Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Holi, Holidays!

I watched The Island last Saturday! Yes, I know to all you people in Singapore, we are a buncha slow pokes, right? Fancy watching The Island at the end of August. Gees! Blame NZ and their slow poke-ness okay.

Well, anyway, the show is darn good! It's science fiction, but still coooooooooooooooool. (: I actually didn't think that Scarlett Johanson was all that pretty when I see her on mags and on TV. But after that show, I reckon she's quite hot! Dang it, I sound lesbian-ish. =
Ben thought the whole idea of The Island was interesting, but not feasible. He gave the show 3.75 stars out of 5, and I'll give them more credit - 4 out of 5! Steph agreed that it was a great show to catch!

Oh, and did I mention that it's the holidays, FINALLY?! Wah lau eh, wait for frigging 2 months for this short holidays man. I better make full use of it (100 and 1%)! In fact, the fun's just started people! Today I'll be yum char-ing with Claire, and go shopping! Not that George Street's all that magnificant, but that's all we've got here. Oh well, I don't complain, cos' the weather is frigging gooddd! Spring's almost here (or is it here already?) and the sun's shining brightly in the clear, blue sky. This reminds me of my primary school essay writing. We always had to memorise those really cheeem sentences to rojak into our compositions. Like, "drips of perpiration rolled down my cheeks, I felt as if I was in a microwave oven". -toot!- Now they sound so CHEESY! LOL.

Tomorrow, we'd be celebrating Peter's (the matron of my hostel last year) birthday at Kwang Chou (Not sure how they actually spell that). Thursday is OUR BELOVED BEN'S BIRTHDAY! He'll be 18! 18 man! Haha! From then he can legally watch R18 shows, buy 4D, go chiong, er, not exactly what he really wants to do though. Haha. I'm gonna bring him to watch SIN CITY, which is R18! Eh, I'm not the bad influence okay! HE wanted to watch it. Anyhow, I heard the show's really good! Rating freeeking high also. A must-watch show, I reckon. We should throw him a big party! AHH! I can't wait. Haha, well I doubt he would read my blog cos' he's busy playing his own game, so I can babble about anything I want to do on his birthday here! Okay, I think I better take some precautions though. -ROFL- Alright, I better prepare for my yum char session with Claire...

Monday, August 22, 2005

Short and Sweet.


Ben cut his hair on Saturday! Sweeeeeet.

Otago University Graduands Parade!!

There was a road closure along the road to town on Saturday. Ben and I didn't know what was going on, but we saw so many funny looking vans! I went to check about it on the City Of Dunedin website, and I reckon its the Otago University Graduands Parade! It's fun just looking at all the cool vans so nicely done and you can see loads of people standing along the whole road just waiting to take photos of these vans. Ben was frigging hungry, so we missed the parade. But, fortunately, I spotted some of them on the way home!


One outside Physiotherapy building!

Blurry pictures from this one onwards cos my darn camera died on me ): Had to use my 1.0 megapixel N7610 instead.


Hell Patrol 666.. What the..


I saw this Scooby Doo Mystery Machine at Carltex! With its master pumping gas into it. Haha.


Front of Scooby Doo's van!


Saw this yellow mini car (er.. I don't know how else to describe it) just outside my flat! Not one of those special looking vans, but I thought it was cute enough to be posted on my blog! Haha.

Good weather yayness. (:(:(:

Wahh! I was soooo extra happy yesterday, especially at night!! It seems like my complaints about bad weather are mysteriously taking effect!! (or it's just because spring is coming!) Anyhow, I'm still a happaayyy girl. (:(:(:(:(:(:



Look at that! 16 deg at 10pm in Dunedin?! You gotta be kidding right? Well, I did walk to Ben's place at about 8pm and it was definitely that warm. Returned to my homepage and clicked on the PrtSc button. This I definitely must remember. Woohoo!

Well, sadly, I'm just talking about yesterday - Sunday, 21st August 2005. Today's slightly chilly, but I'm cool about it. I don't ask for much, don't have to give me a whole month of good weather (if can of cos can lah!).

Oh, and this morning before heading for English group meeting, I bengified my blog just for fun! Thanks to Kenny Sia , who actually invented the Benglish translator. Go try it! It's damn funny to see your blog being bengified.

