Eifer, Joan & Shuo, Japan Trip Day 1

Eifer Meet up (13/12/2005)

I met up with 6/7 (including me) of Eifer on 13th Dec! This meet up was really funny. Chungie and Mel thought we would be celebrating Stephie and Thazin's birthdays that day, while Meiyi, Stephie (birthday girl), Thazin (another birthday girl) and I all thought that it was just a normal meet up! This meet up was originally suggested by Stephie and I, as I just came back from Melbourne.

In the end, while dining, Mel, Meiyi, Chungie and I were trying to communicate in Canto about what on earth was going on and what we were going to do, since Stephie and Thazin did not understand the language. Me, being the ultimate loser in Canto, had the most difficult time trying to express myself properly, while mixing Canto, Hokkien, Chinese and English all in 1 sentence. Yah, it is a skill, people. But in the end Stephie was like, "EHHH, I know what you guys are talking about lah!" Damn. LOL! So after our dinner at some ramen shop Chungie introduced to us (Chungie please remind me about the name of the ramen we had. it was really funny!), we went to Swensen's for some ice cream!

My apologies to Stephie and Thazin. TERRIBLY SORRY GIRLS! I know we haven't given you the perfect birthday outing... All because I'm as blur as a sotong. ): Oh well, we did enjoy ourselves didn't we?! Haha!

Stephie!! Please send me the photos in your camera k? Thanks a million, babes!


/ stephie with the ring / me with the ring / the hubby and 2nd mistress / us again / meiyi and i!! / mel stephie chungie and acbc me / mini earthquake! / birthday ice cream! / candid shot of dr. min /

Haha, about the ring. It belongs to Chungie! But it was so nice that I decided to be Chungie's 2nd mistress, after Stephie the wife and mel the 1st mistress! HAHA.


Joan & Shuo! (14/12/2005)

Finally met up with these 2 babes. Gosh, it's been a longgg time. We should do this often!

We had lunch at this particular cafe and it sucked. Shan't say the shop name, but it's in Cineleisure. -pukes- Joan's meal was horrible. I almost died drinking the soup too.

We watched The Descent and Shuo and I were screaming on top of our lungs! On the other hand, Joan was sitting calmly, absorbing everything she was watching. GOSH, that freak. The show is sooo freaking scary! I mean, it is a thriller, but those gross creatures were absolutely horrid!!!! 8 Days gave 4 stars out of 5 for this movie. GAWD, that's madness. After the show, I went home with Shuo, while Joan went to meet her friend, Titus.

Eh, you 2, we better have a meal @ Balcony soon ok?! I'm so gonna enjoy eating there lah! Haha!


/ me with joan tay / im taller than joan! / shuo ca joan / stupid shuo's finger / shuo and i / us at taka / we the robbers / awww i luv joan's hat! / i look like a mad cow /


JAPAN TRIP!!!

Honestly, I think Japan is MAGNIFICANT. If I am able to learn their language, I will want to stay there. The place is so cool, and even if you act cute there, no one cares, cos they all do too! Haha! What a great place for me! LOL.

Japan is so clean, even though there are few bins around. Japanese people are so friendly and polite. Their service is A grade, and it was definitely a pleasure to meet Japanese people.

Japan is really cold in winter. Being the lousy me (hahaha, go ahead and laugh, ben), I was wearing 4 layers of clothes plus a heat pack. And Jac my cousin was wearing 5 layers of clothes plus heat pack! Haha! We all had to constantly put moisturizer cos' our skin were getting dry then.

Jac left a comment on my blog saying she misses Japan. Oh please, count me in! I wanna go back there again!!!

Day 1 (16/12/2005)

In the morning, we visit the majestic Osaka Castle (admission to Castle’s Museum excluded). Visit Kobe Chinatown, locally known as “Nankin-machi” and Harbourland. Its Mosaic town with a big Ferris wheel and carousel, Mosaic Garden and restaurants, boutiques and movie theatres form an almost mosaic-like effect in this commercial park complex. In the evening, you are free to explore the shopping and eating paradise “Shinsaibashi” - famous for its neon lights and Dotombori. You can also roam the streets of Umeda and marvel at the spectacular city lights.** Selected departures to Universal Studios.


