Me, materialistic?

Had lunch with Emily at Eureka before she leaves for Auckland tomorrow morning. The mushrooms toast was soooooo delicious I'm still craving for more of it. One thing though, the food there is overpriced I find. Small serving of brunch costed me close to $16. Vivo Vena still has decent-priced meals. Oh and we had to shout just to listen to each other as a group of girls came in halfway, apparently celebrating someone's birthday and were so loud/annoying.

Anyway, it was great having Emily play the viola at church for the past few months. She's amazingly talented with her super expensive viola haha (not to be confused with violin).

I've been eating out a lot this past week. :(

Lunch with Chyi (and a little bit of shopping) yesterday, then tried out some kind of tea (can't remember) at the Taiwanese place nearby with Mich & Ron, then had fish (minus the chips) from flying squid last night for dinner. Ya I know so unhealthy the last meal, but was lazy to cook and I felt so BAD after having it as it was so oily/unhealthy/GAH awful. Yes I even made a trip to the toilet after dinner... THAT BAD.

I'm bored- came up with my updated wishlist:

1. MELISSA "Night" flats. sigh so pretty.
2. Canon EOS 5D Mark II. *BIG SIGH again* approx $6500!
3. Karen Walker (Hi there collection) floral bow dress- for my 22nd *wink*
   
4. Overland leather brown boots $279.90
5. Ralph Lauren sunnies from Sunglass Hut $449.90
6. Watch Transformers 2!!!! (coming out on the 23rd June)
7. Saben "daphne" $355.00

Oh and while browsing through facebook, I found out that my cousin and an ex-schoolmate (and then from Janice: a younger sister of an ex-classmate too) from Kuching High had entered this competition- Breeze Model Search EEEEEEEKSSSSS! haha So ah lian and ah beng most of the photos, terrigible makeup & outfits, bad photography and terrrrrrible photoshop. Embarrassing-nya. Some of the guys even look like those ah bengs seen lepak-ing at Saberkas... Whatever happened to style and GOOD photography?! I'm sure there's still talent (somewhere) in Kuching?

But it was good fun laughing at some of the photos ;)

P.S. guess which guy is my cousin HAHAHAH

Just to clarify

Especially for Chyi and all those who are still confused on the whole when-is-father's-day issue.

Ok I'm bored but after much confusion about the actual date of Father's day celebration, I wiki-ed it:

Basically MOST countries (including Malaysia, UK, US) celebrate it on the 3rd Sunday of June (hence THIS COMING Sunday), whereas in NZ , Aussie, Fiji, and PNG (for whatever reason) celebrate it on the 1st Sunday of September.

One thing: we were ALL WRONG about celebrating it on the 2nd Sunday of June- well, except if you live in/originate from Austria or Belgium anyway.

Read the wiki page here if you're too free.

P.S. can't blame us: it's celebrated 26 different dates in different countries. Whatever happened to uniformity?

dot dot dot

I'm bored. Not the 'I-have-nothing-to-do' kind of bored, but the 'I-really-have-lots-to-do-but-still-wanting-to-slack' kind. Like how most students are this time of the year: pre-exam season argh.

...but maybe not as bored as whoever that did this:

spot the anomaly

I'm surprised my group is pretty laidback about the last group presentation on Friday. We've read the paper, I've made the powerpoint slides, but essentially we have no idea how to answer questions if asked. Or what's the point of having that research done at all. So we emailed our lecturer, which happens to be the nicest lecturer in the department (I think) and might meet with him tomorrow to try and understand more.

My supervisor's being really organised. More than me! oops. He even gave me dates he wants me to hand in drafts of the project write-up. Starting from early August, final draft by early September. gah ugh bluerh. Though I've actually started doing a little introduction, I'm still hoping for more positive results to include.

Surprise surprise the weather's took a turn for the better! 1 whole week of miserable, gloomy weather has finally given way for awesome sunshine. But it's still cold; it's now below 0 degrees. Oh well, it is winter.

