can't slp yet...

Hey Hey..

its only the second day back and i've already eaten 2 suppers... its so unhealthy.. but thats the only thing i can do in singapore... haha.. so far luckily i've not eaten anything twice yet.. prata, duck rice, lor mee, fried wantons made by my father, claypot chicken rice though its just the food court version, laksa yong tau foo and bbq stingray... all such good food.. all so unhealthy man but.. what else can we do in singapore right?

i love being back home but i also feel bored too.. really nothing much to do here.. can't think of much to do.. i can't imagine what i used to do here when i was staying here for so long.. perth somehow just feels so different..

Till next time...
Adam

Back home...

Hey everyone..

i think its been such an awesome week since coming back from coral bay.. Doing nothing but just eating, cooking, slacking, gaming, fishing with josh lau, vera, eufei and co.. that is the life.. nothing more in life you can ask for but friends and food.. hahaha..

first day back home and the food is gggrrreeeeeeeaaaat.. prata for breakfast with a cup of teh.. and lunch which was duck rice and sugar cane.. omg.. too bad i didn't get what i originally wanted which was my favourite chicken rice, unfortunately it was closed.. food here is so good and cheap.. one only realizes it when you have been away..

hey anyone reading this if you have a good idea what to eat and have no company give me a call man.. haha..

Till next time...
Adam

Gone North..

Its been a while since i last blogged i think.. haha.. don't really remember how long.. but thats kinda because i've been away for a short 5 day road trip to Coral bay.. it was such an excellent break man.. the weather was perfect.. the company was perfect and the activities were perfect.. don't have many photos now but once i get them i'll post them up..

46 people went up and i believe everyone of us had so much fun.. it all started sunday morning the 23rd we left curtin and we drove for about 6 hours to badingarra (i think thats the spelling) where we camped and what i mean by camped.. slept in the cars that we drove up in.. hahaha.. that night the while driving around in the darkness just looking up in the sky you could see the beautiful stars.. and i really mean beautiful cuz we could see sooo many stars some friends even saw shooting stars.. it was absolutely amazing.. we waited for the last car to catch up because they left perth late due to some other stuff before we carried on the journey to coral bay.. along the way we passed through places like geraldton and carnavon.. we went fishing.. went on tours.. just slacked.. it was sooooo gooooood...

at coral bay we went for a eco tour which had snorkling and we saw dolphins and lots of turtles.. and they were huge..

the fishes near the boat when the guides through in the food to attract the fishes.. it was really nice..

this is isobel.. the manta ray that we were following around.. its about 4m from tip to tip.. huge.. it was nice to nature at its best..

the group of which i did the eco tour with =)

this was taken at the end of the trip... we parked the cars and vans at an angle trying to get a nice shot but u can't see it cuz of the sheer numbers that we had...

Till next time...
Adam

Counting the days...

I'm just counting the days till i go back... which is as of today is 21 days which is exactly 3 weeks.. hahaha... anyway since the end of my holidays... its pretty good, just chilling and relaxing and also going out... and also some shopping..

Just recently on friday night after my exams went to watch a movie... Body of lies... i think it was a really good movie man... so different from the normal terrorist movies... the different methods of people doing what they do best..

And today even though i'm on break already... i woke up at 7.15 in the morning.. accompanied de xin in going to get her car serviced.. and then after that we headed down to the city for breakfast.. because we couldn't wait around while her car was being serviced which would have taken too long... lol.. and we ended up at a place called tiger tiger.. you would only know the place if you have been there before or you managed to catch the sign just outside of the coffee place.. tiger tiger is a small little eatery/coffee place.. i had a flat white which wasn't bitter and sour.. the coffee was really good i must say.. and for breakfast i had baked eggs with chorizo and with sour dough and all of this was in a tomato based sauce.. it wasn't alot... but it tasted good.. pretty good food...

Their card.. its somewhere along murray st..

Doesn't the place just look so nice... all the chairs and tables that they had were unique... looked as if they had picked up everything individually from many different places.. they even had a bench which was a probably a pew from a church before..

De xin wondering... Wheres my food... lol... it didn't really take that long.. haha...

my food.. looks good doesn't it..

Till next time...
Adam

WOOOHOOOO !!!

EXAMS ARE OVER !!!! WOOOHOOOO LET THE FUN BEGIN !!! LOL

all that stressing is finally over about two solid weeks being in the library studying... i can finally breathe a sigh of relief... now i have 2 weeks till going up north.. wth am i going to do? hahahaha...
hopefully i can get some short term work... earn a little bit of mulla before i go back home... it would be so good...

3 more weeks till home !!! I'm goin home, to a place where i belong !!

Till next time...
Adam

EXAMS !!!

omfg.... since i'm waiting for my water to boil... i decided to try and relieve some stress cuz i'm so FREAKING STRESSED RIGHT NOW !!! exams are just in 12 hrs time OMG !!! ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....
SOMEONE SAVE ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Random thoughts...

Can anyone give me an answer?

Why?

Why is it that god has put us here on this earth for us to go through exams..? To go through painful emotions? To feel hurt?

Another random thought i had today was when i heard a few people talking about close friends and all that.. We have to choose who we want to love because we know that these people from our own judgement would love us back.. and us humans want to be loved.. want to be wanted by others.. want to be appreciated by others.. thats what we want.. so we ourselves have to pick and to choose who we want as our family when we are home away from home.. if sometimes friends have to try so hard to be friends why do we need to bother? friendship should come easily cuz we have fun with one another.. there is that certain limit to trying to be friends with others.. just learn to stick with those who appreciate.. meet more people and you will find more people to love and appreciate you..

Walking home from the library at 11 pm in the night is a pretty scary thing... but it felt really good to walk back in the cold wind tonight... Jeremy offered to send me back but i think i owe him too much for always sending me back.. really wished i had my own things so i didn't have to depend on others all the time to send me back because i live further from the rest.. but still i enjoyed the walk back.. gave me time to relax and clear my mind not to think of anything at all.. felt really good..

aren't the quiet road such a change from the normal hustle and bustle of life?

Till next time...
Adam

Busy busy busy...

i haven't really had alot of time to come and blog... but this is wat has been happening so far... i've been studying doing my last few assignments for the semester and calculating the % from my various assignments and quizzes or tests that i've accumulated... and i must say it hasn't been very impressive.. but i've not failed anything thus far based on my percentages.. but i know i haven't done great either... haiz... and sianzzz... uni has been a blast.. but i seriously can't stop thinking about assignments when are they due and how much more marks i should need... sometimes just really scary when i think about it.. the past week other than going out for dinner with Jeremy, De Xin and Peggy for dinner there hasn't been much else happening... other than going to cottessloe again on sunday.. but it was more fun this time as more people came and brought other stuff with them.. hahaha.. i just hope and pray that i can get through this semester unscathed and go back to singapore a happy happy person.. ohhhh.. one thing i forgot to mention.. haha.. during our last cell as just a cell we made a video.. hahaha..


Till next time...
Adam

Hey all..

To anyone visiting my blog.. could you go to my friends Savage's web page and let me know what do you think of the song he did...
Thanks...

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Adam

Just stuff....

Hey everyone... been pretty busy lately.. don't really have alot of time to post.. exams are coming.. and i still have assignments to do... god save us all.. omg.. just last sunday went down to cottesloe beach and the weather was so good.. the beaches here are sooo nice.. the sand oh so fine that its a little hard to walk and the water was soo good, it was clear, but so cold compared to the temp out of the water.. everytime i went into the water it was so cold haha.. the temp out of the water was abt 33.5 deg.. nice and warm.. but u don't really feel the heat when ur in the sun, and i think that can be the worse u don't realize you're gonna get burnt.. hahaha..

Manhunt... LOL

Me trying to soak in the sun..

From left to right : De xin, Garreth, Me and Leonel


Just went out with Amelia, Kershia, De Xin and Gaby. Gaby brought along her boyfriend and his sister to dinner with us at freo a place called Clancy's.. thought we could have had crabs but was dissappointed that they didn't have it.. but there was something called Mango beer over there.. it was so interesting and tasted good.. in the end we had food like a seafood platter, seafood paella (Dunno if its the right spelling..) anyway its a dish served with rice in a tomato based sauce with all the seafood ingredients.. and also the Geraldton whiting fillets basically pieces of fish.. The food was good.. but the company was better... :) after dinner Gaby and gang went home and the rest of ust went to watch a movie.. called my Best Friends girl..

Its a pretty nice comedy.. though there weren't alot of laughing parts.. i thought that the show was pretty decent.. i just love katehudson.. don't u think she's hot? LOL

Till next time...
Adam

random thoughts..

Hey all..

i guess its been a while... maybe just almost a week.. but haha.. just felt bored so well.. anywayz.. as i spend my time here in perth.. i can't help but be thankful for the friends i have over here.. cuz i think without them my life would be a total bore and i don't think i could survive uni.. they are also my family away from home.. i couldn't thank my dad more for giving me this opportunity to be able to study here.. if not i guess i'll probably be working back home.. but since i've been here i think i've learnt really much more independence.. though i would have been able to do it in singapore but i think being here has taught me so much more.. i can't wait till my exams are over and i can go back home to see me gf and family... and also food !!! lol.. Oh yeah.. and read on at your expense if u haven't watched The Duchess..

