Australia Trip

Day 1(20 November 2009 – 21 November 2009)
I’m very excited this morning, because was waiting for the moment to go Australia, 5 o’clock taxi came and pick us up to the airport, our flight is 9 p.m. and we reach there around 4.30a.m.(Malaysia time)/ 7:30a.m.(Australia time). I did not sleep during the journey of the whole flights because the chair was uncomfortable, so I watch 3 movies in the flight, 500 days in summer, transformer 2 and taking in Pelham 123. We went to get our car rental when we first reach Australia, then we went to pick up my brother at his friend’s place. Today we dint really do much in Australia, only went shopping for goods to cook and daily goods. Then we went to a fast food restaurant, Hungry Jack and I bought a burger called whooper cheese, omg! It was damn good. Lovely food. Then we check into kyneton resort, Bush land. That’s it for today.

Day 2(22 November 2009)
This morning, we went to an interesting place, called the Sovereign Hills, Ballarat, Australia. It is used to be a gold mine but now opens for tourist to visit. We also had a chance to dig some gold and we did manage to dig some, it was beautiful and shiny. That’s it for today.

Day 3(23 November 2009)
Today, we went to the winery located near the hanging rock to taste different kind of wine. A few wines are very smooth, some has sweet ending while some has dry ending. I prefer the sweet ending though, but the dry ending was good too. After the trip to the winery, we went to see the hanging rock, it was a long and tiring walk to the summit, but it was worth because of the beautiful scenery at the summit. After visiting the hanging rock, we went to see the waterfall located at trentham falls. It was a beautiful waterfall.

Day 4(24 November 2009)
Today we woke up early because we had a long journey to the Great Ocean Road, the journey is approximately 12 hours go and to come back. We took around 1 hour to reach Geelong for a short pit stop, get some food, using the wash room and so on. We resume journey later to the Port Campbell, during the long Great Ocean Road Journey. There is 12 stops called the 12 apostles, the scenery from each apostles are very beautiful. Today is really a very tiring day.

Day 5(25 November 2009)
Today, is not a really fun day, all we do is just went to some shopping mall in the city because there is a large sale there only for 1 particular day which is today. I, my bro and my dad dint really bought anything because we are guys and we don’t really do shopping. But as for my mom and my sister, they went shopping and bought some stuff. I think.

Day 6(26 November 2009)
Today we went to the zoo in Melbourne, this zoo is quite small but the environment that they set up for the zoo was beautiful, they make it looks as if these animals was living in nature and having freedoms. After the zoo, we decided to go shopping at the direct factory outlet (DFO).we parked our car in a parking lot which is only available until 3 and it’s illegal to park after 3( which we did not realise its illegal). After finish shopping, boom! We were shock to see that our car was missing and realised that it has been tolled because it’s illegal. So we took the train to the north of the city to reclaim our car from the police station. Unfortunately, my dad have to pay a fine which cause approximately 300AUD which when its convert it’s around RM1000. This was definitely a bad experience.

Day 7(27 November 2009)
Today we had to check out from kyneton, Bush land by 10 o’clock and we went to the city and check into a hotel called citigate, it’s a 4 star hotel but it’s quite small, however, it does have all the facilities that a 4 star hotel should have. The road in Melbourne city is kind of confusing but once u gets to know the road, it’s easy and u will not get lost easily. The weather in Melbourne is very cooling, even though it has no clouds and shiny day; however, the wind is wonderfully cooling. Yes! Today I just went into the casino for the first time. It is located in a hotel called Clown and it’s only meant for the rich people to stay because it is a 5 star hotel and very expensive hotel. At least this casino doesn’t have any smoke smell, not like the 1 in Genting Highland, from the outside already can smell the smoke. It is a pretty unpleasant smell and is very bad as we are second hand smoker.

Day 8(28 November 2009)
Alright, today is the final day that we will be travelling far by car. Today we travel to Philip Island to see penguins. Initially we only wanted to see the penguin, but on the way there we stop by the chocolate factory to visit and gain knowledge of how they produce chocolate. They also gave us free sample of chocolate to taste and it was very nice. After the chocolate factory, my dad bought us a 3 park pass family package. These 3 parks include Churchill Island, Koala Convention Centre and penguin viewing centre. We first went to Churchill Island; Churchill Island is mainly about farming. They also had a demonstration on how the dog chases the sheep or something like keeping them in a group so that they don’t simply run away. These dogs are amazing and well trained. After that we went to Koala Convention Centre, we saw a lot of Koala here and we aren’t suppose to touch them because they are raised in a natural environment and it is not tamed koalas. After visiting the koala convention centre. We stop by a Chinese restaurant and have our early dinner; it’s about 5:30p.m. Australia time. The food is extremely expensive. After having our meal, we drove to the coast where the penguin will return from the sea. We have to wait until approximately 8:30p.m. For the penguins to return to the coast. While waiting, the rain drops starts falling and we were holding umbrellas while waiting for the penguin. After the rain, all of us saw a beautiful scenery, I don’t really sure how or what to describe it because it is hard to tell. Not sure whether it is an aurora or maybe only an ordinary rainbow. But it was definitely very beautiful. Around 8:40p.m. A few groups of penguin swam up to the coast and walk into the bushes. They were very cute little penguin. This is the first time I saw a penguin real life.

Day 9(29 November 2009)
Today we went to the Melbourne aquarium by foot. It was a big aquarium and has almost every marine life. Towards the end of the aquarium, we had presentation of 2 divers swimming into the large tank feeding all kind of marine life. There are approximately 1500 types of species in the tank when these Melbourne aquariums first open. It is nice to see these marine life creatures swimming freely in the tank. After visiting the Melbourne aquarium, I, my bro and my mom went into the casino again to watch them gambling. This time we also went to the poker room. We were watching one of the big bets table. And saw a Chinese bet all in, but at the end loses all his money. Feel sad for him. After the casino, we then drove to the airport to wait for our flight which will be departing at 0045 30 November 2009.

Everything's vanishing

Everything, happened so quickly,
couldn't coupe with the situation,
that has been occuring rapidly, lately.

maybe its just merely mind tricks,
causing confusion,
blurring me of every single situation.

everything that i possessed,
a few years ago,
slowly vanished from my life 1 by 1.

even things, relation that i thought,
would last forever,
was also, vanishing slowly.

instinct told me,
mistake, damage that was dealt,
was too huge to be healed.

late post

sorry fellas, haven't really been having time to post anything to my blog, and well.. based on my mood..i really wanted to stop posting blog... but.. haha...overcomed it during my trip to australia...

the following post will be pictures and experience i had during when i was in australia..
coming soon.. still constructing..