BUGGIE

la fin.

2009-09-14T01:41:00.004+09:30

reason why i started blogging.
i started off blogging at the age of 14
a time when i was once young and foolish
thinking that a blog would be the perfect 'wonderland' needed
to express my anger and frustration against my parents.
where no apologies needed to be made
nor judgement made by anyone on what i writes.

it was my darkest phase of my life.

then when blogging began to gain popularity over the years
a whole new definition of a blog was reached.
i was blogging more 'happy' post than ever
trying to be cute and what not..
with the intention to bring in more readers
gain some extra attention from friends
giving others false impression of whom i was.

it was the time that i crave for love.

these days my posts render mostly about life and experiences
it started out enjoyable and fun
but over a period of time
i realise that i was reserving parts of my feelings
my thoughts and perception.
blogging seems pointless at times
and it has become a burden to bear.

i felt handicapped.

i don't really know for sure if i'm going continue to blog anymore.
or whether if i can blog as freely as i first started off.

thus i'm putting an end to this blog.
or should i say starting out fresh somewhere else.

wat's up doc?

2009-07-16T16:36:00.006+09:30

Did you know that rabbits are native creatures to australia?

apparently, a litter of rabbits was first introduced into this land during 1880 in victoria.
they were bred as food, a delicacy that have always been a favourite to the Brits.
however, over the years these notorious rabbits have undergo population explosion which lead to the current overpopulation across the land.

in fact, they have become such a problem that farmers have consider it as a serious pest.
in other means these rabbits, may be responsible for the destruction of the many wildlife habitats and the extinction of many native plants and animals here.
rabbits often kill young trees in orchards, exposing the soil to wind, heat and rain.
erosion take places changing the quality of the soil which is not suitable for the growth of any plants.
native creature loses their source of food and dies out too.

during part of my journey to ayers rock, i've met this tour guide whose job for the past 15 years was to hunt down and kill all the rabbits and dingoes in the allocated region of his station.
for every 7th ear of the dingo/rabbit collected, he'll earn himself a bottle of beer.
oh by the way, people here drink lots.

personally, i find it really funny.
i would not normally think that these innocent little furballs could possibly cause any damage to the environment.

*picture by MimmoC 2009.

2009-07-11T20:48:00.002+09:30

Found this cute little postcard when I was on my
trip in a aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs!

Guess how many animals are there?! :D

2009-07-08T13:52:00.002+09:30

Q : Guess where and guess what?!

*Just came back from AS and planning to do some

major sleeping now. Will blog more about it later.

2009-06-28T10:56:00.004+09:30

the passing of the King of Pop
for the past 48 hours
have affected so many people in so many ways.
some people have been mourning and crying over his tragic death,
while the others went down onto the floor and started
to dance and cheer for the end of his sufferings.

His songs have break through so many barriers between people
in the hope to reduce the act of discriminating
and to pursue fair treatment and fair rights for all.
Nonetheless, he had also brought so much joy and entertainment
to this world
through his music.

we will always love you MJ.

2009-06-06T17:42:00.001+09:30

I know it's annoying to find no updates for the past 16 days.
but pls bare with me coz i'll be back shortly
in a month time.

beans

2009-05-19T23:59:00.005+09:30

randomly came across this comic.

and found it really cute.

with a hint of humour.

ferocious little beast

2009-05-10T18:09:00.003+09:30

yeah.. i'm finally done with 2 of the assignments
(phew... sweeping off my big drops of sweat)
which tally up to 38 pages of it. (how cool is that.. heehee.)

anyway, look at what we have found in our garden that we've barely lay our footprints upon?!
it is this cute little guardian pup which've been sitting in our garden for the whole year and we didn't even notice.

when i went up to the net to google about it
i found out that this little ferocious pup's name is Shisa
and it was suppose to come in a pair.
One with a closed mouth, and the other one with an open mouth.
Shisa are believed to protect and ward off various evils.
The one with an open mouth was believed to ward off evil spirits,
and the one with a closed mouth is to keep the good spirits.

now.. it makes me wonder what happen to the other Shisa in our garden.

duck duckie

2009-05-01T21:52:00.006+09:30

Hello people!

i'm back from my little road trip to melbourne.. weeheehee!
it was fantastic even though i've not finish much work during the holidays.

in order to keep you people in suspense,
(nah, it was just an excuse as i'm too busy with my work atm)
so i thought that i would blog about my road trip (or sort of like a mini bus trip) a bit later and blog about what we did before the trip.

things that you definitely need to do if you are here in Flinders.
when the weather is not too hot, the sun is shining and before the ducks are all gone during winter is...
..
.
to feed them.

due to it's strategic location of the university and the lake up on the hill
it sort of attracts and houses these little fluffy quack quacks.
in my own view, it has somehow gives our university an extra edge compared to others.
just to point out the importance of ducks to our university, they even have a cafe named after ducks - Blue duck cafe.

and Yes!
you are right,
the ducks here are all not yellow in colour,
not like the yellow ugly ducklings that we have once imagined when we were young.
their feathers was somehow like a shiny blue and it comes in a few shades like a peacock.
anyway i couldn't really emphasis how much fun it was to feed the ducks unless you've tried it.

2009-04-27T14:38:00.000+09:30

chicky choc

2009-04-17T16:21:00.000+09:30

Just a little quick post before i'm gone for the week.
Easter and mid-term holiday have proved to be a good break
for me.
to finally do a load of good washing,
to go to a mall and not worry about time,
to have unfamiliar people over for brunch on good friday morning
to make pizza and hot cross bun pudding with close friends for easter.

I wonder how did others spend their easter?

tick tock tick tock.

