Yesterday was Guy Fawkes nite, which is probably the second most exciting day after new years day. Translation for those not in Christchurch now, its when all fireworks go off and show weekend begins! hehe.
So anyway Oliver, Cath, Nat, Frank n I bought some fireworks and went quite early to New Brighton beach. All of us except Oliver rode on the scary Kamikaze...quite fun actually hehe but expensive for 7 dollars though. Then the REAL thing began at around 930pm.
The beach was totally crowded, the atmosphere felt great, fun fair was funny, and the fireworks were about to begin. This is one of those moments that words alone cannot describe how marvellous the fireworks display was. Here I was thinking that the fireworks back home in Kuching n Sibu are so beautiful, but how wrong was I. Christchurch City Council sponsored the event, and it went on for about 30 mins. I think everyone had their mouths open and going "Whoa...ahhh....look..." the whole time. hehe. 1 Kiwi guy near me keep saying "Wicked...(censored) awesome....(censored) man..." haha. Then after the show, we fired our own fireworks, felt "mini" when compared to those by CCC, but it was fun nevertheless. Definitely the best nite since my arrival here.
SALT conference, CNLC's very own premier arts conference is on this week!!! This is gonna be huge, very huge. It's starting on Thursday nite, and kicking it off is totally branded fashion show, dance, music, and a whole lot more. It costed me 95 dollars for group earlybird, but hopefully it'll be worth it! hehe. So excited... Adeline was practically jumping up and down after church just now, telling everyone "You must come ar...please do come..." haha so hilarious. Esther looked pretty down coz she's going back to Kuching on Thursday...too bad. Anyway do pray hard for this event, pray for the guest speakers, dancers, models, singers, Parachute band, and everyone attending it!
Sorry if this blog sounded boring coz it was meant to entertain MYSELF. haha. I do deserve more fun and relaxation, after those long tiring hours of research essay... wonder how the others are doing...hehe. Ok la till then take care everyone n God bless!
crappy blog
Oh well. Here I am again. At crypt computer room now, feeling kinda accomplished coz I finished the 1st body paragraph of my essay. Yeha sounds stupid but walau writing academic essays suck big time, and it took me about 2 hours to spew out 300 words of only 1 paragraph...
Ok la. I'll stop grumbling. Anyway actually wanted to do the essay yesterday, but instead went shopping with Cat and Oliver, then we and a few other guys went to Sumner beach for some fishing. Well actually more like picnic by the rocks, coz we didn't catch any fish at all, only 1 baby dogfish (which we let go) and a baby GREAT WHITE SHARK! haha. My first experience with a great white..erm puny shark. We released it but unfortunatly it suffered from shock or something and probably didn't survive. *sad* But overall quite nice to enjoy the scenery, so peaceful yet so scary at the same time... (cliffs very high ma)
Erm signed up at Zorpia and got a very very yucky message from a Turkish guy. Totally creepish. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to post pics there after all..
Ok la. I'll stop grumbling. Anyway actually wanted to do the essay yesterday, but instead went shopping with Cat and Oliver, then we and a few other guys went to Sumner beach for some fishing. Well actually more like picnic by the rocks, coz we didn't catch any fish at all, only 1 baby dogfish (which we let go) and a baby GREAT WHITE SHARK! haha. My first experience with a great white..erm puny shark. We released it but unfortunatly it suffered from shock or something and probably didn't survive. *sad* But overall quite nice to enjoy the scenery, so peaceful yet so scary at the same time... (cliffs very high ma)
Erm signed up at Zorpia and got a very very yucky message from a Turkish guy. Totally creepish. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to post pics there after all..
halloweenomania
Another long no-blogging streak for me. Which means it feels really weird not blogging at least once in 3 days. Oh yea, below is another post from last Thursday but I never had the chance to post it online, and some pics as well at Zorpia.
Anyway, went to Kaikoura for fishing last Saturday. Well, not really fishing all day all nite like the last time off-Lyttelton, but this time it was more laid-back, more fun, and definitely more fishy. hehe!
For those who don't know yet, Kaikoura is a really beautiful, peaceful town about 2 1/2 hours drive from Christchurch. Caught so much fish this time. I think we caught more than 10 crayfishes (1 is worth about $40, so do the maths), then about 20 kg of sea perch and blue cod (both kind of fish about $22 per kg)... Not bad ler. Beautiful scenery too, nice jet boat adventure, saw many cuuuute seals, and I didn't get seasick! haha. A miracle, eh. No la, I took 2 anti-seasick pills, just in case ma. Then at nite, we had a super fishy dinner, Iris btw is a superb cook, and the crayfish were too pretty to eat. All in all, had lotsa fun fishing and shopping with the gals.
