Thursday, November 28, 2013

想念

春寒方去,我们迎接烈阳高照的日子吧。
好热,我现在只想跳进我家隔壁那对公公婆婆家的游泳池里。

考完试的那两个星期,我迷恋上了电影。我总觉得电影是电视剧浓缩出来的精华,冗长的故事,复杂的情节,细腻的感情,完完全全地在短短的2个小时,或者不超过三个小时的时限内发挥得淋漓尽致。哦当然,大前提是那得是部不错的电影。

金马奖颁奖典礼星光闪耀,多少大大小小的明星聚集在那个场地。有越老越帅气的刘德华,电力十足的彭于晏(因为分手合约我忽然下意识地觉得他比以往帅了很多)还有非常有气质的章子怡和舒淇。好多好多部电影的精彩花絮,一幕幕地播放出来,这才让我回想起究竟在今年2013年我看了什么电影。

好电影确实很多,但是pardon me我并没有李安导演那么专业能以拍摄手法,剪接手法,音乐效果等等等等来分析并赞扬一部电影。

最震撼的电影 就属小时代了!百看不厌。

小时代里并没有爆炸的那种无比震撼让人屏气再到抽一口气的场面,但它的的确确触动了我们的心灵。或许是因为郭敬明描写友谊的那种真实感,让我们找回我们在高中时期的回忆,同时感叹时间是如何摧残每一段友谊,当然啦也必须献上感谢,谢谢时间如何见证我们高中时期的友谊是如何地纯朴,歌颂它并且庆幸着它并没有因为距离而变得平淡。反之,一年不到五次的FB寒暄,whatsapp中的胡说八道,实实在在地提醒了我:虽然离开了那个自小生长的土地,足迹即会减少,但始终存在的那份友情就像以色列的死海一样不会涨潮也不会退潮,不会衰退。那个土地上有像顾里一样嚣张却会关心人的朋友;有南湘需要人支持鼓励扶持的朋友;有像林萧那样平凡朴素却让人讨厌不起来的朋友;当然还有豁达爽朗的唐宛如形的朋友。唯一美中不足的就是没有简溪,席城和宫洺那般迷人的男生。叹气ing


没有最高的相素,最美最帅的脸孔,却是我在2013年最珍贵的照片。
或许我该把那些应该存在于这张照片的脸孔画进去的。

让我们在大学生涯的初期绽放自己的光芒,背着自己的人生观去让原本平静的生活生起不同的火花,并在我们见面时大方畅谈自己一年来的起起落落-学习,成长和感情。

最后请容许我很小女人地说一句:我真的很想念你们!!!



Friday, November 22, 2013

I can't make lemonade

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 

It's always easier said than done. You can do it when you succeed to persuade yourself.

At the end of this semester, a decision should be made on whether to leave Australia for 6 months or 1 year on a study abroad program in UK. hmph, why is there so much things to decide and worry about? 

Ahh life, I can't make lemonade. urgh. 

ready to kick start the journey? 
(my footprint from hospital when I was 9 months old in 1995)







Thursday, November 21, 2013

Being sociable

Life during summer has been good. I am pretty sure I'm gonna fall in love with it soon.

Being sociable isn't that easy for me. In comparison with some of my friends, without a doubt I will probably be the noisiest one among the gang. However, the moment when I need to meet new friends - ohh, one word. awkward.

I get to know more friends in uni, I'm not sociable, but really thank God for giving me a friend who is really really really sociable. haha, can't describe how sociable my friend is. However, the first impression my friend has on me was bad, oh not that bad though. She thought I was the 'coolest' person in the world! When both of us talked about this, we laughed out loud.

So, yes, I reckon I should take Communication as my electives in order to improve my social skills. bahhh. In fact, according to many, I'm talkative. I talk too much. Of course, to clarify, this happens only when the person I'm talking to likes talking as well!

Everyone tends to stay in their comfort zone. When I have close friends around me, I will not bother to meet new friends! (hmmm, not good!) Anyways, I'm starting to love meeting new friends, different people and different cultures! I smell adventure!!!

Oh well, these people conquered my house last night. Steamboat, followed by a birthday surprise & movie marathon from 10pm - 4am in the morning. Everyone was too tired to go home and decided to sleep at my place! 

