C'mon C'mon Few Days More!

I feel so happy that I've finally started the dreaded exams. After hearing all the wonderful comments from friends who have already finished theirs, I can't wait for mine to finish as well man. Another.. 10 days more, commonnnn. It sounds short but I have a feeling these 10 days is gonna feel really, really slowww. Everything ends at 12.30pm 30th Nov

That'll be the end of 2nd year... and only 1 year left to go till I graduate, so quick! I might do an extra year, to do my part 2's, I don't wanna be moving in to the working world before all my friends.

Anyways, I just wanna say that I really, really miss everyone and everything in Msia now. From family to friends to food to.. scorching sweating hot weather? I'm currently thinkin about all the things that I'll be doing back in Msia, haven't got a chance to plan it out yet, will hope to do so once exams are all over! But yeah, I miss every1 in Msia, really lookin forward to meeting and catchin up wit you guys again. Although bit sadden by some that have left Msia for overseas studyin, won't be able to meet you when I'm back =(

If anyone's interested to know, I'm doing fine =) Don't feel as stressed out as compared to last sem. Hope to meet every1 soon!! To those whose exams are over, congrats n enjoy =) to those still have exams comin up/havin exams now, all the best, hope you'll do well and get good rest and not fall sick like some1 I know haha

Kayak pics

This is 1 of the pics when the sandstorm was around

Updates

Ah, can't sleep. Spend the last 4 hours tossing and turning in bed. Don't really enjoy these sleepless nights, I get it every now and then. During the day I'll be all tired, maybe a lil grouchy, but mostly zombiefied, and unable to function properly. Starting to become like my mum di, light sleeper, oh nos!

First of all, thx to Kar Kien for clarifying that my previous post about Stanford is NOT TRUE. Have a look at this. Got it from http://www.stanford.edu/about/history/. Here's a part of it:

Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and, like many of his wealthy contemporaries, made his fortune in the railroads. He was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a U.S. senator. He and Jane had one son, who died of typhoid fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in Italy. Leland Jr. was just 15. Legend has it that the grieving couple said to one another after their son's death, "the children of California shall be our children," and they quickly set about to find a lasting way to memorialize their beloved son.

The Stanfords visited several great universities of the East to gather ideas. An urban legend, widely circulated on the Internet but untrue, describes the couple as poorly-dressed country bumpkins who decided to found their own university only after being rebuffed in their offer to endow a building at Harvard. They did visit Harvard's president but were well-received and given advice on starting a new university in California. From the outset they made some untraditional choices: the university would be coeducational, in a time when most were all-male; non-denominational, when most were associated with a religious organization; and avowedly practical, producing "cultured and useful citizens" when most were concerned only with the former.

Just click go to that site if you wanna know more and the context of it. Sorry everyone, I did not intend to spread rumours. Gonna delete the post the later.

Uhm, yep, I'm having my 2-weeks mid-sem break now. 1st week is over, heading on to the 2nd week di. I didn't, or rather couldn't update much cos I had major tests and other assesment that were due just be4 this break. Overall, 1st sem was not too bad, EXCEPT, for my Stats test, might've failed it, we all found it tough, Im just hoping it'll be scaled up, PLS be scaled up. The lecturer was just urgh, she set such a touch and long paper, we only had 45mins and the test was like 10 pages long. Was definitely way harder than expected. It was really depressing that day, cos well, I did prepared thoroughly for it but as most of you would know, anything can happen during an exam, like some unfortunate nervous breakdown cos of the difficulty, or affected by the weather, or pen ran out of ink, or some hot/cute chiq/guy sitting next to you, etc etc. Gotta work harder for the 2nd half of the sem.

