Guess who’s car died this morning…

.
..
...
....
.....
......
.....
....
...
..
.

Yep... mine....I guess this is a make up for not getting anything on Fri 13th. (Yes I edited the pic)

Another flat tyre? Nope
Cable broke? Nope
Another car accident? Nope

It all started this morning, when my mum and I wanted to go to Box Hill, and we agreed to use my car, as long as I put petrol in the car.

*turns on ignition*
[hears a wierd noise and also her CD Player going nuts]
.......
*retries again*
[bzz.....]
......................
MUUUM!!!!!!!! MY CAR WON'T START!!!!!!!!
mum: check if it's on 'P'
...it is on 'P'...
mum: move it and put it back to 'P'

*does so and tries again*
..................... [nothing]....

mum: turn the steering wheel (I got no idea why...)
-.- *fiddles with her wheel and tries again*
still nothing.. *stares back to mum to see if she got any more ideas...*

mum: .........I'll get daddy...you have a flat battery.
me: ALREADY!!!!!! T.T (I thought it was a bit early... yet... I asked that question 3 years ago XD)

Flashback...

It was a usual Friday on a cold winters day of 2006, when I patiently wait for my mum to take me out shopping. I was a learner then and after the usual 'I'm coming' phonecall, I'll start the car and reverse it out of the driveway before she comes. Back then my car was used a few times a week. And it was a few days since that car was on the road.
*starts the car* (ok...the engine was making weird noises that I stopped cos I was a bit worried and suspecting that it would be a flat battery... having recently learnt in chemistry about how car batteries run... and called mum)

[10 mins later]

me: Is it a flat battery?
mum: no!!! we only changed it not long ago! and she told me that routine mention above. *hands mum the keys and lets her play* mum handled it with no probs and left the ignition on for a while... turned out that the engine was a bit frozen during the winter.

I saw dad coming in the garage and gets in the car to see for himself. Once he was done, he said to push the car out of the garage.

*shrugs* ok

*gives the side of the windscreen a but of a push* and the car starts rolling backwards. (eeep!!!!!!)

me: dad!!! put the brake on!!!! *sees the car rolling down on the slightly slanted driveway*

Dad drive his car next to mine and we opened the bonnets, and used mums jumpstart pack.

We checked our coolant levels while we wait for 5 mins, and after that, we were off~

I intended to drive to te Rowville petrol station but mum told me to go to the Vermont Sth one, so I did.

Happily filled up my tank ^.^

*starts the car*
[bzz...]
......................grr....
*starts again*
[bzz.....]
lol...not again XD and this time we were stuck at a petrol station too XD dad's car can't save us this time XD lmao!!!
ok... I think I was on a high... inhaling petrol XD

*sees the Kmart Tyre and Auto Service to our left.*
"LOOK MUM!!! WE CAN GO THERE!!!!!!"

So I ran over there and asked the guy to help. He told me he can't leave the service workshop so I had to push the car to him.

me: Ok mum. you drive.
mum: oh ok... *sits back in her passenger seat*
>.> mum!!!! sit here!!!! *points to the driver seat* and take the handbrake off.

*goes to the back of the car and starts pushing*

man it was harder than this morning.... *pushes*

Soon my shoes were slowly losing its grip...

mum: maybe I'll push the-
me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! (high moment I guess...)

There were 2 guys on other side, and they've been watching us the whole time lol (entertaining them while they fill up their tank XD)

Man #1: You need a hand there?
me: yes please~
Man #2: here, I'll help too. (oh my...the Helping Behaviour theory...I wonder if Oliver is reading this lol??)
me: ok, we wanna go to that Kmart Tyre and Auto service over there *points*

So all 3 of us push.
Man #2: what's wrong with it?
me: it's got a flat battery.
Man #2: ah ok.

So yeah... It died twice today...the guy there went to replace our battery, and he asked me to start the car so he can test the battery.

So I did...

Tuning guy: .........when did you last get it serviced?
me: ...just last month...
Tuning guy: where?
me: at Rowville Tuning..... but I had a minor service, the next time I come back, he's gonna give a major one.
Tuning guy: you should go get it tuned again, have you heard your engine?
me: nope.

We swapped sides and he started the engine and I listened.

*sees the engine shaking like mad but had a nice roaring noise*
(looks o-)
*hears some chuggling noises and the engine shaking like mad again then goes back to a nice roar*
......not good.......

