right...so i have gone to visit the chinese sinseh again...(although i have been dreading since Saturday and Sunday)...but i decided i reallie need to cure it once and for all, instead of living with this problem which may come back to haunt me anytime...it's quite embarrassing actually but he helped me correct it and was rather quick abt it...so not much pain was felt (good!) ...he said after he helped me correct the tail bone, i shld feel no pain when sitting~
immediately after he helped me do it, i tried sitting...reallie NO PAIN! but after i reached home and tried again, it's pain!! SOOOOOOO i dunno wad happened T_T very scared i might have done sth to alter it...but it can't be so easily altered bah? he asked me not to sit on too soft material...=X hopefully it's just due to the bruises surrounding it, that's why pain and not becos it's hard to cure or wad bah...hai~ i am being paranoid...T_T
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
This Christmas, I AM very thankful that I am still able to celebrate this year given wad has happened...but still...lots of things to settle after the stupid accident...insurance claims, check ups etc...hai~
I went to see specialist today...was told that the fractured part caused part of the tailbone to shift inwards...and it will NV grow back to the original position...hmmm! he also said that in future, if i sit for a long time, i might experience pain, but nothing a painkiller can't cure...but i was like?? that still meant there will be after effects ah...-.-" zzz...he also said, pain might be experienced on off...but such cases are uncommon...sounds...very gloomed...-.-
I went to see specialist today...was told that the fractured part caused part of the tailbone to shift inwards...and it will NV grow back to the original position...hmmm! he also said that in future, if i sit for a long time, i might experience pain, but nothing a painkiller can't cure...but i was like?? that still meant there will be after effects ah...-.-" zzz...he also said, pain might be experienced on off...but such cases are uncommon...sounds...very gloomed...-.-
X'mas eve dinner "feast" :
KFC Family feast~ (omg...i am getting sick of fast food again =.=)
The red wine sponsored by my sis...ironically it's from my "fave" place, Australia...
It's one of the nicest red wine i have tasted so far, and it smells very nice...i think price reallie matters when it comes to wine eh~ (pardon me for the poor quality, was taken w my poor o' hp...)
First glass...
2nd glass...
after my second, i was a bit like --> *_* hahaha...but it tastes REALLIE nice...too bad, my sis said it is not found in Singapore...sighz...
KFC Family feast~ (omg...i am getting sick of fast food again =.=)
The red wine sponsored by my sis...ironically it's from my "fave" place, Australia...
It's one of the nicest red wine i have tasted so far, and it smells very nice...i think price reallie matters when it comes to wine eh~ (pardon me for the poor quality, was taken w my poor o' hp...)
First glass...
2nd glass...
after my second, i was a bit like --> *_* hahaha...but it tastes REALLIE nice...too bad, my sis said it is not found in Singapore...sighz...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
today i also met a fren i haven spoken to for awhile online...i told him abt my accident...even though i guess he is bullshitting but when he said he would have gone to visit me in melbourne, i was still quite touched by that...sometimes frenz are not abt hanging out often but reallie when it matters, they are there...:) the show of concern brought a smile to my face...but that's b4 he abandoned talking to me for WOW =.= guys will be guys i guess...hahaha
tml i will be going back to work...but somehow i am not dreading it as much as i tot i would...(maybe minus the part abt having to recount wad happened again...) :P maybe i am just in a happy mood today...haha
tml i will be going back to work...but somehow i am not dreading it as much as i tot i would...(maybe minus the part abt having to recount wad happened again...) :P maybe i am just in a happy mood today...haha
yay! today my fren can sms me from melbourne hospital!! means she's reallie recovering well...she said she will be moving to a rehab hospital soon which is even better news! that means she can stop relying on those machines/ painkillers wadever...and start her rehab :) hopefully she will be able to return to Singapore by end of the yr :) happy news~
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I have no mood to celeb xmas this yr BUT my spanish teacher said i shld celebrate this christmas even more becos i am ALIVE! think think, actuallie, she is right! i shld reallie be very thankful that i am still alive and other than some minor pain, i can still carry on w life normally..but somehow i dun feel that this accident has changed me much...maybe cos i dun rem wad happened at all...to me, it's more like i woke up and suddenly got injured. =.=maybe i shld really learn to appreciate life more...
p/s Praying for the speedy recovery of my frenz! i reallie hope they can come back to Singapore soon!
p/s Praying for the speedy recovery of my frenz! i reallie hope they can come back to Singapore soon!
Monday, December 15, 2008
8 dec - going to the airport...
i forgot to mention all the frustration i had while trying to convince SIA to change yx's ticket to my dad's name due to the special situation...SIA was inflexible and totally not helpful. They insisted that they can only put my dad's name on the waitlist...but c'mon i am an injured person, who needs someone to look after me, it's not like i am doing this for fun...it pisses me off so bad. i dun understand, is it that difficult to see that i will be in pain? and that i really need someone to look after me?? i am not in a bloody minor car accident and came out w only a few scratches for crying out loud..such unsympathetic staff is their idea of doing business? hmm...SIA can't even look after their own fellow countrymen...how disappointing. i will really think twice about flying with SIA. They shld change their staff in Melbourne...useless.
Then i also tried calling emirates instead...but their air ticket is just too much...1590+ for an economy class =.= shesh...can't be helped...i stuck to SIA as reluctant as i was...hoping that they will be able to give the seats to my dad when they cancel yx and her bro's tickets...-.-" BUT nope, no news at all...zzz...fucked up.
anw, i managed to reach the airport quite early...and my shopping doesn't stop...went to Diva n bot some accessories...for my xmas exchange...heee...this is the first time i am taking a flight on my own...but well...i dun feel much different from when i am flying w someone...=\
the stupid thing was, they had me down as a wheel chair requiree...and they even announced my name over the PA system...wah! =.= actually i wanted to shop somemore but since they announced my name so i quickly walked to the gate...and was asked to board immediately =.= shesh...
the whole flight was in agony for me...cos i was sitting directly on my tail bone, i already took 4 pain killers ...but still pain!! i think the woman next to me must be thinking i am crazy, why am i sitting so sideways...hahaha...i am practically facing her when i sleep =.= and it was so pain, i can't even concentrate on wad i was watching -.-"sighz...and the stupid air stewardess does not help at all! even after learning that i am injured, she did NOTHING to attempt to make me feel more comfortable. NOTHING. even a small little pillow, the gesture alone would make me feel better but nope, nada...some service eh? -.- seriously, why the fuck would i lie abt such things...use ur brains -.- unbelieveable bad attitude and service. my impression of SIA has dropped from 5 stars to 2 stars ...it's that bad.
i was in pain...i requested for her to keep my tray first so that i may adjust myself and lean sideways but she asked me if i wan any hot drinks..so i was like...ya a coffee pls...and wad did she do? she took my cup from my tray, placed it rudely on the table, my packet of utensils as well, it was her attitude that put me off. I am not trying to be hard to please...i just want to feel more comfortable...BUT she seemed to conveniently forgot that i am actuallie injured?! rude.
