Also overdue

CHRISTMAS WITH THE FAMILY

Christmas Eve Dinner: Steak

Christmas Day Lunch: Fresh Seafood with my uncles killer yummy homemade chilli sauce!!

Scences from Presents opening on Christmas Day




The Tree

Long overdue

I havent blogged for AGES!!! felt sooooooooooooooo lazy at times...and was just plain busy at times too! So I have finally come home after a year and now that I have time, I can blog. Going back in time to DECEMBER.....

p.s. the date on top is wrong! I blogged today....on the 8th of Feb...hmmm wonder why....
FRASER ISLAND TRIP WITH FAMILY

Mum posing in the loaded up people mover

We drove thru a few towns and stopped at some beach towns to take in the view and have a cuppa on the way to Rainbow Bay

Steve Irwin Way somewhere on the way ....nearer Brisbane

Postlady in Christmas mood in a town called Gympie( I know Gympie..sounds so elf-ish right)

"We're Open!!, customers wanted"
Cute sign in one of the towns we passed thru

hmmm the name of the place is blocked...Caloundra route map

So we stayed at Rainbow Bay for two nights. Rainbow Bay is one of the closest gateways to Fraser Island.
Our accomodation


Inside the place

Our mode of transportation for Fraser Island....you cannot go on the island in any ol car, has to be a 4 wheel drive! why?? coz its and island, with no roads...just the beach and gravel roads to drive on...


Thats Rainbow Bay, the gateway to get on the barge that takes us over to Fraser island

Road leading into the Island...man what a bumpy ride!! the road may look smooth from far..but oh boy it was soooooooooooooooooo bumpy, we were being thrown from side to side...our butts and back were so so sore afte the trip..but what an adventure!

Roaming around on the Island
Mum and Aunt Hehehehhehehe!! EVIL!!!!
Lake Mckenzie on the Island, where we had our picnic lunch

See now why strictly 4 wheel drives only!!! it began pouring so hard halfway thru the day..and this French group of travellers got stuck in the mud! my unlce,cousins and brothers got down to help



An amazing experience..driving on the beach! during low tide of course...

Then the weather turned!! when we left in the evening it rained...and the tiede was coming up ..and we were like zooming off the island as fast as we could!!

Just 5 days or so after our trip..a storm alert hit the island..and everyone was asked ot evacuate, we were lucky!

All in all it was a very nice trip..so different from our usual trips..this was anail bitting, adrenaline filled and sore butt kinda trip!

A cool night in Summer

Ice skating is so much of fun! Glad the uni organised the night out for us students and staff and their kids. We didnt let the stats mid-sem exam(morning paper) which we were to sit for the day after the ice skating stop us from having fun! Although the next day those who fell on the ice came to uni with bruises and cuts, and some of us with muscle pulls and sore feet we wanted to go again!! and of course no outing is complete without a whole lot of pics...here are some...

Random shots: Shots us with camera's took while skating around ..randomly snapping away....

I'm glad the balance I had from my roller blading days about 10-11 years ago came in handy,wouldnt have been able to skate if it wasn't for that

These two guys were the best skaters among us all: Omniya and Zsean a.k.a Zman

Vanessa and Mimi and a very hyper Omniya,hahahhaa

Zsean was pelting us girls with ice, and he was really fast that we couldnt catch him! poor Tessa got hit.....


I wasn't spared either...Zsean caught in the act red handed!

Omniya helping Fatima, and at the back the twins!! two cute little twins we made friends with, and they helped us get Zsean back! and Zsean was helpless coz he couldnt get back at em..all he could do was run, ermm I mean Skate..real fast!!! hahahhahaa.....

Zsean's turn to go all hyper

Poor gals ....they were actually posing for the cam, but then they lost their balance in the middle of the shot and bam they landed butt down....

At one point all the lights were switched off and the disco balls and lights were switched on! and the music got us all moving!
Random ppl skating...

Then of course we had to snap a whole lot of Group pics..here are some....

