Friday, June 20, 2008

Finally I'm updating you guys about my trip to Perth...

31 May Sat

5.30am - morning call from Godma. Washed up and changed.
6 am - rushed to Grandma's house to do an errand after having quick bowl of cereal, packed last min items and waited for Godma to arrive.
6.15am - I went down to void deck with my haversack and sling bag, then loaded up to the cab my Godma came in.
6.40am - we both arrived @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1 and went in search for Godma's tour. Saw some of them near the Quatas Check-in counter and saw our de facto leader Mr Wang at the Check-in Counter. Then we all joined Mr Wang at the check-in counter to do check-in. The first mishap was that I've juz renewed my passport and now its those new bio-data passport. Unknown to me, these new passports are totally different than the usual ones as those new ones have separate passport numbers from my IC no. Goodness! My passport cannot pass the check in procedure and the counter staff told us that i could get an express visa from the Quatas Customer Service. So Godma & I rushed to the counter and applied for a new visa with my new passport no at $70 in 10 mins!
7am- everyone arrived and finally i could do the check in for my haversack. It was only 7.7kg. Hahah
7.30am - We then proceeded for breakfast. Godma and I went for the Kopitiam while the rest went to the next door Imperial Congee Cuisine - well i wasn't in mood for congee. We shared Set C - soft boiled egg, peanut butter toast n i had horlicks. Well basically i paid S$700 on air tickets and $900 for my lodging + food+ transport expenses. The remaining expenses would be provided by my Godma.


8am - i used my bio data passport for the first time at the automated clearance. It was quite simple when there wasn't a queue. Godma and i slowly strolled around the departure area then i happened to see the computer terminal and decided to do some last min checking of emails. Well nothing significant emails.
8.40am - we then went to the gate and boarded Q72 and we got the middle row aisle seats. The menu for that day was already clipped to our foldable table and it was quite formal-looking. Well i decided on Fish in lemon sauce.
9.30am - the plane started off. I read my Virginia Henley's INFAMOUS 1st b4 i surfed the catalouge of movies available. Unfortunately most of the nice movies i already watched such as Golden Compass etc. I watched abit of KITE RUNNER (very draggy)...DEATH DEFYING ACTS (not bad but still draggy that i didn't watch the ending).
10.30am - we got our lunch. So early lor! After lunch, i surfed movies again. Watched abit of everything until i saw ALVIN & CHIPMUNKS -it was pretty cute and funny. Quatas service not bad - we got free water bottle, banana, ice cream, poker cards too.
2.16pm - we landed in Perth International AIrport & it was quite unstable landing. My poor godma was clutching to her armrest. Then we went to custom den got our luggage. We got 'special treatment' for some reason and was led to another area where they scanned our luggages with this big machine. Fortunately nothing else happened.
2.45pm - we searched for our group for a while then stuck with them to do some photo taking and chit chat while we waited for the leader and some men to rent the cars.
5.30pm - set off for chinatown for dinner. The sun has set by then. All shops closed. We had dinner @ Han's Cafe that sells Asian cuisine. Godma & I shared seafood fried rice and stir fried pork with garlic. It was quite generous portion and we also tried abit of the others' dishes. ALl in all it was a satisfying dinner and marked the start of a week-long eating.
8pm - we walked to this Asian SUpermart and browsed the shop. I bought some sweets and chocolates. Then we waited outside and saw a few limousine driving by. lOL
9pm - we went back to F1 hotel. I let godma shower first then i showered. Then she went to sleep while i continued to read my novel & wrote in my travel diary.
10pm - i also slept while the next door Mr & Mrs wang they all were having karaoke session - they brought their own speakers, DVD portable player and Karoake CDs.

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1 Jun, sun
8am - drove to subway for breakfast
11am - shopped ard market. I bought some souvenirs, scarf and drinks and had hotdog shared with godma.
12pm - strolled down the street outside of sunday market and checked out their shops
1pm - our orders arrived and to our delight, the portions were generous and the seafood platters were mouth-watering great! We finished all except the chips.

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2 June, Mon
6.30am - woke up
9am - We checked with the staff at the centre and they told us that the train hasn't been working for 3 years as they still working on some technical parts. The Underwater observatory will only be opened at 11am provided if the weather is good enough for a tour. The observatory is 25 mins walk from the centre. I browsed the shop, exchanged a $2 coin for BUsselton Jetty Gold coin and went out to meet my tour. Some of them were feeding breads to seagulls and there were many seagulls.
9.30am - we drove to Mac's for breakfast *starving* I had bacon & egg roll & blueberry blend juice.
12pm - There were lotsa chocolates!! I tried alot of chocolates - white, dark, milk small pebbles kind. My godma bought 4 clumps of chocolates -almond, macadamia & walnut - to share with me. I watched this guy making rainbow waffle in chocolate!
1pm - we then drove on to Tauton Farm to check in. Mr Wang went with his wife to check in and booked 4 cabins for us. Godma, 2 aunties - Jessica & 6th Aunty shared our cabin 4 with me.
I passed by laundromat, the public toilet and walked by a group of middle aged Australians couples from NSW who were sitting outside their caravan. We chatted about their and my travel plans and they shared with me that there's a cheese factory within walking distance and a winery too. After chatting, i walked a round and stopped by the playground at the front of the farm to play swings. The whole place was very quiet and peaceful!
2pm - we then set off looking for petrol kiosk and the 1st one we came upon was closed. Maybe due to that day being Founder's Day. LOL Luckily for us we found one open petrol kiosk when we entered Margaret River. The petrol kiosk also has minimart so we browsed the minimart while they filled up petrol.

