so as not to make dimi feel cheated...

i have to post SOMETHING...
since i "lied" to dimi about posting something up soon.. haha... i thought id have lotsa time to do trivial things like uploading pictures of food and myself and putting nifty lil comments under them.. but now i have so many weird assignments to do... most of what i learn is still very airy fairy.
Anyway, i just found out that cassie (aka the machine) has been pooling people to tell me i suck, even though im this far away.. i think it can only be fair that i tell people back in malaysia to do the same..
hmm... so much has happened that i cant really remember things.. but Sydney's like a girl having PMS.. Sometimes its quite fun and nice, and sometimes you just sit down and said "THIS COUNTRY SUCKS!" .... more often than not, for me at least, is when u see stuff 9999x more expensive than in malaysia...

*looks at economy rice* AU$8.50..... wth... *makes mental calculation* 8.50x3 = RM25.50.
*equate with similar priced food* "i can eat lamb shoulder in chillies"

Look at thai food, price- AU$12-15 ... *mental calc*
RM36-45... the mean is around 40.. RM0.80 for 1 roti kosong..
*equate* i can eat 50 roti canai...

But im slowly evolving to be indifferent towards the price..
"Clothes Hanger for 1.99 got 10!! BUY!"
"WAH WATER FOR 57c!!! DAMN CHEAP" *ignores inbuilt currency converter*
"WOA!! AU$ 4 bucks for burgerr.. eat here everyday!" *same as above*
"Chinese food 7 bucks! not bad la..." *RM21 can eat 6 plates of char kuay teo*

hmmmmmmmm....
I might be going for medical camp this weekend.. but im still thinking about it coz its so expensive!!! its AUD180 for 3 days!! 3 freakin days! and the 1st day we leave Uni after classes at 5pm.. haihh... 180x3= 540.. OMG can stay hotel!
Then after that easter got Easter Getaway aka church camp... quite interested but again, AUD190!!.. but for 4 days... ^&*()(*&^%^&*()(!*@(#^&!@)#

Then of course ill definately be going for my divers license i think.. since i get a discount of AUD 280.. which means its around.. RM840.. which is AROUND msias price... just with less dives..

so far all u hear from me is money related...hahahaha...

Well the beaches are really nice, the sun increases potential of skin cancer, i dont have sunblock NOR shades, some people have very nice eyes... girls AND guys..
people dont look like what they are here.... if i threw u into the med lectures. u'd nearly never guess the aussies are med students... but if i put u in the Msia Medical lectures... u can see all the freaks there... here the only freaks are the asians.. lol ..
theres this girl who looks like... non nerdy.. but has a 99.5 percentile in HSC (alvl equivalent).. means shes the top of the Aus edu system.. (supposedly)
then when they're drunk, EVEN HARDER TO RECOGNIZE... they'll be bouncing around, peeing everywhere, guys will be jumping on girls laps and whatnot...
YET, theres a guy med student whose arm is in a cast, and when he was drunk,semi concious,hardly looking, eyes droopey, and with 1 hand, solved the rubics cube in less than 5 mins..
Rumours is that he's a math genius...
He looks like a freaking bum la ok!
Girls have guy names and guys have girl names..
oh and i have a bar in my uni..... thats weird isnt it?
and i play the frisbee now...
and COOK...


Anddd i gtg.. im late.. shall post some random photos up now.. c u guys soon!
ps- sorry the picture quality sucks... i only have a camera phone..
and im being inconsiderate by using up all the bandwidth upload all these... but its ok...
ill post quick comments.. this post took me nealry 1 hour what a long time!! arhghghg

We start with tourist shots of sydney... the pictures are by no means in chronological order...
Thats called "a port" and "the bridge"... nice clouds innit?


And that, floating in the ocean, is the sydney olympic stadium of music.. where coldplay performed back in 2001...


This is where they serve u thai food, followed by the removal of ur n*ts... its like AU$15 per plate... it also shows never to let girls choose the place to eat.. (i shared with the guy opposite me.. he ended up earning AU$3 for the meal thanks to unclaimed change)


This is to show why i dont really take photos with my super camera... thats hillsong's live recording of their new albumm!!!! (there were much more people than that o0k.. but lazy to upload crowds..)

