2010!

Dear fellow friends who read my blog constantly,
this will be my last post for the year 2009.
Today is going to be a farewell for the year 2009
and welcoming a brand new year 2010! ! !

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This year is a very special year for me.
It is my first year in UNI SA.
I have been living in Adelaide for 3 years! hurray...
As time flies, my age grows as well.
I have meet lots of different people from Uni and also from my workplace.
Talking about my workplace - St.George's Park Nursing Home,
Thank God I have a steady job and I do not want to lose it.
I spent most of my time there.
I love my work place although sometimes people at work often... ...
All I can say is people are different in a different ways.
When I started working in the community,
I knew that earning money is NOT EASY! ! !
And to face with different people who have different skin color and different culture,
is really a very tough job.
Sometimes in some situation, it makes me just want to give up and walk away.


This year March, I spent 3 months in M'sia.
All I did was hanging out with school mates and
eat and sleep!
It was really a LOOONG holiday for me that time.
I wish that time could stop during that period of time.
But... I couldn't be staying like that forever.
I need to work and spend my own hard earn money. $_$


After I came back from M'sia to Aus in May 09,
I moved into a shared house with Elvina.
After a few months, I moved again into Campbeltown somewhere in Oct 09.


Now that 2009 is ending soon in a few hours,
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!
I am going home again in Feb 2010.
I've missed 2 years of Chinese New Year ever since I came overseas.
Goodbye for now, 2009!

Are you ready for a brand new year?

Christmas is finally over!
What I did yesterday was work, eat and sleep! haha...

Welcoming the year of 2010.

Jesus' birth!

Finally Christmas is here!

I was waiting for this day to come - it's not because of the celebration, but it's toward the end of 2009 and I can go home soon!
This year x'mas is nothing to me without family and relatives, without any celebration, the feeling is no good!
The only good thing is I was paid A$41 per hour.
My hometown is MUCH MORE BETTER!


I used to love Christmas before I came to Aus.
Before Christmas come, my cousin and I will shop for pressie.
Then we will place all the gift under a x'mas tree,
then during x'mas eve we will exchange pressie among ourselves.
Now I have to buy my own pressie and no more surprise ! ! !


Okay this morning I did a morning shift from 0730 - 1300.
Get residents ready (those including feeding breakfast, showering, grooming etc) for Christmas lunch with family and relatives.
All visitors were served with turkey.
I love it!
TA DA... ... ...

Staffs of St. George's were served with turkey as well. This is mine! ^^

Residents were having their christmas lunch with family and their relatives.

Merry Christmas everybody ^^

BOSE™

I just received my very first Christmas pressie from him.
And it's BOSE™ companion 3 - A$399! ! !
Thank you, dear!
Currently I am very satisfied with it's performance.


Now searching through the net for a pressie for him.
Basketball shoes?
PS3 game?
Bag pack?

My mum called last night saying that they will go for vacation.
And poor me have to work.
Off to work soon!

What's the use of having holiday?

H-E-L-L-O- people I am back again in blogger.com
I just realized, my blog is getting more and more boring
and all my post are getting shorter.
That's because I really, have no idea of what to blog,
& my life is just that boring! ! !
Stay at home almost everyday.
If not working, then eat, sleep, online.
I WANT TO GET OUT SOMEWHERE! ! !

My holiday-to-do list:
1. watch New Moon
2. watch 2012
3. work (for money sake)
4. SHOPPING
5. outing
6. cook good food
7. Malaysia trip(next year)

OKay!
I have just finished my final (2nd year) exam last week!
This is great because it's holiday as people get holiday so a poor worker like me can have heaps of shift!!! (I hope so...)

People keep telling me
'Oh! You know you should work hard, to pay this, pay that, pay those, bla bla bla...'
Yea right after paying, I have only a few hundreds left.
Am I too greedy in terms of money?
My mum used to say that I am very 'money face' person.
It's TRUE! ! !

