Thursday, February 22, 2007
Saturday, 17th February 2007
Today is the night before chinese new year..hmm...went dinner with Chin Huay and her Brother at one of the Korean Restaurant..not sure what its name..but the food there was really yummy-fying...haha..especially the pot of spicy soup..omg!Yik Han called me and told me that his friend said that theres a count down going on later at nite at ChinaTown..so after dinner we walked around there..some of the road was closed cause there are stalls set up in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebration..
this is a temporary temple for ppl to pray..those ppl are queing up to place the 'colok' into the pot..even the whites beratur as well..i wonder if they know the main purpose of it onot..some even worse..i see them holding the 'colok' and walk around the street..they have no idea what izzit so they took and walk while holding it..they look as if they are holding a lantern and walk around happily...haih..all these whites ah..speechless..
Theres a Karaoke competition going on...where u can see uncles and aunties going up to the stage singing very very old chinese songs..and audience sitting on a plastic chair..
The chinese restaurants along the Bourke Street welcomes the lion dance..and i see whites guys part of the performers...i find it cool and weird..haha..everyone basically just followed where the lion goes..
its me @ Chinatown...see the crowd??so banyak orang..haha..cause its a saturday night..Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai!!
We headed down to Crown after ChinaTown cause theres nothing much there..There are stalls too and it was much better than Chinatown...so banyak food..but we were all so full..see the lanterns??got CNY feel rite..yay!!Xin Nian Kuai Le!
We had a slice of cake at the ever famous Greco @ Crown..i had Blackforest and Chin huay had mango..it was nice..yummy rite..haha..ppl actually queue up for this...sometimes the queues can be really long..
theres a special performance for Chinese New Year..ppl are sitting on the stairs to watch it..its nice..see that dragon..its really nice..it changes colour at different time..together with music as well..
the lantern moves up and down together with the music..it was really nice..it reminds me of Harry Potter where the stairs changes its direction..so cool..the lighting was fantastic..really nice feel...
theres something hidden in each and every big lantern..one of it is this..isnt this nice..its so lovely..now i cant wait for lantern festival..haha..
Year 2007 is a pig year therefore heres a pig for everyone taken on the floor..the pig is so cute..Happy Pig Year everybody!!i kinda ruined the picture..see that shadow..thats me..its hard to take this picture cause everyone keep on walking pass the pig..so geram..duno how to stop them from not walking ..so i stood there quite long to captured this pig..hoho...
those fishy are so nice..and with me around they look more pretty..hohoho..perasan..me pretending to be another fish..but it just didnt work out..hoho..
Me and Chin Huay with the lovely dragon..cant really see the colour of the dragon..
went in to the Casino and had a quick tour..haha..me duno how to gamble so no point staying there for long..me and those cards really got no jodoh..they duno me and i duno them..hoho..
See that??thats Crown..kinda fun place..Gamblers will love this place..haha..
had a fun nite exploring places..when we headed home it was quite late so Chin Huay drive me home..the place i stayed kinda quiet street..u dun see anyone on the street around 10pm..scary..haha..thanks alot Chin Huay..
Sunday, 18th February 2007
Its the first day of Chinese New Year..no red packets for me this year..sad sad..first time celebrating CNY @ Aussie..not that i really celebrate it @ Malaysia..but cant watch chinese tv show on tv is a lil bit pathetic..but i had a great time as well..i met up with Chin Huay and her brother again and we had Shanghai noodle this time..we had Dumpling as well..and its really weird..they served it with a peanut buttter sauce..haha..and then we went to catch a chinese movie @ one and only chinese cinema in aussie..Thank God im in Melbourne cause of the cinema..i heard that there used to be one @ SYDNEY but then bankcrupt di..i hope the one @ Melbourne dun go bankcrupt..haha...the cinema kinda old and not so high tech..but at least i still gotta watch chinese movie..the cushion abit yucky actually..but for the sake of movie..nvm la..we walked around after that and headed home..Thank God we went no where after that cause it rains..haha..i stayed at home watching dvd that i bought few days back..and watched some tv show till 11pm i think..there are some nice shows on tv..how nice..and then i watch taiwan tv show online and i slept at 4am..gosh..im living in such a pathetic life..
