Thursday, May 24, 2007

Aussie trip photos round 2

Photos Round 2!

Again, if you find the pictures too small, click on it to open a link for a larger image.




These were made of cardboard! Amazing isn't it?


Mmm :P Looks delicious doesn't it?




Our cute Tiffany.










Woh! Huge crab!


Say cheese!


What a lazy expression.




Ar, fight.. fight somemore..


Bus was moving, I was shooting, sky was alluring..




Bus curtains were drawn down.. Teng beside me, probably sleeping.


Self obsession disease acting up.




Hmm.. I see Mrs Koh in the foreground.


The Wombat. Supposed to be the cousin of Koala, but how come they look so diff...


Here's another wombat, its hair feels stiffer than the Koala's.










Our fellow Singaporean helping out in the show.


Cute smile eh?




Piglets!! Kawaii!




Coke Zero. Zero sugar.. Don't see it around in Sg. I left this bottle in the bus but Nathan threw my bottle away I think =(


Pretty clouds..




We looked like gangsters going for a fight.


Hey Cass! Where're you looking at?

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

End of work attachment

*edited
Oh well, we're not supposed to blog about the recent work attachment we had at this particular hotel for this particular meeting event. So I'll just say that I've been involved in it. This is dumb.

There are people whom I don't think I'll ever understand. They do the all sorts of ridiculous things that you can name. And after doing it, they claim that the action was unintentional and was just a thought that they didn't think would be carried out. Please grow up and think before you act will ya?

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Aussie Trip

Hello everyone!

I'm finally back to blogging. Had been busy you see; arrived back in Singapore on Sunday and then on Monday had a 3-day work attachment at Oriental Hotel. Uploaded some photos, but not all because that would take ages. So, enjoy!
(in case you find the photos too small, click on it and open the link for a larger image)


14 May
Arrived in Australia!
Bus took us to the Chinatown in Brisbane.


At Chinatown in Brisbane.


At performing arts centre.
The place is pretty but the talk is boring. Especially after our long flight we were all dozing off.

Watermark Hotel; where we're gonna be staying at during these few days.
Well, the beds are large but the amenities available and the facilities are not exactly up to our expectations.


15 May
It's so hard to get up in the morning. Australia is 2hrs ahead of Singapore so when they say meet at 8am, it actually meant meeting at 6am. Madness.
Teng Teng kept trying to wake me up, but too softly.. haha.


At Conrad Hotel. The place is pretty and I loved their harbour view rooms.




Taken with our friendly bus guide Nathan and the guide for Conrad hotel.


From left to right clockwise: Charmaine, Miao Xia, Pei Wei, Althea, Stefanie, Cai Ling, Adeline, Tiffany, Me!

During the night, we went to the Vegas casino near our hotel. And by joining forces, we won some money =)

16 May







Sanctuary Cove Resort is beautiful! But alot of insects ar, probably cos the units are all low rised and there's a lot of greenary around.


I could spend a day just watching the clouds. The serenity of it all.


Oh, everyone tried to snap some pictures of the rainbow while on the bus.


17 May
The first stop for today is Dreamworld!
Watched a farm show which is quite stupid but interesting.
Fed kangaroos. Funny sensation when you feel them licking your palms.





Finally at around 1 plus, we had time to take the thrill rides.
We went for the Giant Drop first thinking that it should be less scary then Tower of Terror but turns out...

The freaking thing went up 38 levels and stayed there for about 2 minutes.
Then without warning, it drops all the way down to ground floor in less then 4 seconds.
My organs nearly flew out with it. But it was fun!!
So after that ride, the rest were all NOTHING compared to it.
I took Tower of Terror, Cyclone for 2 times, and The Claw for 3 times almost consecutively =D
I liked The Claw! It's like a gigantic swing flying and spinning.
Was Good!
But taking it for 3 times consecutively is sick.
I felt Like everything was upside down afterwards. Not exactly a nice feeling I would say.





18 May
Boring! Early in the morning went to the Griffith University.
The speaker s _ c k _ _ (fill in the blanks)


Went to Cass's uncles's house in the evening.
He cooked for all of us!! And dinner was great!
I loved his house, too bad I don't have the picture yet, there's plenty of rooms and the backyard looked cool =)

19 May
Agreed to wake up early to catch the sunrise. By the way, did I mention that their sunrise is freaking early? It's at around 6.25am and sun sets early too, so by 6.30pm, all is dark already.
Supposed to meet at 6.20am for sunrise, then I felt tired, and decided to skip it. Then when I turned and faced the window, I saw the pretty light of dawn. So, I jumped out of bed and asked Teng if she wanna go now. =D


Sorry, used wrong photo mode, made it looked like sunset.


Jump 1


Jump 2


Take 3: successful jump.
See the clouds, they are all so fluffy!! unlike in Singapore... where're the clouds?







In case you didnt know, that's me.







Walking to Courtyard Hotel.






The penthouse view from Courtyard.


Early dinner was on Cass. Pancakes!




Before.


After.


At the airport, bound for home.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Spidey 3

Watched Spiderman 3. Hmm, it's good.

There was one part where Spidey was flying through the air and there's an American flag behind him. And it made me think, why is Spidey's suit in red, blue, and white for the eye areas?
It has the same colours as the American flag which, if I'm not wrong symbolises the right to know the truth.
And there you have it, a little while after that scene, Harry found out the truth behind his father's death, Spidey found the reason why Sandman did the things he did;
truths were unfold.

Haha.. I think too much AF is getting into my head, that IS module has very much potential to influence, I'm permanently damaged in the head already.

Whatever it is, I'm flying off to Australia tomorrow night.
BUT, I'm not done packing. Mainly all the chargers and last minute stuffs to put in.
Gonna fully charge everything before I leave tomorrow.
Was hoping to see that blogger had sorted out the faulty template but it hadn't;
number of dissatisfied users rising, and the level of dissatisfaction increases...
Nevertheless blogger has accompanied me for years (since 2003 year end?) so I'm still patiently waiting for them to solve the problem since I won't get to use my laptop for a week anyway.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

must-watch

These 2 days I've been very 乖.
Completed both assignments for IS.
And now attempting to do the tutorial questions for RMTR.
We were asked to watch this documentary for IS. It's good.
The clip shows a teacher carrying out an experiment with her students to teach them about discrimination in their country. Do watch it if you're free. If you're not free, then find a way to make yourself free.

A Class Divided

It's an old documentary by the way.


Everybody's going WTF about the dresscode for our Australia trip.
We're expected to be in semi-formal clothing most of the time.
Stated no jeans, either pants or skirt. (wth, jeans not pants?)
Then to add on to our misery, we're supposed to wear blouses; like collared blouses. Just kill me.
I'll most likely be trying to break the rule and see what happens.
Say I've got no money to buy can?


Had sequels of nightmare last night. Some scenes are still clearly etched in my mind.
I keep waking up and falling back to sleep and continuing the nightmare.
It's like watching a movie and I kept forcing myself back to sleep just to find out the ending.
And it indeed had an ending.
Abit phsyco huh?

Please don't give me anymore nightmares tonight.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Sian-ness

My timetable for this sem :)




Just saw the email Chishiho sensei sent me; on the educational trip to Japan!
It cost a freaking figure of $2000 :( OMG... Omg... omg...
There's gonna be homestay, sightseeing, studying in Osaka Uni, and definitely shopping.
But I can't go!! Firstly 'cos it really cost a bomb, and secondly I think I'm gonna have attachment during those dates.
Sian-ness to the power of n.