They can't take that away from me

I sometimes wonder what i did whilst forced to wait without my iPod. Like seriously? I have some vague memories of twiddling thumbs, a rubex cube on my keys, phone games (they sucked), oogling the pretty nurse...oh...right...I remember now.

Well the result of having the iPod means I think i can probably sing you quite a few Sinatra songs now. I also suspect that since I had my music so loud; the elderly couple sitting next to me could hear it and were smiling approvingly. Which also leads to one of my future posts. Stay tuned for this important future post.

That explains the odd title. A brilliant Sinatra song. Just saying Sinatra is cool. Sinatra.

Back on topic; I did finally get to see the Professor. He wasn't as wacky or cool as I hoped. Just a Dutch guy that was pretty powerfully built for a 45+ yr old. Had a bit of a bowl cut. He did confirm my healing was pretty marvelous. But he still couldn't pinpoint the exact cause; just said that it was a metabolism imbalance. Yep...that helped heaps.

See? Being brilliant is natural for me ^_^

The downer is that I have this sinking feeling floating over me. I am now paying back for those deferred exams. I have begun studying (baby steps) and realise it's ever so daunting without the study buddies. And yes I know you guys are enjoying my misery. And i got 3 productive hours done today.

Not bad. But the downer is hanging at uni. So empty. So lonely *sniffle*

We celebrate the Blog Troll winning the 10 000th visitor (and previously the 5000th). Although if Caroline (who is changing "Trippin It" to "clickoncaz.blogspot.com") would beg the differ then I'd be more then happy to give it to the sister-I-never-wanted. Maybe we can let them fight it out.

And we officially welcome Mitch's Western Perspective to the World of Alan. Some dull reads for some interesting days. errrr...jokes! You can find it on the sidebar.

Training very hard too. I really expect some support for the Competition. I am fragile and delicate. I need support -_-"

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OMG! What happened to your back!?!

I got out of bed today and because I sleep shirtless, my mum literally screamed:

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BACK?!?!?!"

Because she got an explanation, I thought the rest of you should too.

I was playing pool in Potblack (which i won ^_^) in Northbridge till the early hours of Thursday morning. There is nothing wrong with that. But there is something wrong if your sitting outside on the ledge loitering dressed all in black and/or white. Its the loitering part. No Traditional Asian loiters.

Lucky for me, I got into a fight with these Azn Gangstaaa's as I was paying. A few heated words were exchanged and they broke a pool stick over me. I managed to dodge the machete/knife that was coming at me from the side sufficiently so that it only got me in the lower part of my back.

It wasn't enough for the hospital *phew*

It ended with the two guys on the floor with a broken set of arms and possibly the other with a broken jaw screaming. A statement from the police later and a "self-defense" plee alongside reasonable force (they had weapons) and I got off with a warning.

Learning martial arts is a good thing.

I took some pictures:

[As you can see, just a few minor scratches from the knife and pool stick]

[Only a slight "graze" I was pretty lucky for this one]

[This mega welt was from the pool stick breaking on me. Strong mind able bodied spine. And the scars were probally splinters or whatever. Oh you can't see it very well here but it was pretty painful]

Well...that's not exactly what happened. And by exactly, I mean it's not what happened at all.

As you all know I've been training alot and I've subsequently had to do alot of rolling on the ground. Not like rolling in bed. But like head tucked into chin, hand to ground, shoulder through, push through and spring forward/back. Yes...those types of roll.

As for the pictures;

The slight "graze" I've carried since I was around 6 when i went to Vietnam with my mum and Phil. We went to this ancient temple and there were two sides of the playground (why do temples have playgrounds? don't ask). Mum said to stay away from the further side and because we were 6 and 9 respectively, curiosity got the better of us.

Long story short: Phil pushed a swing into my back and it almost cut me in two. Now you all know why I've had such a traumatised childhood.

The welt is obviosuly from the rolling.

As for the other scratches, I'm as lost as you are.

