The best way to avoid regrets is to face problems

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

What a day! -_-''

I feel that now a burden has been lifted. I feel that some of my questions are cleared.
What am I talking about?
I am talking about my units. I've finished 1 so there's 3 to go. I had my test today. It was challenging in a way.. but I guess a pass is definite. After the final test, I had a Marketing Research lecture. It was the last one so as a norm, the lecturer will give tips for the exams... and I've got a glimpse of what the exam paper is like. Glimpse?? you might ask.. haha ya.. its a glimpse cause he zoom out and made it really small on the projector so we cant see it anyway.=(. But the idea is there.

After lecture I was contemplating whether or not to go for badminton. There was a bit of persuasion from Fei.. but that's not it. I felt so happy that I finished 1 unit that technically if anyone asked me bout anything I would say yes. haha. So I came home and told him that Da Yong and I would be going. We got home at about 5+ pm from lecture so getting ready by 6pm was a real challenge. I rushed to buy food in the Deli and managed to pull it off. When I arrived back home I received a phone call saying.. they'll arrive in 5 minutes. That's really quick!

I had fun in badminton. The group was smaller this time cause of test and exams... thats why it turned out interesting. Because of that we used only 1 car to squeeze 6 people inside. Not that I like to squeeze.. haha.. but something happened. When we were coming back from badminton, there was a roadblock. All of us in the car was panicking.. and apparently, Lawrence claimed that his whole body/ leg had no energy. Yan Hua was at the front seat.. Xin Ying, Fei, Da Yong and I were at the back. We were scared enough.. but Xin Ying had to open her door when we arrived at the stop. She tried to get out of the car ' so that police can't see her' hahahaha. funny.=). Lawrence got through the breath test and Da Yong and I managed to keep Fei out of the picture by squashing him.haha no la.. we just made use of the blind spot and made sure the police couldn't see him.

What were the penalties. Well I thought of jail.. although thats too far fetched. haha.

Hopefully we might get a chance. hmm. I thought

mm then I thought I wouldn't mind if I were behind bars... candy bars lol. Just like this one..

haha! kay.. too much imagination. I think at most we would get a fine of around 200 aussie or so. But.. it's so not worth it lo. So I'm satisfied with my day because of all the fun& "adventure" that I had today. =)

Derek | 8:42 pm

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Should a girl ask the guy for his number? Who should make the first move?

"If a guy makes a move on a girl and she turns him down, the guy loses face. But that's not it.
Because what normally happens is that the girl would go back to her pack of girlfriends, and then she'd go, "Like, oh my god. You won't believe just what happened. Did you, like, see that guy over there, like, make a move on me? He was like, totally ewww. I was, like, just sitting there and he's like, 'Hey, can I like buy you a drink?' and I was like 'No wayyyy, I'm too cool for you!' Like, whateva!"
Then they'd all giggle among themselves while you stand there looking like an idiot." Quoted from Kennysia.com
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My opinion

Personally I think that everyone has the right to pursue their way of life, their ambitions and most importantly, their lifetime companion. Seriously, I think gender is not important as in, as long as you like someone, voice it out. Gender only matters if you are gay or something, which means you are not STRAIGHT.

Initiative is very important. It seems that the norm is very tough on the guys. Guys have to make the first move.. get the blame and then in the next day or two lose face. Some people say face is ego and that guys should put aside their ego because 'love' is much more important than that. I totally agree that love is much more important, but what is the point when the day you took your chances to get closer to a girl, all the other girls takes you as a pervert or an idiot.

Based on that, I really think that whoever has feelings towards someone should make the first move.. regardless of their gender.

Sometimes in a society, males outnumber females. One example is China where the numbers are so obvious due to the one child policy.

So I throw one question to females.Do you prefer to get chosen by a group of desperate guys.. or would you rather look for your prince charming?

I mean you shouldn't have the "couldn't care less attitude" when things like these determine your future...right??

So back to the question again..,
Should a girl ask the guy for his number? Who should make the first move?

Derek | 10:14 pm

Monday, October 22, 2007

Firstly, I have to be very grateful that I completed two assignments and 1 presentation today. The two assignments were done.. the presentation was somewhat last minute. Either that, or it was a result of miscommunication. Everyone in my group thought everything was covered because we all did our part. But!, we forgotten that a separate analysis needed to be done for the powerpoint presentation. Our class was at 11.30am and we met at around 11am just to find that out. It really was a disaster. At that point I really didn't feel like attending the tutorial lo but I dragged myself. As a group that is not prepared, we waited for the other groups to present first.. and that was a bad move. The first group performed so well and the lecturer had so many comments to make asking them to fix it in the report. That really made me feel like melting away... pack my stuff and walk out. It was a 5% presentation anyway. I would rather lose it than embarrass myself in front of the class if I had it my way.haha.

