1 year old...

I'm officially 1 year in Australia, and this blog has officially been 1 and a month year old. This blog had brought me so much joys and tears in the past, posting those events that I really want to share with you all. Summer has been so kind to me (so far), giving me so much sweet memories when I stayed in Canberra. Hotpot, pool, ping pong, wondering around Canberra had been my favourite past time activities during the whole summer. However, there still something that I haven't accomplished yet and have to be done soon. But I'll take one step at a time, making sure everything is perfectly done before summer ends.

PS: Thanks peeps who making my life in Canberra so sweet during the whole summer.

Oh Summer Oh Summer~~~

It's been a while after my last post (5th December 2011) where I talking about me finishing my first year in ANU and preparing enjoying my summer holiday. WHOA, you can't believe what happened after that day. A lot of stuff had happened since that day, hangout with friends till 4-5am in the morning, going out for some AWESOME DINNER with food-buddy around Canberra, celebrate New Year Eve in Sydney for the first time, working with famous retailer Cotton On during Christmas period, cooking and baking in Unilodge (look through my mobile photos in Facebook), shopping like mad people for the first time during Boxing Day (spent $200++ on clothes and stuffs), DOTA like mad every single day (gonna stop soon when uni starts), pool and ping pong almost every single day (Ernest Tan, Victor Hoo, Chern Goh and DiDi, let's have rematch in ping pong once you come back), sleeping till 11-12noon every single day, hotpot (aka steamboat) with summer friends...... and the list goes on and on.

Too much stuff to talk about in here (actually I forgotten some of it) in such a short time. The only thing that I wanna tell you all is I have an AWESOME TIME with friends during summer. It's gonna be Chinese New Year soon, so basically I'll be 'a bit' busy these few days (baking cookies, cleaning up the room etc). Can't wait for the next potluck organized on the 22nd of January (团圆饭) with friends. Hopefully many people will attend that joyful event, where we going to eat AWESOME FOOD and talk crap in the same time. Cheers!!!

Miss you all people...

PS: This year Chinese New Year will be a different feeling without you all, my parents as well as my elder brother and elder sister. Miss my lovely aunt and uncle from Singapore, cousin Benjamin Koh and Amanda Koh. Don't forget that my grandfather as well, who resting up there peacefully looking at us and protecting us from up there. My AWESOME godfather who always support me in everything what I've done. Miss you all.

When I Look Back...

I'm officially finished my first year as a Bachelor of Commerce student. Majoring in two subject is really tough, especially accounting and finance course is really challenging and boring in the same time. I just got my result today for my second semester, just an average result which I can't really complain about it. The only thing I hope is that I should do better next time, right from the beginning of the semester. That's the way I am, always playful and chillax at the beginning of the semester and don't really care about my tutorials and mid-term exam. In the end, I didn't get the result that I desired. Always play hard (at the begging of the semester) and study hard (when it reach final exam).

When I looked back at what I've done and what I've achieve so far, well I can't complain much. I've done about 60% of what I aim to do when I reach Australia, well I didn't expect the competition here is fierce and madness compare back in Malaysia. It also means that even though I'm just an average student here in ANU, I deserve to be here. Competition is one of the obstacles that I have to face in my daily life, it also teaches me to stay strong and be competitive in whatever I do. Bad lecturer and good lecturer, bad tutor and good tutor, easy paper and hard/shit paper all I've faced in ANU in the first year. For those people who said ANU is not a good place for commerce students to study and they said Melbourne or Sydney or UNSW is way better than here, this is what I reply 'No matter where you study and what you've study, the most important things is that whether you can apply those things in reality life when u working or doing the stuffs you like'. So basically, I want to say that studying in ANU teaches me a lot of things in life as well as brought out the other side of me (good or bad, depends on your interpretation).

The only things that I regret is I hope I can reverse what I've done to some of the situations throughout this year. I've tried to covered my weakness for the past few years but my past has come out once again, doing stuff without thinking rationally. My mom always scold me for that, guess karma punish me again this time. Well, I can't do anything now since no one create time-machine yet allowing me to change what I've had done. I just hope time will makes our memories vanishes, like a wind blowing dust away to the sky.

Anyway, that's all for today. I'm gonna concentrate enjoying my stuff for the holiday (leisuring, playing games, watching movie, hangout with friends etc) See you all next time.

Cheers.

First week (Summer Holiday)

Finally, it was summer in Canberra and everyone suppose to go picnic with such a nice weather. Well, not everyday is a sunny day. When all of my friends leaving Canberra for Malaysia, it seems that Canberra has the same feeling like me, raining for few days. Hahahaha, I can't believe I said that. It was hailing  like mad on Tuesday, ice keep on hitting the window when it was hailing, making my night so much fun because there it was my first time experience in Canberra.

Update of the week: I finally start working in one of the top retail store in Australia, Cotton On. Benefits that I'm gonna receive: 50% off for Cotton On items (anything that you buy with full price), valuable experience, learn how to communicate with people (workers and customers) and I got to learn how to dress up appropriately (well, I still don't know how :P). It seems that the manager of Cotton On is really friendly, so I don't really feel stress working for 3hour per day. One thing I don't like is I only got 2 shift for the next 2 weeks. It seems I'll only earn a small amount of money T.T Probably I'll get a second job soon......I'll see how it goes.

PS: I got a lot of stuff in mind during the exam period, about what stuff I'm going to do during summer holiday. But now, I don't know what should I do first. Should I finished up Gears of Wars 3, or so other stuff (editing video, travel around Canberra, window shopping for shoes etc). Erm......I SERIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!

