Koobabe88′s Weblog

Hiya!

I’ve been pretty busy lately … work, school and EXERCISING! Haha!

Yes, i just started working. For those who have been for any of the Supply Chain Asia Forums, you probably would have met Darryl Judd. Yup, he offered me an internship at Logistics Recruitment (now known as Logistics Executive) It’s basically somewhat like a recruitment agency, finding suitable candidates for suitable jobs. I work on Tuesdays, before school, and Wednesdays, Thursdays after school. Well, i haven’t been doing much at work. For the first day, I learned how to answer phone calls and diverting them to other people. That was because they were trying to get the computer fixed for me, getting me an account..etc. On the second day, i helped Matthew, the manager from Sydney, to look for suitable candidates in the database. On the third day, i was taught how to add new resumes into the database. Not much, but it was definitely interesting:) Oh … the Melbourne office is pretty small. There’s Sandy, Peter, Vicki (the manager, who is on long leave), Rosie (who is on maternity leave) and Angela (another intern). I would say the people there are really nice and easy going. So, it makes work more fun aye.

So, other than work, there’s school uni. (haha, i’m not used to this). Assignment have been piling up and this week, i’ve got 3 assignments due, CONSECUTIVELY! But anyway, I’m almost done with all of them. I shan’t talk about school, i’ll be boring you.

Exercise! HUGE topic. For starters, i’ve gained 2 KGs ever since i got here. It must be the college desserts! Seesh … but I find it really hard to pass them. Anyway, i’ve been jogging at princess park, Mondays and Saturdays. Hopefully, i’ll be able to squeeze in Wednesday mornings. Oh, over dinner today, PK was educating Stella and I on how to loose fat. Haha! So, he was saying that it’s good to exercise in the morning before breakfast because when we’re sleeping, our carbo gets “digested” so, in the morning, there’s little carbo and more fat to burn! Well, something along those lines. Haha … Also, i’ve came up with a diet plan!

1. Milo- 2 cups/week (I use to have them like 2 times a day. Who can resist a hot drink call?)
2. Dessert- 3 times/week
3. 1/2 portion of fries (We get fish and chips every Friday)
4. Jog 2 times a week, 2 rounds round princess park (Stella says it’s 3.2k/round)
5. Snacks= FRUITS!

That’s all i have on my list. Any suggestions? … anyone

Week 5, I met up with Huiying and Jean for dinner .. ahhh .. familiar faces … we had the best ice cream ever! Ooo…Fredo’s roche … ahhh … nothing can beat that!

Kor kor also invited me over for dinner He cooked baked pasta … yes … guys nowadays CAN cook! And i bought ready made apple crumble … not bad at all..

Other than that, college tutorials and hockey training starts this week as well…

Week 6, i attended the college council dinner on Wednesday. It started with pre-drinks at 6 (don’t worry, i drank 3 cups of orange juice instead to champaign and wine) and then , we had dinner at 7, which was Thai pumpkin soup, steak (the best one ever tasted so far at college) mash potato and tomatoes. Dessert was something like berry crumble? something like that. Delicious! Oh, we had a platter of cheese after that as well. I was placed on the BEST table ever! No parents, No adults! Seriously, the best table! Yeah, it was a fun/funny night.

-Nat

Aw man, I’m really not getting the hang of blogging … but hey, i’m doing this for the sack of my lovely friends! So … be honored!

Week 2- 21-27 Jul 08

I moved in with kor kor after mom left. Stay there for about a week? His place was hmm … actually alright … not as messy as i thought a 3-men apartment would be like. Wooo … they were highly equipped with entertainment! I was referring to X-box and Wii! There was one night his friends and i played for merely 1/2 hr, and my arms ached the whole week! Apart from that, I had to sleep on kor kor’s bed frame while he slept on his “> than 6 inches” mattress. How gentlemanly can my brother get? But, apart from the sleeping, he was rather hmm … nice. I had free home cooked food! Oh, by the way, i think the world’s starting to change. Guys SURE can cook. Haha! I was trying to be nice and so I tried cooking potato salad one night, and guess what, i screwed it up! Haha! Well, it was edible, but in terms of presentation, eek! The potatoes were too mashed up … so it looked pretty disgusting. But, it was saved by sour cream

Week 2 was also my orientation week. So, i practically had to take 1/2 train rides everyday plus 10 mins tram ride. And when i say orientation, i don’t mean bonding games. I mean Talks, Talks, Talks and more Talks. Oh and plus getting all the administrative stuff done. The “boring-est” kind of orientation ever. But anyhow, that was when i met all my other Singapore Kakis.

