internship

fyi, i m currently an intern at Accenture Malaysia, and i m posted to a project at CIMBGroup. I am in the 1View Change Mangement Team :D

first of all, would like to help all who have helped me throughout the past 2 weeks of work.

1. michelle joseph for fetching me to kl the day before i started work, hmm, that was 13th December 2009

2. valerie and michelle for accompanying me at starbucks on 1st day of work

3. si gu and her family for accommodating me at their house

4. wee yong for fetching me back that day

5. dad who fetched me the other day to go back to muar from kl

6. si gu and wei ning who have to fetch me to kelana jaya lrt station daily

7. weining who has to fetch me from kelana jaya lrt station daily

8. elaine chong for all the help!

9. ciyi and mei lee too! :D

10. chung yen (the other intern who takes lrt from kelana jaya too) for the company

11. celeste lim for lunch today

12. zita, elaine swa, mervin etc :D :D

Delay upsets donor's family

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/21/nation/5342337&sec=nation

read this just now and i find it ridiculous.

in summary, if a deceased's family members decide to donate the deceased's organs upon his death, they have to know who to call in order to make sure the vital organs are harvested before the crucial time frame passes. for example, the news reports say that ppl in johor who would like to do such thing should call the HSA at 07-225 7000

that means when you are trying to cope with losing a loved one, when you are already strong enough to make such decisions to help others, you still have to know who to call. arent these organs vital to help others? the heart, for example, how many ppl are on the waiting list to get heart transplant? this delay might have caused a life. besides that, why is it that the IJN could engage the help of the army and get helicopter to harvest a heart a week or so ago and not do the same in this case? a heart is a heart and it is a life.

some sort of centralised effort should be launched so that such tragedies do not happen again. there need to be a single phone number that should be contacted should families decide to donate their loved deceased's organs. and this centre/hospital can then follow pre-set procedures to get these organs harvested to save ppl. there need to be some kind of operating procedures because time waits for no man, especially in such situations.

updates

so i did promise to write more. so sorry for not writing

had a wonderful trip to penang and hatyai with my family :D :D

gladly hosted kelvin, rahul and cheekong as soon as i reached back in muar. so sorry, guys, that i didnt go to KL/Genting with you guys. need some time to prepare myself for my internship. but really glad that u guys came!! :D :D and thanks for all the help as well :D

sis and bro are both in spore. good luck with sis's internship and bro's band performance :D

youngest bro is with his cousin in the room :D

anyway, life has been hectic at home. i m enjoying it! :D :D

more down

two down - roti canai. 3 persons' breakfast came to rm6.60! woohooo!! :D

three down - satay. 12 satays for rm 8, i think! :D

four down - cut my fringe and my hair length for 1 inch :D

five down - chendol. but i m still looking forward to the one at jonker street

six down - my favourite pao :D :D

one down

one down - my favourite nasi lemak, curry puff and mini burger

:D

home

i am HOME.

HOME.

HOME.

HOME.

over!

exams are over!! :D :D :D

finished on the same day as wei ning! congratulations!! :D :D

home tomorrow! i m about 19 hours to leaving IH for the airport and my room is still not all packed. hahahahahaha. but ya, it will be done :D :D

update

last paper tomorrow!

home in 3/4 days!!! :D :D

study study study!!!!! :D :D :D

kope from levin

kope from levin's post-it note on the wall yesterday. haha.


'relationship is about communication'

update

thought i shall GRACE my blog with some updates. haha.

for some reasons, i m very much less stressed than last semester over the finals that is coming really soon. comparatively, i was less stressed last semester than my time in spore. in conclusion, xiuling is a slacker now! wahahaha.

anyway, updates updates!

talked to michele that day, and it was really nice
unexpected things happened but xiuling will learn from it
flying home on 14th november 2009 (woohoo!)
flying to melb in the middle of my exam period just for my dear cousin who will be celebrating her 1st birthday! haha :D flying on 7th nov and coming back to sydney on 9th nov.
cant be bothered about my weight anymore
so, please dont freak out when you see me when i m back. haha

back to work!! :D :D

thanks for reading!!!!! :D :D :D

me.

a considerably close friend in the same course is transferring to medicine next year.
another friend is thinking of transferring to med science.

all of a sudden, i was thrown into a sea of questions, M I DOING WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING? Is the degrees and hence possible careers that i m putting myself in suitable for me?

i realized that i have always wanted to be a lawyer. maybe that was since i was 4 or 5 years old. and that is what spurred me to study hard since i was really young.

my motivation to strive for excellence is actually my aunt and her family. i was brought up by my aunt and her family until i was 4 or 5 years old. i have no idea why i was put with my aunt since i was an infant. but yes, i remember living there with my aunt, uncle and my 5 other cousins. they are all a tad elder than me and i was like the little kid. they were definitely not rich, but my aunt worked really hard. i know that i was not in the middle or upper class family. and one day, when we were watching some hk drama, it struck me --> what happens to those people who are poor but who are taken to court and they cant afford to hire lawyers to advise or represent them? why is it so unfair? and then, i set my mind on becoming a lawyer, a lawyer who will help those who are poor (which i found out much later that it is called pro bono ^-^)
i did not like the feeling of being looked down upon and i told myself that when i grow up, i will earn enough to give my aunt a comfortable life.

i went back to stay with my parents when i was 4 or 5 years old. and then life just goes on, primary school, secondary school in muar and then singapore, and then jc in singapore. so many things happened and somehow, this passion to be a lawyer was lost somewhere. i was just striving to excel because i was paid to study and it was expected of me to perform. and i wanted to perform to make my parents proud. my confidence level was thrashed a couple of times, esp when i was in JC and i started to doubt myself, unsure if the apparently tough and grueling law degree was something that i could handle. thanks to my parents who insisted on this, because i have no regrets that i m doing a commerce/law double degree now.

i might not the top student in law. it might not be sth that i ace in now. but i have found that desire and purpose again. eventually, my degrees are foundations and stepping stone for me to help people who i want to help. and of course, like what judge kirby said in a lecture a couple of months ago, the most important and valuable thing in everyone's life is to have a partner who can share his/her joy, suffering, pain and all experiences in life.







i m not someone who likes people to press me further for information. so if i can keep this to myself for so many years, i hope that, if you read this, just take it as 'oooooh, it's like that' and do not ask me anything else. thank you. :D

inspirations

thanks to susan who re-introduced me to the video of nick vujicic

and this thought suddenly hit me again. if he can do what he is doing, why can't i? what is stopping me from doing what i want to if i put my heart to it?

almost immediately, i thought of Team Hoyt

These people are just amazing. They challenged themselves to a limit where many of us wouldn't even tried. What give them the courage? because they are faced with more limitations, because of their love for life.

