Its been 4 months, 3 days here in Brisbane......now, here's a list of 'What's Nice & What's Not!':

What's Nice?

1. My room - its as big or maybe bigger than my room back home, with nice view, really large window that's equal to the length of my room, big enough wardrobe to play 'hide and seek'.

2. The people - warm & friendly, saying 'hi' and 'thank you' to bus drivers, really cautious drivers..........and i mean really cautious like just waiting to give way to other people....u know....

3. Home-cooked food - home cooked food is the best meal i can get here! my housemates cook really nice chicken rice, 'siew yoke' and of course my innovative cooking that u can't possibly get elsewhere!

4. The winter - I'm beginning to like the winter here.....its cold but not that cold....maybe just like 'Genting'. And the best part, I can still go to the coast during winter!

5. My course - I'm really enjoying my course! Well.....I should! I afterall it costs a bomb! love my lecturer and classmates. To know more about what I've been doing in this course, check out ywap.blogspot.com.

What's Not!

1. No 'mamak' - what's life without 'mamak'? no place to hang out to chat or drink at night, just stay in your room and do what I'm doing now....good in a way....no supper! keep fit!

2. Shopping malls close at 5pm - sad isn't it? where do all the people go at night? oh well.....the malls back home are much bigger and nicer and whole lot cheaper! but i still go shopping here....wat to do.....nothing to do here... just go shopping lo.....tat's so girl!

3. No REAL chilli sauce - the chilli sauce here are not made of chilli i guess....hehe! they have mostly sweet chilli sauce....but isn't chilly supposed to be spicy??? AND you have to buy them from fast food outlets...unlike back home its free flow! so, bring your own chilli sauce wherever u go!

4. No nice TV program - mostly news, talk shows, sports, sports and more sports.....zzz....zzz.....so, the alternative is to make friends with a lot of Singaporean and Malaysian friends and borrow DVDs they got from home! ;)

5. No flat road to walk on - all roads here are hilly....really hilly. All those new drivers, its a test of ur manual skills! I'm still deciding on a day when I need to really force myself to exercise and walk back from uni! but the bus stop's just outside my house, and its 10 mins ride to uni.......so what's the point?