鸭子

好命的鸭子... ...

上个星期，马来西亚放学校假期，我的家庭来墨尔本看我们。我们墨尔本家附近有个蛮大的池塘，池塘里有很多鸭子。

Eric 很喜欢它们，那些鸭子就死不好命啦~

就这样，爸爸每天买一条面包（AUS $1.99），是专门给 Eric 养鸭的。

我们的家在一个小坡上，大门外就是这条路。
沿着这条路向下走，就看到池塘了。其实是很近的啦~

我差不多每天都陪 Eric 去养鸭。我们几个兄弟姐妹，大概在五点左右，就走路去养鸭。那些鸭子也知道我们这个时候来，全部都浮在岸边守候。

看，鸭子已在等了... ... =.="

可爱的Eric!!

养鸭的情景。

现在他们回马来西亚了，谁会去养那些鸭子呢？肯定不是我! *奸笑*

鸭子啊，你们回去自寻粮食的日子吧！我可没那么好心。哇哈哈~

wth......

At library again. After a night's sleep, I feel more relaxed and could tackle the questions better. I realized that I was too quick to think the questions were so hard.

Xin Ling helped me with some of the problems, and I saw that we have learned those before. So I calmed down and finished it. Now looking back, sheesh, why couldn't I do Question 18 and 20? We've learned that before!

I submitted my score: 18.5 out of 25. Not bad! Then, I did a very, very stupid thing! I clicked PREVIOUS and now I have to do the quiz all over again! Argh! And the questions are different! Damn la!

*half an hour later*

Finally! This set of questions harder. Really sien. 17.5 out of 25. Sheesh, don't care. Okay liao la! I want go home play with Eric and Donna liao~ They today go Victoria market - so good! - while I calculate Chemistry in this 死不冷 library! Pfff...

My lousy Chemistry

Cham lor~ cham lor~ I've just realized my Chemistry very lousy.

I'm in the library now, doing my Chemstry ILT 1.

ILT stands for 'Independant Learning Task'. They're multiple choice questions that you answer then submit your score. It accounts for a part of our results. We have to complete these before the deadlines.

Look at these questions!! *shock* :

Question 12
The average atomic mass of Re is 186.207 amu. It is calculated from the two naturally occurring isotopes 185Re and 187Re. If the isotopic abundance of 185Re is 37.4% and the isotopic mass of 185Re is 184.953 amu calculate the mass of 187Re.
A. 187.001 amu
B. 186.956 amu
C. 186.998 amu
D. 187.113 amu
E. none of the above

Question 13
An alkali metal (Group 1) chloride contains 70.7% metal by mass. The alkali metal is:
A. Na
B. Li
C. Rb
D. K
E. Cs

Question 18
A compound that contains only carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen is 26.1% C and 13.1% H by mass. What is the empirical formula for this compound?
A. C3H3N
B. CN2H6
C. C2NH3
D. CN2H8
E. CH5N

Question 20
If the process below is only 80% efficient, determine the mass of SiO2 required to produce 11 .00 g of P4.

A. 31.87 g
B. 1.396 g
C. 25.49 g
D. 1.955 g
E. 135.4 g

Question 22
A 12 kg sample containing a mixture of CaO and CaCO3 is heated and 1.8 kg of carbon dioxide is released. Determine the % by weight of the CaCO3 in the original mixture.
A. 36 %
B. 39 %
C. 27 %
D. 23 %
E. 44 %

Out of 22, I can only do 13. Foong Ing (MSN) help me do another 2.

CHAM liao la me! Help! It's due Wednesday (18/3/2009). I've only got two days left. Haih... Give up. I go home first liao. Tomorrow baru worry again. If anyone knows how to do, teach me!!

=> XD ^-^ =)

This week is my 5th week in Australia, 3rd week of school and... most importantly: the mid-semester school holidays in Malaysia.

My mum, Eric, Donna and my aunt landed here last Saturday at midnight. But it was 1.06pm by the time they came out of CUSTOMS, so... I should say they came on Sunday.... right??

Argh! Confused now.... X_X

Anyway~ I'm so happy they're finally here!! There's so many things to fill them in on. Like what I saw, heard, little thoughts I had during the four weeks I'm here. And comparing Malaysia's and Australia's lifstyles. It's just so GREAT they're here. ^-^

It's also very amusing to see their 生理钟 get mixed up! Eric and Donna can't seem to get up in the mornings! *lol* They wake up around 12.30 pm (MY time: 9.30am) and get hungry at awkward times - like me when I first came here. Haha...

