Monday, December 11, 2006
Really learnt a lot on this trip… ha don’t really know how to put all my thoughts down in words but I shall try lar… haha..
Once again this trip consists of many of my “1st times”…
1. 1st time taking aeroplane alone…
Something not very easy for someone who has motion sickness haha and have prior experience of puking on the plane.. boo… but I managed this time round with my miracle motion sickness pill!! Tada~~ haha…
2. 1st time reaching a foreign place on my own
Ehhh I think I very brave leh… haha.. because everyone should know I don’t like the feeling of being lonely… everytime I fly or return to sg I hope my friends will come airport and see me off or pick me up haha… but yar I flew to Melbourne alone n went to buy coach tickets on my own…
3. 1st time going on holidays with my 10-year friend
Haha it’s weird how I have been to many places with some of the friends I have barely known for a year and for those that I have known for years [with the exception of cz] I haven’t been to overseas with them…
Anyway yar I cant recall some of the other “1st times” but never mind, I guess they will pop up along the way when I try and recall what I did during these 12-13 days… haha….
Day 1 [28/11/06]Hmmm a very busy day hahaha…
I wanna thank Winnie, pin ru, guan hua for coming to airport to see me off n accompanying me for dinner… really very very very happy and grateful… if not I would be so lonely… heezz… special thanks to win and pin for coming down to my house bus stop to pei me take cab down to airport… yeah… and must apologise to gh for driving down to airport on time n waiting close to an hour for us to reach airport hahaha… so sorry la…
It was a really nice n crappy dinner session with you all… if not for u all I guess I would b very nervous n might even cry on the way to airport… haha…
And it was really paiseh but I almost missed my flight.. boo! But it’s not their fault la.. I went into transit lounge at about 1030 [my flight is 1140pm btw] cos they going off for supper le, I didn’t wanna hold them back… haha then I walked in and called vien that I m gg to board the plane soon… then I decided to walk to the computer terminals to log in on msn [c if anybody wanna say bye bye to me hahaha] but all e computers were taken up lor! Waited qt a while b4 I got my turn.. but msn server was busy and I couldn’t sign in… after 15 min the computer logged me off… I was attracted to Ralph display so I went to shop haha… then I went to Burberrys counter also…. Then I went into esprit store oso..
I kept hearing last call for various airlines and it didn’t cross my mind that my flight was one of those that’s being announced and I still took my own sweet time and walk further and further away from my boarding gate… then I saw people running and I looked at my watch… boy! I was sooooo darn shocked to see that its 11.25pm la!!! I checked my boarding pass, oh no!!! departure gate closes 10min b4 flight!!! Wad??!!! I only have like 5 min to run past 20 gates to reach my gate?!
I ran with all my life man… really ran and ran…
When I reached my gate… nobody was there, I mean passengers. Only the police were there… I quickly put my bag on the conveyer belt and showed them my boarding pass… the stewardess looked strangely calm la… after I passed the gantry I quickly called my dad using my handphone [cos I promised I wld call him b4 I board the plane] so afraid the police would tell me cannot use handphone but I cant be bothered liao.. if I don’t call home im afraid my dad would b worried mah cos I promised him…
Phew! Ran up the plane and everyone seems settled… nobody was sitting next to me! Yippie! And 1 min later the captain announced that door closed and plane ready for departure… wah! Phew phew phew…
On the plane I didn’t really sleep much maybe its my 1st time taking midnight flight..[yeah one more “1st time” haha…] n there were no nice movies on board leh kns… only Miami vice n scoop, but I was interested in neither… booo… and there were no cds for me to preview oso… boo.. that’s y I don’t like any other planes other than my favorite 747!! Boo… took out my ipod n listened managed to doze off for 1 hour or so ba… yar I don’t fall asleep easily in foreign places… boo.. thought I was very tired and could fall asleep but I was wrong…
Day 2 [29/11/06]Finally reached Melbourne airport… yar a far cry from what I imagined it to be… but I was warned by cz that melb airport quite lok cok for some reason… I was especially shocked by the way they check for agricultural products and stuff.. the place was somewhat like some operating theatre haha…
Then finally passed through all the customs and off to buy my coach ticket to southern cross station in the city…
Managed to catch the skybus b4 it departs, if not have to wait 20 min for the next one.. when I board the bus, it was already quite full and the area for us to dump our luggage was full liao except the top shelf.. booo I so short how to carry my luggage up?! Plus my luggage so heavy how m I going to carry up?! Haizz..
Luckily there was a nice middle-aged lady she asked the guy sitting in front of her to move his backpack up so that I would have space to put my luggage… ohhh so grateful… =)
After abt 20min I reached southern cross.. ha it was quite funny la.. cos another Caucasian on the bus tapped me on my shoulder and asked me for directions?! Diaozzz do I look like a local to you? But ha I managed to answer her question… I m smart! Nah kiddin =)
Got my luggage off the bus but irritating.. the darn station is under renovation!! The lifts and escalators are not working?!! This other Caucasian guy saw me and my big luggage and offered to help me carry up the stairs! Awww… so nice of him!! Very very grateful!! Hahaha I always feel very useless when I see how those guys who help me carry my luggage lift them up effortlessly while I’m always struggling with each and every step… booo…
Reached ground level finally! Saw trams!!! Wow!! Its their main mode of transport apparently.. but I wonder what will happen during a thunderstorm?! Will those trams gana electrocuted? Hmmm my physics has always been my worst science subject.. so if u know the answer u let me know la…
And anyway vien n eli were still not there… got eli’s sms… she’s not coming to station to pick me le cos it was raining in the morn according to her, and so she’s only meeting me in the night… boo…
Finally after 15 min vien finally reached! Changed 2 trams b4 we finally reached her house… n she stayed on the third level and there’s no lift?!!! My goodness… kill me ba… this time round, no guys to help me carry my luggage liao.. boo…
Changed my clothes and we went out for lunch and shopped for groceries… we went to this place near Melbourne central called qv… we had greek cuisine for lunch.. wow! I never knew there were so many greeks in Melbourne… vien later told me there were oso a lot of Lebanese in melb too!
We ordered calamari n slouvkavi [sheesh I forgot how to spell, vien can u correct me or anyone who knows the exact spelling pls lemme noe =]]
The calamari’s texture is somewhat different to those I’ve always eaten in sg.. it’s more rubbery and soft… I don’t really know how to describe the taste but my guess was that it isn’t sotong! Then vien told me calamari is not sotong?! Heh… but in sg they serve us sotong… so I thought calamari = sotong hahaha well apparently not…
Anyway this greek wrap is the super long “S” word which I don’t know how to spell.. we ordered the lamb one or isit lamb with chicken? Sheesh I cant remember too… I must be getting old haha… I guess it’s the mixed one… its really nice but the serving was really huge!! I love the way they marinate the meat! Yum yum….
Me n vien couldn’t finish both the calamari n the wrap… boo I know we are lousy…. Haha…
Then oh no, vien’s house movers are at her house already… they called while we are still happily eating away haha… and oh yar vien’s movers are Koreans! Wow… I didn’t know there are so many Koreans in Australia too… my goodness….
My 2nd task in melbourne was to help vien move house… boo… ok la I didn’t really help much other than moving a few light boxes down the stairs from level 3 to level 1… haha… then I ended up making sure the movers took extra care to protect those boxes containing fragile items… and the young Korean guy was really strong!! He could lift up the queen size mattress with one hand!!! Wow!!!
Then, vien and her 3 guy friends took a lift from the Korean movers to her new house while I stayed in her old house to sleep… hahaha…
I only slept for about 1/2 an hour or so ba…
vien intro me to this very special straw… u use it to drink fresh milk and ur milk will become choco milk or some other flavours depending on your straw flavour… oh wow!! I bot a few boxes back to sg… so if anyone want to try can let me know haha [while stocks last ok =] ]
After which, we made our way to queen vic mkt! m supposed to meet eli there… but me n vien decided to shop around b4 calling eli…
N I was very very excited to see bohan there!!!! Wow!! Since we grad from jc, I haven’t seen him around lor… so many things have happened during this few years ha.. he got a new girlfriend, very different from his previous… and he is now an Australian pr! Wow! He graduated from uni too and started working in Australia too… haizz no wonder he seldom return to Singapore… and stupid me forgot get his email from him.. of cos I took a picture with him for all his “fans” back in Singapore haha… bohan changed le, he’s not as crappy and farnie as b4… he became more serious… haha not very used to it… haha… anyway yar the picture I shant post it here cos 1] his eyes are closed
2] I don’t look good in the picture
So for the benefit of my readers I shall not scare you all with our horrible picture hahahaha…. [u can email me to seek special permission to view the picture though =] ]
Back to queen vic night mkt.. me n vien ordered dutch pancakes with maple syrup and butter n icing!! My goodness!! I jus love everything buttery with pancakes… I was won over promptly… haha…
N oh yar I called eli and we met up… passed her her bday present and she liked our bday present loads!! Yippie!! Chatted for a while and fixed the time to meet for tml cos we gg on a day-tour to phillip island!! Yippie!
We left queen vic night mkt about 10pm and made our way to crown casino… wow!
the following pics are taken on e way to crown casino.. we need to change trams at melb central.. near myers dept store, sth like our taka dept store in sg... nice xmas deco ha...
My 1st time to a casino since I turned 21 last year haha…. And idiot, the security guard asked to check our i.d.s… booo… there was a sign outside the casino which says “it is an offence to admit people below the age of 18” diaoz?!! Do I look like I am below 18?! My goodness… I m turning 22 this year lor… hmph…
Went into casino and u definitely cant guess what we did inside the casino.. hahhaha nope, we didn’t gamble… don’t forget I was on a budget trip… I cant afford to gamble my travel fund away… we went there to eat $2 fish n chips!! Yeah… casino prolly serve one of the cheapest meal around le.. wow! But it was really nothing fantastic to boost about… afterall what can u expect from a $2 fish n chips? Boo…
And we left the casino at about 12 midnight to catch the last “spew fire” act which cz said I must go watch… I don’t really know how to describe the spew fire thingy… but jus imagined there were many tall chimneys erected along the river and they will spew really big fire hahaha… it was quite magnificent and the fire was that big that I could feel the heat manz.. the fuel used to ignite and support the fire in a night was said to be the GDP of a small country. So some people argued that this spew fire thingy is a waste of resources… yeah I think so too… I think fireworks would b very much nicer than fire-spewing.. but well, its something unusual I guess…
Day 3 [30/11/06]I took tram on my own to flinders station to meet eli… so scary so many people at e stop.. I was later told that there was some strike/rally going on… some anti-their-prime-minister thingy.. think was some labour strike.. wah so exciting ha… reminded me of mike leu worrr…
Anyway when I was on e tram I was qt nervous hahha, not because I didn’t pay for my ride la… I paid ok =) it’s because I have no idea how flinders station look like and there is no sign at the bus stop or what for me to look out… vien told me flinders station is this yellow building.. I was trying very hard to look out for one.. a bit difficult cos bus was v v v crowded… give me my mrt la!! Booo… easier to use lor…
Finally got off at e right stop, called eli and describe to her my surroundings.. haha she asked me stay where I m she will come n look for me.. haha yeah!
And because of e strike, our bus will not pick us up from flinders station. They will pick us up at their shop instead… so we nid to go look for their shop… along the way I bot nicey doughnuts from i-cant-rmb-e-name… hahaha… was deciding between doughnuts and lord of e fries [which is a shop dat sells fries and some burgers I think] but I figured the servings are too large and eli wasn’t v hungry, I cant finish on my own la… and the fries don’t really look very appetizing.. with some unknown sauce on them… hahaha…
The doughnut which I ate was qt nice!! Yum yum!!!
