Landed on Gold Coast!

Finally, after an hour of delay in our flight, 

we left the Metropolitan city of Melbourne and 

headed towards the tropical land - GOLD COAST!!

Luckily, the area was not affected by 'Yasi'

Overall, the main activity in Gold Coast will be none but the theme parks.

The first one that we visited is the SEA WORLD.

It's mainly a theme park filled with aquamarine life.

 Group photo at the entrance =D

The first animal show - The Detective Seal

I'm not really a big fan of animal show, so it's just average for me.

The weather turned wet after around half an hour we arrived at the park.

Wet-wet-wet....... but at least it's not cold. 

Stingray! We actually touched it!!! and some how its skin felt
like a rough leather with jelly on top of it XP *yumm~*

海参！Hai Somm!! Sea Cucumber!! Timun Laut!!
Fooh! sure it's going to taste yummy if have steamboat XD
THAM CIAK!

Hi Sayang! 乖乖哦
哈哈~ *白痴*
(^___^)

I'm wondering how much corals are destroyed 

just to shift this on into the 'Sea World'......hmmmm... *guilt*

hmmm..... tell me Patrick, did they force you here?

Can see that there're a few in their ponchos 

Is that a Gummy Shark?

GOSH!!!
Even Jiraiya Sama's legendary toad can be found here!!!
haha.... only those who follows Naruto will know this joke.

Some average rides in the park.... maybe just for me.

haha... I just found them to be a bit less thrilled. 

 Sea World is basically a place for family with members of all ages, 

from infants to those with silver linings are suitable for this park.

Family day 

Theme park staff: We'll first dissect the dolphin from its bottom tummy,

of course, a vital blow from a well-sharpened knife is necessary.

Me: Ooopss! ... look like it's not really that "family-friendly" after all. XP

Had a pirate show for the afternoon session.
Not that bad, at least no chance of animal abuse. >_

 Before going back to our accommodation, 

we manage to stopped by at the polar bear section.

Bear Bear: amm....ammm......yumm....yummm *chewing the tuna given*

 Me: NO WONDER LAHHH!! Its buttock is so HUGE!!!

haha.... it reminded me a popular saying by the older people

"If you sit down or lay down immediately after your meal,

you gonna have a monstrous buttock and multiple layers of spare tyres"

haha.....

seems like I have found the proof.

cheers guys!

p/s: 元宵节快乐！
不管你是抛柑，捞蕉
还是抛蕉，捞柑
祝大家有个美满的元宵节。

On my way to Goldcoast

This trip can be considered as the last escape before my Uni recommences. To where?
GOLD COAST!黄金海岸！
A place which shares the same weather with Malaysia, hot and humid. To me, it's heavenly heaven. (o^ ~ ^o)
Before reaching Goldcoast, I have to transit at Melbourne. Too bad, no KBU'ians there =(
Hmm... what can I say about Melbourne?.....
It's a city, definitely a metropolitan, especially for a Tassie boy who has been indulging himself in the Australian Bush for the past 365 days.
*yes, exactly 365 days after I've reached Tassie*

At first, we didn't really plan to go into the Melbourne city. 

What we first planned was just hanging around the Melbourne airport, 

sleep here and there, 

hanging around again, 

sleep here and there again.... 

and make ourselves bored. 

But

How can we stand rooted on the ground when there's a metropolitan city out there!!??

We checked out the fare needed to be paid to get onto the city express shuttle.

It was DAMN BLOOD SUCKING SKYROCKETING HIGH! 
*well..... for a shuttle bus* XP

So, we rented a car which is almost hundred dollar cheaper than our bus fare in total.

SO?!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Theeee Melbourne CeeTee'eeeess Way-aiting for us!

(Adrenalin pumping in the vessels) haha... just can't help.

We're on the Melbourne Highway!!!

I noticed they called it 'Freeway', which means toll free, while the one named Centrelink is not. 

Another unusual thing about the toll is they don't have toll station to collect the toll fees. 

Instead, they have a speed camera to capture the registration number of the vehicles 

and bill will reach the doorstep of the owners. 

Canggih kan!? No queue, which means less jamming along the road.

My first ever glimpse on the Melbourne CBD skyline!

*sorry for the over-reacting, I just can't help it* >_

nice taste on designing the bridge supports.

We first parked the car at the Queen Victoria Market, 

then only we started on our city venture.

 I think I should call it "an open-eye to Melbourne CBD architecture"

The transportations in Melbourne

Bicycle, anyone?

Tram service

Who has a soft heart for fairy tale comes true?

Standing between the new and old?

You can see how 'sampat' I am, even the flower stall becomes the victim of this shutterbug. 

Walking by the street

LOOK!
Me: HUA-WHAT?!!

I call this rumah kotak, house of boxes =P

This building looked like the giant version of an I-beam... haha

Even the street lamp is so Artsy-Fartsy!!
I felt so BEH-tahan!! But I like it! haha... 

