yoz! 10 more minutes to midnite! been quite a while since i stayed out quite late..just came back frm a movie wif bro and frens..watched pacifier....a damn nice show! SUGOI!!!! had quite a no. of good laughs...feel really good...laughter is lacking in my life..haha! coz i think i m always the one making others laugh..no one tries to make me laugh...sighz..lolx! but guess tt's the way i m...wonder how it would be like if i turned hostile and cold for 1 dayz..hmmz...interesting...
think the most 'interesting' thing was tt i witnessed a minor accident today on my way home frm USJ this afternoon after my grp assignment meeting at Giant hypermarket wif sarah and jac.
i was on the right lane...held up by traffic light..then there was this motorcycle zigzagging across all the vehicles...then when he tried to cross the back of a semi truck in the middle lane, he somehow lost control and crashed into the corner of tt truck. was a minor crash..but it was enuff to throw him and the bike off the grd..luckily there was no car on the left lane or else the motorcyclist would have been hit head on...
amazingly, the truck did not suffer a scratch..but the same cant be said for the motorbike. when the motorcyclist picked up his bike...quite a no. of accessories dropped out..such as the head light...the wheel cover...and some shattered glass..
was quite taken aback by this minor accident though..motorcyclists are really vulnerable on the roads..yet they still act as though they r bosses when on the road...wonder when they would learn..maybe when they do learn..it's too late...
back on a lighter note...gonna have a long weekend break...4 days break in all (since i have no class on tue..yesh!) so it's gonna be time for rest recharging and of coz..work! sianz..cant wait to finish all my assignments and go red box! i m dying to sing!!!! lalalala lelelel lulululu!

tata and nite nite!!

been watching a jap idol series shown on tv every sat and sun at 6pm. today's episode was somehow emotional for me. let me explain
there's this guy, azumi, who is a very talented photographer. in fact he was chosen by some reknown world magazine to take part in a competition, competing with the worlds' best photographers. however, his life took a turning point when he contracted some eye disease and will lose his eyesight in 3 months time. dejected, demoralised and losing all meaning in his life, he quits his job and goes back to his hometown, Nagasaki, to live with his mum.
he does not tell his mum abt his illness as he is worried tt his mum will not be able to take it. ever since azumi's bro passed away, azumi's mum has always and only wished tt azumi be 'genki' (healthy in jap).
as with all jap love stories, Shiki, a nurse finds her way to Nagasaki to search for azumi, hoping to encourage him and bring him back to tokyo (shiki loves azumi but is not sure whether it's love).
shiki advises azumi to tell his mum abt his illness which he obliged. the mum accepted the truth, but apparently she was badly shocked and fainted later in the afternoon. at nite, the mum asks shiki to sleep beside her and this is the part when i got a little emotional.
the mum blamed heaven for being cruel for taking away her husband, her son (azumi's bro) and now heaven is unwilling to spare azumi's sight. she lamented that heaven should take her life instead. she explained that ever since azumi's dad passed away, she began planting many flowers, hoping and praying that the flowers will bless the 2 sons and keep them away from harm's way. however, now, azumi's bro is gone and the flowers wilded. she questioned herself in where she had gone wrong in taking care of the flowers (deeper meaning, where had she gone wrong in protecting her sons?) she began listing all the flowers she had planted and shiki began to sob, touched by the mum' love.
at this point, i began to feel a twitching pain in my heart. the mum shouldnt blame herself for any events that have happened. but i feel her pain as it is natural for a mum to want to suffer the pain in place of her child. the mum in the show is in her 60s and i cant imagine the sufferings she is going thru with the thought tt she has a son that is losing his sight soon. it's like the whole world is crashing on her. i could sense the helplessness in her. her repeated implied meanings tt she has failed as a mum makes my heart cry even more.
this is something i dun want my mum to go thru. i want her to enjoy her late years and be proud of my bro and i. i dun want my parents to worry abt our health or any other sort of things. all i want for them is to be happy and healthy.

to conclude, today's episode was really a heartwarming one and a good opportunity for me to be extracted from the world. a wonderful experience.

hi ppl! finally have got the time to blog..haiz! been so busy for the past 2 weeks or so. not just with work but some other stuff...like sending my car to the service centre twice in 2 weeks for some technical and exterior problems.
it's been abt 3 weeks since i started driving...though a short period of time, much has happened. i dun really have any intention of going any deeper but all i can say is tt i have learnt a lot and more has to be learnt. but i m now more confident of my driving. jason's word of wisdom "don't rush, don't panic, don't fear"!!!! haha!
well, been very busy wif marketing assignments...thank God the presentation is finally over..haha! our grp did well...very well..haha! kudos to my grp members for excellent work committment and perseverence. there's still a 2nd part of the assignment to go but i m glad tt at least half the battle has been won.
though it was only a short 10 minute presentation, u cant imagine the amt of stress, frustration and challenges tt our grp had to go thru...we had to plan, gather information and write a draft b4 writing a report. answering the qn was already an absolute horror...we had to ensure tt we were answering the focus of the qn as it was very easy for us to go in the wrong direction. it was this prob tt caused us to keep rewriting our answers. after my grp members submitted their reports to me, i had to read thru them and prepare a 2 page summary notes for the class and oso prepare myself for the presentation. though i cant really describe how i felt then, all i can say was tt i was really stretched to my limit..activating every single brain cell i had available to make sure tt i did a good job..in the end, i was glad tt i didnt let myself or my grp down (i hope..haha!)
so one prob down..more to go..haiz! haha! more assignments to tackle wif now..sianz...remember the 11th may..it will be the day where i pop champagne and light fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! coz tt's the last day of our assignment...haha!
oh ya! i've oso been doing my transfer to clayton application. have already submitted my application...rina, the young lady who viewed thru my application and saw semester and A level results remarked tt there "shouldnt be any problem for a genius like u". Hahaha! i responded..."i m not a genius..but i m a genius of hard work". she smiled..haha!
have also booked my airticket already..scheduled to fly off on 10th july. i may bring it forward..but it depends. come to think of it, time flies very fast. i can still remember the day when i said bye bye to rachel and jean when they flew off to aussie ard feb. so fast and it's going to be my turn to join them in aussie. less than 3 months time...wow...fast!
wokies..tt's all for now...tata!

