Today i fight with mochi. and i lose.

 Mochi day

two weeks holiday. wad i've been doing was mainly studying.

many reasons for it.

lazy to explain. haha

anyway....i'm not that insane too. I'd planned to do this. and get myself relax for one whole day.

so i bought many stuff for mochi making.

normally ppl make red bean mochi or green tea mochi.

well...i got some red bean paste. but dunno if there's green tea paste available.

but i'm not that simple one. hohoho

i'd learnt bout red bean paste with strawberry in mochi.

so i bought some strawberry. and also chocolate paste

and ice-cream and yogurt.

muahahahaha. wanna try sth different mah~

well...it's my first time making mochi.

i know it's too much for a beginner.

but aiya.....it's quite easy so ...nvm.

but somehow i look down too much on it.

that's why i lose in this fight. = =zzz

at first, i put too much water for my mochi.

so the "dough" gets too sticky and "fragile"...l0l

no la...it's...not that solid that it can collapse very easily which makes my mochi all flat down and not round.

i'd put LOTS and LOTS of starch on them to preven them sticking to each other.

but somehow it's not enough. they still stick. = =zzz damn it.

and the ice-cream mochi....... here it is.

i found that the ice-cream starts melting once i put them on the "dough".

after i wrap them, they start melting more and flow out.

so i only managed to make three. and quickly put them into the freezer.

= =zzz and gave up doing icecream mochi. and since for ice-cream it's like that. i gave up on yogurt too.

so i just stick to the chocolate and red bean paste.

but the chocolate didn't go that well too cuz the paste is...not hard too.

so the whole thing collapse. = = zzz

at lasst....i just stick to the strawberry with red bean paste. but they all tend to stick to each other.

i dun have a good container and i have to stack them up.

= =zzz so...........................i get myself into trouble.

wadever. next time i'll try again.

this one, icecream mochi. i put the chocolate paste in the middle of icecream.

after get them out from the freezer, the ice-cream starts melting again.

but the chocolate paste get hardened. = =zzz the hell.....

another ice cream mochi with choco.

this is how it looks before i cut it.

and finally yogurt.

Yo....back here touch touch update xia. not going to let my blog die. so...this time. FOOD

I got two weeks holiday and others got only one week.

But then, I didn't play around. only went for Sing K with frens on monday.

then go out for dinner.

that's my holiday.

the other time, i was studying. i'm now studying too.

crazily studying during holiday.

ppl think i'm freak.

well....i tot that's normal.

cuz that's f6 style.

i still can't change the habit huh....

well

didn't update my blog quite a long time liao.

upload some food pics loh.

food in melbourne. but not melbourne's food. haha.

Was having group study and during lunch time, my Fren brought me and another fren to this place to have this. quite delicious. nice.

I just wanna eat tang yuan. so bought a pack of it and cooked and eat it all by myself.

freak. but...haiya. just 8 of them. alang alang mah. so eat it up all by myself loh.

my first made sushi in melbourne i think. it's giant sushi.

can't really see the size here.

but it's really huge.my hand can hardly grab it fully. got small gap between my four fingers and my thumb.

normal sized sushi. planned to chia my housemate eat one but during that time they weren't at home.

can't wait. so i finished them myself too.

Ramen. Japanese maggie mee. i cooked it my own way. which is wrong for Japanese i think. haha

wadever~ just wanna fill my empty hungry stomach~

Mac!!!! no lah.= = zzz

me kind of one day one apple. but now not that frequent liao.

Teh!!!! black tea.

TEH TARIK!!! no la. i'd just added some milk into the black tea.

but it doesnt taste that good. cuz i didn't add sugar.

weird food.

it's....tomato stuffed with vege and topped with cheese and put in the microwave.

YES! MICROWAVE!!! cuz my apartment got no OVEN! = =zzz

wat a big mistake that ruins my food. but the bread is very nice. crispy with cheesee~~~~

fake roti canai. with lemon honey. and vitamins~~~~~~~~~~

miso? nope....noodles.

ordinary meal. rice with vege with egg with soup. i like the chopstick.haha!

nice to hold and eat rice. wakakaka....

my fried rice. not my normal style.

i'm just get limited by the ingredients, the tools (i only got this pan to fry things which it's not for frying but only cooking soup) and the time (shared the unit with 5 person. nida be fast cuz can't let the others wait too long. they'll get hungry too.)

my coffee~~~~ T_T terharu.

MOONCAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's just nice cuz i missed it too much!!! T_T

french toast with blueberries and carrots. plus milk. woah~~~~~

healthy. but not the french toast.

so i'm trying to avoid much use of oil.

I guess...that's all for this moment.
I nida continue studying.
studying studying studying...
that's my life.
well...i do enjoy sth.
and i'll enjoy at the right time.
cuz i pay to study and learn. not to have holiday and honeymoon here.
ya know wad....i'm studying in the most expensive uni in Aus.
and it is REALLY expensive!!!!

So... finished MST

Done with the two MST (mid-sem test)

BIo and Chem.

