My awful rants

This was meant to be posted on Wednesday night. =P

The snow actually caused a lot of disruptions. Can't do normal things and can't even take the car out. Opening the gate is one of the problem. The snow build up on the driveway and I had to shovel them out of the way in order for me to open the gate. Driving out of the driveway is alright I suppose, just have to be slow and careful.

It was definitely a good day/night to have hotpot if there was one.  =( Sigh.. life is boring huh when there was nothing to do or look forward to. So far only the upcoming holidays.

Yes, this is a ranting post. I am sorry for my readers who reads my ranting posts all the time because my life sucks at times. I don't mean my life is not good enough just because it sucks. I am just ranting because some part of my life sucks.

Snow

I am back here, still using ipad and very annoying to touch screen because it is slow. Yes it is snowing outside now. We did have to go into work in the morning because it wasnt snowing then. Got sent home at 11 something. Darling got cold feet because shoes got wet walking through snow. Tomorrow it will b slippery when snow hardens and definitely have to walk to work. Have to wear thicker while walking.

It is freezing cold

Just had steamboat dinner with friends (they are couple) with family. It is seriously cold outside and we are all saying cold cold.

I think my blog is pathetic with posts full of complaints about life. Lol it's not that I am sick of life. I just think my life is boring and very routine. I mean, I do like to have routines but it gets too boring at times and there is nothing exciting about it. But life is life... sigh..

Seriously not looking forward to winter.

Snow

Here I am, blogging back here. I cannot log in my .com site to blog about my snow photos. So here goes; it snowed on Saturday afternoon after coming back from rock climbing. Will update more when .com is running.

I love this photo. It looks so artisty and I look like a model. Hehehe.. perasan-nya :P
This is the only photo for now. Will put more in the .com when I get it back.

I was thinking, should I really get a sub domain from one of my cousin? This free .com kept on crashing and I hate it when it is like that. Sigh..

Weather-ish

This week, the weather has been really crazy. It was so cold in the morning. I almost didn't want to get up to revise my lecture notes. Well, partly because I didn't switch on the heater but it was still summer. Well, it should be autumn now. But I haven't feel the summer properly. I did for a week before it turned completely cold on me. Sigh.. what a weather.

One other thing, I have moved out from Ilam where I normally wear T-shirt and shorts to sleep. It was really warm when I was still staying in Ilam. Not anymore now. I guess I would just have to get used to it. Now I have to think of a good way to save electricity. I can no longer leave my laptop on 24 hours. Sigh..

Second half year

I did a half year review in October, dating from February till July. Now, I think it's time for me to do from July till November. I think it will definitely be quite long. I chose to put up some photos only. Didn't want to waste the Internet bytes to upload unnecessary photos. Anyway, let me just summarize stories about second half year.

Li, Em and I went to Dunedin during our winter holidays and it was great fun to meet up with Anita, one of my high school friends back in Wellington. We spent 2 full days going to the world's steepest road, visiting Chocolate Factory and not forgetting Otago University. I caught up a lot with Anita, talking rubbish from after high school till recent. I do miss my high school friends. I don't see them everyday in school now.

Semester 2 started with meeting more friends. Really, it was great fun getting to know more people though some of them are graduating that year. We have some events going on with ICF as the year goes by. This includes selecting new executives committee for the following year, 2008. Later in August, I took up a waitress job which made me a busy girl, juggling with study, work and friends. Nevertheless, I volunteered to help the Canterbury Malaysia Student Association and even went to the ball. It wasn't what we really expected. Some people even ditched the ball to go somewhere else. I couldn't blame them after rumours about the previous ball were like. The food was really good and we did enjoy it.

Later in the week, the weather was really sunny so the four of us decide to head off to the beach, enjoying ourselves and clear our heads before the new term started. We also did some shopping as the spring approaches. We went to watch our friends perform at an event, for example Talent's Night at university, hosted by the PETSOC (I assume so, I think I forgot the name but correct me if I am wrong).

I also have a field trip in the term 4. It was supposed to help with our final exams but I did not see how any could have help. Nevertheless, I did enjoy from taking photos.
ICF also organizes a walk from Sumner beach to Taylor's Mistake. There were 6 people going. Some commented good walk, some complained dying all the way, etc and I think it is a good exercise to have that and also to bond our friendship. They would agree with me, I hope.

A week later, we decided to have a picnic and walk around in the Botanical Garden. I thought it was sunny weather, turned out to be quite windy that day. Flowers were blooming everywhere since it was spring. That was my first time to Botanical Garden in Christchurch, note that it was already my second year in Christchurch.

Before study, final and hard work of week really started, we decided to have one night of fun. Everyone gathered at two of our friends' flat and slept over. Some were drunk and others singing till the early hours of the morning. Overall, it was really enjoyable.

When finals finished, we celebrated, well sort of but Emma hasn't finished her finals yet, so we decided to celebrate the ending of the year.

Oh ya, before the dinner that afternoon, Raz, WZ, Jon and I went for a kayak practice as I never kayak before. It was really hard the first time and tiring as you have to lift your arms most of the time. This was just one hour practice. What happens when you really go out in the sea kayaking and you have to kayak for six hours non-stop?

Well, it wasn't really six hours non stop paddling. Sometimes I paddle, sometimes I stop. And I don't stay in one kayak by myself. I paired up with Jon. When he paddled, I stopped. When I paddled, he stopped. It was really tiring and my thumbs hurt by the end of the trip. We stayed at a holiday house first and the last night of the trip. We spent the second night at one of the huts where we kayak-ed. There were amazing scenery's at those places we kayak-ed. It was really an experience to go kayak. I never thought I will eventually kayak, it's like an adventure. One that I will never forget.