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4 june, wednesday
8am - we loaded our luggages onto our cars and i had the backseat to myself again. This time it was more comfy as the seats were tilted back. And i managed to nap while listening to mp3 songs
9.30am - we stopped at Donny Brook Apple Farm and paid $2 entry fee. We went to see the apple trees and plucked some apples to feed the horses just next to the nursery. Then i also plucked one for myself to eat. As i went back to the main house, i saw there was a pretty lake further down so i walked down and took some pics. Then went back to main house and tried the cider vinegar with ginger. it was pretty good.Peaceful lake no?
12pm - We left the centre for motel. We checked in at BUnbury Motel and amazingly they have those cool service apartments on the ground floor. Each unit has 2 bedrooms, a bathroom with jacuzzi, a small kitchen & big spacious living room! I fell in love with this man! LOL So we also had same arrangement as the farm stay.
12.35pm - some of us went to nearby bunsbury shopping centre with COLE to buy some groceries for lunch -all ready made. so while they got their stuffs, i browsed magazines. 1.30pm - we went back and started preparing lunch. It was as hearty as the previous day. got 4 honey grilled chickens, canned curry, baked beans, lettuces, breads, carrots, hard boiled eggs and orange juice. After lunch, Mr wang gave some of us a tour of the main downtown and a peek at the beach.
2.30pm - we were dropped off at shopping centre and told that he'd be back at 4.30pm to pick us up. so we entered the shopping centre and shopped at 1st clothing store. I browsed most of the clothing stores there esp those with sales but their season was winter so not many suitable ones. At Just Jeans, i tried on a pair of shorts (A$9.9) and a purple knit top (A$9.9). After some consideration, i decided to get the top only. Then i couldn't find my godma so i juz continued shopping outside of centre. I crossed the road and browsed some of the standalone shops. I was in this recycled bontique when i saw MRS Wang. We then shopped together for a while before returning to the shopping centre. She treated me to a drink and we rested. Then i saw my godma and the rest sitting in front of Target. She let me buy an ice cream.
4.30pm - we waited for Mr Wang to pick us up. Then some of us wanted to go jogging along the beach.
5pm - Mr Wang drove those of us down to the Lookout tower near the beach. I ran up to the top of the tower and gazed at the sun setting. It was beautiful but quick. And i was pretty cold due to the strong cold winds and i didn't wear jacket cuz i wanted to jog and jogging'd make me warm. LOL
5.15pm - after the sunset, godma, mr wang and i jogged towards the beach while the rest walked. It was a short distance and we also went down to the sandy beach and listened to the loud thundering of waves smashing on the shores. I felt quite warm as i jogged along the sandy beach and i also shouted at the sea. LOL
5.35pm - we went back to the car and then drove back to motel. I did some stretching and then some of them went to get char siew for dinner while godma cooked instant noodles. I even got out my skipping ropes and skipped for a while before washing my feet off the sand.
6.30pm - we gathered again at Rm 45 for dinner. As i was still full so i had the remaining strudel and abit of the noodles +char siew and baked beans.
7pm - once again they were all engaged in karaoke session and even got mahjong card game going on in Rm 46. However i went back to Rm 47 and rested. I watched TV and wrote in my diary. I watched 'HOME AWAY', 'UGLY BETTY' & caught preview of Britney spears' 'HOW I MET MY MOTHER' in Golden Western.
8.30pm - i skipped while watching CRIMINAL MINDS and then showered. Blew my hair dry and went to bed. I really loved this place. The wool blanket was really soft and warm!

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5 June, thurs
7.45am - packed everything
8.15am - loaded our stuffs on car and took group pics.
8.30am - we drove to the Lookout tower again and took pics. Then went to the Lighthouse Beach for photo taking session. Next we went to Dolphin Discovery centre
9am - we reached the centre and went to the shore. the volunteer there told us that there was a sighting of dolphin just before we came so we had to wait for a while. I stood at the beach for sometime before going back to the centre. I browsed the gift shop and bought a dolphin bracelet for SH. Then my godma also was in the cafe. again we bought cappucino and i had banana nut muffin. Yummy. While they chatted, i also had muesli yoghurt.
9.30am - they wanted to play mahjong card games to pass time so i went to get the keys from Mr wang. Then while they were playing, i wrote in diary and also read the past issue magazines. 10.30am - we were actually intending to leave the place when the volunteer notified us that a dolphin was swimming to shore. So all of us rushed to the lookout and well it was kinda far to take pics of the dolphin so i didn't. 11am - we left for Perth n i napped on the way. 11.30am - we stopped at this cheese and bakery. I tried some of cheese with biscuits. Then we proceeded again. 12pm - we stopped at Pinjara bakery for lunch. I had this filling beef potato pie with strawberry milk. i couldn't finish the pie. Then we headed on to Perth. Initially i was admiring the countryside scenes when i was gradually lulled into slumber.
1.30pm - we arrived at Perth city and drove on to our hotel in the downtown. We had to drive past this narrow alley to get to our hotel and then there was no car park so we had to unload our big luggages first and brought those over to the hotel by ourselves. The hotel we checked in was CRITERION HOTEL. We got 8 rooms so 2 share one. While waiting for the drivers to be back, i noticed they got computer terminals and asked to use the internet. i chcked emails then when they were back, godma and i went to our room and put our stuffs down. Then i quickly came back down to use the internet and chatted with friends.
5pm - we met with the group and then while MR wang and his bro went to return one of the cars, the rest of us went to have dinner at this foodcourt in one of the shopping centres nearby. Godma and i shared seafood hor fan, char siew and roasted pork.
6pm - we went back to hotel and met with Mr wang and his bro then mr wang drove us to the BUrswood casino. When we were there, i saw the poster of Vanessa AMorosi that she'd be performing on that same night at 8pm. So i went to the concierge and checked out the details. I had to buy the tickets at the door for A$35, the nightclub opened at 8pm but the singer'd be coming at 9-10pm.
7pm - we all went to casino and played. I walked around the place - alot of machines. My godma gave me A$10 to play jackpot but i couldn't find the machine. Later i told her that i wanted to attend the performance and she gave me money as she'd be playing till 10pm too. LOL So i also changed A$5 to play some chicken game, play computerised roulette but lost. Hehe.
7.30pm - i stopped playing and decided to walk around. I passed by the Nightclub and saw there was a queue there. so i decided to join in the queue. Luckily for me that i queued up early if not i'd to wait for a long while.
8pm - i bought the ticket and got the stamp on my hand before taking the stairs to their nightclub RUBY ROOM. It was quite spacious as it takes up the whole level. There were comfy sofa to sit, 2 bars but only one was opened, 1 big Dj station, a stage and a big dance floor. The dance floor took up half the club. LOL There was no one smoking too. I walked around the club and saw at the end there was a table with Vanessa Amorosi's CDs and a salegirl attending it. I went over to take a look and chatted with salegirl. Then i found a seat and waited for 1/2 hr before walking over to dance floor and waiting for Vanessa to come on stage. I took the time to observe the goings around me. There were girlfriends, guy friends, couples and even a guy on wheelchair waiting at the dance floor. The music was mixed - country, retro etc. Although while i was queuing, i heard R n B music. Basically the feeling was different when i was at that nightclub than in local nightclub such as MOS or ZOUK with my friends. Most people there were like my build or bigger even the girls. Yet i didn't feel smothered or cramped sharing the dance floor with them. in fact there was alot of space. LOL Some of the girls were really tall cuz of their heels and they all dressed in varying manners - formal, office wear, casual wear, dresses. And me in jeans and top. Hee. Not many of them were wearing jeans but wellz i didn't exactly plan on going clubbing.
I waited a long long time even 30 mins past 9pm and the singer wasn't on stage. None of the crowd was making any fuss or noise so maybe they were quite laidback and contented to let her come on stage anytime she wanted. Yet for me, i got time limit at 10pm, i supposed to meet my group. So i was quite antsy but i still waited.
Until 9.45pm, finally the band was testing their equipment but then 10pm, i had to go and find my group. Luckily for me, they were still playing so i went back to watch the performance.
10pm - Vanessa Amorosi finally took the stage with her band. Singing and rocking the whole club. The dance club was now crowded with people. It wasn't rowdy and many people were taking photos of her. Me too. Haha Her songs were all rock, her voice is strong and she pretty much used her voice as the highlight instead of showy costumes, dancing and stunts. Not bad that i managed to experience a small town concert at nightclub in Perth. It was kinda mild. =) 10.30pm - i met with the group and we drove back to hotel.
11pm - decided to park along the street to save on parking fee. Showered den slept.

