melbourne through my eyes

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i ripped this off a friend's blog.

Love is...

Love does not give up.
Love is kind.
Love is not jealous.

Love does not put itself up as being important.
Love has no pride.
Love does not do the wrong thing.
Love never thinks of itself.

Love does not get angry.
Love does not remember the suffering that comes from being hurt by someone.
Love is not happy with sin.
Love is happy with the truth.

Love takes everything that comes without giving up.
Love believes all things.
Love hopes for all things.

Love keeps on in all things.
Love never comes to an end.

or rather, is love this?

Love gives up as soon as the going gets tough.
Love is kind if it'll get it laid.
Love is not jealous, it is the green eyed monster.

Love does not put itself up as being important, it knows you'll do it.
Love is one big fat extravagant show-off.
Love does not do the wrong thing, only the easy thing, which isn't wrong just you know, easy.
Love always thinks of itself.

Love does not get angry -for long.
Love is just snappish and irritable all the time.
Love always remembers the suffering that comes from being hurt by someone.
And Love is smart enough to always milk it to its advantage.

Love delights in sins of sex, smoke and alcohol.
Love is aptly evasive with the truth.
Love takes everything that comes, hordes it up and then gives up.

Love believes in nothing.
Love hopes for everything.
Love is cyclical.
Love just can't seem to end!

i have lost 1000 AUD over the past week.. thanks to silly and irrational and impulsive decisions... lost more on the stock market then anything else!!!!! talk about skill... hope that tomorrow would be a better day! set these new conditional trading ways to try and recoupe my losses... rather complex methods, makes me feel good in a way, cause it's sorta using advance methods instead of just normal buying and selling... please, let me succeed... oh, telstra shares keep on slumpin, it's barely 3.48AUD now.. down from a high of 9 bucks 4 years ago.. this yea, a 4k investment would have lost 25% of it's value, which is 1k... unbelivable...

another food for thought, there's this major bank in australia, macqaurie bank, it's like an investment bank... reknown for it's ultra consumer-non-friendly practices and money making ways via massive acquasitions and constructions... around 8 yrs ago, it was only 2 bucks a share, and now, it's 62... talk about investment.. half a million invested then would have gotten you 15.5 million aussie dollars (it would be 20 mil 1 month back)... what the hell were our parents doing? don't make the same mistake...

hmmm.. what would you do with 15.5million? me for starters, i would... dump 12million into a bank, and just let the money multiply by itself through investments and trading and those stuff, and still earn good payouts each year of approximately 500 000... can think of that as salary... whereas, i would use the 3.5mil to by a house, a car, and a god damnnit nice watch... not forgetting to open a shop so we can all hang out free of charge! how bout you guys? share your ideas???

U2-Stay. Live from Dublin 28.08.1993

if i could stay...

back from melbourne. back to reality. back to the same routine. same troubles. same worries.
a temporary escape. it was good while it lasted. wished it could have gone on forever.
australia is still as beautiful as ever. but i don't see myself living there though- too slow the pace of life. and nothing to do after 7pm.
everybody is busy with their own stuff- school. work. army.
i am still searching for a job. tsk tsk. i am so free- funny. since when was having time on your hands such a bad thing? well... everyone thinks i am a bummer now- because i have so much free time.
i seriously would no mind going on another holiday. to escape. but my pockets are empty. any sponsors? haha
i just stole some magazine from the new urban shop today. seriosuly i thought it was free! ( the magazine used ot be free!)
my cousin just won a lamborghini! how cool is that. rich people just keep getting richer. damn

P.S hey kel thanks for the free accomodations! and andreas for driving us around!

