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.