Melbourne Day 7

Forget about BridgeClimb, SandBoarding or HorseRiding, SKIING IS THE BEST!! Gosh its so hard to describe what its like. In the morning, my uncle drove us to some mountain 3hours away from Melbourne city. Tks uncle! And my dad didn't ski, so he was the one taking all the pictures.

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Family photo

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Let me TRY to describe a bit about skiing. Generally it is quite similar to ice skating, just that now you're on long and flat ski blades instead of the razor looking skating blades. It harder to control coz the blades are long, and it tangles up quite easily. And its more scary because you're dashing down a very steep slope at a fairly high speed. The proper way is to ski zig-zag down the slope, but I find dashing down in a straight line more fun. There are a few cable cars to bring us up the mountain. Some brings to the middle, while others brings to higher spots.

Cable car

Lowest cable car stop

Busy day indeed

My sister, cousin and I attended a newbie's 2hour class. Didn't really learn much from there, after 1.5hours of the class we left to ski on our own. Not long after we started skiing, it started to snow. And we can actually see the 6 edged shape of snow flakes. So cool. And its really a nice feeling when the snow flakes land on the face.

Having lessons

However it started to snow even heavier. It turned out to be a hill storm. Hill storm is like a toned-down version of blizzard. And trust me, when the hillstorm flakes hits the face, its darn pain. Especially when your dashing down the slope against the direction of the flakes. And almost at the peak of the mountain, it was totally white blury mist. Vision range was only about 5meters. Its darn dangerous to ski under such conditions. You wont even be able to see whether you're gonna bang the side walls until you get too close to stop.

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See the mist up there??
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Close up hill storm
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Cousin MingLi, Waishan, Mum, Me

I need to pack up now. Going back to KL tomorrow. Haih. Damn Chemistry CT3 la. Its haunting me like nuts. Bye!

Melbourne Day 6

I walked the whole of today without socks!!! And the best part is, my shoes have air holes top, left and right. So went the wind blew.. GG!! The story is like this. I woke up late. And my luggage was sent down to the bus before I could take my socks out. Simple yet stupid. Swt. Anyhow I survived.

I'm currently in Melbourne. And the best part is I got to see Celeste! Haha. She took us around Melbourne town, ate in some dessert house, and then walked china town, then ice cream. Tks alot yea Celeste. And practice hard for your piano exam!

WaiShan & Celeste

Just a random photo

Now I'm in my uncle's house. I too lazy to type alot coz their key board is really one kind. I keep making typo errors that really blows my head off. zZzZ

My 1st impression of Melbourne isn't that great. Perth and Sydney is still better.

Sydney Day 5

Forget about HorseRiding or SandBoarding, Bridge Climbing is just the best. Remember the Harbour Bridge picture I posted few posts back? yea, that one. There are 2 Australia flags at the peak, and we climbed to there!! 1427 steps I think. And the scenery up there is ownage. Full Sydney town view. Too bad they don't allow us to bring camera up.

I got so sick of the executive lounge breakfast that I hardly ate today. As usual, scrambled egg and bacon. zzZZ. After that we went for the bridge climbing. The full climb was about 3hours. It wasn't as hard as I expected, but it was still great overall.

Scrambled Egg.. zzZ

After that we had lunch in the revolving restaurant above the Sydney Tower. Again 360 view of Sydney town. I getting sien of taking pictures already.

Sydney Tower

Revolving restaurant

Scenery 1

Scenery 2
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Scenery 3

After lunch we did a little shopping. And I finally found something cheaper here then in Msia. Slowly guess k? I'll reveal it with the picture next time. Ok guess time over, its McD IceCream! Lolz. Its RM1.25 in Msia, but only A$0.30 here, which is about RM0.90. Lolz!

Ta-Da!
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That all for today. I'm rushing off now. Going to some pancake house at Darling Harbour for dinner/supper. And I'll be flying off to Melbourne tomorrow. Hopefully will get to meet up with Celeste! Bye all!

Sydney Day 4

Day 3 in Sydney wasn't that adventurous already. More of sight seeing. But then again, the sceneries here are just too good to be true. And the best part is, I got to take a picture with a Koala! I'm starting to get sick of the breakfast served in the executive lounge. No fail every morning scrambled egg, bacon and that same variety of cheese. Even the pastries, breads and drinks are all the same. zzZ.