Thought I'd get rid of the sad news first, now on to some good juicy news. I did kayak-ing for the first time! It was last Sat with Aaron and my church's pastor, Richard at Brooklyn River. Yes, his name is Richard, funny cos my youth pastor back in Msia is also Richard, and they're both angmoh. Anyways, kayaking is really, really tiring! For me at least, cos I was new at it, Aaron did it before and Richard is an old timer. Paddled for at least 4 hours, spent like the 1st 2hours just getting the technic right, but after that it was pretty natural, except that I was so tired due to improper technic in the first 2hours. But besides that, it was really, really awesome. Just enjoying the peace and the wonders of nature, very very refreshing, loved it ALOT! River was mostly calm, but was choppy for a moment. Oh, scariest thing was seeing the jellyfishes, saw bout 6 of them with the size of a basketball, they were MASSIVE compare to the ones in the Sydney Aquarium, fuh, think I knocked bout 2 of them with the oar, oops. If you want some of the pics it might be up later. But yeah, really thankful and fortunate to have such good weather that day, just to enjoy the some of the great wonders of God's masterpiece.

Before the tests and assesment etc etc were due, uni mates and I joined a basketball competition organized by the actuarial society (ASSOC) of my uni (Macquarie Uni) and University of New South Wales (UNSW). Kok Ken was in the team as well hah, when do you wanna cut hair dude. It was more for fun, nothing competitive cos we didn't really expect much ah, we were OK, not great, but we had fun, well at least I did. 4 groups with 4 teams in each of them, top team of each group qualifies to semis straight away, there wasn't any quarter finals. We were 3rd in our group, not bad ahhhh, won 1 lost 2. We were in the same group as last years champion, sobs, our first match was against them, hah! They took it easy on us, and we just played along ler, but we can prouldy say we scored bout 6 points against the champions! It's 1 point for each basket, 2 points for 3 pointers. They went ahead and won this year's comp as well. Quite a fun day ah, get to catch up with Ken and had pizzas, woohoo! Any socials with pizzas, definitely a plus!

During this break, am just slowly catching up on what I've fallen behind and gotta revise/study for a couple of major tests. I think my uni mates are planning for some outing to theme park, bit of mini golf and archery. That's gonna be sometime this week.

Hurm, I think that's about it. Heh, problem with not updating often is that you tend to forget what's happened. Bit of a wordy post but there you go. Now Pearly, Wei Liang, Wei Chye n Joseph are at UK di, hah, pray that you all will enjoy your stay there, and omgosh is it so, so very weird chatting with 9 hours of time difference ah!! Imagine if its 2.30am and on msn someone tells you 'k i gtg di, frens call me go jogging', you'll be like, WAT?? NOW?? Then you go like, oh ya, 9 hours diff. But, it just feels so weird, don't know if anyone can relate haha.

Hurm hurm, what am I gonna do for 2.5 hours before going for badminton.

Korean songs are awesome, haha, go Wonder Girls!!!

Happy Burfday Pooty =P

Happy 15th Birthday!

Hope this year's one is great

San Francisco Steakhouse eh, chun enough la

Went Penang some more, eat all the yummy+cheap food without me

Miss you and family,

can't wait till the end of year when I'm sure we'll have a blast again

=D

God Bless Ya!

Ivan and myself

Ivan, Aaron and myself

I'm the odd one, both of them look like my dad, I'm more like my mum

That's what everyone says anyway, heh, comments?

Yeah, starting to miss the family alot di, ah, 3 more months, common, have to tahan. heh

Those were some of the pics from Aaron's graduation here in Sydney University, don't know why they turn out blur when I post it

Family came too Aus that time, it was April this year, had such a great time wit the fam

Can't wait can't wait

Some updates, it's approaching Spring!

It's getting hotter n hotter, Brisbane was up to 30 degrees today! here it's about 25 on average

Noo, can't wear my long sleeve tshirts =(

I'm starting week 4 of uni, about 1 or 2 weeks behind other uni's, so sad, everyone else is like in week 5 or 6, so I'm gonna have shorter summer break compared to others, aww, my sem ends much later.

Well, 2nd year 2nd sem, so so tough, already struggling and quite behind my studies, really can't imagine myself going through 3rd year, so gonna struggle hard, urgh =(

Econs is so hard to read atm, I read abit, I fall asleep. Hmmm... push on push on

Got myself a haircut, hah, bought one of those crocodile scissors, bro helped me with the back part of my hair, and I did the rest. At first I tried cutting the back, after a while decided to just ask my bro for help, was just too hard trying to cut the back part

But yeah, turned out all right =D phew lucky

Happy and proud of cutting my own hair, this way I get to save money and I get to cut the way I like

Asked my bro if he wanted me to cut his hair for him, he ended up going to barber instead hah, think he's worried it'll look really bad, I don't blame him, I'd be worried bout me too, who wouldn't.

