Violin

At least I did something which I think useful today. I had applied for a job, awaiting for reply and I had decided to continue my violin lesson! Well, I used to learn violin but it was long time ago and I don't think I can learn it by myself for the time being. So.. I've got many violins teacher's contact on hand now, just waiting for the right time to call them up.

I don't know.. I always wanted to do something great with my violin but I just don't know how and why there are so many obstacles while I'm trying to achieve. The thought of picking up my violin and do something about it hit me this afternoon. All the passion has came back. I remember when I was primary school, I started violin and then I stopped. I couldn't remember why I stopped and then my mum sold the violin off after I refused to learn over and over again. I continued again during college time for half a year. I stopped again because I was going to Melbourne to further my studies. I brought it there but I neglected it for almost 1 year. My parents took it back home during their visit here. The violin stayed in the store room since that time. I took it out this time when I went back for Chinese New Year and it stayed in my room then. Now I really miss that thing... The reason I took it out of the store room was because I think I owe the violin a chance to be a violin. Why can't the blardee owner play a nice song with it? Sigh..

Nvm.. Here I am this time to compensate for neglecting it over the years! I will make you the greatest violin!

Mr. J

End of daylight saving today.. The first thing I did when I got up at 12pm was to call Mandy! Forgot that I was supposed to meet her up. Luckily she went out.. Haha.. I went to Safeway again to replenish my empty fridge. I've waited for almost half an hour in the queue! holly crap!

Let's turn the clock back for a while. I wasn't feeling very happy today after the lunch in King's. Wanted to catch a movie at Hoyts and why let me bumped into Mr.J outside the cinema? I was pretty sure it was him and the funniest thing was he saw me and pretended that he doesn't know me. I even saw Ms.C is waiting for him ahead. Over the years in Melbourne, I had never bumped into him before. Until recently I bumped into his friends and I walked away after saying hi to his friends eventhough I know he was there. Maybe that was the reason he did that.

I wonder why do I feel unhappy and disturbed? Why I'm still trying to avoid not seeing him after so long? Just before I stepped out of the house, I had a strong feeling I'll see him. I wanted him to see me with someone else, happily. I want him to know he made a wrong decision. I know I shouldn't be feeling that way but I don't know.. That justify why I was born a Scorpion. This chapter of my life has ended for sure ages ago but now, I had to learn to forgive, I can't forget because memories are part of me.

Didn't tell Dan about this as I didn't want him to get jealous. I know he will. And I don't see any point of telling things about my past. I'm very happy with everything now. I'm not stupid enough to ruin it this way. Anyway, let's hope we will be nice enough to say hi and have the guts to face each other the next time we meet. We're still friends!

Quote of the day: I love my past, I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had and I'm not sad because I have it no longer...

Happy Easter

Again, happy easter everyone! Easter was no fun at all to me besides public holiday. Most of the shops were still closed, gosh! Me being smart thought they would reopen after good friday, so I went out for groceries. And sad case safeway was closed! Maybe they closed after 5pm or what, I was too late!

With my mood running down the hill, I decided to hop in any restaurant in chinatown for an early dinner. Again, I wasn't really enjoying myself with the food there. A chinese-owned Japanese restaurant, how authentic could it be? I took away half the portion of the bento box instead!

I head home straight away to sleep then. Woke up after an hour feeling so much better and started blogging.. Hehe..

Good Friday!

All shops were close today except Wing Cheong the grocery place and some restaurant in Chinatown. Thought holidays was the best time to go out, but haha.. The whole QV was closed too! Basically there wasn't much that I can do besides walking around! Went home and got online since then. Had a chat with my younger bro, reading friend's blog, download songs and that was it. Well, not too bad, a very relaxing day.

For now, I gotta wash off the mask on my face! Today was cold and the weather sorta dehydrated my face. Ciaoz..

Addicted

I've been downloading ringtones, themes, application and games for my phone these 2 days. Somehow I prefer things to be perfect and I don't mind if it took me much longer time to achieve that. After hours of searching, I finally found many that I considered perfect. My collection now would be complete with all the nice things I found.

