Dayuummm,

It's December already..

It feels like just yesterday I arrived in Melbourne and was in disbelief while walking down Swanston Street sesat-ed.. And today it's already 5-6 months I've been here.. 2 months going into working at Shuji Sushi.. Few KGs gained since I weighed myself during the medical checkup back in Msia.. (Of course the weight gained now is all good)

Today at lunch with Ellya and Bernard, we were just talking bout how the year's coming to an end.. And out of nowhere "OMG Jem, you wont be a teenager anymore!?!"

Hmmm, makes me think, was this phase of my life well spent? Two words;

Hell Yeah!!

I wouldnt trade anything I went through with anything else. The ups and downs I went through with family and friends. Lessons I learnt. Friends Kalyana Mitras I got to know to share the ride on the rollercoaster we all know, life. Moments where I hated life so much to the moments where I feel I wanna just freeze that specific moment forever.

Though I've been through so much, I know, it's just the start of a journey of many more love/hate, hot/cold, high/low.

But I know, with the foundation built and the ability to differentiate what's wrong or right, smart or stupid, yes or no.. The rest of this journey will be another hell of a ride.

Now Playing: Seventeen Forever - Metrostation

ngehhh...

RMIT 2010 Finals Results:

Business Computing

Credit - 67

Organisational Behavior

Distinction - 73

Intro to Accounting

Distinction - 74

Macroeconomics 1

Distinction - 70

fml...

Of people I love..

To all the friends and family that was part of the video,

It meant alot to me and I appreciate it whole heartedly in the effort you put in for the success of the video.

It meant a whole lot more on the journey we embarked together and also the lessons we learnt along the way hand-in-hand. The amount of love and appreciation I've received is overwhelming. Truthfully, I wouldnt be the individual I am today without all of you. Thank you so much!

Dan, Vienna, Cedric, Vanessa, Phin, Chiet Chun, YongHui, Pei Song, Shaun, Adrean, Marilyn, Jun Keat, Yee Leong, Hubert, Jerry, Pei Hao, WuPing, JenSion, Crystal, Min Hui Bimbo, Jamie, Carmen, Venice, Oi Lum, Weishya, Pei Kai, Biianca, Jin Hwa..

You all definately havent lost the Hamster, quote JinHwa "Once a YS member, Always a YS member"..

Dan:
Really missing the mamak sessions and the times we spent doing whatever we do!

YeeLeong + Hubert:
For my tummy, No it hasnt got bigger! hoping it stays that way.. :P

Shaun:
Many endeavors come and go, I bet many came your way too, but I know, we'll both pull through it..

Chiet Chun:
Definitely not forgotten.. ;)

Carmen:
I bet you can see i'm having the time of my life here and of course keeping studies in tact. :)

Crystal:
*runs behind the scenes* Newsletter updated! :D

Cedric:
Of course I remember!!!!! Waiting for MOD to be featured in Aussieland!! teeeheee

Phin:
There's definitely been alot of ups and downs between us, and I'm not regretting one bit of it as it has bring and built us to what we are today.. buddies.. :)

Hao:
hahah.. I've been taking good care of myself, sometimes too good.. miss you!!

YongHui + Song:
I'll try my best, to come back with ONE.. :P

Vienna:
Long story short, we'll meet back in Malaysia.. ;)

Jen Sion:
Melbourne's crawling with Cina yang asli, lol, so dont worry, plenty of "Gong Hei Fatt Choi" to pass around.. ;)

Adrean:
i bet Marilyn smack u on the head after saying that.. LOL! anyways, the toilet has been quite and lonely without you here? hahaha

MinHui:
Like hell I'll forget you!!! ♥

John and Gang:
Good Luck with SPM, probably see some of you here soon?

Wu Ping:
It was trully my pleasure and a good experience as well. My first experience passing Hymn songs actually! Thank you too.. :)

Jer Cheng:
Been drinking my milk everyday.. ;)

Family:
♥ you allll!! Rest assured I'm doing great here and hope you are not worried ♥ ♥

Miss you all loads!! Hope you are all doing well back there and cant wait till we meet again.. ♥

Of happenings..

Readers,

Melbourne is one happening city I might say. Why? Look at the line-ups coming up:

Must go...

Must go..

Other Must/Considerable-Gos:

Linkin Park

12th Dec 2010

Muse

14th Dec 2010

The Eagles

17th Dec 2010

Train

7th February 2011

Michael Buble

22nd Feb 2011

We the Kings

3rd March

Rihanna

7th March 2011

Kesha

9th March 2011

Usher

19th March 2011

The Kuans!!

20th March 2011

The Script

6th April 2011

Now a little update bout the "Happened"..

One fine day after work, Happie suggested we go watch HP & the Deathly Hallows. We had to wait till CheahLoong was done with work so we caught the 11:45pm show.

rating:

8/10

On the way back, almost reaching the house, ngeh-heheh..

