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THE JOURNEY
of how far we came, in words of mine.

It was all in His plans for me to study in Sydney. Now that I'm here, it's up to me to shine His light.

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FLY AWAY TO SYD
on the journey to Sydney.

4 years in Sydney is an awefully long time.
Catch me before I fly away, cause I'm having the time of my life.
Friends come and go, but the close ones never part irregardless of the distance.


Tuesday, July 31, 2007
01:37

i woke up at 8am this morning on knowing that i have 13 tutorial qns to do for my capital markets tutorial in the evening. so disgusting. wht makes it worse was tht the morning is so cold, i had to literally drag myself out of bed to start doing work. managed to finish in time for some maggi mee as lunch and to walk to school.

today is good because i finally got my 15m ethernet cable. though its a bit on the pricey side, i'm happy to sit in my room with my internet. especially with the freezing temperatures today. at least i;ve started to do some work, proving some people wrong.

guess what? i walked out of the same lecture again. the same old capital markets lecture and an african lecturer with a thick accent. 3/4 of the time, i'm trying to figure out wht is he saying. i ended up falling asleep again. HAHA. therefore, i walked out on the hour mark.

QMA lect wasnt tht bad, it was just filled with truckloads of asia students. a mini gathering of all the commerce students eh? haha. then it was capital markets tutorial, where i was pretending tht i nvr do the tut. haha. damn funny. the tutor spent 30min making us interact with each other. and the whole class is filled of people from SEA and CHINA. holy crap. not a single aussie.

i had dinner outside again. SMART. and i realised i only have 70 dollars left till next week, excluding the fees i have to pay for the badminton competition. maybe i should really start eating in. dont shop so much. save money for nice food and holidays. :D

i've just calculated, i only have 270 per fortnight excluding rent and the 350 i intend to save for emergency and other uses. and this 270 includes badminton, shopping and eating. which means tht i actually do have to cook everyday. no more eating out everyday. arh!!!!


Monday, July 30, 2007
00:21

what a whirlwind of 3 days. i've been out partying everyday since thursday night at the roundhouse.

FRIDAY
celebrated Sarah Goh's birthday at Choga, Quay Street. the korean bbq was good. but it was too filling, we could not finish the food. weisheng gave me a lift to and fro the city. it was a two-seater sports car. not too bad. headed off to the house warming of Suresh, Jia Hao and Wilson at Barker Street. had drinks the whole night. and i think i KO-ed at bout 3+ am. i was so drunk. thankfully i didn puke. i drank flaming lamborgini and i burnt part of my fringe. sigh. then i also drank tequila shots, beer, baileys, rum and etc. woke up the next morning at Sherwin's place at 11am. crazy day.

SATURDAY
so at 11am, i took a lift from weisheng (again) back home. didn really sleep. bathed and i went to meet Sagar for lunch. had Subway. headed back home and waited for Sherwin to re-format by laptop. BUT he didn manage to do tht, instead he wiped out my externat harddisk with ALL my photos, notes and most importantly, my drama serials and movies. I need them to survive sydney other than the internet. sheesh.

coming along, we headed down to Nabil, Cheng En, Ian and Rueben's house warming. didn stay there too long. left for Star City, which is the largest casino in Sydney. went to check out the place, but i didn gamble. anyway, if i gamble, i'll lose for sure. :) played pool there. it wasnt too bad. have subway at bout 4+ am, till weisheng sent me home again. :D so nice of him.

SUNDAY
so i slept till 11+, and i woke up to ge tready for badminton training. the moment i went in, without warming up, i had to do physical training. this sucked cause its been more than a year since i last had physical. it was horrendous cause with cold legs, i had to start sprinting. shucks. then we had circuit training which totally killed me. i think i gave my coach, james, a bad impression as i was totalling finding means and ways to slack off. i just couldn do it. racket training wasnt too bad tho.

one funny convo during trg.
James: Hi, i'm the coach here, James. What's your name?
Me: My name's Shu. (i introduce my name as Shu to people whom i think cant pronounce Shu Wen).
Zong: Hi, my name is Slippers.

see the connection? Shu sounds like shoe. it was funny but a lil insulting too. oh wells. i had to forgive zong. he's a kid.

