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OOOOOOOOOOOOKAY

i just spent like a few hours before dinner sorting out the photos i took from aussie(perth, margaret river, albany) with my dad, deleting the extras(and him screaming "you hoarder!" everything i try to keep a not-so-picture-perfect-picture) hahah

i can't help it. i wanna remember every moment of it, even if it's from a bad angle. haha

and after dinner, binging on the food stuff from aussie (exotic siaaa, that's why i wanna date an aussie) i'm still bloated from all the chocolates and halva and nuts. ETC and watching my fill of TV (gosh i'm such a slacker in comparison to seehan, jus read her blog so power packed) aaaaaaanww and then i started resizing the photos and then getting them hosted by tinypic and clicking here there everywhere. AND OMG i'm already having a backache and my arms hurt. even my fingers are like aching! okay. anw. my point is that i spent like ANOTHER few hours trying to all this shitwork to get a beautiful and picturesque (pun intended) memoria of my holiday.

I know that I've sworn never to blog again(hyperbole) but I thought that since I'm gonna record it, i might as well record it here and satisfy the demands of my friends. HAHA

(gosh i just can't get myself to start)

DAY1
QUANTAS FOOD IS YUMMYYUMMY!! FILLED MY TUMMY!! EVEN MY MUMMY'S! haha okay la. it was THAT great but it was nice. AND for the first time I didn't really whine about the long flight. (anything above 2hours to me is LONG. Gosh i SO HATE TRAVELLING, buses, trains, ships, ferries, planes included.) Why? BECAUSE THE INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WAS GREAT! hahahah finally a screen to myself, GAMES TO PLAY(the controls were not sensitive so it kinda sucked hence i didn't really play), best of all, THE MOVIES WERE RECENT AND GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. i mean there was something for everyone. =] On my way to perth, i watched Charlie Wilson's war. Just before my trip, Ro was talking about it, due to it's urm. pornagraphic scences. Up to now, i'm still not exactly very sure about the REAL Charlie Wilson.

but whatever

touched down about 2plus3? My brother came to fetch us from the airport and the sun was HOT that day. Sunshine in Perth is different from Singapore's, it's REALLY glaring so sunglasses is a must must, which is great, for once i made FULL USE of my sunglasses. DARN I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE COOL AVIATORS FROM F21. POOPOO. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNYHOO. Checked in and Kor cooked dinner for us.
Rice, curry and mushroom soup.

Night fell and so did the temperature. FREEZING! haha

i think after dinner we returned to the hotel and then kor brought us to the Casino to check it out. WHOO. ting ting ting. hahah it really looks and sounds as it does on TeeVee. we didn't play anything. i'm surprised i didn't get carded. haha the guard at the front door was looking at me suspiciously and my bro and parents kept asking whether i had any form of identity with me. i mean like YA! HAHA ready and prepared. no la jk

DAY2

caught this cyclist whilst in the car. cool eh? The weather's preeety dark then, it rained after that I THINK.

Kor fetched us from our hotel to his place to have breakfast. Think is was just toast with like cheese and like ham and like lettuce ETC. quite exotic. hahah my singapore breakfast on weekends is like loh mee/bak chor mee/wonton mee. get the point? lol

CRAPPISH. I have no recollecion of what we did after that, but according to my photos... My dad did his stuff, say not delve into the topic, while the girlllllllllllllss go do what we do best...

SHOPPING!

OMG SHOPPING THERE WAS AWESOME. darn. i really should have bought more things. but funnily. all the clothings i bought were from this one stall. It's like a Aussie version of F21 which was great. Cause it's kinda my style. (IMAGINE shopping in F21 in the States, when the exchange rate is low, and that it's the F21 factory outlet... - CHEAP PRICES!)

OH i just remembered the fitting room. GOSH i had a COLD RASH like seirously. it was S-C-A-R-Y! gross too! it was from my ass to my thighs, prolly cause the weather was REALLY dry and i was freezing to death. LOL and in the fitting room, there wasn't any heater. F.I.Y it's winter. and i had to like strip and bare my body to the harsh cold weather (exaggerating here) and try clothes. ALL IN THE NAME OF SHOPPING! hahah. My nose became sooooooo cold that i started to have a rash on my nose too. i think. it turned red but there was any like mosquito bite lumps. thank God)

my cold tolerance is like as low as the temperature. lol. okay cold joke. haha PUN INTENDED. whoppie. TRIPLE KILL. anwwwwww (shall give my joke a paragraph to its own =D)

kor's gf is like wearing only 2 layers or something and i'm like piling my self up in like turtle neck, another top and a thick coat. hahah like some polar bear or something, TURTLE NECK'S A WRONG CHOICE WHEN SHOPPING. earrings goner!

Kebabs was for lunch. LOL for those who have watched don't mess with the Zohan. lol.. I KNOW WHAT HUMMUS IS! it's some mashed chick pea sauce. haha feeling adventurous, i tried hummus with garlic yougurt sauce with my chicken kebab. haha FOOD THERE IS HELL EXPENSIVE.

according to my photos again, we went to bunnings, some famous hardware stall. The flowers there are beautiful!! and cheap (cheap = death is nearing)

blah blah blah can't remember what we did and then we went for dinner at Ciao Italia! some famous italian restaurant there. Real italian chefs and the setting... uniquely italian. it was SO CRAMPED. and NOISY the chefs were like so loud and boisterous (in a gd way) but it was all cool! Like being in another country altogether..

