The Journey Has Just Begun...

My Name!

2009-08-02T16:13:00.004+10:00

At first I thought my surname Yoon was really rare, because I haven't encountered anyone with that name, except for Yuhan's mama. Quite surprising right? lol But we're not in any way related lol Anyways I typed my name JONATHAN YOON on facebook and to my surprise, there were 3 pages worth of JONATHAN YOONs from all over the world lol. Quite interesting. Go type your name! I read that a couple met by simply typing his name and found a girl with that same name. And now they are getting married. So weird! lol

Glorious Sweetness

2009-07-26T13:36:00.005+10:00

Have you guys ever tried the Daim cake from Ikea? Boy, that is some delicious cake! If you haven't, I suggest you go try. And don't you ever forget about the Swedish Meatballs as well! Go try it! So basically I decided to try and duplicate this cake. Went online to search for the recipe. Unfortunately they didn't have the real recipe, but someone managed to figure it out. Roughly.. So I made it yesterday. It looks pretty good haha It was actually pretty nice. But really sweet and I'm worried I might get diabetes lol. It comprises of a pastry cream sandwiched between two meringue layers topped with almond praline and smothered with chocolate. Well here are the pictures!

Beating the meringueThe two meringue layersChocolate-ty goodness I just had to put the Sweden flag there haha

2009-07-20T22:35:00.003+10:00

Hate it! Julia won and Poh lost. Urgh!!! Overall, Poh was by far a better cook. I think Julia just got lucky. She should have been gone since final 3. Oh well, no point crying over spilt milk...

Masterchef!

2009-07-17T23:47:00.010+10:00

Had yum yum Bak Kut Teh for dinner last night and tacos today. I'm one satisfied boy hehe

This week is the final week for the show. I'm so going to miss it. The results will be on this Sunday when they will crown Australia's first Masterchef. I think it is so cool and exciting to be in that competition.

About the show:
Thousands of applications flooded in from across the country. Students, mums, professional sportsmen, solicitors, nurses and cleaners all applied. Young and old, each came prepared with raw talent and enthusiasm to leave their old life behind..and enter the kitchen with one driving aim: To become Australia's first ever MasterChef.

From high octane challenges at Sydney's famous Fish Markets, to time-pressure challenges with mystery boxes of food, surprise encounters with celebrity chefs, to tasks that will test their creativity and nerve, the MasterChef Australia contestants will be put through their paces.

With no prior professional cooking experience, these budding foodies have serious goals they want to fulfil. Their desired end results all differ - whether it is running a Michelin star restaurant, opening a small organic café in the hills of Adelaide, creating a catering business in Newcastle or opening a flagship restaurant in their home town utilising local produce, these contestants' dreams are on the path to becoming a reality.

Anyways, it is down to the final two and one of them is my all time favourite since the beginning till the end! You know why?? Cause she's M'sian!!!! M'sians rulela. Her name is Poh Ling Yeow. She was born in M'sia but migrated to Adelaide when she was 9. Omg, I drool everytime she cooks. It looks so good. When the judges praise her, I feel like as though they were praising me! Mum feels the exact same way as me! It's like she represents all the M'sians in Australia and it makes us proud that M'sia BOLEH! hehe

Poh and Justine (my two favourite girls lol in the show only!)

During invention test, where they have to create their best dish with a theme picked by the judges (eg Chinese, Greek, Italian)

In the elimination room. Final 3 down to final 2. Poh and Julie

Top 20

Croquembouche. One of the challenges, to duplicate the dish. Madness

In a nut shell, I think it is a great show. I learned so many new things about food. Words like puree, instead of mash, ganache instead of choc cream icing. All the different types of ingredients and herbs. This show is truly amazing. lol If you guys want to know more, learn new recipes or even watch episodes of the show, visit : www.masterchef.com.au

Westfield Doncaster

2009-07-10T00:08:00.006+10:00

Hey guys, the holidays are about to end and its back to the books again. Everyone is stressing to do well this year. I guess this year determines everything. It determines which university you'll qualify for, it could also determine the rest of our lives. Sigh..I missed the carefree days when we didn't have to put in much effort and we could still get an A.

Anyways, my aunt from S'pore was here last Wednesday to visit my cousin in Melbourne. So they both came to Bendigo to visit the rest of the lot. Was out almost everyday. Went shopping, driving and also watched Transformers. It was so cool!!! I love that show. Screw the critics, I thought that show was fantastic. It had a story line to it and no one can deny the fantastic sci-fi action it brought. Phew, don't get me started on Megan fox..Wasn't she as hot as ever! lol I rate it an 8/10 (I meant the show). I like sequels. Shows like Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, X men, Harry Potter and all those movies that keep going on and on haha Hey not forgetting Toy Story! The third one will be coming out soon hehe

We had our usual family dinners, catch up and stuff. Last Thursday we decided to head down to the Direct Factory Outlet in Essendon. Was disappointed because there weren't many sales. But I enjoyed driving there. It was the first time driving to Melbourne and it was pretty fun. The country scenery was just breath taking throughout our journey. Luckily we arrived safely thanks to moi..haha And last Sunday we went to Westfield Doncaster to shop! It is also in Melbourne but around 20 minutes north of the central business district. Its sad how they don't really have many shopping complex in the cbd. And you can never get one as good as the ones back in M'sia. Places like One U and Sunway Pyramid are just fantastic compared to what we have here. Be happy with them guys..gotta give M'sia credit for their shopping complex!

I'm a fat slob..Shoot me. Can't help it, I'm turning back to how I was in St 6. lol You should had seen me then. I had a pot belly sticking out. And I lost all my buttons in my prefect vest hahaha! If you get what I was saying. I need motivation! I need the drive! I need steroids! lol Scratch the last one. Arghhh (starts pulling hair) I live to eat! Food is everything, food is my life haha Sorry, quotes from the Masterchef contestants when the judges asked them why they want to be the next masterchef. Ok, when school starts, the jogging starts lol Right...

I just had to show you guys this! lol
Saw a monkey on our way there
Then came another..The uncle with the aunts+mum
The cousins The scenery on the way to MelbourneStress. Laugh all you want drea hahaTried to catch the rainbow on the way backWestfield DoncasterDFO Essendon

Lazy people should be punished!

2009-06-30T23:17:00.006+10:00

Cut the crap. I can't be bothered apologizing for not updating or saying that I promise to update more often. So cliché right? hahaha Fact is, I'm a real lazy bastard. But since I am having my holidays, I shall start posting again. Or atleast till the end of the holidays. Hmm should make it a term thing..

Anyways, I've been so crazy about this new/dumb/addictive game on facebook. AKA the infamous TYPING MANIAC. As the name quotes, it is a typing game. I don't know about you guys but it can be freaking addictive just to type random words. I blame Andrea.

Once upon a time, I noticed many typing maniac accomplishments by other people published on my home page. Thus deciding to give it a try. Well, the first time I tried I got around 45 which was alritela. That is until I saw that drea was number 10. WTF rite?? So anyways I chatted with Andrea on msn and she kept calling me a loser. (Thats what she does when she beats me at something. Its understandable cause its rare lol) So tak puas la. I said give me a day or two and I'll kick you out of number 10. Still saying a lot of stuff wor. "LOSER" ,"give it one year also you won't beat me".

But guess what, I always triumph when it comes to our issues. And I won! You hear that Andrea! I WON WON WON!!!! woohooo muahahaha. But I am a gracious winner hence I will stop rubbing it into her face. (I still won hehe)

Enough about me ranting, hows everyone doing back in M'sia?? Missing you guys so much. First of all, I would like to congratulate Wei Shen upon his return from NS. He certainly achieved what he wanted to which was to be thin. I myself have yet to achieve anything in life. Sad but true lol Oh well, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going right?

Anyways, last week I've been thinking whether to go xp. Been on Vista for around a year and a half. I won't say its terriblela but certainly not great. Got a few comments from people telling me to go xp. So yeah, spend one whole afternoon at my friends place converting this piece of junk to something more worthwhile. The end result was quite satisfying albeit the layout wasn't. XP is so boring. So I pimped it up to a windows 7 theme and boy it looks real cool. hehe Atleast now my Sims 2 doesn't lag as much when I make such a huge mansion.

The highlight of all happened last 2 months I think. Have you guys watch the biggest loser? I guess it isn't that popular in M'siala cus Andrea said it is on the Hallmark channel. But to cut things short, it is about a bunch of obese people wanting to make a change in their lives. So they go through workouts and healthy eating habits to lose fats in that reality show. Rigorous workouts guided by 2 fitness instructors. There is the US version and the aussie version of course. So anyways, Shannan, the guy trainer from the aussie Biggest Loser show was in Bendigo for an autograph session. And I've always loved watching him. Big buff guy. Most of all, his tatts are so darn cool!

The super long line to get an autograph
Don't mind my hideous hair. It is all gone lol

But the Aussie tv station are cruel people. While The Biggest Loser was broadcasted, I myself was motivated to get into shape. And I was actually losing weight. But screw that, after Biggest Loser series finished, a new series came up. MASTERCHEF. By the way, Andrea just called me dumb on msn. SO abusive right? hahaha Back to the topic, can it get anymore contradictory than this? First it was a show all about losing fats, next it is all about gaining fats. HOWla how?? My body also going through changesla. Ever since Masterchef started, I also started to brush up on my culinary skills lor. Masterchef show is brilliant. Managed to learn so much. From a simple quiche pie to a tarte tartin. Eh, dont laugh ar, I actually can cook. I just haven't been given the chance to show. haha rite...

