Dedicated to the ones who don't wanna grow up

http://www.xkcd.com

myself included

. Meme .

Just for Davina

Rules of the game:
Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!


I can cross my little toe on my right foot over onto the 4th toe :D They call me monkey toes.
I'm a folder
I squeeze tubes from the bottom up. I really don't like it when my nice smooth tube gets all scrunched up in the middle =(
I miss my old bolster. And I'm not calling it my old smelly bolster cos it smells nice! Cos I smell nice!
I'm actually a hopeless romantic. I get all gooey and awwey easily. Hmm...I'm like an uncooked egg.
I only listen to the tune of a song but when I really like it, I have to google the lyrics cos I just can't do the whole make up your own lyrics thing.
I google everything
Sometimes I pretend to be clueless when people are being subtle cos I hate misinterpreting. If it's important, hit me on the head with a frying pan if you have to.
I hate bad English (haha bad English) and US English (isn't that just a bloody oxymoron?) and even more so, I hate that my English is going down the drain
I love Singlish

Six:
1. Laura
2 - 6 Whomever..the people whom I can be bothered with have all done it already I think cept above

Wow...you know what? I just realised I could possibly go on and on, adding to the list above. hahaha. But I won't. Maybe. =)

. Cute Overload .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLlMRUsbk0

SO CUTEE!!!!!!!
*hyperventilates and dies*

Edit: it's no longer on youtube but you can find it at funnyordie.com it's called The Landlord

. Chubbsy Chubbs .

I'm gonna see fairy penguins this weekend. :D
Philip Island
and then
I'm gonna buy the chubby penguin soft toy thingy
and call it
CHUBBY

. Tim Tam Orgasm .

Also known as the Tim Tam Bomb and the Tim Tam Slam
Personally I think it's more of a bomb which explodes in your mouth rather than a slam
I mean, imagine slamming a bar of Tim Tam in your mouth. You'd get it everywhere.
On your teeth, your clothes...

Yes anyway

How to have a Tim Tam Orgasm

1. Make a nice hot drink
2. Grab a Tim Tam
3. Bite of a corner off 2 opposite ends of the Tim Tam
4. Dip Tim Tam into hot drink
5. Use said Tim Tam as a straw and suck up your drink till the drink reaches your mouth
6. Pop hot-drink-filled Tim Tam into your mouth
7. Enjoy Tim Tam collapsing into a gooey chocolatey mess in your mouth. Mmm. My friend calls this the closest thing to having a taste buds orgasm =)

. Tea .

Marmeee!
Next time you go grocery shopping, look out for Dilmah's Masala Chai, Fiery Ceylon Spice.
It's bloody good. Better than that 1st fantastic cup of Masala Tea we had at the Wisma food court

. Elephant Dung .

Dearestest Mumsy & Daddo,

you guys say I go around creating messes everywhere leaving all my crap around like elephant shit oblivious to everything.
Congratulations! You guys did a much better job than some of the parents of some of the people I live with yay!!! *applauds* because I am possibly one of the cleanest and most considerate people around here. I mean my room's a bit of a mess, but that's my room....
AND!!!! I'm one of the youngest here toooo!!!
Wheee!!!! *more applause*

Love many many big big much much
your darlingest little daughter,
Princess Nicole



and you! you stupid little shit, quite acting like a stupid spoilt, self centred little princess and act your damn age!! I'm younger than you for God's sake!

Ahhhh I feel soo much better now that I've vented =)

I know what you're thinking Mumsy
At least I'm aware enough to turn it around yes?

yah I know... thankew Mammee

. Note to Self .

When cooking anything stewy/soupy don't be in a rush to add water/milk.
Bit by bit. Wait and see.

Tonight's dinner menu
Curry-like thingo
with
lamb & leek sausage
and
toasted bread

Made of
Masala powder mix
Minced pork
Capsicum
Tomatoes
Garlic
Onion
&
Too much milk
Add salt to taste

Took forever to cook cos I had to boil down the milk but bloody nice.
Next time, add potatoes and peas.

Now I have a big pot of it cos I couldn't be bothered to wait to boil down more milk. There's so much it's probably enough to feed our family of 5.
And I have no idea how I'm gonna put it all away.
*faints*

At least it was nice =)

And now to make a nice mug of masala chai tea :D

. Forever Young .

