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Is it just me or are you people suddenly getting bouts of excitement just like me at the thought of GOING HOME not being too far away? Dont know why, but eversince Uni finalized End of Semester Exam dates I have these sudden happy and jittery thoughts of "Hey I'm going home in November....yipeee..what to eat!? do??"(can't help it that food comes to mind first.Once a penangnite,always a penangnite)

But the reality is that Mid-semester exams are around the corner and there are lots more of material to cover before EOS exams...bleeehh!!

*Update: Looks like Lin is thinking bout the hols too! jut saw ur blog..wow you have like the whole few month planned out! hahahhaa...

From where I left off

Alright so somewhere in between that winter break where the friend stayed over, I had orientation ... yup I had to go for yet another orientation! why? because I changed uni's. And its for the last time I promise! hahaha...because finally I am where I have always wanted to be! ok so not always.....but yeah since I was old enough to know all this Uni business. ( voila Jenn there is your answer, that was what the countdown and sneek peak was for.... hahahhaa...not a park and pancakes)

So many booklets and information sheets...honestly how many trees wasted? oh well no choice I suppose. And yup they gave us a lollypop! With uni logo wrapping...weird no? but cool nonetheless.

Alritey moving on.. my aunt decided to kick start my birthday festivities early by paying for my entry ticket to Movie World at the Coast, so off I went after like what? 13 years? Some attractions were way cooler when I was littler BUT I loved all the rides I didn't get to do as a kid! those were wickedly fun!

My personal favourite ride.. The Superman Escape!

Batman Wing

If only i was that brave and drove on real roads! in a real car!

Keepsakes from the trip

On another note, did I mention while browsing thru a lifestyle Sunday market with our visiting guest,my aunt was like Prasaaannnaaaaaaa look what I found!!!... and I am getting it for you! hehehe...

Alright I shall continue. Following a hectic,busy, tiring yet FUN filled, adventurous winter break,some of my friends who had gone off to different places to have their break came back.And the very next day I think, we all met up for a lunch hang out session followed by 'Dancing on the street' at Southbank in the city. As usual we were shrieking and laughing and giggling trying to all tell our holiday tales and catch up.
Hmmm lets see then what happened? oh yes then the week-end before uni re-opened my uncle took us to a Chinese Restaurant called Landmark for Yum cha(Dim sum). We had to wait an hour in line to be seated!Yup its that popular! Surely enough the food was good! and the variety was amazing. But it had its flaws..the MAJOR flaw was that the service was utterly horrible!! they couldn't handle the big crowd! On top of that the lunch cost my uncle a bomb! hahahaha...big hole in his pocket!

The looooooooooooooong queue

Food...The fried and steamed stuff...ermmm and I think the freakish tripe is there in the pic...the one thing I would never touch!

Veggies in soy sauce, Roast duck and stuffed brinjal

My personal favourite for the day, Scallop coated in melted cheese

We had all the other traditional yum cha stuff too like prawn dumplings, yam cake,"su mai" and etc. The pictures are really bad because I didn't have my camera with me, they were taken with my phone.

And of course EGG TART the perfect ending

Well people, I think that's all for the overdue posts from winter break. Much has happened since uni has started. It's like week 5 now!! and I will be having 3 mid-sem and one of the 4 mini exams for Micro over the next two weeks! so the birthday post would have to wait! till then, take care all and God bless!

Update from a gazillion years ago

I have been bad with posts really, a seriously long break. I wasnt exactly on a break, but the total opposite actually. It's already week 3 at uni and its proving to be no walk in the park. Watching the olympics(swimming) as I type this.

ok so I shall begin from the beginning of my winter break which is but a distant memory now. Firstly, our home became a 'hotel' for 3 weeks straight as we had my aunts 2 friends and one friends daughter and my one friend stay over in that span. My friend M needed to bunk over for a night because her homestay peeps went to sydney to watch state of Origin match.

The sleepover area

Sleepover companions

Pjays

Yup can you believe it, I watched this movie. Each time they broke into a song and dance I would get up and go do something else

Popcorn is a must!

Then my aunts friends daughter came over, Her name is Reva. She has all the good pics on her camera, I only have bits and pieces. But anyways it was a great 1 week as we both discovered what brisbane had to offer.(the pics I have dont do any justice to the things we saw)

Govenor of QLD's residence

WYD participants backpack I happened to see. Note the Korean Jesus
Below: Pictures from Mt Coot-ha look out
Church in the city

Below: Pictures from city hall (pictures of the clockwork,lift and view not with me)

kids were supposed to guess what the object for that month was and we have above one of the responses...hehehehe(at Museum of Brisbane situated inside city hall)

Below: Pictures from Kangaroo point
And of course food

Last chit chat session before R left

well we went to heps more places like Southbank and the surrounding areas, took a Citycat ride on the river,lifedtyle markets and so much more...pitty I dont have the pictures.

To be continued.................more on winter break and other happenings