P.S. This may offend some people due to some crude words.

My blog entry went from this:

DON'T ANYHOW PUKE CAN? IT'S GROSS AND DISGUSTING AND SMELLY AND THE PATCHES ARE BOMBS ON ROADS. We all gotta avoid stepping on them. And think of the cleaners please? I know it's their job to keep the city clean, it is also your job to do so what. What for add load onto their work. Sheesh. Yea, yea, it's Saturday and holiday's in a week (-shrieks!-), but you can still vomit into bins, or better, on yourself right? Try to tahan, be a good citizen mah.

To this:

DON'T ANYHOW PUKE CAN? IT'S GROSS AND DISGUSTING AND SMELLY AND THE PATCHES ARE BOMBS ON ROADS. Nabeh! We liao liao all gotta avoid stepping on them. And think of the cleaners prease? Limpeh know it's their lampa job to keep the shitty clean, it is also your job to do so liddat what. Hamik for add load onto their lampa work. Sheesh. Yea, yea, it's Saturlay and holiday's in a week (-shrieks!-), budden hor, you can still vomit into bins, or lagi best, on yourself right? Try to tahan, be a damn power citizen mah.

Oops!

Abit the rude hoh? But it's really funny when you actually try to read it out with our Singlish accent. Have fun with the Benglish translator!

Saturday, August 20, 2005

All about puke

It's Saturday night again, but since today is special (17th month together!), Ben and I went out for dinner. Well, another reason is because Josephine(Ben's sis) has to attend a friend's birthday party, so she didn't cook. So, back to the point. On most Saturdays, the Kiwis here go wilddddd. It's clubbing, pubbing, plucking off letter boxes, drinking, and YES, HURLING.

!!!!!!!!!

Well, when you hurl, you throw up. When you throw up, you puke. When you puke, you vomit. And when you vomit, it's utterly disgusting.

As Ben and I stepped out of my flat hand in hand, we heard noises along the main road. Ben held my hand tighter, reassuring me that I was safe in his hands (HAHAHA). We halted our footsteps, stood in the dark, and saw 3 rowdy Kiwi guys running along the road in shorts, running like mad cows of New Zealand, and started attempting to pull off my neighbour's fence.

-TOOT!-

But, they gave up and continued running towards the same direction, and making a fool of themselves. "Too weak lah they all," Ben grimaced. So we continued walking to town.

On our way back, horror came. We had to siam away from patches of VOMIT. "Eeeewww! Ben there's another patch in front!" I exclaimed as I held my breath and walked past those gross stuff. There was a patch in front, then yet another one about 20 metres away. Both Ben and I noticed a pattern.

"I think all these come from the same person," Ben explained and laughed. And when we came to the last patch of the puke pattern, Ben laughed out loud again. The last patch didn't have food particles in there, only alcohol!

"That guy must be no more food to puke already!"

Yeah, it's gross to actually go take notice of vomit, but we just took glances cos we needed to siam, right? So anyway, we noticed the pattern cos they all ALIGN! It was really funny. NONONONO, it was really YUCKY!!

DON'T ANYHOW PUKE CAN? IT'S GROSS AND DISGUSTING AND SMELLY AND THE PATCHES ARE BOMBS ON ROADS. We all gotta avoid stepping on them. And think of the cleaners please? I know it's their job to keep the city clean, it is also your job to do so what. What for add load onto their work. Sheesh. Yea, yea, it's Saturday and holiday's in a week (-shrieks!-), but you can still vomit into bins, or better, on yourself right? Try to tahan, be a good citizen mah.

EEEEEE. Pukish entry, this is. I already feel like hurling myself. Choy!

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

The Whiny Post. Beware!

Got nothing much to blog about these few days, just that I've got English role-play to do... So will be busy especially this week. Pray that I'll be able to go through this tough period people!

The worst part is I'm getting lazier again.. Not revising and studying.. All I do is stay online to blog surf, friendster surf, surf surf surf, surf me.