Love your life and the people around you. Challenge yourself, because you never know how far you can go. stop thinking about superficial things and think about what you want to achieve in this life, in this short life that you never know when and how it is going to end.

my favourite extract from nick vujicic's presentation at a school:

sometimes in life when u fall down, u feel like u don't have the strength to get back up.
do you think you have hope?
i will try 100 times to get up
if i fail 100 times, if i fail n i give up, do you think i m ever going to get up
but if i fail, i try again n agian , n again
it's not the end
it matter how u going to finish
u going to finish strong
then u will find that strength to get back up

quick update

i m flying home on 14th november 2009! :D
and suprisingly enough, janet and i will be on the same flight. haha. we will most probably see each other on the flight then. LOL
and daryl, lisa and oi fong are also flying on the same day, but they are flying to Singapore an hour after my flight departs. LOL

although i have gained weight, i m still looking forward to food at home! what a glutton, right? but ya, i need some exercise regime to help me lose some weight. for some reason, IH is making me fatter!! rarh.

Oktoberfest at roundhouse yesterday was crazy. how people walked on IH roof top, and thought that IH is also an entrance to the roundhouse. pity the seniors and other residents who have so kindly protected our sacred residential college. haha. Hooray!! :D IH has its own bouncers! so think twice before you intrude our ground. wahahahaha :D

time to start studying. for some reasons, i have been feeling lethargic. rarh.

back to work :D

a post specially for ping ping

talking to ping ping has always been so fun.
darling, if you read this, I MISS HAVING YOU IN MY ROOM!!!

and this reminds me of how small our room was! LOL :D

enjoy your time in chicago and take care ya!! :D :D

.help her.

i read this and i think that all of us should contribute.

http://helpyenkee.co.cc/

for the newspaper article: http://www.guangming.com.my/node/57665?tid=10


if you are unsure whether this is a scam, give guang ming daily a call to verify.

chij sec (toa payoh)

so, ken gave me this idea of goo-gling my own name when i m bored.

and among other stuff, i found this! :D

Nothing Funny in this Picture

Friday September 22, 2006 Caricature undermines convents' rich legacy, strong moral values No condoning humour at the expense of innocents Letter from Valerie Goh Meishi, Germaine Liu Shumei, Quek Xiu Ling, Lee Sze Ching, Chua Qi Yi, Sabrina Chu Ming Ling, Cheng Hui Ting, Marie Tan Xue-Ling, Joyce Tan Yi Siang, Eirene Koh Jia Xuan, Jana Ho Jiale, Zhuo Yun Lu, and Secondary 4/1 of 2006 We are a group of students from the graduating class of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Secondary (CHIJ). In the article, "Alternative Singapore: The Encyclopedia"(The Sunday Times, Sept 17), the student population of the 11 CHIJ schools around Singapore was referred to under the letter "I" for "IJ girls". We are greatly dismayed and distressed by the insinuations made against our beloved school and feel a strong need to defend its good name. In particular, the statement "easy with the opposite sex" and the inappropriate caricature contradict the strong moral values that come with an IJ education. The article has done great injustice to CHIJ schools that have produced many admirable women, past and present, who have made great contributions to our society - among whom was the late Elizabeth Choy. The Sunday Times is read not only by locals, but by international visitors as well. The implications that could arise from this skewed portrayal of CHIJ students are not to be taken lightly. Even if the article was meant to be "tongue-in-cheek", the act is made more serious as it was meant for the perusal of overseas visitors and to give an "Insider's Guide to help them get the most out of their stay". In what way would getting a warped perception of IJ girls help them do so? Indeed, with no one to advise them, these same overseas visitors will return to their countries with the misconception that IJ Girls are as described; in effect, causing the established name of CHIJ to be tarnished throughout the world. We deeply treasure our school's rich history of 152 years, which saw the arrival of courageous and dedicated nuns to provide education to the women and orphans here in Singapore . Tremendous sacrifices were made by these missionaries, who dedicated their lives to the education of thousands of young women in Singapore . With one stroke of the pen, the huge amount of effort, determination and hard work put in by countless number of people through the years has been undermined. Perhaps, we should take it as an honour for our school to be considered such an important part of life in Singapore, that it should merit a mention in the "Alternative Singapore Encyclopedia". However, the deplorable way in which CHIJ has been portrayed has served to give readers a false impression of all that CHIJ stands for. I would like to add my voice to the growing torrent of those condemning the totally unnecessary, unsubstantiated and prejudiced pronouncements regarding IJ girls. This cannot be excused as an example of being "light hearted", "tongue-in-cheek" kind of writing meant to provide entertaining reading. The fact of the matter is that taken in its context, the words are hurtful and do demean and denigrate IJ girls - those in uniform and those proud to call IJ their alma mater. Humour and entertainment at the expense of innocent persons without cause or provocation, especially by a mass circulation newspaper with such standing, can never be condoned.

i still remember, this 'alternative singapore encyclopaedia' article was on the Sunday Times and it was during our pre-lim period. szeching and i suggested/persuaded germaine and isabel and a couple of others that we should respond. and thus, this article.

ching, let's go back to IJ some time sooon, okay?! :D yeewon and dharl too!

story

spend some time to read this :D


I met a boy and fell for him fast. We moved fast. Everything was such a rush, everything was perfect, we were so obsessed with each other. He would tell me I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He would say “you're amazing” every hour. Except when he said it, it wasn’t just a line, it was the truth. The truth in his eyes. But I had to leave, and I knew I couldn’t do long distance. I have too ,any whims, I’m not good at being alone, I would have strayed. So I just cut off all contact, said cruel and hurtful things, pushed him away on purpose, alienated him so that he would leave me alone. Because it hurt too much to be friends, I thought it would be better to have no contact.



I was wrong. It was the stupidest decision of my life, because I find that not knowing someone well, can make you never get over them. The truth is, I don’t know him that well. What we had was short, it was over before I had a chance to see whether we were really good together, whether he was right for me. So all this time, even while I’ve had relationships with so many other guys, I always compare the new boys to one boy who I barely even knew, and they all fall short. Because his memory is so perfect, it’s so indestructible because it’s unfinished. I didn’t have time to discover his flaws, the little quirks that annoy, the arguments that break a couple a part. I didn’t give him a chance to show me that side of himself. All I have are the memories of that new, excited feeling. Of butterflies every time his fingers brushed my arm, of electric sparks every time we kissed, because it was so new, and unexpected and amazing. I have idealized this boy to the point where he is perfect in my eyes, and because of that, I can’t be satisfied with anyone else. But I can’t go back to him either, I cut off all ties, made it clear I never wanted to talk to him. He doesn’t know I think about him every day. He probably thinks he was completely insignificant, because I lied, and told him that he was. I swore I couldn’t care less. He has no idea. And I have no idea what it would be like to really be with him, have a real relationship with him, and I have to live with the fact that it is completely my fault. For being so proud, and so presumptuous to think I would get over him in two minutes. I never thought I’d hold on this long, to a ghost of a person. To an illusion of a person, that isn’t very likely a true reflection of him anyway.



