Lazy NO Cure

2010 New Zealand Winter Trip 3

2011-03-10T23:44:00.000+08:00

06/07/2010

Visiting university of a place is a must in a vacation, so we headed to Massey University. See? Welcome to Massey University!!

Due to time constraints and macam lost in direction, we left soon after 'visiting' the toilet and taking pictures.

From Massey University, we drove to Palmerston North and stopped by at Dick Smith. Our 'smart' driver brought his player without adapter, so we tried to get one in this big electronic shop. (though we only used it once for the rest of the journey... macam not so worthy~~)

The journey from Palmerston to Taupo was super long, estimated to be 4 hours drive but ended up a bit shorter than that.. so here we reached Waitahanui town, a town named after the Waitahanui River which flows into Lake Taupo.

'haere mai' means Welcome!
Welcome to Waitahanui town, a town with the largest lake in NZ in it.

Lake Taupo, the largest lake in NZ, was super big that we can't see the edge of it.. The place was so windy and cold that we left after taking few pictures. *not that pretty as I thought*

Since the lake is unsatisfying, we proceeded to my favourite, waterfalls!

obviously, our afternoon snack is Oreo...

Yes, it's the Huka Falls, a falls that connect Lake Taupo (the largest lake of NZ) and Waikato River (the longest river of NZ). It's a set of waterfalls of the beginning of Waikato river before the river travels along to Auckland, while draining the water of Lake Taupo.

As you can see in the following pictures, the water from Lake Taupo is flowing through this narrow channel which was carved by the strong current of the water surging through to the Huka Falls.

Ok, what does the word 'Huka' mean? See the pic:

What do you think now?

Huka = foam.

Along the narrow canyon, there are a few sets of small drops but not as impressive as this 9m-final-stage-falls. The water is plunging in about 200,000 liters per second causing it to pick up massive of tumbling air bubbles, as if there is foam on the water.

But Erique said it's just a larger longkang!

Group picture taken by a leng lui from China..

Having enough of the water, we drove back to our house of the night. All of a sudden, we saw a big banner writing 'New Zealand's largest underground wine cellar'. Without any hesitation, we parked the car and then enter this wine cellar.

looks so pro...

And there it is!! Underground wine cellar! it's open for all FREE!

pic from shop to underground!

pic from underground looking up to the shop.

along the stairways...

some of the world most famous wines...

of course, we bought nothing... time for dinner!! Fried bee hun + wine, kinda new combination...

Cheers!!

the awaiting list~~

Drank one of those after dinner, while we were watching 'Hitler' and chor dai di-ing...

07/07/2010

4th day of the trip... yet we still having some problem fitting all our luggage and food into the car...

packed like sardins...

While we were packing everything into the pitiful car, mou mou dei played her role fully being a vet.. we were requested to throw the rubbish of the house before leaving but the bin was 'guarded' by a big furious dog. Mmd was the only brave person to 'communicate' with the dog allowing us to throw the rubbish.. Having 自知之明, of course I weren't there...

After filling the fuel, we departed our way to Tongariro National Park, one of the main interest along the way. It's just few km away from Lake Taupo. There were 3 main volcanoes in this NP where Lord of the ring was filmed. (of course not the only scene but visiting one of them is exciting!)

Tongariro NP, the oldest national park in NZ, was the 4th NP established in the world and is now acknowleged by UNESCO as one of the 25 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites. Having such high compliment and value, hopefully it is not disappointing la~~

It should be one of the volcanoes in the NP but i'm not sure which is which...

Of course we are not taking the 3 hours walk... it's because not enough time for us to do so, ahem ahem...nothing to do with my stamina...

hmmm... which way to go? left or right?

Tanaraki FALLS????!!!
of course not la!

oh honey, why are u trying to jump?
U jump, I jump!

Oops, caught u throwing stones!

erm... a very lame competition of whose eyes are bigger...

Tadah!! the Taranaki Falls!

After the apparently more than 1-hour walk, we proceeded our way to Rotorua, the city (it's not a town) famous for its geothermal activities. We don't have much time in Rotorua and thus we missed lots of Rotorua attractions.. =(

The house we checked in had a thermal pool at the back of the house, which i did not have a chance to try... The clothes i brought were either wool or long sleeves, what to do?

*i'm getting chin chai in updating these posts.... getting lesser words from post to post... nvm la, i wonder is there any1 really read the words.. at least i don't...

~jj~

2011-02-12T16:28:00.002+08:00

Medical Report (Summary)

Patient last name : Kong
Patient first name : Jia Ji

Symptoms : Malaise, depressed
Diagnosis : Home sick
Medication : Flight ticket to Malaysia, preferably reaching Ipoh.

Patient's comment : too expensive, can't afford...

纯属无聊....

~jj~

2010 New Zealand Winter Trip 2

2011-01-08T01:34:00.002+08:00

04/07/2010

After collecting our Estima from Juicy Rentals, we departed our North Island trip heading towards Kaikoura. According to our plan, we should be proceeding to Hamner Spring to have a look but we were too late when we departed, so gave up and headed straight up to Kaikoura.

our Estima!!
(though a bit old aged...)

