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Friday, June 27, 2008

Updates~!

3:15 PM;

I'm so happy, relief, overjoyed, gay, content ( you get the picture) that today is/was the last day of school! Goodbye school for 2 weeks! So being the last week of school, we did quite a lot of interesting stuff. I like it here that we watch a lot of movies for our language subjects. Its kinda fun. So basically, thats what we did in our english and chinese classes. Its only after the movie where the boring bit comes in. Analyzing it. Haih..so now got hwlor.

Oh, and we went to the art gallery in town on tuesday during an english period to look at some entries of the "Archibald prize". Its like some art exhibition where people send in paintings of someone or some celeb. Its really nice because out of a few thousand entries only 50-100 were chosen. ( i've forgotten how many, wasn't listening to the teacher =p) Then we had to vote for our favourite for the people's choice award. There was a picture of heath ledger that won the people's choice award in NSW, and i decided to go with that. I felt like I understood that picture. Get what i mean? hahah Don't worry, I havent change. But i really did like his shows though. (Casanova!) Check out the pic!

Its a painting not a photograph

So the exhibition actually tours around Australia and it was organised by the Art gallery in NSW. Yeah, so people were quite surprise it came to Bendigo and not to Melb. Its actually the first time here. But enough of that! As today was the last day of school, our periods were cut shorter and we get to go home 2 hours earlier. So I had Chinese the last, but my teacher decided to take us out to have lunch instead. So we went to this chinese restaurant, around 9 of us (pretty small class) and had a chinese buffet. Now, i'm pretty stuffed! Its a buffet man. And we only had to pay 5 bucks, my teacher paid for the rest of it. But it wasn't anything grand though.

Tomorrow night I'll be working. And one of my friend is turning 18 and having a party tmr, so I can't go. I'm pretty sure my cousin is going though. He is a real party guy. Yeah but anyways, I don't know many people..so malu lol The parties here are really wild one! I'm still too tame haha.

My MAMA is here already! She just arrived this morning. Gonna stay overnight at my cousin's house tonight. All the "goodies" i'm gonna get! well, hopefully she brings it. Anyways, I'll blog more later! Tata

Jon
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Boink ~ boink ~

10:57 AM;

I was on my way to church today, and guess what? I saw a huge kangaroo in someones garden. I know I'm staying in a place called Kangaroo Flat, but its like seeing an orang utan in subang. They're usually in the farm areas, not really in the town areas haha. It was so big! Almost as tall as me! It looked kinda lost, wonder how it even got there in the first place. On my way back, it was still there. And the opposite neighbours were taking pictures of it. Well, I never knew I would see a kangaroo on my way to church, so no camera no pictures lol.

Jon
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Kiasu ; good or bad?

7:47 PM;

I just finished watching the kite runner. Really touching show. Highly recommended. Its not like those everyday action or comedy film that you get, but this show is really captivating. The friendship of two young boys. Sob T_T lol

anyways, i just finished a GAT exam today. It went on for like 3 hours. My stomach was like grumbling the whole time. Its like a PTS exam, to see how smart you are. But this is important for students doing yr 12 subjects. If you happen to be sick on the day of your exam and really screw it up, fear not the GAT is here haha. So in a way, this exam is used to assess how well you will do in your exam. So if you do badly in your exam for whatever reason, they will refer to your GAT score and make a final assessment to give you better marks or not. So the whole of Victoria have to sit for this 3 hour of excruciating boredom. Well, actually i'm just exaggerating. It wasn't that bad.

That brings me to the topic. I've really noticed how kiasu Aussies are. How much you ask? well for most, none at all. They really can't be bothered with what they do. In a way goodla, cause our VCE results are based relatively to the whole of Victoria. So if everyone does well, then your score goes lower and vice versa. But like todays exam was suppose to go on for 3 hours, and i was surprise when this girl got up and said she was done. And only one hour passed by. I saw her paper from afar and she left one essay blank. Instruction says if you don't answer an essay, please write on the first sheet "blank". Thats what she did alright. But the fact is, its not even a hard one. They give us a few facts or statements or even pictures and we have to come up with a creative writing.

