Natalia & Justina's Bday

YEAH!...Pris got back from msia. And yeah, i finally hav the crazy roommate back in melb. When i moved into my new place, i already love the place so much that i wish to stay at home most of the time and i was rejecting my frens' invitation to hang out. Now that i m one street away from my two crazy classmates and the hello'kitty big fan pris is back, what else can i ask for..lol. So yes mates, i will stay at home most of the time. Gonna be so "zhai" like meimei. :P

Pris jus saw my com and commented.."finally updating huh".. and i was like.."er sorry, not really..this is like 2 months overdue... " Well seriously i tried to update as often as i could, but hmm..just cant seem to keep up to date. Partly bcos of the hectic schedule for my classes, and also bcos of ...er..i dont know. Just busy in general.

Anyways, on average students in monash do 4 units a sememster. For my course i m doing 6 per sem for both semesters. Reason being it is a 1.5 years course compressed into 1. So yes, i doing 1.5 yrs of units in a year with many units being taught in the form of block-mode, which means 5 full days of classes to complete the unit for the entire semester. And thats also the reason y i have less holidays compared to the rest. Ending the semester later than the rest while beginning classes for the next semester earlier than all as well. But well, whats there to complain about. I do like what i m learning. And am really thankful for being so fortunate for what i have now.

Sorry, got so out of the topic. Well... 2 months ago, 3 frens of mine in melb have the same birthday on the 25th of May. And celebrated their birthdays on a few occasions. First, celebrated natalia's and justina's bday on the 21st of that month. Nat's bday was at her place with the rest of our classmates and her columbian frens. It was really fun to chill with so many of them, pampered with home-cook columbian food and lively salsa music. Dancing along with mates was of course the fun of the night. Then rushed to Eve to celebrate justina(meimei)'s bday. What i can say... the music was great, crowd was cool, performance was awesome.. all in all, had hell lota fun with them. The venue, event and ambience added some spice but it was afterall the company i had that made my night. Thanks to all for rolling along. Happy bday nat and justina again. (SO SO belated huh?..P)

me and natalia(the bday girl 1)

Enjoying ourselves

with the sweet, kind nat again

me, nat, andrea

My girls in eve.

And the bday celebrations did not end there. More to come on Inly's and Nat's bday.

To be continued......

Sonya's graduation

It was sonya's graduation a few months back. Well darling osonphasop graduated from her biomed degree from monash last year and she is in the same master class as aku.

Osonphasop is one of the funniest girl i have ever met. She is always hyper and always funny. Her laughter will never change, in a club, restaurant or class, she will always have the loudest and contagious laughter u will ever find. It is really fun to have her around all the time.

this is so long overdue again, but of cos..congrats sonya! But i think we all just sincerely hope that we can graduate from our current master course. :P

Had four days of full intensive classes last week before everyone else officially starts the semester. Tmr second sem will start formally and again, time to mug the hell out of my next 6 months so that i can graduate n go home!

Was webcamming with grandma, grandaunt,grandpa,dad,sis and bro.. although i have been here for a few mths and i should be used to life without my family around, i still miss them a lot. I can live on my own, i can take care of myself but well, i just want the best for my family too. Grandma has lost so much weight while i gain when i m here. When i saw my dear popo who brought me up lost so much weight in such a short time, i cant help but feel really heartache. How i i wish she could be as healthy as she was when i was young. She could bring me to the market down town via bus when i was just 5. And now, i just wish she could still walk properly without feeling tired. She has always been there for me no matter what. She would sacrificed the best food for me. She would make sure i sleep tight at night. She would share her stories with me. She would always tell me to be strong....

I really love her. I am sincerely grateful to have her. I want her to be happy and be as healthy as she can be. I wish she can still be here for the rest of the episodes of my life. I hope she can see me succeed, attend my wedding, name her great-grandchild......... All in all, please god, let her be happy and healthy.

Appreciation Dinner + Andrea's bday

Had an appreciation dinner with classmates to celebrate "something".( dont think i should reveal it here) anyways.. had dinner at vic harbour restaurant at Docklands. Great food, great people, wonderful night.

i m really tired as i just got back from my hols trip and class started today.. so ya..as usual, i will let the pics tell u about that night.

