1 week trip to Kunming, China

After much convincing and persuades, my dad finally agreed to have a family vacation in Yunnan, China. Basically, our route is from Kunming to Dali then to LiJiang and then back to Kunming. The whole trip comprised of 8 days 6 nights in China. the other two nights were in aeroplane. The first day, our departure time is 21 August 2am at mignight ( or u can also say 22nd aud 2am in the morning). By the time we reached Kunming's airport, it was 7am . And that itself consider a day already. Anyway, the whole trip was fantastic. I will try to upload all those pictures soon.

Finally... after all this time, i have all the photos ready now...











Mushroom name that u know, i am sure it is in our steamboat.!!!

Job-hunting

Well... Finally have to hunt for job. Not much excitement at all... job-hunting means finally, i have to face the real world. sad to say this, but i would much rather just study and be with a bunch of my friends back in Gippy. Those days were really happy. Now, I have to start thinking about saving money, earning money, paying petrol, fees, and also the cost of a brand new car. My dad agreed to buy me a car as i don have a car yet. But the agreement is that i have to pay the monthly cost of the car. which is about RM 700. Thinking about this makes me feel sad as fresh graduates' rate is only about RM 1800 - RM 2000 MAX !!!! sigh.... well... have to try my best though. Wish me luck !!!!

Tasmania Trip

wuhu.,.,... finally came to Tasmania. Tasmania is a really pictureque place. The scenery is breath-taking. However, like all other country or state, beautiful scenery means that you should not expect something as happening as Sdyney or Melbourne City. To all Gippy friends, Tassy is hmm... more gippy than gippy.... hahaha... i guess u understand what i meant. The different is that you should substitute all those cows in Gippy to Sheeps !!!!! My whole trip there was not to say very memorable (due to some problem that i faced which caused me to feel really down and emotional) but apart from that, the scenery is not something that u can forget easily. Below are pictures taken in Tassy. Whether tassy is beautiful or not, u can be the judge !!!

HEHEHE.... Sorry for the long wait.!!!

dear all, I am so sorry that i sort of completely stop updating my blog. Well... now, here i am. Back to this webpage to let all of u my friends know what is happening around me since july this year. hahaha... Well , to all of my friends, i finally graduated !!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Special Thanks to Longy and Mel for accompanying me and also supporting me throughout that whole exam period. Without u guys, i am sure i would have completely gone berserk !!!... Thanks again for letting me a shoulder to cry and also the effective counselling. Besides that, yo...Audrey and Lily, thanks for being my study companion. Really appreciate that especially Audrey's cooking (during exam period and the week before) !!! lastly, thanks to all my friends who were there to guide me through my stressful final sem; Len, Tim, Felicia (thx 4 ur advice), Alvin, Alicia, shea Li, Joe wiz and etc. Love you guys !!!! Really miss you guys and all the wonderful exciting, hilarious moment in Gippy !!!!!

GloBall

Well....after much waiting and deciding and hard work, we, the ISA, have finally put together our GloBall.....!!!! yeah,...........!!!!! well....GloBall is actually our culture night whereby everyone was to wear their culture costume. I had fun that day. Eventhough, i moved a lot in making sure that every guests have their table and seats, i did enjoy and was glad that it went on well (though i must say, at the beginning, it was a bit shaky and unorganized). Well...it is now all well underwater... hehehe... well...below is picture taken at the GloBall itself.

Bucchan Caves, Lakes Entrance and Wyanga Winery

Today i went on a trip to Bucchan Caves. for your information, it is not pronounce as (bu chan)... it is pronounced as ( Buk-Khen)... a bit weird right??? well...that's how it is pronounced... well... i went there of course with my bunch of friend, mel, len, tim and also a new additional friend that i met this sem, Lily...!!!! Welcome her to Gippy!!!

well...i guess i don have to say much.... photos tell more than what i can say...therefore, without wasting any more of your time in reading, might as well jump straight to the photos below !!!


the pict consist of hui ting, me, lily, mel, len and joyce.!!! go girl, go go, girl!!!

after that, we went to Lakes Entrance for our lunch whereby we had fish and chips and then, we proceeded to Wyanga Winery where we had our wine tasting. I tasted port, white wine, blackberry nips and etc... Well... let me tell u this, Blackberry nips when keep cool and mix with lemonade is absolutely delicious !!!! Below are pictures taken in Lakes entrance and also Wyanga Winery!!!

