Mary Ann's Experience in UQ, St Lucia
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
:: Monday ::
First day of school! Left the house earlier to meet Daniel and Jolene for lunch! When Daisy and I got to school, went to look for Jolene and Daniel and he got some of his law friends together to join us for lunch as well. Daniel Law (whom we've already met at the bbq), charles (met earlier at orientation), hari and two other girls (i forgot their names). We ended up sitting at the great court eating the lunches that we've prepared. Eating out is too expensive and to save cost, we have to pack lunches everyday. :) And so i packed the sweet potato porridge that i cooked the night before. Damn Daniel had a taste of it and complained of taste deficiencies. Aye! too much salt and you'll be bald i swear!
Anyways, here are some photos from the luncheon. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time before Daisy and I headed off to lecture nearby.
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Lecture that day was alright. The lecturer was a Honkie but a good lecturer and explained well and at a comfortable pace. Appreciated it. And that was all for the day. First week of school means no tutorials. :)
:: Tuesday ::
I have no school today because I only have a three day week! Yayy! So after their lessons, the rest of them came over to my place to accompany me to study! heh. so nice right. but yeah. daniel kept saying it's not condusive and I do agree because some people tend to get distracted/distract people. hahaha. not the mention, the scorching sun that heats up my living room. But yeah, we had a good time and well, it was great company... Always has been! =) cooked dinner and then we had an emo night on the balcony man! thanks to SOMEBODY. but we all had a great heart-to-heart talk and started getting to know each other better.
:: Wednesday ::
Only one lecture today and it's at 2pm. Obviously it meant waking up later and taking my own sweet time. I got there about 5mins late for lecture and I wasn't the latest! haha. Astralyn came in later than me so i saved her a seat but it was right at the back. It was torturous during the lecture because the lecturer didn't like using the mic and it was a huge lecture theatre. Struggled to listen till one of the Aussie students complained so she had no choice but to use the mic. I swear she was being very intermittent it was a put off! Then she was fine for awhile until she started moving away from the mic again. She's so fidgetty! It's quite annoying actually. Not the greatest lecturer... But bearable. And then again, that was it for the day.
:: Thursday ::
Today is lecture day... With two lectures in a row! doosh! It was quite tiring by the end of it but I guess it was still manageable. And I kind of like the idea that I have no breaks in between lessons all the time. Lessons tend to end earlier than expected, so there's always ample time for you to get to your next class (which you still can leave the earlier class if the lecturer/tutor ends late) and definitely enough time for you to have a munch break. In between breaks I met Vanessa and David at the union centre although I almost missed them had they not called out to me. That's cos I was on the phone... Sat with them and talked while I had my lunch before heading to my next lecture.
After my lecture, I went to meet Limin at the UQ Ferry Terminal! Yay! she was visiting some friends in Brisbane and also discovering whether this place was where she'd want to go to get her degree. And soo... I had the honour of taking her around that day. We walked around the uni for a bit before heading to the bus stop to take a bus to indooroopilly shopping centre. :) caught up for a bit and well... simply enjoyed each other's company. Not to mention, some shopping as well! Then we had tea at a cafe and had cakes with cuppacino! yeah. luxurious man. haha.
Had to head back to school for the Credit Suisse information session at 5.30pm so we left at about 5.10pm. Was a bit late for the information session cos Limin wanted to take some photos in school. :) She was too paiseh to take earlier because of the number of people in school. and by 5+, there usually isn't much people left. So yeap! took some photos before i headed her in the direction of the Ferry Terminal before i left for the information session.
Attended the Credit Suisse information session and learnt more about the company and the available jobs and internships. Availability is limited and competition is stiff in this economy. But nevertheless, I might give the application a shot. If i do get it, then I will be back in Singapore at the end of the year to do a summer internship.
The session ended early and then Daisy and I headed back to our apartment to meet up with the rest of them. Heh. David, Jolene and Daisy cooked dinner that night. Yummm... And then we had a good time as usual. Yeah. I simply enjoy the times that we hang out! It simply takes our minds off troubles and emotional moments. Love you guys to bits! :)
By the way, we were supposed to go over to their place for dinner but because of the info session that Daisy and I were going to attend (it was supposed to end at 7.30pm but ended at 6.30pm) so David decided to bring the food over to our place and hung out there.
