Hiatus?

For the umpteen time, sorry for not blogging recently. Been quite swamped this semester. I've got 2 papers on the 5th, 1 on the 10th and the last one on the 13th. Corp Law AND Advanced is on the 5th. Man, what a way to start exams. Biz Asia on the 10th then followed by Biz Econs on the 13th.

Well it hasnt been and wont be all doom and gloom. I went for the Il Divo concert on the 12th. That was pretty awesome (will blog bout it after exams). Then on Nov 16th the Nicklebaack concert!!!!!!!!!! Man I am so pumped for that one. Being able to watch one of my favourite bands live is a dream come true. Also Chee Kin is coming from Adelaide from the 20th-24th of Nov. It'll be nice seeing him again and having a proper chance to catch up. Unlike the GC trip where we only bumped into each other.

Neways will blog more after exams are over. Promise!

P!NK: Funhouse Tour 13 August 2009

Not going to type much on this one. Going to let the pics do most of the talking. As you can see from the title, I went for Pink's concert on the 13th. It was very very awesome partly due to the seats I got. Which were very very very nice. Best seat I ever had for a concert. Which is not much considering I have only been to 2 prior to this one.

The opening act was Evermore, which is not really my type of music. However, some of their songs were quite enjoyable. Pink opened with Highway To Hell & Bad Influence. I got the video of that along with Family Portrait and Glitter In The Air. They are posted on my facebook account. The files were too big to upload on blogger. My favorite part of the concert was when she was singing Sober and doing the high wire act. Its amazing how she can do that and still sing so well. She also sang Bohemian Rhapsody. Which was extremely random but still nice. Pink's version was good but the original is still the best. Well enough typing. Time for the pics.











































Oh I almost forgot. I have to thank the lady who was sitting behind me for taking that picture of me. We were chatting a bit before the concert started. She's from some place in Victoria which starts with M. I cant really remember. But like me she was there alone because none of our friends wanted to come along (sorry Yvonne, I found out too late from you) and she wasn't willing to miss the concert. So there. Proof that I'm not the only who goes to concerts alone.

Gold Coast, Winter '09

As usual, sorry for the delay in posting. Been procrastinating. When you see how many pics I've uploaded you'll understand why. Oh btw, there's going to be a lot of pics and I mean AH LOT. The amount of pics in this post trumps the England trip post. Aside from my self, Ying, Vocan, Yvonne, Tommy and Abhishek also went for the trip. We met Ying at the airport in GC because she was flying in from Sydney.

The 5 of us chilled at the airport while waiting for Ying. While we were waiting we looked at some of the ticket they had for the bus services and the worlds. After we met up with Ying, we bought the bus tickets and world tickets and headed towards the bus area to catch a ride to our apartment.

In true trip going fashion we had to cam whore while we were in the bus.




Sorry there was no pic of you Tommy. I dont seem to have any of you on the bus.


The place that we were suppose to stay was some other apartment but they stuffed up the bookings. So they gave us a room at this apartment called Q1 instead. It's the world tallest residential tower at 70+ floors. They even have an observation deck at the very top. You have to take a special lift to go to the deck. It takes about 43 seconds for the lift to reach the top floor from the ground!!! Man that was a fast lift. It really makes your ear pop because of the pressure.







As you can see from the pictures of the apartment, it is huge!!! By comparison my Melbourne apartment looks tiny. Sigh..... how I wish I lived in an apartment like this.







After unpacking our stuff we decided to walk around a bit. The style of shops in Surfer's Paradise is quite different from Melbourne city. So it was nice to have a little bit of scenery change. Also the weather during winter in GC is just awesome. So sunny and so warm. We found a Hard Rock Cafe nearby our place and decided to go there for dinner. Its a pity the one in Melbourne closed down.









The next day we went to Movie World. I was so excited because it has been ages since I went to a proper theme park. The one in Genting doesn't really count because it sux. It took the shuttle bus about half an hour plus to get there. Which isnt too bad.




Near the entrance was 2 of the Batman rides. Well 1 ride and 1 more like a motion master thingy. The motion master thingy was okay but it gave me a bit of headache because of the jerky movements. The Batwing Spaceshot however was awesome. It was an awesomer version of the panzy Solero Shot in Genting. It was me and Yvonne who sat on this one. I cant remember if Abishek did or not but the others were too chicken to sit the ride =p




After the ride, the 3 of us walked about abit more before we met up with the others and decided to go for the 4D Shrek show. However there was some time until the show, so we decided to walk around a bit first.




I tried to take some pics while I was insides but the lighting was quite bad so the pics didnt turn out so good. After the show we decided to explore the rest of the theme park.