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6 June Fri
7.30am - washed up and changed then had breakfast - cup noodles.
8.30am - met with the group and walked to the place where we parked our cars. Unexpected incident- ONe of our rental SUVs de back windshield was smashed and the only luggage left in it (karaoke VCDs, speakers and DVD portable player) was stolen. The backseat was littered with pieces of glass so the car couldn't be used and had to be returned. so Mr wang and another guy went to return the car while his bro led e rest of us to Swan Bell Tower/Swan River
9.10am - we waited for Mr Teo to get his handphone so that they could contact us. Then we slowly walked over from our hotel to Swan River with photo-taking in between.
9.45am - we reached Swan River and met with Mr wang they all. Then we had a short discussion abt whether to take the cruise but in the end, we decided against it. So Mr wang then used the other SUV to shuttle us to King's Park. I was among the last group so i had raisin toast and milk while waiting and enjoying the river. Even though its Swan River, i did not see any swans. LOL
10.35am - Mr wang came to fetch us to King's Park and gave us a short tour of the King's Park. It was very huge and beautiful. So different from our Botanical Gardens. Their park is much more natural, with many uncommon plants and flowers, and since the park is built on high grounds, the view was superb. The view is encompassing of Perth City and even Fremantle. Unfortunately my digicam has succumbed to the cold temperature and i could not use it to take photos so had to borrow my godma's digicam. Therefore i cannot upload the pics yet. Well after he dropped us off at the visitor centre, i met with Godma and she let me buy an apple muffin and it was melt-in-the-mouth kind. LOL I just love soft yummy muffins! =x SInce she was part of 1st group, she went off for their tour.
11am - I finished my sweet muffin then proceeded to explore the park on my own. There was this magnificent monument nearby, beautiful scenes along the fringes of park and well i experimented with some different modes. Haha2.30pm - anyway most of us went to the Train station and bought tickets to Perth City. We then took lift to the platform and waited for the train. It was only 3 stops and we experienced the Perth Train and it was like MRT except smaller and the sceneries all differed. It was pretty fast when we reached Perth then i asked some passers-by about our hotel and den walked through 3 streets to reach our hotel
3pm - we went back to hotel and rested for a while. My godma wanted to rest in hotel while i joined Rosalyn, her husband and Mrs wang for shopping around. I bought several souvenirs and some stuffs for myself. We also took the free CAT blue bus for a while. 6pm - we went back to hotel.
6.30pm - Mr wang brought us back to Chinatown and we went to this chinese restaurant for dinner. It was 8 course dinner. We had alot of food as shown in the pic. It was our 'reunion' dinner before we left for home.
7.30pm - Once again Mr wang made 2 trips to drive us back. Godma and some of them wanted to go casino again but i opted out as i was tired. It wasn't fun playing anyway if i didn't have money to. LOL Hence i ended up in my hotel room alone and actually the hotel room we had got entitled us to free welcome drink. However i just didn't feel like going down to the bar alone liao. Haha SO i just showered, wrote in diary and watched TV (but nothing much to watch) and slept early.

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7 June, sat
8am - washed up and packed my stuffs for final time 8.30am - we went to Criterion Cafe for breakfast buffet. It was western style so i had pancakes, sausages, egg, mushrooms, milk with cereals, orange juice.
9.30am - we went shopping around and bought some chocolates and i saw this pair of black boots for only A$10!! So Godma bought it for me. hehehe
10.30am - we walked back to Hotel and took our stuffs down to lobby and checked out. SO while waiting for our turn to go airport, i went online again
12pm - Mr wang drove us to airport and den we queued to do check-in for our luggages.
12.30pm - then they waited at the nearby chairs while i went to browse the shops. Not many shops as usual but i browsed the magazines in the bookstore.
1.30pm - we then met with the whole group to have group photo taking. Then we took our hand carry and entered the departure hall. While waiting for boarding our plane, godma they all started playing mahjong card games again! Haha
3.30pm - we boarded the plane Quatas 71 and this time we got window seats. The dinner menu was chicken or lamb and i chose lamb shanks hahah. However there was a technical delay so the plane only took off at 4.30pm and predicted to reach singapore at 10pm. So i messaged Jackie before the plane took off to let him know.
5pm - I once again browsed the flight entertainment channels. 1st i browsed the music channels but nothing struck my fancy so i went back to movies. Hee this time i watched this reality show called 'REAL DIRTY DANCING GIRLS' - really cool. These girls joined the Art of Exotic Dancing by this experienced exotic dancer. Its a class that aims to increase these girls' self confidence as women and those women who came to join all looking to be more sexy and confident. However the course wasn't as easy as it seemed especially dancing naked (almost naked) in front of audience.
Many girls were very uncomfortable with being naked alone, much less than in front of audience! A few of them even cried when they couldn't do some of the moves suggested by the teacher. At the end of the course, they also had to put on a real performance in front of a real audience. They really had to strip their clothes off and danced topless in front of strangers. Haha not just danced - but danced topless leh! >.< well dinner was served at 6pm but i was quite full and only started eating at 6.30pm. And they did only touch down at Changi Airport at 10pm. After getting our luggages and clearing the customs, godma bought several beers before going out and meeting cousin jackie and his wife to drive me home and her home.