2009-04-14T16:05:00.006+09:30

as usual
there's so many assignments to finish
so much readings to do
so many friends to catch up with
so many lectures missed
so many things that i would love to blog about
and so many things that i want to tell the world.

i always ponder
why 'time' is always so far ahead of us?
leaving us chasing breathlessly from behind
leaving us not even a split moment for rest.

i get really frustrated
and angry sometimes.
not with people,
not about arguements
or mistakes made.
but it is 'time' that drives me crazy.

inchy winchy spider..

2009-04-04T00:06:00.004+10:30

'Inchy Winchy spider climb up the water spout,
down came the rain
and wash the spider out.'

when was the last time you sang a nursery rhyme?
and when was the last time you were laughing like a child?

the other day
when i was in chinatown with lisa and sushi,
i bought an tea leaf egg.
it reminded me of my childhood. how my dad always buy one for me everytime we see one.
it reminded me of spiders. how i used to hum to the tune of 'inchy winchy spider..' wherever i go.
it reminded me of how little things in life
can make us happy.

'So out came the sun and dried up all the rain
and inchy winchy spider went up the spout again.'

a little you and me exercise.

2009-03-30T21:53:00.008+10:30

something in university that made me happy.
made me smile.
made me laugh.

the setup for my psyc tute today was weird,
tables and chairs were arranged into a big circle.
everyone was given 15 little pieces of white paper
and a piece of colour paper for us to scribble our name down.
we were told to write down the first impression and thoughts about every single person in our class.

at the end of the exercise, we have to deliver each of them
HAND TO HAND.
my classmates were all gigling off while doing it.
actually it was pretty funny
as none of us had introduce ourself properly in class before.
since the past 4 weeks.

*the notes were all so cute and funny!

melb.

2009-03-25T22:52:00.012+10:30

argh... Uni.

all i can hear are only lectures,
speak only about assignments,
and see only stacks of readings that i have to do before my april holiday...

furtheremore, my guts are telling me that picking up Indonesian Musical Cultures and Identities as an extra topic, getting involved with Adelaide Festival Centre committee, joining the freaking gym and the thought of being selected as the Green Step training program were all a total mistake.

haih..

HOWEVER, i'm still determine to get through this semester with flying colours
and i'm gonna take things with a positive and open mind from now onwards (man.. that's gonna be difficult).

Anyway i thought that probably blogging out pictures from my previous trip to Melbourne would cheer me up a little.

So, here are the pictures!

Intersection of Flinders and Swanston street.

Tse Han, who was super kind to keep me poor little thing for 2 days.

Dinner at TGI Fridays with

from left Kei Wan, Kelly, Michelle, me, Ruey Wen, Sue Gie and Sui Hui

my best buddie.

By the way, i've been up to no good for the past few weeks since returning from Malaysia.
i've booked a 3days 2 nights trip from Adelaide to Melbourne in a mini bus. (ngeheheh..)

hahndorf

2009-03-18T22:54:00.010+10:30

Thank you for housemates. For cooking up daily lame jokes.
For knocking on my door when i was late for class.
For being there for me.

Thank you for course mates. For being as silly as me.
For making fun at each other.
For times we've spent together.

Thank you for sunshine and the scent of fresh mown grass.
For a day out. For picnics.
For the red ruby treasures hidden under the leafy green patches.
Thank you for strawberries.
For jams and mustards.

Thank you for a pot of (reachable) gold at the end of every rainbow.
Thank you for iced coffee and iced chocolate on a long hot sunny day walk.

Thank you for public transport. For buses.
For places that it brings us to.
For places that we have not laid footsteps upon.
Of all thank you for bus driver.
For following traffic legislation.
For being slow yet cautious.
Thank you for a long and save journey.

thank you for friendship.

strawberry short crust.

2009-03-11T22:22:00.008+10:30

*take care! (me)

*you too.. (mummy)

do you still remember how does the feeling of satisfaction feels like?
and when was the last time that you feel satisfied?

satisfaction to me is like eating strawberry cheesecake
when you are craving for it for as long as you can remember to the point that you are willing to kill for it.

and it's like reading the last chapter of a thriller/mystery book only to found out that the actual murderer was the one you have long suspected.

above is a short sms conversation between me and my mum before she left for her 3 months retreat this evening. and this is how i feel about the relationship between both of us up until this present moment.

*ps: mum, i'll miss talking to you for the next 3 months.

. . .

2009-03-08T00:01:00.000+10:30

Hello from way down under.

It's me, Hazel!
The long flight on mon/tuesday from Malaysia to Melbourne and the next flight from Melbourne to Adelaide has been rather rough for me.
However, i've managed to make my way back to my house in Adelaide safely.

University have just started a few days ago yet my assignments and readings have piled up on my table top (which marks the start of my new challenge in this very new year).
Eventhough life have since been hectic and busy however i would never abandon my little nut blog heeheh... :D

love ya.
miss ya.

hazelnutz.

2009-03-07T12:41:00.005+10:30

i'm back to this very land.
Australia.

back to the speed of light internet connection,
and it sort of explains why i haven't been blogging for that long.
well, maxis broadband sucks and customer services officer was given me all sorts of crappie excuses..

this is going to be a really short post
my little friend have just force me to bring this sand art (with a story behind it) with me to Australia
It's amazing that i was allowed to pass without any immigration officers scanning or checking my bag!
yeepee... none of my things were consficate.my tea leaves, herbs and my pirated cd with all the cracks for games (ehe.. it's my only entertainment here).

wishbone

2009-02-16T23:14:00.003+10:30

ancient romans first came up with this luck-building tradition

and it has become a friendly competition at thanksgiving table across the United State.

2 people will have to lock their little fingers

around the wishbone which is the collar bone

and try to break off the longest piece

to gain good fortune.