Tuning guy: you see it now?
me ...yep.....

After everything was fine, I paid for the battery (the old one was 4 years old) and lucky I got my staff discount~

And I could finally hit the road with no worries at all~~ well...apart from my engine... but we'll fix that sometime next week.

Lucky I went to the petrol station at Vermont. Otherwise I'll be stuck at Rowville calling RACV XD

Four things

There are four things that you cannot recover:

The Stone…

…After the throw

The word…

…after it’s said

The occasion…

…after the loss

The time…

…after it’s gone

...::~::...

On another note… I realise after coming home (I mean…new home) that I’m overeating!!!

>.<

I’m eating like…triple xD

Prob cos at home…there’s nothing for me to eat… all those sweets and chips are for my nephews lunch.

…

I feel like eating… eep!!! *resists*

*drinks some juice*

…I’ve been drinking lots of juice as well o.o

I pack like 2 nutella sandwixhes with me to uni. The uni food is quite pricey @.@ but…taste nicer lol (but in small portions lol!)

But yeah…I only moved here on…Sunday and already I used up almost one 500g jar of nutella…one litre bottle of V8 tropical juice… almost one loaf of bread (tried to stop making nutella sandwiches before I run out) hmm..i think that was all I bought actually… they’re the food I touch everyday XD

Today, I made pasta. I used Spaghetti (Angel hair type) and I used carbonara sauce and mixed in some diced ham. Even tho I was kinda full for dinner…I still ate a bit………I ate a small can of…….um…spaghetti? (lol high school memories XD) I bought lots of those cans too xD so I can take them to uni lol XD but I need to get small containers from home… oh wait…I do have one… o.o ah well…I need more lol.

Now…I’m craving…for milk……………=.=

OMG I NEED TO STOP EATING!!!!!!!!!!! I just had juice 20 mins ago!!!

Guess that serves me right for eating at least one meal a day in the past few months… and that one meal a day was a small bowl of rice o.o

Blogging pretty much everything

keep forgetting to update about my unit, etc etc etc

I did end up with having power on Monday. But how can I tell?? I was told NOT to touch that Main Switch.

Yesterday I cooked. I intended to make pasta (those quick and easy ones) but i founded out that i needed milk. So... I had to cook something else.

Ended up making instant noodles. And I chucked in 2 eggs cos that's how I like them (I normally have one egg but it was dinner >.>)

Yesterday was a very busy day at VU... I had a majority of my lectures on that day.

AND it turns out that I went to a wrong lecture on Monday.... apparently Monday and Fridays are my day's off unless I got Clinical. That Monday lecture ended up being for 3rd year ppl .

Well I did leave early cos i was sooooooo bored~~~

Tuesday I been living on nutella sandwiches. I used up like half the jar @.@ (a small jar) so... I'm gonna buy more food today... after my lecture... (yes...I'm in a lecture atm...a law lecture o.o)

I need to eat something other than....nutella...need something....healthier...now that the fridge is working, I can buy carrots~~

I saw like....2 spiders yesterday... one was big and hairy *shudder* and it was all of a sudden cos it dropped from the roof as I opened the door... the other was quite big..but my new vacuum cleaner that daddy got me was...bagless... so I'll prob see that spider moving around in that cylinder. 0.0

I need meet with the Landlord...all those stuff she left behind she didn't want o.o and that key to the garage...??

Me: I tried EVERY key and the garage won't open...
landlord: I gave you every single key *fiddles with the keys*

She picked one....placed it in the keyhole and turned it a few times...

and it opened!!!

0.0 WAT?!?!??!!?

ok...this lecture has lots of discussions.... -.- *listens to talks about suicide*

*rolls eyes*

hmm....

dinner dinner.... can't beleive I'm thinking about dinner already....

I think I had WAY too much nutella....

hmm....

I got my first clinical placement roster. so I'm be heading over to Mt Waverley next Friday.

Soo soon o.o...... I don't know anything!!!!

well at least I'll be in a non-emergency environment so I guess that all I need to do is...clean the ambulance truck.

I also made my preferences for semester 2 for clinical placements. I had to choose 2 metropolitan and 2 rural areas. (which I discussed with mum last night, she said to pick the places near the Gippsland area)

I chose:
Rowville
Ferntree Gully
Lakes Entrance
...I forgot the other one...ah well...

hmm... I did receive messages from ppl about the previous blogs. I do thank them for caring... my mood about this mess I don't know... me turning up to oweek tomoro will give the verdict... as to if I'm over it or not.

um...I'll rephrase...

it would be nice to see ppl...but seeing them means I'll see these certain people. And when that happens... there's gonna be more stress and strain and more backstabbing and what not.