But what I learnt from 300 (along with my hopeless acknowledgement of my un-Spartan body), is that the truth should never get in the way of a good story ^_^

I suspect that the 10 000th visitor will be reading this entry. Print screen it if you want to claim your prize. Last time I had a few issues with multiple winners and so it's whoever has the earliest time. Oh and it might not appear...so yeah...creativity works

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Zidane plays for Belmont

As a Red Belt, I am expected to help to take classes and to ensure that discipline and order is maintained at the school. Yes, although I am a bit of a wild child and I strongly believe in anarachy and uprisings/rebellions, i am also expected to be a good role model and help with the whole order. A strange contrast if i think about it too much.

On Sunday i was helping out with kids classes and one of the kids (his between 8 - 10) was just so innocent

This kid is named Zidane. Yes. That's right. Zidane.

Alan: Ok kids take a short break! And we'll come back and do conditioning
Alan notices that Zidane is wearing a Manchester United kit with Zidane on it
Alan: Zidane! Do you know what shirt your wearing?
Zidane: Yep! It's Manchester United.
Alan: Do you support Man Utd?
Zidane: No I play for Belmont!
Alan: So what team do you go for?
Zidane: Belmont
Alan: Yeah but what English Premier League team do you support?
Zidane: Belmont
Alan: No, Belmont is in Perth. What English team do you support?
Zidane: Belmont
Alan: You know your blue shirt you wear? What team is that?
Zidane: That's Chelsea
Alan: Ok so which your favorite team?
Zidane: Belmont
Alan: -_-"
Zidane: o_O?
Alan: OK! Get back kids!! Conditioning time!

Geeze...you really have to respect primary school teachers. In fact teachers in general. No matter how frustrating kids can be, you still gotta persist! And then just to make me feel really old, tonight at kung fu the evil twins rush up to me and point to some of my badges.

Anatasia: Whats those badges for?
Mikaela: Why are you wearing badges?
Alan: These badges look cool.
Mikaela: They don't look cool.
Alan: You don't look cool.
Mikaela: >_< Anastasia: Who are those guys on the badges?
Alan: You don't know who Bruce Lee is?!?!
Anastasia: Who? Whose the other guy then?
Mikaela: No idea...looks like some mutant.
Alan: It's Captain Planet!!
Anastasia: Who?
Alan: Oh....you guys weren't born yet. Silly seven year old's! Go do 30 push ups!! I'm watching you!!

Geeze...i feel old. You might THINK that it's all cute, cheeky and sweet, but I tell ya. It takes great patience to teach those twin girls. And the other 13 kids.

All these sessions come as a result of me getting prepped for the Australian Kung fu/Wu Shu Federation WA State Championships. Which is on the 15th of July 2007, just under a month to go now. It's going to be held at Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre fro 9am - 5pm. Unless you have something more pressing, come down and support the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I think the 10 000th visitor is lurking very closely. Will it be you?

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[EDIT]: We Officially welcome Noelle to the blog bandwagon. Her blog is known as "Behind These Eyes of Mine" and she claims to be just another ordinary girl that thinks way too much. For the record; no girl is ordinary. And all girls think too much.

This entry of hers had me a bit dubious. But through my grace, i decided to link her anyway. Hopefully she'll stay on for a bit longer then some of the other links that connect to my almighty blog *cough* B1 *cough*

Halo Halo

Today we shall be reviewing a restaurant.

Restaurant Review: Halo

On Saturday, I went to have dinner at Halo. The occasion was a mixture between Red Belt celebrations, friends in town, Saturday night, end of exam celebrations and a general lack of interest of staying at home.

So Halo is located on Barrack Street Jetty overlooking the Swan River, next to Shun Fung. Its very stylish in design, oh-so-contemporary, exquisite lighting and there is a pretty unique atmosphere. When you walk into swank town capital, you can see a host of Golden Plate awards on the walls and you are welcomed by a marvelous view of the Swan River. Splendid start!

Just a quick tangent. I've always thought that eating in South Perth has a much better view of the river. You seem to get a more impressive view of Perth when you can see the lights of the city. Yes?

But back to Halo.

But as good as lighting is. And as great it is to be stylish in design. And never ever disregard the beauty of the Swan River. What matters is glorious FOOD.

Food is the bread of life.

