Lovely Weather for studying...my ramblings...

Man, my gland is really acting up today... to think, it'll only be with me for another week. Just one week until its surgically removed from my jaw. *shiver*

Anyway, Melbourne has been experiencing such lovely Spring ( about 1 week early) weather, and I along with many of my uni friends have been tempted to just screw the lab reports, the final year project and preparations for the mid-sem tests to just lounge around outside.

(Where I should be)

BUT, being the diligent student that I am, I've opted instead to sit in the Melbourne Law library and write in this blog while pretending to be studying and listening to Avant.



Speaking of studying, does anyone really understand the "critical issues" of High speed digital systems? What is the difference between open-loop and closed-loop timing ? And when will our lecturer improve on his communication skills, because obviously we're not getting any of this.



Yup. A lot of studying is needed or I might see the same results for dig sys 3. Ah, Uni Sq looks so enticing from this window.

NARUTO CRAZY~!!!

NARUTO HAS TAKEN OVER MY SPARE TIME~!!!!! .... every moment of my weekend... from when i get home from work till i go to sleep .. its NARUTO ... DAMN IT~!!!! why does Sasuke turn evil (.. yes i unfortuntely found out reading his bio on wikipedia) .... Currently up to 76 coz i'm missing the episodes from 76 to 90 ... SOMEONE HELP ME ... oh .. when i say HELP .. i mean supply me with those missing episodes hahahah ...

For those who don't know.. and i doubt there are many out there... Naruto is a anime centered around .. of course 'Naruto' and his pursuit to become a Hokage (the leader and most powerful ninja of the village) ... those who haven't seen it .. OMG its a MUST ... from left to right .. and the characters are pretty predictable .. we have .. 'Sakura' .. the know it all of ninja techniques and history ... the guy on top .. he is their sensei ... 'Kakashi' .. he reads 'Adult' novels as u seen he is reading one right there ... seen him in a couple of battles .. although not against the best .. he is one of the students of a former Hokage .. so he must be up there~!!! .. then there is 'Sasuke' in the blue.. the student with the most talent and ability ... and finally on the right is 'Naruto' .. the boy with the most heart and determination to succeed and of course the one with the most potential .....ahh.. my favourite team of ninja's form TEAM 7 ...

On another note.... i have started a forum for every1 to keep in touch .. since these days every1 seems so busy and we hardly see each other... its the 'Whatsgoinon' forum http://groups.google.com.au/group/whatsgoinon?hl=en ... well it still hasn't really 'kicked off' yet ... but i hope we can all use it to stay in touch and perhaps organize events to get together ... if you need a invite .. just pop me a email at my gmail acc ..

GO TEAM 7~!!!!!!!

No Work and Teddy's Growth

(Mica's 2nd Post)

It's has been nearly a month since my last post, so it would be a good idea to quickly summarized my recent activities to get everyone up to speed.

23rd July: Uni Sem 2 started

31st July: Went to see Phantom of the Opera

1 Aug: 11 months anniversary and received beautiful flowers from Ed

10 Aug: Last day at my intern placement (coincidentally the last source of income ~>_<~)

13 Aug: First Monday without having to wake up at 7.30 am

I woke up at 7.00 am though as I was back in St Albans and I wanted to catch a lift with Tram on her way to work. This was the start to one of the most relaxing days I have ever known this stress-ridden year. Yes. Not only did I not have to turn up to work, I also had no classes scheduled on Mondays. I could have eaten, slept and watch chinese drama to my heart's content ... although if I did I would not admit it because my project partner might kick my ass.

After spending a few hours down the block in a little area known to many as "Melb Uni" I came back home to enjoy the afternoon sun and the peace and quiet of my apartment. Little did I know that a little bunny though quite grown was enjoying this sun as well.

According to my calculations Teddie (the bunny) is approx 3 months old. She's not longer the cute little fur ball as in our earlier post. Due to the extreme and grueling training program she gives herself she really is a lean mean bunny. As some of you are privy to our home you will know that the obstacle course in her training ground includes laps around the couches, hurdling the coffee table lower beams, leaps onto the tallest posts in the room (again couches) and also my favourite because I always win, a race to my bedroom before I close the door on her. hehe

She carries scars from her physical exertions, although it more like she got too close to the candle and half her whiskers curled up.. hehe. She's funny.

