Bear with me

Things are really starting to get hectic for me.. and i'm getting really stress (Nicole says "Me Too!"). So hence the lack of updates.. and the continued lack of updates until the 9th of October at least.

*sighs* 3 essays need to be done in what is now 10 days to go.. progress?

• Social psych essay (due 1st October) 1063/2000 words.. with a need to go over the intro to add stuff that is apprently lacking =(
• Business Econ essay on Enron (due 8th Oct) 330/750 words of the joined essay with Tammy... sorry Tammy.. i'll work on it as soon as I get the chance
• Abnormal psych essay on Bipolar (due 8th Oct) 0/2000 words ... will be a struggle to finish this one

And what am I doing now? Blogcrastinating when I should really be trying to get more of the essay done before I offically start 6 days of work a week.. tonite. *sigh*

OKay back to it...

BTW, anyone need tickets for the talent night? I have two to sell.. $10 per ticket which includes a bbT on the night.. plus U get to come and support me.. *wink wink* U know u wanna!

The end of mid-sems mania

So, two mid sems occupied the majority of my time for the past few weeks. Trying to study for these units was an absolute b*tch, coz I feel like I've missed out on so much (but more on that a bit later). Right now I feel.. luckier than Lisa (whose head has been messed with by uni)... less stressed than Mish (who is 'dealing' with MCW-syndrome)... more unorganised than Caz (who is juggling assignments, 10 jobs and a social life very successfully) and less studious than Alan (who these days surprisingly LIVES in the Reid Lib).

How were my mid sems.. well to sum it up in a word.... clumsy.
So many stupid little careless mistakes made by me, that it's so not funny. The two stupidities topping my list:

1. Seeing that MC=2 and applying MC=3 to all my equations! This was for Business Econ.. which I actually found it to be a quite easy exam.. I actually finished it 15 minutes early. That included the time I had taken to highlight each curve in my diagram a different color and colour coordinate it with the equations relevant to the curve. YET I didn't have time to check that MC=3!!! That was the big scoring question too....!!!!
2. ERASING! This is why my chem teacher in year 11 and 12 always told us to write in pen.. ALWAYS! For the question worth the most marks in the International Trade Mid-Sem, we were meant to draw a diagram to illustrate increasing welfare. ... well... I drew the diagram... and then rubbed out two curves !!! The ONLY two curves that could be used to show welfare increase! GRRRZZZ... Lets just hope I pass this mid-sem.. considering I really didn't answer the last question in the exam.

Okay.. Done with my mid-sems rant. Just waiting for marks now.

To take my mind off the stupidity of my own self.. I went shopping! But because I wasn't prepared for it.. I didn't have the cash to go with. But I got what I set out to get.. which was this skin serum by Origin called 'Modern Fusion'. This serum is soooO good! I makes your skin feel so nice and refreshed. And with it I got little samples of 5 other products. Very Cool.

*sighs* proper hermitting has not even started for me yet.. well it has... but my 6 days a week work shift hasn't started yet and I'll already feeling so isolated. I feel so un-social. Not anti-social, just un-social. I feel like a I'm in a closed up glass box.. where everyone else in on the outside and I'm just trapped there and every direction I turn everyone is out.. out and away from me. I think i'm starting to realise how much I miss my Metro days...

On a final note, I would like to wish Shirley a very Happy 20th Birthday! Hope U had fun at Llama Bar and that Mr. Master of ruining surprises *cough cough* didn't ruin it too much for ya!

成功! : Success!

what.. what .. WHAT IS IT? What has Noelle finally succeeded in....

Have I finished studying for the two mid-sems held next week?!?.. No

Have I started my assignments due all at the same time?!? .. No
Have I booked my tickets??!?.. Nup

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**Tad Dah!**

I finally made it right.. Noelle's Salt and Pepper Squid. I've been trying to perfect it for a while now and last night I finally got it right. Got the batter.. just thick enough to be crunchy, but not not thick as to be overpowering. hehehe It was good enough for someone to ask me to cook it twice =)

Want the recipe? Too bad! LOL

On another note, I guess I'll use this time to tell u guys that I'll be really busy for the next few weeks/ month. Not only is assignments and mid-semesters coming up, I'm going to be picking up a lot more shifts as a worker of ours is going on holidays. Which means, if u think I work too much as it is.. I guess u guys won't be seeing much of me .. starting now-ish. Also starting on the 27th of September, I will not be able to go out anymores.. not until about mid-October when I won't have to work every night. I might still be able to make it for coffee in the morning, during breaks .. or when someone decides to skip class for KTV (*wink wink*).. but other than that.. I shall be working and studying .. BoOOO HOOo!.. the exception of course being the 3rd of October, the talent night.

