been in melbourne for about a week and a half now..im currently blogging from the schools com lab..open 24h!haha lol..my folks and sis jus left today so i really officially start living in ormond college from today tho ive already moved in last last saturday.the college is beautiful!!it really does feel quite a lot like hogwarts..tts mainly what led me to choose that college in the first place anyway.hahah but i think the novelty will wear off after a while.. we'll see..heheh..i promise photos some time soon!!college is supposed to be really fun cos you get to meet lots of people and they have lots of activities and stuff..so far, ive been for the academic dinner last sat..which is the welcome dinner for semester 2..it was a FORMAL dinner and by formal i mean cocktail dresses and suits. my goodness i was completely caught off guard cos i didnt know that they had such formal stuff!!and on the first day!!i was told that u can just wear anything you want so i was all ready to go in black pants and my jacket..then abt 10mins before the thing started i went out of my room to take a look at everyone else..and surprise surprise guys in suits n girls in nice dresses..someone told me i gotta get dressed!so i said cooly yea i got a dress..lucky for me..i brought my grad night dress..haha i wore this other dressy black blouse over it cos i din feel like doing a tube dress =X haha..but..i had no shoes!!!but lucky for me again..the girls on my floor were really nice and they brought me to a few peoples rooms to try to borrow shoes..in e end i managed to borrow really nice white heels fr someone called Georgia and they even fit perfectly! =D whee! so e dinner was really fun cos it was so posh..the dining hall lights were dimmed and there were candles..the new students even had a pre dinner drinks at the senior common room..tts where ppl like the Master,the Deans and the postgrads schmoose.. lowlys(myself included)hang out in the Junior common room..dinner was great!and desert was a baileys chocolate mousse pudding thing..it was beyond fantastic..but they gave each person so much i couldn finish it!!! =( so wasted..haha aft e din was a party..they call it a smoko in ormond..i was actually quite outraged cos we had to pay to go for e party..8 for no drinks 15 with freeflow..but i paid 8 anyway so yea..-pats my own back- tt was a casual party so most people change out..i wore jeans n brought a jacket..which was a really good thing cos i wouldn hav survived in my dress and no jacket because the party was mainly held ouside in the quadrangle..!!!in winter no less!!!it was freaking cold!!!ah!!the jcr is accessible by the quad so tt got turned into the dance floor..and so outside is the drinks n socialising place..i din have any tried to meet as many people as possible..but i really really cant remember most of the names n faces i met =X ..they did hav 2 gas heaters so i basically spent most of the time huddling under the heater doing nth very constructive =P boo.. anyway enough about college..uni!!i met singaporeans!!surprise surprise!! hahaha so tts gd cos its gd to hav company..usually hang out wif 2rj girls..peiying and amanda..all in e same course so tts even better cos company more often.. ive finally settled my subject selections!! im doing 4 subs.. -chemistry A -genetics and the evolution of life -australian fauna and flora and.... -ancient rome: myth and empires ..!! woohoo!!isnt the 4th sub so cool!!hahaha had some problem initially cos i wanted to do a subject called the atmosphere and oceans..cos u know i always wanted to do geogy stuff..but tt clashed badly with the other subs im doing.. so i decided to do smth wif less contact time and more interesting and wouldn clash with anything..looked around the arts aubs..definitely no econs or business or management subs for me =X ..wanted to do philosophy but tt clashed too..was about to go berserk cos i couldn find anything interesting or they were too hard..then..violaa!!i found ancient rome!!they had ancient greece too and tt would hav been even better but tts only offered in sem1 so too bad.. my first class for ancient rome is tom!!cant wait!!hope it lives up to expectation..haha..last thing to do is to settle a tutorial for tt sub and its all swell!!the timetable is q gd ..earliest classes at 10(4days) and latest end at 5(1day!) anyway wanted to say smth else..i think the support here from the staff is really good!! they're all really nice cos they make an effort to provide you with any help u need..they keep saying come look for us if you need help and they have learning centers open during lunch (12-1)everyday with tutors there to help you with work if u need.. and with academic plannin too..they actually had this subject selection slot during orientation where they had someone to help u find out what are the subjects that you need to do in order to lead to the major of your choice and the person wrote it down all nicely for me.. but silly me..the paper tt the info was written on had to be submitted and when i submitted it i forgot tt i needed e info behind!! so i went to the science faculty office today and asked for help again cos i was trying to settle subject selection and all the timetable stuff today.. and the course advisor so kindly went through everything with me again and after he wrote it all out he even said he would email the info to me cos the stuff was handwritten and it looked messy! =) wow so impressed man..tell me if nus,ntu,smu have this kinda service..haha gotta go back for dindins now..ive been typing for 1hour =X Thing of the day!!!~ smth random: learning abt the rafflesia from MALAYSIA in the AUSTRALIAN flora and fauna lecture. it was an example of a parasitic plant but i din really catch why its parasitic.. =X whoops =X