/ jan and i with a giant icecream / osaka castle / a monk / Nan-kin machi / jon acting cute with me / universal studios! / us with betty boop! / spiderman / cookie monster / elmooo / mum jan me and jon / woof! / jan with a penguin on her head / snowman! / all cutesy and stuff / princess, we are /

Eh, on the last picture of the collage, I think I look most like a princess! Don't you think so?!

Okay, I'm gonna watch some TV now. Will update more tmr, I hope! (:

Merry Christmas my dear friends!

It's the time of the year again!

It's a shame Singapore doesn't have 4 seasons... Don't you think celebrating Christmas would be much better with snowww?

Imagine the outside.. Cold yet beautiful and pure white, and inside the houses - warm and comfy, while you enjoy the company of your family at the fireplace..

AWWWW. I hope to celebrate Xmas like that some time soon! Those fake snow along Orchard Road is not good enough. This place is still too warm.

Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Hope all of you enjoy this wonderful day - the day when Jesus was born. Hurrah!

Melbourne Trip Part IV

Day 7 (07/12/2005)

We had lunch at The Pancake Parlour. Highly recommended. Their pancakes are yummy and round (unlike ours), and their maple syrup.... ooooooooooooooh yeah.


/ we are dwarfs!!! / the pancake parlour! / qi with the menu / let's eat! /

After The Pancake Parlour, went to have some chocolate craze at Max Brenner!! OMG, I heard Singapore has it!! I'm so going there again!


us at max brenner!

YUMMY.

Day 8 (08/12/2005)


today was officially crazy and posing day. it's madness i tell you. we were like crazy zha bo-s walking around, pretending to be MODELS.. hur hur.

As it was considered my last day in Melbourne, the guys decided to bring us to Lygon Street, aka Little Italy!!!! MAMAMIA!!!


crispy pizza! one of our dishes! we had spagetti and han had some seafood platter which was humungous!

clockwise from left: qi, jack, han, andrew, moi.

Papa Gino's the place we had my farewell dinner! byebye melbourne... ):

me eating ferrero rocher + honey comb ice cream. qi eating snickers + baileys ice cream. delicious.. we were in HEAVEN.

Day 9 (09/12/2005)

last photo with sleepy qi in melbourne airport. sweetie went all the way to the airport to send me off. and not forgetting jack the man! (: thanks loads guys! love ya all.

FINALLY! Melbourne trip posts FINISHES! Yahooooooooooo!! More photos to come!!

Melbourne Trip Part III

Day 6 (06/12/2005)

/ in the train / us with eifer caps! / funny qi / flinders st! /

/ federation square / jam again / bicycle green sign / melbourne visitor centre / christmas! / south park!! / st. paul's cathedral / flinders station / close up of flinders /

in st. paul's cathedral

/ old melbourne gaol / moulds of heads of criminals / skulls of criminals / they get hanged here / hangman's tools / lights / miniature statue of a criminal / that's what criminals wear when they walk around prisons / punishment attire /

this one is funny. i saw the 'private' sign on the door, so i thought it could be some hangman's room or something. and when i opened the door, there was someone using a desktop in the room. it was an office for the people who work there. -.-

we were scared. i'm serious.

but still can pose abit lah.. haha.

qi was hanged on 6th dec 2005. 5 days after her birthday.

i was hung too. abit fake rite.. shiat.

psychotic qi in her cell.

me acting pathetic in my cell.

/ hoyts melbourne central / oei qi pose leh / thats better / oooh / aahhh / us in halfpipe!! / huge beanbags! / playing on beanbags / chicken little and qi / chicken little and i /

eifer capsss!

Day 7 (07/12/2005)

ready to go to QV market! qv market!! closed on wed (tt day itself) wah lau eh..

Melbourne Trip Part II

Part II of Melbourne Trip is up, although it's not at all complete. Haha. I just got back from cold Japan and it was UBER FUN I tell you. Okay, here's Melbourne again!

