AMANDA NICOLE
eighteen
taurus
24 april baby
catholic
guitarist
aikidoka
msn-addict
prone to getting high
CRAZIED
tomboy-er
sms/chat lover
JOKER OF THE YEAR
st. anthony's preschool
chij bukit timah
art club
st. theresa's convent
RED CROSS
acjc(three months)
CANOEING/DBOAT
catholic jc
canningcollege
Shopping fan
curtin university
ROWING
swimming
working to earn a living

playing on my guitar;D
searching for tabs online
music
OUTDOORS:D
water sports, CANOEING
mountaineering
camping outdoors
orientation camps!
SHOPPING!
ROWING
movieing with friends
being totally ME
smsing/chat
blogging;D
scouting for eyecandies.
Chocolates
running/crunches
reading for leisure
suntanning<3
SUN SAND SEA.

conquer mount kinabalu
master drums one day
learn guitar tabs ( currently)
to be a rich woman!
grow taller!
learn how to do makeup
travel around the world backpacker style
get back home to singapore!
do well in up in uni exams
ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS!
hiphop street dancing
the special coffee blend
do something crazy and wild
get my honours!
work hard in both my jobs
throw the old, get the new
be the next AUSTRALIAN IDOL

crumpler bag
rowing championships medals
more eyecandies!
to dye my hair brown/red
my food hunt
workout dumbells
GET AN AWESOME TATTOO
another piercing to go with
new balance dryfit apparel
nike running dryfit tee
splurging on sunglasses
COME BACK HOME!
lesser projects/schoolwork
another jar of jellybeans!
retain my 46kg
running machine
doritos nachos
cadbury icrecream tubs
up my fitness level
to get my HOT abs
to able to carry a scull by myself
get tanner under the sun!

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ain't so much of an avid blogger these days.

sorry guys, i just ain't so much of a blogger these days. i know i promised to blog every once in a while to update on how life is going for me down below but my fingers dont itch anymore for the keyboard. instead, im back to the old-fashion texting on my phone, which i reckon would pinch a small hole in my pockets the next time i get my bill:D

a whole month's passed already since my arrival here in perth on the 23rd of feb. during which, many of you would have been busy applying to your local universities upon receiving your A level results just earlier this month. i hope all's good?

anyway, during the past few weeks, much has happened of which i have yet to update you. but one at a time. we'll start with

anyway, ann made a bet with me. she reckons that DK would be unable to survive one month under his care, i gave him two- since we were both retrenched ha, we both bet on one donut since its all we can afford without pay salary.

we all moved on and found new jobs, others gave up on complaining on their loss and are now on their way to looking for new work. i found new work- aroma cafe near my place. the location's good- it's just 7 mins from my place meaning i can choose to work late on thursday nights when the shops open till 9.30pm and mum could fetch me home thereafter since its so near. my new bosses are sisters in partnership and they're really nice. the pay's not as good but it should be more than enough to tide over this economic downturn.

i went at 80km/hr!

i had driving lessons today from 9-11am. Rima wanted me to do a two-hour lesson with her instead as she reckons i need a lil more practice with the wheel. mum wldnt let me drive her car as yet- giving the reason she hasn't bought insurance to cover an under-25 driver. -_ -'' (i think she's just wary of me crashing her car- my reckless attitude deceives my image;) we drove all the way from thornlie to maddington and then to cannington, before taking leach highway home to thornlie after passing through canning vale.

today's lesson aint as bad as the previous week. i finally managed to lossen a lil bit of that tension from freaking out in the driver's seat. yes, like all beginners im nervous. and to make things worse- i had parents who only passed on the four go. haha! i guess its just being singaporean that makes me anxious whenever i sit behind the wheel. rima totally understands- she claims singaporean drivers are the worst she's ever seen (the way she puts it- reckless and no consideration for speed limits) i'll admit that part, dad just loves speeding sometimes.

in today's lesson, we made a few minor changes to accomodate to my small height, we didnt do that last week as i wasn't taught how to check my mirrors. so first thing, mirrors got adjusted. i had a seat cushion as i was too short to see the front of the car:D the wheel had to be brought down a notch to my level and what else? yeah i had to bring the seat forward so my feet could touch the brake and accelerator just nicely. (rolls eyes) 'here's the part where you laugh because im way short' yada... yada... yada... whatever.

i drove unto a curb twice today. haha! both times from making too sharp a turn around a bend, that after i made the turn, the car just went over the curb and was about to hit a bicycle stand when rima braked hard. seriously i was too short in my seat, i didnt even see the stand after we went on the curb. overall, she said it was an improvement from last week.

practice makes perfect. the only times when it doesnt is when you had a totally change of scenario. when we first started out, my roundabout turns were made really slowly so i could run the processes in my head before putting them in action. we practiced in a built-up area that had little traffic so i was pretty much in a world of my own/ that mentality screwed me over when we ventured into heavy-traffic areas that had 2-3 cars in the roundabout. rima had to accelerate for me using her own accelerator as i was taking my time around the roundabout. HAHA! seriously, i thought i was still in la-la land. now you could have guessed what happened right after when we returned to doing roundabouts in built-up areas again. i accelerated too fast this time- i lost control of my steering haha. ah well. hate it when the scenarios aint in your favour.

braking's still needs practice esp. my braking distance and roundabout turns still need fine-turning. other than that, i've learnt to check my mirrors and sideways before crossing an intersection or whilst at the roundabout. so yay! rima's favourite phrase on me ' amanda, you need to loosen your grip. feel the turn. ' -_ -'' i am so feeling it.

happy 21st birthday charmaine!

school's been a bore of late.

other than a whole group of faces in the crowd from a new year 1 batch of university students, everything at university seems the same. the great-tasting kebab store is still located near the tavern area. the tavern is still buzzing with its usual residents- good food and beer. oh, ha there's a new bar outside the tavern now- sellling red bull and weird fizzy drinks.

second week in curtin's already over- the excitement from orientation week and the rush to get school books at dirt cheap prices have seemed to died down considerably, though that still doesnt seem to have eliminated the amount of notices people have put up on boards in a desperate attempt to sell their secondhand books cheap.

this semester's units from first glance seem pretty decent. in case you dont know. im studying year two, semester one at curtin. im majoring in economics and finance. i dropped my earlier choice of HR management i promise you guys, lunch will be on me when i get my first paycheck:D- in two odd years? three if im given the opportunity to do honours.

this semester's units:

1. Macroeconomics 101 ( should be a breeze, i did that unit already in year 12 @ canning college)
2. Finance Introductory 102
3. Law Contract 101
4. Introduction to Econometrics 112 (horrible unit. need i say more? )

that reminds me. i did pretty well last semester for my units. although, mum wants to caution me not to try out that stunt (working during my exam week) again. she said i was lucky this time round.

1. Management 100 - D (no silly, its a distinction in case you're appalled by what i meant by 'pretty well')
2. Business Info. Sys 100 - D (horrible as well- the dreamweaver project nearly made me shit in my pants- mum thought i'll never breeze through the unit without repeating it again. computers make me cry.
3. Business Statistics 101 - HD
4. Economic Techniques 102 - HD