Kaikoura, a town in combination with ocean and mountains, is famous for eco-tourism. The extension of the sea brings abundant marine animals to this town, thus the tourist attractions are whale watching, swimming with dolphin and seabird watching.

Once entering Kaikoura, we were driving along the coastline. The scenery was awesome yet mind-soothing. We stopped by at Goose Bay to try our luck whether we can see any seal. Too bad, the luck is not at our side...

So we just continued our journey to our kingdom-like temporary home!!

our room...

haha, 老千poker card!!

After having our Indomee+egg lunch, we drove to Point Kean to look for the seal colonies. We stopped by at South Bay and took some pictures.

nampaknya orang ni owe many people money wo....

Finally we reached Point Kean!!

see the seal lying there?
its lazy pose cheated me and its angry roar scared me off!!

Kaikoura can be translated as 'meal of crayfish', thus having a meal of crayfish is a must when visiting Kaikoura. Crayfish industry still plays an economic role in this town. Stalls selling crayfish, either cooked or raw, can be found along the road. Crayfish, which are freshwater crustaceans, are generally known as small lobsters. So, no doubt, crayfish is our dinner!!

cheese-baked crayfish with salad and fries as sides

fresh raw mussels

After dinner, we went to the well-known Fyffe house front to have our self-organized star-gazing tour. The surrounding was dark and quiet. We lie down at the roadside looking up the sky observing the amazing star-filled sky!!

05/07/2010

After having breakfast, we departed to our first destination of the day, Wither Hill Vintage. Wither Hill vintage is located in Wairau Valley of the Marlborough region. Marlborough is New Zealand's largest wine making region, producing the majority nation wine output. This region contains soil that are fertile for grapes to grow.

Wither Hill vineyards are flourished, with varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris planted at their vineyard site.

Ting Feng is sleeping almost throughout the whole journey.

Wither Hills Vintage

the very kind and friendly staff organising our wine tasting session.

CHEERS!!

Wah!! so many wine bottles!!! Wish it's my wine cupboard leh~~

After the wine tasting session and wine shopping, we proceeded to the Picton Interislander Ferry Terminal for our ferry ride across Cook Strait to Wellington. The journey was 92km and took 3 hours to reach North Island. Interislander operates 3 passenger ferries and the one we took was Kaitaki. Kaitaki ferry is the largest ferry operating on New Zealand waters.

Guess what were we doing while waiting?
UNO!!

We drove up the ferry and parked our car according to the instructions of the workers. Each of us need to pay NZD61 per journey. And from here, we started our journey to the North!! We could walk around the ferry throughout the three-hour journey admiring the scenery of Cook Strait.

HAHAHAHA!!!

see~~ what's there?? stars? money?? $$$$

When the journey ended, the sky was getting dark. We drove around Wellington until GPS guided us to Te Papa Tongarewa Musuem. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Te Papa Tongarewa Musuem is the musuem of New Zealand.

Te Papa Tongarewa Musuem:
(Te Papa Tongarewa = the place of treasures of this land)

the Colossal Squid

Night view of Wellington from musuem

We continued to have a walk around the musuem before departing to our Wellington temporary home of the night...

The Parliament Building of New Zealand

say hi to the Parliament door! =)

the Beehive, Executive Wing of Parliament building
(even the PM's office is here...but of course i didn't get to see the PM..)

After taking pictures with this iconic building of Wellington, we drove back to our accommodation and have a good rest before starting a brand new day!

~jj~

New Zealand Winter trip 1

2011-01-03T23:20:00.000+08:00

01/07/2010

Being in Australia for the third year, finally I decided to visit the sister country of Australia, New Zealand!!

According to my mum, whenever I travel, it will never be smooth and calm... i will definitely meet with some obstacles.... even a simple thing like booking a flight ticket could be an obstacle for me.. haiz... Anyway, I booked Air NZ from Brisbane to Christchurch reaching there around 12am.

my flight meal - with a bottle of red wine

The one who should fetch me is Wong Choon Seng but in the end, my honey and Eric came because the conscienceless Mr Wong overslept and forgot to fetch me!! Hng!!

02/07/2010

Day 1 in Christchurch

Visiting university of the area is compulsory for my trip, so we decided to visit University of Canterbury early in the morning.

i love this scenery... botak trees~ hehe..

if not mistaken, (from left) my honey, me, CS and TF

the map of the uni on the floor

main library of the uni

the view of Christchurch from the library

Future engineers at engineering lab

a future pharmacist taking photo in someone's University Pharmacy

After visiting the University of Canterbury, it's time to visit the Christchurch city!! The largest city in New Zealand South Island. It is a city designed and built by the English colonialists, building a large number of Neo-Gothic style buildings. The very center of the building is the Cathedral Square and one of the most visited church buildings in Christchurch is the Christchurch Cathedral.

Had a Korean style lunch in the city

This 18m sculpture with 42 leaves as design to feature the different native plants of the country was built to commemorate the new millineum and 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the city.

