Today's news: I visited the head academic advisor today and was informed that I can graduate sooner than I thought. Yay! It'll still be next year but earlier! yay!
I think i'm going to do some cross-institutional study at QUT this year too. I want to study a law course there that's not offered at my uni. It should be fun :)
In other news - i keep biting my bottom lip and also subconsciously gnawing my tongue- i don't know what it means - it's so weird. I can't help it though and no I'm not hungry. I tried to look up what it meant on this Superstitition site - but i'm not getting any clear answers....hmmm: maybe looking up something in a Superstition site is why... The whole thing is so vague! but i can't seem to find any scientific explanation as to why i keep biting my tongue intentionally but subconsciously. i need answers and i need answers fast!
And if anybody can help me decide whether a managing director of a limited company, who, also, occupies some lesser office in that company, should assume personal liability for consequences of negligent actions of the business - i'm all ears.
I read a funny quote just then:
- Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
It's Tuesday today and I'm on a week off from uni and am seriously considering the possibility of putting my name on the Queensland Justice of the Peace internet directory. I know if I do this - i may become fully inundated with people seeking my JP services and I suppose it will be good for me to get more exposure to legal documents and so forth. I can use my govt issued stamp! but then again - I don't want to be faced with the possibility of being called up in the middle of the night just to sign a statutory declaration form.
Sure passport applications are fine and easy; same with standard govt forms - so it would be fine to do that right? i'm still undecided on this.
In other news: I watched the intro to the 47th Annual Grammy Awards last week and heard the Los Lonely Boys sing along with the Black Eyed Peaz and Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani and Franz Ferdinanz and i think there was one more: but that whole amalgamation of music from those assortment of artists was awesome! just awesome!
I liked the song by the Los Lonely Boys called "Heaven". It had a nice melody even though the lyrics could be interpreted as a bit dark. By phrasing it as 'dark', i read it as feeling trapped in a dark un-escapable hole: needing a change; and asking how far is salvation. Here's the lyrics.
"Heaven"
Save me from this prison
Lord help me get away
Cause only you can save me now
From this misery
Cause I've been lost in my own place
And I'm getting' weary
How far is heaven
And I know I need to change
My ways of livin'
How far is heaven, Lord can you tell me
Cause I've been locked up way too long
In this crazy world, how far is heaven
I just keep on prayin' Lord
Just keep on livin', how far is heaven
Lord can you tell me, how far is heaven
I just got to know how far, how far is heaven
Lord can you tell me
[translated from Spanish]
(You that's in a higher place
Send me down a blessing)
Cause I know there's a better place
Than this place I'm livin', how far is heaven
And I just got to have some faith
And just keep on giving, how far is heaven
I just wanna know how far
That's just my interpretation. Nonetheless it has a nice melody. I guess it struck a cord last week because i was feeling a little bit down from certain events that happened during the last week. I'm feeling better now though. I think i'm going to be my cheery self: it'll just take a short while for me to heal emotionally.
In other news: I got this funny email from a buddy of mine. He always send me hilarious stuff.
Again I reiterate...
Michael Jackson is seriously deluded in the head
Yoghurt recipe
I learnt a very interesting thing from my sister the other day. She told me how she made yoghurt in her science prac.The recipe is [here] and it looks and tastes okay... well, that's what she said.Ingredients: Note: cleanliness is very important.Method: - Bring the milk to 185°F (85°C) over a stove and keep it there for two minutes, to kill any undesirable microbes.
- Pour the re-pasteurized milk into a tall, sterile container and allow to cool to 43°C (110°F)
- Mix in ½ cup (120mL) of the warmed yoghurt and cover tightly.
- After about six hours of incubation at precisely 110°F (43°C); the entire mixture will have become a very plain but edible yoghurt with a loose consistency.