Christmas is just around the corner.
Again, I MISS HOME!
Looks like everyone around me has gone home to spend time with their family.
When is my turn ?_?

crazy H-O-T weather

FINALLY EXAM is O.V.E.R. ! ! !
I sat for 3 SUBJECTS in total, 3 DAYS in a row! ! !
(1) Health of Older Adult (HOOA)
(2) Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice 2
(3) Professional Practice N (PPN)

Now is the time to pack all my school books, those that will make me think of school, assignments and exam! When I go to school, I think of exam and assignments which drive me crazy. . .


Adelaide had an EXTREME HOT/ HEAT WAVE for 7 DAYS! ! !
This is gonna be a starting for summer.
This was reported to be the hottest ever in SA in the month of November.
Last weekend we bought an air cooler,
or else our room is gonna be as hot as an oven.

summer

We fill our weekend time by baking and clean the house.

YES! Now i L.O.V.E. baking.
I did not take photos of the cupcakes we bake last Sunday.
Banana cupcakes! I LOVE it!

I love summer,
but not when it's bloody 39 degree today, I suppose tomorrow as well.
Common, give me a break.
Meanwhile, the air-con is not as cold as what it suppose to be.
When can i put on my bikini and lay by the beach...

I chosen blue as the theme for my blog this time is because it's summer.

Exam is at the corner,
everyone,
good luck yea!

Bye Rostrevor, Hello Campbeltown

FINALLY this is the time for me to sit, lay back and blog.
I have been living in my new-moved-in house for 2 weeks WITHOUT INTERNET !
So yea, past 2 weeks was a 'bye-bye Rostrevor, hello Campbeltown'.
I have heaps and heaps to blog during the 'internet break'.
Everything went will here. I really L.O.V.E. this house.
Rent was cheapER and I have no worry about meal, AT ALL.

Let the photos tell the stories:

-Moving from Rostrevor to Campbeltown-

Ben (my new housemate) and his mate were helping us moving the bed, mattress, table and chair by a trailer. They rented the trailer for 50 bucks per day.

Note: It was a great hot day and it were tiring for them to lift and carry under the sun.

-Dining area-
After a day transferring and unpacking thigs, the house looked clean and tidy after an effort of cleaning and vacuuming.

-My housemate-
Jee, Ron & Esther. They were exhausted after a busy day.

Our landlord, Ferry and his wife, Yenny were preparing dinner for us.
We had BBQ with Peter, John, Jennifer and Jacinta.

Overall, I would rate this house 8/10.
2 more marks to make it 10.
WHY?
Because of the air-conditioner.
We are craving for it as the weather is so freaking and bloody hot!!!
Could harder sleep at night, it really gave me a night mare.

move move & mov3

I suffered lots from packing and moving house.
This will be my FOURTH time moving into another house!!! since I came to Adelaide.
I'm giving a red warning here that I swear I won't move again!
This time I move for good, so... doesn't matter.

On Tuesday and Wed, I was busy packing up all my clothes first, because out of all my 'properties', the most I have is my clothes. All those small little ting-ting-tong-tong can be pack later.

So can you imagine I need 5 BAGS to pack all my clothing?
Again red warning to warn me of not shopping for clothing anymore.
But I can never promise that. ='(

Second day, I packed most of the stuff including all the books, cosmetics, lotions and yea, most of the ting-ting and tong-tong.

Tomorrow 30 Oct will be the day I move to another place.
I can't wait!

Bubble Car Wash!

I was planning to blog last night, but the internet was running slower and slower.

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Our car had a shower yesterday evening.
We gave it an overall wash, clean, polish and wax.
It was an all-in-one car wash.
Before the car wash, we headed to K-mart for the items below:
Turtle Wax, glass cleaner, wash & Wax and scratch & swirl remover. and also some wiping clothes.

The first thing to do before a car wash is to rinse the car with water to remove excess dirt and grime. But we DID NOT do so!
We went to the next step instead:
1. Poured 30ml of the Wash & Wax into bucket and mix thoroughly with water.

2. He washed the car in sections with cloth.
3. and I rinse it after cleaning each section.
4. Dry.

After the cleaning and rinsing, then come the polish and wax.

Before this the car have lots of scratches caused by me.
At that time I really don't know how to wash and clean a car, so that's why...
So now the car need lots of waxing and polish to look presentable.
While he was busy polishing & waxing the bubble car, I was trying to do something: wiping & cleaning all the glasses. Hopefully there is no scratches left behind, if not I'll be in dead trouble.


After an hour of those clean and wax (I suppose), the bubble car is now as shinny as it suppose to be. Not to mention this, the car has lots of bird 'pang-sai', and that was really embarrassing.
Right now because of the excess hot weather, I parked the car in the garage.

mov3

I really have no idea of what to blog these days.
Only looking forward to move, move, move to another house this weekend.
All my stuff have to be pack by Thursday,
clothes have to be wash and packed in my suitcase ASAP.
Im sick of moving already,
the reason why is because I have to pack, then unpack, then tidy and then rearrange it again.
But, Im still really looking forward to it.
Wonders how will it be like...
Hope I can get my own personal bath tub. hehe...
This spring-summer weather is getting on my nerve,
I needa tub.

New appearance.

--This blog is under construction--
haha
I was planning to create my blog blue in color.
Editing the code is just tiring and it take times.
I need more time to search through the net.

My Dream House part I

I always wanting to have my own dream home after I get married. I'm really hoping for a simple little house with my love ones. So for today's posting, I've decided to blog about 'My Dream Home'.

Let's start of with the bedroom. We need sleep every single day after a heavy work in the office. I want our bedroom to be warm and inviting as well as a place to keep us from the stress. Bedroom is where I will spend the rest of the day with my love one, sharing each others thoughts. My dream bedroom will be something like the photo below:

I want all sheets to be bright color, with a side table beside, a vase and a small lamp. Simple and tidy is all I want so I could save the cleaning fees. ;p

Attach with the bedroom, I want to own a built in wardrobe. The only reason why is because I could save on buying a wardrobe from IKEA or wherever.

Full height mirror doors are the perfect solution. This kind of 'mirror wardrobe' save me from buying another full length mirror.

Next, the bath-room. Bathroom is where I will spend most of my time doing facial, put on make up, 'lotioning', and dressing. I spent mostly half an hour in my bathroom, usually 10-15 mins showering. I shower every morning right after I wake up every single day and towards the end of the day, I will have a warm and hot bath for 5 min. I feel clean and healthy after each shower. I always dreaming to have my own personal bath tub in my own bathroom.
My bathroom which I have now is really small, I hope to have a larger one with bath tub after I move out, soon.

The sink must be wide enough so I could place all my skin care and lotion.

I could have a small and simple house, but I want my bathroom to be luxury with built in storage or wardrobe.

This bathroom example is PERFECT! This is exactly what I want for my dream bathroom. As you can see it has a built in storage. I LIKE it!!!

Finally, the shower and tub is really simple which I like it also. PERFECT!!! Aroma and essential oil are a great tools for a perfect spa.

After sorting out how does my dream bed/ bathroom look like, now let's move on to the living room. The living room is one of the most spaces in my house. It is inviting, the place where everyone comes around, friends and family. It is also the most visible space in house, therefore I must decorate it as comfortable as possible. Living area must be kept clean and tidy to be viewed by guests visiting for the first time.
I want my living room to be very Asian/ Chinese style.

I wanna add in some bamboo decorations to give the living room more attraction.

The kitchen. I will cook simple dishes for my love ones, and if I have kids in the future. =)

True enough, I would like to have a small and simple kitchen like above. After I have kids and own a bigger family, I might renovate my small kitchen into...

This is a Asian style kitchen.
Because I don't really cook much, so a small and simple kitchen will do for only 2 person.

For additional stuff, I will add in an indoor pool. I will put on any classical or relaxation music while relaxing myself in the pool.

