Garden City. Another hangout in Perth. This was where we went to for Harry Potter. Some new friends that we made drove us down to Garbo where we window shopped before watching HP. HP was a disappointment though. Not as good as the book. Then again, all novel adaptations to the silver screen basically sucks and Harry Potter was no exception.
Anyway, hung out with some really interesting people who really made us feel right at home although it was awkward initially. 'Lunch' was basically chips and soda which we munched on during the movie. Got a ride back to the student village too where I sat around with Shu Hui for a grand total of 5 minutes where we stared at the idiot box before deciding that it was getting way too boring. Was on my way back to my flat when I noticed the all too familiar white mini van and gave Shu Hui a call. Sheena and Ka Hang have finally arrived at Student Village. It was either really good timing on my part or simply a coincidence that I just so happened to spot the vehicle on my way back. Helped to lug their luggage to the administration building where they checked in before helping them once more to their flats. It's really unfortunate that they were given rooms that are so far apart and tiny too. As compared to mine and Shu Hui's rooms, theirs were really like a prison cell... It was a lot narrower... Perhaps its because they have a double room so technically, they are sharing with 5 other people. Still its really small. Oh well... gotta count my lucky stars that I got a room in a flat which is much more spacious and I have cool flatmates.
Anyway, dinner was pasta. Which we whipped up quickly with four sets of hands. Frankly, it was too sour for my liking. Never did like tomato paste. But its healthly nonetheless and I was really hungry. Oh well. Lots of nutrients and minerals. Walked them back to their flats where Sheena decided to stay over with Ka Hang for the night. I really wonder if they are ever gonna adjust...
Rotted in the flat with my flatmates where we gaped at obese people dancing on the reality show: Dance your ass off. Very degrading if you ask me.
Well, I'm too lazy to upload the pictures and I just realized I can't remember what happened at all yesterday. Oh well, whatever LOL.
Cheers
Carmen
Spend most of Sunday doing laundry. It was then that I realized just how spoilt I really am... We took awhile to figure out how to use the washing machine and the dryer... At least we have clean clothes now lol...
Cook some pathetic chunky beef stew from a can for lunch with kailan and apples for dessert. Shu Hui's flatmate, John gave us a bowl of his beef soup. It was OMFG.
Clear soup with beef bits, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and parsely. Perfecto. A taste of home. Sorta. John's from China. A nice guy really.
Went to play basketball with some of his friends in the evening. Finally a chance to exercise... It was pretty refreshing to run around in the cold.
Went back for dinner of more kailan, sausauges and some canned curry that Punitha brought over. Ate up the last of the apples too.. I need more apples...
Okay, finally caught up to the present. More pictures on Facebook!
Cheers
Carmen
Totally forgot to blog about Fremantle... Oh well, better late than never right?
Anyway, went with Juhanans who's Shu Hui's flatmate. He nicely brought us along and showed us around. Took a public bus there. Our first bus ride! Sorta the same as SG's busses with the tap card.
Our first stop at Fremantle was a Japanese store. 
Bought some rice flavouring... and we found something interesting...
Pocky for men! Yes, that's right. Now guys won't have to hide in a close room to induldge in their pocky cravings.
We stepped right out of the store and saw something fascinating. A limo! Not as sleek as I would like, but nonetheless real cool...
Went to Freo Market next. Here's an interior view...
An exterior view. Nice architecture right.
Lunch at Kailis. Beat this Fish & Chips!
Too lazy to blog more about Fremantle lol...
More pictures at my Facebook account titled Murdoch.
Cheers
Carmen
Nothing much happened today.
Had a meeting with Bob at 11am and we decided to meet up at 10.30am to make a slow walk there. Unfortunately, we ended up procrastinating in my room for a good 15mins before we finally left. Strangely enough, the trip from the hostel to the Biological Science block took around 7mins. Cool eh. This means we don't have to wake up at ungodly hours to get to class on time...
Well, meeting with Bob took a couple of minutes before we left to wander around. Stopped to chat with some new friends we made who were currently volunteering outside Murdoch Internation Office. Cool people with really lame jokes. I swear it got even colder...
The sun's blazing in the afternoon and the weather's pretty bearable with just a jacket. Headed back to the hostel to cook lunch around 2pm. 
This is lunch. Curry from a cube with potatoes with skins on, onions and chicken thighs. Had a piping cup of good ol' Lipton tea too. Just what we needed to warm us right up.
Strangely, chicken thighs here are way cheaper than chicken breasts... The curry was diluted though... edible but could be nicer...
Went back to my room where I rotted for hours doing stuff that I cant remember at all.
Next up, dinner.
Omelette, sliced mushrooms in butter sauce from a can, stir fried broccoli with chicken and a serving of rice. Pretty good meal. The omelette was tasteless and a tad too dry... I need soy sauce...
