so i lift my eyes, to you LORD

a million reasons you should get a lumix and come to melbourne!

2009-03-08T05:58:00.000-07:00

2008-04-26T05:05:00.001-07:00

maybe i should make this blog one wheere i put what i cook!

hur!

till then, http://xanga.com/alll_iwant

2007-07-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

((:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WONNY!

now ive officially posted this everywhere. HO.

(((:

2007-05-08T01:23:00.000-07:00

hahs. new intake new intake. april intake people! this was dimsum lunch day! gaby is so pretty! she's g's cousin! how small is singapore YOU TELL ME. then the blue guy's gaba's boyfriend's bro. SEE. point proven. his name's fangren.lesi's in the pic too, and the last boy's jek. JEK is SO MUCH LIKE WONNY. so demanding. too much man. (:
hohoho!

gaba and i (: prettaye gaba! and that fungiiss. because i love eating hargao so much he was like HA! COW! so they used to call me HA! COW. :/ now its just cow. or wadever. that fungi was so idiotic. we didnt even know he snuck into our picture!

and this is v! victoria! she's super adorable! i like her! she's like the little sister i always wanted, but never ever could have! she's so funny! like sometimes she just follows what i do! like once, strangely our airconditioned class room had a fly. i was paying attention during maths class, but suddenly i couldnt resists it, and used my pen to whack the fly, a few secs later, from the corner of my eye i saw the dear girl doing the same thing! and another time, i hummed the pink panther song to myself really softly, and like the LONG VERSION of it, and when i stopped, someone hummed the same thingg.

might sound really lame, but then its really cute when you look at her innocent face after doing whatever you did, and she gives you that "heh heh" smile after imitating you. hahaha. so funny :) she's so sweet too! mmm! and best, my whole time table is EXACTLY the same as hers. cant been that man!

then there's jek. he's like SUPER CHILDISH, but super grown up at the same time! he's super mean! but is also SUPER NICE. mmm. these small boys. come here for a year and go back for army. ARMY. he's a really nice kiddo. although, sadly, half the time he acts like cheeky chan ): he says im blessed with one beeg brother and one small brother.

PERHAPS that's true (:

after church on sun, everyone left, cheeks and bobby asked me to go scones with them. i thought bobby was my ride, since mitch wanted to go home first, so i told cheeks that i'd go have scones with them. long story , some miscommunication, anyway, ended up at the guys' house where drey and i were supposed to have dinner. drey and i cooked dinner, and while the onion rolled, i accidently sliced my finger with the chopper. crazy blood kept flowing. i was amazed at their concern. cheeky sprayed on some spray on plaster. was really good! stop the blood from coming out! and then because this has to be the 1023948282 time i injurd my fingers, judging from the still visible scars from the week before, he said i should stop cooking. or they should get me an armour. i thought that was so funny :)

2007-05-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

i guess its time to suck it all in.
more than ever i think what moejoe said's thru. maybe ive been influenced too much by her concepts. sometimes i like it. i feel wise. i feel wise.
\

but you and i both know what part of moejoe im feeling. i know nana knows this part of me. wha. damn sian. its time to quit it. dum shuts.

god give me strength.

2007-04-25T08:50:00.000-07:00

its been only 2 weeks since the end of hols, but feels like everything's kinda strange, sometimes it feels normal again, but then, sometimes it changes so fast. sometimes its a bad thing getting to know people deeper. sometimes you see their true colors shining true, and that clashes with your mental image.

reality vs illusion

life is filled with used-to-be's and whaddifs

whaddif we could be happier? whaddif i could be smarter, whaddif we were closer, what if she was less of a donkeyass? what if people spared more thought for others, what if we stopped looking at ourselves, and stop constantly believing that the world has to revolve around us, and our needs and wants? whaddif people actually stop to LISTEN, and actually bothered from deep within about how selfish we've been.

i read too much, pardon the skepticism. ho! ive been reading! good or bad, you decide.

but seriously, personally, friendships in aussie are much tougher to handle because it concerns people you DONT know inside out, backview front. my pysc friend tells me about loads of people putting up fronts. i hate it when the onion slowly becomes smaller in shape, as you chop it, strip it, peel it, WHATEVER. it makes you cry inevitably.

get my theory? GET MY POINT? i think it relates! im beggining to realise im stuck in my bubble trying really hard to break out. stone less, STOMP more! HELLO AMANDA, WAKE UP!

2007-04-24T01:47:00.000-07:00

i suddenly feel very much homesick again ):
i crave the ou lua. hokkien mee, laksa, CHICKEN RICE, wanton mee, daddy's stingray, nan's yellowbean soup, SIGLAP YONGTAUFOO, my ABSOLUTE OLD CHANGKEE FAV, crabwrap. curry puffs, bengawan solo, breakfast after cg on sunday if ever, WHITE CHAI DAO KWEI with chilly. and popiah.

aiya enough. the yong tau foo here sucks big time, its HARD, and taste old. i dunno. not the soft fresh kind.i miss waking up and complaining to mummy im hungry, and actually have food at home, or mummy ready to WHIP up something for me. I AM SO HUNGRY. I MISS HOW FOOD IS SO CHEAP BACK HOME, i think i can spend THOUSANDS on food here ):

BAD BAD THING. i should go apply for bursary. provide for my hungry stomach!

):
realise im quite a pig/glutton! maybe its just today. SO COLD, and i wore like this skirt like overall, / jumpers/ whatever u wanna call it. like those farmer kind (: I LIKE! my legs were freezing my butt off. i didnt think the temperature would drop! the weather's crazy. it was hot on sunday!

but summer's over already! its autumn now, but some people call it winter. I DONT KNOW WHY. i hope i dont get hungry, cos most people put on the pounds during winter cos its so cold you get hungry easy!

its the second week of school! GUESS WHAT, thanks to cheek's madness trainings for MY running, i can like push myself now! i WILLINGLY RAN to the bell tower! form jane/stace' house, should be around 4.5km -5. -and then the same distance back! (9-10 !) really RUNNING with ahboy during the last 2 km! the 3 km before that was jogging(:

I AM SO HAPPY! my goodness! what good workout! and after that crazy evening on sunday, we ran around 5 km yesterday! to swan brewary. this timewith SIMON. now my muscles hurt! anyhow's! with such crazy army man running with me i think i'll improve! but the cold is starting to get worst and like WHO WOULDWANNA GO RUNNING!?

idont like rain ):
i hope they start making prettyrain boots!
its so cold ):
TOMORROW'S ANZAC day! holiday yea (: goodstuff!

2007-04-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

mary's leaving tonight! i think her plane just took off ):

mazy and mitch the big brother!
so sad huh! i bet erge must be soso so sad! drey and i baked her heartshaped cookies this evening after school. i think they looked rather pretty! (drey bakes good stuff!) but strangely, maryanne didnt even know they were heart-shaped! we gave each one of the boys a beeg heart shape cookie! for a smile before their test/exam(:

seeya when we get back mary! we'll miss you and we love you!

2007-04-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

the gift of time, is a precious gift
of love and hope and all the most treausured bliss
will you stay if i asked you too,
or give me a minute, or perhaps slightly over two.

i wanna say im sorry, and that i wished that i could've spend more time with you,
but then it begins to seem meaningless, because reality hits you.
i wanna hold on to your frail hand, i wanna sit beside you.
i wanna sing a song of hope, or sit there wondering if the wounds would heal.
i wish i could fathom the amount of pain, or perhaps, just begin to understand what it means to wane.

please lord jesus, please hear our cry,
hear my cry at least, just one last time.

it isnt over, cos im not home yet.
dont let it be over,
and dear Lord jesus let the cells NOT spread.
if im being selfish,
then please let her be spared.
but its a little unfair, for the pain we all cant bear.

so in our sadness, let there be smiles,
and in the uncomprehendable sorrows, a touch of - faith hope and joy

how can this be. how can this be!
my eyes are tired. i am tired.

- donmoen; hiding place

2007-04-15T00:48:00.000-07:00

omygoodness! captains ball yesterday was total SWEAT IT OUT. all simon's recruits got split up! CAN YOU IMAGINE! honestly, i cant imagine all of us playing together. cheeks, james, sherms, drey, simon, mitch. really. the guys are crazily great by themselves already!

i had to sweat it out playing for rosymont, (if that's how its spelt :/) ALONE in a new team! i guess it was good! here in aussie, people call me mandie straight away when they learn my name's amanda, MMM. so throughout the game they were like mandie mandie! i kinda like it! HO.

then during the last round, mon's team needed a player! and they were like bennett bennett play for us! so i played with sherms joette simon james (TURBO MAN) dennis and their other cell member! WAS SO FUN!

they heard me call shermbit SHERMPIT. as in armpit!

oh wells! he's a great friend! awesome running buddy (unlike the mad ns men) very fun to play competitve sport with him in your team! drey and i hopes he comes back after ns! would be great fun! shermbugs' departure today signifies the start of HARDWORK! so we'll pack up the joys laughter and madness, and take it all out in june! till we meet again buddy!

(everyone's mugging ; its so strange!)

2007-04-13T09:09:00.000-07:00

today i woke up, read, did some maths, cleaned up my room, drank milk, and took a bus to the city to meet cheeks shermbugs and drey! i thank GOD cheek's siblings came to visit! FINALLY get to act as a tourist in perth! hahahahah! have never done that, and it feels good having an excuse to be sua ku and take photos of everything and anything! check us out here! we look like we're in amsterdam or smth!

still at this spot. because all the passerby that took our pictures werent good enought, therefore, we resorted to taking 3 by 3. but we had 3 cameras! so our pictures are all scattered! will go cope from shermbits and drey tmr! :)

here's an anyhow done version of all our standing photos! we passed a cigar shop! quite unplesant smelling i must say! we walked to the bell tower, and then back after to the city again! had dinner at takas, this jap place that sells cheap food! with mitch the big brother, danielhuang, james, and had coffee with mon, mary, candeee, alvin, justin/his fiancee, stace joette, and a few others!

gonna go running tmr morn after qt, with drey and andrew, and then have brekkie and then study till 1, where mitch will pick us up to go apsley for some captain's ball competition! hope we win! there's a footie to be won! OOOG! hahahahaha.

