Sunshine Coast

As you can see from the pictures, Sunshine Coast is BEAUTIFUL! The water is clear, the sand is so fine, the air is so fresh.... What more can you ask for? Well yes, KILL ALL SANDFLIES! ARGH! I'm bitten alive by sandflies! Now all my 4 limbs are itching like crazy! Been applying Dettol cream every 15 minutes. Somebody please just chop off my 4 limbs!

Well, it took us 8 hrs to get to Sunshine Coast. Yup, you read it right. 8 hrs. What happened was that we set off on a saturday and nobody wants to work on weekends! Australians!!! Anyway, took a bus to Toowong train station to catch the Caboolture train. That journey alone took us 1 1/2 hours. And once we reached Caboolture station, we realised that the train to take us to Nambour (Sunshine Coast) doesn't come till 1 1/2 hrs later. Therefore, we were stranded at Caboolture station for 1 1/2 hrs. There's only about 4 trains per day that goes to Sunshine Coast on a weekend. By the time the Nambour train came, it was already 1.30pm and the weather was not cooperative! It started drizzling!.... -_-'''

Well, by the time we reached Nambour station, it was 3.30pm and we have not reached our hostel yet! Someone was suppose to pick us up and somehow, she did not pick up the phone! It was raining and the wind was so chilly! We were once again, stranded at the train station. Decided to take the bus on our own to get to the hostel and guess what! Took the wrong bus. Instead, we had a 2 1/2 hr tour of the beaches in Sunshine Coast. Lucky it was raining, there's nothing you can do when it rains, so it was not a total loss... = ) But it was tiring.. the travelling kills.

Well, thank God that when we reached Sunshine Plaza in Maroochydore, Anika was there to pick us up. She manages the hostel. It was 5 plus when we reached the hostel. We stayed at the YHA (Youth Hostel Association) Backpackers Hostel. Well, before we set off, Yan Xia warned us that it was shared accommodation kind of thing. I was kind of prepared for it. We were lucky that we 3 girls had a room by ourselves. Phew!! It's all shared, kitchen, toilets (of cuz 1 for girls, 1 for guys), tv lounge and dinner table. Met all kinds of people there. Most of them are strawberry pluckers and most of them are Japanese. It's the strawberry season now (spring), that's why there are lots of job openings for strawberry pluckers. Next will be mangoes, oranges, avocados etcetc. Well, most of them are working and travelling at the same time. Something like nomads... they go where the fruit seasons go...Met Molly, a taiwanese gal. She's cool. Her english is so damn power-ful! Plus her chinese is YI JI PANG! That's cuz she studied in England for erm...(maybe 10 years? Can't remember?) before she came to Australia to obtain an OZ citizenship. She's travelling and working at the same time. Like i said, she goes where the fruit seasons goes.

Anyway, the hostel was an EXPERIENCE. If u get what i mean. You are only allowed a 4 minute shower, since OZ still having drought. There's a timer, so 4 minutes means 4 minutes. But HAHA! Ei Leen is smart. She cheats. Lol. She knows how to get 8 minutes showers. Hahahaha...= ) Hmm.. what else. OH YA. The bed. It sinks in the middle. Haiz. Now that i'm used to hard beds, soft beds make my back ache. *sigh* I'm getting old.

The beaches! Ooo... they're so beautiful! Blue sky, clear waters, white, really fine sand. What more can you ask for.... = ) The weather wasn't good when we went to Cotton Tree Beach. It was cloudy and there was big gusty winds! Just because we're in bikinis doesn't mean it's hot! IT'S freaking cold laaa.... If you notice, we're the only crazy ones in bikinis and other people are dressed in jackets. Lol.... = D Had yummy fish and chips! Mymy, their servings are huge! The seafood was really fresh though. But after one meal of fish and chips, we couldn't stand to see/eat another meal of fish and chips. Maybe because it's very oily. But it was gooddd.. *yums

The second beach we went on the third day was even more pretty! It's exactly like those postcards you buy at the souvenir shops. Enjoyed the second beach even more! = ) Very crowded though. Maybe because it's the school holidays. There were quite a number of hot girls there. I mean hot girls. Not women. Because the hot girls look like they're 14 -17 years old. Man, why are their bodies so goodd? Anyway, spotted ah mas suntanning too. Haiyoh. Saw their skin.... it's really damaged, yet they seem to enjoy themselves so much when they're actually cooking their skin off.