Apparently I still owe Andrea a chocolate irish cream cheese cake.

By the way, its about time I changed my blog skin. Any ideas, feel free to let me know on my cbox. Bye people..

Sigh...

2009-04-10T22:28:00.009+10:00

My dad will be leaving us tomorrow. It's quite sad really. Don't get me wrong, he isn't ditching us. But he is off to his new job. My mom will be driving down with my dad to Sydney where he will begin his induction and probably after a month or two he will be off to Brisbane where his actual work begins. Anyways, I wish him all the best and hopefully he adapts well by himself.

So, it would just be my younger sister and I in our home at Bendigo. Mom won't be back from Sydney until the coming Wednesday. hehe (I'll be up to no good) My mom was considering bringing my sister along because she doesn't trust me with her. This is because I "love" my sister too much that our games becomes a little rough. haha Those who know me well, would know what I do to my sister lol

Anyways, my mom was worried that we'll end up breaking the walls instead because it is a rented house. Who cares about Nikki right? hahah I'll have around 5 days to bond with her until my mom comes home. And when she does, my other sister and cousin from Melbourne would be coming over to stay a few days with us.

As I said earlier in the other post. I went to Melbourne. On our way there by train, it was so packed that I had to sit on the floor. But my mom and sister managed to get a seat. But thank god I didnt sit where Nikki was sitting. This freaking huge ass obese guy was sitting infront of her and occupying two seats. But that wasn't the bad part. That guy was freaking picking his nose and eating it. I felt like vomitting at the sight of him at the same time laughing at my sister haha. But pitty her, she might had been flicked with his booger. Eeww.

The disgusting guy with my sister's leg popping out

Kinda disappointed because there weren't much sales on. We went walking around the cbd area. Visited Melbourne Central, Victoria market and Chadstone. Always expect a lot of walking when you are there. Walked about 20km everyday. Tiring much? haha Stayed in my sisters apartment. Not too badla the place. Caught up with a few of my dad's friends in Melbourne. Anyways, don't wanna bore you guys too much. Here are the pictures!

Can't wait!

2009-04-02T21:21:00.002+11:00

woah..after nine long weeks, the holidays are finally here. Tomorrow is the last day of school yay! As always, on our last day of school before the holidays, our school period is shortened by about 2 hours. So we get to go home early.

Then I'll be heading off to melbourne straight away to spend a few days there! Can't wait! Hate being cooped up in Bendigo...

A few interesting things happened this week. I smash my moms car haha. When I was trying to park the cars at the supermarket. Nah, not really smashla. Just a dent at the side. So as punishment, I had to wash the car, touch up with some paint and polish. Fuhh, tiringnya. Anyways, now it look almost as good as new! hehe Lucky thing it was the Ford and not the camry.. My dad would be so pissed if i screwed his car! haha

Been watching a lot of movies lately, studying a lot too. All the dumb test we have to do. Haih. Atleast the trip to melbourne would be a chance to cool things off. And i still havent found any jobs yet! I frigging need a job to cover my needs! More pics to come once I'm back from melbourne!

SPM fever!

2009-03-12T00:08:00.000+11:00

Good luck to those taking SPM results tomorrow!!

All the best!!

The long weekend

2009-03-07T22:28:00.006+11:00

Been driving around the neighbourhood everyday after school with my dad to get some practise. Guess what? We found out there were so many kangaroos near our house. There is a big land near Latrobe University which is near my house, and there were so many kangaroos hehe.

Don't get me wrong, I don't live in the countryside. More like in a regional city. Surprisingly, we still get kangaroos. Most of them are usually in the "bush" aka countryside though. We got out from the car and started snapping pictures.

Tried to get as close as possible without scaring them away, because they aren't pets you know. lol They look so cute, especially with the little joeys in their pouch. We then continued our driving to explore more of the neighbourhood, flora hill.

Saw many nice houses and when we got to this house, there were even more kangaroos. They were like in someones garden eating grass. haha I heard kangaroo meat is high in protein and very tender. I should try it someday!

Anyways, today we decided to go shopping in town. Bought some shirts. They were on sale because summer has ended. After that, we went to a botanical garden in white hills and snapped some pictures.

Lol, yes I know. I love bullying my little sister.

S.O.S.

2009-02-27T21:10:00.005+11:00

Exams, tests, exams, tests

There's just no end to it don't you think?

I wonder what lies ahead. When we graduate with our degrees and honours.

Then what? Sigh, I hate studying...

Breezing through

2009-02-24T20:54:00.005+11:00

Hey hey! I'm so happy! I finally got my internet at home! I've been waiting like forever, ever since we moved in on the 20th of January. Explains why you guys hardly see me online and blogging. The only times I get to go online would be in school or at my cousins place. I'm also happy that my maths test today was a breeze..well I think so anyway, and that I trashed my friend in table tennis. Woo hoo! haha So mean!

Anyways, a lot of things have been happening this year in Bendigo. A few weeks ago, we had the longest stretch of 40+ degrees ever! One whole week of scorching heat with maximums up to 45 degrees. Madness! We also had the worst bush fire Australia has ever had. Up to 180+ casualties. Unfortunately, 2 of them were from Bendigo. My condolences to them.

My new home is pretty small but comfy. I love my new room. Much bigger than last year's. And I found out that I had an addiction to garage sales. Correction* My mom and I haha. Yup, that's what we have been doing these past few weekends. Bargains are great! Most of our furniture are bought from garage sales. BTW, they are pretty good quality even though 2nd hand. Eg, a table that would have cost around $180, I got it for $50, with only a few scratches. Setting up a new home is fun but tiring especially in this weather. Getting TVs, toasters, phones, chairs, fan...and even cars. My dad bought a car too! A ford falcon.

I've been practising my driving as well, going to school as usual (boring). I can't wait to go to uni though. Andrea and I have decided to embark on a couple's mission to get abs. Well, laugh all you want, it is going to happen! hahaha Well it better,since i'm telling everyone. If not damn malu! Deadline: end of this year!

System Restored!!

2009-02-15T17:36:00.020+11:00

Hi everyone, its been like almost 2 months since I last blogged. I also dont know why I bother blogging if its going to be left alone for another month haha. Nah jus joking, I tink I will start blogging again since I'm in Australia. I guess with all the distraction and activities when I was back in Malaysia made it hard to blog. Don't you agree? There's just so much to do with so little time.

BTW I had so much fun when I was back. Hanging out with my friends again was a blessing. Missed them to bits. Wished I had a longer time though. Many things have changed but friends will always remain friends. I'm still pretty shocked by Adam's remarkable change! He looks great! I seriously need his kind of determination too. I'm getting pretty fat myself. No worries, I shall persevere lol.

Did so many fun things like going up to genting, eating at so many places, prom, but I reckon the Pangkor trip was the highlight of all. So fun right?? haha Especially yuhan's "fly in his nose" (inside joke) hahaha Finally played Taboo after so many years hearing about it. It is a damn exciting game, especially when you are playing it with andrea! hahaha Can go deaf man lol Found out that it is cheaper to go to genting themepark compared to sunway lagoon lol. Bus fare (return) and genting themepark is still cheaper then going to sunway. Can you believe it? Anyways, here are the photos I promised so so long ago!

Movie/Don's MPYO

Pangkor Trip

Ipoh and Gopeng Trip

3 Delta Class Reunion

Prom 2008

Sung's Bday

Rock Climbing/ Pei Lyn and Yuhan's bday

New Years Eve

Genting Trip

2nd Last Day in Msia

P/s :I promise to keep updating my blog, so stay tuned. Haha

daim!

2008-12-31T03:49:00.002+11:00

Omgness wei! Its so hard to actually find the time to update this dead blog. I'm like out almost everyday! Just came back from a day long of rock climbing with the friends. Will be going out again tmr haih. My hands are aching from all the hard climbing. I'm like typing like some retarded person wei. Urgh, I promise i'll update sometime soon. lol

things to post in the near future:

Pangkor
Prom
and other fun activities!! lol

Updates in Malaysia!

2008-12-13T02:30:00.022+11:00

Hi guys, yes i know this is some outdated blog. Hasn't been touched for more then a month. No wonder so dusty already. Swt! Anyways, as most of you have already known, I'm back in Malaysia. After 10 months there, it feels really good to be back. Especially reuniting with my family, girlfriend and friends once again. Some people changed drastically and some will always remain the same. However, the relationship I had with them had not differ.

I have been so busy ever since I got home that I totally neglected my blog. Personally, I'm not really much of a writer and if it wasn't for me going to Australia, this blog wouldnt have existed. lol anyways, hanging out with the guys was awesome. Back to the same old gay stuff we used to do.

Well anyways, the sole idea of this post was to update you guys on my trip to Port Dickson on the first weekend I came home for a wedding dinner. This was the most unique wedding I have ever been to as it was a "beach wedding". It sounded quite tacky at first. Like, who would want to have a wedding on the beach with sand flies and the excruciating heat of wearing a suit on the beach. But anyways, I was proven wrong and it had turn out to be the best wedding I have ever attended.

