Saturday, January 29, 2005

DATE: 29 JANUARY 2005

Hi all!!! WOW.... it's been a while since I've written something in this blog... *sigh looks like I'm the only one overseas now... well... anyways... I've got completely nothing to say.... oh yeah... one thing... today for some completely out of the universe reason my mum decided to cook spaghetti for breakfast (bwaahahahahaha sorry.... just knowing I'm writing this down really knocks me out) well... just to make matters worst... it was a seafood topping.... I mean.... complete seafood!!! (bwahahahaha... sorry...) anyways I just... ok... not really my type of thing to eat spaghetti as breakfast when I'm in Oz... anyways... in Indo we eat what we like even though the food might seem to be a bit far-fetched than the usual... anyways... I think since this is the first time EVER she cooked spaghetti... anyways... her friend recommended it... its this spicy sauce with lots of dried chillies and black peppers... it was REALLY spicy.... but it was ok I guess.... it's a first time thing so she did quite a bit of a mistake... becoz she didn't jot the ingredients down what she did is that her friend just happen to just say it to her... so... basically... she kinda forgotten a couple of thing that should have been remembered... like... not putting any water into the sauce.... *sigh... and she actually told me to use the whole packet of spaghetti so.... we are left with tonnes of spaghetti and I dun think I would be able to eat another spoonful of spaghetti on my plate.... (oooohhhh... my tummy...) *sigh.... anyways... that's the news for today... over and out...

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

DATE: 25 JANUARY 2005

Hey guys!!! I just got back from my trip and it wasn't pleasant... ~_~ OK there's a lot to complain about here... first there's the overcrowded car... I could tell you how many of us are actually on board the vehicle... there's 5 of my aunties and us 3 the kids (2 cousins came also) so... when u think about it this way... oh yeah plus the driver it would be 9 people on board... luckily i was on the front... he he he... so... 4 of my aunties were on the middle section of the car plus one aunty and the 2 cousins I mentioned on the last section so... if we were in Australia that would be an illegal thing to do... he he he... well... at least there's still room to move a bit of the leg... did you know that they have established a new law stating that you have to put your seat belts on (well... only the front passenger and the driver) still... to me that is a bit weird... *sigh a lot has changed since I'm gone (=_=;)... ok second complain would be the looooong drive (about 4 hour trip) and basically I spent most of the trip micro sleeping.... but the thing that is irritating the most is even though I'm on holiday I have to get up at 6 in the morn coz my aunty wanted to go early so we can avoid the traffic jams (for those of you who don't know Indonesia is very prone to have traffic jams almost at every corner of a small city eg. Jakarta...) so... we had to go early to avoid it... I'll say... it was a long and snaky drive... (we had to go through mountains ~_~) ok after that we arrived, had a little drive around town (......) actually... make that a long ride... none of us knows the city so we end up literally driving through every corner of the city... well... that wasn't really that bad... coz we end up at factory outlets (Bandung is well known in Java as the city with the most factory outlets especially if you actually know where to go there's a lot of 'em) so... after that long drive we got the hotel... ok I got to tell you all about this trip... heck I'll take the next paragraph...

First... when we arrived and didn't know where to go we... sorta... went to a very far away place away from the hustle and bustle of Bandung CBD... and we sorta... by accident discovered where our hotel was gonna be... so... we thought heck... we'll just go there after we go to our relatives' place... we have relatives in Bandung... so... we went and then... after that we wanted to get back to the hotel.. instead (......) we kinda lost our way and didn't know where to go.... so... we ended up driving around the city again for another 2 hours before we found the hotel and by the time we got back to the hotel it was nearly 6 pm and we arrived at the city at about 11 am... and basically... we drove around the city for about a quarter of a day with no indication of where to go and no signs to tell us the directions except the occassional people we have to ask.... (......) it was a VERY long drive... and you can't imagine how many times we actually went through the same street and ending up at the same dead end.... *sigh.... it was fun though.... ^_^ anyways that was just the adventure of one day the next was another big adventure....

But... fourth complaint would be the hotel itself... it was dreadful.... it was brown all over the bathroom... all the wall the shower even the toilet seats are brown in colour with ants everywhere (luckily no cockroaches) and even the carpet is brown... it was dreadful but it was fine I don't think it was that bad but... it's only for a day and a night... so it's a temporary residence... one of my aunt who booked the hotel said she couldn't find any more hotel coz all of 'em were fully booked (-_-) anyways we went becoz a relative (which I have no idea I even have this relative) has their wedding day on this date and on the same place was the partying thingy, with lots of food usually so my aunty booked the rooms *sigh if only I could experienced The Valley... they said it's the best hotel in this town....