2007-04-12T09:43:00.000-07:00

I THINK I SHOULD GET BACK INTO MY HABIT OF BLOGGING DETAILS. feels so retardart not doing it nowadays! so WHOOM! beware. photos galore!

its frickin irritating how i lost all the pictures i took yesterday! WAS SO MAD AT MYSELF! was combine cell steamboat/ bbq yesterday! was simply awesome! the first time stace,cheeks, sherman and sherilyn (cheek's siblings) and drey and i went to buy the groceries from northbridge; chinatown. but cos it was easter monday, the butcher was close, so we went back yesterday, sherms cheeks drey and i. had alot of fun! talking nonsence and all! corica's! and preparing our food!

the day before, we went toget to send sherilyn off, ): cos she was going back to melb! wished she was studying here though! she's so sweet and so nice to talk to! and she's funny! and i like her!

shermbits is going back on sunday! oooogh! ): we went running this evening down mountsbay. cheeks and drey were like running at horse's speed, and sherms and i were like at the back. he makes me feel better! unlike turbo man and cheeks who run so fast! if shermbits studied here, i would have the perfect running mate!

but in all honesty, steamboat was really fun. eug and cheeks eat alot! ho. they are always eating my food :D and i love cooking for people! after the whole thingg ended, they were playing this drinking game, except the loser drank up half a cup of coke, or wadever food that was left. very funny game! everyone had to make this TOOOD sound. i think ahboy's neighbours werent too happy :)

we left after taking ALOT OF PICTURES< (will post up when i cope from other people) yepp! receive a call last night, the guy went " bennett ar, " and i was like OoOOOOoo farmiliar name! and i couldnt figure out who that person was! all the people in spore ran through my mind, and then the guy was like " you dont know who i am?! i am your er ge lar!" stooops. make me feel so happy for nothing! he's forever calling me and pretending to be some optus/bank west man. RGH! but he was really nice! he took pet too leederville for coffee cos the north zone's combine bbq hadnt ended, but the south's one already had. then after he drove all the way down north to my house to send pet here, and drove all the way back, nice brudder in deed (: i cooked pet porridge today! so happy! it was really soft! my favorite! im glad i kinda mastered cooking yummy porridge! after that we popped by drey's and watched a movie while i kinda slept, and drey baked sticky chewy cookies that were simply OUT OF THIS WORLD. like totally. they were REALLEH good. so after we went running, which was technically jogging, but whooo, i think thanks to cheeks, im really running now! the last time kings park with him and turbo man was really UP HILL till can die, this time was alright! ((: so after running, had dinner at stace's
turboman/skinnyman/4th brudder cooked with joette and stace! it was good! the cheeseeeeeee (: and this was only for starter! oh wells! im gonna rest now! will look throught maths and get back to reading!

but check out shermbits's crazily large birks! and my teeny black slipper! (the only pictures im putting up today! hahahahaha)

2007-04-11T02:27:00.000-07:00

big brother (da ge), er ge, san ge, and si ge.

very funny. we call them that, san ge and si ge sounds frickin funny. and odd. cheeks hates it. so its just cheeks. but they take care of drey and i so whoohoo! we watched a korean drama together today. so funny watching with the guys. they kept saying it was ONE KIND STUPID and the guys in the show were ONE KIND ugly. MMMM.

2007-04-03T22:59:00.000-07:00

let me just list down the amount of food ive been eating that has been pretty good! pity i didnt have my camera with me everyday! first up! was last thursday! when i went to school to hand up my assignment! i was so blessed :) being late was a good thing afterall! i missed the bus and cheeky called! and ahboy came to pick me up! YES! super lucky! so we drove down to northbridge where everybody was, and went for dim sum lunch! HARGAO! WHEEEE (:

then after quite good dimsum lunch, was shopping at harbour town. i didnt really like it cos we spent alot of money ): but i got alot of things for ridiculously cheap prices! and after that, we got in james's car and drove to uwa. where we chilled and i studied for my theory test! :D and the uni people tried to study. after that we waited for mitch, and everyone like kinda split ways, the others went for dinner and all. mitch took jane and i too some REALLEH GOOD jap place for dinner before going to church, where jane was dancing(:

then the next day, WE WOKE AT 6, to go to citywest! was my first time taking the train! (: and then after jane and i went for really short window shopping trip, before rushing home to meet her friend jude, who was bringing us to subi market! I BOUGHT ALOT OF FRUITS (: very very delightful! 10 dollars worth of it! i had loads of grapes, four really big plums! REALLEH SWEET MUMMY (: and i bought half a melon for 2 bucks! i think its preetty cheap considering the sweetness of it all!

SIMON, being retardart came to pick me up from subi market when i couldve just gone home with jude and jane! anyway, we went to pick ahboy up from school, drop off my fruits at home, and went to cottoesloe BEACH! REALLY REALLY PRETTAYE AGAIN! pictures with MON, will up load soon (:

we had really good fries and wages there thought! it was really really good! with the sauces and all (:

and after was FRIDAYNIGHTLIVE. some youth plus youngadult thingg at church. it ended pretty late, and the guys wanted to eat dinner, so we all drove down to fasteddy's down south, reached home around 1am (:

AND THEN SATURDAY! was supposed to meet drey at the bus stop at 11.35. our FIRST time taking bus and not relying on the guys to drive us(: BUT MISS SOMEONE woke up 10 mins before we were supposed to meet! omygoodnesss! i waited at the bus stop and had good alone time with God. my legs grew alot tanner too! anyways, we had to wait an hour anyway, but cheeks called! and asked us to go with eug! :D so we went to eug's house to chill while he did his hanging of laundry and all that. ONCE AGAIN, being late's good stuff (:

so drey and i went with eug to fremantle! (: awesome stuff! met MON and cheeks and had fish and chips for lunch. at 3pm. then we went to cold rock for ice cream. but i didnt get anything, cos i wanted crepes, (everyone said it was good!) BUT. wells, the barbeque simon wanted to bring me and drey too had already started, so we drove down to king's park. for REALLEH GOOD bbq. *nods head!

james joette irene were there! after bbq, we drove down to leederville (: where ahboy came and we had desert. my goodness. my first cup of cold chocolate. ITS AWESOME! i was awesome! really really good!

hah. and then came sunday, had really good lunch at taurus. YUMMM(: then after was home with jane, and drey, lots of fruits and icecream(: then drey rushed home to cook for cherie. so it was janeh and i. then nudge called, wanting to go for a spin, and simon too, so we met up with james and simon and went for supposed coffee at tarrazza's but they were closing already! so we went for ice cream. ): really good ferrero icecream!

OKAY! then came monday! i stayed over at jane's watching click. had indo food for dinner after badminton with them. i kinda enjoyed the indo food(: and after we dropped of simon and maryanne who went to play squash with ahboy, and then cheeks mitch drey and i went to watch netball matches! MMMMMM! i felt like playing so bad! with yuyu and est of course! and the whole team. ARG!

OH WELLS. went to tarazza's for REALLY GOOD CAKE! will def take pictures next time. its honest to death the most worth-it cake u'll ever eat here (: hahahah. the melting chocolate was MMMMMMM.

had 2nd driving lesson yest. then baked muffins at drey's house yesterday. it was alright i guess(: james and ahboy and jane came over. we watched korean shows, which jane got totally hooked. and ahboy asked me to call him kor kor. he's WORST THEN MY BROTHER. he farts IN YOUR FACE. tsk! and there's the bubble sound too! and he doesnt care :/ he fart so much that everybody kinda gets annoyed. but i keep laughing! WHICH IS BAD.

SO ANYHOWS. tmr's camp (: we're gonna go camping! i hope we drive downsouth next week ): if not the break's kinda wasted! but anyhoos. study study study!

2007-03-31T08:47:00.000-07:00

suddenly i see; kt tunstall

i apologise for the lack of an entry. will do it ASAP! been realleh busy, (: cos its the weekend and my uni friends kinda have their no class weekend! so have been OUT OUT OUT! from the morn till midnight! anyhows! the week is coming to an end! when they go to sch, i wont have anyone to go out with, and i'll blog then! anyway, picture of the mates im hanging out with. half of them are from my cell(:

1.superdrey. they call her p5.

2. ahboy. he's really funny. talented. SUPERSMART. and ultra retardart

3. us in simon's bug (: it feels as if ure in one of those minature theme park car ride!

4. eug and i! eug is uber funny. he's like super nice and they say he's my ahma. GUESS WHO HE WORKS FOR. damn funnaye. :D

5. skinny man and jane!

6. skinny man james and cheeky!

7. mon! major bully. but he's hou funky! his bug, his hair.

8. janeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeh! dont u think she just looks sweet and adorable here!

9. MITCH! our cell leader! whoots! man who protects me from siMON the MONster. he thinks we're like the little kids of the cell. drey and i.

the major news , summarising my whole week, I SCORED FULL MARKS FOR DRIVING THEORY. thankyou jesus! :DDDD

2007-03-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

OOH i cant wait to blog! i cant wait to post pictures and show you guys my friends from ozzie, the land down under. my cell people and people from fcc and the ones jane and i chill with now.