I went to watch The Dutches because i saw it was based on a true story.. and who doesn't love to watch a show based on a true story? because everything is very real.. this show was really about a girl at such a young age got married to the duke of devonshire and her sole purpose from the start was to bear him a male heir.. and it just didn't happen.. till many many years later and then she was rewarded by her husband.. a husband because rich and powerful could just do anything he wished and pleased.. i think the movie was pretty well done.. i just love true stories.. i'd say give it 3 stars.. but thats just me..

Till next time..
Adam

The past week...

Its been a pretty good week.. haha.. best of all there was no test to worry about... so it felt so good not having to really study harder for anything.. anywayz the exam timetable is out and i think that is is pretty crap.. First of all its like the first week just after the study break.. and Secondly i finish within the first week.. lastly.. is the 10th 11th 12th and 14th.. its total crap.. On tuesday i went out with de xin and my cousin amelia as daniel was unable to go because he needed to finish his assignments.. lol.. and we had some really good nachos.. it was in Freo, called Zapata's... on tuesday nights this place is really crowded.. so i believe there is a need to make reservations... we didn't but we were lucky to get a table.. haha..Beef Nachos with GuacamoleBeef and Chicken TacosThis was the burritos

This was the food that we ordered... it was a very good meal actually... at the end of it i was so stuffed but as it was a tuesday.. there was a gelare's just below the restaurant and we were still able to down some waffles.. and only other thing i can think of was yesterdays spring feast.. it was a good thing organized i think by the international student services in UWA where it was a foodfair... so many people from all over the uni and out of it were selling mainly food and desserts.. and drinks too.. it was so crowded and it was so lively.. it was a good night to enjoy.. i bought a sennheiser cx300.. maybe a little pricy but still cheaper than the aurvana from creative that i had before.. but i think its so worth it.. the sound is so good.. and there is a 2 yr warranty..

Till next time..
Adam

Perth Royal Show...

On the 3rd of Oct went to this thing called the perth royal show.. to all those who aren't in perth and is reading this.. the perth royal show is like some major carnival held i think only once a year.. and it has all these rides, entertainers, shows, showbags, stalls and also FOOD !! lol.. i had such a blast just walking around in the bustling atmosphere with all the people around..

Look at the number of people there are !! lol..

This was probably one of the coolest things in the show.. there was this ikea booth and they too sell the showbag which included a stuffed toy of a tortoise and some other things as well.. but it also included a photo to be taken that would go onto the cover of the latest ikea catalogue.. lol.. de xin bought the show bag and then we went to take the photo... looks damn cool right? hahaha...

one of the highlights of the day was in the night.. and it started at 8pm.. they were called the v6 hylux heroes or something.. it was a group of 4 in the toyota hylux vehicles.. and they performed some really cool tricks.. just look above see how close they were travelling next to each other without even touching.. it was awesome.. the end of the day of course ended with fireworks.. and i for one really will never get sick of watching fireworks..

Till next time..
Adam

Tired..

man i'm tired... damn tests after tests.. and also the weekly assignments... they don't ever STOP !!! omg.. anyway today i had a dynamics test and it was like this was one of the few tests which the studying helped.. half the time i go for a test and aft it it felt like studying was useless cuz it didn't help... lol.. maybe just that i hadn't grasped the subject.. its so tiring studying till late in the night and then having to wake up early for math lectures is taking its toll.. pimples !!! omg... anyway gonna try and study and enjoy the upcoming week... finally there isn't any test.. till the week aft that.. i just wanna say thank you to who ever has helped me so far.. can't wait to go home in dec..

Till next time..
Adam

Love..

Just today i was watching the news.. and i saw this story on a famous tv doctor who came down with cancer.. and i think his story was pretty touching.. he was actually diagnosed to have between 6 to 12 months to live.. and 2 yrs later he still lives.. and in that journey that he has been fighting the cancer tumor when it reoccurs and such he still fights on.. and in the 2 yrs since he was diagnosed.. the thing that has kept him going is the love from his wife and family.. i think love is such a powerful thing that it can overcome most things.. especially when you have the support of those that love you.. over the past few weeks i've also watched things with really good meanings.. Like recently i wastched the movie penelope and though i knew that the show was like a chick flick.. i kinda enjoyed... why you might ask?? well you can expect it to be about the usual things but the end of the story was all about people realizing things about accepting things about themselves and not hiding from themselves.. live life to the fullest no matter what you may look like no matter what others may think of you.. A person should always just live life the way they want it to be..

