It’s not a happy song… but it’s got such a pretty melody!

Everytime it comes on the radio when I’m at work it makes me really happy

And lucky for me Australian radio is obsessed with playing the same ‘new/popular’ songs everyday… and multiple times a day.

Presenting… Solo by Iyaz

AH!

I need to write my ethics paper…

I can’t seem to access it online…

I’m gonna check with the SGRHS tomorrow to see if there’s a faster internet somewhere. Hopefully it’s the internet’s problem and not because we’re already done with it so they won’t let us access it anymore…? o.O

I went to bed quite late last night. So when I fell into bed I was pretty dead sleepy, and I just… slept.

It’s been a while since I slept so well.

I tend to wake up in the middle of the night for no reason at all, then wake up feeling really frustrated to my alarm clock in the morning, having to ’snooze’ it for about an hour before I actually drag myself out of bed.

Well guess what?
I forgot to set my alarm last night.

That could explain why I slept so well. I woke up feeling very refreshed today… except I woke up at 1:30pm.

I had class at 12.

=.=”

Fortunately though, I spoke to a few people just now and they all said the lecture was boring as hell. Someone even told me I would be better off listening to the lecture recordings. She said it was easier to focus on it that way.

Maybe. I’ll give it a shot.

So anyway, I’m at uni now attempting to reduce my guilt by maybe spending some time in the library (after I get off this computer!)

Oh by the way, I’ve paid for my Pharmacy ‘2010 Graduates’ sweater. In other words, I must graduate this year. I hope it becomes a motivation to study harder… :S

So I’ve spent my weekend like this.

Friday after tut i had hot choc with vi, then i went to Tea Tree plaza. I think i’ll go there more often now. It’s only 15 mins away! i didnt realise that. It’s nearer than me going to orchard road from my house in singapore!

That night, I went out for dinner with the physios and conie and des. Took a couple of panadols before that cuz I had a headache, so it went away. After dinner though, it was back full-on. Plus i had a stomachache… So marina dropped me home while they went elsewhere… I took another 2 panadols and ended up watching movies at home.

Saturday i went to work. Through work I had random bouts of cramps, headaches and general body aches but it was busy so I couldn’t complain and runaway. i’d feel sorry for the other people. Came home from work and had a horrible headache- Again. Realised I ran out of panadol at home, so I went through my brother’s meds stash and found nurofen. i’ve never taken nurofen before, so I was a little scared, but my head was throbbing so bad, i was gonna cry. So i took nurofen. the headache got worse… then it disappeared altogether! Just in time for me to go to bed…

Sunday, I woke up and went to work. Came home from work, watched some stupid shows on TV, then i came here to uni.

I thought I’d make full use of the internet at uni. But guess what? I forgot my earphones.

*CRY*

So now i’m here at uni without my earphones (can’t go on youtube and listen to my favourite songs…)

I think i’m heading home soon…

Tomorrow I’m working in the evening again. And no plans for the day, so i guess i should be housecleaning or something.

And so that is how I spent my weekend. It’s so depressing I don’t even know how to explain.

- Sometimes when you’re walking alone, when you think into the past of certain people and certain things you did you just smile to yourself. (strangers walking towards you think you’re insane or you’re very friendly…) Those little moments make me feel rather nostalgic…

- Adelaide is invaded by gigantic pink-tutu-wearing astronauts.

- How many people did we have in class of 2006 UWCSEA? I asked stitch and ritz this not too long ago but I’ve forgotten…

- I worked a breakfast shift today. The first time since a year ago during Clipsal. Why is it everytime I’m on a breakfast shift we seem to be short of staff? Today there was me alone serving in front counter, another girl alone in the burger room, and then our manager running in and out helping where he can. And I didnt know how breakfast is supposed to work. I gave out lots of wrong sized drinks, and probably messed up giving the right number of hash browns and all that. =.=” Didn’t get my break until 2pm so all I ate from the time I woke up at 8:30am was a slice of bread and some water. Hungry as hell.

- I hate how I come up with something witty to say in reply only about 2 hours after someone’s said something to me.

- A couple of nights ago I woke up coughing and feeling like I’ve been suffocating. Heart beating like mad, I took a few deep breaths and was surprised to discover there was nothing wrong with my breathing. So what exactly went wrong there? Sleep apnoea? I believe I have a mild case of insomnia though… every night I would wake up and sit up straight, then readjust my blanket or something, and then go back to sleep feeling a lot more comfortable. But before you know it the alarm has gone off and I need to wake up again. Most of the time, the second half of my sleep will be filled with strange dreams that I wake up feeling confused about, then forgotten after I’ve taken my shower.

- I hate forgetting something interesting I wanted to write here.

Actually… been back for a while already.

Arrived on Thursday evening.

Done a couple of shifts at work *yay* (before the hols they were reluctant to give me any shifts… but i guess they’re pretty desperate right now since a lot of the staff are away on holidays :))

Been at uni for a couple of days now.

Had my first lecture of 2010 yesterday. And after that I kinda freaked out a little. It does sound like a pretty intensive 10 weeks of uni…. and the counselling sessions sound even scarier than I expected.

Anyway, we’ll be fine. As always.

ha ha.

After a year of Singapore nightlife drought, I finally stepped foot into Clarke Quay again tonight.

Surprisingly though, no high heels, no ID checks and no dancing.

But yes, alcohol was involved. And I had a good time.

I had dinner with JW at the really yummy Ramen place at Liang Court, then we headed over to Cafe Iguana to have their ‘Macho Margarita’ which was friggin MASSIVE. I swear I did not think it was going to be that big. But it was good. And somehow managed to finish it between the two of us (i think I had more than half of it!) Vi and Ed came and joined us at around 10ish. We had to leave around 11ish because we all had to take the MRT back and my last train is about 11:40 at city hall. (Actually, I don’t really know exactly what time the last train is for a saturday night, but the last time i checked it was 11:40pm from City Hall… Oh well. I managed to get home. Although my time with the girls and Edmund was cut short )

I was singing to myself ‘Love like this’ on the mrt back but then I don’t really know how to sing it and i wanted to try and stop my obsession, So i listened to Taylor Swift instead. Didn’t quite work though. As soon as I turned off Taylor, another SS501 song started playing in my head.

I’m still looking forward to Taylor Swift’s concert on the 12th of February though. *yay*!

So yea… I think I’m growing out of the whole clubbing thing. I mean, I love dancing in clubs still, but I don’t miss it as much as I used to I guess… It’s a bit like, I don’t care if I go or don’t go. If I go then it’s all good and I have fun, but if I don’t have the chance to go, I’m not that bummed about it.

I’d rather spend my day out shopping. Haha! I went to Bugis with mum today. Bought myself a really pretty blouse (i think its pretty!) on super discount which always makes me happy. Bought a new bag yesterday too at half price to replace my white one which is ripping on the inside

But yah. Discounts and sales and getting things half the original price makes me happy.  :)

Oh, and shoe shopping. Shoe shopping makes me happy too. Not that I buy lots of shoes, but I just like going around looking for something nice~

Not so sure how happy your new year begun… But my first 2 hours weren’t so bad I guess.

It started off with a 5 mins display of fireworks from the nearby Sembawang celebrations. We drove there, parked the car just in time for the fireworks to start, stepped out of the car to watch, and 5 mins later we were driving home. Trust my dad to make it just in the nick of time… (well, sometimes we’re late but thankfully not today) Now I’m sitting here in front of my computer with Zilzie on my lap, a blister on my right wrist (i burnt myself with hot oil this afternoon!), stomach cramps (miss p decided to come last night), feeling slightly woozy from the too-strong-but-quite-yummy-cocktail my dad whipped up about an hour ago, and listening to Fireflies while typing my first entry of the year 2010.

I have a good feeling about this year. After all, 10 is my lucky number. Well, it’s not really… it’s just my favorite number because of a special reason.

After all that I’ve gone through last year; mainly frustration from so many things, I don’t even know where to begin… This year should be a bit more of a breeze. Right?

I mean, how difficult can it be? Survive 2 placements out of town, finish off the last few chapters of Applied Pharmacotherapeutics (Which I’ve so far managed to Pass above a P2 :P) , stick in a couple of random courses about management and nutrition or something… And guess what? that’s going to be ALL I have to worry about!

No MySA committee to chase after, no campus to represent, no extra hours in a pharmacy, no hiding from stalkers…

Life will be good.

Or so it seems for now. *Fingers crossed.*

I never really made new year resolutions for fear of not being able to stick with it. Also I tend to forget them by the end of the year. It’s always something silly like, lose weight, eat healthily, exercise more, study harder… This year though, I think I’ll have a resolution. I had it typed out here a while ago, but I’ve decided to keep it to myself. If you’re skillful enough you may be able to find it somewhere in the cybernet though.

Anyway, to everyone- hope 2010 brings you lots of joy and happiness and accomplishments and love and everything good and nice

Time for bed. Goodnight.

1) Stayed up all night and took the first MRT on the 1st of Jan 2009 to get home from the New Year celebrations.

2) Worked in a laboratory with bacteria and DNA, visited a chicken abattoir, and hand-picked chicken poo… and got paid for it.

3) Spent Chinese New Year with my best friend’s boyfriend and his friends. Also won $5 from playing poker with them (pretty good for someone who’s never played poker before) haha!

4) Survived the hottest day in Adelaide- 45.7C, and two 40+ heatwaves.

5) Went crabbing. Caught nothing but one baby crab.

6) Found a place in a new group of friends from work.

7) Officially became the president of the Malaysian Students Association for the year, and successfully ran the club and handed over a still-functional club to the next successor. Yay!

8 ) Had a crazy crush. Became friends with his best friend…

9) Got a new piercing.

10) Turned 21. With lots of love

11) Finished my 200 hours of Pharmacy work-experience.

12) Learnt how to dance (ballroom) and got medals to prove it.

13) Made a wrong friend that turned out to be the biggest problem of the year, and (thankfully) resolved it.

14) Visited a doctor in Adelaide for the first time.

15) Went to Sydney, walked for an hour in new high heeled boots, and still managed to dance and walk back to the hotel.

16) Visited Dom and Mjelva (when in Sydney). Had coffee at the harbour and went to the opera house at 2am.

17) Ate a teaspoon of chopped raw garlic.

18) Watched Phantom of the Opera.

19) Walked along the Torrens River with pretty lanterns to celebrate the Moon Lantern Festival (or the Mooncake festival)

20) Went to the Flinders Ranges, and saw the most beautiful night sky. Also saw lots of road-killed kangaroos…

21) Carried a Koala!

22) Cycled to the south parks of Adelaide with a friend I hardly knew.

23) Went on a Buddhist camp, learnt a lot. Went vegetarian for a few days, ate blindfolded, learnt meditation. Was probably one of the best getaways I’ve been on.

24) Campaigned and ran for student representative, got elected, and then resigned.

25) Played lots of Bejeweled.

26) Cried in uni.

27) Drank lots of coffee. (I think caffeine is starting to have less effect on me…)

28) Made lots of new friends. From Adelaide uni, from Work, and from Pharmacy too. I don’t know why it took me so long to get to know some of them…

29) Celebrated Deepavali with yummy muruku!

30) Attended a gazillion surprise birthday parties… ok not a gazillion. but quite a lot. Surprise parties seem to be the ‘in’ thing for the year.

31) Finished a can of Mother and discovered the miracles of energy drinks.

32) Bought an epilator.

33) Went to the swimming pool, and played badminton in Adelaide for the first time.

34) Got racially abused at work by stupid customers.

35) Came home from uni one morning when the sun had started to rise…

36) Started work before the sun started to rise, saw the city wake up.

37) Finished an exam at 10:30pm.

38) Finally tried North Adelaide’s famous AB.

39) Sat through the longest flight in my life (to get to europe)

40) Went to Europe!

41) Watched a live Opera at the Vienna State Opera

42) Lost quite a bit of weight in the beginning, then gained it all back again. ><

43) Went to a fancy hair saloon, got a drink, a hairwash, and cut… for $10.

44) Hiked (down and) up Mt. Lofty.

45) Passed AP 300 and AP301

46) Got in a car accident (stupid motorcycle…)

47) Visited Conie in KB, drove to Terengganu! Just across the border…

48) Probably broke my record for number of towns/cities I stepped foot in, in one month. December: Adelaide, Singapore, Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Vienna, Budapest, Penang, Kota Bharu (If you want to include stop overs like meeting people for lunch and dinner or just chilling- Terengganu, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur (or PJ…?) lol…

49) Attended a wedding. My family reunion… since I wont be back for CNY again…

50) Made this list.

ONE hour left to 2009. Hope you had a wonderful year and I wish you an enjoyable and safe 2010.