Monday, February 13, 2006

I hereby thank all peeps that came over to send me off. This thank you thing is long overdue.



I bought all those presents you peeps gave here, sacrificing my winterwear, resulting in me freezing my ass off now. But if i were to choose again, i will choose the farewell stuff again. Ahh..they always bring a smile to me.


kailin,kaiqi and shir's gift/meiting/kq kl and shir again/wahaa ugly photo/jc mates/C9/weilun and company/pauline/pri sch mates

I know there's no sight of kailin's bottle of stars, monik's snoopy calendar and the swimsuit the girls gave. The stars and calendar is deep in my luggage abyss and i am washing the swimsuit. But i do love all of them. THANK YOU.

I did stuff for them too, although not all of them. However, no one bothered to post a huge ass picture of my craftwork up on their blog or something. I feel so under appreciated. Hrmpf. I shall do it myself. laoniang I dun need you all.

Ahhh..master at work

I am actually quite proud of myself. hee hee. I managed to suppress my tears when I got inside. I know everyone is v shocked and traumatised by my dad's sudden outburst, but well, you guys should know he's a affectionate man haha. My mum is more like a father to me, and my dad a mum.

as you guys would know right now, my flight was delayed for a night. Its really a once in a lifetme thing. Initially, i was stuck in the airport for like 4 hrs. During this 4 hours, surprising, I got to know quite a few people, of different nationalities.

There was this German girl, who's bound for Melbourne to work for 3 months, another singaporean guy who got an Aus PR, and an old British couple going Melbourne to visit their daughter. We chatted for quite a while, and I had this urge to take photos with them as a momento of some sort. But I decided against it because with such a impromptu photo session there's only 3 outcomes

1) Wahlau (singaporean)
2) Bloody hell (british)
2) Hmmmmmm (german)

Anyway I had a fantastic stay at Traders Hotel. Hee hee. Its really an extra bonus cos i got to stay one more night with my dear precious mum.



I had a wondrous buffet provided by the airline. I even made my own icecream..yumyum

After that I finally arrive in adelaide, i stayed in the temporary hostel. The whole place is utterly depressing. The corridors is confirmed guaranteed haunted. The curtains are moth eaten and the bed creaks. The only bonus is there's one korean guy who's seriously cute .ahhhh. I was very homesick for like three days. Durin this three days I wilfully called my mum to chat for hours even though i realised one minute is 40cents. Actually I was still going on strong until she ask me what i was doing and i told her i was along in the room with nothing much to do.

Mum, ' Har..girl you v poor thing leh alone in a small room nobody to talk to to you v poor thing leh'

She made me cry, and by now all should know that its a real miserable thing to cry alone. Feeling sorry for yourself and lamenting can never solve things. The more I cry the more depressing I felt. I quickly end my call with her and do other stupid stuff, like doing french braids, talking to myself in the mirror to make myself feel better.

At last i managed to meet Yanping, a girl from IDP as well in the same campus as me. I decided not to spend my days moping around in adelaide and went for some day tours.

Pictures taken on our way to Victor Harbour.

big ass muffins/nice coffeehouse fountain/artsy fartsy olive oil bottle/all types of fragrance soaps, including Ocean scented/pretty flower/winery/by the sea/my housemate yanping

The scenery is gorgeous at Victor Harbour. Its a place where they used to receive goods from aboard. The sea is a deep blue, the wind is like breathing thru you and white seagulls are flying in flocks above your head. Aiya my angmoh CMI la. my pictures and words doesn't do the place any justice. By the way, the fish and chips there is FABULOUS. sorry dad, they really win you hands down..



Finger licking gd/succulent fresh fried scallops/whale fountain/horse tram ride along the sea/by the sea/four girls on the trip/blah/blah/clear enough to see corals

After Victor Harbour, we signed up for a 2 day 1 night trip to melbourne. We took a bus trip there, a freaking 7hrs. No choice though, we wanted to save more money for shopping.

On the bus trip there, there were a few stops to pee and for those stupid god damn smokers to puff. bloody hell with them. we had to stop every 45 minutes to let them have a puff, which made the trip longer and unbearable. However on the way I saw this humongous truck



Guess what its is carrying?



a truckload of sheep!! and they are all baa-ing all the way. i thought its kinda a new sighting..imagine a baa-ing truck.

we reached melbourne and explore the city for awhile b4 gg to philips island



me and yanping/real flowers/old fashioned juke box/BIG brekky/pavement artist/weird statue/angmoh playing mini yangqin/$3 per ride tram/touring horses

On the way to philip island, we passed by Warook farm. it was a nice experience, but i seriously cannot stand all the cow dung and stuff. I think the kangaroo look abit like Trex when its moving. hmmm, shall do more research on it to see whether my guess is correct that they are descendants of the dinos. oh i am so knowledge hungry lalala

hungry scarf eating goat/smelly emu/even smellier horse/stinky saliva kangaroo/quack/fantastic coffee house/photogenic koala/me&yanping/fish&chips again

On philips island. it was a new experience seeing hundreds of little penguins being washed ashore and walked for miles to find their barrows, only to repeat the same routin everyday. they are so ini machiam small. However, couldn't take pics cos they say flashes spoil their eyes and stuff. honestly, you have to be there to see how nature really rocks. we picked out some really fat penguins who stuffed themselves too much on sea and had a hard time walking. waddle waddle waddle, and plonk the fall on their stomach. they rest there for a few minutes den they start crawling or waddling again. oohh they are sooo adorable you want to bring one home. next time when you guys come over we can go philips island again!

these are the pics b4 gg to see the penguins

me &meiling/street facing beach/cute kid/nice pier/magnificent waves along shores

We went to the other side of the city this time, along yarras river. But I think Singapor river is cleaner. the water stinks in yarras. However, I totally agree with shir. Melbourne is a nice place to be in..

maple leaves/yarras river/stuntman doing the world's greatest handstand/flinders station/bridge across yarras river/maple leaves again/flinders station closeup/pretty street/mosaic in train station

we saw a couple of churches. St Paul's in particular is magnificent

st pauls/reflection/door of st paul/flinders station/another church but i forgot the name/st paul/the pic which i goddamn scratched my $30 UV protected sunglasses/in st pauls garden/painted mailbox/little collins street

We went to the Melbourne visitor centre as well. Gosh, its a happy place. There's a band singing accapella latin songs, and there was a crowd sitting on the square listening. Some enjoyed it so much that they got up to dance with the music. Infront of everyone. It was cool.


me/the latin band/the cool crowd/sorry but me again

On our way back to the hotel, I saw people giving out flyers in front of kfc.



Guess what. The people are from KFC as well, but its not Kentucky Fried Chicken. Its Kentucky Fried Cruelty.


I have seen people taking brochures from this group, then go into KFC to have their fried chicken. I thought it was pretty happening.

ahh i am tired alrdy..this post is long..on a last note, to anyone who say my hair is thick, let me show u what is thick hair.


her hair is half of what her face is! but she's really cute. I caught her rolling in the grass with her brother. Ahh, tht's another thing in Aus that i am totally happy with. You can see people sitting on the grass under trees during lunch hour. Its not weird like in singapore, cause only banglas and philipinos do that. i had a lunch on the grass as well. it totally swells! i am going to do that next time in singapore. must join me.

thats all folks. shall blog more next time if i can think of anything else to say, but its pretty much just like that. gtg for orientation tml.