And my advice to anyone reading this is, don’t let opportunities pass you by. Don’t dismiss people without thinking about how you may feel later. Don’t end something great, just because you think it would be too inconvenient to your life to let it continue. The truth is, everyone needs closure. Even if you do try something, and it’s difficult, and it ends, at least you know you tried. At least you know it was really the right decision to end it. You tried, and you failed. That’s okay, that’s something you’ll get over. But wondering, always wondering how it would have went if you had just let it happen, that’s torture. It’s the “what ifs” that keep me up at night. And the fact that he was strong enough to want me, to want to put up a fight for me, and I wasn’t strong enough to fight for him. And for the way I feel now, I have only myself to blame.


copied this from ching's blog because i think that it is worth reading! :D
credit to Le Love as well :D

capital w

helping out at capital w was great today. brought back memories of time at council :D
thanks to jessye for offering me the chance to help out
and thanks to jing and jen and sham for helping out as well :D
business etiquette workshop was great as well and hopefully everyone enjoyed it
the after 'party' was nice but chilling too. haha.
and i m interested in the coffee machine in the lounge! and the heaps of coffee beans in the pantry in the lounge!!! :D



realization of the day:
if you are not given a choice, you learn to survive.
so do not be afraid of putting yourself into challenging situations.

friends

good friends are hard to find.
true friends are even harder to find.

so treasure one forever when you find one.
because you don't want to miss his presence and company when you have already lost him.


:D

malaysia

Ever had a merdeka wish?

Here is the best that I have read or heard of so far.

By Sharyn Lisa Shufiyan, great granddaughter of Tunku Abdul Rahman.

'Both my parents are Malay. My mum's heritage includes Chinese, Thai and Arab, while my dad is Minangkabau. Due to my skin colour, I am often mistaken for a chinese.

I'm happy that I don’t have the typical Malay look but I do get annoyed when people call me Ah Moi or ask me straight up "Are you Chinese or Malay"

Like, why does it matter? Before I used to answer "Malay" but now I'm trying to consciously answer Malaysian instead.

There's this incident from primary school that I remember till today. Someone told me that I will be called last during Judgement Day because I don’t have a Muslim name. Of course, I was scared then but now that I'm older, I realise that a name is just a name. It doesn’t define you as a good or bad person and there is definitely no such thing as a Muslim name. You can be named Rashid or Ali and still be a Christian.

I’ve heard of the 1Malaysia concept, but I think we don’t need to be told to be united. We've come such a long way that it should already be embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united. Unfortunately, you can still see racial discrimination and polarisation. There is still this ethno-centric view that the Malays are the dominant group and their rights must be protected, and non Malays are forever the outsiders.

For the concept to succeed, I think the government should stop with the race politics. It's tiring, really. We grew up with application forms asking us to tick our race. We should stop painting a negative image of the other races, stop thinking about 'us' and 'them' and focus on 'we', 'our' and 'Malaysians'.

No one should be made uncomfortable in their own home. A dear Chinese friend of mine said to me once, "I don’t feel patriotic because I am not made to feel like Malaysia is my home, and I don’t feel an affinity to China because I have never lived there.

I know some baby Nyonya friends who can trace their lineage back hundreds of years. I'm a fourth generation Malaysian. If I am Bumiputra, why can’t they be, too? Clearly I have issues with the term.

I think the main reason why we still can’t achieve total unity is because of this 'Malay rights' concept. I'd rather 'Malay rights' be replaced by human rights. So unless we get rid of this Bumiputra status, or reform our views and policies on rights, we will never achieve unity.

For my merdeka wish, I'd like for Malaysians to have more voice, to be respected and heard. I wish that the government would uphold the true essence of parliamentary democracy. I wish for the people to no longer fear and discriminate against each other, to see that we are one and the same.

I wish that Malaysia would truly live up to the tourism spin of Malaysia truly Asia. Malaysians to lead - whatever their ethnic background. Only ONE NATIONALITY -MALAYSIAN. No Malays, No Chinese, No Indians - ONLY MALAYSIANS. Choose whatever religion one is comfortable with. "


I couldnt find a very credible source to validate it. but whether or not the author is really Tunku Abdul Rahman's daughter doesnt really matter, does it? because this is most probably the wish of many many malaysians.

"it should already be embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united"
i agree that it should and it might be, in the young minds. i remember vividly that when i was young, i was really proud to be a Malaysian and i did not see any difference between the races. i thought that we were merely people of different races that made up the country, people with different skin colour and people who have different mother tongue. but so what, we are all citizens and residents of that wonderful land. but as i grow elder, the reality of things start to set in. quota in schools, difference in treatment in schools, the unreasonable policies in the corporate and business world, and then, more and more drama in politics. i start to wonder, what is Malaysia, really. Is it really that difficult to say that we are Malaysians? Why do we always have to say that we are Malaysian Chinese? Malaysian Indians? Malaysian Malay? Is it that difficult to put away those superficial differences? why do we need policies based on these differences?

sometimes, when i m reading articles on Malaysia politics and others, i feel ashamed to call myself Malaysian, because my country is in such a mess that can be avoided, that is unnecessary. the root of the problem? various various various.

are we made to feel that malaysia is our home? i dont know. malaysia is my home because i grew up there, because my family members are there. was i made to feel that singapore was my home? well.
in singapore, i wasnt made to not feel that singapore was my home. i was free to think whether or not singapore welcomed me to treat it as a home.
in malaysia, it was made known to me that i was a 2nd class citizen because the difference was just so pervasive throughout the different sectors and layers of the society.
i m not going to come up with a decision on this question.
i m just saying that, i m a supporter of a multi-racial and equal and just political system and policies.

blackmores sydney marathon + selamat hari raya! :D

Had a great time volunteering at Blackmores Sydney Marathon! :D

for the first time in my life, i woke up at 430am to go and wait for the bus at 510am!! haha. cos we had to be there by 630am and due to road blocks, that was our only choice. LOL. baked a butter cake and brought it along for breakfast :D left IH with sis, chelsia and ye ji. met ken and kassie at the bus stop. met karl and terence there too :D

circular quay at 6am was surprisingly beautiful :D shall keep a lookout on fb for photos taken by ken and kassie :D

ye ji was stationed at opera house while the rest of us (ken, kassie, sis, chelsia and i) are stationed near mrs macquarie chair. we didnt know that the park is closed! haha. but luckily the rangers let us in and then we couldnt get pass. sigh. anyway, it was just a funny thingy that we were stucked in the park early in the morning. we were the only people who didnt know that the park is closed? cos all other people went there from elizabeth street and had no problem. had to call the rangers when we were locked in and looked for help. haha. but quite interesting :D

gave out water during the race.
lessons of the day:
i am motivated to start running :D
lead by action :D

