Shyu Corner ~

Before starting off this post… a big Happy Birthday to my dearest ♥, WY! I hate missing my love one’s birthday, but… oh well he understands. I don’t want to sound like I’m making too many excuses for missing his birthday.

Alright… this is one back-dated post of catching with friends and some food review (well… not really). I think this was 2 weekends ago… Did some catching up with friends and met some ‘new’ ones. What I meant by new friends – I may have seen some before but don’t know them personally. It was definitely a good and ‘chilly’ night of catching-up dinner, remembering of that night was pretty cold after a week long of rain.

What’s for dinner? JAP FOOD! Screaming loudly in my head, I was longing for a decent + authentic Japanese food and am glad that someone actually mentioned and made plans for it! Thanks Carl and King! The restaurant is small… and does have a cozy, traditional seating of a real Japanese restaurant. It’s hard to visualize with words put here without the images. My bad… I shall do a proper review again the next time I visit. At least, in my mind I know where to hunt for a quick fix of Jap food crave. Haha!

BUT… I do have some previews of food that we had. Tadaa…!

(From L – R) Assorted sashimi (variety of fresh raw seafood), Yukke (seasoned raw sliced beef+egg+apple slices), Sukiyaki (Japanese style steamboat with miso-base soup), Shabu-shabu (similar to Sukiyaki but with clear soup+dipping sauce for meat)

And of course, can’t leave behind the good company of friends.

Big thumbs up to the 2 organizers (you know who you are!) for this yummy dinner!

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Sushi Station Fuji Japanese Restaurant

233 Albany Highway
Victoria Park WA 6100
Phone (08) 9362 3796

Self-note: Shall do a better review with pics next time.

Source from Cartoon Stock

I may just not be smart enought to be right… or may well not be smart and right. Dilemma? Hmm…

Happy 2009 everyone!

Although this blog is long idle… but I am still updating occasionally. Notice the header is now changed, in a very moo-ish mood because it’s MOO Ox Year (according to Chinese calendar/ horoscope). I will have to thank my darling for all the ‘moo’ gifts. Hehe… Anyways, hope everyone had a big blast counting down for the fireworks marking the new year. Mine was simple. In fact, one of my best times celebrating New Year which was with my family. Yet, still one person missing…

One good thing was, we all decided not to squeeze and squash through the crowd in the city for party and fireworks. Also, I realized that I can view a short timed fireworks just from my balcony… hehe =P Ah well… still saw something in the sky.

Recapping on Christmas – it was great because my parents and bro visited! I was so happy to have spent time with them. Yet again, a person short. >_< Go figure!

Christmas 2008 was a tricky one for me because I had to work my brains a little to get something for someone in the office. We had a ‘Secret Santa’ way, randomly picking someone to get presents for (think Lucky draw method). I won’t be revealing who I picked but I’m just glad that person like the present. I’ve got a little dinner purse from a ‘Secret Santa’ in the office. I would say I kinda guessed who the person is, but won’t bother to know for sure. There’s a reason for it to be called ‘Secret Santa’. =)

I too got some presents for my family… and I’ve received a HUGE present in return. WOOoHOOo!

iMac

This is SUPER!! Thanks very very much to my parents! But, I’m still a little confused with the functions and keys/button placings… The ‘close window’ button is on the left instead of the right. Now that kinda made me feel like I’m a lefty, which I’m clearly not. Gahh…. take me a little while to get use to it. But I am having fun with it already! Hehe… Ok I shall not get carried away with just ranting on this i Mac.

This year I will be missing Chinese New Year (again)… Remembering me telling myself to go back during CNY seems not to happen as yet. Oh well… shall look forward to next year’s. Sorry to disappoint those who are expecting me back this CNY (if there is any that is expecting me). =P

Just in case I don’t blog in time (due to procrastination)… wishing all a blessed New Year and a prosperous, healthy Chinese New Year to all friends and family! Muah, love u all!

p/s: You all should know where to get me… refer to FB. =) Also… I’m in a very moo-ish mood!

At times I felt myself living in paradox… with many statements contradicting to my thoughts at the point of phrasing. Ever get that complex feeling laid out to the point where yourself don’t even understand? Let alone that what others will understand…

“How’s life in Perth? Like it there?” One might ask.

“Oh… not too bad. Environment is pretty good if to be compared to back home. Cleaner air, friendlier people, relaxing…”

That’s the common answer I gave most of the time. But, do I really think that way? Or am I just saying it for the sake of saying it? I don’t know. Sometimes I think it’s pretty relevant answer. Other times, well… bullshit heck it.

Honestly, that would be more relevantly said if during my period of education here. Less distraction, full concentration can be achieved. Now that I’m out to the real world, it’s a whole different story. The intense feeling of home sickness, missing people that you love and cherish and maybe dislike (e.g. family, boyfriend, friends, enemies perhaps?… etc.) is very much apparent at this point… what more you are slapped with the label of being ‘permanently’ overseas.

It’s fucking terribly heart felt! For starters like me in the real world, currently hunting for resources of peace of mind towards the future needs independently far away from home… I would say, it’s not an easy cozy thing to do. But this is where the independence, being thick skin/face, strong mental fights kick in, forming a whole new person with… I would say guts to face the world. No more daddy-mommy along side to beg on. I know I know… but how can I stop myself from thinking that I am in fact far away from everyone else I knew?! That’s where words like loneliness, lifeless, home-sick take place.

I sound pathetic don’t I? I think so myself. Can’t help it. There is a limit to how far I can control it. Do better you say? Well, I try… trying… by thinking that I still have friends in this part of the world with me, and they are here to stay… well at least for now. I appreciated. I really do.

Patience is what I have built… and patience it is that I have to carry with me on my lifelong road. Till that wonderful reunion day comes, I will carry patience with me, along with independence, optimism and appreciation. At least the best I could do for myself at this point of time.

ps. Worried not, my dear family and friends. This post is rant fully due to heightened emotions and PMS. Just needed to throw some tantrums. Cheers.

I’m not happy, I’m cheerful. There’s a difference. A
happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman
has cares but has learned how to deal with them.

~ Beverly Sills ~
(American Opera Singer)

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I am sooooo hating myself for not scoring myself good grades… =_=

Semester 1, 2007 final results were out and I hated it.

• Advanced Systems Problem Solving = 72
• Global Dist. & Transportation = 67
• Purchasing and Procurement = 68
• Principles of Ent. Log. Mmgt. = 69

What a line ups of marks I’ve got. I have requested each unit’s lecturers to review my final marks. YES I AM DESPERATE! I am freaking desperate for once to get Distinctions for this lifetime! I really hope to get reviews of those marks. Dammit!

Despite me being emo with my marks… I congrats Dektos and Lisa for the high scores they achieved, especially congratulating Dektos for the position of President in leading the college packs! Haha…! Good on ya both!

p/s: By the way, I am back from Melbourne and will soon have updates. Bear with me… currently emo-ing. >.<