Went to catch the movie 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' yesterday with Nic and his little brother, Martin.. I looooooove the movie.. the chipmunks are so adorable... especially Theodore... so chubby and cute... haha.. :)

Share some pictures here (and also to keep for remembrance)...

(ooo... look at this picture... Theodore asking for more whip cream!!.. soooooo cute!!!)

Its a must watch movie!!!

No longer the need to countdown to the number of days before I get to see Nic... Because he is BACK! he touched down on Monday night... thinking of giving me a surprise.. but instead, I counter-surprised him instead.. and kept my words in bringing him soon-kuehs to fetch him from the airport...

He has been planning and collaborating with his family members on how to keep me in the dark and to get me surprised by inviting me over to his place for dinner and then he will come back home and surprise me.. but i guess his efforts were wasted as I am too smart for his little trick.. or maybe because I knew him thoroughly (inside-out).. hahaha...

Anyway, how I got to know of his plan is due to the following loopholes that gave his secret out:

1. One day, while talking to Tania, she suddenly mentioned that he only got a few days left with her in Melbourne... ah-hah.. I smelt a rat....

2. He accidentally told me that he went to place a time-freeze on my Fitness First Membership.. and mentioned that it was on the 10th.. but he tried to cover up saying that its on the 10th of Jan.. hence, I smelt a bigger rat....

So, wanting to make sure that he IS coming back early, I decided to perform series of investigations...

First, I went to Fitness First e-member website to find out which is the date of his time-freeze.. though the website did not state specifically that the membership has been freezed.. but from the transaction history of my member account, I can see that Nic made a payment of $30 in total for the time freeze (being $10 per month)... so now the truth starts to reveal itself.. $30 means he has frozen the account for 3 months, and counting back from Feb 08 (which is when we will return to Melbourne), the month of freeze should begins in December.. which is this month...

Second, knowing for sure (or maybe 99.99%) that he will be coming back early, the next step will be to find out the exact date of return... I then asked Lena (from luxury tours) to check on Abacus system to see if there's any record of his return.. but as he did not amend through the system, there's no record.. so I decided to call Qantas up.. but Qantas is unable to reveal his flight details unless I have his booking reference... which I don't.. So not giving up, I decided to check his email for clues (cos I am sure if he made any amendments, Qantas will sure email him some form of confirmation).. and then...

Yes!! I got it... in his email, shows an subject line which read "10DEC LEE WEY LEON NICHOLAS MEL-SIN"... hahahaha.. so that's how I managed to know his secret of returning back early...

But the story did not end just like that.. Before Jie (stephanie) called me, I was still thinking probably Nic will want to surprise his family members too.... but cos the some days back, I told her that I will be returning her a jacket early next week (which is this week)... and thus she suspected that I know something... but I wasn't told of the truth until Monday morning when she called me again to make sure that I will be going to his place and that he will be coming back in the night... so then we decided to plot another surprise plan for Nic...

So on Monday night, after buying the soon kuehs, I went to the airport with Kor to pick him.. but in order to give him a surprise, I decided that I should hide myself and jump out on him to surprise him.... so I hid in one of the convenient store next to the exit to the car park, and after they walked past, I crept quietly behind them and sprang out at Nic, giving him a tickle.. haha.. and he was indeed very surprised by my appearance.. haha

Successful!!! heh heh heh....

Alright, that's all for the story.. got to now get ready for gym and class tonight... sigh....

Since I have already signed in, I guess I better write something... haha..

Anyway, been back in Singapore for 2 whole weeks... and during these two weeks, I pampered myself more than any other time in my entire life... well, I had a hair-do last week, went for eyebrow embroidery, did a manicure (cheap & good).. bought myself a pair of earrings from SK (well, no $$, if not I would have gotten a better one.. keke.. maybe that shall be one present from Nic.. ;p)... and ermmm, replaced my wallet and driving licence... Haven't replace my IC yet though, will do so soon.. so lazy to travel all the way to lavendar just to get it done... sigh!!

Now I think its time to tighten my wallet.. but before that, I want a new handphone!! planning to get Sony Ericsson W910i...

Today it rained the whole day.. so irritating.. how I wished I could just stay at home but I can't cos need to attend my lesson for Auditing... so in the end, I went for gym just before my class... and the rain didn't get any smaller even after my gym session, but on the contrary, it suddenly poured heavily just as I stepped out of the gym.. :( Ended up having my legs wet..

After attending today's lecture, I think I got to put in my heart and soul into studying again... how I wish I can just enjoy the whole summer by doing nothing but watching tv at home and relaxing all the way... sigh!!!

Alrighty, shall now watch some tv before turning in for bed..... good nite!

1 week and 4 days without Nic... 60 more days...

Haven't been doing much for the past few days (after my last blog)... my weekly routine is just to go gym, school, and maybe meet up with a few friends.... So far, had managed to catch up with Selene and friends on Thursday for a dinner at New York New York (Citylink Branch)...

During the week, I went for a haircut too... planning to curl my hair when they are much longer... probably got to wait for another year ba... :)

Today, I am going to JB to do a bit of things... but mainly is to go for an eyebrow embroidery. When I told my parents, they were so against the idea, saying that only ah-lians will do that, but I have seen very nice results on Janice and Elaine, and I don't feel that they are lians at all, so I will just go for it.. hopefully the end results are good.... hehe.... that will save me alot of time the next time I go out, at least I won't have to bother to draw my brows already.... :)

Life is vulnerable

This morning I received a sms from Sonia telling me about the dragonboat accident in Cambodia and that one of the deceased is my ex-kayaking team mate, Reuben Kee.

Although I do not share much memory with him, but the sudden departure of his strucked me deeply on how vulnerable life can be, and thus the next thought that was in mind was to really treasure those around us.. But its always easier said than done. How many times have we taken our family members and friends for granted? Answer is too many... human beings will not learn how to treasure without loss... and that is always how things are...

65 days more...

67 days left...

Visited the chinese sin-seh this morning to fix my left thumb... sprained it 2 months back... so the sin-seh did a little "pull" to relocate the bones.. and as the injury has been for quite sometime, the sin-seh did an accupuncture for me... it wasn't too painful, just alittle when the needle was inserted...

