Birthday Surprise o.O"

Oh my! Its been so long since my last post (agen)!! Lol... There has been quite a huge change coz of uni life with new env n frens etc but not like i made a lot of frens so no big change bout the social issue.. lol.. Lectures had been interesting but not the assessments (duh! who would like to do assessments man!)!! But i must say I have been worrying if I shud really go the architecture path becoz I am so bad at designing!! Hate the stuff i designed and lowest results are always design subjects.. Man its like slowly crumbling my confidence to go this path... = =

Anyway, kinda off topic ady... I feel like writing a post today coz i want to record how happy I felt yesterday from all the birthday wishes I get from ppl!! I received quite some txt from ppl and when I got home to check my mail, I was surprised to see my inbox is bombarded with 38 new emails, which most of them are birthday msgs from ppl in fb!! Tho I had a long day coz I have class til 7.15pm (tho was let out at 6:30pm) and got home at around 8pm, I spend the last few hours of the day happily... I think I probly look like an idiot replying every single msg from ppl but I guess thats the only way I can think to show my appreciation... = =! Am I stupid or too easy to please? Or isit a sign of over excitement from surprises due to long period of...lack of social life? I always think that I don't realli hav many frens because Im such an antisocial, so I get surprise when I get invited to parties to get together (tho onli a few) by ppl who I thot Im not close with... Mayb Im being too distant or lack of confidence? Im realli confused bout my relationship with ppl.. Im not sure if we are just an acquaintance, or frens, or close frens? But I guess I have open up quite a lot since I went to uni (writing all my confusion and uncertainties in the blog is a strong evidence tho the blog being dead helps alot as well XD)

Anyway, how did we get from the excitements to sth so emo?! Well, I had celebrations this year with family of coz, which we went fine-dining at Souv(?) (ex-Red Orange)!! I had kangaroo meat (medium rare) and we had a bottle of red wine (Pinot Noir my fav!)... YUM!!! So nice! The taste is unique which the sauce (Chinese-like-chilli-sauce with some other sauce) goes well with the meat and the texture is nice as well! =d Wanted to post the photos of the yummy food here but my comp cudnt read the memory card =(... So I ll leave it til next time tho I think the next time is probly another yr later... XD And Janice (the one from Adelaide/HK) gave me a packet of snake lollies XD and Joyce invite me over to her house for lunch today =d She cooked risotto and bought a cake from Brunetti! Oh yay my wish came true!! Finally get to eat cake from there!! Its coffee-flavoured with a thick layer of cream b/w 2 layers of thin sponge cake and coat with nuts on the top... Dang I forgot to take a pic!! And Michelle n Lisa promised to belanja Korean sometime later and so I am most likely getting fatter this season but oh well! Happiness is the best! =D

Now busy with assignments and later with exams... Finally no more stupid bloody group assignments!!! I swear I dun ever want to be in the same group as those K*****s!!! o(- -*) Im so pissed thruout the semester and I dun ever want to suffer from that agen tho its unavoidable = =!

Disappointed that I cant go to Japan next year but I wont give up!! I will definitely find a chance to go there as a student exchange or taking a short course... Aih architecture is an occupation that wastes one's youth... after 5 years of uni still need to work for 4 years to get a license and the youngest time to get famous is probly at 40s or 50s... = = Hope Im not so ambitious to want to get famous = = I probly want to lead a normal life by then XD

Cant wait to go to Taiwan in Jan and also meeting Shuk Yee jie jie!! Havnt seen her for 5 years! Oh yay!

Okay I think I shud stop high-ing now... Bday is over, dude = = Anyway, hope I hav a wonder last year of being a teen! XD

Christmas n Blab

Havnt been here for a while since I had been busy and also no mood to blog (as usual)... Lol.. Actualli did blog a bit but I hid all the posts becoz its not worth posting (in a way)...

