Food and Wine festival at Norwood

On the way back to Bradford Lodge from church, Sister Irene and Brother David told us that there was a food and wine festival going on at Norwood. So at around 3:30pm, together with Gillian, Ken, Clarence and Iona, I went to Norwood. It was approximately 20 minutes walk from Bradford Lodge. When we reached there, I was surprised by the place. Along the street, there were a lot of food and wine stalls. There were some stages where bands performed. There was also a clown performing in the middle of the street. It was really crowded with a lot of Aussies sipping from their wine glass or their beer mug while chatting with friends or family members. I have also noticed that Aussies in Adelaide loved Asian food. I saw quite a number of Thai stalls and one sushi stalls. The food there was not cheap and it actually cost more. We weren't very impressed with the wine and food. Therefore we ended up in Coles and Foodland supermarket. Coles in Norwood is much better than the one on Grote street but I still prefer buying in Woolworths if I want to buy meat. After buying some instant noodle in Coles, we headed off to Foodland. As soon as we entered the supermarket, we saw something that brought joy to our stomach. Roasted chicken(whole) for only $4.99=$5.00. Normal price is about $7.89. The price was reduced as the supermarket is going to close. We grabbed one of the chicken. Yay!!!! After that, we went back. The weather was really hot! =P Anyway, it was worth visiting Norwood and the Food and wine festival. Got to see the Aussie culture AND finding out another place to shop for cheap stuffs apart from Central Market!!!! Haha....

You have been so good to me

God has been good to me. He has blessed with me a lot things which I don't deserve. He has blessed me with the opportunity to study abroad. He has been patience with me even though I took Him for granted at times. He has blessed with me good parents and friends to support and encourage me. He has provided me with my everyday needs. I needed second hand text books but I didn't pray about it but God is still kind to me and He knows I need them. He has blessed me with second hand books which helped me to save a lot. Looking back at my life, I really thank God for His amazing love and blessings. I may not have a lot of money or a lot of cool stuff like MP3 but I have a God who is so good to me. The grace and love of God really humble me. Accepting Jesus into my life is the most correct decision that I have ever made in my life. The goodness of God reminds me of the song "You have been so good to me" by Paul Baloche.

You have been so good to me
You have been so good to me
I came here broken
You made me whole
You have been so good
You have been so good
You have been so good to me

You have been so good to me
You have been so good to me
I came here mourning
You gave me joy
You have been so good
You have been so good
You have been so good to me

How can I thank You
There is just no way
How can I thank You
Lord how could I repay
For Your kindness
For Your tenderness
For Your constant presence here with me

You have been so good to me
You have been so good to me
I came here broken
You made me whole
You have been so good
You have been so good
You have been so good to me

I want Sarawak LAKSA!!!!

Yesterday the Nyonya kitchen at my residential cooked Sarawak Laksa. When I saw the students eating laksa and when I smell the fragrance, I realised that I really miss the food back in Kuching. It also made me think of teh-c-peng, kueh chap, kolo mee, char kueh, chai kueh and the list just goes on. =P I think when I get back to Kuching, I must stuff myself with all these food. =D Last night, I went to the BBQ gathering at Josephine's church which is New Life Christian Community(NLCC *sounds a bit like KLCC*hehehehe....). The food was amazing. There was fried mee hoon, fried rice, satay with peanut sauce(super delicious, yummy), salad, barbecued sausages and chicken breast meat(super delicious too as the chicken is sweet and tender). The adults were very friendly and Pastor Chris and Auntie Sue went around serving the peanut sauce and satay. After food there were games and quiz about our knowledge on world history and Aussie History. Overall, I had a great night. Met a lot people who are friendly. Praise God for them.

Orientation for pharmacy students

I went to City East Campus for the last two days. Got to meet more Malaysians(there are 44 students doing pharmacy under JPA scholarship), two Australians and a Taiwanese. On the 25th Feb, the school gave us a briefing on the security, the services provided by Learning Connection and the library which were a repeat of last Tuesday's orientation. Later on was free BBQ lunch at Reid Lawn courtesy of the School. I thought there will be chicken wings, sausages, beef or lamb. To my surprise, there were only sausages, slices of white bread, BBQed onions, slices of something =D and canned colas. Better than nothing. After lunch was a tour around the Campus. I cabut after the tour as I have enrolled in my courses. The next day of orientation was pretty much the same as the 25th of Feb. The course coordinators gave information about the course they teach. There was a tour to the biology and chemistry laboratory before heading to Reid Lawn again for lunch. This time, the lunch was courtesy of the South Australia Pharmacy Student Association(SAPSA). Had two slices of pizzas and a can of Sunkist. Pizzas are were nice. Yummy.... At 1:30pm, I headed to Playford building to attend a workshop on how to make full use of the computer barns in UniSA. For my session, I think I was the only Malaysian present. =P That concluded my orientation in UniSA. No more honeymoon for me as I will be in a war starting next week. Please pray for me to have strength and wisdom from God. May I graduate with super flying colours and bring glory to God and my family!!!! Hehe....

Free Air Condition?

On the way to church today, somebody asked my brother and me whether we are getting used to the food and weather in Adelaide. Our answers were , of course, positive. =D(Asian style, I think, you only give good comments and hide the bad ones...hehe) Then the person commented that we can take the cold weather here since we are adapting well and he even added that the cold weather here is free air condition. Hahahaha....quite true actually. In Kuching, we have to pay to get a cooling atmosphere. Here, it's FOC!!!!(Free Of Charge) Shall enjoy the cool weather but the air is too dry. =P The only good thing about dry air is that your clothes get dry faster. Apart from that, there is nothing good about dry air. My lips and my skin is cracking. Looks like ah mah's skin. Have to put lotion everyday....

Clipsal 2008

It's so noisy outside the hostel since yesterday. Loud rock music and the drumming of the racing cars. Yeap, Clipsal event is going on in Adelaide. It's an annual event which is supposed to be held sometime in March but was carried foward due to many interstate events which will also be carried out in March. I will not be going to the event because :

Reason No.1: The entrance fee is too expensive. =P It's more than 50 dollars. Let's say it's 55 dollars per person. $55 X 3=RM165!!!! TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!

Reaspn No.2: To me, it's not worth watching. It's like watching F1 racing. You get to stand only at one place to watch the racing. You won't be able to see the whole process of how the car get to the final point. I totally agree with court Disney buzz which I watched when I was a child. It was a debate between football and F1 racing, whether which one is worth watching. Yeap, football won the debate. Even the people debating on behalf of F1 racing loves football. You can watch the whole process in football but not car racing. The car just "whoosh" in front of you and that's it!

oooo....The music is really loud outside. Thank God it's only for a few days, not a few weeks! Hallelujah! =D

Happy Chap Goh Mei!

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Chap Goh Mei!!!! May we all have a great year ahead. Let us continue to work hard and smart this year after 15 days of celebration. May we grow deeper in love with Jesus.