There was this game called "Block Breaker" which I got adddicted to! I was staring at my phone for 3 hours just to play that game. And I totally forgot it was way past my dinner time. I was a little gastric when I realised it was 11pm. It was just like any other block breaker game, but the difference was you have to go through 10 levels. You get paid each level and if you win the one after 10th, you can go to another new place which is locked at the very beginning. New place will be unlocked for you to discover etc etc...

Haha.. Never expect I would be like that. Now I really understand how those crazy game people feel. I'm a not game person but thought it would be great if I can get through the levels. It was pretty scary to get dizzy after hours infront of a mobile phone. Well I might delete it later. Now I gotta go zzzz...

Done!

Got a call from the immigration this morning. So I went and get the blardee visa label. FINALLY! Well, I was happy in a way.. haha.. Then wander around the city and went to Myer's Biotherm counter. Lately I found that Biotherm product are very good. Bought a whitening essence and toner. I can spent so much on skincare and I'm stingy over other things..

Sleepless

My ear irritation still causing me sleepless nights. I got no idea what the hell went wrong, but it was itchy! I would rate my mood as 9 out of 10, which is peaking the eruption level.

Visa

Had an appointment with the immigration at 12.30 today. They made me waited for half an hour eventhough I had an appointment. How not efficient huh? It took them another half an hour to sort out what went wrong with my student visa application. I just couldn't figure out how these people think. It was so simply and yet they worsen it. Apparently the problem that I wasn't granted a visa in time was because I finished my degree and then went to took another diploma. I was told that they looked for career development when a visa is deciding. And now that I had changed education provider, they assumed that I am re-doing my course! How insane could that be? After I justify that I wasn't re-doing it, then she said I changed my mind from time to time by doing IT to Sound Engineering then now to Technical Production!

I almost raised my voice in front of her when she mentioned that. The course name is different but I am studying the same thing. I even told her she can call them up and ask if she want. Then, again she tried to find fault with me. She suspected the release letter from my previous school was a fake one. She said something was wrong with the signature because that wasn't a genuine signature, then she demonstrated how it should looked like from the back. So, I told her I got no idea. That was what I received. She went away and spoke to the student liason officer after that. The visa will be approved after my medibank renewal. I haven't been that angry since quite some time ago!

She advised me to apply for a PR since I was here for some years. I wish I did applied after I finish the degree in 2003. I could have saved so much for all these blardee visa thing and got so much benefit! Regreting now.. Anyways, I was thinking about that too. I'm now finding ways to apply. Now I finally understand why its worth to apply after my degree of 2 years because I'll get more than the application fees. Well, there'll be ways to do it I know, just gotta find out how.

Went to pay the fine and got my medical fees claimed back too. The lady didn't give me back what I should have! 85% of 45 bucks should be 36 bucks but I only received 26.20. Maybe she mistype it by 58% !!!!! And I just realised she didn't give me any receipt! And its a weekened tomorrow!! Sigh.. why me?? I felt cheated..

First GP

Everything seem to hit me altogether today. I was having some problem with my ears due to irritation for days. I suspected the blardee cotton bud I used. I didn't want to wait till ear infection to go to the doctor, so I went to see a GP today. It was the fifth or sixth place that I called up, the rest were all fully booked till next week! Surprisingly he said nothing's wrong with it. Prevention better than cure I supposed. My previous 2 experiences of left ear infection was because I did not see a doc in time.

And today was the very first time in 4 years that I see a doc in Australia. Luckily all these medical fees can be claimed back! Don't understand why they charge so expensive for that. 45 bucks for consultation and 13 for the ear drop. Gotta go claim it back tomorrow. What make the situation worse while going to see the doc was it was the day of the month again! I really don't feel like walking or moving at all. Well, thank God the medical centre was not far away from my place. Just 10 minutes walk. I took a tram and got off one stop before because I saw a ticket conductor getting on the tram. Yes I do not have a ticket again, it was just 3 stops, I ain't paying 3.10 for 3 stops.. How silly.. Anyway, I wasn't in a mood to get a ticket too.