After that, dad and I went to Bukit Panjang Plaza for lunch... no much changes during the past 9 months.. well, I guess it isn't a long period for any significant changes to take place... This time back in Singapore, the major change will be on the roads, for eg. there is a new highway called KPE linking PIE to ECP and most of the road signs are also changed.. not to mention the increased in ERP charges as well as petrol costs.... Living standards in Singapore has definitely increased by quite a bit... But why not the wages? hmmm..

Home Sweet Home - Day 1 without Nicholas

Ah.. finally HOME! after 9 months in Australia... I would say that the past 9 months flew by very quickly....

Yesterday, I took my first lonely flight.. the journey was smooth but tiring.. I can't wait for the plane to reach its destination cos I was sandwiched between two other passengers and was unable to get out of my seat for a walk or even to visit the toilet as and when I wanted to.. but nevertheless, was glad that I had a safe trip back...

When I was alone on the plane, I began to realised how lonely it is without Nic by my side... when we parted at the airport, Nic was so sad.. and because he was so sad, it breaks my heart to see him cry... How I wished he can just be home together with me too... but now all I can ask for is his safety in Melbourne... 70days is really not a short period of time.. especially when both of us are so used to each other's company...

Anyway, just pray that 31st Jan will come soon..

I woke up pretty early this morning.. can't sleep well.. I guess is the pillow (damn hard)... so in the end the whole night I slept without a pillow and only in the morning, then I used the bolster as my pillow... argh.. almost got a stiff neck... but all in all, being home was good.. seeing how happy my family members are made me happy too.... just kinda disappointed that Rico wasn't too exceptionally excited to see me.. haha.. though he did give me a face mask of his saliva... :)

I went to the gym at paragon before having lunch with my sister... she treated me a lunch at Crystal Jade Xiao Long Bao... the dumplings are very nice.. I must bring Nic for a meal when he is back... I am sure he would love the dumplings too.. :)

Now am back home... playing with Rico and also chatting with Nic over the MSN... for the next 70 days, MSN and Pfingo will be our mode of communication....

69days more too go...

Just had a homecooked dinner of steak and chilli crab... :)

Nice? Crab was prepared by me while the steak was by Nic...

Thank God that the sun eventually came out... So we went ahead with our sun-tanning plan at Brighton Beach.... :)

We took a slow drive to the beach (mainly because of the slow traffic... haha) Upon getting out of the car, we were surrounded by dozens of flies.... eeeks... so irritating... they are attracted to us like how they are attracted to shit... but of cos, we are not shit.. haha... and of cos we had our shower... its just because its summer, and during summer there will be plenty of horseflies everywhere... gosh.. luckily I won't be here to entertain them...

It wasn't long before we settled down at a spot where the view is not that bad and the sun is strong... We spreaded out a piece of table cover and two towels before lying down for a tan... Although there were flies humming around us, but I was pretty alright with them.. But Nic was very irritated by the flies.. so I suppose he didn't really enjoy the tan... we tanned for an hour or so before we decided to leave that place.... end up we aren't that tan too... the sun isn't that strong today... we we thought of visiting another beach on Friday to get a better tan...

Alrighty, we took some pictures too... hehe.. and of cos, I was in the new bikini that I bought specially for this sun-tanning... ;p

(That's us.. do we look tanner?)

(my new bikini... darn.. still so fair)

(Nic says CHEESE!...)

Waiting for the Sun to come out before we can head to the beach... but still no sight of the sun since morning.. weather forecast states that there'll be fog in the morning and will slowly become sunny in the noon.. hmmm.. can't wait to go for a tan....

Clouds Clouds go away.. come again another day... Nic and Stella wants to tan..... ~

For the past few days, we have been really taking our time to go shopping... catch a movie.. just doing things that a couple will do during dating period.. we are still dating aren't we.. haha... :)

Sigh... just a week more before I head back to Singapore... Am suppose to be happy.. but because Nic will be left here alone, makes me really worried and sad... how I wish he can go back earlier with me.. sigh!

Been slacking for the past few days.. feels so good to be able to spend the whole day watching tv and going out without having to worry about school work.... gotta take this opportunity to really relax and enjoy!

Went with Tania to catch the Phantom of the Opera last Thursday.. the performance was very good.. its my first time watching an opera, and I am liking it... hehe... perhaps will try to watch more of them in future... After the opera, we went to Crown Casino to try our luck.. but too bad for me... my lucky Dog machine didn't bring me any luck... :(

On Friday, the four Singaporeans (Tania, Janice, Tien Fun and me) gathered togehter at my place for a mahjong session.... it was really fun.... haven't played for such a long time.. How I missed those weekends where Nic and I will go Gerald's house and play with him and Rachel (and for the period, I think I am alittle addicted to Mahjong).. :p Although lady luck isn't smiling at me, but am glad to have the opportunity to play with them as well as to catch up...

Yesterday and today, we are busy sending our friends to the airport, Saturday is Tania and today is Varun.... Nic seems to be a little sad.. I guess he must be very reluctant to let me go back Singapore alone.. I am also a little reluctant to leave him here alone.. but I really wanna go back.. sigh... :(

Anyway, its only 10 days from the date of my departure... We will try to spend some quality time together these few days.. we planned to have a picnic at the beach and have a feast of crab and steak too... :) I will so miss him.... siggggghhhhhh....

Finally! Exams are over!!! Yay!! :)

A long awaited day.... so happy and feel so relaxed now that I don't have to study anymore for this semester. Hopefully all my papers will pass with flying colours!

Planned a long list of programmes... will start from tomorrow where I will go with Tania, to buy some nuts back for my relatives... haven't start on the list of stuff to get yet, but am going to plan them out tonight...

Now its 8.25pm in Melbourne, but the sky is still bright... guess that's the whole purpose of daylight saving, to push back 1 hour of the time to enjoy a longer day light (if not it would have been 7.25pm instead).. anyway, although I do love the long day, but when it comes to dinner time, I tend to feel abit confused.. cos the feeling doesn't feel like dinner time, but yet the time is already 8pm... so we will normally end up eating late... haha..

Hmmm, nothing much to update at the moment... so i will just leave it to my future post... :)

Birthday Pest: "December 26 - 31 ~ Bullfrog"

I am a Bullfrog! (ermmmm...)

If you are a Bullfrog: You symbolize a very happy-go-lucky approach in life. Whatever the surroundings may be, grim or cheerful, you remain unaffected. In fact, you spread cheer wherever you go. You are the leader of your group of friends and good at consoling people in their times of need. You dislike hypocrisy and tend to shirk away from hypocrites. They can never be in your good books, no matter what. You are very methodical and organized in your work. No amount of mess, hence, can ever encompass you. Beware; it is easy for you to fall in love....