Finally reached e shop and boarded e bus…
Our first stop is the gurdies winery… drank many glasses of wine… some tasted dry and some were qt fruity nicey! =) didn’t buy any of course.. nth much happened or worth mentioning at the winery actually haha…
Nxt stop was my nightmare --- Maru Farm… booo farm leh!!! E first animal we saw was wombat… it looks somewhat like pig… hahaha a black pig… e fur is rough rough de, I touch and eeks it’s a bit prickly… heh mayb he should try using hair conditioner?! Hahahhaa… there were 2 wombats in the farm, or rather 4, 2 adults and 2 babies one… they are always sleeping la!! Booo… so lazy hahaha… just like me… hahaha…
We went to koala enclosure after that.. no cameras were allowed… boo n e koala was very big!!!! We were allowed to go in n touch e koala n the attendants will help us take picture n of cos if we wanna buy its very expensive la… I was soooo scared la…. U should have seen the irritatingly long nails n claws of e koala… booo not cute at all!!! The koala was throwing some tantrums and I was soooo afraid he would scratch my face… booo… left immediately after e photo shooot…
Next we went on to c kangaroos or isit wullabies… sheesh I forgot how to differentiate them liao, other than wullabies often move around alone or in 2s or 3s… kangaroos move around in herds…
Anyway this kangaroos/wullabies are qt tame.. everyone is feeding them except me… well I m afraid of them… hahaha…
Then we went to the outdoors of this farm where the animals are less tame..
More koalas but they are sleepy sleepy and this time round far far away from me… oh great! Dun come near me hahaha…
And I saw baa baa!!!wow!! let me take a pic with him haha… c how far away I was standing away from him… I scared he will kick me or sth.. hahaha… I dunno I m just afraid of all animals la… booo…
nxt to baa baa there’s this beautiful pony or isit donkey? I don’t really know.. hahaha but somehow from this pic onwards whenever I took pic wif an animal my eyes are not looking at e camera liao.. cos these animals are too active!!! I scared dey will come and kick me or lick me or dunno do wad to me?! Hahaha…
finally we went out to wilder wilder part… there were many gigantic kangaroos n mind u they were very fierce!!! Booo a girl was trying to feed them and they pounce on her… basically they pounce on anyone who has food in their hands… I almost didn’t dare to step into that part of e farm la.. and these kangaroos are tall!! Abt 2m tall… eli finally found a slightly tamer kangaroo.. and she distracted the kangaroo so that I could take pic wif it hahaha… this kangaroo is v cute.. he chomps his food with a loud “chomp chomp” sound, very rhythmic too haha…
some of the nice sceneries we saw along e way…
nxt stop was woollamai beach… it was really difficult walking on this beach cos the sand was just toooooo soft… I didn’t bring any container if not I would have brought some sand back for u all hahaha… but we didn’t really talk much during our beach stroll cos e sun was very very strong and there were a lot of irritating flies!!! Darn!! We hurried back to our bus after finishing that stroll haha…
finally it was time to watch e penguin parade at the beach… wow really a lot of penguins!!! They are soooo small and cute.. really hate how those cheena people ran across the wooden planks to hurry to another spot to c them… their loud footsteps will frighten them lor!!! Hmph.. and they speak sooo loudly.. booo… the following pic was taken outside the souvenir shop haha.. no photos of e penguin cos no cameras were allowed inside..
after e penguin parade it was home sweet home.. by e time I reached vien’s place was abt 12 midnight le… on e way home sth maddening happened.. haiz dowan tok abt it liao.. but dat incident made me wanna go home immediately… boohoo…
Day 4 [01/12/06]Hahhaa we slept in and woke up super duper late today… cos I think I really too tired.. n vien is no.1 赖床高手 too hahaha so we got up at abt 1pm yeah 1pm hahaha… den hurry made our way to queen vic mkt… heng its near vien’s place.. haizz… bot uncle cy’s apricots and figs… bot macadamias for myself yum yum haha… bot cute bottle of sweets for some of my frens yeah hahaha.. dey shldnt be called sweets cos dey r pills hahahha for those who get it will know wad I mean haha…
N I was darn lucky! E Spanish donut pushcart was open!!! Haha yeah finally got to try e legendary Spanish doughnuts! Yum yum… its nice la.. but I still prefer my krispy kreme n mister donut haha… but e Spanish vendor was qt bad… he tricked me!! Haha I mus haf a “bully-me” face or sth ha…
