Dear all,
Greetings from Down Under! Life in Adelaide has been quite busy for ever since I started attending the Study Skills Programme for International students last week. Anyhow, today(mon,27/2) is the first day of the academic year. Usually, one would expect the first week to be pretty slack. However, this is not the case for my course. Ok, we have been given readings to read as well as questions to work on. All these mini assignments are due like in a day or two's time. But, well, I managed to get some of the work done.
The weather in Adelaide is not too bad. It has been cool and I am enjoying every bit of the weather before it starts to get into the "winter mood". Anyway, should I not update my blog for some time, please pardon me as my course is notoriously known for being busy and students are bombarded with assignments and readings the very first day of school. Do drop me a tag occassionally to see if I am still "surviving". Till the next entry..take care peeps!
Ciao,
Joanna
Monday, February 27, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Adjectives
Stumbled upon Sally's blog when I realised that there is now a window where people whom you know can choose from some adjectives to describe you. So, friends, please take some time to do this for me. Thanks! Click Here
Thursday, February 16, 2006
The Outings
Time sure fly by with a blink of the eye. Well, I thought I would be able to accomplish alot of things when I return to Singapore for my 2 months+ summer vacation. I remembered counting down the number of days before I fly back to Singapore. So, when I was back, I wasted no time in arranging numerous outings with my friends. Also, since I would be spending 2 months in Singapore, I wasted no time in finding a temporary job. As I signed a one-month contract with Loreal as a promoter, most of my off days were spent either at home or out with Sophie. At that time, I had no social life since I was not available on weekends when most people were free.
I had to thank the Lunar New Year holidays to meet up with my friends. First was with ASc. Every year, they would orgainse house-visits and this is the third year they have been doing. The outing with them were fantastic as I had time to mingle as well as catch up with everybody.
Then, Sally suggested that we should carry on the tradition of having a CNY meal together with Phoebe and I. It was great as I had the opportunity to catch up with Baozhu. Although the outing was short, it was GREAT!
Together with Sandy, I visited my attachment department at CGH. The welcome was "sunny".I felt at home at the department and everybody was eager to catch up with the both of us. What pleased me the most was my supervisor. We had a short chat with her as she was busy with patients' complaints. She was glad that the both of us were doing well after graduating from poly.
Next would be the numerous outings with Sophie. I am really glad that we made the effort to meet up even though we would walk the same route every week with different things to purchase. Babe, I will miss you when I am over there!!However, if you need a listening ear or feeling lonely, I am only a phonecall or email or MSN away. I look forward to our chats and hope that we are able to break the record of the 7/8pages that is still standing!Also, let's continue to write letters to each other as I loved to receive handwritten letters.(Ps:You will be the one to start since I've written 2 to u)
To my colleagues at TPY watsons, thanks guys for the many lunches, slacking sessions and toilet breaks that I had with you. Liya: study hard ya.I know you can do it!May you get into your dream course! Yu Ting:I hope you will be able to enroll in the degree that you want! Zann:Thanks for all the advice you have given to me as well as teaching me how to apply make-up and for looking after me.
Peiwen, thanks for helping me with my oily skin.Now, not only has it improved, it feels smoother, clearer and more managable.
Jasmine: I am glad that our friendship has rekindled!!Anyway,you take care and keep in touch!
To my poly friends (Baozhu, Sally, Tammy etc):Take care girls, let's keep in touch through all the means available.
ASc: Continue to shine. Joanne, do not lose steam. Hang in there!! Boys in the army, train well and defend our country. Girls who will be graduating: I hope you will find your dream job or be able to pursue a further education. If you need a listening ear or advice, I am available by any communication means.
To my family: Thanks for all the love that I have been showered.Do keep me in the loop of what is happening.
Ok, should I have missed out anybody, do let me know. Take care, peeps! I will see you all again at the end of 2006...
I had to thank the Lunar New Year holidays to meet up with my friends. First was with ASc. Every year, they would orgainse house-visits and this is the third year they have been doing. The outing with them were fantastic as I had time to mingle as well as catch up with everybody.
Then, Sally suggested that we should carry on the tradition of having a CNY meal together with Phoebe and I. It was great as I had the opportunity to catch up with Baozhu. Although the outing was short, it was GREAT!
Together with Sandy, I visited my attachment department at CGH. The welcome was "sunny".I felt at home at the department and everybody was eager to catch up with the both of us. What pleased me the most was my supervisor. We had a short chat with her as she was busy with patients' complaints. She was glad that the both of us were doing well after graduating from poly.