finished clearing up and everything at 1020am. walked to opera house and saw the satisfaction on marathoners. their faces of joy and accomplishment is so 'wow'! :D
all of a sudden, we decided to wait to see terence finished the race. so sorry to chelsia and ye ji for this really sudden decision. so they left first, leaving kassie, ken, sis and i there to watch.
we actually stood there just watching people crossing the lines for 1 hour and 10 minutes. hahaha. but really, it was great! how couples finish the run together, friends finishing the race together with pride, people who are just happy that they completed the race, people who are in their 50s or even older finishing the race. and there was even a guy proposing to his gf at the finishing line! woohoo!! both of them ran the race and the guy proposed just before the finishing line. haha :D after 1 hour and 10 minutes wait there, we finally saw terence coming home!! woohoo!!! so proud of you, terence!! :D :D :D said hi, took photos and decided that we should leave him to rest while we go and makan cos our stomach were all growling. haha

had the zha jiang mian that grace recommended at chinatown. thought that it was just alright, not all that fantastic, but decent food ba :D

came back on a free bus ride. oh, did i mention? we get to take public transport for free today, just by showing this operations guide thingy from the marathon :D
slept like a pig on the bus. i m just so tired. LOL

today is also hari raya. i would like to wish all my muslim friends
selamat hari raya aidilfitri!! :D

here is a video of balik kampung, dedicated not only to those of you who balik kampung already, but also to us in foreign land who are looking forward to balik kampung

Perjalanan jauh tak ku rasa

Kerna hati ku melonjak sama

Ingin berjumpa sanak saudara

Yang selalu bermain di mata

Nun menghijau gunung ladang dan rimba

Langit nan tinggi bertambah birunya

Deru angin turut sama berlagu

Semuanya bagaikan turut gembira

Balik kampung oh oh...( 3X )

Hati girang

Ho ho... Balik kampung (3X)

Hati girang

Terbayang wajah-wajah yang ku sayang

Satu-satu tersemat di kalbu

Pasti terubat rindu di hati

Menyambut kepulangan ku nanti

Perjalanan jauh tak ku rasa

Kerna hati ku melonjak sama

Ingin berjumpa sanak saudara

Yang selalu bermain di mata

Nun menghijau gunung ladang dan rimba

Langit nan tinggi bertambah birunya

Deru angin turut sama berlagu

Semuanya bagaikan turut gembira

Balik kampung oh oh...( 3X )

Hati girang

Ho ho... Balik kampung (3X)

Hati girang

Terbayang wajah-wajah yang ku sayang

Satu-satu tersemat di kalbu

Pasti terubat rindu di hati

Menyambut kepulangan ku nanti

不知道

用华文写文章对我来说好像远不可及的事了。
考了O水准高级华文后，应该就是在初级学院帮朋友写了一两首诗歌吧。
说起来还真惭愧。。。


外人可能看我还是那么吊儿郎当的，可是其实近来我想的好多。
挣扎着应该做些什么。
突然间，我好想念我那熟悉的生活。可能我在那生活中也有我不喜欢的地方，可是总觉得好有亲切感。可能如朋友刚才所说的，以后，当我回想我现在的生活，我也会觉得这地方给我留下了许多美好的回忆。

人，总是念旧的吗？


我从来都不否认我是一个相当impersonal的人
我一向来都不善于用语言表达我的感觉
我可以噼里啪啦的说一大堆废话。可是如果你要我说出我对一件事，对一个人的感觉，我就会。。。。。
可能这也是为什么我一直都会特别的保护自己。

其实我也不知道今天写了这些是为什么
所以如果你想问我，那我就先回答你吧



我不知道

realizationsssssss

hello, readers!

i m so sorry for abandon-ing this blog for more than a week.

i tried writing down what i have done in melb and adelaide from 05092009 to 10092009. but well, i realized that i m not the kind of person who enjoys recounting what has happened for such long period. so sorry. look at the photos on my facebook and you can find out more about my trip to melb and adelaide with sis, dad and ergu (aunt) :D

since i dont feel like recounting, i shall write my piece of mind :D haha.


realization 1: went for law soc intervarsity sports day at usyd this morning. got a pretty but oversized law soc singlet :D glad to meet jiaying and her friend there. haha.
when i was looking at them, i suddenly realized that sara will most probably grow up and be like them. (sara is my 10-month-old cousin)

realization 2: go travelling when it is holdiay. there is no point staying in college because you will tell yourself that it is holiday and that you should be enjoying it. so at the end, you will most probably end up doing nothing :D

realization 3: i m so lazy to be sociable these days. i m missing szeching, yeewon, dharl, ivy, michele, yipeng, sining they all. good and close friends are hard to come by.

realization 4: why dont u see many international students at lawsoc events? hmm.

realization 5: i should think about improving myself at netball, cos my standard has been stagnant since 2005!

realization 6: i m such a slacker

realization 7: i m still not used to my life being controlled by others. too used to living on my own and making my own decisions

realization 8: thankful for the wonderful people she has met in oz :D

realization 9: called the senior for vacuum cleaner and totally forgot to go and take it. LOL.

realization 10: time to go and clean up my room!!! :D




bb!!!!

to all my friends who are leaving for the US and UK, take care!! :D

what you can do.

so today at AIESEC LCM, we talked a little about children soldiers in uganda and watched a video on patrik awuah who spoke on TED. if you are wondering what i m talking about, go to www.ted.com and just search for his name. :)

he grew up in ghana and went to college in US. he then joined microsoft and started a family in the US. now, doesnt that sound like most of us or people that we know? we grow up in our home country. opportunities present themselves and we choose to go and pursue our dreams, to open up our world and to enjoy the greener pasture on the other side of the world. for those who do not or have yet to get the opportunities, they stay in their homecountry, often hoping for golden chances to pop up and to give them the path to experience a different life.

this man, after having lived in the US, established himself into the upper middle class, one day realizes that he has responsibilities to his homecountry to his people. because it is important to his children. he went back to ghana and established the ashesi university college www.ashesi.edu.gh

now, the point to discuss here is. will YOU, who is currently away from the place where you grew up in, go back to serve your people? There is one important quote that i took away from his 15 minute speech, and that is that education is not about entitlement, it is about responsibilities. because we are privileged enough to receive education, a luxury that many around the world are denied. at some point of time, you might come to realize, it is no longer about me, it is about what i can do and what i should do for my people who are less privileged.

university education is not about getting the degree. it is about developing oneself. no one society is perfect. it is up to us to find out that area of our society that we want to play a part to improve. many might say, well, the society is shaped by so many factors, what can i, as an individual do?
Nike says 'Just do it', which i have come to think has some truth. why do we tend to worry so much before we even try? if everybody does that little bit, it can make a huge difference. sounds cliche, but it is true. if the communal pantry is dirty and everyone thinks that he can contribute very little, the pantry is going to continue being dirty. if the class is too quiet and not responsive and everyone waits for another person to say sth, the class will just continue being too quiet. it is each individual's continued effort that makes a BIG thing happen.

