I did a count
...
8
11
15
equals 34.
Thats the number of train stations I travelled throught today -- ONE way. Double that for the amount of time I've spent travelling on the Met this glorious Sunday.
Stop 1 on the bright and sunny Sunday - Sandringham. As part of Desiyah's commitment to supporting environmental sustainability, we headed to Sandringham beach for some clean-up activities. Minus the guys, that is. Since all the guys were MIA and left the girls with only some rats to keep us company. Yes thats right - rats. Apparently its a known fact that there's rats around the pathway + bushes. So be warned - the rats are mostly at the walkpath area and not the beach down there.
We saw 3 rats in a space of less than 2 hours. O M I G O D. yuck. Made my skin tingle. The lengths we go to, for the program hahha.. could include that in our submission for year-end. Unfortunately no pics of the gray-brown rats.
Photos will be up soon. Took the opportunity to take some shots. Sandringham's a really nice beach. Being abit jakun and anti-social lately, haven't been roaming around Melb as much as I'd like to.
Having a raging headache now. Its the hols but I still don't have time to sleep. &$@%$% tomorrow morning heading to uni. Then hopefully go salon for a haircut (seriously haven't had time to go for one recently), then if there's time, pop by the NGV Intl. Then meeting in Clayton as usual. Or maybe I should just come back and get some sleep before the meeting?
aahh decide tomorrow le. Tonight staying up again doing some work..
before I end:
Recommended book/reading for the day is "Double Vision: Asian Accounts of Australia", edited by Alison Broinowski 2004. refer PandanusBooks for more info.
Basically its a collection of short essays on how Australia's perceived by people from the Asian region. I managed to finish the entire book while travelling on the Met today (waiting/on train) so it's considered "light" reading material. Only 161 pages, it provides a glimpse into how Aus is viewed by Asians. But the main limitation is that essays don't come from all over the Asian region. There's nothing substantial from South-East Asia for instance. But otherwise it provides a sufficient intro to raise the reader's interest.
Was most interested in this essay "Haigui: A Keyword for 2003" by Ouyang Yu. "Haigui" is a new Chinese word combination that means a return to China from overseas. Previously I've heard some talk on this new "word". Interestingly Ouyang Yu further explores "banhaigui" (half-hai gui) meaning people who shuttle between China and another country, or people who have dual citizenship / PR. He also talks about "buhaigui" phenomenon meaning refusing to return to China. To know more bout what he observed, read the book!
8
11
15
equals 34.
Thats the number of train stations I travelled throught today -- ONE way. Double that for the amount of time I've spent travelling on the Met this glorious Sunday.
Stop 1 on the bright and sunny Sunday - Sandringham. As part of Desiyah's commitment to supporting environmental sustainability, we headed to Sandringham beach for some clean-up activities. Minus the guys, that is. Since all the guys were MIA and left the girls with only some rats to keep us company. Yes thats right - rats. Apparently its a known fact that there's rats around the pathway + bushes. So be warned - the rats are mostly at the walkpath area and not the beach down there.
We saw 3 rats in a space of less than 2 hours. O M I G O D. yuck. Made my skin tingle. The lengths we go to, for the program hahha.. could include that in our submission for year-end. Unfortunately no pics of the gray-brown rats.
Photos will be up soon. Took the opportunity to take some shots. Sandringham's a really nice beach. Being abit jakun and anti-social lately, haven't been roaming around Melb as much as I'd like to.
Having a raging headache now. Its the hols but I still don't have time to sleep. &$@%$% tomorrow morning heading to uni. Then hopefully go salon for a haircut (seriously haven't had time to go for one recently), then if there's time, pop by the NGV Intl. Then meeting in Clayton as usual. Or maybe I should just come back and get some sleep before the meeting?
aahh decide tomorrow le. Tonight staying up again doing some work..
before I end:
Recommended book/reading for the day is "Double Vision: Asian Accounts of Australia", edited by Alison Broinowski 2004. refer PandanusBooks for more info.
Basically its a collection of short essays on how Australia's perceived by people from the Asian region. I managed to finish the entire book while travelling on the Met today (waiting/on train) so it's considered "light" reading material. Only 161 pages, it provides a glimpse into how Aus is viewed by Asians. But the main limitation is that essays don't come from all over the Asian region. There's nothing substantial from South-East Asia for instance. But otherwise it provides a sufficient intro to raise the reader's interest.
Was most interested in this essay "Haigui: A Keyword for 2003" by Ouyang Yu. "Haigui" is a new Chinese word combination that means a return to China from overseas. Previously I've heard some talk on this new "word". Interestingly Ouyang Yu further explores "banhaigui" (half-hai gui) meaning people who shuttle between China and another country, or people who have dual citizenship / PR. He also talks about "buhaigui" phenomenon meaning refusing to return to China. To know more bout what he observed, read the book!
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