WONDERING WHERE I'M AT?

I'M MOVED!

After such a long time, i am finally able to move on. Memories is what kept me here for the past 3 years, and I think a change would be good.

Site's still going to be open. Wanna dig my past? Here should be a good place!

Check her out!

So how many of you watches one tree hill season 5? If you do, then you should be able to recognize the person that I'm about to introduce. She's Mia- the singer that Peyton signed for her "record" company.

Well, i do love music but I don't really notice good tunes, esp from TV shows until almost the end of the show. One tree hill is NOT ending, but I received a myspace invite from Kate Voegele, i am not sure if its the real her but it should be cos many artist becomes famous from Myspace.

It was the typical, "I can see you are a fan of one tree hill, check out my tunes" and I did. I start noticing her and her songs on the show, and i really really like them. My kinda music, if you know what I mean. Her voice is awesome and she's really talented. I mean come on, a chick who plays the guitar, piano and sings. I am so inspired! I so wanna be able to that as well.. I am not sure if she has an album, but I think she does and I so want to buy it. So people, introducing to you KATE VOEGELE

Her popularity is going to boost, its only a matter of time! Her acting skills are pretty good as well. See, multi-talented and pretty! So, check her out!

Jocelyn Bong has a sickness

JOCELYN BONG HAS A NEW PHONE!!!
Thats right, you heard it right! I got a new phone.. Told you I have a sickness, I couldn't resist!
So I got a plan for 3 so every month I pay $49 and I get this phone for free after two years. I'm loving it! Did you know I walk out of the shop without spending a dime, not a dime! I walked out of the shop with a NEW PHONE! If you must know, i'm loving my "shake shake" phone.

And my old phone, not so old (7 months old?) is in Rehab. Well, I'm keeping it for Brunei use. HAHA I indeed have a sickness, I have never used a phone for more than a year, maybe I did but its only a little bit over a year.... Basically NEVER more than one year. I have been changing from one phone to another ever since I got my first phone. Ohhh! my first phone, Samsung. Brings back lots of memories. I actually hop from one brand to another and I finally settled at Sony Ericsson, my past 3 phones were Sony Ericsson. I love SONY!

Everyone is using Sony nowadays, i guess its "in". Nokia users are switching to Sony.

I love my phone because:

• the trackID works, it actually tells you what song it is.
• the internet works awesomely, just like i'm on a laptop, except I'm not.
• I can find out where I am if I'm lost, there's a map. GPS, they call it.
• it changes song when I shake.
• its a slidey phone (my first slide phone).
• I can watch TV on it.
• It tells me the weather.

In conclusion, having a phone here is AWESOME. All the functions work!

What I miss and don't!

So, this is my third week in the land of Brissie, I don’t hate this place. To be honest, Brisbane is a great place- a great place to study, to shop, to walk around and etc.

BUT, I am still adapting. No one can get used to anything straight away, I guess it takes time. I have finally moved into my own house, slowly settling down and getting use to the everyday routine.

So what do I miss?

• My car (not mine but I drive it so that makes it mine)

Travelling in busses is tiring. Three weeks of bus riding and I’m still not used to it. Oh man, four or more years of bus. As you know, I’m a super last minute person so I always miss the bus by a few minutes or less. It’s a Jocelyn thing I think, missing the damn bus. I’m too used to walking out of the house and into the car and drive out instead of getting out of the house, walk down the road to the bus stop and hop on the next bus that comes.

It takes about 45 minutes or more to get to campus during peak hour. Plus walks in between. At least five minutes of walk but that’s not so bad as getting back. I’m still not so familiar with the busses and stuff so I use the long way from campus to the city, then back to Taringa, where I stay. Instead of taking the normal bus to the central, I take the free shuttle to Garden’s point and then I make my way to the central, which takes me about 15 minutes or less if I walk fast enough

• My new bunch of friends (and of course the old one’s as well)

Just hanging out with them is pretty much the entertainment of most of my days; there are new stories everyday and new jokes as well.

I miss the yamcha-ing, drinking, karaoke-ing, gambling , road trips, club hoping, playing basketball as well but knowing me, I’m lazy like half of the time and I always turn up one hour late, especially for basketball.

Then again, I have no friends here yet. But even if I did, I would still miss them lots. Seeing someone everyday, and suddenly not is a dramatic change.

And of course, my other friends as well

• My mum

Even though I talk to her or sms her almost every single day but no doubt, I still miss her a lot.

I miss driving her out, talking to her (even though half of time she is not listening to me), arguing with her, the nags on how I don’t spend enough time with her (she doesn’t even LISTEN to me) and etc. HAHA I miss mommy!

• The Brunei time

Everything seems faster here. Everyone walk fast here. OMG! I miss the slow Brunei and time seems to fly because surprisingly I have been here for almost three weeks already.

When I first arrived, I would purposely jet lag myself like instead of it being 10 I would convince myself its 8. But note, I only jet lag myself at night. I just don’t bother when its morning. All mornings seem the same to me. I hate mornings.

For the record, while EVERYONE is walking fast, I’m right behind- catching up! Walking slowly, taking my time (now, you know why I always miss the damn bus).

