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123days gone and 11 more to go! :)

well, im in the midst of my exams. 2 more paper on this mon and tues. pray for me cause i'm really scared for these 2 papers.

see you all on the little red dot in 11 days!

sky angel cowboy

anguish.

get going

finally, all tests are over. its now left with one individual project and 3 final papers.

well, time really pass real fast. like suddenly, i'm almost done with my first sem in uni. everything just feels soo unreal, like in a dream or something. oh wells, its really about time that i have to get started on my work and all.

i'm really having problem starting on my individual project. like, i dunno how to go about writing the report already, i've lost it over the 2years. its reallly a simple project, but i just cant figure out how to put everything out in words and like i dont know if the stuff that i write will be relevant or not. oh mann!

i'm really sooo looking forward to be back in singapore in 38days time! its like finally i can get my life back! arghh, i need to get a break from grocery, washing clothes, ironing clothes, cooking and studying!

ironically, the number of days to be back in SG is also the number of days left to my exams. in fact, its lesser! but somehow i dont seem to see that fact and am just not starting on my finals.

do any of you sometimes just suddenly get the emo feeling? hmmmm, its getting to me these few days. hmmm, oh wells, maybe its just me huh.

and once again, its photos of my foood AGAIN.

my first ever curry

my soup~ corn and carrrots (someone said this is the cannot go wrong soup)

the countdown begins

the holidays are over sooo soonnn! this is really bad, why cant everyday just be a holiday? i so want to go to the days of adam and eve where they just walk around and eat fruits! :) no worrries except the dumb serpant and the tree. hmmmm

haha, sooo my first holidays in aussie isnt that exciting after all. i din go travelling at all :( oh wells, i went to mount tamborine though, haha. just a slight consolation for me. the weather up the mountain is just awesome! haha, it really felt like winter all over again which is jsut simply whooohoo! but, the bad thing is that almost everyone went for the camp unprepared for the super coldness, haha.

the camp is i would say a reminder to me. i mean the camp was about faith, and like the things the speaker covered was pretty much what i've learnt before. But everyone could do with reminders in their life to get it back on track. the toughest part of it is really living a life that glorifies God. like what James 2: 14-18 says:

¹⁴What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? ¹⁵Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. ¹⁶If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? ¹⁷In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

¹⁸But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

i know that all of us is struggling in some way or another, but let's not give up! we can do this together, lets do our best to live a life that pleases God~

Kookaburra bird

super old school fire place that literally needs fire wood to burn

just the field at the campsite. my QT site

and so the rest of the holidays was wasted away. Or should i say, was put to good rest everyday. haha. now the exams are really near, i would say in 4weeks time? and i'm not even prepared for anything. sighsss. its really countdown to 23nov! but as i countdown to my happy day, its also counting down to my exams unknowingly. haha, time to burn books and drink it all down!

threadless is letting me down!!! i bought like 3 tees from them recently. But the sizes that came is bad bad!! its either too long or the width is small! omg, like i've bought from them before size S, and of course now that i order i expect the same cutting and all ya. but now it comes longer and smaller for 2 of the tees. arghhh!

threadless tees

as for now, i'm missing all of you guys back home! my 87 churchies ,my AC brudddders, my crusaderrss, my army bros, poly TB03 peeps!! there's just sooo many of you all!!! i think the one thing that i really learnt over here is to not take things for granted. i honestly thank God for every single thing in my life! (:

start of hols (or not so)

today is the official start of my mid semester break! haha, but somewhat i dont feel relaxed or anything at all. all the work and stress are still floating around in my mind. i dont think i can have a good holiday this time. its so different from last time where i really feel stress-free.ahhh, this sucks!

and this sunday, i'll be off for ocf camp. and i think that's all i'll update for now.





oh yar, and you guys can close your eyes from now on. haha, now this is for steph.






happpy third month anniversary! (: i just want to let you know that i miss you and i love you alot!

simply cute

just what i chanced upon. haha, baby clothes at threadless.com! this is soo amazingly nice that any parent would just buy them for their kids lar. plus i think its reasonably cheap for baby clothes. :)


oh yar, and there's like a dust storm going on here in brisbane. i think it was blown over form sydney. oh wells. its just that everything here is like soo dusty now. i soo feel like i'm living in a sepia tone coloured world today. haha, quite cool just for a day. but honestly, it felt like the end of days. its like i can imagine locusts suddenly flying straight into my face and everything. scary shit actually!