Ciao italia!! baldie there!

one of my better looking pictures in the trip. anww we're awaiting dinner and i was feeling feverish! =(

okay. my kor and his GREED FOR FOOD. our table was OVERFLOWING with food. the waiter didn't even know where to put the dish. so we had to CLEAR one BIG FAT PLATE of pasta before the pizza could be eaten. we ordered chilli mussels (i dunt eat mussels AT ALL, and this came in a BIG BUCKET, the sauce had wine in it. They loved it), Saffron Rice thingy (some sticky rice thingy, with loadsa cheesey stuff and chicken breast meat YEW!), Pasta (in i-don't-know-what-sauce VERY VERY ULTRA creamy/cheesy with chicken breast meat AGAIN.)

omg. I HATE BREAST MEAT. seriously it's just gross and tough. thighs are the best. juicy....sexy..succulent. =X

i almost puked after the meal. actually after the mussels, pasta and rice. there was ANOTHER BIG FAT PIZZA. it was an enclosed pizza. i forgot what's the appropriate name for it.. but THERE WAS BREAST MEAT INSIDE TOO. CRAP. hahah after forcing everything down out throat.. we were stuffed! still feeling feverish, hence the lack of appetite, i dragged my heavy stomach out of the door to find out that it's drizzling and the weather's like. O M G COLD. like perhaps a 10deg or less than that. i was shivering to the bone (my bro was still wearing berms and shirt. what a showoff ahah)

DAY3(friday)
okieee early in the morning, woke up and visited my brother's University = UWA. Nicole(VJ senior) is studying there too, too bad didn't go on facebook to double comfirm to meet her. how sad. it was quite a pretty place to study la. how i wish i was studying overseas la. but i dont have a boyfriend to go with me so whatever.

couple on the left, my bro and gf. couple on the right, my parents.
person holding the camera, me.

BY MYSELF. why can't an aussie just sweep me off my feet (lol!)

and then, FREMANTLE!! hahah been so excited to come here.. was hearing one of the muttons talk about how gd this Fish and Chips were and i was like I HAVE TO GO THERE! yay it is pretty near perth city sooo...

WHOPPIE. it was yummy! salt and vinegar. old school fish and chips, but i think inny would like chippys better still. haha too bad the vinegar wasn't the black vinegar that i soooooo love.

ANW the place is infested with birds.. i think they're sea gulls? cuz it's just beside the sea? hahah YOU KNOW WHAT! there was this guy who order his fish and chips from this other restauratn. Joe's i think. then he put his food on the table and walked away to get some sauces.. and when he left, the bird just ATTACKED HIS FISH AND CHIPS. i was like O M G. i mean like seriously attacked. and then he came running back and then dug into his food.

see. infestation of birds. and the guarding of food. hahaha poor man. he got soooooo pissed he carried his food away to i don't know where.

cicerello's has this net like thingy above head as a deterrent to the birds. but still, everytime a customer(sitting outside, exposed to the predators) leaves the table, the birds would like charge like wild bulls to the table and like whack the leftovers. too many pictures to show man. haha really fierce creatures. anw. being the considerate family we are, after we ate we cleared all the leftovers (nothing much left, only shell of the lobster etc ooo) and covered it with the plates and made sure nothing's left. and the bird swooped in only to be disappointed. lol. such nice pple we are =]

After that we went to some fremantle market (I THINK!) and there was a MARKET BAR inside it. i mean how cool can a market be. haha. we bought some crepes that i tot was absolutely overpriced. i would have settled with the nutella cheap cheap one.. but i tot the gf would prefer something spectacular. i chose the banana, with almonds and cream in the end. haha pretty okay. but it was REALLY watery in the end and i dripped all over everywhere and even onto my relatively ex winter coat. tsktsk. messy.

IF I'M NOT WRONG. we went to this indian place for dinner. OH CRAP I CAN'T REMEMBER. i think on the first day we went to this Casino to check out the place too. reminded me of 21 (the movie, GO CATCH IT REAL COOL)

anw. indian place. apparently, you can pay any amount you wish to pay. it's a vegeterian indian reastuarant. so i guess if the poor enters, he's able to eat for free. the music is really indian, the deco is really cheap (the gf realised where the tables were bought from) but it looked great just with a dark red/maroon cloth over. ahh. the power of colours.