Anyway... our relatives invited us to dinner at this restaurant (on our first night)... if you get a chance to come to Indo and visit Bandung you gotta eat there although my aunties still think that another restaurant was much better than this... anyways.... you gotta visit the place at night coz it was so beautiful... you get to eat at this place that overlook the town and from where I stood it was such a beautiful view... *sigh... lights glisten like the starry sky above... it was amazing... really... you gotta visit this place if you ever come here... the restaurant's called Sierra and another's called The Peak... they say The Peak has a much more tasty food but it's the same thing as Sierra a restaurant that stood up on a mountain overlooking the city and best viewed at night ^_^ so... if you ever get the chance visit there....

Ok... I'll probably bored you all out of your wits by this time... but I got one more tale to tell... It's about the wedding thing... we went right? But we couldn't stay long coz my 2 cousins gotta go to school in the morning tomorrow... (ok it seems like I haven't set any time frame so I'll tell it now... the first day we arrived was a Saturday then the eating out at Sierra was on the evening of the Saturday and then the evening of the Sunday was the wedding) so basically Monday... is a school day (not school holiday week) unfortunately for us we thought it was an eating thing... (for those of you who don't know over here we usually have this Prasmanan thing where at the wedding party thing they usually have food everywhere... literally... not a seating, reservation thing but standing up, wait in line, plates in hand, and cutlery on the other, then we go along with the line choosing and scooping up the food we want to eat... so basically speaking... we get free food) but it turned out that we had to sit down and wait for the food... at first the bride and groom walked down the aisle and we all supposedly cheered and claped (but for some reason the atmosphere was a bit somber so clapping was a low) she looked so beautiful and he looked so handsome even though I do not know who the heck they were.... ~_~ and even the parents of the bride and groom looked so glamourous but I think the fathers of the bride and groom looked a bit unhappy having to dressed in such formality... anyways... it was a beautiful wedding except I hated the MC he is so... I don't know... idiotic... well.. you gotta be there... anyways... we arrived at 6 pm and got seated but the food hasn't come yet so... by about 6.45 my aunt said "let's just go" becoz of my couzs so... we were gonna go but got held back by the mother (I think) of the groom coz I think that's the one that is my aunt's relatives (hhmmm... not sure....) so... food came at about 7 pm and we went at 7.30 pm even though the party wasn't ^_^ so.... we only ate the entree not even the main course then we went.... so my stomach was a quarter full and we went back to Jakarta... with bits and pieces of Bandung we said goodbye... then 4 hours later we arrived home... that is all...

By the look of this blog it seems that even by 2 days period of adventure it seems a very full on adventure... *sigh... wished I could have stayed at a better place and know where to go... but... it was a fun, boring, miserable, classic, momentary, dull, amazing, wonderful, tiring adventure.... ^_^

Friday, January 21, 2005

DATE: 21 JANUARY 2005

OK i know it's been a while since my last blog.... coz i was particularly sick until a couple of days ago... so... here goes... for some peculiar reasons (for which I am going to tell about later) I got another offer for UTS but this time it's from the design course... of course I couldn't get the NSW ones so i thought since it will get me much closer to the particular goal I'm after I'm actually going to accept this one :) oh geez... I'm so happy... I'm not nervous even until now... but u gotta see my mom's face... moms are always worrying about things.... anyways.... the reason I think the offer was a bit... off course was that the uai for that particular course was a bit off for me... n anyways my couz thought becoz of little interest on that particular course there aren't gonna be a vis comm course... so... it's a big surprise... tell ya the truth.. i was kinda gonna go to foundation (it's gonna take me 6 years!!!) :P so... BIG RELIEVE!!! Now all I gotta do... well... I kinda dunno wat to do... so... let's hope for the best.... I hope u guys get the particular course u want... even if u don't (......) well... that's pretty unlikely.... so let's hope for the best no?? plus if any of you guys want anything just tell me ok??? (except food that is) so... yup...

I'm not gonna be back for some time, or maybe after the chinese new year... so.... anything u want.... uummm... by the way I'm not gonna be here 2mrw...!!! gonna be in Bandung!!! yeah that's pretty good only the real problem is that we're just gonna stay there for only 1 night!!! *sigh... if only.... at least i get to get out of the house for a while.... *sigh.... my life is so boring.... (SERIOUSLY)!!!!

Thursday, January 13, 2005

DATE: 13 JANUARY 2005

Hey all!!! How r u??? I'm kinda bored over here.... fever attack ~_~ seriously.... my head's hot and cold and my nose can't stop weeping.... oh what a terrible tragedy.... *sigh.... I guess that's probably why I'm cursed... I was going to go swimming tomorrow seems like I gotta cancel that and have plenty of rest.... What a terrible mess I am right now... Can't even taste the food I'm eating... :/ *sigh.... and my voice changed too.... oh gosh....