*you guys should check the web for even better pictures. like these below are from the web



and like today there's a country road sale. like the bag is only $48. i really wanted it, but i dont know if i'll be using it much. soooo in the end, i didnt get it :(

breakkkie

today is the official last day of my mid sems. haha, well, can take a breather for just like a day. and then its back to work again. this seriously sucks.

after this, theres still a quiz to submit by next wed, and an individual assignment which is 45% and then the finals which is like in 1.5months time. the break next week is seriously not a break. argh, its just like a time where you sit down and start stressing out again.

oh wells, this sun i'm going to mount tamborine for OCF camp! haha, i'm quite looking forward to it. its like a short vacation for me. i mean since i didnt go travelling to other places, i shall take this 3days up there as a holiday. haha, hope it'll be fun and of course a great time where i can learn much from God.

let's see, the grades that i've gotten are just average.
Stats B - 36/50 (course average 30)
Financial Reporting - 29.75/40 (course average 24)
Mgt of Financial Institutions - 16/20 (course average 17)

oh yar, and i saw this video on marriage proposal. haha, its quite cool!

Wonder baby

i just dont grow sick of this video.she is seriously damn good! (maybe too good for her own good)

Human LCD

Fire truck

Fire Truck

sixty nine days

almost all my tests are finally over! i just have one more next tues, but for now is just a goood well deserved break!

i seriously had never studied so hard before in my entire life. and now that the mid sems are over, i feel like i'm done for this sem and ready to go back to singapore. haha, dont even know if there's anymore energy to finish up the semester. oh well, i had a test on sat, and then the result came out yesterday! like the examiner must have been mad to mark the papers so fast. oh well, i think i did quite okay. it was a financial reporting paper, and i've gotten a 29.75/40.

as i think back on the past week of study. i think it has been real crazy. and honestly, i dont know how i managed to get through it. and i dont know how the results will come out, but i wanna thank God! like, i really didn't think that i would survive the week. but here i am still alive. so give thanks!

and after the paper on sat, i went down to the brisbane river to see the riverfire. its basically an even where they display a 20 minutes worth of fireworks along the river. like on the top of buildings and such. well, i did try to take some photos, but i dont think it turned out too well. haha.

someone please tell me if i've grown fat

the best photo of the evening

i dont know if this is good or bad news for some of you. but, mr andrew is going to be back in 69 days! muahaha! and then you all have got to suffer my nonsense again (which i know you all have been missing alot!) haha.

almost halfway

tomorrow is my first mid semester test. hmm, i'm scared of every paper that is coming my way. its not going to be easy definately. but i did put in effort, in fact i think i am putting in more effort than i ever did in my entire studying life so far. however, i still think i'm going to do bad though. hmmm.

studying, laundry and cooking. this 3 things are the highlights of my everyday life now. haha, i cant wait to break away from this lifestyle! argh.

i really miss the time that i have from the break of my army to this horrendous studying life. i wake up to each new day just waiting to see what great enjoyments await me. the movies, shopping, eating and just bumming around not doing anything. that is the life i wanna have everyday!

oh well, i havent been going to like ocf or yf too. i think this sem, i still dont really know how to juggle my time and all properly. hmmm.

anws, my mom is reaching tmr morning. i dont know is this a good or bad thing. haha, i mean i like it that she's here, but the thing is that i have 2 tests next week! omg. i really wish that i could just burn the notes and books and just drink them all down and i can just write every single thing out! why isnt the things they show on tv real? :(

the thing is that with my mom coming here this week, i keep feeling that i am going to go back with her when she returns. but that isnt going to happpen. i have around 2 close to 3 months more before i head back to sunnny singapore. looks like i just got to suck it up and hang in there.

the people and friends around me just seem real important. its like how people always say you dont know how to treasure things until you've lost them? well, i really get it now. it kinda sucks to admit, but yeah, i miss all of you!

i gottta do well! gambatte myself!

first result

well, I've been doing this online CML quiz for stats B. I went to do it a second time for a better result, and so it turned out better but still not good at all. The first attempt i had 18.75/30 and the second i have 23/30.