Btw, i asked her if i could change to a seat in the business class or sth as my back reallie hurts, she told me she will check but she doubt so...fine, but DID YOU CHECK?? she din come back to me to tell me anything?? wad? am i supposed to read her mind? rubbish. I have written to SIA about this and included her name, if i din get it wrong. I hope i will be getting some satisfying reply on this. but i half expect to receive some diplomatic and politically correct reply to that.
After these 2 flights on SIA, i feel so discriminated? is it becos i look like a kid that warrants this kind of service (if there is any service to begin with)...?? the impression i got was i did not look like i would be buying anythingn from the Kris Shop, so less attention could be paid. crap service with crap attitude.
Anw, after enduring 7 long hours of great uncomfort, i finally landed!! home sweet home!! honestly, there's no place like home...and i dun think i will ever wanna live anywhere else...:)
i forgot to mention all the frustration i had while trying to convince SIA to change yx's ticket to my dad's name due to the special situation...SIA was inflexible and totally not helpful. They insisted that they can only put my dad's name on the waitlist...but c'mon i am an injured person, who needs someone to look after me, it's not like i am doing this for fun...it pisses me off so bad. i dun understand, is it that difficult to see that i will be in pain? and that i really need someone to look after me?? i am not in a bloody minor car accident and came out w only a few scratches for crying out loud..such unsympathetic staff is their idea of doing business? hmm...SIA can't even look after their own fellow countrymen...how disappointing. i will really think twice about flying with SIA. They shld change their staff in Melbourne...useless.
Then i also tried calling emirates instead...but their air ticket is just too much...1590+ for an economy class =.= shesh...can't be helped...i stuck to SIA as reluctant as i was...hoping that they will be able to give the seats to my dad when they cancel yx and her bro's tickets...-.-" BUT nope, no news at all...zzz...fucked up.
anw, i managed to reach the airport quite early...and my shopping doesn't stop...went to Diva n bot some accessories...for my xmas exchange...heee...this is the first time i am taking a flight on my own...but well...i dun feel much different from when i am flying w someone...=\
the stupid thing was, they had me down as a wheel chair requiree...and they even announced my name over the PA system...wah! =.= actually i wanted to shop somemore but since they announced my name so i quickly walked to the gate...and was asked to board immediately =.= shesh...
the whole flight was in agony for me...cos i was sitting directly on my tail bone, i already took 4 pain killers ...but still pain!! i think the woman next to me must be thinking i am crazy, why am i sitting so sideways...hahaha...i am practically facing her when i sleep =.= and it was so pain, i can't even concentrate on wad i was watching -.-"sighz...and the stupid air stewardess does not help at all! even after learning that i am injured, she did NOTHING to attempt to make me feel more comfortable. NOTHING. even a small little pillow, the gesture alone would make me feel better but nope, nada...some service eh? -.- seriously, why the fuck would i lie abt such things...use ur brains -.- unbelieveable bad attitude and service. my impression of SIA has dropped from 5 stars to 2 stars ...it's that bad.
i was in pain...i requested for her to keep my tray first so that i may adjust myself and lean sideways but she asked me if i wan any hot drinks..so i was like...ya a coffee pls...and wad did she do? she took my cup from my tray, placed it rudely on the table, my packet of utensils as well, it was her attitude that put me off. I am not trying to be hard to please...i just want to feel more comfortable...BUT she seemed to conveniently forgot that i am actuallie injured?! rude.
Btw, i asked her if i could change to a seat in the business class or sth as my back reallie hurts, she told me she will check but she doubt so...fine, but DID YOU CHECK?? she din come back to me to tell me anything?? wad? am i supposed to read her mind? rubbish. I have written to SIA about this and included her name, if i din get it wrong. I hope i will be getting some satisfying reply on this. but i half expect to receive some diplomatic and politically correct reply to that.
After these 2 flights on SIA, i feel so discriminated? is it becos i look like a kid that warrants this kind of service (if there is any service to begin with)...?? the impression i got was i did not look like i would be buying anythingn from the Kris Shop, so less attention could be paid. crap service with crap attitude.
Anw, after enduring 7 long hours of great uncomfort, i finally landed!! home sweet home!! honestly, there's no place like home...and i dun think i will ever wanna live anywhere else...:)
7 dec - Zoo day! cos i was grumbling that i did not get to see kangaroos and koalas...so my dad say let's go to the zoo...hahahhaa...so funni~ but yup, like ee said, this is the opportunity to spend some quality time w my dad...:)
but too bad the photos have to wait for yx's sis to upload...will reallie take a while...and i need the photos to recall the animals...so i shan't go into details...but overall, the zoo was kinda small, i think our zoo is better...seriously...maybe except for their lions...they have 4 beautiful male lions...very nice mane and colour...other than that, i think our animals look nicer...the onli special one is their koala bahz...but wad's the point when it's hiding in the tree sleeping? =.= ahaha...the cutest thing i saw? a wombat sleeping on its back, so we were able to see the face...they had buck teeth, and that particular wombat still stretched and looked reallie deep in sleep...VERY CUTE!
the entrance fee is ridiculous...20+++ -.- shesh...we took tram to and fro...but i realised we could have chosen a cheaper ticket -.-" but well.....in fact, we could have not paid at all -.- no one knowssss...zzz...
we had hotdogs for lunch, one of the better meals i had ...cos it's simple and nice...and cheaper too~
that day i also took less pain killers...onli a total of 4 the whole day...was a good sign...cos tml i will be taking plane home...so it's good that i am recovering...
this was also the last day i saw yx...cos tml's flight is early in the morning...she was back in the ICU cos of lung infection after the operation on her legs...and she was heavily sedated, totallie no clue who was visiting her...
finally it's time to go back to singapore...
but too bad the photos have to wait for yx's sis to upload...will reallie take a while...and i need the photos to recall the animals...so i shan't go into details...but overall, the zoo was kinda small, i think our zoo is better...seriously...maybe except for their lions...they have 4 beautiful male lions...very nice mane and colour...other than that, i think our animals look nicer...the onli special one is their koala bahz...but wad's the point when it's hiding in the tree sleeping? =.= ahaha...the cutest thing i saw? a wombat sleeping on its back, so we were able to see the face...they had buck teeth, and that particular wombat still stretched and looked reallie deep in sleep...VERY CUTE!
the entrance fee is ridiculous...20+++ -.- shesh...we took tram to and fro...but i realised we could have chosen a cheaper ticket -.-" but well.....in fact, we could have not paid at all -.- no one knowssss...zzz...
we had hotdogs for lunch, one of the better meals i had ...cos it's simple and nice...and cheaper too~
that day i also took less pain killers...onli a total of 4 the whole day...was a good sign...cos tml i will be taking plane home...so it's good that i am recovering...
this was also the last day i saw yx...cos tml's flight is early in the morning...she was back in the ICU cos of lung infection after the operation on her legs...and she was heavily sedated, totallie no clue who was visiting her...
finally it's time to go back to singapore...