Anyway, Christmas break had been great this year with turkey feast ^^ (side dish: dinner rolls (baked at home) with caviar =d)!! And everyday spend with Sims 2 or tv... Kinda pathetic, when there is no aim in life... (apart from losing weight which hasnt been reached)... Lol... Stil, went Boxing Day Shopping today!! =D with bro, so we got A LOT of christmas wrappings, some games n some gift for the trip... The money I earned from work exp are mostly spent for Christmas.. XD And most of it for gifts... XD

Got some christmas wish this year and some are actualli...unexpected... Lol.. thanx a lot!! (tho u wudnt kno i thanked u bcoz u wont come to this blog) XD.. Haha.. anyway, I'm gonna watch 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' wif Natalle, which im looking fwd to meeting up wif her but not so much of the movie XD Sorry, Nat...

Hm, back to stuff that happened a few weeks ago, I got my braces off!! =D Muahahaha... Some achievement XD... Had it for 3 years so its about time huh... XD Then went to a 'road trip' to Canberra with bro n mum... more like a business trip with bro la but I din help out with business so call it a road trip la... XD stayed a night at Canberra and one at Shepparton if Im not mistaken... pretty cool, coz can get out of home Xd... I feel like i hav been staying at home all this time n been feeling so damn bored...

After that was when the VCE result is announced... I actualli planned to check when I wake up (which I intended to sleep in)... but Venetta txted me so I woke up (which is kinda similar to last year when Shu Hshuan called me n asked how I did XD)... Haha.. so I actualli check my results around 8 sth (results out at 7am)... (cant believe some ppl din sleep to wait for it = ="' omg)... To my surprise, I did much better than I thot (except physics is a disappointment given the effort i had put in thruout the year).. n then chatted with some ppl, found that everyone has amazing Enter score o.O!! Omg...

Couldnt log in to check my ENTER at first but then somehow got in (finally = =)... Was looking thru all the scaled study scores and couldnt find my ENTER XD Haha... Then I finally notciced the figure 99.7..... SHOCKED!!! I was onli aiming for above 90 XD (Initial goal: 97 --> got slack --> change goal: above 95 --> got even slacker --> changed goal: above 90)... Was onli hoping to get be in top 5, since sis was top 5 in her year... Now that i think of it, WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING?!?!! AS IF result of juz above 90 can get into top 5!! = =" then when i went to sku, co-ordinator told me im the dux... Im like, "Err.... huh?!?!?!" Never aim for the it n never thot of it... Had always thot Lauren n Claudia (our benchmark XD) would get it actualli...

Anyway, knowing my result, everyone was even more excited n happier than me... I was very calm..n perhaps juz happy(?) =S or mayb shocked or juz blur to feel the excitement XD.. But it is a good excuse to do some celebration and treat ourselves... XD haha... N I found out many high achievers couldnt get to their first preference bcoz the course they want to do either need sth else more than the ENTER or ENTER is juz not needed = =... Ironic... N funny how ppl think we can get into anything we want bcoz of the score we get... *SLAP!* Omg! Hate it how ppl think its easy to be up there... (- -*) Man, Im soooooo damn eager to slap those ppl that never acknowledges others' effort and hardwork, simply thinking other ppl get up there coz they are smart or talented... Ahem, I know I get angry at some stuff easily.. It juz go 'SNAPPED' n the anger will b hard to settle XD Lol

Anyway, since its too late to say "Merry Chirstmas", "Happy New Year" would do... XD hope next year is a good year n my new year resolution can finally b achieved... XD

VCD project

Yay!! Holidays!! Even though it supposingly started last Sat (20/9), it practically just started today for me coz I had been working on my VCD folio (project) for the first 5 days of holidays! But its worth it since Im proud of the outcome (^ ^)... I designed a restaurant's dining area n invitation card for the opening of the restaurant... Well, I actualli like the invitation better even tho i put the most effort in the restaurant since the model took days n days to make... But I guess Im not dat happi for the restaurant becoz it doesnt come out very nice as i dun hav time to develop it in depth n also I got some help with cutting n holding the model bcoz I was running out of time n reali panic... Guess I couldnt feel proud if the whole thing is not made by me alone..(?) But Im reali reali reali grateful for their help.. (Thanx a bunch, dad, mum, bro n sis!! U guys save my life!! I owe u guys big time! Will belanja crepes to thank ya!) (More like im the one who wants to eat it =P coz the last time I had it was in June or even b4 that)

