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The Balik Kampung Trip: Gold Coast and Finale

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Day 10: Our last day Down Under as we’re scheduled to fly back to Malaysia the next day. We started to the day by driving to West End Market. This was the place that we used to go at least once a fortnight to do grocery shopping as you can get a variety of fresh goods here for a reasonable price. Those days we took the citycat across the river and then bus with our trolley or Cole’s shopping bag to buy our pantry needs.  West End Market, just how I remembered it Our favourite vege and fruit stall during uni days We had our breakfast of Hungary doughnut, Langos and fresh fruits, then head we drove down to Gold Coast.  Choosing fruits for our breakfast Hungary doughnut, Langos, Strawberries and Cherries for breakfast Our destination for the day was Harbour town for some shopping before we went back home. We (I to be exact) shopped a lot even though there wasn’t much sale going on. Shopping time at Harbourtown D uring lunch, we bumped into familiar faces ...

The Balik Kampung Trip: A trip down the memory lane

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Day 1: We took the night flight on 28 th November from KL to Gold Coast. It was a bit of a rush as Hana and I was still working on that day. We went home a bit early than we normally do, showered, had a light dinner and went straight to the airport.  At the airport, we met up with Ciktie and my aunt who will be joining us for this trip. We checked in a bit late as our friend’s friend was supposed to send her box to the airport for us to check in. By the time she arrived, it was 20 minutes before the check in counter close. Our bags ready to be checked in At the check in counter, we faced slight delay as the counter that we checked in, the computer suddenly hang when the person keyed in our details in the system. Therefore, she had to restart her computer and do everything again. Luckily, we were already at the counter, so we ended up the last one to check in for our flight. Once checked in, we went to the immigration counter and went inside the boarding lounge. We ...

Of Seasick and Whales

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Yesterday was a tiring and fun day for me. I went whale watching at Gold Coast with Hana and other Malaysian peeps. It was actually a break for us as it has been a tiring week at Uni. I've always wanted to go whale watching but for the past 3 years I just didn't have the time to do it. As this is my last year here, I just have to do it before I go back at the end of the year. At first it was all fun with the boat bobbling up and down with the waves, feeling like a roller-coaster on the boat but after a while I started to get dizzy. Then I got bored as we can't see the whale yet not forgetting that I was half drenched due to the waves. After a while, we saw the whale's blow holes and it was all exciting again. Don't ask for the pics coz I just can't be bother to take pictures while trying to balance myself on the boat and trying to enjoy the view. We did see couple of whales but I wish we saw more. After a while I started to get dizzy again, not to mention i...