Something random I did since last time I blogged: I met up with a German couch-surfer, Bjorn, for hot chocolate after he emailed me asking for a chat/coffee. He's been backpacking/travelling around NZ for the past 11 months! Heading towards Aussie, Singapore, then back to Germany. I wish I could do that now- pack up and just go somewhere warm for a few weeks/months and meet random people, asking them to write down a phrase in their native language then get someone else to translate it.

Oh if you haven't joined couch-surfing yet, go join! That's how I met Jaslin and cell group buddies when I was in Singapore after I contacted her through CS. Great way of getting to know a foreign place better- which is through the locals, of course.

1 week before THE oral exam. Deep breaths.

Getting there. Slowly.

2 down, 2 more to go!

Bioc353 was HARD. I felt so sleepy during the exam! First time ever. At least it confirmed my decision in NOT taking biochemistry as my honours major next year. Hopefully would still get at least a B+ in that.

This weekend would be all about studying, studying, and more studying. Bioc354 is on Monday, then Micr336 on Tuesday. After that, freedom awaits me. Oh wait, I spoke too soon. I'll have to pack up 3 years' worth of stuff into boxes, clean up my room, run some errands, and pack luggage to go back home!

I've been complaining a lot about my Singapore Airlines flight from Spore to Christchurch in Feb. Apparently SIA has this nonsense rule about not allowing us to book connecting one way flights using different airlines- which means I can't book a cheap MAS or AirAsia flight from Kuching to Spore, then use SIA from Spore to Chch. If I want to, I'd have to pay the SIA flight ticket in SGD, which makes the price escalate to RM8000++.

So my plan was to just forfeit the SIA ticket from Kch to Sg (had to stay overnight at Changi, which I didn't want to), buy a separate ticket from MAS to fly to Sg on the same day itself. Which all made perfect sense to good old stubborn me UNTIL I started getting upset and thank goodness for knocking some sense into me guys- I decided to just go along with whatever mum thinks is best- which is: to arrive at Spore from Kuching on the 21st, stay overnight at Changi airport (maybe head to town for a while), then fly off to Chch on the night of 22nd of Feb. Troublesome, but sigh that is the best choice for now.

My accomodation in Spore has been confirmed, people! I'm going to stay at Evans Lodge for 3 months- price is $470 a month including electricity. No linen and food provided, but oh wells, Spore food heaven right. I'll gather up layers of fat in my tummy to keep warm during winter next year. Which reminds me: I'll need to start emailing/leaving msn messages on those people in Sg for a meet up.

Sooo many things to plan, to buy, to bring, to do, and to pack!

But for now, studying is the number 1 priority. But I want to go watch the Full Monty musical tomorrow night!!! Super talented Michelle got the role of the 1st pianist so she'll be playing throughout the show- must be more than 10 shows. Cost is $37+ for students I think- venue is at the Mayfair theatre. Go support her and see guys strip!

Anyway. I love this list of shoppers taken from NZ Herald website:

I'm not sure which one am I: a treater or a clothcutter. Which one are you?

I need to know...

UPDATE*** Monday, 20th Oct
Poll closing tomorrow. First exam tomorrow. HMM I might just blog about the 21st after the exam tomorrow night then :P

I just realised that I have yet to blog about my 21st celebration 1 month ago due to endless assignments. Should I do that now?

poll by twiigs.com

don't drink and study

To all those who spend all their student loan/hard earned money on drinking every Thursday/Saturday nights at the MANY bars in Dunedin, READ UP--> a study has shown that drinking alcohol SHRINKS YOUR BRAIN.

Now that, I'm surprised. I only thought alcohol shrinks the liver, not brain. But what long term a smaller brain size means (think Homer), nobody knows for sure yet. Maybe I can do research on that and earn lots. HMMMM.

Anyway, I'm distracted from studying again. This time, worrying (seriously) about where I'm going to stay in Singapore (less than 1 month to go!). Worse case scenario is I'll have to stay with my dad's 2nd cousin whom I've only met once.. Not looking forward to that, but if that saves me money (enough to buy a MacBook Pro), I'd be more than happy to live with her.