I can't mention....people.....-.- I think I'm gonna get killed cos they are reading this...

Its hard to say sorry isn't it?? But honestly.... I didn't do anything to offend them. I think 3 or 4 people tried to convince them already...

IF you want a 'sorry' from me, fine.

I'm sorry...

....
....
...
...
....
....

I'm sorry...for intruding? (For me I think it's the best work to describe it) I'm sorry if I'm a threat to you... (But I wasn't even aware that I am until I was told now...)

ok....better now? But to resolve this...I think you better tell this to me in person. I felt bad asking 2 or 3 people to pass this on.

-.- (and they won't talk in person) -.-

One disappearance doesn’t make a difference.

Seriously…

Title says it all.

In this mess I’m somehow in, it’s best to stay out of her face.

I’ve heard enough. I was or am a threat to her. I will be for others.

I think I’ll stay 80 kms away.

Won’t return in god knows when. When I get the ok I suppose.

Besides, I am busy =.=

more dairy entries

Title: Solitary Confinement

It’s 8:45pm…and I still don’t have power…or gas which was supposed to be connects between 7:30 this morning til..9pm.

I rang DirectConnect at…5:45pm… the lady was like… “just wait for 3 more hours” I asked her, “what if it doesn’t?” the answer I got was “…well they’d be surprised cos you’re booked in for today.”

Well I guess they’ll look forward to their first complaint >.> I won’t be surprised if I spend another night in the darkness…

Today at vic uni…it was quite….disorganised… tho my timetable said “clinical placement” I rocked up to uni at 9am anyway…I think it was in info session or something..

After 1 hour of sitting around…I went to the library where I found out that I can’t log in to the computers.. so I had to go see the IT ppl… one for logging in….one for connecting my lappy for wireless internet (which isn’t working for me. one of the switch is off or something…) and one to give me access to blackboard -.- soooo annoying…. And now for some reason I can't log into my.portal… -.-

5 minutes…. I wish they’d hurry up already….

Tomoro I have all my lectures in the same room…. But I have to go to my unit tomoro to meet my landlord to discuss issues….that would be during my 2 hour break… I’ll be soo hungry by then~~ *packs nutella sandwiches*

Hmm…after uni I went to the mall to buy knives…and to eat lunch at 2:45pm XD well I did eat chicken skewers at uni…sooo expensive @.@

Oh yeah and I bought my vic uni polo top ^.^ I look a lil weird in it.

I also looked at a list of the clinical placements. Some of them are close to home. Like Caulfield or ferntree gully…it would be nice if I get to work at ferntree gully. Means I can go home sooner.

Well..not that I don’t like living here in my unit… I guess I’m still adjusting…I dunno…been a bit depressed these past few days and its hard to talk to ppl cos I have no net (won’t get my own til next week) …and msn/ebuddy/etc is banned at vic uni. So yeah… *sigh*

I spent the rest of the arvo sleeping…ate nutella sandwiches for dinner since…I can’t really cook…

Ok…its past 9pm… and still nothing…*rings*…………………the calling operation times is closed…..wth!!!!!!

Cruel……

……so weird……for some reason I don’t feel like myself anymore…I guess that’s what happens when I’m so far away. I think I’ve been sleep a lot o.o well…I usually don’t take naps…(and that dog has been sleeping more than I do *stare*) hmm…maybe it’s a symptom of homesickness.

Come to think of it… sometimes I think that I shouldn’t turn up to that Oweek stall after all…it’s a bit hard to think right now…now I know why people hate me so much…cos I’m starting to hate myself for who I am.

Dairy entries

Title: Fatigued =.= (21st Feb – moving day)

Gah!!!!!!! Must..stay…awake!!!!!! AWAKE!!!!!!

I…got no access to the net at rowville…. Cos like…nobody warned me to pull the modem off… so I’m doing this on Microsoft word….and post when I’m at uni or something… so hopefully…I don’t get spam in my emails…

Today we hired a truck to load the furniture and boxes to my new home. Tomoro we’re gonna so a lil bit more cleaning and taking the last of the stuff over and my dog ^.^, unpack etc etc etc. I saw a few more spiders here and there…-.-

Today…we finished the job til around…2pm…so we went back home for lunch…so yeah…it went pretty quick. For some reason I was quite exhausted (tho I hardly done nothing today…) I took a nap at 4pm and forced myself to wake up at 6:30…even tho I didn’t feel like eating…was quite full from lunch…hmm..i must have been tired from yesterday.