Next would be the numerous outings with Sophie. I am really glad that we made the effort to meet up even though we would walk the same route every week with different things to purchase. Babe, I will miss you when I am over there!!However, if you need a listening ear or feeling lonely, I am only a phonecall or email or MSN away. I look forward to our chats and hope that we are able to break the record of the 7/8pages that is still standing!Also, let's continue to write letters to each other as I loved to receive handwritten letters.(Ps:You will be the one to start since I've written 2 to u)
To my colleagues at TPY watsons, thanks guys for the many lunches, slacking sessions and toilet breaks that I had with you. Liya: study hard ya.I know you can do it!May you get into your dream course! Yu Ting:I hope you will be able to enroll in the degree that you want! Zann:Thanks for all the advice you have given to me as well as teaching me how to apply make-up and for looking after me.
Peiwen, thanks for helping me with my oily skin.Now, not only has it improved, it feels smoother, clearer and more managable.
Jasmine: I am glad that our friendship has rekindled!!Anyway,you take care and keep in touch!
To my poly friends (Baozhu, Sally, Tammy etc):Take care girls, let's keep in touch through all the means available.
ASc: Continue to shine. Joanne, do not lose steam. Hang in there!! Boys in the army, train well and defend our country. Girls who will be graduating: I hope you will find your dream job or be able to pursue a further education. If you need a listening ear or advice, I am available by any communication means.
To my family: Thanks for all the love that I have been showered.Do keep me in the loop of what is happening.
Ok, should I have missed out anybody, do let me know. Take care, peeps! I will see you all again at the end of 2006...
Thursday, February 09, 2006
The Appointment
Sophie and I made arrangements to make it a point to meet whenever we have the time. Also, when I was working, my off days were on Wednesdays and it conincides with her lessons ending early. Ok, we met yesterday(8/2) in hope of covering the places that we intend to go. Our first stop was to go to Raffles Place. I wanted to go to Recruit Express to submit my timesheet to collect my pay, thank my consultant for helping me find the job and for answering my endless questions and Sophie wanted to go to Raffles Exchange and Southhaven at Caltex House. So, we started out on the outing. After scouring around Raffles Place, we decided to make our way down to Fish & Co at Glass House. However, things did not go according to plan.
I received a phonecall from my mum to travel to the branch office of NTUC Income in Woodlands to sign some forms with regards to my loan. So, Sophie and I travelled from Raffles Place to Woodlands. The train ride was about 45mins. During the journey,Sophie kept harping that her butt had rotted away. I felt so guilty, making her travel with me all the way to Woodlands. Ok, once I was done with the stuff at NTUC Income, we took a cab down to Wheelock Place to have lunch at Fish & Co. at 3pm. Yes, lunch at 3pm. We gobbled down our lunch and started on our shopping. First stop:Topshop. Then, down to NAC(Ngee Ann City) and stopped at some shops in NAC. While we were in Taka, we stopped at the kids level for some time as both our keys caught sight of the cookie monster and elmo soft toy. They were going at $29.90 at 30". We played around with the cookie monster as I toyed the idea of buying one to bring over to Adelaide. It felt cuddly, nice to hug as its big. My final decision: Not to buy as I have too many soft toys.(As I'm writting this entry, I still thinking of the cookie monster. Maybe, will go back and see if they still selling when I'm in Orchard again).
Then, we made our way to Paragon to find a present for Clayton, Sophie's boyfriend. Ok, I shall not divulge much just in case he reads this entry, only that we spent a long time in the store trying to choose the colour and seeking second opinions! I sure hope Clayton will like the prezzie that Sophie bought!
After Sophie paid for the present, we made our way down towards to PS. We stopped at Orchard OG to look for the 4th series of the birthday bear. We sat down and started searching. After we scour finish the entire shelf, I bought 3 birthdays with my birthday as well as for my 2 sisters. By the time we got to SPotlight at PS, it was already 6.30pm.Ok, spent some time choosing the colours of fabric paint for Sophie. When she made the payment, we headed down to Carrefour to purchase some breakfast for my family for the following morning. I decided to buy a loaf of wholemeal bread as I detest eating plain, white bread! Sophie gave me the disgusted face when I picked up the loaf of wholemeal bread..Haha..
Ok, at the end of our outing, I felt exhausted, phyiscally and mentally. I look forward to our next outing, Sophie!