I don't think I'd did them well...

but now...
just hope for ok ok result that won't disqualify me from continuing my studies.
just let me proceed to second semester smoothly~
=)

guess I still have to study more.
I'm too lazy.

but maybe because the textbook is too new to me too.
and lecturers and tutors won't go through the text with you.
you have to read them yourselves.

well...
I will!!!!!!!!!!!!
i miss my f6 books.
esp Chem books.
that three thick brothers.
I should have bring them together with me.

cuz i can get what i want to know directly from that book.
the new book...
I don't know where to start.
to know the book,
everything has to be from the start.
that's.....................................jiak lat!
and quite wasteful for short term.

WEll well....
have to spend my holiday WISELY!!!!!!!!!!!
i have to spend day and night reading reading and reading.
then do practices and exercises (Same lah)

I HAVE TO BE EXPERT!!!!!!!!!!!!
wooot!!!!
HWAITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"uni life is about pass or fail. can pass is ok liao"

well.
I never let myself falling into that region.
I WILL NEVER!! NEVER LET MYSELF TO DO TAT!!!!
i have to try my best to score the best i can.

my chemistry is too weak.
though i get A- for my STPM for chem.
it's just because...that year the questions are hard.
i'm lucky to get the A.

i'm still weak.
fragile~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
many things can't remember.
i have to study hard.

here is all about self-study.
i'm too slow.
it's not that i dun wan to ask questions.
it's...
after the lecture, i wanna take time digest.
then baru know what is my problem.
then baru wanna ask questions.
then is too late liao. = =zzz

well....never try never know.
i will still try to look for help for questions taught century ago.
MUAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bless me!

yes!
i can do it! sure! why not?
many ppl can do it.
many ppl can't do it too.
but ignore the latter one.
i wan to be in one of the many that can do it.
why not?

i can. you can. =) jia you!

So now? i'm studying in Brownless Library. but...

1 hr to go.....i'm going to have my choir class later.

before this,
I was in Labyrinth doing my CHEMCAL.
before that. i was searching for computer for my ChemCAL.
then ended up i was in Bio level 5. but can't access CHEMCAL through the com there.
study my chem there for a while.
met Veera. =)

now here...I should be studying my chemistry for the MID SEM TEST tomorrow.
but i'm facebook-ing + maple (fb one)
watching to Jodi's bday video.
listening to my choir recording (thanks to my mum to allow me to buy a recorder, it's very helpful)

well.....................me very gatal now wanna buy the 2$ coffee from the machine in this library.
but it's too expensive cuz it's too small cup.
and feel like eating snacks.
gatal-gatal....
aiyayayaya.

study!
ok.
bye bye.

Proceeding to 2nd month

Ok.....

Mid-sem test.

MID SEM LIAO? ya....= =zzz
actually is 2nd month of studying. dunno why they say it's mid-sem.
mathematically it should be in the mid of sept.

ppl here proceeding fast~~~~
good. i like.

But i haven't study much. needa work hard.
cuz there's TOO MUCH distractions here....
esp FOOD!!!! u can see FOOD everywhere!!!!!
not like in kch....at school
you only find food in canteen.
here...............EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think every building has at least two machines selling drinks and snacks.
and outside the teaching building, there's lots of cafeteria and stall.....
HOT CHOCOLATE and coffee is the two most common things in here.
= =zzz

few times beh tahan gatal spend 1 or 2 bucks for a small cup of coffee.
haiz.................................

I miss everything in Kch.
esp food.
things here....b4 i touch them.....i hesitated when i saw the price.............................

it looks the same...
but the unit is TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

i miss my KOLOMEE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T_T
i  miss kopi and roti kahwin!!!!!
I miss dim sum in kch. (there's a lot here i think. but i havent go try.)
i miss BIG BUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from FU HAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T__________________________________T

aiyayayayaya.....i wanna go back i wanna go back. but think tiok the air ticket...
and the mafan i'll have when go airport.
during check in and in the plan for one day. = =zzz sien.

anyway....later going to join the Melbourne Uni Buddhist Society. hehe....
see how is it.
then will decide.
muahahahaha............................

Now baru end of August, i'm thinking of things at the end of year.
YUP! that's the time i go back.
hehehehehehe......................................
wait wait wait.....hope i can sabar and won't go crazy.
must concentrate on my studies!!!!

now the big problems needa solve are MY MID SEM TEST and MY INTERNET ACCESS!!!!

yosh!
bless me! thank you. =)

Who say first week of uni is very relaxing?

I already start finding information and trying to get books to read in the first week already.
cuz the Lecturers are all starting to teach on their first class.
= =zzz and I didn't prepare any notes to there.
I was wondering why i can hear many people flipping papers at the same time when the lecturer moving to the next  slide.
then i found out everyone has the notes printed by themselves through the website.
= =
and i'm the only one DIDNT PREPARE ANYTHING JUST PENCIL AND PAPERS!!!!

= =zzz the lucky thing is.....
most of them still can't really understand what the lecturer had taught and i understand cuz i did them in f6.
Just.......many of them i already can't really remember.
I know there's that thing...but can't remember the details.
so i still need notes and lecture has not much details explained.
I have to find books to read and find more information from the net.

