GoLdCoAsT DaY 11 - 27/09/2012

day 11 of the trip. just rest and relax...

breakfast!

seriously, cooking is an art. im still trying to figure out how issit possible to have the food cooked, without having the outside being burnt. I have the tendency to under-cook food for fear that the food will be over-cooked or burnt. in the end gotta cook 2nd round. really not easy lorr.

sun basking at surfers paradise!! tonnes of pple!

despite the sun, the water was really cold. i had no courage to enter that cold water. hubb did though. try spotting him in the pic. happily wading to join the crowd in welcoming the waves..

one of goldcoast's iconic landmark - Q1. the skypoint observation deck is at the 77th storey.

as mentioned, the day before, we visited the observation deck at night and there was nothing much to see. so, i decided to go up again in the day, and was glad that i did that, cuz there's really much more to see in the day than at night. 

surfer's paradise from 77th floor down

 look at those pple at the beach....... juz like little ants....

lunch time after that! love travelling, cuz u really get the luxury to just sit down, rest and relax, and watch the world goes by..

 milk shake - we almost always order it during our meals out. cuz all the drinks are equally expensive, it only makes more sense to drink milk shakes over ordinary softdrinks. and the milk shakes are really goooood!!

 yummmmmm

after that was shopping time at harbour town....

 and our last dinner in goldcoast was at..

 yes, it's shake again!!!! obsessed!!

i still remember the name of this pizza - the gold-coaster.  

a momento to bring home

GoLdCoAsT DaY 10 - 26 SepT 2012

day 10 of our goldcoast trip. woohoo!

started off with cooking breakfast again. as mentioned - hashbrowns are my favorite!!

the failed attempt

seriously, it does require some level of skill to fry good hashbrowns. the amt of oil is crucial. too little oil, the hashbrown will be dry. too much oil, the hashbrown will become soggy and will 'break' easily. too cooked, it becomes over-crispy and will lose the potatoe taste. under-cooked, it becomes too soft and limpy. really.... NOT EASY!!

in anycase, i want to invest in an air-cooker!!

tada!

off to seaworld!

i quite like seaworld. it's not so much a themepark for thrilling rides. rather, it's more of a place to see marine animals and kiddy shows..

plenty of chance to get close to the dolphins

they really will toss the balls up and engage their viewers to play

failed attempts to win the big fishie softoys through those games.. ended up with 2 small crocs instead...

polar bear

dolphins show

the underground aquarium is spectacular.. really many many sharks!!

many stingrays too..

feeding time. the feeder really has to stay in the box and use a stick to bring out the food...

our lunch that day. quite disappointing. looks more like long john silver than anything else..

the dora show! haahaha. got to know more about this dora gal thru miss cute...

boots!

and diego (according to miss cute, he is the cousin of dora)!! i was rather excited, cuz always watch these characters through the cartoons that miss cute watches. and now, in real! hahahhaha. so funny lah. i think we were the only 2 adults who took pic with him.. the rest all had little children with them..

the dino park...

and cheerio again. yumm..

nickelodeon - the company that owns characters such as dora, diego, spongebob. it's channel 304, if u subscribe to SCV's kids channel. miss cute's fav channel.

after seaworld, we went to the highest point in goldcoast - the skypoint observation deck.

in the lift. 77th floor.

seriously, should visit the skypoint in the day, cuz at night, there's really nothing to see! my ticket allows unlimited access but hubb's ticket was a one-time entry. so the next day in the day, i went up alone, and the view was soo different. so much nicer than in the night. will blog abt that in the next post.

our dinner that night. finally some chinese food. haha.

we also visited the beach market again and finally decided to take picture with the reptile. there were a few to choose from - snake, chamelone or baby crocodile. we chose the snake. 1st time i came into contact with a real snake. i always thought they are wet, sticky and slimy, but i was wrong. it's dry and smooth! totally different from what i thought!

coming soon to the end of the trip. woo, took me a good half year to finish blogging the 12days... ahahahaha

have you tried bathing after mid-night, but with the shower heater totally turned off?

i just did!

the weather is soooo freaking hot these days!

and immediately out of shower, i was running to the fan already!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hot hot hot!!!!!!!!!!!

was just informed that a friend's mother has passed away.

this is just so sudden.

had lunch with the friend just last week and she was telling me that she had booked a trip to USA with her mum.

but now, the mum will not be going anymore.

this is how fragile and cruel life can be.

很可怕

珍惜眼前人

终于都守得云开见月明。

虽然迟了一点，但总算有达到。

也算是对自己有个交代了。

接下来的路怎么走，很明确。

就是什么都不做。

唯一要做的，就是把失去的时间统统追回来。

但愿有机会。

天时地利人和

Miss CuTe's 5th BirThDay + Dad's Bday

haha, havent blogged on miss cute's bday in jan... she's five!!! K1... OMG! 

simple celebration at home :)

*****

dad's bday last sunday. celebrated at canto wok restaurant at people's park complex.

happy birthday!!!!

Maldives - HeRe We CoMe!

woohoo! will be going Maldives this may!

it started off with planning a family Genting trip on 11may to 13may...

then came across the budget airline promotion to HK.. then i decided to take my block leave from 13may to 23may....

initial plan was to go genting then HK... but it seems a little silly to spend money and so many days of leave on somewhere we've been to soooooo many times..

then the idea of Sydney/Melbourne came along. May will be a good time to go since the weather will be v cooling. scoot air tic is about $600+...

then we visited SIA website and SIA is flying to sydney at $700+. was contemplating whether to fly with SIA when something caught hubb's eyes - flight to Male (pronounced Mah-Lay).

apparently he doesnt know where is Male and so he went google it. and it was found out that Male is the capital of Maldives. and tada! we settled on Maldives, which is the more sensible choice, as compared to HK (which we have been to so many times) and Sydney (which is more or less similar to perth n goldcoast, i suppose)

so for an air tix of $860 each, we will be travelling to Maldives for 6d5n. yeh!

we've checked with the agencies. if we were to book the free n easy package through the agencies, it will easily costs $3K+ for 3nights stay. but of cuz, the accomodation are the good ones (eg. club med, sheraton, holiday inn...) 

im not that particular about accomodation.. so we decided to do the free and easy ourselves. with accomodation and food, hopefully can keep below $2.5k.

anyway, from what i have gathered so far, there is NOTHING to do at Maldives except for the sun, sea, and sand. there is no shopping, no sight-seeing, nothing. so im not expecting to spend much except for food. heard EVERYTHING there is expensive. according to a fren who has been there before, each meal can easily costs USD100. incredible, but i believe that is the price to pay as it really is a resort and the country relies heavily on tourism....

ok... looking forward... will be a super relaxing trip since there is nothing to do. shall bring many cup noodles along. hahahaa.

was also trying to fix a short hk/macau trip immediately after we touched down from Maldives. but dont think that can materialise liao, as the time is really short and too rush liaooo.. no point spend another sum of money for a mere 4d3n... and have to rush like mad... mmmmm.