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Hey people! Been wondering what have I been up to lately? Hehe... Apart from exams (I shud be studyin right now lo.. XD), I went around having good food! Good like really fine dining o... Hehehe... Not that I rich or what la... Juz wanna try try new stuffs mar... :P
This is the place le~ It's called O'Connell Street Bistro... The name suggests that it's not really a fine dining place but it actually is... The interior's really artistic and romantic... But at times may get a lil' noisy la... Hehehe... Imagine us, a group of M'sian guys go there... We talked loud, laughed loud... Anw, the ppl there also loud la! :P
Salt and pepper sitting on a white, candle-lit table...
Before we go into the food, let's intro the people I went with! Someone new and someone who's hardly ever gone out of our apartment... Haha... Introducing Clarence on the left and TC on the right.. Paiseh har, TC... Ur mouth cacat-ed (disfigured but literally means crippled) liao... XD
Sitting beside me is Han Meng, my room mate and Darrel (in green) who brought us there to eat...

Now, the food! All of us went for the 3-course meal valued at NZD 39.50... There was a 2-course one at 32.50 too... Only these two "cheaper" choices at that time... Hehe... Really thank gudness we went for the 3-course meal lo! More worth it relatively la... Look below then u know why liao..
First course, entre... Looks small and yummy eh? This is crispy squid, rocket and roast garlic saffron aioli... Long name... Haha! Two mouth finish 10 bucks liao... U all muz b wondering how big is my mouth eh? I tell u, it's the food small la... XD Fine dining mar... Evrythg oso fine... Small small....

But good thgs always come in small packages! :) This squid's saltiness hides the bitter taste of the rocket and when dipped into the sauce, there's a creamy sensation in the mouth... Wa~ nice la....
Next is the main dish! The supposed-to-be-quite big-and-can-eat-till-full-full-and-feel-pregnant dish... Turns out, three mouth finish dy... -_-||| Anw, introducing seared South Island salmon with Bok Choy coleslaw... :) Another long name... I like how they fry the fish... Not too oily at all! I added some pepper and salt cuz the fish is bland... The coleslaw kind of added a sweet taste to the dish and the fish is crispy outside, tender on the inside... Yumm yumm!! :9
For all dishes, we have two choices.. I chose the salmon and the other is this one... Smthg TC said made me laughed a bit actually... The white strips on the food are cheese... When the waitress putting the cheese, TC suddenly say "Bak chor mee..." (Minced meat noodles)... I was like "Hahaha... Aiyoyo"... This dish is called linguini of confit duck with roasted red onion, baby spinach and Parmigiano Reggiano... Facncy long name eh? Parmigiano Reggiano is actually Parmesan cheese lo... Make life so difficult wanna put such a hard-to-pronounce name... -_-|| I never tried this dish though... Cuz if I take one mouth, my friend only left with two... XD
Next!! Dessert of course!! I think it kinda looks like an elongated piece of mooncake... Haha... But no lo! It's actually Manuka honey tart with pistachio nut ice-cream and apple syrup... Sounds sweet and yummy eh?! It is actually quite sweet but that's the reason of having desser mar! Haha... Again, 2 mouth finish liao... XD I like the pistachio nut ice-cream though...

Well, that's all on Tuesday, which was two days before my first exam!! This semester, I took four papers but only have exams for three of em... Modelling in Operations Research, Thermofluids as well as Modelling and Design 1... Hehe... Just finished the first two and now, left with Modelling and Design 1, which is the very last day of the year!! Ish.... My exam time table is seriously crappy la... 29th Oct, 30th Oct and 16th Nov!! Aiz~ In hokkien, we call this "bao tao, bao beh" (means smthg like I take the beginning and end).. SOuncs funnier in hokkien la.. XD

Nth vy interesting happened two days ago... But smthg interesting happened yesterday! Hehe... I went to the Engineering library to study with Tuan and Clarence... We were all basically screwed cuz got not much time to prepare... :( And while studying half-way, the following happened:

Tuan : Eh, I think Superman's the best la! U see Batman is human only and Spiderman mutated guy...
*Me and Clarence looked at him*
Tuan : But hor... Spiderman drop down from tall building can't die one lei...
Me : Really? I thought he will die one? He not also human mie?
Clarence : Yea lo...
Tuan : No lo... That time in movie he drop down flat on his back! Still alive lei...
*I look at Clarence and he looked at me and both agreed*
Tuan : I wonder if we throw spider down 100 floors, will the spider die?
Clarence : Spider so light... Won't die la.. Just like throw ants down mar....
Me : If u throw ants down, I think before the ant hit the ground, it alrdy fly away with the wind la! Haha...

That occurred only one hour away frm the paper gonna start... I was like "Waleu~ so stress dy stil got time talk bout superhero?!" -_-||

Anyways, thank gudness I didn't do very badly for Thermofluids la... Hehe... But I was satisfied with Operations Research la... Haha! Well, it is smthg I'm gonna major in and do research in ar! Hehe... Okok... I need to go shower and get ready to go out!! Gonna blog bout that soon.... So, stay tuned!! C ya, readers!! ;)

I feel the sun now

The past few days, I've been thinking whether to do it or not... Finally, after sooooo many ppl asking me to do it, I went to do it...
That was before....
This was after! I was very satisfied with it... Considering the not-so-expensive price la.. Hehe...