After 4 hours sleep, a really old cranky man (yes, he's probably getting grumpier for he needs to work in the early morning) woke all of us up when he was repairing the neighbours garage gate. UH-HUHHH. 


Lala. I can't wait for the girls talk tomorrow night. Another party is on. Before uni comes back into my life! Summer semester officially starts next Monday, and sadly I have 8am classes from Monday to Thursday. Oh wish me luck! 

For those who are going on vacation/already enjoying their holidays in Malaysia, yes I AM JEALOUS and stop making me jealous. 

My phone rejects all photos of durians, laksa, shopping centres and also, the sky. 

mehhhhhhhhh!




Sunday, November 17, 2013

A far-off memory for a dream

Aiya, it is the last day of Spring, but it feels like winter. Believe it or not I'm wearing my winter pyjamas. At the same time when I'm typing this, I'm tutoring my sister on Maths B (it is seriously killing me, it was so easy back in my Year 11!). And also, I'm bitting my green apple to ease my gastric pain but it seems to be making me more hungry. Apparently having afternoon tea isn't a wise decision as you will probably skip your dinner!

this might be a point-less post, I have nothing to do when sister is doing the sample questions. 

it's November now. This year has been a really short year, don't get me wrong, there is still 24 hours a day, 30 days a month and 365 days a year for 2013, but I just felt like.. i'm only up to June 2013. A few words to conclude my 2013 - A far off memory for a scattered dream. or perhaps, the other way round, a far off dream for a scattered memory. nah whatever.

There is a time for everything - let's call it the cycle? time to weep, time to mourn, time to laugh and time to play! And I believe God has assigned me the right cycle to follow.

However, I'm afraid to recall, such a big coward to remind me those stupid memories. For the people, for all the chaos. However, the only thing that I would like to remind myself is my courage to give up on explaining - to those who love to think the way that they want to.  I get really tired of doing the same old thing all the time, despite of my determination to do it differently, I'm afraid to do it, to do the new thing. And therefore, I gave up to get out of the rut. For the days in future, I need this sweet little reminder. Everyone needs it anyways!

Which was worse when left unexplained? A life? Death? Nahh, not such a big deal, at least I thought it is not. It's probably just a few second of the scattered memory, which is, yes, only deserves a few second.
But more than enough for a reminder.

Just like what a friend advised me: for a person who comes blank in your mind, without that explanation, you lose nothing. so why bother it? 

Yes, I've learned the lesson hard. I mean it.

Of course, to be optimistic, I can exaggerate my happiness in 2013! Really really counting the blessings where I got the chance to travel around with awesome friends. First was Sydney followed by Tasmania! Nothing's better than travelling around, snapping photos and of course, eating ahaha

Oh wait, I should stop here, leave the rest for my 2013 conclusion post!

*Another apple... nomnommnommmm.






Wednesday, November 13, 2013

和狗做朋友了

长大了有时候不得不面对从小就怕的人事物。
‘所有动物绝对不会是我的朋友,尤其是狗!’

但是在逼不得已的时候,我和狗做了朋友。就那五分钟,我觉得自己过了五十年,苍老了。
胆战心惊地假装和它玩耍-说了一句“sit” 它却跳到我身上。

接着就是高分贝的尖叫声 -.-

被吓傻了~ 

长大了,接下来就要面对即将出炉的成绩。
再也没有小时候-妈妈先面对我的成绩,而我所必须承受的只有妈妈的脸色,而不是拿成绩的压力。

啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊~ 

Monday, November 11, 2013

Post-exams

Bonjour!

It's the third day after exams, and I'm feeling bored. Opps, sorry I didn't mean to be sarcastic to those who are still having exams this week. I'm pretty sure you guys will feel the same way as me after exams.

The post-exams syndrome? NAHHH not PTS-ing.

Of course, after exams, you get relieved from stress, and you start to question yourself: what should I do? Cleaning? Watching dramas? Shopping? Or for guys, gaming?
You take out your to-do list which you have written during exams period, there are 20 of them.
But then you are too lazy to start the first task.

Thank God I braced up all my determination on Saturday morning and washed my car. It was a sunny morning and I was exposed to that scorching sunlight for at least 3 hours.  I was sweating over once I finished it! (Guess what, there will be thunderstorm in Brisbane for this coming week. oh plssss!)