At the end, we presented with our graphs and data that was not analyzed.. and guess what she had nothing to say. Probably cause there was nothing for us to fix because we didn't do anything.. but we were surprised she let us go without a long lecture. After the presentation I just felt so relieved and felt like going home. It took so much of me that I don't feel like going to any other class later in the day.. but I still went.

During my presentation, I received a mms with a KFC pic in it. When I received it I didn't feel the hunger in me .. but that built up later on.haha. After that at around 2.30 pm I had Organizational Behaviour tutorial to attend. It is the most boring tutorial of all. Either that or whenever I enter the class I will feel stressed out because the participation mark accounts for 20% of the whole unit marks. Thats a lot. Usually it is just 10%.

What a day~. After that received an mms regarding the loss of a chicken ..hahaha. funny. cause of that I went to lepak in Vickery house for a while. hmm no regrets though cause I had orange to eat.=D.
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Finally~ I played my first game of Dota again for few months I think. Lost my touch already.. haha but it's fine. It is just a game.
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Yesterday after badminton, Thomas, Da Yong, Melvin and I had dinner with pastor and his family. Somehow it's a privilege...somehow it's stressful if you know what I mean. Either way I was grateful I had free food to eat. =)

Derek | 10:59 pm

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Suddenly I have assignments due again. It surprises me that I would get surprised about my assignments.haih.. obviously I do not have good time management.

hrm quotes to think about

"Give credit when credit is due"
"We were closer when we were friends"
"Kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much"
"No matter how skilled you are in flying a kite, your direction is guided by the wind"
"Do not complain about the drought, for when the storm comes you'll be blown away"

Derek | 11:34 am

Sunday, October 14, 2007

BEHOLD

This is innovation..haha. Taken from Pei Ren's blog. Really like this picture.=)

Derek | 11:35 pm

Part and Parcel of life

Encounters and farewells are a part of life. They are a cycle. This is why we must cherish friends when we have a chance. They exist in our everyday life, but somehow it is always that they are more important when they are leaving.

Today, Bang is leaving Perth. There's a chance he would be coming back.. but it would be small? haha.. actually I myself is unclear of his chances of returning.. but oh well there are no boundaries in this world. We could be anywhere, but with different roles. For most of us, we know Bang as a Malaysian, that grew up in America, hence his American ascent. That's a social plus for him. heeh. How could I describe him, joker? Some would describe him as a pessimist but I prefer to call him a critic. That's because a critic can be constructive.haha.. That apart, around 16 of us had a farewell dinner for him at Ferrals. As we all know.. its not about the food tonight but its about the heart thats there to see him off. It's the Heavy heart.

For now, here's the lamb shank I ordered.

We had a group photo after that, but my phone camera wasn't good enough for the night.. so it has to be taken from a proper camera and that means that I'll have to wait for the photo.

Finally... and interestingly, a few moments after I arrived home I received and egg from Yii Mei, via Melvin. I don't know whether it was leftover or what, but I was really happy because as we all know, food in high class restaurants do not offer quantity. I was pretty hungry,.. therefore very happy to see an egg. Thanks a lot.

The egg~.

Derek | 9:30 pm

Friday, October 12, 2007

Unpredictable..

This morning I started my day bad cause I was supposed to have a group meeting but it was canceled. But.. its ok I was busy either way. I went to Karawara for groceries and had lunch there.

This is the two meat combination rice. Usually I take the 3 meat combination which is roast pork, bbq pork and chicken. However, my appetite has been squeezed since I got sick a few days ago. Da Yong had wonton noodles soup.It looks like the plague is spreading since my housemates are all getting sick 1 by 1. haha. Maybe we could finish 2 bottles of apple cider *fingers crossed*.

After that, we caught the bus back and I had time for 1 chess game and guess what. =). Anyways, I rushed off for my group meeting for International marketing. It is a very constructive one I must say... but 2 hours of that can really take a toll on you. I was really tired after that and thinking about what to do for the night I was even more tired. As usual, my Friday nights would be home alone.. so I went to spent some time in vickery house. Not today though. hee. Tim was home and we had steamboat together. It seems so long that I had steamboat but suddenly this week, I have had 2 steamboats on 2 consecutive days. How good is that. =). Now I'm really satisfied.

Life is really so unpredictable and in that sense it deserves credit. Life is good... and has a thousand possibilities.

Derek | 9:13 pm

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Long Day

Today, I started off my day with a class at 9.00 am. It was a bad start...not because I was late but because I realized that I still have so much assignments to do after the class. After that, I just went straight to Carousel. For more than a month or so I've been dealing with receiving late mms and it isn't very convenient. Anyways, I went to Carousel with the hope of getting it fixed. It was so disappointing. I sat there for 3 hours and the results were bad. It wasn't making things worse, but it just didn't help solve anything. On the way there, I met Adeline. And when I arrived, I met Ivan.. such a coincidence.

As anyone would feel after waiting for 3 hours and getting no results, all I felt was frustration and I just wanted to go home and sleep it all out.

On the way though, something caught my eye.

The bad thing was, it wasn't for me. -_-''.oh well.. it was a distraction anyway. haha.

After that, I was so tired that I took a nap. Short one though.

During the night, I was supposed to study but was influenced to a certain degree and decided to watch videos on www.crunchyroll.com instead. Soon after that, I went and join Da Yong, Thomas, Jia Huei and Yee Fang for the mamak night. It was so gloomy.. as if no one promoted it and invited people to come. So.. sad. Good thing was, we get to go back early and have a good rest and we have the rain to compliment the atmosphere to sleep. =)

Derek | 9:40 pm

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

What is your stand?

Often we follow opinion leaders and base our actions on their perspective. We do this because, they are more experienced and it is more convenient to conform with the norm. I would like to put forward a question then.. "when you act based on others opinion, do you feel the same sense of achievement and achievement?". People today do so much to fit in.. yet they forget why they want to fit in. They want recognition and attention. In short, they want friends. This is the part I'm confused with. What easier way is there to get recognition and attention?.. it is to be different, unique or special. I totally can't understand why then that they need to be a copy of something. It's so contradictory.

There's a saying that goes " no matter what you do, you will not be able to please everyone..". So do what you want, there will be some that agrees with you and some that don't. Interestingly those that agree with your stance will become your true friend rather than the 'fit in friend'... The reason being, you are being your true self and your friends become friends with you because of your character, not because you tried to be someone else.

In the end, the question is .. "what is your stand" or "do you have a stand"???

Just something to think about.hehee.
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Today I played badminton with Lawrence and his group. This time it is at Queen's park. It was quite fun. I got tired really quick today.. really start to wonder where my stamina went. Uni? oh.. and another thing I found was.. cravings are hard to fight off. hahaha. ice cream.. mc flurry?? lol maybe chocolates too.

Derek | 11:16 pm

Monday, October 08, 2007

Home alone

There's this moment where, I start to think a lot. Think to the extent that I get things done. Good right.haha contradictory to the times when I think too much and get nothing done because I worry about the consequences. But thats fine.

I have one.. very quiet time. Every Friday, my housemate will go for cell. I on the other hand will stay at home cause my cell is on Thursday. Being a Friday, I have nothing to do cause I have no car... and friends are also busy with cell. With the time, I can do a lot of things. Most of the time I'll sleep. Its the best and most comfortable thing to do. Studying.. depends on what lo. I can even choose to hang out with other friends. This is the good and bad thing about having a cell on Thursday. haha. Most probably though I end up surfing the net. Last Friday though I thought of something. Might be mine might be my (friend's)'s haha. But till now its just a plan...mm I wonder if it could be implemented. hee.... I guess, lets just wait and see.

When the wind makes the sound,
Leafs start to run,
Signalling the seasons that come and go.

=)

Derek | 6:51 pm

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Croc sunbathing

Guess what we found. hehe. A stray crocodile. But because we were not experts =d we can't determine what kind it is, but it is best we call it the harmless crocodile. It's huge though. haha.

Derek | 11:18 pm

The group that went to the beach plus Pei Ren taking the photo. Well.. the group was supposed to be twice larger but due to certain circumstances it shrank to less than half. But since we have less people we had different type of fun. We were able to do things that could not have been done or will find less time in doing. The beach was also quite empty due to the rush to Perth Royal Show.

TaDa!

There's more pics but will upload them later. It takes a while.. But it is a weekend well spent. I haven't been in the beach for quite some time and it certainly is satisfying.

Derek | 8:46 pm