- If a precise means of temperature control is not available, put the culture in a warm place such as on top of a water heater or in a gas oven with just the pilot flame burning. The further below 110°F (43°C) the temperature, the longer it will take for the yoghurt to solidify; you can tell it is done when it no longer moves if you tilt the jar.
and tada! There you have it: yoghurt! eew... yum
Fire destroys building at St John`s College
I couldn't believe it when i heard the news just then. I stayed at this college when i went on a 4-day UQ retreat. All the Memories. I hope everyone is okay.Fire destroys building at St John`s CollegeNews date: Friday , 25 March 2005
Students were evacuated today when a fire broke out in a locked student’s room at the original building at St John’s College, St Lucia just before 2pm. The Donaldson building, a two-storey brick building opened in 1956, was destroyed. Its 44 residents were largely first-year students from country areas, who lost computers, lecture notes and other possessions. Residential blocks housing the rest of the College’s 297 residents were saved. Students will be accommodated in neighbouring University colleges in the immediate future. The University of Queensland expresses its sympathy to the College and students affected by the fire. The University has offered counselling to any students requiring assistance.
What the Easter bunny left at my door today
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The Exorcism
What i attended last night was the single most frightening thing i have seen up to date. It was really scary.
no it wasn't as scary as this... but it was scary
The exorcism i attended last night was so surreal - you cannot imagine.
Okay so the day starts with me going to uni and then meeting up with my friend, and then attending a church where most of our teabar mates attend. And the evening starts out with a lot of singing and worshipping which i'm not used to but still continue to watch. and then we are introduced to the "Exorcist" Mr Bob Carson from the US. He's a very confident man and really believes what he's talking about. At first he tries to plug his book and collection of DVDs on how to conduct your OWN deliverance. Then he introduced us to his entourage: the "Do What Jesus Did" (DWJD) team and then went through his philosophy of "Get your stuff before your stuff gets you"... At this point, i could see what he was generally trying to say but it was still much of a 'show'
Anyways Mr Bob walks around the church eyeing people and walking up to them with a guy at the back holding a camera to people's faces. Mr Bob says "Who wants to get rid of their stuff?". People stand up and he approaches them and asks them the most intimate of questions like - were you abused as a child, why do you have suicidal tendencies etc etc.
And people tell the truth here - coz they want to get rid of their stuff.
He then approaches a woman and she starts convulsing.
but here's the 1st troubling bit of the whole thing... You can see this woman is having some trouble - - she's convulsing for gosh sakes - - but all he says is - 'we're going to get one of my people to come speak to you later tonight'... and then he walks away from her and back on to the stage and proceeds to talk about how his show was free because it was funded by an overseas donator. But then he asks for people to donate money for a 'documentary' he's doing! Sure - - let's add another DVD to the endless amount of DVD collections he's released. And what's worse was that people blindly followed and wrote down their credit card details and wrote cheques. It was unbelievable.. So no I didn't take an envelope; i didn't write down my details. I was too concerned about the lady in the 4th row that was possibly possessed by some monstrous demon, but had to contain herself because 'he wanted to raise money for his dvd doco'. ack!
you know what as well? he didn't even talk to her for the rest of the night - he kept bypassing her whenever he walked past.
anyways here comes to the interesting bit. Mr Bob - after his dodgy attempt of raising money was out of the way; again proceeded to ask people if they wanted to "get rid of their stuff before the stuff got them". Many people stood up and walked to the front of the church. The first couple of cases were more emotional issues than repressed and possessed issues. but the next man was really having troubles. He was mostly angry that his dad left his mum when he was a baby.
Mr Bob said because of that, the devil got to him (the man). Ok to digress here for just a second: my friends and I were discussing - if a child is born without a father figure - would that mean that all children raised in single parent families - contain some form of demon inside them? it's just too inconceivable. i think mr bob was far off in that case.
anyway back to the story: so the man is led up the stage and faces the audience. He's twinging, having trouble speaking, and his face is contorting and Mr Bob is trying to talk to him. The man suddenly moans (the sound is deafening) - it was truly freaky. Mr Bob says it's the baby inside of the man that's trying to speak... later on it turns out that it was the demon speaking. The man curses and swears. Everyone in the church is wide-eyed. Later on we find out that it was a generational curse imposed upon the man because the man mentions that 'innocent blood has been spilt". So Mr Bob takes his oil and his bible and tries to cast the demon out. This demon inside the man is pretty strong so he asks for all the big men in the audience to hold this guy steady. Now this guy (possessed) is not a big fella; he's kinda scrawny and very docile looking. At this stage there's 4 huge guys holding onto him. Mr Bob continues his exorcism and commands the demon to get out but the demon in the man doesn't want to. the man kicks Mr Bob in the side of the face. Mr bob gets 3 more people on the stage so it's 7 people up holding the man down. The possessed man then curses again and tries to bite mr bob's finger, he's convulsing and contorting his body. the man hits his head against the microphone and bruises his forehead. 3 more men climb to the stage to restrain this man. By this time there are literally 10 men holding this guy's arms and legs together. I counted it myself. He continues to moan and swear obscenities. I think the moaning was really getting to me cause it was just making the hair on my arm stand on end. It was a shrill, then a moan, then a face contortion. so many goosebumps!!
