad name of "Chinatown"....
Okie, maybe a tissue is of use rite now.... *sob sob*

Well, i got nuttin against nightclubs,
I just felt it was at the wrong location...
Chinatown supposed to be a cultural/tourism area...
Having clubs there just portrays the wrong perception of what Chinatown really is, don't ya think so???

Neway, dun wanna loose hair over that!
It was really eye-opening walking at the "back streets" of Chinatown...
Lots of interesting people with interesting outfit and rather bemusing attitudes...
Sorry, no photos of them!
Dooh~ U want me to get bashed by them meh~

Owh! And guess what I found while walking along one of those streets!
I find it so amusing or perhaps a bit strange!
It looks a bit out of place though... Haha...
But still... pretty authentic.... (^^)

A street with Chinese Characters!

I have no clue what those Chinese characters means, perhaps meaning GIPPS STREET???
Help anyone???

From this point, we're actually walking out of Chinatown and into the heart of Brisbane City again...
We were heading to one of the jetty point to catch our ferry to St. Lucia, where the car was parked...
Brisbane city's really pretty at night, with the lights and cafes with JAZZ!!!
Owh, me can't wait to shift soon!!!
The city is famous for their historic buildings as well...
Here's one of them...

Got to know this was actually one of UQ's owned building -for functions and fine dining, great view of the river!

Sculptors are common in the city too!
-reckon it was a good arm rest! XD

And here we were near the harbor at one of the many jetty points in Brisbane....
This one is called "Riverside", according to Ah-Lim-Pek, is one of the uptowns in Brisbane...
And, it also has one of the best view too!

The "Story Bridge"

Sorry, wasn't able to dug up any stories pertaining this bridge...
I just guess they went out of names! LoL~!

Gosh~ I can never explain how great it felt to really get away from Ipswich!
I felt so totally relax and light!
Felt like i was actually on a vacation!
Dreamy it may seem, but i guess it's worth it for awhile... Hehe~
You'll never have guessed how much i needed this sort of break!

Actually, to sum it all up...
Personally, I had a rather "romantic" day...
Hehe....*blushing*
Come on, how rarely can you walk under the rain....
The mission was rather interesting....
Plus, the scenery and atmosphere at Riverside was already quite "de' amourish"....
Hahahahaaa...

So, here's my HAPPY ENDING visit from BRISBANE CHINATOWN!

(Hey, it's always good to be positive rite! *winks*)

2008-06-08T22:18:00.011+10:00

HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY DADDY LOO~!!!
(Daddy loves green!)

Love u, Daddy!!!
xoxoxo

Like Father, Like Daughter, aye~ *winks* (^^)

My Mistaken GENDER...

2008-05-18T16:40:00.009+10:00

Just a few weeks ago, I went for a "room-hunt" in St. Lucia with Mr. "Ah-Lim-Pek"...
Imma shifting to St. Lucia (UQ Main Campus) next Sem!
Super Yeay-ness man!!! *smiling gleefully*

I really can't wait to LEAVE~~~ Ipswich loh,
I noe it sounds pretty bad to say that lah,
but seriously, that's the TRUTH wat~!
Seriously, "Beh Tahan!" --> Beh Tahan the "P.M.S" thats it!
My current place ere is really infringing everyone's Human Rights and Freedom of Speech,
Trust me when I say that!
And this is the place i called "HOME" for the past few months!
Omgosh~ Seriously cannot believe it!!!
[Mind you, i have not really explicitly blog bout my situations ere...
I just don't wanna pollute my blog with unhappy memories,
it's too stressing, so NOT 'Oopsie Daizies'!]

But any-hu~, I guess luck wasn't really on my side that day aye...
Wasn't able to find any favorable options,
despite having a long list of about 20 houses printed out the nite b4....
Seriously wasted my printing papers man!
It was either....
1) too expensive,
2) too far from Uni,
3) the lease too short,
4) the room is unavailable for viewing or
5) the contact person wasn't at home/ didn't pick up my calls...

But since, I had only 1 freakin' day to decide on an accommodation,
So, I couldn't wait for them to get back to me on a later date,
Coz I know I won't have the time to re-visit St. Lucia anytime soon until after my finals,
which is possibly a tad too late by then to look for a "reasonably-priced" room to stay anyway!...
So there....

Well, after a looooong unsuccessful hunt that day...
I've finally decided to rent the "pent house" recommended by Arul!
Fuiyoooo~ "pent-house" bah?!?!
Hahahahahaa..... Sounds pretty posh aye??? *twitch twitch*
But did u NOT notice that its "QUOTED".... XD

However, I think the room it's kinda "meant-to-be" loh...
Coz, for the fact that, the unit is no. 27!!! =)
I know I sound kinda superstitious rite now,
but it's really kinda creepy yet funny how I always somehow seem to end up with houses with the no. 2, 7 or 9 or any of that combination...
So far, the happiest homes I've ever lived in are no. 9 and 27
(And, 2+7=9!!! Omogosh~!!! That's a striking discovery!!!)

My current house is no. 10, so that's why it's a TABOO!
Superbad Feng Shui, too much negative aura surrounding the area!

However, during the search....
There was this ONE house, which I was quite interested in...
Tried calling the person listed on the list, but unfortunately she didn't pick up my calls...
Probably she was taking her afternoon nap or sumthing?!?!?!
Well, she texted me back a few hours later (that's AFTER I've taken the "pent-house")...
And the text messages goes like this:

Y: May I know who is this???

J: Owh hie~, this is jamie. I was at St. Lucia earlier today, trying to enquire bout the room that you're intending to rent.

After a few minutes....
She replied.....

Y: Hie jamie, thanks for your text. About the place, im sorry to say the girls actually prefer to have another girl to share the unit with them, but we'll let u know if the place is still available by the end of may....

J: ????????

Dangz~! I was super blur loh~!
Went blank for a moment, tryin to make sense out of it...

Ah-Lim-Pek came into the room, and saw me staring blankly at the wall...
Puzzled, he asked me what am I staring at???
Then, I fell on the bed and LAUGHED OUT LOUD!!!!....
Could see the worried look on his face!
Wahahahaa... probably in the head thinking "crazy women laughin' to herself again!"

But, seriously loh people!
This ain't my first time having mistaken for my gender!!!
What's wrong with my beautiful name "JAMIE" anyway?!?!?!

Some People: But, "JAMIE" is a guy's name!

Gosh~ NO!!! What utter nonsense~!!!
Halo~! Where have u guys been lah???
It's so not like a new thing for a gurl to be called JAMIE kay!
These are living prove...

1) JAMIE LOO LIMING --> Duh~! Like so obvious rite!

2) JAMIE LEE CURTIS --> An actress who had the name for 50+ years now!

3) JAIME SOMMERS --> The star in "The Bionic Woman", a hit in the 1970s
(and apparently also the very reason for my birth name! Mum's a bionic woman fanatic, who thinks her little baby would somehow someday grow up to be a robotic superhero?!?!?! MAA~~!!!)

4) JAMIE LYNN SPEARS --> The celebrated Britney Spears's teen sister!
(who's like pregnant now, but let us not go there!)

5) JAIME PRESSLY --> Another actress in her mid 30s...

Okie lah, lazy to search d...

Dangz~
Just google image for "JAMIE",
the first few pages are filled with female pictures lah~
Sexylicious summore...
Need I prove more?????

Neway, Imma feeling a bit lazy rite now...
So gonna wrap-up with a conclusion...

I AM JAMIE & I AM A GURL~!!!

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Or, am I?!?!?!
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I need a counselor....

Ipswich Show Day~

2008-05-08T19:44:00.005+10:00

Or some called it "The People's Day"....

Uni's off for the day, and therefore no classes today, but its not like i'm so darn free anyway...
(I have heaps of assignments waiting in line for me~~~~)

Actually in fact, the whole of Ipswich is "off" today....
Been having lots of public holidays lately... Hehehe~
(Me not complaining~~ )

So, what's so special bout' this "People's Day" anyway???
Well, from what i heard, it is so that Ipswich people can have a chance to mix and mingle around with each other, without having to worry about work for ONE DAY! :)
(Yeah~! It's like they are all so anti-social rite, that the govt. actually have to establish a public holiday just for the sake of socialization?!?!?! )

I wonder....
What would it be then, if we were to implement "Free Hugs Day" instead???

Okie Okie... I should refrain myself from sarcasms...

Anyway, most the people of Ipswich celebrate this annual "festival" in the "Ipswich Show Day" - which is basically just like any normal fun-fair, game booths and shows...
(So I heard. Actually, i dunno lah, i haven't been there before....)
AND the best part is......
It's happily situated just rite in front of my house!
I know rite, how convenient~!
But, not worth it lah, have to pay entrance fee,
then additional fee for each ride!!!
What lah~ So much for "People's Day" rite?
More like "Riping-People-Off Day" loh!!!

Lately, it seems like our area ere are gaining popularity~~
Just a few weeks ago, there was a circus rite at the same spot too~!!!...
WaaHahahahaa... I haven't seen the area ere so lighten up before!
However, the 1st day the circus was open to the public in Ipswich,
there were several ambulances came rushing into the entrance of the circus show ground...
("Hmmmm.... And i wonder??? Isit SAFE????")

But nah~, I didnt go to the circus anyway, for several reasons:
No time, No money, Clown Phobia, its just an ordinary circus, nuttin exciting bout' it...
Though, one of my housemate said that she could actually hear tigers/lions roar from her room...
Yikes~! That's pretty freaky knowing that there are tigers and lions roaming just meters away from you!!!
(Wild thoughts coming thru~!)

But for once, the ONE thing that I could ever praise about living here is that....
We got to watch the FIREWORKS for free!!! (well, from our balconies lah)
Just reminded me of CNY back home earlier this year...
Man, THAT was priceless~~~

Anyway, I will leave you with a short clip of the fireworks taken by Minji (Korean Housemate) from her balcony....
Nuttin too special, but thought I should well just include it here...
Enjoy~!