When you are free (like now, since you are reading my post), think about what do you not like, which aspect of the society that provokes you most. and think of what you can do about it. you never know what you can do.

msia

so now that chua soi lek is sacked from the party, his supporters within the party are coming up with all sorts of banners, posters to 'call' for his restoration to the party. if you have no idea what i m talking about, go to www.malaysiakini.com and have a look :)
i was just wondering, for the money that are used to print these banners, why not channel these money to helping those who need help? i mean, printing all those banners need money and these money should really be put into better use. of course, some might say that these are essential to achieve their aims, to get what they want. but come on, so much drama in msian politics these days. so much resources wasted on these seemingly meaningless battles.
the country is lagging behind in terms of growth, in terms of how the whole country is doing. and our leaders seem to have so much time in internal battles. what exactly are their purposes of being the leaders of the people? to lead is to serve others. NJ's motto says 'service with honour'. why bother being the leader of the people if what you want primarily is your own benefits. there are so many other avenues to get wealth and money (if that is what you want)
this is a country where people worked hard for years, to feed their families, in search of better lives for themselves and for their children. this is a place where many of us hold fond memories of. this is a place where we have called home and we want to call it home forever. but is this what our home is? a country that seems to be so messy politically. our leaders cant bring themselves together to serve the people.
yes, tomorrow is malaysia's birthday, a celebration of 51 years of independence. it is time for us to reflect on how far our country has progressed throughout these years. it is a time for us to realize that our progress is hindered by many factors that can be avoided. it is a time for us to come together (not superficially) to think for the better of this country. we need leaders who want to serve the people. we need this kind of leaders badly.



went to bodhi night last night. really proud of fellow muarian, khai yi who is the president of unsw buddhist society :) haha. the sketch was quite funny. but the most fun part was post bodhi night. haha. supposed to go back and continue working on my assignment. but well, the empty library lawn was too tempting and inviting. so kelvin, ken, kassie, sis and i ended up lying on the lawn and taking lots of stupid photos on it. then when we were passing by the international walkway on the way back to lower campus, we saw the 'ball' where people always take graduation photos at. and guess what, there was a dan murphy's trolley there! took more photos!!! haha, esp since kassie was super high from the previous camwhoring sesison. lol. and then kassie was pushed down from middle campus to lower campus on the trolley! LOL. that was funny! hahaha. then we decided to go to maccas. saw kyloon at the bus stop. hahaha. poor him, he was waiting for hong gee's sis to get a bus to go to maroubra. LOL. half an hour before the bus came. that was looong! lol. must be due to traffic jam near moore park where they had AFL game. at maccas, saw the AFL game replay. OMG, the players look like rocks (ken used this word to describe them first) haha. but seriously, they look sooooo fit and scary. look like if you happen to knock into them on the street, you will be bounced off. LOL

played semi final in badminton at IH Open today. hahahaha. lost to lester and janice who was the eventual winner. but ya, they played well :) thanks to grace and shuying who came down to watch :) and had a good time playing with the rests after that too ^-^

tired tired and getting back to work. i m still pretty stucked at torts. rarh.



happy birthday, DAD! :)



and happy birthday, Malaysia! :)

title-less

in a dilemma.

maybe because of the tremendous amount of stuff to be done.

somehow, lots of stuff have been running through my head these days.






Quote of the day: HAVE A DREAM :D

michele just told me that she will be leaving for london tomorrow. can't imagine, that is so fast!! michele gal, take care there, ok? i m sure you will be very fine there with your cousin and since you are belong there (at least officially) :)


michele and xiuling :)

gal, i have always been proud of you. how you brave it through despite all the challenges, how you are always so caring and cheerful and emo at times, how you are so dedicated and disciplined. i havent seen you for really long. the last time we met was most probably in december last year? thank you for all the help and tolerance and care! i m sure we will still have lots to talk about and we have to play captains ball together some time!!

i would say that i have always been blessed with good friends, people who are so accommodating and helpful. but i guess i m not very good at maintaining my relationship with people. lost touch with some people whom I was really close to. i m really grateful for my group of friends at NJ who had to bear with my constant nonsense and my stupid behaviour. a lot of thanks to sining, yipeng, soumya, radhika, vivi, shenyang, michele, ivy and of course my pw group :) and to my council friends as well, thank you so much for all your tolerance and hopefully i wasnt too much of a trouble. haha. and my dance friends, thank you for all the help that you guys have given me throughout my 1.5 years with the group. it is through this cca that i learnt to 'JUST DO IT'. thank you really much. very proud of your 'gold with honours' and 'gold'!! :) :)


COUNCIL!!!! :)


Buddies! :)


THE BEST PW GROUP! NJ074! HAHAHA :)



the guys are mostly in NS. the gals are mostly in uni or are leaving overseas for uni. i m grateful for the 6th group (kat, ching, phuong, ha, quynh, sam) it is nearly 3.5 years that we have been writing to each other on the 6th. hopefully this goes on forever and we are always informed about each others' lives! :) :) havent seen you guys in ages too!!

the only constant in life is change.

mum asked if i was adapting well to international house. i was at a loss of what answer to give. maybe it is because for the past 4.5 years, i have experienced more changes than there had been in the other 15 years. changes have happened so frequently (change school, change hostel, change environment, change classmates, change CCA, change country, change teacher) there have been so much changes i guess i m adapted to changes. whatever circumstances that i was put in, automatically and subconsciously, i adapt. is that good or bad? i dont know. maybe some people will say that it is wonderful, because that means that i m flexible and adaptable and i can survive in many places. but the downside is, i tend to not have too much personal bonds with stuff around me. and that makes me cold-blooded ya?

i realized that this post is full of blabbering. sorry!

6 months

So it is exactly 6 months since i arrived here on Oz land.
Maybe it is time for some reflections on what i have learnt and how much i have changed throughout these 6 months. that shall be my "entertainment". Haha.

Life has been with the books all the time these few days. preparing for tests/exams and doing up assignment. RARH.

definitely looking forward to spring break :D



just some points to think about if you are bored:
- How pervasive and critical is the problem of obesity in Msia? Do we need a education program for parents like the one that NSW is starting on?
- How important do you think a public library is in a town/city?