After breakfast, we went to some Wild Life Park. I must say it wasn't that bad. There were wallabies (something similar to kangaroo) jumping all around. And we can touch them too! And the Koalas, omg they sleep non-stop. They curl up to look like a fur ball, and just sleep between tree branches. Quotation from the bus driver, "Koalas live for 13-15years, sleep 18-19hours a day, but only mate once a year. Not a bad life heh." Omg, 18-19hours a day, really 'dong mian guo shi jie'.

Sleepy heads

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Godzilla version of Koala

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Wallabies

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Ying-Yang Peacock??
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Next we went to the Blue Mountains, where there are 3 rocks which the locals call '3 Sisters'. The scenery here as usual, was darn nice. The wind was strong and it was very cold. I could hardly snap any pictures as my finger was almost numb. Anyway, the myth aspect behind the '3 Sister' is...
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"Long long time ago, a witch-doctor was the head of a certain tribe X. He had 3 very beautiful daughters. The 3 daughters fell in love with 3 warriors from another tribe. The 3 warriors wanted to marry the 3 daughters but the law has it that inter-tribal marriage isn't allowed. So the witch-doctor strongly disagreed. Then the 3 warriors attacked tribe X to kidnap the daughters. But before they could do so, the witch-doctor turned the 3 daughters into sandrocks. One of the warrior got so pissed off that he threw his spear and it pierced through the witch-doctor's heart. And before they could ask him to turn his daughters back to normal, he died."

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And the science aspect is..

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"Climate and weather conditions caused the rocks to be shaped into that form."

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I choose to believe the science one. LOLZ!!

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The 3 Rocks Sisters

Some where nearby the 3 Sisters, there is the world's steepest ride. It was 52 degrees below the x-axis. And for those not-so-mathematical-minded people, 52degrees is hella steep. But it was only going at 16km/h, in other words it was very slow. Haha! Last time that ride was used to transport coal. Below the valley WAS a coal mine. Now its just another tourist attraction. We managed to visit around the mines, and went back up through another cable car. I was in the middle of the cable car, surrounded by people holding cameras. Although the scenery was nice, but the sight of "people taking pictures of sceneries" was even better. Lolz.

See what I mean?

Who still thinks 52 degrees isn't steep?

After that we went back to Sydney town, and had a big platter of seafood for dinner. Lobster, prawns, "lai liu" prawns, fish, salmon, crab, oyster, scallops and chips. Don't drool! It sounds nice but it was served cold. As in, plain steam and cold meat. Its the way Australians eat seafood. Stupid I know. Can't they cook dishes like "cheese baked lobster", "qing jing lai liu ha", "teriyaki salmon" or "salted egg yoke fried crabs"??? Sad la Australians. Anyhow it was a nice dinner.

Cold Seafood Platter

My 1st quarter glass of red wine!

And now here I am blogging. In the same executive lounge where Internet is slow free. On the other hand, ChongWei got trashed by LinDan, 21-12 and 21-8. Sad but at least a silver medal. Tks Jasmine for the smses, and Cheese for the online msn updates. 2 very reliable sources for scores. Haha.

Picture of the Trip

That's all for now, tata!

Sydney Day 2 and 3

Second and third day here has been great too. Both days also did some activities that I've never done before.

On the 2nd day morning, we went horse riding. Though the horse was kinda slow, but once in a while it will dash, and it was darn nice. Especially when your butt starts bouncing off the seat. Its pain but fun. The best part it to see the horse in front of you shitting while walking. Then some will stop by the side to pee. Lolz

Scenery at the horse farm

Sky!

Horses

Horse riding!

After that, we went to a chinese restaurant to have lunch, where they served really good chinese food. The chef is from HongKong, so yea, HongKong food.

Next was pelican feeding. We didn't exactly got to feed the pelicans, just watch the lady in charge there toss raw fishes and the pelicans will fight for it.

Scenery with lotsa pelicans

Pelicans

At night we stayed in some villa that is surrounded by circular-shaped pool. Imagine a pool surrounding a whole big area of houses like villas. Damn nice. And also, I was lucky enough to watch Arsenal vs West Brom. It was the opening game for EPL. Final score Arsenal 1-0 WBA. =)

Pool-surrounded villas

Day 3 morning we had roti canai and nasi lemak for breakfast! The roti canai was nice, but the nasi lemak did not have sambal. What is nasi lemak without sambal?? Nvm, the roti canai was enough to fill my stomach.