And remember the Management of Financial Institutions test that i had, i got 13/20, which is 9.75%. Oh man, this really sucks big time! arghh

its really depressing to know how much effort i've been putting in but it doesnt seem to show at all. What on earth is going on?

Yesterday, i cooked the best meal that I've ever had so far, Black pepper chicken and chicken rice. Its sooo nice (:

first wave of stress

howdy mates!

haha, i haven't updated like this week cause i've been real stressed out over my first test which is 20mcq that is worth 15%. and honestly, the test was terrible. in addition to that, i did an online quiz which was business statistics. And i had like one week to do it. I've like been asking my friend and checking with the tutor like if i'm on the right track. well, i really tried my best. i did it and check it again and again. my friend submitted and she got like 26/30 and i got a freakin 18.75/30. the best thing is that like quite a few others i know got 26 plus. And this quiz is like 3%. hmmm. am i like even doing the right thing? soo muc effort but no results.

simply sucks.

and so the week ended with me feeling all sucky and shity. i really needed a break. and so i gave myself one. i went out yesterday to the city to totally let my hair down (even though i dont have much, haha) and so, i went to the city with pats and debs. we went to the casino for our lunch. ok, the reason being that there the meals are much cheaper. it comes with a slice of cake, coffee and of course your main dish.

my beef

beef and i

pats and debs

my casino card

soo, after lunch we just went walking around to shop and look at clothes (: but unfortunately or fortunately, i did not get any. haha. after like an hour of shopping, we went to South Bank for our movie, "The Ugly Truth". haha, the show was really funny! but quite abit was like sexual humor. I must say, like quite abit of the stuff that they say about guys in the show is pretty true. well, i would say that it really applies to guy out there, but maybe some may differ with me. but oh wells, who cares right? the main thing is that when you have a plus one, just love the person like how you will want him/her to love you.

ferries wheel at South Bank

ferries wheel and i

The Ugly Truth

us in the cinema

part of the camera frenzy session

the night view

night view of the city

okay, movie ended and we now head to Little Singapore for our dinner. well, but on our way there, the girls started a camera frenzy and took like tons of picture. i'm quite sure all the super ugly and disgusting picture of me will be up on fb real soon. haha, back to out dinner, i've heard many fantastic stories about this restaurant, but, well, it really didn't wow me that much after all. We ordered a curry chicken with rice and a plate of mee goreng to share. total was like AUD $23 just for the 2 plates of food. with this amount, i can like get 3bowls of curry chicken rice and 3plates of mee goreng lar! sighss. hmmm, the next time i think i'll try like the laksa just because people said that its good, but thats like what everyone is saying. haha!

Welcome to Little Singapore

the menu

this is how they portray us to the world, a old and run down place

curry chicken rice

mee goreng

us @ Little Singapore

ak

alright, now lets move on to sunday. i went to cccb as usual. and after church, i went to eat this korean lunch thing. well, its not too bad maybe just because i dont know how to appreciate korean and jap food. I'm a traditional china man! haha. afterwards, I went to Chinatown to get chinese grocery. i actually just wanted to get a little, but end up, i bought like super alot! i really almost died carrying all my stuff back. what a killer! hehh, but its worth it cause of the stuff i bought!

korean lunch

doughnut @ 2.50 for two (: just because they were closing their store at 4plus pm

food that bring you happiness :D

well, this week is going to be the start of a non stop stress for like the next 4weeks? sigh, i seriously cant wait for the mid semester break and the day that i can breathe in singapore oxygen again!

damn.

i had my test today. i screwed it up.

its just 20mcqs, and i have no idea why i dont seem to know what answer it is. this sucks totally. i really hope that i wont do too bad, cause this 20mcqs is freakin worth 15%~

sometimes i really wonder why on earth did i chose to this path. till date, it really doesn't seem to be a good choice.

ok, so i didn't go for yf or ocf this week. I decided to stay home today to get some rest and also do a little bit of work. i really hope that when the next week begins, things will be different and that when the tests approaches in 2 weeks time, the questions will seem much easier.

i was surfing videos across the net and i came upon this. and i think that it is quite funny,

The Minesweeper Movie

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

stress sets in

ok. this is my schedule of tests.