4pm - finally got 3 cars (2 SUV & 1 4-seater). Then Godma, Mr Wang, Mrs Wang, Mr & Mrs Koh & I sat in one of the SUV n led the way to Perth. 1st we searched for an available motel/hotel and we saw one at FORMULA 1 hotel. Actually Mrs Wang, Godma & I were going to share a room. The room was quite small actually - a queen bed, a upper deck single bed, a very cramped toilet with small sink and a tv. so we put our stuffs in the room and rested a while






9.45am - visited Burswood Casino for toilet break and to check it out. Noticed there's nightclub there.
10am - took grp pic before driving over to Fremantle SUnday Market


12.30pm - decided to go for their famous fish n chips at Ciercello's Harbour. We got 2 tables and then Mrs Wang, Rosalyn and I went to make orders. We ordered 2 plates of seafood platters and 4 plates of fish n chips.

2pm -we drove to Maranapan Wildlife park
3.30pm - we reached the wildlife park, paid the entry fee and were given a bucket of feed each. We took pics with koala bear, fed kangaroos, peacocks, hens, ducks, gooses and some weird animals.

4pm - we left and headed for Bunbury instead of Mandurah as it was almost sunset.
6pm - we reached Bunburrys and it was very dark and quiet. We went to Comfort INn first but there was no vacancy so Mr Wang & his bro left to search for available motels while the rest of us stayed and waited.
7pm - they finally came back and told us that we had to drive on to next town for our stay. so we drove to Busselton
8pm - we were dropped off at this chinese restaurant in BUsselton to get dinner while Mr wang & 3 men went to look for motels. Godma and i ordered mushroom soup and some veggies. I decided to skip rice as i had too much good food le. LOL
9.30pm - we went to Amaroo MOtel after dinner and Godma & I had a room to ourselves. The room was quite spacious with 1 queen and 1 single beds. We were not supposed to use single bed for our discounted price. hee. I read novel and wrote in journal while waiting for godma to finish her shower. Then i showered.


7am - changed and packed haversack
7.30am - brought our luggages and loaded them into our SUV car. Took group pic. Got a false alarm when my Godma thought she lost her room key and had a frantic search for it. Guess what? The key was with our leader Mr Wang - in his pocket!
8am - we drove off to BUsselton Jetty as Mr wang said that we should try their train that would bring us to the end of the Jetty. However when we reached the Jetty, the main centre only opened @ 9am so we all took pics while some of us strolled the Jetty. The Jetty is 1.8km long and well i was amazed to see that on one side of the jetty there is no railing at all! Its soo easy for anyone to fall into the sea should they lose their footing. Although no railing may make it easier for people to fish, still i think the jetty is soo narrow that without railing seems less safer.


10.30am - We set off for Margaret River n reached Maiolo Winery. Saw the rows of harvested grape trees.
10.45am - We met the friendly hostess who let us try 2 white wines & 1 dry red wine. We bought Shiraz red wine from her for our chinese dinner.
11.15am - Next we headed to Annie Brooks, flower emporium.
11.30am - we entered the vintage house filled with flowers & decorative items. The flowers were very beautiful and fragrant. I happened to see this pretty little fairy figurine on the cashier desk and only tagged at A$3! Unbelievably cheap! So i checked with the cashier and she was kind enough to let me buy it at A$3 although it was a typo error.
11.45am - we headed to chocolate factory.


1.35pm - we brought in our luggages to our respective cabins after some discussion. I decided on the bed near the bathroom as I didn't fancy climbing up the double deck beds. Then i decided to explore the farm.


2.30pm - We then were dropped off at COLE'S supermarket and given time till 4.30pm to have lunch and do grocery shopping for tonight's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast. So we proceeded to walk down the street. Some of us went to have Choopy de fried chicken while the rest of us wen t to nearby eatery for Fish n Chips again! >.<

6.44am - washed up and well i got a good night sleep! Then started to pack stuffs. 7am - we went to cabin 5 for brkfast. i had 2 sandwiches
7.30am - i also took some pics of animals at pastures and motels.

10am - Next we headed for Dolphin Discovery Centre @ Bunburry. Again i slept on the car 11am - However the waves were too choppy to go for dolphin cruise but we still paid the admission fee to watch the video on dolphins and we could come back again the next day to see dolphins. I browsed the gift shop and saw that they got coffee & muffin meal @ A$5. My godma wanted the coffee so i got the blueberry muffin. The muffin was heavens! Soft, big, warm and sweet! =x Yup i love muffins. Miss the muffins i had in Alaska too! =x











7am - woke up after a very good sleep! didn't want to wake up. Washed up and changed. 7.30am - went to rm 46 for brkfast -tuna baguette rolls, tomato soup and a slice of bread with curry and baked beans (at rm 45) + apple juice.
























11.35am - Of course i could not explore all of it within such short period. so then i went back to visitor's ctr to wait for Mr wang. well i did manage to take this pretty sundial at the ctr. LOL Pretty no? 12pm - Mr wang came and drove us to Subiaco Centre, a town out of Perth. Then we met with 1st group where my godma was. Then we went to have lunch at SUbiaco market. I had this turkish wrap with chicken mushrooms and shared it with godma as well as chicken rice. Then we shopped around the market. Saw alot of fruits and they even had small pieces of the fruits for sampling. LOL I bet they won't do this if they know singaporeans - who loveeee freebies. LOL














After this show, (my godma saw their dancing and remarked that it was tasteless and tack! But i admired their bravery and confidence), i watched another dancing movie 'STRICTLY BALLROOM'. This movie was about how this guy, a wonderful ballroom dancer, decided to dance his own steps much to the dismay of the ballroom dance judges and his parents and how he found his perfect dancing partner who not only shared his passion for such dances and encouraged him to greater heights. Sweet music, dancing and romance!

Labels: margaret river, perth, quatas

LET ME FLY AWAY FROM HERE
- 9:54 PM

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

"There's nothing like travel to make you realize the things you take for granted and those you wish you can have."

My taiwan trip began on 18 December 2007 and ended on 25 December 2007 - The Christmas Day. I'll recount the experiences we had there...