jen

iT has been sumtime since i last blog...time 2 do sum updates 4 u guys...esp those in overseas..in case pple tot where i MIA 2...army came 2 a temporary end 4 mi...as sch started le...time realli passes in a flash...2 yrs juz gone~n i still owe the freakin army abt less than 2 mths of national service balance...DAMN!! but happie as i cld get out of my unit!!! haha..now's the high-key period..where lots of events goin on..n everyone is super busi...which is gd dat i siam!!! wahahaha...i got my pink IC like beginnin of aug~~exact date wld be last dae of july..hee..so long haven seen my IC..felt tat i sumhow found my long-lost belongin..haha..still veri happie 2 c it..our brother, mj veri soon will receive his 2!!! YEH!!! as 4 our other brother, tharin...JIA YOU in OCS!!! OFFICER man...to LEAD, to EXCEL, to OVERCOME!!!

now is already sch's 2nd wk!!! my gosh..goin 2 3rd wk liao..so far i can sae is STRESS>>>probably coz haven been studyin 4 past 2 yrs...n now goto switch back 2 student life..need sum time 2 adjust...goto work extremely harder i guess...need 2 keep up wif the pace n work...1 wk b4 sch start i went 4 sports camp organise by NTU sports club...thx 2 wg!!! i manage 2 go 4 it...haha..aft been thru it, it was realli truely the best camp i can sae..wad wg told mi was real~~haha..realli enjoyed!!! i goto met many frenz...n of coz ladies...hee..but aft QC, sadly my batch of gals din haf much outstandin ones...alrite i can sae...plus they r pretty young...'87...wad u tink...the camp lasted one wk...veri shagged aft tat...everyday like slpt onli 2-3 hrs...i rem one nite i onli slpt 45mins...gosh~~but fun la..everyday is like play n play...no worries sia..i did like 13 different kinds of sports...there were oso Amazing Race, n Theme Park..theme park was thrillin..another term is fright nite..the venue was @ Old Changi Hospital..the seniors dress up as ghosts n different characters tat involve a story...so aft previewin the intro 2 the mystery..we will walk thru the stations assign..wad a nite~~ n it happen 2 be the 1st day of the 7th mth...so u can imagine...how freaky it was...

Other activities was either in sch or outside sch compound...outside sch we did nite cycling n went 2 changi beach 2 do sea sports...towards the end was SP nite..which is secret pal nite...my partner was not bad...quite cute..hee..n u noe wad..her name is KELLY lor...i was like goodness..so coincident sia...probably i haf sum connection wif gals calling kelly...haha..the last dae was the ultimate one..they call it finale..basically crossing obstacles...veri siong n shagged!!!
den tat marks the end of sports camp...aft sports camp we haf more activites goin on...sports camp din last juz 7 days..but it was the beginnin of sports camp...there is a sports ball comin up..where my grp goto tink of a theme 2 dress up...like wad wg did last yr during his time in sports camp...n oso juz last thurs i went 4 sports bash @ MOS...n many more events comin up~~~schedule gonna be packed!!! plus studies...haha..now like spendin every min 2 the fullest..my goodness...who noes in a blink of an eye...i grad liao...haha..so goto enjoy myself 2 the max in NTU!!! take care pple!~!

gonna go KUN liao..*yawn*
ciaoz~~

When u care about someone
as much as I do about you,
being apart is a hard thing
to get used to.

I thought I'd handle it
just fine...
and that I'd be happy
just to keep you on my mind.
But it isn't always that easy...

Sometimes the one thing that
would please me the most...
is simply seeing you.

I knew that I'd miss you.

I just didn't know
I'd miss you
as much as I do.

i have a lot of time to think and reminisce so here are some truths about me you probably don't know even though we've been friends for such a long time.

whenever i have an ulcer in my mouth, no matter its size, i always have the urge to sprinkle then rub salt all over it. im truly a sadist despite my demeanour.

i stopped piano lessons when i was 7 because the teacher was nasty and used to hit my hands whenever i let them rest on the edge. i never learnt piano ever since.

i had pet terrapins as a kid and one of them melted under the tap while i was scrubbing its shell with a toothbrush one hot afternoon. i think it cooked while under the running tap water cuz the terrapin's shell became soft, like mush.

i have two small metal sticks embedded in my right foot due to a bunion operation on both feet when i was 15. and no, the alarm doesn't go off when im at the airport customs.

i used to have four teeny weeny moles on my right arm that formed a semicircle and i would "connect the dots" with a pen.

so now you know.