I think its so true.... :)

This is Nic's.. He is an Ass! (giggle)

If you are an Ass: A very loyal and sweet person. Your loyalty can never be doubted. You are quite honest and sincere when it comes to your attitude towards working. You are a very simple person, indeed. Absolutely hassle free, humble and down-to-earth!! That explains the reason why your friends cling on to you! You have a good taste for clothes. If your wardrobe is not updated with what is trendy, you sure are depressed. Popular and easy-going. You have a little group of dignified friends, all of them being quality-personified.

I think its quite true too.. he is a loyal person definitely.. like how he will always say 'when I like one thing I will stick to it' .. and he always uses me as an example.. :p As for sweet.. hmmm, he used to be before we were dating.. but he still does at times.. but now its more like a 'being-urself' kind of thing already.. no longer the need for any pretentious acts.... but as for him having taste for clothes.. hmmm.. that's I disagree.. hahaha.. he doesn't seem to have much clothes in the wardrobe expect for a few tees and polos (what else can a guy wear?).. but he does always comment on my dressing.. always telling me this is not good, that is not good.. haha.. (can't stand!!)... and as for the rest, he definitely fits in to the description.. :)

Finally a short break... has been consecutive 3 days of exams... been a little taxing.. but at least now I can afford to relax before my next paper, which is my last paper, next Tuesday... and after that will be 'yay'.. haha..

Lately, Nic seems to be quite upset about the idea that we will be apart for the next few months.. he has been constantly reminding and counting down the days we have left to be together before I head back to Singapore.. sigh.. I really don't know how will the 2 months be like without him by my side.. I am quite sure I will feel weird... and a bit unrest as well.. Anyway, just hope that he can enjoy himself alone in Melbourne without me nagging at him.. and most importantly to be safe...

Hmmm, maybe now I shall talk a little about my past 3 papers... well, 308 (Debt and Contractual Securities) is kinda alright.. If everything goes well, I should be able to get a little better than Distinction.. as for Business Communications, it sucks and its crappy... but anyway the exam paper comes out to be 90% similar to the sample exam that they provided for us to study.... but because I was thinking to myself that they can't be so nice to let us have such simple paper and that there probably might be some hidden 'tricks'.. so I didn't copy 100% of the solution for the sample exam.. but anyway I wasn't hoping to get good grades for that paper too, all I wanted is to pass the paper and get over with it... its simply a crap unit..

As for today's paper, Accounting 260 (International Financial Reporting)... I managed to complete the paper.. but then to realise that I did a few careless mistakes like missing out some journal entries... but anyway, overall the paper is kinda 'easy?'.. maybe for people who really studied hard for it... shouldn't have a problem in scoring at all.. but then, I should, if everything goes well again.. be able to get a low-middle Distinction for it too.. so now just cross my fingers and pray hard for the results to be good... (probably that's the only thing I can do now isn't it?)

Anyway, now will start to prepare for my last paper... have got 5 days to do so.... gonna work hard and make sure that this semester, at least I can get Distinctions for most of the units (at least all 3 of them??).. Hopefully I ain't aiming for the impossible.. :)

Alrighty.... signing off now.... ~~

Just completed my first paper of this semester... won't dare to say that I will score (although hopefully I will).. but at least I answered most of the questions.. and I think that is quite an achievement given that the paper isn't that simple.. anyway, its over.. whether its good or bad will be the will of God... just hope that my prayers will be answered.. :)

Tomorrow's paper is Business Communications.. such a stupid unit.. a waste of money, time and energy.. sigh!

Really can't wait for exams to be over... We (Tania, Tien Fun and Janice) have arranged for a mahjong session on the 9th of Nov.... and before that, I will be going for my first opera "Phantom of the Opera" with Tania on the 8th of Nov... So many programmes awaits for me... so I must study really hard and look forward to the end of exams... hahaha...

OK, till then... byes!

Taking a breather now from the last topic of 260... have been studying for the past 1 week.. though not really putting my heart and soul in it.. more relaxing than the first semester in fact.. but still, not that I dun want to, just that the mood isn't there... but of cos I know the importance and I will try my best to focus on whatever I will be reading and studying for the following one week... somehow just don't understand why is it that people always like to do things the hard way?? e.g. knowing that I will end up rushing through all my 13 weeks studies into 1, why didn't I start way from the beginning? human beings are just like to keep asking " if only this .. if only that" why do we only know how to ask but just cannot set the initial pace to do things right.... well, that's life I suppose...

Anyway, just another week of 'bitter'... strive hard Stella! you can do it!!!

Last night, while chatting on the msn with my sister, heard a bad news from her... she told me that mama (my grandmother) is diagnose with liver cancer... but was relieved when she said it wasn't at the serious stage yet and that mama is now undergoing some treatment... so just pray that she will be healthy and that she can enjoy the rest of her living years in comfort... I know this is part and parcel of life... but somehow, imagining someone close to you is leaving you forever is just something beyond words can describe... I won't say that I am a pessimistic person, in fact I am a very optimistic one... but I often imagine the day when someone really close to me pass away.... someone like my mother, father, sister, Nicholas or even Rico.. I think no matter how strong I appear to be, at that very moment and maybe for quite a long period, I will be affected.... so I keep telling myself to treasure people around me.. treasure things I have.... cos you never know when they will leave you.... and I don't want to regret only after they left.... I really wish that I can get this point to everyone out there... never take what you have for granted...

ok, talk about the second unhappy thing that happened yesterday... well, I got back the results for my assignment for 308... all thanks to my complacency... I got 6.25/10... all I can say is serve myself right for being so careless.. am really very unhappy about it.... and seeing Janice getting 9.25/10 makes me feel even more upset... we could have fare almost the same... but I guess I was just too confident that I didnt check through my work... though I felt really upset, but I keep telling myself that at least God make me realised my mistake now, so I can be more careful during the exam... and I guess this way of thinking is really right.... why feel sad over some misfortune when that could actually is your guiding light... whenever some bad event happens, they happen for a reason... either a lesson to be learnt ourselves or a lesson for others around us to learn... if you believe this, you will find yourself leading a more fulfilling life...