So I tried posting up room-wanted ads around property websites again- almost gave up due to the lack of response or scam replies. Then just a few hours ago, I received this in my gmail. An email from a girl thinking that I'm the one renting out a room. -__-''' So much for hoping for a decent reply.

I replied her, telling her the story of how I'm looking for a place myself, sorry for the typo (if I did mistype OR she misread), if any. She replied. And I replied again. And it went on and on, until I told her about me almost being scammed.

So random.

More replies now after I posted an ad on this website. 4 replies so far. But none that really stood out. Either it's too far, or too expensive, or no cooking allowed, etc etc. So frustrating. I'm really praying for a good/near/cheap place now. Desperately.

Freeeedom, for now

Studying about G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathways and the various cascades (that's biochemistry to you) is making me wonder even more: WHY CAN'T I BE A ROCKSTAR?!

how I would (sort of) look like if I were a rockstar...

Some of you might not have known that since years ago, my (not so secret anymore) ultimate dream is to be a rockstar. Well, at least some kind of entertainer on stage, playing music, touring around in tour buses to different cities every day, meeting people et cetera cool things on a rockstar's itenerary.

For now, I shall be the obedient student - study, graduate, find a good job. I shall write down my dream, roll it up nicely, put it into a bottle, and release it into the ocean, hoping someone else at the other side of the world would open it, read it, and maybe accomplish what I'm unable to do.

Anyway. Yesterday was hard-out. I woke up at 6.30am to do devotionals, practised presentation some more, 9am went to uni, 10am lecture, 11 to 1.30pm presentations, 2-3pm lunch with Jaq, 3-6pm studied in library, 6-9pm music practice, 9-10ish dinner at Rainforest (again), got home at 11ish BUT still felt so energetic at the end of the day. AMAZING.

I now know the results to 4 of my previous assignments. Thank God I scored a B+ in the micro business plan- it's not that great but based on solo work instead of a group group, I'm thankful and content with it. No complaints. I can now claim my $20 Vodafone prepay top-up from the teammate who didn't think we'll do better than a C. So glaaaaaad that last presentation EVER this year is finally over. Hearing Jaq say that there is at least 1 presentation every week for micr464 makes my goosebumps rise. Meh, that's for next year to worry think about.

29 days to Singapore!!! (yes I have been proven guilty of checking out the Sg food blogs, compiling a list of all the places to visit for good food- it's 4 pages long now..)

A day at the Shag Point

It TRULY is called the Shag Point! *how dodgy*

Today is a day of randomness. Got a call at around 2 to go paua fishing with the pancakes. Being the lightbulb that I am (and finding excuses to NOT do my assignments), I said yes. How forgetful was I to not bring along my jacket.

awww..
Sam: he's mine!
Alex: paua!!!

postcard photo

the sign

jump! (not off the cliff)

so serene the beach. see the prints on the sand? wonder who/what animal left those

my wallpaper

the eyes: what r u looking at?

seals!

this is what happens when u leave me alone in the car with my camera

me: hmm what shall i have for dinner?

love is in the air.. lalala~

colours

shapes

there is more sheep than people in NZ.

marine life. so much variety

How cold it was! BRRRRR.

Ah, it's nice getting away from the city, even if for a short while and we didn't manage to catch any paua. I'm waaaaaaayyy over my management business plan word limit of 3000 and I'm not even done writing yet, sigh lots of trimming and proofreading to do. Micro lab book/assignment is due on Monday too- having 2 major assignments due on the same day (MONDAY somemore) sure is interesting.

WALL-E on Tuesday with my lovely girls!!! =) Looking forward to that.

P.S. My 21st was so full of surprises! Thanks so much guys for taking the time, effort, and $$$ in making this a memorable one!!! Photos will be up as soon as I can get my hands on them, haha.

Reality: escape or embrace

A very blessed birthday to Pastor Graeme!

