New stuff!

This is probably quite an impossible thing to happen to me... but I splurged on 2 new MP3 players. It was on 20% discount and comes up to a really good deal.
I couldn't resist and so had to cash out on them. Here they are... I only bought 2 - the 3rd one, which is the black Samsung K3 is my housemate's as seen in his very hands. Aren't they beautiful things? It's just tough having to set up the technical bits to get the music going though... am getting there!

Words of Wisdom

Be Brave, Be Strong!
Jia You!

Discovery

Skinny Weak Latte - Awesome! *Slurp*

And Happy National Day SINGAPORE! Will be watching NDP'07 tonight at a Singapore gathering here in Brisbane via webcast... cheers!

Real Life Imagery

This is an entirely different frame of mind from the afternoon where chocolate proved to be effective therapy and sleep-buster.

I haven't quite blogged about my Journo studies here... Now that Semester 2 has started I suppose there isn't much point to writing much about what happened in Sem 1. But very briefly, some of the highlights were
1) Interviewing people for radio news packages
2) Reading the news on radio (All the radio stuff do go on air!)
3) TV practicals which allowed me to do a PTC (piece to camera). This is the part that you watch reporters on TV on actual location and telling news as it is.
4) Interviewing and squeezing in a question to the DPM about the Aussie budget... they must be thinking why the heck do I bother about the budget being someone from overseas!

I thought I would enjoy TV journalism. Furthermore, the radio journalism in Singapore seemed contained in Caldecott Hill - nothing much really!
I changed my mind.

Radio news allowed me autonomy over my reporting and scripting. I selected the news angle I wanted to focus on, rather than the TV producers deciding what was newsworthy.

That was how Semester 1 went.

I am hoping to get experience in print journalism this Semester 2. After all, back home, print journalism is THE thing. At least that was what I thought when I was doing corporate communications.

I was just looking at a website for photojournalism www.worldpressphoto.org
It was startling to realise the award winning entries seemed to gear towards war, death, poverty and the likes... I never had a chance, or rather, never had exposure to these issues back home. Viewing the photos, I now do realise that we are indeed all but a dot on the world map...

Choc Therapy

Nothing beats chocolate at holistic healing! Wasn't feeling fantastic even after satisfying my lunch pangs with pasta and so...... treated myself to 2 fingers of Kit Kat Chocolate Overload!

You can never overload chocolate - right now, it just loads me full to the brim with satisfaction and happiness! :)

Chocolate therapy recommended for those having a sucky day! :D

Just ranting on...

Weekends should be longer leh, don't you think?
They just go in a breeze... I hardly did anything constructive on the weekend except a little bit of shopping. I just need a little bit more time leh :(

Gold Coast, Seaworld

After 5 months here, I finally had a chance to visit one of the worlds, which are supposedly major tourist attractions. We figured that our ages combined will not endure plunging and heartstopping rides and settled for Seaworld!
Well, they had rides there too! Jas and CG made SF and I go on The Corkscrew
... we survived that! It was over in a minute... the last time I went on this kind of rides was about 5 years ago!

I don't know how you guys out there cope with heart plunging thrill rides like these. I had to scream every second of the ride - didn't quite hear the rest coz I only heard myself :O


The Viking was stressful - these pictures aren't very flattering for me but it was amazing how the photo can be taken when the ride was in motion! SF and I were so positive and glam - BEFORE the ride. The expression on my face during the ordeal tells everything...

Simply Surreal

Surreal is the word to describe how I felt when 3 dear friends from Singapore came to visit me in Brisbane.

After somehow managing to drive to the airport to collect them, I went straight up to the arrival hall. Was early so that I can compose myself when I see them. But there was no time to react - their flight landed darn early! Here's them fresh from the flight!


Everything just happened! Loads of travelling plans to Gold Coast, Melbourne City and Victoria.

It was like a gastronomical experience for us (Sufang was shocked that I could just go on eating and eating!! I was of coz joined by CG and Jas! YAY!)

More to follow...

Stayin Alive

Before this blog is declared dormant and written off by the public-at-large, I am leaving a post to maintain that it's still alive! I had been on a 3 week holiday in Melbourne and the itinerary was so hectic, there was no time to access the internet.

So will try my best to write a little about my trip in the next few days/weeks/months... whatever it takes!

Till then...

Home Alone

I have the whole house to myself since Saturday and that's becoz my housemate, Ivan has gone back home to somewhere in Sunshine Coast about a couple of hours drive away from Brisbane.

Had initially thought "OMG, how am I going to survive in this empty house all alone?"
As it is, the house is superbly quiet with the two of us around.


But hey, I actually am enjoying it! Spent the entire day at home yesterday just slacking big time. Caught up with my friends online and also watched a DVD (The Negotiator - anyone remember this?) that I bought. Loved it! Time flew by so fast and productively!

No offence to Ivan (if he is reading this)! See you in a few days time!

I am off to catch another movie later in the city - The Transformers. Everyone tells me it's awesome so I suppose I have to watch it then! It's going to be a busy week ahead and the best of it all will be Saturday! Coz Jasmine, Sufang and Chun Guan will be in Brisbane!!!!

I heard the furniture in the living room was from an auction (ie. the estate of a deceased). I kinda freaked out when I found out. Anyway, this is where we have all our TV dinners every night! All's well so far...