After breakfast, we went to a famous sand dune area in Australia. You know, the sand dune ecosystem we learnt in biology topic E. Yea, there wasn't a single animal, just 3 camels for riding, which were brought in by a caged lorry. The scenery here was just magnificent. Beside the sand dunes was the pacific ocean. Sand + ocean + sky + clouds = perfect. Its a must see scenery. Anyway, we did sand boarding here. Another new experience for me. Sliding down was darn fun, but climbing walking back was darn tiring. Its worst than SAC's regular trainings. Probably because the air was too cold and dry.

Sand Dunes

Pacific ocean

Camels

Sand Boarding

Sand Boarding race! I won =)

Pacific oceans' freezing cold water

After that we had lunch on a cruise. It a dolphine watch cruise, so of coz, we managed to see dolphines. And the scenery again, priceless. I love Australia la. The sky here are just too nice to not stare at.

1 Dolphine

2 Dolphines

After the cruise, we got back to Sydney town, where we had dinner in Meat and Wine Co. And here I am now, blogging and chatting online, when ChongWei is fighting hard against LinDan. No live telecast here. Damn sad la. Just because Australia didn't qualify for badminton. Piff.

I hope ChongWei wins. For once I'll support Malaysia for something. I know he got trashed. 21-12, 21-8!! zzZZ... Ok la.. gtg already. Bye all!

Sydney Day 1

Overall day 1 in Sydney was okay. Free and easy schedule, so had much time to sleep. I know, its a waste of time to sleep here, but heck, I couldn't sleep in the plane. Damn the terrible turbulence.

Outside the hotel, smiling at us when we arrived =)

We had breakfast in the executive lounge, that was where I blogged my previous post, in fact I'm there now blogging this post also. Internet access from the rooms need to pay, but its free here, so yea. And in case you didn't know, Sydney is 2hours ahead of Malaysia.

Executive Lounge

Breakfast!

A variety of cheese for breakfast

City view from the lounge

After breakfast, we went to Paddy Market. After which we went back to the hotel to oink oink! Woke up around 5pm (Aus time), and the sun was already setting. About 6pm (4pm in Msia), it was already dark outside. Nice. And by 5.30pm, all the shops would be closed, except for the pubs and clubs. Why am I underage?? LOLz!!

Paddy Market

Evening, went for dinner, it was a Gala Dinner for ING agents who reached a sales quota. Oh btw this Aus trip is actually an ING incentive trip for agents. Since my mum has to come, we just tagged along. The best thing about the Gala Dinner was that it was on a cruise. Darn cool. And the night scenery from the deck is just fabulous. I took lots of picture, until my hp ran out of battery. Swt. There was performance on the cruise also. But I didn't really enjoyed the dances coz the music was so loud and the lights were flashing all over.

Cruise

Interior setting

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Performance

Harbour Bridge

City view from cruise

A picture to show that I'm still alive

On the other hand, SAC Cycling Pledge will start tomorrow morning. I'm soooo disappointed that I can't go for that. Haih. Nevertheless, I wish all the cyclist and crew all the best. TAKE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO SHOW ME K!!!

SQ A380

I'm blogging from the hotel in Sydney now!! wakaka!!

Anyway, in this post, I'll only be talking about my experience on the over-rated Singapore Airlines airbus A380. Double decker, with 6 suite rooms, and business class seats big enough to even do morning exercise. Well, I only got to try the economy class, which I think is more or less same as the other normal airbuses. To be honest, SQ A380 is seriously over rated. There are only 5 of those airbuses in the world, and all are still under testing.

When I just got in the plane, everything seemed so amazing. It was like "WOW I'm in a SQ A380!!!" Then when I got to my seat, the personal screen was larger then usual, and the functions are just so cool. There even is Word processor, Powerpoint, file managing etc etc. It was like a laptop. Darn cool I tell you. Then I checked the songs and movies they had, and to my surprise its actually quite updated. Happily I made a song playlist and eagerly wait for the headphones to come.

After the plane took off, my whole perception of the SQ A380 changed. In the plane I was in, the entertainment system was bullshit. Even with the headphones, there was no audio. Initially I thought it was only my comp, but apparently almost everyone had the same problem. Soon after that, more problems arose. From audio-less to video-less. The movies will only play for 10mins, then it will auto restart. The songs will only run for 10secs, and it will replay all over. GOSH THIS IS BULLSHIT WEI!! And the worst of all, the tail wind of 195km/h caused terrible turbulence and the plane was worst than a 10 year old bus sekolah. First was no entertainment, now no peaceful sleep. GAH!

