Just my Luck!

2009-05-10T02:09:00.002+10:00

This few months have been up and down like a roller-coaster. But, let's cross out the sorrows and just talk about good stuff, happy stuff.

Waiting for our flight..Didn't have enough sleep the prev. nite XD

I had a 2 weeks holiday in april. Lucky to get cheap tickets to Melb and Adelaide. I stayed in Melbourne for 6 days then came back to canberra, work again. Then spent 4 days in adelaide. Both melbourne and adelaide trip was superbly FUN!!!

Waiting for my friend to come

This was my 4th trip to melbourne. I asked a friend if he could pick my frens and I up in the airport when we arrived. And he agreed. How nice of him!! But troubles came when he couldn't find the terminal 4 where TigerAirways land in the Tullamarine Airport. Therefore, we had to walk to Terminal 3 which is just beside where we were. My poor friend was too concentrate on our conversation on the phone that he missed a junction to the airport and went to a freeway. So we waited in the airport until he came. He was so shocked that I brought a BIG luggage just for a 6 days trip. But it's lucky that one of my fren's small luggage could sit in the front. He sent us to my besty's place to put down our luggage before we had lunch together.

Here's my besty

We did a bit of shopping in the city for a few days and had heaps of nice food. Oh yeah, I'd like to recommend an Italian restaurant near Skydeck. It's called La Camera. We had our dinner there and it was so good!

The 12 Apostles

This time, we had a chance to visit Great Ocean Road. I met a highschool mate in the city randomly one day and she asked if we'd like to go. And yeah, we tag along. The sceneries on the way there were awesome! Worth to go there at least once! The view at the 12 Apostles is remarkable.Taking photos of nice sceneries in a sml town nearby

Got a chance to catch up with a couple of highschool mates before I leave. We insisted that we will move to melbourne once we graduated. LOL!! That would be so much fun!

So after melbourne, back to canberra to work a bit. And we're off to Adelaide. I asked a fren to send me to the airport on the day of departure. We had lunch before heading to the airport. After lunch, he asked me if he could drop in his gf's mobile to a mobile company. I agreed cuz he said it wasn't gonna stop me from arriving the airport on time. Time was tickling so fast that half hour. I was paranoid. I didn't talk much while we were in the car. He was calm.

When I reach the counter, I was 5 mins late. So, yes..I missed my flight to adelaide. A lady in front of me missed her flight too. I overheard her conversation with TigerAirway's person-in-charge at the counter. The lady had to have her surgery right after she reach Adelaide with this flight. She was late because of the late arrival of her taxi. (Don't ever link punctuality with Canberra's taxi drivers.) She didn't know this fact. The little girl beside her was crying. I sighed. There wasn't anything that they could do cuz the system was set to terminate on time. I asked the other flight attendent what the other options were available. Guess wat? 360 one way. I called my fren who sent me to the airport. He was still at the airport cuz he wanted to use the bathroom. I told him I missed my flight. He was like, "you're joking rite?" I told him seriously that I wasn't joking at all. I wasn't sure what to do. I was thinking of going the other day. But the flights for the following days were about the same price. My fren insisted to help me to pay for the 360. He didn't even let me to think twice. So, there adds my debts. I should have asked him to send me to the airport earlier. But, there's no use crying over spilt milk. =]

Back to the trip, Adelaide has lots of chapel-like buildings. Love them so much. This place makes me feel refreshed. I wonder why. It's probably because of the green you can find in most of the places.

We went to Barossa Valley, visited a number of wineries. Tasted heaps of good wines. Bought a few bottles of wines and port.

After visiting wineries, we went to a german restaurant in Hahndorf. It's famous for sausages and yes, they're YUMMY! That nite, we had a night stroll at rundell street after we were chocolate-overdosed. We went in to a clothing shop which appeared to be open that night. We weren't expecting to buy anything there cuz we thought we won't find anything we like there. But then, we found few lines of G star. The shop assistant said it was very unbusy and their sales were quite deadly. Therefore, she told us to pick anything we like and she would be happy to give us huge discounts. So, happily we tried on what we like. Was stuck in that shop for like an hour. LOL! My fren bought heaps while I came out with 2 pairs of jeans. Happy of the huge discounts!!

