Movie World, Gold Coast

This was my second time visiting Movie World. The first time was like 8 years ago when i visited Australia with my grandparents, jie and kuku.

we did not take this ride though, look(top righthand corner) at how the passengers' legs are hanging in the air!

but we took both of these. the Batman Spaceshot and Superman. The moment that vertical thing accelerates up, i was barely sitting on my seat, didn't expect myself to take this ride!

It was raining after lunch, so we didn't manage to get on some other rides. I would say twice would be enough already, there isn't much changes as compared to 8 years ago.

Switch party !

This is a very outdated post.

I created this last year and has been in  my "to blog" folder till now. That's how lazy I am. As you can see, Switch Party involves girls dressing as guys as vice versa. I think the guys did a much better job than us girl with the impersonation of Lady Gaga and geisha. they really wore the high heels!

Those were the times, I don't think I would have gone to such events if I wasn't staying in IH last year.

Outdated post: Dancefest

Every year, UQ has this annual inter-college dance competition called DANCEFEST. My friends were all quite eager to participate in the IH(our college) team but i took some time to think if i wanted to join in. At last, I decided to give it a try. Boy, there were practices every week and when the competition was in a week's time, we had practices even more often. Luckily it did not interfere much with studies =)

This year IH had to choreograph a dance based on the theme: video games. So we had different dance parts on Mario, Mortal Combat, Tetris, and some other popular video games we used to play when we're kids. We thought we were pretty alright but when we reached the exhibition hall, wow, the costumes of other colleges were too nice as compared to ours. they really put in alot of effort. I only joined in for the finale part, hahah! Oh, there's a video on facebook under my profile where you can guys can  view our dance. I'm satisfied though =P Of course we did not win the competition but IH won the overall ICC(Inter-college competition) Cultural Cup! Glad i joined in cos if i donut, it will be very unlikely for me to experience such thing in the future.

Our costumes were nothing compared to theirs.

their dances were just so aww...

no title for this post. hahaha

i'm supposed to write about the stuff i did during my one-week break 3 weeks ago but i'm too lazy d. so basically, i went to DFO and  Movie world!!! it was super fun, and i sat on the rides which i was afraid to ride 7 years ago when i came to aussie with my grandparents and aunt.

yeah i sat on these two rides! i was practically not sitting on the chair when the spaceshot went up!

ate some good food that week as well. i will write a food review on the food i ate next time..too lazy to upload pics =)

final exams in 3 weeks' time, macroeconomics is me crazy..time is really passing by quickly this semester.  can't wait for daddy and mummy to come! i'm thinking of home almost every other day! can't wait to be back in penang!!

Riverfire festival

this post is way outdated.

Riverfire is one of the few big events in Brisbane. Basically it's an annual 30mins show of fireworks along the Brisbane River. went there after my first mid sem exam.

this is one of the few days in which you can see Brisbane packed with people.

all of us bought sushi rolls from the city before walking to Southbank

fireworks would only start at 7.30pm.
 it was only 5pm when we reached, so took lots of pictures.

the fireworks were much nicer than the photo. thanks to my lousy camera.

everyone smiles!!!

dinner at Madtongsan.it has been so long since we last dine in the city. we were are super 'kiam siap'
this is spicy pork hot stone rice.
the first time when i had this, it was really good but somehow it wasn't that great this time.

spicy seafood soup. this is always yummy, love the silky smooth tofu in it.

that's all for now. more food pictures to come.... going clubbing later, hahaha. guess i deserve to go this time cos it's like post-exam celebration =) and  no, i don't drink. entrance is free, so i will only spend on the bus ticket which is less than $4. I'm a good girl =)

32@The Mansion restaurant

Location: 32, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Penang, Malaysia  (Just type the name of the restaurant using Google Earth and you will get the location)

Went there for Mummy's Birthday last December. i thought we have to wear like super formal since the facade of the mansion look so expensive. but i was wrong. You don't have to.

very nice interior and ambience. love the place we had our dinner.

can't really remember the exact names of the dishes though

fresh bouquet of flowers at the centre of every table

House Special Salad

-fresh greens with a soury sauce has a combination of lemon, lemongrass and other herbs

 

Chicken cutlets seasoned and coated with cheese served with fettucine(or linguine?) and tomato sauce

Fish with some kind of creamy sauce and pine nuts

BBQ Chicken and duck on sticks. the duck was not really cooked, don't really like it.

hot chocolate brownie cake with vanilla ice-cream topped with almond flakes

Freshly baked apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream

the side entrance

Other dishes not displayed:

Crab Bisque:

a very creamy soup with a very 'crabby' taste. suitable for those who love the very dense crab taste. very easily "jelak". The Wild Creamy Mushroom Soup suits most people.