Then it was back to my room where I rotted once more...
It has already been three days... Sort of.
Yesterday Shu Hui's friend kindly brought us around town where we bought a whole lot of junk again. Dinner was an amusing affair of about to expire sandwiches on offer. (That's how pathetic we are...)
Well enough about yesterday.
Today, we went to see Professor Bob for certain things regarding our course and such. He is a really nice guy who would always go an extra mile for his students. I will have to see him tomorrow... Apparently my course details have yet to be updated. We hurried back to our hostel after making more deposits to BankWest amid the rain. The weather here is really strange. It can be all nice and sunny then *BAM* Rain. Within seconds, the freak shower will be gone and its sunny once more.
And I thought Singapore's weather was nuts.
The winds here are pretty chilly. Freezing cold at night and in the mornings.
My housemates are pretty cool people. We keep to ourselves mostly with casual conversations held in the hallway when we happened to meet; other than that, its really quiet here.
Anyway, had a pathetic 'lunch' of milo with cereal and some beef jerky which tastes suspiciously like dog treats though that does not mean I have tasted dog treats, mind you. We went to the 'nearby' K-Mart next where we overloaded our trolley with more stuff. The trip back was hell. Didn't help that I almost went into hypoglycemia due to lack of glucose. I nearly fainted during the trip back T_T
The trolley isn't exactly fully functional... It tends to roll sideways instead of straight and it was really hard to control. Worse thing was that there were slopes on our route back... and weather just had to decide on another bunch of freak showers except this one lasted more than the expected two minutes. We actually sheltered the trolley with Shu Hui's umbrella instead of ourselves. Pathetic ain't it. Shu Hui was even screaming "QUICK! MUST COVER THE BREAD!"
So well, back to our hostel where I lugged this really cheap set of 16 pieces of dinner ware to my room since its on the ground floor before helping Shu Hui with the rest of the groceries to her apartment on the second floor. There's no way I'm gonna cook in my kitchen. It's a bloody mess.
Dinner was an interesting affair. We bought some really huge sausages made of bogus meat that tasted pretty good. Although they looked like they were leaking out when we broiled them before pan-frying with butter...
This is dinner. Baked Potato, brocolli, rice and the giant sausages.
This is Shu Hui with her burnt rice that strangely, tasted like popcorn...
Well that's it for today. I haven't done anything else save for rotting away in my room...
I just realized that this page has died for around two months... Opps. My bad.
Well, I'll be leaving for Perth in three days. Feeling excited yet scared at the same time.
A part of me is raring to go, longing for an adventure. Yet, another part of me is afraid to step out of my comfort zone.
Still, it will be a learning experience.
I'll keep this page updated then.
Carmen
12 hours till check in at T1... Almost...almost... HOKKAIDO!!!
For cooler weather!
For sakura!
For crabs!
WHEEEE!!!!!
I cant wait!
The bags are packed, everything's ready!
Oh well, to pass time, here are some updates on my mundane life...
Worked for 14 days at The Pampered Pet Corner located behind MPE.
The people there are nice. But the job scope...
Back breaking is an apt description. I prefer bathing the dogs to drying them...
At least you will only get wet when you bathe dogs. When you are drying dogs, you get furry and you sneeze the entire time.
For minimum wages in a labour intensive job, I guess the employee welfare is pretty good as compared to most places. Like I mentioned earlier, the people there are really nice. Wouldn't mind helping out once in a while though not as a full-time job...
Talking about full time jobs, STC offered another post AGAIN.
Remember the *cough* person? She resigned.
From what I heard, she was pretty upset that the HOD didn't ask her to stay.
Less than a week after her resignation was tendered, I was offered a permanent job there -.-
And less than a week after she officially leaves the company, I was offered a part-time contract job there. Seriously, get a hint.
Oh well, they are desperate. If the money's good, I'll take it.
Doesn't hurt to have extra cash on hand when I'm studying. That and I can be filial to my parents and grandmother by giving them part of my paycheck.
I'm such a good kid don't you think? LOL. Self praise is no praise.
This is starting to turn into a ramble.
Cant be helped. My fingers cant stay still when placed on a keyboard.
A good thing too. It goes to show that the daily writing is paying off.
On another note, I finished my first ever fanfic. Boy, am I proud of myself. My FIRST ever! After slightly less than a year of breaking out into the fanfiction community, I finally completed a series. Good characters so its not too hard to create fiction on them. Lots of plot twists and story lines to play around with. I cant wait to write the next one already.
Been churning out garbage for Writer's Bureau as well. Not entirely satisfied with the results but I'm working on it. I need another source of income...
Apart from Hokkaido... we are going to Phuket as well!!!
Water! Sand! Bitch! Beach! Seafood! Party! Transvestites! Sun!
This is going to be one really great month!
Cheers!
carmen