people in the church started really freaking me out. they kept saying Jesus this and Jesus that and then people started speaking in tongues. it was so surreal. People were extending their hands out to this man with all their love, so as to banish this demon from him. But here's another interesting fact - although the predominant demon was 'anger', there were 3 other demons inside him including 'abandonment' and 'murder' and i forgot the other one.
[okay to be continued... i have to go out] [10.07am]
[4.15pm]
okay back again, so okay - there were about 4 demons possessing this man and it was taking so long to get rid of each of them. and each demon was worse than the one before it. it was strange yet so riveting... hmmm - i don't know if riveting is the correct term to use. let's just say I felt compelled to stay and see how the whole thing panned out. This was my first exorcism attendance and will most certainly be my last as far as i am concerned let me tell you.
what else what else - well after mr bob cast out the 2nd demon - there's more; because the man had no father figure when he grew up, Mr Bob asked all the father's in the church to come up and give the man a hug; they did - all the old grandfathers, young dads and most dads came up and gave this meaningful hug to this guy they never met at all. that's devotion for you. I got emotional there - that these people could care so much for this guy (who was still possessed mind you) and embrace him as their own son. it was touching. and then after the hugs, he converted back to a demon and was screaming again - only louder.
more cursing ensued.
I'm thinking back to it now and i'm questioning whether the man was subjected to mass hypnotism? I mean, let's say you had an issue you wanted to deal with and were then put in a position facing a large mass of people. You then revealed your issue in which the response to your issue was that you were possessed by the devil or a demon. You then were talked to as if you were the devil himself and people's gawking would be searing into your skin, people would hold you in place, people would be staring and praying and extending their hands out to you, oil and water was thrown at your face, the bible was banged on your head and a man kept talking to your face telling you that something should leave your body... wouldn't you just convince yourself that there was something wrong or else nobody would pay this much attention to you? it's all so confusing...
anyway, after a couple of more encryptic phrases; the man was speaking more clearly and everyone broke into song praying and praising Jesus for saving the man from eternal damnation. I was looking around the room and i could just feel the love and devotion in the room. Old men were crying, some old ladies were really extending their hands to the sky trying to reach out to something (all while singing) and the people on the stage were curled up in prayer. it was so emotional.
I really don't know if the man was faking it but if he was - he is the best actor alive because everyone in the church was on the edge of their seats, all with a look of horror and shock and belief in their eyes... after the singing and the praying i left.
I guess the concept of something inhabiting your body and residing within the depths of your mind and soul is very hard to grasp; especially if you are going through a heightened state of emotion. it's a very frightening concept which i don't fully understand yet and can't begin to give an educated answer on at all. i don't know any philosophies and i don't know religion like the back of my hand. all i know is - if you've got issues - tell someone or else you're going to get worse.
I didn't realise how seriously people took their religion until I attended that exorcism aka 'deliverance'. It was really full on.
freaky stuff.
Bird's eye view
I swear to god this is so true!!!
Michael Jackson is seriously deluded in the head
Evacuated
what an interesting day.
I was 20 mins into my Companies lecture when the fire alarm starts blaring. "
doo doo doo" it whistles. Obviously, nobody in the room moves a muscle because we've heard alarms like this go off all the time. Sure we listen attentively because it would be just another 'fire drill' to bug us in our lecture while we slept.
But not this time...
This time the intercom yelled "this is not a drill. repeat this is not a drill" "this building must be evacuated immediately" "please find your next exit and leave the building"
Well that certainly woke me up! It was pretty funny actually cause everyone still took their
sweet time to leave the lecture theatre despite the possibility of us all becoming human sacrifices in the building that might EXPLODE! [nah i'm being overdramatic]
But there was a cause for concern when we went outside - there was a huge red fire truck and 3 fire fighters, there was campus security shooing us students away, they even set up a barrier and evacuated all the other surrounding buildings. There were so many students outside! Chat time for me!