Senior pastor of Nations Christian Church, awesom-est speaker EVER.
Cut a cake and sang birthday song to him just now at music practice @ Southside =)

This is random: was browsing through his facebook profile and saw this among the many birthday blessings he received.


In case you're not in NZ, John Key is the National party leader- aka "leader of the opposition". I wonder how they even know each other.

Anyway. I thought my bioc354 practical report was due today so ended up sleeping little. Went to lecture today and GOSH it's due tomorrow at 5pm instead. So -___-'''


I've gotten the In-principle approval letter from Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) for the work holiday pass!! Which means I have the right now to work there for 6 months from the date I pick the official documents up. It's all beginning to feel even more REAL now. eeeks.

Scam alert

Lighthouse Fellowship's first ever meeting this year was held last night. New flat, new faces, new testimonials to show how much God has blessed us! We had expected about 27 people to show up, but some couldn't make it. It was great, nonetheless, with about 20 people turning up (it is a LARGE number for a humble cell group which started out with just 5 or 6 people just 2 years ago). We're like a mini-church now!

I received a very dodgy phone call yesterday. I'm about 99.9% sure that it's a scam.

Lady on the phone with weird American accent: Hello, Miss Choooo-ah?
Me: Er. Yes...?
LOTPWWAA: Do you do international callings?
Me: Yes... sometimes.
LOTPWWAA: Where do you normally call to?
Me: (hah. I'll just play along here) US.
LOTPWWAA: Oh good. I'm calling from Global Telelinks, are you interested in our super cheap prepaid calling phone cards? The rate to call from NZ to US is blah blah per minute. blah blah blah about free minutes blah blah.
Me: ...
LOTPWWAA: ...do you have a Mastercard or Visacard?
Me: (holds the receiver away to laugh) Oh, I'm afraid I don't have one.
LOTPWWAA: (silence. a very faint sigh can be heard) How about a debit card?
Me: (hah. not gonna work, lady) Yes, I have applied for one but it's still processing, might take a few weeks before I actually get it.
LOTPWWAA: (another awkward silence)
Me: How about if I get your bank account number to do an internet banking transfer?
LOTPWWAA: Huh?
Me: (repeats question at least 3 times)
LOTPWWAA: Oh. Ok. The account number is 262-XXXXXX-M.
Me: Is this a NZ bank? (obviously NOT since no NZ bank code starts with 262 and ends with a letter)
LOTPWWAA: Yesssssss.
Me: Hmm. But I'll need to know which bank it is...
LOTPWWAA: It doesn't matter... blah blah blah.
Me: So how much does it cost?
LOTPWWAA: NZD25 for XX hours, but I'll recommend the 50 dollar one for longer hours.
Me: (RIGHT) Ok, I'll go for the 50 dollar one then.
LOTPWWAA: So I'll call back in a week's time to check if the payment has gone through.
Me: Sure. No problem. Oh just out of interest, where are you calling from?
LOTPWWAA: Philippines.
Me: Ooooooo. So where did you get my number?
LOTPWWAA: (obviously not so smart as she gave this info away) From the NZ phonebook! (sounds quite excited as well)
Me: I see. You sound quite young...
LOTPWWAA: Yes, I'm only 18!
Me: (very surprised) Wow. You know, actually I have a friend from the Philippines!
LOTPWWAA: REALLYYYY? (very excited and high-pitched)
Me: Yes. I know some words, eg. selamat
LOTPWWAA: Wow! chatter chatter chatter...

And so we ended up talking like old friends. I never ever would have thought I would befriend a tele-scammer.

I had no idea how I managed NOT to laugh the whole time.

How random is that?

I checked out the website that she told me about, click here. Looks like a proper company to me, but who knows what people can do to make things believable these days. One more thing: as shown on the website, it's based in the US, so why call from the Philippines all the way to NZ to get customers? Isn't international calling expensive? Ah, the irony of it: a company selling prepaid phone cards calling me (playing along with the scam to get their phone bill up teehee yes I'm a bit cruel I know).