Then I did my laundry, cleaned my room and settled all the billing stuffs. Headed to church for fellowship, and so concluded my Saturday. Well-spent but seriously exhausted.

Sunday! A morning with God and headed to IKEA after our korean lunch. Somehow I really love IKEA shopping although it is tiring. We spent more than 2 hours there! Got some stuffs for the house but yes, I gotta visit IKEA anytime soon. (blahh.)

Finally, back to gym. Once again I am feeling alive. Running on treadmill for 30 minutes + 15 minutes cross-training + some weight-lifting. The night after, my body was really sore, uhh but the feeling was gooood!

Yea and MONDAY which is today, I woke up late. Sister expected me to prepare breakfast for her but I slept in. A 9 hours sleep from 9.30pm to 6.30am - feeling so refresh! Cooked a really big breakfast to pamper myself, with my favourite green matcha smoothies in the jar. It was a really good kick off breakfast.

However, I got tired/impatient while waiting for an electrician to come to settle the solar system problem. I was lying on my couch watching the TV and felt so lifeless (LOL) Finally, he came, switched on a power switch and left in 5 minutes. I was like O.O cos he could have instructed me on the phone cos it was really super easy to do! Just to get the switch on, that's it. But still, he must be so helpful to come all the way down from (lol, somewhere out there) to help me.

In the mid-day, I got a phone call from an unknown number and was told that my piano was on the way! WUHOOOOO. Oh yeaa my baby is here now, right in front of me.

Apparently I was too lazy to drag myself to gym - too lazy to drive! So I decided to go some toning workout and cardio at home muahahaha. The links below are the workout that I've done today. Try them!







I personally love the Victoria Secret abs workout, it was tough at the beginning when I first started to do it few months ago, but it's getting easier!

Oh I have gained weight! ARGH, I can foresee that during study week and exams period, but still, I felt really grumpy and even scolded myself for the lack of discipline on my food cravings. The main cause of my weight gain is probably because of the eating patterns and lifestyle within these three weeks. I did not get much chances to move around, my butt could stick on the chair for more than 10 hours per day (except going toilet and showering). Meanwhile, we had all those snacks to keep us awake, and I'll never forget the night when all of us were struggling on whether to open that bag of chips or not! opppsieee. Also, 3 cups of espresso EVERY morning has eventually made my body so toxic I guess. Time for detox heyy. 

Time to shed some kilos away for the summer! (sounds so familiar, bahaha)
Procrastination doesn't work - don't slack!  Cheers for a healthier body and better lifestyle.

ahahaha, sorry for this long and lame post. Off to dinner & of course followed by a dessert session! (Yes, I'm still enjoying good foooood!)

Ciao~

Friday, November 1, 2013

Swot vac - I'm still alive.

Hi, the last day of swot vac. Thank God, I'm still alive.

To sum it up,

1. The BSL fighting group
I totally forgot who came up with this idea to create a FB group. All of us should really thank the founder of BSL fighting group. I felt really thankful and blessed to be in one of the members. Those girls and boys in the study group have eventually made 'studies' easier (by a weeee bit). Oh, why is it named as BSL fighting group? Cos our group is rooted to Biological Science Library - the 24 hours study space.

The funniest thing was we are now friends with the old security guard. Remember there is this thin old man who is always punctual, checking our Student ID at 8pm, scolding us for being toooo noisy and also, waking us up if we fall asleep? Yes, that's our new friend! In fact, he is quite friendly.

BSL is the newest library in UQ and everyone likes to study there for its new environment. So I reckon that is one of the reasons why we named the group as BSL fighting group. Not only on studies, but fighting on the group room reservation. Early bird owns the room! Thank God we managed to have a room for at least 6 hours every day during swot vac. And we are seriously in love with Group Room 6 in level 3.

2. Coffee
I can't emphasis enough HOW MUCH I HATE COFFEE now. But I need the caffeine. *sob. All of us have been drinking at least 3 cups of coffee since last friday. Nah, we got them for free! As there is this coffee machine at the side kitchen of International House (one of my friends lives there), and we help ourselves!

Now is the caffeine resistance that worries me a lot, perhaps my body cells have this resistance to fight against caffeine, even three shots of espresso do not work on me! Then the night before this I tried MOTHER and it tastes seriously bad - just like the 'dettol'. I had a few sips and started feeling dizzy so I guess I should really stop drinking caffeine now.

