the 1 week i was away...

While Lydia was missing in action in S'pore, this was wad happened to her...
so alrite i was in gold coast for a week. wad happened... 1st n foremost. my flight on qantas was memorable. landed me up in Darwin unexpectedly. well, if i look at the brighter picture, at least i got to land in Darwin & get a cute 'Arrival into Darwin Australia' stamp on my passport. dere after teleporting to Brisbane to get a 'Departure from Brisbane Australia' stamp. haa! groovy.

yup so story as most might already noe... my damn flight got delayed almost a total of 12hrs. an entire nite of waiting, waiting, waiting & waiting. oh well... qantas did try some kinda service recovery by making us wait in Darwin airport's transit lounge for abt 4-5hrs while giving us a free cup of drink n sandwiches while trying to arrange for us to be brought into town to a hotel to hav breakfast while they get the technicians to fix the damn airbus. gdness. such a new plane wif so many problems. wtf man.

so abt 8+am we managed to get our asses outta e airport & waited to clear customs, collect baggage & wait for cab den headed to Novotel Hotel in the city. we were given a rm per couple or family. so made a call back to my sista to inform her of our exciting plane ride which almost gave her a heart attack. *LOL*
so we had breakfast den went up to our rms for another 15mins n had to go back to the airport agn. so we queued & we waited AGAIN to check in our bags & get our new boarding passes.

again, back into the damn transit lounge where we were in the wee hrs of the morning to wait for the plane to be ready. beat dis. we were supposed to be back at Darwin airport by 11am because the plane is expected to take off at 1130. RIGHT........... the queue was never ending la. when everyone finally got into the transit lounge, it was already 12+ coming 1pm. best part is, we werent even gonna take our qantas plane. we were given Australian Air. frm a 2-4-2 seater to a 2-3-2 seater. no business class & no personal screens. u can jus imagine how i survived my 4+hrs journey frm Darwin to Brisbane.

so anyway... as long as they kept me fed i was fine. *LOL* :P so slp n eat the whole way thru lor. bo bianz...

FINALLY! Destination BRISBANE! tears of joy but mostly sadness filled my eyes as the mere thot dat my dearest cuzy will be where i was at dat moment in jus a couple of mths time really made me feel shity. *sigh*
i took the opportunity to take plenty of pics of the airport for her. so again a long n arduous journey to Gold Coast. it was already pitch dark when we reached Brisbane. the ride to GC took an hr+. not dat scenic a drive up. so dark. =(
so finally our hotel. gdness gracious me. jus downstairs is Centro Shopping Centre which is pretty cool as it leads to other shops & the beach!!!! Surfer's Paradise! woohoo! nice view la. but din take as much of my breath away as compared to Dreamland in Bali.
but anyway it's a whole diff experience altogether. also, the wind and the sand is lovely. so fine n soft. was complaining to my dad abt the crappy sand back in spore. eeekkss! so rough n coarse. :(

oh well.. so places i visited... Moreton Island, which houses Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort, Movie World, Dream World, Harbor Town Mall, Pacific Fair & mostly buildings in Surfer's Paradise. Went on a Duck tour wif my parents too! pretty ex sia. $32 per adult. but parentals wanna go so go lor...

yup so dat's abt it for my aussie trip. any questions jus tag me.
oh ya. i attempted to call Pris frm Brisbane. Damn calls r so ex sia. 40cents is the minimum to put in n u can only talk for like wad.. 10secs?! gee... so e 1st time i called her i only spoke to her for abt 10secs. haa. the next time smarter abit n had more coins so talk slightly longer... say abt 1min+ rite boobies? :P
miss ya babe! take care of urself over dere k! muacks!