Monday, February 28
adrock2xander transpires (and promises to post some pictures soon)
adrock2xander is 1 month 0 days without a cigarette.
Yeppers...one fuckin month...
The benefits of a nicotine-free life is beginnin to show...my clothes and fingers dont smell no more...i dont let out a heavy wheez whenever i breathe or sleep...i no longer develop a thick-greenish glob of phlem that has weird colored residue in it...the soccer game i had over the weekend saw me runnin and chasin rather effortlessly for the ball...
Quite a new feelin indeed...i gota tell ya...a month is a long time...i never knew i would have gone this far without a cigarette...i feel fresh and rejuvenated...i had my reservations initially...i mean...QUIT SMOKIN??? WTF ARE YOU SMOKIN?!!?!? (no pun intended)
Internet connections's still not up...a friendly check on Telstra rendered it inconclusive...i could be waitin anythin from between 2 weeks to a month for the ADSL...
NO WORRIES MATE? I'LL MAKE YOU FUCKIN WORRY MATE!
...
First week of lectures came and went...i gota say...the country and culture has changed...but adrock2xander hasnt...i find myself the subject of peculiar probes and adulations by fellow school mates and peeps alike...somehow they've this strange fascination with my purple hair with blonde streaks...
Or how bout the endless stream compliments i receive from Aussies who profess their admiration of adrock2xander's standard of spoken and written English...
...
Ehm...Hello? I AM doin a degree in Communications...
Thanks Roger...i really needed that...
...
On a side note...April has brought up a rather interestin topic that's subject to contention...
Apparently attendance isnt taken in lectures and half my tutorials...now in theory...that isnt such a biggie...but when you've been bombarded by billboards and visual messages of the hazards of not achievin 80% of ya attendances and manipulated into believin that the penalties are deportation and revocation of ya visa...naturally you would find yaself sittin through lectures and tutes even if it means stiflin yawns or lettin off silent farts...
Perhaps i should stop attendin lectures...as it is...they ARE all available online...
adrock2xander is 1 month 0 days without a cigarette.
Yeppers...one fuckin month...
The benefits of a nicotine-free life is beginnin to show...my clothes and fingers dont smell no more...i dont let out a heavy wheez whenever i breathe or sleep...i no longer develop a thick-greenish glob of phlem that has weird colored residue in it...the soccer game i had over the weekend saw me runnin and chasin rather effortlessly for the ball...
Quite a new feelin indeed...i gota tell ya...a month is a long time...i never knew i would have gone this far without a cigarette...i feel fresh and rejuvenated...i had my reservations initially...i mean...QUIT SMOKIN??? WTF ARE YOU SMOKIN?!!?!? (no pun intended)
Internet connections's still not up...a friendly check on Telstra rendered it inconclusive...i could be waitin anythin from between 2 weeks to a month for the ADSL...
NO WORRIES MATE? I'LL MAKE YOU FUCKIN WORRY MATE!
...
First week of lectures came and went...i gota say...the country and culture has changed...but adrock2xander hasnt...i find myself the subject of peculiar probes and adulations by fellow school mates and peeps alike...somehow they've this strange fascination with my purple hair with blonde streaks...
Or how bout the endless stream compliments i receive from Aussies who profess their admiration of adrock2xander's standard of spoken and written English...
...
Ehm...Hello? I AM doin a degree in Communications...
And as much as i try to remain as inconspicuous as possible...my potty head of hair...coupled with some intelligent/humorous writin for a short essay in my first Professional Writin tutorial...just cry out for attention...my Prof. Writin lecture/tutor Roger...who spots quite a potty head of hair himself (read: bald pate + big curly white hair by the side) has nominated me as the Class Representative...
Thanks Roger...i really needed that...
...
On a side note...April has brought up a rather interestin topic that's subject to contention...
Apparently attendance isnt taken in lectures and half my tutorials...now in theory...that isnt such a biggie...but when you've been bombarded by billboards and visual messages of the hazards of not achievin 80% of ya attendances and manipulated into believin that the penalties are deportation and revocation of ya visa...naturally you would find yaself sittin through lectures and tutes even if it means stiflin yawns or lettin off silent farts...
Perhaps i should stop attendin lectures...as it is...they ARE all available online...
