wednesdays are loooong dreadful days.... or so i thought!
i hv 3 classes on wednesday and 2 of them are with my south american (whom i found out is venezuelan) boy. and he sat beside me and i elbowed him.
sigh... my sugar rush.
i was imagining if i had pri sitting beside me in class i wld have squealed into her ear and she wld prob hv said,
"REVATHI, you don't even dare talk to him so just shut up and behave yourself."

hahahahaha!

i didn't have internet access for the past 5 days and boy was i suffering. sch's started proper and my timetable is alright, i end pretty early on 3/5 days n i only have one class on friday. unfortunately classes start super early from monday - thursday, but again, its alright. yesterday, my first proper day at school started off with me cursing the rain at 645am in the morning. i went to the end of my hallway at 7am, where the balcony is, to peek at how heavy the rain was, instead i saw a double rainbow. it was soo beautiful. and i thought to myself, you never get to see these kinda things in Singapore.

anyway, its been freeeezing here. it was freaking 10 degrees during the weekend. when aruna n i were out shopping (window), i was shivering my butt off. i couldnt even open my mouth to talk and i kept getting her to dodge into the shops so tht we could keep warm. and there's a STARBUCKS in adelaide which JUST opened. God bless me! (i'm sayin this 'cos my brother doesnt get it in perth, he travels to melbourne PEH! for starbucks and my cousin in queensland travels to brisbane for her cuppa). i had my yummy yummy hot choco and i was one happy, chirpy person after tht.

my bus adventures continue to live on. feel free to ask bout them when u call.

i was really touched today when a schmate of mine offered to walk to the end of the city with me to buy my textbook. he could hv just led me to the start of the street but he walked me to the building n up to the office. i was soo soo touched. he's doing astrophysics. rrrring a bell? (jon jonsson did a deg in astrophysics).

i love hearing my room phone ring and trying to guess who's on the other end. (i can get quite bored). so when it was pri who called 2 days ago, i was ecstatic. apparently her calling card only had 80mins of talk time but we seemed to have been talking for almost 120mins. seriously felt like we were talking from jln damai to zion rd. anyway, i was telling her that i hadn't exactly started cooking, for personal reasons (which she knows of). but yesterday i decided to just go ahead and walk into the kitchen. and i was in there for a record 7 mins, cooking alongside an expert middle easter fella. I swear, the woman in me almost crumbled n died.

okie. my hair is almost dry, n its 1.04am. i should be getting some sleep.

someone, anyone! just take a trip down to adelaide n let me show u the sights n sounds.u wont regret it!

n finally, april is over.

i love you and i miss you, what more can i say?

just thot i'll say tht i'll be away from my hostel frm tmr till sunday, 'cos its the long weekend (ANZAC day on friday), so i'll b gg over to my fren's place and we'll be partying (yeh rite, i'll prob be stuffing my face with yummy homecooked food). Sooo pls pls direct all calls to the handphone. Thank U!

I just woke up from my 2 hr nap. i was nodding off during orientation (it was my first day at sch!) it was sooo sooo exciting. I was mesmerised by this SOUTH AMERICAN boy, who could pass of as a hugo boss model, if he was a little taller. but he had hair like jon jonsson and that really did it for me. i hope he's not in my course. i really hope not.

Thank you to skinny n my eldest brother for sending me smses in the morning while i was on my way to school and wishing me good luck. i felt soo loved. took away all the pre- school jitters.

i was late in the morning, cos i was waiting for my hair to dry (OH my god! they're playing enrique's hero on the radio!) so i decided to hop on another bus which SEEMED to be gg in the same direction as the bus i was supposed to take. and i thot if i was lost i shall just get off wherever in the city n walk. but thankfully i discovered that the bus stops pretty near my school, though i got off a stop early, cos i was kancheong. n guess what, i was EARLY to school.

i didnt bring my hairdryer to adelaide, intentionally (rit will be soo disappointed and pri will be soo proud of me). i'll prob go get one over the weekend. i'm soo grateful that im situated right opposite a HUGE shopping centre called tea tree plaza. (let me go check out if the kitchen is free). (ok its not). (someone is cooking this huge bowl of pasta which looks absolutely delicious). i was just walking up and down my hallway like a maniac. but its alrite, only bumped into 2 men. dont think i've mentioned but there r only 3 of us girls on this level. helps when it comes to showering, brushing teeth, washing face, shitting.. we always seem to have the whole bathroom to ourselves, which consists of 3 showers and 3 cubicles and its always super duper clean.

