finally.. the last day.

there's just been so much going on the past few days..and i've been dying to blog actually. after monday, on tuesday we had dinner with nathan, darrell, bryce, shelle, taleisha and wayne at country town something place. lol. and then on wednesday we went to badminton with wayne, darrell and nathan at pcyc at nerang and nathan played badminton for the first time. thurs night was the only night we had to pack, and tonight we're going bowling. and then there were all those cards to complete, and i've been making something on my own for wayne, and lorna as well. so i've been sleeping like 3+ every day..and waking up at 7. one night i nearly slept at 4.

the past few days at work have been extremely emotional for me. for the past 2 days, whenever i thought of how this would be my last few days working in the lab and all that..i just felt so sad i wanted to cry. most of my tears were for tracey and wayne, the people i've just worked so closely with in these 4 months. we gave ruth her card on wed cause she only works tues and wed..and when she hugged us, and said i may nv get to see u again, take care and all the best, i nearly started crying. so i was like oh crap. i'm going to die on friday. die crying my eyes out. that night, wayne sent us home. i just wanted to ask him..if any students cried on their last day. i didn't want to be the only student ever to cry like crap on their last day. and i couldn't even bring myself to ask him that in the car. i went.."did any student...." and i couldn't continue. but wayne guessed the question..he asked..is your question..."did any student bawl their eyes out on the last day?" and i nodded. and he went.."the answer is yes. it's because these 4 months being at work, they've just built these bonds.. and friendships and they definitely feel very sad when they have to leave." when i heard that..i just started crying. cos i felt that when i heard it it was so true...

yesterday.. we were in the lab..and wayne just started teasing me and saying that if i take his car on the last day..he will start playing "leaving on a jetplane" in the car..and then that made me feel really sad and got me all started up again that i had to walk out of the room into the other part of the lab..and then when i came back i sat back down and he was like..even i've got tears in my eyes. and i just felt like even wayne felt really sad that we were going to leave. the whole of thurs..i was just trying to hold myself back and not cry so fast..even though there were so many times i was just gonna cry.

and today..finally..was our last day. we gave out cards and chocolates to everyone..i decided to start with people in the warehouse and the production and the reception and all first..a few times, when i gave stuff to nicole, and renee, and lorna, i was nearly gonna cry..but i held myself back. i decided to save the lab for the last, because i knew that i would definitely cry when i gave tracey and wayne their presents. we even had a little fun spraying each other with the distilled water bottle, and then wayne put a whole heap of cold water used to cool down samples down my back and i went back and got him, tracey held open the back of his jeans and i poured water down the back lol..

at 3.30..tracey had to go home..we took fotos with her first (Cos i knew i would look really ugly after that) and then when we gave her the presents.. i just started crying. i really couldn't stop. and wayne was just sitting down there and watching me cry..and tracey hadn't even realized it yet. and then she looked up and she saw me looking like a mess..and then she was like awwww.. and i just felt so sad that there wouldn't be any more days where we'd do crazy things and fun things and have lots of laughs together..and she gave zj a hug and then gave me a huge hug. n i couldn't stop crying and then uncle johan came in and then he saw me crying and he gave me a hug too and he said to them 'now she's making me cry too' and said that i was one of the best students they'd had..and i think uncle johan teared up as well.then after that uncle benji came in and did the same..and then at 4pm auntie eileen came in and said goodbye to us, and then she saw me crying and she gave me a hug too. after that.. i was in the lab..doing the nestle P-test while wayne was just sitting there reading our reports..and i just went up to him and asked...'will i be missed?' and wayne just looked up and replied 'you don't even have to ask that question. of course you will be missed. heaps and heaps and heaps and heaps and heaps and he said so many 'heaps' that i lost count. and after that..renee called us out to the reception, and she gave us this huge huge envelope, and when we took out the envelope there was this HUGE thank you card, and we opened the card, it was full of messages that people had written for us. and it was just so touching to see that, that both me and zj just totaly started crying buckets. in front of the card. and renee hugged us and kept asking us not to cry cause she was gonna cry too, and said that she'll really miss us loads...and that she'll miss all the jokes we've had together and how she'd always trick me by saying that sheena wants me in her office. (gary told us after that that it was the first time students had ever gotten such a big card and that so many people had written in it)