Went to Ginger factory.. Haiyo.. Just to get to this place took us 1hr bus ride. And it's buried deep in Yandina Industrial Estate! Can you imagine?! 3 girls dressed in beach clothes going to an industrial estate. What a sight. Oh well, the ginger ice cream was not bad. Surprisingly. O.O Had ginger chocolate and ginger cookie dough, which tasted the best. Think Mummy would love it. I'm not sure if i've been to Ginger factory before, but it looks familiar. Somehow. Think i took a picture there before.... Pa? We went to the ginger factory before righttt?? I remember the train.. but vaguely. We proceeded to the macadamia nut factory just opposite Ginger factory.

And thennn, we realised that we're stranded yet again. Simply because there is no bus stop to wait for a bus! You must be thinking how in the world did we get there in the first place. Well, the bus driver was nice enough to drop us near the ginger factory and we walked for about 3 minutes to the ginger factory. And nowww, we have no idea how to take a bus back to the hostel. Well well, we seek help at the information area, troubled the poor guy because he had closed for the day. But he was very very kind to help us poor girls. He told us to just wait outside this house and hail for the bus when it comes. So, we just stood outside this person's house and waited for the bus for about 45 minutes. Seriously. There is no bus stop pole/sign. It's just a random person's house. How interesting. But thank God we made it home. Hurhur... What an experience. = )

Well, on the last day, did some last minute shopping before heading back home. Took us 5hrs to get home even though we took the express train. Haiz.. So glad to be home. = ) I miss the 'not sharing' toilets, kitchens and living room. Hurhur... = )

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

I'm back!!

Finally...i'm back... Felt that i've been away for such a long time! Miss my brisbane home....

Loaded up the pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11 already... Will blog soon...

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

Juz 1 more night

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

Qing1 Fan4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need to scream. Sorry. Something gross happened just now and i just have to tell/write to someone/something.

You will never guess what happened. You would have thought seeing naked guys in school on sunday was weird and gross. But luckily, only alicia saw. Apparently, they still had a piece of cloth to cover themselves, thoough according to alicia, it was still not enough to cover their buttlines.

But hey! Today's event was even more gross and disgusting!!!! Yan xia, alicia and i were walking our usual route to school when there was this middle-aged, bald fat angmoh walking towards us. Alicia was already walking on the side of the road because of the fallen tree on the pavement. Yan xia was walking about 3m behind me on the pavement. I thought i hao3 xin1 shift to the left of the pavement for the ang moh to pass and wah lao!!! HE FLASHED AT US LEH!!!!! HE WAS DRESSED IN POLO TSHIRT AND SHORTS BUT THEN I HAVE NO IDEA HOW COME HIS PENIS IS HANGING OUT!!!!!!!! AND IT WAS ERECTED SOMEMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOO GROOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean.. he just casually lifted his shirt up and i have no idea why he did that! He was just walking towards us and i moved to the left so that he can have space to walk and wah lao!!!! he was like 2m in front of me and he lifted his shirt up to show us his jewels!!! WAH LAO. Can see the details lo!!!!! IT'S LIKE ERECTED LA. It's pink... no hair.. Can you imagine!? Even though it happened for like only 2 seconds, because he was so close to me, i could SEE the details. WAH LAO. DAMN TRAUMATISING!!!!! I was like....... so shocked.......ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S SO DISGUSTING! THIS IS WORSE THAN THE TURKISH BATH EXPERIENCE!!!!!!! SO GROSS. SO ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KARE!!!! I NEED YOUR COMFORT!!!

ARgh...gross..

Think i gonna take a nap.. Falling sick. It's the usual preholiday syndrome again. Sore throat, runny nose... Sianz... Pa!! It's happening again!! WHY?? Why do i always get sick when holidays are approaching?! So wrong leh...

*Sigh*

I miss my kare..

xoxo Ei Leenxoxo

Intoxicated

• Spaghetti
• Tom Yum DongFen
• Banana
• Milk
• Rice
• BeeHoon
• Pear Soup
• Macaroni

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

Loaded the mini party pics...

Loaded the mini party pics...

http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11/AfterMidSemExam

Alicia says this is my ugliest moment. (Ugly meh? Just came back from school)

Went to the lake again to feed the birds.... Shared 1/4 of my lunch...

Clowny....

Iguana... Bread on YX's shoeee...

Ducky!

*yums! Can't really see the portion of the spaghetti here but it's huge! We were flooded by the spaghetti...

Look at the depth! Mountain of spaghetti....

Prepared lovingly by miss ng yan xia

Finally....

Phew.... Finally... I get to be freeeeeeeeee.... My gawd.. Been so stress for 2 weeks....

So..what happened for the past 2 weeks?

Hmm... Assignments, reports and exam. Exam just ended this morning. Thought i would be relieved after the test. But then, the test was so difficult that i felt even more stress after finishing the paper. Subject was Human Endocrinology and freak! It's only a MCQ test but then it was like..... damn tough. I have to confess. I ini-mini-myni-mor for a few questions. Sorry pa... but the options were really difficult! Argh... I think i will pass...but maybe not that well........

