i decided i need a new outlook.. and one that is simpler to do.. so i have moved at least for now..
my new blog is:
http://www.xanga.com/joeytorto
hope I would update it regularly if not be patient.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
10:22 AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Woah, been hell long since I last update my blog.
Anyway, latest update and goody news is I have finally gotten my PR!!!! like today.. cheers for me! =D I can now look forward to officially starting my PhD... I've waited so long for it, and now I'm finally a PR of aussie.. I'm so glad, and really thanking God for giving me this PR before I leave for Singapore. Because I would be broading over it if I hadn't gotten it.
So how has life been? Uni has ended, and I'm abit sad since I won't see my students anymore.. gonna miss them.. hope they did well in today's exam.. ok not all of them, but definitely some of them.. Been busy teaching them, and marking their things.. part of me is glad that this semester has come to an end.. I have finally experiences what teaching is like, and I have thoroughly enjoyed myself.. Except I think I'll have to work on my patience more.
Well, with that.. I'll be looking forward to being back in singapore on 29th Nov.. Singapore here I come!!!
7:03 PM
Thursday, September 11, 2008
i'm so sick of helping the students.. finally!
it is like we're there to help them, not provide them with the answers.
but yet, all they want is the damn answers..
fine.. they can fail for all i care..
they don't even understand what they are doing..
its just ohh.. ok.. and u know who are the main culprits..
unfortunately its not the locals.. but the asians..
at least the locals will ask why? they would ask u to repeat again..
they will make the effort to try and understand..
asians just want u to spoon feed them..
like hello.. u're in uni.. be more independent..
good luck for their test next week then..
bet they'll do what they do best.. memorise..
12:05 PM
Monday, August 25, 2008
i'm sad.. the olympics are over.. I have nothing to look forward to now when I'm in uni during my breaks.. well, i'm suppose to be doing my readings, ay.. but they are long and draggy.. but hm.. better short than no olympics right?
Anyway, congrats to singapore for getting a silver medal in table tennis!! that was an exciting match.. but a pity we couldn't beat the cheenas.. though it was a job well done..
Best bits of the olympics that I managed to catch was the 100m and 200 m race, with Usain Bolt.. and you wonder, he makes the athletes racing with him look bad with such big win.. how does ordinary athletes feel and look? Well, also the swimming, which I couldn't catch much because of uni.. but Gold medalist Stephanie Rise from Australia is really pretty.. At the beginning I couldn't see because she was wearing the swimming cap.. Only until the medal ceremony did I realise.. the Handball matches kept getting me off the sit, cause it was just too exciting.. especially the match between Norway and South Korea..
Then the gymnastics and diving were awesome too, except I really didn't like the judges.. I felt that the judges had bias tendancies.. which made me and my hsemates conclude that they shouldn't have sports that requires judges in the olympics.. because they shouldn't let a third party decide the results.. they should just stick to the clear cut wins.. like running, swimming, and the ball games.. Taekwando, trampoline and horse riding were just lame!!
Well, now is back to reality. and I do need to get some readings done..
"If girls can see me and Katja and know that its fully possible to be a known athlete and live openly, then thats really good." - Gro Hammerseng. You have my admiration.
11:57 AM
Monday, August 18, 2008
olympics are on its way.. yay! and over this week.. =(
fell sick last week, thanks to the flu bug.. so sick that I couldn't go to work for a day, and give up 3 hours of tutoring.. =( my $$$ fly away.. but i'm glad to be alright now, and back in uni tutoring..
anyway, wish that I had a tv here too, then I can be catching the events of the olympics.. not that Australia broadcast the best.. since they like to emphasize so much on their sportsman.. still i'll support them.. so aussie aussie aussie!!
sad to say that they haven't been doing so well this olympics and we don't see as many gold medals as we were hoping..
anyways, got not much to blog so thought I'd drop by and publish something..