I played with kawaii Eric and catched up chatting with Donna during the weekend. We all went shopping together. Janet and I broguht Eric to feed to the ducks at the huge pond near our house.

My mum and aunt... they don't seem affected by the time difference. It's probably the "Super-Mum Gene" they have. They still wake up at impossibly early hours and get on with life ordinarily.

Speaking of my mum, it's sooo good to eat the amazingly delicious meals she cooks! Bliss~ XD

Here comes the weekend~

Friday the 13th. wu-hu-hu-hu~ *ghosts wailing*

My last class today was Calculus. We finished up 'Limits' today and will be starting 'Complex Number' next week.

My class starts at 2.15pm till 3.15pm. But today, when my lecturer finished teaching this chapter, he say we very 'guai (^-^)' so he let us go at 2.57pm. Woo-hoo! Early start on weekend!

He told us to be 'extremely quiet' when leaving and 'don't tell anyone about this'. Haha.... my cute lecturer. But I'm telling you all so.... paiseh sir. wahaha~

I borrowed a lot of DVDs from the Rowden White Library. My Mum, Eric and Donna are coming to Australia tomorrow so Donna and Eric will have good movies to watch. I took Kung Fu Panda, Miss Congeality, Pirates of the Carribean and two animes movies, one of them by Hayao Miyazaki.

*In case you don't know who he is, he's the artist of Spirited Away [familiar ler~] and Howl's Moving Castle. *

Yay! It's the weekend!

SMALL NOTE (for those studying overseas):
Hey, do you guys know our Graduation Yearbook is out now? I just found out today. Pity I can't go collect it! T-T

Mosquito

Had Calculus Tutorial today.

In Calculus tutorials, we are divided into many tables and we solve mtahs problems together.

There are two girls and a boy in my table. They're all very nice and we get on quite well. The boy, Norris(not sure of the spelling), is from China. OMG! His maths so 'kiang'!! He calculates really, really fast. And when he's stuck, the tutor explain one sentence nia, he say "Got it!". 佩服佩服...

Today, I asked for his help with a problem and couldn't understand the concept. In the end, he asked if I can speak Mandarin and explained in Chinese [haha >.<"]. I'm getting waaaay beside the point. Already 离题 liao~

During solving my maths problem, my hand suddenly felt itchy. I raised my hand to see a mosquito on it. At first, I was so suprised baecause this is the first mosquito I've seen in Australia. It's cold here so you rarely see them. It's a dull brownish-black instead of the the sharp black colour we see in Malaysia.

I slapped it. squish~ It fell dead at once. Without any blood in it. Which means it hasn't sucked mine yet.

That got me thinking: the mosquitoes in Malaysia are smarter. They hide in dark places and come out in the evening and at night. It's hard to catch them. When you finally 'clap' them between your palms, They gush out a lot of blood, which means they've been feeding well.

Mosquitoes in Australia don't last long. Lousy technique~ haha

So, even though I don't miss them... Cheers, mosquitoes in Malaysia!

P/S: Went to the Lost and Found today. My pen-drive wasn't in the box! T-T And all the lovely pictures I've taken are in there too!! Argh!

Chemistry Practical

Yesterday, I had my Practical (which means lab work) session. Everyone here calls it 'Prac', which sounds kinda weird (to me la). Haha...

We had to make paracetamol, otherwise known as Panadol !! ^-^

We mixed two chemicals (don't want type the names in case some people bored till fall asleep), heated [加热] it on steam bath, put it in ice water to crystallize [结晶], then filtered [过滤] it. After that, we dissolve [溶解] it again, wait for it to crystallize again, filter it again to get purer crystals [晶体].

After filtering the second time, I had some tiny white crystlas (Panadol o! people~) in my funnel [漏斗]. We were supposed to pull out the vaccum hose [真空软管] connected to the flask [烧瓶] before removing the funnel on top. I couldn't pull out my vacuum hose!! So I asked the boy beside me to help me.

He DID pull it out. But my funnel went flying and the contents spilled out. {Sien...} My crystals spilled into some water. {更 sien...} My demonstrator helped me to save some but not much.

She told me "I'm afraid I have to take off some marks." {Sien sien sien...} Because we have to calculate the percentage yield [纯度] using the mass [质量] of our sample. Since my panadol spilled, my calculations will not be accurate.

*Is anyone laughing at me while reading this?!?!? Sze Nee did when I told her on the phone. haha....*

The boy apologised, of course. I don't blame him la~ It wasn't his fault. But my marks...... *sob-sob*

On my way home I bought ice-cream because I feel very down. When I got home, an accident had happened in front of my lorong. There was an ambulance and police. Looks like an unlucky day~

That night, I talked with Sze Nee on the phone. It was nice to talk to someone back home. I felt really good after that phone call.

