girlfriends are the best.

MET MICH KAM TODAY :)
being the horrible bus commuter I am, I stopped 10 bus stops too late or something..
had to walk all the way back :(
And the weather just HAD to be freaking hot
pfft.
BUT, it was nice to see a familiar face...
we spent like 2 hours chit chatting i think..
though it really only felt like 15 minutes.
Might see her again tmw at the westend markets :D
whee!!
Work was great today..
we received ALOT of tips :D
yay!
but I undercharged one customer...
so I had to fork out $6.50 :(
but oh well.
doesn't matter that much.
no more work till after exams.
AWESOME.
Life's good for now.

NO MORE ASSIGNMENTS.

Finally finished my last assignment.
Never done it so close to the dateline before..
And good thing the lecturer extended the deadline..
if not it would be my first ever late assignment.
I can finally breathe again.
until exams come.
But not having deadlines sure feels much MUCH better :)
wheeeeeee!

Crunch lunch punch grunge

sorry for the incoherent title.
I don't know what to put there.
so its just random words that rhyme for now.
The thesis totally got to me.
I wrote a 2000 word lit review for a 3500 word essay.
white linen sheeeeets.
compact compact, summarize, summarize!
I have procrastinated for too long.
I have to finish this assignment soon.
I will not stop till I do.

I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE GYM TODAY.

After endless complaining about how big I've allowed myself to become
And much talk about what I could do to lose the jiggly bits
I finally went to the gym to do something about it.
I will be making it a weekly thing from now on.
The hour spent working out made me feel so good after that.
I love it when my muscles are a little bit achy.
I think its cause it somehow brings me comfort that somewhere in the midst of the wobbly bits is a muscle that got a bit of attention :D
I really miss kickboxing.
I miss feeling of being really REALLY exhausted.
and the hyper instructor kevin.
and the flirt tai tai, Angela.
When I exercise I imagine that my sweat are from melted fat leaving my body.
heh.
I'm weird that way.

I realised I tend to be too descriptive when talking to people.
That's why I often lose them halfway.
note to self: Less talk, more fun.
oh.
another note to self: move that butt before it grows around that chair.

hunger pangs...

I was planning to make fish porridge tonight but lydz wanted baked pasta..
so tts what we had.
it turned out amazing.
ate every single bit :)
here are pictures from tonight's dinner and some from last week.
Excuse my bragging.
meals are just one of the only things I feel in control of at the moment.

tonight's meal: Salmon Baked Pasta

Last week's Tuna Pasta with Lemon and Spinach Pesto.

And Bittergourd and Ribs soup.

...satiated.

A heart full of dreams

I recently went through a period of random deep thinking.
It's something that happens once in a while..
pretty often actually
and I just think and think until I come to some conclusion.
It usually about people or some social aspect of my life.
That's what happened a couple of days ago.
the thing about this is that I don't tell people about it until they ask, or until something happens to demonstrate it.
ok.
I made you waste 2 minutes reading bout something you are not going to find out about..
but its along the lines of the passage displayed above in bold.
yeah.
Today was a very normal friday.
nothing much to talk about.
work was awesome because we had so many cute ang moh kids today :)
and good thing I'm not closing.
crazy vacuuming after kids.
It's the weekend.
And I'm glad it's here :)

There's a secret I'll never tell.

xoxo
Amelia

fat cat

this morning I told myself I would do work and I kinda did until I hit the 2000 word mark.
There is a whole lot more to do but I just lost all my motivation once the 2k mark was hit.
pfft.
I'm such a lazy bum.
made fried bee hoon tonight for dinner which turned out pretty good.
Work ended at 10 last night so I didn't get home till 11 and was just too tired to blog.
there was a new waitress called abigail (i think)
she's from korea..
can't really understand english though..
I asked her to call the head waitress and she just stared at me blankly.
oh well
good thing it wasn't crowded last night..
and I was made to learn the how to work the eftpos machine yesterday.
I hope I don't screw up by charging wrongly..
Mary did..
she got banned from the machine.
poor girl.
oh well.
about a month more of work anyway..
:D
excited I am.
time to bathe, then try to complete more of my assignment before 8.30 comes with fantastic tv shows.

silver white winters that melt into spring

I miss spring.
It's totally summer here even though the shops say its spring.
HOOOOOOT like anything.
I'm super slow with my final assignment :(
It's moving at a snail's pace.
pfft.
oh well.
Maybe I'll aim to finish it by this weekend.
There are a whole lot of things on my mind now..
the whole day actually
My mind keeps thinking about stuff
Sometimes I wish it would just S T O P .
It'll be november soon.
And then it'll be HOME soon :)
I'm happy to be heading home.
I need some humidity.
dry air does me no good.

I'm waiting for a phonecall.
I hope I'll get it soon.
Please call.................

Reminiscent

So because I'm so undisciplined, I basically do everything EXCEPT assignments when I'm supposed to be doing assignments.
I suspect its because I lack the right atmosphere for working (i.e. the music lib!!)
So I was trying to neaten up my files and clear out the gunk..
and I came across....

