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Sunday, August 22, 2010

1+: 10 lessons in life 8:19:00 PM

This blog is dead for too long! I was (still am) occupied with all the happy and suay things happened to me every now and then (yes it never actually ends, yet) and constantly looking for solution for every problem and way to keep my spirit up! like what they say, what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger =)

Life lessons learnt this month:

1. Nobody is ever at your best interest, except your love ones =) screw those hypocritical lecturer who acted all "I want to know you more, I'm not just another ordinary lecturer, I really hope that you can graduate safely", when you need them the most, they don't even give a damn anymore tsk tsk

2. course mates + loads of wine + music + dance floor = unimaginable fun (can we do it again?)

3. hangover is cool! although it's kinda wasted (pun intended HAHA) to throw out 120bucks worth of dinner >.<

4. new term "secular humanism", which concept I quite agree with.

5. desperate housewives is love! the irony, the cynical jokes, the gossip, the tears, the happiness, the family love, the spirit.. sorry, gossip girl, a bunch of 40 yo aunties just beat your pretty empty shell

6. inception is good, not because everyone says so, but it's one of the very few movies nowadays that can be this thought provoking yet not confusing

7. Hong Kong is shoooooooooooo hot to be true! loads of mouth watering food, cheap shopping, walking under the sun, sweating and usage of octopus card involved =)

8. I can actually fall asleep in Airasia plane after being 5 years regular customer, when there is a nice broad shoulder for me to lean on *shy*

9. Life without beef isn't easy at all. Be patient 1+ be patient.

10. I'm stuck. ah whatever.. bye

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Friday, June 11, 2010

1+: sarah, long story, sien, haha 6:02:00 PM

Such ignorance tsk tsk

It bothers me a tad when all people in a group are constantly doing the same mistake, but there are some particular person who will, out of a sudden, give out instructions and lectures about how "others" have to correct that mistake.

It's amazing how minimal involvement of him/herself that person trying to imply in that inspiring lecture/speech/instruction, as if out of a sudden, people who have the conscience to raise the issue has minimal responsibility for the occurrence of tragedy.

I'm not saying I'm not responsible for the mistake, but I can't help but wonder why when everyone is responsible for it, it's always a group of people who is constantly bossing around and another group just have to swallow it up and be at the other end of receiving order?

Won't it be nicer if "we" is used more than "u" in that speech/message delivered? We are nobody else's boss or slave. We all make mistakes, and if one person cares enough to raise it, that gesture is totally appreciated but still, it doesn't mean that person is automatically off the list of fixing the mistake.

If that person is ignorant enough to realise that, then that particular message doesn't deserve as much attention as it should be anymore.

Sometimes the "receiver" group of people are annoyed too when the others made mistakes, such as not doing the routine because of EXAMS, which they most prolly too ignorant to realise that it is affecting the rest, but still no chaos is created for the sake of peace among everyone.

SO PLEASE show more respect to others, even when everyone is wrong (including u my friend), if u think u deserve some from others thankyou.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

1+: the power of thought. 1:45:00 PM

just to share a small thought today...

I'm not sure whether it's a western australian or the whole nation thing, but after moving to off campus accommodation, i get to know that every house must be equipped with two big dustbins in front of the house, one green for the usual rubbish and another yellow one for the recyclable trash.

The rubbish collector will come every Tuesday, early in the morning to clear the bins so on Monday night, the dustbins have to be pushed as near to the roadside as possible for their convenience.

As effective as we are, we have duty roaster in our house. Every week each of us is assigned with different house chores to do, including one with transfering the rubbish in the house into the big dustbin outside and push the dustbin to the roadside on Monday night.

Last week, apparently one of my house mate, who was responsible of clearing the trash bin, wasn't fully aware of her job. She did bring out the rubbish when it is full but she forgot to push the big dustbins out on Monday night. I came home at 11pm last Monday and saw them standing happily in the parking area of the house. So I thought "hmm I shall remind her later", but then she wasn't home. And by the time she was home, I was already asleep.

