flyingstart

Greetings Everyone.
It is I.
The owner of this blog.
The one who'll be typing more nonsense
on this virtual canvas.

I know I might've been gone for quite a while now.
But I have a perfectly good excuse.
Last week,
omgtheuniinvitedmetoapreorientationcamp
omgthatslikesofunandinsaneicantbelieveiactuallygotin
yaytheuniacknowledgesmeasdisadvantaged
andthebestpartisimmeetingsomeofmypeersevenbeforeorientation
ohifeelsoprivilegedandluckyandthebestpartwellevenbetterpart
wasthattheydletmestayovernightatoneofthecollegehalls
atanactualdormohivealwayswantedtostaythere !
And if you think that was all random gibberish.
It isn't.
Try reading it.

So yeah.
That's the reason why I was gone.
I got to attend UWA's Flying Start program.
Because apparently,
I'm 'disadvantaged'.
And I feel that it IS an honour to be…
disadvantaged.
Okay.
Maybe that isn't the best word to use in this situation but whatever.

Flying Start is a pre-orientation program/camp.
So you get to meet people (your peers) even before orientation.
I suppose it's designed to cater to those
who might not have many people from their school
coming to UWA.
(Oh yes. I'm attending UWA now. #prestige)
I think I qualify 'cause
they're less than 10 of us coming.
If memory serves and all.
So I went.
And I talked.
And I made a fair amount of friends.
Very happy with that.
I'm making good progress, aren't I ?
A group of friends before uni even starts.

Also,
it's been FOREVER since I joined a camp.
Well, PLKN doesn't count.
That was serious business.
It was a matter of life and death.
Heck.
I even had to shoot a few rounds just to make it out of there.
Back to Flying Start,
well,
it was, in a word, awesome.
They showered us with chocolates.
I have NEVER seen chocolates being given out so generously in my life.
And the student leaders were nice.
In fact,
the first person who talked to me was a student leader.
And I had to talk to everyone else.

It ran for 2 nights.
And because most people came from other towns and stuff,
the uni booked rooms for us
to stay in at the residential college.
After I read about that,
I told myself,
I JUST HAD TO GO.
NO MATTER WHAT !
I NEED THAT COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.
#desperate
We got the smallest rooms they had to offer,
BUT I DON'T CARE.
If I can't live at a college,
then this is as good as it'll ever get.
I made myself cozy.
BUT SOME OTHER STUDENTS WERE MAKING 
NOISES DOWN THE HALL AND I CAN'T SLEEP IN PEACE LIKE THAT.
GOSH I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT SIX THE NEXT MORNING.
PLEASE PEOPLE, HAVE SOME DECENCY!
Got a good night's sleep.
Surprisingly,
I didn't oversleep.
WOOHOO.
Oh and before I forget,
here's a photo of my room.
(Not really the best picture,
but I was just too excited.)
Not the fanciest of all dorms,
but I'm still extremely grateful
to have this opportunity.

Second day,
talked to more people.
And then everyone went home.
So yeah.
Business as usual.
Well, not exactly.
I know some of my peers now.
So that's great.
Uni's less daunting now.
Wow.
I must say.
The camp was super effective.
I'm not even whining about my endless list of insecurities anymore.

Oh and here's a picture of the view of Perth.
Taken from King's Park.
I know my photography skills are terrible.
But I was just bored.

Listening to Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

O-Week Time,

TK

1month late

I came across an interesting article

on Thought Catalog 

a few days ago.

Some random wannabe journalist was writing about

how us Chinese are caught up in our own world.

Simply because we THINK 

that the New Years arrive in February,

not January.

Duh.

We're one month late.

Said amateur followed up by saying that

it is their obligation as people to help us realise the truth.

The first of January is the beginning of the new year.

Not the first of February.

I found the article amusing.

She was joking, of course.

Or was she ?

The fact that she was a teacher 

gave me the impression that 

she wouldn't be writing "funny" articles…

But Oh Well.

Those are her two cents, I suppose.

But enough of the pleasantries.

Let's get back to business.

Firstly,

I'd like to wish everyone a VERY belated

Happy Chinese New Year.

Not Happy New Year.

But Happy CHINESE New Year.

#CHINESE

For those of you who know me personally,

you'd probably see me walking around

The Land Below The Wind.

Which is true.

I wasn't a phantom or illusion.

I was really there.

I went back.

Back to my (summer) home.

I remember I was having conflicting thoughts 

about which to call my home

when I was on my plane.

But nevermind that.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Anyways,

I was back there for 2 weeks.

Yup, a whopping TWO weeks.

And we all know,

TWO is better than one.

And needless to say,

I had a blast.

It was fun all the way to the end.

And although your mileage may vary on this one,

the 'end' part of the trip was just as fun adventurous.

I COULD write and describe everything that I've done.

All 14 days of it.

But you'd just fall asleep,

and I'd fall asleep too.

So I'll just not do that.

Maybe I'll just keep typing this and 

see where it brings me…

OK I lied.

I actually stopped after I finished that paragraph.

There're just so many things to distract yourself with on the Internet.

And speaking of Internet,

the one back home (THAT home) was awful.

It was pure torture.

I couldn't even watch videos. =(

Facebook would take forever to load, etc.

Aha ! I didn't get distracted when I finished that sentence.

Yay.

Alright, let's see.

My flight was on Monday.

The good thing was I got there in the morning.

So I had a whole day of activity ahead of me.

I went and paid Miss Prez a visit and we had…

you guessed it : STARBUCKS.

The barista was creeping me out…

Saw a bunch of people working.

Feel guilty about me not having a job.