This is the first design (not chosen): This design comes from the shape of a shell as the restaurant is a high-class French International restaurant (named La Shell) that is famous for seafood n located near the beach/sea... The shell shape has a few meanings to it... Its related to the name, the sea (hence the location n cuisine), as well as the famous French cuisince Escargot that also has a shell shape.. (except that is snail instead of seashell XD but taste real good!) Anyway, I din choose it coz it looks a bit crowded and also bench seats (the middle ones) are not very suitable for high-class restaurant but bar or cafe sort of places... But I think this one is a more special one (?)

Anyway, heres the chosen design for the restaurant... I think the design is a bit...too normal? As in nth special about it that will make ppl go 'wow' n nth impressive that make ppl think it looks realli nice... (am I asking for too much?)

Ground Floor

First Floor

These are not reali the final final coz the ones with windows n other doors are not in my usb as I din save it in jpeg file = =!...This one has two storeys so it has more space n so the first floor is for couples n ground floor is for family or groups... Round tables are for flexible number of customers =) Had also explored furniture design, window frame, colour, pattern, material etc etc... I guess this one is more practical n provide more place for customers n suits the design brief better (?) I'll post the 3D drawings n the model next time(?) since its not in my usb rite now...

N the second presentation piece is the invitation.. I came up with 2 design series.. series hence diff colours so diff guests can get diff colour cards... First series:

And second series:Chose the second series coz it fits the restaurant better - more classy.. (first series looks more..oriental(?)) lol... n the text is more dominant n obvious... but if Im juz talking bout the drawings, I definitely like the first series' better coz its harder to draw XD.. drawn with watercolour with chinese calligraphy brush (probly why it looks oriental XD).. It looks more...hand-drawn n arty(?) XD kakaka... Anyway, the second series are drawn with marker n some with pencil... deciding where to draw the lines to show the shape is probly the hardest part n with marker, is to draw it nice with speed or ink will spread on paper... Stil, I like both la actualli XD...

N okay, lets forget bout the Jamie Oliver part = =" Many ppl is like, 'Huh?! Jamie Oliver?!" Well, the brief says the invitation is for sponsors, some famous ppl n famous chef.. Cant forget Jamie Oliver, rite? =P Lol...

Anyway, since I onli slept for 1 hr on Tues nite (folio due Wed) (I actuali planned not to sleep but my parents keep bugging me to sleep - - [i actualli din sleep for 2 nites for the previous project]), I came home around 5 sth on Wed after handing in the thing at 5pm (ending time), ate sth n sleep around 6 sth... Planned to juz hav a nap n get up around 9:30pm to reply fren's sms bout today's outing but I totally couldnt get up n juz sleep~~~~~~~~til bout 3:30am = =! Finally, couldnt sleep anymore n juz got up at 4am... Lol!!! (But since I din reply yesterday's sms, outing is probly canceled T T) N so today! I want to enjoy my first day of holiday by procastinating n juz 颓废 for a day XD... Kakaka... thats y the whole day is bout tv, manga, eat n blog! XD (n abit of cleaning up the mess in living room [I turned the whole study room and living room into my workstation/studio XD]..

Okay, enuf blogging... The post is getting abit too long anyway... XD

Break

It has been a few days since I've touch the computer becoz Im busy with VCD and Eng lately.. Not to my surprise, I din hav enough time to finish the Eng practice exam today.. Lol! Oh well, since its expected, my mood is not affected... But stupidly, I was 'lured' to walk with two of my frens, one of which split up half way, then walk with the other to her house then back to my home.. I knew its the long way but I cant recall it being soo tiring (mayb coz this time I din take break at her house).. N to think that I got lost (walked the wrong way coz I tried a new road).. sigh - -!.. Took me one n a half hour to get home from sku, which usualli takes 40-50 mins walking... This is the route I took:
The blue is my usual route while red is today's SUPER LONG way.. (with the thick part being where I got lost - -) so yeh... its been a long day... but yeh, think of it as exercise, i guess..