More of the hillsong recording... There was guest appearance by Mike Gluggimuchi..where he sang "healer"... he looked so different from 2004..unrecognizable...


This is my favourite picture.. but somehow it landed in the middle of the picture post.. this is Maroubra beach... the "lousiest" of the 3 beaches.. but heck ... its still awesome..


waves... sky... mountain.. tranquil... free.. i like.. =)


Stonehedge.. or rather.. a pile of rocks and blocks of cement lodged into the ground under the facade that it is "art"... placed in a park near the city.. (and of coz, being the amused tourist we are... we stood on those pieces of art and took photos... but not my camera of course")


People sitting on the floor next to the street.. for what?


More people now standing, guys wearing hairbands and girl attire? why so gay?
(ps- the guy staring at the camera on the far left with his hand close to his mouth is NOT part of us and is SUPER gay.., like.. gross kinda gay... damn "teh" or "manja"... creepy)


So there... parading gay/lesbian/bisexual people.. i present to you.....

Mardi Gras 2008, Sydney


Pancakes on the Rocks, Never Closed. OoOooo
(in Malaysia also known as 24h, like all the mamaks.. but here, its something to brag about, since things close by 4-5pm... )

Of course the food is no where near mamak.. there are more pictures but lazy 2 upload... and ITS EXPENSIVE OF COURSE...


ps- some pictures are blur coz i forgot to take off the protective layer covering my handphone camera...
hope u enjoyed this post which robbed me of my time and ruined all my plans... byebye... :)

sydney, where strong legs are born

i arrived at sydney after the stupid ordeal at the airport... finding a place to live was much harder than i thought... dispite coming here 2 weeks earlier, there were so many people looking for accommodation.. and the numbers just kept increasing everyday! Its ridiculous! i wanted to kill them... not just kill kill... kill FAST... coz more kept coming in...
aih so tired... continue later la... tales of me trying to live at "female only" places.. people peeing out of the window.. sleeping at a $4 place... and finding out i type an average of 17-19 WORDS a minute... now time 2 sleepu...

sleepu is sleep in japanese... i know coz my sister inlaw is japanese...

pretty much any english word, when adding a suffix "u" at the end, makes it japanese...
works better when words end with P, K or S.

eg. u better keepu ur own trash or i will kicku ur assu...

(tats what happens when i get 2 tired)






ill tell u the ending so u dont stab me when i touchdown this december.

end- i got a place out of desperation, after 5 days of pure searching, im now sharing a room with a sporean i met during my daily visits to the place where the house/room listings are at.
id like my own room tho..

points to note:
-my legs ache, but are stronger.. i walked at least 4 hours a day... im positive
-unsw was once long ago a place to train shaolin students kung fu... it was why it's built on a slope... its so damn hilly... ive walked more steps in the past 6 days than in 2 months combine...
-Skateboarding is dangerous here...u need a seperate insurance to cover that...
-DAMN ALLOT OF SPOREANS... AND NEARLY ALL DOING MEDICINE! what theee....
-my phone no. 0425128884
-i have yet to go to the city or harbour or beach...

later update...
im trying to kick my habit of using LA,WAN,MEH, etc..
but part of me like that little part of engrish...
so im kinda confused now.. sorry shereen...

6 hour delay, 7 hour wait, and counting

Been here since 5.50pm, now its 1am.. they keep adding 1 hour to the departure time..
4 passes through the security check, 2 body checks (stupid belt), 3 rounds to go charge laptop, hours and hours online, 1 washroom visit, 3 trips to the water fountain, 1 bottle water bought (confiscated on re-entry to boarding area- what bullshit),1 free dinner, 1 terrrible supper, a painned ass.. 23456781234251678638901263489721 angry ppl.. and a very impatient and tired me.
i want a refund!