Be it relationship setbacks, career setbacks or even health... just look things at the brighter side and you will be enlightened.. rather than spending time to lament over things that's beyond our control, why not take the chance to learn and improve ourselves... agree?

anyway, got to return to my books now... aim to complete the last topic by 2am.. so that I can start on practising on the past year papers tomorrow.... :)

All the best to myself and to all my friends!!

Jia you Stella!

Havent been blogging for quite a while. For the past one week or so, I have been busy preparing myself for the upcoming exams (which is just one week away from now)... :(

Its Saturday again... but this morning I didn't go to the gym, instead Nic and I went for breakfast together... After breakfast, we went to Tania's house to pick her parents before heading to Queen Vic Market. Like every Saturday, all the items were already on sale when we reached (we purposely went there late around 12+pm to enjoy the sale)... We did a little marketing for the following few weeks cos we can foresee ourselves cropping at home studying...

Anyway, its really a hot day today... don't feel like doing anything or going anywhere... luckily I wont be here to suffer the summer heat.. but poor Nic.. wonder how can someone like him, who is so afraid of heat, tolerate through the whole summer? but well, its his choice... perhaps summer is good for him as he can visit the beach and be a beach boy! let's see if he gets tanner when he returns to Singapore at the end of January... :p

Ok, time to get back to my books... pray for myself, Nic, Tania, Janice, Phan, Shing and all my friends.. that they can all achieve the results which they aimed for! God Bless all of us!

Cheers!! :)

As mentioned earlier, Kor Jie and Lucas was here on a 10 days holiday, from 27th Sept to 5th Oct...

We didn't really get to sightsee or visit any places of interest, perhaps just a few shopping places and the only place that we visited and was memorable will be the Great Ocean Road (Twelve Apostles)... The view of the landscapes and the sea was indeed splendid!

We didn't managed to take much pictures too.. nevertheless, shall now upload all the pics in our camera and share with all my blog viewers (and also to for me to look back in future) ... :)

(Me Nic and Lucas - at Chadstone)

(Us again - at home)

(having beef noodle at Footscray)

(great ocean road - see how my hair just doesn't stay in place)
Can imagine how strong the wind is blowing.. :)

Melbourne Marathon 2007

Sunday 7 October 2007, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sunny and Windy

This is one of my 'big' achievement this year (apart from my semester 1 results)! I managed to complete the 10km in 54min 14secs... however, the run was not easy.. perhaps my body isn't used to the cold weather and on top of that, the road is kinda slopey, so it really took me alot of mental determination to finish the race... my target was just to complete before 58mins and I did it! hehe... :)

The details of my results:

Name: Stella Sim
Race No: 10853
Event: 10km
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Team: TEAM MONASH
Category: 20-24
Gun Start: 08:45:00
Finish Time: 00:54:33
Net Time: 00:54:14
Status: Finished
Overall Pos: 1484
Gender Pos: 390
Category Pos: 53

Here's a pic of me (and my agonising look) ;p :

Few bad events happened recently...

1. Lost my wallet with all my IDs and Driving License and bank cards on Friday (28 Sept 07)

2. Got my assignment marks reduced from 12.1 to 10.5 out of 15... :(

3. Put on lots a weight cos no time for gym lately...

But I believe that all these bad events happens for a reason... maybe is a lesson to learn, or maybe just a reminder for myself... anyway, I am still very optimistic towards life ahead.. hee... :)

Its October already... and 27 days to my first paper.. still have yet to start my preparations... hopefully I will be able to study well...

And only 1 month and 19 days before I can see my parents, my sister and my baby Rico... how I missed them... Looking forward to be back...

Too much a holiday...

It has been two days since we came back from Sydney... and now we are having Nic's Kor and Jie and Lucas here in Melbourne..

Just to jot down a little of our journey to Sydney...

Day 1: 23 September 2007, Sun, Sunny, 8.45am

Nic and Tania went to collect the rented car for the trip while I prepared the sandwiches.... we departed Tania's place at 8.45am and headed towards Sydney.... The car we rented was a Toyota Camry, nice and spacious.. just nice for the 3 of us (one driver, one passenger in front accompanying the driver and one passenger behind - resting)

It took us 10 hours before we reached our destination... after checking into our hotel (apartment) and washing up, we headed for our first stop - Pancakes on the Rocks.. pancakes that I have been yearning for 3 years... yummy!!

Being greedy.. I ordered a long stack (4 pancakes) thinking that I can finish, but I have got to surrender to my stomach by the 3rd pancake... shouldn't have done so.. especially since its already 10+pm.. *guilty*

After pancakes, we returned to our hotel and rested.. we were all tired after the long car ride...

Day 2: 24 Sept 2007, Monday, Sunny

We woke up at around 10am and got ready for our seafood feast at Sydney Fish Market... Upon reaching the place, we were just like headless flies heading towards the food... haha.. Tania and Nic were so excited at the sight of all the seafood.. as for me, I wasn't a seafood fan anyway, so wasn't really that excited... but I do enjoy the salmon sashimi... so cheap and fresh...

We ordered alot of seafood.. 1 lobster ($20), 3 blue swimmer crab ($19.95/kg), 2 spanner crabs ($?), 350g of sashimi ($16), 1 kg of big prawns ($20+), fried calamari ($5.50) and we also bought additional kg of tiger prawns but only ate a few and we packed the rest back...

After the seafood feast, we headed to Star City (casino) and played alittle... I lost $50 though.. but Tania managed to win back her loss after making the goal to win..

At night, we met up with Hazel (a friend from OLPS) for dinner at Lowen Brau... and I drank the mango beer again.. nice~

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel and watch dvds... we watched Sister Act part 1 and 2... however, nic fell asleep halfway through the show (as usual)... :)

Day 3: 25 September 2007, Tuesday, Sunny

Tania and Nic still yearns for more seafood, so back we went again to Sydney Fish Market.. this time round, we ordered some new items.. we had 3 Blue swimmer crabs, 3 small baby abalone ($5 each), a plate of fried anchovies ($6.50), 1 plate of mixed fried salted calamari and grilled calamari ($16), 1 kg of prawns and 200g of sashimi... before we left, we also ordered a kg of pipi stir-fried with chilli and garlic to be eaten at Bondi Beach (our next destination)...

Bondi beach is such a nice and beautiful place... the weather was very good and the beach was filled with people sun-tanning and surfing.... the scenery is splendid....

