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Saturday, November 25, 2006 ;

11/25/2006 12:13:00 AM

Australian Geography Fieldtrip 2006. [11-18 Nov 2006]

11th Nov 2006
Went to the airport, parents fetched me there. Met with ryan who was with his mom and his aunt. I think his mom’s kinda….cool? I don’t know. Totally different ‘breed’ from any normal parent. So I went to Mac’s and met him and then we went to the second level and I realized that he had his KRZR which I wanted so badly. So I took it and started browsing thru. Then we continued walking the second level(that food level) in terminal 2, and then xenia came. After she had come we went to Sake Sushi to eat ((: and yeah. I KNOW. 2 or 3 people saw us there. And yeah. LOL. Hahahas. Anyways. Ryan called his SWEETHEART! And then he talked whilst we were left alone taking pics ((: anyways. I paid for the lunch. Damn it was like WOW. Anyhows. Met Mr Chai, LALONDE LOW (why? I mean WHY?!?!?!?!?!), Gary ,Annie, Carolyn, Brenda and like the tour woman. Anyways. After that we checked in and we proceeded in. oh yea. Its like my passport had some probs but it got solved in time ((: so yea. My baggage weighed 12 kg. ((: haha. boarded the plane at 12 plus. Left off at like 1. sat next to Gary and Chrisan ((:

12th Nov 2006
So anyway we arrived at Australia, Perth at like 7? I don’t know lur forgot already. Hahaha. Anyways you know u cant use your cellphone in the airport in Australian Airports? Before immigration and before u reach the arrival halls where u get met by those visitors. Anyways we arrived there and we cleared customs and yea. Met May. That uhh woman. The tour woman. Then we met the driver, David. An old man, white man, approximately in his 60’s? anyways. Australians are really smart. So what we did. We boarded the coach and got posted a question by annie. Then, David went about talking about Perth. Some real interesting facts. Really cool. We went to King’s Park. I was in charge of pictures anyways. So I snapped like 700 in all. I took pictures of eucalyptus’s, peppermints, boabs, gum-trees and many others. Really interesting. Haha. After that, we went for our lunch and survey conducting. My group of 11 got broken into 2. Kelman led one and I led the other. In my group was: Me(duh), sara, ryan, vina and fanny !! yays! We were superb. Asked many people about our surveys. Had more locals at first, but anyways we filled out like 30 forms ourselves so its really cool ((: hahaha. Then, we had our lunch at East-shed market. LOL. Haha. Fish n chips. It was like HUGE. The portion was ENORMOUS! Haha. So after that sara and I decided to have an ice-cream, at least the same flavour. Shobert. I had wildberry and so did she. But ryan had lemon? I don’t know. They kept saying it was sour and all, but it was nice ((: hahaha. So my ice-cream dropped on the floor. Yes it did LOL. Then we proceeded to Fremantle market. Walked the way there. And along the way, sara’s ice-cream also fell on the floor lol. Anyways, ryan threw his away too. Alright. Went to a coupla stores, got a magnet for my mom and got a whole lotta Reese’s for my sister. She loved it btw haha. ((: after that we met and then we went to uhh. Ahh. Swan lake barracks haha. Yes. We checked into our first premise. It was terrible to be honest. Haha. Bunked with many people. Ryan, Joel, Samuel, Daniel, Ting Wei yea. That’s all. Yes. We were in a BARRACKS so it was squeezy and yikes hahaha.then after that we went to Perth City Mall to do some shopping. Couldn’t find a damn thing to buy. Bought snacks and stuff. Stuff to chew and to eat. Skittles and all. Yummy. Haha. Then after that we proceeded for dinner, went for kebabs. They were terrible. They were so BIG and HUGE and the chilli was terribily SPICY!!! Haha. God. So after that we walked back. It was like 8 but it wasn’t that dark. It was just about to set.i mean the sun. so we had our preparations for presentation. Then we had presentation that night and kelman, ryan did the presentations whilst sara did the preparations. Haha. Yeahs. After that we went to sleep.

