Tuesday, September 22, 2009

I Luv U Michelle!! ♥

Michelle Branch Live

Her live chat session with fans! Wonderful mini-concert! =)

Listening to her performing all those songs brought me back to my highschool years...

Ah... I'm in luv again! ^_^

Thank you Michelle Branch! =)

Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Most Random Road Trip of 2009

It was a 29th of August 2009, Friday afternoon... stress out from work... needed inspiration and motivation...

the answer?!


ANOTHER ROAD TRIP DOWN SOUTH!! CANBERRA - The Nation's Capital!!!


Yes it was totally random... I just had the thought and instantly called my friend Sook Hui and my cousin 'Benjani' who are studying at ANU about my arrival.

So off I go right after the end of my work! Sadly not everything went as planned... wanted to leave my motel at 3pm and reached Canberra at bout 7pm... right after the sunset. Sadly I was kinda tied to my work n looks like I would only be able to leave at 5 pm =( and worse of all... driving in the night and perhaps have unleashing a hungry beast during my journey.

Just when I thought I could reach in time at 8pm to meet up with my friend for dinner... this happened:
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Yes! A freaking jam which stretches about 2 kilometer long! Was stucked for about 1 hour!! Apparently there was an accident or spillage or some overturned truck on the bridge ahead. Thankfully driving on a road trip is a good therapy in itself... so was still patient and calm =) but tummy no! >(

Finally reached Canberra at 9pm! Only manage to meet up my friend for dessert... KOKO BLACK! =) GOod... but not good enuf to tame my tummy.


It was supposed to be a relaxing trip, but ended up....
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.... helping Sook Hui with her assignment =*(
While she's playing games of FB?! WTH hahah


Later that night had my cousin to stay over my place... Mckers and football! Haha a night I will not forget. Man Utd 2 - 1 Arsenal.... Awesome strike by Arshavin (CRACKER) and Awesome finish by Diaby's header gave United a solid victory! =p


Next morning dropped Ben back to his apartment and on my way to meet up with Sook Hui and gang for .... DIM SUM (or Yum Char for OZs)
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On the way for Dim Sum... Parliament Ahead


Well host was late.... so I had 1 hour+ to spend time reading newspaper and MSN.
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Sook Hui & Friends
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Have to say... Dim Sum there was good! It's been a while since I have a proper lunch!


This is actually my 3rd visit to Canberra and my 1st driving to the capital. I would say a better experience by driving... as you get to see lots more interesting places outside of the city.

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So looks like I'll be heading down there real soon then!

Wollongong Road Trip

Finally a road trip!!


Siau Yun's bf came down from Malaysia... so she decided to organise a road trip to Wollongong which I'm very keen to visit as well.

To my understanding... Wollongong is famous for two things: Blue Scope Steel (They have a whole country of their own there) and Blowhole... which is actually located off Wollongong in a town called Kiama.

Hmm I really miss being unemployed... Had all the time in the world to do so much research before any road trip last year. This trip... only had half a day to prepare, but since is a day trip we only need to go the 2 main destination.

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First stop was to have Breakfast at Balmain...

Gotta charge up some fuel for the 3 hours drive.
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*slurp Slurp*


Our first stop down south: Bald Hill

Overlooking the Sea Cliff Bridge and beyond (Wollongong possibly?)
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That's the Sea Cliff Bridge
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The Team
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Jaclyn, Myself, Chun Yang, Siau Yun & Jac's Bro (sorry forgotten his name)

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WOLLONGONG!!
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Did not take any picture... that was taken from my car. The town was damn packed so we decided to forgo lunch and just have early dinner. From the view you can pretty tell Wollongong is mainly an industrial zone.


After a 3 hours drive we finally reached out main destination...Kiama.

I actually did not stop at the main blowhole cause after doing some research the night b4, heard that there's another blowhole called the Little Blowhole... which is much smaller in size, but have a higher chance of seeing it 'Blow'. The main blowhole have to depend entirely on the Correct tide and Correct wind condition.
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Can you see the spurt from the lil' blowhole?

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PICTURE PERFECT!

It actually took lots and lots of patience to actually get it to 'blow'... and to capture it at the right time as well.

Headed back to the main blowhole and boy were we glad we came here last... cause the tide was so low that there was 0% chance of the main blowhole to blow. So we just took some picture and had dinner before heading home.
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Presenting the highlight of the trip... taken at the main Blowhole. Love the effect of the sky...
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