Have been thinking quite a bit over the past few days. Yeah, dun be surprised for contrary to popular belief that I only stone :P, I do think sometimes. Haha. I'm not sure where my life is headed! o.O I dunno whether I want to apply for PR in Australia, and then work here for a while, or just go back home to work. After breaking it down, the issue lies in becoming a registered psychologist. The reason why I am studying my masters is because I want to be a registered psychologist. Without being registered, my psy education is quite useless. So... for my life to have some direction, I should find out about getting registered.
And here comes the next problem. Who can I ask about this? For a question that seems easy to answer, it's difficult to find the solution. I cant find an answer on the website! >_< Sigh. More searching I suppose.. and when I'm really out of ideas, I'll email my coordinator (this will be my LAST resort though since I really dun want to bother her).
Placement 2 is starting next week! Hoping to negotiate the work days to 4 days instead of 3. I need to complete 45 days. 3 days per week will take ages to finish. Bleah. Let's hope that negotiation will go well. I still havent figure out how I'm going to work. I could walk, but I think that will take about 40 mins. Bus services arent that reliable too... sigh... *foresee days of early waking up and no more rolling around in bed*
Placement 3 is kinda settled. Need to reconfim in May.
Still havent confirmed whether I'll be going for the Org Psy conference in June. I hope to go though, just to see how things are like. But the expenses... >_<
Part-time job hunting is still going on. Not easy to find a job that has to cater to my requirements. Lol. Argh, cant be too picky... but I really dun want to work at nite in some obscure places! Better to be safe than sorry!
Ok, need to go get some stuff in preparation for work on Monday... zzz... dun like this part...zzz...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
More photos from Glenelg Trip!
Gathering at the University
Us taking over the tram stop
The Peer Mentors that went to Glenelg BeachTop row: Rebecca, Chelsea, Sophia, Me, Mo
Bottom row: Andy, Sarah, Ella
Hmm, think there's some missing o.O
Me with some new friends striking up a martial arts pose.... lol
The last few people that stayed around to play volleyball ^^
At one time the group was much much bigger than that!
More sunset photos!
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day!! Went to Glenelg beach with a group of international students today as part of the peer mentoring program. I estimate that about 100 international students turned up for the event. We practically took over the entire tram!! Hehe...
Was a bit disappointed that the event wasnt more well-planned. We took them there and sorta dumped them there. >_< But in the end, one of the peer mentor decided to get the students to play volleyball... managed to get a group, which got overly big for the game at one stage. So that brought about some interaction. I wasnt too keen on volleyball as I've never played that sport. But tried in the end and ended up playing for about 3 hours o.O Now I have some bruises... It was all worth it though cause the sunset was sooooooooooo nice!! =)
One of my new friend, Mo
Sunsetting...
Hope everyone had a great day!!
Was a bit disappointed that the event wasnt more well-planned. We took them there and sorta dumped them there. >_< But in the end, one of the peer mentor decided to get the students to play volleyball... managed to get a group, which got overly big for the game at one stage. So that brought about some interaction. I wasnt too keen on volleyball as I've never played that sport. But tried in the end and ended up playing for about 3 hours o.O Now I have some bruises... It was all worth it though cause the sunset was sooooooooooo nice!! =)
Glenelg Beach
One of my new friend, Mo
Sunsetting...
Hope everyone had a great day!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Happy 元宵节!! (Lantern Festival)
Today is yuan xiao jie! :) For those who dunno, the Lantern festival, which occurs on the 15th day of the1st Lunar month. It also marks the end of the new year's holidays. My friends and I made tang yuan!! =D and they have chocolate filling!! Yummmy!
I found out today that there's such a thing call yuan xiao. It's kinda like tang yuan but not the same. I have never known abt the existence of yuan xiao before! I'll have to find out v soon. hehe.
Had a new salad today, which tasted surprisingly good. This is the receipt for those interested:
Watermelon cut into small cubes
Mint leaves, finely chopped
Balsamic vinegar
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
--> toss them all and u have... a salad. It's actually quite good. hehehe...
Need to sleep now... stats class tomorrow... nite... zzz...
I found out today that there's such a thing call yuan xiao. It's kinda like tang yuan but not the same. I have never known abt the existence of yuan xiao before! I'll have to find out v soon. hehe.
Had a new salad today, which tasted surprisingly good. This is the receipt for those interested:
Watermelon cut into small cubes
Mint leaves, finely chopped
Balsamic vinegar
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
--> toss them all and u have... a salad. It's actually quite good. hehehe...
Need to sleep now... stats class tomorrow... nite... zzz...
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sunday morning...
Today I woke up to a cool breeze blowing into my room. Was stunned for a while since it was 40+ degrees again yesterday. Then I remembered that it's supposed to be 10+ to 20+ today. It's really nice!! So I woke up, made myself a cup of milo and planned what to eat for breakfast. Decided on oats (oats needs milk), since the college provides 2 carton of milk and 2 loaves of bread for my floor for Sunday. Went to the kitchen.. and what did I find!? Someone had taken all the milk and bread! Leaving none for the rest of the residents on the 3rd floor! How inconsiderate! Argh. So my breakfast became crackers instead of oats. Sob. Not sure what I'll have for lunch and dinner (was suppose to be bread), but most prolly instant noodles or something.
People in the college seems to becoming worse. Well, at least those on my lvl. Not only do they take away common food, they dun wash their cups and dishes!! It's so terrible in the kitchen! There are so many unwashed dishes and cups that are in the sink. Sigh. Soon we'll see a notice from the cleaners to wash up. Argh.
