its finally thursday.. can feel weekend upon me.. gd time to.. been given so many assignments its not funny.. have gotten some pics from ski trip to queenstown from some frens(mine not saved onto usb just yet so have to wait while longer while i figure out how to do so frm my cam. sch wise has been like i said tough and busy but its still better than staying home wonder wat to do. been spending some time studying with frens at hostel so its been good.. room wise still messy but liveable.. haven cooked proper meal since moving in and well looking at the kitchen doubt i ever will at least here anyway.
frens wise still quite good but lol if only life was tat simple where everything is so peaceful.. haha oh well.. no one ever said life is smooth..
one of my close frens recently got hooked up and well i am supposed to feel happy for person but well opposite is tru.. feel glad for them bt at same time feel like crap for watever reason.. now dilemma is whether to just be there and stay silent or just mind my own biz and left it drift away( i dun exactly mean drinking myself silly altho tat is tempting haha..
cos wat i am sure is that looking at things are now.. frenship will never go anywhere cos generally one pple get attached they seem to drift away from frens.. so contemplating speeding the process since i wont lose much cept mayb herfrenship which one looking back has been well ok.. more time to contemplate this aspect of life and well tis is part tat sux.. next post will be of pics from trip from frens
enjoy

ah.. sigh back to sch tmr.. just got back from ski trip to queenstown and it was a blast had a great time took some nice shots and just hung out with my classmates and frens much more so it was all good will try to upload pics onto site soon. now the tough part comes, which is to crank up the engine to get back into study groove once again.. other than tat 2nd sem has been more intensive work wise and starting to get back on right track.. relationships wise.. still sux in tat dept.. but guess in order to set myself back on track and carry on with life, drastic times call for drastic measures.. wat do i mean? still working on tis aspect cos as much i as dun wan to resort to wat i had to do in spore.. the situatiion may call for it to be done one last time,, stil in the dark? oh well just my way of dealing with relationship probs no big deal.. ah yeah where was i.. have quite a few assignments and presentations due so have started to work on them now so that closer to time i wont be so stressed.. for now cant think of anymore to write about so ill leave more time for inspiration to come.. Cheers for now
APl

An so the day has once again passed in the 2nd last week of the mid semester break.. brings bittersweet thoughts as even though classes will resume soon after finding out my results which were less than satisfactory but were sufficient to keep me here whew.. the reality sets in that i have a lot of ground to cover .. as such will have to get back into the gear of studying even in the final week of the break. to top it off.. this is my second day in my 'new' flat and well even tho i get my space.. to be honest i still have a funny feeling bout this place.. a bit late but its not horrible enuff to regret just yet but other than its price and location, thats all the benefits it has actually the rest are just quirks which hopefully can be resolved asap. altho i save the money from taking a cab home. somehow still find it weird i just pray and hope this feeling will go away.. im ok with staying by myself its just that the accommodation now gives a veri diff vibe which i am and will be wary of. doesnt help this place doesnt have net so actually wrote this blog on wordpad before using uni internet to send it to blog.. sad 5 mths+ without internet at finger tips will be rough tats for sure.. less i stay at com lab but now too soon to say.. ill be honest im worried because given the circumstances i really hope to be able to survive here cos as optimistic i am presently well i have doubts just cant put finger on it
there are points i will miss staying with my aunt and well cons there are .. helped shape decision making process a bit
well in a surprising new feature bout me.. my walk with GOd has had it tough points here.. somehow church integration to elim isnt goin as smooth as i hoped and well up to now still bit shaky in it.. friend wise here have made many good friends and close frens .. altho journey has been interesting with diff characters.. whilst i had more frens in church in SG here most of frens are not from my church,, so i have a vast variety of pple who are quite diff to me in many aspects but have been able to adapt well here . In another bold move on my part to open up.. area of BGR in my life has been well less than ideal as well.. when i first came had a crush but didnt last cos of well overwhelming differences haha.. good thing it blew over reasonably fast.. now well there is someone interesting i know but well basically she's everything that i didnt expect i would fall for in a person.. however given present situation friendship is all we are and well would prob keep it this way for the time being as well , as much as i find her intruiging and mysterious, i have realised that things maynot be all they seem and so now am just taking it slow and observing to see what the future brings.. if things go well, which i hope they do then things may get interesting .However if nothing improves well if being friends is all we can be then its good enough for me. I have made the mistake of revealing feelings i have had for pple in the past and so far haha all have blown back in my face so now am goin to try and be wiser to sit tight. If the chance comes along great if not well that is life. I would rather she not hear it from me and make things awkward as friends cos i will not jeapordise this friendship because of my revelation. So even if she gets attached to someone else.. it wont realli phase me. my only concern and prayer is that she'll be happy and be with a guy of reasonable character and not end up with some jerk and end up getting hurt as eventhough these are beyond my control.. i wouldnt want it to happen to her let alone anyone else i noe.. as u can c this is a weird thing to say but for now its all i am feeling .who is this mystery gal? haha wouldnt u like to noe.. if it is meant to be u'll know if not then well some times are just left unexplained .
haha realise this is realli un-Andrew like but guess in my journey to become a better person this time of reflecting is sort of necessary and well sharing with family/frens is something which i want to do.. even if someone else comes along at least they can read this tragic/ or not interesting blog .. ah well getting late and shld be getting some slp night so tats all for blog on sun 9 jul 3am nz time..
AnDreW