:: Friday ::
No school today! Yeahhh. TGIF! =D Asked Daniel and David to bring us grocery shopping so we went to indoorool. AND I DROVE THEIR CAR! haha. the steering a bit shit la but the car was alright for a 21yr old car! and it's 4wd so damn shiok to drift/turn. heh. when we got to indoorool, tried to find paper at Kmart but they were out of stock. And then went to find the brothers at Harvey Norman cos David wanted to buy speakers. Saw paper there but i refused to buy because they were too expensive! But well, david bought his speakers and Daniel bought a computer game (I swear guys who play games and are glued to their computers simply have no life! - it's not true that you're finding life by playing games)
Then we went to a sport shop so that jolene could buy her stuff. Was there till they closed and then went to Woolly's to get our groceries. Spent a good deal of money there but we had to restock so we didn't have much of a choice. Thank god I don't have a fussy and calculative house mate though! Right Daisy? haha. we share almost everything. Especially the things in the kitchen! So we save a great deal of money but enjoy the fooood.
After that we headed back to our apartment to cook dinner and to meet Vanessa. This time I cooked and we made it a fast dinner before we headed back to indoorool for our friday movie night! yayy! I simply love it. We were going to watch slumdog millionaire. It's really good that students only pay $6.50 for a movie ticket. awesome dawsome! :D
I must say I really enjoyed the movie and so did everyone else. Although it's an indian film, the cast was really good with their acting and the story line was just enriching. You get a mix of feelings which really makes you think and that's what a great movie is all about right? And then Daniel and I had this discussion: The movie was good and especially for Asian standards. I replied and said, "That's why they have Bollywood. US have hollywood. But Singapore has no __wood. Oh maybe have... Only Woodlands". And then we laughed it off and ended the night.
:: Saturday ::
We were supposed to go Sunnybank but then we ended up just staying home. Daisy and i woke up late that day... But we did some work (tutorials mainly) and some studying before meeting Daniel across the Eleanor Schonell Bridge to go over to their place for dinner. It was a good half an hour walk but it was the first time I'd walk across the bridge. It was breezy and a good walk. Good exercise too! Daniel already got there by the time we reached so we set off to their place! Gosh we had to drive by the cemetry to get to their place and it was rather scary.. Can't imagine those people who lived facing the cemetries. Guess they're not so afraid and superstitious as Singaporeans huh? Haha. But I swear the houses looked old, dull and dark! Like so typical...
When I got to their place, I came to learn that Jackson's father has passed on.. And I was rather affected for a moment. Only learning that something drastic had happened in his life and now he has to deal with his father's death. Him being the figure of support in his family and at only 21, having to deal with all these difficult challenges... I feel sad for him. I feel so fortunate that I have such a happy life and family. I cannot imagine losing my parents now. I'll lose my mind!
Well, we got on with cooking dinner with Vanessa and I helping Daniel cook dinner and Jolene bugging to help because she couldn't sit still. But by the time their cartoon movie was aired on TV, they scooted off while I was left preparing dinner with Daniel. Haha. and for once it's Daniel preparing dinner, not David.
Dinner was quite delicious I must say. That's cos we used the Lee Kum Kee sauce for the chicken with veggies. Haha. Cheated. But I made the grilled fish and it turned out perfect! haha. that was rather satisfying. Daniel and Jolene made the Sesame Rice which needed more flavour but it was still alright.
Sat by the TV during dinner watching the cartoon movie before we adjorned to Daniel's room to discuss about our mid-sem break's plans! YEAH! Seems like moreton bay will be our destination. So Jolene and Daniel got off looking for accommodation while Vanessa, Daisy and David were looking at photos of the island and stuff. I sat there looking at Daniel's stuff! RANSACK! haha. no la. didn't pry into his personal stuff lah. not unless he consented to it! And also got busy with Vanessa's iphone playing "Dactyl" and trying to beat her high score. :) introduced the game to her and she's been all caught up with it as well! haha. And not to mention, taking photos with the twins' SLR!
After that, we headed out to the city to Pancake Manors for supper! yummm! Although we were not that hungry, it was an experience and we enjoyed the food! haha. jolene was so tired and we managed to get her out at such an "ungodly hour" by her dictionary. haha. nevertheless, we had a great time and debating about "whether or not clubbing was a bad thing" and i guess i silenced daniel. Although he said that he just didn't want to say more. haha. it was an interesting debate I must say. And really, the night was just enjoyable la. Good laughs, good jokes, good company, great friends!
Then they drove us home...
:: Sunday ::
Although we hung out late the night before, Jolene and I (more surprisingly, me) managed to get up early enough to go for morning mass. Our first morning mass! haha. indeed the morning mass was a little more crowded but well, it was hot having to walk up the hill when the sun was up! and going home wasn't any better although it was downslope! anyways, this girl was so forgetful as to leave her house (locking her doors) without her keys! and so she was fretting and praying extra hard at mass for help! On the way to church, I called Daniel to ask for help... And to see if there was any other suggestions for solutions. They offered to come down and take a look and see what they could do. So we headed to church and attended mass while Jolene was lost in her thoughts.