~please feel free to drop your comment on the tagboard~

a friday update

this is a thread that i think is worth reading, especially if you are a MALAYSIAN! :)

http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/25886/84/

have been pretty addicted to coffee nowadays. one cup a day. i normally get it from coffee republic cos it is the nearest cafe! haha. attached is a photo of the coffee cup that i m always drink from! :) :) :)people always say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. does a cup of coffee a day keeps the doctor away too? or maybe it keeps the ulcers away ya.

speaking of that, i havent had ulcer for pretty long. i m sure ching, won and dharl can remember the times when i had multiple ulcers fo often. haha. i dont like ulcers, so if coffee keeps them away, coffee is GOOD! :)

remember the parcel that i was talking about. sis helped me collect it from the office on thursday. she told me that it was from lawyers weekly. erm, when did i subscribe anything from lawyers weekly and why would lawyers weekly send me a parcel? hahaha. it was book inside, with a note that says 'congratulations'! hahaha. what on earth is that? :) and then i read the title of the book, and then i realized!!! hahaha. i entered a competition on lawyers weekly website a few weeks back and the winner gets the book. the question was just who the lead character in that book was. hahahahahaha. so yupp! my 2nd parcel in Australia comes from lawyers weekly! (first parcel was my results from mum) ^-^


went for mamak night last night at marsh room at roundhouse. was there really early cos we really wanted the food. the food was catered from ivan's. not that fantastic, but not bad as well. luckily we were early before the satay chicken ran out. hahaha :) wanted to leave early, but somehow stayed there all the way until 930pm! had a good time talking and meeting up with some friends though. and met henry and lilin there. LOL. Henry's presence can be explained as he is an indon. but Li? hahahahaha. got induced by henry, i suppose. LOL. took some photos, but they are all with kassie. too bad. basically, had nasi briyani, mee goreng, curry chicken, satay chicken, mee siam and teh tarik. they wrote that there would be kuih there! but we didnt see any! LOL. but good enough ba, free msian food :) :)

met jing after law lecture today to go to her place to get her torts textbook, we are exchanging lecture material. haha. just so that we both benefit! :) carried a textbook all the way from churchill's to IH. tiring sia! :) but that's alright. thanks, sis for coming down to help when i reached IH. hahaha :)

badminton with ken, kelvin, saehoon, steven, kyloon, daryl, kassie, rahul, lisa, plat, sis just now. one hour only. hahahaha. very very short. but that's alright :) nice seeing you guys again (although just saw some of you at mamak night) LOL

should really get to studying now. so much to do and so little time. RARH.

take care, everyone!! :)

craziness!

Stress level is creeeping up!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!next monday - macro test (10%)
next wednesday - international night market (aiesec)
next thursday - eat asam laksa in the city in the morning
next thursday - QMB test (6%)
next friday - law scrapbook inspection
next friday - badminton (4-5pm)
next saturday - accounting midsem (25%)
next saturday - bodhi night (6-10pm)
the following friday - law problem assignment due (40%)

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

had discussion with faraz, shamila, jing and chris at the law library today, from 10am to 12pm
we didnt get past psychiatric injury!! OMG! i just got more and more confused and didnt know what the law is! but it was still helpful cos at least i was thinking and was trying to things sort out. but, i only have 2.5 weeks to go before handing in the assignment. rarh. need to do more thinking and maybe go for consultation with my lecturer

brought them for a short tour of IH after that.
had lunch at quad.
came back for a run
went to accompany kassie eat lunch at southern wok
met hong gee
met lisa for aiesec exchange
research on scrapbook
aiesec lcm till 7pm
dinner
search for air tickets to go to china in november
writing a post for my blog!




thought of the day:
What are your dreams??

long day in uni

so as usual, tuesday is long. 6 hours of lecture.

brought a cup of cappuccino into class and yes, that makes me feel so much better during the whole 2 hour lecture! shall do that again!! :)

will be meeting up with chris, jing, shamila and faraz to talk and discuss about the law concerning duty of care tomorrow morning at 10am. hopefully that will be productive and help clear my mind for the problem assignment. somehow, i still dont have any sense of how to go about doing that assignment. might go for consultation with my lecturer to make sure that i get the law correct

got a letter from New College Village. Thought that it was going to tell me that i did not leave my room intact when i left. surprise! it was a letter to commend on my results last semester. haha. and interestingly, this is my address at NCV now:
LOL. HISTORY!! hahahahahahaha

there is also a parcel for me at IH office, shall go find out what that is tomorrow :)

read szeching's blog in the morning. and i realized that i miss singapore too. many of my friends are still there, and thinking of the good old time. hmm..

this week and next week are supposed to be hectic. shall try to get myself to focus!! jiayou, everyone! it will be spring break really soon.

btw, i have also managed to get my biological clock back to normal (: no more unearthly hour sleeping! haha. :) :)

okay, shall start studying!

OMG

Ooops! just realized that I abandoned my blog for more than a month already!

Anyway, uni has started and i m already in week 5 of 2nd semester. That is like more than one third done with this semester. Oh gosh, that reminds me of how little time i have left! Argh.

Before I go on to any other stuff,
CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS GAN SU YI, for being awarded President's Scholarships! woohoo! so proud of you, su yi!! I kinda knew that you were going to get it, that's why i kept a lookout on the newspaper for the past month! hahahaha. Congratulations ya! here is a pic that i think should be one of you favourite (for some reasons) Haha.


on the next note, after some frantic searches on the internet, dad and ergu will be coming to Australia during my spring break. so sis and i will be in melbourne again (that will be our third time there this year!) and hopefully we will make it to adelaide for maybe one or two days. Yay! :)

Staying at international house now, instead of New College Village. Meals are provided here, which means that I dont have to cook. The roundtables at the dining hall remind me of Oldham Hall, where we used to sit around, eat and talk for super long. Haha. Szeching, yeewon, dhar, phuong, quynh, ha, loan, rui ann, bel and many others!! Haha. I miss you guys! shall visit you guys sooooon!!! :) :) Not having to cook does save time, but sometimes i do miss the times when i talk crap for ages and poor kassie and kyloon who had to bear with my crappiness. haha.

uni has started for most people (since most people are still in singapore) haha. that means i can crash their hall when i m in singapore? haha. shall make sure ivy adopts me when i m there, ask daphne to go stay with kailun and ask honghu to stay on the street. wahahahaha ^-^
havent heard from yipeng, vivi, sining, shenyang, soumya for pretty long. guess everyone is busy with uni ya? :) michele passed her driving test! woohoo! congratulations, gal!! :) radhika should be preparing to go to UK. Haha, gal, i m really proud of you too!! enjoy yourself at Oxford! i am sure you will do very well!!! :) :)

i am still looking for a job. hopefully i get one really really soon. need to start earning money, since i m not paid to study now. hahaha :)

life has been busy so far. have no idea what i have been busy about. assignments? study? social life? play? shop? haha. i dont know.

btw, my crazy craving for food is back. went to eat at Gumshara Ramen, Eating World, Haymarket with kassie. Haha, i shall admit that the purpose of the trip was to eat ramen there! LOL. read the review here: http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2009/07/gumshara-ramen-eating-world-haymarket.html
researched a bit and found out that eating world opens at 10am. reached at about 1050am for brunch and found that there were ppl cooking behind the curtain, but it wasnt open for business yet. grab a drink and sat there and waited until 1130am!! hahahaha. reached early partly because i wanted to eat the pork spare rib noodle (they only sell 10 per day ya)
haha, expectedly, i was their first customer!! haha.
the main thing is of course, the food! the gravy is, as described, thick! it goes really well with the noodle and it was just WOOHOOOO!!! the pork ribe was fragrant and nice as well. overall, worth my wait!! hahahaha. kassie took a few photos, i think. but they are not with me. so ya, SORRY!

shall get back to study :) :) :) :)

hols

xiuling realized that she has been abandoning her blog for a long time.

anyway, less than 2 weeks to the start of 2nd semester.