Friday, February 25
Bloggin in Class
adrock2xander is 26 days without a cigarette.
Im sittin here in a computer lab with beautiful blondes and brunettes around me...tell me you fools back home...where else can you EVER get such an opportune moment to gatecrash on nubile 18yo's lifes? Hell yeah...the thought of workin with them...im so juiced...whoopee-dooo...
Internet connection back in the apartment's still on a 'no worries' attitude...i dont remember the last time i went 3 weeks i went without serious bloggin....
Oh dear...lecturer's here...gota go...
adrock2xander is 26 days without a cigarette.
Im sittin here in a computer lab with beautiful blondes and brunettes around me...tell me you fools back home...where else can you EVER get such an opportune moment to gatecrash on nubile 18yo's lifes? Hell yeah...the thought of workin with them...im so juiced...whoopee-dooo...
Internet connection back in the apartment's still on a 'no worries' attitude...i dont remember the last time i went 3 weeks i went without serious bloggin....
Oh dear...lecturer's here...gota go...
Monday, February 21
Laid Back
adrock2xander is 22 days without a cigarette.
Aussies sure have a weird way of gettin things done...
Perhaps im just spoiled...but growin up in uptight-ass-cheeks and modern Singapore...service is done efficiently and almost methodically...there's almost never a delay and when something's promised...it's delivered...
Melbournians...and Australians in general...for all it's globalisation and modern infrastructure...still adopt their 'No worries mate' attitude...when they tell you "Yeah it'll be deliver tomorrow"...it's really "Yeah expect it in 5 workin days..."
Food in a cafe/restaurant takes at least 20 minutes to arrive...hey mates...im starvin...how bout steppin it up a 'lil...
My dryer/television took a week each to be delievered to my apartment...hey mates...my clothes are damp, smell musty and i believe my entertainment is restricted to just the radio...guess why?
Internet broadband is finally enabled with Gavin's return...and gee wheez...we have to wait 5-10 workin days for the set-up..hey mates...im a PC-savvy bloke...it's been 3 whole weeks since ive blogged regularly...how bout lendin a hand to him...
I spend 45 minutes waitin for a tram on Sunday night...where temperatures dip to 15 degrees..im wearin just a tee shirt and my nipples are cold and hard...yay i look like Batman...hey mates...i do believe people still go out on weekends...please pull them sock of yers and operate the bloody system...
......
On the plus side...turns out RMIT...in its usual 'No worries mate' approach to life...hasnt really processed the International Students' enrolment applications...so here i am...several hours before my very first lecture...havin no tutorials to book online...coz Aussies are laid back and everythin is fuss-free...
Im hungry...and am headin home...i wonder if there's food in the fridge...
Hmmm....'No worries mate'...
adrock2xander is 22 days without a cigarette.
Aussies sure have a weird way of gettin things done...
Perhaps im just spoiled...but growin up in uptight-ass-cheeks and modern Singapore...service is done efficiently and almost methodically...there's almost never a delay and when something's promised...it's delivered...
Melbournians...and Australians in general...for all it's globalisation and modern infrastructure...still adopt their 'No worries mate' attitude...when they tell you "Yeah it'll be deliver tomorrow"...it's really "Yeah expect it in 5 workin days..."
Food in a cafe/restaurant takes at least 20 minutes to arrive...hey mates...im starvin...how bout steppin it up a 'lil...
My dryer/television took a week each to be delievered to my apartment...hey mates...my clothes are damp, smell musty and i believe my entertainment is restricted to just the radio...guess why?
Internet broadband is finally enabled with Gavin's return...and gee wheez...we have to wait 5-10 workin days for the set-up..hey mates...im a PC-savvy bloke...it's been 3 whole weeks since ive blogged regularly...how bout lendin a hand to him...
I spend 45 minutes waitin for a tram on Sunday night...where temperatures dip to 15 degrees..im wearin just a tee shirt and my nipples are cold and hard...yay i look like Batman...hey mates...i do believe people still go out on weekends...please pull them sock of yers and operate the bloody system...
......
On the plus side...turns out RMIT...in its usual 'No worries mate' approach to life...hasnt really processed the International Students' enrolment applications...so here i am...several hours before my very first lecture...havin no tutorials to book online...coz Aussies are laid back and everythin is fuss-free...
