holidays!

Finished all my exams early so I have myself close to a month's break! :D Time to relax, forget about studying, and move onto doing things that put less 'strain-on-the-brain'. The problem is, what should I do?? I do have a few things already set, such as working to keep my finances stable and continuing with my usual stuff. Ah, I didn't mention this but I'm off to Sydney to check out JC's concert. Although I'm not like a fan or anything, some of his old songs are pretty good! I can sing to 简单爱 like 80% of the time. woo... other than that, it's just exciting to at least escape from Melbourne for once in awhile. Let's hope I can do this every now and then during each holiday, need to explore the outdoors more!!

From watching 1N2D (1 Night 2 Days), I've found out that sleeping outside in a tent on snow can be exciting, hiking up a massive mountain until you want to give up not even half of the way up can be exhilerating and that eating special foods from places they orignated from is the best type of food there is!

From watching FO (Family Outing), I've found out that fishing out on a boat and touching live sea creatures can be fun, cooking dinner from ingredients found around the farm can be the best experience and that playing games early in the morning after waking up can be such a motivation to start exercising... or not.

But anyway, yeah! hopefully I will continue to draw up some things as time permits... I've even thought of just heading to somewhere like a park, sitting down with a sketchbook and just drawing what I see. Of course that will depend on my mood, company, and definitely the weather! I think that came from an old movie or something... back in the old days when cameras hardly existed and drawing was such a fad thing to do.

One more thing, my greatest purchase to date, my next baby! ...Dell Studio 15 lappie. hehe.


Specs in brief:
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.4GHz
- 15.6'' HD + WLED (1600x900)
- 4GB SD RAM Memory
- 500GB Hard Drive
- Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
- Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11a/g/n)
- Wireless Bluetooth
- 6 cell battery
- Plum Purple Colour with Black U-Trim

+ Free 17'' Backpack (Belkin - Pitch Black Soft Grey)
+ $100 cash off and 15% discount

...very happy indeed. Just anxious about delivery for now that's all. Heard a month from order until delivery so see where it will go from here. Ordered on 12 June 2009... expecting it by... ???

some viscom drawings.

It's surprising that I still have my VCE (year 12) unit 4 Visual Communication portfolio. I graduated in 2006 so it has been about 3 years. Not anytime soon will I be letting this go as it shows the growth in my creative abilities but also what I had left behind (not completely) after entering uni.

At times I'd wished to pursue a major in Vis Com but because of decisions concerning the 'reality of the future', I chose a Business degree - with a major in Marketing, which of course slightly incorporates the creative aspect. The thing is, even with this major, I'm clueless to what career to take up. Worse comes to worst, I'd find a career with my minor in IT. :) Hopefully it works out.

As follows, here are three hand-drawn observational drawings scanned straight from my portfolio (size altered, photoshopped a bit because of the dodgy scans).

whatever the title may be.

...can't trust computer repair shops to do a good job for my money's worth. need to build up my own knowledge about how to rip apart my stupid computer that's old enough to be replaced. seriously, even i could diagnose the problems that's making me pissed off (if only i had the resources and the willingness to risk destroying my computer). *sigh* am thinking of a new laptop... but firstly, will have to make another phone call to see if i can get further repairs done with little to no costs at all ugh. not like they fixed the thing properly to begin with.

1. Fix stupid computer so fans are working without noises
2. Do a spring clean with mass stored files
3. Invest in an awesome laptop (hopefully...)

funny how i can rant on about technology, such a geek am i. oh how i could study more IT units. :P

Anyway, exams are approaching... fast. 12-16-18-22. Study, study, study whilst working! then working somewhere else (if i'm not fired for taking a month off) then roadtrip and anything else that i can't remember at the moment. my english sucks. see how i go with wording my answers in the exams, gg. zzz.

the family's youngest sibling.

it's alive!

The handcrafted purple bunny transformed into its 2D equivalent... much resemblance?
... the outline was drawn last year, coloured in photoshop in 10 mins. can you say... rushed? (:

The mega-sized version looks WAY better... thus, click to enlarge.

shrinkage-to-fit rule... lame!

worn out.

WHY DOES IT GET SO MISERABLE DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER?

... 5 group assignments. With one unit having two assignments to do at once. Like really, is doing the same thing in two assignments but with different organisations reasonable?? = =

Then followed by that are my four exams... the first starting just on the 2nd day of the official exam period. WTH.

I feel as if I haven't learnt anything at all.

Ok. The more I think about how much work I have due in, the more depressed I'll be. Got to just do the damn work, get it over with... hand it in, pray for a good grade and own those exams.

Woop Woop. Then holidays!

Hwaiting ! ^^

kpop sarang.

SNSD - Gee



Since the first time I heard the song 'Milky Way' by BoA, I realised that korean music was awesome! It's not that I understand what they are singing about (nor do I get what some English songs do mean either) but the way they construct their music is so unique, addictive and FUN to dance to. Wasn't there a korean wave or trend that happened (or is still happening?) I thought I was the only one (or one of few) who discovered a 'sarang' for this music but in actual fact, many people also knew about it and enjoyed it as much as I do.