Noted I'm not addicted to coffee, but sick of it.

3. FOOD
All the food lovers gather in the study group! Our new love is the chocolate MARS PODS muahaha. In contrast, we ate a lot of fresh cucumber slices. Yes, at least we can claim that we reached that healthiness equilibrium.

4. Sleep
5 hours sleep is enough for us, but after two days of having only 5 hours sleep, all of us were just like zombie. So on Tuesday, all of us decided to have a really good sleep so that our 'battery' get recharged! That night... I went to bed at 8.30pm and woke up around 5am. FELT SUPER DUPER SHUANG LAH. but too much sleep made me tired again.

what the heck is all of these hormones doing inside our body?

anyways, it comes to an end and it's time to get involved in that WAR!
In 7 days time, I'll be free free freeeeee oh yeahhhh.

Good luck lah guys! All the best.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

回忆

当你发现你的脸上还会冒青春豆的时候,你以为自己还很青春,其实19岁已不再是那些年了。

说起回忆每每存在无限感慨;大家都很喜欢回忆,但回忆从不为我们停留。

“呵呵。” 回忆嘲笑人们呢~

这样,你还喜欢它吗?由始至终,无论回忆怎么践踏人们,我们还是义无反顾无时无刻地说起它。只要关于回忆的话匣子一被打开,就无法结束。

一段段的回忆编织另一段回忆。

听,至少人们幸福的声音遮盖了它的嘲笑声。
至少,我们都还幸福并感恩着。

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Shucked Coffee House @ Newstead & Chouquette Patisserie Cafe @ New Farm

What's breakfast for Saturday? With no doubt we will shout out: B R U N C H! Ahahaha, so Saturday has definitely become our brunch day.  

I felt so thankful that I have a friend who shares the same passion on food.  Both of us love brunch to the max!  And our goal is to visit all the brunch cafes in Brisbane.  This sounds impossible, but we know we can make it comes true one day. 

Last Saturday's stop was at Shucked Coffee House.  We've been talking about this cafe since months ago and finally we made our way there!  It was a really hot morning and the cafe was quite stuffy inside.


And we ordered some cold drinks to kick start the day! I had the coconut & mango smoothies and she had the strawberries milkshake.  Mine was tasteless when I had the first sip, but it turned out to be REAL GOOD at the end.  However, both of us couldn't stand the sweetness of the strawberries milkshake - sweetness overload.

I decided to have something light so this is it! Mixed vegetables salad with grilled haloumi and poached eggs. I love that beetroot relish!
(I love beetroot to the max)

And yes, apparently baked eggs is her favourite. 

After that, we did window shopping along James Street, Fortitude Valley to help digesting the food before the dessert session!

Then, we headed to Chouquette Patisserie @ New Farm for dessert! 



Forgot its name, it's like mousse cake with nuts in between. The salted caramel macadamia was really nice. Crunchy, sweet plus a hint of bitter.

I'm not a big fan of tarts: I'll give a 7 out of 10 for this tart anyways, for it's not too sweet & there's pistachio! But the pastry was too hard for me! 



Shucked Coffee House on Urbanspoon Chouquette Patisserie & Café on Urbanspoon

Monday, October 7, 2013

Sum up the mid semester break.

Ohno. It's almost mid october!


So today is Queensland Labour Day (nothing to do with me, am just happy about that as it gives the uni students one more extra holidays) and I decided to update my blog.  The last post was on the 16th September! Not only dealing with studies and gatherings (opps food), I was busy packing up and moving in a new house! (tadaaa)

What I've done during the mid semester break:
1. Cleaning cleaning cleaning unpacking unpacking unpacking

2. Visited Ikea for several times - spent 3-4 hours each time (sick of it already)

3. Went for the Smurf 2 movie with my two youngest siblings! - There was this funny incident and my sister claimed that I embarrassed her. Before the movie actually started, I told them, 'don't disturb me later ah, jie jie gotta sleep. you guys enjoy'. However, I was the one laughing like mad in the theatre. My brother eventually asked me to keep quiet because my laughter was way too loud and the woman sitting in front of me turned over and stared at me. Oh well, I highly recommended Smurf 2. =P

4.  Baking - the matcha cheesecake



5. Gatherings - Dinner and steamboat!



6. Went to surfers paradise! Finallyyyy. Believe it or not, it was my first time there! and my first time eating two scoops of gelato on waffle cone!