2009-02-07T23:24:00.006+10:30

I was feeling quite homesick and lonely somewhere during the mid of last autumn.
Then when i was walking down rundle street one afternoon alone, a little shop lot struck me suddenly.
It was a small vintage clothing store which gave a strong feeling.
A feeling of happiness.
The designer's passion dedicated to fashion
and her creative pieces have inspired me in many ways.
I'm seeking for inspiration and the strength to continue to be motivated at all times.

"Make a practice of looking for the best in people and situations. You'll find that simple approach induces optimism" - paul wilson

golden fruit

2009-01-23T20:20:00.002+10:30

Chain mails warning people not to consumed any mandarins during this season due to the invasion of thread-looking white worms have befallen into the hands of the dark-evil-witch-of-pj-ss2 (also known as my mum).

"no more mandarin oranges for you this year.", she said decisively.

the lack of its presence in the house have made the WHOLE NEW YEAR *wordings sparkling in red and orange slightly dull.

i always think that the little bright colour fruit with its evergreen leaf that comes in a classic medium size wooden box never fails to give a little kick to the festive feeling and a little spark to the festive decorations in the house.

and now i miss it so much.

as my mum always say

" one will never learn how to appreciate until something is lost"

my identity.

2009-01-15T17:04:00.003+10:30

i woke up yesterday
to see
the hot glaring sun clinging tightly onto the pale blue summer's afternoon sky,
from my bedroom window.
i want to venture out
it was the best day to.

i woke up today
to find
the little glow-in-the-dark stars
that i've once attach on to every corner of my wall with adhesive tape loose.

i'm back home
breathing the humid and contaminated air again
bitten by every blood sucking mosquitoes 10 meters anywhere near a human
and now surfing on the internet with the speed of a racing tortoise.

yet i'm glad
the same old routine how every one's morning starts
the same old tune everyone hum beneath their breath.

and it feels wonderful to be always
inspired and motivated by these people.

aku anak malaysia.

.

2009-01-01T22:36:00.008+10:30

DARN!

i've so many things that i still want to do,

and i'm so not prepared for the year to end yet!

however i'm thrill at the same time

as the new year, 2009 had just begun.

things that i've long planned for this adventurous year can finally be put in to action.

Au revoir 2008.

it's been long and sweet.

2008-12-29T23:55:00.004+10:30

I splurged and I cried.

I splurged.
i spent exactly $145.99 for the past 2days.
only for myself.
i’m a bad Bad BAD girl.
all the After-Christmas Sales have proved to be a big No No for me anymore.

I cried.
i don’t mean cry cry on the money that I have spent on shopping.
in fact, I enjoyed it very much and i was really satisfied with all the purchases made.
i cried for Benjamin Buttons, for a sad story in the cinema which I have paid 10 dollars for.

It was money well spent.

fluttering.

2008-12-24T21:51:00.003+10:30

All the excitement and celebration of the festive Christmas had finally hit me. I am on my way back home in a bus after having a last minute shopping in the city. I am so late. I am so gonna screw up tonight’s Christmas Eve dinner with my housemates and a visitor from Korea.

Foreseen that they would be closed for the next 2-7 days, most of the fresh fruits and vegetables merchants in the market have reduced the price of their produces to as greatly as possible. And my biggest finding of the day: a big basket of fresh juicy peaches at the price of $3. muwhahahaha… *to my fellow housemates : you ppl will have to survive on my peaches for the next 2 days.. yehehehe.. XD

Early during the day just before my shopping spree started, I was working in one of the busiest restaurant located at Chinatown. It was such a surprise that we had made such good business today. Approximately 20 roasted duck were sold to Caucasians early in the morning. I guess many people have improvised to use roasted duck instead of roasted turkey or chicken for their big feast tonight. Talking about the big feast tonight, I had forbid myself from having any food since early morning. Well, I have achieved my goal. My stomach is grumbling louder and louder by every minute.

The dish that I was suppose to make was first pasta, then burritos, change my mind to tacos, and again Chinese fried rice, finally decided on Peking duck roll. fickle minded hei. I have bought half a roasted duck (deboned) and Chinese thin pancake, ‘Popiah’ for my special roll which is really easy to make! and a German cheesecake as desert. While Mona is making Cannelloni and buying wildberry cheesecake, Sally's going to prepare Tapoyaki. Hope that all will turn out well later.

Vegetable sticks for my super special duck roll!

dance with me.

2008-12-20T22:00:00.006+10:30

Quick Quick slow.
Quick Quick slow.

Life always follows the inclination of quick quick slow, quick quick slow.
happiest moments always drift pass quickly,
while unhappy moments always flow pass slowly
and it always seems like a life long period of time.

I want to savor this moment,
this very present,
happy moment,
with my friends,
and a little blessing from our mother nature.

Lisa and Carolina (well prepared : brought donuts and wine)

moonlight cinema at the botanic garden of Adelaide.

http://www.moonlight.com.au/

Dust.

2008-12-15T00:33:00.003+10:30

i bit my tongue.
and I have been grinding my teeth a lot in my sleep lately.
they told me that I’m in stress.
but I’m not.

Now that I came to realize that it was because of the feeling that I have towards going home,
a feeling of FEAR.
fear that people might think of me differently,
fear that the relationship that I initiate again will leave me heartbroken in the end,
fear that I’m might not reach the expectancy to the eye of certain people,
fear that I might lose control over my life and being locked up within the 4 walls again,
and fear that hatred would arise within me again.

i dreaded to return.

2008-12-11T13:10:00.009+10:30

Today, I have decided to blog about my one year old baby.

didn't you notice that I was pregnent before I left Malaysia?

that is because I've kept it as a long-dark secret that no body knows!

