My Getaway. :D

I love the weekends!

Had a totally fun day with my dear Elicia who came all the way up to St Lucia to spend a night with me on Saturday. We did our assignments by the way.

Elicia made 2 new friends today! Hooray! There are none other than Jo and Jul. We all had a fun time together and most important of all, we had gooooooooood food.

Went to Salt & Battery at the ville where they had yummy fish and chips, but we waited for ages! But i forgive them for making us wait cause they have yumilicious food! Yes Jo, i did not forget your favourite ice mocha at Bean Scene.

Elicia you must come to St Lucia more often!

Will poste a collage of some pictures of how my room looks like, if some of you have forgotten or have not seen it before.

I heart these girls!

YES! The date is finally out!

18th July it is! I can totally smell it coming my way....hahahahaha

This shall be the greatest day in my life yet! Wheeeeeeeeee

Eileen Tay is going back to Singapore this Friday! Why won't you come to Brisbane with mum to visit me?!?!

Argh...make time go faster so i can see all of you!!!

I wanna go home too...*Pouts*

Dear Mum & Dad,
HAPPY 34TH ANNIVERSARY!!! Eventhough your 2 precious daughters are not in Singapore, but we did not forget about you!

We love and miss you both! Cannot wait for the Tay family reunion at your "small one's" graduation! Heehee...Missing you all!

From:
Your girls

Jul is a "Princess"

My hibiscus

My dear Jul and i went to Southbank for the afternoon to have a look at the markets and we watched a movie as well, "The Host".

It was the earliest show that we can catch and without knowing, we watched a korean movie! You know how we before the movie starts, there will always be trailers of other movies right, then suddenly it just had korean words, i was like, "OMG! Are we watching a korean show?!" Anyway the show was kinda funny, lame and scary. Hah, no idea how to describe it.

Oh, both of us got tattoos! Temporary ones lah...relax...hehe

Jess and i finally met up with our dear Elicia who travelled down from Ipwish yesterday and she got off at the wrong station at first...hahaha but its ok dear there is always a first time for everything. Anyways, brought Elicia to Elevate, a taiwanese eatery for lunch then we headed down to Woollonggaba for a KTV session, where we had a blast, especially Elicia. Its always nice to meet someone you know from home, especially when that someone is a great pal since poly days.

Elicia, hope next time when you come up to Brisbane city, you are able to stay for a longer period of time k...like 2 to 3 days? ahahahaha....love ya!

When we arrive

B4 getting onto the barge

Blue Lagoon near our camp

Sand Boarding at the desert

Beach!

Our camp & FOOD!

More sand!

My memories

At the lighthouse

Lovely people we met

4WD along the beach

Wonderful beaches!

What more can you ask for but a wonderful weekend at Moreton Island. Its absolutely B-E-A-U tiful!

Sad but true, i am back from Moreton Island to modern civilisation. Its a good thing but it also means back to uni life. The weekend was well spent. Jess and I had loads of fun. Set out bright and early on saturday morning at 6.30am and we only got back on sunday night at 9.30pm. Everyone on the trip were nice, especially the tour guides Brandon and Ray. We met many people on the trip as well. They were from New Zealand, France, Japan, England, America and Germany.

We did activities like snorkling, swimming in the beautiful beaches, sand tabagonning (sand boarding) and 4-wheel driving. We slept in tents and had a camp fire, seriously there was not a single thing that reminded me about the commercial world. We also had a bbq dinner and sandwiches for our meal, which are typical camp food.

Its really a great weekend and both Jess and I looked tanned...well Jul said i'm black...haha...will post up the pictures soon. I'm just too tired from a full day of uni, give me a few days k.

Picture this:

You are jogging along brisbane river...well, not really next to it but near lah...listening to your favourite tunes on your mp3, where there is the clear blue sky, with birds chirping and cool breeze around you. On the river, you see people on the jet ski, rowing or wakeboarding. Also, there are other people jogging along with you, playing tennis, basketball or just sitting on the benches chit chatting. People unwinding after a long day at work or uni. The weather is not humid and its just feels great.