Firstly, the wedding was held in Avillion Port Dickson Resort. We arrived fashionably late for the morning ceremony which was the tea ceremony followed by lunch in the hotel ballroom. Later, it was easy going as we checked into our rooms and rested. Went to the gym for awhile before swimming in the pool with my sister and cousins. Got ready for the dinner reception after swimming and went to the beach. It was really breezy down by the beach, so it wasn't hot. After dinner, we went to the 48 hour bar to have a drink and relaxed. It's 48 hours because it was specially booked for the wedding guests to get free drinks compliments of the bride and groom. I seriously wouldn't mind having a beach wedding lor. But heard its more expensive than a ballroom one. Anyways, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Our chaletThe open concept bathroom. Can see the stars at night lol Mom and dad Preparations for the wedding One of my little cousin.The 48 hr bar

Tune in for updates on the Pangkor trip. Will be in Ipoh on the 13th to the 16th

Liberated! Freedom as we speak of

2008-11-07T22:43:00.003+11:00

After all we've work for, the effort we put into something and that feeling you get once its all over. Yes my friends, I am done with economics as of today! No more having to worry my ass off over my year 12 subject! No more hearing me ranting about this subject! I feel so free and relaxed now. Although I still have my Year 11 exams next week, but who cares right? haha They aren't as important anyways.

It was so scary entering the examination hall as everyone did not know what to expect. My econs teacher (Janine Carpenter) was there with us before the exam started. She even brought the positive pills (sweets) shes been giving us all the time in class. Trying to get us hyped up for the exam. Who knew that economics could be so hard. Having to know current situations like the global credit crisis an applying it in our exams. Geez, this year has been a pretty interesting ride in the world of economics with the US in recession.

Anyways, atleast I have one subject less to do next year. Hooray!

The school year is ending as we know it. Seemed like yesterday I first arrived here in Aussieland.

Always wondered how I would had coped with spm. Hearing all of my friends back in msia studying their butts off early in the morning till late at night says that they really want to do well.

It really makes me admire how determined some of you guys are. It makes me want to strive to do better in life. At the end of the day, it is not the number of A's you get, but the self satisfaction of knowing that you did your best and it all comes down to this last few days to really excel in it.

When the day comes, all of you will walk in the halls with a positive attitude and a focus mind. SPM is in a few days time and I would like to wish every form five out there to do your best and god bless!
good luck guys!

Muck up day!

2008-10-24T23:21:00.007+11:00

Muck up day is like mess around or go crazy day. We had it in our school yesterday. Its like some unwritten tradition that on the last day of school for the year 12's before their VCE exams, were to do the craziest things you can ever think of.
Its like how we would bring eggs and flour to school on the last day. But here, only the yr 12s go crazy. It was interesting, cause i never expected it to be so crazy. They still had to go for classes ofcourse, but it was outside classes.
A bunch of guys decided to put on make up and dress as girls lol It looked like the school consisted of trannies! No need to go to thailand la. People dressed all sort of stuff, some guys wore their primary school uniforms which were super tight, some wore swimming suits on top of their clothes and had floats and armbands etc..
While I was in class for maths preparing for a test soon, the alarm rang. So all of us had to go to the park. Turns out, someone lit a paper on fire near the alarm to set it off. On our way back to class..people were running away.
Apparently eggs were dropping from the sky! hahaha. I could see the eggs just dropping on the road and everyone running away so that they don't get hit. People were throwing eggs everywhere. I guess its a tradition and the school allows it. As long as school property is not vandalised and no injuries are caused. To a certain extent, the school understands fun. If only smksu was like that! I'm not sure what i would have done!

There were like pictures all over the walls with a bunch of guys flashing their ass right infront of the general office with the big sign saying BENDIGO SENIOR lol. What a way to promote the school. Its such a waste i forgot to bring my camera.
Anyways, as this was my last day for economics cus its a yr 12 sub, we had a class party with pizza and coke. It was a nice get together. My teacher even baked a cake for us. Shes very nice, but too bad economics was such a dull..haih
Well, exams are coming soon. People (in msia) keep asking me whtr my exams are major like spm. Well, i'm taking six yr 11 subs and one yr 12 sub. The year 12 which is econs is important because it counts into uni. But the rest notla. Anyways, i'll still have my yr 11 classes on as usual for 2 more weeks until exams. After that, its all fun and play.

cakes and ice creams..like?

2008-10-05T19:33:00.015+11:00

Hie people. Just a quick update on what happened during the 2 weeks holidays. My other auntie just came down recently but she went home now. So we had dinner with her at my cousin's place. She cooked prawn mee for us during lunch and chicken rice for dinner. But we couldnt stay over because I had to go to work the next morning. Bummer..Had to work like 19.5 hours last week. But it was all good lol.

Then last friday my sister and I decided to do our L's here in Aus. So we sat for our exams and got our results and yay! Both of us passed! She got a 100% but i got one wrong! cis 97% But it was pretty easy. Cus they have this online version for us to practise. Andrea says that ours is way easier than Msian L's lol. She tried it.

Anyways, I have to keep my L's for atleast a year if I'm under 18 I think, then only can do P's. Next year onlyla! Went to shop a lil bit, but couldnt buy anything, not much sales going on. Mayb foodla.

Went down to melb a few days ago to meet up with Grace (Andrea's sis). She flew from brissieland to meet up with her friends. Had to wake up at 7 am to catch the train at 8.54am. Takes about 2 hours to get there. Had to meet my sister's friend first to collect something. Haiyo, I'm like some messenger boy wei! It took me like nearly 1 and a half hours to find her place.

After meeting up with her, went to look for gracey. She dresses so aussie like now lol Cool. Anyways we shopped awhile, met her friend Jia Li at her store. We then decided to eat italian food at lygon st but on the way there, we found good old nasi lemak store haha

The food is not badla but it cost $8.90 wei. If you convert rite thats like rm27? Terpaksa close one eyela. After that, we went for ice cream! It was a really hot day in Melb sampai buka baju all. I had durian flavour! Quite dumb hor, go melb eat all malaysian stuff! haha It was yummy so who cares..lol After that we went window shopping at melb central, then to DFO at southern cross and to Hudson's coffee, to grab a coffee duh..

It was pretty good
Chit chatted. Its really interesting to see how much people have changed after not seeing them for so long. In general I mean. But I think I only change physically by getting fatter. Andrea says my face damn roundlor..I think her face rounder! hahah Jus jk sayang. We decided to camwhore abit to show andrea some pics, unfortunately, neither of us were good camwhores. Let me know if someone offers classes yeah.

Got back for the 6.17pm train which only left at 6.40 i tink. Some hold up. Anyways, the next day, I baked a cake! This will be my 2nd cake I baked this 2 weeks holiday. From scratch alrite! Not some premix cake bake all! The first cake I baked was Chocolate Moist Cake which didnt turn out moist at all because I totally forgot to put a cup of oil. How dumb!

But anyways, the 2nd one was the bomb! It was a banana cake with cheese frosting on the top. Super duper moist! Got it off the net! Did I tell you guys that secret recipe used to order cakes from me? lol Anyways, the pictures can't do justice to how good it tasted! Sryla, abit proud! haha

Look at the sugar caramelised on the edges! Slurp haha
A slice anyone?

The Butterfly Effect

2008-10-04T17:36:00.008+10:00

Almost 2 weeks has passed and I did nothing educational but watching movies and eating+sleeping. Haih, what am I gonna do with myself. lol

Anyways, I was watching this movie I downloaded which was made of honor. I knowla, damn outdated rite. What to do?? They don't sell cetak rompak in Australia wei. Maybe next time I can be the DVD zhai over here and sell it to them. Gotta go dye my hair blonde first.

So out of the topic, the show was not bad. One of the song played in that movie caught my interest. So I went and Youtube it to see the vid. It was oasis-stop crying your heart out. But when I got to it, I found that a movie was played with that song. And that's where butterfly effect came in.

How come I've never heard of it before? The show looked pretty interesting, so I went to googleitla. It is about a boy who had blackouts and could not remember what happened before that. After many years, he starts remembering what he had forgotten and to his amazement, he was able to change the past. But every time he changes it, things got worst for him in the present life. So I downloaded it in one day with aussie super fast broadband speed..lol cheh wah.

Acted by Ashton Kutcher, also known as the punk'd guy! You know how he always acts like a dumb retard and being damn childish, I mean all for the sake of comedyla, but he is really serious in this show. You'll see a different side to him.lol Really interesting show. Some of you might have seen it but if you haven't, it is worth a shot. It came out at 2004. Probably why I didn't really pay much attentions to this kind of shows then. There is also the butterfly effects 2 which I reckon shouldn't be too bad as well. Downloading it right now hehe.

2 weeks of pure happiness, or boredom?

2008-09-20T15:23:00.003+10:00

I'm just so glad holidays are here again. Starting to get sick of school. Always doing SACs (like test) every so often for every subject. It is so not easy. Tiring as hell always gotta be up to date.

Anyways, not sure what is gonna be happening during this hols. Mom has gone home since August so there isn't anyone to take us out places anymore. =(

On the bright side, this means only another 2 more months till I can finally go back home! heheh

Probably gotta start catching up with my subjects, because when holidays are over, its just another 5 more weeks of school and there's the exams. Really scared about economics, its like a yr12 subject, so my marks will be counted towards my ENTER score into Uni. haih.. And you guys told me economics no need to study still can get A har. Perdagangan rite? lol

The weather has been great lately. Not too cold, not too hot. I love springla. So MUCH better den winter. Dreadful period. Enough about me ranting on how cold it was, flowers are blossoming, birds chirping, its definitely time to get out of the house and do some exercise! Go out and breath the fresh air. Say g'day to your neighbours lol I'm not gonna do that.

