The pair of slippers I bought last night came into good use! :)
It was a peaceful morning, the weather was kinda chilly but people were up and about doing their thing. People were going on their jogs, and I think I remembered seeing people still surfing! WOW! And the waves were really huge =D Think the skimmers doing their thing in East Coast or Sentosa would think they've died and gone to Heaven if they come here. I took off my slippers and went to play with the waters. Baaaaad move. The water was freezing cold! My feet were feeling numb and frozen throughout the rest of the walk till we got back to the hotel.
Breakfast was good :) I love freshly baked pastries!
my breakfast for the day, bacon strips, roast potatoes, pasta and scrambled eggs
this is the part where I really feel like crying now: when we got back to our hotel room, I decided to put on a lil make-up so I wouldn't look washed out in pictures. So I decided to curl my eyelashes and apply mascara, eyeliner and etc. Eyelashes turn out curled really well on my right eye after I applied my mascara, so I decided to grip really tight when I curled the eyelashes on my left eye. I don't know what I was thinking, I was gripping my eyelashes with my left hand when I decided to change to my right hand for a firmer grip. Wrong move, and I accidentally yanked out part of my eyelashes (from the roots!!!!) =~( It hurt so bad!! I was so upset. =( And when we walked out in the wind, the bald patch hurt really bad from the cold, but the pain went away gradually. And don't try to spot my bald patch with pictures with me in it! >=[
Plans for the day: Currumbin Sanctuary, followed by some shopping at Pacific Fair and Harbour Town.
Off we went to Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary! We bought tickets at one of the discount booths and off we went to wait for the bus at the bus-stop. It was a nice, long ride again, so we took a nap. :)
Here we are! There are alot of the mummies out with their kids in prams as well. :)
I like these ads :) Very cute hehehe
First thing we did when we got in: Take pictures with the cuddly koala!
The little fella that I'm carrying is called Happy. Doesn't this picture look like a family portrait? =D
I was expecting Happy to be heavy, but it turns out to be as light as a baby :) And I don't think Happy's really happy. All its
peers are still snoozing away peacefully on tree trunks while Happy's up and awake for photoshoots.
See! This koala is sleeping happily. These figures show the different postures koalas assume when they are sleeping and what they mean (Figures found at the koalas enclosure)
After that, it's time to visit the kangaroos and wallabies! We took the miniature railway to get to Kangaroo Crossing.
When we got there, we saw kangaroos and wallabies roaming free. Actually, most of them were lazing around with their eyes closed (or half-closed) enjoying the warmth of the morning sun. Of course others were around people who had the food to feed them. Bern went to buy the kangaroo food when I went to snap some lomographs and was happily patting a wallaby.
That's us with Sleepy! This young wallaby eats with its eyes closed hahaha. It was being chased by a naughty kid earlier on, and I decided this is the wallaby I wanna feed. Grow big and strong Sleepy, then you can kick naughty kids away!
Everyone's feeding them! The little boy in yellow on the right had a pack of food, but when the fella came by, he sorta panicked and poured all the food out on the floor!
Oh yah, the kangaroos think that they are royalty. They just laze around and wait for people walk right up to them to put the food right under their noses before they open their mouths to eat. So we fed most of the food to wallabies. =D
And kangaroos can be as rude as humans. Bern and I were feeding this particular kangaroo where it decided to snatch away the bag of food! *rawr* too bad it only tore away the top part of the bag hehe
We spent quite a while with these animals, so we went off to explore the place. We saw tree kangaroos, wedge-tail eagles, cassowaries, crocodiles, pelicans, wombats, echidnas and many more. Walking around the entire area was a really good workout hehehe
Free roaming wallaby looking at us quizzically as if it was saying, "Whatcha looking at?"
We wanted to check out the Tasmanian Devil, but we didn't see it. But we heard the crazy laughter of the kookaburra. =P
Next, we caught the Totally Wild Show at the Close Encounter Arena. It was a very cosy and upclose session.
That's Hazel the dingo :)
There is this particular lizard/reptile thingy that's kinda interesting. it uses automimicry, which its tail resembles the head. So when it's in the sun absorbing the warmth with its tail sticking out and if a predator bites on the tail, it can turn around deliver a painful bite to send the predator running away. The presentation was good and insightful. After the show, it was photo time!
The creature I'm holding in the second picture is the interesting lizard/reptile thingy I was talking about. Its head can reach its tail! Didn't feel icky holding it :)
After that, it was almost time to leave! We went to this chocolate factory located just opposite the sanctuary. Please don't drool on your laptops/ keyboards.
The scent of chocolate lingers in the air :) You'll really be spoilt for choice here!
Looks really yummy, and they are handmade!
Checked out several stores, and I went into Supre, and that marked the first of my many trips to Supre at various locations hehehe. Also checked out Target and bought Bonds underwear, a belt and a dress! *beams* I also managed to get a nice wallet for my sister while I was there. After that, it was Harbour Town time. We took a cab down to save time, and it was a hefty price, $30++ AUD *faints* I'm never gonna complain about transportation fares in Singapore again. We arrived there in the late afternoon, managed to get several items before majority of the shops closed. After that, it was back to to Surfers Paradise.
Upon getting down from the bus, Bern needed to use the toilet, so I waited for him. It was dark already and I heard female voices from around the corner and I decided to mind my own business. Then suddenly, this lady came out from the shadows and started to talk to me. I was a bit scared as she started to ask, "Hi! Where are you from? China? Korea? Japan? Konichiwa!" Something along that line. I heard about Shuling's encounter with racism and I was afraid I was about to experience it for myself. So I told her I was from Singapore and she started to ask how to say "Hi" in our language and ask how I liked the place so far. Then another friend of hers came out to say hi and that's when Bern came out. Short conversation with them and we went off. Then Bern said that they were drunks, I'm just glad that they are friendly drunks and not those... racist drunks.
We walked to Vegas and we shared a fisherman's basket and yummy mornay (correct spelling? aiyah, don't know lah) lobster! It was a good dinner hehehe, after that we went back to our hotel to rest. :) pictures, later!