Taken when we were waiting for other people to come...
I even have a video from that day and I remember that it was the day I invited andrea, shir, ayeeba and lembu AS WELL AS the people from NUS!!!
It was when two of my worlds collided. hahaha..
Don't remember the occasion though...
All I know is that we were highly fascinated with this because it was the first time we encountered Leopard.
Yes.
That long ago.
I plan to do this again when I get back.
Cause I plan to get SNOW Leopard :D
And cause I vaguely remember that it was mighty fun :)

Omnipresent, Omniscient.

Lydia said something that really hurt me
and then while I was thinking of a smart come back to hopefully inflict the same (or close to the same) amount of pain...
my phone rang alerting me of a new email
one that said:

Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. -Ephesians 4:29

Sometimes God sends reminders so timely, its scary.

I shall think only of...

Your eyes said it all.

I was going to apologize for not blogging for 2 days...
but it doesn't really matter whether I do or not.
I just didn't have anything to talk about.
I made tuna pasta with lemon and spinach pesto which turned out AWESOME
I have pictures but I'm lazy.
and I ate a whole truckload of junk because that's what assignments make me do.
Worked wed, thurs AND friday night because Mary pon work on thurs
They asked me to work the same days again next week but I refused because its just too tiring.
I'm getting old.
vacuuming made my back hurt and when I laid down to sleep last night, my legs felt like I just ran a marathon.
so no.

and guess what GUESS WHAT!
i'll be back home SOON!
It's bitter sweet.
cause on the one hand i'm excited to return home
on the other hand, there has been no reply from the uni regarding my application.
and that's really worrying.
If I don't get in, I kinda don't know what I'll do.
I'll probably find a job but it won't be what I really want to do.
oh well.
let's just see what God has in store..
somehow, typing that just made me nervous..

oh. and I think I have a fever.

Thesis due date.

Today was really long but pretty good.
First thing in the morning, free donuts :D
Went to class and sat through a lecture on dieting..
then had lunch with Faye on the great court yard!!
my FIRST TIME ever having a mini picnic just because we felt like it.
Then helped Faye with her PDF problem...
and then went for PTSD class which only lasted for half an hour because the lecturer screwed up the presentation allocations.
came back and watched 2 episodes of drop dead diva (it is SO good.SO legally blonde which is awesome.)
and then I went to work.
was late for work but tt worked out okay..
Forgot to write down *PRAWN ALLERGY* for this guy who subsequently discovered prawns in the pie tee..
good thing he didn't convulse and die
I would have DIED on the spot if he did.
and work ended by 9.40 :)
It's been a pretty great day.
Tmw, I shall do my assignments and try to finish one of them..
see how things go.
I really need to be more focused.
I can't wait to go home :)

the countdown begins.

So today I handed in my thesis.
And I managed to get through half of the assignment that is due next Thursday.
I'm taking really long with this assignment because I feel so unmotivated somehow.
but anyway, its pizza night but we had KFC instead because lydia had a craving for fried chicken.
I tried a grilled chicken wrap which was pretty good..
fast food hardly turns out bad anyway.
It's going to be a long day tmw because I'm back to work tmw.
so its 10am-10pm tmw.
and I was planning to do tuna pasta with lemon and spinach pesto.
pfft.
thursday it'll be then.
The internet's back to its great upload speed...
but then I suspect it'll go down soon..
Lyd's been watching her dramas again...
oh well.
exams and assignments will keep me busy anyway.
30 days to freedom.

MusicMuses

I just realized how much I am influenced by music.
I can feel really crappy and blah
But turn on some really good music and my mood totally picks up instantly.
I do miss the piano a little...
Seems like I'm making up for it using another 'keyboard'..
hence all these much longer blog posts.

Today was one of those very strange days I forget that I'm currently living in Australia.
I don't know why or how I do it
I just do.
I fell asleep and dreamt I was in malaysia for some reason
woke up very very confused
had to remind myself: Amelia, you are in Brisbane
and somehow that felt strange too
the being in Brisbane.
I've been very sleepy and lazy the whole day but I managed to get some work done..
very minimal though.
after this Thesis thing, I feel like everything's pretty much 'ah... whatever.'
which is terrible because it's not over yet!!
I still have a whole month.
I should really buck up.
today was spent very frivolously.
Despite the amazing plan to go to the state library,
I stayed home and slept and ate most of the day away.
got some research done and did a bit of planning for my other assignments...
realised with joy that one of them is only 2000 words (wheeeee!!)
So there is an even greater tendency to SLACK.
pfft.

Back to the topic of amazing music,
Glee is like the most amazing show ever.
Episode 6 is a MUST WATCH because you get TWO great performances.
I keep watching them over and over and OVER.
time to bathe, research a bit more, then sleep.

feefofum

There was drama today when I printed my Thesis.

I needed to get to Officeworks to get it printed but I also had to get to church and all the usual sunday stuff..

So Lydia offered to go for me as her service starts at 9.30 and ends at 11 and she would have to wait for us to end..

but 5 mins after she left, I realised that there was some error in my formatting.

