First bit of time for Reflections

I haven’t really had much time to relax or read the past few days, let alone sit down n take time to ponder over life and its meaning (my fav hobby…)

well this morning when I woke up I was juz clearing the mess off my floor and came across several sheets from the past few Sundays’ church order of service. mm… so I paged through them and read thru the hymns… we’ve been singing alot of my fav hymns these few times!! hehe… and then, as I looked at them I started to reflect on the meaning of the words- something I don’t really get to do when I hv to sing it in church. oh so beautiful!!! :)

“what a friend we have in Jesus…” :)

WE are so blessed.

okay. gotta write my lab report now!! still so clueless as to what’s going on!!!!! I’m so dead all over AGAIN!!!!

but then again I guess I deserve it for not paying attention in stats lects AND 2061 lects.. AND every other lect. omg. and for going out yesterday when I still had unfinished work AND unfinished job asg (merchandising) that has to be finished by next tues.

X.X

ANZ

Happy Anzac Day!

it rains every Anzac day… I remember it did too last year cuz I went to the zoo and witnessed all the animals scurrying for cover. as a result I had a really enjoyable time admiring the plants at the zoo and eating at the cafeteria there.

well since I’m neither Ausssie nor Kiwi I have absolutely no connection to Anzac day… so I’ll be spending todya starting on my lab report and sleeping and going out with my caregroup. ha ha!

am eating cornflakes now…

AHHH

3 big assignments in! a couple more to go! then I can get proper sleep!

7 hrs in 3 days! public holiday tmr! I can sleep tonite!

fat day today! 2 krispy kreme donuts (I MISS MISTER DONUT!), LARGE maccas value meal, LARGE sundae, apple pie, crumpets, 1 healthy banana. I’m fat!

Japanese interaction test! FAIL (or I’m sure I did)! sensei (In Jap) “what kind of souvenir from Singapore should I buy for my parents?” me: “eto… … … (20 seconds) … … soft toy…?”

OMG. Japanese incoherence.

English incoherence now too!

goodnite!

marmalade tabetai

I’m having a really strange craving for marmalade now. as if I’m just longing to have the taste of marmalade on my tongue!

anyway, I’m feeling 80% better than I was yesterday! tried making an appt to see the doc, but pathetic as the uni is, the doctor’s fully booked till TUESDAY. O.O as if I’d know in advance when I was gonna fall sick. ridiculous. well, I received healing from GOD and that’s enough… plus I slept lots and lots-

sleep. it’s the most natural and effective healing you can get. sleep allows your body to naturally repair itself. I witnessed this first-hand when my dad had his accident almost 3 years ago now. my dad’s one of the smartest guys on this planet :) in the 5days that he was in hospital I personally saw God’s beautiful miracle unfold before my very eyes… my dad’s recovery was so unbelievably and superbly speedy! even the doctors and his faculty’s dean couldn’t believe it. and why did he make such a quick recovery? well, he slept almost 24/7 of the time that he was in hospital.

so now you know, if you’re sick (and esp if you don’t have access to a doctor), sleep. alot.

I had an interesting tutorial today. we played cards as part of a tutorial ‘exercise’. LOL. it was a nonverbal thing and apparently the class was supposed to be in a state of havoc by the end of it. HOWEVER, the tutor’s plan backfired because we were all too ‘compromising’… okay the whole idea of the exercise is hard to explain so I’ll just leave it at that.

right now I’m just looking forward to breakfast tomorrow so that I can eat crumpets with marmalade.

falling sick :(

I can feel the imminent onset of a FEVER!! okay, I could. but now I feel much better after taking a nap, eating porridge + vegetables + chickpeas, an orange (tons of vitamin C!), and strepsils kindly provided by my housemate :) I hope my head doesn’t fire up again because the weekend is coming and I would like to be well enough to finish up all my assignments which are due next week! x.X

Jap class today was super fun! we had Japanese visitors come so we could interact with them. well, the girl I met is studying hairdressing in TAFE right now, she’s pretty funky! I made sure I grabbed her before others did.. hehe. I also learnt alot of new words and expressions, and realised I actually knew enough Japanese to be able to sustain a decent conversation in Jap ^-^ ですから、とてもうれしかった！(so I’m really happy)

and many thanks to niza whom I ‘met’ at choon’s gossip blog! :D I enjoyed the first episode of One Pound Gospel very much! but for now, I shall have to leave it at that since I have alot of work to finish up first. yesterday I allowed myself to watch it on the pretext that I was ‘preparing’ for today’s Japanese visitor session ;) I didn’t actually know that it was a drama series. I thought it was a movie! now… what have I gotten myself into?? :S

FAT FRIDAYS

OMG I ATE SO MUCH AGAIN!!