ok i just got back with my bowl of carbonara. i think i shall switch my career to being a pasta chef or whatever u call them. im not even hungry, i just wanted to explore the kitchen.

u can imagine how long im takin to type this entry cos i keep getting up and leaving. anyway, by tradition, i shall post pics of my room. which is still quite sparse, doesnt feel very lived in yet.

my ever famous hallway, which, i wasn't exaggerating, is like a graveyard. this was taken at peak hour.

my room door. =) we all have our names on our doors.

the first thing u see when u enter my room.

my study, bed and anything else u can see in it. the mirror looks like a hole in the wall.

and my wadrobe, fridge, tv.

and i have to give this mention. Sam and rit made me the most beautiful scrapbook a girl cld EVER have. i held back tears when i was lookin thru it in the plane. its just absolutely beautiful. this is just a couple of pages from the scrap book. i assume they knew that im a lyrics maniac, i can cry listening to song lyrics, and they put in the most beautiful lyrics together with the photos. BEAUTIFUL.

thank you guys =). in return, im trying pretty hard to look for the james franco look alike for sam, the mixture of milo and i cant rmb who(i'll just make sure he's hot) for rit and a jon jonsson for myself. any takers for the south american boy? pri? skinny?
its gonna be 10pm, i shall go shower (yet another new hobby after brushing my teeth), watch some tv and wait for the phone to start ringing. haha! thankfully, school starts at a more earthly time tmr.

oh gosh, i FINALLY got my net up! God bless the net guy for coming in to fix it up for me. I've been soo blessed thru every single step of the journey i've been here. There were no hiccups and i have been able to get most of my things done(especially fixing up my net, haha!) . There's a reallllly awesome radio station here which plays awesome music. From backstreet boys to bryan adams to jamiroquai to coldplay to creed AND NO britney spears. How awesome is that?!

I met my nursery friend, Aruna. spent the day with her and her mom. We went shopping and sight-seeing, was good. Her mom's been my angel. I really don't know what i would do without her.

Adelaide is beautiful. The minute i looked out the window when the plane was landing, i knew that THIS WAS IT. The place i've always dreamt of living in. Weather is beautiful. The buildings are soo quaint and old and..really, beautiful. I shld take more pictures.

My hostel is kinda quiet, havent really had the chance to talk to anyone yet, cept for the cleaners..and the net guy. Everyone's kinda reserved, but i gotta give it time. There are students from all different colleges, unis, workplace. It's super high security here and I have to get thru a million doors with my tap tap thing before reaching my room.

I went grocery shopping today. I don't think anyone knows this but i LOVE grocery shopping. its like an adventure especially when you're doing it alone without anyone to bother you. i think it wld probably be the highlight for my week when i start schooling. And to add on to my adventurous streak, i decided to take the bus home from the city today. It was soo cool, 'cos the bus that i take is called the o'bahn, and its the only bus in aust which changes from travelling on the road to travelling on tracks like a train. U prob think u've seen it all ard aust, but honetly, its not what u think it is. its like a bloody rollercoaster.ok i'm exaggerating.but its soo freaking cool. and of course, i missed my stop (cos i was mesmerised by the tracks) and it was pitch black (at 730pm). So i alighted at the ulu of uluest places n walked. and i was wondering why it was extra cold as compared to last night and realised that the temp dipped to 10 deg tonight. The temp here dips really drastically, at night.

so last night anita, (cousin in brisbane) and my eldest bro (in perth) called me up and kept me up till 2 am.

eldest brother: so you havent slept at all since u touched down? (i reached yest morning 730 am adelaide time, which is 5 am singapore time. i'll get to the time difference later)
me: no
eldest brother: poor baby. ok so anyway, what sport channels did u say your room has?

and i m on the way to getting addicted to aust footie. which is like rugby but not rugby.
oh the time difference is 1.5hrs, for now. till july or august. then it wld prob go back to 2 hrs. (i'm ahead). 1.5 hrs makes a hell load of difference, for some reason. feels like i have too little time in a day (ok well, i woke up at 11 today).i've been soo hungry, esp at night, that i have to stop myself from grabbing food ard me by brushing my teeth. how pathetic. right now there's pasta salad in the fridge and a box of arnott's chicken drumsticks crackers tht im itching sooo badly to eat.

LDRs are hardwork.

Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time oh let me kiss you,
Close your eyes and i'lll be on my way.

I wanna believe in all I can. In music and art, faith and love. And I want to believe that I made the right choices and that I'm on the right path and that there's still time to fix some of the mistakes I've made.
And I guess I want hope.

The last i updated was on saturday. Soo much for my daily updates.
I'm all packed and ready to leave. I've been sitting beside a packed suitcase for almost a week. Hurry up already! the days are moving wayyy too slowly.
I'm worried like hell 'bout not having enough clothes to wear over there. I'm being forced (by myself) to get rid of some of my clothes, 'cos my luggage's exceeding the weight limit. I don't intend to get much clothes over there. I'm a poor foreign student.
I've been dreaming a lot bout adelaide. But mostly good stuff. I dreamt that my eldest brother came over to adelaide to surprise me at the airport. How sweeeeet. And i started to cry. Phhht.
I've been adviced by my two favourite people in australia at the moment, my brother and my cousin Anita to do the following things in the next remaining days:
Stuff my face with as much yummy food as i can
Shop to my heart's content
Enjoy my bed
Catch up with as many friends (trying, trying)
Appreciate the Nagging from the parents (not that they're gonna let me go even though im 7-8 hrs away)

Yep, thts pretty much about it. Gotta go meet pri pri!!


Should parents be held responsible for the crimes committed by their children?

Does Michael Johns Deserve to be ousted from American Idol?

NO!

Thank you guys, as usual u guys made my day. And it didnt rain. wooohooo. I hope rit managed to get up in time for school =p. But thank you guys for making me miss u guys moreeee. Haha!

From Coastes (pic above) to KM8 (pic below), all we did was EAT and drink.

We gotta start saving for our Africa trip. and New york and South America and Spain and...

Im back, with my very prompt blogging. LOL! I'm gonna run off to see the ellen show in a bit, but before that, i HAVE to say that i was BLOWN away by last night's Idol gives back. Bono (since wayyy back) and Annie Lennox have gained my utmost admiration. Hats off to them. I will want to do this eventually and i hope to do it in the course of the next 5 years, during my holidays or right after i graduate. I have a friend who's in her final year of her medicine degree doing her major in immunology & is currently in Africa helping such children infected with HIV, these people just take my breath away. I wish them the best.

And on to my jinx-ing, i hope these 3 ppl make it into the top 3 'cos they're just AWESOME.

Michael Johns (the aussie), Carly Smithson (the brit) and David Cook (the american).

Ooh sheesh, i just found out who got kicked out. Darn. =(

Finally, Rit, Sam & I are meeting up again, in sentosa for dinner. So please don't rain on our parade!

i rmb skinny telling me tht i dont update my blog on a regular basis. SO Since i have nth better to do in the day time, for the next 9 days, i shall feed you guys with information OVERLOAD. ha ha ha!

I was reading Urban today, one of the highlights of my week, 'cos it reminds me that it's Thursday, one more day closer to the weekend. It also allows me to have a good laugh at the comments ppl make when asked "Do you think you're good-looking?" I also (shamlessly) admit that i scour through every page for maybe a photo or teeny weeny interview or write-up about my one true love, Jon Jonsson. But obviously, my efforts have been WASTED for the past 1 year. So after allll that disappointment (every single week), i look for a perk-me-up, which is the BAG page. And today's paper features Mig Ayesa, the hottie i've been drooling over for the past few weeks. He plays galileo in the musical We will rock you. yum. And he's Australian. YUM yum (ok i'm just saying that 'cos i'm stuck there for the next couple of years).

Men who can look good in a vest, look good in almost anything. Just like Brandon Flowers. (The frontman of The Killers).

BY the way, i was thinking about it last night, while on the way to meet a couple of friends. You know, I listen to song after song after song but Who is my FAVOURITE singer? A couple of names popped in my head, John Mayer, Bon Jovi, Kevin Richardson, Joshua Radin, Chris Martin (sorry i'm not a huge supporter of female singers). And i thought, these guys all have awesome voices. I actually sat in the bus thinking over and over why each of these singers popped in my head.

John Mayer has an awesome voice, clever lyrics, brooding looks, that shy-ish charm, very SNAG if you ask me.
And i could see clearly an indelible line was drawn,
Between what was good, what just slipped out and what went wrong.

Bon Jovi has the most beautiful teeth and sang 2 of my most favourite songs in the whole wide world. He's smile is soo goddamn charming as well.
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses, for tonight i'll sleep on a bed of nails.