Stopped by the bakery on the way back from church to get breakfast but Jolene was too caught up with her being locked out of the house that i was left to have breakfast on my own. Saw the twins' drove past and so we rushed back to meet them. Saw them by Jolene's balcony and they said there wasn't anything they could do. So they tried again and again and FINALLY! they managed to break into her house and a heavy sigh of relief she breathed. Then Daniel was off to his rock climbing session while David and Jolene came up to my place to study.
I was printing my notes and in and out of naps (woke up early for church ok! GOD FIRST). But in between the naps i managed to do my tutorials while David was studying. Then we suggested going to Sunnybanks that evening for dinner and for chinese grocery shopping. Jolene wanted to give the boys a treat for helping her get into her apartment too! :) And so I called Daniel to see if he was agreeable to it or not and he was! haha. of cos David teased him la. But it was all set! YAY! So then i was back to my books before it got too tiring and i fell asleep after David tempted me to sleep! haha. he went to lie down on the sofa to sleep so i went back into my room and knocked out!
Woke up at about 6ish and called Daniel and he was just about done with church. So waited for him to come over before we headed out to Sunnybank for dinner. Took awhile to find he place but we found it! haha. went grocery shopping first before they closed at 8.30pm although we were all very hungry already. yuen's market really had some good chinese stuff so we enjoyed ourselves shopping there and started thinking of nice chinese food to cook! hahaha. spent a good deal of moolah there too man. but all worth it!
After that it was off to a Malaysian restaurant for dinner. the food was good! but daniel was damn suay! haha. he ordered the green curry and it was so salty and didn't taste anything near to what it should taste like man. haha. but well, our portions were so huge so jolene and i shared some of our food with him. haha. and we were all so full still!
nevertheless, we had to get some dessert so we walked round the corner for dessert! it was taiwanese desserts! damn shiok! haha. and then we had many good laughs with the Mc___whatever. and the funniest was "Mc Gie Mee" haha. thanks Daniel, you make me laugh. and we all agreed we have to go back there someday. Ohhh.. and David kope-ed a spoon la. Damn naughty!
After that Daniel drove us home and that was it for the night! All set for another week of school ahead!
First day of school! Left the house earlier to meet Daniel and Jolene for lunch! When Daisy and I got to school, went to look for Jolene and Daniel and he got some of his law friends together to join us for lunch as well. Daniel Law (whom we've already met at the bbq), charles (met earlier at orientation), hari and two other girls (i forgot their names). We ended up sitting at the great court eating the lunches that we've prepared. Eating out is too expensive and to save cost, we have to pack lunches everyday. :) And so i packed the sweet potato porridge that i cooked the night before. Damn Daniel had a taste of it and complained of taste deficiencies. Aye! too much salt and you'll be bald i swear!
Anyways, here are some photos from the luncheon. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time before Daisy and I headed off to lecture nearby.
.
Lecture that day was alright. The lecturer was a Honkie but a good lecturer and explained well and at a comfortable pace. Appreciated it. And that was all for the day. First week of school means no tutorials. :)
:: Tuesday ::
I have no school today because I only have a three day week! Yayy! So after their lessons, the rest of them came over to my place to accompany me to study! heh. so nice right. but yeah. daniel kept saying it's not condusive and I do agree because some people tend to get distracted/distract people. hahaha. not the mention, the scorching sun that heats up my living room. But yeah, we had a good time and well, it was great company... Always has been! =) cooked dinner and then we had an emo night on the balcony man! thanks to SOMEBODY. but we all had a great heart-to-heart talk and started getting to know each other better.
:: Wednesday ::
Only one lecture today and it's at 2pm. Obviously it meant waking up later and taking my own sweet time. I got there about 5mins late for lecture and I wasn't the latest! haha. Astralyn came in later than me so i saved her a seat but it was right at the back. It was torturous during the lecture because the lecturer didn't like using the mic and it was a huge lecture theatre. Struggled to listen till one of the Aussie students complained so she had no choice but to use the mic. I swear she was being very intermittent it was a put off! Then she was fine for awhile until she started moving away from the mic again. She's so fidgetty! It's quite annoying actually. Not the greatest lecturer... But bearable. And then again, that was it for the day.
