Blood

Just saw on tv about blood donation. I recall cousin mentioning that she donates blood. I think I would like too but someone told me if I haven't started, better don't because you can't stop donating. Someone once wanted to donate but was diagnosed with something, which I can't remember now. I don't mind donating but I don't think I can because I am underweight? Not sure because I never get myself checked before. Hubby is worst than me. He can't donate because of his health and he is scared of injection. Hahaha.. squeezed my hand so hard the last time.

Today was awesome because we had free pizza at work. It was because of our department results. How great huh. It feels nice to be rewarded for something that we do.

It is raining very heavily outside and miserable to do anything out. Not that I can go anyway since I have to work tomorrow morning. Extra money for me tomorrow, yay!!

 

Thoughts and reflections

Managed to catch up with friends who are leaving. Were such good conversation that I didn't want to leave. =P

I think I have been sick for 2 weeks already. Thought I was getting better in the second week but no... in the weekend, I had fever. Spent almost the day sleeping. Aaah.. was so nice. I almost didn't want to get up. Then blocked nose, runny nose and the sneezing continues until now. I really do take longer time to get better.

Just did house chores the whole afternoon. The house looks so clean and comfortable. =P

Sometimes I was told that you need to spend time with yourself. Yeah, I do. Doing house chores is spending time with myself. I think and reflect a lot when I am doing house chores. I also thought by doing more house chores, I am also exercising and burning off some calories. That's killing two birds with one stone. =) Then I don't need to look out for bestfatburningsupplement.com.

I think I do get bored very easily. If I had spare time to relax, I would be looking around for chores or duty to do. I guess I always try to fill up my time with something useful. I think every minute is precious and people should do something useful every minute. I know not everyone would agree with me. Well, this is just how I see on my life.

Knowing your way

Street smart VS Academic Smart

It's always better to have good understanding of general knowledge.

Doesn't mean you're academic smart, you will be street smart. A good example is me. Yeah I know this is bad but having a mentor helps a lot. I am learning day by day.

Darling and I were just comparing ourselves the other day. He told me that he got 6C 1A for his PMR. To be honest, I was quite surprised. His university grades aren't that bad and he actually graduated. As for me, I didn't expect my results to be 6A 1B and yet, am I as street smart as him?

So, my point is, don't push yourself too much just to be so 'academicly' smart. As long as you're street smart and know 'your way', you will be fine.

I guess everyone knows this already. So I shall not babble on too much.

This is my opinions

It's so annoying when your laptop failed on you. Yup, that's right. My laptop died on me and darling figured out that it was the hard drive problem. I thought it might be something that I did. But it wasn't. It was most likely the components inside the laptop. Even though I am laptopless, I still manage to post here. Lol I think I may have lost everything in my laptop because of the laptop breakdown but there was nothing important so yeah.. sigh

I have some photos to upload actually but seeing that I don't have picasa to edit so until the laptop is back, my blog posts will be without photos. Maybe some photos will be up but not all though. I still need picasa to put together some photos. I know it is small and hard to see but it's good because I know that people who steal my photos don't have original photos. Muahaha.. A friend once told me that she took all my photos and kept it. I just thought that is weird and I felt a little annoyed. After that, I choose my photos to be uploaded on blog.

Even sis mentioned that a 'friend' read her blog privately. I just thought, well people has been telling me that writing blogs are not private. It is on the net so someone is bound to find it. You can keep blogs private. It is safer that way but you never know who might be able to hack into your account and read it. Some news came out before that if you blog about work, be it negative or positive, you might get fired. In the end, you just need to watch what you write.

I thought travel topic is good but some people may think oh, this person is rich and try to stalk you, maybe even broke into your house or something. Yea there are danger wherever you are. You cannot avoid it.

Yea, my blog is getting boring huh since I watch what I write.

So anyway, I think it is important to use internet on computers. Never know if your internet security fails on you. Should try checking credit reports as it is about protecting your identity. I might not make sense to you but if you read it, you will understand it more. Better to compare all the options available before deciding to buy it though and guess what, they have the option.

Gosh, my post is full of words. It wil be boring. Hmm.. I think I might just try to upload photos straight from the camera. Next post then.