But it's sad, really. An 18 year old girl in this industry. Does she even know that she's not doing the right thing? Based on my personal judgment, she's not particularly smart (or could be just new at work), having gave out information like WHERE she is and HOW she got my number. Professional scammers would have known I'm not falling for it and was interrogating them.

Apparently this is not the first time. My flatmate got a call last week about her winning a lottery prize for a holiday to Hawaii. And when she told Mr Scammer about not having a credit card, he just hung up the phone. The funny thing was, he was looking for a Miss Chooo-ah (is a surname that hard to pronounce? it's CHUA, people), but my flatmate answered it, her surname being very similar to mine.

Now I'm wondering if my name even got listed on the phone directory. And even if it is, how did someone from another country got hold of a NZ phonebook?

Ah, the funny things in life ;P

Christmas at the Octagon 07!

The horror of packing is consuming me. Help!!!

My room is a total mess. I'll have to pack Waszowski soon. I'll have to take down the mirror on the wall. I'll have to dismantle the L-shape table. I'll have to pack my speakers. My gosh, I can't imagine listening to music on the laptop without my wonderful speakers anymore. This is bad.

Truth to be told, I hate being on planes. Not just that, the waiting in airports, walking from one terminal to the next. Gah, so nostalgic. Hiro, I beg you to come here and transport me back without having to waste a perfect WHOLE day travelling. Did I mention that I don't particularly like long-haul flights?

Anyway, Christmas at the Octagon was held this year again on the 30th of Nov. Once again Nations Christian Church was part of it and they put together an awesome band to perform a few Christmas Carols to entertain the city.

It was wonderful. 9 beautifully sung carols, kids jumping around, adults wiggling their butts (no, I did not record that on video), "toys" (Little red riding hood, Cinderella, Bo peep etc) going around keeping kids happy, great sound system, not-too-windy weather, a 10-metre Christmas tree, people of all ages and races, and of course great atmosphere. Who would want to miss watching the mayor lighting (switching on the lights) the big Christmas tree?

Cinderella so pretty, right?

Not-so-little red riding hood. Pretty too.

Cinderella and her escort. Hmm.

Michelle & Raymond on stage. With glitter. haha!

The ever fabulous Jo singing.

And also not forgetting, Christine who just loves furry outfits. We know you do.

It really was a day to remember.

Chyi Chyi, May, and I went to Starbucks for a quick coffee session before the event. While we were happily enjoying our fraps, I saw 2 very macho policemen chasing a guy, and one of them pinned the guy onto the floor, handcuffing him right then and there. That is the closest it gets to 24, believe it.

A few minutes later, another guy with a bloody forehead followed more cops to the scene. There were at least 3 police cars around, and at least 200 busybodies (mostly high school students and people drinking coffee at Starbucks) looking curiously from a distance while the policemen nabbed the bad guy.

The cops here are seriously so much better looking than those in Malaysia.
"Look at his tight uniform!", says Chyi Chyi. Tsk tsk.
We're very 38 people, ok. Cannot miss out on action.

*more pictures of Mr Policeman and Christmas thingy on facebook*

Not sure what the bad guy was arrested for, the news showed nothing yet. Very curious. Anyway Chyi took a few pictures for me (including the policeman who could pass for a Baywatch lifeguard anytime. hahaha!). It was an entertaining afternoon indeed.

May had to leave early for work, so we decided to watch a movie to pass time. My gosh, I expected so much more from the movie Beowulf. It would probably be worth it if it were in 3D version. The storyline was good, ending was sort of expected, effects were ok-ish, but somehow I just expected more from all the hype and advertising. A 6 out of 10 from me. 4 of the 6 comes from Angelina Jolie's character. She sure is a convincing villain.

2 more days and I'm back in Kuching. Wow, feels a little surreal. Last time playing the keyboard at church tomorrow this year, I'm going to miss it a lot.

Comical

These look familiar?

For those who don't know already, these are the Pon and Zi comics- they've become quite popular recently, a fine way of replacing words.