greetings to whoever still reads this.. have been dead quiet here first of exams and now becos its too boring with nothing to do i have decided to revive this pretty much dead blog.. well not tat i have anything better to do anyway.. miss spore so much cos here there's absolutely nothing to do unlike spore where is a city tat never sleeps.. counting months till i return and go wild(in a manner of speaking at least) ..
The prev posts was taken on sun , it was a fishing trip with me and my uncle from singapore. he was teachig me how to fish and the little thing in the bag is a small fish i caught but released cos was too small to be worth cooking.. oh well u win some u lose some.. and at a point in my stay where im a bit anxious cos firstly i may be moving to flat out by myself and secondly cos im not sure if i can make it to the 2nd sem .. the reasons are as follow's the papers were much harder than i expected so as prepared as i was.. somehow seemed a bit below standard.. so praying like mad tat will get thru and now have been looking arnd for place cos taking a 10 buck cab right when i want to go home at night is not veri fun.. not to mention cold standing waiting for it to arrive.. ah well other than tat same old same old trying to lose weight but dumb cold not making it any easier. option is when flat out since cant cook well prob end up eating less and will still lose weight only not by choice haha .. anyways will blog again soon when boredom strikes(which is prob tmr) later all
ApL(frozen in DnD)

haiz.. 4 down 2 to go.. exams i mean.. been so busy with papers haven blogged in a while.. anyways since 2 more to go gonna to have to go all out cos past few papers have been hard and lol a bit worried may not make it.. which will be sad considering realli wanna do well and get to uni.. holidays are coming up as well but for now have no idea wat to do am hoping to be able to travel and take some pics cos site a bit sparse now. wil input some pics from my class dinnner.. erm quite some time ago but haven had chance to post them.. here are a few
of them

sigh... today official marks the time left before exams to a week.. 7 days of all out mugging.. not fun but for desperation sake i gotta.. well for all those who think i didnt study.. i did just didnt memorise them well now its time to memorise them. cos for a few of my subj's i know generally wat its about hard part is to get into details which can be a bit hazy..Winter has set it and well only few days and im already missing spore heat and sun.. woke up tis morning freezing while wearing 3 layers of clothing..(ok fine fine they were quite thin layers)
gd thing is tat ive started studying in lib.. bad thing is i have transport probs cos stay a bit too far away.. anyways taking time to update blog before exam and hopefully will have time to update it again soon later
APL