Alrite back to the H-O theory of trade... =(

Whispers in the wind

The day I spent 3 hours on buses and caught a cold

I've been remeniscing a bit too much lately I think. Sorta stuck in the past, picturing how everything around me has changed. Yet a part of me doesn't really remember what it all used to be like. I no longer remember what a home cooked meal tastes like. No longer remember the days that I could sit endlessly at my table and study everything.. accomplish all I set out to do for the night. No longer remember days that I didn't feel so exhausted. I'm really tired.. just realy tired.

Singapore trip tickets still have not been booked. I guess u guys can all see how much of a procrastinator I am. It's coz the stupid bank is so stupidly far, and there is only one branch in the whole of Perth. Must get it done. That and the fact that I was trying to win the "Wish and Win" promotion competition that they were running. Thanks to everyone who opened their emails that I sent. And thanks to those who let me sent it to every single member of their family.. much love. Of course, I didn't win.. hehe not like its that easy to win anyways. In total I sent approximately 80 emails, and got 21points at the end of the week. I guess it was a good effort, but yes.. back to paying for the tickets with m savings =(

Study is annoying the hell out of me. I don't understand anything and for that reason I'm tempted to give up... hey i only said tempted okay.. I won't .. I know I won't. But yes, I guess I'm not expecting much from my mid-sems since I always either just scrape through pass or marginally fail it. But I have a feeling my two econ units this semester are not going to be scaled up, unlike last year. Aja Aja Hwaiting?!?

Love! .. 4am in the morning

Been practising with Nicole for the talent comp that we are entering. So far we have one song sorted, and I think it sounds pretty cool aye. But I guess I am biased. Still trying to find another song. We have one in mind.. but still rehersing and perfecting. Open to any suggestions yeah, but it must be a guitar-able song. I hope we do okay.. I'm not doing this comp to win (although it would be nice if we did LOL) .. it more about facing fears. In general fears of exposure and public speaking.. I don't know.. I know I will feel quite vulnerable up there on stage, but this time.. I have Nicole to perform with. You guys will come to support right? It's on the 3rd of October at Utopia, but tickets need to be purchased. If u need tickets let me know .. or contact Nicole, I think she's selling some.

ARRrrRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhHH... PINS AND NEEDLES!!!!!!!! Been sitting here way too long! HmmM.. I want to put more photos up on my Blog. It seems like I've got way too much words. Only problem being, my lack of camera. Can't wait till I get my new phone in Singapore. I just hope the Camera quality on it is good.. If not.. maybe I should invest in a camera too =/ not liking the idea of spending so much! but OMG I haven't been shopping for soooOOo long.. even Jase has been more recently than me.. now thats sad!

Can U say Dukgalbi? It even has Bi in its name!!!.. okay that was lame, even for my standards

I want to do a review of the Korean place that we went to on Tuesday nite.. but prob not today.. it seems so long ago. It's called Dae Jang Gum (on Francis Street, where LemonGrass used to be), and I reckon its pretty good! I can't wait to go again..MMmmM Korean.... Best dish for the night for me was Dukgalbi, even tho it was really spicy.. it was really really good.. you'd keep eating it even if your eyes were crying "no more!". And to top it off, we all left stuffed and it was value for money, costing us about $15 each. Pretty reasonable I rekon.

Mish, Yee Yang, Caz and Fel Waiting in the shelter of the resturant, while Lisa and I had to run thought the rain all the way from ... Formosa!

Me and Lisa with our cool Korean Utensils

BimBimBap.. as prepared by Noelle and Lisa.. and I guess the help of Dae Jung Gum Staff

Okay, pins and needles are really getting to me.. So I think I'll go do something more productive than just sit here and help everyone procrastinate!

