electricity outage for the first time in the new house

I feel like crap at the moment - down with a sore throat since last Saturday and develop into coughing fits since yesterday. And coincidentally, our house was out of power TWICE due to the heavy storm. Well, you might not actually know, but Adelaide is a place where very very few storms actually hits. I guess we could possibly blame it to global warming...we had terrible and horrifying thunderstorms and lightnings almost all day though it couldn't had been worse than Sandy in the US. I ended up showering using cold water and not doing anything useful all day. Thankfully the power resumed for a short while during dinner time so that allowed me to cook and eat my meal before the power was out again...The sky outside was literally brighter than inside the house and we (my sis, me and the bf) gathered near the window (just because it's brighter) and do nothing. -.-" Ended up going to bed at 10pm coz we've got nothing better to do. ha!

Invasion of the arachnid family

Typing just the title of this post makes my skin creeps...Well, I've abandoned this blog long enough that even cobwebs would have formed and baby spiders would have popped out. Urghh...Not that I know if anyone still reads or access this blog of mine anyway...Summer is approaching again...and it's the best breeding season for insects, spiders, moths...you name it, you see it. Hate them to the max, I tell you.

I've recently moved to a house, yes a proper house (been staying in uni accommodation and apartments for the past 6 yrs of my life) and the situation is definitely 10x worse than when you stay at higher ground. They comes in from every nook and cranny and you cannot do a thing about it. -.-" I've meant to get some proper photos of the new place up but I'm way too tired/ zoned out everyday to get it done. My bad! The house still feels pretty bare as we're yet to get more furnitures and storage cupboards. You would not believe the amount of craps stuffs that I've accumulated throughout the years and still refuse to chuck them into the bin e.g. err, my first year undergrad assignments?? No idea why I'm still keeping those...but who knows it might come in handy one day right? Or my sis might need it one day??

We're mostly settled in and start out a daily routine of chores at the new place. Now that we're staying in a house, we need to make sure we water the ground, clean the surrounding, push the bins out every Monday (or you get smelly garage/ backyard for the entire of next week), etc. Earlier this week we've got a minor incident where a worker who was building our verandah (or deck or outdoor area) fell down from the height of the roof and broke his wrist. =/ The whole verandah structure literally collapsed. My sister was home at the time and she totes freaked out...well I was pretty anxious when I got a call from my sis. But apparently he was okay and even managed to drive himself to the hospital (how on earth did he even does that?) Am thinking the man must still be in shock that he didn't feel the pain and drove straight to the hospital with his bad hand...I could not imagine how dangerous that could be!

Feeling crappy

It feels crap when I'm supposed to enjoy my weekend and back in my mind, there are heaps to be done. Can't believe I'm already in my final year of PhD. *gulp* It's such a scary feeling thinking that I'm now officially a senior HDR student and yet, I feel so incompetent and under-achieved. :| Would I even be able to finish and graduate on time? Would I be able to secure a good job next year? Would I be able to finish all my writings? Looking at the horrendous piles of journal sitting on my study table...Urghh! I'm speechless. 

This is probably one of the bottleneck-of-my-life's post since my last entry. Realised that my English standard has deteriorate so much though I speak and use it everyday >.< I start to wonder why do I even want to do a PhD for a start......

What happened when I'm bored...

Well, this is a little embarrassing to be announced on my blog since I hardly blog nowadays.

I got a whatsapp message from my mum (who was still at work) last saturday afternoon after I came back from my unsuccessful grocery shopping to chat with her online. It's not that we don't chat with each other but our timing seem to be a bit off recently due to her massive workload and I'm usually off to bed by the time she's free to chat. I should be ashamed of myself seeing that I literally did nothing productive or work-related all weekend.

Waited till 3.45pm and my mum still hadn't come online. There I went sending another message asking her whereabout. STILL.IN.THE.OFFICE. *rolled eyes* C'mon mum, I'm supposed to leave in 15!! I'm such an inconsiderate daughter. So there I went telling the bf who just got back from his haircut and was indulging himself with tonnes of really old Bruce Lee/ Wong Fei Hung's movies next to me to postpone our outing. *We were due to go over to a friend's place for a pre-christmas party celebration at 4pm*

I wasn't a big fan of Kungfu movies, despite all the "ninja acts" that I perform at work and how all my lab mates think I'm a ninja in action. =.=" So instead, I opted to do some random net surfing...came across a very tempting online sales on Cotton On. Low and behold, I managed to stash 5 outfits into my shopping cart within that 15 mins wait for my mum!!! Yeah, I'm not so much a filial that I blamed my mum for my impulsive shopping spree. What to do?? They were dirt cheap and I really needed some new outfits (Ok, I lies...maybe I only needed 3 out of the 5 outfits I picked) but the free shipping managed to persuade me into buying the other 2 not-so-keen ones.

All the while the bf didn't know what was up on my sleeves until I told him to keep a look out for my delivery (since I'm going back home for Christmas) and might miss the delivery all together. So here's how our casual conversation goes...

Me: Ehh, can you look out for my delivery when I'm home. I'll pass you my postbox key.
Bf: Uh huh...*still grossly into his movie* What did you buy?
Me: Nothing much. Just 5 pieces of clothes from Cotton On.
Bf: How much?
Me: Ermm...$55?!!
Bf: *pause the movie* WHAT???!!!!!
Me: 55??
Bf: Are you crazy???!!! You spent that much in 15 mins???
Me: *embarrassed* Ok la...I don't shop around that much here ma...(as in locally)
Bf: OMG....girls....

Oh wells, as long as I'm happy spending my OWN money right???! (: *big grins*

So, what do you think of my latest purchase??? (Top to bottom: Lacey 3/4-sleeve top, biker jacket (my sis took mine away), dress, cardigan and grey top).

I know, I know 4 out of 5 are blacks...nevermind, I'm so into black these days that I couldn't resist turning my wardrobe into a witchery black. :P Anyway, they were really quick with the shipment because I received my parcel 3 days after placing my order!!! (:

blessed birthday

Time does fly...it's already the last month of 2011 and so did my 25th birthday *gasp* Can you believe I've reached a quarter of a century???

I had a pre-birthday celebration with a bunch of my Adelaide friends at an Italian restaurant a week before and dinner with Mr. Bruce "Bruise" at a Japanese restaurant on my actual birthday. We were so lucky to get a parking spot right in front of the restaurant and we didn't even realise that until we got down from the car and started laughing at each other.

Thanks everyone for their well wishes and hope my wishes will come true soon! (: xxx

Home bound soon!!!! very very soon...

Finally booked my air ticket home 3 days ago!!! Boy, it was super duper expensive!!!! Like my stipend for a month??? T_T I'm already so broke before I even start spending on anything...

Been doing experiments non-stop for a week now...makes me feel like I'm back to Honours year. Haha! =P

On a very very random note, my birthday is coming up!!! I'm excited, not! Will be reaching quarter of a century in officially 36 days...O.M.G!!! I'm OLD!!!!

accumulated dust...

I have totally lost all the motivation to blog nowadays...I was so jealous looking at friends and strangers graduating a month back...and I'm still stuck with mine. Begin to question when my turn would be. I'm pretty worried that I wouldn't be able to finish on time, i.e. at the end of my 3rd year. It seems like forever...not that I'm sick of what I'm doing now, but I just wish to get over with studying and start earning real cash. But without a proper degree, how to get a good job right?? Ironic.

On a side note, I wish to take a long long break...