Such a long day it has been. I woke up this morning, feeling kinda excited as this is the 1st day of univ!! This too will be the day I am staying in my own apartment, not really my own, but yeah..sort of,I paid the rent! So, I got up, went and meet Diana, my future housemate, pay the rent, took a tram down to the city, and sign the agreement. Unfortunately, the keys weren't at the office, so the lady asked us to go to the apartment to collect the keys when our class ends, which is at 4.15pm. We agreed. From the city, we took a tram back to the univ to attent our music technique tutorial. We were slightly late, but the teacher was okay, she seems pretty nice. After class, which was 1pm, I went all the way to the internet service to get my excess card! When I reached there, the quee was like soooooooo loooonnnnnggggg..I waited for like 40 mins! Just to get the card!!omg....anyway, I missed my lunch break, went back to melba hall for my piano class,which then ended at 4.15pm!

Just then, Diana received the call from the agent telling us that he's actually not working today, which basically means *NO KEYS*!! OMG!!! So...I gotta spend another nite at my cousin's apartment...sigh..with no extra clothes! Nevermind...

Just a reminder to all students studying in Melbourne, you DO NEED to buy a Metcard if you wanna ride a tram! I always think that signs on tram are just to scare people!! But, today, there are actually people who check!so...yeah,thank god I bought the fare today!:)

Besides all the unfortunate events (no keys & carrying heavy books all the way home), I'm pretty happy and satisfied with day 1 univ!!
Will be going out with Kheng Ying this Friday!!yay~

I wonder...

I wonder how's the first day of univ gonna be? Excited, at the same time afraid...what if I can't get along witht the rest well, what if?...Just keep on asking what if many times daily..yeah,that's me, keep on forgeting the fact that, God will provide! There's nothing to be afraid!

Today, sunday, 27th feb. My parents went back to Malaysia today.*sob sob*..I sent them to the airport, yes, I did! However, I manage to hold my tears back. The night before, I was so afraid that I'll break down, and just cry, probably get Melbourne airport flooded (including those of my parents)..but things went well today, no tears shed at all! One drop nearly fell, but I manage to hold it back. I know tears are precious! Yes indeed they are! Thank God for giving me the strenght! That's what I have been praying for the night before! See how amazing God is!!:)

It's gonna be a long long day tomorrow. With classes on from 12pm. Signing contract before 12,get settle down and so on. Really looking forward to it! School starts! The realy music training! Oh gosh..wonder how will life be with reading more music notes than text??..wonder how my russian teacher is..hmmm..heard that she's pretty strict, but, we'll see that pretty soon!

Bed time! So..nites! If you're in some sort of situation, need rescuing, dial 333! It's a rescue code. Jeremiah 33:3.

Nice Day

Hurray!I finally found an apartment in the city today. The place is call College House, about 5mins walk to the univ. It's soooooooooo near!!:)yay~~ Well, I wouldn't say it's cheap, cuz it's not. About 315aussie per week for a two room apartment. However, I'll be sharing with my coursemate, her name is Diana, a Sarawakien..yeah, pwetty cool gal. So, i'll only need to pay like 150++..not more than 190!Which is pwetty cheap, for an apartment near the univ. It's not a very big apartment though, 2bedrooms, 1 bathrooms, a living hall (which is really small), a kitchen (with microwave, fridge,stove...bla bla bla..), forgot to mention the aircond, and 2 heaters! I would say, not too bad after all!:) Am really happy about it! Again, I did not eat my breakfast or lunch or dinner! Cuz I was so busy looking up for apartments, walking around campus and all..But...I've finally got my ice grande caramel machiato from starbucks before I catched the train back!!finally!after 2 weeks??!yay~~ Australian don't really fancy starbucks as a matter of fact, or they do? cuz i don't really see many starbucks around..so yeah..
I got back from the city at about 6.30..guess so. And yeah, I went to the city alone today!for once my parents didn't come with me! Back home, I was playing Barbie with my cousin cuz I'm really happy!*finding an apartment*..At around 8, my cousin brother kindly invited me to the youth meeting. Wow..It was a blast. I mean, it was good, awesome, but I was like the oldest there besides the leaders, cuz it was meant for year 10-12 youth, not ppl like 19 yrs old. But still, it was good. After church, around 10, we went for supper, my first meal ever today! Well, I didn't lose any weight, cuz I've been taking my meals at nite, which is, so not healthy, and fattening..but,guess gonna work on it sooner.
Still no time for pic,but will try to take some tomorrow. Will be going down to the city tomorrow to just shift in all my baggages. So, will probably take some pics! Good nite!! Praise the Lord for what he had done for me. Thank you Lord for being so faithful,listening to my prayers!!

