SL is over!!
On Thursday our class went to AMK NTUC Childcare to have a Christmas party with the kids there. Our group, consisting of Pav, Zi Ling, Wee Ling and myself, were in charge of playing with the K1 kids. They were simply so adorable!! Only now then I realised that childcare centres nowadays are so open-minded in the sense that boys and girls bathe together. Well, these kids at their age, probably it doesn't matter to them. But they really were so cute. When we were bidding goodbye to them we really felt "she bu de".. especially Zi Ling who wanted so much to stay with them. After that we (me, Cheryl, Zi Ling) went to Bishan for our ultimate chicken meal.. Cheryl had her student zinger meal.
Well, it was an enjoyable day.

I've been back from Australia for more than a week, so I think it's time to brog bout the trip. Well, it's quite a fun one. The time there is 3 hours faster than Singapore's. And the weather there is weird. Firstly, the sun sets only at about 8 to 9pm plus. 2ndly, though it's summer with the sun, the temperature there was like air-con temperature outdoor. However, there was a day, i think it was the third day we were there (9 Dec) when it was reported to be the hottest December day in many many (dunno 43 or 53) years. Wow, honoured to know we experienced this special day. Haha..
On the first night when we arrived in Melbourne, we went to hotel to rest for a while before going for dinner, after which we took a walk near Telstra Dome, a place for sports and entertainment. The weather was burrr.....cold.. Below is a picture of Jan posing with the recycle bin. Haha.

Then we went back to the hotel to rest, before going on the tour the next day. For the tour on the follwing day, we had to cross the road to the street outside a bigger and more-star hotel to wait for the bus. It was a bus which the driver was also our guide. He could talk and drive at the same time, good skills. We went on this tour on the Great Ocean Road, which covers dunno how many thousand kilometres. To both Jan and myself, it was like a real life geography lesson, cos we really saw the features that we learnt for the topic on coasts and the sceneries were just simply amazing. Like heaven! Hehehe... Below is a photo of me posing at the Twelve Apostles:
We also visited the gorge. All these are really wonders that God has created for us to appreciate the beauty of nature. Cool...


Isn't it just beautiful...?

Other than the beautiful scenery, the other thing(s) that impressed me the most were the houseflies!!! It's the first time wherever you go a dozen or more houseflies follow and stick on your shirt. IRRITATING!!!

On the second day, we went to visit the farm to see kangaroos, cow, dog mustering sheep, sheep shearing (ouch for the sheep!) and a wonderful country lunch..

Ronny outside the restaurant...

Jan milking the cow.. mooooo....

The dog chasing the sheep.. cute arh!! Like a commander training his soldiers.. Haha..

Our last stop at the farm was at the kangaroo's... By the time we reached there, they were already in deep sleep, cos the other group had already fed them. They simply "bo chap-ed" us when we wanted to feed them. :(
After that we visited the koala conservation park. Those bears were simply so cute!! Do you know that they sleep 2/3 of their lives away? How I wish I can be like them... Hahaha...
Cutie bears on the tree sleeping!! Hahaha...

After this stop, it was finally the highlight of the day. We're on the way to see the Penguins!! But before that, at our dinner slot, we went to the beach to soak our feet in water while the adults took a break...
Does Jan look as if he's peeing?? Haha.. pointed out to me by Mother...

I was getting excited at how I would take the picutures of the little penguins when they marched onto the shore back to their burrows, when the driver guide suddenly reminded that we're not supposed to take any photograph or video of them when their maeching back, cos it is their natural habitat so we must respect that. Hence, we only took a picture at the entrance before we entered.

That concluded the day, and then we made a 2 hour bus journey back to Melbourne, goodbye Philip Island.

Next day, we went on a half day tour in Melbourne city. Below is a public toilet near a park. Actually i'm surprised that almost all the toilets we visited are very clean. Even those at the parks are very well maintained. Some are very nicely built too (you wont know it's a toilet if you're not told!).

Jan outside the gents in the park.. nice eh?