It was real tennis

Yup, I played tennis last week. Lost 3 balls too. Did I mentioned that? I was horrified to lose that many balls. It was an accident though, I hit one of them into the bush and 2 of them, I couldn't catch from darling and they went into the bush (the background).

So I do have my M'sian accent, according to a student who came in the other day. Hmm.. I thought I don't have it when I talked non-msian. I guess it was hidden inside all the time and only certain people can hear it. =P Lol. Know one thing, ever since I started blogging, I have a passion to write and was ready to make writing my job, but then, what am I thinking about when my grammar and written English isn't very good. I mean, look at my posts. There is at least one mistake in every post. Agree or not?

Anyway, I just have a sudden burst to randomize. So the flat isn't so bad, I am still by myself. I don't mind being alone in the flat. I have the whole flat to myself and I am free to do anything, even walking naked in the flat. Hahahaha.. just kidding lah, I don't walk naked in the flat. This year, we are having 3 new flatmates. I think most of them, including the flatmates whom I know are moving in, are only coming nearer the lectures times.

I watched a movie about 'The Secret' a few weeks ago before my interview and am now reading the book. It really helps a lot. It was about the law of attraction. Whatever thoughts you have, the universe respond to it. That's the short conclusion I can say from the movie. So, if you go for interview or any important appointment, don't get too nervous and think positively. If you keep thinking that you will fail, then you will fail. I was actually thinking, I don't want to quit my card job but I really want the experience. I did get the job which was really good.

Talking about job, I actually applied for another position by darling recommendation. Didn't get it because my application wasn't too high so I got an invitation for another position (the job I am starting on Monday) since I have applied for so many times (according to the recruiter). Sigh.. if it wasn't for this, I would be jobless by mid-March.

Adding

Oh I want to add more resolutions. I like to make swimming another hobby or physical exercise that I can do so I feel fit. =) Now that I am not studying, I don't need to study. My weekends will be free, besides doing groceries shopping and walking the mall. Hey, walking the mall is also a form of exercise. Isn't it?

Then, I don't need any best weight loss diet pills to make sure that I am losing weight or keep to my current size. Nowadays, I follow the series, the biggest loser on tv. It is just so incredible, how much they are losing each week. Hmm.. I have no weight to lose, just the unwanted fats at tummy and face. I am also trying to eat more fruits and less portion of lunch and dinner. Hope that will keep me full and not complaining hungry. Can't stand hunger you know.

Have I mentioned that I find more jobs to apply since beginning of January? Have been applying lots. I heard back from one job which require me to go for assessment next week. Hopefully it will turn out better.

Some resolutions

I think I have resolutions almost every year. Sometimes during the year too. My resolutions sound lame though. It is just something that I know I can achieve easily. The common resolution I had was to achieve good grades. Did I? From my view point, I would say, not up to what I expected.  Some would say, just be glad that you passed.

So do you think I am harsh on myself for not being up to my own expectations? Honestly, no one really comes up to me and say, 'you don't do enough and you need to improve yourself more. Why do you complain so much when you don't even do something about it.' I do try to do something about it but that doesn't mean that I will be perfect after that.

I explore more

I haven't been blogging much lately. Well that was beause it was the holiday season. Although I was very envious of my family's holiday in a new country and cousin who went to other countries, I was overall happy to spend some time away from Christchurch. =P I shall put up some photos of where I have been.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Hehehe I am a little slower in wishing my readers here. Anyway, yup I went to West Coast and it was fun. Sceneries were beautiful. A lot of tourists/locals were also holidaying and almost half of the cars on the road were the motorhome type. Some were towed by a car though. Hmm.. I wonder where they get those motorhome towing. I am thinking of going for something like that. It would be an experience.

Almost every year, I made a resolutions for myself. I actually don't remember what my resolutions for 2009 is. If I have the time, I shall browse for last year's resolutions. As for 2010 resolutions? I am not sure actually. What shall I do since I have already finish my studies? Find a job? Hehe..

As days goes by

I also haven't been in the blogging mood lately. Was too busy going through jobsite and looking. I should start reading through interview books and getting myself prepared in case I get call for interviews. I got a little upset when I didn't get through the interview I went last week. But oh well, it's not meant to be for me. There's still other jobs.