6 dec - i woke up real late today, no idea why...my dad said he tried waking me a few times, in the end i woke up at close to 12 noon =.= shesh...wad a waste of time...
today we decided to go back to chinatown for lunch...dad had roast duck rice, i had sweet n sour pork...but omg, the sweet is TOO sweet, i had a hard time eating that, so my dad gave me 3 pieces of his duck...finally! some decent chinese food...the duck was surprisingly nice...haha...
then we started shopping ard that area...i can say...aus shoes are not nice -.-" or maybe not built for us...they look...bulky =.=
i spotted a shop that was selling relatively cheaper things, so part 2 of shopping spree started there...hahaha
2 for 20 i think =\ i dunno..i just bot them lidat...even when i seldom wear spag tops in singapore...
my beige skirt...looks grey here...=.=
This is the GREY skirt...
Another flats...i like the colour :D
today we decided to go back to chinatown for lunch...dad had roast duck rice, i had sweet n sour pork...but omg, the sweet is TOO sweet, i had a hard time eating that, so my dad gave me 3 pieces of his duck...finally! some decent chinese food...the duck was surprisingly nice...haha...
then we started shopping ard that area...i can say...aus shoes are not nice -.-" or maybe not built for us...they look...bulky =.=
i spotted a shop that was selling relatively cheaper things, so part 2 of shopping spree started there...hahaha
2 for 20 i think =\ i dunno..i just bot them lidat...even when i seldom wear spag tops in singapore...
my beige skirt...looks grey here...=.=
This is the GREY skirt...
and a normal denim skirt...i think i was just in the mood to BUY
belf for AUD9.95
belf for AUD9.95
Silver flats~finally some shoes...:P
Another flats...i like the colour :D
All these were paid by card =.=
anw, my dad also managed to buy 2 polo shirts there~!! :D
after all the shopping, it was 6+ already...time to buy dinner...in the end, i settled for macs...easiest -.-" and in fact, it's quite cheap already...compared to the 8,9 dollars meal we had been having...we wanted to try taking tram back but it was kinda confusing -.-" and the ppl at the stop din look particularly frenly, so back to good o' cab...=X actuallie the tram costs 3.50 per person...and the cab was abt 8...it's onli 1 buck more expensive? =X hmmm...btw i was on the street that have the shop selling pancakes -.- but i can't find the shop and missed trying the pancake...boohoo!!
yx was in op today so i din manage to see her...and i realised all those sms-ing is gonna cost a bomb when my dec bill comes...:(
5 Dec - Happy day for me cos i got to go Victoria Market!
today we woke up a bit earlier, so i got to soak a little longer...but we still took a cab there cos dunno how to walk and dun wanna strain my back...and it cost us 5+ even tho it was like 3 mins drive -.-"
Yupz! so here begins my SHOPPING SPREE!! i tell u, when u are not feeling too good, retail therapy works like a miracle pill~!!! weeeee...shall let my conquests do the talking...
One of my fave buys of the day - AUD25...cut 4 bucks so i got it at 21...=\ he die also dun wanna gimme the 1 buck off...-.-
2 for AUD 27 = was supposed to be 2 for 30...well...-.-" better than nothing i guess...the other piece is in the wash right now...so no photo -.-
2 for AUD28...the uncle die also dun wanna gimme much discount, he still took back the tee shirts...hai~ well well...i shld go back n tell him, i managed to get 2 for 27 lehz -.-
part of the 2 for AUD28~
sale item - AUD10...
i bot a new sunglasses as the one i bot in Japan went missing in the accident T_T very sad...
~i also bot sourvenirs which is not cheap -.- i conclude that their things are expensive even tho i am at a "market"...
~i got a pair of stockings to wear on my way home so that i can cover my 3 big bruises on the left leg...but only when i returned to the hotel did i realised tat i took the navy colour instead of black -.-" stupid me.
~we tried their corn...not too bad but a tad too oily w the melted butter =X
~my poor dad just followed me everywhere...heee...and he helped me carry my things cos dun wanna strain my back...:P (lucky me eh~)
~i also bot a Liverpool kit for kids...cost AUD20...=.= but after when i tried them on, the shorts are a little big small...opps...hahahhaa...they are just for me to wear at home though i just rem this yr not ideal for rats to wear red -.- humm...
~we bot an opal necklace for my mum~and managed to get 2 bucks off that...hee...
so all in all i saved abt 11 bucks? =X hmmm...
then we moved to the fruits n veg side...apples here i come!!! the strawberries were not in season i guess...all very small ones...so we din buy...mangoes were a little difficult to eat without knife...so we reallie din have much choices other than apples o.o
then we asked the girl selling fruits where to find macademia nuts...and she dunno? the lady buying fruits from her heard us and directed us to the stores...that's nice! finally some frenly ppl...:)
after that we actuallie walked back~ not bad for someone w an injured back eh? hee...saved the cab fare too :D
after awhile, we went to see yx again...she was scheduled for op on her legs that day but due to some miscomm or wadever they postponed it -.-" horrible doctors...but they moved her to the normal ward which is good news~ and she was able to talk longer too...so i just told her wadever i did that day lor...hahaha...
then it's time for dinner already! the day passes so fast there...haha
we went to buy some stuffs at the 7-11...and actuallie in the end we spent 50++ there ...in a 7-11 lehz -.- i bot the aust copy of CLEO since i lost my Sing copy in the car, i also bot a newspapers on football (soccer, they call it there) =.= then we bot some cup noodles, as well as ice creams etc :P
I was quite happy that day cos i was able to walk for almost the whole day...very good progress for me...:)
i forgot wad i had for dinner that day...aussie food reallie not worth remembering -.-"
4 Dec - Same procedure of soaking for 30 mins and we bot white bread and jam from 7-11 ytd, so that's our breakfast settled...
Today my back felt a bit better so my dad suggested going to Chinatown, which is like about 10 mins drive away from our hotel...
I was craving for porridge so we had lunch in a Chinese restaurant selling porridge...BUT i was so stupid! i chose salty egg with pork...they dun have century egg~ and the whole porridge was SALTY to the max...omg...so i only managed to eat half of it...waste money again lah =.= and yes, they cost us 8+ bucks each...stupid expensive food.......
then we walked for like 10 mins and AGAIN my back hurts till i can't walk liao...hai~ so basically i wasted those 2 days, rotting in the hotel reading magazines and watching rotten tv...-.-" (i fully appreciate the wonders of having cable tv there) shortly after we went over to visit yx again...today she is reallie doing well! they removed the tubes from her mouth and she can speak! (yay~) she told us that she was also asleep in the car but when the accident happened, she woke up immediately and rem we knocked into a tree too and she has this feeling that she is in Africa..hahhahaa...cos of the wilderness of the place where we had the accident, very similar to Africa...haha...still humurous ah my fren...she also said that she kept calling me but i must have passed out and totally did not respond to her calls...=X she rem seeing her own bones from her leg (omg! =X) and the pain she was in...so she kept scolding her brother...haha...she still rem the accident whereas i have no recollection of it at all =X but i guess it might be a good thing that i dun rem also bahz...less traumatized maybe?
after that, time to look for FOOD...-.-" that's my itinerary everyday, look for food, visit yx, look for food...hahaha...in the end, i saw this pasta n pizza place...there were 3 of us but none of us seemed to be in a good appetite that day so we wanted to order just 1 large pizza..(the waitress was an asian but the boss was a caucasian)...then we saw the boss whispering to the waitress and then the waitress came over to tell us that we have to order a minimum order -.- but the feeling the boss gave me was a little discriminating 0.0 i dunno why...just a gut feeling...but heck it, our food came...even tho now i think of the food, will feel a little sick in the stomach but at that point of time, the food was nice :) a bit wasted that becos i was injured and all, i forgot to take the photos of the food or places i visited...quite wasted =X
i was able to walk back to the hotel from the cafe so that's good improvement...:) and yes, back to my routine of soaking :P
Today my back felt a bit better so my dad suggested going to Chinatown, which is like about 10 mins drive away from our hotel...