Circus Clown

I've never been good at juggling. But I find myself constantly struggling to learn. Learn to take on everything thrown at me. *sighs* This is bigger than time management. I need to learn to play when it's time to play, to study when it's time to study and work when its time to work. Instead I find myself lost trying to mix the three together.. like an extremely bad tasting cocktail.

I need to remind myself, that there are so many people out there in situations worse than mine.. struggling.. need to remind myself that all this is possible.. its all about sacrifices. Sacrificing for the good of all.

So much to explain.. so much to express.. yet no words come out.. just silent screams.. but can you hear me?

Jia You! Fighting! Gambate! to everyone studying and assignmenting =)

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Side note: sorry, short post.. I have heaps to tell you guys.. but maybe I'll do it in my next break.. or the next time Lisa nudges me to update
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Happy Father's Day

Just got home from work about an hour ago... boy am I tired. Who would've known it would be so busy today. My body aches from my neck to my toes. I actually prefer busy days at work, as opposed to the one customer a minute dribble. Being busy just keeps your mind focused on the task at hand, rather than thinking about how much effort the task involves. A surprising amount of Hofun's were cooked and Singapore Laksa's at that. I think what made my morning was a phone in customer. Towards the end of the morning shift, the phone rang, and as everyone else seemed to be occupied with other jobs, I ran to pick up the phone. The voice on the other end seemed to be a young-ish female, whose English was not so good. As I answered the phone in my usual "Sense Lah Malaysian Cuisine. How may I help you?", the voice one the other end replied with "Hi hello good morning good afternoon how are you?" hehehe I couldn't help but have a grin on my face. I know.. its mean to mock someone whose English is not perfect, but it made my morning =) and a long tiring morning it was.

On another topic.. one that I was meant to blog about b4..The day I went for a facial
I should have blogged about this straight after I had the facial.. coz u know human memory is not only deceitful, it fades. Anyway last Tuesday I went for a facial. You know a facial, that is meant to be relaxing and cleanse your thoughts and help your skin at the same time. Been trying to remove all the acne scaring on my face, which has gotten quite bad lately. Anyway. I was going for something called Micro-Dermabrasion. Got into the "day spa" and filled in a few forms as I waited for my turn. The girl called me into the room, got me to put my hair into a "shower cap" looking thing and then made me lay down on the bed there. As she was preparing her tools, I asked her if it was going to hurt... her reply "no.. the mask afterwards might be a little uncomfortable though". As my booking was at 9am and I didn't get very much sleep the night before I thought to myself, this is going to be good.. I can just lay here and fall asleep. That thought ended pretty fast, it practically ended the minute I heard her turn on a machine. So it turns out she used this pen looking suction thing with a crystal on the end to go over my face. Doesn't sound too bad huh, well.. why don't you go grab like a scrubbing brush with hard bristles and rub it on your arms ... at the same spot... again ... and again... and AGAIN.. then tell me do u reckon it would hurt, then imagine if I did it to your face!!!! It hurt so much I thought I was going to burst out crying right there and then. I had to persuade myself mentally that it was all for my own good. After about 25 minutes of scratching every possible part of my face, she was done and ready to put on the mask. I though "YAY, masks are cooling and it'll take away all the pain"... oh boy was I wrong AGAIN! She put 5 dabs of the mask cream thing on 5 points of my face.. and it immediately started to burn.. i mean BURN!!! So much of "just a little be uncomfortable". I seriously thought she had just set fire to my face.. I think the mask might have hurt more than the scratching! Once again, I persuaded my mind to stay still rather than scream obscenities to the nice lady who has been doing this for 2 years. Before I left permanent scars on the side of my thighs from digging my nails in to deflect the pain, She started to remove the mask. The whole process took about 40 minutes and left me leaving the room with a very red and painful face. I was going to take before and after shot, but yes can't fins the camera. The results are slowly starting to show as my skin is getting a bit better, or maybe its just cognitive dissonance and I'm only believing that its working because stupidly enough I'm making another booking for next next Tuesday. I'm starting to think I'm a masochist...