Day 3 (03/12/2005)

We slept at approximately 3am on the same day, so all of us woke up terribly late. We were just in time for lunch, but we cooked breakfast for lunch. Haha. As Xueqi bought pancake mix from Coles supermarket at Oakleigh, we decided to make some for.. lunch. It was so terrible!!! It was because the fire was too high, so the pancakes burnt almost instantly, and the shapes of the pancakes were not round, they were, well, irregular shapes, like the animal shapes of McCain’s chicken nuggets for kids.

Andrew just stood there looking at our misfortune, while Jack was still in his dreamland. Xueqi went to wake her darling up and told him of our inexperience at the kitchen. So, the expert came out to cook himself. I must say he’s not a bad cook after all! However, his pancake was drained with butter. Eeee.. Haha! But at least it was so beautiful as compared to Xueqi’s and mine. ROFL. Andrew decided to make the last pancake, and guess what? The bystander of the day made the most delicious and nicest pancake! It was round, it was not burnt, it was puurfect! - claps for Andrew! - So, we had our lunch at 11 plus before Andrew went to his friend’s place, and the 3 of us went to Smith Street, where all factory outlets were situated.

burnt pancakes except Andrew's . scrambled eggs which looked like a fat snake . our breakfast! .

Whie waiting for a tram to Smith Street, we saw these.

xueqi pls tell me this is the parliament house . a wedding! . them taking photos . a glimpse of Melbourne's tram .

While waiting for the tram, we also did these.

xueqi and i . us again . candid shot of jack . LEAP FOR JOY! . checking time for tram . jack in tram . a photo ruined by xueqi's finger (or was it jack. omg.) . qi and her keung zai . oh man this is the same pic as the 1st .

Had a drink at Melon Head Fruit Juice Bar!

melon head fruit juice bar . me reading gossip mags and sipping on my drink . meloooon head . jack mak .

The whole stretch of road was filled with discounted stuff from Adidas, Nike, Billabong, Roxy, Ripcurl, Brooks and so many more. We chanced upon this lingerie store, so Xueqi and I went in to have a look, while poor Jack had to wait outside for us. I think both of us spent about half an hour in the shop. Jack made a funny comment, and it was that we spent so much time buying clothes other people can’t see (lingerie hidden from people what), rather than using the time to look at clothes other people can see. Xueqi replied that we would be happy just looking at ourselves in the mirror, don’t need anyone else see also happy.

We got back to the apartment and Andrew had already bought the necessary ingredients for dinner. Xueqi wanted to cook her Coke chicken and egg tofu, so Jack and her went to pa tuo, leaving poor Andrew and I in the apartment. I cut up the kang kong and some garlic and put them aside, before marinating the pork for Jack as he wanted to cook sweet and sour pork. While attempting to cut an onion, I accidentally cut my finger with the knife!

DAMNDAMNDAMN! I was so angry with myself, as I had been so careless in the kitchen for the first time, and I also made them worried. Adding to that, I felt so alone then. Xueqi and Jack were still not back from their pa tuo-ing to the Asian grocery, and Andrew went downstairs to get band-aids for me. I was alone in the apartment for like 5 minutes, and I could feel the emptiness of the place. No noise, no people, no Ben. Xueqi and Jack came back with the band-aids as Andrew went to have a puff downstairs, and Xueqi said to me that she was afraid Ben would be angry with her for not looking after me. (: That silly girl. All 4 of us helped in the washing and cooking, and I was so happy that none of the dishes was inedible. I showed some of my little culinary skills too (except the cutting of finger part)! Haha. While cooking, another misfortune struck me. I was rinsing some cutlery at the sink, and Andrew was opening one of the drawers. Careless me spun round too quickly, took a step out, and at my swing phase of my gait cycle (HAHA, only Bio students would understand this. It just means when I lifted my foot to take another step), the back of my left shin came in contact with the edge of the drawer, and my skin tore. OUCHHH. The cut was superficial, but there was blue black around the wound too. Poor Jessica had 2 injuries on the same day, just in the kitchen. Probably I’m not fit to be in the kitchen. But I still love cooking…

my cut index finger . 3 of them in the kitchen . qi! . their living room with my unicorn, corncorn .

yummiest home cooked meal ever!

