You've Got Mail

Tuesday is cheap DVD rentals days. I was browsing on the weekly rentals and decided to get myself "You've Got Mail" to watch again.

It really is one of my all time favorite films. I watched it countless times and fell in love deeply everytime I watched it over and over again. I love everything about the movie, from books to daisies. Everything.

I admit and confess that I love chick flick. Nothing beats it. There are quite a few others too that touch my heart over and over again and will never get bored watching:
Ever After, Sleepless in Seattle, While you were sleeping, 10 things I hate about you, Love Actually and Breakfast at Tiffany.

Ah! Simply amazing. They just don't do movies like it used to.

Another thing about Australia

I miss my Peanut Butter and Jelly. To be more precisive = Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly Stripes

and

it need to be this particular brand - Smecker's Goober!!

Please, anyone, do remind me to grab a bottle in the supermarket when I am back Malaysia and let me eat my heart out on this one. Hmm. I think telling my dearest SouSou will do best.

But then again... the bread ain't that superb in Malaysia as over in Australia. Sighz. Life just ain't fair somtimes. Never a complete perfection. But what the heck.. its imperfection makes it wonderful to live in.

Ha... my peanut butter and jelly...

Lazy

Yup.

Am plain lazy. Can't keep up with the blog updates or issit just that there is nothing much for me to blog anymore... Life is happy.

Ha!

Thoughts

Think positive.

The struggle

Been struggling this semester.

If anyone told me PostGrad is that stressful, I would not opt for it at all. Not that I regretted it fully. But it is just so hard. I find myself struggling and perhaps my mental capability has come to a full stop. No more input and even any output either.

Everything is so self independant. No one to discuss and talk to about the assignments. No one to seek for advise. No one to help you out. Not forgetting the solidarity that one will feel when doing the damn-ed assignments.

This coming 10 weeks will be even tougher. I just can't wait to let the days flies till december. Yet at times, it is contradictory. I wanted the time to slow down for me to grasp and catch up on the time and focus on my assignments.

I knew that I am in trouble. Gosh! What a deep trouble I am in. I started to have thoughts to quit this semester and fuck it all up. Not wanting to care about it. This definitely is not a good sign, but heck, I hate it so much.

I find myself daydreaming and lost in thoughts. I just wanna fly away from all this. My mum once told me that I stay in my own imaginary world at times and day dreams my days away. I never realize it. I guess she is right. Whenever I am facing difficulty, I will start mentally drifting away, not wanting to face the reality. I let the time flies and wishing the unwanted days to pass by.

Wake me up in December. Please.

Me hows

The lil tiny living room


Petite dining area


The Kitchen


Back Garden


The Garage

Bedrooms... nah.. My privacy
*KekE*

Greenslopes

Frankly, I have been counting the days since we got the place. Onnie says if its meant to be its meant to be. We fell in love with this place once we enter the house for inspection. We submitted the form and were rejected. The place was available 3 weeks earlier then our expected date to move in. They rejected us and select another tenant. I was all sulking for a day or two, until the call. The supposed tenant rejected the offer and instead the agent asks us to put a one week rental earlier then our proposed date. We agreed and got the place. Though we need to pay another week rent extra, it is well worth it.

The townhouse is just perfect for two. It consists of a small living, a modest dining room and sensible kitchen. Attach is a laundry room and ensuite next to it. The next level has 2 bedrooms and a toilet. It is just perfect. Our lil quaint home is just perfect for me.

I fell in love with this place.

The moving was tiring. Lucky thing, loads of people help out. I do not know what we will do without them. They are May, Alex, James and Kelvin. They help us a big deal on Saturday with the moving and collecting some new furniture and white goods. *PhEw*

I forgot to mention. Not only a new place (rented) but also a new car!! Mitsubishi Lancer. WooHhoOoo!! I am officially the proud owner of the car along with it a GPS is necessary too.

Bird : The Troublemaker?

Did I mention I hate birds?

Oh well... I DO hate birds.

Today is the day I took the bus to uni. Some days I took the ferry to uni, some days I took the bus. It depends where my classes is located. It takes a rough 10 minutes walk from one side of uni to the other.

