Hi all!
sorry for the long wait in updating my bloggie..
it takes time and patience to finally upload my pictures on photobucket..

so.

the hols.

what can i say, it was a blast..
new zealand was prob the highlight of the trip, with our whacky adventures and death-defying stunts..

First off, the various activities we did on our hol trip!
2nd day there already go skydiving! siao on right...
here's a few pics of our skydiving adventure..



getting prepped and geared by my tandem skydiving instructor Peter Lee, a fellow Singapolean


getting briefed and told "its ok la"


a pic before we boarded the plane


last minute adjustments and reassurance that i wont end up as a nice little red spot on the green pastures below


Gewi jumps!

and now its my turn! woohoo...









































and the best pic of all



after we whumped thru the clouds, Peter opened the parachute and we floated back to the ground



a view from the top after the clouds












Victory!



"and we were like whoa!



the dude and i



The conquerors and the certs to prove it



ok la, a more happy face



we visited the kiwi farm! those cute little buggers.. with their fur-like feathers and small beady eyes and round bodies and long scrawny beak.. makes u want to hold them in your hand in a vice-like grip and keep all the cuteness in the plam of your hand forever..
but we werent allowed to touch them so ah well, too bad..





and we went zorbing next! Big Big Ball! and the 3 of us, me gewi and sam, crammed into the giant ball and had some water filled in as well..
oooo... rolling down hill..
and we kept rollin rollin rollin..

eh, nice feeling ok.. for me i guess.. i didnt drink any water like sam or got a heel in my mouth like G.. kekeke

no photos cos the cd with sam. will update this area soon.



and we finally did white water rafting.. nice, tranquil water (ok, tranquil for only ten mins), cold, freezing, refreshing water.. it didnt matter at all if it splashed onto our faces amidst the fast churning rapids, cos its all spring water, and the scenery was so so good.. too bad we didnt have a camera with us, it'd be sponge full of water by the time we finished..

again, photos with sam. area under construction.



melbourne and sydney were all sight-seeing and scenery, rather boring compared to the nz part of the hols but interesting nevertheless..
we visited a lavender farm, 2 vineyards and passed by a storlebelly farm in mel, then in sydney, we went to paddy's market (a gigantic pasar malam), and went to the zoo..
lotsa interesting animals there, with them koalas and kangas, emus and crocs.. the pictures tell all..


Channel 7 news!


SBS news!


horse carraiges, too ex to ride but never too ex to take free pics


our shadows, from left; doro, me, gewi, uncle sam


this pic was taken as the tram was heading into my face, lucky can siam in time


Unilodge Melbourne!


Beware, coming to a cinema near u, as refreshments


Channel Ten!


Welcome to the pirated unofficial Chomp Chomp branch in Mel, where everything is 4 times the price in sg


and welcome to breadtop! pirated breadtalk, lol


a pic of the vineyard we visited


the sydney bridge!


and the Opera house, where the finals of Aussie Idol 06 was held a mere 2 weekends ago


sydney opera house toilet, heehee


i cant remember the name of this monument but its kinda nice


the bridge at night


and the opera house zoomed in from the previous pic's bottom right


a birdie on the top of the sydney fish market building


pawwot! either its smiling or it wants to break the bars of the cage and peck at us till we die, i choose the former


emu, big big emu, with big big eyes


and here's a big feht lazy wombat






















pigeons and their mating calls


the kanga and emu fighting over the kanga snack gewi gave them








Crikey!