13th Nov 2006
hmmms. Woke up and went down for breakfast, checked out of the premise, and we went to uhh. Canning River if I’m not wrong? Yea. Canning river for our hydrological studies. Yea. It was quite a cool place. Many eww insects. Yikes. The ants were HUGE and the river was slow. It was the lower course so yea. Anyways we conducted the river speed/velocity of river, the gradient and like everything lur.anyway the river was meandering. It had the signs of the cockscrew shape, and kelman could see the curves in the river, what can I say, gary loves kelman so much he has given Kelly the gift of geography. Hahaha. Anyways cuz we had to go into the river and all. Well at least people like kelman, jia chun and wei jing lur, so they were dirty with mud and all. So we went to the restrooms to clean up which was like 10 mins away. Nearby thr was like a store to buy stuff. So went in bought choco sweets for sara, got some drinks and chips for myself ad ry. Kelly and I bought a whole box of water for our group. Yeah. Anyways. After that, we went for lunch, which was at Nero’s pizza’s. it was quite ok lur. Sat with gary on my left and ry on my right. And Josephine opposite me. LOL. Ate many kinds of pizzas. Pepperoni and Hawaiian and all kinds lur. It was terrible to be honest, Spizzia does better thin crust ones and Pizza Hut does better Hawaiians. ((: haha. Then after lunch we had to proceed out of Perth to Albany! Yay! Heard a lot about Albany it’s a real cool place. Haha. Literally. Cold hhaha, yeahs. Anyhows, the journey to Albany was expected to be 5 hours. But not long after leaving Nero’s, the bus broke down. Found out that the radiator was overheating. So we were stalled at a petrol kiosk for 2 hours. So in total the trip was 7 hours. Yeah. But we learnt how to play cricket from david. Yeahs. It was cool ((: so because our schedule was stalled for so many hours, we couldn’t go to the Stirling Ranges. I think it would’ve been a lovely sight actually but sigh. Oh well. Haha. We were also supposed to go to the winery, but it was too late, so we just saw the setting sun and I took a lovely pic of it too ((: shall upload it here later ((: yeahs. Anyways. We stopped at another petrol kiosk for toilet break and Ry and I noticed Jo and Eddie getting quite cosy. Hmmm. Anyways. Gary took the temperature. It was like 16 degrees or smth. No. 14 or smth yea. Really cold because of the wind. Otherwise it wouldn’t have been that cold haha. Yeahs. Anyways after that we proceeded to Metro Hospitality Inn for our dinner and stay ((: so anyhows. We had pasta that night. It was kinda good. Probably cuz I was hungry. And boy oh boy. It looked like a real small plate of food, but when I was done, I was sure FULL and in fact, STUFFED! Haha. Yeahh. It was filling. Anyhows. After that we went for our preparations. Oh this time, I bunked with Eddie and Ry. I took the queen bed and ry and ed took the bunks which were squeaking the whole night sigh haha. So anyways. We went for our presentations. But of course we had preparation time too lur. Same thing, sara did the slides, and the presentation was done by a few members, me shu ya, kelman, and Pamela. I did the river gradient part, shus did the depth and all yea. Kelman did the discharge. We got a pretty good result and were awarded the best group for presentation that night. ((: haha. Yeah. It was cool. After that we went to sleep.