Anyway, back to computer.. The speaker is somehow fixed so I can listen to music with my comp agen! Banzai!! \(^o^)/ -Ehem- Thats not the point I want to make.. I went to check out the 6G blog as usual n much to my surprise, its updated ALOT n many ppl making comments... o.O Wow! N its gr8t to see that there r gatherings going on even tho I cant attend any of them.. Lol.. N thanx Wee Kiat for coming here n leaving sth in the chat box =).. Much appreciated!! N all of a sudden have lots of updates bout ppl o.O! N Kah Wai went to Bankstown for pilotry(?)!! Sounds uber cool! N hopefully get to meet him while hes still in Aust =D..

Btw, went to AFS's student exchange orientation day last Sunday.. It was realli great n funny to listen to the stories from Thom who went exchange to Argentina a few years back... Tho I feel a bit self-conscious being the onli one who lived n grew up in a foreign country.. Theres another guy who travel b/w Japan n Aust a few times but settled in Aust since hes in primary.. So im practically the onli one with broken Eng n perhaps the onli Asian in the coming camp (since that Jap guy will b in France by then).. (>_<") Arrr... But I hav to overcome all these or else I wont survive when I go exchange... N speaking of which, I havnt even get accepted for the scholarship so I shouldnt b worrying bout all of this (- -!).. Anyway, the day was great and I reali reali hope I get the scholarship to Japan!! Okay, the break is getting abit tooo long.. Better get back to VCD..

Good News.. Bad news.. Events!!

Life has been realli busy lately with SACs cramming together and Eng practise exam coming.. BUT! The scariest thing out of all is that folio is gonna due in less than 2 weeks and I still hav heeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaps to do >_<" T_T so yeh.. I'm about to give up ady...

However, there is still good news! Heh! Got short-listed for the Japan exchange student scholarship!! Banzai!! \(^o^)/ So Im keeping my fingers crossed, hoping I can get it successfully =D

Hmm... was realli depressed last week coz I did real crap in Spesh sac T_T but yeh, Im getting over it (hopefully).. I think I did alrite in Physics sac but I stuffed up methods... sigh~ Sku work isnt progressing well T T But oh well, exam is soon so will hav to give it all AFTER folio is due.. XD

For those who doesnt know (since I've only managed to tell a few ppl n I doubt many would know even if I write it here coz practically no one comes here), Im going back to Mas from 16 Jan to 16 Feb!! Yay! \(^ ^)/ I hope I can meet some frens when Im back but I doubt there r many ppl who I can meet.. =/.. The other day, sis n I was writing down wat we want to eat in Mas and we came up with more than 85 food (including noodles, kuihs, snacks, fruits etc) XD lol!! So gonna get fat n we doubt we can try everything within the time we r there... XD Im going to eat n play n shop like theres no tomoro!! Haha... I'll be just finished high sku after all.. =P But I'll stil hav to worry bout enrolment to uni during that time.. X/

The sku has many events coming up now since yr 12 is gonna end soon! (3 more weeks of sku!!) Cant believe time past so fast... Glad that I've been enjoying the past few months tho I must say I havnt been enjoying high sku for the past five and a half years... Hmm.. The events that are coming up are yr 12s vs teachers volleyball match, yr 12 vs yr 11 footy match (apparently this is a tradition of my sku = =!), getting yr 12 T-shirt next term, pyjamas day, yr 12 concert n valedictory dinner (n exams but lets let that slide for now XD).. Too bad we cant do the organizing n decorating yr 12 mag like how Mas high skus do becoz theres no particular classes of students here..