After Bondi, we met Hazel again for a drink at the revolving tower (Australia Tower)... and for dinner, we went back to Pancakes again to have the pork ribs and the pancakes for one last time.....

After dinner, we went back to the hotel and watched X-men 3 before going to sleep...

Day 4: 26 September 2007, Wednesday, Sunny

Day to head back to Melbourne.. we are looking forward to go back though we really enjoyed ourselves for the past few days.... the 3 days at Sydney really passed so fast...

Journey back took us another 10hours...

27 September 2007, 5.30am

Woke up early and head to the airport to pick Kor and Jie up.... its has been so long since we last saw them.. even Lucas is now a big boy... he's so adorable... just a little too active.. can't stay still for a minute when he is awake.. haha... loves to bite and grab things... but overall, an adorable and chubby baby! :)

Today:
Its Nic's birthday today! Happy Birthday my love..... :)

6 more hours to Sydney trip... yay!! :)

Never would I have expected myself to go on a roadtrip like this... perhaps its an 8 - 10 hours drive from Melbourne.. but I will not be the one driving (cos Nic and Tania doesn't trust my driving skills... sob sob) However, think I will enjoy more as a passenger cos I will be able to sleep on the car, and also make use of the time to do abit of work.... hee... ;p

Called mummy to let her know again that we will be going Sydney tomorrow.... just to let her have an ease of mind as well as to let her know my whereabouts... i probably guess she will be worried for us even though she never say anything.. anyway, I will be able to see her soon.. its really very soon.. and am looking forward to it.... planning to give her a surprise on that day cos I have yet to inform her my actual date of returning to Singapore... haha.. think that will be fun isn't it?

Anyway, am now with Nic at Tania's place.. Tomorrow morning (or rather 6 hours later) Nic and Tania will be driving to collect the car while I will be at home to prepare sandwiches to eat on the way... I must say that this trip, we will really put on alot of weight man.. hahaha.. but think I should just allow myself to indulge in such eating pleasures once in a while... after which will be back on the treadmills...

Ok, think I better go and sleep too.. kinda tired after a long day...

Nitez!!! :)

Today: 6 days away from Sydney trip
Today: 10 days away from Nic's birthday
Today: 1 month and 13 days away from the first exam paper
Today: 2 months and 3 days away from home...

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Time passes really fast (yes I know I have been saying this heaps of times).. but especially this semester, time seems to have flew past silently.... the previous exam period felt as though it was only yesterday.. but alas... the next exam period is approaching soon.... and really regretted not studying hard enough for this semester.. too much of distractions especially since i am working.. and also since I have got to know Tania... one more kaki = more programmes....

Am really looking forward for this Sun's trip to Sydney... a roadtrip to be exact... finally I will get to eat the pancakes that I have been craving for... and I am sure this will be a fun trip.. especially since we (Nic, me and Tania) will be driving up from Melbourne... Just a pity that Janice cannot join us this time as her grandmother was admitted to hospital.. nevertheless, will share with her our joy with all the pictures and some food (if possible) when we get back...

Next week will be jam-packed with programmes... wednesday evening will be the day we return from Sydney and Thursday morning we will be picking kor, jie and lucas up from the airport... they will be spending their holiday with us.. and look forward for their visit.. its always nice to have visitors.... :)

Anyway, hopefully I am manage my time well between playing and studying.. am contemplating if I should give up my job at Video Ezy to concentrate on my studies.. but no work = no income... I don't know.... but I just hope that I can cope well... maybe I really should... sigh......

Will update the blog soon... cheers!!

On Wednesday, Biao Jie and Uncle Goh finally arrived in Melbourne after visiting Kaixiang in Brisbane... However, we only met up with them on Thursday noon, after my gym session with Janice.

We actually planned to bring them to Footscray for vietnamese pho, but we ended up having bbq at Uncle Victor's place. Food and the company was fantastic! It has been such a long time since I last see someone related to me (apart from Nic of cos)... It was really great... and the thought of being able to return to Singapore at the end of the semester really makes me happy... Though I feel abit bad to have to leave Nic behind alone in Melbourne for the summer, but I really have to go back... (Sorry Nic... :( but hopefully he can enjoy himself here and be safe)

Anyway, we had a sumptous dinner and played some games... we played the name calling game (biao jie's idea), and the Australians enjoyed it too cos it was their first time playing this game.. :) We called for the day at around 11pm.

On Friday, I didnt meet up with them as I've got school and I need to work till 9pm. Though work was boring, but at least it was payday every friday, so that makes working on fridays less unbearable.

As for today, we got up early and drove to Uncle Victor's house to join them for a trip to the winery... De Boteli... though the weather was perfect, but the scenery was abit disappointing cos all the vineyards are empty... probbie guess its not the harvest season.... but anyway we tasted some cheese (yummy) and some wine.... We took some pictures too.. but realised that I looked so FAT in the pictures... really truly FAT!! I think I have put on pretty much weight lately... argh... I hate it.. especially since losing some weight is simply so hard... but I have made up my mind, after tml's dinner at Auntie Samantha's place, I am going on a strict DIET... No carbo... no sweet (artificle sugar)... no junk food... plus alot of gym... hopefully I can resume to my previous weight before I came here... :(... I hate being FAT!! but my body just have too low metabolism.. I can simply put on weight just by drinking water.... can you believe it?? sigh!!!

After the winery, we had dinner at this Malaysian food place... food was good... though a bit oily.. especially the fried yam basket... I love this dish.. even back in Singapore.. I will always eat alot of such dish whenever I have the chance to.. though I know that its very fattening... sigh, just no determination....

Now, there's a karaoke session going on for the older people.. and the younger ones are enjoying themselves in a drinking and chatting session...

I enjoyed these days... it is really nice to have some relatives around you.. especially in Melbourne, a far far away place from home....

Its getting late now, but no one is going to bed yet... still got to wake up early tomorrow morning for church before working at 10am... argh... so SIANZ!!!

SIGH!!!! :(

What to do, no money.. need to work to get some income man.... hahahahaha... smile to a better day tomorrow!!

Cheers!!

what exactly is a purpose of a blog? is it to record down only happy things so others can share, or can i also write about unhappy things? but i guess unhappy things are not worth recording.. so maybe we can just forget about that....

well, life will never be the way we want it to be... we must always look things at the brighter side isnt it? if not, life will be hell for us.. but that is not the reason y God created us.... he gave us happiness and unhappiness to make us grow and learn... if we are always so negative about every single thing that happened to us, we will not be able to learn.. but just lament in our misbeing...

so i probbie guess we should always cheer up and smile to a brighter and happier day... :)

Cheers to all!!!