Owh look! $10 on the floor!!

hahaha, Yes I'm that lucky! ;)

The rest of the week was work work work.. kinda tiring but it's all worth it when it comes to Thursdays.. Pay Day!! Got a little more this week since it's holidays and I've been working extra shifts compared to days when I had classes. *thumbs up*

Friday was sorta the event-fullest day of the week since TekYit ajak-ed for se7en with Matthew.D and the rest. SuLynn was there too despite still having her finals. Powderfull.. Decided to vest-up for the night! Camwhored a lil.. ngeh..

Last week, the family got the new car we ordered before I left for Aussie. It's lookin Famazing:

Hyundai Tucson

Got the recipe from mummy to make PanMee so am getting it done today. Soup's boiling at the moment and it smells legendarily A.W.E.S.O.M.E! Minced pork is sucking in the marination; Pork+mushroom balls getting defrosted; Veg soaked in the water ready to be semi-boiled; Ikan bilis fried and cooling on the kitchen counter.

now playing: For You I will - Teddy

Of choices to be made...

Readers,

Am trying to decide which model should I get and also comparing prices between Msia's and Aussie's. Help needed for comments and reviews!!

Just started the whole search so I'm starting with these two models for comparisons. If there's other models suitable, dont be selfish with your knowledge.. ;)

The Nikon DSLR D3100

The Nikon DSLR D90

Nikon.com.au 's comparison:

http://www.nikon.com.au/compareproductitems.php?p=1379-926225e57b,1281-86d7b52026

Dick Smith's offer for the D90:

http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XG3534/nikon-d90-digital-slr-vr-twin-lens-kit

JB Hi-Fi's offer for the D3100:

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/digital-cameras/digital-camera-slr/nikon-d3100-14mp-digital-slr-with-18-55vr-55-200vr-twin-lens-kit/576107

Nikon Malaysia's offer for both the cameras:

Thankiuuu!!

Of a dumb customer..

Just a random but rather moving event for me..

Was working one day in Shuji Sushi during the crazy daily lunch hour. An Indian guy came in the shop and he was standing a distance from the counter for quite some time. After a while, he stepped up to the counter and I acknowledge him like how I do with the other customers. "Hi, how are you?". He just kept quiet and signaled me to get him writing materials. I was puzzled. So I just did as he said, not knowing, he was dumb.

He took the pen and started writing on the pieces of paper I got him over the counter. The first one says:

Because we dont have our own toilet in the shop, I had to direct him to the toilet available across the street at the city library. So he went out of the shop and crossed the street to the other side, either my instructions werent that clear or his understanding of English wasnt that good, he went on walking along the street and passed the library. So I thought that was the end of it.

Moments later, he came back and I was relieved. He walked over to the Baine Marie counter and wrote again on the piece of paper I gave him earlier. He writes:

Pointing at the Okonomiyaki aka Japanese Pancake.

I said Japanese Pancake and he didnt seem to understand me, but he nodded anyways. Then he asked:

"No pork?"

Then I nodded. At this time, my colleagues were all confused thinking what was I doing passing notes with the Indian man.

He then walked over to the sushi rolls counter and pointed at the Cooked Tuna rolls indicating he wants two of it.

Finally, he asked how much it all cost by showing me the money sign with his hands. To make it easy and prevent any misunderstanding, I just wrote it down:

So that was my encounter with a dumb person..

Of plans for the next few months..

So the holidays began last Friday after I sat for my last paper for my Finals for my 1st semester in RMIT, Melbourne. Right after I exit the exam hall, it felt kinda surreal. The thought that I'll be on vacation holidays for 4 months (November2010-March2011), phoah.. It's no difference than being going for a vacation overseas for 4 friggin months! Like, what the hell am I gonna do for that long??

Lucky enough I have a job, or staying back instead of going back to Malaysia would be a stupid idea big waste of money. (Salary's able to cover rent + expenses + occasional shopping) *wink* First week of holiday, I've already worked 8 days in a row!! It would've went on if I didnt ask for a break today.

Was supposed to go to the Melbourne Zoo with Bernard and some foundation students but the weather's been gloomy this weekend; which is good cause it was HAWT during the week!

Anyways, I didnt wanna waste this 4 months by just working and bumming around. Somehow I'd like to make the best out of it. But I dont really have anything in mind.

Ideas, dear readers?

I started a "One verse A Day" every night where I'll read one verse from the small Dhammapada booklet I got from KokSing, JinHwa & OiYing as a farewell gift. With this at least I know I'm still close to continuing my journey in Dhamma knowledge attainment and my spiritual side. That reminds me, I gotta look for a Dhamma youth group somewhere around here. Hmmmmm..

I'll be posting each verse I read on my Tumblr.

Another item on my "list" would be exercise. Havnt been losing that much sweat since I came over. Other than when I play basketball with the guys of course. Managed to have a few sweat sessions with jogs by the river since the holidays started. Quote "serenity with a touch of bliss" by @isawshereen. Indeed..

What else?

Planning to give Xueli a visit for Christmas and New Years since she says there's gonna be a coolio music event going on over at Gold Coast in January. Probably consider giving Juliet a visit too over at Tasmania one of these weeks. Where else?

Anything or anywhere I should go/achieve during these months?

Now playing: Soldier On - Temper Trap

A dear and sincere wish to a dear friend of mine,

Happy Birthday Ei-Lynn!!!