Sunday, January 09, 2005

DATE: 9 JANUARY 2005

Hey guys, how r u all?? Well.... noticed I skipped a day on my blogger... We went to the mall yesterday!!! Well... we went to Taman Anggrek Mall (Kimmie's old home) and we kinda just roam around and finally (oh btw I was with my auntie that is only like... 20 yrs old, still her generation is higher than me so I have to call her auntie) ok so we finally went to see a movie and we saw Phantom of the Opera... oh my goodness i was blown away (maybe it was the speaker) but it was so good... I know that it's based on the opera performance of Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber so that's basically why there are a lot of singing in this movie... but my goodness they have excellent voices and the storyline is not that boring either... I mean there are a lot of thrills, drama, romance, murders, deceptions and a lot of singing... pity I didn't really see the opening of the movie because for some peculiar reason we get the 15.oo session and we went in when the announcement was made (in Indo you kinda have to allocate ur seats and also when the movie's starting or about to start the announcement was made... I know... weird culture) but then when we went in the theatre and it was already dark and the movie already started!!! So was a bit disappointed but gotta tell u it's a must see movie!!! Gosh the singings just blew me and my auntie away.... *sigh if only I got that kind of voice... oh yeah and the songs... are just marvellous *sigh but unfortunatelly I cannot remember any of the songs... I'm kinda planning to buy the CD (maybe the pirated one he he he he....) Well... ok rather than boasting about it u really gotta see it...

Friday, January 07, 2005

DATE: 7 JANUARY 2005

Hey guys... no news for today just thought I might as well do something rather than sit in front of the comp looking rather lifeless... so... no news for today... over and out... :)

Thursday, January 06, 2005

GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI


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This is another of my fav anime GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI!!!!! It's based on the same Chinese tale of Journey to the West.... Like in the novel there's Cho Hakkai (the guy in green clothing), Sha Gojyo (the guy with the red hair), Son Goku (the guy that looked like he is the youngest from the group) and Genjo Sanzo ("the ill behaved priest", well... that's the description given... and this is the last guy on the list or in other words he's the 'leader' of the group) Well... that is all... OK I haven't really given any reasoning as to my liking... not only that this is one of the many animes I've been watching these days since I went back but it also has the COOLEST storyline I have ever known.... it's a complete rotation of the Chinese tale and complicated yes but great!!! Oh yeah and also I like the character SON GOKU coz he is SOOOO funny!!! He is, trust me!!! It's the best anime I've seen. Not only the story is so cool but also the drawings and how the anime came out.... It's like an artworrk... It is THE anime you have to see... ok rather than boasting about it you should really see it if u get a chance... oh yeah and by the way you have to like a lot of action or you know... at least like those action movies... the moves are just amazing... I mean I never knew they were actually created and crafted so perfectly by hand.... how I want to have the hand of an animation artist... they are sooo creative *sigh but I also know how much time and dedication it must have taken them... really not me... but I guess I could always try ^-^

DATE: 6 JANUARY 2005

Hey guys.... :) ok... uummmm..... i dun really know what to write even though i think i've been doing dat for quite some time now... if u have looked through my blogs most of the blogs contained really nothing special within them.... all I get out of my head is this thing called hhmmmm... and *sighs and uuummmm..... and pretty much all those annoying eeerrrr..... thinking mode before doing anything else... so anyways.... I just finished my lunch :) it's really nice... i think it's this traditional rice meal... hhmmm.... at least i think it was... well... it was really nice though I like it :) well... my mum didn't make it of course... we bought it.... it's the best thing about Indo you practically can buy almost any sort of food over here and most of the times it's actually close to home, coz there's plenty of this little food restaurant... well... not even a restaurant... so yeah.... that's about it really... so there you go..... OK this is it... hhmmm....

oh yeah... Colin Powell went to Aceh... well... hhmmm.... and I noticed PM Howard went here also... so.... yeah... they're having this Asean meeting now... so...yeah that's all the news for today... so over and out. :)

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

CHOBITS


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This is Chi. From another of my fav anime Chobits... the characters are so cute..... No I mean it..... yeah well.... previously I was unable to do anything like putting up pictures on the blog coz my couz didn't want me to install unnecessary programs on the comp.... Well... now... this is my comp...he he he

DATE: 5 JANUARY 2005

Hey everyone :) tomorrow's it!!!! Yay!!! nah I don't think I'm gonna change any of my preferences.... well... I think I already know what I'm gonna do anyways... so yeah.... gotta see what's in store for me for the future.... Oh yeah... isn't today another open day.... Yeah... well.... Anyways.... it was settled that I'm not going to the hairdresser so.... yeah.... now I'm stuck here with absolutely nothing to do except chatting with my couz in oz.... so... yeah.... ok then I think I better just put this up in case of anything comes up in my head tomorrow and also to remind me that my head sometimes can be completely empty without my knowledge (silence) ok then over and out... see you guys tomorrow!!! (don't take this literally I was reffering to the blog) So... See ya then!!!