Fridays are now officially my fat days! I’m so back on the fat track .. I’m thinking (omg, “I’m thinking” is so Indian English) it’s also partially because winter is nearing.

abstinence is key.

today I succumbed to the alluring hot food in the matthews canteen again. I hate it that I have my class there so I have to walk through the cantten to get there. lol. I ate naan and a spinach and cheese pide. hum… then because I’d eaten so much and hadn’t brought my honey laptop with me, I decided to walk home and hence had to drive to caregroup in the evening…

anyway I have to stop spending so much on food esp eating out/succumbing to my cravings! because 1) I will get really fat since I’m so ill-disciplined in all aspects possible and 2) I am going broke soon I need to work more to earn it all back..

I feel so incoherent now probably because I overate (caregroup is now associated with fellowship which is associated eating) ..

or maybe it’s just late and my brain juices are getting mixed up with the fruit juices in my stomach.

I feel like reading Asterix and Obelix all of a suddne, such fond memories from my childhood! I still love Obelix but I really dono’t intend to take after his appetite and shape ..

what makes a music piece good?

quick thought for the day-

good music is only good music when it is able to bring out the mood or emotion that it is supposed to convey…

I was just listening to some background music (while studying, which I’m still in the midst of doing) and realised that the above applied to how I was first attracted to the compositions that I listen to, and why I only listen to specific music at specific times of the day. or why I listen to different pieces to suit a particular mood.

just a random thought.

3 years on…

I just remembered… today marks 3 years from the day I left for happyland- 名古屋、愛知県、日本。 I really miss the place, the good times, my family… the takoyaki, the okonomiyaki, the udon… Mitsukoshi, Matsuzakaya, Daiei… Mao Asada, Miki Ando, Midori Ito… Fukudome, Ibata, the chunichi doragonz… Hoshigaoka, Nagoyako, Sakae… I’m definitely gonna go back one day…

ところで、

it’s raining men now. which brings me to think…

have I never stopped whining about how much I hate Sydney? well, the list of things can just go on and on. but,

have I ever mentioned when I actually enjoy Sydney?

答えは: when it rains here! I love it so much when it rains. there’s this absolutely cosy and comfortable feeling, and ironically, when I think about the rainy (literally) days here, it actually highlights the best times I’ve experienced amongst the rainy (figuratively) days I’ve been through here. perhaps it’s so also because those were the days when I was just weeks or days away from flying home, when things seemed so bright and happy, and I was able to view everything in an optimistic manner. it’s something I can’t explain. last June, last November. some of the best times and best memories I’ve had while here.

and it’s raining now, but it’s only April, and I’d have only been here for a month as of tomorrow. it’s too soon. rain rain go away, please don’t stain my rasa’s precious scant memories of the good times. :(

(and yet, I want the rain to stay)

to market to buy a fat pig…

okay not really… I just went to work today, after such a long time. I’m so terribly unfit… my legs are aching. if I was home in singsing, I’d prob be off for a foot massage with my recently-extremely-enthusiastic-over-foot-massages parents. anyway, work wasn’t so bad… some of the staff were unfriendly at first, but the afternoon shift people were much nicer and more fun to work with. plus, I got a rare treat of an unhealthy meal- potato wedges, chips, egg, yoghurt, salad and a good tomato. ha ha and to top it all off, I earned approx. $120 aussie to boot..

I’m trying to make the figures in my bank account increase, not decrease. I’m on a REAL budget. saving up for Illinois too.

the royal prince alfred hospital is kinda cool. it looks so.. royal. from the outside. and yet, inside, it’s so modern! and when I see all the surgeons and doctors I feel so inspired. I wish I was a more sciency person. there are about 2-3 occupations I’m extremely sure I’d have done if I had excelled the least bit in science stuff.

1) doctor, yeah! save lives! but very unfortunately, I’d prob have to be the one to be saved once I sight blood…

2) a dentist! ha ha, courtesy of my grand-uncle who’s so enthusiastic about his job… he brings me through every single detail when he’s working on my teeth, and that’s what got me interested. anyway, I’ve always been somewhat over-obsessed with my teeth. God-forbid I brag, but I’ve got one of the whitest sets of teeth on this planet. (too bad I’ve got that Japanese-style twisted canine-which I do intend to keep-which makes my smile far from perfect).

3) antarctica scientist- studying penguin flight/or iceberg movement… because I have this bizarre fascination with antarctica, a place which I absolutely ADORE despite never having been there. I often have this fantasy that I was born there…

well, currently I’m nowhere on track to any of the above. I’m gonna be a language specialist. yes, that’s what I’ve chosen for myself. or what God has chosen for me. I’m still waiting and curious as to what He’s gonna use me for…