Anyways were waiting for this suspected 'fire of doom' to loom over our building - but to no avail. 45 mins later we were told that it was just a gas leak in one of the science labs. Somehow when i think of science labs: i think of a short asian guy and tall white guy and a mexican guy in white laboratory coats and black glasses with stickytape in the middle, standing over a bunsen burner giggling and snorting and laughing away at their new biochemical creation... hmmm - - maybe one of
them set off the gas leak? I betcha it was the asian guy.
So the morning was interesting. Hmm then had tutes and lunch with friends and tutes again and lecture. And then i called this barrister guy i was supposed to attend court with tomorrow but apparently his trial was adjourned so my court session was cancelled.
I was so bummed out then: i really wanted to see that trial - i needed that legal system buzz - the court process is actually very entertaining - especially if you are watching a juicy juicy case with drama and intrigue! It's better than TV i'm being serious! because it's
real people,
real situations that
really happened and they are
real judgments that the prisoners
really have to do time for.
But nevertheless - had lunch with my buddies and felt so much better. Bennet told me about this exorcism that's going down tomorrow. So tomorrow - is all about watching an exorcism. hahaha. nah it's just a guy that came from america that can apparently exorcise people. No I'm not going to a small house where there's only 4 other people or whatever carrying crosses and candles. I'm not going to chant and carry on. It's at a church area with about 300 other people and i'm just going to watch. hahah. this guy is apparently really popular with this type of stuff and it's going to be interesting hearing what he has to say about the topic of demons and devils and heaven and hell and if there is an afterlife/ bad pastlife etc. And i want to see if he really does 'cast out the devil' in someone. Will they speak in tongues? i don't know - i'll write all about it on Wednesday!
Hitch
So it's Sunday already and I'm wondering how the weekend went by so quickly. I actually didn't have any plans for the weekend but as luck has it - it became pretty busy. yay!
Hey i was wondering - - is it physically possible to lick your elbow?You know when you have those times when you allocate some set number of hours to complete something? In this case - it was study (haha - as it always is)! But everytime I would really get into it; i would be distracted by some random thing like a phone call from an important person, an email i am supposed to answer, a rally i should attend, party, etc etc.
My last entry was Thursday so to fill in Friday's news:
Friday: uni, study, chat, job hunting... yep that pretty much fills it in: was supposed to go somewhere but didn't go - i felt really tired. And apparently Friendster has a 'blog' function now and you can add a photo album to your blog as well. But i like Blogger better. Friendster has 'pop up ads' so it would just annoy the heck out of me. I must say the thought of joining Friendster never entered my mind before i went to Filipino land. Nobody here really joins it. None of my non-filipino friends even know what Friendster is. I think they are more familiar with hi5.com or some other random online community and are busy of course: like what i used to be... busy. hahaha
anyways i return from the Phils after my cousins asked me if I had friendster - i join friendster and then - i was so addicted to the thing. It's just interesting looking up people you haven't spoken to in ages and seeing their friends list and then adding pictures and random facts about yourself. It was all a good way of wasting time. Now: i find that writing in this blog is a good way of wasting time but ... wasting time - - constructively! I am effectively practising my typing skills and grammar (or lack there of). And i'll just post pictures here instead
Saturday: calls, emails, exercise workout, hanging out, then went out with friends for dinner which was a welcome break from the busy day i had. We ate at this Texas style ranch place, had cocktails and mocktails and then watched the movie 'Hitch' which incidentally, i didn't mind watching. It tickled my funny bone. Will Smith is fine in roles such as these ones and that guy from "King of Queens" was funny. I recommend you watch it if you are a true soppy romantic such as myself. but prepare yourself for the really 'naff' - make you want to hurl- soppy soppy scene towards the end of the movie where Will Smith throws himself onto a car and declares his undying love to his love interest.
