Firstly, i'll like to thank those people who wished me happy birthday on this special day =D
unfortunately, half of this special day was occupied by the activity of flying and clearing customs.
The mad rush for trolleys was "as though we're in some 3rd world country" (quoted from some unknown guy in the airport) and unfortunately i would have to agree. The entire arrival hall was crowded and messy. After painstakenly removing my luggage, the idea of "following the crowd" proved valuable in this chaotic environment. Attempts to check if the crowd was right only allowed others who used that valuable idea to lengthen the line that we were supposed to join.
Customs threw away my bak kut teh herbs coz the ingredients weren't stated as well as my home made (i was the one who made them somemore!) love letters. I knew egg products not allowed but sometimes cny goodies allowed =x maybe i really should have told her that i made them myself but i doubted that she would have cared. Saw her checking another girl's bag earlier (could be a different person checking actually) crazy. take out EVERYTHING in the luggage.. even her underwear as well! so degrading okie.. Somehow she seemed to be 'dusting' all the plastics found.. eg, maggie noodles packets, new clothes inside those transparent plastics etc.. Obviously this was a student by the number of instant noodles =p
almost missed the orientation stuff but noticed stuff at south lawn and wandered around, getting freebies. Got mainly lollies, choc, jelly beans, SALTY popcorn (which became my lunch) and met Rena. Later also met up with Mei Ling and we did some crazy stuff with this 'bee man' (aka taking pix to be placed on facebook) and got free donuts.
Went back to rest for a while first then was abit late for dinner. Dressed up abit, wore the black blouse with a white tube in it plus my handbag plus shoes (with cute ribbons) as quoted by ahi. Although i didn't read the letters given to me by my friends at dinner in advance (which apparently all seemed to 'advice' me to be more mature and responsible), i wonder if this dress sense can last long enough to reflect.
anyway, more thanks to those at dinner, for the gifts as well =D but most importantly was the company i got for dinner =) it's really been great
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
1st post in 2008
it's now 5.50am on the 1st Feb!
1 whole month has passed since the new year!
things i've been busy with:
1) work! @ AIA. Finally, after a whole month, i'm able to interact more fluently with my colleagues =D At last, i can roughly master the various chinese names found amongst the stuff! been helping them to check loads of reports and i learnt one important thing: excel is very useful and essential! at least i learn this before my final year in uni, otherwise, i bet i would have continued to undermine the importance of this program and ignored the great benefits found within it.
2) meeting up with various people who have bothered coming out to catch up =D Sports is always a great way to improve relations and ease and facilitate conversational flows. But of course, sometimes without it, leads to a less distracting situation to really catch up with the other =) Dinner is always a good way to do so. Many more people to catch up with though. 25 more days left before i officially arrive in Melbourne once more! How many people can i squeeze within this time i wonder?
Some other random stuff:
a) Saw a car catch fire on the highway! (or near it) have a picture of it somewhere in my phone but i think the quality is quite bad so i shall save your eyes from getting irritated. =D
b) there's currently a bug above me and i am so scared stiff that i dont know if i can go to bed before my dad and sis wakes up for sch. makes me think of the 'bee movie' where the reason they suggested bugs fly towards lamps is because they think it's the sun (the attractiveness of bright lights) but the buzzing is just killing my nerves now. eeek!
anyway people, happy chinese new year in advance! =D not sure if i would be busy helping my mum bake stuff until i'm too lazy to post anything or not. but if that's the case, might just end up posting pix of the cake we'll have baked =)
1 whole month has passed since the new year!
things i've been busy with:
1) work! @ AIA. Finally, after a whole month, i'm able to interact more fluently with my colleagues =D At last, i can roughly master the various chinese names found amongst the stuff! been helping them to check loads of reports and i learnt one important thing: excel is very useful and essential! at least i learn this before my final year in uni, otherwise, i bet i would have continued to undermine the importance of this program and ignored the great benefits found within it.
2) meeting up with various people who have bothered coming out to catch up =D Sports is always a great way to improve relations and ease and facilitate conversational flows. But of course, sometimes without it, leads to a less distracting situation to really catch up with the other =) Dinner is always a good way to do so. Many more people to catch up with though. 25 more days left before i officially arrive in Melbourne once more! How many people can i squeeze within this time i wonder?
Some other random stuff:
a) Saw a car catch fire on the highway! (or near it) have a picture of it somewhere in my phone but i think the quality is quite bad so i shall save your eyes from getting irritated. =D
b) there's currently a bug above me and i am so scared stiff that i dont know if i can go to bed before my dad and sis wakes up for sch. makes me think of the 'bee movie' where the reason they suggested bugs fly towards lamps is because they think it's the sun (the attractiveness of bright lights) but the buzzing is just killing my nerves now. eeek!
anyway people, happy chinese new year in advance! =D not sure if i would be busy helping my mum bake stuff until i'm too lazy to post anything or not. but if that's the case, might just end up posting pix of the cake we'll have baked =)
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