oh, and my flatmate renard slipped me a note under my door this morning when i was still sleeping. AND, he addressed me as Shoe Wen. this is so bad. to think he's a malaysian chinese and he cant spell hanyu pinyin. f**k.

continuing with my day, headed off to Sherwin's house for my first meal of the day. he cooked for me, saying tht its for wiping out my entire hard disk. walked back home after tht. i'm so tired after trg, i tried to read my textbook, but i could not absorb a single thing. had to read the lines 3 times before it could even register into my head. this is how tired i am. Sagar came over to my room to chill out a bit, before we head off to guatam's to extract some videos from him. thankfully for him, if not i'ld have murdered Sherwin. Sagar left to eat his dinner at randwick junction and to buy supper back for me. so much for studying. haha.

so right now, i'm sitting in the living room using the blardie internet. chatted with my mom and dad. haiis, having mixed feelings now tht i've chatted with them. i just dont know anything anymore. like i want to help out, but i'm powerless? its been so many yrs, when can i ever get the courage to correct the wrongs and failures? please dont tell me i'm running away again? but then again, i'm ALREADY away. haha. i'll get by.

yep, i'm really tired from training today so i'm going to celebrate to the earliest night i have in Sydney. oh, and i'm so not ready for competition next weekend. i dont even have my feel of the racket back yet. this takes at least 2 weeks. partnering Sarah for C grade ladies doubles, and ah lo for C grade mixed doubles. i'm so going to screwed up. haha.

alrighty, ciao.


Thursday, July 26, 2007
22:59

i have 2 friends birthday tmrr. Sarah and Sarah. both 20 years old. How coincidental. well, too bad they dont have the same surnames. So technically, its Sarah Goh and Sarah Teo. haha. going for Sarah Goh's birthday dinner in the city tmrr night.

hmphs, the simpsons wasnt too bad. catched it at ritz just now. the rest went to sch for the start of school party. but i was tired, so i didn go. then Grace Foo called me just now asking me where i was. and all i saw was Grace, so i naturally thought of Grace Goh (whom i watched movie with just now). the conversation was so weird until i realised which grace it was.

Do i look like i party a lot? haha. maybe. but i'm tired. plus i have a long day tmrr, with Sagar coming and all. i'll definitely go the next time. :)


Continuing this post, i did go to the Round House last night. walked along wansey road alone at 11-ish. it was pretty safe. reached school slightly before 12 and i saw some of my friends walking home alr! well, i met ppl in there, and we had a good time. apparently the music before 12 was rubbish. but after 12, it was hip-hop and r&b. it was good music. party ended at 2am. was in bed by 330.

Moral of the story: i look like i party often, and maybe i do. :)


13:12




this are photos of erica's AUSSIE citizenship ceremony. the one on top is sydney's town hall along george street. it was where the ceremony is held.





chandeliers in the ceremonial hall.





the stage in the town hall. pretty extravagant. :)





martin and erica at kinokuniya. i don't know why they started taking so many photos there.





Queen Victoria's statue in front of the Queen Victoria Building (QVB).






erica taking photo with a plaque at the town hall.







martin, me, erica, sherwin.






erica waiting for her turn to go on stage.







me, erica, elisa.


00:03

YAY! i have a new blogskin. now this looks better. its pretty cool. i like black and grey.


my day today isnt tht bad, other than the fact tht i purposely MISSED my QMA lecture. well, darren told me tht its on functions. the same tht i learned in O and A lvls. so yep. all i need to do is just copy lecture notes. hopefully i can get a HD for it.


had dinner with sherwin and weisheng at KFC (Kingsford Chinese Restaurant). not bad. considering the amount of donuts and muffins i had for the past few days, the dinner is more than satisfactory. haha.


well well, tmrr is laundry day. have to wake up earlier than usual. i wonder if i'll study later tonight. laters.
P.S. will post some pics up soon. :)


Wednesday, July 25, 2007
00:16

i've been blogging a lot lately, cause i'm so free. i have nothing to do, exceot to read the textbook. i TRIED, but every paragraph i read, i have to play a game of solitare/spider solitare/free cell. this is how bored i am. SHIT. to think my aim is to get at least a Distinction for all my modules this sem.


lect today was better than yesterday. at least i didn walk out halfway. but the lecture itself ended 30min earlier. and the overall costs for all my textbooks and lecture notes cost 350 dollars. and its only for one sem!! sheesh. i must get it from singapore the next time. save money.


went for a badminton games session today. pretty tired now. having a backache. but its good exercise. its been 4 months since i last exercised or played badminton. yea. pretty cool. i met more friends. then one from vjc too. quite good to feel at home. i should be joining the badminton team. more activities keeps me occupied. yeap. ciao-


Tuesday, July 24, 2007
12:50

this is the cupboard in my room now. its a bit messy but i dont intend to decorate it or anything. cause chances are, i'll be moving out next yr. i have a section full of food. haha. like all the maggi mee and stuffs.


some people are born great, others have greatness thrusted upon them.


