Final Week of School!

Here are all the pics of sandboarding abt 1 wk plus ago. It was fun! haha.

















Okie, guess i wun be updating for some time le, exam coming soon. haha. I know ntu pple getting back results in 2 days. haha gd luck to everyone! =)

8 more weeks here!

haha, haven been writing for the past 3 weeks. have been busy with sch lah, assignments, tests, reports etc. suddenly so many things sia haha. actually noting much happen these few wks also, plus of course im lazy to update lah haha.

anway, time flies... left 8 more wks in sydney le. hmm actually its oso abt time lah, i abit homesick liao oready haha.

went to canberra on 9th may and stayed there for 1 night. in case all of u duno, canberra is the capital of australia, not sydney or melbourne, as often mistaken by many pple haha. hmm canberra is really a small place, nothing much, the city is jux like hmm the size of toa payoh maybe? haha. n the main thing there is the parliament house and museum. omg, cant believe i actually went to these 2 places. i nv go to spore's museum before lah i think (or maybe got go with sch before lah but i dun remember at all haha). but the lake there, lake burley, was not bad, nice scenery. probably the best thing in canberra haha. it was damn boring at night also, in the end we went to watch a movie there at night hahaha. made of honour. not a bad movie.


lake burley. nice.






museum. boring haha.


evening view of the lake. i think its really nice




parliament house. hmm on the day we went, it was jux nice the 20th anniversary of this new parliament house, so get to tour inside, got to see the prime minister's office oso. but still, really, nothing fantastic or interesting haha. the view frm outside is not bad though.



never really go anywhere after canberra, cept mayb to the city a couple of times. hav been watching a few movies here though, like iron man, made of honour as mentioned, and 21.


harbour bridge at night


opera house at night. i wish my camera was better. haha cant really take nice pictures of the night view of the bridge and opera house.

hmm that's abt it le haha. exams coming in 3 wks, so wun really do much (though theres still a whale watching and sand boarding event coming on sat, and an end of semester party on 30th may) and wun really post much. i noe i only nd to pass lah, but now really hav problems passing, so erm nd to start a bit. haha and also coz nd to do well for survival models lah.

exams ending on 20th june. hope the day come asap. haha. anyway, every1 shld finish exam le rite, cept for SIM pple haha. for those having holiday, enjoy ur holiday! for those in attachment, enjoy ur work! for those doing projects, enjoy ur projects! and for those still having exams, gd luck! =)

2 Weeks Break! (final part)

Ok, finally at the last part of the trip.

Went to Hobart, Tasmania for the final few days of the holiday, and i tot it was the best part of the whole trip. Probably fraser island will be as good as this if it hadn't rain so much haha.

I arrived there around mid day on tue, then spend the whole day relaxing, walking around the city and planning for the next day coz joe only reaching at night. so in the end we decided to go huon valley the next day, to do some bushwalking and see scenery. and we decided not to book any tour coz it was quite ex and we tot we can walk ourselves. we were so wrong. huon is such a small town that transport around the area is almost impossible without a car. there is only a bus frm hobart to huon at limited times of the day, and frm there, it is impossible to get to those places of attractions like the caves, mountains etc without a car or following a tour.

so we were like stuck at huon, go to the information centre oso not much use coz not much they can help haha. in the end we look for the nearest mountain frm there and took a cab there. hai, but then the taxi driver seem to drop us at the wrong place, and we ended up walking like 8km frm the place she drop us to the foot of the mountain lol. siong sia. the mountain is called mount misery, and its like a place for pple to go there relac lah, there are like campsites or houses built there for pple to rent for a few days. anyway, we climbed the mountain, and back down in like 2 hrs haha which is a bit shorter than the amt of time we walk there. nice.

the next day, we were back in hobart in the morning and went to a brewery tour in the afternoon. cascade brewery, the oldest brewery in australia haha. not a bad tour lah, then still got some free drinks. ohh and we ate lunch there too. joe ordered wallaby meat lol. actually it looked and taste like pork leg lah, hahaha we wun noe even if its not wallaby meat. so by the time it ended it was around 4 le, we just go n walk around the city and went back to hostel le. my day actually ended very early for the whole trip lah hahanothing much to do at night sia.

on fri, we went to mount wellington, its like a must go place if we are at hobart. tallest mountain in hobart. and we paid for transport up to the mountain. thank god we did that, coz as we walked down (took 2 hours), we are sure we would not be able to make it up if we had decided to walk up hahaha. the scnery was beautiful lah, but too bad its a little foggy. and its damn cold and windy!!!! luckily i prepared my jumper man haha.

finally, on sat, it was to salamanca market. this market only opens on sat, but its really like a bigger pasa malam, and it sells a bit better things than pasa malam haha. still, there are things to shop lah so not too bad.