Monday, 19th February 2007
Before i met Chin Huay at the city i checked out Wu Zun's *brunei born taiwan star* blog..he said that he is going on a vacation..me and Chin Huay guessed its Melbourne since he used to study in RMIT and he mentioned before that he wanna come Melbourne..it would be great if we an bump into him on the street..we had the ever famous Vietname restaurant @ Mee Kong..i had rice..very nice..but its really big in portion..still managed to finished it..we went for Karaoke after that..the songs kinda updated also..but the place was just ok..18 bucks from 3pm to 8pm with 2 free drinks..thats all..me and Chin huay also a big fan of Wu Zun so we predict that he will be @ Crown if he is here in Melbourne..we insanely went to Crown to see if we could bump into him..we really ran out of our mind..and on the way there..Joyce told me that Heng Ngee saw Wu Zun!!! i was like!OMG!!HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN TO HIM BUT NOT ME!!!DAMN IT!!.. i was so excited..Heng Ngee and Wu Zun were on the same plane and the plane headed to Sydney..omg!Heng Ngee is just so lucky..seriously lucky..haha...we still went to crown just to try our luck if he is there..i know we are stupid and crazy..i had my dinner at the food court..ordered a penang char kuey teow that cost me AUD 10.20..DAH LA NOT NICE AT ALL..really shit..and then we went home dissapointed..haha..
Wu Zun..a brunei born star..i fancy him alot..dont ask me why..maybe because of his character in his latest drama..Hana Kimi...any possibilities that i can bump into him on the street??i wish there are..but he is @ Sydney..how sad..if he came Melbourne and i dun get to see him..i'll be really dissapointed..we're in the same city for God's sake..geramnya..omg..how come im so gila..Helpless..no worries..i should get over it real soon...
Tuesday, 20th February 2007
supposed to go for the orientation at 10..but i was abit lazy..dun feel like mixxing around so i decided not to but went down to the city and sign up for a line and get a mobile phone..i decided to sign up with three although friends @ Brisbane using Optus..but Three offers better deal..took me an hour plus to get that done..and i had Nandos with Chin Huay..gosh..its not nice at all if i were to compare with the Nandos in Malaysia..it was ok ony except for the rice..the rice was so yucky..walked around..hunting for printers and chin huay hunting for cute cute cordless phones..then we headed home because Chin Huay needs to pick up her parents from the airport..i went home and catched up on my dvds again..
My brand new phone..Motorola RAZR V3XX..love it alot..
i miss the Nandos @ Malaysia..i miss the Extra Hot Peri Peri sauce..*sob sob*..the Nandos here only comes with 1 sidelines..unlike Malaysia it comes with 2 sidelines..
Wednesday, 21st February 2007
i woke up at quite early today because i need to attend the Faculty Welcome at 10am..i can tell u that half of the students in the lecture hall has black hair..there are just so many international students...being a third year student its just so scary and weird...everybody there are going in for first year..i dun see anyone going into 3rd year...im so lost..after the welcome we were lead by our own course students and they did brief us abit about the course and classes..they are year 3 students and i will be their classmates..haha..funny..but they are really helpful..as they always mentioned cause they are paid for..hoho..interesting..we had a pizza lunch and i went for the Academic Writting for Assessment Talk..it was so crowded..i sat paling behind and i cant even see the speaker at all..after that i headed down to OfficeWorks to get my printer..got myself a Canon MP160 and some other stuff..it was so heavy so i took a cab back to my apartment..set up the printer and re-arrange my laptop position..i couldnt find a drawer to place my printer on top of it so i took a small table from the living room..and below are the pictures of my ^home sweet home^..its alot more better since the first day i came..im getting used to it..check it out!
my front door..im living on the Central Block, 5th floor and apartment no. 13..a yellow colour door..weird huh..
