Perth - continued

lets go lets go! im gonna make an attempt to recall enough stuff from the trip to write up a post that gives credit to the trip. wish me luck.

08122008 - Monday
after meeting at the airport late last night, enduring the overnight plane ride (eating maggie mee -wth right), we finally arrived in Perth and about 7 in the morning. breakfast was over at King's Park, where we had this totally lovely scenery. like really. i think under those weather conditions, it was like perfect. well, they seemed to enjoy it:



took a short tour of the place and learned a little about the indigenous people from a local guide before we had to rush off for the next item on our itinery. once again, beautiful place - just look at the pretty flower, damn bright:



lunch was ... urgh - dont wanna talk about it. im disappointed.

well had workshops at the ECU afterwards. super tiring, ahem not very interesting... gave me headaches. haha. but well... it was something new? BBQ dinner! prepared at the university, ate in the open! shiok ah.

over our apartments after, bunked with tzetian (same room), gideon and johnny (same apartment).


09122008 - Tuesday
training at the olympic training centre was fun. now dont be mistaken, i loved the weather while we were over there, even though it felt like there was an airconditioner on when we were outside, but it was freakin freezing while we were paddling. fingers and face was super numb. well not going to over-emphasize the training, good to have new help.. lunch was subway! haha expected but still appreciated..

shopping session at HarbourTown afterwards.. lotsa lotsa shops, nothing much to buy. haha. went in with the plan to get some clothes, a new bagpack and new wallet... came out with souveniors for family and one paltry plain tshirt for myself. haha ohwell..

gideon was our master chef for that night. we totally cooked too much spagetti, too little sauce. ohwell, it was good though. cheers.

took the train over to the beach for the sunset. under normal conditions i guess it wouldnt be anything that special, except that the weather was super imba. haha. the wind was blowing like crazy, cooling to the max. made for a especially enjoyable time, although i didnt appreciate the taupok guys... not fun. tsk. sand allll over, if you get what i mean.

10122008 - Wednesday
training session again, followed by shopping at some more upmarket place. not really my thing to spend so much, didnt get anything apart from nougat? haha. yum.

hmms. there was dinner at some locally famous, apparently, fishandchips joint. it was made somewhat healthier because we got them to grill the fish instead of fry it, and replaced the chips with salad. haha. kinda not fish and chips at all anymore is it..

well walked over to Freemantle Prison for a torchlight tour. its a pretty creepy place that i wouldnt like to be in alone i guess, made worse cos the sun had already set. wasnt that bad with everyone there together luh, i just cant imagine being alone in there, even in the daytime... tour included several scares, kinda freaked out rachel i think, aww, fiona to a lesser extent? ahh cant blame them.

ice cream at ColdRock afterwards. i guess the girls working there were pretty sweet to be willing to stay past their closing hours just to finish serving the lot of us. it WAS pretty late by Australian standards. haha did i mention that practically everything is closed by 5 or 6 in the evening? omg right.

11122008 - Thursday
morning flight back to sunny sunny singapore. sat with fiona and mrkieu on plane back... urgh, mrkieu never gets tired of teasing people. haha i'll admit that its quite entertaining when he isnt targetting you. lol. he even disturbs msong! like wth... anywayy, we're back! yay.




sidenote - just found out today that eloise is back in singapore until 1st jan! eh who wants to organise something! like a get together to meet her? to catch up? pls not me again... haha.