The wonderful group

me, yen and andrea

evelyn, natalia, me, yen

after the dinner...

pretty natalia

chilling...

at la vish 1

at la vish 1

la vish 3

happy bday andrea

ok..thats all for now. Just got back from brisbane, goldcoast and sydney. And ya i will not be able to update about it till i have time. :(...sch for my last sem just started today and i m alredi feeling the stress. First day of sem 2..and i m alredi finding it hard to breath and wishing i could hav longer holidays. Can i graduate soon? I m so tired...:( But i know this is nothing compared to a lot of u who may be alredi working. and this is definitely not something to complain about as compared to the poor kids growing up with no or little food. I know i m lucky. I should be happy. And yes.. actually i am. I do like what i am learning and enjoying what i am learning. I am also glad that i have control over my life now.. so ya, guess my optimism can still overcome the fatigue for a while.. how long can this last? well i dont know. but if any of u ever see or hear me complaining the next time, please i dont mean it. I m contented with my life.. it's just that sometimes i m really tired. But no.. i will not let it break me. This ain gonna stop me from what i want!. go go go! gambate to myself!

and gambate to u guys too whether in work, studies or any endeavour u r facing now. Aza aza fighting!.. live life to the fullest with no regrets!

R u good at interacting?

Ok ..Formal exams over. Still has one more take-home exam to complete and then.. yes, slight freedom for a week.

Anyways, not here to complain or discuss bout sch work. Actually, kinda lost and have no idea wat to focus on in this post. I m still gonna post pics of what i had done a few months back but well ya, other than that.. this time round, feel like venting some stuff out. But where to start, on what exactly? ... honestly, the answer is i have no idea.

like i said in my previous post, i really get to learn a lot about people here. not as in culture. But just characters, personalities, attitudes and simply..human interaction. Dont u think human interaction is such a simple unavoidable essence of life but yet although we go through it every single day, we will never master it. I dont know whether is it just me, but i really think that it is not easy to grasp the idea of peaceful human interaction at all times. I mean, not all conversations or contacts i have with people go wrong. But there are just times when i think it's so hard to just get my message across or to understand the other party. I have no idea where to start explaining the difficulties i find/realise, let it be on me or others. Nevertheless, i think it's time for me to clear my own mind and to just let it all out.

Problem 1: When u r angry, how do u force urself to understand the other party?

- Being considerate is not hard when u have the energy/time/capability to comprehend and accommodate the other party... But how about when u have no time, u have no mood, no energy or simply jus have a conflict of interest, would u still bring forward ur consideration and sacrifice urself to make the other party happy?

Problem 2: How do u get your message across when the other party is mad??

- Dont u think getting ur message across is such a big hurdle to overcome when the person u r trying to talk to is mad or simply just too focused on one side of the issue? I can still remember the times when i tried to get my msg across to my parents or XXX, and when i just couldnt seem to do it, my tears trickled down unintentionally. And i would just give up convincing them or clarifying my points. Bcos i just couldnt do it. I would rather go, keep quiet, let it pass and then forget about it. Which is not good sometime as the underlying problems may happen again. All in all, i just find it hard to get my msg across in some circumstances.

Problem 3: Is face-to-face the best mean of interaction??

-Been talking over the phone, using skype, videocall etc more often nowadays. These new forms of digitised means of conversation definitely help to connect people from all over the world. Thus we can never say that they r bad. But they can never beat some of the features face-to-face interation has, can they?? For example, u cant exactly see the person's expression and u never get the hint from the facial expression or body language the person may have. The person may not be in a good mood and u just cant simply see it when u r not physically together. So when u crack a joke in this situation, it would probably be a bad decision. But is f2f the best? Does it breed more conflicts?? Unlike sms and instant msg when u can run through wat u were gonna say once, twice or thrice in ur mind b4 saying it. But f2f, impulsion may rule u. So?? Do u think f2f is the best? To me, i think it depends....But so what if it depends. We dont get a choice to use which forms of communication sometimes, which means we cant avoid some of the shortcomings of whichever means we have to use. So do we need to overcome ourselves mentally and emotionally to take control of the situation all the time? If so, the question is..can u do it all the time????

There r more i wish to say.. i m sorry if this post gets nowhere. I m just brabbling here. Just dont feel like keeping everything to myself sometimes.

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Anyways, some pics before i end. Met up with Joanna, Irwin and Boon Shie a few months back when Irwin came to Melb from Tassie. Yes, Joanna as in Joanna Chung, from Convent. It had been so long since i last met her before this. About 10 years i would say. So glad to get to see her again!

David & Joanna

Irwin, Joanna, Boon Shie

Last one

Thats bout it this time. Shall update soon. Take care guys.. love n misses...