And in the last hour (Sg time)
And just to re-emphasise
Hope you've had an absolutely magical one
And for God's sake...
You're still young!!!

. Pancakes and Ribs .

Yeah I'm still thinking about it....
Clara brought me to Pancakes on the Rocks in Sydney. We shared a Mexicana for the main course. Not bad...not worth mentioning hahaha.... We had our own dessert... The Ultimate...ooooh... Yummy cheese in crepes on raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream and a side of strawberries. Like raspberry cheesecake
And then a few days later we went to this place at Bondi that serves pretty good ribs. Mmm
This pic courtesy of darling Davina
I was starving tooo much to think of takin a pic until I'd tucked into it... Oh well. =)

. Shut up Monkey Mind!!.

How do u shut it up? I'm bloody trying to read my texts and my brain jus keeps goin off on a tangent.

Here's an example "...in a wide variety of fields - education, art,... hmm my hair's pretty soft today... I wonder what Mummy's doing... ooh basket, gaining weight...it is clear that power relations...omg I just read a whole paragraph without registering anything...just as one can speak of the accumulation... *song starts playing in head* ... it makes as much sense to speak of the accumulation and unequal distribution of cultural capital - education, status, legitimacy, knowledge .... mmm feel like going to the beach...augh what am I reading?!... In a wide variety of fields - education, art, sport, the media, politics, social movments, status differences, and even warfare - it is clear that power relations operate as much hey! I'm actually reading without being distracted...oh wait... didn't I just read this para already? -_-"

As you can tell, it's not fun.
Shut up Monkey Mind

. Stinky! .

I want the damn antibacterial antiperspirant foot and shoe spray that Dav and Clara have from friggin Coles!!!

I was looking for it everydamnwhere..Big W, Coles, Safeway.... All don't have!! Why?! Melbourne people got special feet isit? Wear shoes don't stink ah!??! Basket -_-

Should have bought fr Syd

Sekali Bendigo have but Melb don't have... hahahah what a thought....but could be true!

. Strange new moon .

My horoscope yesterday would probably have been something like: You will discover new and interesting things about the ones closest around you.

2 different settings
3 very interesting bits of news.
How amusing

. Easter Break Holiday .

Yay!

I had lotsa fun =)
I wanna go back to Sydney

We're thinking of doing a road trip up during one of the hols

More peekchurs!

Me, Dav (1 of my lovely hostesses) and Ollie at Starbucks.
Yeah can't quite see it. That's why I'm telling you where we were =)

Darling Harbour I think

Dav, Ollie, Laura, Clara (other lovely hostess), me

Laura n Dav bickering over photos

Clara not giving a damn haha

Stayin at Dav's & Clara's and Laura's really makes me want a place that I can call home for the next 3 years. I was amazed that I accepted the fact that I've really left home and am living overseas, that it didn't feel like a big deal at all. I know why now. This place that I'm living in just feels so temporary. It's just a room. And there's the outside common area. But it's just virtually still a room. It's kinda like a camp cos of the little things like an almost publicky concept of a bathroom and toilets. I mean really, you have shower stalls separate from the toilet area. The place where you go and pee is jus like a school toilet. Stalls and sinks and mirrors. No privacy whatsoever.

And that's why all this feels so damn temporary. No "I'm gonna be living overseas for 3 years" feel at all. I am SO tempted to relocate. Parents: the thought of Sydney is now crossing my mind.

You know I wouldn't even mind so much the housework and all that crap if I could have friends as housemates.

And you know I'll probably get more exercise living near a city cos I'll be walking everywhere. :D

ARgh

Oh by the way...

The 300 free minutes are to prepaid people. So let me know if you're prepaid or not so that I can decide whether to add you to my 100 free minutes or not :D

I'm now on Optus baby!

300 free minutes! Who else is on Optus? Let me know in my comments box thanks!

♥
Nicole
♫

On another note, Aussie service provider personnels are sucky! Augh the whole mobile service is crappy. Friggin exorbitant. It's like... hmmm, should I go with the friggin expensive? Or the even more friggin expensive? Oh wait, maybe I'll just go with the friggin expensive plan! *beams*

And the people on the phone... OMG, outsourced to India. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with Indians but they don't even understand my question! Geez!!!