I AM SNACKING SO LITTLE, but hanging out with these bunch full of guys/gals who eat good food. GOOD i tell you. ask jane! i am glad she lives opposite me! been hanging out alot! having alot of meals toget! and taking loads of pictures too!

omygoodness. dinner cost like 9- 13 dollars but its really worth it. like those one big family outting at some restaurant. we ate at unclebilly's last night again. sambal kangkong, and black pepper beeffffff. it was some AWESOME AWESOME cheena southbay land tonight! I ATE CURRY. whallao. asam curry! thank god i controlled myself. could have like swallowed buckets of curry with rice man.

jane and i were studying at their house aft church today. cheeks room is REALLY good for studying. if ure in solitude, GOOD STUFF. the guys went to play soccer btw. so it was just us and the pretty house. and maths. (simon/mitch/cheeks/james the skinnyman's house, is really pretty artsy and totally cool! really lovely ambience. very refreshing studying in sucha pretty place!)

tmr's english. i pray i do well! thanks oddball. you're a mighty great friend! leeenybabeh too! LOVEYOU! :D

tue's chem. wed's calc/

i dont know what to expect. im going in with a JUST WHACK -it feeling. my dear friends, email me and i'll tell you why. blog's too populated and too public to write. im so glad i'll be able to talk to leen soon. that's what's keeping me sane. after i buy my credit that is! so keep me in your prayers k! pray that god will see me through EVERYTHING in my life. everything. i really wanna go uni, and i am TOTALLY not gonna choose things now that gives people control over my life. im gonna take units that i am responsible for, and will be responsible for ace-ing. or b-ing.

2007-03-20T21:07:00.000-07:00

on the day that you were born
the angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true
so they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
and starlight in your eyes of blue.

i wished i could be there to tell you NOT TO BE STRESS!
to be there to give you a great big hug and tell you that you're loved VERY VERYMUCH!
i wanna be there to make you smile silly or just to hear you rant, talk nonsence, or sit ever so still as i let you cry your heart out.
i wished we could mugg together, eating our ALL TIME MUGGING FOOD- apple chips!
i wished i could be there for you to tell me not to be silly!
and to tell me to stop wasting money on cabs.

and i'll laugh at you as i asked you how else was i supposed to get there on time.

I WISHED YOU WERE THE ONE SLEEPING ON MY BED , wished we could have OUR sleepovers, talking about everything under the bedlamp, catching up!

i wanna laugh at how u insists on leaving some source of light on because ure scared of the dark, and i wanna hear you laugh at how i'd fall aslp all of a sudden!

i wanna hear you talk nonsence and suan me as if ure the GREATEST smarty pants on earth! and i really wouldnt mind you both making fun of me. (only now perhaps!)

i wanna tell you to learn more lines of the song youre singing, and not just repeat it like a broken recorder!

i wanna say can you STOP IT! and not " im so bored!"
and i know i can beat you at battle ship!

OKAY, i dont mind you calling me dingdong! i wanna shout HI HANDSOME, and hear you go HELLO GORGEOUS, and wear our gorgess and humsum shirts without looking odd alone!

i wished i could be there to hear your problems, and i wished i could be- that part of your life. and i wanna sit there with you, at the pew, praying till we cry buckets full.

why do stars, fall down from the sky
everytime, you walk by

just like me, they long to be,
close to you

i wished we were all together, i wished u could hear me sigh.
i wished so hard that someday i'll find you when i open my eyes,
but all i see, is australia

and no you. people, but not you.
im studying where i need to and want to be studying, but ure not here with me.
-unlike how we used to talk about growing older together.

so my dear friend, can we smile like we did some years ago! like there was no tomorrow-

2007-03-18T05:47:00.000-07:00

things that ive accomplised this week that makes cow a happy cow (:

1. I COOKED MY OWN RICE!

2. WE went crabbing; AND I CAUGHT CRABS!

3. andrew(boy) taught me how to pump petrol! so i pumped my first 7.93 L of petrol! cost $9.99 btw!

4. went for icecream at midnight, and a big macho man JUMPED behind me cos of a cockroach. :D ( I PROTECTED A GUY. HA!) just like the KOMODO DRAGON THING. (HINT HINT)

5. rode in andrew's car. drastically different from ANDROOEY's driving i must say!

cheeks, eug, mitch, andrew, skinnyman, simon are really nice guys who drive us around, but they have the most unhealthy eating times! unclebilly's at midnight.- dinner. HMMM. but they've been a really fun bunch! i had an awesome weekend! NOW TIME FOR THE CRAZY MUGGING!

2007-03-16T20:31:00.000-07:00

hmmm, life here and people here make me treasure friends back home ALOT. really. i miss the awesome friends i have back home. people i trust so much, love too much, grow together in all aspects of life, and just hang out with each other. i miss the honesty and how much we clicked just like that.

unlike the feeling here when ure forced to come together, under SOME circumstance, and then ure expected to have common interest, same amount of maturity and become , best friends for life. its sucha sickening thought sometimes. it makes me wanna scream out in frustration sometimes- at the OBVIOUS lack of unity in mindset we have. i miss you colleeenybabeh i miss talking deep stuff with you. what nian said was true. like, there was NO ulterior motive. we love eached other because we just did! i love EVERYONE on my links list. CG and all. its quite a sickening feeling here not knowing who's trustworthy or whatever shite. if someone comes and betray me, im gonna jack them up so bad. cos i have a feeling something like that might happen. might. i dont need no fake friends alright. pissmeoff only. there's this really tense atmosphere going on here, aint good i tell you. pisses me off badly sometimes cos i didnt come here as jane said, to be a babysitter.

MOVING ON, other than that negative side of life, im loving it all i think? i taught dafffy how to use skype :D that's good stuff! now i can talk to daffunu anytime i want! after talking to daff till around 5, quickly showered, and slept for 10 mins, bfore my friend came over to wait for andrew to pick us up at 7. went with amelia and rachel and audrey, for dinner at broadway (some popular asian food place i think?) then BASKIN ROBBINS, then drove down south to meet cheeks, eug, simon, james, and abel. waited while they ate their dinner. it was already 10 by then! we were supposed to crab at 10. ANYHOWS, we drove down to mandurah, which was an hour or so away!

was slightly before midnight by the time we got there. CRABBING IS FUN! rach was so scared she was clinging on to me ): and i keep getting shocks cos she's scared of fishes! thank god there was eug who was quite a MAN. it was kinda like blind walking cos u trudge in the water to catch these crabs, with flashlights and nets of course, and its kinda freaky especially when u step in the sand holes, or when u step in algae, cos the crabs might just bite you, but i had pretty cool catches! cheeks and eug taught me how to crab! (: yea, AND I DIDNT GET INJURD!

came home at 5 am. LONG STORY. eug's car's immobaliser got wet, if that's how u spell it. we had to wait for RSA. $148 bucks, was it worth it compared to driving 2.5 hours home to get the spare immobaliser, and then driving the 2.5 hours back? (:

2007-03-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

dear jesus, i pray that my chem test will go well tmr! i got tons to study, and i need strength. I NEED YOU LORD JESUS, so please be my guide, my strength, and my source of wisdom. the things that surround are too distracting, and sometimes far too stressful. but in u lord, we trust, and as long as i give my best, that my dear jesus, you promise you'd do the rest.

so calm my spirits and chase the fears away. chase even those negative thoughts, for we hold u dear!

- im holding on to you; hiding under your wings , for you are my strong tower

i know im truly bless. really. just when i finished that prayer, korkor came online! and then we talked! (: and then i was blog surfing for a lil, cos multi tasking, and i stumbled upon jakeeee the humsup's blog! and it made me smile! althought it was sucha LONG time ago he typed that.
gorgeous dingdong . i should be mad right? hehs.

2007-03-12T06:18:00.000-07:00

i kindof chipped my tooth while ACCIDENTLY biting a spoon. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT HAPPENED. i just know i bit the spoon pretty hard over the weekend. too stressed and thinking too fast i supposed. now my front teeth has this slight curve. it looks stupid. that's because the more i look at it, the more i notice it! I HATE IT. i hope i can get smth done. i look retardart when i smile more normal big grin. so i guess its bye bye to big grin then.

till we all meet again`

2007-03-11T22:51:00.000-07:00

OH WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK!

WAS SO BUSY I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW I GOT BY! (THANKGOD FOR STRENGTH AND HIS GRACE!) seriously, sleeping at 4 am on a normal sch day's the craziest thing ive ever done! :/ thank god ! he has thought me how to balance my time between sch, play, and quiet time! (:

I HANDED UP MOST OF MY ESSAYS TODAY, though there are like 5 more things due, LETS WORRY LATER, now i need REST. mmmhmmm! AND THERE'S CALCULUS PRESENTATION TMR! so so so scary! my group based our project on how diffentiation would affect the fire extinguisher's content, like which shape would be the most cost efficient and practical, quite BORING I GUESScompared to this group who did on roller coasters and how differentiation affects the jerks and all, one friend's group did differentiation and COMMITING SUICIDE. goodness HOW COOL'S THAT!

BUT my calc teacher's kinda biased! there's this hongkong boy, let's call him shuaige. hahaha cos he's really very shuai, and really nice, and so on! BUT, he sleeps in my teacher's class! NOT ALWAYS, BUT ENOUGHT TO GET HIM IRRITATED, I figured. his proj, wasnt really BAD at all, compared to my teacher's PREFERED STUDENT.

IT WAS SO UNFAIR PLEASE! my teacher only gave him 9/15, when he had research, goodspeach, did preparation, and gave FULL MARKS to this other girl who didnt even prepare, NO RESEARCH, and whatever speech she just regurgitated everything my teacher said before!

the few other hongkong boys in my class were kinda mad, and cos the hongkong people are my friends, WE WERE MAD TOO! they say zhou ma! or smth. cant really rmb! i dunno what will happen to us tmr since i failed his first test! shuaige being the nice him could still tell us, "never mind ah, 9 is also quite okay ah" ):

so poor thing. sam said she felt so gek. hahahaha

OH WELLS, we can only pray and hope for the best!

BEACH PICTURES! SO AWESOME AND PRETTY! NO REGRETS GOING! was some event by FCC, ps benny ho's church. made new friends and had loads of fun then! :) except for the WORST SUN BURNT I EVER GOT, beach outting was REALLEH GOOD!

guess which one is me. everyone says im crazy about green. WHAT NONSENCE.