I received a phonecall from my mum to travel to the branch office of NTUC Income in Woodlands to sign some forms with regards to my loan. So, Sophie and I travelled from Raffles Place to Woodlands. The train ride was about 45mins. During the journey,Sophie kept harping that her butt had rotted away. I felt so guilty, making her travel with me all the way to Woodlands. Ok, once I was done with the stuff at NTUC Income, we took a cab down to Wheelock Place to have lunch at Fish & Co. at 3pm. Yes, lunch at 3pm. We gobbled down our lunch and started on our shopping. First stop:Topshop. Then, down to NAC(Ngee Ann City) and stopped at some shops in NAC. While we were in Taka, we stopped at the kids level for some time as both our keys caught sight of the cookie monster and elmo soft toy. They were going at $29.90 at 30". We played around with the cookie monster as I toyed the idea of buying one to bring over to Adelaide. It felt cuddly, nice to hug as its big. My final decision: Not to buy as I have too many soft toys.(As I'm writting this entry, I still thinking of the cookie monster. Maybe, will go back and see if they still selling when I'm in Orchard again).
Then, we made our way to Paragon to find a present for Clayton, Sophie's boyfriend. Ok, I shall not divulge much just in case he reads this entry, only that we spent a long time in the store trying to choose the colour and seeking second opinions! I sure hope Clayton will like the prezzie that Sophie bought!
After Sophie paid for the present, we made our way down towards to PS. We stopped at Orchard OG to look for the 4th series of the birthday bear. We sat down and started searching. After we scour finish the entire shelf, I bought 3 birthdays with my birthday as well as for my 2 sisters. By the time we got to SPotlight at PS, it was already 6.30pm.Ok, spent some time choosing the colours of fabric paint for Sophie. When she made the payment, we headed down to Carrefour to purchase some breakfast for my family for the following morning. I decided to buy a loaf of wholemeal bread as I detest eating plain, white bread! Sophie gave me the disgusted face when I picked up the loaf of wholemeal bread..Haha..
Ok, at the end of our outing, I felt exhausted, phyiscally and mentally. I look forward to our next outing, Sophie!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Chinese New Year
Over the lunar new year where families meet and attempt to catch up with one another, a song by Corrine May popped to mind.The lyrics are as follows:
For this year's lunar new year, I found it exceptionally dear. I have no idea why I am feeling this way. It could be due to my studying overseas. While you are abroad alone without any kin, settling down in a foreign land is no mean feat. For those who are studying abroad this year, remember to maintain the contact with your family. Also, I realised I have gone on more visiting. Day 1 and 2 are spent visiting relatives. Day 3 was spent visiting the houses of different ASc committee members. Day 4 will be spent visitng my tuition teacher which I have not visited for ages. Day 5 will be spent at CGH visiting the department I was attached to during my SIP, together with Sandy.Day 6, meeting Sophie for some bonding!! I am going to miss you babe!Coming at the end of november this year seems like a long wait But, thank God for the technology!
Me!!
The house would not be complete without the 4 of us!
3 beautys!!
"Dogging" around with my nieces & nephew!
Fly Away by Corrine May
"When will you be home?" she asks
As we watch the planes take off
We both know we have no clear answer to where my dreams may lead
She's watched me as i crawled and stumbled
As a child, she was my world
And now to let me go, I know she bleeds
and yet she says to me
You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be praying every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away
Autumn leaves fell into spring time and
Silver-painted hair
Daddy called one evening saying"We need you. Please come back"
When I saw her laying in her bed
Fragile as a child
Pale just like an angel taking flight
I held her as I cried
You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be praying every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away
ohh...I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away
For this year's lunar new year, I found it exceptionally dear. I have no idea why I am feeling this way. It could be due to my studying overseas. While you are abroad alone without any kin, settling down in a foreign land is no mean feat. For those who are studying abroad this year, remember to maintain the contact with your family. Also, I realised I have gone on more visiting. Day 1 and 2 are spent visiting relatives. Day 3 was spent visiting the houses of different ASc committee members. Day 4 will be spent visitng my tuition teacher which I have not visited for ages. Day 5 will be spent at CGH visiting the department I was attached to during my SIP, together with Sandy.Day 6, meeting Sophie for some bonding!! I am going to miss you babe!Coming at the end of november this year seems like a long wait But, thank God for the technology!
Me!!
The house would not be complete without the 4 of us!
3 beautys!!
"Dogging" around with my nieces & nephew!
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