Since there was a table of about 20 of us, they made us wait until everyone in the restaurant had ordered. We got there at around 7ish, and the food came out at 8.30ish. That's a long wait buddy. By doing that it really made me think, this food is gonna be so worth that wait. But...alas! no!

I ordered the Salt and Pepper Squid with Ink Pasta. Hmmmmz...

What i can say about it?

Honestly; i thought it was pretty mediocre taste wise. It was a bit cold too (Natalie also said her Seared Scallops wasn't that flash either). It would of been passable if the place wasn't such a swanky restaurant. Seriously; its a Saturday night, i want to enjoy a good meal with friends and walk out knowing it was worth the $30ish i paid. Is that really so much to ask?

Portion wise i knew it was gonna be small. Swanky restaurants always have small portions. These days it feels like your paying more for presentation, atmosphere, design and taste. Whatever happened to SIZE!?!?!

True; i do eat enough to feed a small African nation and after a days slog at work i am pretty ravenous but the food was just too mediocre. There was just nothing *sha-zam* about it taste-wise.

I don't know why but I felt betrayed. The waitress had such a friendly smile.

With all the dishes floating around the $35ish mark we managed to rack up a pretty sizable bill and at the end of the night we were looking at a bill that floated under 900 bucks (including drinks). The killer was the surcharge. Weekend surcharge!? What the heck? Should of known. Swanky restaurants always do this. But 10%?!?!?! That's excessive.

Bang for buck i would rate it at one of the lowest places around. On par with Brassgrill But taste-wise too...maybe it was the long wait but it just didn't work. True; James said his was pretty awesome. But he went with something safe. I had to go for the ink pasta...*sigh*

My verdict: 5.1/10

Marks for the river, style and wandering waiters who just keep filling your drinks up. But for that price i really expected more. The service isn't so much as bad. But it just doesn't click for me. Too harsh? Nah...pretty generous i reckon. I do have pictures but they are just not on me at the moment.

Geeze the river was pretty that night. Too bad i had to sit with my back to it.

-_-"

As for the rest of the night? It was off to Utopia and then Metros to celebrate a multitude of things. Watching Andy and his crew (Inner Rhythm) perform was also pretty enjoyable. I think competition makes everything cooler. They were pretty good and i hope they get into the Grand Final.

And then until the early hours of Sunday morning i went home for a nap.

As for next weekend? You betcha!! For me its gonna be pre-exam celebrations!! But for most of you its post-exam celebrations!! And hopefully for Andy it will be Grand Final celebrations! See you all there!!

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Amazing

Seems like I am even more special then I claim to be.

Nurse: Amazing, Alan...your eye has improved remarkably.
Alan: I know
Nurse: Have you been taking the eye drops? You improved from a (insert number here) to (insert much better number here). All in the span of a week!
Alan: Yeppers (although i forgot to take them for one whole day, but she doesn't need to know that)
Nurse: Ok...the Doctor is ready to see you now. I think he will be pleasantly surprised.

*fast forward into the doctor rooms*

Doctor: Amazing Alan...you've shown boundless improvement in that right eye.
Alan: I know (learned to control my Sharingan)
Doctor: So you can see clearly now?
Alan: Yeppers
Doctor: I'm gonna take you off that medication now. You don't need it anymore. But keep using the Flarex for another week.
Alan thinks: Like the meds did anything *sarcasm*
Alan: Ok, so do you know exactly what it was now?
Doctor: The professor said from the results, it looked like a metabolism imbalance in your eye. Possibly from the contacts but unlikely. Normally these imbalances take at least a month to heal. But your improvement was just under a week. Just stunning. I want him to see you in two weeks so that can we see the effects without the medication
Alan: Ok

So maybe in two weeks we see me get shunted away to Canada for the Weapon X program and some adamantium bonding. Either that or i form my own Uchiha Clan/Hidden Leaf Village. Yep...we all know what I've been doing these last few days.

Wikipedia. Hahahaha...you were all thinking anime (which i am also doing along with the Wonder Years).

Apart from the evil eye sage, the exam rage going around is crackling the tense air. I got an email from my a dear friend from high school to cheer me up about studying. Thought you would also enjoy these pictures. True or not? You be the judge of that.

These pictures are what teachers/lecturers got for answers in their exams.

