Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth Class!

Sigh. Isn't it he too cute?

I can't wait till Wall-E is released!!!

Which is on the 18th of Sept this year. *gasp* I'll be 21 already by then...

It's been hailed as one of the most anticipated PIXAR movies EVER, and not surprisingly, its biggest gamble. I'm quite surprised to find out most of the movie is void of dialogue. And that's its essentially a love story!

Have a read of a review here by TIME.

Who wants to watch the world premiere (yeap you've guessed it, in NZ!) with me? ;P

Auckland fun

I was in Auckland, the city of sails from last Wed to Monday. Had heaps of fun meeting up with Rebec and being the ultimate lightbulb during the Pancakes' pak-tohing sessions. haha! So lazy to type up everything we did, so here are a few photos to do the talking. 349 photos taken in total btw.

Meeting up with dear Rebec Lee at little high street. Her hair definitely looks much straighter. haha!

At her room; playing with her sophisticated (& presumably expensive) tool for opto. See I don't even know the name of that thing... Look at the EYE poster behind!

Rebec taught us how to play Gin Rummy, so fun!

and we went out to have oily, yet super yummy crispy duck on rice.

Yum char-ing; ordered a durian smoothie, which apparently is the specialty at the restaurant. Quite pricey though, it came to $80+ for the 4 of us.

Cool art on display along High St. Yeah, ouch.

Ah, the brand names.

Then we went off to Parnell after the trip to Mission Bay. Managed to catch the beautiful sunset. Everything just looks so much more picturesque there. Even the clock is classier.

Just a few of the silly pics we took at Parnell. Imitating the toilet sign.

Art on the floor! So cute right

Another sunset pic at Parnell.

Digging into the ice cream at a korean bbq restaurant at mid city. Had dinner with William W, Tao, and the pancake family.

Took a few pictures at the IMAX cinema (until we got told off haha!)
When will wallE be released?

Canai doing his thing.

The nut bag is MINE!!!

Planned on going kayaking, but couldn't due to strong winds.

mission bay. We look so happy

we're free!!! I like this shot a lot, ignoring my slightly weird expression

Lo and behold, Doulos MV stopped by at Auckand! Parked behind Hilton hotel some more, haha! Bought more than 12 books (most of the Left Behind series), and a couple cds (still yet to listen to). The books were so cheap! ($8 each for the left behind books, hard cover le!)

On doulos, looking over the harbour bridge.

Those 6 days of fun seemed so far away already, now that I'm back here in super cold Dunedin (it snowed for like, 10 minutes yesterday -__-), waking up to the cold, and going to work. Sometimes I wonder why I'm still working: I don't really NEED the money, I don't get enough study time, always rushing between work and lectures and labs, plus it's not related to my course, and work is a 30-min walk from home (5 mins by bus- $1.20 for bus fare); then again it looks good on my CV, gives me extra pocket money for traveling purposes, and err nothing more. Even the cons outweigh the pros.

I'm nervous about the exam results coming out.

I'm nervous about not being able to get the internship in A*Star.

I should call the researchers tomorrow, and convince them to employ me. eeks.

15.06.08, a day of celebration

Today is crazy, hectic, yet beautiful day. Far from perfect, yet so memorable in many ways.

So incredibly tired, shouldn't even be blogging now, but have to write this down. =)

3ish am - Sleep. Woke up at 6am. Before that, we were ironing Michelle's crinkled wedding dress in our pajamas at 2 sth in the morning. Haha, classic moment of panic.

6am - Anyway, all's good. The dress was sooooo pretty!!! *sigh* Love the embroidery. So we got up at 6am (Janice around 6.30 ;P), had our hair and make up done very quickly. Yet somehow the time flew by and we managed to reach church at around 9.15am.

9.30am - Start of service. We walked down the aisle to Canon in D (just altered the night before haha), the lovely couple exchanged their handwritten vows (plus other couples renewing their vows including Pastor Graeme & Sharon).

11.30am - Rush off to St Clair beach for a photoshoot. The sun was out, thank God! So cold, though. My facial muscles having cramps from smiling too much.

1.00pm - Back to church for lunch reception. Yummy food.

2.00pm - Back at home, managed to sleep for 15 mins?

3.00pm - Get ready to go to Blue Sky restaurant to decorate dinner reception. Wore my gold dress, woohoo! Never thought decorations could be THIS hectic, my gosh. Good job everyone, quote by Michelle: "Blue Sky never looked this beautiful before!" hahaha!

7.00pm - Still decorating. Gosh. Cable from laptop to projector not working, ahhhh!!! Headed back to flat to grab another one. Panicked, I somehow set off the car alarm. Paiseh.

7.30pm - Just in time for the dinner to begin. BIG sigh of relief.

The bride's posy. White orchids & pink gerberas, so pretty!

The bridal party table.

Table name/menu. I "designed"/made them, with the help of Sam n Janice, nice ler?

Next in line to marriage? Hmmmm. Or could it be the Gn couple first?
Who knows, eh? ;P

12 something - Got back from dinner/taking off decorations. Walao, never felt so tired/drained in my whole life since the NS obstacle course competition in 2005.

Tomorrow's plan - Wake up at 10am? The Pancakes and May going off to Christchurch early in the morning. *sad sad* Go to work (earn money!!!), think of songs to lead for worship at cell group?

Tomorrow nite - Lighthouse cell! Fun and games, after that super tiring weekend.

Tuesday - Chill, earn more money.

Wed nite - Go to Auckland!!!

*Big smile* =D

Yeap people, will be going up to Auckland on wed nite, coming back to Dunedin on Monday the 21st for a fun/relaxing time + a much needed holiday.

Finally, but not least, congratulations again to the beautiful bride and groom, Michelle and Raymond! Thanks for sharing this special moment with us =) God bless this wonderful, super awesome couple! hehehe

Two down, 1 to go

I can't believe it snowed in Christchurch but not in Dunedin.
Lucky Christchurch people.

-_____-


Well, it did but just for 10 minutes or so.
Which isn't really snow. Sleeting. Or very pathetic, lonely snow.

It's only logical that a place further south would get more snow.
Right?

Picture taken LAST year when it snowed. 23.06.07, a beautiful day it was.

So not fair!!!

I demand SNOW!

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I'm done with micro!!!!
1 more to go, and yet I feel freeeeeee =)

Cold expectations

1 down, 2 more to go!


Not so excited that Micro exam is tomorrow afternoon. Less than 24 hours to study for it. Ah the stress induced by all these exams placed so close together!

Anyway I got excited looking at the weather forecast.

"Heavy snow, strong wind warnings", cautioned Metservice.

HMMMMM.


Well, it could only be at higher lands, not sure if we'll get any snowfall at all, especially so early into winter. I would expect some sleeting though, not sure if the reasonably warm weather today has anything to do with the fact that it MIGHT snow tomorrow/Sunday.

One thing for sure, it's going to be a COLD weekend.

Turn up the heaters, people.

And study til we all go crazy, then claim for mental injury from ACC. :P