What shocked me was that the artist is actually an 18 year old guy called Jeff Thomas.

About him:

He-eeeey. My name is Jeff Thomas and I'm 18 years old. I'm currently taking classes at the local community college to build an application portfolio for ACCD in Pasadena, CA, where I'll be majoring in illustration if I get accepted. When I'm not drawing Pon and Zi, I like to do more serious illustrations and work with acrylic. I also play cello, bass, violin and piano, and I'm currently recording an experimental electro album. (I've got a music myspace profile and my project is called Disregard for Gravity, so look me up! I'll have something to listen to posted soon!) When I need a break from everything, I like going to shows or just out for coffee. I'm lame like that. Hahaha.

So he sounds just like any other normal teenager, figuring out which path to take next; be it music or graphic design. Talented young man.

There's even an online store on his website where you can buy prints & other cute-sy stuff.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to watching the movie Beowulf (3D version). Reviews have been good, and I've never watched a whole 3D film before. Surprisingly, there hasn't been many good movies this summer. Not yet, maybe.

Christmas in the Octagon is coming up too! Should be helping with ushering this year too, and the music team have been practising quite a lot, can't wait for the event on the 3oth of Nov. I'll confirm the time soon, so if you're still in Dunedin, just come along (5ooo showed up last year) and see the lighting of the big Christmas tree!

Facebook-o-mania

The flat is now reduced to 3 occupants (2 citizens, 1 guest), but it seems like now 2 more people are applying for permanent residency. In other words, Evan and Greg is moving in. Which makes it 4 when the aunty-who-is-staying-at-Janice's-room leaves on Sunday/Monday.

Hmm. Interesting. Very interesting indeed.

Summer in Dunedin. *insert sigh here*

Another big sigh.

First of all, summer doesn't translate to 90 glorious sunny days. It's still less than 15 degrees outside, and that's excluding the wind blasts these few days. Brrrr. Thank goodness I haven't started packing up my winter jackets yet.

2ndly, summer also means time to work. But before that, LOOKing for a job. Passing up CVs, sometimes writing cover letters, filling out application forms, then training for the new job bla bla. I've applied for McD and Domino's Pizza for part time jobs until I get back to Msia, but I'm counting on the quite-ok-looking manager at Domino's (who spelled my name as Joslin) to hire me. Muahahaha. Then I can have all the free pizzas I want! Or maybe not.

3rd. No more mahjong. I miss feeling like an opasan, sitting around the dining table, creating combos of tiles, and saying 碰!

Oh well. I shouldn't be complaining. At least I'm getting paid =)

23 days to go. Wow, the year really has gone by. This has to be one of the best years; be it the flatting experience or the wonderful Lighthouse fellowship. So blessed to meet all of you guys =)

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Anyway. I found this on Sarah's xanga. Dedicated to all the facebook addicts out there. You know who you are.





My favourite part: "the only trouble is, Facebook, I'm wasting my life away!"

Well put, people.

Glowy

If you're bored, or just want something to distract you for 10 minutes or so, have a look at the TIME's compilation of the Best Inventions of the Year. Cool stuff.

I'm still browsing, but so far one of my favourites has to be this: the glo Pillow.

Most people hate their alarm clock. That's why Eoin McNally and Ian Walton created the glo Pillow. Embedded with a grid of LEDs, it uses nothing but light to wake you up. About 40 min. before reveille, the programmable foam pillow starts glowing, gradually becoming brighter, to simulate a natural sunrise. This helps set your circadian rhythm and ease you into the day.

Impressive, very impressive. Though it might seem weird lying your head on LEDs, having light instead of sound waking me up sounds tempting.

Fake/authentic? You decide

I'm pretty sure many would have heard of the image of Virgin Mary appearing on garage doors and lemon slices.

But are you prepared for this?

Virgin Mary appearing on a pebble.

It was supposedly found by a Christchurch woman (Lisa-Marie Corlet) on a beach (New Brighton or Sumner maybe?). I wonder what she was hunting for when she "stumbled" upon this 1cm in diameter pebble.

