Showing posts with label student life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label student life. Show all posts

Master's gathering

Saturday, November 19, 2011

8:23 PM | 2 Comments

Last night was the first time in my entire year here that I had a gathering with my fellow coursemates.

The venue was a classy Italian restaurant by the port =)



usual vain shot in the car xD

we were paranoid that we wouldn't be able to find the place so we set out to leave the house early and...

unexpectedly we arrived half an hour earlier swt.

the place wasn't that hard to find afterall.


housemate gladly volunteers to help me take pics when there are nice backgrounds lol.

after a while, the sun started to set so housemate got the idea of shooting silhouettes.







i like the next one!



housemate's idea of a pic inside a pic






the original pic I took in my phone LOL.

I must say...why my housemate so talented and creative one har?


Later when all the ladies arrived we settled down for our banquet style dinner.

No pics of the food because I was busy eating and figuring out what I'm putting into my mouth haha wtf.

Honestly, I have no idea what half the menu was about. The only thing I recognised was olive and risotto @.@

And dessert was tiramisu and chocolate mousse xD

I eventually found out from my coursemate beside me that I've been eating veal and some roll up pasta with ham and spinach lol.


the only pic I have of dinner, still waiting for more group pics from coursemate.
btw, left is Lauren and right is Clair =) both are very funny and intelligent ladies.

went bar hopping for thre first time in Brissy after that. not gonna talk much about it but I notice that the girls here really dress pretty and look pretty for night outs!

Makes me feel so... ordinary, sigh.


ok lah, no time for self-pity T____T

I'll be emersing myself in clinic work for the next 2 weeks! Trying my best to close up all my cases before I head home for my holiday~

Boyfie will be picking me up from the airport, can't wait! =)

Another trip up north

Saturday, November 12, 2011

8:36 PM | 2 Comments

And so...we decided that we wanted more of the north coast so this weekend we loitered around the Westfield mall in Northlakes.

Going to the mall only means one thing in my dictionary =)

Even though I always refer to what I do as "damage" but honestly, I've never been able to buy so many gorgeous stuff at such low cost.

Shopping back home will never bring me the same satisfaction anymore, le sigh.





what I wore on that day. Super love this dress because of the back-design xD
and it's made of thin and comfy material, perfect for the weather now.



the 2 new additions to my wardrobe *heart*




Went to Woodypoint to catch the sunset after that =)





I has a housemate with good photography skills *glee*


Counting down the days till the real holidays come :(

Road trip!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

7:46 PM | 2 Comments

Since the first year of our Masters is finally over, housemate and I decided to have a mini road trip to the Sunshine Coast!

We did't really prepare much to be honest. Just bought a fleece mat for 10 bucks and brought a bag of chips LOL.




camwhore sessions on the way xD

First stop was Eumandi Market where there were over 500 stalls selling handcrafts and some local goods. Didn't take alot of pics of the stalls because I was busy looking at stuffs heh.


that's my housemate cum bigbang and gossip girl kaki *hearts*


a banner with lots of cute sayings. can click the pic to enlarge!


puppets singing! the dude behind has strings tied to every limb of his body to move them @.@"


Gourmet calamari! so says the board haha. and it's actually quite yummy!



Saw a very old school merry-go-round that caught my attention =)


After that housemate brought us to the malls famous in the area.

And I did more damage to my wallet T___T



Haih seriously....I don't think I'll ever get bored of the shopping here. I MEAN LOOK AT THOSE DESIGNS!


I bought everything on me from Aussie, the top, the bikini, the skirt, the sandals!


Last stop we decided to try out our new fleece mat at the beach. Housemate and I were contemplating of buying a set of bucket and shovels for the beach but then we thought that we'd look a wee bit over-age to play with that haha.


saw Maxine's car!


the beach!! *kicks off sandals and runs!*


I spy someone fishing

 the most relaxing sight ever =)






Felt good to have my feet in the waves =)



One year down and another to go...oh i'm hating and lurving this place much.

Celebration!

Friday, October 28, 2011

9:47 PM | 0 Comments

And the last assignment is INNNNNN!!!

No more sleepless nights, mountain-piled journals and headaches from all the stress!

oh my gosh I think I might have even lost some weight. I haven't been eating regular meals for the past 3 weeks :(


GIMME BACK MY FATS DAMNIT.


Anyways, housemate had the excellent idea to go to the nightmarket in Southbank and we had a yummy celebration there.



our cocktails!
mine is peach flavoured and housemate's one is orange-ey


ze housemate :D



me being vain (as usual)




BUGSSSSSS! *DROOL*




happy me =D


and we ended the night with this


*extreme lurve*
it's the boyfie's favourite flavour


1 more week to exams!! RAAWWWWRRR

staying in

Saturday, October 15, 2011

5:29 AM | 0 Comments

It's odd that the simplest days are often your happiest days.


Yesterday was the last day of my assignment marathon! I slept in until late morning today and woke up to boyfie's Facetime call. I can't describe how happy and giddy I was finally seeing his face through the screen of my iPhone :)



I'm still suffering from withdrawal ever since I came back after my mid-sem break. Le sigh.


After that, I had brunch and hung out in the living room with housemate. We talked about downloading horror films and it was so funny! We went from the initial ghost movies to psychopath-related horror and in the end chickened out because we both had overactive imaginations and started worrying if we would see some weird stuffs in our house LOL.



And for once I did something different today. Today, I decided to take a break from the lappie and started reading again =)



It was the most relaxing sensation ever.