and clarence came down and shook our hands and even gave us a mini hug. and after that..i went back to the lab..and i don't really remember what happened, but wayne was standing next to me and saying.. something along the lines of ..i'll definitely miss you guys. especially you. and then after that he just went and gave me a big hug and i just started crying buckets again. and he was saying all these things that just went past my head and it was probably along those lines of 'i'll really miss the fun we had and that kind of thing'. and i was like crying to him and saying that there'll be no one to play practical jokes on me anymore once i have left this place (and zomg i'm still crying now as i write this.) and what wayne said to me as he hugged me really touched me and is really stuck in my mind. he said to me "you're a beautiful person amelia" and i just felt so glad that he thought that way of me, that i'd been one of the students that he'd really really gotten close to. he said that if he were to send me off at the airport, both he and i would be messes.. and that i'd nearly got him started crying a few times that day. like he'd teared up and all too. wayne said that he might send me off at the airport tho, since i was leaving alone. he even joked that he'll fail me so that i have to come back for another 4 months.

after that chari came in, and saw me crying, and she started crying as well, and of cos it was hugs galore again. Eng came in, the whole cycle repeated. I think i actually managed to get alot of people to tear up because of my incessant crying today. and then when annita went home we gave her our hand-sewn pouch and she'd told us 'of all the students i've met and worked with, you guys are the best! you guys are just so sweet etc etc.' lorna told me too that after that when she saw me crying thru the sample window, she teared up as well, and she looked really sad that we were going to leave..and i gave her a big hug too at the bowling bar.

i'd just cried a thousand and one times today..that i was so drained. after that, i went home, and when aunt suvy talked to us and gave us a hug, both me and zhujun started crying. it's just that these 4 months, we've felt so welcome in their house, so well taken care of, they'd just treated us like their own daughters. and they've always been so wonderfully nice to us. that we just felt really touched by everything.

and i guess, it's a good thing to cry, and even have everyone feel so sad to see you go. it's just shown that during this period of time, you've made friendships that were worthwhile, bonds that were strong, people that you truly loved and cared for times that were happy and fun and that it just simply hurt to part. i really really don't wish to leave, there's too many good things and nice people and quality time that i'm leaving behind.

i will truly truly miss all these wonderful people in PFI.

beautiful night out

today was public holiday (cause ystd was ANZAC day, and so today we have the day off work). ANZAC stands for australian and new zealand armed corps and it is to commemorate all the soldiers that have gone to war..something like that.

so anw we went off to movie world today, wayne and nathan actually came into the house and had a piece of our cheese cake before we left, and when we got to movie world it was crazily packed, worse than the time me and zj went ourselves. this time we went on the batwing spaceshot, and surprisingly, it wasn't as bad as the one that i took in genting, perhaps it is much shorter. and i liked it and we even went on it twice.but of cos i screamed my lungs off. saw the wild west perf and the gotham city perf, both of which we haven't seen b4, went on the wild west ride, that was the first ride we went on, got absolutely wet, and one strap of my sandal broke off and that was really a bummer because i really liked that one and i have none to wear for the travelling period. we missed the superman though because the queues were absolutely too long and we didn't have enough time. we went on the bumper cars too,they call em dodgem cars here i think, and also the scooby doo ride which was fun cos i did em with my arms in the air haha. the lethal weapon was closed for refurbishment so that was sad too.

after tt we stopped home for a shower and got ready for dinner. wayne came over and then brought us to his dad and stepmum's house. when we got there..there were blue fairy lights hung all over the bushes outside, and when we were at the door way we were like hmm do we take off our shoes? and they were like no this is an australian house.apparently you wear your shoes throughout the house and never take them off. but it's a wonder because the house floor and tiles and all are still all absolutely clean and spotless i don't know how they do that. and they had a purebred burmese kitty called oliver who didn't like me :(

they decided to have dinner outside today, and they even had a fire going in this pretty furnace..with carbon bits and firewood. and the table was just set beautifully. with wine glasses, drinking glasses.. and like cutlery set beautifully where u use the cutlery from the outside in. they had candles as well on the table..and a beautiful vase of hibiscus flowers. we bought a glass of penfolds
cabernet sauvignon as a gift as well. when we went out, we saw that they had a pool which was beautiful too, and their backyard was a river where other people had their yachts there and all that! like so cool. i so aspire to live in a place like that next time, and have beautiful dinners like this on cool nights (which will probably never ever happen in singapore sigh)