Personally, I think it looks like a walrus-man dressed up for a charity event (hence the tie).

She's selling it on Trademe now, here's the link to the auction. At 1.44pm right now, the leading bid is $31,600.50, with hundreds of comments, and 290 unanswered questions for the lady to answer.

This is what she wrote on the auction:

Pebble found on South Island beach with image of the Virgin Mary. Its genuine and I will be contacting the university geology department in the very near future to have authenticity proved. Check out The Press Newspaper, Tuesday 23rd of Wednesday 24th October to view more photos and find out more about this tiny pebble.

The debate going on is FIERCE. What I don't get is what's the big deal over a stone? Maybe before it was found, a little naughty boy decided to take out his crayon and sketch a picture of his toy walrus, left it on the beach, and the ink became permanent over the years.

Ok, so maybe it is the REAL thing. I just don't understand why would God want this pebble to be made/discovered. Besides it being a collector's item, I don't see how owning this pebble can bring someone good luck or helping him/her get closer to God.

Which made me wonder: The man above must be laughing away at the sight of us going ga-ga over a pebble, regardless of its authenticity.

Which leads to this: an item cannot even be proven "authentic" unless there is a similar item that has already been proven so, and a comparison can be made. Make sense? For example, it's possible to tell apart an authentic LV bag from one that's fake by careful inspection. So what are the geologists (supposedly) comparing this "authentic" pebble with?

Either way, good for Lisa-Marie for donating the sales to charity. Whether or not she donates any of it away or keep it to herself, she's entitled to it. Why? She found it, finder's keepers. And even if it's fake, the buyer should know better there are risks in buying this pebble. I see this as her being blessed, very abundantly might I add.

Kiwis are a bunch of funny folks. This guy here is selling a Virgin Mary on a surfboard set. See description below.

Thought to be fake at first when found on my desk this morning-but look at second photo taken with a photon gamma mapping camera- the energy coming off is incredible!
Looks remarkably like the Virgin Mary on a surfboard?
If you can help me with how this came to be in existance I would appreciate any feedback.
Free postage within NZ.
** buyer will need a small piece of blue-tac to keep Mary on the board.
***UPDATE!!

RANGE EXPANDED AT NO EXTRA COST!

New Virgin Mary Surfboard set now includes:
NEW! Donkey Poster!
NEW! 3 Wise men!
NEW! Baby Jesus! ( looks a little like a penguin )
NEW! Glow in the dark Star of Bethlehem! (doesn't actually glow in the dark....)

If you think this is funny, scroll down to the comments of this auction and the original one. Even this fake auction has a lead bidding of $147 as I'm typing this. haha. More of these fake authentic stones are appearing on Trademe by the hour, it's worth reading the comments and have a good laugh.

Amused

Seems like I'm easily amazed (and tricked, but let's not go there today).

Currently, I'm amazed at the number of friends actually spending time reading this humble blog of mine. Surprising, surprising. Looking back at my very first blog post (click here) way back in October 2004, it's amazing to know that this blog is now 3 years old!

For me, the joy of blogging doesn't come with the money earned through advertising or showing off what's going on in my boring life, but receiving comments from people I don't even know. Sometimes encouraging comments, sometimes criticism. Blame that on the so-called freedom of speech mentality we all have.

I've added the "Recent comments" widget to the sidebar. To add one to your blog (blogspot only), go to this page.

I enjoy looking at stats of recent visitors to the blog too, Good Counter's pretty informative, I still keep the Sitemeter tracker though.

The top 20 keywords in searches which led people to this blog.

Quite a few Brooke Fraser searches, which makes sense since I blogged about her concert recently.

Ok, now look closer at the circled part.


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EWWWWWWW!!!

1. I do NOT have saliva fetish, or any fetishes for that matter.

2. I don't remember ever blogging about any sort of fetishes. Correct me if I'm wrong.

3. It's just a very very disturbing thought: sometime googling that phrase and ended up at my blog.

4. I don't even want to know if that particular person has the fetish mentioned above.


Disgustingness.

