Biz stats...
Thursday 30 August 2007
Got back my Biz Stats assg today. Scored 43/48. Although it's a High Distinction (HD), I don't know if I shd be happy. I've seen a few others who had scored 46/48. I think there are most probably others higher than me.Ok, hold on.... HD is what I've been aiming for. So, I shd be happy! I was so afraid I would get a Distinction (D) only. Yea. So I got what I want. I shd be celebrating.
Still, I just don't like the feeling of not having a super high mark. This was an easy assg. I spent a few days in total to finish it, while this friend of mine, started only a day before assg was due and yet, he scored 46/48! WHAT THE... I'm going to flip thru his assg next wk. Gotta find out what's that secret of excelling in time constraint.Just sat for my Biz Stats test today. Weightage is 12%. Assg was only 6%. It seemed pretty easy. I breezed thru the test. But I don't like the feeling of me finding the test easy. It always ends up with a disappointing mark. I pray that I can get one of the highest in class at least.
--Talking to myself--
13:10
Playing badminton
Tuesday 28 August 2007
Joined the badminton club last Fri. Michelle, my HK friend, also joined too. Membership fee was $30 per semester. We can go to play on tue, thu and fri. Best thing is, rackets are provided. Went to play badminton w Michelle today. Got changed and searched for that cool looking racket with purple strings. It felt like a gd racket. It was light and the string tension was firm. Just wat I like, light and firm. Played only a few games in the 3 hrs spent there. Cuz we gotta take turns to use the court. Gd thing it wasn't crowded. Made a new friend today. Her name is Cadence, a M'sian. We played doubles against two others. I think it was fortunate that I didn't introduce myself immediately. Cuz after chatting w her, I learnt that she had a very bad impression of S'poreans. She claims that all of S'poreans are bitchy. Ok.... But, gd news, she clearly mentioned that I wasn't. Phew...We played a few more matches together. Taught me a few badminton tips. Pretty nice girl. Very outgoing too. Declared that she loved clubbing. Wish I could go clubbing one of these days. Clubbing is supposed to be a highlight in Melbourne. Wasted quite a lot of time already. Got a BIZ STATS test day after tmr and still not even 20% prepared. Plus, there's the accounting hw due tmr. Faintz...
--Talking to myself--
22:43
Greedy Pig
Friday 24 August 2007
I've lost every ounce of self-control that I used to have. Lost total control over my willpower to resist temptation to snack or not to overeat. I've been overeating ever since I reached Aus. Everyday, I tell myself to not overeat, not touch that chocolate cookie, that muesli bar, but I always end up munching on sinful food.
Situation has worsened. Tonight, I whooped down 2 packets of instant noodles. Slurped up even the last strand. I'm not exercising and yet, I'm still eating more than what my body requires.
Staring at my own reflection in the mirror, I can see myself getting rounder and rounder. Yet, I can't stop. Day by day, I'm getting immuned to the fact that I'm gaining weight. Last time, I would be so terrified at the slight thought of myself putting on weight.
I haven't stood on a weighing scale for months. I haven't got one in Aus. I worry abt the outcome. It's definitive that my weight has increased. But the question is... by how much?? Can I handle the truth? Will I just wallow in self-pity and continue my terrible eating habits?
Enough of hiding in ignorance, no matter how bliss it is. What I need, is a weighing scale. I need my wake-up call.
--Talking to myself--
21:43
shopping in the city. Just grocery shoppin...
Sunday 19 August 2007
Went out with my S'porean friends to do our grocery shopping at Queen Victoria Market. It's this huge dry and wet market located in the city. I was there mainly for the clothes while a few others were there seriously for groceries. They even dragged their ah ma black trolley bags with them. U won't catch me dragging one of those. HAh.Before that, we went to Sharkfin House Restaurant for some authentic Dim Sum lunch. There were waitress pushing carts carrying Dim Sum and you gotta order from there rather than order from a menu. So exciting. First time that I've eaten in this kind of traditional HK Dim Sum restaurants. The food was great! I was introduced to Krispy Kreme, which is famous for donuts. We bought a dozen and everyone took 2 each. OMG, it was SUPER SWEET!! The original donut which I ate, was coated with frosted sugar. Although extremely sweet, the dough texture was soft and tasty. But I suspect it was that extremely sweet donut which had caused me to get motion sickness in the tram on the way back home afterthat. The overwhelming sugar content must have created a feeling of fullness so great that my mind, which was susceptible to motion sickness, fell prey to it. U know the situation where u've overeaten and u hop on a bus? A few of my friends showed a lil concern for me, which made me feel good. It's always nice to have friends showing their concern. Implies that I matter to them and not just a person who's hanging out with them.