The Christchurch Cathedral is a building with Gothic architecture and sitting at right center of the city. Visiting the Anglican Cathedral is free but will need to pay a small amount of compulsory 'donation' to climb 134 steps up to the top of Cathedral North Tower.

the Anglican Cathedral (free entry)
The environment here was calm and serene.

climbing up the 134 steps

the recognition of climbing 134 steps
we can buy a recognition cert from the Gift shop, if we want...

Views from the top of the Cathedral:

from top: the statue of John Robert Godley,
the founder of Christchurch and Canterbury.

oops... someone is doing something illegal!
破坏公物!!!

Canterbury Musuem, one of the finest historic buildings in NZ.
It was closed when we reached... so too bad, we can't enter...

The sculpture along the road with Avon River as background.

The Christchurch Art Gallery

Locating in front of Worcester Boulevard is the Christchurch Arts Centre, the former University of Canterbury. Observing the building, it represented the Gothic Revival architecture of NZ among other examples available in the country.

A pretty attractive fountain found in the Christchurch Botanic Garden.
The Christchurch Botanic Garden was not closed but it was too dark to see any flowers, so we left the garden and proceed to the historical arch..

Bridge of Remembrance

After having dinner in one of the Malaysian restaurant, we walk around the city before going back home to plan our North Island Trip!! Oh, also bought a prepaid sim card from NZ...

a good way of parking bikes i guess..

02/07/2010

Together with Ting Feng from Sydney, we visited the famous Sumner Beach after having lunch. The stretching of the beach with the random assortment of rocks forms one of the most picturesque beach in Christchurch. Having a stroll along the beach, looking at kids playing water and swimming safely in the sea also makes this beautiful beach one of the most famous beach in Christchurch.

the stone Scarborough Clock Tower

Cave Rock,
the cavern formed at a protruded volcanic stone due to the erosion of sea water

By the time we finally enough of walking along the beach admiring the scenery, it's already evening and we realised we were late for the movie appointment with Eric. So we went for groceries shopping preparing for the North Island Trip!! Excited~~~~

~jj~

Home sweee~~eeeet home

2010-11-28T22:41:00.002+08:00

25/11/2010

I'm back in IPOH!!!!!

HOME SWEEE~~EEEEETTTT HOME!!!!

~jj~

Post exam meals of Sem 1 Year 3

2010-08-29T16:49:00.001+08:00

It has been quite a long time that i did not update the blog... so just have some updates bout activities after my end of semester exams last semester.. erm... which was 2 months ago..

25/06/2010

Decided to have a gracious dinner at Fiasco's Steakhouse of Morrison Hotel, which claimed to have best steak in Brisbane..
*though i don't eat steak...

Tried it's famous entree, 60 second calamari:
(calamari with chili blueberry dipping sauce)

My dinner, Morrison Parmigiana:
(Chicken breast pocketed with bacon and cheese, served with Caesar salad and wedges.)
* i love the salad!

Also, celebrated Sing King and my birthday in advance!!
since most of us will not be in Brisbane during July...

oh, let's make a wish!

Group photos:

the guy up left is the cute waiter who served us
and the note by him to wish us:

Those who knows me well will know that I will not have breakfast during weekends/holidays, why? because i will sleep till lunch time.. unhealthy? nvm la!

So the day after my exams, surprisingly, i wake up VERY early for breakfast!!

Gunshop Cafe

The Australian Cafe of the Year 2010, also the best breakfast restaurant in Brisbane for 2008 and 2009.

See? everyone is queuing up for having breakfast there.
we waited for about 20 minutes to get in...

even the menu mentioned about its awards..
scared that you don't know about its 威水史...
but the menu looks so.... just a piece of paper, not even laminating it...

my breakfast, double smoked salmon with pouched eggs.

my morning coffee, mocha!

meeting up with Diyana is
the reason i wake up so early

Then also had steamboat at Jin's house for lunch which turn out to be teatime and ended during dinner time...

the hilly road from UQ to my ex-house..

too happy chatting and knowing new friends that i forget to take any picture..
it's more like a food trip after exams...

anw, after eating and spending money, it's time to prepare to New Zealand!

My 21 days tour to NZ!!!

will update for that soon... not sure how soon.....

~jj~

emo

2010-07-28T23:29:00.000+08:00

28/07/2010

最近总有种患得患失的感觉...

是因为不舍得那风景如画的纽西兰, 还是不想那忙碌烦恼的 semester 2 开课...
有着太多东西应该完成.... 却还未开始... 甚至不想动手...
我... 更懒了...

housemate 的妈妈回国了...
看着她为他们买菜煮饭, 看着她对他们的关心体贴....
我.. 想家了....

假放完了, 开学了...
心情变了...

看着同学讨论去哪儿吃晚餐, 发觉自己来了 Brisbane 这么久, 懂的地方真的很少...
发觉.. 我好象从来就躲在自己的世界里....

发觉.. 原来有多让我妒忌的事情..

我妒忌那些临时抱佛脚, 成绩却考得很好的人....
我妒忌那些天生丽质, 不用保养也有水嫩嫩滑溜溜皮肤的人...
我妒忌那些怎么吃, 都不胖的人....
我妒忌....

