Final chapter in 2013 - to sum it all up!

I have two hours left to conclude my 2013, I realised that I have been doing this since I started blogging. To be frank I was thinking not to do this because i was too lazy. But hey, my 2013 worth a conclusion I reckon. At least, some pictures of the highlight? hahaha. Okay lah, I'll try my best to recall.

The end of January, I touched down in Brisbane and I would never forget Brisbane welcomed me with heavy rain and thunderstorm. There was this Australia Open Tennis Championship going on that day. 

 Chap Goh Mei - It was my first time celebrating it with my fellow friends! First time making the not-so-traditional lao sheng

The end of February, I started my first year uni on civil engineering. However, by the end of March, I quit and went back to Malaysia. 

And the best moment was meeting up my lovely friends!

Thanks guys for making my 6 hours in KL so wonderful. Thanks again for walking into my life and our friendship never fail. 

Also, I had my Easter Service at the biggest church in Sibu!

Early April, I got back to the Sunshine State, and soon, leaving to Sydney. 

 And guess what? I met our Malaysian hero Dato' Lee Chong Wei. Jealous mah jealous mah?

May and June, I seriously can't think of anything special or anything that worth a sentence.  By the end of June, I had my Tasmania trip, my 19th birthday in Hobart.

By the end of July, it's time to study after a semester break. Back to uni made me happier and upbeat - people I met are really awesome-ly awesomeeee.

 August, September and October 
I really felt thankful for all the advices and encouragement that led me to my decision - quitting engineering and going for something that I love - Food Technology.
And it brought me to this bunch of friends.

 Nothing much to say about uni. Define uni? Assignments. Lectures. Skipping lectures. Guilt. Tutorials are annoying. Dreadful 3 hours laboratory work. Exams.
That's it.

 November with the crazy people!
The greatest achievement in 2013 would be me drinking at least 3 cups of espresso everyday.

December - started my summer course and yes, because of that I am stuck in Brisbane. *you know how much I hated this place? haha no lah just kidding.

Hmmmm, I guess that's the end of my 2013 review? 

To sum it all up, 

Life - life is never easy, but it is always fun. Never give up, don't be stubborn. Just focus. 

Study - Study is the best lifetime event ever, even though it gets a bit annoying when we need to face our compulsory homework. Study brought me my best lifetime companion. 

Love - While meeting up with old friends, Somehow this will always be our hot topic to talk about. Nothing much to say about my love, it had been funny, happy, sad and angry. At the end let's just not to bring it through 2014. Too young to talk about love.

Family - Still the best shelter. Family, F stands for Food too. *if you get what i mean.

Okay lah, last but not least, I really want to thank you Father Lord for guiding me through the year of 2013. Thank you so much for raising me as your child as you has always been there for me. Thank you so much for I'm too too too blessed to be blessed. 

I am really looking forward to the new year. For me I think it is a big year for me because I'm stepping into 20 years old! Okay, the only thing that I look forward the most, at this moment, is my July Malaysia trip. 

p/s I realised this post is really out of tune with my initial draft of what I should be writing. Anyways, wishing you guys a Happy New Year! 

Ciao!

标着Just Do It 的口号 我希望我也是NIKE.