and dinner was roast lamb that was served beautifully with gravy and mint jelly on a plate with roasted vegetables as well, like roast zucchini, pumpkin, onion and potato, and blanched long beans. it was so beautifully plated up it looked like something out of masterchef and i was like absolutely amazed. and it tasted really yummy too. dessert was a pavlova!! the first time i'd learnt of pavlova was thru masterchef, it's a classic australian dessert, with a meringue sweet hard crust on the outside, and a very soft marshmallowy centre on the inside, and garnished usually with fruits on the top. and i was like wow i watched amazing pavlovas made on tv and now i actually get to try a pavlova!! we had a slice of pavlova each with a scoop of vanilla ice cream by the side.. and it was gorgeous. and we were just sitting out there on the patio (i don't know if that's what they call it)..and chatting..it was really rather nice, and then donald and rhonda decided it was too cold and thought we'd move in. then we cleared the table, and after they whipped out a bag of marshmallows and skewers and we actually roasted marshmallows in the fire!!! i absolutely burnt my first one because i plunged it straight into the fire thinking i'd roast the same way as the day i was at moreton island. but apparently not. haha.

and while i was doing the marshmallow roasting...rhonda asked me..would u like a cup of hot chocolate? and i was like yeahhh!!! even though i was like really full from dinner and dessert and 3 glasses of wine AND marshmallows. we then retreated into the cosy room (with nice comfy dim lighting and all) and had hot chocolates while oliver decided to curl up and have nice sleep on zhujun's lap. haha i was sooo jealous i wanted oliver on my lap too but i think Ash must have like left an 'all other cats keep out' scent on me or sth all the cats in Australia dun really seem to like me:( and so we just chatted and chatted until it was like 10 mins to 11 when we decided to go back home...

at the start of the day.. i was thinking to myself that soon, this beautiful day will be over.. and indeed..where did all the time go? it just went by like that.. and the really wonderful long weekend is over. 4 more days left at work.

and i am gonna do speed blogging soon.. when i'm not so tired. i'm absolutely bushed right now. and because i gladwrapped (cling-wrapped) wayne's phone on friday..he's probably gonna get me back with my thumbdrive because he's got it with him and those photos are on it (he's been joking about using up a whole roll of gladwrap, or cement/welding/enclosing it in a block of ice. and i only cling wrapped his fone because he went and sealed tracey's keys up in a plastic pouch so she couldn't get it lol.

speed blogging for moreton and brisbane part 2, o'reillys, tamborine mountain, and a muse on the entire sem coming up soon. and tomorrow, dinner with darrell, shelle, nathan, taleisha and wayne. no time to do everything, every night's just totally packed out now.

short one that eventually turned long

went to the farm today..and zi pai-ed myself with the goats and the old cow and fed all of em celery lol. then came back, and baked the cheese cake which both aunt suvy and zj said was nice so i was like really happy that it turned out ok :) at night, burnt a huge hole in my pocket cos we treated uncle gary, uncle johan, auntie eileen and aunt suvy..but the food was really good though. and then went to the casino walked around and look see a bit again..and zj couldn't go in again cos she forgot her passport..

and i was a bit emo-ish again just now.. as i thought of how it's nearly the end.. thinking like ..'oh this is the last few times(or perhaps even the last time) i'll be walking in this shopping centre..' 'this is gonna be the last few times i'll pass by this road..' etc..and thinking of the last day.. when i won't see all the people tt i really like again, perhaps not ever again. i've only got a few more lasts to experience..the last week.. and the last day. and i really feel so sad so sad so sad! i hope i wun end up like irene and cry on the last day. which i highly think i might. gah den i'll look like a wreck and be prolly the first gal to ever cry on her last day at pfi. haha.

we are so gonna die next week..TOO MANY THINGS TO DO. GGXX.
tomorrow
mt tamborine, write all the msgs. ask for hole puncher, tie up chocs if poss

monday
buy ribbon
movie world
evening finish up report as much as poss

tues
sign perf evaluation sheet & green paper and fax
morning ame lab zj report afternoon zj lab ame report
if haven't punched stuff punch cards

tues evening
finish report, if haven't finished presents do presents

wed
submit company report
badminton in the evening

thurs
edit report
and pack all the stuff

friday
send soft copy of report
give out all presents
take photos with people
go bowling


and i still wanna make my muvee crap.

