This is my 2nd attempt at typing my posts for my blog cos Jayne accidentally switched off the main socket thinking that my adapter was her laptop’s adapter *sweat*
Anyways, here are short and summarized records of what has been happening ever since I left KLIA.
At KLIA, Mum, Dad and bro had to help me decide on what I really needed to bring to Perth and the stuff I needed to forgo as my luggage had already exceeded the maximum weight of 32.5 kg. So there we were with Yi Chian and her family (also trying their best to minimize her already 40kg luggage to at least 32kg) rummaging through the lot we’ve both packed. After a good 20 minutes, my luggage finally reached an acceptable weight to pass through the check-in counter. WOOHOO!
Dragged my hand luggage and teared cos I was just really emotional about leaving home and becoming a more independent person *sniff*
As soon as I reached the MAS customs, omg! It was just the beginning of a continuous nightmare. As I had a million and one things on me (Jacket, camera, laptop and other small stuff in my pockets – I know my parents must be “Yin Ling....” ><) it was really difficult to take out everything in my pockets, especially when mum shoved a purse into my pocket and I had to always hold my passport in hand. Luckily for me, Yi Chian and Siddiq helped me alot through the times we went through these checks. THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH!
I never want to go through such thorough checks anymore.. I almost had to pay a fine cos there was a butter knife in my hand luggage ><
The first plane we boarded, Christiana, Yi Chian and I sat together whereas Ricky shared a row with Sid. The food was good – black pepper chicken with fried rice with side dishes of chicken salad, a sweet rice dessert and a bun with butter. The air stewards and stewardesses were really friendly and they constantly refilled our drinks without us asking them to.
In contrast, the second we boarded in Bangkok at 1 a.m. was less than satisfactory. The seats were hard and they couldn’t recline and the leg room was so little that Yi Chian, Ricky and I could only twist our waists and slouch and stretch our backs now and then to loosen up our muscles. Christiana had to sit with another passenger because the air stewardess at KLIA was just silly to assign her to sit at another row from us when we specifically said that we are travelling together. Sid and Azim (whom we met at Bangkok) sat together and were always laughing like mad hyenas. @.@ After liftoff, we thought we could catch some shut eye but as soon as I was beginning to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a deep voice saying, “Excuse me sir”. Opened my eyes and there standing beside Ricky was an air steward with Ricky’s Muslim meal at 2 a.m.!! ARGH!! This was unacceptable! Breakfast at 2a.m.!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to wake YC up and by that time her right leg had begun to hurt due to her injuring it 1 week before departure added with her old knee injury. The blood circulation in her leg had just slowed down I guess and no matter how she tried to move her leg, it would hurt so bad as it showed clearly on her face. Poor girl -.-‘’(Luckily when we touched down, the blood circulation in her leg started regulating and although she was limping, she looked like she could withstand the pain a bit better).
After the breakfast (which was awful – there was Raviolli pasta which was half cooked with the pasta sauce on it with funny tasting fruit and jelly and a hard bun), of which I only took the bun without any butter.
the airlines had an in-flight movie, Bee Movie but it only lasted a good 8 minutes or so. After those few minutes, the movie hanged, and non-audio advertisements followed *sweats* of all the things to happen. “Fine,” I told myself and tried to sleep upright. It was quite a torture. At 3a.m., all the lights were turned on AGAIN!!!!!! And this time the airline staff gave us all forms to fill up. OMG!!!!! I could kill them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to nudge YC quite a bit to fill up the form. By now, Ricky had already caught a lil sniffles which was quite contagious cos after a while I started sneezing continuously when we were 400,000 miles above sea level with a temperature of -0.5 degrees! (faints).
Constantly woke up to move also cos my legs were cramming up and it felt horrible. The toilet was really nice and clean though! Hahahahaha. Poor Ricky, he could hardly breathe cos of the cold air from outside the plane and the full air conditioning in the plane.
Breakfast before landing was stale burger bread with cold meat with a serving of tasteless fruit and funny tasting chocolates (O.o) How far can they go with the low quality food served!
At approximately 7.25 a.m. (8.25 a.m. in Australia), we caught sight of Perth. I thought the airplane’s windows were just filthy and misty and asked Sid, “Are you sure Perth is THAT gloomy? It’s SUMMER!,” and he said yeah it is raining. (O.o).
A rough landing at Perth airport and Ricky and I almost screamed when the cabin luggage area opened! (T_T). CUSTOMS once again!! The stupid lady cut opened your container of biscuits Mi! And luckily the biscuits didn’t soften- they were still crispy! Yay! Hehe..( Transferred them to another container and quickly closed the lid to prevent further damage to my goods :D)
The distance between the airport and the Shuttle Service bus was quite a bit and it was pouring hard. So yeah, we were all drenched, and so were our luggage. Arrived at the Student Village when the rain came full blow. And I was, “Listen(ing) to the rhythm of the falling rain”.. ><>
Didn’t unpack immediately as we went out to have lunch and buy groceries with Gaya and Jayne at Kardinya Park’s K-mart which reminds me alot of Malaysia’s Tesco – only difference is that the stuff they sell here look so much more appealing and they sell a huge variety of stuff where you cannot get anywhere else. The four of us pushed back two cart loads full from the mall to our Student Village in the RAIN!!!!!! (It’s the 4th day and I’m surprised that I didn’t get seriously ill – don’t jinx it Gaya tells me ><). By the time I came back with them and got into my room, it was already evening and we said that we would prepare our dinner together – make chicken sandwich. It was OK la.. not my kinda thing for dinner – I rather have cereal. Seriously.
So I got back into my room at about 2 a.m. plus after scouting the Village with the other three girls just to check out the place and the Uni has to really get more lights to be installed around the village cos, apparently, there are snakes and bunnies and rats around. I SAW A BUNNY HOPPING WHILST I WAS ON MY WAY BACK TO MY APARTMENT! CUTE!!!
