S2T4W4 :)

Cannot believe it's the second last (or, penultimate) week of my College life! ^^
In the next 2 weeks, I'm having the last classes of this year :')

You always have a mixed feeling coming to an end like this.
I'm so pumped for uni already, although I don't know if I'm ready :)
But at the same time, I know I'll be missing my friends BIG TIME.

BUT!
Coming home has never been this exciting ! Every day I got glimpses of places I want to visit, and food I want to eat once I'm back.
Ohh how I just love my little town :')

Revisions are happening 24/7.
Starting early, finishing late.
Students life; I know I'll be missing this lifestyle someday.
I'm actually enjoying this, (not the pressure of exam, though.)

Ooh! And did I tell  you already about the new library a block from my place? Mm'hm. Yes.
I've borrowed 4 DVDs in the past 1.5 weeks HAHA :p
all food related, to take my mind off studying, but they make me hungry all the time >.<

But I guess next week when I have the 2 days off for the Melbourne racing thing, I can spend a bit more time in the kitchen, although I've started today by making a yum breakfast! :D Toast filled with banana & strawberry YUUM ^^


I wonder what I'll do during my 2.5 holiday at home... ^^

Alright! Last  few weeks to go :')

CHEERS!
 -*^^*-

S2T4W3 Whaaa :')

Okay, so here's the deal. I can't wait to go home already. But, we only have 3 weeks before exam weeks start, and we have 1 week off for the racing-thing, so basically there are only 2 classes left of almost all of the subjects!!

WOW! :')

I'm reminded again how blessed I am to have the tutors that I'm taught by, and how funny & supportive my classmates are right now.
I definitely would be glad graduating from Trinity & advancing to Uni, but I'm definitely going to miss these guys :')
They've been there from day one, and I spent a good 9 months of my life with them :')
Awh well :')


BUT! Yeah! It's only 6 weeks left before everything is finished O.O
I'm (trying) to make the most of it, but of course exam requires us to study haarrder than ever.

Still! We have a bit of time to have fun with M&C excursion :)
Me & iCare friends also had some late night snack last night, even though we had the naughtiest dinner already --> oxtail soup (1st time eating oxtail, not bad...), Tiramisu --> then we have the creamiest soft served ice cream --> it literally tasted like cream. I felt guilty now. But I still have some chips this morning after my breakie smoothie HAHA. Naughty naught.

They're yum, though! :)


Today, I plan to just sprint & do lots and lots of revising & study,
and watch some videos here and there ;)
Hope today goes well & fun!

CHEERS!
-*^^*-

Green Tea

This morning I took a walk around the neighborhood.
In the porches, I see flowers of all sorts of colors, shape, sizes,..
..and smell!

Then I passed this one house, and when I took a deep breath, this subtle but sweet aroma just filled my lungs.
It smelled of Green Tea! Maybe it was the jasmine plant in front of the house, or the leaves, or maybe a real pot of green tea that was brewed inside.
Either way, I was taken back to a special place back home: my grandmother's house.

When we will younger, whenever mum&dad were away, me and my sister would stay at our grandparent's house. Every morning, she would prepare for themselves a cup of Chinese tea (you know, the one with the loose leaves in those little china.) BUT for me and my sister, she'd brought out two cute cups, and fill them with green tea ( I think :p).

The aroma was incredible. It was sweet and serene, and they did taste lovely! :)
She added a tiny teaspoon of sugar, just so it wouldn't be too bitter.
Perfect after breakfast, before rushing out to get ready for school.


Yep, I think when I come home,
I'll ask her to make pangsit (my FAV!) and the green tea :)

43 days to home!

Cheers!
-*^^*-

let me!

Can I be honest?

These days feel like they are never going anywhere!
Weeks and weeks of assignments, exam prep, exams are just keep on coming.

This makes me put a lot of pressure on myself, and I'm driving myself crazy.


I just want to breakdown, and I just want to go home.
Be where everything is easy and lovely.


But that's why I'm here. To train myself and shape my character.
No one says it will be easy.


Maybe it's just the case that I shouldn't be too hard on myself.

Or something.



But, yeah.
I'm surviving and counting down.

44 days to home :)

Cheers!
-*^^*-

S2T4W2 ^^

Another super long week, but I made it to the end! ^^

This week's stress was sponsored by 2 EAP essays that requires high reading-writing language.
It made my brain go nuts.
Me and my teammates must've spent HOURS in front of our laptops just trying to figure out what sentence to put next.