Ever since I finish exams, I had time to think a lot. I wanted to blog about them but the moment I sat down, my mind just went blank. So I ended up chatting on google or watching series. Wasted my time but it is kind of nice to just sit there and watch something without having to do other stuff. Oh, I caught up with ICF friends and one of them bought a book for me when she went for an interview in Sidney.



I have started reading it already. =) Anyway, I thought a lot, I think I tend to run away from problems a lot. Maybe because I don't want to face reality, I know I have to face it eventually but the heart kept telling me no no, I just want to run away. My head told me if I don't do this, the problem will just linger around. It is hard to try to face reality but I am trying to.

Memorizing is taking my cells away

It is annoying that I cannot seem to login to blog in firefox. Something is really wrong. I am actually using internet explorer. I can't be bothered to browse and finding out what is wrong. Still trying to memorizing. It is working though I am not memorizing my sentences, just the facts. I am also tempted to stuff biscuits into my mouth too. I guess I get a little stress after a while of memorizing. There is always the feeling of nervousness that the exam is coming soon and worrying that you cannot remember all the facts that you just studied.

Sis should be in S'pore already with her friend, I am assuming. Update me if you read this. I won't respond you till I finish exam after Tuesday next week but I would like to know if you arrive there safely. Hmm.. I guess I do get protective. Hehe..

Got this v shot from sis too. It's so bitter and I don't like it. I prefer the normal one. It doesn't do anything too. I don't feel hyper and wanting to study. Oh yea, I saw this article from news website. I don't understand why people are out of jobs when there are jobs posted up at seek.co.nz.

busy

Almost everyone is busy with their life and study. I am too.

I have been at uni almost everyday since Thursday. Helps me to study and focus a lot. Doing questions with friends was also good because they helped me to focus and get me to think more. I can study at home but my concentation span is short. I will end up doing something else after half an hour. Serious. Even sherp complained that she has short concentration span. I wonder if veep does. She probably gets told off for not focusing when she is studying at home. Hahaha.. at least sherp and I don't get that anymore. Well, I do actually get it at times, from darling. Told him that I have short concentration span. He understands. =) It's annoying because I can't help feeling like that and I wanted to study. Really!

Anyway, darling scared the life of me when he asked me to play some maze game. I knew something was going to happen but I just wasn't sure what. I think sherp played it before. So when the image came out scaring me, I cried. I know my reaction is lame but hey, I have scary phobia. I couldn't stop crying for about 5 mins. Ishk.. I probably need eye cream to put around my eyes to cover up.

Getting all moody

Being moody means my best friend is going to visit me soon. I don't lke the feeling but what to do. It makes me not being able to concentrate on my studying. I have a lab quiz next week with over 40 rocks sample to study on. But we only have 2 rock samples to describe for the test. We are also allowed cheat sheet so I have been trying to think what to put on and that I should make my handwriting smaller than usual.

Back to my moody feelings, I wanted to cook something yesterday and even thought of cooking beef curry or beef with mushroom casserole but when it comes to today, I got so lazy and did not cook anything. Yup, I did not eat breakfast and ate maggi mee for lunch. How unhealthy. I bet dinner would be maggi mee again or take out. I even thought of not eating at one point but hunger caught up with me and I gave in. Maybe I should get appetite suppressant during this time. I mean, at least it will help me when I don't have the appetite to eat.



I thought this specs suit darling. Somemore it is Ted Baker. It may not be very famous here but I think it is quite famous in London. I mean, it is TED BAKER. Their items are very expensive.

Weather sunny

I tried making waffles this morning without the waffles maker. It did not turn out nice. Some part were still raw and some part are cooked. Well, it wasn't flat so maybe that's why. When I used the waffle maker, it turned out nice though. Yea, that's cos it was flat and non-stick. But it's quite hard to wash off the sides of the waffle maker. Sigh..

The weather nowadays are very sunny. It's the spring season now. Flowers should be blooming everywhere. I suggested to darling that we should have picnic during one of the sunny weekend. I kept saying but I am not sure when the day time will come. Afterall, I am sort of preparing for finals. Darling is going to take up some course.

