Cook for the husband, spend time with the kids...

After knowing my great fantasies, Sister tells me that I'd make a great HOUSEWIFE!
RRRIIIIGGGGHHHTTTTTT......

Oh well maybe being a housewife is not so bad after all.
Get to cook for the husband and spend time with the kids...
Iron their shirts and school uniforms with tender loving care...
Keep the house spankingly clean for them...
And stay at home all day... don't need to work...

But Naaaahhhhh!!!
Who said I was even getting married in the first place?
(Note I didn't say 'I'm not getting married')
C'mon I'm 18!
And in University.
Studying for a professional degree...

Get married?
Ask me later when I'm 30.
(If I'm even attached)
Think I'd have to be a very very lucky girl to even have a boyfriend...

Have kids?
Late late late late late late later...
(If I get past getting married)

Be a housewife???
Did I hear that right?
DUDE!!

I'm glad my mother is such a fantastic homemaker.
I just wish I could even perceive loving my family so much I'd drop my work just to be there for the 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year... you get the point.

You know they say 'what the mind can perceive, you can achieve'.
Uh oh.

(And I also hope my dad's not reading this)

+ Flisha spoke @ 5:48 pm

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Brother Dearest

I've written so many essays as a primary school kid
A Day in the Beach.
The Person I Admire Most.
My Mother.
My Father.
My Pet...

But I've never written one about my brother.

My Brother...
Stands at about 1.7m and growing.
He has short frizzy hair which he is too lazy to wash most of the time and therefore doesn't gel it (because he's too lazy to wash it after).
He's got giant feet. I think it's size 11 or something like that.

Think his hormones have suddenly told him that a buffed up body attracts girls.
He's been working on his muscles.
Either that or he'd just like an easier and shorter time in NS.
Actually, I think it's both.

My brother takes after my father in many ways.
They've got a similar sense of humour.
It's hard to describe.
Listen to them converse and you'll get it before 5 minutes is up.
That is, if you haven't already cracked up in laughter.

They have this odd sway of their butts when they walk.
WAHAHAHAHHAA.
Walking behind them is a hilarious experience.

Alrighty, before I screw up all his chances with the hot babes reading my blog, I'll stop publicising my bro's butt (not that he has a very interesting butt).
Anyway, I reckon his best feature is his ever ready goofy smile (and not his butt).
The smile together with this sparkle in his eyes is the catalyst to make you grin back...
It's cool.

I've got enough friends who are boys, and lots of them remind me of my brother in different ways.
Then I realized why today.
My brother has a few of the qualities of each person I know.
My brother possesses the mix of the best qualities of each person I know.

RH, I'm glad that you turned out to be my brother.

-Jie.

+ Flisha spoke @ 4:41 pm

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How do Greenseas tuna stay 98% fat free?

Greenseas flavoured tuna stay 98% fat free, by running from sharks.

It's a one lined song I guarantee you won't regret learning!
Two ways to learn it -
1. Turn on the TV long enough (and pay attention) and you'll get it magically.
2. Call me! I'll serenade you!

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:11 pm

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Penguins

Went to Phillip Island with Sulina, her mum, Sister Theresa and Sister Catherine yesterday.
Fantastic place :D
Suddenly all the snapshots of it I had in my head from the last time I went there (5 years ago) all fell into place.

The journey there was long... there were so many cars on the freeway...
And it didn't help that the sun was scorching...
Think we took a little over 3 hours to get there.

But it was worth it!

Had dinner at Phillip Island.
Sister lovingly packed us all our own bag of healthy wholemeal bread yummy egg sandwiches (understand?).
It had a muesli bar in it as well!
And Sister Catherine brought a whole selection of other yummy stuff...
Dinner was altogether yummy.

Went to sit and wait for the penguins.
ARGH...
It was a long cold wait.
I sat so much till my butt bone was pressing right into my butt flesh.
I have to admit the view of the horizon, cliff, sea and beach was beautiful in the light of the setting sun...
It's amazing how many colours could be seen in the sky.

Fr Johnson once said, 'if there's something God can't do, it's Mathematics.'
I noted yesterday that if there's something God can do, it's paint.