Food = HAPPY JAMIE!

2008-04-17T23:56:00.005+10:00

Busy Busy Busy~~~
That's all i can say to sum up this past 3 weeks of mine!
And guess wat?? MORE TO COME!!! *pengz*

The problem comes when I really do have lots that i wanna share,
but never really got the chance to do so,
I was so caught up with work,
and simply couldn't afford to spare any time,
And the only time that I do have, is the only time where i could afford to eat, shower and rest...
And when i said "rest", i meant total "knocked-out"!

But then again, it's not like its the Finals now anyway...
Dunno why am i so stress???
Well, wat else??? I'm an international student mah!!!....

Neway, since I'm like a tad "free" rite now, guess I would just try to update what i had been up to lately...
Though its not like there's anything interesting... just more babbling, grouching and whining... Haha!

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Easter & Mid-Sem Break

Had my 1 week mid-sem break right after the Easter weekend...
Seriously loh, i dun really understand WHY oh WHY is my mid-sem break so freaking early this semester!
It was only after week 4 of uni, and its the break already?!?!
Then what?? Another freaking torturous 10 or more weeks to go after that, non-period till the finals?!?! .......
Why can't they have a much more balanced schedule leh???
I bet that will generate optimum results from students mah hor~~

Neway, since it is a break, might as well appreciate it as a break lah rite???
A good time to take a "time-out" and to just chill out for a bit, slack abit, laze abit....
Peace+Quiet+Harmony.... *Ooommmm....Oooommmm..... Ooommmm.....*
Or perhaps even catch up with some readings, but in a less stressful environment lah rite???

But not for this 100 years old house of mine loh~!
(okielah, rented a room only lah, but that's not the issue ere...)
There were lots of unwanted "explosions", and exchanging of bad/negative chakras between the landlords and the tenants....
This i can say, is mainly due to the sheer lunacy of both my landlords...
Arguments and false accusations all based on foolish assumptions and stupid house rules!
And from a series of "dramas" thru' out the week, they were well-honored with a new nickname, the P.M.S!!! (Peter+Marie=Siao!)
Dun really wanna go into details over ere, coz it'll probably take the whole nite!
But just thinking of them, really makes u wanna "> them loh!
But then again, they are not worth my time in prison lah....
I rather become a hippie (PEACE) and practice more on my "ooommmmm......."

Neway, on the lighter note, when P.M.S wasn't PMS yet, they gave each of us an easter bunny!
It was my 1st easter bunny ever (usually I get d' EGGS),
and it was surprisingly yummylicious!
It took me only 3 days to finished it all, thou i knew i could wipe it all in one day!
But of coz refrained myself from doing so...

I had the female bunny!

Its hollow in the inside!

Day 1!

Day 2!

Day 3!

Kakakakaaa~ It was really fun eating the bunny!!!
(I want more Bunnies~!!! LoL!)

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After Mid-Sem Break

Its getting colder here in Ipswich...
Its "goodbye" to Summer, and "hello" to Autumn...
Though, I am not actually looking forward to it....

Neway, although the days got better after the break...

Not stress-free, as the stress has just begun since more assignments are coming my way...
But rather, nuisance-free....
I was able to escape almost all the unnecessary explosions from P.M.S, particularly the "M"!
Because, 1st of all, I couldn't be bothered bout her or both of them...
Its just that it upsets me sometimes... especially when it affects everyone....
Other than that, I rather be occupied with things that really matter....
Like my research business assignment and test both due in week 6!

HOWEVER....
They still do certain things that really annoys me sometimes....
Specifically when it comes to cleaning my room....

1st of all, I dun even actually like the idea of someone coming into my room when I'm not around, though its for cleaning purposes... But, I do think I can clean my room waaaay better than them loh~

2nd, there was more than once, when they had not clean any of our rooms for 3 freaking weeks!....
Can u even imagine the amount of dusts and how yucky the bathroom floor was?!?!
Eerrrrghhhh~ I dun even wanna recall it...
But since its part of the contract and bla bla bla... I have to consent to it.... wateva~ *roll eyes*

Last week was however a really stressful week for me, and since it was "the-cleaning-day" that day, i was actually looking forward to a "clean" room after coming home from the uni...
But guess what I found???

I had to show you guys the photo, coz i wanna show you how come SOME people really dun have common sense in them!!!

Tell me lah, who on earths put DIRTY shoes and a rubbish bin ON THE BED!!!
And, DIRTY floor mat on your clean luggages!!!
PLUS, one of them pee-ed in my toilet bowl without flushing them and actually left some drops on the toilet sit?!?!?!!!!
HOW GROSS IS THAT!!!!

I was utterly disgusted and not to mentioned absolutely frustrated!
I came home looking forward for a clean comfortable room to rest and rewind, and this is what i got????
It totally spoiled my day!

How cleaner was my room even when u have cleaners to clean your room???
Now, u get it when i said i rather clean my own room???
And I would probably have done 100x better job in cleaning than they did???

To add on to that, that very evening "M" even dared to ask me "suspiciously" bout where I do my laundry nowadays, coz apparently "P" had not seen me washing my laundry!
Im like... "what the heck?!?!?!"
Are you stalking me now????
Does it even concerns you when and how i wash my laundry?!?!?!
I was even more suspicious of them for asking me such a question.....
It got me even frustrated thinking that maybe "P" had actually gone thru' with my things!
Arrrgghhhhhh~~~~~ I felt so cheated!

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Okie, leaving the frustration behind....

I'm recently becoming such an "ASIAN FREAK"!
Seriously, being in a foreign land, where "angmos" still dominates....
You'll have a high tendency to suffer the "Asian syndrome"....
Nope, I'm not crazy over asian guys....
I'm just crazy over asian FOOD!!!

Lately, I just have this deep cravings for all asian food!
1st in the list, KIMCHI!!!
Gosh, i can have Kimchi like every single day!!!
And I absolutely miss all the Korean food in Auckland....
Spicy Beef Noodles!!!!
Egg Rolls/ Pancakes!!!
Seaweed!!!!
Bibimbap!!!
Korean BBQ!!!
Wah~ Wah~ Wah~~~~

I soooo crave for Japanese food too!!!
I want REAL SUSHI!!!
Teppanyaki!!!
Katsu-Don!!!
Tonkatsu!!!
Domburi!!!
And all the Ramen in the whole of Japan!!!
So far, the nearest I got to was Miso-Soup and WASABI!!!
*(Btw, wasabi is a good companion when your stress with work...
The hotness and spiciness that goes rite thru ur nose,
really gives you the very strong reminder to GANBARE~! GANBARE~!
Seriously, no kidding! It does for me! Try and see if it works for you! )

I also crave for --> Porkie~ Porkie~
Anything with pork!!! 'Chorb Mark" (thai), I LIKE~~~
I'm looking through recipes lately for "Délicieux" dishes...
So far I had Pork in Kimchi,
Fried rice with pork....
And a Taiwanese pork dish (I dunno what it is called) from Sandy! (Thanks, Sandy! )

I have yet to try new ASIAN dishes with pork! And others as well of coz..
Will keep u guys posted, IF i do get a little bit creative in the kitchen... Hehe~

Neway, I will end this with a photo from one of my crazy shopping for asian food!
I needed snacks for my stressful week so badly, and I found this!
I was delighted!!!

Up to Brisbane

2008-03-25T21:07:00.003+10:00

DAVID KWAN!!!
Would be the 1st person ever to visit Jamie Loo in Brissy!!!

David has been workin in Sydney for a few months now in an engineering firm...
And coincidently, his orchestra team (yes! he plays in the orchestra) was
goin to perform for a few days in our city hall in Brisbane....
not sure if it has anything to do with the Easter Holiday, but yeah...

Welcome David!

Anyway, we met up for a few hours last saturday, from around lunch time till about 6pm,
as he has another performance at nite....
Andrew and I decided to treat David to BUFFET at the Casino, called the "BLACK JACK"

It was pretty reasonable, AU$20 per head for all you can eat buffet!
It includes all tht u can see from the pic above, as well as cold dishes such as oysters,
mussels, just to name a couple....
Plus, desserts of all sorts of cakes u can ever find...
(sorry, forgotten to take pics of the cakes, was too occupied with it!)
and beverages too such as Coke, Fanta and Ginger Beer, my fav!!! (but, obviously diluted one)
Coffee and Tea for the older ones....
and there was more that couldnt possibly fit into my already bloated stomach!

Anyway, after lunch, we took David around Queen Street in the city...
He wanted to get a watch, so we took him to several particular shops, and found a few that he likes, but time was short and the shops were all closing soon, plus, they will be closed till monday due to the Easter weekend!
So yeah, David decided to just buy them back in Sydney....
Wrong timing aye!

After the rather quick shopping, my housemate, Sandy (also from HK) decided to join us!
She was in the city as well with another group of friends, but they were hooked up in the casino and were probably goin to be there for a few hours more...
So, she too decided to join us instead, well, yeah the "happening bunch"!
Well, since most of the shops were closing, and we still have another 30+mins with David Kwan, we decided to just head to his hotel instead to have a rest....
Yeah, we fooled around!

David plays the drum... (a percussionist is He!)

Andrew also tried playing the drum, but did not quite make it.... Teehee~!

And of coz, there's Sandy and I, who've played surprisingly wonderfully well....

Well, as it was approaching 6pm, it was almost time to depart....
Awwwww~...... we were having so much fun!
Why does time always have to be so unfair!!!
However, I've failed to talk David into ditching his orchestra team to join us instead....
Failled misreably!
And so, we finally took the courage to bid "GOODBYE" to David Kwan....
Indeed it was a heart-wrenching moment...
with lots of whinning and crying, a big commotion in the streets of Brisbane City....
Hahahahaa..... nolah! But still sad lah~~~

Then, the remaining 3 (Sandy+Jamie+Andrew) were left alone....
We went over to South Bank to catch a movie that would probably lighten up the day a bit, after losing David Kwan...
We initially wanted to watch 10,000 BC, but ended up watching Dilbert Taylor instead (staring Owen Wilson).... it was pretty hilarous....

