A letter to rain

Dear Rain,

I am writing to express my concern about you being as part of my life for the past few days. I think it is time for you to leave and visit another country or even another state in Australia. You have been spending a bit too much time in Canberra and it is very unfair for you to shower us with lots of blessings while ignoring others.

Now, I have accumulated too many dirty clothes in my room and I seriously think it is time for me to do laundry. But due to your presence, I could not afford to carry my laundry basket while holding an umbrella when I walk to the laundry room. Could you please take a break and visit me again after I have done my laundry?

It is not fun when it is raining and I have to walk to work. By the time I reach my work place, my shoes are soaked and my clothings are wet. It is really uncomfortable to work given I am drenched. The worst part is when it is time to leave the work place, I realized that I am almost all dry and now I have to be wet again. Rain, please be a bit considerate because mum says it is most easy to fall sick if your body temperature keep changing due to environment condition. I REFUSE to fall sick in Australia because there is nobody to take care of me... and I have to wait for a week to make an appointment with the doctor, which most likely I would have died before I have a chance to visit the doctor. =(

Another thing is that I don't want B&G to flood because I am staying on ground floor and near to the main entrance.I have heaps of things in my room and there is no way I could allocate each things on the table or somewhere high.

Rain, thanks for your presence but could you please make a move soon?

Kind regards,
Priscilla

29/02/2012

I just realise that today is 29/02/2012. LOL. Sorry, I go by days, not by dates.

Since today is a special day, once every four years, should I go out for dinner and celebrate for the day?
HAHA... you know I am just finding excuses not to do my things and not to cook.

I saw my friend posted on facebook saying today is proposal day. LOL. Is that real??

None of my business, nothing special for me. A day is special to me if it is public holiday, where I have no school, no tutorial, no work and I spend the day the way I want to!! That's special!! NOT TODAY when I have class from 9am to 6pm. =(

I broke my bag!!

OMG OMG... What a busy week for me!!

I am so behind from all my studies. I went into the tutorial and was like HAAARRRRRR... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

It wasn't the problem of the tutor, just me being a bit lazy and not having enough time to read those thick text books. Grrrrghhhh....TEXT BOOKS ARE THICK AND HEAVY!!

My bag was broken this morning on my way to class. OH NNNOOOO... I have class untill 6pm today and I am going to carry my bag only on one side for the whole day. I shouldn't have carry my accounting books for classes. Now, I don't have a bag. =(

Bad day... but at least it is over for the day... the hardest period of time has ended. I am just going to show my crapping skills in tutorial later. =)

Time to start studying... BUUUUUUUUUTTTTT... you know what I am going to say right??
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I still have tomorrows... I still have weekends... It's only week 2...

I am procrastinating queen. Daaammmm...

Problems

When others don't tell you, it doesn't mean such problem doesn't exist.

When others tell you something, it doesn't mean it has to be big.

Don't think you are the one having problem, others do have it too... So, let's not make it a fancy thing.

P/S: I am only telling my buddy, not YOU!! I AM NOT MAKING MY PROBLEM A BIG PROBLEM!!

Bumblebee

Do you know what is Bumblebee??

Are you thinking about this?

So, last week when I went to work and a kid approached me for bumblebee... I told him there is no bumblebee in the room. Where can I find him a bumblebee for him? So, I sang him the song I just learnt a few days ago.... "Baby Bumblebee..."

You know what... the kid actually meant this

Transformer Bumblebee... >.<'' Transformer Bumblebee was actually hiding in the cupboard. 

What an awkward misunderstanding!!

OMG OMG

I regret I threw away all my notes for FINM 3006. I have nothing to refer to now when I needed it. OMG... I have to read everything again to prepare for tutorial. I am so stress now...

Can students not stress me?? Can you guys not attend my tutorial?? Can I just show answer and everyone balik rumah??

OF COURSE CANNOT!! haih... back to reality. Stress stress stress...

Hui Qing's belated birthday and Lena Karmel tour

It was Hui Qing's belated birthday celebration. Hui Qing and Miles came all the way from Sydney to Canberra to have dinner with everybody. How can I miss the dinner?  So, most of Hui Qing's friend are from B&G, including me, we went to Seoul Palace to have dinner with them.

I think yesterday's B&G's kitchen during dinner period must be really quiet because a lot of them were in Seoul Palace. =)

Many people right?

Liz is the only one realizing I am taking a candid shot!!

Happy chatting with each other!! This was the best time to mingle around.

Hui Qing seemed to be sharing something interesting with Kai.

