hey guys.. i have been bz with uni so i didnt really post anything recently.
have been fliping through some videos and saw some interesting video
enjoy~

It's a lazy afternoon here in Australia.
Above is a video of the three cats that are residing with me.
Cats does strange stuff when they are bored =D
The orange one is the only female cat and the other two are male, though they have all been sterile.
Orange is really shy when she first moved here. Always hiding below the house and only appears when there is food. Before this video she was really far from me, and she slowly move towards me by arcing her back like how she did at the start of the video. Strange.
The gray and fluffy one is the boss according to my housemate. It was her first cat and thus her favorite. Look at his sleep pose~ how relax~~ haha
The last one is the food IC. The most practical one IMO. He's the other gray one without a tail and curling up on the chair. Also the most vocal of them all. One strange thing that he does is to stand right in front of the screen door when it is close to meal time and starts meowing. like non stop till your ears bleed or death by guiltiness. When he does that, the other two would be behind him, silently staring at you. All in the same pose. If you have no food and he's not hungry he doesn't bother you at all.
Cats are pretty interesting but staying with them made me confirm what i have always felt about them: I'll never grow to like them. Unlike dogs, which are more passionate and loyal IMO, cats would do everything they can when they want you but brush you aside when they don't (sort of like girls aren't they?).
I might be bashed by cat-lovers and women for this post, but hey, it's all just my opinion and no harm was intended or inflicted throughout the course of filming this video. =D

Guilty Pleasure

So i was invited for dinner yesterday night only to find myself been told in a not-so-subtle way that i'm "anti-social". like i give a flying f about what you think

you're never gonna get it with nothing.
Cause nothings what you got in your head.
so stop pretending.

i came here to make you dance tonight
i dont care if im a guilty pleasure for you
shut up cos we wont stop
and we're getting down til the sun's coming up

aniwae, i went back to uni to work on my assignment all the way til 3.
i went out of the lab at 230 to get a drink and and everything was fine. however, when i packed up and left, it was raining and pretty heavily too.
but i guess i shouldnt complain since i later found that i left my keys on my bike, in the ignition switch, right in the center of an empty bike park. wont know that to do if it got stolen.

Vlog entry 2

Takeru Kobayashi

I came across Takeru Kobayashi's website by chance and in case you do not know who he is, he's that skinny japanese guy that joins eating competition, wolfs down whatever food and wins angmohs that are twice his size. And then I saw this:

2008-07-28
Takeru Kobayashi won the Major League Eating Singapore 2008 contest on Sunday 27th July! Chicken Satay, 12 minutes
1st place Takeru Kobayashi 5.419kg

Hey how come no one told me that?! lol i could have won if not for the fact that im in australia.

Cruising

I'm switching!

毎週一日本語クラス！ 第一：Greetings, Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji

Hi all~
notice that some of you have got interest in picking up Japanese in the future so I have decided to do a mini every week Japanese class~
I don't how long I can maintain this class but I hope to update as often as weekly and but it also depends on my classes and assignments as well as the responds.. wahaha

I will be using romaji (ロマジ), meaning English alphabets to help you in pronouncing words together with Japanese characters but I hope that one day you might get used to it enough that I would not have to use them.

Firstly lets begin with the interesting everyday stuff!

Greetings
Good morning おはよう ohayoo

Good morning (formal) おはよう　ございます ohayoo gozaimasu

Good afternoon こんにちは　konnichiwa

Good evening こんばんは konbanwa

Goodnight　おやすみなさい oyasuminasai

Thank you　ありがとう arigatoo

Thank you (formal)　ありがとう　ございます arigatoo gozaimasu

Excuse me/ I'm sorry　すみません sumimasen

No/ not at all　いいえ iie

Yes　はい hai

Thank you for the meal (before eating)　いただきます itadakimasu

Thank you for the meal (after meal)　ごちそうさま gochisoosama

How do you do?　はじめまして hajimemashite

Nice to meet you　どうぞ　よろしく doozo yoroshiku

Most of the terms are self-explanatory. I'll just make a quick explanation on the usage of iie (いいえ). I sure most people know that iie has the same usage as "no" in English. On top of that, iie can be used as a "don't mention it" kind of situation. Eg. if someone who steps on you says sumimasen (すみません), you can also reply with いいえ.

