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okay..i haven't been blogging for quite some time ,but tt doesn't mean evrything has changed..or is it just me?? anyway..my parents are coming back soon & i hope sumthing gd is going to happen!!! i dun realli like this format seriously :| it's weird...but i cant do anything ..so wadever..gtg soon! my stomach's hungry .... -_-"
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im quite frustrated for the past few days..mainly 'cause i couldn't get access to the net...urghhhh! anyway..now tt im on let me do sumthing useful here...act. im quite bored...there's nth much to do at home & im too broke to go shopping ( nobody's interested aniway..) ...well,sumthing good tt happened was tt i bought the No doubt's The Singles 1992-2003..whoa..it was realli gd stufff.im soo glad i bought it...in a few days time,we have to head back to school..just thinking of tt makes me feel horrid..(i think im getting too emotional here) ..hope tt i can come back asap .. :|
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me back in s'pore frm Myanmar..the trip was okay i guess...a lot of sightseeing at the pagodas they have..plus we have to take off our shoes (tt was pretty troublesome)
i think the most fun (bad english ) thing we actually did was tio take the lorry up the mountain on the way to see the Golden Rock ..the ride was super bumpy but sort of fun..we went up & down like on a rollercoaster...we took in a lot of exhaust fumes frm the prev. lorry ,since the driver was fast..we were pract. suckin in all the bad air.. but overall it was still exciting..Not bad at all .. :]
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See what Care Bear you are.
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im now back in singapore..after taking a 4-5 hr flight frm Perth at 0125h.tt's 1 am in the morning,which was quite horrible as most of us felt super tired by then so im kinda refreshed now,after another 6h non-stop sleep after reaching my house & a bath.something interesting to note,the arrangement of seats were by alphabetical order,but it was the other way round today,'z' was the first few seats,followed by 'y' & so on.btw.. i sat wif si shuo agn..fate i guess..its the same thing the other time..ah-ha, aniway,overall it was a good experience for all of us & i guess most of them enjoyed it(except for someone who was Homesick~)
i think i'll be updating my blog wif all the things tt happened in a while,so it will prob. be backdated or sumthing.i regretted not buying more stuff lah,it's quite hard to decide wad to buy too! but i may be going to myanmar soon,barely a week after my arrival here today ,prob.on 17 dec,after collecting the postg stuff,yep~ i hope i can finish my writeup for the trip soon (BY MONDAY) quite sian to think of it,must make it sound realli worth iti thot we shud have visited the swan valley,i wanna see the black swans..hmmm
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7 Dec 2003
we had macs for brekkie. i got big breakfast. those
who can't eat beef had bacon and egg burger. ohoh the
orange juice was super small. it came with a huge
straw. we went to the margaret river chocolate
company. the things were like chow ex. ok there nth
else. we had lunch on our own and shopped for 6 hrs. i
din know wad to buy. -_-" cool. bbq at kings park was
so-so. it was quite ok lah..the guide told us
sumthing..we are linked by telepathy,like the
aborigines long time ago..YOU ARE MADE OF MUSIC!
haha...after tt was the airport..we were real tired..&
the supper was horrible..pepper is soo disgusting..i
wished i cld sleep all the way..
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6 Dec 2003
we had some beehoon like thing and charsiew [which i
din dare to eat] and vege for brekkie [breakfast aust
way] then i went to feed the parrots. we fed them with
some black seeds. they were green, yellow, red,
blue..only two came to but i scare the first bird off
when the 2nd bird scared me. luckily i din get any
bites but glenn got a whole armful of it.. then we
went to the lanceline dunes to play.. we slided down
the hill. oh we ended up eating mouthfuls of sand so
we din scream so much. we were supposed to form some
human chain up the hill to move the boards up. i was
sunburnt badly and had sand everywhere esp my hair. i
hate it! shudn't have gone. bbq by the beach was ok.we
emptied our sandy shoes just beside the wedding
reception. so farnie. dun think anyone noticed. we met
a couple having a wedding there. the bridesmaid was
really fat. haha. she was quite pretty though. wad
happened aft tt? oh. erm strawberry fields we go! it
was really really really really fun. oh we picked
strawberries [duh] i picked the raw-er ones so they
can last longer. erm we went back to alderney aft tt.
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5 Dec 2003
today i woke up at the farm,feelg quite refreshed
'cause the air was realli good..we had a good
breakfast,mainly 'cos..it's the best we've ever had
soo far..mmmmm ! after tt, we went ard the farm for
sum activities,mainly Cow milkg & wool removal?
haha..it's quite horrible to see tt,esp.when the sheep
had a few cuts by the shaver..i thot the milkg part
was more fun..though i din get any milk out..sad.Lunch
was also realli nice..i seriously enjoyed it..i think
everyone else lurved it! we went for Fremantle
performance & it was urghhhhh...i mean IT!
the flies were exceptionally Friendly to us..kissing
us on the lips,nose,legs,hands,wherever they cld get
at..& BOY DID WE LUFF IT! ;| the performance was cut
short..thank goodness due the cloudy conditions & the
flies i guess i was seriously PISSED OFF.. aft tt we
went for the prison tour.. the guide was really cute -
he's an old man. but very funny lah. we went to see
the cells of several 'famous' prisoners and saw the
childrens prison too.. very sad. we oso saw the place
they hang pple. very freeky. then we went for the
wkend markets. it was a very big place but i didn't
buy anything.. aft tt we went back to alderney
apartments. tt abt it.
