Legend has it that, 'When the Jacaranda Tree in the Quadrangle blooms, and you haven't started studying for exams, you're a goner.'




It bloomed. Damn.

What's so beautiful about this tree is, it's completely purple pink. Somehow or rather the leaves only grow in summer. And flakes of flowers fall when wind blows, it's an awesome view! 还有阵阵的花香。 有安抚人心的力量。

I better go. no, run. :)

I find that I'm easily amused.

Yesterday's skill test was the most grueling thing I've done in months. Five whole hour, in fact-six, i was one of the last to leave. I saw people leaving halfway though. Either they're too smart or they simply don't care. The excel on a Mac was a killer: We're only given 30minutes to construct all the formulas and tables, on Mac's excel, mind you. I never understood why people loved Mac. Ok, apple products are goodlooking, userfriendly(ipod) and interactive. But for office programs, i would really beg to differ. Couldn't even find the place to fix cells. I'm an idiot. Anyhow, I managed to finish the test and handed in the diagnostic report that i had burnt the night for.

Then a series of things I saw out of the norm.
Library sent me an email telling me the book I placed on hold (many months ago) is ready for collection! WOW. It's not an ordinary book. that book costs like 150 bucks its so hot that everyone else is requesting for a copy.
At victoria park A guy was playing 'Fly me to the moon' with a gargantuan unpolished saxaphone very loudly. Apparently he need to tune his instrument properly next time.
Then another tattoo guy was hugging his jukebox radio the size of a medium luggage bag, sitting on a bench and shaking with the music.
Fire engines came steering between cars to get to my suburb. There was a fire. It was like in action movie! everyone stopped to watch, as if time froze. haha. i love the way cars giving way to the big guy, when fire engines defy all traffic lights, road signs, supposed road direction on the monotonous street to save people. i've nv seen it before.
My landlord made extra meatpies for me! She, being a doctor, has never given me an impression that she can understand recipe books like amazing mrdaniel. I always see her reading thick pathological texts. haha. but anyway, the meatpie 很令我感动。已经有一段时间没有吃到热烘烘的家常菜了 (:

and now a baby cockroach is standing on my laptop, looking in my direction. -_-

See, I'm so easily amused with random events.

It's the 13th rainbow I've seen in my whole life! (Yes I counted) and 1st time in australia! This is the clearest, and the most complete one. I managed to catch the complete arc (end to end) when crossing the road; totally stunned. Could only take it on the road shoulder, so here's the half.

This is a sign. A good sign.

But things happened, and i recalled Le Chatelier's principle that when a system is disrupted, the equilibrium shifts to counter-act the imposed change. I got back my quiz: no mistakes. The afternoon test went smoothly. Then the weather suddenly turned cold the entire day when it was supposed to be hot. And the wind was so strong my umbrella was flipped onto the other side like a funnel in front of so many onlookers. And I nearly tripped on the way back. Force of nature right.

真的，有得必有失 leh. haha.

But anyway, it was a happy day. (:

There's this new lecturer. He's a french, or rather, he speaks english with a unique french accent. An associate prof in his 30s, but i heard he's very very experienced in his field. He's a funnyman, and makes it a point to explain really complicated procedures in layman's term. Could see that everyone enjoys his lectures. I wanted to record a short clip of his voice, cos it tickles e funny bone. Words like 'reduction' is pronounced with a classy french tone as 'redookshoon'. 'example' was emphasized with the 'le', which i assume is 'the' in french. 'S' becomes 'Z' and 'that' becomes 'dart'! LOL :)) Once after the lecture my friend rushed to me with pink cheeks and screamed 'OMG i asked him a question! OMG i can't imagine he just talked to me! he's so totally cute!!'

-_- wth.

He reminded me of ratatouille, french cuisine and red wine. i must be too hungry during lecture. heh

My school is now higher in ranking than melbourne! I'm not particular about this, but the school seems to be happy. And it's just one # below UCBerkeley! It was in the weekly newsletter. I personally don think its too accurate, because peking, dartmouth and washington is below 40. thats kind of impossible.


taken from : Times Higher Education UK (click)


Anyhow, 3 more weeks to exams! I wanna make this work. (:

世界变得好快
我用尽了力气抓住时间的尾巴

还有一个月，我就可以吃到肉挫面，吃都吃不完的印度煎饼，更少不了老爸贴心的米粉.
不是说唐人街买不到，只是这里没有那个feel.