Garlic Bread:

One of the nicest I've tasted so far

Mom's Codfish & Mussels with a type of sauce ( from the Chef's Recommendations Menu):

taste better than the fish with pine nuts

Homemade Brown sugar Ice-cream with coconut sauce:

Quite a refreshing dessert and it's the cheapest in the desserts section  =)

taste of all dishes was okay, not very very yummy. however i need to compliment on the presentation of the dishes(after all, it's fine dining mah) and the whole dining atmosphere.

Last Day of 2009

Recap of the year..
erm not much happenings this year
1. experienced a new studying environment in college
2. meeting friends from a lot wider backgrounds
3. my SPM achievements
4. learnt to drive 
5. had my first car mishap
6. scary and time-consuming assignments and essays
7. outings with close friends since all of us are no longer in the same school
8. first time "ponteng" class for starbucks free coffee
9. took lots of pictures in college =) 
10. first time being taught by 'ang mohs' in IELTS classes.
see, i told you this year has been a so-so year for me only..

Of course there are some other tiny ups and downs momentsi've gone through me but i can't really recall them them already.. so friends, if you can recall any other memorable events we had together, please do inform me about it.

It's New Year's eve! Mone asked me to go for countdown party and hotel stayover but Dad won't allow coz he said things can go rowdy and uncontrolled..so what can i do for new year's eve?? stay at home and watch countdown concert on tvbs =)

Happy New Year to everyone! 
May you have a great year 2010 ahead of you!!

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tracia's redbox party and winter warmers

Tracia invited us to her early birthday at Redbox yesterday, so me fetched Kp and Simone. we were so late that tracia called us to aask where we were. simone answered the call for me and said in hokkien "lang eh Michelle driving la, ka ban" yaya, compared to mone i drive super slow =) kp said " lang pui('fei' in mandarin) tiao ki liao" LOL so funny wei...

reached there at 4.20 lidat coz i took some time finding for a parking lot and to do the reverse parking, with the expert ms Simone giving me advise "Look at your side, turn your steering to the left, nono, to the right, press the acceleratorm etc.."

so we went into our room at 5.30 coz we're waiting for Florence. go in for a while, the waiter came in and asked us to move to another room. all of us, each with our glasses walked to another room. the whole scenario was as if we were trying to escape from the cops in a nightclub*exaggerating*
moved into a much bigger room and started singing, it was kinda fun since we have not been to redbox for quite some time.

At around 8pm, the 4 of us(me, mone, kp, flo) went for dinner at Winter Warmers. the music was so loud and we started lip synced along with the music with mone taking a video of us. makan makan then we went to  gHotel to pee. me and kp were pulling the other two of them there cos' they're scared they might be shooed away by the guards. went to the ladies and started vaining inside. kp and mone are having all the pictures but belum upload yet. 

left Gurney at 10pm and it was so jammed right from the multi-storey carpark. kp n mone taught me how to cut queue. so here's a tip that mone gave me: Raise your hand as a gesture to ask permission from the driver of the lane you wish to go into and he will let u do it! it really WORKS =P

Chit chat the whole way back. dropped mone first at greenlane heights and should've headed back to greenlane but we(kp n i) got lost on our way back. we really have very POOR sense of direction man! we drove till the road to farlim then later have to made a U-turn at the batu lanchang skol punya entrance. oh boy...

~the END~

Iced peach tea from Winter Warmers. it was quite sweet and refreshing.

no pictures of our main dishes coz' it wasn't really good

P.S. people remember the lady Gaga's song? Mum Mum mum Mah..P-P-P-Poker face...

I HAD FUN YESTERDAY =)

super short KL trip plus 3 celebrities in 3 days

is and I followed eileen and her mummy to kl for a so called shopping trip on dec9 and 10th.

9th Dec, 8.15am: we took Aeroline bus there at 8.30am on dec9. right after my mum dropped us off at Queensbay, i found out the zip on my7 pants SPOILT. so aunty and I went to the QB toilet only to find out that the toilet was closed. so what to do? we went to one corner, checked for CCTVs and i changed there. luckily nobody was there. problem solved.=) enjoyed the bus ride to kl as we're sitting at the first row of the upper deck. it was fun. had nasi lemak from Ayamas for breakfast.