DAY4
i REALLY can't remember what happen this day, i think we went to Freya's Market in the morning(hopefully i got the market's name right) to get fresh produce for our drive down to margaret river. It was pretty interesting..

it's pretty much a wholesaler's market, things you buy have to be bought in bulk. WATERMELONS ARE HUGE.

and haha.. non-angmohs are the thrifty one. i was looking longingly at the asparagus (ONE BIG BOX) that costs $3 a box. which is really CHEAP. at least 24bundles of asparagus inside BUT they were all old and about to whither. and this lady came up and asked whether we would like to share half half. haha and we did after much whining from me. (it proved to be a wrong choice.. everyone was like. asparagus-ing from that day onwards reminding me that there is the uneaten asparagus in the fridge).

oh yeah. the half half lady was an angmoh. my bad. but anw........ later there was this asian lady who wanted half half a carton of cherry tomatoes. i think there was 15boxes in a 'carton'. but after much consideration, she deemed the cherry tomatoes not cheery enough and walked away. TSKTSK. haha and this.. like...... middles eastern looking lady came over and wanted to half half with us too.. but then she was quiiiiiiiiiteee KS with her tomatoes.. but we were quite Suay Bian so just gave in to her. let her take 8, we take 7, let her choose the better ones etc. it's alright la.. not like we can finish 7 boxes of cherry tomatoes anw.

the watermelons weren't the only big ones. the GIANT on the left is some unknown tall man. and the normal man on the right is my dad. this is a freak shot i was trying to get the shot right and everything blured except them. which is really.. an acquired skill. hahah beginners luck. but look at the height difference. hahaha

and GUESS WHAT? GIANT HAS A SON! his name can't be giant junior.. cuz he's definitely not much of a junior.. he's as giant as his papa giant. HAHAHAHA. he's GIANT NUMBER 2! and the two friendly giants were both bending down to choose.. APPLES i think. what a sight.

OKAY enought about giants.. after that we LUG all our barang barang to the car where there was our luggage for 5 days ahead of us to head down south.

first stop margaret river. but first we had to pass MAAA MAAA LAND..

then MOO MOO LAND

THEN we had to stop somewhere for lunch...MAYBE a picnic in the FOREST in the middle of NOWHERE would be a good idea... HAHAHA

there we are.. OOOOOOOOOOOOOH CRAPPY what happen to my photos of the scenic drive!! forgot to tell you we went up this HILL. THANK GOD FOR 4WHEEL DRIVE AND AN SUV. hahaha it was scary.. just like soil for the ground and like REALLY STEEP SLOPES. hahah but there were land mines (MAA MAAA POOP) all over the place so we couldn't have out lunch there. BUT i must say the view from the top was BREATHE-TAKING. In addition to the smell. HAHA.

it is only after travelling then we found this picnic spot. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING place to picnic. i'm not telling you where. (i can't remember anyway) but it was like a seriously secret hide out... BUT we had company..

beautiful shot eh.. this group of old pple were there. gosh. what a wonderful retirement la... picnic by the creek.. sorry lazy to upload photos. they waved hi to me =] haha we were actually quite afraid they may find us irritating.. spoiling their day, ruining the tranquility of the place. (we were really quiet trust me) thank God they were fine with it. we minded our own business they minded theirs.

so rustic ehh =] =] hahah my dad looked at the photo and was like. why are you holding your stupid cake? hahaha it's APPLE STRUDLE by the way from CORICA'S. (there's some in my fridge at this moment =]) some picnic eh. but it minorly ruins the photo right. haha can see our picnic table and the creek =]

and then.

IT RAINED

hahah so off we go.. EVACUATE EVACUATE! hahathe fastest packing EVER done in the history of mankind hahaha pack all the foodie and dump it into our hardy SUV. okay it's rented..

this is what we travelled in. look at the amount of baggage and food etc we travelled with for like 5 days haha. obviously it diminished by the days.

Travelled somemore and stop by Busselton Jetty, not forgetting the rainbow..

that we passed. Busselton Jetty runs for 2km into the Sea.

the wind was BLOWING SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO strongly. i couldn't even hold the camera straight with my hand being moved by the wind. hahah and it was FREEZING haha and in addition it POUREDDDDDD for 5 minutes.. that's the weather in perth. it lasts only for 5 minutes. haha

i have a few videos of that place.. haha you can hear the WIND BLOWING even with my lousy recorder. camera's can't really take gd videos with sound. HAHA and we all realised that the birds had to face a certain direction away from the wind if not they'll be blown away (i mean even heavy me could feel the wind drifting me aside) ahhaha SO my brother started chasing the flock of birds and they all like ran/pettered their feet sideways. HAHAH quite a amusing sight. the pathetic birds (i'm saying this in a adoring kind of way) were like running away from him yet having to face a certain direction to prevent themselves from being blown off the ground hahahahaha..

TAKE A LOOOK AT MY HAIR. i mean. i really cant take a picture with straight hair there. even if i used both hands i wouldn't be able to hold my hair down for the camera. THAT'S how strong the wind is. anyhoo i didn't bother to even ATTEMPT to comb it haha just let it be =] (the gf wouldn't be caught dead with this kind of hair HAHA) i really dunt care. i just make a fool of myself and have a gd laugh and others can laugh with/at me.

AT margaret river, we stayed at some.. chalet/resort place. we had our own VILLA to ourselves.. the heater sucked and i froze in my bed. literally. ANYHOO. we cooked dinner, asparagus not included.. hence the rotting of it. hahah we had lamb shank. (see. exotic. i wanna date an aussie) and urm... OMG. THE HORRORS PRAWNY DAY. the whole meal smelt of prawns and i HATE seafoody smell. i mean i can eat prawns but not an over kill of it.