Jack got Qi a whie iPod nano for her birthday! I was envious, I really was!!! Look at that thing!

qi's iPod nano . SO THIN! . i want it . oh god.. . my iPod MINI which is larger than a nano . ecstatic with nano . jack's is black n qi's is white . nanos + elephant mini . LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN WIDTH PLEASE .

Day 4 (04/12/2005)

The day started with making pancakes yet again! This time, pro Jack mastered the skill to make the most delicious pancakes in the world! Haha! We managed to have fluffy pancakes for breakfast, along with ham and scrambled egg. Yum.

breakfast is ready! . better pancakes i reckon . yum! . just woke up still wanna take photos .

my artistic photo . xueqi with jack behind . artistic photo of jack . we . are . so . bored . me! . waiting for the train .

horse carriage running all over melbourne city

I lost some of the photos on this day! Will edit this post again. Hahaha.

Melbourne Trip Part I

Okay, my entries for my Melbourne Trip would sound like abstracts from my diary, because I actually did copy. HAHA. So here it goes!

Day 1 (01/12/2005)

On this day, JetStar flew for the first time out of New Zealand into Australia! So, I was one of the first passengers to fly on JetStar from NZ! Yayy. (:


view from the plane window . big Jet Star sticker on my luggage . Jet Star plastic bag . departure times

My dearest Xueqi and HER dearest Jack came to pick me up! As I stepped out of Melbourne Airport, the warm air suddenly attacked me. Within the minute, I had difficulties breathing properly. The air was heavier than usual, and it was much warmer, like fifteen degrees warmer. Probably even more! We took a bus shuttle to a bus terminal before taking yet another shuttle directly to Jack’s place. No, not the restaurant, but Jack’s HOME. Xueqi and Jack helped me put my luggage at his place and I was introduced to his flatmate and also good friend, Andrew. He’s Singaporean too, and it was now that I realized that Melbourne is filled with Singaporeans, so unlike Dunedin. Tsk tsk.

Jack brought us to Crown Casino that night for buffet dinner!

xueqi and i at South Yarra River . funny jack . beeeautiful view .

Upon our arrival, we were invited by a long queue in front of the restaurant. Apparently this restaurant is famous for its food and of course, its reasonable price. While Jack was waiting for a seat, Xueqi and I toured around the building. Damn, there were eye catching, hunger stimulating (wth is that?! Haha!) cakes and pastries displayed outside of cafes, and pretty gowns on mannequins at boutiques. One of the places that we spent quite a bit of time at was Warner Brothers store. The thing about this store was that there were lots of Warner Brothers statues and models displayed outside the store, and all of these were bigger and taller than humans, at least for both Xueqi and I. We took some photos with these cute characters before Jack sent a message telling us that he got a seat for us.


movie billboard? haha . xueqi with hairy man (dunno the name, someone please enlighten me) . xueqi with.. botak man (ya, i dunno his name either) . warner brothers . animaniacs! . me with hairy man . me with botak man . me with powerpuff girl Bubbles . me with hairy man again .

I can’t exactly remember what the name of the restaurant was, but it could seat at least 300 people. There was a range of food there. Italian, Chinese, English cuisines all placed in front of us for tasting. We ate until we only had space for dessert, and Jack surprised Xueqi with a birthday cake! Aww, it was so sweet! Haha!


the sweetest couple . cutesy birthday cake . birthday girl with birthday cake . me xueqi jack . xueqi wishes for..? . siao zhabo-s . jack's uber tall can.. . YUMMY . all's gone! .

After our dinner, we went to have a look in the casino! Wow, I’ve never seen so much lighting and bling blings in one place in my entire life! The place was buzzing with people, both young and old. But as we passed by so many of these tables, I reckoned gambling is so random. It’s either you lose, or you win. It seriously depends merely on your luck. I see people surrendering their chips to the bankers, and continue playing for the sake of winning. If I were them, my heart would go ping pong piang! I doubt I would like to lose that much money in like 10 seconds. No way man.

black jack !

