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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

December Plans

Yeah...something fun coming up...for our Brisbane and Gold Coast trip, we finally managed to book a studio apartment in Brisbane city for 3 nights during the super peak period (26 to 28 Dec)..which is actually quite a good deal at $99 per nite. It's a pity that the Surfers Paradise hotels were all fully booked and for our Movieworld trip we need to drive down from the city to Gold Coast. Luckily we also got a ''Buy one get one free'' entry coupon for Movieworld, saving us around $69.95. Really looking forward to Movieworld..and the gift shop..haha

After which, I'm coming home on Dec 30...and I booked the bus tickets too. And it's really a long long journey home..and I can tell you why.

0430 Rise & Shine

0530 Set off to Toowoomba

0630 Off to Brisbane city (2 hour in travel coach..might be bus sick..haiz)

0840 Reach Brisbane City

0840 Take Air Train to Airport (dragging my 23kg luggage)

0930 Reach Airport

0930 to 1130 Take shuttle bus and go Direct Factory Outlet for last min shopping (lol)

1130 Check In and let the very fierce Custom officers ask questions as if you are a criminal

1340 Flight Depart and see Qantas able to fly anot..got a few bad experiences with them (eg..try to fly up but cannot and land again...very bad turbulence when I was coming here, waiting for a long time for our luggage to come out and also one of the air stewardess handing me a rotten apple as a snack..totally off)

2100 (Sg time) Reach Sg if no delay

2100 Take cab back home (sure car sick like mad)

2200 Reach home and let Cookie bark at me cos he sure very blur (heard he very naughty and super fat now, I come back sure give him some colour to see)

2300 Wait till Mum come out of toilet and let me take the very stressed shower, with frequent knocks on the door to tell me shower faster..and my sis nagging me to unpack immediately..cos she cannot stand any mess..

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight sensation in Oz is just crazy..and it happened to me as well..and I managed to convince Gavin to spend $33AUD and drove 45 mins to go to the cinema with me on Saturday..

The movie theatre was full of teenage girls..haha..there's even like a school teacher bringing one whole group of girls..(summer holidays for the oz students here..the school excusions here are so happening..they bring them to movies or the Royal show..not like our time..always go zoo, bird park, science center..boring)..there are only like 5 or 6 guys in the whole cinema..which obviously freaked Gavin out..haha..and he also happened to the oldest guy there...

The crowd is very spontaneous..everytime Edward Cullen or Jacob Black flashed their abs..or there is a kissing scene and stuff like that...the crowed went ''woo...'' or ''ahh..'' very funny...as for the movie review..I think it is critic proof for those who like the story or the actors..but I think the movie is quite consistent with the story line...but those who are going for the movie...look out for the giant blueberry muffins (I wonder how to make it) and oh yeah, the surprise at the end..ha

and before the movie, there is this Volvo ad that feature the same car that Robert Pattinson drove in the ad...haha...the crowd went crazy too...haha...Volvo really know how to do business...there might be alot of guys changing their car very soon to attract girls or girlfriends nagging their boyfriends to change their car soon..

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Summer Heat

The weather here in Queensland has been extremely hot lately, it can reach up to 39 degrees in the day and it's not the kind of warm we get in Singapore, the kind of warm just sting the skin..like you are in a sauna but just that you simply cant sweat it out.

Accordingly to the news, it's all due to climate change. and it is about 20 degrees higher in some places of Australia for this time of the year.

Some days I can even feel dizzy because of the heat esp mid day..I cant switch on the air conditioner whole day too, cos of the high bills and its very drying on my skin too.

Hot also cannot, air con also cannot..dilemma

(Our couple flip flops..I need to buy a Size 7! The heat must have made my feet expand by another size...)

