Saturday, August 30, 2008

The longest day

Today was the opening day of the Gold Coast Show Day. I was being invited by my brother's friend Matthew to join him for the event. The GC show day is a 3 day event that displays a huge range of animals to flowers to homemade bread and cakes. I believe prior to to this event, there were many competitions held at gold coast and the winning pieces are put on display for the GC show day. These "pieces" range from fruits grown by farmers to handmade carpets to chicken and other livestock.
It just so happened that this annual event was held near my place and so I gladly agreed to join~
At the very start, we headed to where all the animals are. There is a huge range of livestock like lambs, goats, pigs and boars~


Stallion


Bull on the left and cow on the right



Bull~ the skin lao lao de~ hahaha



Mooo~~

Moo moo chi chao

Moo moo bu yao chi chao liao



Moo moo he shui



He shui! moooo~~~~

This is where all the main bulk of animals are




Goat sheep ducks and chickens~ living happily together



Very cute!


Turkey! The beak of the turkey quite er xin neh
it's not hard like normal bird beaks
its soft and lao4 lao3 de~


The kid was struggling to get the chicken on top of the haystack
he didn't manage to and the chicken was struggling all the time~ Very funny!



chicks for sale!


Boar!



Pig and piglet line up!





LlamaFunny bird~~ haha I think too much feather it cant see at all



Duckling! very cute la!!



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Ai ya dun write liao! loading pictures on Blogger is such a chore!!

Sorry for the late update!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Random Thoughts

Just came back from an exam today. It was the Mid-Semester exam for my Statistics course. And I did well! =D At least I hope so.. There were some questions that I was unsure of but generally it should be alright.
Its been a long time since I have had an exam neh~ To sit in front of the paper with my pencil and calculator sure brings back memories of the large large badminton hall of NYP.
Anyway I was going through a lesson on arguments just yesterday and I was showed a video clip of what is not an argument. It's really hilarious and everyone should take a look.


Enjoy!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Shocked!

This afternoon, I made a trip to australia fair. Part of my shopping list was to buy contact lens as i only got 2 pairs when I came (proudly sponsored by dardardar) and I was already on my second pair. So I went to an optical shop thinking that I could just get a pair or two off the shelf. The first time I asked her, what she told me was :" Yes we do sell them but you will need prescription to buy them." I got a little shocked and confused so I simply thank her and left the shop.
I continued wandering around but my mind was thinking all about it. Medicine need prescription I understand but why do you need prescription for contact lens? Will I die from overdose of contact lens? Hmm so after awhile I went back to the shop and asked her how I could get the prescription and if there are shops that I could just buy them off the shelf. She explained that I could get them from an optician after inspecting my eyes and I had to go through trials before i could offically buy them off the stores. All in all they would cost around A$160++ and I had to go through this process to buy them from any other stores. I explained that I am already wearing them and I have used them for a long time but she said that they needed to certify that I am suitable for it before they could sell them to me.. Hmm what weird law~ lol
So guys, you have been forwarned.. Don't every think that you could come to Australia and just buy your contact lens!

So you think you can dance..dance.. dance.....

They are showing the most recent "So You Think You Can Dance" season here in Australia. It just ended in the US not long ago and it's a little delayed here in Australia but the season is coming to an end too. Yesterday was like the top 8 dancers already.
I hope you guys know what I am talking about because previous seasons has been shown in Singapore before, though I'm not sure about this season.
I have been catching the show very frequently and what I like about this show is that there are dance routines that even though you have no idea about it, it still feels somehow close to your heart.
Hmm tink i dun blabber too much la~ haha say so much you all also donno wad i saying.
Here are 2 good dance routines that i really like~
enjoy!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8XMUtan54
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn7MyiO-GRE

Restrictions, Restrictions, Restrictions...