2007-03-08T04:27:00.000-08:00

JUST SO YOU KNOW; the taggboard's ALL the way at the bottom of the page.

i dont know why either. :/ HAH, and my calc test was postponed. YETAGAIN. hmmmm. we're going to the beach over the weekend. for some youth thingg. I NEED AIR>

JUST SO YOU KNOW!(:

2007-03-07T16:21:00.000-08:00

:D today the pope turns OLD! ho ho ho!

i still thing this is very funny! 3 am in the morn. (:

YOU BOTH MUST DO MORE WEIRD STUFF TOGET! and leeenybabeh! can youstop being busy and capture more of their odd acts! ONE DAY WE SHALL ALL HANG OUT!

HAPPYBIRTHDAYBOBIN :)
MMMMM. JIAYHOH WITH SCH!

the weather in perth is getting pretty annoying! it was so cold last week right! its 42 again today! yesterday was 42 degrees too! MAN WAS IT HOT!

things have kinda gone REALLY sad here. grades were kinda disheartening! )): people around -all so stress. being all kindapissassy. all my assignments are due next monday. SO STRESSED! and im taking my calc test tmr! SO FRICKIN SCARED! but anyways!

and urrrgh. my week in spore left me WAY BACK in chem! :/ but never mind trust god! trust myself. MUG HARD! MMM<. i must add wanjun and sam , are really nice people! help me ALOT for calc and chem! so YES, i was kinda depressed by my grades, but then aunty winnie's voice keep sounding in my head. like just do your bestest and i have NO need to compare myself to others, and so on, and i kinda thought it was true, like WHY AM I COMPARING> and fretting, and getting all stressed out. AND, the song I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE RAIN, kept playing in my head!

I CAN STAND UP ONCE AGAIN,
ON MY OWN;
and i know,
I AM STRONG ENOUGH TO MEND
AND EVERYTIME I FEEL AFRAID,
i hold TIGHTER to my faith
AND i LIVE one more day! and i MAKE IT THROUGH THE RAIN

SO I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THIS RAIN!

and i will STAND UP,cos i am strong enough to mend! WITH GOD (:

definitely!

been blessed with these 2 little darlings! (:

so dear and entertaining. with GODPAH TOO. he sent me this queer email, him being his QUEER SELF. hehs. YAN AND MIN arent really little BUT THEY KEEP CALLING ME, --- whatever they both call me! they think its quite an affectionate term 0.0 . ANYHOWS! i miss them both! and doulos! jiaminzheei wrote an email! made me miss the ship MORE THAN EVER<>

SOMEDAY; someday!

okay! im gonna go to the library, JUST ACROSS THE STREET :D
for my english project stuff!

2007-03-03T03:36:00.000-08:00

the only picture i took on my birthday. HO. :D with lucky giselle. as in, the only one i appear in.dont worry! i'll loose the weight alright! i havent touch any chocolate/chips in a week. sompa!

hah. no i dont sompa. (:

but YOU KNOW WHAT! my friends are really AWESOME PEOPLE! they bought me this 2 crazily large bags of processed food to eat for umm, i think a year?? those coldstorage kinda bags that are supposedly to make the environment more clean and green! MMM! i was late for sch see, and i saw these 2 strange people walking to sch during slot 2. (slot 2 's my free period) and they looked VERY FARMILIAR. and i saw all the food from a distance and thought, WOW, I GOT SURPRISE PARTY.

whatever. turned out ALL the food was for me.
CAN SOMEONE HELP SHARE! ):

anyway,
we celebrated at my fav chicken place! COME TO PERTH AND I'LL DEFINITELY DRAG YOU THERE!

mmm yess. i think my friends are bored of it already. at least shung loves them! :) and lesi too!
and now for the killer food items! these are not all! half of them already in my food storage cabinet! too lazy to take them out just for a photo (:

oh and the middle guy, he's kenneth, from hongkong, apparently his voice is ULTRA good! do you think he's cute? when sch just started, and nobody knew anybody, he was like alot of girl's eyecandy. haha. but wells, sadly, I DONT! but then hehs, i think he's ultra funny! (:

cos like his friend was cutting his hair for him, and accidently cut to deep, so he had to shave of the hair; so as not to ruin his image, BUT get this. they use normal shaver! very funny, i asked him once why his hair so un-even, cos my bro shave's his head to right, so i know what a SHAVED head must look like wad HO. :D and he said they didnt have the electric one, so they used the normal shaver!

i laughed till the guts hurt.

!

2007-03-01T12:56:00.000-08:00

I SAY OU LUA! :D

SO HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! never knew our cg was so hip and cool! WHAO. UPSIZE BLOG SOMEMORE!

daffy's becoming a bombshell, mojo's back to killing birds, jingyu's DANCING STILL. nana's on her way to be CLEO'S FASION EDITOR, or maybe aunt agony. (hehs) I HUGGED AUDREY. huimin's laughter's making me LAUGH. rachel's booobing! :D colleeeen. is , still trying to catch up from her lack of sleep last year! abbylicious gotta meet julian hee ): UNFAIR! i dunno mel yet, but someday i will! oddball calls her rainbow bag. i think! and kim! i hope she comes back! (:

OGAY. anyway, i have to say this alright, i drank my first glass of vodka here right, cos i wanted to try wad's cool about it! i cant remember wad it was mixed with but you know what! IT TASTES LIKE THAT THING THE NURSE GAVE YOU AFTER YOU BCG! so disgusting! i never drank the rest of it. *bleah just left it.

oh 18; 18.

ahahahahahahaha. should i say i feel great, PHYSICALLY.!? im blogging now at 12.52, cos i got MC. WHEEEEE(: im sick. :/ i keep getting prepared for the WRONG WEATHER, which is ABSOULUTELY TERRIBLE! mon, i wore a jacket to sch. NOTE : cant be taken off alright. cos i thought it would be freezing 15 degrees or smth. it was DEAD HOT PLEASE! was like in an oven!

THEN, tues was HOT too! so i thought weds would be hot! so i wore even thinner clothes then tues! AND GUESS WHAT! it rained!! and it was SO SO SO SO SO SOSOSOSOSOSOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO freezing cold! mygoodness. ):

i think i caught a chill! (sounds weird but YES I DID)

so due to all the late nights and little sleep and MUGGING FOR CALCULUS TODAY, i fell sick, got sore eyes. just 60 bucks to late the doctor shine some torch light in my eyes and feel my throat. i told her i got the chill, and she just gave me 2 days MC like that. so weird woman. didnt even FORCE me to buy medcine. VERY GOOD i must say!

i am gonna claim my 60 dollars tmr! (:

HERE's my new home! I LOVE IT HERE! its rather homeey. and very neat. and clean (: just like my own home in spore. and they use alot of blue towels too. like mummy does back home! i think its a NURSES thingg (: . anyway, no time to photoshop it, but well, its rather messy now, UNLIKE THE PIC. hehs!

BTW, its korkorpoo's birthday today! :D

2007-02-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I CAN SAY.

thank you my real bestfriend! (: though i didnt get to spend much time with you! but u've been nothing short of amazing. its been a tough ride, but i love you all the same! HUGS KISSES, and all the love from my heart! trucksloaaded with buckets and pails full of them! LOVE YOU SO MUCH NANA! i can cry! THANK YOU FOR THE SHINGOON DOLL! u know i love them like mad! BESTFRIEND IN DEED :)

AND ANT FROM BAND(not true. needed to rhyme), THE TAO NI MAN! SIK CANT BEAT OURFRIEND SHIP! :D BESTFRIEND!

hahahaa.

HAPPYBIRTHDAY! ure getting old too!

HAPPYBIRTHDAY TO YOU!
arg/. spas shot. cos ant said my smiles so standart. -.- unlike his versatile face.

ARGH. blogger got some prob! anyway! been really blessed! talked to natty online! was really great talking to him after sucha long time! (: i miss you all! and ive given up TSK-ing when he calls me dingdong. I GUESS its THEIR FORM OF LOVE! debsjakedaffesophaye. RHH. dingdong it is, no use tsking):

some people SO MEAN TO ME TODAY. this guy from sch.u know what he said!?

cos they offered me those new year hei bi thingg. then i said NO THANKS, cos i didnt feel like eating, so we all came to a conclusion that i wanna loose weight. and so i said. YAR I WANNA LOOSE WEIGHT. then he snorted!!

and after, my friend and him were supposed to go home toget, so she said out of a sudden" IM WAITING." and cos i was doing maths, and not paying attn, i said, " waiting for what??" because i thought she was talking to me. and he said, " WAITING FOR YOU TO GO ON DIET!"

crush his brain! rhhhhhh. meaner than smallguo man. small guo said i got no brain. IDIOT TOO> like his odd pot head got sucha big brain like that! but i know ODDBALL STILL LOVES ME THOU HE SAID THAT. but WHALLAO. too much man that guy! to think i thought he was nice!

SO ALRIGHTS! I LOVE YOU ALL AND MISS YOU ALL!> i'll update soon! got maths test on thus. KILLER.