Wishing you all the best of luck in all your encounters and cant wait to see you here soon. Miss you loads!

Stay Pretty, ;)

xoxo

CONFIRMATION OF ENROLLMENT 2011:

Intro to Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Prices and Markets

Marketing Principles

Culture & Business Practice in Asia

Will be able to timetable into classes from 6:00am, 16th February 2011

Wish me luck to having an awesome schedule! ;)

Was having Imee Ooi's Metta chant on replay while studying and out of nowhere,

Nancy Peng says (9:38 PM)

good boy.. listening to metta chant, later listen to jaya mangala ok, MOD one

tata, rgds ..takecare, stay buddhist *buek*

Miss singing and performing with them..

To one of the greatest blessings that ever happened to me,

Happy Birthday Vanessa!

Wish I could be there to wish you myself but nevertheless I wish you all the best.

A story that worth too much for a tweet..

You know those supervisors when you work in a restaurant? Those kind when they come in and you just pick up a piece of cloth and start wiping anything you can find? Yeaps, we have one where I work. She's Korean and she's somewhere in her 20's. I'd say.. she's attractive.

Okay, story is, I was scheduled in to work today for closing. So I was refilling the drinks in the fridge and the supervisor, Eva, came to the fridge and opened it to get a drink. She looked at me and:

Eva: "Do you have a motorbike?"

Jem: "Errr.. no?"

Eva: "Owh, cause your hair looks like you're a biker."

(She complimented my hair when she interviewed me last month and a few days back saying it's funky)

Jem: "Owhhh.. haha.. Thanks.."

So I thought that was the end of the conversation, *relieved, then out of nowhere the unthinkable:

Eva: "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Jem: "Hahaha, I wish I had one!"

What came next shocked me till I couldn't say a thing...

Eva: "How bout me?"

I was stunned-shocked, and just went "hehehehe..." and walked off..

Eva: "Why you laughing? Is there anything wrong with me?"

The End...

I really think it's the hairstyle.. Gotta thank TaeYang.. ;)

A must do when you're tired of studying?

Of Visit from a Dear Friend..

So last week was the Australian Football League Grand Finals where Collingwood Magpies were up against the St Kilda Saints. It was said that it's been awhile or even the first time both Melbourne teams are in the Finals so YEAY! Went to Federation Square which was near my house to watch the match.. PACKED AS HELL yo the place!! With scarfs of black and white & red black and white.. The match was really good and kinda enjoyed myself despite the fact I went thr alone and watched the whole match around strangers.. Still seeing the fans jump and shout and jump on trash cans.. *thumbs up*

After the match I promised Hommies (hsemates) I'd make pizza for dinner so I did! FROM SCRATCH.. Owwwwh Yeaaah.. Awesome like that.. ;)

Epically fail housemate - Marc thought I bought the base and started comparing the base with pizzas we can get from restaurants and says those are better and went on commenting on it till we stopped him and told him "Err.. I made from base.. and thank you.."

Later that week was when a dear friend from Msia who came to visit! Shauna Chow!!

He landed on Tuesday and I spent most of my week over at Emily's where Shaun was staying.. One of the nights when we decided to go out for dinner, Me + Shaun + Ellya + Bernard planned to take the tram out to KFC for dinner.. While walking to the tram stop:

Bernard stopped us and pointed on the floor

Jem bends down and pick up what can be seen as CASH

Jem: "Guys, dinner tonight is free and we are RICH!!!"

What happened was we found $110 on the floor!!! wooohoooo!!

So we made our way to KFC and had dinner courtesy of fate and luck.. ;)

It was rather a good dinner not just the fact we had free dinner but we also managed to get to know more about each other.. Well, more for Shaun getting to know the twins but it was all good.. With moments where me and Ell look at each other and raise our shoulders when the guys were talking bout their computer games; to moments where we talked about relationships.. jolly sweet times.. ;)

On Saturday Emily decided to bring all of us to Werribee Park for one of Shaun's last days here in Aussie.. It's my first time there as well and boy o boy when I say the previous owner of the land/mansion was rich, I'm not even kidding!

Captions of pics below tells more:

This was when we were playing in the Big ass park outside the mansion and where Bernard and Shaun piled on me.. grrr

Here's one of the hallways of the Mansion..

Us at the balcony of the Mansion

Bern, Me and Shaun after the pile-up on me..

At the Grotto in the park.

At the house in the park..

At the landscape garden outside the Mansion..

Phoah.. we are floating!!!!

Ellya, Bernard, Shaun, Me and Emily outside the Mansion..

Barney, Carlos, Ted and Lily.. Super epic la this pic!

Bayyyyym!

Later that night we had tickets to go for a OXAGEN production where Ellya and Bernard's cousin Ary was the Co-founder + President of.. They had a production on musicals that night so all of us planned to SUIT UP! Owh yes we did.. The show was LEGEN-DARY!!! Money well spent without a doubt.. Congrats Ary and co! GoodJobWellDone!

Shaun, Me and Bern in front of the St.Xavier College building before the show..

Sexy no? :P