So basically there wasn't a right or wrong to it, just how well you express yourself, and she didn't even bother to try. So one by one most of the students in this particular class of twenty left after 2 hours. Until it was just me and a girl from Fiji. Is Fiji in asia? I'm sorry, quite bad with my world geography. So anyways, we left at the same time around 20 minutes before times up. I asked my sister and she said she was the last one in her class as well. Everyone just did a fast scan through the questions. 2 essays and 60 multiple choice questions. And it wasn't so easy, very tricky haha.

Do you remember how they ask in PTS, : 100kg of gold, 100kg of wood and 100kg of cotton, which is the heaviest? haha I'm sure i wouldn't have to tell you guys the answer rite? I asked my cousins, they couldnt answer. But they were only 12 and 10. Not an excuse though! haha yeah anyways, I'm always one of the last to finish in class, and most of them are done with. However, they are not dumb. The smart ones are really really smart. And most of them are just lazy. Just like me! (last time) Actually now alsola, but better. I would rather stare at the four walls then doing my homework. Would find any thing in the room to distract me. From fidgeting with my calculator, junk food in my room to my computer. Lucky thing I didn't store any games in my calculator. Exams are finally over!! Just can't wait till holidays. I wanna work to get more money, yet i want to enjoy. Greedy me! =p See ya! lol

Jon
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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Randomness! =)

1:58 PM;

Hey people, alrite sry for the lack of updates. Pretty busy with exams lately, still not over yet but soon. Its kinda funny how I used to panic so much when we were having exams back home. Hate those times. But now quite relaxla, not much worrying to do, quite updated with all my work. Plus less subjects to worry about compared to having 11 subs back home. Crazy! I really wonder how some people can even manage getting 15++ A1? Well, salute to you guys and hope you get a life lol.

Alrite, so there are quite a few things I've been doing recently, hmm ooh I've decided to continue kickboxing here. Used to do it back home until i dislocated my knee, used dat as an excuse to get out of it. Kinda regretted doing so now. But anyways, yeah when for a couple of classes, it wasn't too bad. But the one back home was way better! Quite a few hot chicks there too lol

o yeah, and i was so so surprised last night! I was studying physics last night and decided to take a break. Went out of my room and my sister was watching tv. And guess what, for the first time they were playing a chinese movie. How cool is that..haha jakunness! It was shaolin soccer by the way. Funny show! So i just had to dump my books and settle for the movie. Plus they played it quite late. I guess since its a chinese show, no guais would understand..lol so they had it on late when people were asleep. Aussies are morning people not night people. And i had to get up early morning the next day. 8.15 is pretty early for me considering weekends i would usually sleep till 12.3..

Had to go to work, first day tday! KFC!! haha funny. I told myself, after kenny rogers, I'm never gonna work in F&B again. Well, thats what i thought, in the end i ended up at swenson's the following year. Well now i'm just lost for words. I guess, i hope KFC would be the last of F&Bs to work in. oh yeah, its kinda surprising how many aussies don't even know where M'sia is. I have to say its above Singapore or below Thailand haha. And a lot of them usually tell me, hey your english is really good. Do you speak english at home? nah it took me less then 5 months to speak this well..haha jus jk So anyways, today i had 2 managers in KFC, and both of them said that i spoke really well and they wouldnt even know that I've only been here for a few months. Well, i'll take that as a compliment. Atleast I get to take English 2nd lang which is way easier than what the aussies have to take. But it is still deffinitely harder den back at home. You guys will be taking it next year in college though.

I also went to Melbourne a few weeks back for a class excursion. Visited a place where they cared for the drug addicts, and we went on to Melbourne uni. I was quite disappointedlor when I reach there. I thought it would had been nicer. Very so so looking. Nothing that gets you all excited about. The way Andrea describes, University of Queensland seems really good. But i guess its the standard of education isn't it. And it'll definitely be more trouble going interstate. Won't worry about that until next year though. No photos for now, might post some during the hols. Can't wait! Mom is coming up! Get to spend a few days in Melbourne, visit all the factory outlets and what knots. Countdown! haha Well, thats all for now, I'll update more some other time! Cheers! haha damn acting wei
ps: My accent still hasnt changeLA!

Jon
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