For now, I felt much better after sleeping for hours. Hehe..

Ticket Infringement Notice

Finally got the notice from them. Sigh.. There goes my money..

Forget it. You deserve it.

Frozen

Spent 2 1/2 hours in the studio today. Basically Chris was just giving us a walkthrough of how to operate that studio. Last time didn't really have much chances to work with Mac PC, now gotta learn from scratch. Duh.. Anyway, it didn't bother me, I am an IT grad! Hehe..

Due to the fact that students blew up those gears in the studio because of massive heat, temperature in the studio has been preset. No remote can control the temperature besides the main control room! We were freezing to death, even we were wearing long sleeves, felt like being locked in the freezer. So happy to pour myself with sunlight after class then. Haha..

Nothing much happened today, just another usual but peaceful day!

Moomba!

Thought the heat in the noon would be a good excuse for me to take a nap but I went online for hours instead. Doing what? I got no idea.. simply surfing, reading friend's blog, forums etc etc. Then I thought of Moomba out of a sudden. YES! Moomba Waterfest is on now! So that became my plan for the evening. I haven't been to Moomba since 2002.

To me, this event is like fun fair but a much better version. The weather turned really cooling at 7.30pm. So glad the temperature dropped almost half of the day time's. Humans were just eveywhere, especially parents with kids!

There was this game that I couldn't stop playing. You get 6 coupons for 5 bucks and you gotta plus those numbers you got to 21 to win something! Everyone just got even number eventually and it was difficult to get odd number in order to make it to 21! Damn.. Spent quite abit for that but after sometime, I GOT IT! That was the trick! They knew people would keep on going.. That carebear supposed to be an orange one. I exchanged it with a baby girl. Her dad was asking me if I can exchange it for her because she likes blue, so I did! Then I went back to the stall with the orange one and exchange for a blue one again! Haha.. cunning huh.. Here's what I got, hahaha..




My legs sored till I couldn't describe. I have been walking the whole day! Especially my right leg, blisters are everywhere! Time to go to sleep now.. Nites all!

Heat

Haven't been doing anything "meaningful" this whole week since Wednesday afternoon. Well, besides reading abit of my notes, that's it! That's why I said I need to get a job, or get a life!

Today was extremely hot and sunny again. WHY WHY WHY? I realised I starting to like cold weather rather than hot weather. But then when it's cold, I wish it was a little sunny. Sometimes I just don't like the sun for being too sunny because it damanged my skin! I insist to go Smith Street today, just for the warehouses eventhough I don't like the weather. I wanted to get a pair of sneaker long time ago, but couldn't find a nice and cheap price in the city. Got myself a pair of converse and nike for the price of one! My poor old Adidas can now rest in peace. Thanks for going everywhere with me for the past 2 years!

The heat is causing me headache, gotta take a nap.

Job

I had applied for a part time job yesterday, hopefully someone will call me up next week! Will be working as a Data Administrator if successful. It only requires me to work every Thursday and Friday full day. I really need to do something with my life, be it for myself or anything. I think I can handle it at this age, or I need some pressure.. Hehe.. 3 days study, 2 days work. Not too bad.

Valentine's Day!

Dan was back from HK yesterday.. I was so happy to see him after coming back from class. As we both agreed, yesterday which was the 7th of March will be our Valentine's Day, haha.. for this year! We did not spend Feb 14 together because we both had to spend time with family for chinese new year. So.. Roses and my present was on the table when I came in the apartment yesterday.. so sweet..

Almost half of his luggage were stuff for me.. Shoes, clothes, skincare product, food etc etc. Felt so bad that he carried all the way back from Spencer to save the 30 bucks, which we spent on lunch yesterday! Haha.. Well, for now I will cherish what I had with him. I know I had to leave when I finish my never ending studies. But.. there's always hope and miracle. Hope our dream of being together will come true one day..