14th Nov 2006
We woke up early that next next day. Early being like at 6.45 LOL. And so its not as bad as those who went for the chine trip cuz they woke up at 8. LOL. Anyways. Uhh. Had breakfast which was terrible it was like egg and sausage and hashbrowns and reddish terrible pasta. It was horrendous. The egg had like extra calcium cuz the egg shells were included sometimes. It was EWW. Lol. So after breakfast, yes we proceeded to Mount Barker Senior High School. What a phrase. But it was a real cool place because their system is totally different from that in our school. The girls loved soccer and football. You know like RUGBY balls? Yea those kinda lol. Anyhows, we made friends with the Australians. They had their own farm. It was cool. I shall upload some pics of the school and of the people later ((:. So after the school we went to Goundrey, the winery, it was quite fascinating cuz like Singapore had like TOTALLY nothing compared to that. It was so huge, the plant, the vineyard was like so huge they measured it in like acres and that stuff. LOL. Anyways, while waiting for the tour to begin, Ryan, Pamela, Shu Ya, and a few more of us went to this baby swing and they were like sitting on it and playing like babies. Oh. Are they? Lol. Sorry lur. Haha. Then the tour began it was cool. We had Chinese food for lunch. The food was REALLY GOOD! Haha. Although some looked real disgusting lur hhaha. But it was real good ((: After that, we went to Torndirrup National Park. It was a long journey, to the southern most part of WA where Antarctica and Australia split a few coupla million years ago. ((: the winds were so strong that the clouds moved like so quickly it was amazing and awe-inspiring. Totally wonderful LOL.. ((: haha. We took pictures, and saw the natural bridge and all. The gap which made lotsa noist as the waves came into the gap and it was like a blowhole. So yeahs. After the national park, we went to the wind farm. Where 80% of the wind power generated was used in Albany. 12 huge wind turbines. Awesome. LOL. Its like wow lur. They were so big and of course..noisy haha. Took lotsa crazy pics with the group. Anyways. Yeahs after that I think we went back. Back to the inn and had dinner. ((: it was nuggets and salad. God. My table got served when all the rest of the tables had already been served. So Carolyn saw and she said she’d treat us ice- cream (((: yays! I think of all, Carolyn was like the nicest tcr. To be honest, she was like really fun to bully and talk to ((: not a kill-joy unlike gary. LOL. Haha. Anyways. After that we had presentation preparation again ! yay! Like NO lurr.same thing, sara did the slides, and my pics were HUGE files so my group’s file was like 300 000 KB with 30 slides, whilst other groups had like 60 and theirs was so much smaller. Cuz my resolution of the pics were like huge too ((: hey it’s a 7.1 megapix lurr hahaha. So anyway the presentation was cancelled that night because like our group screwed up the thing cuz smart Kelly put his so EXTRA SMALL SD card into the computer’s larger SD card reader. So it hanged everything. All the ports couldn’t be accessed so we had to postpone it. I took the laptop back to my room and edited everything till 1 plus jia chun got the card out ((: and so I transferred the file to the other computer in my room and anyways that’s what happened. Haha. Yeahhs. Uh.. I cant remember what happened. Oh. Then I went to sleep while ry and ed were alr asleep. Haiss. Woke up early too. This time I slept on the decked beds. I woke up and banged my head against the top wires. GOD!! Haha. Both of them like looked at me. And didn’t even ask if I were OK.. how MEAN lurr. Hahaha.

