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Went to the new shopping place last week called the Burnside Village.
The Village Market.
Love the design of the place.
All the big brands are here.
Even a huge tree in the middle. The roof is great. It saves a lot of electricity. Natural light is always the best.
The biggest Zara in Australia. I went in there but nothing caught my fancy. I don’t understand why people are so crazy about Zara. *Shrug*
How time flies, I’m here for almost 9 months! WOW! Can’t believe how time flies.
Left: When it was autumn… Nice colour of the leaves but too bad I didn’t bother to take photo of the trees when it bore white tiny flowers and the fragrance filled the air during the trasition from winter to spring.. Now, no more flowers but lush green leaves.
Right: Spring transition to summer… It’s so bright even though it’s almost 8pm.
Both photos taken outside of the computer pool.
Since August, I’ve been spending almost everyday, almost 7 days a week at the computer pool during the day time. This can be considered as my second home. It’s only accessible by those in the postgrad programmes and also spacious in between the computers unlike the other computer pools in the uni. A place exclusively for us to study and relax. At times, you can see students sleeping on one of the sofa lounge. I even heard that those going there late at night would even bring their own blanket and pillow there! It’s open 24 hours, 7 days a week except Christmas and new year holiday (I think…).
This is also a place where I got to know many new friends aside from being a place for me to stream TV series and do my research. Always see familiar faces. Observing many old and new students come and go. It’s a very happening place with all sort of human behaviours but the photos don’t justify it because it’s taken when people are having exams and going on year end holiday break.
I dread staying at home so will go to the computer pool daily even on weekends. It’s spacious and less lonely. Even when I’m the only one here, I feel quite comfortable unlike in my room, so small and looking at four walls even though I do have a view outside the window.
I had my lunches and tea breaks here in front of the computer while doing research and stream TV series ;p
This is going to be the place I miss the most when I go home. This is supposed to be my final second study period, would complete in April next year but now I extended my study and this will be my second home for at least another 10 months. I’m halfway tru’ my study, these are all the study materials I had for the past 8 months, 6 subjects. These are what I kept (presentation slides, study guide, course information, and journal articles), now under my table but I guess it will go into the recycle bin once I’m done with my study here, can’t possibly bring them back to Malaysia.
If I’m not continuing to master, this is really going to be my almost-goodbye-post to my second home. I have 5 more subjects to go instead of 1. Wish it won’t end so soon. Really enjoy my stay here, can I not go home?
Creamies is my favourite cookies! I bought it because it was on special because usually it’s quite expensive. I shoul dhave bought more but I only bought one.
Don’t underestimate it, just two Creamies and I could feel quite full. Love the buttery taste and melt in the mouth texture. Even the cream isn’t that sweet or oily, it’s just right.
Love it to bits but one packet only has 10 pieces if not mistaken. Will wait for it to go on special again. Hopefully it will be less than AUD1.20 when it’s on special else I won’t buy.
I’ve been wanted to go to Mt. Lofty but never got the chance until yesterday. A friend invited me to see the sunset there. I immediately agreed to it. Done with my exam that afternoon, it’s a great way to celebrate it. The road condition was quite dangerous and deserted as my friend was using smaller roads instead of other roads which can also lead to the same place. There were so many blind corners and sharp bends. The scenery along the way was quite breathtaking too. The car ride was an exciting especially in a M3.
Here’s the view up there at Mt. Lofty. We drove up there instead of walking or hike up there.
The view was amazing! So nice!
You can basically view the overview of Adelaide from here.
The photo can’t justify the beauty, have to see with your own eyes.
It’s already 8.15pm+ that time if not mistaken. It was getting really cold with the wind.
Hopefully can go there again… Love the view!
After that, went for ride to other small towns around the area. Drove through the hilly roads, could feel the change of altitude. Along the way, the night view of the city can be seen also. I won’t dare to drive on these roads, really scary.
My holiday officially starts today 😉 Less than a month and I’ll be blogging from Busan, Korea.
Looking and hearing so many people talking about the shatter nail polish, I always wanted to have one but never get to buy one because it’s expensive. Don’t want to spend too much money on nail polish.
Few weeks back, was feeling down and I decided to go on Ebay to see if there’s any nail polish colour that I want to buy to cheer myself up. I’ve been using the same colour for month and wanted a change.
Found shatter nail polish listed in Ebay for only USD8.75 (inclusive of postage). There’s so many colours to choose. I ended up choosing Serena Glam Slam RED. It finally arrived last week.
Did not know how to use it the first time. Found it a bit hard to use. Messed up everything. So I went online to find how to apply it. That night, I tried it again. BINGO! Got it!
The base colour I’m using is Maybelline Forever Strong +Iron in MAUVE ON & ON. The top coat is Express Finish.
It took me awhile to get used to this shatter nail polish. It looked horrible when first applied but the more I looked at it, the more I like it but not on all 10 fingers. I’m having it on all 10 fingers now and kind of regret applying to all of them. I prefer to have it on alternate fingers.
How to apply?
One layer of shatter on top of our base colour is enough. Try to cover the whole nail in one stroke. The brush is enough for me to cover the whole nail in one stroke albeit giving me all the messiness but at the end of the day, those not on the nail can be easily remove. Use whatever you have on the brush instead of getting rid of the excess at the rim. It’s not like normal nail polish. Let it dry thoroughly after applying and you’ll see the magic. You have to be really fast too. Don’t have to worry about the imperfection as once it cracked, it makes no difference. Once it’s fully dried, don’t forget the top coat, it’s a must! Also, make sure the base coat is really dry too.
It will take multiple attmepts to generate the desired effect. Practice makes perfect. Thick layer and thinner layer will have different outcomes.
Those on my fingers, I considered it a success, this is the second attempt. While those on my toes, it’s not what I had expected it to be because I experimented it on my toes after failed the first fingers application ;p
All right! Exam tomorrow. Then I’ll have my holiday (not really a holiday, just study break, still have to work, need to do the project back home that I need to continue and also casual work here to earn extra money for my Korea trip). Less than a month, I’ll be in Korea! Will get to experience snow!! WEEE!!!