21-Aug	Management of Financial Institutions MCQ test	15%
5-Sep	Quantitative Economic and Business Analysis B Mid Semester Test	45%
11-Sep	Management of Financial Institutions MCQ test	15%
12-Sep	Financial Reporting Mid Semester Test	45%

this is soooo arghh! its sooo fast!

HELP HELP!

and the best part is my mom is coming like on the 5th Sept? how on earth am i going to like bring her around and like study? like omg?

whooo

my mom's coming over on the 4th sept! whooo! no more cooking for the few days! muahahah :)

yahweh

Hillsong
Album: Faith+Hope+Love
Song Title: Yahweh

Verse 1:
Our God He lives forever
He reigns in power and love
Let Earth bow down before Him
For He is exalted

Pre-Chorus 1:
We look to Yahweh Yahweh
Forever Yahweh Yahweh

Verse 2:
Our hope is God Almighty
His love is greater than all
Lift high the God of Heaven
Give all the honor

Pre-Chorus 2:
We look to Yahweh Yahweh
Our hope is Yahweh Yahweh

Chorus:
And He shall reign forever
He shall reign forever
He shall reign
Forever and ever (Our God)

first rain ever in brissiebane

i've been here for like 1month and 1week? but today was the first time i experienced rain. it was like just like drizzle abit here and there in the afternoon. and then i was seeing if i wanted to go and run, so i went downstairs to see the sky conditions. and then, it was drizzling and all, and i saw a rainbow! haha, and then suddenly it reminded me of God's providence for me. Amazing.

and at night. suddenly, i heard loud noises coming from the roof. At first i thought it may be some bird or smtg. but it was quite going for a while and then i thought that it might be hailstones. So i went out to see, although it was super dark and i didnt see it exactly falling from the sky. i saw the ice cubes on my balcony! hahaha, first time experiencing hail! Awesomee!

Ekka, Hillsong and National Day

EKKA 2009! well, i've went to ekka (: i must say its a pretty good experience. its like something you read about in charlotte's web or like an event you see in the movies. But this time i get to experience it (: haha, like there are animals, goodie bags, rides and shows to watch. the only sad part is i went there quite late, so i din manage to see all the stuff there. hmmm, below are the pictures,

a cow

another cow, they are all really huge. everything is HUGE, like i cant help but notice their uh-hum :P

mr. ak

a cow's butt

mr old cow man

a handsome cow boy with patricia and a super handsome ak (:

chair lift in through the ekka

me and the $5 strawberry ice cream

the place to buy all your showbag aka goodie bag

one of the showbag store

the showbag of chocolates i bought. just 2 bags and i shared it. here's the splitted loot

my dinner

a super traditional way of making pizza

the pizza man!

my pizzza dinnner

tiffany, another friend that i went ekka with

this is the night show.

the biker really did jump like X-games. totally awesome. they did a superman, a back flip plus like a no handed superman. like OMG!

car on 2 wheels, totally awesome!

ending fireworks

And on sunday, i went to Hillsongs Brisbane (: well, the style of worship and all is what i really expected. its like FOP. haha. oh yar, and i bought their Faith+Hope+Love album. Its a pretty good album.

service time (:

Jesus loves you!

And sunday was national day right? haha, soo i went for the Singapore students society. It was BAD! ok, i didnt rsvp to the event, soo i had no dinner provided. but its ok, cause the dinnner was freaking terrible! even my army out field ration is much bettter can. the dinner they serve you is plain white rice (COLD cause of winter), one chicken drumstick (COLD) and normal veg (COLD). its even worse then what prisoners eat lar. i mean after all its national day, cant they like find singapore embassy to sponsor or smtg? like you want us to support our nation and this is what you give us. Its a total disgrace lar! somemore the guy tell me, "ohhh, the food will be great. authentic asian food" NONSENSE!

soo below are the pics. i must say the parade was not too bad compared to the years i suppose. and the worse thing is that i really felt emo during the thing. its like we were singing along the old national songs and all, and i really felt it. Ahhhh, horrible feeling. seriously. And yes, we sang the national anthem and said the pledge at 8.22pm (spore time)





ok, there are quite a few videos. but some how it takes super long to load now. sooo i'll post it some other time ya (:

And lastly, my first attempt in cooking japanese curry (: haha, its really not bad. but that's just cause i used the paste. hehhh (:

for my next 3 meals again

the curry paste that made it possible