Hence, the dustbins weren't cleared for a week and now the rubbish is overflowing.

and guess what? It is my turn this week T__T

Last night, when I walked out of the house to push the bins, the disgusting scene really traumatised me. The trash is overflowing, with the horrible smell and bugs crawling everywhere.
SHIT I tell u. I tied plastic bags on my hand and started picking up trash on the ground. I picked up a coke bottle and it spilled on my leg T__T

I picked up another cardboard and at least THREE small cockroaches crawling out of it in front of my eyes. Yea, imagine my frustration. I was so furious of her irresponsibility and also the ignorance of the downstair neighbour. Yea, speaking of the "neighbour", we all are using the same dustbins, and they never, ever take initiative to push them out when we forgot wtf.

I was swearing and cursing all the way while cleaning up the mess. Luckily one of my guy friend came coincidentally and he helped me (TvT) sometimes I really feel so lucky and blessed. Can't imagine myself doing it alone because I know my house mates well, they won't volunteer to help in such disgusting situation.

I quickly went for a warm water bath right after that. Surprisingly, the warm water bath cooled me down a bit. It suddenly occurred to me that if I took the initiative to help the gal last week to push out the bins, knowing that she must have forgotten, although it isn't my job, I won't have to suffer this week.

I won't have to pick up trash scattered everywhere and allow the cockroaches crawling on my feet (yes according to him, there WERE roaches on my feet omg). I'm not saying that I'm at full responsibility of this small incident, just that If I were to be a little bit more proactive and helpful, I don't have to bear the consequences.

After coming out of the bathroom, I felt better =) there's a saying in Buddhism that thought is the most powerful tool in life, what u think can change how u feel and how u go through obstacles and hindrances. Something like that lah but I find it very true. Once u adjust the way u think by a few degrees (cheiiiiii physic haha), everything will appear to be different.

just a two cents of mine. and i guess it worths a post, to remind me to be nicer and more helpful in the future.

xoxo

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

1+: back to basic. 9:34:00 PM

It's heart breaking yet interesting to learn that homo sapiens have extraordinary adaptive ability.

believe it or not, we can actually live without anyone.

when people, who really matter, leave us, we cry, we break down, we curse, we howl for maybe 230947384 days. and then we get better and life goes on.

people and things around us evolve too fast sometimes you don't even know what and who to believe in, anymore.

when's the last time you get fascinated by bubbles floating in the air?

I think my character has become so diluted that sometimes i don't even get me anymore.
- chelseaorange

oh btw, I'm back in Perth T___T (from Canberra, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Adelaide for 2 weeks btw) finally back to my warm cosy bed and own comfort zone and loneliness too =(

believe it or not, I actually find Adelaide, where everyone claims as a kampung, is a more enjoyable part of the trip compared to Gold Coast, the famous tourist spots with 5 mega theme parks. I thought I'm the only one who has this different weird opinion because I have my good friend there until I found out that Ling Weng and Yee Fang feel the same =)

I guess it's the company that matters, afterall. No matter how fun and interesting a place is, once u go with the wrong companion, everything can go wrong. And vice versa.

I guess people who haven't been to Adelaide and Perth should stop telling others Adelaide is like terengganu, Perth is like Kuantan. It really makes them sound very idiotic for making assumptions out loud before they even take effort to verify the so-called statement.

Let me, the wise budget traveller (a term created during the trip, haha) tell u where's fun and where's not.

Melbourne is the best of all,
Sydney is more to KL-hustle-and-bustle-city alike,
Canberra is a small peaceful town with gloomy weather and buildings during winter,
Brisbane is a crowded city with LOADS of hills that taking a bus is like taking a mild roller coaster,
Gold Coast is the right place for excitement and laughters only with the right people,
Adelaide is not as small as what everyone thinks, at least I had so much fun there,
Perth has many places of interest too, but only accessible via private cars or long journey of public transport

well that still depends on individual's liking. coz apparently Sarah loves Sydney more than Melbourne, but then I shouldn't really take her opinion into account as she proudly claims that others think Sydney is a smaller version of Auckland. Hah, the biggest joke of the year. I don't think there's any city in New Zealand is any bigger than Sydney (and this opinion is made based on experience and observation).

Hahndroff, a small magical german village 45mins bus ride away from adelaide city.

