Search for a star...

It was a fateful 27th of september a saturday night... the night that everton was playing the wonderful liverpool at 8.30 pm.. and the night that liverpool dispatched everton 2-0 by a torres brace which i absolutely missed BECAUSE why? i went to search for a star.. to watch the stars of our cell.. Lucas and De Xin and also to cheer them on while they performed.. well i think overall it was a good night though i missed a magnificent game. In case those that read this who don't know what Search for a Star is... it is a show put up by the normal people of Zion Praise HArvest church who showcase their talents in singing.. dancing.. acting.. and such..

Look at Lucas aka Quan.. our Leprechaun or supa troopa?? lol.. doesn't he look cool in his green suspenders and the bow tie.. and alicia had to match him with all that green.. lol

This was one of the performances of the night... a quartet of 4 playing who called themselves Forbidden Colours.. it was a really good musical performance from a pianist, guitarist, cellist and lastly a violenist, if i'm right about the instruments..

Our cells first star of the night.. Lucas..

The second star of the night De Xin...

The name made out of cardboard and bright paper made by Yours truly with Alicia and Jeremy.

The same for De Xin too... I think those that weren't performing had a blast cheering them on.. i think while we were shouting their names while they were performing i think they could definately see their names in the crowd or hear us shouting for them.. haha... Great job De xin and Lucas.. i think you guys deserve the credit having put in the amount of practices that you guys have had to attend.. probably almost uncountable.. AWESOME job.. i think it was probably worth missing the liverpool game to watch friends perform..

After all the formalities of group pictures Jasper, Jeremy and I decided to play around with the letters.. haha..

Till next time...
Adam

Ferguson Valley

Its been a short while since i last blogged lol... i would have probably blogged abt this closer to the day i went.. but well can't really be helped when i have had like assignments and tests and exams to compete with... OMGOSH its been a tiring week.. and since my mid sem exam is over on thurs... its like a WEEKEND !! well i went to a placed called ferguson valley... its somewhere near bunbury i think its in between infested places or something like that.. haha.. but its a damn nice drive down south.. probably about 2 hrs? its a nice place to go.. better scenary than going to swan valley, but swan valley suits the purpose of buying wine as its closer.. haha.. anyway the purpose for going to ferguson valley was for my dearest and only cousin in perth with me was to celebrate her birthday with her close friends and me.. lol.. and it all started in an EARLY sunday morning at 8.15 am kershia picked me up... and we headed to amelia's (aka kar jie to me) house at hamilton near freo.. and started out from there... we had 3 cars.. Marian's royal trotters which is a toyota echo which u can see just below... a Subaru and a hyundai which i didn't get a snap of..

This is little Scarlett one of amelia's friends daughter.. don't u think she is just sooo cute?

I was travelling in Royal Trotters.. and the 2 heads that you see in front on the right is Marian and on the left is Kershia..

This was our first stop of the day at ferguson valley and it was lunch and we stopped at the place called Wild Bull... I can't imagine joining in the aussie culture of drinking alcohol in daylight... wahaha.. and the beer was pretty good.. except for the bitter which was horrible which is 3rd from the first glass... i can only remember the other 2 which was the Cider and the Irish Beer... and those 2 were definately excellent... i didn't just have beer for lunch but also a pie.. which was pretty good but didn't whip my camera out for a picture of it...

Kershia and my Dearest cousin..

We stopped at a lavender place.. can't remember the name but they had lots of stuff in lavender... and they even served a LAVENDER cheese on the cheese platter.. it tasted like perfume in the mouth.. haha..

Next we headed to a winery called Ferguson Falls.. I didn't buy any wines though...

Next we actually went to visit a tree which was supposedly to have survived fires and whatsorts.. and it was supposed to be 300-500 years old... it was huge but really nothing much.. hahaha.. anyway we headed next to a gnome village.. haha.. and there were gnomes brought by people from all over the world and placed there.. and there were stories there... and the one just above was like my fav.. haha... cool isn't it...

From the Mafia... Marian !!

The only other winery that we went to.. Wovenfield.. didn't have the port i liked...

No wine before 9

This is probably the fastest i've ever travelled in any car before... hahaha...

Then the day ended at ferguson valley... as the sun was setting.. can u see the ray of lights coming from the clouds... doesn't it remind you of pictures of like god appearing in such granduer.. haha... It fully ended with a good meal at this thai restaurant somewhere in safety bay... the food was really good.. wahaha.. just that i think its a little far for me to go back to ever again.. haha..

Till next time....
Adam

My last 6 days..

Well... as u guys know from my last post i'm on my holiday "study break" but it didn't really feel fully like a break from study? it felt more like a break from probably just going to uni but in the end i still had to go to uni in the end... really sucked.. lol.. but in that period i still managed to run swim and have some fun.. i think the highlight so far for the week has been going to swan valley with good friends and good company.. basically it was me, lucas, jeremy, gary, de xin and her parents.. i think we had alot of fun going to the different winery's and tasting the wines.. and best of all for me.. finally liking a type of wine which is the port wine.. hahaha... Anywayz.. The day started out with a good picnic at some benches at a winery called houghton (i think it's spelt correctly) and it was a really nice day cool and windy that morning..I think that breakfast was in such a goooooood setting.