once u walked in u will see the kitchen on your right hand side..i bought lotsa stuff di..it was so empty at the begginning..theres fridge,stove and microwave..haha..as if i cooked often..ony knows how to cook noodles...slowly will learn up more..wait and see..hohohohahahahhihihi..
after the kitchen u will see the living area..sofa and tv and also dvd player..how great..and a ceiling fan on top..this apartment tak ada Air-cond...theres a dining table as well..forget to take a pic of it..nx time la..
thats the cupboard in the living room and that door is leading u to the toilet..where i do all my big and small business there..hoho..
thats the basin in my toilet..and also a big mirror..one and only mirror in the whole apartment..hahaha..standing infront of these almost 19 minutes each morning..
my shower place...nice?im having a fun time here playing with water everyday..hoho..thank God the toilet is not creepy..
aahahaha..the water closet..this is where all the meetings for big business and small business took place..
my wardrobe..spacious??ok ok ony la..i duno what to put on top..anyway..im too short to reach that part also..so no point putting stuff there...not much baju rite??cause i cant bring alot..wait till my dad comes then i'll fill up again..hahaha..
The other part of my wardrobe..really important stuff inside the safe box..and there are baju's and seluar's in each drawer..
My bed...its single..at first no used to it cause i used to sleep on a queen size bed back at home..and not so comfy actually..especially on the first nite..but later on its so much better..now?so far so good lah...
my printer,my laptop and its accesories all here..these where i spent most of my time..so need to be make it as comfy as possible..
the whole view of my study table..its good that ive got a long table..and the fan there really save most of my days especially this season..its so hot ...with this fan..it somehow helps a lil bit..
so thats basically the place that i live in now..how izzit?ok? i find it acceptable..as long as im confortable with it then its ok.but living alone is really scary some times..
Thursday, 22nd February 2007
i went for the Diagnostic English Language Assessment (DELA) in the morning..it was tough for me..i really got to admit that im very very very very weak in english..ppl around did the test so fast..these ppl really stressed me out..im surrounded with smart-ass..gosh..i wonder how dumb ppl like me going to survive here..this is really insane..i dun dare to take up any clubs cause im afraid i cant cope at all..better not risk my future..i dun wanna fail any subjects..faillin is really suffering..attended the course information sessions as well and after that i headed down to the city..ahaha..trying my luck if i could bump into wu zun..haha..idiot me..of course that would not likely to happen..im seriously broke..but still bought a story book, some food, a quarter pants from GIO*desperately need one* and KFC..i seriously dun like the KFC here..it just taste a lil bit yucky..and then i headed back and catch up my dvds again..after that here i am blogging..
i guess i had enough for today..till then..
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11:00 PM
Saturday, February 17, 2007
this is my first post since the beginning of 2007..LEE ZHI HUI GILLIAN is going through a totally different and unexpected life now..I am now at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. Im doing my DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF PLANNING AND DESIGN (PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION)..going into Year 3..*scared scared*..I arrived here almost a week..ive been a bit busy during the day time and busy chatting during the nite time therefore couldnt find a time to settle down and blog..lets flash back and see hows my life these few days..dead boring...