Nxt stop we gg melb central to shop!! Yippie yay!! Tried 2 tops from roxy I qt like but nah dey r too ex… 50 aud leh… convert to sgd 60 liao… cannot la.. I on a budget trip yeah! Hahaha… life without my atm card is terrible!! Cant wait to go back to sg where I can spend until I shuang haha…
N I saw horse carriages at melb central!! Wow!! So pretty… I oso wanna sit but I no money la hahaha… when I get married I also wanna go around in some horse carriages *dreamz* impossible in singapore la… boo…or mayb I will get motion sickness hahahaha… but anyway horse carriages r pretty… think e attendant mus haf dozed off dat’s y nv realize I was taking pic hahaha… dun care…
At melb central I bot 2 tops for rena n cz yeah expensive leh xim tia haha… cos dey go overseas bot me tops too! Yeah so I buy for them too hahaha…
After dat, we meeting Audrey n frens for dinner… wah v long nv c Audrey too… since jc days…she was my sec 1 and 2 classmate… haha.. we went melb Chinatown to eat… ha shared beef hor fun wif vien… qt nice ha but yeah we were “chased away” promptly once we finished our food… shopped ard Chinatown… which is actually v small only.. one street nia… then we walked to lygon street which supposedly v nice desserts n cakes…
En route, we passed by melb prison and yar, dat’s e pic of me standing at e signboard… eee so scary… alwiz think prison is a v sad place.. I hope I nv will step into a prison, either to visit someone or wad.. haizz…
Finally reached lygon street, and everyone said I shld try gelati! Okie so well only I bot a cup of gelati cos they were too full.. boo.. I ordered durian gelati [highly recommended by Audrey] and rocher gelati… I chose myself de.. really v nice haha.. den we were discussing how come dey dun come sg.. but apparently, some one’s auntie/mum spoke to e boss b4 but he refused or isit cos e profit share/copyrights he asked for was too high… cant rmb…
When we got back to vien’s place eventually, we had to pack our luggage cos we leaving for Sydney e nxt morning liao.. in e end there were jus too many stuff to discuss and to pack [plus we got home pretty late and had to wake up very early like 4am] so we din sleep e entire night.. boo I m shagged…
Day 5 [02/12/06]We washed up at about 4am and dragged our luggage down… saw a lot of pretty stuff at melb domestic airport.. was so tempted to buy.. but nah, dat can wait till we are back from Sydney…
Bot BOOST- its actually a smoothie- and brot it up e plane to drink.. qt yummy but we were jus tooo toooo tired dat we slept all e way there.. reached Sydney le after about 1.5 hours…
Bot tix for airport shuttle but we didn’t know where to board e bus.. e lady’s instructions wasn’t v clear oso lor.. haizz or mayb we were just too tired… haha… anyway finally got to e hotel after quite an episode… cos e bus driver dropped us at the opposite street and me n vien got a shock when we couldn’t find our “hotel” tot it was non-existent?! But dat couldn’t be e case cos we had a fren who stayed there b4… so it mus be somewhere.. called up e recep to ask.. finally found the “hotel” got a shock!!! Sooooo lok cok.. heh and no lift?!! Haizz… got a lot of difficulty half-dragging half-carrying my luggage up e stairs…
Vien din want a Bunkie bed,i.e. double decker.. hence we wad to wait till 1pm b4 dey could give us a double bed… haizz…
So we decided to take a walk around e place… we went Chinatown.. I ordered 海鲜饺子面汤 cos I was craving for soup n noodles haha.. it was a huge bowl! And when u placed ur order at e counter, e cashier will pass u dis remote control like thingy… it was kinda paiseh.. cos when ur food is ready, this electronic device will ring v loudly… and it gets progressively louder!! And there’s no way u can turn down the volume or anything.. kns… luckily we don’t have such “interesting” thing in sg… -_-
During e lunch, vien oso called zhijing to let her noe we reached Sydney safe n sound, and we were v v v v tired… ha…
But yar since it’s not 1pm yet, we cant go back to sleep… so we went to walk n shop in Chinatown, and wow! We actually found our way to paddy’s mkt… but weird nothing much oso leh.. or mayb we were jus tooo tired.. haizz… bot some bread and buns n dim sum from dis hk confectionery yum yum…
Finally it was 1pm and we could go back to sleep yeah!!! Yeah so boring right our 1st day in Sydney we spent most of our time sleeping ha.. den zhijing called and said she coming over to find us.. den she brot us to dis suburb to eat shanghainese food… ha its farnie hor… im in aust yet I kept eating other countries’ cuisine there….