Greetings from Melbourne

My dear blog. I just realize that I haven't post anything since 13th of Feb! I'm sorry! For those who are still wondering whether or not I've got into the univesity of Melbourne, the answer is YES! Thank god!Yup, by the way, I'm already in Melbourne. I arrived on the 22nd, which was a Tuesday. Ever since then, I had been really busy, I mean REALLY! Gosh, once my parents and I got back to my aunty's house, done with those extremely heavy baggage *those who know me, you'll definitely know why is it, cuz it wouldn't be grace then!*gringrin** Yeah, so, after taking a nice hot shower, we went to this little shanghai restaurant at Glen Waverley (my current home) for lunch. They serve really nice taiwanese beef noodles and dumplings. After filling up our stomach, we took a 45min train ride to Melbourne City to do some bankings and enroll me if possible.
Still 22nd. As we arrived, we went straight to City bank, and then to ANZ bank, which is the local bank to open up an account. To be honest, being a person who seldom do banking,including getting money out of the atm,(if you're wondering, do you even have an atm card?YES, i do. it's just that I don't need to do so back home..) I am really thankful that my parents are with me. After that, we took a tram on Swanston Street to Melbourne Univ. Wow..GOSH!IT's huge! We walked around to look for a place where I could enroll. Finally, after like 20 mins of searching, found it! So, I went down to Wilson Hall to do my enrollment. Unfortunately, I need to go to my Faculty to confirm and choose subject, which, of cuz, I didn't know then. Since I did not bring along any documents, I decided to come again tomorrow.
We took a tram back to the city, took a train back to Glen Waverley, another 45 mins!
23rd. On this day, I brought all my documents, took a train*yes, again*, took a tram, down to melbourne univ * with my parents*. When we arrive at the univ, now again, we have to look for the music faculty. Since we got off at the front, now, we have to walk all the way to the back, which was like 1-2km!!nevermind that, good weather. Thank god. Finally, the Music Faculty. I went in, ask the person at the front desk what should I do. The lady being really helpful, gave me like a pile of papers, direct me to do this and that. I was like, HUH??omg..So unbelievable, 2days of orientation, so much work>?? Since the practical and aural tutorial will be held in 15mins, she told me to attend it.I was like, okay. Oh yeah, I got this tutor, a 2nd year student, name John, to show me around since i've missed the 1st two days. A really nice guy though, really helpful. Back to the tutorial. The 1st one is on practical studies 1-1. The professor played like 5 pieces and ask us to write down the name of each piece and the composer *if possible*, and if you don't know, just write don't know! So, I wrote, I DON'T KNOW, for all questions!ahahah..guess music is not that easy after all...After an hour of tutorial, I attended the aural studies class,which was pretty interesting. This lady lecturer of mine is a really nice lady! She's really helpful and friendly. Her class is pretty interesting, I would say. We did like some singing, and some clapping, identifying the chords *which wasn't fun at all,cuz I don't know*...at the end of the class, I met John, my tutor downstairs, and we went for a tour around the Univ. At the end of the tour, it's already 4.30pm, nothing can be done, still haven't enroll yet! Then I met up with my parents and my two luvly cousin, Erica and Kylie. We took a tram back to the city, and went for my 1st meal of the day!! Later, got back on the train, back to Glen.
24th, today. Today was really busy. Got up pretty early today, like 9am. Took my shower, once again, went to the train station, took a train, then a tram to the bank 1st. Thought of grapping some food, but can't make it though. My parents went to do some banking while I went to the Univ. So, I took the tram to Univ. However, due to stupidity, I went up to the wrong tram. Instead of taking route19, I took route57! As soon as i realize that I took the wrong tram, I got down, walk a distance, and took tram route 19 to Faculty of Music. Today's weather is like 35 degrees! OMG! So hot, and I was wearing all black! How stupid again. Anyway, I reached the univ just in time for another round of tour with John to another part. At 12, I had to sit for my musicianship test, basically testing on aural and theory, conducted by my aural lecturer, the nice lady. The rest of the student took it on the 1st day of orientation. So, I was the only one doing it today. It was hard, cuz, I can't seem to listen anything. The last question was to comment on two pieces, after listening to 1, I wrote down the comment, and the lecturer told me that there were actually 2 pieces!OMG>..so funny. At 1.20pm, I went for my interview. There, I was required to play a piece, then interviewed by the professor. This, was pwetty alrite. After that, I went all the way to Wilson Hall, which was like so far away, I couldn't event find it...gotto ask. Enroll myself, took my photo, yeah, a pwetty nice one, much better than my taylor's one..hehee..one thing that I am really satisfied about so far. Then, took my diary. After that, I got to go to the internet place to sign up fo email acount, check my timetable (which wasn't availabel). After that, took another walk back to the faculty of music, in the hot sun!!dying..When i reached, went to the front desk, told the lady, and she told me, yes, you're pretty much done!So glad to hear that, such a relieve! The next big thing, I already have assignment to do!!omg..for music techniques!which I do not know rite now, cuz they need to take 48 hours to activate!Which means, I can only do it over the weekends!!sad sad...assignment on orientation week?what??!!yeah..after the sad sad news, i took a tram to the city, met my parents, went for shopping!!yes, how long was it??!! Then, at 5pm, i finally had my first meal of the day!!yes!!
Pretty tired now...so gonna sleep.Its already 12am now!bye blog!!Gotto wake up early tomorrow morning to go down to the city, look for apartment. Adios!