***People who have watched 10,000 BC please do not comment on the movie yet, as i do not want to burst my bubble before watchin it!

After the movie, we walked along the South Bank back to the City to catch a bus home, and Sandy to meet up with her other friends in the Casino...
It was indeed quite a long day, but we sure did have a good time hanging out!!!

David Kwan with the rest of his team was on a flight back to Sydney on Monday afternoon, and he did give me call before he left and was glad to know that he had a great time too!

See You Soon In Sydney, David!

Awesome Summer Vacation!

2008-03-05T13:35:00.002+10:00

Tena koutou!!! (Maori)

It's been awhile aye! Hehe... been slacking lah~ 

Been spending most of the summer back in my homecountry, MALAYSIA!!!
Though, "sitiawan" (my hometown) is not as "ulu" (remote) as y'all
think it is...
My family (of all the families in Sitiawan), unfortunately is still
heavily dependent on "dial-up" for connection in our home...
So yeah, there goes my torment...

Havent been able to online much, and thus wasnt able to update much on:
==> Friendster;
==> Facebook;
==> And of coz my Multiply Blog....
==> and several other websites as well... hehe 
(but rest assure its definately NOT something that shudnt be seen!!!
U perverts!!!)


Hmmm... lets see... (",)
Obviously lots had happened within this 2mths+....
Lots of eating, travelling, reunions, but sadly not enuf shopping lah!
(well, i really do think so loh~)
I barely could consider my numerous visits to MidValley,
as "REAL SHOPPING"!
And of coz, time was another issue...
There was just never 'ENOUGH TIME'!
Sigh~! Good times do always zoomed off before you could even take
the time to say "sayonara"!


Here are some snap-shots of what i had been doin' last summer 2007...

Reunited with the "Loo Sistas" @ Midvalley, KL...
And oh! with my brother as well!

Tutorials @ Home about "How to camwhore effectively and efficiently"....

Next, PENANG!!! Family Vacation @ Golden Sands Resort!

Food i can't live without!!!
(excuse the ugly bones on the side!)

Blissfulness~

[The "Loo" Sitcom].....
tumpang-ing @Rasa Sayang Resort (5-stars rating!)

My Favourite time of the year!!!
Another Grandmama's specialty >>>Tong Yun!


BBQ-ing in my Crib - It's Taman Limau, SITIAWAN, babeh!!!

SITIAWAN special "cham-cham" drink....

Someone came to Sitiawan!!!

(Actually, we're in Lumut, waiting for the ferry to Pangkor Island!)

A "sweet escape"....

Owh! How much I miss u, Ms. Yamaha!!!

[Sheffield+Portsmouth+Brisbane] Reunion @ Sanctuary (The Curve)

My Shopping Spree @ Sunway Pyramid! Not enuff!!!...

Yummylicious Dinner @ Ole-Ole Bali, Sunway Pyramid...

Ma' Babes!: Pandalicia, Beckylicious, GizzyMoMo

KL's "Lou Shih Fun" with Porkballs! Yum Yum~!!!

Awwwwwww~~ someone caught a bad-flu! Back in Ipoh.

Have to stop the nose from running with tissue paper!

My Grand-Aunt (Khu-Po) knows what I like best!

My SITIAWAN Chicas gathering during Chinese New Year @ Bistro, Lumut

The Sitiawan Annual Conference (SAC)>>> Bad Attendance!!!

And Yes, I've decided to chop my hair!

Btw, Im gonna miss this!!! Im sure u dun get this is in Brissy~!!!

(CNY Specials >>> RedBean McFlurry + Greentea)

And of coz! Im gonna miss my McD Buddy >>> Khai Y'ng!!!

 (And nope, i was NOT tipsy!)

That's all for now, folks~! THE END.

*P/S:(More pictures will be uploaded in my "Photos" pretty soon)

Anticipation

2007-11-22T23:12:00.000+10:00

I can't wait!!!
I just can't wait!!!
It's the year end already, and once again im in anticipation to the day when i'll be flyin back to my one and only "HOME SWEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT HOME~~~"

MALAYSIA and My beloved "Sitiawan"....
Yeah, I noe it may be an 'ulu' place for some, but mind u guys u havent been there yet!
To me nuttin beats that hometown of mine!

Im already daydreaming of the scrumptious, mouthwatering and heavenly meals that i would be having back home for the next 2 mths plus!!! (That would have me double my gyming time next sem!)

Plus, all the mega shoppings in all the big and new shopping malls in Malaysia! Ahhhh~! Joyous! With all the SALES, SALES and SALES.... my, u can almost see the word glistening thru' my eyeballs like the dollar sign "ka-chang ka-chang"!!! LoL~! XD

Day-dreaming has become my favourite past-time lately... (well, i've always been a day-dreamer, but this time is FULL-TIME, almost an occupation on its own! Wahahahaaa~) But, u can't blame me... That's probably the only major thing i can do in Ipswich, besides packing???...

Anyway, yeah... talking bout packing and unpacking... I've realised I have waaaayyyy to much of clothes in the closet, collections since high school up till today. Well, im kinda sentimental as a person... and yet, i still wanna shop more! Man, girls are really THAT complicated even I can't figure it out myself! Guess, I Gotta start a little "sales" of mine too, when i get back from my summer vacation... all thanks to --> ebay!!!

Oh well, I will have to return to my packing, need to clean and organise the room a bit, for i will have to leave my room by 3rd of december, coz the contract is up till then. So yeah, dirty clothes and rugs have to be wash, everything into boxes and cupboards, switches off and plug-out, making sure everything is in place, perishable food to be consume or dispose-off, final check, locked the room, and BYE BYE ISPWICH for now...

My "Self-Realization"

2007-11-04T18:19:00.000+10:00

Been thru' a rather tough week...
Not so much of doin' stuff or stress over exams...
but it was more of "Self-Realization"...
Indeed... IT IS a BIG word... and BIG Words comes with BIG Responsibilities....

Da past few days, i've brought myself back to my past, a time of reflection i'd say...
And thou I thought I have let off all the baggages in my past, I was actually still carrying it with me till today, even without realising it... because, its not "Big Baggages" now tht im carrying, but rather bits and pieces, and most of them are hard to let go, i guess... or that I've kept so deep inside me... that it may seem invisible even to me and others, but then it doesn't mean it isnt there...

This week, I've realized about trully seeking deep within myself...
There's so much deep inside oneself that no one not even urself knew about them...
But God knows.... He created you!
Just a simple request from someone to be more open with myself has led God in reminding me one of the main purposes of me taking a detour in my life and to end up where I am now, at this very moment...

Lily was right... it's trully a period of building up my character...
God is indeed challenging me in many ways (much greater than it was before): emotionally, mentally, physically, and most of all, spiritually...
And now... He is going DEEP INSIDE ME...
And I admit again... that I am weak, I am so weak that I've broke down so many times, but He never gives up on me! He never blames me for being so...
He kept pulling me up again and without His grace, I wouldn't have gone thru it myself...
He has changed my heart, my life, my perceptions as a whole...
In this world, there's more to it than the "ME, MYSELF & I"...

And thru a series of events, God has really opened up eyes into seeing what many people in this world are refusing to see...
Wake up people! The world is in chaos! There's a very serious spiritual battle out there... And it's not even invisible to the naked eyes...
And its shameful how the very same people with the very same love for God are running away or prefer to stay inside, for fear that knowing the truth hurts...

God has also showed me that besides that darkness thats hovering over the earth, there's still some light in them, and that should be the very reason why we shud keeping going on with the HOPE for salvation... And to use that very same light to light up other people's life and those who are lost in darkness...

I was listening to Brooke Fraser "Hosanna" --> the very same song played during my baptism and how I shed tears like I never did for a very long time...
God was indeed stirring something inside me that time, though I don't quite know what it was about, but now listening to it, a phrase caught my heart, and it's exactly what I am seeking for at this moment...
And it shall be my daily prayer from today onwards...

"HEAL MY HEART AND MAKE IT CLEAN, OPEN UP MY EYES TO THE THINGS UNSEEN, SHOW ME HOW TO LOVE LIKE YOU HAVE LOVED ME, BREAK MY HEART FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS. EVERYTHING I AM FOR YOUR KINGDOM'S CAUSE, AS I WALK FROM EARTH INTO ETERNITY..."

Jamie in HISTORY MAKING!

2007-10-16T17:28:00.000+10:00

I have to soooo write an entry rite this moment!
Coz, Jamie is sooooooo MAKING THE HISTORY!!!
In other words..... So reaching for the STARS!!! *twinkle twinkle* LOL! XD
[Sorry, I am a little overjoyed and feeling rather "accomplished" at the moment... Tee Hee! XD]

Guess what happen today?!?!

"JAMIE ACTUALLY STEPPED HER FOOT INTO THE GYM FOR THE VERY VERY 1ST TIME!!!"

Jamie: Uh huh~!
Predicted Reaction:

Jamie: Yup~!
Predicted Reaction:

Jamie: ...........
Predicted Reaction:

QUIT the "" ALREADY!!!
What's sooo SHOCKING bout Jamie Loo goin to the gym, huh???
U guys should be like "cheering for me" for making a HISTORY in my life, rather than stoning there in disbelief!!!

Phfffftttt~! OF COZ, i dun juz "stepped in" to juz leave a footprint and LEAVE!!! (-_-")
U guys have such "diminishing rate" of FAITH in me lah~~~

I actually went for an "Evaluation Program" okie~!
Hehe~ I know! Even that sounded so 'pro' d aye!!! XD....

