-Moody-

I should be feeling happy now that exams are finally over. But I'm not. I dont know why either. Today was probably the worst day I ever had here. I cried and threw my temper at Mike.

I officially moved out of my room today. Spent the entire Saturday night and Sunday morning packing and clearing my room. And finally, did all the paper work for moving out today. It was kinda stressful. Never knew packing was so troublesome, didnt seem that difficult when I was unpacking and moving in. Somehow, the opposite process of moving out took a major toll on me. And if everyone's wondering what's the big fuss about moving out, well its cos we have this house inspection thingy where someone from the housing department comes and inspect the place, making sure everything's fine, working and clean. So I had to clean up my room, wipe it sparkling clean, wash my toilet and sink, clean up the common areas like the living room and kitchen as well. Not easy, especially when I finished everything in like 3 hours... Urgh, I make the perfect houseMAID I tell you...

So, I guess I was totally stressed out by this moving out hassle that I just burst into tears this morning when I woke up late. Well, not exactly very late... My house inspection was at 12noon, I woke up at 1030, which means I only have 1.5 hours to do my last minute cleaning. Yeah, being the kan cheong spider that I am, situations like this freak me out. So that's moody expression number 1

Moody expression number 2 came when Mike and I were in the city. He wanted to play games (Warcraft 3 again) at the internet cafe while I wanted to have my dinner and go to the frisbee game which we originally planned. Under normal circumstances, I would have been pretty cool about it. I would have been fine having dinner alone and go for my game on my own afterwards. But no, I unreasonably told him that I'm just gonna go, and when he said he's not gonna play since I was so upset, I still went on and stomped out of the cafe. Weird... I couldnt understand why I reacted that way too...

I think its PMS plus stress = Unreasonable, moody, depressed Liyan

Someone cheer me up.
I hope my Melbourne-Sydney trip will do the trick. Flying off on Wednesday, can't wait..,

Another Down.

I hate studying for exams. Yes, I know no one does. But I just wanna complain still. Who wants to join me?

I'm staying indoors so often cos I would feel guilty if I went out. (Not that I've got many places to go to, I just don't like the feeling that I don't have a choice but to stay home.) I'm spending my time staring at my books. (Note the word staring, not reading, not understanding...) I think the time could be put to much better use if I was out shopping, picnic-ing or playing games.. heh heh..

Anyway, my final paper is on Saturday - 26/11/05. Just 2 days away. Good and bad. Good cos (duh, isn't it obvious) I'm finally free to whatever I want, even if it means sitting around not having anything to do, and as some people call it - wasting my life away... And Bad cos I havent finished studying... Yep, coming from me. Just not in the mood to bury myself in my notes, its the symptoms of Exams overdose, also typical of Freedom Withdrawal Symptoms. The Uni should be more lenient when they mark papers taken on the last day of exams cos the students would most likely suffer from this syndrome (yeah, like me).

Okay, I'm not making much sense here. BAHHH

Can't wait to get myself a new laptop when I get back. Who wanna volunteer to go Sim Lim with me and check it out?

Looking forward to 20/12/05 - Home Sweet Home.

As for now, time to stare at books. The "sane" me will be back on Saturday.

Signing off,
Insane nayiL

I love Penang!

Nope, not the state in M'sia, but the little "coffee shop" like place at Rundle Mall (the most popular shopping area in Adelaide) which sells pretty good SG and M'sia delicacies... YUM...

This is called "Combination Sar Horfun" - Combination as in combination of seafood (a few tiny prawns and fish cake!!) and meat... guess the price...
AUD$8.50 - Extortionate...


The 2 dishes we ordered: the other one's "Salted Fish Fried Rice" Again, guess the price...
AUD$7.90 - Pricey...


When east meets west!

Of coz, this set of cutlery was used by Mike... who apparently can't use chopsticks!

Because of the exorbitant prices and also because the food was sooooo yummy, this was what's left of our meal...


Sigh, can never get over the way stuff are priced here. Sometimes its not that I cant afford the food, its just that I dont feel that the food are worth the price! But this of coz, doesnt apply to Penang...

A little pic of me..

1 down, 2 to go

Sat for a paper today, not too bad, in fact I think I did well. Its been one year since I last sat for an exam, and this long period of abstinence (from exams of coz) actually made me very nervous and worried. I always thought that I'm someone who is "exam smart". Somehow I will manage to get decent grades for my exams as long as I put in a lil effort to get some facts. But of coz, this only apply for science related papers. I'm not someone who can do well for artsy fartsy stuff... Anyway, I spent one entire week studying for this paper, sitting down, reading and writing stuff for at least 5 hours a day. I think its all that intense studying that adds the pressure to this paper. Because I spent so much time preparing for it, I expect to perform in proportion to the amount of time spent (aka do very very well). Oh well, I expecting a high distinction for it, or if not, at least a distinction to keep me happy.

With this paper over and done with, I'm left with 2 more papers. One on the 24th, the other on the 26th. Havent started at all for any of the two, but not too worried... YET... panick usually strikes when you're like a day from the exam itself? heh heh Anywayz the 2 papers are sort of complementary, so studying for one actually helps the understanding of the other. So yup, no sweat! (I wish ah..)