What I don’t miss?

• The mall

Malls and shops here are way better. There are more selection in clothing and the quality and styles here are so much better. Now, you understand why I can’t stop shopping. After all I do need a new wardrobe, since I’m in a new setting.

Shopping is awesome here. If any of you decides to come visit Brisbane, ring me up or BEG for my number then ring me up. I wouldn’t mind taking you around that gives me more reason to shop.

• My house

To be honest with everyone, I reckon the house here is better though it’s rented. It’s a town house, not a “small” house like what I thought. It has two bedrooms (for my brother and I) and the bedrooms are on the third floor, the kitchen and living room are on the second floor and the ground floor is the garage and laundry area. Did I mention, I have a HUGE veranda. It’s just awesome.

I know right, I have to walk up so many stairs everyday just to get to my room. It gets tiring but its good exercise, I guess. Visit brissie and you can come stay with me as well.

My room isn’t big but it’s quite spacious because I kind of rearranged my room to make it bigger. Obviously, my brother got the bigger room because he is “older” along with all the crap reasons he gave me. I don’t really mind my room, I kind of like it. Oh, the living room is sleep-able as well so you’ll be fine if you do drop by.

• The weather

Brunei is freaking hot. It gets hot here as well but sometimes just for a short while. But if it does get hot here, the good thing is we can wear as little clothes as possible and not get stared at. It has four seasons here, its summer now but the weather is fairly good.

The weather here is dry. Unlike Brunei hot and humid, its hot and dry here. So yes, my whole face is dried up and I reckon I can peel off one layer of my skin. But besides that, I really like the weather here.

So, obviously what I miss is more than what I don’t. In conclusion, I MISS HOME. I reckon I’ll give it one more year, or until I make enough friends to take my mind off what I miss.

People here likes to use the word “reckon” so I’m trying to fit in, you know get the ball rolling. HAHA! Sorry for the sudden lack of updates, I just moved in like days ago and there was no Internet. Dude, everyone here communicate through Internet. I missed a meeting because I didn’t check my mails for like two days. That’s crazy. Finally, I got it! Life does not seem so meaningless after all.

I am in desperate need of printer. I have lots of notes to print out and lots of readings to do. Internet can be said to be my LIFE! Oh, what do I do if I didn’t have Internet? In class, I feel so dumb because I haven’t done any readings and printed out lectures or tutorial notes. I see a busy weekend for myself, just reading the craps and “understanding” them.

I switched to Mozilla firefox, I'm sorry if the wordings are screwed up, in terms of size. This sucks!

daughtry knows it!

"I was blown away (literally).
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense.
You've taken away everything,
And I can't deal with that.
I try to see the good in life (here, in brissie),
But good things in life are hard to find..."

For now, this song is my inspiration. The lyrics really reflect me, not the same way it reflected him but in my own ways. As I learn last year in Media clas, yadaa yadaa yadaa.. I won't go much deeper into what I learn last year. Its a bore!

Sorry for the lack of upates, the internet at home ain't set up yet. Yea, i suffer. All i do at home is watch Tv shows, lots of TV shows.. and think of what I wanna blog about on Microsoft word and attempt to read my lecture notes, and textbooks.

As you know, I'm taking Education here and the education here is very different from where I come from so yes, EXTRA READINGS FOR ME. To make myself not feel so left out in class, I reckon thats the only solution for now. For the record if you must know, I made friends. Like a few, mostly white and one korean. They're quite nice i suppose but...

You know, i just notice how anti-social I am. Maybe its because I'm not from this country and I find it relatively hard to make friends.

Oh, I bought a new phone! You wanna know more about my new phone go google search on Sony Ericsson W990i and I'll detail it more on another post when I get my internet.

Yes, I have no internet yet. Still waiting, should be by today cos I received a "modem" early this morning. I'm now in Abby and Cassy's house, they are busy cooking dinner and i'm here, doing this. HAHA Oh, and I still can't stop shopping, but I'm learning "self control" if not I can say BYE BYE to food!

Love love

Sleeping is an activity, not free time.

I got back from my 4 hours class and slept. Suddenly I got a call, it was Abby.

Me- Hello
Abby-Eh are you home?
Me- Yea
Abby- What you doing?
Me-Sleeping?
Abby- Oh! So you free the whole afternoon?
Me- Nooo, I'M BUSY! I'M SLEEPING!
Abby- Why you so grouchy? Blablabla.... (and goes on about how grouchy I am)

HAHA i thought this convo was funny! But at that time, I was kind of grouchy. I said I was sleeping and she asked me whether I was free this afternoon.. What the heck was that about? HAHA Then when I went down to open the door for Cass in my boxers, there was abby outside the lift! HAHAHA i heard i look like a zombie coming out of the lift. HEHE

Things change when the environment change

As one of my journey ends,
Another begins, I'm glad to say that after being here for several days, I'm finally getting the fact that I'm in a whole other country in my head. Though at times i still purposely make myself jet lag. Like how i would think its Brunei time instead of Brissie time.

My first day in the city and I found Easy way.. Oh this just reminds me of home!