To be continue...

At last, I finished my exam for the first year in Australia. Tears and happiness which hard to be explain, hard to be express... Looking back to look at what I've achieved, I'm sure no one can achieved the same thing as me. Well, I've work hard and tireless for the mid year and final, all I hope now is I achieved  the result of what I desired (Credit and Distinction). Not going to talk about it, now my job is to party and enjoy the summer before it ends. Safe flight everyone~~~ I'm so gonna miss my friends who going back to Malaysia.

PS: I'm going to update this blog frequently from next week onward since I'm gonna be free for the whole summer :D

Travelling

Today while I was studying + Facebooking, I stumble with this really good article on the net. My friends shared it in the Facebook so that their friends can read (which I read it). Here I would like to share it to all my friends who visited my blog. Following is what is written in the blog (credit to the writer Jeff):

The other night, I had a conversation with a young woman who had a number of decisions ahead of her, one of which is whether she would go to grad school or travel the world.

I told her to travel. Hands down. No excuse. Just go.


Photo credit: Flickr (Creative Commons)

She sighed.

“Yeah, but…”

Never were more fatal words spoken.

Yeah, but… what about debt?Yeah, but… what about my job?Yeah, but… what about my boyfriend (or dog or car or whatever)?

“Yeah, but…” is pernicious. Because it makes it sound like we have the best of intentions when really we are just too scared to do what we should.

It allows us to be cowards, while sounding noble.

Most people I know who waited to travel the world never did. Conversely, plenty of people who waited for grad school or a steady job and traveled still did those things — eventually.

Be careful of the yeah-but. The yeah-but will kill your dreams.

I was so stirred by this conversation that I shared it with a group of about thirty young adults last night, many of which are asking these very questions.
The life you’ve always wanted

When you get older, life seems to just sort of happen to you. Your youth is a time of total empowerment.

You get to do what you want. As you mature and gain new responsibilities, you have to be very intentional about making sure you don’t lose sight of what’s important.

So if you still have a reasonable amount of control over your circumstances, you should do what really matters. Because life won’t always be just about you.

During early adulthood, your worldview is still being formed. It’s important to steward this time — to give yourself opportunities to grow. A good way to do that is to travel.

So, young person, travel.

Travel wide and far.

Travel boldly.

Travel with full abandon.


You will regret few risks you take, when it comes to this. I promise you.


There are three reasons to travel while you’re young:

1. Traveling teaches you to live an adventure

When you look back on your life, you will have moments of which you are proud and maybe a few you regret. It’s likely that the following won’t be on the latter list:
Bicycled across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Appeared on Italian TV.
Hiked a Mayan ruin.
Learned Spanish in three months.
Toured Europe by train.


They’re not on mine (fun fact: I’ve done all of the above)


What, then, will be?
Holding back.
Being afraid.
Making excuses.
Not taking more risks.
Waiting.


While you’re young, you should travel.


You should take the time to see the world and taste the fullness of life. It is worth whatever monetary investment or time sacrifice that is required on your part.


It’s not about being a tourist. It’s about learning the importance of experiencing true risk and adventure so that you don’t have to live in fear for the rest of your life.

2. Traveling helps you encounter compassion

In your youth, you will make choices that will define you. The disciplines you begin now will be with you for the rest of your life.


Traveling will change you like little else can. It will put you in places that will force you to care for issues that are bigger than you.


If you go to southeast Asia, you may encounter the slave trade. If eastern Europe, you may see the effects of genocide and religious persecution. If Haiti, you’ll witness the the ugly side Western paternalism.


Your heart will break.


You will begin to understand that the world is both a big and small place. You will have a newfound respect for the pain and suffering that over half of the world takes for granted on a daily basis. And you will feel more connected to your fellow human beings in a deep and lasting way.


You will learn to care.
3. Traveling allows you to get some culture


While you’re still young, you should get cultured. Get to know the world and the magnificent people that fill it.


There’s nothing quite like walking alongside the Coliseum or seeing Michelangelo’s David in person. I can describe the city of San Juan and its amazing beaches and historic sites to you, but you really have to see it for yourself to experience it. You can read all the books in the world about the Great Wall of China or The Louvre, but being there is a different story.


The world is a stunning place, full of outstanding works of art. See it.


Do this while you’re still young. Do not squander this time. You will never have it again.


You have a crucial opportunity to invest in the next season of your life now. Whatever you sow, you will eventually reap.


Please. For your sake, do this.


You won’t always be young. And life won’t always be just about you. So travel. Experience the world for all it’s worth. Become a person of culture, adventure, and compassion.
“What if I’m not young?”

Travel, anyway. It may not be easy to do, but find a way to get out of your comfort zone. It’s really never too late.

But if you haven’t gotten sucked into the routine of life yet, I implore you — travel. It will never be easier than it is right now for you to do that which really matters.

If you’re young, have you traveled yet? Have you seen what the world has to offer and how it can change you? What’s holding you back?

If you’re older, did you travel when you were young? What regrets do you have?



Visit Jeff's blog here http://goinswriter.com/travel-young/

In Dilemma....

10 days to my final examination Macroeconomics, yet I have no mood and stress to force myself to study. Everyday looking at the notes and books, but my brain start thinking something else (food, summer, sleeping, plans, games etc) OMG!!!!! Please someone give me some motivation to study.....