The gems of Queensland

One great thing bout living in Queensland is that Gold Coast is so much accessible from here. It  just need an hour of train ride and there we are at the awesome Gold Coast beach and the fun filled and trailing theme parks. Though I haven been to the theme parks before, but hitting the beach in Gold Coast is what I used to do when I'm in Gold Coast. One of the main beach in Gold Coast is the Surfers Paradise, or u can choose to go the the beach further down which is named, Broad Beach.

But one thing is that I haven been to the theme park in gold coast before. There are two seperately own theme park in gold coast, one is the movie world; wet n wild; and sea world. And the other one is the Dream world linked with the water world. So the tickets here is either u purchased a combination of theme park, get an annual ticket with unlimited access before expiry date, or u can simply choose to purchase a single theme park with single entry pass. Well, I have heard a lot bout the theme parks, n i heard the rides are trailing and scary. Still I'm so fascimnated to try them all , so lets bring it on!

Places that is a must-shop spot in Australia, is the Direct factory outlet (DFO) and Harbour Town that u cant miss in every city of Australia. For queensland, the DFO is situated nearby from the brisbane airport and we called it the airport village. Whereas the harbour town in queensland, it is situated in Gold Coast n u need to catch a bus and train to reach there. They both are awesome shopping spots!

Well, besides shopping and city life I am a person who likes to get closer to nature. So I managed to look up for this temple located somewhere near suburb and finally get to spend a day there. Sometimes u will realize they are still many beautiful places that people just missed out because there are not touristy enough to attract the crowds.

Its really amazing to discover such a huge temple being so well maintained and built in Australia. But I have heard from a senior that there is still part of the temple which have been abondened and not being able to resume contruction due to financial difficulties. Well, hope they will be able to gain some funds through the donations and complete the whole large scale of the temple soon.

And sometimes, we should really make the first move to explore and you will then realize how many hidden treasure out there that are reamin unfound n not being discovered. Let me share with youa  few shots of a random park at Underwood.

Miss me not

It had been half a year since I last blogged. Many things has changed and the most significant one is that I am now blogging n telling stories of a new place that I'm at now, Queensland.

Landed on this awesome place in February and thereon I started my journey on my final year tertiary studies and explring at this place. I had a tough time settling down and to fight the thoughts of home sick. I cant help but teared everytime when i speaks with my family on the phone. But glad those days with tears and rants doesnt last long and everything managed to go on track and happened smoothly later on.

My life here now is joyful, enjoyable, and fabulous if u wonder. I live on everyday now with no regrets but to be thankful for the opportunity that i was gifted to be here.

#This is the current university that I'm studying at, University of Queensland. I was amazed by how it looks when I first arrived here. No doubt, it's my dream uni ever. Its really an one stop uni that u have all facilities in and the best part is i love their buildings structures that looks heritage much and their green ish grassy ground that u can feel free and save to leen on.

I first came here without a place to stay, so I did a few rounds of house hoping around friend's place. I'm really grateful for their hospitality and generosity for willing to take me in. It took me a week to move into a place that me n my housemates are all fine with, and now I'm living in a grany flat that I see myself at when I first walked in.

We have a really nice landlord which are from Malaysia as well. They are a married couple with a five year old kid. It was awkward when we first came for inspection and talk to them. But it didnt take us long to get along well with them. They are really friendly, kind, and helpful towards us. The first day when we came in, they offered to drive us and help us to move our stuff into the current house; during weekend our landlady will bake and offer us to have a cup of coffee at her place; they took the first step to know us more and treated us out for a fine dinner during the first weekend after we moved in; we celebrated their birthdays with them; and we r of a great companion to their little kid. So this is not just mere tenant relationship that we have, its something more that is warmth and humanity that we experience. I'm feeling super thankful to have them, it really makes us feel home when we are with them, so what more can we ask for.

And the city that I have settled down is Brisbane, Queensland. Not much of entertainment and night life, but it's exactly what I look forward to live in.



Someone Like You, Adele

Sorrow, Simple yet it Strucks my heart.

Confession of the composer and also singer herself. Portraying her real but miserable life to all, telling the world that she will be fine and ready to get over the fact of the 18months relationship. Its a way for her to be freed. 

ADELE - "I wrote that song on the end of my bed. I had a cold. I was waiting for my bath to run. I'd found out that he'd got engaged to someone else." I was struggled emotionally, "When I was writing it I was feeling pretty miserable and pretty lonely."   

"We were so intense I thought we would get married. But that was something he never wanted ...So when I found out he does want that with someone else, it was just the horrible-est feeling ever ..."

"Someone Like You"

I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,"
Yeah.

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face andI heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,"
Yeah.

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
 that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."

A Big Laugh through

It was supposed to be a resting and study day for me today. However, I was waken up early in the morning by my mum telling me a bad news. Which is OMG our maid ran away! Okay ... so this is the first time ever that a maid employed by us ran away. It maybe a common issue for most btu its our first time dealing with it.

I was told that mum started employing maid when i wasnt even a year old. So now i am 20 this year, it makes mum an employer with 20 years experience dealing with all these maids issue. Instead of being sad, i would say that i think this is funny. Super funny. Running away without much planning and making ur self a life long fugitive. How smart can they be. Okay, perhaps they may have the guts to turn back home after sometime n ask to be emplyoed again. But neh, u lay ur knees n beg n cry also we would never forgive that. And now the most headache and tedious thing for us to deal with is the housework. Gah its endless of doing.