15th Nov 2006
hmmms. Woke up and went for breakfast. God. The breakfast was the same stuff. Haha. Except the terrible red pasta thing was changed into like beans. But still EWW lur hahaha. Hmmms. Then after our breakfast, we set out for the Valley Of The Giants. It was quite a long way, long journey. Haha. Yeah it was. Anyways the Valley of the Giants was incredible it was so… amazing. Haha. Yeahh. Its like the whole thing is suspended over like 40 m by metal which was human-laboured years ago. And its like wow. I mean they didn’t use machines. And they could build it. Anyhows, the Valley Of The Giants was famous for the Tingle trees, they were those trees with HUGE buttress roots, and they were like burnt and so therefore creating a HUGE hole at the roots, however, after they got burnt and died, they still could be ‘revived’ sort to say. Yeah. After like a century, they can still come alive. Incredible huh. Yeahh. Amazing. Haha anyways I took pics and yeah will upload them later as well ((: hahaha. After The Valley Of The Giants, we went to the Trout Farm for lunch and to see trout! Duh! Hahaha. Yeah. Anyways. The journey was LONG and it was like by the time we reached it was way past lunch time it was like 1.30 and we still had to do a tour. Anyways. I haven’t told you, Ryan was the one who did a lot of recording and I took the pics, kelman, sara did the slides and presentations. So yeah there are the workers. Haha. I cant blame the sec2’s for not doing anything. Basically our group was really efficient. We had a human geog specialist and 7 physical geog specialists so what more do we need?? Haha. Anyways. At the trout farm a lot of stuff happened. Oh ry and I borrowed insect repellant from Carolyn haha. Yeah. So we got like less flies!!!!! For a few minutes. After that they just kept coming haiss. Hahaha. ((: anyways. We went for a tour of the trout farm. It was like cool. They had marrons too, they’re like the family of the lobster. Crustaceans. Yeah. It was good really good. Have to thank gary for that ((: haha. We had trout burger for lunch. Hmmmmms. LOL. It was……weird hah. Yeahhs. Anyhows after eating, we all went back to the bus. And low and behold, I shall underline this cuz I think it still applies. When we went back to the bus, Kelman was sharp enough to notice tht the laptop was missing. Each group(3 groups in all) were given a laptop each. Now the group leaders had to account for these laptops. And so Kelman noticed it was missing, and he immediately told Gary and well, the teachers. We panicked lur. Its like if we lost it we have to pay, the whole group. Ridiculous. So anyway. Benedict(did I spell his name right?whatever lur) found the laptop right BEHIND the back wheel of the bus. KNOWING that the bus had to REVERSE to get out, the person put it there, REMOVED THE BATTERY PACK because if the battery was in there, it would explode. And so the notebook was right beside the battery, which were behind the wheel. When we found out we were shocked beyond words. All the teachers were like WHO DID IT?!?!?! And we left for the next part of our journey. There were many people whom we suspected, but then the teachers ruled that it wasn’t done by a QSS’ian and I felt that was a total overlook, I mean how can u rule it out that one of them did it? Its not like they’re ANGELS you know… hmmms. Anyways. We were supposed to go to Yallingup Cave/ Nigili cave, but David lost his way and it was too late to go, so we had to give it a skip, we went to Yallingup Farm for our dinner. We had lamb. It was good. But the stench was still in the meat that was disgusting. Haha. The potatoes, on the other hadn were real good ((: hahaha. Anyhows, after eating, the farmer, took us into the shed and we were gonna feed the sheep ((: what are baby sheep called? Hmmms. I so forgot! Haha. Oh LAMB? It is right? Lambs. Haha. Yea. I fed one with vina. ((: they were so cute! Ahaha. We had so much fun just in one place. Oh btw, Australian signs are SO funny you’ll see some pics of them ahah. ((: alright, then we proceeded to Broadwater Beach Resort. It was the high-light of the stay, other than the NEXT DAY which was cool too so anyways haha. It was DUH beside the beach haha. And yes we did go to the beach let me relate slowly haha. But I shall classify this under the next day cuz it IS the next day anyways. However, before that, when we arrived, we were given groups again, I was in charge of 1 room, bunked with Ry, Kelly, Jing, Jia chun, Daniel and Ting wei too. Anyhows. We went for presentation again, we did a real good job, considering that the human geog was done by onl 1 person, ryan, he managed to do what the teachers wanted us to do ((: the “how man affects the environment and how the environment affects man” thing lol. Yeah that. So the teachers were pretty impressed with us, and uh huh we got first place. Hey. I didn’t say where we had dinner did i? oh I did, it was the farm haha. Alrights. We had presentation and yes, out group was the best. Haha. And ryan was really proud of himself haha. And my group was so happy haha. Yeahs. It was totally cool ! haha.

