Culture shock..!

After my 1st day of school I realized there are a few differences here from the local polys in Singapore. That was the closest match then.

Here, the lecturers don't care whether you come for lessons, they start the class and see how many people are there, and carry on. There's no attendance marking. neither in tutorial or labs. And labs and tutorials are pretty much similar to each other.

Went down for aikido yesterday. Class was really small. I think the people in Australia prefer blood sports, such as kickboxing. But then well, I enjoy the class and I'm starting from basics again, so tuning up my techniques. Informed the instructor of my current grade. Got quite a weird response, but seriously I quite like the guy, he's really tedious teacher.

Yawn. School Starts. Today...

End of my holiday mood.

My 1st lecture is at 1.30pm, in Software Engineering Fundamentals., but not so sure what goes on in this module though. Followed by Web3d Technologies Tutorial and Lecture. Don't think there's any tutorial for the 1st week though, still gotta go down and check it out and purchase my lecture notes from the bookshop at the same time. Went down to the flea market at Vic market yesterday, got this really cool T-shirt, there's this two other designs that I wanna get from there. And you know what? Its' open tomorrow and I have no classes then. Yeah!

But need to revise for today lecture yup. lotsa money been spend for this education. Urgh..

Yesterday ate my newly concocted mushroom chicken with penne soup. Yummi...!

Wonder is Jiayan or Huihui coming down in June? Well, its a long way to go..

Combat Engineers. My Floor.

Back to blog again for this week.

Being really bored recently. Everyone has their own orientation or timetable to settle, no time for good o' friends gathering. Well, I can't blame them and I won't. Its not my fault that I kiasu and settled my timetable 1 hour after it opened up for registration right?

Funny thing is, the singaporeans on the 1st level, which is my floor, especially the guys, are all from Combat Engineers. Wtf. A Real Coincidence. So well, my group busy for me, so I just go meet some other people yeah? Met this guy from RM 315, nice guy, abit klutzy when cooking, but well, it also took me some time to learn how to hold the spatula though. Then he brought me to meet this cute Hongkong babe, I didn't really see her fully, since she was hiding behind the door. The people in this private apt really have this habit, its like, if its someone bad, he/she will just need to push the door, and u will be pushed back by the damn heavy door. My advice is, open a slight gap if you must, but pls don't hide behind the door. Later I went downstairs, met this Singaporean girl who just moved in few days ago, I think. don't really quite remember. I didn't ask her for her name though, just know that she stays in RM305. Recognized her by her singlish accent. Then met a local student at the orientation yesterday, she was chinese-thai, 19, by the name of Paula. Jus got her contact for further chatting maybe. And hell, my phone's out of credit. think i should take a jog at 7 tmr down to 7-11 for a recharge.

Dennis came by today, to buy his bedsheet and pillow. It got me thinking, I should consider to wash my bedsheet soon. Hope I have a spare sheet around...School's going to start next week. Gotta start preparation, and buying my lecture notes. Juz a look at my lecture notes yesterday, almost fainted...Javascript? Oh noooo...Mugging time is gonna start. Think one of these days i should make a trip down to the BIZ sch bookshop to look for my lecture notes. Lets see, Monday...1st lesson starts at 1.30, till 8pm. Software Engineering Fundamentals and Web3D Technologies...I only got da book for the latter.

Chow Time: Home-Cooked Food!

Time is been spent well, but money matters is another thing.

The food here is really expensive, though the quantity is rather huge. But well, since the Victoria Market is so near my place, we decided to start learning how to cook on our own.

Each of us plays the role of the:
1. Master Chef = Daniel
2. Apprentice Chef = Terence, Leonard

And we started cooking! These few days, all we did what just to stay at home for lunch and dinner, cooking lamb, beef, pasta and such!

You can view the pics here. :P

Got my Student Card!

Went down to RMIT to settle my student card today. Really long queue though.
This freaking Internet Server is getting on my NERVES!!! I can't even UPLOAD a single file properly! #$#%

My Student Card.

Happy Chinese New Year...Ang Bao loss.

Happy New Year...

Well, here's some well wishes. But crap, my internet cable malfunctioned early this morning. Luckily, Wesley was able to loan me his extra cable and yes, it worked just fine. And now, I'm going to test to see whether my stupid excuse of a photo upload does work at all. Its really fustrating, regarding SHA's limit on bandwidth transfer of 10GB per month, and you know what? It includes the upload and download. Sheesh.




And this is RMIT University.