Erm, yesterday was Halloween hor. Went to Great Wall restaurant to have (cheap and nice) dinner, then had a bit of karaoke, pool, and played the kiddies dunno-how-to-call-it game. Oh yeah, while walking along city, suddenly I heard a terrifying scream. Thought something bad happened, but actually it was a crazy Kiwi girl screaming her heads off at one of the guys (Halloween ma...) for about 5 mins, then stopped and asked "Where are you from?" Totally wacko and farnie.
Kinda exciting holiday so far. I still have the english research assignment to do. So sien. Wanna just relax, go watch movie, or go shop but there's always that nagging voice at the back of my head telling me to start on the first draft. The beginning is always the hardest, just like what Colin said. Okie that's all la, need to kwai kwai sit at home and do the friggin assignment. Soon.
Anyway, went to Kaikoura for fishing last Saturday. Well, not really fishing all day all nite like the last time off-Lyttelton, but this time it was more laid-back, more fun, and definitely more fishy. hehe!
For those who don't know yet, Kaikoura is a really beautiful, peaceful town about 2 1/2 hours drive from Christchurch. Caught so much fish this time. I think we caught more than 10 crayfishes (1 is worth about $40, so do the maths), then about 20 kg of sea perch and blue cod (both kind of fish about $22 per kg)... Not bad ler. Beautiful scenery too, nice jet boat adventure, saw many cuuuute seals, and I didn't get seasick! haha. A miracle, eh. No la, I took 2 anti-seasick pills, just in case ma. Then at nite, we had a super fishy dinner, Iris btw is a superb cook, and the crayfish were too pretty to eat. All in all, had lotsa fun fishing and shopping with the gals.
Erm, yesterday was Halloween hor. Went to Great Wall restaurant to have (cheap and nice) dinner, then had a bit of karaoke, pool, and played the kiddies dunno-how-to-call-it game. Oh yeah, while walking along city, suddenly I heard a terrifying scream. Thought something bad happened, but actually it was a crazy Kiwi girl screaming her heads off at one of the guys (Halloween ma...) for about 5 mins, then stopped and asked "Where are you from?" Totally wacko and farnie.
Kinda exciting holiday so far. I still have the english research assignment to do. So sien. Wanna just relax, go watch movie, or go shop but there's always that nagging voice at the back of my head telling me to start on the first draft. The beginning is always the hardest, just like what Colin said. Okie that's all la, need to kwai kwai sit at home and do the friggin assignment. Soon.
blabbery mood
The hot weather is really making me lazee to blog. Funny weather, really. Who would have believed that just about 1 month ago it snowed, yet the temperature today is about 30 degrees. Could feel like melting if you stand under the sun, the sun rays are just siaooo strong. Sunblocks n sunnies are a must to stay cool during these summery days. =)
A few updates... First of coz was Rebec's birthdae buffet at Cabbage Tree Restaurant last Sunday. The price quite dear (25 dollars), but anything for *cough cough* mei li...hehe. Food really nice and "prawny", lotsa ice cream too. But before that, went present shopping with Amelia but ended up spending quite a lot for myself. *guilty* Bought a cute cap, did manicure and got nails polished, bought nice belt, watched movie (corpse bride). All in all, spent more than 100 dollars again. Perhaps the most "memorable" part was looking for transport to go home after movies. We didn't know that the metro service stopped at 11pm on Sundays, so had to call people up for transport. So paiseh coz I had to call Ivan 10 minutes before midnite for him to pick me up, and Kelvin didn't help at all by babbling on and on about how he feel weird waiting with me...long story though.
So anyway, had Bio test today. Studied like crazy for it, but mana tau it came out really darn easy. Wasted my energy and time nia. Sheeesh. Nevermind la, can use the info for finals. How easy was it? Yang left just after 15 mins, me being the 2nd last to leave (Joe the last) left after 30 mins. Oh yea did I mention about the New Zealand in the World test results? Got A- (pretty happy about it, since I LOATHE politics and trade stuff) and what did Phyllis (my teacher) said?! "I expected you to do much better in some questions, Jocelyn"... uh huh. Sumaiya got C (no offense) and she didn't even say anything to her. How caring of her.
