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// HDV Cam //
 
   Now kiddies.. feast your eyes upon god's creation... the HDV camera!

   I swear this gagbet is totally AWESOME! The quality you get from it is shit good. The results of shooting on a this lil baby --->

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// Ideas - new environment..... perhaps? //

   I find myself having more ideas then usual here. I wonder if it's the change of environment. Not that I'm complaining.. of course.
  Well, good ideas coming round, I'll just have to work extra hard in my execution.


// Japanese Festival //

   3 chinks and 1 org jepun hopped into the train (after a half an hour delay) to go to their destination of the day... Boxhill TAFE and Town Hall. All .. er.. at least 2 of them ...were excited about the shit load stuff that they were hoping to buy.

  Once we got out, we weren't sure where exactly the location is.. therefore, we did the next best thing! ... follow where everyone else was heading. XP Luckily for us, our instincts were in top shape and we got to our destination after a short walk.

  First thing first >> FEWD! Toriyaki, tako, udon, sushi, dango, doriyaki thingy,..etc. hahahahahaha.. ok la.. we didn't really eat that much.. only 2 sticks of toriyaki and 2 sticks of dango (what Jin called a tasteless ball of starch ^^; )

  We then headed to find the stalls after paying a small entrance fee (if I knew earlier, I would have brought my yukata along and then will be able to get in for free.. >P). June and I got most fascinated with the yukatas being sold. There was this really beautiful orange yukata we liked... until we saw the price tag.. 85 aud.. T_T Who's gonna spend so much on something which they prolly won't wear more than 3 times? Heck, I've only worn my very own yukata once and loaned it to others 3 times.. -_-"

  In the very end.. I went back empty handed. Mission FAIL!.. --"


// Da Vince Code //

   Decided to have a break from work and go watch Da Vinci Code with out what suppose to be 10 people, became a tiny group of 4.

  Sad to say, the book was a lot better than the movie. I was yawning my head off at the cinema.. That could also be due to the fact that we were sitting in front row (which btw is not as bad as the front rows in the cinemas in M'sia) and we're sitting on big comfy chairs.

  Only part which made me wince was the part where the monk putting on the chalice. Ouch.. >.o


// RMIT's reputation (??) //

    2002, word got round that RMIT is well known for their Multimedia Design.

    2004, rumours spreads that RMIT wa having financial difficulties.

    2006.... here I am.

  From what I've gather. I find that the lecturers from BAM (Bachelors of Arts, Multimedia) know their shit but why is only now that they decided that their FINAL year students should know how to make a gantt chart, how to produce a good proposal..etc??  -_-||

  I got copies of BAM's past graduates cd-roms and I found out why 2002 was RMIT's prime time. Simple... It was then that their graduates produced excellent work. In comparison with the following years, the rest is crap.

  And in comparison with TOA, the lects are RMIT are damn lenient weii.. I actually feel like I've done a whole lot more when I was doing MMPS to the major project that I am currently working on.


// Cocoro Japanese Pottery & Cafe //

    This place have wonderful deserts.. *drools* See for yourself.. :3


// Wabi Sabi Salon //

    Hurhur.. this restaurant has very nice atmosphere especially when you sit outside in the cold.. XP

    For starters, we had daikon salada - green salad with thinly sliced Japanese white radish with Japanese sesame mayo dressing.
  
    Salmon aburizushi - lightly scorched salmon sushi. It's like slightly grilled on the top of the slice and on the bottom, it's raw.

    Butterfish no nitsuke - Poached butterfish in a thin-bodied Japanese stew.


// Holiday?! HOLIDAY! :D //

    Goshhh.. finally holidays.. I don't know why but for the last few times that I stayed up all night working on my projects.. I totally MISSED my "high" stage! Damn fucking annoying weii.. It's like I just go from crappy to down right crappy.. -_- I was even on the verge of getting a fever. (Maybe I did.. considering that I was popping panadol like sweets) O.o
    Cis.. just when holidays start, the adapter to my external HD dies. Leaving me with no photos to post up.. Thus the delay of this entry. Bleh..
    Things to look forward to for the rest of hols:-

-- Shopping with Deb. (DONE!) ** I LOVE +ough clothes! but yoohhh... damn expensive weii.. T_T

-- Dinner with Gippsland peeps (DONE!) ** OMG! totally OD-ed on sweets. Freddos.. and Brunetti.. waa.. I feel  my tooth tingling.

