Rottnest Island x Western Australia

Heeeello, after completed watching all the HK dramas that I had put on hold since exam period, I decided to come blog again. :) #efficientbloggerinthemaking #shameless

Anyway, Ah Yii flew over from Brisbane last week and we took her a tour around Perth. Decided to go for a day trip to Rottnest Island for the view and scenery while cycling around the island! Sounds fun ei? Technically it was fun, apart from the cycling under rain and shine, got a little lost, watching your friend fall from his bike and cycling on multiple hills along the whole cycling journey. -.- Overall, it was still fun though! :D

We woke up early to catch the earliest ferry at about 9-ish from Fremantle. It was roughly a 30 minutes ferry ride to the island and it costs us about $100 per person through and flow including the rent for bicycles. Quite pricey but it was worth the pretty view they had in Rottnest.

Upon reaching the island, everyone automatically lined up to collect their bicycles. Apparently all bicycles are identical and can be adjusted so no worries for height issues! (I was a bit worried about it at first!)

At the port, don't you just love the sea? It's literally turquoise in color!!

We left the port with our bicycles and settled down with the island's map before we made our move. According to Papa, once you cycle deep into the island, no matter what you have to continue cycling because turning back will be more time consuming, and we also had limited time since the last boat will be leaving at 4pm or else we have to stay a night in Rottnest Island. Which.... none of us want since we was told that it was unsafe to stay overnight. :\ What a way to motivate us to cycle?!

So we started our journey together, it was the five of us, Me, Vivien, Ah Yii, Bryan and Papa!  At first I was not used with the bicycle because its been God-knows-how-long since I actually ride on a bike. Thank God I got the hang of it and manage to keep up. :D

We look so KOREAN in our bicycles! Hahahahah! :D :D

 Okay, so we started our journey when everyone was ahead of us except me and Vivien. HAHAHA!

You see? Still sempat take a pic :P

Who am I kidding, this cycling this is not as easy as it looks! 

Just look at the road plsss. 

This is the view that I have been constantly seeing for the whole day while cycling. 

NEVER ENDING I tell you!

First Stop!

Can you see how the clouds started to turn dark? Yeah, I'll get that back to you later. -.-

 Spot the sinking anchor? 

Papa told us that he once swam over to take a look at it. It was all rusty underneath. 

Mind me, got a little carried away with the beautiful view ! :P

It was sort of our pit stop, we had our homemade sandwiches after taking photos. :)

Continued cycling until we decided to split up and meet at the ending point.

Papa and Vivien was left behind because Vivien wanted to rest and the rest of us continue our way to the lighthouse!

Kept spotting on the lighthouse from a far distance but we never seem to reach it until like finally, I was this close to the lighthouse. -.-

&&& we had to climb up a really big hill to actually come this close!

Yay! We the champions! HAHAHA! :D

I remember there were 2 routes that we can choose to go, either the long or short way.

Honestly wanted to go the long way but we couldnt find the way so we ended up with the shorter route.

After the lighthouse, there was a path filled with hills and I swear I almost died. -.-

But its worth it after arriving to this amazing view!

The water is so clear that we can deliberately see the reflection!

Oh, and yes, this was one of the highlight of the whole journey:

Bryan was holding his DSLR to take photos while riding on his bike,

until there was a downhill slope which was quite steep,

he lost control and fell flat! 

Thank God nothing's wrong with the camera, was his first reaction. Hahaha!

Lucky guy was wearing his helmet, minor injury on the hand and leg. 

 See, no worries, still can smile to the camera! HAHAH! :P

Another note, Rottnest was actually named after Rat Nest, 

which explains this little rascal running around the island.

It's called a quokka, and it's not shy or afraid of people. 

Instead, they approach to people for food. lol! 

We carried on cycling until we reach to a bay with an awesome view, 

I had to take a panaroma picture! :D

 Spot Bryan!

We ride all the way only to realize that the ending point wasn't even far away. 

So we decided to make a U turn and explorer the windmill!

Turns out there wasnt anything interesting so we stopped and took photos!

Even sat on the road and take a photo. #crazy HAHAHA! :P

Meet up with Vivien and Papa at the ending point, and was in time to catch the last boat back to Fremantle. Everyone was exhausted and called it a day!

