Well, im officially back from china & perth. Like what chloe said, i've not updated anything yet, cos im busy dealing with my further studies. I had a hard time choosing between aus & poly. Recently, i receive a call from sp that i got into Business Admin, which is my fav course. After considering, i've decided to go aus. Sorry for those that wanted me to stay in spore. Like what diann says, she will give me her opinions, but decision is still with me. (sorry girl, i forgot to reply you) I'll be leaving by mid-april as im going to the fast track studies in taylors college. Its only 8 months then i finish my foundation year. guys, give me energy to work extra extravhard for this period so i can get into the best uni! There's still alot of paperwork need to be done, my visa to be approve & even worse, a full body check-up. After all, then im confirm going. I'll be home-staying cos im under 18. I get to choose what kind of family i want to stay with. Asian chinese? Australians? Indians? Oh my, i haven make up my mind. Studying in Aus has always been one of my dreams. Now its fulfilled, suddenly i have a feeling whether i make a right choice. But no matter what, im gonna do my best there & learn to live by myself. I shall not regret. Before this, my parents have been thinking & deciding, & they didn even bother to discuss with me sometimes. They wont ask you. They just keep telling you all the disadvantages & probs you will faced there. Hello?! Im not even there. Okay, even i know you're saying to make me fully-prepared, but the tone. I jsut cant stand it sometimes. Well well well, forget abt that. Just hope everything will still be successful even though im not in jb.
China trip was bored. Other than buying some bags for myself, i have to accompany my mom to go around & look at all those goods. Ppl there, will start to say ' Oh, Mrs Kok, long time no see, come in & have a look at our goods! There's alot of new stuff. Come in, nvm, jsut come in!' Or ' Pretty girl, come come.' (of course, all in cantonese). Luckily, im able to listen. (at least some). Night time, we always have to go to factory, which is so so bored. I have to stay there for like 2-3 hours, doing nothing. No, at least iPod can keeep me accompany. But there's nth else. Maybe choosing colours of the clothing is also my job. I managed to not fall asleep there every night. Lucky me. During meal times, my mum & her friend & business partners over there, will order alot of dishes! By looking at my size, they will keep asking me to eat. Im already full, but they still love to stuff food in my mouth. I know im fat, but not as in i can eat alot. Basically, my job is to nod my head if the design is nice, & shake if not & even worse, a food rubbish bin where you can jsut throw anything you like in there. Macdonalds there is diff. There's this grilled chicken burger, which i guess spore & msia do not have, is so so delicious. Maybe im goin try the pork burger in hk the nx time. &&& I love hong kong airport! There's everything there that i love. Ajisen Ramen, hk gossip magazines, hk disneyland shop & more more more! We fly from spore to hk & then take a ferry to china. So apparently, we travel, by air, sea & land to reach. Great experience, huh?