[Absolutely classic but x = 5]

[This looks a test i would of done in year 4. And you only learn the word noob from DotA/WoW...kids these days]

[Nice that teachers also have a sense of humor. He even encourages the kid!]

[Errr...does this even need a caption?]

Good luck for exams everyone.

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Super-wolverine-man

I promised you guys I would show what it looks like to see through my eyes while i have this whole evil eye thing going. Which is what i'm calling these posts lately; the Evil Eye saga. Lets begin with a picture of my eye.

[These are my eyes. That's right; I have Sharingan]

[You would all see this. All happy except for Kath and Jase who are getting a smell of my feet. It may appear to lasts a few seconds...]

[I see this. A crappier version of Itachi's Tsukuyomi technique. No less deadly/unbearable though as i pause time to make sure Kath/Jase gets a solid smell]

[But when i turn off my Sharingan, (i see only this with the right eye only). This was at its worse on Wednesday]

[And this is what my eye really looks like]

I can already hear the screams of outrage and indignity. All along the lines of:

"It's looks exactly the same!"
"Errrr...your left eye looks worse!" (which is from a mossie bite)
"WTFBBQ?"
"LMAO!"
"It looks fine!"
"6 weeks?!?! For that!?!?"

It would seem that banking on six weeks for this eye thing to heal was far too pessimistic. As in seriously. Six weeks?

That's right. I said pessimistic.

In fact it took all over maybe 4 days? Yep. Four days.

I would say it's another testimonial to my super human healing factor. But doctors would say its the meds. You decide. I took 9% of the estimated time.

The more important fact of the matter is that it was unbelievable how crazy this whole epic has been. This morning it was still a bit blurry. But by tonight after some TV, i was seeing clearer then i had before the evil eye thing developed.

Ok, maybe not totally and utterly healed. Because there is still some residual blur. But you get the idea. I could probably do my exams now. But the forms have been filed and set in motion...

So now I have six weeks to prepare. The meds even out for $6.30ish for every week i got off. Lucky? Cursed? Luckily cursed? Cursed to be lucky? Lursed? Curck?

Ok I'll stop now. But hey, on the plus side i've been blogging almost every day again. And yep; studying hard...*cough* photoshop *cough*

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Why Asian parents REALLY want you to be in the medical industry...

So continuing on from the last couple of days.

I went to see the Doctor again today. His Asian by the way. Relevance? I'll reveal later.

And we went through the same tests like the day before and since the steroids...i've showed some improvement. Worrying? Nah.

Same anaesthesia thing went on, a pretty young doctor (i suspect a student doctor) took a look at it too. 15 minutes later we have this convo:

Doc: Ok, Alan i think i know what is going on. You have (insert weird long name here), its going to take about 6 weeks to fix it self. So stop taking the Ocuflox. Stay on the Flarex and I'm gonna GIVE you another med to keep it uninfected.
Alan: Errrr...ok then.
Doc: Any questions?
Alan: Yeah, should I defer my exams?
Doc: I probably think that would be a good idea
Alan: How about driving?
Doc: You can still drive
Alan: But no exams?
Doc: Nah, I'll write you a letter for that.
Alan: So when should i do exams?
Doc: Give it six weeks

And then he gave me another med (no need to take a picture). This med however doesn't drop into your eye. No...you gotta squeeze it and ooze it onto your eye. I'll youtube it one day if i can be bothered.

I went to uni and organised so that my exams are to be deferred for SIX weeks. SIX weeks. That's more then half a semester. *sigh* Honestly, i just want these exams to be over with but there isn't much i can do about it all. Except for party hard and drink copiously for the next 4 weeks.

Errrr...

I'm banking on my super-wolverine-man healing system to kick in by Wednesday (my next appointment) and should be all sorted out.

Anyways, so what relevance do these stories even have to the title: "Why Asian parents REALLY want you to be in the medical industry..." ?

From my own experience with Asian Culture, I have unearthed the reality that Asian parents want all their kids to be doctors. Something so Asian about doing medicine. Wong Fei Hung was in med. I think they are secretly disappointed in us when we do anything but Med.