Yr 12 concert!! I still dunno wat to dress up as X(... I was thinking bout cosplay but I dun hav a char that I realli want to dress up as (mayb Im not otaku enuf o.O?! lol!) n I wont hav time to make the costume... buying it or hiring will b uber expensive so wat can I do?! Was thinking bout dressing up as a general char, eg a witch, instead of a particular witch in an anime... if u get wat I mean - -!... But I still dunno lar.... Arrrrr~~~~ someone give me idea!! T_T

Aih aih... Need to go back to spesh... Was juz taking a break =P

Oh, Happy Mooncake Festival for Sunday! tho I dun reali celebrate it..

Lost of Voice

Ehem... Had been sick l8ly... Vocal infection n the vocal cord is swollen... = =" First time I cant talk... Its like whispering XD Hahaha... So, becoz of this, I din go to sku for 2 days (banzai!! XD) and din do anything apart from sleeping, tv n food for 5 days.. Muaahahaha.... Somehow I think its pretty good to be like this coz I can have a loooooong weekend!! N dun hav to ans teachers' qs in class =P... Kakaka...

But then, I miss out on a lot of good food T_T coz coughing pretty hard now n cannot eat this n that.. Sob sob... ='( Anyway, stil feeling good!! N yeh, pretty high now even tho I hav tons of work to do n have esl tomoro... = =" But the restaurant Im doing is looking good =) (hopefully...XD) n yeh, gonna stay back most of the time until the term finish, I assume.. Mayb I'll upload the photos of my finish product here, if I actualli hav blogging mood by then XD...

Bz~

"We only have 3 more months to go!" Cathy said to me.. Then it strikes my mind that we really dun have much time left. Then only I start to panic. Then only I feel the urge to study. I've been slacking off since..the beginning of the year(?) (or mayb last yr) and I know I cant stay like this. Im always a last min person bcoz I can only start working under very tense situations that bring strong motivation --- deadlines. Sucks. I hav to work under very stressful and panic conditions. Every time. Altho I muz feel proud that the quality of the work are not that bad --- Im a perfectionist after all.

Its time to get serious. I dun want to end up like Grade 6. A nightmare. It juz haunts me all the time, for more than 5 years. Its probly juz a minor problem to most ppl, and ppl has been telling me to forget bout that. But its not like it can be forgotten that easily, when I fail the expectations. Disappointment, shock, disbelief. Thats the reaction everyone has. N this year, the expectations r still there.. N its way more important than Grade 6 and most of the stress comes from myself.. My ego? =S Cant have those disappointed eyes on me agen after all. So it better not happen agen this year. I'll run into the rain and find a place to curl up and get isolated from the world where no one can see me or find me.. (Im antisocial XD) tho its kinda hard to succeed the plan since it'll b summer n Aust is having drought atm, aka no rain la... hahaha.. XP But im serious bout the second part, so dun come n find me. Let me be n I'll go home when I feel alrite to face everyone agen. (Im the type that wont tell my worries when Im in the situation.. Will only tell ppl when its over n Im alrite with it.. Ego agen..? =S Lol.. Seems like I've got the guys' personality of having a strong ego(pride?) n hate to admit defeat XD) N dun mention anything when u see me. No comforting words. It'll drive me nuts. Seriously. It will.

Lol! XD U can tell how severe the effect of the memory has on me. I have had tons of scenarios in my mind on wat I would do if I screw up VCE this year. The one I mentioned is one of them that I think is the best choice coz it'll cause least trouble with least ppl worry bout me. (Juz being antisocial XD) Its not like I run away from home or anything like that.. (close but not.. =P) So yeh.. Haha.. Guess I cant totally get rid of the pessimistic personality of mine, even tho I've been trying hard to b optimistic..

Haha.. So yeh.. Muz start to work hard la.. SO! I will ban manga for 3 months!! Believe it or not!! (just be honest n say no.. coz I cant believe it either = =;) Hope I will not give in to the temptation of mangas n able to work hard for this coming 3 months! =D