Nah.. I was just joking.

I remember clearly last year after I have graduated from A-levels, I took the initiative to look for jobs in order to save up some extra cash. I have worked for a whole long 6 months. Working until as late as 1am everynight as a waitress. Working long hours as a casual in a student counselling office and a hardcore promoter marketing a profusion of proucts in various shopping centres. All for the sake of my little baby bright green laptopie!

One night, it finally came. I was jumping on my feet. hehe.. Well, I would say that it was not easy in order to save up that much money to buy it because I would have always spent those money even before I step into the bank to save it. :D

My precious...

Since obtaining my award after all the blood, sweat and tears that I have put in. *probably not the tears! hehe... My baby have accompany through all the barriers in my academic of brain torturing assignments and redundant online quizes. Not to mention that it had also accompanied me through time when I was bored (hehe.. I spent approximately 9 hours a day in fornt of my laptopie playing games and watching movie). Lastly, I have gone back to the days that I used to blog again.

Okie, the post from now onwards will be a secret that I'm gonna share.

Approximately 2 months after returning to the world of blogging, I tremble upon this secret community known as Nuffnang and have since been a silent reader of many fellow Nuffnanger. Not only have I made friends through this ring of community, I have also gained insight of the life of my friends all around the world! *thus, I do not fell so lonely! Furthermore, the biggest secret of all is that it is one of the easiest way to earn some extra pocket and it is as simple as placing the ad in my blog!

Nuffnang is now looking for all Australian bloggers of all ages, genders, shapes and sizes to join the community! All you have to do is go to the following link http://nuffnang.com.au/ and sign up to be officially a Nuffnanger.

At the same time, since christmas is coming, I have sort of look into a few cool presents and found this

Dell™ Inspiron™ Mini 9

It's so tiny winy that I could finally bring it to uni for lectures and not worry about it from falling from the stupid small tables that we always get.

I can carry it in my handbag for all my long trips in Adelaide.
And not forgetting that I could sneak it into the toilet to go online, chatting off with my friends when my parents forbit me to.

In addition, my baby laptopie is lonely, it needs a sibling to play with it...

So Mummy, Daddy, if both of you are reading this. *hint, look no further for any other Chrismas gift hor..

Hohoho...

Adelaide Guitar Festival.

2008-12-03T20:13:00.010+10:30

The ticking clock on the wall of the big white examination hall has finally stopped.
Ahah.. it marks the end of my freshman year in Flinders. Yeah! Now that I’ve regained control over my life, I am trying to pack my tight schedules with as much work, trips and fun as possible.

Saturday – Adelaide Guitar Festival, the attempt to break The Guinness World Record by forming the biggest guitar band failed. All guitarists who attended are required to play the song ‘It’s a long way to the top’ – AC/DC at the same time. In order to break the record set down by Germans, we needed at least 1803 people to register at our counter as guitarist. However, we were short of approximately 300 people that night (or that’s what they say).

Nonetheless, more than 1500 guitarist, bands, friends and people of all ages turned up. The crowd was fantastic and it was way above the amount of people I expected to see. People were cheering and we even enjoyed an after concert featuring The Party Boys and GT-stringer. It was a fun experience with the rest of the International Student committee albeit a few drunkies came after Cricket Day to try and make a chaos out of the event.

The grand stage in Elder Park

You might not see this clearly,

but everyone were holding up their guitars in the air

Don't ask us why we were in green hats.

(It's part of the attraction to bring ppl in)

We particularly wanted to take a picture with

this pretty red lady with wings and carrying a pink guitar

2008-11-26T18:02:00.008+10:30

Hey people! Guess what, we are trying to break the Guiness World Records this Saturday.

All you have to do is bring along your guitar or a friend and just come and join us. It's alright if you can't play a guitar because there will be an FREE concert after the attempt at Elder Park, Adelaide 7pm.

So?! What's the holdup? Register now at BASS 131246 to be in the running of winning a prize too.
Details are as follow.

Ambiguous.

2008-11-23T01:06:00.005+10:30

Well, there is no right or wrong answer to my previous post.

It all depends on the perception of different individuals.

It's so wonderful that such simple experiment have proved that there are many issues and questions may always remain unresolved as it would be perceived as right to some people or wrong to the others.

damn... now it makes it even difficult for me to make important decisions in life. such as deciding which cafe to go for a chocolate drink (most of the time, all of it taste the same to me) or what colour should I wear to go with my water bottle.. swt ><"

I wonder if everyone have the same problem as I had.

But I would worried sick for you if you can't identify the pictures below correctly! :P

2008-11-19T21:59:00.003+10:30

A rabbit.

No, it's obviously a duck.

What do u see?

glimmers.

2008-11-15T01:14:00.000+10:30

The cozy sun light shining in through my windows that used to wake me up from bed have turned vigorously hot recently. It has indicated that the summer holiday is drawing dreadfully close and the only year being as a freshman in university is ending really soon.

On my way up to the university drive during that perfect morning, the sun ray was hitting hard on my skin. It was irritable and it feels unpleasent. Adding to the fact that many fat little bugs and flies have decided to come out from hibernation and start tailing and rounding human beings at any given opportunity. However, it did not spoil my day.

A thought struck me suddenly.

Thinking back of the hot weather back in Malaysia, it often makes me wonder how did Asians manage to survive from the heat all this time. I've forgotten how hot it can always get back to the time where I used to travel in buses with no air-conditioner for hours and hours everyday. It has been 9 months since being away from home.

i miss home

Guess how many times I have moved within this 9 months?
Answer : FOUR times.
Well, it may sound not worthwhile worrying about it but think of all the time spent moving and all the fuss of packing, unpacking and repacking that you need to do. After being in houses with conditions that irritates the hack out of me, I have finally settle into a house that suits me best. yeah!