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4 Dec 2003
Breakfast was at the resort itself agn..we went to a wildlife park,which was pretty cool..complete wif koalas,kangaroos,goats,sheeep,cows,rabbits,a pig Muriel,chickens,some foxes i din see,deers & an unknown creature..
haaha..my camera was down so i din take much picts..sadddd..but aniway i took a pict of a baby roo..i cuddled a chick & a grey rabbit.i learnt tt if u are scared the animal will feel stressed too..i fed the kangaroos with this pellets,which they licked it off me..it was great fun..i saw a minature horse, which refused to let Chancy to take a pict of it..guess it wasn't tt friendly after all..i regretted not chargg my camera..we took a 30 min ride i think to Walpole for the Tree-top walk..i thot it was a bridge made of wooden planks, but it was this giant metallic structure..Pam was soo scared she sort of cried..i can understant tt..it was quite scary.. esp.if u're going wif someone heavy,the bridge just shakes like mad.. She overcame her fear of heights & did it ..YAY! the view was breathtaking,highest being at 4o m above the sea level..we could see quite far away..We also went for the ancient empire walk ,after the tree top walk..me & Gie went together & saw Grandmother tinkle ..there was this face & she was a Tinkle tree i think..Lunch was Fish & chips at a fast-food like rest. the sec 4 & 5 were separated frm the rest..dunno for wad..it was kinda sick for me..i din like it anymore it was like chips,chips & more CHIPS..ughh
we went to the farm Springhills Farm to stay..great stuff.. they had parrots there too!After dinner,we had night hunting activity to catch foxes..we met one but it escaped..i din see it .the truck was squeezy..we were banging into each other like rag dolls
Mr Tan was near me too.he hit me like for how many times i was getting irritated.. :[ btw..dinner was FANTASTIC!! we stayed together with 10 girls in all in this house quite cool..some grps had 5 pple or 9 pple ..the house was smaller,too. Before dinner,we fed some goats & kangas,sheep(real dirty) Henry din dare to feed !!! hahaha it was tough forcing him to do it! One goat was soo naughty he bit glenn i think ..we did not feed him ! some guys hit the goats' head while feeding them..it was real mean it think...i hope they wont do tt agn ..it was horrible to see tt u noe..
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3 Dec 2003
Breakfast was at the resort itself..the air was realli fresh & u could see all the nice flowers smiling at u (okie,im dreamin':]) Today,we went to tour the windmills..it was like tellytubby land,complete with the amiling sun & the nice ,vast grasslands..WOW!there werwe 14 of them spinning at high speeds..it was sooo cool (literally)..after ehich, we headed for a local high school called Bethel high sch..they were such lovely pple,they seemed to have one class of each grade..tt's quite small.There were many little kids ard & the band size was also small..which was expected..we had a tour of the sch as usual..i thot tt this school had a better environment.the field/playing area was Huuuge..can u imagine playing soccer on tt field??? it can hold a lot of pple .they had guitar, violin,recorder players ..& there was this little boy who played the clarinet puffing up his cheeks..it was soo cute to see tt..we had combined band,Mr Tan asked for some pple to join in,leaving most of the Sec 4s & 5s out..sad..but tt's okay..they sight-read a song together..it was quite okay i guess...Lunch was Super Salty Chicken & chips on the glass-bottom boat cruise..i expected to see the whole bottom transparent,but it was not.instead to sides of the boat had glass,so we could see fishes & coral reef
a small fish seemed to like us,going circles round the boat b4 we left..the idea of eating on the boat was seriously bad..i felt giddy & pukey i didn't really want to eat for fear of puking them out agn.. Renee did not feel tt well & puked ...quite bad huh? we did not realli see much at the bottom.i preferred the top view . there was a small island wif a lot of seagulls restg there too,so it was quite noisy...the ride was okay,shaky but we pulled thru it..i remember Gordon's pale face after it..it was real funny!! :] we did not go for the sandalwood factory due to time constraint,so we act. went for the winery .it was long
ride there..we learnt abt the whole process..quite disappointing as i thot it wld be less mechanised.we cannot pick grapes too..we had dinner on our own.i went wif Riyuen & Chancy as Kai had to prepare for Felix's b'day the next day ..so we went up & down the streets lookg for cheap food..they were all 10-20 over aussie dollars!we settled for kebab,it was quite filling ..some pple bought mood rings ...after tt, we went back.