其实回头看看, 我何尝不让人妒忌?
纵然不家财万贯, 至少父母的宠爱是无价之宝....
纵然不国色天香, 至少还见得下人...
纵然不怎么吃都不胖, 至少我没有太胖....
纵然不名列前茅, 至少成绩还过得去...
纵然不能到处尝试新美食, 至少我有幸能出国深造....

想想看, 比起很多人啊, 是很好了...
所以说, 人比人啊, 比死人...
做人啊, 还是知足的好....

今天的感触特多的说....

*这么emo.... 可能P.M.S 了吧!!

~jj~

2010-04-24T10:48:00.002+08:00

23/04/2010

For those who read my blog, u should know what happen to my hp.. it is still functioning very well, but occasionally cant listen to call.. as in i accept the call but listen nothing.. dunno what's wrong with it.. but anw, it's still working ok ok la..

my 损友们 always ask me to chg new hp by changing to 3 mobile, but i thought there is no nice hp for both the $19 and $29 cap.. so i just ignored them lo.... my hp still can use mah....

then suddenly, ystrdy night, my housemates whose 3 mobile's contract are giong to due soon, so they decided to change from 3 mobile to virgin mobile, cz the $29 cap got the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz which is really worthy...

i'm not interested cz my Optus prepaid now is just $30 for 2 months, so i'm not going to change to $29 per month, which is spending twice as much wo... i'm not using that much also mah...

who knows, 天注定我要做个败家女.... i realise the virgin mobile cap has Nokia 5800 xpress music... nah, the touch screen pone with wifi de leh...

sounds attracting to me, cz i'm just paying $4 more each month for 2 years n i wil get a new hp... sounds cool right?

so....

i decided to change to Virgin mobile...

what makes me so 冲动? it says applying online now can get 3 months free of access fee.. hahahahaha!! worthy lo.....

so in the end, i followed my housemates to the Virgin mobile shop in city and wanna ask the details about it before applying it.. they wanted to apply there cz their online deal is same with the front shop deal...

who knows, when i'm there, they told me applying in the shop will get the deal too.. of course applying there la!!! more secured mah!!! hahahaha!!

so, i get my handphone immediately, after less than 24hours of the decision... u say i 冲动 or not la!!!

Ta daa!!!

this are what in the box...
the earphone is the type i like, but it's wire looks like面线 lo....

oh ya, it's side stripe is red in colour...
haha, i was so scared that the staff told me that it was blue,
then i really cry lo~~ i like red....

it's not obvious from the pic, but the back of it is slightly red in colour...
not bright red, more to the elegant red... =P

ya, so that's my new handphone... my number remains the same, but no longer optus...

to those who are 3 mobile and seldom call me, nothing to do with u....
to those who are 3 mobile and call me occasionally, no difference for u, cz still consider other network...
to those who are optus and call me occasionally, sorry la~~~

i know seldom ppl are using Virgin mobile, so erm.. nvm la.. i didnt use my phone a lot also..
since it's not giving me too much credit la.. just $19 cap mah.. enough for me to use is good la!!

Oh ya, 做人真的要有平常心.... i din really feel like changing my phone and didn't think of getting it so soon, but in the end i'm the soonest who get the hp...

the new SE Vivaz has no stock, need to go again tomorrow.. hehe.. c? i'm still lucky de, no longer the malang me... yeah!

now, evr1 in my house is using touch screen phone, with models of samsung, se and nokia....

~jj~

2010-04-13T08:35:00.002+08:00

13/04/2010

Just back from Easter break (=mid-sem break)... but i'm not energetic at all, i'm feeling tired and lazy...
but anw, i will update my Easter break trip soon... i mean soon.. haha..

but not sure how soon..

So, this is not a post to update my trip.. but please expect me to be very agitated...

话说, I went to Sydney during my mid-semester break, and came back to Brisbane by a so-called national airline, Qantas. and there goes my story...

I was sitting at the window seat of the very last row of the air craft, so really sitting at a corner. I was listening to my mp3, playing games on my flight-mode-phone and at the same time day dreaming..

haiz.. my mood wasn't good at that time, cz my holiday is ending soon and i'm going back to brisbane, meaning that i gotta pick up every work that i left over.. busy a!! cham a!!!!

anw, that's not that point.. so since i'm so engross in my own mood, and the air craft engine was quite noisy (i dunno why...), i did not realise the announcement asking all the passengers to switch off their electrical appliances.

Suddenly, a loud voice appear above me.. when i mean loud, it is.. cz i'm listening to my music and still i feel that it's a loud voice. I realised the loud voice came from a 空妈 (a middle aged air stewardess)...

"Didn't you listen the announcement to switch off all the electrical appliances? Switch it off now!"

I was so blur that time and memang SHOCK... 真的不在状况之内.. 无端端的....

so i switch my hp off lo! who knows everything does not stop here...

she continued pointing at my mp3 and shouted:

"what's that?" (noob! blind also know is mp3 la! it's not in a weird shape pun...)

but the lagi noob me go n answer her: "mp3.."

