My mouth literally waters..

Each time i work at Chin's. Then today, i found out that they use alot of MSG in their food...chey....now i'm no longer enticed to eat anymore. But i get alot of ideas in cooking my own food though..Thomas is nice though, he entitles me to the tips customers give. So far, i've collected about $70 in tips already :)

can throw in tao qiang with mix vegetables. or make mix vege curry. And so, i went on another supermarket frenzy...lots of vegetables and fruits this time.

Peaches are furry...like eating a hamster.

And there's a castle nearby ( actually, its those private houses but built like a castle) , will show you a picture soon. Its very nice...the shape, colour very similar to a real castle. Or at least, those we see in fairy tales. Even had vines climbing the wall! I will be a queen,i shall build the first castle in Singapore. And its not just in my dreams...

My mouth literally waters..

Each time i work at Chin's. Then today, i found out that they use alot of MSG in their food...chey....now i'm no longer enticed to eat anymore. But i get alot of ideas in cooking my own food though..

can throw in tao qiang with mix vegetables. or make mix vege curry. And so, i went on another supermarket frenzy...lots of vegetables and fruits this time.

Peaches are furry...like eating a hamster.

And there's a castle nearby ( actually, its those private houses but built like a castle) , will show you a picture soon. Its very nice...the shape, colour very similar to a real castle. Or at least, those we see in fairy tales. Even had vines climbing the wall! I will be a queen,i shall build the first castle in Singapore. And its not just in my dreams...

Shhh...

Wad's that i hear...tv, tv, tv!!!

i got a tv!!! Muahahaa, guess who has the last laugh now, Ling Feng? I got a TV!!! And i didn't have to give a single cent! Nanenanebooboo. So it pays to be studious huh..to reject renting a tv at first instance. Now i got my OWN in MY room!

A very kind soul, gave his to me since he's graduating this semester. Just when i was envying E-lynn selling Julia her tv along with some other stuff for HUNDRED BUCKS.

He's giving me his heater too, AND table lamp. AND i got his text books as well :P I am so so happy, more money to spend on groceries now, hahaa. I just bought shit load of fruits and vegetables.

He told me when it was summer and he was staying in the school hostel, there wasnt air con and so he slept naked hugging the heater cum cooler. Then waking every hour to turn it on.
Yes, i've tried it..it blows a pathetic wind. But i'm not feeling the heat so arent planning to get a fan, yet.

All i want for my 21st birthday now is the mini play station with Crash Bandicot and Crash race and Prison Break 2! The boyfriend watches my house mates play the tv games from afar..running back into my room when they turn around. He's funny.


Mum, i've finished all the Vitashake..here's what i eat before going to work. A heavy lunch...green tea soba, chicken, and salad!

Where's Ivan?

Everyone's looking for Ivan...superivan71@hotmail.com, i tell them. They LAUGH!

They're all going to Singapore and look for you , Ivan.

Lawrence said why you keep pestering him to answer if he thinks your mum is hot.

He leaves in the morning, coming out of Jxxxx's room. Just like you, Ivan.

They definitely aren't doing anything because there's a lesbian room-mate...but hmm....then again...hahahaha

Nah, they shouldn't be. But i am so curious though...what could they be doing then? They're not doing the same course either..hahahaa..gossipy..so hard to hold back my tongue from asking.

The boyfriend watches tv when they're not around..keeping watch of who's walking back on the dark pathway. The other day, he was playing with the remote control cars they won at the carnival. One of them suddenly came home, he quickly put it down as soon as the door opened. But she saw, and she laughed and she said "Carry on, i didn't see it."

When Dylan leaves, there will be no microwave. I'm going to survive on NO tv and NO microwave. I refuse to share payment for a microwave..hahahaa, its unhealthy anyway. Tv's unhealthy too...hahahaa

Genes...

I think i look more and more like my mother..ok,ok got to give some credit to my dad too.

I even got my mother's ass. Which is a compliment to her, after 3 kids...still got an ass like mine..hahahahaa

Trust Issue

Its so darn easy to betray the australian's trust here.

I was interested in a watch at a surf shop, i needed some links taken off because its too big. I left the shop while they obeyed my instructions and proceeded to take it off. I haven't even paid for the item. What if i changed my mind and never went back for it? And they already had taken off the links?

Now, i remember in Singapore, its usually pay first before we do any alterations.

But, being a good citizen and a womand of her word (hee hee, i might be fickle minded sometimes), i went back to get it. But they didn't manage to take the links off, SO they gave me $5 and asked me to go down to the store next door WITH the NEW WATCH and get them to get the links off for me.

Now, at this point in time, no payment on my side made.