Have you ever experience true joy from deep within? Well, that's how I felt when I finally got my balance sheet to balance.. The overwhelming happiness almost made me tear.. haha.. abit exgaggerating I know.. but its the truth.. Now I am feeling so relieved and so at peace... Finally I can sleep well tonight without having to dream about figures. :)

I would also like to thank all those people who extended their help to me.. :p

After tomorrow, 2 major assignments will be over. Though there'll still be more to come in the very near future, but at least I can take a breather for the moment.. so am going to relax for the weekend before working on my next assignment.. hopefully I can secure some marks for the assignments so in exams, I can be less worried.

Still stuck with the balance sheet after so loooong... just cannot figure out where the problem lies... I have sent out several help requests to people I know who are in the accounting industry.. but cuz this field is always so busy, I don't seem to be getting much response... sigh.. time is running short now.. just 2 more days to go before the due date!! Can anyone help me??!!! :(

Not only me, even Tien Fun also cannot balance... we really need to work on this ... praying hard that God can send me the answer in my dreams....

finally completed one assignment.. so happy.. hahaha... the feeling is so satisfactory... yay!!! at least the load on my shoulders are lighter now... :)

just noticed that we can now upload videos too onto our blog without the hassle of uploading to another site then pasting the html link.. perhaps i will take more videos next time n share with everyone.. hee...

cheers!!

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Cheers!!

T.G.I.F?!

Friday again... just ended lessons.. now in school waiting for Tania to finish her gym session cuz she offered to send me to work later since she stays very close to where I work....

Its so bored!! Nothing to surf online...

Can you believe that for all these months, weekends are equally as lifeless as weekdays... In Singapore, at least Nic and I would go somewhere during friday/saturday nights.. either to play mahjong or to catch a movie, or even to eat a sumptous Sushi buffet dinner... but there's none of such entertainment here... though there's cinema and mahjong sets, but the feeling is just not there...

Sigh... and now, when everyone else is rushing to finish their assignments, there's no way that we will be going out to enjoy.... so I reckon that tonight will be the same as any other Fridays... (reach home after work, shower, do assignment, perhaps watch some dvds... and sleep).. and tomorrow morning will have to go gym again... haiz.. so tired of such routine.. but what to do, there's practically nothing entertaining for me to do here in Melbourne.... sigh....

got to go now.. meeting Tania soon...

T.G.I.F? I doubt so.....

Another Thurday...

As usual, I went gym in the morning with Janice, but this time Tania joined us too... she is a fun person to be with... chatty, funny and friendly.... glad to have known her... :)

After gym, we went to have our brunch at Amiki, a cafe recommended by Janice for their nice breakfast... the portion is quite generous and food is quite tasty too.. I had Italian breakfast (meatballs with napolian sauce, 2 toasted ciabatta bread and scrambled eggs), Nic had a Big breakfast (2 sunny-side up, mushrooms, potatoes, 2 slices of toasts, bacons and tomatoes).. Janice had a Eggs Benedicts (2 poached eggs on toasts, veggies and a special sauce) and Tania had a Spagetti Marinara... we also shared a plate of caesar salad with grilled chicken strips... although a bit costly, but we enjoyed it.. we had a great time chatting over our brunch...

After brunch session, Nic and I went to the Nike Factory Outlet again.. The intention was actually to get some long sleeves top for Nic to wear during his soccer.. but in the end I bought more than him.. I got myself two jackets... one nice black thick jacket and a normal jacket for spring.. and they are paid by Nic.. hehe.. so happy!! thanks darling!!!

Now back at home, still full from the brunch (due to the oil and cream)... don't think I will be having any dinner... so Nic got to eat the noodles that I fried last week.. but they still taste as good.. :)

Got to do my assigment too.. stressed!!!! two more weeks, and after the submission of all the assignments, I can at least relax abit and take a breather.... can't wait for exams to be over too.. am I hoping too much?? hahaha.... ;p

A time to blog again... its a Saturday afternoon, just had a filling lunch with Nic at Samurai (a jap restaurant opposite our place) and before that, I went to the gym for a workout.. my usual Saturday routine...

I probably guess I will have to start working on my assignments really soon... due dates are just round the corner... planning to complete at least part of them today... while waiting for Nic to come home and pick me up for church... Nic went to his friend's house to do assignment... he has been really very hardworking this semester... studying almost every minute of his spare time.. makes me feel so lazy as compared to him... :( But I can really see that he wants to do well in this semester.. So let's pray for him... Plus he has not been feeling well since he came back from Buller (keeps blaming me for passing the germs to him, but I feel that its the snow that caused him to fall sick instead) ... Anyway hopefully he can recover and be strong again.. He's like a giant baby when he is sick.. hahaha.. ;p

Before I forget my purpose of signing in, let me just upload a few photos taken during Elaine's trip here... heez...

I heard that there's a very place that serves very good hot chocolate, so I decided to bring her there to try. So after I met up with her in her hotel, I brought her to Koko Black (name of the hot chocolate place) and we ordered a Specialities for Two (which consist of a tray of Belgian Spoil - 1 scoop of chocolate Ice cream, 1 teacup of chocolate moose, 2 chocolates, 1 cookie and 1 chocolate muffin, and also 2 ice chocolate drinks):

We sat and chatted while we enjoyed our chocolates.. they looked so yummy at first ... but after finishing, both of us were so full... and I felt so uncomfortable.. perhaps is guilt + cream & chocolate reject. hahaha... ;p

Shortly after, we went to have dinner as planned. We met up with Nic and proceed to Mount Erica and had our chicken parma... but we were quite disappointed with the chicken parma... it just doesn't taste that delicious as how it tasted the first time I tried it.. or perhaps its the chocolate... :( But anyway, although the food wasn't that fantastic, but we had a great time chatting and catching up..

After dinner, we brought her to our place for a visit.. and both of us chatted for sometime before we sent her back to her hotel....

Ah.. there are more pictures in her camera... I must remember to get them from her ... hee.... and I find that black & white pictures look nicer... and makes me look slimmer.. haha.. so I will take more of those in future.. hahaha...