and that marks the end of my holiday haha. came back to sydney early in the morning on sunday. its a long break, but after looking back i find that a lot of time has been spend waiting and also slping lol.

took this in the bus on the way to my hostel in hobart city

hobart is a small city, but i think its quite a nice place, though it can be really boring at night

2nd day at huon, this is where the taxi drop us haha, a long walk awaits...

basically we walk on this kind of road for 8km, many cars drove by lah, but we din dare to stop them to ask for a ride haha

on the way to the top of mount misery

at the top. the view shld be nice if not for the fog lah.

cascade brewery tour on the 2nd day. i find it stupid that they ask us to wear the yellow vest thruout the tour haha

this is where the beer is femented

the view inside

this is where they process the bottles before its ready for sale


the building, has a long history, but i din pay much attention when the guy is toking haha

wallaby meat~!

evening scene at hobart. nice.

at the top of mount wellington. again, it is foggy. sad man haha

salamancan market

caught this while i was walking at the market. the mountain at the background is wellington


took this for fun hahaha. very surprised to see a proton... in australia! omg

2 Weeks Break! (continued)

After going back to Hervey Bay from fraser island in the evening on friday, joe and i waited til like abt 1.30am to catch a bus to sufer's paradise, gold coast. Spent the next 3 days 2 nights there. Well, i would say it's not the best part of the trip there haha. On the 1st day, we went to harbour town, a place with many direct factory outlets, to shop. Bought a polo t for myself there.

Then on the 2nd day and 3rd day, i went to 2 theme parks while he went surfing, coz he was not interested to go to the theme parks haha. but to me gold coast is famous for their theme parks lah, so i really wanted to go take a look. there were quite a number to choose frm, i chose movie world and sea world, which is a super bad choice considering im going alone haha

Both places are like very family oriented, very suitable for kids, or for like couples. And the rides were.. erm.. not very gd too, most dun look exciting at all manz lol, onli like 1 or 2 good ones. so on the 1st day at movie world, i spent most of time time looking around, shopping for things, and watching some of the shows there.

The sea world was even worse than movie world, they have a whole sesame street themed area for kids. omg. the only thing i really enjoyed there was the dolphin show, which was really gd. there are like a water park there, with some slides, but think wild wild wet in spore has better ones lol. haha so for pple going to gold coast, if u are looking for nice and exciting rides, pls go to dream world, and probably wild and wet (not exactly sure abt the name, its just beside dream world i think). for those gonig with family, with kids, movie world and sea world will be the ones for u haha.







one of the shows i watched at movie world, police academy, not too bad, got quite a few stunts.




the ride i took at movie world. think its the best 1 there haha. but waited 45 mins just to take it manz



the dolphin show, nice. mayb coz i like dolphins, so i enjoyed it a lot, took a few videos of the show too.




the ride i took at sea world, not scary 1 haha


another show i saw at sea world. not too bad oso.

haha so that's abt it for the 2nd part of my trip le bah i guess. not the best part of my trip, but not too bad too lah, at least able to see how the theme parks are like there, watch some nice shows and get to shop for some souvenirs (erm.. for family de hahaha).

2 Weeks Break!

1st of all, congrats to all who have finished their exam! time for a long holiday le, cept those going attachment haha

Was back frm my holiday on sunday morning, then have to study for test on wed haha, think enjoying too much liao. test cui.

Anyway, I took many many photos during the 2 wks, and im really lazy to post everything at 1 go, so gona do it part by part haha. For the 1st part of the trip, I went to fraser island, which is a few hours up north of brisbane and the most sandy island in the world. din really do anything in brisbane coz heard there is nothing much to do.

It was a good trip there, and would have been much better had it not rain for the whole 3 days I'm there. Joe and I went on a 3 day 2 night self drive tour, and were grouped together with 9 other pple. bascically wat we were given was a 4WD(4 wheel drive) vehicle, a map, suggested itenary in the island, camping equipments etc etc. a few rep frm each grp also had to go help buy alcohol and food the the whole grp for the 3 days. the tour was $150, but on top of that still have to pay a $55 fuel and duno wat cost, fork out $20 for food, and watever money for alcohol depending on how much u wan. So its actually not as cheap as i 1st tot man haha

So after some briefing, watch so safety videos, do some admin stuff, we are off to the island!


on the way to the ferry terminal, there were a total of 4 grps of 11 pple on that day


off to the island!