Finally....Time to go back to my hometown...!!!

i stayed in NZ until 17th Nov. I boarded my flight back to Sdyney on 18th Nov early in the morning. I stayed up whole night in the christchurch, NZ airport as i was trying to reduce my travelling expenses. i reached Sdyney at about 9 am. Went to the Paddy's market and then meet up with my friend,Anthony. He accompanied me the whole night as i didn't book any accomodation since my flight back to Melbourne is also early in the morning. therefore, we lofe around Darling Harbour. Eventually, by 3am, he sent me to the airport and waited with me till 5am. I boarded my flight at 6.00am back to melbourne city. Once i reached there, i stayed in the airport whole day till 9pm at night as my flight back to Malaysia is on the same day. I wanted to make sure that i reached malaysia early in the morning on 20th nov. That day was my sis's birthday. i wanted to giv both she and my parent a surprise "come home" but unfortunately, my sis already knew about my plan. so she opted to fetch me from the airport. Therefore, that 3 days were really a marathon for me. I didn't sleep from 17th nov onwards until 20th nov!!! but i was very happy as i am finally back in the arm of my family !!!

Trip to NZ: Frank Josef Glacier

Frank josef Glacier, as the name stated, is a place where you can see glacier. It is really a fantastic place to go as you won't be able to see such scenary in M'sia. I went for a half day hiking in the glacier. It was really tiring but the experience is worthwhile. The half day hiking last for about 4 hrs. For the hiking purposes, i have to wear a 1.5kg boot and also a crampon. The crampon is to grip the ice when you are hiking on the glacier. To tell the truth, it was really very dangerous. Had any member from my group lost their balance, all of us would have easily fall off. As you can see from the pictures below, the walk was very narrow and slippery!!! I had trouble making sure that i don't fall down and i am sure the rest of my team members faced the same situation. well... you can see for yourself how dangerous it was. but don be intimidated by my description. really, the experience is really worth all the trouble. You should try it too !!!!



i was there on 13 and 14 Nov 2004. On 14th, i did my half day hiking !!

Trip to New Zealand: Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown.

Here is Queenstown. The most prominent thing in Queenstown is Lake Wakatipu. No matter where you are, you will definately see this Lake. It is the second largest lake in New Zealand and consider the largest lake in South Island. Therefore, as soon as you see this lake, you know that you have already reached Queenstown. Well.... For those LOTR fans or lovers, you will surely love this area. A lot of the LOTR merchandises are sold here and in fact, there are a lot of LOTR sight-seeing tour here. You will be able to see a lot of scenaries from LOTR movies. I, for one, love this place. Though, i must say, in comparison with the rest of the town, Queenstown has four season in a day. Even though i was there at the end of spring, the weather was still very very cold then. Below are pictures taken by the Lake. The scenaries are very breath-taking. Some of my friends don't believe that the pictures are real. Well... take a look at the pictures below and be the judge yourself!!!!







ohh... i stayed in Queenstown from 10th nov - 13th nov 2004.

2nd day in Sdyney...

on the second day, i went to Circular Quay where the sdyney opera house and sdyney bridge situated...in fact, the rock is also there... I went over there, took a couple of pictures...mostly the landscape as i was travelling alone, thus, i don have many photos of me taken... occasionally i would asked some stranger to help me took a photograph...but still... not too often... hehehe... well... below are a few shots i have gotten in Circular Quay.




well,... din do much as well on that day... As i have a big trip tomorrow(my trip to south island, NZ), i must make sure that i am fully energetic tomorrow...!!!!

Sdyney...Here i Come !!!!!!!

Well...after sending me off, i guess they headed back to Gippsland... well...as for me, i was happily waiting for the sight of sdyney to arrive...after an hour of flight, i reached sdyney finally... I checked-in on my accomodation, YHA sdyney central (fantastic place to stay. Very clean, nice and also comfortable..price is AUD33 for a night ... is actually a 5 star hostel..just to let u know...) Then i went directly to the Sdyney Chinese Garden. Below are some pictures of the chinese garden... Though, i must said that i was quite dissapointed with the scenary there. Well...might be due to the fact that i have seen some really awesome garden in Beijing, China, therefore i find it a bit boring... well.... be the judge yourself... the entry price is about AUD6.00.

Departure Date!!!

Today my friend, Longy, Mel, Len, Tim and Denise went down with me to Melb City. They accompanied me whole night and even slept in the airport to sent me off. Let me explain here, my flight was on the 7th Nov early 6.15am. Therefore, they stayed up with me whole night from 6th Nov til my actual departure time!!! how sweet... thanks to them and also especially Longy for sending me to the Tullamarine airport and also Mel (hehehe... without your affirmation, the chaffeur wouldn't dare to sent me off!! ... u know la... hehehe :P) oh... and also Tim as he had to drive another car since there is no enough seating for all of us....Thanks to u guys !!! you guys rock !!! hehehe... i must confess that though i don really understand what that's mean, but since many ppl is using it... i guess it must be some really nice word...!!! kekekeke....)

hand over ceremony

today is the ISA hand over ceremony in Lady Mikado near Midvalley morwell... for all malaysian, this is not the midvalley in msia. it is called midvalley but is no way near as big as the Midvalley in malaysia... well... longy became the Master of Ceremony...well who else, the only asian with the strong accent... hahaha... he is good. thanks to him... well... we had a combination of japanese and korean cuisine... fantastic... well...below is the place...

philips island n len's birthday

today is the day i finally can watch the penguins parading home ,.... hahaha,... so happy... well... first of all, we went to mirboo north to have our lunch. over there we took a few pictures of the muriel. hopefully i got this spelling right.!!! then we proceed to philips island where we stopped at cowes for a short walk.WOW>... apparently there is the grand prix motorcycles racing there...but not the actual one cos the actual one is tomorrow. but still....wow....all the motors are really stylo.... fantastic. i took a few photos of them...
belows are the few photos taken in mirboo & philips island.



after that, we went to watch the penguin parade. the penguins are sp cute. they are so very tiny... they just ran when they are nearing their home... hahaha... it is really cute... but the weather isw freezing cold that day... all of my friends went off after watching a few penguins parade home... but i stayed longer... eventually, i went in as well... hahaha... cos it was almost time to go back to our bus... fantastic day. i love the penguins. !!!

(unfortunately no photos cos we are not allowed to take any photos during the penguin parade)

The 'GOWN' Day !! Congrate to all my friends..!!

Today is the gown day for all international student who is graduating this semester. This event is held just so that international student who opted to graduate at their own home country get a change to take some photos with their lecturers and friends in the graduation gown !!! so interesting to see everyone getting so excited over it... hahaha... makes me want to wear the gown as well... Congrat to all my friends who are graduating this semester. Hope to see u guys in future and friendship forever !!!



The two graduating friends of mine are Alicia (with red flower) and Melissa (with orange flower)... hehehe.. both of that flowers were by me... i know that i wont be there for their real graduation day, so i felt today is the day to buy them those flowers. so glad that they like it...

4th day in Canberra: Aust. Royal Mint, Nat.Gallery & Departure date

Today i had my breakfast with Eun Jeong, the Korean lady. She gave me one roll of sushi and asked me to share with her the rest of the sushi. I ate only 3 pieces as i don eat breakfast usually.

Went to the Australian Royal Mint today. i mint my own $1....hahaha...however, the process was so fast that u can't see anything at all.... after that i went to the High Court of Australia, decided to have my lunch there....hahahaha...it is not ever time that u go into the High Court therefore i told myself that no matter what i must have lunch there. i ate my favourite food, Quiche. hahaha... really nice. I like it. then i set off to the National Gallery which is just beside the high Court. Spent about 45 min.

On my back back to my hotel which is about 2.30pm, i met with yet another lady that traveled alone. She is from Taiwan...(muahahaha...it seems i am not the only one travel alone!!!!) Her name is Yu Fen. She is also planning to come to Melbourne on 29th which is the same day as the Korean lady... Anyway, by 3.00pm i reached my hotel, instead of collecting my backpack from the receptionist, i went to the Canberra Centre again to have a last look around. As i was about to collect my bag from the reception counter, to my suprise i see 2 of my seniors at the reception.... They just reached here today. Unfortunately, since i am leaving already so i can't tell them much. Just a quick guide on the places that i felt they must visit and then i left to catch a shuttle bus to the airport at platform 6.

Reached melbourne City at 7.oopm. Waited for th train back to Morwell at 8.30pm and finally reached reached Morwell at 10.45pm. My friend, Darrel, came to pick me up from the train station and brought me safely home to my house in Churchill. So by the time i reached home, it was already 11.00pm. Thanks to Darrel..............!!!!! by the way, He is our ISA (international Student Association) president this semester. hehehe.....