:: Thursday ::
Today is lecture day... With two lectures in a row! doosh! It was quite tiring by the end of it but I guess it was still manageable. And I kind of like the idea that I have no breaks in between lessons all the time. Lessons tend to end earlier than expected, so there's always ample time for you to get to your next class (which you still can leave the earlier class if the lecturer/tutor ends late) and definitely enough time for you to have a munch break. In between breaks I met Vanessa and David at the union centre although I almost missed them had they not called out to me. That's cos I was on the phone... Sat with them and talked while I had my lunch before heading to my next lecture.
After my lecture, I went to meet Limin at the UQ Ferry Terminal! Yay! she was visiting some friends in Brisbane and also discovering whether this place was where she'd want to go to get her degree. And soo... I had the honour of taking her around that day. We walked around the uni for a bit before heading to the bus stop to take a bus to indooroopilly shopping centre. :) caught up for a bit and well... simply enjoyed each other's company. Not to mention, some shopping as well! Then we had tea at a cafe and had cakes with cuppacino! yeah. luxurious man. haha.
Had to head back to school for the Credit Suisse information session at 5.30pm so we left at about 5.10pm. Was a bit late for the information session cos Limin wanted to take some photos in school. :) She was too paiseh to take earlier because of the number of people in school. and by 5+, there usually isn't much people left. So yeap! took some photos before i headed her in the direction of the Ferry Terminal before i left for the information session.
Attended the Credit Suisse information session and learnt more about the company and the available jobs and internships. Availability is limited and competition is stiff in this economy. But nevertheless, I might give the application a shot. If i do get it, then I will be back in Singapore at the end of the year to do a summer internship.
The session ended early and then Daisy and I headed back to our apartment to meet up with the rest of them. Heh. David, Jolene and Daisy cooked dinner that night. Yummm... And then we had a good time as usual. Yeah. I simply enjoy the times that we hang out! It simply takes our minds off troubles and emotional moments. Love you guys to bits! :)
By the way, we were supposed to go over to their place for dinner but because of the info session that Daisy and I were going to attend (it was supposed to end at 7.30pm but ended at 6.30pm) so David decided to bring the food over to our place and hung out there.
:: Friday ::
No school today! Yeahhh. TGIF! =D Asked Daniel and David to bring us grocery shopping so we went to indoorool. AND I DROVE THEIR CAR! haha. the steering a bit shit la but the car was alright for a 21yr old car! and it's 4wd so damn shiok to drift/turn. heh. when we got to indoorool, tried to find paper at Kmart but they were out of stock. And then went to find the brothers at Harvey Norman cos David wanted to buy speakers. Saw paper there but i refused to buy because they were too expensive! But well, david bought his speakers and Daniel bought a computer game (I swear guys who play games and are glued to their computers simply have no life! - it's not true that you're finding life by playing games)
Then we went to a sport shop so that jolene could buy her stuff. Was there till they closed and then went to Woolly's to get our groceries. Spent a good deal of money there but we had to restock so we didn't have much of a choice. Thank god I don't have a fussy and calculative house mate though! Right Daisy? haha. we share almost everything. Especially the things in the kitchen! So we save a great deal of money but enjoy the fooood.
After that we headed back to our apartment to cook dinner and to meet Vanessa. This time I cooked and we made it a fast dinner before we headed back to indoorool for our friday movie night! yayy! I simply love it. We were going to watch slumdog millionaire. It's really good that students only pay $6.50 for a movie ticket. awesome dawsome! :D
I must say I really enjoyed the movie and so did everyone else. Although it's an indian film, the cast was really good with their acting and the story line was just enriching. You get a mix of feelings which really makes you think and that's what a great movie is all about right? And then Daniel and I had this discussion: The movie was good and especially for Asian standards. I replied and said, "That's why they have Bollywood. US have hollywood. But Singapore has no __wood. Oh maybe have... Only Woodlands". And then we laughed it off and ended the night.
:: Saturday ::
We were supposed to go Sunnybank but then we ended up just staying home. Daisy and i woke up late that day... But we did some work (tutorials mainly) and some studying before meeting Daniel across the Eleanor Schonell Bridge to go over to their place for dinner. It was a good half an hour walk but it was the first time I'd walk across the bridge. It was breezy and a good walk. Good exercise too! Daniel already got there by the time we reached so we set off to their place! Gosh we had to drive by the cemetry to get to their place and it was rather scary.. Can't imagine those people who lived facing the cemetries. Guess they're not so afraid and superstitious as Singaporeans huh? Haha. But I swear the houses looked old, dull and dark! Like so typical...
When I got to their place, I came to learn that Jackson's father has passed on.. And I was rather affected for a moment. Only learning that something drastic had happened in his life and now he has to deal with his father's death. Him being the figure of support in his family and at only 21, having to deal with all these difficult challenges... I feel sad for him. I feel so fortunate that I have such a happy life and family. I cannot imagine losing my parents now. I'll lose my mind!