Zong Yao feeling hungry!!

Thanks Jo for ordering on behalf of 7 of us. I don't know any names of the following dishes because all I did was sitting there and waited to eat!! =) But, it was really really tasty!! 

Zong Yao wanted to show off his pretty fingers

Time for "birthday cake". No birthday cakes this time but we had ice-creams. I think one was yogurt raspberry and the other was honey comb flavour.

Time for birthday song. 

We have to hurry to displace the candles before the ice-cream melt. 

Bottoms up. No alcohol, just plain water. We are all good girls and boys

Finally, time for a group photo.

 Nobody seems to want to leave after the dinner. Still busy talking to each others.

Come on, please take photo with me!!

Hurray, finally... say CHEESSSEEEEE

Meet my new friend, Rachel. 

Errmmm... I was tip-toeing when I took this picture. I am a shortie.

After dinner, Sophie invited us over to her new room. TATA... Lena Karmel Lodge, unilodge 4 in Canberra. A classy new accommodation place but a bit too pricey for me, because I am a poor student. 

Everyone squeezing into Sophie's room.

Sophie, shoeholic

We are getting ready to leave the room to have a tour around Lena Karmel.

The flight of stairs which is the main attraction of Lena.

View from roof top.

Time for more catch up!! 

Poor Miles sitting aside because he could not understand Chinese. LOL

Leaving Lena Karmel using the stairs. So cool right?

Finally, my tutorial allocation ...

Ahhhaaa....

The lecturer finally posted up the new tutorial allocations. Hmmm... I did not get what I preferred but it's not too bad. There is only 5 people in the tutorial. How are we going to have tutorial presentation when there is only 1 group or at most 2 groups have to present ideas in more than half an hour. Are we going to have to speak more?

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know... I'll know what happen when I get there!! =)

My thoughts

I've deactivated my facebook because I think I am spending a bit too much time on it. Hopefully this time, the deactivation will stay longer than a day because I tried deactivation before and it did not even last for more than 1 hour.

I am 'addicted' to facebook, although there is nothing attractive on facebook except for friend's status update or sharing of pictures. The problem is that not all the friends I added on facebook, I know them well enough, maybe just saw them once or the number of times talking to them are countable by all of my fingers. =)

Well, since I don't feel like studying, I might just scribble something here. What I am going to scribble below, you may not agree with it, but that is what I think. You can't control my thoughts because everyone has different life experiences.

I really hate group assignments, but according to ANU's lecturers, as you work in a corporate world, you need to work as a group. So, ANU trained students to work along with other people by setting course's assessments to be group projects. I don't disagree with what the lecturers thought of, but I personally prefer not to take courses with group assignments. For 10 group assignments, I have 9 bad experiences. =(

Don't ever dream you will have this kind of experience everytime with group assignments. It is for illustration purposes ONLY!! Ok, I shouldn't be that pessimistic since I have one out of ten good experience on group assignment. But, having good group members seriously makes things so much easier and less suffering for the semester.

When I thought I am going to do fine in this year without people that I can trust and work along with, I realized that all 4 courses that I am going to take, will all require group assignments. Goodness gracious!!

Some people told me, by doing group assignments, we get to know more people. Honestly, I am very tired of meeting new people and trying to make new friends.

What are friends for? What is friendship?

I googled the word "friendship" and got this

That's was what I thought about friendship too!! But after I reached Canberra, I realized, it is really hard to find a friend. I'm not sure about others, but often, it is not that I want to exclude myself from the crowd, I just can't help it. 

I know as a true friend, you should not be meticulous for the time and thoughts spent on another person. But, as a normal human being, i think sometimes, after a few failure attempts to make new friends, you will just get fed up and feel it is not worthwhile to give out all of you and get nothing back in return. 

After chatting with a few friends, I knew they have the same thoughts too. 

Perhaps, this is part of our journey in life where I REdefine friend as 

"A friend comes to you for things they need and walk away when they have fulfill the motive to get closer to you. 

You should never test on how deep and lasting your friendship is because friendship is as fragile as potato chips. You need to handle it with care 

No matter how close a friend is, a friend will leave you one day eventually, so never establish dependency on a friend or else you will be will lying in a pool of blood, not even knowing how you ended up there." 

                                                                                                             Priscilla (24-02-2012)

Don't worry everyone, I still have friends that care for me, and I care for them. 