*Ehem* (back to earth)
Anyway.... so yeah, i went to meet a gym trainer today, and she helped me create a program (a list of exercises) that's just for me to matched my "goals" for the nxt few months...
Hmmmm.... so WHAT ARE MY GOALS, u ask me???

Hehe.... what else? To be like the legend Arnold Schwarzenegger and be the 1st "lady" (if u please) from SITIAWAN to be a BODYBUILDER!!! Now, How cool is tht man!!! XD

(Sorry Andrew for breaking your heart, but it's EITHER u join me or u don't... Think of it, you can be Mr. Universe while I be the Ms. Bulky-Universe How romantic!!! *blink blink*) LMAO!!! XD

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2007-09-14T18:22:00.000+10:00

Good Evening People~!

Just to continue what I've left last nite...
I took a few pics today of the "shed" I've mentioned yesterday...
Was very cautious when takin the shots thou, I was afraid others may think I AM the stalker now...

Btw, the place where i'm renting rite now is known as the "Cumquat Student Accomodation". (Dun ask me what "cumquat" means... To me, its sounds more like a drink back home in M'sia, kantonis: "cum-quat-shin-mui" Ring a bell??? LoL~ XD)
Neway, there are 3 houses, all situated in the same area...

The 1st, is the "Cumquat House" itself... They called it the MAIN BUILDING, and believe it or not, its over 100 years old!
And yup, my room (at the moment) is where it's pointed in RED... Thou the room is relatively smaller than my previous one, I love the spacious balcony and the sun shining in every morning (And YES! *Ehem* I do see "mornings" nowadays!) Howeva, I'm sharing the balcony with another person living next door but its all good with me... (At least, i can scream for help if anything happens! LoL~)
Right below my room, the entire ground floor is where Peter+Marie lives....
And living just above them, believe me u wudnt wanna noe how and what domestic/married life is like...
(Its definately not as bad as what I've heard some nites in Balmoral Road, Auckland thou... Man~!!! That was like.... GET A HOUSE, you HORNY COUPLE!!!)
And oh, this is 2 semi-d'tached houses combined into one....

The 2nd house is called the "Cumquat Lodge"....
Looks pretty neat than the "House", but was told by some housemates tht there's lots of ants in this building... Hmmmm.... not so favourable either aye?

And finally, the resident of the "MEWS".... Hahaha... That's what we practically called them... --> "Meeeeewwwww~~~ Mew Mew~" XD XD XD
This is the dwellings of most of the s'poreans here, quite a heap and happening bunch of them! BUT, I was also told that the MEWS are known to have frogs in their toilet bowls! LoL~! SUPER YIKES!!! SO TOTALLY STAY AWAY~!!! Im not at all an amphibian person~!!!

So, out of the 3... it looks like my place is more ideal of a proper place to live in???
Hmmmm... Shud really think twice bout tht....
Probably now its okie, and probably NOT OKIE if it was a few years ago....

This is a shot from my balcony, with a glimpse of the neighbour's historic-notoriously dodgy backyard...

And a close-up of the ever-famous-creepy-spinchilling-headlined-"rectangular black hole in the shed"....

SIGH~ What can I say??? Not that I wanna say anymore negative remarks bout this surburb tht I've already lived in for a month plus now... But new stories kept coming in.... more n more, n unfortunately none are good news at all....

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Oh Lord, why am i doin' here???
Please teach me to learn to have a better understanding and a deeper affection towards this oh so strange land...
Equipt me, oh Lord, with ur armour so i can do something to change this town... probly not as a SUPERGURL...

Or I cud be one, if you want me too... XD
But most importantly as a your faithful servant, oh Lord, to serve you with the best of my abilities only with and thru' ur grace. as well as to abide to my duty as a disciple of yours would do...
Lord, give me the grace to carry-on in this mission, whatever You have in plan for me to do, and to go through it with a strong heart and a more positive attitude...

I thank You, Lord for always watching over me oh so closely...
I thank You for bringing me this far to fulfill Your plans in me and through me...
I really do hope to be of use to You, oh Lord...

I pray Oh Lord, that your hands will rest upon this surburb which I believe are indeed in desperate need for YOU, Oh Lord...
Shed some light, so those in the dark may see you and come to you oh lord....

I commit all these unto Your hands, Oh Lord...
In Jesus name I pray... AMEN~

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Nites people!

Another story...

2007-09-14T01:24:00.001+10:00

Regarding my previous entry...
I was VERY wrong indeed!
It did RAINED in Brissy~! For the whole week, and have caused major floods in certain areas along the coastline....
Guess I've just soooo underestimated the "Queen's Land" aye... *paiseh paiseh*

I wud definately say that its an answered prayer from God! As it really hasnt been raining like this for a very very long time (according to the 'brisbanians'~)...
My Landlord+Landlady (Peter+Marie) were practically jumping for joy at the sight of the raindrops! Hahaha.... So farnie I tell you~!

Anyway, nuff said bout the weather lah... Sorry lah for emphasizing so much on such boring topics in my past few entries, but wat can i do... Im tryin to think of sumthing to write bout' my life ere in "IPSWICH".... (-_-")

Well, I just got to noe another "dodgy" story from my landlady (Marie) bout my NEW neighbourhood... [Sigh~ no exciting stories to tell but dodgy ones... (>.<)]
Neway, it seems tht several years ago, there was this "young" couple (am not sure how young) moved into a house just 2 houses away from where i'm living at the moment (But i can see the backyard of the house directly from my balcony). Now, the house is under renovation, and most of the backyard had be cleared. Before that, it seemed tht the house was in a terrible condition, and she emphasized: "TERRRIIIBLE~!!" condition. And it was very dark and gloomy and it always gives Marie the creeps! (not just the house, but the couple as well...) She said they always acted funny and weird, and tht she doesnt trust them at all. And one day, she noticed a small hole (small, but obvious) in the neightbours' shed, which unfortunately faces just opposite my room! (>.<) She sensed sumthing just wasnt right bout tht "hole" in the shed.

And so, one nite, she went to peep from her window (she's also quite "kepo" lah, but without her "kepo-ness, at least in this matter, all of us wud be in danger...). Neway, she said she noticed a green light coming out from the hole in the shed....(Exactly!!! What da Heck?! YIKES~!!! And this is a true story people!) She suspected tht it was a video cam and reported it to the police....

And TRUE ENUF! The police reported tht there were "SEVERAL" video cams around the compound and in the house of tht "dodgy" couple.... I KNOW! Omgosh~!!! When she told me tht, I instantly felt a chill down my spine and goosebumps all over my body~! Yikes~! Neway, long story short, they went to court, and bla bla bla.... lots of evidence tht the couple were stalking and spyin on the gurls in this premises, and later was charged lah... Im not sure what the charges were and where they are now. But apparently the case was on headlines for sometime. Since then, the house has been vacant, and now under renovation from a new owner, which my landlady is not sure who and whether they are planning to live in tht house, but she said she dun wish to noe anyway... (whisper: she's not very good with neighbours...)

But since tht incident, Marie has been very protective of the gurls living ere... which is good of coz, but sometimes too protective until... sigh~ it caused some unnecessary accusations and misunderstandings among my housemates, especially among the gurls... But im glad to say, im not part of it...(yet?) Hehehehe... And Im not tryin to be part of it either! I have always been a very good gurl, rite mummy??? Hahahaha.....

Anyway, its late now, and i dun think i can go on any longer... *yawns*
And for Matthew Loh's sake, I shall not write anymore super-long entries... Hehe... XD
(I told you guys earlier d loh, me very "cheong hei" one....) But, must refrain myself from doin' so... =X

I will continue 2mr...

Nitez People!!! Oyasuminasai~

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Stucked in Ipswich

2007-08-15T17:07:00.001+10:00

It indeed looked cloudy for the past 2 days, but I doubt even a slightest raindrop on this "thirsty" state of Queensland... What a pity! The water restriction in my area is goin up to Level 6 by September. Don't really know what the "6" really means, but it does sounds pretty serious enough for me to restrict myself to only one shower (ie. 4 mins) per day! It'll probly be even shorter if the matter gets worse... OH WHY?!

Sigh... guess I need to find another therapeutic remedy for "restoration"....

Anyway, I'd decided to stay on last weekend in Ipswich, as for the past weekends I've been travelling down to Andrew's place. And so I thougt by staying back perhaps I would get to know Ipswich a whole lot better and probly would actually learn to like it, a lot more....

Therefore, I went down to Ipswich Centre with my housemate, Vanitha.
Since it was a Saturday, the bus came hourly....
But, I guess that was okie, we were early and the weather was good, there was no need to rush...
After waiting for awhile, the bus came and we were on our way to the "city"....
I have to admit, I was quite excited bout it, for I was anticipating in changing my views about Ipswich (i.e that it was BORING!!!)... and I was hoping that it'll be a POSITIVE one too....

However, when I got myself out of the bus, the "excitement" was instaneously crushed as I was overwhelmed by mere SHOCKED! The whole centre was practically DEAD!
Yes, I was aware that it was a Saturday, but I've never ever in my entire life (so far..) been to any place as dead as this one! More than 75%~80% (nah, I'm juz being modest, its actually 85%~90%) of the shops and boutiques and even the mall in the entire centre were closed! And also not to mentioned E.M.P.T.Y!!! Yes, LITERALLY! (Empty as in no people, no NOTHING in the shop...)

It actually feels weird walking in the mall, with no people, no food court, no shops open, but there's music echoing thru the deserted mall... It does gives me the creeps! Ekzz! It's like watchin one of the those thriller movies, where the town is so unusually empty and dead... By 3pm, the only place that would still be opened would be woolworth... Sigh~ THAT, I consider, as a blessing in disguise! Coz, if there is NO FOOD, there is NO JAMIE...