I still have 2 more assignments to hand up on thursday and friday and a practical test on wednesday. *Big sigh* But hey! I'm going up to sunshine coast with Yan Xia and Alicia next weekend! For 4 days 3 nights... Leaving on saturday morning and coming back on tuesday. = )

Anyway, i got to destress by cooking lunch and dinner and playing an hour of tennis. Alicia went for a swim at the school swimming pool and guess how much is the entrance fee! It's $4.50! Same price as my tennis court. Of cuz, the cost was shared by simon and me. Had a post exam mini 'party' at the balcony. Invited guests include the moon, stars and mosquitoes. Haha... It's spring!! Flies and insects are all around the house. Just killed 2 cockroaches the other day. Anyway, the mini party. I bought the mudshake vodka and alicia and yx got the bacardi freezers. Mudshake vodka is actually vodka with chocoloate milkshake. DAMN nice! Can't really taste the vodka though.... but the drink was still quite nice. And we ate chocolate/cookies and cream ice cream cake, i think. I don't really know. It was so dark... But it was a good destressing activity. = )

Oh well, damn tired already... Feel so drained... It's only 1 exam paper! I wonder when my exams come in nov, i have no idea how i'm gonna cope. I'm going to have like 4 papers! .....Arghhhh.... I wanna go Athens too... Kare.... Bring me there lehhh... I wanna go holiday too!!!....

I'm gonna K.O. already..... tomorrow have to go grocery shopping!...

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

RiverFest Updates...

Ok... I have 10 mins to blog down everything before going for my first class at 11am.

Well, after a stressful week, the weekend was finally here and YAY! A free day! Free from studying and finishing up assignments and lab reports. Gawd... it was killing me... my hippocampus volume muz be straining against my skull, wanting to expand. Lol.. Ok.. that's too scientific..

Anyway, stayed up late on friday to about 2.30 am? Juz to 'pia' my lab report, so that i need not do much on sunday. And bu zhi bu jue, saturday arrived and we went OUT! Finally. To chinatown to get some mooncakes... There're a few varieties, like from Guangzhou, Hongkong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Macau. Hong Kong ones are the most expensive... The plain nian rong ones are only from Guangzhou. Since i can't eat nuts, the girls sacrificed for me.. Sorry. Should have juz gotten the Wing Wah Hongkong mooncakes. But.. Oh well... I don't wanna go back to Chinatown juz to get more mooncakes...

Then we decided to have jap food for lunch! It was GOOD! Price is very reasonable compared to other food i have ever eaten in Brisbane. It's like $5.60 for a big bowl of katsudon, teriyaki chicken don and etcetc. It was worth it. Ate till damn full. Wanted to go get my havanias from City Beach.. But..... they have limited varieties... not much for me to choose from.. So, no shou woh... But bought a can of tennis balls for $8. Considered quite cheap, since it's the 4 balls per can from Slazenger. Cheaper than school anyways....

And so, proceeded on to Southbank for the fireworks.. ARGH! It's like so damn croweded! But still, i managed to eat my cold rock ice cream again... Hehheh~.. Couldn't resist. = ) Found a patch of grass to sit and waited for the fireworks. It's beautiful. Finally get to see a few new types of fireworks, since i missed the one at Ekka and singapore's national day parade.. Love the heart.... specially for my kare...= ) Hope he appreciates it...

After 20 mins of fireworks, went for dinner at Pancake Cafe.. Where they specialise in... Duh.. pancakes.. = ) Had chocolate jewels... which is chocolate pancakes! Yums! And added banana to it... Since it's been 3 months since i ate any bananas..... Lol.. Bananas are REALLY expensive here! Gu jie, this one really got to complain! It's like $7 per kg of bananas lehhhhh..... You tell me expensive anot??

Anyway, had my favourite hot cocoa with marshmallow!!! Hehehe.. Really treated myself on saturday to heaps of fun! Managed to catch the last bus home! Squeezed like mad! And guess what! Since the bus was like jam packed with people, especially angmohs who are taller than me.. I'm like... the perfect height at their armpits!! So when they hold those ring rails on the bus, ARGH! Their armpits were like..directly over my face, head and hair! .. like gross! Can smell REALLY REALLY BAD BOs! ARGH! Was like... damn gross........ Bathed like crazy when i came back...

Anyways, got to go for class now! Enjoy the photos.. Sorry ar.. the not very nice photos were taken using the fast mode. The very nice photos were taken using the slow mode to catch the spreading of the fireworks... = )

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo

RiverFest

Uploaded the RiverFest photos @ http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11

will blog when i have the time.. Enjoy..= )

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo