So tired.. after a week of eating and going out... :( No fun at all.. all the eating makes me feel so FAT!!! argh... made a pact with myself to diet for one whole week after Kor they all leave... got to cleanse my system before going for another round of eating during the Sydney Trip (26 Sept -1 Oct)..

Anyway, Kor Jie and Lucas has been here since Saturday.. it feels good to have them around.. Lucas has grown so much and is now so chatty.. though he's abit demanding at times, but he's really sweet too.. especially when he just walks up to me and call me "Aunty Terra" in the sweetest tone.. lol... hmmm.. *thinking to myself* isnt it nice to have a kid??

Well well, dateline for the assignment is approaching... did most of it by now, but really not confident in doing well at all.. somehow my mind seemed to be blocked... can't get any inspirations at all... so guess just try to amend to the best i can and leave the rest to the marker (or rather to God).. :)

Alrighty we are now bringing kor to play APL at Foresters Arms...

Ciaoz!

**O ya, before I forget to mention this.. Last Friday was a very 'fruitful' day for me... cos (1)
I got myself my very own pair of Oakleys last Friday.. hehe... (see the one in the Royal Melbourne Show blog dated 23 Sept) .. and (2) Nic brought me a Gucci wallet:

(^_^)

Finally a STRAIGHT FLUSH!!!

Lolzz... so happy to have won poker yesterday! Won a $150 Coles-Myer Gift card which we intended to use it for the service of our car. Had quite a bit of luck yesterday, made some good folds, good bets and some shitty-but-winning calls. But the best hand that I had was none other than the straight flush!

I started off with a pocket 9s, I raised my bet preflop to $1000 (worth of chips). 2 other people called. Flop came out K (hearts), 9 (diamonds), Q (hearts). Seeing that I hit trips, I raised my bet to another $2000. This is to prevent any other unfavorable hits by the other players on the turn and river. But the 2 other players went all in on my raise, which I definitely had to call. So I did. Anyway the turn came out a 10 (hearts). At that point, Moss (another player) already had 2 pairs (K & Q). So if any K or Q comes out or J will give him a full house (where he will win the pot) or a straight (where there'll be a split as there's a straight on the board). But then luckily, no Ks or Qs came, but only a J (hearts). Although there's a straight on the board, but because one of my 9s is a 9 (hearts), thus I got a STRAIGHT FLUSH! (^^)

Evidence taken by Nic:

Happy!!!

But then at the thought of my assignment :(

Can't seem to write anything for it.. No inspirations... But hopefully, really hopefully I can get some soon... *frustrated*

Alrighty, back to do some work now... Will be going for gym later and then probably clubbing tonight cos its Gary's (Nic's friend) birthday....

Again, quite some time since I last wrote something on the blog.. sometimes blogging is really good cos at least we will always be reminded of our good/bad times... and to me, to be reminded of bad times can prevent me from making same mistakes again..

Its officially Spring w.e.f. today! Finally Winter is over.... but then, Summer is soon to come... so which is better?? Human beings are always so contradicting aren't we... we want something, yet we want another thing as well... but its never going to be the way, we can never have the best of both worlds... so guess the best thing is to do our best...

Anyway, did something which made me feel bad yesterday.... Its about the MAA301 assignment... I was suppose to do it alone until Phan asked me to do with him and Shing.. which I agreed.. but because I really wanted to finish it before Kor & Jie are here for holiday, so I did push them alittle.. But anyway things turned bad and I told Phan that I would like to do it alone.. so feel bad towards them.. but then I thought to myself, if I keep thinking of them, i will only be the one suffering cos i will probably need to rush things at the very last minute... so hopefully this is the best alternative for all of us...

Ok now to school work.... almost half a semester has passed, but I am still lazing around.. really hope I can concentrate more on my studies... sigh... these are the last two units.. hopefully I can do well for them... its just like running a marathorn, I want to finish it nicely... don't wanna fall half-way.... so I MUST really get to my books and stop all poker and dramas ... :) Hopefully I can do that....

Alrighty.. that's all I feel like writing... maybe will blog more often from now.. and that's provided I am not lazy.. hahaha...

Pictures of Apartment at Kinkora

Just tidied the place so thought of taking pictures and upload them here since I have delayed it for so long.... :)

Location: 3.06/769 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn Vic 3122

(Bedroom - Bed)

(Bedroom - Stella's Study)

(Bedroom - Door to Balcony)

(Bedroom - Wardrobe)

(Toilet - Shower Area)

(Toilet - Laundry Area)

(Toilet - Toilet + Washup Area)

(Toilet - Washup Area)

(Living - Dining + Nic's Study Area)

(Living - TV Area cum drying of clothes area ;p)

(Living - a view of the entrances)

(Kitchen Area)

That's all folks... so which apartment feels more cosy? This or the previous one? :p

Semester 1 2008

The first semester passed so quickly, and it seems as though I have been doing alot during the months, but yet again it seems as though I havent been doing much. Anyway, exams are over and I am now on my school holiday till 21st July.