These are some handy terms that might be useful for some everyday instances. As much as I wish it was, Japanese language is not about learning funny and interesting terms. However boring things like grammar and some other stuff are usually the important things that make up the important parts of the Japanese language. So minnasan, gambatte kudasai.

Besides these terms, I would like to introduce everyone to the different writing styles that Japanese uses. I'm sure some of you are familiar with these, particularly those who did Japanese language in poly. but for the benefit of those who do not know, I'll explain them. For those who know, this might be a good time to re-memorise them again~ hohoho.

Hiragana
The hiragana writing style is the writing style that is most commonly used. It shares the same system as the English alphabets system. When reading however, Japanese language is much easier. One example is "mi". In English, "mi" can be read as me or ma (as in mine) and many others. However me (め) in the Japanese system will always be read as め**.

There are a total of 46 characters and each of them mean a specific sound. You can see the whole chart here. I do not expect you guys to memorize them all since there is not a practical use of them for you guys as of yet. However, when reading through words that I used hiragana, please try to identify them instead of completely ignoring them. It really helps and one day I'm sure you will be able to read paragraphs of hiragana with no problem.

**The pronunciation of the "e" column is not similar to English. e sounds like eh, ke sounds like keh, me sounds like meh. For the actual sound, please follow the link to the hiragana chart that I have provided. There is an option that allows you to hear the sound of the character so please make use of it when in doubt.

Katakana
The katakana writing system is entirely similar to the hiragana but it is generally reserved for loan words and foreign names such as television (terebi テレビ) and Singapore (shingapooru シンガポール）. Katakana characters appears to be straighter and sharper when compared to hiragana, which appears to be rounder. Therefore, if you ever encounter katakana characters, you can be sure it is likely an imported word.
Here is the link to the katakana chart.

Kanji
Kanji or 漢字, as the characters suggest, are words that are borrowed from Chinese characters. They are used together with hiragana for the ease of reading. For example "to eat" can be written as たべます or 食べます. The latter would give the reader that it has something to do with food in a glance.

They usually share similar meanings but often differ in reading. Also, unlike Chinese characters, each kanji often has several different ways to read. How it is to be read depends on how it is used in a sentence. However, I don't think there is a need to understand that far yet.

And I'm done! This concludes the lesson one of my mini Japanese class! See you next week! じゃあ　また　らいしゅう！

御飯

Onigiri 御握り

korokke コロッケ

David Cook- Always be my baby

fantastic version.. please enjoy!




we were as one babe
for a moment in time
and it seemed everlasting
that you would always be mine
now you want to be free
so I'm letting you fly
cause I know in my heart babe
our love will never die no

you'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
girl don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on
time can't erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

i ain't gonna cry no
and i won't beg you to stay
if you're determined to leave girl
I will not stand in your way
but inevitably you'll be back again
cause ya know in your heart babe
our love will never end no
you'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
girl don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on
time can't erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby

I know that you'll be back girl
when your days and your nights get a little bit colder ooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back, baby
oh, baby believe me it's only a matter of time

you'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
girl don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on
time cant erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my
my baby

you'll always be a part of me (you will always be)
i'm part of you indefinitely
girl don't you know you can't escape me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
and we'll linger on (we will linger)
time cant erase a feeling this strong
no way you're never gonna shake me
ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby

always be my baby

Just a thought

maybe if i become a psychologist one day, i will do a research titled: "Reasons why some people blog for 3months and give up while others write forever."

Crea Scoopy

09' Sem 1!

Hi all, I'm back again..

After my 3mths break, I'm back at this little aussie kampong. My term started off pretty rough, almost causing me to be stuck at the airport and loaded with toilet paper.

Just some tips when traveling:

• Always carry the currency of the country you are traveling to.
• Even if you do not, AT LEAST carry currency of you own country.
• If you own the ATM card of the country you are going to, please remember you PIN.
• If you think that you will not remember the PIN, please write it down and keep it save.
• If you do, please remember that you have wrote it down before trying to block your card by having too much wrong tries.
• Sorrowful and anguish emotions will embrace you if you happen to find your PIN after you block your card.
• Prepaid phone cards, be it your home country or the destination country, will never work without credit balance.

Yes and that pretty much sums up all the possible mistakes you could make, all of which I have made. Only through a godsent miracle did I manage to get out of Brisbane International Airport and safely arrive at Goldcoast.

The rest of the week was not smooth flowing too.. I have been hungry, ill and embarrassed a couple of times accompanied by many hot and sleepless nights. Thank goodness, however, that things are taking a turn for the better.