2pm till 10pm: lunch at Madam Kwan's and then shopping began. first we headed to mid valley then later walked across to The Gardens. upon coming out from the toilet, i saw someone who looks familiar. He was tall, fair, and had really good complexion. he walked by us and i told Eileen " isn't him the guy from 8tv's 'A cup of love'? who is he? Henry, Jason??we have difficulty recalling his name. my aunty was so excited that she even called her friend to ask for his name. on the way out towaards The Gardens, sis said " eh  Alan Wun sitting there!"  I was like "who is that? where? where?" so there he was, Alan Yun (not Wun ler, sis) chilling out with his friends. again my aunty was star struck. it was damn funny. the four of us were kept turning back to look at him! LOLOL.

took a cab to bintang walk at bout 5 something. went to sungei wang, Lot10. they bought some clothes from there.later not knowing what to eat there, the four of us walked to Pavilion for dinner at Hakka Chinese Cuisine. shop shop and went back around 10. legs were super tired.

10th Dec, 10.30am: checked out from hotel, left our bags at the concierge and walked to KLCC. initially we said that we are not going to buy anything from Padini but ended up buying the most from there. later bought some at ROMP also. lunch was at Du Viet Vietnamese restaurant.

3.00pm: walked back to the hotel for the bus back to penang. they gave us my fav Subway snadwich for snack. reached home at bout 8.15pm.

11th dec: went for a wedding buffet dinner at relative's hse. Met Marion Caunter!!! wanted to ask for a picture with her but paiseh la. she is the bride's friend and they are both ex-CGLians! i'm so proud of my alma mater =)

so here are pictures of the celebrities we met in the 3 days

the first local celebrity we met: Duncan Lim

the 2nd artist: Alan Yun

the 3rd: Marion Caunter

IELTS

IELTS prep course + exams = FUN

okay the exam part was just okay, not exactly FUN.. but the prep course course at Brittish Council was fun =). the reasons?

well, it was the first time being taught by 'ang moh' teachers ( Emma, Emily and Simon- You guys are great). they have great sense of humour. some of you might say they would of course treat you well cos' we have paid for it but to me, i guessed it was worth paying the fee to attend the course. secondly, I had got great compliments from them for my essays which made me real happy. meeting people from different backgrounds whom many were older me. Mehdi from Iraq, someone from Yemen, Kenny who is studying in Uni of Tasmania, Sin Yi a friendly working lady from Butterworth, Nazrin JPA scholar, Maziah a nice kakak to me, Yin Huey from Taiping the other girl who is also 18 like me and some others. the short course lasted from 1st Dec to 4th Dec,  6pm-9.15pm.

Exam 5 Dec 2009

the night before, came back from class, ate supper, went through my papers till 1am. next morning.  was awake by 5.30am but toss around on the bed till 6.15am.

 headed straight to Cititel Hotel by 7.30am.

Registration started at 8am. Given a small piece with my name, candidate no, ID, and 1st language code printed on it. my candidate number was 000777. what a nice number =) my speaking test was scheduled at 4.50pm! wth Got to wait for such a long period after finishing the rest of the papers.

Exam ( Listening, Reading and Writing) started at about 9.15am and ended around 12 noon. it was freezing cold inside. part of my brain and hands were half-frozen already. To those who are planning to take the exam, do rememeber to bring along your sweaters. Like HSC exams, time management was relly crucial. My HSC friend Li Chen was there too so we went out for lunch together since her speaking test was scheduled at 5.10pm.

Returned to the hotel and both of us sat there doing nothing, almost bored to death. Sms-ed janice and mone coz too bored d. told them there's a tall and good-looking ang moh guy. Jan replied telling me to concentrate in my exams. hahaha. suddenly he came and stand opposite us, i was like " go and stand other places ler" i don't know where i should look. LOL. Later the teacher called the guy and li chen and I were shocked as he was actually not an ang moh. his name was elija sadam. probably from the Middle East. sweat case right?  typical me...

waited till like 3.50 for the speaking test. i was the second last. saw the uncle who supplies books to CGL and he recognised me. his wife was one of the examiner! so coincidentally, i was examined by her. trying my best to recall the questions.

Part 1:  asked for my full name, where i was from, any sports played, erm can't remember the rest

Part 2: Questioon on the prompt card: what course would you like to take if you have the time? well, i did a practice in British Council on that similar question so i was able to answer the question, but still had some long pauses. ish. of course i replied a course on baking and cooking! hehehe..

Part 3: more general questions and opinions eg. do you think those who are guided by teachers will be more successful than those those are home-schooling?

the entire exam was pretty smooth except having to write and think as fast i could in a freezing cold hall!

~the End~

left hotel at about 4.45pm. bathed and headed to Kampachi in Equatorial Hotel  for japanese buffet for family gathering which at the same time served as my post-IELTS celebration. lotza pictures taken and had a fun night.