Walking to the bus stop from my unit takes less then 5 minutes walk but gosh, I was blocked by birds. As I was walking along the walk path, one bird was struggling (or playing) with the wings flapping here and there in between branches of the tree above me. It makes loads of noises that is hard for me to bear. I got scared and started to run. I was already cursing about the bad start of the day and that was not all.

There is a small and tight pathway that lead towards the bustop from the walkpath. I saw another bird walking along that particular pathway. I stopped walking. Heck, what kind of bird that prefer to walk rather then fly. There it is, taking his own sweet time to walk along the small pathway and it hinders me to walk pass the bird. The bird was not even searching for food or anything. I must say that the bird is just taking his own sweet time 'walking' along the pathway. I have no idea why the bird was there, why the bird 'walk' and why the bird was there 'walking' at the path when I happen to be there!

I seriously have the phobia of birds. I started to imagine the "what ifs" if I happen to walk pass him to get to the bus stop. Will he attack me with his claws, his wings, his pecks?? Jugding and contemplating, I decided to take another path to head towards the bus stop. A longer route and as I was taking the longer route, the bus came and went. I miss the bus.

HECK! I curse and swear. What in the world did I do to the birds? Why do they keep bothering me?

I was late to uni again.

Weekend Class

I attended the course subject on Leadership and Change Management for the first time last weekend. It is a 9-4pm class on both saturday and sunday. What is most extraordinary about it is there is just 4 students in the class and I am one of them.

Hell! It was stressful. I am the only asian in the class plus the only one without any working experience, at least in managerial post.

The subject, I believe, is a MBA course and somehow it linked to Communication Courses. It is one of my electives that I took and applied to get into the course. There aren't many subjects available for me this semester and I seriously am reluctant to take another marketing course. So here I am attending this subject.

The assesment criteria is hard enough. A report to be hand in next week on a review of top 10-15 journal articles on change management, a research report on an organization regarding it's changes and finally an exam at the end of the semester.

I struggle to be attentive in class as only 4 students. The prof is well knowledgeable and experienced which make things even harder. It is not the same as any lecture class, instead towards a more converstional interaction class where everyone need to contribute and talk. Boy! Was is stressful. I am not a talkative type of student in class. I am more the quiet one's that hide behind and leave once the class is over. I can't do that in such a small class.

I am just glad the first weekend is over. There is another weekend to attend on end september. Arghh..dragging it.

The Struggle

Gosh! Getting out of bed is such a drag!

I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. I blame the cold winter and the gloomy weather. Technically, I woke up at 8am but time flies when you are in between dreams and reality. The reluctant to get out of bed and the will to be early to class and grab a hot cuppa flat white. While contemplating and struggling, judging the pros and cons and tossing and turning about on bed, its already 9.30am.

I was late... again... to class.

I have no afternoon or evening class this semester. I find it a big struggle to get out of bed.

Help me.

Last Semester

My last semester started like a month ago. Time flies.

I might add, this semester is the hardest among all. I am literally studying in week2 which I myself find it somewhat ridicule. I can't wait till I graduate end of this year.

My graduation date is on 3rd December. My parents will be coming for the graduation. That is IF I manage to pass this last semester.

Classes that I am taking this semester is Research Project, Qualitative Business Research Method, Leadership and Change Management and lastly, Social and Communication Change.

All the subjects I've chosen is rather challenging. At least to me. I have never taken any of the topics before. It is definitely a tough semester. I am keeping my fingers cross to get past this semester.

Moving... yet again

Been staying in Toowong at this unit for nearly a year. Our contract will end in mid September.

I will miss this place. We did have some happy memories in this place. Parties, gatherings, games and dinners organized in 170 unit. The place is fantastic. Strategic location, amazing view of the city, not forgetting its convenience. It only takes like less then half an hour to uni or city by public transport.

Despite all this, I can't wait to leave. Occurance of recent episodes gives valid reasons for me wanting to leave this unit badly.

Onnie and I are lucky. We found this amazing place at Greenslopes. We will officially move in on 30th August. A two bedroom townhouse with one lockup garage and a small garden. There is a bus stop right at the back of the garden. The supermarket is just nearby and the hospital is just a stone throw away. It is obviously further travel to the UQ. Further away from our close friends. However,

I can't wait.

Of course, this new allocation means extra expenses. The truck, the cleaning, the furnitures etc etc etc. Overlooking all this, I am so anxious of the new environment and life. I trully am looking forward to this.