God's grace n blessing +100000000

Good morning,
i just want to tell u how.....awesome things happen, by God's grace, even though you are not that deserving... I shall summarize quick coz im so tired n getting destroyed by mosquitos...
Well, it all started after form 5 i think, when i went to my dad's boss' place for christmas dinner.. teh boss talked abit to my dad and I and mentioned "ahh.. if he get straight A's i can sponsor him laa" ... but u know how rich and powerful people talk... they forget quick...
When UCAS application came: i ask my dad "so how? he can sponsor?"
dad said no.
mike: Sure or not?
dad : cannot la.
(not exactly but the jist is there)
dad retired like at the beginning of A levels... so at that time he no longer worked in the company but the boss Dato' was and is very kind.. give my dad some pocket money every month...under the context that he is a "consultant"... not much but its something...
So i didnt apply UCAS. UK = Pound = x7 = death

After A levels= Straight A's~ yeah~ but no difference.. already have financial planning for education.. actually not enough for my mega shit expensive course.... (DUH! STUAI(U@)(RJIAPO) but we figured that the money will grow some amounts, plus there still will be income thru the kindi, and of course i must survive on grass and insects..
in short, we have to live kinda tight.. even if its actually NOT THAT BAD but the mental pressure was quite.... bad... at least i was very worried.. shit man.. mentos sour flavour that i saw at giant also i didnt wanna buy coz i thought waste money...
(of coz i probably wasted it somewhere else)

Then i found out that boss gave like allowance to some students... like... 1k AU$ per month for living expenses.. like... ease the burden sort of grant...

so i thought... i'd want that... i mean.. i'd really allow me to spend more freely in australia... less worry... (again just the jist)
Ask dad: dont wan la...
mike: why
dad: i calculated we have enough.. n u r taking the PTPdunno what loan right?
mike: where can count like that.. doesnt mean its steady growth of money
dad: dont have to worry.. God will provide..
mike: ok

ok repeat the conversation in variations about 3-4 times...

then mom said: why dont want.. i mean.. its company.. not boss
dad: dont want.. we got enough..
mom: thats all MY money ok...
dad: *ngehheheheh*
mom: if u dont wanna go n see boss, i go with mike
mike: yeah! i want that 1k AU$ a month..
dad: ....
mom: write letter
dad: dun need i jsut go see him..talk to him
mom: must write letter..
mike: ok i write letter.. i come with u
mom: set
dad:...... dun need .. letter ok..

fast forward.
Monday:
dad: write the letter by today
*mike goes out the whole day and comes back at 12am*
*takes out laptop*
COME MOM LETS WRITE
mom: ok
write 1/2 way.. frustrating like anything
mike: DAD COME HELP AND SEE!
mom and dad: say this that this that this that.. formal.. no informal... formal!.. must soudn like personal... but everybody calls him DATO... iajsdipoajskdljasldkj.. nto too long... must put thattttt...
MIKE: U ARE DISTRACTING ME! WUN LEI WUN HUI NGOR LUIN SAI LOR!!
(stop saying so many things.. u are messing me up.. let me write myself la)
*writes till 2ish* didnt end.. went and game... online.. till like 4ish
hehhehheh..

Tuesday went and see boss... ok.. i was actually more nervous than i thought i would be when i was there... keep in mind all the while i thought i was applying for 1k AU$ a month...
went n see boss.. me scared... dad talks.. he glances at letter.. and attached results
"umm.. good student..all A's... very good.. ok la.."
ok la? .. what does that mean? ok la me give u a trillion bucks? ok la ive finish reading?
talk to dad... talk to me (who is even more intimidated)...
boss: yesterday we were just talking among the family... "why did God bless Abraham?"
dad: God bless him so he can bless the nation..
boss: yes..God bless so he can bless others... *looks at mikeymouse* u receive a blessing now and in ur own time and way, u will bless others...

he decided to give me (full-me thinks) scholarship..
THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS
my dad say he nearly cry coz he was so touched...
boss: im going off london tonight with wife... and she's out to lunch.. why so late only come?
dad: uve been so kind to us.. and to me.. etc (basically very very super pai seh-boss already so nice even tho he retire already)

so yea... people.. i got scholarship to study... how freaking amazing is that?
my parents were so damn happy.. my mom smiling like anything.. she said the whole morning till afternoon she was praying for full scholarship.. then she thought "abit greedy.... but if GOd wants to grant it, He will" and so he did.. i feel cacat cz i only pray for grace... pray small... luckily mom is women of great faith.. mwahahhaa ...thx mom.. thx dad... thx boss and company.. and thx God..