I have been living in this house for the 4th month now and enjoy staying here with the all the freaks. :P b'coz i'm a freak tooThe house of freak consists of
Carolina, weird yet bubbly Mexican surfer
Judith, the German clean freak
Sally, typical Korean who cooks very well
Elysia, from Malaysia speaks a lot of nutrition
Mona, generous Persian girl from Cairns

Marie, our landlady with all the freaks in the house.

Very little brain.

2008-11-10T12:40:00.000+10:30

Looking over to the corner of my room where books and notes were stacked up in one big pile, I only realised that I should really start my revision NOW. A mountain of work.And yes, that's exactly how much work I should do over the next two weeks before my finals.

One week ago, I have decided to pick up my psychology book first, one of hardest topic for me ><", and start working on it. Recalling what my lecturer said that most celebrated cartoon characters for the past few decades suffers from certain psychological disorder, I don't belief it. Not until yesterday that to my horror, I found out that it was all true as their personality and behaviour fits perfectly with the symtoms of those disorders. Argh... they have killed the magic in the innocent world

After doing some research on the net, I found this.

Pooh, a bear of very little brain created by well-known A.A. Milne suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). His inability to think of better ways to get honey other than disguishing himself as a rain cloud showed that he has some learning problems. Judging on his repetitive counting behaviour and how obssese he was with honey which led to his significant obesity, that unfortunate bear also suffers from Obssesive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Some researchers concluded that his cognitive impairment could be attributed to how Christopher had always dragged him downstairs, bumping his head against every step.

BUMP, Bump, bump...

Piglet suffers from Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

Tigger suffers from a certain mood disorder known as Bipolar Disorder.

Eeyoo on the hand suffers from Depression, obviously.

And Rabbit has OCD too...

BUMP, Bump, bump...

The forest no longer is a place of enchanment rather a place of disenchanment where neuro-developmental problems and psycho-social problems goes untreated (Shea & et al, 2000).

The bottom line is that they have killed the magic in the innocent world that I have always imagined.

Reference

Dr. Sarah E. Shea, Pathology in the hundred acre wood: A neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne, Developmental Clinic, IWK Grace Health Centre, 5850 University Ave., Halifax, adapted from http://stoli990.tripod.com/pooh.html on 10/11/2008.

Butter vs margerine.

2008-11-07T01:24:00.000+10:30

To my dearest housemate, Elysia, I say sorry! ><" sounded like Rudd...

Anyway I'm writing this similar post with Elysia's after being inspired by one of lectures I've attended a few days ago on organic chem.

I bet many have heard of the hot debate "Which is a healthier choice? Butter or Margarine." Well, after reviewing a number of articles from reliable sources, I would say neither is good for us, as both butter and margarine are loaded with saturated fat and trans fatty acid (the not so good stuff for our body).

Fact * Trans fat increase blood cholesterol and lowers the high density-lipoprotein which is the "good" cholesterol in our body - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/butter-vs-margarine/AN00835.

Butter is made from natural dairy product, fresh cow's milk. For the past few decades, it has been recognised as a main contributor to many diseases such as heart disease. Nonetheless, a small amount of it can extinguish the feeling of hunger and it provides double amount of energy compared to carbohydrate; which I find it to be still an important accomodity as a source of energy for people in poor and developing countries.

Margarine on the other hand is form from vegetable oil through a reaction called halogenation. The natural state of vegetable oil is in the form of liquid and it undergoes this solidification process in order to form a consistency that is suitable for bread spread and other cooking purposes. Even though it contain much less cholesterol compared to butter, there is a flaw to margarine.. it contains colouring! wth. Believe it or not, the natural colour for margarine is white. Manufacturers have added the colour to make it look more appetizing.

Despite the facts mentioned, I have not plan on giving up my tub of margarine or my big slab of butter that is sitting in my fridge yet. I would still stubbornly prefer to have butter in my cakes and margarine on my bread.

At the end of the day, we should enjoy these foods as long as we are taking it in MODERATION amount. I would advice people to look for margarine with the least trans fat/saturated fat and contained plant sterols which have cholesterol lowering properties. Learn to read food labels to compare between other different brands!

2008-11-03T11:41:00.000+10:30

"My car tyres are 18 inches."

The first reaction that me and Elysia gave when she came running into the house and knocking on both of our doors was " So? ". She did not speak a single word and lead us to the living room. The living room during that silent evening was peaceful. With no warning or what soever, it just burst into laughters. Both of us were shocked to see that the vegeterian pizza that Mona had order earlier for pickup was the size of her car tyres!

Rundle mall Outing

2008-10-31T16:19:00.000+10:30

It was the first lovely morning of Spring! Finally, it was the time of the year for us to rumage through our closet filled with winter jackets and boots for our shorts and T-shirts. Me and Elysia, my housemate took a trip to the city in the sunny afternoon! Guess what I spotted in one of the small alley on Rundle Mall? It was a small little shop filled with a variety shape and sizes of curdly bears. There was even a little small basket at the corner of the shop with unwanted bears saying "Please ADOPT ME!". ><" it's so CUTE!

2008-10-31T15:55:00.001+10:30

Adelaide Festival Centre

2008-09-30T17:21:00.000+09:30

Yeah! lucky me!!! Thanx to Leanne Cotter, I have received 2 free tickets to watch a chinese theatre in the Adelaide Festival Centre!

The featuring theatre of that month was Shaolin in the wind! The touching story was about a couple

I I have been looking forward to go there since the beggining of the year. In my opinion, it is the place where actors and actresses could express their inner thought and feelings through their performance.