Alrite, this is a really insignificant post. Nothing else to blog about. Will wait until something interesting comes along. Gonna make myself go jogging later before work! Tata people!

Tag =)

2008-09-13T22:36:00.003+10:00

I haven't updated my blog in ages. Its pretty dead actually. So I'll just take this time to do a little tag by ying hao!

6 things I'm passionate about:
1. Definitely God, he's no. 1 in my life
2. My family. You'll miss them so much when you're not with them. =(
3. Andrea. The one person that has always been there for me! Kisses!
4. My friends. I have really great friends and will be counting down the days to see you guys again!
5. Working out! My pair of smartbells has been really useful for me! Although I'm still fat, sadly.
6. Food. See how it conflicts with me working out. That's why I'm still fat...

6 books I've read recently:
1. My economics text book. geez..
2. Physics text book.
3. Math methods text book
4. Curious incident of the dog in the night time ( english literature )
5. The divine wind ( english literature )
6. Clearly the only books I read are text books.

6 songs I can listen to again and again:
1. Dream catch me - Newton Faulkner
2. So close - Jon Mclaughlin
3. Your guardian angel - The red jumpsuit apparatus
4. Forever - Chris Brown
5. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
6. Any hillsongs or planetshakers!!

6 things I learned in the past year:
1. That I'm not dumb! lol
2. To speak chinese better! Taking chinese as a subject here. Don't laugh!
3. To step outside my comfort zone.
4. Not to take things for granted.
5. Fun and games are not everything. Unfortunately...
6. Independence

6 valuable things i own:
1. My family
2. My laptop! Can't live without it!
3. My ipod. Use it everyday to school, in school and back from school.
4. My smartbells. I don't like calling them dumb.
5. My job! I need the ka-chings!
6. The oppurtunity to study abroad and not do SPM!!

6 bloggers I tag:
1.Anyone
2.Anyone
3.Anyone
4.Anyone
5.Anyone
6.Anyone

I'm gonna go melbourne again tmr. Attending a VCE lecture in Melbourne Uni. Exams are just around the corner. Not too worried though. Good luck to you guys doing your trials!! Sure can one! haha See ya!

Some random pictures!

2008-08-22T22:18:00.008+10:00

On our way to melbourne

At some drug alley

At melbourne uni listening to some lecture

Group pic

On our way back lol

Open days!

2008-08-17T21:31:00.004+10:00

I'm so frigging tired right now..ZzZz Got up at 7am to go down to Melbourne to see the Melbourne University's open day. I went to Monash's 2 weeks a go. I thought Monash was pretty good and I was actually pretty disappointed at Melbourne uni the first time i got there for my economics class trip.

But i totally change my mind! Melbourne uni was great! Went to listen to some Commerce and Accounting lectures. Not forgetting engineering as well. We didn't have to buy any lunch there, cus there were people giving free sausage sizzles and we even got Krispy Kremes for free.

One thing I like most about open days are freebies. We get pens, bags, highlighters, and food! lol Went to visit the residential colleges. Visited 5 colleges (Queen's, Hilda, University, Ormond and Trinity) Don't mind me if i got the spelling wrong. Bad memory. We started out with Queens and as we proceeded, the colleges just gets better and better. Personally, I liked Ormond and University the most. Ormond has a Harry Potter feel to it while University has a very modern touch to it.

They have like gyms, libraries, computers, projector screens to watch movies, billiard tables, plasma tvs and so onla. And like first year students gets a normal room, but as you stay more years, the rooms just gets better! On your second year you get a queen size bed and a bathroom in your room and the third year just means bigger.

Went into one of the third year student's room and it was as though living in a hotel room. Seriously! Big and comfy for a residential college! But for me, the gym is the most important thing. No gym, not interested..lol Thats if i decide to live there. Expensive you noe, $500 bucks a week! Its like RM1,500 a week wei! siao kia! lol Anyways, spent almost a day out here so i'm freaking tired now. Gotta do hw summore. Oh, and I met Ong Su Ann there. Pure coincidence. For those of you who noe her. till next time =)

Can't think of any

2008-08-15T22:56:00.013+10:00

Well.......turns out, I KENA NS!! haha how ironic. I'm won't even be here for God Sake's. Tahniah! Jonathan Yoon CHi-Jian telah dipilih untuk menyertai PLKN Siri 6/2009. Andrea was so eager to find out abt me and msged me all the way in Aus the great news. Hahah, after all that nonsence people saying get active in school! Be a board member in clubs! Go for OBS! I did all that, look where I am. Apparently, I heard most of my friends that got in, are very active in school as well! ie: wei shen!! haha Yeah, I'll come back and go with ya! yeah right! lol
Actually, I wouldnt mindlor if it wasn't so time consuming. 3 months wei! People doing Pre-u will have difficulties, I on the other hand can't go and will have to differ until I'm too old to commando crawl or kawad kaki! I like doing the outdoor stuffs like jungle trekking, rock climbing, obstacle courses, but if I had to sing Negaraku everyday, I might just start rapping and post it on youtube. Anyways, cheers to those of you who got it! Not only will you be more patriotic, you'll be slimmer and fitter as well! Get that washboard abs you never had, firm asses and biceps, all for the price of only 3 MONTHS! Only while stock last.

Anyways, enough about that crap. Alrite, the day before olympics, had Fernando and his fam over at my aunts place for dinner. He is vegetarian, so my mom had to make vegetarian meals. Wasn't too bad. Did you know that they have vegetarian almost everything!! Everytime I eat at Fern's place, theres like vege ham, vege char siu, vege sotong, den he told me that there was vege tuna, vege steak, vege fish, vege chicken! Wth rite lol! But you can only get them in Melb. wah, like that everybody wouldn't mind turning vegetarian.

Looks yummy?

And on the grand day for the chinese, 8/8/8 opening ceremony and my sister's bday. Lucky her! So we had a birthday cheesecake for her and the usual singing and stuff.

Then at 9.5pm was time to watch the ceremony. I thought it was really spectacular the way they did it. My favourite part was the blocks going up and down. Thought they were machines, manatau suddenly people came out. Impressive shit wei! But it was really disappointing to find out that the girl lip synced the song. And the fireworks that we saw on tv we're mostly computerised! However things aside, it was a pretty good show. Fell asleep when the countries we're coming out. Too many and so boring. Saw m'sia though!

Not fogetting, had another economics class trip to Melbourne on the same day. We had to go down to the Reserve Bank of Australia to listen to a presentation about monetary policy and the economy and so on. All about macroeconomic policies. Quite dry stuff, but it wasn't too bad. It was the fun of being in Melb and anything out of school can't be bad. =p

On the way there.One thing we all agreed on. Loved the cool swirly office chairs!With the speaker of the day, Jessica TrinderI wasn't posing alright.
On the way back. Back to handphones againShe got up and showed the finger at him. Serves him right lol!

I know that people have been saying that i've grown fatter. I'll say that my clothes are padded. Its winter. Five layers alright! Give me a break alrite? lol =p
Signing off.

Weekend getaways!

2008-07-27T20:16:00.004+10:00

Hey fellow friends, sorry for the lack of updates. Nothing much to update nowadays ever since the end of the holidays.
Alrite first thing's first, went to stay with mommy for the weekend! Haih, shes gonna go back real soon! Aug 15, hmph dreading that day.. Went there at like 1 pm on saturday. It was just me, my mom and my sis in my aunts hse. My auntie took Avril (2nd cous) to netball, Grant (oldest cous) was at cross country training and Roger (youngest cous) was playing at a friends house. One thing I'm always excited about going to my aunts place is to eat my moms cooking. My aunty is not really well so thats why my mom is here to help. We had asam fish for dinner. Yum! And she had to roast some chicken for my cousins cus they all don't noe how to eat spicy food lol.

Later that night, we skyped with my dad and younger sis. Miss them all so badly. Quite surprisingly.haha And i'm surprised my younger sis actually misses me. She always yells at me cause I just love to bully her last year. Its called brotherly love in case you guys didnt noe. haha I think thats what she misses the most! Lol so syok sendiri wei! Anyways, i'm happy to see that my dad and younger sis seems to be having such a wonderful time together. They actually look like best friends haha.

Then my dad was like telling us when both of them was watching tv. He got up to do something, then my sis went to sit at his place. and she was like

Sis: Pa! Your butt is so hot!!
Dad: Thank you =)
Sis: Wondering why he said thank you? (she meant the seat was hot)
Dad: *putting his finger on his butt saying "Smoking hawt!!"
Sis: *realises what she said Oops!

Sorryla if you didnt find it amusing..but i thought it was haha! my dad is so lame. He'll do anything to embarrass my younger sis. She gets so embarrassed easily. She was telling us during open day, cus my dad saw her marks..so he went and smack her on her butt. Jokinglyla obviously. And she said there were so many guys in her class that saw. haha She's gonna kill me for posting this!

Anyways, i learn how to play mahjong today lol. After lunch my mom took out her mini travel mahjong kit and taught me to play. It was quite fun! I had all the good cards! Beginners luck i guess. ahah but she gave chancela. Anyways, back home now, in boring land. back to studying, work and party? haha who noes lol Anyways till next time!

All happy moments have to end...sooner or later!

2008-07-13T14:47:00.002+10:00

Aikz, holidays is over so fast. Two weeks doesn't seem so long after all! haih, I hope that five months doesn't seem so long as well. Thats when school is over! =p Thinking too far ahead of time lol!

