Dymocks!

In the evening, Cim, Jopil and I went out to the city. I found another great favourite place in the city. A bookstore called Dymocks. There is a huge array of accessories, stationaries, journals, novels, boardgames and dolls!

Full of wonders!

calendars 2014

always love sesame street! who doesn't? 

how cute! i want one

this cracks me out. such game exists

I could stay here all day if it weren't for a hungry stomach. 

Cheerio Terrace

This marks the day when I checked out of Uniterrace!

I will miss this view! For real..

O'Day

It was the opening of semester two, or so called as the Welcome Back O'Day! Similar to the first semester o'week, there were white booths and stalls along the main walkway of UNSW (not as many though).

Today, same like what I did the previous days, I did leafletting which was handing out flyers about Focus Indonesian Church which is a part of Campus Bible Study. It was utterly challenging for me to spot Indonesians. All Asians look the same to me. However, I could usually tell which ones are Koreans though as they are so fashionable! But the rest, if I don't hear them speak, I can't tell them apart.

We started around 10 (after I finished my BABS lecture).

The Blue Crew

There was a kindi farm too! Met the cutest little pig ever. They're not as fat as cartoons draw it. It's practically thin to me. The whole area smelled like the Racecourse (the place where I have exams). Yes, a racecourse, where horse racers compete. I have my finals there. Basically, the farm smells like the smell I remember to be exams. The familiar and unforgettable aroma of heart-throbbing moment during the journey to the examination hall. 

pigggggg <3

sheep

There was a bull-ride too. Not a real bull. The mechanical one. The one you get in a rodeo or something. Yeah, you probably must have watched it in movies. Met Josephine, Clifford and Yangyou there. LOL.

Yangyou rode for 42 seconds.

after a couple of hours, first position was changed though. I didn't get the chance to see who it was. 

an android mascot! 

We kept on flyering till about 12. I had lecture at 1 and had to eat lunch first. 

ate sushi <3

Then when I had lecture, the rest of the blue crew had a bible talk. We finished at the same time. And after we had finished, we returned to flyering.

We saw a 3D printing going on too! Uber cool!

got a balloon 

held a chick

I got the chance to carry a chick. And I got to feel the sharpness of the fidgeting chick's feet. I got to feed a goat too. Should have taken a picture of it, but my hands were dirty from touching the animals. LOL. I was afraid I could spread the germs or some sort. 

At around 4, I had to depart with the others because I was having an appointment study for psychology research participation. I finished at 5. 

At around 7, Cim, Haubert and I went to Focus Team together at the Chemical Engineering building. It was my first time there. Met Mae-Ann. She was really friendly. I will be having focus team every tuesday at 7. Excited! That night, I learned that the Bible is mainly focused on facts and preaching gospels allegorically and centering ourselves to relate with any story in the bible is wrong. Not to mention, the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT) relates. But not all OT stories have any relationship to NT. But the main point is that Bible is factual. 

Walk up (24/7 - 26/7)

Focus Indonesian Church was having a walkup to hand out flyers to Indonesian newcomers in search of a church while still being a brand new settler in Sydney.

Despite the fact that these three days being an orientation day, there were very little people coming to uni. The university was practically deserted.

However, on the second day, it was more of a crowder event because there was booths opening in the Scientia Building. The balloons were the hint of the location.

Walking up to people was a struggle at first. It was challenging to approach people and asking them whether they were Indonesian or not, then proceeding in telling about the presence of Focus Indonesian in UNSW campus and inviting them to a welcoming event that is happening on the 2nd of August.

scientia building is that building right there. 

For break time, Tomas, Andrew, Ko Freddy and I went to eat at Petaling Street Malaysian restaurant.

Then we continued on searching for more Indos.

There was a moment, where there was a Psychology student doing her honour year who approached Tomas, Cim and I. She was asking us whether we wanted to take part in an experiment she was doing. I immediately without hesitation agreed because she said that she would pay 10 bucks for it. And it only took 30 minutes top.

The experiment I needed to do was press 2 keys on the keyboard, D and H. Each key represents chips or water. First part of the experiment, I was asked how much I want to drink water and want to eat chips. Then at midpoint, I was told to drink 3 glasses of water which literally decreased my want of drinking water. Moreover, I was shown aversive pictures, and had to choose which one was more gruesome. I had to squint my eyes while doing it because I was afraid I would get traumatised by the images. But after a while, I got used to the repeating images and had my eyes wide open. The psychology student told me that the aversive pictures were just used to boost some part of my nerve if I am not mistaken. Then, for the reward, I got 10 bucks, a bottle of water and a bag of chips. Finally! I got a bottle of water!

This is probably my first time experiencing a research participation. The awkward thing was I was talking about this to Andrew previously. LOL.

Ci Elaine's Wedding Day

Found this adorable gif online. I wish I had a dog. :(

Today is Ci Elaine's Wedding Day (13.01.13). Such a great day huh. Plus, 13th of January is her birthday too. Congratulations to her and her husband! The wedding is in Bandung and only my parents went there.

I have been home alone for more than a day. Spent yesterday eating sushi, watching TV series. And I started to read again. YAY. And I spent today going to church, pizzas and more on TV series.

I think I am feeling a bit stiff on writing posts these days. Not only the internet us not coordinating with me. But also I don't have much to talk about. This sucks you know. urgh.