ICE SKATING!!!

we were just at work late today..it was nearing 7..and then we were gonna go home and go out with aunt suvy to buy cream cheese to make a cheese cake, when wayne (whom i thought had already gone home) came up the stairs and he was on the phone with nathan..came and asked us if we'd wanted to go ice skating that night!! and i was like YESSSSSS haha cos it's like cool and i'd hadn't ice skated for so long.

when we got there, the people on the ice skating rink were all playing this game. it's like a game of tag.u have to get from one end of the ring to the other ring, without the people (staff working there) tagging you. and once u're tagged, u have to get out of the rink. so it goes till the end when like only a few people are left haha.

well zj being frm harbin of cos knows how to ice skate, and i dun really know cos i've only been ice skating like twice, nathan's been about twice too and he doesn't know how to stop..and wayne's never been on the ice skating rink b4. (edit: i found out eventually that i heard wrongly and he's actually been ice skating once before this one) and i'm like okay maybe i wun look too bad today haha. but the moment wayne went on he started just going off to the other side and i'm like *jaw drop* didn't he say that he hasn't ice skated before?! well turn out he's been snow ski-ing and knows how to roller skate too so that prolly helped him alot. nathan was funny because he'd go out in a speed burst and like a VERY SHORT while later he'd have to grab on to the railing cause he couldn't stop. i was a little shaky at first.. but still not too bad i could actually get around the whole rink stopping a few times. haha. there were actually SO MANY teenagers there (and very reckless fast ones too) that it was really rather scary to ice skate there when u're jst a beginner. i was really worried someone was gonna come crashing into me and i'd be ggxx.

and then i held zj's hand and we ice skated for a while and then wayne came along and grabbed my hand on the other side and we went round rather fast for one round the first round i was really scared and i was like holding on to both of them like n a death grip wayne said he didn't know whether his hands were numb from the cold or from my grip..and then a while later he grabbed nathan and we became a 4-person human line going round and round the skating rink really fast and nathan stumbling like every 10-15 seconds lol. but it was fun cause because i was holding on to the 2 of them who were like better ice skaters.. we actually went quite fast and i got quite confident. i think we were like being a obstruction because a 4 people human line is really rather blocking but who careeesssss lol. and we joked that nathan was being the epicentre cos he'd keep losing his balance and then 'tremors' would come down my side because like zj would be pulling me ahead and wayne's side would be slowing down and i'd stumble too haha. eventually nathan fell! and for the record he was the only one out of us 4 that fell that night :P

the night went all too fast and soon the rink closed. i wished i had more time there though. we went to maccas and had soft serve cones and sat there talking for a bit and getting ice cream on each other's faces..and then they made a human sandwich out of me because wayne and nathan were sitting on either side of me and when i'd realized i was like OH NO.... haha.well it was a good end to the tough and perhaps a little sad week.

AND I GOT CHOSEN FOR U21!! :) i'm going to china! whee it's a cool thought, going around the world in a year. usa last july, australia this jan to april, europe in june, and china in july, and in between in singapore! haha. i covered nearly all the continents i just need to go to africa and antarctica now. lol

an outlet

to all who are reading this...don't worry about me when you read this entry.. i will be alright in a few days..i contemplated writing this entry in another blog so that people won't worry about me..but i just feel that this blog about my 4-month aussie experience would not be complete without blogging about its downs.. it would just feel very superficial and one dimensional. so here it is.

it's been a few times that i've been a wuss bag and almost shed tears in australia. the first time..when i was here all alone for the first day and calling home. The second time, when I felt the whole world was blaming me for someone's serious mishap. And today was the third time. I was just in the shower.. i was thinking about some things that some people said to me.. and at the same time..i just suddenly felt so badly to want to be home. to be amongst my family. i thought of my mum.. and i thought of my granny. i thought of all the wonderful sacrificial things they've been doing for me all these years.

and the tears just came. they came and kept coming.

maybe i've been watching too much reality tv..which probably stirs up all ur emotional nerves. was watching master chef today.. and how this guy was paired up with a lady to cook a 2 course meal in an elimination round. and halfway through, she just left. walked out on him. and decided that she wanted to leave the competition. he was left to complete the whole thing by himself in the span of about 1 1/2 hr. everyone was rooting for him, he just kept going and he nv bucked in the face of all that stress. in the end, when they announced the 2 teams that wouldn't be eliminated, he wasn't one of them.

