What I Like About Brisbane

There are things in Brisbane that I can never find in Singapore.

Let alone the weather....Actually, there is only 2 seasons in Brisbane. Summer or Winter. It is either very sunny (hot) or very cloudy (cold). Even though there is 4 seasons (so-called), the transition is rather drastic, that you wouldn't know if it is spring or summer. But still it is better than the forever summer Singapore.

Bus driver. Most of the bus drivers in Brisbane are friendly. They are very helpful. They would find you the right bus to get you to your destination. When you hopped onto the bus, they greet you. This is what I do here, but not in Singapore. I yelled "Thank you" whenever I alight the bus. I really think they provide excellent service here.

Greetings. The interactions between people here are "warmer". There is always "hello, how are you?". But not in Singapore obviously. In Singapore, if you get a smile, called yourself LUCKY.

It is almost the season for lilac trees. In Spring, the streets of Brisbane will be decorated with the lilac colour trees. Beautiful. Although we can see yellow trees in Singapore, they doesn't seem to blossom as lovely as these lilac colour trees do.

There is a saying "Foreign moon is rounder". I got to agree with that. It must be the latitude or altitude difference. The moon appears to be bigger, rounder and brighter here.

Cockroaches. I cross my fingers on this. But it has been 7 months here in Brisbane, I haven't seen any cockroaches. And I still cross my fingers on this. Nope I don't want to see any!

There seems to be alot of wonderful things in Brisbane. I still look forward to my pig sty in Singapore. Brisbane is still a foreign grounds after all. And I think 2 years in Brisbane is enough for me to experience life outside Singapore.

And I do miss mee pok and fishball in Singapore alot!

Cheers
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Term Break Sem 2 '05

Over the last 2 days, I was out of Brisbane, travelling with a bunch of Singaporeans and Malaysians. We were trying to catch glimpses of dolphins and whales.

The conclusion of the trip is "NO MORE NEXT TIME WITH ONE OF THE GUYS!" He is condemned by me. He can't dress, stingy (TO THE EXTREME!), speak out loud, mountain turtle-alike... The description list can just go on.

So why I asked him to join us? Because generally Singaporean aren't spontaneous, I have to let him join in in order to form a big group for the discounts.

LATE! That was one big issue! I would have to say most Singaporeans (including myself) have bad management of time. Always late. But I wasn't late for the last two days. Can't let the rest of the tour group to wait for us, isn't it? I bet this never come across their brains. They were late. HALF AN HOUR LATE. Embarassed me! (I was the contact person for the group of 11). That was day number 1. I thought they should learn the mistake. Yet, on day number 2, they set off LATE again to Goldcoast. VERY LATE!!!

Arggghhh... Can't tahan....

And "made in Australia" ain't that fantastic afterall. My shades cracked and chipped off on first use.

AWESOME~

Cheers
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Michael Buble Sang It For Me

Mark this day on your calender.

The long awaiting day shall be here in exactly 10 weeks time!

22nd November 2005. SQ236 departing Brissie at 1500hr and arriving Singapore at 2050hr. That is my flight detail. YES! I WILL BE HOME SOON.

Although Singapore got lousy weather, I still miss home. I miss those I love (family and friends), I miss my fishball and mee pok. And it is getting too "poor" here! hahaha

Countdown begins.

yeah hey~

** If you don't get what the title means, check out Michael's Buble's latest album. HOME depicts it all!

Cheers
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Warning

2.47 a.m.

I experienced a slight stroke! The intense furiosity caused it. What happened? The same old story to Dorothy. But believe me, this is getting far too much.

I am thoroughly stunned to receive emails of work that assigned to my group members. Before receiving these emails, I have spoonfed them with informations and one past year assignment. What I received back is copy and paste work and they claimed to be theirs. I might as well do the copy and paste myself. What is the point of me feeding you the informations?

Getting too pissed off at 2.30 a.m., I sent out 85% of the report (of which 80% of this report is done ORIGINALLY by me). In the email, I wrote this

"There is a point that I would like to assert. I can accept submitting the report late if the quality of the report is good. But I can not accept copy and paste report, not even putting an effort to rephrase it."

It is not only one member who did the copy and paste. PISSED ME OFF TO THE EXTREME. That is it. NO MORE NEXT TIME TO WORK WITH THESE BUNCH OF PURE IDIOTS.

17th September 2005 was too HAPPENING. In the day, there was weather warning of strong winds and fire. And then comes the stroke! EXCELLENT! BRILLIANT! HOW LOVELY.

ninaohia
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Anti-social

I am labelled Anti-social here.

Not that I want to be anti-social. Who would not want to hang around and enjoy themselves with friends? Dinning out after a week of assignments and quizes. But I just can't afford to. I barely make it to provide the necessories.

I was being invited to dine out at some Mongolian BBQ. But I got to decline it. Because I am left with 20 dollars to live through the remaining of the month. And I still have a phone bill to pay which I am not sure where am I going to fork out the money from as yet.

It just turned my heart cold. I was on MSN with my eldest sister who asked if I am going out on saturday night. I told her I got invited for dinner, but I don't have the money. Instead of offering help, she told me what she had today and later for dinner. She just don't offer any help and since I am here, she never asked if I got enough to spend.

I lead pretty miserable life here. Penniless most of the days.

And I do hope I can enjoy my life here. I tried to make it possible without spending money. It is getting very hard lately.

It might be a good training periods for me to be thrifty. This is getting too hard for me. The roughest days of my life.

I really feel miserable.

Going home. Actually I look forward to go home, partially for my family and friends, but mostly, it is because I want to escape from the poverty here.

sigh
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Quiz

I wonder how my brain work. Why the solution always come late? Why is my brain functioning so well when I am in toilet? Particularly when I am brushing my teeth? Is toilet so conducive to me? Maybe I should just study in toilet.

"Space station is 6700km away from centre of gravity of Earth. Airplane is 6350 km away from centre of gravity of Earth. Why is an object weightless in space station and not in air craft?"

This is one of the question on the quiz today. And the solution came to me only when I was back home! TOO LATE...

"Because in space station, vacuum environment, there is no air that causes skin drag and form drags. Thus, there is no gravity to balance off. Gravity is in the function of weight. Since there is no gravity, there is no weight (weightless). However, in air craft, there is skin drag and form drags. Air craft will experience gravity force and, therefore, there is weight!"

If I can take my exam in toilet, I would score well! ahahhaha... provided no one shit when I am around.

SIGH~ "USE YOUR BLAIN, USE YOUR BLAIN"

Please pray for me. Pray that I get 80% and above for this quiz.

God bless me!

cheers
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