Monthly Archives: May 2007

And.That’s.How.It.Is.(Done).

After months of waiting, waiting, and waiting and frustration, and annoyance and mom’s nagging, I’ve finally got my official acceptance from Lund today! But what I’ve got from the acceptance ‘package’ are basically two copies of the accpetance letter - which in case I have to apply for VISA which by the way, I [...]

Financially strong, spiritually weak

Uni’s financial position strong – Annual Report
[ The University of Melbourne Voice Vol. 1, No. 6 28 May - 11 June 2007 ]
Fee income from international fee-paying students now represents core funding for University activities. 2006 international student fee income of $191.6 million placed the University as the leading international student fee [...]

Quote of the day #1

There are no regrets in life, only lessons.
- Jennifer Aniston.

Student Accommodation: Hong Kong v. Melbourne

For those who have missed the Melbourne Conversations (and me :-P), a number of papers presented in the event could now be retrieved at Transnational and Temporary’s website. If you do not have enough time or can’t be bothered to read all of them, I personally recommend you to read Adrian Burrage and Kate [...]

The City of ‘Creativity’?

Disclaimer: I am not religious in anyway.
I doubt that anyone would even think that the incident of CUHK’s student paper could lead to such outcome:
A spokesperson for Hong Kong’s Television and Entertainment Licensing authority (TELA) said it had received 838 complaints about the Bible by noon on Wednesday.
The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous [...]

The Epilogue…

I have learnt so much at tonight’s Melbourne Conversation. In fact, there’s so much that my mind is kinda boggled up. Anyway, here are some recollection:
Tim from RMIT pointed out that some cultures see complaining as inappropriate, thus international students often do not voice out. And even if they do, it probably [...]

Torch for 2008 Olympics

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2, originally uploaded by lenovophotolibrary.
Designed by Lenovo, it is absolutely the most b-e-a-u-tiful olympic torch I have ever seen. Love the subtle engraving, and lots of meanings behind. Modern yet reflecting our culture. [...]

From my 21st and so far…

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Janice on The Age, originally uploaded by Straußer.
So my 21st birthday has passed and so far… life could have been better - in fact, it could have been much better if I hadn’t lost my phone [...]

My 21st - Just another day with Crème brûlée

Bombarded by endless assignments and chores, this is just another day.  The only special thing is that I actually re-scheduled to work today.  Seems like something unconventional but that’s because my friend Ellen is landing in Melbourne today and I was hoping to spend more time with her with Friday-off.
We went to Tiff and my [...]