somehow, i feel like that guy. i feel like him at the point where i am standing in front of the judges and they'd just revealed the teams that would not be eliminated, but he wasn't one of them. he would probably have been crushed..knowing he'd tried so so hard.. and yet they still didn't let him back in.

i came to aust with loads of apprehension. feeling that i'd never be good enough. but nevertheless. i tried my best this whole time..psycho-ing myself never to compare..but to always just do the best i can. i know there's probably no need to do so given the circumstances.. but it's just a personal expectation that i set for myself. i believe put up a valiant fight.. and enjoyed myself and made many memories along the way. and i was just becoming a teeny bit confident that i could actually stand a chance at being 'good enough'. but well..as i said. the moment of truth came and the verdict was passed.

i never stood a chance in the first place. it's just the way i'm made, the way i'm built, the way i am. no matter how hard i try ...it's gonna be like that, perhaps wherever i go.

that was probably what got the tears going. the disappointment that nothing i do would make things better because it's just the way things are.

back to that guy in masterchef. his fighting spirit eventually got him a reprieve and the judges let him back in cause they admired his courage, and admired his spirit to keep going.

i will keep going, and i hope i get that reprieve.

of firsts and lasts

i know i haven't blogged about moreton island and brisbane part 2.. and i've also been meaning to blog about o'reillys and visiting jen's baby..but reports, email replies, and application preparations have bogged me down of late and i just feel like typing anymore.. but just today..i've been struck by this epiphany and just really felt like typing about how i feel and all.

just 4 months ago, i came to australia.. and started experiencing all the firsts. first time travelling all alone.. first day alone in the house.. first day at work..first time spending chinese new years away from home..first time feeling homesick..first time eating all that new food...and so much more.

4 months later..just when i'd started feeling really settled in..used to everything.. no longer feeling drastic emotional ups and downs...like i could stay here for a extended period of time..it's time for all the lasts. the last time i get to eat aunt suvy's delicious food..the last time i get to eat the coast's yummy chicken and chips...fish and chips..crepes..and so much other gorgeous food. the last month at work..which became the last 2 weeks at work..which is soon to become my last week at work..and finally my last day at work. the last time seeing everyone at work..that i am so gonna miss..the last time working with these people..joking with them, talking rubbish with them, laughing along with them. the last time i get to meet some people who are not from work..the last time i get to hang out with them and do fun things and go out to pretty places. so so many lasts.. i'd yet to finish enjoying the firsts.. and it's already time to savour the lasts. writing about all that is getting me all choked up.

there's so much that's yet to be done. so much more quality time to spend with people. so many more places i've yet to walk through thoroughly. so many more places i've yet to go to. so many more things to do for people.

but yet, there's so little time left. i'm running out of time.

Easter Weekend, part 2--Moreton island Saturday

we got up really really early the next morning, like at about 545 am and then headed out to another hostel where we got picked up at like 730. from there we met our fellow van-mates, who were multinational. there was a gal from UK, 2 gals from switzerland, 1 lady from philippines, who was with a guy who was from slovakia, and his 2 kids. plus me, singapore, zj, china, and lorna, new zealand! lol.

we headed to the port of brisbane, and the guide paid for the tickets at the entrance. and then i got a surprise when we just drove straight onto the boat. i was like 'wha--????' i thought we were gonna like get off the car and go onto the boat. i was really country bumpkin fascinated when the bottom deck of the ship (or they call it catamaran) was all filled with cars, and people just park it and go upstairs where there's a cafe, seats, and on the 3rd level, an open deck. it was really cool. the journey there took 1 1/2 hours..and when we neared we saw all the shipwrecks moored in the sea.

once we landed on moreton, i was in for another surprise. no roads! no asphalt, no tarmac, no bitumen. basically, no ROADS. all the 4WDs just came out of the boat and straight onto the sand. and we just went on the sand all the way along the beach! like driving right next to the waves. we got to our campsite, and there were tents already set up for us, i thought we had to pitch our own tent lol. and there was an eating area too with benches etc. very civilised camping conditions i thought, i was expecting something like OBS lol.

