may cherry!: February 2008

It's been a really busy week for me in Adelaide... for u guys who doesn't know.. ( i arrived on the 17th ). My classes won't be starting in another 7 days time, so I'm doing some readings and attending some classes on academic integrity, plagiarism, critical thinking and all sorts.

Oh gosh... Plagiarism.... this is something that I'm not familiar at all ( i have never even heard about it before ), and the lecturers are really... i mean REALLY REALLY particular about...
Honestly, it worries me a lot... because since young i was taught just to summarize some articles and journals ( most of the time copying down main points and changing a few words ) and i bet most of us, Malaysian were taught that way too... Now in Uni, they expect us to put other peoples idea into our own words... It's HARD!

Skipping the saddest part of the story, I'm trying really HARD to learn how to be independent! I used to see myself as a very YOUNG, SMART (heheh... sorry! :P ) and INDEPENDENT lady! Well... just after i arrived at the airport in Adelaide... i PANIC coz no one from my uni came to pick me up... (oh gosh how could i...) To make matter worse... it's a SUNDAY! no one is working on a SUNDAY! *sob sob... AM I A BABY? WHY AM I SO LOST?!

I took a cab to my landlord's house, and he is rushing off to some other places, i didn't even had much time to talk to him about my room... and he's GONE! I SUCKED IN LIFE! aiyoh.... tough tough situation for me.. Luckily, a very helpful housemate drop me at the nearest shopping centre, Marion shopping centre ( the largest shopping mall in South Australia ) wakakaka.... :D!

At the end of the day, i got myself with lots of bags of groceries.... and i took a bus home.
Well.... that's not it yet! i broke my bottle of balsamic vinegar on my way walking back... WHY AM I SO CARELESS?! the plastic bag just tore off.... the plastic bags here in Adelaide aren't so rigid as Malaysia's. Aih... i should have realised it earlier..

Not to mention about my room... it's in a mess when i got there... it's dirty and it's not what i was expecting... After 1 week of cleaning, it's now in a neat and clean condition! heheh... i really love it now!

WELL! from now onwards I'm going to bring my own shopping bag out! (heheh... save our environment mah...) And all this will not stop me from seeing myself as a SUCCESFUL, SMART and INDEPENDENT YOUNG lady! heheh...