I was craving for porridge so we had lunch in a Chinese restaurant selling porridge...BUT i was so stupid! i chose salty egg with pork...they dun have century egg~ and the whole porridge was SALTY to the max...omg...so i only managed to eat half of it...waste money again lah =.= and yes, they cost us 8+ bucks each...stupid expensive food.......
then we walked for like 10 mins and AGAIN my back hurts till i can't walk liao...hai~ so basically i wasted those 2 days, rotting in the hotel reading magazines and watching rotten tv...-.-" (i fully appreciate the wonders of having cable tv there) shortly after we went over to visit yx again...today she is reallie doing well! they removed the tubes from her mouth and she can speak! (yay~) she told us that she was also asleep in the car but when the accident happened, she woke up immediately and rem we knocked into a tree too and she has this feeling that she is in Africa..hahhahaa...cos of the wilderness of the place where we had the accident, very similar to Africa...haha...still humurous ah my fren...she also said that she kept calling me but i must have passed out and totally did not respond to her calls...=X she rem seeing her own bones from her leg (omg! =X) and the pain she was in...so she kept scolding her brother...haha...she still rem the accident whereas i have no recollection of it at all =X but i guess it might be a good thing that i dun rem also bahz...less traumatized maybe?
after that, time to look for FOOD...-.-" that's my itinerary everyday, look for food, visit yx, look for food...hahaha...in the end, i saw this pasta n pizza place...there were 3 of us but none of us seemed to be in a good appetite that day so we wanted to order just 1 large pizza..(the waitress was an asian but the boss was a caucasian)...then we saw the boss whispering to the waitress and then the waitress came over to tell us that we have to order a minimum order -.- but the feeling the boss gave me was a little discriminating 0.0 i dunno why...just a gut feeling...but heck it, our food came...even tho now i think of the food, will feel a little sick in the stomach but at that point of time, the food was nice :) a bit wasted that becos i was injured and all, i forgot to take the photos of the food or places i visited...quite wasted =X
i was able to walk back to the hotel from the cafe so that's good improvement...:) and yes, back to my routine of soaking :P
Sunday, December 14, 2008
3rd Dec - i still can't walk much cos of my back...i wanted to go lunch w my dad but in the end also cannot...once i reached downstairs...already have to go back upstairs...:( pain pain...hai~
in the end, my dad bot fried rice and fried noodle...errrrrrr...the fried rice very SALTY -.- (i miss singapore food!) and they cost a lot, 8.50 each...wth?! =.= expensive and not very nice..............
most of the time was spent in the hotel room cos i can't walk much..i also dunno how we spent that day...luckily we woke up late, so the day passed faster...we went to visit yx again w her parents..today i have calmed down much more...so when i saw her, i din get that emotional...and she actuallie can hold on to the pen and write on the paper...she kept asking me if i rem wad happened etc..
after that we went to eat at the place my dad bot the lunch o.o boohoo...i MISS SINGAPORE FOOD x 100000 -.- esp when u need comfort food...the food there reallie cannot make it...after the dinner, my dad wanted to walk ard the area a bit...then we went to 7-11 but by then, i was alr in pain...sighz...so we had to take a cab back instead of walking back...:( all the money wasted on cabs...zzz...
I dun reallie like Melbourne City...simply becos it's TOO city...and the tram lines are confusing -.- and i actuallie dun like the fact that asians are so commonly found over there...i feel as though they treat me as part of the asians who are living there...and when u are an asian living there and not a tourist, the treatment u get is different...and i think the service level is............not high is a nice way to put it...=X
that day passed very fast...and we struggled with the hotel's tv programmes..-.-" it's ridiculously limited..and horrible...=.= sighz..back to more soaking in the water and zzzz...
in the end, my dad bot fried rice and fried noodle...errrrrrr...the fried rice very SALTY -.- (i miss singapore food!) and they cost a lot, 8.50 each...wth?! =.= expensive and not very nice..............
most of the time was spent in the hotel room cos i can't walk much..i also dunno how we spent that day...luckily we woke up late, so the day passed faster...we went to visit yx again w her parents..today i have calmed down much more...so when i saw her, i din get that emotional...and she actuallie can hold on to the pen and write on the paper...she kept asking me if i rem wad happened etc..
after that we went to eat at the place my dad bot the lunch o.o boohoo...i MISS SINGAPORE FOOD x 100000 -.- esp when u need comfort food...the food there reallie cannot make it...after the dinner, my dad wanted to walk ard the area a bit...then we went to 7-11 but by then, i was alr in pain...sighz...so we had to take a cab back instead of walking back...:( all the money wasted on cabs...zzz...
I dun reallie like Melbourne City...simply becos it's TOO city...and the tram lines are confusing -.- and i actuallie dun like the fact that asians are so commonly found over there...i feel as though they treat me as part of the asians who are living there...and when u are an asian living there and not a tourist, the treatment u get is different...and i think the service level is............not high is a nice way to put it...=X
that day passed very fast...and we struggled with the hotel's tv programmes..-.-" it's ridiculously limited..and horrible...=.= sighz..back to more soaking in the water and zzzz...
actuallie...i dun reallie rem much of wad happened on the second day...we just continued to explore the coast of the great ocean road...visiting the different attractions...(which i can't rem the names right now -.-) then after that, we were supposed to move on to apollo bay and to visit erskine falls...so we were back on the road... We stopped by a small little town...to have lunch...(but now when i recall the lunch, i feel very disgusted...it's actuallie toast with cheese and cheese etc...but sry, i can't take aussie food...)-.-after dilly dallying a little, we realised we might not make it for the 5pm ferry so we decided to give the erskine falls a miss...BUT the GPS miraculously led us there -.-" strange...so anywayz, we went to the erskine falls...but the fall actuallie...er...looks very very very normal and small -.-" so...yup...back on the road we went...after that we stopped to pump gas and ask for directions to Queenscliff ferry there...