I dropped her a msg telling her not to print it.

but thennnnnnnnnnn

she didn't check her phone and printed it.

SO, I had to go back there after church and after we had lunch and gone for the usual grocery shopping stuff..

and Lydia was frustrated.

so, black face, black face, attitude attitude.

I'm starting to get used to it and being more and more able to ignore such spurts.

but I still get affected a little.

I need to become harder and less susceptible to stuff like that.

ANYWAY, I was suppose to get some work done today but I felt really blegh.

I'm such a spoilt brat.

TOMORROW, I will make a trip to the nearby state library and get some actual work done.

I have to remember that even though my thesis is over, I have another 10500 words to type...

I hope the library isn't too beautiful.

3 assignments and 2 exams left!

the last lap's the longest

I just spent the last 7 hours working on my thesis...
so much for 'done'.
My supervisor came back to me with edits and basically told me to re-run the analyses with a new set of data...
I'm hoping its really done now..
still waiting for him to get back to me again..
My back hurts.
I shall re-read it after a shower and see if I can pick out parts where I start going bimbotic and fix them.
no one wants to help me to read it and I don't blame them...
its 41 pages of words and figures, not including the appendices.
not very pleasant if you ask me.
I feel like a long soak in the tiny bath today...
until my toes and fingers are wrinkled
and the stress is dissolved away....

on another note, my exam timetable is awesome.
I'll officially be done with undergrad school on the 12 of November...
just a little over a month till then!! :)

Gobbling Goblin

Stuff I gobbled today:
1. Peanut butter sandwich
2. A cup of milo powder
3. Granny Smith Apple
4. Half a carton of soy milk
5. Tim Tams
6. Japanese biscuits
7. A slice of bread with spread
8. one whole rock melon

my my my..
I am going to have lasagna for dinner soon.
And I suspect a few more Tim Tams will fall victim to my gobbling mouth.

october blues.

So I'm more or less done with my thesis.
which is a good thing cause I have to wait (always super long) for my supervisor to read through the thing.
And then I have to go look for a place to bind it...
I need a total of three copies!!
So I had better start looking for a good place to get that done..
and then I have this whole pile of assignments I have to start working on.
phew.
Honors life is just not fun.
I decided to take things easy today and start just a bit on my other assignments...
I'm cooking bitter gourd and pork rib soup tonight because I'm feeling ambitious.
although it seems really easy to do actually..
oh well.
chugging ahead.
no rest till the end of october!

notti ger.

I seriously lack discipline.
I started the day off feeling very determined to get alot of work done..
then the weather became so nice that I started to stare out the window and enjoy the cool breeze blowing at my face..
then I decided it was a good day to wash the sheets so I did.
And I kept going to the kitchen to get something to munch on..
and I kept drinking water cause that's the only thing that stops me from munching too much
and then I realized that I have unlimited youtube on my phone
and then I spent time downloading ebuddy onto my phone...
its a miracle I got anything close to a thousand words today...
Technically, I think I only wrote about 800 words...
or even less :(
I so don't deserve a class 1 honors.

The 23rd candle

TODAY HAS BEEN AWESOME.
Lyd and I set our alarms for 9am and got right up so that we could squeeze as much as possible before lunch.
We had to go down to the bank cause today was the last day to stop them from holding my money for another 5 months...
and then we had to go get our groceries at the weekend markets and coles before rushing to dimsum at sunnybank where we had a table booked for 1pm.
I brought my camera along and snapped alot of pictures today :)
to market, to market....
At Davies park, west end!








We go there EVERY SATURDAY cause it just makes us feel like hippies and it makes buying groceries so enjoyable :)
yumcha was awesome.
It was at Landmark restaurant..
which is apparently the best place to have dimsum..
just LOOK AT THE CROWD!
good thing Lyd made reservations...

Ate a whole lot of things..
my cravings for CHAR SIEW SHOU and BO LUO BAO were both satisfied :D

we were SO stuffed.

but we still HAD to get my free boost drink since ITS FREE.
and we are Singaporean AND Chinese after all.
Then we went to Ann's party...
it was a bit strange since I only knew like 5 ppl there..
but it was fun.
my first ever taste of fairy bread..
Then we had a family celebration via Skype :)
forgot to take snapshots but oh well!
connection was so aweful.
pfft.
i'm totally tired out from today's activities.
tmw, it's back to the books.
but today was really fun.
thanks to all who remembered this day :)
Thank You, Lord for the wonderful people in my life :)

9500

I wanted to see if I could hit the 10000 word mark today BUT, my brain feels like its about to explode.
So I've decided to stop for the day.
I've been taking short 1 min breaks by watching excerpts from American dad and Family guy.
I met Toshi.

Meet Toshi.

hahaha..
Doesn't it look slightly like real life Toshi?
heh.
AHHH.
my brain is hurting.
TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.
I'm going to finally get my phone..
which is Awesome square :D
wheeeeeeeee...
the weekend's gonna be here soon!! wheeeeeee..