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2 Dec 2003
Once agn,im writing this 1 day late ( & repeating it since i lost my previous posts)
i guess tt's okay,since the band had a long & busy day wif the performance earlier..
we woke up rather early & i made breakfast (toast) ..i thot they were quite good too
we took the bus to Chisholm college ,which was <1 hr away..im not sure what Mr. Tan feels ,but one thing was,the performance was quite bad (at least for me),my notes were all wrong & i was panicky.YUCks!i thot they were going to perform too,but they didn't..chisholm College was rather large in size,compared to our school.they had a lot of gd study Areas..oh yeah,while we were touring the area,some idiot attacked (sort of) & hit me wif sumthing hard..i did not turn ard & pretended nothing happened..If i ever know who the idiot was,i'll hack him into pieces..Racial Disrimination is lowly & onli idiots wld do such a stupid act..i did not realli talk much as i was quite mad at it..
the other students were quite friendly though..after tt,we headed down South (?) to Albany..we stopped for lunch in a buffet restaurant on the way there..for the first time in days, we act. had forks & spoons instead of chopsticks..the food was quite okay & i had ice cream for dessert..the whole journey to Albany took abt 4 hrs (??) it was really long aniway.I tried to sleep but some pple were a tad too noisy,laughing & toking away,i couldn't realli get to sleep..wadever.Dinner was at Albany (Night) & the temp. was whoaaa cold..we had dinner at Three Plenties Palace..the food was not bad,some pple thot the name was 3 panties or sumthing..hahaha! Albany was a lovely small town..i liked it better than Perth..We stayed in Banksia Gardens Resort motel...
it was realli relaxing & the toilet had a ventilator~!!! we had to share it within 8-9 pple as it was like a chalet ..not bad though :]
Weird thing i saw : Chisholm college students have green uniforms too..onli thing diff,the design was diff. frm us & the colour was like dark Blue-green..is tt gd or bad?? haha
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1 Dec 2003
WHOA..today we had the Band workshop At UWA (university of western australia)..for the woodwinds we had Matthew Styles as our instructor,while there were two other guys teachg the brass & percussion.He was realli fun,he played the saxophone & the flute real well..he taught a lot on techniques like breathing from diaphragm & gave some tips on playingour instruments..we went over Chanteys,which was quite bad actually & sight-read a piece called Spaghetti Rag & Ja-Da..it was quite tough at first,but we got hold of the rhythms..so it was still not so bad..we had a little break of 15 min. b4 heading for a combined performance as others wld have sight-read a piece of their own..The perc. & brass were not bad at all..after tt,we had full band with a guy called Peter Moor (??)he was realli diff.from Matthew Styles,he seemed to be on a high & real happy..we learnt abt feeling the rhythm & moving along to help others feel the rhythm too..we clapped & shouted..all sorts of things he wld do to get us in the mood,instead of being bored & stiff..it was quite silly,but we learnt a lot (it was fruitful)we walked (agn) to a Chinese restaurant owned by a fellow Singaporean..he treated us really good.we had satay chicken (like satay beehoon),duck,vegetables...it was quite filling.. ( the guys were asking for more rice ..up to 4th bucket)..for dinner we went to another restaurant (dragon...)i had gastric pain soo i did not eat much ,they had this big-butt vege full of oil,no one could pick it up & bite it off clean..hahaha,it was a good experience even though we did not eat much..tt's abt it for now..it's a tiring day ...phewwwww
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30 Nov 2003
today was the day we were to leave for perth,everyone felt soo excited about it,
but sad thing was we had to report in the band room at 0600h,which means i had to get up at 5.00 plus,which was Super Early for me..haiz,i was almost late & was panicking ..lucky Chancy helped me wif thev passport thingy while i packed some stuff into the luggage.The flight to Perth was sooo fun(at least to me),except when we're abt to land..the feeling is like anticipation,w/o knowing when it'll happen..
seriously scary..ohh..Dorcas & Sishuo sat with me at the centre portion (D,E,G)on row 62,Mr Tan was act. supposed to sit there i suppose.im wondering why there isn't F !Pheww..we played games , but dorc & i seemed to have trouble beating the guys at Streetfighte..haha.We arrived in Perth at 2.35 pm sharp..there was one steward we met tt was frm AMKSS..cool!When we reached,the whole area was like in total mess..we were all busy wif the baggage & the perc. instruments..the waether was nice at 27 degrees..i had this feeling of laid-back country style stuff..the driver was also playg country music,guess i was right :] the flowers were soo pretty,i couldn't resist taking a few picts.we settled at Alderney Aprts. on HAy Street.For dinner,we had to walk to a Chinese Cantonese restaurant.They said it was 300 steps away,but it felt like 1000 steps to us.the food was too oily & i gulped down qutie a lot of tea -_- yucks..we had oranges for dessert & the guys were doing this Sunkist smile thingy..quite funny.after which ,we went to a supermarket (closes at 12 midnight) & bought a Cheese & HAM pizza.it was great stuff for supper..wad a day~[this was written on 1 Dec 9.00pm] sighh..Weird thing i saw : there was this thing on the opp.side of a sign which read,Wrong way/side sumthing like that ..soo funny
