where i belong

long post ahead :)

I arrived Brisbane Airport safe and sound at 10.30pm Thursday night due to a good delay of 35mins! omg, 8.30 i was suppose to fly off but oni flew at 9 and by the time aunty and uncle picked me up from the airport was close to 11pm! was so tired and restless, jet lag from flights as usual =/ The moment we reached my aunt's place, i dropped dead on the bed...haha it was so warm and nice...had too much sleep, and was so tired the next day :P

Day 1
Slept in and chilled out at home, waited for aunty to come back from work and then she took me on the buggy on a small tour around the golf course...haha tat was really fun...the cold wind blowing against my face...and it was quite cold so mhhmmm :) and then, she tot me how to cook minced meat haha...watched and helped around, so tat i could cook at home with pasta :D then at night, went over to my cousin's place, she has moved into her own place now, with Sarah! Rakes made lasagna for us and had dessert as well...good stuff, and was obviously eating so much :( met her bf too, and he's such a sweetie :) later that night, waited for Sarah to get back and boy, it was really good to see her! I totally couldnt recognize her at first, plus she dyed her hair black now so it was like wow was that the Sarah i met back then? hahaha! also got to meet her bf, although i still prefer Rakes' but that's none of my business, theyre all old enuf to have bf's anyway :P

that's brookwater golf course

such a nice golf course

wallabies, arent they cute :)

some ducks too

Day 2
Slept at Rakes place the night before, since it was easier to get around and my aunt's place is bout a good 40mins drive from home so it was way easier if i stayed there, plus I was going to see the Gold Coast today so yipppeee :D I heard that Rakes crashed her car, not badly but tat meant she couldnt drive far with it, and I tot our plan to the Coast would have been cancelled, but thanks to her friend, Jasmine who managed to drive us there, took her time off on a Saturday just for Rakes and me! We left early in d morning, as it took bout an hour to drive from Rakes place...and on the way to Surfers Paradise, we managed to see Dreamworld, Movieworld & Wet & Wild themeparks!! I only managed to see the rides...and how its like, unfortunately I din get to go in, but imma organising a trip wit my friends soon and we're gonna have fun especially in Wet & Wild omg seeing those rides made me crazy i tell u! Surfers is soo beautiful! I love the beachhhh :D its so bloody loongg, cant belif we walked that far from where Jas parked her car to the Q1 building! God blessed my trip with good weather thruout the 7days so it was a beautiful hot sunny day, and the beach was just lovely! :D Suppose to go up the Q1 building but it was so pricey, so din bother...Jas went to get breakfast and den we walked around, i bought a surfers t-shirt for 10bucks :D

And then we headed to harbourtown on the way back! What a shopping adventure I had! It's a place full of shops, similar to DFO but with more shops to look at and not everything is as cheap as in DFO! but still, managed to buy some clothes there for less than 50bucks!!! Rakes treated us lunch and that steak sandwich was super yummy! Yet again, I ate so much that day! On the way back, Jasmine took a route which had to pay toll and so thats how i got to see toll gates in aussie for the first time!! and look how much it is?? *cut throat price* Uncle picked us up from Jasmine's place and I met aunty vasanthi and her husband who were down for the long weekend. Apparently they stay in sydney too and i never knew that! LOL At night, aunty cooked lamb lasagne! so imagine how much I had to eat that day...plus dessert as well?? Some apple crumble with ice-cream and custard omgggg *fats weh* :(

Day 3
Was suppose to play taboo the night before but we were all so tired and since Sunday was gonna b a long day, everyone went to bed early...The day started off with church in the morning, i miss that priest in that church btw :( prefer it to st michael's at daceyville lol...got back and we headed to southbank...what a nice park...i would call it a park since there's not much to see and there's also a man made beach which is very popular...boy, that place was really packed with people!! And lucky we were there on a weekend, as the markets are only on weekends...totally reminds me of pasar malam back home :) walked around, got to see alot things and had lunch at the food court there. Met Rakes and Juno in southbank and they had lunch together with us. We were also entertained with this young guy from adelaide who was doin some stunts and earning some extra cash haha, he really earned so much that day! everyone gave at least 5bucks and more! but he deserved it, i cant imagine someone doin that without practice :P

We had nice hot sun that day as well, so that explains why im always with my sunnies! told u God blessed my trip :D and its just so lovely, especially in the city, I can walk without a jacket! its that warm!!! and people are still wearing sunniess! Back in sydney, u see everyone with an umbrella, almost every other day...sucks isnt it? LOL its been raining much shesshh!! Chilled out at southbank for a bit before heading back, and on the way back made a stop at Mt Cootha...boy wasnt it an expensive trip? Uncle had a speeding fine!! Scenic drives are 50 but we exceeded =X oh well, we surely wont forget that now wouldnt we? :P The view from up there was wayy beautiful! Omg, i could practically see the whole of brisbane, and we had nice weather, so imagine how awesome it was up there!