I am going to continue my undergraduate journey alone and for those who wants to join me and willing to become part of my memory, you are most welcomed, but I will not make friendship a big fuss as part of my life. It is just heartbreaking and tiring to work hard on something that I know and have experience that it is not going to be fruitful. I am stronger now and I will move on no matter what!! =)

                                                               

                                                                                                                        

Baby bumblebee

Currently I am obsessed with a kid's song... named baby bumblebee!!

I tried to find in youtube the song, but it does not seem to be as nice as what I heard my colleague singing with the kids.

I'm bringing home my baby bumblebee

won't my mummy be so proud of me

I'm bringing home my baby bumblebee

Ouch! It stung me!!

I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee

won't my mummy be so proud of me

I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee

Ill!! It's yucky!!

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee

won't my mummy be so proud of me

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee

Now my mummy won't be mad at me!

Actually there is some hand movement along with the song. Trust me... it was so cute when small kids were singing and doing actions.

Small little things make me smile. =)

P/S : still waiting to be allocated to a tutorial. Grrggghhh... 

I don't want next week to start. My first class is Monday 9am!! Unlucky girl!!

tutorial enrolments again

YESTERDAY,  I was so angry over my MISSED enrolment in tutorial and I have to enrol in a class that was not even on my preference list.

TODAY, the tutorial class I chose was CANCELLED. The lecturer emailed and asked me to choose another class.

Can I officially crashed into the tutorial class I wanted? Fingers crossed!!

Tomorrow I have another tutorial to enrol in at 8am, but I will be at work. Can anyone help me to enrol for my tutorial tomorrow morning? I have to enrol in one of the 2 classes, or else, I am done (DIE) with company accounting. God bless me!!

Fire drill

Just what am I doing early now in the morning?

Burton and Garran Hall, which is the college I am currently staying in just had its' fire drill. Haha. It was predicted by Jason and he told me it should be today yesterday on facebook. I almost forgot about it because it  usually happens during orientation week and I'm always still back in Malaysia. Another tip would be it is always on Wednesday. The day never changed before after 4 years. So, I was fully prepared, fully dressed, brought my phone and key. I am very organised indeed.  =)

I think this is the best fire drill I ever have. No crappy weather, bearable coldness, not too early in the morning, nice companions and B&G is considerate enough to let us stand outside for only 15 minutes. Good job, B&G committees.

Wooohhhooo... I think this should be my second last fire drill in university. Thank God!!

Disclaimer: Photo is taken from google image. I have no rights over it.

Important Notice

I officially declare myself bankrupt. My bank account balance is $2.97.

Please don't send me message or expect me to call back for any missed calls. My phone credit left is $0.15.

No money, no phone credit. What is left is really just paid unlimited internet. What a nice way to start my semester!!

A letter to Corporate Strategy

Hey Corporate Strategy,

U know what, you make me hate you on the first day I met you. I was waiting patiently for your tutorial enrolment for more than an hour and by the time I enrol, the class I wanted to go was full. I am so angry with you right now at this moment because this is my worst ever experience enrolling in tutorial.

Don't ever think I will like you for the coming semester as you disappointed me today!!

Full of animosity,
Priscilla

killing my patience

I have been waiting for 1/2 an hour and I am running out of patience. I still have heaps of things to do... So, ETA, BUKA BUKA BUKA!!

Bad policy for ANU... it is either lecturer telling students ETA opens after 15 minutes (which obviously did not happen) or just let the students waste their time waiting.

I have a class to attend actually but for the sake of enrolling, I am skipping the class. Grrrghhhh...

tutorial enrolments

As mentioned in my previous post, uni started yesterday. First week is always introduction of lecturer and assessment. So Boring!!

Do you know what am I doing now? I am still waiting for my tutorial enrolment for my management course. The tutorial enrolment is so competitive that everyone basically brought their laptop to class and keep refresh the eta page. Eta, is the page where students can enrol in their tutorial classes.

Enrolling tutorial in ANU is like going on war during ancient time. Everyone got so nervous, worrying that they could not enrol in classes they want to do. Haih, I don't have many tutorial classes to choose from because I have work and other commitments to do. So, there I am to join in the crowd, ready for war.

ETA, PLEASE OPEN FOR ENROLMENT!! MY TUMMY IS GROWLING!! =(

Uni starting soon

My forth year, semester 1 is starting today.

OMG, I really don't look forward for the starting of new semester because I doubt I will have personal extra time to do things I like. Work and uni will certainly drive me crazy. Another thing to add on is my lecturers and tutors do not seem to be fun and interesting.

May God Bless Me!!