Time

2008-08-11T01:48:00.000+09:30

How we wish we could turn back time,
And make it yesterday.
To correct all our mistakes,
To take steps that we didn’t,
To make things different.
I want
But I couldn’t.

Time flies,
Time waits for no man,
We need more time to recover
Time to grow up,
Time to let go,
Time to change and
Time to stand up
Time.

2008-07-29T16:04:00.002+09:30

It was a guilty trip back to Adelaide from Melbourne as

I have not inform my parents where I was going...

and speding more than 700 dollars *their money.. heheh... on shopping

Melbourne trip was fun!

All thanx to dear Tse Han who carefully planed ahead of everything

and have tried to cram all the interesting spots to vist into my 2day stay at his place!

Never satisfied.

2008-07-13T19:59:00.002+09:30

How do I own a rainbow?

How do I hug summer's wind?

What if I fell in love with your smile,

How should I own it?

How should I keep it?

I can't stop thinking about you all the time

When will your voice fade away in my mind?

I miss u...

Dear friend

2008-07-12T13:12:00.002+09:30

I knew that you will become someone like this one day since the day I cry for you...
and I didn't know that day was coming so soon...

I hope that you are reading this,
some of your actions and behaviour have been somehow unreasonable and made everyone worried sick about it...
I could understand that you want to develop a very good relationship with God and I'm not saying that it's not good.
It is just that you are trying so hard to cope with everything, and nothing goes in the way you expect it to be.

Most of the things in life to my view right now that you should give more priority on were neglected.
I suppose your parents will have the same thought as mine, that we still want you to put your best effort on studies.
And I know that you want to maitain the relationship with your family members, your parents might never understand the situation that you are in right now.

The burden that you are carrying is killing you and your life.
Your physical and mental condition is pulling you down from doing a lot of great things.

You were a different person to me
since the moment you have a different perception to brain or beauty.
You might think that it's silly however that simple little question have changed the way I view you.

You have grow more spiritually,
I'm not trying to judge you or anyone,
but I hope that you could think about it and try to take a step down.
Despite all this, I will always be here to support all your decissions.

Your sincerely,
EeLing

Arghhh......

2008-05-07T11:31:00.002+09:30

Arghh..........

annoying housemates..... argh....

I can't be bother how you feel right now...

Get lost... Go AWAY!

HATE YOU!

DON'T give me any of ur EVIL NEGATIVE ENERGY!

Farewell to Chi Young!

2008-04-17T15:17:00.002+09:30

The other day Chi Young left our house, it was so sad that she has to leave. I have lots of fun staying with her. We were almost in tears when she left. *sob sob! However I'm really happy for her because she found a very nice place to stay. That night, we celebrated in her new house.

In order to learn how to make sushi, we attended her Japanese cooking class!

Erhm... this is chicken with erhmm... can't remember... but it's really delicious!

Ingredients to make Japanese humongous pancake!

Haha... 3 of us beginners made this! Believe it or not! Salad prawn sushi!
Thanx to our teacher!

Super delicious HOT JAPANESE pancake which taste similar to taco!

Haha... it was one of the most comfortable nights since i have been here.
We sat, eat and chat for whole long 5 hours!
We will miss u a lot!

Updates!

2008-03-31T10:37:00.002+10:30

Sorry for not updating lately, really bz with my assignments..

Be right back in a week time!
CHEERS!

Passionate but sicked of PSYC1104!

2008-03-19T17:22:00.002+10:30

Trying not to make any complains about this topic! *coz basically i don't want to regret on choosing this as an elective

Hahah.. anyway, I have never thought that i would take up such ridiculous topic in my lifetime! Seriously... i still don't understand why i have put PSYCHOLOGY down into my enrolment list and marked with a "*", which basically means IMPORTANT. *furthermore, before this I can't even spell psychology correctly.First day in lecture was odd, the lecture hall is HUGE and packed with lots of student, *they just swam out from no where! and none of them i know who's not born and breed here in Adelaide. It was kinda scary, being such a odd ball in class, especially being a student with black hair which stands out so much... *aih... paiseh'nya!

However, to my surprise, I fell for the topic. Psychology is really interesting and amazing by how you can predicted someone behaviour and mind. And often predictions made were pretty much accurate! From there I could see how we can apply knowledge from these topic to various field in our everyday life, such as issues related to family, education, work, treatment... etc (even training little animals to do unnatural routines) AMAZING!

As a matter of fact, I have been doing lots of reading and prep before class... it's exhausting! I have been up until early morning for the past few days just for the prep! To make matters worse, i just realise that i have to hand in my assignments in a few more weeks time... *oh gosh i haven't even prepare or read up any external information about my assignment, and I'm so going to flung this paper... but I hope not!

This few days, my roommate have been really stressful too, she has to attend a clinical placement at the emergency ward in Adelaide Hospital tomorrow, and this is her first time! She just have stay up late at night too, and I can see how nervous she is!

That night, she COOKED me supper!
To be honest, this is the best comfort food i had since arriving Adelaide!

*Shrimp and Leek Fried Rice (Japanese style) LOVE IT!

All thanx to Chi Young!

*don't let her looks deceived you, she's a really GOOD drinker!

CATCHA!

2008-03-13T23:48:00.002+10:30

Caught it today with a Giant glass from the kitchen! sorry guys... hope that no one uses that glass! *but if u do... i have washed and scrubed it thouroughly!>.<

My room mate told me this morning that she didn't have a single knowledge about spiders... she told me it wasn't poisonous just to make me sleep.... swt!

Encounter with my FIRST spider!