And if not a doctor, a pharmacist. Something with medicine handling. But doctors and pharmacist are the two big ones.

Why? Because then they can boast to all their friends at the CNY celebrations. And of course, what type of Asian doesn't want cheap meds? Something both Modern and Traditional Asians hold in common.

@ the neighborhood gossip ring at the end of the year
"Aunty" Erica: How are the kids?
"Aunty" Amy: Did you know my son Leon just finished uni, his a doctor
Mum: My son ate a whole pounder this year
"Aunty" Liz: Oh really? My son Roger just finished uni too, his a lawyer now

*long awkward silence*

"Aunty" Erica:So errr...you must be so proud Amy; a doctor! And that boy Alan; so well spoken! And so well mannered. You must be more proud!
"Aunty" Amy: Yes, Alan is so pleasant! If only Leon could speak like Alan.
Mum: Yes, i love him the most too. Don't tell the others.
"Aunty" Liz is slowly crowded out of the conversation by Amy, Mum and Erica as she realises Roger is not really something to boast about.

Of course; Amy, Erica and Liz aren't my aunties by blood. They are just your mum's friends. And their husbands are your "Uncle". A bit mobster-esque in my opinion.

But in all reality, the Doc today got me good. Made me buy meds. Told me to stop using them after i bought them. And then gave me free meds. How much of a scam is that?! Can nobody else see the unfairness?

The system works so well

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Outrage, fury, maddness...but no more pain

[If you click on the picture; it's prescribed to a MASTER Alan ^_- ]

These teensy weeny bottles cost me $38 and the droplets that issued forth looks like water. The bottle is no bigger then a 50cent piece, nor is it any more cylndrical then a 10cent piece. Combined together they contain a grand total of 10mLs. That's $3.80/mL

And yes, that is a banana peel.

I had to visit three pharmacy's to get these tiny bottles. And the last pharmacy which DID have it made me wait 15 minutes. Why is the health care system so burdened these days? Can't people just shurg it off? Or at least, just let me get my stuff first? At least she was easy on the eyes.

Or was that the blurriness speaking?

On the plus side; my eye is no longer in pain (probably a placebo efffect) but the white film is starting to get clearer. Or at least i think it is. Because on the way home, the car in front of me wasn't as blurry...

So things are looking brighter. I deserve a pun-ishment for that. *Haw haw haw*

But seriously; does that balance the outrage of my wallet?

The fury of my Traditional Asian ethics?

This is Maddness!!!

This is Sparta!!!

errr...Australia

[What the Pharmacists deserves]

*sigh* The bank account is gonna look alot redder this month.

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I'm on steroids

I haven't blogged about what happens in a wild day of Alan for a while. Often I feel as if I am breeding jealousy and envy to the wider community, but today proves an exception.

For those of you who don't know, my right eye has recently developed a very thin white film over it. I can see through this film but its really foggy, not foggy enough so i can't drive. But foggy enough that I had to see an opthalamologist (eye doctor). Foggy enough that I'm endangering other people's lives while driving?

Lets hope not.

I spent the all morning running around getting it diagnosed and figuring out exactly what is happening. The optometrist had pretty much no idea what was happening, he took some pictures and said to go see the opthalamogogist. And then the optha was in surgery so i had to wait around for ages.

Thanks to Phillip for the iPod which made the agonizing weight much less painful because i could iLecture. And yayness: Bond Pricing is another topic i need to learn. Seriously, who cares about zero coupon bonds?

I lost about 5 hrs today to the evil world of medical practitioners. 5hrs translates into alot of things to do. Like 6 iLectures of AitWE.

But what did the Optha discover?

• I'm in pain. Sharp stinging pain.
  
• There is something on my right eye. Duh.
  
• Its not infected. Thank god.
  

Doctors diagnosis? No idea

I can specifically quote to you all what he said. And i swear to god, you would never want to hear any doctor saying this to you:

Doctor: "I'm not exactly sure whats wrong"

He managed to save his ass and his insurance company by telling me what it definitely wasn't. Just saying "Not Conjunctivitis" (amongst an extensive list with lots of -us and -ia on the ends) made me so much more relieved.