Morning World.. anyways a new day to face new things.. from a fresh perspective(and a few hrs to slp on it) well honestly from a purely christian perspective.. i shld just take it and learn from it.. so as crappy as i feel and stuff i guess i will always be the dumb sucker who cares for others whether they appreciate it or not.. guess its in built in my dna.. just figured no matter how some treat u.. in the long run it;ll pay off.. anyways so off to farmers market then to choir then to badminton then to study grp then to dinner at aunts frens house.. wow quite a day if u ask me but at least can reflect on events that have occured lately.. Guys in singapore in CM.. miss u guys heaps

Ol' Reliable A-P-L

Haah.. after few days, finally decided time to update blog(yeah yeah andrew's getting slack.. must be the cold) its getting real cold here in dunedin.. but haha still no where near full on in winter... things getting busy as exams in less than a month.. started revision but lol its realli a lot to cover will be attempting to go full on for alll my subjects.. other than tat so far nothing realli fascinationg happening here other than mugging and trying to keep warm.. and lose weight but seems impossible as colder it gets more seem to eat to keep warm.. anyways pretty much settled here tried to get used to weather but easier said than done.. am hoping wont get to freeze cos as muc i wan to c snow i wan to survive to go home and enjoy xmas.. haven been able to add pics cos well have pretty much been stuck here.. and im not the sort of person who takes pics of myself and well i my opinion hah will never b.. rather be photographer than subject.. wil try to update more but hah since exams here have to actually put more work in so yeah bookworm andy coming soon
till next post peace out

whew thnx heaven its fri haha the weekend is upon us.bout time too almost dying in economics cos replacement teacher realli bites.. for some reason she seems to enjoy picking me to ask me stuff which i have no idea bout thnx to her "interesting " way of teaching.. hang in there... 1 more week b4 king of econs simon gets back then haha bye bye evil lady.. gives me more incentive not to attempt any more econs after tis.. well tat remains to be seen tho

other than tat week was quite ok with few interesting moments but overall it was tiring. am starting to get stressed cos exams are in bout a month.. so haha now panicking but frantically goin thru my work.. no more slacking arond time to work till wee hours of morning(as if i can survive anyway)
anyways since pretty much stuck in here maynot have many more pics to show but will post some of asean nite which was quite a big sucess and which i had part(albeit small) to play in .. good thing is im not in tat many photos and trust me its better for us all. u'll c why when i post pics

(bad hair day)...

Wil post again asap ..Ciao

hi these are some of the pics taken from my trip to fiordland enjoy ;)

sigh.. in case ur wondering wat im doin at home blogging on a sun morning cos i've come down with a cough and well i've been advised to stay home and keep germs to myself.. which would be a good cept for the fact that i have never missed church as far back as i can remember.. Even in Trinity if i was slightly sick i would still attend but well in this case not really up to me. Was encouraged to stay home.. so well no use trying to change anything. Prob listen to sermons online and listen to worship cd's as a substitute (even if it is a bad replacement). well easter brk is pretty much over and well time to start goin all out for studies . no more taking things easy i have a lot at stake and have no intention of messing it up. Hard to believe a week of rest has passed so fast. Gotta start getting ready for school and switch back to studyin mode. This term is much shorter than the first so there'll be a lot more at stake so for my sake better not screw it up. however something has come to my attention which i feel like posting.. well basically i have no idea who actually reads this but heck those that noe me know im a pretty average person who believes God and takes things pretty seriously. However since coming here i feel something has changed bout me. To be honest i have no idea what it is but i know something has changed and well still unsure if its for better or worse. Its not my core values that have changed cos i still take them veri seriously. But deep down.. i know something is diff and well have to find out what it is ASAP. all i know is that i dun feel as connected to TCC as i feel at Elim.. somehow in TCC everione seemed friendlier.. dun get me wrong pple in elim r friendly its just tat.. for me after service at TCC is time where can fellowship with frens but here in elim after service pple break into their smaller cliques and disappear so in the end im left standing like a blooming fool.. it could be just me but in the terms of hanging out with fellow believers this is one of the biggest things i miss about TCC.. but elim has its strong points for one the worship is good .. cell wise or lifegroup wise. well its all right tho still getting used to all guy all girl cell settings.(haha its gonna mess with my system when i return)
i still read the word and pray but still the whole setting here in dunedin i find highly strange and well even after being here for nearly 5 months still not as settled as i would like to be. ah well prob think and reflect bout it and will post thoughts here..

