Happy birthday :)

Dear Sis,

It was your birthday yesterday.

You turned 5, finally!

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Am still smiling over our conversation:

"So did you make a wish?"

"Yes! Teacher says make a wish before you blow the candles"

"Oh Good! So what wish did you make, can you tell me?"

"Hmm.. what's make a wish?"

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Oh how you've grown, yet still a little girl.

When you're my age, about to graduate,

I'll be in my mid-thirties!

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All the same,

I'm thrilled that starting next year

I'll be able to grow up with you

side-by-side again.

**

Be happy always,

how can you not be!

**

Hugs and kisses,

Che.

Call

Just got off the call with my family, specifically my two sisters.

Asked them what they wanted from Australia and was amused with their answers.

The elder sister:

"Hair accessories that have big floral designs. And basically anything floral la.."
"Floral??"
"Yar. You know, anything with flowers."
"Yar I know floral. But you, floral?"
"Yar. They look nice and er.. decent."
"Seriously, you.. floral?"


Okay good that my floral sense is getting into my turning-decent sister hahaha =p
Can't believe you said "decent", you wild child, I mean wannabe wild child hahaha


Baby sister:

"Arllooo lowmeiting"
"Hmmm.."

Initially she didn't wanna talk because she's "too tired".

"你要present吗?"
"我要你回来.. 我写了一个letter 给你, 还没有post 给你!!!"
"要什么present吗?"
"Barbie doll toys.."
"Aiyo..that one you buy at home la.. Any present you want from Australia?"
"Australia ar...I want Barbie doll castle!"
"Huh!! Castle ar.... 很难勒..还有吗?"
"我要..Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck 的 ribbon"
*Scratches head*

Elder sister
"Aiya she's not making any sense la, she's falling asleep on my lap. Remember my floral arrr!!"

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Hahaha. Shopping shopping!!!!

3 more days 3 more days!!!!

:D


PS: So long you tried your best.

Memories

Time flies
when you're most unaware of
when you're having most fun

back to reality
for all of us.


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Back to job applications
back to accumulating workload
back to a house of two
instead of TEN


But
I'm not gonna stress (ok not too much)
I'm gonna have fun working
and take one step at a time!



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Most importantly
I'm gonna see them real soon
end of this year it is

No, no
on skype it is!

=)


PS:
LOVE YOU ALL!
<3

Mission impossible made possible

Ahh although I’m having an excruciating headache at the moment thanks to almost 15 hours of non-stop action today, I really want to write about these two amazing days and the awesome people involved!

Warning: Long wordy, picture-less post ahead!

Tuesday

1. Done with Cost Management, went to Ming Chin’s ‘surprise’ birthday luncheon at Corretto’s with the bunch (‘surprise’ because apparently I made it a ‘non-surprise’ =S, again darn!).
2. Went home after day due to splitting headache and slept for 3 hours. Continued with some left over hand-washes, had dinner and at 8.30 pm, off I went to visit Anne and Elwin, who stay just 10 minutes away.
3. Spent almost 2 hours with them, amazing how time passed so quickly when you’re with such warm company. We talked about their past in Wales, how they moved and adapted here and even how they met each other way back in the 60’s =) Not forgetting Adventure Destination Lesson No. 1 – St. Petersburg’s, where they toured last August (along with 6 other countries); Elwin gave a pretty detail account about its history, architecture, culture etc etc etc! Left at around 10.20 pm and our plan for next year is that I visit them once a week and we’ll cover one Adventure Destination each time! (Will probably take more than 1 year to cover all 56 countries they’ve been to). Also, get well soon, Anne.
4. Got home and started cleaning + packing and of course chatting on msn! Slept at 1.30 am.

Wednesday

• 7.30 am Woke up, bathed and freshened up

• 10.20 am Reached Victoria Market and met up with Jia Yen, Andrea and Audrey. Bought cherries, peaches and nectarines. Bought some “toys” for LMT. Thanks gals!

• 12.00 pm Brought fruits back to JY’s place. Met Pei Wen, but she didn’t join us for lunch as she had a Jap test that afternoon. Ate lunch at RiceBar with the girls + MaoMao + Juliana. Had a hearty laugh over the nonsensical. =) Andrea went off for her Chinese exam and Jul & Audrey went home.

• 2.20 pm Jia Yen, Mao2 and I reached DFO, Southern Cross station. Shopping time!
  