Anways, school will commence as usual on Monday and its back to usual. Same old studying and "trying" to score well in SACS. haih Oh well! haha Its time to give some workout not only to the body but to the mind as well! Its kinda rusty now.

brace yourself for a super long cheong hei post!

2008-07-07T14:40:00.030+10:00

Hi people. Just came back yesterday from a 4 day trip in melbourne. Had so much fun there! One main purpose >> SHOPPING! We left boring old bendigo at 8.54am to be exact. I woke up at 7 to prepare my sandwich to eat in the train. Should have taken a picture of it. It was really good, cheesy garlic sausage squirted with mayo and sprinkled with szechuan seasoning on a tasty focaccia bread! hope you aren't drooling =p anyways, thats out of the topic. We (mom,sis and I) had to walk about 1km to the train station, wasn't too bad except for the cold. In fact we were there rather early and had to wait.

Well, we were more than 20 mins early anyway. Just wanted to show you a glimpse of the old station. So we reached melbourne roughly around 11. Like I said to you guys before I left, Bendigo is 2 hours away from civilization. We had to meet up with my moms friend, working at melbourne in AXA. We had to drop our backpacks and small luggages so that we can wonder freely without the heavy burden on our backs!
Haha, me and my sis were like so jakun about those automatic swirly doors lol. I wanna work in a place like that! So we waited down at the lobby. Don't get me wrong, its not a hotel but we couldnt go in because they had those kinda toll gates and you need a card to access. That was cool too, but didnt take any pic, malula all the business ppl staring.

Met her, passed our bags and we went roaming through the city. We didn't get to do much on the first day, mostly browsing through shops and checking out the prices on stuff. Must make a good comparison before buying! lol
We passed by this church and mom was like saying its so nice, go take a picture of it! Then, we went to the DFO(direct factory outlet) in Southern Cross train station. Didn't buy anything cause we are going to a bigger DFO in Essendon which is near the airport on Saturday.Saw this boutique called "mati", it may be cool to call it that here, but definitely not in M'sia. I hope it survives though. Anyways, met back with my moms friend Aunty Terry when she finished work at 5.3 and we went back home to her place. I love her house so much. Its so hotel like! Its small-ish because only 2 of them lives there. No kids =(
Had to wake up early because we had to follow Aunty Terry into the city when she goes for work. Left the house at 7.20am. Today's itinerary was Chadstone shopping complex. It was quite far away from the city. But we had everything planned out. There is a free shuttle service to Chadstone in the city. But you have to book to get a place. So we took the bus to Chadstone at 9.30am and reached at around 10.
I like the interior. Its so tropical! There were loads more stores inside, this was near the entrance. Didnt take much..too caught up with other stuff haha. I didnt buy much, there were sales but not good enough. Ate at Nandos for lunch hehe. So long since I've eaten there. I reckon the Nando's at M'sia still taste better! At night we went to a chinese restaurant which is run by a malaysian family.

Next day which was saturday, we woke up later at 9.3 because they didn't have work. So they took us all the way to Essendon to shop in DFO. This DFO is so much bigger then the one at southern cross. Summore tons of sales going on! Like m'sia megasales lol. All the big brand stores like Gucci, Ralph lauren( ofcors i couldnt afford to shop there) and brands which are more affordable like quiksilver and billabong. Manage to buy a lot of things there.one whole stretch of stores!

The food court

Went home at 4.30 and rest while watching tv. Aunty terry cooked a really scrumptious meal for dinner. We had chicken parmigiana.lol Never knew what was that until now. Its like chicken fillet with ham on top. Poured over with tomato paste and baked in the oven with cheese! Seriously good stuff. And we had sticky date pudding with ice cream for desert.

Had to take this off the net. Too busy eating to take a picture. But it did look like that though.

Haih, and yesterday was the last day in melbourne and we're back to reality lol I had so much fun just hanging out with my family walking all day that time flew so quickly.Got up at 9 and got ready for our next item on our list.

mom at the background haha

Anyways, we had dim sum for lunch or how we say "yum cha" here. Still prefer to call it dim sum! Aunty terry had to make a booking very early if not don't even expect to get a seat there. Went there at 11 thats when it opens. There were like so many people queuing to get in. This is so different to what I usually have to go through when I have dim sum at Ipoh. When you reach the door, there is a lady holding a book with all the reservations in it. Then the waiter took us to our table. So systematic wei just to eat dim sum..hahaha Different experiencela.
we were one of the first few to get our table. 5 minutes later it was all filled up. After that, we went to Victoria market because mom wanted to get castard apple. She said very hard to find. I bought a belt there lol. Very big market! Went to walk around in Melbourne city. Last chance to do so until God knows when.went to ripcurl and got another hoodie! hehe Can't resist a good bargain lol.

The funny thing about this was that after going to ripcurl, we had to go back to the station and catch a train back. So my sis directed us to it. But we ended up going the opposite direction. The worst thing was that we had to carry our heavy backpacks uphill for about 1km! While at the other end of the city, my mom was like might as well take a picture of the parliament house. You'll never get to see it again lol. So we rested and had to backtrack all the way to the station and rushed for the 3.15 train.

All in all, very satisfied with this shopping trip. Didnt buy much but definitely bought what i needed. And don't talk about the total pricela. Lets just say that i rather not convert it back to RM or i'll pengsan! till next time bye!

Goodies!

2008-07-01T21:15:00.007+10:00

My mom is here! So happy! =)I really missed her! She arrived on friday morning while i was still in school. Went to stay overnight at my cousin's house because thats where my mom is staying. Before my mom came, I wrote a list of things to my dad so that my mom could bring them over when she comes. I've finally gotten all my cetak rompak i've been waiting for! haha Got my dad to dl a bunch of movies and some of them he bought. So after dinner, my mom gave us all the things she brought. My cetaks, some extra clothes, and also a keyboard! lol Cuz rite, my table got 2 levels and my laptop is on the 2nd level. So very uncomfortable when i have to type. I have to reach my arms out. So atleast with the keyboard, i can type with comfort and still have plenty of space on the table to do other things.

Ever since shes been here, we've been going out ever so often. Shopping here and there. Not really for clothes but food! Had to stock up our so called "empty" pantry. My sister bought herself a pair of boots, but I'm waiting to spend it later in melb. I really can't live without junk food. I've put on a lot of fat this past few weeks! Even my face started getting pimples. Too much oily stuff. But oh well, i'm not that vain..hahaha Tomorrow is my last shift at work and I'm off for the week! yay Must enjoy every last minute with my mom. oyah, i've finally gotten my hair cut. No more long messy hair drea! (click 5) lol inside joke!

Part of my junk

Theres my keyboard! lol

Survival kit ( Smith and Doritos "must have")

Sis took a pic of my cous posing in my moms jacket. Weird..

Updates~!

2008-06-27T15:15:00.003+10:00

I'm so happy, relief, overjoyed, gay, content ( you get the picture) that today is/was the last day of school! Goodbye school for 2 weeks! So being the last week of school, we did quite a lot of interesting stuff. I like it here that we watch a lot of movies for our language subjects. Its kinda fun. So basically, thats what we did in our english and chinese classes. Its only after the movie where the boring bit comes in. Analyzing it. Haih..so now got hwlor.

Oh, and we went to the art gallery in town on tuesday during an english period to look at some entries of the "Archibald prize". Its like some art exhibition where people send in paintings of someone or some celeb. Its really nice because out of a few thousand entries only 50-100 were chosen. ( i've forgotten how many, wasn't listening to the teacher =p) Then we had to vote for our favourite for the people's choice award. There was a picture of heath ledger that won the people's choice award in NSW, and i decided to go with that. I felt like I understood that picture. Get what i mean? hahah Don't worry, I havent change. But i really did like his shows though. (Casanova!) Check out the pic!

Its a painting not a photograph

So the exhibition actually tours around Australia and it was organised by the Art gallery in NSW. Yeah, so people were quite surprise it came to Bendigo and not to Melb. Its actually the first time here. But enough of that! As today was the last day of school, our periods were cut shorter and we get to go home 2 hours earlier. So I had Chinese the last, but my teacher decided to take us out to have lunch instead. So we went to this chinese restaurant, around 9 of us (pretty small class) and had a chinese buffet. Now, i'm pretty stuffed! Its a buffet man. And we only had to pay 5 bucks, my teacher paid for the rest of it. But it wasn't anything grand though.

Tomorrow night I'll be working. And one of my friend is turning 18 and having a party tmr, so I can't go. I'm pretty sure my cousin is going though. He is a real party guy. Yeah but anyways, I don't know many people..so malu lol The parties here are really wild one! I'm still too tame haha.

My MAMA is here already! She just arrived this morning. Gonna stay overnight at my cousin's house tonight. All the "goodies" i'm gonna get! well, hopefully she brings it. Anyways, I'll blog more later! Tata

Boink ~ boink ~

2008-06-15T10:57:00.004+10:00

I was on my way to church today, and guess what? I saw a huge kangaroo in someones garden. I know I'm staying in a place called Kangaroo Flat, but its like seeing an orang utan in subang. They're usually in the farm areas, not really in the town areas haha. It was so big! Almost as tall as me! It looked kinda lost, wonder how it even got there in the first place. On my way back, it was still there. And the opposite neighbours were taking pictures of it. Well, I never knew I would see a kangaroo on my way to church, so no camera no pictures lol.

Kiasu ; good or bad?