Hehehe ..had to hold Fatima's hand so she could balance......walking on those things are not easy..imagine squating with them!

Hmmmmm ok.....butt shots....well that pretty line did not last for long.....

Farah and Nats wish you guys didn't have to leave so early (Nats hope ur knee heals quickly!)

I wasn't supposed to be in this one

Us gals with our Academic Advisor(Lynn)

So called shaolin soccer and Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon pose...so did not pull it off...we look too happy...not fierce or angry looking enough

The gals from Sunnybank...hahhaha...Tessa, Bella and Vinci

Group photo of most of us who went(some went home already)...including our Welfare advisor(Chris) and Academic Admin Advisor(Bronwy) (without the kiddies though)

Although getting there was stressful(thanks to those cabs!) all of it was worth it eh guys....sorry again for the taxi mess....and BIG thank you to AJ(dude in Green shirt) for helping us out in the end with the taxi's and the lift home! the 6 of us thank you!

I go Crazy over......

C.A.N.D.Y.

Yup when it comes to candy, I forget what's around me! I just get so carried away....A new candy shop opened up at the mall near uni...my usual haunt with friends....its called Candy Time. It one of those shops wth the pick and mix candy apart from all sorts of other candy and choclates as well. I walked in, grabbed a bag and just went cuckoo! Tried to go easy and not take too much because weight measured candy is usualy expensive, oh but I couldnt help it..everything was sooooooooo tempting, in the end I left the shop like a happy kid with:

Rasberry and Bluberry Clouds

Fizzy Chewing Gum and Mini Jelly Beans

All time fav: Gummy Bears and Gummy Lips

Apple O's and Mint Leaf Gummies

Cute Gummy Penguins

Candy Time

An insane load

See I am so nuts over candy...have the time to individualy choose some and photograph them...I LOVE my Candy!

Meals on Wheels

Since I bum around most of the time.........My aunt asked me to join her on her meals on wheels project today morning. Meals on wheels is a community project where volunteers deliver cooked meals to elderly people everyday by car. The meals are prepared at the community centre kitchen and then the food is packed up in thermos bags and off the volunteers go and deliver the food to the elderly ppl whom have signed up as recievers. Some of them are so old, they can't even walk to the door. They are in their late 80's early 90's some of them.Although its an everyday thing, my aunt volunteers once a month....every first Monday of the month is her shift. I had fun bringing some joy to the elderly, and making sure they are fed for the day!

The food all pakced up and stored in thermos bags in the car

The food: Main Course( not sure what it was) soup,Dessert(sticky date pudding and custard) and apple or orange juice

Some houses we went to we delivered two meals, for husband and wife(so sweet,old couple still living together after soooooo many years). The elderly ppl could even choose special meals. E.g. soft diet, vegetarian,no seafood and so on.

New Hobby??? No way!..just For the sake of health

Lately I have been disappointed at how I prove to be an unfit person time and time again....SO I decided to do something about it...........

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Voila a bicycle!.....I actually didn't dare ask my mum,not even dad...whether I could get myself a brand new bike. This is because I know my mum would say no as she knows I will ride it the first few days then neglect it,thus wasting money(she knows me too well)...and I didn't want to ask dad because he would say ok and that would make mum unhappy.......however God is good. Out of the blue few weeks back, my cousin's friend was looking for someone to buy her bike. It was too good an offer! the bike was in good condition,and was a nice looking one, so for Aus 20 I couldnt say no! mum was ok with it when I told her, and dad ended up being the sceptical one, as for me, a good bargain always makes me happy.Only thing is, NOW I have to be disciplined enough to ride at least twice a week! then slowly increase it.Have to show mum I am serious.

p.s. must tell myself looking silly in a helmet is nothing as compared to leading a healthy life! hahahaha.

p.p.s. lin I am coming to Adelaide on it next year. Yeaaaa RIGhhTT!!! uphill around my neighbourhood itself I am already struggling!...hahahhahahaa......