dinner with poly frens

this sunday, i managed to meet up with some of my poly friends for dinner. it was a last minute thing and initially only eliz was able to make it. in the end quit a few of them made time to meet up with me. thanks gals and guy( must be pam's intimidating messaging style haha..)

so there was pam, eliz, vivyan, peiwen and vincent..
we ate Japanese food as eliz felt like eating jap food, but in the end we ate more authentic Japanese food her. haha.. she ate Japanese curry.

(check out the pics at pam's facebook)

after our dinner we got ourselves dessert at bakerzin.

i am glad that i managed to meet up with them before i fly off. keep in touch k.
hey eliz, thanks for the magnet!!!

CHALLENGE - a leader is one who dares to take the first step, while others hesitate.

ubin trip

Last Friday I went to ubin with my close friends. It was an interesting experience. Well we had known each other for around 10 years or so. We have been to many chalets, bbqs, countless movie and dinner outings and numerous “chill = out” sessions where we would just talk.. and talk.. and talk… well you get the drift. This was the first time we went camping together. All of us have completed our national service. Among the four of us, only imran and I have any outfield experience. Ariff was in police force and elmi was in admin side. Even though our camping trip is not comparable to NS outfield, it was still something different.

For some reason, ariff was really looking forward to It, and was pretty excited when we were doing our shopping. I really wanted an authentic out-field experience, so l brought solid fuels and all. Haha. But in the end we used mini portable stove. imran brought. We met at 12.30pm at changi and after some last minute buys we were off to ubin

Our plan was simple, we would camp out and chill the first day, and then we would go cycling and explore the other parts of ubin the next day.

Once there, we made our way to Nordin beach. I wanted a secluded place, so we bashed deeper along the beach and found a secluded camp site. During high tide, the only way to reach the place was thru bashing. (it made me pretty happy, as it means no disturbance)

We unpacked and settled down. Ariff and imran prepared for fishing.

Elmi and I went around looking for fire wood. After that we cooked our lunch/dinner.. We realised that we brought too much food for one day. As we planned to clear our entire ration by the next day so that we could lighten our load for tomorrow bike ride.

We actually ate a lot. Haha.. I went to explore the surrounding area, was pretty relaxing, then we set the groundsheet by the beach and lay down, waiting for fish to bite ..And snacking, playing cards.

As day light fade away we realised that we don’t have enough firewood…so ariff and I quickly went around finding as many branches we can find.

I started on the campfire while imran was seriously fishing(caught 3 fishes, a crab and a starfish) took a long time for the fire to get going, pretty much all the wood we collect were damp. Luckily I had solid fuel to rely on. Hhaa.. Once we got the fire going.. We were roasting marshmallow.. haha.. Then cooked the fish imm and ariff caught, and then the crab..

That was pretty much it for the day..
We just lay down and talked, then slept.

Our dear friend ariff have problem sleeping at night. Initially he was sleeping beside the shelter, followed by elmi, imran and me. In the middle of the night, he woke up and squeezed in-between imran and I. in the morning he told us that he was not very ‘comfortable’ sleeping at the side anymore. Haha..

Anyway, in the morning we had to clear a lot of food. Imran was our chef. He cooked for us hotdogs, tuna, eggs and his version of smores. (Toasted bread with nutella and softened marshmallow- which was cooked in butter- yum yum)

It wasn’t healthy, but hey that was the last meal in ubin for us.

After packing up, we made our way to the jetty and rent bicycles. We wanted a good one, so we took a while to choose. Then we made way to chek jawa. It wasn’t easy riding up the slope, especially when some slopes were 45 degree. Imran’s bike had problem. The chain kept coming out. He was so pissed. Haha… we eventually we made it to the top.

Check out our ‘shaag..faces’

We were on foot in chek java. We dozed off at one place, walked around the trail (where elmi had his little accident) and climbed the tower to get a birds eye view of the whole place.