-- Dimsum with classmates. (DONE!) **Cis.. Zhenyang got me to wake up before 8am only to get to the restaurant which is situated at Southgates just to find out that it only opens at 12pm. Spent the time walking back to Fed. Square, loitering at ACMI and walking back to the Southgate.

-- spending good quality time with Mel. (DONE!) ** Haha.. being the idiots we were, we sat outside in the freezing cold trying to stuff ourselves with fat chips and nachos. We talked about all sorts. From opening a cafe (imagine cafe kichijouji! :3).. to her new Nintendog...etc. Not to mention, being amused by the waiter who has a bandaged finger and who kept chasing the seagulls away which eventually kept coming back.

-- Dinner with relatives and taiwanese friends. (DONE!) ** WAH! That was prolly the most expensive dinner I had and will prolly have in Melbourne.. O.o And honestly, I don't think the food was all that great to cost so much. Though we were all stuffed all the way up the throats.

-- clubbing with Gippsland peeps. (.... Sort of done) ** We were suppose to go to Odian after having dinner at Agung (GOOD Indo food!). But sadly, Rani had an upset tummy, so we ended up just chilling at a bar and later moved to Barcode because this Raz wanted to watch the soccer game.. err... England...vs.. some country.. *shrugs*

-- Meet up with Jer before he gets too busy for me.

-- watch "Over The Hedge".

-- bring Jen, Zhenyang, Ethan, Sahyo and 2 others to Cocoro.

-- reformat my lappie.

-- watch Gung. Hurhuhrhur.. Thanks loads Omega!!! >_<

-- Catch up with Kev and others when he gets his butt here from Sydney.

-- belated bday celebration for my dearest girlfriend, Mel at Cocoro! Hurhurhur.. I got her hooked onto the absolutely delicious greentea parfait. XP (DONE!) ** Lol! Spread the luvvvvvvvvv... Not one person that I have brought to Cocoro had said anything negative about the food there. :3

-- go Caufield and ransacks Mel's place. Hurhurhuhrur

-- sleepppppppp .. and more sleeeeeppppppp

-- trip to Falls Creek (skiing!! waii!! :3 snowboarding!!! waiii!! :3 :3 ) I personally hold my friend, Kim Jung Soo responsible if I were to come back to the city in pieces. Lol! heh..

-- bring Jason, Kim, Mel and her Jason to Wabi Sabi. (Wonders if Tak-kun wants to come along)

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have medium extroversion. You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party. Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences. But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time." Conscientiousness: You have low conscientiousness. Impulsive and off the wall, you don't take life too seriously. Unfortunately, you sometimes end up regretting your snap decisions. Overall, you tend to lack focus, and it's difficult for you to get important things done. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. You're generally a friendly and trusting person. But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism. You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism. You are very emotionally stable and mentally together. Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly. Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

:: My apartment ::

               :: My ultimately small bedroom ::            :: the door of my bedroom ::

   
                        :: bathroom ::                            :: kitchen / dining table ::


:: living room ::

:: Moomba Waterfest ::


:: Maharaja on birds(??) ::


:: Urber long dragon.. O.o ::


:: Pwwwetty blue seadragon ::


:: Washoi! Japan ::
:: Random! ::


:: Black sesame creme brulee! Yummm... *burps* ::


:: Buzzzzzing-bee ::


:: Lazing at Carlton Gardens ::


:: Before comin here, I was told of people walking around barefooted.
So this is my very 1st encounter with one ::


:: I was exploring the area looking for a lake when I came
across this field, and in front of me were wild kangaroos :D
(The shot is rather blur 'coz it's on max zoom and the
kangaroos were hopping away :S)


:: Only black sheep among the white ones ::
(^^; Looks like it was too dark *shrugs*)


:: Very kay poh-ish white sheeps ::


:: Scenery at Narre Warren North ::

:: 3rd March ::

  For those who are even reading this blog, prolly would have been getting updates from Kem. But newayz... it's been almost 3 weeks now since I first got here. I've moved into my apartment smack right in the centre of Melbourne city for ... say about 5 days and now I'm back at my uncle's in the suburbs for 3 days. XP Haha.. You see, I go where the good fewd leads.. XP XP Haha.. nah.. actually I'm back here to kill time 'coz the blardy aussies in RMIT are so blardy unorganised. It seems that they have postponed the commencement of my classes to March 6.

