My thoughts at the moment

Well, umm. I'm just biding my time here till my parents come online.

I've uploaded tons of photos at http://andrexng.gfoto.com. Click "Detailed list" in order to access other new photo albums. Last Friday, there was a floor in night which my floor girls and I dressed up as cowboys and red indians, clown around and pose with other equally interesting characters. Its much better than that other floor in night last semester.

Oh. My parents have come online.

What will you do if you keep seeing news that announce the Pakistan earthquake, Katrina hurricanes, bird flu? Donate? Pray? Get your friends, family and relatives to come donate for the cause? Go straight there to help out?

I also wonder how my good friends especially those friends whose loved ones have passed away are coping with their lives. Hope things are not too bad for them too. God bless you guys too.

Anyway my old friend's sister sent me that wedding website and it is so beautiful. I'm happy for her - she is finally getting married after so many trials and tribulations in her life.

What the heck... Why am I still surfing?

Will post a few photos of Floor In Night and other events sometime (erm if I am in a gd mood, I guess)

Alright gonna resume my readings - I am going to do a 1,500 word essay for a subject. Sighs. I hate writing essays. Till then.

Snapshots of Sydney

Drooling already? hehe... 2 weeks ago, I went shopping with a few Baxter friends for a while. My friend went into the chinese bakery shop and I also went in cause of the attractive cakes! Click! There you are. Yummy strawberries! I love them and I think I gonna be another Strawberry the Shortcake!

This is Paddy's Market in the city. Its the version of pasar malam.

Nice?? Hee, I just thought it would be lovely to capture the colourful flags as the wind blew.


I know its very dark. I was just bored and started taking pictures as my friends and I were waiting for our bus to arrive and bring us home. That's the clock tower of the Central Railway Station that I used to take trains with my sister to go to Gosford and way back to Sydney.


Who is that lucky girl? Yup we saw a plane forming that name and even a heart in the sky!


That same evening, while on way to church, I saw lovely plants and flowers hanging from that shelter that overlooked the UNSW quadrangle building. But again it was so dark that the plants couldnt been seen clearly.


Looks like winter time, right? However that was spring time. Again there were lovely white flowers blooming on that tree.


This is Marouba Beach. Finally I went to one of the beaches in Sydney! It was so breath-taking! (Although the strong winds messed up my hair!) I was there to celebrate my classmate's simple birthday party near the Rockpool. It was some distance away from that beach.

Dont know what those wooden things were used for? It would look great if the sky didnt look gloomy.


This is Mahon Pool. As I walked closer, I realised that was a swimming pool! Yes! Its a part of the ocean!

It looks like those two people were visiting a tombstone but it was actually a moument etched on that top of the cliff. The clouds were gathering as if they were ready to rain anytime! And they did. I liked that photo although it looked dark. Anyway after taking that photo, I ran to my classmate and her friends since they have packed up by the time it was drizzling. It was so breath-taking when I walked up near the top of the ground/cliff overlooking the ocean. My mind went "WOW!". Too bad it was starting to rain and I couldnt enjoy it more. :(

I was walking towards that cliff and saw that lonesome sunflower (yeah its not a sunflower but looks like one, right?). It was a sign of hope as the dark clouds gathered, ready to rain.

By the time my classmate's friends drove me back, I saw those lovely flowers hanging over the Baxter senior fellow's house. They smelt nice too.

Heehee you must be wondering why I keep taking photos of flowers. I think flowers look lovely in Australia! Those orange flowers were blooming in winter/spring time and they were near the building that is seen in that photo. That buliding is actually Baxter.

Beautiful right? "See, I told you so" :p

By the way, I'll be going to a Lebanese restaurant with B3 girls (my floor mates) tonight since its a Floor Out Night. And we will be also acting as Red Indians and Cowgirls next Friday for Floor In Night.

Till then!

Hot Afternoon

Its the first time I'm feeling soooooooooo HOT! Yeah feels like summer time although its supposed to be spring time! And its the first time I'm using a fan to cool me! My big sis had bought me that fan last Feb but I never used it till now! Reminds me of Singapore's weather....

Ok. Got to do work now. Tata!

Thoughts on Animal Logic & movies that I have watched last week

Just finished surfing Animal Logic's official website (http://www.animallogic.com/). Happened to come across it (now, why didnt I surf on that site ??? I have known long about that company but never went to its site!) thanks to those fellow BDM students' COFA's discussion posts.

After surfing that site, I realised that those visual effects of "The Matrix" trilogy, Hero and other films were produced from that company! Also, I see alot of Oz commericals on TV everyday without knowing they are also produced from the same one! What's more, I live so near that production facility! And even some tutors once worked there!

Animal Logic is everywhere!

So what did I do last week?

Er.. actually I was more of a slacker but my project classmates saved me from feeling lousy for the whole week. We did some of the works for the 3D animation clip. Its about a little crazy firefly breaking off the Christmas light at the Xmas tree. Only 15 secs long. Not there yet.

A wonderful friend whom I befriended at the Catholic mass a few weeks ago, lent me some movie dvds (Awesome Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, The MotorCycle Diaries, Whisper of the Heart & The Place Promised in Our Early Days).

If you can, do watch FF VI:AC (http://na.square-enix.com/dvd/ff7ac/). Its packed with mind-blowing and adrenaline-fulled actions and really cool stuff! I wont spill more beans. :p I suggest you guys watch this one.

Che Guevara. Looks familiar? Erm, if you are an avid reader of political stuff, then u will know what i'm talking about. Nah I dont really go into politics that much. I wont be interested in politics unless they are featured in interesting movies. Heh.

Anyway the Motorcycle Diaries is based on a communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara (http://www.che-lives.com/)'s journey and its quite inspiring. After watching it and realising its based on a true story, I went on the net and read up more on him. Actually we all have seen his famous trademark face on T-shirts or any other stuff selling at shops & pasar malams (night markets). I didnt know his name although I kinda knew he was something of a rebel. It set me thinking.. it would be really cool if a deaf person can be like him and fight for deaf awareness and rights. Just to add to this.. Just had a short conversation with my floormate whom I lent that dvd to. Having recalled his speech to Peru people in that movie, I could feel his strong passion for people living in South America. He saw that it would be good if every state in South American could be "merged". My floormate said he's also controversial and lots of people dont support his beliefs (although young people look up to him). I understand better on why some people support communism - the answer can be found in that movie. Do I support communism, you might ask? Well it depends... on what kind of situation we are in. What about you?

Whisper of the Heart (http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mimi/)... uh-huh, havent watched the whole movie cause it didnt have english subtitles despite the dvd cover claiming it got english subtitles (lousy packaging!). Its from the same studio that made Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.

"The Place Promised in Our Early Days" anime
was ok.. I mean its storyline was okay but there were nice and colourful drawings of landscapes and characters. It would baffle me if there was a true story about it. Have you ever heard of the tower that seemed to be reaching for the sky (impossibly tall!) and people wanting to reach them as if the tower was their object of desire? (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/reviews/display.php?id=794)


Alright. How are you guys? Hope everything is going well on your side. Take care.