College orientation was far way better. It was a sweet 1/2 day program. Oh! I must say this! After lunch, we went for a “le pak” session. We went to brunettes (can’t remember how it’s spelt) Oh MY! it was HEAVEN! There were shelves of cakes! Oooo…but because of lunch, I was already stuffed, so, i settle down with an Italian hot chocolate (imagine melted chocolate with nothing else … that was how think it was!)

That was also the day i moved into college, with the help of kor kor.

My room was alright … imagine a Nun’s room … yes … my room looks like that. My room’s in the dome, just on top of the dining area. So, whenever people go for breakfast, the cling cling klong klong of the utensils would wake me up. Although my room doesn’t have a sink, it’s next to the toilet. At the dome, it’s 3 to 1 toilet. So, it ain’s as bad as the other rooms outside the dome where it’s 8 to a toilet. Phew~ According to my “neighbour”, my room was used by visiting priests. Hmm … don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. But it’s so spacious that i think i can do a kart wheel across the room.

That Sunday, I went to St. Kilda’s beach with the Singapore Kakis. Nice scenery! Plus, it’s really a good place to chill. As usual, we took lots of pictures Oh, and after that, we walked down towards the shops … and there again … PLENTY of cake shops! Ooooo… but we had churros with dark chocolate dips in the end. It definitely tasted batter than the ones in Singapore.

Week 3 - 28 Jul- 3 Aug 08

First week of Uni. We were all studious and so we decided to attend all lectures and tutorials … at least i did. Haha! So, i’ll be taking Business Finance, Organisational Behaviour, Managing Projects and Events & Introduction to Econometrics. I plan to major in Management and Finance … i hope.

Wed was College Trivia night. Not surprised, it was held at a pub. The theme for Dome was Sports/Olympics … there were other themes like hospital, country, gangsters …etc. I went as a baseball athlete. Had to borrow Val’s hockey shirt. Overall, I think my theme was the most normal looking one. Everyone else looked pretty funny. Haha! So, we had trivias all night. I also got to see most of them get wasted. Funny experience.

That friday, we had the commencement dinner. It’s a black tie dinner whereby everyone has to wear really formal. Plus we also had to wear our academic gowns. Yes..it’s Harry-Potter-ish. After the dinner, Kathryn (the only Singaporean at college other than me) and i went for the after party. Gosh … we went to 3 pubs! But we definitely had fun. I think the Night Cat was the best (Kat would strongly agree with me) …there was a live band and the music was way better than the rest.

Oh, on the 3rd, we celebrated Pam’s 19th birthday (one of the Singapore Kakis)! We went to some Greek restaurant. Nice food! I had the some thing like a kabab … they have a special greek name for that … Oh, Anthony and Jae kindly baked cheese cake It was a crazy-ily cold night.

Week 4 - 4- 10 Aug 08

This week, hmm … other than struggling to understand what is going on at Econometrics Lectures and Tutorials, and racking my brains for nights, trying to begin doing OB assignment (you know, it’s been months since i did assignments), it has been a brain-juice draining week. But apart from that, I went to watch the live screening of NDP at Melb Central yesterday. It wasn’t that good … or rather, it was quite boring. The satellite thingy kept getting interrupted plus the performances weren’t that fantastic. Hmm … well it could be because i caught a glimpse of the Olympics the night before (If you know OB, it’s the contrast effect!)

Today, i went for a Thai lunch with my Orientation grp. The Thai restaurant at Lygon was good! I mean delicious! Ahh..at this rate i’m talking about food … i think i’ll be double my size. But in the attempt to not let that happen, i’ve been jogging with val ( Hey, not joking k, we jogged 4 k yesterday! I’m pretty proud of myself)

Come to think of it, it’s been a crazy 3 weeks! But it was fun though.

Alright, i’ve gotta go start OB-ing again.

Signing off~