  I'll upload some pics once I get my internet connection fixed up at my place. Then you'll get to see my ultimately small apartment in which I'm sharing with another sweet M'sian chick called Kim. Now, for those who have yet to know, judgin from what I typed earlier, yes.. June is no longer my hsemate as planned. Due to someone's ignorance, things are the way it is now. I really don't have anything more to say about it. .. Everything is working out pretty well for me. I have wonderful relatives and friends here for me... did I mention wonderful relatives? who bring me out for good food? *grins* who make sure that I'm comfortable here as if I never left home? XP

:: 4th March ::

  I just got back from dinner at the jap rest called Shira Nui. For those who know me, you know that I do not eat raw sushi. Here, I've been getting training courses from my uncle.. haha and have eaten things like raw salmon, raw makarel, raw octopus (not the red disgusting ones.. ), oyster sushi and this raw fish called shiromi. Well, raw salmon is just like how raw salmons taste like.. and the makarel taste like tuna.. the octupus is like.. well.. jelly-ish, the oyster is like a whole lot of jap mayo and shiromi taste just like salmon. :P And they are pretty good. Haha.. I might skip the oyster but I would eat the others again.. *grins*

  Ohh... I only remembered that I brought my cam and only manage to take a photo of my extremely delicious desert, black sesame creme brulee with fruits and a few small cubes of vanilla ice cream. Haha.. sounds fattening right? It is... XP Ooo.. the black sesame brulee was superb. Mmm...yummmmmiiieeee~ (will upload pics later)

  Last Wed, was the City Festival at RMIT where all the clubs try to get new members. Mann, I love things like that 'coz there's FREE and GOOD food... despite the long queues. Hahah... I even got a 2 dollar recharge for my prepaid card. Yes.. it's only 2 dollars.. but it's better than getting nothing at all.

  And on Thurs, we had a bbq by our course lects... sort of an informal gathering before the orientation held yesterday. I might a nice Korean girl called Hyon (not sure if I got the spelling right) at the bbq. She first told me that her name was "Alice" (she pronounced it as "Ah-Lice") but then later told me her real name. She said that before coming here, she studied 3 yrs of high school in New Zealand and no one there could pronounce her Korean name properly thus the nickname for herself. Brave girl I have to say.. she came to Australia all alone.. staying in the suburbs alone and whatmore, she was having probs with her enrollment. Something about the comp. not registering her enrollment. Ah well... I hope to see her around sometime.. though she's a 1st yr student. Hmmph.. maybe 'coz she's a Korean, when I told her that I'm a M'sian, she replyed saying that I look Chinese.. ^_^;;;; So yea.. I had to explain to her that M'sia's a multicultural country.. aihh..

  Oo! Apparently, the night market here is only on in Summer. I think it's ending in 2 weeks time. I'm really amazed with the talent these Aussies have. Hand blown glass accessories, air brushed tops, to hand made furnitures...etc. Hehe.. I bought this lovely hand blown glass necklace there. It is in the shape of whitish lizard on a thingy . I couldn't resist. I spotted it and I told myself that I have to have it. It was the 1 and only 1 there! No one will ever have it! And everyone who has seen it said that it was gorgeous. *smiles happily* Besides, if I ever (not that I will) get bored of that necklace I could probably sell it for a higher price since there's none other like it.. hahaha... !

  Oh and my faculty building is reallllllllly near to my apartment.. It takes me about 5 minutes to get there from my apartment if I take the open street. If I were to take the side alley, it'll probably take me less but I'm not going to take the risk of going through there even in broad daylight. And as for the main building of RMIT, it takes me slightly less than 10 mins to get there. So it's really convenient for me. To the train station probably takes me about 15 minutes or maybe less. So yea.. I'm pretty use to walking around now (or.. as my best bud puts it,  "Bus 11".. meaning walking, 11= legs)

  Hmm.. I haven't told you guys about my apartment, have I? Well, my apartment is like a social building or something.. They try to make us feel like a big Arrow family. There was that orientation night where they tell us about safety and what not. There's going to be a Housewarming party this coming Fri.... or was it the following Fri.. mm.. ah well.. XP And then, I think there's a Sports Day somewhere. So yea.... I guess it's nice in a way, to know a lil people from my apartment. Almost 90% of the residents there are Trinity students though just like my housemate, Kim.

  Mm.. as for hotties... woo-hooo! This place is crawling with 'em... XP Esp. the jocks from the Alpine Club. I would definately join that club if I had more guts... I really treasure my body parts you see... thus, I would like not to break an arm or leg just 'coz there's hotties in the club (Alpine club is for winter sports such as skiing, anowboarding..etc) Haha... besides, they are just jocks who only care about the sport, booze, party and girls.. so yea

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

    Hurr.. a new year has arrived and I have decided to freeze my arse off in my comfy lil room before I fly over to the scrotching hot Down Under which by the way, is currently 42 celsius degrees hot!.. w333333... ..  ~(=_+|||)~

    Haha... 'coz June chan passed this on to me, this blog gets updated.. XP - mememeememe

1.Do you still talk to the person you had your first kiss with?
Yeap.. and good friends we are.

