Ate Macdonalds for lunch, oh yeah, forgot to state that we touched down at 9.25am and reached our motel by 10am. Anyway, mac was the cheapest arnd, aud5.75 for a fillet-o-fish meal. The other stalls are selling aud6.00 for a plate of fried rice la, w/o drinks. Was freaked out by the price of food there. After lunch, walked arnd in Toowong Village, saw shops selling fruits, it was damn cheap, will be eating lotsa fruits in Aus, as a sub for veg =). Then we went into Coles supermarket to get things to eat for breakfast and snacks. Fruits and veg are sold in kgs and relatively cheaper than Sg. However, things like Maggi mee, pasta, sauces and esp asian stuff were very expensive. I will really have to plan my meals well to save money.
After grocery shopping, we headed back to the motel. I needed to make some calls to arrange appointments to view my accomodation. 3 of us shared a pizza we bought in coles and that was our dinner. Bathed and rest a while before going out for a night walk. The weather was TERRIFIC! It was cool with occasional breeze, we walked all the way to my Uni and i didnt perspire at all. Got to know some of the roads leading to my school and 'recce' some gd places to stay in which are near to my Uni. Took a few photos and that was it, we then headed back to the motel, spent around 3 hrs walking arnd.
The next few days was basically the same activities, asked my parents to walk around on their own while i was trying hard to find my accomodation. At the end of those 3 days, my feet are sore and blistered lol. Finally found my accomodation at the end of those 3 days. It was such a relief to find an accomodation, was getting pissed that i couldn't find 1.
My parents rented a car on Monday, 110208, initially wanted to drive up to Gold Coast but decided against that idea because of the unfamiliarity of the roads. So the car was used to ferry my stuff from the motel to my accomodation, and yes we checked out of the motel on Mon. After unpacking and arranging the rm, we drove into the city, abt 15 mins drive from my place. Parking was damn difficult to find and it was expensive at 3.20 per hr. Walked around the city for a while and they brought me back to my accomodation while they checked into a hotel in the city. So this is it, spent monday night alone in my rm. This marks the start of my new life!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Day I Fly...
Okay, time to update my blog, was not able to get a good internet connection thus was internet-less for a week.
First of all, thanks to all those who came down to bid me farewell despite constant refusal to let you all know the time. I'm really touched by your actions, you guys won't be forgotten, missing you all already while typing this entry out.
Really sad to leave my brother. Because of me, he will be alone during the CNY period (though he will be enjoying himself). But still sorry that he has to do all the visiting alone. Miss him lots.
After walking pass the immigration officers, my parents and I proceeded to gate A5 to board the plane. To our surprise the gate was not open yet although it was already 11.20pm. Smelling something fishy, we decided to ask a security officer on duty, and she told us that our plane is at gate A20!! Wth, we didn't hear any annoucements on the PA system. We were told we could get there by the sky train, so we headed to the sky train station. Then a sky train approached and the bloody personnel (who was on the phone and didnt even ask where we were heading to), directed us to board that train. We did so n to our horror we were in the wrong place. Damn pissed off. Then a Changi Airport guide brought us to the right place. The gate should have closed 10 mins before flight time, we are lucky they didn't due to the cok ups. Anyway we reached the gate at 11.45pm, our flight time, and the idiotic security personnel initially wanted us to go back to A5 as stated in our boarding pass, like wth -.-!!. What luck, nearly missed my flight, that totally spoilt my mood. On the plane, after settling down, I got really tired and slept through the whole journey. LOL, economy class really sucks =x. It was so bloody cramped that i woke up several times to adjust myself.
Woke up 1 hr be4 touched down, just in time to get myself warmed up. My camera wasn't with me so I didn't take any pictures while in the air =X. Was also too lazy to take photos in the airport cause my hands are full. After clearing customs, we met up with our airport reception guy (free service by UQ). He then drove us to our motel, Benson Court Motel. It's a very nice place and close to my Uni. Rested in the motel for an hour before heading out to explore. First thing i did was to set up my bank account, and deposited cash into it, not safe carrying so much around. I'm amazed at the no. of china chinese arnd, thought i wouldn't have to deal with them here, damn. No offence to any china chinese reading this =x. Okay im getting kinda lazy to type so much things lol, but i shall cont. in the next post just for my fans out there wahahhah.
First of all, thanks to all those who came down to bid me farewell despite constant refusal to let you all know the time. I'm really touched by your actions, you guys won't be forgotten, missing you all already while typing this entry out.
Really sad to leave my brother. Because of me, he will be alone during the CNY period (though he will be enjoying himself). But still sorry that he has to do all the visiting alone. Miss him lots.
After walking pass the immigration officers, my parents and I proceeded to gate A5 to board the plane. To our surprise the gate was not open yet although it was already 11.20pm. Smelling something fishy, we decided to ask a security officer on duty, and she told us that our plane is at gate A20!! Wth, we didn't hear any annoucements on the PA system. We were told we could get there by the sky train, so we headed to the sky train station. Then a sky train approached and the bloody personnel (who was on the phone and didnt even ask where we were heading to), directed us to board that train. We did so n to our horror we were in the wrong place. Damn pissed off. Then a Changi Airport guide brought us to the right place. The gate should have closed 10 mins before flight time, we are lucky they didn't due to the cok ups. Anyway we reached the gate at 11.45pm, our flight time, and the idiotic security personnel initially wanted us to go back to A5 as stated in our boarding pass, like wth -.-!!. What luck, nearly missed my flight, that totally spoilt my mood. On the plane, after settling down, I got really tired and slept through the whole journey. LOL, economy class really sucks =x. It was so bloody cramped that i woke up several times to adjust myself.
Woke up 1 hr be4 touched down, just in time to get myself warmed up. My camera wasn't with me so I didn't take any pictures while in the air =X. Was also too lazy to take photos in the airport cause my hands are full. After clearing customs, we met up with our airport reception guy (free service by UQ). He then drove us to our motel, Benson Court Motel. It's a very nice place and close to my Uni. Rested in the motel for an hour before heading out to explore. First thing i did was to set up my bank account, and deposited cash into it, not safe carrying so much around. I'm amazed at the no. of china chinese arnd, thought i wouldn't have to deal with them here, damn. No offence to any china chinese reading this =x. Okay im getting kinda lazy to type so much things lol, but i shall cont. in the next post just for my fans out there wahahhah.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
And him too...
So this is it, my last night at home. After tonight I'm going to be 7hrs away from my home. I will definitely miss my family and the house that I've lived in almost all my life. It's going to be a whole new experience for me, cooking, washing, doing almost everything on my own. But I'm glad i have the opportunity to do what i like, though its going to cost a bomb. Here i would like to say im really grateful for the support my friends and family have given me, LOL sounds like im leaving for good. but 5 yrs is a damn long time. Anyway, i will be back almost every yr (if i have the money to come back every yr), i know you guys will still miss me. =)
This is probably the last post to be made in Singapore, so Australia here i come.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tribute to My Late Companion
Was looking through some old photos when i come across his album, still never fails to tug at my heart-strings. It has been 3 yrs since he passed away, scenes of his motionless body lying on the table are still deeply etched in my memory. He was my best companion back in my jc days, i still miss him. Goodbye my friend.
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