Monday, July 23, 2007
22:51

SUNDAY NIGHTS IN SYDNEY ARE SO DARN BORING.


finally met up with sai and jerry in mulwarree. met online, so we decided to meet downstairs. sai has really cool flatmates. so damn lucky. mine are more of the study kind. haha. well, sai and i decided to go chill out and have some beer. considering the fact tht i have yet to drink for 3 weeks, it is sort of an achievement to tolerate so long. so at 11pm, we walked to randwick junction just to find out tht the royal is closed. darn. did more walking to a bus stop near our house and caught the 12pm bus to the city - circular quay. finally got our beer. went to 3 pubs, before cabbing home after tht. cheers to my first pint and cab ride in sydney.


OH! did i mention i got a new jacket? it costs like ... pretty ex. yea. so i decided not to shop for at least two weeks. and i'm not going to eat any form of donuts for at least the next one month cause right now, i'm having an overload of it. to think i trusted sherwin in buying a dozen of krispy kreme donuts. how i have to eat donuts everyday till i finish them. DISGUSTING. :(


first day of school. it was interesting. went to the capital markets lecture. after 1 hour, i just have to get out of there. and there i go, off and away. it's a waste of my time. i dont even think the lecture is useful. haha. its see how it goes tmrr. lets hope its more exciting.


watching dvd's in sai's apartment now. Night in a Museum and 40 Days and 40 Nights. and i'm using his internet and laptop too. cause my flat has 4 lan lines shared by 5 people. so yea, i cant use it so often. only late at night. sigh. tough luck.

alrighty, back to the cute josh harnett.


Friday, July 20, 2007
23:40

OMG! I FINALLY HAVE INTERNET! :D


this internet connection is so precious to me. haha. my only link to the outside world. but there are some problems on the way to getting this internet done. i'm in a mood to narrate my events for the whole week. SO, here it goes.


MONDAY
woke up early to settle my housing matters in school. then had lunch at dixon house in chinatown for some sizzling hot chicken. the chicken is so tender, it tastes like fish. AND, its cheap. i shared with erica, so i paid only 5 dollars. (please, its considered CHEAP) then we went back to her house so tht benny (erica's elder bro) can give me a lift to mulwarree - which is where i'm staying. then we went to buy one month's worth of food for me. MAGGI MEE, pasta, carrots, salad, milk, yoghurt, campbell soup. see how wonderful my diet is? then at night, its pratas at grace's place.


TUESDAY
my first day w/o erica. walked to school along the race course. took 20mins. and yea, the air was fresh except for the horse dung. met with asia campus friends in school and i decided to just watch harry potter. spent my night watch korean dramas. so not cool.


WEDNESDAY
went to school to continue with some enrolment stuff. then i followed nabil, ian, cheng en, reuben to visit their new living accomodation. i'm so bored, so i'll just follow anyone who comes along and asks me out. haha. SERIOUSLY, i think their accomodation is worse than mine. haha. it was followed by another long walk to sign the lease, and a short rest at their randwick lodge. thankfully i msged grace. tht's how i found programmes for the night. we went to the city to eat. not bad. dixon house again, cause erica didn want us to eat madang. then homee.


THURSDAY
did laundry for the first time. and my clothes are not even 1/4 the max load. but i've got no choice cause i've got NOT MUCH CLOTHES. haha. spent like 2 bucks. oh, but before tht, i also handwashed my own underwears and socks. haha. so proud of myself for washing and ironing. yay. its not as bad as it seems. all u have to do is get two 1 dollar coins, washing powder, and ur dirty laundry. wait for bout 30 - 45 min. and just hang the clothes thereafter. see, now i'm an expert. i was so bored in the afternoon. luckily i contacted sarah to watch dvds at night. shelley picked me up after work. ate pizza and watch dvds. the illusionist and one last kiss. the illusionist is great. but one last kiss is a waste of money. sarah drove me home, which is only a 5min drive from her place. yea, and apparently she got lost after sending me home. haha. FUNNY.


i really dno who to pity - sarah or shelley. sigh. but its so funny when they talk. sheesh.