BUT, even though we don't know the result yet, I'm quite happy that the teacher was happy with the structure of our essay when he took a quick glance. Hope we've done enough!
Nevertheless, it was a unique learning experience, one that proves that I can push myself harder & be better :)


Yesterday, to 'celebrate' the week that's coming to an end, I treated myself a small bags of chips.
OH. MY. It was sooooo good (plus the bar of choc that I had must've helped), my mood just went :D:D:D:D:D 100x better :p:p hahaa
I miss eating chips & munchin cookies >.<
But ain't got no time for that :')

BUT TODAY, just to relax my brain before entering yet another stressful week (as exam preps are becoming more imminent), I'm going to do all the things that I've been wanting to do for weeks.
I set my preps for later this afternoon when (hopefully) my brain will work better and use this morning to relax and enjoy myself :D


So, cheerio !
48 days to go ;)

CHEERS!
-*^^*-

S2T4W1 :')

Being back in Melbourne was not the worst thing ever.
The sun welcomed me warmly, and my lovely apartment building actually feels like new again ^^
I was re-introduced to the peculiar smell and the charm that led me to choosing this place :)

BUT
Being back also means I'm going back to school!!!! >.<
Urgh. I probably will miss this in the near future, but as of right now, I just want another 2 weeks of holiday. Please?
...
...
Nope. Think not.

There is a good side and a bad side to this term.
Good thing: This is a fairly short term! ^^ 6 weeks of teaching period!
It is much more relaxed with less assignments.

Bad thing: 2.5 weeks of exams come right after! >.<
So every spare second we have need to be allocated to revising and practicing for the exam.

My head hurts when I think about these for too long.

Anyway!
After weeks of craziness, slight torture, and madness, I will be coming back home!
But honestly, right now the prospect of going home feels too far away that I'm not thinking of it as often as I probably should. It keeps me sane; but exams & home works are just too scary.

Okay.
Now I gotta get back to re-writing a huge chunk of an exciting essay, hopefully I can get it done quickly!


To crazy week 2 and the 7 weeks that follows!
Cheers!
-*^^*-

Absent-mindedly

Today I seemed to not have done too much.
But what I noticed I did today, was I let my mind go free :)

When I'm in the 'study' mode, I'm very 'organized'.
I have a list of things I needed to do, and I do it all quite methodically.

But today, I just do whatever I like :)
I watched videos all day, sat in front of my laptop switching back and forth between my browser & the word documents I had been working on..

It's refreshing just to be somber and boring sometimes :)

Weird isn't it?
But I'm thankful for days like this, where I don't have much to do and I have all the time in the world to do it.


It was raining briefly this evening. But because my window is SUPER thick, I could not hear the rain :(
I miss that, you know. Listening to the rain. I could hear the thunders, though, and it is somewhat comforting. I miss curling up in my bed back home, sleeping to the rain...
soon!


It was a good day today :)

Cheers,
-*^^*-

HOME

Sooo, I just got back from Indo yesterday :D

I plan to do quite a bit there, and walaupun nggak semuanya akhirnya dilakukan, it was a much needed 2 weeks!

Laying low, hanging out with friends and family, males-malesan di rumah, and soaking on that warm sun!!! :D

I also went on a foodie tour :D Eating homey Indo food is just sooo comforting BUT as I’m eating this and that, I gained lots of weight :p

Not that I don’t gain weight in Melbourne à people told me I look ‘chubbier’ >.<

Oh now I miss home already. Good thing I only have 2 months left!

BUT these 2 months will be super nerve wrecking >.<

Have 1 major essay coming up, 1 assignment, and the all-important drama performance & exam :’(

At this point I’m SUPER FREAKED OUT about the exam. Like, to the point of just not wanting to do it at all.

But, those before me have done it well, and there’s no reason why I can’t :)

I have 6 weeks to prepare it, and I’ll do my best!!

But as for today, I’m going to rest some more.

This morning I had to wake up at 6.30am, which reads 3:30 Bali time, or 2:30 Semarang time. Of course I slept in a few of the classes (embarrassingly).

So now I’m going to shut everything down, put my thinking cap away, and enjoy a deep deep sleep ^^

Until next time!

Cheers!

-*^^*-

Turning 19

I cannot believe I got to spend my 19^th birthday at home :)

Since the beginning of the year I’ve been wondering what it would feel like to celebrate my birthday not with my fams around, because esually we’d go out to dinner together and celebrate :’)

BUT some things worked out, and 2-week break, so I used it wisely!! :”D

And it was fun J

I did get to spend this birthday sitting around the dinner table with my family, looking over my lovely town Semarang :D

But that’s not all!

I was quite overwhelmed by the LOVE people; especially LOVE expressed in the form of cakes :p

Got 3 cakes this year!

One from my lovely Melbourne family (thanks guys!); another one is from my aunt (as always I got a pretty cake for my birthday :p); and one more from a family friend :)

Got LOVELY gifts as well!!!! :D

Received a new, sweeeett pair of shoes (!!!), a book (that even though I already had another copy of, I cherish a lot!! :D),  and just lots of wishes, from the unexpected friends as well :”)

This year I was quite hesitant turning 19. “Tahun terakhir kepala 1,” kata orang-orang. But live moves forward. With every year, more challenges and character-shaping ‘exercises’ will come BUT more wisdom, fun times with beautiful memories will also come :):)

So, this year, I promise to live my life to the fullest, and be 19!

CHEERS!

-*^^*-