What really struck me was the parallels of the penguins and us humans-

1. They mate, and have chicks. (FYI, they have a divorce rate of 17 percent) We get married and have children.

2. The parents take turns to incubate the eggs till they hatch. (that is, one goes out to sea for the entire day and the other stays to keep the eggs warm... and the next day they switch) As an infant, my mum, and most of our mums, stayed home to take care of me(us) while our dad went out to get money for food.

3. When the chicks hatch, they stay in the burrow while their parents go out to look for food. When I grew a little older, I went to preschool while my parents worked (okay so I wasn't all alone, but I was away from my parents...)

4. When it gets dark and the penguins make their ways home from sea, the chicks come out of the burrows to meet their parents. I would like to think that I eagerly looked forward to my parents picking me up from school or from grandma's house after work.

5. The grown up penguins are so tired after a whole day of swimming, and they have to walk from shore all the way back to their burrows, which can be really far away. They do anyway - because they have chicks in the burrows waiting for them... They don't just burrow off near the beach - because they have chicks to feed. Our parents don't abandon us...

6. The parent penguins feed their chicks regurgitated food. Our parents give us whatever they have. They'd give us their share of food and starve, if they had to.

7. When parent penguins go out, they are at risk of being eaten by sharks and others... That's the world outside the comforts of our houses.

8. Penguins cross the beach in large groups. I guess it's for comfort and security. It's always nice to have friends around you. And even nicer to have a person walk home with you in the middle of the night when the streets can get dodgy. Or any time of the day, for that matter...

Okay Ireally am sucker for parent child relationships aren't I?

The photos of my CNY and Phillip Island are up.
Go check em out yeah!

+ Flisha spoke @ 10:09 pm

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Matters of the Heart

My friends and I are obsessed with it.
It seems like every guy we go out with is a potential boyfriend.
(me is referring to my girlfriends. Most of the guys we know are attached)
You know what I think - I think the teasing will never stop until we ALL get married.

I just woke up from a nightmare.
I dreamt that I got married.
I think it's from telling Sister my 'great Dreams' of what I want to be when I grow up.

Anyway I got married.
And being married was terrible.
And in the end so many people ended up getting hurt.

From some reason JH is up at 6am.
Told him about my dream and he asked me if I was subconsciously afraid of boyfriends, and of marriage.
I never thought about it but I don't think so lah :P
Either that or I'm living in denial...

Anyway, boyfriends and girlfriends are difficult.

Thank God for boy friends and girl friends.

+ Flisha spoke @ 5:55 am

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CNY

Or the Lunar New Year.

Tell me again when it is?
Cos I can't seem to remember.

Wahahahaha okay I have to stop wallowing in my self pity :P
Not that I'm actually very pitiful at all.
Me's very very blessed in the city of Melbourne.

The festive mood is indeed absolutely non existent, but it really isn't needed.
Me has been thinking about it -
The CNYs since I can remember have been the ONLY time the entire year I meet my extended family.
It's not like we actually do anything together anyway (as some of you know I don't have any special friendship with my cousins and most of my aunts).
Yeah. Half the time I'm bored to crap.
There's one good thing though - we eat!

So you see, it doesn't really matter whether I see them or not...

Yeah I am missing my family and they're missing me.
But then we get together when I'm back anyway.
It doesn't HAVE to take a festival to bring us together.
And very fortunately so too!
IF it DID have to take so much trouble to get us together, we'd be having a pretty sad relationship.

So yes, I'm not missing anything.

And I've got bonus too!
Me has spent the eve of new year and new years day with loved ones even here.
Shu Yan and I had a simple dinner at my place on new years eve.
And today, Sister Theresa, Sister Catherine (or was it Katherine), Sulina and Su's mum were at The Walnut Tree having a get together.
No chore involved - I was actually looking forward to it.

All is good.
And to all those I love,
I love you.

+ Flisha spoke @ 6:35 pm

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The Men of my Life

There are 5 special men in my life.
I saw 3 of them and heard from 2 of them just today.
I'll let you into the 3 of them I saw today *winks*

In order of preferences, they're
3. Sean Connery
4. Richard Gere (I saw him twice today)
5. Anthony Hopkins

Whee!!!