= =zzzz I was kinda very rushy and busy starting from the first week.
the first day was the worst as i get lost and has not much idea how to walk from this class to another class.
and I was late for my Maths tutorial on the first day.
cuz ...................it's a LONG distance which needs me to take around 10 min to walk from my bio lect to the maths tut. cuz one is at left top, another is at right bottom. = =zzz
and the route is kinda complicated.
so i get lost in the middle and with the map wet and koyak-koyak...cuz very soi that day raining!
then bo bien....go ask a gal in the small coffee stall. (it's in the uni)
she was like "Oh.....you're so wet. poor sweetheart " (sth like that which surprise me cuz normally when i saw Aussie they just siam. she is very welcoming and friendly)
then finally thanks to her, i get to know how to go to my maths tute.

other than running from one classes to another.
i still need to walk from here to there and there to there to find the books and materials or tools needed for practicals and textbooks too.

so......................it's not nth much to do.
it's  A LOT TO DO! cuz u know nth....and the info wont come to u.
you have to search for them!
and esp when u go to a country u never been...it's busier as u need to walk around to search for places
other than subjects, u also need to study the map!
and THIS PLACE IS JUST TOO BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no wonder ppl here have to eat more.
cuz the energy consumed per day is HIGH!!!!!!
and cold some more.

but i always sweat cuz walking too much.

the second day is still ok as my timetable for tuesday is not packed. instead....very free.
but...........
the choir class only starts at 4 sth and ends at 6 sth.
and 5 sth here already become dark liao.
so 6 sth is totally dark and when i walk back from the class to my place.....
i nearly go to the city and get lost.
LUCKILY there's SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank to the good organising system in AUSTRALIA!
if it's like Malaysia....i'm sure to go to the city and sleep at the roadside.

furthermore.................
my life is much busier that i have to cook myself....wash my clothes.
arrange my things.
buy food.
cook water (extra thing which it's not common in Msia anymore cuz many houses got the filter liao)

everyday have to plan my time to do this and that and my schedule is always full.
and that actually makes me not much time to study in the first week.
luckily i did f6. so not a burden yet.
now trying to keep everything steady so i can spend more time study.
and the book here is so damn thick with thick and hard cover somemore which makes me miss my f6 books.
T_T
and very loso.
i complained that f6 is too complicated and too much things which sometimes make ppl confuse what they mean. esp chem.
but now i miss them cuz the books here quite loso. even tell you why you need to study this.
eg "why do you need to study this? Even though you might have did it before but to get further into the chapters, you will need to understand this first." <<< sth like that lah. i write with my own words.
and i read for 15 min...there's no important point....which kinda wasted my time.
but good thing is...you don't feel stress lah.
cuz too many important points packed in a passage makes you hin hin and have to read slow.
well.....depends lo.
since i sold my chem books and left my bio books at home....
i only can buy the books here or borrow from library.
but it's always for overnight loan nia.= =zzz
everyday have to carry that heavy book to uni to return and carry it back to borrow it.
= =zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
that book is too heavy and hard to carry cuz of the thick cover.

now i think this is a good reason for me to explain to my friends why i always carry so many things and heavy bag in school.
that's to train me for this! to carry the heavy book from uni to my place and my place to uni!
the only training i'm lack of is.......walking!
= =zzz
i feel like an ah pek.

muscles very "sour" and sakit at the shoulder, arms, legs.

haiz...................more trainings to go.
so never tell your friends or siblings that going uni is very relaxing.
unless you go local la...should be still ok.
but the orientation not ok too.
so get prepared. and be active.
i'm still learning to be active.
cuz that's the only way to survive.
if u're passive, you get nth.
cuz the info won't come to you.
it's you go to them.
same to friends.
some might very active that they will talk to you automatically.
but most.....they just won't go to u automatically.

well.....start late is better than never.
i'm starting to learn from now too.
just...if you got the chance to learn earlier....it's of course better.
and never relax when you should not.

AND!
enjoy your holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's long enough to get you lazy.
so plan your holiday.
do something instead of watching movies and playing games.
go out to play or gather with friends.
or go to learn sth fun.
just don't idle!

wish you all good luck.
wish me good luck too.

ALL THE BEST!

Get set, Ready, GO!

Yeap!

quite fast.
a week gone.

Tomorrow will be my first day to attend class.
Anyway...my timetable still haven't settle.
there's a clash.

well.....
we'll see how on monday (if i am able to speak to my Student Centre)
Wish everything is ok (esp my timetable and textbooks and workbooks and lab kit and coat)
A lot more things to do and know and learn.

I'm still having my time.

Anyway....
Everyday I'm watching PPS and on FB.

sounds like i'm quite free and nth to do.
oh come on.......................................
I'm not a person that can let myself sit there and do nothing.
so i filled my schedule without any gap.

and that makes me recover from homesick faster. =D
but still homesick is hard to get rid of.

but now is better liao lah.

Hopefully everything is ok and goes smooth.
I don't want to make myself into troubles.

PRAY!!!!!
amitabha.