Someday soon

Here I am, everyday

Since you said, you'd come again
But it's not fair, cos you're not here
I wait in vain, but nothing has changed

I'm a flower, soaking in the rain
If I could wish one thing, I'd hear you call my name


So when will I see your face again
When will you touch my life again (ohh yeah)
When will I breathe you in again (ha)
I think I love you... will I see your face again


Little thing, like the rain coming
She looked at me a certain kind of way
Tell me girl, where are you now
'Cos I don't know how much longer I can wait

I'm a dreamer, waiting for the sun
When you're coming in, I know my life's begun
Tell me girl...


When will I see your face again (ohh yeaaah)
When will you touch my life again (ummm um)
When will I breathe you in again
I think I love you, will I see your face again


You know that all my life I've been waiting
Waiting for some, someone like you to love me
You can't come by like an angel, into my life
And then fly away, fly away

~When will I see your face again
by Jamie Scott & the town

Cheesy as it is, almost everyone misses another person at any one moment. =P

Dedicated to my ex-classmates in secondary school, national service friends, and to the SFEC youths. Til we meet again this year end (or someday soon)!

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It's amazing how Friendster, Facebook and other social networking sites have made it possible now to know what's going on in people's lives without even personally keeping in touch with them at all.

Just with a few clicks (and a very 38 attitude), you can easily find out whether he/she has had a new girl/boyfriend, where he/she is currently studying- in short, everything you DON'T need to know, but still WANT to, just for the sake of it.

Then by pure chance while busy browsing for interesting pictures, you accidentally stumble upon "long-lost friends" aka that guy/girl you've seen at tuition classes but never spoke to, but still add them for fun. Then came the embarrassing message (happening to me right now): "Erm, refresh me again on what tuition we took?". -______- Well, maybe I was (am?) quite forgettable. But still, adding people is fun, having random & weird people add you is not fun, though.

Yes, I do realise that I'm rambling on and on about no particular topic.

My mind's going round in different directions all at once.

Should be studying, Jocelyn.
Nope, should relax. A good pass is sufficient.
No! Must get A. Be a good daughter.
Fine, fine. I'll study. *sulks*

Retail therapy!
Therapy your head. *!!!*
Soothes me.
More like drilling a hole in your bank account.
Makes me happyyyyyy.
More like wasting money.
So? I earn back what.
You have like, 20 pairs of shoes.
A girl needs shoes, ok.
-___- The shoe rack is FULL.
I'll sell some off at trademe after exams!
Sigh. speechless.

Woo. weather going cuckoo.
That's why Msia weather much better. All day sun/rain.
Don't like. Too hot!
So you'd rather too cold?
At least can turn on heater ma.
Msia got air-con!
Heater vs. air-con war continues.

And the conclusion is: Make the most of now.

Even Vodafone's advertising campaign is based on that phrase.

I love this ad.



And this one, too.



How about this one?



Another one.


Come to think about it, Vodafone do come out with good ads. Too bad they charge too much for calling and texting.

Bulb-by

Today I feel like a...

big lightbulb.

I spent more than 2 hours over at the Pancakes watching Heroes when we should all be studying, or rather, THEY should be studying. Free food always make me feel welcomed. I wonder why PDAs don't bug me anymore. I used to cringe whenever people (especially friends) smooch in front of me, but now I manage to *almost* NOT notice it.

After dinner, had the sudden urge to visit my old neighbour (now upstairs). Thought lenik would be alone, but turns out the whole Gu family was there too. And that's how I became a lightbulb for the 2nd time today.

Which reminds me to get a new bulb for my IKEA table lamp as the old one blew. blah. So lazy to walk to town.

Bubbly

I've been awake for a while now
you've got me feeling like a child now
'cause every time i see your bubbly face
I get the tinglies in a silly place

It starts in my toes
makes me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
I always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

~dedicated to a certain someone.
Colbie Cailat - Bubbly