"switch it off now!"

she was standing there in a very irritating way, 手插着腰 , staring at me and continue shouting:

"you should have switch it off earlier, how can you still leave it on? ..."

i was stunned there, even after she left my seat...

After don't know how long, when i finally come out from my own world, i was thinking:

"她做么骂我 wo?"

then only i realised what was happening!!

THE AIR STEWARDESS WAS SHOUTING AT ME
IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!!!

just because i did not switch off my mp3... she did not even give any advice... can't she speak in a better and more polite way? she was scolding me leh!!!

walao eh!! 我委屈到啊.... 眼泪都快要流出来了....
already not in good mood, still wu duan duan kena scolded like this..

Is that the way Qantas treating their passengers? shouting me in front of evry1? it was so embarrassing, evry1 was looking at me lo... how can a crew treat a passenger in such a rude way? do they know what is good manners? politeness? service attitude?

Qantas leh! not budget airline lo.. i paid so much for the tix (though i bought the tix during their sales period and not that expensive la..) and in the end get such terrible experience... how can they treat customers like this? i feel so insulted!

今时今日, 这样的服务态度是不行的...

难道看我小, 看我一个人, 看我呆呆酱的, 就可以欺负我的咩? 我从来从来没有想过会在飞机里面给空姐 (OK, 那是空妈) 骂的咯.... 还要趁我还没回神的时候.... 几坏啊!!!

那个空妈一定是有种族歧视的!!　不然就年龄歧视！！

虽然我好象有比较好欺负, 可是不代表我会任由你欺负的咯.... 凶我啊拿??? 还要在酱多人面前落我面!!!

我要 PORT 你!!!!

Hng! 这口气怎样都下不了的啦.. 所以leh, 这件事在被我遗忘了几天后, 终于爆发了!! 昨晚send 了一封 email 给Qantas, 跟他们 complain 他们酱的服务态度... 不过还没有有回复.. 看他们怎样讲咯....

真是的... 堂堂一间 national airline, 代表着 Australia 的航空公司, 服务态度竟然比那些 budget airline 还要差.... 有没有搞错??? 他们不跟我道歉, 我就跟他们没完没了!!!!

气死我了!!!

然后啊．．．　还有一个空爸... we have refreshment and drinks half way during the flight... so there were 3 children, erm.. around 10-12 yo la.. then when they ask the 空爸 got what drinks, the 空爸 answered:

"don't ask me what drink i have, just tell me what drink you want!"

waseh! 嚣张到他啊！！　不过serve 我的是空姐，所以没有发生在我身上．．．

see? what type of attitude they have la!!!! haiz.. disappointed!!

~jj~

破财挡灾酱神奇的东西在我身上是不work 的....

2010-03-28T13:23:00.003+08:00

28/03/2010

破财挡灾??? 哪个混蛋说的?

如果衰开有条路, 我应该是在一条康庄大路上了....

衰运啊.. 你几时才愿意放开我呢? 勉强没幸福啊!!!!!

其实也没什么啦.. 就我烫伤了我的手... 注意, 是手, 不是手指...

而且非常恰巧的是, 烫到的位置令我的手在用电脑时, 放不到在桌子上....

累啊...

现在还在刺刺痛....

怎么那么惨呢我?

~jj~

Malangnya ku lately

2010-03-19T21:13:00.005+08:00

19/03/2010

I promised to update my Vietnam trip posts but obviously it's still in the progress (well, it's not started at all.... =P).

Ask me why?

Because I'm just too MALANG lately... what so malang? That's a very long story... haiz...

1st day back in Australia

1.

OK, starting since i came back to Australia... The Custom staffs of Gold Coast Airport were doing their jobs so well that they threw away at least 5 of my soup packets... saying that there are unknown sticky substances inside...

u might say: "Aiya, Australia always so strict one lah!"

yes, you are right, but the thing now is, i brought these soup packets into Aus for at least 3 times already, this is the only time i kena...
should i say i'm unlucky this time or just too lucky last time?

Then, they said some of my soup packets have 百合 inside, which transmit diseases/bacteria/ or whatever, i don't have the mood to listen by that time.. so they cut most of my soup packets and take those 百合 out...

AND tell me that: "You are so lucky that they are in separate packet with other ingredients, or else we have to take all!"

Ya, i'm so lucky, hor?? what else can i say??

2nd day back in Australia

2.

One of my housemates (siu mou) went to Ikea with me to buy furniture for our room...

*just informing, i moved AGAIN and this time the house is unfurnished. Unfurnished means no table no chair no bed no mattress, NOTHING!*

so we woke up early in the morning and took a bus to the city. Actually we wanted to have a look at Officeworks before going to Ikea, just in case there was nice and cheaper table/chair there.. however, being 1st timer taking that particular bus, we missed the stop.. so we go to the city directly and took the train to Ikea..

The bus was so slow that we have to run to the train station or we will miss the train and wait for another half an hour for the next train.. when we reached there, we thought we were so lucky that the train wasn't there yet.. after waiting for 5-6 minutes, the train arrived and we expected to reach in approximate 1 hour.. however after about half an hour, the train stopped and asked all its passenger to leave the train as it reached its terminal!!

