Cold...

In Franklin Square

A view from John Fisher and Christ College.

haha...dat's been my tagline while I'm here in hobart - COLD.

Today, as I was walking to the court, the wind at Elizabeth Mall was SO strong and cold, it almost blew me off course and froze me... *Help*

Nothing special happened today. Almost fell asleep in court coz it's so warm and nice. Half the time I have absolutely no idea wat the heck they're talking about as when they mumble... that's it. God knows wat was it about...

Lunch this afternoon was cold. Was hiding in the bus stop (to no avail) from d chilling wind. The smell of hot coffee made me start imagining that I am back in Malaysia with a bowl of hot kuey teow soup.

Buying coffee here is like getting it from Starbucks for normal coffee. Imagine drinking Starbucks every day... Pokai abis-abis!

Franklin Square was really scenic. Manage to snap a few pictures before the bus came. I also got a picture of the view from the top of my hostel overlooking the sea and the wharf. Super beautiful.

I hope i'll be able to change my tagline tomorrow from COLD to COOL.

I'm Here

I'm here in University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Yay!!

Long flight here. 7 hours to Sydney. Manage to get a quick tour of Sydney b4 cabut for connecting flight to here.

Can't really blog much as my internet access limited giler. I got this quota thingy and only limited to this for 4 weeks. So must save up and kiam siap a little.

It's really cold now over here, about 5 degrees at nite as winter came earlier than expected and it's raining. Luckily brought more sweaters than expected. i seriously didn't expect it to be this cold. Gonna kena frostbite dy...

The view here is really fantastic. From my hostel i can see the wharf with the mountains as background. Mmg like coming out of postcard.

Lots of Malaysians here and everyone's been so helpful to me and my friend here, looking blur and sesat all the time. The Aussies were really nice as well. So we're seriously lucky to get so many ppl to help us around. God really blessed me in this area.

Now hunting for the CF and church here and hope to have a place to stay for a week to wait for the conference.

Saw a few pockaroos and rabbits hopping around. Cute until i stepped into their poops littered all over the walkway. Cis~

alrite, gotta go... will try to blog soon.

Anticipation

Well, in another 8 hours i'll be flying to Australia.

There's been a lot of anticipation, fear of the uncertainty, what's going to happen (e.g. how to get my laundry done...etc etc).

I was almost packed when my cousin, Jamie barged in telling me I can't have a hand luggage, my Reebok pack bag and my laptop bag together with me on the plane. So have to rearrange my whole bag again...

I've also been checking out hotspots to visit while I'm transiting in Sydney. I'm definitely gonna check out the famous Opera House, The Rocks, Darling Harbour and probably the Royal Botanical Gardens. Hahaha... Kill 2 birds with 1 stone~

Been checking out the weather and the temperature there as well and gosh! It's gonna be really cold!! It was 6 degrees celsius yesterday night in Hobart, Tasmania and it's gonna rain on Tuesday... lagi la merana and cold~ Thank goodness it's gonna be cool in Sydney... ala Genting or a lil' colder. Yay!!

This is gonna be my last entry for now. The next one will be from Australia, with love~

Adioz!!

Last Minute...

Been doing a lot of last minute shopping and preparation before I fly off to Tasmania tomorrow.

Been eating all the yummy Malaysian food since I will be deprived of it for 2 months. Haha...everything! You name it!

Nasi lemak, Char Kuey Teow, Asam Laksa, Prawn Mee, Nasi Kerabu, Nasi Dagang, Bak Kut Teh....

Huhu...i'll definitely miss rice and curry. Trust me....

Nyways, been doing a lot of shopping as well, getting all the international plugs and padlocks (for my luggage, in case someone wanna use me as a drug mule...)

Tripod stand for my camera (i foresee there'll be many times where no one will wanna hold the camera for me...)

Change my money(!) - thank goodness d rates went down a lil'. Last week was 3.0, then 3 days ago 3.1!! but then when i went to change in Midvalley it was 3.08...boleh la...better than nothing.

Can't really sleep as well these few days as thoughts kept running through my mind, worrying what i'll forget to bring and what not!

Tomorrow I'll be going grocery shopping to get all the yummy Malaysian snacks there so that I don't miss home so much.

My aunty told me to get Maggie mee there but then that's the least that i'll miss...i think... Been surviving on Maggi for 2 years when I was staying in UKM hostel... I think some wax's still inside my belly... muahaha...

Alright then, I hope i'll get to blog 1 last time tomorrow before I board the plane.

Till then... adioz~

Tsukareta!

I'm so exhausted!! Travelling is not fun at all especially the preparation part!!!

I was just staring at the suitcase and I was dumbstruck for a moment. I just have no idea on how to pack!! The amount of things to bring and how to get everything in... *Headache*

Ok. I give up....

I've also bought the newest Clay Aiken cd called "On My Way Here". Not bad... A very good listen after a day of stress. Lite & easy and probably not everybody's cup of tea. I like the title track which was written by Ryan Tedder (Yes, from 1 republic). Talks mostly about Clay's on life and what he expect in the future.

I also like "The Real Me" - talks about not looking to the superficial but the "inside" of the person. The character and personality of him/her, not the outward appearance only.

The bad news is.... I broke the cover!!! ARGHH!!! it's not even 3 days old!!!!! Aiyo.... nasib baik the cd still ok...the cover was in pieces dy coz it fell from the top of the cabinet... Adush!!!!

Ok. Fine. Nasi sudah jadi bubur.

Then today went to Midvalley to change money. Mana tau they don't sell traveller's cheque in that Maybank. Told me to go to KL Sentral.

Fine. Went over there. No traveller's cheque in AuD.

Fine. I'll take the USD.

Went back to Midvalley. Found out AuD went up again. Now it's 3.100. Pokai~ almost same with USD dy...

Well, at least I got some things done.

Flying off this Sunday! Yahoo!! Departure: 2200.

Will be transiting in Sydney for 7 hours (yay!! can go visit the Opera House!!). But will be arriving in Sydney at 0750.

Then next flight to Hobart at around 2pm.

Can't wait to get there!! Hurray!

Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man

Measure of a Man

I am currently so in love with this song by Clay Aiken. It's weird coz you can apply this song in your relationship with Jesus Christ and also in your daily relationship with your dad/boyfriend/friend etc....

I just love the lyrics which talks about how you measure a man. Do you measure him by the amount of expensive "toys" he possesses or by his character?

Do enjoy the song.

Measure of A Man

If one day you discover him

Broken down he's lost everything

No cars, no fancy clothes to make him who he's not

The woman at his side is all that he has got

Why do you ask him move heaven and earth

To prove his love has worth

*Would he walk on water?

Would he run through fire?

Would he stand before you?

When it's down to the wire

Would he give his life up

To be all he can

Is that, is that, is that... how you measure a man

If by chance all he had to give you

Was three words wrapped around your finger

Would that be deep enough at the end of every day

And how will you ever know

If a man is what he says?

*repeat

He never gives up

Lets go of his dream

His world goes around for his one true belief

Is that how you know?

Is that what it means?

Would he walk on water?

Would he run through fire?

Would he stand before you?

Would he be your anchor when the dark unfolds?

Would he always love you the best that he knows?

Would he give his life up

To be all he can

Is that, is that, is that... how you measure a man