So that's about it.... ok, need to do the laundry now... washing machine has stopped.. will update more again... ciaoz.... :)

Assignments are driving me nuts!! :(

Less than one month to submission but am still lazing around.. my brains are stressed up, but not my actions. sigh!

Anyway, am looking forward to tomorrow cuz will be able to go gym and also to meet up with Elaine... she's finally coming over to visit me... so happy... heez... Don't really know where to bring her though, perhaps a nice dinner... hmmm, but what is really worth us bringing her? still pondering.. maybe Chicken Parma at Mount Erica hotel... or Sofias??

May tomorrow be a great day!!! c'',)

Manual work...

Read this from an email... found it very interesting... :)




Funny isn't it? muahahaha....

Finale for Home Alone~

Nic is back from his snow trip! Safe and sound!! :)

Past two days without him went pass kinda fast.. perhaps bcos I am occupied with work and gym that I didnt even have the chance to feel lonely... only at night I guess, when I sleep on the empty bed all alone... nevertheless, he is back safely and that is all I ask for..

Had a long day today... Just had dinner too.. normally I don't eat at this hour, but cos since I haven't dine with Nic for 3 days, thought that I should just accompany him to have his "welcome" meal... we had chinese food from this restaurant that Janice recommended... I ate beef hor fun while Nic had roast duck rice.... still feel that Singapore's food is better... and most importantly, cheaper... the dinner cost me $19... *ouch* 2 hours of my salary is gone..

Anyway, didn't do much today.. only went gym in the morning and after that went to work... so tired!!! :)

Now probably going to watch the DVD "Must Love Dogs".. don't think I will sleep before 12.30am... better only to sleep 2 hours after meal... haha...

Home alone ~ Day 2

Time passes so fast again.

Its already 9pm... soon it will be bed time and tomorrow will come... and I shall see Nic soon.... I kept myself so occupied that I didnt even feel lonely.. haha...

my itinerary for today:

1. Woke up at 8.45am and left house for gym at 9.15am. Decided not to go for the BodyAttack class since I am not feeling very well.. dont wanna pass my germs to other people... so just went for a 5km run and some weights....

2. Went for a yum cha session with my other friends from Deakin (Shena, Winky, Beegee, Lihan, Rach, Tien Fun and Tania).. and got to know 2 more singaporeans (Tien fun and Tania)... its quite a nice session... though I felt alittle lost with their conversations... haha..

3. Went to church at 6pm.

4. 7pm-now : Sitting in front of the pc, revising on MAA260 to get myself familiarised with the topic...

So that's all I did.. and the day flew pass silently...

Just an add-on, I signed up for the Melbourne Marathon (10km) Run on Oct 7... Though I was really tempted to join the 21km run, but was afraid that the cold weather might affect my running on that day.. so instead I signed up for the 1okm run with Edlyn instead... She's a fast runner I would say.. so everytime I go gym I must push myself to the limit! hahaha... but at least a target for me to work towards to... so all the hard work is worth it... :)

And now the weather outside is very cold.... just after a heavy and sudden shower.... that's Melbourne weather... unpredictable!

Ok, that's all for today as well... hoping to catch my korean show later... but gotta finish this topic of MAA260 first... STRESSED!!!! :(

Byezzz!

Home alone~ Day 1

Nic finally left for his long-awaited snow trip with his soccer friends... and I am beginning to miss his presence at home... though we are not those lovey dovey sort, but with his presence at home, really meant alot to me.. at least more secured and of cos someone to talk to..

Anyway, am down with a cold... these few days the weather are crazy.. strong winds blowing... can't even stand out in the cold for 5 mins without trembling... hate it... sigh.... don't understand why Nic loves the cold so much... melbourne is definitely not a place for me! Ok back to the point, with a blocked nose and sore throat, the night seems more lonely than ever... :( but its ok.. I am an independent person... just spending my time online chatting with my sister.... and planning to finish my korean drama before sleeping so that I can concentrate with my assignments tomorrow... really got to start doing them already... don't wanna push all to the last minute.... now with working, time is really more valuable...

Think that's all I can say today... need a rest soon....... :)

Now sitting in front of the com talking on MSN to Samantha and Kelly... Msged Janice but she no reply.. super bored!

Started the day very early today.. woke up at 5.40am just to go to the gym... attended the BodyAttack class at 6.15am and after that went for a run of 5km on the treadmill... although it was really good to kick start my day with a good workout, but seems like my energy level depleted by the time noon starts... feeling pretty sleepy during class... but when I came home, I can't seem to sleep.. so just watched a bit of show on my com and cooked some dinner... I can't imagine repeating this schedule every tuesdays.. but what to do... no choice... since i can only use the gym until 4pm... sucks!!

Nic went for his tuesday soccer as usual... so am now alone... he wanted me to prepare dinner for him, so I thought I would just fix up something simple.. initially thought I would just cook soup with fishballs, chicken breast and vegs, but in the end the soup tasted more like a stew instead.. so probably he will just have to make do with whatever I cooked.. haha.. but one thing good is that he never complains about my cooking.. only I am the one complaining about his cooking.. but he does cook well... just that I am a fussy person when it comes to eating.. hahaha....

Btw, I watched a show called RSPCA Animal Rescue... and saw cases of abused dogs.. poor thing, I simply don't understand why human beings can be so selfish at times... why do they want to keep them and yet don't treat them with care and love.. no doubt they are dogs, but they are also living things.. and I truly believe that they don't deserve to be treated like objects, but rather should be treated like a living thing with FEELINGS.. yes correct, feeling is the word.. many people forget or neglected the fact that dogs have feelings too... I simply detest those people who doesn't treat their pets with proper care... If they can't be bothered to shower them with love, why keep them in the first place... argh!!! :( angry!!!

Anyway, today is also Samantha's birthday! Happy Birthday my dear friend!.... :)

Trying to study now.. but seems really hard... so distracted... one part of me is so stressed up and really wanted to study hard.. but another part of me is getting so tired and wanted to rest.. how how how???

Prayer: God, please bless me with wisdom and patience in whatever I do. Amen.

Inspirational Thought 2 ~ Daily Survival Kit

Read this from the church's bulletin:

Daily Survival Kit:

Items needed are toothpick, rubber band, elastoplast (a.k.a plaster), pencil, eraser, chewing gum and tea bag.

Reasons being...

