during my time in Australia, apart from uni life, i would like to:
1) go up on a hot-air balloon to see the beautiful sunrise
2) boating trip in Great Barrier Reef to snorkel and learn to dive to see life underwater
3) head to Western Australia to harvest abalone
4) soak and experience in Sydney's Mardi-gras festival
5) snow-ski in the snow-capped mountains in New South Wales and Victoria
6) go down to New Zealand to trek in one of the world's most scenic national parks (to whom it may concern: remember to work very hard to earn the money to come, i'm waiting...)
7) personally harvest fruits and buy it from the farmers to sell it in weekend markets
8) learn to surf
9) grow fruits and vegetables in Ranger's garden
anyone interested?
Sunday 20 April 2008
Saturday 19 April 2008
si! esame finito!
mid-semester examinations and assignments are finally over, at last i can take a break for a day or two before hitting back to books books books. it has been a while since i last blog and boy o boy i have so much to say.
first, an update on my studies. just finished my accounting paper today and it was quite ok except for time-management problems. guess i need to work a lot faster and accurately. still awaiting for my management assignment to be returned back, quite scared to see the results that i have gotten for this because it is an essay, cannot really write well. as for my law quizzes, pretty satisfied with my results till date. lastly for my marketing exam, did not expect to fare this well as the paper was very tricky. since the easter break till now, i have not focussed much on the lectures and tutorials as i was concentrating on my mid-sem examinations and assignments, so it is time to start catching up on all and pushed all the way for the final examination in june.
tuesday was the day i turned ventuno but did not celebrate as i had the accounting examination to prepare. nothing special but would like to sincerely thank all who had wished me and the one special person who tried to wish me but failed. i was thinking of going to a strip club to celebrate...
Ranger's parents, aunty cynthia and grandma are here to visit and cook for the three of us for a month. they said that i had put on some weight which i beg to differ. but since i have been here, i have been eating quite a lot, larger portions and also late-night suppers. the fast-food here is yummy, so in love with kfc's wicked wings and my favourite mcdonald's burgers and fries. single cheeseburgers to triple cheeseburgers and quarter-pounder burgers to double quarter-pounder burgers. end it with my favourite coca-cola or vanilla and chocolate milkshakes. before i end, pizzas here are so cheap, a large pizza costs just six bucks. however, these fast-foods are just my snack meals on the way home from UQ or late-night suppers. my breakfasts, lunches and dinners are proper meals from a traditional aussie breakfast of cereals or breakfast bars or eggs on toasts with a cup of cappuccino or latte to packed lunches of sandwiches or last night's dinner leftovers to delicious home-cooked dinner or wagyu beef steaks.
fortunately, we have a great chef friend, Don, whom Izaeel and i worked part-time for. he cooks yummy malaysian and singapore cuisines and makes good sushi, which makes me do not miss home at all. thumbs up for nasi lemak, satay, mee goreng, nasi goreng, char siew and crispy noodles. he takes care of us so well, always making food and giving fruits for us to eat and bring home. i am thinking of working for him during my winter and summer breaks so that i can learn from him. since working for Don and watching Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare, i have thought of a couple of small food ventures. however, it will be difficult doing it alone and juggling my studies simultaneously. but i am thinking of trying maybe next year or the year after.
before i end, o yes, i experienced storm on monday. it was quite exciting and it is not rain droplets but hails raining down. quite dangerous if you do not have an umbrella with you and it is painful to be hit by one. the hails can break the windscreens of vehicles on the road. however, the storm came and left quite fast and out came the sun again. after which, i saw a spectacular rainbow from my room's window. beautiful...
first, an update on my studies. just finished my accounting paper today and it was quite ok except for time-management problems. guess i need to work a lot faster and accurately. still awaiting for my management assignment to be returned back, quite scared to see the results that i have gotten for this because it is an essay, cannot really write well. as for my law quizzes, pretty satisfied with my results till date. lastly for my marketing exam, did not expect to fare this well as the paper was very tricky. since the easter break till now, i have not focussed much on the lectures and tutorials as i was concentrating on my mid-sem examinations and assignments, so it is time to start catching up on all and pushed all the way for the final examination in june.
tuesday was the day i turned ventuno but did not celebrate as i had the accounting examination to prepare. nothing special but would like to sincerely thank all who had wished me and the one special person who tried to wish me but failed. i was thinking of going to a strip club to celebrate...
Ranger's parents, aunty cynthia and grandma are here to visit and cook for the three of us for a month. they said that i had put on some weight which i beg to differ. but since i have been here, i have been eating quite a lot, larger portions and also late-night suppers. the fast-food here is yummy, so in love with kfc's wicked wings and my favourite mcdonald's burgers and fries. single cheeseburgers to triple cheeseburgers and quarter-pounder burgers to double quarter-pounder burgers. end it with my favourite coca-cola or vanilla and chocolate milkshakes. before i end, pizzas here are so cheap, a large pizza costs just six bucks. however, these fast-foods are just my snack meals on the way home from UQ or late-night suppers. my breakfasts, lunches and dinners are proper meals from a traditional aussie breakfast of cereals or breakfast bars or eggs on toasts with a cup of cappuccino or latte to packed lunches of sandwiches or last night's dinner leftovers to delicious home-cooked dinner or wagyu beef steaks.
fortunately, we have a great chef friend, Don, whom Izaeel and i worked part-time for. he cooks yummy malaysian and singapore cuisines and makes good sushi, which makes me do not miss home at all. thumbs up for nasi lemak, satay, mee goreng, nasi goreng, char siew and crispy noodles. he takes care of us so well, always making food and giving fruits for us to eat and bring home. i am thinking of working for him during my winter and summer breaks so that i can learn from him. since working for Don and watching Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare, i have thought of a couple of small food ventures. however, it will be difficult doing it alone and juggling my studies simultaneously. but i am thinking of trying maybe next year or the year after.
before i end, o yes, i experienced storm on monday. it was quite exciting and it is not rain droplets but hails raining down. quite dangerous if you do not have an umbrella with you and it is painful to be hit by one. the hails can break the windscreens of vehicles on the road. however, the storm came and left quite fast and out came the sun again. after which, i saw a spectacular rainbow from my room's window. beautiful...