2008-03-12T23:10:00.002+10:30

Hahah... u guys will be shock if i tell u this! I'm so HAPPY to see the first spider on my bed, next to my pillow after blogging last night... after loooong learning about spiders in South Australia were HUGE!

Took a picture of it and then I woke my Japanese room mate in the middle of the night... we tried to catch it but failed. It was hidding at the corner of my bed where it can't be reach... *smart fella!

But i still decided to sleep with it on my bed coz i'm tired... zzzzzz... FULLSTOP! * my room mate told me that it's not poisonous.... Nightie!

Making new buddies!

2008-03-12T00:22:00.002+10:30

Well... I miss those days espeacially shopping for clothes in 1U with my best buddy RUEY WEN, eventough we have really different taste in fasion. However, at least we are not going to catfight over the same piece of clothing... heheh...

The very first thing when i arrived at my current house is go for grocery shopping... (don't blame gurls from doing it) and I enjoy it lol...

After meeting up new people and making some new friends from the Orientation week, I proposed that spending time together on buying stuff will be the best excuses to kill time! *evil grin... heheh...

NO LA! (malaysian slang) That's not what I really meant!

I have been going for grocery shopping almost every weekend with Evelynn (the gurl who pokes!)... and we brought our new friend along who's doing the same course as I'm, Jacyn (a bruneian.. hey new word to my dictionary!). Oh... and I caught a pic of them in central market buying vege (luv them)! erhm... the one on the left behind the stall... yah she's the shopkeeper, nice lady, selling vege at a reasonable price in central market... sorry about that... back into our topic, the middle one is Evelynn and Jacyn at the side.

Both of them are lovely and friendly, furthermore we share many things in common (coz sitting in the same boat mah!), I'm just glad that we meet each other. Thanx gurls!

I'm going to make this short coz i'm so tired I'm going to sleep now...
OMG/ wo the tian! it's one o'clock liao.... tmr still have lecture early in the morning le!

ELing signing off!
Cheers*

haha.... about the pearl bubble tea... we juz discovered it next to the central market

cute bartenders serving!

A better view of Adelaide City!

2008-03-04T20:16:00.002+10:30

King William's street! it's a very old but beautiful building in the city

(one of the main attractions as its bell rings every 15minutes)

Guess what?! it's a Post office!

Victoria square
( City centre )

Spot the tram....

This lady here is performing a Human Carousel! Randell mall, one of the place with

all sorts of street performance during the weekends!

hahaha.... found a place to shop for all kinds of ASEAN food!
More variety than what I used to have in Malaysia!
TONG YAN KAI aka TANG REN JIE!

Giant watermelons found in Central Market.

Central market is just located next to the China town, so it's really convenient

for me to get really cheap, fresh vege and fruits

Meat anyone?!

2008-03-02T00:19:00.002+10:30

I went to the central market the other day with the ISSU ( International student service unit ) for a tour in the city, and i found this shop in the middle of no where.

Shock for my life!!! I used to thought that kangaroos are endangered animals in Aus.

Well I'm obviously wrong... and u guys wouldn't probably wants to see what's in the shop..

Miseries...

2008-02-25T19:54:00.002+10:30

It's been a really busy week for me in Adelaide... for u guys who doesn't know.. ( i arrived on the 17th ). My classes won't be starting in another 7 days time, so I'm doing some readings and attending some classes on academic integrity, plagiarism, critical thinking and all sorts.

Oh gosh... Plagiarism.... this is something that I'm not familiar at all ( i have never even heard about it before ), and the lecturers are really... i mean REALLY REALLY particular about...
Honestly, it worries me a lot... because since young i was taught just to summarize some articles and journals ( most of the time copying down main points and changing a few words ) and i bet most of us, Malaysian were taught that way too... Now in Uni, they expect us to put other peoples idea into our own words... It's HARD!

Skipping the saddest part of the story, I'm trying really HARD to learn how to be independent! I used to see myself as a very YOUNG, SMART (heheh... sorry! :P ) and INDEPENDENT lady! Well... just after i arrived at the airport in Adelaide... i PANIC coz no one from my uni came to pick me up... (oh gosh how could i...) To make matter worse... it's a SUNDAY! no one is working on a SUNDAY! *sob sob... AM I A BABY? WHY AM I SO LOST?!

I took a cab to my landlord's house, and he is rushing off to some other places, i didn't even had much time to talk to him about my room... and he's GONE! I SUCKED IN LIFE! aiyoh.... tough tough situation for me.. Luckily, a very helpful housemate drop me at the nearest shopping centre, Marion shopping centre ( the largest shopping mall in South Australia ) wakakaka.... :D!

At the end of the day, i got myself with lots of bags of groceries.... and i took a bus home.
Well.... that's not it yet! i broke my bottle of balsamic vinegar on my way walking back... WHY AM I SO CARELESS?! the plastic bag just tore off.... the plastic bags here in Adelaide aren't so rigid as Malaysia's. Aih... i should have realised it earlier..

Not to mention about my room... it's in a mess when i got there... it's dirty and it's not what i was expecting... After 1 week of cleaning, it's now in a neat and clean condition! heheh... i really love it now!

WELL! from now onwards I'm going to bring my own shopping bag out! (heheh... save our environment mah...) And all this will not stop me from seeing myself as a SUCCESFUL, SMART and INDEPENDENT YOUNG lady! heheh...

Oh yah! this is MY room!

A picture paints a thounsand words!

2008-02-21T23:24:00.002+10:30

2/2, the trip with 10 invinsible primary frenz!

Frenz, next time pls dun FFK! look at how pityful v r!

Who said that ice cream won't melt in Genting?!

Adrian, the darling!

31/1, the bunch of people i would love to 'BOX'!

Hey, don't look at our soft side... v can be really tough!

Back to basic again, it's study time again! Uni, watch out! here we come!

Dedication to Sushi : I MISS U!

8/2 morning, the naughty angel, hoping bunny and the puss in boots!

V will be meeting each other SOON!

Messy room ya! ( ->points finger to Emily)

well one will be in canberra, melbourne and the other in UK soon...

Globalisation I would call IT!

12/2 night , the puppy gal

My last cup of EARL GREY bubble tea with Yoke Onn aka Gege!

A msg for u : Keep ur chin up dear!

How Colourful the WORLD is!

2008-01-29T16:28:00.002+10:30

When i was small i used to think and paint my little fish grey. It's because they were given to me in the form of dead, cooked fish...

But it was until when i was invited to go for a trip to Pulau Perhentian back in Malaysia during my time in A-levels! Thanx to Christine and Joanne... now i know how colourful they are....

Our sisters!

The truth behind disposable chopsticks!

2008-01-19T13:43:00.002+10:30

Ever thought of how safe is it to put it to our daily food and into our mouth?
How clean are they?
How many bamboo trees have to be cut down to produce these many chopsticks?
Many people think that disposable chopsticks are more hygienic because after using, they are thrown away.

I hope that the information that I'm going to provide below will help some of my friends and bloggers to realise the disadvantages of using disposable bamboo chopsticks!

Let me tell you how bamboo chopsticks are made!

1. Most of the bamboo trees in Southeast Asia are being cut down...

. .

2.Ask your hawkers where their chopsticks are produce...
Production of these chopsticks are from Central of Vietnam...

3. Bleach using sulphur and hydrogen peroxide.

This process is not to disinfect the chopsticks, but they are using it to make it looks white and clean.

Consequences after using chopsticks with all these chemicals :

a.Suffer difficult breathing, vomit, diarrhoea etc. and loss of calcium due to sulfur.
b.Suffer Asthma and difficult in breathing.
c.Sulfur contains heavy metal chemical such as lead and mercury. d.Such heavy metal can accumulate in our body and can cause lead poisoning or mercury poisoning.
e.Lymph cancer.

4.Drying process..

Upon packing, these chopsticks will be shipped to our country and being distributed to the restaurants... and into our mouth! (yucks!)

Furthermore it requires a twenty years old tree to produce 3000-4000 pairs of chopsticks, and after using these chopsticks.... of cause it will all end up like that!

LOOK how it will going to affect our environment?!

Conclusion, disposable chopstiocks are NOT CLEAN for start, it DESTROYS OUR ENVIRONMENT and moreover it is DANGEROUS FOR OUR HEALTH!

So,the only solution right now is to stop using disposable chopsticks and bring your own chopsticks where ever you go... ( I find it difficult to do it at first espeacially doing all the explanation to others, but now I felt good doing my part for the environment and keeping myself safe. At the same time, spreading awareness to others too!)

Tell a friend today, and bring your own chopsticks!
(Article inspired by xiaoyenzi.com)

Reflection...

2008-01-17T13:57:00.002+10:30

It was my first time witnessing a fire cremation at PJ crematory. She was a very lovely lady... sometimes i even wish she was my mum! (ps* sorry mum!)
My mum had been a very good friend of her for a few years now. For the fact that she was blind for the past 20 years, my mum have been reading dhamma books to her almost everyday. Eventually, our family and theirs grow really close..
Aunt Ming Pow had always been giving me a lot of little gifts like pebble sweet (which r really expensive), baking my favourite cheese, choc, coffee almond, lemon and orange cakes... (they tasted fabulous!). Not to mention about how much she gave me for Ang Pao and money for me to use b4 going to Australia, she has given me lots of love and care.. she would HUG me when I'm down and CUDDLE me when i need some kindness and warmth.. and I MISS HER!
She pass away last Saturday morning.. (which explains why i haven't been on9 for such a long time). I was terrified to have the first sight of her in her coffin. Her funeral was simple, there were only chairs and table, some white roses and a coffin in her living room (so unexpected simple ceremony for people so rich). The atmosphere at her house was so humid and down, everyone in the house were moaning for her death. Since my mum have not even give a drop of tears (she was a very tough person), I told myself to STAY STRONG too and I tried to control my tears, it was difficult!
During the day of cremation, my mum broke off into tears under the arms of one of my aunt's sisters.. (this is my officially first time seeing my mum in tears) I PANIC! I felt like crying.. seeing someone so closed and loved crying, heart broken..
Glad for not crying, I hereby give my thanks to Aunt Ming! I love to share my Merits to you. May you be free from mental suffering, may you be free from physical suffering and may you be well and happy always...

C the BIG BIG HOLE?!

2008-01-09T23:50:00.002+10:30

I almost got robbed!

2008-01-09T18:13:00.002+10:30

There are many incidents in our lives that makes us happy or sad. I almost become the victim of a thief.

It was a Thursday night, me and Ruey Wen were at the night market looking for food! Tau Fu Fa Tong Yuen! The street was very crowded, and the hawkers there created a hustle and bustle that made me feel uneasy.

I walk down through the pedestrian walkway calmly. My thoughts were however far away as i was preoccupied with the upcoming gathering dinner which was just around the corner. Suddenly, i heard a SNAP! Then i turn around to find that a middle-aged lady tugged at my bag, which was dangling from my shoulder and she gave me a harsh harsh PUSH!

I turn to my bag only to realise that there's a big hole at the corner of the bag! ARGH... THAT EVIL EVIL PERSON! and my BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BAG...

I consider myself to be really LUCKY coz nothing valueble was gone! and by the way the bag does not belongs to me... it belongs to Ruey Wen... SORRY ABOUT IT DEAR!