day 10 - BORING Perth, here we come!!

Left Sydney feeling I could do more sight seeing here, but time is always evasive!
Anyways, left Sydney for Perth...



so tired that I zonked out on the plane.

and whilst I was awake, I would be eating or drinking. Fell in love with drinking coke here so shiok, their can is larger! About 70ml MORE COKE.

Doggie on patrol...
Upon arrival at Perth Airport, we went to the Tourist Information Counter and asked about touristy stuffs - the volunteers were very informative, friendly and nice! Volunteers leh! Haha, Sg should take a leaf out from here! (not cos of CIP then "volunteer" one, huh!)
We then took a bus to the CBD area, and deposited our bags at a shop for a fee of AUD$6. By then I was grumpy cos I was hungry and tired..

Well fed and a little less grumpy, we went about walking round town.
Get transported to... LONDON









That's London Court for you, situated at Perth's CBD area, just an alleyway, no more. A tad disappointing, if you ask me.

Then we walked to swan lake.
Swan bell tower?

I am a cyclist hor.....

picturesque background, how can dun take!

sunset at the swan lake. The diffusion of colours are amazing!

To quote my physics lecturer, the different colours in the sky are caused by diffraction of the colour spectrum that travels into your eyes.... that's why you see hues of blue, pink, some orange in the skies! (my physics lecturer must be so proud of me! I can still recall after 5 yrs!)

Soon it was time for dinner! YEAH!!!!
We went to a vietnamese restaurant and met up with ET's prospective da sao!
a must try is the bo lui! (not no money hor!). Its beef in skewered in wine and something. Zan!

Then we took a train to Fremantle! Gonna meet ET's course mates and stay in Fre!


Getting around is not difficult with the train!


When we reached Fre, it was drizzling, ET's mates went to find us at some cross junction, and brought us to the Hostel we were supposed to stay...

First thing tt greeted me at the Pirates backpackers was the stench of dirty carpet AND HUGE Fluffy cats. I HATE CATS!!! EEYUR.
The next, I got a shock when I went into our bunk. The pillows! HWAH! Was those type I will discard when I springclean for CNY! Alamak. Got those sweat/drool stains one lor. Got "ba wuuuu" somemore. The bed...... I dun even dare inspect! The smell is really power!
The showers were communal.... not very comfortable with it....
But one thing's good about here, is that they have a good spread of ethnicity here! And the backpackers here are really very friendly! I would have thought the 帅弟弟 was picking me up if I didn't known better!
People here are really backpackers... now what "sg backpackers" are - carry backpack, then read lonely planet, then been there, done that = backpackers. Ha ha. Don't make me laugh.
Showered and done my laundry, the group discussed the plans for tmr.... and in the midst of discussion.... bed bugs were spotted. A few victims fell prey. After a short discussion, we decided that we should MOVE. Move to somewhere bedbugs are fall away from us. Calls were made, decisions, decisiveness. And at 2++ am, the 7 of us gals, moved out of Pirates backpackers, and drove/took cab to Billabong's resort (our accomodation for day 12 and 13) off Perth CBD. It was raining quite hard when we left, abit like 可怜虫。 夜晚无家可归，又下着大雨。。。

At 3+ am, we checked into Billabong resort. Satisfied and happy like a lark. Why? For you to find out from the next entry!

Day 9 - bitch beach hunting, back to Sydney

Morning was spent hiking at Blackbutt reserves. Was supposed to see the koalas (have to pay), but they have not come out to play yet... so we saw kangeroos n emus instead (FOC)
How come all mammals but some need to pay to see one leh? Same goes for human!


After the hike we had a slow and relaxing lunch at some suburbs. Looking out from the cafe, enjoying my Aussie Big Breakfast (though its lunch time), watching people walk past,leaves fall....
I like this laid back style. Chill!

bitch beach hunting again!
孤(孤) jiao!








playing with a dslr ha ha! ET!! PICTURES!!!! My album is incomplete without it!!!

i like the lines of how the metal structures frame up the building ;)


So we drove back to Sydney after a day of beachhunting.....
Dinner was at this XinJiang restaurant!
Now I proclaim: I LOVE LAMB! AND BEEF. Power leh, the food. SHIOK DAO!!!



lamb on skewers. #1


the rest of the food was finished before i could take pictures *slurps*

Day 8 - Lake Macquarie, Dudley Beach, Boating

Staying in a car motel is indeed a very different kind of experience...

i like my hot choco!

Breakfast (old country type rocks!) Even the palate of food is smiling back at me!!

We went beach hunting!











And did hell lotta star jumps, prawn jumps, sideway jumps, kungfu fighting jumps.........







then we went boating at port stevens....

Day 7 - leaving amy, leaving sydney...... hello Lake Macquarie

吃完最后一顿早餐，我们送amy取车，然后……就分道扬镳。
离别的最后一个拥抱，就这样，真的道别了。心里的万分不舍，但毕竟，我们是生活在两个不同国家的人，也都是彼此生命中的过客。欢乐时光以后，留下来的只是回忆，美好的回忆。回忆已一定美，但也随着时间流逝掉，然后我们慢慢的淡忘，像是退了色的一幅画。

We met ET's family and went on our way to Lake Mac, not without stopping at Hunter's Valley, and joined a wine tour!











and we went on our way to Lake Mac, and got lost.... and by the time we reached the Motel, it was dark..
Dinner was done by Chef/Dr See, BBQ by the beach, lampchops with spices, salads...
Oh well, my first time eating lamb chops (from my distant memory!)
GOOOD!

Day 6 - "deli girls" day out in Sydney

It feels surreal, to have Amy staying with us..
I feel as if I am transported back in time, back to the good ol' times of the rim.. our laid-back afternoon banter, lazy evening walks.. enjoying the sun setting against the canyon, watching the spectrum of colors as the sun pulls into slumber...

我们睡到自然醒，就像在大峡谷一样。之后我们懒洋洋的梳洗， 步行到了Circular quay.
Initially wanting to catch the 11+ jetboat ride, however we were 5 mins late, and had to wait for the next round....

Whilst walking to circular quay, managed to snap this picture of the skyline and amy in the... foreground... I always thought Ams should be some model, Afterall she has the height... and looks!
(does this picture look like some ad?)

Had breakfast since we were late for the jet boat

I tell ya, the wind here is amazingly strong. my cheesecake almost flew off!
Sydney Opera House

Harbour bridge

Finally our turn!! Ams is real tall!!!!! Ha ha ha!




After the 30 mins jet boat ride round circular quay, with our clothes dripping wet from the divine waters of the sydney bay.........
poor et had rashes! from the divine water of the sydney bay (see i told you the water is divine!)
So bad that she couldn't stop itching!!
So we decided she had to go back to the apartment to shower..
harbour bridge, viewed from the train station

enroute back to apartment, hooted my krispy kreme!!!!!!!!! WAH RAUS!

We walked (walked everywhere) to fisherman's market...

i am really very very short!

finally hooted my LOBSTARRRRRR!!!

and prawns.

and I am terribly satisfied n happy!
so is ET
I swear I am a crustecean loving human bean!

After a hearty late lunch, we went for the harbour bridge climb!

putting up the suit



Here we go:


我是把世界踩在脚下的我。不修边幅，我，就是我。


After climbing so many stairs, I am hungry again.. so we met up with Ams and had supper -

冰冷的天气吃着冰淇淋，寒风吹着，还是要吃。

supper at a pub (tt was STILL open...shops close early everywhere. wah they dun wan to do business one...)

This was the day, Man U won the Champions League ( i think..)

快乐时光就是如此。兴奋的等他到来，快乐的在一起，却带点悲伤的离开。没有遗憾，但就因为拥有过，所以失去的时候会痛。
痛的背后，却是快乐。
你带给我的，完完全全只有快乐。