Im hungry...and am headin home...i wonder if there's food in the fridge...
Hmmm....'No worries mate'...
Saturday, February 19
Another Infrequent Post
adrock2xander is 20 days without a cigarette.
Hell...20 days without a cigarette...
I dont know which is harder...stuffin my mouth silly with chewies (chewin gum) to keep my nicotine-deprived mouth busy...gettin the internet connection in my apartment up...or tryin desperately to log onto the university website to book one's tutorials...
Yeah...my term starts 21 February...and ive not even sorted out my tutorials...
So...i reckon im just gona head for lectures...and not attend any tutorials...since...the bloody Caucasians have decided to take their white ass time on processin MY enrolment...
And if past experiences are used as a guideline...these little tarts are barkin up the wrong tree...last thing you wana see is an incensed Chinaman engaged in verbal vomits with the administration office...
And...
I was on my site earlier...it has been awhile since i posted somethin substantial...i mean...who the fuck gives a care bout what goes on in my life over here?
Yeah...
Last i checked...
Only about 30 daily referrals/visits from people who get on my site hopin to see the site updated...
Wow...amazin...i have an audience...
Stay tuned for more mishaps and misfortunes...
adrock2xander is 20 days without a cigarette.
Hell...20 days without a cigarette...
I dont know which is harder...stuffin my mouth silly with chewies (chewin gum) to keep my nicotine-deprived mouth busy...gettin the internet connection in my apartment up...or tryin desperately to log onto the university website to book one's tutorials...
Yeah...my term starts 21 February...and ive not even sorted out my tutorials...
So...i reckon im just gona head for lectures...and not attend any tutorials...since...the bloody Caucasians have decided to take their white ass time on processin MY enrolment...
And if past experiences are used as a guideline...these little tarts are barkin up the wrong tree...last thing you wana see is an incensed Chinaman engaged in verbal vomits with the administration office...
And...
I was on my site earlier...it has been awhile since i posted somethin substantial...i mean...who the fuck gives a care bout what goes on in my life over here?
Yeah...
Last i checked...
Only about 30 daily referrals/visits from people who get on my site hopin to see the site updated...
Wow...amazin...i have an audience...
Stay tuned for more mishaps and misfortunes...
Saturday, February 12
A Little Update
Since arrivin in Melbourne, ive:
1) Went off smokin for 12 whole days...i picked up smokin 9 years ago and havnt been able to compel the forces of nature to curb my nicotine fix...i figured if im startin a new lease of life in Australia...i might as well toss out some old habits from Singapore...so yeah...no cigarettes for almost 2 weeks now...
Trust me...it's not easy...anyone who smokes will second/third/forth/fifth that...
2) Finished up a grand masterplan for micheLe's birthday (which fell in January) and Valentine's Day (which...for all morons out there not in the know...it's this comin Monday)...ive been workin on it the moment i left Melbourne in July...a 7 months' masterpiece...
I wana remember the look registered on micheLe's face when she receives this...you readers will be in the loop too :O
3) Turns out my phone line is registered under the Honorary Gavin...my room-mate...who conveniently also happens to be micheLe's sister's boyfriend...
That means i cant enable the phone line to ADSL compatibility...and until Gavin returns on Febuary 18...no fuckin access to the World Wide Web...
Yay...
Anyone's got a spare cigarette i can light up? Pretty please????
Since arrivin in Melbourne, ive:
1) Went off smokin for 12 whole days...i picked up smokin 9 years ago and havnt been able to compel the forces of nature to curb my nicotine fix...i figured if im startin a new lease of life in Australia...i might as well toss out some old habits from Singapore...so yeah...no cigarettes for almost 2 weeks now...
Trust me...it's not easy...anyone who smokes will second/third/forth/fifth that...
2) Finished up a grand masterplan for micheLe's birthday (which fell in January) and Valentine's Day (which...for all morons out there not in the know...it's this comin Monday)...ive been workin on it the moment i left Melbourne in July...a 7 months' masterpiece...
I wana remember the look registered on micheLe's face when she receives this...you readers will be in the loop too :O
3) Turns out my phone line is registered under the Honorary Gavin...my room-mate...who conveniently also happens to be micheLe's sister's boyfriend...