Just when the weather reports come and say there will be a thunderstorm coming, I was so happy about it cos finally can get some humidity and also keep down the smell of cow manure (they use it as fertiliser and the wind carries the smell everywhere.yucks).But the thunderstorm came and also took the electricity away. There's been 2 power trips so far, the latter being worse as it lasts 4 hours and during the warmest time of the day. I drank 2 L of ice cold water today just to combat the heat..haha

And now, icy soft drink is now our latest best friend,we even bought 5 flavours (which mean 5 boxes..a bit crazy..but its on offer haha) of it. Kirks is like the Yeos here. Nowadays when we go to the supermarket, there are a lot of people buying crates of Cokes and other soft drinks, the kind of sight when we can only see during CNY.

And temperatures are forecast to go even higher, I think I would be suffering from heat stroke very soon..haha

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Congratulations to Wyn and Zhengyu!

Congrats to Wyn on getting the rock..and to Zhengyu for popping the question successfully

and keep up the hard work..project launched a success.

...Luckily we can view all the action from webcam..despite our camera was kept in suspense by a towel..haha..looking forward to the photos...

So many good news from our Pinkies like Huixia's ROM and Peisze's wedding proposal lately..so happy for each and every of them.. may more good news come in the near future too!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Dinner Time

Going western...and I got a burn on my face while frying that drumstick..heng never hui rong.

Gyoza...very challenging...

Sandwich for Gavin's lunch at work

Ham and Pea Alfredo pasta

Teriyaki Chicken

Pita bread

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

October and November Updates

For the past 5 weeks we have been staying at Myall Motel, which is a one bedroom apartment, with complete kitchen and living room..Gavin's company is paying for all these,and its not cheap, its at least 150 for a normal room in this area, i think the apartment we are staying might be 200 per nite or something..

We even bought mooncakes from Brisbane before we get back to Dalby..but the quality is really poor..we threw all the egg yolks out..

Breakfast served on some days too..very hao ming..eat until fat qu..haha..

Gavin in his new job..Compression Engineer at Arrow Energy..a much happier man at his new job..getting his own company 4 wheel drive soon..

And for the one week or so our meals are covered too (my share is covered too..hahah)..so during one of the weekend we drive out to the nearest city Toowoomba..where we had lunch at The Coffee Club..one of the more fancy restaurants in town le..

Lunch at The Coffee Club..the pancake very nice..(add that few strawberries need extra $5..heng not I pay)

We had also just moved out to this rental house that we finally found.The rental property in this area is really horrible..the houses are old and tattered and often come unfurnished..finally found this one with at least a washing machine and fridge and a bed..$200 per week excluding bills..but the sad thing is there is no TV..haiz..got to rely on the hard disk for my entertainment liao..heng got at least 1000 GB worth of shows..

The place we staying now..look very much the kind that need a serious renovation. But can tell you..this is one of the better ones out here le..there are much worse..lol..

The weather is very sunny and dry now too..(some days can be up to 39 deg..but you still cant sweat out that kind)..and it's spring and its also hayfever season too..the pollen fly everywhere..I get runny nose and puffy eyes whenever I go out..my eyes look like goldfish most days too..which is quite depressing..

See my eyes so puffy..I never have yan dai in my life b4 de leh..sianz (and most of the pics I keep wearing this dress..cos most other clothes are with the house removalists..I should have brought more clothes along)

(FYI..hayfever is part of the allergy trinity lai de..often associated with asthma and ezcema..if one person got asthma..very likely their family member might have asthma or ezcema or both.or hayfever...)

And finally something to look forward to, probably this Christmas holidays(first time I not spending Xmas with Pink Army..but I will try to bring back Cadbury Special Edition Xmas chocs back if it wont melt), we will be heading back to Brisbane to meet up with our housemates maybe and perhaps go for KTV together and maybe going to Gold Coast and Movieworld.(something which I wanted to go..but Gavin's not too enthu about it..cos he just went with his parents that time..but what's the point of going Gold Coast without going to the iconic Movieworld?).But I'm not too sure about the weather, going Movieworld in the heat of the summer...hmm..argh.the sunburn..

Wednesday, November 04, 2009