I waited for the bus and it was drizzling.

Today was a bit .. new for me. Haha. Firstly, my class was only until 1100. Yay-ness. After that I hopped onto the Uni shuttle bus to the main campus. I hung out there until after 2pm while waiting for my bro to finish, he was on duty for Clubs Day. I could have taken the bus and get home earlier, before 12 noon but I thought "Nah, there won't be much for me to do at home besides going online, nap or *blank* and it's cold there.." so I decided to just stay at Uni. Library-student's lounge, back and forth and I walked around the campus but not too far away though coz I was afraid I'd be too lazy to go back to The Concourse where the library and student's lounge is. And then I wanted to walk to the Recreation Centre but it drizzled =( Wait, it rained and it drizzled. Go figure. Haha.

Oh, I burned my hand this afternoon when I was putting wood into the fire (at the fire place). . It was a clumsy, silly accident. Haha. I was poking the wood, trying to make it lie flat and still by using a medium-sized branch and the end of my right palm touched the metal thingy of the fire place. I suppose I was so into poking the wood I forgot about being careful =P Oh, Yvonne. How could you? It's just a small one, compared to the rice cooker incident a few years ago. Haha.

I went out for dinner today. My parents constantly remind to eat and not go hungry. They're worried that I'll start converting the prices of food and end up not eating at all. Haha. umm well, I do do that. Converting the price into RM. It's a habit already. No cure. Haha. I remembered what WY said, "Earn their money, spend their money then it's worth it.." Don't worry, I won't starve myself. In fact, I think the opposite will happen. Two words-weight gain. The food portions are big and there's meat everywhere plus my brother drinks FULL CREAM MILK not trimmed or the lite, slim ones. Dark blue caps are full cream while light blue or green are the less fat ones lar. Haha. Moreover, I don't get enough exercise here other than walking. NS RIADAH PLEASE! :)

I signed up for badminton club, Overseas Christian Fellowship (OCF) and Massey University Malaysian Student's Association (MUMSA), all of which I think my brother is a member of.

I better go to bed now. I wanna get over with tomorrow and the day after tomorrow (because there's class) and I look forward to the weekend. I hope there won't be anything that'll take up my precious weekend time (which I would use to catch up with my sleep). Please la hor, first week of class can? Aiya, don't wanna jinx it anyway.

Goodnight, cheers.

xoxovon
Keeping warm in winter.

Class: Day 1

You're not gonna believe me when I say this but please, by all means, do. If you asked me, "Hey, Yvonne. What did you learn in class today?" I'd answer you, "I learned how to read." =)

Yes, you heard me. I learned how to READ in English class today. It's not exactly English class, the paper is called Foundation Studies in English for Academic Purposes. I've seen a lot of this word today, PURPOSE. I read a lot too. TOO MUCH READING IN A DAY FOR YVONNE. Haha. I don't read much, you see. My brother said my brain will only be vegetating and not doing much work this semester but I doubt that. I'm starting to feel the stress already. Haha. Maybe it's just me worrying too much about the upcoming assessments and assignments. Pft. English lecturer seemed so .. serious. Why so serious? =P My other lecturer is more loose and she inserts bits of humour along the way.

First day of class and I already have homework! Which is reading, loads of them. And also answering questions based on a topic. As you know I've not been writing much for the past 7 months hence my handwriting is like *inserts word that ryhmes with Pitt*. I find it difficult to write.. haha. I mean, my handwriting doesn't look like the one I expected it to turn out. You know, the slim and sorta tiny one which Eunice likes to complain about. "Von, your handwriting is blahblahblah..." I can blame the weather too, right? It's too cold that my finger and hand muscles become inactive or they stiffen up so I can't move them as smoothly and well as I can back in the tropical weather in Malaysia =P Even my teeth started chattering! See, I was asked to give a 30 secs presentation on clothing. I don't know why but my teeth were chattering, I thought I was gonna have a nervous breakdown. And then I realised, oh it's cold. Yeah, blame the weather again. Darn. haha.