Anyway, since both us werent prepared to go home, so we took a bus to Riverlink, just across a brige from the centre. Riverlink is sort of the "new thing" in Ipswich, one of those mall like St. Lukes in Auckland, but this one is way smaller and its very new too... There, I felt a lil' safer, coz I actually see people walking! LoL~! But the goods in those shops were outdated and old... felt boring after awhile, but I was glad that AT LEAST they actually have something "ALIVE", and probly that would be the only thing that could help keep my sanity in this town!

We didnt actually bought much, the only thing I got was some toilettries to store up... and the shops closes exactly at 5pm sharp. Well, that's quite normal. So anyway, We head to McD for a bite, but before I could actually began to bite my burger, we were chased out by the security guard that he was locking up the mall... Whats wrong with all these people man?!?! What's all the hurry??? Its like all they wanna do is to rush back home before dark, before "the monster" comes out and eat us all! (-_-")...... (Sorry, too much cartoons for me... ).... But that was what I felt....

Anyway, we got into the bus to head home, but the bus keeps goin round and round the same area and we were obviously the only ones in that bus, and obviously we werent getting anywhere. And, the bus driver gave us this look and asked we were heading too... Then he told us that we've missed the LAST 5pm bus that stops at our street! But he was kind enuf to stop us at the Hospital and direct us where to walk home. We've walked about 2.5km. Since we both werent carrying anything heavy, the walk was alrite, and it wasnt very dark yet, plus I had company while walking... but, if otherwise....

I guess my little adventure in Ipswich didnt really help much afterall in changing my every 1st impression about this town.... It still stands as it is, that Ipswich is BORING!
[Sorry, Ipswich peeps... that's just how I felt, no... WE felt...]

And it certainly didnt help much at all when I got to know that my campus used to be a Mental Hospital!!! *pengsan* Now, I noe where all the crazy people come from.... [*ehem* soree, that was very sarcastic of me... ]

Guess, I'm just gonna be "stucked" here for awhile....
Just perhaps pray for me that I continue to keep my sanity....

Jamie's ALIVE!

2007-08-05T17:55:00.000+10:00

Hie PEOPLE~!!!

Just to let u guys know --> I'm still ALIVE! XD Hihihiii....
Uh huh~ Alive as a PIG, Kicking+Eating+Snorting+Sleeping as usual! Oink Oink...
*Ehem~!* I know... this time I've been M.I.A for farrrrrrrr tooooo loooooonnnnggggg.....

Actually 3 months isn't THAT very long aye?
Within such a short duration, heaps have taken place! (As many of you have known...)
Lots of ups and downs, twists and turns.... a whole COMPLETE ROLLER COASTER ride i must say... and all these just within a blink of an eye!
Pretty scary....no, VERY SCARY!
But as all the wisemen would say, "Life MUST go on...." and indeed that is very true...
And with God's grace everything will be made possible! AMEN!

To enlighten some of u who are confused at the moment about my whereabouts... Long story short, I am now currently studyin in BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia, FOR GOOD, at least for the next few years...

Yes, my friends! I am very WELL and FINE over ere .... thou, not much rain. No, let me rephase that, havent seen, smelled, heard or touched rain, NO RAIN at all since i came here.... (thou, im not sure if it did rain while I'm asleep... =P Hehe... u noe me!) But well, coming from Auckland, I would say thats OH SOOOOO AWESOME!!! But, as for the Brissy people ere, indeed THEY ARE DESPARATE!!!! Really~! Even I am beginning to feel that now.... Owwwhhhh no~! (Talking about being INFLUENCED!)

I only began to realise such "DESPERATION" on a hot Friday afternoon, on my way in a inter-campus bus between my Ipswich campus and St. Lucia's (where UQ's main campus's at).

***[And Oh! By the way, my campus is FREAKING SMALL and AWFULLY QUIET!!! U can hardly SEE people walking around that campus! And by 3.00pm, the campus is almost completely deserted! PLUS my suburb here is even smaller than my hometown "SITIAWAN"~! How's that?!?! Or maybe coming from UoA, all these were indeed a bit of a SHOCK! ]***

Neway, back to the "desperation", as I was just observing the trees along the highway halfway thru the journey... and i must say those trees really reminded me of all the hungry children in Africa!!! No, Seriously~! They were all, and i say ALL, skinny, pale, really frail looking trees.... I wouldn't even advise anyone to actually go touch it! Afraid by doing so, it would actually turn it all into ashes!!! No, im not exaggerating... well, at least that was how it was perceived and played in my "highly-imaginative" mind... So yeah... that's DESPARATE BRISBANE!!!

But hey, dun go with the wrong idea now that there are NO trees left in Brissy, LoL~! Indeed, many trees are dying from this drought, but there's still lots of trees and green green shrubs around, dun worry, lots of oxygen available for everyone! But yeah, im just emphasizing on how bad the drought is over ere, and how it has affected people and all living things alike... never really experienced it before. It's actually a bit hard to genuinely understand how serious this issue is, as auckland and brisbane both have very extreme conditions.
Auckland seem to be overflooding with waters, and Brissy...*sigh*, need i say more????

So yeah, well nuff-said bout trees for now... XD

On the other hand, so far, Brisbane has been treating me "fairly" good...
I said "fairly" partly coz' I haven't really quite settle in yet....
It's definately not the same "feel" as I experienced when I was ere for vacation...
Things ARE very different from what I've expected it to be, thou at the surface, there seem to be lots of similarities between NZ and OZ... but perhaps by actually living ere and getting to know brissy a bit more does opens up my eyes on the little things that does make OZ different in many ways... the people, the culture, the "wallabies" (*Ewww~!!! BIG BOOOOO!!!).... All "somewhat new" to me, but at the same time, not really as well... Hmmm, how do i put it, but u get da drift??

And the fact that, though I knew that things were not gonna be easy, especially starting a new life in a whole new place, not to mention a whole different continent! But, I knew things will fall into place as time goes by... well, i do HOPE so... However, I personally NEVER knew that it was actually goin to be this HARD! Like I've said earlier, so many things happened in such a short period of time, that I havent really had the time to actually let all these plans sinked in before that... but reality only hits me when I started my 1st day at my new campus! And I was like... (0.0) GOSH~! I'M ACTUALLY HERE!!! FOR GOOD?!?!?! *slap slap* (0.0) STONED.....

Hahahahaaaa... And i still get that sometimes, need some time to get over it... XD

Well, guess nothing ever comes easy... and i don't really noe why yet, at the moment, why God wants be to be here... but, I'm at peace that His plans are always greater than ours... and I will continue to seek Him for understanding and to continue to give him glory in everything that I do....

And yeah... Im currently experiencing the torture of "Auckland Sick"....
I actually have a picture of Auckland city, googled with the view from mission bay, as my desktop background... How PATHETIC~! But, that's how much I miss Auckland!
Despite the costant rain and crazy wind, I MISS AUCKLAND!!!!
And I am forever proud, and standing tall with my ALL BLACKS rugby jersey, even thou these aussies wanna bash me up for that!!! Bring it on~!
So proud over ALL BLACKS victory over the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri-Nations title~!!! XD
KA MATE, Wallabies!

*fuiyooo... passion 'membara-bara" d....!*

It's a SIGN!

2007-05-22T17:03:00.000+10:00

A familiar site for some of you???????

These +plus+ a few sleepless nite....

ALL for just ONE freaking ART HISTORY ESSAY!!!!

(>.<)

It's indeed a sign!

The FINALS is juz flippin' hiding round the corner!!!

*AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*

Am I Being a Nerd or What???

2007-05-20T19:27:00.001+10:00

LoL~!!!
Seize the opportunity on the BIG SALES in Manna Christian Store!!! XD

The Manna Christian Store had set up a booth/store in the South Church (CLCA) for almost a week now, i think its either due to the POE and the "One Church" event we had today, or maybe it was just merely coincidental they have the SALE at the same time...

But oh well, it doesnt matter, as long as its all good for me aye! =P
*Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~!!!* ALL BOOKS (almost all!) AND CDs WERE ALL LESS THAN NZ$20! (well, that, except for Hillsongs, Hillsongs United and Katinas of coz.... )
But hey, its good enuf! Am very very blessed~! LoL~!

Those who noes my background, noes how i am with BOOKS! Growing up in a family of book lovers, and especially my Dad who runs a business on BOOKS!! (Enuf said... =P)

I just have this fetish for books and gosh! I can shop for books as much as I can shop for clothes!!! NERDY ME?!?! Hmmm... wish i can be as nerdy in my studies!!! XD

But oh well, I bought "SOME" books and "SOME" CDs....
And guess how many I bought for each of them?!?! Hehe... (>.<")
***Sorry Andrew, I can't help in my spending on this one, this time, the books were all sooooooooooo flippin' gooooooooooood~!!! ***

During the last nite of POE, I bought...

2# CDs... (Third Day! & Out of Eden)

The other one, i got it for free for spending "more than i shud"... XD
Well, 2 CDs isnt so bad rite???
Hehehehe....

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BESIDES that....
I also bought...................

3# Books....
All about Chiqs stuff aye...
Guys won't be interested... =P
Or.... maybe u wud??
(Nobody knows... *roll eyes*)
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But then hor....

Today rite.... after church rite....
My hands got itchy loh.....
Then hor.... I bought another.....

2# Books.....
But these 2 are really flippin' awesome books!
Heard lots of recommendation from friends and readers....
Can't wait to get started!!! *jumping* (^-^)

So yeah, the
Total # of books: 5
Total # of CDs: 2 and (1 Free)
Total Item(s): 8 items
Total $$$ spent: NZ$115.93..... ( Is that good or bad????)

***I wished he isn't reading this entry... ***

But hey man, these are awesome books for the present and the future, so I think the amount that I've spent, isnt that much afterall, as it's a great investment for a far greater future ahead of us... To me, i think its worth it...

Disturbed

2007-05-06T22:49:00.000+10:00

Haven't had a really good sleep for the past few days...
Waited up till like around 5.30am one nite...
JUZ ONE NITE... and thts all it takes to change ur whole biology clock upside down...