DAY5

Woke up and went to some mini local carnival thing at Margaret River. Nothing much, there was a mini flea market, and nice smelling hot dogs etc. they were even selling a guitar.. apparently new. i bet it's been use before.

haha silently longing for it. it's a accousitc/electric. COOL BEANIES. and black. it costs about $130 though. i can buy an electric with that. but then again accoustic/electrics are more expensive. much more.

after driving around.. somehow we stumbled upon this farm.. (the land is sooooooooo huge that when you're in someone's front yard.. the person don't even know it. the owner might be acres away) anw.. we weren't sure whether the lambs were bred by someone or like wild or what. but we came down the car and just checked the maa maas out.

see the cord hangin out of the mother's and calf's ass. both of the calfs were just born. the umblical cord is still hanging from both the mom and the child. COOL RIGHT. and they tried to cross the road. HAAH

why did the mother sheep/lamb with her calves cross the road?
To join the herd at the other side.

quite cool. my bro said that prolly she crossed over to like have some privacy in child birth. which is true. my dad says that it's a maternity urm. land? i can't remember his exact words.. but my mom bawled loudly at that statement. she was like "you think like humans ar. maternity ward" lol. but it may be true too! the herd on the other side all had claves by their side. oh wells. the beauty of nature..ahh.. creation. ( i want an aussie bf)

okay went to the BERRY FARM. bought like 4 jars of Jam i think. DAMN EXPENSIVE LA SERIOUSLY. it's really those highclass jams hahah pure, but definitely LOADS OF SUGAR. really sweet. but you can really dig out like strawberries from the jam bottle. was eating it yesterday.

and this pretty girl

was at the farm too. (okay it was just the shop we're at) and she was suppose to write on the black board, but since the black board was filled. i think she decided to scribble on the WALLS. hahah thank goodness the walls are WHITE. She's such a beauty isn't she? haha the kids there are beautiful. THAT'S why i want an aussie bf (jk)

anw. wine tasting there too.. some strawberry wine and what nots. etc. just taste taste.. ooo the strawberry one was nice.. i remember now.. my bro and the gf bought a bottle. it was smooth and nice.

we walked past the avocado plantation (at the berry farm) ps I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AVOCADO MILKSHAKE! i was like drooling beside the tree haha not.

and then we walked and walked...

and.. walked. into.. the wilderness. lucky. we threw bread on the way behind us if not we would be lost. thankfully birds did not eat up our clue...

HAHAHAH i bet you just believe what i said. i mean the picture really makes it look like we're in like somewhere out there dunno where. anw. it was just a minute walk from the afore said avocado plantation (i just see a few rows of the avocado tree, not sure whether the rows and rows behind it are avocado tress as well though)

okay after that we went to some ATAS place to eat lunch (my brother and the gf LOVESSSSSSSS gd food.. but we got some discount thingy anw.. but still it costs 100plus AUSSIE everytimes we go somewhere ATAS to eat) i'm quite a thrifty person dunt like to spend.. so like food that comes in big plates and little food...

.. doesn't make me think that it's worth paying. unless it's like once in a LONG LONG while. okay la. to them it is.. cuz aussie food so ex so they USUALLY eat and cook at their puny apartment.

anw. the first dish was my bro's it's some pork pie with mashed peas(first time peas taste great.. they're not frozen. they're fresh) and the second dish is some... pasta. it's kinda tasteless so i guess it's healthy. my mom loves it. haha my mom was looking at the photo just now and said wah.. we like eating grass ( in hokkien) haha the veggie is rocket if i'm not wrong. the pple there are really cool. they have a herb garden outside and ALL of the stuff on the plates are their own produce.. many restuarants claim the same thing. and i believe. the spread in their herb/vegetable garden is huge..haha my and sihan's wonderland. if only we have that kind of weather to grow the veggies/herbs. OH YA. and the chef was also the server. which is cool. there's this glass panel where you can watch them prepare.. but it's way at the back.

okay. this day sounds like a packaged tour day. so after ATAS lunch, we head down to the CHOCOLATE FACTORY. willy wonka.. willy wonka (inside joke)

so romantic hor.. see that's why i want... okay. you GET MY POINT ALREADY.

we tried to take back some samples.. HAHAHA there was A BUCKET FULL of dark chocolate, white chocolate and milk chocolate pieces. hahah wait. i forgot to emphasize EACH. hahah and they were free for taking. okay. that day was sinful day. eat tested so much sweet jam and noww... CHOCOLATES. ordered chocolate milk and you could see the chocolate pieces at the bottom of the glass and you had to stir the thing yourself!!

okay. sugar high..

after that, was to the CHEESE FACTORY omg. rows and rows of fattening cheese. frankly i'm not a BIG fan of cheese i'm just O-KAY with it.. anw i just tested the 4 that were available. OMG OVERDOSE OF CHEESE. haha o and there was this dad with his kid there. the pair of them was just sooooooooo cute!! okay.. see that's why i want.... HAHA.

okay AFTER CHEESE. was MORE WINE. went to this famous winery called the Voyager

so grand right. that's not the entrance. the place is just TOO HUGE to capture in my camera. this is just like the place where they sell the wine/herbs/spices/jams. ETC. we just went there to walk around the garden and admire the colonial look of it. i mean it's not fake. the grape vines there was grown in 1976 i have a picture of label on the vines. COOL COOL...

stylo hur the deco. hahah spot my reflection in the mirror behing the jars hahaha

AND they have a rose garden...

