1st blog with pictures

It has been the 4th week of semester, which means I am in Australia for 1 month already, away from my parents for 2 weeks. Many people have asked me if I missed Singapore during my time here. Well, I would say not really (sorry to disappoint you guys). But please don't take me for some heartless creature on earth who don't have feelings for my fatherland. I do miss you guys back in Singapore, I miss the children's choir which I have raised for the past 6 months, am glad to know that the choir sang well even when I am not around and of course, and also thanks to Denise who ensure the choir kept their standards of singing.

Staying away from parents and ALONE in a foreign country helps me to learn new things. I pretty treasure my new freedom/ independence/ life very much. No worries, I won't go wild or become unrecognisable when I return to Singapore. It's a chance for me to discover the real 'me' and having and developing my own self identity. So in another words, you can put it that instead of missing home each day, I will make full use of my time here in Australia to gain new insights and perspective of life. It's also a matter of the chinese saying 'Chuan2 dao4 qiao1 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi3' (the numbers represent the strength of the accent). In another words, the path will eventually be straight as the boat approaches the bank.

Some lifeskills I have learnt:

1) To Cook small dishes for myself. I am very fortunate to have a mum who can cook very well and here are the recipes which I have learnt from her. (Here are some pictures of the food which I have personally made for myself)











Homemade Wanton









Wanton Mee









Blackpepper pork

Hungry now? Lol! I can cook better than I thought I could. ;)
Academic wise, I am enjoying what I am doing now. MUSIC. How has music been? Well, just lots of self practising on the piano, at least 2 hours each day. Music lectures has been pretty interesting. Aural lectures and tutorials are about clapping and singing. Medieval and Early modern music--> same old boring stuffs but still interesting to know. Music technology, learning how to use logic express to create music. Cool! And of course, not forgetting my breadth subject- PSYCHOLOGY: interesting to know some studies done and what has been infered. Learnt how human mind develops and also the developmental process of a child. Good application for my children's choir back home. Below are some pictures taken during orientation week. It shows you how small an intake for faculty of music in July. Note: There are more 1st year students who entered in February this year.

Julie, Ngon Lung (Angela), Me and our student host, Lucy

Angela, Me, Lucy and Julie








P/s: Angela was my secondary school junior back in Dunman High School. See how NS slows boys education by 2 years. ;)

Of course, not forgetting my dear friends from COSDU. They are friends which I can say I have made during the 4 weeks here besides the small intake of friends from music faculty. Will post pictures with some people of COSDU if I have the pictures! As some people who had entered University will say, you wont make much friends just by attending lectures and tutorials. This is true, because people you see in tutorials usually come and go, and you only get to see them like merely 1 hour each week, and people attending lectures are just there for lectures.

OK. THat's about it. Will try to post more pictures soon, but it will take ages to upload pictures here! :P