This is what i will miss when i go back to Singapore. You can never get this in Singapore. yes, i know its not any big and special scenario but i enjoy it. But unfortunaltely, i don't have any pictures to show u. I wanted to use paint and draw but i am not artistically inclined so i decided not to.

Maybe you understand how i feel, maybe you don't. Just want to share a little piece of what i experience here.

College started the new semester with a bang. It is the first major event, The Swimming Carnival. As usual, there were many war cries, mascots from various colleges and how can we ever forget the "boo-ing" of one another. Women's College is the champion and how can we forget our fabulous swimmer, JULIANA ONG! You did great!

It rained and we were getting drenched where the Kingsmen were in the tent. Not forgetting, whenever its a girls event, the Kingsmen will just sit down and not give any support. How gentlemen of them...oh well, boys will be boys.

How time flies...i am already in my last semester of uni. The past year went by really quick...this time last year, i was so homesick that i cannot wait to go home during the holidays and finish my degree. Now, i still cannot wait to go back and finish my degree but i will miss everything here...especially the people who made life here so much fun! Without them, days will longer and there will not be any fun in my life here in Brisbane.

Many are working while some are still studying. I believe most of them have their future all planned out, but i don't. I am those who will take a step at a time. People been asking, "Are you going to work or continue studying?", "What and where do you want to work?"

I wish i have answers to the questions, but i do not. I will definitely want to go back to Singapore but have no idea what and where i want to work. Daddy is turning 61 this year and when i flip through my old photo albums, my heart aches when i see mummy and daddy age so much. I am not trying to say they are old but it shows that they have been working really hard to provide for the family.

Daddy has a small shipping company where i always visit since i was little. His staff watch me grow up and my sister used to work for my dad. This hows how time really flies. Daddy cannot work forever and i was thinking what will happen to his company when he retires. Well, he is actually semi-retired, but he has to work to support this baby girl of his in uni, where uni fees cost a bomb here. Foreign students are paying 2-3 times the price of what a aussie student pays...without us the uni can't survive anyway.

Anyway, back to the main point. I was thinking if i should work for daddy and learn the ropes as his company is his hard work and i would the company will be continued by family. Since my sister worked for him before and she likes the shipping line, maybe i could get her to come back but its kinda difficult since Ellenmae is studying in KL and my brother in law is there as well. i am pursuing a degree in hospitality management and will i be wasting my efforts for these 1.5 years by working something not related to it? I really don't know. if i work for my dad, i am also afraid that i will not be able to do a good job and let him down.

My dream is to own my cafe, i can totally picture it and i will do my best to make my dream come true! Again, how? What should i do?

I hate making decisions like that...we'll see...

Sam & me

Jul & Jess

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FOOD! Glorious Food!

Waiting for bus at Helensvale

3rd March:

Set off early in the morning at 7.30am and made our way to Gold Coast for some shopping...hahaha...Jess and I went to Harbour Town, Australia Fair (Supre Warehouse) and Pacific Fair...we didn't take any pictures cause we totally forgotten about it...hahaha...

Came back at around 7.30pm and we are dead tired.

2nd March:

Samantha, Juliana, Jess and I headed to the city for dinner and some shopping where i went back empty handed...hahahahaa....

enjoy the pics!

Every thusday i will have to take a 2 hour journey down to far far away land, Ipswich. The place is nice and quiet, but think it will really be like a dead town on weekends and after office hours.

Elicia picked me from the train station and we headed to her place for lunch...where we had pasta potatos and bacons in cream sauce...yummy! Thanks for lunch babe! Met her whacky housemates and not forgetting gumpy and mean looking landlord.

Headed to Ipswich Campus where it is only a 5 mins walk from her place. My lecture class has like only 6 students in total, compared to a St Lucia where they have 55 people. BIG difference man! Oh well...there are pros and cons.

Headed back to college feeling really sleepy and hungry and we had chicken that tasted like non-crispy KFC chicken, said Jess. Hahaha...but its all good.

Did my Business Law quiz where i scored a 3 out of 5...bad bad bad...gotta do better next time!

Thats all for today...Ciaoz