My bus rides, oh! over here my only source of transportation is the bus. And I only know how to get from St Lucia to the city and Garden's point to Kelvin Grove. The rest of the route I'm stil very blur.
Nothing reminds me of Brunei more than this flag! After all I did stay in Brunei my whole life, you can't expect me to adapt that fast! =( I'm not superman.

Oh I'm soooo not satisfied with my ID card, the day before I did my Id card I did not have enough of sleep so the next morning i look like as if I was dying, you should've seen those eyebags. DAMN IT WAS HUGE.

So as i was sitting down there ready to smile, the lady took an unusually long time to look for my info so i kinda got lazy and when she said "1, 2, 3 SMILE" I was like "errrr......" and then my face turned out like THAT.

The first shirt i bought from Brissie. The brand is UGLY LITTLE BITCH!!

I've been staying with Abby and Cassy for the past few days. They live in the city so everything is pretty easy for me. I kinda know the roads but thats if you dont take a detour. I only know how to go straight! Tomorrow night, i'll be moving to my own accomadation in a suburb, Taringa. YEA!!!! i can't wait to have my OWN room.. I wanna stick things on my wall =)

Thats what Brissie's all about, THE CITY!

P.s- I havent took any pictures in the Uni yet so I think I will soon. AND when I do, I will post them up.

Lots of love!!!

Just something I came across,

I miss... all the photo sessions.

Anyways, class starts tomorrow for me. My first lecture, omg i dont know how i feel.. Excited? I guess. Today, i met up with my brother to do the accomodation stuff and then walked around a bit. He showed me the place where they sell cheap DVDs and CDs, pretty awesome!

OMG class starts tomorrow. Assignments, Study! OMG i haven't gone to class for almost 3 months. Damn! I have to adjust now.

Bus 421

Hey guys, miss me yet?

I am not settled yet, as I can't move in to my accomodation yet until maybe Thursday. So i'm currently a nomad moving from one place to another. Heh!? I have been here for almost 3 days. I have actually accomplish quite alot in this three days. I am getting used to the public transport life. I sat on the bus, and city cat (a boat thingy) but I'm yet to go on a train.

I have also explored the city a bit. I walked around and I am starting to remember some places. Cassy taught me which bus I should get on from wherever to wherever.

This place is awesome, but there is no where better than home. Maybe its because, I just arrived here and still have not met people on my own yet. I am only here for 3 days, give me a break!

Today, Uni starts so I went to campus to enroll and pick my timetables. I think I am the LAST to enroll so my classes are so damn sucky. I have full day class on Wednesday, one class on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Crazy right! I have four classes on Wednesday.. FOUR, FOUR, I SAID FOUR! haha

Brisbane, Hmmmm, Brisbane is filled with white people. Especially my campus, I think i only see 30% Asian.. It's crazy! You know how they say, Melbourne and Perth is filled with Asians, well not here!

Food here, its okay but its very expensive! This afternoon I ate Japanese Curry and that plate cost me AUD $8.80 and you know how i never finish my food, well I didnt finish it! So expensive! Stuff here is super duper wuper expensive!

Today, I also open a bank account- ALL BY MYSELF! So damn proud of myself..

Hopefully I get to move in on Thursday, HOPEFULLY my brother gets the key by then. I really want to move in to a place on my own so I can design my room. HAHA My class on thurs is at 4-6pm so i'm thinking if i should move in before or after. AHHH! If before then I have to come back to the city and then to Kelvin Grove, if after it might be too late. Coonfuseee!!!!

Ah well, I'm done for now. I'm missing the new bunch, maybe because I hang out with them everyday and suddenly I am in a different atmosphere, time zone and I don't see them. Totally weird! I don't even see my regular friends everyday, except Tracy but she ain't regular (she's too special to be regular ;) HAHA) BUT yea, I see them everyday.. So, its weird NOT!!

Well, I should go now.

Love love.

Finally, Brissie.

You cannot imagine how badly I wanted the aeroplane to U-turn but then again, thats impossible. I reached Brissie and the first person I saw is non other than my fellow Bruneian, Abby the butthead. She was nice enough to pick me up from the airport, but everybody knows with intention (I have her new phone). I keep going on about how we're in the wrong country. "We're in the FREAKIN wrong country!!!'

I miss home and all my friends back home. Since I can't go home anytime soon so... I'm just going to enjoy my life to the fullest. I'm now living with Becky and Cait and will be moving in to my own house with my brother on thursday. And classes starts on monday but I havent enrolled yet so I'm going to campus on Monday to enroll.

Ahoy matey!

The airport scene

The airport scene was pretty but up to the end, I just could not hold it in any longer. Thank you friends for making it to the airport, eventhough some came super last minute, but I know you guys have the heart.

I still hate airports.

Funny story, she came after I went in. So just for her, I came back out to take a photo and hug her goodbye before I had to go back in again. It was sad! I was alreadyy crying. So this last photo, must be posted!

Thanks Uncle Ben for the photographss..

Final countdown (Part 2)

Just as I was getting so comfortable being around you guys, I have to leave. But I'm glad I made friends with you guys cos I know you guys will be there when I'm back.

Totally enjoyed my last day in Brunei, with you guys around.