18 December, Tues

After 4 hours of flight (we had our dinner & watched BOURNE ULTIMATUM), we arrived @ Taoyuan International Airport at 8pm. We searched the crowd for our tour guide (MR Li) and finally found him with the paper sign - the "噌兄弟 新加坡“ handwritten. I made a call to my schoolmate Elvin who was also in Taiwan but well he was in Tainan when i called. When all 19 of us were gathered, Mr Li led us to the coach which would be our transport for the whole 8 days trip.

Mei Hui, Yian Pin, Mark & I occupied the last row of seats on the coach and were teasingly named "四大门神“ by Mr Li, and unsurprisingly we were the only group of young adults, whereas all the others were families and one woman who traveled alone. (hence the no. 19)

Mr Li introduced himself as we were en route to Shi Lin Night Market (instead of Taoyuan cuz of convenience) in Taipei. The journey was abt 1 hr long and well Mr Li complimented on my looks as 典型的中国美女. I was so embarrassed la and Yian Pin just teased me more. -.-

We had 45 mins to shop around SHi Lin Night Market. One word to describe the market is ENDLESS. Really, the shops in that market are sooo many that it seem endless and the crowd was crazy even on a tues night! We had to rush our shopping and didn't buy anything in the end cause of the limited time. It was the start of the many 'mini-shopping races"


After that, we were transported to our 1st Hotel - Cosmos Hotel in Taipei. I shared the room with Mei hui while Yian Pin shared with Mark. It was a twin room so they slept on separate beds. Well it was probably 4 star hotel and the bedroom was pretty alright. Only single bed but got adequate facilities. We went out for supper after checking in and the night was pretty cold about 19 deg. Unfortunately there was not much choices to choose so we had supper @ Macdonald's. I shared nuggets and salad with Mei Hui. Then we went back to hotel to shower and watch TV. Meihui and i chatted for some time after we were in bed.

19 Dec wed

6.30am - washed up & packed
7.15am - had breakfast buffet @ hotel
8.30am - stowed our luggages in the coach & boarded e coach.

9am - reached 中正纪念堂 & explored the place alittle"Yian Pin & I knockin on the grand heavy doors"

9.35am - ran to the entrance & met with tour guide, then we were on e way to 野柳风景区.

10.30am - we explored the 野柳风景区, saw stone formations of ginger, candle holder, mushroom head, Queen's head & Fairy shoe (clog). Took many pics. At e end, we walked through street of stalls & tried grilled cuttlefish.

"Mark, Mei Hui, me & Yian Pin with Queen's Head"

11.30am - the coach transported us to 九份 - a town on mountains. It was pretty cold and rainy. 12.30pm - we had lunch there - some meatball noodles, NT45. I bought a mini clog keychain for NT25, a box of pineapple tarts @ NT160 and a box of black sugared biscuits for NT100. I also tried some fish stick, sausage stick & japanese sweet roll for NT90.
1.30pm - we took the public bus (with very few seats & alot of standing space) to ReiFang railway station.
2.15pm - took the scenic train ride to Hualien. I sat next to Mei Hui and we chatted more than watching the scenery cuz there wasn't much to see. LOL Scenic my ass. We then took a short nap on the train

5.40pm - we arrived @ Hualien, with the skies very dark. i was very surprised but MR Li said the sun set very early over there. So our coach brought us to the "xua xua wo" restaurant for dinner - a steamboat buffet. Each of us has our own steamboat and we ate till very full. Got icecream somemore! Haha
7.30pm - we then went to check in our 2nd hotel ASTAR HOTEL. I shared the room with Mei Hui again and this time the room was even bigger! Got balcony, double beds, and chalet-style toilet.
8pm - Yian Pin, Mark & I had another pillow fight but the room was too spacious, he got alot of room to maneuver! More challengin for us. Haha
8.30pm - i went back to watch TV with Mei Hui some reality show.
9pm - shower and then read finish "CRAZY LOVE" novel.
12am - sleeping time

20 Dec, thurs

6.30am - wahsed up & packed
8am - had breakfast buffet @ hotel
8.30am - checked out and on the way to Taroko Gorge太鲁阁峡谷
9.30am - walked down the NINe Turn Gorge

"Me with Yian Pin @ Nine Turn Gorge"

10.30am - coach brought us down the mountain to 长春听涛. Yian pin realized she lost her necklace and we searched for it. After 'some investigation' using photos and my acute observation skills, i managed to recover the necklace from her clothes. -.- It was under her sweater. Haha
11.10am - we were brought to this shop where we tried some snacks and Alishan tea. I bought a packet of mochi and box of pineapple tarts.
11.30am - we had lunch @ another restaurant. Another 10 course. With the specialty Bamboo rice (nothing much abt it).

1pm - After lunch, i played 'catch a toy' machine and caught a green hammer soft tyo that made sound when you shake it. The little boy in our tour wanted to exchange his little chick with the hammer so i let him.
1.10pm - then we went to this gemstone shop K.L. 石隆. And i bought a sapphire pendant necklace @ NT 3850 after 80% discount. Still expensive but well its hard to find such in singapore @ such affordable price i'd think. I also bought a purple crystal bracelet for my godma.

2pm - on the way to Taitung. It was a long trip so Mr Li let us sing karaoke on the bus since they got the system. As the 4 of us had been late for a few times, so as our forfeit we were supposed to sing 3 songs each. LOL so we sang lor..but mark didn't sing.
4pm - Visited the 8 IMMORTALS' cave
4.25pm - drove to Cave of 3 immortals (3 big boulders)
5pm - Sun was setting in 15 mins time. took alot of pics. Collected some pebbles from beach and walked the 8 Arches Bridge with Mei Hui.
5.30pm - the sky was dark and coach took us to see "water flowing up" sight
6.30pm - reached the place to look at it for a while before going for dinner
7.30pm - had seafood dinner again

7.45pm - checked into Formosan Naruwan Hotel, a grand hotel with hot spring and live entertainment.
8pm - it was my turn to share the twin room with Mark. Our room was 1017 and very pretty with 2 separate double beds, spacious bathroom and bedroom. There was even kimono-styled bathrobes. We wanted to try the hot spring so we changed into our swimsuit and only us girls wore the robes over our suits.
8.30pm - went to the hot springs , so disappointing that it wasn't natural but swimming pool-like.
There were the very cold long pool, the 38 deg hot tub and the 37.5 warm tub.
We went from the hot tub to the cold pool, then to the hot tub and to the cold pool, then to the warm tub, to the hot tub and back to cold pool. The cold pool got some massaging equipment such as the water fountains etc.
9.45pm - we went back to our hotel rooms and Mark showered 1st.
10.15pm - i showered and changed into PJs.
10.30pm - we watched the old chinese movie "wo shi yi ge zhei" on TV
12.45pm - we turned off all the lights and slept on our separate beds.