2008-06-13T19:47:00.005+10:00

I just finished watching the kite runner. Really touching show. Highly recommended. Its not like those everyday action or comedy film that you get, but this show is really captivating. The friendship of two young boys. Sob T_T lol

anyways, i just finished a GAT exam today. It went on for like 3 hours. My stomach was like grumbling the whole time. Its like a PTS exam, to see how smart you are. But this is important for students doing yr 12 subjects. If you happen to be sick on the day of your exam and really screw it up, fear not the GAT is here haha. So in a way, this exam is used to assess how well you will do in your exam. So if you do badly in your exam for whatever reason, they will refer to your GAT score and make a final assessment to give you better marks or not. So the whole of Victoria have to sit for this 3 hour of excruciating boredom. Well, actually i'm just exaggerating. It wasn't that bad.

That brings me to the topic. I've really noticed how kiasu Aussies are. How much you ask? well for most, none at all. They really can't be bothered with what they do. In a way goodla, cause our VCE results are based relatively to the whole of Victoria. So if everyone does well, then your score goes lower and vice versa. But like todays exam was suppose to go on for 3 hours, and i was surprise when this girl got up and said she was done. And only one hour passed by. I saw her paper from afar and she left one essay blank. Instruction says if you don't answer an essay, please write on the first sheet "blank". Thats what she did alright. But the fact is, its not even a hard one. They give us a few facts or statements or even pictures and we have to come up with a creative writing.

So basically there wasn't a right or wrong to it, just how well you express yourself, and she didn't even bother to try. So one by one most of the students in this particular class of twenty left after 2 hours. Until it was just me and a girl from Fiji. Is Fiji in asia? I'm sorry, quite bad with my world geography. So anyways, we left at the same time around 20 minutes before times up. I asked my sister and she said she was the last one in her class as well. Everyone just did a fast scan through the questions. 2 essays and 60 multiple choice questions. And it wasn't so easy, very tricky haha.

Do you remember how they ask in PTS, : 100kg of gold, 100kg of wood and 100kg of cotton, which is the heaviest? haha I'm sure i wouldn't have to tell you guys the answer rite? I asked my cousins, they couldnt answer. But they were only 12 and 10. Not an excuse though! haha yeah anyways, I'm always one of the last to finish in class, and most of them are done with. However, they are not dumb. The smart ones are really really smart. And most of them are just lazy. Just like me! (last time) Actually now alsola, but better. I would rather stare at the four walls then doing my homework. Would find any thing in the room to distract me. From fidgeting with my calculator, junk food in my room to my computer. Lucky thing I didn't store any games in my calculator. Exams are finally over!! Just can't wait till holidays. I wanna work to get more money, yet i want to enjoy. Greedy me! =p See ya! lol

Randomness! =)

2008-06-08T13:58:00.006+10:00

Hey people, alrite sry for the lack of updates. Pretty busy with exams lately, still not over yet but soon. Its kinda funny how I used to panic so much when we were having exams back home. Hate those times. But now quite relaxla, not much worrying to do, quite updated with all my work. Plus less subjects to worry about compared to having 11 subs back home. Crazy! I really wonder how some people can even manage getting 15++ A1? Well, salute to you guys and hope you get a life lol.

Alrite, so there are quite a few things I've been doing recently, hmm ooh I've decided to continue kickboxing here. Used to do it back home until i dislocated my knee, used dat as an excuse to get out of it. Kinda regretted doing so now. But anyways, yeah when for a couple of classes, it wasn't too bad. But the one back home was way better! Quite a few hot chicks there too lol

o yeah, and i was so so surprised last night! I was studying physics last night and decided to take a break. Went out of my room and my sister was watching tv. And guess what, for the first time they were playing a chinese movie. How cool is that..haha jakunness! It was shaolin soccer by the way. Funny show! So i just had to dump my books and settle for the movie. Plus they played it quite late. I guess since its a chinese show, no guais would understand..lol so they had it on late when people were asleep. Aussies are morning people not night people. And i had to get up early morning the next day. 8.15 is pretty early for me considering weekends i would usually sleep till 12.3..

Had to go to work, first day tday! KFC!! haha funny. I told myself, after kenny rogers, I'm never gonna work in F&B again. Well, thats what i thought, in the end i ended up at swenson's the following year. Well now i'm just lost for words. I guess, i hope KFC would be the last of F&Bs to work in. oh yeah, its kinda surprising how many aussies don't even know where M'sia is. I have to say its above Singapore or below Thailand haha. And a lot of them usually tell me, hey your english is really good. Do you speak english at home? nah it took me less then 5 months to speak this well..haha jus jk So anyways, today i had 2 managers in KFC, and both of them said that i spoke really well and they wouldnt even know that I've only been here for a few months. Well, i'll take that as a compliment. Atleast I get to take English 2nd lang which is way easier than what the aussies have to take. But it is still deffinitely harder den back at home. You guys will be taking it next year in college though.

I also went to Melbourne a few weeks back for a class excursion. Visited a place where they cared for the drug addicts, and we went on to Melbourne uni. I was quite disappointedlor when I reach there. I thought it would had been nicer. Very so so looking. Nothing that gets you all excited about. The way Andrea describes, University of Queensland seems really good. But i guess its the standard of education isn't it. And it'll definitely be more trouble going interstate. Won't worry about that until next year though. No photos for now, might post some during the hols. Can't wait! Mom is coming up! Get to spend a few days in Melbourne, visit all the factory outlets and what knots. Countdown! haha Well, thats all for now, I'll update more some other time! Cheers! haha damn acting wei
ps: My accent still hasnt changeLA!

Electropop!

2008-05-22T20:06:00.004+10:00

omg guys, i just got this really great song from a friend. It is soooo addictive. Go hear it for yourself.. If you agree with me,Good For You! if not well good for you too.

Jupiter Rising - Electropop

It Doesn't Get any Better than this!

2008-05-01T17:02:00.003+10:00

Its really true! My life here in Australia is Fantastic! I'm having the time of my life! Who needs Malaysia now with all the nonsense from the election. I'm happy!! This is exactly what i would say in The Land of Topsy Turvy! Because reality check! Its not happening!!

Firstly, let me just start with the "beautiful" weather we are having here. Waking up every morning to go to school is a drag. And what more with the cold dreadful weather we are having. Getting change is such a pain because its so cold! I can't even sit on the toilet in peace. Just imagine yourself sitting on a block of ice and you'll get what i mean. Brushing your teeth doesn't get any better. You have to rinse your mouth with cold freezing water! And i thought this was bad enough, just wait till winter comes.

My friend is so lucky. He gets to escape the cold in winter. Guess where is he going? Malaysia! WT* rite? I'm from Malaysia and I don't even get to go back there!! I have to freaking sleep in the cold, walk in the cold, eat cold food. We do get hot food, just that when it reaches us its like cold cuts. Not forgetting bathing. Do you know why my towel is so dry? Bcus when you come out from the hot shower, you start shivering. And if you wait long enough, you might just shake all the water off you.

Darn school! I don't really know why I feel so stress here and not in Malaysia. Is it because I never studied back at home? or that the system here is harder. And the guais are so thick skin and lazy! Especially the girls! They talk so loud and they don't even bloody care even after getting scolded by the teacher. Can't believe I'm complaining about girls. I think now I know what some of my ex classmates were feeling about me and "some people" who always made noise in class. =p

Well, at least I've changed. No more play play anymore. After cannot get into uni. Then die lor. Gotta live by the streets and look for food in the garbage. I reckon economics is the hardest subject of all. So much to memorise and you need to know a lot of current issues. We had just this week to come up with a powerpoint presentation to present this Monday in front of 40+ students and the Mayor of Bendigo. Sap Sap Sui! Mo Man Tai! Mayor only what! We're doing a green science project about saving the environment thing. I'm working with 3 girls and our topic is nuclear. I think girls here are more outspoken than guys. But sometimes they say stuff that just doesn't make any sense. They are so confident that they sound like they know everything, but actually they don't. Results come out for economics, ends up top 4-asian ppl rules. Me, my sister, her abc friend and my cous. He is considered half chinese. lol

Alrite guys, thats all for now. Hope I didn't bore you to tears! See ya!

...

2008-04-18T23:58:00.005+10:00

alrite..bcus i'm a sad loser with nth else to do or nth else to blog abt, I'll just talk abt my new footy! hehe alrite, ever since i was in Australia, can't really play squash cuz the courts are so expensive. Can't swim cuz its too cold. Even in summer it gets cold sometimes. And i'm getting fatter not doing much exercise..lol So i went to buy myself a footie ball. Footy is like some craze here! When in Rome, do as the Romans do. My cousin is going to melbourne this sat to watch the Australian football league Carlton VS Melbourne. Wanted to go but too expensive and had to study for a test this monday. SO anyways, even though i don't follow it, but i'm with Carlton cus my cousin said so..lol guess what, my footie is a Carlton ball! lol Bought it for 15 bucks. was on sale

FC for Carlton

try this out!

2008-04-09T22:12:00.002+10:00

I'm so freaking slow wei. My best is like only 52 words. Lousy right. Andrea got 70+ gila chun. Go ahead and try it out. Then tell me how good you are! haha

52 words

Speedtest

For all the April Babies!!

2008-04-06T12:48:00.006+10:00

Happy Birthday you guys!!

Wah, quite a few of you guys are born in April. Nevertheless, I will try and remember as many as possible! First off

Alex!

