Yay, the weekend's here, and I finally got some rest! Woke up at 1pm today hahah and spent the whole afternoon preparing for a presentation on Monday. Stupid OP, it better turn out well lol. But I guess with such a fun topic like rock climbing, it can't really get that bad, right? :D

Which reminds me, I totally HATE my Academic Study Skills teacher whose name does not deserve to be mentioned. But basically she's a total BITCH and hag who doesn't have any patience whatsoever and who always seems to be PMSing although I'm sure she's way past any reproductive age. Locking me and two other classmates out of class just because we went to the toilet and someone's presentation had resumed is just plain downright mean, and she probably thought that it would be rude to walk in halfway. However I have to say, that she had walked out of class during another group's presentation without a word, which is even more rude if you ask me. And she was the one who gave us permission to leave anyway. But anyway I decided that it was the last straw so I started stomping around on the wooden floor outside the classroom HAHA. According to Kico inside it was pretty loud, but I don't giva shit anymore. I made up my mind to give her shit from now until the end of this bloody foundation course. She doesn't deserve my respect, or the respect of everyone else, for that matter.

Anyway I forgot to say that in school on Tuesday I had my first dissecting lab practical! After waiting since Secondary 3 to do dissections, I finally got my opportunity! So we cut up kidneys, brains and worms.. And it was so fun. :D It wasn't as smelly as I thought it'd be (flash back to the day that Mrs Chaiw showed us a sheep's heart in Cedar and it stunk to high heavens) though at times when you got too near you'd catch a whiff of the stuff. Sadly though, I've concluded that Racheltan isn't exactly a good dissector because my hands are just too damn clumsy and un-delicate. Whereas Eva on the other hand, has like some God-given talent of dissecting things. Haha yeah, so I kinda left most of the cutting up to her, except the brain which I did. :D So here are some pictures!


The kidney is so cute la! And when cut across laterally it looks like a heart. <3


BRAIN.


WORMM.

So anyway, the excursion to some water recycling plant on Wednesday was really fun! It was nice to have a break from school and go out to see the countryside. Got up early in the morning to prepare sandwiches for our picnic at the plant, and then went to school! The plant is located in Weribee, which is about an hour's drive from our school so we all piled into a bus and took off. Settled down for our lunch once we got there, and everyone loved my sandwiches, yay! :D Though they were really easy to make, I don't know why everyone raved about them. Haha and we had apple pies for dessert, courtesy of Kico and Kaman! Which were delicious. (: Went inside the discovery centre and looked at the different displays, played some recycling game and then embarked on a tour of the area where the water is processed. Learnt quite a bit on the tour, and the place is huge man! Like dunno-how-many thousands of hectres. Crazy-ass huge. I think its like the world's largest water recycling plant. Got to see many birds too, like black swans and their chicks, Australian pelicans and ducks. Then we went to this part which opened out into the Pacific Ocean and took pictures. Really nice day it was! Thank God for the good weather. (:


Sandwich-making in process


Food, food, glorious food!










One of the many processing ponds



Life in Chisholm has been pretty smooth-sailing for me so far.. I'm getting more or less used to it already. (: Especially the cooking part! Omg cooking is SO FUN. Made stir fried beef in oyster sauce with onions, spring onions and garlic for my first proper meal. Omgg it was simply fantastic haha. Don't mean to brag but it was really good!! Even the girls in school kept stealing my food. :D Then for my second cooking meal I made fried rice with ham and egg. Again, it was nice. :D Made quite a big batch, so it lasted me for about two days. Wonder what I'll make for dinner tonight though.. Just wish I had more space in the fridge! So I can buy more ingredients and cook a wider range of things. But anyway, ever since moving into Chisholm I've felt more independent and grown-up. I think its because Chisholm isn't as sheltered as Glenn, and the people here are older and therefore more responsible? Not sure about everyone else's responsibility in the kitchen though, considering how everyone's pots and pans are always left in the sink. But yeah, the feel is different in Chisholm, and I kinda like it. Though of course I do miss the prepared meals in Glenn (even though they taste like shit), the bigger rooms and bigger toilets. But I guess you gotta make-do with whatever situation you get, right? And besides, Glenn was too comfy already, and I don't want to be spoilt by all its little luxuries.

Since Puay the Pig doesn't believe that I can actually cook good food, here are some photos to PROVE HER WRONG.


LOOKIT THAT! :D


DELISHHH


FRIED RICEEE




My neighbour from Glenn and current neighbour, Pri and I :D

And, of course, my room in Chisholm: