Time really flies. It's been a year since the Taiwan trip, yet everything seems like yesterday only. Start of a new month tmr. Officially entering year-end. Welcoming the festive mood. Hopefully with yr end, workload can reduce. May it be a relaxing year-end!

I pray for cooler weather.

it's already year-end, why is the weather still so freaking hot and humid?? this is not normal...

cant stay even a minute away from the fan.

especially hate it in the morning when im sweating like mad at the bus-stop waiting for the freaking bus that is taking forever to arrive.

grrrrrr

hot hot HOTTTTTT!!!!

GoLd Coast Day 4 - 20/9/2012 - Tangalooma Resort

day 4 - out of gold coast and to moreton bay island, where the tangalooma resort is located.

our breakfast that day. love the CK shrimp wantan mee! thou it's frozen food, the taste is still v good and the shrimps taste as good as fresh! crunchy! selling in sg too, check out the supermarts!

now, if u intend to stay in an apartment in gold coast, do note that their reception is not available 24hr. it only dawned on us during breakfast that morning that if the reception is not available in the early morning, how are we going to get back the $200 deposit that we had with them?!

and so, i called up the emergency line. i asked how are we going to check-out if the reception is not opened yet. the lady on the line said we just have to leave the keys in the room and close the door behind us. then i asked how about the deposit? and all she can said is that the line is only for emergency purposes and that there's nothing that she can do, except telling me that the reception will only open at 8am and to W.A.I.T

wtf?

we have booked a bus which is coming to fetch us at 730am. how to wait till 8am?? despite telling her my difficulty, that stupid lady just kept telling me the same thing. super unhelpful right?! lucky for us, the reception lady came at around 720am. But she's not totally helpful either. took her own sweet time and as though she's already doing us a BIG BIG favour by opening the reception early to return us the money. really wth..

so, if u are staying in an apartment and will be leaving early on your check-out day, dont leave cash deposit with them. high chance u wont be able to get it back if u cannot wait. charge to your card, at least u can still dispute if eventually, they really do charge u. real bad experience!

the journey to tangalooma is a long and expensive one. we had hired a bus to bring us to the wharf which is in brisbane. the bus ride alone costs SGD70 per pax (only 1 way) and took abt 1.5hr. then at the wharf, we still have to take an 80-min ferry ride to reach tangalooma. and the ferry ride costs SGD104/pax, 2way.

i had wanted to drop it off the itinery, but hubb insisted on going albeit the hassle and money. from the brouchures that we took from the various tour agencies, it seems like most agencies will include this resort as an additional attraction (at a cost). so in the end, we decided to go as well.

finally reached! the water is really clear.

it's really a place for sea sports. many kinds of sea sports that u can try. but the main selling point of this resort is the dolphin feeding session. will blog more on that in the next post.

our lunch that day. SGD35. yes, 2 pies (not tasty somemore!) + 1 choco cheese cake + 1 thick shake + 1 coke = SGD35. Incredible right?

tried out kayaking. 1st time in my life. LOL.

im never really a sea-sports person... i always have the impression that doing sea sports out in the sea is dangerous..

real tiring. most of the time it's hubb doing the kayaking.. im bz taking pics. haha. lazy.

i dont know why pple can enjoy it so much. i personally do not like it v much.

dinner that night.. SGD65. i dont know about u, but i have the tendency to record down all the expenditures when im overseas. good for reviewing where u had spent the money when u wonder why your money is depleting at such high speed. hahaha. doing of a miser?

expensive right.... but to be fair, the pizza is really 厚实.. the 料 is really generous..

so much so that we cannot finish and had tabao the remaining for our breakfast the next day.

after-dinner entertainment - horse-racing. haha. small gambling game whereby u can bet which horse will come in first. the audiences will take turn to throw the dices to decide which horse should move and to move how many steps.

hubb and i took turns to control the horses. i'd no luck in this game. lost in all 6games. hubb won abit, i think. but the bet is v small, only a dollar per game, so the winning is also small. 

seriously, there are many controversies with regards to the establishment of the 2 casinoes in sg. but we cant deny the fact how these 2 casinoes had bring sg name to a new level internationally.

the game host interviewed the few of us who had a part in controlling the horses. the rest of the participants are either from brisbane or new zealand. when i said im from sg, the host immediately said that sg is his fav city. then he started talking about RWS and the newly opened attraction with the trees and plants. i told him it's call garden by the bay near MBS and he immediately acknowledges them.

i guess that is how we can let more people know us internationally. that is how we can make a name. that is how we can let pple take note of us.

small red dot we may be, but definitely a strong and powerful one.

love sg.

At a conflict.... With myself.... With everyone.. Why are simple and straightforward stuff being made so complicated? Why are there no standardization? No longer know what is right and what is wrong. I have a hunch history will repeat itself. Although I really really hope not. I won't know how to face it.... And how to take it...... 我知道我会崩溃。。 I'm ultra worried. 人心险恶。。。 Pls........ 让我得偿所愿。。。。 Pls..

male professor having sex with female student.....

female teacher having sex with 15-yr old male student (for god's sake, the boy is only 15yrs old?! 15yrs old??!!)

and now... shameless couple... who have no shame over what they have done..... and still can 大言不惭 appear on screen to openly explain why they had done such things.........

what is this world coming to?????

utterly disgusted.

世风日下

无言以对

救命啊!!!!!!!!

GoLd CoasT DaY 3 - 19 Sept 2012

Day 3 of our trip. day 1 was on the plane. day 2 was roaming around gold coast. day 3 was still in gold coast.

the pool of our beachside resort. quite ironic cuz the beach is just sooo near. probably good for those who do not like the beach crowd, or the seawater, or the sand.. or wadever..

cooking breakfast in the morning! 6.16am singapore time, but it was already 8.16am in gold coast time.

 

seriously, hubb is a better cook than me. for one, he's not as afraid of the sizzling and splattering oil as me. im really really scared of the splattering oil. i wonder how mums and chefs and pple who seriously cook can survive that.. 

harsh browns! i loveeeeee harsh browns :)

bacons.. hubb's love..

im seriously considering an investment in an air fryer. yes. an air fryer. according to my colleague, the result of the food cooked using an air fryer is as good as using oil to fry. that does sound incredible, doesnt it? im still skeptical and would really love to try using one myself. healthy and spare me the agony of splattering oil.

anyone with an air fryer to share the experience of using one?

tada! truly hearty (and oily) bahhhh :)

one bad thing about doing the cooking ourselves - the 油烟味. it can really get quite bad and difficult to get rid of them. we gotta hide all the clothes and pillows before we start cooking. 

all ready to start the day intinery. our v small reception....

we did not self-drive this time round as the public transport in gold coast is considered regular. the buses will bring you to the theme parks and malls direct. we purchased their version of ez-link card at the airport and travelling by public buses poses no problem at all..

movie world!

seriously, it's alot like universal studio. we did not try any rides because of the scaredy-cat me. i think age do play a part. when i was younger, i dared to take these kind of thrilling rides. but now...... hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

...taking pictures with the mascots seems like a better option! hahaha.

cat woman... meowwwww ~

scooby-doo and master

with the racing team

and of cuz, the dark knight!

if im not wrong, u need to pay if you want to take pics with the more popular mascots like batman, bugs bunny and tweety. lousy right..

our lunch

the parade

and not forgetting, it was my bday that day!!  happy birthday to me!!

the more famous theme parks in gold coast shld be movie world, dream world and sea world. if you are in gold coast and really do not have time to visit all the 3 worlds, i will suggest u drop movie world. nothing really fanstastic and it's really just like USS. and it's quite small actually, compared to the other 2 worlds.

in any case, we bought the VIP pass that will allow us to enter all the worlds unlimited number of times all the way till june2013.  it's cheaper than if we were to buy the individual tickets.

munchie. a sushi roll that costs about sgd5.

night time was spent at this beachfront market. the sky will start to darken at about 4+pm.then the temperature will start to fall. pretty cold at night.

and then... it's cooking again! dinnertime!

牛肉丁炒面, song bo?

and because everything is soo expensive, we even boil our own water to drink. kept a few used bottles and after that just re-fill them with the cooked water. 省钱达人!

 

and of course, my little slice of birthday cake :)

with my dearest hubb

祝我

心想事成

天天开心

青春永驻

天天有钱算!!!!!