I hate it... you guys are all in melbourne but yet i can't go down.. damn...
ben, i'm waiting for you to get your ass to sydney, i need your expertise.
teach me the way to break the bank, cause i just see myself getting broken if i continue!
anyway, enjoy youselves there dudes... drop by sydeny if possible! the casino here is less ruthless! haha...

melbourne is good and beautiful as ever! but it is cold!!
mj just won some money at the casino which is fantastic!
ben has been winning as well. 4 days in a row. he is an addict.
melbourne is still as beautiful as ever. and slack. plus the alcohol especially the wine is damn cheap.

going off now to have dinner.
ciao.

the front view of the national stadium



sunset from the top of the stadium



thats my oc proposing to his gf at the end of the show..haha.. he's one happy man i guess

i realised that sunday's in six days and the realisation doesn't feel that great.
i'd have to be thrown back into the lion's snare, devoured by the endless paper trail.
ok so maybe i'm exaggerating here about the new school term
but frankly speaking, i can't wait for the next nine months to *poof*.
i have to endure another full term of pregnancy
but hey at least it's much better than doing statistics.

hey ben, the post was not aiming at you!
i took the quote (refer to the last post) from the anger management movie.
and i thought it kinda made some sense. plus it is applicable to both sexes.

i am so bored.( basically cause mj is in camp and the rest of the guys- actually only wk and chen, but they are in SCHOOL, and xl has forsaken me.) so who gonna save me? i am well aware that i am spluttering utter rubbish.

and so i am installing my anti-virus software. and i can't wait to zap those viruses away.
i can't believed how complicated the world has become and how somethings like anti virus software are now essential, when in the past, it was basically non-existent. we create our own problems. i think we are going to end up killing our own race, well, i won't be surprised.

okie dokie. going to sleep.
jen

hey guys if you all happen to watch this coming wednesday ndp parade on tv.. u guys can play 'spot mj the bunnie' game.. haha.. i knoe its lame n 99.99% sure i won't even get close to be spotted..but anyway to those who got nothing better to do let me give u a hint as to where u might spot me. i'll only appear in the last5-10mins of the show, dress in a all gray/white windbreaker and track pants complete with a hood over my head( difficult right?)..haha... and i'll be hanging onto this huge ballon with another dude at the bottom right of ya screen, the ballon will be elevated and lit up... and i reckon there's another chance you might catch me.. it's when the president take his leave... but anyway enjoy the show on tv la..it's not bad n watch out for the fireworks.. pretty gd.. if you ain't interested with those stupid red caps marching or the co-ordinated movements of the performers.. let me bring u to another topic..WOMAN!?.. michelle chia is one of the host for the show and personally i've several close up views and even chatted with her .. and i can cross my heart and say.. she's pretty hot from any angle..hehe!.. last but no least wish you guys all the best in school..(ben don't play too much!!!)



ps : i think alot of misunderstanding is due to miscommunication and also the unwillingness to sacrifice ya own personal pride. i'm glad that i'm able to overcome this and sacrifice some 'material' pride in exchange for the time spent with you. No Regrets.

 

 

small pic of the whale it dips into the deep too fast haha... 

Setting off on whale-watching

 

 

flirting is cheating's ugly buddy

Hey guys & gals!~ today is friday, I love fridays cos I have no classes and friday is washing clothes/car day haha.....woke up a bit earlier today to wash and hang my clothes...later going to wash my car...before I get too booorrriinnnnggg.....going to blog about what I did yest....