Endavour Hill

Went out with Mandy today. As usual, it was great to catch up with her. I'll never get bored when she's around, she just keep talking.. hehe.. which is good! We went to the Shanghai restaurant in Chinatown and then went straight to Endavour Hill, a suburb which is 30-40 minutes drive from the City!

She just want to show me her new house! Actually I told her to the week before.. OMG.. that place is so nice. Peaceful and quiet.. She just bought it last month or so and she'll be moving in soon! At the age of 23, she's got everything. First, a good job in Telstra, then a car and now a house! *Salute* Compared to me, I haven't got a single thing mentioned up there.. hehe.. But I told myself its ok.. At least I won't have to worry about those loans or I'm sure I'll achieve something in my life in the future.

We spent almost 1 hour ++ in the car. And finally on the way back, we stopped by at Blackburn for dessert. That so-called food court has got varities of food! Malaysian-Chinese, Indians etc etc. I even saw rojak.. Haha. Majority were Indians there, a nice place to hang around though. For the dinner and dessert place, we had table 11.. Such coincidence, or what was that suppose to mean? Hmm, gotta check out the numerology book tomorrow!

Thanks for the day gal!

K

Dearest K, I do felt heartache when I got to know that you were in trouble. But I really wish I could know why this had happened. Is it because of your temper or it was other people's fault? From someone so close to me since young to someone as normal as on the street really made me wonder. Until I was told how serious your condition was just now, I couldn't explain that feeling of mine towards you. Tears were rolling inside my eyes because, you are someone who is there since I was born. If I said I wasn't sad right now, it will be a lie. I ain't cold-blooded. I'm sad now because you got yourself into this and you did not tell us a single thing because that's the way you are and that's the way you and our family get along.

I'm not trying to blame you or anything, and I'm not trying to said I understand how you feel now. No. You are who you are today because of what the past had made you. Life isn't fair to you at the very beginning. I felt so sorry for you.. May God bless you in everything in life and may the angels stand by your side all the time to guide you in whatever you do.

Paul Frank

According to my new timetable, I'll be off for Thursday and Friday for the time being until I sort out the other 12 hours of prac. Haha, at least this 4 days off for me to tune back my sleeping hours. I was having problem waking up at 9am this week.

Anyways, I thought I'll be growing alga at home today but went out instead. I've always wanted to get a Paul Frank pyjamas and I got it today! Yea.. Don't know why but I just like the way the monkey face being printed on everything. Haha..

Gonna cook pasta again tonight. Tomato-based.

Karma

Today was hot. And today's not my day either. Everything just went wrong. I was fined a 150 bucks for not having a ticket in the tram on my way back from class.

Well.. Put it this way, I haven't been buying ticket since July 2004 when I started my course. At least I didn't experience that for the past few years in Australia. So I always tell myself that its ok if they fine me one day because I'm already paying so much lesser than what I should have for the past 8 months. BUT now when it really happened, I wish I didn't say that. Me and my bloody mouth. I just think its not worth to pay so much for public transport. Now I can totally, completely, 100% understand how those people who were caught felt. I was so helpless which I lied that I did not have coins, hoping that I can get away. Haha.. How on earth will I know these 2 men who doesn't look like a a conductor at all would come to me? They were in their mid-30s I supposed, wearing T-shirts and shorts with slipper. One can't even speak english properly. I've always heard about friends telling me there are undercover ticket conductors around but it just didn't cross my mind when I get on that tram. But one thing.. I really salute them. They were so cool when they walk towards me. They looked just like FBI, the way they put on their badges and walk with air.... They got me this time. So, they took down my details and the summon will be sent to me in 6 weeks time. I believed its karma. What comes around goes around. I'm paying for what I got away.

Then.. What's done cannot be undone. I decided to go take my lunch. Went to the crepe place again. Had vege lasagne and ice coffee. Sitting there enjoying myself.. Food can really take away all bad thoughts. Hehe.. I took away smoked salmon crepe for tea time! For now, I gotta go take a cold shower! Laters..