hai~ then disaster struck -.- honestly, until now i dun exactly know wad happened...all i knew was we collided with another car...i am not sure if i walked out of the car on my own or someone carried me out...but i think i walked out w the help of a passer-by...these few days, i tried to think back and sorta rem there's a woman who helped me out and to the ambulance. She still said to me that everything is ok, dun worry...everything was more or less in a blur...i rem the guy on the ambulance has short blond hair, he was wearing gloves and was chewing gum 0.0...i dun rem wad he did other than place 2 rolls of towels on the sides of my head and tape them to my head -.- he tried using the neck guard thingy but was too big, the kid's one was too small...so...he improvised by using the towels =.= but shesh...i felt stupid...hahaha...b4 the ambulance drove off, i still heard yx's cries of pain...i even asked the guy how are my frenz but i dun rem wad he said to me -.-" zzz
when we reached the hospital, there were a grp of medics surrounding me...they still asked me wad are the names of my frenz etc...and i spelt out to them...so i tot, were they so seriously injured that they can't speak? :( then a series of tests began, the stupid doctor, cannot find my veins...he poked me a total of 4 times b4 he found the vein -.- and i was like "OUCH!" lucky he is good looking sia...if not it just makes the whole situation harder to bear...then, the nurse told me she has to CUT up my top! my fave green heineken tee shirt and my fave black long sleeve top!!! (T_T, goodbye my lovely tops) Throughout the whole process, it felt very surreal...like "i am in an accident.." and i accepted it just like that, there was not disbelief or wad, all i tot was "shit! such a waste!" very strange feeling...hai~
they then brought me to another place for scanning...they injected sth and there was a warm feeling throughout my body, it was instant...very amazing...and i was able to obey all the instructions the machine/doctors said...but NOW that i think back, i can't rem what did they do...=.= i guess at that time i was still in a bit of shock...even though then my state of mind was clear, but lots of the details were forgotten...haha...weird~ after tat, i was wheeled back to the A&E (i am not sure if it's there...) and told to wait for the results...i was cold and hungry but there's nothing i can do...then i must have fallen aslp...cos when i woke up again, i had a few more layers of blankets on me and they were ready to wheel me to the normal ward...the doc asked if i wanna eat pain killers n i was like nope, i feel better alr...lol...and he laughed at me =.= haha...i heard him tell the nurse that i was reluctant to swallow pills...and i was like :O u can read minds? hehehe...but partly also becos i dun wan my body to be too reliant on pain killers...not good...
by the time i reached the ward, it was 9 plus singapore time...which is midnight in Melbourne. So i sms my dad (i dunno why i din call...haha) and told him the bad news...and a SERIES of sms followed as well as a few phone calls, including to my fren's sister etc...that's when i knew that yx was seriously injured...
basically everything happened in a blur for me...i had no recollection of wad happened at that point of time, i only know i had bitten my tongue (i was so scared they will have to sew it up or sth..cos i am scared of pain...) i had sores everywhere...basically it felt as though i had ran 10km after not exercising for years...shortly after, i dozed off...but i din reallie have a good night sleep due to the pain...This is the first time in my 24 years, other than when i was a baby, that i had to stay in hospital...there's always a first for everything i guess =\
Next morning(1 dec) when i woke up, i saw that my arm had the IV thingy attached and there were some small cuts on my hand and arms...including those "mis-poked" holes...zzz...at first in the morning, they said no food or water...so i was like STARVING..then i dozed off again (as there's nothing to do) so noon time, i woke up, then i realised they removed the signs saying no food and water...and my lunch arrived (hooray!!)...hospital food was...hmm...ok lah...at least they had orange juice but their tea fail...=.= they had only 1 channel on some health thingy...if u wan more channels, u have to pay -.-" so most of the time i just slept...
i was able to get off the bed on my own although there are parts of my body that hurt when i moved...nonetheless, i made it to the toilet, and that's the first time i really looked at my injuries...first i saw was my NECK...wah...scary wor...there's a big cut...but the blood had solidified so there's just a wound there...then i looked at my waist! wah that reallie gave me a fright, it's reallie a big big patch of purple...totally purple...but there were no blood so that's a good sign...and i checked out my bitten tongue! first look it looks very gross...i think i bit pretty hard on it...lucky not hard enough for it to fall off though (phew)...i had some small small cuts on my forehead as well...and i still had my bloody mascara on (SHIT)...very uncomfy to have make up on ...and the stupid mascara is water resistant 0.0 i had to spend a long time to clean it but in the end, i looked like a panda w the mascara smudged ard my lower eye...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...(i told my dad to bring my make up remover for me since i tot my luggage is lost)
the rest of the time, i spent either smsing my frenz and my dad, ade called me on office phone...and we chatted for 40+ mins...i am so screwed when the dec phone bill comes...it prob will cost me abt 100 bucks -.-" and i just slpt on off...Geliang called me too...that's when i first knew what happened, i asked him what happened...and he told me that he drove onto the other lane and collided w the on coming car, by the time he realised it, it was too late...i din hype on the accident but wanted to find out more on yx and his injuries...ultimately wad matters is we survived it i guess...blaming wun change wad has happened...besides i am sure he does not feel good either, esp his sister was so seriously injured...i realised i have my bag, jie's jacket and my shoes with me but my luggage was w him so i asked my nurse to go get from him but she returned, saying that she din find any luggage...so i was like?! shit? they din managed to retrieve my luggage?? wad am i supposed to wear then!? zzz...so i asked my dad to bring some when he comes over...but on the day when he was supposed to come, they found my bag and brought it to me...but too late, my dad was on his way to the airport alr...haha...
he will onli reach the next day early early morning...so i will be alone until the next day's afternoon or so...i told him to rest in the hotel first, dun rush down since i am not that seriously injured (i was so scared he will rush down in the middle of the night...very dangerous one lehz...and i din know wad kind of transport they will take, and i tot i was a few hours' drive away from Melbourne city so better dun risk it, but actuallie only 1 hour away by train) most of the time in the ward, no one reallie said anything to me, when the docs came, all they did was ask any discomfort? so i just told them the areas that hurt lor...and they nv say anything also...they keep saying u might be able to be discharged...even on the first day morning, they alr said that, luckily they din, cos i will have nowhere to go =.=
i did feel a little discriminated...just a teeny weeny bit...like they rather spend more time on the other 3 patients in the ward...but then again, the other 3 were all old women...like grandma kind..so they prob do need the additional attention lahz...i did talk to one of the old women, cos she saw my big purple bruise on the waist so i just told her a little of wad happened etc lor...but i think some of them are a little senile...they dun reallie rem or know where they are...=X anyway, on the second day morning, the doc say i can be discharged but i will have no place to go? so i said my dad is in Melbourne, he will come to pick me up in the afternoon...and IMMEDIATELY he said, "OK then we will arrange for you to be discharged" =.= fine...and i din know exactly wad time, but well, i just "nua" on the bed lor...