-End of my dream house-
To be continue soon when I find the perfect garden and gym room.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup!

Sorry for not posting these days.
There is nothing much coming up accept for Wednesday, J came back after 6 weeks being 'jail' in the countryside - Kingston.
Everything is back to normal now,
he has to resume work and study.

Im too excited for the coming of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The main football venue will be held in Johannesburg, it's capacity is 94,700.

The official mascot is named Zakumi and it is yellow and green color. ^^
I don't know what will I be doing during next year June/July world cup,
but I definitely will squeeze in my time to watch this once in a blue moon show.
I still remember in 2005 FIFA, I was one of the girl watching and beating who will be winning for each match. That time I was in Form 4, if not mistaken.
Now as I think about it, time passes fast.
One of my favorite football player from Japan, Hidetoshi Nakata, 32, will not be playing and contributing in the coming FIFA, I think, as he's 'aging' in the football carer.
I used to like voting for Japan because of my idol.

This evening I was enjoying reading Sharon's blog (Ivy's sister).
I read about her life as a married women at the age of 22?23?
She is currently staying in the U.S., i suppose.
Her wedding theme was all full with snow.
What a blessed women she is!

Kayooo...

Meet Kayo, my new key chain.
I bought it in Harbour town.
Her Japanese name is Kayo, means beautiful.
And she's pink in color.
Cute right?

I cant stop scratching myself last night.
My lower part of body was damn itchy
and i was like scratching n sleeping at the same time.
Same goes to J,
he has difficulty sleeping last night cause of the itchiness.
When can i not suffering from this?



There is this new kind of check out machine in Coles lately.
It's like self service,
no need lining up waiting for the counter lady,
if you cant wait.
All you have to do is just scan through the item n pay.
So yea... ah tang n I went to Coles to shop for some gloceries
cause i wanted to eat mee sua.
So we went to buy the stuff like chicken meat, mushroom, red wine n mee.


2 E & 2 T working for today's shift.
E are me n Edmund
T are Tina n Tee.
Cant wait till Sunday comes,
it's my day off ^^
Tired after work.
I need to hoop into bed soon.

Penalty!

Evening day out with Christina aka ah Tang.
We were suppose to date each other long time ago, but cant make it due to my holiday visit to Kingston. So finally waited until today.


I decided to go to Harbour Town instead of Tea Tree Plaza (TTP) cause we went there few weeks ago and it was tiring walking around the plaza =.= Not because it's boring but the plaza is too (quite) huge, so usually we shop 50% of the shops.


Hungry after the window shopping, something came out of my mind that i suddenly wanted to eat yirus wrap. I introduced ah tang an Iranian shop called '...' (I forgot the name), but anywhere the lamb kebab was FANTASTIC. It has lamb, salad n wrap. For mine, i dint have the salad in it, just the lamb meat and it cost only A$8.80. I LOVE IT!!! im going there for my 3rd one next time.



Happily walking to my car then i saw something shinny sticking on my car wiper. In my mind was "Ops... not again! I dont want saman anymore." My guess was right, I HAD A FINE as much as A$82!!! T______T" Ah tang will contribute A$20, lucky i brought someone with me huh... haha......

Right, my first penalty happen when i parked outside my nursing home. Maybe someone called the city council ( they think that i might block the road way) or i was lucky when the police or whoever was responsible in that area happen to spot check at 1630. =.=lll


Am i gonna buy medicine for my hayfever? It's getting more and more itchy. Isshh... ...

The witch doctor, there's a story behind...

I was curios about the witchdoctor story after whatever John and Lyn told us this afternoon.
After research in Google, found out that the story behind witchdoctor was bit frightening.

