Tennis Fever

Have been trying to find time to blog since few days ago, but was stuck on the TV for the Australia Tennis Open event... Anyway, this is the first time that I have the opportunities to watch live telecasts for almost all the matches in Australia, as compared to Singapore where only the semi-finals and final for the singles' matches are shown (unless you subscribed to cable TV). Some of the matches were really exciting, especially when the scores between both players kept going into deuce... Hmm, I'm actually wondering whether I should watch the actual play in Melbourne next year ;)...

Time is flying fast as my summer classes are coming to an end soon... The exams would be in mid-February and so I need to start scheduling time for revision within the next few days... My next post will likely to be sometime in late February or early March. Until then, bye for now!

A Pleasant Day

Seems like I've been blogging a lot this week, as this is already my 3rd post since tuesday... Anyway, had my supplementary exam for International Finance & Economic this morning at 8.30 am (haha, what a morning to start with ^o). It was the first time that I ever stay so calm in an exam, and having to complete all the exam questions without the need of rushing through for time. Maybe it's because I don't feel the pressure anymore after deciding to switch major, and so whatever the outcome may be, it's no longer of major concern anymore. Of course I'm still hoping for a pass as I didn't go for the exam unprepared. But most importantly, I know that I had done my best to fight this battle rather than just giving up, and so I don't think I'll have much regret about it.

Other than my supplementary exam, today seems to be a pleasant day for me... Had my lunch at the cybercity cafe again, but this time with a group of Singaporeans. Some of them are friends of mine who are also studying in Brisbane while the rest came for holiday and to visit their friends. For lunch today, I ordered the Yangzhou fried rice (oh gosh, fried rice again :p) which I nearly couldn't finish as the portion was really huge. Luckily I didn't have a heavy breakfast in the morning, and so I was able to finish the fried rice eventually... After lunch, we went for shopping at the Chinese groceries store, and as usual, we would buy few cans of luncheon meat for 99 cents per can (I guess it's one of the most economical items many Asians here will get). The gathering ended after we finished our shopping, but I think I'll be going back to shop for more stuff within the next few days ;)

For tonight, a good sleep is what I need, and hopefully with a sweet dream coming along too :)

The journey continues (part 2)...

I arrived back in Brisbane this morning after spending 18 days in Singapore... Were quite surprise with the crowd at the airport where many of them were Mainland Chinese and Japanese tourists. It took me about 1 & 1/2 hrs before I could get out of the airport...

I could only catch a couple of hours of sleep when I arrived back to my apartment, before going for an afternoon lecture on financial accounting. It was pretty tiring and even my lecturer could tell from my facial expression. But my lecturer is one of the few that I like in uni as she always make her lectures ineractive and practical as compared to lecturers of other subjects that were too theoretical and monotonous. She is even kind enough in advising me the subjects I should choose that suit my interest and career path if I'm doing accountancy major. I really thank God that I have chosen to do financial accounting now as this particular lecturer only teaches during the summer semester...

For the rest of the day after that, it was sleeping followed by eating, and what I meant was a nap followed by dinner. Had a sumptous meal with my housemate at the cybercity cafe in Chinatown, where I ordered a plate of chicken shreded fried rice. It was quite a nice way to end the day...

Well I guess that's all for now. Till the next post, ciao!

A Brighter New Year!

Wow! It has really been a long time since my last post... Anyway, I finally managed to catch up with my KTV mates (ding, hui, jus & midori) for a karaoke session last Saturday night, and it was really enjoyable even though there were only 5 of us there. Maybe we can now call ourselves the "KTV Ultimate 5", haha... After the karaoke session, we went to the Satay Club for dinner (or I should call it supper to be more appropriate) and spent around $18 per person. Though it may sound expensive, it is actually cheaper than having the same kind of food at the Satay Club House in Brisbane. We continue with our chat after the meals till 2 am the next day morning. Anyway, it was a nice moment to treasure. Like what Hui had said, the next gathering will probably be in the end of June when I return to Singapore again...

Looking back at 2004, the 2nd half of the year wasn't too good for me especially in academic performance. There have also been too much of confusion and distraction surrounding me in those period. Thus with the start of 2005, my new year resolution is to work hard in my studies and get a degree ultimately. Hopefully the decision of switching major will mark a brand new beginning for me to forget about the past failure and to stay focus in all future endeavour.

Looking forward to a brighter year!