That bit was truly hard to stomach because things like that don't happen in real life... it's just too corny.
but enjoyable all in all. any movie that manages to stick in an Earth Wind and Fire song and a Mini Cooper into its scene - is okay by me :p
hmmm: my sister just made this beautiful Hummingbird cake - - yummy!!!!!!!!! hahah i know she reads my blog. she'll laugh once she reads this.
can you believe it - - it's Palm Sunday today and this friday will be Good Friday which ultimately leads to Easter Sunday! Holiday! Lot's of things are planned for this week - yay! I'm so happy.
PS:
You tried to lick your elbow didn't you? hehehe
as long as it makes you feel better better
I am feeling better now. hahaha.
My friend came over and showed me pics of her trip to the Phils earlier this year and her trip around Europe. She's been to so many international destinations!! I am so eager to see Europe right now; but i'll finish my degree first and travel then.
I almost booked a trip to Christchurch earlier today. The departure date was all planned and the return day was all set: i called up my dad to verify everything and turns out that it's the end of the financial year so he's gotta stick around for that. just the luck. it seems so nice to go for a holiday again in mid-year when it's cold and snowing. I have yet to see actual snow; i really want to see real snow falling down from the sky and make snowmen and snow angels and then sip hot chocolate by the fireplace in a cute cottage when i'm done. haha [dreaming]
I can't believe it's Autumn here already and its slowly starting to get colder. I can feel it in the mornings: it's a bit 'fresh' in the morning now and a bit nippy when you step outside. I reckon in a couple of weeks - we'll all be wearing jackets/jumpers and those new parisian wraps.
Autumn! Autumn is here. I've got "The Weekend" by Michael Gray, playing.I just got sent a quiz to fill out so here it is: [i really need to stop procrastinating]READ IT. CHANGE THE ANSWERS AND SEND IT BACK--------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------ * Ever been so drunk you blacked out: no* Missed school because it was raining: in highschool - no. In uni - all the time* Put a body part on fire for amusement: no* Been hurt emotionally: yes* Kept a secret from everyone: yes* Cried during a Movie: Yes: the last one was when i watched "Million Dollar Baby"* Ever thought an animated character was hot: yeah Darian aka Tuxedo Mask aka Prince Darian from Sailor Moon--------------FAVORITES------------------
* Shampoo: Pantene* Color: Blue, Pink, Green. * Day/Night: Day* Summer/Winter: Winter * Fav Ice Cream: Macadamia Nut * Fav Subject: none!! i dislike them all equally* Drink: Baileys and Midori (but not together)* Fav Persons to talk to online: whoever is online when i'm online----------------RIGHT NOW------------------ * Wearing: green slacks, green singlet* I want 2: go on holiday through Europe!* Eating: I ate Banana cue this morning--------------IN THE LAST 24 HRS----------------- * Cried: no* Worn a shirt: yesterday* Cleaned Your Room: no------------MUSIC AND SHOW------------- * Whats your favourite song of all time? I have many favourite songs for every mood* Whos your fave band? Jamiroquai* What song most resembles you? Gotta be - by Des'ree* Whats your song of the moment? 'The Weekend' by Michael Gray, 'Oh Oh' by Guy Sebastian, * What your fave show? American Idol, Law and Order, The Apprentice---------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN------------------ * Yourself: yes* Your friends: yes: i make it a habit to stay in touch with all nice people i meet and friends from ages and ages back ie primary, highschool, uni and random people i meet and still keep in touch with. It's my solid yet ever-growing friendship circle.* Santa Claus: no* Tooth Fairy: no* Love at first sight: no * UFO's: yes------------RANDOM QUESTIONS------------------ * What's the best feeling in the world: knowing that you've accomplished something on your own* If you were to get a car what would it be?: a MINI COOPER! I love that car
Complaint Register: No.21
I have had a truly bad afternoon. Yes indeed. I think it's my Omen afternoon.
The morning was okay: i got ready for uni - i went to uni - i attended my lectures and almost wrote my hand off in one lecture: that lecturer spoke really fast despite him repeating his sentences twice. And then met up with my sister and caught the bus to the city. And then here's where the omen's begin...