It is really a nice island, nice beaches, nice scenery, and of course, could have been better if the sky was more clear.


our 1st stop


walking towards the lake after stopping our 4WD by the beach


the lake was really nice. water was so clear haha


theres like a sand dune, quite steep to climb to the top. unfortunately it had been raining, the sand was not soft, if it was, it would be fun to slide down frm the top i guess haha

this is the scenery at the top of the sand dune. shag to climb up man haha


its hard to see how steep it is frm here, really quite steep lah.


took another route back to our 4WD, walk quite a distance on the beach. nice walk though.


lunchtime! basically our lunch for the nx 3 days was sandwich. haha it was really windy at that time man, quite hard to take everything down n prepare the stuff.


this is 1 of the disapoointing stuff lah. on the itenary it said something like coloured sands, say wat different layers different colours, very nice. omg, it was jux ermm sand colour to me lor hahaha


so at abt 4pm on the 1st day, we went to the campsite and pitch our tents. 3-4 pple per tent, quite spacious.


at the campsite there are places for us to cook dinner, but theres like quite a stupid rule, lights out at 9pm, no noise after 9pm coz there are other private campers around. ridiculous man haha. but anyway, most pple dun care, when lights are out at 9pm, we on our torch haha.


our grp pple preparing dinner.. i was not of much help though lol. if i remembered correctly we had steak for 1st night and pasta and hambuger on the 2nd. actually although it look very dark on the background, it was only like 6pm lor, quite sucky for the darkness to fall so early. so its like after dinner all we could do was just stay around and talk cok.


part of my grp! some of them are really power drinkers. beer is part of their life haha.


this is taken at our 1st stop on the 2nd day morning.



Joe and I at the top of the cliff. real nice scnery on top.




our 2nd stop. its actually at a place where part of the sea is surrounded by rocks, so considered a safe place to swim. but the waves are really power, and the water was cold. only the swedish gals in my grp went to swim there. they say this is nothing to them haha.





on the 1st day it was a windy lunch, 2nd day it was a rainy lunch haha.


2nd day night. we were done at like abt 4pm also on the 2nd day haha, so as usual, had an early dinner and tok cok. actually for both days, i slpt quite early lah, really nothing much to do man


finally, on the 3rd n last day, we went to see 2 more lakes before heading for the ferry terminal.


Dingos! dogs that live in the island. they seem to be famous, pple are excited when they see dingos, but to me there are jux another type of dogs lol


final destination before we head back. lake mckenkie (think spelling is wrong haha). its 1 of the most popular attraction in fraser. many pple go there to swim etc.


a beautiful lake too.


bascially this sums up our trip. there are 3 canadians, 2 swedish, 3 swiss, 1 aussie, 1 american (joe) and me in the grp. not bad to know different pple frm differenet countries, and they are really nice and fun loving pple. hmmm but i tot i might have enjoyed it more if i had go with pple i noe lah, mayb will be more fun haha.

yeah, so tats abt it for the 1st part of the trip. will post more tmr! =)

Week 8

Time flies, 8 weeks gone and into the 9th week here already haha.

Anway, here are some pictures taken at wine tour, all take from Laiyin, luckily some still have me inside haha.


me, joe and laiyin at the 1st winery


abt 60 of us went for the went tour.


went to taste the red wine again, since its free haha


scenery outside hunter valley. i took a lot more on my camera, hai.


2nd winery we went to, i bought 2 bottles of wine from here! it was really cheap and good!


wine tasting againn, quite shiok, paid $55, went to 3 winery and 1 beer brewery


michael (frm hk), laiyin, me and joe tasting the wine. i was already a bit giddy by then hahaha

ok lah, at least still have some pictures with me now to remember haha.

For this week, did nothing much during the weekdays, had my strategic management mid term test on thurs. I was quite surprised at how serious they are for a mid term haha. There were like 3 booklets, 1 question, 1 essay answer, 1 OAS... and even had to show student card! omg, all for just 10%. very bo liao. anyway, the test shld be easy to pass lah, but hard to score hahah, that's y i take it here lol.

So the only day I went out this week was on sat, Wentworth Falls Bushwalk (at Blue Mountains National Park). For those who dun noe wat bushwalk is, it is just another term for hiking, or trekking haha. It is organised by the bushwalking club in Macquarie Uni and the best thing is its free! Only had to pay for the transport there.

The whole walk was like an 8km loop, and it was supposed to be a medium hard walk. Have to walk all the way down the mountian, den up again. It was really a very nice, yet tiring walk... enjoy the photos bah, think the scenery was not bad.


took this at the beginning of the walk, when we were at the top.


Aldo (mexican), me and michael


yeah this was near the start of the walk too, when everyone was still energetic haha











Lunch time, it was abt 1/3 into the walk, every1 was quite tired already, but the worst is yet to come... we were still like on the way down... haha








This is the waterfall at the bottom. It was not bad.. but I think I have seen nicer ones when I went to nz, long long time ago haha.




2/3 into the walk, everyone was shag.. but the worst thing is.. we still have to go back all the way up...


yeah it's like we were right at the bottom, and had to walk back up. Seriously, towards the end, I was really dragging my feet le hahaha maybe coz i nv exercise much


Took this when we were abt to reach back the top. I think its quite nice. Notice that the mountains look blue, that's y the place is called blue mountains haha


I like this picture too, like the background.