16th Nov 2006
Now at 1.30 a.m Sara, Me, Pamela, Jia Chun, Ryan, Wei Jing, Shu Ya and Kelman. We went to explore the area outside the beach resort, at NIGHT yes. Haha. We took our torches and we headed out cuz we saw the sign on the whatever board that the beach was nearby. Anyways. What we did was we went out as a group and we searched for the beach. It was SO dark we were creeped so much cuz we couldn’t see much In front ahha. But anyways we made it to the beach. I remember. The sound of those waves, the stars in the sky, so beautiful, there were so so many. Numerous. Wonderful sight. It was amazingly beautiful. I wont forget that moment, if only it could’ve been captured in flim, but oh well. Its stars, no way we could’ve caught them. Anyways we saw shooting starts ((: lovely. It was simply great. and so we decided to go back in the morning to just play with the water and stuff. But anyhows, at 5.30 a.m no one was awake except me. And so I waked ryan and called sara and we went down. It was freezing cold by 6. and the sun had risen. In fact it had risen by 5.40 I think that the whole sky was bright. Aha. Sara went to the water and I took some sand back ((: yeahs. Haha. Anyhows, went back slept for a while more, and overslept instead, packed everything into my bag and we left the premise for breakfast at uhh. Mac’s. had hotcakes! Aha. It was good. Anyhows. After that we were suppoed to go to the canal rocks, but then from experience, gary said that busselton jetty would be better so yeah. We went there instead. Btw. Busselton jetty is the picture u see above [yes that huge one] haha. Yeah. I edited the colour and it looks so beautiful! Anyway some facts. Busselton jetty is the longest jetty in the world. Something like 3-4 km. so its wow. Anyhows, we bought tickets and walked all the way to the end of the jetty. But when walking back, it started raining and I got drenched. Anyways, gary took me, wei jing, jia chun, kel and many more to HEELEZ! Its like a surf shop. I bought 120 bucks worth of stuff there. ((: haha. Bought a shirt and belt for myself. Bought a wallet for my sis. It was white. Anyhows. Also bought 2 key-chains. One red, one black . they were for xenia. Anyways. Uhh. Went back, got an ice-cream. Bubblegum flavour haha. Yeah it was cool. Gary treated my group ((: but I didn’t go down cuz I had already bought mine so yeah haha. Oh I also took pics of Carolyn and the guys at the jetty. So shall put it up later ((: gotta say joel looks real cute when he takes his specs off. Looks like some kinda..hmm..whats the right word.? Hmmms. Looks like a plushie or smth haha. Anyways. After the busselton jetty, we had to go straight to Ferguson Farm. YAY! That IS the high-light of the trip. That’s cuz it’s the most fun place! Haha. We indeed had a lot of fun. I think everyone really started bonding only at the time. The trampoline, the rabbits, the cow, the tactor, the FOOD! The stories of David. The campfire! The tea. Aww. I miss everything now. Hahs. Sigh. Oh well. Let me tell you. When we reached Ferguson, we had lunch. Cooked by the wife of Farmer John. It was so good. His wife cooks amazing food (: it was DELICIOUS! D to the E to the L I C I O U S! that’s fergie’song btw haha). Anyhows. After that we had free time on the trampoline, playing soccer and blah blah. Then we went down on the tractor in groups. It was fun. We set traps for yabbies. And it was just basically fun. It was great. Haha. After that, it was time for milking the cow, it was time for feeing the calves and it was pure interesting fun! Haha. Yeaa. Anyhows. After that it was dinner. The meal was AWESOME too! I loved it so much. Haha. Anyways after that, we went for our yabby catching haha. All of us brought torches and we went to the lake to harvest our catch ((: farmer john taught me how to hold a yabbie such that it wont claw u or yeah. so I took many of the yabbies out. ((: they were small. But there one was one in my group’s net that was HUGE it was the biggest. Haha. Brought the yabbies back and went for the campfire. Now this part I will explain later. Anyway farmer john started a HUGE fire. Look Australia has low humidity, and there is little water vapour in the air, and thus its dry, and being dry, thigns catch fire easily, so a dry tree branch could catch fire easily. But being able to burn easily cuz its dry, it got used up fast. Anyway he boiled water while telling us about his history. He and his wife were once teachers. They quit and started this home stay I mean farm stay thing it was cool. I mean sacrificing all that for this? I mean yeah its also educating but wow. Its something big don’t u think so? Haha. The fire was HUGE and we were adding tree branches and all sorts of stuff into it haha. It was wonderful haha. Anyhows, he boiled water and put tea leaves and got tea for us to drink. It was good ((: really good. Haha. I carried the yabbies and they were squirming because of the heat. Aha. Yeahhs. Its really interesting. Anyways the yabbies were for breakfast the next day. Haha. After that, we had a lot of shifting and a lot of noise and we like moved a lot. But in the end. Everything was ok. Haha. This was one of the main problems. Which I will explain later ((: haha. Yeahhs. Bunked with my whole group and with gary. It was cool. A change in arrangement though. Shall elaborate later on ((: haha. Took pics of the sunset too. Really nice. Anyhows. Went to sleep and yeah.