Then a hosp staff came and asked me for my "orders" for my meals in the coming few days O.O wow...good service neh? hehe...in fact, i felt like staying to eat some of the food...yum yum~ ice cream and jelly!! but i did tell her, i will prob be discharged that day liaoz...wun be able to eat all these...but she was nice and said she can just take down...:P (later my lunch reallie got ice cream leh!) after awhile, i got "asked" to change etc as they will need the bed...and i was like thinking, are u chasing me out of the hosp?! =.= but nvm lah, i got out my stuffs and went to bathe (i bathed on the first day ok, i am not a dirty piggy...but the first time i bathed, the wound on the neck hurt a little...and the bathroom very cold...and the stupid shower head cannot be placed such that the water will fall on me -.-...zzz) after i changed etc, i do look almost normal...hahhaa...even the staff said i looked normal now :P heee...that's becos my hair covered the neck wound...
anywayz i was asked to rest and wait in a room...then i realised my back (butt) hurts...i can't sit straight, so i lied down on the sofa...b4 long, my lunch arrived~!(thank you auntie)...half way through my lunch, i saw my dad and yx's parents! and i waved at them...hahaha...i think the first sight, i look reallie normal...then they went to see Geliang first...while i continued w my lunch...then i waited n waited for them to come back(they took very long)...finally we went to his ward and waited while he had his operation on his elbow... i guess it was a traumatic experience for him bah...esp cos he was the driver...it got a bit emotional when he was recounting the accident, my dad and i just stood further away, not wanting to "disrupt" their little family reunion...after awhile, he saw me and i just went over to say a few comforting words (but i am seriously not good at this at all) n my back started to hurt again, so i had to sit down...
anw, we took a cab to the train station...outside temp...windy! but still ok cos i had my sister's big fat jacket on...haha...but on the train, it was reallie reallie uncomfy...cos i was sitting directly on my tail bone...oh the agony~ :( then we had Hungry Jack (aka Burger King) for dinner...sigh...the food is reallie ................ :X and we took cab back to the hotel..alr cost close to 10 bucks for a short short trip -.- argh...my dad told me they took cab from airport to their hotel and it cost them 40+ dollars =.= omg...expensive city...so i passed all my cash to my dad cos he din change any...keke...i still had abt 500 with me...but we used them up DAMN fast! becos all the things in Melbourne cost so much -.-"
after that, we just put our things down and walked over to see yx...the hosp is just 3 mins walk away...as the ICU only allows 2 visitors at a time, my dad and i waited outside...when i finally saw yx...sigh...it's reallie heart wrenching...seeing all the tubes in her body and machines surrounding her...:( there's morphine for her pain...and there are reallie a lot of tubes inserted =X hai~ she can't talk w the tubes in her mouth, but she can write on our palms...when she said she was glad that i am ok, i can't help but cry...my poor fren, even when she is suffering, she thinks abt others...that's just her, always thinking and caring for the ppl she loves...sighz...(but as i type all these, she is recovering well, starting to eat normal food and healing...so that's a relief...)
shortly after, we went back to the hotel to rest...the doc ask me to soak in hot water so that i wun feel so stiff...so luckily that hotel has a bath tub :P
I took these photos when i went back to the hotel:-
This is my black long sleeve shirt i love a lot~ (BB)
My heineken tee shirt...:(
My neck wound...this is after 2 days of the accident...
This is also after 2 days of the accident, the first day's wound was RED...this has already healed quite a bit...
hai~ then disaster struck -.- honestly, until now i dun exactly know wad happened...all i knew was we collided with another car...i am not sure if i walked out of the car on my own or someone carried me out...but i think i walked out w the help of a passer-by...these few days, i tried to think back and sorta rem there's a woman who helped me out and to the ambulance. She still said to me that everything is ok, dun worry...everything was more or less in a blur...i rem the guy on the ambulance has short blond hair, he was wearing gloves and was chewing gum 0.0...i dun rem wad he did other than place 2 rolls of towels on the sides of my head and tape them to my head -.- he tried using the neck guard thingy but was too big, the kid's one was too small...so...he improvised by using the towels =.= but shesh...i felt stupid...hahaha...b4 the ambulance drove off, i still heard yx's cries of pain...i even asked the guy how are my frenz but i dun rem wad he said to me -.-" zzz
when we reached the hospital, there were a grp of medics surrounding me...they still asked me wad are the names of my frenz etc...and i spelt out to them...so i tot, were they so seriously injured that they can't speak? :( then a series of tests began, the stupid doctor, cannot find my veins...he poked me a total of 4 times b4 he found the vein -.- and i was like "OUCH!" lucky he is good looking sia...if not it just makes the whole situation harder to bear...then, the nurse told me she has to CUT up my top! my fave green heineken tee shirt and my fave black long sleeve top!!! (T_T, goodbye my lovely tops) Throughout the whole process, it felt very surreal...like "i am in an accident.." and i accepted it just like that, there was not disbelief or wad, all i tot was "shit! such a waste!" very strange feeling...hai~
they then brought me to another place for scanning...they injected sth and there was a warm feeling throughout my body, it was instant...very amazing...and i was able to obey all the instructions the machine/doctors said...but NOW that i think back, i can't rem what did they do...=.= i guess at that time i was still in a bit of shock...even though then my state of mind was clear, but lots of the details were forgotten...haha...weird~ after tat, i was wheeled back to the A&E (i am not sure if it's there...) and told to wait for the results...i was cold and hungry but there's nothing i can do...then i must have fallen aslp...cos when i woke up again, i had a few more layers of blankets on me and they were ready to wheel me to the normal ward...the doc asked if i wanna eat pain killers n i was like nope, i feel better alr...lol...and he laughed at me =.= haha...i heard him tell the nurse that i was reluctant to swallow pills...and i was like :O u can read minds? hehehe...but partly also becos i dun wan my body to be too reliant on pain killers...not good...
by the time i reached the ward, it was 9 plus singapore time...which is midnight in Melbourne. So i sms my dad (i dunno why i din call...haha) and told him the bad news...and a SERIES of sms followed as well as a few phone calls, including to my fren's sister etc...that's when i knew that yx was seriously injured...
basically everything happened in a blur for me...i had no recollection of wad happened at that point of time, i only know i had bitten my tongue (i was so scared they will have to sew it up or sth..cos i am scared of pain...) i had sores everywhere...basically it felt as though i had ran 10km after not exercising for years...shortly after, i dozed off...but i din reallie have a good night sleep due to the pain...This is the first time in my 24 years, other than when i was a baby, that i had to stay in hospital...there's always a first for everything i guess =\
Next morning(1 dec) when i woke up, i saw that my arm had the IV thingy attached and there were some small cuts on my hand and arms...including those "mis-poked" holes...zzz...at first in the morning, they said no food or water...so i was like STARVING..then i dozed off again (as there's nothing to do) so noon time, i woke up, then i realised they removed the signs saying no food and water...and my lunch arrived (hooray!!)...hospital food was...hmm...ok lah...at least they had orange juice but their tea fail...=.= they had only 1 channel on some health thingy...if u wan more channels, u have to pay -.-" so most of the time i just slept...
i was able to get off the bed on my own although there are parts of my body that hurt when i moved...nonetheless, i made it to the toilet, and that's the first time i really looked at my injuries...first i saw was my NECK...wah...scary wor...there's a big cut...but the blood had solidified so there's just a wound there...then i looked at my waist! wah that reallie gave me a fright, it's reallie a big big patch of purple...totally purple...but there were no blood so that's a good sign...and i checked out my bitten tongue! first look it looks very gross...i think i bit pretty hard on it...lucky not hard enough for it to fall off though (phew)...i had some small small cuts on my forehead as well...and i still had my bloody mascara on (SHIT)...very uncomfy to have make up on ...and the stupid mascara is water resistant 0.0 i had to spend a long time to clean it but in the end, i looked like a panda w the mascara smudged ard my lower eye...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...(i told my dad to bring my make up remover for me since i tot my luggage is lost)
the rest of the time, i spent either smsing my frenz and my dad, ade called me on office phone...and we chatted for 40+ mins...i am so screwed when the dec phone bill comes...it prob will cost me abt 100 bucks -.-" and i just slpt on off...Geliang called me too...that's when i first knew what happened, i asked him what happened...and he told me that he drove onto the other lane and collided w the on coming car, by the time he realised it, it was too late...i din hype on the accident but wanted to find out more on yx and his injuries...ultimately wad matters is we survived it i guess...blaming wun change wad has happened...besides i am sure he does not feel good either, esp his sister was so seriously injured...i realised i have my bag, jie's jacket and my shoes with me but my luggage was w him so i asked my nurse to go get from him but she returned, saying that she din find any luggage...so i was like?! shit? they din managed to retrieve my luggage?? wad am i supposed to wear then!? zzz...so i asked my dad to bring some when he comes over...but on the day when he was supposed to come, they found my bag and brought it to me...but too late, my dad was on his way to the airport alr...haha...