Lyn stories begins :
There was a 34 years old gentleman from Aboriginal background with heart problems. His BP, P, T was totally fine and Lyn found no signs & symptoms of death on him. Lyn questioned him if he is sleeping well at night because he appeared to be pale and fatigue, Lyn advised him to get some sleep, but he just couldn't sleep and apparently he refused sleeping pill. He said there is someone pointing at me and somehow gave him a warning that he's going to die soon. Lyn felt hard to believe in his 'nonsense' story. Before Lyn leave the room, he ask: "Nurse, could you please switch off all the lights in my room and the ones in the corridor, that'll be good. And please shut all doors."
Lyn was ASSUMING he can't fall asleep because of the lights. So she obeyed his commands. As she leave his isolated room, she could feel a sudden of cold and shadowy behind her back!!! Lyn didn't thought much but to leave the room as quick as possible.
At 5 o clock, time for observation. She entered the men's room. It was dark and quite. Lyn silently approach him and observed his temperature under his axila (armpit). 34 degree, it was 38 before this. She didn't realize that he pass away.


Back to witch doctor story.
It's the aboriginal bone pointing.
In Australia, if a person was point, means he is likely to die.
It was prove through some practice. For example, through the bone pointing (sometimes called singing someone) which was believed to death.
Of course no magic occurs, but it's just people's belief he would die through superstition or imagination.
The pointing weapon can be made bone, wood, or stone. Belief in its magic is what counts.
The person perform the pointing must have absolute confidence, the victim must have a large believe that his magic is unassailable.

Believe or not to believe,
but no criticize,
this is the Aboriginal belief!

I missED them!

Back to school!
Can't imagine im having holiday again next week till March 2010,
but not really holiday,
cause i gotta PPN every Mon.
But i would LOVE to.
Some of the student from early study period is going for ELA1 (placement) - aged care.
Im in ELA2 - acute care.
Challenging huh!!!

Oh... what a loooong holiday again,
gonna miss them all.

Had Hungry Jacks after prac.
Poor Jon fail to sit for the OET test last Sat
cause he wrongly wrote ID/Passport no. into IC ( as in Malaysian Identification Card).
What a silly mistake huh...
He lost A$500+ just for that stupid mistake.
"Jon, no use of using IC number in overseas, who the hake knows what is IC, use passport OK?"

Today's prac was focusing on Palliative Care,
providing comfort care for patient who are dying.
We can't threat their cancer at this stage,
but providing comfort is our main concern.
John and Lyn (our tutor) was telling stories about dying pt in the hospital. @_@
Talking about religious and culture perspective in dealing with dead body.
There are Hindus, Muslim, Chinese, Buddhist, Christian/Catholic in my prac class,
so there were lots of them talking about what/ how they handle deceased people's body.

-It's me coming back after sch-

What should I do?

Im back to Uni SA!!
I miss of going to sch
and here it comes - sch time!
Assignments, homework...
nothing to be happy about.

I need to stop thinking/ dreaming of holiday
2 weeks holiday went fast.
Studying n working now is priority.

Missed the chance for Mooncake festival.
Oh well, kind of down to blog right down.
Im feeling sleepy n tired.
Night folks!!

Kingston here i come!!!

Seriously i cant resist the busy day i had today.
Okay
Woke up @ 1030
Watch ANTM @youtube.com till 1130
Lunch @ Cafe Primo again
Buy one-way ticket to Kingston SE yeah!!!
Bought Ferrero Rocher & Thank you card for nurse's in Kingston this is for J, im just helping him to buy
Bought vegie in the Asian Shop
Withdraw money A$50
*What else?Do i miss anything?

Oh! Then went window shopping with ah tang
She had a FREE GIFT from Chanel.
Eeeeeee...

Came back, start packing
and vacuuming, cleaning
and laundry
I had steak n fries for dinner ^.^

Im gonna have fun
enjoy the moment with him from tomorrow onwards
Althought i have to wake up early tomorrow >.<'

Have to go to bed early tonight
wanna wake up early n catch the 0650am bus
Nite people.

I miss u papa & mama & didi ^^

Phone+car+Ipod+me

2nd day of first week holiday.
Done my assignment.
What next?
Seriously i think going back to class is MUCH MORE BETTER than doing nothing in my room
watching American Next Top Model cycle 13.
In this post i'm gonna write abt random things
to fill my free time.
So people pls bare with me!

