17.7.06
the full story.
or rather, the interesting random bits of it.
now where did i last stop? oh yes. my last wk at singapore. more meet ups. more cycling at ecp. more lazy days in with the brother or other friends watching serials or having stayovers. fulfilled my yakun kaya toast craving during the meet up with dod. missed the opportunity to meet up with my sec 3 to 4 classmates even tho i was so near to the meeting point. grr, really regretted tt cos the US/UK ppl only come back during june. moreover they were at ps while i was a meridian. but i only knew tt after i had hopped onto a car.
the sunday that i flew was reserved for family. went out to have a nice canto lunch at this restaurant near town. yummy. had cold crab and even my favourite ohnhee (yam paste). we then went shopping for a coat to help me survive the winter in melb. got one in maroon but its a little too big i feel. might alter it next time. we then strolled the mall for awhile and after, my dad even surprised me by pulling out a bag of oldchangkee's currypuff for the whole family! aww. i tell u. i felt REALLY pampered and unwilling to go back to australia.
but a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do. i packed my luggage in a jiffy because we got back quite late. then we got to the airport to have dinner there, while my frens who came wee bit too early to see me off had to wander about aimlessly for awhile b4 i could entertain them (sorry bout that!). we had fun chatting and fooling about with the camera, so much so that i went in too late for departure and had to run all the way to the gates (and got in just b4 they closed the gates). phew. never gg to do that again. talked on the phone till the plane was gg to take off (never gg to do THAT again either, so as to not have to reproachful stares from the airstewardess').
sec 2 clique at the viewing gallery.
very tempted to add some closeup shots of CERTAIN church frens ;p but finally decided to keep them as bribery material. mwahahhaha.
caught v for vendetta on the plane. the plane had to land tho and so it robbed me of the last few minutes, but i highly recommend the show. i loved the way v played with words. and there were many many poignant sentences throughout the show. sheds new light, gets one thinking. the likes.
sunrise on the plane.
the 1st 5 days of my sydney trip was spent entirely at the hillsong conference - dusk till dawn. it makes a real difference when u devote 5 entire days to focusing on God and ONLY on Him, i must say. its vision-changing. the only regret i have is not being able to fly back to singapore to effect changes in church, and infect the rest of my churchmates. well, enough said. i guess i have already elaborated about it in the previous post. all i can do now is move through emails and prayer. but that should never be underestimated too either ;p 
on the 6th day, we visited bondi beach. we then took a slow walk to watson's bay to have seafood. we walked for about 2 hours cos the bay was about 5 km away but i'm glad we did walk because there was much to see along the way. and it made us hungry enough to devour the huge portions of fresh, good quality seafood at dinner. 
the 4 dai gor dais.
ethan being stupid.
the purple flower.
mj's ticket to superstardom.
doyles paella - seafood cooked in a tomato, wine based.
after dinner, we played at a playground and some aussie kids came to join us. they were really friendly. but gosh, the things they share with us! 1stly they asked us if we had gfs/bfs. they raised an eyebrow when they heard tt we were staying on king's cross. they then started talking about sex. and went on to ELABORATE which condoms tasted best. and tell us the 'popcorn trick' (ok, for those who dont know, dont ask). whoa. and these kids are only what.. 13?! ethan teased me saying he thinks they know more than i do. 
oh yes. speaking of king's cross. the red light district of sydney. unfortunately, our budget backpacker's inn is on the very lane where all the 'adult novelty items shops' and 'pleasure chests' and 'moulinrouge/ crazyhorse type places' are concentrated. hence we had a really EVENTFUL time. haha. dun be mistaken, we din go seeking for trouble by exploring those places. but the very 1st day we checked in, we were accidentally assigned to a room which was occupied - and the occupants smoked WEED. we were shocked, we thought we really had to bunk with them because budget places were like that. but thankfully, that wasnt the case. it was a mix-up. anw, our 2nd room had this dubious looking bag of crystalline white stuff. we imm dumped it. dun even want to start speculating what it was. i also rmbed one notice the inn posted up to warn the occupants to clean up, which read: 'room has a distinct smell which is the result of guys doing things to themselves which should be carried out in the toilet'. grr, too much detail.
apart from that, the inn was fine. i didnt even need to use my slping bag which i brought just in case. the guys also managed to firmly refuse the bouncers and stay out of trouble. i realised tt there were lots of police around anw, esp on wkends. i noticed that unlike geylang the girls dun come out tho, and the few who do looked really pale and weary and ghastly. my heart kinda went out to them actually.
the inn actually organised alot of get-togethers for the backpackers, eg free bbqs and stuff. creates a sort of atmosphere for mingling, which is interesting esp since u noe that u'll never see these ppl ever again. we even had free food n drinks at a pub next door, on the ground floor of the empire hotel, during the world cup finals. the place was nicely decorated, just didnt like the smoke. but for once, one can really witness how soccer is really a common language. ppl of different nationalities gathered, all focused on the same big screen.
[to be continued...] yes, because i realised the post has been quite long
and i'm pretty tired
-yawns-
so tata, unfortunately
on the bright side, i've put in more detail than i intended to when i started penning down my thoughts :)
i fluttered by;
1:48 AM