he will onli reach the next day early early morning...so i will be alone until the next day's afternoon or so...i told him to rest in the hotel first, dun rush down since i am not that seriously injured (i was so scared he will rush down in the middle of the night...very dangerous one lehz...and i din know wad kind of transport they will take, and i tot i was a few hours' drive away from Melbourne city so better dun risk it, but actuallie only 1 hour away by train) most of the time in the ward, no one reallie said anything to me, when the docs came, all they did was ask any discomfort? so i just told them the areas that hurt lor...and they nv say anything also...they keep saying u might be able to be discharged...even on the first day morning, they alr said that, luckily they din, cos i will have nowhere to go =.=
i did feel a little discriminated...just a teeny weeny bit...like they rather spend more time on the other 3 patients in the ward...but then again, the other 3 were all old women...like grandma kind..so they prob do need the additional attention lahz...i did talk to one of the old women, cos she saw my big purple bruise on the waist so i just told her a little of wad happened etc lor...but i think some of them are a little senile...they dun reallie rem or know where they are...=X anyway, on the second day morning, the doc say i can be discharged but i will have no place to go? so i said my dad is in Melbourne, he will come to pick me up in the afternoon...and IMMEDIATELY he said, "OK then we will arrange for you to be discharged" =.= fine...and i din know exactly wad time, but well, i just "nua" on the bed lor...
Then a hosp staff came and asked me for my "orders" for my meals in the coming few days O.O wow...good service neh? hehe...in fact, i felt like staying to eat some of the food...yum yum~ ice cream and jelly!! but i did tell her, i will prob be discharged that day liaoz...wun be able to eat all these...but she was nice and said she can just take down...:P (later my lunch reallie got ice cream leh!) after awhile, i got "asked" to change etc as they will need the bed...and i was like thinking, are u chasing me out of the hosp?! =.= but nvm lah, i got out my stuffs and went to bathe (i bathed on the first day ok, i am not a dirty piggy...but the first time i bathed, the wound on the neck hurt a little...and the bathroom very cold...and the stupid shower head cannot be placed such that the water will fall on me -.-...zzz) after i changed etc, i do look almost normal...hahhaa...even the staff said i looked normal now :P heee...that's becos my hair covered the neck wound...
anywayz i was asked to rest and wait in a room...then i realised my back (butt) hurts...i can't sit straight, so i lied down on the sofa...b4 long, my lunch arrived~!(thank you auntie)...half way through my lunch, i saw my dad and yx's parents! and i waved at them...hahaha...i think the first sight, i look reallie normal...then they went to see Geliang first...while i continued w my lunch...then i waited n waited for them to come back(they took very long)...finally we went to his ward and waited while he had his operation on his elbow... i guess it was a traumatic experience for him bah...esp cos he was the driver...it got a bit emotional when he was recounting the accident, my dad and i just stood further away, not wanting to "disrupt" their little family reunion...after awhile, he saw me and i just went over to say a few comforting words (but i am seriously not good at this at all) n my back started to hurt again, so i had to sit down...
anw, we took a cab to the train station...outside temp...windy! but still ok cos i had my sister's big fat jacket on...haha...but on the train, it was reallie reallie uncomfy...cos i was sitting directly on my tail bone...oh the agony~ :( then we had Hungry Jack (aka Burger King) for dinner...sigh...the food is reallie ................ :X and we took cab back to the hotel..alr cost close to 10 bucks for a short short trip -.- argh...my dad told me they took cab from airport to their hotel and it cost them 40+ dollars =.= omg...expensive city...so i passed all my cash to my dad cos he din change any...keke...i still had abt 500 with me...but we used them up DAMN fast! becos all the things in Melbourne cost so much -.-"
after that, we just put our things down and walked over to see yx...the hosp is just 3 mins walk away...as the ICU only allows 2 visitors at a time, my dad and i waited outside...when i finally saw yx...sigh...it's reallie heart wrenching...seeing all the tubes in her body and machines surrounding her...:( there's morphine for her pain...and there are reallie a lot of tubes inserted =X hai~ she can't talk w the tubes in her mouth, but she can write on our palms...when she said she was glad that i am ok, i can't help but cry...my poor fren, even when she is suffering, she thinks abt others...that's just her, always thinking and caring for the ppl she loves...sighz...(but as i type all these, she is recovering well, starting to eat normal food and healing...so that's a relief...)
shortly after, we went back to the hotel to rest...the doc ask me to soak in hot water so that i wun feel so stiff...so luckily that hotel has a bath tub :P
I took these photos when i went back to the hotel:-
This is my black long sleeve shirt i love a lot~ (BB)
My heineken tee shirt...:(
My neck wound...this is after 2 days of the accident...
This is also after 2 days of the accident, the first day's wound was RED...this has already healed quite a bit...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Ok...decided i have settled down enough to narrate a little on my limited "events" in Melbourne...
Day 1: airport T3
Our flight is at 1150pm but we reached the airport at 9~ cos it's the first time i am going to Terminal 3, so we decided to walk ard inside...but in the end, i realised...reallie nothing much to see...just the usual branded goods...
After we passed the customs, i realised i forgot to bring a rubber band for my hair...so i had to buy from watsons (where i was "supposedly" banned...hehehe)...but apparently they ONLY sell in a pack...which means i had to buy TWELVE rubber bands -_- haha...
thinking that i will be quite bored in the back of the car, i decided to buy a CLEO magazine...which means even before i set off for Australia, i already spent $3.70 + $4.50 =.= zzzzzzzz...
I was very upset by the service provided by the SIA air stewardess (if you call that a service at all)...The 3 of us, when dressed in casual wear, reallie looks like poor students...but does that warrant a "discrimination"? For eg, yx and i had our seats inclined slightly...reallie is slightly compared to the 2 in front of us...when it's time to serve the meals, the air stewardess ONLY asked yx and i to put our seats upright, without telling the 2 ppl in front of us...is it simply becos they look more like prospective passengers that will buy from Kris shop? i dunno...it was also rude of her to WAKE us up to have the hot towel...i tot it's fucking common sense to leave sleeping passengers alone?! and gosh, her voice is loud, we are not in a bloody market for crying out loud...(by the way, i have already sent a letter to SIA regarding the "professional" services i received) ...so putting aside this unpleasant service provided, i did enjoy the movies screened...i managed to watch Hana yori dango the movie, the incredible hulk (the one w edward norton :))...throughout the flight, i onli managed to sleep about 2 hours...:( partly cos i was woken up -.-" shit.