But, it's not like I've always slept that early (before midnite) before that anyway... =P
I'm still deemed as the NITE OWL by my housemates!... (>.<") And they're still ever so amazed how I've survived on planet earth! (-_-")
Wait till I tell them bout' the 5.30 AM?!?! LoL~! That would knock them right out of their seats!!! Wahahahaaa....

Neway, yeah, I actually went to bed at around 6.00am...
To think of it at first, it isnt so bad, coz all my classes starts from 12pm onwards, so I thought a good solid 5 hours sleep wud do juz fine...

BUT...

An hour and 1/2 after that, I was woken by a very loud "BANG" juz outside my window.... (>.<)
I dragged my curtain away to see what the *heck* was that... and guess wat I saw... (0.0)

Thats rite --> WHAT?!?!
But then, I slowly recalled.... (>.<")
Arrghhhh... My landlord had left a notice a few days ago, tht he had hired a man to fix the entire roof, coz apparently Keith's room has been leaking due to the heavy rains from the past few weeks...
But, WHY OH WHY does it have to be at 7.30 in that freaking morning?!?!?!...

The *BANG~!!!* became *BING BANG BING BANG~!!!* then rapidly to *BING BANG BONG BING BANG BONG BONG BONG~!!!!!!!*...... And that was all juz rite on top of my freaking room!
Geeez man~! It was just impossible to sleep~!!!

I did everything I could to bring myself to Cloud 9....
But it felt like I've juz missed the plane...

After an hour... I couldn't take it anymore, and I told myself, that i have to get myself some sleep no matter wat it takes! And so i used my big headphone and blast the music into my ears, till it totally shuts out all the loud BANGs BINGs and BONGs....
Thou, i noe its bad for the ears, but at tht time, i was a DESPERATE SLEEPER.....

It helps thou... I managed to sleep for a few hours and got myself to uni...

*** Since i was unable to sleep for tht one hour... I wondered around the house and into the kitchen, and found Mt. Eden was MISSING~!!!! XD

See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil

2007-05-05T02:58:00.000+10:00

After the previous entry....
Asian Life Group Camp was simply what I needed the most~!
Sometimes we humans shud really take a moment to escape from the everday rat race...
Sometimes life does get so hectic and its really bad for the body, mind, spirit and soul...

I really did have an AWESOME time at camp!...
They were a whole new bunch of new faces, and getting to know them was simply refreshing!
And of course, camp is the right time and place to quiet down your soul, and juz take a moment and reflect of what has been goin on in ur life....

Key Words: REVIEW<->RENEW<->RESTORED!

Both the sermons and messages from pastors and the guest speakers were all very encouraging to me, personally...
And I did have a few precious moments with God in person... SO AWESOME!
It really feels sooooo good to release some of the heavy baggages off the shoulder!
(especially after the distress over the visa... )

I really felt so much more geared-up this week~!
Thou physically drained, but spiritually lifted up...
Its like I have this sudden burst of energy everyday, thou I may have only a few hours of sleep... (Mind you, I can get quite moody when I dun have enuf sleep... )
But I felt so much cheerful now, and not as stress as a few weeks before... (my poor bf who had been victimised by me lately, wud noe wat i mean...hehe... )
Even when I keep getting the same "I'm sorry, ur visa's not here yet...", I could still juz *shrug* and go like "Okie.. "......
I noe, WEIRD!!!!

But to think of it... its quite amazing isn't it?
How in our weaknesses, God gives us Grace, both in HOPE and STRENGTH to do His will...

I've never felt so much more ALIVE than i have since OCF's IGNITE CAMP last year!
Thou I still regretted for not goin to this year's OCF's REFLECT CAMP....
But I guess, tht's history already...
I'm contented enuf with the ALG CAMP...
It's definately better than NONE!

Furious!

2007-04-23T14:50:00.000+10:00

Im in the uni rite now, ENRAGED!

Meanwhile searching for cheapest airfares that i could possibly find online, at this very last min!

Thanks to all the "brilliant staff" in the international office! I can sue them if i have the money for giving false information and most of all FALSE HOPE! And not to mention economic loss on the time i spent waiting on nuttin but thin air!

They shud really be grateful that they are still breathing coz im still a student!

These bunch of muttonheads got nuttin else better to do, then to waste my precious time waiting on my visa!!! *&^+*%#$%^&*)**^$@@%&*(%#@^~!!!!!!!!!!!

They think we students have ample of time like them, sitting around the office, shaking legs and catch flies?!?!?!

I could have done a lot more with planning my time if i were to be given proper information... These people are really forcing me to say things that i know i would regret saying it... Mind you, I havent been this "blown-off" for a very very very looooonnnngggg time~! (I am actually very careful with my words now while typing this entry...)

Seriously, pisses me off!!! I have to admit, sometimes asians deserved to be called "bloody asians!", thou i am an asian myself, but the fact is tht at times they really do act like BLOODY ASIANS!!!

Now, i really couldn't do anything but to sit and wait, and pray while continue to worry on the inside... I have actually been worried for weeks now! Can u imagine the amount of energy consumed juz for worrying?!?!?! Rapidly increasing the average number of dead cells in my brain every single minute!!! Arrrgggghhhhhh~!

What a great way to start the week!

*^%@$%^&**(&)(*(^#!!#$%^&&&***%#$@!@~!!!!!

TIME OUT!

2007-04-08T22:44:00.001+10:00

Oh well, things always gets busier just before a long break!
Yup, its finally the mid-semester TIME OUT! Not very long, but I won't complain... =P
Am grateful to finally being able to Pig-Out Big Time!
And to breathe in some fresh air and get some sun-tanned!

Too sick of breathing dust from books, and straining eyeballs on the laptop screen, while warming my feet with the fan-heater! Quite pathetic...

Thou, its NOT a goodbye from those pathetic routine...
There's heaps to catch up!!! And I must admit, study break is the best time to do so...
It's not that I am a Nerd, It's mainly becoz' I'm an INTERNATIONAL STUDENT!!!
Those of you who share the same fate, then u feel my pain~~~~

Neway, forget bout' that for the moment..
I want to leave a few days for pure indulgence to myself~!
Hmmm.... I'm so excited already!
Nothing's been planned yet, but shall let it come as it is....
Doing something spontaneously can be a good change!

Oh well, will see how... But as for now... what i enjoyed the most....

Blek~! =P >>> Vanity RULES!!!

7 Days MIA

2007-04-01T23:20:00.000+10:00

Been "Missing In Action" for a week!
Well, overall it has been quite a crappy week for me...
And the weather wasn't helpin much either in brightening it up a little...
However, at least it wasn't to the extend of "depression".. I am still quite SANE!

Neway, juz some short highlights of the week-->

1. Second visit to the cemetery. (Yeah, getting my regular visitor privilege card soon aye?! Eeeekz, CREEPY JAMIE~! ) Neway, check this out! :-

Hehe... Me "Pro" or wat man?! But kinda "Pro" at the wrong place, ya??? Instead of panaromic scenes, or perhaps a hot model, I'm actually taking a picture of a freaking tomb! Hmmm... Dodgy! Maybe I should ask my lecturer to include this "work of art" part of her lectures, and asked fellow students what Dear Jamie Loo is tryin' to potray in this picture? Visual Analysis Skills, people! Lol~!

2. Got a test on Wednesday, but was pretty much in a panic mode as I did not really have enuf time to finish my readings, but then with God's mercy, I got to know tht it was postponed to Thursday! Yohoo~! At least now, I have the extra time to catch up! God's Great!!!

3. Finally, my test on Thursday at 7pm. This was the day where the sky was literally pouring 26 hours non-period. If it wasn't for the test, I would not have gone to uni! So, I ended up soaking wet (which most of us did) for a test which lasted less than an hour! See the sacrifice students have to make... Tsk~ Tsk~ Tsk~... The Uni shud reduce the tuition fees for international students!!!

4. Then by Friday, got a little freaked-out from the realisation during dinner that I got both an assignment (cemetery project 2) and a Jap test both due on Monday AGAIN!!! Panic mode returned! Decided to go to the Fine Arts Library tomorrow to finish the research on the religious symbol. Then write out the essay by Sunday. Seriously, Thanks Wen for reminding me of the Jap Test, or else I would never have known! Super Duper Silly Blur Me!!! (Deserve a Spank!)

5. Saturday Noon, rushing to the city to meet up with Suyin. A little stress out, tryin' to figure out ways to handle my time management. On the way, got a text from Michelle that the project has been extended to Thursday instead! *Hallelujah!!!*. How AWESOME is that?!?!?! God's incredibly Merciful! In the end, manage to take in a deep breath and relax a little. I did continue to do some research though, with Suyin's company, went to the cemetery for the 3rd time! This time we've walked almost the entire graveyards, (for the hope of not needing to return for the 4th time!!!) surrounded with both really beautiful and creepy tombs... There were a few of my favourites, as well as Suyin's... (Hmm... I din noe tombs have "favourites" too ya.. )
*Will post some in my future entries*

Well, the whole week was practically more than juz tests and assignments, it was a week full of ups and downs, obstacles and stresses, but most of all a week full of God's surprises, God's work and God's Mercy. Its not that He doesn't care bout' me the days before, it juz seems to be much more apparent and obvious to me during this week, because, I've seeked Him for refuge and strength, and I've learned and still learning to open up my eyes and ears to listen to Him, and indeed He answers! For He has said "Ask and You shall receive". He doesn't answer you thru' a hailer coming from the sky, but in the simplest ways that u and I usually take for granted. So, do start to ask Him, and be more sensitive with His presence, then u will understand, what I mean...

GOD IS INDEED GREAT!!!

I'm feeling a bit religious at the moment so... GOD BLESS YA!

Do-Nothing...

2007-03-24T23:29:00.001+10:00

I feel like this week, I haven't done enuf...
I feel like I haven't given out my optimal effiency...
I feel like I could have done more...
Something is definately lacking....
Or...maybe I AM juz slackin'...

