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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Weekend getaways!

8:16 PM;

Hey fellow friends, sorry for the lack of updates. Nothing much to update nowadays ever since the end of the holidays.
Alrite first thing's first, went to stay with mommy for the weekend! Haih, shes gonna go back real soon! Aug 15, hmph dreading that day.. Went there at like 1 pm on saturday. It was just me, my mom and my sis in my aunts hse. My auntie took Avril (2nd cous) to netball, Grant (oldest cous) was at cross country training and Roger (youngest cous) was playing at a friends house. One thing I'm always excited about going to my aunts place is to eat my moms cooking. My aunty is not really well so thats why my mom is here to help. We had asam fish for dinner. Yum! And she had to roast some chicken for my cousins cus they all don't noe how to eat spicy food lol.

Later that night, we skyped with my dad and younger sis. Miss them all so badly. Quite surprisingly.haha And i'm surprised my younger sis actually misses me. She always yells at me cause I just love to bully her last year. Its called brotherly love in case you guys didnt noe. haha I think thats what she misses the most! Lol so syok sendiri wei! Anyways, i'm happy to see that my dad and younger sis seems to be having such a wonderful time together. They actually look like best friends haha.

Then my dad was like telling us when both of them was watching tv. He got up to do something, then my sis went to sit at his place. and she was like

Sis: Pa! Your butt is so hot!!
Dad: Thank you =)
Sis: Wondering why he said thank you? (she meant the seat was hot)
Dad: *putting his finger on his butt saying "Smoking hawt!!"
Sis: *realises what she said Oops!

Sorryla if you didnt find it amusing..but i thought it was haha! my dad is so lame. He'll do anything to embarrass my younger sis. She gets so embarrassed easily. She was telling us during open day, cus my dad saw her marks..so he went and smack her on her butt. Jokinglyla obviously. And she said there were so many guys in her class that saw. haha She's gonna kill me for posting this!

Anyways, i learn how to play mahjong today lol. After lunch my mom took out her mini travel mahjong kit and taught me to play. It was quite fun! I had all the good cards! Beginners luck i guess. ahah but she gave chancela. Anyways, back home now, in boring land. back to studying, work and party? haha who noes lol Anyways till next time!

Jon
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

All happy moments have to end...sooner or later!

2:47 PM;

Aikz, holidays is over so fast. Two weeks doesn't seem so long after all! haih, I hope that five months doesn't seem so long as well. Thats when school is over! =p Thinking too far ahead of time lol!

Anways, school will commence as usual on Monday and its back to usual. Same old studying and "trying" to score well in SACS. haih Oh well! haha Its time to give some workout not only to the body but to the mind as well! Its kinda rusty now.

Jon
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Monday, July 7, 2008

brace yourself for a super long cheong hei post!

2:40 PM;

Hi people. Just came back yesterday from a 4 day trip in melbourne. Had so much fun there! One main purpose >> SHOPPING! We left boring old bendigo at 8.54am to be exact. I woke up at 7 to prepare my sandwich to eat in the train. Should have taken a picture of it. It was really good, cheesy garlic sausage squirted with mayo and sprinkled with szechuan seasoning on a tasty focaccia bread! hope you aren't drooling =p anyways, thats out of the topic. We (mom,sis and I) had to walk about 1km to the train station, wasn't too bad except for the cold. In fact we were there rather early and had to wait.

Well, we were more than 20 mins early anyway. Just wanted to show you a glimpse of the old station. So we reached melbourne roughly around 11. Like I said to you guys before I left, Bendigo is 2 hours away from civilization. We had to meet up with my moms friend, working at melbourne in AXA. We had to drop our backpacks and small luggages so that we can wonder freely without the heavy burden on our backs!

Haha, me and my sis were like so jakun about those automatic swirly doors lol. I wanna work in a place like that! So we waited down at the lobby. Don't get me wrong, its not a hotel but we couldnt go in because they had those kinda toll gates and you need a card to access. That was cool too, but didnt take any pic, malula all the business ppl staring.

Met her, passed our bags and we went roaming through the city. We didn't get to do much on the first day, mostly browsing through shops and checking out the prices on stuff. Must make a good comparison before buying! lol

We passed by this church and mom was like saying its so nice, go take a picture of it! Then, we went to the DFO(direct factory outlet) in Southern Cross train station. Didn't buy anything cause we are going to a bigger DFO in Essendon which is near the airport on Saturday.