17th Nov 2006
We woke up, had breakfast. Haha. Yeahs. It was bread and jams and YABBIES yikes. Hahah. Anyways. The yabbies were disgusting. Wei jing took the biggest one and I cracked open the shell and something WHITE squirted out when the shell got crushed under my fingers. EWW. Yuck anyways. After breakfast it was time to go ((: except some idiots wanted to go on the trampoline again. So I went into the bunny shed with vina and Samuel and afiqah and ben to catch rabbits? I don’t know. They were so cute and adorable ((: haha. Anyhows. After that we had to leave so we said goodbye to farmer john. I think he’s a real nice person. Loved the stay a lot. Anyhows. We moved out and proceeded back to Perth for lunch. But before we reached perth, we stopped at Mandurah for shopping or free time. Bought some more stuff. Wanted to buy a jacket, It was like 89.90 AUD I mean that’s cheap ok. u cant find such prices in s’pore la. Haha. At least not QUIKSILVER or RIPCUL or BILLABONG jackets or VOLCOM or HURLEY or like any of those stuff. RUSTY either so c’mon haha. But since they didn’t have my size, so didn’t get it. Instead, got a wallet. A golden, rusty one (: it was for a special someone [winks] haha. Anyhows. Proceeded back with ry cuz he wanted to exchange cash. But couldn’t find so went to Commenwealth Bank. But the rates were so high but since he was like REALLY DESPERATE to exchange cash we just exchanged it there. Yeahs. Lent him 15 bucks to top it off making it more worth it so uh huh. Haha. Yeahs. After Mandurah we went to Perth. Had Red Roosters for lunch. It was like A LOT! One whole chicken and chips and all for like 7 bucks AUD. I don’t care how cheap chickens are over there, but the thing is SO MUCH for 7 bucks you don’t get that here do you…. Aha. There. Hmmms. So anyways. Red Rooster’s chicken was AWESOME but so much haha. Anyhows. After that we proceeded to the Environmental Centre. That place was wow. I mean they spent so much time in making sure things are going well and they are setting a good example for the country. Interesting. Haha. After that we proceeded to the Macadamia Nut Farm! Haha. I bought lotsa stuff there too. Which was a MISTAKE. Cuz I had no money for later on haha. Anyhows. Bought 2 packets of nuts(why does it sound so wrong lol) and some cream. 50 over AUD. Ahhh! Hhaha. So after that we went to Perth City Mall and we did some more shopping. This time I saw SO MANY NICE THINGS! I wanted!!! But cant lur. So anyways. We had dinner at an Indo place. Vina was so happy haha. She was like telling us when I asked is this what u eat? It was good food liked it ((: indo food haha. Anyways we had like 2 hours for shopping. Bought a brown shirt. AND I found ANOTHER jacket! This one was a nicer shade. It was horizontal blocks of brown and beige. It cost 29.95 AUD YES!!! That CHEAP! Haha. At Jeans West. But oh well. Sigh. Didn’t have my size either and I had little money. Went to Reject Shop and bought 2 candle holders and the PCD’s CD for 10 AUD omg so cheap lur haha. Its original btw haha. ((: haha. Anyhows. After that we met back at the coach and we proceeded to the airport. It was like 10 plus already. Yeahs. Haha. Reached and filled in the forms and said bye to David and May. And that was it. We went in and did some shopping and waiting at the gate. For a LONG time. Anyhows.

18th Nov 2006
Boarded the plane like at 1.30 a.m in the god-damn morning I was so tired. I was practically SLEEPING okays. Anyways. I was REALLY REALLY tired I couldn’t even remember taking off. I awoke just in time for supper. And then before it ended, I fell asleep again. This time Wei Jing sat beside me on my left. I was the aisle seat so yeah. ahah. Uhh yeah. reached Singapore. Still was quite tired, but made it through. Had a de-brief. Cleared customs easily. At that time I really really felt sad. I was gonna miss all the fun and everything. The 7 days of friends sigh. It was like a real SAD moment!!! Hais. Anyways. Made it out alive, and dad came. Yeah. fetched wei jing home I think? When I came home slept all the way through and yeah. woke up on the 19th morning even though I arrived on the 18th morning. Wait. I did go out? No I didn’t. yeah. I slept all the way hmm. Haha.

All right people. Its like real late now. 12.04 and I’ve been typing the whole day already. I’m so exhausted. I know I owe you all some stuff ((: pics and info. I shall do that tomorrow. ((: haha. And hope you’ve enjoyed reading. Sorry for the spelling errors and everything. This is REALLY tiring! Haha. My hands ache. Alright.

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