In the end he gave me a prescription for steroids and proteins. He left me with this lasting quote:

"Good news is that the pain is gone, the bad news is that the anaesthesia will wear off in a couple of hours and it will come back"

Thanks mate-0; how bout i punch you in the head and in a few hours you can wake up? Is that the biggest false hope ever!? And he poked my eyes with sharp things.

More to come, I got another meeting with him this Friday. He even said I might have to defer my exams...

That was daytime.

Night time came around and I had dinner with the lovely ladies Noelle and Caroline. And the most interesting topic came up. If you had to eat only 3 meals for the rest of your life, what would they be?

Alan: Yee Mein, Steak and Lobster
Caroline: Hor Fun, Lasagna and Sushi
Noelle: Curry Luxor, Sushi and Gnocchi

Imagine that, Yee Mein as one of your main meals everyday for 21900 days...i can live with that. And anyone who disses the Yee Mein from the Malaysian Gourmet at Broadway deserves a kick in the head. You know who you are.

So what would you eat for the next 21900 days? Some of you have less days because getting kicked in the head for criticizing Malaysian Gourmet at Broadway is not good for your health.

Yee mein is the fruit of the gods.

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Back to study...or for Kath it's Grey's Anatomy. Speaking of which, we should all remember to be especially nice to her today. She is after all a very delicate and fragile young lady. Her birthday today is just a minor detail.

What people actually do in librarys...

Isn't it weird that as exams approach ever closer I tend to blog more? This post is another of those classical uni style ones about people that I'm infamous for. We all loved Study Buddies and Tutorial People but today we visit what people are really doing in the library.

And no this is not going to be about that time when Crystal Liu dressed up as a saucy librarian...

Nope, like I said today we touch on the delicate subject of what people really do instead of studying. Spying on people? You betcha!!

So just from my comfy watchtower in the Reid i am gazing out to the people surrounding me and my, my I think:

"Don't these people have exams to study for?"

Apart from the masses of internationals doing iLectures (I also ponder what they are actually doing during the semester? Answer: KTV ^_~) everyone else seems to be doing anything but studying.

And what are they doing?

Wikipedia

The bane of all uni students. Along with myspace and e-buddy it forms the unholy trimurative

This trust less site is more unreliable then me on a Sunday morning; this source of 'education' lures everybody in. It makes sense right? If everyone can edit it, then like Adam Smith's invisible hand then eventually equilibrium level of knowledge would be reached.

Lies!

I will never ever forget the fool who plagiarised and then referenced this for an assignment. He got a solid kick in the head (figuratively speaking). Nice guy though.

And as a distraction? You betcha...the guy on the second floor was reading about World of Warcraft: Dwarves, i kid you not.

e-buddy/web messenger

If wikipedia is the seductive touch of Crystal Liu as a librarian, then e-buddy/web messenger (the online versions of MSN/Yahoo/AIM) is the devil herself. With this by your side, you wield one of the most destructive tools of distraction. Everybody is addicted to this. If you can't MSN on your laptop, then your MSNing on e-buddy.

[e-buddy? More like e-bastard]

MySpace

Whatever you use to do the whole friendship network thing, it boils down to the same old distraction. Who can't say that having testimonials/comments makes you feel warmer and fuzzier?

In essence, its no different from a compliment.

But only with testimonials/comments everybody else knows that your universally praised and loved and admired. So probably better then a compliment because everybody can SEE it. And we all know things you can see are worth soooo more then things you can't see *sarcasm*

At the end of study break, the girl who is sitting three computers down from me is gonna ask herself:

"Where did study break go?"

Friendster, Myspace, Facebook, Orkut, MSN Spaces and Bebo will all be suitable answers

Not saying that I don't love the testimonials/comments but some people are on like 500+ comments. Who doesn't think that just cheapens the value of comments/testimonials? Basic Adam Smith economic theory. Diminishing marginal utility.

There is no doubt the creators of the social internetwork (another word I coined) have stumbled across a global phenomenon. And are in league with the unholy MSN and Wikipedia too.

Soccernet

The evil second-cousin of the first three. Soccernet is a football site dedicated for...football news. Duh. You wouldn't believe how addicted people are to this. I think i check it thrice daily!?! And more! I need more! Refresh! Oh god...why won't they update me on if David Villa is coming to Chlesea!?!? Wait a second...that's a different site!