At the moment, I have 5.65 GB of music, 95% is korean, 3% is chinese, 1.5% is english and 0.5% is japanese. Woow. Even I'm amazed by the figures... well, sort of. It's not always that I listen to kpop though since I have phases of my own where I tune into other sorts of music from my cultural music list. There was a time when I only listened to chinese (canto and mando) songs, whereas another was only listening to english and ...house? music (stuff like from Cascada, DHT, Groove Coverage...) BUT that was only through playing DDR. Oh, and I did actually find DDR songs to listen to after playing the game on PS.

I wonder if it's dull with this post being about music.

Anyway, here's a brief list of what songs I currently like (random order and are all kpop hence the title):

- SNSD : Gee
- Super Junior : Sorry Sorry
- Bae Seul Ki : Tiresome
- Big Bang : Sunset Glow

- Boys Over Flowers OST (the songs remind me of the drama ...*hearts*):
-- SS501 : Because I'm Stupid
-- SHINee : Stand By Me
-- T-Max : Paradise
-- Ashily : Lucky
-- SS501 : Making A Lover

Here's some links where you can find kpop (and other media) - the places I usually go to first:

• bww2.com
• z-degrees.net
• bww2 forums

On another note, korean variety shows are the love as well! :D

It is time for il bak ... ee! (1 night 2 days) to those clueless about my infatuation with 6 guys and travelling/camping around South Korea in any weather, condition and location possible. ;P

annoying little things.

First of all, woohoo, it's the easter break! And all I have at home are Reese's Peanut butter cups and fererro rochers in three kinds, which concludes that... easter eggs are expensive!!

Just thought I'd post a list of things that I find irritating.

1. Driving behind slow cars when a long truck is driving at the same speed as the car in front on the next lane (meaning there's no friggin way you can overtake...)

2. Discovering that there's no food you can immediately eat at home when you're at that peak of starvation (food that requires no preparation) ... and therefore you starve until dinner where a banquet awaits

3. When fuel is close to empty and you have no choice but to go fill it up (i really cbb...seriously, especially when it's not a wednesday with the cheapest fuel price)

4. When a partner assignment was already given out to find that your partner already left the unit (still does pisses me off, but at least that work was done with extension given.. n_n)

5. Browsing fb and not being able to find the link to 'events' anywhere... am I just blind? (it only pops up when there's an event coming up)

6. When daylight saving comes and goes, I have a wall clock, digital analog, watch, mobile phone, mini alarm clock, ipod, ds and car clock to friggin fix... (i really do own them all by myself.. shows how time is very precious)

7. When there's no spot to park for buying a $320 blue permit (more permits than spots... really, it should be one spot per permit and when events are held, where's the fairness on us? i get fined for not parking within the lines when there's no room AND when an event is on, asjdhkjasdasd... good reason to skip classes then)

8. When swapping phone companies takes the 3rd employee to really get it processed. (there are 2 main phone companies, easy to figure out who it is... I WANT MY ADSL2+ with the top provider that uses your friggin' infrastructure, hurry the f* up, PLEASE)

9. When driving to uni at 8.30am and driving home at 4-6pm becomes a b**ch (I skip my morning lectures because of it. yay.. it once took me 45 mins to get to uni when it normally takes 20 mins)

10. When you think it's already midnight and the time says 11:00pm (I blame daylight savings... I need my dose of videos during offpeak!)

11. Having to print things at home when you've been freeloading it at work (I understand what you are all going through now, cartridges are killing my savings)

12. Overdosing on one type of food only because there's nothing else to eat, even if you go looking in the fridge (I always happen to open my fridge, somehow wishing magically there will be something there for me to devour on - I'm sure this happens to most people)

13. When assignments are all due at dates close together and also on the side with working 2 jobs (that's part of life eh.)

14. When you like to keep things clean and tidy, you get pissed off at whatever is the opposite and unintentionally go fix it up (yes, that's me, if I really can be bothered cos I'm a neato freako haha, not to the extreme)

15. When you browsed all you can on the net and have nothing left to do (what happened to the things real life needs working on... chores, walking the dog, hobbies, going out etc)

16. When you buy books (could be textbooks or just the usual novels) and don't read them (reminds me, I should read the books I bought for $5 each at the advertised 'massive book sale' even though it's not my style, haha)

17. Spending money on sushi or snack boxes only when avoiding to spend (food is becoming unaffordable, time to brush up on them cooking skills)

18. When you get praised for doing something well one day, and are given long lectures when not doing something the next (give me a friggin' break, I'm the middle child... I'm stereotypically meant to be invisible, no? seems like the stereotype doesn't work with me)

19. When you open a new account somewhere and the first thing you check out are the options (such as to perfect the layout, font colours etc before starting to use it properly... I immediately had to make my layout for this blog awesome before starting to post crap)

20. When you want to do the things you want to do, but can't (can be due to the weather - it affects my mood to do things, laziness, knowing that it's really not the holidays yet when there's a whole week's break, taking all the things needed out to make something but having to clean everything up again after, it costs money, i might be wasting my time on something that might not get me anywhere.....)

As much as I want to continue, I should be doing other things that require less depth in thought, aka eating. Hmm time to open the fridge for the 5th time today... maybe a large seafood buffet is waiting.