YUM.

okay and then we visited YET ANOTHER WINERY. a slightly smaller one.. so here we really took our time and tried the wines.. Chardonnay and what Shirva or something. hahahaha quite noob at this stuff.. (sihan must be going awwwww so good! or something along those lines haha) i dunt really like grape wines. i like the exotic fruity wines. like the wine from the berry farm made from like OTHER FRUITS. no grapes. (SPOILER 2nd last day there was this honey factory. they have HONEY WINES!! those were AWESOME. they were too strong and it didn't have the acidity of fruit wines. it was sooooooooo smooth. but i didn't buy back any. dad doesn't drink at all and i dunt think me and my mom can finish the bottle. bro and gf bought 2 bottles i think. and we drank it for one of our home cooked dinners =] YUMMM)

OKAY I'M REALLY TIRED NOW. I SPENT YET another 2 hours plus typing this.

TO BE CONT'D

TO BE CONT'D

OKAY where was i? yes honey wine.. mmmmmmmmmmm nice. anyhoo the next pit stop was quite amazing. can't really remember the name of the beach. it's pretty much the coastline of australia. lol and we were commenting on how easy it was to just smuggle yourself into that place cause there aren't any patrollings (or so we think). but the waves are too HUGE for anyone to swim/row. CRAPPY and some dude that we met a few days later said that that was a gd spot for surfing (i think. or was it the other place?)

beautiful beautiful creation of God. haiiz. if only i could just sit there and stare at the waves. i think it's highly therapeutic.. especially for people like me who can stone a day without doing anything in front of the tv. eat + tv = fats. okay ANYHOO. look at the rays of sunlight! and the HUGE waves. OMG. IT'S JUST HEAVENLY. i commented that heavens have open it's doors! so amazing. got a taste of heaven. AND YOU KNOW WHAT. the man standing there so picture-perfect? is my dad. AHAHAH. thank you thank you.. i should get paid for that.

and WHY do i wanna date an aussie. maybe i can go stay in aussie. cuz even the dogs have good lives there. there was a dog with his elderly lady owner and he was playing fetch with her. and then 2 more hyper dog came along and they were the most adorable things (apart from boy boy) at that moment. one was this small hyper active white dog and the other, a female(we found that out later, the white dog is a male) is this HUGE HUGE BLACK St. Bernards looking dog(it's actually a cross breed). SHE was chasing HIM, following him whereever he went. it was hilarious. and they were having the time of their lives, teasing the waves as it approaches the coastline, splashing around in the water, chasing each other along the beach. AMAZING dunt have much photos of it CAUSE my dad was the one holding the camera. tsktsk.

yew. i need lyposuction for my face ANYHOO that's wilma (hopefully that's how it's spelt) the female dog. the dogs there have the softest fur. EVER. the weathers really cold so the fur dunt stink and Wilma has the thickest fur and she's fat and huge. HAHAH (but for one moment they were quite scary. a new dog arrived and they attacked that poor fella.. dunno why)

i forgot the male dogs name. (he didn't make an impression on me HAHA) ACTUALLY he was really a sweetheart too. he found this small stick, quite thick to be named a stick and too skinny to be named a log. then he placed it in front of my mother (at first he was playing with my brother i think i wasn't there) and then he backed away and stared hard at the stick, front legs bent, ready to sprint. My mother was laughing and laughing cause she knows in her heart that she's the last person that would play FETCH with a DOG. ahahh anw. cause he was sooooo sweet, she THREW the stick forward. HAHAHAHAHA

UBER FUNNY. the dog sprinted really far in a few steps... but the stick only landed a few human steps in front of my mom. i was bawling my head off la and laughing at her might, or apparently, lack of.

BUT when i went up to the steps... he was so cute ( i think he chooses to play with girls only haha) he came charging at me with his stick and he placed it in front of my feet, and back away 2 steps staring intently at the stick ready to sprint again. i bent down touched it and like retracted my hand cuz the bone was like. wet. YEW thank goodness it didn't stink or anything. but when i stood up again, the dog thought i didn't get what he meant. so he came and pick up the stick in his mouth and placed it nearer to me feet and bounded backwards ready to run again . haha AND when the moment came for me to throw... i threw. and IT ALSO LANDED A FEW STEPS IN FRONT ONLY.hahah i was so DOTS la. haha but everyone had a gd laugh and was so surprised at the intelligence of the dog. hahah he ran quite far away and had to run backwards cuz he overestimated me. HAHA not that i had to strength but the winds were REALLY very strong...

later i tested him and i threw it in the other direction then he got confused and lost his stick hahah quite funny. AHH I ABSOLUTELY ADORE HIM hai.. how i wish i could stay in aussie.. so shiok la. at this moment the owner came and her husband was in his wet suit or some sort, going to fish in the dramatic waters and ferocious winds. hahah i was like WHAT? FISH? o m g.

the white male dog bounded after him while the female dog stayed with the wife who talked to us. (omg the people there are REALLY REALLY nice and friendly) it was cute la. the female dog stayed with the wife the male dog went with the husband. what makes it SWEETER was that the wife was pregnant and later when we left we could see that wilma stick to her owner whereever she went. like even followed at her pace. it was omg. amazing. the dogs there are really friendly too!

anw. both dogs were bought together. it's quite funny though, the difference in their sizes, but they get along real well haha. really like friends you could see them waiting for each other and like playing 'catching'. haiiiiiiiiiiiii (emo emo emo) anyhoo they were bought at the same time, both of them are about 2 years old. so cute right.. please.

