Everything (Lifehouse)

Again, I listened to the song,
Many times, I watched the video.
It never fail to bring tears to my eyes,
Warmth to my heart,
Yearning to my soul.
It's those words from the song.
My heart said, I know those words.
My soul exclaimed, I wrote them all.
Yes, the whole of me cried,
"How can I stand here with You, and not be moved by You..."


Everything (by Lifehouse)



Lyrics
Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose... You're everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything
You're all I want you're all I need, you're everything, everything.

And How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Yet Another Visit to the Library

I feel that I didn't do the library justice (see: A Visit to the Library). So, I deliberately visit the library again JUST to take photos :P


The library outside. There's even a small playground for the kids.


The view inside the library. Nice, neat, warm and comfy :)


Books, books and more books...


Magazines!!


CDs


See, I told you that books can talk :P


MANGA!!!! My favourite section!!! YAY!!

Interesting Things Found in Melb: Super Cili Pedas Sampai Mati

On the Friday of my first week of working, I decided to join 2 of my colleagues for lunch. I thought it'll be nice to take some initiatives to bond with them.

They bought me to a Mexican restaurant call Mexicali Rose. But it's not the great yummy food that awed us the most. And, no, not the colourful interior of the restaurant.

It was the SPECIAL chili sauce they're selling...

Super duper HOT & SPICY chili sauce...

So HOT, they called it the "Death Sauce".

Don't believe me?

*ahem*


There's a few level of "deaths", i.e.: Original, After Death, Sudden Death, Mega Death, Death Rain, Ultra Death, etc.


Pure Death. I heard this one is the latest addition.


Closer look. I no like scary skull face (=,=)


Ingredients... super chilies and their seeds. No wonder it's so hot.



Oh ya, they even have a website.

For more information, visit www.deathsauce.com.au

In case you're wondering... no, I didn't purchase any of them... and no, I didn't bother to try to taste either :P

Interesting Experience in Melb: Talking like Them

After some time, I began to realise, Aussies have their own slang too.

This is how they usually talk:

AAA: How is it going, mate?
BBB: Not too bad, not too bad. Yourself?
AAA: Not too bad myself.
BBB: Where you're heading to?
AAA: Aiiii am going to the Maccas (pronounce: Mec-kes). Feel like getting myself ayyeeee burger.
BBB: Beautiful!
AAA: Ye, ye. They have fantastic burgers. Would you like to join me?
BBB: Nah. Aiii'll skip. You go ahead and enjoy.
AAA: No worries.
BBB: Alrighty. Cheers.
AAA: Cheers.

Let me try to translate that into Malaysian.

AAA: Wei... Hoo mou? (English: How are you?)
BBB: Hoooo. Sek joh mei? (English: Good. Eat already?)
AAA: Wanna go Mac-Dee eat burger. You want?
BBB: Dunwan lar.
AAA: Ok lar. Bai-bai.
BBB: Bai-bai.

Note to those trying to speak like them:

• When starting a conversation, always ask how's the person's day is.


• When replying a "How are you" question, always say "Not too bad" TWICE. Followed by a question back to the other person, e.g.: "Yourself?"


• Use adjectives like "beautiful", "lovely" or "wonderful".


• Drag the "a" longer. E.g.: "It's a lovely day." >> "It's ayyyyeee lovely day."


• When giving respond or agreeing, say "ye" AT LEAST twice.


• When giving compliments, say things like "You're a star!".


• To say "alright", say "alrighty".


• To say "no problem", say "no worries".


• End the conversation with "Cheers" or "No worries".

Me? To them, I speak like an American. All thanks to their biggest import to Malaysia - Entertainment.

TV dramas. Movies. Reality shows. Music.

Love them or hate them, they teach us Eng-rish.

A Visit to the Library

After moving our our new place, we found out that there's a library nearby. So, one fine afternoon (yes, I WAS still unemployed. Note: past tense :P), I decided to pay the library a warm visit.

Lo and behold, the library was fantastic! It's modern. It's cozy. It's spacious. The staff are friendly. It has almost everything.

Yes, almost everything a library should have... including...

• Modern computers (WITH LCD monitors) for resource searching. Easy to use search features.


• Magazines - from food, automobile, cycling, fashion, lifestyle, etc. ... and even those 888 (read Cantonese: paht-paht-paht) magazine featuring Hollywood tabloids! Get your up-to-date news on Brangelina here :P


• Fictions - Lotsa lotsa them. Teenage novels. Romance novels. Chick-flicks. Murder and crime. Fantasy novels. Etc.


• Non-fictions - Books on travelling, cooking, automobile, religion, etc etc etc


• Non-English books - Err... don't really know what language they are, but I think they're some Russian and Greek books around.


• DVDs - Ya man! Watch movie for FREE at home...


• CDs - Oldies, Pop, R&B, Hip hop, etc...


• Books that talk - I mean, audible books. Why read when someone can do it for you?


• Graphic novels - There's a section labelled "Graphic Novels". Curious of what that means, I went to have a look. And surprise, surprise! The library have MANGA / COMIC. Hehe. I spent most of my time in this section.


• Internet - Yes, they have a section that looks like a cyber-cafe. But you have to book the time slot at least one day in advance.


• Useful facilities - Including child care center, story-telling center, discussion rooms, playground (outside of the library), and so on.

Sweeeeeet....

Happily, I signed myself up as a member. And even borrowed a few books.

• Car magazine - For my hubby dearest :)


• Cook books (Asian & Mediterranean) - Feel like cooking Paella and Ratatouille this week!


• Fictions - Some easy reading for my train/tram ride to work.

Moving

Yes! We're moving to our own unit. We rented a one-bedroom unit in a suburb about 20 minutes from CBD.

And moving was TOUGH! Especially since we "collected" so much stuff from the day we came to Melbourne. We carried stuff and went down (via lift) to our car, and up to the apartment, and then carried more stuff and went down to out car, and then up again, and down, and up... Ugh... I think my biceps and leg muscles are building up!

And thank God for our own mini pickup truck! Yup, I said it correctly. MINI PICK-UP TRUCK. We realised that our lovely Jazz is not really a hatchback car. You just drop the back passenger seats, and VOILA, it transformed into a mini-pickup truck!


I forgot to take a picture of it. This picture is courtesy from www.wheels24.co.za. Empty view.


Full and stuffed-like-sardine-can view. Hubby can hardly see the back via the rear mirror. Super dangerous!


Side view. The car is really stuffed to the max! And also, I had 3 or 4 super heavy items on my lap. For a moment, I think my blood stopped flowing to my toes.



It was a very, very, very dangerous drive. So, we drove very, very, very slowly.

And, prayed very, very, very hard not to be stopped by police...

...

Ya, I know, what a thing to pray...

Anyway, we reached our unit safely! Thank God!

Here we go again. Carry our stuff up to our unit (this time, we have to climb a fleet of STAIRS), and then down to our car to carry more stuff up, and down, and up, and down... More biceps and legs muscles and staminaaaaa!


Ta-da! Home sweet home!


Look at the amount of stuffs we have!


The bathroom.


The bedroom. We have to sleep on the floor for the first night! It was torturous!! The floor was so cold and so hard.


The kitchen.



Sweeeeeeeeet...

After we had moved everything from the car into the unit, we prayed and commit the house to God. We prayed that the house will be filled to the abundance His presence and His love.

Amen.