The thought DID cross my mind...scoot with the new watch AND $5 to boot. The watch ain't $15 watch. Consider ROXY a valued buy.

Close friends, family fear i will stray off my conscience path, my valued principles, being so far away...but yes, have more faith in me! :P

I hope the surf stuff i got here aint that common in Singapore. The prices isnt that far off from back home but there sure is a wider variety, and perhaps $20 cheaper, after exchange rate. But maybe, i don't walk into surf stores often enough in Singapore. Because they don't really attract me. But Rusty at Parkway Parade is pretty cool.

Oh, did i mention Summer's coming, so are the creatures? The radio and school warned us about snakes coming out to sun bath in the day. The other day, i saw this blue organe black slimy snake with legs aka lizard, waddling around my flat landing.

Very disgusting. It makes my hair stand. It even climbs stairs!!!

i don't want to stay here for summer.

My mum sure is going to borrow this watch from me..hee hee

P.S adding to the list
11) Rojak
12) Tim sum

Miso is my staple...

is it really healthy?Japanese food...

Its a full moon here, is it the same over there? Silly question, hee hee. Because the whole world shares one moon, and the Earth rotates, not the moon. But i wonder about the angle of each country you see. Hang on, my friend from USA just logged on..lemme ask him about the moon there.

"We may be far apart, but look at the moon and i'll look at mine. For that moment in time, we're close at heart."

Lady boss at Chin Noodle's gave me a mooncake..and voila, its with YOLK!! So yes, i've had my fill..don't want anymore.

1. Chilli crab
2. Fried hokkien prawn mee
3. Char Kway Tiao
4. Sambal sting ray
5. Sambal Kang Kong
6. Lor mee
7. Chicken rice
8. Carrot cake
9. Pandan cake
10. Kueh Lapis

Good gosh, i think i will just gobble everything in sight once that plane lands in Singapore. How come so many people still seek to leave Singapore when its really a good country?

Oh, and Mum, you know why Prison Break's setting is so real? Because its a REAL prison! Also one of those disfunctional prisons in USA, that has housed the most notorious criminals. Just like the Fremantle Prison we saw, except Fremantle has a longer history.

She said I got Talent.

After searching high and low, I finally got a lady driving instructor. All the other ones I got from the yellow pages, the men sounded weird. Communication break down. Today’s my first driving lesson, and I’m hooked!! So fun, like Daytona.

She said this’s her first allowing a student on her first lesson to go onto a busy street, because i got talent..i’m a goooood girl, she says. Hahahaa…

Yeah, talent. Talent that Dad didn’t realize his car moved from the parking lot to the staircase one day when we were all rushing for school/ work. Hee hee heee

Its really different though, how they access driving here. Do you know for your test, you drive barefoot? Hahhaaa..pity whoever has Hongkong foot. Now, why is it called Hong Kong anyway.

Also, so interesting, they give you scenarios. Like going to the shopping center, leaving something behind and going back etc.

I hope to pass first time, because I don’t wanna lose time. I’m juggling work, studies and driving now. And I like being a super woman. SO I’m taking auto, and I’m not a loser, Norman.

I didn’t want to waste brain juices figuring manual out. I tried, clutch, press, stall. Most cars are auto anyway, but I DID consider..what if one day I kana kidnapped, then the car is MANUAL!! Then how I escpae, I wont have the skill. I will be dead…

Norman says I’m irritating, because of such thinking but hey! Things DO happen what…but Norman helped me figure it out..the kidnappers will probably be just as loser as me. They use auto cars too..hahahaha

And I think I’m so disciplined. I actually bothered to wake up at 7am this morning to run, then went for my first driving lesson at 9am, then studied, cooked lunch, went for lectures, cooked dinner and studied.

The boyfriend says my cooking is getting better by the day. But the boyfriend’s greedy, always say I cook too little, but reaching the end of the meal, he’s always complaining he’s too full.

I’m going to wake up at 7am everyday now, leading up to my exams. Ok, try to. So I can make up for loss time. The 2 weeks I played with mum and ivan.

Ba ba black sheep, have they any you. Yes sir, yes sir, I miss you.

P.S I overheard my house mate talking with her girlfriend on the phone..their baby will be called Lychee.

24. Lost.

Less than 24 hours, i've already cracked the pot mum brought for me. Hahahah, i did everything she taught me to do..but still....hmmmm...i'm not gonna admit i can't do without my mother. That sounds so baby. I'm a big girl! But mum made it seem like my living conditions are very bad and dirty.

But really, after they leave..everything seems to go haywire. Even my normally superb freezer is not as cold as before..so my other house mates whose shelves are above mine are dripping their meat's blood onto my shelf!!

Time flies...fruit flies, summer flies.

My house mates left them a note, and Ivan wrote back. Its been whacky, them fooling around. You see Ivan in my house mate (a female)'s room, entering and leaving at weird hours of the night. I hear CK now playing soccer on his own outside..aww, he must miss Ivan. Lawrence thinks my mum is hot. The boyfriend realised where i got my butt from..ACCIDENTALLY. Right...hahahaa. Its so quiet around here now.

My brother so romantic ar...returning home from the air port..i saw he left me a poem. Ok, at least this is so much easier to decipher than those on his blog.

When they're here, you feel them taking up space. When they're gone. Its suddenly so empty.

The locals are really generous with buskers. 10 dollar, 5 dollar..a shower of coins...what can i busk about? I realised, i don't have such skills.

One of my own convicts in cell 5. This is what Ivan does when there's nothing to do. Stare in space...the other day on the train, a little boy was asking if he could stay at his friend's house for the holidays. The parents rejected his idea..he start whining and pleading saying its sooo boring at home. Is perth more boring than singapore?

i hear Singapore's planting such along Orchard Road now. Is it true? Spring is here.

I look like a stick insect!!

The torchlights were momentos to keep. Cool! You should have seen the souveneirs. Even cooler!! LIFE SIZE Prison cell key rings, miniture ball bearings, cuffs etc. Pity they were not made into key chains then at least they're practical then higher possiblity to purchase.

Their uniform's really funny. Look more like clowns. Anyway, good thing we went for the night tour, its fun and there were actors and rehearsed scares. You pay the same price for the day tours sans all that.

Now, this IS really like prison break. 3 levels high, rows and rows of cell. Its scary if you're alone here at night. Know why the wire net's there? Was implemented after a 17 year old boy fell off the top floor and died. Wasnt sure if he commited suicide or murdered.

Michael Fay never learns his lesson isn't it? hahaa..these drawings depict their life in prison actually. Some of them. So bored, they used chalk.

A double room, with a bucket to share for poo.

A 20cm x 20 cm cell, maybe? But Yay! Personal bucket.

This is the nastiest room of all. The gallows. Had a nasty musty smell in it as well. But i think its rust. We were joined with a school kids tour, these kids were really well behaved. But in this room, a couple of them felt giddy and wanted to leave. I was so afraid the one next to me will puke on me. Hahaha..but the boys who pull their hoods up were kinda unsettling in such a dark eerie prison. Plus they were so short..you see them with their hoods on bobbing around.

This reminds me of the easel that you do paintings on. But its actually a spanking post.

This prison is about 200 years old. No longer functioning, its now supposedly 'haunted'. After the tour, we all gathered to exchange photos as some people pointed out 'orbs' in their cameras. As well as 'faces' in their orbs. I suppose it might be reflections, but oh well...things of the unexplainable. Its how you believe it. But i got to hand it over to the guards who lock down the place at night after all the tours. Freaky scary, with hundreds of cells to lock.

A prisoner's timetable. 6am, out of bed. 11.15pm, back to bed. That's quite a hard life. Looking at their living conditions, you cant help bu pity them. Oh well, nobody asked them to commit crimes. Now, what's the difference between a prisoner and a convict?

And so after the trip, everyone's hooked on Prison Break..i've watched snipplets of it here and there like thrice. The settings are so similar to the show, so surreal. What a kick! Scofield is really really good looking too, reminds me fondly of a friend. Same attitude, same look, same eyes. Irony bit, his father owns a funeral parlour. Hahahaa.

We took little photos together..one of the few. I guess i wasnt so much in the mood, because when they leave, looking at them will be unbearable.

In my garden, there's Papa rabbit and baby. Mama's missing. Maybe eaten by an eagle.

These are the very irritating yet very pretty birds that chirp every morning 530 AM!! outside my window.

Ivan's quite a photo whore now..he insisted on this picture.

Day One

Mum and Ivan have arrived!! With a whole load of my junk. hahaa..mum cooked just vegetables and mushrooms for lunch today..Somehow it taste sooo goood

Reuse, Recycle, Resource.

Ta-dah!

Happy Birthday, Dad. In advance, cause the next few days, we wouldnt be home. Hahhaa..


The work of a mass commer. You just got to be patient and understand the weird antics of one. They always turn out very good. Just like what i do, isnt it?

I like this meal the best, although abit indulgent. Eel...

My food looks more and more appetizing doesn't it? Steamed egg, soba and honey chicken.

My first movie here. Only watch movies here on Tuesday..its $9.50. On other days, whooping $15. The movie i saw? Snakes on a Plane. Don't ask me why i chose a B-grade movie, there's no other things to watch!!

The convertible that raced us to Mandurah for fishing. Its Honda, funny how i don't see Hondas like these in Singapore. I'm not impressed with sitting in a sports car though. Too low to get in and out, too chilly, too much dirt. hahhaaa...

Dolphins

Did i mention we saw dolphins in the river? Now, you would think how can there be dolphins in the river! I suppose river in a Singaporean's mind is small and narrow, but here it's wide and leads up to the sea.

I'm curious if the river tastes salty though. We went fishing in Mandurah, and boy was it a bad idea. Swarming mosquitos!!!!

It was so dark , it was kinda scary. I keep imagining some sea monster appearing, lurking in the dark waters. I asked my friends what would they do if Loch Ness suddenly appears.

" Take a picture and sell."

"Catch it."

"Throw Desmond in".

We caught 3 or 4 fishes in a 2 hour span, took us 1 hour to get there. Considering big fishes, consisted a flat fish. The boys enjoyed, i suppose. Not us girls...i had to pee urgently in the wilderness...couldnt find a toilet. But my girlfriend wouldnt dare, so after i relieved myself, i walked on with her to find a toilet...and just 3 minutes away, there is one!!!

@#*#^@*#^, luckily no insects bit me in the bush. Unlike when i was younger..got bitten by a stick insect!!

Learner's Permit

I passed my basic theory test on the first try with 29/30. Its much better than Singapore because they actually tell you the score, and the online practice test tells you where you gone wrong and why. Singapore doesn't, and tell me..how will we ever get better?

So now i can hang a L plate on the car, get someone with 4 or more years of experience and i can drive. I haven't had my first lesson yet, cause at every chance i see possibility, the boyfriend will say, " Aiyar..getting dark lah. Dangerous." "Aiyar..too many cars lah. Dangerous." "Aiyar..in a rush lah. Dangerous."

I think he's scared. Never mind, i'm going to work this out on my own. Don't want to become an incessant nag. Thanks for the nutrition tips, i need to get my diet in order now, and stop being so lazy..i need to really drag myself to running. When its not that difficult at all in Singapore. And i need to reeeeally STOP myself from eating all the time. When its not that difficult at all in Singapore. Singapore, sure is a food paradise, but i doubt i'll get fat there. But here, food is your only comfort. Gosh, i better get myself back on track.

Next week, i will run every morning at 8am. Finish all my studying and projects before mum and Ivan visits. Eat my dinner before work, and DO NOT eat the food from the restaurant after 9pm. But that leaves me to keeping the food for tommorow, you know. So which gives? Wasting food, or eat bacteria food the next day OR get fat eating late night food.

Its getting routine...

8.30am: wake up, go church
12pm: Visit Canning Vale market where meat go as low as $1.99 per Kg, you eat till you SCARED.
2pm: Lunch, a once a week treat. The boyfriend insists
3pm: Visit supermarket
5pm: Laze till bed time

Can you believe that? We LAZEEEED that long. I told the boyfriend, we can't do this. We should go find some places to go, some parks, go picnic, whatever..but not waste time lazing.

On the other note, yesterday was fantastic at work. When its busy, you see team work and that's just so cool. Even the guy i used to detest, i don't detest so much now. On the not-so-busy days you see, the detestable guy will snatch and jump at EVERY opportunity to do some work. Very kiasu, and trying to curry favour. And because he is so jumpy, he always knocks into me!! My wrist's getting stronger at carrying plates, buy my hands are getting rougher too. Moisturize, moisturize, i'm not married yet!!

The lady boss was very pleased with us yesterday so we get to choose what we wanted to eat (yay, no more roast stuff!! I get to choose mee goreng (but NOTHING like singapore style), and today i have crispy beef and some other meat throw in by her for lunch. We even had snacks after our shift, and whoopee..ice peach tea ($3 a bottle k. Soft drinks are NOT cheap here).

Spring is coming, i see birds chirping through my windows. The flies are getting out, found a bee in my room.

Yes, you work out quite a bit, but you put on just as much being in a restuarant. No, i do not pinch the food. But looking at what the customers are eating ignite my cravings!! Like, i immediately went to get spring rolls after seeing tables and tables and tables ordering that. And now i have craving for ice-cream cause lately i've been scooping them out for orders and i like making ice kachang!! Doesnt help that the supermarket next to the restaurant closes at 10pm, plenty of time for me after my shift. Darn.

My first test

scored 16. Upon 20, that is. Commercial law. I'm so proud of myself...see its just that i don't blog me studying..how boring will that be to read?!

21 Days After

Drunk, drunk, not drunk, not drunk, not drunk. Hahaha, Mambo night turned out to be R&B. Its like a mini Singapore inside club Metro. Oh well, organised by Singaporeans anyway. Singapore is small? So is Perth. I've met my secondary school friend in Zion Praise Harvest Church, met my poly mates here and there. Met some dude who knows me from Ms Singapore International and met some other dude who SAW ME ON MY QUANTAS FLIGHT HERE! Talk about photographic memory. But they were all just fluff greetings from me. Hi-and-bye..

See, they hung the Singapore flag. You would think its celebrating national day overseas.

Mr. Heart Stopper and Breath Taker. Hahahaa...they're freaks you see. Desmond's also from Faith Community Church, and Jeremy's dad, when he came..we just brought him to do all the youngster's stuff. Hahaha..they both can cook very well, or so i heard. But i haven't got the luck to try it yet. They're vege lovers though...they do not cook vegetables AT ALL. Because they LOVE veges, so they can't bear to cook it.

The rare few times i eat out, this Korean restuarant is not bad. We had piping hot steamboat. Will bring mummy and ivan to eat there. But the service sucks! The place i work at is x20 more efficient.

The sky is beautiful isn't it? The boyfriend's school, was there for his first solo flight out. I brought him to Zion Praise Harvest yesterday. He prefers the worship there but prefer the sermon at Faith Community Church. So dilema, which to go next Sunday? But the boyfriend's memory is very good..he can remember every word, every message each time. And he will QUOTE them back to me!! Like a tape recorder...hahaa

The man starting on his checks. My heart soared when he took off. But let's leave his story about taking off for another time. Up, up, up and away...

Waitressing 101

Sara is such a darling...the first parcel i've received so far from Singapore...One of the contestants i met during Miss Singapore International. Such competitions, i always find it fluffy and fake. The people..thus i never chose to mingle. Amazingly, always always at last moment, i get to make amazingly true girl friends. Shyanne, from Ralph Lauren, and Sara, the new addition. Hope she comes in 2 weeks time ;p



Hmm..the weather is getting sunnier and hotter, winter's almost over! I can't wait to get to the beach. My friends say i'm crazy tho..its still too cold.

And of course, i got to thank Bin Bin kor kor for sending me my notes. So thoughtful, makes me miss home alot. Where i have alot of people who love me.

I'm getting addicted to working. Well, partly its because of the cash (but again, its not because i'm money face nor materialistic), but also because i get to learn new things. Getting abit sick of the food they provide me though, its always MEAT!! (roast duck, roast chicken, roast pork..Shaun will be very happy.) I work 3 hours, 3 days a week. That's not too time consuming, the boyfriend sends me to and fro. What a darling!

Enlightenment:
1) Westerners sometimes prefer to use chop sticks to show off abit
2) Asians never leaves unfinished food
3) Westerners hate chrysantanem, and you cannot trick them
4) Asians are messy eaters
5) Westerners do not like to sit facing the door
6) And generally, they're all very appreciative of you serving

Tonight is Mambo night, some singaporean thing. And my friend gots us tickets...photos soon :P

Why is Ivan doing these tests,again?

Your Seduction Style: Fantasy Lover

You know that ideal love that each of us dreams of from childhood? That's you! Not because you posess all of the ideal characteristics, but because you are a savvy shape shifter. You have the uncanny ability to detect someone's particular fantasy... and make it you. You inspire each person to be an idealist and passionate, and you make each moment memorable Even a simple coffee date with you can be the most romantic moment of someone's life By giving your date exactly what he or she desires, you quickly become the ideal lover. Your abilities to make dreams come true is so strong, that you are often the love of many people's lives. Your ex's (and even people you have simply met or been friends with) long to be yours. No doubt you are the one others have dreamed of... your biggest challenge is finding *your* dream lover.

What Kind of Seducer Are You?

I doze when i hit the books,i think i need a lucky underwear during exams.

Your Lucky Underwear Is Red

You're confident and bold, and your lucky red underwear will only make you more sure of yourself. You have a great zest for life, and you tend to take on impossible goals - and succeed. When it comes to love, it's hard for you to take the time to open up. You're too busy conquering the world. So if you're looking for a little more romance, put on your red underpants. And see where their passion takes you!

What Color Is Your Lucky Underwear?

Tonight's Waffles night, maybe i'll have Vanilla. Yucks, i hate Vanilla.But rocky road, i like.

You Are Vanilla Ice Cream

Your personality is anything but "vanilla" You're a risk taker, who's up for anything new. You go well with anyone and fit into any situation. You are most compatible with rocky road ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?