We ordered 脆皮鸭，上海炒年糕and 锅贴 yum yum!! All v nice.. but of cos dey are oily too la…
this is a pic of 上海炒年糕
After which, we made our way back to hotel… along e way we went Woolworth [a supermarket] to buy some mineral water, bread for breakfast and tidbits….
Day 6 [03/12/06]We woke up at about 12 I think hahaha… hurried wash up and made our way to circular quay.. we are gg Sydney opera house!! Wow wow wee!!! Yeahh…
These pictures are taken at e train platform… so nice rite e view… a far cry from their lok cok train station.. its really weird… haha…
We took a lot of pic along e way to Sydney opera hse.. hahaha… yeah…
We went to buy tickets for e guided tour to Sydney opera hse when we finally reached SOH… wow a lot of tickets sold out so we had to walk ard n nua around first…
We went to e neighbouring royal botanic gardens.. got choo-choo-train hahaha…
this is SOH toilet.. i like their sink design... vivo city shld learn from them.. ha thou their sinks are swallow but the water from e tap wun spalsh all over e place, unlike vivo...
We went for the guided tour of Sydney opera hse.. really value-for-money I feel.. cos we managed to take a lot of pictures!! Yeah… the best time to go for the guided tour is on Sundays! Cos according to e guide, there are usually no rehearsals or performances, so we are then allowed to take pics since there are no backdrops or props which would imply infringement of copyrights if we were to take pic.. and so we can take pic take until we shuang.. yippie!
e guide explained a bit about e architecture of SOH… heh qt technical and I cant really rmb how special e concrete stuff were liao haha…
E first place we went to 参观 was e hall for ballet performances, followed by e orchestra place… wow! Can u c from e picture? E pipe looking thing at e back.. those pipes belong to a gigantic pipe organ.. wow! And e guide was saying to tune this pipe organ it takes 8 days lor! Wow….
Oh yar!! I nv knew SOH roof are made of tiles.. I jus thot they were cement roof painted white or sth.. wow.. n SOH is more yellow than what I imagined… wow…
After e guided tour, we met up wif zhijing and hurried over to the rocks market… nth much to buy but it was fun looking at all the cute little handicrafts… ha…
Den we went to eat at pancakes on the rocks! Wow really v yummy!! We ordered a savoury one and 2 sweet ones.. dey even haf a choco pancake instead of e usual buttermilk pancake.. wow! Really nice.. haha…
On e way back to e train station we stopped along the river/sea banks to take more pictures of SOH!! Saw another sg family there oso.. and we had an “interesting” encounter, I would say hahaha… and we bumped into them again the next day.. diaozz.. Sydney is not very small lor…
Finally it was time to go back… we went to shop at supermarket again cos me n vien seriously don’t look fw to gg back to that “hotel” booo…
We took lotsa bo liao pics and somehow vien’s facial expression is always e opposite of ours hahaha…
Day 7 [04/12/06]Woke up den walked to queen vic building to take bus to Sydney fish mkt… wow I love those old old architecture.. queen vic building is really pretty but haizz we haf no time to shop and walk ard.. cos our bus reaching.. we will b back again! Ha…
Took bus to Sydney fish mkt and wow.. can really smell e sea and the fishes… haha… we ordered a seafood platter for 2 and 200g of salmon sashimi!! Yeah!! E table nxt to us, 2 hk girls dey ordered lobster sashimi!! Wow..!! told u I on budget trip liao lor… salmon sashimi was e best my money could buy hahaha..
Our seafood platter had 4 oysters cooked in 2 different ways… told ya I dun like oysters liao.. but well since I paid I mus eat right.. so quickly pose a pic wif one of e oysters.. haha e oyster wif bacon taste not bad.. ha e oyster wif cheese is not as nice liao.. cos I can taste e oyster.. booo I dun like and cannot stand e smell…
We had a hard time finishing our seafood platter.. wad’s new rite.. I always cant finish my food hahhaa… but yar… it ok la.. slightly over-rated I would say.. but e seafood is really v fresh!!! Especially e sashimi!! Yum yum… ha…
This pic was taken while waiting for e bus to darling harbour… haha wad a cute name hor darling harbour.. ha.. nice place too!