Jess's 21st Birthday (18/02/2012, Rydges, Lakeside Canberra)

Yes, yes, i did it. I went to Jess's 21st birthday in Rydges Lakeside. This was my first ever 21st birthday party in Canberra, Australia. I enjoyed the night although I barely know people that were there, except for the birthday girl and her buddy, Ellen. 

As Jess told me she wanted flowers for her birthday, there she goes with flowers as her birthday present. =) I thought I might buy a variety of flowers in a bouquet because I will never get wrong this way. She may not like sunflower, but there are roses in the bouquet too!! Just to be on the safe side!! I always play safe. 

Reasons to buy you those flowers:

For me, your unique character to provide me energy to move on mirrors the sun providing heat and light for human to live on. Therefore, i bought you sunflower which for me is the happiest of flowers. Roses show how much I treasure you as a friend and heaps of love from me!! By including long lasting Camellia flowers in the bouquet, I appreciate all the precious time we spent together and those silly conversation we had.  

Do you like those flowers, Jess?

Did you realize there are no white coloured flowers in the bouquet?

So, I bought another bunch of white chrysanthemum just to make it more colourful. 

Nobody ever buys me flowers. So, I pretend those are mine for 1 minute before giving them to Jess. LOL

I asked around BnG for ribbons to tie the flowers, but nobody seems to have it. I thought I would go to IGA to try my luck, but too bad IGA does not sell any ribbons. So, I went further down and tried a few stores  to civic. None of the shops sell ribbons and most of the shops were closed by the time I reached civic. This is Australia, shops closed in the evening. The last hope would be Superbarn, and I finally found ribbons that I was looking for there. Long journey for me to look for a ribbon. =P

Worst part of the day came when the sky decided to secrete tears to nourish the earth. OMG, I had to hold flowers in one hand and umbrella on the other. When wind and rain combine their power, that's the end of me in my dry clothings. When I was walking to Rydges, people in the car was looking at me, thinking I must be a fool, walking in the rain with flowers. I was drenched when I reached Jess's party. I lost my bracelet too!! My first time attending a birthday party wasn't that fortuitous after all!!

Yepppiiieee.... I finally reach Rydges. Jess's birthday party was on the 15th floor. 

There was a sign in the lobby. I doubt there would be two Jess's birthday happening on the same day at the same place. So, I went all the way to the 15th floow without even asking the receptionists. =)

 Nice view from the top of the hotel. 

Jess reading her special birthday card!!

 Menu of the day.

Sorry, the menu is a bit blur, but trust me, food was good. At least I changed from a pregnant 3 months lady to a 5 months lady after the dinner.

Self service buffet. Eat as much as you can!! =)

I was so full after the dinner because I kept eating since I have nothing to do there. I knew nobody in the birthday party and everyone was busy talking to each other because I assume most of them are high school or college friends. Ermm... Actually I am an outsider. =) Thanks Ellen for babysitting me!!

See what I mean when I say everyone was busy entertaining each other except for me, I was busy entertaining FOOD!! 

I love the desserts. There were YUMMYLICIOUS!!

 Priscilla happily with her panna cotta.

I wanted a single shot of the birthday girl but she wants me to take with her. 

"There is my camera, Say CHEESSEEEE"

Happy Birthday, Jess!!

She had a tough time looking for her birthday dress which could satisfy herself and her mum's will!! 

Jess, You look awesome in that dress!!

Mother and daugther

I think those are thank you gifts for guest, but I did not take any. 

Jess's lovely chocolcate birthday cake.

Sorry, Jess, I did not have my 21st birthday cake. Can I pretend that's mine?

I don't know her, but she was so cute. She placed decorative sequins on her face and it looks like she is crying.  

It's our time to play with sequins

 Time for birthday speech

Jess's dad. 

It was quite a touching speech by Jess's dad about a lot of Jess's first time. Jess's first word was daddy, Jess's first step, Jess's first day in school, Jess's first concert experience, etc... I wonder if my dad knows and remember about all these. He was so proud of having Jess as daughter and I can feel the love in the air.

Jess and her boyfriend, Ryan. 

Opppsss.. censored scene. 

Speech by all her good friends

Time to sing Happy Birthday song and cut the cake ceremony.

Bottom's up

The cake was hard, so Jess struggled to cut the cake.

Time for photos to keep for memories:

Best buddies

Sweet couples

Things we did in the toilet:

Time to start shaking your body and swing your arms high in the air:

Candid moment. They can dance so well!!

Taking photos again before I left Rydges.

To conclude, nice dinner, nice atmosphere, nice people, nice place. Happy Birthday again, Jess.