What??? Terminal?

Upon seeing our blur faces, the kind Translink staff told us that we can go to Ikea by this train.... in the OPPOSITE direction!!! We took the wrong train!!!!!

and we have to wait for another 15 minutes before the train departs from its terminal heading to the city and then towards the station we wished to go.... meaning that we have to take the whole journey again....
so we spent the whole morning in the train..

We reached Ikea around 12.30pm or even later, i can't remember.. it started to rain when we left the bus.. it had nothing to do with this incident but just increasing my cham-ness...

If we want a same-day-delivery, we must place the order before 2pm, which means we left less than 1 and a half hour to walk, to choose, to shop and to pay.. in IKEA! u know how big it is???

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phew~ finally we get it done before 2pm, it's 1.50pm!! when we happily go to the delivery counter, the staff told us that the delivery will be made on the next day!!

WHY?????

"because the truck is ABOUT to leave!!"
listen, it's ABOUT....
although the truck was not leaving yet, we have to wait for another day...

GEram!!!!!

3rd Day back in Australia

Finally the bed, mattress and chair arrived in the afternoon... and happily we assembled everything by our own hands!! both for mine and khai chin's.. it took us the whole afternoon to do that.. with some help from wei jien..

then the gist comes....

there was no bed slats for our beds!!! it's just hollow in the middle!!

how can i put the mattress on it and sleep on it??? are u kidding me????

in the end, after 身水身汗 assembling the bed, happily putting the mattress on the cacat bed... i had to sleep on the floor AGAIN!!!

We called Ikea asking for the bed slats and they said we have to buy separately. They said it's stated on the display!! we can do nothing but go to Ikea AGAIN!!!!

When i reached there, i checked the display and nothing there stated we need to buy bed slats separately!! not even a tag!

I don't mind paying for it, but at least let me know mah.. so that i don't need to go there again purposely just to buy that thing and carry it home by my own hand!! quite heavy also de lo....

GERAMMMMM!!!

finally, on that night, i got a bed to sleep on....

5.

First day to uni

it's raining and we took a bus from our home to our new campus.. again, we missed the bus stop!! haiz... it took us 45 minutes to reach our campus which normally should be only 15 minutes....

6.

the most most most MALANG and serious case is here!!!

I proudly told my friends that my bag is kalis air, so even though it rained for 1 week, my stuff in my bag will not get wet... memang 衰多口!!!

just 1 day after i said that, my water bottle cap loosen and water splashed out.. due to it's kalis-air-ness, the water stayed inside and only dripping out slowly.. i did not realise till one of my friends told me that my bag was dripping water...

everything inside my bag was WET!!

and unfortunately, my dear handphone, which loyally accompanied me for 2 years, was proudly swimming in the bag of water!!!! it's dripping water when i took it out from my bag....

我那时候的心情, 就像是被人硬生生推进一池的冷水酱咯 .... @_@

the phone stop functioning for few days, i can't even switched it on... it was vibrating non-stop when i tried to switch it on... so scary lo....

i used hair dryer to dry it, then let it sun bath for few days...

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finally, the good news.. it's back to normal again!! hahahahahaha!! super excited!!
after testing, it can call out, receive call, listen to music n so on.. even the camera is as good as before....

Sony Ericsson 万岁!!!!

HOWEVER, things did not stop here....

just few days back, i lost my earphone!! my nice comfortable earphone... i left it in the library and forgot bout it.. when i went back to search for it, it's already GONE!!
not even found at the lost-and-found section....

who stole my earphone? who is that idiot???
who else in the uni does not have an earphone, why do you want to take mine???
and don't u think it's very geli taking other people's earphone that u don't know?
who knows the previous owner got what dermatitis or ear disease or not?
*choi choi choi, i'm not cursing myself!*

anw, my mum said 破财挡灾.... ok lo....

i memang malang lately....although everything doesn't look serious, but when all come in 2 weeks, that's too much for me..... arghh....

some said it's because i'm careless (打死我都不承认, 我是受害者 leh!)..
some said it's because it's Tiger year ( pity the tiger... )

but anw, i believe my luck will get better and better one!!!!
i hope, i wish, i pray!!

so wish me if u see this, pray for me if u pity me...
haha, thanks la!!

before i end my post, show the picture of my new room la....
need to something good to balance my mood...

see? everything has to start from scartch.... and then it will turn to:

tadaa... my study table
from officeworks, cheap cheap one $55 only..

muahahaha, the CEO chair!!! very the comfortable lo i tell you!!!
it costs $169..
u think i so she de buy such expensive chair or not???
clearance when i bought it, only for $79.. worthy leh??
memang comfortable 到....

the messy unpacked room on the 1st day:

the finally arranged done room after 4 days of packing:

and so, that's it... that's my malang-ness lately....
it's not fairy tale, not comedy also, so if it's not interesting, can't blame me.. it's more than just interesting to me...

*btw, there is a lizard wandering outside my glass window every night to eat the small flying insects outside my window... i'm not looking down on lizards, but really very fed up when i have to face it every night.. i had a nightmare on it di... i'm enough... haiz...*

~jj~

2010-02-11T17:33:00.002+08:00

11/02/2010

我不要 update blog 了!!!!

