starting out

and so here i am in Oz. the land down under. and the ozone hole just above it. it's my 4th day here. i actually had internet access right from the first day (courtesy of QUT) but the thought of blogging comepletly slipped my mind.
the people here are cheery, they usually greet me b4 i can greet them, thus dispensing the "racist" tag which so many people have told me about. but then again, i might not have met the racist people yet...there's bound to be some. somehow. surprisingly, the public transport here doesn't suck as well. Thery're almost very punctual and there are even timetables printed out for u. so in a way, they have no excuse not to adhere to the time tables. but then again, this is the CITY. not too sure about the suburbs though.oh. they also wash the streets in the CBD like EVERYDAY but cos its summer and waters scarce this season, they limited the frequency of washing i think.
things here are generally more expensive than back home though they may appear to be the same pricing due to PPP (product price parity. Bet you guys don;t know that). basically it's some economic term which means the price of something in country a would be almost the same as country b. but when u convert the currency over, the item bought from country b may be more expensive or cheaper than country b. oh whatever.
generally, a bottle of coke costs like..2-3 bucks here. a typical meal 7-8 bucks. the only cheap things here are probably juice and milk and meat (though i havent really seen how cheap they are yet). transport is quite ex as well but thank god i have a free loop service to school. but it's only up to 5.50pm only though ...any later that that i would have to take the payable public transport.
i'm still living in my dingy hotel and will move out only tomorrow. things should be more settled after that then.
special thanks go out to "aunty angela" , one of my aunts friends who invited me to her house for dinner on the first day i set foot on Oz. showed us around too but i doubt i'll be able to go out of the suburbs in future cos getting there is such a bitch without a car. brisbane's CBD is smaller than Shenton Way. But its definetly bigger then Sg.
oh well getting bored. update u guys again

where is the good in goodbye

just returned from a party thrown for me by the pnsd guys. Really touched by them as so many of them cancelled their prior appointments or rushed over (if they couldn't cancel) just to celebrate my belated birthday and bid me farewell before i head for Oz. Thanks guys.. for being there , for the cake, for the beer , for the food, for the company, for the laughter, for the tease , for the emo-ness, for the jacket which you guys kept on forcing me to put on (4 times! wtf) for the soft black hairy musht strap, for the samurai blade keychain, for the win. (tho' you guys tried to make me cry with the reiterations of "eh this is the bigggest turnout leh" , "eh see everyone cancelled their appointments to come here leh" ,"eh see got pweety girls came for this event leh (like real)", "eh this eh that")
this has by far been the most memorable birthday celebration for me (tho i didn't really like being the centre of attraction SHY LAH)

for the honourable mention :

thank you

kelvin
zavier
zavier's cousins (dunno their names sorry)
ddk
erina
fabian
michael
ruixiang
charlie
shengtao
Yu-Ann & Girlfriend
Jiawei
Pao shan & Friend (dunno your name sorry)
edwin
samuel
mingwen
jeremiah
weiyuan

for being there.