Updates

It had been a week since i came back from kangaroo land. the only complain that i want to say is: ME SWEAT A LOT, haha.

busy finding intern for the passed week and was lucky enought to find one. Hope they don't call me and claimed that it was a mistake and i was not taken. Pray so...

results realised on the passed thursday and I was very happy with my results. Friends and coursemate did well too as most of them pass. Happy for everyone.

Guess will see my friends in 3 months time. Most are having intern as well. My holiday had just passed a month. It is the longest holiday ever that i had. Haha, don't jealous as this might be the last school holiday for me. I will not have such a long holiday in the future when i started to work. Haiz... Feel that I am getting older and older...

Back Home

Back in Malaysia now and now try to adapt the living here.

The weather is hot and i can't stop sweating. The air is humid that i found it difficult to breath. Besides, the time difference i need to readjust my clock.

Food is still the best here. No doubt.

Hope to find something todo during holiday. But first, need to readapt the living here.

The Conclusion

(This is a long one)


Tomorrow, I am flying back to M'sia. My flight is at 5pm of aussie time and 9:35pm of Singapore time. It will be a 7 hours 35 minutes flight. Go and do the maths, shoo...

I reached here at 11 Feb 2008. Almost 10 months I am here. During this year, i found that I am much more stronger than I am. I manage to solve my problem myself, I manage to create problem at the same time, and also manage to solve the problem i created some of the time. Lolz

FRIENDS
During this year, i knew more friends. This had widen my international network. I have friends from many countries around the world. So happy that I got to new them.

Of course i knew a gang of richos. Who are so sweet that we always give surprise during someone's birthday. All the water balloons, cakes, pies, fries and photos. All the presents, drinks and greetings. Make the birthday boy/girl feel special and sweet.

We have outings together. Each so nice and so fun. Going out in a big gang is fun. Especially when we organised the Great Ocean Road Trip. So nice to have friends around. Common room is another place. Where we normally like to chat at when finish out dinner. Jun wei is always the centre of topic. If not because of him, i guess this year will be much quiet. Thanks to him for bring us laughter.

My coursemate that i normally hang out with are Khong, Justin, Khailik and Jun Wei. Thanks for bearing with me. I knew my temper is very bad. Thanks u guys for your consideration and thought.

ADVENTURE

This year, i travelled around more than i used to have. Malaysia scenic view is nothing compare to those i see with my eyes. Mountains, ocean, sea, river and desert, all so adventurous and eye opening. Went to

red -> the centre of australia
blue -> the road beside the ocean which is great
green -> the place where u find tassie devils
dark blue -> cairns where i found cute turtle
white -> the peak of the mountain which is cold and snowing


This year is so adventurous. Full oif excitedment and fun.

FOOD
The food here is much more expensive compare to Malaysia. However, this does not stop use much from testing the food around our place.

Pasta, pizza and fish and chips, I eat until quite sick.
Pies, fries and ice cream,I loves it until I get fat.
Chocolate, milk and sweets, now i prefer more than used to be.
All malaysian food is the best, when i go back i must eat as much as i can.



STUDIES
ok, this is a boring part. Just skip if you want.


Learn quite a lot of programming this year. Instead saying learn, it is more like polished up my programming skills. Design project make me stressed, but luckily is over. Hope so is true.


Exam result out on 28 Nov. Heart pumping fast.



SPORTS

This year, less swimming, but more playing ping pong, volleyball and tennis. My skills for both are still S-U-C-K-S. Besides, went to gym for the first semester only. No determination, i guess. :p



This year is such a happening year. My best Monash year so far, and I believe will be a good and memorable year.

Cairns Trip

During 11 Nov to 16 Nov, my friends and I went to Cairns, which is situated in Queensland. This place has the climate as Malaysia: humid and hot. Initially, I can't really adapt to the weather, but after sometimes, slowly get to use to it.

With the average temperature around 30 something using the day and 28 something at night, it makes the weather very alike to Malaysia. Here, finally i can wear baju traditional Malaysia, T-shirt, shorts and slippers.

Location of Cairns

Cairns is famous for it Great Barrier Reef. It is labelled by CNN as one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. It is a state icon of Queensland.

The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from plane flying over (adapt from wiki)

Thus, my friends and I grabbed this opportunity and went snorkeling on a cruise for 3 days 2 nights. Tiring indeed.

My friends and I

Ok, just one photo of us. If i uploaded too many, people will rate my blog as 18SX. As u can see, I am a bit fleshy now, but i lost 1kg of weight. I got tanned a bit too.

Snorkeling in the sea, we saw lots of sea creatures. I saw sharks swimming underneath us, a jellyfish underneath my private part, colorful fishes swimming on the reef, stingray which might be the one that kill the croc hunter and of course my favourite turtle which swim so slow that we keep on following it. Lolz...