Yesterday we made chocolate fudge in lab. It was an example of how magma flows on Earth's surface. Kinda cool to make it during lab. Somemore, it smells so nice and I was so tempted to steal the chocolate and put in my mouth.

Know what..  I was browsing the flyers the other day and find that exercise equipment are getting cheaper. Well, I checked one from the warehouse and it was quite cheap. But there were no space in the house to put any. Sigh.. then, I recall seeing a gym still with the lights on at 10 sth pm last week. If it's open 24 hours, it would be so good. I mean, some people don't even have the time to rush to gym after work. They can just come home eat dinner and only go to gym at 10pm to exercise. No rush too.

No colourful photos

You know what, I should have studied management science. Apparently, there is a quite a bit of statistics stuff in the subject. I could have a double degree instead of a double major. Alright, enough of this talk.

I was in the bus when I thought, I always have the luxury of sitting in the car to everywhere. Well, not exactly but at least it was most of the time. I am lucky when it comes to this. I mean, some people might have to take the bus during the whole of their university life. How about whole life? Well, I have not met anyone who takes the bus everywhere their whole life. I don't mean in really big cities like London. That one, you definitely don't need a car. I think the transport system is good enough. But here in Christchurch, I don't think so. I am rambling again.

Friday night, it was a friend's birthday so we had dinner at some posh Chinese restaurant. Dishes was ok though one dish is full of chilli and I can't even see chicken. Dish was called hot and spicy chicken. It was really nice to catch up with them. It feels like yesterday that we hung out so much and talk so much. But in reality, it has been almost 10 months. Oh and it's the second anniversary of mosaic this week and we are going. I think it was expected to be big but I'm not so sure. Well, let's see. I shall update about it.

There were more clean up of the garage and the living room this weekend too. And I made my waffles for brunch. Hehe.. it was alright but I don't like the whole-wheat flour that I put in. I think I would prefer white flour. I watched Ugly Truth and Orphan last night. Ugly Truth was just typical romantic movie that you predict the main actress and actor to be together in the end. Orphan was different. It was quite slow torturing thriller. I shall not say anything about the story in case any of you want to watch. That kind of disorder really do exist in the real world.

Break finish

I don't know what I am doing. I am watching more series and cartoons. When I finish one season, I jump to the next. I know I can't help watching. I think I look at my notes too much till I lost my focus. Don't be surprised to see my blog post increase during these times too. I blog-hopped till I ran out of blogs to read as well. Now I am even thinking of going to supermarket to do some groceries though I have nothing else to buy. Still got food in the fridge and in the cupboard. Woah.. it sounds like I like to cook now. I used to complain about cooking and thinking of what to cook everyday. It's like I am becoming the housewife type. Again, I used to tell myself that I wouldn't want to end up becoming the housewife type.

Man.. I feel like going for a vacation. Really, I feel like going somewhere. I haven't been studying whole day because I felt sick of studying. Tv also kept showing about medical travel insurance when going overseas and these vacations are mostly about cruises or going to Australia. Hmm.. I like to go Gold Coast, Fiji or Cook Island. I imagine island and clear water.



Hmm.. I hope I can go after my study are finished. :)

Can't believe

I can't believe I watch scary movies. I jump when sudden sounds come out and close my eyes when the scary images come out. That's a start in watching scary movies. Hehe.. yea, maybe you think that the movie is not scary at all once I mentioned it. It's case 39. Yea, you can laugh at me all you want. The thought of those images flashing at me when I am brushing teeth in the dark or doing my business in the toilet in the dark really scared me. Turn on the lights lah, lazy bum. But it's only few minutes, no need to turn on the lights lah. I tell you, even sometimes when I turned on the lights, I get scared. The sudden thought just entered my mind at that time. I can't help thinking about it at times. =(

Oh I want to share this article. I was browsing in the unexplained phenomena website about latest news when I stumbled on it. So what do you think?

Oh oh this article as well. It's scary to think that any of your friends or even you can be kicked out just because you aren't passing your papers.

Admire them

Go on. Admire the sceneries.

