Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Batam Wakeboarding

Came back from Batam yesterday.

It was a really out of the blue one day notice trip that my poly classmate, Aaron asked me to join.

So went I did. I enjoyed myself tremendously. Arms are aching now though but it's all good.

Shall let the photos tell the story.



Batam Cable Ski Park - Cheap n Fun !



Batam Fast Fast



Me on Beginner's Wakeboard



Aaron



Dave



Weee.... Wetness



Jumpstunt



Posing with wakeboard



All shagged out



Me n Aaron



Cable-Ski Trio



7 years of friendship and counting



The dogs are so adorable there !



Cooling off to the Batam Sun

Friday, June 13, 2008

back on Singaporean soil

Yes, I'm back on Singapore soil for the past few days.

Have been busy attending interviews, 3 physical and 1 phone and handing up an online submission.

I also have been getting random stuff like replacing my phone to a snazzy Samsung one and purchased a pair of new joggers.

My room is in a mess though, need to unpack badly!!!

Met up with my bunch of friends, great to have their company.

On the other hand, miss the bunch of Brisbane friends that I made along my uni days.

They threw me a farewell party 3 days prior to my departure. Will miss them very much.

Here are some snapshots of the farewell at Eagle Street Pier. More on my facebook.



The entire Singaporean gang



We came together, we graduate together : CY and I



Power Rangers wannabes : Kai Wen, Rick and Me



Pretty Esther and Me



The Goatee Men: Ludwig and Me



Me & Andrew: My take-over housemate



Big Man Joel, CY and Me



BECT inc. Esther, CY, Therese and Ben.



Farewell Good Luck Card



Medieval Bagpack, courtesy of Ludwig who associated me with WoW

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Gold Coast and WoW

To sum up, it's been a long 5 days.

With barely 4 hours of sleep, I went to meet my pal Aaron at his hotel.

He was still shagged out from his flight into BNE.

It was raining cats and dogs literally so Movie World was a no no since it will be closed.

After dropping off my assignment at school, a last minute rush decision to head down to Harbour Town, a factory outlet selling past season stuff at basement prices.

So, we ran in the drizzle to the train station, to only miss it like 30 seconds.

So we sat at the station's Mac and had a hearty lunch before catching the 1 hour train down to the Coast.

Trust me, it was a very looooooooong journey.

So looooooooooong that Aaron took a nice peaceful nap with hardly any disturbance except for some chatty bunch of Koreans a couple of seats away from us.

After departing at the station, waited for another bus for 30 mins plus.

Yes, the transport system here is rather unfriendly to everyone. The bus that was due only turned up 20 mins later. Really sianz ji puah.

Anyway, the highlight was the shopping of course as lots of stuff was cheap.

I got a flip flops for 7 bucks, and a few tees and a pair of shoes. It was under 100 bucks overall but quite a haul for me.

Aaron got a few ribbed singlets and two beach shorts, which were like 40% cheaper as compared to Singapore.

Made the way down to Gold Coast for Aaron to look see look see.

It's not much when its dark, but the beach is damn beautiful in the day. Stayed a while before making our way back to Brisbane, all tired out.

Lazy Aaron didn't wanna wake up for breakfast at Pancake Manor so we just settled for lunch at Hanaichi Curry Chicken.

After which, went home to prepare for my somewhat farewell party. Invited Ludwig, Felix, Samuel & Andrew over with chips and coke as munchies.

We played 5 hours of the World of Warcraft board game, took a while to understand the rules but its really amazing and spectacular.

The pictures will speak a thousand words.




The Airtrain to Gold Coast




On the train


Mystery passengers legs - it's not ours



Yeap, it was a long boring ride



where a sleeping friend is not helpful



Finally reach Helensvale bus station with vigour



The yellow brick signifies our way to Arkansas shopping district, no tapping of red shoes allowed on the bus journey



The bus was super duper late. This picture is not representative of our super du lan faces.



On the bus to cheap factory outlets with made in China products ....weeee



I went to an Australian Pasar Malam !



The winds were damn strong



Rock n Roll in Gold Coast



Living tourist proof that lim peh was here



Doing the great Singaporean workout



The eerie train station on the way back



The next afternoon, a war ensues



Figuring out the rules was chaotic i tell you



I was a dwarf hunter, hear me RAWR !



The battle ended with Alliance triumphing over Horde but we couldn't defeat Kel Thuzad, the big boss.