I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR MID TERM HOLIDAYS which is in 2 weeks time. -faints- It's still long before I can relax. Was thinking of going for a short trip to Australia or Christchuch or Auckland, but I'm BROKE. -groans-

I know I sound whiny and everything, but just let this post be written by a whiny princess. I wanna go shopping in Australia, get their warm sunshine instead of rain and darn wind here in Dunedin. You guys don't know how terrible this place is. I think I can survive here provided I get holidays to the other cities in NZ, or Australia, or better - SINGAPORE. Back home. The Dunedin City Council should try to do something to make this place filled with good shopping and FUN. This place is DEAD DEAD DEAD, I tell you.

And there's such a limited number of restaurants for me to dine at! When we have to dine out, we have to take a longgggg time to decide where to eat. Why? Because we have already visited most of the restaurants in town! If you introduce some ulu-fied restaurant at South Dunedin, we won't be able to go there, because NO TRANSPORT.

Ah, transport. One of the best thing Singapore has. NOT Dunedin, definitely. Buses don't come as frequently, taxis' meter jumping every 15 secs. No mummy, no car. No license. PATHETIC!

The only entertainment I get here is television, internet, music, ben, choir practices in church. Period. Nothing interesting. So sometimes I feel like blogging, but nothing to blog about!!

ROARRRRRRRRRRR! Someone get me outta here!! I'm suffocating in Dunedin! Who ever said this place is WONDERFUL? Open your eyes, please?! It's cold, windy, boring, no good shopping. What's good? Actually not much, if there is any. Oh yes, there are beaches here. People wear bikinis and put sun tan lotion and lie on their beach mats to tan. In Dunedin, if beach-goers wear like that, they'll FREEZE. Can anyone see that I'm dying here?!

GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

-pouts- As I have mentioned in previous posts, I can actually love this place if you give me the good weather, good shopping, good food, good transport. Ya, something like HK would be good.

西西西西

You all may think that I'm some materialistic girl, but that's what I am what. I like shopping and have fun, so if you leave me in this boring place, one of these days I'll go crazy and start pulling everyone's hair out.

Do you know what my homepage is?
http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=weather_forecast
I have to check the weather EVERYDAY so I can decide what clothes I can wear for the day. I hate it when one day the sun is out, nice weather and everything, the next day, it's rain rain rain, wind wind wind, and it doesn't just stay for a day. We'll have the terrible weather for 3-4 days consecutive. BAD. I want to sell my old clothes away so I can have space to buy new clothes. But this city just doesn't want me to spend money on new clothes.

Luckily this week's weather is better than last week's. Last week had pictures of clouds, clOUDS, CLOUDS, CLOUDS. So I should be thankful that I'm getting better weather now. But if I were to think long term... I'd rather not.

I don't get why tourists like to come to this place. All they can see is the all famous clock tower in the university, some Albatross (a kind of bird) colony, a super old castle, Cadbury factory (okay, that could be a nice place to visit! :P) and some other stuff.

Ask students of Dunedin, I'm sure most of them dread being here, especially people from cities (REAL CITIES) like Singapore and Hong Kong.

To tell you the truth, I HATE THIS PLACE, but I just can't do anything about it. Oh great.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Random blabberings!


I just love pods, especially the Twix ones!! I've been popping them since Ben introduced it to me a month ago, and I can't stop!! I can't get enough of them!!!!!


WESLEY!! -pinches face- Son of my church friend's sister. Mix Malaysian and German. GBM? MBG? I don't care, he's just ADORABLE!


What ben is holding is a femur (or thigh bone) of a COW. Check that out! At New World supermarket.

Friday, August 12, 2005

无聊!!!

This is funny. It's Friday. Yeah, TGIF, but here I am stuck at home cos' the weather ain't good and Ben wants to accompany his dearest laptop. ): Oh well, got this quiz from Friendster. I shall just answer the questions then.

P.S. If you're really not interested, don't read. This is gonna be a long and boring entry.

1. whose picture is it that you keep in your wallet?
My one and only lovegety with Ben!

2. what time do you go to bed?
Not fixed. Can range from 5pm to 2am. After that, I'm off to dreamland.

3. what was the last thing you did before filling this survey?
Checked my handphone cos' Josephine messaged me.

4. who's the one you always meet the most?
HAHA, Ben.