1. Toothpick is to remind us to pick out the good qualities of others.
2. Rubberband is to remind us to be flexible, although things might not always go the way we want, but it will work out eventually.
3. Plaster is to remind us to heal hurt feelings, ours or other's
4. Pencil is to remind us to list all our blessings everyday
5. Eraser is to remind us that everyone makes mistakes, and its ok.
6. Chewing gum is to remind us to stick (or perservere) with things and we can accomplish anything.
7. Tea bag is to remind us to relax daily and go over that list of blessings.

And my favourite item is .... Plaster.... if we bring hurt to others, we are also hurting ourselves.. we will feel guilty and therefore will not enjoy true happiness... that's why giving is always a blessing.... :)

Isn't it?

Just a quick & short update on the first week of school...

4 days have passed since the start of the new semester.. beginning to already feel the stress.... perhaps its due to the higher expectation I set for myself after getting the results for semester 1... *sigh*

Anyway, school seems pretty alrite and there are many assignments already been posted online for us to complete before the end of August... which is like only a month away... so am starting them now.. and trying to do as much as I can as I am afraid I might not be able to cope with all the assignments especially since I am working this semester....

I have already been working in Video Ezy for two days as of now.. and work seems pretty alrite too.. met a few colleagues... they are all very nice people.. and I am glad to find this job even though the pay is a little pathetic... haha... but at least with some income, I can start to shop for things I like...

Today, Janice and I went to gym early in the morning and did some exercises until 12pm. We went to the city and have lunch as well as some shopping... bought a few things (a shoe, a top for myself and Nic)...

Had a fruitful but tiring day... early class tomorrow.. *sigh*

Today is the last day of school holidays for semester 1 (a.k.a Winter break)... and to reward me for my good performance last semester, Nic treat me to a good dinner. I told him I wanted to have steak for dinner (suddenly crave for steak after watching the korean drama).. and so he brought me to Mt Erica hotel...

He had Chicken Parma and I had Steak... food there was great except that we waited for 30mins for our food to be served... had a bit of beer with an empty stomach so got a bit tipsy... haha....

We took some pictures...

(Chicken Parma & Steak)

( arh.. I looked fat!! :( haiz.... hard to resist good food)

(Nic & his chicken parma)

(Me & my steak.. )

Anyway, looking forward to school tomorrow.. all the best to myself!!! and Nic of course.. haha.. :p

Just had a full dinner with Nic... we ate Dominos pizzas.....

As mentioned in my earlier posts, I have managed to get myself part-time job(s)... I will now be working at Nic's work place every Monday as an admin assistant (though I do not really know if that's the name of the post) and few other days at Video Ezy...

Jobs and good exam results... all my prayers have been answered.. haha...

Monday will be the start of the new semester... time really passes very fast... a snap of fingers and I am already in Melbourne for 6 months... 5 more months to go before I can see my family and Rico... counting down.....

Anyway looking forward to the next semester... hopefully all will be well.... heee... :)

Verdict out....... :)

Thank God.... the examination results are finally released yesterday... and the Good News is that I got very good results.. (3 HD and 1D).. and the greatest news is that I passed all my papers!!. its something really worth celebrating... yay!!! immediately called mummy to share this joy with her... I am sure she is very happy for me.. :)

So now the aim is to keep up the good work for next semester and try to do as well as I can.. or even better!!

Cheers!!!

Days passed quickly again... like usual.. now its already Wednesday.. 2 more days of school holidays before the start of the next semester.. kinda look forward to school.. its so boring to stay at home... the only time, apart from the period when Lucius came for visit, that I went out will be to go for gym... enjoyed going to gym... felt great after each sweat-out sessions..

Anyway, 2 more days to the release of exams results.... so nervous.. scared too.... hopefully Nic n I can both do very well for our papers... and at least to be able to pass all the units....

By the way, I started on my first part-time job on Monday afternoon... at Nic's workplace as an administrative position... not too bad.. what most important is the $$... I need $$.. hahaha.... and the good news is that Janice's boss from Video Ezy called me just now... asked me to go for the training session this saturday! yay!!! finally found myself a job... so happy.. hahaha... lalala..... :)

Mount Buller Ski Trip 07

Slept for barely 3 hours before we got to wake up at 4.30am and get ready for our trip. Began the day with breakfast at Macs while waiting for the assemble time for the coach to Mt Buller...

Journey started at 6am and ended at 9.30am. On the way up to the mountain, I managed to catch some sights of pastures and animals (cows, sheeps and horses).. It was really good and soothing to see those sceneries... I will never be able to see them if not for the fact that I left Singapore for studies... Maybe that's one thing good about Australia.... :)

After we got up to the mountain, we geared up and prepared for our 2 hour skiing lesson... it was really freezing cold (about 0 to -4 degs)... especially when the cold wind or snow hits our faces... woooo... anyway, the lesson was quite simple and we managed to master the few simple techniques of skiing... after the lesson, we caught a quick bite of chips and hot chocolate each (for a note, the hot chocolate is terrible!!!)...

After fueling ourselves, we took the ski-lift up to the first stop and started to ski... Nic was very excited and eager to ski.. Lucius was doing quite well but still fell when he tried to stop.. as for me, I at least managed not to fall.. however, I am really terrified of falling.. so I had a hard time trying to overcome my fear.. hahaha.. eventually, I managed to ski down the high slope twice.. hehe.. so proud of myself!!

The day at Mt Buller ended at 4.30pm and we caught the coach back to Melbourne.... the journey back was a long one... and was alittle delayed as 2 of the passengers were not on the coach... so in the end, we only left Mt Buller at 5.15pm... and we reached home only at 8.30pm... Initially we planned to eat Chicken Parma for dinner (Nic's recommendation)... however, the eatery closes at 9pm, so we have to make do with a dinner near our place... and since it is a freezing cold day, we decided to eat something hot and spicy.. so we ate the indonesian food opposite our place.. so fulllz (after a day of hunger)... :)

Ok, without much ado, let me present some pictures taken during the trip....

(Just arrived... So cold....)

(Just geared..)

(At the break..)

(Lucius n I.. In Action..)(Us .. Queuing for Ski Lift)

(Nicky Man.. the snow surfer!)

(On the ski lift.. with Snow blowing into our faces)

(Fall of the Snow Surfer)

(Me in action.. a professional skiier??)

(Yahoo)

(Partners in crime.. )

(Same fate??)

(Before the last ski)

(Final pose)