--Talking to myself--
02:03
Woo hoo! 2 more down!
Saturday 18 August 2007
Handed in 2 assignments today, Business Stats and Commercial Law. Managed to catch only a few hrs of sleep the past 2 nights. I would stay up till 2am, then nap till 5am. From 5am, I would chiong till 8am. After having breakfast, I would then make my way to sch. During the last few min to deadline time, my friend, San San and I rushed to hand in our assignments. We had last min touching up to do. Then there was the double checking and the printing, and finally, the final sprint to the office building. Felt a great sense of relief and satisfaction when I slotted in my assignment into my tutor's pigeon hole. All that frenzy happening even when I didn't start late. I've decided that I would start even earlier next time round. No more last min printing, last min typing and sprinting to the office.Gonna take the whole night off. Steering clear away from my books and just slack. Watching Bourne's Supremacy now. Gonna sleep by midnight too, smth which I hadn't done for a long while. Can only afford to slack for one night. I still have many wks of lectures and tut to catch up with. Plus, I've got 2 tests and a presentation to study by next wkend. HuiYing, out.
--Talking to myself--
01:47
Assignments assignments!!
Sunday 12 August 2007
Slept at 5am last night to do my COMMERCIAL LAW assignment. I must have had a mental block of something. Took me 5 hrs to produce a 500-word essay. Not that it was tough. My main problem was the expressing of my ideas and presenting them in an orderly and smooth format. Had so many ideas in my head but all of them were so jumbled up. Concept map didn't help much. I think it's just a problem with my slow-functioning brain.....Uncle Peter fetched me to my appartment and Jared, my dear younger cousin hopped on cuz he wanted to take a look at my place. When he finally saw my place, he was astounded at how small it was. He was picturing a bigger appartment, with living room and kitchen I guess. When it was time to say gdbye, he gave me a gdbye hug. I was feeling slightly sad. It's always the feeling I get on Sun nights when I've to leave them and return to my place. Supposed to finish my MICROECONS assignment by tonight cuz it's due tmr. But I'm so stuck! I've ran out of ideas and I still need another 200 more words. Was starting to feel frustrated. Logged on to MSN in search of help. Luckily, Crystal, was willing to send me her assignment. Even more fortunately, was that she could convert her Words 2007 to Words 2003 cuz my comp uses 2003 version.After readin her assignment, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Finally, I knew how to proceed. I took a 20min-long hot shower to recharge myself. It was 1am by then. Only finished at 4am. And I still got 2 more to hand in this FRI. FAINTZZZ..
--Talking to myself--
21:04
At the library
Friday 10 August 2007
After dinner, I went back to sch lib to do my BIZ STATS assignment. Brought along my textbk and notebook. Permadi joined me too. We stayed till 11.30pm. Library closes at midnight though. Got a lift back. Hee hee..
Both of us couldn't accomplish much. For me, I just couldn't work out a chart in Excel for BIZ STATS. I started on the skeleton of my MICROECONS assignment.Permadi had some problems focusing too. At least we did do a bit of work, better than nothing. Went home to work on that skeleton, but decided to sleep early. It was already 1am and I've to wake up early the next day. Breakfast, plus I'm going back to my aunt's. YIPEE!!
I love going to my aunt's place. There's so much more life over there. I've my cousins to talk to and to eat with. Specially Jared, my younger cousin.
--Talking to myself--
21:04
Happy birthday Singapore!
Thursday 9 August 2007
It's Singapore's national day today. Hui Jing,my microeconomic tut classmate, who's also a S'porean, managed to get tickets to watch the internet telecast of national day parade organised by some student association of Singapore from RMIT. All 7 of us are attending it. $4.20 admission fee, plus dinner provided. I think we're going 70% for the dinner.Forgot to take my keys when I left, ended up locking myself out. Luckily, it was still early and I could borrow spare keys from the main office, which is abt 20min walk away. First time I locked myself out.The food was great!! Coconut rice, beef rendang, curry puffs and the best, was that huge deep-fried chicken drumstick. It was so frangrant. All of us were already ready to chiong for the food, standing 0.5m away from the food and plates. And I'm proud to declare that I was the first person in line! Haha. Was so tempted to go for a second round. The drumstick was so delicious!!The internet was laggy so we didn't enjoy gd quality show. Quite boring too. The event ended with a lucky draw. Of course I didn't win anything. I nv do. We left afterthat. Took a train back to Caulfield station and then I took a tram back to my place. So tired afterthat. By then, it was already 11pm.Did a little hw, then turned in.
--Talking to myself--
20:52
A beautiful Sunday
After my jog with Shuwen this mornin, I invited her over to my place for dinner. Gd thing she came during this wk. Or else there'll be nothing much breakfast to offer her. Had a gd 1 to 1 chat with her too. First time doin so as I just started hangin out w her. We met Crystal in the afternoon at the uni library again for some muggin. But this time I couldn't achieve much. Quite tired from the jog. And there's all the muscles aches too... Prepared dinner for Jessica, my neighbour. Pasta, boiled chicken soup, veg and baked potatoes were on the dinner menu. Didn't turn out v fantastic. just so-so... In my past 3+ wks for hangin out with her, my observations of Jessica are that she's (1)quite weak in pple skills (2) has slight prob with self-esteem and (3) frowns more than she smiles.Maybe it's the language barrier since her natural language is Cantonese while mine is English, so she isn't natural in her behaviour when communicating with her (in English). Still, there are some body language skills which doesn't require language as a medium. Some shd be shown at appropriate times, some shd be masked. And the more frequent frowning than smiling worsens the problem.The slight prob with self-esteem... That one was after readin her blog. Then again, everyone has some self-esteem prob in some phases of their life. I had mine. Or maybe, I have been... It was only after a casual statement that she made in super normal conversation which led me to believe that deep down, there is a battered self-esteem. Ok, pot calling the kettle black... Nvm.Although I've presented a v despondent and dull image of her, I have to say, she's a very nice friend to have. She's helpful, not scheming and can be quite 'high' once in a while, which makes her fun to be around with. And I've observed that she gets 'high' only in the late evenings. Haha. She gave me a laundry bag and offered me food whenever she cooked too much of it. Some others would not even take it out to share with anyone. I'm glad I met Jessica. She made me feel less lonely in this foreign appartment, foreign sch and foreign country.
--Talking to myself--
00:10
Muggin at the library
Sunday 5 August 2007
Met up with my new friends, Crystal and Shuwen, to study at the uni library. It's a Sat and their opening hrs are from 10am to 10pm! Quite a productive time at the library. Had dinner together at a nearby restaurant and resumed muggin. By the time I reached home, 9.30pm, I lost the mood to study already. I suppose it's quite normal to act that way. After some intense brainwork, it automatically switches to 'relax' mode. Skyped parents then went to bed at 1am. Couldn't sleep later than that as I would be meetin Shuwen for our mornin jog. Can't believe I got myself into this. Well, at least I can burn off some calories.
--Talking to myself--
01:44
Dinner with Neighbour
Friday 3 August 2007
Had a wonderful breakfast this mornin. Woke up 45min earlier specially to prepare my brekky. Fried egg, sausages, english muffin and a hot cup of milo. Mmm... The tot of that exciting brekky motivated me to wake up on time.Fri is a gd day. Cuz I've 6hrs of lessons on Fri, so I feel more useful. Rather than just 2 or 3 hrs of lesson a day, such an inefficient use of precious time. Cooked porridge for dinner. Early dinner, cuz I skipped lunch. Not too bad at my first attempt at porridge. Some miscommunication occurred between my neighbour and I, so she ended up cooking dinner for me tonight, instead of tmr. So I actually had 2 rounds of dinner. Oh, and there's still the choc biscuits and muesli bar snacks to declare. Man, I'm so so so getting fatter. And I'm not doing anything abt it! Argh!!!I'll be cooking for her this coming Sun. Pasta, herbal chicken, veg w beef and baked potatoes. I hope they'll all turn out successfully. This time, she'll be eating in my room. Hmm.. Maybe we can watch some show together too. Haha.Gotta do my hw now. Wasted a lot of time already. Planned out a study timetable for myself, but can't keep to it. I will be more disciplined from tmr onwards. Heee...
--Talking to myself--
21:39