Not sure if it was featured in the the Singapore news but a cyclone named Hamish appeared near the shores of Queensland around a week ago. It started with an intensity rating of 4/5 and travelled south towards Goldcoast. After a few days however, Hamish changed course back north and died down. Peace and justice prevails yet again.

I've taken up basic japanese again! Hopefully this would be the very last time I will ever have to again. My japanese education have had a long history that dated back to when I was in primary school which I begin my first self-taught japanese lessons online. Up to date, I have had 3-4 formal basic japanese lesson but unfortunately, have never proceeded to Advance Japanese due to the fact that i nv mastered reading and writing. This time, I'll make sure I do.. yoroshiku!

Freedom!

yea i finish my exams ler!
finally can relax ler.. even though im not sure about my results.. hmm abit scare cos i tink got some didn't do too well...
hmm but dun tink liao la.. since over ler...

Recently i heard about Australia's road system. Besides the usual vehicles classification, there is a classification of vehicle here called moped. And this is what I saw:

A moped is defined as a motorbike with a motor of 50 millilitres (ml) capacity or less and with a manufacturers top rated speed of 50 kilometres per hour (km/h).

What it means is that this moped refers to a scooter with an engine capacity of 50cc or less and can only travel at a top speed of 50km/h.

A CAR or motorbike licence is required to ride a moped on roads or road-related areas.

and therefore, i want to announce that... *ahem*...

I WAN TO GET A MOPED!

hahah yea I'm so happy and excited!! Can ride bike leh!! Even though only can go 50km/hr but I'm very happy ler~~! Then got many advantages.. think I write in point form.. cos too many good points liao (muhahaha)

1. Don't need to own a bike licence! I can buy and play with it anytime!
2. Its a scooter! very style!
3. Can ownself paint and design! my very own!
4. It is very fuel efficient.. 1 liter of petrol can go max around 75km lidat!
5. One time pump until full tank also oni around $5-6 lidat
6. No more hour long bus waits!
7. Finish grocery shopping jus throw everything into the scooter and can go off liao!
8. Can order fast foods from a drive through!
9. Now learn liao next time go back sg wan to get test bike licence also easy!

How i wish now can jus go out and buy.. but then going back sg ler.. tink go ask my parents first.. if they allow then shiok! haha got extra fundings to buy my scooter. If dun allow.. DUN CARE! I STILL BUY! LOL.

Haiya... so happy.. tink tonite cannot slp again liao~~

I'm back! (but only for a short while)

Halo!
so sorry for being MIA for the pass few mths!
getting lazy ler... partly becos loading pictures on blogger is such a chore!
also got alot of assignment~ haha haven't been so stressed in such a long while ler..

Firstly, everyone, I'm doing fine!
I'm in the mids of exam and the huge materials i have too squash into my tiny brain is much more then i can handle.. nevertheless, I'll try my best.

Haven't been out much for fun and games but I've developed a huge craving for sg de food!
oh the thought of it... I'm hungry ler la!

First and foremost, i wan to miss my POPIAH. Especially the yishun 925 one. Auntie might have drugged it.
Also not forgetting NYP FJ de yaun wei chao fun, original FRIED RICE. It has been through hard times with me, basically because everytime i think of it i have to go through a hard time.
Every time think of NYP FJ, of cos also mus tink of the BAN MIAN! Good job ban mian.. and f those morons that took over NYP FJ! It will be a craving i will never be able to satisfy.. *sad*
I also wan to miss BAK CHOR MEE... the bak chor that rolls on my desperate tongue.
Also, i must miss HAINANIS CHICKEN RICE... esp the rice... the oil rice.... ar my stomach~~
Not forgetting also is my zup chai tiam's SWEET AND SOUR PORK(Which I know how to make!), POTATO DISH and the EGG TOFU DISH. I apologise to potato dish and egg tofu dish for not knowing their offical dish name. However, do not be sad. I miss you just as much.
Last but not least, before she pull my ear, I would also like to miss my GF.. even though so far apart, she have been with me through thick and thin.
MY BELOVED FRIENDS, thanks for going chalet without me (lol). Nvm i still miss you all.
Offically wish kh ws and coming xt's bird days.. happy bird day.
If there is any sg food that i forget to miss, im sorry, i miss you too.

okie go back study for exam liao, on an empty stomach...

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!

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!

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*