Mmm, backing up a bit, when you get an Optus prepaid, there's this plan that you can get 300 free minutes to ANY Optus number AND you get this thing called Mytime, which is where you nominate like 5 numbers and you get 100 free minutes to call these guys with. Cept you only can do it at about 5 minute stretches I think.

So I asked the lady what would happen when I use up the whole 100 minutes? Would it carry over to the 300 free minutes I have? And she totally couldn't understand me! And I rephrased it so many times and all she kept telling me was that I could check my balance of free minutes by calling a certain number and that if I exceed my minutes I will get charged.

Yes we all know that I will get charged when my free minutes are exceeded and to call whatever bloody number. But will the damn 5 free numbers people get carried over to the 300 minutes?! Cos there are 2 sets of free minutes! Bleh

Am I the stupid one here? Am I spending too many braincells on neuroscience that I'm somehow the one not having enough to understand other things?

And if you wanna transfer a number from 1 service provider to another and the account doesn't belong to you, they're gonna wanna record the voice of the person it belongs to. No, they won't wanna speak to you. So now they think my brother has an Aussie accent. HAHAHA


And on yet another ♪,

I'm going to Sydney!!!


Thanks Mumsy and DaddyO!! :D

. Some International Reception .

L-R Darshnee (Canada), Me, Adina, Simone (both fr Canada), Hanna (Sweden), Duong Anh Pham 'Rocky' (Vietnam)


Rocky, Aisia (Tanzania), Tania (Canada), Mitra (Iran/Japan), Me, Hanna, Simone, Adina, Some French chick, Adam (USA)






It was a bit of a waste of time, cept I got to meet up with my friends again whom I got to know during the international orientation week.

SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS & SEALS (quick post)

We went swimming with the dolphins and seals on 17th March.
The bus was gonna leave at 630am to bring us on a 4 hr drive to Port Philip Bay so we had to wake up friggin early
And it was SO COLD!!
The day looked soo pretty but it was soo cold! Thank god for the wet-suits man. The water was very nice and warm so when you got into it, it warmed you up but the moment you got out... good luck man haha. My fingers and toenails were grey.

We saw lotsa dolphins. There was a whole pod of em, with babies and all =) They swam all ard and under us and were so playful. I couldn't much be bothered with the seals though. They're more curious and interactive but good lord, they stink worse than friggin belachan and salted fish mixed together haha. I found em stinky, imagine how the ang mohs felt haha.

ohhhh and there was this hammock sticking out the side of the boat that you cn sit in. I almost got washed off by the waves haha...friggin fun!

At the end of the trip, I was surprised when my frens wanted to change into nice fresh clothes at the public toilets. I mean, it's not like you're gonna have a shower so you cn change into ur clothes man, and our bikinis were dry by that time haha. And they were shocked when I jus put my clothes over my bikini, smoothened my hair a bit and left the toilets jus like that.

ohh! and I appeared in the papers haha. It was some story on uni activities. I've the article somewhere in my room. =)


Me, Tania





Me, Tania, Simone


Dolphins!


Seals on Chinaman's Hat


Oh and the person facing in... yeah that's me.

More pix soon, maybe.

Easter Plans

Booked a flight to Sydney.

Date	Flight Number	Departing	Arriving
Wed, 04 Apr 2007	Flight JQ 626	Melbourne - Avalon 20:30	Sydney 21:45
Tue, 10 Apr 2007	Flight JQ 623	Sydney 17:10	Melbourne - Avalon 18:40

Will be hanging around Melbourne after. Ring me to catch up =)

Daddy, I used my Sg credit card cos I couldn't get access to a local one and the tix are selling out FAST!! :p

Oh by the way
I've discovered a shop here that I REALLY REALLY LOVE
It's called Jay Jay's
Anyone wanna sponsor me a shopping trip at jay jay's? :D

Can you tell I'm only slightly obsessed with
Dashboard Confessional at the moment?
Only slightly. =)

Yay!! New Playlist!!