and once again, i thought we'd be doing something like small for a start, but nope, first thing we were gonna do was to go snorkelling! something like we had to do it before the tide came in cause it'll be very tough to snorkel then. so yep my first snorkel! the wet suits and flippers were rather hindering i felt, and we had to wear gloves cos we were going near the shipwrecks and we didn't wanna get cut or sth like that. the conditions were not the best that day, being easter weekend and loads of people bringing their boats into moreton bay, so there were boats we had to weave in and out of. i was rather scared when i got close to a boat/yacht cos i was worried that it'd start up halfway and tt's it for me. and when u wear flippers it is SO HARD to walk on sand u'd have to go into the water backwards. for some reason it feels hard to even kick in the water too. but when we reached the shipwrecks, we started seeing lots of fish and ocean life. the waters were a little murky, prolly stirred up by all the boats in the bay, but u could still see fishes, and lorna saw a stingray, and other people even saw the shark! like how cool is that. i just saw lotsa fish, zebra fish and bright blue fish and etc. and we reached the shipwrecks, thats when we got to feed the fishes with bread, and it was really cool cause u'd put the bread out in front of u in the water, and watch as HEAPS of fish just come right in front of ur face to eat the bread and u could even feel them swimming and 'flapping' about as they swoop in for the bread and swoop out again. like really awesome.

lunch was self-serve burgers, they had turkey ham and salami etc, and sauces and veggies to go in ur burger too. after lunch we headed up to the highest peak in moreton island, mount tempest, and it was a tough climb, much harder than bushwalking at springbrook, cause it's all sand, not pavement. u climb up one step, u slide down half a step. it's like taking 2 times the number of steps to go up. but the view up there was good and it nice and breezy too.

we headed to the shop after that, where like probably everyone except us bought alcohol. on the way, we were along the beach again and our guide was telling us that sometimes we might be able to see wildlife and all that, and that's when we saw something big in the sea! we stopped the car, and we saw dolphins like in the water (just the fins when ever they come out), and they came out periodically. they were heading down with the current, and it was cool cause we saw like 3 of em togehter heading down to tangalooma, possibly for the dolphin feeding at night.

back at camp, there was a little time b4 dinner, so we went kayaking. it was a distance from camp to the beach, and the kayaks were really heavy, so 3 of us just brought one. but the part on the sea was really enjoyable, and some people gave us their kayaks (with the secret motive that we'd have to bring it back up in the end lol). when we were done with it, zj and i had a hell lotta problems bringing the kayak back up because that one had no handle, so we kept lifting it up and dropping it, and like it was soooo embarrassing cos there were like quite a lot of ppl on the beach and some of them were just laughing and laughing and laughing at us. i thought it was kinda mean though, to just sit there and laugh and not do anything to help.

we had a shower and there were only 2 for the female side, so lorna and zj went in and i was like outside feeding the mosquitoes honestly literally feeding them, after that i had bites all over my back and my left arm had 13 bites, 6 of them were in like 2 parallel rows of 3 it was like gross. and after that we walked back to camp dinner was already ready, that's when i found out my wallet was missing. and like zj took the torch up to the van to check but she didn't manage to find it, so i went to dinner feeling very unsettled. dinner was good though, rice with bbqed chicken and veggies with coconut flavoured gravy..and pasta at the end of it.there was garlic bread too and that was alright as well. after dinner i had this feeling that it was on the van so i went up and checked myself, and this time i found it hidden behind the seat, it dropped into the gap. that was good, but i went back to the tent to keep it, and that's when i spoilt the zip on the backpack that i'd borrowed from wayne. not a very good night lol. but after that we went and sat by the campfire that was built up, and roasted marshmallows. they dun use clean hygienic satay sticks, they just pick any random branch off the ground , put a marshmallow on it, and roast. i suppose the fire sterilizes it anyway. hah. but it was yummy. and the fire prolly kept the mozzies away.

after a while of warming ourselves and chomping on marshmallows, we decided to go down to the beach to see the stars. there were stars but they weren't particularly bright, but there were many of them. sadly there were clouds in the sky and it wasn't pitch black, and we were just sitting on the beach asking funny riddles or telling jokes and all that, when it started to rain. so we headed back, and the tour guide had her guitar out and was singing wonderwall, and everyone was just seated in that area singing along with her. it's a really good kinda camp song. after that they basically just talked amongst themselves (the tour guides) and like played their own songs on the guitar that we didn't really know.

the rain stopped after that, so we went out to the fire for a while longer, and then headed to slp.

and now, I am headed to slp to cause it's 2am and i'm dead tired!! report writing tmr zzzzz. continue with part 3 and 4 tmr or sunday :)

Easter Weekend, part 1--Brisbane good friday

ok i am such a procrastinator. it has been a week already, and only now am i blogging about what happened last week.