+ Flisha spoke @ 7:10 pm

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Matters on hand.

Hahahaha.
I just heard an advertisement for a skin product.
This is what it says -
'Your skin is so unpredictable if it was your boyfriend you'd dump him'.
Wahahahah!!

Other stuff on hand -
PZ's fine...
And oh yes, I've uploaded my photos!
Go look go look!

The Beach one is of Shu Yan and I when we went to South Melbourne Beach on Friday 16th Feb...
(Warning: all you'll see is vanity, but it's MY photo album so I'll put whatever I want on it)

+ Flisha spoke @ 4:48 pm

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one more hospitalised friend

I was just reading PZ's blog.
Just last night she seemed so excited about going cycling and then meeting up with her classmates.
And this morning she had gotten into a bike accident.

I reckon it's nothing majorly serious.
Except the gash deep enough to require stitches...
But who ever thought that was going to happen?

How do the people she was with feel?

How do her classmates she was supposed to meet after feel?

For me, I'm just sorry.

To Ping Zhi -
I heard the certain edge in your voice when you called.
Babe, I'm very sorry I can't be there with you just then, and now, and for the rest of your stay in hospital.
I can't help ease the pain, and I can't help diminish any fears you might have.
Be brave.
And you know, I'm very gald you trusted me enough to call and tell me you were there.
You take care alright?
You're always in my prayers.

+ Flisha spoke @ 12:20 pm

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People.

Lecturers:
Remember I said last week schoolwork was in full force already?
I realize that's bullshit.
:(
I've got MORE work now...
3 assignments due every week...
Most of us are just crossing our fingers that it won't become 4.

Shuyan:
Stayed over last night.
She's staying over tonight as well.
Heehee.
Guess what we've been doing? (it's no difficult)

Ans: Eating, sleeping, watching tv and talking.
We do study... but we've been eating A LOT.
It's Palmerston all over again wahahhaha!

Sister Teresa, Su and her mum:
Sister is at her retreat this week.
Been bugging Su and her mum instead of Sister now hahaha.
It kinda works out doesn't it?

Friends:
I've made new friends in Mech lectures too!
There's Fenny, Hendrick, Tandy, Alif...
Started talking to Julie -
She's going to be staying in the same buliding as Sutz.
I'm half expecting her to be staying in the same apt as he is... shall ask her that the next chance I get.

People:
It's such a small world it's getting scary.
Because it's small and yet there are so many people.
And it doesn't help that it's so interesting how each person is so different and special.
Kinda just makes you want to get to know them.
I was just thinking during Materials lecture today (instead of listening) -
There are so many wonderful people and therefore so many things to know about them...
But somehow the stupid excuse of simply not having enough time comes up.

Anybody has any smart insights to this problem?

+ Flisha spoke @ 8:32 pm

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The Greatest People are, Great because they Love

(Warning: This is LOooooNnnnnGggggg)

Sister and Su's mum said many many beautiful things over morning tea today.
I've got more to add to yesterday's passing infatuation with love.
(So it's not so much a passing infatuation anymore)

Like we all know, there is not textbook definition of love.
It is made up of too many things.

Love, I realized today, is a lot about letting go one's luxuries and desires, all for the good of the loved one.
I've recently experienced a great woman.
Some of the luxuries she has forgone include her time, freedom, friends, family, familiar and comfortable home, occasionally her rest and sleep time… all for the daughter she loves so much.
That's Love.

The religious are pretty much the same classification of homo sapiens we lay people are.
They've been through our teenage headaches of BGR, our uncertainty of the future when we anticipate change, the heartaches of leaving family for long periods of time…
The only difference is that the priests and nuns have discovered this love for God so great that they decide to let go of everything the material world offers so that they can just love that God and serve Him - By giving themselves to the people around them.
They've touched the lives of the parishioners and patients in hospitals, they've helped us to get the answers we so often pray for. Most of all, they've given valuable, much appreciated support and direction to lost souls (like me).
So our nuns and priests have let go of their sweethearts, their family…
For the good of so many other people.
And that is Love.