Till next time..
Adam

Search for a star...

It was a fateful 27th of september a saturday night... the night that everton was playing the wonderful liverpool at 8.30 pm.. and the night that liverpool dispatched everton 2-0 by a torres brace which i absolutely missed BECAUSE why? i went to search for a star.. to watch the stars of our cell.. Lucas and De Xin and also to cheer them on while they performed.. well i think overall it was a good night though i missed a magnificent game. In case those that read this who don't know what Search for a Star is... it is a show put up by the normal people of Zion Praise HArvest church who showcase their talents in singing.. dancing.. acting.. and such..

Look at Lucas aka Quan.. our Leprechaun or supa troopa?? lol.. doesn't he look cool in his green suspenders and the bow tie.. and alicia had to match him with all that green.. lol

This was one of the performances of the night... a quartet of 4 playing who called themselves Forbidden Colours.. it was a really good musical performance from a pianist, guitarist, cellist and lastly a violenist, if i'm right about the instruments..

Our cells first star of the night.. Lucas..

The second star of the night De Xin...

The name made out of cardboard and bright paper made by Yours truly with Alicia and Jeremy.

The same for De Xin too... I think those that weren't performing had a blast cheering them on.. i think while we were shouting their names while they were performing i think they could definately see their names in the crowd or hear us shouting for them.. haha... Great job De xin and Lucas.. i think you guys deserve the credit having put in the amount of practices that you guys have had to attend.. probably almost uncountable.. AWESOME job.. i think it was probably worth missing the liverpool game to watch friends perform..

After all the formalities of group pictures Jasper, Jeremy and I decided to play around with the letters.. haha..

Till next time...
Adam

Ferguson Valley

Its been a short while since i last blogged lol... i would have probably blogged abt this closer to the day i went.. but well can't really be helped when i have had like assignments and tests and exams to compete with... OMGOSH its been a tiring week.. and since my mid sem exam is over on thurs... its like a WEEKEND !! well i went to a placed called ferguson valley... its somewhere near bunbury i think its in between infested places or something like that.. haha.. but its a damn nice drive down south.. probably about 2 hrs? its a nice place to go.. better scenary than going to swan valley, but swan valley suits the purpose of buying wine as its closer.. haha.. anyway the purpose for going to ferguson valley was for my dearest and only cousin in perth with me was to celebrate her birthday with her close friends and me.. lol.. and it all started in an EARLY sunday morning at 8.15 am kershia picked me up... and we headed to amelia's (aka kar jie to me) house at hamilton near freo.. and started out from there... we had 3 cars.. Marian's royal trotters which is a toyota echo which u can see just below... a Subaru and a hyundai which i didn't get a snap of..

This is little Scarlett one of amelia's friends daughter.. don't u think she is just sooo cute?

I was travelling in Royal Trotters.. and the 2 heads that you see in front on the right is Marian and on the left is Kershia..

This was our first stop of the day at ferguson valley and it was lunch and we stopped at the place called Wild Bull... I can't imagine joining in the aussie culture of drinking alcohol in daylight... wahaha.. and the beer was pretty good.. except for the bitter which was horrible which is 3rd from the first glass... i can only remember the other 2 which was the Cider and the Irish Beer... and those 2 were definately excellent... i didn't just have beer for lunch but also a pie.. which was pretty good but didn't whip my camera out for a picture of it...

Kershia and my Dearest cousin..

We stopped at a lavender place.. can't remember the name but they had lots of stuff in lavender... and they even served a LAVENDER cheese on the cheese platter.. it tasted like perfume in the mouth.. haha..

Next we headed to a winery called Ferguson Falls.. I didn't buy any wines though...

Next we actually went to visit a tree which was supposedly to have survived fires and whatsorts.. and it was supposed to be 300-500 years old... it was huge but really nothing much.. hahaha.. anyway we headed next to a gnome village.. haha.. and there were gnomes brought by people from all over the world and placed there.. and there were stories there... and the one just above was like my fav.. haha... cool isn't it...

From the Mafia... Marian !!

The only other winery that we went to.. Wovenfield.. didn't have the port i liked...

No wine before 9

This is probably the fastest i've ever travelled in any car before... hahaha...

Then the day ended at ferguson valley... as the sun was setting.. can u see the ray of lights coming from the clouds... doesn't it remind you of pictures of like god appearing in such granduer.. haha... It fully ended with a good meal at this thai restaurant somewhere in safety bay... the food was really good.. wahaha.. just that i think its a little far for me to go back to ever again.. haha..

Till next time....
Adam