Truth Behind Fog

There were times when u see thick layers of fog appears before u.

Couldnt stop wondering what was hidden behind it.

It may be sunshine, it may be thick clouds, and it may be sprrinkles.

And often not the things that we wished for

That was me in a few months back.

Filled with uncertainties and lack of assurance.

Doubt bout what i should do, and let the emotions stirring up upon myself.

Maybe its time for me to get back up on my own.

Numbness and satisfaction found through exhaustion and draining it with fatigue.

Thats the only way out that i discovered.



18911 the 43th Anniversary

Scout have always mean something to. Scout is what i would devote myself to and its about what they had given me durign my teenage life that makes me bonded to it. It was this big day again that we organize our troop's anniversary and proudly saying we are turning 43 today.

Yeah, so here it is. Happy Birthday =) The customized cake for this big day! I was truly amazed by the big logo of scout imprinted on it. Bet this cake baker could pass the entry test for scout, since the logo is so well drewn.

P/s: Its mymum exact birth date too today. 18th September, Happy Birthday mum! Thanks for giving birth to me =)
I always enjoy attending special scout events organized. Meeting up with peers that we spend our high school life with is amazing. We ate slept ate and did all sorts of things together while camping out. We gain so much from each other and look out for each other. Only those who had been through this will understand. The feeling of never feeling strange for not seeing each other for so long will never ever bother us.

And finally the whole gathering function which brings all past seniors and junior seniors together ended up with a big family photo. Our fmaily is super big isnt it. But still we r all living happily together!

*Special credit for my senior, Mun Jun for all these amazing picutres taken.

I have alwyas been a drama freak as what i was known among my close friends. I wouldnt deny that. Cox I am those odd kind that could really tolerate for being trapped in a house for a week without stepping out of the house, but provided there is dramas for me to kill time. My record is chasing a 20 episodes drama in two days. Its that too much =p Haha, but for me thats the way we should watch drama. Climaks that wouldnt allow you to turn ur tv power off but kept playing it on screen episode by episode.

However, there's always reasons for me to start watching a new drama. Its either the interesting actors cast,  popularity and ratings of a particular drama, or even by a word of mouth from friends or netizens could really catch my attention. I used to watch taiwan drama since last time, but lately after the Hallyu wave arose again, I literally prefer korean dramas over the taiwan ones, as taiwan ones are usually real draggy. And one thing that korean drama wins over the others is that they are smart for always having idols acting in it. But now a days, i have been watching dramas that are not even that popular. Simple reason, cox the story line is really attractive. I have been watching a lot of dramas and movies since the week finals exam started. It is one of my favourite way to release stress and to forget everything happening around and immerse my wholeself into the plot of drama.

And among all the dramas i have watched lately, I think this was my favourite of all "49 days". Insane storyline that doesnt make sense, but I would say that I really did learnt something out of it. Being placed in hard times over the month of june makes me start thinking over about what life is all about. Adding on this drama really did manage to light on one of the part of my brain that have been asleep all this while.

So this drama was about this girl that was in comma after meeting in an accident that caused by a woman who attempted to commit suicide. Storyline surrounds the soul of this girl who was forced to wonder around as she is physically unconscious. And the death god was told to give her a chance to substitute in a girls body and live for 49 days to earn 3 drops of tears from people around her, cox its still not her time yet. The 3 drops of tears that she earned have to be of 100% sincerity, which is not our of sympathy, hatret, gloat; and must not teared by any of her family members. 3 drops of tears that people teared for her could prove that her life that she has been living all this while is meaningful and she deserves to return to her oldself qand continue her life. And since then, she put in so much effort to adapt herself in the new body that she has been lending and earn tears. There's when she started realize many ugly truth around her and she started being alert and smarter by hiding her real self personality so that she wouldnt be discoverd by others that its her soul attaching at others people's body. Quoting a word by her is that, "people wouldnt tear for you when ur not living anymore, its how u lived before that will only makes people tear for you." So, do catch this drama if you have the time and interest on it. 

Moral of the story at the end of the day, is that people usually wont realize people around them are that precious and we alwyz take it for granted. What if, we suddenly died the next day and you dont even have a chance to do or even say one last thing to ur love ones. Its really heartbreaking when you wanted but couldnt do anything anymore. The actress in the story whispered this one last thing to her parents before she passed away, "Father, mother, being your daughter is really my happiness in life." The last word really gave the drama a perfect, sad, but yet happy ending.
And sometimes, we are just that naive to believe things that can be seen my naked eyes, and wouldnt bother to discover in depth. People that we used to count on may ended up being the one who hurt us the most; poeple who act to dislike us may be the one who care about us the most.

But yeah, in real life sometimes it wouldnt be that cruel and sophisticated like drama. And for me, lately i think that life is just this thing that is really fragile, simple and yet sophisticated. I still need more years to live on to learn what life is really about. Yeah i'm quite emo lately. I wonder, " sometimes God is being generous n gives u honey, it makes u forget bout taste of bitterness; The moment When he Stops feeding u, That's when u'll start wondering wat life is all about"