I'm in the city - walking down the pathway towards Elizabeth St (where that Borders Cafe is) and at that moment i've got the most stupidest misconception in my head that Edward St is a couple of streets away (when i subconsciously knew i was supposed to walk towards MacArthur Central way and turn left or something). I try to hide my confusion from my sister by continuing to walk down the wrong path. We get to Mary St and i can see the Botanical Gardens in the horizon. I've been caught out. It's the wrong way. I get a sarcastic comment. We turn around. We cross the street and make our way back (all the while we are passing green people all dressed up in their St Paddy's Day attire). We keep walking. I look up. I see a 7-Eleven. I look through the glass window. I see a VirginMobile Recharge sign. I know i'm supposed to recharge my account tomorrow when i bring cash but i go anyway. I've only got my card. I walk in. We both ask for a recharge for each of our accounts and for it to be charged for one transaction on one card. The attendant says we can't do that; so i use my card.
I swipe the card. The cash register freezes. They reboot the cash register. There's no receipt that pops out. I stand there faced with the possibility that $50 bucks of my money has been taken and i've still got no recharge for my phone. The attendant gives me her details and tells me to call her if there is a problem. I walk out of the store. Was my money taken? Is my money still there? I want to go home. I want to check my net bank and see if my money's been taken. I'm in a bad mood.
I cross the street and walk towards the Bus station. My sister wants to go to the bathroom first. I don't care. I get on the bus. She follows. We drive along. We pass Garden City. It's going fast. We drive past a few more traffic lights then the bus starts feeling a bit wobbly. A girl at the back of the bus yells "Stop!". The bus driver turns around. The girl says "the bus has got a flat tyre".
Everybody moans. The bus driver radioes in to central station.
The bus slowly inches its way from the far right side of the road: through 3 lanes: to park at the far left side of the road. He's creating new traffic problems. He stops the bus; has a look and then tells everyone to get out. We are stranded on the side of the busiest road. We have to walk. we cross the road and almost get run over by a slow moving car. We pass the first petrol station. We pass the second. It's really hot. It's getting dark. I can smell car fumes. I call my mum, she picks us. she takes us home. I write in this blog...
Happy St Patrick's Day!
Here's a little St.Patrick's History for you...[accessed from: http://www.st-patricks-day.com/about_saintpatrick.asp]
Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. It is true there are no snakes in Ireland, but there probably never have been - the island was separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the Ice Age. As in many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common and often worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of putting an end to that pagan practice. While not the first to bring christianity to Ireland, it is Patrick who is said to have encountered the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites. The story holds that he converted the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the "Holy Wells" that still bear this name.
There are several accounts of Saint Patrick's death. One says that Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, on March 17, 460 A.D. His jawbone was preserved in a silver shrine and was often requested in times of childbirth, epileptic fits, and as a preservative against the "evil eye." ... Today, many Catholic places of worship all around the world are named after St. Patrick, including cathedrals in New York and Dublin city
Why Saint Patrick's Day?
Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.
Bejabers look it's a Leprechaun
Catch him quick hear him scorn
For he will share his pot of gold
At least that's how his story is told
Get him fast before away he goes
Skipping along on his dainty toes
He's really cute in his tiny clothes
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!®©CRS 2004
Now go and drink alot of Guiness!
I've decided
hairhairhair
I have decided that I do not suit short hair. Medium-length hair has always been better for me. hahaha. My sister looks better with short hair: she should stick with short hair. Me - - no. In other news - i was testing out all the functions on Adode Elements just then and came across some pretty cool effects that you can add to pictures: ie cool borders, lens flares, you can distort the pictures, pixelate them and add different textures! So cool!
Nikki voted out
Okay so I'm researching right now for a law assignment and I click into the Brisbane City council website and right there on the front page is a picture of a half-dirty looking little boy and a pic of someone's butt protuding from a black tyre... does this not trouble anybody? what is this picture saying - despite it having won a photography award by the Lord Mayor. The slogan says "dedicated to a better Brisbane" but if any lay person were to just click into here, and see the picture of a half-dirty boy and a butt sticking out of a tyre - their perception of a better brisbane would be obscured. I just don't get it. There's not even an explanation of what the picture is trying to portray: it's just confusing and leaves me feeling sorry that somebody forgot to clean the little boy and he's just lost and confused too.
I'm just confused...