2007-02-23T02:47:00.000-08:00

its been a nice week back home! (:
im glad for the opportunity too see all the ones i love so dearly! i miss lleenybaby thou ):
i was home in time for reunion dinner. i cant believe that my aunt still remembers i love quail eggs (: was delighted that she remembered!
and then spending the new year with my family was good! i missed my cousins! and gramps LOADS!
cos of my exam, i spent alot of time with my family, and almost everyone had school, plus it was new year, so alot of people were spending time with their family too.

had dinner with driel last night. stingray and ou lua. too bad, we both didnt touch the oysters (: i love the egg and flour only, and same for my friend! (: and today, spent my morn lazing at home, and then it was off to soppphayee/wonny's!

my goodness. and i thought sik and oddball were weird! SOPH AND DRIEL ASKED ME TO BUY CHICKEN EGGS FOR THEM, before going up to their house. driel said he wanted BIG chicken eggs. was lauging my head off at the thought! that's what i miss about home! all this craziness we all love. frontliners indeed!

then after that, korkorpoo (chris) wanted to watch a movie and have dinner! so he drove us to vivo! where we had AWESOME THAI FOOD, made me really high! and then we watched miss potter, was okay. i bet millions of times better than epic movie! drove to siglap/ coffee club. paradise live is good. GUY SEBASTIAN! i think he's awesome (:

as we drove down the ecp , i felt so at home! the road was so farmiliar, flooded with memories. i miss home. taking that long drive back home, listening to a band, or just enjoying the company. i miss bmc. i miss the everyone here. seems like alot has gone on since i left. mentoring, cam.

what else?

i miss going for service with the oddone. i still think he's VERY ODD. and i guess he thinks the same! last week's sermon was about going to heaven last sunday, having new bodies, new minds, no more evil things going on in heaven, no tragedies, no horror, no sadness,

so i said to the oddone: " YESS! when we get to heaven, you all cannot suan me anymore!"

and he did this LAUGH, and said " NO, when we get to heaven, our jokes will be too perfect, anyway, you will have no pride, so you will just accept what we say. "
(note the WE. )

MEAN PEOPLE. touche rocks huh!(: infocomm still loves you!

gonna try waking up early to run with mummy tmr, and then go have YOU TIAO WITH DAN! (: or wadever i'll crave tmr morn! then its off to church to meet YAN, till about noon or slightly after, then dine with GOHPAH, and after meet oddball, and dinner with momodaffyandnana! alright!

i cant wait for you tiao with dou nai!

YUMMMMY.

2007-02-20T07:51:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KORKOR ((:

we are eighteen! well at least you are!

thanks for everything! being the nicest GUY when all the other boys ummm- were still BOYS.(eg, AMOS. joshua and his stupid mindan!) ALL the way back when girls found boys icky, and when guys found girls irritating!

i still rmb the girls complaining about why we had to combine! super funny :D

i cant believe we were friends back in kindergarten when i WORE pink dresses with frilly socks and pretty shoes, and a pretty pink hairband! LOL!

wheeee!

(: youve been a great budd! so have a BLESSED 18th BIRTHDAY! god loves you , and everyone too! mmmmmmmhmmmmm!

P.S : sorry for the RANDOM PIC. :D

2007-02-16T01:29:00.000-08:00

SOME PEOPLE JUST BLOW YOUR MIND. so shameless and loathsome copycats! i cant stand all these people who try far to hard, and just fall back on nothing.

why try so hard?

piss me off. piss everyone off by their apparent lack of originality. you dont know how mad you made some one; bugger.

topic : reality tv and how REAL it is.

2007-02-14T23:33:00.000-08:00

whoever said studyin in australia's slack is MAD. really. a huge whack.
ive been so stressed out! chem sucks for the first time in my whole entire life. the teacher's a whack too. i have one of the better teachers for calculus, but everything is so FAST, with the mad workload! even english is getting tougher by the day! i feel my grammer's like really limited. OH NO! competition is so tough! i hate competitive muggers! everyone's stressing me out by doing really well!

I THOUGHT WE WERE IN AUSTRALIA!?

gotta hand up 2 expository essays, one project about what i wanna do in life, what i plan to study or major in uni. what's the course about blah blah blah. ITS A PROJECT!?
a chem test on fri :/ ; an essay due next week and another in 2-3 weeks time with an ultra nutty title.

write a 500 word essay on the following topic:

"critically discuss the best way to conduct social inquiry."

your essay should first explore some of the ways of managing social inquiry that could lead to poor decision outcomes and then argue thoughtfully for what you consider to be the best way to manage social inquiry.

like WHAT ON EARTH!?

i dont critically analyse anything for goodness sake, except my food.

and we have a presentation in class for maths. MATHS. i think we have to talk about how intergration was derived. wad the greeks did, and so on, how it got improvised, you know. the works.

IF I LOVE JESUS, and JESUS LOVES ME, i dont see where all these come in :/

rhhhhhhhhh. as much as i wanna be happy! all the stress is making my mood graph fluctuate so rapidly like when you key in a cosine graph wrongly in ur grapics calc. but well! I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENTH ME.

yes! I CAN! godlovesyou!

what's keeping me chilled:
back at one- brian mcknight

2007-02-13T22:58:00.000-08:00

pls note: all the pics below are from moose.

ALRIGHT! i bunked at currie hall, (the hostel where taylors' students stay along with uwa students) over the weekend with sam! was such an awesome time studying and getting to know more hongkongers! WHOOOTS! there's this girl, ANGEL, she's like HOU FUNNY! she's in my calculus and use of english class. she makes you laugh like nuts really. her eccentricity's really cute! she has a wild sense of fashion too! very cool. and she eats to her heart's content! I LIKE HER! she has alot of funny sound effects too! she's the one on the far left!

well cos she's from hongkong, and her english isnt very good, AND THE GUYS KINDA BULLY HER COS SHE'S SIMPLE MINDED! but this was really funny, i laughed real hard.

this note was found in the pantry.

then she went around asking, WHO TOOK MY SOCKET?and i was like laughing cos the WHO TOOK MY SOCKET QUESTION WAS REALLY FUNNY! (if u didnt know, it means who stole my brain. )

i was so afraid to tell them cos i was wondering whether angel actually knew what it means! i mean, i thought everybody knew that, so i didnt wanna seem like i was insulting her! ANYWAY, that note was apparently pasted in the morning. and by night, the socket, or PLUG, was still missing, and another note was left there.

angel was furious man! she was like asking everyone ARE YOU GOD!? did you take my socket! poor angel, didnt know what who took my socket means ):

ANYHOW! I TOLD HER IN THE END! because like the other hongkongers also didnt know that what they were saying also meant their brains were missing! and they keep going :"did you see MY socket!?"

0.0

2007-02-12T00:33:00.000-08:00

first of all, i must say that i thank GOD for ALL MY FRIENDS.
dont you guys think GOD's kinda cool? he made so many of us leave, to bring us closer to each other and treasure the beauty of friendship. HE made us part, to teach us so much more, and grow so much more, im sure in ways we'll never imagine growing. we have always been in OUR comfort zone. FL, service, lunch. HANGINGOUT. youth camps, breakfast, cg. lunches, dinners, parties, stayovers, best of friends, good friends, smiling at everyone because you know everyone- bmc being sucha a family church.

ITS amazing how much LOVE ive experince though ive known ALOT OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS for barely a year! i felt my heart break to know that i might not see debsdebs for the longest time because we're in different parts of the same continent. I FELT MY HEART BREAK when veen left! ): then MIN! and there was ant/bobin who left last year!
although im already in perth, i still felt super sad last night when dan called last night and mentioned the scene at the airport with grace and selene leaving for melb yesterday. when selene mailed me last week, i felt like crying! because it was such a pity! dont you all just hate the feeling of not knowing when you'd see someone ever again ):

then lastnight, i read oddball's mail and LEENYbabehs! very touched to know im missed (: and very very loved!

i wouldnt mind constantly basking in the past, missing the great fun we had. everyone! drooey, sik, nana, mojo, daffy, aud, dan, leenybabeh,bobin, ant, onion, wonny, veen, debsdebs, sophaye, jlc, abby, my whole cg. korkorpoo, natty, jans, HANDSOME, even tzeern! but i totally agree with what LEENYBABEH SAID:

so bennett!! dont think and cling on too much to the past okay (though we shouldnt forget it), look forward, go forward, don't keep looking back cuz you'll just be stuck in the past and then your present will be forgone as well. just go and experience everything to the fullest and come back and shareeee.(:

SO MY FRIEND! though reality stings us in our butt. KILLS OUR JOY, and pains us deeply, move on knowing christ is the centre of ALL friendships.

this was what sophay said about my stupid first dream!

AMANDA BENNY.

true friends are scarce. your dream, isn't at all ridiculous. it just presents itself as a fear in you. and that's probably a fear for all those who have left/are leaving for studies. afraid that when things move on, they move so fast and so furiously that we're all almost unrecognizable when you return, and you no longer find your safe niche where you once belonged.

but

even though environments change, people change, buildings change, true friends remain. and they'll be the ones who will bring you to your new niche. distances like this, sieve out the true from the fake.

mmmhmm. harsh sounding last sentence, but as i said, reality stings you in the butt! then again, WE WILL BE STRONG WONT WE! for we are frontliners! we have to go to the battlefield with BRAVE HEARTS!

and i heard this phrase once at riverview church, the pastor went like,

"the bible says, we will soar on wings like eagles, not wings like kiwis"

i laughed like MAD when i heard that. SO TRUE HUH! so lets place our hope and trust in GOD, and he will take us to places we'd never dream, and show us strenght we never knew we'd have!BE STRONG GRACIEPOO AND ANDROOEY! you all asked me not to cry remember!?

2007-02-08T01:03:00.000-08:00

AHHH! (:
im so tired ):
its midnight now! i ate a bag of chips to keep awake! MUST FIGHT THE SLEEP! been sleeping too much aye mate?

came home at 11 just now! (: was studying a lil in the library aft sch with the crazy si. then waited for STRESSED sam and andrew and kenneth and the rest, but SOME people, waste my msg! and just went home while we were waiting! oh anyway,andrew, gzerell, giselle, nudge, si, wj, sam and i went to NANDOS FOR lunch/dinner! WHEEE nandos rock! omygoodness! awesome cure to my cravings for NANDOS. :D

after that we went to sam's hostel, to study before the cars came to pick us up to go to stacie's house, this girl from fcc. I ONLY PLANNED to go cos lassie, the stoops si. (: wanted to go! she isnt a christian btw, and i was really glad that she wanted to know OUR LORD, so of course i went along so she wouldnt feel uncomfortable or anything!