3rd day in Canberra:Cockington Green, Canberra Centre

As usual in Canberra, waking up at 6.ooam is already a habit(pls note, only in Canberra, *wink*, it is impossible for me to wake up that early in my Uni campus...hahaha). I took a shower and went out at about 8.08am. Missed the bus to Gold Creek Village. the purpose to Gold Creek Village was for the little miniature Great Britain in Cockington Green Garden. I had to wait for the 8.20am bus (no.52 platform 8). Reached there at about 9.05am however, cockington Green open at 9.30am. so i took the 25 minutes to take pictures. At about 9.30am, as soon as the gate opened, i went in to purchase my entry ticket and also the guide book. All this cost me about AUD$15.oo. As i imagined, i really love this place very very much. Surprisingly on that day, there were a lots of tourists either from Europe or from India... Well...those European ppl were really friendly and helpful. They helped me took a few photos...Thanks to them... hahaha... below are the pictures of Cockington Green Garden.
first=entrance of cockington green, inside of cockington green,




I also bought a lot of things here in Cockington Green Garden's shop....**SIGH** what to do...??? i am already broke.... i left Cockington at about 2.30pm. I went back to my Hotel to put all my stuff away and then went to Canberra Centre to get myself a daypack. The sling bag that i brought with me almost killed me especially when i have a lot of stuff in my bag. Hahaha... happy to get myself a red daypack which cost me about AUD$45. Well... by 6pm, i went back to my hostel and ate dinner at 7pm. Today, another person was added to our room. Her name is Bae Eun Jeong from Korea. Nice lady. I talked to her and told her how to walk about in Canberra. I gave her a RM10 as souvenir from Malaysia and in return she gave me 1000 won... hahaha... i told her not to..but she insisted... so happy that i now have a friend from Korea....and also...(***darling*** if u see this,well...i do it for u also...hahha... i remember u said something about Korean girls are cute... hehehe... i have her contact details with me... i will pass it to u if u ask..hahaha...**wink**)

2nd day in Canberra: Nat.Library, Questacon, OPH, NPH and sunday market

well...took a shower at 5.30am and went out for a stroll at 7.ooam. Today i went to the National Library. hahah... i din go in anyway...just to take photos. and then within walking distance (app. 10min) is the Questacon (the sci and tech building). Interesting place... After that, i went to the Old parliament house and also the New parliament house. By 2.30pm, i left the New Parliament House and walked to the Sunday Market in wentworth, Kingston which took me 1 hrs to reach there. however, the sunday market closed at 4pm and i reached there at 3.30pm...sad..:( not much time for me to walk around... by 4.15pm, i left the sunday market and went to a nearby bus stop and waited for the bus. At that time, i was a bit scared as someone actually shouted at two Asian guy "CHINA BOY"...that's make me really scare as i was there and i was thinking what if the bus does not turn up at all???!!! luckily, the bus arrived at 5.30pm and i reached my hotel at about 6pm. Had my dinner and talked to my room mate, Marianne Riphogen from Netherlands. She has very good english!!

1st day in Canberra: War Memorial & Floriade

Arrived at Canberra airport about 8.45am. Board on a cab to bring me to my hotel:City Walk Hotel as shuttle buses do not operate on weekends. The hotel is more like a hostel as it is suited for backpackers. AUD$22 per night with kitchen facilities, clean linen, donna , a common area, toilets and shower rooms). FYI, the $22 is for a night where u share room with another 5 person (yeap..it is six bed per room). Not bad. i do like the hotel anyway as it is clean. Below is a picture of the room.

after i checked in my room, i went straight to the War Memorial by a bus (by the way, the bus interchange is just directly in front of my hotel:convenient right??? hehe....). Cost me about AUD$2.40 for the bus fare. With international student card, u will be able to get a concession price which is about AUD$1.30. Well...on the whole, war memorial is like what the name suggest, "WAR MEMORIAL". So everything u see is about war. Well...for those who like history very very much, this is the place for u!!! **WINK** However, for me, well...it does give me a very eerie feeling... some of the sculpture there makes me scared...hahaha... I spent about 3 hrs there.


After that i went to Floriade, the famous flower extravaganza. Beautiful. really lovely. I love it. Below are a few pictures on Floriade. to tell the truth, i don quite dare to ask ppl to take picture for me at the very beginning, therefore, the only pict of me in the war memorial is the above pict...hehehe... **blush**, ppl shy ma.... However, at the Floriade, as the flowers are too beautiful, i gather my courage and started asking people to take photos for me...haha... (FYI, i went to Canberra alone, a real fantastic experience!! **wink**). on the right side of the photo is capt.cook memorial jet. it only operates from 10-12pm and also from 2-4pm. Well...after that, which is about 4pm. I was very very tired as i did not sleep the day before, so i went back to the hotel and slept at 6pm. unfortunately woke up at 12 midnight and just tossed and turned about in my bed until 5.30am where i got up to take a bath...:( sad....