Allright, Daniel gave me a call this morning saying that his old car, Honda Civic, burgundy is now on sale
and asking if i'm interested in buying.
He offered A$4500 (friends price) & he bought it for A$6000 somewhere in April?
He's a rich guy everyone know. @_+ jealous...i wan my mazda too
Now he has A NEW SECOND-HAND CAR - HONDA JAZZ, black.
OMG Dan you are too rich
this is your 3rd car since you came here.
Here is a picture of his car model but it's in different color
but it's just simply similar as his.

Hmm i think i'm falling for Toyota Prius
but i heard some negative feedback abt this car.
Why not?
This car features are attracting me:
`3 alternative driving modes: EV mode, Eco Mode and Power Mode
`Superior Hybrid Synergy Drive System
`Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

My com is running slow
n i need to reformat it again after J come back ^^
This time i'll go for a simple n basic window.
Ok saw the new release of Ipod Nano with camera.

Incredible.
Should i get one to replace my Ipod touch?

Look up in the net of the latest phone.
Wanted to get a contract with Optus/3

Nokia N97 for optus

HTC diamond for 3

Optus is expensive
The interventions for mobile phones nowadays are INCREDIBLE
With widely features
`touch screen
`transparent keypad
`phone+ipod
`up to 32GB internal memory
`up to 8mp camera
`built in GPS

From this
To this

For my Malay friends in M'sia,
wish you all a very
Selamat Hari Raya.
Enjoy!

1 more day to Kingston.

Wheee.........

^^

Wu....
This blog needs to be updated!
What have I done these days?
Nothing besides assignment.
Thank God I've done it
n just woken up from a short nap. :p
Bored!
J is in Kingston, doing placement.
Have been listening to Savage Garden's song all day long.
Non stop.

I've been slacking at home like nothing
watching HK dramas.
Going to Kingston on Thurs to visit him.
YEAH!!! =) my holiday present...

I've proud of myself for producing a good essay for PPN.
CHERRSssssss.....

Free Mon_day

Yeah!
Suppose to have PPN tuto this morning.
But received a mail from Kristen, PPN tutor that our class for this morning has been canceled for IPL discussion.
But the class has been booked for IPL discussion.
I dint turn up as I was still sleeping till 10am. ><
Eventhough, i still gonna start doing my assignment.
AH!!! i hate it
Can't wait the 2 weeks holiday to come.

Going to Coles supermarket to buy milk and Dethol.
I have itchy all over my body n i dunno why.
I asked the nurse last night n she said might be cause by the weather. ==
Gosh! it's really itchy sometimes in the middle of the night n affected my sleep@_@

Tomorrow outing with Christina a.k.a Ah Tang. ;p

weekend+show+work

SO SO SO...
Time passes very quickly without realizing.
He came back on Thurs night, went back to Kinston SE half an hour ago.
I MISS U dear...
We went outing on Fri and yesterday went to last day of Royal Adelaide Show (just the 2 of us, no fun!!!)
Pictures can tell the stories...

In Allan's music. Testing guitar ;)

This was the Ferris wheel which we were going to sit on.

Ow...while waiting in the Q. Looks big n' scary @@

'2nd floor' of everything. So cold somemore. The operator stops n 'picking passengers' up.LOL

HIGHEST VIEW. My hands were shacky while talking these photos. Those were just little ants on the ground. LOL We were hang up at this point while picking up passengers. =.=

Then it started to rain+COLD. I wanna get down fast. ><

Eventually this year's show was the same as last year 2008. Last year i went with bunch of friends, but this year they all went on the first day. >< It's more fun going with a group of friends. Next year ba... ;p

Damn last night no electricity around 0930pm. No hot water to shower.
Went over to Ivy's place for showering.

Gonna start work this afternoon till 1030pm.
N start working on HOOA assignment. I hate it!!!