FRIDAY
walked to school in the rain. thank goodness the cashmere jacket dried up after tht. the wind was so strong, i felt i was being blown away if i was any lighter. makes me wonder if i should eat more. CAUSE: i'm losing weight. yes, i'm losing weight in winter. unlike wht ppl tell me, saying tht i'll eat more in winter. let me lend in on a secret. for once in 2 1/2 years, i'm below 55kg. haha. so happy. i think by december, i'll reach 50kg. which, is very good news. but to my day: sarah woke up late. so i hung around in school with jay, ravish and gautum till she comes. went to east gardens with her. i bought another 10 dollar blouse. went back to her house. shelley cooked dinner. and we watched little miss sunshine together. it was not bad. then its HOME.


it feels so good narrating out. did i mention bout my house mates? yea, there's like 5 of us. 2 singaporeans, 1 malaysian, and 2 aussies. so far, i have yet to meet up with the aussies cause they aint back from hols yet. the other singaporean is a female medicine student. the malaysian is a civil engineering male which got 4 HDs the last semester. one of the aussie is an engineering yr 1 male, and the other is a female in COFA. my friends are telling me to hook up tht aussie guy. haha. i doubt so.


ever since i got here, i've enjoyed walking. i get to exercise. yea. and the reason why i'm losing weight is cause i dont get proper meals. if u're asking me, i have yet to cook. not even my instant noodles. haha. i've been surviving on muffins and bread. and i feel full. the only time i really over-eat is when i'm out eating, or when i'm in sarah's house (cause shelley sort of feeds me with food). tht's why i'm feeling fat now. shucks.


but dont worry, i'm eating multi-vitamins everyday. so it sort of replenishes wht i'm missing out everyday. the night life here is very boring. i have to find pple to go out with everyday, if not i'll be so bored. shucks. and the night life here is non-existent. even after u have dinner with ur friends, all u do when i get back is turn on the laptop and start watching movies or drama serials. this is like my lifestyle now. if i dont have it, i'll die. especially when i have no internet at times. tht;s why the internet is so darn impt.


i think this is a long enough entry to keep u entertained. i'll start sch next week. and by then, i'll be surrounded by indian guys in mulwarree. eg, gautum, sagar and sai. indians tht only drink and play. at least they keep me entertained. haha.


Tuesday, July 17, 2007
19:38

just moved into my new room yesterday. this will be my room for the next 4 months at least. i'm pretty lucky to have clean house mates. friendly? i'm not too sure yet. we'll have to find out more.


my first day w/o erica. it was pretty good. i managed to sleep and walk up at 11am. left the house at 1pm to head to school. waking along the randwick race course is smelly. ALL the horse dung. did some enrolment stuffs and watched harry potter with some of the engineering people. the walk back to mulwarree was cold and freaky. especially when i walked along the race course, cause its very dark (especially when some of the lights are off). i better find a brighter road next time.


All in all, i dont mind walking now. even if its for more than 30min. you'll nvr sweat in it. and walking keeps u warm. my room is in a mess now. i dno how to pack it up. sigh. guess i should pack till i'm tired.


winter is meant for hibernating.


Thursday, July 12, 2007
00:37

here in Sydney now. its freezing. Erica and her siblings are sleeping alr and its only 1230. sheesh. i'm here alone in the living room. msn-ing, emailing and blogging. hmphs. its so cold here. BRRRR.


alright. my first day is pretty great. settled most of my academic stuffs. when on a short sight seeing. met some of Erica's Singaporean friend. bumped into a LOT of UNSWASIA students in school. and i kept saying hi to them all. so erica got quite freaked out at how many friends i know. well, prob most are hi-bye. but tht's gd enough in a foreign land right?


the food in Sydney is ex. and so are the transport. i'm told nvr to take cab. if u're late, just stay over at a nearby friend's hse. yupps. haha. yupps. its so cold now, i'm having to wear gloves when i type. sigh. tht's all for now. i'm tired. gna chat and sleep soon. cant use too much of her internet. :/