Sunnies, Tiger, Gelato!

Now everything has been settled, really appreciate that my parents actually flew to Brisbane to help us. They knew my sister and I can't handle this properly. (Yes, dad assembled some furnitures and changed the door handle - but failed; and the super mom did all the laundry, cleaning and unpacking!) Not to forget about the awesome friends who spent their afternoon in assembling furnitures! A million thanks ya!

What's up next? STUDIES, definitely.  Exams is in three weeks time and I AM SERIOUSLY NOT PREPARED YET. I should really go to every lecture/listen to lecture recordings if I miss one next sem.(I hope I can do that hey) Exams on the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th Nov - I finish in the first week of the exams period. I wonder is that a good thing.

With God, we can! 



Monday, September 16, 2013

Nutella Cheesecake + wishes for BFF + lil updates

I think that is the worst title evahh. #facepalm

whatever lahh.

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Nutella.  Besides Marshmallows, it is also one of the sweetness overload food.(in my list)  I have no idea how did I make the decision to bake this cake.  Ohh, maybe it was because of nutella's on sale at Coles.  

 My favourite part of this cake is the 80% dark cocoa curls strips that topped the whole cheesecake.  That's the only thing that can lower the level of sweetness.  It was a total disaster grating the dark chocolate, the weather was quite hot yesterday and I was holding this block of chocolate, another hand with the grater. After a while, my palm & fingers were covered by choc. woww fingers lickin' good.

It was the normal recipe that I used to bake a cheesecake. 2x250g Cream Cheese is the base ingredients. 
If you know me well you will know that I love the biscuits crumbs layer to the max, so that layer must not be thin!  I added peanuts to enhance the crunchiness and since it is so called the Nutella Cheesecake, all components must contain Nutella!  Then I decided to add two tablespoon of Nutella into the biscuits crumbs bahahaha. By doing this, the amount of butter added was reduced by HEAPS. Yes, I dislike butter in the biscuits crumbs layer in my cheesecake. Butter is unhealthy. 

-Urghhhh, cheesecake isn't that healthy tho, but... but at least we can try what we can do to make it healthier-


The other two layers are basically cream cheese.  I used light philadelphia Cream Cheese.  I poured the remaining 400g tub of Nutella into the cream cheese for the middle layer.  At the same time, I added chopped peanuts! (According to my friends, the middle layer tastes exactly like Ferrero Rocher.)

The top layer is another layer of cream cheese plus the biscuits crumble. hehehe, tell ya I love biscuits crumbs.  After chilling for 5 hours, apparently the middle layer was softer than the other two cos I didn't add any gelatines for the health's sake.  Therefore, I put it into the freezer for overnight!  The next morning when I took it out, it looked great but a lot more heavier.


Finally the middle layer had set.  hehehe.  Spent more than half an hour on cutting them and wrapping them for all my dear friends!

 Wrapped them in aluminium foil and the cupcakes papers. Friends ended up eating the cakes during lecture and someone eventually consumed the metal Aluminium Al3+!

 Of course, I ate one and only if I can reduce the sweetness of Nutella, this cheesecake would be perfect for me.

Perhaps I should write in to suggest a Sugar Free Nutella ayee.

Ohhh, and this is actually for the bff in Malaysia who is fighting for her final exams.  All the best and good luck! I will eat on behalf of you and you must concentrate on studies yeahh.

This short break on the wonderful Sunday was spent really well on baking.  The break between Week 7 and Week 8, time for us to grasp for air.  This week should not be too busy on studies, but not the cleaning and packing job.  Yes, I'm moving to another house next week! teehehehe. ehh, next week might be extremely busy with all the prac classes cramped in one week, and the bio mid-sem exams. :(

But anyways, I'm still looking forward to week 9.  Not only that it is the week before mid-semester break, it is also the week I gonna move to another house!

Ciao~

Friday, September 13, 2013

I love Uni. & here's another good news

YAYYYY. It's Friday. All glory to God, I survived the week! Of course, not to forget those crazy laughters that my friends and I had during lectures and classes.