Yesterday…I woke up at 6am to have a shower…went online for like…an hour while everyone was asleep then…load up my car with small items and a mop and bucket to clean the floors and wait for Cheap As Chips to come and steam clean my carpet at 10:30am… I got no power…no gas…over there…its going to be connects on Monday… so I’m gonna spend the night in the darkness…the power to run the steam cleaning…we took it from my neighbour. I am soo soo grateful that I got a very supporting neighbour. We had a small talk….mainly about me…my neighbour seems to be a single father with a really cute kid!!! The kid looked a bit like…3-4 years maybe… kinda felt a lil…confronted seeing my neighbours scars on his let arm…small parallel scars…from the wrist to almost his elbow..but…everyone has a history that they rather not tell… but I am very grateful to have him as my neighbour. A friendly neighbour in St Albans ^.^

Cleaning finished at…noon-ish so I took the bus to the mall to have lunch on my own. I would’ve turned up to the dantai dancing thing but… it was best if I didn’t go…I wasn’t in the mood to go…it would’ve been nice to see the newbies but… yeah… I dunno… I was a bit disturbed from the night before that and I didn’t get much sleep that night either >.<>.< cos while I was waiting and thinking I was almost in tears. I dunno…my mind was a bit…messed up…so I was glad that Phe and Alex2 came along so they could see my new house ^.^ but…the bus was really full that I got separated -.-

I suppose the unit is quite big for one person…and a small dog…but yeah…it was empty… and I couldn’t boil water for Phe or Alex cos of no power -.- the carpet was…damp and I had to finish unpacking and while I was doing that…I opened a storage shelf in the kitchen and it was GROSS!!!!!!! And a spider living in there too -.- so that had to be cleaned asap! That took longer than I thought… but after hard scrubbing….i got a bit bored so I walked around the house looking for something to do….which..was…fail… -.- gave Phe and Alex chocolates accidently threw a chocolate at Phe… shouldn’t have trusted my left arm to do the throwing XD

After that we realised that we were gonna be a bit late for dinner back at clayton (since it was an hour drive) and I thank Phe and Zac for organizing it!! It was a pleasure to see ppl I haven’t seen in a while and it was my chance to get to talk to kriz about my troubles. But…. *sigh*…I’m quite…worried….but I thank kriz for listening to me. but yeah…I don’t really have much choices. Keep thinking of a way to change it around…but it needs time…-.-

Dinner was actually quite nice… and filling too =.= I had pasta. And I <3 spaghetti!! It was quite fun…forgot what we were discussing tho XD pretty much cosplay xD lol…we just sat there and talked til like…almost 10pm XD. My mind kinda went fuzzy after 8:30…. But I managed to stay awake. Was tempted to sleep but I don’t want get attention..and I didn’t want any more pics of that either. Kinda gave in and gave my new address xD now I’m gonna resist giving ppl my phone number XD (not that ppl are gonna ring are they?? o.o)

Drove alex2, kriz, Phe and Zac home… and I was kinda fatigued cos I made a few mistakes along the way xD and I wanted to go on the forums/facebook/emails/etc but Phe told me I need sleep…. I was only awake for like…16-17 hours.. I was too tired to argue with Phe and surrendered.

Ok…I’m gonna pack my overnight stuff… I’ll type again tomoro…after Osaka festival hopefully.
--------------------------------------------------

Titlle: 22nd Feb – Settling in

Ok… so I’m spending my first night in a powerless/gasless house. I have the lantern on, which is saved for emergencies. So its finally coming to use lol.

Today…went back to St Albans with my parents and my lil dog to add some more stuff to make it feel like home. Bought more furniture, more food, more pet stuff. Then my parents left around 1:30pm so it was a bit emotional. I kinda felt like going back home… T.T so I cried while I tried to unpack. After that, I went to Flinders Street to go to the Osaka Festival.

Before I went I err…try to look…tomboy-ish…so I didn’t bring a handbag XD I just got home (10pm) so….i was trying to be careful. So I managed to get home safely :D
I saw ppl wearing yukatas…I saw a few in Lolita and…2 ppl cosplaying…I liked the ending with the drums.