Tuesday, July 10, 2007
14:27

i wanna learn how to fly,
now i'm really flying.


off in a few hours. so i dont really have much to say now. i shall report my findings in sydney when i get there. :D


03:31

WHY ISN'T ANYONE WRITING ON MY TAGBOARD?
-hahas


well, i just felt like saying tht cause no one is writing on it. :(( flying off in less than 24hrs. i'm quite excited. considering the fact tht my luggage is overloaded and i'll have to take a cab to erica's house on my own from the airport. it should be a pretty exciting journey. well, its not the first time i'm travelling alone on a plane. my first experience was pretty bad. stranded in thailand cause i LOST my air ticket. tht was a pretty good trg. so now, i'm all prepared for my SYDNEY adventure. :D


i guess some of my friends will be missing my presence. hahas. oh wells. anw, i guess realised tht i have to get my own bed linen, cutlery and electrical appliances in mulwarree. and they have no internet connection there. :/shucks. but for the cheap rates, i'll endure with it till dec.


i guess this will be my last post in singapore, unless i can spare some time tmrr. so, before i can get an internet connection in sydney, u cant hear me.......


adios-


Saturday, July 07, 2007
21:57

it is wht i do tht determines me


something set me thinking yesterday. i went back to sn to eat orange bowl and visit teachers. and my badminton coach asked me to share my passion with badminton and how hard i worked to achieve the inter-school championships. truth be told, i really worked very hard to get from the bottom to the top. and when my coach acknowledged my efforts yesterday, i felt so proud of myself. it certainly brought back many memories and i seemed to have found the determination tht carried me thru those tough days. :D i hope it'll be useful when i arrive in sydney.


i can finally rest on saturday. the past 5 days has been packed full of activities. maybe i should try relating some of it since i'm pretty relaxed watching live earth on tv now.


monday:
dinner at modesto with my cell. got treated. :D


tuesday:
went to shop for my harversack with nabil. dinner with some of the vj baddy clique - steamboat @ suntec. got treated too :D


wednesday:
movie outing at my house with serene and sarah. watched music and lyrics and 200 pounds beauty. more bitching session. love it.


thursday:
went out with my grandma to lei garden @ orchard. eat some pretty good food. 2 of us spent $130. hahas. and so, i got treated AGAIN. :D


friday:
went back to sn with some of them. ate my fave orange bowl and took some photos. then it was dinner at miss clarity cafe with 05s44. guess wht, they had to treat me again. so grateful to everyone who treated me. reached some scarfs and beanie from some of them too. and a GOODBYE card.


actually, i dont deserved such treats. I"LL BE BACK IN DECEMBER. yupps. tmrr will be followed up with a family gathering, and finally, a meal with my family. :))


oh wells, till then.


Wednesday, July 04, 2007
03:14

ANNOUNCEMENT:

i will be flying off on the 10th July at 1950h from Singapore, and i will be reaching Sydney at 0510h. woohoo. :D its a Qantas flight. not very happy bout it, but i'm just glad tht i have a ticket. oh, and my number will not be in use the moment i board the plane. passing the number to my aunt permanently. so yea, give me an email when u're free. :))


i guess i'm no longer worried bout who i'm going to end up staying with cause at the end of the day, i know i'll make lots of friends and be happy there. i'll try not to be bothered bout those nitty gritty stuffs that wont make me happy.


did more shopping. shopped for a harversack. its not bad. paid 110bucks for it. its going to last me 4 yrs. i can survive with tht. i'll just try not to be fashion-savvy, and pretend that no one knows me there. so i can be as geeky, nerdy and weird as i want to. HAHA. the only thing tht i have to worry about now is the weight of my baggage. i really hope i dont exceed by too much. -prays hard.


my schedule is almost packed for the whole week. but it is mostly dinner appointments. haha. AND i dont have time for my family, which is pretty bad. :/ i need to make time for them. squeeze it into my tight schedule now. i'm gonna miss harry potter the movie. i'll be flying off before it premiers in Singapore. and tickets are expensive there. -pouts. BUT, to make up for tht, i've watched transformers twice. :D its a really good movie. everyone must watch it.


to everyone who cannot meet me before i leave:
i'll be back in december. so, dont miss me too much.