Oh yeah and for this assignment: the purpose of me going on the internet was to obtain the book from which the review question originates. But as per usual the library only has 2 copies of the dang thing (all of which have already been borrowed; and 1 of which is located in Gatton which is like woop woop land - - oh so far away). So i am faced with the dilemma: must i continue soldiering on with the knowledge that only 2 people in the whole law course (including the one in Gatton) have read the full author's review and just hope to gosh that they don't understand the author's intention; or shall i opt not to complete the assignment?I always pick B but end up doing option A anyway. arrgh!
In any event, my day was great today: i think i have taken a liking to this blog thing: i never used to like journal writing - it was only when i took up Journalism in my first year at uni that i started journal writing. It's helped with my journalistic skills for the most part: and i guess has improved my computer skills slightly. [haha what a bunch of baloney] did i mention this is my first blog ever?
Anyhoo!
In other news: the prospect of watching Nikki Webster dancing on Dancing with the Stars was too amusing for me not to watch it. so i did watch it just then and she was actually good - she looks older now and was wearing a wig but still looks older. I used to compare the whole Nikki Webster style of music with Filipino's "Totoy Bibbo" or maybe that Korean girl that sings "In or Out" - - just so bubblegum.
Bubblegum pop can only be stomached in small doses. If you have too much of it: it will form an ulcer in your stomach and give you indigestion.
but i guess as she is growing older - her music will change and hopefully improve.
Oh and what do you know - she was voted out this week. hmmm... the public has spoken.
what else what else. It's Saide's birthday tomorrow so Happy 22nd Birthday Saide!!
clever
Tuesday entry
Hahaha: so much for me writing everyday into this blog.
My excuse: 12 hours of uni on Monday.
Yes - 12 hours of uni (this includes travel time of course but 12 hours at uni is such a long time!! ack!)
I don't know why I put myself through this actually - Companies Law in the morning, Civil Procedure in the evening, and then a whole series of tutorial sessions all compacted in between. And my first lecture isn't even interesting - yeah sure it is straight forward - - but vaguely interesting. complain complain complain - such is life.
but hey at least i get to hang around with my mates, eat and chat, walk around and chat.
I learnt in Civil yesterday that lawyers aren't allowed to advocate in the Small Claims Tribunal which is understandable. I mean, the parties are only claiming an amount of up to $7,500 anyway so there would be no need for legal representation - they can just represent themselves for free. . . i can't believe i didn't know this. hehehe
A tutorial question:
- Bob purchases electical machines worth $500,000 from a company and then discovers that the machines do not meet the performance specifications in the contract and there has been deceptive conduct by the company. He wants his money back.
In which court do you pursue your claim? Under what provision will you proceed and what is the initiating document? Where are the procedures to be found if not governed by the UCPR?Jurisdiction is a funny thing. If you are faced with a federal matter ie such as this example of misleading and deceptive conduct under the Trade Practices Act, you have a choice of whether to pursue the matter in a Federal Court or the Supreme Court. The difference between the two? Supreme Court is a state court; Fed Court is a Federal Court. What is more convenient in the circumstances? Supreme Court. It's more practical and It's a cross-vesting process. You can cross vest federal jurisdiction to the states but not the other way around. Ultimately - if you do want to proceed in the Fed Court - they can hear a state law under a single matter as long as the federal law (the Trade Practices Act) was the dominant part of the matter. Misleading and deceptive conduct is a breach of contract: Bob didn't get what he was promised and spent all that $500,000 on a product that doesn't even work! So it's a state law too ...
this is a question that we get asked in Law and this is what i learnt yesterday. boring eh? hehehe
Okay I digress...
So i get back home, make a few phone calls and then have a chat with my dad and he tells me about this movie "Ong-Bak".
It's a Thai movie that shows real "no special effects" street fighting and acrobatics and is just fantastic. My friends were telling me about it last week and apparently it's been out for yonks; since 2003 or something and is only just being talked about here in Aussie. So hmm, if you've seen it - post a comment and tell me about it.
"Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior"
And!!! I don't know if you know but there's this drink -
All Refreshed
All refreshed and ready for a new day
It's amazing what a little sleep and a little laughter does. Last night I got around to watching RoveLive from last Tuesday and saw that girl that sings through her nose! she was so funny; cool and funny I should say. They also kept screening random shots of David Hasselhof - i think he was carrying puppies in one picture: hahaha. And then the comedian for that week - was spot on the money with people imitating other people's accents: i accidentally do that sometimes (accidentally imitate somebody's accent when I'm talking to them - it just happens and i don't realize until much much later) But that show is so amusing - i just laughed and laughed and my mood suddenly changed. I was back to normal.