It's at times like this that I wish I can move out to stay on my own. Being a picky person (yes, I dun deny that I can be picky at times), I would like to stay on my own and not share with people. However, studio apartments are very expensive. >_< It's at least $270 a week! Compared to $230-$250 per week that I currently pays. So that remains a dream...
Have to do lots of readings today.... argh... but at least the weather is good... :)
People in the college seems to becoming worse. Well, at least those on my lvl. Not only do they take away common food, they dun wash their cups and dishes!! It's so terrible in the kitchen! There are so many unwashed dishes and cups that are in the sink. Sigh. Soon we'll see a notice from the cleaners to wash up. Argh.
It's at times like this that I wish I can move out to stay on my own. Being a picky person (yes, I dun deny that I can be picky at times), I would like to stay on my own and not share with people. However, studio apartments are very expensive. >_< It's at least $270 a week! Compared to $230-$250 per week that I currently pays. So that remains a dream...
Have to do lots of readings today.... argh... but at least the weather is good... :)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Mid of Week 2
Been back about 10 days now. It feels so much longer than that!! Feel like I've never left. Lol.
Managed to ride out the heat wave. Thank goodness it's over for now. Temperature is dropping 1 degree daily. The day is less hotter now and some of the breeze are quite cooling. Cheers! Much cooler at night so I've been sleeping better. Will be sleeping earlier tonight to pay back my sleep debt. =)
Made 2 of my friends angry. Sigh. Seriously, I have no idea why they are upset after I have explained!? This is what happened. I left a note on my potential supervisor's door to ask if I can meet him on 2 Feb, 1pm, since he's away on leave. After class ended at 12.30pm, I went to find him to check if he's free. He was not in the office. As I was leaving that floor, I saw him and two of my friends walking past so I followed them since I wanted to check about the meeting. In his room, he asked if we all wanted to see him about thesis supervision and we said yes. He replied that he won't be able to see us that afternoon as he has many meetings. I wanted to check with him whether one of these meetings was with me, since I left him a note. So I waited for my friends to leave before asking him whether his meeting included me. He said yeah, and started talking to me about possible thesis topics.
I found out the next day that my 2 friends were angry. They thought I was rude as I talked to him alone and close the door. I was like... huh!? I then explained to them about the note... 3 times! As they were too pissed to listen to my explanations. While I was explaining, I started getting pissed. Why do I have to explain so many times?! And why do I have to explain my actions to u!? So after my explanations, they said that they r not angry anymore... yeah right. Today we only said hi and bye. Go figure whether they r still angry or not.
After my explanation, they asked me how long I stayed with the supervisor. I told them 15 mins, since the topic I wanted to do seems to have been taken by someone else. I thought to myself then... why does it matter how long I talked to him!? U gals are meeting him today! There's only 1 day difference!! There's not much things I can get done within 1 day! I didnt tell them that he gave me a new topic to search... as he's interested in updating that topic too. I suppose I was feeling quite unhappy then... like why do I have to report everything ? *mutter*
So yeah, that's been my days since I got back... endured the heat wave, angered 2 of my friends, trying to confirm thesis topic, getting involved in the international students orientation (I was a packer today!), trying to motivate myself to start exercising (fencing club president smsed that practices have resumed), looking for a weekend job and arranging for my 2nd and 3rd placement.
Managed to ride out the heat wave. Thank goodness it's over for now. Temperature is dropping 1 degree daily. The day is less hotter now and some of the breeze are quite cooling. Cheers! Much cooler at night so I've been sleeping better. Will be sleeping earlier tonight to pay back my sleep debt. =)
Made 2 of my friends angry. Sigh. Seriously, I have no idea why they are upset after I have explained!? This is what happened. I left a note on my potential supervisor's door to ask if I can meet him on 2 Feb, 1pm, since he's away on leave. After class ended at 12.30pm, I went to find him to check if he's free. He was not in the office. As I was leaving that floor, I saw him and two of my friends walking past so I followed them since I wanted to check about the meeting. In his room, he asked if we all wanted to see him about thesis supervision and we said yes. He replied that he won't be able to see us that afternoon as he has many meetings. I wanted to check with him whether one of these meetings was with me, since I left him a note. So I waited for my friends to leave before asking him whether his meeting included me. He said yeah, and started talking to me about possible thesis topics.
I found out the next day that my 2 friends were angry. They thought I was rude as I talked to him alone and close the door. I was like... huh!? I then explained to them about the note... 3 times! As they were too pissed to listen to my explanations. While I was explaining, I started getting pissed. Why do I have to explain so many times?! And why do I have to explain my actions to u!? So after my explanations, they said that they r not angry anymore... yeah right. Today we only said hi and bye. Go figure whether they r still angry or not.
After my explanation, they asked me how long I stayed with the supervisor. I told them 15 mins, since the topic I wanted to do seems to have been taken by someone else. I thought to myself then... why does it matter how long I talked to him!? U gals are meeting him today! There's only 1 day difference!! There's not much things I can get done within 1 day! I didnt tell them that he gave me a new topic to search... as he's interested in updating that topic too. I suppose I was feeling quite unhappy then... like why do I have to report everything ? *mutter*
So yeah, that's been my days since I got back... endured the heat wave, angered 2 of my friends, trying to confirm thesis topic, getting involved in the international students orientation (I was a packer today!), trying to motivate myself to start exercising (fencing club president smsed that practices have resumed), looking for a weekend job and arranging for my 2nd and 3rd placement.
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