Just listening to a Korean song at the moment... then suddenly I feel like blogging...
I guess it's been a while I haven't blogged so why not share a bit of my experience recently...
I joined Praise & Worship session in my church yesterday... and they mentioned about how we can lose some of our friends if we can't manage our time well, between church community and our day-to-day lives...
Seems like everyone experienced it before...of course that means I did too :)
Well I guess I haven't played tennis for a month now coz I always got something to do on Friday night....
I'm not saying it's always for church but of course I can't just ignore my work life...e.g. friday night drinks, dinners, etc...
OK, what I was trying to say is that I just talked to one of my friends who like playing tennis with me on Friday night...
He sounded a bit disappointed coz I won't be able to play regularly on that day... I suppose they need more people to play coz it isn't nice just to play with 2-3 people... BUT, I was so glad when I found that he's so understanding and he said he would think of changing our Friday's game time... woohoo!!! Looking forward to it :D
Having said that, I've been thinking of what should I do to them.. like they've been understanding to me but why I haven't really done anything for them :|
When my brother went home, I was really lonely... but they always asked me to do things with them...
Oh wells, if the person reads my blog and knew who I was talking about... hope you do know how thankful I am for you :) and yeah if you guys need something from me, just shoot! and I'll be glad to help :)
So to summarise what I had in mind, I don't think we will lose anyone when we're busy and simply don't have time to have fun together, unless you declared a war with them :P...
Having fun together is important, especially when they think it's more fun when you're there!... but the more important thing is that when they need you badly, then you should be there for them...
Let them know how thankful you are that you have them and let them know that you'll be there when they really need your hands :)
Have a great weekend peoples!!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tennis Game with My Colleagues
It's been a fun weekend so far... keep it up! Only one day left :P
I spent my Saturday with a bunch of my work colleagues having BBQ and played tennis in my friend's apartment...
Nice if you stay in an apartment which does have tennis court...
The tennis court wasn't in a good condition but it's sufficient to make us having fun :)
I went there late coz I needed to go to my friend's place to get a parking pass... man, parking more than 2 hrs in the city is always giving you trouble... If you want to park in a security building then you have to spend at least $10 (weekend flat rate) but only for myself, I think $10 is a bit too much -____-!
So I went to Maroubra to borrow my friend's pass... lucky them who got a weekend car park in the city... it's just a pity that suncorp can't provide us with a free weekend parking :( but anyway... So yeah that made me late coming to my friend's place...
Once I reached their place, we went straight to the rooftop and had bbq... I felt bad to Nicole (my colleague's fiancee) who owns the apartment coz I didn't help her at all, yes I was really keen to play instead hehe...
We just played for fun.. I meant, some of them couldn't really play but as long as they can hit the ball back, who cares eh? the game continued until the ball flew over the roof :P hahaha... one of my friend hit the ball too high and it ended up falling down the street and he needed to go down and picked up the ball ahaha poor him :P
It WAS fun I would say... looking fwd to playing again with them soon...
Anyway, we finished at about 6 pm making my friends late attending their family's dinner hehe...
I went home straight after that and slept hehe too tired having fun :P
Have a good night everyone...
Oh yeah, another video that I like, you may not understand the lyrics but just listen to the melody... doesn't it sound nice?
I spent my Saturday with a bunch of my work colleagues having BBQ and played tennis in my friend's apartment...
Nice if you stay in an apartment which does have tennis court...
The tennis court wasn't in a good condition but it's sufficient to make us having fun :)
I went there late coz I needed to go to my friend's place to get a parking pass... man, parking more than 2 hrs in the city is always giving you trouble... If you want to park in a security building then you have to spend at least $10 (weekend flat rate) but only for myself, I think $10 is a bit too much -____-!
So I went to Maroubra to borrow my friend's pass... lucky them who got a weekend car park in the city... it's just a pity that suncorp can't provide us with a free weekend parking :( but anyway... So yeah that made me late coming to my friend's place...
Once I reached their place, we went straight to the rooftop and had bbq... I felt bad to Nicole (my colleague's fiancee) who owns the apartment coz I didn't help her at all, yes I was really keen to play instead hehe...
We just played for fun.. I meant, some of them couldn't really play but as long as they can hit the ball back, who cares eh? the game continued until the ball flew over the roof :P hahaha... one of my friend hit the ball too high and it ended up falling down the street and he needed to go down and picked up the ball ahaha poor him :P
It WAS fun I would say... looking fwd to playing again with them soon...
Anyway, we finished at about 6 pm making my friends late attending their family's dinner hehe...
I went home straight after that and slept hehe too tired having fun :P
Have a good night everyone...
Oh yeah, another video that I like, you may not understand the lyrics but just listen to the melody... doesn't it sound nice?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Drama Queen
I just got back from my holiday...
There was just a long weekend here in Australia... we had 1 extra holiday on Friday for ANZAC day...
Me and my other 2 friend went to Melbourne just for a short vacation but there were problems... A LOT of problems I would say when we were there...
OK here is the story...
