GoLdCoAsT Day 5 - 21/9/12

Day 5 of our goldcoast trip. still at tangalooma - day 2

breakfast that morning was the leftover dinner from last night. really money-saving bah? lol

and then we tried out para-sailing at sgd104/pax. real expensive right?! but it seems like the most exciting sea-sports around.. and we din want to leave without trying at least something.. and so, we went ahead!

tada! that's us!!! high up in the sky!!

it's quite fun and exciting..bit scary esp when the wind is heavy..overall duration was a mere 8-10mins..

our lunch that day.. buffet at sgd30/pax. surprisingly this is cheap.. for a buffet..

wanted to do the sand-taboganning as well... but it was raining that afternn... so we din had a chance to do... boo..

ended up snacking away... haha.. ice cream @ sgd5.20/scoop

night time was to the hi-light of the whole tangalooma stay - dolphins feeding.

as said, many tour packages include the tanglooma in their itinery and the selling point is the dolphins feeding sessions. the dolphins are wild-life dolphins which will come to the resort daily during feeding time. their attendance are also being marked everyday.

so all of us have to queue up for our turn... collect a fish.. and wait for the turn to feed the dolphins. the staff are quite strict about this whole thing.. kept reminding us not to touch the dolphins, not to use flash etc..

tada! that's tinkerbell.

the whole feeding session is very different from what i thought. i thought the dolphins are enclosed are we get to feed as much as we like. but this is not so. the whole process is conducted near the shore and we only get to feed 2-3 fishes. and everything happen so fast, u dont really get to experience the feeding process. and it was soo sooo cold..and dark.... if u ask me, i dont think it's worth visiting tangalooma just for this..

our dinner that night..total SGD60

that more or less round up our 2days in tangalooma. overall, it's a v relaxing place to be at. it is a resort and u can walk around in your swimwear and no one cares. just bask in the sun, engage in sea-sports, rest and relax.. but given the very expensive and long journey, i will not recommend this place. i guess u can bask in the sun and do sea-sports in many other places too (and at a much cheaper rate as well!). and the dolphins feeding is really nothing fantastic. so, if u really have the time, u can visit. if not, i think there'll be no regrets dropping it off.

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!!!!!!!!