Before I went to bed, I realized another thing: I left my pen-drive at the Printing Centre in uni!! {VERY 'pek chek' now}

Anyone!! Just SHOOT me......

Labor Day

Hi everyone.

It's Labor Day in Australia today, and it's a public holiday. BUT! But lar, Melbourne University does not acknowledge it as a holiday, so I still have classes today. Start at 8 am (Monday's first class is the earliest in the whole week) gok!!

Wu~ wu~ wu~ (In case you are confused, this is crying. The "kou zi bian" and "wu" from "wu ya (crow)". Since this library's computer does not have Chinese...... =.=" Paiseh everyone.)

Turns out that when Melbourne University existed there was no Labor Day. The workers went on strike to get a holiday, and they did, but Melbourne University and Monash University still do not acknowledge it, so both universities have classes today. Sien...

Don't know the above story is true or not. Maybe my lecturer kacau us...

I got classes soon, so gotta dash! Everyone take care! ^-^

Aussie time: 1.40pm

Life in Uni

Okay, apart from the great Rowden White Library, my life in university.....

NO SPECIFIC FRIENDS.
I haven't got any real friends yet. I made some friends in tutorials or programs because we are forced into different groups. But after those, we just say "Hi" when we see each other and keep walking our different ways. Most of them are from Trinity College, so they stick with their own group. There's one who doesn't acknowledge me since she's with her friend.

LONELY.
Walking alone on campus. When I see a group walking together, talking, laughing.... I think back on times in 一中. I always had Pony, Jiun, YuTing and FunJoo. In class, I was very friendly with 1+, SiewChin, HJ, SiewPhin, YitNee, ZhenZhen and Doreen as well. Or, I could always pop over to other classes to see my best mates YuLing, YanYing or SzeNee. I really miss them!
* No Chinese on this computer. Sien~ "一中" I use online translator translate "one" and "middle"~ haha

TIRED.
This campus ig BIIGGG! My feet hurt as I have to walk here and there for my classes.

WORRIED.
Maths Chemistry and Biology are, Thank God, quite easy beacause most were covered in Senior Three. At times like these, I'm glad to have studied at 独中. But I've forgotten a lot since I have not study for 4 months. My classmates look so grown up and smart. How can I compare to them?? Especially when I can't catch what the lecturers (some have foreign accents) said, I feel like I'm the only one in the whole class. =(

COLD.
Melbourne's weather is soooo cold ar! Even during summer, the temperature is around 19*C sometimes! Today's a rainy day so it's really cold too. And the wind! Even a stop sign got blown down ar!

HOMESICK.
I keep thinking about Mum and Eric at home. I call them when I can. Thankfully, Pony from Taiwan messages me sometimes and I talk with her on the phone too!

Can't wait to get back to Kuching....... For those studying in Malaysia (even in KL), lucky you!

Rowden White Library

Hi guys. I'm in the Rowden White Library in Melbourne University now. It's only open for members, and since I'm a member~~

Oh my god, this place is REALLY amazing. There's lots of books (not textbooks or research ones), storybooks I mean. There's free internet access - which I'm using now, and there are signs on the tables saying :"PLEASE DO NOT STUDY HERE." *lol*

There are shelves and shelves of DVDs that you can borrow. I've scanned them over and there's Kung Fu Panda, Mama Mia! even Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek the whole season series!!

There's a room connected to the library. It's quite a large room, it's dimly lit. There are a lot of beanbags on the floor and some people are sleeping (really!) on them. There's also a large LCD screen here, and a movie is featured all the time. There's a timetable posted on what's playing for the week. Now, it's playing an anime called "Steamboy".

And the BEST part of this room(to me la ^-^), is that there's manga and anime here!!!! Whoo-hoo!!! The anime part, I still need to make sure, 'cause I haven't seen any VCDs or DVDs lying around yet. BUT, there are loads of comics!! Especially the Dragon Ball comics, five small stacks eh!

There's Fruits Basket, Tsubasa, Prince of Tennis, Ranma 1/2, One Piece, Bleach, xxHolic, etc. There's also Archie's comics too! This is heaven to me! The only bad part is: the manga is in English. Pff....

Being a Student Union member is quite nice. Only we can enter the Rowden White Libraryand borrow up to six items. We have a Members-only lounge in the cafeteria (there's microwave ovens and a plasma TV). And every Tuesday, we have free BBQ while listening to bands!!

It's 12.17pm now, around 1pm I'm going to grab some free BBQ! Yeah!