What can i say abt perth trip?! Its not bored & its not so so fun too. Ppl like junxiang, lishan & evon keep asking me to go melb to study. I cant make decision now actually. I'll go to perth for my year 12, foundation year first, then i decide which uni to go! UWA will be my first choice for now. While i was there, jasmain accompany me 24 hours everyday for the 6 days. I really want to thank her. Been bothering her to buy this & buy that. We travel from the airport, to city, to subiago/subiaco,to mandarah,& to fremantle too! The fish & chips there is really nice. Crispy outside & smooth inside. Delicious! Very big serving! That's why the ang mohs are slightly bigger in size. What can i say abt the ppl there?! I dont really like their accent, mixture of their own accent & british, which sounds funny to me. The first day i landed, i cant even understand what they're trying to say. I guess when school re-opens, i need to strain my ears to listen to what my lecturer says! However, the ppl there are really friendly. They are courteous, kind & not so racise, as compared to other places in aus. For eg, i only wanna buy a pair of earring which cost AUS$3 only, they will still say hi to you when you pay or sometimes ask how's your day or how you're doing. Can you find this kind of service in msia or spore? I bet attack & milk do not provide too. We went crabbing too in mandarah, its out of perth, but still in western aus. Jasmain friend, june brought us there. She really looks like elvin ng, main! We went with a church group as an outing. It was my first time crabbing. Its so cold there as its a night! & i forgot to bring my jacket. We caught lots of crabs! But there's rules there that we cant catch crab, which its diameter less than 12.5cm. Sad to say. There's this girl , whom her mum organised everthing & bring all the equipments. She was sitting there doing nothing but just eat. When there's a crab coming & its near where i stand, obviously i have to catch right?! But when i thought i already catch it, i missed! Luckily, june was there to help me & she caught it! That girl, who was there, keep staring at me, as if she's blaming me for not catching! I gave her the 'what-do-you-wanna-me-do look & walk away. When i was near her, she says ' OH, BERNIE, YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB!' Bernie thinking "HELLO, its my FIRST time crabbing & do i look like im very good at it. Im still learning & getting a 'hang' of it! Since you're so smart, why dont you go, rather than sitting there like a tai tai waiting for us to catch the crab for you. Tedious woman!' Okay, that's what i think & i didn manage to say that. Im the youngest over there & a tourist. I have no rights. & Instead of that, i jsut fake a smile & go ' YA YA YA'. She jsut smirk & look away! OMG. Should i hate this woman & hope i wont wanna see her again. Too bad, she's studying in UWA. After that, main & I was so tired that we go around a corner ourselves to hide away from the wind & chit-chat. We really have a long talk. From that i managed to get to know her better. The best place in perth is harbour town. All the cheap cheap & nice nice clothes! That place is so-called the Reject town? All the branded outlets out there will reject all the things to harbour town. Though the things are rejected & slightly not the in-fashion now, but there are still clothes that can be wear. I cant believe my parents open boutique shops & i still have to buy. No choice, too cheap! & i feel skinny over there! Why why? Cos size like me, have to wear M or L in spore & msia. But there, i wear XS! God, i certainly love there! Now, my new love, gloria jean's! Coffee Coffee Coffee! But i have no choice too. No starbucks, No coffee bean! No 7-eleven, No Watsons too. Perth is just funny! Oh ya, i went KTV with main's friends too! Oh god, we sang from 10 to 4 in the morning. & jasmain have hockey training nx morning around 10. She was quite pissed with them as they smoke & keep drinking. She was like ' Hey, there's a guest here, cant you guys behave a little?!' Okay, i know im the ONLY one underage. So everyone was like drinking, except me. Jasmain was protecting me when one of her friends was recommending me to drink the black label. haha. I can drink, okay? Just that i have to act as if i cant. 17 year old girl drinking seems not 'nice' when all of them are like 21, 22? haha. Finally i feel young over there. I stayed in Jasmain's house where there's another 3 roommates. All guys! Wow, aunty allows main to stay there. I bet my mum wouldnt allow. Thames, Lay & Mervyn. The 3 musketeers? All from Murdoch college. But now 2 in uwa, 1 in curtin. Well, they're all rich guys! Thames, owns the house(landed property). Thai mixed British blood. Family owns resort & gun-shooting centre in phuket. Lay, pure indo, not sure abt the family! haha. But he's the friendliest among them. Will keep talking to me so i wont feel so bored & alone. Mervyn, the shy guys, pure sporean. Just came back from NS. My whole trip there, he only managed to ask me, 'You wanna watch?' & pass me the remote control and 'How much you get for your 'O' lvl?' God, funny guy! As if i will eat you. There's more friends i made over there. Too many to write. But i know they have one thing in common, RICH & ENGLISH-SPEAKING! Haha. Basically, it was okay there. Looking forward to go there & study! Lastly i wanna thanks Jasmain. Though you're not going to read this, you've been a wonderful tour guide. Thanks for all the meals you treat me & bubble teas! I didn even manage to treat you! Maybe nx time when im there! Hope to see you, love!
i'll keep it updated of the upcoming things like whehter my visa appoved or im DEAD! p.s its a really long post!