Halfway while walking around the casino, Xueqi suddenly felt like her contact lens on her right eye had rolled to the back of her eye!!! EEEPS! It was real scary, to me at least. She kept rolling her eyes down while pulling her eye lid up at the same time, and I had to look for any traces of the lens. Initially, I was frantic, cos’ I couldn’t see any lens in her eyes. I freaked out, while she was still calm and everything, cos’ this has happened to her before. I looked ever so closely in her eye, hoping to find any little trace of the contact lens. Somehow, at the corner of her eye, I suddenly saw something which looks folded and transparent. I shrieked and told her NOT TO MOVE HER EYE AT ALL. Then I took her fingers to the lens and she got it out. OMGGGGGGGG, I almost died of a heart attack. If she hadn’t gotten it out, she would have to go for an eye operation, which would be really scary. I told her it was her birthday, so nothing was going to go wrong that day. Hehe.

Day 2 (02/12/2005)

It was raining an hour before we left the house for Chadstone Street. Jack was worried that we could not find the place, so he took the train with us to Oakleigh train station, led us to the bus stop before leaving for school.

jack da man and xueqi . train map . parliament station . jack and i .

We could take 802, 804 or 862 to Chadstone Shopping Mall, and within minutes, bus 802 arrived and we boarded it. As usual, we were camera whoring in the bus, but not too much. Haha!

cold and tired xueqi . crazy us . us again . raining . 'macho' me . our smelly feet . ki ki wi wi on qi's bag . my blurred pic . getting all brave .

Jack told us to stop when we saw Coles supermarket, and so we did. We first went into Darryl Lea chocolate store, a store that Jack had introduced to us for it’s delicious chocolates. The mall is GIGANTIC! We spent almost a whole day there, and we didn’t finish shopping! There were only 2 storeys in the shopping mall, so it’s hard to believe how wide the mall is.

Yummy pastries in Melbourne! mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

The day passed as quick as it arrived, and we had our dinner at Mekong, a very famous Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne Central. Stars like Bill Clinton and Jacky Chan have come to this restaurant for their meals, and I must say that their soup is yummy! Price wise was alright, not too expensive. Surprisingly, even though it was a Vietnamese restaurant, it was showing Dae Jang Geum on TV! It somehow reminded me how fast Ben’s family and I managed to finish the whole series of Dae Jang Geum. Damn! I really like the story line, even though it’s so long.

mekong . jack pouring water . candid shot of me speaking to jack . 'president Bill Clinton had 2 bowls. how many can you have...' .


Our favourite hobby - photo whoring

We walked through Melbourne’s very own China town to go back to Jack’s. We went into an Asian grocery, and it was so much bigger than Fu Le back in Dunedin. They’ve got more stuff, and they’ve got KANG KONG!! At that minute, we decided to cook dinner at home the next day. So we got some of the groceries and walked home. Although the rain had stopped, it was still cold. I wondered what the temperature was, as I myself felt chilly as well. I thought whether I had lost my elephant skin that I had brutally trained back in New Zealand. If I did, Ben would definitely be ‘tsk tsk-ing’ me by now, and of course laughing at me for my incapability for standing the cold. Bleah.

Andrew was home when we reached home. He showed me a DVD cover of The Simpsons Season 4 and the cover was so cute! In it there were really cute and funny stuff with Homer and of course, the other Simpsons. We watched a few of the episodes before I felt really drowsy and ‘K.O-ed’ like how Jack said.the DVD cover of HOMER !

Gosh.

Gosh gosh gosh. This blog has been abandoned for so long!

Hehe.

I've been enjoying myself ever since holidays started! I don't have the time to blog, except for now.

My Melbourne trip has been such a great trip! I'm definitely going back there another time. Am in Ben's place now, so I'm not able to blog much about the trip. Anyway, a summary of my trip to Melbourne can also be read from Xueqi's blog. Whaha. This silly girl is still there, with her keung zai (emphasises on the word 'keung'. must sound canto enough. HAHA!). We've shopped all around Melb already, little tiger girl has to do some sight seeing for now! Damn, I want to visit the Great Ocean, Philip Island etc tooooo. I haven't done much sight seeing yet, only a few. Anyhow, I'll blog about it real soon, er, probably after I come back from Japan, cos' I'm REALLY busy these few days. Meeting up with so many people, doing all the things that I can't do back in Dunny. I'm lurvvving this kinda lifestyle. Woo wee!

