Posts from — September 2009

3 hours ++ flight + 2 hours time difference… finally we reached Melbourne airport. It was early 7am!!! Freaking cold out there! The coldness reached till my stomach which made me feel soooo chilled… even when talking to Missy there was breath vapor coming out from our mouths…super cold @_@

As we were taking Tiger airways (budget airlines), the arrival terminal is super lousy. There was just a simple rooftop to cover yourself. No staff can be seen nearby. The toilet was like those temporary toilet.. And once you got out from the “door”, it was a car park welcoming you. >.<

We walked to the main terminal of Melbourne International Airport to have our breakfast.

>> Homemade soup of that restaurant – Hidetide tasted quite nice

>> Big breakfast panino.. the bacon was quite salty… price for this meal was AUS 12.50

>> Waiting for Missy to snap this picture… waited till I’m frustrated … so looked so bored

Then we took skybus into the Melbourne city. The skybus cost us AUD 30 for a return ticket.

Reached  Southern Cross Station. There were lots of people around. This is one of the 3 largest train stations in Melbourne city. Another one is Flinder Street Station. One more I have forgotten the name. lol…

We walked to Missy’s friend (Pei San)’s apartment, which is 3 blocks away from Southern Cross Station… phew… quite tiring with the big bag at my back… >.<

Got the keys from the housing agent cuz Pei San was working that day…

It was a cozy apartment

>> I like the toilet the most.. lol…

We took a bath and nap then only went out for the walk around city

Our first choice: Shopping! It was the closest to Pei San’s house and we were not familiar to the road.. lol.. Direct Factory Outlet-Spencer here we come!

There were a lot of shops there.. but not the brands I really like.. sad… the one has the brand I like is nearby airport.. which is too far for us… *sigh*…

Kinda hungry so we got our lunch first…

>> Powerade again.. lol… kakaaka…..

>> Spicy Chicken with Rice by Australia-Chinese. Quite a big portion so we shared it Cost us AUD 13.30 for this meal

Bought myself a pair of FILA sports shoe. Not very cheap. so so only. AUD 60. Keep it for Chinese New Year next year.. lol… wonder if I can keep it that long.. hmmm…..

Tried a CK jeans… AUD 65.. I do like it… but Missy said the jeans makes me shorter… so I didn’t buy it.. Missy found 1 which suits her well… but she complained too expensive… so didn’t buy… >.< which later she regretted so much after a few attempts on different jeans.. lol…

Some snap shots of Melbourne:

We just simply got a Melbourne city map and walked to Dockland… lol…

>> City tram

We hopped on one of the free tourist tram… lol… brought us round the city…

Got no where to go…so just went to Waterfront

Kept walking and walking….. so not used to walk so much.. lol…

Wanted to see night view of Melbourne… so we walked pass Crown Casino… there were lots of food over there… wow! We just couldn’t decide which food for our dinner.. lol…

Finally we had our dinner @ Pizzahead… cost us AUD 14.40 :

>> Their pizza really big .. and tasted very yummy as well …

Reached to the top of sight viewing building – Eureka Tower within seconds… cost us another AUD 16.50 @_@

All I can see up there was the night view of Melbourne city… there were lights every where…

This Eureka Tower even has a special section, where you can view Melbourne city below your legs. It is called “The Edge“.. additional charges implies. We didn’t go for it as I got height phobia… it is damn scary ok? If the glasses broken then I sure die already… ya ya.. I can still go for roller coaster… but that is different. That even I’m scared I will still go play.. lol…

Anyway, we stayed there for quite long… cuz I took a nap there while waiting for Pei San got off her work.. lol… too free already and all the shops were closed…

>> Just posted some night view here.. cuz all too dark already… well.. we can see Pricewaterhousecoopers‘s building from here.

>> My legs actually shaking over here… have to sit down… scary…

After that we walked back to Pei San’s apartment… waited her for sometime… so we went to Subway for a drink…

There goes our first day in Melbourne…

We were going to Great Ocean Road the next day. Pretty excited because we booked this day trip online. Cost us AUD 69… >.<

Had a nice sleep the night before… woke up at 8am… the one welcomed us is Princess Freda… forgot to thank her for her company this whole trip… she is soooooo cute.. keep moving and can’t sit still… lol…. I didn’t manage to capture her nice shot… the first snap was just nice..

>> She is a highly active Jack Russel doggie… and the gem of Stephanie and Michelle.. ^^

Oh ya! I forgot to post Perth’s City view… stitch it up with a panorama software… I don’t have photoshop ma *shy*

>> Paiseh ya.. the size is quite big… click for full size ya

Ok, back to my day… Stephanie brought us to Perth Chinatown… for a breakfast… the shop opened at 9.30am @_@ so late… we had our first dim sum in Perth

>> This special dish can be found in all dim sum restaurants in Australia.. we had another one in Adelaide.. will post it up in Adelaide post

>> Stephanie didn’t like it…she said we were eating other “people’s” feet… lol… but the rest of us (Me, Missy, Michelle, etc)  love it *wink*…

It was a good day.. nice weather… with the sun… I love Australia’s sky.. the cloud was so nice

Stephanie drove around 1 hour to reach Araluen… a botanic garden where we can see tulips ^^ niceeee…. thanks mate!

