Just got back home 1/2 hour ago.

Went to watch The Simpsons movie at SouthBank with a group of friends.
SouthBank is located opposite the Brisbane City. Need to cross over Victoria Bridge to get there. Kinda like crossing from Singapore mainland to Sentosa. haha..

The movie was really nice.
Love it love it love it!!
Go catch it people!!

Oh ya, i had char kway tiao for dinner today!! Dar had 'sin chow fried rice'. This shop we went to is set up by a malaysian family. Their food was ok, better than the 'singapore-lah' shop we ate previously!

We went to Pancake House for supper. Really like the atmosphere there. From the interior structure of the place, one can tell that it was previously a church. Anyway, their waffles, pancakes and nachos are really yummy! They even have marshmallow-float cocoa drink. *slurps*



Our waffle top with caramel sauce and apricots!


We made our way home from city at around 11+pm.
Since it's already late, and being a friday night somemore, there were lotsa drunkards scattered around. Large group of girls and guys shrieking and shouting everywhere. Really not a place to walk alone.


It's getting really late here!
Gonna end this entry with some photos of the train station i took today!



Taringa train station!



The 'lao kok-kok' train =x


Ciao!

doodling @....10:36 PM

Dar cook kimchi soup for dinner today.

We have the typical bbq pork wrapped in lettuce too... hahaa
We grill and eat it off the stove, korean-style.



Our dinner. =)


Dardar happily wrapping his bbq pork.

Dinner was super nice!!
Did i mention that it is dar's first try at cooking korean soup?

haha...

He sure can cook! ^^

doodling @....7:33 PM

It's the 2nd day of school.
Having my 4hr break now, kinda sucky. Hate long breaks. So dar and me came home, after all, it only takes 20minutes.

My timetable is really horrible on monday and tuesday, incredibly long day.
3 times a week, my lesson starts at 8am. >.<

Oh well...
Anyway, the lectures here are soooo different from polys. Can never survive on notes alone... sure dieee.

Still trying to catch up, especially with my microbiology subjects.
So many memorising work to be done, and trying to spell words that i can barely pronounce...

Aiks...

Gotta go cook lunch now.

Ciao~!!

doodling @....9:15 AM

Dar and me went to Chinatown in Brisbane City today.
It's rather disappointing, quite a dead town. Only 2 supermarkets that sells really chinese stuff.

|| For Crystal: I found my grape biscuit!!! It cost AUD$2.99 =( ||


Tadaa~~ Chinatown.



We found this store!!!



Dar had Hainanese Chicken Rice, i had Curry Laksa.

It cost an average of AUD$8 per meal.
That's the standard pricing for all meals in Aussie anyway.

As for how authentic the meal was...

Let's just say....

"It's not wrong, it's just erm... different."

I want my hawker centre food!!!

doodling @....2:35 PM

I'm back~!!

Went to school for orientation week. Nothing much.
No campus tour, no camp whatsoever. It's just a 1hr welcome to UQ speech, how to get started etc.

Oh well, yesterday, i went to watch Harry Potter. Every tuesday, at a particular cinema, it's only AUD$5 for a show. Only applies to students of course. It's even cheaper than Singapore. =D

The movie is so-so. Nothing fascinating, no idea why critics give it a B+.

Okiee, time for pictures~!!
Since i've still got lotsa internet bytes to spare, i shall upload my pictures one by one today. xD

Some pics i took yesterday.



This is the slope opposite my apartment, that i have to walk everyday to get to the train station. It's a 45degree slope, probably can't tell from the pic though.
The roads around here are all like that, up-slope and down. It gets easier everyday, really!!





The train station opposite my apartment, Taringa Station.
Oh ya, graffiti art are everywhere here. It really very common.
That's the path leading to the train station. After a 90 degree turn from the slope, this is what you will see. Path leading to the train station.





OOoh, lemme introduce you guys to this birdie we see everyday on our way to school. It's a Laughing Kookaburra. Isn't he pretty.
I didn't know what species it is, dar instantly recognise it as a kookaburra.
No idea how he knows. *shrugs*
As i say, he just knows stuff. =.="

Australia has really pretty birds all around. We saw lotsa bush turkeys, wood ducks, geese, magpies, parrots etc, just wandering around like that~!!





This is Forgan Smith Building in school.
It has history dated back to World War 2!





Corridor of the Forgan Smith Building.





This is the Law Building.
Probably one of the nicest buildings around too~!
Love the entrance!





Biological Science library. It has just been refurbish.

So much for now.
Yet to take more pictures for school!!

doodling @....9:03 AM

I've got so much to blog about. Wanna upload pictures but it will eat up lots of my precious internet bytes. =(

The sky here gets dark by 5pm, and dar & me really don't dare venture out at night. Heard enough stories to be smart enough to stay in.
Got friends experiencing drunkens going up to their faces, grab them and scream vulgarities right in their face. Got friends gotten bash up in back alleys.