no matter how much time you have, it will never be enough. this was what was said when we were preparing for exams.. actually, if you think about it, it goes for everything else in life as well. my holiday is over. i had a seven month holiday to get ready for this day but i only finished packing on the night before i leave at 4.21 am.. how about that for being pro.. haha.. right now the feeling that im getting is "i cant believe tt its really happening already!!!" you know in odac we always talk about stepping out of our comfort zone when we go for camps and stuff..especially in obs..tts like repeated so many times and its supposed to make u stronger and stuff.. well, i've come to realise that if you think that going for a camping trip is making you take a bigg bigg step outa your nice little comfy zone.. go live in a foreign country all by yourself. you'll find that that that is really being flung out of your zone and landing in a dark little obscure corner that you've never been to before. i think ive said this before to some people.. i never actually felt scared about going to study alone in another country by myself..until now -now being these few recent days. i felt it the worse today..and it was so bad i actually cried.. i realised what im scared of..the scariest thing about going to melbourne is that i dont have any friends there..well i do know someone there and ive got relatives there as well but im talking about are close friends... the comfort that i feel when im here is not just the material things like my home, my room, all the modern day luxuries like tv and heaters and aircon.like you know the stuff that u dont have when ur in obs.. you could have all those things and still you would be completely lost because people need people.. i need people..i need all you guys!!.. im not gonna list down names cos i think you would know who u are.. and yea im just gonna miss all of u so so much...the feeling of knowing that there are people who really truly care about you and will be there for you no matter what..that's something that i treasure so much.. even though im sure my dark little corner will surely get brighter and i'll get a sofa here and there, you guys will all be irreplaceble..it means so much to me tt u guys took so much effort to organise farewells and outings and meeting ups... all the presents and letters too..i really really appreciate all of them!! i really really do feel very loved =) ..thanks everyone =) i needa go to sleep now.. but before i go.. for the record, i failed my driving test. sigh..yea i got 38 points. sheese.. i was really really upset in e afternoon..but i think ive gotten over it more or less..haha i felt beyond disappointed because i put so much effort into it..rushed it so that i can take the test before i leave, went for so many revisions and still..bad news. oh well, i tell myself, its ONLY a driving test. Thing of the day!!!~ Thought: "if you leave or let go of something and it really hurts, but when you get it back you feel greater joy than you've ever felt before-thats love. if it doesnt hurt or it loses its importance,then it was never anything much in the first place." =) thanks ya..

if there's been one thing that ive accomplished this holiday, it is that ive successfully evolved into being a nocturnal creature of the night. -insert dramatic music "dang dang dang!"- hahaha.. used to sleep at 2...then 3..then 330 and now its 430.. i dont even feel veery sleepy..just a bit sleepy. hahaha and then i'll wake up at 1130 and do very few things e whole day.. maybe go out..pack a bit but not a lot.. in e wee hours of the night though..thats when things really get done.. i jus kinda packed up my room, sorted out junk in my shelves, threw out a lotta crap, decided to keep a lotta sentimental crap.. haha .. my file from jc is still totally how i last left it..initially i flipped through it with the intention of sorting out the stuff which is worth keeping like e photos and other notes and such tt ive collected through the course of jc..inside were other stuff like a chemical equilibrium worksheet,BOP notes..i have seriously thrown away all my econs knowledge.. ask me what exactly is BOP and i wont be able to tell u.. and a GP essay which i got 36/50 for..hehhheh..and then i realised tt i couldn possibly throw away any of em.. im gonna keep my file the way it is. mm i have something about my files.. its so personal u know.. its my lifeline in sch.. all e homework,notes n other nice stuff i kept inside..if i loose my file i would seriously be very seriously upset and after 2 yrs..thats enough for u to feel sentimental towards it haha.. i kept my old files too from sec3 and 4.. with interesting assorted things inside.. haha anyways..i did more packing! packing is such a drag ..urrgghh =X my driving test is on thursday!!!!i had a lesson today which started out fine... told myself to be confident on e road..confidence confidence..but eventually i ended up with abt 3 immediately failures =X urrggh.. the first one was when i was trying to turn right in a junction..just as i was nearing the turn the light changed to amber..i panicked and braked..but braked over the stopline. -_-" aptly..it started pouring after tt.. drove in the heaviest rain ever today!!! crap its really =X scary.. i hope tomorrow goes better..really need an ego boost.. haha after spending such an obscene amount of money and sooo much time to learn how to drive.. i really reallyy wana pass!!!! i feel so loved right now u know.. everyone planning farewells n all =)) -beam- first met with lor xin n vic for dins..then had the surprise funty dinner which was so funty =D .. so sweet =D then met up wif pri sch peeps at nydc.. and now meeting the twelveys tomorrow..! gona watch fantastic 4, hav a buffet dinner, then they're gona come to stay over..=D so fun!!! okay im starting to feel sleepy now.. haha later!! Thing of the day!~packed bags and tidy rooms

A KickAss Playlist!!! 99 Red Balloons - Angry Salad ----------------> isnt this song soo fun!! You Belong to Me - Jason Wade (of Lifehouse)--> i lovee this song so much!!recent discovery on my poddy.. aim to play it on guitar like in e song.. Basket Case - GreenDay -----------------------> arent we all? a little at least.. When I Come Around - GreenDay ----------------> love it..love it..the tune is great Mr. Brightside - The Killers -----------------> rock on!! Clutch - Shea Seger --------------------------> smooth grooves.. Collide - Howie Day --------------------------> so so sweet.. One Last Breath - Creed ----------------------> inspired by biao Live Twice - Darius --------------------------> live twice not once! Celebrity Skin - Hole ------------------------> good ol' classic Cannonball - Damien Rice ---------------------> pop tunes of today.. Sunday Morning - Maroon 5 --------------------> one of the best tracks in e album Thing of the day!!!~Tomorrow!!!!