2:10 PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Am I blogging a bit more often now? hm.. I wonder.. anyway, i'm aching after one tiring day.. spent whole of yesterday and half of today cleaning the whole house and packing, getting rid of unwanted tthings because our house is WAYYY to packed.. spent another 5 hours cooking today..
today will be my first and last time cooking french onion soup.. yes it was nice.. but no its not worth the effort..I tot chopping the onions was the hardest.. unfortunately it wasn't.. it was cooking the onions.. it took 45 minuts for it to caramelised.. but i believe it could be more caramelised.. just that i couldn't be bothered frying it more.. so I just fried it for another 15 minutes.. overall the cooking time did take nearly 1hr30min.. well, tonight's menu was pork chop with mushroom sauce.. with salad and mash potato as side.. and soup as entree.. i wanted to make a dessert.. and they stared at me..
I must say I overcooked this time.. i used 12 potatos for the mash.. but i wanted to use 7 and anna n waikin said it wasn't enough.. everyone was like.. why u cook so much.. it WAS suppose to be a 3 course meal.. soup as entree.. main dish is always served with salad n potato.. and i was going to make dessert.. and they stared at me.. that was why i postponed the dessert.. tot i do something nice since I supposedly had time as i wasn't going to uni.. but i chose the wrong day.. well at least i've done it..
anyway, am so exhausted now.. heading to uni tomorrow so i'm heading to be.. adio ppl..
11:34 PM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
4 months into me applying my PR and the wait continues. am really praying everyday that I'll get it soon.. maybe i shouldn't look into it too hard, and possibly it'll come.. for now, i can just do what i do best everyday and wait..
well, its been nearly 4 weeks of holidays for me, and after 2 more weeks, uni will reopen.. yay! means I get tutoring and income coming in again. I hope I get more hours of tutoring this time round.. keeping my fingers crossed..
on another note, I've started reading a article Les (my supervisor) has passed to me.. He meant to give me some insight on what I can look at doing for my masters/phd (no idea which I'll be doing) however, I'm taking ages reading it. Trying to patch up all the formulas, and of course I've way too many excuses not really focusing on reading it.. I should really see Les soon.. my, what would he think about me, taking forever to read just 1 journal article..
anyway, was sick early this week, am glad to be feeling better.. however anna is still sick.. poor her.. been sick pretty badly and waikin (anna's bf) is in adelaide.. can imagine how sad that feels.. =( i hope we as housemates have been doing a good job keeping her occupied, and helping her feel better.. last week evelyn and waikin was sick.. this week me and anna.. however i got up and better faster than her.. hm.. i guess i am not exposed to work ppl who are sick too.. so now its left with Jason.. who hasn't got the flu buggy yet.. hopefully anna will get well soon, as we have a gathering this saturday at jon's place.. we're having steamboat (though i'd rather bbq) but jon says it is too troublesome to clean up and it is cold out there..
no doubt about it.. perth has been really cold the past few nights ..and gloomy.. u look out at the sky it is dark.. pretty sad hey.. and the weather forcast has predicted showers for the next one week.. OH NO! i'd rather it snow if its going to be this cold and gloomy.. why doesn't perth snow?!!!
sigh.. how am i going to get to the gym if it keeps raining.. i hate going out when it is wet and cold.. though gym will be warm.. hm.. quite a gym frantic now.. need to keep fit, stay healthy.. and i wan a nice bod.. damn how long will it take for me to have a nice bod.. i feel so unfit and unhealthy.. need to psyched myself to go more often.. btw, i thought ppl who exercise often won't fall sick.. so why did i fall sick?! such a lie.. but maybe that explains why i got better faster than anna..
anyway, thought i let ppl who read my blogs know.. if i get my PR soon.. i'll be heading home on 29th Nov.. probably for a month and be back early jan.. thats cause i need to start my postgrad.. i'm all pumped up for it.. if i get some motivation and discipline.. so remember do make time for me..
kelvin: my email please!!!!!!!!
1:05 PM