Headed back and had dinner at a malaysian chinese restaurant, gosh, that was so good! we all ordered one dish, and there wasnt any vege's dishess! there was prawns, fish, chicken, rendang and all but no vege! LOL see how much ive been deprived of vege lately?? i need to eat more vege! need to learn how to make mixed vege so i can have that even if its just plain, if u guys noe me well, u noe how much vege means to me lol...

Day 4
It was a public holiday, means everyone was at home and not working haha...again we were suppose to play taboo the night before but we had a late night, and long day so we postponed it yet again haha...monday was a pretty relaxed day...Rakes had plans so I followed aunty and uncle to have a tour round Ipswich...we went shopping at Orion Shopping Centre first before uncle took us on the tour...it was a short tour off Ipswich...we got to see all the dam's and it was another hot sunny day, so took more pics...very scenic and beautiful...batteries died on me, so had to rely on aunty vasanthi's DSLR which she hasnt send me the pics yet. Must have forgotten about me :( all the lovely pics are in her camera, see if i can get it off her soon!! We had a late lunch, and wen everyone was very relaxed, we finally managed to play taboo! haha, it was really funny....I can never forget those two jokers! reminds me of John & Vivien in RosaMystica prayers every sunday haha!! That was a good round of taboo and then, we just chilled at home before leaving for Rakes place at night. They wanted to see Rakes place and I was to sleep there that night again since i wanted to catch up with Sarah before I left. It was a good night :)

Day 5
Met up with Roxanne!! Omg I missed this girl! I only remember goin bowling wit her at pyramid once and then we were suppose to meet before i left but just din hav time...so there was no chance...and finally I came to brisbane so got to meet up! :D Took the bus with Rakes in the morning, and met Roxy at UQ campus. QUT is prettier la, i love their campus man!! Even their swimming pool is so nice, indoor summore...i wonder if UTS has a swimming pool?? i miss swimming :( We catched the citycat, and then watched a movie at Southbank....one thing bout brisbane transport, all public transport are under the same company...so its easier for us to buy concession eventho we're not valid for the train coz of some stupit train logo...and another thing is, wen we buy concession, say a single ticket, it will last up to 2 hours so we can use any form of public transport within that 2hours to get from one place to another...soo cheap and convenient!!I still cant belif within that 3 days i was in brisbane, and I spent money, all in total I spent 150bucks!!! Omg, that includes transport, food, drinks and clothes! Unbelievable man!!!

Ate at this really nice place in Queen Street Mall food court, hanaichi! omg, the crowd from that place was just crazy that day! and apparently, its like that everyday!!! imagine how much money they make in a day...coz their food is so cheap and nice, i can understand the queue, and plus, other than that place, there's no other solid place available, ie there's subway, oporto's, mcd's and all that sorta fast finger foods, not many people will eat...so that's y hanaichi was packed...Roxy had this boost voucher, where u can buy two for 6 bucks so we both had one boost juice for 3bucks...thats quite cheap, considering the usual price for one is like 5 or 6bucks :P

That was my first time having boost! hahaha, and so, I simply picked a smoothie without even knowing if its nice or not, but little did i know, it was so yummy!! Energy life smoothie!! weee, next time I know what to buy edi :P i hav boost voucher's so im gonna use that to try other smoothies la, but at least i know energy lift is really nice :D Before lunch, managed to watch I Love You, Man...haha, what a silly show :P but hey, it was 6.50 for a movie, aint complaining okay! U cant get that price for a movie here in sydney...the most is 8 or 9bucks =X We hanged around in the city, and I made her shop...glad she bought clothes la, headed back to her place in St Lucia's and waited for aunty to fetch me from there...reached home, had shower, dinner and just chilled out...