Yes, sports site in general are pretty much the mistress of every guy. If your real wife found out how much time you actually spent with Sports then with her you'd be on the wrong end of a beating.

Sports sports sports. Sports.

e-bay

The more social twin sister of Soccernet is e-bay. Where as Soccernet/Sports sites tends to be a big lure for the fellas, ladies like to surf e-bay and the other online shopping stores. I won't any time soon forget Shirlz checking on her sock monkey. Constantly. Continuously.

[At least she won it]

Seriously, you need to only ever check it in the last five minutes. Bid Sniping is the only way a traditional Asian would do it on e-bay. Heck...if you could bid snipe at Coles, Traditional Asians probably would.

And course...

There is the guy who is sitting in my chair blogging.

Wait a second...

that's me

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Closure

Closure. Another semester has gone just like that. How does time fly so fast!??!

With exams around the corner *gulp* i think it's time when i disappear into my corner of the Reid library. So much study to do. So many iLectures wanting to be done.

Anyways, just wishing you all a splendid exam period.

Similar to Nissa's goal of catching up with everyone I think I'm gonna follow suit. I've flown off the radar to alot of people so it's high time i got back into the scene. After exams...mega celebrations!

In other news, I'm feeling really sick at the moment. Not from eating a baby cow today. No that was fine.

It was the sickening feeling as I watched Kath chuck away ALOT of lamb. Alot = 9kg

That was oh-so Modern Asian. A stab in my heart.

It always surprises me how much I can eat. Like seriously, the bbq is the best Australian invention ever. Free meat, free drinks, games, friends, socializing, sunshine and sport. What doesn't sound good in that combo?

I'm telling you all now, at my coronation I want a bbq. No body can not have fun at a bbq. I swear to god I ate enough to feed a small family today.

And now I'm hungry again. Should of taken the meat like Kath suggested.

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Random Thoughts and Tips

Those drafts can to to hell. I'm taking Shaun's advice and being random.

Problem: Global warming
Cause: Vegetarians. If they would stop eating all the rain forests already then maybe we wouldn't have such a huge hole in the ozone layer and temperatures wouldn't be 4 degrees higher
Solution: Make vegetarianism illegal

Problem: Too many Modern Asians
Cause: Parents raised us inappropriately and resultingly lacking of values and attitudes that were suitable 40 years ago are no longer present today
Solution: Be the father of all children in the next generation of Asians.

Problem: Fuel is too expensive
Cause: Jase has no license. As the Blog Troll put it so poetically:

The race is on between Jase and Chuong to get their licence!
Who will win?
I don't know.
But I Know who's been losing. The people who have been driving you lot around!

That would be me. Losing that is.
Solution: Put more pressure on Jase to get his license

Problem: Bankrupt
Cause: Too much philanthropic work. Who am I kidding?!? Shoes!
Solution: Turn to the bottle. Too bad its empty...

Problem: Read an emo poem/blog
Cause: Needed a laugh
Solution: I would think that when this emo finally does finish their time on earth, Shakespeare will make sure they suffer for it (thats what they would want anyways)

Problem: Alessandra Ambrosio ignoring me
Cause: MSN downtime
Solution: "Figure it out!!!"

Problem: Exams and stress
Cause: A decent TEE score which saw me come to uni
Solution: Post-exam celebrations ^_^ Where did that bottle go?

Experience: Almost getting crushed into the concrete barrier on Charles Street as it merges into Freeway South as 4WD Land Rover merged right dangerously close.
Tip: There is a "lane-merging" sign at the lights before entering Freeway South

Experience: Sent an SMS to a friend about their birthday present. Potentially ruining the surprise
Tip: Select the "send to" contact more carefully

Experience: Paying the bill at the Moon Cafe in Northbridge. The gentleman walked away before i could give him the money. Leaving me with a huge moral dilemma on whether to run on the $142 bill or not (the place is OKish. Not enough to feed me if i wasn't having an off day)
Tip: Pay the bill

Mmmmz...randomness does pay off. But Blogck is still around.

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