in anycase.... i know this is might be a boring n crappy post but it is a joyous one..
only down side is increased pressure to study... quite substancially since i have to send THEM my results periodically...
HOORAH.. PRAISE THE LORD!! YAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYA!!
Isnt it amazing how He works?

ps- "wait.. i nearly forgot.. here *hands ang pau*.. u got brother also right? *hands another one*(dad MARRIED ALREADY) NVRM! got kids? (dad nonono)"
mike holds it..wow.. feels darn thick la.. must be all RM10 to make RM100.. red ma.. HONG..
*drives home*
"dad...open for me.. see how much"
*dad opens* "WAH..must be 100 bucks"
*mike looks inside* "WTHHHHHHHH....ARE U KIDDING ME?"

:)

The type of movie that gets me..

Couple o weeks ago, i watched a movie called Juno. I have not heard of it until she said she wanted to watch it coz she bought the DVD. I saw the cover. Didnt recognize the actress. (she looks young) The actor was Michael Cera from Superbad. So i figured i was in for some kinda Stone-ish comedy:- stuff I kinda like actually. After the movie,of which i loved, i wanted to burn 10 copies and pass it around...... nahh... I wouldnt give u 1/2 an A4 paper u freeloaders.
Juno was a movie about a 16 year old girl who accidentally gets pregnant and has to make decisions of what to do. Oh n the girl, Juno, is weird.
(It starred Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner & Jason Bateman.)
I think the movie kicks heavy ass and all of u should watch it. It might NOT be your cup of tea but u'd be the least bit entertained, i promise! COMMON! How often do i go advertising movies?

U see, after some thought, i realise i am somewhat fond of movies with partially (or fully) weird AND sincere characters. Like they're, how do i say this.... Honest.
I also like the movie Garden State (directed by and starred Zach Braff) and used to be, and still IS, one of my favourites but me thinks Juno wins for entertainment values. Lately Zach Braff's movie (The Ex,etc) have been sucking.

Based on these 2 movies, ive also concluded that for a movie to be memorable to me, it must have kick ass movie playing in the background:- by kick ass I mean music which instills a sense of melancholy, irony and romance(?) throughout the movie. Ahh..just the right amount of gayness.
Its gay to say but both these 2 movies have happy endings..("spoiler" heh..)
I mean, who likes movie endings where the heroin's head gets engulfed by a Queen Broodmother Alien whilst her little spawnlings nibble her organs? This normally preceeds the Hero- (who instead of reloading, cleverly throws away his gun after it runs out of ammo.) -breaking of the tail of an alien soldier, which has poisoned tip, and stabs it through the QUBA (short for QUeenBroodmotherAlien) "Haha! Death to u! See the irony? Ur own soldier killed u! It was HIS tail! I used it against u! See! Smart!"

Would u prefer watching this garbage?

Ok Truthfully, i exaggerated. What kinda stupid show would even have this shit....
(Answer: Alien VS Predator 1. Post answer: Hence i didnt watch AVP2)


Back to the topic- Both movies have couples who are made out of 2 equally weird/special people. NO!! BY SPECIAL I DO NOT MEAN CACAT! NO ALL "SPECIAL"s MEAN CATAT!
Maybe i find it aluring to see 2 people who do not "fit in", rebelious to the social hierarchy, be together, just chilling out at their own pace. (oh shit! i tried to spell hierarchy as "hiraki, hieraki and hieraky" Thank you google.) It COULD be that i find myself wanting to be like that. Not caring about what people thing around you. Witty in my own way. Cool only to my standards. Its what i wish i could experiece. However these are things u cant just GO and experience. bummer eh?
And it sure beats "hot cheerleader chic ending up with the hottie highschool quaterback". Only exception goes to "She's All That". Havent watched that show in a long long time. Its so old but i think i recall liking it. Maybe i was too young at that time. heh. Oh n the girl was not a hot chic cheerleader but a weird nerdy artist girl who dont give a crap about what others think. (but is pretty, if she dresses up, and she does. surprise surprise.)
So secretly-pretty-girls-hiding-behind-nerd-facets-with-intriguing-personality, heads up! :p

Long enough post. Time to rest. People, if ure free, watch Juno! if ure bored- watch garden state (although 50% chance of putting u to sleep due to uneventfulness, i know someone who slept.lol.*points at....*) How i wish most movies are as memorable as these. Not some shit movies ive watched lately. eg. i watched 30m of "Stealth" on starmovies. Can someone say "suckass!??"
Its so stupid its disgusting.

(id stream some of the music but imeem doesnt allow streaming of the songs i want to put up and im lazy 2 find some other hosts.)

Update on life:- which are what blogs SHOULD originally be about right?

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!
PRE CNY reunion dinner at home. So empty this year. Bro and wife at Switzerland partaying. Father's cousin's family didnt come. Oh well, steamboat seafood. Ate pretty damn full.
Day b4 PRECNY dinner, ate jap food for lunch and dinner. Lunch- kinda like bento- some set stuff. Farewell from Alvin. Thanks 4 the lunch. Much appreciated.
Dinner Sushi Zanmai (WHICH I THINK ITS ONE OF THE BETTER SUSHI PLACES AS COMPARED TO OTHERS OF THE SAME PRICE: SUCH AS SAKAE)
If i get my hands on the phone-camera picture taken of the sushi, ill post it.
Just 1 plate of sushi for 2 people. The plate was about 0.5 meter long and 15cm wide.
Doesnt seem like much? well, its much when its all freakin RAW FISH. Shit man. Too much of a good thing is bad. I never thought it would be true under THIS circumstance. (Well i KNEW it. just didnt wanna accept it.) She went out of control. Ended up i wanted to puke. Us both. "last piece jst leave it there.." "NO DONT WASTE"... i wasnt the one screaming that. Surprising aint it. heh.

at least my post is 8234102398 longer than nirmals.
*claims victory and celebrates by eating 1 pint of baskins*

Happy Birthday

*turns on music*
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Thaya,
Happy birthday to you.

as the title says

"HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY THAYA!!"

i am a spoilt child

i have a new laptop. Dell Vostro 1400. it is overpowered for normal daily use. it exceeds the basic necessities of a laptop. i spent money unnecessarily. but my laptop is nice. it is black and the 1st time i used it, i ate carrot cakes while gaming with it. Hence oily fingerprints on the top. I tried to remove it with tissue paper, those marks. But they're there to stay. Its ok. Together with the laptop, i also purchased a 3 year warranty and a nice greyish green belkin bag. i also bought a cheapskate mouse. I regretted. The mouse felt like a toy. but its ok. Cant expect much from a RM36 mouse.
Yes the white green one- messenger bag is what i possess.
I shall now insert the specs of my laptop. Sorry its a guy thing.

core 2 duo 2.0ghz/2gb ram/ Nvidia GeForce 8400 128mb DDR3/200gb 7200rpm HDD /and CNY special - Free 2megapixel webcam.


So far i tested and the webcam looks like shit. or so i think.
Others are fine. Windows Vista, the one i use to hate so much is starting to grow on me. And after installing some protection, my laptop is happy.
i would post pictures but that would just make me look crazy :)

i havent been blogging in a long time. I know im not qualified to say this but i really am QUITE BUSY. And since BUSY is subjective, dont question what i am busy doing.

Yesterday night, i watched Independence Day on HBO till 2.30am. now that i rewatch it, i must say "so illogical." But at that time, it was THE movie. and its still cool now.. it was the 1st movie i watched in a cinema. In Ruby Theather, PJ. Which was bought over by DUMC/DEMC (that church)

I actually cant wait to study. I feel quite purposeless now. In fact, im going to go study now!



.....maybe tomorrow


inate laziness prevails.