Along the way we bumped into some of the Warner Bro's characters and decided to take some pictures with them =)



The guy who was in the Batman costume was quite scary. Like he was frowning the whole time and seem a little...... well...... Batman type serious.


We headed towards the Western section of the park to sit on a log type ride that me, Yvonne and Abishek sat on after the Batman ride and before we met up with the others for the Shrek show.


As you can see it was the type of ride which makes people wet.


I wasnt in this picture because I was sitting alone in the front row The rest were too scared of getting wet so they sat behind me =p After the log ride we went for lunch.


This one was taken outside the Scooby Doo ride. Its a pity they had some problems with the ride and had to shut it down for most of the day. I really wanted to sit on that one.


We also went for this new show which was about stunt driving. It was quite cool seeing the cars drift around and well.... stunt drive. Further below you can see a short clip of the show which I took on my digi cam.














After the show, all of us minus Ying went to que up for the Lethal Weapon ride. This is one of the must sit rides of the entire park.
I couldnt get a proper shot of the entire coaster track but it was a superbly awesome ride. You would sit on a seat with your legs suspended in mid air and the ride would just take off at an increidble speed and do all sorts of loops and turns. The G -Force of this ride was the strongest one I had experienced in the entire trip. So much so that my chest hurt for a while after getting of the ride.


Next up was the much anticipated (for me anyways) Superman Escape ride.
As you can see from the track pictures it was quite a cool ride. While I felt it was faster then the Lethal Weapon ride, the G-Force didnt feel quite as strong. Regardless it was still an awesome must sit ride.


Dinner that night was at a steak house called Moo Moo. I kid you not. Just look at the pics. The restaurant is really called Moo Moo.
See, told ya it was called Moo Moo.


The steak I had was by far the best steak I ever had and I have had AH lot of steaks before. Moo Moo's even beats Rockpool by a mile. Not that Rockpool is bad. Far from it. Rockpool is excellent. Its just that Moo Moo's is so much better and if any of you are in Gold Coast some time in the future, try Moo Moo's. You wont regret it I promise you.


Oh I forgot to mention. Since Abishek was sleeping on the couch, no one else was using the sofa beds. So I combined both of them to make a nice big bed all for my self =)


The following day, we went to Sea World. Vocan wanted to go to Sea World before she betrayed us and leaves for Sydney the next day because she din get to go to Sea World the last time she came to GC.

Some Pelicans that are in "rehab"


We walked around a lil bit before heading to the first show of the day. The sea lion detectives show. Which I must say I found quite entertaining.


The "bad" guy of the show


"Bad" guy's accomplice


The "good" guys of the show


A member of the audience getting a wet one from the main sea lion




Next up was the sting ray reef. I found that section to be one of my favs in Sea World.
Not sure who's hand is that. Also, the front part of this sting ray really looks like the front part of a cuttle fish.




The spotted buggers were the only ones who were interested in the food that I was trying to feed them.




Told you the spotted ones were the only rays to eat the food I gave. Dont know why the bigger ones din eat. Also, I'm not sure who the other hand belongs to.


Then it was time for the DOLPHIN SHOW!!!!!


The dolphin show was my favorite part of Sea World. It was just plain awesome seeing the dolphins doing all those jumps and flips and stuff.

After the dolphin show we went for lunch and then walked around a little before heading to the polar bear section of the park.
It was quite hard to get a good picture of the bear because it kept walking around and sitting down in the harder to spot areas.

When we got bored of watching the bear doing..... well nothing really, we headed to the Shark Bay. It wasnt just sharks over there. There were various other aquatic creatures as well.
I never knew sea cucumbers looked this disgusting..........


Try spotting the sting ray

That was the area above the bay and underneath it was an underground aquarium which is quite cool.
As you can see from the pictures they had all sorts of sea creatures down there. Sharks, smaller variety of fishes, sting rays, and some weird sotong headed thingy with a shark body which I'm still not sure what it is.

This pic is quite cool. It gives you a very Jaws like feel with the dorsal fin sticking out of the water like that.


Since we had quite a lot of time to kill until the ski show which was towards the end of the day, we decided to watch the penguin feeding session. The penguins arent the white and black ones I expected to see but they were still pretty cute.
It was quite funny seeing the sea gulls trying to steal the fish from the penguins. Those guys are pretty sneaky.

When the show ended, there was still quite a lot of time to kill before the ski show. I went on a walk around Sea World again just for fun. Then I saw this trainer lady playing/training with what I think are young dolphins, I'm not too sure.