This morning, I woke up at 5.30am to welcome a friend's mom and her friend at the airport. We then had breakfast at Farrel's, which serves BIG AMERICAN BREAKFAST hoho my fav! I had 3 american breakfasts in 2 weeks time, ahhh the bliss~~ The crispy bacon, fried egg, hash brown, pancakes, sausages plus a glass of fresh orange juice. Having a breakfast like this, you just have the feeling that you will enjoy the rest of the day =D

Oh I was actually trying to say, my friend's mom's friend is from terengganu! This world is so small it started to freak me out. At first I thought aunty is siong yong's mom when she mentioned about him. AND THEN only I realised she's leena's mom. What a small small world. (and when I'm typing this, I saw siong yong's msn signing in how creepy is the coincidence omg). I feel so homely when aunty and I talked about kt.

Homesicknessssss.

my sis and my fav house maid! who's leaving for good, very soon T__T

Btw, special thanks to all the hosts in Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide who offered accommodation and took the time and effort to bring us around! even when I hardly know some of you back in Intec.

Canberra: Sze Huey, Yeam, Shereen
Brisbane: Jess, Peifei and friends, Ee li, June, Kimber, Wai Hong, Jun Hong
Adelaide: my Chui Chui, Weina, Adeline, class rep aka xiao shan (and by that I forget his real name hahaha), Doreen, Ah Heng, Chien Yen.

*if I accidentally leave anyone's name out, please do let me know!

please do come to perth so that I can be an interesting, responsible and caring host for once! Chui Shin, Weina and Adeline are coming this dec, omg I'm starting to get nervous where to bring them, what to recommend, will they like it here omg omg.

Photos will be up once I got them. Since I still have 3 weeks holidays with zero plan, I guess I have no excuse not to blog about my trip, unlike last year! only 2 posts for 3 weeks vacation in new zealand can die.

Labels: 1+, emoism., FuNfUnfuNFUnfUN, thoughts, travel

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

sarah: complicated 11:04:00 PM

was thinking of writing a post about my trip. but 2 things happened and now i cant even put a smile on my face.

Dad came back after his haircut together with a news that shocked me so much that i went blank for a few secs, and when i regained conscious, i kept asking him to show me the news he read.

He passed away,3 days ago. my bestie's dad. He's one great dad, a really great one. Ask anyone who knows him and ull get the same answer. i am so sure. I hope i can do something for him now, i hope my bestie knows how much we care about her, i hope they can get thru this.

Bcoz.. They are so close to each other. The whole family even made a trip to nz to visit this friend of mine. And they always have family trip to overseas. And he loves his daughter so much, so much that i feel touched, i feel blessed for her. Her dad reminds me of my dad, her dad shows how much love a dad can have for his children. and i always respect him.

And he bought me lunch and dinner a few times during finals time just so we can focus on our revision. I really love him! We met again last year and he gave me a notebook. OHhh,did i mention that he's like a santa claus, he used to give us heaps of 'mentos' when he was working at that company and the latest flavour! and after he changed his job, he gave us some other stuff. Sweet of him isnt it?

But he left,out of a sudden. No one knows the reason yet, and no one had the chance to say goodbye to him bcuz he left, just like that, without any sign. just a collapse in a friend's house. and he left forever.

I feel like crying. now i know how unpredictable and fragile a life can be. AND YET.

mom and bro was quarreling just now. I was sitting in the middle and tried to comfort the mother who has tears welled up in her eyes and at the same time, trying to say something that calm my bro down. But i failed miserably, bcuz he left after an awkward silence with the car keys. haih

I wanted to tell him so much that what if one day something bad happens and we wont be able to see each other anymore, will he feel regret for leaving just now! and i super hate seeing my mom being sad. Cuz everyone knows how tough she is and i have the biggest confidence when she says so and hence when she is upset, it means the whole world is collapsing. That's what i feel la.

Dad's trying to calm mom down now, he was lucky cuz he wasnt there when the whole fight toook place, he was having a nap upstairs. i thought of asking him to come down, but i know he's tired after working for the whole day at the shop.

MA DE. i wanna finish my study ASAP. and hopefully i can be so rich. and i can make them healthy and happy. no working no worries.

-end-

May him rest in peace, dear Lord. He's so kind u will love him if u see him in heaven.

and to my bestie. Be strong, ill always be with you. and the other owner of this blog. and all our friends. We love you. smile =) U know u can reach us whenever u need someone. i am really concern about you, stop crying soon. We will miss him always.

love you gal.

1+: sorry for adding sth here gal, but guess what, I was actually planning to write the same post too! =) And yes gal, we're just a call away, I promise I'll try my best to be there for u whenever u need me =) Stay strong.

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