As you can see i was busy making up a sandwhich as i was really hungry.. haha.. and it was really nice cool and windy day that morning..Well just look at the beautiful nougat.. i tell u it tastes sooooo good... especially the soft one from mondo nougat.. it like just melts in your mouth when u take a good bite out of it... and i tell u it can be finished very quickly... Nougat gets reallllllyyy addictive..
While driving through swan valley we of course had to stop through the winery's and we stopped at a couple. and that was where we started to appreciate wines.. haha.. Jeremy and I came to the conclusion that we will never like any wines unless they are sweet.. haha.. and that would be the dessert wines and also the port which tastes really good. perfect for the after meal drink.

This was my lunch when we stopped over at a place called Duckstein.. it was really nice.. though it was a little salty.. but once u ate the meat with the mustard it tasted really good.. also the skin at the top was really crispy and when i put it in my mouth and chewed De Xin's mum from the opposite side of the table could hear the crunch when i took a good bite out of it. One thing we didn't have was the beer over there, but from a past experience the beer there is pretty nice too, just that too bad i was feeling too full for the beer.But in the end... even with all that food stuffed down from Duckstein's we were still able to fill ourselves with some Oggies ice cream.. I had Kahlua and Choc chip as the flavour for my ice cream... and it was just very very good..Take a look at the amount of wines that we bought.. haha.. and i only bought one bottle of wine.. We had like 16 bottles of wine for 5 people if we don't include De Xin's parents.. If u take a look at the centre, near the purple wrapped wine is a whopping 1.5L bottle of port.. haha.. and it just costs $19 it was meant for cell that evening which we opened and drank it.. At the end of the afternoon of all the shopping for wines, chocolate at the margaret river chocolate factory, having lunch at Duckstein's and also having desserts at Oggies ice cream over all up to that point was an excellent day.
At the end of the day we had cell... i think this was a well taken group photo.. but i duno why did i look like that... hahaha.. some stupid look.. LOL.. going in anti clockwise starting from me.. Gary, Sam, Lucas, Shawn, Ashlyn, Alicia, Nian Chee, Jorine, Jeremy, Jasper and lastly we have De Xin.. and that was about the end of the day..

Till next time

Adam

Got bored...

Hey to anyone who reads this blog of mine.. haha.. don't know how many actually read it but hey its just for my memory sake and give some shout outs to friends and all those that i love.. Anyway if any of you thought my spoiler on Make It Happen was a spoiler.. I apologize.. haha.. next time i'll put a warning in front that the 2nd part the blog could spoil a show for some of you.. Especially if you really want to watch that show.. Anywayz.. The school one week study break has arrived and i don't know why it doesn't feel as exciting when i used to have holidays.. Maybe because i still have work to complete which really sucks man.. and trying to finish by tomorrow so that i can enjoy the rest of my hols, which i hope will be more fun going to swan valley with good company and also to margaret river with even better company... but in between i dunno what am i gonna do man.. bored like it was when i first came here.. if anyone in perth has an idea what to do just give me a call man.. i'm free to do almost anything...

Those who love food and want to lose weight.. i found this page which might be interesting so you can just go and have a look.. 20 superfoods for weight loss if the link doesn't work copy and paste this.. http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/20-superfoods-for-weight-loss-212436

a Better Day today...

Today was definately better than most of the days that i have had since i started uni.. as the day started.. i was to have a linear algebra test.. and when i woke up in the morning i was like crap, i don't think i was prepared enough for the test and so the walk to uni was shitty. I was like.. what the hell is gonna happen again. And as a couple of tests that i have sat through it hasn't always felt that good.. but today when i came out of the test i was like this felt really good and so for now i'm relieved till the next test comes along which will be after the break, then i'll worry again. HAHA. And the only other highlight of the day was a movie to destress from all the stress i've been suffering for like the past couple of weeks.. LOL.. Before the movie me and Daniel whipped up a simple meal which actually tasted quite nice..
Rice, Vege, Hamburger steaks, something like popcorn chicken which tasted good.. and lastly to top off the whole meal? BEER.. haha..










The movie that i watched was Make it Happen.. The movie wasn't what i really expected as i expected alot more dancing but it was a pretty decent movie with some dancing.. And the storyline was also not too bad but a typical kind of story.. Girl wants to follow her dreams.. Her dreams get dashed and moves on to something else.. Meets a guy.. blah blah blah.. lol.. Gives her dreams up for another cause , then goes back to it and achieves the dream.. haha.. thats how i sum up the movie..


Till next time....

Adam

My First blog...

I don't think i'd normally do this... but hey.. sometimes here in australia i've been really bored and don't know what the hell to do.. other than study and going out sometimes, which i obviously can't do very often because it would cost me... actually not me but my father one hell of a bomb.. Though i would love to start to work so that i can lighten the burden and not think so much about the money i will spend when i'm here studying...

Anyway so far about my experience's here in perth australia.. i think for me so far its has been a very very enriching experience here.. Even though i've only been away for like 2 months from my other half and obviously my family in singapore... and i swear its hard having a long distance relationship, but i think its still worth it. I also miss just being home.. But... its been really fun with my cousin Amelia and also some of the best friends some to mention, De Xin, Daniel that i've made over here.. Going out looking for good food within a decent driving radius... even though i don't have a car we have de xin... ahahaha... because of her love for food we will travel... lol.. i just hope i can do well enough in uni... it's tough man... tough i tell u... sucks sometimes too... anyway this is about all i have to say on an interesting first blog... lol

Adam