Aim: Buy LMY’s dresses + Ah Ma’s present

Apparatus Models: Jia Yen (as Size 8 LMY’s model) and Mao2 (as Ah Ma’s model and as helpful shopping bag carrier)

Status: Mission accomplished (bought LMY’s dress and Ah Ma’s handbag)

Special Thanks: to my lovely modelsssssssssss!!!!!! <3

• 3.45 pm Token of appreciation “ceremony” for my two models at Starbucks =)

• 4.15pm Off to Melbourne Central for more shopping (LMY’s second dress)

• 5.00 pm Rushed off to Myers by Mao2 for his turn of shopping hahaha

Aim: To use off ‘his’ Myers gift vouchers (‘his’ because source of voucher is highly questionable).

Resources: Two ladies of the day helping to serve Master Mao because he’s like a lost kid in the departmental store.

Status: Mission accomplished. Bought a Levi jeans for AUD 40 (net of voucher value). Rip-off.

• 6.00 pm Bid Jia Yen and MaoMao goodbye! Thanks for sending me off at station. Thanks so much you both for the amazing afternoon =) Couldn’t have done it without you both. (Though there is Mao2’s constant whining to put up with =p)

• Took a 6.15 pm Lilydale train down to Camberwell.

• 6. 33 pm Reached Camberwell Station.

• 6. 43 pm Reached Rivoli Village Cinema (the best in Melbourne, the grandest I’ve seen; “village” irony). Met up with Emily.

• 7.00 pm Had a quick dinner at a Asian fastfood store. Chatted about the awesomeness of being a left-handed (Emily’s left-handed too!) and her very very very inspiring one-year around the world backpacking adventure.

• 7.25 pm Went to watch Amreeka. A simple tale about a Palestinian family settling in America, while worrying about the wars and bombing in Palestine and enduring the social stigma as a foreigner, being associated with terrorism. The movie is very light-hearted actually, not as heavy as the theme would suggest. Very entertaining. Fantastic =)

• 9.20 pm Emily fetched me all the way back home!!!!!! Thanks so much =) Chatted about so many things along the way: family, career, investments, adventures etc. Journey home felt like a blink of eye.

• 9.48 pm Reached home. Emily gave me a peck on my cheek (to which, honestly I do not know how to return) and said, “You don’t do that in Malaysia, do you?” to resolve the slight awkwardness. To which I replied, “No we don’t. But we do hugs!” And we hugged goodbye. Lol. Amazing night, thanks for all the treats!

• 9.50 pm Continue packing i.e. stuffing the 9 kilo of chocolates, 1 kilo of medicine, 2 kilo of presents, 3.2 kilos of fruits (this to be collected tomorrow) and the remaining kilos are to be MINEEEEEEEEEEE (err.. 2 kilos) *roars* no taking away from me! Haha.

• 10.45 pm – 11.10pm Started and finished post.

Need to sleep soon as my day will start at 6 am tomorrow (work starts at 9 am) and will end at 6am, 24 hours later (assuming I won’t be getting sleep on Air Asia lol)!

Last night in 2009 on my Melbourne bed…. Gonna miss it too.

JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME OUT THESE TWO DAYS ;D

PS: Hope to have met you Jian & Azy.. miss you..

PPS: Bye.. till next time!

It's the time of the year again

Happy 4th Birthday T2!

omg, you've grown so tall!

Why take off Winnie's shirt?

Pamelooo :D

Sports Day!



It's been close to 10 months since I played with you!

Miss you

Stay you

my siu-jeh! =)



k la Mummy says cannot manja u too much.

SEE YOU SOON !


Have a happy happy day!


Love,
Jie jie

End of Semester

It's been some time..

Just submitted a final assginment yesterday and finished the semester with what I thought was the best tutorial this semester - Body Language/Non-verbal Language (Intercultural Communication). Every single student participated in the discussion, it was certainly very appealing =)

Interesting facts:

1. While we are familiar with the handshake/hug greeting, in Matavai, a formal greeting after a long separation involves "scratching each other's head and tenples with a shark's tooth, to the point of bleeding"!

2. In most cultures, direct eye contact is a sigh of listening and showing respect; in the black culture, personal eye contact is a way of indicating disapproval.

3. When someone winks at you, it probably connotes flirting, but when Nigerians wink at their children, it is signalling their children to leave the room, and in India, winking may be perceived as an insult.

4. The ''OK'' gesture we normally flash is the most obscene gesture in Latin America!

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After submitting my assignment, I met up with Xia to have a belated-birthday celebration =)
Had dinner and we watched Mao's Last Dancer ! Who better to watch with than someone who grew up with the communist regime in China? hehe

Definitely an engrossing and heart-felt watch, depicting the prices you pay as you strive for your dreams =) And being courageous and mentally strong in times of uncertainty, and to stand by your unwavering faith! Not to forget the three graceful ballet pieces in the show, which indisputably, are world class performances =) Eastern version of Billy Elliot, this movie is an emminent experience to enjoy. Kudos to Li CunXin, Chi Cao and all the other awesome casts! Respect! [why did I give up Ballet?]

