i am back…

temperature here has dropped again. during the day on average it was 21 degrees Celsius, now it’s 16.. and night is at 4 Celsius. Que, YunYi and Hanim are in Canberra, i heard the weather there is even colder.

anyways, finally i have resized some pictures so it’s blog ready. =)

these are just the pictures of my first week stay in Gold Coast, Brisbane and Nerang.

I left for Australia last last Friday, ALONE, after a whole long night of party at MOS. Can barely remember what to pack in my bag. Reached Coolangatta Airport on Saturday morning and went straight to breakfast. The picture above is the family i live with in Brisbane. My grand auntie and my favourite grand Uncle John, my godparents, and my two new friends aka tour guide, Chew and Daniel.

On the day of my arrival, I went back to my uncle’s hse in Eagleby to put down my baggage and started packing for a week of clothing because we were going to go and stay in Cedarlake, where the vacation home is. It was seriously a big rush. I have not recover from my jet lag and these ppl are pushing me around forcing me to pack and unpack. *sigh*

Anyway we made our way to Nerang Town where Cedar Lake is located. We check into our stable block. Its exterior really mimic the horse stable, and inside it was lovely!

After unloading our stuff at the house, Chew, Daniel and I went to the Equestrian Club in the resort where we saw on our way in. Daniel and I have not tried horse riding so we decided to give it a try. We were brief on how to control the horse and off we go into the woods. It was a hell long bumpy 1 hour ride. My bum hurts.

But I was pretty lucky, I saw a while kangaroo while in the woods. =)

On the 2nd day, we went up to Mount Tamborine. There’s a really pretty market place there. On the way up we stopped by at the look out, he scenery was fantastic…

a place well known for hang gliding and parachuting

<3 the scenery

Old man

breathe-taking view

We reached the market place after a 2 long hours of driving. Pretty and interesting little market place up in Mt Tamborine. There are ppl selling fresh produce, vintage goods, pre-loved items, pets and lots more at a really good bargain.

I tried one of Australia’s most famous delicacies, Lamington. It’s actually a spongecake cut up in a cube, coated with chocolate icing and coconut sprinkles. IT WAS TOO SWEET! >.< didn’t like it. sorry.

had hot chocolate and some dutch pancake for breakfast. I don’t remember if it’s dutch or what.

me and my second set of mummy and daddy =)

chewy and me

Mt Tamborine is famous for their pies. This is what i had, Steak and Potatoes, yummy!

After Mt Tamborine, we head off to Carrara Market.

It was more like a bazaar. i run like a mad girl. so much to see so much to buy

on the way home. took a pic through my sunglasses =) cool eh?

The following day we took a slow drive to Murwillumbah. Yea I know, its a mouth full. I cannot pronounce nuts about the name of the places here. most of the words are aboriginal’s. We Malaysians just call it Mum Mum bah. haha. pisses my Uncle John. We’ll now i know how to pronounce it, coz I got a smack from him for not saying it right. haha. On the way to Murwillumbah to see the Hippie Town, we stopped by at Chillingham, and also, we took a wrong turn and end up at the border of Queensland and New SOuth Wales. =) cool right?!

Day 4 Uncle John brought us to David Fleay’s Wild Life Park. I was there for not even an hour i was running and screaming my heads off. That place have so many worms and caterpillar. EEEeeewww.. Then We head of to the Currumbin Sanctuary at Gold Coast. I was bugging him to bring me see the kangaroos, koalas, wombats and the wallaby! And sure enough, I got to see all of them, including penguins, polar bear, sharks, dolphin and rays. I even got to carry a koala.

see this little joey, wanna cam whore with me

i think she is a girl joey ^^,

click to enlarge - look!

i sayang one of the kangaroo another one came.

they look super manja <3

then at Currumbin there was a lorikeet park. it was full house when we went.

they are not scared of people. they will fly freely and just land on your head, shoulder and hands if you have food. i got a lot of scratches on my hands for feeding them *curse curse birds*

feeding them milk in a bowl

I spent whole of my fifth day in SeaWorld. I feel like a kid again. Went on rides, excited to see those animals, and fishes.. my 85 year old grand uncle actually went on a terror ride with me, can you believe that? aaa it was good =)

dolphin and me

Uncle John and I

cute eh?

The following day I went to Paradise Country. Saw how they made Billy Tea and the damper.

Saw how the “farmers” (hot aussie hunks) sheer the sheep. We had lunch there as well.

That night I don’t know what got into me. I jumped in the pool!!! WOOO~I can now tell people I went swimming in winter. =D though the pool was heated, I was coughing out my lungs the next day >.<

(proof, haha)

The 7th day, we stopped by at the trawler’s market before we head home to Brisbane.