When it was time for the ski show to start we all met up at the place where it was held. The show had a 50's 60's theme to it. Some of the jumps that the skiers did were pretty cool.
The "show" girls essential to any 50's or 60's theme show.


In this pic you can see 2 pairs of skiers getting ready for the motorboat to start


Less then 5 seconds later one of them totaled =x


The ending was pretty neat with the 5 people pyramid thing, I loved how the just glided on the water when they come back to land.

With that our day at Sea World ended and we headed back to the apartment. Since Traitor Law was leaving the next morning for Sydney, we ate dinner at home for the night. Dinner was prepared by Chef Shiek.


The next day we decided to take it chillingly and chilled around Surfer's Paradise instead of going to Dream World. Seeing as how it was Surfer's Paradise, I would not be able to forgive myself if I didnt go to the beach to chill. The sand at Surfer's is very soft and fine and quite void of sea shells of any sort. Which was a little disappointing because I wanted to collect some.
Cheerleader group? No idea but I thought it was pretty cool so I took a pic



After chilling for some time I decided to go for lunch before heading back. While on the way back to the apartment from lunch I bumped into Chee Kin & Mable who were there on holiday with their Adelaide friends. It was good seeing my curi tulang kaki from work again =p When I got back to the apartment the other were preparing to go out, so I decided to watch some TV before going out with them again. Myself, Abishek and Yvonne went to the beach while Tommy & Ying went to see some of the shops.


Once again I bumped into Chee Kin. This time on the beach.


It was quite fun writing random stuff into the sand and signing my name with my hand pring ala Hollywood Chinese Theater style.


But this was by far the coolest thing I saw on the beach that day. I think it was a bunch of Korean tourists who did this. 2 guys & a girl if not mistaken. Must have taken them quite some time to do this. So hats off to Leo, Kim & Min Ju.


The obligatory emo pose at the beach.

We also went to the night market. It was sort of like a pasar malam along Surfer's Paradise. It wasnt very big but it was quite nice. There was mostly arts and craft, souvenirs, that kinda thing. Oh also, I met this random shopkeeper guy who was also an LFC fan. That was pretty cool.


Our last major stop for the GC trip was Dream World. It was also the one I liked the least of the 3 worlds that we went. Its not to say that it wasnt nice. I just prefer the other 2 better. Then again everyone has their own tastes.


We walked around a bit before Ying & Tommy split up from me, Yvonne & Abishek. The first ride that the 3 of went for was the Tower of Terror. Followed up by the Giant Drop.
The Tower of Terror and the Giant Drop was unusual in the sense that it was sort of 2 rides in 1. As the name Giant Drop sugggests, the ride is basically one giant drop. You can see where we drop from the pic above. We sit on these seats and our legs are suspended in mid air and the seats go all the way up to the top of the tower before dropping us. The reason I said that the ToT and GD was like 2 rides in 1 is because right on that same tower (on a different side obviously) is the tracks to the Tower of Terror.

Later on we met up with the other 2 for lunch and walk about the world. Taking pics with the funny stuff they had along the way.
We then on this ride. Which was a pretty mild one. It was a round 6 seater thingy which people would hold onto the bars placed in the center of the ride. Then it would just bump along the way with rapid like conditions while obviously some of us getting wet. Ironically Ying who was the one who wanted to get wet the least, got most wet =p



Myself, Yvonne & Abishek went for The Claw. Which was the 2nd most crazy ride in Dream World. Just check out the video below. You'll know what I mean.






After The Claw, we went for The Wave which was right opposite The Claw. Which btw is the craziest ride in Dream World.As you can see from the pics, its a ride that really turns you in all sorts of directions. Of all the rides that I have sat so far on that trip, this was the one that actually made me dizzy for a few minutes.


The 3 of us decided to join the other 2 after 2 back to back crazy rides. So, we went for the Tiger show. Which was pretty impresive.
One of the 3 Tigers who were performing.


I wonder how the guy could stand the tiger resting on his shoulder. It looked pretty heavy >.< Imagine what would happen if the tiger had to have its teeth extracted =p


Jumping Tiger!!!! Tigger? =p



Who says big cats cant climb trees? I pity the fire department if they ever got a call to rescue this cat from being stuck on a tree.


The tigers taking an afternoon nap after the show


The lone white tiger in Dream World. I think its the "boss" of the tigers.

When the show ended we went for the Australian Wildlife Experience. It consists of 4 sections, The rainforest part, the koala country partm the wetland part and the outback part.
What would your reacting be if your about to sit down on a bench some where and then you find this fellow nicely coiled up on it?

The rest area that some of the critters could go to....... well..... rest.....


Whats cuter than a koala? A sleeping koala!!! How could your heart not melt when you see one of these creatures sleeping on a tree branch?

Some cute pink & white bird


Arent these 2 lovebirds just adorable? I'm not sure if their lovebirds or not but their still adorable regardless.


A real life tasmanian devil. I always figured it would be brown in color like the Looney Toons one. Oh well


Fresh water crocodile

Salt water crocodile. These guys are massive. I so would not want to be caught by one of these.


There was this small animal presentation thing nearby the Wildlife Experience. So we decided to go for that before continuing the Experience.
I find this to be a very pretty owl. Especially its face.


I wonder how many people wud have the guts to be like this guy and have a snake on your shoulders? Certainly not me =x


The cute critter that the lady is holding is called a Bilby. Ever heard of it? Neither have I, until that day that is.


My first time seeing what an Emu looks like. Havent seen one before. Not even on pictures




I always pictured a dingo to be more fierce and wild looking. Never thought it would look like this well for a lack of a better word, "chilling"


Poser dingo lying on top of a mock car.


I decided to walk around by myself for a bit after the Wildlife Experience. I decided to walk past the tiger place again. Luckly I did. I manage to take some pics of the younger tigers playing with this yellow barrel thingy.
After taking the pics of the young tigers I met up with the others and seeing as how we saw all the interesting stuff already, we decided to head back. Dinner that night was at this spanish restaurant called La Paella. I dont know why I dont have any pics of the restaurant or the food we ate. Oh well. Anyways, it was the first time I had actual spanish food and I must say I quite enjoy it. Its definitely something different to what I usually have. Quite delicious indeed.


We checked out the next morning because our flight was in the afternoon. It was a little sad to say goodbye to such an awesome apartment. Farewell 2907, you were and awesome apartment.
We then had breakfast before walking about Surfer's a little more. When the time came we got on the bus to the airport. All in all I really enjoyed this trip. After wanting to go for so long I finally got to go to Gold Coast and it totally lived up to my expectations and them some. As an added bonus I got to go with people who's company I enjoy. It was a trip which I would never forget.


Btw this is a pic of the apt I stayed in

GOLD COAST!!!!

Here I come!!!!!!!! wooo hooo!!! Luckly I recovered in time for the trip =) It should be awesome. Can't wait to get on the rides and see the shows. Will blog bout it when I come back and actually have the mood for it.

Holidays

I know this post is long overdue but better late then never right? Finally exams ended last Wednesday. After 2 bloody weeks of waiting. Been having quite a bit of fun since then. I went for Laser Tag last Thursday and it was indeed LEGENDARY. Now I know why Barney loves Laser Tag so much. 12 of us went for laser tag and we split up into several teams and played with some random people as well. Its a definite must go again thing. I never knew there was laser tag in Melbourne. Thanks go to Mr Ow for inviting all of us.

Since then I've been pretty much hanging out at Xiang's place with most of the Ke Wei's, Ah Mai and Wei Jin are down from Adelaide. Been playing a lot of PES as well =p Oh also, I had dinner with Alex, my cousin just now. It was nice seeing him again. I think were meeting up again one more night before he goes back.

I cant wait to go to Gold Coast. Just 5 more days!!!! WOOOOOOT

La Di Da 2

Yet again, I've been neglecting my blog. Sorry for that. Well nothing much has been going on. Exams etc. Nothing major =p I have one more paper left on the 1st. Finally. I am sick and tired of waiting almost 2 frickin' weeks for my last paper to be over. Meh.

I watched Transformers 2 yesterday and it was AWE- wait for it - SOME. And to those people who didnt like it or even hated it, you can just SUCK IT!!!! you probably have no taste in movies and share your views with some knuckleheaded, overly self absorbed, brainless movie critics. Who only know how to bash great films and their makers such as Michael Bay in favor of films with generally do mediocre or bomb at the box office.

Well that rant aside, I dont really have anything else to say. So.... Ta' till the next time I blog again. Whenever that migh tbe.

La Di Da

As usual, sorry for the lack of updates. I've been super lazy to blog. Well not much has happened since the last post. Couple of people's birthdays, watched a couple of movies, mid sems, assignments. The usual. Oh I also turned 21. Meh, no biggie.

Exam timetable this time is a bit screwed up. I have Consumer Economics on June 12th, Commercial Banking on 15th, AUDITING 17th and Monetary Theory on July 1st =.= The most panzy subject for last. Bleh.

I'm going to watch Star Trek tomorrow. Maybe with Tommy. Hope its good.