Every Mile Counts

Hmmm.... I like this disappearing and appearing again! Anyway, i'm back from the hectic lifestyle. It's been a good 3 weeks with non-stop work and socialize. But now that im back to my normal working hours, it feels uneasy. It seems like something is missing in my life. Maybe this means that its time for me to start looking for a proper job.

I've got good news too. We've got our statesponship from the government which means that we are a step further in getting our permenant residency. If people are applying themselves without any sponsoring or anything, their application are now processed even more slowly but luckily ours is sponsored by the state so the migration said that we might get our PR within the next few months which also means that i might be able to go back for CNY. So finger cross that everything goes well because i misses home a lot.

Having these bunch of new good friends here makes my life is Brisbane much more interesting than ever even though there's not much things to do but at least we get to hang out together. Life without friends are usually very boring and just staying at home makes you even more boring. So at the moment there's nothing to complaint about my life.

I'll try to blog every week if possible to update my days and i wanna try to share what are the places that i've visited because i want to turn my blog to be my dairy too. Hopefully i can fulfill my goal.

Basically, I'm down with flu again. Getting sick seems like part of me now. This is the 2ND time this month of getting sick. But this time I'm a bit smart because i took medicine once i felt that I'm having running nose. I bought the cold and flu tablets and was suppose to have just 1 tablet for morning, afternoon and night for 16 days but then i overdose myself by eating 2 tablets. No wonder i felt dizzy and tired after having the medicine and only realize it this morning.

I want to share my experience on whale watching but I'm too lazy at the moment. Just feel like sleeping now when I've already slept till quite late this morning. Maybe my whole body just feels sick and tired. Excuses!!! I know and i don't care cos I'm still going to take a nap. That's what sick people does right? SLEEP!!!

I realised that i am getting old. I went to 2 markets this morning and then to a direct factory outlet at the airport. It was fun doing random things when you don't expect much out from the day.

After 2 markets and a sushi buffet, i was already tired and sleepy. But our friends asked if we wanted to go shopping and decided why not. At first there was enthusiasm for shopping but after realizing that my money is in the Internet and i can't move the money unless I'm use the Internet to transfer i was demoralized. Still then i was still shopping by basically going into each shop. Window shopping is not such a bad thing too.

After walking for an hour or so, i started to feel backpain and my legs can't seem to walk much anymore. This is when i feel that i am old or this is the result of not exercising. I don't like gym and joining classes are expensive. But my decision is to swim because i like swimming. Need to have the determination though.

I so wanna watch "My Sister's Keeper'. I've read the story book last year and it was really good even though it was a sad ending. I've also read the review and knew that the ending in the movie is different from the story book. Maybe because of the sad ending.

Its been 2 nights in a row that i have been dreaming about the same thing. It's about a guy which i can't remember his face after i woke up. But it's not only me whose got something to do with this guy but also other gals. The sence is in a pool or something but i know there's water in the dream. I wonder if the dream is telling me anything. I've read a magazine saying that if you have the same dream over and over again that means there's something which is bothering you and that you need to face the problem. At the meantime, i still can't figure out what is bothering me.

I am now officially working 2 jobs in a week. Time is still not that pack yet because i work only on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday in a gals' accessories shop then on Wednesday and Sunday night i work in a restaurant. I am currently planning to find another job just to fill up my time on day time. Think its crazy? At least its better than staying home and do nothing right?

After another month or so its time for me to find a proper job as i need to help out my friend with her shop until she settle down with her things. I try not to go out when im not working to avoid spending money so usually i download series or movies to watch but at the same time i've been playing Sims 3 and i am getting bored with it because there's nothing special after playing for a few weeks.

I am now having sore throat but at least its better than yesterday. I want to be healthy again!!!!

Kuan-Yin Tea House is the place

My friend's dish

Fried dumpling which doesn't look like one cos too many veges in it.

My sweet and sauce pork in Japanese style

My vegeterian friend

It's been a while now. No inspiration to blog and nothing exciting to blog as well. So you can imagine how boring my life is at the moment. Anyway, Brisbane always boring which is always good to save but i don't.

How do you like my blog's new layout? I found out that someone else's who used the same layout which gave me even less motivation to blog. Until i found this one which sort of suits my feeling. Hopefully this new layout will motivate me to blog even more if not i will be losing touch with it or even close down my blog. Maybe i should eh?

I need to start saving for holidays, debts and air ticket back home next year!!!!!!!!!!

I also need some lecturing and nagging! Anyone??

Too many things have been happening recently. First of all, bf got retrenched from his company and his last day will be 6 May. Things turn out well actually. The boss actually asked him to the office and asked him to stay back and continue working. The reason that he gave was that the company made a mistake in forecast by saying that the other department has less job than his. As he is the only one whose staying back to work till his last day was a good thing because things actually turn around at the end. But the company cannot gurantee how long will he be staying as the economy in Australia is not stable at all. The unemployment rate in Queensland itself now is already 10%. So having a job for the meantime is better than none.

We have also lodged our permenant resident application. Hopefully the state whose sponsoring us will approve by end of this May. I still cannot believe its already May and i have not done anything fruitful this year.

Sometimes i really wonder what i really want for life. I know for sure that i want to have a florist shop. Still thinking if i should study it. Everything that you want to do in Australia, you must have an certitificate if not you cannot work unless you have the skill for it. Opening a florist shop is just an hobby and something i like. But at the meantime i have to really do well in searching a second job until i get a proper job after my friend comes and visit me.

Eummudi Market

it was a great holiday just relaxing and there's no pressure on where to go. we just stay at the beach or visiting markets. i just love markets as you can see all sorts of different things from different countries.