SUNDAY 11th February 2007
i did a last minute packing..therefore i din sleep at all and i have to admit that the packing luggage is just an art that is troubling me so much..there are so many things that i wanna bring here but because of the stupid limitations of luggage that i can bring makes me throw away loads and loads of things..its just hard to decide what to bring and what not to bring..Joyce teman me as well..but in her house la..she thought of sending me at the airport buy i insisted NO! then she said wanna make me breakfast and bring over to my house..she told me to call her when im done(i didnt called her cause i just dun have the time so she slept..haha...thanks anyway)..so i packed the whole nite and get ready everything around 5.30am..took my shower and then went down to the entrance waiting for the arrival of my dad's driver...he promised me that he will be there 6am..but oppss...he isnt there..called daddy and ask him where is uncle dollah..10 minutes after that daddy said uncle dollah just woke up..and he is on his way now..he arrived around 7..i waited since 6..sigh...on my way to the airport..im felt like rididng a roller coaster..he drove up to 180km/h..imagaine that speed on a toyota alphard..omg..i reach there around 7.30 i think..Teong How called..i told him not to come cause nobody is coming..but there he was..thanks alot..he just drop by for awhile and teman me check in..cause he need to rush down to kl to attend his 9 oclcock class..my luggage over weight..no choice..so i paid rm301++..then went to mcdonald for a breakfast..Lai Kuan called...(thanks for waking up so early)..catching up for the last time with mummy and sis..no tears within us..we wish the best of luck to each other so i went down to the departure hall..chih yun called before i enter the gate(thanks alot)..i couldnt get the side seats so i can ony go for the middle one..my journey with MAS was a total disaster...i HATE MAS...food was bad..not comfy at all..and im not feeling well..7 hours journey on the plane is killing me..good thing i din go scotland...i reached Melbourne around 8.20 pm...waited for my luggage already took me duno how many minutes..when i settle everything its almost 9++ pm..took a cab outside the airport and headed to 570, Lygon Street..settled my registration at the reception and i went up to my apartment..it looks okay..but abit empty..the ony worst thing is there arent any pillow..where on earth am i suppose to get a pillow at 11pm...so i piled up my baju to make it as temporary pillow..good thing i brought a bedsheet along with me..no blanket?i use towel as my blanket..i had fever so i thought i'll just take panadol..but theres no water!went down to the reception to ask for convinience store..but he said its closed..WHAT!CLOSED?...there isnt any 24 hour shop nearby..good thing i saw a machine that sells mineral water..Thank God..that machine saved my life..i was too tired so i didnt unpack my stuff..went to bed straight..i wanted to on my laptop cause i need music to put me sleeping..guess what!the adapter that i bought is not correct though its written there for AUSTRALIA ONLY..what the hell??!!good thing ive got my MP3 with me..i coudlnt sleep..then i started to think how pathetic is my life here..I WANNA GO HOME!!!I DUN WANNA STUDY HERE!!EITHER I BALIK OR MUMMY AND SIS COME HERE!!...i cried for God Sake..haha..i even msg my sis and tell her this..she comforts me by telling me its just the first day and everything will be fine in a few days more..didnt think much after that and of course thanks to the panadol that put me in sleep very fast..
MONDAY 12th February 2007
Didnt sleep well but no more fever..thats good.. i hate being sick..woke up at 7.30..awhile after that my housephone rang..Yeon Hee, my new korean friend called me..met her online..we were suppose to be housemate but i dun like sharing rooms therefore we didnt become housemate but friends..hoho..so we met up at the reception..i applied for my internet service..there isnt any unlimited usage of plans here and i cant take other plans in the market so i took the highest plans..which is 100 bucks for 10.0gb of data ussage..its damn expensive..so not worth it but ive got no choice..can u imagine paying rm 372 for ur internet..this is insane..damn it..so geram..im a heavy user..i duno how i survive without internet..me and Yeon Hee went to walk around lygon street to look for convinient store...i bought some stuff and we headed back..i met DATUK MANJIT and his family..he is suppose to teman me to buka my bank account..daddy gave him money..safer in that way...based on the map i walked to Trinity College..while he was dealing with his son, Benedict registration..daddy called him so i talked to daddy for while..so i opened my Bank Account with National Australia Bank (NAB)..the bank is at the union house..quite convinient..my books luggage was with Datuk Manjit and its damn heavy..35 kg!!hoho..kiasi ma..what to do...i took that home first so i left them first..called up Chin Huay to teman me buy stuff..i need to buy pillow..no idea where to go so she brought me to ikea..Yik Han my cousin brother doing his first year at Melbourne Uni arrived around 11..so he joined us to ikea as well..Chin Huay got a car here..so its very convinient when i buy heavy stuff..plus Yik Han aroudnd to carry stuff..hoho..then we took tram down to the city..went jalan jalan..here and there..nothing much though cause the shops here closed at 5pm.. i reached home at night and first thing first i set up my laptop and go online..hoho..i had a good sleep too..Thanks alot Chin Huay and Yik Han !!