We alighted at star city… sydney’s largest entertainment complex wif casino and hotel.. really v pretty…
As we walked along darling harbour, saw many interesting ships, I felt as thou I was in some pirates of e carribbean place hahaha…
then, we went shopping at harbourside.. and were mistaken to be Japanese.. we walked into a jap souvenir shop and the Japanese lady boss spoke to us in Japanese.. stunned! Haha…
I m lazy basically the following pics are taken in darling harbour.. ha…
Then, we walked back to chinatown from darling harbour.. yeah our legs ached like mad after dat ha.. [btw if u still didn’t realize, our hotel is jus one street away from Chinatown… haha so we go there every night ha]
Went back qt early cos we gotta wake up at 6am tml.. we gg blue mountains!! Yeah…
Day 8 [05/12/06]After a long long journey we finally reached katoomba! Our bus driver was very knowledgeable and he was talking non-stop about blue mountains and Sydney.. wow from e geographical composition of blue mountains to e great diving range.. blue mountains shld b called a plateau, strictly speaking.. ha.. and e rock from blue mountains contributed to e beautiful Manly and Bondi beaches… wow…
Vien decided to go for e scenic skyway tour.. it was sth like a roller coaster so I decided to forego it.. so we went exploring on our own.. I walked up e cliff road and managed to catch a panoramic and bird eye’s view of the 3 sisters’ peak… haha.. c I even took pic wif e peak! Yeah… sitting there alone and breathing e fresh air really lifted my spirits!! V v v nice!! For once, I was glad I was alone, basking in nature’s wonders… wow….
Nxt stop was jenolan caves… we had to go thru this cave and it was not easy cos our tour bus was really huge and our driver said there were only about 2 inches on each side of e bus and so he really had to slow down…
E temp inside e jenolan caves was a constant 15 deg throughout e yr… v cooling… we took e lucas route.. which meant that we had to climb 910 steps for e entire jenolan caves tour… wow dat was fun! Hahaha… luckily I climbed e stairs in sch from south spine to ny audi hahaha… if not I wld haf died from the lack of exercise.. ha..
Day 9 [06/12/06]Met up wif eli at circular quay.. we are gg manly beach today!! Wad a weird name hor.. manly beach haha…
Took ferry to e manly beach…
Haha b4 all these photos were taken, we were actually happily shopping at all e stores along e way… really a nice place to shop man!! We were actually on e beach for about 1/2 an hour or so only hahaha….
Well urs truly din really wanna get a tan, plus e winds were really strong!!! I was shivering can?! Grrr wonder how come those babes on e beach could strut around in bikinis.. wow! Hahaha…
Really got nth much to say abt liao leh.. we had pancakes on e rocks for dinner
since we were back at circular quay again haha… n eli hadn’t try them b4!! Wow so *ahem* me n vien shall bring here there.. hahaha… nice place.. it’s vien’s no.1 favourite place in Sydney… mine was Sydney fish mkt toilet -_- thanks ar vien… booo
Then, we went supermarket again on e way home.. paiseh la.. we nid to replenish our water and tidbits u c… when we walked out from e supermarket.. we were so awed by e Christmas lighting of e building opposite us… v pretty.. every min e building will change “clothes” hahaha…
Day 10 [07/12/06]Zhijing came down to look for us cos we gg Birkenhead point –highly recommended by cz.. but we din manage to shop to our hearts’ content leh! Nth to buy de.. but I bot a rip curl tee for my sis.. since its really e cheapest I’ve seen for the past few days.. but still v ex lor.. close to 30sgd.. haizz…
I tried donut king! Wow!! Not bad.. but I still prefer original glazed doughnuts I guess… hahaha…
After nua-ing at Birkenhead point food court for a while more, we went back to Chinatown.. yar I noe Chinatown!! We walked over to paddy’s mkt cos zhijing wanted to buy vege… we shopped e entire paddy’s mkt again haha… dis time we bot a lot more things.. yeah…
Then we went to Dixon street food court.. we ordered 3 set meals -a bimbimbab [Korean stone bowl rice], hot n spicy KING prawns hahaa n a Mongolian sizzling mutton… all 3 were qt spicy.. and v hot.. as in 烧 hahaha… cos e king prawns n mutton r served on hot plate de.. hahaha really v 好吃！yeah…
Then we went to sing ktv.. was really shocked the songs they haf are very new!!! [yar I noe each time I go overseas, I always try their ktv hahaha..] but it was really cheap la… aud 10 for 3 hours.. wow! But no free drinks.. heh.. hahaha…
Day 11 [08/12/06]We are gg bondi today!!