Well, remember about the good news that I shared last week? Here comes the another one. The another twin of mine - the ugly duckling is coming to Brisbane soon!  Ohmygoshhhh I can't wait till the days us three are together again bahahaha. hey duckling I look forward to your arrival: your big face, your pimples, your long curly hair and your huggies.

I think we can be a great combination: your big face, E's small face and my medium face. *bahaha.

The moments that I've been waiting for! finally, please, 2014, treat me well with all these people around? fingers crossed.

2014-2018, we gonna rock Brisbane all over again, just like how we did in Chung Hua the 4S1. 


So, uni's been treating me well so far, I love uni.  Perhaps these changes of mindset are caused by my 4 months long break after I withdrew from my previous course.  I enjoy uni now, and enjoy every single bits of it: the assignments, the exams, my group mates, my coursemates and my lecturers.  ahaha, although I always skip lectures, I still love my lecturers okay? blahh.

Assignment might be dreadful, but sometimes I do enjoy the late night moments, switching windows between chrome, microsoft words and microsoft powerpoint.  It is a few precious quiet moments that you can actually give your full concentration on your work.  I really enjoy that quietness after 2am: you even can hear the ticking of the clock! Nahh, to be able to do that, I need to get my adrenalin level rising, rising, keep on rising till it hits the peak.. 

Besides, Exams was okay, apparently i love assignments more than exams, but exams give you a chance, oh well, FORCE you to get back on track on what's going on in your courses.  Thanks to the mid-semester exams, or else I'll just put myself at that critical point where I need to hide myself in my room to catch up the lectopias throughout the whole semester before final exams.  

okay lah, just a quick post about my uni life, and also sharing that extremely good news.  This will definitely make my weekend a colourful one.  What's on for weekend?  A few rewards for myself after this busy week: a Saturday's brunch & a catch-up dinner with the lovelies! Stay tuned!



Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The Good News

I blinked, and found myself in a high-ceilinged room. The jade sky outside that vintage window has gone. Wow, that was a two hours nap.

I looked at my phone.  There was an incoming msg.  I thought that was a dream. And I did something that I thought I will never do: slapping and pinching myself. OUCHH. Reality check, passed.

and W-O-W.  A REAL WOW.  Immediately I unlocked my phone, fingers were trembling that I couldn't unlock at the first attempt.. God hears our prayer everyday and finally, our dreams are about to come true!

Okay okay, calm down Clare.

I can't!

nahhh, it was from my bff in Malaysia, she has definitely brought me a good news. We've been thanking God a lot in our conversation as we believe this is the plan that God makes for us since years ago.

Continuing praying.. Pray hard pray hard pray hard.

The good news will be revealed soon. Pray for her kay! :)

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Latin. May I? :D

The sky was not changing today.  It stayed cobalt blue throughout the day, if it was winter, I would be really glad as the sun can at least release heat and warm us up. But not today, the last day of winter, oops, it's the beginning of spring. I felt my skin touch the sun. I felt the heat and passion that spring has shown us the humans! Yes, spring has sprung! Yayy for that? oh I doubt it. 

"Don't complain this complain that lah. Winter complain, summer complain, now spring also complain. aiyoyoo. somemore at malaysia also complain. "
for today is the National Day in Malaysia, let's show this little speciality of Malaysian English wahaha.

Life has to end, but love doesn't. 

Ahh this might sound emotional, but note that I am not emotional right now when I am typing this. lol. I guess that is how a random thought strikes and you just gotta deal with it! hahaha, again, dealing with something? 

Today's exams reminded me of the days we had our examinations in high school.  We could meet in the toilet after exams and discuss about the questions; we even moved the long benches from Form 2A to ours - 4S1. nahh sometimes we stole 5S1's bench. Everything's still clear in mind, but I can't see my friends' smile outside my classroom, bringing me past year exams paper/food/whatever.. Apparently those senses weaken! And another heightens - MEMORY.

Memory becomes our partner, we nurture it, hold it and dance with it. 

Latin? May I? :D


Thursday, August 29, 2013

No story sits by itself.

No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river. 
-- The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom

Was reading this book while sipping my homemade cappuccino (will show you guys next time!).  Consumption of this caffeine does not necessarily mean that I am feeling groggy and tired.  Well, at least at this point, I am not. I just need something to boost up my mood. Study mooooood!