This goes out to the biggest fan of the mica and ed blog .. Jennifer Lowry

I was shocked to find out during a sunny sunday afternoon that Jennifer Lowry was a reader of this blog ... only to realize that she is only taking her time to regularly check this blog out because she is bored infront of her comp and looks to this site as a last resort for a cheap minute of entertainment ... well jennifer .. enjoy the following summary of my weekend =)



so .... how was my weekend u may ask? .. hmmm i don't think i had one .. first off i turned up at work on saturday .... and wait for it ............ ALSO SUNDAY ... 7 days straight at work .. and if you count this coming week .. i would have work 12 consecutive days ... before you guys jump outta ur seats in disgust towards my devotion to work ... consider this ... ok .. lets get this outta the way first... i don't get extra pay for working on the weekend... wot i do get is time in lieu ... ok .. now here is the good thing... when i turned up on saturday ... i was basically there for an hour because 'Fujistu' .. who maintain our servers .. fucked up the transfer of files to a new server .. so i couldn't complete the upgrades ... so i had to come in on a sunday to complete the upgrade ... which roughly took about 4 hrs ... so .. for these 5hrs (1 + 4 = 5 ... yeah thats right) .. i will get a whole day off work which is usually around 8hrs.... BUT there is a chance since i came in twice over the weekend .. i could possibly get 2 days off .. that 16 hrs off .. for working only 5 ... that sounds good to me =P



anyway enough of work .. highlight of the weekend definately is saturday night's "cook off" (thats how i remember mica describing it) .. cook off? .. ummm to my knowledge we were all cooking together hehe ... anyway.. we made temaki and also suki udon .. which was soooOOO yum (my baby is a awesome cook)... unfortunately the yum-ness maybe was due to the fact that we used 7/8 of the sukiyaki sauce in the bottle to make it ... to break it down .. we used probably like 1/4 of the bottle to marinate the beef and 5/8's to the soup ... so most likely it was 1/8th skill in cooking .... 7/8th's kikkoman power ... think of it this way ... it felt like we used a 7/8th's of a bottle of soy sauce to make a soy chicken dish hahaha ....



RESTAURANT REVIEW:

this friday night ... like so many of the past friday nights took us to ITO cafe on bourke st ... i have to admit that i didn't use to be a big fan of raw food .. but its starting to grow on me .... and it began with the dish gyu tataki ... raw beef and egg .. very nice entree to kick things off ..... and then i had my default dish at ITO .. which is suki udon .. mmmm suki udon ... yup .. can't beat that combination ... although our attempt at it on saturday night came very very close .... oh yeah .. when it came to pay the bill ... the waitress gave us the wrong one .. so mica corrected her ... the thing was that .. the incorrect bill was actually CHEAPER ... aiya mica pham .. ur lucky i love you ...

anyway.. i didn't go all out on dinner coz i was saving my stomach for the "nameit" burger .. yes its taken this long for me to taste it .. and if i had to give it a name ...... i would call it .. "mac awesome" ... yeah ... the burger is pretty good ... tastes like one of those burgers you would get a the fish n chip shop ... so yeah ... hope it stays on the menu .. and no .. i didn't submit my suggestion at http://www.nameitburger.com.au/ because the competition is already closed...DAMN IT~!!! ...

sunday basketball turned out to be more interesting than usual this week ... as baz will go down as the first akblue member to be ejected not just from the game .. but also from the stadium ... hahah ... the best quote from the nite was when baz called the ref a "racist" ... good on ya baz hahaha ... as a consequence of tonights actions .. akblue president edward huynh released the following statement to the press at 11pm:

Edward Huynh: "We(akblue) would like to clarify that the views expressed by barry lim on sunday 12th of august towards the referee do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of akblue as a team or any individual member of akblue. We accept the ejection from the game and will deal with this matter internally. The team will look at options to enrol barry lim to anger management classes, preferably somewhere in the States similar to the drug rehabilitation centers that lindsay lohan and britney spears attended. We have no further comments on the situation. Thank you"

Just kidding baz ... your toughness and energy u bring was missed during the remainder of the game.. but we'll bounce back next week .... =)

Ever wondered what you'll look like as a Simpsons Character

Yes it is possible ... been sick the last week or so .. so on doctors orders.. i took a couple of days off work ... so spend the days surfing the net and stumbled across a site called "Simpsonize Me" @ http://www.simpsonizeme.com/ which allows you to upload a photo of yourself and it will then "simpsonize" your foto to zap you into a simpsons character ... check out me ->

Today also marks my 11th anniversary with my baby .. so HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HUN ... =P