Hey lex, tday is someones special day! I wonder whose? Oh well, i don't think its that important anyway. haha Someones is getting older everyday! no more hang outs after sports day =( Anyways, Happy b'day girl! Its not everytime you turn 17. Heres the post i promised you!

Donnie =p
(don't mind the fats k, this is some bapuk old picture! the fats doesnt exists anymore! i think)
Hey dude, your bday is coming up. Lazy to blog abt it then! lol jus jk anyways happy bday my gay partner! I still remember the good old days of the sausage! lol

LizaWell, i practically knew you since i was born..haha You've been a really close childhood friend of mine. Really miss those fun times when we did all sort of naughty things. What small kids dola, not x rated stuff! choi! anyways, happy birthday in advance! You're getting older and wiser at the same time. =)

Wei Shen!
Happy birthday dude! This guy is like damn funny wei! Its been really great knowing you all these years. As you grow older, your passion for God grows as well. Keep the fire burning bro!

Happy Anniversary baby!

2008-04-05T14:18:00.004+11:00

Hey baby, its our day. Two whole years with you has made me what I am today. We've been through so much together. Ups and downs, happiness and sadness. Although we fight a lot and God, we've got plenty of witnesses. I'm just glad that love is what pulls us back together. I may not get to see you as often as I like nor hold you in my arms all through the night. But deep in my heart I truly know, you're the one that I love, and I can't let you go. I'll be waiting for you, till the day we meet again. And I will treasure those moments I have with you. Happy 2nd Year Anniversary darling. I Love You ♥ Always and Forever

Happy b'day mate! haha

2008-03-28T22:52:00.007+11:00

hey, Its your bday Shahnon! Finally 17! anyways happy birthday to you! I'm sure you'll have a very great year ahead of you. Its great having you as a friend.

Its over!!

2008-03-28T17:33:00.004+11:00

I'm sad.. the only thing that was keeping me occupied this holiday was watching the Buffy series. Now its over!! I remember i used to hate that show few years back. And i would always fight with my older sister for the astro. But now, i actually like that show. It is nice. My dad downloaded it for my sister last year i think, season 6 and 7. Decided to watch it while i'm here since i have nothing else to do. Apparently i got addicted to it! Everyday i would watch atleast 6 episodes and I've just completed the last episode of the last season today. So sad wei! For those who have nvr heard of this show, it is called Buffy The Vampire Slayer. lol Sarah Michelle Gellar is Buffy. In case you didnt know, she was the hotter chick in the scooby doo movie, Daphne. Yeah anyways, you guys should go watch it, its really addictive..All the demons and vampires and Vampires with souls lol My next show would be charmed, missed that show so much. I should get my dad to dl it..haha

Its Easter Baby!!

2008-03-25T17:49:00.022+11:00

Yeah i know, Easter started last Sunday, meant to blog abt it but got caught up with other things. Went to stay overnight at my couz place for Easter. We had a nice dinner with roast pork..Hmm, I nvr knew people actually bothered to celebrate easter here. At home, we would just go to church and come home like every normal sunday lol. Over here..everywhere is all about easter! You get holidays and all the yummy easter eggs! Oh, and i went to town to watch the parade yesterday. It was so cool. Nvr actually seen a parade before. Cus we dont get any at subang. Except for wad Andrea said, Subang Parade..haha Its like, people from different societies or companies volunteer themselves in the parade and they would have to come out with their own idea or a float. So there were some scottish pipe bands sort of and marching bands. Then there were many dragon/lion team in bendigo. So we had a lot of lion dance and those sort of dragon dance performance by all this groups. It was really interesting. Hmm, then we had all the local heroes with their own ideas, people from the police department, fire brigade, hospitals, electric company, mining company and etc.. A few clowns and some on stilts..How cool if it was like the parades at Disneyland..lol seen them on disney channel..how sad hehe

it goes to a stretch of like 1 km i think

marching band

the electric company with their electric poles lol..baby lion This particular group was good! They jump ovr each other and did all sorts of tricks this is the famous Sun Loong dragon. Its really really long. And don't ask me how long, i just know its long. Scottish pipe bands or smth. I dont even noe why they have plenty here when apparently this happens to be Australia.Wicked witch of Bendigo covered in bin linerDoggy's obedient school

"SPECTACULAR CHINA"

2008-03-22T23:41:00.004+11:00

Hey, its eleven forty at night here, just came home from watching the performance. Wow, it was coolies..haha the show was like in a stadium in town and when we came, we were sitting all the way at the back. It was so hard to see..gotta see with binoculars. They had like dancing sketch performance, then there was this guy, shit i damn jealous wei. He was the acrobat for his performance. He could like lift his whole body up on the chair with just one hand!! They stacked up like four chairs on top of each other not like the normal stack but the two sits facing each other (if you get wad i'm saying) den he lifted himself so easily. But thats not why i was jealous! His body was so nice.. I tell you, i'm not a gurl, but damn dat body was hawt!!! His chest was like bulging so big and his packs were like those wash boards you scrub ur clothes on. So inspired wei, a chinese guy could look so good! Almost as good as will smith..lol Must try hard myself! haha Theres no harm trying. They had a 20 min break after that. So we moved all the way to the front bcus it was free sitting, and it was a 100x better! After that they had some comedy dance sketch accompanied by the music about some perverted guys and beautiful girls. That reminds me, the beijing girls were so pretty. They had like those soft silky white skin. wow No soap operas with the scary make up though. Singing and more dancing. They were on a tour and they are going to perform in the beijing olympics! So Bendigo was their first stop in aus.. how cool? haha Anyways, take a look at the pics..not so clear..but oh well

Holidays are here again...lalala

2008-03-21T20:33:00.004+11:00

I'm so so glad that the holidays are here! I get 2 full weeks of no skul!! so happy, haih.. but unfortunately this hols won't be all fun and games. Gotta really catch up on my econs work and other work.. oh and did i tell you, i think i'll be getting a job. Went to apply like yesterday, and met the boss. I left my resume for him the day b4 cus he wasnt in. And he was like, i saw your resume, then i noticed you said you were from malaysia. So i thought you might have a problem with english. like wth rite? lol We can speak english! Malaysia ain't that ulu! yeah but he said apparently your english is quite good...like duh! He said he wanted to have a chat with me on Wednesday next week. With coffee and all.. Just jk, an interview. There is a chance ..hopefully..haha But too bad i dont get to work nx week Monday. Its Easter Monday and its a public holiday. So you'll get paid like double and a half. And where i'm gonna work pays like 9+. So that makes like 23++ and hour! how great is that! Shit kaya wei! Imagine earning 60 ringgit an hour kind of thing..haha jus jk. Anyways, Easter is like a really big thing here. You get like public holidays bcus of that. Every shops sells Easter eggs and it looks good.. And some of them are like so big! I wonder who can finish a chocolate egg the size of a football! On sunday and monday i think, certain streets in town will be close. They will be having like parades and all sorts of things on that day. Then my auntie said they're gonna have like a huge dragon, must be some float i think. Oh tmr i'll be going for this show called spectacular China.. with all the acrobats, martial arts and stuff.. Will post some pics if they allow cameras..hehe

And yesterday in my english second language class, we learned some aussie slangs. Our teacher showed us a video on youtube abt this girl teaching some aussie terms.

cop shop- police station
cuppa - cup of tea
Barbie - barbeque
Macca's - Mcdonalds
Arvo - afternoon
Chook - chicken
and my favourite: how about a root? - wanna have sex? lol

Apparently if someone invited you over for tea, its actually dinner. Dumb rite.. And if they called you for a barbeque and they ask you to bring a plate, dont bring an empty plate! You have to put food in it. We had a small party after class with chips and drinks. One of our classmate was going back to france. toodles!

yay!

2008-03-15T22:52:00.004+11:00

I hope you guys enjoy the new blog image here! Its not as dull as it used to be.(i hope so) Anways, 3 cheers to Andrea and Xueli for pulling it off! Thx guys, they had to help me cus i'm such a newbie at this blogging thingy. =( Hey, all brilliant bloggers weren't born brilliant k. Anyways, thanks guys!

Bendigo Senior Secondary School

2008-03-14T17:49:00.031+11:00

At last, after weeks and weeks of test, the time I've been waiting for......is still yet to come! I've got 3 more bloody test to go next week and I'm FREE!! HOLIDAYS! Its been a really long long week/month with loads of test coming up for every subject and not forgetting the excruciating heat during summer! Btw, I'm taking math methods, general mathematics B, physics, accounting, economics, english as second language and chinese as second language. Yes, go ahead, you guys can laugh all you want abt me taking chinese, but i'm getting pretty good at it okay. I got an A for my oral presentation! hehe Taking it cuz it helps me get into a good uni. Well, I'll give you guys a brief history about my school. The foundation of this school is about a hundred years old. It started of as Bendigo Continuation School. This school is currently the biggest public school in whole of Victoria offering a staggering amount of 72 subjects. It has a population of almost 2,000 students doing VCE.

yeah, so this would be my school logo

Its like you can take any subject for example, photography, physical education, legal studies, agricultural science and so much more. But unfortunately, i doubt they'll have classes on sexual intercourse. Thats something you can learn ofF the net. We have a school website too. http://bssc.edu.au/public/ Every student gets a student ID to enter a section in this site. Thats where you have your subjects, extra work, and also mail, in case your teacher has to email you.