2. What would you do with 1,000 plastic spoons?
Make a fashion statement out of it.. just for the heck of it.. :P

3. What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?
Hitz FM and popish songs. (Yesh... so sue me >) )

4. What is the best thing about your current job?
Haha... the best thing? It's that I laze all day round... XP

5. Do you wish cell phone etiquette was required ?
Oh yes.. of course. It just annoys the heck out of me when someone's hp rings out loud in the cinema while the movies are ongoing.

6. Are you against same sex marriage?
Haha.. it's none of my business.

7. Have you been on a date in the past week?
Mm.. yesh.. :)

8. Where are you going on your next vacation?
... vacation?...I suppose that'd be travelling around Aussie...

9. Quote a song lyric...
.............. forget it.. I'm skipping this Q.

10. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
Mmm... relationships from 4 years ago... is that "old"? If not, mostly new and a handful of good 'ol buddies.

11. Do you own any furniture from Ikea?
... Does the pin up board count?

12. Do you like your parents?
Quotation from June chan "Only when they're not being naggy."

13. What state/country are you from?
Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia.

14. Tell us about the last conversation you had?
The guy on the next table is hot. Doesn't look M'sian.. Maybe he's Hongkie or Jap. << This was started by my own mother.. ^^;;;

15. Where do you see yourself in one month?
Happy and well adapted in the city of Melbourne with new friends and a new life (not that I will forget and bury the old one)

16. What is your favorite smell?
DKNY's Apple perfume! Hint: Someone get me that.. XP XP

18. What is the time and the outside temperature at the moment?
22:53.. According to my dad it's about 29.5 celcius degrees outside.

19. Have you ever done anything vindictive to your coworkers?
Never worked before to have coworkers.

20. Have you ever gone to therapy?
Nope.. not of my interest.

21. Have you ever Played Spin the Bottle?
Mm.. nope.

22. Have you ever Toilet Papered someone's house?
Haha.. it has came to my mind before.

23. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?
Hmm.. there was one.

24. Have you ever gone camping?
Loads when I was a kid. The last I went for was prolly the Prefects Leadership Camp with D' Jungle People. XP

25. Have you ever had a crush on your sisters friend?
......Hmm.. no. In fact it was the other way around.

26. Have you ever been to a nude beach?
Haha.. nope.. never even came across one. I'd like to have at least one experience though.

27. Have you ever had sex on the beach?
Nope.

28. Have you ever had a stalker?
Sorta. Freaky one too.

29. Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Lol! I'd like try...when I'm all alone that is.. XP

30. Have you ever laughed so hard you cried?
*nods head* uncountable times.. ^____^

31. Have you ever gone to a party where you were the only sober one?
Haha.. yea. I only recall being really drunk once. It's all my sis's friend's fault. Kept mixing strange drinks for me.. -_-"

32. Have you ever been cheated on?
.... HAha.. haven't even had a proper relationship to have one of those.

33. Have you ever had sex with one of your myspace friends?
........... no

34. Have you ever felt betrayed by your best friend?
She'll never betray me. And I won't to her.

35. Have you ever felt like you were just completely rhino raped?
... O.o|| The thought of that just sent shivers down my spine.

36. Have you ever lied to your parents?
Doesn't everyone? Even for at least one time. I dare those who say no to swear upon their hearts and hope to rot slowly to death with maggots eatting them inside out.

37. Have you ever been to the US?
Ooo... yes. Right after Primary 5. The experience at the space mountain ride has been imprinted into my head.

38. Have you ever thrown up from working out?
.... no...

39. Have you ever gotten a haircut so bad that you wore a hat for a month straight?
I've gotten a realllllyyyyyy bad haircut once... and it was so bad that I've forgotten what I did after that...O_O

40. Have you ever eaten 3 meals from 3 different fast food places in 1 day?
2 at most.

41. Have you ever gotten so wasted you didnt know what was going on?
Haha.. no.. thank god. I may have been drunk that one time.. but I was very well aware of what happened.

42. Have you not realized what you had until you lost it?
IHmm.. like my watch that was given to me by my parents that I so very loved but misplaced it?.. T_T

43. Who would you wanna tag this meme with?
Mok, Eelyn... ah blah ...anyone who read this blog..