arrivederci 08, benvenuti 09

ciao everyone, firstly i would like to wish everyone a very happy new year. i hope everyone is as excited as me at whats going upcoming this year because it is going to be one hell of a year for me, i hope, if everything goes as anticipated.

firstly, spent christmas and new year in melbourne. it was a good trip, so much so that i had to drag myself up the plane back to brisbane because it means that holiday is over and back to books. i indulged in an estimated seven-hundred dollars shopping spree during the pre-christmas sales and post-christmas boxing day sales. everything was at least forty percent off and knowing me, i had to buy. compared to singapore's great singapore sale and year-end-sale, this is the real thing man. i think from now on, i am going to attempt to spend christmas in countries which 'celebrate' boxing day sales. apart from that, went to watch an australian-league soccer match between melbourne victory and sydney fc at the telstra dome. stadium was magnificent but i believe theres more to come with san siro stadium, old trafford, nou camp, anfield and emirates stadium just to name a few. it was an exciting match with sydney fc scoring on the twenty-ninth second (yes! 29 seconds) and on the third minute to silence the melbourne crowd all the way till the second half when melbourne gave them a kiss-my-ass fightback and scored three goals to win the game. if this happened in asia, it is gonna be called 'kelong'. i also went up to mount dandenong for the ever-yummy ms marple's scones and devonshire tea, which is a must-do for every melbourne trip. not forgetting torquay for some surfer's brand.

08 just came and flew by. at the start of the year, was so excited of my departure of singapore for australia. now, a year has just passed. one thing i regret most was not making many more new friends than i had hoped for. on the positive side, i think i have settled myself very well in brisbane and also done well for my studies. i am just awaiting for a confirmation for my transfer to commerce program to put myself at ease.

so whats in for 09? i think the 'in' event for me is my proposed trip to milan as an exchange student for the second half of the year. seriously, i cannot wait for it to happen. it is going to be one hell of a time being on the other side of the globe alone. i really really hope to make many many friends from all over the world when i am there. however, to do so, i must really really start to open my mouth more and yak yak yak around. being there equals to travels travels and even more travels around europe. so for this first half of the year, i will have to scrimp and save so that i will be financially-sufficient to enjoy myself in europe.

i can have a bit of breather now as i have just finished my mid-semester examination yesterday. i was so stressed over this particular paper. couldnt sleep well for the past week. partly was because i failed the mcq exam i had earlier for this course. but i think i should be able to pass this mid-semester examination even though i have just found out that i had completed one question incomplete. fuming over this, argh...

thats all for now folks...