I cannot really unpack cos one of my drawers are ruined and they didn’t give me a towel rack to hang my towel!! Ee.... tomorrow complain to the administrator.
DAY 2
I woke up with an aching head and body cos I've never walked so much before whilst pushing a trolley of loads of stuff from the supermarket back to our Student Village and I bought my TWO PIllOWS! Ahahahhaha...
The plan for today was to open our bank account and apply for an Internet connection at the student village. Alas, none could be done because the bank’s website was down. As for internet service, I couldn’t gain access cos my account had been disabled due to the fact that I haven’t enrolled in any subjects for this semester yet. Went to the guild and on the way there we met Yi Chian, Sid and Ricky who had put up for the night at the hotel in the city that they had booked before they arrived. We started comparing telcos and Sid still thinks Telstra is the best. Ish.. then why are all my Aussie friends saying that Optus is D’ BEST? Ish...
Then we went to Kardinya Park again. This time we went to Coles and OMG!!!!!!!!! The amount of CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE BUNNIES and CHOCOLATE EGGS!!!!!! WAH!!!!!!!!! *faints* they’ve got like 5 aisles filled with chocolates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! Don’t worry mi and pa, I will control myself *evil grin*. Yew Fai, Jie will buy for you Tee shirt and chocolates. ALOT HERE!! You cannot imagine.......
So there we were, pushing two trolleys full of groceries and I actually bought CELERY sticks, butter, sausages, bacon, bread, cereal and a couple of instant meals and Uncle Toby muesli bars to stock up for the long run especially if I don’t have any money or if I don’t have time to “cook” lol. Do I even cook? OH! Bought chicken stock too... To marinade stuff – veggie and chicken = Jayne’s advice :D
Discovered a AUD2 shop. EVERYTHING in there from kitchen utensils to accessories to essentials and stationery all only cost AUD 2. Mi, i bought my laundry hamper from this shop.. cos it was only AUD 2!!
Indulged abit as it was a hot day so we all had Amano Gelato ice cream - the equivalent of Baskin Robbins in KL. :D The cone is made out of baked waffle.. yum... and we also discovered Jay Jay's - Chris's bro had been telling her about it even before she left for Perth and there we were looking at all the tees and pants and flip flops. There were designs from PEANUTS (Snoopy and Charlie Brown), Japanese manga ASTRO BOY, DC comic characters (Batman, Superman, Green Lantern) and really cool looking grafitti tees! [the outlet is also available in Garden City Shopping Centre :D].
That night, Jayne, Chris and myself cooked pasta - the remainder of the raw foods we purchased collectively at K-Mart the other day. Pasta and side dish for dinner.Day 4
After this morning's briefing at the Uni welcoming us to Perth and all, Jayne, Chris and I went to open our bank accounts - seeing that we could not do it any earlier do to their system being down over the weekend.. The bank draft takes about 6 days to clear! and the ATM only comes within 2-3weeks? eeee... but I'm still able to take out cash manually they say so it's aye ok.
Next, I went to the enrollment centre at the School of Social Sciences to seek advice on what I should be doing this semester to ensure that I complete my course within this year. The computer system wasn't updated and the first guy, Malcolm, told me that I had to take the Intro to Mass Comm unit which I had already completed during the diploma level. I was flabbergasted. So he said I should go see John Tan (who has been corresponding with Christine of KDU all this while about my overloads and stuff). So i practically limped to the other side of the Uni cos I think my tendon or something is not used to being used too much - walking everyday - at least 2 km each day back and forth UNi -.-
Saw John Tan and I expressed my concern and all that. It was a relief to know that he knows of my complicated situation very well and assured me, with a black and white document, that I would not hv to repeat the foundation unit as mentioned by Malcolm.
So limped back to the School of Social Sciences which is located at the South area of the Uni (OMG!) and talked to Malcolm for a bit regarding my overload and all that.
THEY are very lenient and nice - not like how Christine mentioned that they don't always give overloads and all that (Jason and Jayne were lacking 6 points = 2 subjects, cos Sasha didn't check their enrollment properly and immediately, Murdoch granted them an overload. So diff from what Christine told me and DAD saying that they are very strict and stuff.. sheesh... unnecessary worrying only).
And guess what? I don't hv to overload anymore :) cos Malcolm said that he would notify the graduation office to grant me to 1 point which i'm short off. YAY!
no more stress for now... :D
Initially, i told Chris that I didn't want to go for the Garden City Shopping trip as My legs hurt so bad but after a while it was ok so I went with her. Jayne and Jason had to stay back to settle their enrollment whereas YC and Sid went to do their banking stuff.
The place was SO huge. The Uni staff only gave us till 4 p.m. to shop around - we arrived at approximately 2.30p.m.
We entered PRICELINE - it's a pharmacy which sells all types of lotions and stuff plus makeup and chocolates and biscottis!
Bought my sunblock finally - my skin burnt liao.. red red and itchy.. it costs me AUD 3.99 - the cheapest so far.. seriously! not lying.. and i bought soap blocks and a soap dish.
Next, went to REJECT SHOP - Wow... everything there is AUD 1 onwards... i bought tissue packets and more containers seeing that i hv alot of food to open - biscuits. i also bought an ice tray.
I can't be listing down all the things I've bought here Mi, but don't worry, will use my money wisely.. cos Jayne's our accountant and she always asks me, "do you really need that? think properly" so yeah, it's in my head already now.
Don't worry :)
Will post pictures sooon.. I will need to know how much they're charging me for the Internet usage cos they don't let us keep track of it.. we hv to go to the website to see for ourselves.. so weird.
TAke care!
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