Got a chance to attend a religious meeting at a member's house. Felt refreshed again! After the meeting, we went to yumcha at chinatown. Invited a highschoolmate over who is a member of my religion there too. We had a small catch up with my another highschoolmate who's studying in Adelaide at nite. After the dinner, I followed her to her place. We chit-chatted for quite a well before I leave. Oh well. That's pretty much about it.

These 2 weeks, I'll be in the sea of assignments..gonna be drowned by assignments! 5 assignments due in one week. Hurray!! Oh yeah, speaking of assignments. I procrastinated my previous assignments either to the nite before or to the morning of the due date. XD

Firstly, I had an assignment which we had to write an abstract of a paper based on a question. I did it the previous nite b4 the due date. I got the marks and feedback last week. Guess wat? I got a distinction for it. LOL! My tutor said my ideas and logic were good. YAY!!

Secondly, we had to find a competition and follow the rules for the next assignment of furniture design. I found one which is to design a seat/table to be made with wood but it has to be a design that has not been marketed. I was lack of inspiration the nite before. I thought of design a piece of multipurpose furniture which can be table, magazine rack and stool but, the idea is too complex and will be hard to be manufactured. So, I went to bed and set my alarm clock to early morning in order to develop a concept for the competition. That morning, a brilliant idea came out of nowhere. It's a tray made out of wood with different shapes and depth of dents. The idea is to replace plates, bowls and even cups. My lecturers liked my crazy idea. ^ ^

I handed in my chair (pic above) for furniture design which includes documentation of the whole design process and also methods of how the chair is gonna be manufactured. Again, the documentation was done the day before due date. KEKE...Unfortunately, I was unfit to go to class the next day. So, I stayed home emailed my lecturer about this. And secretly beautified my documention. I handed in last week and my lecturer said the chair was good. =)

Next, a task clarification report to be handed in the same due date with the chair. Again, it was completed the night before due date. Haha. I managed to google every important part and copy paste into the report. Of course, I had modified a bit of the sentences. I won't wanna get caught of plagiarism. The day I handed in the assignment was the next class that I had missed the week before. The lecturer was pointing out what my coursemates should have included in the report they handed in. After the lecture, he had a look of it. Out of the blue, he said that I had pretty much covered what he expected. WoohOO~~~

And last but not least, I'm going to TOKYOOOOOO~~~ My fren managed to book the ticket for 2 ppl for 1000 return incl. tax!! Jeez, this is even cheaper than our ticket to osaka last year~ Feel so damn excited!!! can't wait to plan the itinerary already. But assignments killing me now. I have to face the reality before indulging in fantasy.

WOW. Been blogging for hours already?! Jeez, it's time for me to sleep. So long bloggers~

香水带来的回忆。。。

2009-05-09T01:12:00.001+10:00

每种香水的味道都会带来不同的回忆。你认同吗？

昨天，用着 Estee Lauder 的 Pleasure, 让我想起当初刚踏入澳洲：在 Sydney Airport 买这一瓶香水的时候，鼓励自己要努力在这里生活，用功念书。刚来到的那一年，一直都在用这一瓶香水，所有那一年的回忆都在重复播放在脑海中。

那一年的辛劳终算过去了。因为有了这段艰辛的日子，现在的日子才会是越来越好。也许，对每一件事情，每一样东西的看法都改变了吧!? 没尝过艰辛的日子，就算现在的日子再舒适，我应该也不会那么的珍惜，那么的拼命工作吧!?

今年，日子过得很从实。我越来越热爱旅游了。每一次的旅游都会体会到不同的人事物。我喜欢自在地走在不熟悉的街道上，享受着不同的气氛。好期待年尾东京旅游!!

My Mind, My World

Just my Luck!

香水带来的回忆。。。