Great experience, great view and great company!

But honestly,

I'm quite impressed with myself and was able to make it through despite I am not an outdoor type of person! :P

Okay, this marks the end of my post. *cracks neck

Blog much more soon!

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Nobu Restaurant x Vivien's 21st

Heeeeello, I must say I have been neglecting my blog for almost a month and I'm embarrassed to even say that I'm back. :P Can't blame me what, exam period last month and I was busy taking Ah Yii around Perth and then my internship started two days ago. Barely even have time for myself. :x

Anyway, this is going to be an overdue post since it happened last month. Teehee! :P I remembered it was study week and we went out for dinner to celebrate Vivien's 21st birthday. The day before we celebrated with a bunch of friends having steamboat but decided to go somewhere fancy on the day itself.

After much consideration, we decided to head over to Nobu Restaurant. It was highly recommended by Papa Fu despite on the crazy prices they serve on the dishes, we thought why not give it a try?

The whole restaurant was fancy looking and there was a waiter waiting our table asking if we needed any help in ordering. So we ordered a few dishes under Papa's recommendation :)

Honestly, I don't even remember the name of the dishes so let the pictures do the talking! :D

Startes: Assorted sushis

Mains : Lamb shank and another type of lamb which I don't remember!!

But both tasted damn goooood, the meat is cooked perfectly well, not too hard or undercooked.

Thumbs uppp!



Desserts: Whisky Cuppocino and Nobu's Bento Box

Love the Green Tea Ice Cream from the Bento Box! Goes well with the Brownie!

Some photos we took during dinner :)

Overall, from the pictures, it may seemed like it wasn't enough for the 4 of us but in the end we were all very full!

Nice place but slightly over price for me. :\ But heck, it's Nobu, who doesn't love Nobu? :P


Short post for today, I promise I'll blog more often since it's th winter break now! :D

It's the end of the semester!

Omggg, I can't believe it's the end of the semester already. Anddd, what am I still stuck with on the final week of class? A 1500 word take home test for one of my units! D: At this stage, God knows who has the mood to deal with assignment?! :( :(

Anyway. I can't believe time flies so fast that it's coming to be my 4th month here in Perth! :O Time flies especially this semester! After next week will be finals and the week after that will be my semester break!

A quick recap for this semester, I must say its been challenging!  I mean in terms of being in class in another campus let alone another country, initially wasn't that different in Miri until I come to meet different people along the way. It's been a great experience, especially when it comes to working in groups on assignments. Throughout this semester 3 out of 4 units requires group work and I was lucky enough to deal with people from different types of angle.

I used to think that working in groups there is bound to be a free rider or a one man stand. Its always the same issue and  I've experience them both in my last few semesters in Miri. However, this time it's quite different. I like dealing with people that share the same objective as me, which is no matter what, getting the job done is first in line. But there are times when you bumped into difficult people and not to mention difficult situations where its hard to deal with especially with both sides, assignment due date and conflict urges pressure at the same time.

All in all, I must say, group work is always forever challenging, but the key to overcome this is through the use of communication. I come to realize communication is definitely important no matter what kind of people you will end up working with. The style and interpretation is  vital that you do not want to create a chaotic situation where every member of the group feels uncomfortable and demotivated to carry on with the assessment.

I honestly think that the whole point why universities encourage group work is because the experience gained from that will definitely bring us further in the future especially in the working life. I appreciate the time I experienced throughout this semester and hope for smooth sailing in my final semester in coming August!!

Ahhh, sucha wordy post. :P


Signing off for now!

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Jacket Weather x LGBT Rights

I know I haven't been the most efficient person ever, probably never have been :P

Been busy and lazy at the same time, struggling with major assignments and who knows final week of the semester happens to be next week? :O :O  Sighhh, time flies so damn fast I can hardly catch up :( Btw, its jacket weather at the moment, I can't tell if its autumn or winter, but we get the weirdest weather here in Perth. Thinking of what to wear has always been an issue here and I always need to check the weather before putting anything on. :P

Today's weather is so cold that I had to constantly turn on and off the heater because I can't tell whether its too hot or too cold. Omg, dilemma. -.-

Anyway, just thought about blogging random stuff because I didn't really have much to blog about anyway. :P

Been working on my last group assignment for next week's presentation regarding on the Gay Pride Parade celebrated by countries across the world.