Btw, got the conditional offer of place in Uni of Otago! Wooohoo~ I finally decided after loooong thought, I'm studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. I'm still keeping my options open to any possibility la. But psychology has been my passion for years, so maybe I'll branch into either criminal or child care psych. Chim, leh. Would love to take up another language, probably Spanish as extra subject. Fabianna (from Puerto Rico) helped me with a few words liao...haha.
Long blog, with a few pics from the bdae dinner. Oh yea, holidays next week!!! nyahaha. sooo nice. But still have to finish draft 1 of the research essay. 1500 words la. Biology essay 1000 words based on hormones due Nov oso. Oh well, happy weekend and take care to everyone.
A few updates... First of coz was Rebec's birthdae buffet at Cabbage Tree Restaurant last Sunday. The price quite dear (25 dollars), but anything for *cough cough* mei li...hehe. Food really nice and "prawny", lotsa ice cream too. But before that, went present shopping with Amelia but ended up spending quite a lot for myself. *guilty* Bought a cute cap, did manicure and got nails polished, bought nice belt, watched movie (corpse bride). All in all, spent more than 100 dollars again. Perhaps the most "memorable" part was looking for transport to go home after movies. We didn't know that the metro service stopped at 11pm on Sundays, so had to call people up for transport. So paiseh coz I had to call Ivan 10 minutes before midnite for him to pick me up, and Kelvin didn't help at all by babbling on and on about how he feel weird waiting with me...long story though.
So anyway, had Bio test today. Studied like crazy for it, but mana tau it came out really darn easy. Wasted my energy and time nia. Sheeesh. Nevermind la, can use the info for finals. How easy was it? Yang left just after 15 mins, me being the 2nd last to leave (Joe the last) left after 30 mins. Oh yea did I mention about the New Zealand in the World test results? Got A- (pretty happy about it, since I LOATHE politics and trade stuff) and what did Phyllis (my teacher) said?! "I expected you to do much better in some questions, Jocelyn"... uh huh. Sumaiya got C (no offense) and she didn't even say anything to her. How caring of her.
Btw, got the conditional offer of place in Uni of Otago! Wooohoo~ I finally decided after loooong thought, I'm studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. I'm still keeping my options open to any possibility la. But psychology has been my passion for years, so maybe I'll branch into either criminal or child care psych. Chim, leh. Would love to take up another language, probably Spanish as extra subject. Fabianna (from Puerto Rico) helped me with a few words liao...haha.
Long blog, with a few pics from the bdae dinner. Oh yea, holidays next week!!! nyahaha. sooo nice. But still have to finish draft 1 of the research essay. 1500 words la. Biology essay 1000 words based on hormones due Nov oso. Oh well, happy weekend and take care to everyone.
life is a funny thing
How ironic is that when 26 of your "friends" are online (msn messenger), yet the person you would like to chat with (or just want to see XXX online) is not there?
Ahhh. The world can be a little too ironic sometimes. War and natural disasters going on everywhere, yet people are still getting drunk (eg at uni last Friday) without a care in the world... Wanna hear something really sturonic (stupid+ironic)? A woman is suing her husband close to a million dollars for all the housework she'd done for him during the last 5 years they've been married. Or, a burglar sued a property owner for not having properly functioning garage doors after he was trapped inside the garage for weeks, having to survive on dog food and rain water (the burglar won the case, by the way).
We may never know why things happen in strange (unwanted) ways, but we do know that everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, there will be a blessing in disguise after all of it.
Anyway, I'm finally playing for Czone this Sat nite. Kern is leading, and I'm *gulps* playing the piano. Scary la. Wish me luck and pray for me, k?
Lyrics from Alanis Morisette- Ironic
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't cha think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...
Ahhh. The world can be a little too ironic sometimes. War and natural disasters going on everywhere, yet people are still getting drunk (eg at uni last Friday) without a care in the world... Wanna hear something really sturonic (stupid+ironic)? A woman is suing her husband close to a million dollars for all the housework she'd done for him during the last 5 years they've been married. Or, a burglar sued a property owner for not having properly functioning garage doors after he was trapped inside the garage for weeks, having to survive on dog food and rain water (the burglar won the case, by the way).
We may never know why things happen in strange (unwanted) ways, but we do know that everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, there will be a blessing in disguise after all of it.
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
Anyway, I'm finally playing for Czone this Sat nite. Kern is leading, and I'm *gulps* playing the piano. Scary la. Wish me luck and pray for me, k?
Lyrics from Alanis Morisette- Ironic
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