Reading words and sentences that are for once fictional and interesting and not serious or work-related.


I is liking it =)



In the evening, the sky started to turn gloomy and the next thing we know the roof sounded as if it was about to tumble!



Hail storm!


Housemate and I got our keys and jacket and went down to see if we could collect the tiny ice cubes that might have dropped on the floor (housemate's idea not mine haha). Ran into our neighbour and it was such a funny sight seeing him seeping coffee in his running attire and staring at the rain.


Anyways, the ice melted and housemate was disappointed we didn't get to keep any LOL.


That was my boring and uneventful but extremely contented day :)

what have I done?

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

5:09 AM | 3 Comments

What have I gotten myself into.



I've been feeling extremely emo these few days.



I really think I'm in the wrong field.





How now?

life as it is at the moment

Monday, September 19, 2011

12:47 AM | 0 Comments

ASSIGNMENTS ARE MY BIGGEST ENEMY.



They make me groan and stress and sleep deprived whenever the due date is looming near.



I could even feel a heavy weight on my chest and it was so suffocating I wanted to throw up. Talk about anxiety turned bad.



I've been frantically working over my adult intervention assignment since Monday and the journals are so hell-bent to hide from me that it took me countless sleepless nights just to get all the materials I need!



After that it was taking all my brain power to piece and thread all the information together to produce a quality review. But with the speed I was moving I found myself working like a mad cow in the library until the very last minute of the due date =.="



I wonder if it's us Chinese being kiasu or what, but my coursemate passed up her assignment at 2k words even though the word limit was 3k and there I was trying my best to flush as many words as I can into the essay to make it hit the number "3" at the word count =.="



WHY WE ASIANS SO KIASU HAR?? WHY AH?



I made the 3k words alright. And made a mad dash to throw the assignment in before they closed the door to the department.



A wave of exhilaration just washed over us after housemate and I dropped our assignments into the pigeon hole and we felt so relieved!



Housemate started laughing uncontrollably and I was infected too. I swear everyone who saw us thought we were insane.



All these stress-induced keesiao-ness just for an assignment!?! Yes I also think we have no life, haih.



Both of us laughed all the way to the car and hopped in and drove straight to Mc D.



WE WANT REWARDS!



We bought ice cream and relaxed while we nom-ed on our reward. And after that we flew home to drop our stuffs and zoomed out again to the nearest liquor store before it closed.



Housemate got beer and I got myself a bottle of Vodka.



After that, we treated ourselves to Thai food at a newly opened restaurant in our suburb. Food was so-so but housemate and I were too delirious to notice the food quality because ASSIGNMENT WAS OVER!



The last thing we did was to have a toast back home and sat back on the sofa to watch gossip girl.



It's funny how post-assignment effects can make two absolutely sane person go gaga for a moment. As much as we despise the grief assignments bring, nothing can compare to that exhilarating feeling you get the moment you place your assignment through that pigeon hole.



Assignments. Beer. and Gossip Girl.





This is life for me now. And I'm happy =)






Skyped with boyfie after celebration. + another happy!

consequences of procrastinating

Sunday, September 11, 2011

9:45 PM | 2 Comments

IT'S ALMOST 3 P.M. HERE AND I'M STILL STUCK IN THE LIBRARY DOING WORK AND DEPRIVED OF LUNCH.

why is it so easy to spend hours on fb and twitter and so tormenting to just spend 10 minutes writing a paragraph on my assignment? :'(

oh god, please let me re-wire my brain in times of need.


I am conducting a classic extrinsic motivation scheme on myself now where I will only receive a reward (lunch) after I have achieved my goal (finish covering atleast 2 disorders required in the paper).

FOOD IS WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO DO WORK NOOOWWW.

I truly wonder if anyone is born hardworking or does everyone go through the same struggle as me? I find myself doing this more and more often these days where I would deprive myself of a meal until I manage to reach a certain point in my assignment. In return, I do produce work at the end of the day (most of the time) and I've also managed to mess up my meals.

Oh boy.

Sometimes I don't even take breakfast, end up having lunch at 4 p.m. and eating dinner at 9. Dinner becomes optional in the end because I'm not even hungry but I still maintain my food intake to not lose whatever precious fats I have left in me.


OK lah, I am obviously writing here to avoid work again. Back to boring assignments *drops head on table*

post-assignment euphoria

Sunday, August 28, 2011

9:37 PM | 0 Comments

oh the joy you feel when you hit that fullstop.



when you look at the bottom and you see there are 10 pages written.



and you know that one last check and it's awaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!







i am suffering from post-assignment euphoria at the moment. please excuse the dizziness.







boyfie is in Paris - the City of Love without meeeeeeeee!



and housemate has gone to GC to the themepark with her family.



boohoohoo.







sigh, so many feelings wanting to burst out from my chest but nobody is here :'(

love, from aussie

Friday, February 4, 2011

4:16 AM | 3 Comments

things i like about aussie:

the shopping
uni campus
the roads and infrastructure
the phone plans


things i dislike about aussie:

the attitude of people in the service line
the difficulty of renting or even viewing a damn house
the scorching sun
NO FREE WIFI
nothing comes for free, even sauce for your meals
the constant walking

but then again, i've only been here for a week.

give kangaroo land a chance. i miss malaysia already *sigh*

will try to upload more pics and blog more once i settle my internet. and there's no such thing as unlimited bandwidth so my skype plan is screwed =(

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