After coming back from the trip, I started packing all my stuff and moved them to a homestay's house with help from friends. The last 2 days before I leave for UK, friends and I spent all the time together.

p/s It's not very detail because I cannot remember some of the events we have done. Note that there's not a lot of group photos because apparently they said it's enough. Is there? I can't seem to find a group photo where everyone is inside.

Rest-less

I am seriously hating to study. I just lost my determination. I have motivation to study for the past few weeks but today, I just lost it. I just want to get over the exams blues.

Taken some time last week before my first exam. See how complicated the questions were.

Taken few weeks ago when ICF went out for dinner and ice cream after that.

ICF planned free tea and coffee for students outside the engineering library at the foyer. We invited our friends to come along and also handed out flyers to people in the engineering library. This was during the study break week. I know the photo is quite dark, taken using phone camera cos forgot to bring digital camera. It went really well and we planned to have more the next year so stay tune for free tea and coffee next year. :P

Em went through our food cupboard and found quite a lot of food packet which we needed to finish it. Bah Kut Teh was one of them so we asked the WZ to cook while Em cooked veges and I cooked rice. Jon was just there to eat. Love the food! We only used half the packet so thought of a next time. Just don't know when is the next time.

The past one week has been a hot week. Couldn't sleep at night because of the hot-ness. The last last Sunday, the 2 guys went to Catholic mass with me. Jon has never been to a Catholic mass so thought it would be good to visit. Yay, at least I did have 'teman' to church. WZ came along as well.

teman - someone to accompany

Dunedin Part III

So, this post is about us going to the world's steepest road and there is also one photo of us going back. The steepest road is about 40 minutes walking distance from where Anita stay. Em was not walking definitely so we took the bus there. It was about 10 minutes drive. Anyway, when we arrived, we saw this.

Isn't it cool?

Then, we walked on and took more photos.

Steepest road behind

Full view of the steepest road. It doesn't look like very steep but it was really tiring once you walked up.

This is from the view up.

You can see how tired Em is and us there standing there waiting for her. Muahaha..

Then, it was my turn to rest while Em took a photo of us.

While we were at the top, sitting down to rest before going down again.

This was taken while we walked down.

This also.

Going back on Monday. Had to wake up so early in the morning to take the bus back to Christchurch. So cold and sleepy. Anyway, it did not snow in Dunedin but snowed outside Dunedin. We saw it on the way. This time, I slept a while in the bus. I was so dead sleepy cos I had to wake up at 6.30am.
Note: I normally sleep till 9.30am. But that was because I only slept at 2am in the morning. Hehehe.. Anyway, classes are starting next week. Aaahh..
I got a message from my friend saying that we have to allocate our tutorials timetable. It's a good thing I have my timetable ready already. I feel like I only have one week holiday instead of 2 weeks. Blame it on BERSATU games. Stupid. I want my 2 weeks holidays!

Field Trip

Today, I went on the field trip for Geol 111. I was to follow the 8.30am bus to Lyttelton mountain area. Farhana and fish were with me on that bus. There were 2 buses on Saturday and 2 more buses for Sunday (tomorrow). I chose to go on Saturday. Anyway, our main thing on the trip is studying rocks. Ok.. I know it's boring studying rocks but I do find the rocks pretty. :)

Farhana and me on the bus

Fish sitting just right beside us.

This is Lyttelton mountain view. Apparently, it is a dominant volcano. We study the rocks around the mountain and the structure of the mountain. eg dikes around the mountain, basalt... etc... we also found crystal in those rocks. Some of the rocks are colourful.

We were divided into 2 groups but Farhana, fish and I were still in the same group. Phew.. :P
Behind us, it is a view from the mountain, overlooking the beach, Sumner.

What is he doing?

Good! You're supposed to look over here. :)

These are the students walking over to the rocks to study them. It was really hot that day. So, you know why fish keep having the folder to cover his head. Why didn't you bring your hat, fish? Hmm....

This is the another mountain view from the bus, on our way to another stop to study rocks again. We had to walk at some point up the hill and it was really tiring and HOT. I was longing to shower and go back when they told us there is a another stop to go.

Sudden Change of Weather

It was a sudden change in weather on Tuesday. It was very hot on the previous days and suddenly, it rained on Tuesday. I was fine in the morning and afternoon. But, by night, I felt tired and went to bed early. I thought I would get better by tomorrow. It always has.

On the Wednesday morning, I did not get any better and I could feel myself very warm. I got changed, ready to go to class in a very tired mode. After thinking for a while, I decided not to go to class and rest. I took panadol and went to sleep. I slept almost for the whole day and also getting up in between.
By night, I could hardly sleep, so I sat in front of the computer and chat to mum. Surprisingly, I feel much better. But I had headache, blocked-nose and sore throat.
And it was raining and hailing with strong wind the whole day on Wednesday.

On Thursday morning, I woke up at 9am and thought, ok.. maybe I should go to class, so I got ready in 15 minutes and rushed to class, thinking that I am late, I haven't had my breakfast. But I was early. Cool..
Another sudden change of weather, it is sunny and hot. What the... the weather can change just from one day. Sigh...

Still in the process of recovering, I went to get medicine for my headache from the University Pharmacy. They recommended me this, Migraine Pain. I was told to ignore the words and that it is just to clear my headache. I took it cos I really needed to concentrate on my work and not on the headache. So, in the afternoon, I concentrate really well. But I cannot sleep that night, I thought it was cos of the medicine I took.
Friday... I had a bit of headache but I did not take the medicine since I'm still in my room. Only took it when I went to class. More headache in the evening when I went to the beach but I didn't take the medicine. I don't want to end up awake throughout the night.
Saturday... I did not take any the medicine anymore. I think my headache has gone away, leaving me with sore throat and blocked nose. Hmm... I can't wait to get rid of those two. What should I do next?