我郁闷! 我难过!! 我懊恼!!! 我心情不好!!!!

我不要回 Brisbane!!!
我要我的家!!!

我还没吃够、玩够、懒够!!!

~jj~

Tasmania Trip 5

2010-02-11T01:27:00.000+08:00

20/7/2009

Yoyoyo, last post for my Tasmania posts!!! finally~~~

We departed from Launceston city to Evandale.. we 竟然发现 Nile River on the way!! haha, see how gigantic the river is when we cross the bridge:

1. Lake Leake, Campbell Town

this is a man-made lake that constructed for Campbell Town's permanent water supply.
the scenery is just so so, but it's very cold n windy there.... because of the lake? hmm.. dunno y~

rainbow leh!!!!

winery along the way~~
launceston is famous for its wineries, u can see wineries all along the way.

2. Freycinet National Park

Freycinet is one of the oldest park in Tasmania. In this park, you can have a look at a small settlement named Coles Bay and the great Tas icon - Wineglass Bay.

We decided to take the Wineglass Bay Lookout circuit which is considered quite difficult due to the steep uphill track.

I guess this is the Great Oyster Bay...

Nah!!! Wineglass Bay!
i heard there are few stories regarding the name of this bay,
but the most common one is that the bay looks like a wineglass shape...
it's also famous for its crystal clear water with bleach white sandy beach!

3. Honeymoon Bay

haha, whoever who wants to go Tasmania for honeymoon, can come over here la! it's very near to Freycinet Wineglass Bay... but believe me, it's not so beautiful compared to all other bays i've seen...

ok, i guess the name comes from the shape of the bay (it's small!!) which looks like a moon (新月)..

4. Richardson Bay

5. Bicheno Blowhole & Iron rocks

ok, geological explanation: blowhole is a hole that formed from sea caves which grow landwards and upwards. This causes them to have a vertical shaft and exposes itself towards the surface. Thus it results in differences of pressure and have a spectacular blast of water from the blowhole when there are waves...

iron rock
the red colour on the rocks due to lichen...

21/07/2009

1. Cape Tourville

- one of the 60 Great Short walk to view the magnificent ocean view along the track
- half way along the track, 100m above sea level, we can also view mountains from far!!

Cape Tourville Lighthouse on Lemon Rock
this lighthouse is one of the icon in Tasmania, its an automatic lighthouse...

2. Richmond Town - St Luke's Church

richmond being a historical town has many historical sites, St Luke's church is one of it.

This church was completed in 1836 and repaired + re-decorated in 2003/4.

3. Richmond town - Richmond Bridge

Richmond Bridge is most famous landmark in Richmond town. This bridge was built in 1823 and is now one of the oldest bridge in Australia that is still in use. It crosses Coal River.

It's now added into Australian National Heritage List.

百年老桥哦!!!

4. Eaglehawk Neck

5. Tasman Arch and Devil's Kitchen, Tasman National Park

可怜的我们..... 堂堂大学生竟然要坐在路边吃午餐!!!! 还要被拍了下来....
虽然是set tripod 拍的....

Dootown:

6. Port Arthur

- Tasmania top tourist attraction!!
- it is Australia largest penal station and is said to be an inescapable prison.. though there was a case where 3 prisoners escaped..

if u wan to know more, just wikipedia will do.. i lazy to illustrate the story of it... =P

the map of Port Arthur

since Port Arthur is actually surrounded by water which causes the gaol is naturally secured..
thus we have to take a cruise to surround the place... the fee is included in the entrance fee..

Point Puer and the nearby The Isle of the Dead
this is the place to imprison those juveniles...

the penitentiary with many separate cells inside.

the cells inside the penitentiary

我又被监禁了!!!
从Melbourne 被困到 Tasmania 来... haiz....

The Military Area - Tower Cottage Officers' Quarters
this area is built higher so that the soldiers can always be alert for troubles
and defend themselves...

The Convict-built church
Mei Fern believed that it's Kellie's Castle when Ang told her that...
oops.. she should come ipoh o...

at the Musuem:

We were each given a poker card and can find our match in the musuem...
and i'm imitating that pitiful young guy...

7. University of Tasmania, Hobart

We actually didn't want to drive to UTas but accidentally and don't know how jiu drive into UTas already.... So, since we were there, of course i have to find my DEAR friend mah....

haiz... he said if i too long didn't find him, he will forget me wo.... T_T

tadaa!!! School of Pharmacy of UTas...
they even have a rack full with apparatus and chemicals there..
but it was closed when we were there, so we did not get to go inside...

nah.. that's my dear friend, Mr Ng Wei Loong.. =D

22/07/2009

After travelling around Tasmania for 8 days, it's time to go home!!!! haiz... 不舍得~~~

hehe, virgin loo... so if u r not virgin, please don't go in!

phew~~~ AND...... That's it!!! I finish my winter trip posts already loooo!!!!! Yeah!!!!
i know there is nothing to be proud of for finishing posts that should be done half year ago... but i'm just happy!!! =P

ok.. so now i'm going to prepare my the next trip post!!