YES, so hahah, i didnt know the night would turn out to be SO SO SO SO interesting! ONE of my BEST nights in perth! we had lots of fun playing some mafia game (: though it might sound lame, but company was good! then we had worship and bible study, then prayer, AND THEN just chilling out and PIGGING out sessions! omygoodness, then i revealed my real self today!

i dont know why everybody kept laughing cos of my huge reactions! AHHH> there was this guy there, i forgot his real name, but they all call him chicky. cheeky or chicky. I DUNNO, he's like big and strong ( ROBIN DONT LAUGH I TYPED THIS REALLY LATE OKAY) . i cant really think of anything else RIGHT NOW to describe him, but he's like chentat, MATT, matt's friend, all roled into one. and he's also very adriel/bryan/barn/john. hahaha. scared me to why i thought he looked so farmiliar.

then there's also alot of other cool people we met. there's this guy called mitchell and i think he looks like josh tay and alex and bob combined toget!

im so sleepy and wont be able to type no more! i dont even know what im writing! i kindof liked the company here tonight! we'll see which church i'll ultimately choose yea? the people here are really really nice. what a cool cool night! or maybe i just got high?

2007-02-06T05:54:00.000-08:00

im planning to buy something to keep me sane here!
am hoping to get that little red something ): the valentine's day edition. HOPING LIKE MAD!

rhhh.

i know its bad when i decided to get the camera):
since pretty small camera's off the list, i want a nano! )))):

somebody should just bang me down! (NOT LITERALLY OF COURSE!)

oh and to those who wanted my address!

it's 3/1A Kanimbla Road
Nedlands
WA 6009
Australia, Perth

that's where id be staying for this year! maybe i`ll move out if ANY OF MY CGMATES come over next year! or when i meet more trustworthy , cool people with characters alike, and really responsible. maybe with ASHley. but WHO KNOWS. we shall see!

anyway,my address sounds like some south african road right? (: so cute.

2007-02-04T23:20:00.000-08:00

i went to riverview church on sat with shung, IT WAS GOOD INDEED!
the pastor's message was GOOD. it had a really captivating theme. linger.
mmmm.

the band did a fantastic job of ushering in the presence of GOD with their worship.
TOTALLY. the drums and bass were like husband and wife!
i was totally thinking of korkor when i heard that! SO EXCITED TO TELL HIM ABOUT IT! wishing he could see them play!
and the drummer was, WHOOO. made me feel like playing like him for GOD! they were SO SO AWESOME. event the keyboardist playing the synthesizer was good!

OH MAN! i wanna play better for GOD. i pray that one day, i can use my fingers to play music for GOD that will bring people to their knees, that i may give back to god what he has given me! to share with people through the piano! and till that day comes, i'll keep practicing.

oh and mark schultz has this AWESOME heart wrenching gut tugging song called broken and beautiful! i dont have it but i heard it when shung played his ipod. wanna go back and buy the cd :)

ok bye! gonna sleep! i have double eng and one calculus and that's all! AWESOME STUFF! jude's coming to pick me up aft school to have jap food and catch up! exciting stuff!

2007-02-03T12:56:00.000-08:00

they say the first 15 mins of the day determins your mood for the whole day, and the last 15 mins of your night summarises you general feeling of the day.

so sad. had a nightmare last night! my first dream in perth and it had to be a nightmare! i cant rmb who i dreamt of, but there were alot of people. FIGURES mainly, their heads were like balloons, (arent dreams always like that?) but i remember seeing debsdebs oddball and wonny in my dream! i crossed the road to them right, and there was only wonny! and i was really really happy! i said HI to him and waved and ran across the street, and he glared at me and stared at me and DAO me! he totally ignored me! i woke up feeling so sad!

what do dreams mean???

I HOPE NOTHING! such a scary dream!

anyhows, i had an awful morning with the woman. i called her a pig in my brain. i think i should stop doing that. i think god's making me look more like a pig so i realise how mean it is! okay, i was reading romans this morning. HOW APT.

behave like a christian.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor wad is evil. Cling on to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, feverent in spirit, serving the LORD; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayerl distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peacebly with all men. Beloved, do not aveng yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, " VENGENCE IS MINE, I will repay," says the Lord. Therefore,

"if your enemy is hungry, feed him;"
if he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. "

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:9-21

2007-02-01T03:44:00.000-08:00

JAY CHOU IS JUST AWESOME!
OHMYGOSH. :D i found this on the net! jonjon sent this song to me! its really a cool one! happy happy bumpy wheee! hahahaha. its really good! he said i HAD to know the meaning, so i went to search for it! its called ting ma ma de hua, btw! try to get it alright! no regrets!

OHWELLS. 15 days till i come home! :D

7 小朋友　你是否有很多問號　為什麼
Xiao peng you, ni shi fou you hen duo wen hao, wei she me
Little children, do you have a lot of questions, why

別人在那看漫畫　我卻在學畫畫　對著鋼琴說話
Bie ren zai na kan man hua, wo que zai xue hua hua, dui zhe gang qin shuo hua
When other kids are reading manga, I am learning to draw and learning to communicate with the piano

別人在玩遊戲　我卻靠在牆壁背我的ABC
Bie ren zai wan you xi, wo que kao zai qiang bi bei wo de ABC
When other kids are playing games, I am leaning on the wall memorizing my ABCs

我說我要一台大大的飛機　我卻得到一台舊舊錄音機
Wo shuo wo yao yi tai da da de fei ji, wo jue de dao yi tai jiu jiu lu yin ji
I said that I wanted a large airplane, but I got an old recorder

為什麼　要聽媽媽的話　長大後你就會開始懂得這種話
Wei shen me, yao ting ma ma de hua, zhang da hou ni jiu hui kai shi dong de zhe zhong hua
Why should I listen to mother’s words? When you grow up you will understand what I am saying

長大後我開始明白　為什麼我跑的比別人快　飛的比別人高
Zhang da hou wo kai shi ming bai, wei shen me wo pao de bi bie ren kuai, fei de bi bie ren gao
After I got older I started to realize why I run faster than others and fly further than other people

將來大家看的都是我畫的漫畫　大家唱的都是　我寫的歌
Jiang lai da jia kan de dou shi wo hua de man hua, da jia chang de dou shi wo xie de ge
In the future, people will be reading my mangas and all the songs they sing will be written by me

媽媽的辛苦　不讓你看見　溫暖的食譜在她心裡面
Ma ma de xin ku bu rang ni kan jian, wen nuan de shi pu zai ta xin li mian
Mother’s hard work isn’t seen by others. She knows the warm recipe by heart

有空就多多握握她的手　把手牽著一起夢遊
You kong jiu duo duo wo wo ta de shou, ba shou qian zhe yi qi meng you
When you have time, hold her hand and sleep dream together

聽媽媽的話　別讓她受傷　想快快長大　才能保護她
Ting ma ma de hua, bie rang ta shou shang, xiang kuai kuai zhang da cai neng bao hu ta
Listen to mother’s words, don’t let her get hurt. You want to grow up quickly so you can take care of her

美麗的白髮　幸福中發芽　天使的魔法　溫暖中慈祥
Mei li de bai fa, xing fu zhong fa ya tian shi de mo fa, wen nuan zhong ci xiang
Beautiful white hair, growing inside happiness. Angel’s magic benevolence within (her) gentleness

在你的未來　音樂是你的王牌　拿王牌談個戀愛
Zai ni de wei lai, yin yue shi ni de wang pai na wang pai tan ge lian ai
In your future, music is your key to success, use it to get into a relationship

唉　我不想把你教壞　還是聽媽媽的話吧　晚點在戀愛吧
Ai wo bu xiang ba ni jiao huai hai shi ting ma ma de hua ba, wan dian zai lian ai ba
Sigh, I don’t want to teach you to be a bad kid. Why don’t you listen to what your mother says and get in a relationship later

我知道你未來的路　當媽比我更清楚
Wo zhi dao ni wei lai de lu, dang ma bi wo geng qing chu
I know your future path, but your mother knows it even better

你會開始學其他同學在書包寫東寫西
Ni hui kai shi xue qi ta tong xue zai shu bao xie dong xie xi
You will start imitating friends and write things on your backpack

但我建議你最好寫　媽媽我會用功讀書
Dan shi wo jian yi ni zui hao xie, ma ma wo hui yong gong du shu
But I suggest you better write: Mom I will put in my best effort to learn

用功讀書　怎麼會從我嘴巴說出
Yong gong du shu, zhe me hui cong wo zui ba shuo chu
I will study hard, how does that come from my mouth?

不想你輸所以要教你　用功讀書
Bu xiang ni shu suo yi yao jiao ni, yong gong du shu
I need to teach you because I don’t want you to lose. Study hard

媽媽織給你的毛衣　你要好好收著
Ma ma zhi gei ni de mao yi, ni yao hao hao shou zhe
The sweater mother gave you, you will wear it well

因為母親節到時我要告訴她　我還留著
Ying wei mu qin jie dao shi wo hui gao shu ta, wo hai liu zhe
Because on Mother’s Day, I want to tell her, I still have it

對了　我會遇到了周潤發
Dui le, wo hui yu dao le zou ren fa
Oh yea, I will meet Zhou Run Fa*
*Zhou Run Fa is a famous actor (Yes…He is Chow Yun Fat)

所以你可以跟同學炫耀　賭神未來是你爸爸
suo yi ni ke yi geng tong xue xuan yao du shen wei lai shi ni ba ba
So you can show off to your friends, “The God of Gambling will be your father”

我找不到童年寫的情書　你寫完不要送人
Wo zhao bu dao tong nian xie de qing shu, ni xie wan bu yao song ren
I can’t find the childhood love letter. Don’t give it away after you write it

因為過兩天你會在操場上撿到
yin wei guo liang tian ni hui zai cao chang shang jian dao
Because you will find it on the playground two days later

你會開始喜歡上流行歌　因為張學友開始準備唱吻別
Ni hui kai shi xi huan shang liu xing ge yin wei zhang xue you kai shi zhun bei chang wen bie
You will start to like pop music because Jacky Cheung is about to sing Kiss Goodbye
(Kiss Goodbye is a famous song that was a hit in the 90s)

聽媽媽的話　別讓她受傷　想快快長大　才能保護她
Ting ma ma de hua, bie rang ta shou shang, xiang kuai kuai zhang da cai neng bao hu ta
Listen to mother’s words, don’t let her get hurt. You want to grow up quickly so you can take care of her and protect her

15 days to piano exam! OMYGOODNESS! really i just realised that. 15 days to cousins and sleepovers and food and TUANYUANFAN AND STEAMBOAT AND SHARKSFIN AND KANGKONG and LADIESFINGER i bet my aunt's gonna cook my fav food :D my miss my cousins! ahfats and ahthins all alike!

today in sch they were talking bout pineapple tards and ba kua! and my friend was like, MANDA when u go back, help me smuggle in bakua. then i replied, what for? there's beef jerky here right?

and they all whallao me, as if beef jerky's very horrible. :/ i didnt know that!