This was taken at Parson Hill. Yup, sceneries are nice. Going there takes a bit of time and sure enough, you waste petrol just to go there. But do you think it's worth it to see the views? I know it may be worthwhile for some people. For me, I thought the sceneries was breathtaking. But I think it's worth going with friends who really enjoy these. Sorry to offend those. But hey, I don't like walking but if there are friends who have the same interest as me, I would forget about my dislike for walking.

For me, it's the company that's important when I go travelling. I mean, who wants to travel with someone who doesn't enjoy the same thing as you do. I know I may sound harsh but this is the truth. Don't tell me you never thought about it.

Right, let's forget about it and enjoy the photos.

This photo was taken at Cape Foulwind. It was a long hike from the carpark. I wasn't keen on walking but I have no choice. It was part of the assessment.

Oh, I just handed in 40% of the assessment on Thursday. So now, the whole course is done. Hopefully I will pass. :D

Those black things are coal. Interesting huh?

I may have shown this picture of rock. Sorry, can't remember. You just have to deal with lookin at it again.

My friend abandoned his blog of reviews about film end of last year. I think I watched quite a lot of movies so I should be able to help contribute. But can you see me in writing reviews for movies? I think I would have a hard time since I always have nothing to talk about movies. Ask me and you will get an ok and nice movie comment. That's it.

On a side note, check out some sexy lingerie.

Project

Project coming up.

My coursemates and I are doing a survey on counting males and females who shopped or just walking in the  mall at one entrance. My lecturer thought that it would be interesting to know how we have done and what we are going to write in our report. Well, obviously there will be a lot of limitations in our report. Apparently, that is what makes it interesting. We do have to calculate some data and provide diagrams as well. Now, this is much easier than my geology report. I have few ideas that I am going to add into my report already. Don't hesitate to tell me 'answers'. I like to add that into my report. Hehehe..

Oh yea, yesterday darling was reading news online when he found this. I have been warned before about putting things on blogs. I haven't put anything on facebook status since early last year. So, this definitely will make me feel conscious of what I put on blog. As for the facebook status, it's because one of my friend complained that another friend showed off by putting on status that makes me think about updating status every now and then. Now, I am going to think twice before updating anything on blog.

p/s check out car lifts.

Housechores is forever

Phew.. I felt I just finished a day's worth of housechores. I am not fit, you know. Wait, how does that link to it? Does doing housechores require you to be fit? I came back from a test, decide to iron some clothes, wash dishes and threw a week's worth of rubbish in the flat. Oh.. now I know why I feel so tired, it was bringing the big rubbish bin from flat to downstairs that makes me tired. And that makes me unfit? Wait. If this makes me feel tired, what will happen to me when I go for my field trip? But then again, I survived two field trips last year. So I should be able to survive this one. I hope we don't walk as much as last year.

I used to like walking everywhere even when I go travelling. I think it's field trips that make me hate walking. Even walking to Bush Inn shopping mall which is like 10 minutes walk.

Right, I find doing housechores something I can do to avoid studying. Sometimes I find it relaxing. Am I that weird? Or am I getting old? I know no one enjoys doing housechores. But I feel so good after seeing  the house clean or look nice. Aah... I can't believe this.

Proud

I had this idea on heating up chicken and sweet corn from a can yesterday when I did some groceries. I thought, I can add the frozen sweet corn that I had in the freezer and add in some mushroom that I bought as well. I cooked some rice as well. Not exactly cooking in the pot. I use the rice cooker. So, it should be the rice cooker cooking the rice. Hehe..

It turned out really nice actually. Anu likes our lunch very much. I kept some for darling's lunch tomorrow. =) Finally I am doing some cooking huh? Well, normally I would put the nuggets and frozen potato nuggets into oven. That's not called cooking because you don't do anything at all.

I don't like cooking. Weird huh? Normally girls or shall I say women likes to cook. Okay, maybe not all likes to cook. But most of the time, women do cooking at home for the family, right? But for now, darling is doing all the cooking. Well, I helped at times to prepare the ingredients. I guess I will be doing cooking after I am completely done with studies. I feel that I should be since women usually do cooking at home.