Saturday, March 01, 2008
Mysteries Solved, Unsolved
I now know why I blog more in Australia, and neglect it anywhere else. Have I ever mentioned how slow life here is??? If Australia were a person I would grab it her by the shoulders and give her a good, long shake. Oh, and gift her a pair of good earphones, attached to an iPod with neverending songs. Cuz it's just so bloody quiet out here in the suburbs, I can totally envision a horror movie being shot here, with no one being able to hear you scream. Can't wait til uni starts next week. I'm not looking forward to the work, mind you. I'm just looking forward to the fact that I'll have something to do, somewhere to go, people to see. Right now I'm just stewing like a pot of laksa at home and being envious of other people going to work and being able to meet friends every day. HAHA. I was just reading Hy's blog, and I'm so jealous of her $1.27 bus fare. Here? The best you can hope for is a $2.60 city saver, and that's only enough to last you one trip, through the city only. -_____-||| Right now my monthly ticket costs $104, up from $98 the last time I bought one. If inflation were a person I would stick an umbrella up its arse and open it. >.>
Aside from money woes and nothing-to-do-so-bloody-boring woes, I know I'll be wishing for some peace during semester, haha! I have no doubt that the moment I set off for uni on Monday, the essays will come flooding in, the readings will bog me down and the early morning calls will tire me flat. Oh well. Being tired is much better than being bored. At least when you're tired, you can sleep.
Shopping online is the most unbelieveable fun. It's just that the guilt that comes after feels horrible, haha. Oh well, there goes my ang pao money. The next time I go on a shopping spree, it will be with my pay. I just have to get off my ass and get my working visa soon. If not I'll lose my drive altogether. And in the end NOT get a job. But I have to get a job if I wanna go exploring around Sydney this July holiday. At least, whatever job I get, I know that the pay's good. ^^ Let me see if I can recount what I did for the past few days.
Tuesday I arrived, very astonished at the cool weather here. Was expecting it to be blisteringly hot. Glad I didn't have to carry my jacket then. I met this girl called Eunice, who took the same flight with me. She's a 2nd year doing political science, seemed very nice. I wanted to get her hp number to keep in contact, but we parted at the declarations area, darn. Oh well. Maybe I'll meet her on campus. Got picked up by my aunt, and then when we got home I slept for the next 8 hours, to my delight. I like sleeping for long periods. It's so very relaxing and stress-free. Plus I get to meet all the shuaiges in my dreams. Ok lah, who am I kidding, there aren't any shuaiges in my dreams, my subconscious mind is not so kind. I get weird stuff I forget in the morning.
Anyway, it was around this time after waking that I read my friends' notes and watched the short movie clip. It really uplifted me, seeing as how I was really missing my family and home sweet home already. For some reason, this year's homesickness was worst than last year's. I think I cried for a few days, until I sorta got over it. Must be all this idle activity. I'm not doing anything, so I think too much. I must remember to leave my thinking for work instead, for studies. LOL.
On Thursday I went out with Jess to catch the movie Jumper. It was quite ok la, if not for a cliche plot. I'd really really like his power. Paris, Egypt, Japan and Shanghai in a day? I wanna do that too! XD He got to stand on a sphinx's head, haha. Probably one of a handful in the whole world who got to do that la. I was already feeling a little sick by then. I think it's my body transitioning from S'pore to Melbourne weather, cuz I feel fine now. I mean, from 28 max to 18 max is a big temperature jump. Had to re-adjust and remember what sort of clothing to wear for this weather, O_o
Jess says she likes four seasons. The only reason I like winter is cuz I get to disguise my arm fats by wearing long sleeves. Don't deny and try to make me feel better, I KNOW I have arm fats. Just like I know I'm not obese but say I am. Anyway, the issue of weight and fats is insignificant in my life right now. What is significant in my life now is that thick uber-scary-looking tome on my bed called Contracts: Cases and Materials. More intimidating than my Torts book. I tried reading a random page and nearly gave myself a heart attack. Maybe, postmortem, I'll still be holding that book in my hands, my mouth open in a silent scream.
GOSH, I don't even watch horror movies, where is all this horrid imagery coming from? I keep diverting from my topic. Oh, so on the day I watched Jumper, we ate zha jiang mian at our reliable and cheap shanghai dumpling store. I really really felt like eating zha jiang mian cuz I kept seeing people eat them in Witch Yoo Hee and Coffee Prince. AAARRRGGGHHH. I really really love noodles in gooey sauce.
The next day, aka Friday, I felt even worse. Sicker than usual. Plus I HAD to get out of bed to go to the city, cuz that was the last day I could collect my Law materials from the darn office. So, amazingly enough, I managed to drag myself out of bed, onto the bus and I made it to the Law building without collapsing on the floor twitching. Imagine my dismay when the lady hefted this monster stack of papers when I told her this semester's subjects. Was I surprised? HAHA, not in the least. Was I disappointed? Yes, quite. Did I expect it? Yes I did. Hey, it won't kill me to do some wishful thinking right.
At least this time, only one subject needs a textbook. The other relies on notes only, HUHUHU.
Now if only my classes are filled with shuaiges. FAT CHANCE MAN. I miss the multitudes of good-looking guys in S'pore. Oh well. Depriving myself of eye candy is another way to a slim figure. Figuratively, I mean. OMGAH what am I talking about? This is the typing equivalent of mumbling. I wonder how many words a person can type before he dies. If he was a secretary, he'd probably type alot more than, say, a toilet cleaner. And every time I think toilet cleaner, I think of Lionel being mean and tricking me into thinking that he took a part time job at Newton Circus as a toilet cleaner. BAH. I'm so naive. Why are people constantly taking advantage of meeeee!!!
I feel bad about blogging too. Cuz when you blog, all one is doing is talking about oneself. When, really, one should be living for the sake of others, cuz other people matter the most.
The last thing that the founder of the Red Cross organisation said to the volunteers in his final letter before he died was this:
OTHERS.
OTHERS.I think now that the world only seems small because most times, we think only of ourselves. Unhappiness seems to always stem from us wanting to satisfy our selfish desires, yet we are reluctant to embrace true happiness by putting others first. Love begets love. I am blessed to be a blessing. :) I hope and pray that I will be just that, a blessing to those around me. I hope that my life will be a gift to others, and especially to my family. Yet I know that I still have my selfish ways, so I can only try harder, to mature faster, and to love others more than I love myself. Talk is cheap, haha, and I may take a lifetime to achieve this, but with God's help and guidance, I want to at least try, even if I have zero confidence in myself, to be a candle to others. Weird thing is, before I can learn to love others, I have to start loving myself first. GANBATTE!
...is what I said. Savvy?
11:48 pm
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