Oh ya, the public transport system is really ridiculous around here.
During weekends, train and bus arrive only every 1/2 hr.
On weekdays, it arrives approx. every 20mins.
So it's either u arrive super early or super late at your destination. =.="

Dar bought the weekend newspaper for AUD2.20. The Saturday morning newspaper applies for both Saturday and Sunday. They actually wrote in advance for weekend. Ha!
Anyway, the newspapers here are all gossipy news.
Everyday there's news of murders, rapist, lotsa gossip. Blah~

For the Aust TV show, we have 6 channels, while our friends living near school have only 3. There's lotsa boring soap opra and LOTSA news. The same news keep repeating for 2-3 days. The stupidest thing is, all news are at the same timing for all channels. They can also have official news at this timing, gossip news straight after the official one ends.

Alright, enough of complaints.

Pei'e brought dar and me to Westend market today~!!
We took a train to the next stop, change to bus, then to ferry, then to bus again. I know it sounds like a long journey, but in actual fact, the journey is only 1hr, if u catch all transport on time. The entire journey is included in my monthly concession. Yay~!!

Westend market opens every Saturday morning, and it's like a big pasam malan. Lotsa chinese stalls also. =) Then we went to a vienamtese butcher stall, they sell "zhu gan~"!!!! I bought some pork, a whole chicken to chop myself. So much cheaper to buy 1 whole chicken to chop myself.

Oooh, and i found sambal chilli and balachan chilli too!!!

Happy girl today with my buy.

Gotta go cook dinner.

Ciao~!!

doodling @....2:57 PM

Airport farewell.


2nd day is Brisbane today~!!

Everything goes pretty smoothly at the airport. The food on Quantas really sux though.

First day, UQ pick-up service fetch us to our apartment at Taringa. They were still cleaning the apartment when we checked in. The floor carpet was still wet, bed were unmade.. a mess. So we left our luaggage, then went to our 'nearest' mall, Indooroopilly Mall.

We walk almost 1.5km to get there.. haha.. Very far, and the roads here are just crazy!! Very few predestrain crossing, super fast traffic, pavement walk halfway can suddenly merge with road, then leave u standing at road. WTH? Traffic light man turns green, mus brisk walk, coz it turns red in a few sec. Hate the traffic here.

The weather here is ok, it's only when the wind blow that it's cold. Otherwise, people are wearing shorts, skirts etc!!

First thing we did, activate bank account, bought phone card, went grocery shopping.
We also bought a printer, wok and kettle. The kettle here are all rusty, dare not use it. Thankfully, our friend Pei-e brought us around the mall, told us what to look out for during grocery shopping.

Apple cost AUD $4+ - 5+ for 5~!! Everything is so freaking expensive.

We bought so many things, had to take a cab back to apartment. Approx 1.5km, AUD$11.



Day 2, went to school. Took the train and bus by ourselves. The train station is just down the slope from my apartment, less than 5 min walk! That's when we learn, the mall is just one train stop away. The distance between 2 bus-stop is very far also. A few kilometres apart.

The trip to school is approx. 20min by train and bus (if we didnt miss). We did our student card, and Pei-e brought us around again. This time round, we went to another mall to do more grocery shopping, Toowong Mall. 1 stop away by train too!!

Cook our first asian meal this eveing. Curry chicken.

xD

doodling @....8:42 PM

My flight is in a few hour's time~!!!

doodling @....7:58 AM

I'm all pack and ready to go!!!
Finally manage to squeeze everything into my pathetic 20kg luggage.

Flight's tomorrow at 1950hr in T1. Gonna be there by 1730hr.
I will be passing my current HP number to my mum, so don't call or sms me with that number anymore people!!

Aiks, can't wait!!
>.<

doodling @....10:44 AM

Getting kinda sick of Singapore, can't wait to get outta here!!!



doodling @....8:45 PM

Had a dinner gathering with my poly pals.
It's been so long since we last met up!! They are a very fun bunch, non-stop laughter throughout the entire dinner.

We had our dinner at a korean resturant, Su Resturant, at Far East Plaza.
Very nice food they have!


A satisfied bunch of people. xD


3 clowns.


Our first picture together since graduation 2 years back!!


Yea, beats me why singaporeans love to sing so much.
We went to Partyworld in Orchard again.
My second visit in 1 week!!



Did i mention that Mandy can really sing?
She's the only person who got every tune right. haha...


Oooh, a duet!


Jokers of the group.


Love this bunch of people lots!!

Gotta meet up again when we come back!
Wait for us people!!!

doodling @....5:14 PM

Has always been tempted to mask my laptop.

Gmask cost over 100bucks.
Garskin cost about 40-50 bucks.
GadgetMakeover cost around 22 bucks.

Since i'm super-broke, this is what i did to my laptop. xD



Cost: 30 cent

I get to customize my own skin too!. ^^

Yea yea, i'm a big disney princess fan.
And i'm damn proud to be one. =P



Apparently, dar's so tempted to do one too.
Here's what he did.



Spongeb0b and his silly friend.
=.="

Now, who says masking laptop has to cost a bomb? ^^

doodling @....10:58 AM