mum was here for a week
went to jay chou's concert with sis, hong gee, hong gee's sis and her other friends
netball
met up with weining
met up with chong hao and benny
watched some shows
read a bit of stuff here and there
starting to miss home
thinking of how to lose weight after putting on so much weight

not in the mood of blogging.

bb :)

updates

ok, ok. time to update!!

haha.

done with 2 papers for my final exam for 1st semester here at unsw. 2 more papers to go and then it will be winter break.

air tickets to go back to msia during this winter break, as of now, is only about 730aud. rarh. i want to go home too!!!! but ya, will be staying here. looking forward to mum's trip to sydney :)

weather is cold cold. walking to racecourse to sit for exams is cold. sitting in the exam room for hours is even colder. wonder how i m going to survive the looong winter.

read some articles just now. maybe pen down some of my thoughts after my exams :)

good luck to all who are having exams. enjoy yourselves to all those who are still on holiday!! :)

food.

okay. cant really think of what to update now. i shall put up a list of fooood to eat when i go back to malaysia. i would appreciate any suggestions/inputs :)

roti canai/prata
satay
rojak
asam fish
bao (包）
chao kway teow
chendol
ice kacang
叉烧饭
soya bean milk
thai food
dim sum
prawn
kangkung belacan
sotong
otak-otak
nasi lemak
laksa
云吞面
mee siam
rendang
curry puff
蚝煎
面粉糕 (i hope i got the characters right)

^-^

12-hour day

sorry, havent been updating my blog. sorry, my bad.

anyway, just had a 12-hour long day of stuff. woke up slightly before 8am to prepare for AIESEC Member Review Board (MRB), basically this final interview before i qualify as an AIESEC exchange participant. i m applying for development program, and looking at going to african countries (ghana, togo or south africa) and i PASSSED it!! woohooo!! waited for my turn for nearly 2 hours. and i was actually quite tired when i went in there for interview. there were 3 panelists (psychologist, AIESEC alumni and corporate person) met and talked to quite many people too. and cos we were waiting for the interviews to finish, they made us sing and dance! it was really funny, cos we didnt know the lyrics! lol. anyway, great time spent! :)

then i had to rush to Usyd for NCG welfare comm meeting. being always following people around, i dont know my way there. haha. i knew that i can get there by takin bus 370. but i missed it and it would only come half an hour after that. rarh. then i walked to this bus stop for bus number 10. and guess what? i missed it too!!! the bus driver didnt wait for me, although i was running like mad. but well, cant blame him also, cos i was still quite far from the bus stop. haha. so ended up taking a bus to central and then took another bus to Usyd. thanks to yan ying for trying to tell me the way. and thanks to jenny too, whom i finally called cos i just couldnt find the bus stop. hahaha. anyway, made it there 10 minutes late. haha

meeting ended at about 4pm and i was seriously famished! only had 2 slices of bread for breakfast and a quarter of foot long subway sandwich at about 1230pm. so got a muffin and cappucino at the usyd cafe there and i was reading micro while eating, and waiting to play netball there at 6pm. got tired at about 530pm and decided to go in and watch them play futsal. haha. :)
anyway, realizations of the day: i need to bulild up on my stamina. i dont feel like i was playing like how i normally play today, got to find out what went wrong.

left usyd at 8pm in yalis's car. thanks ya, for dropping me at anzac parade :)

now i m here. got to start on my assignment really soon. but i really feel like taking a nap first.



oh ya, peeps, pls help me think if i should go for the AIESEC exchange. any inputs is welcomed :)

melb road trip

oh ya. i m back from melbourne road trip. it really is a trip to be remembered.

despite all the getting lost, finding our way on maps, sitting in the car for 22 hours, having not enough sleep etc etc, the trip was enjoyable and i really enjoyed myself! hahaha

and now i feel like going for another road trip, cos road trip allows us to really manage our time, make going around so much easier and convenient! haha.

photos are all on facebook now. but i will try to upload a few when i have time.

sis and i extended our road trip for 2 days to go to my uncle's place. as my sis said: monthly growth is only visible in infants! haha. i love my little cousin and the not that little cousin. woohoo!

sime darby online assessment

xiuling just spent the last 2.5 hours in front of the laptop. i happily applied for sime darby scholarships and there is this online assessment thingy. was supposed to do it back in kl on 10th april, but ya, i cant fly back just for it and the notice came soooo late.

got an email yesterday that i m supposed to do it today. so i replied the person that i will be free at 10am (malaysia time), meaning 12pm here. then no one called. rarh! so i tried calling sime darby and it was said to be after office hour. LOL. so xiuling smartly emailed the person again.

the person finally called at 3pm (aus time). haha. i was looking at the phone number and wondering why is there a spore phone number calling. hahaha.

but anyway, here is the thing.

i was supposed to do a verbal test and a numerical test, and then a personality test.

the numerical and verbal test both have 24 questions to be completed in 20 minutes! rarh! didnt manage to finish them. and they dont put question numbers. so it is practically impossible to know how many questions i have left while i was doing, unless i counted. but given that short time and the long questions, a bit impossible sia. haha. anyway, i think i left 1 question blank for numerical test and 3 for the verbal one.

verbal, sounds like i would have to talk, right? hahahahaha. actually, it was reading a passage and then choosing 2 statements that are true out of the 4 given. the same passage for about 3/4 questions. but the passages are pretty long and super informative. haha.

anyway, the personality test is 300 questions! wow! i was like, omg. 300!! maybe the personality test will be super accurate sia :) can i get the results, please, sime darby, so that i know who i m! LOL

ok, so ya, mind blowing 2.5 hours and i m going back to my accounting and moot!

hope to hear good news from sime darby (please please, despite my poor performance at the tests)

njc malay dance!

xiuling still can't imagine this.

gold with honours and gold!! this is like a dream come true. even though i wasn't there to watch the most critical dances, the most exciting and wonderful moment, i m excited, nonetheless. i m super happy! congratulations!! all the hard work paid off. all the sweat and pain paid off. congratulations, njc malay dance!! enjoy the victory that all of you well deserved!!! :)




week 5 has come to an end. i really think that i havent been studying enough. biological clock is all screwed up too. i need to change. change. change. and the only way i can change is to make myself change. ok, sounds retarded. but ya, it is up to me!!!! so ya, xiuling, jiayou! haha

will be off to melb for the next week. hopefully it will be wonderful again! woohooo!!!

i realised this is quite long. LOL

sorry for not updating this blog as often as i should have. but still, thanks for visiting. haha

anyway, i thought this was worth noting down.

