Canberra

Canberra made me fall in love with Thirsty Merc. esp the song, Those Eyes. mm mmm mmmm. (Eric)

Canberra was fun. especially with amazing ppl around.
10 of us. me, eric, dav, yeeman, hez, jess, kb, kim, cindy and hl.
thank God we reached safely. thanks hez, dav and eric for driving me and yeeman around.
and of course, all thanks to the mummy jess who planned EVERYTHING. (she's a walking GPS)

1st day
started out at 9am.
dav drove to oriumbah to get yeeman.
stopped at parramatta for lunch. biggest westfield in oz.
made a detour to a resting area where we saw a hill full of lavender.
took starry photos. heh
finally, canberra.
made rounds and rounds around the new parliament house.
went around many many embassies. MANY
saw singapore's high commission building. took a photo.
posed outside the old parliament house with hair flying around.
drove to a seaside. found duckies which looked exactly like those around bara.
boobies mimicked duckies' quacks. he's sooooo good. especially the donald duck one.
went to the art museum. outside only.
made rounds around ANU. pretty stern looking buildings. nobody at all. look boring though.
had italian dinner. spinach ravioli. mm mmm mmm.
dangerous mummy jess dropped a fork on my pretty indian dress. well, i got the stain off. phew.
headed back to motel with an unfriendly receptionist.
small motel. 6 beds, 1 bathroom.
slept at 12am.

2nd day
woke up at 830am.
those 3 guys, dav, boobies and hez were sound asleep at their friend's place. called many many times. lazy peeps.
went parliament house. again? well, we went into the house and up the top.
grassy area. very pretty view.
floriade. that's what we're there for. pretty tulips. dying but still very pretty and blooming.
nice sand castles made of sand of course, water and glue mixture.
had lunch (char siew rice and 1 piece of duck meat from boobies)
we went to the national dinosaur museum. well, it was only me, yeeman, dav, eric and hez.
the rest went cockington green. the miniature world.
the museum was very, educational. small though. but i've learnt new things.
detoured to somewhere with many many flags. we saw this plain, green flag with only 2 lines across. so lazy.
we took many arty farty photos at a jap park. forgot its name.
wanted to take photos at the friendship gate but a lady was playing flute over there.
went up to the telstra tower. it cost us $6. view was breathtaking. wind was so strong we almost got blown away. hair was messy. we were running against the wind and along at the other side. cold cold cold.
inside joke: we were walking in the carpark to get the cars when hez went and stood by the side of a white toyota corolla. (ours was ford fairmont). hez is sooo funny. rem gorrrillla?
had dinner at a japanese restaurant owned by koreans.
i realised koreans just cant make sushi.
i had distorted sushi.
walked around the city centre. it was relatively small. like toa payoh (jono said that).
canberra's chinatown, dickson, was really puny. i wonder how asian students survive over there. no wonder ANU is the top uni in oz.
mount ainsle. woohoo. breathtaking view. even better than telstra tower's night view. and it's F-R-E-E. made strange noises at a bunch of tourists who're students too.
we had supper!
pancake parlour. mm mmm mmmm.
pancakes were awww, so gooooood.
mummy jess ordered apple just juice for $4.90. see, told ya not to order juices.
we had chocolate strawberry jubilee. oh so nice. chocolate pancakes though.
had a few bites from dav's regular pancakes. yummmmy.
iced chocolate was sooo thick and fantasticc!
sweet stuff just make me droooool.
boobies's tummy is gonna expand. remember your jogging!
tiring day. sleeeeeeep.

3rd day
oh so snowy mountain.
headed to the snowy mountain. long long drive. 2-3 hours. once again, thanks guys for driving.
kim made awesome sandwiches in the car.
cheese, ham, lettuce. oh so N&D. she's sooo cute.
SNOW. ICE. COLD. ESKIMO. SNOWMAN. SNOWBALL FIGHT. WET. PAINFUL. SLIPPERY. VERY FUN.
well, i sneakily placed a small ball of ice into boobie's shirt. heh.
mummy jess made a huge snowman. oh no, snowwoman. it has boobs. hahahahaha.
took lotsa photos in the cold.
went back to canberra.
long drive. fun times in the car. chit chats. funny guys.
had dinner at a thai restaurant. nice yellow lotus flower napkins.
headed to KOKO BLACK. (mummy jess said this wrongly for 3 times: jojo black, black jojo and black koko). funny she.
had a cup of hot choco. mm mmm mmmm. max brenner's better.
their ice chocolate's goooood. ice cream in it. wow.
headed to a new motel. carotel i think.
awesome place. huge bathroom. 2 bedrooms. nice living room. oh so nice. chingkui (thankyou as the 3 guys say) mummy jess for finding this motel.
wanted to play mafia but the guys actually fell asleep.
we 4 girls squeezed into a double bed with mummy jess on the floor.
thanks sooooo much (eric) mummy!

last day
woke up late. oh so 'student'. and ya, feel sorry for hez for losing his skin. (not literally)
went to the old bus depot. a paddy's maket lookalike. expensive stuff though.
bought this indian( ya again, indian) sari butterfly throw-over. it has got 6 different looks of it. it looks fabulous. kim had a black one and mine, light purple. oh so nice.
royal mint. we saw many many gold coins. and we made coins which cost $2.50 each. well, we only pressed a button before the coin dropped out.
we went to the war memorial. looooong walks. interesting though. read lots. tired.
LUNCH FINALLY.
had hokkien mee. mm mmm mmmm.
headed back to newie.
detour: sydney. max brenner's. dinner at superbowl.
ya, back to newie-bara-bathroom-bed-bobo-good night's sleep.
God: thanks sooo much for being with us and granting us journey mercy.