You Are a Dreaming Soul

Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you awy from this world So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Thank You

Whatever comes tomorrow, I'll be thankful. To be more precise it would be today. 14th of Feb, such an important day to couples, but what's so important to the *single* me? Of cuz it's important, this, will be the day whether or not I can make it to join the Feb intake for Melbourne! If it's a yes, of cuz i'll be delighted, wait a minute, no, not delighted, a stronger words perhaps! I'll thank God for pulling me through.

So, what happens if I don't? I'll probably blame God, *why are You doing this to me? Why? Why?*...very often, when I encounter any difficulties, when things don't go in MY order, I'll blame God. However, todays sermon reminds me that God actually know what I'm going through, don't you think so? He's with me all the time. He knows what's best for me!He knows my deepest need! If I don't make it, I'll still be thankful. There are probably *for sure* better things awaiting, or, I am simply not ready. I mean, I really do wanna go to Australia this Feb, but, if I don't, I'll accept it as it is!:)

*Habakkuk 3:17-19*
17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are not grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savious.
19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
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Whatever comes tomorrow, I thank God!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today, the 4th day of Chinese New Year. So far, I haven't visited any of my friends yet because....I AM TOO LAZY TO! Just as I saw my brothers and his friends, I realize how much I have grown. Nowadays, I feel so reluctant to actually step out of my house, driving in the hot sun, visiting people. Instead, I'll wait for guests at home, sounds lots better! Yeah, that's just me, lazy as usual! I am simply so lazy.

New year's eve!

Time flies. It's already the second month of year 2005. It's chinese new year eve again..This year, I am not really in the Chinese New Year mood, probably because of my application...sigh..am praying hard!!

Ladder 49

Finally, I watched Ladder 49! So, why did i say finally? First of all, I am not a the action movie type of girl, I don't usually do action or horros movies. Secondly, this movie was supposed to be watched last November, but when huaiyi & I got to the cinema, we found out that they are not showing it anymore!!

Back here. Just now as I was browsing through my dvd *file*, Ladder 49 struck my mind. I was thinking, why not give it a try? It might be nice, since Huaiyi said it was nice. So, I started wathching it. At the end of the movie, I found myself crying *sobsob*! It was really nice, it was more than nice. So much better than I've expected. It was touching and so real. Original. I mean, people expect Jack(the fire fighter) to walk out of the burning building alive, but no, he died, leaving his wife and kids. It was sad, really sad.

Well, just a thought. Ladder 49, highly recomended! Huaiyi, you rock!