21 Dec, fri

6.30am - washed up and packed
7am - had breakfast
7.45am - packed
8am - on the bus to Kaohsiung, watched french movie TAXI (till i fell aslp)
10.30am - had rest stop & tried some fruits
11.30am - went to Fokuangsan & took pics

"Me & Yian Pin, before the O Great Buddha"

1pm - had vegetarian lunch (also 8 course)
2.45pm - went to 春秋宫.

"Us being swallowed by the vicious dragon!"

4.30pm - went to 海宝珍珠 & listened to their talk & bought a box of terrapin pills for grandma
5pm - on the bus to New Jyueyjiang shopping area.
5.45pm - it was similar to Night market with many shops and food stalls too. We shopped around and i bought a black/white checkered shawl, a fairy pendant gold necklace, 2 stockings and 12 pantyhoses.
6.45pm - we then went for dinner @ some oriental restaurant with good food. also 10 course chinese food with prawns, fish, veggies, rice and we could even order any food we wanted.
9pm - we then were brought to this Love River and there were shops along the river bank. I bought a few custom made hp straps.

9.30pm - we then on the way to LiuHe night market
10pm - we then shopped around but didn't buy much stuffs. We saw this machine game with 9 basketball loops. lol
10.30pm - we went to Kaohsiung C U Hotel and checked in
11pm - again i shared the room with Mark and it was 3-star hotel cuz the room was much smaller. showered, then watched THE TUXEDO on TV

22 Dec, sat

6.39am - washedup and packed
7.15am - had breakfast
7.45am - checked out
8am - we were on the way to Alishan Mountains. It was a long trip so Mr Li let us sing karaoke again. And this time, Mark sang "tong hua".
11.30am - reached Alishan, took shuttle bus to summit
12pm - had lunch @ Alishan Hotel -another 10 course lunch

1pm - went for walk in Alishan forestry, took pics, listened to Mr Li telling the stories, tried on ALishan costumes.
2.30pm - went back to coach
3pm - went to fengqihu which is halfway down the mountain and tried the peanut ice cream wrapped in popiah skin and 爱玉 and honey vinegar drink.
5pm - we set off for Taichung
6.30pm - rest stop

7.30pm - we had 10 course dinner @ 伍角船板, a cavernous cave-like restaurant with the bowls made from clay. The food was superb and we even had 'tang yuan" courtesy of our tour guide.
9pm - we went to fengjia night market
9.35pm - we shopped around and i bought a black sports watch
10.30pm - we then checked into Fulwon Hotel, another 2/3-star hotel. This time, Mei Hui shared room with Mark while i shared with Yian Pin. Showered and chatted

23 dec, sun

6.45am - washed up & packed
7.30am - had breakfast
8.30am - checked out and had 1 hr ride to sun moon lake in Nantou.
9.30am - took a cruise to the other bank and took pics, and tried salted egg.
10.30am - went to Miao House nearby and listened to talk about Lingzi
11am - took coach to wenwu temple
11.30am - visited wenwu temple which house confucius, Yue feng and Kuang Gong.
12.30pm - had lunch @ nearby restaurant with another 10 course chinese lunch.

1.30pm - on the way to Formosan Aborginial Village with amusement park
2.30pm - we were each given a map and told to be back at meeting point @ 5pm. Then we went to try out the SPACE SHIP ride in the Castle. it was a very short ride.
2.45pm - we tried out the Waikiki Wave which went up over, down, sideways, diagonal. Pretty speedy.
2.50pm - break as yian pin felt abit nauseous
2.55pm - we took a slow Jurassic cruise
3pm - took the Carousel. Meihui n i on the swing while YP on the horse. After the carousel, YP was very nauseous and vomitted in toilet.
3.10pm - we took the monorail around the part of park
3.15pm - we went to try the Gold Mine Mountain where we sat in a log boat and it brought us up and down 2 mountains, splashing water. Especially the higher one which got camera shot and then splashed alot of water. haha We enjoyed this so much that we went for it 3 times in total. We even bought the photo @ NT100.
4pm - next we walked to the nearby park and took pics of us on the hammocks
4.15pm - we went to try Mayan Adventure - a suspended looping rollercoaster. To be honest, it was my very 1st roller coaster with loops. Hence i was kinda scared initially esp since Mei Hui n i were both sitting in the first row. How EXCITING! And the height! GOSH. Its suicidal. Haha

I saw us inching up the very tall tracks and we paused at the top for a very short while. ANd i could feel my heart in my mouth, as i prepared to scream. Wahhaa. =x When the coaster let go and sped along the tracks, up, down, sideway, over the loop, i also let go and screamed! Muahah. I even closed my eyes. Kekex.

It was quite fast too as we reached the end. Luckily i did not puke or faint. Haha We went for another time, but this time it wasn';t that scary anymore and i didn't even close my eyes or scream. Since it was close to our meeting time, we ran to the UFO Gyro Drop, 85 feet. And basically it carried us up slowly to the top, revolved for a while (mark N i were admiring the view), then it just dropped without warning till halfway the length before it slowed. Truly it was one of a kind experience! I was breathless...

It was super close to 5pm and we ran to the front pavilion and used the restroom before meeting with the tour. We also took pic with the tribal people. On the bus to Taoyuan (3 hrs), I felt slightly discomforted - too much excitement but when i closed my eyes, i was OK. I never like to vomit and i don't get motion sickness often but sometimes i do get headaches. Haha Luckily for me, neither symptoms manifested.

8.30pm - we had dinner on our own @ Xin zu Night market, which mainly sell foods. We had more meatballs and i had chocolate milkshake. My sweet tooth was acting up. =x

9.15pm - we checked into Taoyuan Yaward Resort which was very isolated. Once again I shared with Yianpin. We unpacked and showered.

