Sigh...

My week hasn't been good. First, I was rushing for the "supposedly to have been completed" literature review on Sunday. Dun ask me why it's not done yet because I dun have an answer for that. So I was doing the lit review until 3am on monday morning... then went to the Welcome Centre at 8.30am. More student then I expected as many of the study abroad students came. So was busy. Went to see Neil at 2pm... and was told my lit review kinda sux. Not in those words, but it was implied. So I was upset of course... went back to KLC, didnt get my IELTS results, so became more upset. And because I didnt have enough sleep, i got more upset. Finally went to sleep...

Tues, got IELTS results. I got a 7.0 for reading and 7.5 for writing. Wasnt as good as I hoped... but am glad that I pass. The test cost about $300! Stil had a headache due to not enough sleep I think...

Wed... met a friend for after dinner drinks... and he said I've gained weight. :( then my bf said I'm heavy. :( I think he's joking but I'm not sure. And I'm told that I should not just ignore that comment cause guys usually try the "softer" approach.

Sigh. Need to lose weight. Need to exercise more and eat less junk food. I MUST. Sigh.

Close-ups of Dishes

Here are the close up photos of the dishes I had last Sunday! Don't they look yummy!??!?!? =D

The ingredients...

The ingredients at the other side of the counter...

蔬菜炒肉片

My friend made this specially for me cause I dun eat bittergourd. The pork was soooo tender!

苦瓜炒肉片

素什锦
I have no idea what this dish is made up of (other than the obvious carrots and some kind of noodles and green veges) but it tasted sooooooo goooooooooood!

烤鸡翅, 南瓜
The trick to making the chicken wings tender? When it is in the oven, use aluminum foil to cover the chicken. As for the pumpkin, wrap them in aluminum foil and bake them together with the chicken wings. The pumpkins was very soft! and the chicken wings were tender and juicy!

溜肝尖
Yep! We had pig liver! and it's good! =D =D Pig liver is one of my favouritest food... when it's cooked nicely.

清炖鸡汤, with asparagus, mushroom, zhu du, tofu
To ensure that asparagus remains crunchy, add them last. Oh, and the tofu didn't melt because it's one of the hardy ones.

Day 1 of 2nd semester orientation for International Students

Today is Day 1 of the orientation and boy, it was INTENSE. I arrived at 8.30am, and as I was walking to the Welcome Centre, thought to myself... wow, where are all the people? There's no one here? o.O Met Ben at the Welcome Centre, and helped to bring some documents in for setting it up. By 8.45am, we... were flooded. I dunno where all these people came from!!! o.O Saw one of the gals from KLC and she feedback that she had difficulty finding the Welcome Centre (Yes, it's hidden in some obscure corner of the Uni, and no, it is actually not stated in the signs in the building. Not sure why though). So I got some signs directing students to the Welcome Centre and started putting them up at Union House. The process took longer than I thought. Why? cause I was leading people to the Welcome Centre!! Anyway, that deed got done and all was good. Of course that resulted in more people finding us, which means we got more work. =P

We are expecting about 400+ students in semester 2. (I think... or is it 700?). About 80-85% of them arrived TODAY. Try and imagine that. Can you? If I wasnt there, I couldnt! (Doh, should have taken a photo!!). So the day was intense, with us Peer Mentors running around finding the details for students. Hehe. As always, backdesk was choatic. Everyone seem to know what they are doing but no one knows what everyone else is doing. Ah well. We learn from all these... Mistakes happen. What is important is that we learned from them.

The campus tours were good. Much more structured than last time, and the notes really helped a lot. I hope the students enjoyed it as much as I did!! I helped out with a Faculty of Enginnering tour and this is the first time I went and wander around the Engineering building. It's a maze.... hahaha... so, thanks to the tour, I actually learn some new things today!

Oh! I met my secondary school classmate, Dorothy, today!! =D That was a pleasant surprise. Didn't expect that at all. Will be catching up with her soon... hehehehe.

Now that we have "processed" the bulk of the students, the other days should be much more relaxing (I hope). I won't be in again until Friday... so hope that goes well too. Going for placement tomorrow and I'll be researching quite a bit on training stuff. That should be good... See how it goes.

I'm gonna try my hair now... and sleep... had a huge dinner yesterday, and only managed to sleep at 2.30am. I was too bloated, and can't sleep. :( BUT! the dinner was good! Had fun!! Went to Waite Campus for the first time, and went to Ming's place for dinner. We spend about 2 hrs cooking (ok, I wasnt cooking. They were :P) and wow, it was a FEAST. =D 7 dishes for 4 of us... hehehe. I enjoyed it (Of course!!! it's food! To make it better, it's CHINESE FOOD!). Great! Hope we can do that again soon.

Michael Jackson...

Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50. Most of us, if not all of us, would know this person. His songs, his dance moves and his music videos have been great... and a part of my life. I love his songs, especially his earlier ones like Thriller, Beat it, Smooth Criminal, Bad, Black or White and You Rock My World. I remember the days when I get excited when he released a new album. Those were the days where I can sing each and every of his songs. My hope to dance like him faded away when I tried dancing on my parents bed, end up falling, and getting a scar at my eyebrow (yes, laugh all you want :P I was what... 5 I think).

His videos were always good, and my favourites are Thriller, Black or White, Smooth Criminal and You Rock my World. I believe his videos inspired future artists on how their videos should be... with group dancing and so on... so yeah...

His dance moves are extraordinary. I can still remember the day I saw his moonwalk. I was like.. what the... what in the world is that!? And had to rewind the tape a few times. This signature move of his is awesome =) I think that's one of the things that go me stuck onto him... wondering what other moves he can have.

So thank you Michael Jackson... for being part of my life.