Hey to whoever reads tis
am currently packing for trip to fiordland aka milford sounds.. heard from frens scenery is nice so looking forward to trip.. hopefully it'll be a nice trip cos well its taken up good portion of my restful brk lol.. anyway here are some pics that i have taken recently

hi all just to update whoever reads this.. i am currently on easter brk(yeah no sch)
.. am currently basically lazing round but will goin on a trip on fiordland or milford sound on tues till thur . organised by Foundation Year so looking forward to it.
Reasonable good news is that so far in first sem i have managed to be quite well (in my opinion that is) i managed to get 7.7 GPA which to me is ok but not for long intend to hit 8 soon . so for now on brk but will start hitting the books soon.. wan to prove to myself that i can still study. Thnkfully had made quite a few frens here so lol have been quite busy past few nights but will prob stop soon to concentrate on studies more. That said i'll still go out but mayb not tat much cos my priority is to move on to uni so yeah full steam ahead .. but for now taking it ez cos have been quite busy past few weeks of sch
well here in nz surprisingly everything closes most of time on fri and sun. so on these days there're like no buses so transportation has been bad.
have had to walk 1 hr out from home a few times but well good exercise for me as feel myself gaining A BIT of weight.. but hah no excuse to get fat so prob help to burn off a bit
things have been quite ok adapting reasonably well but the weather is quite hard to predict so have had my share of freezing my rear off cos didnt think it would get cold suddenly..
miss family and frens in spore quite a bit cos well frens i make here are great but still miss everyone loads.. looking forward to return in 7 months.. anyway till next entry have a gr8 brk to al;l
ANdReW OuT

greetings to whoever reads my blog.. erm not sure if anyone does but yeah so far been quite a busy week cos had to prepare nz studies test and presentation.. other than tat FY has been ok .. had a class dinner with tutor . julie and well its was quite fun.. had bbq chix but for me its weird that didnt have much of appetite.. for those who know me well that happens really rarely.. anyways after tht headed to play pool with frens but ended up being thrashed 6-1 for some reason.. (too long haven played i guess) but it was a good time had fun time with frens.. and yeah so i feel it was a sucess .. other than tat did quite well for mid - sem tests other than maths which i really sux at. but yeah looking forward to trip to fiordland and will share ppics when can.. so other than tat things are goin well here miss everyone in spore lots.. will update soon
ANdrew

hi all.. hmm must be wondering why am im posting at 220 AM
well simple reason came back from frens birthday party and tho sad to say it i was bored out of my wits.. it was to celebrate my fren yusiof's bday that had passed on tues. on the whole gathering other than him i only knew 5 other pple from foundation. Rest of pple have never met before.. somehow i felt it was quite a quiet and uneventful evening and hopefully this wont happen again if not ill prob quit the whole b-day party thingy.. other than tat wk has been ok and so far managing ok as well in sch.. hope rest of weekend will be more interesting
ANDREW out

hard to believe have been away for 4 months already.. ah well pretty much settled into life here quiet and even more quiet.. miss singapore loads.. work is getting harder each wk and so busy and can get quite stressed not funny anymore.. other than tat things have been pretty good.. haven blogged much cos nothing much to rant and rave about haha as u can prob tell most of previous posts were loads of junk so they're pretty redundant after a while.. have some pics but have yet to upload them just yet.. gotta vet thru them first cos well i like taking pics of things and people but not of myself. anyhows.. for now thats bout it gotta prep for sch laterz