Kevin Richardson practically grew up with me. From PRIMARY school to secondary school to adulthood. He left me squealing at the age of 18 when i saw him live. To me, He is like that first love you can never forget. Plus im a sucker for guys who can play the piano and have piercing beautiful eyes and a beautiful physique.
For my love is all i have to give.

Joshua Radin's music speaks to me. I really don't know what else to say, but that in itself is good enough.
Look down from your tower on high and take in the night,
Look her right in the eye, she'll listen.


Chris Martin is another one i grew up listening to. From secondary school till now. And every single time i hear a coldplay song, it takes my breath away. He's got such a dreamy, out-of-this-world voice. I still intend to play Yellow at my wedding.
I came here with a load and it feels soo much lighter,
Now i met you.


But a great voice coupled with personality and charm and style and arrogance, it definitely has to be BRANDON FLOWERS. PLUS he plays the piano. He totally blew me away with the Live at Abbey Road performance of "When you were young."

So after contemplating for really long in my 15mins bus ride, i've decided, B flowers is officially promoted to my most favourite-est singer ever.

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus,
But he talks like a gentleman,
Like you imagined when you were young.

The past 2 days have been filled with soo much joy (and guilt 'cos i didnt let her STUDY!) HAHA! but thank you soo much skinny for travelling all over to get my stuff, for being my financial advisor and motivator to keep walking.
Thank you soo much for the ipod nano cover, at least its well protected now. =) i don't think i mentioned it, but Sam and Rit got me a product (Red) ipod nano for my 21st and im soo ever grateful for it. U can be sure that its gonna be my most trusty companion in Australia, considering the amount of travelling i'll be doing to and fro uni. So now at least i'll feel like i have all 3 of you with me when im travelling up and down. =D
Packing has been quite a pain! i've always been an expert in packing for holidays/trips overseas. It wld always take me 10-15 mins, but this, THIS packing is a whole different ball game altogether. My luggage is pretty much full and i have to try fit in 7 pairs of shoes. I've already been forced to bring it down from 12 to 7. Where's my luggage packing advisor when i need him? My mom's been persistent on me bringing my running shoes. I think she has false hope that i will start running again when i go over there. We shall seeeeeee.
After lookin through my wadrobe, i realised that there's a ton of clothing which i've never used or forgot was even there. sheeesh, shameful. I shall donate them.
It will be winter when i go over there, not exactly looking forward to the weather. Cold =dreary =sad =thinking about s'pore= missing ppl. OR cold=dreary= wondering how my fellow lonely souls (brother &cousins in aust) are taking it= calling them up= happy! =)
So a couple of ppl have asked me if im happy that i'm gonna be closer to my eldest brother now. Well, let me explain. He's in Perth which is West of australia and I'm gonna be in Adelaide which is South of australia. Yes, it is relatively close but it is about a 3 hr flight which will cost approx 100 aud, which we both can't exactly afford on a weekly basis (unless he does a half a day drive down). So no, i wont be very much happier, cos we still are far away. =) But, but it would cost much less to pick up the phone and call him 'cos apparently, Like how M1 has tht service where u can make free outgoing calls to 3 selected ppl, There's a telco company Optus which has the same thing over there. So i got it all planned. my brother being #1, my cousin Anita #2, and im leaving the 3rd option WIDE open.
Ten more days.. ten more looooong days.
And might i add, i think i'm just about the MOST unlucky person when it comes to playing DONKEY.

Yay! so i finally met up with a couple of my S1 buddies! Namely, Pri, Gab, Ibra, Suriya & Dee. We celebrated Pri's and Gab's b'day. And for a change, let me upload videos! I hope they work! Be patient with the buffering =) I apologise for my poor video-taking skills. haha!

I've watched this next video over and over and i cant help but laugh every single time i watch it. Seriously worth the watch!





I love you guys and am gonna miss you guys soo much!

My My, it was SUCH an eventful day yesterday. For some reason, my gut feeling told me to dress up, even though i was JUST meeting up with colleagues for dinner. I guess it paid off, in a way. It was soo timely and soo funny the way one event led to another. It was as if God was testing my emotional prowess. And I think i failed by 2 marks.

"Yesterday he looked at me with a tear in his eye and said,
I'll always tell you you're my friend, I hope i don't have to lie,
Cause it's clear you love another man, I said you're damn right."