today, my law lecturer said that he received an email from the vice chancellor yesterday that as a mean to reduce use of electricity, they will have to share offices and were supposed to fill in a form that was attached. they will have to specify the times at which they want to use the offices and who they prefer to share offices with. and then the file attached said 'happy april's fool' LOL so ya, law academics to enjoy april's fool ya :)

anyway, had qma test. was quite tough. i really wonder how fair this is. cos the level of difficulty differ quite a lot between papers. this is the first time they have tutorial test for qma. yes, it is not easy to come up with many many different sets of questions cos there are just so many qma tutorial classes on different days and times. but still, the level of difficulty shouldnt differ by that much and we shouldnt have one paper testing on this one chapter that is easy while another testing on another chapter that is significantly a lot more tedious and requires a loooot more thinking. so ya, pls, do sth about it. scale the marks! :)

oh ya, congratulations to nj indian dance for getting gold with honours too. and of course, to catholic high band for getting gold with honours! aik, jiayou when it comes to your turn o :)

next, my hometown seems to be pretty scary nowadays, with many cases of kidnapping and even murder. is the global financial crisis driving people nuts? it is such a joke to have to feel extremely insecure and wary in a place where you have been living for many many years. come on, please, save my nice nice sweet small home town :)

next, i m going to play netball for unsw mso (malaysian student organizatin) on this coming saturday (4th april 2009). quite excited about it, cos i havent played a competitive netball game since long long ago! haha. hopefully it turns out well :)

before i forget, cogratulations to yao for his partial success in getting a part time teaching job in a private school. hopefully after next week, it will be confirmed as a success. Haha.

one more week of studies and then it is one week break (easter break). going on a road trip to melbourne. leaving on 10th and dont know when i m coming back yet. should be either 16th april of 17th april. seriously looking forward to it. woohooo!!!!!!!

court report for law! thanks to michele and my darling ping ping for helping me to edit it. i havent written an essay since my GP essay for A level. wahahahahaha. and knowing my english language standard, glad that you guys are helping! :) thanks soooo much and enjoy your lives in singapore!! :)

thanks to kyloon and kassie too, for being able to stand this not very fair dinner system, that doesnt really require me to cook. THANKS A MILLION! wahahahaha

and i should really start studying and making notes and all!! xiuling is going to study............... hopefully. haha


thanks for reading :)

random

it is week 3 already.

assignments are going to be due really soon.

it is a 12 week semester. cant believe that i have completed one forth of it.

mso coogee beach

xiuling would really like to thank the readers of this blog.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING FAITH IN ME THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BLOG. :)

anyway, xiuling has reached the end of week 2. yupp! just for your info, the courses that i m doing this semester are:
ECON1101: MICROECONOMICS 1
ECON1202: QUANTITATIVE METHODS A
ACCT1501: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A
LAWS1052: FOUNDATIONS OF LAW

QMA is like math. but the questions are pretty different. very real life kind and ya, more applied to finance.
microecons, they are gonna finish the j1 topics in 12 weeks. the questions are more comparatively more quantitative too
accounting is new to me! so is law!

SORRY, AIDAN. THIS IS THE BORING STUFF. NOT THE FUN ONES! HAHA





anyway, so ya, the rain! on one fine saturday (14th March). left ncv at about 245pm. left international house at 310pm. walked to coogee beach. reached there at about 350pm. started queuing up. btw, if i havent mentioned, the weather forecast said that there would be thunderstorm. but it was all sunny and warm when we left. so my sunscreen and lotion were all at work before we left. anyway, so we started queueing. did i mention? i didnt have breakfast or lunch. so ya... long long queue. thanks fiona for getting me a slice of pizza! and then the mso ppl was kind enough to pass us some pizzas and garlic bread. and then........ IT RAINED! POURED!!! PRACTICALLY POURED!!!!! so after nearly 2 hours of queueing up, we ran all the way to the shelter. it was just across mcD. then we ran across the road to mcD, braving all the rain and stuff.
so, while we were trying to kinda dry ourselves with towel and stuff, the rain stopped. so after all the running and stuff, and running across the road, the rain stopped!! seriously.......... sigh...

eating pizza while queuing! woohoo!! :)

empty plate. sigh

the most efficient way to spend time while queuing is to take photos :)

how can u not see how long the queue was. sigh sigh..

rainy days

two rainy days.

xiuling waited to be under the rain for 2 consecutive days. what a stupid thing to do!!! argh!!!!!

mardi gras 09_post

mardi gras 2009

left ncv at 415pm although the parade only starts at 745pm

it was already quite crowded when we got to oxford street. oh ya, along the way, the sight is just so eye opening. hahahaha.

anyway, went to hungry jack's for dinner at about 5pm. then went back to just stay around and look around. haha.

was standing there until 1015pm! goodness! that is almost 6 hours of standing. wow! went to mcD after that to catch some supper after reaching kingsford.

melb city

mardi gras 09

a taste of mardi gras. sorry, didnt use my camera to take pictures on that day, cos there were too many cooool cameras around then. haha. look for them on facebook :)

updates

~i did promise pictures~

for those of you who want a fuller set of pictures, pls look for them on facebook :)

anyway, before the pictures come, let me do a summary!

went to melbourne from 28th feb to 3rd march

went to taronga zoo on 6th march

got my A level results on 6th march

cooked fried rice

fire alarms were triggered off again and again. rarh!

had a small house warming

won $5 from kyloon at the kai xin restaurant, cos i managed to remember 6 names! wahaha

went to mardi gras on 7th march

lessons started

managed to get my program changed from commerce to commerce/law, even though it was after walking up and down the campus many many times

xiuling hasnt cooked any dishes for the whole week. she only cooked rice and helped to cook pasta that day. thanks to kyloon. wahahahahahaha :)

went to ru xing's house warming

went to roundhouse once and that is enough

went to chareli's house till 230am on 14th march

went to somewhere with coooool desktops

ate super nice steaks at hurricanes

went to pancakes by the rock




that's all that i can recall now

day2

xiuling cant really remember!

oh yes!

went for australian school of business (asb) welcome
the talks were pretty boring
they started on time
many asian looking people came late
pretty boring but didnt leave

during break, signed up for FMAA and Capital W

more talks

during lunch break, had lunch. wrote our names down for UNIT
rushed to optus shop at randwick to get our phone card.
rushed back to uni for the campus tour

went to randwick again to buy some grocery

spent a lot of money today. rarh.

day1

xiuling realizes that she doesn't have enough time to update in super great details her everyday here in sydney.

so yupp, SUMMARY TIME!!

day1

had some tiny sleep on the plane
took a taxi to unsw
carried luggages into new college village building
checked in
got my key to letter box and my access card
unpacked a little
went to uni
hahaha, the main walkway was quite crowded and ppl were giving out fliers
went to see where to do student card. the queue was long. omg!
took the free diary
went to iss to register
commonwealth bank to open accounts. super long queue. left our names there
Mcdonald's for lunch
back to commonwealth bank
after waiting for nearly 1 hour, finally my turn and got it done. kaichin forgot her passport. so she had to run back to ncv to get it and back to the bank. Haha
cant really remember, went back to ncv, i think. unpack again. Haha

oh ya, had the NCV MEET AND GREET session at 9pm. met many people and stayed on till
nearly 11pm. too tired le. went back to sleep.

in the process :)