After staying here for so long, I'm beginning to run into a few problems.
The way I do things seem to run against many restrictions. I got a notice last week saying that I have exceeded the electricity usage by 1kWh.. it isn't much but I was so sad when I received it. I was living a life of high consumption. I wasn't as clean and green as I thought I was. The first notice was just a warning so it wasn't so bad. After that i started to be more conscience about power usage, turning off lights when I don't need them and less television, less cooking time etc..
However, yesterday, I got hit by yet another warning. Technically speaking there wasn't any warning. The night before, while I was using the computer, I was experiencing weird network problems. Before I knew it, i was totally disconnected from the Internet. I then spend the rest of the night trying to pinpoint and rectify the problem but they all seem to point towards the server. With no other options, i went to bed hoping that it would recover by the next day.
When i woke up the next day, i turn on the computer hoping so hard that it would work.. but no it didn't. I was devastated~~ There was no way i could live with no Internet. I then approach the land lord for help and then, I was struck by another sad truth.. I "exceed the usage by way too much". However, he restarted my connection and thank god I got back my Internet.
That leaves me with one final limit. Water usage limit. With the droughts hitting hard on Australia, there was a water restriction place on national level. These strict restrictions includes no washing of cars with water hose and many strange others. Back in my place, we are not allowed to wash dishes under running tap and to use the dish washing machine only when full, running on "economy" (which isn't very clean). The last restriction however, was the killer. NO SHOWERING OF MORE THEN 4MINS A DAY!! Sia la! Only 4 minutes I sure exceed de la~~~ T.T I'm just waiting for the warning only lo~~ Only Dunqi can meet this kind of timing~~ lol
Living alone and managing my bills have made me realise how xing fu i was back in Singapore. Mama pay all the bill I got nothing to worry about. Happy on the light, happy on the water. Internet 24/7. Those happy days are over. *sigh*

Thursday, August 14, 2008

School

School has started for about a month now.. I've started to go into groups too~ People here are really interesting. One example is the group that i went into. It's like a discussion group that we have to form and they just happen to be around and so we just happened to become a group. The first time we got together, we exchanged names and emails. However, they were so fast I didn't really got any one of their names. Just today, I had my second stats tutorial (yes the module that i flunk in poly). I went into my group and one of my team mates greeted me with "Hey mate! How you cracking?". lol, i didn't know sheet about what he meant. I then learned that how you cracking means how are you doing. They were laughing like mad heh. They then started chatting in such fast aussie english that all I could do was smile at them. My mind was racing to keep up with them and I didn't really know what they were saying. Thankfully they are really nice people and they talk alot so I don't really have to. >.<
There was this other class where I had to do a debate with 4 other of my team mates. I'm beginning to have doubts about how well I will do because firstly, unlike them, I have never done debating in my life and secondly, I'll be debating against fast speaking aussies. >.<
Life here is tough T.T

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Food For Thought

Being here alone in Australia have force me to take on many responsibilities that I didn't used to have. Not at home, not at army. One of such would be cooking. The basic instinct derived from hunger have forced me into becoming a part time chef. While buying out is an option, it isn't healthy in the first place and it doesn't give you a sense of achievement like cooking does. Moreover, I only have fast food around my area and sometimes, these food just doesn't give you the feeling of fulfillment.
I've been here for a month already and over this period of time, I've cooked an impressive range of dishes from the Japanese udon to the western steak. The signature style of my cooking usually is the really bad presentation of my dishes. However hard I've tried, they just somehow looking not too appetising. Hee. Thankfully, the taste wasn't bad usually... with some exceptions.
Fried rice! My craving for it turned out to be a blessing afterall.
Chicken somen with mixed veg.
I'm leading a healthy lifestyle!
Beef steak with rice and japanese curry. Yummy!
With all that said, I think it would be great fun to try whipping up some dishes sometimes and it really is an experience that I think would be good for everyone. After all, you wouldn't want to step into a life of marriage and eat out every single meal with your spouses would you? The inability to cook would be a sad reason for a fat tummy isn't it?
Every since school started and my brother leaving for Singapore, I've blogged much lesser then before. Partly was due to studies, which I have been trying hard to cope with. All these strange new theories and concepts where all thrown at me within these weeks and juggling with life and studies, all in aussie english, have kept me busy all the while. Also, ever since my brother have left, I was short of a tour guide. My budget also prevented me from becoming a long term tourist. Lastly, what seemed interesting in the beginning have slowly became dreadful chores. With the lack of topics in life, this stale life is becoming hard to blog about. I will however keep this place as updated as possible.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Play You Part

The other day I was watching TV when I saw my University's advertisment.
I really love it and i think it's really good.
I was watching it over and over again and again.

Play Your Part In The World
Where I live, everybody belongs
Everybody thinks
Everybody challenges the norm.
Where I live, there are no passports
There are no boundries.
Solutions are shared, as are our ideas.
Where I live, we all look different
But we are bound by a desire to change
A desire to make the world better.
So where do I live?
The same place as you.

So proud to be part of my uni.

p.s. Anyone knows if i can save the video my anyway from the site?