Bondi has dis very big and nice-to-shop shopping centre called Westfield bondi junction.. Westfield is sth like our centrepoint.. dey haf a lot of malls… anyway dis wf bondi junction is really big!!!! It spans across 2 streets can… with an overhead glass shopping corridor for shoppers to move across e 2 buildings.. wow!!! We took about 3 hours to shop finish e entire building… bot qt a few tops from there.. woohoo~~
Take a look at e following pic.. it was taken at their food court.. v posh rite?! Hahaha…
Then we tried muffins from this place called muffin break, really nice… yum yum…
After dat we made our way to bondi beach… heard from zhijing dat there is dis stretch on bondi beach which is known as e nude beach.. people will strut around naked… wow! I din see thou.. hahaha.. not dat I wanna c oso la.. but we didn’t go look for it on purpose oso.. hahaa.. anyway it was getting late oso…
We actually wanted to try hurricane ribs from this hurricane café/ restaurant.. but diaozz it was fully booked! So we had to take away and eat at one of those stone tables around.. wad an experience.. e hurricane ribs was really qt nice.. ha… but slightly too over-rated as well… price-wise, we ordered a full rack of ribs to share its aud24.00 and it comes wif a baked potato.. dat aluminium foil wrapped-thingy I was holding in my hands…
I guess if we could eat properly at e restaurant, it would b sooo much better.. but nonetheless, it’s e company that counts haha.. isn’t it?
We had fried mars bar for dessert after dinner… Audrey kept saying it’s a must-try.. but its really ex leh.. aud 3.30 lor.. so we shared.. hahaha.. in e end when I came back to sg.. then I realize we haf fried mars bar too! Selling for sgd 2.95.. kns… I haven’t tried e sg one thou.. anyway I don’t really like things dat r tooo sweet… and e fried mars bar we had in aust I found it too sweet.. yar…
Lastly, we nv fail to end our day at e supermkt rite.. haha dis time round, it was eli who needed to shop for vege and stuff…
Finally it was time to go back again… we took pics wif our weekly passs.. cos today is e last day our pass is valid hahah our last time taking train in e near future ha…
Day 12 [09/12/06]We couldn’t go anywhere far liao cos our weekly bus/train/ferry pass expired.. so we decided to shop around our hotel b4 our flight back to melb…
Went market city factory outlets.. then queen vic building…
Then we walked to pitt street mall.. was shocked to find krispy kreme!! Yeah so I tried their original glaze doughnut! Yum yum!! Delicious…
After all dat shopping we went to nua ard at starbucks! E starbucks guy was qt cute hahaha… oh n he’s Korean… vien wanted a pic of him kept asking me to take a pic of him since I m facing him… diaoz… I really haf no idea how to do it discreetly la.. so paiseh.. and after numerous attempts, vien wasn’t pleased wif my photos.. boo.. dowan take le la… haha…
Then we went back to our hotel and took e airport shuttle to airport.. at e airport I bot more krispy kreme to da bao back to sg for my sis to try… e guy gave me free doughnuts!! Yeah so nice!! Hahaha…
When we finally reached melb.. we dumped our luggage at vien’s place and went out to melb central again to woolworth’s… I nided to go supermarket to buy tidbits n choco for e people back in sg! Hahaha…
Day 13 [10/12/06]It was home sweet home finally!! Boo din managed to meet up wif jie hao… I only saw his msg when my plane landed in sg.. he reached melb liao.. haizz.. guess we will hafta meet up in sg then.. haha…
Thanks cz for coming airport to pick me up!! I thot no one was coming liao.. and oh yar when I reached sg.. I could really feel e heat and e humidity of sg weather.. whoa!
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