My painting

The Bowling Night

SherPhy's Second Visit

My dear dear friend manage to change her flight. It was around 10 months ago since her last visit.Here she comes for the weekend. A perfect weekend. Not forgetting, it would be my last weekend before my final semester of my course starts.
She is just terrific. Sher Phy will always be the Sher Phy I know. We had loads and loads of fun. I'll let the picture to the judgement.

Once she arrived at Hilton, I came over to pick her up. I packed her a Dinner Box. She came down from room and rush into the car and had her dinner in the car. We rush over for Bowling game. It was really rush but heck, it was damn hilarious and fun. I'll try put up a video clip of SherPhy bowling later on. We had 3 games and it was already midnight. Supper time calls. We had DimSum for supper. It did not end there, we head home and had red wine and cathicng up for a nightcap.

The next day, we head out to Sirromet Winery near Brisbane. We had wine tasting and scones for tea.

After the winery, we went back home and rest to get ready for the night. We head over to Kelvin's place for a Steamboat and Korean BBQ. We had a surprise for Sher Phy. It's her Birthday on 21 July. I celebrated her birthday 2 days earlier. Gosh she was really surprised. She manage to eat her dinner before we fetch her back before her call time for her flight.

Her visit is TOO short. I had a wonderful time with her. So I wonder, when will my other friends be coming over to visit me?

*WinK*

Kite Runner

This is an amazing read.

This book is on shelf for quite some time. I was rather reluctant to read it at first. The synopsis of the back cover did not really draw my interest. I was wrong.

I head to Borders a couple weeks ago.I have to say I got this very book because of the 3 for 2 deal. I grab the book and give it a go. I read it last monday. It took my one day to finish the book. I could not let it down. I was so engross with it. Sunggled up under the duvet on the rainy cold Monday, I read the book straight from dawn till dusk.

I know the movie was out for rental. On tuesday (cheap rent day), I went to get a copy. I just finish watching it. I woke up and called up the uni to check on my class. It was canceled. A rainy cold morning. What's more to do. I grab the dvd and watch it.

The readings is stil very fresh in my memory. I must say, nothing beats a book compared to a movie. The reads are so descriptive and emotionally drawn that a movie will have have its effect on. Not that I do not enjoy the movie. Just that the book give me such an impact that movie never will.

I am glad I read the book.

I am Rakyat Malaysia

I am proud to be a Malaysian.

Mid July

Nothing new. Nothing out of the ordinary.

The holiday just fly by before I know it. I am busy with the PR application. It's a handful. Lots of information. Information that I forgotten. Information that I din even think its relevant is needed. For instances, address in Singapore. Gosh. My memories on my Singapore days are to the minimum. I basically just remember bits and pieces. Mostly on days spent with Shirley, Tracy, KH and Bai... the happy moments in Singapore. That's about it. SIA is totally another different subject altogether.

Other then that, my life is basically lying around in bed. It's a thing I can do pretty well, especially during the rainy, winter season. Lying in bed needs skills. You can't lay and laze around in bed too long as it might make the rest of your day horrendous with headaches and grumpiness. It just need to be the exact dose.

My last semester will begin next week. Time do fly. Pretty quick at times. Before knowing, it is my final semester for my Master. It's a struggle as usual to enrol on the subjects that I wanted. Scratching my head out on the matter. Sighz.. the norm every beginning of the semester.

All I am looking forward now is a cuppa nice warm drink. Gotta go. Ciao

Too much of sleep

I have been sleeping too much.

Seriously. Too much. It gives me headache.

Too much time on hand during weekdays as most of my friends are basically working, I tend to sleep. Sleeping is definitely the best way to kill time. I tried watching drama series. I can finish one whole season within 2 days. There is of coz a price to pay. It causes headache and eye strain too.

Arghh... the worst is this headache is killing me. I wanted to sleep off this headache but it ain't helping as the reason of the headache is because of sleeping too much. It's a controversy issue that I need to deal with.

A Hike on Sunday

For what I consumed on Saturday definitely needs to be washed away. What better way will do me good other then hiking!

Ha! Woke up really early. At 7am and head to Mapleton and went for the great walks over at the north side of brisbane did the trick. Of course, the walk would not do any justice for all the crime that I overindulge myself on Saturday. The point here is to have a great walk and f.u.n.