Day 6
Met up with Nellyn from assunta!!! haha, wasnt it good to see her!! The fact that we hardly talk in school, and now that she's in brisbane, and once an assuntarian, always an assuntarian right? soo of course I took the chance to meet up with her, plus there wasnt anyone free on that day to take me around so thank god for her :D Im glad she took me to DFO!! Seriously, I dont regret a single bit going there!!! Its so bloody cheappp, some shops in DFO Sydney arent here in DFO Brisbane, and stuff which is in Sydney and are available here as well are wayy cheaper thereee!!!! Like skechers for example, I got a shoe for 20bucks!!!!!!!!! Arghhhh, still cant get over that hahaa! That day wateva I spent was so cheap man....also bought a covered shoe, somewhat like ballet shoes for 10bucks, i was such a happy girl that day, well both of us were :D

Then after shopping there, we headed to this malaysian chinese restaurant nearby...Its called Oriental Restaurant, and im telling u, i will never forget this place! for the discount we got coz Nellyn knows them well and for their cheap and delicious food, I definately wanna go eat there again wen i go brisbane next!!!! So worth it :D Their food is really malaysian style...and looking at the singapore fried meehoon i had, makes me wanna cook it myself now, its good to experiment with food anyway :P and it looks really simple so why not? ;) my mum said by the time i get home, ill be a good cook! hahaha lets see how true is that? XP the karipap that Joshua recommended was so good, and he gave that for free...plus, the drinks, he said he was experimenting fresh juices so he wanted us to try...hahaha, it was our lucky day la! I had fresh orange, Nellyn had orange mixed with green apple....he was so happy we really liked it, and gave him the suggestion of putting it in the menu :)

What a feast we both had seeing from the pics dont u think? gosh, we were so full after coming out from that place....nellyn wanted me to try this really nice ice-cream shop in southbank, after that feast, how on earth was i ever gonna fit ice-cream??? but nevertheless, by the time we reached there, it wasnt that bad haha....so all the way from jindalee we took the train back, walked there for ice-cream, all the waiting and travelling on the train was really crazyy, did all that just for an ice-cream!!! haha, but it was worth it, cold rock is really good :D must have been all the travelling and running that made us digest fast eh?? u must be thinking wats wrong with us eating ice-cream at that time of the day, it was almost dark, 5pm plus and it was coldddd! not freezing but eating the ice-cream made me even colder of course LOL but cold rock cant be found in sydney...and yess there's alot more shops in brisbane which cant be found in sydney, which is sad if u ask me...lets say if i hav a sudden craving from that shop, i cant eat it till i go brisbane next...sighs...diff cities, but sydney is more busy and happening, why dont they hav wat brisbane hass??? sighsss

I made my uncle wait for so long at the train station and i really felt bad...but my aunty was so cool...she just tot i was gonna come back early...lol well thanks to that silly ice-cream and the waiting for transport and stuff held us back if not we would hav got back sooner :( oh well...reached home, had dinner again and then had shower...omgg! SEE HOW MUCH I ATE THRUOUT MY TRIP??? no surprise i put on 3kg's wen i got back to sydney okayyyy!

The last and final day in brisbane was spent chilling out at home and just relaxing...was watching tv the whole day and waited for uncle to get back from golf, and also aunty from work before they took me to the airport...and guess what? wen I reached the airport, found out my flight at 6pm was cancelled!!!!! LIKE WTH????? i had to be moved to a later flight, which was at 8pm and it was such a shame that i had to sit and rot there for 2and a half freaking hourssss!!!! goshhhh....coming here from sydney wasnt so bad, coz it was due to fog that all the flights from sydney were delayed...but going back, they said there was something wrong wit the plane, so thats y they had to cancel tat flight!!! Oni God knows how true that was ><

That's how my trip ended! haha, a picture of a cup of hot choc and a banana muffin for my dinner...to kill time while waiting for my flight =/ reached Sydney Airport, called Vijay and the moment I got out of the car, it was bloody freezing!!!!

Am totally missing the warm and hot weather up in brisbane :(

But its still beareable here, its not that freezing yet, only at night, which really sucks lol

Overall, it was a great 1 week away from Sydney. I got to see Brisbane, catch up with my cousin and meet up wit my friends! Melbourne would be another trip to cover and meet up with almost everyone from msia there haha, cant wait! ;)