Well, but at least there's one I think I gave my all into it this week, especially today!
One thing tht we gurls out there know tht it is sinful, but yet impossible to repent from, and tht is nuttin other than --> SHOPPING!!! (Haha.. u guys can go >> (-_-""""")) But to add on to it also, it is the "Gurls Day Out" weekend anyway, so we were juz hoppin' in to join in the FUN! Afterall, its such a bright and sunny day today... Why shud I hide in my room rite??? Wudn't tht be even sinful???

But wat really makes me feelin' really guilty, was the fact tht I'll be having a law test this wednesday, and I feel extra sinful for drownin' myself into the big SALES racks in store, rather than burryin myself into the big big, bulky, heavy, dusty law books... (How boring! *yawn*) Wished they had this course (BShp) BACHELOR OF SHOPPING!!! We gurls wud have all scored Aces with +++++++++++++, etc... Wudnt tht make life much more easier and fun!!! Hahahahaa.... Ahhhh, crap!

Geez... *bitting fingernails* I AM feeling a bit guilty now... No nO Noooo... I can't do this anymore, not for next week, at least not until my test this wednesday. GOSH! It is THIS Wednesday! Okie okie... Must FOCUS!
Ganbatte!
Jia You!
Ga Yao!
Add Oil!
Tambah Minyak!...
....ermm KA MATE!!!.... Oh no! Tht means GO DIE!!! CHOY~!!!

But sometimes, students do need a break too, aye. Or they wud all get fused up! (But, hmmm... why shud I need a break when I actually "Do-Nothing"??? ) Anyway, Yeah, like what Matt Loh did with watching anime! But, man... I wudnt try it with anime loh, coz once i stop rite... it will be like taking DADAH for me man! Makes u all really really *itchy* to da core!!! And I my law test wud seriously be in the "Danger Zone" or correction, "DEAD Zone" for sure!

However, sinful or not... I really did have a great day today!!! And especially great, bcoz of the great company and coz there's SALES!!!! *Weeeeeee~!*.... (I never seem to repent, aye? LoL~!)

A Thursday's Drama

2007-03-23T12:53:00.000+10:00

I almost couldn't wake up this morning... Took me lots of strength to get my a$$ out of bed... I even had hehe.. *evil* thoughts of sleeping thru classes today... But, nah.. I couldn't afford to aye?! Lots of stuff to catch up with...

However, the good news is, i finished up earlier on Thursdays, so it wasn't tht bad actually! Supposed to go to the cemetery again after classes with Michelle to choose our tombs for Project 2, but she was in Pakuranga --> It was her day off from uni today, lucky gurl! And since i wouldn't wanna end up in that spooky cemetery alone, i decided to head down to the city instead. Come on lah, back in Msia, u dun see people goin to the grave yard for their assignments k! Tht's NOT NORMAL! Well, at least tht's how it is back in Msia, people ere actually have picnics near the cemetery!... (-_-") And best of all, its in the city central itself! Talkin bout' "cultural shock"!

Neway, i ended up meeting up with Suyin in the city and had quite a jolly good "gurls-1/2-day-out"... U dun need me to tell u wat gurls do on a gurls day out do u??? =P It's Universally Understood! Haha.. well, i practically got what i wanted, and so we wrap up the day with Burger King for dinner!!! Yum Yum~ i must admit, i have been having cravings on it lately.. as well as the japanese "spicy katsudon noodles"! *slurp!* As usual, i never failed to order my "cheese burger value meals". But only this time it's a TRIPLE-CHEESEBURGER, regretting not 'up-sizing' it thou... We were starving! However despite that, we had a good gurls talk thru out dinner... Tht's wat we gurls do best ya! *winks*

It really feels good after a tough day last nite... U noe, juz chill out' and not worry about things. Last nite was nuttin but STRESS! Nope, its not about the "jar of cookies", tht was long gone in the trash can! This time it's about other people's expectations on me, and especially my TIME... Silly Buggers!

But anyhow, I came home safe and sound to find out tht both my flatmates were out.. Hmmm... perhaps on their dates! Hehe.. but ah, tht only means I have more time to myself... Sigh~ Love the Solitude... Changed into sumthing cozy, sat on the beanie bag and switched on the tv... As I was beginning to relax, SUDDENLY, there was a big "BING BANG BOOM!" and the floor began to vibrate... I was stunned! I assumed it was a trailer outside, but when i looked out, there wasnt any trailer, but a smooth traffic with small cute cars passing by... But the loud noise and vibration persists... Then i thought... it was some earthquake or sumthing, or worst! Mt. Eden has ERUPTED!!! (Mind you, my house is just facing Mt. Eden! So, i have every reason to include them in my assumptions.. =P) But then i also realised tht i was the only one who felt the vibration!

So, i switched off my tv, and only did i realised... it came from my brilliant neighbours downstairs! (-_-") But wat the heck was all the noise!!! Then i heard SHOT GUNS!!! Like those of a M2 Browning Machine Guns!!! Geez... It was the sound system from their mini theatre downstairs! Omgosh! Rich buggers, why not go get a bungalow or sumthing than renting the floor downstairs... (-_-")

And yeah, I never stopped eating since I came home! Think I've infected some "Food Lust" disease or sumthing...

Over a JAR OF COOKIES???

2007-03-21T21:52:00.000+10:00

Tantrumised over a jar of cookies???
How can a jar of cookies get in the way between 2 people?!?! And man... these people are supposed to be ADULTS!
I'm ASTONISHED!!! We're talking about adults ere who are so-called wise enuf because they've ate all the "garam", but instead... they're acting more like they have eaten "candycanes" of some 5 year olds!!! Shame On You~!!!
Even young people like me consider this whole issue and misunderstanding UTTERLY USELESS and CHILDISH! And not to mention A-WASTE-OF-TIME! There's so much more to worry bout in this world than A JAR OF COOKIEs??? Man... Grow Up! And Get A Life!!!

Juz because that so-called "very-important-jar-of-cookies" werent sent to the destination that its supposed to be, doesnt mean that people are tryin' to steal tht cookies from u!!! GOSH~! Its JUZ cookies... People wont DIE from not being able to eat that cookies, i'm not even sure if it is at all that "special" to begin with! And even if those people got to eat tht cookies, does it really gonna make any BIG difference to their lives??? Unless it was some "fortune cookies" or something... (-_-") Even "fortune cookies" are merely superstitious!

I'm juz so dumbfounded bout' this whole matter, simply bcoz' we've always thought older people intend to be wiser, more respectable and better in handling this kind of situation than we younger kids do... These are the very same people who we constantly turn to for advises, people that we've respected thru out our lives, and the very same people who always reminded us to behave ourselves and not to lose the family root and bla bla bla... And yet, they're potrayin to me that they are actually not much different from anyone of us, really, even we younger people DUN ACT LIKE THEY DO!

Why do people in this world have so much hatred in them???
Why do they always like finding faults on others???
Talking bad about others??
Or even worst, pretend to be nice in the front and start stabbing u from behind???
Why even people within your own family tree wud wanna get back on u and hurt u???
Aren't family members suppose to trust one another and care for each other?
What is everyone competing for??? And why the competition???
Why does everyone want to be the best of the best in everything but not do the same when it comes to God?
Why is MONEY and MATERIAL stuff so darn important than wats within the heart???
Why even these things are far more important than family ties???
Is there even any genuine people in this world anymore?!?!?!

Call me naive... Call me innocent... But i juz dun understand WHY???

GHOTIC!

2007-03-20T23:32:00.001+10:00

Today my Art History tutorial class took a tour to the Symond Street Cemetery! Yup, A CEMETERY!!! And a pretty ancient one too! Somewhere around the 19th century or so... We're asked to choose a TOMB for our second assignment! How "EXCITING"!! We were tryin to figure out in the previous assignment what the dead artist were tryin to potray in their paintings... AND NOW, we're suppose to write about the DEAD instead!!! Hmmm... interesting how art is so associated with so much death ya! Hahaha... Nah! actually I'm juz exagerating... But, i must say, ART is really COOL!!! And not too mention, pretty adventurous!

My Tutor, Debbie Jones, did caution us to be very careful when we're doin our analysis in the cemetery... Especially those in darker and secluded areas. It seems tht this ancient play-land-of-the-spirit seems to attract very very "interesting" species, and no, i do not intend to mean animals in this sense, it actually meant "REALLY REALLY DODGY P-E-O-P-L-E".... She said tht, during the weekend she actually saw a group of these "species" partyin under the grafton bridge in the middle of the cemetery itself!!! I couldnt imagine why on earth wud anyone have a party in a grave yard?!?!?! Absolutely BIZZARE!!!

***Neway, in case u guys were wondering, I'm actually NOT writing about those dead people... hehe.. well, at least to a certain extend. We were actually supposed to analyse the selected religious symbol on the gravestones...

I havent chosen my tomb yet, will be visiting the cemetery again with Michelle somewhere this week...

IN Those Shoes...

2007-03-19T23:30:00.001+10:00

Woke up at 8am to continue my essay for like another 3 hours, then straight headed off to uni half a zombie! Was almost "MUMMIFIED" by the time I reached home!!! Body and Mind was nearly at shut down point. But yeah, despite all that, I did really have quite a fruitful day... Feels great to have all the important things done, and bygone with! (But of course they'll always be lists after lists of stuff to do anyway...)

The highlight of the day, was definately none other than the result of my 2nd blood test! One word, "Thank God!!!". Seriously, "THANK GOD!!!" I was told early last week that my 1st blood test showed some postive reaction to some kind of bacteria/virus, which could lead to some sort of disease, (who noes, depending on the stage, could even be fatal!) but are not sure of and asked that I have a 2nd blood test last friday juz to confirm things... I was seriously STUNNED! Oh no, PETRIFIED!!! Come on, tell me how wud one react, if u were told tht something is wrong with u??? At least, "something" that they think and made u think that was significant enough to really take extra precaution?! It really made me sick to the stomach... I dun even noe wat was wrong with me! It came to a point that, I din really wanna talk about it at all.