Thanks Lisa =)
I get to sponge off other people =)
Lyrics to Teardrop is where my blog add came from btw

And this song.... this song I can't get outta my head



Stolen

We watched the season pull up its own stakes,
and catch the last weekend of the last week.
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced,
another sun-soaked season fades away.

You have stolen my heart. You have stolen my heart.

Invitation only, grand farewells
Crash the best one of the best ones.
Clear liquor and cloudy eye, too early to say goodnight.

You have stolen my heart. You have stolen my heart.

And from the ballroom floor we are in celebration
One good stretch before our hibernation.
Our dreams assured, and we all will sleep well.

Sleep well, sleep well, sleep well, sleep well.

You have stolen my, you have stolen, you have stolen my heart.

Watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one of the best ones.
We
All
Look
Like
We
Feel.

You have stolen my, you have stolen my,
You have stolen my heart.

I wish I could add music
but my school's server sucks balls cos I can't upload music.
Sorry
=(

ANOTHER UPDATE

oh yes...update of last year in a nutshell....

• Went to Bangkok in feb for the bkk100rock fest. friggin shiok ah!! lookin forward to more of that here.
• Melbourne in may/june
• Helped Mummy out with business (had my very own kiddy students *beams*)
• Said see you soon to Laura
• Had a crazy 21st
• Got my driving license in Oct
• Went to BKK 1 day after ^
• Went to BKK again 1 mth after ^
• Stayed in a gorgeous house by the lake somewhere in/near Brisbane in Oyster Cove, 3 wks after^
• Lots of partying reflection and growth in btw.

Last year was a blast
I miss a lot of you.
Say hi when I next see you online if I don't say hi first
(and if I don't reply, either I'm away/busy or I don't miss you all that much hahahahah)

Namaste
:D

CAUTION: Long Post Ahead


I just made a friendster blog cos I don't know how to play around and make this blog all prettyful and stuff. And I don't have to announce I have a blog. If they spot it on friendster they'll be directed here. yay!

OH and if you wanna go there its http://lianfang.blogs.friendster.com Lianfang blogs man! haha

So after a year off from school and society's version of reality, having a blast living in what should be everyone's version of reality, I finally decided I should go back to school. Honestly didn't know what to study but decided to go ahead with Psychology since I've always been interested in it and since it's so different from Mass Comm.

Sought advice from IDP. Told them I know nothing about choosing Unis, wanted to study Psychology and was told that I shouldn't stop just at a bachelors but go on to honours n stuff. Was told that La Trobe, among other Unis had a good psych course but was told that I should study Psych as an Arts subject so that it'd be easier to go onto honours since I already have a dip in MCM.

When I saw that only the Bendigo campus had film, lit & art, I was like... ok fine...at least I'll enjoy myself. So here I was thinking YAY! I'm gonna be studying film, lit, art and Psych! How fantastic is that combi?

Then I got here

Film,lit&art is ONE subject. I have to take OTHER subjects. Psych as an elective under Arts is NOT acredited.

And I found that out only on Electives enrolment day. WHEEEEE

After settling in this friggin dust town... I find out that my whole reason for settling here has gone up in smoke.

And I'd just gotten used to the place... made some friends... etc

I wouldve just gone straight to Monash or Bond (oh... the sunshine and the coast...*daydreams*)if I had known better.

ARGH

I've been thinking about relocating though...but urgh... getting used to another place... and breaking into already-formed cliques

And WHICH PLACE?!

my god

I'm in Behavioural Science now though

I'm a Science student

hahahah oh the irony

Oh and today, I just appreciated having learnt chem in sec sch. Cos I understood what was goin on in lecture today. *beams*

Any ideas/suggestions/advice people?



Love
Nicki


ps I'm living in a place called Orde House on Houlahan Street. There are 24 of us. 21 girls. 3 guys. AND!!!! There are no cute guys here!!!!

She greets the day with her hair wet.

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

;D couldn't resist.

She lives on Tisbury Lane...

Thank u...u noe who u are =)

now waiting for his wifey to come bak fr switzerland so i can go stay there.

on another note...hk was really nice...wish i coulda stayed there longer to check the place outa bit more.

i want another all expenses paid vacation with friends

Toronto is beautiful. I shall go again soon. The seminar was fantastic. I recommend it. Ask me if you're curious.