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

DATE: 4 JANUARY 2005

Finally!!! The internet's back and I'm back on line!!! Yay!!! Well... anyways... same as usual... nothing new the same thing over and over again... nothing new... except when I put the blogs on it appears that the dates have been mismatched according to the web's own will..... Well... that doesn't matter..... now the internet's on again I could rule the world bwahahahaha *evil laugh...... (silent) just kidding.... oh geez.... too much hibernating i think.... well.... anyways.... that is all.... n tomorrow I gotta wake up early... gotta go to hairdresser.... my mum INSIST after she looked at my 'hairdo'.... well... what can I say... I'm a really bad hairdresser.....

Oh and by the way.... I just want to say nothing happened down here..... the earthquake nor the tsunami affected my home n my family they are alright..... but still I feel bad for the quickly rising numbers of death toll especially in Banda Aceh.... that is the worst hit from all the area... I mean all the Asian areas... now 88,000 is dead and still large numbers are still missing.... quite a large area of the land especially in Aceh has been swept away... the satellite pictures showed nearly all the land is engulfed under water because of the tsunami.... Families are deeply affected.... so may all the souls that have been affected by the tragedy rest in peace and may God bring peace to all the families that have been devastated by the tragedy, amen.

EXPLANATION

For this last couple of days as you all know I’ve been overseas but unfortunately the internet was down and because I was bored to death I’ve decided to do this first on Microsoft Word then transfer it to my blog so don’t be so surprised when different blogs of different dates suddenly appear out of thin air…. Ok then here goes….

DATE: 3 JANUARY 2005

OK this is my third day here and I have to admit it’s kinda boring… Ok first of all I got nothing to do and my highlight is probably on the 1st of January where everything appears to be happening so fast… Anyways… you gotta read that on my prev blogs… Anyways… Ok here I am sitting here and doing something on the Mic Word (Microsoft) and finding it hard to even say anything…. Well… OK even though I got probably the ultimate entertainment systems (ie. Cable TV and as such) there’s no internet!!! OK this really makes me mad and to have thought that once I got here my resources would be open wide seems to be the thing of the past…. Well…. Now I’m sitting in the most advanced yet stupid computer system… I decided to call this comp stupid because I realized I could’ve been surfing the Internet for the last 3 days and still this is all I get??? OK ok… I won’t be mad… anyways… this is all I could do right now…. Well…. That is it… I just hope my uncle can actually have the internet up and running before the 19th of January… It’s decision time people!!! And my mum’s here complaining that this is the last time that we will ever be kids or to really put it into her words this is the FINAL!!! And high school was the semi final… so there you go people I guess this is it!!! Here goes nothing!!!

DATE: 2 JANUARY 2005

My second day here… visited my grandma and family (ok maybe not my whole entire family but close) anyways… every time I get back my only souvenirs are chocolates and lots of it… (and they loved it J) Well… that’s about all I could do… It’s the least I could do at least… to make their lives more sugary (he he he) Well… anyways… that’s about everything that I want to tell… there’s nothing much but… that’s it… ok then over and out…

DATE: 1 JANUARY 2005!!!!!!!

A new day has come people!!! This is it!!! And this is the time where we really need to redeem ourselves ( he he ^--^ kidding…) Enjoy the new year people this is for once especially in the year!!! The beginning of a wonderful year….*sigh (dreaming) OK after I got off the airport and I’ll tell you it was a butt wrenching journey (quite literally) and after the long sleepless flight I got back to earth…. Then straight to my uncles’ house to celebrate the new year!!! Apparently they bought quite big doze of firecrackers and fireworks!!! IT WAS SO COOL!!!! And we had BBQ but gotta admit it wasn’t as ‘good’ as last year and not really that big either… well… ok the fireworks I gotta admit was short but… man!!! It was awesome (excuse me) well…. Even after a long flight back home it was worthwhile after all…. But still I dun like the flight….
It was worse than what I expected… ok the thing is they have a flight stopover in Darwin then they continue and they said it was gonna be 30 minutes but instead it was almost 1 hour!!! And the expected arrival was suppose to be 7.30 pm local time (minus the stopover) and afterwards (plus the stopover) it was 9.20 pm local time!!! How annoying is that??? Well… at least we got back safe and sound…. OK the thing that was weird was that during the stopover the crew changed!!! And to make it much more funny was that the people BEFORE the stopover was old and quite truthfully regular… but AFTER the stopover the crew was… how can I put it without any misconception… ok… ummm… I guess they were more… masculine…. Oh I dunno I guess they were more militaristic than the BEFORE crew… ok this is confusing but this is my view anyways… I know it sounds very… strange… well… anyways… got no more tale to tell (he he he) ok gotta go bye!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! SAY WELCOME TO YEAR 2005!!!!!!