After chek java, it was just cycling.. Cycling and cycling. It was so much fun. We just cycled around the whole place.( Then, my gear wire broke and had to change my bicycle. ) we stopped at some places to snap away. Then we tried out the mountain biking trail. It was a lot harder and a lot of fun. If only it was the first think in our agenda we would have had a lot more energy to ride.( some slopes were just too tough and we just pushed our bike.) Later, at about 6pm we made our way to the jetty with sore limbs and very sore butts, but we (not sure about ariff though.) would definitely wanna do that again.

(imm doing a ' matt parkman' haha)

After washing up, we left the place, we had to go back to the reality and start worrying about the every day issues that we managed to escape for two days. Hope we can do it again in November.

finding accommodation

I would be in Adelaide on the 14th feb, 9.10 am. yah.. i know.. i would be all alone on valentine's day/Friendship day, ppl you Don't have to remind me.. haha i don't have someone 'special' to spend the day with so it doesn't matter that much.

okie.. now to the matter of accommodation. i wanted to stay in university hall, since it would be more safer, nearer to the the university and meals provided. i thought it would be the best place, at least until i get to know my surroundings well. The application had deadline( which i was not aware of) i applied on the 2nd or 3rd November. the website said that late application would be entertained later.( duh). sop i waited. they sent me a email stating that they received my application and the status of my application would be seen in the status page. the email contained the link to the page. for a week the link worked. after that they page went missing. one week later the page was still missing, so i emailed them telling them about the problem. two weeks later, still nothing.

so.. i changed my mindset and got prepared to life an independent life. i started scouting for possible landlords and rooms. There were a lot of listings, but not many replied. i really don't know why. i might have sent over 15 emails only 3 replied. of the three, one landlord said that she cant wait till i come over as her room was already available. another one said that she cant say anything until see sees me personally. only one sort of accepted my request and started to provide details. i was grateful, but there were drawbacks. the location was quite far from university. it might take more than 30 minutes to reach the uni. and the rent didn't include Internet fee. well anyway, i had no other choice. so .. i sort of reserved the room.

on 24th jan there was a seminar organized by idp, while i was there i met some other fellow Singaporeans whom would be going to flinders too. two of the guys there asked me whether i
like to find accommodation together. it sounded like a good idea so i agreed. one of the guy went off to Adelaide earlier thus he was able to really check out the place.

last Friday, i received email from the university hall saying that i have been accepted into the university hall. haha.. after waiting for so long i was accepted.

the housing found by the my friend seemed like a much better deal than the university hall.. so i am gonna go with that.. hmmm... but the scary part is.. even though its confirmed.. the place is not 100% secured


(woah.. this is such a boring post.. hehe..)

its a blurrrr...

As the day(10th feb to 14th feb) draws nearer and nearer.. there just seem to be too many things to do!!! its stressful.

here's a list of things i have to do:

1. book the damn flight ticket!!!( every one is asking when is the actual date, i wish i knew)
2. need to sign up for some arrival services provided by the uni.
3. need to let my landlord know when i am arriving in Australia.
4. need to enroll and register for my modules( its really a big pain in the neck. really
wish that the so called guides provided can actually help me instead of confusing me further.!!)
5. do the health coverage thingy.( again, another confusing one)
6. i am also supposed to refresh my poly knowledge( since i am going straight to second year, i better do this or drown all alone in aussie)


luckily i managed to settle exit permit( the easiest of all- the ns portal is very fast and efficient, no kidding)

i also sort of managed to settle my accommodation. its not the best place available, but hey at least i don't need to pitch a tent somewhere.

in the midst of all these things, i also have things that i WANT to do.
1. spend time with all my friends
2. spend time with all my friends
3. spend time with all my friends!!!

i seem to have a lot of things i want to do before i fly off. haiz.

oh yah.. another big headache is my DRIVING LESSONS. lets face the fact, i am a lousy driver, seriously 20 plus lessons already and i still suck(big time). hmmm.. i will just try my best. till i get my liscence. haha.

noob post

hmm.. my first blog post... well i am noob blogger, the main reason i have created this blog is to keep in touch with you. yes you. i am gonna go to australia for my degree next month(feb) so i just want you to know whats happening in my life and all. i feel that it would be the easiest way to keep in touch and know whats happening in each others life. so yah.. pls do feel free to leave you comments.. and keep in touch k.