>> Stephanie asked me to post like that… she said she loved to take unaware pictures… lol…

>> It is definitely SPRING! Sakura! wow!No need go to Japan already… but if got chance I still want to go Japan see their cherry blossom *wink*

Inside the souvenir shop:

>> I like this because it used real wood to burn… cool!

Tried out different shutter speed for the small waterfall in front of the souvenir shop… and the result was amazing

>> I definitely love the 1/10 sec picture best

More pictures to go:

We stopped by a coffee shop for a drink… Stephanie had her cappuccino and I had a chai latte… there was a lot of people in the park as well…

Next we headed to King’s Park!

An unaware shot by Stephanie ^^:

Pictures in King’s park:

>> The grass is really soft and green. I could smell the scent of freshly cut grass… felt great lying down… *wink* I can bring my books and read here… it would be a calm and enjoying day

>> See the blue blue sky…so warm… so calm…

The Federation walkway aka Treetop:

Perth’s view from King’s Park:

>> Pardon my panorama view stitching skills ya… I’m using open source software .. so this is the best result I can get.. lol…do click the pictures for bigger size *smile*

Boab tree - Australia Aborigines’ tree:

>> Australia aborigines believed that by boiling the fruits of this tree, is the cure to gastric… hmm… this tree can be found in Australia’s desert

Phew… a long day…back home have a rest and wait for dinner…. chili mussels here we come!

We went to have Italian food @ Concas:

The food Stephanie ordered:

>> Chili mussels! Super hot but it tasted really nice.. yummy….Melisa, Michelle and Stephanie said it was too hot for them.. lol…. altho it was hot… but I liked it…see how big it was.. superb!

>> Garlic bread + chili mussels sauce are the perfect combination! Yummy….

Our milk shake… very thick.. yummy:

This was the night we flew to Melbourne… we took a midnight flight… budget budget ma…. so all were midnight flights…

Thanks to the sweet Michelle for fetching us to Perth domestic airport.. she has to wake up at 4am the next day @_@… thanks to the wonderful Stephanie for accompanying us there…

Melbourne here we come!

Finally I’m gona reveal where I’ve been to this 2 weeks.. lol… guess many of you have found the answer from my last post… sure yeah with the kangaroo pictures… who doesn’t know right?

Yes, I’m in Australia for 10 days! Stopped by KL for 3 days shopping spree! It was a great trip. Reason? It was supposed to be a budget trip but we have friends that added spices to our holiday + enjoyed myself very very much in Australia + bought a lot of things (not in Australia, but in KL.. lol)

Well.. in short… I really love Australia very much. The weather was just fine.. tho is considered very cold (for Spring) to me (but not the locals >.<)… but I really like the city especially Melbourne very much.

Special thanks to wonderful Stephanie for keeping us company and let us stay in her house, the sweet Michelle for fetching us around and letting us sleep in her bed with heater (sweet), the friendly Jessie for having dinner with us, the nice Melisa for staying up to open the house door for us, the thoughtful Pei San for bringing us around and let us sleep in her bed as well, the cute and funny Angelynn for showing us Adelaide and fetching us around, the kind Dancy for accompanying us, the great Sean for letting us sleep in his nice and new guest room, the funny Robin + Vivian for adding spices to our holiday, the warm Anthea and Alex for a short meet up in Melbourne … in case I forgot anyone I’m so sorry.. don’t mean to… but you guys really make a good host and excellent friends… I enjoyed my holiday to the fullest and you all had created  great memories for my 2009 holiday. Muaks and hope to see you guys again ^^

We were kinda worried on the H1N1 virus… so wore mask:

>> No one else wore… non of the Australian in our flight wore mask.. @_@…

Since we had around 7 hours in LCCT before our flight to Perth.. which was in the midnight 12am >.< … so we hang around LCCT… nothing much I can say.. but Missy said it has improved a lot since the last time she’s been there… hmm… more shops and restaurant… lol….

The McDonald is still there (sure la!) Taste of Asia also still there… added Marrybrown, Old Town Kopitiam, KFC and some souvenir shops…

Had our dinner in Taste of Asia.. Missy ordered fried bihun special – which is fried bihun + curry chicken..RM 9.90.. I ordered Noodle soup.. RM 9.90 as well..

Taste? Not bad.. and quite big bowl as well… Missy’s fried bihun was very dry for her

My camera battery ran low around 7pm… so we found ourselves the power point and sat down to wait for it to get fully-charged…

After walking around LCCT, we realized one thing… a lot of foreigners were really daring. They just dare to leave their luggage unattended and check out the souvenir shop/newspaper shop @_@ Amazing isn’t it? Hello, this is Malaysia. Not your country which is safe from theft!