Saw this boutique called "mati", it may be cool to call it that here, but definitely not in M'sia. I hope it survives though. Anyways, met back with my moms friend Aunty Terry when she finished work at 5.3 and we went back home to her place. I love her house so much. Its so hotel like! Its small-ish because only 2 of them lives there. No kids =(

Had to wake up early because we had to follow Aunty Terry into the city when she goes for work. Left the house at 7.20am. Today's itinerary was Chadstone shopping complex. It was quite far away from the city. But we had everything planned out. There is a free shuttle service to Chadstone in the city. But you have to book to get a place. So we took the bus to Chadstone at 9.30am and reached at around 10.

I like the interior. Its so tropical! There were loads more stores inside, this was near the entrance. Didnt take much..too caught up with other stuff haha. I didnt buy much, there were sales but not good enough. Ate at Nandos for lunch hehe. So long since I've eaten there. I reckon the Nando's at M'sia still taste better! At night we went to a chinese restaurant which is run by a malaysian family.

Next day which was saturday, we woke up later at 9.3 because they didn't have work. So they took us all the way to Essendon to shop in DFO. This DFO is so much bigger then the one at southern cross. Summore tons of sales going on! Like m'sia megasales lol. All the big brand stores like Gucci, Ralph lauren( ofcors i couldnt afford to shop there) and brands which are more affordable like quiksilver and billabong. Manage to buy a lot of things there.

one whole stretch of stores!

The food court

Went home at 4.30 and rest while watching tv. Aunty terry cooked a really scrumptious meal for dinner. We had chicken parmigiana.lol Never knew what was that until now. Its like chicken fillet with ham on top. Poured over with tomato paste and baked in the oven with cheese! Seriously good stuff. And we had sticky date pudding with ice cream for desert.

Had to take this off the net. Too busy eating to take a picture. But it did look like that though.

Haih, and yesterday was the last day in melbourne and we're back to reality lol I had so much fun just hanging out with my family walking all day that time flew so quickly.Got up at 9 and got ready for our next item on our list.

mom at the background haha

Anyways, we had dim sum for lunch or how we say "yum cha" here. Still prefer to call it dim sum! Aunty terry had to make a booking very early if not don't even expect to get a seat there. Went there at 11 thats when it opens. There were like so many people queuing to get in. This is so different to what I usually have to go through when I have dim sum at Ipoh. When you reach the door, there is a lady holding a book with all the reservations in it. Then the waiter took us to our table. So systematic wei just to eat dim sum..hahaha Different experiencela.

we were one of the first few to get our table. 5 minutes later it was all filled up. After that, we went to Victoria market because mom wanted to get castard apple. She said very hard to find. I bought a belt there lol. Very big market! Went to walk around in Melbourne city. Last chance to do so until God knows when.

went to ripcurl and got another hoodie! hehe Can't resist a good bargain lol.

The funny thing about this was that after going to ripcurl, we had to go back to the station and catch a train back. So my sis directed us to it. But we ended up going the opposite direction. The worst thing was that we had to carry our heavy backpacks uphill for about 1km! While at the other end of the city, my mom was like might as well take a picture of the parliament house. You'll never get to see it again lol. So we rested and had to backtrack all the way to the station and rushed for the 3.15 train.

All in all, very satisfied with this shopping trip. Didnt buy much but definitely bought what i needed. And don't talk about the total pricela. Lets just say that i rather not convert it back to RM or i'll pengsan! till next time bye!

Jon
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Goodies!

9:15 PM;

My mom is here! So happy! =)I really missed her! She arrived on friday morning while i was still in school. Went to stay overnight at my cousin's house because thats where my mom is staying. Before my mom came, I wrote a list of things to my dad so that my mom could bring them over when she comes. I've finally gotten all my cetak rompak i've been waiting for! haha Got my dad to dl a bunch of movies and some of them he bought. So after dinner, my mom gave us all the things she brought. My cetaks, some extra clothes, and also a keyboard! lol Cuz rite, my table got 2 levels and my laptop is on the 2nd level. So very uncomfortable when i have to type. I have to reach my arms out. So atleast with the keyboard, i can type with comfort and still have plenty of space on the table to do other things.

Ever since shes been here, we've been going out ever so often. Shopping here and there. Not really for clothes but food! Had to stock up our so called "empty" pantry. My sister bought herself a pair of boots, but I'm waiting to spend it later in melb. I really can't live without junk food. I've put on a lot of fat this past few weeks! Even my face started getting pimples. Too much oily stuff. But oh well, i'm not that vain..hahaha Tomorrow is my last shift at work and I'm off for the week! yay Must enjoy every last minute with my mom. oyah, i've finally gotten my hair cut. No more long messy hair drea! (click 5) lol inside joke!

Part of my junk

Theres my keyboard! lol

Survival kit ( Smith and Doritos "must have")

Sis took a pic of my cous posing in my moms jacket. Weird..

Jon
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