After uni classes were over at 1pm, I went to a primary sch friend's house to collect a cupboard..she gve it to me cos her room has too much rubbish, so I went to collect it and had lunch with her. Its really been YEARS since I last had a good talk with her. Singapore has really been a place where u get from point A to point B asap. How often do u sit down with yr primary sch friends and haf coffee? Really damn long time....with the exception of u guys lol...cos we meet almost every week HAHAHA....thats why we're such good friends yea...ok back to where I was saying, after coffee I went to the casino..lol...won 25bucks which wasn't much but at least i won(don't laugh)......haha....then went to this place very near City called southbank....the southbank parklands has a man-made beach there...I believe cq,mj,jen,xiao has been there with me during our aussie trip few years back...so I shldn't go more into that lah....

Anyway, Southbank has this eating area called WestEnd, it has great vietnamese/thai food(better than sunnybank where I always go there to eat)...the food was f**ckin good la....we BYO a bottle of wine as well...so i enjoyed my dinner thoroughly...lol....ok to the main part..i went clubbing that nite ard 11plus....

I went with my housemates to this club called "family" last night....its an asian sorta of clubnite that hongkongers, taiwanese, japanese, singaporeans, ah-tiongs and the rest of the asian community gather once a month(i think). Its located at Fortitude Valley, near Chinatown downtown brisbane...:)

When we reached the entrance, we had to queue in the cold for about half an hr which wasn't v long(can recce the crowd etc lol)....the moment i went in after paying 10bucks for student entry...they have this 2 gals that are scantily dressed asking u to buy those lightstick(mj, the army kind...can last the whole nite once u break it)...it was 2bucks only so my housemates and I bought a few hahaha...ok back to the topic...~ the club ain't really big...but it had a really cosy and clean atmosphere about it...it had three levels...the main level with the entrance is a chillout area with a balcony to look down cos the dance floor is located right below...both these levels have bar counters...so getting drinks ain't as slow as singapore cos they are simply too many ppl at zouk etc.....rum and coke costs 6bucks...long island tea costs 12 bucks...etc...drinks not that ex la....as the crowd started to grow, we just drank and waited for my uni-friends and weizhen and her housemates to arrive....as i couldn't tie the lightstick to my wrist...i approached this jap gal to help me...i think she thought i was trying to pick her up at first...I had to SPEAK english so slowly and repeat 8times b4 she understood that I was just trying to ask her to tie a knob for me LOL.....but we talked after that..didn't know some japs cant really speak good english...she's probably as newbie to australia to me I guess....she was with 2 other gal-friends...quite hot one of them haha....oh well language is not a barrier lah LOL....when my other friends arrived...we drank summore and just danced the nite away. The R&B hip hop music was really good....they play trance and house music at the top level. so 3 floors in total. I danced with weizhen and a few other gals....yea thats about it lah...nothing mucccchhhh hahahaha.....

I left the club about 330am cos my housemates have to work the next morning....my other friends didn't drive so they partied till 5am and caught the first train back.

Clubbing overseas is a different kinda of experience lah....nothing too great...its just the company that u are with....haha P.S. I enjoy clubbing with you guys & gals too ok :)

Ok thats all folks...see u guys on MSN...feel free to ask me further qns if u doubt the last part HAHAHAHA......:) CHEERS mate!~

Ok back to slacking.

Hi. How come everyone has so many things to say. I also want to say. I dont want to feel left out. But then i cant think of anything to say. hur hur. Ok i've said what i wanted to say bye!

i got to say that i don't miss school.
i think i have moved beyond that. the 'cut off all connections with school' kind of feeling. the ' i am totally prepared to work, and start being independent' kind of feeling.
i can't seem to find a job. seriously i wonder what is wrong with me. or with my resumes. please somebody just hire me! i am desperate! i got to feed ming jun and me! haha.
Life's pretty boring by the way. while all of you might sigh at the thought that damn school is starting soon, or damn i have so much work to do, think of me. doing nothing at all, every single day can be pretty horrible as well. initially you might enjoy all that free time in the world, no test or exams to bother me, can sleep as late as i want to thoughts, but in fact being entertained by having nothing to do does not last. i am a fine example.
men's thirst cannot be quenched. men are greedy. we always want the best of both worlds, to expect time to wait for us, to expect things to be given to us on a silver platter. it is time to get independent!