Yupp, I really enjoyed the walk, hopefully have the chance to go for more. =)

Anway, after sat, for the past 2 days, I have been trying to finish up my assignments, even though the next 2 weeks is mid semester break. Coz... I'm gonig to travel to Brisbane, Gold Coast and Tasmania until the end of holidays! So will not be posting again until I'm back! hopefully i wun be too lazy to post lah ater tat, coz there will be surely lots of pictures! lol

And I know everyone in spore is going to have exams soon (esp ntu students, who are having exam during my break lol), so while u are studying hard and feeling stressed, just remember that there is a fren of urs enjoying the australia sun out there!!! mayb u will feel better~~~ wahahahhahahaa

Everyone, jia you and good luck! =)

Anway, good luck for exams everyone!

Weeks 6 & 7

ok, long overdue entry... wanted to do it on Saturday, but... i realise, i accidentally deleted ALL my wine tour photos the week before... and i only found out like 1 week later... haha damn sian.

Backtrack to Wed 26th bah, went to the easter show, it's an annual big event in Sydney lah, and it runs for like 2 weeks at the Sydney Olympic park. Lots of things inside, rides, bazaars, shows, etc etc, a nice family event. I went in after 5 coz it's cheaper and i was only interested to see some of the shows in the evening (the rides are too ex lah i feel it's not worth it haha)

Olympic Stadium

Entrance at the Easter Show

Saw a Polo match for the 1st time, 3 v 3, it was nice and exciting to watch!

Bull Riding! 1 of the shows I was looking forward to, and it surely did not disappoint manz, haha.

I think the idea is to ride on the bull for like 8-10 secs, and with minimal distance frm where they are released. Many of them can't last for 5 seconds though lol.

After Bull riding, there were some stun performances at the arena

The 1st 1, something familiar lah, so not too impressive for me haha

this is nice, the car went on 2 wheels for 1 round around the track. cool.

And lastly, the bikes flying across the rams. Photos not taken very well haha

Fireworks was the finale, took a few pics only, then the for the rest of it I took a video haha, it lasts for abt 10-15 mins, very nice. =)

On Friday that same week, I went to the wine tour, it was superb, and cheap too, bought 2 bottles of wine... WHY DID I DELETE ALL THE PHOTOSSSSSS RARRRRR. Think gona get a few pics frm my frens who went, if got nice ones I will post the next time bah.

Then, on Sunday, it was the Opera House tour. Never really take a lot of photos, because they dun allow us to take inside the theatres, and there was nothing much outside lah haha. Main thing is tour around the place, and get to know abt the history of the opera house. Price is aud25, inclusive of a free drink, which is suppose to be a good deal and discounted price, but I still feel its quite expensive, coz it was only a 1 hour tour. So I wun really recommend that for those who are coming Sydney for holiday man haha. U can always find out abt the history of the opera house online, and if want to take a look at the theatres, go buy a ticket for a show lah haha, it will be more worth it.

The whole group of us walking to the Opera House (I seriously duno any one of the pple haha)

the 2nd largest theatre of the opera house. the biggest 1 is the concert 1.

Just some random photos, saw pple take, so i take haha.

For last week, I mainly stayed at home to do work, coz got a few online quizzes, an assginment and a test coming up haha. But still very relac lah, never felt so relac before in uni haha. Anyway, on Sunday, I went to the FlugTag, which is the 1st held in Sydney. I din even know anything abt it, my housemates are the ones telling me that theres this big event and its a must go event, so i went with them. haha, and indeed, it was amazing. For thise sua gu like me also duno wat the flugtag is, u can google it to find out more. Basically it's a german word, which means "flying day". So on this day the contestant will make their flying objects and take off frm a ram 6m above water, and see how far they can "fly". haha something like that. And before they take off, they are supposed to have a mini performance with their own selected music. Think they are judged on the deisgn, creativity and the distance they fly.

Oh, yeah and it's obviously sponsored by red bull. The world record so far is 60m, set in Austria. haha but the best the contestants can manage yesterday was only like 18plus m lol.

Very large crowd, more than the Mardi Gras. They say got abt 50,000 pple

One of the 1st contestants, a failure though, it plunge straight down to the water hahaha

This is 1 of my favourites, not sure whether u can see it clearly, but its a mini cooper hahaha, and the performance before they jump was not bad.

This is the one which flew the furthest haha

Another hilarious one haha. Pig.


This 1 was not bad too i think, it dun look like it can fly, but it did better than many which just plunge straight down to the water haha

This was the emcee's favourite... but... it was cui, went str down into the water

The last few photos u see are taken from the net, coz I din manage to take very close up photos, so thought I can find some online for u guys to see.