24 Dec, Mon

6.30am - washed up and packed
7.15am - had breakfast
7.30am - checked out and took coach to National Museum in taipei
9.30am - we had a tour around the Museum. Since it was so early and maybe i din sleep well, anyway i felt like a zombie walking around. However it was quite educational and interesting to look at the different exhibits and learnt the stories behind those.
11.30am - we went to watch the arms exchange ceremony @ Martyr's Shrine in the rain.
12.30pm - then we went to a chinese restaurant for lunch,

2pm - it was steamboat & teppanyaki. Mr Li also ate with us as we slowly enjoyed the food and chat.
3pm - as we had this xmas gift exchange tonight, so we shopped @ nearby shop after lunch. I got a pair of bedroom slippers.
3.10pm - had 2 hrs ride to Tamshui Fisherman's Wharf.
5pm - as usual, it was still raining. And i got my waterproof hooded jacket on since i din bring umbrella. We walked over the bridge and i walked beside Mr Li as he sheltered me with his umbrella (though it was really unnecessary =x). took pics.
5.40pm - we went to Tamshui Old Street

5.50pm - we shopped along the street and i bought 2 packets of candies, 2 packets of cuttlefish, 1 pair of sunglasses (for Mr Li cuz he was so nice, YP & MH got him a scarf & hat), 2 caps & 1 death note book & a pair of earrings.
7.10pm - we then took coach back to taipei for dinner @ some hotel.
8pm - another 10 course dinner
9pm - i had a surprise birthday celebration on the coach. Mr Li whipped out a birthday cake, lit the 21 number candles, played birthday song, and everyone sang along. I was so speechless..den tried to blow the candles. Haha Mr Li even got me a stuffed Mickey Mouse. Oh dear yian pin, how considerate of her to let him know my birthday.

She was my cake cutter and i was e distributor then we all proceeded to Ximenting.

9.45pm - we shopped ard ximenting, couldn't find Lust caution DVD that my cousin in law wanted. I bought a gold sparkling headband, hair clip & a pair of brown boots! Soo rare to find my size! Haha

10.30pm - we went to our last hotel - Santos Hotel (another 2 star de) but it has double beds.
We presented our gifts to Mr Li when he came to our room to pass me the Mickey mouse i left on bus. =x We even got him to try on the gifts and took pics with him.

Ok lar, i shall admit that Mr Li did show interest in me over the days (and he every day also mentioned me in the coach until i super paiseh, YP was no help at all! besides he got girlfriend liao & he lives in taiwan). Seriously I'm not supermodel kind of pretty la & i dun go for long distance r/s.

Since it was our last night, we girls wanted to sleep together and Mark was surprisingly accomodating. Hahaz The Tv channels very limited in this hotel so we slept early especially since we had to get up even earlier like 6am!

25 Dec, tues

6am - washed up and packed
6.45am - checked out of hotel and boarded the coach for 1 last time
7.10pm - Mr Li distributed the packed breakfast and we paid him the tips.
7.30pm - we checked in with China Airlines and got our tickets.
8pm - we bid farewell with Mr Li and shopped abit before entering the departure hall and searched for our boarding gate.
9.10am - we boarded our plane - MH, YP & i sat together. We chatted as we waited for the plane to take off.
10am - the plane was airborne and we listened to music as we napped.
12pm - i woke up to lunchtime. And had some chicken spagetti, the potato salad was lousy so i skipped it.

12.30pm - i watched abit of Daddy Day camp and the Christmas documentary.
1pm - I rested again
2.05pm - we touched down on Singapore airport and took our luggages.
2.30pm - YP left with her bf, while i went to BUs terminal and took bus home. Luckily for me, i
only had 3 bags unlike YP who had 4 bags.

The things i got for myself:

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Well frankly, I totally enjoyed this trip despite the hurried atmosphere of the tour. I had a very memorable 21st birthday experience with my dear friends. Everyone on this tour were nice and friendly. Our tour guide has been very fun and friendly. His stories and sense of humour contributed much to the general attitude.

Taiwan is a beautiful country with more nature than singapore can offer. Although the products there are nicer and their fashion is much better than ours, since most of us just follow the western or taiwanese styles blindly, the prices aren't really that much cheaper. I do not understand why taiwanese like meatballs noodles or rice sooo much! I expected that they ate like we do in singapore which goes to show how much i really know about taiwan. Though their snacks include chicken cutlets, sausage sticks etc, but their main meals are quite different from what i expected. The meals provided on this trip were seriously over the board! 10 course meals every day leh! I'm tired of fish, prawns, and eating so full! Luckily we walked as much too.

I think its great to travel with friends once in a while. And you can really know a person even more through the experiences. Some friends you can travel with for certain kinds of tours, and some you can travel on other kinds, and others you just cannot travel with for long periods.

Someday I'd love to travel solo. Spontaneous. Just go a place where i want to go without much of a plan and just live a day as it goes.

I do not have all the photos taken of this trip with me now. So i will only upload some pics here.

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- 3:35 AM

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Hi guys!

I know this blog has not been updated for some months. Well now i'm back to announce this good new that I'll be going to taiwan with Mei Hui, Yian Pin & Mark tomorrow till christmas day! I'm very excited with this trip we are embarking on. Although it is not a free n easy, it still thrills me to be traveling again! I do miss the feeling of experiencing new things, food and culture

We have already changed our money, packed our bags and going to meet earlier tomorrow for lunch. We are so excited - this is like our 1st trip to Taiwan together with Mei Hui! Hehe

I'll update more with pictures about our trip when i come back. So Stay tuned!

Love,
chrissy

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- 11:38 PM

Sunday, September 9, 2007

To my readers...

I'm back in my homeland, singapore now. Having my 2nd yr 1st sem hence I won't be doing any travel possibly till my next holiday in December. Though i'm going to KL for a field research during my wk brk in Oct, but I not sure if i get any chance for shopping.

This coming dec will be my 21st birthday! The chalet is out ($600+ 2 nights r juz too expensive) but travelling with friends is definitely IN! Hahaz I have plans to go Taipei with my close frenz on 3rd wk of dec (5 days) & maybe to HK with my WAT frenz on 2nd wk.

Yes...I'm looking forward to that!

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

19 august 2006, sun

At 3pm, the ALASKA BUS DIRECT van finally set off towards ANchorage. There were 6 stops along the way and we got to see the beautiful breathtaking sceneries of alaska - the mountains, lakes, green pastures and glaciers. The kind driver offered to drop us off for free at our hostel 26TH INTERNATIONAL HOSTEL as it was near his house too.