That means i cant enable the phone line to ADSL compatibility...and until Gavin returns on Febuary 18...no fuckin access to the World Wide Web...
Yay...
Anyone's got a spare cigarette i can light up? Pretty please????
Wednesday, February 9
adrock2xander is alive
Hello everyone...yes rub those bleary eyes of yers and settle down them jumpy nerves...coz im alive...yup...first post in Melbourne...
Im sittin in a computer shop that provides computer sevices/upgradin...as it is my apartment isnt hooked up yet...and since it's been 10 glorious days that ive gone online...i figured an hour or two online wouldnt hurt...besides...my fingers have gone all itchy from the constant need to write...
It's been a wonderful 10 days...oh wait...actually...i would like to take that back...i spent the first week sufferin from the worst ulcers and colds ever...i blame the sudden change in temperature and environment...it's like havin a 18-wheeler slammin into you head-on...my body didnt really had the time to adjust...
Then there are the weird nights when you're all alone as your girlfriend works the unearthly night shifts in the hospital...it feels weird to be all alone in a new country...cut off from the Internet...few friends...thousands of miles from familar people...it takes some gettin used to....
But those are the horrible parts...the best parts?
Food! Glorious food...im been stuffin myself silly with Italian...Greek...Lebanese...American...Indian...takeaways...eat-ins...yay...who wana get fat with me?
Then there's the weather! Since recoverin from the aftermath of the climate change...ive been revellin in the cold and humidity (or the lack thereof)...it feels wonderful to walk out in the cold...and not rememberin when you last perspired...honestly...the last time i perspired? Back in Singapore...that's 10 days ago for ya...
And the television! Whoopee-doo...they've got wonderful series here...unlike the megalomaniac of a corporation that's run by a Communist government back home...networks here dont subscribe to the rivalry and intense competition of prime-time tv...why? Coz every fuckin time slot is prime-time tv! Gosh...what have i seen since i got here...ehm...Desperate Housewives...Lost...CSI and her sisters...Without a Trace...Law & Order: SVU...omg...im typin gibberish...
Installation of Internet access takes bout 2 weeks here...im bout to sign up for a plan in a few days' time...as it is im gona be visitin this computer shop rather regularly till then...
Gota go now...so much to do...so much to see...
Till i blog again...keep comin back readers :O
Hello everyone...yes rub those bleary eyes of yers and settle down them jumpy nerves...coz im alive...yup...first post in Melbourne...
Im sittin in a computer shop that provides computer sevices/upgradin...as it is my apartment isnt hooked up yet...and since it's been 10 glorious days that ive gone online...i figured an hour or two online wouldnt hurt...besides...my fingers have gone all itchy from the constant need to write...
It's been a wonderful 10 days...oh wait...actually...i would like to take that back...i spent the first week sufferin from the worst ulcers and colds ever...i blame the sudden change in temperature and environment...it's like havin a 18-wheeler slammin into you head-on...my body didnt really had the time to adjust...
Then there are the weird nights when you're all alone as your girlfriend works the unearthly night shifts in the hospital...it feels weird to be all alone in a new country...cut off from the Internet...few friends...thousands of miles from familar people...it takes some gettin used to....
But those are the horrible parts...the best parts?
Food! Glorious food...im been stuffin myself silly with Italian...Greek...Lebanese...American...Indian...takeaways...eat-ins...yay...who wana get fat with me?
Then there's the weather! Since recoverin from the aftermath of the climate change...ive been revellin in the cold and humidity (or the lack thereof)...it feels wonderful to walk out in the cold...and not rememberin when you last perspired...honestly...the last time i perspired? Back in Singapore...that's 10 days ago for ya...
And the television! Whoopee-doo...they've got wonderful series here...unlike the megalomaniac of a corporation that's run by a Communist government back home...networks here dont subscribe to the rivalry and intense competition of prime-time tv...why? Coz every fuckin time slot is prime-time tv! Gosh...what have i seen since i got here...ehm...Desperate Housewives...Lost...CSI and her sisters...Without a Trace...Law & Order: SVU...omg...im typin gibberish...
Installation of Internet access takes bout 2 weeks here...im bout to sign up for a plan in a few days' time...as it is im gona be visitin this computer shop rather regularly till then...
Gota go now...so much to do...so much to see...
Till i blog again...keep comin back readers :O
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