December 14, 2006
Keep Holding On- Avril Lavigne
yepp. thats the theme song for Eragon. i'm so gonna watch it.
and i'm still waiting for the finaly installment of the Inheritance trilogy. waiting....
okays! so i'm back from perth. and judging from my tagboard, i'm missed.
hahas. thankqs pple.
okay. so an account-
Day1, 8-12.
early early, 9am flight. but we had to wait to take off because of dunno what single runway ops.
zzz. so we were airborne by 10am. i watched x-men3, and 3/4 of the da vinci code.
landed in Perth International Airport. a rather small airport. after that a 1>hour bus ride to the hotel.
Hotel Grand Chancellor. that was around 2+ 3+??? free and easy for the rest of the day.
usually their shops close at 5pm. only fridays they close on 9pm.
went shopping.. many different shops selling similar australian souvenirs.
there's a Han's cafe there. nono, its not the same as the Hans we see around Parkway and stuff.
selling asian food, run by asians i guess. so thats it.
Day2, 9-12.
woke around 7+. breakfast wasn't too bad.
today was to be a city tour. King's Park first.
the road leading to the park was like one straight road, with trees on both sides. kewl.
then Perth Mint. a gold refinery. they have poker cards made of gold. Oo
even if buy also cant bear to play sia. hahas. then an actual refining process demo.
the demonstrator is lame. yea. Perth's history more or less started with the Gold Rush.
Swan Bells. a 7-storey tower with 12 bells. a gift from the british government.
then off to Fremantle for a cruise. sights by the sea. nice. very windy and stuff.
btw, havent mentioned their climate, its sunny, with cold winds. my kind of weather. hahas.
a very nice 45minute cruise ride. caught a glimpse of a dolphin too.
the day ended with shopping too. so nothing much to say.
Day3, 10-12.
Caversham Wildlife Park! saw kangeroos, wombats, koalas, dingoes, tasmanian devils, etc etc.
fed the kangeroos. kewl. dingoes kinda looks like a white dog. koalas are riddiculously inactive.
eat, sleep, shit. more or less that's their lifestyle. because their food is low in energy.
that eucalyptas or whatever. picky eaters too, won't eat the leaves we touched. >.<
wombats has that permanent look of daze, and quite cuddly. that sort of 'stunn' expression. lol.
after that visited their souvenir shop, bought a t-shirt. and off to an australian farm.
windmill farm or something. when our bus reached the farm, a lady named Joan came onto the bus with her two dogs, Soda and Whiskey. kelpies. soooooooo cute!!!
whiskey is a little 'dao'. and soda just wants to be stroked. hahas. a bbq lunch by Joan's husband, Milton.
nice. then sheep shearing, horse riding, met a few farm animals. feeding.
went to a fruit orchard, and there's no such thing as a mandrin orange. its two different fruits.
the dried raisins and apricots are nice. after that back to the farm.
well, there's a wallaby named Huff-Puff, 2 kangeroos Harmony and i forgot the other name.
wallabies and similar to kangeroos. smaller. sheeps, cows, horses.
it wasn't as bad as i expected. very mordenised too. dinner cooked by Milton. asian dishes too.
very nice. then a weaving session by Joan. thread from wool. not as easy as it looks. hahas.
at night. learnt and played asshole 'daidi'. Big 2. hahas. so fun. watched the stars too.
an expanse of black, dotted with stars.
Day4, 11-12.
quite chilly in the night, could not really sleep. woke up around 6.20.
after wash-up and stuff, breakfast. after we gave breakfast to the wallaby and kangeroos.
haha. breakfast similar to the hotel's. after breakfast, we bid farewell to our hosts. and the animals.
went to a winery. they said that under-18s not supposed to try, but who cares. hahas.
the wines are nice too. then on to a chocolate factory. whee! mainly dark and milk chocolate.
i love the milk chocolates. there are a few packets of chocolates in my fridge now too. yum~
chinese lunch. then factory outlet shopping.
... ... ... dinner at a "Fast Eddy's". western food. pancakes. heh. then back to the hotel.
Day5, 12-12.
Pinnacles! Sand-Boarding! Beach by the Indian Ocean! nice! but sit in the bus until butt got smoke.
total around 6-7 hours in coach rides? zzz. so proud of my mp3. left one bar, but managed to play throughout.
it gave out at the very end. hahas. Pinnacles is just a couple of rock-outcroppings naturally formed.
its was sweltering hot. and super persistent flies. >.<
the sand was so fine and so white it looks like snow from a distance.
snow in 30+ degrees? impossible. but thats what it really looks like.
sandboarding is more or less just like snowboarding. just throw in strong winds carrying sand into your face. yea.
but its fun. the coach was a 4x4. so it can ride in the dunes as well. air-con roller coaster. xD
when i bathed that night, sand in my hair, my ears, my pockets. wtf man...
Day6, 13-12.
the last day. nothing much. checked out at 9+. last minute shopping until 1+.
40minute bus-ride from 2pm to the airport.
4+ flight. finished da vinci code, and pirates of the carribean- dead man's chest.
played caveman, mini golf, checkers, bowling, invasion. lols.
reached s'pore about 8+,9. and that marks the end.
if i'm gonna migrate, its gonna be perth. very easy-going life. my kind of life. hahas.
i see when i'm gonna post the pics. i dunno where the card reader went to again.
my phone bill for November ran up to about 70+. ouch.
about 2 weeks to the re-opening of school. headstarts. damned.
and my zhuhai journal's still not finished. zzz.
omG.
all i want to do is to be able to make up for what i did in the past.
Posted by :]amu at 12:50 PM