been very busy wif assignments tuts and readings tt i have no time to blog..neither do i have anything to say..except tt i've gone thru a lot of emotional and psychological stuggles this week. i m fine and getting better now..but still busy...
will find time to blog..soon..

had a morning marketing lecture today..yes on a sat..lect was ok..
after lect, i had to drive my car to a proton service centre as my brake lights were not working..the 2nd time this week. jacqualine drove behind me while sarah sat in my car.
service centre was somewhere at shah alam..was not too sure of the way as i was relying on the map...driving there was an absolute horror...being unsure of the way, i was late in changing lanes and when i tried to change lanes..kena honked many times...in the end, i missed the turn and i had to enter and drive along the highway and make one big big circle of getting to the turn again. so sorry to sarah for scaring u...will improve on my driving..i just need more experience...just for information to all...as till today.. i have had less than 30 hours of driving experience (inclusive of my training hours).
after reaching the Proton service centre..the person refused to accept my car as they were abt to close soon. they advised me to go to another service centre..being the aggressive person i m..i told him that if i drove back without my brake lights working and i was involved in any accidents..he would be held responsible.true enough...he saw the gravity of the situation and immediately agreed to service the car..there was a price to pay though...waiting for the car to be fixed...
sarah, jacqualine and i waited for abt 1.5 hours ( part of the time was spent having lunch) b4 i finally got the car...sorry to jac and sarah for wasting ur time...esp to jac..caused u not being able to make it for ur lunch appointment.
after servicing, jac, sarah and i proceeded to Tesco at Puchong to start our main activitiy for the day..on ground survey to gain information for our grp assignment..someone was missing..and basically, the 3 of us have almost given up hope on him...i still have the flickering flame in me called belief though...pls dun make it extinguish...
after abt 2 hours...i drove sarah home and dropped jac at a petrol station where she had parked her car previously.
anywayz..it was indeed a long, tiring and scary day...wat i will remember are the lessons on the road today...sighz...

ok..today is not really a good day..well, in terms of the amt of work and assignments i have to cope wif.
1st, many of the following sats will be occupied by make up lectures...mainly marketing and data modelling units...sigh...shorter weekends for me.
2nd, 9th, 10th and 11th May will be 3 killer days for me.. an assignment is due on each freaking day! 9th is applied econs assignment, 10th is data modelling assignment and 11th is consumer behaviour grp assignment...kinda regretting for taking on the role of combining the work of all the grp members to produce a 4000 word report...damn...dun think i can cope..i think i need help..keanyew or jac? sarah cant coz she oso taking same units as me..
moreover, it's gonna be hard for me to space out my time for each assignment. marketing grp assignment is gonna be tough..frm wat i see...
3rd..i just went thru my forcast exam timetable...frm wat i see...though the papers are quite spaced out...but i end quite late..my last paper is on the 21st june and considering tt i will be leaving for aussie in early july..the june period will be a stress period...preparing for exams and transfer...SIGHZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jean wrote me 1 whole list of things to prepare for transfer and wif the meagre 2 weeks i have...things are gonna be tough to be done..
okie..enuff of groaning..all i can say is...hopefully i can overcome all these probs AGAIN, as i always do...think positive!!!!! but i mean..there's always the possibility of a breakdown...if one day u see me a bit weird..just leave me alone..i will be back...haha!
push on people!!!

after almost 1.5 years of hoping and wishing, i finally managed to drive to uni today!!!! yoohoo!!!!! (can u hear the popping of champagne???lolx!) i felt really good driving to uni,..can arrive there dry now.haha! no more perspiration frm cycling to uni.
getting confident of my driving liaoz..just tt i think i need more practise in my parking..haha! must be as pro as my dad!
tt's all i have to say now..haha! is this the shortest blog i ever posted? maybe..lolx!
remember..drive safe and control the car!!

oh ya...jean's bday tml rite? HAPPY BURFDAY TO JEAN!!!!!! u can join rachel in the 20s club liao while i enjoy my 'teen' for another 8 months..lolx!

got my car yesterday and was driving under my dad's supervision...did road driving here and there at nite...car is quite ok..but pickup is quite slow but reasonable for an auto car...just need to press the accelerator harder.
reached home at abt 11 plus pm..then my dad wanted my bro and i to do reverse parking and front parking...in other words, my dad wanted to teach us how to park the car correctly and safely since all these were not taught in our driving lessons...
we had to park the car each time in reverse or forward many times....had to park the car on the right and left sides, so tt we become versatile and flexible 'parkers'..hahaz! by the time we ended the session, think it was already 1 plus am...1/4 tank of petrol gone..lolx! but at least i can reverse park now..who else can? lalalalalala!
anywayz...still have lots of room for improvement..my dad says tt i tend to oversteer and tt i do not pay ENOUGH attention to the vehicles whenever turning at corners...sighz...personally..i thought i had given enuff attention to the vehicles at corners..but apparently..my dad still not satisfied...sigh sigh sigh....btw, my dad took his licence in UK where standards r so muc higher than here...so i guess it's expected of him to expect much frm me..after all, he wants me to learn to control the car and not let the car control me..get it? haha!
gtg now..assignments to do..bb!
anybody who dares to ride in my car???lolx!