Sigh, I think I've put on weight. Yes, girls and their obsession with weight. But just let me be a lil bimbotic here for a while. When I first arrived here, I actually lost 3 kilos. Think I was adjusting to the climate here and eating healthy food coz I was cooking all the time. Now, not only have I regained all my 3 kilos, I think I've gained extra 1 kilo... DAMN... Now I'm getting lazier and lazier. I'm cooking less and eating out more. And hanging out with Mike doesnt help. Mike likes dairy stuff and hence eats pizza all the time. Plus, he's generous, he'll always order extra to feed me. So with all that fatty food coming in, and less healthy home cooked food, my tummy's growing bigger by the day. SIGH... if only I can take a picture of my "tum tum", you'll know what I mean... SIGH... Did I mention that I havent been exercising much lately as well? F**king exams! (Hang out too much with Mike already! =P)

Anywayz, besides Dean, who else wants the Le Coq t shirt? Tell me soon, otherwise no more sale and it'll be 40 bucks, I cant afford that!

K, bedtime, slept only 4 hours last night coz I was doing last minute revision for my stupid exam... Zzzzzzzz

Pictures Finally...

A picture paints a thousand words. So here, I'm gonna paint six thousand words...



My study area, always messy, luckily its big enough for me to spread my mess.



And when I'm bored with the studying, I'll look out my window to enjoy the scenary. It looks better on other days when its bright and sunny, coz I actually get to see the sea-line...



And when I get real bored, I'll be flipping through this...

Somehow, I got really very bored (aka finished flipping thru' the magazine)and decided to take pictures of the stuff I bought last Friday...


The cool clubbing top & elegant poncho



The chic Le coq t shirts.. so chic that I bought 3 of different colours... hur hur...



And lastly me trying to look sweet with the flower I plucked from outside Mike's door =P

Actions speak louder than words

I don't believe you when you say you can complete your assignment in a couple of hours
I don't believe you when you say you can cook XXX dish
I don't believe you when you say YYY happened to you when you were young
I don't believe you when you say you have that much self control
I don't believe you when you say you can fly
Prove it to me, and I'll know you didnt lie...

Last 3 weeks of term

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Time Flies... Sigh... Its study week now, meaning no classes, meaning I've gotta stay home to study. How fun. My first paper starts on the 16th and it'll be a full week later that I'll have my 2nd paper. Nice... Means I'll only have to focus on this one paper now. But this also means one full week of agony, fretting over the module, while some other people have finished their exams. Not Nice...

Now for something nice. I've finally settled my end of semester tour with Joyce. Booked the air tickets and accomodation, going for the cheapest deal in everything. Yup, that's travel for those who have a tight budget. We're gonna fly from Adelaide to Melbourne early in the morning at 8.55am, stay in Melbourne for 4 days and then head to Sydney by an overnight train, stay in Sydney for another 4 days and finally head home by flight. Oh the return flight is at 6.55am cos its the cheapest. (Madness) The total cost?

Flight : Ade - Mel : AUD$49
Train : Mel - Syd : AUD$?? ( Havent book yet)
Flight : Syd - Mel : AUD$115
Accomodation: Mel (2N) : AUD$18 x 2
Syd (3N) : AUD$22 x 3
Total (Excluding train) : AUD$266

Doesnt sound too expensive, which is good, cos this means that I've got more spare cash to shop! Yay! Oh did I mention that I'm gonna crash at my friend's bro's place to save on one night of accomodation? Haha, that's how cheapo we are! =P

Went shopping last Friday and bought heaps of stuff. Well actually not heaps, but still quite alot! Not all of which were for myself though, half of them were Christmas pressies! Yup, for you guys back home... (Aint I sweet???) Anyway the stuff I bought were all stuff that's on sale, but its the thoughts that count right??? Bought this cool looking clubbing top for $7, this elegant looking black knitted poncho for $10 (what a steal!) and this chic looking Le Coq t shirt for $12 (its a rip off!). Shall upload the pictures next time if I have the time to take pictures of them. Heh heh... Kinda lazy and busy now. Spent the whole of yesterday studying for my exam, gonna spend the whole of today studying too... I HOPE...

Been having a sore throat for the past 2 days. Its really killing me. I hate sore throats... Cough non-stop, throat feels dry, head feels heavy, body feels feverish and worst of all, I feel like CRAP. This feeling makes studying a chore. URGHHHH

Have been staying home since last Friday, need to breathe some fresh air! Tomorrow night Joyce is gonna bring me to Harbour Town. Apparently they sell lots of cheap branded stuff there, get more Christmas presents?? Heh heh...

Time to hit the books again...

BOYS

Seriously, what's with warcraft 3? Why are boys so into the game? Or in general, why do boys get so engrossed with games that they can forgo almost everything? Mike's been spending hours and hours at that stupid game. I'm not complaining cos he's not spending enough time with me, I'm complaining cos its ridiculous. I mean an hour or 2 a day playing games is fine. But when it gets to 6 to 8 hours just playing the game, something's seriously wrong. Plus, its exams period now, he's got 2 major essays due and he hasnt even started. Someone, please teach me how to get him out of this!

I'm seriously annoyed by this stupid thing, what happened to the self control a 24 year old man should have? Just thinking about this makes me mad. I havent seen anyone play games from 10pm till dawn the next day. That's just how serious his addiction is. Its driving me nuts..

I just completed a major assignment that's 60% of my final grade. Feel like relaxing, just spending the night doing nothing, or perhaps spend the night watching tv or something. Just chilling out.. but gosh, guess who had to spoil my night?

Too irritated to write anything interesting now. Gonna watch ELVIS on tv...