and the next best part of the trip, FOOD.
we went to Wildfire restaurant in Auckland, where we had the most meat we ever had in a single meal.. its a buffet thing, we had a fixed serving of salad, stewed veges, rice, rosemary potats, but the waiters come round with skewers of meat and they carve slices for u as they come along.. my goodness. there was, chicken drumsticks, calamari, sausages, beef, lamb, veal, pork ribs, pork slices, beef ribs...
oh. the sheer glory of meat. but it was an overdose. the next day pangsai very smiaolee.
in rotarua, we visited Lone Star in the city, apparantly famous for their Black Angus beef. alright, so sam and i decided to give it a try.
G ordered pork ribs.. interesting choice, made even more interesting when her food arrived, with the ribs stacked as u would to a campfire firewood place, mountain high kinda thing. haha! sam and i couldnt stop laughing, at the skyscraper of ribs or at G's big wide eyes..
well, the beef was alright i guess, we werent used to the taste, it was a little charred on the outside, and it kinda smelt like wet cow. a little gross now that i think of it. but still, an experience nontheless.
in melbourne, we had a dinner at an italian place, not too bad, but the highlight was the chocolate cafe we dropped by after that. Koko Black. by black they mean the chocs they make contain 74% cocoa. nice nice chocs. lots of it. loads. i had a white choc mint ice cream with choc fudge in the side. and i had to pour all the fudge onto the icecream and as all things obey the 2nd (2nd? correct or not ah?) law of Thermodynamics, had its heat abaorbed by the icecream and became a hard choc armor on my dessert. genius. but i had great liquer coffee! nice.. smooth.. caffiene and alcohol. ones makes me smiley, one makes me alert. ask me to do the face sometime.
then, the next day, we finally had good authentic chinese food! simple stuff, but very much gratifying and satisfying..
last, in sydney, we went to the famous sydney fish market! woohoo... fresh scrumptiuos giant seafood for wonderful prices... oysters, prawns, lobster, codfish, whitebait, clamari, octopus.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
we also had a rather nice bowl of ramen. =)


wishing upon a chocolate star indeed.. a nice smooth dark chocolate star... mmmmm....


choc elves and choc snata!




koko black choc, with 74% cocoa, if u cant see the label, its kinda small, whoops.


from left; choc ice cream, mocha coffee, hazelnut liquer coffee, white choc mint ice cream


our 1st real chinese meal in a sem!








grilled seafood platter! woohoo! grilled baby octopus, fried whitebait fish, grilled prawns, oysters, and a huge fish steak


half lobster, prawns and oysters


fried seafood platter with grilled baby octopus, fried calamari rings, fish, oysters, crabsticks and prawns








last stop, back to brisbane.. G's dad picked us up from the airport, and her mom cooked dinner.. no pics of that tho.
then it was off to bed! Sam, i swear it was not my intention to roll in my sleep and have our faces end up a mere 5cm away from each other. i also swear that my hand slapping your hip, was not to grab u but to just push myself away.

We went surfing the next day! whee.... at surfer's paradise.. nice cool waters... smooth sand.. and the waves, whoa, i tell u. walk 10 steps, kena push back 20. tee-eye-arr-eye-anne-gee.
it was a 2 hour lesson, that came with a gaurantee that we would be able to stand on the surfboards on the waves by the end of the lesson. skeptical cam and i swam, paddled, and we managed to first ride the wave on the boards..
then... finally, as the lesson almost ended, we were able to stand on the boards! woohoo! pics at Gewi's site tho. navigate there yourself.
another achievement from the hols...
we got home tired, bruised and butt-sandied..
sam, i did not try to hug u as a bolster consciously, i swear!




and now i m back in sg..
fell sick the night i got back, but its gone alrd, stupid sg weather.
went to watch The Holiday on fri aft with gewi, it was sooooooooooo nice!
jude law and cameron diaz were hot and sizzling, and jack black and kate winslet were kooky and hilarious.
2 thumbs up for this show, its another great holiday festive love show.
guess who i saw before the show? Koustav! that man bitch... i mean it in an affectionate way.

and i went to watch Casino Royale at night with my old man.
Craig was good in his role, and the movie was a blockbuster, or to those who've already watched, perhaps the term 'ballbuster' would be better? haha!
and i met eugene from yj at vivocity too..

all in all, i'm exhausted from all the typing.
till later and till i get the rest of the missing pics, ta blog!

=)

Ken blogged on 11:08 AM

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