Friday, October 17, 2008

It was a cool crisp night. Tagged along to his canoepolo training at UQ pool.
This was the 2nd time I’ve seen him in action in Australia. First time was bout 5 yrs ago in brissy too, for the World championships, where they got defeated badly. Not bad for a first stint.. as they beat the Americans HA!

Warming up with some throwing, paddling exercises.
“PHEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!” game starts! Some fast action packed, bulldozing through the pool for the ball!
One of the nerve wrecking part of the game is when the opponent tries to wrangle and ram the guy to make him lose his grip.
Everyone’s watching the ball….holding their breath for a goal….
His passion…

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Indulgence In Air

One of the best possible stuff that can happen when flying (besides taking off and landing safely of coz) is when you have been upgraded to business class with compliments. That is a real bonus!

1) You get a roomy big seat for your poor bum.. no more squishy squashy in economy’s puny seats,

2) No elbow wrestling with your neighbour over who gets the armrest,

3) No more cursing your worst possible luck when a humongous and sweaty guy with overworked odour pores sits next to you.

4) No more throwing stare daggers at the guy in front of you in full recline of his seat, killing your vision with the tv screen just barely inches from your face.

5) No more ringing the service bell a few times, asking for water a few times and still NOT get it.

6) no more going “OH $%&*#!” when you knife/fork drops to the floor. For those who experienced it b4, there’s absolutely no way you can bend over and pick it up without hitting someone, crashing your food tray or spilling your drinks. Some people resort to taking their shoes off, using their toes to pinch n wiggle the fork up.. *EWwwwwwwwww* I know haa.. No…that’s not ME! I jus miserably stick with my surviving utensils til the ever so busy air stewardess has time to entertain us poor passengers.

AHhhhhhhhhh….. the pleasures of business class… haha.. I’m turning into a snob!
You get four special buttons to customise your seat anyway you like… with absolutely no complains from your inflight neighbours.
You get addressed by your surname
You get immediate response
You get papers to read.
You get a serve of drink before take off.
You get freeflow boozeBest of all you get real cutlery, real plates and bowls, real glass. No more plastic and baby sized stuff.
Me and my trusty mp4 player… keeps me entertained when there’s nothing interesting on.
Btw I was served teriyaki grilled salmon with rice. Yum





Thursday, October 9, 2008

Life's Little Things makes u Smile...

One of the big perks of working here is.... u dun have to do your own room haha... i've got housekeeping twice a week....toilets showers are cleaned, beds made, floors clean... rest of the time.. my bed is jus a messy pile .... theory is... its gonna be messy at night again rite? soooo wats the point.... even though i noe its a horrible habit to cultivate.. but hey.. there's no one else in my rm other than me.... y bother? AND... there's absolutely no naggin fr mum!! hahaaa..

anyway usually the cleaner will display out the towels n bathmats "hotel like" style.. with some fancy shaped designs.... u get free soap too.... but snobby me use my own brand of showerfoam haa.. hey its called skin care!

and so i had a huge smile on my face when i opened the door and this greeted me! a flower made fr towels!! i was really impressed... coz i probably wldn't have tot of that!.. creative juices flowing ehh...
Another one that jus made me beam... too cute... that's my sleeping partner... doggie-hippo baby wanabe with the tv remote nicely positioned... jus love it! defintely made my day after a super long day at work!

Monday, October 6, 2008

One of my fav spots…. Byron Bay… jus amazingly blue skies, sparkling turquoise sea with crystal capped waves… also a surfer’s paradise spot… known for the breaking waves..
Its the most easternly point in Australia… and also famous for its breathtaking sunrise … gd spot for whale and dolphin watching!
Mother Nature’s playfulness just drives me nuts sometimes… while trying to get a nice shot, the billowing winds whipped my hair all over my face…arggghhh… I look like a wild Medusa with sunnies
Finally managed to get some nice posey shots with the wind blowing right and some commendable photography skills…. Jus love this place! Haa.. feel like I’m on a fashion photo shoot
Here’s the famous Byron Bay lighthouse…ciao!