Had ice-cream before I headed home =)


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Woke up feeling all dizzy and decided to work from home instead.

Ahhh.. so much more to do before I can focus on my studies, I need to get this task done ASAP..

My eyes are so tired, all that's left to motivate me now is the $$$$$! *ka-ching*

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I will manage =) Oosh!

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On another note, Year 2 is done with! =)




PS: I will remember you.

One day after the anniversary!

Happy 23rd Birthday KOR!

Oldest + youngest Low

(at the moment, you should be having your candle light dinner with XW, without me as lamp post 1000 W, thankful much?)

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On your birthday

I wish that you'll have a smooth sailing relationship with

FAMILY

FRIENDS

WORK

N

LOVE ^^,

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I also pray that you'll grow to look your age eventually NOW

so that ppl don't think you're younger than me

because we all know

I DEFINITELY look my age

(don't frown you know it's true)

so it's you who needs fixing hahahahahah

Finally

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING :D

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Have fun!

xoxo

LMS

白头偕老 =)

Dear Daddy and Mummy,

Happy 24th Wedding Anniversary =)

爱的结晶品 =)

Love you all !

"执子之手, 与子皆老"

xoxo

To a dear sister

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY

(haha fine fine, happy 19th, 22 hours and 22 mins)

SARA :D

How innocent you always look...

You've gotta be the most looks-deceiving person I've known =p

Ah.. how I miss those Neophilia times at your room

with your toy friends, good music, prophecy readings, and personality RESEARCH :D

Trust me, this is the most sane looking I could find

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Thanks for always being there!!

Continue being the unique you

I love how you enjoy defying norms

with your little experiments every now and then

rock on!

Continue doing things you love

Mastering German, volunteering, shopping, yoga

(and maybe improve more on eating =p)

Continue to be the full-of-surprises you

<3

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I.O.U
a present this year
pardon me
wait up alright!
**


Cheers to friendship!

How you never seem to age and I.. sigh

Have an enjoyable day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

To Dearest Jian,

Happy 20th Birthday!


Thanks for being such an awesome 好朋友 thru thick and thin :D

Stay the infectious you ok!

(non-viral XD)

On your birthday,

may your dreams,

matched with your heart's true desires,

come true.

Stay the tough you!

要多为自己, 要开心哦!

Love ya!

<3>

Learning

"Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes."

- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Had my fair share of learning today. Thanks Nola and Suki. =)


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Au revoir EePing Penny, nice catching up with you after so long :D Have a safe trip to Taiwan and let us know when you've settled down =) See you on Skype Conference soon =)


PS: Must work hard.

My new baby :D

"Hey, close your eyes!"

"Why?"

"Just close lar."

*puts down dishes, and covers each eyes with 3 fingers*

"Ok, close d"

"Nah, happy early birthday!!!!"

*opens eyes*

*gasps*

I've got to admit though, at first glance, I have no idea what it was.

"WOWWWWWW COOL!!"

"...what's this?"

But even a techno-idiot like me knows it's got to be some awesome gadget (judging from the packaging) :D hehehehehehehe.

Opening

Remote :D

Blue!!! Time and day! Alarm!

:D

Tadaaaaaaa~~~~~ :D :D :D

tee-hee!

Now I can play my music on loud speakers!

Music System + Alarm Clock + Radio + Ipod Charger

It can also be connected to my lap-top to enhance my very poor sound system, thanks for noticing that !!!!! :D :D :D

I AM SO HAPPY! TEEEEEE-HEEEEEE!

I LOVE IT!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Am touched beyond words =)

Though I seldom say this,

thank you for everything
and I love you!!!

xoxoxoxoxo

*don't vomit k*

Kor and I =)

PS: I know you "secretly" visit, like Dad & Mum, SAY HI LAR!

Wonderful days after exam

Saturday

Haircut + S3 Meet up + Dinner with Jia Yen, Pei Wen, Mao Mao, S3 and new friend, Rui Qian! :D


Pictures are all jumbled up! Lazy to sort them out!




Sunday

Cleaning + Drama Day

Monday

Meet up with Xia + Steamboat at Jia Yen's (no pics though)



Tuesday

• Rachel arrived from Sydney, more pictures tomorrow hopefully! :D
  
• Interview
• Came home to rest =)

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Okay that's a week gone.

What next?