This is the front of the school entering the main general office.
The school is situated in the center of Bendigo town

And look, the school even has dustbins! Jakunnya, anyways the building on the
left is where some of the classes are and the multimedia center.

E block, where they have all the science labs. Go there for physics

This is a prison opposite E block where they keep the naughty students.
Nah, jus jk. It was a prison though, now they made it into extra class rooms. Cool eh

Rosalind Park. This park is just infront of the main office,
its quite big and its a really nice place to hang out during breaks.a big drain separating the park and town and bridges connecting it together.
I don't know why they need such a big drain when Bendigo is so dry.A picture of town. Really nice but small. But it has everything to get you around with.Some landmarks in Bendigo townBendigo public library

You know wad? My friend told me that they are opening Nando's here. So happy! Now i can finally get that delicious garlic chilli! Yummy!! I haven't took any pictures of the school library, multimedia center and the school's gymnasium with and indoor basketball court. Will do it next time. =)

Need i say more?

hehe, last but not least "MY ROOM"

pictures =)

2008-02-21T18:58:00.026+11:00

Hey, just thought of posting some pictures taken with my friends b4 i left. Enjoy!!

CNY

2008-02-10T17:27:00.000+11:00

I'm sorry, i know most of my post are quite outdated and not according to the date of post. Haven't really got the time man. ok so that Thursday after school, i went to bendigo town to just walk around and see what they had there. It was quite interesting, to think that bendigo sounds quite ulu, you'll probably think that it only has antique stores and bakeries. Hey, they have like body shop, nike, sports shop, banks, subway and wadeverla. Oyah, my skul is situated in the heart of the city. So we walked around the whole day. Had some chicken fingers at some fish and chips store. Its like thin nuggets. very nice! lol Walked into some clothes store without buying anything, grocery shopping and thats abt it. Went home, it was time for our chinese new year dinner. wasn't as big as the previous years back in Ipoh though. But it was just my uncle and auntie with their kids and my family. We had like prawns, fish, den the gud luck mix thingy. I forgot wad it was called. Haih some kind of chinese i am. Yi sang isit? anyways yeah so we drank wine ate and it was back to the books for me. sad rite?

At some store. A sneak peak of a part of the city

Our own chinese new year celebration

Footie

2008-02-09T23:33:00.000+11:00

So football is soccer and rugby is footie to the australians. Most people in australia either plays footie or cricket during summer. So my cousin taught us to play footie. It is quite a fun game to play. but really hard, especially learning to throw the damn ball properly. It has to spin properly to fly. MUST master that!!! This is what we usually do in the evening to kill time.. And they also have a huge trampoline to jump on. really fun! And cute little guinea pigs and rabbits. Oversize rodents!

As you can see, it flew abt 200m.. haha

BLOGGING!!!

2008-02-09T17:43:00.000+11:00

Hey guys, sry for not blogging for so long, kinda busy nowadays. You know how i am always not doing hw back in m'sia. Thats why i was always so free..haha Things have changed man, every night i have to sit down and finish all my hw i've got. damn... anways i'll probably just update you guys wads been happening throughout the whole week.

So my auntie and uncle decided to drive us around the countryside to take a look at the other side of victoria. First, we drove to some place in dayles ford i think, can't quite remember the names. We went to this sort of forest reserve/ campsite which was actually a former volcano. And the campsite was actually in the crater.. cool huh..lol But you can't really tell, its all filled with pine trees and sand...

Quite poser rite my family

Walking up the hills of the crater

With my relatives, taking a break from all the walking

And so after that, we went to some flea market to look at some stuff.. wasn't really much stuff there.

My mom looking at some fake gucci hand bag. She bought it for my auntie

After that we had a picnic lunch down by jubilee lake. It was quite fun over there. there was like a huge lake filled with ducks and a park. I bet you guys wouldn't belive this.. have you ever seen peacocks on a tree and not in a zoo or a bird farm?? They're like free and wandering around the park!

Me and my cousins at the lake feeding the little duckies

Peacocks and peahens on the tree!

Next stop, Maldon. It is a very small and quiet town in victoria. And it looks like a ghost town. All the buildings are really old! The structures of the buildings were preserved in its original state back in the 1850s. Damn old rite? its like some heritage town. We visited some antique store and had ice cream! and they were huge balls of ice cream! And it taste sooooo good!!! Better than baskin robins!

Maldon

At the ice cream shop

Big rite? I was only able to finish one scoop but these 2 are taking dbls!

Day of arrival..

2008-02-02T20:26:00.000+11:00

Okay, so i was kinda emo in the plane, so didnt really talked much. But what brighten my day was that the food was coming. I know plane food taste like crap but somehow people still look forward to it. I had potato and beef. It was alrite.. you can't expect it to be as good as victoria station rite? But one thing you gotta admit is that the peanuts are damn nice! Salted peanuts! i watched game plan there. Too bad there wasn't Alvin and The Chipmunks on or Enchanted! lol

Reached Melbourne at 9.3 in the morning. And to think its summer it would had been hot, but it was quite cooling. Didnt really do much that day. Slept the rest of the day off.

DAY 2
I had to go to my new school at 3 for some kind of an interview with my group tutor. It took me like 20 mins to get there from where i'm staying. So we went and talk with my group tutor. It was kinda scary at first but then it was okay. And who said the gurls there were all fat? Infact most of them are quite hawt. Not that i'm interested or anything. Anyways, after meeting with him, we decided to go for a walk around the school. The school is really really big!

Those hallways you see in high school musical..haha

DAY 3

First day of school! Panic wei!! So i got all my school books packed and ready for school. My cousins and I had to walk like 500m to the bus stop. After walking like 100m i realised i've forgotten smth. My student handbook with all my timetable and classes on it. I had to run back just to get it. then summore in the morning so cold, damn hard to breath wei! Nearly pengsan x ( Afraid that the bus will leave without me.

looking half dead after running!

do this evry morning and you can run in the olympics

And unlike the school buses in malaysia, these are actually so much better! like those at pudu rayacool rite?

Me and my sister were the only chinese ppl there. but no worries. No one really bothered. Reach school at 8.50 there. There were even more hotter gurls there. But like i said, i'm not even interested. rite andrea? And the guys there were all ugly. lol jus jk They were TALL!! With long wavy hair. Like surfer dudes. Quite good looking too. Went to my first class and it was physics. Our teacher paired us up and made us talk to each other abt our hobbies and stuff. So i had to put on a fake accent and i was like howdy mate? Did you catch yourself a big whoppa tday? Crikey! sry, abit of lameness. Nolla but i talked abit manglish campur auslish. Suddenly got 'la' come out. You have to walk so far just to get from one class to another. is like walking from block A to block Flora! after physics was math then it was recess. I hung out with my sis and her friends. She has this friend called Annie, an ABC which was really hyper and funny. Owh and i went for chinese after that. It was quite funny hearing the aussies saying the chinese words. Don't even know what they're saying. shi sha shi sha sho sho? But you know whats interesting? After school they had like some kind of pool party to start the yr. There were like huge slides, rock climbing, tug of war against houses (and some how i always end up in the yellow house) and so much more. It was pretty cool. The teachers were barbequeing sausages for us. Really nice yummy sausages!

At the poolside

If only su has it. i tink sung, wei shen all will probably wrecked it. haha it would had been more fun if my friends were there.haih oh yah they also had a diving competition. If you're good, people cheer and if you're bad people boo. so some fat people will jump making a huge splash, some did sommersaults and backflips. They were pretty cool! And i would nvr actually wear thongs in m'sia cuz its so uncomfortable. But now i'm wearing them cuz evryone is. But i guess you sort of get used to them. Thx shaun and anil for the slippers!

Worn out after a days walk

Goodbye at 'The Airport'

2008-02-02T13:46:00.000+11:00

You know wad, i don't know why you guys are willing to waste like 98 bucks on the van just to come to the airport! But i really love you guys for doing that!lol Not many ppl have great friends like these. treasure them! Sry for zha-ing you all. =p well here are some photos taken there!

These were all the guys that came that day!

Some random pics of us

"A Signature Dish"

(in case you were wondering, thats sung's hand,

doing what he does best, "FLEXING")

I dont know why, but i love going to KLIA

I just can't get enough of her. Shes so hot isnt she? I miss you so much darling!

ME AND DREA

Guys 'R' Us
(lame wei!)

Juicy huh? lol

Me and my buds

Yu Han & I
(he's always in a state of high)

Hua Kit & I

Me & SungYing HaoThe Big Dawg!Me And DonnieShahnon & I
(doing his favourite pose)

Daryl & IMe & DiGiSiew Fai & I

Thanks for everything Andrea's family! It has been really great knowing all of you. Uncle Andrew, aunt Doris, grace, michelle and mabel.At telok gong seafood with andrea's fam and anne!Me and GraceAndrea's mom and I

After all the cam whoring and what knots, we had to part. It was deffinitely one of the saddest moments of my life. Leaving all my friends wasn't easy. Especially leaving andrea =( i tell you rite, damn emo wei dat day. And for your info, i wasnt crying, there was alot of dust at the airport! haha rite yu han?

our last picture together. Had to take it faster cuz we were sitting on
the conveyer belt and the guards might scold us

Last moments at the airport before we go our separate ways

I LOVE YOU =(

Thank you all for coming to the airport. i love you guys! take care will post more ltr! do well in spm mates!

I'm Here!!

2008-01-30T23:22:00.000+11:00

Hey guys, just to let you noe, i'm in BENDIGO now lol. Really miss you guys so much!