Wait till I cut a few more times, I'm sure I'll be able to cut for other ppl di =D

Any1 wan a haircut?

Basketball competition is coming, 2 weeks time, am looking forward to it

Kok Ken is in the team as well, hah, we'll see how far we can go yeah

Go go go

Finished watching a korean drama "My Girl", hah thx Hafia for the vids

Not bad, was really funny, love the main actress, she's so funny and acts really well

It's my first korean drama that I've ever watch, so I can't really say that korean drama's are good in general. But this one's really good, really liked it, gave me lots of laugh, hah, thx Hafiz

Uhm, had a bbq lunch last Sunday to celebrate aunt's birthday
Was amazing, we bbq-ed sausages and some lamb cutlets
Had other stuff as well, smoked salmon is awesome, did you know that?
But best of all was the company, was great to have a meal with every1 gathered together, aunt uncle cousins were all there. Nieces too! Alyssa is growing cuter and cuter and so is baby Caitlin.

Overall, I'm all right, just bit of a struggle getting through this sem
Am missing Msia quite a bit now, Kit Yi's back di, hah, jealousnyer
Aite, I'm done here

10 Star Restaurant Dishes

After Mel, Ken, Fang, Kim and Eve left, Gene was still around cos his return flight is a week later

Having been wonderfully inspired by our dear master chef friend, and due to some lack of professional chefs to cook for us, Gene and I had to show off our skills in the kitchen

Starting with the first day of cooking..

Ta-da

Some awesomely cooked dishes for 4 (Bro, Seiko, Gene, myself)

Didn't take too long, unless you call 2 hours as long

We cooked it with tender loving care k, that explains the 2 hours hmph!

1st in the menu:

ABC Soup
Rating: 6/5!

Comments: Too good!

We call this one,

Bok Choyster

(Stir Fried Bok Choy in deep Oyster Sauce)

Sounds cool right, yeah I know..

Rating: 3/5

Comments: It's veggie, enough said =P

Name: Chiccroli

(chicken with broccoli)

Rating: 5/5!

Comments: Too good!!

Name: Potaken
(Potato + chicken)

Rating: 5/5!

Comments: Just too good!

2nd time cooking

Name: Sunshine Egg !
(Egg with carrots, onions)

Start your day with some Sunshine Egg to give you that healthy and fresh start to your day!
Intended to be pieced up together, ended up being scrambled cos we didn't have a proper frying pan, I wanna try some flipping when I get my hands on some proper pans, it looks real fun

Gotta have some healthy veggies too

Although it became not too healthy due to the overflowing oyster sauce, haha
Gene and I,"Too tasteful!"

Food critic on the left, master chef on the right


On 1 of the nights, we were quite hungry,
so we cooked ourselves some supper!
This dish is da bomb!!

Name: Super Duper Egg Wrapped Cheesy Chicken Supreme!

Err, meant to be wrapped in egg, but blame the wok

We didn't have a proper frying pan, that's why, ended up scrambled.. again,

This was my most favourite dish! Cos it has cheese in it, loved it!

The cheese is inside the chicken, ahhhh, so loving it, yum

Rating: 7/5!!

And also, this..

Name: Nutrimite Chicken

(Marmite chicken with nutrigrain) =)

Didn't have marmite, so used vegemite instead,

and the nutrigrain is meant to bring out the taste in the chicken as well as to give a sweet smelling aroma

Rating: 5/5 man!

Haha, seriously the taste is pretty good, we're pretty proud of what we achieved

If you wanna know the recipe, feel free to ask, we know you're begging for it, don't have to be shy =D

Sydney hols with the gang =D

Finally I'm gonna get this done, there were 7 of us who stayed in my apartment
Fang, Mel, Kim and Eve came from Melbourne, Gene from Brisbane, and Ken from Msia (who passed the demon guard!)