Sometimes I wonder why I think so much for whether I should do a haircut compared to whether I should go out to eat... Let's compare la... A bowl/plate of food in Malaysia costs like average RM 5 and u get the same thing here for like NZD 10... The scale in the numbers is bout 2 times... On the other hand, for haircuts, I go to one which is like RM 16 and here, it's NZD 25... The scale is about 1.6... And yet, I can go out eat so many times when I can juz eat at home... But for a haircut, I would think soooo hard before cutting... Haha~ Funny la... Or mayb cuz food is more important gua.. that's why nvr go think about it also...

Anw, I shall stop here la.. Time for me to hav a gud rest! C ya folks!

This is what I call lame.....

First of all, I wanna announce that I broke a record today! Haha... Personal record... I actually slept for bout half an hour in lecture! XD Oops.... Sorry, Dr Solomon..... But I still didn't miss ur really really lame joke...... Do u all know what's lame? Let me show u what true lame is....
Today at the same lecture that I slept (hehe....), the lecturer was teaching us smthg bout the Bin method... He said "This is the Bin method... Not the Bin Laden method!" and he actually laughed himself!!

I totally went from -.- to o.O to -_-||| OMG! That's suuuuppppeeeerrrrr lame lo!!!! Hehe... Ok, back to my books now! Shall update soon again...... So, c ya ppl soon!

Morning laugh

Hahahaha!! Till now stil cant stop laughing XD It was such a gud wake up call... Now I'm fully awake... Muahahaha!! Aiks....

P/S: Sorry yea! Dun mark me down on my assignments... Hehehe...

It's finally here

Just wondering why it took more than one month for the postcard to reach? Aiks~ But anw, still glad that it's here la! :) Today, it's like evrythg falls into place, evrythg's going my way and evrythg's juz happy... Thanks, Joanne!!

Jelly legs

Wonder what's with the jelly legs? Hmm.... Yesterday was UMSA's AGM!! That's why the title "jelly legs"... It was really really nervous for me and I bet, a lot others... It's the time to choose who shall lead UMSA next year and who shall work together with who...
This is the UMSA AGM 09' poster... Designed by me :P oh and I sourced the image from google images la.. haha!
This here is Naomi presenting yesterday's agenda... Naomi was UMSA's President for 2009... So, the day started with some amendments to the current constitution followed by the activities and financial reports, explanation of the voting procedures and then the speeches and Q&A sessions for the candidates...
Can say this is the highlight of the day la! Haha... Our Social Officers 2009, Ati (we call her Artie, stressing on the "r") and Allan presenting on the activities throughout 2009... We were all supposed to gather at the venue at 9 a.m. but most of us were late... Hehe... I was late for bout 5 minutes but it's ok cuz I met June, the Vice President 2009 on the way... :P That means I'm not late la! Hahaha...

The event was supposed to start at 10 a.m. sharp but cuz the members were late too... Malaysian Standard Time mar... So, we started late la... On that day, the Social Officers 2009 had to present on the activities throughout 2009... Allan, being playful and last minute, did his slideshow that morning at 6 a.m... Aiks~ Juz look at his hair! All standing!! Haha... He didn't even get to really shower I think... XD Nice hair, Allan! Dun kill me if u see this yea! Hahaha...
It all started with the Executive portfolios candidates making their speeches... We have two running for Treasurer... This here is Tuan, making his speech with his powerpoint slides... He's really good with Wushu... One of Malaysian's finest, I think... Hehe...
Another guy running for Treasurer... This here's Jack... his speech was really good and well-planned!
Next post is Secretary... Introducing Dimi (full name's Dimithira)!! Hehe... She ran uncontested... But dun think it's really easy also yea... For each ballot, there will be the candidate's name and also a "no confidence" vote... If the no confidence votes are high enough, I'll say probably 20%, then you're out! Dimi's speech is also accompanied by a powerpoint slide...
Next one is the Vice President post... The one that will advice the President!! Crucial role... Ran by two people as well... First candidate, Jie Huei (in picture)... She's really good in presentations and media... She's doing Communications in AUT... That's why she so pro... Hehe... She accompanied her speech with a video presentation... Next one running for Vice President is Jack... Jack ran for two positions...
Guess what, I ran for the President position!! Haha... That's why got jelly legs la... XD Though I ran uncontested, I still felt nervous and worried cuz I still need to gain people's confidence in me... I would say my speech was smooth but my Q&A isn't as good... Aiks~ Still, actions speak louder than words! I will show that I can do it too!! Hehe...

Actually most of the drama happened during the Executive portfolios' voting... It was seriously exciting during the Q&A sessions... And also, very very political!! Haha... The day ended with some sad and happy moments... I got voted as the President, Jie Huei as the Vice President, Dimi as the Secretary and Jack's the Treasurer... As for the general committees, the name list too long la... Haha... Go to UMSA's website nex time to check it out ba... Anyways, I'll be looking forward to working with this group of people!

Ok la.. Gotta go do assignments liao~~ Good day people! C ya next time...