Just a fast recap of the 'major' events that occurred during the whole semester (and since I have not blogged for so long):

March:

- We discovered and started playing free poker at APL on Sunday afternoons.

April:

- We discovered more APL events on other days of the week, so we went to play almost every other day...

- Attended Tania's graduation and sent her off to the airport.

May:

- Made friends with the APL gang (Rachel, Andrew, Matt, Ben, Cheech, Trudi, Jason, Jaci, ...)

- Went drinking and partying with them and getting drunk twice...

June:

- Poker and more poker

- Drinking and partying...

- Nic's parents and Martin were here on a holiday

- Exams

- Trip to Perth

July:

- Lazing at home...

- Poker!!!

- Awaiting for school to start

- Perhaps looking for a part-time job for income.

Hmmmm... that's the summary of what has been going on for the past few months.. basically we have done really nothing much except poker-ing and partying... I can say that now we are truly leading the Aussie lifestyle.. hahaha.. ;p

Well, next semester will be my last semester... and I think after making friends with the APL people, I began to like staying in Melbourne... and especially working here is definitely less stressful than working in Singapore (which is what I hate most).. so I am having second thoughts about staying here now.. Nic always wanted to stay here, so I guess we will try applying for PR and see if we can find a job... but the only thing that I am worried about is Rico.. who is going to take care of him?? I am sure my parents won't be so cruel so as to release him... but I did promise them that I will take care of him after I finish my studies, so if I were to stay here, I will not be able to keep to my words... and moreover, they really don't like him in the house... sigh!! how now??? I guess if I am really staying here to work, I will probably fly him here..... I guess that's the best alternative.... anyway, I will just pray and leave everything to God's will... :)

Ok, that's all for today... ciaoz!!

Soon to bid farewell to Tania. She's leaving Melbourne on Tuesday, going back to Singapore.. Feeling sad that one of my two good friends in Melbourne is leaving, and soon will be Janice's turn.. sigh.. that's life....

Anyway spent the whole day helping Tania pack her stuff and clean up her place. You wont believe how dusty her place was.. layers of dust on the window still and on those hard-to-reach places... guessed she only vacuum those places that are accessible to her.. haha.. but anyway, quite satisfying to clean up such a dusty place..

Last Wed (23rd April), I attended Tania's graduation ceremony and took some pictures:





The ceremony was abit boring, so I dozed off... but I am looking forward to mine next year, where my family will be here too! :)

hmmm.. time to blog again...

Today is a pleasant Sunday, with a good weather and even a mini carnival on Glenferrie Road, known as the Glenferrie Festival. Took a short walk to have a look at what's going on for the festival. Though it wasn't a big event, but seems like all the locals enjoyed these type of carnivals. As I walked, I saw this cute mascot for Yarra Trams (and you know I just can't resist dogs), so I got someone to help us take a photo:



Anyway, now I am back home (der right, if not how can I be writing this blog.. haha).. This morning went for mass and then gym. Did a 5km run and some cycling.. burnt 500 kcal. haha, allows me to eat more for the day.. ;p

Alright, just an update of the steamboat session we had last friday at Tania's house. Tania's mom is really good at preparing food, and though its obvious that she was very exhausted from the preparation for the steamboat, but she still try to force a smile whenever she talks to us. She is really a nice person and a good mother to Tania and her brothers.. Anyway, we had a sumptous steamboat dinner, we had beef, prawns, hot dogs (or what known as bak-tiao by janice and paul.. keke), fish, sotong balls, fish balls, crab meat stick, sotong, veggies, fish tofu, homemade super spicy balachan (chilli).. some tang hoon and rice cakes. We all had a great time eating, chatting and joking...





The funniest joke of the day was when Janice asked this "qian bian wen da ti": What did Miss Zero (0) tell Miss Eight (8)? I shan't tell the answer here so next time I can share with others.. but the answer is really hilarious.. so funny that I rolled on the floor while trying to swallow the food left in my mouth.. luckily I didn't choke myself.. hahaha

Saturday was a lazy day... we slept till about 12pm, then went to shop for car audio system to replace the stolen one. After that went to Chadstone, with the motive of buying nic a jacket. But in the end I bought myself two pairs of flats (very cheap at $20 for 2 pairs) instead.. And nic was unhappy cos I bought myself something instead when our purpose to shop was to buy him a jacket, so we ended up not buying any jacket. sigh.... Anyway, after Chadstone, we came home and watched tv all the way till night....

Daylight savings officially ended this morning at 2am.. so now Melbourne is only 2 hours faster than Singapore.

Alrighty, that's all for today.. getting ready to go out for the free pub poker... hopefully i can last longer today.. keke...