However, thanks to my art essay, and jap test, as well as my boyfriend to help me divert the long hours of stress and "unhealthy-random-thoughts" running thru my very very worried mind... I was thinking of the worst of worst circumstances... Well, who won't!....But then, when I look back at it now, it seems rather silly of me, perhaps I was being paranoid! But.. Hey, I don't get this news everyday in my life k? NEVER hope to get it ever again! Thou, it was finally confirmed today to be merely a "false alarm", the last few days really did made me think about life much more seriously... Guess u won't understand until YOU are actually in those shoes... It can be really scary...

Maybe not scared of facing death, but rather the people that u cared and loved... like you family...

Visual Analysis in Progress...

2007-03-18T15:38:00.003+10:00

It's raining again today!!! =( Seriously, this weather thingy can really get into ur nerves at times, especially when u no longer stay in the city anymore ya... Makes u juz wanna snug in bed, and never wanna wake up like those fairytales princesses... Even there's drop dead gorgeous prince charming on my bedside, Ah.. I DUN CARE!!!

Thou, it was a sunday... i have no choice but to skip my church and head down to the art gallery in the city AGAIN... I seriously need to get my essay on Visual Analysis of a selected painting from the art gallery, done by monday! Since this is my very 1st art project, i honestly feel pretty LOST, and CONFUSED rather.... Writing an essay on a work of art is definately not the same as writing/ arguing in law!

Well, thou in law papers, u practically can crap it all up! But in order to even start crapping, u have to make sure u noe wat ur crapping about in the very 1st place rite? Well, same with art.. or fairly the same, not absolute. Art is much much more complex, especially when ur actually trying to read the minds of the artists/sculptos, when the striking fact is tht most of them are already DEAD! Hmmm...

But anyway, i must say... i pretty much enjoy the atmosphere of an art gallery... It surprises me how i never did realise this years before! It gives u a very mysterious ambience, its like each painting tells u a story never told before. Quite extraordinary... I guess those of u've havent been to the Auckland Art Gallery, do try to have a visit someday in ur life, even if ur not interested in art, who noes wat u'll expect ya?? Maybe u'll realise something like i havent realise all this while.. *winks*

Neway, I've chosen a particular piece of painting for my 1st project. Its a painting from Felice Ficherelli (1603-1660) - Italy, and its called "Antiochus Prince of Syria and Stratonica His Stepmother." Any idea wat this painting mean or meant??

2006-07-22T22:37:00.005+10:00

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY ANJELU~!!!!

Since 21st only comes once in a lifetime, an Act has been enacted just for you, to CELEBRATE and HONOUR you on this historical date.

Hence, the Andrew Lim Jian Sheen Act 2006 shall come into force on the 23rd of July 2006 to 22nd of July 2007.

These are the contents that enforce this act, and this act shall only apply to Andrew Lim Jian Sheen alone:-

1. You must shower Jamie with MORE MORE and MORE LoVe

2. You must miss Jamie every second of everyday (LITERALLY).

3. You must to talk to Jamie on the phone for AT LEAST 3 hours a day.

4. You must come to Auckland to see Jamie AT LEAST four (4) times a year (i.e 3 months once, or lesser).

5. You must stay in Auckland with Jamie for AT LEAST one week for each visit.

6. You must sponsor 50% to 100% of Jamie's tuition fees to study in UQ until she graduates.

7. You must score 100% in Jamie Loo Liming subject.

8. You must cook Jamie good meals as often as possible and shall NEVER EVER make her starve.

9. You must allow Jamie to drink as much L&P as she wishes.

10. You must always shower Jamie with chocolates whenever she is feeling low and down.

11. You must make Jamie a cup of hot chocolate before she goes to bed every night.

12. You must sing Jamie to sleep until she really really sleeps like a log before you can stop.

13. You must always accompany Jamie when she goes shopping, wherever she wants and as long as she wishes.
13(1) And YOU must enjoy it too!!!

14. You must let Jamie SUCK YOUR MONEY DRY-DRY for anything she wishes.

15. You must go ballroom dancing classes with Jamie.

16. You must NOT be a PIG because Jamie says so.

17. You must let Jamie blast the music in the car while you are driving, as loud as she wants.

18. You must come to Auckland to work after you graduate so you can be with Jamie.

19. You must ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS remember the song that Jamie wrote for you or face punishment of serving Jamie under her command for more than 12 months.

20. You must give Jamie FULL attention and NOT make your television as her substitute.

21. You must be Jamie’s present on her birthday (i.e 30th July 2006)

[Any breach of this Act shall be brought to JAMIE’s Court where Jamie will be the sole judge for the judgement of this act.]

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Now, dun you think I'm making him a tad too special???
Hahahaa..... Well, it's his 21st anyway, a special year that only comes once in a lifetime!
So yeah, you deserve it hor???? XD

Love you, darl!!! XOXOXO

"THE" Adventure... (Part l)

2006-07-17T21:56:00.000+10:00

I almost went beserk by just trying to finish packing before the plane decides to fly-off without me! I wasn't too sure whether it was tht i was too fashion conscious, or not too sure how the whole climate is in those countries (i'm a country bumpkin!), or i was juz plain BLANK bout' the whole so-called adventure... Or perhaps all THREE of them! (>.<")

Being up all nite, with bloodshot eyes, and a stoned mind, it certainly didn't help me much in that "panic-king" situation... I practically wanted to call-off the whole trip and juz sit down and cry!!! I was just waaaayyyy tooooo tired and frustrated.... Aaarrrgh!!!

But then again... of course.... that would be simply DUMB to do so... =p

Anyway, to cut the whole "depressing-stressing-panicking" stage short, i managed to get to the airport just in the nick of time to check-in, with the "ever-grateful" help of Charles and Gladys (DG)... Seriously, being stress as i was at tht time, without them, i would certainly have lost-it! (@.@) Thanks guys! Thank you soooooo much for bringing back my sanity!!! =D

HOWEVER, the "stress test" did not just end there and there...

I admit! I knew my luggages were overweight! I had a HUMUNGOUS luggage that i've checked-in with. DON'T ASK ME WHY! I was practically insane and blur the whole nite to even noe what i was doing or thinking... (@.0)

To add on, i had a hand-carry with me as well... (*Pheeww*... Oh YES!!!) but I couldn't checked it in together with the other luggage, coz' that would be over-weight, and I wouldn't checked it in together either, but i couldn't leave it behind, and it has to be with me at all times (if possible), coz' the hand-carry consists of some "unfinished-business" that I thought would be a good idea to carry with me, in case I have a few spare time to finish the unfinished work in the plane, or waiting in the airport before I could hand the finished work to that *special someone* on the special day! Sigh~! Sometimes i wonder... Why am i that 'ambitious' to carry-out such a heavily-tasked-maybe-impossible-to-finish project, especially in such situation?!....(0.o) All to the 'glory' of that *special someone*....(*ehem~! be so very grateful you *special someone*!...)

Thou many flights allowed one hand-carry into the plane, but they certainly did mention of certain exemption to those bulky ones... And mine *ehem!* unfortunately, (but certainly asked for it! --> ji gei lo lei geh!) were one of those bulky ones... =( As i was walking towards the immigration check-point before getting into the gate, one of the officers had asked that my luggage be weighted again! My heart and mind was practically pounding with "SHOOT! SHUCKS!! SHIKES!!!" (>.<). To add on to the tension, they were already making the first annoucement for the VERY VERY LATE me!!! And if i dun get my guts there on time, the plane would just fly off without me, and that would mean GOODBYE to my one and only 'adventure'...

After making a few calls, the officer finally allowed me in, but with the condition of paying for the extra weights at the Qantas gate. But with the rush and tension at that moment, i was like "Yes Yes, Ok..Ok.. WATEVA!!! Juz let me gooooo~!" (but of course, i didnt say that out loud!) Then when i got to the immigration counter to check my visas, i was told tht my student visa was expiring in exactly 3 weeks!!! THREE DARN WEEKS!!!!! And he wouldnt let me board the plane if i did not promise him that i would be back ere in Auckland before it expires... or else i would be in DEEP trouble!... (Now, at that time... i was seriously about to burst into tears that might have flooded the whole Auckland Airport!!!) The tension and stress was indeed finally taking its toll!!! But i guess the tears in my eyes softened his heart a lil' bit, and so finally let me in anyway... *winks* VERY VERY GRATEFUL i was~! And as that was happening, there were already 2 to 3 final calls for me... I flew like a SUPERMAN thru the immigration to the gate...

By then it was really very late, so they juz brought my hand-luggage into the cabin and was looked after by the stewardess, without any extra charge!!! Not a single cent! Gosh~! Call me LUCKY or wat?!?! (0.0) But, i seriously believed it was God's mercy... Thank you so much Lord!

I sat down on my allocated seat and closed my eyes for as long as i can remember... Everything was so fast, that it was hard to believe tht any of tht had actually occured! It felt like it was all juz a nitemare! But, as i was finally digesting the fact... My eyes began to water again... Things doesnt seemed right even from the very beginning... What a way to start an "adventure"... I was fighting to hold back the tears... I was utterly disappointed! Disappointed and astonished at how i can be such a careless FREAK~! I swore I double checked my student visa, and was 110% sure that i saw (or so i thought) that my visa only expires next year! (God knows i need GLASSES!!!) That is why i was so shocked when he told me the unexpected! I would now have to cut my whole trip short by a week the least... My mind was practically gushing with all kinds of thoughts, plans and solutions... But my head was throbbin so hard, that i decided to just throw it all away... at least for that 3 hours journey to Sydney (transfer flight)...

I closed my eyes again... and began a long silent prayer...

And then, ending up watching "Failure to Launch".... =p

(To be continue....)