This is cliché – but Jesus died so that we can all be saved.
I've not yet discovered what that means, but He sure gave up His life. So that we might be saved. And being saved sounds like a good thing.
It falls into the category of letting go of something for someone else's good.
So it is Love.

Love, at such instances, brings pain.
But all that pain is surpassed by a certain joy…

I know I've missed out a lot of sacrifices made by the great woman I’ve experienced. I can try to pick them all out, but in the end, they’re just words.
She alone knows what she’s given, and she alone bears the pain.
And the joy.

I've missed out a lot of what the religious have given up too. I'm sorry.

I'd like to fully understand, but even if ever I do, my full understanding will never be what it really is for someone else.

And
I have a hunch –
If one ever understands everything there is to Love, he has understood God.

+ Flisha spoke @ 4:42 pm

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Wanna feel loved? Think of your Dad (and Mum).

I was thinking of how exactly it feels like to be loved, for a fair bit of the day.
Then it struck me while I was watching TV-

7th Heaven:
The little girl (forgot whatshername) asked her dad
'will you ever forgive me for being angry with you?'
And with the readiest and happiest smile ever, dad says
'anytime and everytime.'

That's just how much they love us.
Our fathers, that is...

I'm such a sad sucker for touching father-child scenes...

AND I'm such a diseased couch potato...

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:27 pm

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Wanna Feel Loved? Watch Cartoons!

I am feeling... a certain kind of peace and happiness.
I'm not sure where it came from, but I sure am glad to feel it.
I think it's Love.

It's not the romantic kinda bgr crap, you dungku (or however you spell that thing Pinky used to call me)...

Then again it might well be from watching cartoons all morning.
Sabrina, DAMOB, Spongebob, Joseph and his Colourful Coat, Anne of Green Gables, some evil pink bunny thing I dunno what's his name... etc etc.
Anybody feeling down next time should go watch cartoons!

Then we wonder how cartoons can make you feel loved. Right?
Wahahaha I dunno!
But even the dumbest of cartoons, on top of being top grade entertaining, also have real life themes of friendship, family, love, mutual support, the conflict between right and wrong...

I feel loved I feel loved I feel loved...
Lalalalala.

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:55 am

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My lecturer is one of those who just keeps laughing at himself.
At that, he doesn't put himself down in any way at all...

Let's see -
He calls himself Franky (or Frankie).
He was saying something about dropping modulus signs and he goes and I quote,
"Before you say 'hold it Franky you've totally lost it', let me show you..."

And we had some separable differential equation about bacteria and he was saying something about how the numbers were chosen just to make it easier,
"otherwise we'll get an ugly equation, a diseased function that we can't solve. It's a bad question. Lets not talk bout this it's probably written by me anyway."

He rocks, doesn't he?

And speaking of quotes, here's Bob's, Waz's and Al's logic on 'checking out chicks' on campus during the summer semester -
'If they're doing summer, they failed a subject.
If they failed a subject, they're not too bright.
And if they're not too bright, they're hot.'

Like whatever right?
Hahaha dudes you 3 had better watch out I've got your names and your warped logic on the world wide web!

And to all of you holiday makers in Kuala Lumpur, me's thinking of you all now.
Wish I was there with ya, but life's pretty good here as well.
(Okay futile attempt to make anybody jealous)
Say hi to each other for me...
(how lame is that)

Okok don't do anything for me.

Love ya all.

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:28 pm

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Jealousy

Remember Cute Guy of Mechanics Lecture?
Anyway I spoke to him today!
Or did he speak to me first?
He was sitting nearby and we had to get into groups to discuss our Ski Lift and so we got into the same group... means we had to talk.
Either way I spoke to Cute Guy of Mech Lect today.

Our lecturer is really cool.
Like him lots.

