Snow @ Dunedin, 16/6/09

I'm loving the snow photos on facebook hehe. Rebekah so cute with her little snowmen she built, so lucky she's staying at Pine Hill, hence more snow!!!

Anyway, for those of you who're somewhere in the north island, you missed out on snow big time! I've got to say, today's snow showers beat the one we had in July 2007 when we were still staying at Great King Street.

I woke up at 7am today to beautiful, white snow!

view from my window

bench outside our flat covered with snow

zooming in on the snow flakes :)

Frederick Street. footprints!

look at the skid marks! scary-nya...

Did a little revision, took some photos, then headed off to Smitthel's gym for my exam at 9.30am. I had dreaded having an exam there as it's a freaking gym aka big open space, aka not easy to heat up. We waited outside (in the cold!) until my toes went numb despite wearing boots and thick socks. Apparently some security dude with the key to get into the gym didn't reach until almost 10am (he probably lived up on the hills covered with snow)!!! We whined and waited, and finally began exam at 10.04am.

I sat just next to the window, which was quite distracting as it was snowing on and off (quite heavily most of the time) outside hehe oh-so-pretty. Finally, exam finishes at 1.04pm- my tummy was already growling but I headed off straight to the lab to start an experiment. Had lunch at 2.30pm *eeks* then back to the lab at 3.30pm. YES I HAVE NO LIFE. or my life sort of revolves around exam and lab work nowadays.

But thank God for adrenaline :) which helped keep me very awake and full of energy despite being awake & busy since early in the morning without taking proper break excluding a 30-minute lunch.

Good ole Mick finally handed us our cheques for bond repayment! YESH I am $200 richer muahaha. Lovely brown boots from Overland? HMMMMMM. *cough* since the weather is so cold lately and I do get cold toes *cough* Also waiting on IRD tax refunds- expecting at least a few hundred as I'd worked many hours last year- but wouldn't get it till 2 or 3 months later.

Thank God for snow too! Yes I am a fan hehe :) Getting numb toes once or twice a year is worth it. No double digit temperature throughout the rest of the week, as expected. But any more snow, I wonder? Can't wait for the ski trip @ 1st week of July, soon woohoo!

More Dunedin snow photos submitted at NZ herald here.

Now's the time

9.5 hours to my exam. MICR461. GOSH my first written 400-level paper exam. 3 hours, 3 questions, and then freedom back to the lab with my not-so-friendly bacteria.

One of my last exams I'll ever take in my academic studies. WOOOt.

Yes I'm happy that this will be my only examinable paper this semester. The horror creeps in next semester with 2 papers, a thesis to write up, and more experiments which might work 50% of the time (or less).

What's more- weather forecast predicts snowy showers with a high of 5 degrees tomorrow. Knowing that I'll have a hard time getting out of bed, I've set 2 alarm clocks to go off at 7am.

:/

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

(Isaiah 40: 31)

:)

Boiling point

Exam season is here. Everyone's stressed out. I don't even want to go to the library now- imagine all the stress hormones bouncing off the walls.

A long overdue tag by Lenik.

THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. joss
2. joyce-lyn
3. kakak

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. ACC
2. GIS, Sg
3. Subway & domino's pizza

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Kuching
2. Singapore
3. Dunedin

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. Grey's Anatomy (woo Amy has converted me)
2. Heroes
3. House

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Melbourne- coz Jaq's there :)
2. Everywhere in the far west
3. Hong Kong- the ultimate shopping spree

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. Char Bee Hoon at my favourite kopitiam at sekama, Kuching
2. Butter prawns
3. Kuching laksa

THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. Graduation!
2. Xander's birth
3. Ski trip @ Queenstown, July

THREE PETS THAT YOU HAVE OWNED
1. sadly, none
2.
3.

THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL REPLY
1. hehe Jan had put down "maybe kakak" so here's the delayed version of it
2. not tagging anyone
3.

THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS ( for now)
1. Joy Williams
2. Coldplay
3. (still) Nichole Nordeman

THREE FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH
1. Tennis
2. English football
3. Swimming (ah, those abs)

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. my homemade neslo (milo & Moccona coffee mmmm)!
2. Green tea frapp from starbucks
3. warm cup of honey :)

So what has happened in the past week?

Had quite a scare and ended up walking someone back from the hospital emergency ward. Woke up late today, missed out on morning tea, missed out on meeting a potential work contact SIGH. So I'm making a promise to myself to wake up early (early for me= before 9am) from tomorrow onwards, *try* to go to the gym as often as possible (yay I went today!), start crossing off my "things-to-do-before-I-leave-dunedin-list" (which includes taking photos of all the random grafitti around town, also I haven't even been to the Chinese gardens! GOSH who wants to go there with me? When it's not too cold/raining of course), take random walks just to clear my head and essentially, having my alone time.

This is so not me. Getting annoyed and tired at the slightest things/comments people make. It got to the point that Mick Walsh, the property agent at Edinbrugh Realty, was so inefficient in repaying us the bond from last year (it's been 6 months) and had me call to Land and Housing blabla and THEN had to call him back. Long story short, I snapped and half shouted at him "so it's all YOUR fault!" Big fat silence at the other end of the line. The next morning he called to say the cheques can be collected from the office, and will post them to May and Jan who aren't here in town.

HEHEHE *evil grin* agrees with Jan and Greg- I think Mick Walsh should get the first alphabet of his first name changed to "D". Then everyone would know him for who he really is.

THAT was the last straw. If I go to the office on Monday and don't see a cheque for me, I'm writing a long, angry letter to the City Council or whoever's going to respond to complaints of irresponsible property agents like him.

Spread the word. BOYCOTT EDINBURGH REALTY.

Oh, and remember that Kathmandu jacket I bought for 40%? Apparently they're having a huge sale soon, and the jacket's being sold at an even lower price now. *clenches jaw*

I'm just tired of people not holding on to promises.

Or is that just another excuse of me wanting to get out of Dunedin as soon as possible? Sigh I miss you, dear friends. Call me, pretty please?

Sarah's engaged!

Congrats SARAH S on your engagement!!!

Received a text from her earlier today about her marriage proposal from her bf after a romantic hot air balloon ride at Christchurch *AWWW*

Sarah- a super smart (future doctor!), beautiful, ever smiley flatmate @ Jane Malthus, Studholme Hall in 2006. She even knows how to say a few Malay words hehe, we even taught her how to play mahjong and how to say "lah" the Malaysian way.

I'll always remember those times when we wake up so early to attend those 8am health science lectures, watching 24 (the tv series) every week, her teaching me how to play "more than words" on her classical guitar, flying kite at St Clair beach, etc. Ahhhh memories :)

It's not funny how many friends are getting engaged recently; GAH I'm getting old.

confessions of a movie/tv series addict

NZ's next top model has ended! (what to watch next Friday?!)

Christobelle has had my vote since I started watching the show. I still can't believe she's only 16! Imagine not attending classes but going straight into the fashion industry...


Went to watch the Terminator Salvation so Amy texted me updates on the show as I'd missed the last half of it. hehe live feed. Thank goodness tv3 has free streaming of the episode.

My rating: 8.5 out of 10 (5 out of the 8.5 is probably due to Christian Bale being casted in the movie ;P ) He's going to be in T5 too, yay!

I'm not a follower of the Terminator series, so had Chyi fill me in on the plot and how Bale's character, Connor fit into the movie and all. All I remembered about the past 3 was Arnie being in it, muscles and all. ;P *spoiler alert* Arnie did appear in the movie for a few minutes (well, technically). If I had time, I'd probably take some to watch the previous movies and rewatch the 4th one.

Sigh. Drools.

I would turn vegetarian just for him.
(he has been one, since 6 years of age! source: IMDB)