那天听了周杰伦的新专辑，心里的OS已经告诉我‘又是同一个调调的周氏情歌’。一样重复的和弦、转音、rap.
但是重听了《稻香》，其实也很有味道。
不是他的曲，而是周董自己填的词吸引了我.

很动人的词。听听看。



《稻 香》 词：周杰伦 曲：周杰伦

　　对这个世界如果你有太多的抱怨
　　跌倒了就不敢继续往前走
　　为什么人要这么的脆弱 堕落
　　请你打开电视看看
　　多少人为生命在努力勇敢的走下去
　　我们是不是该知足
　　珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
　　还记得你说家是唯一的城堡 随着稻香河流继续奔跑
　　微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
　　不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑 乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
　　回家吧 回到最初的美好
　　不要这么容易就想放弃 就像我说的
　　追不到的梦想 换个梦不就得了
　　为自己的人生鲜艳上色 先把爱涂上喜欢的颜色
　　笑一个吧 功成名就不是目的
　　让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义
　　童年的纸飞机 现在终于飞回我手里
　　所谓的那快乐 赤脚在田里追蜻蜓追到累了
　　偷摘水果被蜜蜂给叮到怕了 谁在偷笑呢
　　我靠着稻草人吹着风唱着歌睡着了
　　哦 哦 午后吉它在虫鸣中更清脆
　　哦 哦 阳光洒在路上就不怕心碎
　　珍惜一切 就算没有拥有

Australians ask the weirdest questions. and I've learnt the hard way. Like in the supermarket, they don't go by 'Hi, Good morning'. Aussies greets 'Hi, how are you?'. What's unusual is they don't expect an answer at all. Someone said 'How heavy was the rain?' I

AUD$ fell below SGD today! When i came it was 1AUD dollar : 1.3 Sing. Now it's like 1AUD : 0.9SGD! I hope it'll continue to weaken. Like 0.6 will be great!

I was told that Yishun Library will be moving to Northpoint! That's good news. And it'll be opening on 14th November. Just in time when I go back.

Photo of the day - Hungry Jacks. Australia's version of Burger King. the burger is HUGE. I think i'll eat it again tomorrow.

I got my exam timetable already. It's well spread out, luckily. I've been trying to find out about Summer School during holidays, which was believed to help me accelerate my degree. But seems like it's impossible to finish it, 'cos i'm only allowed 2 modules per holiday.

My mood plunged to the lowest today. Don't know why. I think i missed home.

我的電台 FM S.H.E
- 07 喜碧夫人時間






Aww. 我怎么会这么傻！ LOL

I bought Krispy Kreme doughnuts yesterday. It was somewhat bigger than Donut Factory's, yet it's not THAT sweet. I tried the 'Sensational Strawberry' and 'Glazed Devil's Food'. There was satisfaction after the first bite. The chocolate devil tastes like sugar-glazed brownies. But of course, the doughnuts there are slightly pricier. 5+ for two.

It's finally the break. Got too bored yesterday and rekindled my childhood love for pokemon for a day! Went onto googling for the latest updates and found out that the Platinum version is out in japan! Nobody can feel the excitement that I have. Like. after playing the Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, LeafGreen, FireRed, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond and Pearl VERSIONS, (that's alot), i'd probably thought that the huge nintendo-game-market-manipulator-back-in-those-days will be short for ideas. This current one is actually quite exciting! Cuter creatures, nicer graphics. And the storyline now includes the Torn world, which depicts global warming and all the big issues.

We may call that escapism from the real world. It's the same reason why I love Heroes. My ex-Platoonmates who told me that Heroes is just another x-men series, and it's the same old plot for people with supernatural powers. But I gotta say it's different. There's more emphasis on how they cope with these abilities, and saving humanity. IT's more 'real' in a sense that, it brings hope to the audience. I'm always looking forward to seeing new powers in new casts, and how it manifests within them. Things like that will definitely not happen, but I like to believe in miracles.

Ok, the weather's treating me fine. Windy.

That day i went to the Medlibrary at bosch and conclude that fisherlib was better. Fisher was bigger! and have friendlier librarians. haha

My roommate was telling me about Daylight Saving Time! It's going to happen this sunday at 2am! IT didn't occur to me that I had to know about this. Sydney's time is going to accelerate by one hour! like in sg if its 6pm, it's going to be 9pm. It feels really good , the idea that human race is actually controlling time, and not the other way round.

The drawback is that I have to go online LATER than usual to see my family and dear flyermates. :\ DAMN.

I'm going out to buy some fruits.