Chris called and said I'll be miserable if I went over to England now. Miserable weather he says. So I should go there in Spring.

So I'll just busy myself with a job, maybe in Topshop for fun discounts. Yay.

am leavin 31st oct 10pm
comin bak 10 nov ard 7-ish

so my big bro was supposed to go to canada to accompany my mom on some business trip.
turns out his business calls him elsewhere in the world
guess who's takin his place ;)

it's e starting week of nov i think
somewhere in toronto? not too sure...

meanwhile...elsewhere in england...my mom's fren is busy clearing his stuff up cos for some reason lotsa drama is goin on over there...his daughter will b movin out...his wifey aint bak fr her project in switzerland...

not gonna make the same mistake as my driving (read *)....im going to canada.

*by now i wud've gotten my license if i'd just gone ahead with it earlier this yr but i held bak cos i thought i'd've been off n away. all those delays. so now if anything comes along im not gonna push it off jus cos i thought id b in english land by then.

yay =)

anyone noes where i can go to buy nice comfy pretty boots? topshop's outta my size -_-

Hey Nicole! So watcha been up to?
http://loveloveisaverb.blogspot.com

Hey Nicole! How's the England trip coming along?
http://loveloveisaverb.blogspot.com

Hey Nicole! (Random annoying question that's been asked too many times)?
http://loveloveisaverb.blogspot.com

Hey Nicole! Why do you have a blog?
If i already gave u the stupid blog address and you're still askin this question u oughta have your head bonked. :)

I suppose today would be a good day to reveal the existence of this.

I have been intending to use this as an update to my england situation so I wouldn't have to repeat myself.

Here's whats been happening in a nutshell.
Mom's fren, Uncle Chris came down from England with his family.
We entertained him and his darling family.
He offered me a job.
I was supposed to go late july but I had graduation to attend so we scheduled for August.
Shit happened and basically got pushed back to now.
His daughter will be leaving the company end of Oct. So i suppose thats when I'll be going...latest.

The delay sounds sucky. But it isnt really.
In between Uncle Chris and my mom had been talkin and he decided that it would be a wonderful business opportunity for me to bring to England, this business that I've been in. So now I've been brushing up my knowledge on it. If I had gone earlier, you'd be looking at a poorer me. Cos even if we had thought up of this idea, I wouldn't be prepared enough to bring it over.


More info about what I'm actually doing and what this company is about to come. If I can get my lazy arse to type it out. Or you can always ask me.

My birthdays have always been important to me. But they'd always been a tad disappointing after my 7th bday. Everyone came and went like another meaningless happy birthday. And I just spent it with my family, the ever practical "why do you dress up" "let's not have a big party because it's too leceh" family.

But this year, to mark the end of my childhood, this year, it was different (also because certain strange things happened). And it wasn't another meaningless "happy bday (because it wudn't be nice not to say it.. i mean ok...its nice that u remembered...but...)".

Thank you.

And now I'm 1 day into my 20th year on earth.

You are a mermaid, the owner of the seas,playful
and free. You have fun with your life. You
sometimes take risks and may hurt people but
you always make it up with the kindness of
your heart. You also like to be alone
sometimes, and may be called "weird"
for some things that you do, like being
alone!!! But you have friends who will stick
with you till the end and you will stick with
them till the end too!!! You are also very
motherly and like to mother your friends!


What Mystical creature are you?(with awsome pics and detailed results!!)
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That pic used to be my msn pic. Then the comp crashed.
Lovely pic eh... David Delamare. It's called Mermaid & Child II...http://www.daviddelamare.com/N122.html (hint)
I've had strange dreams of being a mermaid.

Still waiting for my work permit to clear.
Still procrastinating getting my passport photo changed.
Still procrastinating getting Joy to teach me how to do a template for this.
Still procrastinating on a lotta things.
Ain't life fantastic =)

Oh yes. and the only reason this exists is cos I very egoistically think you would want to know what wud be happening in my life while I'm far away in cold cold England (oh yes I'm sure you would =) Everyone's a closet voyeur).

=)