so anw friday morning we were getting ready to go camping! whee. and so aunt suvy dropped us off at the train station, and we got there really early.lorna was gonna get on at the next station, coomera. so when the train came we just got on. but then when we reached the next stop it was like nerang and we were like waaaaait a minute, this isn't right. then we found out that we got on the wrong train, headed in the opposite direction instead!!! so we had to wait like another half an hour for then next train lol.

we got to brisbane alright, and found our backpackers hostel. i quite liked it, i think it was the best out of the 3 i stayed in in aust. the toilets were really nice and clean to shower in and the beds were not too bad too. but i tink lorna didn't really feel used to it, she was supposed to stay on sunday night there too after we'd returned from moreton, but she didn't in the end. we went back to southbank again, and had yummy corn with butter and salt on it, and then we took the city cat all the way to queensland and we were like omg we are losers we are exploring a university on a public holiday. but it was a good time, we walked the entire perimeter of the university and the inside too, just talking and walking the whole time, we pretty much talked about nearly everything under the sun.

after that, we went back to southbank, and lorna's bf picked us up, and we all went to mount coot-tha. from the mt coot-tha look out, u could see like the whole of brisbane city, and it was really beautiful, the night view of the lights dotting the entire city. you could pick out landmarks like the ferris wheel too. the photos totally didn't do the night view justice. it was chilly too then. haha and we were hungry too..so after a while we just went and grabbed kfc takeaway, and went to a park on kangaroo point, overlooking the rocks and brisbane river, and had dinner there :)

i wanted to write about saturday here too, but too long alr i am too loh soh. haha. next post!

i love to shower

because i just had this brilliant-est brainwave in the shower.

Now i just have to hope and pray that i am actually capable of doing it and have the software to do it.

something sweet :)

i was just working on my hot chilli mustard in the lab today..and was just chatting with wayne about how our attachment is about to end soon..

him: 'i do hope you'll miss us."

me: 'i should pose the question back to you, will you miss us when we leave?'

him: 'well, we miss all our students, some particularly more than others'

and in an undertone,

him: 'you'll be one of those we'll particularly miss.'

me: 'awwwwww!!'

that made my day. :)

anw moreton island soon!!! really crazy busy recently. no time to do stuff. gonna apply for this program, and needa do research for it:)

work the past 2 days

the past 2 days at work were absolutely hilarious. Good Friday is tomorrow, and for some reason it is a HUGE thing over here in Australia, there's 4 days of holiday so we have holiday tomorrow, and next monday too!! 2 4-day weeks in a row WHEE~~~ and what's more, today is April fool's day.

The pranking actually started 2 days ago, where nicole went and got a vitamin tablet bottle and some of those food colouring bottles that we have, placed some fake sticker labels over it and then put them into a box and sent them to the lab saying they were samples sent in by some company. when wayne opened it he saw one bottle which was supposedly some hair dye, and another for nappy rash. the hair dye bottle contained green colouring and the nappy rash one was red lol.

yesterday, she had another of those big labels for morning sickness, and then i went and got wayne's usual coffee milk bottle, and brought it out for her, and she stuck on the label and i put it back into the fridge where he usually stores it. it was such a crackup seeing him drink from a bottle that says 'morning sickness relief'.

usually in the morning, the day's production will be put up on a board in the production area. today we were doing like 4 products, and then tracey went and added another one which was 35 cooks (1 cook is like 640 kg which can fill like 1280 bottles of tomato sauce lol and loads of people were like asking 'are we really doing the tomato sauce today?' and eng looked at it and went oh my god and she freaked out haha. and then we went and placed black paper with tape under the red light of the mouse that wayne uses at his computer, and he was trying to use it but the cursor refused to move and he got irritated lol until he finally found out what was going on.

and since it was the easter holidays, some company gave us a huge basket of easter eggs, and nicole was told to give one out to everyone, and she went and opened it up and took the ribbon and tied it to her hair and wore a hairnet over it and went around giving out easter eggs and we took a lot of stupid photos too :p it was really funny.

camping on moreton island and brisbane for the next 4 days!! whee. :)

and i learnt 2 things today: in australia, u can only prank people after 12 o'clock. if you succeed, they are the fool, if you prank people after 12 pm, u are the fool. and on the first day of the month, you can give someone a pinch and a punch on the first day of the month! lol.