- Day 1 -
I went to Melbourne on Friday morning... what I would normally do is to do online check-in on the previous day for both going and going back from the trip but there was problem with the booking (since Jetstar rescheduled the confirm flight) so I couldn't do the online check-in for the trip going from Melbourne to Sydney...
So since I could only print 1 boarding pass, I haven't checked-in for the trip going back to Sydney and planned to check in at Melbourne Avalon airport...
The problem began when we arrived at Melbourne... I was sick when I reached Melbourne. I think it was because I didn't sleep well on Thursday night...the weather was pretty bad too, it was showering all day and we didn't realise that most shops would be closed on ANZAC day, so we had to change our plan.
We went to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat straight away after finding out that most of the shops are closed. We have changed our plan already...
We could just spend 2 hrs at Sovereign Hills while we actually need more time to explore the whole Sovereign Hill. Well I know, it was really a problem but I found that it wasn't easy for us going there either coz we went to the wrong direction so we had to spend another hour just to go back and go to the right one...
Day one hasn't finished yet. Going back from the Sovereign Hill, we decided to go back to the hotel first and then have dinner...
We planned like going to jazz bar, cafes, etc but we couldn't really do all that :(
OK, it was quite difficult to find out "serviced apartment", and once we found it, apparently we got the wrong place, the lady in the reception desk told us that we booked a motel and not a serviced apartment...
When I knew it, I really set my expectation low and I was quite disappointed since I thought I really got a good price for a serviced apartment... maybe I should come to my senses more eh hehe...
We then went to this place that was recommended by my friend, Rococo... the place was cozy, the food was alright and it was OK...no problem :)
- Day 2 -
Day 2 was the best among the 3 days I've spent in Melbourne... We went to Lygon St and had a really nice gelato :D durian and roche... what a brilliant combination hehehe... it wasn't really a combination, both of them just taste NICE and 1 cup has 2 flavours, that's where the brilliant combination comes from :)
We also spent the day in Chapel St, accompanying my friends doing boots hunting and I just spent my day there looking at good stuff... It was just unfortunate that I am not a money machine sigh...I just could look at them... and prolly touch them hahahaha...
We went to my fave Korean place in Carnegie, Kimchi Grandma... We ordered a little too much but it was nice... the kimchi cigae was a bit too spicy though hehehe...
After that, we went to Nam Loong to buy some buns and went to Casino...
It was really hard to find parking at the Casino coz we tried to get free parking spot and there was almost to space for us, especially when we didn't really know the area well...
I just forgot most of the street's name there... well not to blame myself, it's been 3 yrs since I left Melbourne...
We spent like 1 hr just to find parking...what a fool.. :|
Then we went to casino, met my uni friend and went home...
There was no major problem on day 2...
- Day 3 -
The day started with Dockland... I wanted to see dockland so we went there and took some pictures, we planned to have breakfast there but no cafe has opened yet... :((( So I asked my friends to go to cafes around southgate....
So we went to Southgate... but then my friend asked us to have yum cha...she said she had a nice yum cha in this restaurant called "Red Emperor" in Southgate so we went there...
We spent a lot of time there, like 1 hr or so in yum cha... we talked a lot and ate a lot and we didn't realise the clock kept ticking... until we paid the bill and realised that it was 1 o'clock :| DA** ITTTTTT our flight is at 13.30 :|||||
So we ran back to the car and I drove to Avalon at a constant 110% speed limit :| It was really hectic and panicking time...
We reached the airport at 13.30 but we were late...the plan has gone :((( I felt like crying at that point coz I thought OMG...I would have to buy another plane ticket :(
We checked all airlines' websites through the internet cafe but most flights were fully booked.
The ones that were available cost like $340-$400 ish... I thought it was a rip off so I then suggested "Let's drive back to Sydney" ... I felt silly now coz it was quite a crazy idea... for someone like me who has never driven out of town before... but in my mind, I had only 1 thing, I NEED TO GO BACK TO SYDNEY, I'VE GOT WORKS TO DO... SO we then decided to drive back to Sydney, coz going back by bus would also cost $300 and you will reach Sydney at 12 noon while we could go back to Sydney at around 3 am if we drive... so we picked the cheapest option, drive back to Sydney :|
My friend tried to hire the car back through the phone but Hertz said someone else has queued for that car...we've got Toyota Prius btw...
Then they allocated us a Toyota Corolla instead, we agreed to it and went back to the Hertz desk @ the airport... We told the guy and the guy said we could just use our car and we don't have to pay anything since we've paid for 3 days renting anyway, what they'll do is to change the return place for that car...so we were lucky to get the prius back considering it consumes less fuel :) and it's the best car to use for long distance trip...
We agreed to take turns driving back to Sydney so I think that is fine :)
Well I'll take this as a lesson learnt or just take this as an experience for myself... when else I would drive from Melbourne to Canberra and Canberra to Sydney NON STOP :)
Anyway, this is my favorite noodle soup when I was in Melbourne
There was just a long weekend here in Australia... we had 1 extra holiday on Friday for ANZAC day...
Me and my other 2 friend went to Melbourne just for a short vacation but there were problems... A LOT of problems I would say when we were there...
OK here is the story...
- Day 1 -
I went to Melbourne on Friday morning... what I would normally do is to do online check-in on the previous day for both going and going back from the trip but there was problem with the booking (since Jetstar rescheduled the confirm flight) so I couldn't do the online check-in for the trip going from Melbourne to Sydney...
So since I could only print 1 boarding pass, I haven't checked-in for the trip going back to Sydney and planned to check in at Melbourne Avalon airport...
The problem began when we arrived at Melbourne... I was sick when I reached Melbourne. I think it was because I didn't sleep well on Thursday night...the weather was pretty bad too, it was showering all day and we didn't realise that most shops would be closed on ANZAC day, so we had to change our plan.
We went to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat straight away after finding out that most of the shops are closed. We have changed our plan already...
We could just spend 2 hrs at Sovereign Hills while we actually need more time to explore the whole Sovereign Hill. Well I know, it was really a problem but I found that it wasn't easy for us going there either coz we went to the wrong direction so we had to spend another hour just to go back and go to the right one...
Day one hasn't finished yet. Going back from the Sovereign Hill, we decided to go back to the hotel first and then have dinner...
We planned like going to jazz bar, cafes, etc but we couldn't really do all that :(
OK, it was quite difficult to find out "serviced apartment", and once we found it, apparently we got the wrong place, the lady in the reception desk told us that we booked a motel and not a serviced apartment...
When I knew it, I really set my expectation low and I was quite disappointed since I thought I really got a good price for a serviced apartment... maybe I should come to my senses more eh hehe...
We then went to this place that was recommended by my friend, Rococo... the place was cozy, the food was alright and it was OK...no problem :)
- Day 2 -
Day 2 was the best among the 3 days I've spent in Melbourne... We went to Lygon St and had a really nice gelato :D durian and roche... what a brilliant combination hehehe... it wasn't really a combination, both of them just taste NICE and 1 cup has 2 flavours, that's where the brilliant combination comes from :)
We also spent the day in Chapel St, accompanying my friends doing boots hunting and I just spent my day there looking at good stuff... It was just unfortunate that I am not a money machine sigh...I just could look at them... and prolly touch them hahahaha...
We went to my fave Korean place in Carnegie, Kimchi Grandma... We ordered a little too much but it was nice... the kimchi cigae was a bit too spicy though hehehe...
After that, we went to Nam Loong to buy some buns and went to Casino...
It was really hard to find parking at the Casino coz we tried to get free parking spot and there was almost to space for us, especially when we didn't really know the area well...
I just forgot most of the street's name there... well not to blame myself, it's been 3 yrs since I left Melbourne...
We spent like 1 hr just to find parking...what a fool.. :|
Then we went to casino, met my uni friend and went home...
There was no major problem on day 2...
- Day 3 -
-DOCKLAND-
-SouthGate-
Here comes day 3, the real problematic day :((((The day started with Dockland... I wanted to see dockland so we went there and took some pictures, we planned to have breakfast there but no cafe has opened yet... :((( So I asked my friends to go to cafes around southgate....
So we went to Southgate... but then my friend asked us to have yum cha...she said she had a nice yum cha in this restaurant called "Red Emperor" in Southgate so we went there...
We spent a lot of time there, like 1 hr or so in yum cha... we talked a lot and ate a lot and we didn't realise the clock kept ticking... until we paid the bill and realised that it was 1 o'clock :| DA** ITTTTTT our flight is at 13.30 :|||||
So we ran back to the car and I drove to Avalon at a constant 110% speed limit :| It was really hectic and panicking time...
We reached the airport at 13.30 but we were late...the plan has gone :((( I felt like crying at that point coz I thought OMG...I would have to buy another plane ticket :(
We checked all airlines' websites through the internet cafe but most flights were fully booked.
The ones that were available cost like $340-$400 ish... I thought it was a rip off so I then suggested "Let's drive back to Sydney" ... I felt silly now coz it was quite a crazy idea... for someone like me who has never driven out of town before... but in my mind, I had only 1 thing, I NEED TO GO BACK TO SYDNEY, I'VE GOT WORKS TO DO... SO we then decided to drive back to Sydney, coz going back by bus would also cost $300 and you will reach Sydney at 12 noon while we could go back to Sydney at around 3 am if we drive... so we picked the cheapest option, drive back to Sydney :|
My friend tried to hire the car back through the phone but Hertz said someone else has queued for that car...we've got Toyota Prius btw...
Then they allocated us a Toyota Corolla instead, we agreed to it and went back to the Hertz desk @ the airport... We told the guy and the guy said we could just use our car and we don't have to pay anything since we've paid for 3 days renting anyway, what they'll do is to change the return place for that car...so we were lucky to get the prius back considering it consumes less fuel :) and it's the best car to use for long distance trip...
We agreed to take turns driving back to Sydney so I think that is fine :)
Well I'll take this as a lesson learnt or just take this as an experience for myself... when else I would drive from Melbourne to Canberra and Canberra to Sydney NON STOP :)
*Me so tired already*
Anyway, this is my favorite noodle soup when I was in Melbourne
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