Hmm around 8:30 I was waiting for my Sydenham line which was almost a half hour wait. And I was a bit worried that I didn’t have company at this time of day >.< but luckily one of the guys I met at the osaka festival...um..Andy… was catching the same train as me. so I wasn’t worried anymore. well…all I had to worry was my car being smashed when I got there XD (it was in one piece xD)

So yes…that’s pretty much it…and I think I should stop here before I use up my battery for my lappy. I should get power tomoro..and gas…

Nite nite~

Friendly…perhaps?

The first thing I wanted to do when I arrive at my new house was to attempt to park my car in front of the garage (which is behind the unit) but… a car is preventing me to do so… so I got out and knocked on my new neighbours door.

“Hi! Erm..sorry is this your car?? I was wondering if you can move it so I can park my car. I don’t wanna like….crash it or anything. I’m your new neighbour, Lesley”

He was very kind and we both agreed that we will park our cars like that from now on. And if I needed anything, I’ll let him know.

So yes…I did my last minute shopping in the morning to buy some cleaning agents (and I bought one for the oven), check the mail…which…surprisingly I got one xD (just a receipt for my bond payment) and another letter to “THE OWNER CORPORATE” (which was odd..cos I don’t know where my landlords live…) and I start taking the bus to the St Albans mall to see my agent (and took that weird letter along).

After handing in my agreement to the Conditions report and my Maintenance Request I went to the post office across the road and OMG the line was long!!! Longer than stud o.o

And…people tend to talk to the person next to them when they are bored…. So I had a lady around her….late 50s talking to me

Her: The line sure is long…

Me: yeah it is…it’s like...the longest line I went to in a post office.

Her: it’s always busy. Morning people wake up early come pay bills…work….some come after work but too busy…I need to cook.

Me: yeah…

[she greets another friend around her age, who got out of the post office. And then the convo continues]

Her: you married?

Me: No.

Her: single?

Me: yeah.

Her: you gonna get married someday?

Me: maybe

Her: you know… it’s good to stay single. It’s hard to find a man around here…nowadays…no trust…

Me: yeah I know what you mean.

The convo kinda ended there… the line was going a bit quicker. Busy busy. People around were friendly. Its like that lady knew everyone here o.o it seems that in St Albans ppl know each other o.o after seeing that lady greet and stuff. So in a way… it’s friendly….

Hmm… and then…I went to a vietnamese café cos I saw pics of bubble tea…and I felt like having bubble tea for lunch, so I went in and asked for ‘Red Pearl Milk Tea’

*waitress stares at her flavor section*

Her: sorry we don’t have that flavor

Me: it’s just….milk tea…and pearls…that’s it

Her:….we’re out of milk tea….

Me:…………..

I ended up with a strawberry flavor instead. Ah well…

Then I started heading over to vic uni… it was orientation today. And unlike monash….it was really quiet…….i only went to the student services to ask for a parking permit. (which I can’t have cos its only for staff -.- so I have to pay $2 for parking)

Walked back to the bus stop… and I had a bit of distance from the guy walking in front of me when a passerby walked the opposite direction and asked where vic uni was. The guy in front and I pointed in different directions. (lol poor passerby XD) but I just walked out of that uni XD and I just missed my bus then so I walked back to the shops to buy bread cos I was hungry~

It was my first time taking the bus to my new house… and I don’t know how many stops to get there…so I asked the bus driver..he said 6 or 7…. Ok…so I counted….

1…2…3….4…5….*sees the “Gillipsee Rd” sign ok…as long as that road leads to my house… 6…7…. *presses the bell*

Wrong stop -.- ah well…it meant more walking for me.

Started cleaning… bathroom first….and one of the gloves got torn while I was cleaning -.- omg it was dirty~~~ soap scum….eww…….cleaned the kitchen sick, which was clean anyway but I felt like it… and then…. *stares at horrible oven*

I bought a cleaning agent for ovens so I was reading the instructions “spray upright and away from face” (something along those lines….) “and close the oven door”

*sprays*

…

*closes*

*cough* omg I inhaled some!!!!!! >.< *coughs*

That hurt T.T couldn’t stop coughing for a few minutes…

Ok..the oven was…kinda clean… but not thorough….

Then it was around 2:20pm and I started heading home..tired…