And This is the really cool sunset by Yarra River.
(Notice the shape of the sun..)
My poor ang baos. Lost in Singapore while I'm here. I'll have to watch my budget here. Anyway, I've learned to cook some great stuff, will be posting pics of them soon, provided they can be uploaded. I'm going to call the ISP tomorrow to check regarding the restrictions. :P

1. Pasta with Tomato Puree and Red Wine Sauce
2. Bacon
3. Beef Stew
4. Sambal Mushroom
5. Bacon 'N' Mushroom
6. Stir-Fry Beef
7 Stir-Fry Kangaroo Meat.
(It was a new dish though, felt it tasted something like liver.)

Made a bunch of new friends.
1. Anson
2. Daniel
3. Blake
4. Paco
5. Aloysius
6. Wesley
7. Raymond
8. Victor

1st day of Enrolment

Time passes by really fast when u least expected it to.

Juz today I was at the University to complete the rest of my enrolment, funny thing was that the Hub was overwhelmed by the number of applications today, ended up with insufficient cards for the making of the Student Card.

Will be going to school this few day for the computer science induction programme. Hope I don't get lost after so long time in National Service. Wish me luck.

Gotta buck up if I wanna clear these 2:
1. Programming 3.
2. Software Engineering Fundamentals.

There's some problem with the stupid Internet connection, I can't upload pics, hopefully it isn't cos' I got an awful lot of pics to upload. Damn. And the pics are too big, gotta use Fireworks to edit the pics, if all else failes, please goto my photo album to check out the pics k?

I'm back.

After a long hiatus, I'm finally back.

Life in Melbourne is so laid-back. I'm enjoying a can of foster's as I write. And its true, you can almost get all the four seasons in a day.

Was so happy on the day I flown, not because I disliked staying in Singapore, but more to the number of friends who came to send me off. So touched. Had lunch with Xian early in the noon. Then he still came to send me. Well, james as an exception though.


Spent one week with my father in Melbourne, went around to settle my bank account, fees and groceries, woah...went to Great Ocean Road, saw the nice rock formations. went down to take a look in my school. Lotsa nice stuff to look at and feel.

Shit. Cannot upload .

The day is...today.

Well, guess I'm leaving today. In the evening, there's people to see me off, happy that I matter in their life, for those who cannot make it, happy that I'm there in their heart. For those who have made me something, I'm sorry I can't get it from you in time. Very sorry, but my heart will always treasure you. For those who care for me, God bless you.

For those who like blasting me here, I'm sorry for watever shit I gave you, sorry for caring too much about you, guess its not something you deserve. For those who keep asking when and where I'm going, bloody hell, I've already repeated upteem times.

Funny, I still get the feeling that I'm not going there for a year, yes I know, time passes by fast, soon it will be a year and I'll be back..but I've been in Singapore all my life. I love this little island, the Merlion. where to find?

My friends here, relatives, grandmas.


My Siblings. Take Care.


My Grandma. You are always in my heart..


My Other Grandma. You were there for me...I remember.


Friends's Class. (2007)


My Class. (2007)

I will miss you guys.

Arrows on the Target.

5 more days before I leave Singapore.

Had a farewell dinner with my relatives yesterday at this Cafe 211 at Holland Village, well yeah, my hair sucked, sorta, need to get a proper haircut before I leave. Its nuts to spur 15 bucks on the hair, ya know.

The Pics are Here:

Then today, went down to DmArchery to practice shooting some arrows and to get Henry to understand what "focus" means. Turns out that I somewhat got him addicted to shooting. Oh my Goodness. And he is so pro in shooting. Talented, got wushu/aikido/tajiquan etc, still got this.



I got a few good shots too, but forgot to take them down, two arrows at the bullseye together, Wasted!

And one of my better ones.

Our Pose in Shootin'

But to say the truth. I like this the most.

Pic of the Day!!!

Katong Laksa...Missing You.

Wao. Katong Laksa never tasted so nice. Its not that I never eat before...but just that thinking about missing it for the next 10 months or so. Feel so sad.

Zixian came over to my place today, 2nd time playing Winning Eleven on the PS2, bloody hell. I sux at soccer. Guess I only can win in FIFA Street 2 and Street Ball. Haha. Kao, I played Soul Calibur with him and lost the first round. My Goodness. Haha.

Now, about sending off. Alot of friends say that they willl send me off, but really, I doubt most who said will be coming, cos its abit too late for them, and its Ladies' Nite. Boo Hoo.

Then need to settle my arrival service with RMIT...pay rest of my semester school fees. Wah lau. Never say when need to pay. Then gotta choose modules for major, slog and mug. wack exams and assigment. Keng during the aikido, maybe take up Wing Chun. Hope its cheaper than SG. Maybe get a girl or two. haha. Getting people 'romantically' interested in me is unbelievable, even for myself. Which girl will be so great..? Gee.