Tuesday 31 March 2009

BADgirlMINTON

Finally, in a very long time, I think I've found something that I could commit into; the game of Badminton. I've never trained for any sports that seriously before. [Thank Timothy and Eugene for introducing me into this game in Sydney] And I have inter-uni competition this Saturday. I've never had any sports competition since cheerleading in Form 5! 2 years ago X)


Training session:



My super advanced birthday gift from friends. THANKS! xx



She's a beauty eh? Maybe it's fate for me to play badminton after all.
Prove
: When buying those shoes from the shop specializing in Badminton equipment, they were having a closing down sale!! [The shop is like 23 years old] What are the odds? Hence, saved heaps buying it.

Wish me LUCK.

Thursday 26 March 2009

QMA=Kill me

QMA? MORE LIKE Q M(e) A(hhhh)
Status: Suffering mild depression from the QMA syndrome.
It's not easy. I repeat, it's NOT easy at all.

Quantitative Methods A, if I love you, would you love me back?

Cheers.

Friday 20 March 2009

So how's Uni life treating me?

Besides the fact that I've got tons of assignments and presentation due next week (and mind you I've just started uni last week), uni's been pretty good to me. Oh, not to mention that each textbooks cost more than $100! And I got myself a Law textbook, $ 116. Super 心痛!3 textbooks to go T.T Couldn't buy second hand books cos earlier editions are not allowed @.@

Photos below: Microeconomics lecture at Law Theatre. I swear I yawned at least 25 times.









Autumn, please come fast now.

,
Christine L.

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Second job; First in Sydney

I'm working at Mamak. Yes, you got that right :):) It sounds wrong if you work in a Mamak in Malaysia. Not in Sydney though. Mamak is a restaurant in Chinatown, on Goulburn St. During peak hours, you gotta queue up for at least 20 minutes. There wasn't a time when we didn't queue whenever we went there for dinner.

After going through an interview last Thursday with the 3 bosses. One of them called me up, asking me to go for a trial for about 4 weeks. I already went once; yesterday. It wasn't THAT bad except the part where I had to memorize the table numbers, abbreviations when taking orders, stacking up plates and bowls when clearing tables etc etc.

The worst part was, I couldn't make the dough! (for the roti) Not even one T.T The others tried to teach me so many times but failed. Omg.


The menu which I have to memorise.


Uniform- Tee


CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY FIRST PAY
:D:D

Wednesday 11 March 2009

Day 1 of Uni Life

9 am- Accounting tutorial
Was 5 minutes late when I walked into my very first tutorial this morning. Accounting tutorial. My tutor, was surprisingly young. Like a 22 or 23 year old, could be a Honours/Masters student. And by the time I arrived, most of my classmates had already introduced themselves. I said 'Sorry I'm late. My name is Christine and I'm from Malaysia and I've been in Sydney for the past year' Then I saw some smiles from some friendly girls.

As expected, there was only one white boy. Though I believed most of the Asians in my class were born and bred in Sydney. Hence, their accent.

Break for 4 hours.

2 pm- Economics lecture
The crowd of students outside the Law Theatre were building up massively. I was one of them, waiting outside Law Theatre for this lecture. By the time we got in, there weren't enough enough for Sarah and I to sit as together. So we had to split up. I swear I could not understand my lecturer's accent. It was like Italian/Greek/Spanish/some weird Middle Eastern accent. When the lecture finally finished, I told Sarah, 'I cannot understand a thing she just said. Let's change lecture'


Break for 3 hours [If you've just realized, we had 7 hours of break time in total!! XD]
And this was how we killed the time; eating cakes @ 85 degree Celsius bakery shop.



Sarah made me laughed at least 10 times today


6pm- Quantitative Methods A Lecture [QMA]
Omg, what a terrible way to end my first day of university. Like before, people were already crowding outside Law Theatre (again!) for this lecture. As students were settling down, the lecturer suddenly yelled "Now do you have any consideration for other people?! You want to be in my class, SHUT UP!" (in a very thick Aussie accent) Honestly, I was so terrified by his first words for us. Immediately, the whole theatre was in pin drop silent situation. His name was John Ablett, or rather, Dr. John Ablett. I looked at the clock hung by the side of the theatre for at least 15 times. Those 2 hours were definitely slow. And what's worse than not understanding QMA for the first lecture. Hardship, here I come!!

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Use Somebody, Kings of Leon

oops.
I almost forgot that I have a blog..

Updates coming soon.
Starting university tomorrow.
9 am Accounting tutorial, alone, don't know anyone.
Wish me luck.

Sunday 1 March 2009

BOYCOTT RTA!!♦

The following is my complaint letter to the RTA (Roads and Transport Authority and not that they'd cared to reply me anyways):

To whom it may concerned,


I am a Temporary Resident of NSW and I just took a driving test this morning at a RTA office in Maroubra. I passed the test and could be given a Green P licence (I have held my Malaysian licence for 18 months). To my dismay, I was not eligible to be given the licence as my last entry into Australia was on the 21st of February 2009. I would like to argue that I was in fact in Australia for six continuous months prior taking my DKT test (Arrived Australia on the 17th March 2008 at that time).


According to your website, http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/visitorstonsw/gettingnswlicence.html quoted ‘As a temporary overseas visitor, you will only be eligible to apply for a NSW licence once you have been in Australia for a continuous period of at least six months immediately prior to licence application.’ This policy has some ambiguities as the term ‘licence application’ was not specific enough. This term could be the process of applying a licence which starts from taking a DKT test. It did not specify that I should be in Australia for six continuous months before I could be issued with a licence.


Moreover, I tried applying for the driving test immediately after my DKT test which was done on the 17th December 2008. Unfortunately, there were no available times until February 2009. By then, I had already booked my air ticket for me to go back to my home country on the 23rd December 2008.


So six months from now, not only I have to sit for another driving test in which I have actually passed this morning, but to pay $44 again for the test due to this vague policy of RTA. I hope you take this into consideration to re-evaluate this part of your policy. If you need proof that I will be staying here in Australia for the next six months, I would gladly show the RTA my proof confirmation of an enrolled student in the University of New South Wales.



Yours sincerely,

Christine Loo







You should probably know the gist of my problem now. Fuckit.