From the ship, we can see the horizon of the sea and the sky. It is nice to see sunset, sunrise, moonset and moonrise there. Nice looking view, if only .... So romantic :_(

Come to Cairns, there is other extreme activities to do. My friends went skydiving, but due to budget, i skipped that. One day, i shall try, no worries.

However, one affordable one is white water rafting. Now, let u see the place where we rafted.

River for white water rafting

Ok, there is no photo of my on the boat, is with my friends. I will post it on facebook when i get it :p.

Cairns is a nice place, but i don't think i will come here twice.

Feeling...

Today is quite a moody day. Certainly not because of my exam. After hearing some advice from friends, only i realised that all this while, i am a big stupid.

I am sad that I am leaving Australia...
Sad, but not very sad,
Cause I know I will be back.

I am pity that I will not see some of my friends...
Pity, but not very pity,
Cause internet is so convienent.

I am tired with over free time...
Tired, but not very tired,
Cause is always nice to be free.

I am very lazy to do something...
Very lazy, but not lazy,
Cause I did nothing at all.

I am very anti-social to mix with people...
Very anti-social, but not anti-social,
Cause no one chat with me and ask me out.

I am very dissapointed with my friend (note: no 's')...
Very dissapointed, but not dissapointed
Cause what i did is not what i get in return.

Feel like finding someone to talk with. However, the hall is cold. As cold as the public refrigerator used by everyone in my stairway...

Tasmania Trip

From 6 Nov to 11 Nov 2008, My friends and I went to one of the state in Australia, Tasmania.

Tasmania is located at the south east of Australia. It is a small island full of scenic view and flora and fauna. The state and largest city is Horbart where is located south east of the island.

Location of Tasmania

After an one-hour-plus flight, finally we reach Horbart. We went to a backpacker's accomadation to spend our night. It is named as Pickled Frog which is a funny name to me.

Horbart is a quiet city espacially at night. It is near the pier and it is famous for its seafood. We tried Mures where the 1st time i ate fresh oyster and some raw seafood. It is disgusting to me but the taste is great. Besides, there is a famous fish and chips shop which is my favourite. We missed the Salamanca Market which only operates on Saturday, but we didn't missed the 24 hours bakery at Salamanca Square where award winning meat pies are served. Yum, yum...

Horbart Pier

We joined some tour which bring us around the west side of Tasmania. We went into forest and see lots of nice viewing waterfall. We did some hiking job in the rain too.

Rainforest

Mount Field National Park - Russells Fall (the best waterfall i ever seen so far)

Mount Cradle with its love story.

This photo is from internet as the sky is unclear during my visit

Franklin River

Clean water source where we just drink the water from the river

South Ocean, One of the 5 Ocean in the world

From Mt Wellington, 360 degree from the mountain. Cold and windy but nice.

Spirit if Tasmania. Connect Tasmania with Melbourne


The tour group in front of a lighthouse

We also visited some interesting town around Tasmania

Railton


My favourite mural

So many sheep, the 1st time i saw that many running on the road

Things to do in the coming days

I need to

1. take as many photos around the place i stayed, studied and went


2. close my bank account


3. pack my stuff in two luggage bag


4. catch up with One Piece


5. close my phone number


6. arrange transport to airport


7. find something to do during holidays

Time is running out and I am still slacking. But, exam is over and I am free...

Blogging Day

Today, planned to spend most of my time blogging and watching One Piece. So many to blog, yet so little words for the entries as i will put more pictures on it. All entries will be released tomorrow, thus, be patient :)

These few days, going on land, climbing mountains, snorkelling in Great Reef Barrier etc is a new experience to me. Yet, I will be back to Malaysia in 5 days... Enjoying my last period in Australia

Tasmania and Cairns Trip

Going to Tasmania tomorrow, followed by Cairns on 11 Nov but not that excited. This is because something horrible happen to my accomodation and hope that i can settle it tomorrow early morning.

Besides that, I got a lot of stuff to do. This trip isn't on the right timing but i hope i can enjoy it. Pray hard all problems manage to be solved.

Hope that I have fun in Tasmania and Cairns.

PS: Yesterday I went to phillips island. Will talk about it when i come back from cairns. :)

FREE..........

after one month of exhausting preparation for exam, finally finish my exam... Yipee!!

I want to have a nice sleep, dating with Uncle Zhou...

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Exactly 3 more weeks before i go back home.
But nov 3 is my final paper.
Still got 3 more topics to cover.
Yet i less than 3 days.
SCR 3 phase rectifier is quite hard.
But after after that, i got 3 days before going to Tasmania.

Chill~~