classes

had a bad night sleep. stupid justin's ghost encounter.

woke up at 8 but somehow me sher n izmia were still a few minutes late for class. just perfect to start the uni with.

health psy? boooooooooooringgg. sandra davison. clinical psychologist. if only she could make the session a little more exciting. had 3 hrs with her. and 20 mins break. cool eh?

oshc card hasn't arrived yet. mine n lenny's. oh well. tried to catch up some lost sleep but it was too hot to sleep. tomorrow's worse. 31 degrees. tried sleepin on bloopy's beer belly but it was too hot.

spent the whole day uploading pix frm the bbq. i hate fotopages.

bbq party

it was fun. the bbq party.

went at 5 to the park and only managed to eat at 7. chicken n beef were frozen. there were abt 15 of us. let me see if i can get their names. me, sher, izmia, jules, justin, freddy, albert, liew, karen, lenny, melissa, aaron, poh ling, ann, hendrik. wow.

came home at 9.30pm. the fun part was by 8.45 or 9pm the sprinklers came on. my back was drenched. so was the corn. no leftovers from the beef n chicken tho. a bit frm the "smashed potatoes" (poh ling's style haha). the sprinklers didn't stop us from taking group pictures tho. and a possum visited us. oh pictures are available at fotopages.

some bunch of ppl were drunk nearby. they're australians i'm pretty sure. a pakistani (or arabic i'm not so sure) father had an argument with one of those guys in front of her little girl. the oz guy was shoving him so that caught our attention. but after a few words with him the father went off with her kid. it's not worth it.

izmia n jules passed by them from bus stop and they cursed on them. hendrik passed by them and they asked him for 2 dollars.

hendrik came back from melbourne and bought me a teddy. huge. i love it. blop is also available at fotopages.

sher was upset last nite when izmia n jules decided on the last minute that they didn't want to go clubbing. i told her a bit earlier. with 5 cents left, i dont think i've anywhere to go. and izmia was soooooo sure she was upset with only her and kept on feeling bad abt the whole thing etc etc. but i'm glad sher apologized just now and etc etc so it's over. good. i hate to haf hidden feelings among each other and such. really uncomfortable.

class starts tomorrow. sigh.

internet !!!

been a while. but i can't access to the site anyway.

so the telstra guy came tday and installed our internet connection. all went well with 25 dollars of registration and around 12 dollars per mth. managed to get the 2 china grls to chip in as well. yay.

finally went to the central market. last thursday. found halal maggi (curry flavour yummy!) and brahim's (very expensive!!) roti "paratha" (same goes) and some stock together with many kinds of vegetables that looks familiar enough to eat. but i didn't get all those. only the essentials like.. maggi of course. oh together with chicken and beef.

with 5 cents left (i've decided to put my extra 40 cents into my piggy bank), i've to collect money from the ppl whom would be joining us to the bbq party this sunday asap. oh yeah, we've managed to organize a bbq party (due to the boredom) this sunday and there'll hopefully be around 20 ppl and since i need the halal chicken n beef, i've offered to find them and buy them with my own money first. hence the 5 cents. luckily i didn't spend more cos i needed to pay rent the next day.

talking abt expenses, i think it's pretty reasonable that considering i've been here for 15 days now and i've spent around 700+ dollars. plus 3 weeks rent. and pots n pans n dishes n cutleries. n groceries. oh and of course the simcard. no shopping yet tho. i duno but i think it's pretty reasonable.

gotta stop living with instant noodles and macaroni n cheese. so i decided to cook rice and some ayam masak merah. taste horrible. to save my self esteem frm dropping down to zero, i blame it on the chilli. and the chilli cause too. oh and a bag of chilli costs abt 10 dollars. rip off.

so now it's back to instant noodles and instant pastas.

next things to buy on the groceries list:
mayonnaise
cheese
bread
salad and tomatoes
fish or tuna or chicken or beef to make sandwich

i can live with sandwiches.

snortt

ahh... after a long time finally i can get thru this again. for the past days i didn't get to write on this since whenever i logged on to this, some singaporean chinese guy came up my screen. weird.

so the bikini party went good. sher kept on complaining how fat those australians were in their bikinis. i thought they looked normal. like any other "real" white girls look. perhaps us malaysians have been too thrown to shapey western girls that after the party she just couldn't stop talking abt them. good exposure on her though.

there's this australian girl (forgot her name) the only one at the party whom actually came up to us first and talked to us. so when she wasn't talking to us, i heard another gal frm the other grp calling her name and asking her where's her drink. where as izmia heard she was asking her where's her country. like in a sarcastical way. yknow like pointing out that she's supposed to be with them, not with us. hhmmmm...it makes me wonder how easily the minority grp of ppl tunes into such remark. being and living in malaysia for so long i forgot how it feels to be in the minority group. but i never gave much thought abt it anyway. to tune in so quickly into hmm how shall i say this.. negative remarks/gestures?.. they're not to be blame for. but i can always say it's the way of thinking. she's dark skin and curly hair btw. and sher looks typically chinese. i probably got away with most of it for my fairer skin and hmm.. i don't know. they didn't think i was asian tho that nite. it must be brown highlights. with the american accent. or maybe the lighting that night.

still have not been to central market. but with roughly an idea on how to get to the place. 2 bus rides. never going there on a hot day.

went city again tday. bought a belt. desperately need it. and cheap too. 2 dollars plus. believe it. jeans were slipping too much to my ass so there goes.

nothing more to write abt. mowkie's not eating. worried sick. spoke to fikri abt love n relationships. haha. fiks if you're reading this, some love theories just sticks to my head and into my heart. haha. i'm serious. :) it gave me lots of thinking to do. which is great.

it's almost midnight. the werewolf journeys back home.

home day

decided not to waste bus ticket on a visit to the central market since there's nothing for me to buy there. so it's home day today. well not exactly since izmia's old hsemate invited her to a bikini party tonight. she's some things to give her and she doesn't want to go alone. sher and i shall teman her then.

woke up real late. at 1030. went to the lab again last nite and came back at 12 am. on the way back inside the escort car, we saw another car parked on the side and a head bobbing up for a while. one of the security said "the windows aren't fogged up tho" and we chirped in. i thought if it was msia, they'd probably been busted. then again, it's not.

izmia and sher were talking abt sydney. they both had been there and how beautiful the place is. i remember dorah said not to forget to drop by in sydney. it's worth whatever you pay for. sher checked on the flight fare and it's around 160 dollars to and 136 dollars fro. calculating the 20 dollars tops i'd be getting by working, it's just too much. takes 3 days by bus tho. sighh.. some things are just meant to only be heard about.

goverment ppl won't be working tomorrow. shall call kak long on her hse phone and ma as well. 40 cents for 80 mins by pay phone to msia!? tht's just mean.

home now.

still 17th

bored. nothing to do at home so here i am back in the comp lab. thanx for the uni escort. they're actually police and security ppl driving us home. hmm... nice.

went to the pub. it was okay. get to mingle around with others. they served champagne, white n red alcohol and orange juice. guess what i had.

did the student ID tday. and received the uni goodies together with an organizer which i know it'll come in handy for me. some biscuits and snacks and an afteshave bottle which is already safe in hendrik's possession now.

i locked myself out again tonight before leaving for the comp lab. and as usual my lucky hero saved me again. now i'm thinking of how easy it is for ppl to enter my room. hmmm... it's not so safe after all is it?

aunty bedah said she'll try to get me a bike. yayy !! so no need to think much abt it anymore. timetable's great. long weekend.

i'll reply some emails now.

17th enrolled !!! yayy

washed my clothes tday. amazed by how quickly it dries off. maybe it the wind. it's hot tday. 37 degrees. according to the weatherman. the good thing here is that they show the weather forecast every few hours and predicts the weather for the whole week.

aunty bedah came yesterday with my blanket (finally!!) and she brought some asam pedas as well. it smelled real good until i tasted it. made me miss makcha's asam pedas. don't dare to tell her that or she'll say "tu laa... dulu tak suka makan..." i can actually hear her voice now.

oz dollars has past .3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now i wish papa would hv given me a bank draft. but i duno if its for good. hmm... hendrik has a bank draft for 20k so he's pretty okay. gotta work. to support myself and to get some money and go shopping.

FINALLY get to enrol !! all subjects !! woooohooo!! now i'll be able to get the pack with organizers and cool stuff they've been talking abt.

ate rice for the first time since i reach here. shermayne cooked my brocoli with garlic and some soy sauce. i taste salty but she was eating them like it's okay. oh together with aunty bedah's asam pedas. and omelette. and the lemonade here's superb.

there's something going on at the pub tonight. organized by the uni. shermayne's going. so is the rest. maybe i'll go. maybe. it's not like i've thing to do at home. i'll go. definite.

my boo's here. later.

5th day

had lunch at the food court. bloody expensive !! serves me right not knowing how to cook. newmissing mowkie like mad. a raccoon came to make friends with me on the roof top last night again. good sign? hmmm probably not.

fikri sounds uhmm disappointed? mad? shocked? i don't know but he sounded funny when i told him i'm leaving m'sia. oh well, will get back to him again soon.

i want a bike !! well, the thing is, if i get a bike then i'd feel more like home here in adelaide but if i don't, then i feel like i'm here temporarily and missing home. hmmm... oh well, will think abt those later.

to the city again!! bought veggies n fruits. healthy food.