NEXT DAY.

Woke up early

(feels good because it's productive).

Went out for breakfast with Miss Iiyee.

And FINALLY found out what Ban Mian is.

Do you know what Ban Mian is ?

I didn't.

But now I do.

Here's a picture.

Then I went to the dentist.

A new dentist.

I was scared.

It got worse when I sat down and 

the nurse started doing things to my teeth.

WHERE IS THE REAL DENTIST ^%&^$%

Went to close my BSN account…

ended up depositing even more cash into it…

WEDNESDAY !

Headed all the way to 1B with Mr Sarcasm to watch :

FROZEN ! 

Truth be told,

I didn't know a single thing about this film,

because I'm "too old" for cartoons.

I was wrong.

THURSDAY.

A dessert run.

No, 

we don't run for dessert.

We just eat it…

LOTS of it.

It was me, Miss Prez and Miss Scorpio

versus EIGHT (or five) dessert stores.

Meh,

we made it to Shop #3.

Good try.

Maybe next time =P

Went to yamcha with Miss Mole the next day,

after seeing my piano teacher.

She's coming Down Under to study too !!!

Oh wait…it's Melbourne…

nevermind…

Saturday….was fun.

I got a wicked (same old) haircut.

And then it was off to Miss Scorpio's place

for a SLEEPOVER.

Mind you, she lives quite far away.

So it was sorta like a road trip,

consisting of me, Miss Prez and Miss Chancello.

We headed out to 1B for dinner.

GOT LOST HALFWAY.

Found the place,

had dinner and opted to watch "Her".

It was…long.

And to some,

heart-wrenching…

And then we spent the whole night on Omegle.

Thanks Miss Prez ;-)

Got two hours of sleep,

then got ready to drive all the way to Suria.

Met Mr Chancello.

Creeped Mr Chancello out.

Went to Karaoke.

SANG MY HEART OUT.

Went shopping a little.

Caught a flu.

ACT DEAD.

And that was the end of week 1.

Oh look.

I really did end up typing about what happened.

Well,

at least it was quite summarised.

I would've added some photos to

make it more interesting.

But SOMEHOW,

all the photos from my phone 

DISAPPPEARED.

_*(&^%^%##$$*((&

I don't really know how/why it happened.

It just did.

And it happened on Sat/Sun…

Hmmm…

(And I tried so hard to force myself to snap a picture every once in a while T__T )

Week #2.

This is when I started getting really lazy.

As per all trips.

I went to try out the October Cafe with the Fifits.

It was nice, I guess.

The owner's Korean,

if that means anything…

Then I had dinner at Upperstar the next day.

With some "old" high school friends.

I'm not sure why,

but we I always end up choosing Upperstar.

But I guess the important part is us seeing each other.

It was last minute though.

So planning was a little rough.

Went to the beach 

(cue finding out all photos in phone are lost),

then sent everyone home….

It was gonna end there…

BUT IT DIDN'T.

Went over to Mr Sarcasm's place 

and played with his PS3.

UNTIL SEVEN IN THE MORNING.

The morning air was cold.

And I could hear the laughter of kids from the primary school next door.

Ahhh…

The vitality of youth…

But who cares.

Went home.

SLEEEEEEP.

UNTIL FOUR IN THE EVENING.

Oh well.

#YOLO

Thursday : EMO

Friday : EMO (with some shopping)

Saturday : Visited Mr JB.

Went out with him for a little drink.

But EVERYTHING IS CLOSED.

Finally settled for Coffee Bean.

small talk……

Then,

I went to visit Miss Prez…

I was being fashionably late.

There was no food left from the earlier open house.

But since when am I ever hungry ?

Even without food,

I had a great time LMAO-ing.

(lmao was pretty much the best term I can think of to describe this)

Only went home at midnight.

And NO trip is complete with RUSH PACKING.

But I gotta wake up early the next day.

Gotta go out with Miss Scorpio.

(Since I DID promise her.

And a guy never goes back on his word, right ?)

It was (once again),

a long trip.

This time,

I'm driving solo.

But the highways were so fun.

Especially in the morning,

when there aren't any cars nor is it hot.

We stopped by at McD for brekkie.

And OMG I haven't had a Sausage McMuffin in FOREVER.

*tears of joy

I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN MOAR OF IT !

In fact,

this McD branch was REALLY nice.

The building was standalone and clean.

The cashier lady was really nice.

And well…

everything was really clean…

LAWL.

(plus there's a standalone KFC next door too)

Continued on with the car ride.

And we ended up at 1B….at 10am.

The place was still deserted.

So we killed some time by talking.

And then SHOPPING.

You know how shopper look in TV ?

Walking around fashionably in slow motion,

while holding 5 bags on each hand.

Well, WE felt like that.

She bought stuff she liked.

I bought stuff I liked.

We both end up happy and broke.

Yup, happy.

I also bumped into Miss Jay and Mr Cous.

They were alone…

Hmmm….

After that,

I sent her home.

Said my final good-byes.

And rushed home.

I was trying to drive fast,

even though cars surrounded me 

from every direction.

If I got back late,

well,

I'd be in big trouble.

Worst care scenario ?

I miss my flight.

Oh wait,

that's a good thing.

(To the taxi guy who's lane I cut into in the middle of a traffic light at Lintas.

I'm truly sowi.

I didn't mean for it to turn out that way…)

Got home.

Got changed.

Headed to the airport.

(OMG TAIWANESE INVASION)

And never looked back.

I had fun =)

Oh.

And this is what you SHOULD call me now --->

Cheers !

Listening to Cry You Heart Out - Olly Murs

Back home,

TK