5. who's the person you're gonna call if you needhelp?
Mummy, Ben, Eifer?

6. what's on your mind right now?
I'm sleeeeeeeeeeeeepy..

7. who's number on your speed dials?
I don't use speed dials.

8.with whom do you wanna be to have fun?
Fun ah, Eifer (YEAH ALL 7 OF YOU), Joan & Shuo.. And Ben!

9. what movie do u wanna watch now?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! It's not out in NZ yet! -pouts-

10. when was the last time you went out?
Huh? I go out everyday. But if you mean serious shopping, since I came back to NZ I haven't had a real shopping trip.

11. what do you hate the most for now?
For now? What? I hate hypocrites and liars?

12. when was the first time you slept alone?
Haha, when I came to NZ! I've always shared room with my siblings!

13. what do you wanna do for now?
Study like anything this year.

14. what do you do besides eat and sleep?
Studyyyy! Blog, dream, talk, pang sai etc. Hahahaha.

15. what could piss you off?
Everything when I'm having PMS. Otherwise if you annoy me or tease me I'll hit the roof.

18. most favourite thing in your room?
My laptop and camera!

19. what was the last thing you bought for yourroom?
Hmm.. for my room.. I don't know. Everything's fully furnished here. LOL

21. do you cook?
Ya, and I've been searching for many recipes okay! (:

22. miss someone?
Yeah, family and friends in Singapore.

23. plan to buy something?
Ya, clothes! Spring's coming man!! Bring it on!

24. are you satisfied with your life now?
Yeah, quite alright. Room for improvement though.

25.do you like seafood?
Yup! Speaking of seafood, Eifer(including me)'s favourite seafood are steamed fish, prawns with 麦片, chilli crab with fried buns, scallop with yam! Any other dishes? We dine at JUMBO SEAFOOD RESTAURANT! Shiok.

26. breakfast or dinner?
Breakfast.

27. what do you usually eat for breakfast?
Cereal, toast bread, muesli bar, biscuits or something else. All the carbo to keep me going!

28. did you eat breakfast today?
Yup, muesli bar.

32. cats or dogs?
DOGS! Especially my darling AJ! If you guys don't know, I'm trying real hard to curb my fear for cats.

33. salty or sweet?
Sweet! I don't like food that are too salty.

34. Is kissing normal for your age?
Of course. 我又不是三岁小孩子了. Haha.

(Somehow to question skipped to 37. Lousy quiz!)

37. are you athletic?
Nah, but I do sports. I'm sporty, but not athletic. Geddit?

38. do you swear?
Er, I hate to admit, but yeah. Am trying to refrain from doing so though.

40. do you have your own cell phone?
Yup! My N7610. Best phone ever!

41. what do you wear to bed?
Hehe, why you wanna know. LOL! I wear.... PJs! What you thinking lah.. Haha.

42. ever had a crush on a teacher?
Eh? Yah! LOL. I remembered I thought he was cute, but changed my mind after he came back to relieve a year later. =
43. coke or pepsi?
Coke. But I'd rather drink Chin Chow, sugarcane juice, chrysanthemum tea, lemon barley etc.

44. sugar or spice?
Can I have everything nice? HAHAHAHAHA.

45.can you use chopsticks?
Yah, and use it the right way! So proud of myself. Thanks to my parents.

46. do you like to read for pleasure?
Yup, definitely!

48. have you ever fallen asleep in class?
Hehe, yeah. What? You don't have meh? Act angelic...

49. get a job or ask your parents for money?
I'm studying, so I get money from my mother. When I grow up, I'll give her money!

50. is your dad strict?
Hmm, alright lah. He was stricter when we were younger.

51. do your parents give you enough privacy?
Yes, and I thank them for that.

52. do your parents trust you?
I think so? Haha, I'm a good girl!

55. do you make friends quickly?
I guess so.. I like to make friends actually. So fun.

56. do you get jealous of your friends?
Sometimes, when they get new clothes and I don't! X(

57. what did u do last night?slp?
Studied. Spoke to Mummy on the phone. Blog surfed. Chatted on MSN.

58. attached?
Yup, happily attached. HAHA.