Chemistry exams will be on Saturday the 2pm. Oh why two PM, that is when everyone can get sleepy easily. But what to do, we just gotta deal with it. 

It's just like how we deal with different people and stuffs around them. This includes the stories that they carry and of course those they are trying to hide. If they are like the stones beneath a river, they will soon be revealed within a timeframe. Don't panic, and don't ever try to throw more stones into the river to prevent that to happen. Perhaps that will help, but remember, when there's too much, river gets flooded and o-ohh - You will get the first glimpse of destruction. 


-- Proceed to the next chapter: The third person Eddie meets in heaven.

p/s somebody please drag me to the study desk and throw the chemistry textbook in front of me please. Yes I am familiar with the timetable, the syllabus and the thing that I should be studying for, but I have no idea what's going on right now! I assume that is the punishment for not going to lectures? So kids, never skip lectures cos you know you will never ever ever everrrrrrrr listen to the lectopia. 
nah that is just what I should/MUST do right now.

So, bye. 

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Corner Store Cafe @ Toowong

While there are numerous fine dining out there, some of these cafes are worth the attention too!  So yea my favourites are those brunches and lunches.  

It was back in the beginning of August! I have never thought of going for brunch on a weekday, but my friend came out with this idea the night before and I said yes (I'll never say no to brunches ayeee?). Corner Store Cafe @ Toowong! We decided to have a meal there before our biology lecture. However, both of us ended up skipping that lecture -.- 

Anyways, What's better than starting your weekdays (unidays) with your friend over caffeine (iced coffee), eggs, salad which makes up a scrumptious breakfast/brunch? and of course not to forget that unexpected, funny and somehow stupid conversation that are bathed in that beautiful sunlight. Oh well, that's how guys start a conversation. 

Besides smoothies or frappes, coffees are also the best companion for brunches!
These are the cold brew coffee, according to the menu, it's brewed for 6.5 hours using the cold drip coffee maker. But nah forgive me for not being a coffee-expert, I think that's just normal iced coffee. 

So yea, here's another latte in mug!

The cafe was busy. We were kinda surprised because it was a weekday and it was working hours! Apparently everyone's enjoying their weekdays. Like what we did bahaha.

The wait wasn't that long, perhaps we were not that hungry. So yea here's the foooooood!

Banh mi. It's like a bun with pulled pork belly, chicken liver, asians herbs & boiled eggs.
Ohmygoshhh this was soooo big heyy but maybe it isn't enough for a guy LOL

Crispy skin salmon with potato salad. Salmon lovers, go for this!

Marinated Chicken Salad. This was mine and I don't think it was a salad. I was so damn full after eating this! The chicken pieces were nice, they taste like the 'ka-cha-ma' chicken (Malaysian traditional food). Quinoa was awesome in extra virgin olive oil. Overall, I think my dishes was the best among all :p

We didn't get to try their breakfast menu as we reached there around 11am. Ahh their breakfast menu seems to be more tempting. Nah I will definitely visit Cornerstore cafe again for their breakfast!

Okay, back to study, mid-semester exams tomorrow :( Please pray for me! Ciao~ Corner Store Cafe on Urbanspoon

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Week 6 (ohh this sounds like the sixth week of pregnancy -.-)

Hey. This is Week 6. (#ohmygoshhh I felt like I'm actually counting the week of pregnancy -.-) Remember I said I welcomed week 5?  Thank God it was treating me quite well, despite of I caught a cold and it dramatically transformed to a fever plus headache at the end of the week. That was the most serious flu/fever I have got since I settle down in Brisbane. What makes this to the worst was this coincidence: it was the first week of mid-semester exams.

Anyways, after swallowing two pills and a 17hours sleep, I eventually recovered bahahaha. I wondered what pills had I taken, but whatever, I am healthy now! And ready for the mid-sem exams?

I hope so la.

Yea okay, gtg, 250 more bio questions waiting for me and I must complete them by tonight!!!! oh well, by tomorrow morning I guess. No more sleep for tonight, am pretty sure I can do it!
Yes, WE can do it, best of wishes to that friend out there, you told me not to give up, so let's work till the end together! :)

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Yours Sincerely,

Hello Week 5+6+7+8+......+11,

I welcome you. 
So treat me well, please.

