life in AUSTRALIA(untill now)

Edison Road

the house

my living room
my room


well.. i have not been updating my blog regularly.. i think its obvious.. so i shall just give a summary of the things that have been going on here.

the things i hate about this place:

1. its just freaking damn hot!! dry and hot. and the university campus is big. don't get me wrong. the campus ground is huge. the buildings are not so big. its just that the buildings are far apart. and the uni is in a knoll or some sort. i have to hike up the slope every day. its actually not so bad.(i have found a short cut) but the weather is still torturous.

2. its just too slow and quite. i like the laid back lifestyle here. its a bit more refreshing than the rat race we have back home, but the problem is everything is get done really slow here. to open an account in a bank and to get a ATM card will take more than a week here. it has been two weeks since i have been here. i was accepted for the course with credit exemption months ago. but till yesterday i was not able to enroll in my modules as the system did not recognise me as an Yr two student. i was chasing after them for so long. but the system is so "complex" that it took a while for them to figure out what's wrong. after much walking to building to building... it was sort of settled.

School is officially going to start on 2nd march, Monday. and i still need to be enrolled in two more modules. haiz. they seem fine with it. i am not fully enrolled so i wont get my student ID card. no student ID card means that i have to pay adult fare in the buses which is $4.20. no student ID also means that i cant apply for my health insurance card thingy which is compulsory. haiz. it seems that even though i came quite early, i still have to rush things next week.

3. The other thing that i dont like about this place is the bus service. the bus timetable is not easy to understand. even with the timetable, you would have to wait an average time of half hour. it was a lot frustrating in the beginning. but i am finally giving in and realizing that i just have to get used to it. the time table IS useful, cos the bus timings and operating hours are weird. without the timetable, i might be waiting for a bus which won't be coming. haha.

well... after all that complaining, i probably should tell u guys about the 'fun stuff' i did.


okie. i went to watch slumdog on Thursday. i was actually very moody that day as i was having no luck with the enrollment issues. but i already made plans with people. so i just carried on. it was a good movie. i didnt know that it would be sad. haha. i paid $16 for that movie as i didnt have my student ID, while my frens paid $13. but it was still worth it as that was probably the first thing i did for entertainment in Adelaide. haha.. Wei-Xiang and ben if you have not watched the movie yet you guys probably should. haha..

Every friday there is OCF(overseas Christan fellowship) gathering. you dont actually have to be a Christan to go for their gathering as these gathering are social events and not religious events. my housemate timothy and martus are both Christians. they go for these outing. last week they asked me along, but i didnt feel very comfortable. this week however, the gathering was held in one of the university accommodation and all the frens i made during the orientation was going to go. so i went along.

they prefer me shorter


there were a lot of ppl. ppl whom have known me for long should know that i dont like crowded places. it gives me headache. haha.. it was a bit overwhelming for me, but i slow talked to them. a group at a time.LOL. well, that was the motive of that gathering; to get to know ppl. after that my housemates went to play pool at the uni housing game room. i went along and played the table soccer thingy (fooseball). after that we went to MacDonald's and stayed there till 12.30am. well the '24hr' mac here closes at 12.30am i think.. haha.. well thats all for friday.

today.. slept till 11.30am.. then went for grocery shopping... i also bought a printer.. printing in sch is expensive.. haha.. come back home then realise that they didnt provide computer to printer USB cable.

Tomorrow i am going to Cleavland park. dont know wats that.. i jsut signed up for it cos. if not thru such activities .. i probably wouldnt SEE Australia much...