59. to who?
Bliu bliu bliu.

60. if not, why not?
N/A

61.last friendster msg?
From Amelia, my primary school friend who added me in friendster recently.

There! All done. I wanted to add in some photos so this post wouldn't look too long and boring, but the internet is too slow, so I gave up uploading photos. Toodles.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

I WAS NOT ON TV !! ..

And yes, it's supposed to be a good thing.

Remember the National Day entry about Ben and his ridiculous hand gesture, shouting 'LOCAL FOOD!' in the overseas video clip? It was broadcast all over Singapore yesterday on National Day! And Jonathan(my little brother) thought he saw ME on TV!

NONONONONONONO! That was not me! I was in Singapore enjoying the heat and Orchard Road and LOCAL FOOD! So the person whom Jon saw was 100% not me. If any of you guys thought you saw me on TV, PLEASE erase that image off please! Hahaha.

And I even have the clip in my laptop! I repeatedly watch it for almost 10 times, laughing my head off while Ben was sulking behind my back, so obviously I was not in that clip right? Jon told Janice(my younger sis) that he saw me on television, and since she didn't watch the NDP, she assumed he was right, and bombarded me EARLY IN THE MORNING (NZ time)

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
girL


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
you were on tv


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
haha

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
you're on candi camera


I woke up and saw these messages, before replying..

jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
wtf?


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
i was on tv??


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
SINGAPORE?


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
ya rite can


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
yah


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
what was i doing?


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
happy birthday singapore


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
NO LAH


And the conversation lasted for quite a while. Since she hasn't watched NDP, I gave her the webby so she could go watch the clip herself. She replied..

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
ben is so RETARTT <>


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
HAHA

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
LOCAL FOOD


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
haha

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
and his action


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
ya lah


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
i was laughing my head off man


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
SO WAS I INSIDE? NO


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
-shakes head-

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
nope

jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
he say he cannot fly back sg liao


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
everyone see him like that


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
haha!

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
ya man


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
whats with s action la


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
' LOCAL FOOD'


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
cos


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
*swins hands


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
haha

jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
swings*


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
the gurl in frontof him did that too


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
ya man


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
so he did that also loh


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
the MRT thing


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
pls show to jon


jessicA* it's goodness dipped in happiness. (: says:
AND TELL HIM DUN GO TELLING PPL IM ON TV


jaNicE---* people do change after all. im ok says:
ok.
.
.
.

Haha, if we were to do the video again next year, we'll do a better one! Since there weren't enough people in Dunedin as it was the holidays, really 佩服 Michelle who managed to find some Singaporeans to do this little clip. Oh, I forgot to mention..

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY !! Singapore's 40 years young! May this little island of ours grow and prosper through the years ahead! Woohoo! I'm so proud to be a Singaporean. -rofl- I don't know why I'm so enthusiastic now, maybe cos I just finished a lecture? Haha. Cheerios!

Happy Birthday, Singapore!

Love, Otago Singapore Club.

Monday, August 08, 2005


serious narcissism.

my laptop with a few of my zi lian pics.

Close up pic of my carebear

My carebear slips! >.< Kawaii! HAHAHA.

-nien's stuff arnd my room-

Saturday, August 06, 2005


Just thought of Cutie AJ. I miss him!!

Sick nicks!

I just saw one of my friends' nick, and it reads, "-+=(insert name yourself)=+- = (insert some clan name or whatever crap) = Why so many gers got stead le ( Part 4 of 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).

Firstly, when I saw that nick of his, I was disgusted. Why? Because he sounds super desperate! It's gross to even see such a nick! It's vomit-inducing, actually. I didn't go tell him that I found it gross, but somehow I think he hasn't grown up since secondary school. If he cannot find a girlfriend for himself, why blame on the girls that have been taken? This just shows that he doesn't have the ability to 'jio' ('chase' in Hokkien) girls. Sheesh.

Next, I thought of the word 'stead'. I think I haven't used that word since I left secondary school! Anyway, I don't know if you feel the same way, but don't you think 'stead' sounds Ah Lian and Ah Beng-ish? Imagine someone coming over to you (male or female will do) and asking you, "XXX, will you be my STEAD?"
WHAT THE......... If Ben ever says that to me, I'll just pengsan ('faint' in Hokkien) lah.