(*_______*) ##
beware of the stalker looming around~

RMIT

A warm and hommie ghost house > ~ <

My housemate with the beautifully vaulted corridor 

Seriously, I really felt different when I first stepped into the Melbourne CBD.

Everything's so different from Tassie,

the endless crowd

the beautiful skyline

the rushing asian community

the  tram which is *ting-ting-tiang-tiang* away in distance

the breath-taking hook turn at the cross junction

the summer weather

the artsy-fartsy street

the cooling greeneries

the diversity found there is really nice!

Bye Melbourne!

and

GOLD COAST! WAIT FOR MEE! 

要一年了

如果照着农历计算，我离家的日子也快要一年了。快吧？

哈哈。。。读了以上的那一段，你们应该感觉到我又要开始写我的感触了吧？
Geli~ (> ...... <) !

还记得，去年。。。

接到大学通知书后，再经过政府的批准，
拖了再拖，又和老弟跑下吉隆坡，过后又自己跑下了一趟。
只有一个字----->>累 (=____ =  ) 哈哈~ 我房友Franky常说：“习惯就好”

离农历新年还有差不多一个星期，接到了政府的一通电话，
肯定了机票的日期和时间。咳~看来没得过完新年了 X(

当家里的老薯和老蟹获知我的飞机起飞日期时，老薯坚持要老蟹带我到处告知亲戚，
从槟城，到吉打。。。我觉得我的脸皮其实还蛮厚的...哈哈
为何？因为当亲戚们知道我将在新年之前离开槟城时，立刻把只有在新年期间才发的红包封塞了给我，而且大多数都是蓝绿色的。弄我paiseh到。。。。*顿时词穷*。。。总之Paiseh就对了啦! 真的，除了“感恩”这两个字，我想不到我能说些什么了。

hmm....除了尝试提早拿到红包的滋味，还尝到提早吃团年饭的滋味。XD 第一次在新家吃团圆饭，还不错，只是人数少了。如果能全家一齐挤在一个不够大的"大”桌，我想应该会更加不错吧。。。哈哈。以后我要买张不够大的“大”桌。

到了除夕夜的那天，心里其实还蛮ok的，想做的也许没全做到，但要做的大都做了，该做的应该也七七八八了呱~，能做的我想我都做了吧？只是心里有点点。。。我想我可以说‘奢望’吧？
我奢望能够全家齐齐全全地排在旧家面前拍张需要"super ultra wide lens" 才能拍到的全家福。现在回一回想，感觉有点措手不及。当时应该自食其力，找个专业摄影师，应该还不难的。需要的只是天时地利人和。。。难咩？哈哈。。。初生之犊不怕虎吧？

有个一样在外地求学的朋友说了这么一句话：
“以前总羡慕人家到国外深造，和老外交朋友
没想到现在自己有机会了，却感觉这一切
一点都不好”

对我来说，到外国深造就像在吃石榴一样。

石榴，石榴，虽然听起来好像很硬，其实它只有薄薄的一层皮。
只要你穿过了，你就能品尝到它的果子。
但，果子有甜也有酸，就看你挑到哪些了。
往往生活里要挑的果子太多了，我们能做的只有把一切，
一并吞下。甜酸掺半，还ok啦...
记得曾经在《星云》读过一句”有求，心才会苦”
不管果子是甜是酸，切记做人千万不可过于苛求。
不管是对自己，还是对他人也好，有望就好。
咬得太深是会咬到石榴那苦苦的种子的，要不然，
咬到的就是自己的舌头。 =P



如果要说去年新年最难忘的是什么，我觉得应该是经历很多人生的“第一次”吧!

*喂！那些头脑肮脏的都想到哪里去了？*

想在这里感谢那些在我飞离马来西亚前夕赶来与我会面的朋友们，
谢谢！谢谢童军兄弟们的礼物和卡片!你们送的礼物是我现在的心情记事簿 ;)
就在这里公布其中一几句罢！hehe....Paiseh~献丑咯！

"如果生命是滔浩瀚大海

那么。。。

家将为吾生命之舟

友乃吾行于海上之桨与帆” 

  

怎样？还ok吧？ 

还有一个难忘的经验就是第一次没在家里度过除夕夜。
在500米的高空里，膝盖放着刚叮好的飞机餐。。。
呵呵~还好啦。。。只是空调开得冷了些些。
坐在我旁边的是个和我一样，第一次“坐飞机”出国的同行。
印象最深刻的是一位老阿嫲问飞机上一位华裔空姐：“没回家过年吗？”
空姐笑了笑，答：“食佐，提早食佐团圆饭”
我想说：“我也食佐，也提早食佐”
XD

写着写着，想不到要写些什么了

没什么，

都快一年了，我想。。。

感谢所有待我好，待我差的人。

谢谢！谢谢！

听些新年歌吧！