正午后的阳光一点儿也不客气，走在路上的时候那仅有的微风拂过被晒得刺痛的皮肤。

原来那一瞬间就是幸福。

最近很喜欢望着天空，除了恼那太阳公公为何那么来势汹汹，我喜爱天空总是存在的遐想。

偶尔看见飞鸟，偶尔看见缓缓上升的直升机。还有一次很好运地看见了升空的热气球。

热气球上的人儿肯定很兴奋，就那么一点儿热气，载着沉沉的人类飞翔。

坐在车上沿途的风景依然那么熟悉，那是两年以来每个星期固定的路程。

同样的道路，同样的建筑物，还有那与我同名的Clare Street。

在等一个交通灯的时候，坐在静止的车，抬头看见了那台缓缓飞行的飞机。

看似那么近的距离，感觉伸手就能把它捉住。忽地红灯转绿灯，在车开始运行的当下，明白了我们之间的距离是那么地遥远。

我不能像有些人那样回忆当初，感慨这个遗憾那个，因为我就是不容许自己那样。

我不能像有些人那样潇潇洒洒，挥一挥衣袖不带走一片云彩，因为我本能地想把一切都收起来。

或许，我就是一个怪人。

（365乘2）天，同样的我，又或者不同样的我。

这些的起承转合纷纷扰扰，有谁不能更了解人生？

17岁的那一天，直到19岁的今天，19减17也只不过等于2。但这个2要经过那么多的加减乘除，来到了19的时候，我依旧迷茫。

一片黑暗，看不清是什么，因为我们都曾蒙蔽了双眼。

蒙了双眼，蒙不了心。

我们需要的就是那种在黑暗中乱闯的勇气，就是要be adventurous啊。

就算被人认为是mental problem那又如何？至少在跌入谷底的时候曾经开心。

呵呵，什么时候我变成了不三思而后行的人，那是在18岁前的莽撞，在迈入2014年即将变成20岁的当下，我请自己把鲁莽莽撞收起来吧。

我还有3天的时间，去把思绪打包妥当，背了2年零4个月的包袱，2014年我不想背了。

不想战战兢兢，不想草木皆兵。

 New Years Resolution总是不成功，算了吧，别勉强了。

只要把这个包袱给丢了，我想我2014年就算是the best of the year了吧。

险中求胜，我就是个坏丫头。

好了好了，不该把这种坏情绪带到第二天，这样太不值得了，撇开睡觉时间不算，我只剩下不到12小时的时间去快乐。

这个分岔口，我们来到了停顿点，看谁先走向谁吧。是的，你和我一直都是那么地倔强呢。

标着Just Do It 的口号

我希望我也是NIKE.

Campos Coffee @Wandoo St, Valley

Back in Campos Coffee @ Wandoo St, Valley! The last time I was here was a few weeks ago, but I had dessert instead of breakfast there. So yea, this visit was an official breakfast visit!

Story Bridge

Initially our plan was to jog along Brisbane River only, but I came up with an idea to have our brunch after the jog! Since the cafe(Valley) is not too far away from the starting point (Kangaroo Point), we decided to jog all the way there. It took us around 45 minutes and it was a really fresh start of the day! 

 Seasonal Fruit Salad topped with Natural Greek Yoghurt and HoneyComb

This was YUMMMMM. The fruits are really fresh and I really love the natural greek yoghurt. 

The portion is big, sharing is recommended hey! Perhaps it can be the best dessert after your main breakfast. :D

Rare Beef Salad

Served with pawpaw, beansprout, coriander, baby rocket and beetroots.

Again, YUMMEZ to the max. The meat was tender and well-cooked. I love how they mix the veges and fruits. The sweetness of pawpaw accompanied the bitterness that baby rocket has.

(fyi, I can't eat baby rocket without salad dressings)

happy me with my breakfast. 

Oh yea, I had the freshly blended orange, pineapple, apple and watermelon juice!

After that, we shopped around at the James Street Market and jogged all the way back to Kangaroo Point! The afternoon was really hot and my face eventually got sunburnt.

 But it was indeed refreshing after a nice jog!
I'm planning do it once in a fortnight - the jog and brunch morning!

Happy us with happy tummy muahaha.

 Anyways, Happy winter solstice aka 冬至 ! I'm not a big fan of tang yuan, but it is a tradition to eat it during the festival. It is a really really blessed winter solstice as my family touched down in Brisbane this arvo!

It's gonna be busy but relaxing with family around! In fact, I need to catch up with my studies too. I keep on reminding myself that my summer semester has not over yet! Hold on! 4 more weeks heyYy!

Ciao~

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone! Finally I'm back to my blog - I've been updating about my life on Dayre since I have an account.  Blogging on phone is apparently much more easier comparing to laptop, but still, I love my blog. 

Christmas break is finally here! We wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year! muahahaha, I can't tell how happy I am for this christmas break, the happiness that I never never never had before. Perhaps it is due to my summer course.

You know how happy I am?

The picture talks. 

Ciao! Time for drama marathon & FaceTime! 

Two more sleeps till our christmas party! Gotta rock the night. Stay tuned for photos!

No use crying over spilt 'carrot juice'

It was a lazy Sunday for me, forget about studies (even though I have two upcoming exams), I woke up real late around 9.15am. I was watching the show 爸爸去哪儿 throughout the day, had a 2 hours afternoon nap, woke up for dinner and did some novel readings just now. What a lazy day! 

