Christmas is near! And there's a unicyclist in the local mall, along with performers. How jovial. lol.

And random ducks and really cute ducklings in Uni, but it's only temporary, cos they weren't there the next day. Hm..

My type of day... and days to come.. knowing the the sun'll be shining down on me puts a nice smile on my face, looking forward to tomorrow has never been nicer.

Guess what came in the mail....


Ever watched those movies which jogs your imagination and throws a whole new light on common mysteries of the world??

If you haven't, you gotta play Uncharted 2: Among Thieves!! You get to play Drake, a brave, handsome tough bloke (think Lara Croft with wayyyy more sex appeal) who treks around various mystical places around the world fighting enemies, collecting treasures, and solving the mystery of Marco Polo.

His ex gf from Uncharted 1

Graphics are just awesome...

Today, we made a joke about this restaurant being so quiet and sells food at such a low price and yet still survive, and then we recalled Jian Yi's favourite comment in these situations: 'hehe, confirm money laundering....' Haha!!

Day after day I still mull over what happened, but I guess life's busyness have made me move along faster... get on with things instead of feeling depressed over the incident all the time, and I've my supportive LGZ to help me out..

Miss him but I guess memories will have to do for now till we meet again.

So... I got this new wallet a few weeks back, but didn't have the mood to post it up... So in love with it, off-white, zips, plenty of room for cards... can't ask for anything better. It's from Mimco, and it's a little larger than a regular wallet but I ain't complaining. We girls have large handbags for a reason, lol.


Finally ate a proper meal at Mocha Joe's; we normally just go for their coffee, which is really good, and one random afternoon we decided to eat there. My salmon fritters. Damn nice. Except that it's rather hard to eat it neatly, since it's stacked and it tend to fall off... too much avocado for me as well.. XD

Sometime last week, it was sunny and nice so Lgz and I went to the local reserve where we run sometimes to have a drink on the grass... =) there're cute little wild yellow flowers and plenty of bees. So we just sat quietly and talked and watch the clouds. Uber chillax.



Random heart-shaped chicken snitzel we bought to make parmagiana.. but we forgot the bacon so we used turkey breast. lol. Turned out delicious anyway so it's alright.


Went to the usual Taiwanese restaurant earlier for dinner, and then I wanted to try something new, and ordered Steamed Meatballs, expecting a typical chinese dish of steamed mince-meat or like, packed meat, in some soy sauce, and this is what turned up:


And my favourite jumper he got from Topman online, since this country doesn't have all the good brands... lol

During this entire week I was in the 24 hr comp lab doing this research assignment till around 1am every day, for every spare hour of my day. It was Class, Work, Assignment in the 15 hours I was on campus. -____- till yesterday we finalised everything at 3am. And I crashed till 2pm today when Lgz woke me up with lunch. Or else who knows when I'd actually wake up.. lol..

So went Moorabin DFO to browse a bit, Lgz obsessed with running gear, I got myself some jeans and socks, nothing much to yell out about. Gonna go Knox City Sunday to browse for more Spring stuff, though judging the weather yesterday I'd say winter hit Melbourne again -___-.

Time to bring out the hot pot... Hahaha..! And the camera. I realise I haven't really taken any pictures in a looong time. Meaning I haven't socialised or done anything interesting in a looong time. Shit.

It's been a tough week for me... In just two days, I lost two acquaintances.

Choo Jian Yi, and Loh Teik Eng.

Jian Yi was hit by a car, and passed away two days later due to serious head injuries.

Teik Eng suffered a ruptured aorta.

Being overseas, away from the news, information, friends and family, I had trouble dealing with the news, and even more trouble believing it and accepting it. There are no newspaper articles, no visual aid, no confirmation of anything; noone knows the true story, nothing concrete.

I felt so helpless, so lost, and so miserable. Especially when Jian Yi's passing has to be communicated to me via SMS. If our mutual friends never told us, I would have never found out until God knows when.

I have to admit, I took Jian Yi's death very badly. I consider us very close friends; we chatted almost every night on MSN, and before you scoff and say what kind of a friendship is that, being in different continents, I would say that brought us closer than ever, and I can't say the same of other friends who claim to be closer to me but yet fail to communicate more frequently with me. Of course this goes both ways, and I am glad that Jian Yi has always been there when I needed a sympathetic ear.

He was so funny, so full of life, and so very selfless. This all sounds very cliché, but I honestly cannot say that of everyone I know. Aside from my closest friends, I truly am touched by him. He strived to make his friends laugh, make his friends happy, put a smile on everyone faces, even though the jokes are on his expense... He frequently brought me Pokka coffee when I was struggling to complete my assignments during late nights in uni. He stalked this guy I thought was goodlooking just so he could get me his name. He drove all the way to Pavillion just cos I had to take the LRT home and he thought it was dangerous, despite his car breaking down he managed to get me home safely.

And to think that I cannot see him anymore forever, that I could not attend his funeral, could not see him one last time... and the last time I saw him was in January when we went for shabu-shabu in Puchong.

I have a very heavy feeling in my heart that I do not know how to get rid of. Thanks to Robert and Aqel, I am able to learn of some incidents relating to his demise. Thanks to his family, strange as it seems, I am able to witness some moments of his funeral on facebook. Thanks to Kingsley, who held a mini wake for him in his backyard, I am able to grasp the reality.

I hope I get the closure I need in order to move on.

And may all of you out there please stay safe.

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In memory of Jian Yi, and Teik Eng, whom I do not have the opportunity to be close with, may god bless you two.