Cute Guy of Mech Lect is nowhere as cute as someone else I know...
So better not mention names lest Cute Guy of Mech Lect will be hurt...
Or he might go beat up someone else I know - then it'll be my fault.
Worse still someone else I know might get big headed... :P

Can't remember the last time I felt jealous.
But I sure felt jealous today.
Sister said something which made me insanely jealous.
Hah I shall not tell you what it is.
I'm just writing it down cos it's been bugging me ALL night...

Okay 4 more hours of Math tomorrow and I'm done for the week!!

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:29 pm

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I don't care I don't care I don't care.
Like that is like that which is like that.

+ Flisha spoke @ 9:52 pm

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Heeheehee my days are far far far from lonely...
Simply because I have Sister to bug everyday.
Have been bugging her everyday during breaks it's quite fun.

Been at school two days and the workload is at it's full force already.
(at least I fantasize that it can't get any worse)
Thing is I haven't even gone for any Materials lectures yet.
Means more work to come... (but I'm in denial)

Making new buddies is a really great feeling.
It seems like ages ago since I did that.
Anyway I made a couple of new friends today. (YAY!!)
And in case anybody's kaypo enough to know, there's one cute guy in each of my lectures.
Heeheehee.

Pat and Jason have left for KL...
Kenneth's going tomorrow.
Everybody else slowly getting there...
Sister doesn't make anything any easier.
She's evil!
She keeps asking me 'Is Adrian going? Is Alison going? Oh you mean Suli will be there too??"
And I keep telling her 'Yes yes Sister everybody's going.'
And she says 'Oh yes...'

ARGH!!

Oh well it doesn't feel that bad to be studying again...
I think... (therefore I am?)

Okay better stop crapping.
*hugz*

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:41 am

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Like I said, Melb's funny...

You know how I said that Melb is funny?
IT SO IS!!

It rained the WHOLE of today, and temperature was ovenish while it rained.
When it stopped raining a few minutes ago, it started to freeze.
So it's kinda 20 degrees now I reckon... when it stopped raining...
From the forecasted 30...

Thought I'd be super lonely today.
It turned out that I bumped into Wazzaa by pure chance on the way home from church.
We spent half the day watching TV wahahhaaha.

Okay school officially starts in about 11 hours for me.
Gonna catch my beauty sleep.
(what's all this crap about sleeping well before the first day of school?)

Whatever it is it's getting to me.

Goodnight!

+ Flisha spoke @ 8:08 pm

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Melb's funny

Melbourne's funny...

There's nobody here.
And it's funny without all of you
(I can safely say that because as far as I know who reads this is in Melb, save for Alex...)

Weather was beautiful today.
Kinda cool and warm at the same time.
(see I told you Melb's funny)

It's Saturday afternoon and Lygon Street is deserted.
How odd is that.
It's usually bustling with activity.

And nobody's tagging me I'm so sad
*hint*

Or is it becuase the tagboard doesn't load properly?
(I know for a fact I can't tag myself in and orthodox fashion *frown*)

+ Flisha spoke @ 8:01 pm

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Oh yes and I bumped into Ian Teo in the train on the way home yesterday.
It's funny how meeting him was such a twist of fate...
I was about to take the 857 straight home from Suntec when Dennis said i should go with Kenneth and Terence and a little company was better than no company at all.
So I got on the train with them and lo and behold, there was Ian standing by the door...

+ Flisha spoke @ 10:08 am

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My first dinner of 2004 was FANTASTIC!!
Met up with the best people in the world - Gerry, Patsy, Terence, Adrian, Kenneth, Dennis, Alvin, Valerie, Alison and Andrew!
Just being in their presence made me happy enough to feel like a carefree kid.
Thanks for coming out dudes.

Ya can see the pictures when I figure what link to use to get there heehee.
Have decided - I'm not lousy at this.
Just really slow. I'll figure it out (or get help).
You'll see...

Okay tomorrow it's back to Melb.
Gotta pack.

+ Flisha spoke @ 1:35 am

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NEW


It's 2004!!!

Happy new year happy new year happy new year!
*jumps around crazily*

This is terribly exciting – I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!
Cheers to new friends, new experiences, new subjects, new thoughts etc.
You get the picture *grinz happily*

See ya in the new year!

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:03 am

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