"Back and there again."

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Well it is time. For me to return to Australia and leave all the comforts of home... again. :( Time to start uni... again. It is said that my year 2 would be the hardest year of my undergraduate degree so... I'm really not looking forward to all the hectic studying and assignment rushing.. again. 

but I am quite happy and excited about starting another year in Australia. I wonder how cooking for myself would be. I'm enjoying quite a lot here actually, while I still have all the time in the world without a care etc. but in Aus after a long day of uni I hope I would still have the energy to whip up something. :) Preferably not bad tasting too! And leave all my cutlery soaking til the next day hehe. It's kinda nice to think that I can survive somewhat sort of independently outside of home now!

Anyway, can't think of anything else to write about now. Haven't written in sooo long. :) So, here's 2 photos of food I've cooked recently!

Baked pasta! but... with too little sauce and cheese. Would've been better with more ingredients too. Meh. It was fail. I must get this right in Australia!

I was very happy with this though! :D Noodles tossed in sesame oil aaand mushrooms, cabbage, soy meat, choy sam, garlic, soy sauce, pepper.

And thus my foray into the world of cooking begins. :) Well as long as it's edible I'll be content. The next time I blog will probably be about my now empty apartment! Hope all goes well over there. I better darned well be ready. 

Aragorn, son of Arathorn

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All that is gold does not glitter,
     Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
     Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
     A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
     The crownless again shall be king.
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring.

I absolutely love the line "Not all those who wander are lost". Tolkien really was an amazing writer! D:

2011

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Bah. I'm not that good with words so this'll be in dot points. ;)


What I did in 2011:
1. Left for Melbourne, Australia.
2. Lived in International House, Melbourne.
3. Finished first year of Bachelor of Biomedicine in University of Melbourne.
4. Hung out with Genee and Candice throughout the year in Melbourne! :) 
5. Came back home during winter break and had loads of fun outings.
6. Had a great roadtrip around Victoria during my spring holidays!
7. Had very tough exams. I thought SAM exams were very hard after SPM. Then uni came. D:
8. Came back home for my 3 MONTHS SUMMER BREAK. Have not not done anything for that long in a long time. :D Last year after SAM I was terribly addicted to WoW so my holidays just flew by. Well at least I have Skyrim now! Might be even better coz it's an offline game and I don't feel the need to be playing it every second of the day. 
9. Attained freedom in the form of a black Honda Civic. Must really really thank my kepong friend Ting Jing for this! 
10. Managed to maintain our long distance friendship (quote Michelle) and still stay as close as ever to my G8 friends. I've been going out so much that my mum's starting to complain hehehe. 

Had a more than awesome roadtrip to PD!


And welcomed a new year (albeit one day earlier) the best way ever. Next to spending it with family of course. Heh.
We had fun with illegal substances ngehehe.

We got high on sugar loaded desserts and sparkling jus! And finally witnessed the true side of the unladylike Belut*. I promised I would immortalise this so -BRAAAAUUUUUURP-  :) We will never forget how you ended the night with a burp bang. I promise I'll never forget that epic moment as long as we stay friends. Hahaha. And how we laughed non stop for 5 minutes(?) after that.

All in all, it was one of the best days of 2011 for me. I really don't understand why people party, club and get wasted when just hanging out like that can fill one with so much more joy and happiness. :)


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2012 is here. I've been back for a month now and it's been good to be home. Very very good. I'll be leaving in two months time for Melbourne and this time around, I'll be living more independently outside with a housemate. Not gonna have the comforts of being cooked for and having the toilets cleaned anymore. It is somewhat a new chapter of my life even though I've gotten used to Melbourne. Will just have to get used to living 'alone' outside I guess. And it's apparently the hardest year of my undergraduate degree. Am I ready? I hope so. Will I be able to pull through like I did for first year? I really hope so. 

2011 was still a great year for me. Learnt a lot of stuff et cetera et cetera. And even though all of us (kiasu friends) were spread far and wide, we were still as close as evar! Or perhaps even closer :) Since distance makes the heart grow _______! Shall try not to be too tacky. Heh.

So bring it on, 2012. Bring it on.

Life's good.

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My first year of uni has ended and 2011 is coming to an end. I'm not sure if it felt as fast as last year, but I know that 12 weeks of uni (a semester) passes by damn fast. Especially the 7th to 12th weeks, where most assignments are due, work is hectic and exams are looming around the corner. 

So, at the starting of the year, I remember not liking International House Melbourne (IH) very much because I was new to the place and the people partied a lot. Was really not used to it and I preferred to emo in my room alone. Didn't quite like all the socialising involved in O-week activities either. D: but then I made a bunch of asian friends and things started to get a lot better. (attempt to diversify my social circle fail lol) Then IH turned out to be a pretty damn awesome place for me. :) Home away from home indeed. I am gonna miss living there, having ALL meals prepared for you, playing Mario Kart, having amazing COD and Halo LAN parties, living with a bunch of people and frequenting each other's rooms when we're bored. Living alone with a housemate next year will be very different and hopefully not too challenging. I'll have to cook for myself and basically live independently. I really really hope I won't be eating too much cereal/biscuits or instant noodles for meals like some of my friends. ;)


All in all, I really am very happy that I went to IH. Made good friends from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and China. Also made acquaintances from Mauritius, Australia (lol), South Africa etc. You really get to meet people from different walks of life in a uni residential college. 


The formal dinners were fun! (dressing up is fun heh)

We also did some random things, like err cosplay? 

I had all my exams here. D: Such a pretty place to associate such a yucky thing like exams with.

 And I'm forever glad to have these 2 around me. :) Had lots of fun baking with Candice and just hanging out at Gene's place! If a third, Michelle, were to join us next winter, it would be even better! :D
 
For now, I'm just gonna treasure the 2.5 months I have in Malaysia. I'm still recovering from the 19 hour outing we had yesterday. (from 4am-11pm) T.T And looking forward to lots lots more to come.


 Dengan banyak banyak cinta, ws.





I very laze.

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Well another year is coming to an end. I should probably blog about my first year of uni, or my delightful year at International House Melbourne, or the Bukit Cahaya trip where it started pouring on us while we were still cycling in the bukits. BUT. I am currently too engrossed in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to care about anything else in life. I mean, what else is there to life? :P

So, this game is about dragons! Just look at how realistic the graphics are.

And at night there are aurorae! D: Although the whole game's a tad gloomy, so you won't find many brightly coloured landscapes.

I'm a High Elven mage and I named him Mithrandir. :D The funky golden Dwarven armour wearing person is my companion (slave) and the fire creature is my summoned guardian.

The cool and different thing about this game is that you can pause in the middle of all battles, to pot up, change items or whatsoever. Not sure if other RPGs are like that but this is new to me since no MMORPGs have pause buttons. So yeah, if you have lots and lots of pots you won't actually die. It's not too hard but some dragons are a lil more challenging when they're flying around everywhere.

Zat is all for now. All I really want right now is a good and affordable place to live in next year. 


Nearly there!

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 Another chapter of my life's coming to an end. Yarra river's pretty at sunset. :)

Tomorrow my first year of uni ends. :) 

今、日本語の勉強にもどるつもりだ。明日、テストの後、CODをしようと思う。じゃあね～

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