The reason why I have time to blog now is because poor little Ben has just got his wisdom tooth plucked out. So I decided to accompany him for the day, before going to meet Eiferians for dinner. Yahooooo! THAZIN IS BLANJAH-ING US TONIGHT!! This girl has just got an offer to do Medicine next year! Yay! Good on her, and also for us! LOL.

Things to blog about when I come back from Japan:

• Melbourne Trip (9 days of funnn!)
• Cousin Outing (we never miss this.)
• Family Dinner (JUMBOOO)
• Eifer meet up (Congrats Dr. Min!)
• ACJC gurls meet up (JING CHENG WUUUUUUU! We're gonna watch Perhaps Love tmr!)
• Japan Trip (Tokyo and Osaka, here we come!)

Yup, I think that's tentatively the list of what to blog on.

I watched Saw II with Ben yesterday. Ben rated it 5 or 4 out of 10. One reason is because the ending is stooopid. Damn, it really spoilt the whole show man. Gees. But I definitely ate my SWEET POPCORN! We don't have that in Dunedin, so it's worth buying a regular popcorn for a movie aye?

Went to do my nails and shaped my eye brows yesterday. Was going to cut my hair with Ben and Josephine yesterday, but decided to do it some other time. My nails are so pretty now! Haha! Did French mani yesterday. So now my nails and prim and clean. I'm loving it. Tee hee.

Changes that I've seen in Singapore since early July:

• Where is our Far East Plaza fountain!? It's gone!
• My dummie puppy AJ has fur as long as a sheep which hasn't been shaven before!
• Food Republic in Wisma Atria! It's crazy down there. So many people!
• Since when did SAJC move next to SASS?
• Since when did GMSS move to the old venue of VS?
• Orchard Road is yet again decorated with Christmas lightings!

Actually the list can go on, but I haven't visited much of Singapore yet, so I can't say much. I just know I need to explore Singapore once more. But before that, JAPAN! HERE WE COME!!!

MONASH!

I AM IN MONASH UNIVERSITY NOW.

Not much to say about this uni, cos' I'm too lazy to walk around.. Tee hee. Xueqi and I are just waiting for Jack and Andrew to finish their classes, then go to Lygon Street for some FERRERO ROCHER ICE CREAM and DINE AT AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT. Okay, I'm getting all excited and everything. Isn't Melbourne fun? Damn, super jealous of all you guys who study/live in Melbourne. This place is a paradise man! I don't know much of Monash University, but there are certainly LOADS of Asians, I tell you.I'm at the Campus Centre in the university. Before coming to the computer lab, Xueqi and I went to find something to eat, cos' we didn't have lunch today. When we walked into the canteen, Xueqi recognized one of Jack's friends and asked him for some recommendation of good food in the canteen. He said the beef brisket noodle soup is not bad, so we tried that. Not bad not bad. Haha.

I'm MSN-ing Ben. Aww, I miss him! Getting all excited cos' I can see him tomorrow! Woo weee! -blushes- These 9 days have been fun, but it would probably be even better with him around. Alrite, I'll go blug surfing now.

MELBOURNE IS FUN FUN FUN!

HOHOHO

HO HO HO!!!

Jessica is now in Melbourne, Australia. -hides at the corner and sniggers- This plce is UBER FUN man! Those who super love shopping, I do recommend you to come here to shop till you drop! The weather is wonderful too, in the middle of cold Dunedin and hot Singapore. Just nice, just nice. Lovely, busy place. I emailed my mum to tell her my wellbeing, and also added that luckily she didn't bring me here to study, because there is so much shopping to do, and so many distractions. I tell you, I'll definitely give her 5 Fs if I were to study here.

Okay, Xueqi and I have definitely took LOADS AND LOADS of photos! Woowee! I will blog properly when I get my ass back in Singapore, that is, 2 days later. I'm gonna miss Melbourne sooo much. ):