Coolum Beach

its been a while i had holiday with him as well. this time it makes our holiday more memorable as we tend to fight a lot when we go on a holiday so not arguing with each other is a good thing this time.


we also bought hermit-crabs as our pet. its wired eh? people in Malaysia don't even sell it in pet shop but in Brisbane people do sell them and make them as pet. KW ever caught hermit crabs in Kuching but then its not as big as what we have now. they are so cute. i haven't took any photo of it yet as its house is still dirty and under construction. more excuses to spend money.

have you ever realised that when you sleep on a queen or king size bed you have a habit?

i've been wanting to write this post since forever, its just that it always slip off my mind till recently i tried it again. i have a habit on sleeping at one side of the bed which is on the left. when i changed to sleep on the right, i will be awake the whole night. i just don't understand why. its just different sides and it makes so much difference.

if i want to change and sleep on the other side of the bed, i will need a few days to get use to it. but this doesn't happen when your sleeping on a single bed. maybe because there's neither left nor right for you to choose.

share your experience if you have one too!

i just love this ad. its the lastest from optus. hopefully i'll be able to go and see the real humpback whale this coming August. im so looking forward to it. i've heard people saying that humpback whale is the 3rd largest in the world and is also the only whale that actually dance. it will be a valuable experience if i really get the chance to go.

i hope you enjoy the ad as much as i do.

whatever we have been through really is an experience. even though sometimes we don't realise about it but later in our life when we look back everything will be clear why we did the action when we are in that situation. life's funny isn't it?

for the past few months i always tried to reflect back what i did for past months but my mind always seems to be unclear what i went through. sometimes i wonder do i really have such peaceful days without anything happening? but i think my memory is deteriorating. even what i did pass few days i really have forgotten except i know that i am having exams.

i have to admit that i do not use my mind much when im out or working or even studying. my mind only stay within the box and that's it. i don't want this to be happening to me. this is not what i want. i need to find ways to think out of the box but what are the ways?

i've been having for the past few weeks for assignments and this week is an exam week. so far i've sat for two exams and another 2 more to go. the exams so far are still alright. i realised that the lecturers in this uni is spoon feeding all the masters students. as long as you study what the lecturer gives then you should be doing alright. no wonder the fees are cheap and everyone can get masters so easily.

can't wait for my exams to finish this coming saturday. then i have another problem coming up which is my PR thingy. urgh....

i know im a bit late but this valentine has been special to me. being together with him for 5 years i did not have much valentine day celebration. when we were back in kch our valentine is spent by eating seafood because he said that no point on squeezing with others. for that we did the same routine on valentine's day for almost 3 years if im not wrong. after that we did not celebrated much because we are always back home for chinese new year and he's back at his hometown and im in kch.

Roses & lilies

Chinese New Year is just around the corner actually its just another 3 more days. This year will be my first time away from home celebrating. I don't feel much CNY mood at all. Maybe because people here don't celebrate CNY unless you go Chinatown or something. But my housemates have been the unit with CNY decorations. They brought over some decorations from Malaysia when they were back home during Christmas.

The first day of CNY falls on the same day as Australia day so Monday will be a public holiday. So I will be celebrating my reunion dinner with my cousin at Toowoomba and will be staying at her place for a night. We will be having steamboat then on Monday morning she will be cooking laksa. I'm actually craving for it already. After coming down on Monday i might need to rush to uni and meet up with my group mates for presentation preparation as our presentation will be on the 2nd day of CNY. But at night Hazel has invited us to her place for open house. I guess I'll be quite occupied for these 2 days. At least won't feel that lonely.

The feeling of knowing that i won't be home this year sucks. I miss my family reunion especially with my grandma. I was telling my dad that i wanted to go home for CNY the other day but he was saying that CNY comes as easy as it goes. For me its just the CNY feeling and meeting people are the things that I'm missing. CNY is one of the festival that everyone will fly back home and catch up with each other.

I might be going back during April but shall see how things goes as well. So far i haven't start any studying yet. I've been busy working everyday for the past 2 weeks and life isn't that great after all because there's not so much business nowadays so its kinda of boring and the shopping mall seems like getting more and more quiet.

Ok then. I'll be having a presentation in a while so need to do some preparation because i don't even know what am i presenting. Can you believe it?

Happy Chinese New Year! Have a great holiday!

Happy New Year people! I know im a day late but its better that i say rather than not saying right? I've just shifted to a new place yesterday that was the reason i haven't been blogging for a while. I've been busy packing and working so time was never enough for me since beginning of December.

I had a quiet Christmas and New Year which means i stayed back home and did nothing but just lay back and relaxed. I really needed the rest anyway as i have been working long hours everyday. Plus packing is always the lousiest part when moving because i have too much stuff. I am now moving from a bigger room to a smaller room which means everything need to be squeezed together.

Yesterday when i was packing my things i realized that my passport was lost. I really panic and was preparing for the worst when i could find it at both places (the old unit and new unit that i am moving into). I even called my cousin what will happened if i really lost my passport. Then she was telling the long process that i need to go through. But in the end she told me to calm down and think properly when was the last time i use or see my passport. While i was driving back home i wonder if the passport have dropped off from the drawer that i always put. At the same time i was really praying hard to God that it will be there.

The first thing when i reached home was to pull out all the drawers and look at the floor after the last drawer was opened. I really thank God when i saw my passport. I was really relieved. What a way to start my 2009 but i hope this will be last of it because i won't want my 2009 to be full of surprises that i need to solve.

Its the year of OX and also a year that recession might hit everyone so its gonna be a long year for us whose going to new graduates. Let's just try our best and stay positive to keep ourselves motivated. I still got another 2 more months to be before uni ends. Will i continue studying? I don't know...

Have a blessed 2009!