However, life isn't life if there isn't something unexpected. I had this yummy carrot juice this morning. I placed the glass beside my laptop and apparently I was laughing too vigorously together with some hand gestures, I accidentally spilt this glass of carrot juice on my laptop.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Well, there's no use crying over spilt 'carrot juice'.

Okay, I told myself don't panic, I must try my best to salvage my laptop.
I googled and these are the steps on how to apply an emergency rescue.

1. Remove the battery
Errrrrr. Does Macbook has a battery that I can remove? I might probably need to unscrew my laptop hey?

2. Shut it off!
ohhh, should I? But I need it to refer to the steps on how to rescue my laptop. -.- At last, I did turned it off.

After shutting it down, I did nothing on it. I quickly called my friend for a solution. The final resolution was to put it in the rice tank after wrapping it with a plastic bag.
And THANK GOD for my laptop's strong will to live for me. It is working now - else I can't stay alive without my laptop.

One more week till the Christmas break! Week 4, bring it on. I can't believe that I am half way through my summer courses for the 4 units that will be credited to my whole degree. 要不是为了that 4 units, 我现在已经在马来西亚了.

GRRRRRR. Yes,  还是耿耿于怀.
Still stuck in this gui di fang.

张曼娟笔下的小兽、柳树和矿石

曾经，我是只灵活的小兽，睁着圆亮亮的眼睛，镇日里嘻戏奔跑。后来，我是棵水边静定的垂柳，知解许多秘密却沉默，只在风中妩媚映照。如今，我已经成为一座深深的矿，掩埋着一层又一层，值得或不值得开采的物质。每一个被岁月淬炼过的人，都是一座矿吧，很有价值，却容易被看见。

－－张曼娟《那些美好时光》

曾经，我爱上书本里一个个的方块字，爱上它的奥妙能力，能把彼此拼凑起来而连成一段颇有意义的句子。

曾经，我可以为了书籍而逃到图书馆念书，贪的就是能在温习的空隙中，找到一本让我气定神闲的书。

这些曾经，不知不觉从指间缝隙溜走，把我对书籍的热忱带走，留下的只是无限感慨。

而最近，我逐渐找回了那些曾经，原来它们还时时萦绕着我的生活，一直催着我，盼望着我有一天把书架上的书捧起。

终于，今天下午我耐心地看完了当初我非常爱不释手的蝴蝶小说。

考试即将来临，就在下个星期吧。

找个空挡抽了一本书，那是今年会马来西亚的时候在popular买的。张曼娟在这本书的自序写了这么一段话，与你们共勉之吧。

原来，人的一生会在经历过活泼的小兽，和静默却深沉的柳树后，进阶成俗称死物的矿。

我的一生，原来就是一座矿，我不奢望里头都是闪亮的金银，也不期望有着最坚硬矿石之称的钻石，我要的只是一颗颗足以代表我生命里的人事物的沙粒或石子。

Vision and action. Which one comes first?

I'm in the midst of catching up with my lectopia. Over a semester, I realised that appearing in a lecture hall does not mean that you will get every single bits of information that the lecturer has delivered. In fact, you have to kind of 're-attend' the lectures at home by logging in ECHO, getting your earphones up and yea, start jotting down notes. oh i mean, listening to lectopia.

So, why bother attending the lectures in person? 

haha, oh well, after skipping one lecture, there comes the second, third... and the rest of the semester? no no, I'm not gonna repeat the nightmare that I had last semester. So, Clare! Go to lectures tomorrow.

Whatever. I'm drafting this post because...

I have something for myself.

Hey girl,
I am not as strong as you thought.

"Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming. but vision with action can change the world." - Nelson Mandela


It is true - vision with action can change the world. But, bad or good, I do not get a chance to judge it. Normally, others judge you. bah.

Anyways, actually I was planning to copy paste everything that I have posted on my dayre while I was on the way to uni this morning. It reflects my mood over this summer, in summary. But I reckon my dayre should have its own copyright (haha), so here's the link to it! http://dayre.me/thisisclare

Summer isn't summer this year. Everyone rmba how hot it was in summer 2012.
2 more hours to the mid of the week, I can't wait for my christmas break. gatherings, shopping, food & of course, family. :)

Buhbye!

Oh before that, I hope this picture can satisfy my craving. T___T

Image from Pinterest. 

Dayre.me aka Diary?

Because blogspot and instagram are too mainstream, let's get on dayre! I get to know dayre through xiaxue's blog, but did not join dayre as there are not many of my friends owning dayre accounts. 

I eventually decided to create an account because I do not want to spam my instagram! (Actually I've been spamming my wechat timeline but I do not really want my parents to view my post bahahaha) Therefore, dayre.me/thisisclare is born on 5 December 2013!  Want to know the exact reason on me creating this account? Visit my dayre and check it out! bahahahaha. 

Dayre sounds like dairy - I guess it is time to keep a habit on writing my diary! I used to do it in the beginning of this year, not updating my life in the form of words, but drawings! It is really funny, i'll pick a few and post it up in my next post!

Ciao~ Mood gets better, for tomorrow is FRIDAY! But it is sad, still, for I have two assignments to complete. T______T

The most difficult language

Here, let's show our respect to people who do statistics - dealing with numbers, histograms, bar charts and of course the R Statistical Computing.  The R Statistical Computing program is killing me. If I would have to answer what is the most difficult language to learn, instead of chinese, my answer will definitely be the programming language.

Knowing something in our head and knowing how to apply it practically can be two different things. The programming language seems to be as easy as ABC on my textbook, but when it comes to labwork working with computer, DENG, I surrender!

However, I enjoy it. Because I know the greatest tragedy in uni is to study, BUT not enjoy it.

So, I have been enjoying my summer courses so far! (Even though at the meantime, I wish I was in Malaysia - still feeling sad) Throughout the whole semester, my friends may not notice my changes on a daily basis, but as I looked back over time, I saw very definite changes in myself: I go to bed no later than 11pm on weekdays (perhaps this is one of the effects of aging, but whatever lah); I wake up at 5.30-6am without alarms but definitely can sleep again if I want to. Okay, I admit that sometimes I wake up early before uni, just to catch up with the latest updated drama series. hmmmmmmmmm.

10.04pm, time for bed as sleep is the best medicine - I have my own mask and before sleep, I have to take it off - I am a little not happy today.

But I will soon get a hold of my moods. Trust me.

Ciao~! Have a great mid-week Wednesday!

You are the answer, and you can fix it!

Hi guys! Just a little quick update before I go to bed. *I had a seriously long nap from 6 to 8pm and I am tired now for it is 11.30pm. goshh, what's wrong with my body? 

*silly me talking to the spongebob? -.-

A friend of mine has just texted me telling me she is bored. I once had this feeling before back in a few months ago. When you have nothing to do, boredom strikes and I guess being pessimistic is a form of self defense towards boredom. The longer you are bored, the more you will think and the more you will appear to others to be depressed. That's just a... cycle?

It didn't take me long to understand why I appear to be happier and upbeat since semester 2 started in July - and why I had such a wonderful semester. Even though I was busy with studies and assignments, couldn't stop complaining about how much I hated assignments, I did enjoy the time. That was the precious time when I could get rid of boredom and yes, no longer needed that pessimistic to fight.

You may be like me. I simply got off to a bad start in 2013, but I definitely grow up throughout the year. People around me were my role models - for getting in a negative atmosphere around negative people, in the beginning I got defeated but sooner or later I realised the negative attitude that I had developed was MY own problem. I began to observe myself and began to understand: that wasn't what I wanted, I was expecting nothing good.

In fact, on the other hand, for mixing around with positive thinking people, encouragement comes from any source. Recovering from disappointment of any kind is not something that just happens to anyone else. That was the decision to gather the fragments, face the unpleasant past and let go.

Therefore, get a plan up for the days! I'm taking charge of my own life: don't let life to manage you; you manage it. It is not merely getting up every morning, get dressed and waiting to see what happens. Soon, you will realise how much your day would be if you took time to think about what you are about to do before you do it.

Well, just sharing my random thoughts, but this was my true experience. Perhaps my words are not encouraging enough to make everyone to think positively (oh sometimes I do think negatively), you should probably stare at the picture below! BAHAHAHA

HAVE A NICE WEEK AHEAD!