THANK GOD we found this place... cause actually we were suppose to eat at some restaurant that was overlooking the sunset but 1st, we were early and 2nd, we saw that the restaurant was empty (and looked quite unappetising) so we decided to explore and we found the carpark that allowed us the park our car and admire the view. hahah the winds got stronger and stronger and that's why we had to like escape into the car and watch the sun set and the fisherman fish. haha

after that was dinner. was QUITE annoyed that we ALWAYS have to eat something expensive (i'm really not a spender) but the food was really gd hahah fine dining AGAIN. terrible la. at this place called Wino's, pretty near the resort we were staying at (i wanted to eat home that night ie. cook) but ah wells. they took SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG to serve like about half an hour or something like that. but the white wine pasta was AWESOME. i ate lamb shank (again) with polenta. my dad and the gf ate chicken breast(GOSH I HATE IT.) and some mushroom pie which is really yummy. hahah ate soooo much so filling la. tsktsk. without discount the meal was about 130AUS so ex. that's like S$169.

oh wells. the lambs there are SO STRONG FLAVOURED. i mean you really can immediately identify the meat if it's lamb (they dont call it mutton there haha) my mom ate the lamb kebab on the first day and she found it an overkill HAHA UBER strong flavour. but the meat was tender =]

did i tell you, next door was subway! and it's like not the usual subway sandwiches. they have so many different varieties. there's this new thing there called tandoori chicken or something so interesting la. if only singapore's subway has the same kind of offers.

DAY6

breakfast was really simple at Margaret River Resort, no scrambled eggs or bacon etc. just like cereal, coffee tea, toast. oh and there's yogurt and fruits as well. the yougurt there is REALLY sour. hahah that two days i had to best breakfast. i love simple breakfast - cereal and milk.

my <3

ANYHOO. headed down to cape leeuwin, supposedly it's this place (the cape, of course) where 2 oceans meet - the Southern ocean and the Indian ocean. haha AND THAT IS WHY I HATE IT WHEN MY CAMERA IS NOT USED. it's with the gf. haha my brother forced me to the side of the signboard that pointed to Indian Ocean while he took the Southern Ocean side. terrible pig. hahah somemore about to take the photo then he "WAIT WAIT WAIT.. WEISHAN YOU COME HERE." please. being your sister for 19years i would obviously know where's something up your sleeves. TSKTSK

okay okay anyway this is really gonna be my last post, so when i recieve the other photos, i promise i'll add it on to the appropriate position (anyway i need it for my own reference teehee)

okay, since the Southern Ocean (i bet you must be saying 'since when there is a ocean called the southern ocean' haha i thought the same too) and the Indian ocean meets here, the currents are quite unpredictable (i think) and since i didn't bother about the historical aspect of that place, i can tell you much apart from the fact that a HUGE ship wreck occured and thus a lighthouse was borned! hooray!!

me and the gf (i dont wanna reveal names) hahaha i took quite much convincing to get her to do the jump.. i think 5 years down the road i'll still be as childish child-like as i am now. making a goofus of myself always (at the right time)

OH OH

and...

a postcard-worthy shot!

cool beanies right. hahah this trip was quite funny. everyone was like testing their photography skills and getting into weird positions and angles just to get the right look. my dad lied on the floor and at another time, opened his legs in an unglamourous position to get the right height for the shot. while me. hahah i squatted in the middle of the forest, on like dead leaves infected soils just to shoot the height of the trees. LOL. the things people do.

I'M NOT SURE whether this incident happened on day 6, but we were suppose to stop by some National Park. forgot what nation park it's called, OH YES. we were suppose to see the Gloucester trees - tall, humungous trees. BUT there was this entry fee which was TOTALLY not worth it. i mean like TREES please. trees are everywhere, free for all to see. furthermore, we were going for some treetop walk the next day.

soo.. we decide to take this road down to we-didn't-know-where-it-was-headed, and when we reached the end it was parking space (they call la pit stops parking haha) so we just came down and 'admired' the trees. (okay this was where i squatted to take the trees but ended up looking i was shitting. Anw the place reminded me of King of the Castle by (i forgot the author's name) HA HA. SO SCARY. there was this like mini murky stream..

and i can remember the last part of the book very clearly when Hooper tried to kill Kingshaw, and standing triumphantly beside Mrs Kingshaw. OMG GHASTLY SADISTIC. hahahahah somemore in the middle of the forest. (my brother has something against my references to the lit books i've read. lol. not showing off but like you just can't help it but be reminded!!)

anw. we were done viewing and wanted to return. we had 2 choices, 1: U turn and go back through the cement, nice nice, civilised road we came by OR 2: go by the road, not cement, just soil, rocks, sand, mud, sticks, insects, dead leaves, that has a sign pointing at it that says 'ONE WAY'. THUS we had no idea where that 'ONE WAY' road led.

somehow.. we travelled through road 'ONE WAY'. ahahah and it ended up being the height of our anxiety throughout the whole trip. i think my mother's high blood pressure and stress level shot up sky high then. hahah

the road was uneven
all soil and fallen leaves
even better, fallen TREE BRANCHES, BIG FAT TREE BRANCHES that means we had to drive off the track to avoid hitting the tree branch
there was NO SIGN BOARDS
NO INDICATION OF ITS EXISTENCE ON THE MAP
THE CAR HAD NO GPS SYSTEM

WORST OF ALL

NO HANDPHONE COVERAGE. oh ya. i forgot to add that NO ONE KNEW THAT WE WERE IN THERE. hahahah

cause we were the only car that drove down that road, and there was NO ONE who saw us drive down that road, cause people would go to usual touristy way, pay and get into some NORMAL SAFE PARKING LOT and view the trees. NOT drive into unknown land and take roads that warns of it being 'ONE WAY'.

ONE WAY TO WHERE?

hahah frankly i was quite scared as well, everyone else was scared as well la... i mean if we had reception, it would be okay. but OMG NO HANDPHONE COVERAGE, NO RADIO SIGNAL. just. the car with limited petrol!! we travelled about 15 minutes into more tree lined track and the road seems never ended. being one way.. we COULDN'T U turn, we may slip off the tracks or something, furthermore we were already so far in, MIGHT as well just continue (sounds like a drug addict hur lol)

AND THEN A SIGNBOARD FINALLY!!! "EASTBROOK"
whao thanks. that HELPED A MILLION. haha the gf made a joke and said "omg, what if this road COVERS the whole forest and soon we may find ourselves at WESTBROOK" so we travelled travelled and stress levels were rising, esp when we reached this REALLY LOW BRIDGE and there was a quite murky stream again (I GOT REMINDED OF HOOPER AND KINGSHAW AGAIN. HORRORS!) THEN DAMN SCARY. cuz the bridge was soooooooooo how to the water, and our car was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO heavy and the bridge was made of we-didn't-know-what.. so my dad drove REALLY slowly and when we passed it we all HEAVED A BIG SIGH i mean seriously. everyone was just unanimously

PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

hahah and then "WESTBROOKE" the signboard. G G. seriously those two words just appeared in my head (but i appeared more optimistic then i felt, cuz i didn't wanna scare my mother, she's scared enought) haha all of us were scared la.. but we knew we had each other so it wasn't that bad..

my brother also made a dark joke during the journey "wahh.. the road never ends, scarely it's those type of track that runs from one end to the other.. those need 2 days to complete and camp in the jungle type" HAHAHA and my mother started commenting and commenting and being worried as usual hahah.

annnnnnnnnnnnnnw. since i'm here.. i must have got outta that place. the first thing that we saw was this NO THROUGH ROAD SIGN and we all HENG HENG HENGGGGGG AHHHHH WAH SEH LLKASHDNFAKG then everyone heaved their own sigh of relief. hahahahaha. i think we must have spent half an hour at least inside the forest not knowing where we were going.

HAI. typing the incident just made me relive the fear i went through.. come to think about it i was really scared but i really remained very very optimistic cuz i didn't wanna scare anyone esp my mom who is really easily panicked. these are times where i'm really thankful that there is God. i mean like, when things are really really outta your control, without any help from the outside world.. only God ABOVE can see and help you.

anw after that scary like shit journey.. we went to our new place to stay. it's called. Tree Elle. kinda an ATAS palce and quite expensive and exclusive. have to book like one month in advance and pay one week in advance or something.

we were pre assigned our VILLA so we just had to open the door (yes the doors are unlocked and the keys on the table) and the gf was the first one in.. then she was like "omg why the lights on" then my mom *took a suck of air aloud* then next "omg why got music on. omg damn scary" then my mother "HAR GOT MUSIC ON?" hahaha "omg somemore some classical music" hhahah

so their high class gesture was quite scary. i mean like lights on with classical music when we expected an empty house came as a shock. but when we entered.. we met an unexpected but lovely smell from inside.. it was the smell of freshly baked bread.

we went estatic. okay. mainly me and the gf. hahaha i was like running around going
OMG OMG THERE'S A FIRE PLACE
OMG OMG SO NICE
OMG OMG THEY HAVE A WAFFLE MACHING
OMG WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN BREAD
OMG THEY GOT A CAKE MIXER
OMG THEY GOT THOSE CLASSY ZEN BOWLS AND PLATES
OMG THEY EVEN HAVE ALUMINIUM FOIL
AND CLING FOIL! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OMG GOT A BASKET OF CHOCOLATES..
and what's this? OMG OMG IT'S A WHOOOOOOOLE BASKET OF FRUITS.. i think they plucked it from the garden

so on and so forth. oh ya have i mentioned? it's a FARM STAY. so apparently there are animals.. and I LVOE ANIMALS.. so the gf was like "you go and call your maa maas loh" (ASIDE: everyone subconsciously used my childish terms.. like meeehhmeehh for sheeps and like moo moo for cows)

so i was like OKAY! (i acted like a child that night really i was SOOOOOO EXCITED!) and so i went out to the back yard and went MEEEEEEEEH MEHHHHHH MEH MEH MEH MEH COME OUT! then OH SHIT. I SEE LIKE ONE SKINNY GOAT AND ONE FAT SHEEP AND ONE PONY CHARGING AT ME and i was like wth.