They all stayed for just over a week, it was still winter hols for all of us
Sorry but the pics are not according to order
Had loads n loads of fun together with all of them, fun bunch!
Apparently our next stop would be Gold Coast and there'll be more people this time!
Hah, can't wait to meet up once again over there and go for theme park(s)!

Here are the pics

(From left to right)

Top row: Me, Fang, Melissa

Bottom: Eugene, Kok Ken, Evelyn, Kim Yi

A home cook meal for 8 (7 + my cousin Sophia)

The girls did all the cooking n Eve was our self proclaimed master chef

Their cooking was awesome, loved it loved it!

Gene with his Linda street haha

Hoho, suppose to be some bad sign language?

At the seal show in Taronga zoo

Fang, Mel, Kim, Eve

Darling Harbour

Playing around with angle shots to make it look like their hooking the fish's tail and mouth =D

The cousins

=D

In front of the Opera House

At the Royal Botanical gardens

Went to Bondi Beach as well

Eve, Kim, Mel

All 3 letters

Top: Me, Kim, Fang, Ken, Gene

Bot: Mel, Eve

The guys

Who're you lookin at Gene?

Sj-ians

5/8 of the BKT gang

Dinner at home

I can't rmb who clip my hair

Another home cook meal

Thx you for the meal

We know you all really hard in that tiny kitchen, hope you all had fun in there

Heading towards the zoo on ferry....

... and cable car

On the ferry on our way back

Cool pic of the Opera House

walked around circular quay at night and chilled from all the walking

Queen Victoria Building

At the Sydney Fish Market

Ahhhhhhhhh, I miss it so much

Ken, when do you wanna go?

Also went to the Sydney Aquarium

Fooled around a bit at its souvenir shop =P

Botanical gardens

Also went to Lindt Chocolate Cafe

Choc lava cake, Da bomb! said it before

Also, waffle was awesome too !

Pork ribs at the Hurricanes

Loved it, best ribs ever!

Thank you all for the treat, thank you!

At Chinatown, we called up Sarah Penguin in Msia for recommendations

And ended up having errr, poo loh pau?? polo bun??
Thx Sarah, it was yummy, n sorry for the sudden call lol

Had dim sum there in chinatown =D

Krispey Kreme doughnuts
Yum

At Bondi beach, had fish and chips for lunch

Gene doing some girly pose =O

Step 1: Planning

Step 2: Execute plan

Fly!

and again!

and again!

In the end,
all my coins dropped out =(

Hoho, who took this pic wan, must be the girls, can't be the guys right

Another home cook meal

So so love the baked bean chicken

Thank you master chef and her assistants!

Fang getting kick

Eugene got caught

Fang: Gotcha!

Oh sleeping arangement, the 3 girls had to share 1 bed in the master bedroom

2 guys slept in the other room which had 2 single beds

2 more guys slept in the living room on the lazy chair, you can recline ur seat and it has a leg rest so it's almost a bed

Fang enjoing your Calippo?
It's obvious from that look on your face =D

For the Koala lovers

Gosh, let's go Ken

Everytime I see the pics it makes me wanna return to that place

=D

Gene pee-ing in the Royal Botanical Garden?
Gotcha again!

Hyeh, posing

Yo hotstuff, too hot till you need to take your shirt off eh

Gene and Ken went surfing, but with wrong attires?

Ada gaya ah Ken

Hoho, and who took this pic?

Must be the girls =P

Last group pic of the trip

Also went to IMAX theatre to watch Transformers 2!! Too good. On the first night, went to Loong Cheong chinese restaurant. Also, had a pizza night on the night the girls got their results, good reason to be celebrating, and had Jack Daniel's wit it, I quite like Jack Daniel's =D but Eve was sayin it was too sweet. Also watched the 6th movie of Harry Potter

Phew, what a long post

Well, thank you all so much for everything, had a great time with all you guys!

Sadden that all of you left, but overjoyed for the fun we had =D

See you all once again in Gold Coast! Looking forward to it

Next post: Cooking with gene