Saw this while charging my battery:

Since there was ample time before we boarded the plane.. we went to Old Town for the toast bread

Finally it was time to go on board..  the Air Asia X

>> erm… picture was actually taken when we were on the way back from Perth… cuz it was 12am in the morning and I’m supposed tobe in my bed!

The in-flight entertainment looks quite promising.. just that you need to pay RM 30 if you want to use it.. they have lots of movies, songs, games… not bad if you are taking long flight.. unless if you plan to sleep all the way then no point buying this.. lol…

Meal I pre-ordered.. quite disappointing as it is just chicken + potato + 1 mineral water and cost RM 20 @_@

After 5 hours we finally reached Perth International Airport! Phew… backache already… *blek*

Anyway.. going through the immigration is super stressed up… so scared they detain us for detailed question… lol… they even have dogs to smell on your luggage.. just in case you try to be funny… lol… and the dog is Jack Russel… cool isn’t it? and it is very cute as well… The immigration chic that brought the dog out was also very cute and pretty *wink*

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I was looking through my pictures yesterday night and found a few that I really love it… although some of the pictures are not well taken and some are just nice.. but they are all part of my memories for my 2009 holiday..

Just share a few now for the one I super love *wink*

Some are taken by me.. some are not…

With these pictures, I think you have more clue on where I have been to.. lol..

>> Getting ready to take a solo picture of mine.. Missy just simply snap… lol.. but I found it beautiful ^^

>> On the way to a hill top.. I just love their cloud.. there is a Chinese Phase: “Oversea moon is always nicer than our own hometown”.. well.. I think their cloud is really very very nice compare to my home country .. lol

>> Wild flower I saw along the road.. don’t know what it calls.. but pretty nice.

>> Very nice tulip.. got to see it in spring… yipee!

>> Testing with different shutter mode.. this is the best one!

>> Bell flower.. cute isn’t it?

>> Daisy! It is surely spring! Time for hay fever as well…lol…

>> Some duno-what-name plant… lol…just snap cuz it looks nice

>> The name of this plant should be “Banksia” if I’m not mistaken… lol…

>> Misc pictures of us

>> Just snap for fun in Eureka Tower’s toilet… lol…Missy’s eyes dunO look at what

>> This will be a perfect picture if without Robin in it.. lol…

>> Starfish that we are allowed to touch… like stone.. the water is very cold…

>> Green green grass with blue blue sky

>> Don’t know what is this as well…just find it very special..

>> Misc post that I like as well

>> This is super nice picture of all that I took…really love this one… I love the effect made by my camera… ^^

>> Last but not least, the mini cupcakes we tried!

Will update more details on my holiday soon…stay tuned *wink*

A very nice song that I like right now… it is really very very nice. You need to keep listening to it … keep repeating it.. it is just so nice… Go download it .. hehe…I don’t provide download links but I can find the lyrics to share:

Look down the ground below is crumbling
Look up the stars are all exploding

It’s the last day on earth
In my dreams
It’s the end of the world
And you’ve come back to me
In my dreams

Between the dust and the debris
There’s a light surrounding you and me

It’s the last day on earth
In my dreams
It’s the end of the world
And you’ve come back to me
In my dreams

And you hold me closer than I can ever remember being held.
I’m not afraid to sleep now, if we can stay like this until

It’s the last day on earth
In my dreams
It’s the end of the world
And you’ve come back to me

In my head I replay our conversations
Over and over til they feel like hallucinations
You know me? I love to lose my mind
And every time anybody speaks your name I still feel the same
I ache, I ache, I ache inside.

*Thumbs up for this great song!

Image source: http://www.impawards.com

Went to watch this in 3-D.  The 3-D effect is really nice… but the story line for this movie is so so only. Not that interesting… not that attractive… hmm… suitable for kids… lol….that is why a lot of kids went to watch it…

3-D effect is excellent!

Guinea pig can talk and human can understand them… lol… cute cute…

Synopsis:

A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.

Full synopsis here.

Image source: www.images.google.com

I don’t really like horror movie… but since I watched the past Final destination movie.. so I thought I can take it…

But… when the film starts… I really don’t like it… but still watch it till the end…cuz I paid for it ma *blek*

Erm…I think there are lots of computer effect in this movie… not that much of bloody scene compare to the past final destination movies…

If you like horror movie then this should fine for u.. but not for me.. lol

Synopsis:

After a teen’s premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.

Full synopsis here

hehe… I’m away for 2 weeks…. still busy unpack my luggage and pictures… just show you guys some pictures of where I went in this two weeks… see if you can guess it or not.. lol…

This is a budget holiday… so… I took budget airlines

Will update my blog soon for the pictures ya… stay tuned ^^