This is the start of my backdated entries.
July 5, 2009:Bags are packed, and I'm good to go. Met K in the afternoon for lunch, and he passed me this really pretty digital photo frame :) Then went back home, and checked to make sure nothing important had been left out. Come 5ish, Auntie Shirley came to our place. We showered and all, pushed our luggages down and boy, it was raining cats and dogs. The skies were really dark, almost as if Singapore's sad to see us go, hahah!
The journey to the airport took almost twice as long because the visibility was really bad. Anyways, we checked-in our luggages (exceeded by 3 kg!! but the lady at the counter just closed an eye to it haha) and just hung around a little bit before proceeding upstairs to get a quick bite. Mag was the first to arrive!
I ordered mee siam, but I couldn't finish it for some reason. Then Ju Leen, Kenny, Siti arrived! :) After chatting and taking pictures, it was time to make our way to the departure gates.
JL & I. The girl just touched down from her trip with her family peeps. Siti & Mag ♥
K & I
Just before I walked through the gates
Took pictures again, gave everyone a hug and then went in pretty quickly. Bought cigarettes for Zhifeng as requested, and headed for the boarding gate.
The passenger load was 80%, and my mum, Kelda and I were in the same row. I watched some movie that was a recent release, but hella boring and winded up watching Confessions of a Shopaholic in the end. Haha! Anyway, late dinner was served and after dinner, I caught my forty winks.
July 6, 2009:We reached Brisbane International Airport in the early morning, and it was quite a wait at the customs. It was hard to remove our luggage from the conveyor belt as it was sooo heavy! After that, we went to the arrival hall to look for our person in charge of airport reception. Turned out that we gotta wait for a couple more students before we could head off.
The weather was soooo pleasant when we headed outside to the coach area, I love it! :) Chilly winds, but being in the warm sunlight offsets the cold.
My sister Kelda & my mum :)
Me!
Can the skies get anymore bluer than this?
On our way to the city now!
We were dropped off at Abbey Apartments, and we checked-in at the counter. We could only go into our room at 2pm, so we headed for school to get stuff sorted out. Made our ID card, activated the wireless internet thingy in school on my laptop, bought tickets for the Menopause musical and popped into the bank to deposit money into our accounts. It was almost lunchtime when we were done, so we had Hungry Jack's before heading back to school for the Discover Brisbane talk. What can I say, the food's not making my stomach very happy, I didn't even finish my fries. :(
After the talk, we went back to the apartment to rest because I've made an appointment to view a place in the evening.
This is how the apartment looks like. It's pretty self-sufficient. We've got a living room, a separate bedroom, a dining table, induction stove with all the pots/pans/ utensils/ cutlery provided, washing machine in the bathroom, and a pool outside! It's too cold to go swimming though, haha!
View from the bedroom.
Took a nap with my sister while my mum went out to roam the streets. When my mum came back at around 5ish, 6pm with food, I was so overwhelmed that I actually cried. At this point I thought I was feeling a little homesick. My mum bought fried rice (really greasy rice) and foods like cookies, cheese, bread, sausages, eggs, and most of all Yakult! She made this lil apartment a little more like home.
When it was 6ish, Geri came by with her parents to pick us up to view the place that we might be renting. As we were a little early, we went to check out the nearby facilities. At 7pm, I gave the guy a call, and he let us into his apartment.
What can I say? It was love at first sight. When I saw it, I could see myself living in it (and I AM living in it hahah!). After that, Geri's parents dropped us off and we called it a night.