Another one, "SHE'S MY STEAD LAH! WHAT YOU WANT HUH?!"
Ah Beng-ish not?! Totally agree with me right? I know! Why can't we, I mean THEY, just use 'boyfriend' or 'girlfriend' instead of 'stead'? They aren't vulgarities you know? -rolls eyes-

Oh, and some people like typing 'you' as 'euu', 'love' as 'lub', AnD lIkEs To TyPe LiDaT n ExPeCt PpL 2 b AbLe 2 UnDeRsTaNd WaT tHe hEoW tHeY r WrItInG aBt. And why bother doing that when it takes so much of your time? For your information, I took almost a minute to finish typing that particular sentence. Damn act cute and bimbotic can?!

It would sound more sophisticated to call your partner your boyfriend or girlfriend or just your date, rather than stead. I wouldn't be too happy if Ben tells his friend, "Jessica is my stead." Hey, it's not internationally known that 'stead' means your boyfriend/girlfriend you know. We're both in NZ now, and if Ben says I'm his stead, they would go,"What?" Yeah?

I don't blame those students attending secondary school to go calling their partners steads and tYpInG lIkE tHaT, I'm just pin pointing on those who have already GRADUATED from secondary school, and even JUNIOR COLLEGE! Torlong lah.

-TOOT!- Ben just commented that I sound angry in this entry! Do I? Well, if I do, it isn't intentional. I'm just voicing out my opinions aye? I'm damn F(@*%@ING pissed with the internet now. It's so slow that I can hardly keep my bum on the chair. You can just hear Ben and I cursing the night away because of flatmate. She downloads movies like noone's business! -grumbles-

Into Behind Those Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson right now. Nice nice song.

Halim's Visit to Dunedin!

Friday, August 05, 2005

what curry chicken for National Day again?!!

Tomorrow the Otago Singapore Club (OSC) here in Dunedin would be celebrating Singapore's National Day, 3 days earlier to be exact. I can't wait!!! The committee has come up with a list of local food that we can cook, taking in consideration the limited ingredients we can get here. =\ I will be in charge of grilling chicken nibbles (Okay, that's definitely not local food, but it's a popular snack! HAHAHA.). Besides, it's darn easy man. The chicken nibbles are already marinated, so I just need ovens! Oh, and I heard there would be yummy food like chicken rice, agar agar, bee hoon, rojak, carrot cake, dumplings, koniyaku and so much more!!

Kill me please! I can't wait till tomorrow! Gimmi the food now! Such a wide variety of food! Now you understand how deprived I am here in NZ.

Ben (aka THE co-president of OSC) is supposed to somehow or other get a pot of chicken curry for tomorrow's potluck! He is so gonna get whipped tomorrow lah, because he hasn't got a recipe (duh!), and he's planning to just bring a large pot to New Dynasty Restaurant (this chinese restaurant i don't really like) and ask them to do it for him!!

WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT IS THIS TELL ME?!

New Dynasty Restaurant is owned by Chinese, as in China Chinese. Please, do their chicken curry taste any similar to Singapore's curry chicken? (HEY, is it Chicken Curry or Curry Chicken, and is it Fish Head Curry or Curry Fish Head?!??! I AM SO CONFUSED!) A straight no-no from me, dude. You just gotta somehow come to the potluck session with a pot full of authentic SINGAPORE CHICKEN CURRY. Giddit dear?! Or else just come EMPTY HANDED if you like? People would just have a different opinion of you that's all. -rofl- Ooookay, I'm gonna get screwed by him if he reads this.

What do you miss most about Singapore?
Ben: 'Local food!!!' (smiling with arms wide open)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I just cannot stop teasing him about that. It's from a short clip made by some of the people in Dunedin, shooting for some NDP thing this year. And Ben was made to say what he misses most about Singapore. Some people (like me) weren't there in Dunedin cos it was taken during the holidays. I was back in Singapore enjoying the heat. I was about to upload the 'local food!' part from the video, but decided not to be so evil. -sniggers-

Well, what do I miss most about Singapore? I think it would be that weather (YES! Let me sweat like a pig! I don't mind!!), local food (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA), friends and family, the super public tranport system, being able to wear my shorts and mini skirts.. ): If Dunedin gives me good weather, I'd be a quarter happier. (: Sweet as.

'Kia Ora. Happy birthday, Singapore!!!!'

Let's reach out for the skies, with wings we soar up high. Our dreams, we'll all achieve. Let's soar and reach for the skies. --'Reach out for the skies' by Rui En and Taufik.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Snip here,slice there, peel those!! Ahh! Bloody !)(*#$@

I had my BIOL 115 lab again this morning. This time, we had to dissect...

Nah, nothing too gruesome, it's just the lower limb of a deer. (: In addition, the limb has already been chopped into 3 pieces for us, so the limb ain't too long to us to handle. It's cooool! Know why? Cos' my partner did not come again. This is the 3rd Bio prac we have, and the technical assistant (old lady) who was taking our attendence said, "Ooh, that is bad." or something along that line. Tsk!

So I did the dissection by myself, with a little help from a demonstrator who is a super nice guy! Haha, please don't assume that I'm interested in him or whatever, cos he's a middle age, flabby and hairy man. -rofl- Got to see those parts of a synovial joint that we learnt in our lectures, like the menisci, collateral and cruciate ligaments etc. Damn fun I tell you! Especially when I am in charge of the whole dissection thingy. Woohoo! :D I sound sadistic, aye? Haha, as compared to our rat dissection, this is way better, because we had to look at the intestines of the rat's. I tell you, IT STINKS, TOTALLY!

Initially, I wanted to take some photos of the dissection today, but there wasn't anyone I know who could help me take the photos, since my gloves were stained with deer blood. Eew right? Yeah, so too bad. I doubt many of you won't even wanna think about it too. ;)

After all those dissection crap, we examined some specimens of some real humans' body parts. Let me say this, they stink WORSE than the deer's lower limb. Simply because they seem to be decomposing, all brownish and all. We saw joints that had metal replacements and all, and yeah, yummy.

Monday, August 01, 2005

On my way to being a great cook

Last Saturday morning, I got so bored that I decided to surf for local recipes. Whilst site hopping, I chance upon a blog which brought me to http://food.asia1.com.sg/ Tried to look for a dish that I can cook here in New Zealand, without having to buy some of the ingredients that I can't get it here. And then I found claypot rice!

Wah! Claypot rice is something I really like. :9

Scrolled down and looked at the ingredients needed and the method, and it wasn't that tough! So, I decided to give it a try! The ingredients that I didn't get(lazy to go buy them.. wah raus the asian store is how freaking far can!) were the Chinese mushrooms and salted fish.

In actual fact, it was quite easy to do! I just followed the instructions carefully. Yah, like REALLY carefully. 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce = 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce. Cannot play play ah, already had a bad experience when baking muffins with Janice. 100g of flour (normal), 140g of flour (our style), heck. 200g of chocolate? Never mind lah, 250g should be okay! Turned out 'real good'.

So, back to my story. It took me less than an hour (excluding marinating the chicken) to finish my project. And I was successful!!! I seriously thought I would fail, but no, Jessica The Great has come up with a rice cooker full of yummylicious claypot rice!!

-laughs hysterically-

Want to post some pictures of the claypot rice up, but it's 4:44am (wah, zun man!) and I'm really lazy now.. Don't even want to get the photos out of my handphone. Lol. And the reason why I'm still awake is because the 乌鸦 flatmate had a SLEEPOVER with her beloved friend, and they were talking so loudly I was awaken by their horrendous yakking. You know what? I'm going to confront her tomorrow. Luckily her friend has left (I think), or else I'll really go knock on her door at 330am and scold her. When will people learn to be considerate. Sigh. I just had Milo and a whole packet of Ritz, and now I cannot go to sleep or else I'll get fat.

Anyway, I'm so into all the cooking and baking! But sadly, I'm studying now, and I can't play too much. So the culinary skills gotta wait. Oh! I've got holidays in a month's time. Yes, I'll do it then! Muahaha. Okay, I'll try to study for now. 死乌鸦!臭乌鸦!