Well, we got on with cooking dinner with Vanessa and I helping Daniel cook dinner and Jolene bugging to help because she couldn't sit still. But by the time their cartoon movie was aired on TV, they scooted off while I was left preparing dinner with Daniel. Haha. and for once it's Daniel preparing dinner, not David.
Dinner was quite delicious I must say. That's cos we used the Lee Kum Kee sauce for the chicken with veggies. Haha. Cheated. But I made the grilled fish and it turned out perfect! haha. that was rather satisfying. Daniel and Jolene made the Sesame Rice which needed more flavour but it was still alright.
Sat by the TV during dinner watching the cartoon movie before we adjorned to Daniel's room to discuss about our mid-sem break's plans! YEAH! Seems like moreton bay will be our destination. So Jolene and Daniel got off looking for accommodation while Vanessa, Daisy and David were looking at photos of the island and stuff. I sat there looking at Daniel's stuff! RANSACK! haha. no la. didn't pry into his personal stuff lah. not unless he consented to it! And also got busy with Vanessa's iphone playing "Dactyl" and trying to beat her high score. :) introduced the game to her and she's been all caught up with it as well! haha. And not to mention, taking photos with the twins' SLR!
After that, we headed out to the city to Pancake Manors for supper! yummm! Although we were not that hungry, it was an experience and we enjoyed the food! haha. jolene was so tired and we managed to get her out at such an "ungodly hour" by her dictionary. haha. nevertheless, we had a great time and debating about "whether or not clubbing was a bad thing" and i guess i silenced daniel. Although he said that he just didn't want to say more. haha. it was an interesting debate I must say. And really, the night was just enjoyable la. Good laughs, good jokes, good company, great friends!
Then they drove us home...
:: Sunday ::
Although we hung out late the night before, Jolene and I (more surprisingly, me) managed to get up early enough to go for morning mass. Our first morning mass! haha. indeed the morning mass was a little more crowded but well, it was hot having to walk up the hill when the sun was up! and going home wasn't any better although it was downslope! anyways, this girl was so forgetful as to leave her house (locking her doors) without her keys! and so she was fretting and praying extra hard at mass for help! On the way to church, I called Daniel to ask for help... And to see if there was any other suggestions for solutions. They offered to come down and take a look and see what they could do. So we headed to church and attended mass while Jolene was lost in her thoughts.
Stopped by the bakery on the way back from church to get breakfast but Jolene was too caught up with her being locked out of the house that i was left to have breakfast on my own. Saw the twins' drove past and so we rushed back to meet them. Saw them by Jolene's balcony and they said there wasn't anything they could do. So they tried again and again and FINALLY! they managed to break into her house and a heavy sigh of relief she breathed. Then Daniel was off to his rock climbing session while David and Jolene came up to my place to study.
I was printing my notes and in and out of naps (woke up early for church ok! GOD FIRST). But in between the naps i managed to do my tutorials while David was studying. Then we suggested going to Sunnybanks that evening for dinner and for chinese grocery shopping. Jolene wanted to give the boys a treat for helping her get into her apartment too! :) And so I called Daniel to see if he was agreeable to it or not and he was! haha. of cos David teased him la. But it was all set! YAY! So then i was back to my books before it got too tiring and i fell asleep after David tempted me to sleep! haha. he went to lie down on the sofa to sleep so i went back into my room and knocked out!
Woke up at about 6ish and called Daniel and he was just about done with church. So waited for him to come over before we headed out to Sunnybank for dinner. Took awhile to find he place but we found it! haha. went grocery shopping first before they closed at 8.30pm although we were all very hungry already. yuen's market really had some good chinese stuff so we enjoyed ourselves shopping there and started thinking of nice chinese food to cook! hahaha. spent a good deal of moolah there too man. but all worth it!
After that it was off to a Malaysian restaurant for dinner. the food was good! but daniel was damn suay! haha. he ordered the green curry and it was so salty and didn't taste anything near to what it should taste like man. haha. but well, our portions were so huge so jolene and i shared some of our food with him. haha. and we were all so full still!
nevertheless, we had to get some dessert so we walked round the corner for dessert! it was taiwanese desserts! damn shiok! haha. and then we had many good laughs with the Mc___whatever. and the funniest was "Mc Gie Mee" haha. thanks Daniel, you make me laugh. and we all agreed we have to go back there someday. Ohhh.. and David kope-ed a spoon la. Damn naughty!
After that Daniel drove us home and that was it for the night! All set for another week of school ahead!