Lots of fresh and cheap seafood there =) prawns as big as a daddy prawn and lobster as big as my handbag and bay bugs as fresh as hell. was it ever good. yummy.

catch of the day - menu

yeap, they sell their fresh catch on their fishing boats

crab crab

Ouh dear, i have got to stop blogging now. It’s 4 degrees here, I’m off to hugging the heater now. As the day pass, the temperature drops, how can? Australian winter never been this cold… Seems like i have witnessed the coldest winter ever in Brisbane. Stupid global warming. Will continue week 2 later! Ciao for now =D

oh great.. finally i can move my fingers. my fingers were so frozen that i can’t blog.

been wanting to blog for about a week ago when i reach Australia, but i cannot seem to just sit down and get started. It has been really really cold here. Winter here is crazy.. during the day weather is tolerable, but at night it drops all the way to 6 degrees. whats more crazy is that the locals recommend me eating rock melon topped with cottage cheese, with a pinch of salt and a dash of pepper. i am really having a bad tummy ache! =(

i am rolling in pain now. lucky for me i have a hot water bottle on my tummy and a heater in the room.

i have been around for a week plus now. took so many pictures, but haven’t had the time to put it up. here the day seem to be really short… it gets dark around 5 pm (Australian time). sigh sien.

time passed pretty fast. the last i remember was a week of sleepless nights rushing for FYP at jason’s, then submission, then economics, acc and management exam, party so hard till the next day, mamaking then i am on the plan on the way to Gold Coast. Pretty fun being me 

I really can’t take the pain adi. i think i’m gonna stop here, tmr will surely update this dusty blog with a week worth of pictures!!!

i am in  Brisbane now. will be staying here for a month…
won’t be updating me blog as often as i do. internet here is pretty squishy compared to Malaysia’s broadband. =\

will update soon if i have time! Churros!

I feel really heavy hearted right now. I just finish packing my stuff and am waiting for my ride.

This is my final semester, and am graduating soon, hopefully..

*fingers crossed*

It’s been 4 good ol’ years. I am so gonna miss this place. I will miss staying in MMU, esp NEA apartment. way much comfy than staying in the hostel and in Cyberia.

my room window

splendid view from my room

(the night view is even nicer)

Well the things that i will miss most is attending classes, assignments, exams submissions, the swimming pool and the life guards and above all, my fellow friends and lecturers in MMU.

It’s been really wonderful.. It has. =’)

*happy tear*

this is weird coming out from me.

but

I AM FREAKING EXCITED TO FINISH MY FYP!!!

to those who have no idea what i am talking about.. it is actually my Final Year Project. I am suppose to build a 3D model of an event of a product launch, and the final will be an interactive CD where you can navigate through my 3D. the more i look at my building i realized it looks more and more like an UFO. there. picture. XD

p/s: that’s not my final tho.

still in the modeling stage =\

i kinda owe this post to myself and baby.
Remember the last post i had really bad cravings for krispy kreme?

so yea i was at baby jas0n’s place, doing my FYP (well, about to start actually), suddenly i have this strong cravings for Krispy Kreme(thanks to Dexter).

Jason, being the super boyfriend he always is, he agreed to drive us down to Times Square after the oh-so-ever-yummy-bak-kut-teh-in-puchong dinner.

super excited!

our choices : original glazed donut (rm2.50),devils’s cake, powdered strawberry fillings,

caramel and custard, hershey’s white choc, and the flower (rm2.80 each)

they were slightly more expensive than Big Apple and JCo’s but they are much softer BUT they too are much sweeter compared to those 2 donut chain mentioned. If you are diabetic i recommend you not to take Krispy Kreme. They are mostly glazed with a thick layer of sugar and filled with really sweet fillings. good for those who have sweet tooth.

My favourites are the original glazed and the devil’s cake. so rich!

ouh so yummy!

this has to be jas0n’s fave. Hershey’s white chocolate.

I am not a fan of white and milk chocolate. real chocoholic only takes dark and bitter chocolate.

i will definitely return to Krispy Kreme. so heavenly.

after the sweet desserts, we went to Zouk to shake all the calories off. kinda fun being a Zouk member. For my birthday, they gave me 12 free entrance passes and 6 jugs of alcohol beverage. On top of that it was ladies night, so we got 5 extra drinks.

in pic : scha, noa, mC, jas0n, steph, nat, naresh

tina, richard, khai tzer and ester were too busy at the dance floor >.<

omg all of us so red. on the way back we got block at a road block. first time seeing the real breathalizer.

baby was so nervous… but the cop just let us go. we didn’t drink that much. 6 jugs and 5 drinks each.

it was fun. hell load of fun. and right now i am in hell of a pain trying to do my work. i need motivations!

Sony advertisement and the ad agency that they chose has always been very well known in selling colors to the world. These are some of my favourites.

The Sony Bravia Bunnies
just simply love how crafted they are. the bunnies are animated “frame by frame”.
lots of effort.

The Sony Cybershot T700
After watching commercials after commercials u have to agree with me that life is colourful. =)

and my new and latest favourite…
The Foam City

and here guys.. is the making of.

MMU Award Night rocks. I had so much fun getting involve in such a huge event like this. baby jas0n was the emcee for that night <3 he look so hot btw =) me and my bestie was all dolled up. spent so much time with the committees, getting to know each other and all.

Congratulations to Alex for winning 4 awards, including Student Leader of the Year.

Too many pics to upload. To view bigger picture, simply just click on them. =)