Never knew Australia is one of the most supportive countries on LGBT rights! In case you don't know what it means, LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Initially, I was never a fan talking about this topic, its rather sensitive and I have no right to judge. :|

Coming from a conservative country, and a rather traditional family background, I always assume that they have issues on identifying what they want in life. But after numerous episodes of Glee, in depth research on this assignment, I come to realize that I should never judge them just because they love differently. :)

In fact, I feel sorry for them as they constantly receive criticisms, abuse and rejections from communities around the world. However, they were able to make it through, trying hard to make a difference, standing up towards what they believe and slowly changes perceptions of the public including me. :)

Keep up the good work and continue with what you believe in! ;)


Signing off because I should really carry on with my last assignment! Can't believe final exam is in 3 weeks! :O :O


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Twentyone x Birthday 2013

Hello, blogging from my new iPad mini that Mum got me for my 21st! Yay, thanks mum! :)

Anyway, few days back was my birthday and I still can't believe that I'm actually turning twentyone. To be honest, I wasn't really excited turning twenty one. I feel old. -.- 

&&& they say once you turn 21, 30 is just a mile stone away. Omg. 

So anyway,gonna blog about my birthday. It was rather simple really. Ming visited for a week and that was the first time I went around Perth with public transport. Omg, I feel so independent now hahaha! But will blog more into depth on that much much later.

The last night before Ming was leaving, we had a simple dinner that Da Fu introduced which was somewhere near Mill Point. He lend us his car and we had the GPS to navigate us the way. 

We had dinner at The Bellhouse Cafe with a great view of the city. Simple and nice dinner was just what we need after a long time. :) 

The food was great, I had lamb shank while Ming had their homemade gnocchi. 

Oh, and we had Turkish bread as appetisers, tasted a bit weird but acceptable. Hehe.

After that we just went strolling around and enjoyed the view of the city. 

That was practically it for the night. :) 

It was an emotional and a devastated night for the both of us that night, we were both reluctant and did not want to say goodbye the next day. :( 

On the happier note, on my birthday itself,

Spend the whole day at home cramming with assignments, procrastinating at the same time. As usual. :p 

At night, went out with the housemates and I wanted to try out the sushi in Perth. After looking at reviews and we decided to go to Mr.Munchies to try out their sushi rolls.

They tasted all really good, but they seems a little bit westernised. 

The last order of sushi roll was customised by me. Tee hee! Tasted not bad! :D 

It was raining cat and dogs outside and we wanted to get something to drink before we head home. End up going home because of the crazy weather. 

Went home and got changed into pyjamas and got surprised by the lovely housemates! They got me a blueberry strudel as my 21st cake and a pink jacket from Hollister. 

Thanks so much guys for everything. The dinner, cake and the present. I appreciate it and the effort you guys have put in. :) 

So that is about it from my birthday. Will blog again much soon! 

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Malaysian General Election x 05.05.2013

I'm not a fan of politics but it's like a social trend nowadays, my Facebook feed is literally filled with people trending and talking about the general election that is actually finally held today.

I usually won't give much comment, not because I don't care about the country, I guess one point is I'm not entirely legal to cast any votes so no point fussing on who wins or loses. :\ But after looking at the news spread all over the internet, makes me wonder if these rumors are actually true?

Is it true that the government escorted people outside our country to cast free votes for the government? I can't believe that they were that desperate. So desperate that they need to recruit people from Bangladesh. -.- Seriously? Where did our country's democracy went to?

Truly disappointed to see how our country had turned out to be. Playing childish tricks just to win is not the way to go. It's not only making us residents lose even more faith towards the government, but also makes our country a laughing stock to other countries that sees us.

Anyway, it seems that they are starting to count the votes cast by people today. Hopefully there is a change after today. Like it or not who ever wins, there better be a change.

Most importantly, 

Make peace and not war!

Looking at the past Bersih rally breaks my heart, why is there a need to have a big riot that ends up killing people? 

What is the point?

The country I was born on is in such a mess!

Let's just hope for the best!

Here the link to watch the live updates  on the total cast of votes in different region:

http://live.undi.info/