After visiting the park we went to the shrine which was built to commemorate those who died in WWI, the Royal Botanic Garden and a conservatory where beautiful flowers are grown. After the tour ended, we went to Queen Victoria Market to shop. There were a lot of things to shop for there: clothes, sovenirs, fruits, dried products, plants, etc. At night, we went to the Crown entertainment complex, where we had our dinner. One bowl of seafood noodles, which was a humongous serving, cost about $10 Australian dollars.

There was also a casino there, where the adults played for one hour while we shopped outside. Hehehe.. Quite a nice shopping area. There was a Warner Bros shop, outside it were big statues of some characters. Very big and cute.. Haha.. Below is one big bugs bunny statue.

Next day was a free day where we shopped at Chinatown and other shopping centres. We found out that the things sold as many of these departmental stores are very expensive. But one interesting thing we did was to take the free city circle tram which was quite cool. Took some photos on the tram... Look at this one, there's a cow on the tree! Taken when the tram was near the port... Cute right!
As we were walking along the streets, we saw this horse carriage on the road. Quite an interesting sight as we've never seen on on the streets of Singapore before. Imagine seeing one.. Hahaha... To go back to the hotel on the last day we're in Melbourne, we took a train back from Flinders Station to Southern Cross Station. It was a wonderful expreience taking a public transport of another country. It was just one station, like travelling from Bishan to Ank Mo Kio.. Haha.. This is a photo of Jan and Ron with the train in the background.
It was fun staying in Melbourne, might go back there again. I might consider studying there next time. Hehehe.. One last photo, Jan and me at the Melbourne airport.
Cool experience. Wonderful place.

I'm flying in 5 hours time!!
The time now is 1:24 on Thurs morning. In about 2 hours time, my parents will be waking up to get ready to go to the airport. As for me and cousin Jan, we've decided to stay up until we make our way to the airport so we can sleep on the plane. Hehehe... first time going to Melbourne, and the time difference is 3 hours! They're 3 hours ahead of us... Cool... A bit excited... hehehe don't worry, friends, I'll buy prezzies for everyone!!
I'm sure to take tonnes of photos!! Not of myself only, but also the cool scenery that we'll be enjoying and the cutie penguins!!! Hahaha...

At the same time, a team of mission troupers are getting ready to go to Aceh to spread God's love to the people there. May God bless them with a safe journey and enjoyable time there.

Met my drill camp mates for dinner just now at Vivo. We had a good time talking... Wish for more of such outings.. Hahaha...

I'll miss everyone!

Just came back from Youth camp yesterday, it was truly quite a wonderful and refreshing time for most of us...
I'm going to Australia this Thursday morning until next Tuesday, so i'll be missing quite a lot of stuff...
1. TV!!! I'll be missing many days of my fav shows... will miss my boyfriends like crazy...
2. My dearest classmates!! They're gonna decorate the childcare centre on 11 dec so I'll miss all the fun!!! Saded..
3. Church... once again I'll miss cell group and service on Saturday and Sunday.. Feel so bad...
4. Last and the least (haha!), homework!!! Haha though i might be bringing a bit of it to Australia, I'll still miss doing them at home (I wish!)... Hahaha...

Well, been looking for the camera to bring for the trip, so I found these photos which I took in school or at home starring my bestest sisters!! Enjoy them!!

Sisters and I at Ohana after eating... Cool eh?

Shuyi and Melissa smiling... (look at their eyes!!)

Sasha and Melven... (Extra Melissa in the background... oops!)

Sasha and Melissa forever bonded together!! Both of them looking sad... =(

Shuyi and Melissa using all their strength to mix the dough for our teachers' day cookies!! Yum yum!!

Yummy yummy first batch of cookies done!! Aren't they cool?

Shuyi posing with the 2nd batch of chocolate cookies...

LAstly after an evening of hard work, before we parted, our pretty photo!!!

I really love my class.. Wish that we'll continue to be bonded and there'll be no conflicts...