Yours Sincerely,
Clare.

Monday, August 19, 2013

足够,就足以忘记。与你共勉之。

Week 5 开始了,忙碌的日子在没有一声预告的情况下潜进了生活中。
“你先回家吧,我想在学校走走。”
'去那里坐坐吧。或者走到那座桥'
午后的阳光暖暖的,不猖狂,像是夕阳的余晖。那是下午2点30分。

再次地感受大学的生活。你问我说怀念悠闲的日子吗?不,其实一点都不,虽然现在忙,但至少忙得有价值。不知不觉到了大学的第五个星期,翻看手机里的camera roll,感叹说:时间啊你总在玩弄我们,偶尔却帮了我们一大把。
譬如说: 那个在心里的住客,租约到期。

有时候书和咖啡是必须时时刻刻在一起的。
因为当朋友看到我和咖啡时,想到的就是:哦,你又要熬夜咯。

 BubbleTea,显然很不健康,偶尔来一杯没关系啦。
其实它就像罂粟,因为冰冰的,会上瘾哦。


 上课吧~

 那一天和朋友绕着住宅区慢跑了一个小时,我们也像普罗大众,觉得太阳下山时天空特别绚丽。这个心形做了好久,还是做不到一个perfect love。哈哈我们的手大小不一样,that's why 吧。


 回到正题,下午2点30分,从Great Court走到那座桥。风景不转心境转。
一个人的时候思绪总是比较混乱;两个人的时候思绪却乖乖地自我分类了。
当烦恼足够时,就足以忘记。
要知道我们拥有的永远多不过付出的:所以要拥有得多,就学会付出的少。


在黑暗中永远有一道光和一颗心。


“不必那么辛苦去在乎别人怎么想,因为他们或许只是过客。你只需要几个在乎你的和你在乎的就行了。这就是生活。我们追求的是quality而不是quantity。”
那位朋友一语惊醒梦中人。

船到桥头自然直,相信我的乐天还存在。
人造卫星围绕着地球,地球上人儿却围绕着忧愁悲伤,同时要围绕着别人的喜怒哀乐。
何苦呢?
与你共勉之啊。


p/s 衷心祝福那群在马来西亚的朋友顺顺利利地在世界的东南西北完成各自的梦想,我们的lutong beach之约还有八年零四个月!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Anouk Cafe @Paddington

Finally we had a chance to continue our Saturday brunch-hunting journey.  This time - Anouk Cafe! Anouk is located between those steep ridges and hills. Feeling terrible driving in Paddington: look at those steep hills!!! 

Saturday-the only day with alarm off. So, we ended up having lunch instead of brunch cos we reached there around 12pm. It was very busy around that time, everyone's enjoying their Saturdays!

You can choose to sit in the cafe or outside along the street. To be honest, the atmosphere in the cafe is nice (I love their written menu on the board, goshh the handwriting is so neat! How I wish our lecturers can write neater...) However, it was quite hot that morning so it turned up to be very stuffy in the cafe. We didn't want to sit outside because of the sunlight!

Too hot, so no more coffee for brunch (Normally I have skinny capp for brunch)
I had the mango, pineapple, orange and passionfruit fruit shake (I requested them to not to include banana in the skake. aahah) Myra had the soda drink which contains raspberry and mango. Her drink might not seem photogenic but nice to taste. 

Finally! We weren't impressed by the slow service. We waited for like half an hour until our food came. 
I got the omelette and Myra had the open steak sarnie served with haloumi, bacon, egg, onion, beetroot jam(YUMM) and sweet curls.


There was a hint of pink in the very middle of the steak so we supposed that was cooked to medium-well. At first we thought the meat will be very dry but it was juicy! *It was a bit chewier by the way.. The beetroot jam was YUMMM. The star of this dishes isn't the steak but the baked sweet potato curls. They were thin and crispy..


It was my first time having omelette at cafes cos that's something that we can simply make at home.
Well, I don't like it as it's too oily and cheesy.. It's nice to have a few bites only. The sourdough was terrible #omggg

We'll definitely come back for the sweet curls but not for the brunch! I should try their coffee during my next visit. Coffee defines how good the cafe is, right?

Ciao~ Off to work. Accidentally deleted my 1100 words which was my hardwork throughout the day. Lesson learnt. 


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