29 November 2008
Reached Melbourne airport at 1000am
Yay~ we are finally there! I always enjoyed the whoel Australia laid back atmosphere...:)
We had to wait quite a while at the car rental to retrieve our car though...and we were a bit lost at first, cos the GPS doesn't work at the basement carpark, so kinda scary tat we dunno where we are heading...anywayz, in the end we still made a wrong turn...=X
the first meal we had there was Macs...haha...hmm...their cup of drink is so bloody small o.O haha...but maybe cos I was hungry, I kinda gobbled down the burger...hiakz...
There's a petrol kiosk just next to Macs, so we went there to get some "junk food" haha...and we are back on the road again...throughout the trip...a bit sian...cos the scenery looks the same...and somehow the gps seems a bit siao siao...always asking us to go on some "detour" and "shortcut" =.= very deserted places...anw, i think yx's bro was rather tired too so he had to rest a few times b4 continuing...
after lots of turning...we finally reached the hotel - Loch Ard Motel...
The view from our room is really nice! cos we got to see the ocean...after settling down, we drove to the 12 Apostles...the weather was turning cold! (i so regret not bringing my sis's jacket out instead...) by the time we walked back, our hands were pretty numb...yet the sun shows no signs of setting yet...haha...then we moved to another "attraction"...but yx was very cold by then (she had a cold in Singapore already), so we did not climb down...just see see a bit then went back to get dinner...in the end, we had to eat pizza and some chicken cooked like pizza =.= haha...i really think i cannot take too "westernised" food...lol...it was too rich in the cheese compartment...
In the end, we slpt pretty early that night cos we were all very tired from the plane ride + road and in yx's bro's case, from driving...
(still waitng for photos to come...lalala)
Day 1: airport T3
Our flight is at 1150pm but we reached the airport at 9~ cos it's the first time i am going to Terminal 3, so we decided to walk ard inside...but in the end, i realised...reallie nothing much to see...just the usual branded goods...
After we passed the customs, i realised i forgot to bring a rubber band for my hair...so i had to buy from watsons (where i was "supposedly" banned...hehehe)...but apparently they ONLY sell in a pack...which means i had to buy TWELVE rubber bands -_- haha...
thinking that i will be quite bored in the back of the car, i decided to buy a CLEO magazine...which means even before i set off for Australia, i already spent $3.70 + $4.50 =.= zzzzzzzz...
I was very upset by the service provided by the SIA air stewardess (if you call that a service at all)...The 3 of us, when dressed in casual wear, reallie looks like poor students...but does that warrant a "discrimination"? For eg, yx and i had our seats inclined slightly...reallie is slightly compared to the 2 in front of us...when it's time to serve the meals, the air stewardess ONLY asked yx and i to put our seats upright, without telling the 2 ppl in front of us...is it simply becos they look more like prospective passengers that will buy from Kris shop? i dunno...it was also rude of her to WAKE us up to have the hot towel...i tot it's fucking common sense to leave sleeping passengers alone?! and gosh, her voice is loud, we are not in a bloody market for crying out loud...(by the way, i have already sent a letter to SIA regarding the "professional" services i received) ...so putting aside this unpleasant service provided, i did enjoy the movies screened...i managed to watch Hana yori dango the movie, the incredible hulk (the one w edward norton :))...throughout the flight, i onli managed to sleep about 2 hours...:( partly cos i was woken up -.-" shit.
29 November 2008
Reached Melbourne airport at 1000am
Yay~ we are finally there! I always enjoyed the whoel Australia laid back atmosphere...:)
We had to wait quite a while at the car rental to retrieve our car though...and we were a bit lost at first, cos the GPS doesn't work at the basement carpark, so kinda scary tat we dunno where we are heading...anywayz, in the end we still made a wrong turn...=X
the first meal we had there was Macs...haha...hmm...their cup of drink is so bloody small o.O haha...but maybe cos I was hungry, I kinda gobbled down the burger...hiakz...
There's a petrol kiosk just next to Macs, so we went there to get some "junk food" haha...and we are back on the road again...throughout the trip...a bit sian...cos the scenery looks the same...and somehow the gps seems a bit siao siao...always asking us to go on some "detour" and "shortcut" =.= very deserted places...anw, i think yx's bro was rather tired too so he had to rest a few times b4 continuing...
after lots of turning...we finally reached the hotel - Loch Ard Motel...
The view from our room is really nice! cos we got to see the ocean...after settling down, we drove to the 12 Apostles...the weather was turning cold! (i so regret not bringing my sis's jacket out instead...) by the time we walked back, our hands were pretty numb...yet the sun shows no signs of setting yet...haha...then we moved to another "attraction"...but yx was very cold by then (she had a cold in Singapore already), so we did not climb down...just see see a bit then went back to get dinner...in the end, we had to eat pizza and some chicken cooked like pizza =.= haha...i really think i cannot take too "westernised" food...lol...it was too rich in the cheese compartment...
In the end, we slpt pretty early that night cos we were all very tired from the plane ride + road and in yx's bro's case, from driving...
(still waitng for photos to come...lalala)
Monday, December 08, 2008
well...i am back in sg...vacation obviously did not go as planned...hai~ so wasted...i think i am reallie not fated to go australia...last time i went sydney, i had food poisoning, that killed half my enjoyment, this time, totallie killed off my trip! >.< my penguins, my koalas, my kangaroos, my dolphins! T_T muy triste...i just wished we had been more careful...like instead of both falling aslp, at least one of us stayed awake to talk to the driver :( do i blame the driver? the truth? i do...:X i am so jian...but when i regained conscious, the first thing that floated through my mind was, "this is not happening! my holiday is ruined!" T_T selfish me...everything that happened that day was kinda in a blur...i dun reallie rem much ..just bits n pieces of wad happened on the ambulance, wad went on in the A&E...(not forgetting the good looking doctor who kept poking me on my arms wrongly to find my veins -.-) hmmm...this is not meant to be the detailed recount of wad happened....(anywayz like i said, i hardly rem...but after that i did learn more details from yx's sis...) just a random blabber of wad i am thinking now...after coming back for 4 hours...hahaha...btw, this is the first time i took a plane all on my own (not that it's a big accomplishment or wad, just that there's always a first to everything~) ...actuallie from this accident, i find that i am more independent than i think bah...i mean, when i was all alone in the hospital, i dun reallie feel sad for myself or wad...in fact, i think i am much stronger in character than yx's bro...=X i am quite proud w how i faced this whole thing, even though i did whine a little abt my holiday gone but i nv reallie wallow in self pity nor keep blaming it on the driver...:) i guess...though it's not sth that i wished i had to go through, but i will take it positively and this is just one experience that i got to learn more abt myself...:)
(waiting for the limited photos to be sent to me...prob will take some time...and subsequent more detailed posts on wad happened during the 10 days i was in melbourne~)
(waiting for the limited photos to be sent to me...prob will take some time...and subsequent more detailed posts on wad happened during the 10 days i was in melbourne~)
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