*someone complained that my blog is fulled with travel posts making him very jealous wo~~ but then my blog memang full of travel posts mah... so no choice lo!!

COMING UP NEXT:

VIETNAM & CAMBODIA

~jj~

Tasmania Trip 4

2010-01-28T19:19:00.000+08:00

18/07/2009

1. Round Mountain Scenic Lookout Point

- this is not the Round Mountain in NSW nor in US
- i guess its name comes from the view of many round-peak mountains from this point..

a preserved body of a Tasmanian Devil...
now u know how cold is the weather that a dead body can be preserved till so well..
we took this pic at the road side.. so there is no other preservative used...

2. Marakoopa Cave

- located in Mole Creek Karst National Park (we have been entering National Park since the 1st day in Tasmania..)
- 'Marakoopa' means handsome in Tasmanian Aboriginal language...
- this cave is not an isolated cave, but part of the vast karst landscape in Mole Creek area.. it has underground streams which provide a haven for the cave dwelling animals... including glow worms, cave spiders, etc...

took a pic with our tour guide..

some pictures of the limestone in the caves...

*of course i'm not describing the formation of these limestones...*

c the limestone i circled in red???
there are many skinny stalactites like this in the cave...
if they are touched, it might not only stop its growth but also destroy it....

i thought the whole piece of stalagmites look like shark fin..hehe..

这枝东东可是长得比我还高....
由于他的万年修行, 他是重点保护对象, 比其他的钟乳石更珍贵....
还特别有玻璃保护他不被破坏....

3. Cataract Gorge, Launceston

- it's a river gorge in Launceston

view of the gorge

picture taken on the Alexandra Suspension Bridge

the Alexandra Suspension Bridge

it's 308m central span is believed to be the longest chairlift in the world..
how honoured that i'm going to take the chairlift from
the First Basin to the idling station at Cliff Grounds site.

the swimming pool next to the First Basin..
pic taken on the chairlift

nah.. the chairlift...

the South Esk River and the Alexandra Suspension Bridge..
South Esk river is the longest river in Tasmania

we walk up to the hill to the Eagle Eyerie lookout point to have a full view of the gorge...

and see some animals along the way...cute animals..

the cutie echidna (针鼹鼠)

a kangaroo that ignored us

4. King's Bridge

- this bridge was completed in 1864, over 100 years of history..
- this beautifully iron arch bridge with a span of 60m is declared as a history marker of engineering..

5. Launceston City

our dinner...
Hainan chicken rice without Hainan chicken... =P

19/07/2009

1. American Maritime Centre

2. Green Beach

- it's the ugliest beach i saw ever since i stepped on Tasmania... might be due to the greeny seaweed...

3. West Head Coastal Track Lookout Point

大风吹~~ 把头摇一摇~~~

4. Platypus House, Beauty Point

- 这里的platypus 哦, 活得比我还幸福... 运动的地方有温度调节... 睡房冬天有暖气, 夏天有冷气....食物还是特别准备的...

echidna, 大概是最不浪费食物的动物了!
它们的管理员告诉我们哦, 给echidna吃完食物的碟都不用洗, 因为很干净....
它们的舌头像蛇有像软的镰刀, 把食物全都勾进嘴巴里....

5. Seahorse House, Beauty Point

- we didnt go in, cz it's expensive and we think it's pointless.. so take a pic outside jiu can la...

6. Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre

- it's actually a gold mine musuem which was built at this site since 1984 due to gold rush happened in Victoria...
- this musuem consists of many historical collection of Grubb Shaft Engine house..

different types of telephones!!

even the oldest type..

wah!! flying car!!! erm..truck?

there is a story of this interactive tunnel...
2 miners were trapped in the tunnel of the gold mine for 14 days when a rock collapsed..

7. Lavender Farm

8. Batman Bridge

- don't u think it looks like the shape of a bat???

the Batman Bridge is crossing Tamar River

obviously, NOT!!!!
it doesn't look like a bat at all.... and not batman also...
Batman Bridge is named after Batman... John Batman (not Bruce Wayne), the co-founder of Melbourne and also due to it's on Batman highway...

9. Low Head

The historical lighthouse

Lagoon bay

and then, we paid AUD10 for a penguin tour!!
this is a worthwhile tour... we get to take pic of the penguins, without flash of course, and get to go close to the penguins!!!

it's meifern and ang/xiao hong...
the penguin is walking to them!!
in normal case, the penguin will walk under their legs, but there is always something special happens on us..
the penguin STEPPED on xiao hong's shoe when it walk pass him... XD

orange light is OK for their eyes...
so no worries, the penguins will not be blinded!!

Wah!! take close pic with the Fairy Penguins????
it's real penguin....

once upon a time ago... it's now a patung...
worthy right??? u can take pic, u can go near them, no fences.....
and these penguins are the same as those we saw in Melbourne... but the fee is cheaper.. much cheaper..

*my post is getting lesser and lesser words... cz i'm lazier and lazier...*

~jj~