TUESDAY 13th February 2007
i went to the International Student Service and see what can i do now and she asked me to go to the welcome centre at Wilson Hall..they gave me a paper saying that i need to attend the international student talk..thats all..so then i met up with Nazneen in the city..i took the tram all by myself...when i was on the tram the ticket machine says out of service..i tak sempat go down so i just sit down without knowing what to do but just pray hard the instructor dun come up and check tickets..Yik Han said that his friend was caught once and he was punished by sweeping the streets..hoho..so i had lunch with Nazneen at a place name Chili Padi..the food was nice..seriously..but really big portion..according to Nineen the owner is from IPOH..great place and great food...then we went for some shopping at Melbourne Central and left around 4 plus cause Nineen got to attend her dancing class..i came back thought of unpacking my stuff..but i end up seeing ppl outside my apartment..vacumming my apartment..they said tehy suppose to do these before but there are too many units so its delayed..they need around 2 hours..si i walked along Lygon street myself..the whole Lygon Street is about food..and mostly italianese food..yummy-licious..while waiting for the time to fly i sit at the park and called mummy..update her about the stuff here...i even called anna and heng chuan..those 2 ppl nicely enjoying themselves in Brisbane...I wish i was there with them..*sob sob*it was drizzling so i went home...unpack all my stuff and chat..hoho..now my home felt like a home to me..
WEDNESDAY 14th February 2007
i meet up with Chin Huay around 10.30 @ Union House..she showed me around and try to help me enrolled...we went to the faculty office and enrolled..but my pin number wasnt correct..it took us alot of trouble then ony we know that they have mistaken my birthdate..instead of 14/03 they wrote it 14/08..thats why..when im done with all that we went to Wilson hall to get my student ID done..but the ppl said that i need to wait for 24 hours..alrite then..no choice but gotta wait..its so tiring...walking here and there..and we had lunch at the union house..Chin Huay headed home after that and i went to Safeway*a supermarket* to do some grocceries shopping..went home and i was so tired so i took a nap..and then i wake up and cook myself a bowl of soup and noodles..and i chat as ussual..
THURSDAY 15th February 2007
i went to uni for the international briefing..before that i went to Wilson Halll to get my ID done but they said my subjects are not approved yet..*doink*..so i attend the a bit lame international briefing..right after the briefing ends..i went home..the wheather was damn hot !cant tahan..wanted to meet up with Nineen but its was just too hot that i was abit lazy to go out..so watch drama at home..hoho..then Nineen called me and she was at lygon street that time..at Gelati eating ice cream..so i walked there..and the ice cream there was undeniably fanatstic..Afiah and another guy was there..couldnt remember whats his name..after ice cream that guy dropped us in the city and we went shopping around again..nineen showed me other place..o yea..she showed me where i can get cheap DVDS..i bought one..hehe..then we went back to her house..her house is so near the city..so bessst...then we had our dinner at a place name Hawker's cafe..i had Hainnanese chicken rice..it was nice..nineen had asam laksa but it turn oout to be curry laksa and the waitress insist tat its a asam laksa..weird..anyway..we went back after that and i continue my drama..and chat at nite..
FRIDAY 16th February 2007
i supposed to attend a talk at 12 but i woke up abit late..when i reach the hall at 12 its already full..theres a next session at 2..so i went to get my atm card and settle all my bank stuff..after that i went to my faculty to get them approved my subject so that i can do my student ID..when i get everything done its already 1.50pm..i try to find the hall but i couldnt find it..so i gave up and went to china town to buy some tin food and meat balls..went to BIG W*something like CARREFOUR*..and then i went back home..daddy and mummy called at nite..talk with daddy just awhile..he just asked how things go on here..i said nothing much..hoho..really theres nutting much..but i talk with mummy longer..hoho..and i chatted again at nite..hohoho..
my life here is dead boring rite..i duno..i wasnt feeling well for the pass few days..very bad sore throat..that makes me doesnt wanna talk to ppl and make friends...i wonder how am i going to survive..ALL THE BEST TO ME!!!din take much picture..will post up soon..when i took more pictures..hehe..till then..
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