It's no myth when they say Laughter is the best medicine.
We had visitors over last night so we all entertained ourselves by watching TV. hahaha. Before catching up on the comedic antics in RoveLive - we watched IronChef - full of delectable delicious food.
Last night's theme: Apples and Chocolate!
Oh mah gosh - CHOCOLATE!!! Another relaxing and happy feeling release!
Hmmm... chocolate.
So today: my plan: study study study, and then maybe in the afternoon i'll write in this blog again. harharhar!
Find out what your name means
I just remembered about this site that Louie was telling me about. It is so dang hilarious! You can type in any name you want and almost always you get generated a definition from its site.I found out what my name means:1. dixie
Dixie is another word for the South. The South is made up of the following states that made up the confederacy:Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Florida. Kentucky is usually considered part of the South as well, even though it didn't secede from the union. Being a native Texan, I can tell you that the South is a great place to live if you're a normal person. I love the South.
Alright y'all show your dixie pride!by Source: Texan McRebel, Oct 29, 20042. dixie
The Southern states of the U.S.A. These such as FL, AL, GA, SC, NC etc. or below the Mason-Dixon Line.
These states are named Dixie, after the song called Dixie.
Source: vv, Mar 9, 2004[and my personal favourite]3. Dixie
incredibly hot chick who loves the sailors.
Man, that chick is totally a Dixie the way she hangs at the naval bases.
Source: sexay laday, May 1, 2004- hahahaha - so funny.TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR SITE and find out the definition of your name.http://www.urbandictionary.com/
What a crap weekend
so my day in summary:
I woke up from a night out in the Valley and felt terrible, just terrible. I wasn't even drunk: i felt all negative and moody and it's just not what i'm supposed to feel from a night out clubbing. but i did. Maybe i'll feel better later or something but right now it's really bugging me that i can't seem to get out of this bad mood that i'm in.
I've tried sleeping it off some more, but it didn't work: coz it's too dang hot in the day to sleep. So what better way to vent out my frustration than by starting up a blog and complaining to the whole wide world!
Writing out my problems and questions is a release and I'm going to continue doing it till i feel better! harharhar!
This clubbing thing was supposed to be for my 21st celebration. And it was crap crap crap. I was so disappointed. I think i had high expectations since the Philippines. I will no longer have a high expectation. Vina and Yola were so correct last night: once you've gone for gimmick in the Phils: Brissie nightlife just doesn't feel the same again. Coz first and foremost - it's expensive now - I had no idea: it'd be so expensive - Philly-land was great - so affordable. Sure yeah - the music in the city is better than the Valley: too much techno on a Friday. Michelle and Kim are right - Friday clubbing is crap.
Next time I am going on a Saturday, i'm not driving and i'm going latin dancing first!
The only happy and funny thing that happened was that when i went to pay for my parking at ChinaTown, the woman gave me an extra $10 (i think she thought I gave her a $50 note) so I got free parking and an extra dollar. Wowee! Happy birthday to me! I'm happy that my friends came along; so happy about that and everything but the whole vybe of the Valley was just strange... really strange... I didn't know that you weren't allowed entrance into the Family if you didn't adhere to a certain dress code. Yeah I was fine: the gals were 'trendy enough' to be let through (good positive boost for my dress sense) but my poor pal Paul wasn't wearing the right shoes. woop-de-doo: as if you'd be looking at a guy's shoe inside the club anyway?! again i re-iterate - - it is very strange... I don't think i like the Valley right now.
I have a feeling that this year will be full of work and no play for me.
Hmmm this entry is pessimistic
My cool and wonderful phone So this is the phone that i got for my 21st birthday. I love it actually. It's really cute and I've been wanting a Sony Ericsson T630 for such a long time so at least i have one now! yay!
First entry
The launch of my first blog entry!
so i finally started up a blog for myself. I don't really know if I will have a lot of time after mid-sem exams to continue writing things about my day and such but I'll try and see how far I can get with this blog thing.
It's amazing how fast things like weblogs grow. Just amazing: everyone has one now...