1st impression of the house from the outside was it was quite small compared to the Hostel we stayed in SF. When we entered the hostel, felt kinda disoriented cuz it is someone's house and i don't see any reception table etc. Haha Sebastien, the owner saw us and told us what to do, showed us the house and answered the questions we got.


We shared a private dorm with 2 other girls. The bunk beds were considerably lower than the ones we had in our trailer. Otherwise, it was big and cosy. After shower, we both used the internet for awhile. We got to know one of the girls - a Swiss girl there for travel after the shower then before we went to sleep, we chatted with the other girl Katie (alaskan).

20 aug 2006, mon

The night was very cold that the thin rough blanket we were given wasn't enough to keep us warm. The mattress was alittle harder than wat we used to. haha we did sleep later than we intended. The breakfast that greeted us when we entered the kitchen was wonderful. There was a variety of fruits, waffles, cakes, breads, cereals etc for us to choose. Majority of the guests are from other countries.

After brkfast, we walked to the bus stop to take bus 7 to downtown. There is a fixed schedule for the bus but the bus wasn't very punctual. hahaha. It took only 10 mins to reach downtown transfer ctr and we walked 5 streets to the Railroad depot for another 15 mins. So even though we left at 8.30am and bus arrived at 9.15am. we still managed to reach the depot and check in before 10am.

The logo of Alaska railroad

The alaska railroad glacier explorer train was like those antique train except it was air con and there was a dome-glass windows car at the end. It didn't make too much noise when it travels either. The weather that whole day was dreary - cloudy, dark and foggy. Not a best time to see glacier.



The train trip to Portage took 4 hrs with a 45mins stop at Whitter where those involved in Glacier explorer tour would fill out the paperwork and be given the briefing. Our guide, Heather was a college student,working this tour as summer job. She was knowledgeable about the rafting, the glaciology and quite fit. We were the youngest people on this tour besides the guides. haha It was amazing how people in their late 50 and 60s still mustered up the courage to do such adventurous stuffs. Like the couple we chatted up next to us, this wasn't their 1st time rafting (unlike us - how 'embarrassing') and certainly not their last.

I hope that when I'm as old as them, i'd still have the energy and guts to travel and do exciting stuffs like they do. Heex Damn..life is too short to spend even the last few decades in bed or at home!

so at POrtage, Heather drove us in a 'magic bus' to the Spencer Lake where we took our 1st glance at spencer glacier and got blown away. The glacier was HUGE to us. Hahaha After taking some pics, we were presented with a deli-style lunch. I love the breads - thick and fluffy with ham, roast beef, cheese, veggies. got soup too but too sour for our tastes and the little brownie was tasty.

after which we spent 1 and 1/2 hr rafting along the lake and river. it was quite mellow except for one exciting bump. hahax very beautiful even in the dreary weather. Then we went back to e train, alighted at dunno where again to board the motorcoach to anchorage. The motorcoach seats were damn comfy cuz i fell aslp on bus. hahaha

Reaching the depot, we went to chk out the ULU FACTORY located near depot - not much of stuffs and priced quite high. then we walked along the downtown, browsed a gift shop and bought a mug for my grandma before proceeding to 5th ave mall to have dinner - subway. at 9pm, the mall was closing and we left the mall to browse some gift shops where they stay open till 11pm. There was this POLAR BEAR GIFT shop opposite CLUB PARIS, where they sell souvenirs comparatively cheaper than the rest. so we decided to go there again the next day.

so we went to catch our last bus back and reached hostel by 11pm. showered n used internet.

21st aug 2006, tues

again we woke up later. hahax Had the same brkfast as before. 1st place on our list was the Lake Hood near airport but we din take the bus, believing that the lake was as close to our hostel as it was on the map. HA big mistake! On the way we remb our desire to visit walmart and sebastien mentioned one along the place but i couldn't remb his directions. so we blindly headed off in the rough direction only to come up with no walmart. haha so then we walked our way to Lake Hood. It was a long long hike...one that MY actually complaint abt. lolx Nevertheless we persevered and finally arrived at our destination an hr after we left hostel.


The lake has floatplanes parked around it and we were waiting to see if any floatplanes take off. Luckily for us juz when we were leaving we saw a floatplane leaving. It wasfor a tour and after i taped down the take-off, we noticed that the tour only cost US$50 per person of cuz the duration is unknown. ha

After this, we went to take bus 7 to Dimond Center and once again we misjudged the distance and time. Muahaha it was close to an hr before we arrived there. Did i mention that the seats on US public buses are juz too hard to sleep on?? Despite that our dear MY managed to slp on the bus - that does tell u how tired she was huh?

Dimond Center is gigantic man..haha longer than Vivocity and probably wider too. lolx 1st we went to A&W, opp dimond ctr for lunch. To my surprise again, the burger was smaller than singapore's burger size. haha. Then we shopped at BEST electronic store - as big as the convention hall insuntec bahz. I bought THE SIMS 1 COMPLETE COLLECTION for only uS$39.99!! hahaha Next we went to explore the rest of ctr, played in arcade and redeemed our tickets with rings & a bracelet for me. haha Oh and we saw the big ice skating rink at the basement.

After that, we took the bus back to downtown and continued our gift shopping. we were quite tired so we did our shopping as fast as we could and took bus back to hostel. we showered, changed, packed stuffs again before heading for airport at 10.30pm. And it was transition and travel time again!!!

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- 6:39 AM

Saturday, August 18, 2007

18th July was our last day of work for MY and I.

After work, Adel, Yuxuan, eunice, shiwen, MY and i showered and set off for FAST EDDY'S restaurant, a mile away from our trailer.

On the way we stopped by RV TOK village gift shop. By the time we reached restuarant it was 8+pm. *I was famished* YX. Eunice and I decided to share STEAK & PRAWNS combo (including all-u-can-eat salad bar) while the rest shared Alaska King crab combo. All of us shared the chicken wings. WE were soo happy to see that fruits were included in the salad bar and made several servings of the fruit salads - watermelon, rock melon, strawberries, pineapples! The poor deprived us were over the moon and indulged in fruity luxury!

The chicken wings were quite small-sized and we were disappointed with the prawns cuz it was only 3 small breaded prawns. lolx Then at e end, YX,E & i shared the White chocolate raspberry cheesecake! Very yummy! The best of all e courses. hahaha

By the time we finish with the dinner, it was 10+pm and the sun was juz setting. On the way back to our trailer, (the place was quite quiet and peaceful), we saw some Dall sheeps coming out along the highway to chew grasses. Hahax

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