I took the bus to school this morning :) Success.. And I'll have to take it again tomorrow, tomorrow.. and maybe tomorrow. Since my brother doesn't want to fetch me and he'd prefer that I use the bus so he can sleep more I suppose. Ah, bus rides are free anyway. The only downside to that is that I have to wake up pretty early to get ready and stuff. Breakfast, lunch, toilet time, walk to bus stop. I'll have to pace up because I'm known for 'taking my time' sometimes (outside of NS). Whoops, looks like Puan is laid back too. Tomorrow's gonna be another long day at class. 9am-3pm, I'll be at campus building before 830am. 5 hours of English by the way! I'm dead sure there's going to be heaps of reading. Man, words words words. Find this point, find that point. I think I'll be more entertained if you give me a word search puzzle. Anyway, lets be positive about things and look at the brighter side :) I'll have to pass the papers in order to continue the next semester so I might as well learn to have fun while learning, right?

I should stop and get on with my reading homework. Loads of them. *says 'why why why what the heck why do I need to ahhh whatever' in Japanese*

Wish me luck.
In the meantime, I'm waiting for someone to come online. Time difference, pftt.

xoxovon
One week in Palmy, 10 days in NZ.

Haere Mai. Welcome..

It's a rainy and cold Sunday in Palmerston North.

I went to church with bro and dad this morning. It's been a while.. 2 weeks? My class starts tomorrow and I don't wanna start expecting this and that. I'll just try to go with the flow I guess. Oh well, whatever it is, life goes on.

Chatted with Azizul and he showed me some really cool t-shirts with cute and funny prints on them. Haha. I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU AND I WANT THEM =P

Umm.. I'm settling down. Oh, I can't miss class. Not a single one. Plus, if I'm late for class (lets say 10 minutes), I'll be marked absent! In order to be safe and according to one of my teachers, those who go to every class are the ones who pass their papers.

Since my recent posts have been picture-less, here's one for your viewing pleasure. Need to use visual aids for class presentation you know.. haha.

Cookie cookie!

xoxovon
1, 2, 3, 4.

Guilty pleasures

Food wise..

KFC CHEESY WEGDES (back in M'sia)
MUFFINS
POTATO CHIPS aka KEROPOK
and more to come..

I'll show you what I had for breakfast one morning when I was here. Just wait.. haha.


xoxovon
Subway... eat fresh :D

One Week

I've been away from home for about a week now. Wow.

It's Friday and I don't have anything on at school so I'm... free? Blogging from uni library. I'm not sure what are the plans for today but i think I'm gonna try taking the bus. Bus rides are absolutely free for Massey Uni students! Wheee. Just flip open my wallet/purse and show the bus driver my student ID card and I'm good to go.. Hehe.

Currently staying at a motel with dad, moving in with bro next week.

Times up, parking ticket's for an hour only.

kthxbye. hahaha azizul..

xoxovon
still cold..

These hands are shaking cold

It's cold.

It's pretty hard for me to play the piano too 'cos my fingers are sorta stiff now. Haha. Felt difficult to move my fingers across the keys.. so now I can't play as smoothly and quickly as I could back home :( Darn it. Piano is therapy.

I'm at the computer lab now. I just got my pin number to access the computers this morning. Today's 2nd day of orientation and the intake for 2nd semester is usually very small. There are quite a number of returning students and only a few new international students. So, only NEW international students were required to attend today's orientation... and there's only 2 of us!! Me and another Chinese girl. So far, I'm not in any kind of trouble so that's good =P I hope there's nothing on tomorrow so I can have a longer weekend before class starts on Monday.

I have about 10 minutes left before I have to get back to orientation. It's lunch break now. Gonna have a tour of the Turitea campus later. It's effin' huge. And I can't wait to actually get some exercise and sweat off! My bro told me that they're playing volleyball and badminton this Saturday afternoon. If everything goes well, I might join them.

I haven't used my laptop since I reached NZ. Oh my. That's about all for now.
I miss you all, loads! Do you miss me? Haha
Cheers. haha

xoxovon
needs wireless, pronto. :P

From Auckland

.. with internet access!

I'm currently at my cousin's place, using his Apple computer *Azizul goes :-O* Anyway, just wanna let you know I've arrived here safely and it's cold here. I bet ya'll knew that already.

I got my NZ mobile phone number. For those of you in Malaysia, especially Eunice (although I gave you my number already I'll type it out in case there was an error in conveying the numbers to you over the phone yesterday. To call your handphone expensive you know... Haha) here are the numbers:

+ 64 21212 8157

Don't forget the +64.

Till next time, bye :)

xoxovon

Going down to Palmerston Norh tomorrow.