Nevertheless, their food was nice. There even was ice cream for dessert. And after we landed, they gave each passanger a box of chocolate as compensation. But apparently the SQ A380 that my parents took 2 days ago didn't have such problems.

Thats about all for my experience in the SQ A380. I'll update my blog whenever I get internet access, and probably try to upload pictures if I have time to. But most likely I'll just do mass editing when I get back to KL. So for now, plain and simple k? Sorry yea!

Everything Was Fine Until...

This is a GoodBye post before I head to Australia tomorrow. I doubt I'll have time to blog over there, so this blog will be inactive for the next 1 week or so. Nevertheless I promise to update when I get back, with pictures of coz.

Following up from my previous post, today was a better day indeed. There was still shit here and there, but thats life isn't it? Anyway, I was so happy that I finally cleared everything on my hand. LAN test, prom tickets, and even the sponsorship proposal are all done, for now. More editing will be done later, but that's not in a hurry.

On the other hand, I finally submitted in my application to Monash and UQueensland today through AusEd. However some part of me don't feel like going overseas to study. There is just too much to give up on back here in Malaysia. I know its a great opportunity to go overseas to study, but I'm just too confused. I'll let God decide that for me.

Everything was fine until my beloved junior, JieCong told me he kena NS. That reminded me that I am underage. So out of curiosity I send that stupid sms to check if I kena or not. And to my horror..

RM0.50 Tahniah! xxxxxx-xx-xxxx CHENG KOK MUN telah dipilih untuk menyertai PLKN bagi sessi 6/2009.

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As much as I feel like swearing, I have to control myself. GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

And before I go off, I have a picture to show, an answer I came across in one of PingSern's LAN exercise.

MIC - Malaysia Indian Community

God-knows-what answers he wrote in this final exam today. Haha!

That's all for now. Until 1 weeks time, stay tuned! SCREW NS

A Pot Full Of Shit - Part 2

Okay. Maybe today wasn't that bad. I finally had a clear enough mind to make this conclusion:

If everyday of life is a pot, and the bad things that happens are shits, definitely it will end up in a terrible day. However, talking to friends would be the detergent, and sleeping would be water. Just talk to a friends about those shit, then go and sleep, its like cleaning shit with detergent and water. Like what my friend said, "it is only an incident, tomorrow will be a better day!"

Pot + Shit = A pot of shit

A pot of shit + detergent + water = clean pot again!

Yay, I feel much much better now. Anyway I need to hit the notes now, LAN test tml!

A Pot Full Of Shit

If everyday of life is a pot, my pot today would be full of shit. From morning till evening, nothing went well.

In the morning, I screwed my Physics CT3 inside out. Firstly I didn't have enough time to finish the paper. Secondly I didn't know how to do a lot of questions, despite not finishing the paper. Last but not least, the freaking wrong terminals of the battery will cost me 14 out of 50marks. I'm so freaking screwed. Everything seemed well before the exam, I could even help my friends with their questions. Everything seemed to be in place, and I was confident. Looks like it was more over-confident than anything. The worst part is everyone thinks I'm joking about how bad I did. Isn't there anyone out there who really understands me??

Later in the afternoon I was supposed to discuss some sponsorship details with Dragoat, but I couldn't even find the freaking layout plan of Taman Tasik Perdana. Ended up lepaking in SLR instead. I still owe her the proposal, and by hook or by crook I'll have to complete it and give it to her by Thursday, before I fly off to Australia.

Also, I have to come up with few more colour schemes for the SAM Corroboree tickets by end of this week. This task isn't hard, but I just don't seem to have to mood to do designing now.

LAN Malaysian Studies final exam is tomorrow and I have not even started studying. I'm so freaking lost now. Forget about the A, I just wanna pass. I bet no one will believe I'm saying this.

GAHHH!!! With so many things to do now, I still don't sense the urgency for time. In fact I feel damn sien. As though I don't have a single responsibility in hand. GAHHH!!! I just feel as though the whole world is crushing down on me now..

My sister is sick, and my parents are in Australia. Looks like I'll have to look after my sister and the house, and cope with my pot full of shit.

*I may delete this post after I feel better. Just need to release abit of tension.