i was like. okay. is this place fenced up (i couldn't see any fence!!!!!! the wires were really thin but it's actualy fenced up) then i screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmed and shout "MUMMMMMMMMMMMY THE ANIMALS ARE ALL COMING AND CHARGING TOWARDS US HURRY GET INTO THE HOUSE!!!" hahah damn funny and i was like grabbing all the shoeees and slippers and dumping them inside the hosue and i shut the door. and then the gf was like. WHAO. THAT was FAST. hahah i was still like OMG THE ANIMALS WERE LIKE CHARGING!

BUT then i realised it's all fenced up. hahaha

SO we had this scrumptious dinner with loads of asparagus HAHAHHAH thanks to me. and they were all like dots. (shhh dunt tell anyone. i only ate like 3 or 4 pieces cuz it was all so old already and tasted weird) hahaha but the gf is a veggie whore so she just ate all the veggie.. we had 2 plates of veggie and urm. honey soy chicken i think. and like tom yam soup haha. whopie. I HELPED TO COOK ALWAYS OKAY. hahah and my rice water estimations are superb!! =] =]

uber full. the basket of choclates were really sweet. i mean the thought was sweet. chocolates are forever sweet. haha and the basket of fruits were REALLY for us.

we had the bread they baked for us for breakfast and of course we shared our food with the animals..

that's my bro with 'my friend, the pony' (didn't give it a name so the gf just calls it my friend) haha, and the white one, bigger sized is "Ah Beng". cuz he has a major attitude with his hair. hahaha like it's falling all over his eyes and he'll looking at you with the eye that is not covered and when you try to comb it to the side.. everything neaten. he shakes his head in frustration and puts it back into the hair-cover-eye state. hahah

there are 2 more animals, the fat sheep a.k.a ugly monster and the skinny goat a.k.a meehhmehhh. haha
(up to now i dunno the differnce between sheep and goat. but i should think the skinny one was the goat) it always got bullied. and it's only source of attention from humans was it's voice (does this remind you of the Sean O'casey book? haha urm. the last play... what's it called. the only form of authority/control the poor people have are their voice or something. nvm i suck at lit. i never know how to express my point POO

oh yes. they have a vegetable garden and some lemons and limes growing as well. oh not forgetting oranges but most weren't ripe yet.

THAT'S a cauliflower. can you believe it? it really looks like a flower right.. in the end we picked up a few pieces of lettuce, a brocolli, a cauliflower (IT HAD LOADS OF SNAILS. QUITE EERIES TO WASH THEM OFF, obviously i wasn't the one doing it. neither did i look at the process), 2 oranges (YUMMY YUMMY) and a lime. haha it was hell fun..

when we were done we stumbled into 2 elderly ladies and we really looked like kiasu asian that just whacked the garden (trust me.. the garden is so big that what we took didn't make much of a difference.. ) we were each carrying a big of vegetable from the garden. super funny.. and talking about china. LOL. tours and stuff.. the lady really enjoyed her stay in china.OMG i never wanna return there.. except maybe jiu zhai gou. the scenery is really amazing. but the travelling's a killer

oh and another reason why i wanna date an aussie

look at that darling.. i wanna just steal him and bring him home.. he's such a darling!! you know he's only one year plus yet he can carry a rake around the garden, and he's soooo strong for his age. walking around and super inquisitive. pointing at stuff and making the 'erhh?' noise. super clever.. asian parents are overly protective la. HAHAHA he dropped the rake right.. then he stepped on it and tripped.. but the mother didn't like rush to him.. but told him it's okay and told him to get up. amazing eh ? i bet asian moms wouldn't allow their kids 3m near the reach of sharp objects. apparently this boy Will doesn't play with toys.. according to his mother.. which happens to be the owner of that place. he likes the garden and stuff but not toy. great. his future is settled =] if he's older and tending the farm.. i'll date him haha

okay after our harvest.. i drove from the garden to the villa.. yes about ONE minute drive.. haha and my brother went ON AND ON AND ON about women drivers. this is the thing i HATE about him. what a bloody sexist. i really can't stand it when men look down on women. HELLO i just got my license la. i couldn't park. that's it. i could drive for nuts sake.

anwwwwww we headed to this tree top walk really high. cut the long story short..

those 2 pple are my parents. nice shot right.. anw we had to walk through 600m worth of those steel bridge THAT you can see underneath you. which is like so scary.. about 40m above ground. haha no shit.

on the tree top walk that costs us 8AUS a person. TSKTSK. just to see trees. haha quite funny.. we kept harping on that fact.. "we're spending $8 just to look at treees HA HA HA. HA. HA" haha

yeah. not a tree huggin family.. but we're really environment conscious.. we really save the ennvironment.. the people there are all encironmentally conscious as well...

okay i need to up load more photos again so TO BE CONT'D AGAIN

2008-07-07 @ 1:47 a.m.
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