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!!!!!

GoLD CoasT Day 1 & 2 - 17/18 Sept 2012

time to blog on the gold coast trip!

gold coast is 2hrs ahead of singapore time.. and we got to realise this only after we reached. so much for the homework done. duh.

travelling by scoot and it was a 8hr night flight.

our dinner at airport

the scoot aircraft is bigger as compared to the other budget airlines.  the seats are 3-4-3 with 2 aisles.

that's the leg space but note this is after topping up S$30 each for the extra leg space. yes, we topped up for the extra leg space but NOT FOR THE EXTRA BAGGAGE!!!! WTH?!

the food is not nice and smaller in portion, as compared to the rest of budget air. the lasagna is saltish and the soy sauce chix meat and rice are a little tough. think it costs us $17 more to top-up to include the meal which includes a drink, main, and snack. yes, we topped up for the meal BUT NOT THE EXTRA BAGGAGE!!! WTH again?! 

 the snack is also quite crappy... some MIC dried fruit chips..

if you choose not to include the meal in your ticket but to buy only when onboard, then better pray hard that the main course do not get sold out. it's afterall a long-haul flight, so can really get hungry de. the departure flight is still okay, cuz it's a night flight and most prob should have eaten dinner b4 u board and most likely u will just fall asleep onboard. but the return flight is early in the morning and surviving 8hrs on board without food is quite sad. and i tell u, on the rtn flt, after eating the meal, i got hungry again after a while. wanted to eat another main, but they were all sold out. in the end had to settle for sandwiches....

and i kind of pity the cabin crews cuz they were sooo sooo busy. unlike other short-haul budget flights where majority of the passengers will not buy things to eat, there were many passengers buying food on the flight. so the crew have to take order, collect money, change money, explain to customers etc etc etc..... busy till they simply handed me a totally cold sandwich which i later on told them to heat it up for me. minus point. *shake head*

oh, and on scoot, there'r drinking water dispensers. think it's the only budget air that provides drinking water on-board for free. so, bring a water bottle along!

and that's also where i got my b-day present from hubb :)

always wanted a white diamond studded watch. had seen this watch selling onboard other airlines too, and i had already wanted to buy it on my last travel but it was out of stock. 这次还不让我买到?

hiak hiak

finally reached. the departure flight was actually quite empty..

our 1st meal in gold coast :) expensive but big portion. the 2 sets costed us S$40+, if i still remb correctly..

our beachside resort

LV shop

surfers paradise!

our room. or rather, i should say our apartment, cuz it's really more than a room. din expect it actually. it's like a small flat unit with balcony, living room, bedroom, kitchen, washroom, just that there's no door/wall to differentiate b/w the rooms.

simple, clean, and maintained

and since the apartment came furnished with pots and pans and whatever utensils that u can think of, coupled with the expensive dining,  we decided to go super-marketing and cook for ourselves! it's so much cheaper! :)

chef apple at work *smirk*

tada! 有模有样 bah..

got quality one.... dont play play....kekekeek

after dinner was to casino! no automated sic-bo games.. so we ended up playing automated roulette. i was pretty lucky and won about AUD300. wahahahaaha

poor hubb wasnt as lucky.. overall he lost quite abit.. LOL

that's bout all for day 1 and 2. nothing much, just roaming around...

stay tune :)