MUMMY! TODAY I SMELLED SOMEONE'S CURRY! SO SHIOK SMELL! PLEASE COOK FOR ME WHEN I COME HOME!! oh and btw, mostly everyone brings like their own lunch from home, usually buscuits or granola bars, cos the cafe in school sells things SUPER expensive. like rip off prices! that small bowl of curry and rice cost my friend $6. which is totally outrageous really. i could even buy a shirt with $5. :D

nothing else really happened in school. or maybe im just tired. oh btw, I THINK THE HONGKONG KIDS ARE REALLY COOL! aye(: i hope i get to hangout more with them! who knows might come back with a hongkong accent! since we interact with more hongkongers than aussies.

i dont think i'll feel homesick for the next few days cos am looking forward to church with hernshung on sat, judeeee will come back on sun, and will hang out with her on mon AND CATCHUP! plus on sunday, most of my sch mates wanna go hangout in the city. (: the singaporean gang. hah. ANYWAY, the countdown would drop to 10, and then so slowly and silently, before BOTH YOU AND I KNOW IT, i'll be sitting for a calculus exam ): counting down the days till my next flight back

RHHHH.

godbless you and me! and all of the people!

2007-01-29T04:56:00.000-08:00

you know what! i could just sit here and complain again about the woman from meaniepooop town but im frickin sick of her ruining my moods and making life a living hell!

today she came in and told me of for talking to mummy and daddy for 2 hours! like what on earth right! i think she's seriously deprived of mother-father-daughter close relationship! i suddenly miss my bro! i miss being there when he's pissed just to silently sympathise him cos army has been shitty to him! AYE. if my bro ever ever reads this, gorgore! i do love you okay! though you always bully me and shuff me around with ur big biceps and scare the daylights outta me, and make me look stupid and TEMPT me to eat all the wonderful SINFUL food you cook/make/bake!

OHWELLS. i thank god for nourishing me with really really good food for lunch and dinner tonight! i went to yiin's house after sch, cos sch ended at 11.30 and i SERIOUSLY didnt wanna go home, and studying at yiin's house sounded really good! i didnt know her mom would cook the REALLY REALLY delicious steak for dinner! you wont believe how good it was! there was baked potatoes and onions, salad, and macoroni soup! SOUP! YUMMAYE I SAY!

KY! god answered thy prayer! :D

anyway, i was reading this on the daily bread thinggy website! and i feel so guilty! cos leaving in this house has thought me more than ever that my sulky attitude towards the woman's awful rules arent really portraying WHAT WOULD JESUS DO.

so what would jesus do ):

It’s not easy to keep up with the shorthand that accompanies today’s fast-paced, youth-oriented electronic communication. In IM-speak (Instant Message talk) or text-message language, “laughing out loud” becomes “lol.” “By the way” is “btw.” And regrettably, some people use “omg” for “Oh, my God!”

This last phrase seems to be on the lips of many who receive startling news. But as Christians, we need to stop before we utter this or any other phrase that flippantly uses God’s name.
In Matthew 6, when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, the first thing He told them to say was this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name” (v.9). Clearly, God’s name itself is special. It encompasses His nature, His teachings, and His moral authority. To speak the name of God is to call on the Creator and Sustainer of the universe.

In every way possible, we should honor and protect God’s holy name, preserving its use for those occasions when we are speaking of Him or addressing Him in faith.
Let’s be careful never to turn the hallowed name of our awesome and mighty God into just another flippant phrase on our lips or in a text message. —Dave Branon

2007-01-28T05:22:00.000-08:00

today morning was spent waiting online for daddy to come on!
went he finally came, he was being so happy about the food mummy bought for breakfast, sipping his kopi.
i miss drinking the awesome green tea my mom makes, PERFECT FOR ME, cos i hate sugar, and she doesnt put sugar in it. :)

the woman almost didnt give me lunch today, GOOD THING I ASKED HER WAD TIME LUNCH WAS. (cos it was almost 1 already when she came to tell me she was going out.)

lunch was just 2 slices of whole meal bread, with cheese and tomato. very. =
daddy says its good since i keep saying im fat. BUT. cheese makes ppl fat lar. and the amt of oil i eat here, how to get skinny?!

anyhows, was using the com, and trying to read chem today! hernshung msged me when he cleared customs, then he had to jump start his car, was 6 by the time he came by. ANYHOW, he had to continue driving for 15 mins, or his car would just stall again cos he hadnt driven it in 2 mths. i didnt know car batteries could die in spore too! oh wells!

i visited riverview church. it was alright! the pastor was pretty engaging. was a good msg! we were late for worship, and they sang the verse chorus verse chorus of salvation is here for the closing song. overall, riverview left a good impression on me.

mmhmm, went to nandos for dinner, if that's how its spelt. PRETTY GOOD i must say. portugese styled chicken i think? they gave ALOT of fries. ALOT.

i actually enjoyed perth tonight.

but sad to say, once i reached the home, the woman soured the mood terribly. rhhhhh. i dont know how -with her unkindness, and all, i just felt so lonely once i got out of the car and stepped into my room.

I MUST PRAY FOR STRENGTH. and hope, and JOY.

The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis -korkor sent that meaningful line to me.

2007-01-27T06:59:00.000-08:00

OHMYGOSH. ):

im having huge cravings for yongtauhoo with instantnoodles, omg. its seriously a MAJOR CRAVING. i feel like im gonna die without it! im almost gonna drool! argg, im thinking of hokkien mee too! i thought by eating alot of it everyday, i wont crave it when im here! but NOPEYDOPE! (nian thinks that theory doesnt exist. im pretty sure it'll work if i went back and ate more hokkien mee) OMG. i think im gonna get gastric by just thinking of stupid yongtauhoo and instant noodles.

RHHHHHH.

daddy left today):
im all by myselfffff. DONT WANNA BE- ALL BY MYSELF, anymore.

was in the city with lesi and manoj. YES. can you imagine! Lesi's housemate, is MANOJ GURUNG. (if i rmb correctly) omg. what a coincidence! he's like from gmeth too. hahaha. so anyway, we ate lunch, and then took the bus to habourtown, where i shopped ): which is a bad thing. but at least i told mummy what i bought! and umm, exceeded the limit daddy set for my spending today. RHHH. things we saw in the city and habour town were so pretty and cheap i could just die!

YES.

tmr's gonna be a boring day, but cool night(: hernshung's coming back to perth!

oh and i had the lamest convo today.
with, guoliang.

he was asking me whether daniel bennett and i were related, i said we might be, but probably not. however, he was so certain we were related, asking me to ask daddy and mummy to check our family tree. he insisted daniel bennett might be my uncle! the convo went on, and on, and on, and ON.

was so funny! hahahaha. and i had a lot of cool convos with alot of cool people. all the ONEcamp ppl too(:

i get by with a lil help from my friends- beatles

2007-01-26T05:11:00.000-08:00

i didnt really take much pictures of my sch yet! but yepp, the singaporeans hang out together alot! the hongkong kids too! its very obvious. the canto grp, and the, umm singlish-speaking one. we just sit in the field, or anywhere we want! so cool! and ummm, peopl also lie and fall aslp during long breaks (: we trust the grass!
anyway, that girl in the sweater's Lesi, she's ABBY's friend, and DAFFY'S primarysch mate! HOW CUTE. hahahaha. we flew to perth on the same day! and same flight! so funny, will be hanging out with her in the city after daddy leaves tmr, dont wanna be alone and feel down!

im really happy that God's provided me with ways to kill the pain. shung, or hernshung, who's jestyn's friend is coming back on sunday at 5! YAY. (: ive got new friend! he's gonna HOPEFULLY drive me to riverview i cant remember the church name, but its where the keyboardist from youth alive is from. i HOPE he makes it in time! or we make it in time, for the 6 pm service! and then judeee's coming home the week after! YES!

i love daddy! :D

we took that like a million times, because he's so tall! and doesnt bend down when we take pictures, and its always, my head and his half head! i had a great time hanging out at the hotel yest. I HAD MY FIRST SOUP MEAL YEST! at some foodcourt in the city, with loads of chinese food. and other varieties too. i cant believe everything cost at least 9 bucks! wanton noodles, charkway teow, they even have singaporean fried rice. horfun, seafood soup, and all that nonsence. i was so delighted with dinner yesterday! omg, though there was alot of oil, the lady put a reasonable amount of tao gay and xiao bai chai inside! thought those arent my favorite veg at all, i was so delighted to eat them!

we went back to the hotel to put down all my books, after dinner and grocery shopping, cos we came from my sch, and had MORE supply food from woolworths! daddy bought LOADS of snacks in case i didnt have anything to eat next week): he pinched my cheeks today and beamed ):

i think he secretly finds joy in me being fat )):

we went down towards swan river at 7, after watching the bimbo material girls chickflick on tv. i think the river's called swan river. i have no idea. (:

we strolled there, enjoyed the view, and breeze, and just spent our time taking in the view. all the pictures up there were taken at 8pm. 8 PM MIND YOU. it was 38 degrees yesterday! it went up to 41 today! SO HOT! the air wasnt cool breeze anymore, but really hot breeze, the kind that makes u squint and get jumpy cos of the heat. AND the mosquito screen thing in my home's broken ): got alot of mosquitos!

i dunno whether im seeing things but i think i got tanner? its a xi nu ai le thing. HAHAH. cos though im happy im tan, but like -SKIN CANCER! and ive been speaking ALOT of chinse lately, cos the walls here are SO THIN, might as well not have walls at all! so mummy and i converse in our PRIVATE convos in chinese!

2007-01-25T19:39:00.000-08:00

im currently reading a book by oswald chambers. my utmost for his highest.

but before we choose to do God's will, a crisis must follow. this happens because we tend to be unresponsive to God's gently nudges. He ask us to be our utmost for him and we begin to
debate. He then providentally produces a crisis where we have to decide - for or against.

i remember my tea with godpa the day before i flew off. godpah's really nice btw. :D and really smart/wise/UBER COOL to me. REALLY AWESOME. he told me that if i really wanted to have this close relationship- total dependence kind, i should ask him for an un-met need. at that point when gohpah said it, i was thinking of a CERTAIN un-met need, and i thought THAT was the need that was gonna bring total dependence on God. HOWEVER, god's plans are always greater than us, his thoughts and ways, by far, always higher than ours. hah. i feel so dumb :D

anyway, it could've been worst. i could've been born in oct, and stuck here forever, 5 weeks isnt that bad.
mmhmm.

oh the reason why i take double english's cos we have to take 5 units of english. 1 unit every term, but then we only have 4 terms, so they let you take double english in terms 3 and 1. but then you might not be able to take your choice subject and all that kinda crazy problems might arise. mmhmm.

anyway, yesterday during english lesson, my teacher went,

"amanda, can you give me a sentence with the word 'having' inside?"

and i proudly answered, from the back of the class, " im having a stomach ache!"

WHICH IS WRONG! do you know that! my teacher said that nobody usually says im HAVING a stomach ache. she said it should have been, I HAVE a stomach ache!

betcha didnt know that too!

2007-01-24T23:00:00.000-08:00

HELLO WORLD (:

today's the first day technically, of sch! hello mummy hello daddy! hello gorgoreeee! hello gohpah! hello BESTFRIENDS and friends and everyone i LOVE!
oh and umm to people whom i dont know too.

yes, i just had a RETARDED convo with esttag and apparently MESHACH read my previous entry! SO HELLO!

i guess im a little used to the homesickness of it all. crying helps make you feel better. and YEA im fatter man. disgusting! i eat REALLY little, cos its REALLEH expensive here, and i dont really get hungry. I try to eat all my meals and not skip any. (MUMMY WOULD BE PLEASED) BUT WELL, their standart of healthy here = fail to me.

seriously, this homestay woman cooked rice, and fried some chicken nugget thingy, and added tomatoes and lettuce to it, and she said, " its very healthy" . OKAY.

i ate some huge barbequed sausage for lunch yest, and the SAME today lunch. costs 3 bucks! TSK. so dumb. its not what i like anyway. everythings TERRIBLY oily here ): i miss my mummy's oil-less food!

any WAY, sch ended at 2 today. it'll end at 2 every weds for this term cos of the units i took. i end at 12 on mon and fri, and 3pm on tues and thus. HOWEVER, i only need to reach sch at 10 on tues. SO YIPPY (:

im taking double english this term, a unit of chem, and calculus! I PRAY I DO WELL FOR CALCULUS! i'll talk more bout the other subs next time when i know how tough they are. my calculus teacher's kinda retardart, and very funny.

he asked us this today.

"tell me, by looking at the tree, how can you prove its growing"

i thought that was smart. (:

anyway, i wont be coming online tmr! cos im gonna stay with daddy at his hotel after sch :D
i cant wait! i feel like some foster kid, deprived of seeing my parents! tsk. friday's australia day. NO SCHOOL! gonna go sightseeing and shopping for mummy, and the poor brother who operated on his molas, with daddy.

its depressing that myfather's leaving on sat! i dont know how i'll react next week. what kinda withdawal syndroms i'd have. till judee and petrina comes back here. but THANKGOD! hernshung's coming back to perth on sun aft! will def feel a little better.

HAH. i dont know him, he's jestyn's friend. but i KNOW who he is. since 2 years ago. he's big and friendly. and very nice! mmhmm. i think so! he lives a 2 mins drive away from me. but i think he drives really fast that's why.

oh cos i got a little crazy over RAIN, that korean guy before i came to aussie, everytime RAIN's video came up on channel V or mtv, i'll squeal in delight. daddy POKED fun at me with gorgore over the internet yesterday. he said when he finally goes back to sp on sat, RAIN IS COMING DOWN.

(that's rain's song btw. one that is being played OVER and OVER again. mmmhmm (: )

im gonna go read up on some stuff and sleep now! and i will make this blog cooler next time. I'VE GOT NO TIME :D

2007-01-23T05:27:00.000-08:00

so its been a few days in perth.

its been quite an awful few days. cultrural shock they say. daddy and i stepped out of perth's international airport, and were quite pleased with what we saw. trees, beautiful sky. AWESOME laid back feeling. very relaxed, calm, chilled, composed.

we got into our cab, travel all the way pass the city, and further forward, to mt claremont, where my homestay is. and guessed what! we reached there, and daddy knocked and knocked, but there was no response. so the driver offered to call the lady for us. he was really nice! cos calling in aussie's quite expensive. and people just wait for calls. anyhow, the no, was SHORT OF A DIGIT! like -.-

we were totally totally stranded.

then the kind driver decided, to bang on the door for us! and yea, the lady came out after awhile, and she TOTALLY hadnt expected us! so anyway, we went into the house. with all out luggage and stuff. it was pretty tough cos this woman had a silly little slope down her driveway, and after the slope was some stairs! super tough lugging all that heavy luggages down!

so anyway, after barely being in her house for half an hour, we got evicted! we had this convo with the woman, and she was like talking bout me staying till dec, and i was like NONO, im staying till my eighteeenth birthday, and she was saying i wasnt suitable and all that cos she wanted someone permanent. SO she chased us out!

LIKE WHAT ON EARTH RIGHT!

so POOR daddy and i had to pick up all our stuff and climb up those small steps (a few only luh(: ) and that SILLY SLOPE, and take yet ANOTHER cab down to the city, wasting 27 dollars! to think we could have saved $52 if we had just stopped at the city from the airport. ANYHOWS! the next day we went down to sch, to check wad was going on! because i panicked the night before, i called mojo, and she told me her grandaunt's details and all. but LOW AND BEHOLD. the sch didnt allow me to stay with momo's grandaunt. super idiotic. they called the woman up, and did some coaxing and i was sent packing back to the woman's house!

omg. waste MORE TAXI FARE, lets see that's $79 used on stupid air fare. YES.

couldave killed that bluddy woman man. not that i wanna curse and swear, but judging from that amount of money! makes u go bonkers thinking of how wasted it is!

so anyway, after DREADING to go back, daddy convince me it'll be okay.

i was so sad i had to live with sucha woman! ): i feared my life. hehs. and i was so sad when daddy took the last bus to the city at 7.08pm. SO SO SAD. i cried buckets when i came back to my lonely room. then the woman came in to tell me rules after rules, upon seeing my fan being switched on.

NO 1. you are not allowed to on the fan throughout the night.
NO 2. dont put on the comforters when sleeping, cos its summer.
NO 3. NO spending more than 4 mins in the shower
NO 4. no bathing more than once a day.
NO 5. NO bathing after 9 pm.
NO 6. no filling of bottles at home, fill them in sch
NO 7. only permitted to wash ur clothes once a week
NO 8. wash the dishes, and clean up the cooking area
NO 9.

i cannot remember what ready. SO ANGRY. SHE DOESNT LET ME BATHE MORE THAN ONCE!!! what nonsence is that lar! my gosh! and im not allowed to what, wash my clothes?
its not as if water here is at precious as singapore right!

CANT STAND!

was so upset and overwhelmed by everything and daddy and mummy gone, that i started crying alot! and i saw oddball online and i was SO DEEPLY UPSET. i missed nian! and then came jansen and LASTLY, SIK! wha, sik's the best, cos she's the last to talk to me last night, after my 10000 tear drops. she was sucha happy pill that i actually woke up happy today, and went to sch happy!

i have alot to thank god for seriously, though all this nonsence is stinging me.

i thankgod for the internet! i thank god for wireless, for skype, for msn, for blogs, for emails, for the air we breathe, for friends, for life, for money, for survival, for laughter, for misery.

it is through all this sadness, where we'd truly understand what joy is. all these anger that we learn wad patience is about, through this hardships, that we know what we've taken for granted.
through these strangers that we learn what love is really about.

thankyou mummy and daddy! the only reason why all this is so hard on me's cos i've always had things my way, even if i didnt, i had a brother to show my blackface to and things will justbe okay cos mummy daddy and gorgore knows what im like. inside out. daddy said im too pampered that's why i whine that the lady's very mean, and insists on staying with daddy.

maybe i dont wanna grow up, cos i love being LOVED this way. the way mummy and daddy loved me, but then again, NOBODY ELSE in the world will love me the way they do. I MISS my family, my cousins! my grandpa, auntie jessie, MY COUSINS.

blood is truly thicker than water aye.

i miss those who hold me accountable. my spiritual family too. BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, no matter what.

am truly grateful for all those who've been there when i felt so homesick and lonely and sad cos of the old lady! i love you guys! sch starts tmr! will write my prayer needs and what im grateful for (:

TAKE CARE ALL!